《The First Store System》


 Chapter 1 - The First Store

    "Not again, Lily,"


    A man looking in his early twentiesined, seeing the scene in front of him. The view was a mess. Several small containers containing different colors of liquids were lying on the ground. The bottles didn''t break, but still, he has to clean up this mess.


    "It''s not my fault. It''s all due to you not ying with me," A childlike voice came from the man''s head. A cat, the size of the man''s palm, sat atop his head, looking down at the mess like it had nothing to do with her. Lily was the name of the cat. She had a covering of white fur all over her body. Her ears were standing, and orange eyes with a ck slit.


    "I saw you doing this," The man scoffed.


    "I did this because you didn''t y with me. So you see, it''s your fault, Aakesh," Lily argued.


    The man known to be Aakesh went speechless. There was nothing left to do but sigh because she was too cute to get yelled at. "Where did my innocent and cute Lily go?" He cried jokingly.


    "Hmph," Lily scoffed. She vanished from his head, appeared the next moment in front of him, and pped him on his head. "Ouch," He cried out in pain.


    "Now, you''ve done it," Aakesh groaned and started a fight with her.


    After a few minutes, they both sat down, panting. The mess only increased after their fight. Aakesh begrudgingly stood up and started cleaning what looked like a rundown store. There were shelves after shelves containing strange materials in the room. The store looked rundown, but most of the items in the store were even brighter than the sun. Any of the riches, medicines, or supplies in the shop have the potential to start the most lethal conflicts.


    This store is known as ''The First Store''. Aakesh was more than six feet tall, had dark blue skin even bluer than poison; wavy ck hairsing down to his waist; ck eyes that could suck light like the abyss. He had the perfect looks any being could have. After cleaning the mess, he sat on a chair waiting for the customer, with Lilyzing on his shoulder.


    ***


    Universe Rainbow, Gxy Door, Redstar,


    Universe Rainbow was only worth a drop in the ocean known as the Multiverse. Rainbow was one of the Universes solely born for the cultivators.


    "Why?" A young pale-skinned man on hisst breath and asked while clutching his chest.


    "You shouldn''t have done this," The old man said without turning back.


    "But, I am your most loyal soldier before a son, emperor," The young manined.


    "You shouldn''t have killed the young master of the undead sect," The old man turned around and said while looking down at the dying young man.


    "I had to. That beast would have defiled an innocent girl otherwise," the young man yelled, clutching his chest. A hole made by a sword was present on his chest.


    "I know. You aren''t at the wrong. But if I don''t kill you, the undead sect has threatened to wage war with us," The old man said, his voice trembling with unwillingness.


    "Forgive me, son. You would''ve made a great emperor. But, this world is very cruel to good people like you. If I don''t kill you, we would''ve to go to war with the sect. My royal duty is more important than my son''s life. Only civilians suffer in the war, my child," The old man couldn''t contain his expressions anymore. Tears started leaking out of his eyes as he has to kill his son to save his nation from war.


    The young man could only sigh, seeing his father cry. "Forgive me for being a weak father. If there is a next life, I hope you are born to a brave father unlike me," The old man said, took out his sword from the sheath, and run it through his chest wound.


    "I don''t want to die. I still have so many things to do. If there is a god, please give me a chance," These were thest thoughts young man had before falling into oblivion.


    The old man slumped down, seeing his son dying. He started wailing. "You did the right thing," Suddenly, a cloak-wearing man appeared out of nowhere andmented in a hoarse voice.


    The old man red at the skeleton with a killing hint. The manughed seeing, the old man''s re.


    "Get out of here. Don''t think I am afraid of you," The old man yelled while holding his son''s dead body. "Hehehehe," The skeleton disappeared, but his ominousugh still echoed in the surroundings.


    ***


    "Didn''t I die?" The young man, who thought he had died, eximed as he suddenly found himself standing in the space in front of a rundown hut. He looked up and saw three enormous golden words shining above the cottage ''The First Store''.


    Suddenly, the door of the cottage opened. A man came out of the door while a tiny white cat followed him. "Oh, a soul form," The catmented, seeing him.


    "Perfect looks," He suddenly had this thought in his heart when he looked at the stranger.


    "Um, hello, where is this?" The young man timidly asked, looking down. He didn''t dare to look at the man, as he mistakenly looked at the young man''s eye when he came out of the door. He felt his soul was getting sucked. He didn''t even dare to ask how a cat could speak due to fear.


    "Wait, Let me see your life," The man ignored his question andmented expressionlessly. "So, your name was George before dying," The man then suddenly spoke to him.


    He subconsciously nodded and then felt shocked by his body''s acting on its own.


    "Wee, dear customer," The man then suddenly weed him. He then turned around and returned to the shop, the cat following him. George subconsciously followed the man into the shop.. He wanted to stop walking, but his legs didn''t listen and kept following the man as if there was something precious to him in the shop.

 Chapter 2 - Store-Products

    George followed the man into the cabin. The cottage appeared to be tiny from the outside as well as the inside, but he got a sensation that even if he could put the entire Universe inside, it would still look the same. George then nced around timidly and felt shocked to see so many strange kinds of things. He didn''t know any of the materials stored on the shelves, but he wanted to snatch everything and run.


    All his thoughts vanished when the man turned around and looked at him. George put his eyes down due to fear.


    "You don''t have to be afraid," The manmented. George''s soul rxed on its own as if it had heard amand. He became even more fearful of the stranger.


    "I am Aakesh. She is Lily," The man, known as Aakesh, then introduced himself and the cat. He then snapped his hand, and a chair presented itself out of thin air. Aakesh then gestured for George to sit down. George nodded and sat down on the newly created chair.


    "So, what do you want to buy?" Aakesh asked George.


    "I don''t want anything. How did you know my name, and how did Ie here?" George fearfully asked a barrage of questions.


    "You asked God for help, so he brought you to my store," Aakesh replied, turned around, and started taking things out of the shelves that George could need.


    George became dumbfounded by the reply. "Are you God, then," George asked him.


    "No, I am just a store owner," Aakesh replied without even looking back at him.


    "Um, how could this cat speak?" George asked as the shopkeeper appeared unconcerned by his questions.


    "Like, You and I can," Aakesh replied straightforwardly.


    The next question got stuck in George''s throat. "If cats could speak, then why haven''t I seen one in my whole life?" he yelled in his heart, but he didn''t speak out loud. Then suddenly all his hairs stood, as he felt a sudden danger of life. He looked around and saw Lily ring at him.


    "Lily, don''t," Aakesh ordered. Lily scoffed and stopped staring at him. George took a deep breath after that.


    "Thank you, senior," George thanked Aakesh. Aakesh didn''t show any response to his thanks.


    "How can you survive in outer space, senior?" George then asked another question, as he had never heard of anyone surviving in space, let alone living in a hut suspended in space.


    "Just like you could survive in your world," Aakesh replied. George felt like coughing blood by the straightforward reply.


    "Am I dead, senior?" George asked after staying silent for some time. "If your race has more than one life, then you aren''t dead yet," Aakesh responded without turning back.


    George smiled wryly. "Let me leave, then. What would a dead man want?" He said, sighingly.


    "Okay, these are the things that may help you," Aakesh ignored his statement, turned around, waved his hands, and strange things started floating in front of George.


    The sudden floating of strange things astonished George. He felt snatching everything in front of him, but he kept his hands to himself. Confused, he asked, "Are these things for me, senior?"


    "Yes, these things are my store products. You can buy these things if you can afford them," Aakesh answered and snapped his fingers.


    Suddenly a bottle having a golden pill stepped out from all the contents as if it was sentient. "This is a Genius Reincarnation pill. If you eat this pill, you''ll reincarnate into one of the higher worlds, and you''ll have a body talent, even greater than heavenly chosen," Aakesh pointed at the pill and exined its characteristics.


    George''s jaw dropped listening to the characteristic of the pill. His breathing became rough seeing the pellet, he wanted to snatch the medicine and eat it, but he didn''t have the guts to extend his finger. He even forgot to ask about the payment method.


    Aakesh didn''t wait for his answer. He snapped his fingers, and another bottle having a green pill with a red circle on it stepped out. "This is a revival powerup pill. If you eat this pill, you''ll get revived on the spot you died, and your cultivation will increase by one level without any limit," Aakesh exined. George nodded. He didn''t care too much for this pill, as he''ll still be too weak for the undead sect even if his level increased by one.


    "This is a Revival Genius pill. If you eat this pill, you will revive and have the best of that universe talent," Aakesh exined while pointing at the next pill having the same color but with a golden circle instead of a red one.


    Aakesh continued exining different kinds of pills after that. The more George heard about the pills, the dumbfounded he became. One of the pills described by Aakesh was especially horrifying. That pill was named the Strongest pill. Anyone could be the strongest in the Universe they belong to if they used it.


    After the pills, it was time for treasures. An opaque sphere stepped out from the group of strange things this time. "This is an embryo of a hellfire mage. If youbine your soul with this embryo, you''ll have a new body, and this body will haveplete control over hellfire: the fire that once starts burning never stops burning," Aakesh exined the characteristics of the sphere.


    The sphere was likewise a unique treasure, but after hearing about the pills, the embryo didn''t look impressive to George at all.


    Aakesh snapped his fingers again, and this time a ck sword stepped out. "This is the Bloodhorn sword, made up of the mixture of the blood and horn of the Chaos Lion. This sword can devour blood as you fight, and it will also make you stronger without any side effects until you reach the level of the Chaos Lion," He exined the characteristics of the sword.


    "What was the level of the Chaos Lion, senior?" George asked as he got curious about the level of the lion.


    "In cultivation level," Aakesh asked as there were multiple power systems in the Multiverse. George nodded.


    "Heavenly Monarch," Aakesh answered.


    "I have never heard of this level, senior," George asked.


    "Because you and your Universe are very weak," Aakesh responded straightforwardly. "Heavenly monarch is the highest known level in your cultivation system," Aakesh added.


    George''s jaw dropped hearing this.. The value of the sword in his eyes suddenly rocketed.

 Chapter 3 - Choice

    Time passed, Aakesh continued exining the characteristics of different treasures. Only thest thing was left now. A golden disc the size of George''s palm stepped out. He covered his eyes right away. The disc was so bright that it almost blinded his eyes, even though he was in his soul form.


    "This device is called the Energy System. This system will transmigrate with your soul in a new world, and it will let you grow stronger without any limit, as long as you have enough energy to absorb. You can even be the strongest of the Multiverse. It''s the best treasure of this lot," He exined the shocking characteristics of the golden disk.


    George took a deep breath after hearing about the Energy System. He couldn''t believe that this kind of treasure exists. The most shocking thing was that it wasn''t even the best treasure Aakesh had. It was just the best treasure presented to him.


    "So, what do you want to buy?" Aakesh then asked George and stared at him, waiting for his answer.


    Suddenly, George woke out of his stupor. He forgot during the introductions that he was to buy things. It wasn''t a gift. He looked at Aakesh and then at the valuable treasures in front of him. A disappointed sigh escaped his mouth.


    "I don''t have any money, senior," George told Aakesh, embarrassingly.


    Aakesh stared at George like he was looking at an idiot. George''s face became red due to the stare. "You''ve been asking stupid questions since you arrived. Now, you even started thinking of me as an idiot. Of Course, I know you don''t have money. How can a dead man have money?" Aakesh responded with a stern look on his face.


    George didn''t know what to say in response. "Just because your cat can speak and you live in space doesn''t make my questions stupid," He thought in his heart.


    "You think money can buy these things. You need to sign agreements for the treasures you buy in this store," Aakesh ridiculed George and then exined the requirement for buying things.


    George ignored the ridicule. "What is the requirement to buy the cheapest thing in this lot, senior?" George then asked after hearing about the way to purchase.


    Aakesh pointed at the embryo and exined, "This is the cheapest. You only need to pay a supercluster core in thirty years to pay for this."


    "FUCK!" George couldn''t help but yell out loud. "I''m sorry for losing my calm," He noticed his mistake and apologized the next moment, not to anger Aakesh.


    "It''s ok. You''re not the first to do this. I don''t understand how someone can think these treasures are inexpensive," Aakeshmented, as every single customer lost theirposure after hearing even the lowest price.


    "But a supercluster core-," George wanted to stillin about the prices, but his words got stuck in his throat when Lily red at him.


    "I thought the revival powerup pill would be the cheapest," George then asked another question, as he didn''t want to face the ire of Lily.


    "I told you, he''s an idiot. I still don''t understand why he was even brought here," Lily scoffed at George in her childish voice. George wanted nothing more than to squish Lily''s face due to her voice. As if Lily understood his thoughts, she hissed at him and revealed her shiny and sharp ws.


    "Stop it. We are doing business, Lily," Aakesh ordered. Lily scoffed and left the hall.


    "I won''t even try to answer this question of yours," Aakesh then told George.


    George smiled wryly at the response. "It seems this senior is very moody," He thought in his heart.


    "How much does this golden disc cost, senior?" He then asked, pointing at the golden disk.


    "Are you sure you want to know this?" Aakesh asked as if he knew the future response of George.


    George nodded at Aakesh''s question. "Fine, it costs one hundred and eight universal cores every day for one hundred and eight days," Aakesh answered expressionlessly.


    George didn''t even listen to the whole statement, as he stopped hearing everything after universal core. He didn''t speak anything for some time after that.


    "So, do you want to know other treasures/pills prices?" Aakesh asked and broke the silence.


    George shook his head. He couldn''t hear outrageous prices anymore.


    "Senior, what if I am unable to pay?" George asked the most critical question.


    "You don''t want to hear that," Aakesh replied expressionlessly, but the air around George suddenly turned murderous. He shrank his neck due to fear. He only took a breath when the murderous aura vanished.


    "But, you don''t have to worry about not paying or the expensive cost. Whenever you buy something from this store, you always earn more than what you paid," Aakesh exined.


    George fell silent. After thinking for hours, George finally made his decision. Aakesh also didn''t disturb him, as the decision was too significant for George.


    He pointed at the embryo with shaking fingers and told Aakesh, "I''ll take this, senior."


    Aakesh nodded and snapped his fingers, then suddenly, a piece of brown animal skin appeared in front of him. The blood-colored flourishing words started appearing on the paper as if someone was writing. After a few seconds, the document wasplete.


    Aakesh handed out the animal skin to George. He took it respectfully and read the whole document. The contract wasn''t too harsh, but the starting point confused him. Confused, he looked up at Aakesh and asked, "Um, senior, the document says, I''ll get transferred to hell and start from there."


    "Hellfire is the fire of hell, so where else would you go to train for it," Aakesh replied expressionlessly.


    "You don''t have to worry. Your living in hell isn''t permanent. After training and bing powerful, you can leave hell anytime you want," He added.


    "But, senior, I''ve heard that there is no return from hell," George expressed his doubts.


    "The born inhabitants who are weak like you can''t leave, so that weak Universes like yours can survive. You are just going there, and if you''re powerful enough, then anyone can leave. It alles down to power in the end. Hell is just one of the clusters of Universes in the Multiverse," Aakesh exined.


    "It''s just one of the clusters for you, but not for most of the people," Georgeined in his heart, but he smiled to show his eptance of the answer.


    "Do you think that I can''t hear your thoughts?" Aakesh suddenly asked.


    Suddenly, the smile on George''s face froze. "I am sorry, senior. I didn''t mean to disrespect you," George apologized while his back was sweating due to fear.


    "If you''re ready, sign the contract," Aakesh ignored his apology and ordered him.

 Chapter 4 - Contract

    George wasn''t aware; how to sign the contract. So, he asked, "How do I sign the contract? I am a soul. I don''t have blood."


    "Signing the contract isn''t thatplex. You only have to think about signing the contract in your mind, and your name would appear on the contract," Aakesh answered. George nodded and thought about signing the contract in his mind.


    "Arghh," George groaned due to the sudden pain. The pain was short-lived, but it was intense. He felt as if someone was cutting his soul. In the contract, the dark red color of his soul form below his name appeared after the pain faded.


    Aakesh took back the contract. Suddenly, an enormous vertical eye appeared in the sky. The mysterious eye monster had white pupils on the ck sclera. The beast had Sixteen tiny single wings on both the left and right.


    The vertical eye peered directly at George and the contract. George felt his whole body chilled when the eye looked at him. He felt standing naked in a snowstorm. The contract started dissipating after few seconds. The monster also disappeared after the agreement entirely dissipated. After the vertical eye disappeared, a ck timer with a red hue appeared inside George''s mind.


    "What was that, senior?" George tremblingly asked Aakesh, as he still shuddered from the fear thinking about the feeling he felt.


    "Oh, it was the Cosmos Contract beast. This beast overviews the contracts around the Multiverse," Aakesh exined about the beast. "A timer must have appeared in your mind," He then asked George.


    George nodded "Don''t exceed the timer. Otherwise, you''ll have to face the wrath of the beast," Aakesh then sternly warned him. George nodded, his head like a pecking chicken to show his understanding.


    "Want to know a way to break the contract?" Aakesh then suddenly asked George.


    It was an unexpected question that left George dumbfounded. He shook his head, imagining the owner of the store might be testing him.


    "Don''t worry. It''s not a test," Aakesh exined, seeing George''s thoughts.


    George still shook his head. He genuinely doesn''t want to know. The moment he signed the contract, he wasmitted to paying the fee.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but smile, seeing George''s firm refusal. "You ask idiotic questions, but you''re a man of integrity, " Heplimented George.


    "Senior, you too smile like a normal person," George eximed on the spur of the moment. He noticed he spoke over his limit, so he started feeling awkward.


    Aakesh didn''t respond to his apology and handed out the embryo to him. A serious look appeared on George''s face as he gently took the sphere.


    "Thirty years is the deadline to pay and remember there is no interest. Either pay on time or face the consequences," Aakesh warned George sternly.


    Before George could thank, Aakesh waved his hands. George and the embryo both suddenly disappeared from the store.


    "Do you think he''ll be able to pay?" A childish voice asked as Lily returned to Aakesh shoulder after George left.


    "He had to," Aakesh expressionlessly responded while waving his hands. All the contents lying out returned to their respective shelves on their own after that.


    "You smiled?" Lily jumped on his head and asked.


    "Yes, He is naive and good-hearted, but the world needs people like him," Aakesh responded.


    "He is an idiot too," Lily added. Aakesh only smiled in response.


    "Let''s read Pursuit of Eternal''stest chapter," Aakesh announced.


    "We can read the whole story if you let me see the future," Lily grumbled.


    "And, what fun would be that?" Aakesh gently hit the tiny head of Lily and responded.


    One of the minor worlds in hell,


    It was barrennd, with no traces of life to be seen.


    "Huh, what happened?"


    George eximed as he suddenly found himself in a different environment.


    "Senior didn''t even warn me," George murmured with a wry smile. He didn''t see the embryo with him, so he searched left and right for it. He found the embryo lying down on the ground next to him.


    The knowledge of how to use the embryo suddenly appeared in his mind. "When did senior do that?" He muttered horrifyingly. The fear he had for Aakesh increased even more.


    He tapped the embryo seven times in seven different areas on the sphere. The embryo then started shining Dark red. The embryo suddenly engulfed George''s soul.


    "Arghhh," George screamed due to the pain he was feeling right now. The pain was too sudden and too intense. He felt like ants were biting his soul slowly. His whole body was getting created, so the process continued for hours. The pain only got worse as time passed. He even tried to quit the process midway due to the pain, but the process continued despite him not wanting it.


    The pain finally subsided when his whole body was created. "Is it done?" He groaned after the pain didn''t appear for minutes.


    "Eh, why is my hand red? And why is my hand so big?" He suddenly eximed when he saw his hand had turned enormous and red.


    He stood up hurriedly. He then noticed every part of his body was red. He then felt his face with his hands and got stunned. "What beast did I be?" He eximed as he could feel the roughness of his face, and there were two small horns right above both his eyebrows.


    "Did I grow taller too?" He looked taller to himself when he stood up. "WHERE IS MY PENIS?" He yelled with a horrified look on his face as he found only a ne area there. He tried to poke there in the hope somethinges out, but nothing happened.


    "I should first check out the area rather than looking at me," He murmured after staying disappointed for some time, as he was in an unknown open area and that too in hell. He could find about his body and power anytime in a safe ce. He wouldn''t even know how he died in this open area if some powerful being were to arrive here.


    He was very ufortable while walking, as it was an entirely different body and even different features than his previous human body. He walked for what felt like hours to him, but he didn''t find anything. It was dark all over the area, as the sun never shines in hell.


    After several hours, he stopped and sat down on the barren ground due to tiredness. His eyelids suddenly started bing heavy. He desperately wanted to stay awake, but he couldn''t.. As a result, after a futile attempt to stay awake, he slumped to the ground.

 Chapter 5 - Revenge

    The night was omnipresent in hell, so there was no way to differentiate between day and night. So when George woke up, he had no idea for how long he had slept. He then remembered the timer that appeared after signing the contract. He thought about the timer, then suddenly, it appeared in his mind. The timer showed 29:11:19, with the timer representing years:months:day.


    "Damn, I slept for twelve days straight. Thank heavens, I am still alive," He shockingly eximed.


    He took a deep breath, just because he was alive despite staying in the open for so long. Suddenly, an urgent thought appeared in his mind to check hellfire. He went with his thoughts and thought about hellfire; a tiny fire darker than the night emerged in his hand. That fire sent chills down George''s spine. He suddenly had an illusion of burning in hellfire. He took back hellfire due to fear.


    George didn''t even calm down when suddenly a pain attacked his head. "Arghhh," He clutched his head and screamed.


    After the pain calmed down, new memories about control of hellfire started emerging in his mind. The memories also contained information of a different power system than cultivation, Mage-System.


    The memory exined that there are eleven levels in the Mage-System in this Multiverse. Level 11 mage being equivalent to Heavenly Monarch. Only very few beings have reached the level of Level 11 mage. Level 11 was the level of immortality in the Mage - System.


    George, in his current body, was a primary Level 4 mage, ording to the Mage-System. "I have been born equivalent to the early Soul formation cultivator," He eximed when hepared Cultivation-System with Mage-System. The leader of the undead sect was only ate Soul formation cultivator.


    The memory contained theplete knowledge of reaching Level 11 hellfire mage. "Only a supercluster core for this knowledge," He murmured, as the price he thought to be expensive turned out to be dirtpared to the product.


    He also learned many things about hell from his memory. He had the info about the world he was currently in, fortunately, or coincidentally. This world is called the Sukha world. This world looked barren from the outside, but it wasn''t a worthless world, as the inhabitants of this world lived underground. The inhabitants of this world were called Hents. They had the same body structure as tiny ck ants on Redstar, but Hents are bigger and powerful. Sukha is a lesser world where the highest level of being could be equivalent to Level 3 mage.


    Additionally, he learned what race his current body belongs to. He belonged to the Infernals: one of the medium races of hell. He was currently amoner Infernal, as he had only two horns. As his horns increase, his standing in the infernal n will also increase.


    As he was already the strongest, he need not fear anybody as long as he is on this. He decided to conquer this world to get materials to promote himself to Level 5 and then leave for the world of Infernals.


    It only took him three days to conquer Sukha. He then meditated in Sukha for a year and sessfully reached peak Level 4. There weren''t enough materials in Sukha for him to reach Level 5. He left after that. Hents all over Sukha cried when George left, as he was a good king and belonged to a higher race.


    Twenty years have passed since then, George has entirely changed. He has grown to ten times the size of his past. The number of horns on his head has grown to sixteen. He was now a royal Infernal and had control over one enormous gxy with a size of more than a million Light-year. His penis also has returned because only royal infernals had the capability to reproduce.


    He has also improved exponentially during these 20 years, as he was currently a peak Level 8 mage.


    George''s personality has also drastically changed. Even his aura contained cruelty since hell is cruel.


    This year George decided to leave hell and get his revenge. He was already the strongest when it came to his original Universe. His Universe was solely for cultivators, and the highest level anyone can cultivate in his Universe is Void Forging, which is only equivalent to a Level 7 mage.


    He couldn''t return to his as an Infernal, as hell creatures are feared all over. But, he didn''t have to worry, as there was an art in his memory that he could use to turn himself into a human.


    The time flew by. Redstar weed George back; Redstar has changed dramatically from the past. He returned to his kingdom, Empyrion''s capital, only to find a ghost city.


    As he has already grown more powerful than the Universe limit, he could interfere with thews of the Universe. He manipted time to find out the reason for this ghost city.


    Time returned to ten days after George died. The king couldn''t handle killing his son, so he fell ill. The undead sect spread the information of the king''s health to various factions located in the kingdom.


    Various factions waged war against the kingdom. As the king was already on his death bed, and his youngest son was young for war, the kingdom soldiers weren''t able to stop the onught of thebined attack of the factions. The kingdom fell in no time.


    It didn''t take long for conflict to arise between the factions. The war between factions continued for years; atst, only one party remained. All the other parties escaped to other kingdoms.


    The winning faction tried to build a new kingdom, but an unexpected attack of the Undead sect resulted in the death of every person belonging to that faction.


    George, in anger, destroyed the Undead sect after seeing the past events. The undead sect wasn''t an insignificant sect. The undead sect in Redstar was only one of the branches of the headquarter situated in the center of the Universe.


    George''s sudden attack on one of the undead sect''s branches unexpectedly turned into a full-fledged war between the headquarter and George. More and more sects started involving themselves in this war due to the undead sect''s rewards. It didn''t take long for it to turn into a full-fledged war.


    George was too powerful for the war. He destroyed every warring sect in less than a week.


    George became the ruler of the Rainbow Universe, but he has a different n for this Universe.


    He had to pay a supercluster core in return for the embryo, as he was satisfied with the hellfire mage embryo and felt the store was at a loss, so he paid the universal core for the embryo.


    Taking the universal core resulted in the death of every living creature in the Universe, but George didn''t care. His worldview has entirely changed in these past few years.


    "Damn, I lost on this deal," Aakeshined after receiving the universal core.. As he expected a supercluster core from a high-rank Universe, instead, he got a universal core of a low-rank Universe.

 Chapter 6 - Infernal

    Thousands of years have passed since George started his journey as a hellfire mage.


    The situation around George has radically changed. Millennia ago, he was a weak human with a sense of justice, he wanted to be a good and a kind ruler, but now he was only a being famous for his cruelty in hell.


    Even Infernals shuddered in front of him due to fear. A century ago, George sessfully became a Level 11 mage and gained immortality. Level 11 mages were also known as demigods, as only Gods were above a Level 11 mage. His bing Level 11 brought a radical change in hell. The addition of one more Level 11 in the n of Infernals made the n rise to be a higher n.


    George still had bigger ambitions as he found out a way to be even stronger. He wanted to rule the Infernals, not just one of the leaders.


    Infernals had a total of seven demigods. The current leader of the Infernals was the first Infernal to be a demigod, and he became one about several million years ago.


    There were no sub-levels in Level 11. The power only depended upon the control of the element, and as one spent longer time meditating in their level, the stronger the being is.


    The hellfire embryo turned out even better than he expected for George. When he reached the level of demigod, a new knowledge opened in his mind. The data contained information about attaining Godhood. He started meditation ording to the newly emerged knowledge.


    He has been in closed meditation for a century now. All the demigods belonging to the Infernal n have been waiting for him toe out, so they can celebrate his reaching immortality.


    While the high-level Infernals were busy plundering, ruling, ughtering, etc., an announcement popped up in every Infernal''s mind. The sudden notification was a summon to their main world for every high-ranked Infernal currently staying in hell. The sudden summon confused everybody, but they still returned without asking any questions; through the portals.


    Even the demigods had no idea of the reason for the summon. They only came because it was a request by George. It took only a few breaths of time for everyone to arrive at the main world of Infernals.


    There were only seven seats avable for the leaders, so every other Infernal stood waiting.


    "Wee everyone," A sudden hoarse voice echoed in the surroundings. George appeared in thest empty seat.


    Even the six demigods sitting next to him didn''t notice when he appeared. All of the six had a look of shock in their eyes.


    George nced at them and smiled. It sent ominous signals to their hearts when they saw that smile.


    He stood up from his seat and smilingly waved at the lines of Infernals waiting for the reason of summoning. Everyone who saw that wave was stunned as George was famous for hisck ofmunication with anybody.


    "I know you''ve been waiting for the reason for your summoning. I can see some of you are anxious, thinking, what if we are going to war. You don''t have to worry. The issue is minor," George announced, looking at the Infernals. The leader of the Infernals and the other five demigods had solemn expressions, as they hadn''t lived for so long in vain. They knew the motive of George after that smile.


    Many Infernals breathed a sigh of relief, but their jaws dropped the next moment.


    "I want to be the leader of this n, so I''ve called you here to see the challenge between the leader and me," George added.


    The venue became so silent that even a breath would be considered loud.


    "No need for challenge," The silence was broken by the sudden announcement of the leader.


    George didn''t expect this response from the leader. He turned, stared at the leader, and stated, "But, I want the leadership."


    "I Know."


    "Then why no need for the challenge?" George argued.


    "You can be the leader straight away. There is no need for a challenge. I would only hurt myself in a fight with you," The leader exined.


    George didn''t expect the leader to give up his ce this easily. After being silent for some time, heughed out loud.


    He then turned around to look at the Infernals and announced, "All of you''ve heard the leader. As of this moment, I''m the leader of Infernals. I''ll make Infernals a top n one day."


    He then disappeared after that, all the other demigods following him. Other Infernals only stayed there shell-shocked. It only took a few breaths of time to change the leadership of a race.


    Time flew. It has been several millennia since George took the leadership of the Infernal n. The Infernal n has also changed radically like George. They waged wars in this millennia to conquer and plunder, resulting in the death of countless species in hell as well as Universes outside of hell.


    He waged wars aggressively because his goal of making Infernal a top n failed, as all the top races had at least tens of Gods. He wanted to rule as muchnd as he could.


    The main world of Infernals was currently in ruins. George was lying naked and injured in the center of the ruins. There were cracks all over his body. Lightning was running in between the external fissures in his body. A smile appeared on his face as he looked at the clearing sky.


    After a few breaths, his injury started healing on its own. In only a few breaths of time, his body got entirely restored. Suddenly, cracks began to appear throughout the space. As time passed, the fissures in the void only grew wider.


    George stood up. Hellfire engulfed him and turned into a cloak. "Finally," He said, as he has be a God now.


    The six demigods of the n appeared and surrounded him, "What are your instructions before leaving, Honourable God?" The previous leader asked with an awed expression on their face.


    Gods had their own world, and the Multiverse didn''t allow any God to stay in the lower world after having a breakthrough because of the fragile fabric of the void.


    "You''re the leader from now on. It''s up to you what to do?" George told the previous leader and disappeared. He couldn''t wait to enter the world of Gods.


    The impatience of George dumbfounded the other six demigods. "Let''s announce it to the other races," The leader shook his head and said to the other demigods.


    George''s life in the lower world ended with that.

 Chapter 7 - System

    Somewhere in the void,


    In a rundown cottage still in the space, Aakesh was ying with Lily. Theyughed as they yed. There hasn''t been a single customer in his store since George.


    Despite several millennia passing, Aakesh looked the same, just like he did in the past, without even a hint of aging.


    Aakesh was ying when he suddenly came to a halt. The sudden stop confused Lily. She vanished and appeared on his shoulder the next moment. "What happened?" She asked while lightly hitting his head.


    "That Human has just be a God," Aakesh answered while picking Lily up from his shoulder.


    "What a waste of that hellfire embryo," Lily ridiculed.


    If George heard Lily right now, he would fight her to death in anger. He worked so hard for thousands of years to reach this level. Attaining Godhood in only a few millennia put him in top-tier talents, but it didn''t even take Lily a nanosecond to rubbish his talent and hard work.


    "What has it got to do with us? He bought it and paid for it," Aakesh responded smilingly. He then scratched Lily''s chin. She responded with a cute meow forgetting about George.


    [Ding,]


    Suddenly, Aakesh heard a mechanical tone in his head.


    "Oh System, you are back," Aakesh spoke, as he clearly knew about the system.


    [Hello! Host.]


    [You have sessfullypleted your mission.]


    [Mission objective: To create one hundred Gods by your store product.]


    [Result: Sessfully created one hundred Gods in eighty-one thousand years.]


    [Bonus result: Seventeen of the created Gods became Godking.]


    [Mission reward calcting¡­..]


    A mechanical voice echoed in Aakesh''s head, informing him of thepletion of the mission.


    Aakesh looked no more than twenty years old, yet the system announced that hepleted thest mission objective in more than eighty thousand years.


    ***


    Eighty-one thousand years ago,


    A rundown closed cottage appeared out of nowhere in the void. The hut looked empty from inside, with only a blue-skinned man wearing a red cloak lying unconscious on the ground.


    After a few breaths of time, the unconscious man''s hands moved lightly. His eyelids then shook slightly.


    The man opened his eyes after that. He nced right and left confusedly. He then rubbed his eyes as everything around looked blurry to him. He then sat up.


    As everything around him became clear, he curiously looked at his surroundings. There was nothing to see but only a blue wall in a locked space, yet there was a look of unfamiliarity toward the wall in the man''s eye.


    "Whe...re is thi...s?" He spoke in a slurred speech.


    "Wh..o am I?" He asked himself, as he couldn''t remember his identity too.


    "Wh...ats my name?" He added another question. His speech also got better with more speaking.


    He stood up, clutching his head, trying to remember anything about himself. He didn''t even know; Why does he only remember thenguage he speaks and nothing else? He went up to the wall in his front and touched it. It sent a cooling feeling. All the stress he had due to not remembering anything of the past started disappearing slowly.


    [Ding.]


    [Binding to the Host.]


    [Binding rate..1%, 2%, 3%, 4%...,]


    A sudden voice broke the man out of his stupor. The voice sounded different than his. He looked around to see the source of the sound, but there was no one. "Hello, who is talking to me?" He spoke loudly.


    There was no response from the weird-sounding voice. "HELLO," The man yelled to get an answer from the weird voice, but unfortunately, there was no response.


    He tried two or three times again after that, but he had to stop after getting no response at all.


    He then searched the whole room to see any way to get out of this locked space, but there wasn''t even a window, let alone a door. He then sat down on the ground, giving up atst.


    "What is happening to me?" He muttered in irritation.


    "WHO IS DOING THIS TO ME?" He screamed to vent his frustration. He yelled for some more time but fell silent because he got irritated by it in the end. As he had nothing to do, he stared nkly at the wall. As time passed, he found himself calming down the more he looked at the blue wall.


    [Ding.]


    [Sessfully bound to the Host.]


    "Hello!" The man eximed right away as the weird voice returned. He didn''t want to stay in silence even if he feels good looking at the wall.


    [Hello, Host. I am your system ''The First Store System''.]


    The weird voice responded and introduced itself.


    A relieved smile appeared on the man''s face when he heard the response. There was someone to talk to him. He then remembered what the voice replied.


    He curiously looked at the top and excitedly asked questions, "Is my name Host, and What is a system?"


    [No, your name isn''t Host. A Host is someone who owns the system, and a system is a device created solely to help its Host.]


    The man''s excitement dimmed down hearing that the Host wasn''t his name, but then the next moment, hearing about the system, he got excited again.


    "Since you call me Host, that means you will help me?" He asked excitingly with a hint of little nervousness.


    [Yes, Host.]


    The system responded affirmatively. "Then tell me about my past, and why can''t I remember anything about it?" The man asked nervously.


    [Sorry, Host. I''m not allowed to tell you about your past.]


    The system threw cold water on all of the man''s excitement. "But, you just said you''ll help me," He argued.


    [Affirmative, Host. You need to have a sufficient permission level before asking about your past. Since I''ve recently bound to you, you don''t have any authority.]


    The system responded in an expressionless mechanical voice. The man''s face turned ugly hearing this.


    "Can you at least tell me my name?" The man asked. His tone almost turned into begging.


    [Yes, Host. Your name is Aakesh. It means ''Lord of the Sky''.]


    ******


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 Chapter 8 - Past(1)

    "Aakesh, lord of the sky," The man mumbled after hearing his name.


    A smile appeared on his face, mumbling his name for some time as he liked the name.


    "System, why aren''t you appearing in front of me?" Aakesh asked smilingly as he couldn''t see the system.


    [Host, I don''t have a body. I live inside your head.]


    "Huh!" He eximed in response to the system''s answer. Somehow, he didn''t feel weird about it. He then remembered the name of the system.


    "System, why are you called ''The First Store System''?" Aakesh asked the system curiously.


    [Host, it is my duty to help you in creating the Multiverse''s most reputable, dependable, stable, and steady store so that it is called the first store.]


    The system responded. Aakesh couldn''t hear even a single emotion in the mechanical voice.


    "How will you make me the greatest store owner? I don''t even have a store," Aakesh asked confusingly.


    [Host, you can make this ce my store.]


    The system replied. "Eh," Aakesh eximed.


    "I may not have my past memory, but somehow I remember thenguage and meanings of words. For a store, you need people toe to the store and buy your products. How can a closed space be a store?" Aakesh expressed his doubts while pointing at the closed walls.


    Right after he spoke, his jaw dropped as a white door with blue handles appeared out of thin air in the center of the southern wall facing him.


    "How did you do this!" Aakesh yelled in an astonished tone. He excitedly ran toward the door, like when a little child runs when he sees a new toy.


    [Host, It''s nothing. I can do even more.]


    The system responded. Aakesh would''ve thought that the system was boasting if the voice didn''t sound emotionless.


    He reached the door. The door was in white and had in blue handles. He grabbed the door handle and pushed it outwards in the hope of seeing the outside world, but the door didn''t budge.


    Somehow he had the knowledge that doors can be opened in many ways like push and pull. This time he pulled the door inward, but still, the door didn''t budge.


    "Hey system, why isn''t the door opening?" He asked, irritated, as he was excited to see the outside world.


    [Host, the doors of the store will only open when a customer arrives.]


    The system responded emotionlessly. Aakesh got angry hearing this. "Is it a store or a prison?" He asked the system angrily.


    [Host, It is a store. That''s why my name is ''The First Store System''.]


    The system replied emotionlessly. Aakesh almost stumbled, hearing this. "I meant, why can''t I open the door and go outside?" He asked.


    [Host, it''s for your safety. You aren''t strong enough to currently go outside.]


    The system responded in a mechanical voice. "Why wouldn''t I be safe if I go outside? What monsters are there outside? How will I be safe in this store then if someone from outside tries to attack me?" He asked a barrage of questions. He still hasn''t left the handle of the door.


    [Host, this store is located in the emptiness of the void. You won''t be safe because your body is currently weak, and it won''t be able to handle the pressure of it.]


    [There are no monsters outside, as only a few beings can handle pressure here.]


    [No one can harm you or evene close to you in this store.]


    The system answered his questions one by one.


    "If no one can harm me in the store, then why can''t I go outside and handle the pressure?" Aakesh asked confusingly. If the system can keep him away from any kind of harm in the store, then it''s easy for the system to keep him safe from the pressure of the void.


    [Host, I am only bound to help you in the store. If you went away from the area of the store, you''ve to handle the pressure on your own.]


    The system responded bluntly. "How am I supposed to get stronger then if I''m to sit in this store all day?" Aakesh asked curiously.


    [Host, you don''t have to worry. As you sell materials, you''ll grow stronger.]


    Aakesh got surprised at first and then excited hearing this. Isn''t it too easy for him to grow stronger if many customers begin showing up in the future? But then he remembered the location of the shop. It poured cold water on his excitement. Only a few beings can handle the pressure of the void here, so rarely will customerse in the store.


    "How would I get stronger if rarely any customer arrives in the store, and what does this store even sell?" He asked.


    [Host, customers of this store can be anyone. Even the weakest can get a chance to buy the products in the store.]


    [Host, this store sells everything.]


    The system answered Aakesh''s question.


    Everything the system said was tooplex for Aakesh to understand. He didn''t even try to understand the things this time.


    "Hey system, can you give me something to sit upon?" Aakesh requested as he finally let the handle of the door go.


    The system didn''t speak anything, but a white wooden chair with a cushion appeared in front of him.


    "It''s sofortable. Thank you, system!" Aakesh thanked the system as he sat upon thefortable chair.


    "System, if you sell everything, where are the products?" Aakesh asked, pointing at the empty room.


    [Host, the products will appear on their own when the timees.]


    ***


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 Chapter 9 - Past(2)

    [Host, the store products will arrive after you''re ready to start a store.]


    Aakesh got confused hearing this. It was unclear to him what the system meant by suitability criteria.


    "And, how can I be suitable to start the store?" He asked the system.


    [Host, I will give you some quests toplete. These quests will help you learn more about this Multiverse. As you sessfullyplete the quests, you''ll be more and more suitable for bing the store owner of the Multiverse''s most reputable store.]


    The system replied to Aakesh''s question without even a hint of emotion.


    "When will you send me my first quest, system?" Aakesh curiously asked the system, as he was curious about the contents of the quest and how it would make him a great store owner.


    [Whenever you''re ready, Host.]


    "Really!" Aakesh eximed in amazement. Is there anyone who does not wish to work ording to their own schedule? He also wanted it.


    [Yes, Host.]


    The system replied emotionlessly to Aakesh, even though he was eximing to himself. Suddenly a suspicion arose in his heart.


    "Hey, system," He called out.


    [Yes, Host.]


    "Why are you so nice to me?"


    [Because you''re my Host.]


    "That can''t be it. You''ll give me yournd, products, and safety for the store. I only have to sell the product. That makes me an employee and you an employer. So why are you acting like I''m the employer?"


    "Why are you acting so nice with me and doing or answering everything I want or ask?" Aakesh expressed his suspicions.


    [Insufficient permission to answer this question.]


    [Host, it''s my duty to help you and fulfill your demands as long as it doesn''t exceed your permission.]


    The system answered both of his questions respectively in an emotionless voice. Aakesh wasn''t happy with the answer as the system didn''t give any new information. His knowledge was the same as before expressing his suspicions.


    Currently, he was not allowed to ask for any answers, so he might have to wait until he got more authority in the future to ask for them.


    His eyes started getting drowsy as he found himself morefortable on the chair.


    "Hey, system. Can you give me a bed made with this same cushion," Aakesh requested the system, as he wanted to sleepfortably on the bed, not the chair.


    [Yes, Host.]


    Within moments, there appeared in the middle of the room a bed created only of cushions. Everything was already set up. Aakesh just needed to sleep on the bed.


    After the bed appeared, he noticed a weird thing. He still felt that the space was still as empty as before the bed arrived.


    "Hey, system. What is happening here; even though you have ced a huge bed in the center of the room, it still looks empty as before?" He asked the system.


    [Host, it''s due to a space skill. What you''re seeing is nothing; even if you ce multiple universes in this room, this ce will still look as empty as right now.]


    The system responded in its own strange voice. "Wow!" Akash said in surprise. He would have been convinced that the system was boasting if he could hear any emotion, but the voice was as emotionless as it could be.


    Having the same empty space even after filling universes sounded too astonishing to be real, but Aakesh saw the mini version of the skill himself, so it must be true. The skill excited him, as he could also learn this skill himself. As hey in bed, he lost himself in dreams of possessing the mysterious space ability.


    Since the store cottage was located in the emptiness of the void, there was no day and night here. Time flew. After unknown hours of sleep, Aakesh woke up.


    He saw a blurry in blue roof above him. He sat up and stretched both of his hands. His eyes were still blurry, so he rubbed them.


    As he felt rejuvenated, he mumbled, "So refreshing." He then got down from the bed and walked in the room for few rounds to exercise his body.


    "Hey, system," Aakesh called out to the system.


    [Yes, Host.]


    "I am ready for my first quest. Give me one," Aakesh asked the system.


    [Host, please see the mission.]


    A sudden blue screen appeared out of nowhere in front of Aakesh. The screen followed his eyes as he moved his head. Golden fonts started emerging on the blue screen.


    [Mission: Knowledge of countless races


    Description: You need to have knowledge of the countless races residing in this Multiverse. Your goal is to make your store ''The First Store'', so you''ll have customers from every species in the future.


    Requirement: Learn about the features, characteristics, and rare traits of every race.


    Reward: Unlock the Status menu.]


    Aakesh read the entire text on the screen. He didn''t judge the mission as difficult or easy. "Okay, how am I going to learn about the races?" He asked the system since he was ready to start the mission.


    The blue screen in front of him turned into a ck screen while the fonts on it disappeared.


    A strange being with a simr body shape as him appeared on the ck screen. White fonts started appearing above the creature. It said ''Human''.


    The first race Aakesh learned about was Humans. Humanity is a species that originated on Earth around a quadrillion years ago. They have the same ancestor as apes; that''s why they look simr to apes in body shape. They went on to conquer manys, then gxies, and then universes. They are still one of the weakest races in this Multiverse.


    Humans have a rare trait of excessive greed. The greed of power has made theme to this point. They have a high reproducing rate and are one of the most intelligent races in this Multiverse. Their intelligence is the reason they''ve been able to avoid wars with stronger races than them.


    "Interesting race," Aakeshmented after reading about Humans. He read about it again to remember everything written about the Humans on the ck screen.


    ***


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 Chapter 10 - Quest

    The next race Aakesh learned about was called Elf. They were of different skin color, hair, and eyes, but one thing that wasmon in Elves was their sharp and pointy ears.


    Elves originated on Dorothiml around several septillion years ago. They aren''t a natural-born race. A primordial tree called the World tree is the creator of this race. Elves have conquered many universes to establish them as a medium-level force in the Multiverse.


    Elves have a rare trait of pride. This pride of them stems from their creator. Their pride is also the reason that they don''t have friendly rtions with many races. They are one of the most talented races in using magic. The screen showed many more things about them.


    Aakesh read the information about the Elves one more time to remember it. He didn''t find anything special about them, unlike Humans. Humans are greedy, but they are smart, whereas Elves are prideful but simple-headed. The information of the races continued on the screen after that. The screen also showed major wars that race faced. The more Aakesh knew about the races, the more eager he became to open the store and have contacts with them.


    Time flew. There was no way for Aakesh to find out how much time has passed, but the system knew. When he asked the system the time, he got the answer he never expected. More than ten years have passed until now, but it felt like an instant to Aakesh. He hasn''t even learned about one-quarter of the races in this Multiverse.


    He read about various interesting races in these past ten years. He liked one particr race, Peacock.


    Peacocks are blue-skinned creatures and have a blue crest on top of their head like a crown. Their tail feathers make them distinct from any other species. Their tail feather has the design of eyes on them.


    The species originated on the Elmar. A long time ago, peacocks were considered a race of beasts. They were well known for their stunning appearance. Due to their overly beautiful features, they were used as pets by high-ranking members of the beast n. Their treatment as pets was not a problem, but when a peafowl was forcefully taken away from his father, a problem arose.


    That man turned out to be an unrivaled genius of the beast race. Peacocks were a peaceful race before that, but that man changed everything. His name was Kartikeya. He alone made Peacock''s overlord of this Multiverse. He has waged more than a million wars since he started, but he has never lost even a single battle. He is currently known as the God of war. The beast race has to ask for forgiveness, atst, to stop the war with Kartikeya.


    These things didn''t make Aakesh like Peacocks. What Aakesh liked about Peacocks is that they never conquered another. After winning the war, Kartikeya always returned the star to their rulers, or if he killed everybody, he would donate it to the weaker races. These acts of Kartikeya made Peacocks loved and respected all around the Multiverse.


    After studying about different races for over a decade, he still maintained an interest in learning about them. Time flew. Several decades passed in a blink of an eye.


    Aakesh was reading about a race called Deva from the screen. A Deva is an immortal race from birth. Amorphous, neither male nor female, they had no distinct appearance, size, or distinguishing characteristics. They were also the true rulers of the Multiverse. Even the greatest of beings, Kartikeya, never dared to fight any Deva.


    Deva is a race that originates from the Multiverse itself. Every septillion years, the Multiverse gives birth to a Deva. They only lose to everybody when ites to poption.


    The difference between the power of Deva and the power of other races is so huge that the youngest Deva can defeat the second powerful known race, Asura, on their own.


    They were the most powerful yet most loved race in this Multiverse because of their kind and peace-loving nature. They have only fought once since times immemorial. It took them only eleven seconds to win the war. The only reason they involved themselves in the war was due to being responsible for the maintenance of the Multiverse.


    Aakesh couldn''t close his mouth even once due to shock after he started reading about Deva. Devas are so good that even a perfect race might be a wrong description for them. They didn''t have any weaknesses.


    After already being born the strongest, they had one more advantage. Anyone who dared fight against Deva loses two-third of their power automatically at the start of the battle. Multiverse made sure that no being could challenge the rulership of Devas.


    [Ding.]


    [The quest: Knowledge of countless races sessfullypleted.]


    [Misssion reward: Status unlock sessfully rewarded.]


    "Eh, already done," Aakesh murmured disappointedly after hearing the notification of sessfullypleting the mission.


    "How many races did I learn about, system?"


    "Hou much time did it take me toplete the mission?" Aakesh asked the system, as he wasn''t counting the number of races.


    [Host, You learned about 1,666,199,719,971,997 races. You took 67 years to learn the knowledge about these races.]


    The system answered his question. His mouth flew wide open after listening to the number of races present in the Multiverse.


    "There are this many races present in this Multiverse?" Aakesh asked again as he couldn''t believe the number.


    [Negative, Host. We have 1,666,199,719,971,934 races. Sixty-three races just became extinct due to different years.]


    Aakesh didn''t know what to speak. He was amazed about the number of races, but he also felt wrong about the sixty-three races dying out. He could only wish for their reincarnation in a good ce.


    "Hey, system. Is our Multiverse crowded due to having so many races?" He asked as a doubt suddenly emerged in his mind.


    [No, Host. You think too little of the Multiverse. The number of universes in this Multiverse surpasses the number of races.]


    The system replied in an emotionless voice. Aakesh also suspected this since he had read about many races even bigger in size than an entire universe. He then remembered the reward the system gave him forpleting the quest.


    "System, how do I see this status?" He curiously asked the system.


    [Host, you only have to think about the status in your mind, and it will appear in front of you.]


    The system responded. Aakesh nodded and thought of the status. The next moment, a screen containing his details appeared in front of him.


    ***


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 Chapter 11 - Status

    A dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*******],


    Profession: [Locked],


    Level: [Locked],


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 1,


    Agility: 1,


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 1,


    Skills: [Locked].


    The status first showed his name. When Aakesh saw the next appearing word, race, he became excited. He still didn''t know anything about him even after spending decades here. But the next moment, his excitement vanished. He could only see gibberish in front of his race section.


    "Hey, system. Why can''t I read or see my race? With a hint of irritation, he asked the system.


    [Host, you don''t have sufficient authority.]


    The system responded in a mechanical voice. Aakesh also finally knew why he couldn''t hear any emotion in the system''s voice.


    The system belonged to a race called Yantra. What blew Aakesh expectation was that Yantras are a natural-born race, not artificially created. Yantra is a race that is incapable of feeling or showing emotions. So, only his origins were now unknown to him. Furthermore, he questioned the system as to how it knew so much about the Multiverse as Yantra isn''t even a top 100 race. But he didn''t get any answer from the system.


    Aakesh fell silent after the system responded that he did not have enough authority. In the end, he decided to focus on the status. On the screen, there are now two more sections, profession, and level. The state in both segments was locked, however.


    Aakesh didn''t care much as he knew the reason why it showed locked. More golden fonts appeared on the screen. The newly emerged section showed physical attributes, which had four attributes: strength, agility, intelligence, and stamina.


    Aakesh understood 1 in strength and agility, but he couldn''t understand what intelligence and stamina showed.


    "Hey, system. I don''t understand the attribute section," Aakesh asked the system to exin.


    [Host, your strength and agility are at 1. It tells that you are very weak inparison with others. The -0- in stamina and intelligence shows that you don''t need improvement in them anymore. You have infinite stamina and intelligence.]


    The system answered. "Infinite stamina and intelligence!" Aakesh eximed after hearing the response.


    He understood the meaning of infinite stamina, as he had been sitting for decades learning about different races, and he still isn''t tired. But he didn''t understand what infinite intelligence signified. It cannot simply mean Aakesh is the smartest.


    "Hey, system. What does infinite intelligence signify?"


    [Host, it means that you can learn any knowledge, no matter itsplexity or restriction upon it.]


    Aakesh became confused by the system answer. Even an ordinary creature can learn anything if he works on it. It''s a different matter whether he''ll be able to remember it in the future or not. So, he asked the system about it.


    [Host, you misunderstood. Some pieces of knowledge in the Multiverse are taboo for everybody, and the Multiverse punishes those who try to read or learn about it. But those who have limitless intelligence, she doesn''t stop or punish. If you didn''t have infinite intelligence, you would''ve never been capable of learning about Deva. You''ll also be like the majority of the creatures, who only know Devas exist, but don''t know anything about them.]


    This piece of information astonished him. He was one of the weakest in this unending Multiverse, but he was also one of the few creatures to learn any knowledge. The mysteries surrounding his past became more mysterious.


    Aakesh then returned his focus to the status screen. The screen was entirely filled. Only two sections after physical attributes appeared, no. of questspleted, and skills.


    Aakesh knew the meaning of both the sections, so he didn''t ask the system about it. Since there was nothing new to see on the status, he thought of the screen disappearing. The dark blue screen with golden fonts vanished after his order.


    "System, I''m ready for the second quest," He asked the system for the second quest. He has enough stamina, so he''ll never get tired physically or mentally.


    [Host, please see the screen for the quest.]


    [Mission: Knowledge of Languages


    Description: You need to have knowledge of thenguage of the countless races residing in this Multiverse. Your goal is to make your store ''The First Store'', so you''ll have customers from every species in the future. You need to make them feel familiar, so you need to have knowledge of theirnguage.


    Requirement: Learn about thenguage spoken by every race.


    Reward: Unlock the skills section and a Title.]


    "Hey, system, why do I need to learn thenguage of other races?" Aakesh confusedly asked. He couldn''t see the point of this quest because the system surely can give him a skill where he can understand and speak everynguage.


    [Host, only by doing so can you learn thenguage. Language is not always aboutmunication. It''s something more than that. Somenguages are so superior and divine that it''s almost impossible to create skills using them.]


    "Okay, start the quest," Aakesh had no words to answer the system, so he told it to start the mission.


    The system didn''t respond, but a ck screen like in the previous quest appeared, then golden fonts started appearing on it.


    It exined, there are various ways in which different races converse. Some peoplemunicate through oral speech, some through gestures, some through visuals, or some through audio-visuals, etc. Language may have different ways of conversing, but most have one primary purpose: to makemunication easier.


    There are countless races in the Multiverse. Every race to exist until now has created multiplenguages, so there are also infinitenguages in this Multiverse.


    New fonts started appearing on the screen. It was titled ''Human spokennguages''. After that, thenguages spoken by Humans began appearing on the screen one by one.


    Only when humanity was still on Earth, it spoke more than 7000nguages, and as they grew in power, they created morenguages. Currently, humankind has more than a millionnguages with billions of dialects.


    Time flew. Decades after decades passed, but Aakesh still sat at the same position and stared at the screen. He hasn''t even learned about one-tenth of the spokennguages, let alone forgottennguage present in the Multiverse.


    Aakesh interest increased in learning about thenguages the more he read about. Language can also show the history of a species, so he was learning the history of the various races as well as theirnguage. For example, he found out how humanity discovered fire through visualnguage.


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 Chapter 12 - Creation

    Chapter 12


    After Humans usingnguages, it was the turn of thenguages used by the Elves. Since Elves were artificially created, they had a perfect set ofnguages since their birth.


    Elves only had one way ofmunication, oral, since their birth. They also have only onenguage, elvish, but since there were multiple types of Elves, they differentiated thenguage through their color, like Dark Elf spoke dark-elvish, and Moon Elf spoke moonlight-elvish, etc.


    It took Aakesh the least amount of time to learn different kinds of elvish since there were only minor changes between them. When he was learning elvish, he saw the perfect use of magic. He learned many things about magic from elvish. Now he knew why were the Elves so talented when ites to magic?


    Time flew. More than three centuries have passed since he started learning thenguages. Only one race was left, now. His excitement knew no bounds currently. He''ll learn more about mysterious Deva using theirnguage.


    Aakesh''s knowledge of magic has be perfect during this quest. It was all due to thenguage of Dragons. Dragons are the creator of magic in the Multiverse.


    The ck screen changed, huge golden fonts showing Deva appeared on it. Below that, only one strange letter started appearing.


    When he was looking at the iplete letter, Aakesh got a severe headache and almost nked out. He right away closed his eyes. His back was sweating. For the first time since he opened his eyes, he felt the fear of death. He saw the illusion of him dying and taking rebirth again and again when looking at the word.


    [Host, please don''t try to look at the whole letter. It is the most divine character in the Multiverse. You may not be able to handle the pressure.]


    In an emotionless voice, the system warned Aakesh. "You could''ve warned me before the letter appeared," Heined.


    The system didn''t speak anything in response. Aakesh stoppedining after getting no response from the system.


    [Host, you can open your eyes. Only the first stroke of the letter is currently present on the screen.]


    The system informed Aakesh. He believed the system after spending several centuries with it, so he opened his eyes. After opening his eyes, he saw a tiny downward curved line. As he stared at the curve, he could not take his eyes off it. He felt himself getting sucked into it.


    Despite wanting to move his eyes away from the screen, he had an intuition that moving his eyes away would be his biggest mistake, so he believed his hunch and continued looking at it.


    Just as Aakesh looked at the curve, it started moving into creating the strange letter, but he wasn''t aware of it. He lost himself into an illusion.


    He saw how uncountable years ago, there was nothing. In that nothingness, a sound echoed. That sound gave birth to a spark. As time passed, the spark got bigger.


    As the spark expanded, it gave birth to eleven beings whom Aakesh couldn''t see. The only thing he could see was a dot in ce of those beings. That spark was none other than the Multiverse. After giving birth, the speed at which the Multiverse expanded slowed down.


    The first being, the Multiverse gave birth to, became the leader of the newborn beings. The leader then ordered their subordinates to create worlds and new species since their mother has be weak after giving birth to them.


    As per the order of their leader, other beings started creating new worlds by using the energy of the sound that gave birth to the Multiverse. As these individuals created new worlds, these newly created worlds sent some of their energy to the Multiverse. It gave a boost to the Multiverse.


    The Multiverse regained the speed at which it was expanding. It was how the Multiverse came into creation. It created a perfect cycle as the newly created world, gxy, or universe gave birth to new species. The leaders called back all the ten beings after the creation of the perfect cycle.


    It is still growing at the same rate, despite the passage of inestimable years. There are countless races in this Multiverse, but new races are born or disappear with every breath.


    The illusion ended after that. Theplete letter appeared on the screen. Aakesh took a deep breath to calm his pounding heart after the end of the illusion, but the pounding didn''t stop.


    What he saw was too majestic to take in. He only saw a dot in ce of the eleven beings, but he still felt the pressure of that dot. He only forgot one thing from the illusion, and that was the sound.


    [Ding.]


    [The quest: Knowledge of Languages, sessfullypleted.]


    [Mission reward: Skills and Title unlocked, sessfully rewarded.]


    Aakesh ignored the system notification, as his mind was still fixated on the illusion.


    "Hey, system, who was those eleven beings, and why did I forget what was the sound?" He asked the system, as only it could answer him.


    [Host, those eleven beings are the first Devas. The leader of the group is the ruler of the Multiverse, the strongest of all, and the only being allowed to have direct contact with the Multiverse.]


    [Host, even Devas can''t remember or recognize the sound. Only the first eleven beings remember the sound.]


    The system answered both questions. Aakesh jaw dropped listening that someone can contact the Multiverse.


    "Hey, system, why is that only the leader can contact the Multiverse? All the other ten are also her child, and the leader didn''t even do anything," He curiously asked the system.


    [Host, some things are beyond everything.]


    The system responded emotionlessly. Aakesh understood the meaning of what the system was implying, so he shut up. There was an awkward silence after that.


    [Host, would you like to see your title and skill.]


    The silence broke when the system reinformed him of the reward of the sessfulpletion of the quest.


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 Chapter 13 - Title

    Chapter 13


    [Host, you can check your title in the status screen.]


    The system informed Aakesh, breaking the awkward silence present in the room. He also remembered the reward, the system gave him. He then thought of the system,


    A dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: [*******],


    Profession: [Locked],


    Level: [Locked],


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 1,


    Agility: 1,


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 2,


    Skills: None.


    There were only two changes in the status screen. First, a new title section appeared, and second, none appeared on the skill section in ce of [Locked].


    He got the title ''Myrioglot'' as a reward from the system. Think to expand was written next to it, so he did the same.


    Another screen appeared on top of the status screen. New golden fonts started to appear on the new screen.


    [Title: Myrioglot


    Description: This title is reserved for people who can speaknguages used by at least one-quarter of all races.


    Benefit: If you spoke their spokennguage with the race, they would feel close to you.]


    The title''s description disappointed Aakesh, as he didn''t see any benefit in the title. The reward didn''t matter much for him, as he felt learning the knowledge of creation was already generous enough. He then thought of the screen disappearing, and both the screen disappeared after that.


    "Hey, system, what''s the benefit of this title?" He asked the system, as something the system gave him can''t be a wasteful thing.


    [Host, this title will protect you from other races unless you do something to anger them or you have something they could fight to the death for.]


    The system answered in its mechanical voice. Aakesh wasn''t surprised by the answer as he also expected the same.


    "What''s even the point if I can''t go outside?" He muttered, as the moment he can go outside, he''ll be one of the strongest in the Multiverse.


    But he stopped worrying about the use since he''lle in contact with many races when he starts his store.


    "Hey, system. How many quests do I need toplete before starting the store?" He then asked the system as it would be good to know about the no. of quests he needs toplete.


    [Host, only two more quests are left.]


    The system responded, making him excited. "Then, start the third quest," He informed the system. He enjoyed doing missions because he learned new things and was getting closer to opening the store.


    [Host, see the screen for the quest.]


    The system informed him, and a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him.


    [Mission: Knowledge of levels of Treasures


    Description: To be the most prominent store owner, you need to have perfect knowledge of the types of treasures and their differences, whether in terms of use or value. How can a store owner be legendary if he doesn''t even know the worth of his products?


    Requirements: Learn about differences in every kind of treasure.


    Reward: Unlock of thest quest to be a store owner.]


    Afterward, the screen disappeared as Aakesh read the mission objective. The reward of the quest was different this time, unlike thest two missions. He also noticed ''store owner'' in the description of the mission. It wasn''t like it was being used for the first time. However, Aakesh did not emphasize this before.


    The


    "Hey, system. Why is it that you use store owner in the description of the quests?"


    "I neither supply the store products nor do I own thend. You will supply me with the products I need to sell on thend that you provide me. How can I be considered a store owner? Why am I not a store manager or a salesperson?" Aakesh curiously asked the system.


    [Host, it is true that I''ll provide everything the store will sell or thend, and you''ll only act as the salesperson. But there is another truth, the moment I bound with you, you became my owner.]


    A mechanical, emotionless voice straight away answered. Aakesh was intrigued by the system''s response.


    "Don''t you feel dishonor acting as someoneckey despite providing everything?" He curiously asked. Yantra was one of the top races in the Multiverse, but still, to select some weakling as owners, and act on their whims, must be a dishonor.


    [Host, we Yantras are born without any emotion.]


    The system replied emotionlessly. Aakesh only smiled in response since he had no words to retort.


    Since Aakesh stopped asking questions, the system decided to start the quest. A ck screen appeared in front of him, and fonts started appearing on it.


    Aakesh forgot everything and focused on the screen to learn new things. It said there are many kinds of treasures like weapons, pills, or potions, etc. every kind of treasure can be divided into many levels based on the materials used to make them or their value after creation.


    The words disappeared after that and the weapon word appeared in their ces.


    Weapons determine people''s fate, regardless of their civilization. So it is the mostmon treasure in the Multiverse.


    The Multiverse is divided into four dimensions: (i) the dimension of creatures without divinity, (ii) the dimension of beings who attained divinity (Gods), (iii) the dimension of Asuras, Yakshas, and Primordial beings, and (iv) the dimension of Devas.


    Weapons are divided into levels ording to their dimension, except fourth. For fourth dimension weapons, there is no level since every Deva is born with a weapon, and they have an unlimited growth rate like their owner.


    The first dimension where the beings without divinity live is called ''The Primal dimension''. It doesn''t mean that there are no beings who can live forever in the primal dimension. It''s called such because even the weakest god has the capability to destroy it.


    In the primal dimension, weapons are divided into ten categories:


    (i) Common: The weapon even the weakest can use,


    (ii) Rare: These weapons are rare in a star,


    (iii) Epic: Strongest weapon of a world,


    (iv) Legendary: Weapons famous in more than ten worlds,


    (v) Mythical: A weapon famous in a gxy,


    (vi) King: Weapon used by Kings (ruler of more than ten gxies),


    (vii) Emperor: Weapon used by Emperors (ruler of one or more superclusters),


    (viii) Overlord: Weapon used by the Overlord of a Universe,


    (ix) Immortal: Weapon used by the Immortals,


    (x) Growth weapons: Weapons that can grow stronger.


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 Chapter 14 - Weapons

    Chapter 14


    There were ten levels in which weapons were categorized in the primal dimensions. It didn''t have much information about them written on it.


    The next moment, all the fonts disappeared, and new golden fonts started appearing on the screen. The details about the level of the weapons appeared on the screen one by one.


    Common weapons, as their names say they are the most ordinary weapons. They can be anything used to attack or defend. The most striking feature about these weapons is that they do not require energy and do not have any energy source.


    Rare weapons are more durable and potent than ordinary weapons. Because they possess the ability to use energy and they are able to cause harm to others, beginners use them.


    Epic weapons are the known most potent weapon in a world. Epic weapons have the ability to destroy mountains and seas. Anyrge faction to survive in any world needs to have an epic weapon.


    Legendary weapons are weapons that have the power only heard in legends. They have the ability to destroy a world in one attack. These weapons have their own energy source.


    The Mythical weapon is a weapon that has the ability to inspire mythology. These weapons may not be the most powerful, but they cannot be created by anyone. These weapons can only be developed by the gxy and utilized exclusively in the gxy. It merely bes a more potent ordinary weapon in other universes.


    The King''s weapon is the weapon that the ruler of ten or more gxies creates for themselves using their blood. The most ordinary material used in these weapons is a world core.


    Time flew. Aakesh read about every level of weapon in more detail. He was most interested in mythical weapons and growth weapons after reading about them. The growth weapon stood out from the list because it is the only weapon that could transcend with the immortal when they achieve divinity.


    The fonts on the screen disappeared after that. It then started exining the second dimension.


    The ''Sacred Dimension'' is the second dimension in which beings who attained or were born with divinity reside. As only immortals can attain divinity, this is also the dimension of beings who live forever. The time difference between the first and second dimensions is 1000:1. When only 1 second passes in the sacred dimension, 1000 seconds advance in the first dimension.


    The screen then revealed the details about the level of weapons and their descriptions. Time flew. After exining the details about the weaponry in the sacred dimension, it started showing details about the third dimension and then the fourth. Since there were no levels in Devas dimension, it only showed that weapon and its descriptions.


    Aakesh''s mouth didn''t close since he started reading about the power of weapons in the third dimension. The screen disappeared after he read about all the details of weapons in all four dimensions.


    After the details about the weapon disappeared, details about the pills started appearing.


    In the primal dimension, pills were divided into six categories:


    (i) Inferior pill: The pill withmon use for injury, meditation, and diseases, etc.,


    (ii) Medium pill: The pill used for serious injury, level up for beginners, etc.,


    (iii) Top pill: The pill used by kings,


    (iv) Superior pill: The pill used by emperors and overlords,


    (v) Immortal pill: The pill that has the ability to revive, cure any disease or toxin, and breakthrough to immortal level,


    (vi) Ascendance pill: The pill used by Immortals (these are the only pills that work for immortals).


    It then exined that these six levels are also divided into three grades; first, second, and third. The third grade being the worst, and the first grade is the best.


    Time flew. It exined the details of every level of treasures in every dimension. It took six weeks for Aakesh topletely learn about the different kinds and levels of treasure.


    [Ding.]


    [The quest: Knowledge of Treasures, sessfullypleted.]


    [Mission Reward: The fourth quest has been sessfully activated.]


    [Host, See the screen for the details of the mission.]


    The system informed Aakesh after thepletion of the quest. Something unusual happened this time as the system activated the mission on its own, unlike previous times.


    A blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him. Aakesh didn''t straight away read the quest. He has just read about treasures so he needed some time to settle the knowledge.


    The knowledge of treasures used in the fourth dimension still stayed in his mind. An arrow that was only an ordinary weapon for Devas could destroy all the three dimensions together in a single attack and would still have enough energy to do it ten more times.


    Aakesh took a deep breath to calm his pounding heart and try to imagine the scene of the destruction. After calming down, he focused on the quest.


    [Mission: Knowledge of the Power system and Levels


    Description: Creatures of every level wille to your store in the future. As a great store owner, every customer will be equal to you, but every customer has needs ording to their power level. So you need to show the best product ording to the power of the customer, even before they ask for it.


    Requirement: Learn about different power systems and their levels.


    Reward: Unlock the profession and few skills.]


    Aakesh read the quest, and the quest window disappeared after that. It was still a mission rted to knowledge, so he was excited aboutpleting it.


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 Chapter 15 - Cultivation Level

    Chapter 15


    The ck screen appeared after the quest window disappeared. The title ''Power System'' in golden fonts appeared on it. It exined,


    There are countless races in the Multiverse; some are born immortal like Deva, some are born physically strong but mentally weak, or some are born weak physically as well as mentally, etc. So every race can not be powerful using a single power system.


    Many unrivaled characters of the races made a new power system suitable for their races with the help of Primordial beings or Devas, so there are many power systems in the primal dimension.


    Yet only a few power systems can aid creatures in bing immortal and thus be gods. These power systems are:


    (i) Qi cultivation system: In cultivation, beings attain immortality using Tao,


    (ii) Prana cultivation: Using Prana to cultivate,


    (iii) Tamer system: Bing stronger using the help of different races,


    (iv) Warrior system: Cultivating body or weapon,


    (v) Faith system: Using the faith of the creatures to attain Godhood,


    (vi) Soul system: Here, beings cultivate their soul


    (vii) Mage system: Here, beings study magic...


    Aakesh read many of the power systems on the screen. It disappeared after introducing the names of the power system. As soon as the screen lit up, the Qi cultivation system appeared.


    Laozi, a Deva, created the Qi cultivation system and gave it to humans during their stay on Earth. People in the Qi cultivation system cultivate using Qi and then strive toward Tao; as they be closer to Tao, they be stronger. As humans grew influential and powerful, the influence of Tao reached other races too, so it''s currently the most used power system in the primal dimension.


    Then Prana cultivation system appeared on the screen. No one knew who founded this cultivation system, as Kartikeya from the Peacock race found a cultivation art in ruin during one of his travels. Using that one cultivation art, he reached the peak in the three dimensions; only Devas are more powerful than him.


    Kartikeya created many cultivation arts using that one cultivation art and gave it to many races. Due to this, the influence of Prana cultivation increased in the primal dimension. It''s the second most used power system after Qi cultivation. There are many simrities between Qi and Prana, but one tries to attain Tao in the Qi cultivation system, whereas there is nothing to attain in the Prana cultivation system.


    Time flew. In the blink of an eye, a week has passed. There was a detailed description of every power system disyed on the screen. Aakesh learned many things about the Primal dimension from this.


    The screen then started showing the levels in the power system. First was the Qi cultivation system.


    The Qi cultivation system was divided into Eleven Levels:


    (i) Qi condensation,


    (ii) Houtian,


    (iii) Xiantian,


    (iv) Soul Formation,


    (v) Nascent Soul,


    (vi) Void Condensation,


    (vii) Void Forging,


    (viii) Tao seed,


    (ix) Tao Manifestation,


    (x) Tao Pce,


    (xi) Heavenly Monarch.


    There were 4 sub-levels for every main level. There followed a description of every power level on the screen. The time flew by. It disyed every detail about different divisions in different systems.


    Every power system had more than eight levels. Only the warrior system was the exception as it had only three levels, (i) Rathi, (ii) Atirathi, and (iii) Maharathi. There were more levels, but they were in higher dimensions, not in primal.


    After the primal dimension, the screen exined the power system in the other three dimensions. As in the fourth dimension, only Deva lives; they were born with their own power systems except for the first eleven Devas. The Qi cultivation system was only a minuscule part of the cultivation system Laozi had from birth.


    [Ding.]


    [The fourth quest: Knowledge of Power System, sessfullypleted.]


    [Mission reward: Unlock of the profession, and few skills, sessfully rewarded.]


    [Host, check the status for your reward.]


    The system informed Aakesh about thepletion of the fourth quest in a mechanical voice.


    He didn''t wait for long and excitedly called out the status, as he''ll be a store owner from now on.


    A dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: [*******],


    Profession: Store-owner,


    Level: [Locked],


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 1,


    Agility: 1,


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 4,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Omniscient Eye.


    There were three changes in his Personal status. First, his profession changed into store owner from locked. He was a store owner from this moment. He only had to wait for the system to provide him with the products.


    Secondly, the number of questspleted turned into four, and Thirdly, he got two skills from the system called: ''Energy Overseer'' and ''Omniscient Eye''.


    He then thought about the details of the skill, so two new blue windows appeared in front of him, exining both the skills.


    Energy Overseer: This skill will help you identify the value of a product based on its energy signature. No energy in the world can be hidden from your eyes.


    Aakesh nodded after reading about Energy Overseer. It wasn''t an offensive skill but a support skill. He learned about different types of skills when he was doing the second quest: Knowledge of Treasures in the Multiverse.


    Taking this skill with him will be advantageous when he leaves the store in the future. As for the second skill, it was Omniscient Eyes. It gave him the ability to see every detail about the customering to his store. This skill was only applicable to his customers. Using this ability, he couldn''t see the past information of everyone around him. It was also a support skill like the previous one.


    "Hey system, why are both the reward skills, support skills?" Aakesh asked the system.


    [Host, you''ll get the rewards ording to the situation. Currently, there is no need for you to get an offensive or defensive skill.]


    The system replied emotionlessly. Aakesh didn''t know what to say in response.


    [Host, the store is now active since you have sessfullypleted the quest required for activation.]


    The system suddenly responded, and a blue light engulfed the whole room.


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 Chapter 16 - Products

    Chapter 16


    Blue light engulfed the entire room after the system''s response. Aakash was intrigued by the sudden blue light and eagerly waited for the result.


    In a few seconds, the light faded, and new ck shelves and some chairs appeared in the room. The bed that had appeared for Aakesh also disappeared.


    Three ck shelves werebining all four sides of the wall. Aakesh went up to the shelf in his front direction. He carefully studied them and noticed different designs on the shelf edges. There were several powerful creatures represented in the patterns, either extinct or still existing.


    There was a design of a white three-eyed Lion with white wings. When he focused on the design, he suddenly heard a roar that threw him off-guard. He then found himself in an illusion. He was in an empty space looking at a giant lion rushing at him. He wanted to move out of the way of the creature, but his legs couldn''t move.


    As the lion came closer, his heartbeat started rising fast. The next second, the lion appeared in front of him. He closed his eyes in fear of seeing him ripped apart, but the attack never came.


    He opened his eyes and saw the lion curiously looking at him. He couldn''t see any intention of attacking the creature. He tried to smile, but the next moment, the lion waved his paws, and Aakesh reappeared in the store.


    He looked around twice to make sure that he was in the store. He then took a deep breath to calm himself after making sure that it''s not another illusion.


    "Hey system, what was that?" He asked the system, losing all his interest in the newly emerged shelves.


    [What was what, Host?]


    The system puzzledly asked him. "Eh!" Aakesh eximed. Did the system not know that he was in an illusion with the three-eyed white lion?


    "Did you not see the lion?" He confusedly asked.


    [No, Host.]


    [Host, you must''ve fallen in an illusion looking at the shelves. The design you see on the shelves are the signature created by the real being themselves.]


    The system exined emotionlessly to Aakesh.


    "But, it was nothing like an illusion. The lion threw me out. If it was an illusion, how can this be possible?" He asked.


    [Host, the designs you see are of the most powerful entities in the three dimensions, so even their signature is sentient.]


    The system exined. Aakesh nodded, after listening to the exnation, as it made sense. He then became curious about the power of the system. To have the living signatures of many of the powerful entities besides Deva in the multiverse was astonishing.


    "What are you even?" He curiously asked the system.


    [I am the ''The First Store System''.]


    The system replied. The system''s reply dumbfounded Aakesh. He didn''t ask another question rted to this because he knew the system knowingly diverted the topic. The day he gets high authority, he''ll have all his answers.


    "Would I fall into another illusion if I focus on other designs on the edge of the shelves?" He asked.


    [Yes, Host.]


    The system answered. As there was nothing to do, and the creatures weren''t harming Aakesh, he decided to meet every living signature.


    The subsequent design he focused on was an eyeball with vertical slits. He felt disgusted looking at the creature, but all his disgust disappeared when he looked at them in reality.


    There was a golden hue covering the eyeballs all around it. The creature also introduced themselves. It was a female, and her race was Bles-eye.


    Aakesh continued looking at other living signatures after that. The more he saw, the broader his worldview became. Half of the living signatures were of the unique Primordial entities.


    For the first time, Aakesh felt mentally taxed since opening his eyes. He wanted to sleep desperately. He didn''t even ask the system for the bed and fell asleep on the ground.


    He opened his eyes after several hours of sleep. He found himself on the bed when he woke up. He was in a different environment currently. There were no shelves to be seen in the room he was sleeping in. There was only a bed in the entire room.


    [Host, the store products have arrived.]


    The system informed Aakesh, breaking him out of his sleepiness. He disappeared the next moment from the bed and appeared in the store.


    "Eh!" He eximed in amazement, seeing the shining shelves all around him. He even forgot to ask the system what that room was.


    He rushed to the closest shelf and saw a ss bottle containing a golden pill. He activated his skill ''Energy Overseer'' and saw a blinding light in ce of it. ording to the energy signature, it was a very high-level product.


    He looked below the bottle to see the information about the pill, but nothing was written below it. The next moment, a blue window containing the pill information appeared in front of him.


    {Pill: Ascension Pill,


    Use: Help peak Heavenly Monarch, Demigod, Maharathi, etc., to face tribtion to attain Divinity,


    Requirement: Peak of Immortality,


    Warning: Anyone below the peak of Immortality will burst due to the energy of the pill.}


    After Aakesh read the information about the pill, the window disappeared. Aakesh looked at more products after that. The majority of the products were high-level treasures. Rarely any product was for anyone below Level 9 in all the treasures.


    [Host, please see the screen for the quest.]


    The system suddenly activated a quest and informed him, breaking him out of his trance.


    A blue window with golden fonts appeared in front of him. He put the bow he held to its ce and focused on the screen.


    [Mission: First Sale


    Description: Your journey as a store owner will only start when you start selling the products,


    Requirement: Sell the first product to the first customer of the store,


    Reward: A random reward,


    Failure: The resting room will disappear.]


    "Where would I get a cust-"


    [Host, the first customer, has arrived.]


    The system suddenly informed Aakesh, stopping his speech.


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 Chapter 17 - First Customer

    Chapter 17


    The sudden quest confused Aakesh. Not even an hour has passed since the products arrived, and already a mission has appeared.


    "Hey, system, didn''t you say that you''ll only activate a quest when I ask?" He asked the system as this was the second time when the system forced a quest on him. This time there was a punishment for failing the mission, unlike the previous times.


    [Host, it was before you unlocked your profession. Before, it was possible to control quests. But now that they have be situational, so they''re out of my control too.]


    The system exined emotionlessly. Aakesh nodded, understanding the exnation made by the system. Only finding a customer was difficult because of the location of the store, but since there was no time limit toplete the mission, he had time. The only issue was he had to sell the product to the first buyer.


    [Host, the first customer, has arrived.]


    The system suddenly announced in its mechanical voice, breaking his thought process.


    "Already!" Aakesh eximed, listening to the announcement.


    The door of the store then opened for the first time. Aakesh turned around and only saw darkness at the door.


    [Host, receive your customer.]


    The system advised, breaking him out of his trance. Aakesh nodded and went out through the door.


    He excitedly looked at his surroundings, but all he saw was darkness. His excitement dimmed down, seeing only darkness. A being was standing on the opposite end of him.


    Aakesh then focused on the appearance of the being. A pair of pointy ears on the being led him to believe it was an Elf. His eyes first went to a captivating half-moon tattoo on the Elf''s forehead. The Elf was tall, slender, had white skin with silvery hair and eyes. The half-moon tattoo signified them being a moonlight Elf. He believed the being to be a female Elf, but he wasn''t sure as all the Elves are beautiful from birth. At this moment, he saw the being on the other side looking at him and his store with deep hope.


    Aakesh also turned around as he has never seen the storefront. He saw an ordinary cottage with enormous golden fonts ''The First Store'' lying above it. It wasn''t captivating for him, so he turned around and focused on the Elf again.


    He then used the skill ''Omniscient Eyes'' on the Elf to know about their past details. Suddenly, a memory emerged in his eyes. the Elf on the other side was watching the sky, tears streaking through her cheeks.


    "Vanya, you have to stay strong," Came a voice from behind. Vanya was the name of the moonlight Elf.


    Vanya turned around and saw a female Elf, having the same appearance as her, concerningly looking at her. "Mother," Vanya spoke and rushed at thedy. She grabbed her mother and started crying.


    "Your father will be alright. He has promised us," Her mother said as tears rolled down her cheeks.


    "If I was dili...gent in trai...ning, I could''ve prot...ected father. It''s all my fault," Vanya said with a slurred voice.


    "It''s not your fault. It''s our fault for not being able to protect you," Her mother responded.


    Vanya''s father was a noble in the Ithaviel Kingdom. The current king had two sons, and the king spiled both his sons. The youngest prince was a phnderer, once he was walking with his friends when he saw Vanya enjoying shopping.


    The prince tried to force himself on her, but Vanya was too strong for him, so she pped him. The guards around the prince arrested Vanya and threw her into prison. When her father came to know about this, he publicly killed the guards that arrested his daughter and humiliated the prince.


    Vanya''s family became a criminal from a wealthy family in a span of a day. They had been running from the prince soldiers to save themselves. Unfortunately, they were found out, and his father got severely injured, trying to protect his family. He was on his deathbed currently and had no money for treatment.


    ***


    Aakesh cut the memory short as he understood the story of Vanya. He went toward Vanya and extended his hands forward. He then announced, "Wee to ''The First Store'', where you can buy your dreams."


    Vanya also extended her hand and did a handshake with Aakesh. "Hello, I am Vanya," She introduced herself in a hoarse voice.


    Aakesh smiled and responded, "Hello, I am Aakesh, the store owner."


    "Follow me!" He told Vanya, turned around, and returned inside the store. Vanya followed him, as the store was herst hope to save her father.


    After entering the store, Aakesh sat down on a chair and gestured for Vanya to sit down on the other chair. She nodded and sat down.


    "So, what do you want?" Aakesh asked. The system has taught him to show the products to the customer before they ask for them, but Aakesh decided against it. He wanted Vanya to choose her products as per her desire, not the other way.


    "I want my father to get healed," Vanya straightly responded.


    "Any healer can heal your father," Aakesh responded.


    "But, I don''t have money. Even if I get money somehow, no one will try to treat my father due to the king," Vanya answered while tears started pouring out of her eyes.


    "But you''ll have to pay here too," Aakesh argued.


    "I know, I''ll pay with my body," Vanya hoarsely replied, clenching her fist.


    The response dumbfounded Aakesh. He decided to show her the suitable products himself, to avoid talking with her.


    He went up to the shelf on the north-eastern side of him. From the third shelf, he took out two things and returned back to the chair.


    "Here, these two are the products suitable for you," He told her.


    He then exined the description of both the products to her. The first was a spell that could heal even immortals, and the other was a device in the shape of a chip. The chip contained the knowledge of the Holy Knight.


    Holy Knight was a ss in Mage-system. One could use healing as well as offensive skills in this ss. The healing spell cost ten world cores, whereas the chip cost one-hundred-and-eight supercluster cores. The payment duration for both the product was the same, eleven years.


    "So, what is your decision?" Aakesh asked Vanya.


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 Chapter 18 - Silver Crow

    Chapter 18


    Vanya''s eyes shined, seeing both the Holy Knight''s knowledge and Healing skill. Currently, both treasures had value to her.


    One treasure gave Vanya the ability to heal her father right away, and the other gave her the ability to heal her father as well as get revenge on the people behind this. She would''ve chosen the chip straight away if not for the exorbitant price of one hundred and eight supercluster cores. She canfortably pay ten world cores in eleven years by asking the payment in return for acting as healers for higher-level beings.


    "What would happen if I can''t clear the bill of the products?" Vanya asked.


    Aakesh also didn''t know the answer, so he asked the system about it.


    "The products you bought will be taken back, then time will be reversed back to the time when you purchased the product, and your soul will be the coteral price for wasting the time of the store," He informed Vanya, the exact words the system told him.


    "You may think, giving your soul will be the end of the deal, but no your soul will be a ve of the store and will have to work for eternity. The work won''t be physically torturing, but you''ll still wish you would''ve paid the price due to the mental torture," Aakesh added more.


    Vanya shuddered, even thinking about working for eternity. "See, firstly the product we sell is unique to this store, and secondly, you''ll feel you paid less after you use the treasures bought from us. The only situation, you can''t pay the price is when you get greedy," He exined, seeing the unsettled look on her face.


    Vanya fell silent and started thinking about her choice. She had to buy one of these products if she wants to heal her father. After thinking for some time, she made her decision.


    "I want to buy the chip," She told Aakesh. There were two reasons behind buying the chip instead of the healing skill. First, the healing skill only gives her the ability to heal others but not protect her family. Secondly, the chip will grant her the power to treat her father as well as guard her family, fight back and take revenge, and make herself known throughout the Multiverse.


    "Good choice. To achieve something great, you need to take risks. If you use this chip to your advantage, you''ll be able to pay the cost even before the deadline," Aakeshmented. He also tried to fill confidence in her, as he wanted the best for her. Vanya is the first living creature he has met face-to-face.


    Vanya only nodded in response. "You''ve selected the product, so let''s sign the contract," He announced.


    The next moment, a silver-gilt animal''s skin appeared in his hand. This animal skin was of the animal ''Silver Crow'', a primordial creature. Their skins were willingly given, as they don''t feel pain when losing their skin, and any kind of energy signature won''t harm the skin. It was as if that was the sole purpose for which Devas created them.


    Red fonts then started appearing on the contract. It was also the blood of Silver crow that was used as the ink for the contract.


    After the entire contract appeared on the animal skin, Aakesh gave the contract to Vanya. She lightly took the contract and read it.


    There were no conditions on the contract for any loophole. It was inly written that Vanya had bought the chip containing Holy Knight''s knowledge at the price of one hundred and eight supercluster cores. The duration in which she has to pay the entire cost is eleven years. The time starts right after signing the contract. Regardless of the situation or circumstance, she must clear the payment before the deadline expires. Then there was a column for her signature.


    "Just think about signing the contract, and your figure will appear on the contract," Aakesh exined.


    "Before you sign, there will be an intense pain due to cutting off a portion of your soul," He then warned her so that she doesn''t face a sudden pain.


    Vanya nodded and prepared herself for the pain. She then thought of signing the contract, and the next moment, a painful scream escaped from her mouth. Even after preparing for it, the pain was still intense.


    A dark red figure of her appeared on the contract. After signing, the contract itself returned to Aakesh''s hand.


    The next moment, there was a movement in the space. A portal appeared, and an enormous vertical eye came out of it. It then peered at Vanya first and then the contract.


    Vanya was so frightened by the eye''s stare that she dared not even look at it. Standing there, her face waspletely drained of blood. Even breathing right now was too terrifying for her.


    After a few seconds, the contract dissipated with it, the eye too disappeared. Vanya finally dared to breathe. She took a deep breath to calm down her terrified heart.


    "The contract is done, so you''re the owner of this chip from now on," Aakesh announced.


    "What was that, store owner?" Vanya ignored everything Aakesh said. She even forgot why did she hade here. Right now, only fear for the eye stayed in her mind.


    "Oh, the eye, have you heard of Devas?" Aakesh casually asked.


    Vanya nodded in response. "That eye is a Deva. They manage the contracts around the Multiverse," He casually said.


    "De...va," Vanya responded slurringly.


    "Did I just see a Deva?" She whispered in exmation.


    "The soul part of yours will be returned back to you when you clear the bill of the chip. You can leave now," Aakesh ignored her exmation and exined.


    "Hey, system, send her. We have already signed the deal," Aakesh requested to the system.


    A white light then appeared and engulfed Vanya. The sudden light stunned her. Before she could ask anything, she returned back to her ce.


    "Hey, system, Ipleted my quest," Aakesh then excitedly told the system. There was excitement in his eyes as he waited for the random reward.


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 Chapter 19 - Reward

    Chapter 19


    After Vanya signed the contract, Aakesh sessfullypleted the quest, selling the first product to the first customer. His mission reward was random, so he couldn''t wait to see it.


    As there is nothing more Aakesh can help Vanya with, he requested the system to return her back to her. After the system transferred her, he excitedly informed the system, "Hey, system, I''vepleted my quest. Where is my reward?"


    [Ding.]


    The next moment, a mechanical announcement appeared in his head.


    [The quest: First Sale, sessfullypleted.]


    [Mission reward: Random.]


    [Mission reward calcting...reward calcted.]


    [Mission reward: A Primordial egg,


    Bonus reward: Unlock of Level section and a single powerup for selling a product worth one hundred and eight supercluster cores.]


    Several announcements arrived after that. Aakesh got his reward as well as a bonus reward for selling an expensive product.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed Aakesh out of nowhere. He could clearly feel the internal change in his body. His bones turned harder, and his muscles got tighter. After a few seconds, he started shedding his blue skin.


    The newly generated skin was darker in color than the previous. The shed skin turned into ash the moment it left Aakesh''s skin.


    After a few seconds, the blue light disappeared. With it, the progress stopped too. Aakesh still looked the same as he did before, but he was physically stronger now.


    Then there was a movement in space. Suddenly, a dimensional portal appeared in the store, and something dropped out of it. It then flew at Aakesh at high speed.


    The sudden situation stunned him, and he tried to move right away from the object, but its movement was too fast for him to dodge. It straightly hit his face, and he fell down due to the sudden attack. The portal closed after that.


    Aakesh grabbed his face and groaned in pain on the ground of the store. He then checked his nose to see whether he was bleeding or not. He sighed in relief after feeling no blood on his face.


    He then turned around and red at the thing that came out of the portal and hit his face, but his anger soon turned into tension. Immediately, he rushed to the object.


    It was the reward egg that the portal threw at him. He tensely rushed toward the egg to see whether it was fine or not.


    He sighed in relief after seeing no cracks on the egg. He then carefully studied the egg.


    The egg was oval in shape around the size of a tennis ball. Aakesh could hold the egg in his palm. The egg had a white shell covered with several orange patterns. To be precise, it had 11 orange patterns in thenguage of Primordials. He knew everynguage in the Multiverse, so he knew that every pattern signified a different element. Even the word {Divine} couldn''t define the specialness of the egg.


    "Hey, system, why did you throw the egg on me instead of giving it?"


    "What if something happened to it?" He irritatingly asked the system while gently stroking the egg as if it was the most beautiful thing in the Multiverse.


    [Host, this is the egg of a Primordial creature. Even Gods can''t put a scratch on the egg, let alone cracking or destroying.]


    The system answered emotionlessly in its mechanical voice.


    "So what. It''s still a life," Aakesh scoffed in response. The system stayed silent in response.


    "How do I hatch the egg?" He asked the system.


    [Host, you have to drop a liter of your blood every day on the egg for the next 108 years.]


    "What!" He eximed in response to the system''s outrageous requirement.


    [Host, your blood will help the egg in creating its body.]


    The system informed Aakesh. He didn''t know what to speak in response. He sighed, and using his sharp nails, created a cut on his right hand''s palm.


    He then put his cut palm above the egg as dark blue blood poured out on it. The egg started absorbing his blood. As time passed, one of the eleven orange patterns started shining brighter.


    [Host, stop. Giving excess blood will harm the growing life.]


    The system advised him to stop as well as warn the consequences of giving excess blood. He had an idea to transfer as much blood as he could every day so that the life in the egg may hatch earlier, but after listening to the warning, he stopped.


    Immediately after he stopped transferring his blood, the cut he had healed on its own. He then put the egg on the shelf where the chip once stayed.


    After he put the egg down, he decided to see his status to see how much stronger has he got than before. He then thought of the system screen to appear.


    A dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: --ervddvdddhfv--,


    Profession: Store-owner,


    Level: Level 1,


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 10,


    Agility: 10,


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 5,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher,


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 1,


    Current status: Unhatched.


    The Level section in his status changed. Now he was a Level 1 being, which he had no idea in what cultivation system.


    "Hey, system, what does my Level 1 mean?" Aakesh asked.


    [Host, it means you''ve be a Level 1 being.]


    Aakesh got stumped by the response of the system. He wasn''t an idiot to know that he had be a Level 1 being.


    "I meant, what cultivation system? Am I now equivalent to the first step of other cultivation systems?"


    [Host, you don''t follow other cultivation systems. I have created a specific route for you through which you''ll grow. You require high authority for extra information.]


    The system response excited him. Since he needed high authority for further information, he decided to wait to get more answers. Right now, he was content with the fact that he was following a unique cultivation system.


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 Chapter 20 - Watcher

    Chapter 20


    After getting no information about his level from the system, Aakesh decided to focus on the status screen again.


    The next addition to his status was in his physical attributes. Both his strength and agility had equal growth. Both attributes showed 10.


    "Hey, system, I need to test my strength," He asked the system.


    The next moment, Aakesh disappeared from the store and appeared in an empty space. The sudden movement stunned him for a moment, but he calmed down the next moment.


    [Host, you can check your movement speed here.]


    The system informed him. With a nod, he dashed off. He has unlimited endurance, so he can run for eternity and not feel tired at all.


    He ran for hours, continuing his top speed. He only stopped when he felt bored by running continuously.


    "Hey, system, show me the details," He asked the system for his running status after he stopped.


    The next moment, a blue screen appeared with his running details.


    {Running duration: 562 minutes,


    Running distance: 3372 kilometers,


    Top speed: 110 m/s,


    Average speed: 100m/s.}


    "Not bad," Aakeshmented after looking at his running details. Having a top speed of 110 m/s only at Level 1 made him faster than any initial power level he read about in the Primal dimension.


    The screen then disappeared, and a drum appeared out of nowhere in the empty space.


    [Host, this drum will check your strength. After you hit it, it''ll show you an illusion of your damage.]


    The system exined about the Drum. With a nod, he stepped forward and casually punched on the drum.


    A momentter, an illusion appeared. After standing in front of a thick tree and punching it, Aakesh noticed nothing happened to it. The next moment, the tree disappeared, and bamboo appeared in ce of it. When the illusionary him punched the bamboo with the same strength, it was smashed into smithereens.


    After that, the bamboo disappeared, and a human appeared in ce of it. The illusionary him punched the human on his chest. The next moment his hand came out of his body, crushing his heart in the way.


    Aakesh only watched the illusion. He had no control over his body. Several simtions ran, showing his strength inparison to other race''s defense.


    After the illusion ended, he increased his punch power by a little and tested it. The visions continued until Aakesh checked the power of his punch, kicks, ps, elbow hits, etc.


    After checking the strength and movement speed, he returned to the store. The result of the exercise excited him for his future powerups. He then happily refocused on the status screen.


    When he came to the skill section, he noticed a new skill, ''Watcher'' in it.


    He thought about the exnation of the skill, and a new screen appeared in front of him.


    Watcher: It allows the owner of the skill to observe every detail of the life of the customer from a third-person view. The only requirement for this skill is the customer must have signed the contract.


    Aakesh was intrigued by the skill. But, there was a slight hint of disappointment in his eyes because he was getting yet another support skill. He already had a customer''s life to watch. So he could use this skill at any time.


    He then refocused on the status screen, as a new section had appeared on it. He lost interest after reading about it. It was about pets, but the egg was still unhatched, so there was no point currently wasting time on it. He then thought about the screen disappearing, and the next moment it disappeared.


    "Hey, system. What is the estimated arrival time of the second customer?" He asked.


    The more customers came, the more rewards and quests he''ll receive, and the more missions heplete, the higher his authority will be, and the higher the permission level, the more information about him will be open to him. So, everything was dependent upon the customers.


    [Host, there isn''t an estimated time for the buyer''s arrival. I select only those who can pay back the cost of the products in the future. And there are some other criteria for selecting customers, for which you need a higher permission level to know.]


    The system exined. Aakesh could only sigh in response. He had no idea how long would this wait of customersst?


    He had nothing to do, so he used the skill ''Watcher'' to see what Vanya was doing.


    Vanya was currently digesting the knowledge of the chip. Since the price she had to pay for it was outrageous, she couldn''t waste even a single moment.


    The time flew by. In the blink of an eye, several decades have passed. Aakesh didn''t have a single customer in these past decades. He will let the egg drink 1 liter of his blood every day. Seven of the eleven orange patterns always shined brighter, while the eighth would shine whenever the egg would get blood.


    The system seeing Aakesh wasting so much of his time made abat room specifically for him. He would fight different creatures at the same level as him in their fighting style. He was improving every day and was slowly bing a fighter of every fighting style. His physical attributes also increased, with his agility surpassing his strength. His strength was 17, while his agility was 23.


    In the extra time, he would watch Vanya''s actions. She had already paid the price of the Holy Knight''s knowledge. In fact, she gave around twice the amount of the 108 supercluster cores.


    She saved her father in the seventh month after getting the knowledge. She didn''t straight away fight her enemies. The escaping from the prince still continued for her family. She wanted to destroy the Ithaviel Kingdom in a single swoop, so she bided her time.


    She destroyed the Ithaviel Kingdom in the fourth year and made her father ''King''. In the next few years, she only meditated. She only came out of meditation when she reached Level 9. She then started the conquest of her original universe. In the next two years, she conquered several superclusters and made her father ''Emperor''.


    As the deadline of the payment approached, she started collecting supercluster cores. Only a month away from the deadline, shepleted the contract by paying 200 supercluster cores. After clearing the dues, she stopped involving herself in mundane affairs. She meditated all day to reach immortality and then attain divinity.


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 Chapter 21 - Successive Failures

    Chapter 21


    The time flew by. In a blink of an eye, several decades have passed. It was a big day today as the egg would hatch today.


    The egg looked entirely different than before. There wasn''t any change in the color of the egg, but all the eleven orange patterns shined brighter, and there was an addition of a new darker pattern.


    Aakesh expected the egg to hatch when all the eleven orange patterns would start shining. But a few years ago, the egg suddenly had a change when all the patterns started shining, resulting in the emergence of a new pattern.


    Compared to the darkness he saw in the emptiness, the newest pattern was darker. Today was thest day of the 108th year since he started transferring blood to the egg.


    Aakesh firstly decided to do training today. Since he''ll be getting a newpanion today, he wouldn''t train after the hatching of the egg.


    "Hey, system, I''m ready for training," He informed the system.


    He disappeared from the store and appeared in a familiar environment momentster. A variety of weapons were visible on his left side, while only a red circr switch was present on his right side.


    The button was there to start the environment. He only needs to talk of the environment he wants to practice in and press the switch.


    He has been practicing archery for the past few days, so he went on his left and selected the bow that didn''t look anything more than ordinary, but in reality, it was made up of the wood of the World Tree: the same primordial who created the Elves.


    "Moving archery arena," He said out loud and pressed the switch. The next moment, everything around him disappeared, and a strange scene happened.


    Like a puzzle, several pieces of scenery appeared and startedbining to create a scene. It wasn''t the first time Aakesh witnessed such things, so he stood calm, waiting for the puzzles toplete.


    After a few seconds, the pieces sessfullybined to create a scene. A new ground appeared below Aakesh. He found himself on a wooden bridge that connected two mountains. Winds whipped through the bridge at high speeds, causing it to shake. He had to grab the rope to stand steady. He saw a bullseye floating in the air not far from him without any support. It looked as if it was tied to a string from the sky.


    The wind moved in the opposite direction on the bullseye inparison to the bridge. Above the bullseye, several numbers in red appeared. It said 3/10.


    To pass this stage and move on to the next one, he needed to hit 3 out of 10 shots.


    As Aakesh left the rope, he fell down the next moment. After standing up with the help of the rope, he then slowly let go of the rope as he tried to gain bnce. Leaving it caused him to fall down again.


    Having a few inches of space between his legs and putting all his weight on his feet, he eventually managed to stand steadily. In addition, his body also became ustomed to the wind speed.


    He then thought about the bow, and it appeared in his hands. He held it in his left hand while he drew the bowstring using his right hand. As the bowstring got stretched, an arrow appeared on it.


    After pointing his bow upward, he shot the arrow, but it seemed he used too much power, so the arrow crossed the bullseyes from above.


    Time flew. He has been attempting to cross this stage for thest few hours. He must have tried the shot more than a thousand times, but he only hit the bullseye once. He knew the reason for his failure as body positions define the trajectory of the arrow, but he was barely standing steadily on the bridge.


    He took another attempt, but he failed again, so he stopped. He decided to train again tomorrow since he was only wasting time.


    He thought about exiting the training, and the next moment, he reappeared in the store.


    "Hey, system, why would you design such a tough test for a beginner archer like me?" Heined to the system first after returning.


    [Host, the stage was easy.]


    The system inly replied and fell silent.


    "If this was easy, wouldn''t there be only monsters in the Multiverse?" Aakesh scoffed to himself.


    The next moment, his eyes fell on the shining egg. As he watched, the irritation he felt from failing to hit the bullseye twice disappeared, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.


    "Today, I''ll finally get to see what creature are you?" He said as he went forward and lightly picked up the egg from the shelf.


    As usual, he cut his palm with his nails, and the dark blue blood dripped onto the egg. The twelfth pattern didn''t shine like others usually did. The moment thest drop of the 1-liter blood flowed, he took his hands away from the egg. The cut healed immediately. He eagerly focused on the egg, waiting for the creature toe out.


    When thest drop of the blood flowed on the egg, a dark blue light the same color as his blood enveloped the egg. Seconds passed, the blue light still remained, he nervously tried to observe the egg through the light-screen, but he wasn''t able to see anything.


    With time passing, Aakesh''s heartbeat rose with nothing changing for the egg. "Hey, system, why is it taking so much time to hatch?" He nervously asked the system.


    Before the system could answer, there was a change in the egg. The light that engulfed the egg slowly started backing out.


    "Meow!"


    The next moment, an anxious voice echoed in the store. Aakesh rushed to the light and saw a tiny creature floating in the air where once its egg stayed.


    [Host, gently hold it in your hand. The creature is anxious without its parent.]


    The system informed him as he observed the creature with curiosity while the tiny creature was anxiously meowing.


    Aakesh nodded and took the creature gently in his hands immediately. It also stopped meowing as it found the heat of the person that gave birth to it.


    ***


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 Chapter 22 - Lily

    Chapter 22


    Aakesh took a careful look at the tiny creature in his hand.


    The creature was a kitten, but it was smaller in size than the other kitten he had read about in the quests.


    Closed eyes, hairless body with pale skin, and the size of a tennis ball gave the creature a cute appearance. The kitten was sleeping peacefully with all its ws stretched in Aakesh''s hands.


    "So, a kitten," Aakesh gently murmured. He then thought of his status to check the pet status.


    The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of him containing all his details, but he only focused on the Last section.


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 1(Think to expand),


    Current status: Newborn.


    The current status changed from unhatched to newborn. There was an option of thinking to expand, so Aakesh did that.


    The next moment, a new blue window containing all the details of the kitten appeared.


    Name: <Not Named>,


    Gender: Female,


    Race: Epochal Feline,


    Owner: Aakesh,


    Bloodline: Primordial(Purity: 100%)


    Level: None,


    Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether, Wood, Thunder, Metal, Sound, Light, Dark, Time,


    Skills: Time Shield.


    Details about the kitten appeared in front of Aakesh. The details astounded him.


    "Hey, system, didn''t the Epochal Feline go extinctst epoch," He asked the system.


    Epochal Feline was a race of Primordials from which every feline species originated. Due to their inability to preserve their bloodline, they went extinct at the end of thest Epoch.


    Epoch begins with the birth of a Deva and ends with the birth of a new one which results in a new Epoch.


    In the primal dimension, a decillion years signify an Epoch since the time flows differently in all the four dimensions, and Multiverse gives birth to a Deva considering the time flow of the fourth dimension.


    [Yes, Host. They became extinct. Some Deva decided to give birth to some of the extinct primordial species, and it is one of them.]


    The system told Aakesh. He wanted to ask more, but he didn''t. He knew the issue of permission level woulde, so he didn''t waste his time.


    He then refocused on the status screen and read other details about the kitten. Aakesh nodded after reading about the bloodline purity of the kitten since only those who have 100% pure bloodline can be called Primordial.


    Since the kitten was just a newborn, it made sense that it didn''t have any level. Aakesh''s eyes went further below and read about the elements it can control. There was nothing new as he already knew the meaning of the patterns present on the egg due to the knowledge missions.


    The kitten currently only had a single skill. The number of skills will grow as the kitten gets older. Reading about the skill in detail in thest section stupefied him and made him feel jealous of the kitten.


    Time Shield: This skill allows the user to move the time backward on any attacking toward them to the state where nothing exists.


    "You got a defensive skill, while I only get support skills," Aakeshmented while looking at the kitten.


    "Meow," The kitten meowed the next moment as if it understood Aakesh.


    Aakesh couldn''t help butugh, and the kitten also followed hisughing rhythm with its meow.


    The time flew by, several centuries passed. The kitten had grown bigger by an inch inparison to when it was born. A shiny and smooth white furpletely covered its hairless body. It had orange eyes the same as the color of the orange pattern and a dark vertical slit, the same as thest pattern. The eyes looked the same as the Dragon eyes. He named the kitten Lily.


    It didn''t meow anymore, as Aakesh taught her severalnguages used in the Multiverse since he was unupied all the time. He stopped watching Vanya''s life when she attained Godhood.


    "Aakesh, y with me," A childlike voice echoed in the store.


    "No," Aakesh firmly refused.


    "It''s your lesson time," He said while picking up the kitten by the scruff of her neck to stop running away.


    "Hiss!"


    [Host, a new customer, has arrived.]


    Aakesh ignored her fit as the system informed him of a new customer.


    He''s had three customers in the past few centuries, so today''s customer will be his fifth. Thest customer he had turned out to be a rebel. Despite Aakesh warning, the customer didn''t clear the dues before the deadline. He thought he could fight the system or the cosmos contract beast, but s, fighting it turned out tragic for him.


    He has been in an illusion for thest century facing every kind of torture present in the Multiverse. Even Aakesh felt pity for him, but pity was the end. He didn''t want to save him. He brought it on himself by refusing to pay.


    "Behave, a new customer has arrived," Aakesh said. Lily stopped her fit, so he released her. She silently climbed up to his head and waited for the customer to leave.


    Several minutes passed in the blink of an eye. He sessfully sold the product to the customer. After the customer left, he was excited. He sold one of the most expensive products of the store at the cost of a leaf of the World Tree.


    Time passed. He will train for few hours and then y with Lily for the whole day if he doesn''t teach her anything. He already has gotten nine customers, and he was always able topel the customer to buy the product.


    His level has also grown from Level 1 to Level 4. Every time he grew in level, his stats will grow by ten times, so his current attributes were:


    Strength: 24,785,


    Agility: 25,674.


    In the primal dimension, he was around the level of Level 8 mage or Tao seed Qi cultivator. He taught Lily around one-twelfth of thenguage spoken in the Multiverse and also taught about the races that use them.


    Time passed. When his number of customers crossed 10, he got another mission by the system to create one hundred gods by the store product. It took him more than eighty thousand years toplete the quest.


    ***


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 Chapter 23 - End

    Chapter 23


    When George attained Godhood, he became the 100th customer of ''The First Store'' to be a God, resulting in thepletion of the quest given to Aakesh by the system. He was ying with Lily when he got the alert from the system forpletion of the mission.


    [Ding.]


    [The quest: Create One hundred Gods, sessfullypleted.]


    [Mission Reward: Random.]


    [Result: One hundred Gods, created in eighty-one thousand years.]


    [Bonus Result: Seventeen of the customers attained the status of the Godking in the sacred dimension.]


    [Reward: Calcting...]


    The system informed Aakesh. He stopped ying with Lily and eagerly waited for the result since it was the grandest quest the system gave him in thest eighty-one thousand years.


    Some time passed, the system was still calcting the rewards.


    "Did the system still didn''t give the reward?" Lily asked Aakesh as he was still in a trance.


    Aakesh didn''t respond as the system began telling him about his rewards.


    [Main Reward: Increase of a level.]


    [Bonus Reward: Increase of another level.]


    The system informed him.


    "Huh!" Aakesh eximed after hearing the rewards. Spending so long to decide the prize and then only giving an increase of a level at the end.


    By raising two levels, his power would increase by outrageous amounts, but what is the point. He is just going to stay in the store.


    "Hey, system. Why are you acting so cheapskate?" Heined to the system.


    [Host, the rewards are random.]


    The system responded to him in its mechanical, and emotionless voice like usual.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed Aakesh. He had already gotten used to this, so he stood there waiting for the breakthrough to end. After a few minutes, the blue light disappeared.


    He looked the same as he did before having the first breakthrough.


    He then checked his status to see his new attributes.


    Level: Level 6(Initial),


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 8,768,953,


    Agility: 8,785,841,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Intelligence: -0-.


    There was a sudden change in the level section. Before today, Aakesh only used to promote in levels, but now there was an initial added to it like other cultivation systems.


    "Hey, system, why is there an initial with my Level 6?" He confusingly asked the system.


    [Host, from now on, your level promotion will be the same as the other cultivation systems. Otherwise, after the subsequent two increases in your levels, your power will surpass the limit of the primal dimension.]


    [So, I''ve decided to decrease the rate at which you grow since you still have many things to do in the primal dimension.]


    The system informed the reason for nerfing him down. Aakesh only nodded after hearing the logic as it was the only thing he could do. He then returned his focus to his status screen.


    The next moment, his jaws dropped, and his eyes flew wide open after seeing the exponential increase in his strength and agility.


    His strength grew from 42,675 to 8,768,953, and agility grew from 48,758 to 8,785,841. His attributes grew by more than 150 times in ce of 100 times due to an increase of two levels.


    "Hey, system. Why did my attributes grow by so much if you want to nerf my growth?" He curiously asked the system.


    [Host, it''s due to your training. I had nothing to do with it.]


    The system exined emotionlessly. "Oh!" Aakesh eximed.


    [Ding.]


    The next moment, Aakesh suddenly heard an alert, breaking him out of his trance.


    [Congrattions, Host!]


    [You have sessfully reached Level 6(equivalent to Tao Pce in the Qi cultivation system or Dharma pce in the Prana cultivation system). You havepleted the first phase of the store in the primal dimension.]


    [The next phase of the store can begin from now on.]


    There was a sudden announcement from the system in an unfamiliar voice. For the first time, Aakesh heard any hint of emotion in the system''s voice. There was a hint of happiness in the voice of the system when it informed him of thepletion of the first phase.


    The sudden influx of announcements stunned Aakesh. Everything he heard was new to him, including the voice of the system.


    "Hey, wake up," Lily pped Aakesh''s head, seeing him in a sudden trance.


    Aakesh woke up from the trance and confusingly asked the system, "Hey, system, what was that sudden notification, and who was the owner of the voice?"


    The system belonged to the Yantra race, and he learned that Yantra''s don''t have any emotions, so how can the voice had a hint of happiness.


    [Host, the store will expand its footwork throughout the Multiverse through a number of phases, the first phase was from the initiation of the store to reach Level 6. Your reaching Level 6 has initiated the second phase.]


    [Insufficient permission.]


    The system answered his first question, and he didn''t have enough permission to get the second answer. Aakesh could only nod in response.


    [Ding.]


    [Host, since the first phase has sessfully ended, it''s time for the second phase to start.]


    [How can a store or its store owner be legendary if the store only caters to a few beings?]


    [For you to be the legendary store owner, it''s the time for you to go outside and cater to every power level of every race.]


    [Mission: Start your store in the world where anyone can see or enter your store.]


    [Reward: A new journey with new people and stories.]


    ***


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 Chapter 24 - Kakot

    Chapter 24


    The sudden announcement from the system stunned Aakesh. He couldn''t help but feel excited after learning that he was finally going to leave this ce. He would meet new people irrespective of their power, make new friends, and listen to their stories.


    "Hey, system, when are you going to start the new store?" He excitedly asked the system.


    [Host, everything is getting prepared for your entry into the world. Please wait.]


    The system informed Aakesh. "Okay, I''ll wait," He murmured in response, but his face said something else. He couldn''t wait despite living for more than eighty millennials now.


    "Hey, what is going on?" the next moment, Aakesh heard a childlike voice, breaking him out of his excitement. He could hear the irritation present in Lily''s voice.


    He gently picked up Lily, who was sitting on his head and brought her to his face. He couldn''t help but smile, seeing the irritated look on her face.


    "Hiss!"


    Lily hissed in response to show her protest to Aakesh. He has been ignoring her for thest few minutes.


    "Why are you smiling? Do you want to get beaten?" Lily irritatingly said, making Aakeshugh out loud with her amusing voice.


    Lily turned her entire body around in anger to ignore him. Now her butt was facing him. He stoppedughing and making fun of Lily. He knew he would be in big trouble if he continued making fun of her.


    "I''m sorry," He then forcefully turned Lily around and apologized. Lily kept her eyes away to continue ignoring him.


    "If you don''t look at me, I won''t tell you the good news," He tried to bribe Lily, but she showed no response and continued ignoring him.


    "It seems you want to stay here alone. I''ll go and live by myself outside then," Aakesh joked with a heartbroken face.


    "Are we going outside?" Lily forgot her anger and blurted out. She eagerly looked at Aakesh for the answer.


    "Yes, but I am the only one going. Oh, Lily, you''ve no idea how much I''m going to miss you?" He joked with an expression of sadness.


    "Hmph, like you can leave without me," Lily scoffed in response and jumped back on his head, her favorite resting ce.


    "Eh!" Aakesh was simply dumbfounded by Lily''s response for a while before he couldn''t help but smile wryly.


    "When I leave you here, then we''ll see," He retorted. But after hearing no response from Lily, he shut up and waited for the system toplete the requirements.


    [Ding.]


    [Host, everything is ready for the store to start in the material world. The only thing that the store doesn''t have is the store owner.]


    [After five minutes, you''ll be transferred to the store in the material world.]


    The system suddenly announced. Aakesh''s excitements knew no bounds after this. He took a deep breath to calm himself. After calming down, he looked at the store, and the memories of the first day he opened his eyes emerged inside his mind.


    He was just like a child then who knew nothing about himself and the world, but now he knew more about the Multiverse than the majority of the people living in it. He still hadn''t discovered anything about his past, but he was confident that he would eventually find out everything rted to his past and the details of the system.


    Although he was sad to leave, he was more excited to see the world than he was about leaving the store, so he smiled when he saw the details, items, and design of the shelves in the store for thest time.


    Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, are you ready.]


    "Yes, never been more than today," He answered the system when it asked him whether he was ready or not.


    [Destination: Selected,


    Store: Created,


    Transfer: Ready to activate.]


    [Transfer initiating..1%...5%...10%...]


    The system sent continuous announcements. When the transfer initiation achieved 100%, a white light engulfed Aakesh and Lily.


    The next moment, both he and Lily disappeared from the store. Immediately after Aakesh left the store, a sigh echoed in the store.


    Then a blue light engulfed the store, and the light started slowly eating the store. In no time, the store also disappeared from that part of emptiness without any evidence that once a store that created 100 Gods existed here.


    ***


    While Aakesh felt that he was in the transfer for eternity. He, and lily, both lost their consciousness midway due to the ufortable experience they were having.


    ***


    In the Primal dimension, there was a named Visteerna.


    Visteerna was the biggest in the primal dimension, with its size evenrger than many universesbined. The legend has it that every so often, a Deva themself visits the and stays here. There were eleven continents on this, with even the smallest continent bigger than several superclustersbined.


    One such continent in Visteerna was Anga. It was the smallest continent on Visteerna. There was a small kingdom on the far south side of the Anga continent named the Bisan Kingdom. It ruled over a vast region with a sum ofnd exceeding several millions of yojana (1 yojana= 8 miles/12 km). Still, it was only one of the small kingdoms in the southern part of the Anga continent, let alone the entire continent.


    The capital of the Bisan Kingdom was Kakot. It''s a city that includes almost half of the area ruled by the kingdom and inhabits more than a trillion people of every racebined.


    In the busiest market of Kakot, out of nowhere, a building appeared in the darkness of the night. With only the words ''The First Store'' written in golden letters on its front.


    What impact will this new building have on Kakot, Bisan Kingdom, Anga, Visteerna, and the entire primal dimension is up to the future.


    ***


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 Chapter 25 - The New Store

    Chapter 25


    Visteerna, Anga continent, Bisan Kingdom, Kakot


    In the dark of the night, an entire building appeared out of nowhere. Nobody was present to see what happened in the area.


    "Ugh!" Aakesh stood up groaningly, clutching his head. The experience while transfer felt too painful and ufortable for him. He felt the expanding of his body and then contraction right after continuous times during the transfer.


    He then hastily looked to his left and right to find whether Lily was alright or not. He found her unconscious on his right. He gently picked her up and put her on her favorite spot for rest, his head.


    After that, he finally checked out his surroundings. The environment around him was opposite to the atmosphere in the past store.


    He was standing on the floor made up of hardwood that looked expensive. He didn''t have to activate the skill Energy Oversee to check whether the material had the energy or not. He could feel the energy from the hardwood. He couldn''t identify the wood straight away, so he tried hard to remember what tree the wood belonged to? When he finally remembered, his mouth turned into an O shape.


    The hardwood was made up of the bark of the ''Ashamba''. Ashamba was a primordial tree on the same level as the World Tree. It only had one ability: It can negate every energy type except for those used by the Devas or the Asuras and the Yakshas(The top three races of the Multiverse). Ashamba, on a regr interval, discards it barks. Even a single cm of its bark costs more than a universe core since it has many practical uses.


    But in Aakesh''s store, it was only used as hardwood. Now no matter who rampages in the store, the floor will never be damaged.


    As he looked up, he found himself in a vast hall with several closed rooms in front of him. The walls around him were painted white with a shade of blue on them. Every room door was made up of the Ashamba''s bark as well.


    Since there was nothing more to see, he went up to the closest door and tried to open it. He didn''t have to try hard as, with only a slight push, the doorpletely opened.


    Before he could think of doing something, he was suddenly pushed back, and the door disappeared, and a sudden change took ce in the entire hall.


    A new door lock appeared on every other room, indicating that it was currently not possible to open it. The door and room that Aakesh had opened earlier disappeared and dissolved into the hall.


    He suddenly heard a sound from his back, so he turned around and saw a ss door appearing on the other side. He knew that this was the entry door of the store. The ss was opaque. So he couldn''t see anything outside. When the entire door emerged, not far from it, a counter made up of Ashamba and the same ss that made the entry door appeared.


    Two cushy chairs appeared behind the counter, one for him and one for Lily. the chair for Lily was different than the one for the Aakesh. It was smaller in size, and it was made up of fur inparison to the feathers of Hansa(a divine bird).


    A table with empty shelves then appeared next to the counter. The shelf was painted brown and was covered with ss. All the changes in the store ended with that.


    While Aakesh fascinatedly looked at the changes in the store, he suddenly heard a groan from his head.


    He gently picked up Lily from his head and brought her near his chest. She was rubbing her head as she slowly opened her eyes.


    "Are you alright?" He concerningly asked.


    "Ugh, Yes. Where are we?" She groaningly responded.


    "Eh!" Aakesh was stumped by the sudden question from Lily. He smiled wryly as he still hadn''t asked the system about the world where he was because of the fascinating changes in the store.


    He didn''t wait for long as he asked, "Hey, system, where are we?"


    [Host, we''re in Kakot, the capital city of the Bisan Kingdom, a small Kingdom in Anga continent, the smallest continent of the Visteerna.]


    "Wow!" Aakesh eximed in response to the information given by the system.


    "Hey, system, you didn''t find anything smaller than the Bisan Kingdom for my store," He sarcastically asked the system.


    [No, Host. there is no Kingdom weaker or smaller than the Bisan Kingdom.]


    The system replied in its emotionless, mechanical voice. Aakesh could only smile wryly at the system''s response.


    "Leave it! Tell me about the world," He responded with a sigh since the system didn''t joke around. He had no idea about the world. The system only taught him the knowledge of thenguages and races.


    The system then informed him about the world and the races living in it. Visteerna holds more than 90% of the races living in the primal dimension. The number of Immortals living in Visteerna is many times greater than the sum of immortals in other worlds of the primal dimensionbined.


    On this, everyone - from those with no power to those who are the strongest - lives. In addition, the system also told Aakesh something special about one of Visteerna''s continents.


    Kashi is the central continent in the Visteerna, with the other ten continents surrounding it like followers. That continent is a tiny part of the fourth dimension. From that continent, the entire world emerged. So Kashi can handle the pressure of every level in the Multiverse. It is the only part of the Multiverse other than the fourth dimension that can inhabit Deva. Since a Deva rests in Kashi, it is also a pilgrimage that every citizen from Visteerna desires to make.


    The system also told him the information about the Bisan Kingdom. Every citizen living in the Kingdom follows the Qi cultivation system, with the previous king currently being the strongest in the entire Kingdom. Thest king was currently a Void Forging expert, whereas the current king is a Void Condensation expert. The average level of expert in the entire Kingdom was Soul Formation.


    ***


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 Chapter 26 - Change

    Chapter 26


    The system also told Aakesh the history of the Bisan Kingdom. It was founded a thousand years ago by thest king. The name of thest king was Punta Bisan. He belonged to the human race and was the bastard of the king of a medium-sized Kingdom.


    He had no im over his throne due to being a bastard, but his father loved him very much. So he gave him some of his best soldiers to help him conquer a territory. Punta conquered the Kingdom known as the Blue Phoenix Kingdom. He then renamed it to the Bisan Kingdom, the surname he got from his father.


    Since he was a Void Forging expert, he had a lifespan of ten thousand years even without any medicine. So Punta still had many years of life left to rule. But around two hundred years ago, he suddenly made his only son the king, shocking the entire Kingdom. Punta was a kind and generous king, so almost every citizen in his rule loved him. Many sat on hunger strikes to show the Punta that they only wanted him as the king.


    The reason behind Punta abdicating his throne was the threat he was facing from one of his brothers. Punta was more talented than his brother, but he was a Tao seed expert and older than him by many years, so there was an immense power gap between them.


    If he told his father about this, his father would solve the problem, but he did not want to use his father to resolve some brotherly issues. To get some time, he challenged his brother to fight in two hundred years. He gave his only son the throne and started a cultivation session for him only to stop the day before the challenge.


    The system also told him the details about the current thing and many other pieces of information about the Bisan Kingdom and its neighbor Kingdoms or dukedoms.


    After listening to everything about the Bisan Kingdom from the system, he nodded and told Lily about this ce since she asked him.


    "A Void Forging expert is the strongest. We can rule this ce with our power," Lily responded with a smirk while swiping her ws in the air. As Lily has gotten over her headache, now she had only ying left in her mind.


    "What are you thinking?" Aakesh gently pped her head and red at her.


    "Nothing, I was just joking," Lily apologized while a glint passed in her eyes.


    Aakesh could only smile wryly. How could he not know what this tiny devil was thinking after living with her for so long?


    "If you ever leave the store without my permission, I''ll ignore you after that," He sternly said to her because he knew if he let Lily leave freely, she would destroy the peace of the Kingdom with her little antics here and there.


    Lily showed her tongue in response to Aakesh''s stern warning. He smiled, seeing it. Lily knew he would never ignore her, and he knew Lily would never listen to him when it came to her ytime.


    Aakesh couldn''t wait for the door to open and meet ordinary beings who are happy with the way life is going on for them. In the previous store, he only got customers who were either dead or near death or who had all the problems of the world on their shoulders.


    "Hey, system, open the door and let me go outside to see the world," He enthusiastically requested the system. Lily also started jumping around when she heard Aakesh''s words.


    [Host, it''s currently the night in Visteerna. The Bisan Kingdom doesn''t work at night, so there''s no point in going outside. The door of the store will open in the morning.]


    The system poured cold water on all of the excitement he had. Lily also stopped jumping around after seeing the change of expressions on Aakesh''s face.


    "Damn it!" He couldn''t help but curse looking at the ss door.


    [Ding.]


    [Host, congrattion for starting your second phase of ''The First Store'' in the primal dimension.]


    [The way you sell things willpletely change from now on.]


    [In the first phase of the store expansion, you sold treasures of all levels and all kinds ording to the needs of the customer, but now you''ll sell fixed products. The number of the products you would sell will grow with thepletion of the quests. As time passes, this store will sell everything of every kind.]


    [Host, I will no longer provide you any protection from now on, since you are free to leave the store, you would have to protect yourself from other creatures. Still, the system couldn''t let any danger fall on you, so there will be costs if you want me to act.]


    Suddenly, the system announced several things. Everything Aakesh learned about the race andnguage woulde to use now since he has the title ''Myrioglot'' that gave him an affinity with the other races if he spoke theirnguage.


    Aakesh would be lying if he said he wasn''t nervous about the new way of selling, but he was more excited about it than worry. He also was more powerful than anyone in the Bisan Kingdom. He was equivalent to a Tao pce expert. A Void Forging expert couldn''t even itch him, let alone fight.


    Furthermore, it told him what his first product would be and how much would it cost him if he used the system''s help to save himself? After hearing it, he wished never to get involved in any situation where he would need the help of the system. The system also gave him a skill like usual it was a support skill. It was named ''Chameleon-level''.


    The newly obtained skill allowed him to change his level as he desired or wanted to. No one would find a difference irrespective of their level. Even the Heavenly Monarch will not know anything.


    ***


    A/N: I''ve finally gotten the contract. As soon as the contract has been signed sessfully, and if there is sufficient support for the book to upload two chapters per day, I will start doing so.


    Don''t forget to vote andment if you like the book. If you have some time, I would appreciate you leaving a review.. Show your support by your votes,ments, and reviews until then.

 Chapter 27 - Primal Stone

    Chapter 27


    Time passed. Aakesh had nothing to do, so he requested the system for a bed for sleep.


    The system, instead of giving him a bed, created an entire floor for him. The system gave the exnation that when the store grows popr, he''ll have to hire several salespeople. The stairs for the upper level were on the opposite side of the counter.


    Aakesh went up to his room and fell asleep with Lily sleeping on his forehead. Hours passed. The day on the Visteerna arrived when the first ray of light appeared on the.


    Unlike others, Visteerna operated differently. It had eleven suns in total, each representing a continent. They rose at the same time and set at the same time. So there was no day and night difference between the entire.


    The movement in Kakot started after the first ray of sunshine arrived on the. People started doing their work as their regr routines. At first, people ignored the emergence of a sudden building in the market since it was thergest market and everyone was busy with their work.


    Everyone''s focus on the building only arrived when a man eximed loudly in the busy market. The man was the owner of the store next to the newly emerged building.


    "Oh my Deva! How can our market have a new building in a single night?"


    "Who names their store ''The First Store''? What an arrogant store owner?"


    "Isn''t it thend that the prince warned everyone against buying?"


    People started gathering in crowds and conversed with whispers with each other.


    "Yes, you''re right. It''s thend that the youngest prince warned everyone not to buy."


    People were more interested in thend on which the building emerged rather than the emergence of a new structure in a single night.


    Thend was controversial due to the past owner of thend offending the youngest prince of the Bisan Kingdom. There was a well-built store on thisnd, but when the store owner annoyed the prince, the soldiers destroyed the building and arrested the store owner. Since he''s been in prison for thest three years, he''s been tortured every day.


    No one wanted to offend the prince, so thend remained vacant despite being in thergest and busiest market for more than a trillion people in Kakot. The market is so bustling that even an inch of thend costs gold.


    In no time, people gathered to make arge crowd in front of the store. Many soldiers were also present in the group. Many of them wanted to see who had got so much courage to buy thisnd, so one of the soldiers went forward and lightly knocked on the ss door.


    "Open up. We are the soldiers of the Kingdom," He announced loudly at the gate.


    He would''ve kicked the door open if he knew the identity of thendowner. Since he didn''t know, he didn''t want to offend the new owner.


    The soldier stood there for a few seconds, but no response came from inside. He knocked again, but still, there was no response. He stood there embarrassed for a while before he had no choice but to leave. After leaving, he went to report the situation to the prince.


    While in the store, Aakesh was sleeping peacefully as the crowd continued gathering inrge numbers at the front of his store.


    Seeing no oneing out of the newly emerged building, the crowd around the store dispersed since the people had their own work to do. It was pointless for them to stare at the structure the whole day.


    [Ding.]


    Aakesh was sleeping peacefully when the sudden mechanical sound woke him up.


    [Host, it''s time for you to open the store. Please get ready and wee the customers.]


    The system informed him in its mechanical, emotionless voice. He rubbed his eyes as he stood up. He had unlimited endurance, so he didn''t need to sleep. He only sleeps to pass some time.


    He got off the bed and then looked at Lily. She was still sleeping, so he didn''t disturb her and went to the bathroom to freshen himself.


    The system has already prepared a wardrobe for him with red dhotis since they were his favorite clothes to wear. He didn''t wear anything above his waist since he liked to be barechested.


    He tied his ck hair, which hade to his waist, in a bun after wearing the dhoti. He then went out of the room and then to the lower floor where the store was.


    The shelves weren''t empty like before. They were filled with the first product the store would sell. Below the product, there was the price and the description of the products written.


    Yesterday, the system informed him that they would no longer be using cores as a price. Everything the store will sell from now on will be in the Primal stones.


    These stones were created from the purest energy present in the first dimension. Since there were various power systems, these stones can be used by higher-level creatures for meditation. Primal stones were also the main currency of the power users.


    Primal stones were ssified into five categories: inferior, ordinary, top, superior, and supreme. To the top Primal stone, there was a 100:1 conversion between the categories. Neither the superior nor the supreme Primal stone has a conversion rate. It was up to the seller to decide the conversion rate.


    Creatures also traded in coins: bronze, silver, gold, and tinum, with the conversion rate of 100:1. One inferior Primal stone was equivalent to 1000 gold coins or 10 tinum coins.


    When Aakesh read the price of the products, he was stunned.


    "Hey, system, are you sure people will buy our products with this price in a poor kingdom like this?" He confusingly asked the system.


    [Yes, Host. When they find out the benefits, they''ll buy it.]


    The system emotionlessly replied. Aakesh nodded and went up to the door to open it, but he stopped when he saw something.


    ***

 Chapter 28 - Rules

    Chapter 28


    Aakesh stopped in his footsteps when he saw a ckboard next to the counter. The ckboard wasn''t empty; there were some things written on it.


    He read and nodded after reading the entire board. There were rules of the store for customers written on the ckboard.


    The rules were:


    (i) The store will open after the rising of the sun and will close when the sun sets down,


    (ii) No bargaining allowed. What price the store says, you''ll have to pay that if you want to buy/use the products,


    (iii) No arguing with the store owner. Arguing can get you cklisted from the store,


    (iv) No damage to any store property. Otherwise, you''ll be responsible for the consequences.


    There was a written message at the end of the board that read: ''Shop without any tension. You''re safe in here''.


    "Hey, system, why am I feeling every kind ofnguage spoken in the primal dimension from the board?" Aakesh asked since whatevernguage he thought, he got simr words and meanings.


    [Host, it''s to make sure every race can clearly understand the rules of the store irrespective of theirnguage and their way ofmunication.]


    Aakesh nodded after understanding the information. He then went forward to the door. He grabbed the doorknob and turned it right.


    With a click, the ss door opened. Aakesh pushed the door open and went outside.


    He stretched his arms as soon as he saw the sun since this was the first time he had seen it. For thest eighty millennia, he has been living in the darkness of the void.


    His eyes shined, seeing the bright environment around him. He turned around and saw the words ''The First Store'' in enormous golden fonts on the storefront. Some of the people that were moving around the market stopped when they noticed Aakesh. They curiously looked at him since he was different from them.


    The Bisan Kingdom was a Kingdom predominantly belonging to humans. Many races lived in Bisan, but how can it be possible to have a happy rtion with other races. The store owner had blue skin even darker than poison. Among the inhabitants of the Kingdom, he was unlike any other race. The bun and the barechested look gave him a wild look. His appearance piqued the interest of many but annoyed many too at the same time.


    Aakesh also noticed the people curiously looking at him. He smiled at them in response. The crowd in front of the store started gathering again. Many people joined the group gathered around the store to see the pure drama that was about to ur, and many were intrigued by the strange features of the store owner.


    Aakesh seeing the crowd gathering crowd became excited. He thought they were intrigued by the sudden appearance of the store.


    His only exposure to people was those who came to his store, so he had no idea how emotions worked. He could understand people in his previous store since he could hear their thoughts, but here, the system took this ability away from him so he could grow in the real world.


    "You''re finally out."


    Aakesh was smiling and looking at the gathering of the crowd in front of his store when he suddenly heard an angry voice.


    He got confused and turned around to see a man ring at him. He had no idea why would someone be angry at him?


    The man ring at Aakesh was none other than the soldier who tried to call him out sometime before, but he was embarrassed after getting no response twice from the store.


    He would''ve thought twice about offending Aakesh before, but now after seeing the store owner wasn''t a human, his fears disappeared. No matter how strong the freak is, the Kingdom will support him as they are human.


    "Are you talking to me?" Aakesh lightly asked in the samenguage the man and the Kingdom spoke.


    At first, the man was confused by the gentle voice of the store owner. Half of the anger he had for the store owner somehow vanished.


    "Yes, why didn''t you open the door before? I knocked twice," The man spoke. His voice was softer this time.


    Aakesh knew the title ''Myrioglot'' worked. "Oh, I''m sorry. I was asleep at that time," Aakesh apologized to the man for not opening the door.


    The anger the man had for Aakesh entirely vanished after that. "Oh! Then it''s fine," The man responded while a smile appeared on his face.


    The crowd gathered was shocked by how the conversation was happening. The man was no ordinary guard; he was the guard of the youngest prince. How can he talk while smiling to the store owner whom he must haveined about to the prince?


    "Did you need something?" Aakesh then asked the man for his reason for knocking twice.


    The man then broke out of his stupor. The smile disappeared from his face. He then solemnly said, "Thend you''ve built your store on is out of bounds for everyone. Don''t you know the history of thend? Youngest prince has told me to leave the store; otherwise, the soldiers will destroy the store and arrest you."


    After he went on toin to the youngest prince about the new building, the prince ordered him to arrest the store owner and then torture him for the prison. He was a coward in his heart, so he decided to first find out enough about the store owner before deciding to act, but when the man learned that the owner wasn''t human, he chose to execute the prince''s order without any fear. But now, after talking with the owner, he had good feelings about the store, so he decided to give him a warning.


    When everybody present in the crowd heard about the warning, at first they were shocked, how can a cruel bastard like the youngest prince give notice to anybody, but then they focused on the store owner to see his expressions, and what will he do. Who doesn''t like to see chaos and drama?


    While after hearing the warning, Aakesh''s face turned weird.

 Chapter 29 - Conflict

    Chapter 29


    Aakesh''s face turned weird after hearing the warning of the soldier. Seeing Aakesh''s strange looks, the soldier thought he had be afraid, so he tried to calm him down, "You don''t need to be afraid. You must''ve not known that thisnd is strictly forbidden to buy by the prince. You only need to vacate thend; everything will be alright after that."


    Seeing no change in Aakesh''s face after speaking, he thought that Aakesh was worried about the money he invested in thend and the building. Creating a structure overnight must''ve cost a fortune, and seeing the building looking majestic and gave a sense of pressure, so it must''ve required more money. He added, "You don''t need to worry about the money. I''ll talk with the prince and convince him topensate you for your loss."


    While the gathered crowd in the front of the store had stupendous faces, they expected the store owner to be afraid after knowing about the prince, but they never expected the soldier to try to calm the owner down instead of forcing him to get out.


    What the soldier and the crowd thought had nothing to do with Aakesh. He was talking with the system in his mind.


    "Hey, system, you told me about everything, but you didn''t tell me that thend I''m going to start my store upon is in conflict with the Kingdom''s prince," He asked the system in his mind since he couldn''t speak to air in front of a crowd. They''ll take him for a fool.


    [Host, it''s just a minor conflict. In such cases, you should resolve the problem on your own. The system wouldn''t help you and tell you about it. You''ll only grow when you''re able to handle the situations around the store.]


    To Aakesh, the system exined what was going on and told him not to look for more information from the system in the future. To be able to solve future situations on his own, he must rely on the knowledge he has acquired up to this point.


    "I understand that, but if you would''ve told me at first, I wouldn''t have to talk to such an irritating fellow," Heined to the system. He would''ve never talked to the soldier if he knew the reason he would''ve beaten the shit out of the soldier for giving him a warning.


    He saw the look of disgust on the face of the soldier when he red at him. If he already knew the reason, he would''ve taught him the lesson.


    He then came out of his thoughts and heard what the soldier was saying. While listening to the soldier, he also noticed the look of astonishment on almost every face in the crowd. He couldn''t understand people''s hidden emotions, but he could understand what the soldier said was astonishing for the people who lived here. It implied that the soldier isn''t a good person; he''s only acting such due to the influence of the title ''Myrioglot''.


    The soldier after still getting no response from Aakesh thought that Aakesh must be still worried about the prince punishing him, so he once again tried to calm him down, "I know you''re still worried, but you don''t have to. I promise you I''ll not let even a scratch oc-"


    "Okay, stop!"


    Aakesh cut the soldier''s speech off in between. The more the soldier spoke, the irritated he became.


    Hearing the sudden change in the tone of Aakesh stunned everyone present on the scene, including the soldier. The moment Aakesh changed his tone, the effect of the title on the soldier disappeared, and the look of disgust reappeared on his face.


    The soldier was stunned by the sudden change in his mindset. He cautiously looked at Aakesh because he did this. "Leave thend if you don''t want to die," said the soldier. He left straight away after that. All the courage he had before talking to Aakesh disappeared after the effect of the title disappeared.


    Aakesh ignored the leaving soldier, even a flick of his finger was too much power for him to destroy the soldier. The crowd had too much surprise today, so they also started leaving after the soldier left.


    Aakesh had no mood to continue staying outside, so he also returned inside. It was the first time he felt irritated with someone. It was only his first day, and he already had a conflict.


    When he entered the store, he noticed Lily sitting on the counter, staring in the direction the soldier left. All the irritation he had disappeared after he saw Lily.


    "When did you wake up?" He gently asked as he picked her up.


    "Should I kill him?" Lily ignored his question and asked instead by waving his ws.


    "Leave him. He''s only a weakling," He responded as he squished the tiny face of her with his other hand.


    "Let me go!" Lily irritatinglyined but didn''t attempt to escape.


    They both yed for a while after that. "Why did you let the soldier leave safely? How dare he look at you that way?" asked Lily in her childlike voice. She still couldn''t forget the look of disgust in the soldier''s eye.


    Aakesh only smiled in response to her. Lily wanted a reply, so she asked him again. She may call him by his name, but Aakesh was a parent of her. Her body is the creation of his blood. How can she let go if someone disgustingly looks at her parent?


    "He''s only a weakling. Why would I get angry with someone who I can kill with a flick of my finger?" Aakesh responded, seeing the anger in Lily''s eyes.


    "A weakling should act like one," Lily retorted.


    He smiled in response. He squished Lily''s face andughingly joked, "Oh, are you angry that someone insulted your father?"


    "Dream on, you and my father!" Lily scoffed in response.


    "Oh, my daughter!" Aakesh continued joking and squishing her face. Lily tried to retort, but atst, she gave up and fell silent. She remembered the features of the soldier. She''ll have her revenge when she goes outside.


    The fun came to an end when they heard footsteps.. They turned around and saw a female human standing at the door.

 Chapter 30 - Maria(1)

    Chapter 30


    Maria was trying to break through to Nascent Soul, but unfortunately, she failed, and in the process, she hurt her dantian. With this injury, her prospect of reaching Nascent soul vanished, but she didn''t give up and tried to find ways to restore the dantian again. There were ways to heal her dantian, but Maria could never afford it. Atst, she gave up after not being able to do anything.


    Only a few days had passed when she noticed herself getting weaker day by day. When she finally found the reason for it, she lost hope for healing again since Qi was leaking from her dantian. It was returning to its state before creation. After a few days of stress, she finally epted the fact that she was going to regress back to Xiantian. Otherwise, she would''ve burst due to stress.


    After losing the ability to cultivate, she started traveling around the Bisan Kingdom. Today, her destination was thergest market in Kakot. She was traveling in the market when she noticed an unusual building in the market.


    It was the tallest building as far as she could see in the market. It was made up of the mostmon materials in the Bisan Kingdom, but the structure gave her a sense of majesty which she didn''t even get from the King''s pce. When she read the name of the store, she couldn''t help but smile. She murmured, "Someone even more narcissistic than the king, who even names their store ''The First Store''?"


    The store interested her, so she decided to check out the products and meet the narcissistic owner of the store. The door of the store was open, so she went inside and saw a blue-skinned barechested person ying with a cat.


    Her footsteps might''ve disturbed them, so they turned around and looked at her. "Oh, I am sorry, I didn''t know it was your ytime," She apologized with an apologetic expression on her face.


    "No worry, we were just passing the time," The strange-looking man stood up and responded.


    "What a cute cat!" Maria then eximed. Her eyes shined when she looked at the white cat.


    "Do you mind if I touch it?" She asked the stranger with an intense expression in her eyes.


    "Yes, I do mind," The stranger responded bluntly.


    The straight refusal stunned Maria. She never expected the store owner to refuse her so bluntly. The cat also meowed at the same time to show its agreement with the owner.


    "Hello, I am Maria," She regained her calm after a few moments and introduced herself.


    "I am Aakesh, and she is Lily," The stranger nodded and introduced himself and the cat.


    "Hello, Lily," Maria then tried to talk to Lily. Lily ignored her in response and jumped on Aakesh''s head.


    Maria could only smile wryly at Lily''s response. The owner and the cat were too straightforward for her. She regained her calm, "What do you sell in the store?" She saw the shelf next to the store counter, but she ignored it and asked Aakesh because he''ll talk respectfully this time.


    "We currently only have pills. The store''s variety will increase in the future," Aakesh replied, moving toward the shelf.


    "We only have three types of pills right now!"


    "First-grade inferior healing pill: It can heal even severe external injuries without leaving any scars. The cost is 25 inferior Primal stones."


    "First-grade inferior mental healing pill: It can heal mental injuries. The cost is the same a before, 25 Primal stones."


    "First-grade inferior dantian healing pill: It can help in healing the injury in dantian. This pill costs 50 Primal stones."


    Aakesh introduced the pills and exined their details.


    Maria only stood there silently after hearing the outrageous price quoted by Aakesh. "25 Primal stones for an inferior pill!" She couldn''t help but exim.


    "25 Primal stones for a first-grade inferior pill," Aakesh corrected her as she forgot to add first-grade.


    Maria was stunned by his response. She had an interest in two pills, one mental healing pill, and the second dantian healing pill. She didn''t know why but she wanted to have the pill. It somehow gave her the hope of cultivating again.


    "Can you please reduce the price of mental and dantian healing pills?" Maria nervously asked.


    Aakesh didn''t speak but pointed to her behind. She turned around and saw nothing, so she confusingly turned back and looked at Aakesh.


    "Read the rules," He said and then pointed again. She turned around and noticed a board near the counter. She read the rules and then looked at Aakesh.


    "No Bargaining," He then said.


    "Owner, but the price truly is too outrageous," Maria argued.


    "Read the third rule!" Aakesh responded expressionlessly.


    After reading the rule, she wanted nothing more than to rush and beat up the store owner, but she controlled herself. Whenever she looked at the owner, she felt she was standing in front of a mountain.


    She only begrudgingly looked at Aakesh. He ignored her look and said, "So what pill do you want to buy? And you can only buy three of the pill at most."


    "Even affording one is too much for me, let alone three," She thought in her heart but didn''t speak out loud.


    She then used her Qi, and the next moment, a red pouch appeared in her hand. It was the pouch in which she carried the gold and Primal stones.


    After calcting thest of Primal stones, she calcted 51 inferior stones. She also had around a hundred tinum coins and three thousand gold coins, but Aakesh refused to take coins in ce of the stones.


    She only had enough stones to buy a single dantian healing pill. She looked at Aakesh once again with a pleading expression but was disappointed when he looked expressionlessly at her. She also thought to use seduction to reduce the price, but she refused it the next moment. It was too much for her self pride, and she also believed that Aakesh wouldn''t show any reaction toward her body.


    "Give me one dantian healing pill," She told Aakesh as she begrudgingly pushed 50 Primal stones toward him.

 Chapter 31 - Maria(2)

    Chapter 31


    Since Maria had only 51 Primal stones, she could either buy a mental healing pill or a dantian healing pill. She thought for a long time about what to buy.


    After a long thought process, she finally decided what to buy. "Owner, I want to buy the dantian healing pill," She told Aakesh and pushed the pouch containing the stones with a heartbroken look.


    The dantian healing pill cost 50 Primal stones, which were almost all of her savings. If the pill didn''t work, she would lose too much not to be worried about the consequence.


    "First-grade inferior dantian healing pill," Aakesh, instead of taking the pouch, expressionlessly corrected her.


    "Huh!" Maria couldn''t help but exim in wonderment at his response.


    Seeing Aakesh not taking the pouch, she begrudgingly said, "Owner, I want to buy a first-grade inferior dantian healing pill."


    "Good!" Aakesh said and moved toward the shelf to take out the pill.


    "Owner, I have a question before you sell the pill to me," Maria spoke, stopping Aakesh in his actions.


    "Go ahead," Aakesh responded.


    "What if the pill doesn''t work?"


    "You''ll get the pill for free and a hundred times the price of the pill aspensation," Aakesh responded expressionlessly as the system had already told him about it. He then took out the pill and handed it to Maria.


    Maria gently and slowly took the pill as if it was the most important thing for her. After she took the pill, Aakesh snapped his fingers, and the next moment, the pouch containing Primal stones disappeared from the store.


    The sudden disappearance of the pouch stunned Maria. She looked at Aakesh with a horrified expression. Only those who have achieved Void Forging can manipte space. A Void forging expert at the same level as their king and acting as a store owner, she felt like her head would explode.


    "Senior, are you a Void Forging expert?" Maria respectfully asked Aakesh. Her tone,pletely different from before.


    Aakesh confusedly looked at her and asked, "Why would you think so?"


    "Senior, you just manipted space."


    "Oh, is that something special?" Aakesh curiously asked.


    Maria didn''t know what to answer to this. Many people will die for having the ability to manipte space, and here, senior is insulting it as if it isn''t anything special.


    "I am not a Void Forging expert. You have bought your product. You can leave now," Seeing Maria silent, Aakesh spoke and told her to leave.


    After hearing Aakesh, Maria didn''t wait for a moment. She bowed to him and left the store.


    "What an irritating woman!" Lilyined after Maria left the store.


    "She just wanted to touch you. You''re so cute after all," Aakesh said as he picked her up from his head.


    "Hmph, I could snap her head off in a single swipe," Lily scoffed. He only smiled in response to her statement.


    [Ding.]


    [Congrattion, Host, for selling your first product in the store. 1% of the selling cost of the product has been submitted to your inventory. You can use that money on anything.]


    [Host, see your screen for the quest.]


    [Mission objective: Sell products to ten customers,


    Requirement: You need to have multiple customers if you want to have a famous store. Sell ten products to your customers in a week,


    Mission reward: A new product and addition in the pill varieties,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will be reduced to 0.5% of the product''s price.]


    Aakesh heard continuous announcements after that from the system. In the morning, the system told him that he would receive amission of 1% for every product he sold. Hismission will grow as hepletes more quests in the future.


    He then read the quests the system gave him. "10 customers in one week," After reading the mission objective, he mumbled.


    Aakesh was able to aplish the quest without much difficulty; the only problem was time. He still thought that it could take centuries for a newer customer to arrive in the store.


    ***


    After leaving the store, Maria hurried to the hotel she stayed in. She wanted to eat the pill as soon as possible. After seeing Aakesh manipting space, she had no doubts about the authenticity of the pill. Even though he refused that he wasn''t a Void Forging expert, she believed he was just being modest.


    After reaching the hotel, she rushed to the room she booked and closed the door after entering. She threw her clothes away and sat down naked in a meditative pose. There was no need to get naked, but she didn''t want to ruin her clothes since she had be dirt poor now.


    After taking out the pill from her space ring, she gazed at it intensely as if it were her most cherished possession. She inhaled and exhaled breath to calm her mind down. When her mind became serene without thinking of anything, she put the pill in her mouth.


    In no time, the pill melted in her tongue and transformed into energy. The energy then made its way toward her dantian as if it was sentient without any help from Maria. She also let it do all the work and only witnessed the process.


    The energy traveled through her vocal cord to her heart, and finally, it reached her dantian. Dantian was located on the base of her spine. Her dantian was blue in color, signifying her ability to manipte the element of water.


    The energy didn''t bombard itself onto her dantian. It slowly started seeping inside it. After a few seconds, thest bit of energy sessfully seeped onto her dantian, ending the process.


    Maria waited for a few minutes to see any effect, but nothing changed in her dantian. She then tried to cultivate, but she stopped after feeling intense pain from it.


    Her shoulder slumped down, seeing no results from the pill. A drop of tear streaked down her left cheek, but before it could leave her face, she wiped it and tried to smile.


    "You can''t cry. You''ve to stay strong," Maria whispered to motivate herself after the failure. She then stood up and went up to the mirror.


    Maria had pale skin and a face pretty enough to be a queen. She frowned at her reflection, seeing a scar from her left breast to her private parts.. She couldn''t help but remember the story behind the hideous scar.

 Chapter 32 - Maria(3)

    Chapter 32


    Maria was born to an affluent family in Pilni, one of the cities of the Bisan Kingdom. Her father was the head of the city guards. She and her family lived in luxury. Being a military child, her father taught her to never give up and always strive for improvement and positivity.


    Everything in her life was turned down by a single person who arrived on Pilni a few years ago. Apparently, the man was the son of some high-ranking official in the Kingdom. Maria was thirty years of age that year. She had a pretty face and a desirable body. Since she was from a wealthy family, she always maintained her body, making her an otherworldly beauty.


    Upon seeing her, the man asked her father for a price because he was so captivated by her looks. He wanted to buy her, but Maria''s father beat him in response, only to leave Pilni alive when the city mayor personally intervened to save him.


    From that moment, Maria''s family''s bad times started. Her father was humiliated and forced to give up his position. Everyone in the city cklisted them. After their close rtives betrayed them and captured their property, they went from one of the wealthiest families to one of the poorest in less than a week.


    It was only the start of the horror they were going to face. Maria''s parents still had savings, so they decided to move into another city and start a new life. Her father was a Nascent Soul cultivator, so he could easily get a new job in any other city and then establish their family again.


    They had already made ns to move into another city, but Maria''s best friend betrayed her and told her enemy about their moving away from the city. That night, she and her parents were attacked.


    Maria watched the scene of her parents getting killed while the man who tried to buy herughed. After that, he raped her in front of everyone, and then using his knife, made a cut from right beneath her left breast to her private area.


    "Always remember this cut and live with it until you die," The man told her after making the cut.


    "Pl...please kill me," Maria pleadingly said. She didn''t want to live anymore after such a humiliation.


    "How would I feel better if you die?" The man replied with a cruel grin. He then fondled her left breast, making Maria groan in pain due to the cut.


    "If you want to me someone, me your father. If he would''ve given you to me for a night, maybe he would''ve been promoted, and you would''ve be even more wealthy," The man said, and he left her naked lying on a pool of blood. After that day, she never saw the man again.


    She stayed there naked for a week, thinking about dying every second, but her father''s teachings always stopped her from attempting suicide. When she finally stood up, she decided to live for only revenge. But it seems her bad luck still hasn''t left her away; she injured her dantian while attempting to reach Nascent Soul.


    During the past few years, she tried everything to heal her dantian, but the pills that could help her were way too expensive. She could afford it if her parent''s savings wouldn''t have been stolen, but during that tragic day, everything that could go wrong with her went wrong. She also asked every rtive for her, but they felt so disgusted to even look at her, let alone talk. The only money she had was from the money she had saved from her childhood.


    ***


    A drop of tear streamed through her cheeks as she remembered all the tragedy that happened to her due to that bastard. She wiped the tear drop off and tried to smile.


    "Remember what daddy taught, you can''t give up. You''ve to look for only positivity in the future," She murmured to motivate herself.


    After calming down, she went to the bathroom and washed her face. When she came out, she wore the same clothes back and went out.


    The store owner has told about thepensation if the product doesn''t work. It didn''t matter what level the owner was. She had to getpensation.


    When she entered the store, she saw the same scene of Aakesh ying with Lily.


    Lily jumped on Aakesh''s head when she saw Maria again. But Maria ignored her this time.


    "What do you want to buy this time?" Aakesh asked as he stood up.


    "I don''t want to buy anything. I''m here forpensation. The pill didn''t work," Maria nervously answered. She was nervous because if Aakesh refused to pay, she couldn''t do anything but take it as another tragedy in her life.


    "Are you sure?" Aakesh questioningly asked. He was sure that the system''s product would always work.


    "Yes!" Maria nervously replied, but her eyes held a determined look.


    "Come here," Aakesh then called her.


    Maria nervously went up to her. She had no idea what Aakesh wanted to do, but somehow she never doubted any bad intention.


    Aakesh extended her right hand and touched right above her private parts. Maria''s face got red, not due to embarrassment as she knew he did this to check up on her dantian. Her face became red due to him finding the repulsive scar on her body through his touch.


    "Don''t worry! I am just checking your dantian," Aakesh said as he used Qi to check up on her dantian.


    Aakesh could use Qi, Prana, or Mana, etc., without following the respective power system because of the system. He had the freedom to use any energy in the primal dimension depending on his level.


    The next moment, Aakesh retracted his hand. Red-faced Maria nervously stared at him, waiting for his answer.


    "The pill worked," He then told her expressionlessly.


    "But, It still hurts whenever I try to cultivate," Maria retorted, thinking that Aakesh didn''t want topensate her.


    "It worked. Your Qi won''t leak anymore. It will still take three pills for your dantian topletely heal," He exined.


    "Well, Well!"


    Suddenly a voice echoed in the store, bringing the conversation between Aakesh and Lily to stop.

 Chapter 33 - Maria And Ben(1)

    Chapter 33


    "Well, well, who do we have here?" Said a voice as Aakesh and Maria were conversing.


    Maria lost all the colors on her face when she heard the voice. She slowly turned around to see its owner. When Maria saw who it was, her heart almost skipped a beat. She couldn''t hold the bnce and fell down.


    A group of people entered Aakesh''s store. He only recognized one person in the group. It was the same man who looked at him with disgust. The moment Lily saw him, she jumped from his head to kill him.


    "Don''t!" Seeing Lily''s actions, Aakesh whispered in a very soft voice only a high-level being could hear. Lily was almost on the soldier''s face, but she begrudgingly returned back to Aakesh''s head.


    The soldier was still looking at Aakesh with disgust. He didn''t even know how close he was to his death a second before?


    There were six members in the group who arrived in Aakesh''s store. Two members in the group wore shiny clothes while the other four had worn armors, so it was easy for Aakesh to guess that four members were guards and two members were either royalty or some high-standing member of the Kingdom.


    Aakesh could guess the identity of one of the two affluent members. It was evident to him that one was the youngest prince standing next to the soldier he had spoken with; in the morning. He didn''t know the identity of the other person standing close to the prince. He noticed the other member looking at Maria with a weird smile.


    He then noticed Maria, and he saw her tripped on the ground with a pale face full of horror. He went up to her and expressionlessly asked, "Are you alright?"


    "Of course, she is alright. She just remembered the amazing time she had with me."


    The affluent member standing next to the prince spoke with augh instead of Maria. Aakesh turned around and emotionlessly stared at him.


    That emotionless stare made the stranger stumble back two feet; the guards that came with him stepped forward and stopped him from falling to the ground.


    "Do you want something?" Aakesh ignored the guards and asked.


    "Why don''t you salute the prince?" The soldier growled at Aakesh in response.


    He ignored the guards, and looked at whom he expected to be the prince, and asked, "What do you want?"


    "How dare you talk to the prince this way?" The guard growled and then tried to step forward, but the prince stopped him from doing so. The soldier who conversed with Aakesh in the morning just stood there and watched. He still remembered what happened to him, so he didn''t dare directly involve himself. He only looked at Aakesh with disgust, using the prince''s shoulder.


    "I am Pento, the youngest prince of the Bisan Kingdom," The prince then introduced himself.


    "I am Aakesh, the owner of ''The First Store''."


    "When are you leaving thisnd?" Pento suddenly asked with a smile.


    "Why would I leave thisnd?" Aakesh responded with a question.


    The smile on Pento''s face disappeared. "Because I told you to," Pento answered expressionlessly.


    "Why would I agree with whatever you speak?" Aakesh responded with another question.


    The expressionless face turned into anger as Pento yelled, "BECAUSE I AM THE FUCKING PRINCE."


    "Read the rules!" said Aakesh in response.


    Finally, the man who came with Pento recovered from his shock after seeing that stare. His face turned red due to the embarrassment and the anger.


    "Pento, let''s arrest him, and then we can torture him in prison," He then said, witnessing the situation turning bad between Pento and Aakesh.


    "You''re right, Ben. He doesn''t seem to respect me," Pento responded to his best friend. Aakesh ignored their conversation and asked, "Do you both want anything from my store?"


    Lily wanted to kill all six of them, but he stopped her due to the system policy of not acting in the store unless the situation arises. Right now, they were only talking. No one even attempted an attack on him. He can''t be the aggressor in any condition.


    "If you don''t want anything, you can leave the store; otherwise, I''ll cklist you," He added. All six members in the group were stunned by Aakesh''s response, here they were talking about arresting him and then torturing him in prison, and he was talking about cklisting them.


    Veins popped out of Pento''s head, but he still emotionlessly asked, "What do you sell?"


    Pento wanted nothing more than to torture Aakesh, but he wasn''t an idiot. Someone who can dare to talk to a prince in the capital city of the Kingdom this way can either be an idiot or someone who has the same or even more powerful backing than the Kingdom.


    "We currently only sell three products," Aakesh''s tone changed when he started talking about the products. He then exined about the three pills and their costs.


    After hearing about the price of the pill, Ben startedughing out loud while the other five members had their jaws dropped.


    "Haha, an inferior pill for 50 Primal stones, haha. You think we''re fools," Benmented while trying to control hisugh, but he failed badly at that.


    "It''s first-grade inferior dantian healing pill," Aakesh corrected Ben, making everybody angry.


    "Are you making a fool of us?" Pento angrily asked Aakesh.


    "Why would I make a fool of you?" Aakesh confusingly responded.


    "Who sells a first-grade inferior pill for 25 Primal stones? I can get a second-grade medium pill at that price," Pento responded in anger.


    "So, what has that got to do with me? It''s my store; I decide to sell at whatever price I want to," Aakesh bluntly responded.


    "Do you want to buy anything?" He added.


    The group only red at Aakesh in response, resulting in silence in the store.


    "I want a mental healing pi-"


    The silence broke when the soldier began speaking, but after Pento red at him, he instantly shut his mouth.


    Another silence fell in the store, as Aakesh had no interest in speaking unless someone decided to buy a pill.


    "YOU BASTARD!" Yelled a familiar voice breaking the silence in the store. Aakesh turned around and saw Maria ring at Ben.


    ***


    A/N: I don''t know why, but this book isn''t getting any collections. Please leave reviews, if you''ve time.. For every 10 honest reviews, I''ll update an extra chapter.

 Chapter 34 - Maria And Ben(2)

    Chapter 34


    The silence in the store broke by the sudden angry growl of Maria. Aakesh slightly turned his head and saw a standing Maria ring at Ben while her entire body was shaking. She had a mix of intense expressions on her face.


    "What are you ring at?" Ben responded with a casual grin at Maria''s growl.


    Maria wanted nothing but to kill Ben as cruelly as possible for what he did to her, but he forcefully controlled herself from not acting recklessly. Two peak Soul Formation guards protected him; she wouldn''t even be able to touch him, let alone harm him.


    She then turned her head to look at Aakesh to see his response but was disappointed when she didn''t see any expression on his face. He had no interest in the story of Maria and Ben, so he ignored their chatter.


    "Do you want to buy anything or not?" Aakesh asked.


    "Wanna have another night?" Ben ignored Aakesh as he grinningly asked Maria.


    Her eyes turned cold after hearing Ben''s bullshit. She bit her lip to control herself from not acting recklessly, which resulted in bleeding. Benughed in response, seeing Maria''s actions.


    "Why are you angry, don''t tell me you didn''t enjoy our night of love?" He added with his grin getting wider.


    Maria clenched her hands into a fist while a chunk of meat came out as the force at which she bit her lip increased. It took every ounce of her power to control herself from not attacking Ben.


    "Oh, darling! How could you do this? You already had one scar, and now this," Ben added more while heughed out loud. Even Pento wanted to stop him as he knew what Ben was doing was crossing the limit, seeing the girl trying to control herself, that badly that chunk of meat came out of her lip, making her beautiful face weird.


    Hearing of the scar broke all the control Maria had, she lunged at him with an angry scream. Ben''s guards seeing this stepped forward and stood between Maria and Ben. The first guard caught both her hands, while the second caught both her legs.


    "Let me go! I want to kill that bastard," She angrily screamed at the guards.


    "Enough! Leave her!" Aakesh suddenly said. A sudden pressure arrived on the guards that made Maria so heavy that they had to release her. Maria fell to the ground after that. She tried to rush at Ben again after standing up but couldn''t move her feet away as pressure arrived on her.


    "Get back here! No one is allowed to fight here," Aakesh then ordered her.


    Like a remote-controlled robot, Maria turned around and returned to the same position she stood on before lunging at Ben. She tried to stop her footsteps, but her feet wouldn''t budge, and continued moving, only to stop when she reached the point.


    Pento shuddered, seeing the scene. He himself was a peak Nascent Soul expert. He didn''t carry guards around the Kingdom to protect him, but he brought them with him to do his bidding. He could not see what Aakesh did, which meant Aakesh was way stronger than him in reality. He thanked the heavens for not acting recklessly after arriving in the store. He slightly turned his head and looked pitifully at Ben, whose face was red due to embarrassment and anger.


    Because Ben was a good friend, he decided to stop him from talking any more nonsense. He extended his hand to pat his shoulder, but he immediately retracted it.


    "How dare you order my guards?" Ben angrily yelled. He chose to ignore that his guards had to release Maria despite Aakesh doing anything and directly involve himself against Aakesh. His guards wanted to stop him, but he had already spoken.


    Lily vanished from Aakesh head, and the next moment it appeared in front of Ben. she was only a single second away from ripping Ben''s body into five pieces using her ws when Aakesh angrily called her back.


    "You''re not to act before I tell you to," He then instructed Lily in a voice only she could hear. Lily didn''t speak anything in response.


    "Since you don''t want to buy anything, you can leave," Aakesh ignored Ben''s outburst and told the group to leave.


    "Yes, Yes, we''ll leave," Pento spoke with a relieved sigh. He wanted nothing more than to leave after knowing that the store owner was more powerful than him.


    "Who are you to order us to leave? We''ll leave whenever we want to leave," Ben scoffed as he got even angrier after Aakesh ignored him. Pento''s face palmed himself after hearing Ben. If he weren''t his friend, he would''ve gone up to him and beat the shit out of him for acting like a dolt.


    "ording to rule no. 3, you''re prohibited from further entry into the store," Aakesh suddenly spoke while pointing at the board staying near the counter. "If you don''t take him, you all will also be cklisted," He then added while pointing at the five members of the group.


    After hearing this, Pento, without speaking anything, grabbed Ben''s cor and tried to leave the store. He didn''t want to get prohibited from entering the store. After knowing the power of the store owner, he wanted a good rtionship with him. If he never gets to enter the store, how will he ever make good rtions with him? For him to be a king, he needed strong connections.


    "Wait! I''ll leave on my own," At first, Ben was shocked by his best friend Pento''s actions, but when he saw the seriousness in his face, he didn''t dare toin. He agreed to leave the store.


    Pento released the cor after hearing Ben. Ben adjusted his cor and angrily looked at Aakesh. He didn''t speak anything and slightly turned his head, and stared at Maria.


    Maria''s earlier appearance and the night he spent with her emerged in his mind.. An expression of lust appeared on his face as he grinningly said, "She''lle with me."

 Chapter 35 - Time-Manipulation

    Chapter 35


    "She''lle with me," Ben grinningly said while pointing at Maria. After speaking, he looked at Aakesh to see what his response was? But he saw nothing, so heughed.


    "Bring her!" He then ordered his guards.


    Maria rushed behind Aakesh to save herself without thinking anything. "You can''t stop me from taking her," Ben tried to warn Aakesh after seeing her standing behind him.


    "I won''t!" Aakesh suddenlymented, making Benugh and Maria shuddering in fear. She couldn''t help but take two steps away. She expected the store owner to save her, not leave her on her own.


    "But..." Aakesh started speaking once more, making Maria stop moving.


    "I won''t stop her if she wants to go with you, but if you think that I''ll allow you to take her forcefully, then you''re badly mistaken," He added. Ben''sughter got stuck in his throat.


    "Let''s go!" Pento suddenly interjected before Ben spoke something and made the already bad situation worse for him.


    "You just wait!" Ben threatened Aakesh with a scoff and left the store. He decided in his mind toe back to the storeter with Nascent soul guards to destroy the store and kill the owner.


    Pento sighed with relief when Ben left the store. He decided toeter and apologize to the store owner for his rudeness and buy the products to make a good rtion with him.


    "Thank you for saving me, store owner!" Maria thanked Aakesh after Ben left the store.


    "It''s not a big deal you''re in my store, so it''s my responsibility to stop anyone from harming you," He responded expressionlessly.


    He then looked at the hardwood down below and noticed a tiny chunk of meat and blood all over it. Maria also noticed where he was looking. An apologized expression appeared on her face as she apologized to him.


    He didn''t mind, he only snapped his fingers, and a sudden pressure arrived on the meat and the blood around it. The pressure was so intense that it disintegrated the blood and flesh into nothingness in less than a blink of an eye.


    As soon as Maria blinked, everything was gone. Despite intense pressure attacking the hardwood, the hardwood floor became the same as before, without even a dent appearing.


    "Come here!" He then called Maria toward him. Her feet, without her permission, moved toward him. It was the second time when something like this happened to her. The more it happened, the horrified she became of his power. Her feet stopped just a single hand distance away from him.


    "Since your injury urred in my store, it''s my duty to heal you," He thenmented, pointing at her mouth, which looked weird after a missing chunk of flesh.


    "It''s alright, store owner. I don''t mind this injury much," Maria responded with a smile. But there was sadness present in her smile. Her appearance once mattered to her, but after that tragic night, she no longer cared for it, instead, she started hating it.


    In her heart, she med both Ben and her appearance for what happened to her family. If she didn''t have a beautiful face, nothing would''ve happened to her family. Her father would''ve still been alive and teaching him; her mother would still make her favorite dishes every day.


    "Lily, heal her," He ignored her and requested Lily to heal her.


    Lily didn''t speak anything and waved her hand. A clock with a single hand appeared in the air. The clock hand then started moving anti-clockwise. A green light engulfed the injured portion in Maria''s mouth, and as if time was moving backward, the flesh appeared out of nowhere and started moving backward and reinstated itself to the position from where it fell off. The clock then disappeared after her mouth became the same as before without any wound.


    Maria shockingly looked at the scene. "Is she an Immortal?" She tremblingly asked while looking at Lily. When Lily looked back at her, she looked away, not daring to directly look into her eyes.


    "Yes, I am an Immortal," Lily spoke before Aakesh could refuse.


    A yful smile appeared on her face as she suddenly ordered, "Now, Kneel, to apologize for even thinking of touching me."


    "Yes...yes!" Maria tremblingly spoke and Knelt without thinking of anything.


    Lily and Aakesh couldn''t help butugh, seeing Maria kneeling sincerely to apologize. When Maria heard augh, she looked up and noticed both of themughing at her. Her face turned red from embarrassment, and looking at Aakesh''sughing face made her heartbeat elerate.


    "You can stand up now, I forgive you," Lily thenmented after she had her fun.


    Maria stood up with a red face. "Are you truly an Immortal?" She asked again.


    "No, she isn''t," Aakesh said as he returned to his expressionless face, which he uses while talking to customers.


    "Then, how can she manipte time?" She asked in shock. Her heartbeat elerated again when she looked at Aakesh''s face. She immediately looked down to calm her heart down.


    "Is manipting time a big deal?" Lily asked instead.


    "Yes, it is," Maria responded straight away, looking up at Lily. She didn''t dare to look into the eyes of Aakesh.


    "It''s a big deal for weak people like you; I can manipte time from the first day I was born," Lily scoffed in response.


    A dumbstruck look appeared on Maria''s face as she didn''t know what to say. She wanted to think that Lily was lying, but what she had seen just now made her believe that everything lily said was the truth.


    "When are you leaving?" Aakesh suddenly asked.


    "You don''t have money to buy anything; you can''t getpensation since the pill worked, so I think it''s time for you to leave," He bluntly added.


    A sour expression appeared on Maria''s face after Aakesh''s spoke. She wanted to stay for some more time and look at himughing once more. She became obsessed with hisughing face after seeing it only once. She even forgot about the three more pills she needed to buy to heal her dantian.


    She nodded and started leaving, but she returned running right after reaching the door and grabbed Aakesh''s right arm.

 Chapter 36 - Mob

    Chapter 36


    "Since you don''t have anything to buy and the group had already left some time ago, so you''re safe to leave," Aakeshmented.


    Maria was disappointed at first, but when she remembered her past, all the disappointments she had disappeared. "Okay! Thanks for saving me!" She spoke and turned around to leave.


    With every step she took, the differences between Aakesh and her emerged in her mind. "How can a girl like me expect someone powerful like the store owner to like me?" This thought surfaced in her mind and deepened as she took forward steps.


    When she reached the door, she sighed disappointedly and took the step outside. What she saw outside the door made her reflexively took the step back. She subconsciously turned around and rushed at Aakesh. She then grabbed his arm while Aakesh confusedly looked at her actions.


    "Store owner, there is a crowd outside the store," She said, clutching Aakesh''s arm while trying to catch her breath.


    "So!" He expressionlessly responded.


    "They''reing with their weapons, store owner. That bastard Ben is leading them," Maria said with concern as she looked into his expressionless eyes.


    "Okay, I''ll handle it, now leave my arm."


    Maria''s face turned red as she released Aakesh''s arm. Her eyes then scanned his arm in an attempt to see if her hands had left a mark, but his arm was as it was before.


    Aakesh never cared about the crowd as he was doing them a favor by not killing them right away. ording to the system''s rules, a store owner can''t be the aggressor, but he can defend himself if there is even a hint of killing intent in the customer''s actions.


    He has never fought anyone, so he stood there with excitement, waiting for them toe forward when suddenly Lily had an idea and exined it to him.


    He only had to wait for a few seconds when Ben entered the store with a crowd following him. There were four people among the mob who stood out since they were Nascent Soul experts.


    Aakesh expressionlessly looked at the crowd while Maria stood right next to him. She decided to fight instead of hiding against her mortal enemy. Ben had a grin on his face as he was confident in killing the store owner with four Nascent Soul experts.


    "Lord, are you sure you want us all to fight him at the same time?" One of the four experts asked out loud while pointing at Aakesh.


    "If I wouldn''t want that, why would I call so many of you?" Ben scoffed in response.


    "But, Lord, he''s only an early Nascent Soul cultivator," The same expert responded.


    The expert said it out loud, so Maria could also hear it. Her eyes went wide open when she heard it. She herself saw the store owner manipting space. How can a Nascent Soul cultivator even control the element of space? She thought in her heart.


    Even Ben was taken aback by this as he saw how he forced his two guards to release Maria without even saying anything. "Are you sure?" He asked and then told the experts about the morning situation.


    "Yes, Lord, we''re sure. He''s only an early Nascent Soul expert," The expert responded with a determined expression as if he would kill himself if proven wrong.


    "He must be a talented cultivator to force two peak Soul Formation cultivators to release somebody. But you don''t have to worry, Lord. We have three peak experts and e expert," Another expertmented after learning about the situation while gesturing of cutting Aakesh''s neck.


    As the experts, Ben brought affirmed that they could kill Aakesh with ease, he too nodded his approval.


    Maria stood there in horror, listening to Ben and the group. She also started believing the group after seeing the look of confidence on their faces. As for Aakesh, his expression remained the same, regardless of what the group discussed. It was Lily''s idea to fake his cultivation level so that when they die, they''ll get shocked first and then die.


    Currently, he can kill the group anytime he wants since they entered the store with their weapons in hand and are openly discussing killing him. The group has already be the aggressor, and he is the defender.


    "Wait! I am ready to go with you, please don''t attack the owner," Maria suddenly stepped out and announced.


    Ben startedughing in response to Maria''s actions, and the crowd followed him. For a few seconds,ughter echoed in the store.


    "Who the fuck do you think you are? Your value is even less than the dirt beneath my feet," He said,ughing out loud.


    Maria had an expressionless face, but she didn''t back down and red at Ben. He stoppedughing as the look in her eyes irritated him.


    Suddenly a smirk appeared on his face, and he said, "Okay, I''ll not destroy the store or kill the store owner if you kiss my feet in front of everybody."


    "Okay, but you''ve to follow your promise," She responded straight away. Initially surprised by her prompt response, a grin spread across Ben''s face the next moment.


    "Don''t tell me you like him," He grinningly said while pointing at Aakesh. Aakesh was confusedly looking at the sudden situation. He never expected Maria to step forward and readily agree to kiss Ben''s feet.


    He decided to intervene, but the next moment, he stopped. Maria turned around and requested him not to intervene with pleading eyes.


    "What has that got to do with you? I''ll do anything as long as you promise not to do anything harmful to the owner," She turned around and bluntly responded.


    Maria decided not to hide anymore. Her family had already died due to her. She can''t let anything happen to Aakesh due to her. It''s better for her to act as a ve rather than see another death. She also believed that he would never reciprocate her feelings due to her past, so why not sacrifice herself.


    It''s true when people say, ''Love turns even the sharpest person into stupidest.

 Chapter 37 - Flick

    Chapter 37


    I promise not to harm him or the store if you return," Ben said, despite thinking of doing the opposite when he got hold of Maria.


    Maria had no choice but to believe in his promise. She turned around and looked at Aakesh for thest time but was disappointed when she saw no expression for her in his eyes. Only confusion spread across his face. She then turned around and started moving toward Ben.


    "Haha, good," Benughed as he grabbed her hands when she reached him.


    "Go, and kill him," he then ordered the four experts he called. The experts nodded and rushed toward Aakesh with killing intent in their eyes. They didn''t even take out their weapon as it''ll be insulting for them to use it on a lower-level being.


    A horrified look appeared on Maria''s face as she tremblingly said, "You promised me."


    A cruel grin spread across his face as hemented, "You overestimate yourself.". Do you think a girl who I''ve already fucked had any value in my eyes? I epted your proposal because I wanted you to satisfy them," while pointing at the group of people behind him.


    "Grab her, and don''t let her leave," He then threw Maria into the group of people. Many in the group had their eyes red with lust when they saw her features.


    Suddenly pressure arrived on the group, preventing them from catching Maria. Maria also stopped in her tracks; the only one who was unaffected was Ben. He shockingly looked at the scene of Maria straightening herself after getting out of bnce in the air.


    "Pchh!"


    "Pchh!"


    "Pchh!"


    Suddenly, sounds of bodies bursting in blood echoed in the air. In no time, the whole group Ben brought burst, resulting in a pool of blood and burst body parts in the store, making the scene gory. Maria and Ben couldn''t help but vomit seeing such a scene.


    After calming down, Ben turned around to look at the experts fighting the store owner, but what he saw chilled his bones.


    He witnessed thest of the group of experts getting ripped into five pieces by the ws of a tiny white cat, the size of his palm. His face lost all the colors as he was thest one left of the group that arrived.


    He tried to move backward with a horrified face, but his feet didn''t move. He tried to scream, but nothing came out of his mouth. He horrifiedly looked at Aakesh only to see him expressionlessly looking at him. He finally felt the indifference for himself in Aakesh''s eyes.


    He tried to apologize, but nothing came out of his mouth. He tried to kneel, but his knees didn''t budge. He tried to look away from Aakesh''s indifferent eyes, but he couldn''t move away. Instead, he felt the eyes getting closer to him. In the end, he found himself in a vast emptiness of the void and an enormous pupil of uncalcble size looking indifferent at him.


    "Please, let me go," He tried to apologize. Surprisingly, words came out of his mouth, but there was no response from the void. The eyes continued looking at him indifferently.


    His body was free of suppression, so he tried to run away from the eyes, but no matter how far he ran, it still looked the same to him. He tried everything to survive, but there was no response from the void, and the eyes continued looking at him without even a blink. It felt as if he had spent countless years in the emptiness, so he lost the will to live. He tried to kill himself by snapping his neck, but the next moment, his neck healed, and he became the same as before. He then ripped his heart out, but he was still alive. He could feel the pain of harming himself, but he couldn''t die. Every time he died, the next moment, he got revived.


    Ben didn''t know how long he spent in that illusion or how he came out of it, but when he opened his eyes in reality, he found Aakesh standing in front of him. A kind of relief emerged inside his heart as he was finally going to die.


    Aakesh didn''t do much but only flicked Ben''s head. He burst out in blood the next moment. The part of the blood that could''ve touched Aakesh''s skin disintegrated into ashes.


    Maria only looked at the scene with pure horror. In only a few seconds, the matter ended with the death of the entire group.


    "They made the store dirty," Aakeshmented after seeing the blood and burst body parts all over the hardwood floor of the store. Nothing could even touch the shelves, the counter, and the rules-board.


    He suddenly snapped his fingers, and all the space-rings that survived the onught rose into the air. There were around seven space rings. Four of them belonged to the experts, and the other three to the group of the mob. Ben''s space ring didn''t survive his flick. He snapped his fingers again, and everything that dirtied the floor disintegrated into nothingness. The hardwood floor became new like before.


    "Here, take this for standing out," He then sent the space rings toward Maria, breaking her out of her stupor.


    "No, I can''t take this. It''s the result of your hard work," Maria refused straight away by trying to move backward from the rings.


    "Take it. I don''t want it."


    "But-"


    Maria wanted to speak, but he cut her off in between and said, "You don''t have any money. It''ll help you in the future if you want to buy anything from the store. It''s for standing out for the store before."


    "If you don''t take it, I''ll destroy them," He warned, seeing Maria still not taking them. She grabbed them after his warning as she believed he would do it if she didn''t take them.


    "Thank you for killing him!" She then bowed and thanked him first before checking the contents in the ring. Her revenge is finallyplete even though she wasn''t the one to kill Ben.


    "I had to do it.. That guy broke the rules of the store," Aakesh casually responded as if what he did was only a minor thing.

 Chapter 38 - Close For The Day

    Chapter 38


    The disappointed expression on Maria''s face increased when Aakesh didn''t reference Ben asking about her liking Aakesh. She then focused her mind on the space rings as she could see him telling her to leave in a while.


    With ease, she unlocked the three rings in the space ring. She wasn''t surprised when she didn''t find much inside them since the owners were weaklings, and they were followers, so they weren''t also from affluent families. She found about 44 inferior Primal stones in total from them. They were even poorer than her. She then tried to open the expensive rings, but she couldn''t break the protection and couldn''t force her sense inside it.


    "Owner, I can''t open these rings. I think you should take them," She told Aakesh since they would be wasteful with her.


    Aakesh, in response, extended his right hand. All four space rings went up to him. He then closed his hand and crushed them. Maria looked stunned, seeing this scene.


    "Why did-"


    She wanted toin when she suddenly shut her mouth as things started emerging out of nowhere in the store. These were the contents of the rings.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and all the newly appeared contents went up to Maria. "Is your cultivation level even higher than Void Forging?" She asked with a shocked expression.


    Aakesh only smiled in response. She got her answer in that smile. "Why are you acting as a store owner when you are so powerful?" She asked him, ignoring all the shining stones in front of her.


    "Because I want to," He responded expressionlessly.


    The answer left Maria dumbstruck. She didn''t know what to say in response, so she focused all her attention on the contents of the space ring lying in front of her. She counted all the stones and was shocked by the quantity in the end.


    She found 4864 inferior Primal stones and around 20 ordinary Primal stones. She also got some beneficial pills that could assist her in breakthrough to Nascent Soul and beyond. If she converted everything into Primal stones, the total number would be around 10,000 inferior Primal stones. She also found many gold and tinum coins but didn''t count them right away since it would take too much time.


    She then looked at Aakesh to see his response to giving her contents of such an enormous value but was disappointed when she saw him talking with Lily, ignoring her and the valuable stones.


    "Do you want to buy the pills using these Primal stones?" He suddenly asked while she was staring at him. Her face turned red by the sudden situation.


    She subconsciously nodded and said, "I''ll buy three first-grade inferior dantian healing pills."


    "You can only buy two. The maximum number of pills anybody can buy is three, and you''ve already bought one earlier in the morning," Aakesh responded. His expression turned expressionless, the usual expression with which he converses with customers.


    "Than I''ll buy two," She responded.


    "Anything more," He asked while looking at therge quantity of the Primal stones. Maria was dumbfounded by his reaction. He didn''t want the space rings containing such wealth, but he wanted her to buy as much as possible using these stones.


    "I''ll buy all the pills," She smilingly responded. If it makes her get closer to Aakesh, then she would buy everything.


    "Great!" He eximed. He then went up to the shelves and took out three body and mental healing pills and two dantian healing, respectively.


    "Here, You''ve to pay 250 inferior Primal stones."


    Maria nodded and handed over the required amount to him, and he handed her the pills. "Good business, you can leave now," He told her right away to leave after concluding the trade.


    A wry smile appeared on her face as she was expecting him to tell her to leave. She nodded and put all the contents lying on the ground in her space ring. Afterward, she turned around and left the store. Aakesh didn''t pay her attention. He was focused on something else instead.


    [Mission objective: Sell products to ten customers,


    Requirement: You need to have multiple customers if you want to have a famous store. Sell ten products to your customers in a week,


    Number of products left to sell: 10/10,


    Mission reward: A new product and addition in the pill varieties,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will be reduced to 0.5% of the product''s price.]


    Right after Maria left, Aakesh called out the quest window to check up on it. He had already sold eight pills, which meant he only had to sell two more pills, and the mission would be over. But when the window appeared, his excitement dimmed down after seeing he still had to sell ten products.


    "Hey, system, what''s this? I have already sold eight products. Why do I still have to sell ten more products?" He irritatingly asked the system.


    [Host, it was you who paid for the pills, not the buyer.]


    The system responded straight away in its emotionless, mechanical voice.


    "What do you mean she paid for it. I just gifted her the space rings without knowing what''s inside them," Aakesh retorted. How could he give up when he gave such arge wealth to someone, and he didn''t even get anything in return.


    The system didn''t even respond to Aakesh this time. He called out once more, but he still didn''t get any response. Lilyughed, seeing him arguing with the system. Atst, he gave up when the system stopped responding to hisint.


    "Let''s close the store, Lily," Aakesh vented his frustration by closing the store way early before it was time for the sun to set.


    Two hours after Aakesh closed the store, Pento came to the store to meet Aakesh after he didn''t get a call from Ben after he entered the store. He was stunned when he saw the door closed. He knocked on the door of the store many times, but there wasn''t any response from the inside.. Since Ben''s father was the prime minister of the Bisan Kingdom, he couldn''t afford to offend him currently when his position for the throne wasn''tfortable enough.

 Chapter 39 - Challenge

    Chapter 39


    After closing the store door, Aakesh had nothing to do, so he decided to train his archery. During these past several millenniums, he learned to use many of the weapons, but he particrly loved archery more than any other weapon style.


    No weapon style challenged him more than archery. He even asked the system about it; why''s that. It answered him because archery is unpredictable, unlike sword-style, where you can fight by predicting the next movement from seeing the body movement, particrly the movement of hands. Whereas in archery, the enemy not only needed to focus on the way the bow was pointed at, they also needed to consider the direction of the arrowhead in mind. In addition, the enemy also has to consider the movement of the finger on the bowstring.


    The system also told him that Aakesh found archery more challenging because it was a long-range battle system, but he was particrly interested in closebat. Swordsmen are known for their agility and quick movements in the battle, so it was always going to be difficult for him to fight swordsmen in closebat using bow and arrow.


    He appeared in the selection ground with Lily. "Go and train with your ancestors," He then pushed Lily onto the training with the creatures belonging to Epochal Feline. He wanted her to get perfect at using every skill she gains with the time passing. Lily looked begrudgingly at him but still followed his order and pushed the switch.


    She didn''t do any antics with him here because he never joked with her whenever it came to training. Once she decided not to follow his order, he didn''t talk or y with her for several centuries. She didn''t want to go through the same thing, so she never refused training again.


    After Lily pushed the switch and entered her training ground, he picked up the bow he had been using for the past several millenniums. After selecting the environment he wanted to train in, he pressed the switch.


    The next moment, he appeared in a familiar setting. He has been training in the same environment during thest few days when he was in the previous store.


    "Boo!"


    Suddenly, the sound of booing echoed. He looked around and saw millions of people booing him. The environment he chose was a battle arena. He has been battling with the swordsmen in the presence of these people. They were booing him because of losing every battle he had fought here.


    Aakesh smilingly waved his hands at the crowd, and the boos got even louder. Heughed, even more, seeing the situation. It felt great for him to poke this bunch of people who hate him with a smile.


    Suddenly, the boos disappeared, and instead, loud cheers erupted. Aakesh''s face turned serious as hispetitor entered the arena.


    Thepetitor had the same body structure as humans. He had the head of a goat with two horns of the bull. Inparison to Aakesh''s body size, he looked like a child, but Aakesh had never been more serious than he was right now.


    Thepetitor didn''t speak anything when he reached the center. He casually took out his sword and gestured for Aakesh to make a move first.


    Aakesh had already gotten used to this, so he didn''t wait and shot an arrow aiming at thepetitor''s heart. But the next moment, he immediately took two steps backward. A sword swung at that exact ce right after he moved away.


    He didn''t have the time to care for it, so he moved to his right and shot three arrows at the same time, aiming for thepetitor''s both eyes and his heart. Within seconds, another attack passed his head by a hair''s length, causing him to have to move back once more.


    Aakesh''s shooting speed was almost hundreds of arrows within a second, but not a single arrow could even touch thepetitor''s sword, let alone injure him. But the same couldn''t be said for him; he already had several cuts all over his body despite having the same movement speed as thepetitor.


    A few seconds passed, and Aakesh''s situation was only getting worse for him. His entire body was covered in his blood, but he was able to hit hispetitor for the first time in his training. Thepetitor had an arrow stuck right at the joint of his right arm, causing him to use the sword with his left hand.


    But Aakesh didn''t expect thepetitor to be even better at swordsmanship with his left hand. He was not even getting a chance to shoot after thepetitor started using his sword by his left hand. After a few seconds, his bowstring was cut by thepetitor, so he was forced to stop fighting.


    "You win!" He said, raising his hand after the bow became useless.


    "BOO!"


    The crowd booed Aakesh even louder than before as it was his tenth straight defeat against the weakest champion. His injuries all over his body also started healing after he gave up.


    "You fought better this time," said a hoarse voice as Aakesh was waving at the crowd whileughing out loud.


    "I guess. Otherwise, how would I''ve ever known that you''re even a bigger monster when you use your left hand," Aakesh responded with a smile. Thepetitor had already thrown away the arrow that hurt him, and the injury was already healed. There wasn''t even a mark present at the spot.


    "See you in the next challenge," Thepetitor responded and turned around to leave.


    "Okay, I''ll see you losers next time," Aakesh, in response, shouted back to the crowd booing at him, resulting in it getting even louder and disappeared from the battle arena.


    He then appeared in the selection ground. Since his fight only went on for several seconds, there was still a long time before Lily woulde out, so he sat there and visualizing his battle. He would do this every time after his every fight to make him better than before.


    Hours passed in the blink of an eye. Lily also came out of her training. She had an aggrieved look like she had been beaten very badly. She saw Aakesh sitting in the center, so she jumped on his hand and started telling him what she faced.. Aakesh only smiled hearing it and then came out of the selection ground with her.

 Chapter 40 - Beating

    Chapter 40


    The new day arrived with the first ray of sunlight brightening the continent of Anga. Aakesh had already woken up, so he didn''t wait and opened the door of the store.


    When he opened the store and took a single step outside the door, he couldn''t see many people since the day had only arrived and the market would only get busier as the day proceeded.


    He turned around to enter the store when he suddenly stopped after he heard a familiar voice. He turned around and noticed Maria hurrying in his direction while waving her hands. He didn''t wave back and entered the store.


    Maria expected the same response from Aakesh, so she didn''t mind it. She also entered the store after a few seconds had passed.


    "Hello, store owner!" She greeted Aakesh with a smile right after entering the store.


    "Hello!" He expressionlessly responded while sitting in hisfortable chair. Since Lily was still sleeping, he didn''t wake her up and opened the store on his own.


    "Owner, I want to buy the pills," She said while a huge smile spread across her face. The mental healing pill acted like a magical pill on her. It forced all her concerns, negativity, and stresses out of her head. She had never felt better than what she was feeling right now.


    "Which one?" Aakesh asked as he stood up to take the pills out of the shelf.


    "I want three pills of all the three categories," Maria smilingly said. She had seen yesterday how he liked when someone bought his products, so she would try to impress him by purchasing the pills since she had more than enough Primal stones. In reality, Maria only needed one dantian healing and three mental healing pills. She still had one body healing pill left since only two helped her in getting rid of the horrendous scar.


    "Why would you need so many of them?"


    Aakesh''s response was opposite to what she expected. Instead of happily selling her the pill, he asked her the reason.


    "I just want to buy them," She responded while not daring to look into his eyes. She felt like she had done some terrible thing by asking for all the pills.


    "Excess of pills will harm you. Since you''re my first customer, I would warn you of not using pills in excess," Aakesh said as he went to the shelf and started taking out the pills.


    "That''ll be 300 inferior Primal stones," He told her the price as he handed her the pills. She nodded and gave him the pouch containing 300 stones.


    "Don''t waste so much money on the pills. There are going to be more expensive products in the future. You should save money until then," Aakesh expressionlessly advised Maria. She was his only buyer until now, so he wanted the best for her.


    An embarrassed look appeared on her face since she spent around half of the money she had to buy the next shop to Aakesh''s store. She was going to be neighbors with him from tomorrow onwards.


    He didn''t care for what expression appeared on her face, so he told her to leave after that. She also nodded and left the store with a wry smile. After Maria left, she returned to his chair and started thinking about the challenge in the battle arena.


    If he desired to win, he needed to take his head. Who knows, the swordsman turned out to be even better with sword using from his legs or mouth after losing both his hands. Aakesh needed to find his weakness to obstruct his movements, and it would be easy for Aakesh to defeat thepetitor after that.


    Time flew by, and the market got busier. It became overcrowded in no time. Suddenly a group of people angrily forced their way through the market. One of the men in the group was pulling bloodied Maria by her hair, with their direction being Aakesh''s store.


    ***


    A few hours ago, Maria was happily returning to her store thinking about the future, where she''ll regrly meet Aakesh and one day, he''ll start liking her and then fall in love, and then. She stopped thinking any further due to her face getting red like a tomato.


    "Halt!"


    She suddenly had to stop since out of nowhere, a group of guards surrounded her. She cautiously looked at the soldiers and lost all hopes of escaping. There were more than 100 soldiers. She couldn''t identify the cultivation level of even a single soldier, so that meant every soldier surpassed her.


    Suddenly the guards made way for a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man had a grim look as he came toward her.


    "Are you Maria?" The man suddenly asked in a hoarse voice.


    Maria didn''t speak anything in response since she knew why the guards were looking for her. Getting no response made the man angry, the next moment he appeared in front of Maria and pped her, throwing her several meters away.


    Her mouth started bleeding after the p. She would have lost her head if the man hadn''t controlled the power of his p. He then appeared in front of the fallen Maria.


    "Are you Maria?" He asked again, with rage clearly evident in his eyes. She still ignored him and stayed silent.


    "p her!" The man suddenly ordered the nearest guard instead of pping her himself. The guard epted the order, came forward, and hit another side of Maria''s face, resulting in broken teeth.


    "Don''t stop! Continue pping her until she speaks," The man ordered the guard. The guard epted the order and did as told.


    Maria''s mental strength has gotten better after the tragedies she had faced, so she was able to control herself. The man''s brows furrowed, seeing her still not speaking up.


    "Five of youe here and beat her down," He turned around and ordered the guards closest to him. The guards also expressionlessly epted the order and executed the order. In no time, Maria''s body became filled with wounds. She still didn''t speak anything.


    "Okay, leave her," The man suddenly ordered. The guards stopped and expressionlessly went back to their position.. The man then got hold of her hair and started pulling her, his direction being the store.

 Chapter 41 - Schiller Family

    Chapter 41


    Maria had a heartbroken look as the stranger dragged her by her hair to Aakesh''s store. She wasn''t worried about him since she saw his capability yesterday. What made her heartbroken was the fact that Aakesh had to involve himself again in trouble, which started due to her.


    The market got empty in no time. Everyone in the crowd was afraid to evene in the way of the group since they knew their identity from the golden S badge they wore on their chests. These guards belonged to the Schiller family. Ben''s full name was Ben Schiller.


    Schiller family had been an influential family even before the establishment of the Bisan Kingdom. Gary Schiller was the family head and the Prime minister of the Blue Phoenix Kingdom when Punta attacked.


    Schiller family yed a major role in the establishment of the Bisan Kingdom. They betrayed the previous king, seeing the guards that came with Punta, and joined him against the Blue Phoenix Kingdom. After the war ended, Punta being happy with their achievements during the war, rewarded them a hereditary post of Prime minister. Every head of the Schiller family would be eligible for this post as long as the Bisan Kingdom stands.


    The current head of the Schiller family and the Prime minister of the Bisan Kingdom was Barry Schiller. He was also the father of Ben.


    Ben was the youngest and most loved child of Barry. So when he learned about the incident that urred yesterday, he didn''t think for a second, and in anger, sent 100 of his family''s best peak Nascent Soul experts and an additional Void Condensation expert to not take any risk.


    Aakesh was sitting in his store and trying to think of ways to win the first challenge when suddenly, the sound of something thrown in his store and several footsteps broke him out of his trance. He expressionlessly looked at the source of the ruckus, and the first thing he noticed was a seriously injured Maria who was trying to stand up.


    He then focused on the man that stood at the front and stared expressionlessly at him. "Where is young master Ben?" The man asked Aakesh with a hint of rage in his voice. He already knew that Ben died yesterday since none of the members that entered the store exited. He still asked because he wanted to see the fear in the store owner''s eyes first and ten torture him for what he did to Ben.


    "Oh, didn''t you know?" Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "What?" The man eximed. He didn''t expect the owner to be this calm, and his response was also unexpected for him.


    "I sent him to the ce best suited to him," Aakesh casually responded. While Aakesh was talking, the group of experts that arrived to avenge Ben started surrounding him.


    One of the group members even tried to shut the door of the store, but he couldn''t even budge the door, let alone move it. A bad feeling arose in that member''s heart. But suddenly, he forgot about it, and he also went forward to surround.


    To not alert the group, Aakesh acted to erase the bad feeling the guard felt inside. He was in the mood to kill, and he wanted to kill all of the members in a single swoop. He didn''t want anyone to run and increase his effort. He had no problem in his heart when it came to killing since he didn''t belong to the Human race, and after learning about the truth of the creation, every race in the Multiverse except Deva became insignificant for him.


    "Where!" While the man in the front growled. His patience was running thin as he had no idea where the store owner was going with his words.


    "Hell!" Aakesh responded as suddenly a pressure arrived on every person present in the store except Maria.


    All were unprepared for the sudden pressure. The situation caused them to fall face-first onto the ground. It came as aplete surprise to the Void Condensation expert. He tried with all his might to stand up, but the more he tried, the intense the pressure became for him.


    "What are you doing?" He asked, gritting his teeth.


    "Nothing, I''m going to send you there to meet your young master," Aakesh casually responded.


    He took a stride forward and appeared right in front of him. He bent down and grabbed the man''s hair, forcing him to make direct eye contact with him.


    "So, tell me, who are you?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked.


    The man didn''t want to speak something, but the truth subconsciously came out of his mouth. "I am Fred Schiller. I belong to the Schiller family, the strongest family after the royal family..." he started speaking the details regarding his family.


    "Tell me, what would be the response of your family head after I kill you?" Aakesh suddenly asked. He got bored of the petty y of these low-ranked Humans. He would''ve continued the y and extended the act with Ben and his family if Maria hadn''t been beaten this badly. He couldn''t just let an innocent fall in danger due to the petty acts of these families.


    "He would wage a war on your store," Fred confidently responded. His face was pale due to fear, but he tried to act strong since his family''s name was dependent upon him.


    "Then, I''ll be waiting," Aakesh responded as the man fell into an illusion the next moment.


    Fred found himself in an unknown environment the next moment. In no time, he forgot everything about Aakesh and his identity.


    In the illusion, he lived in a world where Humans were the apex predators but could not cultivate. They had a limited lifespan and waged wars from time to time.


    Fred was living his life happily with his family when suddenly his entire family got killed, and he got captured alive by a group of terrorists. The group of terrorists then tortured him for years before he sumbed to his injuries. He then reincarnated into the same world, but this time he was one of the terrorists. During a terror attack, the police force caught him, and then he was again tortured. He reincarnated several times and every time died due to torture. Aakesh expressionlessly watched as Fred went through the suffering.


    ***


    A/N: Hello, readers. Some of you may feel weird about the sudden change in Aakesh''s behavior in this chapter. But, he''s a cold character in reality. He looks at everything like enjoyment. He had somewhat of a Godplex, I''ll describe it as the story progresses further. Seeing the injuries on Maria yed a spoilsport in his enjoyment, so his cold character emerged.


    Please don''t forget to tell me your thoughts regarding this. Your feedback will act as motivation for me.. I''m also thinking of updating two chapters daily, so show me your support by voting,menting, golden tickets, and gifts.

 Chapter 42 - Death

    Chapter 42


    For an unknown amount of time, Fred was in the illusion. But only a moment had passed in reality. He finally opened his eyes after dying multiple times by different kinds of tortures.


    He looked nkly at Aakesh, who was expressionlessly staring at him. He felt the indifference for his life in the store owner''s eyes. He fell into another illusion, but this time it was the illusion of silence and emptiness. He stayed chained in the void with not being able to see, feel, or speak.


    After an unknown amount of time, he came back to reality. He started crying when he saw the expressionless eyes of Aakesh. "Please kill me!" He pleaded while tears of blood streamed down his cheeks. He didn''t want to face the illusion of emptiness again. He would rather get tortured to death.


    "Why should I dirty my hand by killing you?" Aakesh casually responded as Fred fell into another illusion. While Fred was going through different illusions one by one, the group of guards that came with him was bursting one by one due to the increase in pressure. With every death, the fear in the other member''s heart increased.


    Many of them pleaded with Aakesh, but he ignored them. He instead put a sound barrier on them so they couldn''t scream. He then released Fred''s head and went up to the unconscious Maria. He didn''t have a healing skill, and Lily was also sleeping. He didn''t want to disturb her sleep for somebody''s life. He grabbed Maria''s space ring and took it out.


    He then crushed it since only the owner could manipte the ring. He found the pill he sold her several minutes earlier. He then forced the body healing pills into Maria''s mouth. The pill started acting the next second, and her injury started healing at a visible rate. After it did its work, he pushed the mental healing pill down her throat.


    She started gaining consciousness the next second. The first thing she saw after opening her eyes was somebody looking at her. Her vision wasn''t clear, so she rubbed her eyes and saw Aakesh looking at her expressionlessly.


    Her eyes became moist, remembering the scene that she went through before losing consciousness. "Forgive me, store owner. It''s all my fault," She apologized to Aakesh with a slight tremble in her voice.


    He ignored her in response and helped her stand up since she was perfectly healthy after eating all the four body healing pills. Her heartbeat rose when he touched her, but the next moment a pure look of horror appeared on her face.


    She witnessed the bursting of one of the men that beat her while him trying to scream, but she couldn''t hear a single voice. Her eyes then fell upon the group, and she could see everybody crying and speaking something. She only saw the moving of lips, and she couldn''t hear anything.


    She then noticed the man who dragged her here by her hair with a pure look of horror on his face. She could see that the man was going through a nightmare, and whatever illusion he was in was too terrible for him to be able to handle.


    She was too shocked to speak anything. She looked at Aakesh to only see an emotionless face with a look of indifference for the death in his eyes.


    "Here, take it," Aakesh suddenly said as numbers of space rings started raising out of the blood pool and moved toward her. This time he was careful, so the rings survived the pressure, unlike thest time. He gave her rings to pay for the injuries she had due to what he did with Ben.


    Maria wanted to refuse, but her hands grabbed them. They were out of control. She tried to speak something, but no voice came out of her mouth when she looked into the indifference in his eyes.


    "Oh, he died," Aakesh suddenly said casually. She focused his eyes and saw him looking at Fred.


    He still had a look of horror on his face, but his eyes had turned nk. Maria didn''t know why, but she suddenly had the urge to touch him. She acted on her urging and stepped forward. She touched his forehead with just the tip of her index finger, but the next moment she reflexively took back her finger as she felt herself standing naked in a freezing temperature. She felt like she touched the deepest part of the ice.


    She looked at the tip and saw a hint of freeze. The next moment, the corpse of Fred started freezing from his head, and in no time, his entire body turned into a giant block of ice.


    The next moment, it started breaking into shards like someone poked a finger on the cracked ss. It then started disintegrating into the emptiness. Maria had a horrified face since she had never witnessed anything like this. She couldn''t help but stumble two steps backward.


    Aakesh looked at the scene without any change in expression. Everyone who came with Fred was also dead. He couldn''t help but shake his head, seeing the pool of blood in his store. It had only been two days, and he had already killed more than a hundred Humans, and his store had gotten dirty every time.


    Maria thought Aakesh was feeling bad about so many deaths when she saw him shaking his head. But the next moment, an astonished expression appeared on his face.


    "Damn it, they made my store dirty again," He said while shaking his head, making Maria almost stumble to the ground. He then waved his hands, and the pool of blood on the hardwood floor startedbining. It then turned into a solid ball of blood.


    Aakesh then forced pressure on the ball of blood, forcing it to contract even more. He only stopped when it turned into the size of a pearl. "Here, take it. It''ll help you get a breakthrough to Nascent Soul," He pushed the pearl toward Maria and told her to take it.


    She shook her head to refuse, but the pearl forced its way in her hand, and she couldn''t release it afterward. A shocked look appeared on her face as she noticed her space ring missing.


    "My space ring!" She suddenly eximed.

 Chapter 43 - Breakthrough

    Chapter 43: Breakthrough


    "My Space ring!" Maria eximed in shock. She then frantically started searching for it.


    "I crushed it," Aakesh told her to stop her frantic search.


    Maria stopped her search. She then confusedly looked at him and asked, "Why?"


    He ignored her and waved his hands. Every content in her ring, except all the body healing and one mental healing pill, appeared in front of her.


    Maria looked at the contents in surprise when she found the pills missing. She gratefully looked at Aakesh and thanked him, "Thank you for saving me, store owner!"


    "It was not a big deal. I think you can buy a new ring with the wealth you would get from these rings," He responded as he pointed at 101 space rings floating in the air.


    "I can''t take this many rings," She refused straight away and moved two steps backward. The blood pearl was still stuck in her right hand. She didn''t want another 101 space rings.


    "Take it! It''s yourpensation. Either I can make you forget that attack, or I can give you these rings," He responded as Maria stopped in her steps.


    "Store owner, I don''t wantpensation. It all started due to me, so I''m the one at fault here," She shook her head, refusing to takepensation.


    "Let me tell you about the blood pearl. It''s created from thebination of 100 blood sources from 100 peak nascent soul experts. I have already cleaned any kind of impurity from it so you can eat it without any problem. If you eat it right now, it will help you reach the level of peak Nascent Soul in a single swoop," Aakesh ignored her refusal as always and started exining about the blood pearl.


    A shocked expression appeared on Maria''s face after listening to the exnations about the blood pearl. She even forgot about space rings at that moment.


    "Directly peak Nascent Soul!" She eximed in shock. Her mouth was wide open as she gawked in shock at the tiny blood pearl in her hand.


    "Yes, Ibined the blood sources to help you get a direct breakthrough to peak Nascent Soul," He expressionlessly responded.


    "What is blood source, senior?" Maria asked. She didn''t even notice that she called Aakesh senior instead of the usual. Unknown to her, a feeling of reverence started appearing inside her heart.


    "It''s the source of all power of the cultivator. This source creates the blood that flows in your veins," He answered her.


    "Source of all the power!" She eximed. Suddenly, an urge to eat the blood pearl emerged in her heart. She tried to control it, but it only got stronger. In the end, she gave in to her urge and put the blood pearl in her mouth.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but shake his head in disappointment, seeing her giving to her urge rather than controlling it. He had seen various scenes of breakthroughs when his previous customers got breakthroughs on a regr basis, so he wasn''t interested. He returned to his chair and sat down, and started thinking of ways to defeat thepetitor.


    The moment Maria ate the blood pearl, it burst into the pool of blood, resulting in the bloating of her body. Suddenly the next moment, blood started leaking out of several pores in her body. The leaking blood, instead of falling to the ground, started making a blood cocoon surrounding her. Maria watched all of what was happening as she watched a ball made of blood form a cocoon to cover her.


    Since she was currently ate Soul Formation expert, her soul didn''t have a spiritual form. It was still a ball of light the size of a tennis ball. The blood from the pearl started seeping into the ball of light, making itrger in size.


    The color of the ball of light remained unchanged despite the dark red blood seeping into it without stopping. The ball only stopped growing when it reached the size of half of her body. After it stopped growing, the momentum of the blood only got powerful, and instead of only seeping, it started bombarding the ball of light to change its shape.


    It only stopped when the shape of the ball of light turned into a newborn baby. The momentum of the blood increased even more. After a few seconds of bombardment, the color of the baby turned from white to the color of Maria. The bay then opened his eyes. That moment, a storm of Qi erupted in the store. Aakesh ignored the Qi storm and focused on visualizing the battle scene.


    The Qi storm then started bombarding the cocoon, resulting in the breaking of it. After the cocoon disintegrated, the Qi flowed into Maria''s body, resulting in her having a breakthrough. The Qi storm continued until she reached the peak and sessfully broke the barrier between the Soul Formation and the Nascent Soul.


    The storm then disappeared, but the breakthrough hasn''t stopped yet. As soon as the baby opened its eyes, it eagerly inspected the blood surrounding it as if it were some delicacy reserved just for it. The baby opened his mouth and tried to suck the blood. The blood, as if following the baby''smand, followed.


    In no time, the remaining blood from the blood pearl covered the baby. The baby then absorbed it in its entirety in several moments. After the blood wall disappeared, there were significant changes in the baby. It was as if time flew several months and affected the baby, and it turned into a baby the age of walking.


    Maria opened her eyes after the blood got absorbed since the breakthrough had ended. She was now a peak Nascent Soul expert. She became one of the powerhouses of the Bisan Kingdom since the king was only a Void Condensation expert.


    She then looked down to check her body, only to see her sitting naked in the store since her clothes got torn after her body bloated. Her face got red as she looked at Aakesh, but she took a relieved sigh the next moment, seeing him not looking at her. This sigh contained a bit of disappointment, as he didn''t find her body interesting to look at.


    If Aakesh knew Maria''s thoughts, he would only respond, "Not worth my time."

 Chapter 44 - Feeling Of Horror

    Chapter 44: Feeling of Horror


    After calming her heart from pounding, Maria checked her body after the breakthrough to Nascent Soul. Her skin tone had turned lighter, and she could also feel her height had gotten taller. She felt immense power in her skinny hands, so she clenched her hands into a fist and punched into the air. It made a loud sound, disturbing Aakesh in turn.


    He opened his eyes and saw Maria punching the air. "What are you doing?" He expressionlessly asked.


    Maria stopped punching in the air and awkwardly looked at Aakesh. She was still naked, so her face turned red like it would burst the next moment. She didn''t look directly into his eyes due to embarrassment.


    She covered her private parts and rushed to the counter. Her clothes were present there due to Aakesh crushing her space ring. She took whatever she found first and wore them.


    "I am sorry, senior. I was only testing the power of my punch," She awkwardly apologized after wearing something to cover her private part.


    "Congrattions on the breakthrough!" Aakesh forgave her and congratted her for getting a breakthrough.


    "Thank you! Senior," She responded. Her face was still red due to embarrassment. She was still thinking about something when her eyes suddenly turned nk like a dead person.


    It was Aakesh who did this since he called her soul form out. After getting out, the baby looked at Aakesh with horror as if it was a newborn just waiting to be eaten by the tiger.


    "You look real," Aakeshplimented, seeing the baby looking real despite only being a soul.


    In the Qi cultivation system, when the cultivator reached the Soul Formation stage, their soul started taking a form. It is still in the form of a ball of light, but it touches the concept of physical form. As the cultivator grew in the level, the ball of light would grow bigger.


    In the Soul Formation stage, talent ys a more prominent role. The talent decides the endpoint of the ball of light. The higher the talent, therger the ball would grow in size before stopping. Maria had a high talent. It was why the ball of light only stopped growing when it reached half the size of her body.


    The highest known size of the ball of light is eleven times the size of the cultivator, and only one person has achieved this until now. He was the first Qi cultivator of the Primal dimension. Unlike the first Qi cultivator, the second most talented cultivator''s ball of light only grew twice the size of hers, so no gifted human has emerged to rival the first Qi cultivator.


    Aakesh knew about him because the system had pieces of information regarding him during his learning of the cultivation systems. The first Qi cultivator is on the same level as Kartikeya, the god of war.


    The ball of light then turns into the newborn baby form of the cultivator, signifying the birth of the soul from the embryo. In Nascent Soul, the soul of the cultivator bes a physical entity instead of only touching the concept.


    Nascent Soul signified the physical formation of the soul of the cultivator. It didn''t mean the soul bing indestructible or invincible; it just meant the body and the soul were ready to touch the void. It also gave an increase of several centuries of lifespan to the cultivator. A Nascent Soul cultivator had a lifespan of 2000 years.


    Nascent Soul was also the stage where many cultivators left the Qi cultivation system and instead went up to the Soul cultivation system. In the Soul cultivation system, cultivators cultivate the soul to be indestructible and invincible, and the soul getting a physical form only starts the cultivation.


    After looking at the soul form of Maria, Aakesh sent the soul back to her body. Colors returned to her eyes after that. The next moment, a feeling of horror emerged in her heart. It was her soul that caused the sensation. She felt standing naked in the ice storm due to the intense feeling of terror.


    "You have a great talent."


    The next moment, Aakeshmented as he could see the sudden change in the atmosphere around Maria. The fear she was feeling vanished, and a feeling of satisfaction for the breakthrough emerged in her heart.


    "Thank you!" A smile spread across her face as she thanked him. Her entire psyche changed subconsciously after his onement. She felt horrified in her heart thinking of it, but the next moment that feeling vanished, and a happy feeling emerged.


    "I think you should buy a new space ring. You can''t carry so many things on your own," He suddenlymented while pointing at the rings and the content present on the counter.


    "I think so too," She responded while nodding her head. She couldn''t manipte the space of other rings as they already had owners, so she would need Aakesh''s help to get the contents of the space ring sessfully out. She even forgot, she was refusing to take them before eating the blood pearl.


    She didn''t speak anymore and turned around to exit the store since Aakesh didn''t sell space rings, but her steps came to a halt the next moment.


    "Where are you going?" Aakesh asked, seeing Maria turning around to leave the store.


    "To buy the space ring," she confusedly turned around and responded.


    "You don''t have to. I''ll make you one at the market price," He told Maria. He had already asked the system about it. He could sell the things he created, and he didn''t need to paymission to the store.


    He wanted to end the problem with the Schiller family before something serious happened with Maria. For that, he needed to go outside. And if he went outside, he couldn''t just return without seeing the food of the Bisan Kingdom. For that, he needed money. He could also rob the Schiller family of their wealth, but it would be beneath him to do something like this, and the system had also warned him against doing something like this.


    "Okay!" Maria responded right away.. She didn''t even feel surprised since Aakesh had already given her so many surprises.

 Chapter 45 - Space Ring

    Chapter 45: Space Ring


    "I can''t make you the most stable space ring, but I can make you one of the best when ites to security," Aakesh expressionlessly told Maria. She only nodded in response to him. She had already said yes, so there was nothing for her to consider.


    Over the millennia, he had learned many things, and making a space ring was one of them. He already had the material to create one.


    His mastery over the element of space was even better than Heavenly Monarch, so he only needed space stone and Mythril to make a perfect space ring.


    The space rings he had collected, he could use their material instead of crushing them like usual. Since his mastery over space was almost perfect, he could easily separate the Mythril and space stone.


    After getting affirmation from Maria, Aakesh started doing his work. He firstly separated Fred''s ring as it had the best quality out of all the space rings, and he could use it as the primary material and the material of the other 100 rings as the supplementary. It was also the only space ring that was created by using Mythril since it''s an expensive material in the Primal dimension.


    It was going to be a bother since it was hard to protect the content inside the rings while separating the space stone and the Mythril. He focused entirely on the space ring. He slowly started taking all the contents out while carefully separating the space stone.


    Time flew, several minutes passed, and a mountain emerged in the center of the store. If anyone entered the store right now, their eyes would get blinded by seeing the treasures lying on the ground.


    Only thest ring was left for him to separate the materials. After dividing it, he had 101 space stones and one inch of Mythril. He threw other materials of the rings away since he wouldn''t use them to destroy the integrity of the Mythril.


    Maria was counting the Primal stones after Aakesh brought them out. Her eyes shined seeing this many stones. Even when her family was at her peak, she had never seen so many Primal stones.


    There were around 12000 inferior, 5890 ordinary, and sixteen top Primal stones only in Fred''s ring. There were also several pills and treasures. If she sold them for money, she would never have to work in her life again. She could enjoy the life of a young master without working just from the wealth of a single space ring.


    After Aakeshpleted the process of separating the materials, Maria alsopleted the counting process. In total, she got 948000 inferior, 7400 ordinary, and eighteen top Primal stones.


    If she calcted the value of pills and treasures she got from the rings, the number became so horrifying for her that she had to take a deep breath to calm herself down. She could start an influential family only from the wealth of these 101 space rings. She finally knew the difference between the Schiller family and the other influential families.


    She then secretly took a look at Aakesh and couldn''t help but feel sad for the Schiller family. To lose all their wealth because they created an undefeatable enemy and a bastard son was a tragedy for the family.


    Aakesh remained oblivious to her thoughts and continued focusing on creating a space ring for her. He was currently sizing up thergest space stone of the lot. He couldn''t help but shake his head in disappointment, seeing the impurities. He couldn''t help but murmur, "What a disappointing cksmith!"


    Maria only smiled wryly, hearing Aakesh''s murmur. The feeling of anticipation also emerged in her heart for the ring after seeing how focused he was on making it.


    Aakesh first had to remove the impurities of the space stones before creating a ring. Otherwise, he would be insulting himself as well as the system. He snapped his finger, and the next moment a fire even darker than the night appeared in the store. It was floating in front of him. The moment it emerged, the store became dark as if the night had arrived. But the next moment, the light returned to the store by the system.


    Maria had to move two steps away from the fire since she felt the danger to her life just by standing near it. Aakesh ignored her reaction and casually threw the space stone into the fire.


    "Let me see your capability to purify," He uttered after throwing all the 101 space stones into the fire. The next moment, the fire started flickering wildly, as if it was angry that someone dared to challenge it.


    "Don''t need to act so wild. If you can''t even purify this much, you aren''t worth the name of ____," He went two steps further and challenged it even more.


    While Maria rubbed her ears as when Aakesh uttered the name of the fire, she couldn''t hear anything as if she had be deaf.


    "Hmph," Suddenly, a scoff echoed in the store that made Maria stumble to the ground. It was the voice of the fire, and it stopped acting wild and epted the challenge. Aakesh had no response to its scoff, and he expressionlessly looked at the fire burning the space stones.


    Since the space stones belonged to the void, they had no color, and they appeared ck to everybody. Aakesh could see golden spots emerging on the space stones as the fire purified them of all their impurities.


    The purification continued for several seconds. When the process wasplete, the fire threw the space stones out at him, but it stopped automatically on its own before it could hit Aakesh. Another scoff echoed in the store, and the fire disappeared as if it found insulting to stay here for even one more second.


    Aakesh didn''t care for the fire''s actions. Instead, he focused on the purified space stones. They regained their ck color back. He couldn''t help but nod, seeing them. The fire had purified the space stones without even reducing their size.


    He didn''t wait and melted the other 100 space stones and joined them to the main. He then focused on the Mythril. He didn''t need to purify it, so he put pressure on it to take the shape of a ring, and he embedded ''The First Store'' into it in human letters. He then melted thebined space stone to the Mythril.. The space ring was finallyplete.

 Chapter 46 - Properties Of The Space Ring

    Chapter 46: Properties of the Space Ring


    After the space stone in its entirety melted onto the Mythril, it was now time for Aakesh to create security for the space ring since currently, anyone could use it.


    For security, he would need to draw the symbol of the chants, and in the Multiverse, only a few beings could challenge him when it came to chants. The chants cksmiths used belonged to the most simplifiednguage of Dragons since they are the originator of Magic in the Multiverse.


    Aakesh not only knew the simplifiednguage of Dragons; he also knew the symbol from which Dragons derived theirnguage and then created the magic. Dragons are the first race created by the group of 10 Devas when the Multiverse stopped expanding.


    Since Aakesh already knew the chant required for the security, he started drawing the symbol. The process was slow since even a single mistake could cause the ring to get locked forever. It took him several minutes to embed the chant symbol. It was even more than thebined time he took to separate andbine. He also added several chants that were unknown to the majority of the Multiverse.


    Right after he ended the process, a red light engulfed the ring and then surrounded several meters around it in the store. A circr pattern also started emerging in the store. It was looking like someone was going to call a demon from the circle.


    "Drop your blood on the center of the pattern," Aakesh then slightly turned around and told Maria while pointing at the center of the pattern. It confused her, but she still did as told since she trusted Aakesh currently even more than herself.


    She bit her fingertip and dropped the blood on the center of the pattern. The moment her blood touched the center, a bright light engulfed her, and the space ring. The next moment, the light disappeared, and the tattoo of a Dragon got engraved on the finger in which she would wear the ring.


    She looked at the tattoo and suddenly found herself in an illusion. She was standing in an unfamiliar environment while a Dragon was sizing her up. As the Dragon was so huge, she couldn''t even tell how big they were since she couldn''t even make out the size of their entire head. Her face turned pale from fear. She wanted to step backward, but she was so afraid that she couldn''t even move her feet.


    "Os, uoy era eht renwo fo eht lobmys!" Suddenly a hoarse emotionless androgynous voice echoed in the surroundings. Maria didn''t understand what the being was speaking, so she stayed silent with her face still pale from fear.


    "Os gnitniopassid!" The Dragon added. As Maria couldn''t understand the words and couldn''t think clearly due to fear, her reaction remained the same as thest time.


    The Dragon harrumphed, seeing Maria in such fright. Their nostrils red, and the gust of wind emerged. It then threw Maria away. The next moment, she suddenly disappeared from there and opened her eyes in the store.


    Her face was still pale due to the fright. Her whole body was cold with sweat. It was fortunate for her that the Dragon didn''t bring their face closer to her; otherwise, she would''ve got a heart attack. She didn''t even care that she saw a mythical creature just now.


    "What was that, senior?" She tremblingly asked Aakesh, after her heart somewhat calmed down, while wiping the sweat on her face.


    "Oh, I got carried away while making the space ring and used a chant symbol important for the Dragons," Aakesh casually responded as if he only did something insignificant.


    Her heartbeat rate rose, hearing him since she would be the owner of the space ring. The feeling of anticipation rose as she excitedly looked at thepleted ring floating in front of Aakesh.


    "You can take it," He said, seeing Maria looking at the ring. He snapped his fingers, and the next moment, the space ring appeared in her hands. He then looked at Maria, waiting for her reaction when she found the properties of the ring. It was, after all, his first creation.


    The first thing Maria did after getting the space ring was to check the space. She sent her consciousness in the ring, and her mouth flew wide open when she saw the empty space where she couldn''t see the end of it.


    "So much space!" She couldn''t help but exim loudly after her consciousness returned. Suddenly a blue window emerged in front of her. She was taken aback by the sudden emergence and stumbled to the ground.


    Letters then started emerging on the floating screen. Aakesh expressionlessly looked at the screen since he added this feature to it.


    [Unnamed space ring,


    Total Space: 108 Yojana(1390 Km),


    Filled Space: 0,


    Empty Space: 108 Yojana,


    Storing Ability: Non-living, Living, Primal energy,


    Abilities: Status screen, Growth, Self-destruct.]


    Maria, who had somehow stood up, again fell down after seeing the properties of the space ring. She then looked at Aakesh to hear from him.


    "It can store living beings like humans, your pets, or any kidnapped enemies. It also had the option to store Primal energy. You can use that energy as you see fit," Aakesh started exining about the space ring while pointing at the ring in her hand.


    "The Primal energy it would store would be from the atmosphere. It would continue storing energy all the time, and you can use it for cultivation, attack, defense, etc. It''s not unlimited. It has a capita of how much energy it can store."


    "It also has the ability to grow. You will need Mythril and space stone if you need to grow the ring. The capacity of storing energy will only increase if you grow the level of the space ring."


    "It can also self-destruct when you''re at your end and have no choice but to die with the enemy. The range of the attack would depend on how much energy it has stored and the Primal stones. If the energy capacity is full and you add 1 million Inferior Primal stones, the st would erase the entire Bisan Kingdom," He exined.


    The more Maria heard, the more shocking it became for her.. She had heard about the self-destructing ring, but she had never heard of any space ring that could grow or store Qi.

 Chapter 47 - Traumatic

    Chapter 47: Traumatic


    After learning the properties of the space ring, Maria''s heartbeat rose in excitement. She couldn''t help but take a deep breath to calm her pounding heart.


    "How much time would it take for the energy to get filled?" She asked after her heart calmed down.


    "Around a year, if you don''t interfere in the storage," Aakesh answered after calcting.


    "Senior, how much material would it take for the space ring to grow?" She asked him. How could she not know about it? She already had enough Primal stones needed to destroy the Bisan Kingdom. The energy capacity would also get filled in only a year. If she wants, she could be the strongest in the Kingdom with only a space ring.


    "108 space stones, three inch Mythril, and one world core," He casually and expressionlessly answered. Her jaw almost dropped to the ground after listening to the requirements. All the materials he listed were rare and expensive. It was easy for her to get 108 space stones with her wealth, but Mythril and the world core were currently way beyond her wealth.


    "Since this is my first creation, I would give you a discount," Aakesh suddenly spoke, breaking Maria''s thoughts about the materials. In the excitement, she had forgotten that she had to pay for the space ring, but he brought her back to reality.


    After seeing the abilities of the space ring, she knew it would cost her a fortune. She then looked at the mountain of the Primal stones and said farewell to them.


    "How much, senior?" She then asked Aakesh after making her heart determined to give up the entire wealth she gained today.


    "5000 ordinary Primal stones," He responded straight away as he had already thought of a price. Maria''s mouth turned wide open after hearing the price. It was too cheap for what the space ring had to offer.


    "Senior, you can ask for more," She suggested, thinking Aakesh was taking arge amount of loss in the deal.


    "No need, I only need 5000 ordinary Primal stones," He refused. As for more money, he did not need it since he only needed it to splurge during shopping at the Market. And, 5000 ordinary Primal stones were already arge amount of wealth.


    Maria didn''t say anything in response and started separating Primal stones to pay him. After several seconds, she pushed the mountain of 5000 ordinary Primal stones toward him. He only took a single look at them and snapped his fingers. The next moment, the shining mound of stones disappeared from the store.


    "Good business!" Hemented. "You can leave now," He then added. Since there was no point in her staying in the store, he didn''t need her presence in the store. Lily has also not woken up, so there was a little bit of worry in his heart for her.


    A wry smile appeared on her face, as she was expecting it from Aakesh after getting the ring. "Thank you, senior, for the space ring and helping me!" She thanked Aakesh. She then collected all the contents lying on the ground, bowed at him, turned around, and left the store.


    She saw arge crowd gathered around the store after she exited the door. The entry door of the store wasrge, and it was also opened fully, but somehow the outsiders couldn''t see what was happening inside the store if they didn''t enter the store, and the same was the case for insiders, except Aakesh.


    She became the center of attention of the crowd. The crowd started whispering to each other in the group.


    "Look, she''s the same girl who was dragged inside the store."


    "You''re right. She looks exactly the same."


    "But, why''s she uninjured? When they were dragging her, she was in bad shape."


    "Why aren''t the guards of the Schiller familying out?"


    After Maria came out, the crowd had many questions about the situation, but no one dared to ask her. They didn''t want to offend her in any way. There were guards and spies of the influential families in Kakot present in the crowd too. They silently left the crowd to report the information to their respective families.


    Maria didn''t want to face what she faced just sometime before, so she rushed from the crowd with her full speed. Since she was already a Nascent Soul expert, she covered one yojana (12.87 km) in only three seconds. Some of the people who followed her to find out about her weren''t able to catch her. Since she had enough wealth, she decided to change her hotel to a secure one for today and move into the next store to Aakesh tomorrow.


    While Aakesh went up in his room to check on Lily, he knew there was arge crowd outside the store, but he ignored it since they weren''t trying to enter the store. A surprised expression appeared on his face when he entered his room. In ce of Lily on her bed, lied a cocoon.


    "Another breakthrough!" He eximed in surprise, seeing the cocoon. A tense look then appeared on his face the next moment as not even a month had passed since herst breakthrough, and here she was already experiencing another breakthrough.


    He already had enough knowledge about her cultivation system. There could only be a few reasons behind the sudden promotion. He refused the training as Lily hated nothing more than training. The breakthrough she had until now was only due to her talent. If she would''ve been an ordinary Epochal Feline, she wouldn''t have even gained half of the power and skills she had right now.


    "Hey, system, what do you think?" He then asked the system as the system knew things even he didn''t know.


    [Host, it''s a traumatic breakthrough.]


    The system responded right away. The next moment, suddenly, a storm of energy erupted in the room, throwing everything present in the room haywire, as Aakesh growled, "What do you mean by traumatic breakthrough?"


    [Host...]


    Even the system was taken aback by his sudden outburst.. It was the first time in eighty thousand years that he had be angry or raised his voice at anybody, let alone the system.

 Chapter 48 - Lily’s Training

    Chapter 48: Lily''s Training


    "What do you mean by traumatic breakthrough?" Aakesh couldn''t control himself, as he growled at the system after the system told him that Lily was going through a traumatic breakthrough. The energy in the room turned wild, and a storm erupted in the room, then the entire store got affected by the energy storm. Nothing in the store got damaged by the wild energy due to the system''s protection.


    The system didn''t interfere while the energy was going wild due to not angering Aakesh even more. The wild energy finally got outside and created a storm, damaging much of the market and the people. Fortunately, no one died or got severe injuries due to the storm, but many shops lost their doors or roofs.


    Aakesh finally calmed down after a while. His face turned cold and emotionless as he lightly asked the system, "Tell me?" He didn''t even request the system this time; instead, he demanded an answer.


    [Host, you can see it.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice. The next moment, a ck screen appeared out of nowhere in front of Aakesh. Then a scene started ying out on the window. Aakesh focused on it and calmly watched it without thinking or speaking anything.


    After Aakesh forced Lily to go through the training with her ancestors, she begrudgingly went into it. The next moment she appeared in a familiar jungle environment while murmuring in a soft voice, "They''re going to bully me again." Aakesh heard what Lily murmured on the screen, but he continued calmly watching what was going to happen.


    "Here, shees again," Said a female voice right after Lily entered the area.


    "Look, how tiny she is," Another voice echoed as a cat with the same features as Lily appeared on the screen. The size difference between Lily and that cat was the difference between the Universe and an insignificant.


    The cat didn''t stop walking and continued moving forward and somehow crushed Lily by stepping on her. "Oops, I stepped on her," She then jokingly added. The next moment, Lily reappeared perfectly fine not far from the cat and angrily red at the cat. The power difference was vast between both the cats; otherwise, Lily would''ve rushed and ripped her apart.


    While in reality, Aakesh''s face turned red from rage, seeing the cat treating Lily in such ways. He clenched his fists hard to control himself and not break the screen.


    "I would kill you after and after again when I reach your level," Lily challenged the cat angrily in her childlike voice, which in turn resulted in a burst of loudughter erupting in the forest as cats after cats appeared in the jungle. The cat whom Lily challenged couldn''t control herugh and stumbled. She had to pinch herself to stopughing. While Lily''s face turned red from anger and embarrassment, seeing the reaction of other cats in the jungle.


    "Enough!" Another female voice echoed in the jungle as another cat appeared between all the other cats. It was thergest cat present in the area. Every cat in the jungle stoppedughing after the appearance of the new cat.


    "Wee, Lily," The cat then gently weed Lily.


    "Thank you, Leader," Lily respectfully responded right away as she was talking to the first Epochal Feline of the Multiverse and her bloodline forced her to stay respectful.


    The cat in question smiled and started the training of Lily right away. It was their destiny to fall at the end of every Epoch, that''s why they were called Epochal Feline, but there was something special about Lily. Every born direct Epochal Feline was present here to help her train, so she believed that Lily would be the first Epochal Feline to survive an entire Epoch and gets to the next Epoch.


    "Show me your Time-Shield," She ordered right away. The previous gentleness, nowhere present in her voice.


    Lily didn''t wait and activated the skill. Time-Shield was the skill she was born with, so it was her current strongest skill. A transparent energy wall engulfed her the next moment. Only those who had the ability to see energy flow could see the energy wall.


    The leader very lightly touched the energy wall surrounding Lily, and the next moment, Lily was thrown thousands of miles away. "It has gotten better," The leadermented, seeing Lily able to move perfectly fine even after her light touch.


    The leader then ordered Lily to show her every skill, and she then tested its defense/offense. She also died many times as her defending skills failed to defend even a light touch of the leader. After examining Lily''s skills, she gave her the tips to improve and left after that.


    It was now time for other cats to train Lily. After the leader left, the other cats returned to their yful nature and started bullying her in the name of training. They only stopped the practice and left her when their training killed Lily 100 times.


    "See you tomorrow," The cats said their goodbyes then and left. They didn''t forget to p Lily in fun before leaving. Every p of their crushed Lily, but they still continued whileughing.


    "Just wait for me to grow, then I''ll show you," Lily angrily challenged all the other cats while they were leaving. The cats onlyughed in response to Lily''s challenge.


    "Damn it! Another day, and another bullying," Lilyined to herself in her childlike voice after everybody left and she was standing alone in the jungle. She also then returned to the selection ground and saw Aakesh sitting in a meditative pose with closed eyes.


    She then jumped on him, and he opened his eyes. She then told him about her experiences. She only told him about her experiences with the leader and not the bullied experience.


    The window screen then disappeared after this scene. Aakesh stood there clenching his fist to control himself from not destroying anything in the store.


    [Host, she goes through this every day, so in the hope of not getting bullied again, she forced herself to get the breakthrough.]


    The system responded after the window disappeared. Aakesh only stood there thinking and didn''t speak anything.


    ***


    A/N: What time rted skills, you want to see Lily learning,ment.

 Chapter 49 - Situations

    Chapter 49: Situations


    [Host, it''s the usual behavior of Epochal Felines. Even Lily would be like them when she grows up. If you want me to, I can take their personalities away and make them act like a puppet, but that would drop the training quality.]


    The system responded in its mechanical and emotionless voice after getting no response from Aakesh.


    Aakesh knew whatever the system was talking about; that''s why he had fallen into a dilemma. Should he let Lily continue training like this, or should he stop forcing her to go through the training from now on? He couldn''t get an answer in his head, so he decided to let Lily think about it when she woke up.


    He had ns to visit the Schiller family, but now he couldn''t go. If he went outside the store without Lily, he would never hear the end ofints.


    "Hey, system, please make the room the same as before," Aakesh requested the system instead of answering its question. He didn''t want to tidy up the room, which got disturbed due to his energy.


    The system didn''t respond, but the next moment, everything in the room returned to the same positions they were before the energy storm.


    There was a chair right next to the bed, so he sat down there while waiting for Lily to break out of the cocoon. Because the store was protected by the system, he didn''t need to sit there constantly. Anyone who dared to steal from the store wouldn''t even know how they died. Watching Lily was currently the most important thing for him.


    ***


    "Are you sure?" John asked in shock. He came from one of Kakot''s most prominent families, the Pony family. John was one of the descendants in line to be the head of the family, so John had spread many spies around Kakot. Just now, one of the spies he had in the market informed him of a piece of important news.


    He had just heard about what happened in the store. How the guards of the Schiller family dragged a woman to the store, but only the woman came out of the store after some time, and she was unharmed, unlike the way she was dragged in the store.


    "Yes, sir. I saw it from my own eyes," The spy replied while bowing to their chest.


    "Haha, You did good," The next moment, John startedughing out loud as heplimented the spy. He then took out a pouch from his space ring and threw it at the spy.


    "This is your reward," Heughingly said. The spy respectfully took the pouch. The next moment, their mouth flew wide open after seeing more than 100 Inferior Primal stones.


    "Thank you, sir!" The spy profusely thanked him and kneeled to show his respect for John.


    "Continue bringing me good news, and you would get more rewards like this," Johnughingly said. He couldn''t stopughing after hearing the news.


    The Schiller family had always used their influence to bully other families. But now, after losing 100 Nascent Soul experts and one Void Condensation expert, their power had reduced by an immense margin. They were still powerful than all the other families except the royal family, but the power difference between them and the other families had decreased.


    "You can leave now," He then ordered the spy to leave. He had to n his next steps. If he desired to be the head of the family, it was necessary for him to have good rtionships with the store owner. Someone who could kill so many experts of Schiller''s family in the center of their influence had to either be powerful or someone from families even influential than Schillers. After thinking like this, he didn''t wait for a second and rushed to the store right away.


    John wasn''t the only one who learned about the situation; every influential person in Kakot found out about this. It included the Schiller family as well as the Bisan family.


    ***


    "Damn it! How dare they send their guards without asking permission from the royal family?" Pento cursed out in anger after hearing the news about the massacre. He also knew the identity of the girl. He also cursed her. If not for her, Ben would''ve never acted like this and make the situation terrible.


    "Prince, should we help the Schiller family?" One of the guards who went with Pento to the store asked him. He, in anger, turned around and red at the guard.


    "Damn it! ''p''," He had no answer, so he cursed and pped the guard in anger. The guard flew several meters away due to the power of the p. Other guards standing in the room didn''t dare to help their friend, and they looked down, not daring to look at Pento. They didn''t want to be like their friend.


    Right then, a guard came hurrying to his room. "Prince, the Prime minister has summoned you," He informed while trying to grasp his breath as he came running from the royal pce to Pento''s room.


    "Damn it! What does that bastard want from me now?" Pento cursed even more. He had an idea of what the Prime minister wanted. After all, the Prime minister was also the head of the Schiller family. He feared the Prime minister would turn this issue into a Kingdom issue instead of a family issue.


    Since the Prime minister had summoned him, he couldn''t postpone or refuse it. Only the Eldest prince and the crown prince had the permission to ignore a summon from anybody except their father, the king. He was neither the eldest son nor the crown prince, so he had to ept it. He left for the royal pce right away, hoping in his heart that his fears may only stay fear.


    The royal pce was the tallest and widest building in the Bisan Kingdom, and It covered 11 yojanas (141.57 km) ofnd. It was surrounded by an artificial forest where the pets of thest king and their descendants stayed freely.


    The pce was made up of red marbles since Punta loved the color red. The structure of the pce was made like a collection of several domes, and the Bisan Kingdom g was on top of the tallest dome.. The g was also made up of red color with an angry ox in the center of it.

 Chapter 50 - Disgust

    Chapter 50: Disgust


    "Prince, the prime minister, is waiting for you in the throne room," The guard standing at the door of the royal pce weed Pento and told him about the meeting ce. Pento''s heart skipped a beat when he heard about the location of the meeting. A bad feeling rose in his heart as he walked down the gate toward the throne room.


    When he reached the throne room, he finally knew why he was feeling bad. There were only two people present in the throne room. One was the prime minister, and the other was his father, the king.


    The king was sitting on his throne while the prime minister was standing and talking to the king.


    "Royal father," Pento bowed and greeted his father from the gate of the throne room as he couldn''t enter the room without the permission of the king when he was present in the room.


    "Enter!" The king responded in an emotionless and majestic tone after seeing his son standing at the door.


    "Thank you, royal father," Pento thanked his father and entered the throne room. "Prime minister," He then bowed toward the prime minister as per the royal etiquette.


    "Prince," The prime minister emotionlessly nodded and responded.


    "Prime minister, do you need something from me?" Pento tly asked right away without a hint of respect in his voice. He didn''t want to waste time and let the prime minister take advantage of his position.


    At first, the prime minister was taken aback by the respectless response from the prince for a moment, but he regained his calm the next moment and responded, "Yes. Your best friend Ben died yesterday. What had you done until now to avenge him?" His question was also blunt.


    Pento fell silent as he had no response. It was true that Ben was his best friend, but he didn''t want to make that store owner his enemy. He loved the throne more than Ben.


    "Son, I heard you werest seen with himing out of the store where everything had happened. Why had you done nothing despite knowing he''s the son of Barry and one of my best friends and the prime minister of the Bisan Kingdom?" The king asked, seeing his son silent.


    He never liked Pento because of his character, but he was his own blood and son of his dearest wife, so he let him do anything he wanted. But now, due to him, the Kingdom was on the verge of war. He had already found out that Pento had taken Ben to the store where everything started, so Pento was also to me for whatever was happening.


    "Royal father, I..." Pente had no words to speak since everyone in the Bisan Kingdom knew that his father disliked him. If he lied here, he was confident that his father would disown him. He could see the prime minister and his father had already made ns for their actions against the store.


    After thinking for some time, he decided to tell the truth about Ben to his father and hope that his father wouldn''t make it a Kingdom issue. "Royal father, I took Ben to the store because of my conflict with thest owner of thend. I wanted the store owner to give up thend. When I arrived there with Ben, there was already a girl customer present there. Her name was Maria..." He then told his father everything Ben did to Maria and how he forced the store owner to throw him out of the store.


    "SO WHAT?" The prime minister angrily growled after Pento finished his entire story. "You have done so many things. Did the king ever give up on you?" He angrily questioned. Ben was his dearest son, so no matter who he killed, raped, or insulted, he would kill anyone who harmed his son.


    King only watched. He didn''t stop Barry from raising his voice. After that, he looked at Pento to hear what response he would provide.


    "He acted like an idiot. I tried my best. I even forcefully took him out of the store. But he, without telling me afterward, tried to destroy the store by taking a mob with him. He himself is responsible for whatever happened to him. I, as his friend, did whatever possible to stop him from acting like an idiot," Pento bluntly responded and put all the me on Ben. He had seen Aakesh''s power from his own eyes, and he was confident that Aakesh was at the very least stronger than his father. He didn''t know the difference between his grandfather and Aakesh since he had never seen him.


    "What kind of a friend are you?" Barry couldn''t help but question Pento in anger. He already knew his son was in the wrong, but does it matter? No, it doesn''t matter. No matter what Ben did, he would kill the store owner as he harmed his son.


    "A good-"


    "Tell me, what do you think we should do? An attack on the Schiller family is equal to an attack on the Bisan family. What should be our next step?" The king cut off his son in between and instead asked him. His patience had run out, and Pento''s response disappointed him.


    "Damn it, I knew it. It had be a Kingdom issue," Pento cursed in his heart. What he feared came true. His father had decided to punish the store owner.


    "We should make apromise with the store owner," Pento responded, clenching his fist. He knew his father wanted to hear something else from him, but he still went through with thepromise. He didn''t know the full extent of Aakesh''s power. If Aakesh turned out to be even stronger than his grandfather, his dream of bing the king would disappear right in front of his eyes.


    As expected, his father and the prime minister scoffed at the same time after Pento responded. "Royal father, the store owner, isn''t an ordinary person. He''s more powerful than you," Pento continued despite the look of disappointment in his father''s eyes.


    "Does that mean anybody could attack anyone in our Kingdom?" The king responded as he stood up from his throne. The next moment, he appeared right in front of Pento as he said, "You disgust me."


    ***


    A/N: Finally the half-century of the Book isplete. Please don''t forget to leave reviews about the story so that more people may find it.


    Thank you for reading the book until now!

 Chapter 51 - Pinto, Punta, And The Kingdom

    Chapter 51: Pinto, Punta, and the Kingdom


    Since his childhood, Pinto had seen how the citizens of the Bisan Kingdom treated his father, Punta. His father also loved his citizens more than him, his only son. Only his mother loved him more than anything. But unfortunately, she had an ident while giving birth to him, which stopped her from further cultivating, and it took her life inter years.


    From that day, his father stopped looking at him or talking to him as if he was the reason for his wife''s death. He became a stranger in his own house after the demise of his mother.


    Since he had always been loved, it was difficult for him toe to the fact that he was alone now. He wouldn''t see his father for years, let alone months. Even the citizen''s behavior changed after the death of his mother, their queen.


    Time passed, suddenly, one day, his father came to him unannounced and only said four words, "You are the King!" and left, never to see him again. He never wanted to be a king. He didn''t want to be like his father, who put his citizens above his family. He didn''t want to see the look of disappointment in the eyes of the citizens he ruled, but he had no choice but to be the ruler.


    His rule started, and as expected, many people in the Kingdom sat on hunger strikes to get their previous king back. But even Pinto didn''t know where his father was, let alone the citizens of the state.


    He miserably continued since he had no choice but to continue. He was the only child of his father. But one day, someone arrived to meet him. When he learned the identity of the neer, Pinto was shocked. He never knew about the rtives of his father. It was his grandfather that arrived to meet him.


    From that day, his entire demeanor changed. Power became a birthright for him. He married severaldies and created a harem for himself after that day.


    As for the people who did hunger strike, he secretly crushed them. No one knew how the organizers of that strike died, and no one dared to act something like that ever again. Pinto established several rules and started ruling the Kingdom with an iron hand, unlike his father.


    Pinto''s eyes turned cold, Thinking about his past life. He then heard his son speaking aboutpromising with the enemy. A look of disgust appeared in his eyes. The next moment, he disappeared from his throne and appeared right in front of his son. "You disgust me. How could you even think of apromise with that store owner?" He spat words with disgust.


    Pento couldn''t help but take two steps back, seeing his father appearing right in front of him. "It''s the Schiller family that has topromise, not us," He said, gritting his teeth as pressure released by his father attacked him right now.


    "You can leave. I don''t want to see your face ever again," Pinto angrily said.


    "Royal father, I..." Pento wanted to speak something, but when he saw his father''s cold eyes, words got stuck in his throats. He had no choice but to leave. He took a look at the prime minister, who was ring at him and left the throne room with slumped shoulders.


    "Your highness, I would neverpromise with my son''s killer," Barry announced after Pento left. He feared the king would think about what the prince said and might make him ept apromise with the store owner.


    "You don''t need to worry. That man has challenged my power. Power is my birthright, and no one can challenge it," Pinto said as his eyes turned expressionless.


    He didn''t fear the power of the store owner since his grandfather had left him a gift before leaving. If the store owner turned out to be a powerful being like his son said, he would use that gift.


    As for the store owner turning out to be stronger than his grandfather, this thought never came to his mind. Since the Bisan Kingdom was one of the weakest and smallest, if not the weakest Kingdom on the Anga continent. Why would a Tao Pce expert suddenly appear here where even Qi is scarce for Void Forging experts?


    Barry took a relieved sigh after hearing Pinto. After the store owner killed all the experts he sent, fear emerged in his heart for him. If the king refused to help him, Barry would have no choice left but topromise with the store owner. Because even he was also not much powerful than Fred. If the store owner could kill Fred without even a hint of damage to his store, undoubtedly, he could also kill him.


    "Let''s meet this store owner first," Suddenly the king said. Barry''s heartbeat rose, thinking about the worst. "Don''t worry, he would either be in prison or dead after this," Pintomented after seeing color vanishing from Barry''s face.


    "King, I would summon him right away," Barry said with a bow to his chest as he left the throne room.


    "Woah, you''ve grown big," Suddenly, aughing voice echoed in the throne room after Barry left. Pinto''s expressionless face turned into a smiling face as the voice owner was very familiar to him. "Uncle, you''re here," He smilingly said.


    "Of course, how could I not be here when my nephew is in trouble?" The voice repeated as the owner of the voice appeared not far from Pinto. If Punta were here, he would''ve pped his own son. It was the brother who had challenged Punta for his throne.


    "How''re you doing, my nephew?" The neerughingly asked Pinto.


    "It''s going as usual. You must''ve already heard the conversation between my son and me," Pinto responded.


    A glint passed through the neer''s eyes as he nodded. "So, what do you think of my decision?" Pinto asked his uncle.


    "You did great," The neerughingly replied as he patted his nephew''s head. "Great decision to summon him first," He added.


    "Wait for me. I woulde after checking the store owner. Whether he is as powerful as your son said," His uncle said and disappeared from the throne room.. Pinto only stared in the direction his uncle disappeared.

 Chapter 52 - Waking Up

    Chapter 52: Waking Up


    The crowd outside Aakesh''s store had grown evenrger than before. Seeing all the high profile people in Kakot city entering the store made the number of people outside the store waiting for the drama to grow.


    While inside the store, several people were standing.


    "Where is the store owner?" One of theters asked one of the men who had arrived in the store before him.


    "No idea, we had been waiting for him too," The man responded.


    Many in the crowd were whispering to themselves.


    "What kind of store is this? They''re only selling three things and that too inferior pills. And the prices are sky touching for them," One of the men whispered to himself after seeing the shelf containing the pills.


    "What kind of a store owner he is? He let his store without any supervision," Another man whispered to himself.


    "Where is the store owner?" Suddenly a loud voice echoed in the store. Everybody turned around and was shocked to see the owner of the sound. It was the army chief of the Bisan Kingdom. A peak Void Condensation expert had himselfe to the store to look for the store owner.


    Everybody''s eyes shined, seeing the army chief. They knew something significant was going to happen in the Kingdom.


    "He isn''t here, army chief," One of the men standing in the store stepped forward and respectfully informed him. He wanted to get into the good books of the army chief, and no time could be better than right now when they both were looking for the same person.


    "Did he escape the city, thinking of the consequence of his actions?" The army chief murmured, hearing the man. "Ask if anybody saw someone escaping or a blur passing through," He then ordered one of the soldiers who followed him here, ignoring the man standing in front of him. The soldier nodded and went outside. He shook his head when he came inside.


    The army chief nodded, seeing the soldier shaking his head. He didn''t expect the crowd to catch the store owner escaping. If a crowd member caught him leaving the store, it would be a miracle since he had killed a Void Condensation expert.


    It never urred to him that the store owner was currently present in the store as all the rooms at his door were locked from outside. He tried to sense what was inside the room, but the only thing he saw was darkness without a hint of life.


    No outsider could see the room of Aakesh as the system didn''t want anybody to disturb him when he was in the room, so everybody thought Aakesh had escaped. But everyone was wrong, and he was currently waiting for Lily to break out of her cocoon.


    "Johnny, what are you doing here?" Said a familiar voice as the army chief turned around to look for the person who called him by his name.


    "You are here too, Twinkle," Johnny said as he found the woman entering the store. Twinkle belonged to the Stiller family. They were only slightly weaker than the Schiller family. Both he and Twinkle came from the same family; he was the son of the current head of the family, and Twinkle was his cousin, the daughter of his father''s youngest brother.


    "How could I miss someone who had the guts to kill the prime minister''s son in the capital city," Twinkle smilingly responded. "What are you doing here? You''re the strongest person in the city after his highness," She added as Johnny''s appearance stunned him.


    Only Pinto and Punta were stronger than him when it came to the entire Bisan Kingdom. So if he was here, that meant the king took the store owner seriously.


    "His highness sent me here to take the store owner," Johnny responded. His tone, reverential when he talked about Pinto. He was one of the few people in the Bisan Kingdom who respected Pinto that''s why he was also Pinto''s most trusted advisor.


    "I thought this much. But, I didn''t expect the king to take the store owner so seriously," Twinkle nodded and curiously responded.


    "The prime minister had refused topromise with the store owner. He had decided to fight him no matter what, so his highness had no choice but to take this matter seriously," Johnny responded in a soft voice. Only Twinkle heard what he said.


    ***


    While in his room, Aakesh was tensely waiting for the cocoon to crack. It has been hours, and Lily never took such a long time for her breakthrough.


    Time passed, suddenly, there was a movement in the cocoon. Aakesh turned his entire focus on it not to miss anything, and if something wrong happened, he wouldn''t even think twice and take the help of the system no matter what cost he had to pay.


    "Meow!"


    The next moment, a meow echoed in the room as Lily broke out of her cocoon, but her eyes were still closed. There weren''t any changes in Lily''s body. She still had the same size as before and had the same white fur covering her entire body.


    The next moment, she opened her eyes. "Wow!" Aakesh eximed in amazement, seeing her eyes. The vertical slit like the dragon in her eyes disappeared, and instead, it turned into a burning fire. Her sclera was still orange, but there was a ck fire burning instead of the vertical slit.


    "What happened?" Lily confusedly asked in her childlike voice, seeing Aakesh looking at her with amazement. He didn''t speak anything and waved his hands. The next moment, a mirror appeared in front of her. "Wow!" She also eximed in amazement when she saw the change in her eyes.


    "Look, how cool I''ve be, unlike you," She narcissistically said while pointing at herself than at him.


    A smile spread across his face, hearing herplimenting herself. "You''re my daughter. You would only look cool when I''m cool," He smilingly said.


    "Hmph, you''re my daughter," Lily scoffed while she continuously looked at her eyes. She couldn''t take her eyes off of them.


    "Okay, what skill you learned this time?" Aakesh''s face turned stern as he asked.


    The next moment, Lily''s jaw dropped when she checked the new skill. She looked at Aakesh with her mouth wide open.. Aakesh had no choice but to call out her status as she didn''t speak for a long time.

 Chapter 53 - New Skill

    Chapter 53: New Skill


    "What skill did you learn?" Aakesh asked Lily.


    Lily nodded and started checking what skill she learned in this breakthrough, but the next moment, her mouth flew wide open in an O shape. She didn''t speak for a long time. Aakesh, seeing her silent, had no choice but to check her status screen.


    He thought of the status screen, and the next moment a blue window containing information about Lily appeared in front of him.


    Pet status:


    Name: Lily,


    Gender: Female,


    Race: Epochal Feline,


    Owner: Aakesh,


    Bloodline: Primordial(Purity: 100%)


    Level: Level 6,


    Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether, Wood, Thunder, Metal, Sound, Light, Dark, Time,


    Skills: Time Shield, Time Healing, Fire meteor...Time Discement.


    He then found the newly created skill. It was ''Time Discement''. He then thought of the skill detail, and a new blue screen appeared containing the exnation of the skill.


    Time Discement:


    Level: Level 1 (initial),


    Ability: This skill allows the owner to return back to a fixed time with all the knowledge and power.


    Cooldown: 30 days,


    Drawback: Currently, the time could only be set five minutes before.


    "Huh!" Aakesh couldn''t help but exim in shock after hearing the details of the skill. It made Lily almost an Immortal without bing one. The only way to kill someone who has this skill is to have better control of the element of time than the user, and only a few beings could have better control of the time than the Epochal Felines.


    "Hahaha," While Lily startedughing out loud in her childlike voice after checking the skill. Now she could show off in front of other cats. She hadn''t heard of any other Epochal Feline getting this skill.


    "Let''s go for training!" Lily suddenly said, breaking Aakesh out of his trance.


    The sudden request stunned Aakesh for a moment, but the next moment a wry smile appeared on his face as he knew why Lily suddenly requested for the training. How could he not know she wanted to show off in front of other cats?


    "Are you sure?" He still asked as he saw the video of other Felines bullying Lily.


    "Of course, I am sure. I want to be the greatest Epochal Feline. How can I miss training?" She added with her raised fist, but Aakesh could only wryly smile as she even failed to hide her grin.


    "Fine, let''s go. I think I can defeat my opponent today," He didn''t refuse as other cats deserved this. After what they did with Lily, they deserve to get jealous of her talent, and he also hadn''tpleted his match today.


    The next moment, they both disappeared from their room and appeared in the selection ground while arge crowd waited for him in the store. He already knew about them because the system informed him whenever someone entered the store. But Lily''s health was more important to him than some customers, and now since Lily wanted to train, he decided to practice first and then talk to the crowd waiting for him in his store.


    Without even him telling, Lily selected her training ground and disappeared from there. Aakesh only stood there smiling, seeing her so eager to meet the other cats. The next moment, he too selected his training ground and disappeared.


    As usual, the booing of the crowd weed him. "How are you, losers?" He smilingly shouted at the crowd while waving his hands. The booing only got louder as usual.


    The next moment, booing stopped, and cheers erupted. Aakesh turned around and saw his opponent entering the battle arena. A smile spread across his face as he weed him, but the next moment, his smile froze. The opponent took out his sword from his sheath and held it in his left hand. He started with his left hand, his dominating hand at the start, unlike the previous times.


    "Why would you start with your left hand?" Aakesh said as he readied himself to shoot anytime.


    "Because it''s easier to defeat you this way," The opponent responded and disappeared from there. Aakesh moved two steps to his right and shot the arrow where he was standing a moment ago.


    "ng!"


    The next moment, the sh of weapons rang. The arrow broke into two after it shed with the sword.


    "Good!" The opponentplimented, seeing Aakesh dodging as well as countering his move. The next moment, both disappeared from their position, and only the sound of shes echoed in the battle arena. The crowd even cheered for Aakesh today, seeing him improving so much in the span of a single day.


    "How will you dodge this?" Said a voice as suddenly millions of arrows covered the sky aiming for the entire battle arena.


    "Whoosh!" Continuous sounds of arrows tearing through the air rang. "Good, but still not enough to defeat me," Another voice echoed in the battle arena as the next moment, suddenly, the air in the battle arena changed. Even the crowd stopped shouting as they watched the scene.


    Aakesh stuck in his feet as the next moment, a blue light passed through the entire battle arena, and both Aakesh and the arrows aiming for the battle arena faded into light.


    The next moment, Aakesh reappeared in the battle arena, but he had already lost the battle. His entire body was sweating with fear. The attack still sent chills through his spine.


    "What attack was that?" He asked as he saw the opponenting toward him.


    The opponent only smiled in response. "You''ve grown so much in a single day," He instead responded.


    "You still got the best of it," Aakesh smilingly responded.


    "See you!" The opponent responded, and the next moment left the battle arena.


    "Why aren''t you booing, losers?" Aakesh then turned around and asked as the crowd stopped booing him.


    "You bastard," Someone from the crowd angrily yelled to Aakesh''s response. It was as if a chain reaction started; everybody in the seating crowd started cursing him.


    "See you next time, losers!" Aakesh smilingly shouted while waving his hands. The next moment, he disappeared from the battle arena and reappeared in the selection ground.


    Lily still hasn''te out, so he sat down.. He then asked the system to show him Lily''s training, and the next moment, a ck screen appeared in front of him.

 Chapter 54 - Training

    Chapter 54: Training


    "Hey, system, show me Lily''s training," Aakesh asked the system to show him Lily''s training since he had nothing to do currently except waiting for her.


    The next moment, a ck screen appeared in front of him and started showing the training from the start.


    After selecting her training area, Lily appeared in the familiar jungle. "I am here," She yelled in her childlike voice, unlike the previous times where she waited for the other cats toe.


    "Look, who''s here," The next moment, aughing female voice echoed as a cat appeared.


    "You look happy today, tiny creature," The cat said after seeing a wide grin on Lily''s face. Other cats also started appearing in the area.


    "Oh, is that so," Lily casually responded as her grin only got wider.


    "You!" The cat said as she saw the casual response of Lily.


    "You look happy today, my child," A familiar voice echoed in the area as the leader of the Epochal Felines appeared in the center of the jungle.


    "Yes, leader, I learned a new skill," Lily respectfully responded. She couldn''t act casual around the leader due to the respect embedded in her bloodline.


    "Oh, is that so. Tell me, what does your new skill do?" The leader asked as getting a new skill wasn''t anything special. Lily still had to learn a lot of skills belonging to their race.


    "My new skill name is ''Time Discement''..." She then started exining the skill to the leader and other cats. Other cats had a casual look on their faces at the start, but as they listened to the details about the skill, their faces turned solemn. They looked at Lily with their mouth wide open.


    Lily enjoyed the look of shock on other cats, so her grin got even wider, resulting in her face looking weird.


    "Are you serious about the skill?" The leader had no mood to joke around after listening to the details of the skill, so she asked Lily for confirmation with a solemn face.


    Lily nodded and activated the skill. Nothing changed in the area, but every cat present in the jungle had its jaw dropped. They could clearly see the change.


    "You did it, child. You didn''t disappoint me," The leader startedughing while a single drop of tear streamed down her cheeks. Lily finally learned a skill that no Epochal Feline had learned, and that too was not an ordinary skill. Time Discement would be one of the top three skills that Epochal Felines had.


    One of the cats stepped forward and picked up Lily. "Forgive me, Lily," The cat then apologized to her for bullying. It was only the start. Other cats also started apologizing for their mistakes.


    Aakesh turned off the screen at that moment with a proud look on his face. There was no point in continuing to watch Lily''s training. He then sat down in a meditative pose and started visualizing the details of today''s battle.


    Whenever he remembered the skill, he shuddered. He tried to think of many ways to counter the attack, but no n came to his mind. In every situation with him facing that attack, the end result was always death.


    After thinking for some time, he could only think of a single way to counter the attack. For that, he needed to increase his shooting speed. The next moment, he stood up and selected another area where he could improve his shooting speed.


    The next moment, he appeared in a jungle surrounded by beasts numbering in hundreds. In this training, the beast would rush at him, and if he wanted to survive, he needed to kill every beast using his arrows. With every passing round, the number of beasts would increase, making his survival difficult.


    He had challenged this training arena several times, so passing the first few rounds was easy for him. He could shoot hundreds of arrows in a second, precisely, 568 arrows per second.


    Time passed, the number of beasts surrounding Aakesh increased to 400 thousand. He was sweating hard as his hooting speed couldn''t cope up with the numbers of the beasts. The only way to kill them was using his arrow, so if some of them reached closer to him, they would bite him down to death unless he changed his direction.


    As expected, the beast overwhelmed him. He gave up as he didn''t want to see him getting eaten. The next moment, the challenge restarted. Time passed, he failed this challenge tens of times. His shooting speed was also increasing with every round. His current speed was 634 arrows per second if he gave his everything.


    Time flew by. He was currently fighting a horde of 500 thousand beasts. He had been trying to pass this round for thest hour, but he failed every time. Since he had unlimited endurance, he still fought as if Aakesh had just started, but he still stopped. He couldn''t see him improving anymore for thest few rounds, so he stopped and decided to train tomorrow.


    After deciding, he gave up the round and reappeared in the selection ground. Lily was already waiting for him. Seeing Aakesh returning, she jumped on his head.


    "You look happy," He smilingly said, seeing the smile on Lily''s face.


    "Yes, my training went great," She responded and then started telling him about her training. As usual, she removed the parts about other cats in her story.


    "Did you win?" She asked after finishing her story.


    "No, but I challenged him today, unlike before," He answered the truth. There was no point in hiding anything about training from Lily. The next moment, they both disappeared from the selection ground and appeared in their room.


    ***


    "Damn it! Where could the store owner be?" Twinkle cursed as she had been waiting for hours now, and there was no information about the store owner.


    "What did the king say?" She asked Johnny as he had just returned after informing the king about the missing store owner.


    "The store owner is nowhere to be found, so we will have to wait here until they find him," He responded while shaking his head in disappointment.. He was the army chief, and here he was acting as a lookout for a criminal.

 Chapter 55 - Punishment Of Stealing

    Chapter 55: Punishment of Stealing


    "If I found the store owner, I would fucking kill him," Johnny said with a hint of anger.


    Waiting for a criminal while being the army chief of a Kingdom was an insulting act for him. If someone other than the king had told him to do this, he would have pped that person. He respected the king so much that he couldn''t suggest against the order or even think of refusing it.


    "Don''t worry. We''ll find the store owner. Even I want to kill that man. He had made us wait here for hours," Twinkle too agreed. She didn''t want toe here, but her uncle, the current head of the Stiller family, forced her. But their motive was different beforeing here. They wanted to rope the store owner into their family before they knew about the king summoning him, but now, they wanted to help Johnny and be even closer to the king.


    They weren''t the only ones who were irritated by the missing store owner. Many woulde and go from the store regrly. Many presents in the crowd even thought of stealing the pills from the shelf, but they controlled themselves against it. It would bring an insult to their family in Kakot and other cities.


    While everybody was chattering in the store while waiting for the store owner, there were sudden changes in the store. Suddenly stairs started appearing in the store. The sudden stairs stunned everybody. When they looked up at the source of the stairs, they found a locked room. Suddenly the door opened, and a man and a cat exited the room.


    Everybody had shocked looks seeing the sudden situation. They never expected an invisible room in the store. Johnny had a bewildered look on his face. He was a peak Void Condensation expert, and he couldn''t find a room and a man while being here for hours.


    "You''re the worst store owner. Who lets their store empty while being somewhere else?" Aakesh had only taken one step when suddenly someoneined to him. He ignored theint and expressionlessly went down the stairs.


    "So, What do you want to buy?" He asked after returning while ignoring the look of shock on the crowd''s faces.


    "Move!" Johnny pushed away people standing in front of him and went to the front. "You need toe with me. His highness has summoned you," Johnny angrily announced.


    "Why would Ie with you if someone had summoned me. Tell your king toe here and meet me," Aakesh responded expressionlessly, making most people gape in disbelief.


    "How dare you talk like that to our king?" Someone in the crowd red at Aakesh after hearing him. He wanted to make a better look in front of the army chief as his reverence for the king was well known to everybody living in the Bisan Kingdom.


    "So, do you want to buy anything?" Aakesh ignored Johnny and other reactions and instead asked the crowd standing in his store.


    "You need toe with me. The king has summoned you," Johnny announced once again, but this time there was an authority in his voice and pressure released from him to force Aakesh to do what he said.


    Aakesh was going to throw Johnny out when suddenly Lily resting on his head, whispered something to him. The next moment Aakesh smiled wryly, and suddenly his feet started moving forward.


    "You should''ve already epted the summon at the start. I wouldn''t have to force you to move," Johnny scoffed, seeing his pressure work.


    Johnny then left the store and made his way toward the royal ce as Aakesh followed him expressionlessly. Everybody in the crowd only looked at him with pity at first, and then some gloated after remembering the tone he spoke.


    "He left his store open once again," One of the men in the crowd murmured in disappointment. It was the same man whoined to Aakesh when he took his first step down the stairs.


    Everybody then started leaving the store, but no one noticed a man, instead of going forward, was moving backward. He had decided to steal the pills when everybody left, and he would be alone. With one pill costing 25 inferior Primal stones, there would be something special.


    As he expected, everybody left the store, and he became alone. "Finally! Everybody left," He murmured and made his way toward the shelf. He then gently touched the ss to see its hardness. "Good Lord!" He eximed in shock as he felt he was brushing against a rock.


    He then took out a hammer from his ring and the next moment bombarded it on the ss. What he expected didn''t happen. There wasn''t even a dent on the ss. He was going to try to break it once again when he felt the world shaking in front of his eyes, and the next moment, he lost consciousness and fell to the ground.


    "Where am I?" The man opened his eyes in an unfamiliar jungle and eximed in fear. He looked at himself only to see himself in his soul form.


    "So, you tried to steal from the store," Suddenly, a hoarse voice echoed in the jungle. The sound sent chills to the man. He didn''t have a body, yet he felt like standing in a cold area.


    "Who are you, and why are you doing this to me?" The man said in a trembling voice. He could feel that he was going to die.


    "Why did you try to steal?" The voice ignored the man''s question and asked.


    "I needed mone-. I wanted to sell it for myself and made some money," He lied at first, but then his mouth went out of his control, and started honestly speaking the next moment.


    "Which punishment do you think would be sufficient for your crime?" The voice asked another question.


    The man at first wanted to speak "Nothing", but his lips didn''t move and automatically "Death" came out of them.


    "Good!" The voice eximed in joy, and the man lost his life the next moment as someone swallowed his soul form.


    "Disgusting!" The voice then disgustingly threw up the soul form as it tasted disgusting. The more sins the man did in real life, the worse the taste of the soul will be.. The owner of the voice only once looked at the soul and then disappeared from the jungle.

 Chapter 56 - The Royal Palace

    Chapter 56: The Royal Pce


    After the soul of the man died, his physical body too disintegrated into nothingness. One small mistake and the man left the world with no way to even find his body.


    "Who are you?" Johnny asked Aakesh this question for the umpteenth time, but as usual, Aakesh expressionlessly and silently followed him. Johnny gritted his teeth in anger after getting no response for the umpteenth time.


    He would''ve already tried to beat him if there wasn''t a hint of fear in his heart for the store owner. He still couldn''t believe how he couldn''t find an invisible room in the store for hours.


    "Hey, how could you make your room invisible?" He asked Aakesh after finding no response to the question in his mind. But as usual, he remained silent and expressionless.


    Johnny even believed that the store owner was faking to move under pressure. He couldn''t get Aakesh to speak no matter how much pressure he applied. So it felt lie to him that he could force the store owner to follow him.


    It was due to Lily that he was acting like this. She wanted to see a y, so she told him to fake moving under pressure. He couldn''t refuse her, so he yed as she desired, but he wouldn''t answer like a prisoner to a weakling like Johnny no matter what. It would be beneath him.


    They reached the pce with johnny asking numerous questions and Aakesh silently following him. Aakesh looked at the royal pce only once to feel disappointed by its appearance. Observing the lives of his customers in the previous store, he saw royal pces too great to bepared with this one.


    "Now, we''ll see if you would speak or not," Johnny scoffed when they arrived at the pce. Aakesh ignored him and followed him expressionlessly.


    "Army chief!" The guards standing at the door of the pce bowed when they saw their leader. Johnny only nodded and went forward.


    Pinto and Barry were waiting for Aakesh in the throne room. Johnny directly brought Aakesh to the throne room with him.


    "Your highness, I brought the criminal!" He announced at the door of the throne room.


    "Enter!" Pinto emotionlessly responded as he stared at Aakesh.


    "Thank you, Your highness!" Johnny thanked and turned around to grab Aakesh, but before he could touch him, his face lost all the colors and went pale. He stumbled two steps away, stunning both the king and the Prime minister sitting in their position.


    Johnny looked at Aakesh with a horrified look, as just a moment, before he saw himself dying in several ways when he was trying to grab Aakesh''s hand. Aakesh ignored his reaction and instead entered the throne room.


    He found the chair closest to him and sat down on it. Johnny wanted to speak, seeing Aakesh''s disrespect for the king, but right when he tried to talk, the previous illusions of dying emerged in his mind, and his words got stuck in his throat.


    "So, you''re the head of the Schiller family," Aakesh ignored the king and instead focused on the Prime minister.


    "How dare you sit without asking permission from his highness?" Barry ignored his question and instead angrily asked him.


    "Why would I ask for his permission? I do whatever I deem right," He asked while pointing at the king sitting on his throne.


    Pinto didn''t speak anything to the insult as his uncle had just informed him that Aakesh was even powerful than him. "We''ll talk about itter!" He then announced and brought the matter to an end aster would nevere.


    "Tell me, why did you kill so many of my citizens?" Pinto asked as he stared directly at the eyes of Aakesh.


    "I wanted to," Aakesh casually responded while he too looked directly into the eyes of the king.


    "HOW DARE YOU?" Barry angrily shouted at Aakesh, hearing his reason.


    "Calm down, Prime minister," Pinto slightly turned around and gently told Barry to calm himself. Despite learning that Aakesh was more powerful than his uncle, he still wasn''t afraid because he still had the gift that his grandfather gave him in their first meeting.


    "Who are you, and who gave you the guts toe here and do whatever you want to?" Pinto''s voice turned cold and emotionless as he asked Aakesh.


    "Tell me, are you the head of the Schiller family," Aakesh ignored Pinto and asked barry once again.


    An emotion of rage emerged on Pinto''s face after Aakesh ignored his question. It was the first time someone ignored him after he became a king. It made him remember the situation when he was only a prince who was responsible for his mother''s death.


    "I am the head, so what?" Barry responded in anger.


    "Good, I had ns to visit your family, but since I have already met you here, I don''t think I would have to make any more ns," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. With the death of their head, it would be easy to root the family out despite himself not involving in the situation.


    An ominous feeling emerged in his heart after listening to Aakesh. He had already feeling something terrible happening since the death of Fred, but now after hearing the store owner had ns to visit his family, he finally knew where the feeling emerged from.


    "Why did you decide to visit my family?" Barry asked with a slight tremble in his voice.


    "Your family''s time hase!" Aakesh bluntly responded, making Pinto and Johnny''s faces gape in disbelief while Barry''s legs started shaking due to fear.


    "How dare you talk like this in the presence of me?" Pinto angrily said as he stood up from his throne and red at him.


    "I hereby permit the army to arrest this man and put him in prison. I would decide matters rted to his execution and announce it in uing days," Pinto suddenly angrily announced in the spur of the moment.


    "As youmand, your highness!" Johnny bowed after receiving the announcement.


    "GUARDS!" The next moment, he shouted with his full might. It almost shook the entire pce. In no time, guards arrived outside the throne room.. Aakesh only expressionlessly looked at the happenings.

 Chapter 57 - Flick And Boom

    Chapter 57: Flick and Boom


    "Arrest this man!" Johnny ordered the guards that arrived. The guards didn''t dare stand and executed the order.


    "Let''s go!" One of the guards arrived in front of Aakesh and ordered him. Aakesh expressionlessly stared at the guard and hundreds of guards preparing for the worst-case scenario.


    "Do you want me to drag you?" The guard again asked, seeing Aakesh still casually sitting. He would''ve already dragged the man, but he controlled himself as he was in front of the king.


    "Drag him!" Johnny ordered, seeing the guard not taking the initiative. The guard nodded and took a step forward. The next moment, the guard arrived right in front of Aakesh.


    There was still no change in expression for Aakesh. As the guard reached out to grab Aakesh''s hand, a white sh passed by before he could touch it.


    The next moment, the guard was sliced into three pieces. The upper part of his body flew to the king and hit him, making him sit on his throne. The middle part flew toward Johnny and threw him to the wall. The bottom part drifted to the guards standing behind, making their position haywire. It was Lily who made a move. She couldn''t just sit and let Aakesh kill these weaklings.


    It all happened so fast that no one had the time to prepare for this. "HOW DARE YOU?" Pinto angrily growled at Aakesh after getting his dress ruined due to the blood.


    He angrily stood up and tried to make his move but was forced to stop by his uncle. "You would die!" He whispered into Pinto''s ears, making pinto Freeze in his steps.


    "Why do you want your guards to die?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked Pinto, sending chills to hundreds of guards. He didn''t talk directly to them, but they saw an illusion of dying when he spoke to Pinto. They felt so afraid that their legs started shaking.


    "CONTROL YOURSELF!" Johnny had to shout to stop the guards. He could see the fear in their eyes, but they had to control themselves if they wanted to do their duty.


    "What are you doing? Arrest him!" Pinto ignored Aakesh and instead angrily ordered the guards.


    The guards fell into a dilemma as they didn''t know what to do. They looked at Aakesh and saw no expression on his face, then they looked at their king, and they could feel rage and fear from their king.


    "What are you looking at me for? Arrest him!" Pinto ordered, seeing his guards just standing and looking at him and the store owner. His patience was running thin as the fear of Aakesh was engulfing him.


    The guards had no choice but to execute Pinto''s order as it was what they had been trained for since they joined the army. They took a deep breath, took their positions, and moved forward while holding the same position toward Aakesh.


    "Let me make it easy for you!" Aakesh suddenly stood up and expressionlessly stared at the guards, freezing them in their steps. The guards, when they looked into Aakesh''s eyes, felt that they were standing on top of a mountain of ice and getting frozen with each passing second.


    They thought it to be an illusion, but in reality, they were getting frozen. In no time, every single guard present in the throne room became a block of ice.


    Aakesh then took a step forward and appeared in front of the nearest frozen man. He then expressionlessly lightly flicked the statue. The statues present in the room disintegrated into tiny ice particles making the scene look stunning. Lily pped on his head, seeing the scene. "See, how beautiful this looks? If we hadn''te here, we would''ve never seen this," Shemented in admiration of the scene. Only Aakesh heard herment. He didn''t agree with her, so he didn''t respond.


    "Why would you kill your own guards?" Aakesh then turned around and asked Pinto.


    "Wha...what do you...you mean? You...you kil...killed the...them...them," Pinto responded. His voice, trembling and slurring due to fear.


    "I''m bored. I think it''s time to end this," Aakesh suddenly said, making Pinto stumble. He would''ve fallen down the stairs leading to the throne if his uncle wouldn''t have caught this.


    "I think so too," The next moment, a childlike voice echoed in the throne room. Aakesh was talking to Lily, not the others, as it was her idea toe here. He got bored by killing weaklings.


    It was true that he didn''t feel a thing when killing these guards, but it didn''t mean he liked to kill. He only kills those who make their moves against him.


    "Who is there?" Pinto asked tremblingly after the childlike voice echoed in the throne room. Barry and Johnny were so afraid that they couldn''t even utter a word. They stood frozen in their position with pale faces.


    Even Pinto''s heart was engulfed in fear of Aakesh, seeing him expressionlessly and casually killing hundreds of guards in a moment. He was calmer inparison to the other two because of the gift of his grandfather. If he didn''t have that, he wouldn''t have even started this issue with the store owner.


    "Youe here," Aakesh turned around, directly stared at Barry, and ordered. Barry''s face turned even paler, and his legs started shaking due to fear. If someone saw him, they would never believe that Barry was someone who had lived for hundreds of years. Such was the fear of death that it made even the strongest lose their calm.


    The next moment, his legs stopped shaking and made their move forward. Barry looked at Aakesh in pure horror. He forced himself to stop, but his legs didn''t stop.


    In order to stop his legs from moving automatically, he fell to the ground, but even after that, he moved as if someone was dragging him by his leg.


    "STOP IT!" Pinto ordered Aakesh, but he didn''t even look at him, let alone follow his order.


    Barry horrifyingly looked at himself getting dragged toward the store owner. "Damn it! You killed me for showering so much love on you," He cursed his deceased son in his mind.. If not for him, nothing like this would''ve ever happened.

 Chapter 58 - The King’s Rule

    Chapter 58: The King''s Rule


    "STOP IT!" Pinto angrily growled again, seeing Aakesh ignoring him and continuing dragging Barry.


    "Save me, your highness!" Barry also screamed for help. It took everything out of him to ask for help.


    "You leave me no choice!" Suddenly the air around the throne room changed as Pinto''s expression turned calm and cold.


    Suddenly a wooden box appeared in his hand. He opened the box, and a tiny sword appeared in his hand. Only from the mere presence of it, the Bisan Kingdom and several Kingdoms around it began trembling.


    "NO, DON''T USE IT," Pinto''s uncle appeared in front of everybody as he shouted for Pinto to stop this madness. Even Aakesh''s face had a change of expression. It turned solemn, seeing the tiny sword. He released control over Barry right away and got ready to face the attack.


    ***


    The Bisan Kingdom shared a border with the Blue Wyrm Kingdom. A mountain named Mysterious Peaks covered the entire border of the two Kingdoms. It was called the mysterious peaks because It seemed to cover the whole continent of Anga. No one in the known history of Anga had covered every part of the entire mountain.


    Suddenly birds and beasts on the mountain started crying. There was a cave, and a man was meditating in it. The man suddenly sensed something and opened his eyes. He confusedly stared in the direction of the royal pce of the Bisan Kingdom.


    The man was none other than Punta, the previous king. When the tiny sword appeared in Pinto''s hand, it disturbed Punta from his meditation.


    "What is happening?" Punta murmured in confusion. "Let it be, I should trust my son," The next moment, he murmured and closed his eyes. He had only closed his eyes for a second when he had to open them again. The look of confusion he had turned into a grave. The reason for his grave face was the crying of the beasts in the mountain.


    His father always taught him that the beasts find out about the uing danger first than the man. It was also the reason behind him having pets. The intensity at which they were crying right now made him believe that doomsday ising and the source was his own royal pce.


    He stood up right away and disappeared from there right away. The distance he had to cover was a huge 1,785,532 Yojana to reach the royal pce. It would take several warps for him and arge amount of Qi to cover such distance.


    Punta wasn''t the only one moving toward the royal pce. Kings of Kingdoms around the Bisan Kingdom also made their move toward it, sensing a dangerous situation originating from the royal pce.


    While the situation in kakot was like doomsday had already arrived, there werendslides, earthquakes all around the city. The sea level started rising, the area near the sea were already drowned, killing millions of people and discing billions. It had only been a few seconds, and already the casualties due to the sudden natural disasters had crossed hundreds of millions.


    ***


    "STOP THIS MADNESS!" Pinto''s uncle shouted, seeing his nephew''s action. If he activated the attack, it would not only kill Aakesh; it would engulf everything in billions of miles except Pinto and extinguish their existence.


    "This is the only way to kill him, uncle," Pinto slightly turned around, stared at his terrified uncle, and calmly answered. He looked the exact opposite from a few moments before. He couldn''t even speak properly due to fear, and now there has never been more rity in his voice than at this moment.


    "It would kill us all!" Pinto''s uncle tremblingly said.


    "So, be it," Pinto responded. His voice, cold enough to freeze the deepest part of the hell.


    "It''s all due to you," He ignored the rambling of his uncle, turned around, and stared directly into the eyes of Aakesh. Pinto''s eyes had the expression that it wouldn''t matter to him even if he died.


    Aakesh stayed silent and solemnly looked at the tiny sword.


    "If you would''ve never challenged me, it would''ve nevere to this. It''s my birthright to rule this Kingdom and its citizen. No one can take this away from me, not even you," Pinto said while pointing at the tiny sword in his hand.


    "You should''ve nevere to this ce. Even if Barry''s son did something, he did it to my citizen. I am the one to judge him, not you. You crossed your line by killing him," He added.


    "Even if you killed him, you should''vee here and taken your punishment from me. Instead, you killed another group of people. Even after that, you didn''te here to take your punishment. I had to summon you," He continued.


    "Even after you arrived here, you didn''t respect me and sat without taking my permission. You ignored my questions. In front of me, you threatened MY PRIME MINISTER. I AM THE FUCKING KING. YOU FUCKING HAVE TO RESPECT ME WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT," He said. His speaking turned into yelling in the end. His cold and calm expression turned wrathful.


    Pinto didn''t care for the killing of Ben or hundreds of experts of the Schiller family. He minded that Aakesh became the judge of someone when he, as only the king, was supposed to judge everyone. Aakesh interfered in his rule. He challenged his power to rule.


    Pinto hated nothing more than someone challenging his power. His grandfather had told him that it was his birthright to rule people.


    "Why are you letting him ramble? Should I kill him before he activates that sword?" Suddenly a childlike voice echoed in the throne room, making Pinto''s face red with rage. He faced another humiliation.


    "There is no point. It got activated the moment he took it out. The moment we kill him, the sword will activate and attack," Aakesh responded while looking at the sword in Pinto''s hand.


    "Ha ha ha ha!"


    Pinto startedughing out loud after hearing Aakesh. His expression was changing every second like a mad person.


    " Haha, You''re right. You''re already doomed to die," Pinto responded,ughing out loud.. The next moment, he activated the tiny sword.

 Chapter 59 - The Clash And The Damage

    Chapter 59: The sh and the Damage


    "NOW, DIE!" Pinto crazily shouted like a maniac and activated the tiny sword in his hand by crushing it.


    The next moment, a projection of a giant white sword appeared above him. The sword suddenly emitted an intense pressure, forcing everyone in the throne room to kneel except Pinto.


    It also tried to force Aakesh to kneel, but its pressure couldn''t even budge him, let alone make him kneel. His entire focus was on the projection with a solemn face.


    "Why did you do this?" The next moment, a familiar voice to Pinto echoed in the throne room as Punta appeared. Immediately after his entrance, he too was made to kneel. He had to kneel despite attempting everything to stop him.


    After Punta, several people appeared in the throne room, and everybody faced the same situation; they too were made to kneel. They had to kneel with their face touching the ground. They were the kings of the Kingdoms around the Bisan Kingdom.


    They had never faced so much insult in their life, but at this point, their dignity wasn''t even a concern for them. Their concern was the death they felting closer to them with each passing moment. They tried to warp back, but their Qi was out of their control.


    The projection above Pinto suddenly changed. It started turning into reality. The pressure emitting from the real sword made already kneeling people fall t on the ground.


    Right after the sword turned real, it locked Aakesh. The next moment it disappeared from above Pinto''s head.


    The sword didn''t literally disappear. It moved so fast that it looked like it had disappeared. The next moment, the sword was right above Aakesh''s head, aiming to kill him.


    Aakesh extended both of his hands to stop the sword from attacking him. He was only equivalent to a Tao Pce expert, so preventing the damage from it was going to be a challenge for him.


    The sword shed with Aakesh''s hands the next moment, and a loud explosion erupted in the throne room. The sound of the st was so loud that everybody present in billions of miles around the royal pce heard it.


    While in the throne room, only Pinto got excluded from the sound and shockwaves of the st. He eagerly looked at the source of the explosion to see whether it worked or not. He waited for several seconds, but it didn''t create any damage that his uncle and grandfather had warned him.


    The sword was the full power attack of his grandfather. When his grandfather gave it to him, he had warned him that if he used it against anybody lower than Tao Pce, it would cause the destruction of around several billion Yojanas.


    "So, he was a Tao pce expert. I hope he had died," He murmured to himself after seeing the damage concentrating only on the store owner.


    There was no more pressure emanating from the sword, so everyone present in the throne room stood up straight. Everybody forgot about everything and only looked at the result of the sh of the sword and Aakesh.


    No one could see what was happening as there was only a white light at the location of the sh. Everyone eagerly stared at that light as they would only find out the result after its disappearance.


    Everyone had their hearts in their mouth as the light started fading out slowly. When the lightpletely faded, they were shocked to find out nothing. Neither was the store owner present there nor was there any damage to the chair he sat on.


    "Yes, he died!" Pinto excitedly eximed, seeing Aakesh not there.


    "Are you sure?" The next moment, a cold childlike voice colder than the absolute echoed in the throne room. The voice alone made everybody freeze in their positions as Aakesh and a cat ever whiter than the light appeared in front of everybody.


    He looked uninjured except for his hands. His bones could be seen through the back of his hand as the blue blood continuously dripped to the ground. No expressions could be seen on his face, while the same couldn''t be said for the cat that appeared with him.


    mes darker than the void could be seen running through the cat whiskers.


    "HOW ARE YOU avbagsha,"


    Pinto eximed in shock, but his words came to a stop as the cat ripped his tongue apart so that he couldn''t speak.


    "Shut up," Lily angrily growled at Pinto, making him shut his mouth. She didn''t kill him until now because Aakesh told her not to. Otherwise, she wanted nothing more than to rip him to pieces.


    A few seconds earlier,


    "Can you handle the attack?" Lily concerningly asked Aakesh after seeing him extending his hands to control the st.


    "Yes, but there''s going to be injuries," Aakesh responded while his entire focus was on containing the damage in his hand as the sword had already shed with him.


    Lily then activated the skill Time Shield to decrease the damage as much as possible. Time passed, he was able to contain the destruction in his hands, but he would have almost lost one of his fingers if Lily wouldn''t have activated the Time Shield on time.


    "Let me heal you!" She concerningly said.


    "No need, it would heal on its own," He refused as his healing speed was no less than Immortals. In only a few minutes, his hands would be the same as before.


    "But too much blood is leaking," She retorted, seeing blue blood dripping out continuously.


    "Let it be. It is my first real physical injury," Aakesh refused again. He had always had wounds in virtual simtions; it was the first time he had faced injuries in reality. He would take it as an experience.


    "I am going to torture him!" The next moment, the air around him turned cold as Lily coldly announced.


    "No, I would handle it," Aakesh bluntly refused.


    "You..." Lily, in anger after three straight refusals, couldn''t evenplete her sentence.


    "Don''t worry," He responded as he patted lily with his bloodied hands. Lily didn''t dodge and let him pat her even though her fur would get dirty.


    ***


    "So, you took the risk of killing trillions of innocents to harm me," Aakesh expressionlessly asked Pinto after stopping Lily from further harming him.

 Chapter 60 - Harsh Punishment

    Chapter 60: Harsh Punishment


    "So, you took the risk of killing trillions of innocent lives only in the hope that the sword would kill me?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked Pinto.


    He would''ve allowed Lily to kill Pinto right away, but just after Pinto activated the sword, the system gave him a quest.


    [Hidden Quest,


    Mission objective: Punishment,


    Mission details: In the hope of harming you, the mortal takes the risk of killing trillions of your future customers. As the victim and the stronger party, it''s your duty to punish the mortal for this deed. If no customer survives, then what''s the point of your store,


    Mission requirement: Force the mortal to apologize for his deed and then kill him to set an example that as long as you''re present, no one can harm your potential customers,


    Mission reward: Random skill,


    Failure Punishment: Return to the previous system of the store.]


    "Damn it! The punishment is harsh," Aakesh said to the system in his mind after reading the quest and the failure punishment.


    [Host, this situation has arisen because of you. Your potential customers may havee to harm because of you, so you need to take responsibility for letting the problem get so big.]


    The system bluntly responded. "Fine!" Aakesh answered as he had no words to refute.


    ***


    "What are you doing here?" Suddenly Punta shouted, seeing his big brother standing near to Pinto.


    A wry smile appeared on Pinto''s uncle''s face as he responded, "Just to meet my nephew."


    "Silence, I am the one talking here," the next moment, Aakesh''s voice echoed in the throne as pressure emanated from him and made everyone present in the throne room except Pinto fall t on their faces, and they lost consciousness after that.


    "So, tell me, why did you take such a big risk?" Aakesh then focused on Pinto and asked him.


    "Avdsjdsg ddsgyag vdgsgdhsd," A random jumble came out of Pinto''s mouth as Lily had ripped his tongue out.


    "Leave it!" Aakesh responded, seeing Pinto not being able to speak clearly.


    "Look into my eyes," He then ordered, and Pinto, like a mindless puppet, looked directly into his eyes.


    In the next moment, Pinto found himself in the throne room. Instead of sitting on the king''s throne, he was standing chained in front of the throne. A guard whipped him from time to time. He wanted to speak or scream something, but clothes covered his mouth. He could only see darkness in front of him, so he didn''t even know who the king was.


    "Die!" A sudden angry voice echoed as the same projection of sword appeared above the throne. The darkness around the throne disappeared, and When Pinto looked at the king''s face, he was shocked as he found Pento was standing there majestically.


    The next moment, the sword attacked Pinto, and Pentoughed seeing this.


    "Aagh," A painful scream echoed in the throne room as the sword attacked him and the cloth covering his mouth disintegrated. Instead of destroying him in a moment, it slowly attacked him. It started separating him into particle after particle, and he had to witness it all while feeling a pain intense enough to die.


    "Ha ha ha ha, this is what you get for treating me like shit," Pentoughed out loud, seeing his father in agony.


    The torture continued for hours. Only when Pinto''s body was separated into particles did he die. It wasn''t the end as the next moment he appeared near the coast of the sea. Again the chains bound him not to let him move.


    Suddenly the world started shaking, and the sea level rose. "Help me!" Pinto asked for help subconsciously, seeing a waveing in his direction.


    Nobody helped him, and he drowned in the wave of the sea. It wasn''t the same as previous as he didn''t sense the pain, but instead, he felt he drowned under the water and suffocated to breathe for an eternity. Death never seemed to arrive. No matter how much time passed, it always felt to him that the drowning had only started.


    Time passed in the illusion of Pinto. He faced several ways of death caused by the sword, both directly and indirectly. He felt he had died for unlimited times and wanted relief of death for thest time. He had already lost the hope of living as even a second of being consciously made him remember the horrible feelings he went through in different illusions at the same time.


    "Bfhbddf jkdjxj," He said jumbled words when he returned to reality while tears continuously streamed down his cheeks and snot flowed through his nose. He wanted to speak, ''Please kill me!'', but he couldn''t speak clearly due to being tongueless, so his words came out as a mess.


    "Did you feel what your citizens felt due to your foolishness?" Aakesh understood the context, what Pinto wanted to speak, but he ignored it and asked him another question.


    Pinto nodded, and the next moment, he fell to his knees. "Bfhbddf jkdjxj," He started repeatedly shouting. He then started banging his head, seeing no response from Aakesh.


    Aakesh only expressionlessly looked at the scene of Pinto torturing himself. "Oh, I would kill you, but what''s the hurry," He said after seeing the ground turning red due to Pinto''s blood.


    Pinto stopped banging his head and felt chilled when he heard Aakesh. His face turned even paler as he again said, "Bfhbddf jkdjxj."


    "Aakesh, kill him. He looks disgusting," Lily suddenly spoke, seeing Aakesh having no intention to kill Pinto.


    "Fine!" Aakesh said with a disappointed sigh. He couldn''t refuse Lily at all. He was waiting for Pinto to apologize himself, and then he would kill him.


    "Apologize for the deed you almostmitted," Aakesh said to Pinto after stopping him from banging his head anymore.


    "Heal his tongue," He then asked Lily to heal Pinto. Lily nodded and healed his tongue in the next moment.


    "Would you kill me, If I apologize?" Pinto, instead of directly apologizing, asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned cold, hearing Pinto. The next moment, Pinto screamed in terror as he felt thebined pain of all the tortures he faced in the illusions at the same time.


    "Apologize!" Aakesh then coldly ordered, while Pinto looked like he had aged thousands of years in a single moment.

 Chapter 61 - Negotiations

    Chapter 61: Negotiations


    "Apologize!" Aakesh coldly dered. His voice, colder enough to make Pinto remember the tortures he went through in the illusions.


    "Please forgive me for trying to kill you," Pinto apologized right away, banging his head onto the floor.


    "Ask for forgiveness from my potential customers you could have killed," Aakesh ordered.


    As if he were a mindless puppet, Pinto apologized like a frightened animal, "Please forgive me for risking the life of your potential customers."


    "Good, now you can die!" Aakesh announced as he waved his hands. The next moment, Pinto disintegrated in his entirety. Relief could be seen in his eyes at hisst moment. Death was like the sweetest thing to happen to him at that moment.


    [Ding.]


    [The mission ''Punishment'' has been sessfullypleted.]


    [Missionpletion percentage: 60%, Reward: random skill.]


    [Reward calcting...]


    [Skill ''Counter Shield'' sessfully rewarded.]


    The next moment, Aakesh heard several notifications about thepletion of the quest. His missionpletion percentage was only 60%. If he would''ve been able to force Pinto to apologize on his own, his percentage would have been way more than 60%.


    After hearing the name of the skill he received as a reward, he heaved a sigh of relief. From the name of the skill, he was confident that it was a defensive skill.


    He had several skills at this moment, but not one of them could help him in either offense or defense. If he had even one of the skills belonging to either of the categories, he wouldn''t have gotten injured.


    He didn''t check the details of the skills right now as he was currently outside his store, and he still had a business left to do. His eyes then fell upon Barry, who was lying unconscious not far from where he was right now.


    He extended his hand, and Barry flew to him right away, with his neck stopping in his hand. "Wake up!" He said while staring at Barry.


    Like a magical spell, Barry woke up. He was confused at first, and his eyes were blurry, but when he got clear vision back, and the memories before falling unconscious starteding back to him, his face turned pale from fear.


    "What do you want to do to me?" He horrifiedly said after finding his neck in Aakesh''s hold.


    "Are you stupid? Didn''t I tell you your family''s time hase? So, what else would I do with you except killing you and your family members?" Aakesh casually spoke, making Barry even paler. Barry looked like a ghost right now.


    "Please let me go! I would give you everything you own," Barry cryingly pleaded to Aakesh to leave him alive. Aakesh, instead of responding, looked at him like he was looking at the stupidest person in the Multiverse.


    "I am not lying. I will give you everything. You can kill everybody, but please let me go," Snots starteding out of Barry''s nose as he pleaded. He even gave up his family so that he could survive.


    "Are you stupid? Why would I let you go for your wealth if I could still get that after killing you?" Aakesh smilingly responded. Aakesh couldn''t help but smile, seeing Barry''s stupidity. If Maria were here, she would be surprised to see Aakesh smiling, but this smile was the smile of the devil for Barry.


    "Please-"


    "Okay, enough! I am not going to waste my entire day talking to you," Barry wanted to plead, but Aakesh cut his speech off in between. He would''ve allowed him to plead more, but he also wanted to check out the details of the skill he had just gotten.


    The next moment, he lightly poked Barry''s head, and it burst into smithereens. Barry''sst expressions were mixtures of unwillingness, regret, and hatred. He hated Aakesh, but right now, he hated his son Ben even more than Aakesh. If not for him, this monster would''ve nevere into their life. But s, there is no medicine of regret, especially when your enemy is a being like Aakesh, who doesn''t even think twice before killing.


    Not a single drop of Barry''s blood touched Aakesh''s skin. It vaporized just by the aura released by his body.


    "Now, what should we do with them?" He then looked at several beings lying unconscious in the throne room and whispered.


    "Let''s kill them!" Lily added as she appeared on his shoulder. She still hadn''t vented his frustration. Aakesh killed both Pinto and Barry.


    "No, they are innocent in this case!" Aakesh refused right away the killing idea. He didn''t mind killing people, but that didn''t mean he would go out of his way and kill persons who had nothing to do with him.


    Lily puffed her cheeks in anger after the fourth straight refusal. He couldn''t help but smile, seeing puffed Lily. He tried to squish her face, but she jumped away before he could reach her.


    "Okay, I would let you kill him. He isn''t innocent in this case. He forced the guards to arrest me," Aakesh tried to coax angry Lily while pointing at Johnny.


    "Really!" She eximed as she reappeared on his shoulder.


    "Yes, but only when you let me squish your face," He demanded. He made a y out of someone''s death only to y with Lily.


    "No!" Lily refused straight away. They both then started bargaining for it. At any cost, Aakesh wanted to squish Lily''s face.


    After a few rounds of negotiations, Aakesh decided to give Aakesh three permissions to go out any time and let her kill Johnny. Only then would she let him squish her face. He agreed to her conditions, but he had no idea what problems he was going to face in the future due to these three permissions.


    She then killed Johnny by using the skill ''Epochal Fire''. Her shoulders slumped down after the death of Johnny as she expected the fire to burn him for some time, and she would avenge Aakesh''s injury by torturing Johnny, but even in less than a nano-second, he burnt into ashes.


    "Haha, if you''d use such an overpowered skill on someone, how would they survive enough to feel torture?" Aakeshughingly said as he rubbed Lily''s fur.

 Chapter 62 - Memory

    Chapter 62: Memory


    "What should I do with them?" Aakesh then murmured, looking at the kings lying down there in the throne room.


    He couldn''t just let them go as they knew about his power level. If people came to know about his power level, they would think that there must be a treasure in Kakot that''s why a Tao Pce expert is living here. He didn''t want that as he wasn''t all-powerful. He could defeat every Tao pce expert in the Primal dimension, but if the rumor brought an Immortal to the Bisan Kingdom, he would be in trouble.


    "Let''s change their memories," He whispered and snapped his fingers. The next moment, a white light engulfed everybody present in the throne room. A new memory started emerging in everybody''s head.


    It was the most simple use of the element of illusion. As a result of leveling ording to the system''s method, Aakesh gained equal proficiency in every element present in the Multiverse.


    The memory he added to everyone''s mind was they suddenly got an SOS signal from the king of the Bisan Kingdom. When they reached the royal pce, they found Pinto, Barry, and Johnny dead in the throne room and one unconscious person. When they checked the identity of the unconscious man, it was someone stranger to everybody.


    They asked Punta about it, but even he didn''t know the identity. It was Aakesh who was lying unconscious on the ground.


    "You''re finally here," The next moment, a voice echoed from their behind. The Kings turned around and saw a being engulfed in the dark.


    "Who are you, and why did you kill my son?" Punta growled, seeing the stranger appearing in the throne room.


    The stranger didn''t respond and instead made a move against Punta. Punta knew he couldn''t defeat, so he asked for help from the other kings, but they refused as they didn''t want to involve against someone so powerful like this. Pinto had already died, so what he had offered them for helping him, they would never get.


    Punta had to pay double of what Pinto had offered the other kings to help him, and they got ready to help him. Then there was a tragic fight between the kings and the stranger being. They were able to defeat him in the end, but they also had severe injuries.


    The stranger, after getting defeated, instead of telling them his identity self destructed. The kings then lost consciousness due to numerous injuries.


    Aakesh told Lily to create severe injuries on the kings and create destruction from the st. The next moment, he disappeared from the throne room. There were several plot holes in the story, but Aakesh didn''t care as only an Immortal proficient in the element of illusion could break these memories down and bring the truth out.


    He also did this as an Immortal helping these kings would only happen in the rare of rare chances. After disappearing from the throne room, he appeared right in the center of the Schiller''s family head ce.


    He could see a grim silence all over the ce, as only yesterday they had lost hundreds of their best guards and one Void Condensation expert.


    "Hey, who are you, and what are you doing here?" A voice angrily asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh slightly turned around and saw a guard angrily looking at him. Aakesh ignored the guard and snapped his fingers.


    The next moment, as if it was raining, the fabric of space started shrinking and breaking down. It engulfed every person present on a radius of several kilometers around the main pce of the Schiller family.


    It was shocking to see the fabric of space rain down on people, but it didn''tst long for the people because the void engulfed everyone in it. There were several people who didn''t belong to the Schiller family, but Aakesh didn''t care and let them die. While everything outside the range of destruction was normal for people, they didn''t even know while thousands of people died.


    In only a few seconds, the second strongest family of the Bisan Kingdom went extinct, and nobody knew the reason behind it. The extinction of the Schiller family was med on the stranger other kings fought. It became one of the mysterious circumstances of the Anga continent, despite the passing of countless years.


    After doing the deed, Aakesh reappeared in the throne room and fell down, acting unconsciously. The next moment, every king unconscious in the throne room started waking up one by one. They groaned and clutched their head in pain.


    "Don''t forget your promise, Punta. The battle turned out to be worse than expected," One of the kingsined, seeing half of his hands missing.


    "Ugh, Don''t worry, you would get what I offered you," Punta said while groaning and clutching his head.


    The kings were this courteous to Punta because of his family. If Punta refused to give them their share, they could only curse andin. They couldn''t even think of harming him.


    "I am leaving, Punta. Our challenge is null from now on," Punta''s brother suddenly said as any animosity he had disappeared after fighting a life and death battle with him against the stranger.


    "Hmm, tell father, I woulde to meet him," Punta nodded as, without his brother, they wouldn''t have been able to defeat the stranger. His brother was the strongest person in their group.


    "We would leave too! Don''t forget your promise," The kings also started leaving one by one after reminding him not to forget their share.


    "Thank you for helping me!" Punta nodded and thanked every king before they left.


    After every king left, a tragic expression appeared on his face as he frantically searched for his son''s body, but he only found one body, and that too was off the stranger lying weirdly at one corner of the throne room.


    He then saw a slight movement in the stranger''s body as the stranger started waking up.


    "Ugh," The stranger groaned after regaining consciousness. He then, with a lot of struggle, stood up and confusedly searched around him. Suddenly his face turned pale as the memory starteding back; the stranger with a pale face then directly stared into the eyes of Punta.


    ***


    A/N: What did you think of this chapter? Should I add some situations like this, where he had to act smartly and couldn''t just directly force the problem away, using his power, or do you, only want to see an OP MC who doesn''t need to think and destroy the problem right away?

 Chapter 63 - Aakesh And Punta

    Chapter 63: Aakesh and Punta


    "Who are you?" Aakesh asked Punta with his face pale.


    "What are you doing here?" Punta ignored his question and instead asked another.


    "Why should I tell you?" Aakesh responded with a cautious expression on his face.


    "You aren''t the one I fought before losing consciousness, Wait are you his friend," Aakesh''s face turned paler as he took two steps back and shouted at him.


    "I would not let you hurt me like your friend did," The next moment, his face turned crazy as he shouted and rushed at Punta.


    Punta was taken aback by the sudden turnaround. Before he could say something, Aakesh reached him and punched him. Punta was shocked to see the movement and weight of the punch.


    He was already injured due to the fight with the stranger, but still, he was a peak Void Forging expert, so the opponent had to be at least Void Forging to hurt him. But, the next moment, he was stunned as he couldn''t dodge the punch and hit him on his face.


    "Aagh!" A painful groan escaped his mouth as the force of the punch threw him backward. He flew to the wall andnded with a crashing sound.


    "Ugh, PLEASE STOP!" Punta shouted to stop him even before checking the injuries he received. He underestimated the man''s power and got a hard crash in response to that. His injuries turned worse as a result.


    "Why should I stop? So that you can backstab me?" Aakesh acted like an innocent person and rushed again toward Punta.


    "Please stop! I am not his friend. I am thest king. I-"


    Punta dered, but his words came to a halt with a sudden crash. He then looked at the man who had just punched him a moment ago, lying on the ground.


    "You should''ve told this first," Aakesh stood up while brushing dust from his body.


    "Now that you know my identity introduce yourself and tell me what were you doing here?" Punta asked after taking a deep breath.


    "Hello, king, I am Aakesh, an ordinary store owner who opened his store just two days ago. I was here because the king summoned me here," Aakesh, in a single breath, introduced himself and told the reason for him being here.


    "You and ordinary!" Punta scoffed. He was still not able to stand up after the crash he had due to him.


    "Yes, king, I am an ordinary store owner," Aakesh responded as if he didn''t understand the sarcasm in Punta''s words.


    "Leave it! Tell me, why did my son summon you?" Punta didn''t want to argue with Aakesh, so he asked another question.


    An awkward expression appeared on Aakesh''s face after Punta asked this question. "Tell me you don''t need to worry. You won''t be charged for any crimes," Punta dered after seeing the awkward look on Aakesh''s face.


    The awkward expression in no time turned into aughing one as he said whileughing out loud, "Oh, I killed the son of the Prime minister, and when he sent some guards to kill me, I killed all of them."


    A dumbfounded expression appeared on Punta''s face after hearing the crime of the man. "Damn it! I shouldn''t have pardoned the crimes," He thought in his heart, as killing more than one person was a crime punishable by death. But as he had given his word, he couldn''t go back on it and punish the man for it.


    "Oh well, the Prime minister is already de-" He was thinking in his heart when the scene of his son''s corpse appeared in his mind.


    "Did you know why the man killed my son?" His face turned expressionless as he asked Aakesh.


    "Yes," Aakesh smilingly nodded, feeling happy for pardoning his crimes.


    "Tell me!" Punta asked with a hurried expression on his face.


    "When I arrived here after the king summon. He arrested me for killing hundreds of citizens belonging to his rule," Aakesh started telling the story. "Since I''m so strong," He added while showing off his muscles.


    "The king had to call hundreds of guards to arrest me in fear of me attacking the guards. But when the guards were leaving after arresting me, suddenly a man engulfed in dark appeared right at the front of the Prime minister," He continued the story. "The man asked the Prime minister, ''Where is it?'' After the Prime minister heard the question, he acted like he had no idea of what the man was talking about, but I clearly saw the change in his expressions," Aakesh added.


    "The man and the Prime minister argued for a long time. The king watched everything happening in silence, but suddenly the Prime minister turned around and asked the king for help."


    "The king, being a good person, interfered between the man and the Prime minister, but unfortunately, the man turned out to be a powerful person and killed the king in a single strike. After that, all of us acted to kill the attacker, but the man was too powerful for us to defeat them," He added. "Only I and the king''s uncle were able to fight the man. The Prime minister tried to run, but the man found him and killed him. In the battle, I lost consciousness, so I don''t know what happened after that," He concluded while pointing at his muscles to show how strong he is to survive after fighting with the man.


    Punta had no mood to get amused by Aakesh''s antics. "Damn him!" He cursed out loud and punched the ground in anger, resulting in the entire royal pce shaking.


    The entire royal pce was empty, right now as when Pinto took out the sword, the people present in the pce were the first to take the brunt due to the pressure emitted by it. So nobody came when the entire royal pce shook after Punta''s punch.


    "Hey, king, I''m leaving," While Punta was grieving his son''s death, suddenly Aakesh announced.


    "Okay, I''lle to your store whenever I get some time," Punta responded, while his face had a tragic expression. Aakesh nodded and left the throne room right away.. After leaving the room, he warped and appeared directly in the store.

 Chapter 64 - Counter Shield

    Chapter 64: Counter Shield


    The smiling expression Aakesh was wearing disappeared after he returned to the store. "Wow, you can act," Lilyughinglymented. She wasn''t allowed to speak while Aakesh was in front of Punta.


    The next moment, Lily disappeared from his head and reappeared in front of Aakesh on the ground. "Look, how strong I am," Shemented while touching her invisible biceps.


    Aakesh only sighed, seeing Lily mocking him. "Hmph, you''re no fun," Lilyined after getting no reply from Aakesh. What was the point of mocking if whomever you''re mocking doesn''t respond?


    A smile spread across Aakesh''s face, seeing Lily''sining face. "Look, I''ll torture him with an overpowered attack," The next moment, Aakesh snapped his fingers as the scene of Lily killing johnny in less than a nano-second appeared in front of Lily.


    "Hmph!" Lily only scoffed in response. "Instead of acting like a fool, why didn''t you just add the memory of your talking with the king to his mind?" She asked as she had been thinking of the reason behind this for a while.


    "Oh, that was due to the quest. I am confident that if the king bought products after I nted the memory of our conversing, the system would refuse to ept the products as sold due to using a loophole. But now that I had personally talked to him, if he would buy from the store, it would be counted as the sold product in the mission," Aakesh answered Lily.


    "Hey, system, am I right?" The next moment, he asked the system to prove his ns.


    [Yes, Host. If you imnted memory of the friendly conversation in someone''s head, it would be against the ethics of the store, so neither will you get amission for the product you sold nor would it be counted in the quest. Instead, you would get a warning.]


    The system responded in its mechanical and emotionless voice.


    "Now, let''s check the details about the skill," Aakesh muttered after getting the confirmation from the system. He eagerly then thought of the status screen, and the next moment a blue window containing the information about the skill appeared in front of him.


    Skill name: Counter Shield,


    Ability: It allows the owner to create a shield around them. The generated shield could also reflect the damage it receives.


    Aakesh had an astonished expression after seeing the exnation of the skill. It not only had the ability to counter the damage it received, but it also had the ability to store the damage. If he could save enough damage, he could even kill Immortals. He already had made ns to collect the damage. But the next moment, the system poured cold water on his hot excitement, and it vanished like a vapor after that.


    He thought of making Lily attack the shield by using her most powerful skills, and he would then collect the damage for future use, but the system told him that it would only store the damage caused by his enemy.


    "Lily is my enemy from now on," Aakesh suddenly jokingly announced.


    The system didn''t respond anything to his announcement. Aakesh may have been sad about not being able to store damage caused by him and Lily, but this skill couldn''te at a better time.


    He had been defeated by his opponent just a few hours ago because he didn''t have a single skill to defend. "Hey, system, would the damage I received during training count?" He then asked the system as he would only fight virtually until some powerful being arrived.


    [No.]


    The system simply replied a no. Aakesh only clicked his tongue in response as he expected this answer.


    Aakesh then thought of the quest screen, and the next moment a blue screen containing the details of the mission appeared in front of him.


    [Mission objective: Sell products to ten customers,


    Requirement: You need to have multiple customers if you want to have a famous store. Sell your products to ten customers in a week,


    Number of products left to sell: 10/10,


    Days left: 6,


    Mission reward: A new product and addition in the pill varieties,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will be reduced to 0.5% of the product''s price.]


    He shook his head disappointedly, seeing he still had to sell ten products and he had only six days left. He then went up to the door and looked at the sky. The sky has turned red as the time was not far from the setting of the sun.


    "Only five days are left now," He murmured. The Bisan Kingdom doesn''t work at night, so there was no point in the store staying open at night. Since the time was not far from the arrival of night, he decided to close the store for the day.


    He turned around and was going to close the door when he heard someone calling me. He turned back and saw Maria running toward him while waving his hand and shouting, "WAIT!"


    Maria came running down here because she heard the news of the entire Schiller family getting extinct.


    "Senior, did you kill the Schiller family?" She asked the question right after entering the store.


    "What are you talking about? I just came from the royal pce," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "If not you, then who would dare to kill all the members of the Schiller family," She confusedly murmured after Aakesh''s refusal. She epted his answer right away as she thought he didn''t need to lie to her.


    "Who knows? If that was all you wanted to talk about, you should leave now. I am going to close the store," Aakesh expressionlessly responded and told her to leave.


    A wry smile appeared on her face as she responded, "See you tomorrow!" and turned around to leave.


    "Why would I see you tomorrow? I told you, you should only buy pills when you need them," He responded. He didn''t care about her buying, as even if she bought, it still wouldn''t be counted in the quest.


    "It''s a surprise!" A smile spread across Maria''s face as she smilingly responded and left the store.


    "What a weird woman," Lilymented after Maria left.


    "What has that got to do with us?" Aakesh responded as he didn''t care for whatever Maria was going to do. He then closed the store for today and went to his room.. With that, the second day for the store in the Anga continent ended.

 Chapter 65 - New Customer (1)

    Chapter 65: New Customer (1)


    Throughout the Bisan Kingdom, there was a storm of shock while Aakesh and Lily peacefully slept in his room. It had happened after several decades that the Kingdom didn''t sleep at night and stayed awake.


    Every single member of the Schiller family died on the same day, which was too much news for the citizens of the Kingdom to take in. The citizens didn''t sleep the entire night while thinking about their safety, but the situation for Punta was different. On one side, he was grieving the loss of his son, while on the other side, he was thinking about what treasure the Schiller family had lost.


    The news of the death of the King, the Prime minister, and the Army chief still hasn''t spread over the Kingdom. If it did, this day would be the second most solemn day for the citizens after the day where they suddenly had a new King in Punta.


    Punta was just wandering all over the ruined rooms of the Royal pce when suddenly he stopped in his steps as he found a man standing in his front and gently looking at him.


    The newly appeared stranger looked exactly like Punta, but the stranger had white hair instead of ck like Punta. His eyes were the proof of his longevity and vitality.


    "Father!" Punta eximed after seeing the man.


    "How''re you doing, my son?" His father gently asked.


    "After Bani passed away, I never talked to him. I started hating him for what he did to my wife, but I never wanted him to die," Punta responded with a slight tremble in his voice.


    "I told you, you should''ve had another son," His father responded as he appeared next to him and patted his shoulder.


    A wry smile appeared on Punta''s face after hearing his father''s words. He would''ve had another son if not for his fear of harming Bani again. No son or daughter was worth more than his wife for him.


    "I would send all of my informants to find out about the man who was behind this," His father said while patting his son''s shoulder. The next moment, he disappeared from there and returned back to the ce where he came from.


    Punta took a sigh after his father disappeared. "Everything is lost!" He murmured while shaking his head in disappointment. He started randomly strolling around the royal pce again.


    Time flew by, the light of the sun cleared the darkness of the night. Aakesh woke up on time and was stunned to find Lily already woken up.


    "You woke up early today," He asked Lily as he pushed back his hairs.


    "Yeah, I couldn''t sleep after I slept too much yesterday," She replied in her childlike voice while looking at her paws in the air.


    "Good, Let''s open the store," He replied as he stood up from his bed and went to the washroom to freshen himself.


    After taking a bath, he wore the same clothes as usual. He then went down and opened the door of the store.


    He noticed a lot of people in the market for when the sun had only appeared, but he had no intention to find out the reason behind it, so he entered back. He found the chair at the counter and sat down on it.


    He then started visualizing how he would fight today in the virtual battle since there were no customers. He already had the skill to defend, but he didn''t know whether the shield would be able to defend against that attack or if the opponent had another attack skill equal to or even more destructive than the attack he faced yesterday. So he had to make a n for his battle, taking both the situations in his mind.


    "Hello, senior!" While he was visualizing the battle, he suddenly heard a familiar voice. He slightly turned his head and saw Maria standing at the door.


    "Hello!" He expressionlessly responded. "So, what pills do you want?" He then asked. He had already warned her twice about not buying pills in excess, but if she still continued, it was her issue, and it had nothing to do with him.


    "Senior! I am not here for pills. I am here because I would be your neighbor from today," Maria excitedly responded.


    "So?" Aakesh asked expressionlessly. What had he got to do with who his neighbor was?


    Maria had no change in her expressions despite seeing no emotions from Aakesh as she expected him to have no response. "Senior! I would be opening a restaurant, so if you want to eat, you cane to my store," She excitedly told him and shamelessly promoted her restaurant.


    "Sure," Aakesh responded. He already had ns to travel around the Kingdom, so eating in the restaurant next to his store wasn''t a big deal for him.


    "Okay, I would be waiting!" Maria excitedly responded and then left the store.


    Aakesh Started visualizing the scene of the battle again. He had only closed his eyes when he heard the sound of footsteps. He opened his eyes and saw Maria carrying an injured man at the door.


    "Senior! I found this injured man unconscious on the road, so I brought him here," Maria announced while slowly carrying the man into the store.


    Aakesh stood up and brought three body healing pills from the shelves and then handed them over to Maria.


    She didn''t wait for a second and pushed the pill down his throat one by one. The pills started acting right away and healed the external injuries of the man in no time, but the man was still unconscious, so Aakesh went back to the shelves and pitched three mental healing pills, and handed them over to her.


    Maria fed the pills to the man one by one. It didn''t make him conscious right away. Only after several moments passed, only then was there a movement from the man''s body.


    "Please don''t kill me!" The man shouted right after regaining his consciousness. He started repeating these words continuously after that like a crazy person. His voice got louder with each turn.


    "It seems he needs two more inferior mental healing pills," Aakeshmented after seeing the mental situation of the stranger wasn''t good.

 Chapter 66 - New Customer(2)

    Chapter 66: New Customer(2)


    "It seems he still needs two more inferior mental healing pills," Aakeshmented after seeing the man acting crazily. The mental healing pills specialized in healing the traumas since the man still was living the moment before losing unconsciousness, it meant he had gone through severe trauma, and three pills weren''t enough to heal those traumas.


    "Senior! Can you bend the rules and sell the extra two pills," Maria asked after hearing Aakesh. As there was a rule of only selling three pills to a customer, he had to bend the rules if she wanted two more pills.


    "No!" Aakesh refused straight away without even thinking for a moment.


    "Senior-"


    "There is no point inining. I don''t break the rules," Maria wanted to speak something, but Aakesh cut her off before she couldplete her sentence and expressionlessly refused to bend the rules. In reality, even if he wanted, he couldn''t break the rules; the system makes the rules, not him.


    "But Senior, We are two people and can buy six pills," Maria still didn''t give up and tried to make Aakesh sell the two pills.


    "I have only sold these pills on your name. He''s an unconscious man, so he isn''t eligible to buy any products," Aakesh expressionlessly restored.


    Maria wanted to speak something, but after seeing the indifference in Aakesh''s eyes, not a single word came out of her mouth.


    She suddenly remembered that she had one mental healing pill in her space ring, so she took it out and forcefully fed it to the man. The man fell silent after it acted.


    He regained his sanity after the pill acted and started looking frantically around the store. He had a horrified face as he was facing some horror right now, making his face weird.


    "Whe...where am I...I..I...I?" He tremblingly asked Maria while frantically looking all around the store.


    "Calm down. You''re safe here," Maria tried to calm the man down, seeing the man acting like he was facing a horrific situation.


    "Where am I...I...I?" He asked the same question again.


    "You''re in ''The First Store'', the store for all your needs," Aakesh suddenly responded, making the man turn around and look at him.


    "Aagh! Keep your distance from me, you monster!" The man screamed in horror, seeing Aakesh.


    Suddenly the temperature in the store turned cold as Lily showed his face. "Leave him! His mental situation isn''t right!" Aakesh said, seeing Lily ring at the man, while both the stranger and Maria had a horrified face feeling the chill in the air.


    "He''s insulting you for not being a human," Lily angrilyined as to how could she not see that the man called Aakesh a monster due to his blue skin.


    There were several races living together in the Bisan Kingdom, but that didn''t mean they had healthy rtions between them. Issues would regrly emerge between the people belonging to different races in the Kingdom.


    "Let it be!" Aakesh said as he didn''t care about what the man thought of him. He couldn''t just kill someone for calling him a monster.


    "Hmph!" Lily scoffed and returned back to her favorite ce, Aakesh''s head.


    "Sorry, senior!" Maria apologized after the temperature in the store got normal, while the man started running toward the door.


    Maria seeing him running, followed him and before he could reach the door, grabbed his neck and dragged him back. The man was only an intermediate Nascent Soul cultivator, so it wasn''t tough for Maria.


    "Do you have money?" She then asked the man. Her voice was colder than before as she also didn''t like him calling Aakesh a monster.


    If there was someone whom she respected after her father, it was Aakesh, so calling him a monster was equivalent to insulting her. The man had some hint of sanity, and he could sense the power released by her, so he nodded his head and pointed at the space ring in his ring.


    "Good, now order three inferior mental healing pills," She ordered without any hint of emotion while pointing at Aakesh.


    The man did as Maria ordered him to do. Aakesh went up to the shelves and brought the three pills out. He then handed them to the man. The man then handed them over to Maria.


    Maria pushed all the pills simultaneously down the man''s throat. The man lost consciousness right away, but the next moment, he woke up. Finally,plete sanity could be seen in his eyes.


    "Where am I? Who saved me? How did Ie here?" He asked a barrage of questions after waking up.


    "Senior saved you," Maria responded while pointing at Aakesh. The man followed her eyes and saw a blue-skinned man standing senior.


    "Thank you for saving me, senior," He thanked Aakesh with a slight bow.


    "Hmph!" A scoff suddenly echoed in the store. The man was stunned and looked here and there to see who was the owner of the sound, but he didn''t find anyone.


    "Your bill would be 75 inferior Primal stones, and your bill would be 150 inferior Primal stones," Aakesh ignored the thanks and instead asked for the payment from the man and Maria, respectively.


    "What!" The man eximed in shock, hearing the amount he had to pay, but Maria took out the exact 150 Primal stones from her space ring and handed it over to Aakesh.


    "But, How-"


    "Pay the bill!" The man wanted to speak, but Maria cut her off in between and coldly ordered. The man didn''t wait and took out 75 Primal stones and begrudgingly handed them to Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t care for the man''s reaction and waved his hands, and the next moment, the Primal stones disappeared from the store.


    "Senior! I will be waiting for you in my restaurant," Maria smilingly said to Aakesh and left the store. The man followed behind her.


    "System, quest screen!" Right after the group left, Aakesh called of the quest screen.


    [Mission objective: Sell products to ten customers,


    Requirement: You need to have multiple customers if you want to have a famous store. Sell ten products to your customers in a week,


    Number of products left to sell: 7/10,


    Days left: 5,


    Mission reward: A new product and addition in the pill varieties,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will be reduced to 0.5% of the product''s price.]


    "Finally, the quest screen has some changes," He expressionlesslymented after seeing the screen.

 Chapter 67 - Earthen Trolls

    Chapter 67: Earthen Trolls


    Aakesh reclined back on his chair, after both Maria and the stranger left the store. He started visualizing the battle scene again.


    Only a few minutes had passed when he had to reopen his eyes as he heard the sound of footsteps again. He looked at the door and saw a man standing at the door and curiously looking at him and the store.


    It was the first non-human customer Aakesh had. The man had light grey skin with an absurdlyrge head. The man had six eyes which all blinked curiously simultaneously, arge nose with a small mouth. Aakesh knew what race the man belonged to; it was Earthern Trolls.


    He had read about them during the quests. It was one of the weaker races in the entire Multiverse. Earthen Trolls had control of the earth element from their birth, but it was as if the Multiverse had forbidden them; they couldn''t learn any offensive skills. They could only use these skills for support, so Earthern Trolls worked as the estate builders of the Primal dimension.


    In spite of their weakness in power and usefulness in their work, no one dared to take them as ves due to a rumor. The rumor said that Earthern Trolls are the experiment of an unknown being, and they don''t like when someone touches their experimental subjects.


    They didn''t follow any cultivation system as they already had a long lifespan. Earthern Trolls averagely lived around for 12,000 years.


    "Why are you standing at the door?" Aakesh asked as the Earthern Troll only looked at him and the store but didn''t enter.


    "I''m waiting for my mother," The man turned out to be a child as he responded in a childlike voice.


    "Oh, so you''re below three hundred years old?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked. Earthen Trolls were children until the age of three hundred, as their minds hadn''tpletely developed. Their mother refused to leave them alone until they reached this age.


    "Yeah, I am only 182 years old," The children nodded in excitement.


    "Where is your mother?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked.


    "There!" The child pointed where his mother was. Aakesh had no interest in knowing, so he didn''t check it. He only asked as leaving a child this young alone would be a rarity when ites to Earthern Trolls.


    Aakesh didn''t ask anymore and closed his eyes. He fell into his visualizing session again.


    "Hey, blue man, don''t sleep! How do you have blue skin, and how old are you?" The child asked, seeing Aakesh closing his eyes.


    Aakesh ignored the child as he already had a child sitting on his head, and he knew how cumbersome it was to have a conversation with a child.


    "Why do you have six eyes? Can''t you see from two eyes?" Another childlike voice echoed in the store as Lily appeared on the ground and looked at the child standing at the door.


    "Woah, tiny animal!" The child eximed, seeing the size of Lily.


    Aakesh had to begrudgingly open his eyes as Lily hated nothing more than someone calling out her size.


    "Woah,rge nose and a tiny mouth," What Aakesh expected didn''t happen; instead, of getting angry, she retorted in the same tone as the child.


    "Yes, my mother says that too. My nose is bigger than usual," The boy excitedly nodded and proudly proimed.


    "Why did youe here, Turta?" Suddenly a hoarse female voice came from behind.


    The boy excitedly looked back and shouted, "Mother, look how great this store is? They had the entire hardwood made up of Ashamba."


    Both Aakesh and the boy''s mother had a change in expression when they heard what Turta said.


    Turta''s mother came running back while Aakesh stood up from his chair. "How did you know it was Ashamba?" Before Turta''s mother could speak anything, Aakesh asked the boy while he pointed at the hardwood.


    "Oh, that-"


    "It''s because we also have it in our house, that''s why he recognized it here," His mother cut him off before he could speak while looking at the hardwood. Aakesh could see his mother was trying to hide something, but now that he was interested, how could he not know the reason behind it.


    "Okay, do you want to check things in my store?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked instead of asking another question, making Turta''s mother secretly heave a sigh of relief.


    "What do you sell?" The boy excitedly asked before his mother could speak.


    "Currently, the store only sells pills," He expressionlessly responded.


    "(I) First-grade inferior body healing pill for 25 inferior Primal stones,


    (II) First-grade inferior mental healing pill for 25 inferior Primal stones,


    (III) First-grade inferior dantian healing pill for 50 inferior Primal stones," He then told the pair of mother and son the name of the pills and their price.


    "Aren''t they too expensive for an inferior pill, despite its grade?" Turta''s mother curiously asked, hearing the outrageous prices of the pills.


    "No!" Aakesh gave a straight answer.


    "Okay, we don''t need any," Turta''s mother also refused to buy any pills.


    "Just one pill, Mother, I want to eat it," Turta pleaded with his mother after her refusal. He didn''t know why, but the store gave him the feeling of closeness.


    "No, they''re too expensive," His mother refused again.


    "Please, mother!" He pleaded again, with all of his six eyes turning moist.


    "You..." His mother wanted to speak something, but no words came out of her throat, seeing the moist eyes of her son.


    "Hey, store owner, can you reduce the price of the pill?" His mother then asked Aakesh.


    "No bargaining!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded. "You have Ashamba in your home, and you think 25 inferior Primal stones are expensive," He added.


    "So what if I have Ashamba in my house? That doesn''t mean I would waste money everywhere," She scoffed. "Give me a body healing pill!" She added as she couldn''t see her son upset.


    Aakesh went up to the shelf and picked out a body healing pill, and handed it over to her. "25 inferior Primal stones," He asked for the bill.


    Turta''s mother begrudgingly took out the required Primal stones from her space ring and handed them to Aakesh.. "Let''s go!" She then dragged away Turta from the store before he asked for more pills.

 Chapter 68 - Stroll

    Chapter 68: Disgust


    "Give me the pill, mother!" Turta asked while getting dragged by his mother.


    "Here, take it!" His mother gently handed him the pill.


    "Oh, it''s tasty!" Turta eximed in delight after eating the pill. "Mother, it tastes sweet," He excitedly told his mother.


    A smile spread across his mother''s face as she gently said, "Okay, I''ll buy you another pill in the future."


    "Yay!" He eximed in happiness.


    "Mother, why did you lie about having Ashamba in our house?" He suddenly asked while walking with his mother.


    "Because of your safety, my dear son," She replied with a gentle look in her eyes.


    She stopped in her footsteps, turned around facing him, and bent down to his height, "Turta, you should never tell your ability to anybody."


    "You''re special, my son. If people knew about your ability, they would take you away from me forever," She gently added with a hint of sadness in her voice.


    "No one can do that, Mother. When I grow older, I''ll be stronger than anybody and then no one will be able to take me away from you," Turta said while raising his fist in the air.


    A drop of tear streamed down her cheeks as she hugged her son. "You don''t know how cruel the people living in this world are?" She said with a slight tremble in her voice.


    The next moment, she wiped her eyes that had turned moist, and a smile emerged on her face as she said, "Let''s go!"


    "Yes, let''s go. I want to sleep on my bed," Turta happily responded.


    What they both didn''t notice was that someone was watching their every moment whilefortably sitting in his chair.


    "Why did you suddenly get interested in that pair of mother and son?" Lily asked Aakesh in her childlike voice, seeing a projection showing every conversation and every action of the pair of mother and son.


    It has been several millennials since hest used the skill ''Watcher''. He asked the pair to buy a pill because only then could he see their actions whilefortably sitting in his chair.


    The next moment, Aakesh waved his hands as the projection disappeared. He could watch both the past and present, so he didn''t need to watch it all the time if he wanted to know about the pair.


    "The boy knows about Ashamba," Aakesh responded to Lily''s question.


    "So, isn''t Ashamba known to everybody?" Lily confusedly asked. Ashamba was a Primordial entity that would shed its barks in regr intervals, and the shredded barks would get used in several treasures due to their ability to negate almost all the energies present in the Multiverse. So Ashamba, despite being a Primordial entity and standing at the top of the food chain, was a known entity.


    "No, you''re wrong. No one should have any knowledge of Ashamba in the area around several thousands of kingdoms," He responded, shaking his head.


    "So, what has that got to do with him creating an interest?" She asked.


    "You''re wrong again. It''s not the boy I am interested in, it''s the mother," He responded.


    "Why would you be interested in her? Is it because she talked about someone taking his son away from her?" She asked.


    "No, I sensed disgust from her for the boy," He responded while flicking Lily''s head.


    "Ouch!" Lily groaned and hissed in response to the flick, but Aakesh only smiled seeing her reaction.


    "Why would you think that?" She asked after rubbing her head.


    "Who knows? We''ll find out anyway by seeing her actions and what is the ability that the woman talked about," He smilingly responded. "Let''s forget the pair of mother and son. We should go outside. Seeing the projection made me see the market from my own eyes," He added.


    "Really!" She excitedly eximed. Aakesh nodded in response to her excitement. "Let''s go!" She said and took the first step, and he smilingly followed her.


    "Senior, you came out," Maria said, seeing Aakesh out on the road.


    "Yes, Lily wanted to, so I thought why not," He expressionlessly responded. He then focused on the building Maria was standing in front of.


    "Is your restaurant still iplete?" He asked maria, seeing a shabby building. Someborers were currently working on extending the height of the building.


    "Yes, It would take a week toplete the building," Maria nodded as she had only moved here today, and before she bought the building, the store here sold antiques, so she had to do some construction in the building.


    "Okay!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded and moved forward. Maria only smiled wryly, seeing him leaving. She then refocused her attention on the building at theborers working on it. If Maria hired Earthern Trolls, her construction would be done in a day, but their fee was very high, and she didn''t want to waste money before getting a secure source of revenue.


    Aakesh had told her that many interesting things were toe in his store, so if she wanted to buy them, she needed a lot of money as she was confident that products would have outrageous prices.


    "Where do you want to go?" Aakesh asked Lily as she was randomly walking in the market.


    "Today, we would just check the market," Lily excitedly responded as it was the first time when she was breathing the air outdoor. Aakesh didn''t say anything in response and silently followed her while looking at the experiences of the myriad people around the market.


    He could see ady arguing with the store owner about the prices for the vegetable.


    "I have been buying from this store for years, and now you want to sell me these tomatoes for 10 bronze coins per Kg," Thedy argued.


    "I had only started this businessst month, and you''ve been buying from me for years?" The store owner scoffed, hearing the argument of thedy.


    "So, what? I''ve been buying from this store since the store opened, so I would only buy it if you sell me two Kg at 15 bronze coins," Thedy said.


    "19 bronze coin for two Kg!" The store owner said.


    "16 bronze coins!" Thedy said.


    "18 bronze coins! If you want to buy, buy at this price; otherwise leave," The store owner said his final price.


    "Done!" thedy agreed right away. She paid the price and took out tomatoes.


    Aakesh saw several scenes like this in the market.

 Chapter 69 - Store Status

    Chapter 69: Store Status


    After strolling around the market for a few hours, Aakesh and Lily returned back to the store. They only witnessed the situations today instead of experiencing them, so they didn''t have to spend a lot of time.


    When Aakesh reached the store, he noticed a man standing at the door. He could recognize the man by his clothes. It was the clothes of the royal guards.


    "Sir, do you have time?" The guard asked when he saw Aakesh returning.


    "No!" Aakesh refused straight away and entered the store.


    "Sir, youngest prince wants to meet you," The guard still stayed respectful as he had got orders to act all the time respectfully, irrespective of the situation.


    Aakesh ignored the guard and sat down on hisfortable chair. "Sir-"


    "Tell your prince toe here and talk to me if he wants," The guard wanted to request again, but Aakesh cut his request in between and bluntly refused to make time for the prince.


    "Sir, there are emergencies in the royal pce, so he can''te-" The guard tried to request again, but his mouth froze, and no words came out of his mouth when Aakesh directly looked into his eyes.


    "Tell him that if he wants to meet me, he would have toe here," He tly responded. Not waiting for the guard''s response, he added, "You can leave if you don''t want to buy anything from my store."


    The guard had no choice but to leave after Aakesh told him to since Pento had clearly told him not to raise his voice, not to change the tone to disrespectful, and especially not to stay if the store owner refused.


    "Let''s then watch the pair of mother and son," He thought, and the next moment a ck screen appeared in front of him from the exact moment he had stopped.


    There wasn''t anything for several minutes as the pair of mother and son only journeyed toward their home. When they reached their home, Turta went to his room, and since he was tired from the day''s journey, he fell asleep.


    A few moments after Turta fell asleep, his mother entered the room with a needle in her hands. She slowly took out his blood drop by drop so that Turta didn''t wake up. After taking exactly 111 drops of blood, she took out the needle and left the room while Turta snored peacefully.


    "How many more days do I have to act as his mother?" She spat in disgust aftering out of the room.


    "One month more!" A hoarse male voice echoed as a man whose face was engulfed in dark appeared in the room.


    "Still one month!" Turta''s motherined. She had been acting as his mother for more than a century but still, even a day felt like a hell to her. She acted, on the outside, that she loved Turta more than anything, but in reality, she didn''t hate anything more than him.


    "Yes, It''ll still take a month. Until then, take 111 drops of the boy''s blood every day and make him feel happy all the time," The man ordered and disappeared after taking the blood from the woman.


    "Just one month of torture more, Phi!" the woman whispered to motivate herself to act for a month more.


    ***


    "You were right!" Lily said, seeing Phi and hearing what she said.


    Aakesh didn''t say anything in response and thought about the screen disappearing, and the next moment, it disappeared.


    "Why did you switch it off? Let me see what ns they have?" Lily said after Aakesh suddenly made the screen disappear.


    "Whatever they had nned, we would find out one monthter. It wouldn''t be fun if we already knew about it," Aakesh responded with a smile.


    The next moment, Aakesh closed his eyes and started visualizing the battle since there were no customers, and he had decided to fight after he shut the store.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed, no customers came to his store. Any person who would pass through the store would only take a look but not enter the store.


    "Hey, system, what would be the new product you would add in the store after Ipleted the quest?" Aakesh asked as he had nothing to do right now.


    [Host, the selection of products will be random in the lower range of the products.]


    The system responded in its mechanical and emotionless voice.


    "Why would the products be in the lower range? If we add the products of the higher range, wouldn''t that make this Kingdom grow at an exponential speed, and the faster and therger this Kingdom grows, the more customers we would have," He asked the system.


    [Host, you''re right, but unfortunately, the Bisan and the nearby Kingdoms don''t have the sufficient resources to buy even a single product in higher ranges.]


    "I know that, but what if we sell mines of rare materials," He suggested to the system. Only the growth of resources in thend could grow the Kingdom. If the Kingdom grew, the number of rich people would grow, and simrly, his sales would increase.


    [Host, your store level isn''t enough to sell mines.]


    "What is store level, and why have I never heard of that?" He confusedly asked as it was the first time he heard the word store level from the system.


    [Ding.]


    [Hidden quest: The first suggestion of products, sessfullypleted.]


    [Mission reward: The store level sessfully opened.]


    [Host, you can check the store level by thinking about it. It would contain information regarding the store level and your store owner level.]


    The next moment, he heard a number of continuous announcements. After hearing what the system said, he didn''t wait for a second and thought about the store level. The next moment, a blue screen containing the information appeared in front of him.


    Store Status:


    Name: The First Store,


    Level: 1,


    Store owner: Aakesh,


    Store owner level: 1,


    No. of stores: 1,


    Location: Bisan market, Kakot, Bisan Kingdom, Anga Continent, Visteerna, Primal dimension,


    Current products sold: Pill (3 categories),


    Store questspleted: 1,


    Condition for update mission: Not met.


    Aakesh nodded after reading the status screen.. It showed him the basic details of the store.

 Chapter 70 - Herb Association (1)

    Chapter 70: Herb Association (1)


    There were only a few sections on the store status screen. Since Aakesh had just learned about the store level, so it was expected that it was level 1, his store owner level was also 1.


    The only thing Aakesh was unsure of on the status screen was the store update mission. "Hey, system, what is this condition that I haven''t met and what it meant by mission?" He expressed his doubts to the system right away.


    [Host, the store wouldn''t be updated just by meeting the required condition of the upgrade. Afterpleting the requirements, you would get a mission, and only after you performed the quest sessfully would the store update.]


    The system responded in its mechanical voice. "So, what''s the condition for getting the mission of upgrading the store to level 2?" Aakesh asked.


    [Host, the condition would automatically present itself to you after you met even a single criterion. Since you haven''t met any standard, you only need to sell the products, and you would get it.]


    "Even secrecy in condition!" Aakeshined to the system.


    [Host, it''s for your betterment. If you already knew the condition before meeting even a single criterion, it would be easy for you to meet the requirement, but if you didn''t know about it, you would work and meet the standards without knowing, and you would grow as a store owner. Your ultimate goal is to be the legendary store owner, so you can''t take any shortcuts.]


    The system exined the reason behind not telling him the condition. "It''s your ultimate goal. My ultimate goal is to find out the truth about myself, so I''m just doing whatever I can do to find the truth easier way," He corrected the system.


    [Host, both are the same, only afterpleting the quests would you get pieces of information about yourself.]


    The system responded in its emotionless voice. "I know!" Aakesh responded.


    Aakesh and the system''s conversation came to an early end as he heard the sound of footsteps. He looked at the door and saw a crowd of people entering the store.


    "What do you want?" He stood up and asked the crowd.


    "We heard you sell pills here, and the pills are magical," The man at the front of the crowd responded.


    Aakesh could hear a hint of discontent in the man''s voice, but for him, it didn''t matter what they felt. As usual, if they were here to buy from his store, he would happily sell them the pills, but if they tried to start a riot, he would send them for reincarnation.


    "Yes, I sell pills here," Aakesh expressionlessly nodded at the group.


    "We are from the herbs association!" The man in the front said while pointing at the badge he wore on his chest. The badge had a symbol of a triangr leaf on which there was an H in brown color.


    "So?" Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Don''t you know the rules of the Kingdom?" Another man in the crowd asked.


    "What rules?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he didn''t know a single rule decided by the Bisan Kingdom. Since he would never follow the rules, he chose not to waste his time by checking them.


    "You''re running a store without even checking the rules decided by the Kingdom," The man standing in front of the crowd had a dumbfounded expression hearing Aakesh.


    "What are you here for? Do you want to buy something?" Aakesh ignored the man''s reaction and asked him.


    "We''re here to ask you about the source of the herbs for your pills," One of the men in the crowd exined the reason behind their appearance.


    "ording to the rules made by the honorable king Punta, it is mandatory for any pills selling store based in the Kingdom to buy herbs from the pills only from the herb association," One of the men in the crowd announced the rules for the store selling pills. The men didn''t stop and added, "So, you need to show your source for the herbs; otherwise, we would''ve to seal your store from further selling pills."


    "Do you want to buy anything, or are you here for only exining the rules?" Aakesh ignored the men exining the rules and expressionlessly asked the man standing in the front of the crowd.


    "Didn''t you hear that we would seal your store if you don''t disclose the source of your herbs?" The ignored man angrily asked after getting ignored.


    "I get the herbs from everywhere in the primal dimension," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Don''t joke with us!" The man''s face turned red from anger as he felt the store owner was joking. What he didn''t know was that he was telling the truth. The system obtained material for the products it sold from all over the primal dimension. And the system also got the first born or created herbs and material for the products as its name said, ''The First Store''.


    "Since you think so little of our herb association, from this moment, your store would be sealed, and anybody who buys from your store will face criminal punishment," The man in the front announced after getting no answer from Aakesh. "Put the sticker of seal outside," The man then ordered the people in the back.


    "Yes, boss," A group of three people said and went outside. They then started drawing the pattern of the seal. Aakesh expressionlessly watched the scene.


    "If you want to unseal your store, you need toe to the headquarters of the herb association, pay the fine of 1000 ordinary Primal stones for not following the rule, and start buying from us. If you don''t, then forget to sell your products in the Kingdom until we''re here," The man in the front then told Aakesh.


    "You all can leave now!" The man then ordered the crowd to disperse. The people in the group followed the order and left the store. Only the man and Aakesh were left in the store.


    "We don''t want to be enemies. We are an upfront organization, and we have the duty not to let any wrongdoing happen to the Kingdom and its citizens," The man said after everyone left with an honest smile on his face.. "We know you killed the members of the Schiller family, but that doesn''t mean we would be afraid of you and let you risk the health of so many citizens," He added.

 Chapter 71 - Herb Association(2)

    Chapter 71: Herb Association(2)


    "Don''t make us your enemy. We only want what''s best for the citizens," The man told Aakesh. He then looked at Aakesh, waiting for his response, but the store owner stayed silent and only expressionlessly stared at him. He then added, "You can also take permission from the king directly if you want to run the store, but I would warn you against it as we would do our best not to let his highness allow you that."


    "Okay, that''s enough!" Aakesh stopped the man and snapped his fingers. The man thought Aakesh was warning him, but in reality, the pattern of the sealing the members of the herb association had drawn several moments before vanished.


    "There...there is no point in threatening me. I would not unseal the store just because you scare me. Even if I die, I will not let anything bad happen to the citizens due to my organization" The man thought Aakesh was threatening him by snapping his fingers, so he tried to stay his ground. At first, his voice had a tremble, but after believing in his righteousness, his voice came straight without any trembling and fear.


    "Why would I threaten you? You''re just an organization of this Kingdom," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. Hearing Aakesh, the man got stunned for a moment, but before he could say anything after regaining his calm, the store owner added, "My store has the best products. I already have a policy forpensation. Since you''re an upfront organization, I would let you go, but if someone from any organization, then I would have to take action."


    "But, what about the rules of the Kingdom? You live in thend of this great Kingd-"


    "Okay, that''s enough. I don''t follow the rules of the Kingdoms, I have my own rules, and I only follow them, and if you have got a problem with it, then go andin to your king about it. Don''te to my store for doing this drama," Aakesh expressionlessly dered after stopping the man from speaking.


    "If you want to buy anything from my store, it is open from the sunrise to the sunset. And if youe here to do this drama again, then I would destroy your upfront organization, and then you can y righteousness with other citizens," He expressionlessly added.


    Aakesh may be expressionless, but the man got the feeling that his voice was getting colder with every word Aakesh said, and at the end, the man felt that he was standing naked in a snowstorm.


    "I won''t get afraid-"


    The man tried to stay his ground after Aakesh''s threat, but the next moment, his words came to a stop as he found his surroundings changing. After his surroundings got cleared, he found himself in darkness. He couldn''t even feel himself, let alone see.


    He didn''t have to stay for long as only the next moment he reappeared in the store. It all happened so fast that the man didn''t have enough time to know what happened. He only knew that he witnessed the chill of the darkness for an instant.


    "You can leave. If you talk again about your organization ever again, I will send you there for your remaining life," Before the man could even fear what happened with him, he heard the cold voice of Aakesh.


    "I would leave right away!" The man subconsciously said and rushed toward the door of the store without turning back. While running, he only had two thoughts in his mind, first, the thought about not being able to force the store to follow the rules set by the Kingdom, and second, the darkness he witnessed only for an instant.


    He only had taken a few steps away from the store when his steps came to a halt. He had a struggling expression as he thought, "No, I can''t let this store owner do whatever he wants, even if it kills me."


    He clenched his fist in determination and turned around, facing the door of the store. He, with determined eyes, took his step forward, but it froze in the air. Despite trying everything, he couldn''t put his foot down. A struggling expression reappeared on his face as he thought, "If I die, how would I influence the organization to do good. I can''t die if I want to continue serving the people."


    With this thought, he turned around to leave, but his steps still didn''t move as he couldn''t just let Aakesh go. "Damn it!" He cursed out loud in the market to vent his frustration. People only took a look at him and started doing their business as usual.


    "I have to think of something. I can''t just let the store owner go after not following the rules, and I also can''t die by trying to warn the store owner," He thought in his heart.


    "Think something, Mark!" He shouted in his mind to motivate himself. Suddenly, the conversation about the policy ofpensation appeared in his mind. "Yes, why didn''t I think of this before?" He said out loud. All the dilemmas and struggles disappeared as he got the idea to do both things at the same time. A smile then spread across his face as he returned back to the store.


    "Oh, he''s back," Lily said with interest evident in her childlike voice when she saw the man entering the store.


    Aakesh had just started visualizing when he heard Lily. He opened his eyes and saw the man he had just forced to leave, entering the store with a smile.


    "Senior, I thought of the way by which both of us can get our deal," Mark said, seeing Aakesh opening his eyes. He then added, "You don''t need to do anything. We would do it here," He added, immediately before Aakesh decided to send him to that chilling ce again.


    "Senior, if you can tell me the policy of yourpensation and let me test your pills, I wouldn''t stop you from operating the store," He announced.


    "Okay, you can test my pills, but you''ve to buy it," Aakesh expressionlessly said. If he sold three pills here, he would only be three pills away frompleting the quest.


    "But senior, you''ll also benefit-"


    "If you want to test my pills, you''ve to buy it.. I won''t say this thrice," Aakesh responded, cutting the man''s words.

 Chapter 72 - Selling Pills

    Chapter 72: Selling Pills


    "You can test the products of my store, but you''d have to buy them," Aakesh told Mark.


    Mark wanted to say something, but he still remembered the store owner''s warning, so he didn''t dare to refuse. He epted with a sigh, "Okay, please give me each of your pills."


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and took one pill from each of the pill shelves. "Here, your bill is 100 inferior Primal stones," He said as he handed Mark the pills.


    "100!" Mark eximed in shock after hearing the price. "Weren''t you selling the pills at 25 inferior Primal stones per pill?" He then confusedly asked.


    "Who told you that? I sell pills based on their use," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Our Association got aint from someone that you''re selling pills at an exorbitant price here," Mark responded. He didn''t stop and added, "Otherwise, why would wee to your store when it has only been three days since you opened the store and looking at your store, we would''ve never doubted that you won''t have permission from the king, but since we got theint, we had to act."


    "Okay! Pay 100 inferior Primal stones, and you can test them," Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and responded. "Lily, since there is a customer, I can''t go outside. I want you to find the customer that Maria brought and do whatever you want to do with him," He also ordered Lily in a voice loud enough for only both of them to hear. If someoneined about his store after getting healed from its product, then that person needed to die.


    "Whatever I want?" Lily excitedly asked. She was a born predator, and she couldn''t y with her hunt due to Aakesh, but now that he had given her permission, she would y with the man to her heart content.


    "Yes, you can y with him in whatever way you want," Aakesh responded as he knew what Lily wanted. He didn''t care what Lily would do with the man as he deserved to die for him.


    "Whoosh!" The next moment, the sound of tearing through the air echoed in the store. Mark confusedly looked up, but after finding nothing, he took out the required amount from his space ring and handed it to Aakesh.


    "Now, you can do whatever you want with it," Aakesh said as he waved his hands and the stones disappeared. Mark wasn''t surprised by the store owner manipting void as he had already killed a Void Condensation expert.


    Mark didn''t wait for a second and took out a ss coin from his ring. He then looked at the body healing pill through the ss coin. A struggling face appeared on his face as he didn''t find anything on the pill even after looking for several minutes. He then tried to look at the other two pills, but he still didn''t find anything.


    "Senior, why am I not able to see the impurities of the pill?" Mark then confusedly asked as the ss coin he had in his hand was known as impurity coin. It had the ability to find impurities in the treasures.


    "Because the pill has only 7% impurities," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He had read about the impurity sses. The one in the hand of Mark was inferior in quality. It couldn''t even find any impurity when even 50% of the pill had impurity.


    "WHAT?!" Mark shouted in shock after hearing what Aakesh said. "How can there only be 7% impurity in an inferior pill?" He asked after getting over the shock.


    "Because the material used in the making of these pills is the best material in the primal dimension," Aakesh responded.


    "Really!" Mark asked in a surprised tone, but inside he scoffed, "The best materials of the primal dimension."


    "Since you''ve already bought the products and didn''t find anything wrong in it, you can leave," Aakesh said.


    "Wait, I want to buy ten pills each," Mark suddenly said. After finding no impurities on pills through his ss, he had already decided to buy several pills. He would''ve bought every pill the store offered if he had enough money, but given he only had 1000 inferior Primal stones on hand, he decided to buy ten pills each.


    "No! You have already bought one pill each, so now you could only buy two more each," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He had an excited expression inside as he had finallypleted the quest of selling 10 pills.


    "Senior! I wouldn''t try to intrude on your store again, please sell me ten pills each," Mark thought Aakesh didn''t want to sell him more pills due to him irritating him, so he tried to apologize.


    "It is the rule. A single person can only buy three pills each," Aakesh said. "So, do you want to buy them?" He then added.


    Mark, with a disappointed sigh, nodded and took out 200 inferior Primal stones from his space ring. Aakesh took out the pills from the shelves and handed them to Mark. He, in response, handed him the primal stones.


    "Good business!" Aakeshmented. "We would have a new product tomorrow, so you cane and take a look," He then added as Mark was turning to leave.


    "Okay, I''ll return tomorrow since I need to buy more pills too," Mark responded and then left the store.


    Right after Mark left, a number of announcements appeared inside his head.


    [Ding.]


    [The quest: Sell ten products to customers, sessfullypleted.]


    [Mission reward: A new product and addition in varieties of the pills, sessfully given.]


    [Host, please check the shelf for the newly added pills.]


    The system responded in its mechanical and emotionless voice. Aakesh nodded and went up to the shelf to check upon the pills.


    He saw two shelves in addition on the same block as the three pills and five addition on new shelves appearing right above them.


    He first checked the two new pills appearing next to the first three pills. The first pill was a first-grade inferior blood explosion pill, and the second was a first-grade inferior energy meditation pill.


    The blood explosion pill allowed the user to have a berserk mode for several moments in the case of emergency by risking their blood. It cost 25 inferior Primal stones.


    The energy meditation pill helped the user in cultivating in their respective choice of energy. It cost 50 inferior Primal stones.


    ***


    A/N: Any guesses, what''s the new product going to be?


    Whoever guesses correctly will get the choice to name a major character.

 Chapter 73 - New Products

    Chapter 73: New Products


    After looking at the details about the two new pills, he focused on the new shelf that had appeared after thepletion of the quest.


    There were five sections on the shelf containing five pills. The pills on the upper shelf had the same texture as the pills on the lower shelf, but the upper rack shone because of the splendor released by the pill.


    He then looked at the information written just below them. They were:


    (I) First-grade medium body healing pill: It can allow the user to heal even severed limbs. It costs 25 ordinary Primal stones,


    (II) First-grade medium mental healing pill: It can heal the traumas of the being up to Void Forging level. It costs 50 ordinary Primal stones,


    (III) First-grade medium dantian healing pill: It can heal the dantian up to the Void Forging level. It costs 75 ordinary Primal stones,


    (IV) First-grade medium blood explosion pill: It allows the user to go on a berserk mode without losing control by burning their blood. It costs 50 ordinary Primal stones,


    (V) First-grade medium energy meditation pill: It helps the user in their meditation, starting from Nascent Soul. It costs ten ordinary Primal stones.


    "So, it''s just an upgrade of the past and newly added pills," Aakesh whispered after reading the details. "Hey, system, are you sure the people here are ready to buy pills costing in ordinary Primal stones?" He then asked the system as even a single ordinary Primal stone equals 100 inferior Primal stones, so it was an outrageous price for a Kingdom like the Bisan Kingdom.


    [Yes, Host. If there are valuable things, people buy them despite their prices, and we are selling the best of products at such a low price, so crowds will gather to buy them after finding out about it.]


    The system responded in its mechanical and emotionless voice. "Yeah, I see the crowd waiting all day to buy the pills in the store," Aakesh mocked the system in response to what it said.


    [Host, are you ready for the new product?]


    The system ignored Aakesh''s mocking and instead asked his eagerness for the new product. "Of course, why wouldn''t I be ready?" He excitedly responded.


    The next moment, a giant roulette appeared in front of him. There were several blocks of different colors representing a different product. Several blocks even had a question mark on them.


    [Host, roll it whenever you''re ready.]


    The system announced. Aakesh nodded and thought about rotating the roulette. The next moment, giant roulette started spinning with unimaginable speed. With every second passing, the spinning rate decreased. After a few seconds, the roulette finally stopped, with its hand pointing at a red block representing a red question mark.


    The roulette then disappeared, and only the red question mark remained floating in the air. The question mark then started fading into nothingness. When the question markpletely faded, only a box remained in ce of it.


    The box then fell into Aakesh''s hands. He confusedly opened the box and found a key in it. The moment he took the key in his hands, he noticed a blinding light on one of the door locks. "So, it''s the key of that door," Hemented while looking at both the key and the door, respectively.


    "Hey, system, why would I get a key in ce of the products, or do the locked rooms here represent different products?" He asked the system before trying to open the door.


    [Yes, Host. The different doors here represent rare distinctive products. The roulette acts based on fate, and since your luck was high, you got one of the few unique products in the draw that you could only get afterpleting the quests.]


    The system responded. "Let''s see then, what is this one of the rarest products?" Hemented as he took a step in the direction of the door. The next moment, he appeared in front of the door.


    The door lock''s shining intensity increased by several folds when the key arrived near it. Aakesh didn''t wait and tapped the key on the door lock.


    The next moment, the key melted into the door lock, and then the door lock started dispersing into light particles. After the door lockpletely scattered into light, "Creak!" the door opened with a loud groaning sound.


    The room looked dark from the outside, he took a step inside the room, and the light appeared, erasing the darkness. A stunned expression appeared on his face as the room was like a different world whenpared to the store.


    There was a concrete floor instead of Ashamba in the room. There were murals of myriad creatures painted on the wall on all sides. From the outside, the room looked small, but once inside, it appeared the same size as the store outside.


    In the center of the room, there were five products covered in red clothes. Aakesh tried to see through the clothes, but he couldn''t, so he manually went and took clothes away from one of the products.


    The next moment, a tiny ck-hole like portal presented itself. Aakesh took all the clothes away from the other product, and he found the same thing covered in red clothes. Aakesh knew what it was, so a confused expression appeared on his face, and he asked the system, "Hey, system, would we also act as the transportationpany for the customers."


    [Host, these dimensional portals aren''t for travel. These are the virtual portals. It would allow the customers to experience a virtual world without the fear of death, and it would also give powerups and many rewards to the user.]


    The system exined about the portals to Aakesh. "Are you sure? We should have something like this early?" He asked as it wouldpletely change the dynamics of the Kingdoms here. Who wouldn''t want to get powerful without any threat of death? Even Heavenly Monarch and Demigods would desire this technology.


    [Host, you got it randomly in the roulette, so you''ve no choice but to start selling it from tomorrow since the dawn has alreadye today.]


    The system responded. "Hey, system, what are the charges for using the virtual portal?" He asked the system. If he had a choice, he wouldn''t have opened it right away, but since he got it due to his luck, there''s no point in hiding it.


    [Host, the charges are right beside the door.]


    The system informed him. "I''ll check itter, then," He muttered.. How could he not check the virtual portal before the customers? Thinking this, he took his step forward and entered the portal.

 Chapter 74 - Virtual Portal

    Chapter 74: Virtual Portal


    "Wee to the world of Panagea!" Aakesh heard an announcement as he opened his eyes in a new environment.


    He found himself in the air floating with only clouds surrounding him.


    "Would you like to change your features, or would you like to look the same before entering the world?" A question out of nowhere rang in the surroundings.


    "No need! Just send me to the world," Hemented. He decided to learn everything on his own in the world.


    There was no more voice after his words. The next moment, Aakesh disappeared from there and appeared in a market bustling with life. It was even busier than Kakot.


    He could see people belonging to different races shopping in the market.


    "Adventurer, wee to thend of Panagea!" He was looking here and there when he suddenly heard an androgynous voice from behind.


    Aakesh expressionlessly turned around and saw a gorgeous being with one golden eye and the other being a silver eye, standing in front of him. The being curiously looked him up and down, and Aakesh felt that he was currently witnessing the most intense form of beauty. Eight elegant, pulsing wings of light spread from the being''s back and bathed the area in a warm stream. He recognized them as a subspecies of the top race, Yaksha, called the Angels.


    The next moment, he shook his head as he noticed something wrong with him. "Stop the illusion!" He then expressionlessly said to the being standing in front of him. He knew he had fallen into an illusion when Aakesh thought he was witnessing the epitome of beauty.


    He found himself without any energy. He was like an ordinary mortal right now.


    "Oh¡­ you got rid of my illusion this easily," The being didn''t open its mouth, but a female voice appeared directly in his head with a seductive smile spreading across her face.


    The next moment, the illusion disappeared, making Aakesh see the actual appearance of the being. She still had an otherworldly beauty, but it was nowhere on the level he thought of her just a few moments ago.


    "Adventurer, you''ve arrived at the right time! The entire world of Panagea is currently going through a crisis! Would you like to know the story behind it?" The next moment, the voice returned to an Androgynous and asked him a question.


    "Sure, why not?" He responded as knowing the story about the world first would make the journey fun.


    The next moment, Aakesh and the Angel both disappeared from there and appeared in the air.


    The surroundings on the ground also started changing as if time was moving backward.


    At one point, the change finally stopped. The ground looked entirely different from before. Instead of a busy market, an open field where currently a war was happening appeared. The atmosphere on the battlefield was sark as if an ominous being wasing.


    On one side of the army fought people belonging to different races whereas, on the other side, all the soldiers had the same appearance. Dark mes engulfed the soldiers made out of only bones in a humanoid body shape. They gave the feeling of darkness to Aakesh. They looked the same as undead, but he couldn''t feel any hint of death from them, so he removed that option, and it was the first time he saw an unrecognizable race.


    "Hey, system, is this race real?" He asked the system in his


    He could see corpses adding on the side of the living side, whereas, on the other side, those who died vanished into the darkness, and then they returned back the same as before. He finally had an idea of their race after seeing this ability of the other side soldiers. An amused yet shocked expression appeared on his face. If what he thought was correct, then the virtual world is going to be interesting for him.


    "Billions of years ago, the world of Panagea had ten Emperors with each Emperor rulingnds vast enough to put evenbinations of worlds to shame!" Aakesh was looking at the tragic battle going on when suddenly the Angel next to him started narrating the events.


    "Those ten legendary Emperors were Emperor Sudas, Alina, Anu, Bhrigu, Bhna, Druhyu, Panis, Parsu, Yadu, and Kuru!"


    "All the Emperors one day decided to meet and discuss about their empire. But a sudden conflict arose between them due to a question, "Who is the strongest Emperor of the ten emperors?!" At first, they decided topare the value of thends they ruled, but no one came off as better in the end as everyone had equal wealth. Everyone then dered themselves the strongest, turning the peaceful meeting into a fight between the ten Emperors!"


    "The Emperors were nomon beings. They stood at the peak of the Panagea. Each of them held enough power to destroy Panagea several times. They were so strong that even Time couldn''t affect them. Since they were so powerful, the battle that they started continued for years without stopping for a moment. But even here, they were equal in power, so no one came out of the battle as the strongest."


    "Billions of miles around the area they battled turned into a barrennd with no chance of any life to ever grow on thisnd. Even the air in that area became so threatening that it killed the people trying to enter thend."


    "After another draw, the emperors only got angry. They announced a war between the empires that wouldter be known as ''The battle of ten Emperors'', and it would also be the start of an uing doom for Panagea!"


    "Each empire had an armyprising of billions of soldiers. Emperor Sudas had an armyprising of Divine Elephants and Dragons, so his army starteding at the top in the battle against the other empires. The battle between the armies continued for centuries, and finally, Emperor Sudas won the war of the armies! This war added the damaged area to trillions of miles, with several trillions of soldiers dying. The dying soldiers included Gods as well as Immortals. No one was above the rule of these ten Emperors!"


    "Emperor Sudas was dered the strongest Emperor of Panagea, but before he could celebrate, an earthquake affected the entirety of Panagea, and the source of that earthquake was the center of the location where once the ten emperors battled for their supremacy centuries ago!"

 Chapter 75 - The War Of Panagea

    Chapter 75: The War of Panagea


    "Emperor Sudas was dered the strongest Emperor of Panagea after winning the war, but before he could celebrate his victory, an earthquake affected the entirety of Panagea. It was like doomsday for Panagea as thend engulfed billions of people all over the world. It even shook the Emperors who even ordered the Gods! The source of the earthquake was the center of the location where once the ten emperors battled for their supremacy centuries ago!"


    "When they went there, they saw darkness emitting from the ground. They felt a danger of life from the darkness, so they tried to stop it, but despite using everything they had, they couldn''t do anything. The Emperors that were even unaffected by Time couldn''t do anything to darkness emanating from the ground!"


    "The more darkness emanated from the ground, the intensity of natural disasters increased. It continued for one hundred and eight years. The darkness finally stopped originating. Instead, the darkness that had emerged before started contracting into a spherical core. Right after the formation of the core, the Emperors attacked it in the hope of destroying it, but they couldn''t even put a dent upon it, let alone destroy it. Theybined their attack, but still, the spherical core remained the same as before. The attack that could''ve destroyed Panagea several times couldn''t even damage the core."


    "I knew it!" Aakesh thought in his mind after listening about the core. He also finally knew who those soldiers were?


    While the Angel continued telling him the story, "The Emperors finally knew their power had created something evil that even they couldn''t destroy. The core started generating its body with a naked speed. The Emperors knew if they let itplete its body, it would be the end of Panagea."


    "They called their armies and attacked the spherical core. But they still failed in the end. The core finally took its form!"


    "Dark pearly eyes sat high within the creature''s angr skull made of darkness, which gave the being a horrifying look. Several horns made of darkness sat atop its head. A thick neck ran down from its head and into a massive body. Its top was covered in darkness with a row of spikes running down its spine.


    Four slim limbs carried its body and allowed the creature to stand elevated.


    Enormous wings made of darkness that gave the feeling of evil then started growing from its shoulders and ended all the way down at its pelvis. The wings were ded in structure. Its barbed tail ended in a gentle point and was covered in the same darkness that covered its entire body. The being gave the feeling that it was the embodiment of evil."


    "Vritrasura!" Aakesh suddenly eximed, making the Angel stop her story. She then confusedly looked at him and asked in her original voice, "How do you know that name?"


    But suddenly something strange happened, the confused look on Angel''s face disappeared, and an expressionless face appeared. She then continued the story, "The creature introduced himself as Vritrasura! He then created an army out of nowhere made up of darkness. The darkness army fought with thebined army of the ten emperors, whereas Vritrasura alone fought the battle with the emperors."


    "Despite outnumbering Vritrasura, the Emperors were on the losing end. This war continued for years. The Emperors weren''t able to defeat Vritrasura, and the number in their army was dwindling down with the passing of time. Seeing no chance of victory, the Emperors made a decision."


    "Since it all started due to them, they decided to end it themselves. The Emperors took out their hearts and created a seal using theirbined power. If they activated the seal, they would die in some time, but if the Emperors didn''t activate it, everyone other than them would die because they were unkible. Since they started this, they decided to pay for it, and they activated the seal, resulting in the sealing of Vritrasura and his army!"


    "With billions of years having passed, the seal has be weaker and Vritrasura stronger, so Panagea is on the verge of another crisis even bigger than before, but there are no Emperors to help. In thest moments of their life, the Emperors left their inheritances for the future generation so that they would be able to fight Vritrasura."


    "Adventurer, I hope you find the inheritance of the Emperors and defeat Vritrasura to save the life of countless citizens of Panagea!" The Angel concluded her story and requested.


    "I would try my best," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Thank you, Adventurer! The citizens of Panagea would appreciate your efforts! I wish you the best of luck to gain the inheritance of the Emperor!" The Angel said, and the next moment Aakesh reappeared in the market with no sight of the Angel.


    [Host, do you like the story I''ve created for the virtual world.]


    Aakesh was just going to talk to one of the passersby in the market when suddenly he heard the system''s voice in his head.


    "The story is good, but don''t you think our buyers would have a hard time following the story and ending it?" Hemented as he had read about the real Vritrasura. If the Vritrasura of this world even had 1% of the power the real Vritrasura had, defeating him would be almost impossible.


    [Yes, Host. It would be very difficult for people to clear the story. But the value of rewards gained in this world would make even the Primordials wish to enter the virtual world.]


    "Does that mean if someone gained the inheritance of the Emperor, they would get all the skills of the Emperor in real life?" He asked.


    [Yes, Host. If they have enough price to pay to take it out.]


    "What''s the power level of the Emperor if they enter the real world?" He asked as he was curious to know it after learning about their imperishable ability.


    [Below Devas, but above everything!]


    The system responded. "Does that mean Vritrasura is at his full power here in the virtual world?" He asked as a shocked look appeared on his face.


    [Yes, Host.]


    "Why would you create a character of such level in this world?" Heined as he remembered the story of Vritrasura.


    Devas had participated in a war only once, and that too they had ended it in 12 seconds. In that war, Vritrasura was the opponent who had forced the newly born Deva to interfere and was able to survive for 12 seconds in the battle.. That fight made Vritrasura the legendary cmity of the Multiverse.

 Chapter 76 - Massacre

    Chapter 76: Massacre


    "Why would you create such a terrible character as the enemy?" Aakesh asked the system.


    [Host, the quest for gaining the virtual world was supposed to activate when you reached the sacred dimension, but you received it on the product roulette, making it your product.]


    "Doesn''t that mean its fee would be high?" He then asked the system. If the world was supposed to activate in the sacred dimension, doesn''t that mean it would also take the currency used in that dimension?


    [No, Host. The fee for entering the virtual world would be based on the dimension it is activated in, so the price the customers would have to pay would be based on the primal dimension. This world is vast enough to amodate poptions of thousands of Universes at the same time, and it has enough stories for all of them to be part of and grow stronger.]


    "Hey, system, would I be able to take the skills out for free if I gain them in Panagea?" He asked the system, as the system had told him if customers paid the sufficient amount, they could even take the inheritance out.


    [Yes, Host. Everything belonging to the store is free for you.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice. Aakesh nodded and stopped asking questions. He decided to check the world he was in before returning to the real world. He still had today''s match left.


    "What''s the name of-"


    "RUN! THE BEAST HORDE IS COMING!" Aakesh was asking a passerby the name of the ce he was currently in when suddenly a shout echoed in the entire market. The next moment, he saw the people in there closing their shop and running as if it was not the first time they were facing this.


    While Aakesh was watching the scene of chaos, suddenly, a blue transparent screen appeared in front of him. He stopped watching the crowd and focused on the disy in front of him. Red letters started appearing on the screen.


    [Adventurer, the town of Wolfden needs your service!


    The town of Wolfden is near the den of silver wolves, so there would be a horde of them attacking the town from time to time. The town can''t handle any more casualties, so join the brave guards of Wolfden and help them kill those terrible creatures.


    Be careful while fighting silver wolves, for they are strong and swift. Kill as many wolves as you like: the fewer the wolves, the safer Wolfden will be.


    You would gain the ability to manipte energy if you sessfully reduce the casualties by 25%. Your reward would increase with the decrease in the number of dead.]


    "Oh, a quest right away!" Aakesh murmured after reading the contents of the disy.


    He needed the reward as he was currently an ordinary mortal in Panagea. If he wanted to grow strong and take it out in real life, he needed to have the ability to manipte energy.


    The next moment, the blue disy disappeared, and instead, a number in blood-red appeared in front of him. It said 1400.


    "So, I can''t let more than 1000 people die if I want to get the reward," He murmured after reading the number. If he had to save people, he needed to fight from the start, so he rushed in the opposite direction of the crowd running to safety.


    Many in the crowd tried to stop him, and many in the crowd praised him for fighting for themselves, seeing Aakesh rushing in the direction of the horde.


    When Aakesh reached there, the fight between the guards of Wolfden and silver wolves had already begun. Seeing the battle, he didn''t wait and jumped into the crowd of wolves. He didn''t have a weapon, so he had to fight using his bare hands. He punched one of the wolves on its head, but instead of injuring the wolf, it made it angry.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face, seeing the reaction of the wolf. He grabbed the head of the wolf and pushed it on the ground with his full force. He then did it continuously since it didn''t die in one or two hits, while other wolves started surrounding him.


    After the wolf died, he snapped out its fangs and started using them as a weapon. Silver wolves were known for their agility, but between Aakesh and them, there was nopetition. He had learned so many battle forms that focused on agility that the wolves looked like a child inparison to him.


    It looked like he was dancing in the middle of the wolves as with every swing of the wolf fangs, he cleanly took down a wolf.


    Time flew by, and the corpse of the wolves started umting near him. Even many of the guards stopped fighting and watched the massacre Aakesh brought on the silver wolves. The pain-filled howls of the wolves continuously echoed on the battlefield.


    His unlimited endurance came into the virtual world with him, so he still wasn''t tired. He was covered in the silver blood of the wolves while an aura of massacre emanated from him. His movements only grew quicker with every passing second.


    He had killed so many wolves that even the wolves started running from him. Many injured guards took cover around him as there were no wolves near Aakesh, but he couldn''t wait here. He needed to kill as many wolves as possible to make the entire horde flee. Killing theplete crowd was even impossible for him as there were wolves exceeding hundreds of thousands in a pack, and the wolf king hadn''t even arrived yet. At least a million wolves would follow the wolf king if he entered the fray.


    Aakesh then rushed over to another group of wolves some distance away from him. There was already an intense fight between guards and wolves. Numerous corpses were lying across the ground in different conditions.


    He involved himself in the group right away. One of the wolves was just a single second away from ripping the head of a guard when suddenly a blue sh urred. The wolf didn''t even have the time to howl as its head fell to the ground while its other part struggled.


    Aakesh didn''t just stop there. With every swing of his, one wolf head flew. In less than a minute, he killed the group of 50 wolves and freed the guards from the battle.. He then rushed to another group without stopping.

 Chapter 77 - Rewards

    Chapter 77: Rewards


    Time flew by, and a few hours had passed. Aakesh still was fighting with the wolves, but the situation was different. He was fighting while the wolves were running away from him.


    He fought the wolves until the border of the Wolfden, as chasing them further could lead to a counterattack from the wolves. If the wolf king appeared, even he would be in danger, let alone other townspeople.


    He returned to the group of the guards after chasing the wolves out. The loud cheers of the guards weed him. He only expressionlessly watched the scene and waited for his rewards.


    Aakesh was confident that he hadpleted the mission sessfully, but he wasn''t sure by how much percentage he had reduced the casualties.


    "Adventurer, thank you for saving us!" One of the guards stepped forward and thanked Aakesh with a bow.


    "It wasn''t a big deal," He responded without any expression on his face.


    "Would you join us for the feast? We would have the feast to celebrate our victory over wolves," The guard then asked.


    "No need, I have some things to do!" Aakesh refused straight away, as he had no thoughts of mingling with the guards, and he had already spent way much time in Panagea.


    "Oh¡­ it''s unfortunate. You joining our feast would''ve made us grateful, and we also wanted to thank you for saving so many of our brothers," The guard said with a disappointed expression.


    Right then, a man appeared out of nowhere in the group of guards. Every guard, including the guard who spoke to Aakesh, saluted toward the newly appeared man.


    "How many of our brothers we lost today?" He asked in a hoarse voice.


    "Chief, the counting of the dead is still going on..., but we''ve got fewer... casualties than the previous wolves waves," One guard came running down as he answered while gasping for breath.


    The man whom the guard called chief turned around and looked at Aakesh. "Thank you for saving our brothers!" He then thanked him with a bow to his waist.


    "No need, I was just doing the quest," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Still, we need to thank you! Due to your massacre of the wolves, the town of Wolfden would be safe for years as the wolves need to recuperate and reproduce for several years if they want to attack the city again," The man said with a smile.


    "What about the wolf king?" Aakesh asked the man as he had read that the king of the horde at least moves with millions of wolves. Replenishing the wolves group isn''t hard for the wolf king after having so many followers.


    "The wolf king can''t attack our town, as there is a deal between our head and the wolf king," The army chief responded.


    The chief of the Wolfden was on the same level as the wolf king, so if it attacked the town, the town-head would interfere and fight with it. Since no one can''t kill each other, they had made a deal that the king would never order its horde to attack Wolfden. The wolf king was at a loss in this deal, so it refused to ept it. The town-head then proposed another deal that only wolves without any energy could attack the town, whereas the guards who can''t manipte energy would fight those wolves.


    Right then, a blue screen appeared in front of him with letters appearing.


    [Adventurer, the town of Wolfden thanks you for fighting for its citizens.


    In your fight against the wolves, you killed more than 20,000 wolves, saving lives of many guards of the town.


    The casualties during thest wave were 1400. This time it was only 764, so you reduced the number of deaths by more than 40%.


    Your reward for helping the townspeople are (i) The ability to manipte energy, (ii) a new skill, ''Wolfbane''.]


    The screen then disappeared while a blue light engulfed Aakesh the next moment. All the guards looked at the scene with jealousy in their eyes. They knew Aakesh had gained the ability to manipte energy, and now he could grow stronger using the energy of the world. They also wanted to be there where Aakesh was.


    "Congrattion, Adventurer! You can now grow stronger without any limit," The chief congratted Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded in response and tried to sense the energy in the atmosphere. He could feel clusters in the air, but when he tried to call them, nothing happened.


    "It would still take time to be able to manipte the energy of the atmosphere. Currently, you can only manipte the energy inside you," The chief smilinglymented, seeing Aakesh''s efforts.


    "Since you''ve gained the ability to manipte energy, you can now see your status. It would show all your details," The chief told Aakesh a piece of new information.


    "Thank you!" Aakesh expressionlessly thanked the chief and thought of the status.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [@#[emailprotected]</a>$#$],


    Gender: Male,


    ss: None,


    Level: Level 1,


    HP: 100/100,


    Energy: 100/100,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 10,


    Agility: 10,


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (30%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%),...


    Skills: Wolfbane.


    Aakesh nodded after reading his details. Except hand fighting, he had 100%prehension in every weapon-fighting, Alchemy, Smithing, etc.


    He only had one skill, and that too he had gained as a reward. He then thought of the details of the skill, and the next moment, a new window containing information about it appeared on the top of the status screen.


    [Skill name: Wolfbane,


    Level: Level 1,


    Ability: It gives the user a psychological edge over the wolves. No mental effect of wolves below Level 10 would ur on the user, and simrly, the wolves below Level 3 will fear the user, wolves below Level 5 have only a minimal effect, and wolves between Level 5 and 10 may or may not get affected by the user,


    Condition of growth: Train the skill to perfection.]


    "Useless!" Aakesh mumbled after reading the details of the skill. He wasn''t going to fight with the wolves all the time, so there was no point in this skill as even without this skill, he could kill wolves below Level 10.


    "Did you not get good attri-" The chief asked after hearing Aakesh''s mumble, but the next moment his words came to a stop as Aakesh disappeared.

 Chapter 78 - First Victory

    Chapter 78: First Victory


    After reading about the skill, he thought of returning to the real world, and the next moment, he returned to the real world. He appeared in front of the virtual portal through which he had entered.


    He checked his skill section right away and found the skill Wolfbane. "Useless skill!" He muttered again, seeing it in real life.


    He didn''t feel any effect from the energy he gained in Panagea because he was already way more powerful than him of the virtual world. He then took a look around the room once and left the room.


    He noticed a board appearing next to the door of the room after exiting. He then focused on the contents of the board.


    The first line was the name of the product in bright golden letters. It was ''Samsara Samraat''. After that, the brightness of the letters dimmed down severalfold. It then told the price of entering the world of Panagea.


    Every time someone tries to enter the world of Panagea, they would''ve to pay an activation price of 50 infernal Primal stones, with every hour of their stay 25 infernal Primal stones. The longest any customer could stay in the world of Panagea is six hours.


    "Hey, system, isn''t the cost of entering cheap for entering a world like Panagea?" He asked after looking at the prices on the board. It appeared cheap to him to use a treasure like the virtual portal at such a low cost.


    [Host, the price for entering is low because taking out a skill in the real world is expensive.]


    The system responded in its mechanical and emotionless voice. "Oh¡­ How much would you charge for taking a useless skill like Wolfbane in the real world?" He asked in response to the system''s exnation.


    [One top Primal stone without any conversion in Primal stones.]


    In response, Aakesh did not say anything as he got dumbfounded after hearing the price of taking out such a useless skill. He then shook his head as it had nothing to do with him. The greater the people spend, the better it would be for him and the store.


    "Hey, system, where is Lily?" He asked the system as he stopped thinking about the price issue for the virtual world.


    The next moment, a ck screen appeared in front of him. The scene of Lily then appeared on disy.


    A wry smile appeared on his face seeing the disy, as he could see a Lion running away from Lily while she chased it with augh. He then thought of the screen disappearing, and it disappeared. He could''ve called her back, but he stopped since he wouldn''t let her go out regrly, so he let her y to her content today. If she wanted to return, she could return anytime as she had permission to teleport directly into the store, despite it being closed.


    He then went outside and took a look at the dark sky. The sun had already set, so the market was empty and silent. He then turned around and closed the door of the store.


    After closing the store, he disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection ground. Then, he took out the bow he''d been using for millennia and disappeared from that ce, reappearing in the familiar arena in the midst of cheers. As expected, the apuse turned into boo right after Aakesh appeared in the battle arena.


    It was the only ce where he smiled except with Lily. A smile would subconsciously spread over his face, hearing the boos of the crowd.


    "How are you, losers?" He responded while waving his hands, making the boos even louder.


    The next moment, the crowd turned silent as Aakesh''s opponent appeared.


    "You looked confident today!" The opponent said as he zed at Aakesh.


    Aakesh only smiled in response to the opponent''s question. He took out his ce and waited for the opponent to get in position.


    With the loud sound of the bell ringing in the arena, the battle started. Both of them disappeared from their positions while the sound of metal shing echoed continuously in the battle arena.


    The crowd silently watched the battle as everyone could follow the actions of thebatants. Suddenly, the sky got covered by countless arrows like in the previous fight.


    The air in the arena suddenly started flowing in the opposite direction as a white sh appeared, aiming to engulf every arrow and Aakesh.


    The crowd looked at the scene of the sh engulfing Aakesh with their mouth wide open, but the next moment their eyes went wide open as the sh that threatened to submerge Aakesh flew in the opposite direction, even faster than before.


    The sh engulfed Aakesh''s opponent in no time. It all happened so fast that he had no time to counterattack or defend himself. The next moment, the whole arena turned silent as Aakesh appeared in the battle arena, whereas his opponent was nowhere to be found.


    The next moment, light particles started umting in the center of the battle arena. It then took the form of Aakesh''s opponent.


    The opponent bent down right after appearing as surviving from the attack took everything out of him. Suddenly, an arrow arrived and took his head away with it. As if the arrow was sentient, it took a round around the arena for the crowd to see the head of the opponent.


    After taking a round around the entire battle arena, the arrow with the head of the opponent on top of it faded into light.


    The next moment, a screen appeared in front of Aakesh. It had two options, whether to face the round again or challenge to the next stage. He chose the option of challenging the next stage without even thinking twice.


    The damage that had been sustained by the battle arena was automatically repaired after he chose the option. The corpse of his opponent also disappeared.


    A few secondster, his opponent for this round appeared. He was shocked at first, seeing the opponent, but the next moment he controlled the shock. It was the same man who had faced in the previous round.


    The opponent took his stance right away and gestured for Aakesh to take his. The next moment, the bell rang and signified the starting of the battle.


    Before Aakesh could even think of doing anything, he lost his consciousness as his head flew away, detached from his lower body.

 Chapter 79 - Fighting Battles

    Chapter 79: Fighting Battles


    The next moment, Aakesh reappearedpletely fine after dying just a moment ago.


    Remembering the scene a moment ago chilled him to his core. Right after the bell rang, announcing the start of the battle, he had just touched his bowstring when his opponent arrived in front of him and swung his sword, resulting in severing his head.


    The opponent expressionlessly took a look at Aakesh and then left the arena. The crowd watched the scene without even daring to breathe. He also left the next moment, as the defeat he faced was too much for him to take.


    He appeared in the store after putting down the bow in the selection ground. "Hey, system, did my opponent have the same power level as I do?" He asked the system because getting defeated in just a few seconds by a being of the same level was way too humiliating for him.


    [Yes, Host. You can try fighting him by using a sword.]


    The system answered and also suggested him. "Good Idea! It has been many days since I held a sword in my hand," He whispered.


    The next moment, he reappeared in the selection ground. Instead of usually picking up a bow, he picked up the sword lying on the next shelf.


    It was a one-handed double-edged sword with a razor-sharp edge and murals of a dragon threatening to swallow the Multiverse etched across the de. It had aplex guard and a detailed grip. It had a dark appearance which could even suck out the light during the afternoon. It was made up of the corpse of the first ck Dragon, a Primordial and one of the strongest in all the three dimensions, but unfortunately, it got killed by Kartikeya countless years ago.


    It weighed the same as a feather in his hands, but it was not its actual weight. If anyone other than him tried to pick it up, even a God wouldn''t be able to budge it.


    If Aakesh took any of the weapons he used for training, it would create a bloodbath not only in the first dimension but all three dimensions. But, the systems didn''t allow him to take out any weapon in reality.


    He picked the sword and the next moment reappeared in the familiar arena. A blue disy appeared in front of him and weed him. It had two options, whether he wanted to start the fight from the first round or move straight to round two.


    In light of his victory with the bow in the first round, he decided to go with the sword and see if he could finish the fight earlierpared to the bow.


    The next moment, he appeared in the battle arena in the midst of cheers. A few secondster, his opponent appeared.


    "Oh... sword battle!" The opponent at first was stunned, seeing Aakesh using a sword instead of the bow.


    "Yeah, I wanted to see who is quicker!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    The next moment, the bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. Since it was the first time for Aakesh to fight with the sword, his opponent gave him the first chance to attack.


    Aakesh didn''t waste his wee and made the first move. He disappeared from his position, and the sound of metal shing rang where his opponent stood. The next moment, they both disappeared, and the metal continuously shed.


    "It''s enough," The next moment, Aakesh''s cold voice rang, and the air around the arena suddenly turned colder. It chilled the crowd watching the battle. The next moment, his opponent started falling into the ground, severed into pieces.


    The entire arena turned red from the blood of the opponent, but his sword still looked the same as before without any blemishes. The next moment, the same window appeared, asking him for his choice. He chose to go to the second round.


    Suddenly, all the blood and body pieces vanished, leaving the arena clean and ready for the next match. Aakesh''s opponent then appeared with an expressionless face.


    The crowd started feeling even colder as both the opponent had cold expressions while staring at each other, making the atmosphere chilling.


    The bell rang, and Aakesh''s opponent made the first move, unlike thest time. A grin appeared on his face as he dodged slightly to his right, and a sword passed right through, but the next moment, two vertical half of a body fell on the ground with a thud.


    The whole crowd had shocked faces, seeing the oue of the battle. It wasn''t Aakesh''s body, but instead, it was his opponent''s. Right after he had dodged the attack, he swung his sword vertically, and it split the opponent''s body into two.


    "So, it was the problem with my archery," Aakeshmented after defeating his opponent with ease in the second round. The next moment, the same window appeared, but this time, there were three options, go back to the first round, stay in the second round, or proceed to the third and final round.


    He chose the third round without thinking too much. The next moment, the split body lying in the arena vanished. After a few seconds, his opponent appeared. It was the same being, but he could feel a sense of coldness and kill from the man.


    The bell rang and announced the start of the battle. Aakesh and the opponent made their move at the same time. In the middle of the arena, "ng!" the sound of metal shing echoed.


    "Now, this is a good battle!" Aakeshmented as he wasn''t able to find a weak point in his opponent''s fighting.


    "You''re right!" The opponent responded. His voice cold enough to chill anybody. He also wasn''t able to find any weakness in Aakesh''s fighting.


    The twobatants were on equal footing at the start of the fight, but as time passed, the opponent started to tire, whereas Aakesh continued to fight with the same vigor.


    "And, here I thought, you would give me a goodpetition," Aakesh said as the opponent started getting slower.


    Suddenly, the air in the arena turned threatening as a projection of the ck Dragon appeared in the air. The opponent sensed a feeling of danger, seeing the ck Dragon. He also activated his most destructive attack to counter Aakesh''s attack right away.


    A projection of a White Elephant appeared behind him and roared, seeing the ck Dragon.


    Both the projection looked alive, as the Dragon looked at the Elephant as if it was an ant.. The next moment, both the projections shed, and a loud explosion urred in the battle arena.

 Chapter 80 - A New Day

    Chapter 80: A New Day


    "Divine Elephant," Aakesh mumbled, seeing the projection behind his opponent, but the next moment a smile spread across his face as he attacked.


    The ck Dragon roared, shaking everyone sitting there watching with shocked faces. The next moment, it opened its mouth, which made the arena dark.


    Suddenly, the sound of a rumble echoed in the battle arena as the White Elephant rushed at the ck Dragon. In response, the ck Dragon released a dark beam that he had just sucked from the atmosphere.


    The attack even threatened the void as cracks started appearing in the space around the arena. The beam then shed with the rushing Elephant.


    The next moment, light returned to the arena. But neither the projections nor Aakesh''s opponent was present, only a pit covering the entire battle arena, and Aakesh casually standing at the center of it was present.


    The next moment, a blue window appeared in front of him. It first congratted him for clearing the training, then it gave him three options, whether to return to the first round or second round, and thest whether to fight in the third round again.


    He didn''t select any option and returned to the selection ground. He then put down the sword and returned to the store.


    "Hey, system, would the attack I used could threaten an immortal?" He asked the system after seeing the damage it did to his opponent and his most destructive attack. It wasn''t even the most powerful attack he had in his arsenal while fighting with the sword.


    [No, Host. Immortality is the level just before attaining the divine, so the defense of the body at that level is hard to break using such attacks.]


    The system answered. Aakesh nodded as it was an unexpected answer, but he still understood. An attack that could kill the strongest Tao Pce expert without even giving them a chance of survival doesn''t mean that it would be able to threaten the Immortal.


    He then went to his room and fell asleep on hisfortable bed. He woke up the following morning, and a smile spread across his face as he found Lily sleeping peacefully.


    He didn''t disturb her, took a bath, and went down to his store. He then opened the door of the store and found a smiling Mark standing there.


    "Hello, senior! I came here to buy pills!" He smilingly and respectfully said.


    "Enter!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded and returned to the store.


    "Senior! I want to buy three pills each!" Mark said.


    Aakesh nodded and went toward the counter. Before taking out the pills, he looked at Mark and said, "We have two new addition to the pills today. Do you want to know about them, or do you only want these three?"


    "Do they have the same impurity percentage as these three pills?" Mark curiously asked as he bought these pills to increase his knowledge, and the more pills he could buy, the more he could experiment.


    Aakesh nodded and said, "Yes, and if you want pills with even fewer impurities than these pills, then you can buy medium pills with an impurity of only 5%."


    "Really! 5...5% impurities!" Mark eximed in shock after hearing what the store owner said. The next moment, he calmed down as the better the pill, the more expensive it would be.


    "Senior, what are the two newly added pills, and how much do they cost?" Mark asked after taking a deep breath.


    "The first pill is first-grade inferior blood explosion pill, and it cost 25 inferior Primal stones. The other pill is a first-grade inferior energy meditation pill, and it cost 50 inferior Primal stones," Aakesh answered both of his questions.


    Mark nodded after hearing the price of the pills. He was somewhat relieved as he could manage this amount with ease. "So if I bought each pill, it would cost me 175 inferior Primal stones, and I could only buy three pills at most, so it would cost me 525 inferior Primal stones," He thought in his heart.


    Although it was arge sum for him, his love for alchemy trumped his spendings, so he took out the required amount from his space ring and said, "Senior, give me three inferior pills each."


    Aakesh nodded and took out the pills Mark wanted. "Your bill is 525 inferior Primal stones!" He dered as he handed him the pills. Mark nodded and pushed the amount toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the small mountain of Primal stones disappeared from the store.


    "Senior, how much does the medium pills of their version cost?" Mark asked while pointing at the box of pills in his hand.


    "The cheapest is first-grade medium energy meditation pill, and it cost ten ordinary Primal stones, whereas the most expensive is first-grade medium dantian healing pill, it cost 75 ordinary Primal stones," Aakesh responded.


    "Senior, give me one medium energy meditation pill," Mark said as he couldn''t stop himself from checking a pill with an impurity of only 5%.


    ording to the conversion rate, ten ordinary Primal stones would be one thousand inferior Primal stones, so he started taking them out. Beforeing here, he had decided to carry all his savings in his space ring from now on.


    "Stop! Ten ordinary Primal stones mean you have to pay them, not inferior Primal stones by conversion rate," Aakesh stopped Mark from taking out a mountain.


    "Senior-"


    "No, if you want to buy the pill, you would''ve to pay ten ordinary Primal stones. There is no choice in this matter," Aakesh bluntly said, as the system had clearly told him not to take conversion stones.


    Mark nodded disappointedly and put the Primal stones that he had already taken out back in his space ring. He only had around 50 ordinary stones, so he didn''t buy the pill.


    He then left the store after thanking Aakesh.


    [Host, you won''t earnmission from the products you sell after this if you don''t tell your customer about the virtual portal. As a new store, how can you not promote your best product to your customers?]


    The next moment, the emotionless voice of the system suddenly rang in his head and asked him to talk about the virtual portal. It also warned him to take away hismission.. Aakesh didn''t respond to the system''s words, and instead, sat down on his chair.

 Chapter 81 - Big Sale

    Chapter 81: Big Sale


    In the absence of customers to promote the virtual world, Aakesh sat down on his chair after hearing the warning of the system. He then closed his eyes and started thinking of ways to win today''s battle in the training session.


    He had only won in swords battle, but he still remembered the humiliating defeat he faced yesterday, and he would win all three rounds with his bow before breakthrough as his opponent would also grow stronger with him.


    Only half an hour had passed when he heard the sound of footsteps. He opened his eyes and saw a group of three people entering the store. He recognized one person in the group. It was Mark who had just left half-hour ago after splurging more than 500 Primal stones.


    "Senior, I brought these two to buy from your store," Mark smilingly said. "He is Bislo, the director of the herb association, and he is Bisal, the deputy director of the pill association," Mark then introduced the two persons he had brought.


    Bislo had an average build, and his hair had white streaks indicating his age, but his eyes contained vitality, whereas Bisal looked the younger version of Bislo with the same appearance. They looked like part of the same family, but Aakesh had no interest in knowing it, so he didn''t ask them about it.


    "Is it true that you''ve pills with impurities of 5%?" Bisal excitedly asked after Mark introduced them.


    Aakesh nodded in response to show his affirmation. "Can we see it?" Bisal nervously asked. It was hard for him to believe that someone would sell a pill that contained impurities of less than 20%, let alone 5%, even though Mark had told him the pill was for sale.


    "Yes, you just need to buy it," Aakesh responded.


    "Why would you sell such pills?" Bisal loudly responded with excitement as well as shock.


    "Forgive my son! He''s just obsessed with alchemy, and that''s why he''s acting this way," Bislo apologized with a wry smile, seeing his son''s excitement.


    "No problem!" Aakesh responded. He then went to the counter and asked, "What pills do you want, medium, inferior, or both of them?"


    "Can you exin to us about the pills before I decide to buy them?" Bislo respectfully asked.


    His tone was respectful, despite being the director of the herb association because Mark had told him to behave, and he had also heard about the killing of Fred, a Void Condensation expert in the store. He would be an idiot if he tried to offend the store owner after that.


    Aakesh nodded and said, "You can ask him about the inferior pills, and I would tell you about the medium pills." He then added without waiting to see the group''s response, "There are five first-grade medium pills I''m currently selling in the store. They are:


    (I) First-grade medium body healing pill: It can allow the user to heal even severed limbs. It costs 25 ordinary Primal stones,


    (II) First-grade medium mental healing pill: It can heal the traumas of the being up to Void Forging level. It costs 50 ordinary Primal stones,


    (III) First-grade medium dantian healing pill: It can heal the dantian up to the Void Forging level. It costs 75 ordinary Primal stones,


    (IV) First-grade medium blood explosion pill: It allows the user to go on a berserk mode without losing control by burning their blood. It costs 50 ordinary Primal stones,


    (V) First-grade medium energy meditation pill: It helps the user in their meditation, starting from Nascent Soul. It costs ten ordinary Primal stones."


    "So, what''re the after-effects of using the blood explosion pill, and how much power boost does it give?" Bislo asked after listening about the pills.


    "It would make a peak Nascent Soul fight ate Void Condensation expert for a minute, and there would be a weakness for three days, and in the worst case, the user could fall into thea, but there is no threat of life," Aakesh responded.


    The group had shocked expressions after hearing what Aakesh said. "Can ate Void Condensation expert fight a peak Void Condensation expert after using the blood explosion pill?" Bislo asked as he himself was ate Void Condensation cultivator.


    "Yes, it may give you a chance to fight," Aakesh nodded.


    "Give us three pills each," Bislo excitedly said while pointing at the group of them.


    Aakesh nodded and took out nine pills each from the counter shelf. "Your total bill is 1890 ordinary Primal stones!" He said while handing the pills to the group.


    Bislo nodded and handed Aakesh the required amount for the pills. Being the director of the herb association had its perks. He earned more than 5000 ordinary Primal stones a month as his sry, and he also belonged to an affluent family.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the mountain of Primal stones disappeared from the store. They were turning around to leave when Aakesh stopped them.


    "I have a new product in the store. Do you want to check it out?" Aakesh expressionlessly told the group while pointing at the open room.


    "Since I have some time, I can check it," Bislo said with a smile and went toward the room. He didn''t have time, but since he was happy after getting the pills, he decided to check out the product Aakesh talked about while Bisal and Mark followed him.


    The group went to the room and found ''Samsara Samraat'', shining blindingly on the board. They read the following contents and then confusedly looked at Aakesh to exin.


    Aakesh didn''t speak anything and entered the room while the group followed him.


    The group sucked a breath of cold air seeing the portal in the room. It looked like a cluster of stars rotating in the darkness of the void, and it also gave them a sense of pressure.


    "These are virtual portals, and you would transfer to a new world named Panagea with it," Aakesh exined while pointing at the portals. Without stopping, he added, "You can grow powerful without the fear of death, and you can also gain skills, spells, weapons, pills, potions, etc., in the Panagea. You can take your gains out in the real world if you pay the amount required for it."


    The group had a dumbfounded face after hearing what Aakesh said. It was too much to take for them, especially the part about not dying.


    "Are you telling the truth?" Bislo respectfully asked with a shocked look on his face.. Bisal and Mark enthusiastically looked at Aakesh, waiting for his response.

 Chapter 82 - New Quest

    Chapter 82: New Quest


    "Would it really let us grow strong without any fear of death?" Bislo asked with a shocked expression as what the store owner told him was something unheard of, as growing without any fear of death is the dream of every power leveler. Bisal and Mark also looked at Aakesh, eagerly waiting for his response.


    "Why would I lie to you? Everything I told you is the truth," Aakesh expressionlessly responded, making excited expressions appear on the group''s faces.


    They found it unbelievable at first, but subconsciously, they wanted to believe Aakesh, so Bislo directly paid the fee required for three of them. He only paid for an hour each, as he first needed to see it for himself, then he would pay for other hours. He handed 225 inferior Primal stones to Aakesh and entered the portal. Bisal and Mark also took a step inside their respective virtual portals after him.


    Right after, Bislo paid for an hour. A sudden alert appeared inside his head.


    [Ding.]


    [Host, congrattions on selling your first virtual hours! Please see the quest window for the quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the quest appeared in front of him.


    <em><strong>[Mission Objective: Have twenty yers enter the virtual portal,</strong></em>


    <em><strong>Requirement: Since the first yer has already joined the world of Panagea, it''s time for you to make other yers enter the world. Twenty yers would be the start for countless yersing in the store to use the virtual portal,</strong></em>


    <em><strong>Number of customers left: 20/20,</strong></em>


    <em><strong>Days required: 7 days,</strong></em>


    <em><strong>Mission reward: Ten more virtual portals,</strong></em>


    <em><strong>Failure punishment: Decrease in the number of virtual portals by one.]</strong></em>


    "Seven days," He whispered after seeing the quest screen. He only had seven days to get twenty new customers, as he was confident that these three wouldn''t be counted now, no matter how many times they paid for the portal.


    He then exited the room and returned to his chair, as the system had told him the customers would spawn outside after their time in the Panagea ended or they got killed.


    He only had just sat on the chair when the group spawned in the store with horrified faces. "We are really alive!" Bisal shouted after seeing him alive and uninjured.


    "Haha¡­ now I can have a breakthrough to Peak Void Condensation and then Void Forging without any worry," Bislo startedughing after finding out that he wouldn''t die in Panagea.


    "Cough! Senior, do we have to pay for re-entering the portal?" Hisugh got stuck, seeing Aakesh expressionlessly staring at him. He fake coughed and asked Aakesh. Even if he had to pay again, he would still enter the portal as it was the dream of the rich to grow powerful just by spending money and not dying.


    "No! You''ve already paid for one hour, so you don''t need to pay until that time," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Here, please make one hour into six hours," Bislo suddenly said while handing 375 inferior Primal stones to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the stones from his hands. "Father, let''s go. We need to take revenge on those metal wolves," Bisal urged.


    The group then went into the room and entered the portal again.


    "Hey, system, how many starting towns have you made for customers?" Aakesh asked the system as when he arrived on the Panagea, the town of Wolfden faced an attack from silver wolves, but Bisal talked about metal wolves, and there were no such species of wolves near Wolfden.


    [There are more towns in Panagea than there are people in the Bisan Kingdom.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice. "That is too many," Aakesh murmured as the poption of the Bisan Kingdom exceeded hundreds of billions.


    As Aakesh sat in his chair, he began to visualize how he would fight today''s battle. He didn''t want to get one-shotted like the battle yesterday.


    Time flew by, and hours passed. The group of people had spawned several times during these past few hours, but they entered the portal right away as they didn''t dare to disturb Aakesh from whatever he was doing. During this time, no customer came to his store.


    Finally, six hours passed, and the group was forced out of the Panagea. They spawned back in the store and saw Aakesh still had closed eyes. They didn''t want to disturb him, so they left the store with smiling faces.


    Even though they were frustrated that they had to leave Panagea, the group smiled, knowing they coulde back tomorrow. No one in the group passed the quests they got, so the six hours they spent in Panagea were a failure, but the feeling of not dying made them happy, and that was a sess.


    Only a few minutes had passed when Aakesh heard footstepsing toward the store, so he opened his eyes. He saw Maria entering the store.


    "Hello, senior!" She greeted Aakesh with a smile.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded to her greetings and stood up from his chair. "I have new pills in the store. Do you want them?" He then asked her and told her the details of the newly added pills.


    "Give me three medium energy meditation pills," Maria bought after hearing the details of the pills since it was the only one she could use currently.


    Aakesh nodded and took out the pills Maria had asked for. He then handed her the pills, while Maria paid him 30 ordinary Primal stones.


    "Senior! What''s in that room?" Aakesh was just going to promote his virtual product to Maria when she suddenly asked while pointing at the only open room.


    "It''s the new product of the store," Aakesh expressionlessly answered and gestured her to follow him.


    A shocked expression appeared on her face, seeing the portals in the store. She had seen a real travel portal in her life when she traveled with her father to a nearby Kingdom.


    The portal she saw in the store didn''t look anything like the travel portal she saw, but she had a subconscious feeling that it was better whenpared with the travel portal.


    Aakesh ignored her shocked reactions and told her the exact same thing he told the group before her, and she also had the same shocking reaction as them. She directly paid for the six hours and the activation fee as her trust in Aakesh was reverential. After paying, she entered the portal while Aakesh returned to his chair.

 Chapter 83 - Another Battle

    Chapter 83: Another Battle


    Time flew by, and another six hours passed. Aakesh got no new customers during these six hours, while Maria spawned around every five minutes during these past six hours. She also returned back to the world of Panagea right away without disturbing Aakesh.


    She was in a battle with raiders and was in an unfortunate situation when her six hours passed. She then got forced out of Panagea and spawned in the store. She heaved a sigh of relief after she got saved from her death.


    Aakesh had also opened his eyes as the dawn had already started arriving, and it was time for closing the store.


    "Who did you have to defeat as your first quest?" Aakesh asked after Maria spawned in the store after her six hours ended.


    "Human raiders attacked the town, and I had to save as many civilians as possible until the end of the raid," Maria responded with a slight tremble in her voice as the scenes of piging, raping, torturing by the raiders were still ingrained in her mind.


    "Okay! Do you want anything more?" He expressionlessly asked as it was time for him to close the store.


    "No! I woulde back tomorrow, senior," Maria responded as she understood the context of Aakesh''s question. She slightly bowed toward him, turned around, and left the store.


    After Maria left the store, Aakesh closed the door of the store. "6 days and 19 more customers to go," He murmured as he brought out the quest screen.


    Four days have already passed since the store opened in Kakot, and today was the busiest day in terms of sales. Today the store earned more than 1800 ordinary Primal stones and more than 1000 inferior Primal stones. He gained 1% of the total sales, which didn''t matter much to him as he already had 5000 ordinary Primal stones after selling a space ring to Maria, but seeing the sales grow made him happy as only when the sales will grow, the store would grow. And with the store growing, he would be closer to knowing the truth about him.


    Lily still didn''te down, so it meant she was still asleep. He went to his room and woke her up. He then took her to the selection ground with him.


    Lily still wanted to sleep, but seeing the stern look in his eyes, she stopped struggling and begrudgingly went to her training ground. Aakesh then picked out his bow from the weapon shelf and selected the training ground.


    The next moment, he appeared in the training ground in the midst of cheers. A blue window appeared in front of him with three options. He chose to fight the second round.


    The shouting stopped when Aakesh appeared in the battle arena as the crowd still remembered yesterday''s battle between him and the opponent when he used a sword. No one even dared to boo seeing Aakesh.


    "What happened, losers? Are you afraid of me?" Aakesh asked with a smile, seeing the crowd silently staring at him with hints of fear in their eyes.


    The crowd stayed silent in response and waited for the opponent toe. The next moment, the opponent arrived in the battle arena with an expressionless face. He didn''t even look at Aakesh and took his position, Aakesh also took his position, ready to shoot in a blink.


    The bell then loudly rang and announced the start of the battle. "ng!" The next moment, the sound of metal shing echoed throughout the battle arena as Aakesh shot an arrow directly at his leg, predicting his opponent''s next move. His prediction proved correct, as the opponent arrived the next moment, swinging his sword at Aakesh''s head, but Aakesh didn''t even have to dodge as his arrow obstructed the movement of the sword, and it missed him.


    Aakesh moved two steps backward right away as a hand came to grab his head, but he sessfully dodged the hand. He shot another arrow, aiming at the leg of the opponent to stop his quick movement, but the opponent easily dodged the attack by a casual swing of his sword.


    He shot arrow after arrow after that as he moved backward while his opponent chased him. Until now, Aakesh had been at the defeating end. The next moment, he stopped and activated a skill inbuilt in the weapon. With every shot, the weight of the arrow started increasing, which slowed his opponent''s move.


    Suddenly the air in the arena turned cold, as a projection of a sword appeared above the opponent''s head. The next moment, with an unimaginable speed, the sword fell on Aakesh''s head.


    He activated the skill ''Counter Shield'' right away to defend himself, but the sword cut his shield like a knife cutting through butter and sessfully struck him down, splitting him in two. He faced the same defeat he had inflicted on his opponent yesterday.


    The next moment, Aakesh reappeared in the battle arena. "So, this is the move you gained in this round?" He asked his opponent. With every round, the opponent and Aakesh would gain a skill. The sky of arrows he used in the first round was the skill he gained in the first round, and he could increase the weight of his arrows in the second round.


    The opponent nodded with a cold look and left the battle arena. He also then left the battle arena as he faced another defeat using a bow, but today was a good battle for him.


    He then reappeared in the selection ground. Since Lily was still in her training, he sat down on the ground in the meditative pose and started thinking about ways to solve the attack as his shield couldn''t handle the damage.


    Using the skill he gained in the first and second round simultaneously could allow him to slow down the fall as well as reduce the sword''s power, and then he can activate the ''Counter Shield'' to counter the attack. Whether it would be effective or not, he would find out tomorrow.


    He then cleared his mind and waited for Lily toe. He thought of taking her with him to Panagea. He would let her live in wildlife in Panagea and do whatever she wanted. After several minutes, she appeared in the selection ground. She then told him about what happened in training. After they both returned to the store, he took her to the virtual portal room, and they both entered it.

 Chapter 84 - Panagea(1)

    Chapter 84: Panagea(1)


    Aakesh reappeared in the town of Wolfden at the exact ce he had logged out. The next moment, Lily appeared. He had asked the system to spawn her with him; otherwise, she would''ve spawned in another town.


    He appeared in the jungle where hest talked with the chief of guards of Wolfden. Currently, only he and Lily were present there.


    "Where are we?" Lily asked as she curiously looked at her surroundings.


    "We''re in Panagea!" He responded as he lightly flicked her head, making her annoyed. But the next moment, a smile spread across her face after what Aakesh said next, "You can live however you want in the jungle."


    "Really!" Lily excitedly asked as an open jungle was the best ce for a predator like her.


    "Yes! You can stay here as long as you want," He smilingly said. She got ready to leave when he stopped her and exined, "You''re only a normal beast, so do anything keeping that in mind, and you can''t leave this jungle without my permission at any cost."


    "And you aren''t allowed to create beast hordes to attack towns," He added.


    "Okay!" She nodded and left him right away.


    Aakesh then turned around and returned to the market. "Hey, system, if I buy anything here, can I also take it to reality?" He asked the system as he saw people buying and selling products in the market.


    [Yes, Host.]


    "Hey, system, should I start selling pills here?" He asked another question as he needed money to buy things, and currently, he had nothing in his hand. Earning money wasn''t a big deal for him as he could create weapons, pills, or potions himself and sell them, but it was too much of a hassle.


    [No, Host. If you want to earn money, you need to use your strengths. I won''t help you in Panagea.]


    The system responded in its mechanical and emotionless voice. "Okay!" Aakeshmented with a sigh as he had to work hard if he wanted to buy skills. His eyes then fell upon a weapon shop not far from him. He decided first to check out the store and the level of weapons it sells.


    "Hello, adventurer, what do you want to buy?" The manager of the store, who was rxing, stood up and rushed forward, seeing Aakesh entering his store. It was only yesterday that he had saved the town of Wolfden, so he didn''t want to offend the savior of the town by talking while sitting on his chair.


    "I''m just here to see the weapons," Aakesh expressionlessly responded as he had no money on his hands.


    The manager of the store nodded and started showing him the weapons around the store himself.


    In Panagea, the weapon wasn''t divided into the same category as the real world since in Panagea, people having powers varying between the three dimensions lived on the samend.


    The weapons, pills, potions, or any kind of treasure were divided into several levels:


    (I) Level(1-10) were called Inferior,


    (II) Level(10-25) were called Ordinary,


    (III) Level(25-50) were called Rare,


    (IV) Level(50-100) were called Epic,


    (V) Level (100-250) was called Legendary,


    (VI) Level(250-500) were called Mythical,


    (VII) Level(500-1000) were called Divine,


    (VIII) Level(1000+) was called Chaos.


    There were simr names for some level of treasures in the Primal dimension, but the power they held in Panagea was likeparing an ant with the power of countless elephants. The level here signified the level of the user.


    Only ten beings since the birth of Panagea had crossed the 1000th mark. They were known as the ten Emperors, so there were only ten chaos weapons in existence, and the inheritor of the Emperors would also gain Chaos weapons. Whether they can take it to reality or not was up to their capability.


    In the store, the highest level of weapon Aakesh saw was the ordinary grade. None of them interested him as he could clearly see that many of them could reach rare grades, yet here they were lying as ordinary.


    While thinking like this Aakesh suddenly thought of a way to earn money. He pointed at a de, and the manager of the store respectfully handed it to him.


    It was a short, thick, and jagged de made up of wolfsteel, and its grip was wrapped invish silver wolf hide.


    "How much for this de?" He then asked the manager.


    "Adventurer, are you sure you want to know the price? You''re only a Level 1 warrior, and this de can only be used by people above Level 10," The manager asked, as he himself was a Level 5 warrior and could see Aakesh''s Level clearly. He didn''t want to offend him, so he added, "But since you want to know, I would tell you. It costs 500 low soul stones."


    "What''s the average cost of a rare-grade weapon?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked another question.


    The manager had no idea what Aakesh wanted, but he still truthfully answered, "50,000 to one million low soul stones."


    Aakesh nodded and asked another question, "Pay me 100,000, and I would make this de a rare-grade de."


    A look of shock and anger appeared on the manager''s face. He controlled his anger and responded with gritted teeth, "Adventurer, I''m grateful that you saved our town, but you can''t joke around like this."


    "Why would I joke with you? Pay me, and I would make this weapon a rare grade," Aakesh expressionlessly responded, ignoring the manager''s reactions.


    "Fine, I''ll give you a chance, but if you failed, I wouldin about you to the town-head," The manager responded after taking a deep breath. He decided to give it as even if he failed, he would only lose 500 low soul stones, and it would also take away the debt of saving the town from the townspeople.


    "Good! Show me your forging room," Aakesh expressionlessly said. If it were in reality, he would''ve made the weapon a rare grade in seconds only by purifying it, but since he was in Panagea and had no control over the purifying fire, he had to upgrade the weapon manually.


    The manager nodded and clicked something in his shop, and the next moment, a door appeared for his basement. He then entered the door, and Aakesh followed him.


    Underground, there was a muchrger area than the store itself. As Aakesh nced over to the forges, he saw several Dwarves working on them.. He found an empty forge in one corner and went to it.

 Chapter 85 - Panagea(2)

    Chapter 85: Panagea(2)


    Aakesh found an empty forge in the corner. He told the manager to wait for him in the store as he went to the forge. The manager nodded and returned to the store. He wanted to watch how Aakesh would upgrade the de but didn''t dare to do as it may offend him.


    Aakesh started the forge and selected the temperature he wanted. He took out the hide grip from the de and then threw it into the forge and waited for it to melt.


    After it entirely melted, he took out the melted steel and then poured it into the mold to create the shape of the de. After it took its form, he threw it again into the forge.


    The process of de creation continued for around fifty minutes since several devices could help in cooling and heating in no time.


    The appearance of the de hadpletely changed from before. It had a long, thin and straight appearance. It was made up of the same material, ''wolfsteel'' since the material was underutilized in the previous situation. The grip was the same as before, made from wolf hide.


    He didn''t wait anymore after hepleted the upgrade. He left underground and went up toward the store.


    The manager was rxing on his chair when he saw the door of the underground appearing and Aakeshing out of the door the next moment.


    "Did you fai-" He was going to ask if he failed as it hasn''t been even an entire hour since Aakesh left, but his voice got stuck in his throat when he saw the shiny de in his hand.


    "Here, test it!" Aakesh ignored the manager''s reaction and asked him to test the de.


    The manager nodded and gently took the de in his hand. He took out a testing stone used to test the sharpness of the weapons and decided to use it.


    He lightly swung the sword as he didn''t want to destroy the testing stone, but the next moment a dumbfounded expression appeared on his face as the testing stone split into two.


    It not only split the testing stone into two, but it also created a cut in the ss counter. The manager almost released the weapon in shock, but he controlled himself and didn''t let it fall on the ss shelf.


    "100,000 low soul stones!" Aakesh said the next moment, seeing the manager in shock after using the de.


    The manager absentmindedly nodded and took out a pouch from his store, and handed it to Aakesh. He took it and checked the amount in it. Having found the exact amount of stones in the pouch, he pinned the pouch to his waist since he was unable to manipte the void and would only have ess to space storage after crossing Level 50.


    After taking the pouch, he turned around to leave the store when the manager suddenly called him. He turned around and expressionlessly stared at him to hear his reason.


    "Adventurer, can you upgrade some more weapons?" He asked while his face was red with embarrassment. He didn''t trust him at first, but now he himself was asking for help.


    "No, I don''t have time!" Aakesh refused right away as the time moved here at the same rate as in the real world, so he couldn''t spend all his time here.


    "I''ll pay you 200,000 low soul stones!" The manager subconsciously replied as he was confident that the de would at least sell for 600,000 low soul stones.


    "No!" Aakesh refused right away and left the store. The manager only disappointedly looked at him leaving. He could''ve forced him to stay here and make weapons for him, but he had heard that Aakesh had killed more than ten thousand silver wolves single-handedly when he couldn''t even manipte energy.


    After leaving the weapon store, he asked a passerby about where the spells and skills were sold. Once he knew where to find the items, he proceeded to the location.


    There was only a single spell selling store in Wolfden and that too managed by the son of the town-head. When he reached there, he could already see the store filled with people.


    The guards recognized him when he tried to enter the store, so they called the manager of the store, and then he personally took Aakesh around the store.


    "Thank you for saving our town, Adventurer!" The manager thanked Aakesh.


    "It was no big deal!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "What kind of skills or spells do you want, Adventurer?" The manager asked Aakesh as he showed him around the store.


    "Offensive!" Aakesh responded.


    "Since you''re Level 1, you can''t buy elemental skills. You can only buy weapon skills. Should I show some of them to you?" The manager told Aakesh. Under the order of the town-head, elemental skills couldn''t be sold to warriors under Level 25, as only then could the warrior learn to control an element.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response. The manager then took Aakesh to the first floor where VIP customers could sit, and the salespeople woulde and exin the skills.


    Aakesh found a chair and sat upon it while the manager himself started showing him the spells. The manager told him about hundreds of spells and skills, but none interested him as he could cause more destruction without using the skills the manager wanted to sell to him.


    "Here, it''s one of our best non-elemental skills," A grin spread across the manager''s face as he started exining another skill to Aakesh.


    "Its name is ''Ability-Learning''. It allows the user to copy the skill of people weaker than the user and use it for them once. If the user can upgrade the skill to its limit, then they can use the copied skill as many times as they want," The manager told Aakesh.


    "How much does it cost?" Aakesh asked as it was the only skill he found interesting. His attack power would be even stronger if he learned the skills of someone weaker than him and then used them on his own level.


    "Two million low soul stones!" The manager responded with a wide smile on his face. He didn''t stop smiling as he added, "Owner has told us to give you 50% discount on whatever you buy today, sp you can buy this skill for only one million low soul stones."


    Aakesh nodded and left the store without saying anything in response since currently, he only had 100,000 low soul stones on him.. The manager only stood there dumbfounded with no idea of what happened.

 Chapter 86 - Panagea(End)

    Chapter 86: Panagea(End)


    Aftering out of the store, Aakesh decided to return to the weapon store.


    The manager was gently stroking the de when he saw Aakesh entering the store. He, with a red face, stood up and put the weapon in its ce.


    "Adventurer, do you want to ept my deal?" The manager asked Aakesh as he could only think of this reason for returning to his store.


    Aakesh nodded, making a smile erupt on the manager''s face. But the next moment, the smile froze on his face after hearing what Aakesh said next.


    "I have a new deal for you. Pay me one million low soul stones, and I would upgrade one of your weapons," Aakesh expressionlessly said.


    "ARE YOU¡­ are you joking with me? The highest any rare weapon would get sold for is around a million low soul stones, and you want me to pay that to you for upgrading the weapon?" The manager couldn''t keep his calm for a moment, so he angrily shouted, but the next moment he calmed himself after seeing Aakesh''s eyes turning cold.


    "Yes, I would give you the best rare weapon in Wolfden," Aakesh returned to an expressionless face as he responded while pointing at the bow in one of the counters.


    "No, I only have a lifetime saving of two million low soul stones, and you want me to risk half of it on a weapon. I can''t do that to myself and my family," The manager refused as after working for decades, he had saved this money.


    "Okay, I''ll sell this offer to some other weapon store. I only came here because I''ve already made a deal with you once," Aakesh responded and turned around to leave.


    "Wait!" The manager subconsciously yelled.


    "What if the weapon fails to exceed the buying cost?" The manager asked as he didn''t want to leave the deal since he had seen his ability after Aakesh upgraded the de.


    "It''s up to you to sell. I''ll give you the best weapon of the Wolfden," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Fine! But, I''ll only pay you half of the amount-"


    "No need! I want full payment of one million low soul stones after I upgrade your weapon," Aakesh bluntly responded, stopping the manager from further speaking.


    "Fine!" The manager responded after staying silent for a few seconds. He didn''t have the luxury to choose after seeing the resolute and expressionless eyes of Aakesh.


    "Give me the bow?" Aakesh then asked for the bow he was upgrading.


    The manager took out the bow from the counter and handed it to Aakesh with a determined face. He had already invested, so there was no point in thinking about it anymore.


    "Give me a runestone too," Aakesh asked after taking the bow, causing a shocked look on the manager''s face.


    Runestone was a naturally built stone that could help in the enhancement of the weapon in different ways. It could enhance the physical properties or add a skill. The majority of runestones were used in weapons of epic and above grade. Rarely was a runestone used in rare-grade weaponry, so it was shocking for the manager.


    "Are you sure? A single runestone cost 50,000 low soul stones," The manager asked after taking a deep breath.


    "Yeah!" Aakesh nodded. The manager had already decided to go all the way, so he bent down and opened a locked drawer. There were three shining stones with a symbol of P drawn on it. He picked one of them, stood up, and handed it to Aakesh.


    "Open the forge room!" Aakesh told the manager after taking the runestone.


    Time flew by, and around three hours passed. With the passing of every second, the manager''s heart turned heavy. He would stand up to check upon Aakesh, that why had he taken so much time, but he would sit down the next moment.


    For the umpteenth time, he stood up thinking that he should check upon Aakesh, but the next moment, the thought of offending Aakesh appeared in his mind, so he sat down.


    He had just sat down on his chair when the door of the forge room appeared, and Aakesh entered the store through that door with a pitch-ck bow in his hand.


    "Here, take it!" Aakesh then handed the bow to the manager.


    The manager took the bow, but the next moment he stumbled to the ground due to the weight of the bow.


    Aakesh ignored the manager''s fall and exined the property he had added on the bow, "The bow would create a shield for the archer''s protection every time they use it."


    The manager stood up after using all of his force to pick up the bow. He then asked the help of Aakesh to put it on the counter as he wouldn''t be able to. Aakesh nodded and casually put the bow on the counter the manager wanted.


    The manager only looked at Aakesh with shock as he was only a Level 1 warrior, and still, he could casually pick up the bow with such weight. It weighed around 200 Kg.


    The manager had some ideas in his heart to not pay the entire amount to Aakesh, but after seeing his strength, all such thoughts vanished from his heart. He took out a pouch containing a million low soul stones before Aakesh even asked for it. The manager then handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the pouch and left the weapon store. He went right away to the spell store and bought the skill ''Ability-Learning''. After purchasing it, he returned to the real world as he wanted to test the power of the skill.


    He teleported from the store to the mysterious peak directly. He then raised his hands, and a projection of a sword appeared above his head, creating light in the darkness of the night. It was the same skill his opponent used today while defeating him, and since he had already beaten him once, the skill ''Ability-Learning'' worked, and he could use his opponent''s skill once.


    When his hand fell, the sword too fell, causing an earthquake to appear in the area around thousand of Yojanas.


    A smile spread across Aakesh face after seeing the damage caused by the sword. A pit of thousands of miles of radius appeared while several beasts, unfortunately, died in the explosion.


    Aakesh then returned back to his store. He didn''t know that a few seconds after he left, a stranger engulfed in the darkness appeared floating in the air and looked at the pit.. Since the stranger''s face wasn''t visible, no one knew what expressions they had right now.

 Chapter 87 - Difficulty Of The Quest

    Chapter 87: Difficulty of the Quest


    Aakesh woke up the next day on time. Since he didn''t take Lily with him yesterday, she was still in the jungle around Wolfden.


    He stood up from his bed, took a bath to freshen himself, and after that went downstairs to the store. He went to open the store door right away and found a group of people standing at the door with big smiles on their faces. Aakesh recognized everybody. They were Mark, Bislo, Bisal, and Maria was also standing there some distance from the group of three.


    "Hello, senior!" All four said simultaneously, resulting inughter erupting from all four.


    Aakesh only nodded at their greeting and returned to hisfortable chair. All four people followed him inside the store.


    "Senior, six hours in Samsara Samraat for three of us!" Bislo said right away as he couldn''t wait to enter the world of Panagea. He also took out 600 inferior Primal stones as the payment.


    "Senior! Six hours for me too!" Maria chimed in, taking out her share of 200 inferior Primal stones.


    Aakesh nodded and waved his hands. The Primal stones in the store disappeared.


    "What town are you in?" Bisal suddenly asked Maria after she too wanted to enter Panagea.


    Maria didn''t answer and ignored him. "We''re in the town Gandoline, the town of Elves!" Bisal didn''t mind her ignoring him, so he told her the name of his town.


    "Let''s go!" Bislo dragged Bisal to the portal room, seeing him standing and trying to talk to the girl.


    When they reached the room, they found one of the portals white, so Marl rushed outside and called Aakesh. "Senior, there''s an issue with one of the portals!" Mark shouted.


    "Don''t mind it! You can enter your portals," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He knew what portal Mark was talking about. Since Lily had entered Panagea and hadn''te out, no one would be allowed entry through that portal.


    Mark returned to the room and entered the virtual portal, following Bislo and Bisal. Maria also went into thest virtual portal, making all the portals turn white.


    "Hey, system, you should give extra portals for Lily and me?" Aakesh requested the system as all the five virtual portals had already gotten to use, and the store wouldn''t earn anything from one of them, and he wasn''t going to call Lily right now.


    [Host, you can get one extra portal in your room, but not two.]


    The system responded in its mechanical and emotionless voice. "Okay, put the portal which Lily had entered into my room," Aakesh responded, as he had decided to only enter after the store closing time.


    The next moment, a white light passed in the portal room as one of the white portals disappeared, and instead of it, a new virtual portal showing the movement of the cluster of stars appeared.


    Aakesh didn''t have to see it in the person as the system informed him about it. He nodded and then thought of the quest screen, and the quest screen appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Have twenty yers enter the virtual portal,


    Requirement: Since the first yer has already joined the world of Panagea, it''s time for you to make other yers enter the world. Twenty yers would be the start for countless yersing in the store to use the virtual portal,


    Number of customers left: 19/20,


    Days required: 6 days,


    Mission reward: Ten more virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Decrease in the number of virtual portals by one.]


    "19 new customers in six days," Aakesh murmured after seeing the quest screen. He then wished for the window to disappear, and it disappeared.


    In contrast to his previous quest, where he only needed to sell ten pills, here he needed twenty customers rather than twenty sales, which made the mission tough for him.


    The store had a daily runtime of more than 15 hours, and he could only have 15 customers if the two pairs of customers chose a full six-hour service. He needed to cut the game rundown time as it would be impossible for him toplete the quest otherwise since many customers would repeat the sales every day.


    "Hey, system, you should cut the rundown time of the portal from six hours," He then suggested to the system.


    [No, Host. It''s up to you toplete the quest. I wouldn''t do anything.]


    The system refused right away. "Fine!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He then closed his eyes and rested while waiting for other customers toe.


    Only an hour has passed after the group of Bislo, Bisal, and Mark entered the world of Panagea. They and Maria had already revived half a dozen times in the past hour.


    While Aakesh was resting, he heard the sound of footsteps and opened his eyes. He saw a familiar figure standing at the door. It was none other than Pento, the youngest prince of the Kingdom.


    "Greetings, senior!" Pento greeted Aakesh with a slight bow when he saw him looking at him. Aakesh only nodded in response to his greetings.


    "Senior, I heard from my grandfather that you saw the death of my father," Pentomented after entering the store.


    "Yes, I saw it," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "So, senior, can you put your weight behind me in the fight for the throne?" Pento asked right away as he didn''t want to lie to Aakesh for the reason ofing here.


    Punta had announced that the time for a new king to take the seat hade as he had no interest in ruling the Bisan Kingdom anymore, so Pento came here asking for Aakesh to support him in his fight for the throne.


    If Aakesh helped him, he would not be king in only one case where Punta refused to ept him as the king, but it would never happen, so he was sure to be the third king of the Bisan Kingdom with the support of Aakesh. Pento nervously looked at Aakesh, waiting for his answer.


    "No! I''ve no interest in involving myself in the petty game of thrones!" Aakesh tly refused, resulting in a disappointing expression appearing on Pento''s face.


    Pento wanted to speak something when suddenly a group of three people out of nowhere appeared in the store.. He recognized two of the members in the group as Bislo was the head of a significant association of the Kingdom, and Bisal was his son.

 Chapter 88 - Pento And The Group

    Chapter 88: Pento and the Group


    Neither Bislo, Bisal, or Mark were able to defeat the metal wolves in a one-on-one battle, so they decided to fight the wolves together, and as a result, the group died during the loss of the fight at the same time.


    They have already got used to spawning in the store since they have even lost count of how many times they''ve spawned from yesterday.


    After spawning, they were returning to their portals right away as with every second passing in the actual world, their quest in Panagea was bing difficult for them. Bislo had just taken his first step toward the room when his eyes fell upon Pento, who was staring at the group.


    He froze in his steps as he needed to bow to the prince since he was an employee of the king. "Greetings, young prince!" He greeted with only a slight bow of his head as he was head of an organization and a Void Condensation expert.


    "Hello, Mr. Bislo," Pento respectfully responded.


    Mark and Bisal also greeted Pento after Bislo. Pento only nodded to their greetings.


    "What are you doing here, Mr. Bislo?" Pento asked.


    "Sorry, young prince. I currently don''t have time to talk to you," Bislo apologized with a hurried expression on his face. Before Pento could respond, the group tried to rush to the portal room but had to stop after Aakesh told them to stop.


    Aakesh then looked at Pento and expressionlessly said, "You can go with them and see what they''re doing here."


    "Okay, young prince,e with us. You could help us," Before Pento could speak anything in response, Bislo went to the prince and dragged him toward the portal room. He didn''t forget to pay 175 inferior Primal stones before pulling Pento since they only had five hours left of their total time.


    Pento had a dumbfounded expression as he saw devices like travel portals in the room. "Let''s go, young prince, use that portal," Bislo said with a hurry on his face and pointed at the only empty portal.


    But, Pento stood rooted on the ground as the sudden turnaround happened so fast that he didn''t have the time to understand what happened. "Sorry, young prince, we don''t have time," Bislo said as he pushed Pento in the portal, seeing him not moving. The next moment, he entered the world of Panagea, Mark and Bisal followed him.


    "18 more," Aakesh murmured after Bislo pushed Pento into the portal.


    While in the town Gandoline of Panagea, Pento with the group appeared. They were at a safe distance from the fighting going on between the guards and the metal wolves.


    Pento tried to angrily yell at Bislo for pushing him, but words got stuck in his throat as he found himself in an unfamiliar area. As he nced around, he saw beings with pointy ears fighting massive wolves even bigger than himself.


    "Elves!" He eximed after seeing the Elves as it was his first time seeing them. He had heard several legends about their beauty, but when he saw the guard''s appearances, he thought that even legends didn''t do justice to their beauty.


    "Where are we?" He then asked Bislo. His mood had calmed down seeing the appearance of the Elves.


    "I would exin you about hereter, but right now, we need to defeat those wolves," Bislo said with a hurried expression as with the passing of every second, the number of wolves was increasing while the same can''t be said for the Elven guards.


    The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of Pento that only he could see. He was taken aback by the sudden appearance of a transparent screen in front of him.


    "What''s this blue screen? Can you see it?" He asked Bislo and the other two members of the group.


    "Young Prince, I told you we don''t have much time. Please read what''s written on the blue screen and help us defeat the wolves," Bislo said with impatience and irritation evident in his voice.


    Pento''s face turned red from anger after hearing the tone in which Bislo talked about, but he controlled himself, as he would need the help of Bislo since Aakesh had refused to support him in the fight for the throne. He then took a deep breath to calm himself down as he would get an answer in some time and then focused on the blue screen floating in front of him.


    "Let''s go!" Bislo said after he noticed Pento taking his eyes away from the empty air in front of his eyes. He couldn''t see the blue screen, but since one also appeared in front of him, he noticed the change in Pento. Pento expressionlessly nodded and followed the group into the fighting.


    After Pento joined them, the fighting became several folds easier for them since being a prince, Pento had learnedbat sses when he was a child, whereas no one in the group had any interest or experience in fighting. They were even weaker than the fighter of their equivalent level, so until now, they were dying regrly if the group of wolves exceeded five at the same time.


    Time flew by, and twenty minutes had passed since Pento entered the world of Panagea. The group of four had killed more than fifty wolves until now without even dying for once, but suddenly an rm and an announcement rang on the battlefield.


    "Another horde of three thousand metal wolves have attacked us!"


    The sudden announcement brought a look of horror on everybody''s faces, fighting in the battle. The group knew why another horde had attacked them. It was due to the addition of Pento, another Adventurer in their midst.


    Since they were only ordinary mortals in the battle against the wolves, fighting continuously for more than twenty minutes took a toll on them, mentally as well as physically. Their movements and attacks started turningx, and the wolves started overpowering them.


    They were fighting when suddenly a wolf from behind jumped on Pento. He saw thating, but he couldn''t dodge or fight back, so the wolf reached him and bit his head. After that killing, the group became easy food for the wolves.


    The next moment, the group of four spawned in the store in the sequence of their death.


    "I''m alive!" Pento eximed in happiness as he found himself uninjured in the store. Bislo had told him that he wouldn''t die, but it was hard to believe until now when he found himself alive after death.


    "Let''s go! The mission has be even tougher," Bislo said as he rushed to the portal room.


    ***


    A/N: Pento didn''t go to the Appearance menu because Aakesh had told the system to remove that part as it looked stupid to him, and since he already entered Panagea with a ying group, he didn''t hear the story of the ten Emperors.

 Chapter 89 - Windfall

    Chapter 89: Windfall


    Time flew by, and five hours passed by, the group of Mark, Bisal, Bislo, and Pento were forced out of Panagea, and a few secondster, Maria also joined them in the store.


    Aakesh was resting as he hadn''t got any new customers during these past five hours. He didn''t care for their spawning, so he still didn''t open his eyes.


    "We''ll be able toplete the quest tomorrow!" Mark happily eximed as the addition of Pento truly benefited them. The rate at which they were killing metal wolves was tens of times faster than without Pento.


    During the five hours Pento had joined them, the group killed around 800 metal wolves, while the seven hours they had fought without Pento, they had only killed around 70 metal wolves and died more than a hundred timesbined.


    Their quest was different from Aakesh''s. He had to reduce the number of casualties of the guards of Wolfden by at least 25%, whereas the group got the quest not to let the metal wolves breach the gate of the Gandoline.


    Since Gandoline was the town of Elves and they were innately stronger than several races, they were able to handle the assault of the wolves and not let them breach the gate, however with the passing of time, the Elves were getting on the weaker side, but the appearance of Pento provided some relief to them.


    An unsightly expression appeared on Maria''s face after hearing the happiness in Bisal''s voice. She still was very far frompleting her quest. She had appeared in the town of Atley, the town of Vehivavy.


    Vehivavy was a race that only had females in their midst. They didn''t need a male to reproduce. They could procreate on their own without any sexual activity.


    There was a sudden attack of raiders on Atley, and she got the quest to save as many women and children as possible. If she protected more than 100 women and childrenbined until the end of the raid, only then would her mission be sessful. She would get a female physique as a reward toplete this difficult quest.


    But in the twelve hours, she had spent in Panagea, she had only been able to save two children, and the raid would be over after five days. The only saving grace for her was that she felt that she was improving in real-time.


    The people in the store then started leaving as they didn''t want to disturb Aakesh, but Pento stayed and didn''t leave.


    He then stood in the store for Aakesh to open his eyes, not daring to disturb him. Aakesh could see Pento in the store despite his eyes being closed, but he didn''t open his eyes.


    He only opened his eyes after Pento stood there for around ten minutes. "What do you want?" He then expressionlessly asked as he looked at him.


    "Senior, can I be a king in that world?" He asked as he had been having this question since Pento witnessed that he couldn''t die in Panagea.


    "You can be anything you want," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    A smile spread across Pento''s face after he got the confirmation from Aakesh. "Thank you, Senior. I''ll be right back with my guards," He said with a slight bow as he left the store.


    He can make his guards stronger in the game, and then he would gain support from them in Panagea as well as in the Bisan Kingdom. How can he let this chance go, he thought and rushed toward his ce.


    Aakesh had no reaction to Pento''s leaving as it would be better for him the more guards Pento brings, the easier it would be for him toplete the quest.


    Only half an hour had passed when Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps. He looked at his door and found several people entering the store. Aakesh knew who they were as Pento was leading the group.


    There were a group of ten guards behind Pento. Aakesh expressionlessly looked at them, while on the inside, he was excited as he would only be eight more customers away frompleting his quest after the guards entered Panagea.


    "Senior, would they enter Gandoline if they entered the world of Panagea?" Pento asked, seeing Aakesh expressionlessly staring at the group.


    "Only If you entered with them," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Aakesh nodded and paid for an hour for everyone and took them to the portal room and entered. Pento had already informed his guards everything, so they only followed orders and didn''t care for anything else.


    The next moment, Pento with his four guards appeared at the exact location where Pento had spawned in his first entry into Panagea.


    Pento had no idea that adding adventurers would exponentially increase the strength and numbers of metal wolves, making the quest even harder.


    The next moment, he, with his guards, logged out. He then took another four guards and entered the portal. After that, the group logged out again. He then entered the virtual portal with thest two guards.


    This time he didn''te out until his one hour wasplete. While he was in fighting, his quota of six hours ended, and he was forced out of Panagea while his two guards fought the wolves.


    He only had to wait for a few minutes when the two guards were also forced out since Pento had only paid for an hour.


    "Okay, you would lead this group of four people while you''ll lead this group of people," Pentomanded as he divided the group of ten members into five with the guards that had already spent an hour leading each group.


    "Senior, they would each spend three hours in Panagea," Pento told Aakesh as he handed 750 inferior Primal stones to him.


    Aakesh nodded and took the Primal stones. Both the group wanted to go first, so Pento had to select the group that would enter Panagea before the other.


    Time flew by, and six hours passed. Pento had already left after he paid for the group. The group that entered first were making strategies for their tomorrow fight against wolves in the store since they had already spent their three hours in Panagea when the other group spawned.


    The group of guards then bowed toward Aakesh and left the store.

 Chapter 90 - The Skill Ability-Learning

    Chapter 90: The Skill Ability-Learning


    After the group of the guards left, Aakesh thought of the quest screen, and the next moment, a blue window containing the details of the mission appeared in front of him.


    Number of customers left: 08/20,


    Days required: 6 days,


    He only focused on the number of customers left and the days left. "Eight more customers in six days! Now, it''s doable," Hemented after reading it, as only in the early morning, he needed to have 19 customers in six days forpleting the mission sessfully.


    He then thought of the window disappearing, and the quest screen disappeared the next moment.


    Since he had nothing to do, he thought of his status screen, and the next moment, a blue window containing all his details appeared in front of him.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 1),


    Level: Level 6(initial),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 8,769,074 (+121),


    Agility: 8,785,851 (+10),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 8,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning.


    There was only a small increase in his strength and agility. The next moment, he thought of the skill Ability-Learning, and a new blue window containing its detail appeared.


    Skill name: Ability-Learning,


    Ability: It allows the user to copy the witnessed skills of being weaker or defeated by the owner. The user can only use the copied skill once,


    Level: Level 1,


    Condition of the growth: Finding the Level 2 knowledge,


    Copied skill: Sword-Projection, Elephant-Projection, Sword-sh¡­.


    Aakesh nodded after reading the details of the skill. The skill ''Sword-Projection'' was greyed out as he couldn''t use it anymore.


    The next moment, both the windows disappeared with a wave of aakesh hands. Aakesh then sat on his chair and waited for new customers toe as there was still more than an hour until the store closed.


    He didn''t have to wait long as he noticed a female human entering his store.


    "Excuse me, is this the store where Mark regrly visits?" Thedy nervously asked as she got scared seeing a blue-skinned man expressionlessly looking at her.


    "Yes!" Aakesh responded.


    "Senior, I want to enter Panagea," She nervously said.


    She was Mark''s wife, and since Mark returned home yesterday, he hadn''t stopped talking about Panagea. At first, it was impossible for her to ept that someone could let somebody enter a new world where they could grow powerful and never die. But she had to believe her husband, seeing how enthusiastic and serious he was about Panagea. So today, when she got free from her work, she decided to enter Panagea.


    "Okay! But since the store is only an hour away from its close time, you can only enter Panagea for an hour," Aakesh expressionlessly informed her.


    She nodded as she only wanted to see the world of Panagea. "How much for an hour?" She then asked Aakesh as she didn''t ask her husband anything about it, and it was also a surprise for him.


    "50 inferior Primal stones for activation charge and 25 inferior Primal stones for an hour entry," Aakesh expressionlessly told her.


    Thedy nodded and handed Aakesh 75 inferior Primal stones. Although it was expensive for her, she thought it was cheap after hearing so much from Mark about Panagea.


    "See that room! There would be five portals, and you can enter in any one of them," Aakesh expressionlessly said as he pointed at the portal room.


    "Seven more to go!" Aakeshmented after Mark''s wife entered the portal.


    Time flew by, and one hour passed. Mark''s wife was forced out of Panagea after one hour wasplete.


    She had a disgruntled expression when she appeared in the store. "Senior, please let me stay there for one more hour," She pleaded to Aakesh aftering out.


    "No, it''s time for me to close the store," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    She wanted toin, but the next moment, she found that her feet were out of her control and started moving out of the store on their own. She looked at Aakesh with a horrified expression, but Aakesh had no change in his face.


    When she got out of the store, Aakesh closed the door of the store on her face. She stomped her foot in irritation and left the store as it was already dark.


    After closing the store, Aakesh disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection ground. He picked up his bow and then appeared in the familiar arena in the midst of cheers.


    He selected the option of the second stage when the window appeared in front of him. His opponent arrived in the arena momentster, wearing a cold expression. The bell then rang and announced the start of the fight.


    Right after the bell rung, an arrow tearing the space flew from Aakesh''s bow. His opponent dodged the arrow with ease as he disappeared from there and appeared in front of him.


    "ng!" The sound of metal shing echoed as Aakesh had to use his bow to defend himself from the swing of the sword.


    The fight continued, Aakesh had been defensive for most of the time, but his opponent was never able to put any kind of pressure upon him.


    The sound of metal sh continuously rang on the battlefield as arrows and sword shed. Suddenly the air in the arena turned colder.


    Aakesh realized that an attack wasing at him, so the next moment, a shower of arrows covered the sky of the arena aimed at the opponent while the projection of a giant sword appeared above the opponent.


    Aakesh then used the second skill of the bow as the weight of the arrow increased, and then they started bombarding into the sword while a transparent shield engulfed Aakesh.


    The next moment, the sword fell, aiming for Aakesh''s head, while the heavy arrows continuously bombarded into the sword, decreasing its power with time passing.


    When the sword finally fell on the shield, the shield and the sword both disappeared at the same time. Neither Aakesh nor his opponent won this battle of skills.


    Aakesh stopped the battle that moment as there was no point in continuing the fight anymore since his defense and the opponent''s attack were equivalent, and he had no strong attack to defeat the opponent.


    He then returned to the store and went to the portal room, as now it was time for his reentry into Panagea.

 Chapter 91 - A New Quest In Panagea

    Chapter 91: A New Quest in Panagea


    After appearing in Wolfden, Aakesh first went to the jungle where he had left Lily. Since there was no way for him tomunicate with her in Panagea, so he started searching for her.


    While searching for her, he came across several beasts of different races. He left those who ran away from him, but those who tried to attack were killed by a single swing of his hand. Despite being a Level 1, he could defeat around Level 10 with ease due to his proficiency in differentbats.


    He finally found Lily. She was ying with the pups of the wolves. When she discovered the scent of Aakesh, she rushed toward him. When she saw him, she pounced on him.


    "How''s your ytime going?" He smilingly asked as Lily contentedly sat on her favorite ce, his head after licking all over his face.


    "Good! I made some friends with silver wolves," She responded.


    "Oh, someone like you made friends," Aakesh asked as he never thought an arrogant creature like Lily would make some friends.


    "Yeah, due to my high-level bloodline, no beast dared toe across me, and I didn''t dare to go to any other beast as I didn''t want to die being this weak, so when pups of the wolves saw me, they came running at me and then we started ying catch and run," Lily responded with a disappointed sigh.


    "Oh, don''t worry-"


    Aakesh was talking when he suddenly stopped talking as a blue window out of nowhere appeared in front of him. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Aakesh knew he had got his second quest in Panagea, so he focused on the blue screen.


    [Brave Adventurer, you have already saved the town of Wolfden once, but it seems it needs your service again!


    You killed so many wolves that it would take at least five years for the silver wolves to create their horde again, and the wolf king also knew this. But it seems the wolf king had found a way to build a powerful race of silver wolves without having the ability to manipte energy.


    There is a high-level bloodline currently roaming in the jungle, and the wolf king has decided to take that creature''s help to create super wolves.


    Adventurer, you need to prevent this from happening by either killing the high-level bloodline owner and stopping the wolf king from creating super wolves, or by killing the wolf king, or by finding a way to stop it. Otherwise, the town of Wolfden will lose innocent civilians.


    Your reward would depend on the result of the mission. May you be sessful!]


    After reading the quest, Aakesh picked out Lily from his head and looked at her with a weird expression. "Have you met the wolf king?" He then solemnly asked her.


    "Yes, what happened?" She asked as she could see the change in sudden expression of Aakesh. He was only talking a moment before with a smile on his face, and now he had turned solemn.


    "That bastard wants to use your blood to create super wolves," Aakesh angrily responded. In Panagea, nothing would happen to Lily, but taking her blood was equivalent to his blood both literally and figuratively in a sense.


    "That''s why he was talking respectfully to me yesterday," Lily said in an irritating tone. She believed Aakesh right away as he would never lie to her. She then took a deep breath and asked, "Should I return with you to the real world?" She was arrogant, but she wasn''t stupid to believe that she or Aakesh could kill the wolf king, a Level 50 beast.


    "I don''t think you can leave now until Iplete the quest," He answered as, despite him not wanting to, Lily had involved herself in the quest.


    The next moment, Lily tried to return to the real world, but nothing happened. "What is your quest?" She then asked Aakesh as she couldn''t leave despite trying for a few times.


    "I have to stop that bastard from creating super wolves," He responded while thinking about ways toplete this quest as he didn''t want to kill Lily from his own hands, and right now, Aakesh would be fighting a losing battle if he faced the wolf king.


    "Since you can''t return to the real world, you should return to the wolves while I think of ways toplete the quest," He then added as currently, he had no idea how to defeat the wolf king.


    "Why not kill me?" Lily asked as she knew she wouldn''t die and would return to the real world, and it was the easiest way toplete the quest.


    A cold expression appeared on his face as he stared at her. The look chilled her so much that she started shivering. It was the first time she had seen this look on Aakesh. "I wouldplete this quest without killing you, and you can''t kill yourself," He responded with no expression in his voice.


    The next moment, he returned to his usual expression with Lily as he added, "You''re my daughter, and how can a father kill his own daughter for selfish reasons." After staying silent for a second, he further added, "You don''t need to worry. I won''t let that bastard take even a single drop of your blood."


    "Okay!" Lily responded. Her voice still had a slight tremble as it was the first time she had seen Aakesh that angry.


    A smile appeared on Aakesh''s face as he scratched her head and apologized, "I''m sorry. I would grant one of your wishes as an apology."


    "Really! Any wish!" Lily eximed.


    "Yes!" Aakesh smilingly nodded and added, "But not now, as I am not that strong."


    "Okay!" She responded as she already had a wish in her mind, that Lily wanted Aakesh to grant her, as only she knew the extent of Aakesh''s knowledge of the Multiverse and the capability of the system.


    "Now, it''s time for you to act as you usually act and try to extend the time as much as possible," Aakesh said the next moment, as his face turned solemn.


    "It''s time for us to y and have fun with these wolves," He added before Lily could respond.


    He then told Lily what she had to do as the quest was time-consuming and left her there.. Lily returned to the group of wolf pups, while Aakesh returned to the Wolfden.

 Chapter 92 - Treatment Of Adventurers

    Chapter 92: Treatment of Adventurers


    After meeting Lily, Aakesh started returning to the town. He thought of ways toplete the quest without any harm to Lily, as for him, he would lose the mission if Lily got even a little injured.


    "Hey, system, I have told you not to allow Lily to be part of any quest," Aakesh expressionlessly asked for an exnation. Before he had let Lily enter Panagea, he had told the system in clear terms as she wouldn''t be an adventurer.


    Her only purpose in going to Panagea was to enjoy her life without any consequence, but now she is part of the main quest. His reward depended on the sess of the mission, so he knew that it would be aplex mission.


    [Host, the beings created in the world have their own thinkings, and the wolf king thought of creating super wolves after sensing the bloodline of Lily as she went closer to their camp, so the system had no part in this.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice. Aakesh stayed silent in response as he couldn''t say anything. He knew it was Lily''s curiosity and the wolf king intellect that created this problem, but as the family member of Lily, he still had issues with the quest. He then took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it as he had already told Lily what to do in the wolf''s camp. Now, he only needs to create strategies to defeat the wolf king.


    While thinking about strategies and walking, he didn''t know when he arrived at the market. He could see a sense of excitement present in the market today, which wasn''t present on previous asions.


    It didn''t take long for him to find the reason for excitement in the market as he found a giant banner above the sports arena in Wolfden about an auction.


    He had no interest in the auction, so he ignored it and started moving away, but the next moment, his feet froze as he heard the discussion between a group that had just passed away.


    "Did you hear about the meditation art in the auction?" Onedy asked her male friend.


    "Hmph! Today''s special is a bow of rare grade that has a protection skill!" The man scoffed and proudly exined.


    Aakesh''s feet stopped after hearing about the meditation art, as there were only two ways for an adventurer to increase their level in Panagea, either bypleting the quests or obtaining a meditation art.


    Growing by doing quests was easy, but it was slow, whereas growing in level by finding a meditation art was tough but fast.


    "What about the meditation art in the auction?" Aakesh asked as he tapped on the shoulder of the girl who talked about it.


    The group stopped in their steps and turned around. While listening to their conversation, the man stopped them in their track, and they wanted to yell at him. However, when they realized who the man was, they instead smiled.


    "Adventurer!" The girl eximed, seeing the identity of the man.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he stared at the girl for her answer. The girl took a deep breath as her face turned red from embarrassment for acting like this. "Adventurer, there is going to be a meditation art up to Level 10 for sale in the auction. It has been several years since art had appeared in the auction, so everybody is talking about it," She told Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and turned around to leave when the girl stopped her and suggested, "Adventurer, if you want, you cane with us to the auction. We have a VIP room reserved for us."


    "Okay!" Aakesh nodded and agreed to join them in their group since he had no invitation to the auction and the group had a VIP room, so he would be away from the crowd of people even if he got an invitation.


    "Good, let''s go!" The girl said with a smile, and the group then proceeded toward the auction area.


    While in the way, the group tried to ask many questions to Aakesh, but he didn''t speak and proceeded silently.


    When they reached the gate of the arena, the guard tried to stop them for checking, despite them having a VIP pass as the town-head himself was going to participate in the auction, but when they saw Aakesh in the group, they let the group go without any checking.


    "Hey, system, why do they act like this around the adventurers?" He asked the system while proceeding toward the VIP room.


    Host, because adventurers can resurrect as many times as they die without any issues, which even Emperors could not aplish. They had the imperishable traits, but they still couldn''t revive themselves after they sealed Vritrasura with their life seal. So the low-level beings of the Panagea treat adventurers respectfully.]


    Aakesh noted the low-level part, but he didn''t ask anything to the system about it as he knew they would''ve their own pride. How could they treat an ant respectfully even though it had the ability to never die?


    Since this could be too much for the adventures to always be seen by the people in the Panagea, so the system had acted. Only when the adventurer would be in direct contact with the inhabitants of Panagea would they treat him respectfully.


    The group reached the VIP room they had booked and sat on thefortable chairs allotted to them. The room had a ss cover from where the participants could see the auction and bid for the product they wanted to buy, but since the auction hadn''t begun, so the ss was currently dark.


    The auction was still thirty minutes away from starting time. "Adventurer, if you don''t have enough money, you can ask us," One of the men in the group announced as he raised his chest.


    The others in the group also added the same thing as they knew Aakesh wanted to buy the meditation art, and it would get sold for millions of low soul stones.


    "How much is the meditation art''s starting price?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked the group.


    "600,000 low soul stones!" The girl who suggested to bring him here responded.


    "Oh, I only have 100,000 low soul stones," The next moment, Aakesh responded, making everyone present in the room speechless.

 Chapter 93 - Auction(1)

    Chapter 93: Auction(1)


    "Oh, I only have 100,000 low soul stones in my hand," Aakesh expressionlesslymented after hearing that the art''s starting bid would be 600,000 low soul stones.


    Everybody present in the room turned speechless, hearing Aakesh. Now that they had promised to help him buy the meditation art, they can''t take their words back.


    The girl who had suggested Aakesh toe with her coughed to clear the awkwardness present in the room. "Don''t worry, Adventurer, I would help you buy the meditation art," she said with a smile on her face.


    "You don''t need to worry about that!" Aakesh refused her help as he had already decided to make a deal with the buyer of the meditation art.


    "Okay!" The girl responded with a little bit of disappointment in her voice. Her father was the chief of guards of the Wolfden.


    If he learned that she helped the adventurer, he would increase her pocket money as well as feel proud of her, but now that Aakesh had refused to take her help, she couldn''t do anything. But suddenly, an idea emerged in her head as a smile spread across her face.


    Time flew by, and thirty minutes passed. The ss covering the VIP room turned transparent from inside. They could see the outside, but the outside people couldn''t see what was going on inside the room.


    The sports arena had a capacity of around 120,000 seated people without VIP rooms, and every seat was filled before the start of the auction.


    There was a tform prepared in the center of the field where the auctioneer would conduct the auction. Right when the time for the auction arrived, firecrackers started erupting in the air as a man appeared on the tform.


    Everybody in the crown and many in VIP rooms stood up when they saw the man standing on the tform and eximed, "Town-head!"


    In the VIP room, Aakesh was seated; Everybody stood up in respect of the town-head except Aakesh. The group didn''t mind him sitting as they knew even the town-head wouldn''t care.


    "Sit down!" The man on the tform said in a gentle voice, and everybody standing sat back on their seats.


    "So, that''s a Level 50 being," Aakesh whispered while looking at the town-head.


    The man sitting next to Aakesh heard his whisper and proudlymented, "Yes, even the wolf king couldn''t defeat him!"


    "Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am Mark, the town-head of Wolfden. It would be my honor to host this auction," The man on the tform introduced himself. Everyone in the crowd started pping for him.


    Mark then raised his hands, and the pping stopped. "First, let me announce the rules of the auction!" Hemented.


    "First rule, no one is allowed to threaten their opponent to win the bid. The second rule is that you may bid as much as you like as long as you pay the auction price when the auction ends. Otherwise, you will be put in prison for six months. The third rule, enjoy the auction!" He added with a smile on his face.


    "Let the auction begin!" He announced, and another round of firecrackers erupted in the area.


    "Our first item for a bid today is a skill book. Its name is Combat-Body. It allows the user to create an exact clone of themselves for three seconds in a battle."


    "I don''t have to tell you the value of those three seconds in a life-and-death battle."


    "The starting price for the bid will be 25,000 low soul stones. Every increase in the bid shouldn''t be less than 500 low soul stones. Let the bids begin!" Mark announced with a smile.


    "27,000 low soul stones!" Mark had just stopped talking when the first bid came.


    "27,500 low soul stones!"


    "28,000 low soul stones!"


    In no time, the bid reached 35,000 low soul stones. After a few seconds, the skill was finally sold for a price of 37,500 low soul stones.


    After that, ady came with a red box in her hands and carefully handed it over to Mark.


    "For the second item of today''s auction, we have¡­" Mark paused for a moment to increase the suspense, and as he expected everybody had their breaths stopped as they looked at the box in Mark''s hand, waiting for the item to reveal.


    "A pair of rare healing pills!" Mark announced and startedughing out loud, seeing the disappointed expressions on the faces of the crowd. Since the Level (25-50) could buy rare-grade healing pills from the stores in the cities, there wasn''t much interest in the pills.


    "The starting price would be 15,000 low soul stones, and every increase in the bid should be at least 100 low soul stones," Mark announced.


    "15,100 low soul stones!" The moment, Mark stopped, a bid came.


    "15,200 low soul stones!"


    .


    .


    .


    "16,800 low soul stones!"


    The bids stoppeding after this, so the pair of the pills were sold for 16,800 low soul stones.


    Time flew by, and two hours passed. So far, several items have been auctioned off, but no one from any of the VIP rooms has bid yet.


    Suddenly, a group of people came carrying a giant ck box to the tform. Mark casually took the box from them and put it on the tform.


    "Now, for the eleventh item of today''s auction, we have the weapon you''ve been waiting for," Mark announced as he opened the giant ck box.


    It was the same bow Aakesh had upgraded at the price of one million low soul stones. Everybody in the VIP room that had beenying low until now finally turned serious as it was the reason for many of theming here.


    "It''s a rare-grade bow with a skill of protection embedded in it. The owner hasn''t put any name to the bow, so whoever buys it would get to name it," Mark announced while pointing at the bow.


    If he wasn''t a sword user, he would''ve bought the bow for himself. He took a deep breath as this bidding war was going to be intense, and several beings hade from other towns to buy the bow.


    "The starting price of the bow would be 500,000 low soul stones, with every increase in the bid of 10,000 low soul stones. Let the bidding war begin!" Mark dered.


    "One million low soul stones!" the first bid came right away, and it was double the starting amount.

 Chapter 94 - Auction(End)

    Chapter 94: Auction(End)


    "One million low soul stones!" The first bid came right after Mark announced the start of the bidding. It was the first bid from any VIP room.


    "1.5 million low soul stones!" The shock of the crowd hadn''t subsided when another outrageous bid came.


    "1.6 million low soul stones!"


    "1.7 million low soul stones!"


    "1.8 million low soul stones!"


    .


    .


    .


    With every bid, the bidding war became intense. While the crowd had a dumbfounded expression, seeing in no time the starting bid of 500,000 low soul stones turning into 2.3 million low soul stones.


    While in the crowd, the manager of the weapon store had a shocked and excited expression on his face after seeing the price rise so rapidly. Although the auction house received 5% of the selling fee, he had already made a profit of over a million dors.


    "2.5 million low soul stones!" The bid came to a sudden halt as the bidders started thinking about their budget.


    "You won''t find a weapon of this caliber easily," Mark said, seeing the biding to a sudden halt.


    "Three million low soul stones!" The bid came from the VIP room where Aakesh was seated. It was one of the men in the group, his sole purpose ofing to this auction was to buy the bow.


    "Three million, one!"


    "Three million, two!"


    "Three million, three!" Mark announced the end of the bid.


    "Yes!" While the group in the VIP room cheered after their bid was the winning bid.


    Since he won''t get the bow until the end of the auction, a hurried expression appeared on his face.


    The next item for the auction was the egg of a Level 30 Wolf, and it was finally sold at the bid of 1.7 million low soul stones. It was the daughter of the guard-chief that bought the wolf egg.


    "It''s finally the time for thest item for today''s auction," Mark announced with a smile as he waved his hand, and an animal skin appeared in his hand. He had been carrying this item with him from the start.


    "It''s a meditation art that could help a person to reach up to Level 10. To know more about it, you''ve to buy it," He said with a smile as he didn''t introduce any information about the meditation art.


    "The starting bid would be 600,000 low soul stones, with every increase in the bid at least 50,000," Mark announced the start of the bidding.


    "650,000 low soul stones!"


    "700,000 low soul stones!"


    ***


    Aakesh only looked at the bidding war as he didn''t have enough money to bid. Since the meditation art wasn''t a one-time use, he was confident that he could make a deal with the winner of the bid to give him the knowledge of the meditation art.


    Several minutes passed, and the bidding war was still going on. The bid currently stood at 1.95 million low soul stones.


    "2 million low soul stones!"


    "2.05 million low soul stones!"


    "3 million low soul stones!" every bid was going on with an increase of 50,000 low soul stones when suddenly someone directly bid 3 million low soul stones.


    While in one of the VIP rooms,


    "It seems someone wants the meditation art very badly," A man muttered while licking his lips.


    "Young master, do you want to buy the meditation art!" A woman standing behind the man like a guard asked the man.


    "No, but wouldn''t it be fun if we increase the price of the product," The man smilingly said.


    "4 million low soul stones!" The man bid right away.


    ***


    Even Mark was taken aback by the sudden outrageous bid. He never expected the price to cross three million, but now the bid stood at four million.


    "4.1 million low soul stones!" The next moment, another bid came from one of the VIP rooms.


    The entire sports arena was silent and waited if another outrageous bid woulde, but after waiting for a few seconds, no one exceeded the bid.


    "4.1 million, one!"


    "4.1 million, two!"


    "4.1 million, three!" Mark announced the end of the bid with a smile on his face. He was the one who provided the meditation art for the auction as he had already found a better version for his guards.


    ***


    The winner of the bid was the daughter of the chief of the guards. She had decided to buy the meditation art so that she could help the adventurer and gain favor from him, which in turn would make her father proud of her.


    The final bid cost him at least a million more than she wanted, but she didn''t care as money was thest of concern for her. Her father was not only the chief of the guards of Wolfden, only second to the town-head both in power and authority. He was also the head of the second richest family of Wolfden.


    "Thank you foring!" Mark then announced as the auction came to an end. The auction had gone better than he expected, as he earned a windfall from the meditation art alone.


    Everybody started leaving the arena, while only those who had won the bids waited to get their winning items.


    "Adventurer, you can have the meditation art," The girl smilingly told Aakesh.


    "What do you want in return?" He expressionlessly asked as no one would spend 4 million on a product for nothing.


    "A favor!" She responded right away.


    "Okay!" Aakesh agreed to the proposal.


    "Adventurer, I am Elsie," The girl then extended her hand for a handshake and introduced herself.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh nodded and told her his name, but he didn''t shake her hands.


    Elsie awkwardly took her hands back while Aakesh felt a re from one of the men in the group. He turned around to look at the man, but he looked away, seeing Aakesh finding out.


    After a few minutes, a group came into their VIP room with the things they had bought. The man took the bow, Elsie took the egg and the meditation art after paying for the goods. Elsie then gave the meditation art to Aakesh.. He nodded and left the group after telling her to contact him when she needed the favor.

 Chapter 95 - Breakthrough

    Chapter 95: Breakthrough


    After taking the meditation art from Elsie, Aakesh left the group on their own and proceeded toward the jungle.


    After he reached the jungle, he found afortable ce to sit down. After finding a good spot, he sat down and opened the rolled animal skin.


    The name of the meditation art was ''Ordinary Meditation Art''. It had a pretty basic approach to energy leveling. The book followed the primary way of promoting the physical body to increase your level. ording to the art, as the body grows, the person''s level would automatically increase.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but sigh disappointedly, seeing the name of the meditation art and then the introduction regarding it. He finally knew why the town-head acted mysteriously around it in the auction.


    If only he had announced the name of the art in the auction, it wouldn''t have even gained half of the bidding price.


    Whatever was written in the animal skin was already known to Aakesh. He knew way more than that, but the system had inly told him, without getting the same information in the virtual world, he couldn''t use the knowledge of the actual world to help him in the breakthrough.


    Since Aakesh had already bought the meditation art by granting a favor, he couldn''t waste it. The next moment, he stood up and started making the exact postures shown in the art.


    It wasn''t hard for Aakesh, so he did 108 postures in around a minute. Time flew by, and he continued making the same posture for around 1111 times.


    Right after hepleted the 1111th posture, a sudden blue light engulfed him, and the next moment it disappeared. Aakesh knew he was now a Level 2 instead of Level 1.


    The next moment, he thought of his status screen, and a blue window containing all his details appeared in front of him.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    ss: None,


    Level: Level 2,


    HP: 110/110,


    Energy: 110/110,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 10,


    Agility: 10,


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning.


    Aakesh nodded after seeing his details. His hp and energy have both expanded by ten points, whereas his strength and agility remained the same, without any increase.


    "Hey, system, what would be my level if Ipared my stats with others?" He asked as the status screen disappeared.


    [Host, you''ve stats of Level 10, but you can defeat up to Level 15 with ease considering the experience in thebat you have.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice. Aakesh nodded and didn''t ask another question.


    Time flew by, and hours passed. Aakesh didn''t stop standing in postures after a single breakthrough. He continued the same process again, only to stop when the system informed him that a new day hade, and it was time to open his store in the real world.


    Still, his hard work was not without any result. He was Level 6 at the time of stopping. He decided to check his statusst time before exiting Panagea.


    The next moment, a blue window containing all his details of Panagea appeared in front of him.


    Level: Level 6,


    HP: 150/110,


    Energy: 150/110,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 16 (+6),


    Agility: 16 (+6),


    Aakesh nodded after seeing the all-around improvement and waved his hands. The next moment, the status screen disappeared.


    He then disappeared from the jungle and appeared in the store. He decided to take a bath first and then open the door of the store.


    After he took his bath and wore his regr clothes, he came down and opened the door. A group of familiar people was already standing at the door when Aakesh opened the store.


    "Senior, you gotte today!" Mark smilingly responded as Aakesh was some minuteste from his usual opening time.


    In response, Aakesh only nodded, walked around to hisfortable chair, and sat down. The group then entered the store. The group had four members, and they were Bislo, Bisal, Mark, and Pento.


    "Hello, senior!" Pento respectfully greeted after entering the store.


    "Senior, six hours for all of us!" Bislo said. When he had left Panagea yesterday, the group was in a favorable position, so he was confident that they could sessfullyplete the quest today.


    Bislo then handed 800 inferior Primal stones to Aakesh after taking their share from each member. Aakesh nodded, and the next moment, the mountain of Primal stones disappeared from the store.


    They then made their way to the portal room while thinking about the sess of their quest, but they had no idea what they were going to find when they entered Panagea.


    Only ten minutes had passed when Mark and Bisal spawned in the store.


    "Damn it! How could this happen?" They cursed right after spawning. Only a few seconds had passed when Bislo too appeared with a pale face. Only Pento was left in panagea fighting the metal wolves.


    "Damn him!" Bislo cursed Pento after spawning, as he couldn''t curse him in front of him.


    "That bastard had ruined our quest after the Kingdom!" Bisal too cursed the prince.


    "Senior, what''s the cost of failure of the first quest?" Bislo ignored the ramblings of his son aspleting the quest was now a foregone conclusion for them.


    When they appeared in Gandoline, they saw a sea of wolves fighting a number of Elves. Seeing the situation, it doesn''t look like they would be able to handle the onught of the wolves for even a day now.


    "Nothing! You would get a new quest, and that would be several times more difficult than the previous," Aakesh expressionlessly answered. He didn''t stop and continued, "if you failed that one too, you would get onest quest. If you failed inpleting that quest, you would lose the ability to cultivate energy in Panagea. Instead, new sses will awaken for you, like cksmiths, alchemists, etc."


    "We can learn alchemy in Panagea?" Bisal excitedly asked before Bislo could say something.


    "Yes, you can do anything in Panagea that you can do in the actual world. You can even be a God in Panagea and then in the real world as long as you can afford the price for entering," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    After learning that they could learn alchemy in Panagea, the group of the three decided to quit the quest right away and instead attempt to start learning alchemy right away.


    Aakesh also told them that they could grow in levels by doing alchemy quests, but the only side effect was that they would always be weaker than other counterparts of the same level as them. Since they didn''t gain the energy from the world bypleting the first quest, but instead, they would get that ability by their ss, so they would always be weaker than those whopleted their first quest.


    The group had no problem with staying weaker than others as they could never die in Panagea.


    "You can be an alchemist even afterpleting the quest," Aakesh expressionlessly suggested to them before they could enter the Panagea and quit the quests.


    He didn''t care whether theypleted the quest or not. He only suggested this because a new mode would activate in the Panagea when an adventurer would activate other sses. He didn''t want the mode to activate currently, as he didn''t have enough customers and portals.


    Wry smiles appeared on the group''s faces hearing Aakesh. They couldn''tplete the quest even if they wanted to. The horde of metal wolves had already grown dangerous enough to threaten the entire town of Gandoline.


    "Aren''t you growing stronger by fighting them, and there''s no risk of death, so why are you afraid of the quest?" Aakesh expressionlessly said, seeing their expressions.


    "Senior-"


    Bislo was going to respond when his voice got stuck in his throat as the next moment, Pento spawned in the store.


    "What''re you doing here?" He angrily asked the group with a hint of killing intent.


    In reality, Pento was an arrogant and cruel man. He only acted subserviently in the store because of the fear of Aakesh. He started taking it seriously since he got the confirmation that bing a king in Panagea for him was possible. After bing the king, he could use the gain of Panagea to be a king in the actual world, but dying alone due to the group noting back for minutes made him erupt in anger despite him being in the presence of Aakesh.


    "Young Prince, we were talking to senior about alchem-"


    "I don''t care! Let''s go. After us, my guards would enter Panagea and fight the metal wolves," Pento cut Bislo off and said with amanding tone.


    Bislo wanted to respond, but words got stuck in his throat when he found Pento ring at him. He may be stronger whenpared with Pento in power, but his authority was nowhere near him. He couldn''t evennd a finger on Pento, but Pento only had to say it, and no one would know what happened with him.


    Bislo stopped speaking and made his way toward the portal room after seeing the actual nature of Pento. Bisal and Mark followed Bislo while looking down. They didn''t even dare to look into Pento''s eyes, as they''ve heard enough of the stories of actions of Pento. Pento also followed after them.


    ***


    A/N: Happy Deepavali to all the Indian and the world readers across the globe. May this festival bring light into this dark world of ours!


    Thank you for supporting the book until now! I''m very grateful.


    Happy Deepavali once again ^_^

 Chapter 96 - The Battle In Gandoline

    Chapter 96: The Battle in Gandoline


    Time flew by, and hours passed. The group of Pento, Bislo, Bisal, and Mark would spawn every twenty-thirty minutes. The group had frustrated faces whenever they spawned, but they would directly enter the Panagea without waiting for even a moment.


    The group left after their six hours duration in Panagea ended. Only a few minutes had passed after they left when the group of Pento''s ten guards came to the store for their y.


    Since they were the personal guards of Pento, and he didn''te here with them so they couldn''t stay here for long without his presence.


    As the group only had six hours of free time, they decided to enter the Panagea in the same manner as yesterday. They separated into the same group Pento had separated them into yesterday.


    The group then paid 1250 inferior Primal stones to Aakesh for their entry into Panagea for three hours each. Aakesh nodded and took it.


    The first group then entered Panagea, while the second group sat down in a meditative pose to prepare themselves for what''s toe in Panagea after the first group exited the store.


    Since Aakesh had nothing to do, he decided to watch what was going on in Gandoline. The next moment, a screen only he could see appeared in front of him, showing everything that was happening.


    There was a sea of metal wolves attacking the Elven guards, while the guards that had just entered the town, looked like a drop in the sea of wolves.


    "Cover the left!" One Elf shouted, seeing the number of the Elves on the left nk dwindling down.


    Since the guards were closest to the left nk, they epted the order and rushed toward it.


    One of the wolves seeing its chance rushed at one of the guards and tried to rip the guard in half, but the guard was cautious, so he moved out of the way and kicked the wolf.


    The kick didn''t harm the wolf much, but it gave sufficient time to the guards to prepare abined attack to kill it. One of the guards punched the wolf in its gut before it could stand up. Several strikes came at the same area simultaneously, resulting in a hole in the wolf''s gut.


    The guards then left the wolf lying there howling in pain as they had to reach the left nk to support the Elves. Since they were the guards of Pento, they were practiced in different kinds ofbat, but they were specifically trained in weapons like spears or shafts to let the damage stay far from the prince. But in Panagea, they''d have to fight by their hands which were making the killing tough for them.


    They reached the left nk and helped an Elf soldier to move away from the battlefield as the soldier had severe injuries. They then joined the Elves and fought against the wolves, giving the Elves enough time to breathe.


    With the passing of time, the number of wolves fighting the guards increased, but since their techniques and coordination were getting better with every fight, they were able to somehow handle the pressure of the outrageous number of wolves.


    Suddenly the air in the area turned cold for the group, as they saw a wolf half the size of average wolves in the horde emotionlessly staring at them. That stare sent chills down their spine. They''ve just blinked their eyes when the group noticed the strange wolf disappearing from there and reappearing in the same position the next moment.


    But, this time, the wolf''s mouth was filled with blood as it spat a human head the next moment. The group seeing the head turned to their right subconsciously and saw one of the members of the group standing there without his head. Their face lost all color seeing their headless friend when another one of the guards lost its head.


    The wolf was attempting to make its move for the third time when suddenly a white sh passed and split it into two. Suddenly, the remaining guards heard a voice: "What are you so afraid of? Even if you die, you''ll revive again."


    The next moment, several white shes passed in the horde of wolves, and tens of such wolves died by splitting in two. The remaining guards took a deep breath to calm themself down as they could never die. Only a few moments had passed when their other two group members spawned bak in Panagea.


    The battle then continued as usual. They didn''t see such strange wolves for their remaining three hours in Panagea.


    After three hours ended, the system forced the group of five out of Panagea into the store, while the other group meditating in the store stood up for their entry.


    Since they''ve already paid their fee, they entered their respective portals without waiting for a second as they could see the grim faces on the guard''s faces.


    While in the store, seeing the faces of the guards, Aakesh suggested to them, "You can buy mental healing pills to lessen your trauma of Panagea."


    The guards nodded and asked for a pill each for five of them. Aakesh nodded, stood up from his chair, went to the counter, and took the pill out.


    "125 inferior Primal stones!" He told them the price as he handed the pills to the guards.


    The guards nodded and handed him the required amount by separating the cost of each guard. They then put the pill in their mouth.


    The pill melted into a liquid right away in their mouth. The tension on the guard''s faces rxed as the pill started working. The guards then asked for another pill as they felt the need for one more pill.


    Aakesh nodded and handed them the pill. Blissful smiles erupted on the guard''s faces as their traumas disappeared.


    "If we ate this pill and then went to battle, it would''ve helped us more," One of the guardsmented, seeing the effect of the pill.


    Time flew by, and the remaining three hours passed. The second group spawned twice during their stay of three hours as the number of strange wolves increased in the battle.


    After the first group told them about the effect of the mental healing pill, the second group decided to use it and then enter into Panagea. As expected by the first group, the second group''s fighting got better several folds due to their clear mind.


    The group of guards left after their free time ended. For the next two hours, Aakesh didn''t get any new customers.


    His empty store finally had a new customer when Maria arrived in his store with four people following her.


    "Hello, senior!" She greeted Aakesh with a slight bow right after entering the store. Aakesh nodded in response to her bow.


    "Senior, these are the people working in the construction in my store. I wanted to reward them for their hard work, so I brought them here to enjoy Panagea," Maria smilingly responded.


    She then took out the required inferior Primal stones and smilingly said, "Senior, six hours for each of us!"


    "You can only have an entry for one hour since there is only one hour left in the closing time," Aakesh expressionlessly responded as he stopped her from pushing the Primal stones toward him.


    A disappointing expression appeared on Maria''s face when she heard Aakesh. While the construction workers behind her had an awed expression on their faces when they saw the mountain of the Primal stones, Maria had taken out to pay. It was enough for them to spend their livesfortably for years without working.


    Then with a disappointed sigh, Maria paid Aakesh the amount required for an hour since she had no other option following what Aakesh said.


    Aakesh nodded and took the Primal stones. The group of five then entered the portal, whereas Aakesh thought of the quest screen after the group entered Panagea.


    [Mission Objective: Have twenty yers enter the virtual portal,


    Requirement: Since the first yer has already joined the world of Panagea, it''s time for you to make other yers enter the world. Twenty yers would be the start for countless yersing in the store to use the virtual portal,


    Number of customers left: 03/20,


    Days required: 5 days,


    Mission reward: Ten more virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Decrease in the number of virtual portals by one.]


    "Three new customers in four days!" Aakesh murmured after seeing the quest screen as the day had alreadye to an end.


    He was thinking of ways to end the quest since he already had enough customers to keep him busy for 15 hours in Panagea when a new customer arrived in the store.


    It was Mark''s wife that arrived in the store. She red at Aakesh right after entering the store, as she still remembered the way Aakesh pushed her out of the store yesterday.


    "One hour in Panagea!" She said while taking out 75 inferior Primal stones when she suddenly stopped as Aakesh stopped her.


    "The portal room is already full, so you can''t enter Panagea," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Damn it!" Thedy cursed in anger and left the store as there was no point in continuing to stay.


    She decided toe here early the morning the next day even if she had to take a leave from her work.


    Time flew by, and the group of Maria and the construction workers left the store with frustrated faces as an hour wasn''t enough for them.


    While after the group left, Aakesh closed the store and appeared in the selection ground.

 Chapter 97 - Training

    Chapter 97: Training


    After the group of Maria and the construction workers left, Aakesh closed the store.


    After closing the store, he appeared in the selection ground. He picked up his weapon and then disappeared from there.


    The next moment, he appeared in the arena, but the arena was entirely different from the previous arenas he had been fighting in.


    The people sitting in the crowd stood up and cheered for Aakesh as it was not his first entry here. He had entered here around a century ago and had won all the battles.


    The next moment, a blue window with eleven options appeared in front of him since there were eleven rounds in this battle arena, and he had cleared all of them a century ago.


    Aakesh chose to go to the eleventh round right away, as only that round could challenge him. The next moment, the battle arenapletely changed. The area in it got wider by several folds, whereas several small orrge walls randomly appeared in it. The speed of the wind increased by several folds.


    The cheering from the crowd got even louder, seeing the new challenges. The next moment, a being out of nowhere appeared on the top of one of the walls randomlyid in the battle arena.


    The newly appeared being had three eyes of three different colors in a triangr shape, with the top eye having a golden color, the left eye silver, while the eye on the right was ck like an abyss. A crooked nose rested below, but it was the giant mouth below with rows of eerie teeth and a long tongue that took all the attention away. The being had a humanoid body shape with the same body size as Aakesh. The being then stared at Aakesh with his dark eye while the gold and silver eye surveyed the surrounding of the battlefield.


    The next moment, a bow half gold and half silver with its ck bowstring appeared in the being''s hands. The being belonged to a race called Kopere. It was one of the top-level races in the second dimension, with this species havingplete control over archery. Even a newborn Kopere had better archer skills than the majority of the archers in the Multiverse.


    Aakesh chose to battle an archer in ce of a swordsman because, yesterday, he came out as an equal at the end of the fight. And for him to win the future battles with the opponent, he needed to improve his archery even further, and for that, no one was a better trainer for him than a Kopere.


    "It has been centuries since Ist saw you!" The Kopere said in a hoarse voice while continuing to survey the entire battle arena.


    The Kopere had three eyes of distinct colors, and each color had a different use in archery for them. The golden eye helped in aiming urately at the opponent. The silver eye captured the surroundings, while the ck eye helped in showing an optimum path for shooting arrows.


    "Yeah, after defeating you for so many times, I got bored of the battle, but now that I need to improve my archery, I thought, why not try to learn from someone weaker than me," Aakesh responded with a smile on his face.


    The Kopere only scoffed in response to him. The next moment, a bell rang in the arena announcing the start of the battle.


    "Whoosh!" The next moment sound of arrows tearing through space rang in the arena as both Aakesh and the Kopere released the arrows at the same time.


    "Boom!" With the sh of the two arrows, a loud explosion echoed in the arena, but it was only the start, as continuous sts echoed in the battle arena.


    Within a few seconds, the sh of the arrows caused several explosions that blew up half the arena. "Your ck eye has gotten better!" Aakeshmented as the Kopere always shot the arrow at the right time, resulting in the destruction of both the arrows.


    "Yes, I''ve been training my eyes during this past century," The Koperemented as he shot another arrow.


    "Good! You didn''t disappoint me," Aakeshmented as he increased the rate at which he shot arrows.


    "Whoosh!"


    "Whoosh!"


    The arrows continuously traveled, tearing through the air aiming at the Kopere. Defending for the Kopere became tough due to not being able to handle the number of boltsing at him in quick session.


    He was jumping from wall to wall in the opposite direction so that the air could act against Aakesh''s arrows while supporting him when he shot.


    But unfortunately for him, Aakesh''s arrows traveled unaffected despite the quick movement of the air. The Kopere had no choice but to directly fight the arrows.


    The next moment, all the arrows aiming to rip the Kopere apart came to a halt as a golden light suddenly engulfed him and his bow. The arrow then floating in the air started falling at his feet.


    Aaakesh knew the Kopere had activated the skill ''Archery Deity''. Archery Deity was the exclusive skill of the Kopere race.


    The next moment, the fallen arrows started floating up with their new direction being Aakesh.


    Aakesh was prepared for the onught, so he shot twice the number of arrows.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    The sound of continuous explosions echoed as the sh of the arrows continued. Aakesh knew he couldn''t let this continue anymore as whenever Archer Deity was active, the bow and the arrows started backfiring.


    "Let''s end this!" Aakeshmented as the air around the arena suddenly started flowing opposite even quicker than before.


    An arrow with a strange arrowhead appeared above Aakesh. The pressure from the presence alone affected the beings sitting in the crowd and the space around the arena.


    Even the Kopere wasn''t let alone from the pressure. The golden light that had engulfed him started dimming down while he was being forced to kneel.


    Suddenly, a peal of eerieughter echoed in the battle arena as the arrow above Aakesh''s head disappeared. With the disappearance of the arrow, the Kopere also vanished.


    The next moment, a light engulfed the battle arena as Aakesh had won the battle. The arrow used by Aakesh was called ''Raudrastra''. It could even kill the beings of the Asura and Yaksha n, but unfortunately for Aakesh, he could only use this skill in the training ground.. He was still very far from attaining this weapon in the actual world.

 Chapter 98 - The Crowd

    Chapter 98: The Crowd


    After defeating the Kopere, Aakesh appeared on the selection ground. He then appeared in the store and entered the virtual portal.


    He appeared in the jungle where he had left yesterday. He started doing the postures written in the meditation art again since he was still four levels away from thepletion.


    Time flew by, and hours passed. He continued making postures only to stop when the system informed him of the suning out in the actual world.


    He straightened himself after the system''s notification and thought of the status screen. The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    ss: None,


    Level: Level 9,


    HP: 180/180,


    Energy: 180/180,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 27 (+11),


    Agility: 27 (+11),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning.


    Aakesh nodded after reading his status screen. He has reached Level 9 after the hard work of several hours. If someone else found this, they would be shocked as reaching Level 9 from Level 6 in a span of a single hour, as even the most talented beings take around a few days to reach Level 9.


    A surprised expression appeared on his face, seeing his physical attributes, as they had increased enormouslypared to yesterday.


    Aakesh decided to test his strength, so he punched the nearest tree with one-fourth of his power. "Boom!" The next moment, an explosion erupted as the tree burst into several wooden shards.


    "Hey, system, why did my strength grow so much?" He asked the system as he was confused, seeing the damage caused by only one-fourth of his power.


    [Host, it''s due to your training in real life. As your level grows, your body''s bing ustomed to stronger martial arts, which in turn is strengthening your body.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice. "It makes the quest easy for me," Aakesh murmured after hearing the system''s response.


    Aakesh was confident that if he continued to grow strong at this rate, he would be able to fight the wolf king when he reached Level 20. If somebody heard what Aakesh was currently thinking about, they wouldn''t know whether tough or cry as the wolf king was not only a Level 50 being, but it was also on the verge of evolving to Level 51.


    [Host, it''s time for you to open the store.]


    The system emotionlessly alerted Aakesh again, seeing him still not exiting Panagea.


    Aakesh nodded, and the next moment, he disappeared from Panagea and appeared in the store. He was all sweaty due to making postures, again and again, so he decided to take a bath first and then open the store.


    When Aakesh opened the store, he found a crowd waiting at the door of his store. Everybody rushed inside the store with smiling faces after he opened the door.


    "Hello, senior!" Maria respectfully greeted Aakesh right away with a bow. The construction workers that came with her also followed their current boss and bowed at him.


    The crowd consisted of three groups, the group of Mark, Bislo, Bisal, and Pento, the group of Maria and her construction workers, and the group of Mark''s wife with unfamiliar faces arrived in the store at the same time.


    "Store owner, six hours for every one of us!" Before anyone could say something, Mark''s wife said.


    "No, senior, six hours for us!" Maria also spoke.


    "No, senior, we came first!" Mark also said, seeing the other two groups asking for the entry.


    "Okay, you can go first!" Aakesh ignored the groups of Pento and Maria and instead looked at Mark''s wife''s group.


    "Really!" Mark''s wife eximed, seeing Aakesh choosing her group. It was unbelievable for her, as the experience she had with him in thest two days made her feel that he disliked her.


    Since she only got an hour the day before yesterday in Panagea, and yesterday she didn''t even get to enter, so she decided toe early today after asking for leave from her boss. But unfortunately, her boss didn''t grant her leave and also prohibited her from taking a day off.


    She couldn''t miss today as she had got an interesting quest in Panagea, and if she continuously missed entering Panagea, she would fail the quest. So she informed her boss the same things her husband had told her about Panagea.


    After hearing so many things, her boss decided toe with her and three otherdies as Mark''s wife told her that there''re only five portals for entry.


    Her boss didn''t believe her at first, but when she saw Pento, the young prince waiting outside the store door, she believed everything her employee had told her.


    ***


    "Store owner, I am Pas! He''s my husband!" Mark''s wife introduced herself as she extended her hands for a handshake.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her handshake and instead asked for the Primal stones required for their entry into Panagea. Pas took her hands back with a red face and took out the required amount for the group.


    Since she had brought her boss, she decided to pay for her today, and then her boss would pay for her every day like his husband''s department head pays for his entry into Panagea.


    Aakesh nodded and waved his hands. the next moment, the mountain of Primal stones disappeared from the store. Pas then led the group while her boss and acquaintances followed her into the portal room.


    "Senior, we woulde back after six hours!" Pentomented as he couldn''t stand here for six hours. Bislo also nodded in response to Pento as he was the director of a significant association of the Bisan Kingdom.


    Aakesh ignored them as a number of alerts started appearing in his head.


    [Ding.]


    [The quest: Have twenty yers enter the virtual portal, sessfullypleted.]


    [Mission reward: Ten new virtual portals given.]


    [Host, please see the portal room to see the new virtual portals.]


    Aakesh sent the group of Mark''s wife first as she had brought four new customers with her, and he was only three customers away frompleting the quest, so how could he let other groups go first?


    "No need to leave!" Aakesh then expressionlesslymented as the group of Pento was at the door, while the group of Maria had just turned around to leave.

 Chapter 99 - Addition

    Chapter 99: Addition


    "No need to leave!" Aakeshmented after the system informed him of the addition of virtual portals in the portal room. The suddenment made the group of Pento and the group of Maria stop in their steps.


    "What happened, senior?" Maria confusedly asked.


    "There are new portals in the portal room, so your groups can also enter Panagea at the same time," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Really!" Maria eximed in shock as having five portals to a new world was already a big deal, but now there were more of them in the store.


    "Yes, pay and enter!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Even though they were shocked, they could understand it after what they had seen in the store and Panagea.


    Maria then paid for her and her construction workers for six hours, whereas Pento first bought three mental healing pills each for his group.


    Pento then paid for his group stay in Panagea and entered the portal after the group ate one pill each.


    Aakesh also went to the portal room and saw only one portal shining. Since he had nothing to do except waiting for customers, he decided to enter the Panagea as he could reach Level 10 today.


    He then took a step and disappeared from the store. The next moment, he appeared in the same jungle he had been practicing for thest two nights.


    "Growl!" The next moment, a growl echoed in the jungle as there was already a group of seven wolves present, and they growled, seeing a stranger appearing out of nowhere.


    The wolves then made a move against Aakesh, threatening to rip him apart, but the next moment, seven heads burst simultaneously.


    The movement of Aakesh was so quick that the wolves weren''t even able to see him attacking them. He only used one-fourth of his power while punching the heads of the wolves.


    Hearing the growl of their brethren made some of the wolves rush into the area. When they reached and witnessed the scene of headless corpses lying there, they slowly started retreating, while one of the wolves in the group escaped with even quicker speed as it was part of the horde and had seen Aakesh in action.


    Aakesh ignored the horde and started standing in postures as he was here to reach Level 10 at the earliest.


    While posturing, Aakesh found a re with a hint to kill aimed at him, but he ignored it and instead continued posturing.


    Not far from him, a group of three silver wolves had their eyes on Aakesh. They were smaller in size than the other wolves, and their fur was smoother, with their fangs giving a feeling of cutting through metal like butter.


    These weren''t ordinary wolves, but they were beasts that could manipte energy, with the weakest of them being of Level 15.


    Aakesh could feel the wolves'' strength, but it wasn''t enough to make him take them seriously, so he ignored them. He continued posturing while the wolves waited for their prey to stop.


    Time flew by, and three hours passed. Suddenly the air in the area turned wild as a blue light out of nowhere engulfed Aakesh. He stopped doing whatever he was doing and sat down in a meditative pose. He then closed his eyes to feel the breakthrough as Level 10 was the gateway to evolution.


    With the passing of time, the light, instead of dimming, turned brighter. Aakesh body was changingpletely, as he was at the final phase of the meditation art. His muscles started getting tighter, and his bones turned harder.


    Finally, after several moments, the blue light started retreating to nothingness. When the blue lightpletely disappeared, Aakesh appeared in the jungle. He didn''t have the time to check the changes he had when suddenly he felt danger.


    He moved slightly to his left, and the next moment, a wolf head with its open mouth passed. A cold look appeared on Aakesh''s face as he grabbed the mouth of the wolf with ease and crushed it.


    The wolf didn''t even get the chance to know what happened with it, while the other two wolves were preparing for an attack when they came to a sudden stop, seeing what happened with their partner.


    Aakesh then vanished from his post and appeared next to one of the wolves without it being aware of his presence. The wolves were only thinking of their next step. "Even after gaining so many levels, you still weren''t able to control your instinct," Aakeshmented in an emotionless tone.


    The sudden voice chilled both the wolves as they turned around to their left to see the being they were nning to attack was staring at them with a cold face.


    That was thest thing they saw as Aakesh pped their heads respectively the next moment. Aakesh had used 80% of his power in that p, and itpletely shattered the wolves into smithereens.


    "So weak!" Aakeshmented after seeing the result of his 80% power. He was only a Level 10, while one wolf was Level 17 and the other was Level 22.


    He then focused on himself to see what benefits he got after the breakthrough. His skin had turned smoother while his body had turned tighter. These were only the changes in panagea as he was at least a million folds stronger in reality than he was currently in Panagea.


    He then thought of the status screen, and the next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    ss: None,


    Level: Level 10,


    HP: 200/200,


    Energy: 200/200,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 31 (+4),


    Agility: 31 (+4),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning.


    Aakesh nodded after seeing his status screen. After the breakthrough, he had another quick increase in strength and agility. His energy and hp limit had also increased to 200.


    "Hey, system, can I defeat a Level 26 with these stats?" Aakesh suddenly asked the system as he got curious seeing his attributes.


    [It depends on the talent of the person, but you can defeat the majority of the Level 26 with these stats.]


    The system responded in its mechanical voice. Aakesh nodded after hearing the system''s response.. He then turned around to leave the jungle as there was no point in staying here anymore.

 Chapter 100 - Difficult Leveling System Of Panagea

    Chapter 100: Difficult Leveling System of Panagea


    Aakesh returned to the town of Wolfden after he got his breakthrough to Level 10.


    If he wanted to breakthrough further, he needed toplete quests as gaining another meditation art in the near future was based on luck, and he wasn''t one to do things depending on luck.


    "Hey, systems, how do I get quests for breakthroughs?" He asked the system while he was on his way to Wolfden.


    The system answered that he needed to get quests from the citizens of the town, or he could kill strong beings like the wolf king to gain levels directly.


    "Didn''t you say that there are only two ways to increase levels? Now, you''re saying I only need to kill beings like the wolf king to gain levels," He asked with confusion evident in his voice.


    [Host, the beings like the wolf kinge with their own storyline, so if you kill them, their future stories will stop at that moment. So you''d get rewards of the quests that may have activated when they were alive, only if you''re weaker in level than them.]


    The system responded in its mechanical voice. "Why don''t you change the system of leveling in Panagea? Adventurers could get an increase in their levels by killing the beings of higher levels, and by doing quests, the adventurers could get different kinds of rewards," Aakesh suggested as the leveling system in Panagea was tooplicated for the adventurers.


    [No need, that would make leveling easier for the adventurer, and the natives of the Panagea wouldn''t be able to stay relevant to the story of the Panagea then.]


    The system rejected Aakesh''s suggestion right away. He then stopped asking any more questions and instead focused on his journey.


    While returning, Aakesh noticed quite a number of guards around the jungle in the direction of the Wolfden. As he approached closer to Wolfden, the number of guards surveilling the area around the town also increased.


    The guards ignored him due to being an adventurer, so no one stopped him despite the guards checking everybody else.


    He reached the town and made his way toward the market. While in his way, he could see the grim expressions on the townspeople''s faces. Aakesh knew a new quest had arrived, so he waited for the blue screen to appear while Aakesh strolled in the market.


    As he expected, only a few moments had passed when suddenly a blue screen with the details of the new quest appeared in front of him. He stopped moving and focused on the floating window.


    [Brave adventurer, the town of Wolfden needs you again.


    From thest month, girls had been disappearing during the night. The town guards didn''t take the case of missing girls seriously until the chief''s daughter went missing yesterday.


    In anger, the guard chief has assigned all the guards of the town to search for his daughter, which in turn has created a danger for the town as a few radicals of a pseudo-religion have infiltrated the city. The radicals are now forcing or baiting more and more citizens of Wolfden to convert to their religion.


    Your mission is to find out the radicals and hunt them, for wherever their presence has been found, many kingdoms have faced events of mass extinctions, so our small town can''t afford to battle them.


    Your reward for the mission would be an increase of five levels. May you be sessful!]


    "Hunting mission," Aakesh murmured after reading the details. The next moment, the blue window disappeared after he read the quest.


    He then asked the system how long he had entered Panagea for, as the store was currently open in the actual world.


    [Host, four hours.]


    The system responded. Aakesh decided to return to the store for the time being as the searching for the radicals in Wolfden would take time. The next moment, he disappeared from Panagea and appeared in the store.


    Time flew by. The group of Pas and her boss got forced out by the system as their six hours had ended.


    The group had frustrating expressions as they still wanted to go back into Panagea. It was an exciting feeling for the group to think about a new life in a different world where they could never die and not face any consequences of their actions in the actual world.


    "Store owner, can''t you expand our time? I would pay you ten times the regr price," Pas''s boss requested Aakesh with an eager expression.


    Aakesh didn''t respond to her and continued sitting on his chair while his eyes were closed.


    Pas''s boss wanted to speak something, but Pas stopped her as she had seen Aakesh doesn''t change rules for anybody.


    "Boss, store owner doesn''t change rules for anybody. There are already several portals we coulde here every day," She whispered in her boss''s ears.


    Her boss nodded after hearing her employee as she didn''t want Aakesh to prohibit her from entering the shop. The group turned around to leave when the group of Maria and her construction workers spawned in the store.


    Pas and her group only nced at Maria and then left the store.


    "Thank you, senior! I woulde back tomorrow," Maria thanked Aakesh with a slight bow and left the store.


    "If youplete the construction in three days, I will reward you again with six hours," Maria told her workers while exiting the store.


    The construction workers excitedly nodded after hearing what Maria said, as they could never afford their entry into Panagea on their own.


    A few secondster, the group of Pento spawned in the store with cold faces. Everyone in the group had an aura of massacre surrounding them, which subsided after a moment.


    The killing in the virtual world finally started affecting the area around them in the actual world. Bislo and Pento had shocked expressions, seeing the aura of massacre surrounding them after they spawned.


    Bisal and Mark had no change in expressions as they didn''t find anything new, while the same wasn''t true for Bislo and Pento. They could feel a chilling cold from the aura surrounding them.


    They then ate thest mental healing pill to calm their mind as the aura of killing started affecting their mind with various evil thoughts.. Their cold faces finally rxed after a few moments as the pill helped in rxing their mind.

 Chapter 101 - A New Customer

    Chapter 101: A New Customer


    After the group of Pento left, Aakesh was in his store without any customer for around two hours.


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair with both his eyes closed when he heard footsteps from the door. He opened his eyes and saw ady entering the store.


    She had her hair covered with a special cloth, while her face was covered by a phoenix mask. The mask and clothes weren''t ordinary as they didn''t allow anyone to peer through them, but it was like child y to Aakesh. He clearly saw her hair and face.


    Thedy had silver silky hairs, with silver eyes staring at Aakesh. A surprised expression appeared on Aakesh''s face as he noticed that the girl had pointy ears and a pointy nose.


    Thedy belonged to the race Moonlight Elf. What surprised Aakesh was that even the nearest Elf city was several trillions of yojanas(1 yojana= 14.6 Km) away from the Bisan Kingdom.


    "What do you sell here?"


    Thedy asked with a gentle and soft tone while curiously surveying the store. She had entered the store as she felt a strange feeling when she looked at the building outside.


    When she entered the store, seeing a blue-skinned man as a store owner in a human city was shocking for her at first, but after thinking about her own race, she stopped thinking about his skin.


    Her jaw dropped behind her mask as she recognized the hardwood used for the floor. She couldn''t help but take a look at Aakesh once again only to find him looking at her expressionlessly, so she took a deep breath and asked the question. Her tone was gentle and soft, but there was majesty in her voice as if she belonged to royal blood.


    "I sell some pills and an entry to a new world," Aakesh expressionlessly answered as he also stopped thinking about why a Moonlight Elf was currently in a human Kingdom, so much far from the closest Elf settlement.


    "What do you mean by entry to a new world?" She asked with a confused expression after not finding a travel portal present in the store. She could only see an open room in the store, but for the portal to be there in the room was almost impossible as she has seen travel portals used for traveling to worlds. Even the smallest portal she had seen was twice the height of the store building.


    Aakesh then told her about the Panagea. The more she learned, the shocking her face became behind the mask.


    "You''re lying!" She subconsciously said as believing everything Aakesh said was impossible for her.


    Aakesh expressionlessly responded to her doubts, "If you don''t believe me, you can check it out for yourself."


    She nodded while she went toward the only open room in the store. She looked at the board outside the room and read what was written on it.


    She then turned around and expressed her doubts, "If what you say about Panagea is correct, how can you allow people to enter Panagea with such measly amount?"


    She would''ve already left the store after Aakesh talked about Panagea, as she thought he was fooling her. But she stayed because of the Ashamba hardwood floor, as anyone who uses such luxurious and outrageous items for mere hardwood floor wouldn''t think of fooling someone like her.


    "Do you want to go or not?" Aakesh ignored her question and instead asked.


    "Hmph!" The Elf scoffed in response as she controlled herself not to snap back. She then took out 75 inferior Primal stones from her space ring and handed them to Aakesh.


    Seventy-five inferior Primal stones were nothing for her, but she decided to first spend one hour to check the things Aakesh had talked about Panagea for herself.


    Aakesh nodded and waved his hands. The next moment, the Primal stones disappeared from her hand, but she wasn''t surprised as she could see the store owner was a Void Forging expert.


    "Enter that room, there would be several portals, and you can use any one of them," He expressionlessly said as he pointed at the portal room.


    The Elf nodded and entered the room. A look of shock emerged on her face when she saw more than ten portals lying in the room.


    The portals were of the same height as her, several times smaller than the portals she had seen in her city, but the pressure she felt from them was even more than thebined pressures of travel portals she had seen in her life until now.


    She then took a step forward and disappeared into the portal. The next moment, she appeared in a town full of Elves. She had a shocked expression as she checked her surroundings.


    She could see Elves of different ethnicitiesughing together, which she had never seen in the actual world. While she was curiously looking around, she suddenly disappeared into thin air and appeared in the air above the clouds.


    The next moment, the scenes of Panagea shed in front of her. The more she saw, the things about Panagea became believable it became for her as she had read about many of the races seen in the shbacks.


    The identity of the store owner became mysterious for her as many of the races can only be found in other dimensions. When she saw the emperors, she hadn''t even read about their races, so she decided at that moment to make good rtions with the store owner.


    "Maybe, he could help me in my mission!" A thought arose in her heart as she thought about the identity of Aakesh, while in the actual world, Aakesh was rxing on his chair, waiting for other customers toe.


    "Hey, system, let''s organize a tournament for promotion of our store," Aakesh suddenly said while waiting for new customers toe. It has already been around a week, but he still hasn''t got enough customers to even sell all the fifteen virtual portals at the same time.


    The store products and their effects would''ve made crowds stand in a queue in the front of the store all the time to buy them, but nothing of such sort has happened until now.


    [Host, what''s on your mind?]


    The system didn''t refuse right away and asked for his exnation.

 Chapter 102 - The Faero Family

    Chapter 102: The Faero Family


    [Host, what are you thinking?]


    The system asked in its mechanical voice after the sudden suggestion of Aakesh.


    "We could organize apetition for citizens, where they can participate and win prizes. It would promote our store to ordinary citizens," Aakesh said.


    [Host, are you sure?]


    "Yes, let''s do this. Anything is better than sitting on a chair while waiting for customers," Aakesh responded in his head.


    [Ding.]


    [Host, the system has epted your suggestion. Please see the quest screen for the new quest!]


    The next moment, Aakesh heard the system alert in his head. He then thought of the quest screen, and the next moment, a blue window containing all the details of the mission appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Organize apetition for the citizens of the Bisan Kingdom and other people,


    Requirement: Since you''ve suggested that the store should organize apetition to promote the store, it''s now your duty to organize it with the maximum possible zeal and fervor so that everyone irrespective of their level can enjoy it,


    Minimum numbers of attendees: 2000,


    Event time: Three days,


    Mission reward: A new product, addition in varieties in pills, and thirty-five new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Commission reduced by 100% for a year.]


    Aakesh had a dumbfounded look after reading the quest screen. "I told you to organize it," Aakesh said to the system.


    [Host, you''re the store owner. You should organize the events.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice.


    Aakesh stopped speaking to the system and refocused on the quest screen. He had got his conditions to organize thepetition. The event needed to be three days long, and his mission would only seed if the number of attendees of thepetition crossed 2000.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but suck a breath of cold air after reading the minimum number of attendees, but when he looked at the rewards, the mission seemed easy for the reward.


    Only thirty-five virtual portals as the reward were enough for the quest, but now if he sessfullypleted the mission objective, he could get a new product in the store. He also focused on the minimum number of attendees, as it signified that there wasn''t a limit to the number of attendees in thepetition. So if he crossed a certain number, he was confident that he would also get bonus rewards.


    "Hey, system, is there a time limit for me to organize thepetition?" Aakesh asked the system as to organize an event where he needed at least 2000 people to participate would take some time.


    [Yes, Host, you have seven days to organize thepetition.]


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the system''s response. Seven days were enough to organize the event on arge scale.


    Aakesh was just thinking about ways to organize the event when the Elf spawned in the store. She directly rushed to Aakesh after appearing in the store.


    "Hey, store owner, how did you do it?" She asked as she had just appeared in the store after dying in Panagea.


    "What''s that got to do with you?" Aakesh expressionlessly responded while hisplete focus was on thinking of ways to organize the event.


    "Nothing, I just wanted to ask," She responded while smiling behind her mask. If it was before entering Panagea, she would have to control her anger, but now, she felt whatever he was doing was correct.


    A silence fell in the store as Aakesh didn''t respond, while she stood there and didn''t enter the Panagea.


    "I am Lenna Faero, the heir of the Faero family of the Moonlight Elves," She suddenly took off her mask and the cloth covering her head and introduced herself.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh said as he only took a nce at her and returned to his thought process.


    "I want to make a deal with the store," Lenna said as the smile on her face disappeared, and instead, a solemn look appeared on her face.


    "What deal?" Aakesh asked, seeing her suddenly, turning solemn.


    "I would only tell you if you make a vow that you would never tell it to another soul," She responded.


    "No need, I don''t make vows," Aakesh refused right away.


    "If you missed the deal-"


    "I told you, I don''t make vows," Lenna wanted to say something to change his mind, but Aakesh cut her off and expressionlessly refused.


    "Fine!" Lenna said with a little irritation evident on her face. She then returned to the portal room.


    Only a few moments had passed when she spawned again in the store. Aakesh ignored her while he started thinking about the quest.


    "You look trustworthy, so I would trust you and tell you," Lenna suddenly said with an expressionless face, which made Aakesh look at her.


    "My family, the Faero family is one of the top three families of the Elves in the Primal dimension-" Lenna started exining about her family.


    "What''s the deal that you want to make?" Aakesh cut her off as he had no interest in knowing about her family.


    "You..." She almost snapped at him, but she somehow controlled herself in the end as she was the one asking for help and stopped at you.


    She then took a deep breath and started speaking again, "My grandmother sha Faero is an Immortal expert on the verge of attaining divinity. She majors in the element of divination. While meditating two days ago, she suddenly had an intuition of something major happening in the area of the Mysterious Peak, surrounding the border of the Bisan Kingdom and the Blue Wyrm Kingdom in the uing month."


    Aakesh finally had a change of expression as he suddenly remembered something which he had left in the back of his mind and was going to happen in a month.


    "What do you know about the event?" He then asked Lenna.


    "My grandma wasn''t able to find out much about the uing event. She only told me that the event would change the dynamics of the Primal dimension," Lenna responded.


    "A dimension scale event!" Aakesh murmured.


    "So, would you help me?" Lenna nervously asked.


    "What''s a weakling like you can even do in the event that could affect the entire dimension?" Aakesh bluntly responded.


    "I am stronger than you!" Lenna retorted back as she showed her Tao Pce cultivation level.

 Chapter 103 - Deal

    Chapter 103: Deal


    "What can a weakling like you even do in the event that could affect the entire dimension?" Aakesh expressionlessly said.


    The next moment, the air in the store turned wild as a destructive aura engulfed Lenna. "I am stronger than you!" She said as she released her aura of Tao Pce for Aakesh to see.


    Aakesh had no change in his expression as he had already found her cultivation level when she entered the store.


    In the next instant, Lenna felt a sudden pressure, which calmed and extinguished her aura in no time. A horrified expression appeared on her face as she looked at Aakesh.


    "Aren''t you only a Void Forging cultivator?" She said with a slight tremble in her voice as she could still feel pressure on her.


    Aakesh ignored her question and instead asked, "What would I get if I helped you in whatever you want from that event?"


    Lenna took a deep breath to calm her pounding heart as she had underestimated the store owner. Until now, she believed that the store owner was only a pawn for someone who ran the store for something else, but after seeing his power, she doubted that conjecture. She still believed that someone was behind the store as even Immortals couldn''t create something so real like Panagea.


    "We would share our gains 50-50!" She responded after thinking for a while as even after seeing his power, she was still confident of defeating him by the things her father and grandma had given him.


    "Okay!" Aakesh said right away, making Lenna shocked.


    She didn''t expect Aakesh to agree at 50-50. That was the reason for her to make it her first offer. She was willing to go to a 70-30 reward share. She was only here for a single treasure which she would never tell Aakesh about, and everything else she would gain was of no importance to her.


    Aakesh agreed with her proposal, as he didn''t care what they gained after the end of the event. If he liked something, he would surely take it whether Lenna wanted it or not. He was only interested in the event due to Turta (the Earthern troll in chapter 67). He wanted to see what was the part of that boy in the event.


    "Are you sure?" She asked to make sure.


    "Yes!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Lenna nodded as she wasn''t afraid of him betraying her. She had enough treasures to kill even an Immortal.


    She rxed a little after making a deal with him. It eased the tension she had been carrying from her city all the way to the Bisan Kingdom. It was still many days from the event, but her grandmother had ordered her to reach the Bisan Kingdom early, as she would get an early fortune before the event. It was only now that she understood what her grandma meant by an early chance.


    Having been refused an extension from six hours by Aakesh, she paid for the remaining five hours and entered the portal. The next moment she appeared in Panagea.


    After Lenna left, Aakesh stopped thinking about the event that woulde a monthter, and instead, he focused on the event that he had to organize seven dayster toplete the quest.


    After some time passed, Lenna spawned in the store with an excited expression. She then came up to Aakesh and looked at him without speaking anything.


    "What do you want?" He expressionlessly asked, seeing her not going away.


    "Ipleted my quest!" She responded with a smile.


    "So?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked. On the outside, he looked expressionless, but on the inside, he was shocked seeing how quickly she hadpleted her quest.


    "I got a weapon as a bonus reward. How do I take it out?" She asked with a hint of pride in her voice.


    The next moment, before Aakesh could respond, a blue screen out of nowhere appeared in front of Lenna. One side on the blue window featured a bow she had won as her bonus reward, whereas the other side featured an animated ck hole.


    Under the bow, twenty top Primal stones were listed as the price to take it out. Aakesh didn''t have to say anything as she understood the meaning of what it implied. She took out 20 top Primal stones from her space ring and dropped them in the animated ck hole.


    The next moment, the blue screen started dispersing into light particles. When it dispersedpletely, a bow entirely ck in color appeared, floating in the air.


    She grabbed the bow and then stretched the bowstring to its limit and released it. A loud sound of boom echoed in the store as a result. She nodded after hearing the boom.


    The bow wasn''t good for her to use at her cultivation, but it would be a good weapon for anyone below Void Condensation.


    She then put the bow in her space ring and returned to Panagea, while Aakesh wanted to see what quests she had cleared even faster than him, so a ck screen appeared in front of him.


    After learning the story of Panagea, Lenna returned to Elven town. She didn''t know why, but despite seeing such great races and their fighting for the first time, her heart was calm, as if what she saw was an ordinary thing.


    She was strolling in the town when suddenly a blue screen appeared in front of her.


    [Adventurer, the town of Allelona needs your service.


    Allelona is the only town of Elves in the area around here, so many races entered Allelona to see the legendary Elves, but not everyonees with good intentions. Due to their appearances, Elves are one of the most sought out races by prostitutes running groups. One such group has entered the town to capture young Elven boys and girls.


    You have to save the young Elves while also trying to hunt the group.


    You would gain the ability to manipte energy if you sessfully save every child caught by them. Your rewards would increase if you''re able to capture the group.]


    After reading the quest Lenna had gotten, Aakesh stopped watching her. The mission she got had the same difficulty as his but wasn''t that time taking.. For a person who had reached Tao pce, killing a few mortal experts was easy even if they had the same power as them.

 Chapter 104 - The Followers Of Volgoxas(1)

    Chapter 104: The Followers of Volgoxas(1)


    Time flew by, and Lenna''s six hours ended. The system forced her out of Panagea as her time wasplete.


    "I would return tomorrow," She said as she wore her mask and covered her clothes again. Her identity as an Elf couldn''t be leaked as it would call several powerful beings to the Kingdom.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her. After she covered herself, she also nodded at Aakesh as a form of respect and left the store. After her, no new customer came to his store until the closing time.


    He closed the store when its close time arrived. He then proceeded toward the portal room and entered one of the portals, appearing in Panagea the next moment.


    Aakesh appeared in the market after entering the Panagea. He could sense a grim atmosphere in the market as half of the shops were closed, while the shopowners in the open shops had a tense look on their faces.


    It was the first time, Aakesh had seen the market this empty. He could see several shop owners closing their shop as they couldn''t get any customers.


    "What''s going on?" Aakesh grabbed the shoulder of one rare passerby and asked him.


    "Adve...adventurer!" The passerby was shocked by someone suddenly grabbing his shoulder.


    "Why''s the market so empty?" Aakesh ignored his reaction and asked.


    "You have to save us, adventurer!" The passerby, instead of answering, bent down, grabbed his legs, and started crying.


    "What happened?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he had only gotten a quest several hours before, and the situation had already turned this grim.


    "The radicals...radical wrote here...heretics in front of a house by blo...blood and then burned the family living in that house alive," The passerby responded while his voice slurred due to crying and the fear of the radicals.


    "What''s your town-head doing?" Aakesh asked as Mark was a Level 50 warrior.


    "The town-head had left for the city. He would only return three dayster. Now only you could save us from those demons. Please save us!" The passerby answered and started pleading for help in the end.


    "Okay, leave my leg, I would hunt-"


    Aakesh was responding when suddenly he stopped as he sensed a re at him. He turned to his right and saw a store owner ring at him and the passerby. When he noticed Aakesh looking back at him, he looked away and started minding his own business.


    "Okay, leave me!" The next moment, Aakesh looked down at the crying passerby holding his leg and told him.


    "Please save us, adventurer!" The passerby didn''t let go of his legs and pleaded again.


    "Okay, I would save you, but for that, you need to leave my legs," Aakesh expressionlessly responded as he didn''t want to kick away an already crying person.


    The next moment, the passerby released his legs and stood up. "Please save us from those demons, adventurer!" He pleaded again while trying to wipe his tears away.


    Aakesh wanted to say something, but he felt another re aiming at the passerby from the store owner. This time, he didn''t look back and acted like he didn''t feel it.


    "Don''t worry. Those demons wouldn''t be able to hide far from me," Aakesh responded, and as he had expected when he used the word demon, he became the source of re from the store owner. He still ignored it and left the passerby on his own on the road.


    The passerby also started leaving where he was going at first, but he didn''t notice that the store owner had closed his shop and started following him silently, while he didn''t know that someone was also following him.


    When the passerby reached the turn of the road, he had just turned when someone suddenly grabbed his shoulder and dragged him to a corner.


    He tried to look at the person who grabbed him, but before he could turn his head, he was thrown at the wall with a thud sound.


    "Ugh!" The passerby groaned in pain as he felt half of his bones broken after the throw.


    "How dare you call the follower of great Volgoxas demon?" The next moment, the passerby heard a cold voice.


    "Demon!" The passerby eximed in fright after hearing the cold voice.


    "p!"


    A sound of a p echoed in the corner as the store owner pped the passerby.


    "Ugh, forgive me!" The passerby cried in pain as the p caused half of his face to sink.


    "Hmph!" The store owner scoffed as he pped another part of his face.


    "Fforggivve mme!" The passerby apologized as the tears he had stopped started flowing again, while his speech became unclear due to the pain.


    "You can''t be forgiven for you''ve sinned by calling the follower of great Volgoxas as demons. You need to atone for your sins, and your only atonement is to die," The store owner coldly replied as a cruel expression appeared on his face.


    "Oh, atonement for calling demons a demon!"


    An unfamiliar voice suddenly echoed around the corner, which stunned the store owner. He turned around and noticed a being standing some distance from him.


    "You!" The store owner eximed in shock when he found out the identity of the being. It was none other than Aakesh.


    "Look, adventurer, I know you can''t die, but don''t think for a moment that you can defeat our religion. I would give you the first andst warning. You shouldn''t involve yourself in the matter of us natives-"


    "I''ve heard enough!" Aakesh interrupted the store owner to speak any further as he disappeared from his spot and appeared in front of him.


    The store owner was taken aback by the sudden turnaround. Before he could think of ways to defend himself, he found a hand on his face, and the next moment, he was on the ground face-first.


    "So, tell me, how many people does your religion have?" Aakesh asked as he picked up the store owner by the scruff of his neck after turning him around.


    "How dare-"


    He growled ringly, but his words came to a halt as he found himself again face-first on the ground a secondter.


    "Only answer the things I ask for," he then heard a cold voice in his ears as he found himself getting picked up again.


    "So, tell me now, how many people does your religion have?" He asked again.

 Chapter 105 - The Followers Of Volgoxas (2)

    Chapter 105: The Followers of Volgoxas (2)


    "So now, tell me, how many people does your religion have in Wolfden?" Aakesh asked as he picked up the store owner by the scruff of his neck.


    "How dare-"


    The store owner didn''t learn his lesson and growled at Aakesh again. The next moment, he was lying down on the ground face first, while his nose had sunken, and all the front teeth were gone.


    As Aakesh lifted him up again by the scruff of his neck, this time without asking anything, he threw him. He then picked him up and repeated the same process several times.


    "Answer!" Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he picked up the store owner for the umpteenth time. "If I hear anything other than answer, you would feel that the falls were great," he didn''t forget to threaten him before he could answer.


    "I don''t know," The store owner responded, with no hint of his previous arrogance.


    "Disappointing," Aakesh expressionlessly said, and threw the store owner on the ground. He then stepped on one of his hands which made him cry in pain. Aakesh ignored his cry and increased pressure with each passing second, which made the store owner cry even louder.


    "Aagh, I real...really don''t know. I''ve met(Ugh) only one of them," The store owner shouted to make Aakesh stop.


    "Okay, tell me about it," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He still didn''t release his hands and continued increasing the pressure.


    "Crack!"


    The next moment, a crack sound echoed in the corner as the store owner released a heart-rending scream after his bones got crushed by Aakesh''s legs.


    "Ohh! Someone dares to harm my fellow brother!"


    The next moment, an unfamiliar voice with a hint of ying tone echoed in the corner. The store owner cried for help the next moment as he recognized the owner of the sound.


    The next moment, a being covered in a dark cloak appeared out of nowhere in front of Aakesh.


    "Lord would be very happy if he found out that an adventurer had joined his religion," The being said as he looked at Aakesh with greed.


    "What makes you think that I would join your religion?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he let go of the store owner. Since he had caught a member of the radicals, there was no point in holding a convert.


    "Because, you don''t have a choice!" The being responded with augh as he made his move against Aakesh.


    The being was a Level 23 warrior, whereas Aakesh was only a Level 10, so he didn''t even use half of his power, so that Aakesh doesn''t get seriously harmed, and he also didn''t want the adventurer to die. If the adventurer died, he would be able to leave from here, but if he captured him alive, their religion had ways to stop him from leaving Panagea.


    The being extended his hand to grab Aakesh''s neck, but his hands came to a stop as Aakesh grabbed it before it could reach him.


    "Eh!" The being eximed after seeing his hands getting caught, but the next moment heughed as he increased his power.


    Hisughter came to a stop as his hands were still in the same ce. His expression turned serious and then angry as despite using all his power he couldn''t even budge his hands.


    He then tried to take back his hands, but this time he failed too.


    "How are you this powerful?" He eximed in shock as despite giving his everything, he wasn''t able to even budge Aakesh''s grip.


    "Okay, so tell me, how many people of your religion are currently in Wolfden?" Aakesh ignored his efforts, and instead asked his question.


    "Why would I-"


    The being, instead of answering, yelled at him, but his words came to a stop as the next moment he was lying on the ground with half of his upper teeth gone.


    The dark cloak he had worn above his head also came off which showed his face. It wasn''t a human face, but a goat face with three tiny horns on the forehead.


    "Oh, a Fiyeli!" Aakesh eximed after he saw the face of the being.


    Fiyeli was one of the lower races in the Primal dimension that got extinct several epochs ago. He didn''t expect to see such a low-level extinct race in Panagea.


    "You know about my race!" The being eximed in shock after hearing his race''s name from Aakesh''s mouth.


    Aakesh ignored his response and instead picked him up while grabbing one of three horns. These horns were the most vulnerable part of the Fiyeli race. Even touching with a very light pressure would cause unimaginable pain to the beings belonging to the race.


    "Now, answer before I snap one of your horns," Aakesh expressionlessly told him while applying a little pressure to the horn.


    As expected, the being cried in pain with only a little pressure on his horn.


    "I would tell you everything, please let go of my horn," He then pleaded as the pain he currently felt was even worse than an inhumane torture.


    "Thud!"


    The next moment, he fell to the ground with a loud sound as Aakesh threw him. He then stared at the being, waiting for his answer.


    "Ugh, we have 73 beings in our midst who have invaded Panagea to convert this town for a sacrifice to our great lord Volgoxas," The being answered while groaning due to the pain.


    "Who''s the strongest in your group of 73 radicals?" Aakesh asked as his quest was to hunt all of the radicals that had entered Wolfden.


    "Level 26!"


    "How many people have you converted until now?" Aakesh asked another question as he was also going to kill all the converts.


    "I don''t know the exact number, but it must be around 5000, as I''ve alone converted more than 85 people," The being responded.


    Aakesh then asked for the location of every radical in the town. At first, the being refused to tell the location, but when Aakesh snapped one of his horns, words automatically starteding out of his mouth.


    Aakesh also found out the reason behind him appearing here.. He had just converted a family here, and when he was leaving, he heard a scream and came here, searching for the source.

 Chapter 106 - The Followers Of Volgoxas (End)

    Chapter 106: The Followers of Volgoxas (End)


    "Can I go now?" The being nervously asked after Aakesh fell silent and didn''t ask any question for minutes.


    "Why would you want to leave? Don''t you want to meet your Lord?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked.


    "What do you mean?" The being cried in fear as he had an ominous premonition after hearing Aakesh.


    Aakesh ignored his question, and instead said, "Let me send you to the heaven your Lord told you about." The next moment, he pped the being which resulted in half of his head instantly exploding.


    After killing the being, his eyes fell on the converted store owner lying on the ground with a horrified face. As he had already decided to kill even the converts, Aakesh killed him by crushing his head using his legs.


    His eyes then fell on the passerby who had a sunken face with almost all of his front teeth broken by the p of the store owner. When Aakesh looked at him, a look of pure horror appeared on the passerby''s face as he thought that his number was next. But his death never came as Aakesh had no interest in killing him.


    Aakesh only nced at the passerby once and left the area. He proceeded toward the family that the being had converted beforeing here.


    He reached the house of the new converts in a few minutes. It was a family of three with a couple and their thirteen-year-old son.


    When Aakesh reached their house, he noticed them praying to Volgoxas for the betterment of their life. They also promised their god to prepare a sacrifice of 111 virgins for him.


    Their praying came to a sudden stop as they fell to the ground the next moment with their eyes turning lifeless.


    Aakesh left with no one knowing he ever came. He then proceeded toward the next location of the converted people.


    Time flew by, and three hours passed in the blink of an eye. He had killed around four hundred converts until now.


    This time his destination was the location of one of the 72 radicals left. It was a female Fiyeli. The female in the Fiyeli race had a single horn in ce of three whenpared with the male.


    She was also a Level 23 power leveller, but she was strong in a fight between her and the being, as usually, the female Fiyeli were stronger whenpared with their male counterpart.


    ***


    "Wee to the service of Lord Volgoxas, my fellow brethren. The Lord would grant every wish you have desired for," A being covered in a dark cloak preached to tens of people kneeling in front of them.


    "All Hail Lord Volgoxas!" The being then cheered in a seductive female voice.


    "All Hail Lord Volgoxas!"


    "All Hail Lord Volgoxas!"


    "All Hail Lord Volgoxas!"


    The people kneeling in front of the being also cheered after her.


    Whoosh!


    The next moment, the sound of something tearing through the air rang as the heads of the already knelt people started falling.


    "Who are yo-" The being in a dark cloak angrily questioned as she could see a blur passing through and heads falling, but the next moment her words came to a stop as she found her worldview turned upside down.


    The next moment, she lost her consciousness and Aakesh took his hands back.


    "71 more to go!" He then whispered as he left the area after ncing once at the corpse lying down on his feet.


    Time flew by, and hours passed. He had killed around five radicals and seven hundred converts in Wolfden. He only stopped as the morning arrived and he had to open the store in the actual world.


    "Sixty-six more to go!" Aakesh whispered as he disappeared from the Panagea and appeared in the store.


    After appearing in the store, he took a bath to freshen himself and then opened the store.


    A crowd was already waiting at the door of the store to open.


    The crowd consisted of Pento and his group of four, his ten guards, and the group of Pas and her boss.


    "Good morning, senior!" Mark greeted Aakesh with a slight bow right after entering the store. Other members of the crowd also followed the suit.


    "You would wait and enter Panagea after three hours," Pento said to one group of his five guards to wait, as there were only 15 virtual portals, and there were 19 customers to enter.


    "Senior, six hours for each of us!" Pas''s boss stepped forward and said to Aakesh after hearing Pento.


    The next moment, she took out the required Primal stones and handed them to Aakesh. He nodded and told the group to enter the portal.


    After the group of Pas and her boss left, Pento didn''t directly ask for entry into Panagea. He first bought the mental healing pills for all the 14 members present.


    The group of nine members that would enter Panagea first ate the pill and then entered the portal after paying for six hours for the group of Pento while a stay of three hours for the group of his guards.


    Aakesh sat on his chair after everyone left, and waited for new customers toe, while the other group of guards sat down on the floor in a meditative pose and started doing meditation to calm their hearts.


    He was sitting while rxing when he heard the sound of footstepsing. He looked at the door and saw Maria entering the store.


    "Hello, senior!" She smilingly greeted Aakesh with a bow right after entering the store. He only nodded in response to her greetings.


    "Senior, two hours for me as I''ve got some work to do," She then said as she took out 100 inferior Primal stones from her space ring and handed them to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and waved his hands. The next moment, the Primal stone disappeared from her hands.


    "I''m going, senior," Maria smilingly said as she went into the portal room and entered the only active virtual portal left in the room.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes as he waited for another customer. Only a few minutes had passed when he heard another round of footsteps. He opened his eyes and saw a familiar figure entering the store.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there may be some grammatical mistakes in the chapters today, as myptop broke down while working on the first chapter, so I wrote down the chapter on the phone.

 Chapter 107 - A New Customer In The Store

    Chapter 107: A New Customer in the Store


    While Aakesh was rxing on his chair, he heard the sound of footsteps. He looked at the door and saw a familiar person entering the store.


    "So, this is your store?" The being said as he curiously surveyed the store, while the guards who were meditating suddenly opened their eyes and instantly knelt in front of the being.


    "Greetings, your highness!" The guards shouted while kneeling.


    Punta nodded in response to the guard''s greetings and gestured them to stand up. The guards did as ordered and stood in a straight line with straight faces, ready to do anything the king ordered.


    "Yes," Aakesh ignored the reaction of the guards and expressionlessly answered Punta.


    "Oh, what kind of products do you sell?" Punta asked as his eyes fell on the open room and the counter containing pills while surveying the store.


    Aakesh then started telling him about the inferior and medium-grade pills. After the pills, he exined to Punta about the Panagea and the benefits he could get through it.


    A shocked expression appeared on Punta''s face after hearing about Panagea. "Give me one hour in Panagea," Punta said as he wanted to see the Panagea for himself.


    "Wait for six hours," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Senior, let the king enter the portal instead of us. I''m sure the prince will also agree with us," One of the guards suggested as it would be an insult for Punta to wait for six hours to use a product in his own Kingdom.


    "No need, your stay is already paid for," Aakesh refused the suggestion of the guards. He then looked at Punta and said, "You can wait for six hours until then, you can check out the medium-grade pills."


    "Okay, give me two medium-grade mental healing pills," Punta nodded as he also had several mental traumas.


    Aakesh nodded and took out the pills. "100 ordinary Primal stones!" He said as he handed out the pills.


    Punta nodded and took out the Primal stones from his space ring and handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the Primal stones disappeared from the store. Punta took a pill and put it in his mouth.


    The next moment, a white light engulfed him, and the next moment, it disappeared. Punta couldn''t help but moan in pleasure after feeling the blissful mood.


    The next moment, he took out the second pill and ate it. The same light appeared and disappeared again.


    "Give me ten more pills," Punta asked with a smile on his face, as he didn''t want to miss the blissful feeling after eating the pill.


    "You can only buy one more," Aalesh expressionlessly said as he took out another pill.


    "Give me more. I am the king of the Kingdom," Punta responded.


    "Read the rules on the board," Aakesh responded while pointing at the board near the counter.


    "Rules are meant to be broken!" Punta retorted after reading the rules on the board.


    "In your Kingdom, but not in my store," Aakesh expressionlessly responded, while the guards had shocked faces, seeing their king bickering with the store owner.


    After bickering for minutes, Punta had to give up as Aakesh only answered no to whatever he said.


    "Fine, give me one," He said with a disappointed sigh as the pills had more effect on him since he had been carrying several tense situations on his head for the past millennia.


    "50 ordinary Primal stones!" Aakesh said as he handed the pill to Punta.


    After paying for the pill, he put the pill in his mouth right away, resulting in another moan escaping his mouth.


    While Punta was pleasuring himself in the aftereffects of the pill, Pas spawned in the store, with other members of the group following her.


    They tried to return to the portal room right away, but their feet came to a stop as their eyes fell on the king, who had closed eyes while a weird expression was present on his face.


    They couldn''t leave without greeting him as he was the head of the state, and it would be insulting to him.


    They silently stood there waiting for him to open his eyes. After a few seconds, Punta opened his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face.


    "Greetings, your highness!" The group of five greeted Punta and bowed simultaneously.


    "Stand up!" Punta responded to the greetings of the group.


    The group stood up straight and then left for the portal room after taking his permission. A silence then fell in the store as Aakesh didn''t initiate any conversation.


    "Your store doesn''t look busy for the quality and details of the products you sell here," Punta asked, breaking the silence in the store. He had been here in the store for around ten minutes, and he hadn''t seen a single customer entering the store.


    Aakesh nodded in response. He suddenly had an idea, so he said, "I am organizing an event six dayster for the people. You should join it."


    He invited Punta as the appearance of Punta alone would bring a sea of people to the store. He needed 2000 participants in the event, and if Punta participated, at least tens of thousands of people out of billions of citizens would join the event, despite the exorbitant price of the store products.


    "Oh, you want me to promote your store," Punta said. How could he not understand the meaning of what Aakesh wanted to say?


    "Yes," Aakesh honestly responded. He didn''t stop speaking and added, "Since I''ve killed a few people in my store, your citizens have been afraid to enter my store."


    "Oh, more than 100 deaths are only a few deaths for you," Punta responded with a dumbfounded look.


    "Hey, store owner," A familiar voice to Aalesh echoed in the store, breaking the conversation between Punta and him.


    Aakesh didn''t have to look at the owner of the voice as he had made a deal with her only yesterday.


    "Give me six hours in Panagea," Lenna asked without even bothering to look at Punta standing not far from him.


    Punta had a shocked expression on his face as he couldn''t find out the identity of the being behind her mask.. He then tried to find out the cultivation of the being, but he only found emptiness in ce of her cultivation.

 Chapter 108 - A Couple

    Chapter 108: A Couple


    Lenna noticed Punta''s attempts to check her cultivation, but she ignored it, as she knew his identity, and she didn''t want to make an issue only on the second day of her arrival in the Kingdom by striking the king of the Kingdom.


    "Six hours!" She said again as she didn''t get any response from Aakesh the first time.


    "You need to wait six hours. All the portals are already in use," Aakesh responded.


    Lenna nodded and left the store. She woulde back after six hours since there was no point in sitting here doing nothing.


    "Who was she?" Punta asked Aakesh after Lenna left the store.


    Aakesh only nced at him in response and didn''t answer his question. Punta got his answer, and he turned around to leave the store.


    He is the king of the Kingdom, and he doesn''t have all day to spend in the store. He decided toe to the store some other day when he had gotten enough time on his hands.


    After Punta left, Aakesh closed his eyes on the chair and waited for new customers while the guards sat down in their meditative position to meditate.


    Time flew by, and three hours passed. The group of Pento had only spawned once during these three hours as they had nine warriors to fight the wolves. After three hours passed, the system forced the group of guards out of Panagea as their stay was over. The other group of guards then ate one mental healing pill and entered the portal.


    While Aakesh was rxing on his chair, he heard the sound of footsteps. He looked at the door and saw two people, one male, and another female, standing at the door.


    "Woah, you couldn''t see anything going behind the door," The man eximed as he tried to look inside the store, but he couldn''t see anything. He then took a step forward, and everything inside the store became clear to him.


    He could see a blue-skinned man sitting on his chair looking at him and the girl with him, while a group of five guards was sitting in meditation not far from the chair.


    "Woah, look how clean the store is," The girl eximed in happiness, seeing the cleanliness in the store. She couldn''t even find a hint of dirt on the floor or the counter or the chair.


    "Don''t look for cleanliness here," The manmented, hearing his girlfriend.


    The girl ignored him and rushed to the Aakesh. Aakesh could swear that he saw her eyes in heart shape while looking at him and the store.


    "How do you clean the store?" She asked as she tried to grab his hands, but the next moment a force arrived out of nowhere and pushed her back to where the man was standing.


    The girl didn''t mind it and instead introduced herself, "Hello, I am Evelyn, and this is my boyfriend, George. We are from the Pocoso Empire. We''re currently traveling the entire continent."


    Her boyfriend, George, facepalmed himself after he heard her telling all the major details about them to a stranger. She had been like this from the start. She had an addiction with cleaning, and whenever she saw someone being clean, she would make them her friend whether they wanted it or not and tell everything about them to that stranger.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her introduction and told the couple his name.


    "How do you keep the store so clean?" Evelyn asked with unnecessary excitement.


    "I just wave my hands," Aakesh honestly responded, but Evelyn took it as a joke and startedughing.


    "Forgive my girlfriend. She has been like this from the start," George pressed his palms together in front of his chest and sincerely apologized for his girlfriend''s unnecessary behavior.


    Aakesh didn''t mind the excessive excitement, so he only nodded in response to George''s apology.


    "What do you sell here?" Evelyn asked as she had already decided to buy everything irrespective of the cost.


    Aakesh exined about the pills and Panagea in response to Evelyn.


    "Oh, a new world," Curiosity appeared on George''s face after hearing about Panagea.


    He had no interest in pills, as he had no use for them. He and Evelyn both were Immortals, so no pills below Immortal grade worked on them.


    He felt interested in Panagea because despite being an Immortal, he had never heard of a world where there were unlimited revivals. He had heard of illusions that could help in improving without the fear of dyings, but a world that would give rewards as a result ofpleting quests was a first for him.


    He then used his divine sense on the store to see the mystery of the store, but the next moment a shocked look appeared on his face as he found only darkness as if there was nothing, no matter how much he used his divine sense.


    The moment George used his divine sense, an alert appeared inside Aakesh''s head.


    [Host, beware the man is an Immortal and trying to sense the details of the store using his divine sense.]


    A look of surprise appeared on Aakesh''s face for a moment after he heard the announcement, but the next moment he masked the expression, but how could he hide the change from the eyes of the Immortal.


    "Oh, you''re interesting," Evelynmented, seeing the change of expressions on Aakesh, her previous excitement nowhere present on her face. The air around both her and George changed. No hints of their previous foolishness could be seen.


    "You''ve got an interesting store," George alsomented as he didn''t find anything in the store except darkness.


    "Yeah, you can say that," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He wasn''t afraid of the couple despite them being Immortal as he had the help of the system. Instead, a thought ofparing himself with an Immortal emerged in his head after learning their level.


    "Look, he isn''t afraid of us," Evelyn told George.


    "You think anyone would be afraid of you after your actions only a few moments before," George scoffed. He then looked at Aakesh and asked with curiosity evident in his tone, "How did you find our cultivation level?"


    George tried to see the cultivation of Aakesh, and he found his level only at Void Forging due to Aakesh''s skill.. So he became curious how could a Void Forging cultivator see the cultivation of an Immortal like him.

 Chapter 109 - Overlord Grade Weapon

    Chapter 109: Overlord Grade Weapon


    "How did you find our cultivation level?" George curiously asked while eyeing Aakesh, searching for anything new he could find.


    "You don''t need to know that," Aakesh expressionlessly responded while continuing to sit on his chair and the Immortals standing.


    The guards who were meditating also woke up and looked at the couple and Aakesh with shocked expressions. Pento had told them that the store owner was on the same level as the king, but now a couple was talking to Aakesh in a sense that he was below their cultivation.


    "You and your secrecy," Georgemented as the next moment, the air in the store suddenly turned chilly and threatening. For the first time, Aakesh felt a hint of danger to his life, while the guards in the store were t on the ground with pale faces.


    But the next moment, Evelyn tapped her finger into the air, and everything in the store returned to normal. She then ringly told George, "I told you never to use your energy while traveling."


    A smile spread across his face as he responded, "I was just testing him." The next moment, a sword out of nowhere appeared in his hands. The sword''s appearance started affecting the guards who had just stood up after the previous ordeal.


    "Here, it''s your gift for not even fazing in front of my pressure," George told Aakesh as he extended the sword toward him.


    "No need," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "I don''t take back my gifts. It''s yours now," George smilingly responded.


    Both Aakesh and George then fell into a stalemate as aakesh refused to take the gift, and George refused to take back the present.


    "Oh, he''s even more stubborn than you," Evelynmented with augh, seeing the stalemate between her boyfriend and the store owner. "Give me the sword," She then looked at George and asked for the sword.


    George handed her the sword, thinking that she would present it to Aakesh, but the next moment, a dumbfounded expression appeared on George''s face after hearing what Evelyn said.


    "It''s alright if you don''t want it, but he would also not take it back, so there can only be two things I can do now, either destroy it or give it to someone you want," Evelynmented after taking the sword.


    "Destroy it," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. Why would he gift a sword of such power to anyone?


    The sword was made up of a mixture of Mythril and the five-headed snake''s blood. The Mythril gave it the ability to withstand most of the damage, while the five-headed snake''s blood gave it the ability to manipte the five primary elements. It was an Overlord-grade weapon that had even more value than thousands of Kingdoms like the Bisan Kingdombined.


    "Are you sure you want to destroy this sword?" Evelyn asked again as she didn''t expect Aakesh to be willing to destroy such a great weapon.


    Aakesh nodded in response. The next moment, Evelyn crushed the sword as she was an Immortal, and their words had value.


    The next moment, a loud explosion echoed in the store. Suddenly a projection of a five-headed snake trying to fight and escape appeared, but suddenly a pressure arrived that stopped the range of explosion from even moving a tiny distance away from Evelyn''s hands, and the projection of the snake faded into light.


    If the sword had exploded with its true power, it would have destroyed at least an area of billions of yojanas.


    As soon as Evelyn destroyed the sword, Georgeined, "Why did you do that? It was such a great weapon." She ignored hisint in response.


    The guards in the store could finally breathe after the destruction of the sword. They then decided to leave the store right away and wait for the other group at the door of the store, as they had already faced two life-threatening situations in a couple of minutes.


    They were only alive at this point because the systempressed the pressure of the sword so that it couldn''t affect the group. They bowed toward Aakesh and left the store, while George and Evelyn ignored them.


    "So, how do we enter the world you were talking about?" Evelyn asked as she also didn''t find anything in the store except darkness when she used her divine sense.


    "You need to wait for three hours, as all the portals are already full," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Okay," George nodded as he waved his hands, and the next moment, two chairs made out of fur appeared in the store. Evelyn and George then both sat on their chairs to spend the wait of three hours. The couple was currently traveling the entire Anga continent, so they had free time on their hands.


    "Tell me something about the world," George asked. Since they had three hours to waste here, he decided to learn more about the world Aakesh talked about.


    "You would see the history of the world from your own eyes, so you should wait," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "How many pills do you have to sell?" Evelyn suddenly asked. She had decided to buy everything from the store, that''s why she asked about the number of pills.


    "Unlimited!" Aakesh responded as it didn''t matter how many customers came, the store would sell their quota of three pills each to them.


    "Oh, then sell them all to me," She smilingly responded. The next moment, a rock the size of football appeared in the store.


    With the appearance of the stone, the entire store started shining, while a wry smile appeared on George''s face. He expected something like this to happen.


    The stone Evelyn had taken out was the supreme Primal stone, the highest form of currency in the Primal dimension. Since the supreme Primal stone didn''t have a conversion rate, in reality, she could buy unlimited numbers of inferior and medium-grade pills.


    Aakesh had no change in expressions, seeing the supreme Primal stone. He only took a nce at the splendor of it and added, "You can only buy three pills each if you want to buy it."


    It brought a smile to Evelyn and George''s faces when they saw that Aakesh had not shown any signs of greed after seeing the supreme Primal stone.. They expected it to happen after learning that the store had something like Panagea.

 Chapter 110 - Hidden Quest

    Chapter 110: Hidden Quest


    "You can only buy three pills each," Aakesh expressionlessly said after ncing only once at the shining supreme Primal stone.


    "Why would you set a limit to your pills selling quantity?" Evelyn asked with a hint of surprise in her voice after not finding even a hint of greed in Aakesh''s eyes.


    "Because qualities only have value until they''re limited," Aakesh responded right away.


    Evelyn smilingly nodded after hearing Aakesh. "Okay, give us three pills each," She then said while pointing at the counter.


    Aakesh nodded and stood up to take the pills out of the counter. It didn''t matter to him what his customers were going to do with the pills, except when they sold his products to make profits.


    He then took out six pills of each category and handed them over to Evelyn. He then told her the price, "1260 ordinary Primal stones, and 1050 inferior Primal stones."


    Evelyn nodded and extended the supreme Primal stones toward him, but Aakesh raised his hands to stop her midway. "I can''t take it since there is no conversion rate for the stone," He expressionlessly responded.


    "You don''t need to worry about it. We would being here regrly for some time," Evelyn smilingly responded as she liked Aakesh more the more she talked to him.


    Aakesh wanted to respond, but he didn''t speak, as the next moment, several system alerts appeared in his head.


    [Ding.]


    [Host, congrattions forpleting the hidden quest: Conversion rate.]


    [Mission reward: A card machine, sessfully rewarded.]


    [Host, tell the system after selecting a location where the machine would be ced.]


    A confused expression appeared on Aakesh''s face after hearing the system alerts.


    "Hey, system, What''s this quest?" Aakesh asked the system in his mind.


    While George, seeing the sudden change in Aakesh''s expression, asked, "What happened?"


    Aakesh didn''t respond to George as the system was currently exining the quest to him.


    When Aakesh opened the store, there was always going to be a powerful or rich customer who would pay a superior Primal stone for the product costing ordinary or top Primal stones, so the system set a quest whenever that time came.


    Being the store owner of ''The First Store'', Aakesh didn''t need to pay the remaining fee, and nor could he take more than the cost of the product.


    The system made it a hidden quest whenever that situation arose, with a reward, so that no more of these situations would ur in the future.


    After learning about the quest, the system exined about the card machine. As its name suggested, it would create a card for the customer to act as the exclusive credit carrier for the store.


    Aakesh then surveyed the store for a good location, and finally, he selected the area next to his chair so that he wouldn''t have to stand up whenever someone decided to buy a card for themselves.


    The next moment, a white light appeared on the area, Aakesh had chosen. The sudden appearance of the light stunned both George and Evelyn.


    Aakesh ignored their reaction and instead focused on the white light. Right at that moment, Maria spawned in the store after dying in Panagea. She also decided to wait for the white light to disappear and see what the situation was, rather than entering Panagea right away.


    The white light slowly started disappearing after a few seconds. When itpletely disappeared, a square box the size of Aakesh appeared in the store.


    It wasn''t the end as slowly patterns started appearing on the box. When the process finally ended, ''Card Machine'' appeared on the top of the box, in golden fonts.


    Below the name of the box, two square blocks appeared. On one square block, the pattern of a ck hole emerged, while on the other block, a small opening appeared.


    Below, the block containing the opening, three switches appeared. Below the switches, top, superior, and supreme were embedded.


    "Senior, what''s this?" Maria couldn''t stop her curiosity, seeing the square box, so she asked Aakesh.


    Evelyn and George also looked at Aakesh, waiting for his answer. After reading the name of the box, they had a somewhat understanding of its function, but they waited for Aakesh to exin it first.


    "It''s a card machine," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "We can see that," Evelyn scoffed while pointing at the golden fonts on the box. "What kind of cards does it create?" She then asked.


    "It creates an exclusive credit carrying card for the store," Aakesh responded. He didn''t stop and continued, "After getting a card, you don''t need to carry Primal stones in your space rings. You can add as many Primal stones you have in your cards."


    "See these three switches. They represent top, superior, and supreme Primal stone," Aakesh added while pointing at the switches. "You can get different cards for different grades of Primal stone," He said and stopped speaking.


    "What''s the difference between the three cards?" Evelyn asked while Maria had a shell-shocked reaction as her eyes finally fell on the shining stone floating next to Evelyn. Despite feeling pressured by it, she felt the urge to steal it deep in her heart.


    "Top Primal stone card has a single function. It could store Primal stones," Aakesh said while pointing at the switch that said top.


    He then proceeded to superior and said, "Superior Primal stone cards can store Primal stones, they also can self-destruct, and they have the ability to contact."


    He then proceeded to supreme switch and exined, "It has all the functions of the previous two cards. It also has the ability of teleportation. From anywhere in the Primal dimension, you can teleport to this store if you have the card."


    He didn''t stop and continued, "The contact ability of the supreme Primal stone card is also better than the superior Primal stone card. The superior card has limitations when ites to several areas where contacting someone isn''t possible. But for the supreme card, there is no such limitation. You can contact your partner from any area in the Primal dimension."


    All the three people in the store had shocked reactions after learning the details of the cards.. Even Maria had to stop looking at the Primal stone after hearing the details about the supreme Primal stone card.

 Chapter 111 - The Supreme Primal Stone Card

    Chapter 111: The Supreme Primal Stone Card


    "Are there any limitations on teleportation of the supreme Primal stone card?" George asked as the concept of teleporting from anywhere in the Primal dimension to the store was unheard of.


    George never expected to get so many surprises in a single day. First, he heard about a world that had unlimited revivals and would grant rewards forpleting quests, and now he heard of a card that could help him in teleportation from any point of the Primal dimension.


    "No, there aren''t any limitations unless someone from second or above dimensions tries to stop you," Aakesh responded.


    George couldn''t help but smile after hearing Aakesh. If anyone from the second dimension or above had the thought of attacking him, he wouldn''t have even gotten the chance to activate the teleportation.


    "Give me one supreme Primal stone card," George said as suddenly another supreme Primal stone appeared in his hand. He then handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the Primal stone from George''s hands. He then lightly tapped the stone to the block containing a pattern of the ck hole. The next moment, the stone turned into liquid and flowed into the ck hole. Aakesh then pressed the supreme switch.


    A light then started emerging from the opening in the second square block. The next moment, the light disappeared, and a rectangr card appeared floating in the air. Aakesh then grabbed the card and looked at it as it was also his first time seeing it.


    The card was silver in color, with the name of the store, ''The First Store'' engraved in golden letters on the top of it. Below the name, there was a golden line drawn in a zigzag motion.


    The zigzag line denoted the calling function of the card. Below the line, there was a pattern written in draconguage that signified the ability of teleportation. Below the patter, there was a tiny see-through hole.


    "Spill a single drop of your blood on the hole," Aakesh informed George as he handed him the card.


    George took the card and scrutinized it first before dropping his blood. He tried to sense the zigzag line and the teleportation pattern, but the card only felt a normal metal to him, no matter how much he tried. He then gave up in the end after failing to sense anything for the umpteenth time.


    He then bit his finger and spilled a single drop of his blood into the tiny hole. Since he was an Immortal belonging to the human race and was only one step away from attaining divinity, his blood was still red, but there was a light golden hue surrounding it. When he attained divinity and became a god, his blood wouldpletely turn golden instead of red.


    The next moment, his blood passed through the hole, but instead of falling to the ground, out of nowhere, the tiny drop of blood turned into a little wave and engulfed the entire card.


    The next moment, the silver card turned into the red with a little bit of golden hue, the same color as his blood. A surprised expression appeared on George''s face the next moment, as he found the same card in his consciousness right next to his soul that looked exactly like him.


    The next moment, a thought automatically emerged in his head that contained all the details of the card. It taught him the way tomunicate, teleport, and the number of Primal stones currently in the card.


    "Wait for me!" He suddenly told Evelyn and Aakesh as he suddenly warped from the store.


    If George had tried to teleport from the store before buying the supreme card, he wouldn''t have been able to as the system restricted teleportation, but the owners of the supreme card had the privilege not to have any restriction from the system.


    After teleporting from the store, George appeared in the Pocoso Empire. He didn''t just stay there. He teleported again, and the next moment, he appeared in the Memor Empire, which was around three trillion Yojanas away from the Pocoso Empire.


    He didn''t stop in the Memor Empire. He teleported several times and finally reached the Xaya Empire, the strongest Empire of the Anga continent and the only Empire of the Elves.


    George teleported at the entrance gate of the Empire. He did so because teleportation from outside or inside the Empire was prohibited for everyone except the Elf royal family.


    He had appeared here as he wanted to check whether the card would be able to teleport him from here to the store, despite the prohibition or not.


    Since George was a Human, he had to get in line to enter the Empire, despite being an Immortal. He didn''t feel bad as he could see hundreds like him belonging to different races, peacefully waiting for their turn without trying to create a riot.


    After a few moments, his turn finally came.


    "Human, What''s the purpose of your visit to the divine Xaya Empire?" The guard standing at the entry door asked George with pride evident in his voice.


    "Only for travel," George expressionlessly responded as he showed his identity as the prince of the Pocoso Empire to the guard.


    A respectful expression appeared on the guard''s face after seeing the identity, as Xaya Empire may be the strongest, but other states that had the word Empire joined with them were no joke to be trifled with. Even the weakest of the Empire in the Anga continent had tens of Immortals, the strongest level in the Primal dimension.


    "Ten supreme Primal stones," The guard then asked for the entry fee.


    Being a prince of an Empire gave him entry into the city without any questions, but he still had to pay the entry fee, as only Elves were allowed into the Xaya Empire without the entry fee.


    George happily paid the entry fee as ten supreme Primal stones weren''t a big deal for him.


    The guard then allowed him to enter the Empire. He lightly tapped the humongous wooden door, and it opened the next moment. Beyond the gate appeared a humongous portal that shined like a cluster of stars.


    No one except the direct descendants of the Xaya Empire knew the actual location of it, as it was located in a pocket dimension.


    George took a step inside the portal and disappeared into it.. The next moment, he appeared in a ce where artificial structures met the trees.

 Chapter 112 - Restriction

    Chapter 112: Restriction


    A portal weed George after the gate opened. He took a step inside the portal as there were many people waiting for their entry and disappeared into it. The next moment, he appeared in a ce where artificial structures met the trees.


    George looked ahead after entering as it was all familiar to him. An awed expression appeared on his face as he saw a humongous tree whose end couldn''t be seen even from his eyes.


    No matter how many times he hade to the Xaya Empire, he was always awed by the tree because it was both the core of the pocket dimension as well as a branch of the Primordial World tree.


    For teleporting using the supreme card, he had to summon the card. The next moment, it appeared in his hand. He then lightly pressed the pattern of teleportation, and the next moment, the card broke the restrictions of the Xaya Empire like it was nothing. A white light engulfed him, and when the light disappeared, he too disappeared from the Xaya Empire and appeared in the store.


    ***


    The moment George activated the teleportation of the card, a pair of eyes suddenly opened on the top of the tree and looked at the area George was a moment before with confusion.


    "Did someone break the restriction I set?" A confused hoarse voice echoed in the area, but the being''s mouth never moved.


    ***


    "It works," George eximed after returning to the store.


    "Where had you gone?" Evelyn asked, seeing the excitement on George''s face.


    "The Xaya Empire," George responded after regaining his calm. He then suggested, "You should also buy a supreme card."


    "I was always going to buy one," Evelyn told George. She then looked at Aakesh and handed him the already floating supreme Primal stone in the store.


    Aakesh nodded and took it. He then did the same process he had done for George. A few momentster, the same silver card appeared in his hands. He then handed the card to Evelyn, and then she spilled a single drop of her blood on the hole.


    After the process ended, the card took the color of her blood. Her card had more splendor as she was stronger than George and the golden hue surrounding her blood was more than him.


    Maria didn''t have superior or supreme Primal stones, but she had top Primal stones, so she decided to buy a top card for herself. "Senior, a top card for me," She said as she handed the top Primal stone to him.


    Aakesh nodded and took the Primal stone. The next moment, he did the same process as earlier, except this time he pushed the switch that signified top.


    A few momentster, a card appeared in his hands. It couldn''t be any more ordinary. It was also silver in color, but the name of the store was written in red instead of golden letters.


    Except for the name of the store, there was only a tiny hole to take the drop of the blood. Aakesh then handed the card to Maria. She had an embarrassed look seeing the difference in the cards, but seeing no expression of looking down on her in Aakesh''s eyes, she calmed down and took the card.


    She then dropped her blood on the tiny hole, and the next moment, the silver card turned into dark red. It then appeared in her consciousness and taught her how to take out and put in the Primal stones in the card for store use.


    After the exnation of the card was done, Aakesh then looked at Evelyn and said, "You still have to pay 1260 ordinary Primal stones and 1050 inferior Primal stones."


    He didn''t stop and continued as the primary purpose of the card was to control the conversion rate, "The conversion rate for the Primal stones up to top-grade is 100:1. The conversion rate for superior Primal stone to top-grade is 10,000:1, whereas the conversion rate for supreme to superior-grade is 1,000,000:1."


    "Oh, you didn''t forget about those stones, despite two people buying products costing supreme Primal stones," Evelyn responded with a smile and took out several Primal stones belonging to supreme and superior-grade Primal stones.


    Suddenly a tiny ck hole appeared and sucked the Primal stones, as she had ordered the card to take the Primal stones.


    The next moment, a thought emerged in her head containing the exact numbers of the stone she had added. She added 184 superior Primal stones and 68 supreme Primal stones.


    "Would you like to pay using the supreme card?" A mechanical alert suddenly appeared in her head, and asked for her permission.


    Her mind said yes, and the next moment the alert that Evelyn had paid for the pills appeared in Aakesh''s head.


    Evelyn then asked for the remaining sum in her card, and the next moment, she got a thought. She currently had 50 inferior, 29 ordinary, 9987 top, 183 superior, and 68 supreme Primal stones in her supreme card.


    "Senior, I will meet youter," Maria said as she had already wasted quite a time. She didn''t currently need the card as she didn''t have a higher form of currency to pay for a low price product.


    Aakesh nodded in response, and she then proceeded toward the portal room while George and Evelyn sat back on their chairs to wait for their turn toe.


    "What''s your race?" George suddenly asked Aakesh while having a normal conversation with Evelyn. He had seen many races that had blue skins, but he had never seen a race that had this darker blue skin and had a humanoid body shape.


    "I don''t know," Aakesh honestly responded.


    "Even secretive of your race," Evelynmented as she thought that Aakesh didn''t want to tell them his race.


    Aakesh didn''t respond as he had no interest in exining the circumstances around him to anyone.


    Time flew by, and three hours passed in the blink of an eye. Evelyn and George asked Aakesh many questions about him during the past few hours, but he either stayed silent, or the couple didn''t believe his words.


    After their six-hour stay in Panagea wasplete, the system forced out the group of Pento and the group of Pas.. The first thing they noticed after spawning in the store was a square box right next to where Aakesh was sitting.

 Chapter 113 - Familiar Faces

    Chapter 113: Familiar Faces


    "Senior, what''s this?" Pento curiously asked, seeing a strange square box lying next to Aakesh.


    "It''s a Card machine," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "What kind of cards, senior?" Mark couldn''t help but ask.


    Aakesh then exined the three types of cards to the group. The group had a mixture of shocked and disappointed expressions, as they got shocked by the details of the cards but were disappointed because they couldn''t buy a supreme or superior card.


    Pento, Bislo, and Pas''s boss bought a top card for them, as only they could afford to spend a top Primal stone for purchasing a card that could carry Primal stones.


    The group then bowed at Aakesh and left the store as there was no point in wasting their time here. Pento found the group of his five guards waiting for him at the door.


    A shocked look appeared on his face after he heard the happenings in the store while he was in Panagea. He then turned back to take a look at the couple, but since he had already exited the store, he couldn''t see anything inside the store. The only thing he saw was the entrance door of the store.


    Then he took a deep breath and left since he could not do anything about both the store owner and the couple. At the moment, his primary focus was onpleting his quest and starting a kingdom in Panagea, as only that could help him in expanding his sphere before his brothers found out about the store and Panagea.


    While in the store, "You can go now," Aakesh expressionlessly told George and Evelyn after the group left.


    The couple nodded and went to the portal room directly since the cost of Panagea would automatically get deducted from their supreme card. A surprised expression appeared on the couple''s faces after seeing the virtual portals.


    Fifteen portals were lying in the room, while one of the portals was greyed, signifying that it already had a user. George then tried to sense the source of the portal, and the next moment, he found himself in the vast expanse of the void with nothing to see no matter how far he looked.


    The next moment, he took back his divine sense and found himself back in the room, staring at the portals.


    "Aren''t they small for a world travel?" Evelyn asked as she had seen countless portals in her life, and even the travel portals whose main purpose is to travel from one kingdom to another exceeds the size of buildings. But here in the store, they were seeing a portal that could carry them to a different world and was only of the same body size as them.


    They also couldn''t find the power source of the virtual portal. Any portals couldn''t work without a power source.


    "Aakesh, where are the power source of these portals?" George asked aftering out of the room.


    "They themselves are the power source," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. The portals didn''t need a power source because they absorb energy from the Multiverse directly every moment.


    A shocked expression appeared on George''s face as he had heard of weapons having their own sentience and were able to cultivate using the energy from the environment but had never heard of portals being able to absorb energy from the environment. It consumed a vast amount of energy for even a single activation, and if they would grasp this energy from the atmosphere, in no time, thend around it would turn barren, but here in the store, they had no such problem.


    "Store owner, I am back!"


    While George had a shocked expression, thinking about the amount of energy it would take for the portals to make them travel to a different world, he heard a familiar voice.


    He turned around to look at the owner of the voice and noticed a girl who had worn a mask and covered her head to hide her face and hair. He easily bypassed the restrictions of the mask and found a familiar face beneath it.


    Lenna also noticed a familiar face when she entered the store.


    "Lenna Faero!"


    "George Pocoso!"


    Both Lenna and George uttered the name of the other party at the same time.


    Aakesh noticed the Pocoso behind George''s name. He also remembered that Evelyn had told at the start of the introduction that they were traveling the continent and were the residents of the Pocoso Empire. He then put this thought in the back of his mind as the fact of him being a prince didn''t interest him much.


    "What are you doing here in a small Kingdom like this?" George asked as he knew the power the Faero family carried in the Primal dimension. Inparison to the Xaya Empire, they were even more powerful. But since most of their family members lived in their own universes, they didn''t have much influence in Visteerna.


    "Oh, I''m traveling around the Visteerna," Lenna made an excuse as she didn''t think much of George to tell him about her purpose ofing to the Bisan Kingdom. "What are you doing here, and where is your girlfriend?" She then asked the same question.


    "I am here," Before George could respond, Evelyn came out of the portal room and smilingly responded. "We''re also traveling around the Anga continent. After traveling the continent, we would go to Kashi in the hope of getting the blessing of the sacred Deva sleeping there," She answered further.


    "Are you here for the world of Panagea?" George asked, as there couldn''t be any other reason than her talking so respectfully with Aakesh.


    "Yes," She nodded. She then looked at Aakesh and said, "Six hours!"


    "Wait, what''s that?" She asked as she noticed a strange square box behind Aakesh''s chairs.


    Aakesh then exined the details of the cards to her. "From anywhere in the Primal dimension to the store," She asked with a shocked look on her face.


    "Yeah, I tested it, and it works," George chimed in and shared his experiences.


    "I want a supreme card," She responded as she took out a supreme Primal stone from her space ring. After experiencing the Panagea for herself, she was confident that the power behind the store wasn''t from this dimension.


    Aakesh nodded and took the Primal stone from her hands.. The next moment, he did the process required to create a card, and a few momentster, a silver card appeared in his hands.

 Chapter 114 - Draconian

    Chapter 114: Draconian


    Aakesh fed the supreme Primal stone to the ck hole and pushed the switch that signified the supreme card. A few momentster, a silver card appeared in his hands.


    "Spill a single drop of your blood in that hole," Aakesh informed as he handed the card to Lenna.


    Lenna took the card from his hands with curiosity on her face. "How do you know it?" The next moment, a shout escaped from Lenna''s mouth as she looked at Aakesh with her mouth and eyes wide open behind the mask.


    "What are you talking about?" Evelyn chimed in as she didn''t understand what Lenna was talking out, but Aakesh understood the context of her question.


    He knew Lenna was talking about the symbol of teleportation. Elves and Dragons have a special rtion, as every Elvennguage has descended from Draconiannguages. It was the gift of Dragons to the World tree since they loved sitting on its branches. So as a gift, Dragons became their Gods, and Elves started praying to them.


    Lenna couldn''t understand its meaning since it was the purest form of Draconian, but still being an Elf and worshipper of the Dragons, she could feel the might of the Dragons from the symbol.


    "You don''t need to know this," Aakesh expressionlessly responded to Lenna''s question.


    "Please tell me," Lenna asked, her pride nowhere to be heard in her voice. Only the knowledge of Dragons and the World tree was above the pride of the Elves.


    "No need to plead to me. I won''t teach you Draconian," Aakesh expressionlessly responded, as he knew where Lenna wanted to go with this conversation, and he had no interest in teaching her anything.


    While a surprised look appeared on George and Evelyn''s faces as the mysteries surrounding the store became even more mysterious after finding out Aakesh knew Draconian.


    Dragons weren''t the beings of the Primal dimension, only their descendant''s wyrm was, and they too were one of the overlords of the Primal dimension.


    "Why won''t you? I can pay you as much as you want," Lenna responded as she took out everything she had on her and put it in front of Aakesh. She even forgot her motive foring here and showed Aakesh every treasure she had on her.


    Aakesh, seeing her actions, decided to ignore her and closed his eyes. A dumbfounded expression appeared on Lenna''s face, seeing Aakesh closing his eyes in the midst of the conversation.


    "Leave it. Aakesh won''t change his mind," Evelyn responded, seeing Lenna not giving up.


    "But..."


    "There is no point in continuing it. Can''t you see the indifference Aakesh has in his eyes while he talks to everyone?" George chimed in, seeing Lenna still wanted to speak.


    From the moment he and Evelyn hade here, not a single time, he had seen any awe or interest in Aakesh''s eyes while talking to them, despite them being Immortal. If he could treat an Immortal like this, then there was no way he would treat Lenna any better.


    "Fine!" Lenna responded after staying silent for a few moments. She took a deep breath and returned to her prideful look behind her mask.


    Aakesh then chimed in while his eyes were still closed, "Since you''ve already got a card, you don''t have to pay right away to enter Panagea. Every hour you would get an alert, and when your six hours getpleted, you would be forced out, and the store would automatically deduct the cost from your card."


    "Hmph," Lenna lightly scoffed after hearing Aakesh. She then proceeded toward the portal room. George and Evelyn too followed her with smiles on their faces.


    A few momentster, Maria spawned in the store since her stay in Panagea wasplete. She then looked at Aakesh, who was resting on his chair with his eyes closed. A smile appeared on her face, seeing the peaceful look on the expressionless face of Aakesh, but the next moment, that smile disappeared, and a nervous look appeared on her face.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and looked at Maria, as she had been standing in the same ce for the past few minutes and looking nervously at him.


    "Senior, have you heard about the race Indotar?" She subconsciously asked the question she was nervous about.


    She had received the quest to rescue 100 residents of the town Atley, and she had only been able to protect 42 citizens until now. The raid of the raider was almostplete, so if she didn''t save 58 more citizens in two days, she would lose the quest.


    Since she couldn''t fight the raiders one on one, the quest became more difficult for her. The race of the raiders was Indotar. She wanted someone''s advice toplete the quest, and only the picture of Aakesh emerged in her head after thinking like this.


    "Yes, I know about them," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Do they have any weakness, senior?" She asked with a red face.


    "Seduction," Aakesh responded as Indotar was once one of the most lustful races in the Primal dimension, and this trait of them caused their extinction after they harassed an Immortal''s mother.


    "Anything other than that," Maria asked as even her ears had turned red from embarrassment.


    "Weak eyesight and poor hearing," Aakesh responded. He didn''t stop and added, "If you know archery, it would be easy for you to kill them."


    "Thank you, senior!" Maria responded and bowed. She then left the store and thought on her way, "Damn it, I have to seduce those monsters."


    "Hey, system, do I also get the supreme card?" Aakesh asked the system in his head while waiting for his customer.


    [No, Host, since everything in the store is free of cost for you, you don''t need the supreme card.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice. "Why don''t you give me the supreme card with all other skills?" Aakesh asked, as he also wanted the teleportation ability of the card.


    [No!]


    The system refused straight away. "Okay, give me cards tomunicate. It has been many days since Ist talked with Lily," Aakesh tried for thest time.


    [No!]


    The system refused again, as the benefits of the cards were solely for the customers. "Okay, fine. Show me what Lily is doing in Panagea?" Aakesh asked, forgetting about the cards.


    The next moment, a ck screen appeared and showed him the scenes of Lily in Panagea.. After seeing that, she was fine, he waved his hands, and the screen disappeared.

 Chapter 115 - Outrageous Skill

    Chapter 115: Outrageous Skill


    Around 40 minutes had passed when George and Evelyn suddenly spawned in the store.


    "This early!" Aakesh thought in surprise after seeing the couple spawning in the store.


    "It was an easy quest," George smilingly told Aakesh after spawning. The next moment, a blue screen containing their rewards appeared in front of both of them.


    Evelyn had won a skill, whereas George had won a weapon as the bonus reward.


    They both paid for their rewards to take it out in the real world. Evelyn won a skill called ''Sword Physique''. It cost her a whopping 51 supreme Primal stones, but she happily paid for it. Both Aakesh and George had shocked expressions, reading the details of the skill as a blue window containing all the details of the skill appeared for them to see.


    Skill name: Sword Physique,


    Ability: It provides immunity against anyone having lower knowledge of swords than the owner. It also allows the user to control their opponent''s sword, with rare chances of manipting the sword of a stronger opponent than the owner,


    Cooldown: 24 hours.


    "Hey, system, how can you give such skill only in the starting town?" Aakeshined to the system in his head while Evelyn startedughing, seeing the looks on Aakesh and George''s faces.


    [Host, the bonus reward of the first quest depends upon the performance and luck, with both taking half shares. Her performance and fate, both worked for her, so she got the higher bonus rewards, while the man didn''t have enough good fortune, so he got a weak weapon as the bonus reward.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice. "Why would you give luck the same importance as the performance in the quest?" Aakesh asked as it was unfair to many. Both George and Evelyn appeared in the same town andpleted the same quest, but one got an unprecedented reward, while the other got an ordinary sword that cost 2 top Primal stones.


    [Host, Luck is a significant part of who we are. If you didn''t have heavenly luck, you would''ve never gotten Virtual portals as your portal.]


    The system responded. Aakesh could only nod as what the system said was right.


    "Okay, let''s go. We''ve to do many things," Evelyn said, seeing George shaking his head disappointedly, staring at the sword in his hands.


    George nodded and put the sword in his pocket space. He then followed Evelyn to the portal room.


    Time flew by, and six hours passed. The system forced Lenna out since her six-hour stay in Panagea wasplete. She didn''t directly spawn in the store. She appeared in the void since she hadn''t put any Primal stone in her supreme card, and the payment for Panagea was still due. She then got an alert in her head about the unsettled cost.


    The next moment, she added a supreme Primal stone to her card, and the store deducted its payment, then she spawned in the store. Her eyes then fell on Aakesh rxing on his chair.


    She wanted to request him to teach her Draconian for thest time, but the words of George appeared in her head. She then heaved a disappointed sigh and left the store, as the more she stood here, her urge of learning Draconian would Increase.


    Only a few minutes had passed when George and Evelyn spawned in the store. They both had content expressions on their faces as they enjoyed their stay in Panagea very much.


    "Aakesh, we''lle tomorrow," Evelyn smilingly told Aakesh and then left the store with George.


    No customer came after that until the closing time of the store. In the evening, when the light faded and the darkness rolled in, Aakesh closed the door of the store.


    He then disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection ground. He then took the bow from the weapon counter and disappeared from the selection ground.


    The next moment, he appeared in the familiar arena in the midst of the cheer of the crowd. Then a blue screen with three options appeared in front of him. He selected to fight the second round, as he still had to defeat his opponent using the bow.


    The next moment, his opponent appeared in the arena with a cold look. The bell then rang and announced the start of the battle.


    The battle began with the sh of the arrow and the sword. The sound of continuous shes echoed in the arena. Suddenly, the battle arena turned darker as countless bolts appeared in the sky, threatening every single person present in the crowd.


    "Whoosh!"


    The continuous sounds of arrows tearing through the air rang as they bombarded the opponent. Suddenly the air in the arena turned cold as a white light engulfed the opponent.


    The next moment, a white sh passed through the arena. A few momentster, when the air in the battle arena subsided, only two beings remained in the battle arena without even a hint of injury, while the battlefield had turned into ruins.


    The battle didn''t stop as Aakesh shot an arrow aiming at the opponent''s head, then the next arrow, and continuous after that, while moving at the same time to confuse the opponent.


    But the opponent easily deflected every arrow, but his movement started turning sluggish afew momentster as the weight of the arrow increased with every shot.


    Suddenly, the air froze in the arena, as an outline of a projection appeared right above the opponent, but right at that moment, countless arrows appeared in the sky, and they started falling, with each bolt weighing more than a ton.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    Continuous sounds of explosions rocked the arena as arrows bombarded into the projection of the sword.


    A few momentster, both the arrows and the projection disintegrated, as no one came out as the stronger party in the sh.


    Aakesh left the arena right away after that, as it was another draw. To defeat him was easy for him since he had unlimited endurance, so he would not be tired, whereas his opponent would. But since he was here to learn, he stopped the battle.


    After appearing in the selection arena, he decided to fight an archery battle. Time flew by, and around an hour passed. He fought various kinds of archery battles, and he won every one of them.. The next moment, he disappeared from the selection ground and appeared in the store.

 Chapter 116 - Massacre

    Chapter 116: Massacre


    Aakesh appeared in the same ce in Wolfden from where he had left yesterday.


    "Sixty-six more to go," Aakesh murmured, and proceeded toward the closest radical. Since several hours had passed, the number of converted must have increased by a lot.


    ***


    "It has been hours, and we still don''t know the whereabouts of our seven brothers and sisters," One being in a cloak said in a hoarse voice.


    "Maybe they''ve gotten caught," Another voice responded to the being.


    "Lord Volgoxas wouldn''t be happy if seven members of our religion died only in the start," The first being said in a hoarse voice. It had only been a couple of days since they arrived in the town of Wolfden, and they had already lost seven of the seventy-three radicals.


    The loss of even one member in their group would make the quest harder, which in turn would increase the number of escapees, and their lord desired the sacrifice of all the Wolfden residents.


    "You two don''t need to worry about Volgoxas."


    The next moment, surprised looks appeared on their faces as they heard an unfamiliar voice. They then turned around at the same time to look at the owner of the sound.


    "Adventurer!" One of the beings eximed, seeing Aakesh expressionlessly staring at both of them.


    The next moment, they startedughing out loud as they could see the level of Aakesh, but suddenly their peals ofughter got stuck in their throat as Aakesh appeared in front of them and took both of their hearts out at the same time.


    Thud!


    Both the radicals then fell with a thud on the ground. Aakesh didn''t even take a look at their corpse and left the area in search of the next radical. He stopped hunting converted for the moment, as he decided to kill all of them at the same moment after the call of the leader of the group of radicals.


    Time flew by, and hours passed. Aakesh hunted around 20 radicals today. The number was enormous inparison to yesterday when he had only hunted seven radicals. But he was still quite away frompleting the quest since forty-six radicals were still alive.


    Since the store informed him that the sun had risen in Visteerna, he had to stop his hunt of radicals for today. "Forty-six more to go," He mumbled and then disappeared from the Panagea. The next moment, he appeared in the store.


    He then took a bath to freshen himself and opened the door of the store. As usual, fourteen people were standing at the door for their entry into Panagea.


    "Greetings, senior!" Mark greeted Aakesh right after entering the store. The other people in the crowd followed him and also greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to their greetings.


    "Senior, six hours for us and three hours for these groups," Pento said while pointing at his group of four and then pointing at his guards.


    Pento asked for the time in Panagea despite being a top card owner because the card would only deduct payment for himself, and he was the leader of the group, so he had to pay for all the fourteen members of the group.


    Aakesh nodded, and the next moment, the store deducted the payment for all the members from his top card. That exact moment, Pento got a sudden thought in his head that he had already paid.


    The group of five guards and Pento''s group then proceeded toward the portal room after buying the mental healing pills.


    "Senior, why did they buy the pills before entering the Panagea?" Pas curiously asked, seeing the group of Pento eating a pill before entering the Panagea.


    "The fighting in the Panagea bes easier after eating the mental healing pill," Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    "Give us one too with six hours stay in Panagea," Pas boss asked after hearing the reason for Pento buying the pills.


    Aakesh nodded and handed her the pills for the group while the cost got automatically deducted from her top card.


    After eating the pills, the group also left for Panagea, while the group of guards left in the store went outside the store to wait for their entry after hearing what the other groups of guards faced inside yesterday.


    Time flew by, and six hours passed. The fourteen people left after their six hours in Panagea was over. Only a few moments had passed when George and Evelyn appeared in the store.


    "We''re here," Evelyn smilingly said, seeing Aakesh expressionlessly looking at them.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded to their arrival. The couple then proceeded to the portal room directly since they didn''t have to ask for Aakesh''s permission due to their supreme card.


    Time flew by, and around an hour passed. Lenna also appeared directly in the store. She didn''t say anything to Aakesh and directly entered the portal room.


    A few more hours passed when Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps. He looked at the door and saw Maria entering the door.


    Maria''s face turned red, seeing Aakesh looking at her. She was wearing tight clothes that showed her body curves while giving extra focus to her private parts.


    Aakesh ignored her and closed his eyes since she already had a card. She only had to think of what product she wanted to buy, and that product would appear in her hands.


    She, with a red face, then proceeded toward the portal room.


    Time flew by, and the day passed. Everyone left after their stay in Panagea wasplete. Aakesh closed the door of the store and then proceeded to the portal room.


    The next moment, he appeared in Panagea. Since the killing of twenty-six radicals, the remaining radicals started traveling in groups of three. Their leader moved alone due to being the most powerful in the group and was an evolved being.


    Aakesh started searching for the radicals right after appearing, but he didn''t find anybody in the following six consecutive locations he had heard. He finally found a group of three radicals in his seventh attempt.


    They were also talking about the death of the members of their group when suddenly Aakesh appeared in front of them and killed them by severing their heads using his hands.


    "Forty-three more to go," He murmured and then left for the next closest location in his memory.

 Chapter 117 - Grouping

    Chapter 117: Grouping


    "Forty-three more to go," Aakesh murmured as he nced at three headless corpses lying on his feet. He then turned around and left for the closest location.


    "Three more," One person whispered while looking at the emerald on their hand that showed forty-three bright lines, while thirty lines were darker.


    The being then looked at the house behind him, and a smile appeared on their face, seeing ''Town Head'' written in giant letters on top of the building.


    On the other side, Aakesh reached the closest location from his memory. When he arrived there, he found around two hundred converts and three radicals were praying to their God in anguage only known to Fiyeli.


    "O Lord Volgoxas, we''ve prepared sacrifices for you. Please show us our way," one of the radicals said in hisnguage, but since Aakesh had the knowledge of everynguage, he understood the meaning.


    The other radical then told the convert what to say. It meant, "O, dear God Volgoxas, we''re ready to sacrifice ourselves for you. Please show them the way." The converts didn''t know the meaning of what they were speaking, but since Aakesh was already going to kill them, he didn''t care.


    Aakesh rushed to the group of radicals first. "Thud!" the next moment, the soft sound of something falling to the ground rang as the head of the radical in right flew.


    Before the others realized what was going on, Aakesh punched a radical in the head and crushed the heart of the other. The group of radicals died in no time as their corpses fell on the ground with a loud sound, waking every convert up from his prayer.


    The converts screamed in horror, seeing the corpses of the clerics, but before their scream died down, Aakesh appeared in the midst of them and started killing everyone expressionlessly.


    Many tried to fight him, but Aakesh didn''t even have to use half of his power to crush their heads in a punch. Seeing the massacre around them made many of the converts run for their life, but Aakesh chased every single one of them and killed them by either severing their heads or crushing their hearts.


    A few minutester, Aakesh looked back and saw the trail of the corpses. No expression appeared in his eyes as he murmured, "Forty more to go." He then left the area in search of more radicals.


    After then Aakesh searched for hours, but he didn''t find a single radical. He didn''t know that after he killed thest group of radicals, their leader ordered them to move in arge group in ce of three members, so currently, there were only three groups of radicals. One group contained 20 radicals; the other group had 19, while thest group consisted of only their leader.


    Aakesh didn''t give up and continued searching for the radicals. He finally found a group of 19 radicals talking in one corner of the market. Since several murders had urred across town during the past couple of days, the market had be even more empty.


    Aakesh didn''t look worried seeing 19 radicals at the same time. Instead, a smile appeared on his face as the quest became easier for him. But he had to stop as he got the alert from the system that morning had arrived in the Visteerna.


    "Let''s hope I found you at this ce next time Ie here," Aakesh mumbled, and the next moment, he disappeared from the Panagea. While the radicals continued chatting about the issue of murders, unaware of the tragedy they were going to face a moment before.


    The next moment, he appeared in the store. He then took a bath to freshen himself, and after that, he opened the door.


    "Greetings, senior!"


    "Greetings, senior!"


    Pento and Mark greeted Aakesh simultaneously after entering the store. The other people in the crowd then followed and greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded in response to their greetings, turned around, and went to his chair. He then sat down on it and looked at the crowd.


    "Senior, the same routine for us!" Pento said.


    Aakesh nodded, and the next moment, 3600 inferior Primal stones got deducted from Pento''s top card.


    After Pento got the alert for the sessful payment, he proceeded to the portal room, and the other members of the group followed him. Today they had smiles on their faces because they were just one step away frompleting their quest in Panagea.


    Since they started entering Panagea with nine members, the fighting became easier for them. And in return, Elves got more room to fight and a window to breathe, which made the killing rate of metal wolves increase by several folds.


    After the group of Pento left, Pas''s boss also asked for six hours and mental healing pills. They then proceeded toward the portal room, and the left group of guards went outside to wait for their turn after three hours.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed when Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps. He opened his eyes and looked at the door of the store. He noticed Punta wearing a guise entering the store.


    "Give me three mental healing pills," Punta asked for the pills right away as he took out 150 ordinary Primal stones from his space ring and handed them to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and got up from his chair. He went to the counter, took three mental healing pills, and returned to his chair. He then handed it over to Punta.


    A smile appeared on Punta''s face as he took the pills from Aakesh''s hands. He then ate one right away, and a feeling of bliss appeared on his face the next moment.


    "Is the portal empty?" He then asked Aakesh as he saw Pento''s guards standing at the door.


    "Yes," Aakesh expressionlessly responded as one virtual portal was currently empty.


    Aakesh nodded and told him to pay 200 inferior Primal stones for six hours. Punta nodded and handed him the required amount.


    "The portal that isn''t gray is empty," Aakesh then told Punta while pointing at the portal room.


    Punta nodded in understanding and proceeded toward the portal room. He found the only empty portal in the corner of the room. He then went to it and entered it.. The next moment, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment.

 Chapter 118 - A Day In The Store

    Chapter 118: A Day in the Store


    Only a few moments after Punta entered the portal, Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps. He looked at the door to see Maria entering the store with a red face. She had worn the same tighter clothes as yesterday.


    Since Maria had the top card, she didn''t need to pay for Panagea first, so she directly entered the portal room as she was too embarrassed to talk to Aakesh. When she reached the room, she found all the portals had turned grey, so she, with a disappointing expression, returned back to the store.


    "Senior, when would the portals be empty?" Maria asked as she only knew fourteen people who entered the portal in the morning.


    "You cane back in six hours," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Maria nodded in understanding and hurryingly left the store, as talking to Aakesh while wearing these tight clothes was too embarrassing for her. It wouldn''t be embarrassing for her if Aakesh looked at her like a man looks at a woman, but in Aakesh''s eyes, she only saw the indifference, so she hurryingly left the store with a red face.


    Aakesh then forgot her and thought of the quest screen. The next moment, a blue screen containing the information of the mission appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Organize apetition for the citizens of the Bisan Kingdom and other people,


    Requirement: Since you''ve suggested that the store should organize apetition to promote the store, it''s now your duty to organize it with the maximum possible zeal and fervor so that everyone irrespective of their level can enjoy it,


    Minimum numbers of attendees: 2000,


    Event time: Three days,


    Mission reward: A new product, addition in varieties in pills, and thirty-five new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Commission reduced by 100% for a year.]


    "Only four days left," Aakesh whispered, as only four days were left until the event day.


    He already had some events in his mind that he wanted to organize with the help of the virtual portals, so he didn''t worry about when the time woulde.


    The only thing he had concerns about were the rewards he had to give to the winners of the events.


    He was only thinking about the rewards when suddenly the entire group of Pento spawned in the store.


    "We did it," Pento cheered while he jumped in excitement. Bislo also followed him in jumping without caring for his age.


    Aakesh ignored their excitement as they had onlypleted the first quest, and none of them would get a bonus reward. It was good fortune for them since the system didn''t decrease the award of the mission on the basis of the performance.


    After jumping in excitement for a while, Bisal came to Aakesh. He then respectfully asked, "Senior, you told us that day that we could be alchemists in Panagea."


    "Yes," Aakesh expressionlessly asked.


    "Senior, I wanted to know, how should I get that knowledge?" Bisal respectfully asked.


    Suddenly an Idea emerged in Aakesh''s head as he said, "You''ll get your answer four dayster. Until then, do other quests and grow your level in Panagea."


    A disappointed and excited expression appeared on Bisal''s face at the same time. He was disappointed as he still had to wait for four days for learning alchemy and was excited because he only had to wait for four days to learn about alchemy in the Panagea.


    "Thank you, senior," Bisal thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to his thanks. The group then returned to Panagea while Bisal exined the conversation to Pento.


    Time flew by, and the remaining time in Panagea for both the groups passed. The system then forced them out of the world. Both the groups then left the store after thanking Aakesh.


    A few minutes had passed when George and Evelyn teleported directly into the store with the help of the supreme card.


    "How are you, Aakesh?" Evelyn smilingly asked.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her question.


    "We''ll talkter. Let''s go," George chimed in and told Evelyn to hurry up as George was in the midst of his third quest to increase his level.


    After the first quest, everyone would have to increase their level on their own, so Evelyn and George were doing their own quests.


    Evelyn had alreadypleted her third quest and was currently a Level 4 power leveler since one of her quests gave her an increase of two levels, while George was in the midst of his third quest and was currently a Level 2 power leveler.


    "Okay, let''s go," Evelyn responded and went with George to the portal room.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes and waited for new customers toe. Only several minutes had passed when George spawned in the store.


    The next moment, a blue window appeared in front of him, containing the reward he had won forpleting his third quest.


    It was a talisman that would increase the movement speed by three times after its activation. But since George was an Immortal in the actual world, it would only double his pace instead of three times. He then paid one superior Primal stone, and it appeared in his hands. He then put it in his pocket space and returned to the portal room.


    Time flew by, and one hour passed. The six hours for Punta was also over, so the system forced him out. He had a frustrating expression when he spawned in the store.


    He acted, unlike the other adventurers. When the blue window containing the quest appeared in front of him, he ignored it, as he had no interest in power after the matter with his brother got solved. Punta was only in the Kingdom until he found an heir. After he found a suitable heir, he would leave the Kingdom and travel the continent.


    "Can''t you extend my time?" Punta asked as he was in the midst of a conversation with a local of the town.


    "No!" Aakesh tly refused.


    "Can''t you give the king some special benefits?" Punta asked.


    "Even if you''re an Emperor, you still won''t get a special treatment," Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    Punta stopped arguing with Aakesh as there was no point in continuing it. His eyes then fell on the square box next to Aakesh.. He had seen it in the morning too, but he ignored it as he wanted to see Panagea first.

 Chapter 119 - Daityas

    Chapter 119: Daityas


    "What''s that?" Punta asked while pointing at the square box next to Aakesh.


    "It''s a card machine..."


    Aakesh then exined about the card machine to Punta.


    "Who are you?" Punta asked in response to Aakesh''s exnation. Since he hade into the store, everything he had found turned out to be mysterious.


    Despite being a Void Forging cultivator, a medium-grade pill could affect him, which is practically impossible because of the power gap. He then found a virtual world where he could do anything without the fear of death, and the world was as true as the actual world, and now, a card that allows traveling from anywhere in the Primal dimension directly to the store.


    "Store owner," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Punta scoffed and said, "Give me one superior card. The supreme card is way above my entire wealth." He then took out a superior Primal stone from his space ring and extended it toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the Primal stone. The next moment, he threw the Primal stone into the ck hole and pressed the superior switch.


    A few momentster, a blue card appeared in his hands. The name of the store was written in silver fonts on the top of the card. Below it was a zigzag line that signified the ability tomunicate.


    There was a difference between the zigzag line of the superior and supreme cards. On the supreme card, the number of curves was higher than the superior card.


    "Drop a single drop of your blood on that hole," Aakesh informed as he handed over the card to Punta.


    Punta gently took the card from Aakesh''s hands as he had spent a great deal of his fortune on it. He then curiously scrutinized it, trying to find anything, but the next moment, he facepalmed himself. How could he even think that he would find something from the product of this store?


    He then bit the tip of his index finger and dropped the blood on it. The next moment, a single drop of his blood engulfed the card, and the card turned red from blue, while the name still remained in silver.


    After finding out everything about the card from a new memory in his head, he left the store since he was a king and had already spent six hours of his day in the store.


    A few minutes had passed when there was teleportation directly into the store. Aakesh didn''t have to see who it was, as only three people currently had the privilege to teleport into the store.


    Lenna didn''t directly go to the portal room, and instead, she came up to Aakesh and stared at him for a moment.


    "Store owner, I want to buy one more supreme card," She said after seeing Aakesh not opening his eyes.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and expressionlessly said, "One person can only buy one card. Since you already have the current highest grade card, you can''t even upgrade it."


    "Why are there so many restrictions in your store for buying?" Lennained. Other stores wanted people to spend more and more money, but this store acted the opposite. Everything in this store was limited for the consumer.


    Aakesh only took a nce at her in response to her question. Lenna scoffed in response to his nce.


    She wanted a supreme card for her grandmother since it allowed direct entry into the store. Otherwise, she would have to travel here, for which she would have to make an effort, and being a granddaughter, she didn''t want that.


    "Store owner, think about it, you can earn several supreme stones from my family members if you allow me to buy them," Lenna gave an olive branch to Aakesh with no hope in her heart that he would ept it.


    "No!" As expected, Aakesh bluntly refused.


    Lenna took a deep breath after Aakesh straight refusal to calm her angry heart. She, with a scoff, went to the portal room.


    Around an hour had passed since Lenna entered the portal when Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps at the door of the store. He looked at the door and saw a familiar face.


    "Senior, is there an empty portal?" Maria asked with a red face.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded. After getting a yes, Maria didn''t wait and directly rushed into the portal room.


    Aakesh ignored her actions and closed his eyes while waiting for new customers toe.


    Only a few moments had passed when Aakesh heard the sound of several footsteps. He looked at the door and saw a group of six people covered in dark cloaks entering the store.


    Aakesh easily bypassed their cloak and looked at their actual faces. A surprised look appeared on his face when he found out the group''s real identity.


    None in the group belonged to the human race. Instead, they were members of one of the top races of the Primal dimensions, Daitya.


    Daitya were a subspecies of the Asura race, the second strongest race of the Multiverse after Devas. Vritrasura also belonged to the Asura race.


    Several Epoches earlier, a young Asura fell in love with a member of the Dona race. Since Asuras were the inhabitants of the third dimension, he couldn''t stay in the Primal dimension for long, but before he left the dimension, he had a child with a Dona member.


    That child was the progenitor of the Daitya race. His name was Vaizcar. Being a direct descendant of the supreme race made him a one-man force in the Primal dimension when he was only a child by Asura or Dona standards.


    Daitya''s had the same body shape as the humans, but their skin was darker, and they had a horn in the center of their forehead. The taller the horn, the stronger the Daitya was in their n.


    The group curiously surveyed the store after entering it. They were traveling around the city when they noticed the store. The store building gave them pressure, and they couldn''t see anything inside the store even though the door was open, so they decided to check it out.


    When they entered the store, they finally could see inside the store. As the group noticed the hardwood floor entirely made up of Ashamba, shocked looks appeared on their faces. They then looked at other members and could see their shocks.. They then noticed a blue-skinned man expressionlessly looking at them whilefortably sitting on his chair.

 Chapter 120 - Maharathi

    Chapter 120: Maharathi


    "What do you sell here?" The daitya in the front arrogantly asked after seeing Aakesh looking at them.


    Daityas didn''t follow the Qi cultivation system. They instead followed the warrior system. Everyone in the group was a warrior in the Maharathi grade.


    Maharathi level had four grades in the warrior system. They were inferior, intermediate, top, andplete.


    Inferior Maharathi warrior was equivalent to Tao Seed cultivator in Qi cultivation system, intermediate to Tao Manifestation, top to Tao Pce, andplete Maharathi was equal to the Heavenly Monarch or an Immortal.


    Five members in the group were top Maharathi, while the one on the back was also a top Maharathi, but he was on the verge of a breakthrough toplete Maharathi.


    After the Daitya in the front arrogantly talked to Aakesh, Aakesh''s eyes turned cold as he only stared at him instead of responding to his answer.


    Suddenly, the daitya who had talked arrogantly felt a chill crawl down his spine when he looked at Aakesh. He was forced to take a step back as he felt he would freeze if he stayed here any longer.


    "Forgive him. He doesn''t know how to talk," A voice came from the back of the group. After that, the man in the back stepped forward.


    "Apologize!" The man then pressed his hands on the shoulder of the daitya and ordered him.


    The daitya had a surprised expression after his elder brother told him to apologize to a Void Forging cultivator, but since his brother never joked, he didn''t dare to refuse his order.


    "Forgive me! I shouldn''t have talked to you in that way," He apologized while standing straight. Suddenly a pat came on his back, and he automatically bent down to his waist.


    The daitya turned around in anger to look at who had forced him to bend, but when he saw the face, all the anger vanished, and instead, a terrified expression appeared on his face. His elder brother had already taken off the mask and was looking at him.


    "Please forgive me!" He then looked at Aakesh, sincerely bent down, and apologized.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to his apology and then focused on the daitya who had taken off his mask. Because of their rtions with the Asuras, Daityas were an arrogant race, so Aakesh didn''t expect the daitya to force one of his own to stoop down and apologize.


    A smile spread across the daitya face as he introduced himself, "I am Kuriati."


    Aakesh nodded in response and responded, "I am Aakesh."


    "What does your store sell?" Kuriati asked while inspecting the store.


    Aakesh exined about the pills and Panagea in response to his question.


    "And, what does that do?" Kuriati smilingly asked while pointing at the square box. The daityas behind him had surprised reactions after hearing about Panagea, but what they were more surprised was about that their brother was smiling.


    "It''s a card machine..." Aakesh then exined about the card.


    Kuriati smilingly took out a supreme Primal stone from his space ring and handed it to Aakesh right away. The other members in the group followed him and took out supreme stones.


    A few momentster, everyone had ck cards in their hand, as their blood was ck in color.


    "Let''s go and test Panagea," One of the members in the group suggested after everyone added a single supreme Primal stone to their respective cards.


    Everyone in the group agreed with the suggestion. They then looked at Kuriati to see his response since he was the strongest of the group. Kuriati nodded, while the smile was nowhere to be seen on his face.


    The smile reappeared on his face as he turned around to look at Aakesh. "We''ll meet youter," He said to Aakesh and then left toward the portal room. The other member of the group followed him while Aakesh expressionlessly looked at everything happening.


    The group decided to enter the same town in Panagea after their entry. One of the members in the group couldn''t stop himself from asking, so he asked Kuriati, "Elder brother, why did you treat him so respectfully?"


    A cold look appeared on Kuriati''s face as he responded, "I saw a fight between us, and I lost my life in that battle."


    The group''s mouth gaped in shock after hearing their elder brother. "How can a Void Forging cultivator kill you, elder brother?" The members asked at the same time.


    Kuriati looked at them in response as if they were an idiot and said, "He isn''t a Void Forging. He''s faking his level."


    Kuriati had a talent for seeing the future of his actions from the moment he was born. So, when his eyes fell on Aakesh, a sudden scene of their fight came to his mind, where Aakesh had shed away his head with one swing of his sword in an unfamiliar ce.


    "Should we call others for help?" One of the Daitya asked.


    "No need, I saw their corpses lying on the battlefield in the scene," Kuriati responded with a slight tremble in his voice. The scenery of them battling while the corpses of everyone that came up with him got embedded in his mind. He didn''t want to face the same scenery, so he decided to make good rtions with Aakesh instead of having to fight him in the future.


    While in the real world, Aakesh was talking to the system.


    "Hey, system, how did he see my level when you said that even Heavenly Monarch couldn''t see through it?"


    [Host, it was due to his special talent.]


    The system emotionlessly responded. "Oh, special talent," Aakesh murmured.


    Time flew by, and hours passed. After George and Evelyn''s six hours wereplete in Panagea, the system forced them out of the world.


    "We''ll be back tomorrow," Evelyn smilingly said, and George nodded toward Aakesh. Aakesh also nodded back at them, and the next moment, a white light engulfed them. With the disappearance of the white light, they also disappeared from the store.


    Hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the sunset came, which brought the darkness to the Bisan Kingdom and the entire world. Aakesh stood up from his chair and closed the store.


    After closing the store, he disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection ground.. He then had a battle with the opponent, and it was another draw, so he returned to the store.

 Chapter 121 - Mayhem(1)

    Chapter 121: Mayhem(1)


    After returning from the drawn match, Aakesh proceeded toward the portal room. He then entered the first virtual portal and disappeared from the store.


    The next moment, he appeared in the Panagea, the same ce he had exited yesterday. The first thing he searched for after arriving, whether the group of radicals was there or not. Unfortunately for him, there wasn''t a single radical roaming that area.


    Aakesh didn''t mind it as he expected it to happen. No group whose people are dying would stay in the same area for several hours.


    Only a few locations that he got from the first radical were left. All the locations he had got were the radical''s predetermined locations even before entering Wolfden, so he was confident that even if they changed their areas of stay, they wouldn''t go very far from the predetermined point.


    Aakesh then left right away for the next area in his memory. Unfortunately, he didn''t find even a hint of radical stay in the following locations. Time flew by, and two hours passed in the blink of an eye. He had searched around six locations in the past hours, but he didn''t find any radicals.


    He didn''t give up as that wasn''t the option if he wanted toplete the quest. His luck didn''t favor him for the next three locations, but finally, something good happened, as he found the group of 20 radicals in the next area.


    ***


    "Did the leader find anything about the murderer?" One of the radicals asked other members of the group.


    "It''s the adventurer. Leader converted a man who had seen the killing of one of the radical," The other member replied.


    "Adventurer!"


    Exmation erupted in the crowd of radicals hearing the identity. "How can the adventurer kill so many of us when he has only gained the ability to manipte energy a couple of days ago?" One of the radicals asked in shock.


    "Damn these adventurers!" One of the radicals cursed, but envy was evident in his voice. Every living in Panagea was envious of the ability of revival the adventurers had.


    Thud!


    Suddenly a silence fell on the crowd as one of the radical''s heads flew away. They got ready to attack the next moment, but Aakesh had already killed three of the twenty radicals.


    "How dare you?" One of the radicals screamed and made a move. In the group, he was the strongest and was only one step away from evolution since he was Level 25.


    Aakesh suddenly moved to his left as he sensed danger, and a needle passed through the same point at that moment. Aakesh grabbed the head of the closest radical and bombarded it to the next radical he found, resulting in the death of both at the same time.


    He then reached in front of the strongest of the group who was rushing at him. The radicals didn''t expect Aakesh toe at him, leaving other members of the group behind him to surround him.


    A smile appeared on his face as he could see the future where the radicals would surround the adventurer, and he would give the finishing blow, but the next moment, the smile froze in his face as he saw a heart in the adventurer''s hands.


    He then looked at himself and found a hole in his chest. It all happened so fast that his body didn''t feel a thing. "How?" It was hisst word as he fell down the ground the next moment.


    After killing the strongest of the group, it became easy for Aakesh to eliminate the left radicals. In only a few moments, Aakesh killed thest of them.


    "Twenty more to go!" He then murmured as he looked at twenty Fiyeli corpses lying there with various expressions on their faces.


    Aakesh then left the area and left the corpses to rot there. He didn''t have a shred of sympathy for the dead Fiyeli.


    ***


    "HOW?" A shout suddenly rang in the guard''s barracks.


    "What happened?" Another guard came rushing to the barracks, hearing the angry scream, but before he could find out what happened, he got ripped into pieces at the door.


    A human came out of the barracks and nced at the body pieces lying down on the ground. A cruel expression appeared on his face as he found aplete head. He crushed the head and then took a deep breath.


    He then tapped the emerald he was weaning in his hands. A blue light emerged out of it and only stopped at his mouth. "It''s time to start the riots," He coldly said, and the next moment, the blue light disappeared.


    The next moment, every radical and convert heard amand in their heads. They were confused when they heard the suddenmand, but the next moment, their eyes turned lifeless, and the crowd started moving around the city, killing every living thing they saw, creating a riot across the town.


    Several guards arrived, and when they saw the scene of one of their own standing on the crushed head of someone, they drew their weapon at the man, but the next moment, they all sumbed to death as everyone got ripped into three perfect pieces.


    While the corpses of the guards were lying in the barracks, the man had already left the barracks and was heading to the busiest part of town.


    Aakesh was traveling to the next location when he heard the screams of people. He directly rushed in the direction of the cries. When he arrived at the area, he found a group of three people trying to snap a citizen into pieces while the houses and roads around them had turned into ruins.


    "It has finally started," Aakesh murmured, seeing the mayhem and destruction. The next moment, he reached the group and pped them. The p had so much power that their heads burst instantly.


    "A sacrifice!"


    Aakesh was leaving when he heard a scream. He looked back and saw a group of twenty converts with lifeless eyes rushing at him while screaming, "A sacrifice!"


    A cold expression appeared in Aakesh''s eyes, as he instead of waiting for them toe, rushed at them. The next moment, he grabbed the heads of the first convert in the crowd and then bombarded them into the next convert.


    "A sacrifice!" The converts acted as if they didn''t understand the power difference between Aakesh and them. They fearlessly rushed at him without caring for their lives.


    The strategy of quantity may have worked on others but not on Aakesh. He had infinite endurance, so he would never get tired no matter how many of them came at him.


    As the fighting went on, the crowd of converts grewrger andrger as if they were being drawn by the chaos. Aakesh expressionlessly killed everyone irrespective of their age or gender.


    As soon as he started the quest, he had already decided to kill the coverts even if they were children, so he showed no remorse in the killing.


    Boom!


    He punched one of the converts, and the convert instantly burst into smithereens. Not a single drop of blood fell on him as if the system itself found the blood of the converts not worthy to touch Aakesh.


    He didn''t stop and continued the massacre while the entire wolfden had turned into chaos. The radicals at this moment weren''t only killing the inhabitants of the town, but they were also converting as many as they could, and many were converting due to the fear of death.


    The army of converts had already crossed 10,000 in a town that had a poption of a few million.

 Chapter 122 - Mayhem (End)

    Chapter 122: Mayhem (End)


    It took several minutes for Aakesh to kill the converts in the crowd. When he killed every single of them, he looked at the corpses and saw a mountain of them. He had killed more than 500 converts in the current fight.


    Aakesh then decided to rush in the direction from where the converts came as the time to search for radicals had ended. Aakesh''s steps suddenly came to a stop, as a red window appeared in front of him.


    [Adventurer, you''ve brought this town to doom due to your actions,


    The town has already lost more than 5,000 lives, while the converted army has grown to 10,000. The number of innocent casualties has been increasing with every passing second.


    To stop the casualties from further increasing, you need to kill the mastermind before the fatalities of the town exceed 10,000.


    If you fail to do so, you would fail the quest and lose all the levels you had gained until now. If you seed, your reward will double. May you be victorious!]


    "Punishment for failing the quest!" Aakesh murmured as it was the first time a quest had appeared which gave punishment to the adventurer as the system of the Panagea had been helpful to the adventurer until now.


    The next moment, a red window containing the number 5023 appeared in front of him. The next moment, it turned into 5027.


    It was the number of innocent casualties the town had faced due to the riots. Aakesh didn''t want to fail the quest, so he rushed in the direction of the converts.


    He killed every convert he found in his way. Around an hour passed, the casualties had exceeded 5472.


    Aakesh was rushing randomly when suddenly the casualty count changed 5946 from 5472. Aakesh stopped in his steps as a surprised expression appeared on his face. The next moment, the casualty count changed to 6732.


    Aakesh finally had an idea about the location of the leader of the radicals. Only the leader of the radical could kill so many people in a single second.


    Aakesh rushed toward the busiest locality of the Wolfden. This time he didn''t stop to kill any converts. When he reached the area, the casualty count had already turned into 8245.


    When Aakesh reached the area, he found a man giving around two hundred people a choice whether they would convert or die.


    Around 20 of them refused to convert right away, while the other 180 chose to convert to save themselves.


    "You people," The man then looked at the twenty who refused to convert and shook his head disappointedly as if he was sad to kill them.


    "So, you''re the leader!" The man was going to kill the group when he suddenly stopped as he heard an unfamiliar voice.


    The man turned around and saw Aakesh expressionlessly staring at him. A smile appeared on his face as hemented, "Adventurer!"


    The man then turned around, and suddenly the group of 20 people split into several pieces. He then looked at Aakesh with the expression that even if you''re here, you can''t do anything to me.


    Upon seeing the group''s corpse, Aakesh nced briefly at the casualty count, which reached 8265 after the killing of twenty civilians. The next moment, he jumped forward and reached in front of the leader of the group.


    "Despite being a human, you joined the hunt of humans by your religion people," Aakesh shook his head disappointedly as he raised his hands, aiming to grab the head of the leader.


    "Because it''s fun to kill," The leader responded with a smile as suddenly his eyes flickered.


    After evolving from Level 25, the beings get the ability to manipte the elements. The leader of the radicals was a Level 26, so he also had the ability to control elements, and his affinity was with the air element.


    Aakesh suddenly felt a de attempting to cut his hands into pieces. He suddenly closed his hands, and the next moment, the sound of something cracking rang into the area.


    The smile on the leader''s face froze as his air de didn''t do anything to the adventurer. He attempted the attack again, but the result was still the same.


    "No point in attempting. You can''t defeat me," Aakeshmented as he suddenly punched the man in his gut.


    The punch had enough force to throw the man backward, but before it could happen, a hand came and grabbed the scruff of his neck.


    "Call all the radicals and the converts here," Aakesh said as he raised up the man by the scruff of his neck.


    "Haha, do you think I''m a fool?" The manughed in response.


    Aakesh didn''t speak anything in response and grabbed hold of the man''s legs by his other hand and snapped it right from its joint.


    "Aagh!"


    The next moment, a heart-rending scream echoed in the area. The group that had chosen to convert a moment before had already escaped the area. Since the ritual of conversion hasn''t been done, they still weren''t part of the religion.


    After the man stopped screaming, aakesh looked at him and ordered, "Call all the radicals and the converts here." He didn''t forget to warn him for thest time, "If I need to tell you this again, you would''ve to pay a pretty price."


    "Isn''t the destruction and killing beautiful?" The man replied,ughing in response. Aakesh, this time, didn''t snap his other legs, and instead, he crushed the foot. He didn''t stop at that. After the feet, he squashed the knees of the man.


    Aakesh then grabbed hold of the man''s right hand and crushed it into pieces. He then went up to the elbow and squashed it.


    "Plea...please stop!" The man screamed, seeing Aakesh still not stopping, and trying to poke a hole in his gut using his index finger.


    Aakesh didn''t stop, and the next moment, his finger passed through his gut. He then grabbed hold of his intestine and started taking it out as if it was a rope.


    "Ple...please st...stop! I would c...call," The man screamed. Aakesh stopped right away and then looked at the man.


    The man tapped on the emerald bracelet in his hands, and the next moment, blue light emanated from it, which stopped at his mouth.


    "All of you arrive at street no. 17," The man ordered.


    Every radical and convert in the town stopped whatever they were doing and rushed to the location told by their leader.


    While Aakesh was in the midst of waiting, the system informed him that morning had arrived in the actual world. Aakesh decided to return to the real world only afterpleting the quest.


    The quest could bepleted at any moment by killing the leader. But he wanted to finish it by eliminating every radical and convert in the town, so he waited until everyone arrived.


    It took around an hour for everyone to gather at the area their leader had called them since they were spread throughout the town.


    Radicals and converts had already lost their sanity since the start of the riot, so even when they saw Aakesh holding their leader by the scruff of his neck, they didn''t care and continued gathering.


    After everyone gathered, Aakesh activated the skill Ability-Learning for the first time in Panagea, and every convert and radical split into two pieces.


    Aakesh then looked at the leader, who had a wide-open mouth, seeing Aakesh using his skill.. He then crushed his neck and threw him away to die while suffering.

 Chapter 123 - Reward

    Chapter 123: Reward


    Aakesh threw the leader away after crushing his neck. The leader didn''t die right away and instead suffered for a few moments before his body stopped iling around on the ground.


    In the next moment, the red screen disying the casualty count disappeared. A new blue window, showing the result of the quest, appeared the next moment.


    [Adventurer! The town of Wolfden thanks you for saving the town from extinction.


    Because of the sudden action taken by the radical leader, the quest saw a significant increase in casualties. But as per the mission requirement, you had hunted all the radicals and their leader sessfully.


    Your previous reward for the quest was an increase of five levels, but after the emergence of the emergency mission, your reward is an increase of ten levels.]


    The screen then disappeared while a blue light emerged and engulfed Aakeshpletely the next moment.


    A few momentster, the blue light disappeared. Aakesh''s body had slight changes after that. His body had grown slightly taller while his muscles had gotten tighter, adding to the looks of Aakesh.


    Aakesh decided to check his status to see the change in his attributes. He then thought of the personal status in his mind.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Ordinary,


    ss: None,


    Level: Level 20,


    HP: 499/500,


    Energy: 400/500,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 51 (+20),


    Agility: 51 (+20),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning.


    His eyes first fell on the addition of a new section in his status screen. It signified his lifeform, and it said ordinary.


    "So, the lifeform level also follows the same grade as treasures of Panagea," mumbled Aakesh. He then returned to the screen and focused on it.


    There were enormous changes in his HP and Energy capacity. They had grown up to 500. His current HP was 499 due to the air-de that the leader had used.


    His energy was 400 since he had used the skill, Ability-learning, to kill more than 10,000 people at once.


    After reading this, Aakesh focused on his strength and agility. They still were equal and had grown by a massive twenty units.


    There was nothing new to see below the attributes, so Aakesh thought the window would disappear, and the next moment, the status screen disappeared.


    Aakesh received another alert from the system telling him to leave Panagea, so the next moment, he disappeared from Panagea and appeared in the store.


    After appearing in the store, his body returned to its normal appearance since the difference between Aakesh''s power in the real world and Panagea was the difference between the sky and the earth.


    Since Aakesh wanted to take a bath first, the stairs to his room in the store appeared. He then stepped on it and reached his room. Right after entering, his eyes fell on the greyed-out virtual portal.


    "Wait for a few more days!" Aakesh mumbled after taking a look at the portal once and went to the bathroom.


    After taking a bath, he stepped down the stairs and returned to the store. He then went to the door and opened it.


    The next moment, a crowd rushed into his store.


    "You''rete, senior!" Markmented after entering the store. "Greetings, senior!" He then greeted Aakesh with a slight bow without waiting for Aakesh''s response.


    The others present in the crowd greeted Aakesh after Mark and waited for Aakesh''s response.


    "I was busy," Aakesh expressionlessly responded, seeing the eager eyes of the customers.


    "Here, we thought, you''re going to add a new product," Bisalmented with a disappointed sigh. After seeing the door of the store closed for such a long time, they believed that it was due to an addition of a product.


    "There''ll be an addition of the product, but it would be after some days," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He didn''t stop and added further, "Three dayster, there would be a three-day event for the store, so you shoulde and join that event. There would be many rewards."


    "An event, senior!" Mark eximed, hearing Aakesh.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response.


    "Is the knowledge of alchemy rted to the event, senior?" Bisal chimed in and asked. Since learning that he could be an alchemist in Panagea and learn new knowledge in four days, he had never been more hurried than ever.


    Aakesh nodded in response to Bisal.


    "Can''t you do the event today, senior?" Bisal asked as a fawning smile appeared on his face.


    Aakesh ignored the question, turned around, and went to his chair. He then sat down on it and looked at the crowd, waiting for their orders.


    Bisal coughed to erase the awkwardness while Mark pped his back,ughing loudly. Mark would''ve never done this before entering Panagea as Bisal was the son of his association head, but dying hundreds of times in Panagea made their bond even thicker than the blood.


    Pas red at her husband, seeing her husband''s actions. Mark only smiled in response. He knew she was worried about him, but she didn''t understand their bond.


    "Senior, six hours, and three mental healing pills for us," Pento said while pointing at his group and the group of his guards. Today, only five guards came with him since he decided to train the guards on alternating days.


    Aakesh nodded, and the next moment the required payment got deducted from Pento''s top card.


    "You leave. I will join you after talking to the senior," Pento then turned around and ordered his group. The group members nodded and proceeded to the portal room after taking their respective pills from the counter.


    Pento didn''t directly talk to Aakesh, and instead, he gestured to the group of Pas to buy whatever they wanted to buy.


    "Senior, six hours and three mental healing pills for us," Pas''s boss asked.


    Aakesh nodded and took out the pills since he had already been standing there after Pento''s order. He then handed the pills to Pas''s boss, and the next moment, the payment got deducted from her top card.


    After eating pills, the group proceeded toward the portal room. Eight virtual portals had already got filled, so they found five other portals and entered.. The next moment, they disappeared from the store and appeared in Panagea.

 Chapter 124 - Territories

    Chapter 124: Territories


    After the group of Pas left, only Pento and Aakesh were present in the store.


    Pento then looked at Aakesh and asked, "Senior, how do I start on the path of the king in the Panagea?"


    After asking the question, he nervously looked at the store owner, waiting for his answer.


    "Like you be a king in the real world. Go and conquer thend you want to rule," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Senior, I know that. But, how do I conquer thend by only being Level 1?" Pento asked. "Only the town head of the Gandoline is Level 50. If I want to defeat a king of even a small Kingdom, wouldn''t that mean I at least need to reach Level 500?"


    "Yes, you need to reach at least Level 500 if you want to defeat even the weakest king," Aakesh nodded and responded.


    "Senior, I don''t have that much time. It would take decades if not centuries for me to reach Level 500 after seeing the difficulty of the quests," Pento said with a wry smile on his face.


    He decided to enter Panagea because he wanted to be a king in the real world, and he didn''t have decades worth of time to spend in Panagea. Punta wouldn''t wait for that amount of time to choose his heir for the throne.


    The families of the Bisan Kingdom had already started throwing their support behind princes after Punta announced the selection of the new king.


    He had only gotten support from one family, and that too was Bislo''s family. The only way for him to increase his influence in the Kingdom was if he had a Kingdom in Panagea where he could grow his guards stronger without the fear of death.


    His guards could grow powerful even if he didn''t have a Kingdom in his name in Panagea, but having a Kingdom granted him unlimited resources that could increase their growing speed by several folds.


    "With your talent inbat, it would at least take centuries for you to reach that level," Aakeshmented with a t face.


    A dumbfounded and hurt expression appeared on Pento''s face at the same time after hearing Aakesh''s taunt.


    "You can join your friends in Panagea. Your problem will get solved on the event day," Aakesh suddenlymented.


    A surprised expression appeared on Pento''s face after hearing Aakesh. "Senior, would you help me reach Level 500?" Pento asked as the first thought that came to his mind was that Aakesh would help him.


    Aakesh only took a nce at Pento after this and closed his eyes.


    Pento coughed to clear the awkwardness and the next moment left for the portal room.


    "Hey, system, can I give territories in the Panagea as rewards to the participants of the events?" Aakesh asked the system in his head.


    [Yes, Host, but the quests for territory winners would get tougher as they would need to defend themselves on a regr basis.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice. "What''s the difficulty of the quests got to do with me? If they want to continue to be king in a world like Panagea, they need to work hard," Aakesh said.


    He had decided to give territories as a reward to the top three of an event he had nned after listening to Pento. This way, a new ss of adventurer kings would appear in the Panagea, making it more fun.


    If he let it happen naturally, high-level power levelers like George would reach that level far earlier whenpared with people like Punta and Pento, which in turn would make Panagea the same ce as the actual world.


    Around an hour had passed after Pento entered Panagea. Aakesh was sitting on his chair while his eyes were closed when he heard the sound of the footsteps.


    He opened his eyes and saw Maria entering the store in the same cloth she had been wearing for the past two days.


    Maria''s face turned red when she saw Aakesh looking at her after she entered the store. The next moment, a hint of disappointment also appeared on her face as he took his eyes off her right away.


    "Hello, senior!" She greeted Aakesh with awkwardness evident on her face.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her greetings and closed his eyes since she already had a card on her.


    A wry smile appeared on Maria''s face, seeing Aakesh''s actions. The next moment, she took a deep breath and proceeded toward the portal room.


    She heaved a sigh of relief when she saw one virtual portal not taken. She took a step forward and disappeared into the portal. The next moment, she appeared in the town Atley in Panagea.


    The raid of Indotars wasing to an end, and she was only ten rescues away frompleting her quests.


    After appearing in Panagea, she directly rushed to one of the Indotar''s camps. When she reached there, she found that there were already two raiders present in the camp, while four naked children Vehivavy were lying in one corner of the tent, looking at the raiders with fear in their eyes.


    "Awa tare tur!" One of the raidersmented while looking at one child. Lust was clearly evident in his eyes while he couldn''t help but lick his lips, seeing the fearful expressions on the face of the child.


    Since Maria couldn''t understand thenguage of the raiders, she didn''t know what he said. The next moment she made a sound that made both the raiders focus on her instead of the children.


    A seductive smile appeared on Maria''s face as she gestured the raiders toe at her while her eyes showed lust.


    "Tare yufta ghaw," One raider looked at the other raider and said. The other raider smiled in response and nodded.


    Both the raiders then focused on Maria as they gestured for her toe at their private parts. Maria gestured the same in response that made both the raiders rush at her with excited expressions.


    One of the raiders reached in front of her. The next moment, a glint passed through her eyes as her smile turned more seductive. The raider tried to grab her like an animal while the other rushed at her.


    The next moment, she bent down and extended her hands, with their direction being the penis of the raider, but at thest moment, they changed their direction and instead went for the knife they carried with them.


    Before the raider could understand what happened, she slit open his gut using his knife.


    Before the raider could scream, the other raider reached Maria. A shocked expression filled with anger appeared on his face, seeing the scene in front of him. The next moment, he tried to take out his knife, but a sh passed as half of his hand flew the next moment.


    The next moment, two painful screams echoed in the tent. Then, another sh passed as both the screams stopped since Maria slit open both of their throats.


    She then looked at the children crying with fear, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.


    "Let''s go," She smilingly told the children. Because she spawned in the town that only consisted of Vehivavy, she was automatically able to learn theirnguage and could easilymunicate with them.


    The four Vehivavy children wiped their tears after hearing Maria since they knew she was an Adventurer.


    Maria then hurriedly left the tent. Other raiders would being out after hearing the painful screams of one of them.


    She was now only six rescues away frompleting the quest.

 Chapter 125 - Rau

    Chapter 125: Rau


    Time flew by, and about four hours passed in the blink of an eye. Aakesh was sitting on his chair while his eyes were closed.


    Suddenly, a white light appeared in the store, and the next moment Maria spawned.


    "Thank you, senior!" Maria directly came to Aakesh and thanked him.


    She had finally saved 100 Vehivavy and sessfullypleted the quest.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and only nodded in response. Maria smilingly nodded and left the store since she didn''t want to wear the dress anymore afterpleting the quest.


    Around an hour had passed when Punta directly appeared at the door of the store while being covered in a dark cloak. After entering the store, he took off his cloak and smiled at Aakesh.


    "Three first-grade medium mental healing pills," Punta thought in his head, and the next moment the pills appeared in his hand, and the payment for them got deducted from his superior card.


    The card owners had a privilege over other customers. They didn''t need to speak for their orders. They only had to think about it, and the next moment it would appear in their hands.


    Punta ate one of the pills, and the next moment a blissful expression appeared on his face.


    "Are any portals empty?" Punta then asked after the effect of the pill was over.


    "Yes, one portal is empty," Aakesh expressionlessly nodded.


    Punta nodded and proceeded toward the portal room. He found the empty portal and entered it. The next moment he appeared in the Panagea.


    While in the store, after a few minutes had passed, the group of Pento''s guard''s stay of six-hour in Panagea was over, so the system forced everyone out except Pento since he still had a few minutes left. But seeing all the members in his group getting forced out, he willingly left Panagea with them and spawned in the store.


    Only a few moments had passed when the system also forced the group of Pas out of Panagea after their six-hour wasplete.


    "Senior, we would meet tomorrow," Pento said after spawning with a slight bow and left the store after Aakesh nodded at him. The other members in his group bowed at Aakesh and followed him.


    "Bye, store owner," Pas said and also left the store.


    The store turned empty right away with only one customer present in Panagea. It didn''t continue for long as Aakesh heard the sound of several footsteps.


    He looked at the door and saw familiar faces covered in cloaks entering the store.


    "How are you, store owner?" Kuriati smilingly asked after entering the store.


    Aakesh nodded in response to his question.


    "Same as yesterday," Kuriatumented and proceeded toward the portal room.


    The store had pills, but they didn''t have any use for him or his group, so he didn''t even ask for their details.


    The other daityas followed their elder brother to the portal room and disappeared into Panagea. All of them had alreadypleted their first quest and had gotten bonus rewards. But since they didn''t like what they got, they didn''t buy it in the actual world.


    Since they''ve alreadypleted their first quest, now they would get solo quests to increase their levels in Panagea, so after appearing in Panagea, they all left on their own ways.


    The group of Kuriati had spawned in the town Wildestar that consisted of the inhabitants belonging to a race called Rau.


    Rau was a race that belonged to the cluster of universes that was called Hell in the Multiverse. It was a cluster of universes that stayed in all three dimensions.


    They had six horns on their forehead, with six eyes that blinked in sequence, giving them an eerie look. Their wide head sat atop their body that got thinner at their waist, giving them a look that someone had tightened their waist by a rope.


    The group''s quest was to find the Rau prisoners that had escaped the town prison and hunt them. Because the warrior system emphasizedbat above all else, they were well trained inbat. The more you fought and trained, the stronger you would be in the warrior cultivation system.


    The grouppleted their quest with ease as there were six of them, and the number of prisoners was only around a hundred Raus.


    ***


    After the group of Kuriati left, Aakesh closed his eyes and waited for another customer toe. Around twenty minutes had passed when suddenly teleportation urred in the store. The next moment, George and Evelyn appeared in the store.


    "Give me mental healing pills," Evelyn said after appearing in the store.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and expressionlessly looked at them. "You don''t need to tell me your order," He said as Evelyn only needed to think of what she wanted to buy.


    A smile appeared on Evelyn''s face as she responded, "I know. But then, how would you work if my order directly came to my hand."


    Aakesh couldn''t help but look at her twice, while the smile on her face never disappeared. Seeing her still waiting for her order, he had no choice but to stand up and take out the pills from the counter.


    He, with a t face, handed her the pill. Evelynughed after taking the pills out of his hands, and the next moment put all the three pills in her mouth at the same time.


    It didn''t work on her. She only ate it because it tasted sweet. It may cost 50 ordinary Primal stones for a single pill, but for her, it was nothing.


    George could only smile wryly seeing the antics of his girlfriend. Despite being a Heavenly Monarch and having lived for several millennia, she still acted like a child.


    "Let''s go," He said as he dragged her to the portal room.


    The next moment, both of them disappeared into Panagea after finding the two empty virtual portals.


    George was currently a Level five while Evelyn was a Level seven, only Aakesh, who was Level twenty, was above them in the Panagea.


    George was in his fifth quest, and if hepleted it, he would be a Level six power leveler.


    Evelyn was only one step away frompleting her seventh quest.. Uponpletion, she would receive three levels as a reward and be a Level 10 power leveler.

 Chapter 126 - Milestone Rewards

    Chapter 126: Milestone Rewards


    As a reward for the hard work of the customers who leveled up in Panagea, the system decided to reward the adventurers after reaching certain levels.


    The first adventurer to reach Level 11 and be an ordinary life form in the Panagea would receive the title ''Happy Soul'' as a reward. The title would increase the chances of getting a good bonus reward, depending upon the quest.


    If someone with good luck like Evelyn got the title reward, it would be difficult for other adventurers to catch to her.


    Since Aakesh wasn''t a customer, he didn''t get any reward, despite being the first to reach the level of ordinary lifeform.


    A few moments after George and Evelyn entered Panagea, Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from the door of the store.


    Aakesh looked at the door and noticed a group of four entering the store. Everyone in the group had masks on their faces and clothes to hide their faces and hair respectively.


    Aakesh recognized one of the group members. It was none other than Lenna.


    Other members of the group also were Elves and belonged to the Moonlight Elves.


    In the group of four, three were female Elves, while only one was a male Elf.


    The one who led the group was Lenna, while right behind her was a male Elf having almost the same features as Lenna but was taller and bulky.


    Behind the man, there were the two female Elves. The man looked the exact copy of one of the two female Elves which also looked the youngest in the group. She was also the only one who had worn an earring on the top of her ear.


    The other female Elf in the group looked the most different in the group, but she had the same eyes and height as Lenna.


    Lenna took off her mask after entering the store. The other in the group followed her.


    "Hey, store owner," She smiled and waved at Aakesh.


    Aakesh only expressionlessly nodded to her in response.


    Lenna didn''t mind as she got used to Aakesh''s expressionless face aftering here to the store for the past several days.


    "It''s my family members," Lenna said next while pointing at the group behind her.


    "This is my father, Ivaran Faero, the current head of the Faero family," Lenna said as she introduced the only male in the group first.


    Aakesh and Ivaran both nodded expressionlessly at the same time toward each other.


    Lenna ignored their actions and then pointed at the female who hadn''t worn an earring on the top of the ear, "This is Shalia Fenric, my mother and the daughter of the head of the Fenric family."


    The Fenric family was simrly one of the top three families of the Moonlight Elves. Since the majority of the Elves believed their bloodline to be pure, the higher families only married to other families of simr stature.


    After introducing her mother, Lenna pointed at thest member of the group. Her smile turned even wider as she said, "This is sha Faero, my grandmother."


    A gentle smile appeared on sha''s face as she nodded at Aakesh. He also nodded in response to her.


    "Grandmother, this is the special store I told you about," Lenna told her grandmother.


    "Hmm, you''re right, the store is special. I can''t sense anything here," sha responded in a gentle tone.


    Despite being the grandmother of Lenna, sha looked younger than her in appearance. She had already reached the peak Heavenly Monarch cultivation level and was only one breakthrough away from attaining divinity and ascending to the Sacred dimension.


    Lenna''s grandfather had already ascended to the Sacred dimension, so Lenna couldn''t bring him here.


    The next moment, sha closed his eyes, but not even a moment enough for the eye to blink had passed when she opened her eyes. A mixture of startled and confused expressions appeared on her face.


    "How could this be?" She muttered in a very light voice. But since Lenna was Tao Pce cultivator, and both Ivaran and Shalia werete Heavenly Monarch, so they heard what sha had muttered.


    "What happened, Mother?" Ivanar asked as he had rarely seen his mother acting so surprised.


    sha didn''t say anything in response, and instead, she looked at Aakesh with a shocked expression.


    "What happened, Grandmother?" Lenna asked with a hint of concern in her voice.


    sha ignored her and instead asked Aakesh, "Why can''t I see your fate?"


    Anyone who had ever taken birth would have a fate line for him that would grow thicker with the increase in power level and would move ording to the actions of the owner, but she couldn''t see anything above Aakesh''s head except the darkness, which was impossible for anyone.


    "Because I don''t believe in it," Aakesh expressionlessly responded, bringing a dumbfounded expression on everyone''s faces present in the store.


    "Since when has fate acted on someone''s whim," Ivanar scoffed after hearing Aakesh.


    Aakesh only took a nce at Ivanar and then ignored him.


    "Are you someone''s clone?" sha asked again as only clones didn''t have fate lines since they never took birth to begin with.


    "Who knows," Aakesh responded, as he himself wasn''t sure who was he, and what was he? A silence then fell in the store since no one knew what to respond, after hearing the confusion in Aakesh''s voice.


    "Mother, don''t forget the reason for using here," Ivanar suddenly said, breaking the silence in the store.


    Their main reason behinding here personally was the Draconian symbol that Lenna saw in her supreme card.


    sha took a nce at Aakesh as it was hard to sate her curiosity as it was the first time she had seen someone having no fate lines. It was also hard for her to believe that Aakesh was a clone. Because if he were a clone, there wouldn''t be anything above his head, but there was darkness above Aakesh''s head.


    Earlier she only asked him if he was a clone because she had no idea why Aakesh was without any fate lines. It was only the spur of the moment.


    She didn''t speak for a few moments, only to heave a disappointed sigh the next moment.


    "I want to purchase the card that has Draconian on it," She said the next moment as she took out a supreme Primal stone from her pocket space.

 Chapter 127 - Worthiness

    Chapter 127: Worthiness


    "Give me the card that has the draconian rune on it," sha said while taking out a supreme Primal stone from her pocket space.


    (A/N: Symbols turned into runes because it sounds and looks better while reading.)


    Aakesh nodded, and the next moment the supreme Primal stone flew into his hands. He then threw it into the ck hole and pressed the switch that signified the supreme card.


    A few momentster, a silver card appeared in his hands. He then handed it over to sha.


    "So beautiful," sha said as she gently stroked the teleportation rune.


    "Give one to me as well," Another voice echoed in the store.


    Aakesh looked at the source of the voice and found out it was Shalia, Lenna''s mother. For the first time since she arrived, she opened her mouth and spoke.


    Aakesh nodded, and the supreme Primal stone Shalia had just taken out flew into his hands. The next moment, he did the same process, and a few momentster, a silver card appeared in his hands. When he handed her the card, he found Ivanar waiting for his turn.


    After all three of them got their respective supreme cards, their eyes glued on the teleportation rune. Several moments passed, but they still didn''t take their eyes away from it.


    "It''s the most beautiful thing I''ve ever seen," Ivanarmented as he finally took his eyes away from the teleportation rune and stared at Aakesh. After staring at him for a second, Ivanar added, "How do you know pure draconian?"


    Ivanar had seen draconian runes on the temples they had built for Dragons, but he had never seen a rune this pure. It gave him the sense that it was the original rune for teleportation in draconian, and others got derived from this only.


    "Do you want to buy something?" Aakesh ignored Ivanar''s question and instead asked the group who had finally taken their eyes away from the teleportation rune.


    Ivanar wanted to speak something, but he stopped as a gentle pat came on his shoulder. He looked behind and saw Shalia gesturing him to stop asking.


    sha then stepped forward from the group and reached Aakesh. He expressionlessly looked at what she wanted to do. The next moment, she came near him and whispered something into his ears.


    After she whispered what she wanted to tell, she moved away and looked at Aakesh, waiting for his answer.


    There was still no change in his expressionless face as the next moment he shook his head and said, "No! You aren''t worthy of learning draconian."


    A surprised expression appeared on sha''s face while Ivanar and Lenna turned red from anger, and Shalia didn''t have any change in her face.


    Ivanar and Lenna wanted to speak something. But the next moment, they shut their mouth as a re from sha came their way.


    "Are you sure you don''t want that?" sha didn''t mind what Aakesh had said and instead asked.


    "No, I don''t want that, and you''re also not worthy of learning. You would burst into particles if you tried to learn it," Aakesh responded.


    sha wanted to make a deal with Aakesh for learning draconian. She told him that she would give him the leaf of a world tree if he would teach them.


    Aakesh wouldn''t lie that the deal was worthy since a single leaf of world tree could expand the space inside the store, but the point was none in the group were worthy of learning the original draconian.


    Dragons are the most arrogant species in the Multiverse, and they would never let Elves learn their truenguage. Only the system knows why they let, Aakesh learn it, but when he thought of epting the deal with sha, a warning came from the system, so he didn''t take it.


    "Fine!" sha sighed disappointedly, as she didn''t believe that someone would lie when the leaf of the world tree was at stake. Every million years, the world tree would reward one descendant of their, its leaf. sha''s husband had gotten the leaf and had given it to her as a wedding gift.


    "Grandmother, let''s check the world I told you about," Lenna suddenly said, removing the awkwardness present in the store.


    "Okay, let''s go," Ivanar chimed in and added.


    sha nodded and put the draconian in the back of her mind. Lenna, seeing everyone ready, proceeded to the portal room. sha and Shalia followed her while Ivaran red at Aakesh for a moment and then followed the group to the portal room.


    After the group of four left, Aakesh closed his eyes and continued sitting on the chair.


    "Hey, system. We should''ve epted the deal. Even if they burst as a result of learning it, it would''ve been their fault for biting more than they can chew," Aakeshmented in his head.


    [Host, your goal is to be the legendary store owner and take this store to its peak, so we can''t do fraud deals.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice.


    Aakesh stopped asking anything further and fell silent. The event was only a few days away, so he started deciding the sequence of events in his mind, while some of his focus stayed on the battle with the opponent.


    Suddenly a system alert came to his mind, breaking his thoughts.


    [Host, customer Evelyn had achieved the first milestone of reaching Level 11. Please give her the reward.]


    The next moment, a projection appeared in the front wall of the portal room that contained the name and Level of the adventurer.


    The top rank was taken by Aakesh, who was Level 20. The second rank belonged to Evelyn, who was Level 11. There was no one below her since only two people had breached the evolution mark of Level 10.


    The next moment, Evelyn appeared in the store with a confused face. Right after shepleted her quest and reached Level 11, the system forcefully threw her out of Panagea.


    She then confusedly looked at Aakesh for the reason behind this. But the next moment, her face returned to normal.


    A mechanical alert had appeared in her head at that moment, "Congrattions, adventurer, Evelyn, on reaching Level 11 and bing the first customer of the store to reach a milestone.. Please, contact the store owner for your milestone reward."

 Chapter 128 - Reward

    Chapter 128: Reward


    After hearing the alert in her head, Evelyn''s face returned to calm. She then looked at Aakesh and saw a blue light in his hand.


    Aakesh then stood up from his chair and reached in front of her.


    "Here, take it," He expressionlessly said as he extended his hand toward her.


    She curiously looked at the blue blob of light and took it. She was an intermediate Heavenly Monarch, so she wasn''t afraid of the light, and the store owner has always acted aloof, so she didn''t think that he would harm her.


    The moment she touched the blue light, it suddenly engulfed the entirety of her.


    She was taken aback by the sudden turn of events, but she controlled herself not to act as she didn''t feel that it was harming her in any way.


    The next moment, the blue light disappeared, and a new memory appeared in her head that exined the details about the reward she had received.


    She had gotten a title ''Happy Soul'' as a reward for her reaching Level 11.


    The title gave her benefits both in the Panagea and the actual world.


    In the Panagea, the title gave her increased chances of getting a bonus reward for even the quests that didn''t grant any bonus rewards. The reward she would get would always be above the rare grade, with the chances of higher grades treasures decreasing with every upper grade.


    In the actual world, whenever she activated the title, it would grant her direction to a lucky encounter. The title didn''te with only good things. It also had a cooldown time of 108 days.


    "Good reward!" Evelynmented after learning all the details of the title.


    Aakesh only nodded in response and returned to his chair.


    Evelyn didn''t directly return to the Panagea, but instead, she came up to Aakesh. She then asked, "What''s the next reward for reaching Level 26?"


    Every adventurer that entered Panagea automatically learned about the levels and their details up to Level 50 since the town''s highest level was 50.


    If anyone wanted to learn anything more than that, they would''ve to work hard. Aakesh was the exception to this rule since he already knew about every level and its details.


    "You''ll know if you''re the first one to reach there," Aakesh responded.


    "You''re no fun," Evelynined with a smile on her face. She then turned around and proceeded toward the portal room.


    When she reached the room, the first thing she noticed was a projection containing three sections, rank, name, and level.


    She saw the name of Aakesh at the top of the table, with his level being 20, and her name was next.


    A smile appeared on her face, seeing only her name on the table. She didn''t care for Aakesh''s name, as even the system didn''t care for his level. Otherwise, he had gotten the reward she had gotten.


    The smile then disappeared as she entered her virtual portal and appeared in the Panagea the next moment.


    After she left, Aakesh closed his eyes and started thinking about the events again in the store.


    Time flew by. After Punta''s six hours in Panagea was over, the system forced him out. Since he had already ignored the quest, he stopped worrying about it. He had left the town after learning about the locations and their details around the area.


    He was on his way when his six hours were over, and the system forced him out. After spawning in the store, he said bye to Aakesh and left the store. When he reached the door of the store, he warped and, the next moment appeared in his room in the royal pce.


    "Where were you?" said a familiar voice, bringing an expression of surprise on Punta''s face.


    He turned around and noticed a man sitting on his chair, with his legs crossed. The darkness of the room covered his face, and the man had also worn light green clothes.


    "What are you doing here?" Punta ignored the man''s question and instead asked the man his purpose.


    "I asked you the question first. Since when have you started cross-questioning your brother?" The man said in response.


    The next moment, a sudden pressure arrived on Punta that made him bend down.


    "I may be your brother, but now I''m the crown prince, so mind your manners," The man said, and the pressure on Punta disappeared.


    Punta stood up straight after the pressure disappeared. He then bowed to his chest and greeted, "Wee, crown prince!"


    "You can stand up!" The man said as he stood up from his chair. "Now, give your brother a hug," A smile appeared on the man''s face as he added.


    Punta also smiled in response and gave a hug to his eldest brother. He was the heir of his father.


    "Elder brother, what are you doing here?" Punta said after his brother released him.


    "I came here to see my brother. What else could the purpose be?" The man smilingly responded.


    ***


    In the store, time flew by, and George and Evelyn''s six hours were over too. The system forced them out of Panagea.


    Since they both didn''t meet in the town due to doing their quests, George didn''t know about Evelyn getting the reward.


    The first thing Evelyn did after returning to the store was to show her reward to George. He couldn''t help but heave a disappointed sigh, seeing the level gap between him and her.


    They both then teleported out of the store after saying their byes to Aakesh. George had slumped shoulders while Evelyn wasughing out loud.


    After some time, the stay of the group of daityas in Panagea was over too, so they appeared in the store.


    Kuriati didn''t say anything and teleported out of the store. His group member also followed him and teleported out of the store.


    Time flew by, the store closing time arrived. Aakesh closed the store and appeared in the selection ground. After fighting another draw, he left for Panagea.


    Time flew by. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours, and hours into days. Finally, the first day of the event arrived.


    Since there were rumors going around in the Kingdom for thest two days that there would be a three-day event that would change their lives starting today, there appeared to be more people on the market today than usual.

 Chapter 129 - First-day Event

    Chapter 129: First-day Event


    The first ray of sunshine arrived on the Bisan Kingdom, which brought forth the light and reced the darkness.


    With the first ray of light, people from several races started arriving in the market. Today, there were a lot more people than usual in the streets.


    The scene around the market was strange because all the shops selling different things were closed. Punta had yesterday ordered the entire market to shut down for three days, and everybody was invited to a three-day event that would take ce in the busiest street of the market.


    Everyone''s destination was that store where the event would take ce. When the crowd reached the store, an awed look appeared on their faces.


    A building made out of strange materials stood out, and it was also the only building in the entire market that had its doors open.


    On the top of the building, the name of the store was written in golden letters that shined brighter than usual today. Below the name of the store, Strange flowers of different colors adorned the entire building. The building emanated a scent that made everyone calm by only standing near the store.


    Since the door was open, many peoples entered the store, while some couldn''t let go of the scent emanating from the flowers, so they waited until they had their fill.


    Those who entered the store saw many people already waiting in the store. Suddenly a shocked look appeared on their faces as they noticed a being with silver hair and pointy ears standing in one corner. The being wore a mask so they couldn''t see their face, but the hair and pointy ears alone resulted in exmation among the crowd in the store.


    Humans had a strange obsession with beautiful things at a level that no other race had, so Elves, who were one of the most beautiful races in the Multiverse, was one of the top races for humans.


    It was none other than Lenna who hade earlier than she usually came at Aakesh''s store. It was Aakesh who had suggested her toe earlier and without hiding her hair since he wanted to use the beauty factor of her to increase the customers.


    At first, Lenna refused, but when Aakesh promised her that he would let her meet a Dragon, she epted it right away.


    Aakesh knew that after Punta closed the entire market, many people woulde to the event. But his mission was to have at least 2000 participants, which would be tough after seeing the prices of the products and events he had nned since the Kingdom was, in reality, low-tier.


    Since he was in human''s dominating area, he decided to use one factor that humans could never resist, the beauty of the Elves. Even though they knew that they would never seed in impressing her, many would try to impress her, and in turn, Aakesh would get more participants in the event. He would make use of that stupidity of the humans and earn many attendees.


    Lenna could see different kinds of emotions in the people''s eyes looking at her. Many looked at her with awe, many looked at her with jealousy, while many had greed in their eyes.


    She could kill every one of them with a snap of her fingers, so she ignored them and instead waited for the event to start. She would lie if she told that she wasn''t interested in the event Aakesh would organize.


    With every passing moment, more and more people crowded into the store, but Aakesh was nowhere in sight. The people in the crowd whispered to each other and talked about the Elf.


    A few momentster, teleportation happened in the store, and the next moment, George and Evelyn appeared. Everybody in the crowd moved away since they had heard that only cultivators above Void Condensation could teleport, and only a few people in the store were even at the Soul Formation stage.


    George and Evelyn came earlier than usual as they were curious about the events. Since they had free time on them, they decided to check every event, and if something interested them, they would participate.


    George took a look at the people in the store, while the people in the store hid their eyes, not daring to look directly into the eyes of someone who could kill them, without even thinking of any consequences.


    Evelyn found Lenna standing in one corner of the store, so she approached her. Having found no interesting being in the crowd, George went towards Lenna as well.


    Aakesh had removed the counter with the pills, and the card machine, ahead of time for the event. Only the counter and the rule board were present in the store. Even the door of the portal room was closed.


    "You came early today," Evelyn smilinglymented.


    "Yes, Aakesh asked me to," Lenna responded with a calm voice.


    "Oh!" Evelynmented and noticed people in the crowd were afraid of them, but they were secretly peeping at Lenna and her.


    Suddenly everybody in the store except Lenna, George and Evelyn, stopped talking and doing whatever they were doing since the royal family of the Bisan Kingdom entered the store.


    Punta was in the lead of the group. Behind him were his two royal guards, and behind them were Punta''s daughters-inw, and behind them were his grandsons and granddaughters, including Pento.


    He had a disappointed expression since his siblings would also know about Panagea from today. The only saving grace was that he had already be a Level 2, whereas they would only start.


    "Your Highness!" Everybody in the crowd bowed and said.


    Evelyn''s group also noticed the actions of the crowd, but they ignored it since the difference between their power was vaster than the difference between heaven and earth.


    Their group stood out in the store since only they were standing while everybody was bowing. Although they noticed an Elf in the group, Punta''s guards wanted to do something to punish them. But before they could do something, Punta stopped them since he knew about the masked girl, and she was way more powerful than his Kingdom.


    "Stand up!" Puntamanded other people in the crowd.


    The next moment, everybody stood up and started doing wherever they were doing.


    Suddenly out of nowhere, stairs appeared in the store.. The next moment, a door appeared, and Aakesh stepped out of it.

 Chapter 130 - First Event

    Chapter 130: First Event


    Suddenly an invisible door floating in the air appeared in the store. Even George and the other two were surprised, seeing the door for a moment, but the next moment they calmed down as everything about the store was mysterious to them.


    The next moment, the door opened, and the stairs connecting the door with the store appeared. Aakesh stepped out of the door and then stepped down the stairs.


    He took a nce around the store and nodded at Lenna foring earlier as he had requested her. Letting her meet a Dragon wasn''t a big deal for him since he could take her to the selection ground and select the training with Dragon.


    [Host, there are currently 462 people present in the store.]


    The next moment, the system told the number of people in the store to Aakesh as he had asked a moment earlier in his head.


    "I think it''s enough to start. The people would automaticallye as time passes," Aakesh whispered to himself and decided to start the event.


    The next moment he waved his hands. The stair, the floating door, the closed rooms disappeared, and instead, a vast empty space out of nowhere appeared.


    Chairs after chairs started appearing. It didn''t stop until half of the space got filled, while the people in the store only looked at everything happening with shock.


    Those who were regr customers of the store got surprised for only a moment, but the next moment they smiled as they only expected something like this from the store owner. It was a shock of life to those who came here for the first time when they saw the scene of a space erupting out of the blue. Many even ran outside to check whether it was only happening inside or not.


    A few momentster, further chairs stopped appearing. They had spawned in tens of rows and columns, with every column containing more than tens of thousands of chairs. Aakesh''s goal was to fill all the chairs before the event ended.


    For Every two columns, a ck screen appeared. It would show the scenes of the events to those who only came to watch here or would participateter.


    It wasn''t over, as ten meters away from the first row of chairs, a newly built wooden tform appeared. The next moment, fifteen virtual portals appeared on it.


    Currently, the virtual portals weren''t directly connected to the Panagea, and it would stay the case for three days. Since three days of disappearance could change many things, the system had stopped time in Panagea for the three event days.


    Aakesh had connected the virtual portals to the selection ground, where all the participants would participate andpete for the rewards.


    Even if the participants did not win any prize, the events nned by Aakesh were going to be beneficial to them, so it was up to them whether they would gain from the events or not.


    After the virtual portals, a virtual projection appeared not far from it. Currently, it was empty, but after the event started, it would show the leaderboard for the events.


    The next moment, Aakesh waved his hands. A round of screams echoed in the store as the crowd suddenly found themselves sitting on their respective chairs. Seeing so many unheard things in a single day was too much for them to take.


    A feeling of eagerness for the event also rose in their heart, seeing the power of the store owner. The royal family appeared in the first row since they were the ruler of thends. They weren''t alone. George, Evelyn, and Lenna also found themselves in the first row.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared on the tform, and his favorite chair appeared. He sat down on it and looked at the crowd that didn''t even look like a drop in the sea of chairs.


    His face remained expressionless as he announced, "I am Aakesh, the store owner of ''The First Store''. Wee for the first-day event."


    Smiles appeared on the faces of the regr customers the store had, while those who came for the first time had strange faces, seeing all the happenings.


    "Excuse me, how do I leave?" One man raised his hands and asked with a slight tremble in his voice. He had wet his pants when he suddenly appeared in the chair.


    "You only have to think of leaving, and you would find yourself standing at the door of the store the next moment," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Since he couldn''t wave his hands for every person that appeared in the store for the event, so the system had added a setting. Anyone who entered the store would directly find themselves sitting on his chair, and anyone who wanted to leave could do so with only a thought.


    Since he wasn''t there to tell everybody, he asked the system to embed this thought into everyone''s mind and calm everyone right away from the shock they get.


    "Since enough people have alreadye, let''s start our first event," Aakesh expressionlesslymented.


    Everyone sitting in the crowd suddenly fell silent and focused on what Aakesh was going to announce.


    "The first event would be a sword battle."


    "For the first round, the participants would face the store''s champion, and those who survive one stroke from that warrior would thenpete for the championship."


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and an ordinary sword appeared in his hands. "This would be the reward of the winner of the event sword battle."


    Dumbfounded expression appeared on everyone''s faces, seeing the ordinary sword as the reward, but the next moment, their jaw almost dropped to the ground after what Aakesh said.


    "This is a growth weapon, and with a drop of your blood, it would turn into the level you are currently at," Aakesh expressionlessly announced.


    Even George and Evelyn were shocked hearing this. Lenna was also shocked, but since she had no interest in swords it didn''t matter to her what level they were.


    "Any cultivation?" George suddenly asked.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and continued, "To participate in the event, you need to pay only 100 inferior Primal stones."


    The crowd gasped, hearing such a ludicrous amount. One in the crowd stood up and asked, "What if you''re lying about the level of the sword?"


    The other present in the crowd also nodded in response to the question because even if Aakesh lied about the level of the sword, they couldn''t do anything to him because of his power even after they''ve paid such an outrageous amount to him.


    Aakesh was going to respond, but before he could say anything, Punta stood up from his chair, turned around, and said while looking at the citizens of his Kingdom, "You don''t have to worry about the authenticity of the store owner''s words. I, as the king of the Bisan Kingdom, vouch for him."


    The man in the crowd sat back down because after Punta vouched for Aakesh, there was no point in distrusting him.


    "So those who want to participate take out 100 inferior Primal stones in your hands," Aakesh nodded at Punta and announced.


    The entire royal family took out 100 inferior Primal stones and disappeared from their chair. The next moment, they appeared on the tform, and their names started appearing in the virtual projection near the portals.


    Not many people in the crowd could take out the amount of 100 inferior Primal stones, so they only watched, while those who were from well-to-do families took out the amount.


    A few momentster, everyone who would participate appeared on the tform. George was also participating since he had an obsession with swords.


    Aakesh then selected a group of 15 people and told them to enter the virtual portal.

 Chapter 131 - Casual Swing

    Chapter 131: Casual Swing


    Those who wanted to participate appeared on the tform. There were around 38 participants for this event.


    For the event, Aakesh would earn a 10%mission on every sale instead of the usual 1% since Aakesh worked hard for the preparations.


    The sword he would give as a reward to the winner was made by him personally, and the system provided the materials.


    "Fifteen of you step forward," Aakeshmented while pointing at the 15 participants standing in the front.


    "The first round will be you surviving one sword swing of the warrior," Aakesh told the group again as many may have misunderstood the context.


    As expected, many in the tform had dumbfounded expressions. They believed that they had to defeat the store''s warrior in the first round.


    "What do you mean, survive?" One participant who was in the first 15 asked with a surprised expression.


    "My warrior would do a casual swing. If you stay alive, you pass the round. If you die, you fail the round," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "What do you mean by dying? We could die in this event?" The man asked as he backed off.


    "Yes, you would die but only in the virtual world. You would return uninjured here after dying."


    Confused expressions appeared on the participant''s faces and the crowd after hearing Aakesh.


    Aakesh expressionlessly looked at the participants in response. He didn''t know that he had made it worse for the participants to understand.


    George knew that, so he stepped forward, turned around, and told the participants, "You don''t need to worry. You won''t die."


    The participants didn''t know who was George, so how could they trust him?


    George realized that as well, so he turned around and entered the closest virtual portal. The next moment, the ck screen that was put down for every two rows lighted up.


    The screen then separated into fifteen sections, and only one division lightened up. George, who had just entered the portal, appeared on that section of the screen.


    He was currently in an empty arena with a sword in his hand. The system gave him the sword since everyone had different weapons ording to their cultivations, and Aakesh wanted the event to be at the same level for everybody.


    A surprised expression appeared on Evelyn''s face, seeing George on the screen as his stance was the most basic stance for any swordsmen. It was also the doing of the system. Any participant who entered this event would only have the basic knowledge of swords so that the better person wins in the end.


    The next moment, on the screen, a being wearing a dark cloak and white mask appeared on the battle arena. The man also had the same sword as George, and he also took the same stance.


    A bell then rang in the battle arena, signifying the start of the first round. George took a defensive posture right away as his aim was to defend the strike.


    The next moment, the man casually swung his sword horizontally. George obstructed the strike right away, and it knocked him backward, but he survived the strike without any injury.


    The man then disappeared from the battle arena, and George appeared on the tform with a surprised expression.


    "That much power with a casual swing. I still have very much to learn," George whispered as the memory of the sword strike got embedded in his head.


    "It''s your turn," Aakesh said while pointing at the fourteen of the fifteen participants.


    The participants still had doubts, so Punta had to tell them that nothing would happen to them. After hearing from the king, participants believed Aakesh, but there were still doubts in their heads.


    But now, if they refused to believe Aakesh, it would be akin to insulting the king, so they entered the portal one by one despite having doubts.


    The remaining fourteen divisions on the ck screen lightened up after the participants entered, while the fifteenth section turned dark since no participant was there.


    The bell in all the fourteen battle arenas rang at the same time after the appearance of the store''s warrior. As in George''s case, the warrior horizontally swung his sword this time, but unfortunately, the result wasn''t the same.


    None in the fourteen survived the swing. All of the participants faced the same result, as they split into two horizontal parts.


    The next moment when they appeared on the tform, their backs were wet with cold sweat as the pain and the fear of death they had just faced was too real.


    "We''re alive!" Many of them cheered at once while two of the participants sat down on the tform and started remembering the sword swing.


    People in the crowd had shocked expressions, seeing the participantsing alive after splitting into two pieces as the scream they heard was too heart-rending for them to believe it was fake.


    Only one participant passed the first round in the first fifteen participants. Aakesh then gestured to the other fifteen of the remaining twenty-three participants.


    Most of the participants in the current group belonged to the royal family. The participants entered the portal one by one, and the next moment all the fifteen divisions lightened up on the ck screen.


    The crowd mainly focused on one division as it was their king ying the round. Pento was also in the current group of participants.


    The next moment, the opponent appeared, and the bell rang.


    The opponent casually swung his sword, but this time it was vertical direction instead of horizontal.


    The next moment, twelve of the divisions darkened up with heart-rending screams of the participants while getting split up into two parts.


    Only three of the fifteen participants in the group survived the sword swing. They were Punta, Pento, and one of the princesses of the Bisan Kingdom.


    Pento only survived due to the regr battles that he had gone through in Panagea. I had helped him hone his survival skills.


    Pento and the Princess became the center of attention for the crowd as well as Punta. Aakesh didn''t care about that, so he gestured thest eight participants toe forward and enter the virtual portal.


    In this group of eight participants, unexpectedly, five survived the swing. Two were the prince, one was the first wife of Pinto, and the other two were from the crowd who had participated.


    Thirty-eight people had participated in the vent, and nine people passed the first round.. Now, they wouldpete for the sword.

 Chapter 132 - Winner

    Chapter 132: Winner


    After only nine participants out of the thirty-eight remained for the next round, Aakesh waved his hands, and the participants who failed to survive the sword swing appeared sitting on their chairs.


    Since nine participants remained, Aakesh had to make theirpetition table.


    The next moment, the names on the virtual projection changed, and only the nine names of the remaining participants remained.


    Aakesh then looked at the group and announced, "Since there are nine of you, we can''t make groups for the battles. You all would fight one battle with each participant, so that means each of you would fight eight battles."


    "For every win in the battle, you would get 1 point. After all the battles had happened, the top two point owners would face in the final battle, and whoever wins it would win the sword."


    Aakesh concluded and gestured the participants to enter the virtual portals. Each participant appeared in the same battle arena for this round.


    A projection then appeared in the battle arena. There were two sections in it. One division contained the information of who would fight, and the other included a table with each of their names and would change with points.


    In the store, the fifteen divisions on the ck screen disappeared, and instead, a whole ck screen appeared that showed the scene happening in the virtual arena.


    The projection in the battle arena suddenly had changes, and the names of those who would fight the battle appeared.


    It was the battle between Bent, a Prince, and rk, amoner who had the cultivation level of Soul Formation. Since the cultivation level didn''t matter, rk had a chance to defeat Bent using the practice in swords he had.


    The next moment, both Bent and rk appeared in the battle arena. They had the same sword with which they survived the sword swing.


    "Ding!"


    The next moment, the bell rang and announced the start of the battle.


    Bent decided to make a move first, so he directly rushed toward rk. rk calmly faced the sh that came at him.


    "ng!"


    The next moment, the sh of the sword rang in the battle arena, and it was only the start as rk calmly faced every sword sh that came at him.


    Time flew by, and an ugly expression appeared on Bent''s face as he wasn''t able to defeat amoner when they had the same level of skillset, while rk had a wet face due to the sweat.


    Suddenly, rk made a mistake as his sword started slipping due to the sweat he had in his palms. Since it was a basic sword, it didn''t have a word-ss grip that could stay still even when the palm was wet.


    The ugly expression Bent had disappeared, and instead, a smile appeared on his face as he didn''t let go of the chance and created two shes at the same time. rk was able to face off the first strike, but the second strike crossed his barrier and created arge cut in his chest.


    With a groan, rk fell down on the ground. Bent put his sword on his head and asked whether he wanted to give up or not. Since rk didn''t want to feel the sensation of losing his head, he gave up the battle.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed both Bent and rk. After the light faded, all the exhaustion Bent and rk had been feeling disappeared, and the cut on rk''s chest also healed.


    "Do you want to be my guard?" Bent suddenly asked rk as the calmposure rk had throughout the battle impressed him.


    rk looked at Bent with surprise in his eyes, but when he noticed that he wasn''t joking, rk stood up and then knelt down. "It would be my fortune, prince!" rk shouted.


    All the prince''s faces turned ugly seeing this scene as the addition of someone like rk in Bent''s guards would only make him stronger.


    The next moment, the leaderboard had some changes as Bent appeared on the top of it with one point.


    Time flew by. The second battle was between George and Pento. George won the fight with ease since he had been one of the most talented beings of the Pocoso Empire.


    After around twenty minutes, all the battles ended. As expected, George came at the top of the leaderboard with winning all eight fights, but the second position was a surprise for everybody.


    It wasn''t Punta but the princess that had passed the first round. Her name was Brinda, and she was the third child of Pinto. Even Punta was surprised by seeing the skillset of his granddaughter.


    Brinda had qualified to the finals by winning seven of the eight battles, only losing to George.


    The next moment, on the projection, appeared the name of George and Brinda for the final battle.


    After their name came, they both appeared in the battle arena. The next moment, the bell rang and announced the start of the battle.


    Brinda made the first move as she had made the mistake of going defensive in the previous battle against George.


    Brinda appeared in front of George the next moment, but he was already prepared for the strike. He easily flicked her swing by the back of his sword and made a move against her.


    Brinda had already prepared for something like this, so she backed straight away, but how could George let her go, so he rushed at her.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The next moment, continuous metallic shes rang in the battle arena.


    George suddenly grabbed her sword by his hands, as the direct sh wasn''t taking him anywhere. It almost split his hands into two, but before it could happen, his sword was at her neck.


    "Give up!" George expressionlessly said.


    Rather than give up, Brinda increased the power of her sword swing, and George''s fingers flew through the air. But Brinda didn''t see the scene as George had cut her head right away.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed both of them, and their injuries healed. Brinda came back to life.


    After George won the round, all the participants disappeared from the battle arena and appeared on the tform. A projection of a golden crown appeared on George''s head since he had won the first event.

 Chapter 133 - Events

    Chapter 133: Events


    The moment the projection of the golden crown appeared above George, everybody had to move away from him. It gave everyone the pressure of standing near the king, so only when they walked a few steps away from him were they able to breathe freely.


    "Take your reward," Aakesh expressionlessly told George as he extended his hand carrying the sword.


    George nodded and approached Aakesh. He had an excited expression as he was getting an Immortal level growth sword. He already had the same level weapon, but the addition of the sword would only be advantageous for him.


    When he reached Aakesh, the ordinary looking sword floated to him. It couldn''t be any more ordinary looking as when George touched its surface, it felt cold, and he thought he was touching a in hard rock.


    "Drop your blood on it, and it would be yours for eternity," Aakesh added as he sat back down on his chair.


    George didn''t wait and bit the tip of his index finger. The next moment, a drop of red blood with a golden hue fell on the sword and engulfed it. The injury on George''s finger healed on its own the next moment.


    He eagerly looked at the sword, trying not to miss a single change, but unfortunately, he couldn''t peer through his own blood and see what was going on inside the blood cover.


    A few momentster, the blood cover dissipated on its own, and a sword that lookedpletely different from its previous version appeared in George''s hands.


    Before George could see the changes of the sword, it got free from its hold and tried to escape the store. It all happened so fast that George didn''t have enough time to stop the sword.


    The sword had only reached the first row of the chairs when Aakesh extended his hands, and a sudden unknown force arrived that dragged back it to his hands.


    "Make it submit," Aakesh told George as the sword had its own will, and George had to win against it if he wanted to own its will.


    "Thank you!" George thanked Aakesh for stopping the sword and took it from his hands.


    The next moment, the sword started struggling again, which brought a look of surprise on Evelyn and Lenna''s faces. George was a Heavenly Monarch level cultivator, yet it was trying to break free in his hands. Aakesh, who wasn''t an Immortal level cultivator, pinned it down to such an extent that it didn''t dare struggle free.


    George ignored it as he was in a fight against the will of the sword in its consciousness.


    The sword''s consciousness looked the same as George''s since his blood was the reason for its growth.


    "Submit to me! You exist only because of me," George said to the consciousness.


    The sword''s consciousness didn''t speak anything and instead made a move against George.


    "You asked for it!" George said with a disappointed sigh as the next moment, he raised his hands and shed it down.


    The next moment, a white sh passed through the sword''s consciousness and split it into two half perfectly cut pieces. It then started disintegrating into light particles. A few momentster, only he remained in the sword''s consciousness.


    George took a step forward and started searching for the core of the sword. To make the sword his own, he needed to imprint his signature on the core.


    He finally found the core, and it was in the shape of a human heart. If George didn''t know it was the consciousness of the sword, he would believe he was seeing an alive human heart since it was beating with the same rhythm as George''s heart.


    "Aghh!"


    George screamed in pain as he felt the pain himself of imprinting on the sword core. When he finally stopped and opened his eyes in reality, his back was wet with cold sweat.


    He finally took a look at the sword in his hands. It was dark red in color with some golden hue surrounding it. It was simr to the color of his blood.


    It was a one-handed sword with both the edges being sharp. On the sword, a pattern of an alone human fighting myriad beasts with a sword in the human''s hand was engraved to show its power.


    The grip of the sword was wrapped in the rare, scarlet wyrm skin. George''s name was engraved in the lower part of the grip, signifying him as the owner of the sword.


    The Scarlet wyrm was one of the races of the wyrms that had the ability to control blood. The next moment, a skill emerged in George''s head.


    The skill name was ''Blood Healing''. It gave George the ability to heal by burning his blood, irrespective of the extent of the damage. The skill also allowed him to regain his blood simply by killing.


    Since George was an Immortal, he didn''t have use for the skill. Being an Immortal already granted him the ability to revive automatically from even a drop of his blood.


    He then waved the sword in the air to see hispatibility with it. It fit perfectly in his hands, and it only weighed where George could use the sword wlessly.


    "You can leave now," Aakesh said as he waved his hands. The next moment, All the nine participants, including George, appeared on their respective chairs.


    "It''s time for the next event," Aakesh announced the next moment.


    It was the same event as the previous one, but this time it was for archers. Around fifty-two participated in this event despite the event fee of 200 inferior Primal stones, and it was only due to one person, Lenna, who also took part in the event.


    In the hope of facing her in the battle, many joined the event.


    It also had the same rounds as the swords. In the first round, all the archers faced against the store warrior. Only five participants survived the arrow and qualified for the next round.


    Being an Elf gave an advantage to Lenna despite Aakesh restricting the archery into basics, so she easily won the event and got the growth-level bow as the reward.


    After that, simr events for different kinds of weapons happened, and some events passed without even getting single participation.


    So far, Aakesh has had around 178 participants in the events, and 26248 people were currently sitting, watching the event in the store.

 Chapter 134 - Five Beast Totem

    Chapter 134: Five Beast Totem


    After all the weapon events were over, Aakesh only had 178 participants until now. It was still very far from the target of 2000 participants, but he didn''t worry, as there were still many events left and it was only the first day. The events with greater rewards were yet toe.


    "Let''s start the next event," Aakesh announced as he had just sent Evelyn with an Immortal levelnce.


    The next moment, a Tiger''s roar echoed in the store, as a White Tiger almost the size of a mountain appeared on the tform. Despite the giant size of the tiger, it didn''t look like it had taken up a lot of ce on the stage.


    Many in the crowd stood up from their chair and knelt down, showing their reverence to the white tiger.


    Since there were countless peoples in the Multiverse, there were also various religions. One such religion prayed to the five beast totem. The totem represented the Azure Dragon of the East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, the ck Tortoise of the North, and the Yellow Dragon of the Center.


    All five beasts belonging to the five beast totem were Primordial creatures. Since they were immortals, they sent their clones to y in the Primal and Sacred dimensions.


    One such time three trillion years ago, the clones of these primordial beasts met, and a battle erupted in between of them to see who was the most powerful out of them. Since their actual body was Immortal and was one of the few beings in the Multiverse except Devas to have the trait of Imperishability, so they could never find who was the strongest in their midst.


    But their clones had no such problems, so they fought to see who was the most powerful. Their battle extended from one world to various worlds, then gxies, then superclusters, and atst, it engulfed several universes.


    After having battled for consecutive days, no one came out as the sole winner from the five of them. So they decided to create their factions and decided to see who had the most intellect and could build the strongest army.


    Their armies then fought for millions of areas under their respective banners, but no one came out as a clear winner. Yellow Dragon had the strongest soldiers, but his army wasn''t able to crush any of the other four troops without losing all of his soldiers.


    The soldiers still fought for the beasts, but they didn''t know that the beasts had gotten bored by this petty fight, so they had left around millions of years ago, and they had been fighting for nothing.


    One of the generals in the Azure Dragon camp understood this fact. They haven''t seen the leaders of their respective factions or hadn''t gotten a direct order for millions of years. They were only fighting on their own to show the supremacy of their leader.


    The general slowly rose in ranks and reached the topmost position of the chief of the Azure Dragon army. When he reached the top, only then did he find out that it was known to all the top leaders that the beasts had already left and they were fighting on their own, but they still continued as it granted them a feeling of immense power.


    He couldn''t let it continue, so he started finding like-minded officers in all five camps. Using schemes and betrayals, his group overthrew the chiefs of the other armies, and people who thought like him became the chiefs.


    After reaching that step, all the five army chiefs decided to join together and create a religious group, ''Five Beast Totem''. The religion grew wide and famous due to the power it held, and many people of different universes and races started following it and believing in the five beasts. Five beast totem is currently one of the top organizations of the Primal dimension and control more than trillion universes, with millions of Immortals waiting to ascend in their midst.


    The White Tiger Aakesh had prepared for the event was one of the low-bloodline descendants of the clone of the White Tiger. Aakesh captured it for the event. He was confident that it would raise the number of participants by several folds.


    "For the next event, you would face your mirror clones..." Aakesh announced.


    For this event, every Participant would start from level zero and fight their mirror clones. As their levels increase, simrly, the level of mirror clone would increase. The one who would win the highest number of battles would win the event and get the White Tiger as a pet.


    "Why don''t you take me as your pet instead of me being their pet?" The White Tigerined, seeing Aakesh giving him as a reward without even asking for his consent.


    It sounded roar to everybody, but Aakesh understood what the tiger wanted to say since he knew thenguage.


    The beasts followed a different cultivation system than humans. They had eleven levels, the same as the Qi cultivation system.


    Until Level 8, they were simply referred to by their level. Level 9 was Beast King, Level 10 was Beast Emperor, and Level 11 was Beast Monarch, the level equivalent to Immortal. Their levels were also divided into three grades, initial, half, andplete. The White Tiger was currently a half Level 7 (Void Forging in Qi cultivation system), so it couldn''t speak thenguage of other races. It could only do so after reaching the Beast king level.


    Aakesh ignored the tiger''sint and announced, "The participation fee for this event is ten ordinary Primal stones."


    People sitting in the crowd sucked cold breath after hearing the price of the participation, but still, more than 100 people raised their hands with ten ordinary Primal stones in their hands.


    The group of George, Evelyn, and Lenna also participated in the event because the tiger was only currently a Level 7 beast.


    Even though it was only the descendant of the clone of the Primordial White Tiger, but still his blood flowed through the tiger''s veins. The tiger was sure to reach Beast Monarch and then had a 50% chance to ascend to the Sacred dimension, so how could their group miss the opportunity.


    Aakesh counted the number of participants and found 242 participants were going to participate andpete for the White Tiger.

 Chapter 135 - Fighting With Clones(1)

    Chapter 135: Fighting with Clones(1)


    Two hundred and forty-two participants took out ten ordinary Primal stones in their hands. Aakesh waited for five seconds more, and when he saw no other participant, he waved his hands, and the next moment, all of the 242 people appeared on the tform.


    "Roar!"


    The White Tiger roared at their face, showing its refusal to be given as the reward, but the next moment, a sudden pressure arrived on it, and it fell down t on the tform.


    "Do we have to make it submit to us on our own?" One of the participants stepped forward and asked, hearing the angry roar of the White Tiger.


    Many of the participants also nodded and looked at Aakesh for his answer. It was the most important thing to ask for, but in the greed of winning the tiger, they forgot to ask.


    Since many of the participants were Soul Formation and Nascent Soul, if they had to force the tiger to submit on their own, they would''ve wasted their money even if they won the event.


    "No! You would get a pet that would obey your every order," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    The participants heaved a relieved sigh as if now they could win thepetition easily and didn''t have to lose the tiger because of their low cultivation.


    "Fifteen of you step forward," Aakeshmanded and pointed at the fifteen participants in front of the group.


    The participants nodded and stepped forward, while the left people backed two steps away.


    "Okay, enter the portals!" Aakesh ordered.


    The next moment, the fifteen participants entered the portals, and the ck screen again got divided into 15 sections, showing each participant.


    The participants appeared in a closed room with a giant mirror in front of them.


    The crowd could see the fifteen participants looking at themselves with astonished faces. They were surprised, because currently, their cultivation level hade down to Qi condensation.


    The next moment, the mirror reflected light as a being with exact features as the participants appeared in the front of the participants. They had the same cultivation level, the same knowledge about fighting, and the same stamina.


    Those who would win the highest number of fights with their clones would win the event and get the White Tiger as their pet.


    "Ding!"


    The next moment, the bell rang and announced the start of the event.


    In one such section of the fifteen divisions, Mark was fighting his mirror clone.


    Mark and the clone rushed at each other simultaneously as they both thought of the same strategy to start the battle. Since they were only Qi condensation, they couldn''t use Qi outside their body, so their fight was simply hand-to-handbat.


    When Mark attacked, his clone easily dodged the move, and when the clone attacked, Mark avoided the attack. They weren''t the only ones in this conundrum. All the fifteen participants were facing the same issue. In the battle of the participants and the clone, no one wasing out as the stronger party.


    Time flew by. After three minutes had passed in the battle, the mirror reflected light again, and a new clone with the same appearance, level, and knowledge appeared on the battlefield.


    Shocked expressions appeared on the faces of not only the participants fighting or who were on the tform even the crowd was shocked as Aakesh didn''t announce anything about this.


    "Hey, store owner, you didn''t tell us about another clone appearing," One of the participants angrily asked while his back was wet with cold sweat. He thanked his God for him not being in the first group of participants.


    "Oh, I must''ve forgotten," Aakesh casually responded. Dumbfounded looks appeared on the participants and the crowd.


    "How can you forget something this big?" Another participant asked. He then pointed at one of the sections of the screen. On the screen, two clones were continuously punching one of the participants without caring whether the person wanted to give up or not.


    Aakesh ignored the question asking participant and snapped his fingers. The next moment, all the participants fighting the losing battle in the battleground appeared on the tform.


    "Since it was my mistake, you can join again," Aakesh told the participants whose bodies were automatically healing by blue light.


    "Remember, you don''t have as much time as you want to finish the battle. Every three minutes, a new clone would appear and join the battle against you," Aakesh announced.


    Clones would appear in limitless numbers until either the clones win or the participant wins the battle.


    Aakesh then looked at the participant, who was facing the cruel beating of the clones a moment earlier, and told him, "The clones had the same personality as you, so if you lose, quit. Otherwise, you would face the same situation your opponent would''ve faced if you won the battle."


    After participants heard what Aakesh said, many of the participants had chills down their spines, thinking about facing the same cruel torture they forced on their opponents.


    "Okay, now re-enter!" Aakesh ordered the same group of fifteen participants.


    Despite knowing what was going to happen to them three minutester, no participant could still defeat the mirror clones. As time flew, the battle only became tougher instead of bing easy, so around five minutes since the battle started, the first participant out of the fifteen lost the battle and appeared on the tform with blood pouring out from his entire body.


    It was as if the curse had activated. Twelve participants appeared on the tform in the next few moments. When six minutes passed, all the participants except Mark were on the stage, getting no victories in their hands.


    Another minute passed, Mark was currently fighting three mirror clones. He had several injuries on his body, but fortunately for him, none of the injuries was severe. Out of the three clones, one had severe injuries, one had simr injuries as Mark, and one who had just appeared was without any wound.


    It was all due to Panagea that he was able to hold until now. Dying hundreds of times in Panagea hardened his will, and that will to fight was helping him currently.


    Participants had only one advantage over their clones, and that was the experience of the participants. If they could use that experience of fighting, only then could they have a chance of defeating it.. Otherwise, they could try everything in their arsenal, and they would only be able to draw the battle at best since the clones had the same knowledge.

 Chapter 136 - Fighting With Clones(2)

    Chapter 136: Fighting with Clones(2)


    Mark was able to defeat his Qi condensation clones only a few seconds earlier than the arrival of the fourth clone. After the battle ended, a blue light engulfed him, and he became the same as before.


    The next moment, an orange light engulfed him, and the next second it disappeared. He was now a Houtian level cultivator.


    In Houtian, cultivators could use Qi outside their bodies. But it had limited use. They could only use it to reinforce their bodies for attacking, defending, or escaping.


    The next moment, a one appeared on the top of the mirror, signifying the number of victories he had gotten against his clones.


    Then, the mirror reflected light, and Mark''s clone of Houtian level appeared in front of him. Soon, the bell rang, announcing the beginning of the battle.


    Mark reinforced his legs and both his palms right away and rushed toward the clone. His clone also did the same and ran toward Mark, but Mark changed his direction suddenly and ran in the right direction of the clone.


    It took the clone by surprise. To save itself from any surprise attack, it covered its vital with Qi. the next moment, Mark took another turn after reaching right behind his mirror clone.


    Mark expected the clone to cover its vitals with Qi since if he were in this situation, he also would''ve done the same. But his target wasn''t the vitals. Instead, it was the clone''s hands.


    When Mark reached the clone, he grabbed its right hand since it was the primary hand and tried to snap it, but what he expected didn''t happen. The clone fought its way and forced him to release his hands, but Mark was able to move the hands from its joints which made any further move using the hands very painful for the clone.


    Time flew by. Around five minutes had passed since the Houtian level battle began. Mark was still fighting for his second victory.


    He had severe injuries, and half of his left hand was gone, while one of the clones he was fighting didn''t have a right hand, and the other clone was lying down on the ground with its head crushed.


    It was currently the battle for time and who would win first. Mark only had one minute left to win, and the clone also only needed to stall for a minute, then a new clone would appear in the battle.


    Unfortunately for Mark, he had severe injuries, and he was also exhausted. He couldn''t continue the battle for long, and a few momentster, as expected, he fell on the ground after losing consciousness from pain and exhaustion.


    The next moment, the clone disappeared from the battleground since losing consciousness equaled dying in a life and death battle. Suddenly a white light engulfed him, and he disappeared from the area.


    The next moment, the ck screen dimmed down since no participant was currently fighting. Mark then appeared on the tform while he had gottenpletely healed due to the white light.


    A tiny projection of one appeared on his head, signifying his one victory with his mirror clones.


    "Wow, you''ve gotten better," Mark was just thinking when he felt a familiar p on his shoulder, and the next moment, he fell down face first. It was Bisal who had pped Mark.


    Aakesh ignored their actions and pointed at the other 15 participants. He then gestured them to enter the portal.


    The participants nodded and entered their respective portals. Time continuously flowed like the moving river, and three hours had passed since the start of the event.


    180 participants had alreadypleted their turns, and currently, a group was fighting on the screen.


    The most number of battles were won by Lenna in the event, until now. She won seven battles up to the Void Forging level. The second best was Punta, who had won four fights up to the Soul Formation level.


    In the current group of participants in the battleground, George was fighting his mirror clone. He was currently a Soul Formation cultivator.


    His clone had severe injuries all over its body, while George had only one or two injuries.


    A few momentster, only him remained in the battleground, while the headless corpse of his clone lied near his legs, and its head was a few steps away from him.


    The next moment, the number on the top of the mirror changed to 4. He then upgraded and reached Nascent Soul. The next moment, the mirror reflected light, and his mirror clone appeared.


    After the cultivators reached Nascent Soul, the battle didn''t remain only physical. It was now spiritual as well since Nascent Soul and above cultivators could use their consciousnesses.


    The next moment, a heart-rending scream echoed in the battleground. It was the clone who screamed. The next moment, it fell down on the ground with lifeless eyes bringing shock to everyone watching the battle.


    It screamed because a transparent baby had appeared in its consciousness moments earlier and attacked it. The baby then raised his hands, and countless white shes appeared.


    The next moment, the hand fell down, and the countless white shes attacked at the same time, cutting the clone''s consciousness into countless pieces. Since cultivators below Tao Seed can''t survive withoutplete consciousness, the clone died, and its eyes turned lifeless.


    "If I only had a sword, winning would only be easier," George murmured, looking at the lifeless corpse of his Nascent Soul clone.


    Within moments, the number on top of the mirror changed from four to five.


    Time flew by. George was able to win nine battles and surpass Lenna. He got only defeated by the Tao Pce version of him. In that battle, he wasn''t able to defeat the clone, and the number of clones only grew with time. When the number of clones reached six, he willingly gave up since there was no point in continuing the battle other than wasting time.


    While he was fighting, Aakesh sent many groups of 14 participants. It was currently thest group of participants fighting in the portal.


    On the outside, the sun had already set and announced the arrival of the darkness. Still, people wereing and going out of the store every moment.. The number of people currently sitting in the store had grown into a whooping 387,862, and it was still growing.

 Chapter 137 - Winner(1)

    Chapter 137: Winner(1)


    Only thest group was left out of the 242 participants in the event.


    Twenty minutes had passed since this group entered their portals, and only six participants were left fighting.


    Evelyn was fighting against her Tao Seed clone. Brinda was fighting against her Void Condensation clone. Kuriati was fighting against hispletel Atirathi clone, and his other two brothers were fighting against their Void Condensation and Nascent Soul clones.


    There was an unexpected entry into this group, and that was amoner named Timothy. He was currently fighting against his Tao Seed clone. His cultivation level, in reality, was onlyte Soul Formation, so he was the only participant who was able to gain benefit from this event even if he lost the event.


    Timothy was one of the followers of the religion ''Five Beast Totem'', so his motivation for winning was to win the battle and then use the White Tiger to gain recognition in the Tiger camp.


    The fights continued, and time passed. Evelyn defeated her Tao Seed and Tao Manifestation clone after working hard, but she also got stuck in the battle against her Tao Pce clone like her boyfriend George.


    In the Tao seed level, Tao takes seed in the consciousness of the cultivator. It signifies that the cultivator had gained the ability to learn Tao.


    After thates the level of Tao Manifestation. In that level, the Tao seed germinates into a Tao tree, signifying that Tao had recognized the ability of the cultivator and decided to manifest itself in the form of a tree in the cultivator''s consciousness. The fruit of the tree denotes the number of Tao that had recognized the cultivator. The most number of Tao fruits gained by any cultivator is 3000, and that was the first Qi cultivator who got the Qi cultivation system from Laozi, a Deva.


    After the creation of the Tao tree, the cultivator cares for it by using Qi and his attainment of Tao. When that fruit turns ripe, it turns into a pce signifying Tao has recognized the cultivator as its equal, and the being gets a breakthrough to the level Tao Pce. The more fruit the cultivator had in his Tao tree, the more floors they would have in the Tao Pce level.


    And when finally all the Tao pcesbine to give birth to a new world that may or may not be habitable for any species, signifying Tao has recognized the being as the superior. The Tao then grants the title of Heavenly Monarch to the cultivator. In turn, the cultivator attains eternal life as the reward.


    In the Tao Pce, the fighting bes all spiritual since the physique gains the ability of Pseudo-indestructibility. A Tao Pce cultivator could only defeat a Tao Pce cultivator physically if they had overwhelming power inparison to their opponent, but this wasn''t the case for Evelyn and her clone. Since they both had an equal level of physique, no one could do anything to the other, so the battle turned into the sh of their respective Pces.


    Evelyn had eleven floors in her Tao Pce, signifying that she had control over eleven different Tao. Her clone also had the same number of floors, so the battle turned to a standstill.


    Timothy also defeated his Tao seed clone after working hard and facing many severe injuries. But still, there was a smile on his face as the feeling of power was too intoxicating for him to care about the number of wounds he had.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed him. After the light disappeared, he appeared the same as before, having not even a hint of injury on his body. Soon, the number on the top of the mirror changed to seven from six, signifying he had won seven victories against his mirror clone.


    Time flew by. Like her boyfriend, Evelyn was unable to defeat her Tao Pce clone, but unlike him, she didn''t give up and continued fighting only to lose after getting killed by thebined attack of seven clones. Kuriati was also in a terrible situation, as five of his top Maharathi clone were beating him with their random sword strikes. Since he belonged to the warrior system, both him and his clone had weapons to fight.


    With every strike, Kuriati groaned in pain and coughed out blood. He was also unable to cross the boundary of top Maharathi and lost the battle after his clones killed him by crushing every bone in his body.


    The crowd looked at the screens without even daring to breathe since only one screen was currently active. It was Timothy who was fighting against his Tao Manifestation clone.


    When the projection of his Tao tree with a sole fruit appeared behind him, shocked and horrified looks appeared on the faces of the people who recognized the fruit.


    The fruit was ck in color in the form of a piece of thunder.


    "Chaotic Thunder!" One man in the crowd eximed in shock, seeing the fruit.


    Many of the people looked at him in confusion and asked, "What is Chaotic Thunder?"


    "I only know that it''s rumored to be one of the most destructive forms of thunder and is one of the superior Tao," The man responded after taking a deep breath to calm his pounding heart.


    The man was a Tao Seed cultivator and came across the event while traveling the store, so he had some knowledge about the Chaotic Thunder.


    Aakesh only took one nce at the fruit of Chaotic Thunder and moved his eyes away. He knew about the power of the Chaotic Thunder, but he knew many more things that could cause destruction by several folds whenpared with the Chaotic Thunder, so he had no particr interest in it.


    The next moment, the ceiling got covered with a sea of lightning simr to the fruit. The appearance of the lightning alone broke the fabric of space in the battleground. Anotheryer of lightning then appeared right below the firstyer due to the clone.


    The next moment, bothyers of lightning collided since it was the opposing powers, and an explosion loud enough to rock the entire Kingdom appeared in the store, but the system stopped the sound from leaving the store.


    The crowd focused on the screen to see the result of the sh and not to miss anything, but after the explosion, the screen suddenly turned ck.. The next moment, Timothy appeared on the tform while being engulfed by blue light.

 Chapter 138 - Winner(2)

    Chapter 138: Winner(2)


    The slight touch of the opposing Tao of Chaotic Thunder caused a chain reaction and caused countless explosions, with every explosion causing more destruction than thest one.


    When the explosions finally ended, nothing remained on the battleground, and it turned into a piece of the void.


    The next moment, Timothy appeared on the tform. He was unconsciously lying on the tform because the explosion had resulted inplete extinction, including his soul and the Tao connected with him.


    A blue light had surrounded him when he appeared on the tform. His body was still in repairing mode, and only his bones had appeared until now. His entire body got fully developed a few momentster, and the next moment he opened his eyes.


    "I''m alive!" Timothy happily eximed, seeing him uninjured. The next moment, a disappointed expression appeared on his face as his cultivation had reduced back to Soul Formation.


    The other participants in the crowd looked at him with shocked and horrified faces. They felt horrified because of the simple destruction he had caused on the battleground and were shocked because of the number floating above his head.


    Since Timothy won the battle till the Tao Seed level, they expected his winnings to be eight, but a golden nine was floating above his head, signifying he had won nine battles.


    Aakesh ignored the reaction of the crowd and asked Timothy, "Do you want to go in to fight since you have won this round?"


    Timothy shook his head and responded, "It''s alright. I''m fine with nine victories."


    "You should attempt it. It would only benefit you even if you lose," George suggested to Timothy, seeing him refusing.


    "Yes, you should at least get the feeling of Tao Pce," Evelyn chimed in and added.


    "Thank you, seniors!" Timothy bowed and thanked George and Evelyn, hearing their suggestions. He then looked at Aakesh and said, "I would like to go in, store owner."


    Aakesh nodded and gestured for him to enter the portal. Only a few moments had passed when he reappeared on the tform with only his head. The next moment, a blue light engulfed him, and soon he became the same as before entering the virtual portal.


    In the Tao Pce, the Tao fruit turns into a Pce. Since Timothy only had one fruit in the Tao Manifestation level, so his Pce was only on one floor. But since his sole fruit connected him with a superior Tao, his one-floor Pce was taller than many three-floor Pces of the average cultivator.


    Timothy''s clone also had the same Tao Pce, but it had insight into the level which he didn''t have. He only won thest battle by luck because of the explosion. If explosions wouldn''t have happened or Timothy wouldn''t have gained such a destructive element of thunder, he would''ve lost thest fight.


    Since he didn''t know anything about the Tao Pce level, his clone killed him right after the battle started by directly cutting his head.


    When he appeared on the tform, he didn''t know whether tough or cry after getting defeated in less than a few seconds.


    Aakesh ignored his reaction and announced, "The event is over!"


    "After the event, four people had a simr number of victories, and only one can win the event," He added.


    The four participants who had won nine victories stepped forward since they expected another round to happen between these fours, but what Aakesh said next made them stop.


    "Since Timothy had the lowest cultivation between the group of victors, and he had won the most number of victories higher than his actual cultivation level, he would be the winner of the event," Aakesh announced.


    George and Evelyn shook their heads disappointedly after hearing the announcement. Kuriati stayed expressionless, while Timothy became dumbstruck after hearing that he was the victor.


    "Di...did I really w...win?" He asked. He couldn''t even speak properly because his voice was trembling due to excitement.


    "Yes,e here," Aakesh expressionlessly responded and gestured to him toe forward.


    Aakesh then waved his hands and the Tiger got free from the bounds of the pressure and roared, but its roar came to a sudden halt as suddenly a strange stone appeared in its consciousness.


    Before the Tiger could see what it was, it dissolved into its consciousness, and the next moment, the tiger fell asleep.


    "Here, it''s your reward," Aakesh said to Timothy as he pointed his hands at the unconscious Tiger.


    Timothy nodded and then looked at the Tiger with shining eyes. The next moment, he fell down on his knees and knelt with his head on the ground in the direction of the Tiger.


    "Please give me your divine blessings, O great beast!" He murmured, and the next moment, he chanted some mantras the people of their religion usually chanted for prayer.


    He then stood up straight and thanked Aakesh for the Tiger. He wanted to ask why the Tiger was unconscious, but before he could ask the question, he felt a stare from behind.


    He turned around and saw the Tiger staring at him with confused expressions in its eyes. Before he could make out the reason behind the expressions, the Tiger pounced on him.


    Many in the crowd immediately closed their eyes, believing a catastrophe had urred, but when they heard augh instead of a cry, they opened their eyes, dumbfounded expressions appeared on their faces.


    The Tiger was licking Timothy''s entire face with a tongue bigger than half of his body. The lick tickled him, so he couldn''t stop himself fromughing.


    Aakesh ignored their y and waved his hands. The next moment, all the participants standing on the tform appeared on their respective chairs.


    Timothy also appeared, sitting on his chair, while the Tiger appeared, sitting on hisp with its size simr to an ordinary Tiger cub.


    [Host, Darkness has arrived. It''s time for you to close the store.]


    Aakesh was going to announce the start of another event when he suddenly heard an alert from the system in his head.


    He then looked at the crowd sitting for the event and found more than 350,000 people currently sitting on their chairs.


    He then announced the end of today''s events and left the tform. Disappointed expressions appeared on the crowd''s faces as they wanted to see more. But since Aakesh had already left, they couldn''tin to anybody.


    The people only needed to think of leaving from the chair, and they would appear outside the store, so in no time, the entire store turned empty.


    After exciting, many groups in the crowd started discussing today''s events.


    "I wish I could''ve won the sword," One of the men told his friends. The sword George won was still clearly embedded in his memory.


    "Haha. And I wish I could''ve gotten that Elf as my girlfriend," His friend replied in a mocking tone whileughing.


    "With a face like yours you wish for the Elf," One of the men scoffed, hearing the group''s conversation.


    "You..." The man spun back fiercely to react, but his words got stuck in his throat when he noticed the man''s size.


    Many of those who hadete had disappointed expressions since they missed most of today''s events. Even if they didn''t win any rewards, watching such high-level fighting without paying a penny was already a great deal for many.


    After every participant had left the store, Aakesh closed the door.


    "1580 more left," He mumbled and then turned around as his room had appeared.

 Chapter 139 - Second-day Event

    Chapter 139: Second-day Event


    The night looked like years for many who waited outside the store for the opening the following morning, but since time follows its own rule, it flew by, and the first ray of sunlight arrived that made the darkness hide for the time being.


    With the sunrise, the door of the store automatically opened. Those who were waiting at the front rushed inside the store.


    After entering, they saw the number of chairs had grown while other things remained the same.


    They only had to think of sitting, and the next moment they appeared in front of the chairs. Since Aakesh still hasn''t appeared, people started discussing today''s events.


    "What do you think today''s events would be?" One man in the group asked his friends.


    "Who knows?" Another group member replied.


    It has only been a few moments since the door opened, and already the number of the sitting crowd had reached 762. With every passing second, the number increased by tens of people.


    They were discussing things when they suddenly heard sounds of teleportations in the store. Their gazended on the entry, and they saw a group of people with their faces covered, but their silver hair and pointed ears revealed who they were.


    The group became the center of attention right away for everyone in the crowd. It was the group of Lenna and her family members that had teleported inside the store.


    Lenna''s family at first was angry with her for showing her identity as Elf even after knowing the purpose of hering here, but when she told the reason behind it to her family members, they also decided to join her in the hope of seeing a living Dragon.


    The group noticed the look of envy, jealousy, love, hate, and many others on the faces of the crowd, but they ignored it and sat down on the first chairs they found.


    A few moments had passed when a floating door appeared right above the tform. A momentter, the door opened, and stairs appeared connecting it to the stage. Aakesh walked out from the door and stepped down the stairs.


    After he appeared on the tform, the door and the stairs disappeared. He then looked at the crowd and saw the number in the crowd had crossed 1000.


    All the people sitting in the crowd also focused on Aakesh and waited for what he would announce as the first event for today.


    "Wee to the second day of the store''s three-day event," Aakesh expressionlessly weed everybody.


    "Since many people are already here, let''s start our first event for today," Aakesh announced, making the eyes of the crowd bigger.


    "The first event for today would be tower climbing..." Aakesh started announcing the first event.


    It was a tower climbing event. In the event, participants would climb the tower. On the top of every floor, they would face an opponent.


    For the first floor, they would face an opponent having the cultivation level of Qi condensation. With every floor, the opponent''s cultivation would increase by a stage, i.e., on the second floor, the participants would face intermediate Qi condensation.


    They not only had to win the battle against their opponents but there was a time limit in which they needed to win.


    If they failed to gain victory within the required time limit, they would get demoted to a lower floor. If they lost for the second time, they would get sent back to the first floor, and if the participants failed to ovee their opponent for the third time within the time limit, they would get disqualified. If their opponent defeated them within the time limit, then they would directly get disqualified.


    The opponents they would face on the top of every floor would be random beings belonging to different races. Many people who remembered the battle of the clones sighed with relief when they heard this rule.


    The participant who would be able to win the most number of battles above his actual cultivation level would win the event and get the reward.


    After Aakesh announced the event, the crowd looked at him with enthusiastic eyes. They couldn''t wait to see the reward for the event since every reward had been a high-level reward.


    The next moment, Aakesh waved his hands, and a giant tower with 44 floors appeared on the tform.


    "This would be the tower you would fight in, and it would also be the reward for the winner of the event," Aakesh announced, pointing at the tower.


    The tower was also one of Aakesh''s creations using the element of Illusion, and with the system''s help, he created illusions of beings belonging to the Immortal levels. Anyone who entered the tower would not enter physically, but his consciousness would enter it and face the opponents.


    Even if they died facing the opponent, they wouldn''t die in real life. They would only need a bed rest of a week to be as healthy as before, but since currently, Aakesh was conducting an event, no injuries would ur.


    If anyone won this tower, they could create a world-shaking organization in no time, and people in the crowd also knew that, so their eyes turned determined to participate in the event irrespective of the price and win the tower.


    "Those who want to participate raise their hands and take out hundred ordinary Primal stones," Aakesh announced, making the majority of the crowd grasp in shock after hearing the price.


    But when the crowd looked around them, they found many of the people raising their hands, which was even more shocking for them. They never knew there were so many rich people in their Kingdom because, with 100 ordinary Primal stones, a family could live their life with luxury in the Kingdom like theirs.


    The crowd didn''t know that many of the people who had raised their hands weren''t from their Kingdom but came here after hearing the news of the events. Punta himself noticed several kings of the neighboring Kingdoms raising their hands.


    Aakesh counted the number of people raising their hands and found 480 participants. His face remained expressionless outside, but inside he couldn''t help but feel happy seeing more participants on only the first event than thebined number of participants he had yesterday.


    The next moment, Aakesh waved his hands, and all the participants appeared on the tform.


    ***


    A/N: If you guys have any suggestions for the events, please doment.. Whoever gives the best suggestions would get to choose the name of a character.

 Chapter 140 - The Tower

    Chapter 140: The Tower


    Aakesh waited for a few seconds more, and after seeing no one else raising their hands, he waved his hands, and the next moment, all the people who had raised their hands appeared on the tform.


    A shocked look appeared on all the participants except a few faces. The tower looked giant when they saw it from their seats, but now that they saw it while standing in front of it, the size of the tower was taller than anything most in the crowd had ever seen.


    Many of the participants couldn''t even stand still due to the pressure released by the tower. The next moment, Aakesh snapped his fingers, and all the pressure released by the tower vanished as if it was never there.


    "You can enter, but before entering remember that you only have three minutes to win the battle," Aakesh ignored the participants'' reactions and announced.


    He then waved his hands, and the next moment, the door of the tower opened. The moment it opened, the air on the tform turned cold as if something horrible was waiting for them in it.


    Aakesh ignored their reactions and gestured for them to enter the tower. The participants nodded and entered.


    There was a transparent energy field right at the door of the tower. Whenever a participant crossed it, their physical body fell down while only their consciousness entered the Illusion.


    Aakesh had already told the participants about this, so they ignored it and continued passing the transparent energy field.


    A few momentster, every participant had entered the tower.


    A few minutes earlier, the group of George and the Elves hade up to him before leaving andined about the unfair winning rule for beings like them.


    The participants who won the highest number of battles above their cultivation would win the round, but they were already at thest stage of the cultivation, and sha was literally at the peak of the Primal dimension.


    After Aakesh heard theirints, he only responded with, "We''ll see," and told them to enter the portal.


    Aakesh knew the event was rigged for beings like sha, but not even for a moment did he believe that she would even be able to defeat an initial Heavenly Monarch.


    After all the participants had entered, all the ck screens separated into 480 sections, with each section showing a participant. The crowd got the same feeling of watching on a full-sized screen despite the fact that it was only one of the sections.


    Since there were 480 sections, the crowd couldn''t watch all the battles at the same time. So they chose one favorite warrior and decided to watch that screen until the end.


    The majority of the crowd chose to watch either the Elves, George and Evelyn, or yesterday''s winners.


    ***


    When Lenna entered the tower, she got taken aback by her surroundings. Aakesh had told her, the designs and the opponents would be random. Only their cultivation level at the floor would remain constant.


    Right after entering, she found a wall engraved with the murals of the fighting between the Orcs. The moment she looked at the murals on the wall, she felt that the wall was sucking her inside, but she moved her eyes right away.


    She knew it must be the tower''s doing to waste her time since participants only had three minutes to spend on a floor.


    She then took a deep breath to calm her mind and stepped on the stairs.


    She counted the number of the staircases and found it to be 108 before seeing who her opponent was.


    It was an Orc, at least three times her size. It had a wooden mace in its hands.


    The moment it noticed Lenna, it growled and rushed at her.


    Lenna didn''t even move and simply flicked the air in the environment. The next moment, the Orc burst into pieces.


    [Congrattions, you''ve sessfully defeated your opponent on the first floor. Please proceed to the next floor.]


    The next moment, a mechanical alert echoed inside Lenna''s head.


    After hearing the alert, she didn''t wait and directly entered the portal that had appeared after the mechanical announcement.


    The next moment, Lenna found herself in a simr setting. She felt even more pressureing from the murals on the wall, but for someone like Lenna, who was a cultivator of the Tao Pce level, it was nothing.


    She moved her eyes away and rushed to the top of the floor.


    Time flew by. Even though it was a random opponent, Lenna faced an Orc opponent until the initial Soul Formation level.


    When she reached the 14th floor, only then did she find an opponent of the other race.


    When she saw her opponent, her jaw almost dropped to the ground. Her opponent was a full-sized grown wyrm, but its cultivation level was only intermediate Soul Formation.


    The wyrm was resting when someone''s footsteps disturbed its sleep. It angrily raised its head and roared.


    The roar came to a sudden halt because it suddenly felt the air around it bing threatening to itself. Before it could think of a counteraction, the air pressed it to the ground and the next moment crushed it.


    [Congrattions, you''ve sessfully defeated your opponent on the fourteenth floor. Please proceed to the next floor.]


    The familiar announcement rang in her head next, and a portal for the next floor appeared.


    Lenna took a nce at the wyrm for thest time and couldn''t help but shake her head with disappointment.


    Wyrms were the closest living descendants of the Dragons in the Primal dimension, so she couldn''t help but feel pity for killing one.


    While entering the portal, she prayed for her next opponents not to be wyrms. Fortunately, her prayer worked, and her next floor opponent turned out to be a human.


    It took her no time to kill her opponent, and then she rushed to the next floor.


    Around six minutes had passed since the event began, and until now, no participant had lost any battle.


    It was currently Evelyn who had reached the highest number of floors. She was currently on the eighteenth(intermediate Nascent Soul) floor, while it was sha who was only on the third floor.


    sha, unlike other participants, decided to let the wall suck her in. On both floors, she always awoke at thest minute and cleared the floor.


    ***


    A/N: If you guys have any suggestions for the events, please doment.. Whoever gives the best suggestions would get to choose the name of a character.

 Chapter 141 - Battles

    Chapter 141: Battles


    Time flew by. Around thirty minutes had passed since the event began, and more than 40 participants had already gotten disqualified. They were currently standing on the tform and waiting for the event to end.


    Lenna was on the thirty-sixth floor(peak Tao Manifestation). Her opponent this time was an Elf belonging to the same n as her.


    When the battle began, she expected it to end early like the earlier battles, but as the fight proceeded, her overconfident appearance broke, and she started taking the battle seriously.


    Her cultivation waste Tao Pce, while the opponent Elf was a peak Tao Manifestation, but still, her Tao fruit alone shook her pce.


    She finally knew why Aakesh had said, "We''ll see," after their group hadined to him.


    Every opponent she had faced until now was best of their levels. She hadn''t noticed it until now since the power gap between her, and her opponent was very wide, but now that she had faced an Elf at the peak of Tao Manifestation, she finally knew the talent of the opponents.


    Since participants could use their weapons in the tower, Lenna took out her bow from her space ring.


    "Whoosh!"


    "Whoosh!"


    "Whoosh!"


    The next moment, the sounds of three arrows continuously tearing through the air rang in the area. Unlike the lower floors, the space of the floors after Lenna had crossed the twenty-eighth floor grew wider by hundreds of times to give ample space to the participants and the opponents for battle.


    The sudden arrowsing at him shocked the opponent. He tried to move out of the way, but suddenly the first arrow disappeared, and he found himself bound to the ground.


    He had no choice but to face the attack head-on. The next moment, he extended both his hands and the ground around him began shaking as if an earthquake had urred.


    Lenna only smiled, seeing the earth suddenly shaking and then a rock walling up at the front of the opponent to defend from her arrows.


    Her next arrow shed with the rock wall, and a loud explosion urred. Before the opponent could think of something else, the third arrow arrived and took his head away.


    [Congrattions, you''ve sessfully defeated your opponent on the thirty-sixth floor. Please proceed to the next floor.]


    The next moment, the winning announcement rang inside her head, and soon a portal for the next floor appeared.


    Lenna took a deep breath, seeing the portal. Since from the next floors, her fights are going to be hundreds of times more challenging and stressful than this battle.


    She then took a step forward into the portal while praying for her next opponent to be someone from the weaker race like Humans, Orcs, Dwarves, etc. The next moment, she disappeared from the thirty-sixth floor and appeared on the thirty-seventh.


    Unfortunately, her prayers didn''t work, and she got the scarlet wyrm as her opponent.


    "Roar!"


    Seeing Lenna appear, the wyrm roared in anger.


    Lenna suddenly found herself getting knocked back only with the roar of the wyrm. She somehow bnced herself and took out her bow.


    The next moment, the wyrm fully stood up, showing its actual size to Lenna.


    Wide scarlet eyes sat narrowly within the wyrm, smoothly scaled skull. A single enormous horn sat atop its head just above its eyes.


    From its shoulder grew wings evenrger than their actual size. The skin of their wings gave an eerie feeling of looking at the frozen blood.


    The wings started moving as the wyrm started floating up in the air. Lenna took her aim and shot an arrow, aiming at its heart since the wyrm could live even without their heads. Only their hearts were their weakness.


    The arrow flew toward the wyrm while tearing the fabric of space itself. It looked like it would sessfully hit the wyrm, but at thest moment, the wyrm suddenly disappeared from its ce, and the arrow hit the nk air.


    Lenna dodged down right away as she suddenly sensed a danger to her life. The next moment, an energy beam passed through where her head was a moment earlier.


    The next moment, the air in the area turned chilly as an angry roar echoed. Lenna looked up and saw the wyrm had his mouth wide open, and energy was gathering there to form a ball.


    "Dragon Pulse!" Lenna eximed in shock, seeing the scene of wyrm gathering energy.


    Her face turned pale as Dragon Pulse was a skill that only Immortal wyrms could use. She had never heard of a Tao Pce level wyrm using it.


    Dragon Pulse was eighth at the top ten destructive attacks of the Primal dimension. She never expected to see such attacks in the battle.


    If she was able to fly, she could''ve escaped the attack, but only Level 11 beings were allowed to fly on Visteerna, and since the tower also followed the samew as Visteerna, she couldn''t fly.


    She couldn''t let herself die this easily aftering so far into the tower, so she raised her bow, stretched the bowstring, and closed her eyes.


    The next moment, she started chanting a mantra, and an arrow started appearing from its tail.


    Both the wyrms and Lenna became ready to throw their attack at the same time. The wyrm, with a roar, threw the Dragon Pulse at her, and she with determined eyes shot the invoked arrow at the wyrm.


    Both the attacks were so powerful that the fabric of space itself was breaking into pieces and was falling down. Several space fissures could be seen in the area.


    The crowd outside glued their eyes to the screen to see what would be the result of the sh. Will it be like yesterday where both the participants and the opponents died, or would there be a clear winner today?


    What the crowd expected didn''t happen. No sound escaped even after the invoked arrow and the energy ball collided. Instead, the arrow disintegrated into pieces right after the collision and gave birth to a ck hole.


    The ck hole tried to suck the entirety of the energy ball, and the ball tried to destroy the ck hole itself.


    Lenna looked at the scene while using her bow as a support, and the wyrm looked at it while lying down on the ground with its mouth open and gasping for breath.

 Chapter 142 - More Battles

    Chapter 142: More Battles


    With every passing moment, the range of the ck hole grew wider while the energy ball started getting smaller.


    It looked like Lenna was going to win when suddenly, the energy ball condensed itself into a shape of marble, and the next moment before Lenna could understand what happened.


    "BOOM!"


    The energy ball expanded and exploded with a sound even louder than the sh of Chaotic Thunder.


    The force of the explosion knocked Lenna backward. She fell down on the ground with a thud sound after the wall of the floor stopped her.


    "Ugh!" She groaned in pain as she felt her spine crack into several pieces after the roughnding.


    She tried to sit straight using the help of her bow when she found a shadow engulfing her. She looked up and saw the wyrm flying at her.


    "Whoosh!"


    The next moment, she shot an arrow using everything she had and then fell down on the ground. She now didn''t even have enough energy to sit straight.


    The arrow flew at the wyrm tearing through the air. While in the air, a blue fire engulfed the arrow and its speed increased even more.


    It was Agneyastra, one of the arrows rted to the fire element. The fire released by it was unextinguishable.


    The arrow and the wyrm shed midair, and the sound of a scream echoed in the area. The blue fire that had engulfed the arrow had now overwhelmed the wyrm.


    With each passing moment, the wyrm''s skin looked as though it were melting. The wyrm still didn''t stop and continued flying towards Lenna. The next moment, it reached her.


    Its eyes had unquenchable hate due to the fire not extinguishing and hurting it. Lenna didn''t even have enough energy to look up into the eyes of the wyrm.


    The next moment, the wyrm roared in pain and anger at Lenna''s face and bit her head off, killing her and ending her journey in the event.


    The next moment, Lenna appeared on the tform and touched her head. She then heaved a sigh of relief, finding herself alive since, in thest moments, she had forgotten that she was participating in an event and couldn''t die.


    Looking at the screen, she counted that more than half of the 480 sections were still ying, so the event was still far from over. She couldn''t help but feel disappointed aftering out this early, but when she saw most of the participant''s floors, she understood that she hadn''t exited early, but instead, she had won her fights faster inparison to most of the participants.


    She then focused on the screen her grandmother was on. sha was currently only on the thirty-first floorte Tao Seed). Her opponent was also an Elf.


    It was one of the species of the Dark Elf. It was a female Elf. she had ck skin, ck hair, and ck eyes. Since it belonged to the race Five-eyed Dark Elf, it had five eyes, with twoyers of two eyes and the fifth eye on the top.


    Of all the eyes, her fifth eye was closed. It would only open when the Elf is at theirst moments of life. After its opening, the Elf would be the same as before, while the eye would turn grey. So Five-eyed Dark Elf is also known as beings with two lives.


    A dumbfounded expression appeared on Lenna''s face when she looked at the screen where sha was. Instead of fighting her opponent, sha was sitting on a throne made out of leaves while her opponent was kneeling in front of her.


    "So tell me, why do you want to kill me?" sha asked, looking at her opponent.


    She had just defeated her a moment earlier. It was the first race she hade across whosenguage she could understand, so she decided not to kill her right away and instead ask some questions.


    "Because you want to kill us," The Dark Elf responded while her face was down, looking at the ground. She had no choice in what she was doing. It was as if a will was forcing her to kneel and answer truthfully, and she wasn''t able to defeat that will.


    "If I let you go. Would you stop trying to kill me?" sha asked. A smile had appeared on her face hearing the Elf''s answer, but since she had worn a mask, no one could see it.


    "No, I would still kill you," The Elf honestly responded.


    "Why?" sha asked.


    "Because you want to kill us," The Elf responded with the same answer.


    sha couldn''t help but shake her head disappointedly, hearing the same answer. "I thought the store owner has granted you a perfect mind to think and act, but it seems I was wrong," She mumbled to herself.


    "But, it''s also a lot to expect from the store owner. The tower is already an Immortal level treasure, and any participant could win it only after paying a paltry sum of 100 ordinary Primal stones as the participation fee. Whoever wins the tower would already have a great advantage by having the opponents speak," She mumbled further.


    She then looked at the Elf kneeling in front of her and snapped her fingers. The next moment, the Elf disintegrated into ashes.


    [Congrattions, you''ve sessfully defeated the opponent on the thirty-first floor. Please proceed to the next floor.]


    The next moment, the winning announcement rang inside her head, and the portal for the next floor appeared where the ashes of the Elf were.


    She then stood from the throne made up of leaves, and the next moment, the leaves flew away after a gust of wind touched it.


    sha stepped into the portal and appeared on the next floor.


    Lenna then focused on her mother''s screen. She was currently fighting on the fortieth floor(Peak Tao Pce). Her opponent was a daitya.


    Shalia was fighting against a male daitya who was on the verge of a breakthrough to theplete Maharathi warrior.


    Daityas were usually stronger in one-on-onebat when it came to the majority of the races, but Shalia was ate Heavenly Monarch, so the power gap between them was too wider topete.


    But still, the daitya didn''t let Shalia win the battle as easily as she had expected. Every arrow she shot, the daitya destroyed it with a punch since the daitya specialized in handbat.

 Chapter 143 - More And More Battles

    Chapter 143: More and More Battles


    Shalia and the daitya continued to exchange blows. She continuously shot arrows, and the daitya destroyed them without stopping.


    The daitya was able to destroy every arrow shot by Shalia, but it didn''te without a cost.


    With every arrow, injuries on the daityas hand umted. Finally, the hands gave up, and they got destroyed to a paste due to an explosion caused by the arrow despite having a regeneration rate that could be considered almost divine.


    Shalia, seeing the daitya losing both his hands, didn''t stop and instead shot another arrow as the daitya''s hands started healing right away.


    The arrow, right before it could touch the daitya, exploded and engulfed the daitya. The next moment, the daitya disintegrated into ashes, and then ashes vanished into nothingness.


    She did this because daityas had the ability to revive themselves from even a single drop of blood irrespective of their level due to them having the blood of the n of Asura. So the only way to kill a daitya was topletely erase them from existence.


    [Congrattions, you''ve sessfully defeated your opponent on the fortieth floor. Please proceed to the next floor.]


    The next moment, the familiar winning announcement rang inside her head, and the portal to the following floor emerged as well.


    She expressionlessly took a step forward and entered the portal.


    The next moment, she appeared on the next floor. It had apletely different appearance from the previous floor.


    Even for someone like her, the area looked endless, and she couldn''t find any stairs to climb to reach the top no matter how far she looked. Instead, the floor looked like a t world made up of concrete.


    She had taken a step forward when suddenly she heard an announcement inside her head.


    [Wee to the floor of Immortals, Participant!]


    Shalia ignored it and took a step forward since there were no stairs and she couldn''t see her opponent.


    When she took her 108th step, a blue light suddenly appeared in the endless area. The next moment, the light disappeared, and her opponent appeared.


    It was a Human male. Shalia took out her bow from her pocket space and shot an arrow, aiming at the head of the man.


    The man nkly looked at the arrow approaching him. Right when it was in front of him, there was a sudden movement from him, and the next moment, it got deflected.


    The crowd outside couldn''t see what had happened. Even Lenna didn''t know what had happened, but inside the floor, Shalia knew. At thest possible minute, the man pulled out his sword and softly brushed the arrowhead with the back of his weapon, deflecting the arrow.


    The next moment, the man disappeared from his ce. He had intended to reach Shalia swiftly and end the conflict, but an arrow approached him just as he was about to arrive. He had no choice but to stop and move out of the way since the arrow gave a dangerous sensation to him.


    Shalia didn''t stop and shot one arrow after another. The man decided to let go of the n to engage her in closebat since she would never let him.


    The next moment, the air on the endless floor reversed its direction as the man started moving randomly.


    It may have looked random to the crowd, but Shalia could see the man was following a pattern. He would move right, then forward, then left, then backward. He would then move forward, then left, then backward, and then right.


    Shalia knew an attack wasing and she didn''t think giving a chance to attack to an Immortal was a good idea, so she shot arrows.


    It may have looked like a lot of time had passed, but it has only been three seconds since the battle on the floor began.


    When they got close to the man, all of Shalia''s arrows came to a sudden halt and froze in the air.


    Suddenly the air started moving as it should have while all the arrows that had gotten stuck a moment earlier fell down the ground.


    Shalia knew an attack wasing at her, and she was ready. She chanted some mantra and shot an arrow aiming at the unseeable ceiling of the floor.


    He ignored the arrow and released the skill he had been working on.


    The next moment, shes of seven colors appeared from the man''s sword and tried to engulf Shalia, but before it could, a transparent energy field suddenly emerged to stop the strike.


    The seven shes first tried to break the shield, but nothing happened. The next moment, as if the strikes were sentient, theybined and created a white strike.


    The white sh was able to break the energy field, but Shalia was nowhere to be seen.


    The man got taken aback by the sudden turn of events. He looked all around to see where she was, but he didn''t find her.


    He was only thinking of releasing his strongest attack to force her out. He stopped in his tracks as he heard a gentle cold voice that looked like it hade from the deepest part of hell.


    "Looking for me?" Shalia coldly said as she appeared right behind the man.


    Before the man could think anything, he suddenly found himself sinking. He looked down and found every body part below his head was gone, and the next moment, the million tiny symmetrical pieces of his head joined his countless symmetrical body pieces on the ground.


    "An initial Heavenly Monarch forced me to use the sword," She mumbled while shaking her head disappointedly. She then nced at the pieces lying down on the ground in a pool of blood. A red fire appeared on the tip of her finger, and she lighted the body parts the next moment. In no time, it turned into ashes.


    She was better at using swords than bows, and she had never expected to use the sword until she had reached the forty-third floor.


    The next moment, the winning announcement rang inside her head, and also, the portal for the next floor appeared.


    Lenna couldn''t help but shake her head, seeing her mother''s actions on the forty-one floor.


    While her mother always appeared gentle, she turned into a cruel demon whenever she picked up the sword.


    Time flew by.. Only ten out of four hundred and eighty participants remained in the tower,peting for the top and the tower.

 Chapter 144 - Winner(1)

    Chapter 144: Winner(1)


    Only ten out of four hundred and righty participants remained on the tower, fighting for the top position.


    Out of the 10, four people were fighting with their equivalent level opponent, while the other six were fighting with opponents below their actual cultivation level.


    Shalia was fighting against her opponent on the forty-second floor(intermediate Heavenly Monarch). Her opponent was also a Moonlight Elf like her, but it was a male Elf and way more talented than her.


    Though she used the sword, she failed tond a single strike on her opponent, while her opponent had already caused numerous injuries to her.


    Even though she was one grade superior to the opponent, she wasn''t able to push him even once and get on the top of the battle.


    Time flew by, and three minutes passed. Shalia wasn''t able to defeat her opponent, but since she was able to survive the battle and not get disqualified, a blue light engulfed her the next moment.


    When the blue light disappeared, she found herself devoid of any injuries, and she was demoted by one floor, so she was currently on the forty-first floor.


    Considering the environment was the same as thest time, she thought she would encounter the same opponent again, but when she took her 108th step, her face turned pale from fright.


    It wasn''t the human opponent she had fought before. Instead, it was the race that stood at the top of the Primal dimension, Hygar.


    The Hygar was the race descended from two Primordial creatures, Garuda and Hydra.


    Hydra was a Primordial snake with nine heads, while Garuda was the progenitor of all the flying bird''s species of the Multiverse with the Phoenix as their mother.


    No one knows how a species like Hygar came into the Primal dimension, but the moment they set foot in this dimension, they became the strongest beings.


    Even though Hydra had nine heads, Hygar didn''t have that much. They had six heads, with each head corresponding to a different element. From the moment they took birth, they learned the mastery of those elements. They were Fire, Earth, Water, Air, Poison, and Illusion. Since half of their genes were from the Primordial Garuda, they also had a pair of wings. Those pair of wings made them faster than any species in the air.


    Shalia couldn''t help but shake her head disappointedly, seeing the Hygar as her opponent.


    She had no choice but to fight, so she took out her sword.


    The moment she took out her sword, the Hygar disappeared from where it was resting, and the next moment, Shalia found herself turning blue.


    A surprised and fearful expression appeared on her face as she looked up at the Hygar and found it sitting in its ce with closed eyes. She couldn''t do anything anymore, as the next moment, she melted into a pool of blue liquid.


    The next moment, she appeared on the tform. She heaved a sigh of relief, seeing herself alive and without any injury. She then found her daughter looking at her with a look of pity behind her mask.


    A wry smile appeared on her face seeing her daughter.


    "Bad luck!" The next moment, her daughter''s voice rang inside her head.


    "Yeah, I never expected the store owner to add races like Hygar," She nodded, and her voice rang inside Lenna''s head.


    She then focused on the screen her husband was fighting on. He was currently on the forty-third floor and was fighting against a human opponent.


    He was also at a disadvantage against his opponent and didn''t look like he would win it. As expected, a few momentster, the opponent severed Ivanar''s head. The next moment, he also appeared on the tform.


    Only six participants remained fighting in the tower. Evelyn was fighting on the forty-third floor with an Elf opponent. George was also on the same floor, but his opponent was a wyrm. sha was on the forty-fourth floor, the topmost floor. Her opponent was a daitya, aplete Maharathi on the verge of ascendance.


    Of the other three, two participants were fighting against the opponent having the same cultivation level as them, while the third participant was fighting against an opponent, one grade lower than him.


    Time flew by. George turned out to be unlucky as the wyrm killed him right before the three-minute mark. If he was able to stay alive for a few moments more, he would''ve gotten demoted by one floor and may have gotten opponents of other races.


    Evelyn also lost against the ELf opponent on the forty-third floor, so she appeared on the tform.


    sha was able to challenge her opponent for some time, but as the battle proceeded, the opponent turned out to be the stronger, so she also lost the fight. She couldn''t help but shake her head in disappointment after being disqualified. But her eyes shifted to determination the next second, and she decided to postpone her ascension to the Sacred dimension until she didn''t be the strongest Immortal.


    She would only go for the breakthrough when she is truly the strongest Immortal of the Primal dimension.


    There were only three participants left now out of the 480 that participated in the event. They were Brinda, who was fighting against her peak Nascent soul opponent for the third time. Timothy was fighting against his Late Soul Formation opponent for the third time. Randal was fighting against the intermediate Void Forging opponent for the third time.


    A few momentster, Timothy wasn''t able to defeat his opponent in the required time limit of three minutes. Since it was the third time he couldn''t defeat his opponent, he got disqualified, and the next moment, he appeared on the tform.


    Randal, the king of the Blue Wyrm Kingdom, a neighboring kingdom to the Bisan Kingdom, sessfully defeated the opponent who was one grade below him. He then proceeded to the next floor, the next moment, and he would now confront thete Void Forging opponent.


    Everyone in the crowd who lived in the Bisan Kingdom was cheering for Brinda since she belonged to the royal family. It was the third time she was facing an opponent with the same cultivation level as her. The prayers of the citizens of her Kingdom worked, and her opponent turned out to be an Orc.


    She sessfully defeated her opponent by using the enlightenment she had gained yesterday after the battle against George.

 Chapter 145 - Winner(2)

    Chapter 145: Winner(2)


    [Congrattions, participant, you''ve sessfully defeated your opponent on the twentieth floor. Please proceed to the next floor.]


    After Brinda won against the Orc, the winning announcement rang inside her head. The next moment, the portal to the next floor appeared.


    Her next opponent would be an early Void Condensation cultivator, so she took a deep breath before entering the portal. In figurative terms, it was only one grade above from peak Nascent Soul, but in reality, the power gap between these two levels was the same as the difference between a grown tiger and a newborn baby.


    "Well, I''ve alreadye so far, so there''s no point in wasting time. Even if I lose, I would still be fine," Brinda mumbled, seeing the portal. The next moment, her eyes turned determined, and then she took a step forward.


    The next moment, she disappeared from the twentieth floor and appeared on the twenty-first floor. She jumped up the stairs and reached the top. Her eyes then fell on her opponent for the battle.


    The opponent was a female Elf. She had golden hair, signifying that she belonged to the n of the Sunlight Elves.


    Brinda took her sword out from the space ring and took a step forward.


    The opponent also took a step forward, and the next moment, she disappeared from where she was standing.


    The next moment, Brinda found everything reversing for her. Before she could make out the situation, she lost consciousness. The next moment, she appeared on the tform.


    She shook her head disappointedly after seeing herself on the tform. She couldn''t even see what had happened and how she had lost her head.


    Her eyes then fell on the screen and found only one of the sections active. She focused on the screen and found a man fighting on the twenty-eighth floor.


    The man looked to be in difficulty facing the human opponent. He was currently covered in cuts all over the body, while the opponent only had a single wound on his hands, and that too was a shallow cut.


    The crowd looked at the screen without even daring to breathe. Since they had no idea about the cultivation levels of the participants, they still didn''t know who was going to win.


    Time flew by, and a few seconds passed. Randall was gasping for his breath since he had only been dodging and running from the start of the battle.


    He had no choice but to win if he wanted to proceed to the next tower since he had already gotten demoted twice. If his battle exceeded the time limit, he would still get disqualified.


    His opponent also got bored while fighting with an opponent who was only dodging and running. Suddenly the air on the battleground turned cold. Before Randall could understand what was happening, his opponent arrived in front of him surrounded by a golden hue, and the next moment, his head got cut, and he lost his life.


    The next moment, he appeared on the tform, and all the sections on the screenbined to create aplete ck screen.


    His eyes then fell on the participants, and he saw a myriad of expressions on them, but he couldn''t find a single person who had a satisfied or happy expression.


    "Damn! Another great event!" A man in the crowd shouted to show his admiration after the event ended. Others in the store also nodded and started pping for Aakesh.


    "Who do you think would win?" Another man in the crowd asked his friends while continuing to p.


    "I think maybe that Elf who reached the top floor?" His friend replied.


    Many conversations like this were happening in the crowd. The number of people sitting in the store had already exceeded 25,000.


    There was also a group that was gloomy while everyone else was pping. It was the group of daityas. When they arrived, the event had already started, and they had missed the chance of participating in the event.


    At first, they weren''t sad about losing the chance to participate since their n didn''t need such a tower to train, but when they saw the Hygar appearing in one of the battles, they cursed themselves for missing such a great opportunity. Fighting against Hygar without the fear of dying was one of the best things that could happen to any organization.


    After all the participants appeared on the tform, the system informed Aakesh of thepletion of the event. Since he had no interest in watching the fights of these beings, he had closed his eyes to rest, and he then waited for the event to end.


    He then stood up from his chair when the crowd suddenly started pping while shouting "Good event, store owner!" from time to time.


    He raised his hands, and the crowd stopped pping. The crowd then looked at Aakesh to hear who was the winner of the event.


    ***


    "Store owner was right. I wasn''t even able to defeat an opponent of the same cultivation level," Evelynmented while the Elven family and George listened.


    They still remembered they had gone to Aakesh toin about the unfairness of the rule. Remembering their tone at that time made their faces red with embarrassment.


    "Let''s forget. There''s no point in remembering those things," Shaliamented. "I lost to the legendary Hygar while you lost to Elves or Humans," Shalia thought in her head but didn''t speak out loud.


    Cough. "Who do you think would win the event?" George fake coughed to remove the awkwardness and asked. Before anyone could give any suggestions, he added, "My guess is her." He pointed at Brinda.


    The others in the group nodded since they also believed her to be the winner.


    ***


    "Total 480 participants participated in this event!" Aakesh expressionlessly started announcing the result.


    "Out of 480, not a single participant was able to win any battle, with an opponent of a higher level than their own. And out of all the participants, only one was able to win against the opponent that had the same cultivation level as her," He announced, and at the end, his eyes fell upon Brinda.


    Brinda''s face turned red, seeing Aakesh staring at her. Since she was a princess, no man had dared to direct a stare at her.. She even forgot that she had won the event at that moment.

 Chapter 146 - The Tower’s Features

    Chapter 146: The Tower''s Features


    "Since you''re the only participant to win against an opponent that had the same cultivation level as you, and no participant else has been able to win against the opponent with higher cultivation, you''re the winner of the event," Aakesh expressionlessly announced while looking at Brinda, who was surrounded by her family members.


    A mix of shocked and excited expressions appeared on Brinda''s face after hearing the store owner. She couldn''t help but pinch herself to see whether this was a dream or not.


    "Congrattions, Brinda! You''ve done our family a favor by winning this event."


    The next moment, she felt a gentle pat on her shoulder and heard an emotional familiar voice. She turned around and saw it was her grandfather. She then looked at her other family members and could see every one of them excited.


    The tower gave them a chance to create one of the top organizations of the Primal dimension. It gave them a chance to grow from a pitiful Kingdom to an influential Empire on Visteerna.


    "Now, I''ll be the first female king of the Bisan Kingdom," She thought in her heart, imagining the value of the tower.


    "Come here," Aakesh ignored the reactions of the royal family and other participants and called Brinda forward.


    Brinda nodded and stepped forward.


    Aakesh snapped his fingers. The next moment, the tower disappeared from the tform, and a miniature model appeared in his hands.


    "This is your reward," He said as he handed her the tower.


    Brinda, with an excited expression, took it in her hands. Her eyes shined, seeing the majesty and splendor of the tower.


    "Since the tower is different from the other rewards I''ve given, I''ve to exin its properties," Aakesh said, ignoring Brinda''s enthusiasm after holding the tower in her hands.


    "For every participant below Nascent Soul, the tower would take 100 ordinary Primal stones for activation. For every participant below Void Forging, it would take 100 top stones. For every participant from Tao Seed to Tao Pce, it would take 100 superior stones. For every Heavenly Monarch or any Immortal, it would take ten supreme stones," Aakesh told Brinda the price of activation.


    Since it was in the store, Aakesh didn''t charge that much because the system activated the tower, but now that it was leaving the store, Primal stones would be the main factor behind the activation of the store.


    Brinda nodded after hearing this since she had expected a price to pay for every activation.


    "For every death, you face in the tower, you need to rest for a week to return to your perfect shape of mind. If you die twice without the rest of a week, your consciousness will suffer a permanent attack that may at least take a year or two to heal. If you still continue for the third time, then your consciousness would break down, and it would result in your death," Aakesh then announced the side effects of the dying in the tower.


    Brinda had a surprised face since she didn''t expect it to be the case. But after thinking about the situation where she could grow without any side effects made no sense to her, so she thought the rule of resting a week after every death made sense.


    "Unlike the event, you can select your opponent for the battle in the tower from now on," Aakesh added.


    A smile appeared on Brinda''s face after hearing Aakesh, but the next moment, the smile froze, hearing what he said next.


    "You can choose your opponent from the race of your choosing, but unlike the event, you won''t have thousands of races to choose from. You can select five races for your opponents, and then only the opponents of these races would fight against you," Aakesh added, nerfing the tower.


    Brinda heaved a disappointed sigh after hearing Aakesh.


    Aakesh ignored her reaction and told her to feed the tower a single drop of her blood. Brinda took a deep breath, bit her index finger, and dropped blood on the top of the tower.


    The next moment, the blood engulfed the tower.


    "Choose five races," Aakesh ordered.


    "Now!" Brinda asked with a confused expression.


    "Yes, now!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded. Since Brinda''s blood would give birth to the soul of the tower, and it was impossible for anyone in her family to make the will of the tower submit to Brinda, so he asked her to choose five races, and then he would make the will of the tower submit to her.


    "Remember, choose carefully. If you choose too strong a race, the tower instead of making you strong will be your weakness, and if you choose a weak race, you would never be able to grow strong enough topete with top races," Aakesh warned her before she could select the races. He only did this because the tower would help the Bisan Kingdom to grow, and the more it grew, the influence of his store would also rise.


    Brinda nodded and directly took out the Hygar from one of the five races she was going to select. After thinking for a few minutes, she finally made her decision.


    "I''ve made my decision, store owner," Brinda told Aakesh.


    "Okay, think of the five races you''ve decided to select in your mind and imprint it onto its will in your mind," Aakesh added. The next moment, the tower tried to escape Brinda''s hands as it knew if it stayed here any longer, it would lose its freedom.


    "Stay here," Aakesh expressionlesslymented, and the next moment, the tower froze in the air. He then snapped his fingers, and the tower started shaking as if it was seeing something terrible.


    A few momentster, the tower stopped shaking and fell back to Brinda''s hands. The next moment, Brinda opened her eyes and couldn''t help but smile. She could now feel the tower as one part of her body, which she could easily manipte.


    "Thank you, store owner," She thanked Aakesh with a slight bow after feeling her ownership over the tower.


    Aakesh nodded in response and waved his hands. The next moment, all the participants standing on the tform disappeared and appeared on the chairs they were sitting in before entering the event.


    "What races did you choose?" Punta asked his granddaughter after appearing in the seating section.


    "Humans, Elves, Wyrms, Moya, and Ida," Brinda responded the name of the five races she had chosen.. Punta nodded in appreciation of her granddaughter.

 Chapter 147 - New Event

    Chapter 147: New Event


    The current number of people sitting in the store had exceeded 60,000, and the number was only growing with each passing second.


    Most of the people sitting in the crowd were ordinary people and the citizens of the Bisan Kingdom, but many were also part of neighboring Kingdoms and the groups who were traveling here.


    One such group was the group of Moya. Moya was a race of people that didn''t have a physical body. They instead only had a soul form, but they were currently sitting in the store using a treasure, so they looked like regr humans.


    Moya was a race that was one of the strongest yet most hunted races of the Primal dimension. They were strong, but their value to other creatures was so high that they were even more famous than Elves.


    Moyas were so popr and hunted because of the soul crystal. Soul crystal was a naturally formed stone that could help in improving the soul of the beings. Since Moya took birth from the top ss of the soul crystal, people hunted them to gain it.


    In the Multiverse, there''s a saying that, ''The stronger the soul, the fastest the cultivation rate!'' So the Moyas were always in huge demand.


    ***


    "Boss, do you think the store owner would give something as a reward that benefits our race?" One of the Moya who had disguised as a female human asked. Her voice was only loud enough for their group to hear.


    Moyas were one of the races that followed the Soul cultivation system. Since they didn''t have a physical body, they couldn''t cultivate any other system since every other cultivation system started with the cultivation of the body.


    "We can only hope," The female, sitting in the center of the group, responded.


    She was the leader of the group of Moya. It was her decision toe out of the n, and it was also due to her that they had fallen into a predicament. To survive, they came here to a low-level Kingdom, and when they arrived here, they heard about the event from the citizens of the Kingdom.


    After hearing about the rewards, they also decided to check out the events, and when they arrived here, they found many participants fighting races they had only heard of on the screen.


    ***


    "It''s time for the next event," Aakesh expressionlessly announced as he had no idea of a Moyaing to his store, and even if he knew, he would''ve ignored it since he had no interest in the soul crystals they were born from.


    The crowd stopped chattering and fell silent. They then focused on Aakesh to know what the next event and its reward were going to be.


    Aakesh ignored the excitement and enthusiasm on the majority of the onlooker''s faces and waved his hands.


    The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of everybody.


    Confused expressions appeared on the crowd''s faces, seeing and reading what was written on the blue screen, except the group of Bislo.


    On the blue screen were written the sses that the adventurers could gain in the Panagea.


    Except few in the crowd, no one had ever heard of Panagea, so they had no idea what it was.


    They didn''t have to stay confused for long, as the next moment, the ck screen suddenly lightened up.


    The scene of the battle of the ten Emperors started ying on the screen.


    Everyone had their mouths wide open after the screen turned off. They didn''t even have any words to exin what they had seen a moment earlier.


    "This is the world of Panagea, and you''re the adventurers in it. The Panagea has the same rules as this word, but it''s better than the real world in every way."


    "In the world of Panagea, even a weakling has the chance to be the strongest. Even a bastard can be a king, or even a mortal can be a God."


    "Even a son of an ordinary man has a chance to defeat the son of a king. In the world of Panagea, every single being has equal opportunities irrespective of their cultivation level, influence, or age in the real world," Aakesh expressionlessly announced.


    The crowd had dumbfounded expressions after Aakesh stopped speaking.


    Aakesh ignored their reactions and continued speaking, "The world of Panagea follows a different power system. In the world of Panagea, you don''t need to be at least a Tao Pce to make a pill of the ascendance grade. You can be Level 1, and you would still be able to make the best pill. You only need the knowledge to make it."


    "To gain that knowledge, you need sses. For example, the Pharmacist ss gives the knowledge of different kinds of herbs to the adventurer."


    "To gain the sses, you need to do quests in Panagea, but since it''s the event day, I''ve decided to reward sses to the participants that would activate whenever they decide to enter the world of Panagea," Aakesh concluded.


    ***


    The group of Moya had shocked expressions after they saw details of a ss they could gain in the event.


    The leader looked at other members of the group and found the same look of excitement in everyone''s eyes.


    They''ve decided to participate no matter what event it is, and they would give their best to win the ss Parasitic.


    The ss Parasitic allowed the adventurer to gain control of bodies weaker in power than them.


    The Moyas, despite their power, weren''t able to control other people''s bodies and make them their own. Many weaker races that had only soul forms could do this, but they couldn''t, as if someone had put them on the cklist for this feature.


    Since the store owner said that, anything they gained in the Panagea could be taken out. So if they won this ss and gained its abilities, they would also be able to take control of others'' bodies, and it would take their biggest worry of someone seeing through their camouge and hunting them away.


    "Let''s do this, boss. Even if we get found out, we can''t lose this chance," One of the members whispered.


    "Yes, boss, let''s do this. Even if we got found out, the worst thing that could happen is we die, but if we seeded, we could change our n''s destiny," Another membermented, agreeing with the proposal.


    "I have the same idea," The leader smilingly replied in response to her group''s request.

 Chapter 148 - Classes

    Chapter 148: sses


    "Since there are different sses for the win, there would be different events for them," Aakesh announced, ignoring the crowd''s reaction after hearing about the sses.


    "Those who want to participate for the ss event raise their hands and take out ten top Primal stones," Aakesh announced.


    The crowd''s reaction turned shocked from dumbfounded after hearing the outrageous price. Even thest event where the reward was a treasure like the tower took a hundred Primal stones as the participation fee. Whereas for this event, where the reward was only a ss that would help in Panagea, the event participation fee was ten Primal stones.


    Many in the crowd who had decided to participate after hearing about Panagea changed their decisions after hearing the price, but there were still many who raised their hands and wanted to participate since the store rewards hadn''t disappointed anybody until now.


    Aakesh counted the number of people who had raised their hands and found the number of participants had exceeded the number that participated in thest event. It was around 618 people who had raised their hands and taken out ten top Primal stones.


    He then waited for a few more seconds to wait if anyone else wanted to raise their hands. Six more people, who were confused whether they wanted to participate or not, raised their hands after seeing so many people raising their hands. No further people raised their hands after that.


    Aakesh waved his hands, seeing no one else raising their hands, and the next moment, all the participants appeared on the tform. He noticed the group of Moya in the group of participants who had raised their hands, but he ignored them since he knew their history.


    He could ignore the presence of Moya, but others who recognized them couldn''t. George and Evelyn also recognized their presence, but they didn''t do anything because even million of soul crystals weren''t worth antagonizing Aakesh for them.


    The group of Elves also noticed their presence. Ivaran also thought of making a move against them, but he stopped after facing a threatening re from his mother. sha had the same reason as George and Evelyn, but she was also afraid of Aakesh. He gave her the feeling of a terrible cmity every time she saw him.


    "Look, elder brother, a group of Moya," One of the daityas in the Kuriati groupmented.


    "If we get the soul crystals, we could get more resources from the family," Another membermented.


    "Wait for me," Anothermented and made a move.


    "Wait," Kuriati said. He wanted to stop him since he never wanted anything to do that in any way could pit him against Aakesh.


    The group of Moya also saw the daitya approaching them while licking his lips. They expected to get caught, but they didn''t expect to get caught this early. They were afraid inside, but they put a nonchnt expression outside as if they had no idea what was happening. They had put their trust in Aakesh since they had read the message written on the rules board near the counter.


    The daitya suddenly found himself falling face first on the ground.


    "Ugh! Who dare-" The next moment, the daitya stood up while rubbing his face and groaning in pain. He then angrily turned around while shouting, but the next moment, his words got stuck in his throat due to fear.


    He found Kuriati looking at him with an angry look on his face.


    "I told you to wait," Kuriati coldly said while grabbing hold of the neck of the daitya.


    The daitya trembled, seeing the anger on Kuriati''s face. He tried to respond, but before he could, a sudden pressure arrived on him and Kuriati.


    "If something like this happens again, you would wish you''d nevere to this ce," The next moment, Aakesh''s cold voice echoed inside both of their heads.


    Their backs turned wet with cold sweat since it was the first time they felt the majesty of the store owner through his warning. The daitya also remembered the conversation with Kuriati in the Panagea for the first time they had entered.


    Aakesh ignored their reactions and left them lying on the ground.


    "Those who want to participate for the Alchemy ss go there. Those who want to participate for the Potioneer ss go there..."


    Aakesh ordered the participants to separate in rows for different sses they wanted to participate in. since not everyone can participate in the same event for every ss, Aakesh decided to organize a different event for every ss.


    A few momentster, all the participants separated into different rows where Aakesh ordered them to.


    The most number of participants joined the event where the reward was the ss Beast Summoner.


    The ss Beast Summoner allowed the adventurer to summon beasts in Panagea that could be taken out in reality.


    There was no such ss in the actual world. The closest power system that came close to it was the Tamer system. But in that system, the creatures needed to tame beasts, undead, or any other race, whereas, in the Beast Summoner ss, the person could summon beasts to fight for them, while only paying their energy as the cost, instead of finding and taming them.


    More than 60 out of 624 participants joined the queue for the ss Beast Summoner, while many sses didn''t even get any participants.


    The Pharmacist ss had the smallest number of participants, excluding the sses with no participants. Only one participant joined the queue for that.


    "Store owner, since there''re no other participants, could you dere me as the winner," The only man who had joined the queue for the ss Pharmacist shamelessly asked Aakesh.


    In response, Aakesh only gave a side look to the man, and the man closed his mouth.


    "Since the ss Beast Summoner had the highest number of participants, let''s start your event first," Aakesh announced.


    "There are several levels of any ss in Panagea. They are, Inferior, Ordinary, Rare, Epic, Mythical, etc. Those who win the event would get an inferior type of ss as a reward. You can further upgrade the level by doing quests in Panagea," Aakesh announced before telling the participants to enter.


    "Okay, let''s begin," Aakesh announced and started exining about the event to the participants.

 Chapter 149 - The First Class Event

    Chapter 149: The First ss Event


    After Aakesh called out the participants, all the participants who would participate to win the ss Beast Summoner stepped forward.


    "For the event, all of you would enter the virtual portal," Aakesh said and pointed at the fifteen virtual portals lying on the tform. All the participants nodded after hearing this.


    "In the event, you would appear in a jungle full of beasts belonging to different races, species, and cultivation levels. Some may be weaker than you, and some may be way stronger than you."


    "You need to defeat as many beasts as possible using only your hands. The participant who kills the most number of beasts higher than their level would win the event and then the ss Beast Summoner as the reward," Aakesh announced.


    After announcing, he pointed at the fifteen participants standing in front of the group of 63 participants and ordered them to enter the portal.


    The participants nodded and entered their respective portals.


    The next moment, the ck screen separated into 15 sections and started showing the scene of the participants.


    The participants had appeared in a jungle full of trees. There were so many trees that they wouldn''t even know who was a meter away from them.


    The event needed them to stay at 100% concentration all the time. If the participants missed even a second of the beasts hiding behind trees, they would lose their life and get disqualified from the event.


    Since the event asked them to fight only using hands, they couldn''t use weapons.


    The next moment, a beast roar echoed on all the fifteen divisions of the screen at the same time. The participants got ready to fight right away.


    Many participants destroyed trees around them to make enough space for them to fight, while many decided to use the tree to their advantage. It wasn''t only the beast who could use the trees to create a surprise attack; participants also had the same opportunity to do this.


    Right after the beast roared, an alert, "Get ready to fight!" echoed inside their head, announcing the start of the battle for them.


    The participants took their positions and got ready to face the beasts. The next moment, thend shook as the horde of beasts arrived.


    The participants at first were shocked, seeing such arge number of beasts only at the start, but after they saw their levels, they heaved a sigh of relief, and many participants even rushed in thor crowd.


    Since most of the beast in the first horde was either level 1 or level 2, some participants decided to kill them right away aster they could create problems for them when higher-level beasts arrived.


    One such participant who rushed into the group of beasts was rk, one of the guards of Pento. Since he was an intermediate Nascent Soul, killing the beasts wasn''t an issue for him.


    With every punch of his, beasts died in multiple numbers. He was only using 20% of his power at the moment since he needed not only stamina but also power when the higher-level beasts arrived in the battle group. To win the event, the participants required to kill beasts of the higher levels.


    "You,e here," He found a Level 3 beast in the midst of the horde. He grabbed the head of the beast and used it as a weapon to crash into other Level 1 and Level 2 beasts.


    Using the head of the beasts rxed him since its head was hard enough to get used as a hammer. He killed more than 480 Level 1 and Level 2 beasts using the head in around a minute. The beast''s head finally gave up after that and got crushed into smithereens.


    Five minutes had passed since the event began. Since all the participants were at leastte Soul Formation, no one got disqualified during these five minutes.


    Another bestial roar echoed in the area as if five minutes was a time limit. The next moment, thend started trembling with an intensity even more than the previous tremble.


    The next moment, the horde ten times arrived on the scene, destroying everything in its path. The horde was sorge that they cleared 20% of the jungle in their rumble.


    The horde had upgraded from the previous crowd as the number of Level 3 and Level 4 beasts contributed more than 99% to the horde, while the other 1% consisted of Level 1, Level 2, and Level 5 beasts.


    Time flew by, and another five minutes passed. After this, another horde of beasts arrived, adding to the previous horde for every participant. The majority of the beasts in this horde were Level 5 and Level 6, while there were ten or twenty Level 7 beasts.


    Unlike the previous events, the beast participating in this event wasn''t that much talented. They were simr to the regr beasts, so many Soul Formation cultivators were able to defeat Level 5 beasts.


    Time flew by, and another five minutes passed. Out of the fifteen, only one participant remained in the event, and the other got disqualified as the third horde overpowered them.


    It was time for the fourth horde of the beast to arrive on the scene. This horde would only contain beasts of Level 7 and Level 8, while one beast led the pack, and it was a Beast King.


    The Beast King stayed at the back and ordered other beasts in the horde to attack rk with everything they''ve got.


    After getting the order, the beast''s eye turned red, and they went on the rampage. In only a few moments, what was once a jungle full of trees turned into ruins.


    rk wasn''t able to handle the rampage of so many high-level beasts, so he lost his life a few momentster. The next moment, he appeared on the tform. A smile spread on his face, finding him to thest to exit the portal.


    He was also smiling as the event went better than he hoped for. He killed quite a few beasts having higher cultivation than him.


    The next moment, the virtual projection near the tform lightened up and showed the name and higher-level kills of the fifteen participants who had entered the portal as the first group.


    The name on the top of the list was rk, who had killed 372 Level 6, and 28 Level 7.

 Chapter 150 - Winner

    Chapter 150: Winner


    Time flew by, groups after groups entered the portals topete for the win. It was currently thest group of three participants that were fighting.


    Four minutes had passed since the group had entered the portal, and currently, they were engaged inbat with the first beast horde.


    The first beast horde was practically at the end of their phase because all three participants were above Nascent Soul, and one of them was even peak Nascent Soul. Time flew by, and the timeline of five minutes passed.


    The next moment, a bestial roar filled with anger echoed as the second beast horde arrived on the scene.


    Time flew by, and around twenty minutes had passed since thest group of participants entered the portal. Only one of the three participants remained alive fighting the beasts, while the other two got massacred by the fourth horde.


    After the timeline of twenty minutes passed, a roar that could shake the entire Bisan Kingdom echoed in the battleground, and the next moment, a beast the size of the appeared on the scene. The participant couldn''t even see the face of the beast. He only assumed the size due to the shadow.


    All the beasts knelt down and announced the arrival of the Beast Emperor. The participants decided to take the chance to kill higher-level beasts, taking the chance, but the next moment he found himself frozen on the spot.


    No matter what he tried, he couldn''t even budge. The air in the jungle suddenly turned cold as another bestial roar echoed in the area. The next moment, all the beast stood up and rushed at the frozen participant.


    The participant could see thousands and thousands of beasts rushing at him, but he could only watch it. There wasn''t even an option of giving up in the event. The battle would only end when either the participant clears every horde or either the participant loses their life while doing so.


    The next moment, the beasts rushed at him and started tearing him apart. The man could feel the pain of the beasts tearing his muscles, but he couldn''t even scream to vent the pain.


    The man only survived the onught of the beasts for a few moments, and the next moment, he appeared on the tform with wet sweat all over his body. Even other participants looked at him with pity since it was the cruelest death anyone had faced until the start of the event.


    Aakesh didn''t feel any pity for the man as he knew it was the man''s fault that he faced such treatment. If he had never thought of using the time where the lower-level beasts were worshipping their Emperor as the time to take a chance, the Beast Emperor wouldn''t have interfered until its time to battle arrived.


    The virtual projection next to the tform also started moving again. A few momentster, the rank of the participants appeared by the number of their kills.


    The man who had just faced torture expected himself to win since he had killed more than 500 Level 6 beasts, but when he saw the name on the top of the table, he couldn''t help but cough out blood.


    It wasn''t his name even after facing such torture. It was rk who took ce at the top of the table with 372 Level 6 and 28 Level 7 kills. On the second rank was the man who faced the torture of the beasts ripping his skin. He had 514 Level 6 kills and 13 Level 7 kills.


    rk won despite getting a lesser number ofbined kills because every kill of one level higher beast gave ten points, and the points grew by tenfold with every increase in cultivation level.


    rk won 6520 points for killing 372 Level 6 and 28 Level 7 beasts, and the man won 6440 points for killing 514 Level 6 and 13 Level 7 kills. If he was able to kill one more Level 7, he would''ve won the event and wouldn''t have lost by only a measly 80 points.


    "Yes!" rk yelled in excitement after seeing his name at the top in the virtual projection.


    This win would not only grant him a ss in Panagea and the actual world, but it would also make him the favorite of Pento. All his guards were participating in different events for different sses, and Pento had told them the winner of the events would get extra special rewards from him.


    Aakesh ignored the reaction of the guard and called him forward.


    rk respectfully nodded and stepped forward. He knew in his heart that if not for fighting against the metal wolves in Panagea as an ordinary mortal without the fear of death, he would''ve never killed this many high-level beasts in the event.


    Aakesh snapped his fingers, the next moment, a blue card appeared in his hands.


    He looked at the card before handing it over to rk.


    ''Samsara Samraat'', the name of the product was written in golden fonts on the top of the card. Below it was written, the ss Beast Summoner in dripping blood fonts. Below the name of the ss, the level inferior was written.


    Below the level of the ss, a red button was engraved. rk would''ve to push the button to activate the card, and then he would gain the ss.


    After seeing, there was nothing rare about the card, Aakesh handed it over to rk and told him to push the button whenever he wanted to activate the ss.


    After getting the card, rk gently stroked it for a few seconds as if it was the most important thing for him. The next moment, he pushed the button on the card since it didn''t matter when he activated the card.


    The card suddenly erged and engulfed the entirety of rk. rk didn''t have to stay like this for long as a few momentster, it pressed itself onto him and disappeared.


    "Eh!" rk eximed in confusion after the process disappeared.


    He looked at himself for a moment and then at Aakesh as he didn''t feel anything extra in his body. It felt the same before winning the card.


    "You would see it when you enter Panagea," Aakesh expressionlessly told him, seeing his confusion.


    Before rk could respond anything, Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, all the participants who participated in thest event disappeared from the tform and appeared on their chairs.

 Chapter 151 - Second Class Event

    Chapter 151: Second ss Event


    After all the participants that participated for the ss, Beast Summoner returned to their chairs. Aakesh''s eyes then fell on the next group of participants.


    This group of participants joined in the queue for the ss Alchemist.


    The ss, Alchemist gave adventurers the knowledge to make pills of all the categories depending upon their level.


    Fifty-six participants joined the event for the alchemy, the second highest after the 63 for the ss Beast Summoner.


    Aakesh pointed at the group to step forward, and the group of 56 participants stepped forward after nodding.


    "The next event would be for the participants who wish to win the Alchemist ss," Aakesh announced. All the other groups shook their heads disappointedly as their event was still far away.


    "In the event, the participants would need to show their skills in pill making of the inferior grade."


    "The participant who creates the most number of pills in thirty minutes above or equal to the second-grade would win the event."


    "Every second-grade inferior pill would grant you ten points, first-grade 100 points, and if you''re able to make a medium level pill, then 1000 points," Aakesh announced.


    All the participants had confused expressions after Aakesh stopped speaking since many of the participants here could even make second-grade medium pills in reality. There was also one woman in this group of participants who could even make a third-grade top pill.


    She was one of the princesses like Brinda of the Bisan Kingdom. Her name was Bintu, and she was the youngest princess of the Kingdom. Only Pento was younger than her in the entire royal family.


    Unlike other princes and princesses, she had no interest in any kind of thing rted tobat. Instead, her interest was in alchemy.


    Aakesh also noticed the confusion on the participant''s faces. To clear their confusion, Aakesh announced, "When you enter the portal, you would forget any knowledge you have rted to the making of the pill. You would get a recipe, the materials needed for the pill, and then you would get thirty minutes to make as many as you could with only the help of recipe and your wit."


    Wry smiles appeared on the participant''s faces after hearing Aakesh''s next announcement. How can they even think that the event would be simple after seeing so many events?


    "You can enter," Aakesh ordered and pointed at fifteen participants standing in front.


    The participants nodded and entered their respective portals.


    The ck screen lightened up after the entry of the participants. The crowd could see that participants had appeared in a simple room where there was only a table and an alchemy forge.


    After the participants appeared in the alchemy room, they found out that as Aakesh had told them, they didn''t know anything about alchemy, even the tiniest knowledge.


    They couldn''t just stand there since they had a time limit, so they took deep breaths and reached out to the folded paper lying on the top of the table.


    They unfolded the paper and found it was the recipe of one of the most basic, ''Healing pill''. It helped the user heal small cuts or wounds right away.


    The ingredients for the pill were turmeric, bee honey, rified butter(Cow), and Aloe vera.


    (A/N: Please don''t try this at home. Only one of these is enough for if you''ve got a small cut or open wound.)


    After the name of the ingredients, the steps that needed to be taken were written on the paper. They only had to think of the ingredients, and the next moment, all the ingredients in a pair appeared on the table.


    The participants didn''t wait after that and started following the steps written on the paper.


    It only took around 45 seconds to make a pill after following the steps on the paper, but the grade of the pill was only a third-grade inferior pill. Since the participants at least needed second-grade pills for points, they threw it away and started making another one.


    After a few minutes, the participants stopped following the steps as written as on the paper. Since they understood that they would never be able to create a pill above third-grade inferior if they followed it, they started thinking of ways to add to the steps and create the required pill.


    Time flew by, and thirty minutes passed. Since the time limit was over, the system forced the participant out of the alchemy room. The next moment, they appeared on the tform.


    All of the fifteen participants had disappointed faces since the event didn''t go the way they''d nned. They wouldn''t have felt this much disappointment if they wouldn''t have paid a whopping sum of ten top Primal stones for the event.


    The next moment, there were some changes on the virtual projection next to the tform. A few momentster, the name Louise appeared on the projection.


    Louise was the only participant in the first group who''d seeded in making a second-grade inferior pill. He could only create one pill, but since he was the only participant to have points, only his name appeared on the virtual projection.


    Louise had no happy expression, seeing his name on the projection, since he was confident that only ten points weren''t enough to evenpete with many in the group of participants, let alone win.


    Aakesh had nothing to do with what they did and gained in the event, so he ignored their reactions and called the second group for participation.


    After the next group entered, a disgruntled expression appeared on the faces of the few participants. They had thought that Aakesh wouldn''t take away their memories of the scenes they had seen of the first group of participants, but how could the system leave such a loophole for the participants. It took that memory away too.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed. Out of the 56 participants, 45 had already participated, and only 11 were left to participate.


    On the virtual projection, there were seven names. Out of the seven names, four only came from the third group.


    The name on the top of the list was Bisal. He made 4 second-grade pills, and somehow he got fortunate enough to create a first-grade pill.


    Time flew by. Thest group alsopleted their participation.


    Bislo won thepetition after creating three first-grade inferior pills and won the ss Alchemist as the reward.

 Chapter 152 - Events

    Chapter 152: Events


    The virtual projection showed Bislo as the winner after making two second-grade and three third-grade inferior pills. Aakesh then called him forward and handed him the winning card.


    "Senior, can my son use this card?" Bislo asked Aakesh after getting the card. He could see the slumped shoulders of his son. He couldn''t see his son this depressed, so he decided to ask Aakesh.


    "No! Your name is already registered on the card," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Before Bislo could say anything, Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, all the participants who had participated in the event disappeared from the tform and appeared in front of their chairs.


    After the group of participants left, Aakesh''s eyes fell on the next group of participants.


    After Alchemist, the most number of participants had joined the ss, cksmith. Forty-two participants had joined the queue for this ss.


    Aakesh called the group in front. Excited expressions appeared on the faces of the participants participating in the ss, cksmith, seeing their time to participate had finally arrived.


    The group excitedly stepped forward while the other group of participants eagerly waited for their turn toe.


    "To win the ss, cksmith..." Aakesh started announcing the details of the test they had to face to win the ss.


    The test for the ss cksmith wasn''t too different from the test for the ss, Alchemist.


    In the event, the participants had to create the weapon easiest to make, a basic sword, while using iron as the material in the time limit of thirty minutes.


    For the test, like the test for Alchemist, there would be a paper lying on the table in the forging room that would contain the details of how to make the best sword from the iron. In addition to that, there would also be a single chant written on the paper.


    The chant could or could not increase the quality of the created material based on the participant''s understanding of the chant.


    The participant who would make the best and strongest sword out of all the participants would win the ss, cksmith as the reward.


    Aakesh pointed at the first group of 15 out of the forty-two participants and told them to enter the portal.


    Seconds turned into minutes, and minutes turned into hours, and just like that, 90 minutes passed.


    Since there were only forty-two participants participating for the ss cksmith, there were only three groups of entry into the portal. After the time was over for thest group, the system forced the group out of the forging room, and the next moment, they appeared on the tform.


    Every participant had a sword in their hands. It was the basic sword they''ve created during the event for the test.


    The next moment, the sword left the participant''s hands and went to the virtual projection. As if the swords were sentient, they started establishing themself in sequence.


    The sequence was based on the quality of the sword. The sword at the bottom belonged to the lowest quality of the lot, while the top sword signified the best quality of the lot.


    After one sword of the lot reached the top, all the other participants created swords disappeared from the virtual projection. The next moment, a blue light engulfed the only remaining sword.


    The participant who created the only remaining sword looked nervously at the scenes. If the blue light judged the quality of the sword to be adequate and worth the reward, he would win, and if it didn''t fail to achieve the mark, the participant would lose despite winning against everybody.


    The next moment, the blue light turned into gold, which brought an excited expression on the winning participant''s face. If the light had turned red, that meant the quality of the sword wasn''t worth winning, but since the blue light turned gold, he had won the event and the ss cksmith.


    The next moment, Aakesh called the participant and handed him the card. The participant''s name was John. He wasn''t from the Bisan Kingdom but the neighboring Blue Wyrm Kingdom.


    The royal family, seeing someone from the other Kingdoms winning a reward wanted to do something, but Punta stopped them. He didn''t want to offend the store owner after seeing even Elves not daring to be arrogant in front of him.


    Time flew by, events after events passed. The sole participant who had joined the event for the ss, Pharmacist, failed to pass the test, let alone win the reward.


    The group of Moya participated for the ss, Parasitic. Since the ss didn''t look impressive to others, the group of Moya was the only one that participated


    The group consisted of five members, and their leader was the only one who passed the test, so she won the ss as a default reward.


    Those who knew about Moya knew the value of the ss Parasitic to them. Even if they wanted to stop her, they couldn''t risk offending Aakesh for the soul crystals.


    The store of Aakesh was something that didn''t seem to follow the rule of the world, so their preference would always be for the benefits they could get from the store over some treasures.


    sha won the ss Fortune Teller. Evelyn and George failed to win anything. The other members in the Elven group also failed to win any event.


    There were several events that had tens of participants, but none of the participants even achieved the minimum requirement of passing the test.


    After all the events rted to different sses were over, the system informed Aakesh that the sun had set and the night had arrived, so he decided to end the day and close the store.


    After he informed the customer, many customers had disappointed expressions as they still wanted to see more, but since there was one more day left and they needed to arrive early, they left the store.


    While leaving the store, the system added a warning, "If you dare to harm any winner, you would need millions of lives to save yourself."


    The system did this because many of the winners were low-level in reality, and the tower the royal family had won could bring a disaster for them.


    After everyone left, Aakesh closed the door of the store and returned to his room.

 Chapter 153 - The Protection

    Chapter 153: The Protection


    After Aakesh announced the end of the second-day events, the crowd started leaving one by one.


    Since the crowd only had to think of leaving and they would appear at the exit of the store, in no time, all the chairs except five turned empty.


    Only the group of Moya was left in the store. They didn''t leave with others because they were worried that they had gotten exposed during the event. They took the risk of exposing themselves despite knowing the consequences of it, but now that they had done this and everyone had left, the fear of the consequences seeped through them.


    "No one would hurt you until the event continues," Aakeshmented, seeing the group continuing to sit in the store despite the passing of several seconds.


    "We heard that tomorrow is thest day. Does that mean from the day after tomorrow, people can try to hunt us?" The leader of the group nervously asked in response.


    "Yes! Now leave," Aakesh expressionlessly responded and snapped his fingers.


    The next moment, before the group could respond, they found themselves on the door facing the outside.


    They turned around to look at the store, but they found the door got shut on their face.


    "What should we do, boss?" One member of the group asked.


    "Let''s spend the night in one of the motels here. We''ll decide what to do after the event ends tomorrow," The leader of the group calmly replied in response.


    She looked calm on the outside, but in her mind, she was thinking about what to do since the ss wouldn''t take effect unless shepletes her first quest in Panagea, unlike some of the sses that would only take effect with just the entry into Panagea.


    She then took a deep breath to calm her mind, but the danger she was in didn''t let her feel calm.


    She was ate Soul Emperor, the level equivalent to Tao Pce in the Qi cultivation system, while the other four in her group were betweente to peak Soul King(Tao Manifestation in Qi cultivation system), so they weren''t afraid of any Tao Pce level cultivator, but she had seen several talented Heavenly Monarch on the tform, whom she and her group could only dream to defeat despite being one of the most talented Moya of the current generation.


    Since she couldn''t do anything other than leave, so she left. The other members of the group also silently followed her.


    Right after she left, a group of three people appeared not far from where the group of Moya was a moment before.


    "Found you!" A hoarse voice echoed in the area, and the next moment, the group disappeared into the darkness of the night.


    Aakesh could see the group of three when they were in hiding, but since the winner who had won any event was under the protection of the system till the event continued, he didn''t do anything. He closed the door and then decided to check the quest status.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing all the details of the quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Organize apetition for the citizens of the Bisan Kingdom and other people,


    Requirement: Since you''ve suggested that the store should organize apetition to promote the store, it''s now your duty to organize it with the maximum possible zeal and fervor so that everyone irrespective of their level can enjoy it,


    Minimum numbers of attendees: 2000,


    Current attendees: 1524,


    Event time: Three days,


    Time left: One day,


    Mission reward: A new product, addition in varieties in pills, and thirty-five new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Commission reduced by 100% for a year.]


    "476 more participants more," Aakesh murmured after seeing the quest screen.


    If he wanted toplete the quest, he would only need 476 more participants. He not only wanted to achieve the mission requirement, but he also wanted to win a bonus reward as well, so he needed more than 2000 participants to at least get a good bonus reward.


    Tomorrow he had some rewards that would make even the higher-level races crazy, so he was confident of achieving the target. But if he still failed after that, he would only have his luck to me.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the next moment, the quest screen disappeared.


    He then turned around to proceed to his room when he suddenly stopped in his steps as he got an alert from the system.


    [Host, one of the winning participants, faced a life-threatening attack from a group. As per the store''smitment to the winner to protect them during the three-day event, the system has killed their attackers.]


    The voice of the system in its emotionless tone echoed inside his head.


    "They had bad luck," Aakesh nonchntly whispered after getting the alert. Since he had no interest in how it happened, he forgot about it and left for his room.


    ***


    "The store owner saved us," One of the members in the group replied after heaving a relieved sigh. Her group was looking at the three mounds of ashes were lying not far from them.


    She had a weapon in her hand and was ready to attack anytime, but no one in her group was confident ofing out alive after the conflict with the attacking group since the leader of that group waste Tao Pce, while the other two members were both early Tao Pce.


    A moment earlier, they were in precarious circumstances when they suddenly found themselves surrounded by a group of three experts. However, the situation soon turned in their favor when one of the menunched an attack on their leader.


    The next moment, a giant golden eye appeared in the sky. The eye directly looked at the group of three without any kind of emotion.


    They didn''t even know what happened as the next moment, all three members of the group turned into mounds of their ashes. The giant golden eye disappeared after that.


    "Yes, we would thank the store owner tomorrow," The leader replied in response.


    ***


    Time flew by, and the sun arrived and shined the entire Anga continent, making the darkness of the night hide.


    As expected, many people stayed the night near the store not to miss any events since there wasn''t a determined schedule.

 Chapter 154 - Third-day Event

    Chapter 154: Third-day Event


    The sun rose as scheduled and brought a new day for everyone living in the Bisan Kingdom.


    The door of the store automatically opened to wee the crowd inside.


    Since it was thest day of the three-day event, thousands of people were already waiting outside for the store to open.


    The moment the door of the store opened, people, like the flow of the raging river, moved inside the store.


    Since they only needed to think of going to the chair after setting foot inside the store, a situation of stampede didn''t ur.


    More than thirty minutes had passed since the door of the store opened, but Aakesh was nowhere to be seen. The people currently sitting in the store had already crossed the mark of 100,000.


    Another hour passed, and Aakesh still didn''t appear, while the number of people sitting in the chair had crossed 378,000.


    "Why do you think the store owner isn''t appearing despite so much time passing?" One man in the crowd confusedly asked his friend.


    In thest two days, the first event was usually already in half-phase during this time, and today the store owner hadn''t even appeared, let alone the start of the event.


    "Maybe the store owner forgot," The friend doubtfully replied.


    The man gave the side-eye to his friend after hearing his response.


    "Maybe the event is going to be way grander than the events from thest two days," Another man who was sitting near the group of friendsmented. He wasn''t sure about what hemented, but he felt that something like this was bound to happen.


    Another 90 minutes passed, but Aakesh still didn''t appear.


    Despite three hours passing, no one in the crowd left the store and waited for the store owner to appear without making any fuss. The current number of people in the store had already crossed the golden number of one million, and still, hundreds of people were entering the store every moment.


    Around 30% of the people in the crowd didn''t belong to the Bisan Kingdom. Many in the crowd arrived for the event after spendingrge sums of money on their travel.


    The tower that Brinda had won yesterday was the reason behind the people from outside the Bisan Kingdom arriving.


    ***


    The previous evening after the end of the events,


    "You''ve done a huge favor on us. Our family could never repay you," Punta told his grandaughter while they were on their way to the royal pce.


    "It was my duty, royal grandfather," Brinda replied with a calm look on her face.


    "Our Kingdom has nothing worth to reward you for the service you''d done to the Kingdom by winning the tower, but still, I can do one personal thing. You don''t need to use the honorary title before me. You can simply call me grandfather," Punta announced, bringing a look of shock on the faces of the other family members.


    Many of the princes and princesses had envious faces after hearing Punta''s announcement. It may not have meant anything if it hade from their father, but it was their grandfather, a prince of another Kingdom, thousands of times greater than theirs.


    After this announcement, Punta choosing someone other than Brinda as the next king was likely impossible. Even if something major happened in the future that may force Punta to select some other heir, there is almost no doubt that Brinda still would have the greatest say in the Kingdom after what she had achieved today and Punta''s announcement.


    "Thank you, grandfather," Punta excitedly responded to her grandfather''s announcement since she also understood the value of what Punta said.


    "Damn it, how could this happen? If grandfather had already made his mind to choose her as the next king, then what about the hard work I''ve been doing this past week in the Panagea?" Pento frustratingly thought inside his heart but had an envious expression on the outside.


    He couldn''t afford to show his frustrating expression today since Brinda has won something which could change the trajectory of the Bisan Kingdom for its life.


    Pento''s primary purpose behind working this hard in Panagea was to gain enough power to get chosen as the heir. After Aakesh had told him he would have the chance to get territory in the Panagea in the event, he thought his time hade. But then, today happened, and an event with the tower as the reward came, and his sister Brinda was the sole participant to win a fight against the opponent having the same cultivation level as her.


    He couldn''t help but curse himself for not being able to win against the opponent of the same level despite polishing his fighting techniques due to the quests in the Panagea.


    He was cursing himself when he suddenly broke out of his stupor, and the next moment his jaw almost dropped to the ground after hearing what Punta said next.


    "Let''s meet father, your great-grandfather today," Punta suddenly told Brinda.


    "Really!" Brinda eximed in shock in response.


    "I''ll meet you in the royal pce," Punta looked at the other royal family members and told them.


    The next moment, he took a strange button out of his space ring. He then grabbed hold of Brinda''s hands and crushed the button before anyone could say anything.


    The next moment, they both disappeared from there, while all the other members had jealous and frustrating expressions after they left.


    Punta belonged to the Chivell Kingdom. He brought Brinda here, as he had already chosen her as the next king of the Bisan Kingdom.


    It wasn''t due to the tower that he had made this decision. Even if someone else had won, he would''ve still chosen Brinda as the king.


    Her talent alone made him choose her as the king. He brought her here to make acquaintance with his father.


    He had already decided to leave the life of power after selecting the heir, so he brought her here in case something happened to his Kingdom, Brinda would still be able to survive with the help of his father.


    After Punta told his father about Brinda, the tower, and the event, his father also decided to join them tomorrow with his family for the event in the store.


    That night, an announcement rang in the Chivell Kingdom, and the spies of nearby Kingdoms made the announcements known to others too.

 Chapter 155 - Late

    Chapter 155: Late


    Time flew by, and another hour passed in the store without the appearance of Aakesh. Around 1.2 million people were currently sitting in the store, waiting for the event to start.


    More than 700,000 of the 1.2 million people came here to the store for the first time, and they weren''t here from anywhere close.


    Many in the crowd belonged to Kingdoms and Empires located in the center of the Anga continent. They were here due to the sudden announcement in a Kingdom like the Chivell Kingdom in the night.


    Powerful beings were always in search of opportunities, and when a Kingdom that had several Tao Pce cultivators, and a peak Tao Pce king, announced the details of an event happening in some low-level Kingdom in the dark of the night, it meant an opportunity may have arrived for them. So they didn''t wait and also joined the event told in the announcement.


    So there were currently more than 10,000 cultivators exceeding the cultivation level, Tao Manifestation in the store, waiting for the event.


    "Do you think our spies heard the date of the announcement wrong?" One being covered in a dark cloak whispered to the person sitting next to them.


    The person in response looked at the being like he was the most stupid person the person had seen. "Are you stupid? If we heard the date of the announcement wrong, then what are these people doing here?" The person scoffed.


    An embarrassed expression appeared on the being''s face in response. "Cough! Why do you think then the store owner hasn''t arrived until now?" The being coughed to clear the embarrassment and asked.


    "I''ve no idea," The person replied while shaking his head.


    Both the persons were peak Tao Pce cultivators and were best friends, so when they heard the announcement, they both also came here.


    Upon entering the store, they became confident that an opportunity was waiting for them after seeing the entire hardwood floor that looked like a mini-world from inside made out of Ashamba in the store. Despite being only one level away from reaching the peak of the Primal dimension, they couldn''t sense anything in the store.


    But four hours had passed, and the store owner was nowhere to be seen. After asking from the people who had watched other events and were citizens of the Bisan Kingdom, they found out that the store owner acted nonchntly and didn''t care for anyone''s feelings, so they couldn''t help but get nervous, thinking that maybe the store owner had decided to stop the event. But after seeing, not a single person leaving the store, they also decided to wait the entire day as the only thing they had in abundance amount was time.


    Qi cultivators who had reached the level Tao Pce could live up to trillions of years even without having any lifespan increasing treasure. Since they had only lived for 80 billion years old, they still had too much lifespan to live or waste.


    They were here because, despite having trillions of years to live, the cultivators who failed to achieve Immortality before the age of a million years had almost zero chances of ever ascending to the Sacred dimension.


    The idea of bing an Immortal might seem great in stories, but when there were millions of such Immortals in one top organization, it took away the value of working so hard. What''s the point of cultivation if you don''t even wish to reach the peak of the power of the Multiverse?


    There were many like them who could achieve Immortality if they worked hard, but their aim of ascending may never take fruition due to theck of their talent.


    ***


    "What do you think happened to Aakesh?" Evelyn asked with a hint of concern in her voice.


    George couldn''t help butugh in response, seeing Evelyn''s concern. She red at him forughing at her concerns.


    Seeing the re, he stoppedughing. "Today is thest day, so he must be preparing for the event to make it even greater than thest two daysbined," George confidently responded with a smile on his face.


    "Let''s just hope what you''re saying is correct," Evelynmented, seeing the confidence of her boyfriend.


    ***


    While hundreds of people entered the store with each passing moment, the crowd chattered about why the store owner hadn''t appeared. The chairs Aakesh had added were already filled to the brim, but extra chairs appeared with each person who entered the store.


    The floating door the crowd had gotten used to appeared suddenly in the store above the tform.


    Seeing the door appearing, many in the crowd cheered. The first-time visitors also joined the people in the store when they discovered the reason for the cheer. Since many of them hade here after paying outrageous amounts of Primal stones to travel to this low-level area, their excitement knew no bounds.


    The next moment, the stairs connecting the door from the tform appeared. Soon, the door opened, and Aakesh stepped out of it. He then stepped down the stairs and appeared on the stage.


    Aakesh nodded after seeing all the chairs full. The next moment, he asked the system to add the same number of chairs as the current number of people sitting in the crowd, and the next moment, 1.3 million extra chairs appeared in the store, stopping the store from looking overcrowded.


    The crowd was looking at Aakesh for getting the reason for him gettingte, but Aakesh ignored them and started announcing the next event.


    He had no ns to organize the event thiste at the stage since he had three or four events nned for the third-day event.


    Four hours earlier,


    [Host, you can''t give the Heartpiercer as the reward.]


    The system suddenly announced. Heartpiercer was the name of the bow Aakesh had created for the first event today.


    Since he liked archery the most out of other weapons, he decided to make a bow as a reward. He enjoyed the making of the bow so much that it crossed the threshold of the Primal dimension.


    Anyone who won the bow would be the strongest of the Primal dimension at that moment, but he knew this wasn''t the reason behind the system''s refusal.. Because, if the system were against it, it would''ve already told him when he had made the bow, not now when the event was going to start.

 Chapter 156 - Heartpiercer

    Chapter 156: Heartpiercer


    "Why?" Aakesh asked in response to the system, hearing the system refused to allow Heartpiercer as the reward.


    [Host, the weapon has gained sentience and has reached the limit of the Multiverse. If you give the weapon to someone, they wouldn''t be able to make the weapon submit, and neither can you force the weapon to submit as it had grown way beyond the will pressure you could handle.]


    The system replied in its mechanical and emotionless voice.


    "But you can," Aakesh responded.


    [No! The system wouldn''t help you regarding this. If you want the help of the system, you would need to pay for it.]


    The system refused right away to help Aakesh in submitting the Heartpiercer.


    He shook his head in disappointment since he couldn''t do anything to change the system''s mind now.


    He then waved his hands, and the next moment, a bow appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh made the bow using the wood of the tree Demon''s Oak. It was a tree only found in one special ce in the Primal dimension and had the reputation of being one of the most durable and flexible woods of the Multiverse. The bowstring of Heartpiercer was made from Iposie. It was one of the rare nts found in the Primal dimension and was one of the wanted materials for bowstrings due to its lightweight and resistance to energy st up to a certain extent.


    It was a double-curved bow, with the center being used to hold the arrow while shooting. One half of the bow was red, while the other half was white. The red part signified the strong offense, while the white part signified the hard defense.


    Even if the archer used no energy, the bow would still have enough power to decimate worlds with only the release of its bowstring.


    Aakesh named the bow Heartpiercer because after he made the bow, it suddenly gained the ability to pierce the heart of the opponent, even when a person handled the bow for the first time in their life.


    He heaved a disappointed sigh and snapped his fingers while looking at the bow.


    The next moment, the bow disintegrated into nothingness. The life that had just taken birth died down even before meeting somebody.


    "Thirty minutes of work for nothing," He whispered to himself after destroying the masterpiece he had created.


    If someone else heard Aakesh right now, they wouldn''t even care for the bow. They would focus on the thirty minutes part.


    Even creating an Emperor-grade take weapon take hours to create, let alone a weapon that transcended even Immortal level weapons that only took thirty minutes of the time of Aakesh. But the level of equipment he had to create weapons would even shame many of the Primordials, so creating such a weapon in 30 minutes wasn''t a big deal for him.


    "Now, I''ve to create another product for the event," Aakesh murmured and thought of the forging room in his head.


    The next moment, the door of the forging room inside Aakesh''s room. He grabbed the door''s handle and was going to open it when he suddenly stopped, as an Idea appeared inside his head.


    "Hey, system, I''ve got an idea for the event¡­." Aakesh shared his idea with the system since everything belonged to the system. He only implemented it ording to his ns.


    "Do you think you could do this?" Aakesh asked after he exined his idea to the system.


    [Host, It''s possible, but you won''t get anymission from the event if you implement it.]


    The system responded and told the condition of the system, epting his idea.


    A smile appeared on his face, as he didn''t care about themission he got from the store. He already had earned enough earnings from the store and the event that could make him one of the richest of the Bisan Kingdom.


    After that, he started nning for the event. It took him four hours to ready the event and the reward he had prepared for the crowd.


    ***


    "Today, we''ll have only one event," Aakesh announced while looking at the crowd sitting in the store, eagerly waiting for the event to start.


    "Why?" A mixed shout echoed in the store in response.


    Those who came for the first time had startled expressions, and the next moment, it turned into disappointment. They were here to win, and already their chances of winning were limited, but now that only one event would take ce today, only one in the crowd would win the reward.


    Aakesh ignored their response and snapped his fingers.


    Suddenly, a giant golden finger appeared in the store. Irrespective of the cultivation, everybody felt the pressure from the finger.


    They felt like they were mortals, and the finger was a raging ocean that could decimate them anytime it wanted to.


    The next moment, the golden finger poked the air in the store and then disappeared. The people in the store could finally breathe freely.


    The next moment, the sound of cracks rang in the store. As if doomsday had arrived, the fabric of space broke like a cracked ss from the poke. People above Tao Seed could literally see the shards of space falling to the ground.


    A few momentster, the space became stable again. The next moment, a moving portal like the cluster of trillions of moving shining stars appeared where the finger had poked a few moments earlier.


    Many high-level beings in the crowd had their mouth wide open in O shape after the portal appeared, while many had their eye twinkling since it was the most beautiful thing they had seen in their life, and maybe they would never see another scenery like this again.


    "A portal to another dimension!" One man covered in a red cloak eximed in shock after the portal appeared. He had read about it, and what he was seeing right now was what he had read.


    Many in the crowd also heard the man, but they didn''t believe him as they had never heard about a portal to another dimension appearing. Even for someone like the store owner, it looked to be an impossible feat because if he could do it, he would''ve already left.


    Both the man and others were right. It was a portal to a dimension, but it wasn''t the dimension man, and the crowd thought of

 Chapter 157 - The Event

    Chapter 157: The Event


    Aakesh ignored the reaction of the crowd after the portal appeared and started announcing the details of the uing event.


    "It is a portal to another dimension-" Aakesh announced while pointing at the space where countless clusters of shining stars were moving.


    "I knew it!" The man who had spoken about the portal shouted and cut Aakesh''s announcement in between.


    Before the crowd could react to Aakesh''s and the man''s statement, a cold voice rang in the store that shuddered every single sitting person irrespective of their level.


    "I hate when someone speaks in between me. If something like this happens again, you will be responsible for whatever happens with you," Aakesh warned, emotionlessly looking at the man who had disturbed him.


    The next moment, his tone returned to the previous version and continued his announcement, ignoring the reactions of the man and the crowd.


    "It is a portal to another dimension, but it isn''t the dimension you''re thinking. It is a portal to an artificial dimension where today''s event would take ce."


    "In the event, all the participants would enter the portal and travel to a dimension solely made for the event."


    "After entering the portal, every participant would return to their power levels before they started cultivation and would have equal power irrespective of your race''s advantage."


    "Inside the portal is a world solely intended to increase your level so that you can eventually defeat the viin of the portal..."


    Aakesh continued announcing the details of the event.


    In the dimension, there were countless mini-portals, and each mini-portal led to a new world for each participant. Each world had the same features so that every participant would have an equal chance ofpeting.


    Inside all the worlds, there would be more mini-portals, and each portal would lead to dungeons. These countless dungeons were for the participant to defeat.


    Each dungeon would have creatures of different races living inside. It depended upon the participant''s luck, which creature''s dungeon they could get. They could evene across the dungeons filled with Hygar, or they could get dungeons filled with low-level races.


    In every dungeon, there would be a leader of all the creatures residing in it. After defeating the leader, they would automatically get an increase in their power, and they would also get a redegg.


    The red core would grant the participants random skills, weapons, and other random items. If their luck were to be horrible, they would get nothing from it, and if it tended toward the extreme positive, the participants could get the knowledge of aplete battle form embedded in their heads.


    There would be portals of seven colors in the world participant would get. They were Green, Yellow, Orange, Blue, White, ck, and Gold. Green represented the weakest of all, while the gold represented the strongest dungeon.


    The participants would have to increase their levels, learn fighting knowledge, get weapons, pills, skills using these dungeons, and in the end, they would have to challenge the golden dungeon.


    There would be only one golden dungeon in the world, and there would also be only one creature in that dungeon. That creature would be the leader of all the creatures located in the world and the end boss. Only when the participant defeated the leader would their challenge for the reward of the event be sessful.


    The crowd had shocked expressions after Aakesh stopped speaking.


    Even for Immortals, it was almost impossible to create an artificial dimension, and here Aakesh had created a dimension solely for the event that had countless worlds inside it. Even thinking about the scale of Aakesh''s creation gave a headache to everyone in the crowd.


    The next moment, the look of shock on everyone''s faces turned into excitement after hearing what Aakesh said next.


    "Since it would be the only event for today, the event would have three winners and three rewards," Aakesh announced.


    He then snapped his fingers, and the next moment, three virtual projections appeared in the store.


    The difference between the three projections was evident, as the virtual projection in the center was blue and was around twice the size of the yellow projection on the right, while four times the size of the green projection on the left.


    The green virtual projection looked to be the projection of a town. Above the projection, the area of the town appeared. It was 11,000 sq. miles.


    There were several golden marks on the projection, representing mountains, rivers, and mines, while there were also red marks, almost ten times as many as the golden markings had appeared around them.


    Like the green virtual projection, the yellow projection also looked like a town, except it was muchrger and had an area of 22,000 square feet. Miles.


    It had more golden points in the projection, whereas the number of red points was smaller. Additionally, there were several white markings in the area, unlike the previous, which suggested settlements of different races.


    The blue projection in the middle, which was thergest, was the projection of a city, measuring 51,000 sq. miles.


    The blue projection has five golden marks for every golden dot in the yellow projection and every red mark for five red dots in the yellow. The white points that signified living settlements covered almost a fourth of thend.


    And unlike the yellow and green projections, there was an orange dot in the center of the blue virtual projection, and only three question marks were in ce of it instead of announcing what it was.


    Everyone in the crowd had confused expressions when the three projections appeared except Pento.


    Aakesh had told Pento that he would do something about territories in Panagea in the uing days. Now, Pento finally knew what ns Aakesh had.


    He couldn''t help but suck in a cold breath of air, seeing the resources in all three territories. He understood that red points signified the dangers of the territory, but even in the green projection, where red markings outnumbered the golden markings, there were still good enough numbers of resources marks that it would put small kingdoms like the Bisan Kingdom to shame.


    He knew if he won even the lowest reward of the three, he would be more powerful than the actual Kingdom he belonged to since everything in Panagea could be taken out in reality. Even he knew this event was going to see a crazy number of participants.


    The crowd had the opposite reaction of what Pento had. They confusedly looked at the three virtual projections floating above the tform. Many in the crowd even had disappointed faces after the projections appeared.


    After seeing the virtual projections, they could clearly understand that they were some kinds of territories. But many of the beings who were either Tao Manifestation or above it, any kind of territory held no value for them.


    They came here because they felt they would get an opportunity that could make them grow in power, and after hearing about the rewards of the events in thest two days, confidence erupted in their hearts. But now that they were here, there was going to be only one event today, and the reward they were getting was territories.


    Their disappointment was also caused by the fact that the event Aakesh nned was something they could only imagine. They had never even witnessed anything of such a huge magnitude in their entire lives.


    Aakesh could see the disappointment in many of the people''s faces, but he didn''t care as he was confident that after they knew the value of the territories, they would even risk their lives to win the event.


    "It would be the reward of the event. The winner would get the virtual projection in the center¡­" Aakesh announced the rewards for the event.


    The dungeon event wouldn''t have a time limit toplete. Since those who defeated the leader in the golden dungeon, would clear the event and had a chance at the reward.


    Since there were three rewards and each reward had differences, the participant who defeated the leader first would get the territory located in the center, and henceforth for the other two participants.


    "The territories you''re seeing right now is the territory inside the Panagea," Aakesh announced the location of the territories. Many in the crowd who had heard about Panagea expected the territory to be in the Panagea, so they weren''t surprised by Aakesh''s announcement.


    "The participants who won the territory would get the title, ''Town head'' as the reward. The Town head would getplete control over the resources of the territories."


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there would be only one chapter today since I took my 2nd dose of Corona Vine today.


    I also wanted to ask a question from you about this event. I have around five-six chapters nned for this event.


    Would you like to see a few detailed scenes of the events since there would be many new side characters participating in the event, or only five-six chapters are enough?


    Please doment since you spend your money to read the chapters!

 Chapter 158 - 1 Sec:1 Day

    Chapter 158: 1 sec:1 day


    Since many in the store had arrived for the first time, Aakesh first exined about the Panagea to the crowd to show them the value of the territory.


    If it was any other event, he wouldn''t have cared to exin the value of the reward, but this event was thest of the three-day events, and the result of his quest was dependent upon the number of participants.


    Getting even a single participant less than 476 would not only require him to forget the bonus reward, but he would lose the quest. So he couldn''t act as usual.


    After many high-level beings heard about Panagea, surprised expressions appeared on their faces.


    Creating a world that acted by its rule and irrespective of the actual cultivation level of the being, they would start as an ordinary being in the Panagea wasn''t even possible for beings who had attained divinity.


    In addition, anyone who entered Panagea had unlimited revivals and could grow powerful without worrying about death.


    After finally seeing some changes in the majority of the faces who could splurge money to participate, Aakesh nodded. He still knew that it wasn''t enough to make them willingly participate since they could enter Panagea even without participating in the event.


    "The participants who won the three territories would haveplete authority over theirnds in the Panagea, except the red marks," After Panagea, Aakesh started exining about the reward.


    "The red markings in the virtual projection signifies the danger. The darker the mark, the more dangerous that location would be, but since the riskier the adventure, the better the reward, so the darker red markings would give better rewards after clearing it," Aakesh announced while pointing at the red markings on the three virtual projections.


    After Aakesh exined about the red marks, the crowd noticed that the green virtual projection had the maximum number of red markings, but they weren''t dark in color. Only around 10% of the total marks were dark.


    The blue virtual projection had the least number of red markings, but it had 100% of its markings darker in color, signifying each location was dangerous, but so were their rewards better than the other two.


    "Since you can take out anything you gain in Panagea, so every resource you win or create in the territories can be taken out in the actual world for its use."


    There was no special reaction in the majority of the higher-level beings after hearing that because many of those who came here belonged to influential families in their respective Kingdom or Empires. But those who had no background felt that their time woulde if they won any of the territories.


    Aakesh ignored their reactions and continued his announcement. "The resources that may have low value in Panagea may not necessarily be low level in the Primal dimension. For example, the currency of the Panagea is Soul stones. Even the low Soul stones contains more energy than superior Primal stones. Panagea is a world where you would meet beings from three dimensions, so they had a different value for resources than the people living here."


    Those who had entered Panagea had no change in their reactions since they had witnessed the battle between the creatures belonging to races many had never heard. The group of Elves and the couple of George and Evelyn had even seen the beings who only resided in the second or third dimensions, while those who had not entered Panagea didn''t have the same reaction.


    Many in the crowd wanted to ask questions, but the memory of the store owner warning the man who had disturbed him still remained in their memories, so no one dared to ask anything and interrupt him.


    A few minutester, Aakesh concluded the details of the rewards. Everyone had excited and eager expressions on their faces since they couldn''t wait for the event to start and win one of three territories in the end.


    "Those who want to participate in the event raise their hands and take out fifteen top Primal stones in their hands," Aakesh announced, bringing a look of astonishment on everybody''s faces.


    The crowd wasn''t astonished by the high price, as they were the previous times, but instead, the price was too low to consider for the scale of the event.


    Aakesh ignored their reactions since the system decided the price of this event. For a being like the system, who even knew about Devas, this creation wasn''t anything at all.


    Many in the crowd raised their hands right away. Several times more people raised their hands than Aakesh had hoped for the entire event in less than a moment.


    Since 15 top Primal stones weren''t anything of value to the beings above Void Forging, all of them raised their hands to participate.


    Aakesh counted and found 128,642 participants in only a second, and the next second the number of participants doubled.


    Aakesh waited for a few more seconds when suddenly he got a suggestion from the system.


    [Host, since this is yourst event, why not open the event for anybody to participate at any time they want to until the dawn arrives.]


    Because there would be a time dtion for the event, the system suggested Aakesh.


    The time ratio between Visteerna and the store will differ when the event starts. One second would pass in the real world, but one day would pass in the store. It was impossible for anyone starting from a mortal body to defeat themander in the golden dungeon in the timespan of hours. At least decades, if not millennia, would be required to grow to the level of the leader, so the system had no choice but to increase the time rate of the store.


    Since many in the store were even below the cultivation level of Soul Formation, the system had to make them immune to the time change in the store. If it only took around a few decades for the first participant toplete the event, it would still be a big portion of their lifespan for those who were Soul Formation.


    Aakesh announced what the system had suggested to him to the crowd sitting in the store.. Anyone who decides to participate only needed to raise their hands, and the next moment they would appear on the tform for participating.

 Chapter 159 - The Last Event

    Chapter 159: The Last Event


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, those who had raised their hands and taken out 15 top Primal stones in their hands disappeared from their chair and appeared on the tform.


    He counted the number of participants and found out there were two hundred eighty-six thousand, seven hundred, forty-three.


    If anyone else wanted to participate since the event didn''t have an initial time, they only had to think, and they would appear on the tform. Aakesh also told the system to add the memory of the event to every person who would enter the store from now on since he wasn''t going to introduce the event every time someone entered the store.


    When all the participants appeared on the tform, they found the portal to the dimension right next to them.


    It looked so grand and majestic from up close that they felt inferior standing near it.


    "You can enter the portal now," Aakesh told the group of participants. He added further, "The moment you enter the world, you would forget everything, and from that moment, the time count for you would start."


    The participants nodded and started entering the portal one by one. Since a single screen couldn''t show hundreds of thousands of journeys of the participants at the same time, Aakesh took away the nk screen and instead asked the system to directly project the scene of whatever participant the crowd liked in their respective minds. If they wanted to change midway, they only needed to think of it, and the memory would start ying the journey of other participants.


    "Senior, I have a question," One of the participants respectfully asked Aakesh.


    "Go ahead!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Senior, you said that we would forget everything about power or fighting techniques after we entered the portal and would grow on our own."


    "Yes!" Aakesh nodded.


    "Does that mean whatever new fighting form we learned in the world inside the world would still be in our minds after we got out?" The participant asked since he had been thinking about this since the announcement.


    "Any fighting knowledge you learn on your own would still be your after getting out, but any fighting knowledge you gained from the egg after killing the leader, you would forget it after exiting the portal," Aakesh expressionlessly answered participant.


    "Oh!" The participant nodded and then entered the portal.


    A few minutester, all the participants entered the portal and also entered their respective worlds inside the dimension.


    The people in the crowd closed their eyes after only Aakesh remained standing on the tform. The next moment, a blue virtual projection appeared in everybody''s mind.


    Those who knew either the face or the name of the participants they wanted to see thought about them, and the next moment, they felt themselves appearing on the top of the world and now could see the entire view around their participants through their eyes.


    If they wanted to see the other participant''s scene, they only needed to think of their details, and that scene would appear in front of them.


    After every participant in the first group of 286,743 participants had entered, a few momentster, a new person who arrivedte also entered after learning about the event and its reward, making the count 286,744.


    Out of 286,744 participants that had entered the portal, more than 180,000 participants were above Tao Seed or equivalent level in other power systems, while around 60,000 of the rest group were either Void Condensation or Void Forging level experts.


    After all the participants entered the portal, Aakesh snapped his fingers. The next moment, hisfortable chair appeared on the tform. He satfortably on it and closed his eyes.


    He suddenly had an idea. He decided to test how many participants he could see at the same time by using multitasking.


    The next moment, he focused on every participant''s details, and the next moment, he found himself appearing inside every participant''s world one by one. A few momentster, he found himself watching all the participants at the same time without having any kind of issues. He could see all the participants even if their number got doubled.


    ***


    After Pento entered the world, he appeared in a ce filled with snow, and anytime the snowstorm could start, seeing the movement of the wind.


    He didn''t know it, but it was him who gave the idea of using territories in the Panagea as the reward. If he knew, he would get happy and sad at the same time.


    Happy because a being like Aakesh listened to him. Sad because Aakesh didn''t organize that event on the first day. Pento would have never faced thepetition he was going to face right now if Aakesh had done that.


    He expected thousands of people to participate in the event after hearing the benefits of having the territories in Panagea. But he never expected such a scene, where more than 200,000 people participated in a single event, and that too most of them were high-level cultivators of different power systems. He knew that because even his great-grandfather respectfully talked to many of the beings that were participating in the event.


    Even though hearing the conversation between Punta and Brinda made him certain that he had lost the im at the throne, but he still participated in the event to win the territory, despite bing the heir, being the primary reason behind him entering Panagea.


    Winning the territory may not change Punta''s decision of choosing Brinda as the third king of the Bisan Kingdom, but it would increase his power to a level where even the king would need to respect him. Since the value of resources in Panagea was usually high in Visteerna, as the store owner pointed out, he was confident that it wouldn''t take long for him to conquer new territory and be the creator of a dynasty.


    After appearing in the snowden field, Pento started looking around to take a look at the area.


    There were no trees in his sights, no matter which way he looked. He then bent down and tried to sense the depth of the snow, but since he had an ordinary body and didn''t want to get tired before fighting, he stopped after not finding soil in a single attempt.


    Since all he could see was tnd filled with snow, and the temperature was also getting colder, he randomly chose a direction and proceeded to find a green dungeon since it was the weakest of the lot.

 Chapter 160 - Green Field

    Chapter 160: Green Field


    After finding nothing but and filled with snow all around him, Pento decided to make a move.


    He currently wasn''t feeling the cold in the weather, but feeling the swift wind brushing his face, he knew the temperature was going to get colder, and even snowstorms may arrive, so there was no point in standing here.


    Since he couldn''t find any kind of dungeon around him, he randomly chose the north-eastern direction and proceeded.


    As Pento expected, the wind was gaining momentum, and the weather was getting chillier. Pento increased his moving speed.


    Due to the snow and wind, he couldn''t see more than 50 meters away from him. He had been traveling for a few minutes, and he assumed that he had covered a distance of around 300 meters, but still no green dungeon was in his sight.


    Around ten more minutes passed, Pento had covered the distance of more than 800 meters since he arrived in this world.


    He could now feel the chill in the wind. He had no choice but to rub his palms while walking. He couldn''t help but whisper while walking, "Who would''ve thought a prince like me would walk alone in the cold with no idea of survival?"


    Due to the snow and wind, his view range had also decreased from 50 meters to around 40 meters.


    Pento was getting tired with every passing moment, but he had no choice but to keep going. Otherwise, he would die even before fighting a dungeon.


    A few more minutes passed, Pento had traveled more than a Km in this chilly weather, while his view range was getting decreased with time. He could now only see twenty meters ahead of him, as the wind had gained the momentum, and any second, a snowstorm would erupt and engulf him.


    Pento, with every step, gasped for a breath, but for every breath he took, his body was getting colder. Although his body was urging him to give up and quit the event, he forced himself to walk.


    As a result of his efforts, a silhouette appeared in the distance. At first, Pento thought he was seeing an Illusion, so he didn''t stop and continued forward.


    He took a few more steps, and suddenly, the chill of the weather, the wind turned into a storm, and the snowy field disappeared at the same time, and instead, a clear terrain filled with greenery appeared in ce of that.


    The sudden change of the environment stunned Pento. The cold he had felt until now also disappeared with the environment.


    He thought he had fallen into an Illusion, so he sat down in a meditative pose. Since he had forgotten everything he, as a prince, had learned, he had no choice but to depend upon himself.


    As he closed his eyes, he cleared his mind, knowing that if it were an illusion, it would disappear when his mind became clear. The reason for his confidence was that Aakesh wouldn''t put a strong Illusion in only the start of the world. Otherwise, no one would be able to even get to the first dungeon.


    When Pento opened his eyes a few momentster, he found himself back in his previous environment.


    He then looked at himself and found himself half covered in snow when it had only been a few moments since he sat down here.


    He also noticed a green crack not far from him. An excited expression appeared on his face, and he forgot everything he had faced in the world until now. He also heaved a sigh of relief since the green portal was the weakest and the best for the starting participants. If he had found some other color portal, he would''ve already lost even before starting.


    He was already tired due to the long walk he took in this treacherous weather, but sitting down in meditation in such intense temperature took a toll on him as he found himself unable to move his legs.


    Havinge so close to a portal, he could not give up, so he used his hands to drag himself to the green crack.


    Dragging himself proved to be an even greater challenge than Pento had expected, but fortunately for him, the green crack was only two meters away from him.


    When he reached the portal, the snowstorm had already turned wild and threatened to take Pento with it, but using every unit of energy he had in his body, he extended his hands.


    The moment the tip of his finger touched the green crack, a sudden pain emerged in his body.


    The next moment, he found himself in a familiar environment. The experience of transferring proved to be even more painful than the experience he had due to the snow.


    He felt as if someone was pulling him in both directions at the same time. He thought he would get snapped in half if it continued for some time, but fortunately, it only happened for a second.


    Pento took a deep breath to calm his heart and mind before thinking what his next step was going to be.


    He continuously exhaled and inhaled long breaths for a few moments and then finally took notice of his surroundings.


    He found himself in the same green field he had found himself in when he fell into the Illusion.


    "Eh!" The next moment, he eximed in surprise as he found the cold in his body gone.


    "Great! If I had the same situation, I would''ve fallen into trouble," He mumbled, seeing him free of any exhaustion.


    The green field in front of him was the same as the snow-white field. He couldn''t see a single tree. It was only grass, and that too only up to his feet.


    "An open fight," He murmured. Since it was an open field, he and his opponent would fight where no one could hide or take covers.


    This time also he randomly chose a direction since the field looked endless.


    After choosing the northern direction, he rushed.


    Since he only had a mortal body, he couldn''t run very fast, and he also decided not to move fast since it would waste more of his energy.


    Since the weather was clear and he had ordinary eyesight, he could see up to several hundreds of meters without any issue.


    After rushing for a few minutes, he finally found the first hint of life and his first enemy.

 Chapter 161 - Battles

    Chapter 161: Battles


    After traveling for a few minutes and a few hundred meters, Pento finally found somebody in the portal.


    Since he was still some distance away from it, he couldn''t clearly see what race the being belonged to, but he could make out the silhouette. It looked like a four-legged being.


    Pento increased his speed and rushed in the direction of the silhouette. When he reached the visible range, he could finally see what race the being belonged to.


    It was a group of six goats grazing the grass. They looked nothing more than ordinary, but still Pento cautiously stepped forward and moved in the direction of the goats.


    Its size was even less than the ordinary goats in his Kingdom. The ordinary adult goats in his Kingdom came up to his chest, whereas the goats here were only up to his waist.


    The group of the goats, unaware of their killer, peacefully grazed the grass, bleating from time to time.


    Since Pento had forgotten every fighting technique he had learned, he used his hands and legs the old-fashioned way when he reached one of the goats.


    They seemed unaware of Pento''s presence until he pounced on one in the group.


    He grabbed the leg of one of the goats and ran in the direction he hade from.


    The goats, seeing one of their partners getting dragged, they started bleating and running instead of saving their partner.


    Pento heaved a sigh of relief, seeing no goat chasing him. After getting a safe distance away from them, he let go of the leg of the goat.


    Right away, the goat began to run, but a kick came its way and it was thrown.


    After the kick, the goat''s eyes turned red from rage. Instead of escaping after standing up, the goat rushed in the direction of Pento.


    The sudden turn of events stunned Pento for a moment, but the next moment he regained his calm as the goat wasing closer to him with both its horns, threatening to create a giant hole in his stomach.


    Pento currently had two choices. He could either move away and let the goat try to hit him again, and in turn, he would get a chance to take advantage of the situation, or he could instead of moving away and grab the horns of the goat and fight a full-frontal battle with it.


    He chose the first option, but suddenly a voice came from his heart, "What fun would it be to move away and let the goat give you a chance to win? The fun of real battle would only happen if I grabbed the horn of the goat."


    Unaware of the situation, Pento''s eyes turned red, the same color as the goat''s eyes.


    A cruel smirk appeared on his face as he tried to control the goat using its horn when it reached him.


    In an attempt to force Pento away, one of the goat''s horns slightly touched his lower waist.


    His jacket was ripped by that slight touch, leaving him with a deep wound in the waist.


    Instead of feeling pain, the cruel smirk turned eerier, and Pento mmed the goat''s head into the ground using all his force.


    The m didn''t create any wound on the goat''s head, but it still gave a second window, which Pento could use for attacking.


    Pento picked up the head of the goat and mmed into the ground again.


    "Maaaaa...."


    The goat cried in pain. Pento ignored the cry and repeated the same process. He only stopped when the cries stopped, and it lost its life.


    The next moment, Pento''s eyes returned to normal, and an expression of confusion appeared in them. Before he could think of something else, a green ray of light escaped the goat''s body and entered his.


    Next, he felt an energy rush into his body that was strange and familiar at the same time. Before he could even enjoy the feeling, it disappeared.


    Pento couldn''t help but curse in frustration, but his mouth came to a sudden halt as the next moment, a sudden pain emerged from his lower body.


    He looked down in confusion and found a deep wound on his waist. The blood had stopped leaking, but the pain didn''t.


    He then felt something in his right hand and found one of the horns of the dead goat in his hand.


    "What happened here?" He cried in confusion.


    The next moment, his entire body turned wet with sweat as he remembered a sudden voice hade from his heart, and after that, he couldn''t remember anything.


    "It must be the eyes of the goat," Pento whispered to himself after thinking for a while.


    He remembered he had decided to move away instead of directly facing the goat. He was confident that it was the ability of the goat to make the being lose himself in rage. Otherwise, it would''ve been too easy for any regr being to kill them.


    He couldn''t help but draw a breath of cold air aftering to this conclusion.


    Just thinking about if the goat was a little more stronger sent chills down his spine.


    "What has happened has happened! Let''s focus on the present!" He murmured after taking several deep breaths to calm his pounding heart.


    He took a look at his wound and decided not to engage any goat until the wound heals.


    Since the goat didn''t initiate the fight until attacked, Pento didn''t need to worry about his safety in the area.


    Now, he only needed to worry about the food. He could either eat the raw flesh of the goat or he could graze grass like the goats.


    "Grass is better than raw meat," Pento murmured as he couldn''t help but feel disgusted whenever he thought about eating the raw meat.


    "Spit!"


    The next moment, Pento spit the grass as it tasted bitter. If he took one more bite, he would vomit, so he stopped trying to eat it.


    His eyes then fell on the corpse of the goat and the pieces of its smashed head lying around it.


    He picked one of the pieces from the ground and put it in his mouth.


    "Eh!" The next moment, he eximed in surprise as he found the taste, the same as the cooked meat.


    It didn''t take him long to finish all the pieces lying on the ground.. He also noticed a tiny positive change in his wound due to the flesh of the goat.

 Chapter 162 - Reward

    Chapter 162: Reward


    A minute has passed since the event began, but sixty days have passed inside the store and the mini-portals world due to time dtion.


    Pento was still in his first dungeon and was facing a goat that looked twice as big as him.


    There was aplete change around him as the clothes he had worn when he entered the portal were nowhere to be seen. Instead, a jacket and Pant made of goat''s leather, covered his body, while for the feet, he was wearing shoes made up of the skull of the goat.


    Unlike the first battle, he didn''t fall into the rage mode and was fighting while using a spear made up of the bones of the goat and the spearhead made up of the horn.


    During these sixty days, he hunted the goats using the same strategy. He would pick on a goat every time, and the others in the group would escape instead of fighting.


    He didn''t take any risks because the goat could cause him to be rage-filled, so he only fought solo battles in which even if he got injured, he wouldn''t die.


    After thirty days, he was able to turn off the rage mode. On the forty-seventh day, it stopped affecting him in any way.


    After that day, he started fighting the group of goats, and finally, the leader of the dungeon appeared when he crossed the kill count of 50 goats.


    The leader goat and Pento had almost equal strength, so no one wasing out on top of the battle.


    Pento had an advantage over the leader of the dungeon. He could eat the meat he had stored, and it would help him reduce his exhaustion, but the leader couldn''t do anything but fight, despite getting tired.


    Time flew by. A few minutes had passed since the battle began. As the leader''s eyes were red from rage due to Pento''s attack, it was using its entire energy to attack him, and he had to use hisplete concentration to dodge whenever a dangerous strike came his way. Fighting like this for a few minutes made both of them tired.


    The leader had gotten tired, but since it had lost its sanity, it didn''t stop for even a single moment and continued trying to rip Pento into pieces using its horn.


    Fortunately for Pento, the movement speed of the leader had decreased by several folds due to tiredness, giving him relief in dodging.


    He hadn''t been able tond a sessful hit on the leader since the battle began. He had tried several times, but due to the size and movement speed of the goat, he failed every time. He had only been dodging the charge of the goat until now.


    Due to tiredness, the goat''s speed decreased, and it gave Pento a chance to counterattack.


    Each time the goat charged at Pento, he would move a few steps away. The goat would then try to turn around to m him again. At that moment, he would get a chance tond a hit.


    Since he had also gotten tired, he couldn''t conjure much of his power while trying to pierce the skin of the goat.


    Pento repeated the same process again since the goat was mindless and couldn''t do anything but repeat the same charge every time he moved away. Pento struck the same spot every time the leader tried to turn around.


    After striking for the umpteenth time, the horn spear finally pierced the skin of the goat, but since it didn''t have enough power in it, it only created a shallow wound.


    But at this point, the shallow wound proved even more dangerous than a critical injury for the goat due to both mental and physical exhaustion.


    With a thud, the goat fell down on the ground. Seeing the scene, Pento couldn''t help but fall on the ground, gasping for breath.


    The goat hadn''t died yet since the injury may have felt critical, but it was only a shallow wound.


    After a few seconds, Pento stood up, using the bone spear as the support.


    "It will all be over after I kill it," He murmured to motivate himself while staring at the goat lying t on the ground with its mouth wide open gasping for breath.


    He gathered every unit of energy he had and attacked, aiming at the goat''s head.


    The next moment, a heart-rending scream echoed in the dungeon as the bone spear failed to pierce its head entirely.


    After that strike, Pento fell down the ground since he didn''t have enough energy to continue standing.


    The spear was still pierced on the goat''s head while the goat yed on the ground, screaming in pain.


    Pento didn''t want to let it feel such torture, but he didn''t have enough energy to kill it, so he left it to die on its own.


    A few minutester, all the struggle stopped, and the goat''s eyes turned lifeless.


    The next moment, a green ray of light emerged from its corpse and entered the exhausted Pento''s body, filling him with all the energy he needed.


    All the exhaustion he had, either mental or physical, and some wounds he had gotten while fighting with the leader disappeared, and Pento turned out to be the same as before starting the fight with the leader.


    Pento took a deep breath and stood up. He could feel he had gotten stronger, but since the leader wasn''t much stronger than him, he didn''t feel much change in his strength.


    The next moment, his eyes fell upon the corpse of the leader.


    A surprised expression appeared on his face as he didn''t find the corpse where it should have been. Instead of the corpse, a red spherical eggy there.


    His surprise turned into excitement as he picked up the egg from the ground.


    "A weapon or a skill!" He put the egg down, joined his palms together, and prayed to his ancestors to get some good reward.


    After praying, he picked up the egg from the ground and crushed it.


    The next moment, a red light emerged from the crushed egg, and it dissipated into light particles.


    The next moment, an ordinary looking knife appeared in his hands.


    He couldn''t help but feel disappointed seeing the ordinary knife.. "Anything is better than nothing!" He mumbled the next moment after seeing the sorry state of the bone spear lying on the ground.

 Chapter 163 - Battle

    Chapter 163: Battle


    The reward knife couldn''t look more ordinary, but since Pento had belief in Aakesh and the store, he decided not to judge the weapon by its appearance.


    His eyes then fell on the bone spear lying down on the ground. The spearhead made of the horn had also disappeared after the corpse of the leader disappeared, making it useless.


    "Let''s check your sharpness," He murmured, looking at the knife in his hands.


    After deciding, he didn''t wait further, bent down, and struck the spear.


    The next moment a surprised expression appeared on his face as the knife cut the remaining spear in two like it was cutting a piece of butter.


    "How can anything rted to the store be ordinary?" He mumbled as he gently tucked the knife in his waist using the jacket.


    "Now, how do I lea-"


    He whispered, but his words came to a sudden halt as he felt himself going through the torture he had faced while entering the portal again.


    The next moment, he appeared on thend filled with snow where he had spawned when he entered the world.


    A snowstorm was going on currently, with the weather reaching minus degrees, but Pento only felt a slight chill in the weather.


    His view range had grown despite a strong snowstorm trying to obstruct his view. He could see up to 70 meters.


    Like the first time, he randomly chose a direction and proceeded in that direction since he knew the weather would only get chillier now that he was here.


    Time flew by. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years.


    It has been two years since the participants entered the artificial dimension for the event, while only around 12 minutes had passed in the real world.


    Despite spending two years in a world, time didn''t affect either the participants or the people in the crowd.


    In these two years, many came across yellow dungeons a level higher than the green dungeon, but only two participants attempted to clear it, and both the participants failed and got killed.


    Since the participants only had one life in the dimension, they got disqualified and returned to the tform.


    Many participants even failed to clear the green dungeon where the monsters would have clear weaknesses. The green dungeon took more than 500 lives in the past two years.


    While in the store, only three participants came forward to participate in the event in thest 12 minutes, making the number of participants for the event 286,747, out of which 537 participants had gotten disqualified.


    Pento was currently picking up a red egg from the ground.


    The area around him looked as if an earthquake hade here. Cracks on the ground could be seen with some trees half charred or some trees lying on the ground.


    He had an expressionless face, seeing the red egg in his hands.


    He then crushed the egg, and the next moment a roll made of animal skin appeared in his hands.


    A confused expression appeared on his face as he opened the roll.


    When he opened it, he found some strange letters he had never read or seen engraved in the roll. Suddenly the letters came alive and started leaving the animal skin.


    Pento was taken aback by the sudden situation, but he calmed himself the next moment as it was a reward.


    The next moment, the animal skin disintegrated since all the letters engraved in it were currently floating in the air.


    As if a lock had been opened after the animal skin vanished, the letters floating in the air made a straight line and rushed at Pento.


    Pento took a deep breath to calm himself down since it was a reward, not an attack, but subconsciously he had turned into a posture where he could attack anytime using his spear.


    "Eh!" A sudden exmation left Pento as he didn''t feel anything after the letters attacked him.


    The next moment, all the letters dissolved into Pento, and a sudden headache emerged out of nowhere.


    Pento clutched his head to control it, but the next moment it disappeared like it was never there, and Pento only saw an Illusion.


    "A Combat skill!"


    Pento eximed in excitement as he found a new memory inside his head.


    It was abat skill that only beings with weapons could use. Fortunately for Pento, he used a spear since he had gotten used to it during the past two years.


    "Finally, a skill! Yellow dungeon truly worked for me," Pento murmured as the next moment, a blue light engulfed his spear, and the next moment it disappeared.


    Pento didn''t know, but he was the first participant to clear a yellow dungeon.


    After the blue light disappeared, Pento looked at his white spear with a red arrowhead, looking the same as before.


    It looked as if nothing had changed, but the next moment when Pento pierced the air, a beam out of nowhere emerged and engulfed an area of a few meters around it.


    Since Pento was the attacker, the energy st didn''t injure him, but a few feet deep pit had appeared where he was standing.


    An excited expression appeared on Pento''s face, seeing the damage caused by the new skill he had learned. The next moment, he disappeared from the dungeon and appeared near a house made of snow.


    During the past year, whenever he came across a dungeon, he would create a tiny structure near it for resting.


    He entered the building and fell t on the ground filled with furs of different beasts. The next moment snores echoed in the area as it didn''t take long for him to fall asleep.


    While Pento was sleeping peacefully, Brinda was currently in a fight against a group of humans.


    It was her sixtieth green dungeon, and she had decided to search for the yellow dungeon after she exited from here.


    A group of humans had surrounded her, but instead of worrying, a smile spread across her face as she started the dance of massacre.


    With every swing, she severed a head. Green rays of light continuously entered her body, but since the power gap between the group of humans and her wasrge, it didn''t affect her.


    In no time, she cleared the area.. She didn''t even look at the headless corpses and proceeded forward in search of the leader of the dungeon.

 Chapter 164 - Massacre

    Chapter 164: Massacre


    After killing the group of humans, she proceeded forward in search of the leader of the group.


    She didn''t have to go far when she came across a shelter. Before she could decide anything, an arrow came her way. She easily deflected it using her sword and made her decision.


    The next moment, she extended her hands, and fire out of nowhere emerged in her hands. It was one of the basic skills of fire element/Qi/Prana users. She got it as the reward in the eleventh green dungeon.


    A few secondster, the fire in her hand got bigger and reached her shoulders, but she still didn''t throw it and let it getrger.


    The humans in the settlement didn''t wait for the fireball toe their way. Those who were archers shot arrows, those who used closebat weapons rushed at her, while one in the human settlement had a simr skill but in the opposite element.


    It was the leader of the green dungeon and only had one skill in his arsenal, ''Waterball''.


    Finally, the fireball reached an extent where it got even harder for her to control. She knew it was the right time to throw it since the warriors of the human settlement were rushing at her.


    After making her decision, she didn''t think twice and threw the fireball at the human settlement.


    The arrows that were threatening to pierce her got melted by the heat of the fireball that reached them.


    "Boom!"


    The next moment, a loud explosion urred in the area that sent a mushroom cloud several meters into the air.


    Suddenly a huge influx of green stream of lights emerged from the destroyed area and engulfed her. She couldn''t help but enjoy the moment since abined influx made her feel the sensation of getting stronger.


    The enjoyment didn''tst as a heart-rending scream filled with anger echoed in the area the next moment.


    Brinda knew it was the leader. He must''ve survived due to the waterball reducing the damage to some extent.


    A few momentster, where once the leader stood, was a red egg. As Brinda bent down, she picked up the red egg from the ground and crushed it.


    "Nothing!" She disappointedly murmured as nothing came out of the egg.


    She didn''t feel disappointed for long as it wasn''t the first time she got nothing from the red egg. Since this was her sixtieth hunt of the green dungeon, she had gotten quite a few red eggs with no reward.


    The next moment, she disappeared from the dungeon and appeared outside it. Unlike her brother Pento, she spawned in afortable environment and area. As far as she looked, only flowers could be seen.


    Since this was herst hunt of the green dungeon and she was ready to hunt the yellow dungeon, she took a random direction and proceeded in that direction toe across a yellow dungeon.


    While Brinda was searching for her first yellow dungeon, Pento was sleeping peacefully after hunting his first dungeon, and right at that time, Lenna came across her first yellow dungeon.


    No expression change on her face appeared as she touched the yellow crack with the tip of her finger. The next moment, as if something had pulled her, she disappeared from there and appeared inside the dungeon.


    During the past two years, she had cleared only eleven green dungeons. It took her twelve days to clear the first dungeon, and then she trained for a month to gain betterbat experience. After clearing every dungeon, she repeated the same process, which led her toplete herst dungeon in under an hour. If not for the time spent finding the creatures, she would''vepleted the dungeon in only a few minutes.


    When she entered the dungeon, she didn''t have to search for the creature any long as not far from her, there was an Orc settlement, and the area inside the dungeon was also several times smaller than the green dungeons she hadpleted.


    "Roar!"


    "Roar!"


    "Roar!"


    Continuous roars rang in the area next second as the Orcs noticed a stranger appearing out of nowhere near their settlement.


    Hordes of Orcs left their settlement and rushed at Lenna to kill her since a voice came from their hearts to not let any stranger that entered thisnd return alive.


    Lenna looked at the horde of Orcs and saw more than hundreds of Orcs rushing at her, threatening to kill her as brutally as possible.


    Her face stayed expressionless as she only stood there and waited for the horde toe at her.


    In no time, the horde of Orcs reached her. The Orc who was at the front punched at her head, aiming to kill her in one strike, but suddenly a painful scream escaped his mouth as he found his hand had gone.


    Before he could even understand what had happened, a horizontal strike hit him, and the next moment, he got split into two perfect pieces.


    The Orcs got stunned by the sudden killing of one of their members, but instead of decreasing, their ferocity increased, and they rushed at her even faster.


    Lenna had no reaction to the sudden increase in ferocity of the Orcs. She and her sword started a beautiful dance in the area, and the blood of the Orcs was the payment for it.


    Every time an Orc reached her, they would fall to the ground either in two pieces or multiple pieces.


    More than ten minutes had passed since Lenna entered the dungeon. In those ten minutes, she had killed more than two hundred Orcs, but still many were left and were rushing at her.


    Lenna knew she couldn''t let it continue for long as it would be bad for her if she got tired.


    Suddenly the air turned chillier in the area. Orcs stopped in their charge and confusedly looked around them.


    The next moment, Lenna bent down and touched the ground. "O spirit of Ice, announce your arrival!" She murmured while touching the ground.


    Out of nowhere, ice covered the ground and then froze every Orc present in the area.


    It was one of the spells of the Ice spirit magic she had gotten as a reward after her second sessful hunt of the green dungeon.. It was one of the best rewards any participant had gotten in the dungeon until now.

 Chapter 165 - Fortune And Misfortune

    Chapter 165: Fortune and Misfortune


    When Lenna cast the spell, ice appeared on the ground out of nowhere. The next moment, every Orc, including the leader of the dungeon, got frozen with different horrified expressions on their faces.


    "It''s too much," Lenna murmured while gasping for breath. The spell demanded arge amount of energy that''s why she didn''t use it at the start.


    As the Orcs were only frozen, their death would still take some time. Lenna took a deep breath and rushed at them. With every swing of her sword, a frozen orc crashed to the ground in multiple pieces.


    With every kill, a yellow stream of energy embraced her, which in turn made her energetic instead of getting tired.


    A few minutester, every Orc except the leader was dead.


    She looked at the only standing ice statue and found an expression of unwillingness on the leader Orc''s face. She didn''t care what the leader felt, so she swung her sword.


    The next moment, the leader''s frozen head flew away.


    The next moment, the leader''s frozen corpse disintegrated into nothingness, and in ce of it, only a red egg remained.


    Finally, a slight change in her expression urred as it was the first reward of her yellow dungeon.


    She picked up the egg and crushed it the next moment.


    The red egg faded into light, and in ce of it, a square talisman appeared.


    The square talisman was ck in color, and there was a red pattern of sword engraved on it.


    The next moment, a new memory appeared inside Lenna''s head, exining the talisman.


    It was a talisman that Lenna could use in any dungeon, but it would be most effective in a yellow dungeon. After activation, a sword the size of a palm would appear and attack the head of Lenna''s enemy.


    She didn''t care much about it since she was going to train a month after leaving here and was confident that she wouldn''t need it to defeat the leader of any yellow dungeon.


    Since there was nothing left to do, she thought of leaving the dungeon, and the next moment, a suction pressure appeared and pulled her out of the dungeon.


    Since time didn''t stop for anybody, time flew by, and years passed.


    It has been around eight years since the participants joined the event and were fighting for the reward.


    For those who had lived for millions of years, eight years were nothing, but there were many participants participating in the event who had only lived for thirty or forty years in real life.


    Many of them weren''t able to handle the loneliness of eight years and willingly decided to quit.


    While eight years had passed inside the portal and the store, only around 45 minutes had passed in the real world.


    In those 45 minutes, tens of thousands of people entered the store, and out of them, 364 people decided to join the event, taking the tally of participants to 287,111.


    Out of 287,111 participants, 38,649 participants had gotten disqualified, either willingly or dying in the dungeon.


    Inside the dimension,


    In the eight years that had passed, many beings who had nothing to show rose and became one of the favorites to win the event by either of the three ranks.


    One such being was Julian. He was only a Soul Formation level cultivator in real life, but since his father was rich, he was able to participate in the event.


    In his first hunt in the green dungeon, he looked like he would get killed in every battle he fought, but somehow he was able to clear the dungeon.


    His destiny changed due to the reward he got from the red egg. As if he was chosen by a god, he got one of the three top rewards anyone could get from the red egg in any color dungeon.


    From the red egg, he got the skill, ''Dragon Breath''.


    As its name suggested, it was the skill of Dragons. He not only got that skill. From the next dungeon hunt, he got the passive skill, ''Infinite Energy''.


    Using that skill, he could use Dragon breath as many times as he wanted without any issue of saving energy. Using thebination of these two skills, he cleared dungeons as if an Elephant in rage clears a field of crops.


    He was the first participant to clear the orange and the blue dungeon.


    Even Aakesh was dumbfounded by the luck of Julian. If not for his unbelievable luck, he wouldn''t even be able to clear a yellow dungeon, and now he had cleared orange and blue dungeons and was going for the white dungeon next.


    Julian wasn''t the only participant to get overpowered due to luck. Maria was also one of the participants who were able to survive until now due to her luck.


    When Aakesh announced the event, she only had 15 top Primal stones in her space ring. She decided to gamble since her entire wealth was due to Aakesh not caring for Primal stones.


    Unlike Julian, she didn''t clear starting dungeons only based on her luck.


    She cleared green dungeons on her own and was also able to clear a yellow dungeon without getting any outrageous reward.


    Her luck changed for the better when she killed the leader of her second hunt in the yellow dungeon. The red egg she received after killing the leader awarded her one of the top two rewards avable to any participant.


    She got the system Necromancer and many skills of it as the reward.


    The system and its skills helped her gain control of each enemy she killed. With each kill, she grew stronger and almost unbeatable.


    The dungeons inside the world had a rule that anything other than the reward from the red egg couldn''t be taken into another dungeon, but the system Necromancer bypassed it, and Maria could take her undead army into other dungeons.


    While there were many beings who had outrageous luck, there were also many beings who had terrible fortunes.


    One such being was George. He cleared around two hundred dungeons of different colors in thest eight years, and only in three out of these two hundred dungeons had he gotten any reward from the red egg.


    If not for his natural talent in fighting, he would''ve never been able toe this far in the event.

 Chapter 166 - Aisad

    Chapter 166: Aisad


    Time flew by, and another eight years passed, taking the count to more than sixteen years, while outside the store, it had been over 90 minutes since the event began.


    In thest 45 minutes, 483 participants joined the event, taking the count of participants to 287,594. Out of the total number of participants, only 88,762 participants were still participating in the event.


    Even though sixteen years had passed, there wasn''t a single participant that was able to clear a ck dungeon until now.


    The difficulty jumped several folds from the blue dungeon to the white dungeon. Even the regr creatures in the white dungeon were stronger than the leader of the blue dungeon, and also their numbers had also increased by hundred folds, making the challenge tougher.


    Julian, who was riding on his sky-high luck, was the first to cross the white dungeon, using thebination of Dragon Breath and Infinite Energy.


    In the white dungeon, he found strong opponents belonging to the race of Wyrms, but Dragon Breath proved to be a herculean task for the Wyrms to defeat, and in the end, they lost. He didn''t get any special reward after killing the leader, but he didn''t mind since he had gotten drunk in the power of the Dragon Breath.


    After that, he challenged several white dungeons and won. Unlike the previous color dungeons, the fastest clear he had was 141 days, so it took him seven years until he got full of the white dungeons.


    After getting bored of the white dungeon, Julian started searching for ck dungeons. After searching for days, he finally found one.


    It was a crack the size of anything Julian had never seen before. Standing near it alone sent chills down his spine.


    Julian started having doubts about whether he wanted to clear some more dungeons, but the next moment, thebined skills gave him confidence that he would clear this dungeon like he cleared the past dungeons.


    After having enough confidence, he took a deep breath and entered the dungeon.


    After entering the dungeon, his face turned pale, and he lost all of his colors. The next moment, a sudden pressure arrived on him and forced him to kneel in front of the being that had scared him.


    In front of him stood only a single being that had a curious look in its eyes when Julian appeared in the dungeon.


    Julian had never seen anything like the being before, but right after he appeared here, an eerie feeling pervaded his mind and horrified him.


    The being curiously looking at Julian belonged to the race called Aisad.


    Aisads belonged to the group of demon races and were one of the overlords of the Primal dimension. Only Hygars were above them when it came to power.


    His good fortune finally ran out, and he found one of the worst enemies he could encounter before reaching the golden dungeon.


    Julian tried to use Dragon Breath to force him out of this suppression, and it worked, but instead of getting free, he found himself floating and then getting pulled by an invisible hand, only to stop when he reached the being and could see it clearly.


    "Oh, a mediocre being but horrifying skill," A female voice rang in the area the next moment. The voice contained a hint of curiosity and seduction.


    Julian looked at the being and could finally get theplete look.


    Six curved horns covered in spikes sat atop the being''s head. On the top of each horn, a different kind of me burnt, signifying the control of the being over six kinds of mes.


    Two ck eyes covered the entirety of the being''s face. A confused look appeared on Julian''s face as he didn''t find ears, nose, or mouth, but he didn''t have to for long, as the next moment, a vertical jaw appeared right below the chest and ended right above the waist.


    "Let''s hope you taste good!"


    Another voice rang in the area that sent chills down Julian''s spine.


    Julian didn''t want to go without fighting, so he used the Dragon Breath and attacked the vertical mouth of the being.


    "Delicious!"


    The next moment, a dumbfounded expression appeared on Julian''s face as instead of the Dragon Breath harming the being, the being ate the entire energy attack. Julian didn''t know that he had done the worst thing at that moment.


    Aisads were beings that only had control over two elements. They were fire and devouring. They could devour anything and everything.


    If a child who could barely lift it got a hammer, he couldn''t destroy the wall, simrly the Dragon Breath was an unbelievably powerful attack, but its user wasn''t, so instead of harming the Aisad, the Aisad devoured it.


    And now that the Aisad had found the attack tasty, it wouldn''t kill Julian. Instead, it would force him to use Dragon Breath so that it could enjoy the delicacy.


    As anticipated, the Aisad forced Julian to use Dragon Breath to enjoy the taste for seven days. If Julian refused, the Aisad would use Soul Fire, one form of the fire element, to burn his soul.


    Since participants couldn''t quit the event inside the dungeon, Julian had to ept the torture and continue feeding the Dragon Breath Aisad.


    Finally, after seven days, the Aisad got bored of the taste of the attack, it decided to kill Julian and send him on his way to the afterlife. The creatures in the dungeon had the same intellect as the creatures of reality, and they believed themselves to be part of this ce until their death. The system had done this so that no creature submits to the participant due to their high intellect.


    Two other participants other than Julian tried to enter the ck dungeon, but the other two decided to clear more white dungeons first after facing the pressure from the ck crack. They got the sense that they were still too weak to clear the ck dungeon, so they left.


    Pento was the first participant to clear the white dungeon, but he couldn''t continue the same momentum and was currently only at the blue dungeon. He was currently fighting against the Infernals in his second entry at the blue dungeon.


    His sister Brinda was fighting in her first white dungeon. She had just entered the white dungeon and found an endless jungle waiting for her. A few momentster, she found a group of Moonlight Elvesing at her, so she took a deep breath and got ready to fight.


    Simrly, Lenna was also in her first white dungeon. She had reached the level of entering the white dungeon many years ago, but since she didn''t want to take a risk, she trained for a few years and finally was ready today to clear a white dungeon.


    sha was also fighting in the white dungeon, and it was her sixteenth entry into the white dungeon. The dungeon belonged to the den of Scarlet Wyrms. She easily defeated the ordinary wyrms and was currently fighting against the leader of the dungeon.


    The wyrm had blood leaking all over its body due to numerous injuries. It was angrily ring at the stranger who had entered its den and killed its family members. sha, who did not even have a hint of a scratch, looked yfully at the wyrm and provoked it by gestures.


    When Maria got the Necromancer system, she got several folds stronger than she was, and it also gave her a chance to win either of the three territories.


    Despite getting an overpowered reward from the red egg, she didn''t get overconfident and continued cautiously clearing dungeons.


    As with every clear of the dungeon, she got an increase in power as well as the skills of the Necromancer.


    When she got the system, she could only revive two undead creatures, but after she killed a leader, the number grew to three, and so on. Currently, she has an army of more than a million creatures.


    Approximately 80% of the army belonged to the blue dungeon creatures, while the other 20% belonged to the orange dungeon.


    She was currently standing in front of her first white dungeon.


    "Let''s hope I''m not very far from other participants," She whispered, looking at the white crack in the space.


    She then took a deep breath and touched the crack. The next moment, an invisible suction force came out of nowhere and pulled her in.


    The next moment, she appeared inside the dungeon.


    She found herself in an entirely different environment from thest dungeons she had cleared.


    She appeared in a center of what looked to be a ghost town.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there would only be one chapter today, and this may continue for three-four days.


    Someone very close to me died today in a tragic ident, so I won''t be able to write for two or three days.


    Please forgive me!


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 Chapter 167 - Necromancer

    Chapter 167: Necromancer


    After the white crack sucked Maria in, she appeared in a strange environment. After looking around, she made the assumption that it was the ghost town.


    Dry grass, dying bushes, and withered flowers were all that''s left to show that this ce once sustained life. She was unable to identify the style of the buildings of the town since most only had walls showing that earlier there were structures that stood here.


    Most doors of the already ruined buildings were eitherpletely gone or mere remnants of rotten wood and rusty metal. The open doorways looked eerie as only darkness showed within. Dry rot, vines, and other undesired vegetation had taken the ce of paint on the structures and created a creepy decoration.


    "Whoosh!"


    Suddenly, a tearing sound filled the air, stopping Maria from looking at the ghost town.


    She dodged right away, and the next moment, an arrow passed right where once her head was. She felt chills seeing the arrow passing above her. If she had gotten even a secondte, it would have pierced her head and ended her journey in the event.


    "O fratrus oswolem!"


    The next moment, a chant in a strangenguage echoed as several magic circles appeared in the town.


    The next moment, with angry roars, several creatures appeared in the town. After emerging, their cries turned even louder as they could feel the sense of danger their master had felt a moment earlier.


    All the creatures belonged to different races, but there were two things simr for every undead, they had ck eyes, and there was a mark of a sword on the area between the eyebrows.


    It was the insignia of Maria''s family, and she imprinted the same mark on her undead soldiers.


    It may have looked like much time had passed, but only a second had passed since Maria dodged from the arrow. She then made a shield around herself with the leaders of the blue dungeons and sent other creatures to search for the enemy.


    Surrounded by tens of leaders of the blue dungeon gave some sense of security to her. She knew that she wasn''t secure with only this many beings in a white dungeon since she could feel the danger in the air. After she had dodged the arrow, the air in the dungeon had turned threatening to her.


    She then sat in a meditative pose and closed her eyes. She had the skill to change her point of view to any of the undead soldiers in her army.


    She had only closed her eyes for a moment when she suddenly opened her eyes and summoned a new group of creatures. These were thest group of the leaders of the blue dungeon she had killed.


    She then ordered them to go two hundred meters in the north direction since she had found her enemy. It was a Preta.


    Preta belonged to the group of the ghost race. They had simr body structures as humans, but they didn''t have a physical body. They only had a soul form. White eyes, white hair, and white skin without even a hint of blemish were their recognizing traits.


    Pretas weren''t an overly powerful race in the Primal dimension. They had simr stature as Elves, but unlike Elves, they weren''t popr despite being a beautiful race.


    They weren''t very popr because beneath their beautiful disguise was one of the cruelest races of the Primal dimension. In history, they had never killed a single person who hadn''t pleaded to get killed.


    Seeing the Preta through her now dead soldier, Maria couldn''t help but frown since the Ghost race neither belonged to the dead nor living. They were between the two, so even if she killed them, they still wouldn''t die and get assimted to the world, and she wouldn''t get any new soldiers from them, and she also couldn''t revive her dead soldiers as Pretas take away the souls of the creatures they kill, and without souls, even undead can''t survive.


    If Maria had a choice, she never would''vee here, but since she didn''t have a choice, she took a deep breath and ordered her new summons to kill her. Even if she didn''t get any new soldiers, at least she would get an increase in her power.


    In the group she had sent, one of the being belonged to the Moya race. Since Preta only had soul form, Moya had an advantage over them due to being born from the soul stones, the purest form of soul energy.


    Maria knew the Moya would help her in this dungeon the most, so she ordered it to stay behind and attack from there while the others would face the Preta.


    As she had expected a few momentster, a white stream of light came at her. She refused it and sent it to the Moya soldier since it would be her biggest advantage over the Pretas.


    Time flew by, and days passed in the dungeon. Maria had lost more than 200,000 undead soldiers during thesest days, and out of which, two were the leaders of the blue dungeon.


    She and her army had killed more than 8847 Pretas during the hunt, but she hadn''t gotten even a little bit stronger than her previous self since she sent all the gains toward her Moya soldier.


    Until now, this dungeon had only proved to be a loss maker since she had not acquired a new soldier or increased her power but instead had lost many of her soldiers.


    Time flew by. Nine months had passed since Maria entered the dungeon.


    She had already lost 95% of her army during this time, and currently, she was in a fight against the leader of the dungeon.


    It was a male Preta and looked to be ten times the size of a regr Preta. All the remaining undead soldiers had surrounded the Preta, which numbered in thousands.


    Maria stayed behind during this battle as she was only equivalent to an ordinary creature of the white dungeon since she hadn''t gained a single stream of light during the hunts in the past months.


    All the leaders of the blue dungeon she had, took the lead, while the Moya soldier took the lead of the entire undead army.


    Instead of bing worried, the Preta smirked after he got surrounded by so many soldiers.


    The Preta extended his hands and the next moment closed it into a fist as if he was crushing something.


    "Aagh!"


    The next moment, painful screams echoed out from the midst of the undead army, and soldiers after soldiers started crashing to the ground.


    Maria''s face turned grave, seeing her soldiers crashing down the ground one by one. Only from a single attack, the Preta killed 70% of the soldiers that had surrounded him. It even took away the lives of three leaders of the blue dungeon.


    "Make a move!" She ordered the Moya. She decided to make it a one on one battle between the Moya and the Preta, while other soldiers would y the supporting role from behind.


    The Moya''s ck eyes turned even darker after getting the order from its master. It then started chanting in some strangenguage, and the next moment, white light surrounded every leader of the blue dungeon and Maria.


    The Moya did this to protect the leaders from any kind of simr situation arising. Maria couldn''t help but click her tongue, seeing the protection surrounding her.


    She knew she hadmitted a mistake. If she had ordered her before starting the fight, she wouldn''t have lost three of her strongest soldiers.


    Since she didn''t have time to ponder over this mistake, she stopped thinking about it and instead focused on the battle.


    She ordered the Moya to activate the skill, Soul Crush. The next moment, the Moya activated the skill. The Preta didn''t just stand there and let Maria attack him.


    He activated an offensive skill instead of a defensive skill. There was no defense better than pure offense, so why use a defensive skill?


    The next moment, energy started gathering above his head while a purple magic circle had appeared surrounding the Moya.


    Seeing an opportunity, the other undead soldiers rushed to attack the Preta. However, as soon as they reached the distance of two steps from him, they found themselves suddenly getting engulfed in fire.


    Painful screams echoed the next moment as it was the soul fire and directly burning their soul. As soon as a soldier reached two steps away from him, the soul fire burned not only their soul but their physical body to ashes.


    The energy ball hadpletely formed while a purple soul form of the Moya had appeared.


    Both the Preta and the Moya activated the attack, the next moment, the soul form shed with the energy ball, and an explosion urred.


    The next moment, the energy ball disintegrated into nothingness since the purple soul form had the power to negate any kind of soul energy, but the soul form also lost all its energy in obliterating the attack.


    Time passed, and the battle between the Moya and Pretasted for days.


    Finally, after battling continuously for three days, the Moya finally won, but Maria lost every undead soldier she had during the battle.


    Only her and the Moya were left after the battle ended.


    After the Preta died, a stream of white light came toward Maria. Unlike thest time, she didn''t refuse it and let it engulf her.


    The next moment, her entire body got filled with a strange yet familiar form of energy. It took more than a minute to stop evolving Maria''s body since it was only a body worthy of the leader of the blue dungeon.


    After the feeling of getting stronger ended, Maria focused on the red egg that had appeared in ce of the Preta.

 Chapter 168 - Twenty Years

    Chapter 168: Twenty Years


    "Please, a skill!" Evelyn murmured as she looked nervously at the red egg in her hands.


    She had just killed the leader of her third hunt in the white dungeon.


    She took a deep breath, praying for skill as the reward, and crushed the red egg. The next moment, it faded into light while a treasure had appeared in her hands.


    She nervously looked at the treasure in her hands and the next moment, "Damn it, another sword!" she cursed, seeing a glowing sword in her hands.


    Since the start of the event, she had grown ustomed to the bow, and in thest three white dungeons (including this one), she had only gotten a sword from the red egg.


    She could start using a sword, but she didn''t have enough time to start from the basic, she had already reached a high level, and she was here to win; learning was only second to her since the participants would forget everything they gained from the reward when they returned to the real world.


    "Personal Status!" She murmured.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing her details appeared in front of her.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Evelyn,


    Race: Human,


    Level: White(Medium),


    Energy grade: White,


    Health: 46,763/50,000,


    Strength: 28,643,


    Agility: 21,421,


    Vitality: 25,000,


    Weapon: Unnamed Bow(Blue Grade), Greenwood Armor set(Blue Grade)...


    Skills: Agneyastra(Inferior), Shakteyastra(Inferior), Varuneyastra(Inferior)...


    She nodded after looking at her status screen. Her strength had from 26,000 to 28,643, while her agility had gained more than 5,000 units this time.


    Looking at the status screen, her dissatisfaction with the reward disappeared. "Space Inventory," She murmured after waving the status screen away.


    The next moment, a tiny blue crack in the space appeared in front of her. She threw the sword she had just gotten as the reward into it, and the next moment, she got an alert inside her head, announcing the addition of the sword to her various weapons in the space inventory.


    Only Evelyn could see her personal status inside the dungeon as it was her reward from one of the orange dungeons, and she also got space inventory in the same red egg.


    The other participants threw away the rewards that weren''t very useful for them or were very heavy since they couldn''t carry them all the time in the battle. Evelyn didn''t have to worry about it since she had infinite space to store things, so she didn''t have to throw anything away and could use everything depending on their use in different situations.


    The next moment, she thought of leaving the dungeon, and soon a suction force sucked her away.


    Since her level was still white(Medium), she couldn''t go to the ck dungeon and face an unfair death. She chose a random direction where she was standing and proceeded to search for a new white dungeon.


    Time flew by, and another four years passed. More than 20 years had passed since the event began inside the store and the portal, while only more than two hours have passed in reality.


    Until now, no participant has been able to clear a ck dungeon, which was unexpected for Aakesh as he expected the fastest clear to be around ten years. But, more than twenty years had passed, and not a single ck dungeon had gotten cleared, let alone the gold dungeon, which was at least a thousand times difficult than the ck to clear.


    "Hey, system, what''s the level of the beings in the ck dungeon?" Aakesh asked. He also continued watching the actions of the participants in his mind.


    [Host, the regr beings would have power equivalent to Tao Pce, while the leader would have strength equal to the Heavenly Monarch.]


    The system responded in its mechanical, emotionless voice.


    "What about the leader of the gold dungeon?"


    [Host, the leader of the gold dungeon, would be equivalent to the peak of Heavenly Monarch that could ascend anytime they wanted.]


    Aakesh nodded after hearing about the cultivation level of the strongest being in the portal. The system also told him that if the leader were to be alive in the Primal dimension, there would be no other creature who could match them in power, so the challenge for the participants would only get toughest when they reached the gold dungeon.


    He then stopped thinking about how long it would take to get the fastest clear since it would take a long time after hearing about the power levels of the beings in the ck dungeon and watched what the participants were doing.


    In thest several minutes, 2678 participants joined the event, taking the total number of participants participating in thest event of the three-day event to 290,272.


    The current number of participants that were still in the race for the territories was 60,679, and around 80% of this group had reached the white dungeons, while the other 20% consisted of either the neers or those who were very slow in clearing dungeons.


    The majority of the left participants were above or equal to Void Forging in the real world, proving their talent superior to the low-level even when they started new.


    The participant that had cleared the most number of the dungeons was one of the participants that had arrived in the store for the first time after hearing the announcement of Punta''s father.


    It was a peak Tao pce expert who had lived for billions of years in the real world. He had no hope for attaining divinity. Whenever a Tao Pce cultivator got a breakthrough and reached the level of Heavenly Monarch, their body would evolve to make the physique suitable for bing a God one day.


    The Tao uses the lifespan of the cultivator as an energy source to evolve the physique, so the cultivators who have lived for a very long time couldn''t evolve in a fit state to ept divinity.


    The participant''s name was Geoffrey, and he was a male human, the king of the Wilson Kingdom neighbor to the Chivelle Kingdom.


    He had no interest ining here when he heard about the announcement. But when Geoffrey found out that his friend, the king of Chivelle Kingdom, was personally going, he also decided to see what was so special about the event.


    He wasn''t happy with the way his life was going despite being one of the strongest Tao Pce cultivators of the Primal dimension due to seeing a blockage in his way of cultivation. He knew he needed to be Heavenly Monarch first and then think about bing a God, but knowing that he would never be able to attain divinity even stopped him from trying to be Heavenly Monarch.


    He himself had founded the Wilson Kingdom and was also the sole Tao Pce cultivator in it. Still, his Kingdom was considered equivalent to the Chivelle Kingdom that had multiple Tao Pce cultivators just because of his power.


    When he reached the store and learned about the rewards he expected another reward like the Tower toe since the strength of the Wilson Kingdom was also its weakness.


    If something happened to him, the Kingdom he had founded after so much struggle would be lost with him if he didn''t have other Tao Pce members in the family.


    After learning the benefits of winning the territory in the Panagea, he decided to participate and maybe win the event and get the central territory.


    When he entered, it took around a few days for him to ept the fact that he was only an ordinary being since he had been a Tao Pce cultivator for billions of years.


    Since there wasn''t any blockage in his power path here, he freely leveled up and cleared dungeons after dungeons.


    He wasn''t the first to clear any color dungeon, but his consistency at clearing them was one of the best of all participants.


    His purpose in entering the event was to win any of the territories, but as time flew by, he forgot his purpose and cleared every dungeon he came across in his way.


    The feeling of improvement made him forget his purpose since he was someone who had been stagnant at the same power level for billions of years.


    In his intoxicating actions, he had cleared more than 5,000 dungeons during these twenty years. Out of which, three hundred were white dungeons.


    He was one of the few participants who had reached the level of entering the ck dungeon, but he had no interest in it since there were still tens of white dungeons left in his way to clear.


    ***


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 Chapter 169 - Oblivion Vampire

    Chapter 169: Oblivion Vampire


    During these twenty years in the event, there were many participants who rose out of nowhere after getting a fortune from the red egg, while there were also many who got disqualified out of nowhere after getting a good reward.


    One such participant who disappointed the crowd was Noah.


    Noah was one of the participants that had arrived in the store for the first time. He belonged to the race Vampire of the group of Demon race. He wasn''t an ordinary vampire. He belonged to the Oblivion Vampire, the strongest vampire race in the Primal dimension, and he belonged to the royal lineage of the Oblivion Vampires.


    Vampires had pure white skins, ck pupils that glowed red whenever they were in battle, and silver hairs, but the Oblivion Vampires had dark skins, ck pupils, and ck hair. Unlike other vampire species, they had two curved horns.


    Noah belonged to the Empire of d since they directly descended from the primogenitor of the Vampires, d. Noah''s father was the current Emperor of the Empire.


    The Empire of d wasn''t an Empire located on the Visteerna. Instead, they ruled a cluster of hundreds of universes and named it their Empire.


    The Empire of d was one of the top groups of the Primal dimension, with only a countable number of organizations either having equal power or surpassing them.


    Noah already had an elder brother, so he could never be the Emperor since the Oblivion Vampires had a tradition that only the eldest born would be the Emperor. In case the eldest of the family died, the eldest of the next generation would be the ruler of the Empire.


    Since Noah couldn''t be the Emperor, his fathermanded him to take care of the affairs of the other Vampire species in different parts of the Primal dimension.


    Following the Emperor''s order, Noah was traveling around the dimension to see to other Vampire species. When he was traveling on the Anga continent in the Chivelle Kingdom since Vampires had a town there, he also heard the announcement made by the king.


    He also decided to check the event like many others, but his goal wasn''t to win since he was happy with the way his life was going. He couldn''t be the Emperor, but he had as many resources as he wanted to cultivate due to being a royal descendant.


    When he heard about the Panagea, it piqued his interest since he himself had never heard of anything like the Panagea despite belonging to one of the top organizations of the Primal dimension.


    When he heard about the territory reward, he didn''t know why but the feeling of gaining something he could never gain emerged in his heart.


    He thought he was happy with not being ever able to be an Emperor and had tons of resources for himself, but when he heard about having his own territory in the Panagea, the Illusion of being happy broke down and instead, an excitement of having a territory of his own emerged.


    Since only the eldest could be the Emperor, the young siblings could conquer some other territories and start their own Kingdom, but the n of Oblivion Vampires strictly prohibited any royal descendant to have even a little territory on their name outside the Empire of d in the Primal dimension. If someone dared to break it, they would get eternal prison life.


    They did this because the elders of the n didn''t want to see a fight in the future due to jealousy.


    But since the territory in the Panagea didn''t exist in the Primal dimension, Noah wouldn''t break any rule if he won it and started his own small Kingdom on it, so he also decided to participate in the event.


    After deciding to participate, he didn''t wait and raised his hands. A few momentster he found himself teleporting from the chair to the tform.


    Participants who had gathered near him stepped away from him as a result of the name the Oblivion Vampires have gotten for their actions. There had been many wars that had engulfed at least one-fourth of the Primal dimension, and in almost every war, Oblivion Vampires were either the force that caused the war or the force that supported it.


    Noah didn''t mind it since he also enjoyed the look of fear many races had when they saw any being of the Oblivion Vampires.


    After Aakesh ordered the participants to enter, he also entered the dimensional portal like all others.


    The next moment, he appeared in an area that was surrounded by mountains. It wasn''t beautiful mountains, but instead, it was volcanic mountains on the verge of erupting.


    Since he was an Oblivion Vampire, his physique when he was an ordinary being would still be equivalent to Nascent Soul humans, but Aakesh had told them that every participant would start out as equal, so he had an ordinary physique.


    The moment he appeared, he started jumping since thend was hot, and the shoes he was wearing had disappeared.


    "Boom!"


    He was only thinking of the burning pain in his foot when the next moment, an explosion rang.


    He looked at the source of the explosion, and his face lost all the colors. He sawva spewing from the mountain a few hundred meters from him.


    He didn''t think anything at that moment and ran in the opposite direction.


    "Ugh!"


    "Ugh!"


    As he ran, groans escaped his mouth from time to time due to the pain.


    While running, he heard the sound of something flowing. He looked behind, and his face turned even paler as he found theva, like an avnche following him.


    He forgot about his pain at that moment and ran with all his power.


    Fortunately for him, he only had to run for around 300 meters as he noticed a green crack some distance away from him.


    He increased his speed even further, and when he was only a few meters away from the green crack, he jumped while extending his hand as far as he could.


    Before he could touch the ground, the tip of his finger lightly brushed the crack, and the next moment, it sucked him inside the portal.


    Right after he got sucked in, theva overwhelmed the green crack, but as if it was only a projection, the crack seemed unaffected by theva, and it passed right through it.

 Chapter 170 - Wrong Decision

    Chapter 170: Wrong Decision


    Noah suddenly felt as if someone was trying to stretch him from all directions after the tip of his finger lightly brushed the green crack.


    The next moment, the ufortable feeling disappeared as he found himself in unfamiliar surroundings.


    Before he could look at his surroundings, the pain he had been holding on, while running for his life erupted at the same time.


    He couldn''t help but release a scream since his physique was only ordinary. He sat down since with every moment he spent standing on made his injury worse.


    After sitting, he looked at the burn on his foot. He couldn''t help but feel shocked seeing the extent to which his foot had gotten burned.


    The skin of his foot had already burnt away, and he was currently looking at his charred muscles.


    He decided to let the injury heal before thinking of doing anything since the event would at least take decades to clear.


    But somehow, his bad luck didn''t give up on him, and suddenly the environment in the dungeon turned cold, and the chillier wind started flowing.


    When the wind brushed the burnt foot, Noah felt as if countless needles were poking his wound. Unaware, a drop of tear streamed through his cheeks, feeling the painful torture.


    The weather stayed the same for a few days, and those few days turned out to be hell for him, but he didn''t want to give up, so he persisted with the torture and didn''t give up.


    After the weather returned to normal, it only took a few days for his wound to heal. After it finally healed and stopped creating any form of trouble for Noah, he decided to start the hunt.


    Since he was in an open jungle, with the density of trees very low, Noah randomly chose a direction and proceeded in search of the enemy.


    It didn''t take long for him toe across the enemy. Only after walking for a few Kms. he found an Elf creating arrows using the branches of the trees of the jungle.


    Time flew by, and several days passed.


    While hiding on one of the tree branches in the jungle, Noah was looking at something on his front withplete concentration.


    Several meters in front of Noah were an Elf male and a female. It seemed they were a couple since they both were kissing.


    Noah aimed at the couple by the bow he had made during these past several days.


    He took a deep breath and shot the arrow, aiming for the female''s head since she was in front.


    "Whoosh!"


    The couple heard the sound of something tearing through the air while involved in their moment. They tried to move away, sensing some danger.


    The female easily moved away, but the male couldn''t, so the arrow pierced his throat.


    Noah couldn''t let the Elves make a scene, so he shot another aiming at the girl, but unfortunately for him, he missed it since the arrow was a few meters out of bound.


    He didn''t give up, knocked another arrow, and shot it once again while the girl had gotten frozen, seeing her lover struggling to survive.


    His shot again missed the aim of hitting the girl''s head, but fortunately for him, it was sessful in piercing her left shoulder.


    The pain from the piercing finally woke the girl up. Her eyes turned red from rage as she rushed in the direction of the arrow since she didn''t have a weapon in her hands.


    Noah didn''t get flustered and shot another arrow. The girl tried to dodge it, but she didn''t have enough time to, so she took the brunt of the strike on her hands and increased her speed.


    Noah finally had a change of reaction, seeing the savageness of the girl Elf. He tried to shoot another arrow, but it missed by quite a distance due to his flustered mind.


    The girl Elf hade very close where Noah couldn''t use archery anymore, so he rushed while holding one arrow in his hands.


    While rushing at her, he suddenly felt a stream of strange yet familiar energy engulfing him. He tried to calm his mind as he was in a life-and-death situation.


    The girl, in her rage, tried to punch Noah to knock him down, but the addition of the energy after the Elf''s growth made him slightly stronger than the girl, so he dodged it by turning his entire body to the left.


    The next moment, the punch passed through where his body was a moment earlier. He got hold of the girl''s hand and pulled her.


    The girl lost her bnce by the sudden situation and easily got pulled into Noah''s embrace.


    But instead of Noah''s chest, an arrow to her heart weed her. She coughed out blood in response when Noah took out the arrow from her heart and thrust it again and again until she lost her life.


    Another stream of strange energy weed him after the death of the female Elf.


    He took a deep breath after the feeling ended. "Two gone," He then murmured, looking at the corpse of the couple.


    After finding the Elf for the first time, he didn''t take a fight and instead started training in archery after making a bow from the tree branches. Today was the first day when he decided to start his hunt, and these were his first kills of the dungeon.


    Time flew by, and years passed. Noah found himself getting stronger with each clear.


    In a blue dungeon, he obtained a quiver with an unlimited number of arrows and a bow that would never miss its target. Using the bow, he easily cleared the dungeons.


    He didn''t even know when he started clearing white dungeons. He even became favorites for many in the crowd seeing his awe-inspiring performances in the dungeons.


    After clearing many white dungeons, he had gotten bored of them, so he decided to clear one more white dungeon, and then he would search for the ck.


    He only found how wrong he was in choosing one more dungeon when he saw the enemies.


    They were none other than Hygars, the strongest beings of the Primal dimension.


    Since the participants couldn''t leave the dungeon midway and go for another, Noah had no choice but to clear it if he wanted to go forward.


    Unfortunately for him, he lost the battle badly, and his opponent killed him.. His journey in the event came to an end due to one wrong decision.

 Chapter 171 - Titans And Asuras

    Chapter 171: Titans and Asuras


    There were many participants like Noah, who got disqualified by thebination of wrong decisions and bad luck, but there were also many participants who used their reward well to rise in the event.


    One such participant was Eris.


    Eris belonged to the race Titans. Titans were one of the first races to take birth after the creation of the Multiverse. They can be said to be the longest living race in the Primal dimension.


    Titans weren''t a natural-born race, but instead, they were the direct creation of a Deva. They lived in the third dimension countless years ago and rumored to be the ruler of that dimension once, but the rise of the Asura n changed everything.


    Since Asura''s were the second creation of the Multiverse herself after Devas, it didn''t take long for them to rise and take the ce of the ruler of the third dimension.


    How could Titans have let it happen, so they waged war against Asuras before they got too strong for them to even think of challenging?


    It proved to be the most terrible decision Titans made because the Asuras not only killed every stronger being belonging to the n of Titans, they also banished all the weaker Titans to the Primal dimension. It wasn''t the end, as they also took away the reproductive ability of the Titans instead of killing the entire n themselves.


    Since Titans were one of the first creations, they had an almost infinite lifespan even at their birth, so they had survived until now, but there are only around 100 members in their n.


    When they arrived in the Primal dimension, they instantly became the strongest race of the Primal kingdom, and their reign continued until the Hygars arrived here.


    Many of the Titans could defeat Hygars one on one, but Hygars had almost ten times more members than them, so they willingly epted them as the strongest race since they don''t want to face the same catastrophe again due to greed for power.


    Only Aakesh knew the reason behind the Hygar''s entry into the Primal dimension. Since Garuda, one of the strongest Primordial and the first Asura, the leader of the Asura race, were best friends because the Multiverse gave birth to them around the same time.


    Since the Multiverse prohibited beings from the third dimension from directly interfering in the first and second dimensions, the leader of the Asura n couldn''t interfere with them.


    The leader of the Asuras had taken away the reproductive abilities of the Titans, but he still wasn''t content with his revenge since his only daughter at that time died in the war the Titans had started.


    Since he thought it to be beneath him to kill weaker beings of the Titan n, he had banished them to the Primal dimension, but that didn''t mean he would let them live happily and rule the masses again.


    He had told his best friend, the Primordial Garuda, to send the failed race, Hygar, he had created with the Primordial Hydra. Since Garuda already had countless descendants and Hygars were only a failed race that failed to achieve even 10% of the power both Garuda and Hydra wanted, they didn''t feel anything for them.


    Since his best friend requested, Garuda smilingly epted and sent the Hygars to the Primal dimension.


    They may be failed races in their eyes, but since both, the parents were one of the strongest beings of the Multiverse after Devas, they still turned out to be on the same level as the weaker Titans.


    Eris was also one of those 100 beings who got banished to the Primal dimension, so if someone were to ask his age, he himself wouldn''t be able to answer.


    Since the Titans couldn''t ascend to the Sacred dimension due to the leader of the Asura n, they had no choice but to spend eternity in the Primal dimension.


    Some Titans chose to spend eternity sleeping. Some decided to live the life of mortals in lower worlds, while some chose to see every corner of the Primal dimension.


    Eris belonged to thetter group. He had been traveling since he came here, and he had covered every nook and corner of the Primal dimension except the Visteerna.


    While traveling around the Anga continent, he also heard about the event when he was near the Chivelle Kingdom.


    He decided that since he had unlimited time to waste, he''d check out this event.


    He would lie if he said that he had no interest in the Panagea. But his interest in Panagea was different from others in the crowd.


    He had already reached the limit of the Primal dimension, and he could never grow further no matter what he did due to the leader of the Asura n.


    But the introduction of Panagea took the only worry he had away.


    He worried about what he would do after seeing every nook and corner of the Primal dimension, but now he had a new world even bigger than the Primal dimension to see.


    He also decided to participate in the event for fun since he had no interest in the territory.


    He thought no one would find out his identity due to his power level, but Aakesh found it due to the help of the system.


    When Aakesh found out about the presence of a Titan in his store, he got surprised, as sightings of the Titans were so rare that people mistook them for a made-up race.


    If it were some other time, he would''ve conversed with the Titan for sure since they were the best to teach the world that takes your decision wisely, or you would face the worst of times, but since there was an event going on, he ignored it and didn''t stop him.


    Eris, unaware of his leaked identity, entered the dimensional portal with a smile after the store owner ordered them.


    The next moment, Eris found himself in familiar surroundings.


    "Fakus!" He murmured, seeing the scene in front of him.


    Fakus was one of the low-level uninhabitables of the Primal dimension.


    It was uninhabitable because whenever there was snow, the temperature would be extremely high, and vice versa.


    Eris knew it because Fakus was the only with this kind of unique environment.. At that moment, there was a snowstorm in his surroundings, causing his body to sweat from the heat.

 Chapter 172 - Weather

    Chapter 172: Weather


    After entering the portal, Eris found himself in an environment unique to Fakus, a low-level in the Primal dimension.


    "I turned into an ordinary person for real!" Eris eximed in surprise, seeing him turning into a weakling.


    The next moment, a hurried and worried expression appeared on his face as he ran to his front.


    Fakus''s weather was weird, and it turned instantly the opposite of what it was a moment before, so living here for Eris was impossible. He wouldn''t survive such change in the weather in the current condition, so he ran in search of the green crack.


    As Eris expected, while running, all the sweat on his face started freezing due to the weather suddenly reaching minus degrees. The snowstorm that had been going on disappeared out of nowhere and the sun rose, bringing the well-needed light to the surroundings.


    Eris increased his speed even more since he didn''t want to die before entering the crack.


    Time flew by, and around a few minutes had passed. The snow that had gathered on the ground due to the snowstorm had gotten melted due to the sun being very close to the surface despite the weather reaching minus degrees.


    If it were some other time, Eris would''ve loved to see thew of nature acting opposite, but since his life was on the line, he continued running despite the area turning into a one-foot deepke.


    "Damn it!"


    The next moment, he cursed in anger despite being countless years old. His body had started epting the cold temperature when suddenly the weather changed again.


    He now had two worries: first, if the snowstorm came again, the water in the area would turn into ice again, and he would get bound due to that, and second, his body would get exhausted if the weather turned extremely hot. Fortunately for him, the snowstorm never came, and he also found a green crack only after running for a minute.


    When he reached the green crack, his clothes had turned wet due to his sweat, while he was gasping for breath since the temperature had turned extremely hot, which made his body even more tired.


    He heaved a sigh of relief and touched the green crack after he reached near it. The next moment, a suction force emerged out of nowhere and sucked him in.


    "Ugh!" He groaned after finding him in a newnd.


    For a being of his caliber, he had done countless teleports, but it felt he had never done this before when the green crack sucked him in, making the feeling extremely ufortable and painful.


    He shook his head and took a deep breath to remove the ufortable feeling. After finally feeling alright, he took a look at his surroundings.


    "Let''s find out what kind of creatures are in this dungeon," He murmured after finding his surroundings to be an ordinary jungle filled with trees and small mountain peaks.


    "Wooooo!"


    He didn''t have to search for the identity of the creature, as the next moment, a wolf howl rang in the area. Soon, the surroundings got filled with multiple wolf howls as if the first was the leader, and the other were followers.


    Eris''s face turned ugly, hearing the wolf howls. The wolves are known to be social creatures, and they usually travel in groups. They also have good eyesight, good hearing, and good smelling characteristics.


    Since he only had an ordinary physique, and his strength would only grow after the kill, so if a group of wolves found him before he found a solitary wolf, he would be in big trouble.


    "If only I have a wea-"


    His murmuring came to a sudden halt as his eyes shined, seeing the vibrant trees in the jungle.


    "Life of a barbarian," He murmured while making his move.


    Time flew by, and around three months had passed since Eris entered the green crack.


    In the past month, he had been training in spears. Initially, he had decided to hunt the wolves with a bow and arrow, but after thinking about it for some time, he changed his mind.


    Since he only had ordinary power, he wouldn''t be able to hunt the wolf in one shot using an arrow even if he hit vitals, but the situation with a spear was different.


    In thest three months, he had been training in the spear he had made using the branches of the trees and the rocks.


    Today was finally the first day when he was going to hunt.


    The clothes with which he had entered the green crack had already gotten torn due to the spear practice. So he was currently wearing an armor made up of bark of the trees, with the area of the joint open so as not to interfere in moving.


    He tied the giant quiver he had made during the past month on his back. The quiver had a total of six spears so that even if he missed multiple targets, he wouldn''t fall in danger.


    After making all the preparations, he proceeded inside the jungle. In the past three months, he had traveled inside many times to make his ns, so he followed his n and cautiously moved inside the jungle.


    Time flew by. He finally found a group of four wolves and six cubs.


    He climbed the nearest tree from where he could easily aim at the vitals of the wolves. If he seeded in even killing one, he would get stronger.


    He patiently waited to find the right time while the cubs yed.


    Time flew by, and he finally got his opportunity. He took a deep breath and threw his spear.


    "Whoosh!"


    The spear flew, tearing the air, and the next moment it pierced the throat of the wolf peacefully sitting in the back.


    Time flew by, and seven months had passed since Eris entered the green crack.


    He was currently standing in a ruined area with w marks all over his body. Although one of the wounds was severe enough for his bones to be visible, Eris smiled, ignoring the pain.


    He couldn''t hide his smile as he looked at the red egg lying in front of him on the ground.


    "Finally," He smilingly whispered and bent down to pick up the red egg.


    After picking up the red egg, he excitedly crushed it.. When he saw what he had gotten as the reward, a shocked expression appeared on his face.

 Chapter 173 - The First-ranked Reward

    Chapter 173: The First-ranked Reward


    After Eris killed the leader of the world after fighting a hard battle, he stood there gasping for breath for a while.


    After his heart finally became calm from the energy of the battle, he looked at the corpse, only to find no corpse there. In ce of it, a red eggy there on the ground, waiting for him to pick it up.


    Eris took a deep breath and bent down to pick up the red egg.


    "So this is the reward," He murmured as he scrutinized the red egg in his hand.


    It didn''t look anything more than an ordinary egg, so he tapped his fingers on it to crack it.


    Following the tapping, nothing happened to the egg, so he used some of his power to crush it.


    The next moment, the red egg disintegrated into nothing. In its ce, an ordinary nk card appeared in Eris''s hands.


    "What''s this-"


    A confused expression appeared on Eris''s face after looking at the ordinary card in his hands. His murmurs also came to a sudden halt as the card left his hands on its own and began floating in front of him.


    Before Eris could speak anything, the card began glowing. He couldn''t help but close his eyes after the brightness got so intense that he couldn''t continue to watch it.


    The next moment, the light began spreading across the area.


    First, it engulfed him, then the area he battled on, and atst, it consumed the entire dungeon. But since Eris had his eyes closed, he didn''t know what was happening. He only knew that strange energy was forcibly entering his body, and he couldn''t do anything to stop it.


    It continued for a while. Suddenly, Eris started feeling cold, so he opened his eyes. He found himself back in the world inside the portal.


    He also noticed an empty blue screen floating in front of him. He found it to be transparent as well as opaque at the same time. If he focused on it, he wouldn''t see anything beyond the screen, but if his focus were on something else, the screen would stay the same, but it wouldn''t obstruct the view in front of him.


    He thought it was some dungeon clearing message, so he thought of it disappearing, but nothing happened, and the blue screen stayed in front of him.


    The next moment, letters in white started appearing on the blue screen.


    {Name: Eris,


    Race: Titan,


    Dungeon clear: Green(1),


    Talent: Dungeon Prediction(Tap to expand).}


    A confused look appeared on his face, seeing the contents of the blue screen.


    "How does it know!" Eris eximed in shock after seeing the Titan in front of the race section.


    Since Titans had almost an infinite lifespan from the moment they took birth, so many Titans chose to experience every cultivation system the Primal dimension had to offer to spend their free time.


    Eris was also one of them. He had cultivated almost every major cultivation system of the Primal dimension with the best cultivation/meditation arts.


    Eris had the best disguise skills/spells in his arsenal, so he was confident that no one would be able to see through his disguise.


    After seeing the abilities and hearing about Panagea, he thought that maybe the store owner would see through it, but when he appeared inside the portal with his human disguise, he believed that even Aakesh failed to see through his disguise.


    But now, he was seeing his actual race on the blue screen.


    After getting flustered for a while, he took a deep breath to calm his flustered heart since there was no point in worrying about it right now. He decided to talk to the store owner after exiting the event.


    He then focused on the blue screen after putting the thought about his race in the back of his mind.


    The following section on the blue screen talked about his number of dungeon clears. He ignored it since he himself knew it. He then focused on the fourth and thest section on the window.


    It talked about his talent. "Is it my reward from the red egg?" He murmured, seeing the talent option on the blue screen.


    When he appeared outside the dungeon, Eris thought that he was one of the participants with bad luck, and he didn''t get anything from the dungeon, but before he could''ve thought about it more, the blue screen had disturbed him.


    The blue screen only showed the name of the talent he had, but he didn''t have to worry about it since he could find out more details by tapping on the screen.


    The next moment, he tapped on the talent, and soon another blue screen containing the details of the talent appeared in front of him. Having done so, he then focused on it to find out more about the reward he had received.


    {Talent: Dungeon Prediction,


    Ability: The talent would allow the user to see whether they could challenge the dungeons or not.}


    "Woah!" Eris couldn''t help but feel shocked, seeing the details of the talent.


    Having this talent in this event was like giving wings to a tiger. If Eris knew about his chances of clearing the dungeon, he would never fall into a terrible situation, and he could easily grow in strength after clearing easy dungeons.


    While Eris stared at his shocking reward, Aakesh, on the outside, was also surprised.


    "Someone got it in a green dungeon," He murmured, seeing Eris getting the first-ranked reward he had prepared for the participants.


    The rewards were randomly sent to dungeons, so only the system knew what dungeon contained what level of items.


    A few people who randomly chose to watch him during the event also had stunned expressions after seeing the details of the talent Eris had gotten as the reward.


    Whenever some participants got the reward from the red egg, the people in the crowd who were watching the participant would automatically get all the details of the rewards in their heads.


    "A cheat!" One man in the crowd couldn''t help but murmur in astonishment after seeing the ability of his talent.


    When those around him heard the man, and when they themselves got the details of the reward, they had the same expression as that man.


    ***


    After calming his heart, Eris proceeded in search of another green dungeon to clear and also test the ability of the talent.

 Chapter 174 - First Clear

    Chapter 174: First Clear


    After seeing the details of the talent he had gotten as the reward, he proceeded straight in search of another dungeon.


    After walking for a few minutes, he finally came across a green dungeon.


    When he reached near it, the content on the blue screen floating in front of him automatically changed.


    {Dungeon Level: Green(Inferior)


    Chances of clearing: 83% chance ofpleting it without having any injury, 12% of mild injuries, 3% chances of clearing the dungeon with severe wounds, and 2% chances of dying while fighting the leader (failing the dungeon).}


    The next moment, his chances of clearing the dungeon appeared on the blue screen.


    Since 83% chance without any injury was an eptable percentage, he didn''t wait and entered the dungeon.


    Unlike the first dungeon, where he took months, this dungeon only took him 27 days to clear it.


    Time flew by, and twenty years passed. During these past twenty years, Eris had cleared a lot of dungeons. The talent had also saved him from many terrible dungeons, as in one case, he found a white dungeon, where his chances of clearing it were zero, so if he didn''t have the talent, he would''ve entered the dungeon and had gotten disqualified.


    Currently, he was standing in front of a ck dungeon, while the blue screen showed the chances he had at clearing the dungeon.


    {Dungeon Level: ck (Inferior)


    Chances of clearing: 0.083% chance of clearing it without having any injury, 0.02% of mild injuries,0.14% chances of clearing the dungeon with severe wounds, 98% chances of dying in the start(failing the dungeon), 1% chance of dying in the middle, and 0.8% of dying while fighting the leader.}


    "Another dungeon I can''t clear," Eris murmured after seeing that he didn''t even have a 1% chance of clearing the dungeon.


    He then took a deep breath and left for searching another ck dungeon.


    He could just clear more white dungeons to get stronger, but he decided against it as clearing a ck dungeon would be greater than clearing several white dungeons, seeing the power difference between them.


    Time flew by, and Eris''s search for a month finally bore fruit.


    He was currently standing in front of a ck crack that didn''t give him the same pressure as other ck dungeons had given him in the past month.


    He then focused on the blue screen floating in front of him to see whether he would need to search more or did he get his first clearable ck dungeon.


    {Dungeon Level: ck(Inferior)


    Chances of clearing: 81% chance of clearing it without having any injury, 9% of mild injuries, 4% chances of clearing the dungeon with severe wounds, 1% chances of dying in the start(failing the dungeon), 2% chance of dying in the middle, and 3% of dying while fighting the leader.}


    "Finally, a dungeon I have a chance to clear," He smilingly murmured after seeing around 90% chances of him clearing the dungeon.


    Since it was a risk worth taking, Eris didn''t wait and touched the ck crack.


    The next moment, a suction force emerged and sucked him inside the dungeon.


    "Ugh, every time!" Eris groaned while clutching his head after he had entered the dungeon.


    Every time, the ufortable feeling of getting stretched would ur when he would enter the crack despite entering the dungeons thousands of times.


    He then shook his head and took a deep breath to remove the ufortable feeling.


    After it disappeared, he focused on the scene in front of him.


    A stunned expression appeared on his face as in front of himid a field divided into four colors.


    They were red, blue, gray, and white. The colors signified the element of fire, water, earth, and air, as Eris could feel the elementary particles from the surroundings.


    "Do I really have a 90% chance of winning here?" Eris murmured in confusion after seeing his surroundings. He was currently standing in the gray(earth) part.


    He murmured such because he could feel elements gathering around the area.


    When the process ended, elemental spirits would take birth, and defeating them in their domain would be a difficult task.


    As Eris had expected, the speed at which the element gathered increased, and a few momentster, several roars rang in the area.


    Every division gave birth to one elemental spirit, meaning he had to face four battles at the same time.


    No one would be more idiotic than him if he fought the earth spirit in the grey area without having any earth skills.


    Since his talent gave him a 90% chance of clearing the dungeon and it had never predicted anything wrong, he started thinking of ways to win.


    "How could it take me so long to figure it out?" The next moment, he reprimanded himself for not thinking of this right after entering the area.


    While there were fields that strengthened the elemental spirits, likewise, there were fields that acted against them.


    If he took the earth spirit into the white(air) field, it would be easier for him to defeat it. Simrly, he could use the opposing elements of different spirits to defeat them.


    But then a problem arose for him since the field he was in was a square field, he needed to cross the red(fire) area to reach the white area, and if the fire spirit followed him, it would get stronger since the element of air supports the element of fire.


    Time flew by, and three months passed.


    Since the n he had made involved several risks, he decided to take a fight against the fire spirit in the fire area. He had several fire skills/spells he had gotten as the reward, so it was the easiest opponent he could take on.


    It took him two weeks to defeat the fire spirit, but right after its death, the elements gathered again, and two spirits took birth. It took him more than two months to kill those two spirits. After that, no elemental spirit emerged, and the area fell silent.


    Since the fire area had now be empty, Eris could now follow through with the n he had made three months earlier.


    He baited the earth spirit to the white area and easily defeated it. Simrly, he lured the air spirit to the gray field and killed it.


    Following this schedule, it took him around a few months to defeat all the elemental spirits.


    Three elemental spirits from each area died, causing an elemental storm to appear in the entire area which led to the birth of a new elemental.


    Eris couldn''t help but feel shocked when he saw the elemental. It was an unheard of urrence even for a being as knowledgeable as him since this vited thew of the negation of opposite elements.


    The new elemental had a head made up of fire, chest made up of water, waist made up of air, and legs made up of earth elements. It also had four hands and two legs, which followed the same sequence of elements.


    Eris had no time to get shocked by seeing the fire and water element next to each other and not creating any kind of negation since the newly born elemental made its move.


    Time flew by, and four months passed.


    Eris was lying unconscious on the ground in the pool of his own blood. He currently had the area below his waist missing.


    If anyone were to see this scene from some distance, they would think that Eris had died, but if someone went close to him, they could hear his breathing.


    Not far from the unconscious Eris, a red egg the size of a normal eggy in the ground, waiting for Eris to pick it up.


    The red egg also signified Eris being the first participant to clear a ck dungeon.

 Chapter 175 - The Top Three(1)

    Chapter 175: The Top Three(1)


    After killing the four-elements spirit, Eris became the first participant to clear the ck dungeon.


    But since the fight proved to be too difficult for him, heid there unconscious on the ground for several months straight.


    In this fight, he lost every weapon he had carried to the dungeon, and offensive talismans he had gained until now. Since his element skills did little to no damage to the spirit, he self-destructed all of his weapons and used every single item that he could use, even to hurt it a little bit.


    If he had met the leader from the start, his end result would''ve been death, but since killing the ordinary element spirits increased his power, he was able to kill the leader after a hard-fought battle.


    Time flew by, and seven months passed. It had been more than 21 years since the participants entered the event, while only around two hours had passed in reality.


    During this period of twenty-one years, Eris was the only participant who had cleared the ck dungeon. Many others tried to enter, but each of them faced a single end result, death.


    It had been seven months since Eris cleared his first ck dungeon, but after that, he hadn''t been able to hunt another since he hadn''t regained his consciousness yet despite the passing of several months.


    Except for his body below his waist, his injuries from the battle with the element spirit had already healed. It still hadn''t healedpletely. Only the area above his knee had regenerated, and from the looks of it, it looked like it would still take a few more months for his body to getplete.


    "Ugh!"


    Suddenly, a groan rang in the area as Eris''s hands slightly moved. As if it was a chain reaction, his entire body, out of nowhere, began shaking.


    During the shaking, his knee began regenerating at a rate visible to the naked eyes. After his body had fully recovered, his eyes suddenly opened up.


    He had only regained his consciousness a moment earlier. The energy he had gotten after the death of the leader was freely moving in his body, so he forced half of it to the area below his waist toplete his body and heal any internal injury that stayed there.


    "Ugh!"


    He groaned once again as he clutched his head due to the headache. The next moment, he tried to stand up, but surprisingly, it didn''t take any effort for him to stand up. It looked as if he had never gotten injured to such an extent. It was only a dream.


    After picking up the reward he had gotten from the red egg, he left the dungeon in search of another ck dungeon he could clear.


    Fortunately, he got a spear from the red egg since he had lost every weapon he had gotten until now.


    Time flew by, and a few years passed. It has been 24 years since the participants entered the event.


    When the event began, more than two hundred thousand participants joined, but after the passing of twenty-four years, only 3859 participants were left alive in the event.


    Only seven of the left participants managed to clear the ck dungeons, and Eris was the only one toplete more than one. While around 30% of the left participants hadn''t even been able to enter any white dungeons, so the crowd stopped watching them, and the majority focused on the seven participants who had cleared a ck dungeon.


    Evelyn was one of the seven participants that had been able to clear a ck dungeon. She was currently in search of another ck dungeon.


    She hade across a few ones, but feeling the pressure from them made her quit the thought of entering them. Her status screen showed her levels, so she understood that the dungeons here had levels.


    Finally, after searching for months, she came across a ck dungeon that didn''t give her any threatening pressure. She took a deep breath and entered it.


    Out of the seven participants, only two were the store''s regr customers, Maria and Evelyn.


    Robert was one of the beings who had arrived in his store for the first time. He belonged to the human race. Unlike most of the crowd, he didn''te here after hearing about the announcement.


    He was a peak Dharma Monarch(Prana cultivation system, equivalent to Heavenly Monarch). He, like sha, majored in the field of divination, but both of them had different abilities.


    While sha could somewhat predict events rted to anyone, Robert could only predict the events for him.


    Today morning, when he was meditating, he suddenly had an intuition that something good would happen to him, so he didn''t wait and used his skills, which brought him to this tiny Kingdom and in the store.


    Since Robert belonged to one of the most mysterious and powerful organizations of the Primal dimension, and his parents had both already ascended, it was obvious that he was one of the most gifted individuals in the entire dimension.


    To show his talent, when he reached the level of Dharma Monarch, he was only 31 at that time, making him one of the youngest Immortals. He was currently only 1268 years old.


    Since he became an Immortal at a very young age, his actual appearance was that of a six-year old child, but he used the disguise of an old man to look mature to others.


    When he entered the dungeon, at the start, his luck helped him, and he didn''t get any strong dungeons in green and yellow levels.


    But he knew that the easier the starting dungeons, the harder it would be for him to clear the stronger dungeons, so he cleared every level of dungeons until the next level of dungeon didn''t give him any pressure.


    This tactic worked, and he became overpowered for many of the dungeons he entered due to clearing a lot of dungeons.


    When he came across his first ck dungeon, he felt so much pressure that he cleared white dungeons for three straight years, and only then Robert returned to hunt it, and as he had expected, it only took him a month to clear it.


    Today he was entering another ck dungeon after clearing white dungeons for thest year.


    "Now, it''s good!" He murmured after feeling no pressure from the ck crack in front of him.. A smirk spread across his face as he touched it, and the next moment, he disappeared.

 Chapter 176 - The Top Three(2)

    Chapter 176: The Top Three(2)


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of metal shing continuously rang in the area as sha battled her opponent using a sword.


    She was currently in her first ck dungeon and was fighting against the leader.


    Her opponent belonged to the Ida race.


    Ida was one of the upper-tier races of the Primal dimension due to their knowledge of swords.


    Idas had a humanoid body structure, but instead of hands, they had two swords made up of bones. They were born like this, and from the moment they took birth, they surpassed the majority of the beings when it came to knowledge rted to the sword.


    sha was currently fighting against such an opponent. Since she was a single sword user, and her opponent used both hand swords, many times she failed to defend, and some wounds would appear on her body.


    sha swung the sword, the Ida blocked it using his left hand and swung his right hand to cause severe injuries to her.


    She backed two steps away to dodge it. Unfortunately for her, Ida had way more knowledge about sword fighting so she could find a weak point, but fortunately for her, Idas had weaknesses since they couldn''t learn anything other than sword skills, but this wasn''t the case for sha.


    She backed two steps more and chanted a mantra in a foreignnguage. The next moment, a purple circle appeared below the feet of the Ida.


    The Ida didn''t care and simply cut the magic itself. Before he could think of anything else, the air in the dungeon suddenly turned hot.


    The Ida suddenly felt the danger to his lifeing from above his head, so he looked up in the sky, but there was nothing.


    Ida expressionlessly stared at sha, chanting something. He understood she must''ve used some skills.


    "Tau ktdd yft-"


    The Ida spoke something in hisnguage, but his words came to a sudden halt as the sky suddenly turned darker, and the area became hotter.


    He looked up in the sky again, only to see a meteoring toward him with unimaginable speed.


    He then looked at sha to find that a golden light had engulfed her.


    He decided to kill the chanter first and then think about the meteor, so the next moment, he appeared in front of her and swung both of his hands in the X shape.


    The golden light that had engulfed her was able to hold the attack, but with the attack, it also disappeared.


    But instead of feeling happy, a tense feeling emerged in Ida''s heart as he noticed a smile spreading across sha''s face.


    The next moment, he made the same attack, but before it could reach him, sha suddenly dissolved into the ground, making his strike pass through the air.


    Before Ida could feel shocked, he felt something right above his head. He tried to look up to see how close the meteor had gotten, but before he even raised half of his hand, an explosion urred.


    "Boom!"


    The meteor smashed Ida to the ground, and then it exploded.


    An explosion of such a level was sure to kill anybody, but Ida wasn''t anybody. He was the leader of the dungeon.


    He survived the attack that had enough power to destroy a world, but he lost one of his hands while trying to save himself.


    "Oh, you survived the attack."


    A familiar voice rang in the area as sha suddenly appeared from the ground right behind the Ida.


    Before Ida could turn around, a sword punched a hole in his chest.


    He looked down and saw a sword filled in gray blooding out from his chest.


    Since Ida was a high-level being, he wouldn''t die by just his heart getting crushed, so sha took out the sword and severed his head.


    Despite losing both the head and heart, the Ida survived for a month.


    Every time his body would regenerate, sha would cut him. Finally, after a long month of struggle, Ida lost energy to restore his body and died as a result.


    "Finally..."


    sha murmured while gasping for breath. Over thest month, she kept cutting him without stopping, which took a lot of energy. Finally, she could rest free.


    The next moment, a thick stream of ck energy emerged from the dead Ida and engulfed her.


    She couldn''t help but moan in pleasure after the familiar energy filled her body. She felt as if she had gained something her body had been searching for for a while.


    The next moment, all the exhaustions she had been feeling disappeared, and an excited expression appeared on her face.


    Since it was her first clear of the ck dungeon, she expected a good reward from the red egg.


    She took a step forward since the red egg spawned where he had severed the head of the Ida a month earlier.


    She bent down and picked up the red egg from the ground. Without waiting for anything, she crushed it, and the next moment, a card appeared in her hand.


    The card showed her the reward she had gotten. She got a passive skill as a reward.


    It was one of the skills Julian had gotten, ''Infinite Energy''. The system added the rewards of the participants who died in the dungeon back, and sha was one of the participants to get such a prize.


    "What a great reward!" She couldn''t help but jump in excitement after seeing the details of the skill.


    "Future hunts would be easier from now on," She whispered to herself and left the dungeon.


    She started searching for another ck dungeon as soon as she left the dungeon because she couldn''t wait to feel unlimited energy while fighting.


    Time flew by, and another ten years passed. It has been thirty-four years since the event began, and currently, only 268 participants were left alive fighting for the top three.


    Out of the 268 participants, around 200 participants were now going to enter the ck dungeon, so they had already lost the rewards.


    Other remaining participants had already hunted multiple ck dungeons, while one was already searching for the golden dungeon to clear the event.


    Since there was only a single gold dungeon in the entire world, Eris had been searching for one for thest six months.


    In his journey, he came across many ck dungeons, and in each of the dungeons, he had more than 80% chance of clearing it, so he didn''t stop and continued his journey.

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    Chapter 177: The Top Three(3)


    Time flew by, and another three months passed.


    After searching for more than nine months, Eris finally found the gold dungeon.


    His mouth and eyes flew wide open when he found the gold crack.


    It was a crack of endless height. Despite bing stronger enough to clear the ck dungeons, Eris couldn''t see the end of the crack.


    Even from thest point of the world, a crack like that should be visible, but only when he was a step away from it did he see it.


    The next moment, the blue screen acted, and hispleting chances appeared on it.


    {Dungeon Level: Gold,


    Chances of clearing: 0% chance of clearing it without having any injury, 0% of mild injuries,0% chances of clearing the dungeon with severe wounds, 100% chances of dying in the start(failing the dungeon), 0% chance of dying in the middle, and 0% of dying while fighting the leader.}


    Eris couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air after seeing his chances at the gold dungeon.


    ording to the skill, he was sure to die at the start and fail the event. Since it had never been wrong, Eris decided to trust it and turned around to leave.


    He would clear all the ck dungeons, and only then he woulde here to hunt it.


    Time flew by, and sixteen more years passed.


    It has been fifty years inside the store since the event had begun, but only around five hours had passed in reality.


    The total number of participants that participated in this event was 292,748, way beyond the number Aakesh had hoped for. Out of these participants, only eleven participants were left alive in the event.


    Out of the eleven, four were the store''s regr customers. They were Maria, Evelyn, sha, and George.


    Pento, who was the reason for Aakesh organizing this event, failed to clear a ck dungeon and lost his life as well as his chance at the throne of the Bisan Kingdom.


    Lenna, who was also ying well in the event, lost her life due to her luck ying the spoilsport for her.


    She cleared multiple ck dungeons, but like Julian, she came across a single opponent dungeon, which proved to be an unwinnable battle for her, and she got disqualified from the event.


    Eris had been hunting the ck dungeons for the past fifteen years to increase his chances at clearing the gold dungeon.


    Today, he decided to check his chances at clearing the gold dungeon again since he had been unable to find any ck dungeon during the past few months.


    Since Eris already remembered where the gold dungeon was, he used the teleportation skill he had gotten from one of the ck dungeons as the reward, and the next moment, he appeared just a step away from the gold dungeon.


    As usual, he didn''t have to use his talent, it activated automatically, and the blue screen floating in front of him had changes.


    {Dungeon Level: Gold,


    Chances of clearing: 70% chance of clearing it without having any injury, 20% of mild injuries,10% chances of clearing the dungeon with severe wounds, 0% chances of dying in the start(failing the dungeon), 0% chance of dying in the middle, and 0% of dying while fighting the leader.}


    "Finally!" Eris couldn''t help but exim in excitement after seeing his chances of clearing the dungeon was 100%.


    "First position, here Ie," He whispered to himself and touched the golden crack.


    The next moment, a suction force he had never experienced before appeared and sucked him in.


    "Aagh!"


    He couldn''t help but scream as this time, he felt his body disintegrating and then regenerating countless times in less than a moment.


    "Why would you torture me?" He couldn''t help but yell as the feeling was no less than the most painful torture.


    He then exhaled and inhaled continuously to calm himself down. Only several momentster, his mind and heart calm down.


    Only then did he take a look at his surroundings.


    "Eh!"


    A confused expression appeared on his face as he found himself in an empty space where there was neithernd nor sky.


    No matter how far he looked in whichever direction, he only found endless empty space.


    It was only darkness, but somehow he could clearly see despite not using any kind of skill.


    "Void!"


    He eximed in shock as this word suddenly appeared in his mind.


    "Am I going to face the Void Beast?"


    His face turned pale as he suddenly murmured.


    He even forgot that he had a 100% chance of clearing the dungeon when the name of Void Beast appeared in his mind.


    Void Beasts were the protector of the void. They didn''t belong to any race, so there was no faction rted to them.


    There were only eleven Void Beasts each in the Primal and Sacred dimensions. Only a few beings in the entire Multiverse know about their origin, and Aakesh was one of them.


    When the newest born Deva slew Vritrasura, they took out a drop of his blood, and using that blood, they created twenty-two creatures in whatever shape they desired.


    Those twenty-two creatures became known as the Void Beasts.


    The Deva then put eleven creatures into the Primal dimension and the other eleven into the Sacred.


    Despite this, the power gap between both groups wasrge. The Deva only used 1% of the blood''s energy to create eleven Void Beasts of the Primal dimension, while the other eleven used the rest 99%.


    Even though those eleven Void Beasts only took 1% of the drop of blood''s energy, they still became so powerful that each Void Beast could contend with the weaker deities and still survive.


    Since the Deva put their character into the Void Beasts, they also started staying in recluse and only appeared when the dimension faced something strong enough to destroy it.


    "Calm down! If it were a Void Beast, you wouldn''t have gotten a 100% chance of clearing the event," Eris murmured to motivate himself and calm his heart down.


    He took continuous deep breaths to calm his heart after that, but instead of calming, he grew more fearful thinking about the Void Beast as the opponent.


    Eris knew he was doing a mistake, thinking about them, but despite that, he couldn''t control himself and continued thinking about the Void Beasts.

 Chapter 178 - The Top Three(4)

    Chapter 178: The Top Three(4)


    While Eris''s heart was sinking in fear, another participant was standing in front of the gold dungeon.


    It was Robert. Like Eris, he had also arrived here for the second time.


    When he had found the gold dungeon, the pressure he faced from the crack was so high that it had almost made him fall t on the ground, but after using every inch of power, he was able to stop and leave without kneeling.


    "Great!" He smilinglymented after he felt no pressure from the gold crack.


    "Let''s clear you and win the best territory," Hemented and poked the crack.


    The next moment, he also cursed like Eris facing the torture. Unlike Eris, who had lived for countless years, Robert hadn''t lived for long.


    He only looked mature in his disguise, so he continuously cursed for several minutes, only to stop when the feeling of standing in the void hit him.


    He also had the same epiphany that his opponent was the Void Beast, so his situation was also the same as Eris.


    Rather than calm down, he grew more afraid of the Void Beast with each passing second.


    ***


    "Damn it!" Eris couldn''t help but curse as his face had turned white from fear.


    Eris knew it was the doing of the dungeon since he would''ve been able to calm himself after this long, but since he only grew fearful, he understood that it was a status effect of entering the dungeon.


    "There''s no point in waiting here. I should find my opponent," Eris mumbled as he made the decision to find the opponent instead of it finding him.


    He ran for days straight, but neither the void seemed to end nor was he able to see anything.


    ***


    "Hey, system, why''d you make the gold dungeon this way?" Aakesh confusingly asked the system inside his head.


    If the system had simply prepared a one-on-one battle between the Void Beast and the participants, he would''ve gotten a winner until now.


    [Host, the system only prepared the event equivalent to the reward they would get after winning.]


    The system responded in its mechanical, emotionless voice. If Aakesh didn''t know that the Yantra race had no emotions, he would''ve thought that the system was apuding itself for preparing for such a tough event.


    ***


    "Let''s hope I''m not thest," Mariamented while looking at the endless crack in front of her.


    Her countenance was the exact opposite of what she used to be. Having so many undead followers made her unafraid of death, and killing millions of creatures during thest fifty years, turned her into a cold, ruthless killer.


    "Do you think I can clear this dungeon?" Maria suddenly spoke to the air while looking at the gold crack.


    "My queen, nothing can stand in your way!"


    The next moment, a hoarse voice filled with confidence emerged in the area, but the owner of the voice was nowhere to be seen.


    No change in Maria''s expression appeared as she directly took a step into the portal.


    The next moment, she felt herself in an endless empty space filled with darkness.


    She also faced the same feeling of disintegration and regeneration countless times in less than a second, but it wasn''t enough to make her utter a word, so she forgot it.


    Then she focused on her surroundings.


    "My queen, this is void," The same hoarse voice rang in the area.


    The next moment, in the space filled with darkness, something darker than the darkness emerged out of nowhere and took form.


    Those who watched herst hunt in the ck dungeon knew who the being enveloped in the darkness was.


    It was the creature belonging to the strongest race of the Primal dimension, Hygar.


    She hunted the strongest ck dungeon the system had created in the event as herst hunt before the gold dungeon.


    Since the dungeon wasn''t a single creature, Maria was able to defeat the Hygars one by one using her millions of undead soldiers, which contained tens of leaders of the other ck dungeon.


    Using thebined effort of other leaders, she was able to defeat Hygars one by one, but the leader of the dungeon killed 99% of her army, including every single undead leader of the ck dungeons.


    But Maria didn''t mind this loss as she got more than a hundred Hygars in her undead army, which was way stronger than her previous army.


    The being that had appeared next to Maria was the leader of the Hygars she had killed and the strongest of her undead army.


    Right after emerging, he closed his wings and knelt in front of his queen with all six of his heads touching the ground.


    Inparison to Maria, the Hygar was many timesrger in size. It almost looked like a giant mountain had been positioned near her.


    "My queen, if I''m guessing right, our opponent may be the Void Beast," The Hygarmented while still kneeling.


    "Stand up, and what is this Void Beast?" Maria asked.


    "My queen..."


    "...of the void."


    The Hygar told everything about the Void Beast to his queen. Even though he had already died, there was still a hint of fear in his voice.


    "Since this beast hadn''t appeared until now, it means we have to find it," Mariamented after hearing about the Void Beast without even a hint of fluctuation in her voice.


    For someone like her who had risen out of nowhere, it didn''t matter who her opponent was. Even if a Dragon were her opponent, she would still not be afraid of it and fight it.


    After searching for the Void Beast for an unknown amount of time and still not fighting it, Maria grew tired of searching.


    "Attack the space. Maybe the beast is hiding somewhere," Maria coldlymented and ordered the Hygar.


    The Hygar couldn''t help but look at Maria in astonishment. "A beast of the caliber of the Void Beast would hide from us?" He thought in his heart. If it were someone other than his queen, he would''ve scoffed, but since he was the servant, he had to follow the order of his master without thinking of anything.


    The next moment, the Hygar opened all six of its mouths.


    The energy started gathering into the shape of a ball. A few momentster, a six-colored energy ball appeared in the void.


    It then made four such energy balls and threw them in each direction.


    ***


    A/N: In the next two chapters, the event will end.


    Aakesh would get a reward from the system since he had cleared the quest.


    What do you think would be the new product?


    Any reader who guesses it correctly would get to name a character/race.


    Tomorrow will also be a mass release of eight-ten chapters. Thanks for all the GTs and supporting the book!

 Chapter 179 - (1)The Top Three(5)

    Chapter 179: The Top Three(5)


    Four six-color energy balls attacked the four Primary directions at the same time.


    "Crack!"


    "Crack!"


    "Crack!"


    The next moment, the sound of something cracking rang in the area.


    Before Maria and the Hygar could understand what was happening, the space around them started breaking into shards, and a few momentster, the shards disintegrated into nothingness.


    "WHAT?"


    Maria and the Hygar shouted at the same time in shock after seeing someone standing in front of them.


    The being had the same appearance as Maria. She also had the same energy print, so the Hygar himself couldn''t differentiate between them.


    The only way he could recognize her queen was that the impersonator had no link with him, which actual Maria has due to the system of Necromancy.


    The impersonator had an even colder expression than Maria as she sized up Maria and the Hygar.


    The next moment, she extended her right hand, and in less than a nanosecond, a ck energy ball appeared in her hands.


    She then simply flicked the energy ball in the direction of Maria.


    Before Maria could understand what had happened, the Hygar pushed her down.


    The next moment, the energy ball passed through where her head was a moment earlier.


    "Summon the warriors, my queen. Otherwise, we would die," The Hygar, with a trembling tone, told Maria.


    The impersonator didn''t mind Maria dodging. She repeated the same process, but this time tens of ck energy balls the size of tennis balls appeared floating above her hands.


    As if blowing dust from her hands, the Impersonator raised her hands in front of her mouth and lightly blew some air.


    The next moment, all the energy balls flew in the direction of Maria.


    "O fratrus oswolem!"


    Maria didn''t wait for the energy balls toe at her like thest time. She chanted the incantation required to summon her undead warriors.


    Millions of purple magic circles appeared on the ground, and undead started emerging out of them.


    "BOOM!"


    "BOOM!"


    "BOOM!"


    The next moment, continuous sounds of explosion rang in the area as the undead warriors shed with the ck energy ball.


    All the other undead, other than the Hygars focused on the energy balls, while the Hygars rushed in the direction of the Impersonator to take the direct battle.


    The leader Hygar spread his wings and flew while the rest of the Hygars would battle on thend.


    ***


    "Damn it!" Robert cursed as he punched the emptiness in frustration.


    "Eh!" He eximed in confusion as he felt he had punched an unbreakable wall.


    "Is it an energy wall," He murmured as he waved his hands, but his hands moved easily.


    He tried to punch again, and he faced the same feeling of hitting an unbreakable wall.


    "Interesting!" He smirkinglymented as all the frustration he had been feeling until now disappeared.


    He knew he needed to destroy the energy in front of him to get away from this shitty ce.


    He opened his mouth wide enough to swallow an orange in whole. Energy began gathering in front of his mouth.


    It transformed into a giant white energy ball in less than a second. It wasn''t the end, as the energy ball released a pure white energy beam that struck something in front of him.


    It was the skill, Dragon Breath, that Robert had used. He got this skill as a reward from one of the ck dungeons.


    The next moment, the sound of cracks rang in the area as the space around him started breaking into shards and then disintegrating into nothingness.


    ***


    "Boom!"


    The sound of an explosion rang in the area as both Eris''s attacks and the Impersonator''s attacks collided.


    Eris freed himself from the bound space in the same way that Maria did. In frustration, he released an attack that cracked the space in front of him.


    He didn''t even know for how long he had been in battle with the Impersonator.


    Since there was no sun and moon here, the time stayed the same every time, and he didn''t have the leeway to count the time since the Impersonator was very strong and didn''t even give him the time to think of an attack.


    ***


    Only Eris, Robert, and Maria weren''t in a fight against the Void Beast in the gold dungeon.


    sha and one more participant were fighting against the Void Beast, while George and Evelyn were currently searching for the enemy in their respective dungeons.


    Only these seven participants were left alive, still fighting for the top three positions.


    ***


    The Void Beast that the participants were fighting against wasn''t at its full power.


    The system created their virtual clones in such a way that they could only use 25% of their power, and the system had also chosen the weakest of the Void Beast.


    The Void Beast, the participants were fighting against, didn''t have an actual body. Instead, it was a mirror body. Since the Hygar was a servant of Maria, the Void Beast looked like Maria to him. Otherwise, it would''ve looked like himself to him.


    ***


    "My queen, heal me," The Hygar requested Maria as thest attack had disintegrated five of his six heads.


    "O ftaute rouratu!"


    Maria nodded and chanted an incantation.


    The next moment, a ck light engulfed the Hygar, and in less than a second, he became the same as before facing the attack, while Maria''s head became wet with sweat since the spell took a lot of energy.


    "O taurtar turtalur!"


    She ignored her exhaustion and chanted another incantation as a ck light engulfed every undead in the area.


    Since Maria had used a buff spell, the strength and agility of the army got boosted at the same time.


    She knew she couldn''t give up here. She had to fight till she even had an ounce of energy left. Aftering this far, she couldn''t think of stopping for even a second.


    She would also attack the impersonator from time to time, using the random skills she had gotten from the dungeons.


    Despite fighting several Hygars at the same time, the impersonator didn''t look injured at all. It looked the same as it looked when Maria appeared here.


    Maria wasn''t the only one fighting with everything she had. The other participants also were fighting with the same intensity.


    While the crowd enjoyed thest phase of the event, they couldn''t keep their eyes away from these participants for even a second.

 Chapter 180 - (2)The Top Three(6)

    Chapter 180: The Top Three(6)


    Unaware of the time, the top seven participants continued to fight the impersonator.


    But the crowd watching the event knew how much time it had been since thest battle began. In total, 51 years have passed since the event began.


    Time flew by, and a few more months passed.


    "Damn it! Not aftering this close," George cursed in frustration as he lied on the ground after having several severe injuries.


    The impersonator also had injuries, but he was in better shape than George.


    The impersonator ignored George''s frustrated expressions and took a step forward. The next moment, he stood right in front of George, who didn''t even have enough strength to stand up due to the wounds.


    The impersonator looked down at George, and the next moment, a malevolent expression appeared on his face.


    He raised his hands, and several ck energy balls began emerging.


    He then pushed his hand into the face of George. The next moment, energy balls started bombarding his face.


    Soon, when all the energy balls burst on the face of George, only his body below his face remained, while he had died by the first st itself.


    George became the first of the seven final participants to fail the gold dungeon. The next moment, he appeared on the tform, where all the participants who had gotten disqualified before him were sleeping.


    Before he could know the reason for their sleeping, his eyelids began turning heavy, and the next moment, he joined the others on the tform.


    The next moment in his mind, six names appeared. They were the names of the remaining participants.


    He thought of Evelyn, and the next moment, he found the scene of Evelyn battling the impersonator appearing inside his head, as if he was there himself.


    Evelyn was currently battling against the impersonator, and her situation didn''t look bad.


    She had numerous injuries across her body, but the impersonator also had the same amount of wounds.


    But since none of them had any severe wounds, the battle was sure to continue for a few more months.


    George couldn''t help but feel embarrassed for getting out this early, while his girlfriend could continue the battle for some more months.


    Time flew by, and some more months passed, taking the total time for the event to be 52 years.


    ***


    "My queen, use the Dark st," The Hygar requested Maria.


    Maria had been following Hygar''s suggestions as he had a better sense of the battle than her.


    Maria bit her finger and started drawing a magical symbol in the air.


    When shepleted it, suddenly, darkness engulfed the entire area. The next moment, the darkness started returning to a single point.


    When only a single point of darkness remained, it released a pure ck beam that struck the impersonator.


    The impersonator partially dodged the beam as it brushed past his shoulder instead of his heart.


    It caused severe injuries to the impersonator while Maria coughed blood since the skill demanded arge amount of energy.


    ***


    "ng!"


    The sound of metal shing rang in the area as Eris''s spear tried to pierce the impersonator after finally getting a chance, but the spear failed to break his skin.


    "Let''s see how long you can continue," Eris coldly murmured as suddenly a golden light engulfed him and then the spear in his hands.


    "Puchi!"


    The next moment, the sound of piercing rang in the area as the spear shrouded in golden light pierced through the heart of the impersonator.


    Suddenly, rms rang in Eris''s brain as the impersonator smiled instead of feeling pain after getting his heart pierced.


    Eris didn''t know what was wrong, but he found out the next second as he coughed out blood.


    He finally knew what was wrong as a sudden pain emerged in his chest, and his clothes above the chest got wet with his red blood.


    "Ugh," He groaned in pain as he backed two steps away. He finally knew why he suddenly got the chance to hit the vitals of the impersonator. Instead of him creating the situation, it was the impersonator who allowed him to do it.


    Since it was a severe wound, Eris couldn''t let it stay for long. He needed to heal himself, but he knew the impersonator would never give him this chance, so he took out a talisman from his pocket.


    "Give me a moment of relief," He murmured as he crushed the talisman.


    The next moment, a pure white light emerged out of the shield. It flew to the impersonator, and in less than a split second, it engulfed him.


    The impersonator tried to move off the light''s way, but it followed him and, in the end, engulfed the entirety of him.


    The next moment, the light turned into a wall that covered the entirety of him so that he couldn''t move.


    Eris ignored it as he took a tiny bottle out of his pocket. There was only a drop of strange green liquid in it.


    Eris didn''t wait for the impersonator to break through the bound. He opened the bottle and directly drank it.


    The next moment, his face turned weird as he had never tasted anything so bad in his life. After he drank it, a green hue appeared around him, and the injuries he had begun healing at an unprecedented rate.


    His heart had only healed half when he heard an angry roar.


    Eris looked in the direction of the roar to find the impersonator ring at him with red eyes.


    Suddenly a red light engulfed the impersonator, and the next second, he disappeared from where he was standing a moment earlier.


    Before Eris could find out what happened, he suddenly sensed danger to his life, so he subconsciously turned his body to the left.


    The Void Beasts were a calm group of beasts. They only got angry in two situations. First, when someone is trying to harm the dimension they''re supposed to protect, and second when someone tries to bound them.


    They love nothing more than freedom and hate nothing more than someone trying to bind them.


    Time flew by, and a few more days passed.


    In the past few days, Eris had only been dodging the attacks of the impersonator, as a single attack that he had failed to dodge had taken his left shoulder away, so Eris concentrated everything into dodging the strikes.


    This angry impersonator was both advantageous and disadvantageous for Eris. Since if even a single strike sessfullynded on his vitals, he was sure to die, but this mode was also taking a lot of energy from the impersonator. If he seeded in surviving until the end, he would be able to kill the impersonator and clear the gold dungeon.


    One strike of the impersonator brushed past the head of Eris, and in response to the simple brush, he lost his ear and half of the flesh, making his skull appear visible to the naked eye.


    Time flew by, as Eris had wanted, he was able to survive the angry onught of the impersonator.


    After the rage mode ended, Eris didn''t even have to kill the impersonator. He fell to the ground and disintegrated as he had used thest ounce of his energy in rage mode.


    After the impersonator died, no red egg appeared in its ce. Instead, a golden key floating in the air appeared.


    Eris ignored it as he was currently gasping for breath. All the exhaustion Eris had umted while dodging the attacks over the past few days culminated in him crashing on the ground.


    Only after around an hour did he get enough strength to stand up and grab the key.


    The moment he grabbed the key, a golden light emerged out of the key and engulfed him.


    A few momentster, all the exhaustion and injuries disappeared, and he became the same as when he had entered the dungeon.


    "Finally, I won," He smilingly murmured as he noticed a door two steps away from him.


    There was a keyhole in the door, and he understood the key he had in his hand was the key to get outside.


    He took a step forward and put the key into the keyhole.


    "Click!"


    The next moment, the sound of clicking rang as Eris pushed the key.


    Suddenly, the key disappeared into the door, and the door opened with a loud sound.


    After the door fully opened, he took a step forward and appeared in an empty space, where instead of darkness, light shrouded it.


    He didn''t even know for how long did he stay there since there was no point of time there.


    Finally, after waiting for an unknown amount of time, a blue light engulfed him.


    The next moment, he appeared on the tform with the other participants.

 Chapter 181 - (3) Winners

    Chapter 181: Winners


    After standing in the empty space for an unknown amount of time, Eris finally left the area and appeared on the tform in the midst of cheers.


    He then turned back to look around the tform. He found five people, including himself, standing on the tform while the remaining thousands of participants were sleeping on the ground.


    The five standing participants were the only participants out of more than two hundred thousand participants that participated in the event to clear the gold dungeon.


    Soon, everybody began waking up one by one. In no time, every sleeping participant woke up and stood up.


    While the crowd, which numbered several million, cheered loud enough to shake a city for the excitement they felt during thesest several decades.


    Many beings in the crowd even learned new things, seeing the fighting skills of the participants. A number of people had an epiphany, seeing the participants utilizing their skills better than them.


    "Who do you think came second?" One in the crowd asked her husband.


    "Only the store owner knows, after all, they were so close," Her husband replied.


    The first ranked participant was evident for the crowd since that participant cleared the dungeon a few months earlier than the other four participants. There was confusion for the second and third ranks since three participants cleared the gold dungeon at the same time.


    Many in the crowd were having discussions regarding this. Only a few in the crowd confidently stated the names for the second and third ranked participants.


    Aakesh ignored the discussions of the crowd and stood up from his chair.


    "Hey, system, remove the time dtion," Aakesh told the system.


    The next moment, the crowd didn''t feel anything, but the time rate inside and outside the store became the same.


    Even though the participants had spent more than five decades in the event, only around five hours had passed in outside. It was still hours away from the sunset, so if Aakesh wanted, he could organize another event.


    "Total of 292,748 participants participated in this event to win territories in the Panagea. Out of which only five participants were able to clear the gold dungeon and have a im at the reward," Aakesh began announcing the result of the event.


    "Congrattions to you five for clearing the gold dungeon," He congratted the five participants since he also enjoyed two or three battles during the event spanning decades.


    "Unfortunately, out of you, there are three clear victors."


    Aakesh then pointed at Evelyn. The crowd didn''t have any reaction to this since she was thest to clear the gold dungeon.


    "You were thest of the five to clear the dungeon, so you don''t have any im over the reward," Aakesh expressionlessly announced. The next moment, an invisible force pushed her steps back, so the other four participants came at the front.


    "You''re the winner of the event. You cleared the test in 51 years, 8 months, 23 days, seven hours, thirty-nine minutes, and forty-seven seconds," Aakesh announced the winner of the event and pointed at them.


    Eris couldn''t help but feel shocked and excited at the same time when the store owner announced him as the winner.


    Even though he was a being who had lived for countless years, and Panagea was something he knew was possible since his grandfather himself had created a dimension before the war. Even reviving the adventurer was also nothing too great since any high-level God could even do this.


    He felt excited as after wandering for countless years, he finally gained something starting from scratch, unlike other bad or good things which came his way because he belonged to the Titan race.


    "Thank you, store owner," Eris thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh ignored his thanks and focused on the remaining three participants.


    "The three of you cleared the event at the same time, with the time difference being in seconds. Especially for the third second, the time difference is in nanoseconds," Aakesh announced and looked at the remaining three participants.


    Hearing it, Maria only smiled sinceing to this stage was already a great deal for her. sha had a child-like expression despite being an old person, and Robert looked agitated. If he would get lost due to the time difference of nanoseconds, even he wouldn''t know what he would do.


    "The participant who came at the second cleared the test in 51 years, 11 months, 18 days, seven hours, thirty-six minutes, and fifty-seven seconds. The participant who came at the third was two secondste from the second position, while the participant who came at the fourth position was six nanosecondste than the third position."


    "You came at the second. You came at the third, and you came at the fourth," Aakesh announced and pointed at the winning participant one by one.


    "YES!" Robert yelled in excitement after finding himself in the top three. He couldn''t help but raise his fist in the air, and then he began jumping while the crowdughed seeing these antics of him.


    "Sigh!" sha couldn''t help but heave a disappointed sigh after finding out she lost the event only by six nanoseconds.


    The next moment, the disappointment disappeared, and instead, her mood returned to, as usual, since there was no point in staying disappointed anymore. What had happened had already happened.


    "Thank you, senior! It wouldn''t have happened if not for your help," Maria smilingly thanked Maria.


    "No need to thank me. It was your hard work," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Maria knew she had won because of thebination of hard work and luck, but she also knew, if she had nevere here and met Aakesh, she would''ve never reached this stage. She would''ve died somewhere while praying for her revenge.


    "Would you consider selling me your territory in the Panagea?"


    While Maria was thanking her luck for meeting Aakesh, suddenly, an unfamiliar voice made her break out of her thoughts.


    She turned around and saw a man standing in front of her with his hands crossed behind his back.


    "No!" She bluntly responded since she had no requirement for urgent money. She already had enough, and she was also going to start her own restaurant from tomorrow.


    Her restaurant would''ve started two days earlier, but since the king ordered the entire market to close for three days, she couldn''t open her restaurant during thest two days.. Now that the events had ended, she would open her store tomorrow.

 Chapter 182 - (4) Sudden Auction

    Chapter 182: Sudden Auction


    "Would you like to sell your territory?" A man asked Maria, breaking her out of her thoughts.


    "I would pay one superior Primal stone for the territory," The man added with a smug look on his face. He could sense the Nascent Soul level of Maria, and he himself was a Tao Manifestation expert, so he thought that Maria wouldn''t dare to refuse. That was also the reason he offered a low price of one superior Primal stone for it.


    "No!" Maria bluntly refused his offer, making his face red from embarrassment.


    "Don''t refuse my offer so early?" The man added, but his tone had entirely changed. The next moment, he leaked a hint of his power so that Maria could see the difference between them.


    "I would pay two superior Primal stones," He smilingly added after he saw Maria''s face had turned pale due to his power affecting her.


    Before Maria could respond, a sudden pressure arrived on the man and forced him to kneel on the ground. The more he resisted, the intense it became.


    Finally, the man couldn''t face the pressure anymore, so he lost consciousness and fell face first on the ground.


    Maria looked at Aakesh with gratitude in her eyes, but the only thing she noticed in his eyes was indifference for her gratitude.


    "Those who want to buy territories from the winning participant could present their offers to her, but if anyone dared to intimidate her, they would face even worse consequences than this man," Aakesh expressionlessly announced.


    Unlike the other rewards in the past events, the territory was a special reward. It wasn''t a permanent property of the winner.


    Even in Panagea, when the protection period ends, the other Kingdoms around the territory would attack it to snatch it. So maintaining the status quo was several times more difficult than winning the territory.


    He had expected other people to try to buy the reward from the winner since, in every event, a wealthy person attempted to buy the rewards, so it wasn''t anything new.


    Unlike other rewards, it wouldn''t be blood-bound, so Aakesh didn''t stop the people from trying to buy the territory from any of the participants.


    Many gasped in shock after hearing the sudden announcement. Wouldn''t it mean that the participant''s efforts for over 50 years were worth less than some riches?


    The shock only stayed for a moment. The next moment, everyone became curious as to how much the territory would sell for if the winners decided to sell them.


    "Miss, how about 100 superior Primal stones for your territory?"


    Right after Aakesh''s announcement, one of the participants presented their offer to Maria.


    "Hmph, 100 superior Primal stones, stay silent if you don''t know the value of the treasure," Another participant scoffed, hearing the offer of the man. "Miss, sell it to me for 100 supreme Primal stones," He then himself made the offer.


    Maria became dumbstruck hearing the sudden offers from the two participants. She had no interest in selling her territory, which she had gained after so much effort for some Primal stones.


    "111 supreme Primal stones!" Another participant made their offer.


    None of the participants focused on Eris and Robert. Since both of them were the peak of the Primal dimension, no one dared to present them an offer, while the case for Maria was entirely different. She was a low-level cultivator and a nobody in this tiny Kingdom.


    Maria had a dumbfounded expression, but the participants ignored it and continued making their offers.


    "124 supreme Primal stones!"


    "125 supreme Primal stones!"


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    "133 supreme Primal stones!"


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    "1200 supreme Primal stones!"


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    "10,000 supreme Primal stones!"


    "11,000 supreme Primal stones!"


    "One million supreme Primal stones!" Right at that time, a familiar voice echoed in the area.


    The participants couldn''t help but curse after seeing the identity of the person who made such an outrageous offer.


    It was Robert who made the offer. He thought if anyone could buy the territory, why not he himself buy it and rule two territories at the same time. Additionally, he decided to ask the first-ranked winner if he was interested in selling his territory.


    Seeing the look of frustration and anger on the faces of many participants after his offer, he didn''t control himself and let out a heartyugh. He then provoked them, "What''re you looking at? Come, bite me."


    He majored in divinity, so his nature should be calm, but spending several decades in a solitary world and hunting creatures made his temperament wild.


    Eris only looked at the happenings since he had no interest in buying the territories. He was content with a single territory.


    While Maria had a dumbfounded look after hearing Robert''s outrageous offer. Even a single supreme Primal stone was enough for her to buy several Kingdoms like the Bisan Kingdom in the actual world, but for a territory in the virtual world, she could get a million supreme Primal stones.


    "Control yourself. You would earn more than this from the territory," Maria screamed inside her mind to calm herself.


    She understood that if someone was willing to offer such an outrageous amount, then the value of the territory should be even more than that.


    She finally calmed herself, but the next offer made not only her but the majority of the crowd speechless.


    "A supreme mine," Seeing Maria not speaking anything, Robert made another offer.


    A supreme mine could not only give billions of supreme Primal stones through its life, but it also birthed soul stones(The same soul stones that births Moya race).


    Aakesh didn''t feel the offer was any special because Maria had won the second-ranked territory, and it would give birth to several resources more than the value of the supreme mine.


    Maria looked ready to ept the offer since the offer broke the shield of persistence of refusal she had created for her, but the next moment, Evelyn whispered something into her ears.


    "Thank you for such an offer, but I''ve no interest in selling my territory," She respectfully told Robert. Even though she had won the second rank, Robert, despite not showing any signs of energy, looked like an endless mountain to her, so she didn''t dare disrespect him.


    "Hmph," Robert only scoffed in response to her refusal.. He knew he had broken her limit, but Evelyn told her something which was more valuable than his offer, so he epted his loss.

 Chapter 183 - (5) End

    Chapter 183: End


    Seeing Maria refusing even a supreme mine, no one dared to present their offer anymore.


    Maria heaved a sigh of relief, seeing no offering her way. She then thanked Evelyn for showing a way to her.


    Seeing that the fuss about bidding had died, Aakesh decided to present their reward to the winners.


    Aakesh snapped his fingers, and the next moment, the virtual projections of the three territories appeared on the tform.


    All three participants forgot everything at that time and only focused on their winning territories.


    Robert will get the green territory, Maria yellow, and Eris will get the blue projection.


    The next moment, the projections disappeared, and in ce of them, three different colors responding to the territory, cards appeared. Each color card represented the rank of its respective territory.


    The next moment, all three cards automatically flew into Aakesh''s hands.


    He then called over the winners and handed them their respective cards.


    The cards would automatically activate when they would enter the Panagea. Winners would enter their own territory directly instead of spawning in their town.


    Aakesh also told them that their territory had a limited period of protection.


    The green territory will have a protection period of one year, the yellow territory''s protection will increase to five years, and the blue territory will have the maximum time of protection from any attacks. It will have a protection period of ten years.


    "Senior, can I create an organization in my territory?" Maria suddenly asked after Aakesh stopped exining the reward.


    "You can do anything you want in your territory," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    He knew why Maria asked this question. When Maria was about to sell her territory for a supreme mine, Evelyn suggested, she should instead create her own organization rather than selling for one?


    Since what power level the being in the actual world has doesn''t matter in the Panagea, even Immortals would be willing to join her organization. She could ask for a favor in the actual world to let them join her organization and use the resources of the territory for themselves.


    Aakesh had already said that many low-value resources in the Panagea would be valuable resources in the Primal dimension, so she could easily use them for her benefit in the real world.


    Evelyn suggested this to Maria because first, she was a low-level cultivator in the real world. Even in the Panagea, Evelyn was the highest level adventurer, so she didn''t need to join her organization, but suggesting Maria this gave her two benefits.


    First, since it was her idea, she would get some percent of control over the organization and the territory''s resources, and second, her leveling speed would increase by several folds in the new territory.


    Maria wasn''t a child, so she knew Evelyn had her own ns behind this suggestion, but still, she epted her suggestions because creating an organization of her own was better than selling the territory.


    Maria nodded after hearing Aakesh. "I have another question, senior," She added.


    Aakesh nodded and told her to go ahead.


    "If a new person who had never entered Panagea joined my organization, would they directly spawn in my territory?"


    "Yes, but only after the world registers your organization..."


    Maria could create her own organization anytime she wanted inside her territory, but before that, she needed toplete a mission required for it.


    After she sessfullypleted the quest, the system would register her organization in the Panagea. After that, she could recruit anybody she wanted.


    It was set as a requirement toplete an organization quest because, once the organization started, they would be able to recruit not only adventurers but also the inhabitants of the Panagea.


    Maria nodded after hearing Aakesh''s exnation. She didn''t have any problems withpleting the quest, so she didn''t mind.


    Her face suddenly turned serious as she asked the most important question in her mind.


    "Senior, since I am a low-level cultivator, and the value of my territory is too valuable for anyone to pass it, many would try to kill me to gain it, so what would happen to the territory if someone seeded in killing me?"


    Evelyn and George couldn''t help but smile wryly, hearing this question. They understood Maria''s situation, but still, the distrust in them felt disrespectful to them.


    While many in the crowd who had this idea focused on what Aakesh would respond to.


    Aakesh ignored the reaction of the crowd and expressionlessly answered, "You don''t need to worry about that. Inside the Panagea, your territory would have the protection period of five years, and if somehow you died in real life, your territory would be nameless and the protection period would end prematurely, and the Kingdoms around your territory would wage a war to retain that area into their Kingdom."


    Maria heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Aakesh. Since killing her wouldn''t present any advantage to the killer, so she was safe from betrayal.


    She didn''t need to worry about someone else killing her because she had already recruited two Immortals in her organizations that hadn''t even taken birth yet.


    While those who had ns to kill Maria to gain her territory shook their heads disappointedly since there was no benefit for them in killing her.


    Since the event had ended, Aakesh waved her hands, and the next moment all the participants disappeared from the tforms and appeared on their seats.


    It was still four-five hours until sunset. If Aakesh wanted he could organize another event, but after thinking for some time, he decided against it.


    Since he hadpleted the quest sessfully, he would get a new product for the store, and the number of participants was several times greater than the required amount, so he was sure to get a bonus reward as well.


    "Since it was thest contest of the three-day event, the event ends here," Aakesh announced the conclusion of the event.


    [Ding!]


    The next moment, mechanical alerts signifying thepletion of the quest began appearing inside her head, but he ignored it since there were still people sitting in the store.


    Aakesh told the crowd to leave the store since the event had ended. The people had disappointed expressions because they wanted to see more, but since Aakesh had already announced the end, there was no point in waiting.


    People began leaving one by one after that since they only needed to think and they would appear at the exit of the store.

 Chapter 184 - (6) Quest Completion

    Chapter 184: Quest Completion


    After Aakesh announced the end of the event, the people started leaving one by one with disappointed and blissful expressions at the same time.


    Those who were the ordinary citizens of the Bisan Kingdom looked especially happy more than anyone. They never expected to watch so many events. They witnessed several things which they had only heard in legends.


    The event also gave a goal to many of the youngsters who watched the events. They always believed this Kingdom to be the greatest of the world, but when they saw that their king didn''t even have the status to talk to most of the participants, they found out how insignificant they and the Bisan Kingdom were in this world.


    The event gave them the motivation to someday reach the stage where even the king would''ve to be respectful while talking to them.


    Since the people in the crowd only had to think of leaving and they would appear at the door of the store, in no time, the crowded store became empty, while the roads in front of the store became overcrowded.


    "Now that the three-day event has ended, I''m going to miss it," One man disappointedly told his friend after he appeared at the exit of the store.


    His friend only smiled in response since only watching an event of this extent for free was already a blessing for weak cultivators like him.


    Many such groups of friends had such conversations on the road while leaving.


    The group of Moyas, knowing that today was thest day for the protection from the store, decided to join Maria''s organization.


    They knew Maria still had toplete her quest if she wanted to establish an organization in the Panagea, but they couldn''t wait.


    They could either leave the Bisan Kingdom and never return here, or they could stay here and enter Panagea. They didn''t have any other option since the ss the leader had won would only activate upon entering the Panagea.


    Since many of the people wanted to join the organization, there were already a lot of people standing in front of her building.


    Maria couldn''t help but feel a headache, seeing arge crowd standing in front of her building.


    "Senior, suggest something to me," She respectfully asked Evelyn, who was standing next to her. Even though Evelyn was her subordinate in the future organization, she was still Heavenly Monarch and the power and age difference between them wasrge, so she didn''t dare to be disrespectful.


    Since Evelyn had given her the suggestion and was the first to join her future organization, she could be considered one of the founders, so Maria decided to use her help in the starting phase of the organization.


    There was the issue of Evelyn manipting her, but currently, she couldn''t do anything about it due to her low cultivation. She currently had no choice but to go with the flow.


    At least for five years, she was going to be safe from any betrayals. Looking at the difference in her when Aakesh had only opened the store for around two weeks, she was confident that she would be a high-level cultivator at that point and wouldn''t need to be afraid of betrayals.


    "Ignore them. We need to do many things before recruiting for our organization," Evelyn suggested. They didn''t even have a name for their organization how could they begin recruiting before having a name.


    "Okay," Maria nodded in response.


    Evelyn''s eyes suddenly shined, seeing the group of Moya also standing in front of Maria''s building for recruitment.


    She suddenly had an idea, and she then informed Maria about it. Maria liked the idea so she epted her suggestion.


    A few minutester, the organization that had no name recruited six beings. Evelyn had not suggested Maria to recruit the Moya due to the Soul stones, but due to the ss, their leader had won yesterday.


    How could they ignore adventurers who had sses in the starting phase of the organization?


    ***


    There were still a few people who had stayed back in the store since they wanted to have conversations with the store owner.


    Eris was one of those who stayed back since he wanted to know how did the store owner find out about his race?


    "Store owner, have you thought of moving your store?" A man asked Aakesh, seeing no one else asking anything.


    Aakesh shook his head in response and refused the man.


    "Store owner, I can provide you a prime location in the center of the continent," The man clearly didn''t want to give up since having a store like this in this shut hole was like disrespecting the Gods. Gods wouldn''t care for the disrespect, but their believers will, simrly, he felt bad that the store was in a backward ce like this.


    "No need," Aakesh refused. Before the man could say anything else, Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the man disappeared from the store and appeared on the road.


    He then expressionlessly stared at other people standing in the crowd. Those who had the same idea as the man started leaving on their own.


    The next moment, only Eris was left in the store.


    "Store owner, How did you find my race even though I had used the best disguise spell?" Eris asked, seeing only him and Aakesh present in the store. It was the correct time to ask such a question.


    "Just because you consider something as best doesn''t make it the best," Aakesh responded and snapped his fingers.


    The next moment, Eris appeared on the road with a dumbfounded expression. Since there was no point in waiting here anymore, he dispersed into light particles.


    While inside the store, Aakesh finally became the only person present.


    "Hey, system, return the store to its previous version," He requested.


    The next moment, the millions of chairs, the vast space, the tform disappeared, and instead, the store reverted to the look before the event.


    "Now, let''s check the rewards," Aakesh murmured as the mechanical alerts that he had ignored began appearing again.


    [Ding!]


    [The quest: Organize an event for the citizens of the Bisan Kingdom, sessfullypleted.]


    [The mission reward: A new product, addition in varieties of pills, and thirty-five virtual products, sessfully given.]


    [Ding!]


    [The number of participants required for the event was 2000, while more than 200,000 people participated.]


    [Bonus reward calcting¡­]

 Chapter 185 - (7) Rewards

    Chapter 185: Rewards


    [Host, please check the reward whenever you decide to.]


    [Calcting Bonus reward¡­]


    The system announced in its mechanical voice.


    Since the system was still calcting his bonus reward, Aakesh decided to check out the quest rewards he had gotten first.


    Taking a step forward, he appeared in front of the pill counter.


    He noticed two extra columns appearing and making the total number of pills in the first row to be seven. The second row had simr changes, and there was also an addition of the third row of pills.


    He first decided to check the two new pills in the first row.


    The first pill was the first-grade inferior energy boost pill, and the second was the first-grade inferior vitality boost pill.


    The vitality boost pill allowed the user to regain the lost vitality to some extent. It cost 75 inferior Primal stones. It worked the best with the blood explosion pill. Thebination of these two pills could turn around the situation. It can only help the cultivator up to the Soul Formation cultivation level.


    The energy boost pill allowed the user to reach single grade cultivation above their level for thirty seconds. It cost 100 inferior Primal stones and was the most expensive pill in the inferior level. Simrly, it also only worked up to the Soul Formation cultivation level.


    After that, Aakesh focused on the second row of pills. They were the same pills but were a grade above.


    The medium vitality boost pill cost 100 ordinary Primal stones, and it could help cultivators up to the cultivation level of Void Forging.


    The first-grade medium energy boost pill allowed the user to increase their cultivation by a grade for sixty seconds. It only worked for the cultivators up to thete Void Forging level. It cost 500 ordinary Primal stones, making it more valuable than all the other pillsbined.


    Aakesh nodded after reading the details of the pills in the second row. He then focused on the new row of the pills.


    There were seven new pills in the third row simr to the bottom two rows. Aakesh then looked at the bottom of the pills to learn their details.


    They were:


    (I) First-grade top body healing pill: It can allow the user to heal even a severe wound like a hole in the heart. It cost 100 top Primal stones.


    (II) First-grade top mental healing pill: It can heal the traumas of the person up to the Tao Manifestation level. It cost 500 top Primal stones.


    (III) First-grade top epiphany pill: It could help the beings attain an epiphany and gain Tao for the beings of peak Void Forging level. It cost 5000 top Primal stones.


    (IV) First-grade top blood explosion pill: It allows the user to go on berserk without losing control by burning their blood. It only works up to the Tao Manifestation level. It cost 500 top Primal stones.


    (V) First-grade top Tao meditation pill: It helps the user in their meditation of Tao, starting from Tao seed up to the Tao Manifestation. It cost 1000 top Primal stones.


    (VI) First-grade top energy boost pill: It allowed the user starting from Tao Seed to increase their cultivation by a grade for one thousand seconds. It cost 10,000 top Primal stones. (Warning: It doesn''t work on peak Tao Manifestation cultivator).


    (VII) First-grade top vitality boost pill: It could help the users starting from the peak Void Forging to regain their lost vitality to some extent. It cost 1000 top Primal stones. (Warning: Anyone below Peak Void Forging is strictly prohibited to buy the pill. It will result in them exploding if they took it).


    Inparison to the bottom two rows, Aakesh noticed two different pills in the third row. There were also warnings for two pills of the third row, unlike the first and second row.


    "Hey, system, aren''t the pills sold by our stores supposed to be for every cultivation system?" Aakesh confusedly asked since the two of the seven pills could only be used by the individuals belonging to the Qi cultivation system.


    [Host, if a Prana cultivatores here to buy, they can simrly purchase Dharma pills, but since in this continent, the majority follows the Qi cultivation system, the system has put Tao pills in front.]


    The system exined. Aakesh nodded after hearing the exnation. He then thought, the next moment, the first-grade top Tao meditation pill turned into Dharma meditation. He then thought again, and the Dharma meditation turned into Law meditation(Mage system).


    He also noticed something in all the pills in the third row, so he asked the system to satisfy his curiosity, "Hey, system, why are the top grade pills costing so much?"


    He asked because the most expensive pill cost an outrageous amount of 10,000 top Primal stones.


    He knew that the figurative difference between the medium-grade and top-grade was only a single level, but the literal difference between them was like heaven and earth. But still, 5000 top Primal stones for an epiphany pill was too much.


    [Host, the system sells the best quality of the pills at the lowest price.]


    Aakesh nodded since it was true. The first-grade inferior pills he sold performed better than the third or second-grade medium pills sold in the majority of the stores.


    Since he had no words to counter the system, He decided to forget about it. Individuals who hade here already knew the quality of the products, so the customers would still be willing to splurge the money.


    After the pills counter, he decided to take a look into the portal room.


    He noticed that the space in the room had grown several times since there were five rows with ten virtual portals in each row.


    After finding nothing wrong, he left the portal room. Now, it was time to see what new product he was going to get.


    He thought of the new product, and the next moment, the familiar roulette appeared in front of him. Like thest time, the roulette contained different products symbols and question marks in some sections.


    The roulette was almost the size of a, but Aakesh had no issue in reading the sections. He thought the block that contained the virtual portal had disappeared after he gained the key, but the question mark was still present in that division.


    The next moment, Aakesh thought of the new product, and the roulette started spinning.

 Chapter 186 - (8) New Product

    Chapter 186: New Product


    The next moment, the giant roulette containing thousands of different products appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh thought of the roulette spinning, and the next moment, it began spinning.


    Soon, the speed at which the roulette spin became unimaginable even for him.


    A few moments more passed, and the roulette''s spinning speed began decreasing. Aakesh eagerly looked at it to see what product he would get, and finally, it stopped.


    Aakesh''s eyes shined as he excitedly looked at what point the pointer had stopped.


    The pointer of the roulette had stopped at the weapon section.


    The next moment, the roulette disintegrated into nothingness, and the store suddenly started having changes.


    Next to the portal room, an empty space suddenly appeared. The next moment, the space began getting filled with different kinds of materials.


    In no time, a new room right next to the portal room appeared. Aakesh couldn''t wait to check it, so he took a step forward.


    Unlike the portal room, this room didn''t have any doors. It had an open entry.


    A board was put on the outside wall of the room. It said, ''Weapon room'' in golden fonts.


    Aakesh only nced at it and took a step inside the room.


    "Woah!" An exmation escaped his mouth when he saw the scene inside the room.


    The floor of the room was made up of Ashamba like hardwood. There were 108 pirs in the room that looked as if they could even support the multiverse.


    Each pir had an inscription of a different kind of weaponry, and the material used in each column was the bones of the Primordial creature, Bone Dragon.


    Bone Dragon was one of the strongest Primordial races. The Bone Dragon, unlike other Primordial races, had several Primordial species because they could only have control over a single element.


    From the bones used in the making of pirs, Aakesh could sense the element of space, so he understood it was the bones of the Dragon that could manipte space.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air, seeing the luxurious room.


    "Hey, system, why did you create a weapon room into such luxury?" He asked the system, as it was simply a weapon room.


    [Host, the pirs aren''t only here for decoration, each column contains an endless space inside them. The customer could pay extra and enter that inside space for training since the space inside the pirs consists of the best of the trailing locations for the weapon they represent.]


    "Shouldn''t the training be another product?" Aakesh confusedly asked as training locations the system could provide were already eligible to be another product.


    [No, Host. The First Store is going to be the greatest store of the Multiverse, so if the store sells weapons, there should be a training area with it.]


    The system replied in its emotionless voice.


    It was almost bragging, but since the system didn''t have any emotion, it looked like a normal statement made by the system.


    Aakesh ignored the emotionless bragging of the system and instead focused on the room. Currently, the room only had 108 pirs and no weapons. He didn''t worry about that since he was confident that when he opened his store tomorrow, the weapons would be there.


    The pirs weren''t the only thing special about the weapons room. On the walls of the room, there were several murals that if anyone who had no knowledge of any weapon looked at it, they would directly gain the basic knowledge of the weapon.


    He focused on one mural in the front-facing wall. The next moment, the mural came alive, and Aakesh suddenly found himself in an open area.


    He had a ck bow in his hands that had golden disks giving the same splendor as the sun at both ends. He was in a posture of shooting.


    The next moment, a Dragon the size of a flew with such quick speed that even the real Aakesh wouldn''t be able to see the trajectory of its movement.


    But the Aakesh here had no such problem. A smile spread across his face as he concentrated on the trajectory of the Dragon.


    He pushed the bowstring, only to stop when it touched his muscle near the eye. There wasn''t any arrow knocked on the bow at that time, but he still released the bowstring.


    "Boom!"


    The next moment, the sound of a sonic boom rang in the area, but the next moment, something unimaginable happened.


    The Dragon who made him look like an ant in size burst into smithereens, and blood started raining down.


    As if there was an invisible wall around him, not a single drop of blood fell on him. He extended the tip of one of his fingers, and a drop of blood fell on it.


    "These beasts think too much of themselves," He scoffed as he licked the blood from his fingers.


    The next moment, Aakesh returned back to the store. He couldn''t help but savor the feeling of ying a dragon from the bow recoil alone.


    "Hey, system, who was that?" He asked as the identity of the person created a curiosity in his heart.


    The being wasn''t of any high-level race. The man belonged to the human race. The third dimension only had a few humans, and from what Aakesh had read, they were at the bottom of the food chain there. But now, he saw a man killing a Dragon from the bowstring recoil alone. How could he not find more about him?


    [Host, that being was Arjuna. He was the son of the first human that ascended to the third dimension with the n of Yaksha, so he was only a half-human in reality, but since his father''s bloodline overwhelmed the Yaksha bloodline in him, so in the end, he became a human, like his father.]


    The system told him the name of the archer. Aakesh knew the first human who ascended to the third dimension.


    That man is one of the few beings in the Multiverse to have direct contact with a Deva. It was he who got the Qi cultivation system from Laozi, a Deva.


    "When I reach the third dimension, I would surely meet him," Aakesh murmured. From this moment, Arjuna became the only being except for Kartikeya(the Peacock warrior) and Devas, whom he himself wanted to meet.


    He had already met a Deva(Cosmos Contract Beast), but he hadn''t been able to have a conversation with them.


    "Hey, system, would everybody fall into an illusion like me?" He then asked the system as if everyone started having contacts with such high-level beings, the power system of the Primal dimension would break down since even watching beings like Arjuna attack was worth more than training for decades.


    [No, Host. The Murals are only for you. The other customers would only feel that these murals are majestic or those who''re very talented could even gain inspiration from seeing them, but only you can experience these attacks for yourself.]


    The system responded. Aakesh nodded in response.


    There was no need for him to add more services for free since the store already provided more benefits than the customer paid.


    Since these murals are only for him, Aakesh began watching each mural.


    Time flew by, and the new day arrived.. Aakesh still had many murals left to experience, but he stopped since it was the time to open the store for its usual business after three days.

 Chapter 187 - (9)A New Day

    Chapter 187: A New Day


    Aakesh had to stop experiencing the use of weapons in the murals as the system interrupted him.


    [Host, a new day has arrived. It''s time for you to open the store.]


    He stopped and decided to experience them whenever he got free time.


    Several minutester, Aakesh stepped down the stairs after taking a bath.


    He then went to the door and opened it, only to find arge crowd waiting outside his store.


    He remembered several people in the crowd. They were those who had won ss rewards.


    Maria and the group of Moya stood at the front of the crowd because she lived next door to him, and she also allowed the group of Moya to stay the night because they were afraid for their lives.


    The crowd that was silent became lively after the door of the store opened. Since there were around 70-80 people in the crowd, they pushed their entry into the store.


    "Good Morning, senior!" Maria smilingly greeted Aakesh after entering the store.


    The group of Moya followed her in greetings, and then they also thanked him for saving that night.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to their greetings and thanks.


    He focused on the crowd of customers. It was the first time that so many people had entered his store. He looked expressionless on the outside, but in his heart, he smiled as his n had worked, and now the store would always be crowded.


    The group of Bislo also pushed their way forward and greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh noticed the absence of Pento and his guards in the group, but he ignored it since he had nothing to do with it.


    If Pento failed to win in the event where everyone had an equal chance to win, only he was at fault.


    Those who came for the first time also greeted Aakesh, seeing the regr customers greeting him.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to the crowd''s greetings.


    Since there were many new customers, Aakesh told them about the products he sells in the store.


    The crowd didn''t feel anything about Panagea since they had heard about it in the events. The cost of the top-level pills created a look of shock on the people''s faces.


    In the crowd of 70-80 people, only thirty-six people chose to enter Panagea.


    "Senior, I want to upgrade my card to supreme," Maria asked before entering Panagea.


    The group of Moya also decided to buy a supreme card each.


    The leader of the group then took out six supreme Primal stones from her space ring and handed them to Aakesh. One of the six stones was the price for Maria.


    Aakesh took the top card Maria had before and added it in the ck hole with a supreme Primal stone. He then pressed the supreme switch.


    The next moment, the upgraded supreme card appeared in his hands. It was already bonded to Maria.


    "There is a bnce of top Primal stone in it. You can use it to pay for your services," Aakesh exined as he handed her the upgraded card.


    He didn''t wait for her response and started creating the cards for other members of her group.


    A few momentster, each member in the group of Moya had a gray card in their hands.


    Their cards were gray since they had gray color blood. With these cards, they didn''t have to worry about their safety anymore since they could directly leave from the store or directly appear in the store.


    "Store owner, what are these cards?" A few people who had arrived here for the first time asked.


    Since many of those had only heard about the supreme Primal stones, and now they could see people buying some strange cards with those stones.


    Aakesh expressionlessly exined the details of the cards to the new customers who hade here.


    "Give me one supreme card!" One man covered in a dark cloak asked for it as they took out a supreme Primal stone from their space ring.


    The majority of the crowd couldn''t afford the supreme or superior card, so they asked for the top card.


    A few momentster, everyone in the crowd who could afford had cards. The majority bought top cards, three customers bought superior cards, while seven customers bought supreme cards.


    After that, those who wanted to enter Panagea entered the portal room.


    Many in the crowd only hade here to check the products of the store for higher-ups, so they left after knowing the details of the products and buying cards.


    Only three customers were left in the store. They also wanted to enter Panagea, but they decided to check the weapons room first, and then they could enter it anytime.


    Aakesh also wanted to see the weapons since when he left the room several minutes ago, the room was still empty.


    He then took the three customers to the weapons room.


    When the customers saw the weapons, they couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air.


    There were 108 pirs in the room, and on each column, there was an insignia of a weapon embedded.


    Next to the pir, a small shelf covered in ss was ced.


    There were 108 shelves like this right next to the pir, and each rack had six rows.


    Aakesh took a step forward and reached the pir that signified the bow.


    The six rows contained different levels of weaponry.


    The lowest level of weapon was Rare grade, while the highest grade was King grade.


    The King-grade weapons didn''t take the topmost row on the shelf, but instead, the growth-level weapons did.


    He then told the customers to check the weapon they desired.


    Since weapons didn''t have a single price for a grade, Aakesh didn''t have to tell the cost to the customer.


    The customer could pick any weapon they like, and the next moment, their details and prices contained in a blue virtual projection would appear in front of them.


    One of the customers saw a golden sword in the legendary row, so he decided to pick it up, but the next moment, he found himself knocked on the ground.


    "Pick weapons based on your level," Aakesh expressionlessly warned the customers.


    The man''s face turned red when Aakesh announced while looking at him.


    After seeing the fate of their fellow customer, the other two customers didn''t dare to touch the weapon higher than their level.

 Chapter 188 - (10) Gordon

    Chapter 188: Gordon


    Gordon was an ordinary citizen of the Bisan Kingdom. He had to work two-third of the day, every day so that he and his family could have the lifestyle that any ordinary person deserves.


    He was one of the many citizens of the Kingdom that couldn''t attend the event. If he took three days off to attend an event, he would not only lose his month''s earnings, but also it would make a dent in his savings.


    He worked in a training arena, where they trained children up to the Houtian level.


    He himself was a Houtian cultivator. Yesterday, while sparring with another Houtian trainee, his sword got broken.


    For a person who had to work daily to survive, it was a big setback. It would put a huge dent in his emergency savings since the weapons were usually expensive.


    But since his livelihood depended upon this, he had no choice but to buy a weapon. He was already 40, so no one would hire him at this age.


    The arena owner gave him a half-day off and also suggested to him Aakesh''s store since he had watched the three-day events in the store.


    Listening to his boss, Gordon came to Aakesh''s store.


    But when he arrived, he saw the doors of the store were still shut while a crowd was waiting outside the store.


    He couldn''t help but feel nervous since usually, such big stores charge an outrageous amount of money for even low-level products.


    But Since his boss had suggested to him the store, he decided to check it out first. If he didn''t find anything in his budget, then he would buy weapons from another store.


    Gordon stood two steps away from everyone since he couldn''t feel anything from others in the crowd.


    It only meant that each person in the crowd had higher cultivation than him.


    He stood there for a few minutes when the door of the store suddenly opened.


    He couldn''t help but feel dumbfounded when he heard the whispers of excitement after the door of the store opened.


    It was the first time he saw someone happy before spending money.


    He then tried to peek inside the store, but surprisingly he saw a wall blocking his view.


    He then stopped peeking since everyone ahead of him had already entered the store. He also followed them inside.


    A look of surprise appeared on his face when he saw that the store owner wasn''t a human like them. It was the first time for him to see an alien store owner in a human-dominated area.


    Seeing high-level cultivators greeting the store owner, he became more nervous since it meant that the store owner himself was a high-level being.


    He finally understood why no one dared to trouble the store owner despite being of a different race.


    He also didn''t dare to look around the store and only focused on the thing he had arrived here for.


    Only a few minutes had passed since he entered the store, and his mouth and eyes flew wide open, seeing the mythical supreme Primal stone from his own eyes.


    As if it were a contagious virus, he saw seven supreme Primal stones in a span of a few seconds.


    Time flew by, and finally, only he and two other customers were left.


    They, like him, were waiting for the store owner to show the weapons.


    The store owner then told them to follow him.


    Gordon and the two other customers followed Aakesh to the weapon room.


    His jaw almost dropped to the ground when he saw the luxuriant room.


    There were 108 white pirs in the room. There were six circles of pirs, with the innermost circle containing eight pirs and the outermost circle containing 28 pirs.


    On each pir, the shape of the weapon was embedded, and a shelf was ced near each pir.


    The store owner then exined about the weapons to him and the other customers.


    His heart couldn''t help but be tense, seeing the luxury of the room. Since the luxurious the ce, the more expensive the product costs.


    But he couldn''t stop himself from checking them out, so he proceeded in the direction of the saber pir since he was a saber user.


    There were six rows of weapons, and on the top of each row, the grade of weapon was written.


    His eyes fell on a red saber on the fifth row. Since he only needed to pick up the weapon to see its details, he extended his hands to pick it up.


    "Thud!"


    His hands came to a sudden halt as he heard a crashing sound. He looked behind and saw one of the customers lying on the ground.


    Right at that time, the store owner warned him and the other customers not to try to pick up weapons higher than their own level.


    Gordon couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief since he was also going to be lying on the ground a momentter if he had picked up the weapon.


    He was a Houtian level cultivator, and Houtian and Xiantian cultivators could only use rare-grade weapons, so he decided to only look at that row, and if he somehow found a suitable saber in his budget, he would buy it.


    Gordon didn''t think he would find any weapon in his budget in this store, but he just couldn''t stop himself from checking them out, seeing the luxury.


    From the outside, it looked as if there were limited weapons on the shelf, but when he pushed the ss to pick out a weapon, he felt as if there were unlimited weapons inside it.


    He then picked out the first saber he came across and took it out.


    The next moment, a blue virtual projection containing all the details of the saber appeared in his hands.


    {Unnamed Saber


    Weapon grade: Rare,


    Details: A saber made out of magically strengthened steel,


    Price: 250 inferior Primal stones.}


    Gordon couldn''t help but shake his head in disappointment, seeing the price of the saber. His budget was only 100 inferior Primal stones, so he put it down.


    He then picked up another saber, and it also had the same price tag, so he again put it down.


    Finally, after looking at tens of sabers, he found a saber that only cost 90 inferior Primal stones.


    {Unnamed Saber


    Weapon grade: Rare,


    Details: A saber made out of magically strengthened iron,


    Price: 90 inferior Primal stones.}


    "Yes!" Gordon couldn''t control himself and yelled in excitement, seeing a weapon in his budget.


    Thest saber he had was made up of natural strengthened iron, and he had bought it at the price of 100 inferior Primal stones, but here he got a magically strengthened iron saber for only 90 stones.


    The difference between natural and magically strengthened iron wasrge, as the magically strengthened iron was the natural strengthened material that had gotten enchanted with Qi. So the energy flow in this kind of weapon was always better than naturally strengthened iron.


    Gordon was only a Houtian level cultivator, so he couldn''t use energy outside his body, but still, this saber would easily cut through natural strengthened iron.


    After finding a suitable saber, he didn''t wait and decided to buy it. He found the store owner checking out the bows, so he went toward him and told him his decision.


    After paying the required amount for the saber, he left the store with a smile on his face.

 Chapter 189 - The Truth

    Chapter 189: The Truth


    After not finding any Bow worth using, Aakesh left the weapon room and returned to hisfortable chair while two customers were already checking out their desired weapons.


    Aakesh still hadn''t checked his bonus reward. He got his rewardst night, but since he was experiencing the murals of the war, he ignored it.


    He could check them right now, but he thought it would be better if he checked after the closing of the store, so he put it in the back of his mind.


    It had only been five minutes since Aakesh exited the weapons room when a customer who was checking the weapon came running to him.


    "Store owner, is there a ce to test the weapon?" The man asked. He had a double-edged silver sword in his hand.


    "In the center of the room..." Aakesh responded and snapped his fingers.


    The man nodded and returned to the weapons room.


    The next moment, in the center of the circles, a gray b began rising from the ground.


    The man went toward it. Aakesh had told him that he could check his power on this b.


    The man did a casual swing and struck the b.


    The next moment, the b lightened up and showed intermediate Soul Formation on it.


    The man couldn''t help but smile, seeing the casual swing from the sword reaching the level of intermediate Soul Formation.


    He decided to use his strongest skill and check its power.


    The next moment, a red hue began surrounding the sword. In no time, the red hue surrounded the sword.


    The man took a deep breath and swung the sword using all of his energy.


    "ng!"


    The man''s full power strike didn''t even cause a dent on the b as the next moment, the writing on it changed.


    A bar appeared on it, with one end denoting peak Soul Formation and the other end, early Nascent Soul.


    The blue color started moving, and it stopped even before covering 10% of the total distance, but still, the man jumped in excitement seeing this.


    ording to the b, his strike surpassed the peak Soul Formation level, which was his cultivation level.


    The other customer, seeing the man, couldn''t help but decide to test his strike power.


    He was an early Nascent Soul cultivator, and his full power strike almost reached intermediate Nascent Soul.


    It''s as if they both caught a contagious virus. Both customers started testing their power using different weapons, while Aakesh weed a familiar person in the store.


    It was none other than Punta and Brinda.


    It was the first time Brinda came as a customer in the store and also the first time she could have a direct conversation with the store owner.


    "Greetings, senior," She greeted Aakesh with a slight bow.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her greetings and asked for what they needed.


    "Did you kill my son?" Punta suddenly asked as his face turned stern.


    A shocked expression appeared on Brinda''s face as the first thing her grandfather taught her beforeing here was to always stay respectful in front of the store owner, but now he was calling him a murderer without any proof.


    Aakesh had no change in his expressions when Aakesh asked that. Now that he remembers, he had even acted in front of Punta so that he wouldn''t doubt him.


    He had done this, so the issue of him being here doesn''t get found out, but now when only two weeks had passed, he had customers from top-level races of the Primal dimension. So that acting didn''t provide any extra advantage to him, except no one finding out that he had killed Pinto. Which, even if everyone had found out, wouldn''t have mattered.


    "Yes," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. Now that Punta had started having doubts, there was no point in hiding this anymore.


    The shocked look on Brinda''s face turned into pure horror as Pinto was not only the king; he was her father as well. She looked at Aakesh and Punta, and she had no idea what she should do.


    A wry smile appeared on Punta''s face as, since the first time he arrived here and saw the level of the products, he began having doubts about it.


    But the memory in his head said something else. Even when he talked to his elder brother and father about this, they couldn''t find anything wrong with his memory, so the doubts started to lie down, but after the events began and he saw the grand scale, the doubts rose again.


    So today, he decided to clear his confusion.


    But now that he had asked the question and Aakesh had epted the me, he didn''t know what he should do.


    He neither had the power nor the status to do something to Aakesh, so he had no idea what''s the next step.


    "If you did it, why did you lie?" Punta asked as his voice had turned hoarse after getting the confirmation.


    "I had some issues," Aakesh expressionlessly replied.


    "Why did you kil...kill him?"


    "He deserved it," Aakesh bluntly replied. He had no interest in what he and his family felt since it was Pinto who started this mess.


    Punta''s shoulders slumped down and turned around to leave. He even forgot the purpose ofing here.


    Brinda seeing her grandfather leaving, took a nce at Aakesh, only to find indifference in his eyes for her father''s death and her grandfather''s sadness. She also followed her grandfather.


    Aakesh put it in the back of his mind after the pair of grandfather and granddaughter left since he didn''t care what they felt.


    As for the issues arising between the Bisan Kingdom and the store, Aakesh wouldn''t even think of stopping it. The many customers he had were already Immortals, and stopping them from entering his store was no better than dooming the entire Kingdom.


    The only thing Aakesh hoped for was Punta to act sane and don''t create trouble like a good king. Even though it wouldn''t take even a second for him to destroy Punta and his entire lineage, he didn''t want to do this.


    As expected, only a few minutes had passed when Brinda came running back.


    The smile she had when she arrived earlier was nowhere to be seen.


    "Grandfather had announced retirement and told me to invite you for my coronation ceremony," She said as her voice trembled, talking to someone who killed her father.

 Chapter 190 - Decision

    Chapter 190: Decision


    After finding out his suspicions of Aakesh murdering his son were right, Punta hurriedly left the store since he didn''t know what to do.


    His granddaughter Brinda also followed him, but when he reached some distance from the store, his feet came to a sudden halt.


    "Do I want him as my enemy?" He suddenly asked himself.


    A few secondster, Brinda caught up to him and asked whether he was alright or not.


    While looking at his granddaughter''s face, the consequences of offending someone like Aakesh emerged in his mind.


    He couldn''t help but shudder, thinking what a man like Aakesh would do. Since he knew Aakesh had killed Pinto, the mystery around the sudden disappearance of the Schiller family also got solved.


    If Aakesh could kill millions of people just because of a fight, the royal family only had tens of people. The problem wouldn''t stop only with his descendants. It may also reach his father and the Chivelle Kingdom, so he needed to think before acting.


    If Aakesh knew that Punta had turned him into some evil viin, Aakesh wouldn''t even know whether tough or cry. He may not care about it, but the system would care for sure.


    If people started thinking of the store owner as some evil being, people would stoping to his store.


    Brinda looked at her grandfather with a concerned look on her face. He had only acknowledged her two nights before, and she didn''t want something to happen that may ruin her family and the Kingdom she''s going to take over in a few days.


    "Brinda, go and invite the store owner for your coronation," He ordered Brinda after thinking for some time.


    "Are you sure, grandfather? He killed royal father," Brinda confusedly asked.


    "Yes, do what I tell you," A stern look appeared on Brinda''s face as he ordered her. The next moment, the look on his face turned gentle as he added, "When you talk to store owner, you should talk in a respectful tone, and don''t tell anyone about him killing your father. I have something to do, so leave on your own."


    A bad feeling rose in Brinda''s heart when she heard her grandfather''s gentle voice. But before she could say anything, Punta disappeared.


    She decided to follow what her grandfather had ordered her and turned back to return to the store.


    This meeting was thest time anyone saw Punta. From this moment on, Punta was never seen, no matter how hard his father tried to find him.


    But his granddaughter faithfully followed thest order he gave her. No one except him and her knew about the circumstances around Pinto''s death, and she also never let that facte in between, and the rtion between the store and the Bisan Kingdom only got better in her reign. But that''s a story forter and the future generation.


    Unaware of what her future was going to be, Brinda rushed back to the store.


    When she entered the store, she noticed Aakesh rxing on his chair, but her footsteps had alerted him, so he looked at her.


    "Store owner, my grandfather, had invited you for my coronation ceremony three dayster," She told Aakesh with a slight tremble in her voice since she had an ominous premonition.


    "Oh, so you''re going to be the next king of this Kingdom," Aakesh casually responded.


    Hearing the casual tone of Aakesh, Brinda couldn''t help but feel anger rising inside her heart, but she controlled herself as her grandfather had ordered her to stay respectful, and she also was no match for him in a battle.


    "Yes," She responded as a forced smile appeared on her face.


    "I don''t think I would have time toe, but still, I would try," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Brinda nodded and thanked Aakesh. Then she turned around to leave when Aakesh stopped her.


    "Come here tomorrow. I would give you your coronation gift," Aakesh added and then told her to leave.


    Brinda bowed again and left the store.


    Since Aakesh couldn''t go to the coronation ceremony due to it being held in the daytime and he needed to see his store, he decided to give her her present before the event. He decided to make her a king badge that may even be the symbol of their Kingdom one day.


    A few minutes after Brinda left, the two customers that had been testing their weapons inside the weapon room selected their weapons and paid for them. They had an interest in Panagea, and there were still fourteen empty virtual portals left, so they entered the Panagea instead of leaving.


    A few more minutes had passed when the group of unfamiliar customers entered the store. They were one of the groups belonging to the Chivelle Kingdom and had participated in the event for the territory, but they failed to win anything.


    They spent the night here since traveling here again would cost arge number of Primal stones.


    "Good Morning, store owner," The group greeted Aakesh right after entering the store.


    Aakesh, as usual, only nodded in response to their greetings.


    The group had an unusual interest in Panagea, so they didn''t ask for the products of the store and directly asked for entry into Panagea.


    The group consisted of nine members. Since there were still twelve virtual portals left empty, they didn''t have to wait. They directly paid for their six-hour services and entered the portal room.


    Time flew by, and another hour passed. During this hour, all the fifty virtual portals had already gotten taken, and more than thirty people were waiting for their entry in the weapons room.


    Since there was still a lot of time left before their turn arrived, they were testing their power inside the weapon room on the b ced in the center of the circle of pirs.


    "See my power!" A femalemented as she shot her strongest arrow in the center of the b.


    The next moment, the b lightened up, and a straight vertical bar appeared on it.


    One end denotedte Tao Seed, and the other end, peak Tao Seed. The blue liquid moved from the bottom and in no time reached the middle point, but its speed slowed down as it tried to move up, and it finally stopped at 78%.


    The female couldn''t help but smirk, seeing the power of her strongest strike, almost achieving a level above her cultivation.

 Chapter 191 - Outrageous Prices

    Chapter 191: Outrageous Prices


    "Hey, store owner, what are the prices of the training arena?"


    While Aakesh was rxing on his chair, he suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice.


    He didn''t have to turn around as the woman who asked that came forward.


    She was the same person whose attack almost reached a level above her actual cultivation level a moment earlier.


    "Hey, system, you never told me about it," Aakesh asked, even he didn''t know the cost.


    [Host, the system had already informed you yesterday, but since you were busy, you ignored it.]


    The system responded in its mechanical voice.


    Aakesh didn''t have to ask for it as the next moment, the alerts regarding the training arena costs reappeared in his mind.


    After learning the details himself, Aakesh told the woman. She couldn''t help but get shocked after hearing the prices.


    The training arena of each pir had six levels.


    They were: trivial, normal, moderate, difficult, Immortal, Gods & Demons.


    The trivial being the easiest, and Gods & Demons being the hardest difficulty.


    Since the weapon in itself had levels, each level of weapon had these six levels of training, exceptmon grade since the store didn''t sell those.


    For the rare grade weapons, the trivial difficulty cost an inferior Primal stone, but the Gods & Demons difficulty became 1000 inferior Primal stones.


    These were the prices for only an hour of training.


    These were still affordable, but the higher the level of the weapon, the outrageous the prices.


    For a weapon of an Immortal grade, the trivial difficulty cost 100 supreme Primal stones, and with each grade higher difficulty up to difficult level, the cost grew by ten times, meaning it cost 100,000 supreme Primal stones just for a single hour.


    The cost for the Immortal difficulty jumped by 100 times, and it cost 10,000,000 supreme Primal stones for only an hour.


    But, for the Gods & Demons, the cost jump would be even outrageous for the top organizations of the Primal dimension.


    It jumped by 100,000 times, making the cost of a single hour training of Immortal grade weapons in Gods & Demons level difficulty, one trillion supreme Primal stones for a single hour training.


    Even the top organizations of the Primal dimension would need to think hundreds of times before deciding to join it.


    The woman''s mouth didn''t close after hearing the price for a long time.


    Finally, after a few minutes passed, she calmed down and looked at Aakesh as if he was insane to even talk about this.


    She had a king-grade weapon in her hand, and if she wanted to take the Gods & Demons level training, she needed to splurge 100 supreme Primal stones for an hour, which was equivalent to an hour of training in the trivial difficulty in the Immortal grade weapon.


    Aakesh ignored her since he was conversing with the system about the outrageous prices in his head.


    "Hey, system, why are you randomly throwing numbers of Primal stones here?" Aakesh curiously asked. A trillion Primal stones and that of the supreme category was something that would make people run away from the store.


    [Host, the system always charges the price equal to the value of the product.]


    The system responded in its emotionless voice.


    "I knew that, but do you think these people understand," Aakesh responded.


    [Host, you don''t need to worry about that. When people received the benefits of training in the Gods & Demons level difficulty, they would even think that the store is charging less than it''s providing.]


    The system responded and told Aakesh to let it be the decision of customers whether they feel it''s costly or not.


    Aakesh stopped asking questions as the woman, standing shell-shocked in the store, finally came around and asked Aakesh a question.


    "Store owner, don''t you think 100 supreme Primal stones for Gods & Demons level difficulty is way too much for the king level weapons?" The woman asked as she was still very far from the level of Immortals.


    "The store doesn''t charge more money than the worth of the product," Aakesh expressionlessly responded and told her what the system always tells him.


    A look of struggle appeared on the woman''s face after hearing Aakesh. Since bargaining was not possible in this case, she couldn''t make her decision based on the rule board. One hundred supreme Primal stones were almost 70% of her life savings, so it wasn''t something she could waste on a whim.


    As for training in other levels, this thought never came to her mind since there wasn''t any point in having savings if you can''t afford the best.


    Aakesh knew this wasn''t enough, so he added, "You don''t need to worry about your Primal stones going to waste. The store has a policy of hundred timespensation if my products fail to do what they''re supposed to do."


    As if the policy of hundred timespensation broke thest straw of struggle she had, she finally arrived at her decision.


    "Store owner, one hour, King grade bow, and Gods & Demons level difficulty," She asked and took out 100 supreme Primal stones from her space ring.


    The look of struggle on her face reappeared as she noticed that she would lose this much from her savings, but the next moment, she took a deep breath and extended her hands, carrying the pouch using every ounce of will she had.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the Primal stones disappeared. Only the pouch remained in her hands.


    The next moment, a smile spread across her face as the struggle she had been feeling disappeared right after Aakesh took the Primal stones.


    She then inhaled and exhaled long breaths quite a few times to calm her mind since she couldn''t waste her expensive training due to her mind.


    "You don''t need to worry about the stresses or frustrations you have in your mind. The moment you enter the training area, your mind will be at the calmest point, and you will remember nothing other than training in that hour..."


    Aakesh exined to her about one of the many great features of the Gods & Demons level of training.


    The women nodded and left for the weapons room.


    There was still a crowd gathered around the b, and they were testing the power of their strikes.


    She found the pir that denoted the bow and arrow and took a step in that direction.

 Chapter 192 - New Quest

    Chapter 192: New Quest


    "Eh!" The Woman eximed in confusion when she reached the pir.


    There was nothing else on the pir except the symbol of the bow and arrow. The woman had no idea how to enter the training area since she forgot to ask it and the store owner didn''t tell him.


    "What happened, Marie?" A familiar voice rang in her ear as she was thinking of how to enter the space inside the pir.


    "I want to go inside, but-"


    She recognized it to be the voice of her friend and began speaking about the issue, but her words came to a sudden halt.


    Right after Marie had said, "I want to go inside." The pir had sudden changes.


    It suddenly began glowing, resulting in everybody looking at the pir to know what had happened.


    They didn''t have to think for long, as the symbol of the bow and arrow started glowing.


    No one knew why it suddenly happened except Marie. A sudden thought of dropping a single drop of blood on the glowing symbol of bow and arrow emerged inside her head.


    She knew it was the store''s doing, and she would be able to enter for an hour after she dropped her blood.


    When the thought of dropping blood appeared inside her head, a doubt emerged with it, but the doubt didn''t stay long as the answer subconsciously appeared in her heart.


    The store asked for a drop of her blood, as it would create her clone with exact powers using that drop of blood since there would be deaths inside it.


    The system inside the training area waspletely different. There were no unlimited revivals.


    Every time her clone died, she would need to create a new clone from another drop of blood.


    After getting the answer, she didn''t wait and bit the tip of her index finger. She then dropped the drop of her blood on it. The next moment, a golden light suddenly engulfed her, and her eyes turned lifeless.


    She physically didn''t enter, but instead, her consciousness did. Entering through consciousness would result in a better result from the training since everything she did would get spiritually embedded in her consciousness, and it would be a natural thing for her.


    Right after Marie''s consciousness entered the space inside the pir, Aakesh opened his eyes as he heard several mechanical alerts inside his head.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on selling weapons and first training hours! Please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Requirement: Since you have already sold seven weapons and one training hour, it''s time for you to let other customers get the benefits of training hours and weapons sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 10,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 10,000 customers or 100,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Days required: 180 days,


    Mission reward: One thousand, four hundred, and fifty more virtual portals! Addition of Emperor and Overlord grade into the weapons and Training arena! Addition of Superior pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of the training area!]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but feel astonishment, seeing the contents of the quest.


    Unlike other quests, he needed to fulfill two conditions in the quest. He first needed to sell 10,000 weapons, and second, he needed to either have 10,000 customers for the training area, or he needed to sell 100,000 training hours.


    He also noticed thepressed details about the training hours, so he thought of expanding, and the next moment, a new blue window containing the details of the training hours appeared on top of the previous screen.


    [100,000(trivial, normal, moderate, difficult) training hours = 10,000 Immortal training hours = 1000 Gods & Demons training hours.]


    It only exined the conversion rate between the training hours in the quest. If Aakesh could only have 1,000 Gods & Demons training hours, his requirement ofpleting 100,000 hours would getpleted.


    His eyes then fell upon the time limit toplete the quest. Unlike thest few quests where he got a week, and here he had gotten 180 days toplete the quest.


    "10,000 weapons in 180 days," Aakesh frowned, thinking of this.


    Simr to the pills, there was a limit on the number of weapons that could be purchased. Any person could only buy a single weapon in a month.


    In the best case, if the customers bought a new weapon every month, he would need more than 1500 customers to purchase weapons from his store. In the worst case, he needed 10,000 customers toplete this requirement.


    But when his eyes fell upon the reward section, all the difficulties of the quest disappeared from his mind.


    Alone, 1450 extra virtual portals made up for the difficulty of the quest.


    The failure punishment didn''t interest him much since he still didn''t know the response of the customers for the training area.


    Only when that womanes back after an hour would he get his feedback on the training area for the first time.


    "Hey, system, why such a grand quest?" He asked the system since he had nothing to do.


    [Host, the quests get randomly generated depending upon various factors, as the store makes more name for itself, the quests would only get grander.]


    The system mechanically responded.


    Time flew by, and one hour passed.


    The golden glow that had engulfed Marie suddenly disappeared, and life returned to her eyes.


    If anyone looked at her eyes at this time, they would feel countless arrows piercing them all over their body.


    The next moment, her eyes returned to normal, and she took a deep breath.


    Suddenly the aura around her changed as the seed in her mind showed signs of germinating, but before it could turn into a sprout, it stopped.


    Marie had a breakthrough as she had now reached the peak of Tao Seed, and the moment she germinated the seed in her mind, she would step in the level of Tao Manifestation.


    "What¡­ How..." The sudden breakthrough of Marie made everyone look in her direction.


    Her friends couldn''t even speak.. One hour earlier, she looked several years away from the breakthrough, but now she had suddenly reached the peak of Tao Seed.

 Chapter 193 - Gods & Demons Level Training

    Chapter 193: Gods & Demons Level Training


    "How¡­" Marie''s friend asked in shock, seeing the sudden breakthrough of her friend.


    She herself was a peak Tao Seed level cultivator, and she could feel that Marie had surpassed her energy level despite having a sudden breakthrough.


    Marie was in no mood to respond to her friend. She closed her eyes and entered her consciousness.


    She could see the colorless seed in her consciousness that was on the verge of germinating.


    She reached out to touch it, but her fingers passed right through it. She could not touch the seed because it was ethereal and not physical.


    She could only sense it, and she could feel that she was not far from another breakthrough, and this time it would be a level breakthrough, not a grade breakthrough.


    The next moment, she returned back to the real world as an excited expression appeared on her face, and the next moment, it turned into a longing for the Gods & Demons level training.


    Just an hour of training in that difficulty made her Tao attainments in archery so strong that she had directly leveled up and reached the limit of Tao Seed.


    "Are you listening?"


    Marie suddenly felt a shake. She turned to her left and noticed her friend staring at her suspiciously.


    "Are you alright?" The friend asked after Marie finally responded to her callings.


    "Never better," Marie responded with a longing expression evident on her face.


    "How did this happen in only an hour?" The friend finally asked the question that had been on her mind since the breakthrough.


    Those who were eavesdropping on the friends also focused as not to miss even a single word that escaped Marie''s mouth.


    "It''s because¡­,"


    "... that''s how I had a breakthrough in only an hour."


    Marie exined about the training area and her experience inside the Gods & Demons level difficulty.


    Aakesh had already told her that it doesn''t matter what sense of mind she had before entering the Gods & Demons level training area; it would return to calm. So when she entered, her expression subconsciously turned cold and calm as if there was only a single purpose to her life, and that was training.


    The next moment, several new pieces of information appeared inside her head.


    There was a time dtion inside the training area, and in the Gods & Demons level area, the time rate differed by 1000 times whenpared to the outside. So for the people in the store, Marie only stayed in the training area for one hour, but in reality, she stayed there for 1000 hours.


    Next, different kinds of archery training appeared in her mind. She decided to go through the training when the archer and the target had covers while the battle continued.


    As the training level''s name suggested, the trainers could select creatures who were termed the Gods in that respective weapon field, like the race Kopere who only lived in the Sacred dimension.


    Since she paid for the Gods & Demons, she selected Kopere as her training partner.


    The next moment, the training area began changing, and out of nowhere fortresses and giant trees began appearing. It was Marie who chose this environment since this environment would prove quite a challenge for her toplete.


    Within a moment, the Kopere appeared atop one of the fortresses.


    Marie couldn''t help but shudder when the Kopere stared at her using his dark eye.


    While the Kopere had the same cultivation level and the weapon level as Marie, his achievements in archery were the pinnacle of the Tao Seed.


    Time flew by, and hours passed. Marie had even lost count of how many times she got killed.


    For every revival, she needed to lose a drop of her blood, so her face had turned white in reality, but since the golden light acted as the barrier, no one knew her condition.


    Throughout these hours, she experimented with different environments and types of archery simtion, but the Kopere proved to be more powerful each time.


    But with every death she faced, her archery got better and better as the scene got engraved into her spirit.


    The deaths began decreasing as she got better, but she wasn''t able to defeat the Kopere even once in more than two thousand battles she had with him during the duration of a thousand hours.


    When her stay of a thousand hours wasplete, the system pushed her out, and the golden buried surrounding her disappeared.


    Her face was white from the blood loss, but with the sudden breakthrough she had, it replenished all her lost vitality and blood.


    After Marie stopped sharing her experience, a shocked look appeared on the friend''s face. After hearing, she could also do the same; she didn''t wait for a second and rushed out of the weapons room to talk to the store owner.


    While Marie had something else on her mind, so she ignored the hurried look on her friend''s face. She then proceeded in the direction of the b in the center of all the circles of the pir.


    Everybody who was already testing their power moved away since Marie was higher in cultivation level. She took out her bow, stretched the bowstring, and casually released it.


    "Boom!"


    The next moment, the sound of an explosion urred. Everyone who was standing there looked at the b, and the next moment an astonished expression appeared on their faces.


    After the wave from the release of the bowstring touched the b, it lightened up, and the next moment, intermediate Tao Seed appeared on it.


    Even Maria herself got surprised, seeing such a high level of damage only from a casual release of her bowstring. An excited expression appeared on her face, as this time, she loaded an arrow on the bow and shot at the center of the b.


    As usual, the b lightened up, and the vertical bar appeared. The bottom end denoted peak Tao Seed, while the top end denoted early Tao Manifestation.


    The blue liquid from the bottom started moving, but it stopped at 5%. The smile on Maria''s face got wider as even her normal strike could exceed the peak Tao Seed level. It was only 5%, but it was still more than her cultivation level.


    She didn''t stop and continued testing the powers of the different skills she had.. The strongest skill she had exceeded 89% and almost reached the level of early Tao Manifestation.

 Chapter 194 - The Limit

    Chapter 194: The Limit


    As Aakesh waited for the customers, he wasn''t aware of what was happening inside the weapons room.


    Around a hundred customers had alreadye and left since there weren''t enough virtual portals. The next group of fifty customers were already inside the store and were waiting for their turn.


    While he was rxing, a girl who had been waiting for her turn in the weapons room for the past hour came to him.


    "Store owner," She called to him.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nced at her and asked for her purpose.


    She then told about her interest in the Gods & Demons level training area for the king-grade weapons. Aakesh nodded and asked for 100 supreme Primal stones.


    The girl nodded and handed him the required amount. Unlike Marie, she belonged to an affluent family that had several Immortals in their midst, so 100 supreme Primal stones weren''t a big amount for her.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the Primal stones disappeared. He then told her to enter her training area.


    "It seems it''s going to be popr," Aakesh murmured after the girl left for the training area. Since it had been an hour after the first customer entered and only a few minutes after another customer arrived to purchase, that meant it proved to be a fruitful purchase for the first girl.


    The easiest way for him toplete the quest''s training hours requirement was to sell 1,000 Gods & Demons training hours, but the system had set a limit of one customer per year for that level of difficulty, so Aakesh needed 1,000 customers in six months which didn''t look difficult.


    But the store had higher-level cultivators, and the prices were outrageous for them even if it was worth it. Customers needed to have that kind of amount to even gain the benefit.


    He could also hope to get 10,000 Immortal training hours first, but there was a limit of a customer per month in this situation.


    Now that he thinks about it, only the first four levels of difficulty could help himplete the quest. Unlike the other two levels, there was no limit on the number of training hours the customer could purchase for the first four levels, and the price was cheap too, so 100,000 training hours in these four difficulties looked easier than less number of hours in other two.


    Since thinking about it wouldn''t do much, Aakesh stopped thinking about it and decided to leave it upon the time. He could interfere with fate and time to have enough customers toplete the quest in only a few hours, but the system won''t allow it, so he let it flow naturally.


    Time flew by, and twenty minutes passed.


    Marie came up to him during these twenty minutes and talked about the training area. She had already used 70% of her life savings for a single hour of training, so she didn''t have much, but she was even willing to take the debt with high-interest rates if she could enter that training area again.


    She even tried to ask Aakesh for giving her a loan, but Aakesh tly refused her. Since she currently had one of the virtual portals in the next group for her, she talked to Aakesh about it. She decided to leave the store for some time to ask for some money, but she didn''t have to as Aakesh exined the limit of one training hour per customer per year.


    The decision to put a limit on the training area, which could create an unlimited amount of resources for Aakesh, sounded unfathomable and stupid to her. But she didn''t want to offend Aakesh, so she stayed silent and returned to the weapons room.


    Aakesh had no idea what Marie thought, so he didn''t care. Even if he knew it, he still wouldn''t have cared since the limit of one hour per year was for the health of the customer.


    The training in the training area happened spiritually, which automatically helped in the growth of the spirit. But the same wasn''t the case for the physique. It stayed the same.


    Since Marie had a breakthrough, her physique would be able to face the sudden growth of spirit if she entered again, but not everyone would have a breakthrough after their training hour. So the system put a limit of a single training hour per year.


    After Marie left, not a single customer entered the store until now.


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he sensed teleportations inside the store.


    He opened his eyes and saw the group of Elves emerging one by one.


    Even though people had seen their real faces during thest event, they still came with masks on their faces.


    As Lenna entered the store, there was an atmosphere of excitement surrounding her. She looked at Aakesh, and a smile spread across her face behind the mask.


    "Store owner, do you remember our deal?" She asked, with a mix of nervousness and excitement.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded.


    "Can you let us meet them too?" sha nervously asked. The other two members in the group also tensed and looked at Aakesh for his answer.


    "No, I only made a deal with her," Aakesh expressionlessly refused.


    The group''s shoulders slumped down in disappointment after hearing the straight refusal.


    "Can I change ces with my grandmother?" Lenna suddenly asked Aakesh, seeing her disappointed grandmother.


    "You don''t need to do that. You can tell me their appearance, and it would be like we saw them from our own eyes," sha gently responded, hearing her granddaughter willing to change her ce.


    Lenna''s mother and father also nodded their heads in agreement with sha.


    How could they take such an opportunity from her just because they wouldn''t be able to join her?


    "I would be fine, grandma. It would be my gift to you for always caring about me," Lenna responded as a smile spread across her face.


    "There''s no point in it. You earned it, and you should be the only one to enjoy it," sha responded.


    "I wasn''t going to allow the exchange in the first ce," Aakesh suddenly added, breaking the gentle atmosphere between the Elven family.


    "Hmph," Ivanar scoffed in response to Aakesh ruining the emotional moment of their family.


    "Let''s go!" Aakesh ignored him and ordered Lenna.. He snapped his fingers, and the next moment, they both disappeared from the store.

 Chapter 195 - The Dragon

    Chapter 195: The Dragon


    Before Lenna could prepare, Aakesh snapped his fingers, and the next moment, they both disappeared from the store.


    The other member in the Elven group sighed with a mix of emotions. They were happy that someone from their family was going to see a Dragon, while they were disappointed that they weren''t the one.


    Since Aakesh wasn''t here, and they already had a card, they didn''t need to ask for products from Aakesh. They could directly purchase it.


    So, their first stop was the portal room. The Elves had to return disappointed as, despite the numbers of virtual portals increasing, not a single virtual portal was vacant.


    They then noticed an open room, on the front of which there was a board that said, Weapons Room.


    Since they didn''t have anything to do, they decided to check it out.


    After disappearing from the store, Aakesh and Lenna appeared in an empty space.


    "What kind of Dragon do you want to see?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked since there were many species in the Dragon race.


    Lenna, who was taken aback by the sudden disappearance, had a change in her expression when she heard the question Aakesh asked.


    "Do-do I have a cho-choice?" She asked while her voice stuttered from shock.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded.


    Since Aakesh never joked, she knew it was the truth. Aakesh can really let him meet any species of Dragon. She then fell into her thoughts and began thinking about what kind of Dragon she wanted to see.


    Aakesh didn''t disturb her and waited for her decision.


    Finally, after thinking for a long time, she made her decision.


    "I want to see the Dragon that helped in the creation of the Elves," She told Aakesh her decision.


    "So, Life Dragon," Aakesh responded and snapped his fingers before Lenna could prepare.


    The next moment, they both appeared in unfamiliar surroundings.


    Clear skies weed them while the wind flew slowly through the grass, which danced merrily with the wind.


    As far as Lenna could see, there was nothing but dancing grass in the endless open field.


    Suddenly, everything came to a halt as something covered the clear sky and brought darkness with its appearance.


    The grasses that were dancing a moment earlier bowed down as they weed their monarch.


    Before Lenna could understand what was happening, a pressure arrived on her that made her kneel with her face touching the ground while Aakesh expressionlessly looked at the happenings.


    "It has been a long time since you came here," A voice that sounded gibberish yet familiar in Lenna''s ears rang in the area.


    "Yeah, around 70,000 years," Aakesh responded in the same gibberishnguage.


    Lenna still had her face down on the ground. She understood that Aakesh and the Dragon were conversing in Draconian.


    "Why did you bring her to this ce? Don''t tell me you had fallen in love with her and brought her here to meet me," The Dragon that still hadn''t appeared asked.


    "I just made a deal with her, and she wanted to meet you. After all, your real body helped the World Tree to create her race," Aalesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Tch! And here I thought, you had fallen in love with her," The Dragon responded as if he was disappointed.


    Aakesh ignored the taunt of the Dragon and waved his hands. The next moment, the pressure from Lenna vanished, and she was able to stand up.


    "Why aren''t you appearing?" Aakesh then looked at the sky and expressionlessly asked.


    The next moment, the darkness that had engulfed the unknown area suddenly disappeared.


    Lenna looked up and saw the reappearance of the clear sky.


    She suddenly felt someone standing in front of her. She looked at it and couldn''t help but take two steps back.


    "Haha!" The Dragon let out a heartyugh, seeing the response of Lenna.


    "So, you wanted to meet me?" The Dragon took the initiative and asked.


    Unlike thest time, it didn''t sound gibberish to her.


    The Dragon didn''t convey in Elvish to make her understand, as it would be demeaning for him to speak a low-ss version of basic Draconian.


    Lenna couldn''t help but feel dumbfounded, seeing the Dragon taking the initiative to talk to her. She gawked at the Dragon in surprise.


    ording to the books in her n, Dragons were known for their arrogance. They didn''t even talk straight to their own nsman, but here, the Dragonughed and talked to her.


    The next moment, her face turned red from embarrassment as she finally noticed her gawking at the Dragon.


    She heaved a sigh of relief in her heart when she noticed that the Dragon didn''t get offended.


    She finally took a clear look at the Dragon.


    Calm emerald eyes stared at her with a hint of curiosity on them.


    Two small horns sat atop his head, just above his tiny, curved ears.


    His nose was short and had two long, slitted nostrils. White hairs filled the area below his chin, giving him a sage look.


    The Dragon had a long serpentine body, with a pair of eleven bat-like wings in total. Olive green Dragon-scales covered the entirety of his body.


    After taking a good look at the Dragon, she knelt right away. This time it was willing.


    When she stood up, her eyes had be moist with tears.


    "Thank you for creating us!" She bowed to her waist and thanked the Dragon


    "What do you think about him?" The Dragon only smiled at her thanks and instead asked her, pointing at Aakesh.


    A confused expression appeared on Lenna''s face, and the next moment it turned red after she understood the context of the Dragon''s words.


    She secretly took a look at Aakesh, only to see him coldly looking at the Dragon.


    The Dragon seemed unfazed by the cold look and added, "Tell me, tiny Elf."


    Lenna didn''t know what to respond, so she fell silent.


    She never expected the Dragon to ask such questions from her. She could not ignore his question, or else it would be demeaning to such a being.


    She didn''t have to answer when Aakesh intervened and told the Dragon to stop joking.


    After several minutes had passed, two people returned to the store.


    "Our deal is done!" Aakesh expressionlessly told Lenna and returned to his chair.


    "Thank you!" Lenna thanked Aakesh in response.


    The sight of a friendly dragon was something she never expected, but it made sense after all.


    If he wasn''t a friendly Dragon, he would have never helped the World tree in the creation of the Elves, so the rare temperament of the Life Dragon helped in their creation.


    Everything about the Dragon was a mystery when it came to the majority of the Elves. They only knew that a Dragon helped their progenitor, the World tree, in their creation.


    But from this moment on, Lenna became one of the few Elves who knew the mystery of their creation and one of the very few to meet the Life Dragon. Even though he was only the virtual projection, but it still was better than not knowing anything at all.


    Lenna then took a look around her to see several people staring at her with red eyes. While meeting the Dragon, she took off the mask, but in the excitement of meeting the Dragon, she forgot to put it back on, and now her face was exposed.


    She couldn''t help but feel disgusted, seeing the expression of greed and lust in many people''s faces. She wore her mask back since she couldn''t just kill somebody inside the store, or she would be the one to face the consequences.


    She didn''t know where her family was, so she decided to contact them using the supreme card she had bought from the store.


    For contacting through the supreme card, the customers only needed to add the energy imprint of the supreme card the other customer had, so Lenna contacted her mother.


    A few momentster, her family rushed out of the weapons room.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed.


    During these minutes, Lenna shared her experience of meeting the Dragon with her family members. The more she talked, the more her family got surprised.


    When Lenna told her family about the joke the Dragon yed on her about Aakesh, Ivanar red at Aakesh, while sha and Shaliaughed about it, making Lenna more embarrassed. They only stoppedughing when Ivanar angrily red at both of them.


    In the end, all four of them had their eyes moist with tears. Lenna still couldn''t believe she had met a dragon, while the other family members couldn''t believe the Dragon shared some of his stories with Lenna.


    ***


    A/N: There would be only one chapter today due to some personalmitments. I would make up this lost chapter the next Monday.


    Thanks for reading the book! I''m very grateful for your support until now!


    If you have some feedback regarding the story, please do tell in thement section.

 Chapter 196 - Organization Quest

    Chapter 196: Organization Quest


    Time flew by, and a few hours passed.


    Finally, the six hours for the first group in Panagea was over. The system forced the first thirty-six members out of the Panagea.


    Six hours earlier,


    Maria had appeared inside her territory when she entered the Panagea.


    The location she appeared was a tiny hut made up of mud and broken straws and husks.


    There wasn''t much space inside the hut. To reach the other side, Maria had to take just one step.


    Maria didn''t have to search for where she was. The next moment, the location and the details of the hut appeared inside her mind.


    The hut she was in was the center of her 22,000 sq. miles territory inside the Panagea, and it was going to be her royal pce. It was her duty to upgrade it to signify her lordship over the region.


    The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of her and asked if she wanted to name the town randomly or she had a name in mind.


    She selected to name the town herself, and the next name, a new dialog appeared and asked for the name of the territory. She didn''t have to think for long as she already had a name in her mind.


    The next moment, a new blue window containing all the details of her territories appeared in front of her.


    {Town: Atunbi,


    Ruler: Maria,


    Area: 22,000 sq. miles.


    No. of resources points: 1842(golden dots),


    No. of settlements: 496(white dots),


    No. of danger points: 98592(red dots).}


    She gave the name, Atunbi to the town because, in her mother''s family, it meant rebirth. She was going to name her restaurant this, but now that she had gotten a town of her own, she decided to name it Atunbi, as it was nothing less than a rebirth for her.


    The number of red dots gave her a headache. Especially the number of dark red dots. 25% of the total number of danger points were dark red, meaning she had a long way to go before she could conquer these.


    The minimum level she needed to enter these dark red locations was 251 since these locations were the territory of the mythical creatures. If she wanted to conquer these, she needed to at least reach level 300 since that was the highest level of creatures in her territory.


    Maria currently was only Level 3, so these locations were very far in the future for her to even think about.


    Then she learned about the Kingdom that bordered her territory. It was the Emora Kingdom, and it belonged to the race Scourge Ghouls, and the king was a Level 551 creature.


    Her face turned pale after hearing the name of the race, who was going to be her opponent five yearster.


    Scourge Ghouls were a long-extinct race in the Primal dimension. They were creatures belonging the hell, but even for hell, they proved to be a destructive race and then were hunted to thest of them, making them one of the races to get known dimension-wide.


    Maria took a deep breath, as she didn''t need to face them for the next five years, so she had plenty of time to prepare for their attack on her territory.


    Her main point of focus was currently toplete the organization quest so that Evelyn and other members could join her here.


    "I want to do the organization quest!" She said to the empty air in front of her.


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of her organization quest appeared in front of her.


    [O Town head, congrattions on bing one of the first adventurers to gain territory inside this holynd of Panagea.


    For an organization, you not only need power, but you also need to make people agree with you.


    You need to make five people willing to work for you without the use of violence if you want to establish your organization. May the spirit of Panagea help you!]


    After reading her quest, Maria nodded. In reading, the quest didn''t seem difficult, but Maria knew that it wasn''t going to be easy, so she didn''t get overconfident.


    She needed to make only five people join her without using any kind of force, and she would only find people in the settlements around her territory.


    ording to the reward, thend on which the settlements were located belonged to her, but the people living on it didn''t. She had to make them submit to her either by force or talk.


    Submitting by force wasn''t an option since many settlements had higher-level beings in them. For example, out of the 496 settlements in her territory, at least above level 250 beings lead them.


    She could also go and ask for hernd back, but she wasn''t stupid to do this. If she acted stupid and did this, she wouldn''t even know how she died.


    Though she had unlimited revivals inside the Panagea, dying always felt ufortable for her, no matter how many times she had died during her first quest. Moreover, the pain she experienced was too real to die again.


    She had the map of her territory inside her mind since she was the ruler. Not a single de of grass was hidden from her eyes, so she started finding out the weakest settlement, where only mortals lived.


    The system hadn''t specified the level of the people that needed to join her for, so she chose ordinary mortals to join her andplete her quest.


    After searching for a while, she finally found two settlements. One settlement belonged to the Orcs and the other to the Dwarves.


    She selected Dwarves since even when Orcs were ordinary, they were still bloodthirsty and loved to fight, while the Dwarves acted the exact opposite.


    Dwarves had physical strength surpassing many races, but their nature was coward. Many of them wouldn''t even fight when they were close to their death due to their cowardly mindset.


    This cowardly nature worked for Maria as she didn''t have power, so even when they started hating her, they still wouldn''t dare to fight her.


    Time flew by, and her six hours inside the Panagea was over, so the system forced her out.


    The group of Moya also got out at the same time, so when she got out, they asked her about the quest.

 Chapter 197 - Another Quest

    Chapter 197: Another Quest


    It didn''t even take a moment for all the 50 virtual portals to get filled after the first group left.


    The group of Elves could only disappointedly look at the scene happening. They could buy the ce from the customers, but Aakesh warned them of aplete ban on them in the store, so they didn''t dare.


    They could leave, but if they left, their turn for the next group would get taken away by someone else, and they couldn''t give up on that.


    During the past hours they had been standing in the store, they also heard about the training area and the outrageous prices it charged.


    Even though they were one of the top three Moonlight Elf families, they still needed to think hard before splurging one trillion supreme Primal stones for one-hour training.


    Even for Lenna, who could use an Overlord grade weapon, the training area in Gods & Demons levels difficulty cost one million supreme Primal stones.


    That was the amount well within their spending range, and it wouldn''t hurt them, so sha asked Lenna to go and train.


    Lenna refused as she had already seen the Dragon when other members of her family hadn''t. Now, she couldn''t go and train in Gods & Demons level training, while her family members would stand and wait since they couldn''t spend three trillion supreme Primal stones on them.


    They tried to make Lenna agree with them, but seeing her not budging from her decision no matter what, they gave up.


    They decided to train after a few days since they needed to talk to other members of the Faero family.


    Only a few moments were left before the six-hour stay of Maria was over, when George and Evelyn teleported inside the store.


    After entering, they greeted Aakesh right away, and he only nodded in response to them as usual.


    Seeing the crowd, they knew they wouldn''t be able to enter the Panagea today.


    When Maria got forced out, they forgot about their entry and began talking to her about the quest. Since Evelyn was the next level in her future organization, Maria couldn''t hide anything from her.


    She told every detail about the town and the quest to the couple.


    When the couple heard about the Scourge Ghoul being their neighbors, they had the same reaction as Maria, and their faces turned pale for a moment.


    But the next moment, their faces regained the colors as the battle with them was still five years away. They would think about it in theter phases of the five years.


    After hearing the details of the quest, and Maria''s decision to choose Dwarves over the Orcs made Evelyn''s eyes shine.


    They talked about this for a while when George''s eyes fell upon the group of Elves standing in one corner of the store.


    A sudden glint passed through his eyes as he whispered something in Evelyn''s ears.


    After hearing what George said, Evelyn also looked at the group of Elves.


    Feeling someone''s stare, the Elves turned slightly and saw George and Evelyn smiling at them. The couple then approached them.


    "Greetings, senior sha!" Both of them greeted sha with a slight bow, as she was not only older but also had higher cultivation than them.


    "Oh, it''s you two! It has been a long time since I met your mother," sha nodded in response to their greetings and told George.


    "My mother told great things about you, senior," George, in response, smilinglymented.


    George''s mother wasn''t only the queen of the Pocoso Empire, but she was also a peak Heavenly Monarch like sha. She wasn''t as powerful as sha, but still, she stood at the top of the food chain in the Primal dimension with other peak Immortals.


    sha only smiled in response.


    "Senior, we came here to invite you to the first organization of the Panagea," George didn''t wait and directly stated his purpose for meeting the group.


    The Elven group didn''t find it surprising as they were talking to Maria before approaching them.


    "Oh, your organization hasn''t even started, and you already are calling it the first organization of the Primal dimension," sha responded with a curious smile on her face.


    George''s face got red from embarrassment in response to sha''s taunt, but the next moment it returned to normal as if it was nothing to be shameful about.


    "So, senior, what''s your decision?" The glimmer of a smile on his face had disappeared, and instead, he bore a stern expression.


    "No, I have no interest. You could ask them," sha refused right away and then pointed at her family members.


    She didn''t even consider the invitation because she could never work under a Human, and that too of low cultivation level.


    George didn''t expect the straight refusal, so his face didn''t look good in response. Evelyn, seeing her boyfriend chimed in and asked Lenna about her answer.


    Lenna refused straight away like her grandmother, but she promised to help the couple if they needed her help, and she wasn''t busy in her quest inside the Panagea.


    The couple would''ve liked it if she had joined them, but now that she had refused, they were happy with her promise to help them if any troubling situation arose.


    While the group was conversing, Aakesh was talking to the system inside his mind.


    "Hey, system, don''t you think fifty virtual portals aren''t enough for the store?"


    It had only been six hours since the store opened, and the fifty virtual portals had already gotten booked for the day, and one group wouldn''t even get toplete their stay of six hours.


    It would result in only a few adventurers entering the Panagea, and it would create unfairpetition between those who received only a few hours of stay in Panagea and those who received six hours each day. For those who missed their chances, their situation would be even more troublesome.


    He already had a quest, which if hepleted, he would get a whopping 1450 more portals, but the requirement would at the very least take three-four months toplete. This time was enough to create a wide gap between the adventurers.


    [Host, you''re right. Please see the quest screen for your new quest!]


    The system, instead of responding, gave Aakesh a new quest toplete.


    The next moment, a blue window containing all the details of this new quest appeared in front of him.

 Chapter 198 - 700 Hours

    Chapter 198: 700 Hours


    [Host, please see the quest screen for your new quest!]


    The system, in response, created a quest for Aakesh. The next moment, a blue window containing all the details of the new mission objective appeared in front of him.


    [Mission objective: Add the number of virtual portals,


    Requirement: As a result of the three-day event, the Panagea had be increasingly popr throughout the Bisan Kingdom and some parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours of the opening of the store, all the slots had already been taken for the day. To ensure such a craze continues and more people join it, the store owner need to have 700 hours of entry time into Panagea for three days straight,


    Mission reward: 100 new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: None.]


    Aakesh nodded after reading the quest.


    The store stayed open for 15 hours every day, and since there were 50 virtual portals, the total number of entry hours per day can be 750 hours. As part of the quest, Aakesh needed customers to log into the Panagea for 700 hours over three consecutive days. Seeing the crowdpleting the quest appeared not to be a problem.


    There was only a problem, so he decided to sort it out with the system. "Hey, system, will today count as one of the three days?"


    He asked because if today counted as one day, he would have 100 more virtual portals one day earlier.


    [No, Host! Only the days after the issuance of the quest would count.]


    The system responded. Aakesh internally heaved a disappointed sigh. He expected the system to answer the same, but it would''ve been better for both the store and customers if the system counted today as one of the days.


    But now that the system had refused, there was no point in continuing to think about it. Aakesh forgot about it and rxed himself.


    Time flew by, and hours passed. Eris, the winner of the territory event, also arrived in the store to take a look at his territory, but he had to leave with a disappointed face, as all the portals had already gotten filled.


    Robert, the third-ranked, also came in the store, but unlike Eris, he didn''t leave. He started talking with Aakesh about the Panagea and the store.


    In response to Robert''s question, Aakesh as the store owner could not ignore him, so he spoke in detail about the Panagea and other products of his store.


    After learning about the benefits of supreme cards, Robert immediately bought one at the low cost of one supreme Primal stone.


    Even a treasure that could aid inmunication in spite of the resistance from different nes and locations would require several supreme primal stones. Aakesh, on the other hand, sold a card that wasn''t just capable of calling but also bypassed any anti-teleportation rule.


    Even though there was a limitation to the calling function, since only the card holders could contact each other, but it was still a great deal.


    Robert also learned about the weapons room, but since the highest level of weapon in the room was King grade, he had no interest in it. After learning about the training area and the price of the Gods & Demons level training, his mouth did not close for a few moments.


    He could afford the price of one trillion supreme Primal stones with ease since both his parents were ascenders and had left a huge amount of resources in his name. Since he didn''t have any family like his parents, he also didn''t need to save the resources for the future generation, but still, that amount couldn''t be spent in the spur of a moment.


    "Do you think the training at that price is worth it?" Robert asked Aakesh with a solemn face.


    "It''s up to you to judge. I will only tell you one thing, the store only sells at the price of the product''s worth," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. Even a person like him knew how big of an amount was one trillion supreme Primal stones.


    In the previous version of the store, he used to sell products with the resource of equal value, so if he were topare the value of one trillion supreme Primal stones with his previous deals, it would be equivalent to a Universe core.


    Robert fell silent after hearing Aakesh. He hated those salesmen who sold their products after exaggerating the value of the product, but right now, he was missing those kinds of salesmen.


    Aakesh''s expressionless response to the product that cost thebined wealth of many of the middle-tier organizations in the Primal dimension felt like he was only selling an ordinary product.


    "Has any other customer entered the training arena?"


    Robert couldn''t make up his mind over the decision, so he asked.


    "Yes, there had been many, but only two customers had joined the Gods & Demons level training," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    After Marie got a breakthrough, her friend also entered the same level of training. Seeing them, many people started joining the training area. Since most of them couldn''t afford Gods & Demons level training, they joined the lower level of difficulties.


    "Are they inside Panagea, or did they leave?" Robert asked in response.


    "They''re inside Panagea. You can meet them in four hours," Aakesh responded.


    From today, any customer who died in Panagea won''t spawn inside the store. Instead, the system added a ce within the Panagea where they would respawn after their deaths and stay there for thirty seconds.


    After thirty seconds, they would return to the ce they had died.


    "What benefits did they get from the system for the training?" Robert asked Aakesh.


    If it were any other store, he wouldn''t have asked this question. It is a personal matter for the customer. But here in a store shrouded in mystery, if someone told him that Aakesh didn''t know what happened with the customers, he would never believe them.


    "One got a breakthrough fromte Tao seed to peak Tao seed, and the other''s attainment in the Tao of swords had even crossed many Tao Manifestation cultivators," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    What Robert believed was only half-correct. Only the system knew everything about the customer. Since he had no interest in what benefits did the customer get, the system never told him.


    He only knew about these two because they themselves came to tell him and thanked him for having a product like that in his store.

 Chapter 199 - Spirit

    Chapter 199: Spirit


    "One got a breakthrough, and her tao attainments in archery reached the peak of Tao Seed, while the other didn''t get a breakthrough. She instead got her attainments in the swords strong, and she could achieve the breakthrough in the near days," Aakesh told Robert about the result of Marie and her friend''s training in the Gods & Demons level training area.


    A thinking look appeared on Robert''s face after hearing what Aakesh said. The thought of not believing his words never came to his mind since he had already seen the scope of the store.


    The store that could create a dimension with countless worlds can do anything.


    "Wait for me!" Robert suddenly said, breaking the silence he had created, and disappeared from the store.


    The next moment, Robert appeared outside a closed door the size of a mountain.


    The door had murals of fighting between the group of humans. It created a sense of mightiness and antiquity around it.


    He bit the tip of his fingers and started drawing a magical symbol on the door.


    The symbol was of an opened lock. The moment Robertpleted it, a blinding light emerged from it.


    Despite being an Immortal and a peak Dharma Monarch, the light still hurt his eyes. His eyes got subconsciously closed. The next moment, the light engulfed both him and the door.


    A few momentster, when he opened his eyes, he was in a familiar garden.


    As far as his eyesight could travel, rare kinds of herbs, flowers could be seen on the ground. The number of rare herbs growing here surpassed even the lifetime collection of many upper-tier organizations.


    A weird scent permeated the area, but its effects were pretty helpful to the cultivator as the scent soothed the soul, giving a feeling of bliss.


    The location Robert was currently in was a space treasure of his mother. It had enough space to even carry severalrge worlds of the Primal dimension. When ascending, cultivators had to give up everything except the growth level weapons, so his mother gifted him this space treasure. All the materials in it were the lifetime umtion of his parents, which they left with him since they were ascending.


    "Wee, young master!" Suddenly a mechanical voice rang in the area. Since the voice was familiar and Robert expected it, there was no change in his expression.


    The next moment, a being the size of an average human palm with nk eyes stood in front of him. Gray-colored skin covered its entire body while two tiny butterfly-like wings continuously fluttered. They looked as if they were still, but the buzzing sound gave it up.


    It was the spirit controller of the space treasure. When the treasure gained sentience, it gave birth to beings like the spirit controller. It can control every function of the item with a single order from its master.


    "What do you want to add this time, young master?" The spirit mechanically asked. It wasn''t born with any emotion, and like the Yantra race, it could never learn emotions, so it always acted mechanically.


    The spirit asked Robert the question because he rarely took out anything from this space. Each time he came here, he would bring some treasures with him to put in this safe space. No one except his parents knew about it, so he regrly took advantage of it.


    "No, I came here to take this time," Robert responded.


    If the spirit had emotions, it would''ve surely gotten surprised by the unexpected behavior of its master. But it had none, so instead of asking the reason behind the sudden change, it asked like a faithful servant, "What do you want to take from here, young master?"


    "Bring five trillion supreme Primal stones!" Robert ordered.


    He asked more than the requirement because he decided to stay for more hours if he liked it.


    "Wait for a second, young master!" the spirit mechanically responded, and the next moment disappeared from there.


    A few momentster, the spirit reappeared, and this time it brought a giant mountain of shining supreme Primal stones.


    "How much more have we left?" Robert asked before taking the stones.


    "Young master¡­" The spirit informed Robert.


    A smile spread across his face after hearing the number.


    "Let''s add these stones in your space," He murmured as he took out the supreme card from his pocket space.


    He only had to think, and the next moment, the giant mountain of Primal stones disappeared, and Robert got an alert from the supreme card inside his head.


    "You can leave!" He then ordered the spirit.


    The spirit mechanically nodded and disappeared.


    "Let''s test you," He mumbled as he decided to check the teleportation limit of the card in his hand.


    The space he was in didn''t allow him to teleport. He needed to redraw the magical symbol, but this time of a locked door, if he wanted to leave.


    But Aakesh had told him that this card could bypass any restriction, so he thought about returning to the store, and the next moment, a white light engulfed him.


    When he opened his eyes again, he found himself back in the store at the same ce from where he had left earlier.


    He then looked at the store owner, only to see him telling new customers about his products. He then looked around and noticed the crowd had gotten even bigger than when he left here, despite no entry left in Panagea.


    Since he had nothing to do with it, he stopped thinking about it and waited for the customer to leave, so he could talk with Aakesh.


    The card gave the customer the ability to make the purchases even without telling the store owner, but for some reason, the Immortal and Gods & Demons level training wasn''t in that pack. Without taking the permission of the store owner, any customer couldn''t join them.


    Finally, after waiting for a few minutes, his turn came as the customer ahead of him left after buying a first-grade top epiphany pill.


    "Give me one hour of training in Gods & Demons level training area," Robert told Aakesh with a smug on his face as if he was doing Aakesh a favor by buying it.


    "In what weapon level?" Aakesh asked in response.


    "We talked about it earlier-" Robertined, but his words came to a sudden halt when Aakesh expressionlessly looked at him.

 Chapter 200 - Commission

    Chapter 200: Commission


    "What weapon level?" Aakesh asked Robert.


    Robert was going toin that they had talked about it earlier today, but when he saw the expression stare aimed at him, he didn''t dare. "Immortal-grade weapon," He responded, his neck shrinking.


    If somebody were to tell that they saw a peak Immortal acting scared in front of somebody, no one would believe that, but that scene was currently happening.


    When ites to power, Aakesh may not even be able to survive the onught without the help of the system, but when it came to aura, no one in the Primal dimension could even think of fighting him. His blood gave him the aura of a Primordial beast that couldn''t wait to destroy the world.


    Aakesh had no change in his expression, seeing the sudden change in Robert''s face. He instead nodded and asked him for the payment.


    Robert took out his supreme card right away. The next moment, a trillion supreme Primal stones disappeared from it, and Robert got the alert in his head.


    "You can enter now," Aakesh ordered after he also got the alert from the system of sessful payment.


    Robert nodded and rushed right away with a mix of expressions. He hurried because he didn''t want to stand for even a moment, talking to the store owner, and there was also excitement for the benefits he may gain from the training area.


    Aakesh didn''t get free after Robert left, as there was a queue waiting behind him for their turn.


    The group of Elves and the couple George and Evelyn were still in conversation with each other. Even though each Elf had refused to join their organization, they still wanted to make their rtions better with them since now their goal wasn''t ascending. They wanted one of the Emperor''s inheritance since every adventurer got to see the history of the war, and the Angel told every adventurer to find the inheritance.


    The organization was only something that would help Evelyn and George to reach there earlier than others.


    sha currently had no interest in the Emperor''s inheritance because she was a divination expert. Divination experts like her knew, things like the Emperor''s inheritance would automaticallye to the few it would select, and then the battle would begin. So she didn''t need to find it, she only needed to work as usual, and if she had fate with it, the inheritance would find her.


    Their conversation came to a sudden halt when they heard the conversation between Robert and Aakesh. George and Evelyn didn''t know about the training area, so when they heard about it when Aakesh was telling Robert, they couldn''t help but get dumbfounded.


    Even though George was a prince of one of the Empires in a world like Visteerna, but still he could only afford one hour of training in the Gods & Demons level training area if he decided to let go of his life savings. The same was true for Evelyn; she wasn''t a princess, but her family background wasn''t too bad either, so she had also around the same amount in her savings.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed.


    Suddenly, a storm erupted inside the weapons room. Aakesh was taken aback by the sudden situation. He knew Robert must''ve gainedrge benefits, and this must be the reason for the storm.


    He was only equivalent to a Tao Pce expert, so he couldn''t erase it. He asked the system to do it, and the next moment, the storm disappeared as if it was never there.


    The next moment, a burst of heartyughter rang inside the store. If the store didn''t restrict any kind of energy leaving the store, the entire city of Kakot would have heard hisugh.


    Soon, Robert exited the weapons room and approached Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t know what kind of benefits Robert had gained as he couldn''t peer into his cultivation without the help of the system, but since he had no interest in knowing his benefits, he didn''t ask the system.


    Except for the system, there was another being who could see the changes in Robert. It was sha.


    Before Robert entered the training area, sha was confident of killing him even if he had some life-saving measures. But now that he had returned after an hour of training in the Gods & Demons level training area, sha had lostplete confidence in killing him. Even defeating him seemed a big challenge for her now.


    "Seeing such fast growth, if he entered again, wouldn''t it mean he would be able to kill me?" sha thought in his heart, seeing the level of growth Robert had.


    Robert sensed someone peering into his cultivation. He turned around and saw a masked Elf looking at him. A smile spread across his face as he could peer through her mask and see her horrified expression.


    Seeing herself getting caught, the horrified expression disappeared from sha''s face, and a smile appeared on her face. She nodded at Robert to show her appreciation for his growth. Robert also nodded in response to her.


    Robert then looked at Aakesh. As there were still few customers waiting to talk to Aakesh, he got in the queue and waited for his turn. Even though he had grown about twice as strong as he was one hour earlier, the aura he had felt at that moment from Aakesh still scared him.


    Finally, his turn came after waiting for a few minutes.


    "What do you want?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked.


    "I want another hour," Robert responded with a solemn face.


    "You can only enter the Gods & Demons level training area once a year," Aakesh responded.


    "Eh!" Robert couldn''t help but exim in confusion. He could understand if there was a limit of one hour a day or week, but a year seemed unfathomable to him.


    Aakesh didn''t care what Robert felt and added, "If you don''t have anything else, you can leave."


    Robert subconsciously moved out of the way while the customer behind him starteding forward.


    If Aakesh had a choice, he would''ve allowed the customers to enter the training area as many times as they wanted. What has it got to do with him if people get greedy and end up dying?


    With the 1%mission, he was able to gain 10 billion supreme Primal stones from a single sale. In only a second, he became the wealthiest in the Bisan Kingdom.


    ***


    A/N; This is the 200th chapter. Thanks for your support untill now!


    What do you readers think about the discord? Should I create one?

 Chapter 201 - A Murder

    Chapter 201: A Murder


    Time flew by, and several hours passed.


    Currently, only thest group of customers in Panagea was left, while there were no more than ten customers inside the store, and they were all in the weapons room.


    "Do you like this one?" Rupert asked his girlfriend while swinging the Mythical level sword in his hands.


    The Mythical grade weapons belonged to a Gxy and wouldn''t work outside it, but the weapons the store sold didn''t have such limitations. The weapon sold here would be considered Mythical in every Gxy and world, so its power remained the same throughout the Primal dimension.


    "Yes, I love it," Shina replied while her eyes shined, seeing the sword in her boyfriend''s hands.


    "Okay, I''ll give it to you, my love," Rupert responded with augh. Shina, in response, hugged Rupert.


    Rupert''s eyes started to search around Shina''s body with a lewd expression on his face, which caused Shina to act seductive.


    The other customers who saw this scene couldn''t help but feel envy. They could see the girl was using her beauty while the guy was doing it for the beauty.


    The sword Rupert was buying to impress the girl caught the attention of one of the store''s customers.


    Rupert was only a Void Forging cultivator and lived in the Chivele Kingdom, but since his father was a wealthy merchant, he was able to travel here for the event after the announcement.


    On thest day event, his chair was ced next to Shina''s chair, which led to their meeting.


    Shina was from the Blue Wyrm Kingdom(the neighbor of the Bisan Kingdom) and was an early Void Condensation expert.


    She had a high level when it came to the area around her, but when she arrived in the store, she saw hundreds of thousands of undefeatable beings, and one such person was Rupert.


    Seeing the look Rupert gave her when he sat next to her, she decided to y with him.


    She was currently 689 years old, and during these years, she already had multiple sexual rtionships, so having a sexual fling with Rupert didn''t matter much to her. While Rupert may have been hundreds of years younger than her, he still had a higher cultivation level than her.


    After the event ended, they booked a hotel room for themselves and enjoyed the night. He was about to leave today, but before he left, he decided to gift Shina something as a thank you for making the night enjoyable.


    Shina''s purpose behind having a sexual fling was only this, so she had no issues with it.


    Rupert may be younger than Shina, but how can he not know what Shina''s purpose was behind sleeping with him after living for centuries. He didn''t feel disgusted by it, but instead, he thought of it as a simple transaction.


    He wouldn''t have done this if Shina hadn''t been so attractive, but since she was so beautiful, he decided to go along with it. For a person like him, top Primal stones didn''t even matter.


    The sword he was going to give Shina cost 99,999 top Primal stones. He had already bought a superior card from the store, so he directly paid through it.


    After he got the alert that he had bought the sword, he gave it to Shina.


    Without even waiting for a second, Shina grabbed it. She then whispered something in Rupert''s ears, which made his breathing uneven.


    He grabbed Shina''s hands and rushed out of the store right away. Several of the customers had jealous expressions since using her beauty, Shina had gotten a Mythical grade sword from Rupert.


    Right after Shina and Rupert hurried out of the store, a man silently followed them.


    Right after the man left, Aakesh got a sudden alert from the system about the ill intentions of the man.


    "Let it be, we aren''t the protectors of the customers," Aakesh told the system to ignore it.


    The product he sold in the store would always have someone who wanted to steal it. If someone purchases it, then they also must be able to cope with the problems that maye with it.


    The store would only protect inside the store. The events outside the store do not affect Aakaesh unless they create an impact on his store.


    ***


    Across the street from the store, Rupert and Shina were fighting in a hotel room.


    While Shina was on top, suddenly Rupert''s head burst, and the blood and brain matter flew all over the bed.


    Before Shina could understand the sudden situation, a sudden voice rang in the room, "Give me the sword!"


    Shina was still on top of headless Rupert, so she tried to move, but she suddenly found herself bound to him. No matter what she tried, she couldn''t budge.


    "Don''t try to move! Just do what I say. Otherwise, hehe..."


    The next moment, a floating skull shrouded in grey fog appeared in front of her. At the end of the sentence, Shina''s face had turned pale from horror as the skull nced at her naked body with a peal of eerieughter.


    Shina hadn''t lived for so long in vain, so she didn''t try to move or talk of Rupert''s background to scare the man. Instead, she looked at the skull and said, "I''ll only give you the sword if you promise to let me go."


    Instead of responding, an eerie smile appeared on the skull, which sent bad signals in her heart.


    The next moment, a painful scream escaped her mouth. It disturbed everyone in the hotel.


    Shina thought it might benefit her if more people came here, but the next moment, her eyes and mouth flew wide open.


    "No one wille to save you. They''re all dead," The skull told Shina with a burst of eerieughter.


    "I''ll give you three seconds. If I''ve to wait for more than that, I will refine your soul for 100 years," The skull threatened.


    "I would never give you the sword. If I can''t live, then you''re never going to have it," Gritting her teeth, Shina said to the skull.


    "One!" The skull ignored her warning and instead began counting.


    "You''ll never have it..." She screamed, but her screaming came to a halt after seeing the skull counting to two.


    She tried tomit suicide right away as, after her death, the space ring would be unusable, and no one would be able to get his sword.


    She tried to reverse the flow of her Qi that would rupture every vein in her body, but nothing happened.


    She looked at the skull, grinning at her. She knew she couldn''t evenmit suicide without the permission of the killer.


    "Th-"


    The skull counting came to a sudden halt as Shina gave up and took out the sword from her space ring.


    She didn''t want her soul to get tortured even after death, so she gave up.


    "Good girl," The skull responded with an eerieugh. The next moment, Shina shivered as she felt a finger move around her body and move down.


    Time flew by. An hourter, the owner of the hotel arrived and found every single person inside the hotel had died.


    He called the guards right away. During the search, the guards discovered a headless naked woman in apromising position with a headless man.


    Everything that had happened had nothing to do with Aakesh. Instead, it was the time to close the store for the day since the night had arrived.


    "It''s time to check the bonus rewards," Aakesh murmured after he closed the door.


    ***


    A/N: It''s just one of the side stories. It wouldn''t have a major influence on the main story. While reading the previous chapters, I found that there isn''t even a single urrence of someone trying to steal treasure from a customer, so I decided to write it in this. If you guys don''t like it, then pleasement.. I would stop writing such side stories in the future.

 Chapter 202 - The Bonus Reward

    Chapter 202: The Bonus Reward


    After the death of Rupert and Shina, the system informed Aakesh about it.


    If Aakesh wanted, he could see theirst scenes, but he had no interest in it. The death happened outside his store, so he had nothing to do with it.


    Instead, Aakesh was talking to the system after closing the store.


    "Hey, system, show me my bonus reward," He asked the system in his mind.


    Aakesh expected a mechanical alert inside his head, but the next moment, a blue screen containing the detail of the bonus reward appeared in front of him.


    [Bonus Reward: Select either of the two,


    (I) A new skill, a new product, and a grade up,


    (II) The store upgrading quest.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but get confused, seeing the rewards he had gotten.


    Instead of getting a normal reward, he got two choices.


    "Hey, system, what''s this?" He asked the system.


    [Host, you sessfullypleted the event quest. Your result came out better than imagined. The event also filled the requirement you needed to get the store upgrading quest, but since the quest as the reward may not be worth your efforts, and you may not like it. So the system decided to create an equivalent reward for it. It''s now up to you what reward you want to choose...]


    The system gave a long exnation to Aakesh for two options.


    "Hmm..." Aakesh mumbled while looking at the screen.


    He needed to think before choosing the reward. He couldn''t just select any option.


    Even though the first option would give him a level up, a new product, and even a new skill, he couldn''t ignore the second reward.


    His store is currently only level 1. If he selected the second option, he would be able to upgrade it afterpleting the quest.


    He fell into a dilemma. He didn''t want to miss either of the rewards.


    A new skill could help him in the battle against that swordsman in the virtual training area, while a grade up would upgrade his cultivation equivalent to Immortals in the Primal dimension. Considering he had already gotten the weapons room yesterday, the new product reward was of no importance to him, but the other two could be of help to him in many ways.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed. Aakesh stood in the store, thinking about what option to select.


    "Hey, system, why couldn''t you just offer me a quest without adding it into the reward section?" Heined.


    [Host, the store upgrade quest is a reward in itself.]


    The system simply responded.


    "Fine, I''ve made my decision," Aakesh murmured after making his decision.


    "Give me the second option!" He added the next moment.


    He selected the second option as the primary reason behind him acting as the store owner was to know about his past details.


    To know it, he needed authority, and his authority would only grow with the upgrading of the store. If the store stayed at level 1, it wouldn''t matter how many quests he did; his authority would still remain zero.


    [Yes, Host!]


    [Ding!]


    [The quest: Organize an event for the citizen of the Bisan Kingdom, sessfullypleted.]


    [The reward: Thirty-five virtual products, a new product, and addition in new pills, sessfully given.]


    [Host has exceeded the maximum requirements of the quest.]


    [Bonus reward calcting...]


    [The Bonus reward: Store upgrading quest, sessfully given.]


    [Host, please check your bonus rewards.]


    The next moment, continuous mechanical alerts echoed inside the store. Aakesh had already heard several of the announcements yesterday.


    The blue screen containing the details of the bonus rewards automatically disappeared, and instead, a new window containing the details of the store upgrading quests appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Upgrade of the store to Level 2...]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but frown after reading the details of the quest.


    He then heaved a sigh of relief when he saw there was no required time limit toplete the quest. Since the system wouldn''t provide him any kind of help, the quest proved to be an impossible task for him. He decided to postpone it.


    His face couldn''t help but turn ugly, thinking this. Since he couldn''tplete the quest right now, it would''ve been better to select the first option.


    He then took a deep breath as there was no point in regretting his actions. What has happened has already happened.


    "Hey, system, you already knew that the quest wouldn''t be possible for the current me toplete without your help, so why did you even add it?" After getting over his decision, he asked the system.


    [Host, youpleted the requirement for the store upgrade quest, the system presented it to you.]


    The system replied in its usual emotionless and mechanical voice.


    "What was the requirement?" He asked.


    Earlier, the system had refused to tell him when he had heard about the store upgrading quest, but now that he had met the requirement, the system could surely answer him.


    [Host, the requirement for the store upgrading quest was to have 111,111 active customers at the same time inside the store. You met it when 292,748 participants entered yourst event.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but get dumbfounded when he heard the requirement. The next moment, he heaved a sigh of relief for selecting the second option. All the regrets he had in his mind disappeared in a second.


    Even though he couldn''tplete the quest right now, he thought it was better that he had selected that option.


    Since the system had set the requirement, Aakesh was confident that he would be able to one dayplete it. But it would be years before he was able to get 111,111 active customers at the same time.


    Now, he finally knew why the quest seemed unbearable for the current him. If he had met the requirement as per the system''s expectations, he would''ve already gotten strong at that point.


    But everything changed due to his single suggestion of organizing an event and one man Punta. Aakesh was unaware that Punta had arge role to y in therge gathering on thest day.


    If Punta hadn''t talked to his father about the event, this number of people would''ve nevere to participate.


    If Aakesh knew about it, he would''ve even revived his son and made him an Emperor, but some things are better left unknown in the annals of time.

 Chapter 203 - Reunion

    Chapter 203: Reunion


    Aakesh decided to forego the store upgrading quest for now and focus on the current issues instead.


    It has been many days since he had met Lily. Also, he needed to apologize to her for leaving her in a time-freeze while he set up and enjoyed the event. If Lily were here, she would''ve liked it, and it would''ve been a source of enjoyment for her.


    After remembering Lily, he didn''t wait for a second and rushed to the portal room. He entered the first virtual portal he came across, and the next moment, he disappeared from the store.


    The next moment, he appeared inside a hotel room.


    The city of Wolfden wasn''t as busy as it earlier used to be. Instead, the whole town had a serene atmosphere.


    The serene atmosphere instead of rxing everyone gave the impression that tragedy had struck. The losses the town faced due to the radicals proved to be too much.


    It would take months, if not years, for the town to get over it and regain its buzzing environment.


    Although Aakesh knew he was to me for the incident, he didn''t regret it. He did what he thought to be the best, and his n worked. It may have caused more casualties than expected, but that''s life.


    In his first quest, he had saved several lives, while in the second quest, his hastiness cost several lives.


    After exiting the hotel room, he rushed in the direction of the jungle.


    While running, he decided to see the only quest he currently had on his hands.


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the quest in golden fonts appeared in front of him.


    [Brave Adventurer, you have already saved the town of Wolfden once, but it seems it needs your service again!


    You killed so many wolves that it would take at least five years for the silver wolves to create their horde again, and the wolf king also knew this. But it seems the wolf king had found a way to build a powerful race of silver wolves without having the ability to manipte energy.


    There is a high-level bloodline currently roaming in the jungle, and the wolf king has decided to take that creature''s help to create super wolves.


    Adventurer, you need to prevent this from happening by either killing the high-level bloodline owner and stopping the wolf king from creating super wolves, or by killing the wolf king, or by finding a way to stop it. Otherwise, the town of Wolfden will lose innocent civilians.


    Your reward would depend on the result of the mission. May you be sessful!]


    He nodded after reading the quest. He then waved his hands, and the quest window disappeared.


    "Status," He called in his mind since he was still several minutes away from reaching the jungle.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Ordinary,


    ss: None,


    Level: Level 20,


    HP: 500/500,


    Energy: 500/500,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 51 (+20),


    Agility: 51 (+20),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning.


    "I''m still very weak for the wolf king," Aakesh mumbled with a sigh, seeing his level.


    The wolf king was a Level 50 beast, and he has currently only reached Level 20.


    Even though he could easily defeat beings having higher levels than him, the gap of thirty levels was still something he couldn''t clear.


    "Hey, system, what''s the probability of me surviving in a battle against the wolf king?" He suddenly asked the system.


    [Ten percent!]


    "Eh!" Aakesh couldn''t help but exim after getting the system''s response.


    He expected the system to say that he would die in no time, but the system gave an unexpected answer.


    Ten percent may seem almost equal to dying, but still, the probability of him surviving against a Level 50 creature was a miracle.


    The jungle started appearing in his sight, so he increased his speed.


    Finally, after reaching the inner area of the jungle, he stopped three hundred meters away from the wolf''s area.


    "Hey, system, contact Lily," He ordered the system.


    Aakesh knew he was breaking the rule set by the system in Panagea, but he didn''t care. What''s the point of being the master of the system when you can''t even break the rules set by it?


    [Okay, Host!]


    If it were some other time, the system would''ve tried to argue against Aakesh''s order, but this time it didn''t. It knew how much Lily meant to Aakesh, and he would never listen to whatever the system tried to speak.


    "Aakesh!"


    The next moment, the childlike voice of Lily rang inside his head.


    "Where are you?" Aakesh asked.


    "ying with cubs."


    "Why did youe sote?"


    Before Aakesh could apologize, Lily''s question rang inside his head. From the fluctuation in her voice, he could feel the mix of expressions she had.


    "I wanted to see how much you miss me?" joked Aakesh.


    "Hmph¡­, why would I miss you?" Lily scoffed in response.


    "What''s going on with the wolf king?" Aakesh asked. The joking tone he had a moment earlier disappeared, and instead, his voice had turned calm.


    Time flew by, and hours passed. After knowing about the actions of the wolf king, Aakesh apologized for making Lily stay in a time-freeze. He also promised to make some concessions for her in the real world.


    Lily may be demanding, but she was his own blood, so he spoiled her as much as possible.


    Talking to Lily after so long made his mood better. He then turned around to leave when he suddenly sensed someone behind him.


    A surprised expression appeared on his face as he found none other than the wolf king staring at him.


    He didn''t get tensed up and got ready to fight right away, but for some reason, the wolf king turned around and left.


    "It must be the privilege of being an adventurer," Aakesh murmured as only this reason seemed reasonable for the wolf king to leave him. He asked the system, and what he thought proved to be correct.


    For the protection of the adventures in the first town, the higher level creatures didn''t attack them unless provoked.


    ***


    A/N: Merry Christmas!


    May this festival bring hope and light into our lives and this dark world.


    The Corona is still here, so stay cautious while enjoying!


    Thank you for supporting the book!

 Chapter 204 - Class

    Chapter 204: ss


    After having the conversation with Lily, Aakesh had nothing else to do in Panagea. But he still didn''t leave Panagea as he needed to find a way to increase his level.


    He had already decided to fight the wolf king when he reached Level 35, so he needed to achieve that level. As for the fighting, he didn''t need to worry about it. He knew more fighting sses than there were citizens in Wolfden.


    "Hey, system, I need a ss too. I''m also an adventurer, how can''t I get one?" Aakesh told the system while traveling back to the town.


    Since he was the store owner, he couldn''t participate in any ss rted events, or it would''ve been unfair to the participants. But now that the event was over, he needed a ss for himself.


    Gaining a ss would help him gain ten-twenty levels quickly. After that, it would be the same as regr, but currently, he only needed these levels.


    He had already decided to leave wolfden after killing the wolf king, so the earlier he defeated the wolf king, the quicker he would be able to depart.


    [Okay, Host! What ss do you want?]


    The system responded in its mechanical voice, and the next moment, a blue screen containing all the sses appeared in front of him.


    While scrolling around, he came across many sses that had question marks in their ces. When he asked the system about it, he found out that these sses aren''t avable in Panagea at the moment. They would open in the future. It woulde into Panagea inter phases, but since Aakesh was indirectly the owner of this world, the system showed him every ss that would ever be present in Panagea.


    "What ss should I choose?" He murmured while looking at the gigantic number of sses in front of him.


    He had already left out the sses in the groups of wizards, energy practitioners, fighters, etc. He had no interest in these sses since they were major sses, and the future storyline would depend upon them.


    Aakesh wasn''t in Panagea to clear the story. The customers needed to do this, he was only here for the enjoyment, and if he could have something in that, he would willingly take it, without affecting the primary storyline. The system also wanted this since, unlike other customers, Aakesh had no restriction of entering Panagea. He could stay in Panagea for the whole day straight, while the customer would be only here for six hours.


    "What do you suggest, system?" Aakesh asked the system, as there were literally thousands of sses.


    [Host, why don''t you take this ss!]


    The system responded, and the next moment, the screen containing all the sses started scrolling on its own, only to stop when it reached the bottom.


    There was a ss shining in a golden hue at the bottom of the screen.


    "Watcher!" Aakesh mumbled as the system had suggested him this ss. "Let''s see your details," He murmured, and the next moment, a new blue screen appeared on top of the previous one.


    {ss: Watcher,


    Details: The world of Panagea selects a creature to watch over all the beings residing in the world, and that being gets the title, ''The Watcher''.


    Level: Legendary,


    Current Ability: The Watcher can watch over all the details of the being 10 Yojana(1 Yojana= 8 miles) around them¡­}


    "Legendary from the start!" Aakesh eximed, seeing the level of the ss.


    Like the creatures, sses also had a level. The ss Watcher was Legendary from the start. After getting upgraded, it would be a Mythical level ss, then Divine. As for reaching Chaos, there was even less than one-septillion of a chance of any ss other than the ten Emperor''s sses achieving that level.


    But for Aakesh, it didn''t matter whether the ss would reach the Chaos level or not. The inheritors of the Emperors would need to fight Vritrasura, not him.


    "I''ll take it," Aakesh smilinglymented, seeing one of the skills of the ss.


    If he witnessed any fortunate event, he would automatically gain a level increase and ten percent of the reward. With the upgrade of the ss, the reward percentage would increase.


    [Okay, Host! Prepare for the quest!]


    After the system alerted him, a white light enveloped him. With the disappearance of the white light, he also disappeared from the jungle.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a market full of buzz. Seeing the tense and hurried people in the market, Aakesh could guess that a war wasing.


    [Host, the quest for you is to select ten beings in the market to watch over. If even one of the ten beings you pick dies in the uing war, you will lose the quest.]ve


    The next moment, the system''s voice rang inside his head.


    The ss, Watcher, didn''t give him an omniscient view at the current level, so his future depended upon his decision. He couldn''t just watch over everyone. He needed to select the beings he needed to watch over. He wouldn''t receive any reward if he didn''t pick the being who got a good fortune.


    The next moment, he noticed that his strength had reverted to beforepleting the first quest.


    A smile suddenly spread across his face as he asked the system, "Hey, system, since my strength has reverted to ordinary, does that mean I can help the beings I select to survive?"


    [Yes, Host! You can, but if you try to help the beings you have selected, the mission''s difficulty will increase, and the challenges faced by the town''s army would grow thousandfold.]


    If it were anyone other than Aakesh, they would''ve gotten afraid of the increase in the difficulty, but not Aakesh.


    As far as he could see, everyone was an ordinary mortal here, so even if the difficulty grew by a millionfold, Aakesh would only need to defeat more ordinary soldiers. He had his unlimited stamina with him to continue the battle for as long as the war continued.


    Since the Watcher was a unique ss, there can be only one Watcher in the whole Panagea. The system designed a difficult quest for the adventurer who attempts to gain it.. But since Aakesh asked the system for a suggestion, the system couldn''t lie to him despite knowing the cheats he would have in the quest, so it suggested him this ss.

 Chapter 205 - The Watcher

    Chapter 205: The Watcher


    Despite knowing the cheat Aakesh would have, the system still suggested this ss to him.


    The ss Watcher wasn''t only one of the strongest sses in the Panagea; it was also one of theidback ones. A ss like this was perfectly suited for someone like Aakesh since the system didn''t want Aakesh to settle with a lower level of ss, and it also didn''t want him to interfere in the events around the Panagea by taking primary sses.


    As for Aakesh gaining this ss, it wouldn''t affect major events around the Panagea, so it was alright even if Aakesh gained it.


    The next moment, the memory rted to the town and the war appeared in his mind.


    He was currently in a town called Bristol. It was a town exclusive for humans, while the neighboring town, Roszke, was exclusive for Beastmen.


    Since both the towns had creatures belonging to different races, the rtions between both couldn''t be any worse.


    Humans considered the beastmen as failed hybrids and felt disgusted by them, while the beastmen thought humans to be a low-level race, so they considered themselves superior.


    How can the rtions between Bristol and Roszke stay peaceful after the citizens had so many differences against each other? Due to this, there would be battles among them from time to time.


    Even though the hatred between both the towns was enough to be willing to burn each other to the ground, the heads of both towns knew how stupid it was.


    There was no point in trying to create peace as in the past, many citizens from both the towns had tried it, and it failed every time after only a few days. Keeping this in mind, both the heads decided to organize a battle between 100 warriors from each side every three years so that the town doesn''t face many casualties and the citizens get to channel their hate.


    The current round was also going to be like this, but yesterday, the town head found his son, granddaughter, and daughter-inw dead in cruel circumstances. Every evidence of the murder pointed at Roszke. At first, the town head tried not to act impulsively, but the citizens of the town wanted revenge, so he had no choice but to announce a war on Roszke.


    The war had already started early this morning, and the people in the market were here to buy weapons and armor for them. Since the town consisted of only ordinary mortals, there was no hint of potions, pills, or skills here. They would fight as any ordinary being does.


    "How stupid," Aakesh mumbled after learning the story of the war.


    How can they create so much hatred for each other Just because they didn''t like each other? Even though it was a quest, he knew how much people hated someone who looked different than them, so he stopped thinking about it.


    Now, he needed to select ten people on his intuition who could survive the war to the end.


    He could either randomly select ten people and join the war himself from the start to keep them safe, or he could pick ten strong people and only join the war when any one of them feels like dying.


    Aakesh didn''t have to think before making this decision. He decided to randomly pick ten humans and then help them win the war in a few hours.


    He wasn''t going to waste time first picking the candidates and then watching over them until the war ended. He had to leave Panagea an hour before morning. He had called Brinda to get her coronation present, and he needed to make it.


    Since he was giving the present, he couldn''t just give anything. He would make the best of the treasure for Brinda since the store status depended upon it.


    After making his decision, he didn''t wait and extended his hands. The next moment, ten silver blobs of lights emerged out of nowhere.


    "Him, him, her, him, her..., her!"


    He pointed at the first ten people he could see. The next moment, the silver blob of light flew from his hands and entered the ten candidates Aakesh had picked. The candidates were unaware that they had gained a fortune even without knowing. Now, it doesn''t matter what situation the war takes. They would still survive in the end.


    Out of the ten candidates, Aakesh had chosen, six were females, while four were male. Out of the six females, one was already pregnant.


    Since thedy was pregnant, she wasn''t going to participate in the war. But now that Aakesh had chosen her, she would somehow get entangled in the war.


    Aakesh didn''t care whether thedy was pregnant or not. His quest was that none of the ten candidates should die. What did it matter to him whether they were old, child, or injured?


    As expected, after Aakesh chose the pregnantdy, the next moment, an announcement rang inside the whole town.


    "All people except the old, children and injured are ordered to participate in the war! Anyone who dares to hide would get executed by fire!"


    Thedy''s face turned pale after hearing that she had to participate in the war. Aakesh wasn''t there to see her expression. He had already left in the direction of the war.


    Since he had decided to join the war, the quest would automatically be difficult.


    The next moment, a bell rang seventeen times which signified the highest level of danger, the extinction level.


    The next moment, another announcement rang inside the town.


    "Any person who can fight is hereby ordered to join the war, irrespective of their current situation! Anyone who dares to hide in this situation would be termed as an enemy and will get executed by a thousand cuts!"


    The execution by thousand cuts was the cruelest form of execution Bristol had. Even the beastmen who the humans hated from their core never faces this kind of execution inside the town.


    In this execution method, the executioner would create a thousand small cuts on the body of the condemned person. The cuts will be left this way until they heal. After they heal, the executioner would recreate a thousand cuts, and the process would continue until the condemned person died from the blood loss.


    As expected after hearing the new announcement every citizen''s face turned pale from horror. Aakesh also heard the announcement, but he didn''t care and rushed to the battlefield.


    ***


    A/N: Many of the readers may feel Aakesh is some kind of a viin because everything that the town would now face would be because of him.. For those readers, I would only like to say that he isn''t a human and the concept of morality doesn''t exist for him.

 Chapter 206 - The War(1)

    Chapter 206: The War(1)


    "How can they do this?" One of the mothers in Bristol cried out after the announcement. Her child was only ten years old, and ording to the announcement, anyone who could fight even a little bit needed to join the war.


    "Why''re you crying, mum?" The child asked while trying to wipe his mother''s tears. He was only a child, so he had no idea what was going to happen.


    There were scenes like this in the majority of the houses after the announcement. Since they had no choice but to follow the order, they started preparing while cursing the Townhead.


    The Townhead house,


    "Is the intel correct?" A man seated in a chair asked. His voice had a slight tremble as the information he heard a moment earlier could be the doom of the town.


    "Ye...yes, Townhead," The intelligence officer replied, while his back was cold.


    In a span of a day, there had been two intelligence failures in the town. First, the family of Townhead got gruesomely murdered, and second, the current piece of information he just got.


    "Why would they involve themselves in the fight?" Townhead asked with a frown on his face.


    The past day had already been way hard on him, and now that he had announced a war, he got the information that ten other viges of beastmen were providing help to Roszke.


    "I¡­ do-don''t know..." The intelligence officer replied with a stutter.


    "Crash!"


    "WHAT KIND OF AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER ARE YOU?" The Townhead threw the table ced in front of him and angrily shouted at the man standing in front of him.


    "Sorry tow-"


    "GET OUT!" The Townhead felt like he would kill the intelligence officer, so he angrily shouted at him to leave the room.


    "DAMN IT!" After the intelligence officer left, the Townhead cursed in anger and pped the hand of the chair.


    Unaware of what was happening inside Bristol due to his decision, Aakesh had finally reached the battleground.


    ng!


    ng!


    ng!


    The continuous sounds of shes rang inside the battleground. The area around the battlefield had gotten dyed red due to the blood from both parties.


    The Townhead of Roszke was a Lionman, but there were beastmen belonging to different species inside the town, so there were different kinds of beastmen fighting against the humans.


    Some beastmen were stronger than humans in one-on-onebat, while some were weaker, so both sides had already faced a huge number of losses.


    The ten candidates Aakesh had chosen still hadn''t entered the battlefield. He had two choices now. Either he could wait for his picks to join the war and then join it, or he could join the war even before they arrive.


    Since Aakesh''s goal was to end it in a few hours, he chose the second option and jumped into the battlefield.


    Since it was a quest, Aakesh didn''t get any privilege the adventurers had, and he was also currently a human. So right after he jumped, a Boarman who had just killed one human soldier rushed at him.


    The Boarman had a human face, but he had the tusks the boar had, and in ce of hands and legs, he had hooves.


    With a roar, the Boarman rushed at Aakesh. In response, Aakesh''s face turned cold.


    Since he had the same power as an ordinary mortal, he could only use the weakest points of the beastmen to defeat them quickly. Otherwise, even if he had unlimited stamina, it would take a long time for him to finish the war.


    Seeing Aakesh not moving, the Boarman thought that he had gotten frozen due to fear. His roar got louder as he charged with his tusk when he was only two meters away from Aakesh.


    Since the beastmen had humanoid structures, they had the same weakness as humans. Their vitals were stronger whenpared with the human of the same level, but the weakness was the same.


    When the boar''s tusk was only one inch away from ripping his stomach apart, he turned to his right and kneed the head of the Boarman.


    Before the Boarman could think of his next move, Aakesh grabbed the tusk and kicked again.


    The Boarman screamed in pain while his mouth had gotten out of shape due to the knee strike and the kick.


    Aakesh didn''t let go of the boar and kicked him again. With this attack, the Boarman lost his consciousness. Aakesh threw the Boarman and took a step forward.


    He needed to find a weapon, as the Boarman was on the stronger side of the beastmen, but three kicks were still very long. The Boarman didn''t even die. He only lost consciousness.


    "Give me your weapon," He found a human soldier fighting a wolfman using his sword, so Aakesh reached it and kicked the gut of the wolfman. He then asked the soldier for the sword, making her dumbfounded.


    "Get out of here," The soldier angrily yelled at Aakesh as she thought he had gotten insane due to the battle.


    Aakesh, instead of leaving, reached out and hit the back of her head. The soldier lost her consciousness right away and crashed on the ground with a thud. Before the sword could fall on the ground with her, he picked it up.


    If someone were to see his actions, they would consider Aakesh an idiot because where Aakesh was standing, several swords of dead soldiers were lying on the ground. Aakesh knew that, but he wasn''t going to pick a weapon of a dead soldier as it would be demeaning to him.


    His eyes then fell upon the wolfman he had kicked a moment earlier. The wolfman growled at Aakesh for interfering in his fight with thedy soldier while moving backward.


    The wolfmen, like the wolves, always chose opponents weaker than them in the enemy group first, so the wolfman had chosen thedy soldier. But with Aakesh''s interference, his opponent changed from someone weaker than him to someone stronger than him.


    Aakesh''s face was cold. He had no time to waste, so he took a step forward and reached in front of the wolfman.


    Swing!


    With a swing of his sword, the head of the wolfman flew while the headless corpse crashed on the ground.


    He didn''t stop and rushed forward to kill more beastmen, unaware that several timesrger army of beastmen were on their way to the battlefield.

 Chapter 207 - The War(2)

    Chapter 207: The War(2)


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed since the quest began, and forty minutes had passed since Aakesh joined the battlefield.


    With swords in both hands, Aakesh had killed more than hundreds of beastmen in this time.


    He had already reached the inner area where the number of beastmen soldiers exceeded the number of human soldiers, but right now, he was returning to the outer circle as the ten candidates he had picked had finally joined the battlefield.


    Since the candidates had joined, he needed to ensure their safety. He had also gotten the information that 90,000 strong beastmen army was approaching them and would sh with them in the next thirty minutes.


    No matter how many fighting techniques Aakesh knew, he currently only had the power of an ordinary mortal and would only be able to contain twenty-thirty soldiers at the same time.


    The town of Bristol had a poption of 170,000, but only 40% of the poption was able to give a fight, and the other 60% included disabled, old, and children.


    In the battle against the Roszke, the town had already lost around seven thousand soldiers. They currently had fifty-five thousand uninjured men, while more than ten thousand soldiers were injured, and six thousand soldiers had severe injuries.


    If the town added the other 60% to this fold, they would overwhelm the beastmen army with numbers. But that wasn''t possible. Beastmen like Lionmen, Tigermen, Boarmen were inherently stronger than humans and could take multiple of humans at the same time on their own.


    Aakesh knew this, so he decided to clear the outer area of the battlefield so that the ten candidates easily survive in the starting phases. He would then enter the army of beastmen that is approaching the battlefield and would take on the fight with the leaders.


    As he had decided, after returning to the outer area, he started cleaning the battlefield.


    With each hand carrying a sword, he created a massacre of the beastmen. It didn''t matter what type of beastmen his opponent was. Each swing of his sword took a life.


    The humans could only look at the scene with awe. The setting of him massacring the beastmen looked as if it was a scene of a beautiful painting.


    Aakesh didn''t care what the human soldiers thought of him. He continued his massacre.


    In only twenty minutes, he had killed more than two hundred beastmen of various types and almost cleared the outer area.


    Aakesh knew the army was only ten minutes away from the battlefield, so he gestured the human soldiers to kill the remaining beastmen and rushed in the direction of the beastmen army.


    "Do you know who that man was?" One of the male candidates Aakesh had picked asked his friend.


    "I don''t know, but whoever that man is, he is no less than a god for us," The friend replied while his eyes were still wide open after watching the massacre.


    "A ughter God!" One of the soldiersmented in admiration, hearing the conversation between the group of friends.


    Aakesh didn''t hear the conversation about him. Even if he had, he wouldn''t have cared. Gods may be lofty beings for others, but the products he had sold have already created a hundred real Gods.


    Five minutester,


    Aakesh was standing on the branch of a tree and looking faraway. He could see the silhouette of a strong army while the trees around him shook due to such arge movement.


    Despite continuously fighting for more than an hour, there wasn''t even a single bead of sweat on his forehead.


    After identifying his target, he jumped down the tree and rushed.


    If the leaders of the beastmen army didn''t have tens of beastmen as their guards, Aakesh would''ve killed them from a fair distance using bow and arrow. But since shooting tens of arrows each second wasn''t possible in his current state, he had to rush in their midst.


    The beastmen had better eyesight whenpared with humans, so when Aakesh was some distance away from the army, the rangers had already seen him.


    The beastmen didn''t believe that someone alone would dare enter their midst, but they still prepared for the intruder.


    When Aakesh reached the army, the beastmen were already prepared for him. In no time, he got surrounded from all directions.


    "Halt, human!" One of the beastmen in front coldly ordered Aakesh.


    Aakesh had no change in his expressions even though he got surrounded. He ignored the beastmen soldier and took a look around him.


    The beastmen soldier got angry after getting ignored by a human, but before he could vent his anger on the human, his world turned upside down.


    Only the next moment, he found the reason behind it, after seeing his headless body falling in front of him. The next moment, the beastmen lost consciousness.


    Aakesh didn''t stop and took another life with the swing of his second sword.


    The beastmen didn''t know how to make weapons, but since humans have always been greedy, they created the weapons and sold them to the beastmen. Humans didn''t forget to use the beastmen''s weakness and only made the weapons that were suitable in their hands, so only the beastmen who had human hands could use those weapons.


    A few of the 90,000 strong beastmen army had human hands, and several of them were archers. They fired arrows in unison, and Aakesh got engulfed in arrows.


    Aakesh created a shield using both swords to defend himself from the arrows. He may have fighting knowledge, but the knowledge doesn''t matter when the sword starts losing its durability.


    "ng!"


    The continuous sounds of metal shes rang in the area, while cracks started appearing in his swords.


    Aakesh had already prepared for such circumstances and had carried four extra swords on his back beforeing here.


    He threw the two swords, aiming at the archers, making the beastmen confused. He then grabbed the next pair of swords from his back and pulled them out right away.


    Both the swords didn''t miss their aim and pierced the throat of the beastmen.


    "Clink!"


    He started his dance again. His killing rate decreased since he now had to deflect the arrowsing at him.


    Time flew by, and ten minutes passed.


    He had finally killed all the archers present in the beastmen''s army.


    No beastmen could be seen in the area of ten meters around him. The beastmen finally felt the fear of death from Aakesh, so they started escaping even when they outnumbered him by tens of thousands.


    How could Aakesh let them escape?


    The war would only end when the leader of one side was dead, so Aakesh rushed inside the camp of the beastmen.


    No beastmen dared to stop him. They forgot their loyalty to their leader and made way for Aakesh to reach them.


    Only a few familial rtives tried to stop him in his way, but every single one of them died after Aakesh cut their heads off.


    "Halt-!" The Lionmen roared, seeing Aakeshing near him, but his roar came to a sudden halt when Aakesh stared at him.


    "You''re the Townhead of Roszke?" Aakesh asked the Lionmen, since he was the only Lionmen in the group of leaders.


    The Lionmen didn''t dare to answer. He knew if he answered, Aakesh would kill him, but the next moment, something unimaginable happened.


    "Dear master, he''s the Townhead of the Roszke," Another leader of the neighbor town gave out his identity.


    The Lionmen red at his friend, but his friend didn''t dare to look at him.


    Time flew by, and the morning of the next day arrived.. It was time for Aakesh to open the store.

 Chapter 208 - A New Day

    Chapter 208: A New Day


    After taking a bath, Aakesh came down the stairs. It was time for him to open the store.


    After opening the store, he noticed a crowd evenrger than yesterday waiting outside. He couldn''t help but feel a headacheing his way since there were 173 people standing at the door and crowding his front.


    Since they came this early in the morning, more than half of the number belonged to those who wanted to enter Panagea.


    Seeing the crowd, he came up with an idea to get the first group of 50 adventurers. He asked the system about it. The system told him not to do it, but Aakesh still decided to do it.


    It all happened in less than a split second, so the crown didn''t even know Aakesh had already created apetition for them without them knowing about it.


    The next moment, he moved out of the way and the crowd pushed their entry through the door. The door of the store may look like it won''t be able to handle an influx of so many customers at the same time, but in reality, it didn''t matter. Even if the number exceeded a million, they could still enter the store at the same time.


    Soon, the first fifty customers that entered the store got covered in blue light. Everyone, including themselves, was unaware of what this blue light signified. But the next moment, most of them understood since there were only fifty of them surrounded by light, and there were 50 virtual portals in the store.


    The next moment, they got their confirmation as Aakesh announced, "The fifty customers that had gotten surrounded by the blue light would be the first group to enter Panagea."


    "Damn, it''s all because of you," One man cursed his friend. They were one of the first to arrive, but somehow, they got pushed away during the waiting.


    The friend could only smile wryly, seeing his friend getting angry.


    "Okay, pay and enter the Panagea," Aakesh ignored the reaction of the other customers and ordered the first fifty.


    Those who had cards on them directly left for the portal room. Seeing a group leaving directly without paying, the group, unaware of the cards, asked Aakesh about it.


    Aakesh then exined about the cards to them. Hearing about the benefits of the cards, several of them bought one. One customer even asked for a supreme card.


    There were still six customers who couldn''t afford any one of the cards, so they left after paying for their entry into Panagea.


    Several other customers scoffed, seeing those six customers unable to pay for even a top card and still getting the entry into Panagea.


    Some of the customers who were left decided to wait for their turn inside the store, while some of them left since they had many things to do.


    Some of the customers left for the weapons room, and those who came for the first time in the store today began talking to Aakesh about the products of the store.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed. During thest hour, several regr customers of the store came. It even included Pento, but seeing the store filled to the brim, he left.


    Aakesh didn''t care about him, so he ignored his actions. Eris and Robert had also arrived, and since there were still a few portals for the second group left, they decided to wait in the store for six hours.


    Only in an hour, Aakesh got enough customers waiting in his store to fill the quota of 700 Panagea hours a day. Only three portals were left vacant for thest group that got only three hours of y.


    Since Robert and Eris were one of the winners of thest event, they began conversing with each other. During their conversation, the topic of Gods & Demons level training appeared.


    At first, Eris didn''t feel much interested in the training area since he had been at the peak of the Primal dimension for countless years, but when he sensed the energy in Robert, his face turned solemn.


    When Eris had met Robert for the first time in the winning ceremony, he was confident of killing him in a single strike even without using his full power. But now, he was still confident of killing Robert in a single strike, but for that, he needed to use his strongest attack, and he also felt danger from something Robert had.


    "Hehe¡­, Did you sense it? Even that old Elf failed to sense it?" Robertughingly asked Eris.


    Robert didn''t know the identity of Eris, but he was confident that Eris was one of the strongest beings he had evere across. He found Eris''s power on the level of the Hygars.


    "How did you get it?" Eris''s reaction was the exact opposite of Robert''s.


    "I already told you. It''s one of the benefits I received from the Gods & Demons level training area," Robertmented, shrugging his shoulders. Since there was no point in hiding about it in the store, he thought to tell Eris himself and make good rtions with him.


    Eris not only was one of the strongest beings Robert had ever seen, but he was also the owner of thergest territory inside the Panagea of all the adventurers. He only had a protection period of one year, whereas Eris had a protection period of ten years.


    After giving rewards, Aakesh had told the three participants that retaining the territory inside Panagea was going to be several folds tougher than winning it. He also told Robert and Maria on their faces that if they didn''te across a treasure of a very high level, they would lose their territory the moment their protection period ended.


    Only Eris had a minimal chance to retain his territory after the end of the protection period, and that too because his territory would have the weakest Kingdom on their door out of the three territories.


    Aspared to the benefits Eris would receive from his territory, the privileges Robert and Maria received seemed like dirt. Even if he failed to retain his territory after ten years, he still would have gotten enough resources to create one of the top organizations of the Primal dimension.


    If someone else dered that only in ten years, a being could create one of the top organizations of the dimension from a territory that doesn''t exist in reality, the people would''ve termed that man insane and idiot and wouldugh at the foolishness. But it was Aakesh who dered it, so the doubt of it being a lie didn''t even emerge for a moment inside their heads.


    From Eris, Robert could sense that he had not much interest in creating any kind of organization and only had a casual attitude toward the resources of the territory. Robert, on the other side, came to the event with a purpose.


    He had sensed that thest day of the event wouldpletely change his destiny. He had already benefited from that divination by growing several folds stronger in a single hour. But Robert could still sense that the best for him was yet toe.


    The growth he had yesterday was only a minor benefit he will have from the store and the Panagea in the future.


    So for Robert, making good rtions with Eris was a significant issue. Even if he lost his territory after a year, if he had good rtions with Eris, Robert would still have something to hold on.


    Eris knew what was going through Robert''s mind.. He would even help him if Robert proved to be worthy of his friend.

 Chapter 209 - [Bonus]Quest Progress

    Chapter 209: Quest Progress


    When Eris learned about the benefits Robert had gotten from the Gods & Demons training area, he couldn''t help but approach Aakesh for training. Since he needed to wait here for five hours for his turn to enter Panagea, he found the training to be a better option.


    There were several customers already in line, waiting for their turn toe. All the fifteen hours for the 50 virtual portals had already gotten filled in only an hour from the opening of the store.


    After waiting for several minutes, Eris''s turn to talk to Aakesh finally arrived. After Eris left, Robert sat down in the store and began meditating.


    The customers waiting for their turn saw Robert sitting and meditating, so they decided to do the same.


    They couldn''t help but feel surprised by the energy present in the atmosphere. From the first look, the inside of the store looked devoid of any kind of energy, but when they began meditating, they sensed an endless amount of energy inside the store.


    Even if someone were to fight continuously for years here, they still wouldn''t get tired and would still have the same amount of energy before they began the battle.


    Eris had nothing to do with it, so he didn''t care and instead asked Aakesh, "Store owner, what''s the Gods & Demons level training area?"


    Aakesh told him everything about the training area from the first level of difficulty to thest and the charges required for each level.


    Since Robert had already exined to him the outrageous price the store charged for an hour in a Gods & Demons level difficulty, as well as the limit of one hour per year, he didn''t feel surprised by it.


    Eris had a different question in his mind after hearing about the training area from Robert. The next moment, he asked, "Store owner, is the training area only suitable for the weapon-rted skills?"


    He had been thinking about it since he heard about the training area from Robert. How can the store create a training area for weapon skills but not other fields of power leveling?


    "Yes," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He knew what Eris wanted to ask, and he also didn''t like the idea of a separate training area for weapons, but when the system told him the reason behind it, he understood.


    The training area for other fields of power leveling would only be possible when the store began selling meditation/cultivation arts. Before it starting them would be equivalent to destroying the power structure of the dimension.


    Since the advancement in the power leveling system represented the growth in every field rted to a being, the system had ns to add that in the Sacred dimension, where the rules of power were more flexible and strong. It was one of the few restricted products the system had taken away from the roulette, so Aakesh couldn''t get them like he had gotten Panagea due to his great luck.


    But Aakesh would never tell Eris, so he said a simple yes to his question.


    Even Eris knew what future changes that kind of training area would bring, so he couldn''t resist clicking his tongue in disappointment. Though he won''t be able to aplish anything because of the Asura n, other powerhouses would begin to surpass ordinary mortals in numbers once this urs.


    "Immortal grade sword, Gods & Demons level training area!"


    Since Eris had nothing else to ask, he asked for his training hour.


    Aakesh nodded, and the next moment, a trillion supreme Primal stones got deducted from his supreme card.


    After getting the alert from the system about the sessful payment and one percentmission in his ount, Aakesh told Eris to enter the training area.


    After getting permission, Eris nodded and left for the weapons room.


    Following Eris''s departure, a few more customers waited for their turn to speak to Aakesh.


    Time flew by, and one hour passed. In contrast to yesterday, when a storm erupted after Robert left his training area, nothing happened today.


    It didn''t mean Eris didn''t get powerful benefits, but it happened because the system erased the storm even before it could ur by binding Eris to a different space.


    Though Eris may look or feel like he is in a store, he was actually somewhere else. As soon as his energy returned to normal, the system would bring him back to the store without him being aware of what had happened.


    Aakesh also finally got free from any customering to him.


    He decided to check his quest. The next moment, a blue screen only visible to him containing all the details of the mission appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Requirement: Since you have already sold seven weapons and one training hour, it''s time for you to let other customers get the benefits of training hours and weapons sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 10,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 10,000 customers or 100,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Days required: 180 days,


    Mission reward: One thousand, four hundred, and fifty more virtual portals! Addition of Emperor and Overlord grade into the weapons and Training arena! Addition of Superior pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of the training area!]


    Unlike the previous quests, two blue windows appeared this time: one contained the details of the mission, and the second showed the quest''s progress.


    [Quest Progress,


    Days left: 179 days,


    Weapon sold: 12/10,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 90/10,000,


    Regr training hours: 374/100,000 hours,


    Immortal level: 18/10,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 3/1,000 hours.]


    Aakesh nodded after reading the progress he had in one day.


    If he went with this progress rate, then he would fail the quest, but he didn''t get worried since the customers would only grow with every passing day.


    Panagea not only brought regr customers to his store, waiting for their entry would make them learn about the training area and weapons, so the sale would only grow.


    His only interest in the quest was which requirement he wouldplete first.. If he were to take a guess, he believed he would meet the training hours first. The only question is, which level of training hour?

 Chapter 210 - Sword God Physique(Embryo)

    Chapter 210: Sword God Physique(Embryo)


    "Eh!" Robert''s jaw dropped when he looked at Eris after he returned from the training area.


    He could see a golden-red hue surrounding Eris, and the tint alone sent a chill down his spine. Seeing him, he got the impression Eris didn''t even need to strike him personally to kill him.


    "What benefits did you-" He blurted out in shock, but he stopped himself midway. Asking questions like these would be detrimental to his rtions with Eris since any kind of benefits were the personal secrets of the cultivator.


    Eris smiled at Robert, seeing him controlling himself. He was smiling on the outside, but he himself was shocked to the core. The golden-red tint that had surrounded him was no ordinary hue.


    The golden hue signified divine, while the red light represented blood, massacre, ughter, etc.


    Thebined golden-red hue signified Eris''s step toward attaining divinity, which he believed to be impossible after the curse of the leader of the Asura n. The Titan n had tried everything to remove the curse and ascend to the higher dimensions, but no matter what or how much effort they put in, every time, they got failure in the end.


    "I''ve attained the embryo of the Sword God physique," Eris told Robert since he didn''t think this information was worth hiding.


    "Sword God physique!" Robert eximed in surprise, hearing Eris.


    Attaining the embryo of the divine physique was the step toward ascending to the sacred dimension. Eris now only needed to face the Primal Tribtion, which would test him. If he survived it, the dimension would grant him enough energy to grow the physique to initialpletion.


    After his physique had attained the initial growth, he would ascend into the Sacred dimension, and there he would grow his physique to itspletion.


    "Are you going to ascend now?" Robert asked.


    In the event Eris decided to face the tribtion, Robert''s ns for the future would all be for nothing as the store owner had already advised that there had been no application for the transfer after adding the territory in Panagea. If Eris left, the store would remove the protection period, and the neighboring Kingdom would conquer it.


    "I do¡­don''t know," Eris responded with a confused expression. He had already given up on training countless years ago and began traveling around the Primal dimension, unaware of what the future was going to bring.


    When today he entered the training area, there was a little hope in his heart that it would help him overgrow the power level of the Primal dimension, and then the dimension would forcibly send him to the Sacred dimension.


    The hope he had in his heart got fulfilled when he gained the embryo of a divine physique. He attained the embryo of the physique from the massacre element of the sword. As a result of traveling for many years, he should''ve acquired other positive uses of the sword, but due to the incident, his heart began craving one-sided ughters.


    But now that he had his hopes fulfilled, he didn''t know what to do. At one moment, he thought about the reaction of his race member when he told them about his breakthrough, but the next moment, the scene of the ughter of their race emerged inside his head. Would he bring his n to the same fate if they ascended to the higher dimension?


    The Titan race initiated the war with the Asura race, so it was already good that they let weaklings like him live, but if they ascend to the higher dimension, will the Asura n be kind again? He had several questions in his mind, and despite having the wisdom of countless years, he couldn''t get a single answer.


    His heart said that its time for their race to rise again, after suffering here for countless years, but his mind said it would be foolish to tell them. Instead of helping the race, Eris would be the killer.


    Eris knew what his mind said was logical and the better answer, but after seeing the suffering of his n for countless years, he couldn''t care for logic.


    Although there was an emotional turmoil going on inside of him, he smiled and chatted with Robert.


    Robert suddenly left him and approached Aakesh. Since there was no customer talking to him, Robert didn''t have to get in the queue and wait for his turn to arrive.


    "Store owner, what''s the power level of the weakest being in the Sacred dimension?" Robert asked Aakesh.


    It is the question he had in his mind since he learned about the existence of the Sacred dimension. He had never gotten a satisfactory answer from anyone.


    It didn''t matter whom he asked. He always got the same reply, "The weakest of the Sacred dimension is strong enough to destroy the Primal dimension." He never believed it was true since if the Primal dimension was so weak, it would''ve already gotten destroyed since there had been many cases of energy leakage from the Sacred dimension to the Primal dimension.


    The moment he found out that Eris had attained the first step of ascendence, the question emerged again. He didn''t ask Eris since he didn''t want to get the same answer for the umpteenth time.


    "In Primal units or Sacred units," Aakesh expressionlessly asked.


    The Primal units were the unit of power any being had in the Primal dimension, and simrly, there were respective units for the other two dimensions. The Devas didn''t possess such units because their power couldn''t be measured.


    A billion Primal units were equivalent to a Sacred unit, making the power gap between the inhabitants of both dimensions even wider than the difference between heaven and earth.


    A confused expression appeared on Robert''s face as he had never heard of these terms. Only the beings of the second and third dimensions used these terms.


    Eris, who also followed Robert after he suddenly left, knew about the terms and their definitions, so seeing the confusion on Robert''s face, he cleared his doubts and also told him about the conversion rate.


    "How do you know that?" Robert asked Eris. Despite being from one of the top organizations of the Primal dimension, he had never heard of such a term, but Eris, who came from nowhere, knew about it.


    "I''ve heard about it from one of the ruins I came across during my travel," Eris lied.


    "Oh," Robert responded since even he hade across the ruins of beings from higher dimensions in the past.

 Chapter 211 - Primal And Sacred Units

    Chapter 211: Primal and Sacred Units


    After learning new information about power measurement, Robert''s eyes started shining. He knew he would finally get the answer he had been searching for, for centuries.


    Even though not having an answer didn''t y any role in his psyche, still having it would feel good.


    "So, do you know the power level of the weakest being of the Sacred dimension?" Robert asked Eris since he knew about the units.


    Eris shook his head in response. It had already been countless years since he had been living in the Primal dimension. He only knew about the units because that Knowledge was there even when he wasn''t born.


    As for not knowing about the power level, several Epochs had passed, and in that time, countless races had died out while countless races had taken birth, so he had no idea about the weakest race in the Sacred dimension and their power level.


    After getting a no from Eris, Robert looked at Aakesh, who had already ignored them when he started conversing with Eris.


    "Sorry..., store owner, can you please answer my question?" Robert apologized to Aakesh for ending the conversation midway when it was he who had asked the question.


    "What unit?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked in response.


    "In Primal units!"


    "One to two billion Primal units," Aakesh answered.


    The weakest being in the Sacred dimension is always thetest ascendant. Each ascendant had a varying power level due to bloodlines,w, power system, etc. Still, the weakest being had a power value of 1 Sacred unit.


    "What''s the power of the peak Immortal in units?" Robert asked as only then could he measure the power gap between the strongest of the Primal dimension and the weakest of the Sacred dimension.


    "Ten million to 100 million Primal units," Aakesh responded.


    Aakesh currently had around 8 million Primal units of strength, making him almost equal to the level of weakest Immortals.


    "That big of a gap!" Robert eximed in surprise.


    It may only appear that the figurative difference of power is ten to one hundred times, but the literal gap exceeded even the imaginative gap.


    Even if millions of strongest Immortals were to try to harm the weakest God, they still wouldn''t be able to do anything.


    But the next moment, he returned to calm as he also finally got the answer he had always wanted. Seeing the power difference between the strongest Immortal and the weakest God, he was confident that they couldn''t destroy the Primal dimension.


    He also got his confirmation from Aakesh. Aakesh also told him a new piece of information that the eleven Void Beasts were stronger than the weakest of Gods, and if they were tobine their force, they could even kill one.


    The dimension wasn''t something that could be broken down by power. The Primal dimension didn''t allow the ascenders to stay here because they had exceeded the rule power of it.


    Aakesh also told them that they could also check their power on the b inside the weapons room.


    The b would only show the level of the attack until the peak Immortal. Once it exceeded that limit, the b would start showing power in Primal units.


    Robert decided to check his power unit since he had nothing to do for the next four hours and went to the weapons room. He also dragged Eris with him since he wanted to see the power unit of a pseudo ascender.


    After Eris and Robert left, a frown appeared on Aakesh''s face.


    "Hey, system, are you trying to create a fight between the Asura race and me when I haven''t even met them?" He asked the system inside his head.


    While learning about the races during his first-ever quest, he also learned about major events concerning them. So he knew many things about the war between the Titan race and the Asura race that even Eris didn''t know.


    It was the son of the head of the Titan race that had killed the daughter of the leader of the Asura n when she was only a child, and that incident had made the war so cruel that even a Deva had to personally intervene.


    The remaining few Titans believe that it was the kindness of the Asura n that they left them alive and only banished them to the Primal dimension. But the truth was that the Deva that had created them had to personally intervene and request the leader of the Asura n to let them live.


    The leader of the Asura n knew even if he refused the request of the Deva, they wouldn''t do a thing to them or take revenge, but the Devasmanded so much respect due to their inherent good nature that the leader epted their request and banished thest 124 members of the Titan race.


    The Deva gave a treasure to the leader of the Asura n after getting happy with the leader, and that treasure automatically made him the strongest of the three dimensions. It was only Vritrasura who surpassed him, but after his death, the leader once again became the number one.


    Aakesh was one of the few beings to know about this. If, due to him, the banishment of the Titans failed, wouldn''t it directly pit him against the leader of the Asura n?


    He wasn''t afraid of him, but the current him couldn''t even challenge a breath released by the leader, let alone fight, so he didn''t want to make a strong enemy like him in this phase.


    [Host, you don''t need to worry about that. The store treats each customer equally.]


    The system replied in its emotionless voice.


    Aakesh didn''t get the answer he wanted, but he didn''t ask it again since he knew the system didn''t answer on purpose. If he wanted to find the truth about why the system didn''t care even if it offends the strongest being after the Devas, he needed authority, and currently, he had none. Only with the upgrade of the store, his authority would grow.


    While Aakesh spoke with the system about the Titans, Eris and Robert tested their power on the b in the weapons room.


    Robert punched aiming at the center of the b without using any energy or skill.


    The next moment, the b lightened up, and instead of units, the b showed peak Dharma Monarch.


    Next, Eris stepped forward and repeated the same process.. Unlike thest time, 42,767,543 Primal units appeared on the b.

 Chapter 212 - Level Stone

    Chapter 212: Level Stone


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    The six hours stay of the first group in Panagea was over, so the system forced them out.


    After the first group got out, Aakesh ordered the next group of 50 customers to enter the portal room.


    One customer in the third group bought a spot from the customer of the second group, unaware of its consequences. Aakesh wasn''t aware of the conversations happening inside the store, but the system was. So before the man could enter, the system told Aakesh about the illegal purchase of the slot.


    The next moment, Aakesh waved his hands, and both the seller and the buyer got knocked outside, cklisted for life. If any one of them tried to enter the store from this moment on, an invisible pressure would throw them out without even Aakesh knowing about it.


    Aakesh then snapped his fingers, and the next moment, a new rule appeared on the rule board, "Only the store is the seller! If any customer tries to buy their slots, pills, or any store product inside the store, they will get cklisted for life!"


    Both the men had pale faces after getting knocked out of the store, and one of them even tried to enter the store, but the next moment, a force stronger than thest threw him several meters away. Both the men left from there right away. Neither Aakesh nor the customers had any interest in them, so they ignored it and continued their wait.


    Since one spot in the second group had gotten vacant, the first person in the third group got it, while one other customer who was leaving after buying the pill got the spot in the third group of fifty.


    "Did youplete the quest?" Evelyn asked Maria after both of them appeared inside the store from Panagea.


    "No, It''ll take two to three days," Maria responded with a disappointed sigh.


    "Did the Dwarves attack you?" Evelyn asked, seeing Maria so disappointed.


    Maria shook her head in refusal and then began sharing her experience of today with Evelyn.


    After entering the Panagea, Maria spawned in the same ce she had left yesterday.


    She didn''t check the town''s status and began her journey to the Dwarven camp, unaware that a new dangerous ce had emerged on her way to the Dwarven settlement.


    After giving the winners their rewards, Aakesh had warned them that there might be changes in some dangerous locations every day.


    Since the inhabitants of Panagea had the same wisdom, if not more than the people of the Primal dimension, they also acted as the situation demanded.


    So, yesterday, a Level 248 creature massacred an entire low-level settlement not far from them and cleared a few dangerous locations around it.


    Creatures belonging to the dangerous area not far from the massacred settlement escaped and created a new light red location on the map of Atunbi.


    Unaware of the scenes yesterday, Maria hurried to the Dwarven settlement as she wanted to clear the mission as soon as possible.


    Since Dwarves lived underground, they rarely escaped, so Maria didn''t think of checking the town status.


    A few miles away from the Dwarven settlement, Maria finally came across the creatures who had escaped yesterday from the massacre.


    The creatures she hade across belonged to a low-level race called Ograun. They were tall, had fearsome muscles, and had hairless bodies.


    The leader of the Ograun was only a Level 25 being, and the majority of themon Ograuns were only around Level 1-15, but for Maria, even killing them was a herculean task since she was only Level 3.


    Even though Maria was the owner of thend they were standing on, the Ograuns didn''t care. Seeing someone weaker than them made them excited since they wanted to vent their frustrations of yesterday.


    Before Maria could think of a way to escape, the Ograuns roared and savagely rushed at her.


    In no time, Maria got surrounded, and a few momentster, the Ograuns snapped her in half and killed her.


    The next moment, Maria spawned in the resting area. She would need to stay here for thirty seconds, and then she would return to the battlefield. Thinking about what happened with her only a moment earlier made her shudder in fear. She didn''t want to face the same thing again.


    As if the system was waiting for her to think, a blue screen appeared in front of her.


    {Return to the center hut!


    Spawn back to the ce you died!}


    There were two options on the screen. Without even thinking for a moment, Maria tapped on, ''Return to the center hut!''


    The next moment, the screen disappeared, and a mechanical alert rang inside her head, "Returning in 25 seconds!"


    She couldn''t help but grit her teeth in frustration, thinking about dying to low-level again.


    "I need toplete the quest fast, or I would stay low-level for a long time," She muttered as she had nothing to do except wait.


    Since she had chosen toplete the organization quest first, she couldn''t level up like other adventurers.


    As the ruler of the territories, they could level up by clearing the dangerous locations from their territories or by gaining the resources from the area.


    Level stones were avable in the territory, which directly raised the adventurer''s level, depending on their value.


    After thirty seconds of resting time was over, Maria spawned back to the center hut. She heaved a sigh of relief, finding her in a safe area.


    After spawning, Maria didn''t rush right away and instead called out the map of the territory inside her mind.


    The next moment, the whole map appeared in front of her. She noticed that the number of red locations had decreased by seven.


    She found the location of the Dwarven settlement on the map and began creating a new and safer route for her journey.


    After she remembered the route and directions, she left the hut and hurried.


    She had to reach the dwarven settlement today since she would need to create an alternate route if another dangerous location appeared after today.


    Time flew by. She reached the Dwarven settlement twenty minutes before the end of six hours.


    Simr to the creatures of dangerous locations, the people from the settlement knew the ruler of their territory. However, unlike them, they wouldn''t try to kill the ruler without listening to them.


    The case for the Dwarves waspletely different. They didn''t evene out to meet her despite Maria standing there for a few minutes.


    "I want to meet the leader," She called out for the umpteenth time in thenguage of Dwarves. There was a hint of majesty in her voice since this was the effect of her being the ruler.


    A ruler of the territory also had the privilege to be able to talk or understand thenguage of the races that lived inside their ruled area, making a first good impression on the settlers. The effect only stayed inside the Panagea, so after getting out, they would forget thatnguage.


    Only a few minutes were left before her stay in Panagea for today was over, so Maria needed to enter their settlement early.


    "I''m here to make a deal with your leader about the iron mine-"


    Maria''s voice suddenly came to a halt as after hearing the deal about iron mine, the ground around her shook a little.


    The next moment, a gate on the ground appeared.. Soon, the door opened, and a Dwarf stepped out of it.

 Chapter 213 - Founder

    Chapter 213: Founder


    There was only one thing Dwarves loved more than anything. It was their love for different kinds of metals.


    So, when they heard about the iron mine deal, they forgot about their cowardly behavior and decided to meet Maria.


    The Dwarf that stepped out of the door only came up to Maria''s waist but was bulkier than many beings. Since Dwarves were only a mid-level race in the Primal dimension, and even the Bisan Kingdom holds around a hundred thousand Dwarves, Maria didn''t get surprised by their appearance.


    "Wee, honorable ruler!" The Dwarf bowed and greeted Maria. "Follow me!" Before Maria could respond, the Dwarf gestured for her to follow him.


    After telling Maria to follow him, the Dwarf didn''t wait for her response and instead turned around to enter the door.


    If Maria didn''t know about the nature of the Dwarves, she would''ve thought that they were trying to show who was superior between them, but she knew their characters. In reality, the Dwarf wasn''t disrespecting her but rather was terrified of standing outside with no protection, so he did not wait for her response.


    Maria followed the Dwarf to the door and then the underground stairs. Before she could make out of the structure, the system alerted her that her six hours inside Panagea was over, and the next moment, she disappeared from there, making the Dwarf''s face pale with horror.


    "O Ymir, save me!" The Dwarf shouted and dashed down the stairs without daring to look behind him.


    ***


    "Seeing the enthusiasm of Dwarves after hearing about the iron mine, you would be able toplete your task either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."


    Evelynmented after hearing Maria''s experience for the day.


    "But trading an iron mine for some low-level Dwarves..."


    Evelyn didn''tplete her sentence since she also knew the difficulties of Maria.


    If Maria was Level 20 or more, she wouldn''t have needed to make this deal. She would''ve chosen the Orc settlement and directly made them submit since they loved stronger beings. She only needed to defeat someone strong from their camp, and many from that settlement would be her follower on their own.


    But since Maria was only Level 3, she could only use the trade tactics with Dwarves.


    Maria and the group then left the store after saying bye to the store owner.


    Evelyn, George, and the Moyas didn''t directly teleport back to their ces, but instead, they went to the Maria never-opening restaurant.


    Maria would have already opened her store if the three-day event had not urred. The event ended with Maria taking second ce at the best event due to abination of luck and hard work.


    After bing the ruler, her restaurant may never open. Her primary purpose behind buying the next building to the store was so that she could meet Aakesh every day due to her feelings for him, but now that romantic feelings had instead turned into reverence for Aakesh, so that purpose got defeated.


    She then decided to open a restaurant so that she would have a stable earning source since buying products from Aakesh''s store cost arge amount of money, but now that she had gotten a territory inside Panagea and was making her own organization, the money problem had gotten solved. Now herplete focus would be on Panagea to be both wealthy and powerful.


    ***


    Inside the store, Robert and Eris both had entered Panagea for the first time, so before entering their territory, the introduction Angel showed them the history of the Panagea.


    Unlike other customers, Eris was someone who had lived in the third dimension and knew more than others about the races and creatures belonging to the second and third dimensions.


    When he saw the face of the Emperor Panis of the ten Emperors, he yelled, "FATHER!", and knelt down while crying.


    Emperor Panis had the same features as the first and the strongest being of the Titan race. Eris wasn''t the son of the founder. In the Titan race, the founder was called father by every single being belonging to the race. They didn''t even call their own father, ''Father!''


    Unlike Aakesh, the Angel did not care about Eris'' feelings and continued the scenery of the wars.


    Finally, after an unknown amount of time had passed, the scenes ended, and Eris appeared in a concrete house.


    Living for so long had its own benefits, such as Eris had gotten calm only a few momentster after seeing the face of the founder.


    "This feeling again!" Eris muttered as he found himself returned to the ordinary mortal level.


    He had only felt this feeling once before when he had entered thest event. Even a newborn in the Titan race had an equivalent power level to a Tao Manifestation level cultivator, so for Eris bing an ordinary mortal was a very ufortable feeling.


    After getting over the difort, he looked around to find where he was.


    He found himself in a house entirely made of concrete. There was a bed, a few chairs.


    Out of all the chairs, one particr chair in the center stood out.


    The other chairs were made of concrete, while the special chair was made of iron, with afortable cushion to sit on its seat.


    Eris knew it was the chair specially made up for him as he was the ruler of the territory, while the other chairs belonged to his future subjects.


    The room was square in shape. The space inside the room wasn''t veryrge, but it was good enough to make it a training room.


    Eris then decided to check on other parts of the house. The next moment, a door out of nowhere appeared on the opposite side of him.


    He went to the door, grabbed the handle, and unlocked the door. The next moment, an unexpected scene appeared.


    Eris found himself in an open area. He looked back and saw a one-story square building.


    Eris understood that there was only a single-room building instead of a house. He then looked at the surroundings in front of him.


    He found himself in an area filled with various kinds of flowers, trees, and a water fountain only a few steps away from him.


    A calm yet delightful scent permeated the entire surrounding.. Eris couldn''t help but take a deep breath, and the next moment, a smile automatically spread across his face.

 Chapter 214 - First-Ranked Territory

    Chapter 214: First-Ranked Territory


    "Ssh!"


    "Ssh!"


    "Ssh!"


    Suddenly, Eris heard a sounding from the water fountain. The fish were jumping and ying in the direction of the water fountain when he looked there.


    "Onni!" Eris eximed in surprise when he saw the fish.


    Onni was one of the fish races that had long gone extinct. It was the primary ingredient in Heavenly Secret, a long-lost potion.


    Exactly as its name implied, a single vial of this potion allowed a user to peer into the secrets of the Multiverse itself for a second. It was a potion used by the Primordials to grow their power level beyond the norm.


    No one knew, but Onni suddenly went extinct, and with it, the potion also disappeared from the annals of history.


    If he were to take even one of the fish outside into the real world, he could buy half of the Primal dimension worth of resources. Here, he had already seen tens of fishes ying.


    That amount of resources was enough to create greed even in the heart of Eris.


    "Maybe with these Onnis, I can make the leader of the Asura n remove the curses on the Titan race," The thought suddenly emerged in his heart.


    Thinking like this, Eris took a stride and went to the water fountain.


    When he looked into the water fountain, his jaw almost dropped to the ground.


    The floor of the fountain was made up of Mythril Gold, while there were hundreds of Onnis swimming and ying with each other.


    He was only looking at the fishes with a surprised and excited face when suddenly a horrifying pressure emerged out of nowhere and brushed past him.


    Eris was almost on the verge of falling, so he took two steps back to stabilize himself.


    "So, you''re the ruler of thisnd," The next moment, a male voice rang inside Eris''s head.


    "Yes!" Eris subconsciously answered.


    "Wee, weak ruler!"


    "Wee, weak ruler!"


    "Wee, weak ruler!"


    The next moment, continuous various childlike voices rang inside his head.


    "Thank you!"


    Like the previous time, Eris subconsciously responded and thanked the voices.


    He was horrified by the sudden situation, so he turned around and returned to the room since he knew it had something to do with the Onnis.


    He heaved a sigh of relief when he finally returned to the room safely, unaware that the Onnis made fun of him after he ran away.


    "What kind of a being was that?"


    After calming down, Eris muttered.


    When that horrifying pressure had brushed past him, he felt as if he was standing naked in absolute zero.


    Suddenly a blue screen appeared in front of him, which broke his thought process.


    He looked at the screen and found out that the screen gave him two choices: either name the territory or let the system select the random name for it.


    He had already chosen the name for the territory before he came here, so how could he allow the system to name it randomly!


    He named his territory Titan, on the name of his race.


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of his territory appeared in front of him.


    {City: Titan,


    Ruler: Eris,


    Area: 51,000 sq. miles.


    Number of resources points: 5842(golden dots),


    Number of settlements: 4096(white dots),


    Number of danger points: 99999(red dots),


    Number of special locations: 1(orange dot).}


    "The Titan City!" Eris emotionally eximed, seeing the name of the city.


    The ce where they lived in the past was also named, ''The Titan City!''. At its peak, it could even put dimensions to shame, but with the war, everything came to an end, and it became just a part of history.


    When they got banished to the Primal dimension, they didn''t dare to name their ce, ''The Titan City!'' since they didn''t want to offend the Asura n, but inside Panagea, he didn''t have to worry about it. He could name the city whatever he wanted, and no one could do a thing to him.


    After calming down, he focused on the blue screen again and found the number of various dots in his territory.


    His eyes fell on thest section, the number of special locations which was denoted by the orange dot.


    As he remembered, during the introduction and the reward, there was a location in the blue territory marked with an orange dot and a question mark.


    His curiosity got the better of him, and he tapped on thest section of the screen.


    The next moment, the blue screen floating in front of him dissolved into particles, and a momentter, a new orange window appeared with the map and details of the orange dot.


    "Eh!" Eris eximed in surprise when he saw the location of the orange dot on the map since he found it on the point where he had seen the water fountain a few moments earlier.


    He then focused on the details of the location, and the next moment, myriads of expression appeared on his face.


    [Special Location,


    Form: Settlement,


    Inhabitants: Onni,


    Leader: Veles,...]


    He found the orange dot to be the settlement of Onnis. The more he read about it, the more fearful and excited he became of it.


    Veles, the leader of the Onni settlement, wasn''t an ordinary Onni, but it was a Level 1000 being, only one step away from bing a Chaos level being(equivalent to the ten Emperors).


    Not only was the leader one of the strongest creatures of Panagea, but even the weakest Onni in the settlement was also a Level 750 being while the average level of the Onni in the settlement was Level 900.


    Since the power level in Panagea included all the dimensions except the fourth, that meant each Onni was equivalent to a Primordial creature.


    Eris couldn''t help but shudder thinking about the consequences of trying to sell them for the Heavenly Secret potion.


    Finally, he understood why they had weed him and referred to him as a weak ruler.


    Reading further, he heaved a sigh of relief. No Onni would harm him unless he struck them first.


    As a ruler, he didn''t understand the point of having such strong creatures in his territory if they wouldn''t protect him or obey his rules.. But he finally found it when he looked at thest detail on the blue screen, and the next moment his breathing became uneven as if he had seen some unimaginable thing.

 Chapter 215 - Unexpected Situation

    Chapter 215: Unexpected Situation


    "HOW COULD IT BE?" Eris yelled in shock when he read thest detail. It was unimaginable even for someone like him who had lived for countless years.


    "Don''t get overexcited. Calm down," Eris muttered and took several deep breaths to calm his pounding heart, but instead of calming down, his breathing only got rough.


    "Damn it!" He cursed and screamed in his heart. He knew his heart had gone frantic.


    The next moment, he bit his lip in an attempt to calm himself, but except for his mouth turning red from blood, nothing else happened, and his eyes began to turn red. He didn''t know when but his hands started waving frantically at the screen in front of him as if he wanted to snatch something.


    But since the screen was only virtual, his hands passed through it.


    A huge chunk of meat from his lip had already fallen off due to his bitting, but nothing happened. His heart began beating louder, his eyes turned redder, and his breath became rougher.


    Eris could feel everything that was happening and knew it was wrong, but he couldn''t do anything to stop himself and only grew insane with each passing second.


    "Maybe after death, everything would be alright!"


    A sudden thought of attempting suicide emerged in his heart.


    "How can I fall in such a terrible situation by only its name?" He asked himself in his heart as the thought of suicide grew stronger with each passing second.


    Even though Eris knew there was no fear of death inside Panagea since the adventurers had the ability to revive irrespective of the situation, he still didn''t want tomit suicide.


    If hemitted it, it would be equivalent to failing everything he had gained until now. If his heart couldn''t even overwhelm greed, then there was no point in him living for so many years.


    Eris''s struggle continued for several seconds, only to lose the battle in the end.


    There were numerous injuries in his body while his clothes had gotten torn in many ces. He looked no less than a monster currently as his hairs were messy, his eyes had turnedpletely red, even the pupils had disappeared, and he had a grin on his face. He was frantically searching for any sharp thing so that he could sever his head and return to the embrace of death.


    "Hmph!"


    Suddenly, a scoff echoed in the area. As if someone had poured cold water on Eris''s head, his eyes and heart returned to normal. The mind that had gone insane regained its sanity back.


    "Thank you, senior!" He thanked right away, looking in the direction of the water fountain.


    He knew the leader of the Onni settlement hade to his help and saved him from losing to his greed.


    "Boy, it would be my first andst favor for you. Don''t expect any help from me from this moment," The voice responded.


    Eris bowed in response. Getting saved from such a situation was already enough of a big favor from the Onni leader. He didn''t expect anything else from him.


    Even remembering what he had gone through just a moment earlier sent chills down his spine. He never wanted to go through it ever again, but thinking of the special reward, he would have made him forget everything.


    "Damn it! Am I going to face the same situation again?" He cursed out loud, thinking that he was going to get defeated by his greed again.


    But even after a few moments passed, nothing of such sort happened. Only Eris''s breath got a bit rough but other than this nothing else happened.


    "It must be the grace of the senior!" Eris thought as he believed that the Onni leaderpletely removed the greedy demon from his heart. In gratitude to the leader, he bowed once more toward the water fountain.


    "Hehe, such a weak ruler!"


    One of the Onnimented, seeing Eris.


    "He''s the ruler of this area. Don''t talk behind him," Another Onni responded.


    "Hehe!" The Onni onlyughed in response.


    "I''m going back to sleep!"


    Suddenly the familiar voice rang inside the water fountain as the smallest fish of the hundreds of Onnis closed its eyes and fell asleep. The next moment, every Onni followed that fish and closed their eyes.


    The Onnis would now only open their eyes after thousand years had passed. They only opened their eyes today to wee the ruler of the area after the will of the Panagea told them.


    Unaware of the Onnis falling asleep, Eris looked at the screen in front of him for the umpteenth time to make sure that it wasn''t an illusion.


    Thest detail on the blue screen said, "Every billion years, the consciousness of the leader of the Onni would organize a trial for the ruler, and if the ruler passed the trial, they would get an ''Absolute Stone!''."


    The next andst line showed the timer of the trial, and it was a day before the protection period of ten years ended. It meant if he passed the test but failed to defend his territory after the protection period ended, he would still have an Absolute Stone.


    Absolute Stone was a mythical object even for the beings of the third dimension. Until he lived in the third dimension, only once in the history of that dimension, a rumor about Absolute Stone emerged.


    That rumor alone shook the entire dimension, and the search for it continued for trillions of years, only to stop when the Garuda found it. If Garuda weren''t strong enough to overwhelm myriads of Primordial creatures at the same time, a war even crueler than the Asura-Titan war had erupted.


    What made Absolute Stone so sought over was the energy inside it. It contained enough energy that if it were to self-destruct, the three dimensions would get disintegrated, and it still would have enough energy to repeat the process several times. It was a weapon of pure mass destruction.


    There was also a rumor regarding the Absolute Stone. The rumor said that they contained a hint of the energy of the Devas. When the Garuda found it, he dismissed the gossip, but the tale still stayed, and many believed that Garuda had lied.


    Eris didn''t care for that. What Eris cared for was the endless energy contained inside it. If he were to use Absolute Stone as the energy source for an array, it could only be broken by Devas since no one other than them would be able to exhaust its energy.


    There was an option of a {Tap to expand} near the Absolute Stone, so Eris tapped on it to see the details of it and couldn''t help but be dumbfounded.


    [Product: Absolute Stone,


    Quality: Worst,


    Details: The stone that contains the energy of creation(Absolute Energy) and the currency of the Devas.]


    "Creation energy!"


    It seemed that his surprises still hadn''te to an end. He eximed in shock when he read the details of the Absolute Stone.


    "That''s why it has endless energy," He muttered since he finally understood the reason behind the stone containing an endless amount of energy.


    The quality of the Absolute Stone he might get was only the worst, but it didn''t matter to him since anything rted to the Devas, even if it''s trash, would be equivalent to the best of the products of the other three dimensions.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed.. Eris finally stopped thinking about the stone and waved his hands to make the blue screen disappear.

 Chapter 216 - Bad Luck

    Chapter 216: Bad Luck


    While Eris was jumping in joy inside the Panagea, Aakesh was having a conversation with the system.


    What the orange dot would represent in the territory was unknown to both Aakesh and the system. It was like a roulette of valuable resources inside the Panagea, and Eris could get anything.


    The system had even ced a Dragon egg in the roulette. If Eris had gotten that, he would''ve be the strongest of the Primal dimension right away since even a newborn Dragon surpassed peak Immortals in power.


    Even in Panagea, the newborn Dragon was a Level 100 creature, which would''ve given Eris a very strong headstart above other adventurers. He would''ve even won the neighboring Kingdom''s territory after the end of the protection period instead of only retaining his city.


    "Hey, system, why did you add an Absolute Stone?"


    Aakesh asked the system. He wouldn''t have cared if Eris had gotten a Dragon egg since if Eris tried to take it out, the newborn Dragon would ascend to the Sacred dimension. As for Panagea, even if he got very strong quickly, there were still countless stronger beings waiting for their turn.


    He also asked this question because the system always talks about maintaining the bnce of the power level inside the Primal dimension, but here it''s rewarding an Absolute Stone that had enough energy to destroy all three dimensions at the same time.


    [Host, there is only a 0.000000000000000000000000000000001% chance that the Titan would be able to pass the trial and gain the Absolute Stone.]


    "It isn''t zero," Aakesh retorted.


    For Immortal beings like Eris, it was a chance still worth taking as even if he failed, he wouldn''t lose a thing, and if Eris seeded, he would''ve made a fortune, and even the leader of the Asura n would''ve to give him face.


    [Host, the Onnis, and the Absolute Stone was the worst resource on the roulette for the orange dot...]


    It then began exining why he had chosen Absolute Stone for a reward with the Onnis, as well as what kind of things it had added to the roulette.


    When Aakesh learned about the trial Eris had to take, he couldn''t help but think, "Even the founder of the Titan n at his full power wouldn''t be able to do this, let alone that weak Titan."


    It seemed Eris''s luck had finally run out, and he got the worst possible reward from the roulette for him.


    Even a simple iron mine would''ve been better than that since Eris would gain nothing from it if he failed the trial.


    The Onnis would never submit to him and wouldn''t even help him after today since they had already fallen asleep and would only wake up after a millennium. Only Devas knew where would Eris be a millenniater.


    While Dev wasmenting his head in disappointment, seeing Eris''s luck, he actedpletely opposite. After seeing the Absolute Stone as the reward of the trial, he acted as if he would never face the trial.


    Eris thought the Onni leaderpletely removed the demon from his heart, but he was wrong. The Onni leader only removed the effect that the name of such level of item brings.


    Regardless of their level and category, anything associated with Deva created greed in the hearts of anyone that saw or heard their name. Only the best of the beings could control it. Unfortunately for Eris, he wasn''t one.


    He was unaware that the Absolute Stone had created a demon inside his heart that would one day devour him if he failed to defeat it. Aakesh knew it, but he didn''t care enough for Eris to tell him about it. It was only up to him to find out and then solve it.


    ***


    Since Eris had entered the Panagea for the first time, he still hasn''t started on the leveling path.


    After an hour of looking at the screen in front of him, Eric calmed down and waved his hands to make the screen disappear.


    The next moment, the blue screen disappeared. Not even a second had passed before a new blue window appeared in front of Eris, as if the system was waiting for him to calm down.


    At first, he was taken aback by the new window, but after reading its contents he calmed down.


    The new blue window contained the details of his quest.


    For his quest, a new dangerous location appeared on the map of Titan city. It only consisted of ordinary hyenas.


    He needed to kill every hyena in the area and clear the area toplete the quest sessfully. Additionally, he needed to kill all the hyenas within five deaths.


    If he died the sixth time, the quest would fail.


    Afterpleting it sessfully, Eris would get Level 1 as the reward.


    Eris had already learned that adventurers needed toplete a quest if they wanted to gain the first level in a normal way and then continue to level up, so he didn''t get surprised.


    After getting the quest, the location of the hyenas appeared on the map of the city.


    It was only a mile away from the center room, and there weren''t any other settlements, resource areas, or dangerous locations near it, so Eris didn''t wait and rushed out to the area.


    Like Eris, after seeing the story of the Panagea, Robert appeared in his territory.


    Maria had gotten a hut, Eris a concrete room, and Robert got a mud house with no roof.


    Unlike the other two, Robert wasn''t much attached to the territory, so he chose the option of system naming thend.


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the town appeared in front of him.


    {Town: Oxley,


    Ruler: Robert,


    Area: 11,000 sq. miles.


    No. of resources points: 983(golden dots),


    No. of settlements: 259(white dots),


    No. of danger points: 72,639(red dots).}


    He didn''t wait and directly called out the map of the town, and the next moment he cursed in anger.


    Three miles away from his mud house, the Oxley town had its strongest dangerous location and around a hundred resource points in the few miles surrounding it.


    "Damn it! I am not even safe in my house," He muttered in frustration as if the leader of the dangerous location suddenly went on a rampage his mud-house would also get destroyed since it wasn''t very far.


    In addition to the dangerous area, there was also a cluster of various resources surrounding it, so if he ever needed them, he would have to clear the area first. To do that, he needed to reach at least level 260 since the leader was a Level 255 creature, while its subordinates varied from Level 210-250.


    Sigh!


    He sighed in frustration, thinking about it. But the next moment, he returned to calm as there was no point in thinking about it for now, and after learning about the neighboring Kingdom and its king, he had already given up on retaining the territory.


    Many may think that giving up without trying is wrong, but not Robert. He believed why to make efforts when the end result would be his loss. Using this philosophy, he had rarely gotten in conflict with others.


    He instead thought to exploit as many resources in the protection period of one year as possible and when the protection period ended, he would willingly offer his territory as a tribute to the king.


    The neighboring Kingdom belonged to the Neb Elves. A race that had long vanished from the annals of history in the Primal dimension.


    They didn''t get extinct, but even theirst bloodline member had already ascended countless years ago.


    Since Neb Elves were obsessed with the purity of their bloodline, they only procreated with their race members, not even other Elven races. Due to this, they didn''t have many members.


    The name of the neighboring Kingdom was the Alfihone Kingdom, and its king was a Level 750 creature, while the average level of soldiers in her army was 351.


    After knowing about the level and the race of the neighboring Kingdom, Robert gave up on attempting to increase his level every day. He would instead level up normally like the other adventurers and will try to gain as many resources as possible in this year.


    The gloom he had in his mind after finding his situation disappeared after he had made up his mind.


    The next moment, a blue window containing his first quest appeared in front of him.


    Toplete the quest sessfully, he needed to help the human settlement survive the beast horde with casualties not exceeding 100.


    After getting the quest, he found the location of the settlement on the map.


    It was thirty miles away from here and was in the opposite direction of the dangerous location.


    It was a straight road, and there was nothing else in between them, so he left for it right away.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there will be only one chapter today. I had some personalmitments. I will make up for this chapter in the uing days.


    It is also the end of another year in these Hellish times.. Let''s hope with this end, a new beginning appears, and we can return to the pre-Covid era.

 Chapter 217 - The Present

    Chapter 217: The Present


    Time flew by. Both Eris and Robert were doing their quests inside the Panagea while Aakesh was talking with Brinda in the store.


    Since Aakesh had told Brinda toe into the store yesterday, Brinda followed the order and arrived here.


    "Greetings, senior!" She bowed and greeted Aakesh right after entering the store.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her greetings.


    Brinda didn''t have to wait long for her present since Aakesh snapped his fingers the next moment, and a circr badge shining in gold appeared on his hand.


    "Here, it is my present for your coronation ceremony," He expressionlessly said as he handed her the badge.


    Brinda respectfully took the badge from his hands and thanked Aakesh for the present.


    Aakesh didn''t respond to her thanks. He instead closed his eyes to rx on his chair.


    Brinda focused on the badge in his hands.


    It was a badge made up of a material Brinda didn''t know of, and there was the picture of the tower she had won in the event engraved on it.


    She didn''t know why but the badge gave her a feeling of safety and security. She gently stroked her hands on the badge. It gave her the sense that she was touching something warm and smooth, but it looked the exact opposite.


    Since Aakesh had given her the badge, she knew it wasn''t any ordinary product. She nced at Aakesh to see if he would tell him about the badge but seeing him lying on his chair with closed eyes, a wry smile appeared on her face.


    She did not have to worry about finding the details because as if the badge was alive and could listen to her thoughts when she thought about the details, a blue window appeared containing all the details of the badge.


    {Product- Unnamed Badge,


    Level- Immortal(Growth),


    Detail- A badge created by Aakesh, using Mythril Gold, Space stone, [@#[emailprotected]</a>#$], and [@#$#@],


    Ability-


    (I) Unlimited Space(Living and Non-living)(Think to expand),


    (II) Pseudo Mind-Reading(Think to expand),


    (III) Sixth-Sense(Think to expand),...}


    Brinda''s jaw almost dropped to the ground after reading the details of the badge.


    Her hands started shaking, seeing the level of the badge. Even the Tower she had won from the second event was only an Immortal level treasure, but the badge was not only an Immortal level treasure, but it was also a growth treasure.


    Brinda didn''t understand what to feel shocked about, the Immortal level treasure or a growth level Immortal treasure. She took continuous deep breaths after that to calm her pounding heart.


    She then focused on the further details of the badge.


    The next was the construction detail. Brinda had read about Mythril Gold. It is a legendary material that is used to create weapons of Immortal level. Space stones were expensive, but not excessively so, so it was the onlymon item in the materials used to make the badge. Unfortunately, she could only see random symbols instead of the names of other materials used in the construction.


    Her heart began pounding faster, thinking about the effects such high-level materials would bring.


    Seeing the next section, her eyes popped out in shock.


    "Unlimited space!" She eximed in shock, disturbing every meditating person in the store. Aakesh, on the other hand, still had his eyes closed since he expected this reaction from her.


    The badge was one of his best creations of him. If the badge had primarily focused on the offense, the system wouldn''t have even let him gift it to Brinda.


    Her face turned red from embarrassment when the cultivators red at her.


    A momentter, the shock turned into a wry smile. "How could I even think that the Space stone was the mostmon material in the badge?" She thought in her mind.


    The quality and quantity of Space stone needed for unlimited space where even alive could survive felt unimaginable for her.


    There was an option of expanding the details of the unlimited space, so she did, and the next moment, her jaw almost dropped to the ground.


    Before Brinda hade here, she was ready to get surprised since Aakesh would never give an unworthy present, but after getting it, she felt the treasure to be more valuable than the throne for which she had gotten a gift.


    It was like when someone gifts you a supreme pill for only having a breakthrough at the Nascent Soul level. Both have values, but inparison to a supreme pill, even a breakthrough in Void Forging pales, let alone a breakthrough in Nascent Soul.


    Only the unlimited space ability of the badge was enough to be one of the top treasures, but when she read about the details of the ability, only a single word, "World!" came to her mind.


    The endless area within the space had the same environment and energy elements as the Bisan Kingdom, so even creatures could cultivate and live in it.


    After calming from the shock of unlimited space, she focused on the blue screen and the other abilities of the badge. The more she read, the more shocked and excited she became.


    At one point, she even startedughing out loud, making a Tao Pce cultivator who had sat for meditation again angry. Unlike thest time, she didn''t even care and continuedughing for a few seconds. She only stipped when Aakesh opened her eyes and warned her to stop it.


    The badge had every ability necessary to be an undefeatable ruler. If she could use it to her advantage, even bing an Emperor wouldn''t be a big deal.


    It gave her the ability to hear the thoughts of her subjects. It had two benefits. First, if anyone had any thought of betraying her, she would hear about it and can execute the traitors before anything happened. If she is unable to hear the thoughts of the citizens, she will know they are rebels, and she could either execute them to make an example of them or make them follow her.


    It had several skills, and the majority of them focused on either her defense or the prosperity of the Kingdom. There was only one offensive ability, and that too would only activate in counterattack.


    Aakesh had done this to ensure Brinda couldn''t misuse her badge to gain territories. For that, she would''ve to work hard and be strong. The badge would only help her save herself.


    ***


    A/N: Happy New Year! May this year bring health, wealth, and prosperity in all of our lives!

 Chapter 218 - Karma(1)

    Chapter 218: Karma(1)


    After reading about the badge and the outrageous abilities, Brinda thanked Aakesh for giving it to her.


    At first, she thought of giving it back to him since if someone found out about the ability of the badge, she and the Kingdom would be in big trouble. The next moment, however, she believed Aakesh was doing this to make good rtions with the Kingdom, so if she refused, it would be as if she refused his good intentions, or so Brinda thought and didn''t return the badge.


    After making this decision, she thanked Aakesh. Then she thought that one thanks weren''t enough, so she thanked him again and kept doing so until Aakesh had to stop her. He then told her to leave since he had gotten irritated by her voice.


    Before leaving, Brinda tried to listen to Aakesh''s thoughts, hoping that someone strong like him may follow her rule.


    But, instead of getting to listen to his thoughts, a threat had subconsciously appeared inside her head. If she dared to do this again, her consciousness and soul would shatter as punishment. Her face had gotten pale as when the warning appeared, she felt as if someone was thrashing her consciousness, and an unspeakable pain emerged, but unfortunately for her, she couldn''t release it in a scream and had to feel it inside and contain it.


    Her pain didn''tst long as with the warning, the pain faded away as though it were only an illusion. Colors returned to her face as she took a nce at Aakesh. The next moment, she heaved a sigh of relief as Aakesh had his eyes closed.


    It was the system that had sent her a warning since the badge failed to break through the protective barrier set by it. Aakesh didn''t even feel a thing.


    She silently bowed and left the store right away as that painful experience was still fresh in her mind.


    Right when she exited the door of the store, the feeling of that experience also disappeared. She couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief. A wry smile then appeared on her face, thinking about her foolishly trying to read Aakesh''s thoughts.


    "Let''s not do anything foolish like this again. The safety of your Kingdom depends on your actions," She muttered and then took a deep breath to forget thinking about it.


    Unknown to Brinda, not long after she left the store, a man left the store and proceeded in the direction she had walked in. The sound of footsteps woke Aakesh. He recognized the man since it was the same man who had followed the couple yesterday for the sword and then killed them in the end.


    The murder of the couple had be news and spread like fire across the Kingdom since both the victims belonged to other Kingdoms and had high-level connections. Rupert''s father had also arrived here in the morning and asked Aakesh about his son since thest contact he had with his son was when he had told him that he would return after purchasing from his store.


    During that time, if the murderer had been inside the store, Aakesh would have given Rupert''s father the identity of the man. But fortunately for the man, he only entered the store a few hours after Rupert''s father had left the store with a disappointed face.


    After the man left the store, Aakesh closed his eyes back. He didn''t worry about Brinda or the badge since the man was going to his own death.


    There were more than enough abilities in the badge to allow Brinda to defend against peak Immortals, not to mention a meager Tao Seed level robber. The only question was whether he would be able to escape.


    Since Aakesh had nothing to do, Aakesh activated the skill, ''Watcher'' on Brinda, and the next moment, a screen showing her walking on the road while muttering something began ying inside his head.


    To calm her mind and forget about the experience she had inside the store, she took out the badge from her space ring. Her mind subconsciously became happy seeing it, and she asionally hummed as she walked.


    Brinda still hadn''t bonded with the badge yet because she felt it would be better if she did it on the coronation day. That way, it will be the king and Kingdom''s treasure, and every citizen would be able to feel the glory their Kingdom is going to have in the future.


    After Punta left yesterday, she hadn''t got any message from him.


    Two dayster, there will be Brinda''s coronation ceremony, and in the ceremony, the previous king hands the throne and the crown to the new king. But Punta had disappeared for an entire day without even telling when he would return, just when the ceremony was around the corner.


    "Grandfather must''ve returned since it has already been more than a day. I''m sure he would love this badge," Brinda muttered while walking. When she thought about Punta''s reaction when she showed him the details about the badge, she couldn''t help but feel excited and conflicted.


    Her conflicted feelings stemmed from thinking how Punta would feel when he saw the details of the present, which the murderer of his only son had given her.


    As for her, she had already gotten over it since remembering it would only make the situation worse for the Bisan Kingdom. For cultivators who fought death all the time, dying is only a part and was to be as respected as life.


    Some cultivators like Punta, who were very attached to their loved ones, couldn''t let go of their family member''s death, but the majority of the cultivators got over it easily. Pinto may be Brinda''s father, but she wasn''t overly attached to him. Pinto was neither a good nor a bad father. He rarely acted as a father for many of his children when he was alive.


    Thinking about it dampened her mood. She took a deep breath to calm herself. She will be a king two dayster, and the positive psyche was currently the most needed attribute for her if she wanted to leave a good impression on her citizens.


    For hereditary kings, the impressions of citizens may not matter much, but no one could deny the fact, the better the impression the subjects have of their king, the smoother the rule.


    She repeated the same process and looked at the badge again to feel good, and as she had expected, a smile subconsciously appeared on her face.

 Chapter 219 - Karma(2)

    Chapter 219: Karma(2)


    "Eh!" She suddenly eximed in surprise as an idea emerged in her head, seeing the badge.


    "Hmm... It would look better," She mumbled as the idea of changing the g sounded and looked better for a new start for the Kingdom.


    Currently, the Bisan Kingdom had a red g, and on it was the design of a raging bull.


    It was a tower that made Punta select her as the next heir andpletely change her destiny, and now the store owner gave her a badge on which the design of that same tower is engraved. Thebination of the tower and badge will change the destiny of the Kingdom for the better.


    She decided to make her new g a golden g with the design of the tower engraved on it, thanking the tower foring to her life.


    As Brinda reflected on the future the Kingdom had owing to the tower and the badge, she couldn''t help but feel excited.


    Since she wasn''t even a Void Condensation cultivator, she couldn''t use teleport and had to walk to the royal pce.


    It had been several days since the royal pce, and its surrounding area had gone through a man-made disaster. The damage had reached such an extent that still there were damages left, showing what the ce had gone through.


    The jungle that had surrounded the royal pce and Punta''s pets that lived there had already disappeared due to the natural disasters caused by the sword Pinto had taken out that day. since they were right next to face the pressure, they faced the most brunt. Half of the jungle had sunk down, while thekes around the area had dried down.


    There was also a shortage of guards since Aakesh had killed quite a few guards while Pinto had also indirectly killed even more guards than Aakesh. So the guards currently only guarded the most important areas and the member of the royal family since there was no point in guarding a damaged area.


    So after the walk of several yojanas, Brinda finally found herself alone on the bumpy road. Unaware of someone following her, Brinda walked when suddenly she sensed something behind her.


    She looked behind only to see an empty road. Cultivators believed in their intuitions, so she didn''t leave and instead turned around and searched the area. Even after searching for several minutes, she didn''t find anything strange.


    She then turned around to continue her journey when something suddenly appeared in front of her. Her face turned pale as if someone had sucked out thest drop of her blood.


    A skull shrouded in grey fog floating in the air appeared only an inch away from her face. She could feel the air tingling, see the empty eye socket, and the sound of crackle the skull made.


    "Give me the space artifact the store owner gave you!"


    The next moment, a hoarse voice that sent chills down her spine rang in the area.


    "Who...who are you...you?" She asked the floating skull. In fear, her voice trembled. She felt that the being before her was too powerful for her to even escape from him.


    "I don''t have all day. If you don''t want to die like that couple yesterday, then do what I tell you to," The Skull threatened since he recognized the identity of the girl.


    He had seen a Tao Pce expert talking with her on the event day with a familial expression, so he didn''t want anyone to found about him and do the deed early and leave.


    He had already gotten arge profit from the sword he had stolen yesterday, so he couldn''t even imagine what the badge that had unlimited space would go for. He wouldn''t have tried to steal from the princess, but when he heard her shouting, he couldn''t control himself. Just thinking about the amount of stone he will get after selling it made him jump in excitement.


    What the man wanted to see didn''t happen, and instead, the color returned to Brinda''s face. The badge, despite not being bonded to her, activated its ability to help her.


    The badge was a growth level Immortal treasure, so it had an alive spirit. Aakesh had created the badge solely for Brinda, and the item spirit also knew it since he had ordered it to follow her every order, no matter how stupid.


    The badge had the passive ability to keep the owner calm at all times, no matter the situation. Only a calm king would make a good decision for the citizen and the Kingdom.


    So, the spirit of the badge acted on its own and sent calming sensations directly to her brain to make her calm. Since the badge spirit was equivalent to a peak Immortal, the skull''s influence on Brinda got reduced to nothing.


    "So, you killed them?" Brinda''s face turned cold, and she asked the skull floating in front of her.


    A bad feeling rose in the skull''s heart when he heard the sudden change in her tone. He had only survived this long despite killing for treasure due to his instinct. So he didn''t dare to stay here even for a second and tried to escape, but the next moment, he found himself bound to the ce.


    The next moment, a scream rang from the other direction as an invisible pressure dragged a man in a dark cloak.


    It was also one of the effects of the badge. Since the badge was made solely for the king, it had an active ability, "Invible!"


    The king''s dignity isn''t something that anyone could sully. If someone dared to do this, the being needs to face the consequences of their action.


    Brinda had turned into someone different at this moment. Even her blinking contained the majesty of a ruler. She raised her finger and only stopped an inch away from the forehead of the man covered in a dark cloak. She muttered something iprehensible for the man, and the next moment, gray energy released from the tip of her finger and engulfed the man in no time.


    "Plea-"


    In response to the gray energy, the man disintegrated into nothingness, with his scream for mercying to a halt.


    In the aftermath of the man''s death, the wind grew stronger, and the sky roared as if they agreed with Brinda killing him. It was as if Brinda had be the king of the heavens itself at that moment.


    "I made something good," Aakesh muttered as he stopped watching any further.

 Chapter 220 - Titans And Hygars

    Chapter 220: Titans and Hygars


    Seeing the man dying, Aakesh stopped the skill, ''Watcher'', and the next moment, the screen disappeared.


    He had spent quite a sum on the products required to make the badge. Since this isn''t a product rted to the store, Aakesh had to buy the material from the store at the market price.


    But he bargained with the system, and in the end, it offered him more than a 90% discount on the materials because the store''s status depended upon the worth of the present. Even still, his total bill came to be 18 billion supreme Primal stones. If he hadn''t got amission from the Gods & Demons level training area, he wouldn''t have been able to afford it.


    "Hey, system, what do you think about me selling my creations to the customers?" He suddenly asked the system in a joking tone.


    If the system didn''t give him a discount, the total cost of the material would''vee to around 200 billion supreme Primal stones. It took him around 40 minutes toplete the construction. If he were to sell the badge, it would''ve cost at the very least 500 billion supreme Primal stones, even in the worst case.


    Only from forty minutes of work, he made more than twice the amount he would need to spend, even in the worst cases.


    [Sure, Host! But you can only do it when none of the customers has to wait for your service.]


    The system emotionlessly replied.


    Aakesh was only joking, but he never expected the system to agree with his idea since it would be detrimental to the product sold in the store.


    "What if the customer stops buying from the store and only buys my created products?" He asked as he had got curious after the system''s previous response.


    [Host, the customer, would only choose what''s best for them. When the customer sees the disparity of the work between the products, they would automatically choose the store.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but turn dumbfounded, hearing theeback from the system. If he didn''t know that the Yantra race has absolutely no emotions or sense of humor, he would''ve thought the system yed back the joke on him. The best word to describe the Yantra race was apathetic.


    Aakesh had noeback, so he fell silent.


    "Hey, strange blue person, what kind of products do you sell in this store?"


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when a new customer entered the store and asked Aakesh in a childlike voice.


    He opened his eyes, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. He wasn''t the only one, the other customers in the customer had the same reaction.


    The owner of the childlike voice had the body of a snake that had six heads, but only three of the heads had their eyes open. The other three heads were covered in some strange mucus and looked it would take some time before they opened their eyes and saw the world. From right where the heads popped out were a pair of brown wings, although they were not fully developed. It was a Hygar.


    "Did you run away from your family?" Aakesh, instead of answering the boy, expressionlessly asked the child.


    The Hygar mothers are known for their overprotective nature toward their children. It would be impossible for any Hygar mother to let her child at the boy''s age roam the world alone.


    Even though the boy had the shocking cultivation level of Tao Seed, it was still not enough for the Hygars to allow their children at this age to move out of their camp.


    "You¡­you, Ho¡­how did you know?¡­"


    It was as if Aakesh had touched some raw nerve. The purple scale on the boy''s face turned red from embarrassment.


    He was already three years old, but his mother wouldn''t let him leave her side. Today, his big sister, who had already opened five heads, and was on verge of opening the eyes of the six heads, helped him by giving him a traveling talisman.


    After seeing his freedom only a step away from him, he couldn''t stop himself and directly crushed the talisman. The next moment, he somehow had appeared right at the door of the store.


    Even though he had never left her mother''s side, he still had basic knowledge, so he knew a store sells products, and many peoplee here to buy them. So he also decided to enter it and experience buying anything in the store.


    "Found you!"


    Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice rang inside the store.


    The boy had a change of reaction, and he slowly moved one of his three heads back, and there he saw his mother standing at the door, ring at him.


    "Hehe, Mother, why are you here? I was only traveling the mortal area."


    His voice suddenly took an opposite turn, and the tone turned as innocent as it could be.


    Right at that moment, the six hours of the second group in the Panagea got over, so the system forced every adventurer out.


    Eris had just left the portal room when his eyes suddenly fell on the two Hygars, and he got prepared for any attack that maye his way right away. The mother Hygar also had the same reaction as the disguise spell Eris had may have worked on others, but it didn''t work on her, and she found it he was a Titan. She also prepared for any attack that maye his way.


    Even though the Titans never fought the Hygars for the top race position, but there were minor skirmishes between the members of the race from time to time. How could every member of a race that had reign supreme over a dimension for countless years agree with some failed race snatching their way to the top?


    The situation for Hygar was different. They may be the strongest race in the Primal dimension, but they weren''t anything in the Sacred dimension, let alone the third. So when their creator, Garuda ordered them to live in the Primal dimension, most of the race members were happy. Since they loved their rule, and the Titans were the only threat to their rule.


    Fortunately for both the ns, they hadn''t faced a single death due to their battle, so the situation never took a turn for worse, but the rtionship between them wasn''t good either.

 Chapter 221 - Misunderstandings

    Chapter 221: Misunderstandings


    Many in the store noticed the sudden change of reaction in the Hygar when she saw the winner of thergest territory in Panagea.


    "What happened, mother?" The boy asked with a concerning tone since it was the first time he had seen her mother ignoring him and instead focusing on someone else.


    The boy also nced at Eris, but as a child, he couldn''t determine his race. Even if he did, he wouldn''t have known the reason behind his mother''s actions since she still hadn''t told her about the issue between the Hygars and the Titans. She didn''t want her son to hate some strangers because they loved to rule, only when he was a child.


    Aakesh also noticed the sudden tense atmosphere inside the store due to Eris and the Hygar woman. He expressionlessly nced at Eris since he was the first to create an energy shield around him.


    Seeing the expressionless stare of Aakesh, Eris remembered he wasn''t in some random area. He was inside the store that could even give Absolute Stones.


    His body returned to calm, and the energy shield around it disappeared.


    "Eh!" The Hygar woman eximed in surprise when she noticed just by a single stare of the blue-skinned man the Titan took back his protection.


    Before she could think of a reason, the emotionless stare came at her, and she felt a chill run down her neck.


    She felt as if some dangerous beast looked at her, and if she didn''t do what the beast wanted, she would be its prey.


    She tried to release energy to make the sudden fear effect disappear, but instead of the effect disappearing, the energy shield around her began disintegrating. In no time at all, the system removed the protection around her.


    The Hygar believed it to be the blue-skinned man, so she moved her eyes away as even looking at him felt ufortable for her.


    Not even a single second had passed since Eris let go of the energy shield, and the system stripped the Hygar of its protection.


    Eris felt ufortable standing here, so he teleported from the store after a moment since he had a supreme card.


    The Hygar had already forgotten about him when she faced the stare of Aakesh, so she ignored the teleportation of Eris.


    "Who are you?" The Hygar asked Aakesh.


    It was the first time in her life of twenty million years that she had faced something like this. When that stare had happened, she had felt that if she tried to resist the invisible force, she would lose her life here.


    Since the fight didn''t erupt between Eris and the Hygar, Aakesh didn''t have to take action and kill someone way stronger in power with the help of the system. The cold and emotionless look in his eyes disappeared, and instead, it returned to the expressionless look.


    "I am Aakesh. The store owner," Aakesh expressionlessly replied. Because Hygar could be a potential customer and she hadn''t broken any rules, he didn''t force her out of the store and answered her questions.


    "A store owner!" She eximed in surprise. She had heard about the antics of the strong to pass their time by enacting different professions, but she never expected a strong being like Aakesh to act as a store owner in this barren ce.


    Since it was time for thest group of the day to enter Panagea, only the sound of their footsteps remained in the store. Aakesh didn''t respond, and the Hygar didn''t know what to say.


    "Are you alright, mother?"


    A childlike voice rang and broke the silence.


    The Hygar finally remembered her primary purpose ofing here. She red at her son and sent him a mental message that she would talk to him when they returned to their house.


    The boy couldn''t help but shudder, thinking about the punishment his mother would give him.


    "What do you sell in this store?" She asked Aakesh since she didn''t want to leave the store after making a wrong impression on someone who had the power to kill her.


    "Pills, weapons, training¡­..,"


    Aakesh began telling the list of products sold by the store and their details.


    When she heard about the prices of the Gods & Demons level training area, she thought Aakesh was punishing her for her previous actions by charging her an outrageous amount.


    Except for Panagea and the training area, there was nothing avable for her level. There was no vacant portal left in the portal room, so she couldn''t see the world of Panagea for herself.


    Since she wanted to leave a good impression on Aakesh and make him forget about whatever happened here, she needed to buy one product. Only the training area was left, but if she didn''t select the most expensive, maybe the store owner would still hold a grudge against her. Thinking like this, she decided to buy an hour of training in the Gods & Demons level training area.


    Since her son was a Tao Seed level cultivator and could use King level weapons, she decided to let him also train in the Gods & Demons level training area.


    If Aakesh knew what the Hygar was thinking, he would onlyugh. He wouldn''t correct her since he not only would get 10 billion supreme Primal stones inmission, he would also get a step closer topleting his quest.


    After making the decision, she told Aakesh about it.


    Her training would cost one trillion supreme Primal stones, while her son''s training would cost hundred supreme Primal stones.


    She belonged to the top race of the Primal dimension, so this wasn''t a big amount for her. She only thought before making the decision because she believed that Aakesh was punishing her by charging outrageous prices.


    Since the amount required to pay was a veryrge sum, a giant mountain of supreme Primal stones appeared in the store.


    The few customers who were still left inside the store sucked the cold breath in the air, seeing so many stones.


    One of the customers couldn''t control himself, and his eyes turned red in greed seeing the mountain of supreme Primal stones. Unfortunately for him, trying to steal something belonging to the store had no second chance.


    His body, like a shell, crashed on the floor, and the next moment it disintegrated into nothingness, making the other customers learn the horror of the store.

 Chapter 222 - Improvement

    Chapter 222: Improvement


    After seeing what happened with the man earlier, the other customer moved their eyes away from the shining mountain. They didn''t want to lose themselves in greed like that man and face the same situation.


    The Hygar had a shocked expression on all its six heads, seeing the sudden events.


    She didn''t feel sorry for the man, but instead, she noticed the disappearance of the man''s soul when he crashed down. She couldn''t detect how the soul disappeared or where it went?


    Aakesh had no change in his expressions as if nothing strange had happened. He ignored the events and snapped his fingers.


    The next moment, all the supreme Primal stones disappeared from the store. After Aakesh had gotten the confirmation from the system that the amount was correct, he told the pair of mother and son to enter their training areas.


    The pair then went to the weapons room. Aakesh had already told them what to do, so they did the process, and the next moment, only their body covered by a golden barrier, remained in the store.


    The Hygars didn''t use weapons in reality since they already had one of the strongest physiques of all in the Primal dimension. The mother''s goal was to leave a good impression on Aakesh since Karma acts mysteriously, and who knows what may happen in the future.


    Since she had already paid for the training area, she selected the sword for herself and her son. She did this since most of the weapons carrying opponents they face carry swords in the battle against them.


    Even if nothing happened, she and her son would be able to learn the weakness of the sword. As there were only a few people who were able to defeat them one on one, the pair did not need the training in reality. But the training would only benefit them, so the mother told her son to take it seriously.


    Time flew by. Seconds turned into minutes, and the minutes turned into an hour.


    After the hour was up, the system forced both mother and son out of the training area.


    After the incident of Robert, the system would iste the being in a separate space to calm their energy down after the benefits they received in the training area.


    When their energy turned calm and peaceful, the system returned them to the store, and they both stayed unaware of what had happened.


    Since the time rate in the training area was 1000:1, it has been more than a month since she saw her son, so she directly rushed at her son.


    Since the boy had never faced any hardship, he missed his mother and finally knew her importance after facing the challenges in the training area.


    "HOW!"


    Not seeing her son for more than a month made her ignore any changes he had during the training. But now that she had returned to calm, she noticed that there was an additional head that had opened its eyes.


    In the Hygar race, the child was born with six snake heads, but only one head can open its eyes at birth. Having One head with open eyes signified that the Hygar was equivalent to the Void Condensation level cultivator.


    Since the boy currently had four snake heads with open eyes, the boy had reached the level equivalent to Tao Manifestation in the Qi cultivation system.


    The Hygars didn''t follow any kind of power system, they followed the power of their bloodline.


    What made the Hygars unchallenged was their ability to have smooth breakthroughs.


    The moment a Hygar was born, they were sure to reach Immortality, which made the other races not even dare to challenge their supremacy.


    Even though the child Hygar has just opened the eyes of his fourth head, he was still undefeatable in the Tao Manifestation level for the majority of the races. Only the best of the talented could challenge him and win.


    "It''s all due to the training¡­,"


    The boy then began sharing his 1000 hours experience with his mother.


    When he got the option to choose his opponent for the training, he randomly chose, and for the first round, he got a human swordsman.


    Since it was the Gods & Demons level training area, the opponent would only be best in the weapon field in that respective level, so in no time, the human swordsman killed him.


    He randomly chose another race again in the hope that he would get someone weaker than him, and then he would be able to defeat that being.


    But unfortunately for him, the races only got stronger, and simrly, the swordsmanship. He was only a child who hadn''t even lived for a decade, so with each death, his confidence began sinking.


    At one point, he even gave up on running and directly rushed at the attack, dying the next second. The process of a swordsman appearing and him directly rushing at the sword continued for a while since the opponents were too strong for the boy to even confront.


    The overbearing nature of the Hygars originated from their progenitor, Primordial creature, Garuda.


    Hygar may be a failed race since it failed to attain what the parents wanted, but they still contained the blood of Garuda.


    How can the blood of Garuda take so many deaths lying down? When he rushed at the sword for the hundredth time, suddenly a terrible pressure emerged out of nowhere and pinned down the swordsman, taking the boy by surprise.


    Before the boy could understand the situation, a bird cry rang in the air. The space around the training area began cracking down just by the sound of the voice.


    The next moment, a sentient projection of Garuda appeared behind him. As if the projection was alive, it looked at the swordsman pinned down on the ground while the shards of space rained down.


    The projection let out a scream, and the next moment, the swordsman burst, and his body parts filled the area, making it a ghastly scene.


    ***


    "Thank you, senior!" The Mother thanked Aakesh aftering out of the weapons room. Not only her son, but she also had gotten benefits from the training area.


    At first, she believed that Aakesh was punishing her for her earlier actions before entering the training area. But now that she had experienced the effect of the training area, she felt even a trillion supreme Primal stones were dirt cheap inparison with the product.


    She still had quite a sum of supreme Primal stones left, so she decided to enter again. But, Aakesh refused and told her about the limit of a single entry a year.


    This time she didn''t think that Aakesh was punishing her since after seeing the effect of the training area, the status of the store and the store owner had grown in her heart.


    "Senior, my name is Xayaati, and this is my son. His name is Xayito," She told Aakesh her and her son''s name in a voice loud enough for only Aakesh to hear.


    The name was a very intimate concept for the Hygars. They only told their names to those who theypletely trusted and respected.


    Aakesh nodded in response to their introductions. He knew about this characteristic of the Hygars since he had read about it.


    They talked for a few more minutes and then left the store after buying supreme cards for both of them.


    Time flew by. The darkness of the night engulfed the light of the sun and brought the augment of darkness in the Visteerna.


    After all the customers left, it was time for the store to close for the day.

 Chapter 223 - Test

    Chapter 223: Test


    The arrival of darkness brought the end of the light. The system forced thest group in Panagea out. There were still those customers who hadn''t bought anything in the entire day but were meditating in the store since the energy present in the store was endless and was also the best environment for meditation/cultivation.


    Aakesh told them to leave, and he was the only one left in the store a short timeter. Since the closing and the opening of the store were manual, Aakesh closed the store and brought the end of another day in the store''s life.


    "Hey, system, should I let people meditate inside the store?" He asked the system since it was the system that made the rule for the store.


    He had no problem with people meditating inside the store, but he was running a store here, not a meditation area. If he were to sell the meditation hour in an environment like the store, he would earn a lot of money. And also, the majority of the people who meditated inside the store didn''t buy a single store product and cultivated for the entire day free of cost.


    [What do you suggest, Host?]


    Instead of telling him what to do, the system asked him to provide suggestions.


    Aakesh knew it was the system''s test for him. From the start, the system''s goal has always been to make him the most prominent store owner in the Multiverse, and his goal behind doing this was to learn everything about him. Both of their goals were linked, so Aakesh did what the system said.


    But the system knew if Aakesh continued doing whatever the system told him to do, he would never be the most outstanding store owner. He would always be someone who followed everything a system told him to.


    Aakesh thought for a moment and then answered the system, "I think we should only allow those people to meditate, who were waiting for their entry into Panagea."


    Allowing others didn''t make any sense since the store had an excess of products to cater to everybody, and no customer would need to wait hours to buy, unlike the Panagea, which has limited virtual portals.


    [Great suggestion, Host!]


    The systemplemented Aakesh in an emotionless voice.


    The next moment, the rule board had an addition, and a new rule appeared on the bottom, "Meditation only allowed for the customers waiting for their entry into Panagea. Breaking this rule would grant you a warning for the first time, banned entry for a week if the rule got broken for the second time, and cklisted if the rule got broken for the third time."


    Aakesh then conversed with the system for a while regarding other things in the store.


    It was finally time for Aakesh to enter the world of Panagea and check his status. Yesterday afterpleting the ss quest, he had left the world of Panagea because he didn''t have the time to see, and there was less than an hour left before the opening of the store.


    He went to the portal room, and his eyes fell on the Panagea leaderboard. There were still only two adventurers on the list, him and Evelyn.


    Evelyn was at the second position with Level 17, while he ruled the leaderboard with Level 30. Havingpleted the ss quest yesterday, he got a boost of 10 levels.


    He then found the nearest virtual portal and entered it. A suction force stronger than anything sucked him in, and the next moment, he appeared in the town of Bristol.


    Since he had left the area right away without even waiting for the system''s announcement, he was still in the town of Bristol in a jungle where thend had gotten red from the blood he had spilled yesterday.


    {Adventurer, you have sessfullypleted the ss quest since none of the ten candidates you had selected fell in the war.}


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed Aakesh, and he could feel the changes his body was having due to the increase in level.


    Since it was not only an increase of ten levels but also the evolution of the lifeform, it took some time for the breakthrough to end.


    After several minutes, the blue light finally disappeared, revealing a new Aakesh. He had been in a human body until the end of the quest, but now he returned to his original unknown racial physique.


    Since it was the system''s creation, he didn''t feel even a little bit ufortable even when he was a human, but returning to his original physique still made him happy.


    Aakesh decided to check his status, but before he could do it, a white light engulfed him, and the next moment, he appeared in the jungle from where he had left for the ss quest.


    [Congrattions, Host! You''ve be the first adventurer to gain a unique legendary ss.]


    The voice of the system rang inside his head, congratting him right after he appeared in the area around Wolfden.


    He thanked the system and then called out the status screen. He wanted to see the improvement in his stats and the new skills he had gotten.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Rare,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 30,


    HP: 2000/2000,


    Energy: 2000/2000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 201 (+150),


    Agility: 201 (+150),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh couldn''t help but get surprised by seeing the growth in his stats. His HP and energy capacity had grown from 500 to 2000, more than a thousand units growth, while both his strength and agility had increased by more than 100 units.


    His lifeform had also evolved from Ordinary to Rare.


    The reason for such explosive growth in attributes was due to the evolution of the lifeform and the ss, ''Watcher''.


    The ss Watcher would give an increase of 100 units in HP and energy with an increase in each level. The evolution in the lifeform gave him an additional 500 units of boost.


    The legendary sses gave an increase of ten units with each increase in level. Since Watcher was also a legendary ss, it did the same. The evolution from Ordinary to Rare also gave an additional boost of 50 units in strength and agility.. It made his strength and agility cross the mark of 200 units.

 Chapter 224 - Skills And Upgrades

    Chapter 224: Skills and Upgrades


    The surprise didn''t seem to end for Aakesh as he noticed an addition of a few skills in the skill section.


    The first skill was Wolfbane. He had won it after as a bonus reward forpleting his first quest exceptionally.


    Aakesh noticed the skill was shining brighter than usual on the status screen, so Aakesh tapped on it.


    The next moment, an additional blue screen containing the details of the skill appeared in front of him.


    [Skill name: Wolfbane,


    Level: Level 2,


    Ability: It gives the user a psychological edge over the wolves. No mental effect of wolves below Level 25 would ur on the user, and simrly, the wolves below Level 10 will fear the user, wolves below Level 25 have only a minimal effect, and wolves between Level 25 and 40 may or may not get affected by the user,


    Condition of growth: Train the skill to perfection.]


    The skill, Wolfbane had automatically gotten upgraded even though the condition for the growth was to train it. Aakesh hadn''t used the skill at all since he found it to be a waste of time.


    "What a waste of time!" Hemented since the skill was still disappointing. Aakesh himself was Level 30, and even without this skill, wolves below Level 25 wouldn''t be able to intimidate him. It also would have no effect on the wolf king since the maximum level Aakesh had a chance to scare was Level 40, while the wolf king was a Level 50 creature.


    Aakesh also believed that he could kill Level 40 beings without much effort with these attributes.


    He could even survive a few direct attacks of the wolf king with 2000 HP. He still wouldn''t challenge it since surviving attacks and defeating them were two entirely different things. He wouldn''t fight a battle where he has a chance to get defeated, and in this case, his defeat was imminent since the wolf king was not only a Level 50 creature but also it was on the verge of evolving to Epic lifeform.


    As for Lily, he didn''t worry about her since he was already far ahead of the schedule he had nned for the quest due to the boost of 10 levels provided by Watcher. Before gaining the ss, he needed around a week in the actual world time to defeat the wolf king, but now that he had gained so many levels, he believed he would have enough power to challenge the wolf king in the uing three-four days.


    Since these were matters for the future, Aakesh put them on the back of his mind. Instead, he was curious about why the skill, Wolfbane, upgraded on its own when he hadn''t fulfilled the requirement.


    He then waved his hands, and the skill screen disappeared. He then focused on the status screen and noticed that the skill, Ability-Learning, was also shining brightly.


    He didn''t wait and tapped on it. The next moment, another blue window containing the details of the skill appeared in front of him.


    [Skill name: Ability-Learning,


    Ability: It allows the user to copy the witnessed skills of being weaker or defeated by the owner. The user can now use the copied skill three times,


    Level: Level 2,


    Condition of the growth: Finding the Level 3 knowledge,


    Copied skill: Sword-Projection, Elephant-Projection, Sword-sh¡­.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but get surprised, seeing the details. "Finally, something good," He muttered.


    Earlier, he could use the copied skill only once, but now the number had grown to three times. He also noticed that the condition of growth had changed. Earlier, he needed to find Level 2 knowledge, but now he needs to find Level 3 knowledge.


    He noticed the copied skill, Sword-Projection, he had once used to test the power in the Mysterious peak, wasn''t greyed out anymore, denoting that Aakesh could use it for three more times. He then also noticed thousands of skills in the copied skill sections.


    He couldn''t help but feel surprised since these were all the skills the participants had used in the events. The skills belonged to only those whom Aakesh could beat without the help of the system.


    There wasn''t even a single skill the likes of Ivanar, Shalia, George used, let alone someone like sha.


    "Hey, system, did the ss, Watcher, automatically upgrade my skills without me fulfilling the condition?" He asked the system before trying to check the details of the new skills he had gained.


    [Yes, Host! It''s the benefits of the Unique sses. If you were to decide someday that you need another ss, and if that future ss wouldn''t be unique, the level of the skills would regress back by one level.]


    The system answered in its mechanical and emotionless voice.


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the system''s exnation. He then focused on the status screen to check out the details of the ss-rted skills he had gained.


    The screen containing the detail of the skill, Ability-Learning, was still floating and obstructing Aakesh''s view, so he waved his hands, and the next moment, it disintegrated into nothingness.


    He then focused on the status screen and noticed the addition of several skills.


    The first skill his eyes fell on was Universal-Eye. He tapped on it, and the next moment, its details appeared on a new screen.


    [Skill name: Universal-Eye,


    Ability: It''s a skill unique to the ss, Watcher. It allows the owner of the skill to select any being in the area of 10 Yojanas around them, and then they can watch over any actions, with the person being unaware,


    Level: Level 1,


    Condition of the growth: Upgrade of the ss Watcher to Mythical,


    Restriction: The level of the watched being shouldn''t exceed the level of the owner by more than ten levels.]


    Aakesh nodded after reading the details of the skill.


    It was the primary skill of the ss, Watcher, since it allowed him to watch over any being who didn''t exceed his level by ten levels.


    He then waved his hands and began checking the details of other skills he had gained due to the ss Watcher.


    After learning the details of the skill, Fortune-Eye, he couldn''t help but curl his lips.. Thebination of Universal-Eye and Fortune-Eye had the power to make him an overpowered character in Panagea.

 Chapter 225 - Fate Lines

    Chapter 225: Fate Lines


    [Skill name: Fortune-Eye,


    Ability: It allows the user to see the fate line of the being in the area of 1 Yojana around him,


    Level: Level 1,


    Condition for growth: Upgrade of the ss Watcher to Mythical,


    Restriction: The level of the selected being shouldn''t exceed the level of the owner by more than ten levels,


    Warning: What is shown may not give the expected result since the number of fate lines can change anytime.]


    Aakesh looked at the blue screen on top of anotherrger window, showing the contents of one of the skills, Fortune-Eye, he had gotten from the ss Watcher.


    Aakesh''s eyes shined, seeing the details of the skill.


    The ss Watcher currently allowed him to watch over any being present in the area of 10 Yojanas around him. If he watched some rewarding events, his level would increase, and he would also get 30% of the rewards. In order for that to happen, he needed to carefully select the person, since if nothing went right, he would have wasted both his time and the chance of increasing the level.


    The skill, Fortune-Eye, allowed him to watch the fate lines of the person in the area of 1 yojana around him. Its range was ten times less than the range of Universal-Eye, but in the range of 1 yojana, the skill would help him big time.


    He knew the greater the number of fate lines, the greater the luck of the being. So if hebined both the skills, he would find beings who may have rewarding events in the area of 1 yojana around him. The more scenes he watched, the more levels he would gain, and once he exceeded level 40, it would be time for him to kill the wolf king and free lily from its hold.


    This skill also had the same condition of growth and restriction as to the skill, Universal-Eye, but there was an additional section, warning. He didn''t feel surprised after reading the warning since it was the basic knowledge that fate is something that no mortal can control.


    No being in the Primal dimension had the ability to control fate. To have at least some control over the element of fate, attaining divinity was the bare minimum. To haveplete control over fate, the person at least needed to attain the minimum power level of the third dimension.


    Aakesh also only had very little knowledge of the element of fate, and that too was also only due to the system directly imparting cultivation knowledge to him.


    He then waved his hands, and the window containing the details of the skill disappeared. He didn''t care much for the warning since fate lines usually vary for high-level beings since each action they take has the chance to change the situation of the surroundings. Every creature below Level 100 in Panagea was considered a low-level, so the number of fate lines would rarely change.


    He then refocused on his status and tapped on new skills to learn about them. Time flew by, and several minutes passed. He waved his hands, and the status screen dispersed into light particles.


    He had gotten several skills from the ss, but only two skills, Universal-Eye and Fortune-Eye was a skill unique to the ss Watcher. The other skills he had earned could be either found in high-level areas or other sses.


    The ss, Watcher, was different than other sses in the Panagea. There wasn''t a single offensive skill in the skill section. All the skills he had gotten were either defensive or support.


    One such skill was Element Immunity. As its name suggested, it gave him immunity toward any elementary attack from any creature below level 40.


    Seeing the skill, Element Immunity, Aakesh remembered that he can also use elemental skills from now on since he had reached Level 25 and evolved to a Rare lifeform. He decided to buy the skillster since he was currently in a jungle and also had no money to purchase them.


    Currently, he couldn''t wait to check the skills he had gained.


    Since he had decided to check, he didn''t wait and activated the skill, Universal-Eye.


    The next moment, a real-time 3D projection of the area of 8 Yojana in a circle around him, only visible to him, appeared in front of him. Since he was currently in the jungle, more than 90% of the beings he saw in the projection were beasts of different races, while there were few humans.


    He then activated the skill, Fortune-Eye, and the next moment, a golden circle covered the area of 1 yojana in the 3D projection.


    Aakesh ignored the creatures in the other seven yojanas of the projection and only focused on the golden area of one yojana.


    There were only ten-twelve creatures in the golden area, and all of them were wolves. In the 3D projection, Aakesh could see golden lines above all the wolves.


    The highest number of fate lines was 16 on the wolves who were the nearest to Aakesh, but he also noticed it had almost twice the number of red lines connecting the wolf. One of the wolves even had a single ck line connecting it and no golden or red line.


    The golden line determined good fortune, the red line determined danger, and the ck line determined death.


    Even though the nearest wolf had 16 golden lines and 30 red lines connecting it, but it still didn''t have any ck lines. So, it meant that the wolf would face grave danger, from which it may gain something, but even if it didn''t, it would still stay alive.


    Aakesh then disappointedly stopped the skill since he didn''t find a single creature who had the great luck to gain something that may have an effect on his level.


    He then called out his status screen and focused on the energy section.


    Energy: 1560/2000,


    He couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air, seeing the amount of energy the skill took in a single use.


    For each second, he used the skill, Universal-Eye, the skill used ten units, while for the same time, the skill, Fortune-Eye, used 100 units.


    Seeing the energy the skill used, Aakesh could only activate the skill, Fortune-Eye, for 18 seconds since it won''t work without Universal-Eye.

 Chapter 226 - Aakeshs Growth

    Chapter 226: Aakesh''s Growth


    Since he had a unique and legendary ss, his energy restore rate was 100 units per hour, so he couldn''t waste his energy and randomly activate the skill.


    Since he had already conversed with Lily yesterday, there was no point in staying in the jungle anymore. He decided to leave.


    Time flew by, and twenty minutes passed. Since he had reached Level 30, his walking speed has also increased. Earlier, it would have taken him thirty minutes of running to reach the town, but now despite casually walking, he had reached the gate of Wolfden in twenty minutes.


    The guard, seeing someoneing through the door, wanted to stop the intruder at first, but when they noticed it was the adventurer, they opened the door and let him enter the town. They didn''t search him and asked any questions.


    Aakesh didn''t thank the guards and expressionlessly entered the town. He then proceeded in the direction of the market.


    Even though the town didn''t have the buzz as before and everyone looked distraught, but still, the most number of people were in the market. After reaching the denser part of the market, Aakesh climbed on the terrace of one of the buildings without anyone in the market finding out.


    He then activated the skill, Universal-Eye, and Fortune-Eye simultaneously, and the next moment, a tiny real-time 3D projection of eight yojanas in which there was an area of 1 yojana surrounded in golden.


    Since he could only activate the skill for fourteen seconds before his energy ran out, he decided not to waste time and find what he was looking for as quickly as possible.


    If his real self was here, he could find everything in less than a second just by ncing at the projection, but he in Panagea was very far from that stage, so he could only see one by one.


    Time flew by, and six seconds passed. He hadn''t been able to find what he was looking for until now. The person with the most number of fate lines in the golden projection only had 32 golden lines.


    Three more seconds passed, and Aakesh finally found what he was looking for. The being had 103 golden lines, 78 red lines, and 18 ck lines. Seeing the high number of golden lines and the ck lines, the person was either going to have a great fortune or death.


    He pointed at the projection of the being, and the next moment a silver blob of light escaped from the tip of his finger and engulfed the person. Since the person Aakesh found was only Level 7, they weren''t aware of what had happened, and someone was spying on them.


    After he deactivated the skill, Fortune-Eye, his view changed, and he found himself looking at the moving people.


    Since he had selected the person, the real-time 3D projection disappeared, and his view became the same as the man he had selected. He could switch the view to both the first-person and the third person.


    The first-person view would take one energy point per thirty minutes, while the third-person view would take one energy point every ten minutes.


    Currently, it was the first-person view, and he didn''t like it, so he switched it. The skill, Fortune-Eye, may have taken a lot of energy points, but he still had more than 500 energy points left, so he didn''t need to worry about theck of energy. The next moment, he felt as if he was floating in the air and was looking at the beings passing by.


    There was a silver mark over a man with red hair. He was the man Aakesh had selected to watch since he had the most number of golden lines.


    Time flew by, and the man traveled in the direction of the jungle. Since there was a warning for the skill, he decided to check the fate lines of the man again.


    He then activated the skill, Fortune-Eye, and the next moment, 100 units of energy disappeared, and the number of fate lines connecting him appeared above his head. Since it was only a single man, it took less than a split second for Aakesh to see the change.


    He deactivated the skill right away since he didn''t have much energy, and if Aakesh lost his energy before the man reached his chance he wouldn''t be able to watch over the man.


    The man didn''t have much change in his fortune, but the change happened for the worse. His ck lines had grown to 20 ck lines, while the number of golden lines had decreased to 98.


    Aakesh on the terrace frowned, seeing the change. Universal-Eye didn''t restrict him to one ce or his entire concentration, so Aakesh jumped down the building and proceeded in the direction of the man.


    Since the number of ck lines had increased, that meant the danger intensity had increased. Since the ck line was still very far from reaching 100, there was still a very limited chance of the red-haired man dying. Aakesh decided to personally intervene and clear out any danger he could find before the red-haired man found his golden chance.


    If Aakesh were to currently check the red-haired man''s fate lines now, he would''ve noticed the huge increase in the number of golden lines while the decrease in red and ck lines.


    Since Aakesh didn''t know where the red-haired man may get his chance, he could only silently follow him. Once he got the gist of the event''s location, he would clear the areas around the location of any danger before the man reached it.


    For an adventurer like Aakesh, the ss, Watcher, gave him an overpowered ability in the lower level areas. Due to his fighting abilities, he could even defeat someone who had more strength and agility than him.


    So, he could clear the danger of the most fortunate persons he could find using the skill, Fortune-Eye, and would gain level with each rewarding event he came across.


    The more his level increased, the more stats he would gain, the more fighting techniques he would be able to use, and the overpowered he would be.


    The system knew it beforehand, but it couldn''t refuse the request of Aakesh, and it also couldn''t let him get a low-level ss, so now Aakesh''s growth rate would be monstrous in the low-level areas of Panagea.

 Chapter 227 - Chance

    Chapter 227: Chance


    Time flew by, and one more hour passed. Since Aakesh was using the third-person view, he had lost six energy units, but since the energy restoring rate was 100 units per hour, so he could use the skill as long as he wanted without thinking of energy waste.


    Since Aakesh still wasn''t sure about where the red-haired man would get his chance, he had to silently follow him. Finally, after thirty more minutes, Aakesh got an idea of what the man had in his future.


    Three yojanas from where Aakesh was, a colony of Lion lived there. The leader of the colony was a Level 10 Lion, who still needed to evolve. Since it was the area of wolf king, a Level 50 creature, the Lions were the subject of the silver wolves.


    After getting the gist of the man''s journey, Aakesh stopped following him and rushed in the direction of the colony. It only took him a few minutes to reach the area where the settlement of the Lions lived.


    He jumped up on the tree from where he could see the scenes of the colony. After a few seconds, he finally realized what the red-haired man''s lucky chance was.


    There were only a few minutes left before the lioness gave birth to the children of the leader.


    Since the leader was a Level 10 creature and had the chance to evolve, its children would also have the chance to evolve to an ordinary lifeform from an inferior lifeform. In the town of Wolfden, having a pet who could use energy from birth was a great deal. The red-haired man would make a fortune if he sold the cubs instead of making them his pet.


    Since the man was only a level 7, he must''ve intended to steal the cub. But since the leader was a Level 10, that''s why there were so many ck lines.


    Since Aakesh had already decided to make a move, he would kill the colony of the lions except for the newborn cubs, and then when the red-haired man arrived, he could take them.


    Aakesh didn''t make a move right now since he wanted the lioness to naturally give birth to her litters. He didn''t want to take the newborn after cutting her stomach.


    Time flew by. Seconds passed and thenbined to turn into minutes, and then minutes passed by. Aakesh patiently waited for the lioness to give birth.


    He could still see the red-haired man since he hadn''t stopped the skill for even a second. He was still quite a distance away from the settlement and it would take him around an hour to reach here.


    Suddenly, a painful roar rang in the surroundings. Aakesh knew it was time for the lioness to give birth to her cubs.


    The next moment, another roar echoed in the area. It contained a hint of majesty, and it belonged to the leader of the settlement. Soon, another roar rang in the area in response to the first roar.


    "Eh!" Aakesh couldn''t help but feel surprised, hearing the roar. Since he knew almost all thenguages that had been born in the Multiverse until now, he could understand what the roar meant.


    The first roar asked whether the wolves had arrived, and in the response, the roar said, no.


    "Are these cubs tributes to the wolves?" He muttered as he couldn''t think of any other answer for why would the leader ask for the wolves.


    There can also be another reason that wolves didn''t like leaders having children, but the roar of the leader didn''t contain any hint of fear, so Aakesh removed the conjecture from the head.


    "Well, whatever, even if they''re the tribute, what has that got to do with me?" He thought and waited for the lioness to give birth.


    After gaining Level 30, he wasn''t afraid of creatures below Level 40. He also didn''t think that wolves above Level 40 woulde for the child of a Level 10 Lion.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed. The surroundings had be silent, which got broken by a roar the next moment. The next moment, continuous roars rang in response to it.


    It belonged to the leader lion, and the roar announced that the lioness had given birth to a single cub, and it would be the hope of their n.


    After getting the confirmation, Aakesh didn''t wait and made his move. Like the wind, he moved, and when he passed the lions who were waiting for their prince, their heads began bursting one by one.


    Not a single drop of blood touched Aakesh. It had only been three seconds, and he had already killed all the lions in the settlement except the father, mother, and the newborn.


    The leader hearing the sudden silence, came out of the room, and the next moment his blood ran cold, seeing the blood dying the ground red and the headless corpses.


    The difference between the leader and Aakesh wasn''t only twenty levels, but it was also the difference in the lifeform. Aakesh was a rare lifeform, while it was only an inferior lifeform.


    It was only thinking about what just happened when it suddenly lost its consciousness. "Thud!" With a crashing sound, its corpse crashed on the ground.


    The lioness knew something had gone awry when she heard a crashing sound right after her husband left, but giving birth had cost a lot of energy, and she didn''t even have enough energy even to stand. She looked at the cub crying for milk, and a gentle look appeared in her eyes.


    It was thest thing she saw as the next moment, she had lost her consciousness, and her blood and brain matter spread on the ground. Aakesh didn''t let a single drop touch him or the newborn cub.


    He expressionlessly took a look at the newborn, and the next moment, it stopped crying and fell asleep. It had only taken birth, but it was already a Level 2 creature. If Aakesh were to have the same level of power he had in the real world, he would have enhanced the bloodline of the cub, making the chance for the red-haired man even bigger than it was.


    Aakesh still didn''t leave the area and returned to the tree. He was waiting if the wolves came.. He couldn''t let the cub be taken by someone other than the red-haired man after his ughter.

 Chapter 228 - Massacre(1)

    Chapter 228: Massacre(1)


    After ughtering every lion in the settlement except the newborn, Aakesh returned to the tree and waited for either the wolves or the red-haired man to arrive first.


    If the red-haired man arrived first, Aakesh''s purpose would be over the moment he got the newborn since it would be his chance. After that, even if the wolves appeared and killed the red-haired man, it would have nothing to do with Aakesh.


    If the wolves arrived first, Aakesh needed to clear the area and kill as many ase so that the red-haired man could safely get the newborn cub in his hands. He couldn''t let all his efforts fail due to some wolves.


    Time flew by, and ten minutes passed. Aakesh patiently waited for either of the two to arrive here first. Since he could see the red-haired man, he knew the man was still several minutes away from the destination.


    Currently, at the level 1 ss, Watcher didn''t allow him to activate the skill, Universal-Eye after he had already selected the being he would watch since he could only watch over one person. If he were to deactivate the skill, the silver mark over the red-haired man would disappear, and he would then need to select another fortunate being to watch over.


    Aakesh didn''t feel disappointed by such restriction since the ss was only Level 1, and if the ss only had good things, then wouldn''t it break the power system of the Panagea. The system would never allow for such a ss to exist.


    Time flew by, and another six minutes passed when Aakesh suddenly sensed something and looked north. He couldn''t see clearly, so he jumped on the tallest tree and finally, his view became clear.


    He witnessed a group of silver wolvesing this way. There were only four wolves in the group, and the highest level in the group was only Level 12.


    "Should I let theme here, or should I kill them before they could reach here?" Aakesh thought, but the next moment he got the answer.


    He couldn''t leave the area until the red-haired man arrived and got the newborn cub. If he went to kill the wolves and in that time if some other animal captured the newborn, wouldn''t all of his efforts be in vain?


    He noticed the wolves had suddenly picked up their speed. He knew the scent of blood must have forced them to rush here. A minuteter, the wolves reached the area and couldn''t help but take a step back in fear, seeing tens of headless lion corpses lying on the ground while their blood and brain matter spread all across the surroundings.


    Even cold-hearted beasts like them felt pity for the lions. They didn''t feel sympathy for them because of dying so cruelly. They pitied them because, seeing the carnage around them, they understood that someone way more powerful than them had been here, and they were the reason behind this.


    "Check out the newborn whether it''s okay or not," The leader wolf ordered its subordinates. It was only a growl, but Aakesh could understand it. He still hadn''t killed them because he wanted to know why would the silver wolves care so much about the newborn of an inferior lifeform.


    One of the silver wolves, after getting the order rushed inside. While hurrying inside, it crushed the already dead corpses that came below its feet.


    A few secondster, the wolf came back with the sleeping cub in its mouth. The other wolves heaved a sigh of relief, seeing the newborn safe.


    "Let''s go!" The leader ordered its subordinates and turned around to leave when suddenly it felt thend below its feet disappearing out of nowhere. In fright, it looked down and saw it had gotten up.


    Before it could see, who had picked it up, crashing sounds rang. The next moment, it found itself knocked on the ground.


    "Roar!" It groaned in pain. After the fall, it felt that its bones had gotten crushed due tonding harshly on the ground.


    It couldn''t even pick itself up without feeling pain. The next moment, a few crashing sounds rang. Disregarding the pain and gritting its teeth, the wolf stood up only to see its followers lying on the ground in the same condition he had seen of the dead lions.


    Its blood ran cold as it looked around itself in fright, trying to find the being who did this. But, it didn''t have to as it noticed someoneing from the same cave from which the wolf had gotten the newborn.


    Aakesh wanted to ask some questions, and he knew he would need to get cruel, so he gently put back the cub near its dead mother''s corpse. He didn''t want the screams of the wolf to wake up the child.


    He wasn''t being considerate. He just didn''t want to get irritated in the midst of questioning.


    "So, tell me, why do the wolves want this child?"


    Aakesh appeared right in front of the wolf lying on the ground and expressionlessly asked the question looking down on it.


    The wolf could understand the question since Aakesh had used theirnguage.


    "Who¡­who ar¡­are you? Don''t yo¡­you know, we-"


    The wolf, instead of answering the question, spouted nonsense. Fear gripped its voice, but remembering its backing, it did not answer the question. It didn''t think that Aakesh would kill it after knowing who he was.


    Unfortunately for him, Aakesh didn''t care enough to let the wolf evenplete its sentence.


    Its voice came to a sudden halt as it found itself getting picked up, and then with a loud crashing sound, the next moment, it found itself on the ground.


    "If I hear anything other than the answer I want, the next time, you wouldn''t be this lucky," Aakesh coldly ordered the wolf.


    The cold voice sent chills down its already broken bones. It seemed that it wasn''t stubborn, so it didn''t dare to spout nonsense this time and directly answered Aakesh''s question.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned even colder after finding the answer. The wolf lost its breath, feeling the sudden chill spreading from Aakesh. It felt it would get suffocated to death, but it didn''t have to as Aakesh grabbed the head of the wolf and slowly put pressure on it.


    The wolf''s head couldn''t handle the pressure, and its head got crushed into smithereens.


    ***


    A/N: The bonus chapter forpleting this week''s goal would be published tomorrow.. Sorry, I couldn''t get enough time to write another chapter. Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 229 - Massacre(2)

    Chapter 229: Massacre(2)


    After the wolf answered the reason behind wolves interest in the newborn Lion cub, Aakesh''s face turned cold, and a chilly aura began emanating from him.


    The wolf lost all its hope to live after seeing the change of expression on Aakesh. It didn''t understand why someone like Aakesh had a sudden change, but the wolf didn''t have to think about it for long.


    He suddenly grabbed hold of the wolf''s head and coldlymented, "Die, your n member would join you soon!"


    The wolf didn''t understand what was happening as the next moment a wave of pain swept over it. Soon, it stopped feeling any pain as Aakesh had crushed its head.


    Aakesh then jumped back on the tree as he still had to wait for the red-haired man toe and get the cub. He also began thinking about what the wolf had answered a few moments earlier.


    Aakesh learned many things about the silver wolves while traveling in wolfden for several days. In the wolf n, the wolf king had three sons, and they took control of the entire lineage while the wolf king tried to search for ways to evolve into an Epic lifeform.


    The wolf Aakesh had just killed was the descendant of the second child of the wolf king. Unlike the siblings, the second child gained a rare ability of blood maniption. It could find the creature just from the smell of its blood even when not a single drop of blood leaked out.


    The wolf king had two purposes behind capturing Lily. First, it wanted to create super wolves soldiers that would help it in conquering the wolfden. Second, it desired to use the blood of Lily to evolve itself into a greater lifeform.


    The wolf king bloodline had the power to evolve into an Epic lifeform, but after that, its growth would stop if it didn''t reach any high-level area. For it to advance into a high-level zone, the minimum level it needed was Level 100, so both the requirements were linked.


    When it sensed the pressure from Lily''s bloodline, it got its chance to gain an even higher level of lifeform.


    Since Lily wasn''t an original inhabitant of Panagea, she had to start from Level zero and would be considered an adventurer. But, Aakesh had ordered the system not to involve Lily in the storyline of Panagea, so the system took away the adventurer tag of her.


    If Lily had the adventurer tag on her, the wolf king wouldn''t have been able to have any designs on her due to the privileges of adventurers in low-level areas. But since it had no privilege, the wolf king decided to use her high-level bloodline to enhance not only its lifeform but also other wolves of its lineage.


    Fortunately for Lily, the wolf king didn''t dare to make a direct move on her despite her being only Level zero. It didn''t make any direct moves because it was afraid of the power behind her. Creatures of high-level bloodline like her usually belonged to powerful families.


    The second son of the wolf king found the scent of the Lion to be very close to Lily.


    They didn''t know that the race Lily belonged to was the primogenitor of other feline races, so the Lions had somewhat of the blood scent Lily had.


    Their main purpose behind getting the cub was to inject the blood of Lily into it and experiment on both the newborn and Lily. They couldn''t take any risk with the blood injection since if anything happened to the wolf king, the Townhead of Wolfden would kill them, and their lineage would end.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed.


    The red-haired man finally reached the area. He couldn''t help but shudder, seeing the headless corpses lying on the ground.


    When he saw the wolves corpses not far from the tigers, he couldn''t help but take a step back in fear.


    The Lions were only one of the races subservient to the wolf king, but the silver wolves were descendants of the wolf king, so anyone who could dare to kill the wolves in their area would at least be above Level 20.


    The red-haired man decided to run since he didn''t want to die like them, then suddenly a pressure arrived on him that made him halt.


    How could Aakesh let the red-haired man leave and not do what he was supposed to do after spending so much effort?


    "Forgive me, senior! I would leave right away," The red-haired man yelled, seeing the sudden turn of events. He then waited for an answer nervously, but even after several seconds passed, no response came.


    The red-haired man thought that the senior had left, so he tried to run in other directions, but he couldn''t even budge. He suddenly had an idea. He tried to walk in the direction of the cave where the newborn cub was peacefully sleeping.


    The next moment, the pressure disappeared, and he could walk. He then tried to turn back, the invisible pressure reappeared. The man then tried a few more times.


    Every time he would walk in the direction of the cave, no pressure would affect him, but when he tried to move in any other direction, the invisible pressure would stop him from moving any further.


    Even when he tried to stop at one position, the pressure on him began increasing with each passing second. The red-haired man believed there was a trap inside the cave, but he didn''t have a choice but to walk in the trap willingly.


    Aakesh looked at the scene coldly. He couldn''t personally intervene in front of the man, or he had personally handed over the cub to the man.


    The red-haired man tried to waste as much time as possible by walking slowly, but Aakesh had a terrible mood right now due to the ns of the wolves. He suddenly increased the invisible pressure that forced the man to fall t on the ground.


    Before the pressure could hurt the man, he took it back. The man got his lesson, and in the next two strides, he reached the entrance of the cave.


    Before entering, he looked at the sky and prayed to the Gods for protecting him.. He then took a deep breath and entered, only to get astonished by the scene in front of him.

 Chapter 230 - Massacre(3)

    Chapter 230: Massacre(3)


    The red-haired man believed there was a trap inside the cave for him, but when he reached and saw the scene inside, a mix of shock, excitement, and horror expressions appeared on his face.


    In front of him, a headless lioness corpsey there on the ground in a pool of blood. Not far from the corpse, he noticed a newborn cub sleeping peacefully, unaware of what horror its family had faced.


    He stepped forward and gently picked up the newborn. After seeing that the cub was breathing, he heaved a sigh of relief.


    After holding the newborn cub in his hands, he forgot everything about the deaths around here. It was the primary reason for himing here.


    When he saw the corpses, he had thought that he had lost the cub and was ready to escape. But due to a sudden invisible pressure, he had no choice but to enter the cave.


    "Thank you for leaving it alive, senior!" The red-haired man bowed in the direction of the entrance of the cave.


    Following the red-haired man''s capture of the newborn cub, Aakesh had received the level increase, and he had left after that.


    Instead of leaving the jungle, he was heading to the inner area of the wolves.


    After traveling for a few minutes at his full speed, he finally reached one of the wolf''s colonies.


    The next moment, he activated the skill, Universal-Eye, and a real-time 3D projection of 8 yojanas of the area around him appeared in front of him.


    The projection gave him the exact number of wolves present in the settlement, and also told him if there were any wolves exceeding Level 40 in the colony.


    He looked at the projection and found 28,000 silver wolves, and since there was no gray-colored figure, there was no wolf exceeding his level by more than ten levels.


    Seeing no wolf exceeding Level 40 in the colony, Aakesh entered their colony.


    There were eight Level 27 silver wolves guarding the colony. Aakesh was here to kill, so he didn''t secretly enter. Instead, he entered through the main door.


    The wolf guards growled and threatened Aakesh not to make any rash moves.


    Aakesh, ignoring their warning, took a step forward, and the next moment, he appeared in front of one of the guard wolves.


    He pped the wolf''s head, and the next moment, it burst, spreading the blood and brain matter all over thend. But before the other wolves could understand what had happened and prepare for what they would do, Aakesh reached in their front one by one.


    In less than a second, all the eight guards crashed on the ground with their exploded heads.


    Aakesh hadn''t tried to hide it from the wolves inside the colony, so almost every wolf knew something terrible had happened due to the sudden crashing sounds and then the scent of blood permeating the area.


    If Aakesh were to personally kill every wolf one by one, it would take too much time, so he decided to use the copied attack skills he had.


    He had already asked the system whether the use of copied skills in Panagea would affect the use of skills in the actual world or not.


    The system had responded in no, so he had a ton of skills he could use to kill. He decided not to use the powerful skills since they would help him in the battle against the wolf king.


    One of the skills he had decided to currently use was Scatter Shot. It allowed the user to shoot several small energy shots at the same time.


    Unlike the actual owner of the skill, Aakesh neither had to call out the name of the skill nor make out the posture. He only had to think of activating the skill, and it would activate the next moment.


    He thought of activating the skill, and the next moment, several blue energy fragments in random shapes appeared and covered the sky.


    The wolves who were howling in anger and preparing to attack fell silent and froze in fear, seeing the sky.


    Before they could try to defend, with the speed of light, the energy fragments shot at them and took the lives of more than three thousand wolves in that single attack.


    Aakesh didn''t stop and reactivated the same skill.


    After he activated the skill all three times, the skill turned grey, and now he could only use it when the Ability-Learning got upgraded.


    There were still more than ten thousand wolves left alive, and they were escaping with all their might. How could Aakesh let them alive after hearing that he didn''t have much time before the wolf king used the blood of Lily?


    Thinking of what skill to use, Aakesh suddenly remembered the first skill he had used in Panagea to kill the radicals.


    The next moment, thousands of invisible air threads appeared in the area. It wasn''t enough, so he added more energy, and a few secondster, more invisible threads than the number of wolves appeared in the air.


    Aakesh''s face had turned pale as creating so many threads took more than 90% of his remaining energy. He gasped for breath as he coldly used the air threads to split the wolves in two.


    The wolves couldn''t even cry in pain as they began crashing on the ground while splitting into two pieces.


    A few secondster, not a single wolf remained alive in the area. Their silver blood had dyed the entire area silver, and a sense of tragedy could be felt just from seeing the area.


    Aakesh coldly took a look at the thousands of corpses lying on the ground. The next moment, he disappeared from the area as the sun had risen in Visteerna, and Aakesh needed to open the store.


    Since he didn''t have enough energy to conduct more massacres, he decided to leave. If he had even half of the total energy, he wouldn''t have returned to Visteerna and cleared another colony of the wolves.


    After appearing in the store, he didn''t directly open the store. First, he took a bath to freshen himself and also to calm himself down.


    After his mood calmed down, his face regained the expressionless look.


    He then finally opened the door, and as the trends of thest two days, he saw more crowd than yesterday waiting at the door.

 Chapter 231 - {BONUS}Increase In Levels

    Chapter 231: Increase in Levels


    Aakesh opened the door and saw a crowd evenrger than yesterday waiting for the store to open at the door.


    Aakesh stepped aside and allowed the crowd to enter the store. Like yesterday, the first fifty customers who stepped inside got shrouded in golden.


    Aakesh noticed almost all of his past customers in the first group. Even Pento hade here early, and his entire group was in the first group of customers.


    Two of the customers in the first group weren''t here for Panagea. Instead, they were here for the training area since except the Immortal and Gods & Demons level training area had no limit in training hours, so a few customers in the crowd were here to train for the entire day.


    The golden light from those two customers disappeared and instead covered the next two customers after the first fifty.


    Those who had cards directly entered the portal room, those who didn''t have cards paid for their entry and then joined the first group in the portal room.


    Unlike thest two days, all fifty virtual portals got booked for the entire day in just a minute. Fortunately for Eris and Robert, they didn''t arrivete and got their entry and became the customers in the third group.


    Many customersined due to theck of virtual portals to Aakesh and also told him how much he was missing on big business due tock of numbers.


    Aakesh ignored theirints since the quest for adding more virtual portals was already going on. Since all 750 hours of Panagea had already gotten booked for today, the store was only a day away from having 100 more virtual portals.


    Aakesh returned to his chair, and the customers who had entered the store for the first time came to him one by one to know about the products.


    Time flew by. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, and just like that, the fifteen hours of the store time passed.


    The augment of the darkness brought the end of the store for the day, and customers started leaving.


    After all the customers left, Aakesh closed the door of the store. His face automatically turned cold as it was time to enter the Panagea.


    He wouldn''t kill any wolf today, but instead, he would only level up today in the Panagea. Since he had already nned what he was going to do, he proceeded to the portal room and entered the nearest virtual portal.


    He spawned in the same ce he had done a massacre yesterday. The scene in front of him was the same as yesterday, but there wasn''t a single corpse left in the area.


    The other wolves must have taken the corpses of their brethren and given them theirst rites. Aakesh didn''t care and called out his status screen.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Rare,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 31,


    HP: 2100/2100,


    Energy: 1690/2100,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 210 (+10),


    Agility: 210 (+10),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Since he had gained a level yesterday, his HP and energy had grown by 100 units, while strength and agility had gotten an increase of ten units.


    His energy still hadn''t gotten filled as it had only been fifteen hours since he hadst left Panagea and restored 1500 units of energy during that time.


    In the Panagea, an increase in levels didn''t fill HP and energy like in the actual world when after getting a breakthrough body gets filled with energy. Here, gaining a level only gave a boost of extra units an adventurer would get due to the gain.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the status screen disappeared. He only had 1690 units of energy left, so he couldn''t use the skill, Fortune-Eye, for more than eight seconds if Aakesh didn''t want to fall into a situation like yesterday, where he had to leave due to his energy reaching the bare minimum.


    He turned around and left for Wolfden. After traveling for several minutes at his full speed, he reached the gate of the town. When he arrived, he noticed that there were no guards there.


    Since he didn''t care what had happened, he ignored it and entered the town. Like yesterday, he went to the market and activated the skill, Universal-Eye, and Fortune-Eye, at the same time.


    Three secondster, he found what he was looking for and selected the being he would watch over for now. Since the golden projection didn''t show the appearance of the being Aakesh had chosen, he didn''t know either the gender or identity of the person.


    When he deactivated the skill, Aakesh couldn''t help but get surprised since the man he had selected today was the same red-haired man he had picked yesterday.


    Simr to yesterday, Aakesh started following the red-haired man. He wanted to at least experience four or five rewarding events today.


    The more events he saw, the more levels he would gain. He didn''t want Lily to spend another moment with the wolf king and other wolves.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    It was time for Aakesh to leave the Panagea as the sun had risen and the darkness had hidden, waiting for its chance toe.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he didn''t witness the number of events he wanted to see. He only saw two events, and only one event was big enough to reward him a level. The other scene rewarded him a few hundred low soul stones.


    Aakesh called out his status to check how much energy he had left for now.


    The next moment, a blue scream containing the details of his status appeared in front of him.


    Energy: 428/2200,


    Aakesh couldn''t help but shake his head disappointedly, seeing the status screen. Even after 15 hours, he still wouldn''t have his energy capacity full.


    The gaining of levels using the abilities of the ss, Watcher wasn''t working for him. He decided to do something else yesterday, and then the day after tomorrow, he would kill the wolf king and rescue Lily from its clutches.


    Thinking this, he waved his hands, and the status screen disappeared.. With that, he also disappeared from Panagea and appeared inside the store.

 Chapter 232 - Georgia And Saber

    Chapter 232: Georgia and Saber


    After taking a bath and wearing his daily clothes, Aakesh stepped down the stairs. The next moment, both the stairs and the room disappeared.


    Aakesh was already used to it, so he ignored it and took a step in the direction of the door.


    Unlike other doors, the store''s door didn''t make any sound and silently got opened after Aakesh opened it.


    His eyes then fell on the crowd waiting to enter the store. He couldn''t help but get surprised, seeing the number of people less thanst three days.


    He knew the reason for it right away, as he didn''t see a single customer today who was also a citizen of the Bisan Kingdom. Today was the coronation ceremony of Brinda, and she would be the third king of the Bisan dynasty.


    He then took a look outside and noticed all the stores in the market as far as he could see were shut down. Only his store in the market was open for business.


    Aakesh didn''t think much about it since it was the business of the subjects and their kings. He turned around and went to his chair while the customers started pouring inside in the group.


    Even though there were fewer customers than usual at the opening time, there were still more than enough customers to book all fifty virtual portals for all three groups.


    Simr to thest two days, the first fifty customers that stepped inside the store got shrouded in a golden light. They were eligible to be the first group of customers to enter Panagea.


    Those who had the store cards on them directly entered the portal room, those who didn''t have any paid for their stay and then joined the group.


    Since the store had made a rule that only those customers waiting for their entry into Panagea could meditate inside the store and enjoy the endless energy environment, many customers who had booked their spots for the second and third group sat down and began meditating.


    There was only a single new customer today. She approached Aakesh and began asking about the store products.


    Aakesh expressionlessly introduced her to the products the store sold and their prices. After learning about the products, she decided to check the weapons sold by the store as she was in need of a good saber.


    She was a Tao Seed level cultivator, so King-grade weapons were best suited for her. Fortunately for her, the system sold that level of weapons. After thanking Aakesh, she went to the weapons room in search of her perfect weapon.


    Her name was Georgia, and she belonged to the Farvell family. The Farvell was the second family in one of the strongest Kingdoms, the Farlier Kingdom on the Anga continent.


    Georgia''s father was a Tao Pce expert, while her mother was a peak Tao Manifestation cultivator. The strongest in her family was her great-grandfather. He was a peak Tao Pce expert on the verge of getting a breakthrough.


    The Farvell family had enough power to establish their own Kingdom, but since both the founder of the Farvell family and the Farlier Kingdom were best friends, they took a vow to never act against each other.


    Since she wasn''t very talented in her family, she had topete for every resource. During a spar with her younger brother, who proved to be the most talented in the family, her saber got several cracks.


    The familypetition to name the top ten descendants in her family every hundred years is set for next month. She needed a new saber if she at least wanted to have a chance in thepetition. She had searched several stores for new sabers, and she had alsoe across many she liked.


    Unfortunately for her, they were way beyond her budget. She could buy them if she were to use her life savings. But for apetition that she had less than a 10% chance to win, spending a portion of her life savings felt wasteful when each Primal stone was her hard-earned money.


    Georgia came to know about the store from one of the princesses of the Chivelle Kingdom(Punta''s father''s Kingdom). The princess knew Georgia was looking for a saber. The princess told her about the store and also invited her to her niece''s coronation ceremony. Believing in her friend, she arrived to check the store.


    When she entered the weapons room, her jaw almost dropped to the ground, seeing the number of weapons in the store. She also noticed several customers testing their attack in the center of all hundred and eight pirs. She didn''t wait and directly went to the column of sabers.


    She only needed a few thousand Superior Primal stones to purchase the sabers that would have cost millions. When she held the saber, she could see the difference in quality between weapons from other stores and those from this store.


    The saber in this store cost less, and their quality was also better than the other stores.


    After searching for some time, she finally found the saber that felt perfectly suited to her. It only cost 10,000 superior Primal stones. She was confident that if she were to buy it in another store, it would''ve cost her tens of millions of superior Primal stones.


    It was under her budget, so she decided to buy it. Before buying, she wanted to test her power, so she went to the b put in the center of the circles of the pirs.


    Even though she was a Tao Seed level cultivator, several of the customers were even stronger than her, so she had to wait for some time for her turn to arrive.


    After waiting for a few minutes, her turn finally arrived. First, she wanted to check the power of a casual strike using the saber.


    "ng!" The next moment, a sound of metallic sh rang in the weapons room. The b lightened up after the casual strike, and soon early Tao Seed appeared on the b.


    Georgia was only an intermediate Tao Seed. Her eyes shined, seeing her casual strike reaching such a high level of power.


    Her saber enabled her to kill early Tao Seed cultivators with a casual strike. She then decided to check her strongest skill and attack power.


    The next moment, a red light engulfed her saber.. It became so blinding and threatening that it began hurting the low-level cultivators who were looking at the saber in awe.

 Chapter 233 - Growth

    Chapter 233: Growth


    Georgia decided to test her strongest attack. The next moment, a red light began emanating from the saber and engulfed it in no time.


    The light became so blinding and threatening that several of the low-level cultivators started bleeding from their eyes. The system acted right away, and the blinding effect of the light disappeared, and the damaged eyes also returned to normal.


    Georgia had her eyes set on the attack, so she had no idea what had happened due to her attack. When finally, her energy reached the bare minimum, she stopped transferring any more energy to the saber.


    The next moment, she swung the saber, aiming at the center of the b.


    "ng!"


    In response, a metallic sound rang inside the weapons room. Many of the customers who had equivalent or higher cultivation rolled their eyes, seeing all the grandeur resulting in a tiny shing sound.


    Georgia''s face was pale in response, and she gasped for breath since she had used too much of her energy, but her eyes acted differently than her body; her eyes had a hint of anticipation and excitement as they looked at the b, hoping for a good result.


    In response to Georgia''s attack, the b lightened up, and the next moment, a vertical bar appeared on it. The bottom denoted intermediate Tao Seed, and the top denotedte Tao Seed.


    Like an eagle, the blue light flew from the bottom. Within no time, it breached the 50% mark and it still didn''t stop.


    When it breached the 69% mark, its speed began slowing down. At 73%, it slowed down once again. When it finally breached the 77% mark, it began moving like a turtle.


    A few secondster, the blue light stopped right before touching the 78% mark.


    The anticipation in Georgia''s eyes disappeared, seeing the result. Even though her attack power didn''t reach the limit ofte Tao Seed, it still had enough power to even make them feel danger.


    If she used this move better, she could even kill ate Tao Seed level cultivator.


    The few in the crowd had already gotten used to seeing attack powers higher than the cultivation levels. The weapons sold in the store had always been of high quality.


    Georgia couldn''t wait even for a second to buy the saber, so she left the weapons room. She then paid 10,000 superior Primal stones to Aakesh.


    Georgia then began asking about the training areas. At first, she had no interest in the training area since she didn''t have a weapon, and she also didn''t trust Aakesh''s store enough to spend so much money in a single-hour training.


    The Immortal level training in King-grade weapons cost one supreme Primal stone, and the cost for Gods & Demons level training area grew by a hundred times.


    Gods & Demons level training area was out of her reach even if she were to use her life savings. If it were her younger brother, he would''ve been easily able to pay for it since he was the most talented descendant of the Farvell family for this generation.


    She could pay one supreme Primal stone if she were to tap in her savings. So, she decided to ask about the training area first before paying.


    As for wasting, that thought had already disappeared from her mind. Even if she failed to win, the gain due to the saber improved her prospects in front of her family, resulting in a better future.


    Right now, she trusted the store''s products, and she could feel even reverence from many customers for the store.


    Aakesh told Georgia about the details of the Immortal level training area since she had an interest in that.


    After learning the details, Georgia, gritting her teeth, took out a supreme Primal stone from her space ring and handed it to Aakesh.


    After paying, she left for the weapons room since Aakesh had already told her everything about the training area.


    When she reached the saber pir, her heartbeat began rising. Even though she had decided to trust the store and also had already paid, a supreme Primal stone was still a big deal for her.


    If she were not to gain any substantial benefit from the training area, she would not only lose a supreme Primal stone but also the confidence that she had gained from testing the attack power.


    "Don''t trust anything. Just trust yourself," Georgia told her heart. She repeated this until she forgot everything she was thinking about.


    Then she took a deep breath and followed the procedures for entering the training room.


    Soon, only her body remained in the store, sitting next to the pole, while a golden barrier had engulfed her not to let even single harme her way.


    Simr to the Gods & Demons level training area, the trainee''s mind would be calm after entering the Immortal level training area. Here, the time rate difference was 100:1, and here only creatures belonging to the Primal dimension could be summoned for training.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed. For those waiting in the store, nothing changed, while a few new customers arrived in the store, and Aakesh was busy telling them about the store products.


    In the weapons room, the golden barrier surrounding Georgia disintegrated in less than a second. The system transferred her to an isted space, and when her energy returned to calm, it brought her back inside the store.


    The atmosphere surrounding Georgia had dramatically changed. Before she entered, she had a bubbly, cheerful, and unconfident aura around her, but now, an aura of confidence and sharpness surrounded her.


    If any cultivator below Tao Seed were to look into Georgia''s eyes right now, they would feel themselves getting cut into pieces.


    After leaving the training area, Georgia wanted to go back, but Aakesh had already told her about the limit of an hour a month, so she took a deep breath, and the next moment, her mind returned to calm.


    It was time for her to test her power. She hadn''t gained a breakthrough due to the training, but her techniques had gotten better, and she had also derived a skill that may be her trump card in the future.


    Time flew by.


    It was time for Georgia to test her power. At first, she wanted to see the power of her casual strike.


    She casually swung her saber, aiming at the center of the b.


    With a shing sound, the b lightened up.

 Chapter 234 - Kill

    Chapter 234: Kill


    As Georgia''s saber shed with the b, a sound of metallic sh rang inside the weapons room; but, the sound didn''t disturb any other customers who were checking out weapons they liked or wanted to buy.


    The next moment, the b lightened up. Instead of a single level appearing like the previous times, a vertical bar appeared.


    The bottom end denoted the early Tao Seed, and the top end indicated intermediate Tao Seed. The blue light slowly began moving up and continued moving at the same rate until it breached the level of 89%, then the speed slowed down. It finally stopped after breaching the 93% mark.


    Those who had seen her previous results couldn''t help but get shocked, seeing such a growth in power. Georgia, on the other hand, didn''t seem to have much change in her expressions except a hint of disappointment.


    She expected her casual strike to reach intermediate Tao Seed, equivalent to her cultivation level, but since it was only 7% away from the mark, she immediately hid her disappointment. Eventually, she would breach that mark with some more training.


    Since she had seen the improvement in her casual strike, it was now time for her to test her attack improvement on her previous most powerful offensive skill.


    Time flew by.


    Georgia''s new derived skill gave her an absolute boost in her power. It broke through thete Tao Seed barrier like an arrow and even went higher than that.


    Since all fifty virtual portals had already gotten booked, Georgia had nothing left to do and buy in the store after testing her attack power. She left the store, and after exiting it, she teleported directly to the royal pce of the Bisan Kingdom since the coronation ceremony was one of the reasons for hering here.


    Inside the store, Aakesh was exining the products to one of the customers. He had requested the system to add the details of the products in the mind of newer customers, so he doesn''t have to repeat the same thing to a new customer every time they entered the store.


    The system had bluntly refused in response. It also told Aakesh that it was one of the duties of the store owner, and he would have to deal with it no matter how much time passed.


    After getting a straight refusal from the system, Aakesh had no choice but to repeat the same thing to every customer that arrived in the store for the first time.


    Eris taking lessons from thest two days, arrived early and became one of the first fifty members to enter Panagea.


    He was currently a Level 4 adventurer who hadn''t faced a single death until now.


    Today he may have faced his death by mistake when a Level 10 Wolf invaded one of the dangerous areas he was trying to clear. Fortunately for him, he had the map of the entire territory, so he was able to run without falling into any other danger zone.


    He had gotten into this situation mistakenly, and he also got out of this without knowing. He was running while the wolf chased him continuously.


    While running, Eris came across a high-level settlement, but he couldn''t do anything about it since if he took the wolf to the area, the inhabitants would take it as a challenge.


    The settlement Eris came across was a rare one. It belonged to one of the top races of the Primal dimension, Aisads.


    The settlement was a rare one because the Aisads not only believed the settlement to be their territory, they also took several miles of the area around it as part of their territory.


    So, when Eris entered that supposed controllednd, the wolf followed him.


    The moment the wolf touched thend, it disintegrated out of nowhere. Eris, seeing the sudden situation, couldn''t help but feel horror.


    He had no idea why did it happen? ording to the map, the closest was a high-level settlement of Aisads, and he had no ns to enter that area at all.


    He subconsciously became cautious despite knowing that someone who could disintegrate a Level 10 wolf could also kill him when he was only a Level four. He then looked around him in all directions to see whether the being would reveal itself.


    Suddenly, an invisible pressure arrived and pushed him a few meters back. Before Eris could understand what had happened, an unfamiliar voice filled with disdain appeared inside his head.


    "Since you''re the ruler of thend, you can leave. If you dare to enter our territory again, you would have the same result as that lowly wolf."


    Eris could feel the disdain, and he couldn''t help but get angry, but the next moment, he calmed himself down.


    Eris felt as if someone had put a mountain on his back, and the mountain began bing heavy the more he stood, so he didn''t wait a second. He took a deep breath and turned around to leave right away.


    He then began searching for other weak areas to clear since it was the only way to level up for him for now. Eris needed rtions with the settlements in order to get a quest, but the two low-level settlements he hade across, had refused to cooperate with him since they believed Eris would take back theirnd if he grew stronger than them.


    Time flew by, and hours passed. The first group of Panagea customers had already left, and currently, the second group was doing their tasks in Panagea.


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair since there were no new customers at the time when he suddenly got an alert from the system.


    [Host, someone is trying to break the restriction of teleportation inside the store.]


    Before Aakesh could respond, another system alert rang inside his head.


    [Host, the threat''s body has died, and his soul has been taken as a prisoner.]


    The system notified Aakesh of the killing of the man.


    Aakesh had no interest in even checking the details of the man. In response to the man''s futile effort, he only shook his head in disappointment.


    He had expected it to happen since how can there only be customers who willingly pay for the products and buy them.. Simrly, Greed would emerge in many hearts, and those who couldn''t control it would face the same result as the man.

 Chapter 235 - Announcement(1)

    Chapter 235: Announcement(1)


    Aakesh didn''t care much about the death of the intruder, while none in the store found out anything, so the day continued as it was a moment before.


    While Aakesh was rxing in his store, the Bisan Kingdom was going through one of its major events, the ceremony of the third king in the Bisan dynasty.


    Citizens from all over the Kingdom arrived in huge numbers to watch the ceremony.


    Even the king of the Chivelle Kingdom and other royal family members have arrived for this ceremony. Even for Punta''s ceremony, none of his rtives, except his father, who had graced his presence at the coronation ceremony, and that too he only privately met him to congratte him.


    This time, the ceremony was special because it was Brinda who was going to be the king. What made Brinda special was the tower she had won in the event.


    The tower had the ability to create a top organization, not only in Visteerna but also in the Primal dimension. Its ability to allow battles ranging from the first stage of cultivation to the Immortal stage without the fear of death made it one of the sought out artifacts for every organization.


    Punta''s father, the king of the Chivelle Kingdom, loved Punta unconditionally, but the same isn''t the case for Punta''s grandchildren.


    When Punta had brought Brinda to meet him, he had secretly tried to take the tower away from Brinda, but unfortunately for him, Brinda had gotten the tower from the store, and she had already bonded with it. Now, it doesn''t matter whether she lives or dies; only she would be able to control the tower.


    The Chivelle Kingdom wanted to impress Brinda to such an extent that everything required for the new royal pce was paid from their treasury. They even hired the best of the Earthern Trolls, so that the building could be prepared in a single day, and everyone could see the new royal pce on the coronation day.


    The royal pce, which was covered in red marbles from top to bottom, had a new look today.


    The royal pce that covered miles before was now not even one-fourth of what it used to be.


    Instead of the wide pce, Brinda had decided to make the royal pce in the form of a tower with only three floors.


    The lower floor contained the assembly where the king and ministers would meet. The second floor contained the living area for the king, while the top floor was without a roof. A space array was used to expand the space of the top floor. It would act as the personal garden and herb garden for the king.


    Despite the previous royal pce''s crumbling condition, the marbles were not discarded. They were used to build vis for people belonging to the royal family, some distance away from the royal pce.


    Between the royal pce and the location of the royal family''s vis, there was an empty space. It would be used for the tower, and it would also be the tallest building of the Bisan Kingdom from today on.


    Time flew by.


    The time scheduled for the coronation ceremony neared, but Brinda still didn''t appear on the stage solely prepared for her. She was still waiting for her grandfather since he was the previous king, and in the ceremony, thest king would crown the new king and announce it to the citizen of the Kingdom.


    While Brinda nervously waited for Punta toe, some other princes and princesses had ugly faces on the inside and smiling faces on the outside. A few of the princes had even taken the lead and supported Brinda for the throne right after Punta announced to the family.


    When only a few minutes were left before the coronation scheduled time, Brinda suddenly felt a new memory emerging inside her head.


    It was the memory Punta had prepared for her. ording to the memory, he exined to her some of the duties of a king, some of the dos and don''ts, and also asked her not to run after him since he had left everything behind, and he would never return to the Kingdom.


    Brinda''s eyes began turning moist, seeing the memory. Her sister came forward and asked with concern, seeing Brinda cry.


    Time flew by. The time for the coronation ceremony finally arrived.


    The citizen eagerly looked at the center stage for their king to arrive. One second passed, two seconds passed, just like that fifteen seconds passed past the schedule.


    When the thirtieth second arrived, Brinda suddenly appeared on the stage with the crown already on her head, making the citizens shocked.


    Before the citizen couldprehend what had happened, Brinda began introducing herself to the entire Kingdom. She thanked her father, grandfather, and ancestors. She then took the vow every king should take, and finally, the ceremony came to an end.


    In the end, she activated one of the skills the badge gave her. The next moment a majestic pressure arrived on each citizen across the area, making them kneel, while Brinda expressionlessly looked at everything. The pressure didn''t suffocate anyone. It only made them feel the majesty of the king.


    Three secondster, she deactivated the pressure, and all the citizens could finally stand up.


    "All hail King Brinda!"


    "All hail King Brinda!"


    "All hail King Brinda!"


    "All hail King Brinda!"


    No one knew who raised the first shout, but like a viral infection, every citizen started shouting and pping for the new king. Brinda didn''t stop anybody since she also liked the reverence from some of the citizens.


    She suddenly had the urge to check the thoughts of a few of the pping citizens, so she activated the skill, Pseudo Mind-Reading, and nced at the citizens she wanted to hear thoughts.


    "What a beautiful king! I hope I can marry her and have some children," One of the men yelling and pping thought. Brinda could only smile wryly, hearing it. She couldn''t kill someone for having intimate thoughts as it would be detrimental to her rule.


    She then nced at another man and listened to his thoughts.


    "I hope she isn''t like her father and do something for the Kingdom, not only for herself," The man thought since Pinto had a very bad image in the hearts of citizens.


    Brinda listened to many thoughts.. Some thought positively, some thought negatively, and some of the citizens had intimate thoughts about her.

 Chapter 236 - Announcement(End)

    Chapter 236: Announcement(End)


    Even after the coronation ceremony ended, Brinda still didn''t leave the stage. She raised her hands, and every citizen in the crowd stopped shouting and pping.


    The crowd then curiously looked at their new king to see the reason behind her stopping them since the new king usually liked to leave the stage amidst the cheers and ppings.


    Brinda didn''t let them wait and extended her hands. There was nothing in her hands, but the next moment, a tiny tower emerged out of nowhere.


    The crowd began cheering again since they knew about the tower. After Brinda had won it, the royal family had announced the winning to all the citizens of the Bisan Kingdom to make them respect the royals even more.


    Brinda ignored the crowd''s reaction, turned around, and gracefully stepped down the stairs of the stage. The crowd followed her every movement.


    After stepping down the stage, Brinda went to the empty space between the new royal pce and the royal family''s vis. After reaching, she bent down and put the tower on the ground.


    "It would be your location from now on," She muttered to the tower.


    As if the tower understood her words, the next moment, thend started shaking, and the tower began returning to its original shape. At one point, it even looked like the tower would devour thend of the new royal pce, but no such thing happened. It stayed in the empty ce prepared for it. It didn''t cover even an extra mm ofnd.


    A few secondster, a forty-four stories tower appeared in front of everybody. The majority of the crowd couldn''t even cover the entirety of it in their eyes. Even looking, half of the tower strained their necks.


    "You would be the base on which my Kingdom would grow," Shemented as she gently stroked the tower.


    The tower also had a conscious spirit, but it wasn''t as powerful as the badge.


    She then turned around and returned to the stage. Having no idea what the king was going to do, the crowd got surprised. They looked at her curiously to learn the reason behind her return to the stage.


    "From today, this tower would be my gift to the citizens¡­,"


    "...battle in the tower," announced Brinda.


    In her announcement, she had announced that the tower would be open all the time, irrespective of the day or night, and for all beings, irrespective of their level, race, or affiliation. Brinda wanted to make cordial rtions with different powerhouses using the tower.


    Since there were stones required for the battle in the tower and Brinda also wanted to fill her treasury, she had created prices with keeping the races in her mind.


    She had chosen five races. They were the Elves, Humans, Wyrms, Moya, and Ida.


    For cultivators below Nascent Soul, 100 ordinary Primal stones were required to begin the battle. Brinda would take 110 ordinary Primal stones for the Human race, simrly, 120 for Elves, 130 for Ida, 140 for Moya, and 150 for Wyrms.


    For cultivators below or equal to Void Forging, 100 top Primal stones were required to begin the battle. Brinda would take 110 top Primal stones for the Human race, simrly, 120 for Elves, 130 for Ida, 140 for Moya, and 150 for Wyrms.


    The case for cultivators between Tao Seed and Tao Manifestation was simr, and only the grade of stones required for them was superior.


    For the Immortal cultivators, Brinda would charge 11 supreme Primal stones for Human, 12 for Elves, 13 for Ida, 14 for Moya, 15 for Wyrms.


    Only Brinda knew how much profit she would make from it since Aakesh had only told her about the prices required for activation, and she had only told Punta, who had already disappeared somewhere.


    For being the king of a low-level Kingdom like the Bisan Kingdom, even a supreme Primal stone was legendary for Brinda; but now, due to the tower, she would earn supreme Primal stones without any hard work and effort.


    The announcement about the tower brought a look of shock and excitement to the faces of the citizens.


    She had made the tower open for everyone, not only in the Bisan Kingdom but also anyone who wanted to enter it. She didn''t even talk with the other members of the royal family, ministers, or the Chivelle Kingdom about this before announcing it to the public.


    As well as creating strong soldiers, the tower can also bring huge sums of money into the Bisan Kingdom''s treasury. The other royal members, ministers, and the royal family of the Chivelle Kingdom knew it, but they didn''t suggest it because they were afraid of offending Aakesh. They had no desire to face his wrath if he was not happy with the fact that some gift they had given is being used to make money when he operates a store himself.


    Brinda also knew it, but she didn''t worry about it. She didn''t know what and who Aakesh was, but she knew one thing, he didn''t care what others did or felt. He had a feeling of indifference toward anything other than his store. She was confident that Aakesh wouldn''t mind what Brinda would do with the tower.


    She stopped for a moment to let everyone understand the magnitude of her announcement, and a few secondster, she added, "Those who join my royal guards would get a free monthly entry to the tower."


    How can she not use the tower to lure the loyalty of some powerhouses toward her? Since she had the badge, she wouldn''t need to be afraid of betrayal.


    The king of Chivelled Kingdom understood what Brinda was implying with this announcement, but he could only smile wryly since there was nothing he could do.


    Time flew by. The sun was only a few hours away from setting and bringing the day to an end.


    The coronation ceremony, which should''ve ended hours before, continued due to the sudden announcement of Brinda. It finally came to an end, and Brinda left the stage amidst the cheers and ppings of the crowd.


    The cheering of the citizens was so loud that it even overshadowed the sound of drums.


    Brinda hadn''t done anything physical today, but she had never felt more tired, so she didn''t converse with anyone in her way and directly went to her new royal pce.

 Chapter 237 - Quest Completion

    Chapter 237: Quest Completion


    The coronation ceremony had alreadye to an end, but there was still a few hours left before the store would close for the day.


    The stay of six hours for the second group of customers had ended just a moment earlier, so all the customers wereing out, while the fifty customers belonging to the third group were prepared to enter right after the portal room became empty.


    The store wasn''t receiving any new customers at the moment, so Aakesh wasfortably rxing on his chair. Although he heard footsteps entering the store, he ignored them since the store wasn''t in the same condition as before. Customers would enter and leave the store all the time.


    A few secondster, a group of people approached him. Aakesh looked at them and noticed two familiar figures in the group of four.


    It was the group of four Hygars who had entered the store. They had disguised themselves as humans since they didn''t want to be the center of attention. Aakesh recognized Xayaati and Xayito, the pair of mother and son. The other two Hygars in the group were male Hygars.


    "Senior, he''s my husband Xator, and he''s my eldest son, Xorta," Xayaati directly introduced her husband and the other son to Aakesh.


    (A/N: I had identally used the word daughter in ce of son in their introduction. I have already edited the mistake. Sorry for troubling you!)


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her introduction, while the other two members in the group frowned, seeing Xayaati telling their name to the store owner.


    Xorta, the eldest son, wanted to say something, but before he could, a re from his mother stopped him.


    Xator had a character that went against the majority of the Hygars. He wanted to live aid-back life. Only due to his bloodline he reached the peak of Immortality, or he wouldn''t have even wanted to cultivate.


    Two days ago, his son ran out of their house, and when Xayaati returned with him, he had an additional head and also had grown inbat. She then informed them about the Gods & Demons level training area. He didn''t think much since he had no interest in cultivation, but his other son loved nothing more thanbat, the exact opposite of him.


    Xayaati, seeing so much interest in her eldest son for the training, decided to bring him here and have him go through the Gods & Demons level training. But the problem arose when she decided to bring Xator with her.


    Xator tried to use the point of him already reaching the peak of the Primal dimension, but in response, his wife challenged him to a battle. As expected, he faced the worst defeat of his life after she went easy against him. Having lost, he had no choice but to ept his wife''s decision and follow her to the store.


    Acting to his character, when they arrived at the store, he remained behind while his wife took the lead.


    "Senior, two supreme cards for them," Xayaati respectfully said.


    She and her youngest son already had a supreme card and could teleport directly to the store, but Xator and Xorta didn''t have it, so they first teleported at the door and only then entered the store. As for trying to teleport inside the store, she didn''t dare to allow her eldest son.


    The next moment, two supreme Primal stones disappeared from her supreme card and appeared in the hands of Aakesh.


    Aakesh repeated the process required for the supreme card, and a few momentster, he handed the cards to Xorta and Xator, respectively.


    "Senior, Gods & Demons level training area for my husband in Immortal grade weapon, and for my son in Overlord grade weapon," Xayaati respectfully told Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded in response, and the next moment, one trillion supreme Primal stones for Xator and one million supreme Primal stones for Xorta disappeared from Xayaati''s supreme card.


    After Aakesh got the alert from the system about the sessful payment, he gestured the pair of father and son to enter the weapons room and also told them about what to do to enter the training area.


    In an instant, Xorta ran to the weapons room while Xator nced at his wife. Xayaati, in response, smiled and told him to enjoy the training. Xator scoffed and left for the weapons room.


    "Senior, is there an empty space for us in the other world, Panagea?" Xayaati respectfully asked.


    When she hade here thest time, there was no ce left for her and her son to enter Panagea. Due to that reason, she had paid so much money for the training area, but now that it had worked and she had benefited immensely from it, interest for Panagea had grown in her heart. She wanted to see the benefits of that world.


    "No, you need to arrive at the opening time of the store if you want a spot," Aakesh expressionlessly told her.


    "When will the store open tomorrow, senior?" She asked since she knew nothing about it, and she believed that an expert like Aakesh opened the store any time he wanted.


    "The store opens every morning right after the sunrise," Aakesh answered.


    "Okay, we''ll arrive early tomorrow in the morning."


    Xayaati was surprised at first because she never expected someone like Aakesh to follow a schedule, but after a moment, she returned to her usual self and answered.


    Time flew by, and the remaining hours of the store day passed.


    The darkness arrived and engulfed the light, bringing the augment of the night and end of the day.


    The customers who were in Panagea got forced out by the system, and then they began leaving one by one. A few secondster, only Aakesh remained in the store.


    He went to the door and closed it, bringing another fruitful day for the store to an end.


    Right after he closed the door, the mechanical voice of the system rang inside the store, informing Aakesh about the end of the quest.


    [Ding!]


    [Congrattions, Host, you''ve sessfullypleted the quest: Add more virtual portals.]


    [The mission reward: 100 more virtual portals; has been sessfully rewarded.]


    [Host, please check the portal room for your rewards.]


    After hearing the alerts, Aakesh went to the portal room. He only took a nce and noticed the number of virtual portals in the room had grown.. He then entered the nearest portal and disappeared from the store.

 Chapter 238 - New Quest

    Chapter 238: New Quest


    After the system stopped its notifications, Aakesh decided to enter Panagea since he had already nned for what he wanted to do today.


    He had only taken a step forward when suddenly the system''s voice again rang inside the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting yourst mission objective! Please see the quest screen for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing all the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh decided to check the quest first and then enter Panagea since it would only take a few moments of his time. He then focused on the quest screen and read it.


    [Mission objective: Add the number of virtual portals,


    Requirement: As a result of the three-day event, the Panagea had be increasingly popr throughout the Bisan Kingdom and some parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours of the opening of the store, all the slots get taken for the day. There has been an addition of 100 more virtual portals, but to ensure such kind of craze of Panagea continues and even more customers join it; the store owner needs to have 2000 hours of entry time every day into Panagea for seven days straight,


    Mission reward: 1000 new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: None.]


    Aakesh nodded after reading the quest. The details were the same, but the reward and difficulty had grown several times.


    Earlier, he only needed to have 700 hours entry time into Panagea for three days straight toplete the quest, but now the number had grown by almost three times, making it 2000 hours, and that too for seven days straight.


    Aakesh didn''t worry much about the difficulty since he already had enough customers to fill all the virtual hours for the day. He then waved his hands and the quest screen disappeared. Since he had nothing more to do, he went to the portal room.


    At first nce, he noticed there was an increase in the number of virtual portals, but he didn''t care much since he only needed one. He went to the nearest portal and extended his hands.


    The next moment, a suction force that even Immortals couldn''t challenge appeared and sucked him in. He disappeared from the store and reappeared on the same spot he had exited in Panagea yesterday.


    He didn''t check his energy since he had no n to use his ss watcher today. He had exited from the market yesterday, so he was currently in the market and was traveling in a familiar direction.


    The town of Wolfden still hadn''t regained its previous buzz, but it was slowly returning to its past atmosphere. The streets weren''t as empty as they were yesterday; more people were shopping in the market.


    A few minutester, Aakesh stopped in his steps since he had reached his destination. He was standing in front of a weapon shop. He stepped forward and entered the store.


    "Wee-"


    The manager was going to wee the being who entered his store since it was his first customer in days, but he stopped midway as he recognized the identity of the being who entered the store.


    A fawning expression appeared on his face as he stood up from his chair. "What weapon do you want to upgrade this time, adventurer?" The manager asked with a hint of excitement and respect in his voice.


    Thest time Aakesh hade to his store, he had earned profits in millions, so how can he not get to the point right away. After all, who doesn''t love more money?


    "I would upgrade ten weapons to the peak of Rare grade, with each weapon costing two million low soul stones," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Aakesh already had 100,000 low soul stones on him, so he could buy anything from the weapon store and buy some extra material to upgrade it himself, but he wanted lots of money to buy some offensive skills. If he couldn''t increase his level quickly, he would elevate his inventory of skills and then fight the wolf king.


    The manager''s jaw almost dropped to the ground, hearing Aakesh. He expected Aakesh to upgrade one or two weapons and take the same price of a million low soul stones, but the situation waspletely different from his expectations.


    Aakesh wanted to upgrade ten weapons and wanted two million for each, which meant he needed to pay twenty million low soul stones if he wanted to make the trade. The next moment, the manager fell into a difficult situation since he didn''t have that kind of money in his hands.


    Even after selling the bow, he had only made a profit of less than two million, and he only had one more million low soul stones on him, making him only have a fund of around three million low soul stones.


    The manager then took a nce at Aakesh and wanted to say something, but no words came out of his mouth. After making deals with Aakesh twice, he knew that Aakesh wouldn''t budge from what price he said, so the manager only had two choices, either he could ept the trade or refuse it, and Aakesh would make that deal with some other store.


    Aakesh didn''t have the time to waste, so he added, "I don''t have much time. Do you want a deal or not?"


    Aakesh came here only because he was acting like a loyal customer. There were a few shops that had better business than this store.


    "Please wait for a moment, adventurer. I''lle right away."


    A hurried and nervous expression appeared on the manager''s face as he exited the store and rushed somewhere.


    Aakesh only had to wait for a few seconds when the manager came back with a relieved expression on his face. "Let''s make a deal, adventurer," The manager smilingly said. He then asked Aakesh to choose weapons from the store he wanted to upgrade.


    A few momentster, Aakesh selected eleven weapons. A surprised expression appeared on the manager''s face, but before he could ask anything, Aakesh paid him the price of the extra sword.


    He then asked for some expensive upgrade materials and spent around a million low soul stones on it. The manager wanted to do Aakesh a favor and let him have the upgrade materials for his personal weapon for free, but Aakesh refused.. He didn''t like owing favors, and he already had one favor to pay.

 Chapter 239 - Skills

    Chapter 239: Skills


    Aakesh exited the store and then proceeded in the direction of the skill shop operated by the Town head''s family.


    He carried a sword covered in a sheath on his back, while a pouch could be seen dangling on his waist. The pouch had more than 19 million low soul stones in it, while the sword that he carried was a peak rare grade weapon, and it could even threaten beings above Level 50.


    After traveling for a few minutes, Aakesh reached the store. Like thest time, the manager of the store himself came to wee him.


    "What kind of skills do you need, adventurer?" The manager respectfully asked.


    "Element skills," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Adventurer, only beings above Level 25 can buy element skills."


    For a second, the manager frowned since he had told Aakesh thest time that the element skills were only avable for beings above Level 25. But the next moment, he masked it since he didn''t want to offend the adventurer and respectfully repeated the same information.


    "I know," Aakesh expressionlessly responded and leaked a hint of his energy.


    The manager himself was a level 30 being, but when Aakesh leaked just a little bit of his energy, the manager felt as if he was standing naked in absolute zero. The energy felt so cold and chilly to him that he felt that if Aakesh wanted to kill him, he wouldn''t even get the chance to fight back.


    It took a few seconds for the manager to calm down. It was too shocking for him to believe. It had only been around a week when Aakesh hade into the store. At that time, he was only a Level 1 being, but now he had surpassed him, a Level 30 being.


    He masked the shock, and a smile appeared on his face as he respectfully asked Aakesh to wait and he would bring skills and spells.


    Aakesh nodded, and the manager left. A few secondster, the manager returned with two men following him. They had several scrolls in their hands.


    "Adventurer, would you like a specific element skill?" The manager respectfully asked. In a hurry to hide his shock, he had forgotten to ask it before leaving. He had now brought all the element skills he had in the store for Aakesh to see.


    "Any element would do," Aakesh responded and gestured to the two men to put the scrolls on the table. He would himself check all the skills.


    If it were the manager''s first meeting with Aakesh, he would''ve surely gotten shocked after hearing Aakesh could use skills of all elements, but after seeing him rising from Level 1 to more than Level 30, it didn''t feel much.


    In Panagea, when the beings reach Level 25, they would be able to manipte basic elements. Each being had mastery in different kinds of elements. Some could only manipte earth, some could only manipte fire, while some could manipte all five primary elements.


    There were also beings like Aakesh, who had no restriction when it came to any kind of element. Even when the Emperors were alive, and the Panagea was at its peak, there were less than 100 beings who could do this. But since the Town of Wolfden was one of the lowest level areas, they did not have much knowledge regarding this.


    When Aakesh had asked the system about the reason behind him being able to not face any restrictions when ites to any element, the system had told him that it was due to his bloodline. When he asked more, the system had refused to tell him since he didn''t have that much authority. So, Aakesh could only ept the answer andplete quests to gain authority.


    After the men put the scrolls on the table, Aakesh started checking each skill. He wanted skills that could help him win the battle against the wolf king, so whenever he read the details of the skill, he would then use his unlimited intelligence to create several scenarios of battles at the same time and then the use of the skill.


    If the skill made a difference, he would put that skill on his left, and if it didn''t, he would put it on his right.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed.


    There were around twenty skills on his left, while all the other skills and spells he didn''t like were on his right.


    Since he had only 19 million on his hands, he couldn''t buy all the twenty skills he wanted. For that, he would need a few hundreds of millions of low soul stones.


    He then separated those twenty skills into the three most important skills. Out of the three, the lowest cost 13 million low soul stones, while the most expensive cost 18.3 million low soul stones.


    After thinking for a few seconds, Aakesh decided to buy the most expensive one. It was a skill named SandPort. The name of the skill was horrible, to say the least, but Aakesh didn''t care much about these things.


    The skill, SandPort, was both movement and obstruction-based skill. It allowed the owner to convert a radius of 100 meters around them into a desert.


    In that 100 meters radius, the owner of the skill could move to any point instantly, making it almost like a teleport.


    The skill wasn''t upgradeable, but Aakesh still bought it because it was a deadly skill in these areas.


    The wolf king had an advantage in speed when it came to these areas. The desert would not only obstruct the movement of the wolf king, but it would also give a free hand to Aakesh.


    Since Aakesh had still a few hundreds of thousands of low soul stones left, he asked for a cheap sword skill. He already had several copied sword skills, but they weren''t his, and they had limited use, so Aakesh thought it would be better to have an offensive skill in his arsenal.


    Since the amount Aakesh had wasn''t considered a good amount to buy strong skills, he bought a basic sword skill that allowed him to create a simple aura of sharpness around the sword.


    The sword Aakesh had was already sharp enough to threaten even beings above Level 50, so if Aakesh used this skill at the right time, he could even sever the head of the wolf king.

 Chapter 240 - Quest

    Chapter 240: Quest


    Aakesh left the skill store after buying the skills. He then asked the system about the time left for the sun to rise in Visteerna.


    Hearing that there was still an hour left, Aakesh decided to do something here rather than exit Panagea.


    He now had three choices. He could activate the skill, Universal-Eye, and Fortune-eye and hope for something quick. He could also look for a simple quest from the town of Wolfden, or he could either try his skill on some beasts and have a killing spree.


    After thinking for a moment, Aakesh decided to go with the second option. He would look for a quest, and then he would try toplete it in an hour.


    When Aakesh made his decision, he didn''t wait for a second and headed for the house of the Townhead. He could get quests from others, but the Townhead would give him tough missions with high rewards. Aakesh wanted big gains and also some increase in his level.


    A few minutester, Aakesh reached the home of the Townhead. Around ten guards were standing around the house and guarding it. They were ready to face any problem that may arrive.


    Aakesh noticed that even the weakest of the ten guards had reached Level 30, while the guard with the highest level was higher than Aakesh.


    When Aakesh was only a few steps away from the door, the guard told him to stop. His privilege of being an adventurer didn''t work here, and he had to answer the purpose behind himing here.


    After learning that Aakesh was here to take the quests, their expression turned respectful, and they allowed him to enter.


    "Wee, adventurer!"


    Right after Aakesh entered, he heard a familiar voice weing him. He looked at the owner and found it was the Townhead. He had seen Townhead in the auction, so he recognized the man in front of him.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to the Townhead''s wee. Then he exined his intentions and requested only quests that would give him at least an increase of a few levels.


    After hearing Aakesh''s request, the smile on the Townhead''s face turned wider. Many quests gave level increases of more than two or three levels, but they were also dangerous, so the Townhead only allowed people to take them when it became necessary toplete them. He was unable to clear them personally as the quests were only for those below Level 50.


    When Aakesh arrived, the Townhead had felt that now the baggage of so many quests would get lighter since the adventurers were the chosen child of the world and had the ability to revive, no matter the circumstances.


    Aakesh finally arrived today toplete those quests; how can the Townhead not get happy?


    The Townhead then asked Aakesh to follow him and took him to the ce where the scrolls for the quests were ced.


    Several momentster, Aakesh was in a room full of counters, and the counters full of scrolls. The Townhead then pointed at the shelf that only had missions rewarding increase of at least two levels.


    Aakesh nodded and then left in the direction of the shelf pointed by the Townhead. He then grabbed one of the scrolls, but when he tried to unroll it, a blue window containing the details written in the scroll appeared in front of him.


    [Brave Adventurer, the merchant group, needs your help!


    The merchants who travel from Wolfden to the city and bring the necessary supplies back to Wolfden are facing a number of difficulties while traveling due to the silver wolves. Due to that, the prices of the products are rising, and the merchant groups are facing losses.


    Adventurer, for the mission, you need to guard the caravan when it crosses from town to city and then in the return journey.


    If you sessfully guard the caravan without any trouble, the increase of six levels would be your reward!]


    After reading the details, Aakesh put down the scroll right away. Even though an increase of six levels was a huge reward, Aakesh didn''t like it since the mission was time consuming. It took around two days to travel to the city, and Aakesh didn''t have that amount of time to spend it on a mission.


    After putting it down, Aakesh picked up another scroll. Simrly, like thest time when he tried to unroll it, a new window containing the details of the mission appeared in front of him.


    Time flew by, and ten minutes passed. Aakesh had read several mission scrolls in the past ten minutes, but he didn''t find a single quest that wasn''t time consuming and rewarded an increase of a few levels.


    Another five minutes passed, and Aakesh finally found a mission that didn''t take hours and days, and it also rewarded him an increase of three levels.


    After reading the details of the quest, Aakesh didn''t know what to say. It was a quest created due to his ughter of the radicals.


    The world of Panagea(the system) had created a protection circle around low-level towns. Anyone above the Level 50 couldn''t enter the area. If anyone forcefully tried to break the protection, then the being could only die since the Panagea would erase the soul of the being. Even the Emperors weren''t above the will of Panagea; they were only equal to it. Anyone below them, even a Level 1000 creature, was like ants in front of the will of Panagea.


    So, when the higher-level followers of the religion of Volgoxas found out about the ughter, they hired the guild, Netherstorm, to destroy the town since it was the first time the radicals had failed in sacrificing a town. They also didn''t send more low-level followers because it would be an insult to their god Volgoxas if they failed again.


    The Netherstorm guild sent several Level 40s and a Level 50 toplete the mission.


    ording to the quest Aakesh read, he needed to handle every Level 40, and the Townhead would fight the Level 50 sent by the guild.


    Seeing the difficulty of the mission, the reward of only an increase of three levels seemed less, but since the mission was for beings around Level 40, the gain became good.


    Since gaining three more levels would make him Level 35, and his chances of failing to kill the wolf king would further diminish, Aakesh decided to take the quest.

 Chapter 241 - Evolution Herb

    Chapter 241: Evolution Herb


    After deciding to take the quest, Aakesh turned around and went to Mark(The name of the Townhead), who was talking to some stranger.


    After seeing Aakeshing toward him, Mark ordered the man to leave and waited for Aakesh.


    "I will do this quest," Aakesh expressionlessly told Mark and handed him the mission scroll.


    The Mark nodded and took the mission scroll. The next moment, a shocked expression appeared on his face when he read the contents of the mission.


    Since Aakesh didn''t even leak a little bit of his energy, Mark didn''t know what level Aakesh was at? So, when he read that Aakesh epted the quest where he needed to kill several beings around Level 40, it took a while for him to believe it.


    "Are you sure you want to do this mission?" Mark asked after calming down.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded.


    "Since you''re confident, you can do the quest," Mark responded after seeing Aakesh showing no signs of fear.


    The moment Mark epted Aakesh as the inheritor of the quest, a new blue screen appeared in front of him.


    [Brave Adventurer, the town of Wolfden, needs your help!


    Adventurer, your actions of saving Wolfden by killing all the radicals had brought another danger to Wolfden. The guild Netherstorm has sent one Level 50, two Level 43, seven Level 41, and ten Level 40 to kill everyst citizen and destroy the town.


    Join the Townhead and hunt everyst of them before they can bring harm to this town.


    If you sessfully save the town, your reward would be an increase of three levels. May you be victorious!***]


    It was the same contents Aakesh had read before, but suddenly his eyes caught three stars shining at the end of the detail. It was new, so Aakesh thought of what it was, and the next moment, a new blue screen appeared in front of him.


    [Adventurer, if you kill the Level 50 leader, you would be eligible for the bonus reward of two more levels.]


    Aakesh''s eyes shined, seeing the details on the new blue screen. It was a surprise for him. If he were to seed inpleting the quest while also killing the leader, he would gain a boost of five levels.


    An increment of five levels would make him a Level 37 being. If Aakesh reached that level, he was confident of killing the wolf king without even a sweat.


    While Aakesh looked at the invisible air, Mark didn''t disturb him since he knew about the quest screen.


    Mark had no idea about the bonus reward. In the event he knew, he wouldn''t let Aakesh kill the leader. The system of Panagea was fair, so for every action, there was a reaction.


    By killing the Level 50 leader, Mark would not only save Wolfden, but he would also receive a reward, as it was also a quest for him. His reward for killing the leader was an evolution herb that would give him a 25% chance to evolve to an Epic lifeform.


    If he were to evolve to an Epic lifeform, he would''ve to leave Wolfden since the protection field around the town would throw him out. But for him, the town held no value inparison to evolving. It was also the reason he epted the quest and was willing to fight a Level 50 opponent.


    After reading the details of the quest, Aakesh thought of the screens disappearing, and the next moment, both the screens disappeared.


    It wasn''t the end as immediately after, a new blue window appeared in front of him. Soon, the map of Wolfden and the area around it appeared on the map.


    Around thirty yojanas (240 miles) away from the town, there were twenty red dots on the map. Aakesh knew these were the guild members of the Netherstorm guild, and the darkest red dot denoted the Level 50 leader.


    The next moment, right above the blue window, a countdown timer appeared. It was a simple timer, and it only showed six days.


    It meant the group would attack Wolfden in six days.


    The map has also appeared in front of Mark. He couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief, seeing there were still six days left before they would attack.


    Mark knew they would first try to find out the situations around the town as the killing of the group of radicals was unheard of, so they must have thought of only initiating the mission after having all the information.


    Since Mark still had six days left, he could better prepare for the battle that was toe. He couldn''t miss the evolution herb at any cost.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, had a different idea. He wanted to hunt them right away so that when he faced the wolf king tomorrow, its chances of surviving the battle would get almost zero.


    "Let''s leave!"


    "Let''s prepare for-"


    Both Aakesh and Mark spoke simultaneously. Hearing Aakesh, Mark''s words came to a sudden halt.


    "You want to leave right now?" Mark asked in shock as he thought he had heard wrong.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and responded, "I don''t have much time. Let''s end this nuisance today."


    Mark looked at Aakesh in more shock. He was going to respond, but he suddenly noticed that Aakesh had no interest in his response, and he had already turned around to leave.


    "Just, what level are you?" Mark asked with a hint of anger and shock.


    "You don''t need to know," Aakesh expressionlessly responded and stepped forward to leave the house.


    If it were before Aakesh knew about the bonus reward, Aakesh would''ve tried to listen to Mark, but now that he could gain an increase of two more levels if he killed the leader, how could he care for Mark?


    As for the issue of the leader being a Level 50, Aakesh didn''t care. If he was confident of killing the wolf king without even the increase of five levels, he didn''t think a human was worth anything.


    Mark, seeing Aakesh, not caring what he had to say and leaving, had no idea what to say. Noticing Aakesh had almost reached the door, he had no choice but to follow him.


    The system had designed the quest for only two people, so Mark couldn''t ask any of his guards to follow him to the battle.


    Aakesh asked the system for the time, and it was still more than thirty minutes left for the sun to rise in Visteerna.

 Chapter 242 - Killing(1)

    Chapter 242: Killing(1)


    "Hey, system, If I were not to take the quest, would the town has gotten destroyed six dayster?" Aakesh asked the system as he was rushing to the location shown on the virtual map in front of him. Mark was ahead of him.


    Aakesh asked the question because he was curious to know whether the timer activated after he epted the quest or if it was always going to be like this.


    [Host, the world of Panagea has the same rules as the Multiverse. So even if you didn''t take the quest, the town would''ve gotten attacked by the Netherstorm guild, and the Townhead would have been left to fight it with the help of his guards and other strongmen in Wolfden.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice.


    "Then, why didn''t the Townhead suggest me the quest in the first ce?" Aakesh asked as he didn''t see any kind of rush on Mark''s face even though there were only six days left before the attack.


    [Host, the inhabitants of Panagea have their own free will. Unless there are important quests rted to the adventurers, the system wouldn''t override their wills.]


    Aakesh didn''t ask anything after that and fell silent.


    It took him twenty minutes to reach the destination, even at his maximum speed, since he had to cover a distance of thirty yojanas.


    They didn''t directly rush at the camp and stopped a few miles before the location so that the Level 50 leader couldn''t sense their arrival right away.


    "Do you have any ns?" Mark turned around and asked Aakesh.


    "No! You don''t need ns to defeat those who are weaker than you," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Mark couldn''t help but turn dumbfounded after hearing Aakesh. "How arrogant!" He thought in his head but didn''t dare utter it aloud. Mark believed that if Aakesh did not fear fighting against a group with Level 50 as the leader, then he must not be afraid of him either.


    Aakesh had no idea what Mark was thinking. Even if he did, he wouldn''t have cared.


    "You take the fight with the leader. I will handle others," Aakesh added with a hint ofmand in his voice.


    Mark couldn''t help but take a nce at Aakesh, seeing the sudden change in his tone.


    Aakesh didn''t care what Mark was thinking and activated the skill Universal-Eye. The next moment, a virtual projection of 8 yojanas ofnd around him appeared in front of him.


    Mark couldn''t see the projection, so he didn''t know what was going on.


    In the real-time 3D projection, Aakesh found the positions of all twenty guild members of the Netherstorm guild.


    While looking at the real-time projection of the guild members, Aakesh suddenly had an idea. He activated the skill, Fortune-Eye, and the next moment, one yojana ofnd in the projection around him turned golden.


    Fortunately for him, the camp of the Netherstorm guild was less than the distance of one yojana, so the skill, Fortune-Eye, covered all twenty members.


    A glint passed through his eyes when he had seen the fate lines of the guild members who didn''t exceed his level by more than ten levels.


    The number of ck lines surpassed the sum of golden and red lines for all of them. Aakesh then stopped the skill right away, as each second of use took 100 units of his energy.


    Aakesh then looked at Mark and told him the position of the members. Even though he couldn''t watch over the beings who exceeded his level by more than ten levels, the real-time 3D projection showed the location of everyone. Those who exceeded the benchmark were greyed out, so Aakesh found their location as well.


    Mark looked at Aakesh in surprise since he found the location of a Level 50 without him sensing it. Before he could say anything, Aakesh told him to move and left.


    Mark had no choice but to follow him.


    Just when Mark and Aakesh reached a distance of 500 meters from the camp, the Level 50 leader opened his eyes in the camp.


    "Damn it!" He cursed as he sensed two people breaking past the sense barrier he had put. One of the two intruders even gave him a sense of threat.


    As for knowing how they found out about it, he didn''t care since it was the will of Panagea that must''ve created the quest for the Townhead to get ready to face the invasion. He just didn''t expect the Townhead to intrude on his camp rather than making efforts for protection when they attacked the town.


    "THERE ARE INTRUDERS! GET READY TO DEFEND AND ATTACK!"


    A shout rang inside the camp while the leader had already rushed toward the intruders.


    Hearing the shout, the guild members stopped whatever they were doing. They grabbed their weapons and rushed out of the tent to fight the intruders.


    Since the other guild members didn''t know the number of intruders, they couldn''t help but get shocked by seeing only two beingsing toward them.


    One of the two intruders gave them a sense of pressure, while the other looked as if he was an ordinary person and had no energy. Guild members saw the other as more dangerous than the one who put pressure on them.


    Aakesh suddenly felt a sense of dangering toward him. He turned entirely right. The next moment, he felt chilly air brushing past him.


    It was the leader who had attacked. He felt killing the blue-skinned man first was the correct thing to do since even he couldn''t sense any energy from the man.


    Seeing the man dodging his strike without much effort didn''t slow the leader. Instead, his attack turned fiercer, but before it could reach the blue-skinned man, he suddenly disappeared from the spot, and then he began sinking.


    In shock, he looked at the ground and saw that it had be a desert, and the sand was trying to sink him.


    He wasn''t a Level 50 for no reason, suddenly a red light engulfed him, and he stopped sinking. The leader then looked around to see the blue-skinned man, only to find him killing a Level 40 guild member by simply a punch.


    The sudden killing brought everyone, including Mark, back to reality.. It had been less than a second since the leader attacked Aakesh, and Aakesh had dodged his attack and also killed a Level 40 by a punch.

 Chapter 243 - Killing(2)

    Chapter 243: Killing(2)


    Mark and both the leader were shocked by the sudden situation.


    The leader was shocked and felt chills running down his spine by seeing how easily Aakesh dodged his attack and killed one of the Level 40 members of his guild.


    Mark didn''t feel much surprised by the sudden movement of Aakesh since it was a skill belonging to his store. He was shocked by the reaction at which Aakesh dodged the attack of the leader. He himself didn''t feel confident enough to react so quickly to the attack.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, had a disappointed expression. The skill, SandPort, allowed him to cover a radius of 100 meters around him into a desert and allowed him to move instantaneously. Only one Level 40 guild member was present in the radius, so he could only kill him.


    As for why he activated the skill, he had no choice but to use it if he wanted to dodge the attack. He had enough reaction speed to avoid an attack even quicker than thest strike of the leader, but his body wasn''t able to follow it. It doesn''t matter how quick your reaction was if your body got injured.


    The other guild members, seeing one of their members dying so suddenly made them angry, and they rushed at Aakesh at the same time while Mark attacked the leader not to let him make any move against Aakesh.


    Aakesh grabbed the hilt of the sword using his right hand and dragged it out of the sheath bound by ropes on his shoulders.


    How could he not let his sword taste the blood right away? He took a step and reached in front of a Level 40, rushing at him.


    The opponent was taken aback by the sudden situation. He looked to his left and heaved a sigh of relief when he noticed his friends preparing to kill the blue-skinned intruder the moment he reached near them.


    After seeing he had his friends and weren''t alone in the fight, he returned to looking at the intruder, only to notice the intruder standing right in front of him and a sword swinging at him.


    Before he and the other guild members could think of anything to defend, the head of the man flew in the air.


    After killing the second man, Aakesh calmly stared at the other members rushing at him. That calm stare sent chills down the spine of everyone and made them stop in their steps.


    Aakesh didn''t care what they felt. He took a single nce at the group and noticed that there were two guild members present in a radius of 100 meters around him.


    He activated the skill, SandPort, right away. Before the two unfortunate members could understand what had happened, Aakesh''s sword swing severed the head of one man and split the other into two horizontal pieces.


    The skill, Sandport, didn''t cost much energy to maintain. It took ten units to activate and 1 unit for every second it stayed, so Aakesh could efficiently use the skill as per his requirement.


    Killing both the man took even less than a second. It has only been a few seconds since the battle between the intruder and the Netherstorm guild began.


    Aakesh had already killed four Level 40 guild members during this time while Mark was in the battle with the leader.


    "Follow me!" One of the Level 43 men ordered other fifteen members to follow him, seeing the group''s situation after the death of four members.


    They then began surrounding Aakesh in the lead of both Level 43 members.


    Both Level 43 members decided to take the fight to the front with Aakesh, the seven Level 41, and thest six Level 40 members decided to attack him from behind.


    "Use long-range skills and attack him while staying 100 meters away from him," One of the Level 43 ordered the Level 41 and Level 40 members since they had noticed the range of the desert when it appeared.


    The other members nodded and activated the long-range skills they had.


    Aakesh didn''t care and took a step forward, appearing right in front of one of the Level 43. There was no expression on his face as he swung his sword.


    "ng!"


    The next moment, a shing sound rang in the area as Level 43 was able to bring his sword in time and stopped it. But unfortunately for him, he couldn''t handle the force behind the swing and was thrown backward.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, looked surprised as he didn''t kill the man in one strike. Aakesh didn''t have much time to think as a swing from the other Level 43 came his way. It wasn''t the only thing that threatened to kill him; there were also several blobs, beams, element des of different lightsing at him.


    The expressionless face Aakesh had instantly turned cold. The aura around himpletely changed, bringing a chill around him. He activated the skill, SandPort, making the sword deflect from its aim.


    He slightly bent and easily dodged the swing that threatened to sever his head. He then used the instant movement ability of the skill, appeared in front of the man, and punched him right below the heart. The punch didn''t have enough power to make the man explode. It instead threw him several meters backward.


    He then focused on the several skillsing at him. He didn''t do anything fancy and activated the sword skill he had bought from the shop.


    An invisible aura suddenly engulfed his sword. Even the air around it became threatening and looked as if only approaching it would result in splitting.


    He did a casual swing at the element des, and the next moment, they got split in two, making the owner of the attack cough blood. However, this was not the end as there were still more than ten more skills aiming to kill him.


    The attacks he could dodge, he dodged them, and for those attacks, his body couldn''t react fast enough to avoid them; he cut them into two.


    In no time, he avoided all the attacks. He then deactivated the skill, SandPort, and took a stride in the direction of the man he had just punched.


    Though the punch didn''t have enough power to kill him instantly, it had severely injured him.. Aakesh reached in front of the man and severed his head with a swing of his sword.

 Chapter 244 - [BONUS]Killing(End)

    Chapter 244: Killing(End)


    Seeing the man Aakesh had punched a moment earlier in a severe condition, Aakesh reached in front of him and swung his sword.


    The next moment, the struggle of the man came to an end, as he lost his consciousness and soon after his life.


    Aakesh ignored the struggling headless body in front of him and instead focused on the other Level 43. The man had no injury since his sword was there for him to take the brunt of Aakesh''s strength.


    He was looking at Aakesh with horror on his face. A thought of escaping the area emerged in his heart, seeing the cold stare of the blue-skinned man.


    The moment the thought emerged, he turned around and ran, bringing a look of shock on the faces of the Level 41 and Level 40 members. They also began running in different directions, hoping for Aakesh to run after the other so that they could escape.


    Unfortunately for them, they had attacked Aakesh, so being left alive was never an option. Aakesh decided to kill the Level 41 and Level 40 members first, so he scanned the escaping members.


    Mark and the leader were oblivious to what was happening on the other battlefield since they had to concentrate solely on their conflict.


    Aakesh stared at the escaping members. Before they had even moved 100 meters, they felt a shadow covering them.


    They didn''t dare look behind and only ran when suddenly a pressure dawned on them and made them stop in their steps.


    With a lot of struggle, the bound guild members turned their heads to see the reason behind the sudden arrival of pressure. When they witnessed the scene, their legs began shaking as they felt chills running down their spine.


    A pure white elephant the size of a small mountain looked at them as if they were ants, and the elephant wanted to crush it.


    It was the skill, Aakesh had gotten from his opponent in the training area.


    Aakesh extended his hands and ordered the elephant to crush the guild members. The elephant scoffed at Aakesh''s order, but it didn''t refuse and rushed at the group.


    In less than a second, the white elephant crushed two Level 40 and one Level 41. After getting crushed, the corpses turned into a gory paste and then disintegrated into nothingness as if they never existed.


    After ordering the elephant to crush the Level 40 and Level 41 guild members, Aakesh turned in the direction the Level 43 had escaped.


    Since the man was a level 43 and had some movement skills, Aakesh wouldn''t be able to find him if some more time passed, but right now, it wasn''t an issue. He activated the skill, Universal-Eye, and the next moment, a real-time 3D projection of 8 yojanas of the area around him appeared in front of him.


    On one corner of the projection, he could see two greyed-out beings. They were the leader and Mark. Aakesh ignored them and instead looked at the other greyed-out figure since the man exceeded his level by eleven levels, which was higher than the limit.


    After remembering his location, Aakesh rushed in the direction of the man.


    While on the other hand, Mark and the leader had stopped fighting since they felt thend rumbling. They looked in the direction of the source and witnessed an elephant the size of a small mountain chasing one of the guild members.


    The leader couldn''t just let one of his guild members die in front of him, so he tried to attack the elephant using a long-range skill. How could Mark let the chance go?


    His sword suddenly began emanating a chill, and thend started to freeze. He raised his sword and brought it down in a vertical posture, creating a light-blue sh.


    The sh rushed at the leader, aiming to split him into two pieces. He had no choice but to let his guild member die and defend himself.


    The elephant crushed the man and turned him into a paste. The next moment, the corpse disintegrated into nothingness. The projection of the elephant also began scattering into light particles since all the members Aakesh had ordered it to kill had been killed.


    "Please, let me go," The Level 43 man pleaded as Aakesh had caught him. Watching the death of his other counterpart made him give up any shred of confidence he had to fight him.


    Aakesh didn''t speak anything in response and swung his sword from the man''s head to the ground, splitting him into two vertical pieces, giving him a quick death.


    After killing the man, Aakesh left the area as his quest still wasn''tplete.


    After the elephant dispersed, Aakesh noticed it so he knew all the guild members other than the Level 50 leader had been killed. Even though he had done his part, he still hadn''t gotten the reward of three levels since the quest would only getpleted after the death of the leader.


    And, he needed to kill the leader using his own hand if he wanted two bonus levels, so he rushed in the direction of the fight between Mark and the leader.


    [Host, the sun has risen in Visteerna. It''s time for you to open the store.]


    While Aakesh was on his way to the battlefield, he suddenly got an alert from the system.


    He didn''t even have to think twice before refusing the system. How could he leave at this stage when he was only one death away from getting the bonus reward as well?


    He decided to leave after killing the leader. As for the customers waiting outside the store, he didn''t worry since there were now 150 virtual portals instead of 50.


    Even though he had made the decision to leave after killing the leader, he couldn''t take long as the system would surely reprimand him for his actions.


    The battlefield was around thirty miles away from where he was right now, so even if he rushed at his full speed, it would still take more than a few minutes to reach there.


    He began looking for movement skills in his copied skills. After searching for a few seconds, he found the skill the man had used a few moments earlier to escape from him.


    The skill was named Nine Shifts. It allowed the owner to run nine times faster. Since Aakesh didn''t need to learn it before using it, he activated the skill, and his energy units started dropping like a waterfall.


    In less than a second, Aakesh had lost more than 20 units of his energy, but he had also covered a distance of a mile in that duration.


    The distance that would''ve taken him a few minutes to reach, he covered it in less than thirty seconds.


    Mark and the leader were going on with their shes. No one wasing out as the better party between them.


    The sudden movement of Aakesh disturbed them, and their eyes fell on Aakeshing toward them.


    Mark wanted to ignore Aakesh, but he noticed that instead of watching their battle, Aakesh had decided to get involved. Mark couldn''t let that happen since his evolution herb was at stake.


    In contrast, the leader had a different reaction. He felt chills upon seeing him approaching them. Even though he had been fighting Mark for the past few minutes, he still didn''t get the same pressure from him that he had sensed from Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t care what they were thinking, and right when he reached the radius of 100 meters around the leader, he activated the skill, SandPort.


    Before the leader could do anything, Aakesh appeared in front of him and swung his sword.


    Mark''s eyes turned red in anger, seeing Aakesh attacking his opponent. "GET OUT!" He angrily yelled as he swung his sword, aiming to take his hands away.


    Even though he was angry, he didn''t dare to kill Aakesh as he was an adventurer, and they could revive anytime. He didn''t want to make an enemy of an undead enemy.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned cold, seeing Mark attacking him. The skill, SandPort was still active, so he disappeared from there and appeared right behind Mark.


    Before Mark couldprehend what had happened, a sword projection appeared above Aakesh and fell upon him.


    Mark wasn''t a Level 50 for a joke. His body reacted to the attack and tried to move out of the attack range, but unfortunately and fortunately, his entire body couldn''t move in time, and the sword fell upon him, taking only his left hands in the end.


    The leader, seeing Mark and the blue-skinned man fighting, had gotten his chance to strike. But instead of attacking Aakesh or Mark, he decided to escape since Aakesh gave him unsurmountable pressure, especially after Mark had attempted to attack him.


    Aakesh noticed the leader escaping, but currently, he focused on Mark since he had attacked him and tried to kill him. He could find the leader after killing Mark.


    "ARGH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Mark yelled at Aakesh. His voice, containing a mix of fear and anger.


    In Aakesh''s opinion, the question didn''t deserve a response. He instead activated the skill again, and the next moment, the projection of the sword reappeared.


    Mark shuddered and saw his death when the projection reappeared. Aakesh coldly stared at Mark as the sword projection fell upon him.


    Mark tried to move out of its way, but unfortunately for him, his body didn''t react as fast as he had hoped for, and the sword split him into two pieces, and before his body could touch the ground, it scattered like ashes.


    After killing Mark, Aakesh noticed that the sky above him had begun turning dark, but he ignored it and rushed in the direction the leader had escaped, using the skill Universal-Eye.


    ***


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 Chapter 245 - Unexpected Situation

    Chapter 245: Unexpected Situation


    After Aakesh killed Mark, he activated the skill, Universal-Eye, and found the leader running away.


    Since the leader was Level 50, even without any movement skill/spell, he could cover a distance of a mile in seconds, but now that he was using some movement skill, he had already crossed the distance of one yojana(8 miles). Aakesh couldn''t let that man leave, or he would lose his quest. He activated the skill, Nine Shifts, and chased after the leader.


    While running, he noticed the sky had turned darker as if night had arrived. It wasn''t the end, as the next moment, the sky started roaring. He ignored it and only focused on the leader.


    Time flew by, and a few seconds passed. Even with the help of the skill Nine Shift, Aakesh wasn''t able to catch up to the leader. He was only going far from Aakesh.


    While running, Aakesh thought of his status screen, and the next moment, a blue screen containing all his details inside Panagea appeared in front of him.


    Energy: 943/2200,


    Aakesh only focused on the energy section, and after finding out how much energy he had left, he waved his hands, and the status screen disappeared.


    He hadn''t stopped chasing the leader at all. After seeing, he still had a good amount of energy left, he called out the skill Ability-Learning. He then began to find a movement skill that could help him at his moment.


    After searching for a few seconds, Aakesh finally found one skill he could use. It was a high-level skill named, Crossing the Skies. Lenna was the owner of the skill.


    The skill at its full power allowed him to jump millions of miles in less than a second. Aakesh neither needed to go that far nor was he able to.


    He activated the skill, and not even a second had passed, and more than 500 units of his energy disappeared in thin air. But since the leader was only a yojana away from him, Aakesh cleared the distance and appeared just 50 meters in front of the leader.


    Aakesh had chosen to appear here, and the next moment, he activated the skill SandPort. Thend in a radius of 100 meters around him turned into a desert.


    It all happened so fast that even someone like the leader didn''t get the time to react.


    When he finally understood what had happened, Aakesh appeared in front of him and swung his sword, aiming to sever his head.


    The leader''s face had turned pale from fear, but he was still able to bring his sword in time.


    "ng!"


    The next moment, a shing sound rang in the area.


    Aakesh''s attack became more fierce and swift after seeing the leader stopping his strike.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    Continuous sounds of metal shing rang in the area. The leader was able to stop the sword from cutting him, but he wasn''t in good shape.


    He had psychologically made Aakesh a very powerful being in his mind, whom he could never defeat. His reactions were slowing down with each sh. On the other hand, Aakesh''s swings were getting powerful, and since he had unlimited endurance, he would never get tired.


    A few more seconds passed, and the leader''s body had already gotten filled with numerous injuries. Even thought no wound was severe, it still increased the mental pressure on him.


    Seeing the leader had almost mentally given up on surviving and was almost on the verge of giving up the battle, Aakesh found it the right time to end the fight. He still had more than 300 units of energy left, so he decided to spend 95% of it on the next attack.


    The next moment, a white projection of the sword appeared above Aakesh. The leader seeing it, lost all the colors on his face, and the sword slipped out of his hands.


    The projection of the sword wasrger, and it shone brighter than thest time when he had used it to kill Mark.


    The next moment, the sword projection fell upon the leader. When the sword touched the leader, something different happened.


    Instead of splitting him into two, the leader''s body turned into ashes, and then the ashes disintegrated into nothingness.


    Right after the leader died, a new blue window appeared in front of him, informing him that he hadpleted the quest and also the requirement for the bonus reward.


    It wasn''t the end, as suddenly an empty golden screen appeared in front of him. Aakesh was alreadyte for opening the store, so he decided to check them when he would return.


    The next moment, he tried to return to the actual world, but a shocked look appeared on his face as unexpectedly, nothing happened. He was still in the Panagea, and the golden screen in front of him was still empty, but its brightness had increased by several folds.


    "Hey, system, what''s going on?" Aakesh had no mood to check out the issue of the golden screen. Instead, he wanted to know, why can''t he leave the Panagea?


    [Host, you''ve killed an administrator of a town without a war. The will of the Panagea is angry with you for doing this, so it has blocked you from leaving.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be dumbfounded when he heard the exnation. He looked at the sky and noticed thunder appearing in the sky, and it rumbled from time to time.


    "Does it want to punish me with thunder?" Aakesh asked, seeing the thunder gathering in the sky.


    [Host, you don''t need to worry about it. You should only focus on the golden screen in front of you. It''s your reward for being the killer of the administrator.]


    "Eh!" Aakesh eximed in surprise, as thest he remembered, the system had told him that he wouldn''t get any rewards from the Panagea for being the first.


    As if the system could understand what Aakesh was thinking, it exined.


    [Host, it isn''t a milestone or a unique reward. Any adventurer who kills the Townhead would be the new Townhead and the owner of the town.]


    "I have no interest in it. Can I give it to anyone?" Aakesh asked. He had no interest in maintaining a town inside Panagea.


    [Yes, Host!]


    Suddenly, blue letters started to appear on the golden screen, and with it the dark clouds in the sky also began disappearing.


    When the entire content appeared, the sky became normal, and the dark clouds vanished without any trace.


    ***


    A/N: It would take around ten to twelve hours for the next chapter.. I still haven''t written it due to some personal work and would only write it once I got free. Sorry to make you wait!

 Chapter 246 - Waiting

    Chapter 246: Waiting


    Following the system''s response, dark clouds began disappearing, and contents began appearing on the empty golden screen while it stopped growing brighter.


    Time flew second by second.


    When the entire content appeared on the screen, the sky regained its blue color.


    After the sky cleared, Aakesh got the feeling that his soul had gotten freed from something he never knew. He then attempted to leave Panagea. As he had thought, no block down urred, and the next moment he disappeared from Panagea and appeared in the portal room.


    As for the golden screen in Panagea, he didn''t worry about it since it would be there when he returned.


    Aakesh left for his room right away since he had already gottente. A few minutester, he stepped down the stairs after taking a bath to freshen himself.


    He then went to the door, grabbed the handle, and slid it. The next moment, he noticed a crowdrger than thest few days was waiting outside the door.


    ***


    Maria, like usual, was the first customer to arrive at the door of the store since she lived right next to it. There was a hint of solemnness and excitement on her face as she waited for the store to open.


    She was only a step away frompleting her quest, and if nothing untoward happened, she would achieve her objective today, and with that, she would have an organization on her own name in the Primal dimension.


    Despite being only a peak Nascent Soul level cultivator, she would be the head of an organization that would have Immortals and other powerful beings in their midst, and they would only be her subordinates. Thinking about this, she couldn''t help but feel grateful to Aakesh and the store.


    Before entering the store, she was just some refugee who had no family to call her own; wanted revenge, but couldn''t do anything; wanted to cultivate, but dantian was injured. But only when a few weeks had passed since she had found the store, she was now a peak Nascent Soul; her enemy was already dead; she was also one of the only three territory owners in Panagea, and now she was going to have her own organization. It was nothing less than the dream or a happy illusion.


    If not for the coronation ceremony yesterday, she maybe would''ve already be the founder of an organization. Since she had won the territory in Panagea and was only one of the three, she also belonged to the Bisan Kingdom, so Brinda had personally invited her for the ceremony as a special guest.


    If Brinda wanted, she could''ve refused the invitation andpleted her quest in Panagea, but she didn''t decline it because of her father. Her father was head of the guards of one of the cities of the Kingdom. Even though he didn''te directly under the king, he still was a subject of the king, and he was loyal to the crown.


    Even though she couldn''t bring back her father from the dead for now, she thought it would make him proud if he were to be alive, so she went to the ceremony.


    ***


    Time flew by.


    The sun rose, and the market became active, while the number of people outside the store had already crossed a hundred. The neighbor store owners couldn''t help but feel envy, seeing such arge crowd patiently waiting for the store to open. But when they remembered the event and the stories around the store, they moved their eyes away and got busy in their own stores.


    Seeing such arge crowd waiting for the store, Maria was not concerned since she was at the front and was sure to get an entry into the Panagea in the first group. Since the sun had risen, the look of excitement on her face grew. Any time, the store would open, and then she wouldplete her quest and start her own organization.


    Time flew by, and the store usual opening time passed, but the store still didn''t open. Every second the customers waited felt like an eternity to them. It was no less than cruel torture for the customers to wait.


    Xayaati with her family also arrived early after talking to the store owner yesterday. Her husband, Xator, had gained a lot of benefits during the training yesterday.


    He still couldn''t give her a tough fight, but the calm mind, and countless deaths inside the Gods & Demons level training area, helped his personality. He was stillidback like usual, but his eyes had turned sharper, unlike thezy eyes previously.


    Xayaati didn''t feel anything wrong, seeing Aakesh not opening the door. She didn''t believe him in the first ce when he had told her about the schedule of the store. For her, Aakesh had an unimaginable strength and was an old monster. Only the leader of her n was equivalent to Aakesh in her mind.


    She and her family patiently waited. The same couldn''t be said for others since there were only a limited number of virtual portals, and thete the store owner got, thepetition for the slot would grow.


    Finally, after waiting for eternity, the door of the store opened. Since there was a barrier outside the store stopping anyone from seeing inside, they only saw the store owner expressionlessly staring at them.


    The store owner stepped aside, and as if the dam had broken, the customers poured into the store.


    After entering, some of the customers who had failed to be the first fifty to enter the store had disappointed faces when they suddenly noticed that the golden light was engulfing them.


    With shocked faces, they looked around, only to see the number of people that had golden light surrounding them had grown at least twofold.


    Even though the number of virtual portals had grown to 150 from 50, Aakesh could still see several of the customers who didn''t get a slot in the first group.


    The group of Xayaati and her family has arrived in the store at the opening time for the first time, and no golden light had covered them, so they had no idea what was happening.


    They looked at Aakesh to know the reason, only to notice that Aakesh was reclining on his chair.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, the chapter gotte than told.. I also wanted to tell you, for two or three days, the chapters may or may not be on time since I still have a lot of personal work to do, but don''t worry there would be two chapters per day as scheduled. Sorry for troubling you!

 Chapter 247 - Completion

    Chapter 247: Completion


    Xayaati and her group weren''t the only ones who had no idea about what''s the mystery with the golden light surrounding several customers. Today, there were several new customers that had arrived in the store for the first time due to the coronation ceremony yesterday.


    The Chivelle Kingdom wanted to use the tower to create their influence as well as the Bisan Kingdom, so they had invited several powerhouses. Many of those who joined the ceremony yesterday hadn''t attended the store''s event since they had personal issues or didn''t find the announcement worthy. The event had already ended when they learned about it, so they decided to check out the store after the ceremony.


    "Those who''re shrouded in golden light would be the first group of customers to enter Panagea," Aakesh expressionlessly announced, seeing so many new faces today.


    Excited expressions appeared on the faces of many customers who had lost hope of getting into the first or second group of customers.


    One of the customers to get a slot into the first group was the newly crowned king of the Bisan Kingdom, Brinda. She stepped forward and greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her greeting. She then thanked him again for the badge.


    Aakesh didn''t respond to her greetings and instead looked at the crowd who still were standing together.


    Seeing Aakesh looking at the crowd not dispersing, Maria greeted Aakesh and then left for the portal room since she had the supreme card. After Maria, those who had cards went to the portal room one by one, while those who didn''t have cards approached Aakesh and paid for their stay in Panagea.


    Those who had arrived in the store for the first time and were lucky enough to be in the first group approached Aakesh and learned about the store. Those who were rich bought cards ording to their worth and then left for the portal room, those who couldn''t buy one paid for their stay in Panagea and then went to the portal room.


    After the first group of 150 customers left for Panagea, there were still enough people in the store toplete the slots for the second group.


    Since there were several new customers, Aakesh couldn''t rx. Each customer approached him one by one and left after getting all the answers to their questions.


    Time flew by. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, and just like that, more than six hours passed.


    The system forced all the customers who hadpleted their stay of six hours in Panagea one by one. After they all exited the portals, Aakesh ordered the next group of customers who were meditating inside the store to enter the portal room.


    During past hours, all the spots for the Panagea had already gotten booked, making Aakesh one step closer topleting his new quest. He needed to get 2000 hours of stay in Panagea for seven days straight to win 1000 new virtual portals, and for today, the store had crossed that number. He only needed to continue having this many customers for six more days, and then finally, the true worth of Panagea woulde out.


    ***


    Maria had gotten the quest to make five people submit to her without the use of any force and violence. Toplete the requirement, she had chosen the Dwarven settlement since they had cowardly nature and were greedy about any kind of metal.


    Before today, she had made four Dwarves submit to her using their greed in her favor and was only short of one more subordinate toplete the quest.


    When she entered Panagea, she had directly spawned into the Dwarven settlement since she was their trade partner.


    ording to the quest, she needed to make five people irrespective of their level, ss, status submit to her, so for thest person, she had chosen the leader of the Dwarven settlement. Making him submit was almost equal to taking the entire settlement under her wings.


    The Dwarven leader was the only being in the settlement to start on leveling path, and he was Level 3, the same level as her, so she wasn''t afraid of the battle.


    When Maria had started the quest, she didn''t have the confidence she currently had, but with the help of Moyas, George, and Evelyn, her confidence grew, and she began capable enough to trust her decisions.


    Before meeting with the leader, she had made ns of how to get him to submit, but when she met with him, it all came to naught. It only took a map of the metal resources in her territory and a tiny promise to allow him to touch those higher-level materials to make the leader even willing to die for her.


    Maria didn''t believe it since she had seen the level of cautiousness they had during thest days, but since the Dwarven leader had submitted to her and her quota of five people wasplete, she had nowpleted her quest.


    As expected, the moment Dwarven leader chose to submit to her, getting the promise, a blue screen with golden fonts only visible to Maria appeared in front of her.


    [Congrattions, O ruler of Atunbi!


    You have made five people submit to your rule,pleting the quest.


    Your reward forpleting the mission had already been given. Please check your hut.]


    It wasn''t the end, as before Maria could read the entire content of the screen, another smaller blue screen appeared on top of the previous one.


    [Due to the influence of the dwarven leader, making the Dwarven leader submit to you has made the whole settlement submit to you as well.


    For your deed, you deserve a reward.


    Reward: One evolution pill* or unlocking of one high-level resource area.


    *- The pill could only help evolution up to the Rare lifeform¡­]


    Her eyes were wide open as Maria saw the extra rewards she had received.


    For the extra reward, the world had given her a choice. If she chose the evolution pill, her lifeform would directly elevate to an ordinary level, and her level will also reach the peak of the ordinary lifeform, Level 25. But the other reward was the unlocking of a high-level resource area.


    A high-level resource area in Panagea was equivalent to top-notch resources in the Primal dimension. If she were to choose that, she could reach the sky in no time.. The difference between both the rewards was like sky and earth.

 Chapter 248 - Choice

    Chapter 248: Choice


    In Panagea, the rewarded territories had an excess of resource areas.


    But the system didn''t give the resources for free to the ruler just because they won an event after paying 15 top Primal stones. The total value of resources in the first-ranked territory was equivalent to the sum of resources in the Primal and Sacred dimensionsbined, so the system just couldn''t allow the rulers to get resources right after winning the territory. It would be no less than stupid for both the store and the system.


    The system had created a powerful creature depending on the value of the resources, and it guarded the resource area to stop the rulers from getting control so smoothly. It still wasn''t enough as if millions of adventurers, let alone billions or trillionsbined their powers, defeating the guarding creature would be easy.


    So as not to let the adventurers get away with the resources so efficiently, the system had also added a colony of powerful beings that lived there like settlements and dangerous areas.


    The system had added those creatures who couldn''t live without that kind of resource. So they would fight to the death with the ruler for the resources if they dared to take them.


    The system had also excluded those creatures from the influence of the ruler, so for them, the ruler or any other being was the same. They would kill anyone that dared to intrude and take away their lifeline.


    Some of the high-level resources areas in the territory had colonies of creatures even more powerful than the leaders of the most dangerous areas or the most powerful settlements.


    So, the resources areas were even more challenging for the rulers than the dangerous areas. The dangerous areas only worried them more because the creatures of the resource areas would never leave, but the same was not the case for the inhabitants of the dangerous locations.


    Unlocking of the high-level resource area only meant that Maria wouldn''t need to defeat the guardian creature anymore. She would now only need to kill the creatures living there to gainplete control for it.


    In this phase, entering any high-level resource area wasn''t anything less than stupidity. The minimum level of creature living in any high-level resource area in Maria''s territory was 300, so it was easier for her to be an Immortal rather than defeating them.


    ording to Evelyn''s guesses, any being above Level 250 was a God in terms of the actual world, so Maria literally needed to defeat Gods of the Sacred dimension to take control of the area.


    Even after knowing the difficulties and her limitations, Maria still couldn''t let go of the unlocking of the resource areas. The minimum level of guarding creatures of a high-level resource area was Level 450, so if she selected the second option, she wouldn''t need to defeat that being.


    "ARGH!" Maria messed up her hair and screamed to vent her frustration.


    Seeing Maria screaming while looking at the air made the Dwarven leader pale in fright. Only a few moments earlier, he had told Maria that he would even die for her, but now he left the room without even daring to look at Maria.


    A wry smile appeared on Maria''s face, seeing the action of the Dwarven leader. She then ignored it and took a deep breath to calm her mind and heart. She couldn''t let greed control her, or it would prove terrible in the future since if she could lose once, then surely she could lose again.


    She then took several deep breaths and finally made her find. Her face still had a hint of struggle, but when the tip of her finger touched the screen, the struggle disappeared from her face, and instead, a determined look appeared.


    After she had selected her reward, the smaller blue screen began shrinking. A few secondster, the screen entirely shrunk and turned into a small square box.


    At first, the square box was only a projection like the blue screen, she could only see it but not touch it, but soon, it turned into a physical object and began falling to the ground.


    Before it could fall, Maria caught it. The box wasn''t veryrge. Her palm could hold the entirety of it.


    It was gray in color and looked nothing more than ordinary. Maria didn''t look at the box for long and tried to open it.


    Click!


    The next moment, the box opened effortlessly with a clicking sound. A look of excitement appeared on her face as she couldn''t wait to see the content inside the box.


    After the box flew open, her eyes shined, seeing the pill sleeping there. It had the same color as the box, gray, and was in the shape of a pellet.


    Even though the pill looked ordinary, anyone who sees it wouldn''t think the same. The moment Maria''s eyes fell on it, she couldn''t take her eyes off of it as if it was the most beautiful thing in the world. It attracted her to eat it.


    Maria took a deep breath, and after a lot of mental struggle, finally moved her eyes away from it. She then gently picked up the pill and tried to smell it.


    She smelt nothing since it was odorless. She then took a deep breath and put it in her mouth.


    The next moment, a blue light appeared out of nowhere and enveloped her. Soon, the light disappeared, and only she remained standing there.


    "Eh!" She couldn''t help but exim in surprise since she had expected some reaction, but the pill made her silently evolve.


    She even thought for a moment that the pill hadn''t worked, but the power flowing through her told her something different.


    She wanted to test her strength. As soon as she turned around, she saw a metallic chair in front of her.


    Even though Dwarves had more physical strength than many races, the chair could only be picked up when tens of them tried at once. For the previous her, even moving the chair wasn''t a possibility, let alone picking it up.


    Maria tried to pick up the chair, and the next moment, she effortlessly picked it up as if it was only an ordinary chair made up of stic.


    She then checked her status, and after seeing her level, a wide smile spread across her face.


    "Now, I am the strongest of my organization," Maria mumbled since she was now the highest level adventurer after Aakesh.

 Chapter 249 - The First Adventurer Organization!

    Chapter 249: The First Adventurer Organization!


    After Maria ate the evolution pill, she reached the peak of the ordinary lifeform. She was only one level away from bing the second adventurer to evolve to the rare lifeform in Panagea after Aakesh.


    It took a while for her to calm down since her sudden growth was nothing less than dreamlike. She then focused her gaze on the first blue screen since it was time for the reward for which she had worked hard. Seeing that her reward for the quest was ced in her hut, she decided to return and check it out.


    Since the Dwarven leader had already submitted to her, she called for him, and a few minutester, he slowly and cautiously entered the room. Maria could only helplessly smile, seeing the cautious expression on his face.


    "I''m leaving," She told. The next moment, a vein popped out in her head, seeing the Dwarven leader heaving a sigh of relief after hearing herment.


    She took a deep breath since she couldn''t get angry with the Dwarves for now since she couldn''t alienate them right after they submitted to her.


    "Wait for my order! I''ll call upon you when I unlock the resources," She added and left the room before waiting for the leader''s response.


    She could kill herself and directly spawn into her hut, but It has only been around an hour since she had entered Panagea, so she had enough time to return and see the reward.


    Time flew by.


    Since she had reached Level 25, her speed had grown several folds, and it only took several minutes to reach her destination. Her hut was the same as usual, rundown. She grabbed the handle of the door and pushed it.


    The hut was empty since Maria only stayed in Panagea for six hours, and she wouldn''t sleep or rx at that time.


    Maria noticed a silver card shrouded in blue hue floating in the center of the hut. It took her less than aplete step to reach it. She grabbed the card, and the blue hue disappeared.


    Maria didn''t find the card anything special since it only had the thickness of paper and was entirely nk. It had nothing written on it, not even the name. She would''ve thought the system had joked with her if new information rted to the card hadn''t appeared inside her head.


    The silver card had only a single function. Maria could use it to create a building out of nowhere wherever she wanted inside her territory. That building would be the headquarter of her organization inside Panagea.


    After knowing the information about the silver card, Maria thought of the map of her territory. The next moment, a blue screen containing the map of Atunbi appeared in front of her.


    She couldn''t establish her organization headquarter anywhere randomly. She began searching for well-ced locations and finally found one.


    After finding the location, she didn''t wait, left the hut, and proceeded in that direction.


    The location she had chosen was around sixty miles away from the hut. Moreover, it was only around twenty miles from the border with the Scourge Ghouls.


    (A/N: It''s a circr territory. The hut is in the center of the town, and the radius is around 83 miles in all directions.)


    Despite being so close to the border, Maria still chose that area. She did this because there were several high-level resource areas surrounding that location, and her worry wasn''t the Scourge Ghouls but the beasts of the dangerous areas.


    Since high-level areas had their own colonies of powerful beings, the leaders of the dangerous locations wouldn''t dare to approach anywhere near her building. As for the creatures belonging to the resource areas, Maria didn''t need to worry since they didn''t have any intentions, nor are allowed by the system to expand or migrate.


    It took around three hours for Maria to reach the designated location since she had to travel more than a hundred miles to reach that area. She didn''t want to step foot in any territory belonging to the creatures of high-level areas, so she had to take several detours, which in turn made her distance increase by more than a hundred miles.


    She heaved a sigh of relief when she finally reached the designated location. As she crushed the card, she pointed at the area where she wanted the organization building.


    Within seconds, several thousand of square meters got enveloped in blue light. Maria couldn''t see what was going on beyond the blue light, so she had no choice but to wait for it to disappear.


    Time flew by. Seconds turned into a minute, and then several minutes. Every second Maria waited was like torture for her since she couldn''t see what was going on beyond the light.


    Finally, the blue light began dispersing after twenty minutes had passed. Soon, it disappeared, and a new tall and wide building appeared in front of Maria.


    The building was nothing like Maria had seen before. She even didn''t know the material used in the structure.


    It had a tower-like structure and had seven floors. It covered an area of 5000 sq. meters on the ground and got wider with its height like a spinning top.


    While Maria was looking at the marvelous structure in front of her, a sudden mechanical alert broke her out of the reverie. A new silver window with ck fonts appeared in front of her.


    The mechanical alert had asked her to select a name for the organization, while the window in front of her contained the details of the building. Even though everything was written in the window, she couldn''t understand anything. For knowing the details, she needed to choose the name of her organization first.


    She already had a name in her head for the organization, so she selected it right away. The next moment, the contents on the screen became clear.


    [Organization name: SkyLord,


    Headquarter: Atunbi,


    Founder: Maria,


    Building attributes:


    First floor: Quest¡­.]


    Maria nodded after reading the details of the building. Having an organization clearly had several benefits. The system would generate random quests with random rewards every day.


    There was a trade hall, smithy hall, alchemy hall, etc. The building had everything an organization needed.. On the topmost floor was the battle arena, where the adventurers could battle with each other after paying a fixed amount of soul stones, depending on the levels and lifeform.

 Chapter 250 - A Day In The Store

    Chapter 250: A Day in the Store


    "You need to pay 225 ordinary Primal stones," Aakesh told the man standing in front of him.


    The man was a Void Condensation level cultivator, and he had hurt his dantian due to Qi deviation during the cultivation. He was a citizen of the Bisan Kingdom. He was a free expert and didn''t belong to any organization, so he didn''t have too many resources.


    If he were to buy dantian healing pills or potions for his cultivation level, it would cost a fortune, and he may not even be able to afford it. He had also attended the ceremony to ask for help from the new king when he learned about the store due to the tower, so he decided to check the store before, asking the new king for help.


    When he arrived in the store, the price of the pill stunned him. In contrast to what he expected, he got three pills for less than he expected the price of a single pill.


    The man took out the required Primal stone in response to Aakesh and handed it to him.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the Primal stones disappeared from the store. He then handed the pills to the man.


    The man thanked Aakesh and left the store right away since he couldn''t wait to cultivate again.


    After the man left, another customer approached Aakesh since today there were more new customers today than in thest few days.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh finally got free for the time as he had already answered all the questions, and there were no new customers for now.


    Since he had nothing to do, Aakesh decided to check the quest screen. He had just got a customer that paid for the Gods & Demons level training area, so he wanted to know how far he was frompleting the quest?


    The next moment, two blue screens containing the details and progress of the quest appeared in front of her.


    [Mission Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Requirement: Since you have already sold seven weapons and one training hour, it''s time for you to let other customers get the benefits of training hours and weapons sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 10,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 10,000 customers or 100,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Days required: 180 days,


    Mission reward: One thousand, four hundred, and fifty more virtual portals! Addition of Emperor and Overlord grade into the weapons and Training arena! Addition of Superior pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of the training area!]


    [Quest Progress,


    Days left: 176 days,


    Weapon sold: 223/10,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 982/10,000,


    Regr training hours: 3746/100,000 hours,


    Immortal level: 128/10,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 28/1,000 hours.]


    Aakesh didn''t have much interest in the detail of the quest, so he waved his hands, and the screen disappeared. He then focused on the progress he had made until now.


    He couldn''t help but frown, seeing the progress. The quest had two requirements to achieve, so Aakesh needed to achieve both and not one.


    The requirement of training hours was going better than he had expected. The only problem he had in that was which of the four parameters would heplete first.


    But the same can''t be said for weapons requirements. Aakesh had expected weapons to sell like fire since they''re the most neededmodity for any cultivator, but things happened exactly the opposite. He had only been able to sell 223 weapons in 4 days. If it continued at this rate, he would only achieve the requirement at the end of the quest duration.


    He then waved his hands, and the screen disappeared. Since he can''t personally influence the customers, he could only wait for the customers to promote the weapons sold by the store of their own will.


    Aakesh was only thinking about the weapons when a newer customer entered the store and approached him.


    "What products do you sell?" The man asked with a hint of arrogance in his tone.


    Aakesh decided to forget about the weapons requirement for now and focus on the store. He then looked at the man, asking him the question. The man had a cold face and was looking at Aakesh to get the answer.


    Aakesh could hear the arrogance in the man''s tone, but he couldn''t refuse to answer his question just for his tone since many people unknowingly had arrogance in their voice.


    "The store sells pills¡­."


    Aakesh introduced all the products sold by the store to the man.


    "Can I test the pill before buying?" The man asked with the same tone.


    Aakesh only stayed silent in response, and the man had got his answer, so he nodded and began conversing with Aakesh about his purpose ofing here.


    Time flew by. The man was called Veenesh and was the head of a small settlement of humans in the Mysterious Peak. There was only a single alchemist in his n, and he had been ill for the past year.


    The n could manage for a year without the alchemist making any new pills, but now a shortage had emerged, and if he didn''t buy from outside, the cultivation of the n member would take a hit. He found out about the store from his connections inside the kingdom, so he personally arrived to buy the pills and potions.


    When Aakesh learned that the man was the head of a closed n, he thought his weapons sales would rise, but Veenesh poured cold water on that hope. There were enough cksmiths in his n, and they had enough weapons for everyone. His only purpose foring here was to buy some pills.


    Even though Veenesh didn''t want what Aakesh wanted to sell, he couldn''t refuse to sell him pills. But, there was a requirement that a person could only buy three in one day, so Aakesh told him about it.


    Veenesh tried to pay triple since the only thing he wascking was money, and the cost of the pills was also less than other stores.


    Aakesh refused to budge, so Veenesh had no choice but to let go.. He then bought his quota and told Aakesh that if his pills worked as he had said, he would be here tomorrow to buy the required amount of them with more of his nsmen.

 Chapter 251 - Unexpected Customer

    Chapter 251: Unexpected Customer


    After Veenesh left, Aakesh reclined back on his chair. Only a few seconds had passed when he heard the sound of footsteps entering the store.


    Aakesh didn''t look up to see who it was since it could also be an old customer. If it were a new customer, they would approach him on their own.


    "Hello, store owner."


    An unfamiliar gentle female voice rang in the area. Since the voice was unknown to Aakesh, it was a new customer. Aakesh looked up, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.


    Although the customer appeared to be a human, Aakesh knew she wasn''t human but an Angel, a race belonging to the third dimension.


    Aakesh masked the look of surprise right away, so thedy didn''t see it. He then nodded in response to her greetings.


    "What products do you sell?" Thedy asked, her voice still gentle and soothing to anybody who heard it.


    In response, Aakesh began introducing about the products to her, but at the same time, he was also talking with the system in his head.


    "Hey, system, how can an Angel appear here?" He asked since the rules of the Primal dimension wouldn''t be able to handle the energy even unintentionally leaked by such a higher-level being.


    [Host, there are treasures that could help higher-level beings appear in the lower dimensions. You can use the skill, Watcher, to know more about her.]


    The system responded in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice. Aakesh didn''t ask anything else since he was already going to use Watcher even without the system suggesting him.


    Since he didn''t get a straight answer from the system, he stopped talking with the system and only focused on the conversation with the Angel.


    Time flew by.


    The Angel didn''t show any signs while hearing about the products of the store, but when Aakesh began exining about Panagea, he noticed the change in her expression, despite her masking it right away.


    Aakesh expected the Angel to ask her about the Panagea after he introduced the store''s products. She did ask about it and a slot for her.


    After hearing that there were no spots left for Panagea, a look of disappointment appeared on her face. She didn''t ask anything else, turned around, and left the store right away, making Aakesh disappointed.


    He couldn''t use the skill, Watcher, on her before she bought anything from the store, so he couldn''t know anything about her. He then forgot about her since there was no point in thinking about her purpose of appearing in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh had also noticed the interest she had in Panagea was greater than many customers, so she would surely return to the store to enter Panagea. And, at that time, he would be able to watch over her life.


    Aakesh also had gotten all the skills that be had gotten with the ss, Watcher in Panagea, but unfortunately, the Universal-Eye only allowed to watch over the present scenes of the beings in the same range as Panagea, unlike the skill, Watcher he had gotten from the system tens of thousands of years ago, it allowed him to watch both past and present of the customer.


    When the store was in the first phase, Aakesh only needed the customer to enter the store to see their life, but when the store began its second phase and settled in Kakot, the skill got nerfed. He can now only watch over the life of the customers after they bought a product from the store.


    "Today hasn''t been going well for me," Aakesh muttered and then closed his eyes to rx.


    Today, he had gotten several new customers more than in thest few days, so the store has done well today, and he had also earned arge amount of money, and he had gotten argemission despite getting only one percent.


    Aakesh felt that the day had not been going well for him because, at first, the kind of customer he wanted to arrive in the store entered, but he had no interest in what Aakesh wanted to sell; he only wanted pills. And now, Aakesh finally had an interest to know about the life of tone of the customers, but that customer didn''t buy anything despite him promoting the Gods & Demons level training area.


    While Aakesh was rxing in his chair, Xator, the husband of Xayaati, was doing what he hated, hard work.


    Even though the starter towns were low-level areas, how can there be no exception to this? There were countless such low-level towns, and in those towns, the system had added a few towns with high-level races.


    Some of the high-level races, the system had added, were at least Level 100 even when they took birth, so the town didn''t remain a low-level area anymore.


    Xator had found himself in one such town.


    The town was called Skruor, and it housed Saint Valkyries, a high-level race of the Sacred dimension.


    Valkyries originated from a Primordial creature, and Saint Valkyries were one of the strongest species of the Valkyries.


    They had the same appearance as other Valkyries, like long braided hairs, a pair of wings, a spear in the right hand, and a shield in the left hand. The only difference that made the Saint Valkyries stand out from others was their dark green hair and dark green eyes.


    It was Xator''s bad luck as well as good luck that he had appeared in such a high-level starting town.


    It was bad for him because the quests he would get from this town would be even harder than the most difficult quests of other towns. But with this difficulty came greater rewards as well. Even the easiest quest would grant him an increase of at least three levels.


    If somehow Xator could impress Saint Valkyries, he could get their blessings and techniques that would be better for even the actual him in the real world.


    When Xator appeared in the town, Skruor, his blood ran cold as he felt himself naked in front of thousands of eyes. There were only a few thousand Saint Valkyries in the town, and he became the focus of attention for everyone.


    Since everyone in the town was at least a Legendary level lifeform, the entire town that spread tens of thousands of miles was in their eyes.. So when Xator appeared, every single citizen in Skruor sensed his entry.

 Chapter 252 - Kneel

    Chapter 252: Kneel


    It had only been a few seconds since Xator appeared in the town when he noticed someoneing in his direction.


    His jaw almost dropped to the ground, seeing the identity and race of the being in front of him. Even though he himself had the blood of two Primordials flowing in his vein, he and his n members knew they were a failed race.


    Even for the Sacred dimension, they didn''t have a high-level bloodline, let alone the third dimension, where Primordials and the top two races lived. So, seeing one of the top races of the Sacred dimension came as a shocker to him.


    "Hey,e here."


    Xator was in a trance, thinking about the bloodline and dimensions when a gentle yet cold voice broke him out of his thoughts. Even though thenguage was something he had never heard, he had no problem in understanding what the words meant. He then looked up and couldn''t help but get dumbfounded.


    The Saint Valkyrie who was approaching him a moment earlier had stopped five meters away from him and then called him toward her.


    "You''re just a few meters-" Xator subconsciously beganining about her behavior when his voice came to a sudden halt as a suffocating pressure appeared on him.


    "Less talking. Come here," The guard said again, without any change in her tone. It was gentle and cold at the same time.


    Xator hurriedly nodded and took a step forward to approach her when he suddenly felt the suffocating pressure grow on him, forcing him to kneel.


    Even though Xator wasidback and was a failed race, he had the blood of the Primordial Garuda in him. Even the progenitor of Valkyries wouldn''t dare to talk loudly to Garuda, so how could his blood, even though it was as minimal as possible could kneel to her.


    Xator became angry, seeing the sudden actions of the Saint Valkyrie in front of him. He thought she was making a fool of him, but the next moment, he found the reason behind her actions as a blue screen appeared in front of him.


    [Adventurer, you need to prove your worth!


    The Saint Valkyries have always been proud and had looked down on weaklings. The Townhead of Skruor had sensed an arrival of an adventurer in her town, so she had sent her weakest guard to test you.


    Without kneeling, reach the guard and prove your mental strength.


    You would gain the ability to manipte energy if you sessfully reached in front of the guard, and if you seeded in touching her, you would gain an increase in lifeform.]


    While Xator read the quest screen, he noticed that the pressure on him had disappeared, but the moment his eyes moved away from the screen, the pressure would reappear and force him to kneel. He then refocused on the screen.


    After he read the entire content on the screen, it faded on its own before Xator could prepare for the pressure toe.


    Unprepared, the pressure came. It almost made Xator kneel, but his bloodline affected his will and made him bnce his steps.


    Even though he had his actual bloodline inside Panagea, he didn''t have the power. So it didn''t matter what level of bloodline he had when he only had power equivalent to an ordinary mortal.


    Xator somehow managed to bnce due to the bloodline strengthening his will, but he hadn''t expected that the stronger the fight, the stronger would be the pushback.


    Even though he stood up after struggling, before he could even raise his legs for the next step, a pressure so vast and threatening appeared on him that he got exploded.


    The guard who had released the pressure had no change in expression, seeing Xator getting burst since she knew he would get revived again.


    Thirty secondster, Xator reappeared in the same ce from where the guard Valkyrie had called him. Since he had spent thirty seconds in the waiting area, he had the time to think and didn''t act like someone who didn''t know anything.


    "Come here."


    Xator heard the same gentle yet cold voice again as the pressure reappeared on him. Since he had prepared himself for it, he didn''t get caught unexpectedly as before.


    Xator didn''t say anything in response to the guard. He nced at her once and took a step forward.


    The guard was only five meters away from him, and Xator had noticed that his single step would be of one meter no matter how long strides he took.


    He needed to handle the pressure for only five steps, and he would be able toplete it.


    Xator took the first step, and the pressure on him increased two-fold. He tried to take another step, and after a lot of struggle, finally put his foot down, taking the second step when the pressure increased two-fold again, making it four times the initial pressure.


    Xator''s body began cracking due to the pressure. He could kneel, and the pressure would disappear since he would''ve failed the quest, but despite being aidback guy, he couldn''t kneel and shame the bloodline of his progenitors.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    It had been three hours since Xator entered Panagea. During the past hour, he had already died tens of times by exploding into smithereens. The number of deaths could''ve been in hundreds if there wasn''t a thirty-second waiting time for a revival.


    It didn''t matter how many steps he had reached before exploding. He would always revive and would be five meters away from the guard Valkyrie.


    Even though he had died so many times, it didn''t mean he hadn''t progressed. In thest round, he was able to take four steps and only died whilending for the fifth andst step.


    Xator had hopes that his body would get amodated to the pressure after dying, but every time he revived, he noticed his body acting the same to the pressure as the first time, as if it was facing it for the first time.


    But, he also noticed that his will was getting stronger with each death. If his mental strength remained the same, he would''ve never been able toplete the quest.


    "Come here," The guard Valkyrie called Xator for the umpteenth time and then released a tiny bit of her pressure.


    Xator expressionlessly looked at the guard Valkyrie and took a step forward.

 Chapter 253 - The Struggle And Success!

    Chapter 253: The Struggle and Sess!


    Even for Xator, dying so many times began affecting hisidback attitude. Even for him, dying so many times was too much to take, so unaware, thezy appearance his body carried all the time had turned straight.


    Not even a hint ofziness could be seen from his body or eyes as he expressionlessly looked at the guard Valkyrie when she called him for the umpteenth time.


    Even though his body forgot the sensation of facing the pressure after every death, his mental strength had gotten stronger as well as the pressure couldn''t catch him off guard.


    Despite the pressure beginning to affect him, he didn''t even flinch and took a step forward. In less than a second, hepleted one step, now only four steps away frompleting the quest.


    His feet had justnded on the ground when the pressure on him doubled. He still didn''t show any change on his expressionless face and took another step.


    Again, it took less than a second for him toplete it. Finally, a struggling change appeared on his face as the pressure had now quadrupled.


    Gritting his teeth, he raised his right foot, and cracking sounds began erupting from his body. Xator could feel his bone cracking due to the pressure and which in turn was ufortable and painful for him.


    Xator still didn''t put his foot down andpleted the third step when suddenly he couldn''t help but stumble. He knew if he fell in this situation, he would never be able to stand up again since the pressure had increased by eight times.


    Before he could fall, he used his hands to bnce himself, which in turn made him stand in a weird posture. His left hand touched the ground while his right hand was in the air.


    The pressure released by the guard Valkyrie was strongest at the bottom and gradually weakened as it went up. So when Xator''s left hand touched the ground, it wasn''t ready or able to handle the pressure at that intensity, and his veins began rupturing.


    Xator couldn''t help but scream in pain. Despite feeling the pain with even more intensity during the quest, the feeling and pain remained the same as if it was the first time he felt such.


    Xator didn''t give up and continued to hold his ground steady. A few secondster, when he could finally stand straight, he had a crushed hand instead. His hand had gotten mashed to such an extent that with a slight touch, it would burst.


    As expected, with only a slight pressure, it exploded. Xator greeted his teeth and raised his left foot toplete his fourth step.


    "Ugh!"


    "Ugh!"


    "Ugh!"


    He continuously groaned in pain as his left foot went past his right foot and thennded on the ground.


    The moment his footnded, the pressure on Xator doubled and was now sixteen times the initial pressure. His toes weren''t able to handle pressure with such intensity and exploded in blood mist right away.


    Xator screamed his guts out in response and raised his right foot to take thest step. He knew he had no time to wait since it would only take seconds for his entire left foot to burst into a blood mist and then his leg.


    His scream continued as his left foot continued bursting while his right foot continued and went past his left foot.


    "AARGH!"


    His screams turned louder with each passing moment. At one point, it turned into a shrill, but Xator didn''t give up.


    His struggle continued as his right foot finallynded on the ground.


    The moment his footnded on the ground, his left foot entirely exploded into a blood mist. Xator didn''t feel anything this time as he noticed the blood mist freezing in the air, the sixteen times pressure on him disappearing, the guard Valkyrie''s face freezing, and a blue window appearing in front of him.


    [Congrattions, Adventurer, forpleting the quest.


    You have shown grit and sessfully reached the weakest guard of the Townhead, braving past the pressure and pain.


    You now had two choices:


    If you continue and take one more step, you will get the bonus reward.


    Or, you canplete the quest here and only get the mission reward.]


    Xator expressionlessly looked at the screen in front of him.


    "Do you think I''m a Masochist?" Xator muttered as he decided toplete the quest here and chose the second option.


    Even though he had already felt so much pain, it wasn''t of his choice. If he were to let go of the pain, he would''ve failed the quest, but now that Xator hadpleted it, why would he face thirty-two times the pressure and see another part of his body bursting into blood mist.


    After he had chosen his option, the time that had frozen for him began flowing again.


    The next moment, a blue light suddenly engulfed him.


    Xator felt so muchfortable that he moaned in pleasure, but the feeling didn''tst for long, and before he could savor it, the feeling and blue light surrounding him disappeared.


    All the body parts he had lost due to the pressure had gotten restored, and Xator could also feel that he had gotten stronger than when he began the quest.


    The air around him also looked different as earlier what looked nothing to him, but now he could see several blobs of lights in the air. He tried to call them, but unfortunately, the particles remained steady in the air.


    "Hmph, one more step, and you would''ve gained an increase of ten levels and an evolution."


    A sudden scoff filled with disappointment broke Xator out of his thought process. He looked and saw the guard had an expression of looking down on him.


    He didn''t care what the guard felt, so he ignored her reaction and instead looked around his surroundings. It had already been more than three hours since he appeared in the town, but he still hadn''t seen anything in this town other than the Saint Valkyries.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh has just concluded the introduction of his store products for the umpteenth time for today in front of another new customer.


    The customer then asked for what he wanted and left the queue, while another new customer took his ce, and Aakesh began his usual routine of introducing again.

 Chapter 254 - Punishment

    Chapter 254: Punishment


    "What!"


    An exmation rang in the store after Aakesh told the price of training in the Gods & Demons level training hour for the Overlord-grade weapon.


    In response to the man''s shock, Aakesh did not reply since he had already be ustomed to the reaction he received from customers after telling them the cost of training.


    "Store owner, don''t you think 1 million supreme Primal stones for just an hour of training is too much?" The man asked, seeing Aakesh not responding or attempting to lessen the price since he believed that Aakesh had mistakenly quoted the wrong price.


    Aakesh stayed silent in response and only pointed at the rule board. The man followed the direction and read the rule about no bargaining.


    The man looked at Aakesh and then the rule board for a few times before finally stopping and giving up. He couldn''t help but heave a disappointed sigh, thinking about the cost.


    "Fine, give me then," The man said since his primary purpose foring here was the training.


    "Give you what?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked in response, making the man dumbfounded for a moment.


    He couldn''t help but re up, hearing Aakesh''s response, but he controlled himself since he still remembered what had happened in the store a few hours earlier.


    ***


    The man''s name was Gordon, and he was ate Tao Pce expert belonging to the Pocoso Empire. He had good rtions with the prince, George, so he went to George to request a training session with him. It had been thousands of years since he had been stuck in the current cultivation.


    The battle has always been one of the easiest and surest ways to gain an epiphany into Tao, so Gordon also wanted to try it and see if he could also gain an epiphany and then a long waiting breakthrough. When he went to George for help, he suggested the store and the Gods & Demons level training area.


    Listening to George''s suggestion, Gordon hade here.


    At first, he didn''t think that a single hour of training could be this magical, but when he appeared in front of the store, he began believing a little about the effects. Even though he was standing right at the door of the store, and the door was open, he couldn''t see anything inside the store.


    A hint of confidence emerged in his heart about the training as he took a step forward and entered inside. When he entered the store, the first thing he saw was a blue-skinned man rxing in his chair.


    Gordon belonged to an Empire and was a loyal citizen, so it would be a lie if he said he wasfortable with a non-human store owner. The non-human races were the most difficult challenge the Pocoso Empire faced when it came to bing the strongest empire on the Anga continent. But being knowledgeable and a Tao Pce cultivator, he understood that humans weren''t anything special when it came to the Primal dimension, let alone the Multiverse. So he hid the ufortable feeling in his heart right away and didn''t dare to show it on his face.


    Seeing the store owner entertaining no customer, he approached him. But before he could reach him, the store owner suddenly opened his eyes, and the aura surrounding him turned cold and suffocating.


    His face turned pale from horror by feeling the sudden change. He wasn''t the only one; all other customers inside the store sensed the same suffocating pressure. Fortunately for them, before it could turn threatening, a slight breeze appeared in the store and took the pressure released by the store owner.


    Gordon, for a moment, seeing the sudden turn of events, thought that the store owner had seen through his feelings for him and had be angry due to that, but the next moment, he heaved a sigh of relief as well as saw the most incredulous scene of his life.


    In front of him, an invisible hand dragged out a being out of the weapons room and stopped right before Aakesh.


    The being that had gotten dragged had a face full of horror as he looked at the expressionless eyes of the store owner.


    He wanted to apologize, but his voice got stuck in his throat, as the next moment, beings he was familiar with started crashing down like the rain. At least ten beings appeared out of nowhere and began falling.


    But before their bodies could touch the ground, they scattered like sand. Every being that fell faced the same end.


    Aakesh looked in the eyes of the being the system had captured, and the next moment, he fell into an illusion. The system then released the man, and with a thud sound, he crashed on the hardwood floor.


    It wasn''t the man''s first visit to the store, and he had already purchased a few products. So Aakesh activated the skill, Watcher. He wanted to see who gave this man the guts to attempt stealing from his store.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but frown, seeing the past memory of the man. A man had attempted to forcefully bypass the restriction of teleportation and enter the store a few days back. In the end, he had died because of it.


    That man and all the men that died today belonged to the same organization. The man in front of Aakesh was only a pawn for that organization, and he had no idea about who or what it was.


    "It seems I''ve been too peaceful for the world," Aakesh mumbled. For him who thought nothing of others, someone eyeing his store was no less than humiliating him.


    Several customers present in the store were high-level cultivators, so they also heard the mumble of Aakesh. They couldn''t help but shudder, thinking about the result of those who had offended this man.


    "This is the consequence of stealing the products and eyeing my store," Aakesh then decided to use these deaths as an example to those who may have the same thought in the future.


    [Ding!]


    After Aakesh''s warning to the customers, the system suddenly established a quest.


    Aakesh decided to check it after the closing time since there were still customers in the store. His eyes then fell on the man lying on the ground with lifeless eyes.


    The men that tried to break the restriction of the system forcefully had a single punishment death, but for those who attempted stealing from the store, death was a luxury.

 Chapter 255 - Unknown Enemies!

    Chapter 255: Unknown Enemies!


    Aakesh left the man lying on the floor and returned to his chair.


    All the customers waiting in the store, including Gordon, heaved a sigh of relief, seeing the store owner returning to his chair.


    Even though the suffocating pressure had disappeared right after it had appeared, still seeing beings crashing down on the floor one after another and then scattering like sand created another pressure on their chest.


    When Aakesh had warned the customers, those who had even a little bit of interest in attempting to steal the products or harm the store felt chilled down to their core even when Aakesh didn''t look at them.


    Gordon, on the other hand, heaved a sigh of relief since he had believed that he was the reason for the store owner''s anger. He wanted to approach Aakesh for the purpose he hade here, but seeing the body of the man lying in the way discouraged him from even taking a step.


    As if the system could understand what was going through Gordon''s head, a breeze appeared out of nowhere and threw the body of the man out of the store. Since the man wasn''t dead yet and was facing the worst of mental tortures, his body didn''t scatter into the sand like the others.


    Instead of getting relieved, Gordon''s fear for the store grew. The man was of the same level as him, and the store actions didn''t seem to even care for his cultivation.


    He stood still for a few seconds without knowing what to do. Only after his heart had calmed down did he take a step forward and approached the store owner.


    ***


    "Give me one hour of training in Gods & Demons level training area for Overlord-grade weapon," Gordon asked, seeing Aakesh expressionlessly looking at him.


    After that, he began taking the required number of supreme Primal stones from his space ring. He felt as if someone was cutting his heart, as arge portion of his life savings appeared in the form of a mountain.


    Those who were new in the store acted as if an unimaginable scene was urring in front of their eyes, while those who regrly came to the store didn''t even care to look.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the supreme primal stones disappeared from the store. After getting the alert from the system that the amount was correct, he told Gordon to enter the weapons room.


    Gordon nodded and then left for the weapons room. His face had a hint of gloom since he had just spent an amount he could only dream to spend at once.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Primal dimension,


    "They''re dead!"


    A voice rang in the area right after the intruders died while trying to enter the store.


    "All of them!" An exim rang in the area in response to the information.


    All the beings who tried to break through the restriction of the store were at least intermediate Heavenly Monarch, and he had sent sixteen of them.


    For the organization he belonged to, even sixteen hundred peak Immortals dying wouldn''t matter much, let alone sixteen Immortals of different levels. He still felt a pang in his heart since they were still Immortals and their organization had spent resources on them.


    "Should¡­ we stop?" The man asked with a pause.


    "No, send another batch. This time send one hundred Peak Heavenly Monarch," The voice responded right away with a hint of anger.


    "Just what do you want from that store?" The man asked, but no response came from the other side. After shaking his head in disappointment, the man did what the voice had instructed him to do.


    If other beings belonging to their organization were to see the identity of the man hearing someone else''s order, they would never believe it. The man was none other than the founder of the organization, a peak Heavenly Monarch with a pseudo divine physique and could ascend anytime to the Sacred dimension.


    Despite being one of the strongest of the Primal dimension, the man had no choice but to agree with whatever the owner of the voice ordered him.


    He then looked in the direction of the voice, muttered something iprehensible while a glint passed through his eyes. The next moment, his body dispersed into light particles.


    ***


    Aakesh was unaware that another batch of Immortals wasing for his store. Even if he did, he wouldn''t worry since even Gods can''t bypass the restriction of the system, let alone Immortals. It wouldn''t matter how many came; they would all face the same result, death.


    After Gordon left, Aakesh was also thinking about the intruders and the unknown organization behind them. He couldn''t understand why someone would force their way into the store when the doors were open for them. If they wanted to go on a rampage and destroy the store, only a stupid would enter after breaking the wall when the main gate is open for the enemy.


    He then stopped thinking about it since the system had already generated a quest. The system would surely give a hint of the purpose of the organization in the quest, so he didn''t need to worry.


    If the system gave no purpose, then Aakesh would need to waste his time searching for the enemy. After what the organization did today, Aakesh has already decided their result, so he wouldn''t stop until he achieved it.


    As for the man, the system had thrown outside Aakesh didn''t find anything worthwhile from his memory.


    He only found that even the stealing was his own doing instead of the organization. He had believed that the sixteen Immortals would be able to sessfully break into the store, so he wanted to steal as many weapons as possible before that happened. Unfortunately for him, the moment he tried to put one of the swords in his space ring, the system judged him as the thief and told Aakesh about it.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed.


    Gordon''s training wasplete, so the system pulled his consciousness out from the training area. The next moment, he appeared in an isted space, and only after his energy had calmed down did the system bring him back to the store.


    "Failed again," Gordon muttered after returning to the store since he didn''t get a breakthrough.


    But despite that, his voice didn''t contain disappointment. But instead, there was a hint of excitement even though he had failed to attain the breakthrough.


    In the training area, he found out the mistake he had made in his understanding, and he also finally knew the reason for stopping at this level for thousands of years.


    His understanding of the sword Tao had always been wrong, but still, he was able to reach this level. It was only due to his talent, or even achieving Tao Pce would''ve been a luxury for him.


    If there were someone other than him, they would''ve felt disappointed, learning that their understanding of Tao had always been wrong, but for someone like Gordon, who has failed countless times, attempting a breakthrough, this piece of information came as a hope and thest straw.


    Since Gordon had already found his way to the Tao, he left the weapons room. He thanked Aakesh and left the store right away.


    For him, even the waste of a second was unforgivable in this case.


    Aakesh didn''t care much, so he returned to rxing after Gordon left.


    Time flew by, and finally, the six hours of stay for the second group in Panagea was over.


    The system forced all the adventures out, and Aakesh ordered the third group to enter the portals.


    Xator and his family members also came out of the portal at the same time. They then began sharing the details of their stay in Panagea.


    Xator''s face turned ugly the more he learned about his wife and children''s quests.


    When Xayaati saw the face of her husband, she couldn''t help but get curious. She also noticed the change of aura around him.


    Seeing the change and ugly face, Xayaati understood, Xator had gone through some tough times in Panagea. She didn''t want to make fun of her husband, but their youngest son, Xayito, didn''t feel like her, so he asked, "Papa, why does your face look ugly?"


    Xator''s face turned even uglier, seeing the smirk on his son''s face.


    Xayaati red at her son, seeing him making fun of his father. Xayito, in response, moved his eyes away.


    Xator didn''t answer and instead looked at Aakesh. He med Aakesh for all of this since he was the only one that faced such a thing.


    Since he couldn''t do anything to either Aakesh or his son, he activated his supreme card and disappeared from the store.


    ***


    (It didn''t affect the coin price!)


    A/N: Hello, readers! I know there hasn''t been a fixed schedule for the release of chapters. I''m really sorry for troubling you with that.


    Since my workload today exceeded my expectations, there is only one chapter today.. There''s also a piece of good news that my time schedule will return to the usual from tomorrow, and then I can upload the chapters at the same time as previous.

 Chapter 256 - The Quest

    Chapter 256: The Quest


    After the second group exited Panagea, Aakesh ordered the third group to enter.


    Since Aakesh had opened the storete, he decided to keep the same schedule of fifteen hours so the store would also closete than usual.


    Even though the day was close to an end, customers still entered the store from time to time, so Aakesh never got the free time.


    Anytime a new customer arrived and approached him, he would introduce his store products to them. Just like that, time flew by, and hours passed.


    Darkness had already covered the light, and customers were leaving the store one by one since it was getting closed.


    A few secondster, only Aakesh remained in the store. He stood up from his chair, went to the door, and closed it, bringing another day for the store to an end.


    "Hey, system, show me my new quest," He told the system since he had gotten a quest after the death of the intruders and his warning to the other customers a few hours earlier.


    The system didn''t speak anything in response, and the next moment, a blue window containing the details of his new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Hunt the Intruders,


    Requirement: As someone who wants to be the most outstanding store owner, how could you leave those who repeatedly offended you and eyed your store alive?


    Information: The organization Nielle has begun eyeing your store,


    System''s help: Three absolute attacks, and you can materialize any one weapon of your likes during the quest duration,


    Mission reward: Increase of a level, and one offensive skill,


    Failure punishment: Decrease of a level, and the store''s shutdown for one thousand years.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but take a deep breath, reading the quest. The system didn''t give him any major hint and only told him the name of the organization that''s been eyeing his store. It didn''t even tell him the purpose of the organization behind their attempts.


    Aakesh didn''t worry much or feel disappointed since any piece of information was better than nothing at all. Having the name of the organization was enough for him to find out about the organization. As for the purpose behind their actions, he would find it from the leader of the organization itself.


    He then focused on the screen and read further down. Finally, expressions appeared on his face as it turned solemn, seeing the help the system would provide him for the quest.


    Only absolute attacks from the system were more than enough, but the system also allowed him to take out one of his training weapons in reality.


    The absolute attack was undefendable like its name suggested. Death and destruction were certain whenever these kinds of attacks appeared.


    Since Aakesh was in the Primal decision, and the strongest being here were the Void beasts. Using the absolute attacks, Aakesh could even kill them. There can also be beings from higher levels like the Angel that arrived in the store earlier. Even they couldn''t defend themselves from these attacks. They could only escape back to the dimension they came from.


    But for Aakesh, the weapon that he could take out during the quest meant way more than these three absolute attacks.


    The weapons he had were the best of the quality, not only in the Primal dimension but all three. Only the weapons of the Devas were better than his weapons, and it was also the reason behind the system not allowing him to take them out of the training area.


    He suddenly stopped as he also remembered something while thinking about the weapons.


    "Hey, system, wouldn''t my taking out any of the weapons break the rule of the Primal dimension?" He decided to ask the system right away. All the weapons he had were sentient, and even Gods wouldn''t be able to handle the subconscious pressure released by them.


    The only reason, Aakesh didn''t worry about the pressure was because of bonding with them. When the system prepared the training area for him, Aakesh had bonded with all the weapons.


    [Host, you don''t need to worry about that. The weapons would only be at the peak of the Primal dimension.]


    The system responded in its usual emotionless and mechanical voice. Aakesh nodded after listening to the system''s response since it made sense. The system cared for the rules of the Multiverse even more than him, so it would be him who would break the rules if a chance arrived, but the system would never do that.


    "Hey, system, would only three absolute strikes be enough for the quest?" Aakesh then asked another question. The organization that could send intruders ranging from intermediate tote Immortals(eight Heavenly Monarch, six Dharma Monarch, two Demigods), how could Aakesh, who was only equivalent to a Tao Pce expert, kill them?


    [Host, it''s up to you to solve that problem. The system had already offered help and made the quest easy for someone like you.]


    The system responded. Aakesh fell silent for a second and then asked for the attack types the system had offered him as help.


    After seeing the details, he nodded. Out of the three absolute attacks, only one attack was a single-person attack, while the other two wererge-area attacks.


    If Aakesh were to make good use of the tworge-area attacks, Aakesh could kill the entire organization.


    But, seeing a single-person attack made Aakesh''s face grave. Since the system offered him one such attack, that meant there was at least a person who wouldn''t die by therge-area attacks.


    "Is the organization working for someone from higher dimensions?" Aakesh couldn''t help but think since only creatures equivalent to the Void beasts would need a single-person attack to kill.


    A few momentster, he stopped thinking about it since there was no point in it. He would find out the identity of whoever it was when he started his hunt.


    Aakesh then refocused on the quest screen and read the further details.


    The grave face he had a moment earlier disappeared when he saw the mission rewards. After this leveling up, he would reach the peak of the Primal dimension, and then he wouldn''t need to worry about anyone even outside the store.


    Even though he still didn''t worry about it since he had no interest in going outside, still having the power to kill anybody without the system''s help was still needed.

 Chapter 257 - Harsh Punishment

    Chapter 257: Harsh Punishment


    There wasn''t a single reward, but two rewards for the quest.


    Aakesh not only liked the increase in level but seeing he would also get an offensive skill made the rewards more significant than usual.


    Even though he had several copied skills, they weren''t his own, and he could only use them three times.


    After entering Panagea, he didn''t need to worry about skills since he could buy the skills there. And as the store owner, he would automatically get those skills in the real world. But Aakesh was currently a low-level in the Panagea, and he could only get low-level skills.


    The skill SandPort that helped him kill a Level 50 was useless in the real world. Here, Aakesh could turn trillions of miles of radius around him into a desert,va, or any element if he wanted and could cover an evenrger distance in less than a second, let alone 100 meters of radius.


    And especially the skill would be a reward from the system, so he was confident that it would be one of the most powerful skills of the Primal dimension, if not the best.


    Since the reward was currently far from Aakesh, he stopped thinking about it and focused on thest section of the quest screen.


    "A thousand years!" Aakesh couldn''t help but exim in shock, seeing the failure punishment.


    He had been with the system for tens of thousands of years and had done tens of quests. During these years, he hadn''t failed a single quest, so he never received a punishment, but still, the harshest punishment offered by any mission he had received was taking away his room. But here, if he failed, the store would shut down for a thousand years, and if the store would shut down, it basically meant that he would be there too.


    As for the punishment of a decrease in level, Aakesh didn''t worry since he was in the system''s protection. Even if he failed, the protection duration for him would only increase more than he wanted.


    Since there was no time requirement for the quest, he stopped thinking about it for now. Even if he had the system''s help, he couldn''t just force his way into an organization he knew nothing about.


    He had several Immortal customers. He would ask them about the organization and then make his ns regarding the quest.


    Next, Aakesh waved his hands, and the quest screen dispersed into light particles. His eyes then fell on the portal room.


    Today was the day he had decided to rescue Lily and kill the wolf king, so he took a step in the direction of the room.


    But his steps came to a sudden halt as a smile appeared on his face.


    "Leave the strongest alive and kill all the others," Aakesh requested to the system.


    The system just alerted him that 110 Immortals are trying to breach the restriction of the store.


    Aakesh was thinking about asking his customers for the information rted to the organization a moment earlier, but now that intruders have arrived, how could he not ask them themselves about their organization.


    The system didn''t speak anything in response to Aakesh''s request, and the next moment, with a thud sound, a body crashed on the ground.


    It wasn''t a human, but an Elf that had crashed on the floor. ck hair, ck eyes, and ck skin told Aakesh the race of the Elf.


    It was a Dark Elf. An invisible rope had bounded his legs and hands.


    The Elf was aplete Maharathi warrior of the warrior system, and he had an embryo of the divine physique.


    Aakesh didn''t care much about the cultivation level of the Elf since even a Void Beast wouldn''t be able to do anything inside the store.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, invisible energy picked the Elf up and brought him up to his height.


    Aakesh looked into the eyes of the Elf and saw an expression of fearlessness from it. He shook his head in disappointment, seeing the foolishness of not knowing the difference of power despite reaching such a high level in cultivation.


    The Elf red at Aakesh after he got hold of him, but Aakesh didn''t care. His eyes suddenly turned darker. The Elf subconsciously wanted to move his eyes away, but the system didn''t allow it, and soon his eyes turned lifeless.


    Aakesh then released the man, and he crashed again on the floor.


    Aakesh had no interest in asking any questions about the organization from the Elf. He instead forced him to an Illusion, where he would spill out his entire life on his own. Why would he ask or torture the Elf when he could get whatever answers he wanted without much effort?


    Since the Elf was aplete Maharathi warrior, he would have lived for tens of thousands of years, if not millions and billions. Aakesh didn''t have any interest in learning the story of the Elf, even when it wouldn''t take more than a few seconds in the actual world.


    "Hey, system, kill this man after he spills out his entire life story, and then tell me all the information rted to the organization he had," Aakesh then told the system. Why would he do the work on his own if the system was there to do it?


    [Okay, Host!]


    The system responded and epted Aakesh''smand.


    Aakesh nodded, left the man lying lifelessly on the ground, and proceeded to the portal room.


    After entering the portal room, his eyes fell upon the ranking leaderboard. He noticed that he was still a Level 32 when he hadpleted the quest and gained a reward of five levels increase.


    "It must be due to that golden screen." Aakesh thought and then touched the nearest portal.


    The next moment, a suction force stronger than any force in the Primal dimension appeared and sucked him inside. Aakesh disappeared from the store and appeared in Panagea in the same ce he had left just this morning.


    There were still two windows floating in front of him, one golden and one blue.


    Even if Aakesh wanted, he couldn''t check the blue screen first, so he had no choice but to read the contents of the golden screen first.


    He then focused on the screen and couldn''t help but get surprised by what he read.

 Chapter 258 - Benefits

    Chapter 258: Benefits


    Aakesh appeared in the same ce he had left earlier this morning while two different color screens floated in front of him.


    Aakesh then focused on the golden screen since the letters on the blue screen had gotten blurred.


    [Congrattions, Adventurer, You''ve killed the Townhead of the town, Wolfden,


    Wolfden and its citizens couldn''t survive without the Townhead since the wolf king had its eyes on the town. Since you''re the killer of the Townhead, you''re rewarded with the position of the new Townhead.


    Benefits of the Townhead:


    (I) Direct Increase of levels to Level 50,


    (II) Tax collected from the citizen,


    (III) Complete control over the army,


    (IV) Full control over the resources of the town.


    Hint: It''s a transferable position. You can transfer it to anyone.


    Warning: If you were to transfer the position, your level would revert back to the level at which you gained the position, and the new Townhead will gain all the benefits.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but get surprised after reading the content of the golden screen.


    Since the system had already told him about him getting the position of the Townhead after killing Mark, he expected it to appear on the screen. What surprised him was the first benefit of being the Townhead.


    A direct increase to Level 50 would make him equal to the wolf king in level. At that level, Aakesh was confident to instantly kill the wolf king.


    Aakesh had no interest in the position and the other benefits of the Townhead, but the increase in level was something worth pondering.


    [Host, if you choose to take the position of the Townhead, you could only transfer it a yearter.]


    As if the system could understand the doubts of Aakesh, so the next moment it informed him.


    "One year!" Aakesh eximed in surprise at the system''s information.


    After learning that information, the little bit of interest Aakesh had in taking the position for the quest disappeared. He had first thought of bing the Townhead, then he would effortlessly kill the wolf king with the level increase, and then he would transfer the position to someone else.


    But after the system informed him about the cooldown of one year, he had no interest in taking the position.


    Since taking the position meant acting as the Townhead for a year, he couldn''t stay bound by it for that long.


    Aakesh had already decided to leave the town of Wolfden after rescuing Lily and wander around the Panagea since this world was the culmination of three dimensions.


    After he had made his decision, the golden screen began fading as if the will of the world had understood Aakesh''s thoughts.


    "Eh!" Aakesh eximed in surprise, seeing the golden screen fading. He had thought that since he hadn''t taken the position for herself, he would need to transfer it to someone else.


    A few secondster, the golden screen totally faded. But it wasn''t the end, as a golden key the size of avocado appeared out of nowhere.


    Right after appearing, it began falling, Aakesh tried to catch it, but his reflexes weren''t fast enough for the speed at which the key was falling. Before he could grab it, it fell on the ground with a loud crashing sound. As if the key weighed in tons, it made the ground shake.


    Aakesh almost stumbled due to the sudden shaking of thend.


    After thend returned to calm and the soil that had erupted subsided, Aakesh bent down and attempted to pick up the golden key. He also wanted to see how much the key weighted to cause such a reaction.


    "Hmm, let''s see if I can pick you or not," Aakesh muttered as he couldn''t even budge the key after casually attempting to pick it up.


    A few secondster, Aakesh had no choice but to use both of his hands to pick it up. Only after he used his full strength was he able to pick it up.


    Since he had unlimited endurance, he didn''t feel physically tired.


    When Aakesh brought it to his waist height, the key suddenly lost its heaviness, and its weight returned to the weight any key the size of avocado should have.


    The next moment, a small golden window appeared in front of him right above the key.


    [Item: The Key of Session,


    Grade: Epic,


    Owner: None,


    Ability: It allows the adventurer/inhabitant to gain control over a territory,


    Territory: Wolfden.]


    Aakesh only took a nce at the screen, and after finding nothing of interest, he ignored it. He instead had another question in his mind.


    "Hey, system, what was the point for making the key this heavy?" He asked the system as it felt nothing more than a pointless effort for him.


    [Host, the key was this heavy because it has no owner. If you were to ept the position of the Townhead...]


    The system exined the purpose behind the weight. It was heavy as the test to the owner if the being who killed the Townhead refused to take the position of Townhead.


    Now, Aakesh needed to find someone who would be able to pick it up, and only then could he transfer the position to someone.


    Aakesh didn''t ask any further questions and put the key in the pouch he carried low soul stones.


    His eyes then finally fell on the blue screen. The letters that were blurred for him at the start were now clearly visible.


    [Congrattions, Adventurer, forpleting the mission and saving Wolfden from extinction,


    As per the mission requirement, you personally killed all the guild members of the Netherstorm guild. You can get your reward anytime.


    You''ve sessfully achieved the bonus requirement of the quest by personally killing the leader of the group. You can get your reward anytime.]


    Aakesh nodded after reading the contents of the blue screen. There wasn''t anything surprising on it, so Aakesh waved his hands, and it dispersed into light particles.


    Aakesh had alreadypleted the requirement, sp he could get his reward anytime. He thought about it, and the next moment, a blue light engulfed him.


    A few secondster, the blue light disappeared. Not even a second had passed when it suddenly reappeared and engulfed Aakesh again.


    A few secondster, the blue light disappeared.. Aakesh didn''t look any different than earlier, but he knew he had gained five levels since Aakesh could sense that he had gotten even more powerful.

 Chapter 259 - Change

    Chapter 259: Change


    After the blue light disappeared, the breakthrough Aakesh was going through ended.


    Aakesh didn''t feel any change in his body even though he had gained five levels. He still didn''t doubt it as he could feel the newfound power due to the breakthrough.


    Aakesh then called the status in his mind to check his gained attributes.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Rare,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 37,


    HP: 2700/2700,


    Energy: 2693/2700,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 270 (+50),


    Agility: 270 (+50),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh nodded after reading his status screen.


    Due to the ss, Watcher, he had gained 50 units in both strength and agility while 500 units in energy and HP.


    In addition, Aakesh noticed that his energy was not full. He had spent it while attempting to pick up the golden key. He didn''t worry since it was only seven units and would gain back in his journey.


    Seeing there was no problem with it, he waved his hands, and the status screen dispersed into light particles.


    He then called out his quest screen to look at it for thest time.


    The next moment, a new blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him.


    [Brave Adventurer, you have already saved the town of Wolfden once, but it seems it needs your service again!


    You killed so many wolves that it would take at least five years for the silver wolves to create their horde again, and the wolf king also knew this. But it seems the wolf king had found a way to build a powerful race of silver wolves without having the ability to manipte energy.


    There is a high-level bloodline currently roaming in the jungle, and the wolf king has decided to take that creature''s help to create super wolves.


    Adventurer, you need to prevent this from happening by either killing the high-level bloodline owner and stopping the wolf king from creating super wolves, or by killing the wolf king, or by finding a way to stop it. Otherwise, the town of Wolfden will lose innocent civilians.


    Your reward would depend on the result of the mission. May you be sessful!]


    "Let''s see, what reward would I get?" Aakesh muttered after looking at the quest screen. His reward for the quest depended upon the result, so he thought about it.


    As for failing the quest, Aakesh didn''t worry. Even when he was Level 32, he was confident enough to take on the wolf king, let alone now when he had reached Level 37. Now, he was confident enough to kill the wolf king in less than three strikes.


    He then waved his hands, and the quest screen disappeared, but soon a new blue window appeared in front of him as if it also knew Aakesh was ready toplete the quest.


    It was a map of the forest, and a dark red marker marked the location of the wolf king.


    The wolf king was fifty-six yojanas(1 yojana= 8 miles) away from where Aakesh currently was. The town was nearer than the wolf king''s location. It was only around thirty yojanas.


    Since Aakesh had closed the storete than usual today, he also had less time to stay in Panagea. He already had two things to do, so he didn''t wait and rushed in the direction of the wolf king.


    He decided against using any movement skill because it would consume energy, and Aakesh didn''t want to fall into a situation where he wouldn''t have enough energy to use skills.


    The distance was more than four hundred miles, so even after Aakesh had reached Level 37 and was running at full speed, it took him around one hour and three minutes to cover that distance.


    Aakesh''s energy has also been filled since he recovered 100 units of energy every hour. He had only lost around thirty-forty units due to the key and running for so long, so the time of journey was enough for him to recover it.


    When Aakesh was twenty miles away from the location of the wolf king on the map, he stopped.


    He then activated the skill, Universal-Eye, and the next moment, a real-time 3D virtual projection of 8 yojanas radius around him appeared in front of him.


    Since Aakesh had now grown to Level 37, he could select beings up to Level 47, and only creatures having high levels above that would be greyed out.


    "Three!" Aakesh eximed in surprise, seeing the virtual projection in front of him.


    There were three beings who were greyed out in the area. One of them was the wolf king since he was Level 50, but Aakesh never expected the wolf king to have two other beings who would be more than Level 45, let alone Level 47.


    It wasn''t the only issue. Aakesh counted the number of wolves in the projection radius and found the number in several tens of thousands. To be exact, the number of wolves, including the wolf king in the radius of the projection, was 84,372.


    Since wolves were social animals and rarely lived an isted life, Aakesh knew that he would fight not only the wolf king but also its underlings and descendants whenever he faced the wolf king. But, even in his wildest dream, Aakesh thought the number to be in the few thousands, but here there were more than fifty thousand wolves.


    Aakesh was still confident of rescuing Lily and killing the wolf king, but his works had just gotten way bigger than he had expected.


    He also needed to make ns now since sometimes quantity helps overwhelm the quality, and Aakesh didn''t want that to happen.


    If tens of thousands of wolves surrounded him, and the wolf king seeded in attacking him, he would fall into a terrible situation and may even lose the quest.


    Since the projections didn''t show the level of the wolves, Aakesh assumed every wolf to be Level 37, equivalent to him. He then began making ns.


    Thest thing he worried about was the war of attrition, so he also considered it as a countermeasure if he were to somehow fall into a terrible situation.


    After Aakesh had made his ns, he didn''t wait and proceeded in the direction of the first group he wanted to hunt.

 Chapter 260 - Battle(1)

    Chapter 260: Battle(1)


    Since the projection didn''t show the level or the actual body shape, Aakesh couldn''t find Lily out of the more than 83 thousand creatures in the projection.


    Aakesh had stopped twenty miles away from the location of the wolf king. The other two wolves that were greyed out in the projection were also near the wolf king, so Aakesh would only meet them in theter phase of the battle.


    The nearest wolf camp was three miles away from him, and there were around six thousand wolves or other creatures in that area.


    Aakesh decided to first go there. As he had assumed every wolf in the projection to be equal in level to him, he was prepared for the worst case.


    Time flew by. It took him less than a minute to cover the distance of three miles. When he reached there, he saw cubs ying with their mothers while male wolveszily rxed.


    Aakesh only shook his head in disappointment, seeing them rxing when only two days ago, he had killed several thousands of their brethren. He understood that their reason for rxing was the presence of the wolf king, but still, they were quite a few distance away from him. Aakesh then stopped thinking about it since his purpose foring here was to kill. It would be easy for him when they were rxed.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned calm when he reached the area.


    Even though the adult wolves were rxing, they still could smell the scent of an intruder. When Aakesh reached in their range, his scent alerted them.


    The wolves growled, seeing Aakesh entering their camp. At first, they growled to warn and threaten Aakesh, but when he didn''t stop, they stood up and charged at him. While one wolf on the back attempted howling to warn other wolf camps, how could Aakesh let it do it?


    If the wolf alerted other camps, wouldn''t his work get bigger? Aakesh activated one of the copied skills, and the next moment, the head of the wolf burst.


    Aakesh ignored the killing, while other wolves didn''t understand what happened since it happened so fast.


    He grabbed the hilt of his sword and grabbed it out from the sheath bound to his shoulders by ropes.


    He then disappeared from the eyes of the wolves.


    Even though Aakesh had assumed every wolf in the area to at least be Level 37, how can that be true? The highest level of the wolf in the current camp was only Level 23, let alone Level 37.


    The heads of the wolves started crashing down the ground before the wolves could even understand what was going on.


    A few secondster, the entire area of several hundreds of meters had turned silver due to the blood.


    Not only blood but also the corpses of the wolves ranging from cubs to adultsid on the ground. Even walking without putting the foot on the corpses would prove to be a herculean task in a radius of a few hundred meters.


    Since Aakesh was too fast for the wolves, they didn''t even get the time to cry out for help or understand what had happened to them. The first second, they looked at someone in front of them falling down, and before their brain could process it, they had lost consciousness.


    Just like that, Aakesh cleared this camp of the wolves in only a matter of a few seconds.


    He then found the next camp. He would hunt. It was two miles east to this location, and there were only eight hundred wolves in the next point.


    Aakesh didn''t even look at the corpses he had created and left right away.


    In only a matter of several seconds, Aakesh reached his location. Since not a single drop of silver blood had touched him, no wolf thought that he had just killed their brethren when they saw him.


    Just like thest time, Aakesh cleared the camp of around eight hundred wolves in a matter of a few seconds. Even though he had killed around 7,000 wolves until now, he had only used a single skill. He had only used ten units of his energy, so he still had his energy capacity almost full.


    The next nearest wolf camp was six miles away from the current location, and it also had around thirty thousand wolves there, so it was going to ve the first challenge for Aakesh in this one-sided massacre.


    Aakesh, like thest time, didn''t even spare a single nce at the creatures he had killed and rushed to his next location.


    Several secondster, Aakesh reached the camp, but unlike thest two, here there were adult wolves on alert, so they noticed him before Aakesh would''ve liked.


    They also didn''t growl or roar to threaten Aakesh, they directly charged toward him, aiming to rip him to pieces.


    The suddenmotion alerted everyone in the camp, and howls after howls rang in the area while the majority of the wolves charged at him.


    This time, Aakesh was unable to kill the wolf before it alerted other camps since his attacks could not reach that far.


    Even though Aakesh would never get tired and could fight for infinite time, he had no interest in clearing this camp with his sword. If he were to do that, it would take him several minutes, and until then, another camp of wolves would arrive. In the end, this area would be the location for the fight between Aakesh and all the wolves.


    He wanted to kill all the wolves in one strike, and for that, he activated one of his copied skills.


    The next moment, a lifelike projection of a pure white elephant appeared above him.


    Unlike thest time, the elephant was the size of a giant mountain and covered hundreds of meters around in the darkness.


    The elephant in the projection angrily roared at the wolves, making them stop charging at him in fear. Not even a second had passed when an energy ball began gathering in the middle of both its tusk at the tip.


    Some of the wolves at the back who didn''t feel the same pressure as the wolves in the front turned around to escape, but their effort came to nothing, as the next moment, the energy ball flew.


    In a split second, the energy reached the center of the wolf camp and exploded with a loud sound.

 Chapter 261 - Battle(2)

    Chapter 261: Battle(2)


    In a split second, the ball reached the center of the wolf camp and exploded with a sound that even the citizens in the town of Wolfden could hear, let alone the other wolf camps and the wolf king.


    The st released by the energy ball engulfed everything in the area of a mile, including Aakesh.


    As if the doomsday had arrived, the st destroyed everything that came in its way. The radius of more than one mile around Aakesh had turned into a deep pit.


    Even Aakesh hadn''t expected the st to be this destructive. Fortunately for Aakesh, he proved to be way stronger than the power of the st, so it only caused some minor injuries to him, and that too was only on the surface.


    From his copied sections, Aakesh discovered an ability to heal, and the next moment the energy of green light enveloped him.


    The scratches on him could be seen disappearing from the naked eyes. It took even less than a second since the injuries were small and weren''t difficult or severe to heal.


    Since Aakesh was also in the area of the mile, he jumped out of the deep pit. His eyes then fell upon the map he had gotten when he began the quest. He could see the change in the location of the wolf king.


    The wolf king was currently eleven miles away from him, and the distance was getting closer. Since it was a Level 50 creature, it would only take around a minute for it to reach this location.


    Aakesh then activated the skill, Universal-Eye, and the next moment a real-time 3D virtual projection appeared in front of him.


    As expected, all the creatures in several miles of radius around him were approaching in this direction.


    The effect caused by the st was out of Aakesh''s expectation, and it created a situation that Aakesh didn''t want to happen. He still didn''t care, as after seeing the attack power for himself, the more wolves arrived in the radius of a mile around him, the better for him.


    Since there was a deep pit in front of him, it wasn''t a suitable location to fight. Aakesh decided to meet the wolf king head-on and rushed in the direction of the wolf king.


    The other wolves will automatically join him when his battle with the wolf king begins.


    Time flew by, and several seconds passed. Aakesh and the wolf king finally came face to face.


    Since it wasn''t the first time Aakesh had seen the wolf king, he recognized it. The wolf king also recognized him since it had seen him wandering around its territory. But since Aakesh was an adventurer and had a privilege, the wolf king didn''t attack him.


    It still looked the same as before; Pure white fur, red eyes, and four times the size of other wolves. The ws were sharp enough to cut a tree with a casual swipe, while teeth were strong enough to even rip apart metal like it was butter, let alone flesh.


    "What are you doing here?" The wolf king asked.


    Aakesh didn''t act surprised, seeing the wolf king speaking thenguage of the citizens of the town of Wolfden. When he had gotten the quest, he had searched for information avable to the public about it.


    There, he had learned that unlike other wolves or creatures in the area, the wolf king could speak the tongue of Wolfden.


    He had also learned that the wolf king originally didn''t live here. He had arrived here when it was just a cub. Then when it grew older, it mated with the female wolves around the area, and its descendants then took control of the jungle around the town.


    At that time, Aakesh had a question: why did the Townhead let the wolf grow since it must''ve acted like this for years? The wolf king couldn''t just get stronger enough topete with the Townhead in a day.


    He then learned that the wolf king had an almost unkible body. No matter how hard Mark tried to kill it, it would somehow survive. As for taming it, he also tried it, but the result was a failure.


    Aakesh didn''t respond to the wolf king''s question and instead rushed at it.


    The wolf king didn''t get taken aback by Aakesh''s charge since it had expected it, but the next moment, a growl rang in the area as Aakesh proved to be too quick for the wolf king topletely dodge.


    Aakesh wasn''t able tond a perfect hit, but still, his sword was able tond arge cut in its body.


    Aakesh then finally witnesses the monstrous healing rate of the wolf king. It took even less than a second for therge cut to disappear.


    The wolf king hasn''t lived for so long for nothing, so it decided to use its strongest skill from the start.


    It roared and opened its mouth wide. Energy ball began gathering at the tip of its mouth.


    How could Aakesh let that happen? Before the energy ball couldplete, he reached in front of the wolf king and pierced its throat with a ''Puchi!'' sound.


    Instead of the wolf king feeling pain, Aakesh saw a glint in its eyes.


    The energy ball that had been gathering at the tip of its mouth didn''t disappear, but instead, it became even stronger as the blood of the wolf king flew on it, making the white energy ball red.


    As for the severe wound in the throat of the wolf king, it began healing right away, and simrly like thest time, the injury healed in less than a second.


    The wolf king also released the wind energy ball, which has gotten way stronger after its blood got mixed with it.


    Instead of waiting for the energy ball to hit Aakesh, the wolf king opened its mouth again, and the same process began urring.


    Aakesh had the skill, Element Immunity, that made him immune to any element attacks. It was also an elemental attack, but since the wolf king exceeded his level by more than ten levels, Aakesh couldn''t use the skill for the current situation.


    The skill gave him a sense of danger, so he activated the ordinary sword skill he had, and the next moment, an aura of sharpness covered his sword, making it sharper enough to cut through metals like paper.

 Chapter 262 - Battle(3)

    Chapter 262: Battle(3)


    Since the red energy ball was too quick for Aakesh to dodge, he had no choice but to face it head-on.


    Since the energy ball gave him a sense of danger, Aakesh didn''t directly face it. He instead activated the sword skill he had bought from the store a day earlier.


    Right after he activated it, an invisible aura of sharpness surrounded his sword that was covered in silver blood.


    "Crash!"


    The next moment, a crashing sound rang in the area as the energy ball overpowered him, and the force due to the sh of his sword and the ball had knocked him backward.


    Fortunately for him, he didn''t get any serious injury, just a few shallow scratches.


    The wolf king didn''t give him the chance to counterattack as it had already prepared another energy st for Aakesh.


    He had gotten knocked around ten meters due to the force of the sh, so he still wasn''t far from the range of the wolf king attack. Before he could even stand up, another energy ball came at him.


    It didn''t give him the simr sense of pressure and danger as the previous energy ball, but Aakesh had no interest in taking it head-on.


    Aakesh activated the skill, SandPort, and before the energy ball could touch him, he appeared 70 meters away from his location.


    "Boom!"


    Since Aakesh had disappeared, the energy ball shed with the tree, and the next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area.


    Even Aakesh felt chills, seeing the damage the energy ball had caused on the tree.


    It had cut the tree into countless pieces, the size which even Level 25 wouldn''t be able to see from the naked eyes.


    Since the wolf king was in the range of 100 meters, thend beneath its feet had turned into a desert. At first, the desert tried to sink it in, but the wolf king released the wind element around it, and it stopped the sand from binding or sinking it.


    The wolf king had already begun preparing for the third energy ball when it had released the second.


    The wolf king proved to be more powerful than Aakesh had believed beforeing here. He had already killed two Level 50 beings, Mark and the leader of the Netherstorm guild party, but both of them didn''t give him much challenge.


    Aakesh stopped thinking about it since there was no point in that. Even if the wolf king proved to be more powerful, he didn''t worry. He was still confident of killing the wolf king without losing a sweat.


    Aakesh didn''t deactivate the skill, SandPort, and the next moment, he appeared right in front of the wolf king since it was only around 80 meters away from him, in the range of the skill.


    Unlike thest time, Aakesh didn''t attack the wolf king, but he swung his sword at the energy gathering on the tip of its mouth.


    The wolf king didn''t expect Aakesh to do something like this, and the next moment, an explosion rang right at the tip of its mouth.


    Since Aakesh had attacked before the force of the explosion could affect him, using his skill, he disappeared from the position and appeared outside the range of the st.


    The wolf king wasn''t that fortunate or expected something like this. The force of the explosion sted its mouth, while it also knocked the wolf king several meters backward.


    The wolf king was still in the range of the skill, SandPort, since the desert moved with Aakesh. How could Aakesh let this chance go?


    Not even a second had passed since the st knocked the wolf king when Aakesh reappeared in front of it and swung his sword.


    The sted face that was on the verge ofpletely healing fell on the ground. The wolf king still wasn''t dead as Aakesh could see it regenerating right away, so he swung his sword, aiming to sever its head and end the battle.


    Before his sword could touch the wolf king and sever its head, Aakesh suddenly sensed an attacking at him.


    Aakesh disappeared from that position right away, while an energy ball simr but less powerful than the wolf king''s attack hit it on the same spot Aakesh had cut a moment earlier.


    The wolf king cried in pain while Aakesh looked in the direction of the attack. There he saw thousands of wolves charging at him while roaring in anger.


    Two wolves led the charge of the beasts, and they were only hundreds of meters away from Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t have any interest in waiting for the wolves toe at him, so he activated one of his copied skills.


    The next moment, a projection of an elephant the size of a giant mountain appeared above him.


    The projection roared at the wolves charging, and the next moment, the same attack that had created a deep pit of more than a mile appeared.


    This time, Aakesh had no interest ining in the crossfire, so right after the projection released the attack, he used a movement skill that consumed 100 units of his energy and appeared a mile away from his previous position.


    "BOOM!"


    The next moment, an explosion that rocked the entire forest appeared.


    All the wolves, including the wolf king, came in the crossfire. Aakesh knew the st wouldn''t kill the wolf king, so he jumped down the newly created pit and rushed in the direction of the wolf king.


    Not only the wolf king but around hundreds of wolves had survived the st. Unfortunately for them, they had received numerous severe injuries, so surviving wasn''t any better than death for them.


    The wolf king hasn''t received any severe injury, but still, not a single part in its body remained unharmed. Its white fur had gotten burnt, while silver blood leaked from all over its body, making it a ghastly sight to watch.


    Fortunately for the wolf king, it had an abnormal healing rate, so its numerous injuries healing could be seen through naked eyes.


    It was trying to heal when it sensed danger. It looked in front of it. It only saw empty air, but the next moment, the adventurer appeared and swung his sword, aiming to end its life.


    The wolf king felt an unprecedented sense of danger.. It knew, if the adventurer seeded this time, its death was certain.

 Chapter 263 - Battle(End)

    Chapter 263: Battle(End)


    Seeing its death certain by this swing, the wolf king had no choice but to use thest attempt it had at lifesaving.


    Aakesh had a cold expression as he swung his sword, aiming to sever the head of the wolf king and end the battle, but suddenly he felt a sense of danger he had never felt.


    He felt if he stood there even for a second, he would die. Believing in his instinct, he stopped his attack and moved from the area.


    He then looked at the wolf king, only to see that the silver blood that had been leaking from its numerous wounds a moment earlier began turning into vapor. The temperature around the area turned hot enough to even make Aakesh feel ufortable.


    The wolf king that was only four times the size of a normal silver wolf was growing at a speed that could be seen through naked eyes. The growth had doubled in less than a second, but it didn''t stop and kept going.


    Its red eyes had turned silver, the same color as its blood.


    Aakesh finally felt that the quest was challenging for him after the wolf king began burning its blood.


    But instead of worrying about the quest, his eyes turned colder. The aura around him turned chilly, the exact opposite of the aura around the wolf king.


    "It''s time to end this," Aakesh muttered in a voice loud enough for the wolf king to hear.


    The wolf king had lost itself at this moment, so it didn''t understand what Aakesh had said and only threateningly roared at him, while its height had already turned tens of meters.


    Aakesh didn''t care what the wolf king said or felt. The air around the area of hundreds of meters began flowing in the opposite direction while a white light began engulfing his sword, making the emergence of a strange scene if anyone were to see it.


    Not even a second had passed when the white light had grown even taller than the wolf king.


    Instinctively, the wolf king felt danger from the white light, but instead of running away, it growled at it.


    Finally, when the white light reached twice the size of the current wolf king, it stopped growing.


    Aakesh activated the skill, SandPort, and the next meter, the radius of 100 meters around him turned into a desert. The wolf king alone covered three-fourths of the radius.


    Aakesh then disappeared from his position while the wolf king instinctively moved backward, but a sudden white sh appeared and engulfed the entirety of the wolf king.


    The wolf king didn''t even get the time to cry in pain, and the white sh disintegrated him.


    It was the skill he had copied from his sword-match opponent in the virtual training area. It was the weakest skill in the training area, but for Aakesh, it turned out to be the strongest of three skills he had copied from the opponent.


    His eyes then fell on the severely injured wolves lying on the ground, who hade to help the wolf king but had faced the elephant''s attack.


    His hunt was still not over. He had already decided to hunt thest of the silver wolves for even daring to scheme against Lily.


    After the wolf king died, a blue window announcing the end of the quest appeared in front of him. He ignored it and decided to look at it after hunting down the silver wolves and finding Lily.


    He took a step forward, and a few secondster, appeared in front of the injured wolves.


    Many of them were breathing theirst breaths and didn''t even have enough strength to look at Aakesh. He ignored their conditions and began killing them with the same method, cutting them into two pieces.


    A few secondster, only Aakesh remained alive in the pit.


    He then activated the skill, Universal-Eye. The next moment a 3D projection of eight yojanas of radius around him appeared in front of him.


    Around seventy thousand wolves were still alive, and more than 90% of them were charging toward this direction.


    Aakesh deactivated the skill and rushed in their direction. Instead of waiting, he decided to sh with them head-on.


    Ten secondster, the wolves stopped in their steps as they noticed someoneing in their direction.


    Aakesh activated the skill, SandPort, right after he reached the range of 100 meters away from the wolf.


    The desert created by the skill followed him, and wherever it passed through, only split corpses remained in the area. The ground had turned silver due to the blood, but not a single drop of blood had touched Aakesh.


    Since there were tens of thousands of wolves here, it took around twenty minutes for Aakesh to clear the area. Quite a lot of wolves had escaped due to fear, seeing the massacre Aakesh had caused.


    After clearing this area, Aakesh didn''t stop and continued in the direction of another group of wolves charging at him.


    Time flew by, and two hours passed.


    During thest two hours, Aakesh had cleared the area of tens of miles and killed around seventy thousand wolves. Only around a thousand young wolves in the inner area were left now. Other than them, thend around tens of miles had been stained with silver blood and wolves'' bodies strewn everywhere.


    Centuriester, the silver blood of the wolves would give birth to a new type of nt, making them the only proof of their existence in this part of Panagea.


    When Aakesh was only two miles away from the inner area, he activated the skill, Universal-Eye, and right after that, he activated the skill, Fortune-Eye.


    Since Aakesh didn''t have any strong opponent left, he didn''t care about the loss of energy, as a golden projection of the radius of one yojana around him appeared in front of him.


    Using the skill, he found Lily.


    Only Lily, in the entire area, had golden fate lines connecting her, while all the creatures only had ck lines since Aakesh had already decided to kill them.


    After finding out the location, Aakesh didn''t wait and rushed. A few secondster, he directly appeared in the center of the inner area.


    Most of the wolves here were young or were only cubs.. There were only a few adult wolves present in the area, with the highest level being only Level 24.

 Chapter 264 - Rescue

    Chapter 264: Rescue


    The cubs and young wolves unaware of what had happened to their families were taken aback by the sudden intrusion of some stranger in the middle of their camp.


    The few adult wolves that stayed here to protect the young were also shocked and then terrified, thinking about the reason for Aakesh appearing here instead of the wolf king and other family members.


    They roared at him to threaten him, but it only took a stare from the intruder to make their legs shake, and then they crashed down the ground as an invisible thread severed their heads.


    The cubs who were ying a moment earlier cried as the scent of their elder''s blood permeated the air.


    Aakesh ignored the cries of the cubs and instead looked at Lily.


    Lily looked at Aakesh in shock when he suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the midst of the wolf''s camp. She was also ying with the cubs since she was even smaller than them in size.


    After she got over the shock, a surge of excitement engulfed her heart as she charged at him.


    The cold expression Aakesh carried melted, and a smile spread across his face, seeing Lily charging at him.


    Lily was the size of his palm and was only an ordinary creature at this moment, so she couldn''t jump on his head like she used to. Aakesh also knew this, so he bent down and let Lily jump on his head.


    "You''re finally here," Lily cried out in excitement as she burrowed herself into her favorite ce, Aakesh''s head.


    "Yeah, you''re free now," Aakesh smilingly responded as he let her burrow in his hair.


    He then stood up, and his eyes fell on the cubs and young wolves, who couldn''t even scratch him, crying, seeing the appearance of a pool of silver blood across every dead wolf.


    The smile he had a moment earlier disappeared, and his face turned expressionless. Aakesh took out his sword and took a step forward.


    "Don''t kill them," Lily cried out, making Aakesh stop in his tracks.


    "Okay!" Aakesh responded as he put back the sword into its sheath.


    He didn''t ask Lily any questions since he knew she had been ying with them for a few weeks now, and they must''ve be her friends. Even though Aakesh had decided to kill all the silver wolves, it was all for Lily. If she wanted to save some, he had no issues in agreeing with her.


    There were still a few hours left before the sun would rise in Visteerna, so Aakesh could also do something about the golden key he had gotten.


    "Let''s go," Aakesh told Lily and then turned around to leave.


    "Wait!" Lilymented as she jumped down his hair and came down on his shoulder.


    "What happened?" Aakesh asked.


    "I''ll meet you in the store," Lily said and then climbed down to the ground.


    Aakesh didn''t leave right away as he wanted to see the purpose of Lily. The next moment,a wry smile appeared on his face.


    Lily, after jumping down to the ground, rushed into the center of the cubs.


    "Stop crying," She ordered all the cubs and young wolves.


    The next moment, everyone stopped crying and looked at Lily. Even though Lily was smallest in size in the wolf camp, her stature here was second only to none. Even the wolf king didn''t dare to offend her when it was alive.


    If Aakesh hadn''t told her about the purpose of the wolf king behind taking her, she would''ve never thought of it since the wolf king always had a respectful tone whenever it talked to her.


    After all the cubs and young wolves stopped crying, she began telling them about the death of their parents. Many of the cubs didn''t understand what she was saying since their intelligence hasn''t grown that much. Those who did begin crying even louder than before.


    Time flew by.


    A few minutester, Lily sat in the center while the cubs and young wolves knelt down on the ground.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but smile wryly, seeing Lily acting as the ruler.


    He didn''t stop her, as her bloodline belonged to one of the strongest Primordial races, and it contained majesty. How could she not want to rule after having a mighty bloodline?


    Aakesh then stopped looking at Lily and the wolves since the danger had now passed away, and Lily was safe from any harm.


    He remembered he still had a reward to check, so his eyes finally fell on the blue window floating in front of him for thest few minutes.


    [Congrattions, Adventurer, you''ve saved the town of Wolfden once again.


    You not only rescued the carrier of the high-level bloodline from the grasp of the wolf king and stopped it from making a super wolf soldier, but you also killed the wolf king and freed the town of Wolfden from its future terror.


    Your reward for this great deed andpleting the quest with unheard achievement is an increase of three levels and an egg.]


    The next moment, the blue window dissipated, and in ce of it, an egg the size of a normal wolf appeared floating in the air.


    Aakesh had no time to check the egg as a blue light had engulfed him, and he was going through an increase of levels.


    Time flew by, and thirty seconds passed.


    As Aakesh''s level increased, the time of breakthrough also increased.


    Aakesh had no particr change in his appearance, except his height getting taller by a few centimeters.


    He then called out the status screen to check the details.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Rare,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 40,


    HP: 2999/3000,


    Energy: 893/3000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 300 (+30),


    Agility: 300 (+30),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh nodded after seeing the improvement in his attributes. He then tapped on the skill, Ability-Learning.


    The next moment, another blue window containing the details of the skill appeared in front of him.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, the chapters gotte. Tbh it wasn''t due to any personal reasons, but due to spending the whole day watching a TV series. Sorry for the trouble.

 Chapter 265 - Deal With The System

    Chapter 265: Deal with the System


    [Skill name: Ability-Learning,


    Ability: It allows the user to copy the witnessed skills of being weaker or defeated by the owner. The user can now use the copied skill three times,


    Level: Level 2,


    Condition of the growth: Finding the Level 3 knowledge,


    Copied skill: Sword-Projection, Elephant-Projection, Sword-sh¡­.]


    The next moment, a new blue window containing the details of the skill appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but shake his head in disappointment, seeing the details.


    Several of the strong skills including Sword-Projection, Elephant- Projection, etc., he had in copied sections had greyed out after Aakesh had used them three times.


    He can now only use them after the skill level got upgraded to Level 3.


    He waved his hands, and both the screens dissipated into light particles.


    His eyes then fell on the giant egg floating in front of him.


    Aakesh only had to think about the details, and the next moment, a new blue window containing the details of the egg appeared in front of him.


    [Name: Wolf Egg,


    Bloodline: Fenrir(0.0003%), Lupa(0.00007%),


    Lifeform: Inferior,


    Growth rate: Epic Grade.]


    "Oh, a descendant of both Fenrir and Lupa!" Aakesh eximed in surprise, seeing the details of the egg.


    Fenrir and Lupa both are one of the strongest Primordial creatures in the third dimension in the Multiverse. The system has added every race in the Multiverse except Devas in Panagea, so there must be Fenrir and Lupa here too.


    Aakesh now finally understood the reason behind the wolf king''s monstrous healing rate.


    Lupa, a Primordial she-wolf, is one of the few creatures in the Multiverse after Devas to have a trait. Her trait is ''Immortality''.


    The trait here doesn''t mean Immortals like Heavenly Monarch, Demigods in the Primal dimension, who can love forever if there is no one strong enough to kill them. In Lupa''s case, it means true Immortality.


    Even Devas can''t kill her. Only two beings in the Multiverse have the ability to kill her, the Multiverse, and the First Deva, the ruler and first child of the Multiverse.


    Despite having only 0.00007% of Lupa''s blood in its veins, the wolf king had such a monstrous healing rate, so the level of healing rate Lupa had can''t even be imagined for low-level beings.


    In addition to that, the wolf king also had the blood of Fenrir, the personal mount of a Deva in the Multiverse.


    The bloodline density of Fenrir was greater than Lupa''s in the wolf king bloodline, but it still wasn''t even one-hundredth of a percent.


    Aakesh only felt a moment of surprise, seeing the blue window since both Fenrir and Lupa were higher-level creatures. But seeing the bloodline density, the interest Aakesh had in the egg disappeared.


    He then read the further details of the egg. It had an epic grade growth rate, so the highest level of lifeform it could reach without any interference was Epic lifeform.


    Seeing these details, Aakesh stopped having any interest in the egg.


    He would''ve hatched it if it contained 100% purity of blood like Lily, but since it didn''t even have a 1% purity of blood, Aakesh decided to trade it away.


    As for giving it to Lily and having it join her and other wolves, Aakesh decided against it.


    Even though Lily had a bloodline equivalent to Fenrir and Lupa, she still was a different creature. The wolf king had such less level of blood purity, but it still was a descendant of Fenrir and Lupa, the Primordials belonging to the wolves race, so it would affect Lily''s n to create her rule.


    Since Aakesh was also in need of soul stones to buy skills, he decided to sell the egg. It would go for at least hundreds of millions, then Aakesh could sweep all the skills that would y an important role in this phase of Panagea for him.


    As for the golden key, he already had a n. He would use it to pay back the favor he had gotten from Elsie after she had given him a low-level meditation art.


    Even though the difference between the golden key and the low-level meditation art was even wider than the difference between the sky and the earth, Aakesh still found it worth it. For Aakesh, nothing was worth more than the favor he needed to repay.


    Since Aakesh didn''t have a space ring or space backpack, Aakesh had to carry the egg in his hands back to the town.


    Lily wanted the egg after knowing about it, but Aakesh refused her. He instead told her the way to increase her level.


    Even though the wolf king hadn''t done anything to Lily until now due to her background, the truth was still that she was in his grasp. She didn''t want to fall in the same situation, so she had two choices, she could either return to the actual world and follow the same schedule she had gotten used to for tens of thousands of years, or she could grow herself in Panagea and do the things, she had missed due to being in a forbidden ce she couldn''t leave for tens of thousands of years.


    It didn''t even take a second for her to select her choice. She wanted to use the help of Aakesh to grow, but he refused, saying him helping her would be equivalent to staying in the store all the time. So, Lily decided to make her own path in Panagea.


    Aakesh only provided her a single help by making her an inhabitant of Panagea, and now she could use the privilege of unlimited revivals granted to adventurers with the things only inhabitants are allowed to do in Panagea.


    As for the system, it agreed right away as Aakesh refused to take no for an answer, and he also allowed the system to exclude her progress from the system''s quest for Panagea.


    The system didn''t agree for free as Aakesh stopped takingmissions from the sale of the training area. He epted it right away as he neither needed Primal stones for cultivation nor did he have any expenses.


    After this deal, both the system and Aakesh got what they wanted.. Lily wouldn''t be able to interfere with the storyline of Panagea like the other inhabitants, and the system wouldn''t need to paymission to Aakesh.

 Chapter 266 - The Golden Key(1)

    Chapter 266: The Golden Key(1)


    After Aakesh''s deal with the system, he decided to leave for the town since he had work to do before leaving for other towns.


    Aakesh didn''t forget to tell Lily about leaving Panagae daily for at least two hours.


    It had been too long since she had training, so Aakesh had no idea to let this continue.


    It would take years, if not decades, to reach the level in Panagea, where Lily is in the actual world, so Aakesh couldn''t allow her to miss the training from now on.


    Lily also agreed as it had be her habit to train with her ancestors for thest tens of thousands of years.


    Several times she had felt that it was a waste of time and torture, but getting stuck here for weeks with such a weak body and power made Lily remember those days.


    She had also learned a skill, Time Discement, that made her different from other Epochal Felines, due to that, the other felines of her race had begun respecting her instead of bullying her all the time, but then before she could enjoy their respectful gazes, she had gotten stuck here.


    Aakesh didn''t expect Lily to agree right away, and now that he remembers about the training. Even he had not been to the training since that day, as he had spent the entire night in Panagea, while the entire day at the store.


    He also decided to return to the previous schedule of beginning the day with the store, then training(a battle), and then finally Panagea from tomorrow onwards.


    He yed with Lily for a few seconds and then turned around to leave. After Lily ordered the cubs and the young wolves, they wagged their tails and then howled as a bye, forgetting about what the man had just done with their family members several minutes earlier.


    Aakesh ignored the wolves and rushed to the town with his full speed.


    The town was only a few hundred miles from where Aakesh was, so it only took him around 40 minutes to reach the town.


    When Aakesh reached the town, a surprised expression appeared on his face as he noticed that there were no guards at the main entrance of the town; there wasn''t even a door.


    He thought it must be the effect of the Townhead dying and having no other leader since the system had told him that low-level areas like this town couldn''t survive without the Townhead. He ignored it and entered the town.


    "Eh!" He eximed in shock after entering the town as he noticed two men attempting to steal a man with the swords they had.


    Aakesh''s exmation alerted the two men. They angrily turned around to look at who dared to interrupt them. The next moment, the anger turned into a fawning smile, seeing the adventurer looking at them.


    Both men were only Level 3 and Level 5 beings, so they didn''t dare to fight the adventurer, who had killed a group of radicals a week back. They didn''t wait for Aakesh and escaped the area right away.


    Aakesh had no interest in catching low-level thieves, so he didn''t try to catch them.


    The man heaved a sigh of relief, seeing the thieves running away. He looked at Aakesh with fear after the scenes he had seen yesterday.


    "Thank...thank you, adventurer," The man thanked Aakesh with a bow, but Aakesh could clearly hear the tremble in his voice.


    Aakesh became curious to know about what had happened in the town after the death of Mark, so he called the man.


    The man''s face turned pale, seeing Aakesh calling him. Aakesh smiled wryly, seeing the petrified look on the man''s face.


    He had no interest in making a well-grown man act in terror in front of him, so he didn''t call the man forward again, but instead, he told the man to speak about the events around the town standing from there.


    The man didn''t dare to refuse and began telling the events, with a tremble in his voice.


    Aakesh killing the Townhead had already be a fact to the citizens of Wolfden. It was the will of the world that informed the citizens by showing them thest scenes of the Townhead, Mark.


    The beings above Level 40, who initially acted afraid of Mark, came out in open and divided the area based on their level after learning about the death of the Townhead.


    Since the army didn''t have enough numbers to control all of them, they took control of the central area, while other Level 40 or more divided the areas by their strength.


    The army wanted to control the entrance of the town. Without entry or exit, they were like strong chickens surrounded by butchers. Even though the chickens were strong, someday, the butcher would get the chance to snap their necks and kill them since the chickens could neither go forward nor backward.


    The entrance area was in control of the next strongest party in the town of Wolfden, a Level 43 being. He was the second to the army chief, a Level 45 being.


    Whenever the army chief tried to control the entrance area in thest 24 hours, the other strongmen in Wolfden collectively resisted the army''s attempts.


    A cornered army was always the best case for them. After the death of the Townhead, the townspeople did not know about the golden key''s dropping.


    So, the idea that the adventurer could be the next Townhead never emerged in their heads. As for worrying about the adventurer being stronger since he had killed the previous Townhead, they didn''t care. It was all due to the will of the world.


    It blindsided the citizens of orphan towns with greed, creating a situation where the town was certain to get destroyed if another Townhead didn''t rise. And the only condition of bing a Townhead was having the ownership of the golden key.


    The man then further told about how the battles between the higher-level* citizens in the town had been going on continuously for the ownership of thends.


    (A/N: Higher-level here signifies any citizen over Level 10 in Wolfden.)


    Aakesh nodded after hearing about the events that had happened in thest several hours.


    He then told the man to leave.. The man heaved a relieved sigh as if he had survived a terrible ordeal and left the area right away.

 Chapter 267 - The Golden Key(2)

    Chapter 267: The Golden Key(2)


    After hearing about the events from the man, Aakesh left for the central area.


    Elsie, whom he needed to repay the favor, was the daughter of the current army chief. She must be in the central area since the army chief couldn''t afford his daughter to be kidnapped at this juncture.


    Aakesh saw several scenes like stealing and killing on his way to the central area. He had no interest in taking action, but still, seeing him, the criminals escaped.


    Aakesh ignored the look of horror and gratefulness on the face of citizens he had indirectly saved and kept going.


    A few minutester, he reached the central area.


    The entire area was surrounded by the soldiers of the town. The highest level of the soldier guarding the central area was Level 27, while the lowest level was Level 13.


    In Wolfden''s terms, each soldier guarding the central area was a high-level being.


    Aakesh didn''t get the adventurer privilege he used to get before, and the soldiers ordered him to halt his steps.


    How could Aakesh take anyone''s order? He ignored it and continued.


    The soldiers didn''t want to initiate a war with the adventurer in this situation, but they had no choice. They couldn''t let anyone enter the central area and harm their prospects of getting the town back.


    The soldiers attempted to attack. In response, Aakesh only leaked a bit of his pressure, and the next moment, all the soldiers in his vicinity, including the Level 27 soldier, knelt on the ground.


    Aakesh didn''t stop and entered the area. He had only taken a few steps inside when he noticed a middle-aged maning toward him, with tens of soldiers following the man.


    Aakesh stopped since he recognized the man since he had met him once before. It was the army chief of Wolfden.


    "What do you want, adventurer?" The army chief asked. The voice contained no hint of friendliness like before, but instead, it was full of enmity.


    The army chief hated no one more than Aakesh since he was directly responsible for the situation the town was going through right now. But he couldn''t afford to initiate a suicidal war against someone who could kill the Townhead, so he didn''t show it on his face, but still, a few of his real emotions leaked out in his tone.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he looked around to see if Elsie was there, but he didn''t find her.


    "Where is Elsie?" Aakesh, instead of answering, the army chief asked him the whereabouts of Elsie.


    "Why are you looking for my daughter?" The army chief couldn''t control his emotions, hearing Aakesh is looking for his beloved daughter.


    "It has nothing to do with you," Aakesh expressionlessly responded and took a step forward, ignoring the army chief and soldiers behind him.


    He didn''t tell the army chief about the golden key. He knew many things about the Multiverse that were not known to the majority of people, but he was still blind to the darkness hidden within a human''s heart.


    When he read about several races in his first-ever quest, there was one thing that stood out for humans. It was greed. Humans were so greedy that they could put anybody to shame.


    For Aakesh, it wasn''t a bad thing as greed was the primary reason behind humanity stepping out from an insignificant in some corner onto the big stage and then spreading their footprints across the Multiverse.


    But in this case, Aakesh couldn''t trust that same trait about them. The position of the Townhead wasn''t an ordinary position; it had valuable advantages.


    The army chief red into anger, seeing Aakesh ignoring him, but the next moment, he remembered something, and a glint passed through his eyes.


    A few weeks ago, his daughter Elsie had told him about the low-level meditation art she had gifted to the adventurer. In return, Aakesh would return the favor when she would ask for it.


    His breathing couldn''t help but get rough as he thought that using the favor, Elsie could ask for the adventurer to help them in gaining control of the entrance area since it would be neither big like control of the town, nor would it be small.


    "Adventurer,e with me," The army chief called Aakesh and then turned around to go to where his daughter was.


    Aakesh nodded and followed the army chief. If he were to search her on his own, it would be like searching a needle in the haystack.


    Aakesh could also search for Elsie using thebination of the skills, Universal-Eye and Fortune-Eye, but the central area spread across tens of miles, which exceeded the range of Fortune-Eye. He didn''t have enough energy to search for her for this long since a single second cost him 100 units of energy, and he only had around 900 units of energy.


    He also needed energy not to fall into a situation where he didn''t have enough energy to protect himself.


    A few minutester, both the army chief and Aakesh stopped in front of a two-story building.


    The army chief called his daughter out after murmuring something into the guard''s ears standing guard in front of the building.


    A few secondster, Elsie came rushing out of the house.


    Her eyes fell on Aakesh first. She couldn''t help but exim in surprise, seeing himing here, especially after what he did yesterday.


    She then looked at her father, only to see him trying to make some strange gestures using his eyes. She didn''t understand them, so she asked him about it.


    The army chief couldn''t help but cough in embarrassment and re at his daughter for not understanding what he meant.


    "The adventurer is looking for you for something."


    "Oh...oh!"


    At first, she only nodded in surprise, but suddenly the memory of her doing a favor appeared in her mind, so at the end, her tone had excitement in it.


    "Hello, adventurer," She greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to her greeting. She then entered inside her house and gestured to him to follow her.


    Aakesh didn''t want to let the army chief know about the golden key before he told Elsie about it and gave her a chance to make it her own, so he ordered the army chief to wait outside, with a hint of threat in his voice, and then followed Elsie to the house.

 Chapter 268 - The Golden Key(3)

    Chapter 268: The Golden Key(3)


    The army chief felt a chill running down his spine, and the next moment, anger rose in his heart after Aakesh threatened him not to follow him to the house.


    He wanted to say something or refuse the order, but he couldn''t utter a word or take a step forward in fear of Aakesh. He had also seen the scene of Aakesh killing the Townhead effortlessly, so he didn''t want to be in ce of the Townhead.


    The guard standing at the house also heard Aakesh''s threat. The army chief was his superior, so he didn''t like the tone, but seeing the army chief''s reaction, he didn''t speak anything and continued doing his job.


    Elsie brought Aakesh to the living room and respectfully gestured to him to sit. Aakesh ignored it and began telling his purpose behind meeting her straight away.


    "That day, you''d done a favor on me by giving me the low-level meditation art. I''m here to repay your favor," Aakesh expressionlessly announced.


    Elsie''s face turned serious, and her entire focus fell on Aakesh so she couldn''t miss a word he said.


    Aakesh ignored her reaction and took out the golden key from his pouch.


    Elsie had no idea about the origin and the details of the key, so she didn''t know what Aakesh wanted to do.


    After taking out the key, Aakesh bent down and gently put the key down so as not to make any noise.


    He then stood up, looked at Elsie, and expressionlessly said, "This is the key that has the ability to make you the Townhead¡­,"


    "...you would be the Townhead."


    Aakesh told everything about the golden key to Elsie. He wanted to repay the favor by handing over the golden key to her right away, but the will of the world had created a test for anybody who wanted to be the Townhead, after all the key allowed even a Level 1 to be a Level 50 after gaining the ownership of it.


    Aakesh had found out from the system that there were no criteria of level or strength for picking up the key. Anyone, even an ordinary mortal, could pick up the key.


    Aakesh only found it so heavy because he had refused to take ownership. But he then, using his physical strength alone, broke the restriction and forcefully picked up the key.


    As for what the criteria of the test were, Aakesh didn''t know since the system didn''t share that information with him.


    Elsie, after hearing the details of the golden key, had almost her jaw dropped to the ground. At first, she didn''t believe what Aakesh said about the key, but the blue window that appeared soon after right above the key made her believe in Aakesh.


    It was one of the effects of the key. The will of the world only wanted those citizens who were willing to be the Townhead since there were disadvantages to the position as well.


    One of the major side effects of being the Townhead was that it was a permanent position. Once someone became the Townhead, they couldn''t relinquish from that position until they were alive.


    The will of the world believed that the Townhead was because of the town, and the town was because of the Townhead, so if the town faced destruction, the Townhead would also automatically die.


    The town also had a clear advantage here since a new Townhead could appear after their death, but the Townhead couldn''t choose another town to lead after its destruction.


    So to make the citizen aware of what they would be facing if they passed the test, the will of the world showed all the benefits and disadvantages of the position to the participant.


    After looking at the blue window, Elsie couldn''t close her mouth for seconds as it was something unbelievable for her. Aakesh didn''t push her to make a decision right away since he was repaying a favor, not iming the debt.


    After several seconds passed, Elsie finally came around and epted the things in front of her were the truth, not a dream.


    "Are you sure?"


    Elsie didn''t make the decision right away. She instead looked at Aakesh and asked whether he was sure about his decision or not.


    She knew the difference between what she had done and what Aakesh was paying back.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her question. If he wasn''t sure, why would hee here?


    Seeing that Aakesh wasn''t joking and was giving her a chance at the top position, a look of uncontroble excitement emerged on her face.


    She could see the disadvantages and advantages of the golden key in the blue window. She only took a nce at the disadvantages.


    Right away, she made her decision to try to win the top post in town.


    As for disadvantages, she didn''t care. In the face of the top position of the town, and a direct increase to Level 50 made her ignore other things.


    Aakesh didn''t speak anything in response to Elsie''s decision and gestured her to attempt to pick up the golden key from the ground.


    Elsie nodded and thanked Aakesh for giving her this opportunity before attempting. She then bent down and tried to grab the key.


    The system didn''t inform him of the criteria at which the will of the world tested participants, but seeing Elsie, Aakesh was confident that she wouldn''t be able to even budge it, let alone pick it up.


    He believed so, as not even for a moment, she thought of her father or other family members after learning about the golden key. The first characteristic any leader of a territory should have is selflessness.


    If the ruler turned out to be selfish, they would never put the territory and citizens above their needs. ording to Aakesh, the criteria behind the test must be the qualities of a great ruler.


    As Aakesh had expected, even after several seconds passed, Elsie couldn''t even budge the key, let alone pick it up.


    While her face had turned white from giving it her all, it didn''t seem to affect the key in any way.


    Since there wasn''t a time limit behind the test, Aakesh didn''t stop her and let her continue attempting to pick it up.


    Even if Elsie failed to pick it up, Aakesh had already repaid the favor by allowing her to pick it up.

 Chapter 269 - The Golden Key(End)

    Chapter 269: The Golden Key(End)


    Time flew by, and several more seconds passed.


    Despite using the entire strength of her body, Elsie wasn''t able to budge the golden key. Aakesh also didn''t stop her due to no time limit.


    Veins could be clearly seen across her body as even her clothes had begun to tear due to the tightness. Elsie didn''t give up and still gave her all.


    It was her chance to soar into the sky in a single step. She couldn''t give it up due to not trying hard. If she did that, she would live in regret for her entire life, thinking about what if she had given her best, despite knowing that the story would''ve been the same. But even if there was a minimal chance of her seeding in picking up the key, she wanted to take it.


    Time flew by. Every second that Elsie failed to pick up the key felt like mental torture to her. At that moment, she wanted to give up right away, and at the same time, she wanted to give her all and pick up the key.


    One second passed, two seconds passed,¡­.thirty seconds passed,....forty-seven seconds passed,....fifty-one seconds passed.


    Right at fifty-second second, she lost all her strength. She lost her grip on the key and crashed down the floor, making a loud sound.


    Aakesh expressionlessly looked at everything happening in front of him. The moment Elsie let go of the golden key, her attempt was over. She could now never pick up the key.


    Aakesh ignored Elsie, lying on the ground with a dead face and tears spilling all over her face. He took a step forward, bent down, and effortlessly picked up the golden key. He then put it back into his money-carrying pouch.


    "With this, I owe you nothing from now on," Aakesh expressionlessly told Elsie and turned around to leave.


    "Why...why did I...I...I fai...fail?" Elsie asked Aakesh while tears continuously flowed through her eyes.


    Failing at the tests with unknown qualifications always felt more painful than failing the tests people know everything about. Elsie felt the same after not even being able to budge the golden key despite giving her all in the effort.


    Aakesh didn''t answer and left the house. Elsie didn''t ask again and continued lying on the floor.


    Since Aakesh had threatened the army chief not to enter the house, he didn''t dare do it. He was confident that Aakesh was returning the favor, so he couldn''t help but be nervous, thinking about what Aakesh was going to give.


    Every second that he stayed outside the house, waiting for Aakesh and Elsie toe back was like an eternity for him. Several times, during those seconds, he thought of disregarding Aakesh''s threat and entering the house, but he controlled himself and didn''t enter.


    While waiting, he heard a loud crashing sound from his house. Thinking that something had happened to his daughter, he subconsciously took a step forward, but the next moment, the memory of Aakesh''s threat emerged in his heart.


    The army chief fell in a dilemma after that since, on one side, his daughter was in danger, and on the other side, if he disregarded Aakesh''s threat and entered the house, he would also be in danger.


    The guard standing at the house couldn''t help but feel cold, seeing the army chief''s reaction at his daughter in danger. He himself was a father and was sure that if his son was in ce of the army chief''s daughter, he wouldn''t think of anything and would enter the house. He didn''t dare to show his emotions on his face as the adventurer was out of range of the army chief, but he wasn''t. With just a snap of his finger, the army chief could kill him.


    The army chief was facing a dilemma when he heard the sound of footsteps. He looked at the door and saw Aakesh exiting the house.


    He then looked behind to see whether his daughter was also there, but he didn''t find her.


    "What did you do to my daughter?" The army chief asked with a mix of emotions in his voice. His voice contained concern as well as anger.


    Aakesh ignored the question and instead informed something else to the army chief, making the breathing of both the army chief and the guard rough.


    Since Elsie had already lost her chance at picking up the key and taking over the top position of Wolfden, Aakesh had already decided what to do with the key.


    At first, he was going to trade the wolf king egg with the people of Wolfden in an auction. After seeing Elsie failing to own the key, he decided to add it to the trading option too.


    In the actual world, he didn''t need money, but in Panagea, he needed it since the system didn''t give him everything, so the more soul stones he had, the better for him.


    Aakesh announced the time of the auction twenty-four hourster since the amount needed to buy the egg wasn''t something that could be taken out of thin air. The citizens needed time to prepare for that.


    Since the key couldn''t be traded like the egg, Aakesh had already decided what way he would make money through it.


    He then told the army chief to announce the information to every citizen of the town since he had no interest in traveling all around Wolfden to inform the citizens about the auction.


    As for the army chief not informing anyone about the auction, Aakesh didn''t worry since no one wanted to die an unfortunate death.


    Since there was nothing else to do after that, Aakesh disappeared from the area, ignoring the reaction of the army chief and the guard.


    He didn''t leave the town since there was still time left for the sun to rise in Visteerna.


    Since the town was going through a rough phase at this moment, there were also going to be citizens that would gain something from this situation.


    Since he had already reached Level 40, why not a few more?


    He activated the skill, Universal-Eye, and Fortune-Eye at the same time. He didn''t have much energy left, and he also didn''t want to spend too much energy, so he couldn''t activate the skill for long.


    He selected one being he found in the range and began following him.

 Chapter 270 - A New Day

    Chapter 270: A New Day


    Time flew by, and the remaining time passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh wasn''t able to gain any level since the participant he had selected only found a pouch full of a few soul stones due to his luck.


    Gaining low soul stones wasn''t worth rewarding a level to Aakesh in the eyes of the system, so he only got the 30% of the stones the man had gotten as the reward for his hard work of following him.


    If Aakesh left Panagea right now, he would be able to open the store right after the sunrise, so he didn''t wait and exited right away.


    The next moment, Aakesh vanished from Panagea and appeared in the portal room.


    The dark Elf he had captured the previous night had already disappeared since the system killed him after finding information about the organization Nielle.


    Since the Elf had died, the system had already found everything rted to his life. Aakesh then asked the system about it since he had a quest to eliminate the organization that dared to eye the store.


    Even if Aakesh hadn''t gotten the quest, he still would''ve gone for the destruction, but now that he had gotten a quest and would get great rewards forpleting it, it became even better for him.


    Time flew by. His room appeared floating in the air, and the next moment, stairs began appearing and connected it to the floor.


    Aakesh stepped up the stairs, and some timeter, he stepped down them and returned to the store.


    He then took a step forward and opened the door of the store. The light of the sun still hadn''t cleared the darkness, lingering around the area, so he had opened the store earlier than scheduled today.


    Even though Aakesh was early today, there were still several people standing at the door waiting for the store to open.


    The crowd couldn''t help but exim in surprise, seeing the store opening earlier than the scheduled time, but soon their expressions turned dumbfounded.


    Despite the passage of several seconds since the door of the store opened, Aakesh didn''t let any customer enter the store. He instead looked at the sky.


    He hadn''t seen the sunrise in Visteerna until now, so he decided to watch it today. Several of the customers talked to their friends in whispers about the behavior of Aakesh, but Aakesh still heard it.


    For the customers, it was better to open the storete than the current situation where the store is open, but they can''t enter. Aakesh didn''t care what the customers felt, so he ignored them and waited for the sunrise to ur.


    Time flew by, and several more seconds passed.


    Finally, a hue of orange appeared in the sky, and soon after, a ray of light that forced the darkness to vanish appeared and brought an augment of hope in some hearts, while at the same time, it also brought terror for some people.


    After seeing the sunrise, Aakesh turned around and went to his chair, while the customers entered the store in groups like a tide.


    Even though the number of virtual portals for Panagea in the store had grown by three times, it still wasn''t enough for the number of customers that wanted to enter. So there was still apetition for the customers to be in the first and second group of customers since only they couldplete six hours in Panagea.


    There were several customers that had arrived in the store for the first time, so they didn''t know the reason behind the rush of other customers. Despite not knowing the reason, they acted the same and pushed their entry since they also didn''t want to miss the thing the other customers were fighting for.


    As soon as the first one hundred and fifty customers entered the store, a transparent golden light engulfed them.


    Those who knew the reason behind it felt excitement, and those who didn''t know felt confused.


    Since it was Aakesh''s duty to clear the customer''s doubts, no matter how many times and how many people ask due to the system, he exined to them about the significance of the transparent golden light.


    The new customers cheered after knowing that they were able to join the first group of customers. Aakesh ignored their reactions and told those customers who didn''t have cards to pay for their stay in Panagea.


    Several of the new customers bought cards after knowing the privilege they could have due to the card. The majority bought top cards, around thirty customers bought superior cards, and only four customers bought supreme cards.


    Since Aakesh didn''t have anymission over the cards, he didn''t get any benefits from the sale, no matter how many customers bought them?


    But he still felt the need for every customer to own the cards. If all the customers had a card, they wouldn''t need to ask Aakesh and could directly buy the products, except a few special products, making him free all the time.


    Aakesh wasn''tzy, but he just didn''t like taking the same order every day hundreds of times.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    Aakesh didn''t get a single moment of free time during the past hours as there were too many new customers inside the store, especially after yesterday''s incident where more than ten Immortals had perished inside the store.


    Aakesh had also thrown outside the customer who tried to take the advantage of the situation and attempted to steal the weapons. It became such a big issue that even king Brinda personally had to announce it to the public and forbid anyone from touching the man.


    After his soul had faced the required amount of torture, the system killed him, while his physical body disintegrated into ashes in the moving market.


    The actions of the store gave unwanted publicity to the store since the death of Immortals was unheard of for the majority of the people in the Primal dimension.


    If Aakesh were to publish the information about the death of 110 Immortals the previous night, his store would not only be forbidden, but it would also be one of the most desired and famous locations at the same time.


    Aakesh didn''t do it as he already didn''t have enough virtual portals for his customers here, let alone all the people around the Anga continent or Visteerna.

 Chapter 271 - Respect

    Chapter 271: Respect


    Aakesh was introducing the store''s products to a new customer while tens of people were waiting for their turn to arrive.


    Since Aakesh had made the rule that only the customers waiting for Panagea can meditate inside the store, no other customer, new or regr, broke it. The new customers patiently waited for their turn, while other customers who couldn''t get a spot in the three groups either left the store or went to the training area, as it also had several benefits and there also wasn''t a limit for entry up to the difficult level difficulty.


    When there were only a few hundred customers, then Aakesh was facing these situations. When the daily influx of customers would reach hundreds of thousands or even million, he couldn''t even imagine just how many times he would repeat the same thing over and over.


    Considering this, Aakesh asked the system for an assistant since he was confident that it wouldn''t be long before the daily influx of customers in the store would reach tens of thousands.


    The system didn''t agree with his suggestion, as Aakesh didn''t have enough authority.


    The authority here not only represented unlock of the pieces of information regarding him, but it also represented his control over the system and the store.


    Even though the system usually agreed with what Aakesh said and never forced him to do anything, still Aakesh was currently only an employee of the store. With his increase in authority, he would not only know the details of his life, but he would also grow in stature, and someday he would truly be the owner of the system.


    Here, also the system didn''t directly refuse him. It told him that afterpleting the current store upgrading quest, he would''ve enough authority to hire a single assistant for the store.


    Considering the way the system treated Aakesh, his aim to get all the answers about him always grew stronger.


    The system belonged to the Yantra race, and it was one of the top races of the Multiverse. It was also the only race in the Multiverse that had no restriction of traveling to any dimension without breaking any rule since they didn''t have the ability to directly cause harm.


    If the top race like Yantra race treated him so respectfully, Aakesh couldn''t help but sometimes think that he was from one of the top three races since only they demand such respect in the Multiverse. He had asked the system many times about it, but the system always stayed silent in response. It didn''t even answer in a yes or no.


    ***


    After leaving yesterday, Veenesh returned to his n and announced a sudden meeting with the elders.


    The n members and elders already had an idea about it and believed it was due to the shortage of pills, potions, and medicines. So it didn''te as a surprise to them.


    But the result of the meeting sent waves across the entire n of 39,983 members.


    The n members had guessed the correct reason for the sudden meeting, but they were half right.


    Veenesh had already solved the problem of pills for the majority of the n members. As for higher-level members, the ns still had enough pills and potions in storage, so that wasn''t a problem for now.


    "Leave whatever you''re doing, and for the next few months, every n member would leave the n everyday¡­,"


    "...buy the pills."


    After the meeting of the elders and leader, Veenesh announced to the n members.


    Due to some issues, the n had been closed for millions of years. Even several dynasties had changed in the neighboring Kingdoms during that span of time, but the n still stayed close to outside.


    If the n wanted, they could easily crush hundreds of Kingdoms around this area and establish their own powerful Kingdoms. There were no less than a hundred Tao Pce experts, while there were also two Heavenly Monarch level cultivators, one Veenesh, and the other, the founder and the previous leader of the n.


    The sudden announcement of every n member leaving the n every day to buy pills from some store sent waves across the n.


    There were several n members who wanted to go outside and cheered after the announcement, but simrly, there were also several of those who didn''t like it after living in the n protection for so many years.


    Veenesh didn''t allow anyone in the n to refuse his order, so all 39,983 members had no choice but to follow it.


    After announcing, Veenesh returned to the meeting room with the elders and began discussing the money required to buy pills for the n.


    The Primal stones weren''t a concern for the n as they had several mines inside their territories that could make even the Empire''s across the Anga continent eyes red with greed.


    But still, they needed tens of millions of pills if all the members needed to cultivate without any issue for the years toe. The leader and n elder then began calcting the prices since Veenesh already knew the prices.


    After calcting the total for a continuous purchase of three months, an outrageous amount of Primal stones came as the total bill. But the leader and n elder couldn''t hide their surprise as the total price came out lesser than what they paid when their own alchemy master created pills for the n.


    That day several of the n members couldn''t sleep at night due to myriads of emotions.


    Some were excited since it would be the first time they would see the world outside their n. Even though it was only for a few seconds since the n leader himself would teleport every member to the store, and then the same way they would return back to their homes.


    Some were afraid of a sudden terrible situation arising, while some were nervous about what if the expectations they had for outside the n didn''t stand out.


    Tens of thousands of people, a simr number of situations, and just like that, the night passed, and the day they would finally step out of the n area arrived.


    ***


    Aakesh had just gotten free from introducing the products when he suddenly heard several footsteps entering the store.


    He looked at the door and couldn''t help but be surprised, seeing people after people entering the store like a tide.. The process continued for several minutes.

 Chapter 272 - [BONUS]Big Sale

    Chapter 272: Big Sale


    Aakesh, with a surprised expression, looked at the door as people after people entered the store. Aakesh recognized the man in front of this group, so he understood the purpose behind so many people entering his store at the same time.


    Other customers weren''t aware of it, but still, they only felt surprised for a moment. The next moment, they began doing what they were earlier since they didn''t believe it to be something surprising after knowing about the store.


    While outside the store, seeing a crowd appearing out of nowhere made the other store owner''s eyes red with envy. They couldn''t even count the number of people in time before they began entering the store.


    Veenesh, on the other hand, ignored the reactions of the outside crowd and inside customers. After appearing, he approached Aakesh since no customer was talking to him.


    "Store owner, I want pills," Veenesh directly came to his purpose and told Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded in response to hisrge order. He didn''t stand up as there were still people from Veenesh''s n entering the store. He waited for all of them to enter.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed. Finally, thest member of the n entered the store, making a total of 39,982 people, including Veenesh. Only one member in their n was left out, and that was the founder and the previous leader of the n. He was busy with cultivation so he couldn''te here.


    Since taking out pills one by one for all the customers would prove to be a cumbersome task, Aakesh asked the system for help.


    [Host, you only need to take out one pill each from all the categories.]


    The system responded in its emotionless and mechanical voice.


    Aakesh nodded and then stood up from his chair. He then went to the counter containing pills.


    He began taking out one pill from each category. The next moment, seven pills belonging to inferior grade appeared floating in the air.


    Aakesh continued taking out the pills, and soon, twenty-one pills belonging to three grades but different categories appeared floating in the air.


    "Take out your quota of pills one by one," Aakesh ordered the n members.


    Veenesh had already told his ns member about the limit of three pills per category for a single customer. After Aakesh ordered them, they didn''t directly rush to the pills but instead looked at Veenesh, waiting for his answer.


    Since Veenesh also counted himself as a buyer, he took the first step and reached the pills.


    There was only a single pill of each category floating in the store, but when Veenesh began taking out the pills he could take out three from each category without any change appearing in the floating pills.


    He decided to test something, so when he took out three inferior healing pills, the pill representing it turned transparent. So when he tried to take it out for the fourth time, his hands passed through it.


    He didn''t test other pills and left after taking three pills of each category.


    Following Veenesh, the other n members, including elders, formed a queue and began taking out three pills belonging to each category.


    Even though there was no space expansion currently present in the store, there was still the same space before the n entered.


    The other customers didn''t mind it since it was nothing worth pondering about in this store, where they had even seen Immortals dying.


    Time flew by. It took more than an hour for each n member to take out their required quota of pills.


    Aakesh had already calcted the required amount for the bill, so he looked at Veenesh and said, "For the inferior grade pill, you need to pay 41,981,100 inferior Primal stones. For the medium-grade pill, you need to pay 97,156,260 ordinary Primal stones. For the top-grade pill, you need to pay 2,171,022,600 top Primal stones."


    Veenesh has already calcted, so he didn''t feel surprised after the amount Aakesh told him.


    "Store owner, what''s the conversion rate for a supreme Primal stone?" Veenesh asked as the amount wasn''t much, but the quantity of the stones was too much to carry.


    Since there were only a few ten million top Primal stones in his n treasury, he could only pay it in higher currency. But the issue was that supreme and superior Primal stones didn''t have a fixed conversion rate. They depended upon the buyer and seller.


    "No, you need to pay the exact number of stones I told you," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    The conversion rate of superior and supreme Primal stones was only applicable for cardholders since it was one of the privileges they had. The other customers could only pay the required amount in that conversion rate.


    Veenesh couldn''t help but feel disappointed, hearing Aakesh, but what Aakesh said next made his disappointment disappear in a sh.


    "Only cardholders can apply for the conversion rate in the store," Aakesh added while pointing at the square machine near his chair.


    Since Veenesh only talked about pills yesterday, Aakesh didn''t tell him about other products, including cards, so he didn''t know about them.


    He then began exining to Veenesh about the three categories of cards and the benefits they provided to the owner.


    "The conversion rate for a superior Primal stone to top-grade is 10,000:1, and the conversion rate for supreme to superior is 1,000,000:1," Aakesh then added the conversion rate the store had.


    Veenesh nodded and decided to buy a supreme card for himself as well as all the n members. There were a total of 39,982 members, including him, so he took out 39,982 supreme Primal stones from his pocket space and handed it to Aakesh.


    The amount lookedrge, but it was manageable for them, seeing the benefits the card provided.


    Aakesh nodded and did the process required for the card creation one by one. A few minutester, all the n members Veenesh had brought along had a supreme card in their hands that allowed them to teleport directly into the store.


    Since Veenesh had already bought the card, Aakesh didn''t have to tell the price. He got it automatically. He only needed to store Primal stones in the card, and the amount would automatically get deducted.


    The amount that looked too much before, after the conversion rate, reached not even a single supreme Primal stone.

 Chapter 273 - Problem Solved

    Chapter 273: Problem Solved


    Afterpleting the purchase, Veenesh decided to leave the store with the members. But before he could order the n members, one member couldn''t hold his curiosity down and asked Aakesh about what other store products the store sells.


    Since it was the first time his n members hade out of the n and were interacting with someone outside of the n members, Veenesh decided to wait for a few more seconds, unaware that these few seconds of wait would change the way his n worked.


    After one of the members asked the question, the other members also looked at Aakesh with curiosity to know the answer. Veenesh, on the other hand, didn''t have much interest in finding other products since he believed he had everything in his n except pills in the current situation.


    He instead began conversing with other n elders about the pills and how to distribute them in the meantime.


    As usual, Aakesh started introducing other products the store had. He began his introduction with the weapons and training area. Hearing the prices of Gods & Demons level difficulty for higher-level weapons made even Veenesh stunned for a moment. He and the other elders even forgot about the conversation they were having.


    Even though Veenesh had more than enough Primal stones in the n''s treasury, still a trillion supreme Primal stones for an hour of training felt way too outrageous even to be said.


    Veenesh stopped conversing with the elders and instead began focusing on Aakesh''s introduction of the store. He had tested the quality of the pills himself he had bought yesterday, and he felt the store was taking a loss for offering them at such low prices. So after hearing something in the store costing this many supreme Primal stones, curiosity to know more about the product emerged in his heart.


    Aakesh didn''t care what the n members were feeling after hearing the prices of the training area and continued introducing the store''s products. After the introduction for the weapons and the training area ended, he began introducing the most popr item in his store, virtual portals.


    The more Veenesh learned about the Panagea, the more shocked he became. His father, the previous leader of the n, was a peak Heavenly Monarch level cultivator. He had already produced an embryo of divine physique and could ascend anytime he wanted, but even he had never heard of a treasure like Panagea, let alone creating it.


    When Aakesh concluded, Veneesh and other n elders'' eyes began shining. They looked at each other, and a smile spread across their face when they noticed that they were thinking about the same thing.


    There was only a single issue that their n was going through since the founding, that was theck of an alchemist. The maximum number of alchemists they had in their n members at any time since the founding was six alchemists.


    Currently, their n was going through a phase where their n only had a single alchemist, and that too was lying sick in bed due to an experiment going wrong.


    There were still a few hundred apprentices, but none of them were talented enough to take the ce of the alchemist. If this continued for several more years, their n that had a perfect cycle would be dependent on the outside world for pills.


    Finally, after hearing about Panagea, they found a way to solve the issue.


    "Store owner, we want to enter Panagea," Veenesh couldn''t wait after hearing about Panagea, so he directly told Aakesh.


    "You can''t," Aakesh expressionlessly responded and then exined the reason behind it to the customers.


    Veenesh and the n elders couldn''t help but heave a disappointed sigh, hearing about the store having only 150 virtual portals. Since the store effortlessly organized the number of pills for everyone, they thought that the virtual portals would also be avable for all of them.


    At first, they all wanted to enter Panagea. But after learning that there were only 150 virtual portals, Veenesh decided to let only a hundred alchemy apprentices enter Panagea every day to begin training alchemy.


    The others would enter when the number of virtual portals grew in the store. If all the members were to enter one by one, it would take months for all of them toplete only a single stay of six hours once.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Veenesh sincerely thanked Aakesh because the biggest problem his n was facing had gotten solved. Even though Aakesh had told him about the level of difficulty, the result was also better than the actual world. The other n members also followed their leader and thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to their thanks.


    Veenesh then ordered the n members to return to the n. His son pleaded to him to let them stay for some more time, but he didn''t budge from his decision and strictly ordered everyone to leave.


    A few secondster, only Veenesh from his n remained in the store while all the other members had returned to the n.


    "Store owner, I want to enter the Gods & Demons level training area for Immortal grade weapon," Veenesh requested.


    Even though the price of the training area was at the least outrageous, he still wanted to give it a try after learning about Panagea. It made him feel awe at the store.


    Aakesh nodded. The next moment, Veenesh got a mechanical alert in his head that the supreme card didn''t have a sufficient amount of Primal stones for the service he needed.


    Veenesh didn''t need to take out Primal stones from his pocket space to add them to the card. He only needed to think of the amount he wanted to add; the system would automatically take it out from the space ring or any other space since the supreme card had the ability to bypass any space restriction.


    The next moment, he thought of it, and soon he got the mechanical alert. This time, it told him about the deduction of a trillion supreme Primal stones.


    After Aakesh got the system alert, the payment had been done. He told Veenesh to go and also told him about the process required to enter the training area.


    Veenesh nodded and went to the weapons room and then did what Aakesh had told him.. The next moment, a golden barrier engulfed his physical body while his consciousness had entered the training area.

 Chapter 274 - Training Area

    Chapter 274: Training Area


    Veenesh was a bow user, as the majority of members in his n were.


    After paying for the training area, Veenesh couldn''t wait to see the effects of training. Even though he had already lived for hundreds of thousands of years, he still couldn''t control his excitement thinking about the effect since he had paid such a huge amount.


    After Aakesh exined to him the details of how to enter the training area, he thanked Aakesh and then went to the weapons room.


    After entering the weapons room, his eyes fell upon the murals painted on the wall. Especially the mural where a single man was aiming his bow at the sky while countless high-level creatures wereing at him.


    The painting alone sent him chills. He felt as if he was the aim, not the countless creatures. He also believed that if he truly were the aim, he wouldn''t survive it.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed,...forty seconds passed,...three minutes passed,...fifty minutes passed.


    In a sh, fifty minutes had passed. Veenesh''s eyes remained fixed on the mural for thest fifty minutes.


    Finally, after staring at it for fifty-six minutes, did his eyes moved away from it. While fifty-seven minutes had passed in reality, he didn''t even feel like a second had passed. He believed that he had just entered the room and only took a nce at the mural.


    "What am I missing?" He murmured as his eyes moved from the murals and fell upon the circle of pirs.


    One of the innermost pirs signified the bow. After Veenesh found it, he did what Aakesh had told him to do.


    The next moment, a golden light appeared out of nowhere and engulfed him in the form of a barrier. Veenesh couldn''t see this scene as his consciousness had already entered the infinite space in the training area.


    The customers buying or checking weapons around the pirs ignored the scene as if it was nothing special since Veenesh wasn''t the only one; there were more than a hundred customers around different pirs in the same situation.


    After appearing inside the training area, Veenesh chose the human race for the first battle.


    Since he himself was a human, he wanted to start with his race, and only after defeating his human counterpart would he choose another race.


    For the battlefield, Veenesh selected the open and moving battlefield. Both opponents would face off in an environment free of any obstacle while continuously moving. As for the ground, he chose randomly.


    The next moment, he appeared in a vast desert with the sun right at the top of him, making even him, an Immortal, feel the heat.


    Since there was no idea offort when it came to training, Veenesh adjusted himself to the environment right away. Soon, a man carrying the same appearance as him appeared in front of him.


    Both Veenesh and the man carried the same bow, clothes, and the same cultivation level. It was almost as if Veenesh was looking at his mirror.


    There was only one difference between them. Despite being of the same cultivation level, intermediate Heavenly Monarch, Veenesh could feel the danger of life.


    For a second, the thought that he doesn''t even stand a chance appeared in his mind, but since the training area had an automatic effect of making his mind clear, the thought disappeared right away.


    Since there was no concept of death here, Veenesh took the first move.


    High-level archers don''t need to carry quivers since they can directly manipte energy to create arrows.


    Veenesh was also a high-level archer, so he only carried his bow. He aimed while running left.


    The opponent, seeing Veenesh aiming, aimed and ran right.


    "Boom!"


    The sound of an explosion rang in the area as both arrows exploded after they collided.


    If the explosion were to ur in the real world, it would''ve destroyed several Kingdomsbined like the Bisan Kingdom.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    The sound of continuous explosions rang in the area as arrows after arrows shed.


    Only a few seconds had passed since the battle began, but Veenesh was already on the losing end. Until now, he has been the aggressor in every shot, but the opponent always not only negated his attack but overpowered it.


    They hadn''t even used an arrow skill until now; even then, Veenesh was in trouble.


    "Boom!"


    Another loud explosion rang in the area after the opponent negated his attack, but this time before Veenesh could shoot the next arrow, the arrow, after destroying his shot, hadn''t dissipated even a little bit and wasing toward him.


    Veenesh wasn''t quick enough to dodge or shoot another arrow to negate it, so he hopelessly looked at the arrow approaching him. The next moment, it shed with him and pierced his heart.


    Since Veenesh was Immortal, he could live even after losing his heart or head, but since the opponent was also Immortal, his body couldn''t resist the energy, and Veenesh lost his life.


    Time flew by.


    Since the time here flowed differently than in the real world. Here, Veenesh had 1000 hours to train.


    Seven hundred and eighty-eight hours had passed since Veenesh had appeared here.


    He had decided to choose a human race opponent first and would choose another race after defeating it, but until now, he had faced tens of thousands of battles with the same guy, but still, he wasn''t even able to draw, let alone win.


    "Puchi!"


    A sound rang as the arrow pierced Veenesh''s heart for the umpteenth time. The next moment, Veenesh revived, and the same choice appeared in front of him.


    For a moment, he thought of selecting another race, but he decided against it. If he couldn''t even win against someone of the same race, then how would he be able to defeat higher-level races who were more talented than humans.


    Making his decision, he chose the same options again.


    The next moment, he appeared on a marble floor, and on top of that, the floor was slippery, creating a chance of him falling while in the battle.


    Time flew by, and finally, the thousandth hour arrived to an end, bringing the end of training for Veenesh.


    Unfortunately for him, he wasn''t even able to draw a battle with his opponent; he still was satisfied with his training since he had gotten several times better than the previous him who hadn''t entered the training area.

 Chapter 275 - [BONUS]Skylord

    Chapter 275: Skylord


    Time flew by.


    The six hours of the first group of customers in Panagea was over, so the system forced them out. There were still a few customers in 150, who had still a few minutes left since they had enteredter than the card owners.


    The system forced the customers out one by one as the six-hour stay for them got over. Aakesh only sent the second group to the portal room after all the members of the first group had exited Panagea.


    While Aakesh was introducing the store products to a new customer in the building next to the store, a meeting was currently going on.


    Since Maria had sessfullypleted the organization quest yesterday, she and the other members who had already joined the organization even before the creation didn''t enter Panagea today. They instead decided to create a structure for the organization Skylord, and they also needed to recruit new members for it.


    After gaining the territory, Maria had decided against her previous idea of opening a restaurant. She instead decided to make this building the headquarters of her newly created organization, Skylord.


    Even though the building was small and wasn''t wide enough to establish the headquarters of an organization, George, being a prince of the Pocoso Empire, had enough privilege and contacts to buy space arrays.


    Only cultivators above Void Condensation have the ability to create space arrays, which made them ordinary in high-level Kingdoms and Empires, while rare in Kingdoms like the Bisan Kingdom.


    The space array George had brought for the building was made by an Immortal level cultivator, making it even worth more than the value of the Bisan Kingdom.


    It allowed the user to expand the space of any area up to a million times, making it one of the best in quality.


    The building owned by Maria wasn''t very wide. It was a square building, with a length of only 10 meters.


    But after adding the space array brought by George, she could expand the area of the building up to a length of 10 million meters from inside. It would be a world in itself from the inside.


    With space, the other expenditures also rose, but Maria didn''t have enough resources to do it for now. It would at least take her a year or two to have enough resources to create even basic facilities for an organization.


    Fortunately for her, she didn''t have to worry about it for long. The group of Moyas that had already joined the organization decided to pay for that.


    But they didn''t do it for free since it would take arge number of resources to establish a perfect cycle for any organization.


    Maria didn''t get the things from George and the Moyas for free. For the space array, George got ownership of 0.01% over the organization. The Moyas also got the same percentage of ownership over the organization for their help.


    Evelyn, who offered no contribution today, got 1% ownership over the organization, shocking everyone, including Evelyn.


    Maria gave Evelyn 1% ownership because it was her who had given her this idea as well as she had been helping her from the moment she had joined the organization. Even though it was for herself since she didn''t have any territory, it still provided Maria a huge advantage, so she didn''t act as a Miser and gave it to her.


    In addition to giving Evelyn 1% ownership, Maria also made her the deputy head of the organization, second only to Maria in the entire organization.


    Evelyn willingly epted the position. Even though she would need to work several times harder currently since the organization was only newly established, it simrly allowed her to have arge number of resources under her control. George and the group of Moyas also congratted her for this position.


    George was genuinely happy since she was his girlfriend. The group of Moyas was also happy for her, but they would lie if they said they weren''t jealous.


    Maria was the head of the organization, Evelyn was the deputy head. George and the group of Moyas became the team leaders of their own teams. Since there weren''t any members for now in the organization, they were solo teams.


    But since they had ns to recruit members today, they would get their own team members.


    For Evelyn or George, creating houses wasn''t anything significant. So when Maria activated the space array and expanded the space inside the building to ten thousand times, they waved their hands, and hundreds of one-story houses with rock walls and wooden terraces appeared.


    Since the organization was only in early phases and many of the members would be strangers to each other, they would live here for the next year to increase the synergy,patibility, and teamwork between each other.


    Evelyn then left the building and looked at the building. Since it was the headquarters of an organization, it couldn''t be too shabby after being only 10 meters wide.


    She decided to hire the best of the Earthen Trolls to give it a makeover from the outside. For now, there was only one thing left, she snapped her fingers, and the next moment, a board out of nowhere appeared on top of the building.


    On the board, the name of the organization was written in golden fonts. She also added her aura to the fonts, giving them a strong look.


    She didn''t return to the building, but instead, she took a stride in the direction of the store.


    When she entered, she noticed a few customers waiting in line to talk to Aakesh. She knew his character, so she also joined the queue and waited for her turn to talk to Aakesh.


    Time flew by. After a few minutes, her turn finally arrived.


    "Hey," She said smilingly, looking at Aakesh. Since the event, she rarely had any conversation with Aakesh due to arge number of customers.


    He only nodded in response to her and looked at her to understand why she joined the queue.


    Evelyn decided to directlye to her reason behinding here and told Aakesh, "Aakesh, we want to recruit some members for our organization¡­,"


    "...allow it?"


    Maria wanted to recruit adventurers for her organization, and ording to her, there was no better ce than the store for recruiting members.. The only issue was whether Aakesh would allow it or not.

 Chapter 276 - Recruitment

    Chapter 276: Recruitment


    After Evelyn asked Aakesh about the recruitment for the organization, she looked nervously at Aakesh for his answer.


    "No!" Aakesh straightly refused.


    A wry smile appeared on Evelyn''s face as she had expected a refusal from Aakesh, but since the head, Maria, wanted her to ask for permission, she did it.


    "What about outside the store?" Evelyn asked. Even though she couldn''t recruit any members inside the store, the customers would stille from outside, so she decided to ask again.


    "Yes!" Aakesh expressionlessly responded, bringing a look of excitement on her face.


    "Thank you, Aakesh!" She thanked Aakesh, turned around, and left the store.


    Aakesh ignored her reaction as after she left, another customer took her ce, and Aakesh got busier.


    After leaving the store, Evelyn rushed to the organization building next to the store.


    "What did senior say?" Maria asked, seeing Evelyn returning from the store. Maria had a nervous expression, but there was also a hint of awe in her voice for Aakesh.


    "Aakesh refused for us to recruit for Skylord from inside the store," Evelyn responded.


    "It''s fine," Maria responded with a smile, but her smile contained a hint of disappointment.


    "Head, you don''t need to be disappointed. Even though Aakesh refused for us to recruit members from inside the store, he allowed us to recruit outside the store."


    "It would''ve been better if we would''ve been recruiting from inside the store, but it still isn''t an issue since every customer entering into the store would be able to see our recruitment board," Evelyn smilingly responded. The other members also smiled, hearing Evelyn.


    "Great, the first group of customers had already left the store since it had been more than six hours¡­," Maria ordered.


    She decided to begin recruitment a few hourster when the second group of customers would leave Panagea. The other members of the organization agreed with Maria, so they didn''t add anything.


    Following that, Maria began discussing with the other members the requirements for recruiting members, as well as the benefits they would currently provide to them. The Panagea was a new world of treasure, and theirs was the only adventurer''s organization, so they were already several steps away from the starting line. So, they wanted the benefits to be good enough so that the members don''t betray the organization in the future when several organizations appear in Panagea.


    The store''s being in a low-level location like the Bisan Kingdom meant Panagea was still unknown to top organizations or high-ranking races in the Primal dimension, but someday it will be discovered since the benefits Panagea provides are unprecedented. When they found out about it, they would also begin recruiting members for Panagea so Maria couldn''t be a miser in this situation.


    Time flew by, and the six-hour stay for the second group of the customers in Panagea got over. The system forced them out. In the group, many of the customers were entering Panagea for the first time, so they couldn''t help butin since they wanted to spend more time there. Unfortunately for them, Aakesh and the system didn''t care what they felt. Their stay was over, so they needed to leave.


    Since they had no other choice, they began leaving the store.


    Despite being at the door, the store prevented its customers from viewing or hearing what was going on outside. They could only know after stepping out.


    So, when the second group of customers stepped out of the door, they noticed arge crowd waiting outside the store. At first, they thought that it was due to the store, but after carefully looking, even though the gathered people looked in the direction of the store, their line of focus wasn''t the store but twodies.


    The customers couldn''t help but get curious, so they also joined the crowd to find what was going on.


    When they joined the crowd, they noticed a board one of the twodies was carrying. It said, "Recruitment for the first organization of Panagea, Skylord. Those who think they are worthy; apply for it."


    Many of the newer customers couldn''t help but get dumbfounded, seeing the board. They didn''t understand what was going on since they had just entered today, and many had not evenpleted their first quest.


    "Hey, how did she create an organization in Panagea?" One of the newer customers who hadn''t joined the event and today was the first day he had entered the store; asked one of the customers standing next to him.


    The man''s name was Torlon, and he was the son of Gordon. After seeing the benefits of the Gods & Demons level training, Gordon had told his son about the store for training. But Torlon, after knowing about the store products, found Panagea to be more valuable than the training area.


    Fortunately for him, he had arrived early morning and was able to book a slot in the second group. He himself had an interest in creating his own organization. When he read the recruitment board, he couldn''t help but ask his fellow customer to find out how to create an organization.


    "It''s very tough. You need to own territory first¡­," Since the customer had be a regr in the store due to the events, he knew that Maria had won territory in thest event.


    Torlon couldn''t help but suck a sharp breath, hearing the criteria of creating an organization. Maria was fortunate to win a territory through the store event, but for him to have it, he needed to conquer it. For that, the lowest level, he needed to reach the level of the weakest king.


    (A/N; After killing the Townhead, adventurers could gain control over that town, but the town already has a created structure, and it didn''t allow for the formation of an organization.)


    He then left the crowd as he had already decided to create his own organization and had no interest in joining other organizations. Even though it would be difficult, he would still give it a try.


    Many people had hopes of creating an organization, but not all of them had the will to persevere for that. The lowest requirement to join Maria''s organization was to reach Level 2, and there were around thirty members that had applied for it.


    One of the thirty members had even reached Level 6, so he got recruited on the spot, while the other twenty-nine members would need to battle it out.. Out of the twenty-nine members, the organization would recruit twenty-three members to make six groups of four members each.

 Chapter 277 - The Deal

    Chapter 277: The Deal


    Aakesh could see the events outside the store, but he only took a nce at it and stopped watching it.


    Since there were only thest three hours left before the store would close for the day, the number of customers entering the store had decreased by several times.


    He was rxing on his chair when he suddenly felt teleportations inside the store. He looked up and found out that it was the group of Elves that had entered the store.


    Now that Aakesh remembered, he hadn''t seen the group of Elves in his store for the past few days.


    After appearing in the store, the group of Elves approached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner," Lenna, sha, and Shalia greeted Aakesh while Ivanar expressionlessly stood in the group.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the group''s greeting. He then looked at them to find out the reason behind theming here thiste.


    "Store owner, we want to train in Gods & Demons level training area," sha smilingly told Aakesh.


    After hearing that a single training hour cost a trillion supreme Primal stones for Immortal-grade weapons, the group has been preparing the required amount for the entire group to have a single hour of training.


    Lenna''s training only cost one million supreme Primal stones. She could have it anytime she wanted, but she had refused it. She didn''t want to have the training when others in her family weren''t able to have it.


    Even though the group of Elves belonged to the Faero family, one of the top three Moonlight Elven families, they still couldn''t take out such a big amount since they weren''t the only family in the Faero family. There were tens of thousands of peak Immortal experts in the Faero Family that were spread across the entire Primal dimension.


    sha majored in divinity, so she had enough Primal stone for her training, but her family needed one and a half trillion more if her son and daughter-inw were to have the training.


    During the past few days, the group using his connections was gathering enough Primal stones for all of their training at the same time.


    Finally, after the hard work of a few days, they sessfully gathered the remaining one and a half trillion supreme Primal stones.


    sha several times thought that what if the benefit of the training didn''t outweigh the expense? Every time, a single answer appeared inside her head in response, "It isn''t possible!"


    Because of Lenna''s encounter with the Dragon, their God, sha, and her family member''s belief in the store had almost turned to the point of reverence.


    Aakesh neither knew what efforts the groupmitted for the training nor did he have any interest in knowing it. He was a store owner, so as long as customers paid for their services, anything else didn''t matter.


    He nodded in response to the group, and the next moment, an alert of sessful payment of three trillion and one million supreme Primal stones appeared in his head. Since the payment had been done, he told the group about the process to enter the training area.


    The group thanked Aakesh and then went in the direction of the weapons room, except Lenna. The group didn''t mind her stopping, as if they were already aware of the reason behind her stopping.


    "Senior, you remember the deal between us," Lennamented after her family members had left for the training area.


    Even though she had gotten benefits that she had never imagined, Lenna still didn''t forget the primary purpose behind her appearing here.


    Aakesh nodded in response. How could he forget about the dimension-scale event that would ur around the Mysterious Peak?


    He still remembered the boy, Turta. The boy''s identity was one of the very few things that had made him curious, so how could he even forget about it? He was eagerly waiting for the event toe since there were only around two weeks left.


    He also remembered that he had made a deal with Lenna when she had entered the store for the first time. They had agreed to share their gains from the event at the rate of 50-50.


    Even though both the parties had something else on their minds regarding the deal and had only agreed to it on the face, it was still a deal.


    "What about it?" Aakesh further asked.


    "Store owner, we have a new member in our deal," Lenna responded as a wry smile appeared on her face.


    Even though Aakesh had already made several deals worth a trillion supreme Primal stones for the Gods & Demons level training area, it was still arge sum of money in the Primal dimension. Even the top organizations would need to think carefully before spending.


    sha only had one piece of information that could help her gain arge amount of money, so she used the information about the future event to earn around 300 million supreme Primal stones.


    Lenna didn''t want this to happen, but she had no choice since sha found the training area to be more worthy than the event that would ur. The reason she believed it was because she couldn''t divine anything rted to the training area. And also, there wasn''t aplete chance of Lenna gaining something from it.


    sha only allowed Lenna to participate in the event was because she found through her divination that only she would survive out of the four of them, no matter in what case they joined the event.


    Panagea also allowed growth without any risk for all of them.


    If she hadn''t divined that Lenna had a 99% chance of surviving the ordeal of the event, she wouldn''t have let her join it after finding out about the store.


    "What has that got to do with me?" Aakesh expressionlessly responded to Lenna after hearing her. He further added, "You can add as many members as you want in the deal, but my share in the gains would always be 50%."


    "I understand, store owner," Lenna responded. She had expected Aakesh to refuse to give his share of gains, so it wasn''t surprising to her.


    "Do you want to know about the man?" Lenna asked.


    "No!" Aakesh bluntly refused and then closed his eyes.


    Lenna was already used to such behavior from Aakesh, so she didn''t mind.. She thanked Aakesh for understanding and then left for the weapons room for her training.

 Chapter 278 - Return

    Chapter 278: Return


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair since the store was empty. There were customers inside the weapons room, but they couldn''t be seen from outside the door, so the store looked empty.


    Aakesh suddenly opened his eyes, and a smile spread across his face. He had just gotten the alert from the system that Lily had exited Panagea and was currently in his room.


    The virtual portal that had been greyed out for weeks finally returned back to colors.


    The next moment, the door of his room appeared floating in the air. Right after it, the stairs connecting the room with the hardwood floor appeared.


    The door of the room opened, and then Lily stepped out from the door and then stepped down the stairs.


    Lily took a deep breath of air after appearing inside the store as it has been around two weeks since she had smelled the air here.


    The scent inside the store was odorless since Aakesh didn''t like any kind of scent permeating the air in the store.


    Lily smelled nothing, but she still couldn''t help herself from smiling. Aakesh, on the other hand, smilingly looked at her antics.


    While looking around the store, Lily''s eyes fell upon the weapons room. When she had entered Panagea, it wasn''t there, so she got curious.


    She disappeared from where she was standing and appeared in front of the entrance of the weapons room.


    "Wow!" Lily couldn''t help but exim in astonishment, seeing the murals painted all over the walls in the weapon room after entering.


    The customers present in the weapon room were already used to these kinds of reactions whenever they were here, so they ignored the sound and continued doing what they were doing.


    Lily also ignored the customers as she couldn''t move her eyes away from one particr mural.


    In the mural, a being from the race unknown to her was fighting an Epochal Feline using a Disc weapon.


    Since Lily had Aakesh''s blood flowing in her veins, the system, considered her own, so she was also allowed to have a few of the benefits Aakesh had.


    Like Aakesh, she could also experience the scene of the battle from the mural. Since Lily getting better inbat was only better for Aakesh as they both had an unconditional rtionship of familial love, the system allowed her to gain experience.


    The next moment, she disappeared from the weapons room and found herself as the unknown creature fighting against someone of her own race.


    Since no customers were looking at Lily, they didn''t notice her disappearance from the store.


    ***


    The creature Lily had be was a strange creature with seven heads and seven legs. Each head had the same appearance, but they all contained different kinds of expressions. The fourth head, which was the center of all seven heads contained an expression of cruelty.


    If Aakesh were here, he would have recognized the creature. It was a Primordial being called Sattaputal.


    It was a beingpared on the same line with Garuda, and simrly, like Garuda, Sattaputal was the only being of its own race. But unlike Garuda, who had countless descendants and was the progenitor of several bird species, it didn''t have any ability to procreate since it didn''t have any reproductive organs.


    Sattaputal is also known as the ''Bringer of Massacres'' in the third dimension due to its cruel nature. If any of the creature''s eyes in the central head was open, it meant it was prepared to fight and ughter.


    Sattaputal had only one hand, and the disk it used was born with him when its creator, one of the ten Devas, created it.


    Even though the Devas were peaceful, it didn''t mean that they hated killings.


    For the Multiverse to exist, it needed equilibrium of life and death at the same time. If there''s no death, the Multiverse would get filled with creatures and will lose all of its energy. If there''s only death, the Multiverse would be nothing more than a shell with empty space.


    Sattaputal was one such creation of their duty to maintain equilibrium when it came to the Multiverse.


    Since its birth, Sattaputal had killed countless beings, making it one of the most hated and feared creatures in the third dimension.


    Even the leader of the Asura or Yaksha races, who were way stronger than Sattaputal, didn''t dare to kill it after it killed the creatures belonging to their races. It was all due to the disk he carried.


    There was an aura around the disk he carried, that was reminiscent of the weapon of the Deva, its creator. Just a hint of an aura made it one of the top ten strongest items in the three dimensionsbined.


    ***


    The current opponent of Sattaputal was an Epochal Feline. Lily remembered it since she had met it in her training.


    It was the second pure Epochal Feline to take birth in the history of the Multiverse.


    (A/N: Pure here signifies 100% purity of bloodline. Lily is the third pure Epochal Feline.)


    Epochal Felines had control over time since their birth, so the Feline in front of the Sattaputal was manipting the time to make the Sattaputal revert to its weakest phase.


    The Sattaputal let the Feline do what she wanted to do as it waited. Unfortunately for the Feline, her ability didn''t seem to affect the Sattaputal even a little bit.


    The Epochal Feline knew Sattaputal was ying with her. She was no equal to it when it came to battle, but she had no choice but to fight as she had fallen into the trap set by the Sattaputal for her. She didn''t know why it chose her, but she didn''t have the time to answer.


    The Epochal Feline decided to use her strongest attack, and if she got a chance, she would escape the area.


    The sizeparison between the Sattaputal and the Epochal Feline was likeparing an Elephant with an ant. The Epochal Feline towered over countless lightyears, while the Sattaputal was only a few lightyears, but the battle was exactly going the opposite of the size.


    The Feline used her strongest skill, Epochal Time, and without even waiting to see the result, she escaped. Even though it towered over countless lightyears, it covered an even greater distance in less than a second.


    The Sattaputal noticed the Feline leaving, but it ignored it and instead focused on the skill that came at it.

 Chapter 279 - Overwhelming Difference

    Chapter 279: Overwhelming Difference


    The Epochal Time was a skill exclusive to Primordial level Epochal Feline.


    The skill allowed it to use the energy of the time required for an Epoch to happen to attack its opponents. Time energy was one of the most superior forms of energy in the Multiverse, and only Devas were unaffected by it. Since the skill used too much energy, it had a cooldown of a trillion years in the third dimension.


    After releasing its strongest skill, the Epochal Feline escaped right away, forgetting the dignity a Primordial creature like it should have.


    The Sattaputal''s second head from the right that carried a smile turned into a smirk, seeing the Feline running away.


    The Sattaputal felt it was finally the time to act as the time energy could cause severe injuries to him if it let it attack like the previous skill. It then released the disk it had been carrying along since its birth.


    The speed of the disk surpassed even the speed of thoughts as it reached the ball full of time energy.


    Even though the disk was traveling at a speed surpassing the speed of thoughts, Lily was still able to see the rotation of the disk. She knew it was because she was currently the Sattaputal.


    The disk moved 108 rounds from right to left and then 108 rounds from left to right. Despite changing its rotating direction in a fixed cycle, it didn''t seem to show any effect on its movements as the disk only traveled away.


    When the disk finally shed with the ball full of time energy, Lily found out about the effect of the rotations.


    When the disk was rotating from right to left, it destroyed the energy, while when the disk rotated from left to right, it bound the energy ball in a fixed ce.


    In less than a second, the disk had rotated countless times. Finally, after a few seconds, the disk destroyed the energy ball.


    The disk didn''t return after destroying the energy ball, but it flew in the same direction the Feline had escaped earlier.


    The disk had the same level of intellect as the Sattaputal, so it knew its next step even before the Sattaputal told it to.


    In a few seconds, the Epochal Feline had already crossed distances of several universes, but the disk proved to be several times faster than the Epochal Feline and caught it.


    Since the disk had intellect, it could also control its rotating direction. When it reached the Epochal Feline, it reversed its rotating direction at that time and turned from left to right, making it freeze in space.


    Before the Epochal Feline could even understand what had happened, the disk reversed its speed and disintegrated the entirety of the Feline, taking its life.


    The moment the Epochal Feline lost its life, Lily lost its sight, and the next moment, she returned back to the weapons room.


    Lily''s eyes still had a shocked expression as the scene of how effortlessly the disk killed the Epochal Feline was embedded in her memory.


    Lily wanted to share this with someone, so she left the weapons room and rushed back to Aakesh.


    "What happened? Did you see some illusion?" Aakesh asked, seeing the shock in Lily''s eyes as she rushed back to him.


    "Yes, just thinking about it makes me shocked," Lily responded in her childlike voice.


    Even though the victim was of the same race as her, she felt more impressed by the strange creature. Seeing how easily it killed one of the only three pure Epochal Felines without even breaking a sweat made her feel awe.


    "What illusion did you see?" Aakesh asked Lily.


    All the murals painted on the walls of the weapons room showed the strongest user of a weapon and the strongest weapon in existence(Only the three dimensions).


    No matter what mural, the end result in every battle was the win in a single attack, using the weapons.


    Lily wasn''t a weapon user, so she didn''t feel much except the power of the attack. If it were a disk user in her ce, they would''ve learned many things about the use of disk, just seeing the disk in the Sattaputal hands.


    Lily then began telling Aakesh about the scene she had just seen. He nodded after hearing the story from her.


    "The battle between Sattaputal and one of your ancestors," Aakeshmented after hearing the story from Lily''s mouth.


    "Oh, that ugly creature was Sattaputal," Lily responded and further added, "I will one day surpass that Sattaputal and kill it in one strike." She said this while she raised her tiny fist into the air.


    Aakesh smiled, hearing Lily. He gently got hold of Lily, who was sitting on his head, and brought her to his front.


    "One day, you''ll be stronger than everyone," He smilinglymented as he gently rubbed her head. Lily also enjoyed the rub, so she closed bis eyes and only enjoyed it.


    Aakesh and Lily were ying with each other when they heard the sound of footsteps. They both stopped ying and looked at the door.


    It was a new customer. He was a citizen of the Bisan Kingdom but wasn''t a resident of Kakot, the capital city. He lived in the neighboring city, Saktu.


    He was an ordinary citizen who lived an average life in the Kingdom. He had a happy family, with a wife, one son, and one daughter.


    Yesterday, his son, who was only a Qi Condensation level cultivator, was bullied by a few Houtian level students.


    The bullying didn''t cause any serious physical injury, but it was a mental injury. The son had fallen in trauma and had been acting like he was going through something terrible all the time.


    The man''s siblings had a store in the Kakot, so he knew about Aakesh''s store. The brother had suggested the man the store.


    Listening to his brother''s suggestion, the man had arrived in the store. Only the travel from Saktu to Kakot had cost him a few ordinary Primal stones and had caused a huge dent in his savings.


    Since the brother had already told him the price for the pills he needed to buy, the man could only hope that the treatment would work.


    ***


    "Senior, please give me first-grade inferior mental healing pills," The man approached Aakesh, seeing no customer, and directly came to his purpose.

 Chapter 280 - Familiar Figures

    Chapter 280: Familiar Figures


    "Store owner, I want inferior mental healing pills," The man said. He then looked nervously at Aakesh in the hope of a positive answer.


    "Yes," Aakesh expressionlessly nodded. He then added, " The maximum you can have is three pills, so how many do you want?"


    "Give me two pills, store owner," The man heaved a sigh of relief, hearing that the pills were in stock. Since his son was only a Qi Condensation level cultivator, even a single first-grade inferior pill would work on him, but to be sure, he decided to buy an extra.


    As for three pills, it would be expensive since a pill cost 25 inferior Primal stones, and for quickly returning to Saktu, he still needed two ordinary Primal stones, so he found two pills to be his limit.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded. He then stood up from his chair, went to the counter, and took two pills out from the first row.


    "Fifty inferior Primal stones," Aakesh told the man as he handed him the pills.


    The man had already taken out the number of stones from his space ring. Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the Primal stones disappeared from the store.


    "Thank you, store owner," The man sincerely thanked Aakesh. Even though fifty Primal stones for two inferior grade pills were costly for someone like him, his brother had hard pressed him to buy from this store.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the man''s thanks and returned to his chair. The man bowed, turned around, and then left the store.


    No customers arrived for a while after that, so Lily and Aakesh began ying.


    Since it had been weeks for them to y like this, they both enjoyed this rxing time. Lily then began telling him about what she wanted to do in Panagea in the future.


    Since the start, she had believed herself to be a ruler, so all the steps she would take in Panagea from now on would have to do with her conquering a territory.


    Since Aakesh and the system had made a deal that Lily wouldn''t affect the storyline of Panagea after she became an inhabitant adventurer of Panagea, she and any adventurer who would join her will lose the ability to fight for the inheritance of the ten Emperors.


    There was no being in the Multiverse that Lily respected and loved more than Aakesh, so she discussed her steps in Panagea with him and also asked for his suggestions.


    The first suggestion Aakesh gave to her was to leave the area around Wolfden, while Lily wanted to conquer the entire forest that surrounded the town of Wolfden.


    Aakesh suggested her against it because he was going to sell the golden key and select a new Townhead. The citizen who became the Townhead will directly reach Level 50.


    Since the wolf king was also dead, the Townhead will have no challenger in the area. If somehow Lily could grow equal to the Townhead in power without them noticing and defeating them, the efforts she would''vemitted to reaching there wouldn''t be worth it. After all, Wolfden and the area around it was a low-level area.


    The wolf king chose this area because he was a creature with a very low density of bloodline, and the highest level it could reach was going to be Level 100, so the area suited it.


    On the other hand, Lily possessed the purest bloodline possible for any race. In addition to that, she was also an adventurer. She had no limit of how high her level could reach or what level of lifeform could she evolve to?


    ording to Aakesh, Lily was going to be at a loss in the end since whether she wanted to or not, she would have to go to higher-level areas.


    She also had one advantage that the wolf king didn''t have. She had unlimited revivals, and that allowed her to even start in a higher-level area without the fear of death.


    But going to higher-level areas with the level Lily currently had was no less than torturing herself. So Aakesh suggested Lily leave for the city nearest to Wolfden. It was still a low-level area, but the highest power level in the area around it was 250, making it a better area for her to grow strong and then leave for higher-level locations.


    It was all Aakesh''s suggestions. He wasn''t telling her what to do since Aakesh didn''t want that. He wanted her to make her own decisions and decide what was best for her.


    As for helping her physically in her pursuit of bing a ruler in Panagea, Aakesh had already refused. The most he would help her is to suggest some ideas to her. Whether she wanted to implement it or not, it was her own decision.


    Lily, withplete concentration, heard what Aakesh said. She wasn''t going to do everything Aakesh had said, but it still felt good to her when someone like Aakesh, who rarely showed interest in anything, never refused her.


    Aakesh, who easily gets bored of talking to others, did not get bored this time, and he continued offering suggestions on how she might grow. It was Lily that had gotten bored. Since it was her that had started it, she didn''t know how to stop Aakesh.


    Fortunately for her, they both heard the sound of footsteps.


    Aakesh stopped speaking and looked at the door, only to see a familiar figure Aakesh had an interest in. It was Turta(The Earthen Troll) and Phi, his mother.


    Turta looked weaker than his previous appearance, but he still had the smile he had when he had first arrived in the store. While Phi still had the same gentle look she had whenever she looked at Turta.


    "Hey store owner, do you remember me," Turta asked with excitement evident on his face. He still remembered the sweet taste of the pill he had eaten that day.


    Unfortunately for him, his mother didn''t bring him back here by giving some excuses. Only today did she give in to his demands after he refused to eat anything if Phi didn''t take him to the store.


    Aakesh didn''t look at the boy, but instead, he looked at Phi. Her expression indicated someone who had lost, yet she didn''t mind the loss because she loved the person.


    Aakesh stopped looking at her and nodded in response to Turta''s question.

 Chapter 281 - Benefits

    Chapter 281: Benefits


    "Store owner, do you remember me?" Turta asked Aakesh in his loud childlike voice.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to Turta. A look of excitement appeared on Turta''s face, seeing Aakesh recognizing him.


    "Give me one inferior body healing pill," Phi didn''t want her son to mingle with someone like Aakesh, so she told Aakesh what she wanted.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair, went to the counter, and took out a single pill from the first row.


    "25 inferior Primal stones," He told Phi as he handed the pill to Turta.


    Turta excitedly took the pill and directly put it in his mouth without waiting for his mother to allow it. Phi took out the required amount of Primal stones from her space ring with a heartbroken expression, the same as thest time.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, 25 inferior Primal stones she had taken out disappeared from the store.


    Turta was currently savoring the sweet taste of the pill in his mouth, ignoring what his mother was feeling right now.


    "Let''s go," Phi gently said to her son as she gently grabbed his hand.


    "Ummm," Turta nodded while still savoring the sweet taste.


    "Bye, store owner," He told Aakesh and then left the store with his mother.


    "What a bitch," Lily spat out in disgust after the pair of mother and son left the store.


    Aakesh only smiled, hearing Lily cursing Phi. He didn''t care what was happening with Turta or felt sympathy for him. He was only interested in the purpose of the boy and the mother.


    Lily, on the other hand, had a different nature than him. Knowing Aakesh had an interest in the pair of mother and son, she also began to have it. After seeing Phi''s real personality, she began to hate her.


    "Do you want to hear more suggestions?" Aakesh asked Lily, ignoring her disgust for Phi.


    Lily, remembering what it was like when Aakesh didn''t stop talking, shook his head in response to Aakesh''s question.


    Time passed by, and several minutes passed.


    Except for Lenna, all of the Elves hadpleted their hour of training in the Gods & Demons level training area, so the system forced them out.


    As usual, the system isted all of them into different spaces, and after their energy had calmed down due to the sudden consciousness and knowledge growth, the system returned them back to the store. All three Elves stayed unaware of what had happened since they felt like they were still in the store even while they were in different spaces.


    Ivanar and sha had chosen bow training. After thinking, Shalia decided to leave the bow training and did the training in the sword.


    sha looked at her son to see what benefits he had gotten. She couldn''t help but feel surprised, seeing the cultivation level of Ivanar.


    Ivanar was ate Heavenly Monarch level cultivator. It had only been a few hundred years when he got the breakthrough to ate level. But now that sha saw his level, she noticed that Ivanar had reached the limit of thete Heavenly Monarch and was only a few meditations away from reaching the peak of Heavenly Monarch.


    sha then looked at her daughter-inw and checked her cultivation level. Shalia didn''t have the outrageous growth Ivanar had, but sha noticed an aura of sharpness surrounding her.


    sha, feeling the aura surrounding Shalia, felt that when Shalia reached peak Heavenly Monarch, the aura would be able to threaten her, and she wouldn''t have it easy if someday Shalia decided to fight her.


    sha, after seeing the growth her son and daughter-inw had, finally focused on herself. Like Shalia, her cultivation remained the same as before entering the training area, but her power had tremendously improved.


    Before entering the training area, if she had power equivalent to 10 units, after having the training, she believed that her strength had grown to 13 units. It was all due to the growth in her archery. Now, she could even defend a city where peak Heavenly Monarchs were the attackers.


    "Looks like spending so much on training paid off," sha smilinglymented, seeing the growth she and her children had.


    Only her granddaughter, Lenna, was left out since she was still in the training area, but when Immortals like them had suchrge growth, sha was confident that Lenna would also have arge rate of growth.


    "Yes, mother," Ivanar responded. Even he, who usually carried an expressionless face, couldn''t help but smile, seeing the growth he had.


    He had no idea how much his mother had grown since she was way stronger than him. But, seeing his wife, he knew her wife''s growth was nowhere equal to him.


    He had not only grown in cultivation, but his archery skills had also grown, while Shalia only had growth in swordsmanship, not in cultivation.


    "Mother, do you think I should tell my father about it?" Shalia asked sha.


    Shalia was not only a daughter-inw of the Faero family, but she was also the daughter of the Fenric family. They both were two of the top three families.


    In the Fenric family, Shalia had an even bigger identity. Her father was none other than the current head of the Fenric family.


    If she''d asked her father for help, he would''ve helped the Elven family with the loan, but sha stopped her from doing it.


    Now that Shalia had seen the benefits of the training, she wanted her father to also have a pie of it.


    "Yes. You can also tell your third brother about it. It would help him cement his position in the family, and he would owe you a favor," sha responded and also suggested Shalia to gain some benefits.


    sha had a high status in the Faero family, but it wasn''t equivalent to Shalia''s status in the Fenric family. But still, her father had several children, and Shalia even had a stepbrother who had married the daughter of the current head of the Faero family.


    Having a family-head who owed a favor to Shalia would prove advantageous for Ivanar''s position in the family, so sha wanted Shalia to take benefit of it.


    Shalia also knew this, and she agreed with her mother-inw.. Having greater leverage would also help Lenna gain a good foothold in the family in the future.

 Chapter 282 - Dragon Reborn

    Chapter 282: Dragon Reborn


    Aakesh, unaware that his store products were used for politics, was ying with Lily in the store. Even if he knew about the ns of the Elven family, he wouldn''t have cared much since it would only make his sales better.


    The Elven group was discussing how to use this information about the store to their leverage when sha suddenly chimed in and asked, "What do you think the store owner would have answered?"


    It made both Ivanar and Shalia stop for a second. They were discussing the information when their mother suddenly asked a different question.


    After falling silent for a moment, Shalia responded, "No!"


    Ivanar also nodded, hearing his wife. Only an idiot would try to cut his share in a deal just because the second party brought a third person into the foray. The Elves were unaware that Lenna hadn''t even tried to ask Aakesh for a cut. She wanted to maintain a harmonious rtionship with Aakesh and the store, so she didn''t dare to bring that topic up.


    "The store owner is someone who doesn''t care much about the items, so maybe he would have agreed," sha responded with a strange expression on her face.


    Ivanar couldn''t help but shake his head disappointedly, seeing the expression on his mother''s face, while Shalia heaved a disappointed sigh.


    "Mother, I still don''t believe in your findings," Ivanar told his mother.


    "Hmph, what do you know of higher beings?" sha scoffed, hearing her son.


    ***


    A few days earlier,


    The group of Elves had returned to their ce after leaving the store.


    "What did you feel when you saw the Dragon?" sha asked Lenna, while her face was filled with emotions and excitement.


    Lenna couldn''t help but smile wryly since her grandmother had asked her this question for the umpteenth time. Her grandmother, who always stayed calm andposed, turned into someone entirely different whenever she talked about Dragons.


    "It was like, I was seeing the beginning of everything," Lenna responded for the umpteenth time.


    "Of Course, Dragons are known to exist from the beginning of the Multiverse," sha excitedly responded in response to her granddaughter.


    Ivanar and Shalia only shook their heads as a wry smile appeared on their faces. They were already used to this behavior from their mother whenever anything rted to Dragons happened. She acted the same when Lenna had told her about the Draconian in the store, and she''s acting the same now that Lenna has seen a live Dragon.


    It was also the first time Ivanar had seen his mother getting jealous. Even though she had controlled herself in the end and didn''t ask for Lenna to let her see the Dragon, she still was jealous of her granddaughter for seeing the Dragon.


    "Do you think the store owner is the clone of a Dragon in the Primal dimension?"


    The family was excitedly discussing the meeting of Lenna when sha suddenly chimed in.


    A pin-drop silence appeared in the ce as Lenna, Ivanar, and Shalia looked at sha with dumbfounded faces.


    "Why would you think that, grandmother?" Lenna asked after calming down with a curious look on her face.


    "I''m not sure. But, I just feel like it¡­," sha then began telling the family behind the reason why she thought that.


    sha had three reasons foring to this conclusion. First, she believed Aakesh was a clone because she couldn''t see his fate lines. It was as if he didn''t exist in the Primal dimension.


    The second reason she had was Aakesh knowing the purest form of Draconian, anguage that only higher-level Dragons in the third dimension knew.


    The third reason she had was letting Lenna meet a Dragon. ording to all the texts the Elves had regarding Dragons, one thing ismon between them, "Dragons are selfish and arrogant creatures."


    They only respect the Dragons with higher levels of bloodline than them, and all the other creatures are just lowly beasts for them.


    So she believed that the life Dragon met Lenna and talked to her was because Aakesh was a higher-level Dragon than him.


    Lenna''s eyes shined, hearing sha''s exnation. Ivanar and Shalia looked at each other and couldn''t help but smile wryly.


    Both Lenna and sha were obsessed with Dragons since Lenna has always been very close to her grandmother since birth even more than her parents.


    ***


    sha and Ivanar began arguing about Aakesh''s misunderstood identity in the store, while Shalia had a smile spread across her face, watching the mother and son arguing.


    Like Ivanar, she also didn''t believe in sha''s exnation about her conclusion. But when Ivanar was already fighting for the truth, why would she join the fight and face her mother-inw, who always went crazy when things rted to Dragons happened.


    While the pair of mother and son were arguing, Lenna hadpleted her training hour, so the system had forced her out.


    Like the other customers who hadpleted their training, the system sent her into another space and brought her back into the store after her energy had calmed down.


    After exiting, she checked her body, only to find that there had been no cultivation increase. But when she checked her sea of consciousness, an uncontroble wide smile behind her mask spread across her face.


    The Tao Pce that had germinated from the Tao of archery after she had attained the breakthrough to Tao Pce, had now grown almost to the size of a small world.


    It signified that herprehension had already reached the peak of Tao Pce. She only needed the energy to gain the breakthrough now.


    She finally looked around her and noticed her grandmother and father arguing about something while her mother was enjoying the show.


    She didn''t disturb her father and grandmother and went to her mother. After learning the reason behind the argument, she cheered for her grandma since she believed in her.


    The pair of mother and son stopped arguing about Aakesh''s identity, after Lenna joined them. The next moment, they were overjoyed as they saw the growth level of Lenna.


    "Let me see your power," sha told Lenna and pointed at the testing b not far from them.


    Since the store was only around an hour away from closing, there were very few customers inside the weapons room.


    Lenna got her turn to test her power after waiting for only a few minutes.

 Chapter 283 - Close For The Day!

    Chapter 283: Close for the Day!


    "Let me see your strongest attack power," sha told Lenna. Aakesh had exined to them that the b in the weapons room could show the strength of the attacks up to very high uracy.


    Lenna nodded in response to her grandmother. She also wanted to do the same.


    There were only a few customers left in the weapons room or the store due to the closing time inching closer. Lenna got her turn only after waiting for a few minutes.


    She first wanted to see the power of her casual strike. She joined her left hand to make a fist and then punched the center of the b.


    The next moment, the b lightened up, and soon a horizontal bar appeared on it. The bottom signified peak Tao Manifestation, and the top denoted early Tao Pce.


    The bar slowly went up, and a few secondster, stopped at 36%. Lenna nodded, seeing her strength in terms.


    She had expected it since the left hand was neither her dominant hand nor did she gain any benefits physically. She only grew inprehension of the Tao of archery.


    She didn''t need to test any more of her physical prowess, so she now decided to test her archery''s strength.


    She took out her bow from her space ring.


    She grabbed the bow using her left hand and the bowstring using her left hand. She then began stretching the string, and as the string got stretched, energy began umting, beginning from the gap between her fingers on the bowstring.


    First, the nock formed, then energy feathers, then the shaft, and finally, an arrowhead formed, creating aplete arrow made of energy.


    It was only an ordinary arrow, but her family members nodded in satisfaction. Since the arrow looked the same as an actual arrow, showing Lenna''s better control over energy and skill.


    Lenna didn''t know about her family members'' expressions as she waspletely focused on her shot. The next moment, she released her fingers.


    "Whoosh!"


    The distance between the b and Lenna was only a few meters, so the arrow hit the b right after release.


    The next moment, the b lightened up. No bar appeared this time, but only intermediate Tao Pce emerged on it.


    A wide smile spread across Lenna''s face, seeing her casual shot reaching intermediate Tao Pce.


    She calmed down right away, as it was time for her to test the power of her strongest attack.


    She grabbed the bowstring she had released. Like thest time, the arrow began emerging from its nock to the arrowhead.


    But, the difference between both the arrows could be like heaven and earth. The current arrow didn''t have a sharp arrowhead, but instead of it, there was a silver fire.


    There were strange patterns engraved on the shaft, while the feathers were blood-red in color.


    It was the secret skill of the Moonlight Elves since the majority of the Moonlight Elves used the bow as their weapons.


    The silver fire in ce of it was a strange fire. It didn''t release either a hot or cold aura, but instead, if someone were to be near it, they would feel warm.


    Sweat began dripping out Lenna''s head behind her mask as the arrow demanded arge amount of energy.


    When Lenna''s concentration reached its peak, the silver fire turned still as if time had frozen. At that moment, Lenna released the bowstring.


    The bowstring was still touching her finger while the arrow had already hit the center of the b.


    Time flew by.


    After Lenna''s strongest arrow''s strength almost reached the peak of the Tao Pce, Ivanar also decided to test his strength. Since father and daughter had tested their powers, they also forced Shalia and sha to test their power.


    sha, who had reached the peak of the Heavenly Monarch, and was on the verge of gaining an embryo of the divine physique, got her casual shot to cross the threshold of peak Immortality, and the b showed her strength in Primal units. It reached 23,574,862 Primal units, while her strongest shot reached 28,542,421 Primal units.


    They didn''t even know how much time they had spent testing their strength. When they looked around them, they only found their group in the weapons room.


    ***


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair, and Lily rxed in her favorite ce, his head. Since the store was only minutes away from the closing time, there were no new customers entering the store.


    The group of Elves had supreme cards on them, so they directly teleported out from the weapons room.


    Time flew by. The darkness that had been hiding for hours got its chance and engulfed the Visteerna. It then brought an augment of darkness.


    A few minutester, the three hours of thest group in Panagea was also over, so the system forced them out.


    After exiting Panagea, the customer began leaving the store one by one. A few secondster, only Aakesh and Lily remained in the store.


    Aakesh took a stride forward, reached the door, and closed it, bringing another day for the store to an end.


    "Are you ready?" He then asked Lily with a smile on his face.


    Lily nodded with a mix of expressions. Since it had been several days since she had joined the training, the first Epochal Feline would surely be angry with her.


    Aakesh nodded, and they both disappeared from the store. The next moment, they appeared in the selection area.


    Lily selected her training area and disappeared from there, while Aakesh grabbed the bow and then chose the environment.


    The next moment, he appeared in the familiar arena in midst of loud cheers.


    The cheer stopped for a moment to wee Aakesh, but the next moment, it turned even louder.


    Even though all the beings here are virtual, the system had created them in such a way that they knew the time and acted ording to it.


    At first, the crowd booed Aakesh whenever he entered the arena due to his continuous streak of losses, and he also mocked the crowd. But after winning a battle in the first stage and having continuous draws in the second round made Aakesh the favorite of the mass.


    Aakesh ignored the cheers and focused on the blue screen floating in front of him. Since Aakesh had won all three stages using swords, they were open for him.


    Since Aakesh hadn''t been able to defeat the opponent at the second stage with a bow, he selected that option.

 Chapter 284 - Training

    Chapter 284: Training


    After selecting the second round for battle, the blue screen disappeared.


    The cheers of the crowd stopped as a familiar figure entered the arena with a cold look on his face.


    The bell then rang in the area and announced the start of the battle. The crowd looked at their favorite participants withplete focus. They didn''t want to miss even a single move made by them.


    Right after the bell rang, Aakesh stretched the bowstring and released it. He repeated the process at least hundreds of times in less than a second. Each attempt resulted in an arrow aiming at a different part of the opponent''s body.


    Even though Aakesh was fast, the opponent wasn''t slow either. He didn''t make a single wasteful move.


    Every flick or swing he made resulted in the arrow failing to hit him.


    The battle between the opponent began with full flow. Aakesh couldn''t help but smile, seeing the opponent stopping every single shot he released. These kinds of battles felt more interesting to Aakesh than the one-sided battles he had in Panagea.


    If he used a sword, these battles would also be one-sided, but defeating a swordsman with archery in one-on-onebat would always be an exceptional fight.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    Continuous sounds of metal shing rang in the area as the opponent was able to stop each arrow Aakesh shot.


    The opponent didn''t just defend himself. With every swing he made, tens of arrows got decimated while he took a step forward.


    Aakesh didn''t do anything to stop the opponent froming closer to him and continued doing what he had been doing since the start of the battle, shooting arrows.


    The opponent didn''t know why Aakesh wasn''t making any moves to stop him from approaching Aakesh, but he still made his way forward. He knew Aakesh would never get tired no matter how many arrows he shot or how much time passed, it would be him who would get tired due to defending hundreds of arrows every second.


    Aakesh understood what was going through the man''s mind, so he continued shooting hundreds of arrows every second.


    While every second that passed, the distance between the opponent and Aakesh grew closer. Aakesh still maintained the same rate of shooting, but this time he had changed his shooting patterns.


    With every shot Aakesh made, he changed his releasing hand. Aakesh was an archer that had gained an equivalent ability in shooting arrows from both hands.


    Aakesh wanted to extend the battle as long as possible without the use of any skills/spells. Using the wind and the random change of his releasing hand, deflecting the arrow became difficult for the opponent.


    From thest time Aakesh hade here, his shooting speed had grown. Even if he slept all the time, he would still grow stronger quickly than the majority of the people, so even when Aakesh wasn''t training these past several days and only in the store, he was still growing stronger.


    The opponent''s moving speed had slowed down after Aakesh began randomly changing his string releasing hand. Even though he was still quick enough to dodge the arrows, since Aakesh wasn''t following a pattern, the arrows came randomly at him.


    If he were defending his heart, an arrow aiming at his foot woulde, and simrly, the next moment, the arrow aiming at his head woulde.


    Time flew by.


    It has been twenty-six seconds since the battle between Aakesh and the opponent had begun, but for the crowd, they felt like they had been watching this battle for years.


    Suddenly the aura around the opponent turned chillier as the sword he had been using his right hand was now in his left hand. Aakesh already knew that the opponent was stronger and quicker when he carried the sword in his left hand.


    As expected, the random arrows that were giving a little trouble to the opponent disappeared, and his moving speed toward Aakesh increased even quicker than before.


    The smile Aakesh had been carrying all along since the battle began turned wider, seeing the opponent only a second away from him. The speed at which he was shooting suddenly grew at a terrifying rate, making the opponent take a step back.


    "Let''s fight," Aakeshmented as the smile disappeared from his face and turned expressionless. He had finally be serious about the battle.


    Only Aakesh and the opponent didn''t fight, but the aura around them was also fighting to choose who had the coldest aura, which in turn made the crowd watching the battle shudder.


    The shooting speed of Aakesh has begun touching the threshold of 1000 arrows per second, while the opponent''s hand movements had turned blurry due to quick movements.


    Even though the crowd shuddered while watching the battle, excitement could be seen in their eyes as the battle was going on until now purely on the level of skill in their respective field. Neither Aakesh nor the opponent had used any supernatural skill/spell.


    Since the opponent was a swordsman, he had an advantage over Aakesh when it came to the battle. The sword was always faster than a bow, so finally, the opponent was able to reach Aakesh, decimating every arrow that came in his way.


    A swing came in Aakesh''s way as the opponent appeared in front of him.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    Continuous sounds of metal shing rang in the air as Aakesh''s bow may not be quicker than the opponent''s sword, but Aakesh was quicker than the opponent. For every sword swing that came Aakesh''s way, he shot an arrow.


    Now, the situation had turned opposite as earlier, the opponent was stopping his arrows, but now Aakesh was stopping the opponent''s sword.


    Time flew by, and a few seconds passed.


    Just in the span of around three to four seconds, Aakesh had shot more than thousands of arrows and stopped the opponent''s sword from killing him and ending the battle.


    Even the opponent, who had a cold expression couldn''t help but smile as it was the first time their battle had been this fun. Here, they both came out as equal in the sh of skills.


    "p!"


    "p!"


    "p!"


    Suddenly, the crowd in the arena stood up and began pping for both the participants while cheering as loud as possible.. The sound of pping even overtook the sound of the shing of the arrowhead and the sword.

 Chapter 285 - Result

    Chapter 285: Result


    The crowd stood up and began pping to show their appreciation for the ongoing battle, while the chill permeated the area and made them shudder at the same time.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    Continuous sounds of metallic shes rang in the area as each arrow Aakesh shot stopped the swing of the swording at him.


    Aakesh had unlimited endurance, so he would never grow tired, but that wasn''t the case for the opponent.


    Even though the opponent was an expert equivalent to Tao Pce cultivator and also it hadn''t even been a minute since the battle began, fighting such a quick battle with Aakesh taxed him both mentally and physically.


    The opponent felt as if he was fighting this battle for hours since he couldn''t even rx his concentration for a moment if he didn''t want to have a serious injury.


    The opponent understood that things couldn''t go for long like this. Fun in battle was one thing, but the system, when it created the opponents for Aakesh to train, it had given a singlemand, and that was to always go for the win against Aakesh using their skills.


    A swing came like thest time, and simrly, Aakesh shot an arrow before it coulde close to him.


    Suddenly, the aura around the opponent grew cold, it even made Aakesh shudder for a moment, but before he could lose a chance of defending, he came back.


    It was not only Aakesh that grew with time. With Aakesh''s growth, his opponents in the virtual training area also grew.


    The white sh, which the opponent could only use one time as a final attack before, had now turned into a stream of attack.


    Every swing of the sword brought a white sh that dared to engulf Aakesh. Fortunately for him, it wasn''t strong as a single attack, or he would''ve already lost the battle.


    Aakesh couldn''t let this continue for long as his shots began to lose against the white sh. Earlier, he only needed to shoot a single arrow to stop the swing, but now he needed two or three shots at the same time to stop the sword.


    The bow currently allowed Aakesh to use two abilities. One, hundreds of thousands of arrows at the same time, and the second ability increase the mass of the arrows up to unlimited(It all depended upon his strength).


    Aakesh decided to use the second ability of the bow, and now every arrow Aakesh shot weighed tons, making the sword cave in after every sh.


    A cold smile appeared on the opponent''s face as he suddenly began making random movements.


    It was the first time Aakesh had seen the opponent making such sudden movements, so he got cautious.


    Since it was the second stage of the battle, the system limited Aakesh and the opponent to only have two weapon abilities. So, Aakesh has the benefit since he could use the skills he had in the real world here, but the opponent couldn''t since their sole purpose behind their existence was to help Aakesh train his weapon mastery.


    Aakesh wasn''t afraid that the opponent would use a new unseen skill, but the opponent could learn the use of skills ording to their styles, so Aakesh couldn''t take it easy.


    The next moment, as expected, with every strange movement the opponent made, a white sh appeared. It had not even been a second but already thousands of white shes appeared.


    The shes didn''t rush to devour Aakesh, but instead, the white shes surrounded Aakesh in a sudden prison.


    The opponent wanted to bound Aakesh and not let him shoot any arrow, so he had created a technique using the white shes to bound him into a single ce. The prison then began moving closer, trying to engulf Aakesh.


    Even Aakesh was taken aback by the sudden situation. He never expected the opponent to use an offensive skill like this. He was truly bound in a way now. If he even dared to move a little bit, the shes surrounding him would devour him. He wouldn''t even get the chance to release the bowstring.


    The expressionless face that Aakesh had been carrying turned into a cold like a devil, who didn''t care about the result and only wanted destruction at this moment.


    Aakesh stretched the bowstring and shot in the air while the white sh engulfed him. The crowd believed Aakesh had used a suicide tactic, so no one even dared to breathe at that moment.


    The sky of the arena suddenly turned darker as the arrow Aakesh had shot began doubling at an unprecedented rate. In less than a second, hundreds of thousands of arrows covered the sky, with each arrow weighing several thousands of tons.


    If even a single arrow were tond on the ground, it would raze the ground just by the weight it had.


    The white sh that had engulfed Aakesh began fading, while the opponent had no time to care about Aakesh since there were hundreds of thousands of arrows weighing thousands of tons wereing at him, aiming to decimate him.


    Suddenly, the projection of the white sword appeared above the opponent''s head. Facing the danger, the opponent had activated the strongest skill currently avable to him.


    The next moment, the projection of the white sword shed with the hundreds of thousands of arrows aiming to decimate the opponent.


    The opponent, unaware of his surroundings only focused on the sh between the arrows and the projection of the white sword.


    With each heavy arrow crashing on the projection, the opponent''s face turned pale as even he took the physical damage from it.


    "Whoosh!"


    Suddenly, an air tearing sound rang in the area, and the next moment, all the sounds disappeared from the arena.


    The arrows that had covered the sky began scattering in the wind, while the projection of the white sword began dispersing.


    The opponent began disintegrating as just now an arrow had pierced through his heart, while for Aakesh, only his right hand holding the bow remained, and that too began scattering like sand.


    The next moment, only damages showing a huge battle had urred here remained in the arena, while the crowd had their mouths wide open, seeing the result.


    It was yet another draw between Aakesh and the opponent since both of them died in the wind.


    Aakesh may have lost, but fortunately for him, he had the skill, counter shield.

 Chapter 286 - Conquer(1)

    Chapter 286: Conquer(1)


    The battle resulted in a draw since both Aakesh and the opponent died in the end.


    The crowd in the arena cheered and pped with all their might since the battle blew all their expectations.


    The next moment, a blue light appeared and engulfed the entire arena, and soon it returned to its previous undamaged appearance. Aakesh also appeared the next second in the arena.


    A blue screen containing the options to select the stages also appeared in front of him. Aakesh had no interest in another battle with the same opponent for today. Even after giving his best, he wasn''t able to defeat the opponent for now.


    He took a nce at the crowd, cheering and pping for him, and then disappeared from the arena.


    The next moment, he appeared in the selection area. Even though the battle for the crowd and participants looked like it was a very long battle, in reality, the fight only happened for around a minute.


    Since it had only been a minute, Lily wouldn''t return for now. She did the training for at least an hour, so there was still quite a time left before she returned.


    At first, Aakesh decided to select other training areas to train until Lily returns, but the next moment, he decided something else.


    Aakesh decided to watch over a little of Lily''s training. After that, he would go to other training environments.


    "Hey, system, I want to see the training of Lily from the start," He told the system.


    The system didn''t say anything in response, and the next moment, a ck screen appeared in front of him.


    Soon, the screen lightened up, and the scene of Lily entering the training area appeared on it.


    ***


    Lily appeared in the familiar forest filled with giant trees after


    "Look, who has arrived!"


    Lily had just appeared in the training area when a mocking voice rang in the area.


    The next moment, several silhouettes began appearing one after another. In no time, the forest that looked endless became overcrowded due to several giant Epochal Felines overcrowding the area.


    At the front was the first Epochal Feline. She looked at Lily with a hint of disappointment in her eyes.


    She believed Lily to be the first Epochal Feline to survive an Epoch, so she didn''t want her to stop training. But for the past several days, Lily hasn''t appeared for training which disappointed her.


    If the leader hadn''t been dead, she would''ve gone to bring Lily back to the training area, but since she was dead, she couldn''t do anything to force Lily to train.


    "Why didn''t youe for training for so many days?" The leader asked.


    "I was busy in Panagea," Lily responded.


    "Oh, she was busy," One of the Epochal Felines mocked.


    Lily''s lips curved up when she saw the identity of the Epochal Feline.


    "I want to tell you a story, leader," Lily looked back at the leader and said. The leader and other Epochal Felines got confused by the sudden words.


    Lily ignored their reactions and began telling the story she had in mind.


    "Leader, I was traveling in the Multiverse when I came across a beautiful scene."


    "I saw the Sattaputal fighting against a four-legged giant creature. The creature tried to attack Sattaputal, but nothing happened to it."


    "The creature then used its strongest attack and escaped like a coward..."


    Lily suddenly stopped speaking and looked at the second pure Epochal Feline with a mocking face.


    The Epochal Feline, in turn, gritted her teeth in anger since it was thest and most humiliating moment of her life. The other Epochal Felines also understood the context of Lily''s story, but since the Epochal Feline in question was their ancestor and was way stronger than them, they didn''t dare to mock her. Lily didn''t have such considerations, so she continued the story about how even after escaping the Sattaputal killed her without even moving.


    "Why did you lie to me?" The leader asked the second Epochal Feline after Lily ended her story.


    She already knew that the Sattaputal had killed the second Epochal Feline, but the story she had heard was different.


    The second Epochal Feline didn''t answer the question, red at Lily, and left the area. Unaware that, after she left, all the Epochal Felines beganughing and mocking her since fun was a part of their nature. Even the leader joined the group in mocking the second Feline.


    ***


    Aakesh couldn''t help but smile, seeing Lily mocking someone who could kill her with just a breath. He then told the system to take back the screen since he had seen enough.


    He hadn''t put back the bow, so it was still in his hand. He then began thinking about what training he should do this time.


    "Let''s prepare for the war," Aakesh mumbled as he selected the training environment in his mind.


    The next moment, he appeared in an unfamiliar area.


    He was currently on the ground, while there was a giant fort in front of him. It was no less than a world itself. There were tens of millions of soldiers guarding the fort.


    ording to the training area, Aakesh needed to conquer the fort.


    He had selected this training environment as he needed to prepare for his attack on the organization Nielle.


    He already had the basic information about the organization. ording to the information, he couldn''t take the organization lightly since it was no ordinary organization but one of the topmost.


    The moment Aakesh appeared in the area, a horn loud enough to shake a Universe, let alone a world blew in the area.


    The training environment Aakesh has chosen was one of the toughest, if not the most difficult. Since Aakesh was Level 6(initial), each soldier in the fort was also of the same level and also had a great skill level for the weapon they would use.


    The sound of the horn hadn''t even subsided when the sky above Aakesh suddenly turned darker.


    The sun hadn''t set, but instead, arrows shot by archers in the fort had covered the sky.


    Aakesh didn''t even take the posture. He just casually grabbed the bow using his right hand and stretched the bowstring with his left hand.


    No energy arrow appeared as Aakesh didn''t find the attack even worthy enough for shooting an arrow.. He just released the bowstring after a casual stretch.

 Chapter 287 - Conquer(2)

    Chapter 287: Conquer(2)


    Thousands of arrows rained down on Aakesh. In response, he stretched the bowstring up to his eyes, aiming at the arrows raining down, and then released it.


    "Boom!"


    As if an explosion had urred, and thunder had rumbled just by the release of his bowstring.


    The next moment, the arrows that were raining down on him, aiming to destroy him, began scattering. A few secondster, the arrows scattered like sand, and soon that sand too subsided.


    It all happened in less than a second, but since the soldiers in the fort had the same level as him, how could they get discouraged by Aakesh and the bow''s power.


    The next moment, the sky turned red while the sand on the ground began boiling. Even Aakesh started feeling the heat.


    If previously, the archers from the fort had released arrows to kill him, this time they had released a rain of meteors to decimate him. The size of the meteors varied from a small mountain to even surpassing an ordinary continent.


    Aakesh expressionlessly looked at the sky. He then grabbed the bowstring using his left hand and stretched it, only to stop when it touched his nose.


    Unlike thest time, Aakesh wasn''t going to use just the force from the release of the bowstring. As he began stretching the bowstring, the outline of the arrow started appearing. First, the nock appeared, then the energy feathers, then the shaft, and finally, atst, the arrowhead.


    The arrow had nothing special to show, except if people were to look closely, they would notice a strange pattern of three arrows engraved on the arrowhead.


    As if the meteors were sentient and had sensed Aakesh''s attempt to attack them, their eleration rate suddenly increased, making even thend on which Aakesh stood red due to heat.


    Aakesh expressionlessly looked at the meteors, trying to smash him, and released the arrow.


    "Whoosh!"


    The arrow flew, tearing through the air. It had just reached half the distance, when suddenly two arrows separated from it, making a total of three arrows.


    It wasn''t the end, as then the three arrows separated again to make nine arrows in total. The process continued, and in no time, the arrow multiplied into thousands.


    It wasn''t the end, as when arrows and the meteors were only one second away from the sh, the number of arrows had surpassed the number of meteors in the air by several folds. To be exact, for each meteor, there were seven arrows.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    As the arrows and meteors shed, a chain of explosions began ranging in the sky.


    For the meteors the size of small mountains, only one arrow shed with it. Both the meteor and the arrow negated each other and destroyed each other using the explosion.


    While for the meteors surpassing hundreds of miles or even thousands of miles, around ten to twenty arrows shed with them. Only then the arrows were able to destroy the meteors.


    But since the size difference between the arrows and the meteors was so wide that several arrows failed inpletely destroying the meteor, their broken pieces began raining down on thend.


    With each crash of broken meteors, thend shook as if an earthquake had arrived. The only meteors that could harm Aakesh were already destroyed, so Aakesh didn''t care about the rain of the broken meteors.


    One meteor, the size of a few hundred meters, crashed only a few meters away from him. Let alone damage; the crash wasn''t even able to make Aakesh move a millimeter.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    While sounds of continuous explosions kept ringing in the air as there were truly too many meteors for Aakesh to destroy them right away.


    Thend wasn''t the only one to take the brunt of the broken meteors; forts had to also take it.


    The force of the explosion threw meteors in random directions, so several of them crashed on the fort. But since the fort was no ordinary fort, the crashes couldn''t even create a scratch on the structure, let alone damage.


    Time flew by, and a few more seconds passed.


    The explosions ranging in the air stopped as the arrows shot by Aakesh sessfully destroyed all of them.


    One arrow had survived the sh with the meteors. Aakesh could control the arrows after shooting, so he made it turn in the direction of the fort.


    The archers in the fort knew the attack power of the arrow, so they wanted to stop it, but before they could even shoot, that single remaining arrow had already multiplied into three.


    The process of multiplication again began. The multiplication of arrows could only be stopped if Aakesh lost his life or he had no more energy to provide.


    Unfortunately for the soldiers of the fort, the thing Aakesh didn''tck was energy. So if they wanted to stop the arrow, they either needed to destroy all of them or kill Aakesh.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, was preparing for his attack. The previous two times, it was the fort who had taken the initiative to attack, and Aakesh defended himself, but this time, it was the fort who would need to defend themselves.


    Aakesh stretched the bowstring, only to stop when it touched his nose. The arrow that had appeared this time was different from thest arrow.


    In the ce of the arrowhead, there was an orange fire.


    Suddenly, thend that had stopped boiling due to meteors began turning intova. The orange fire released so much heat that even the space around it started melting.


    Aakesh didn''t release the arrow right away as he waited for the orange fire to get bigger and bigger.


    The moment the fire reached the size of a football, Aakesh released the arrow since it would be difficult for even him to control. He had no interest in facing injuries due to his own weapon.


    The distance between Aakesh and the fort was tens of miles, but the moment Aakesh released the arrow, it was already in front of the fort.


    It didn''t just tear through the air. It directly tore the space and teleported to the fort.


    "BOOOOOOOOOMMMM!"


    The next moment, an explosion loud enough to shake Universes appeared in the area, and a mushroom cloud the size of a small world appeared.


    It wasn''t the end, as the arrows that had already multiplied to millions also began crashing down on the fort, aiming for the same point.

 Chapter 288 - Result

    Chapter 288: Result


    A few secondster, the mushroom cloud began subsiding, and all the multiplied arrows had crashed into the fort.


    Aakesh''s eyes widened in surprise when he saw the damage thebined power of the arrows had done.


    The ce where the arrows had crashed, there was a hole the size of a tennis ball.


    And soon, that hole began to shrink as the fort started to repair itself and fill the gap.


    Aakesh regained his calm back. He knew it wasn''t the fight between him and the soldiers; the fort was also his opponent. If he couldn''t destroy it fast enough, it would repair itself back to unharmed every time.


    The arrow Aakesh had used was only one of the arrows in the bow''s arsenal, so he didn''t worry much about it.e


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    The next moment, crashing sounds rang in the area. Aakesh looked up and noticed soldiers jumping down the fort to fight him.


    In only a few seconds, the number of the soldiers had crossed ten thousand, and the soldier continued jumping down.


    Finally, the soldiers stopped jumping down, and the number of soldiers on the ground reached 108,000.


    The majority of the soldiers in the batch were equivalent to his strength, while several soldiers had even surpassed him in strength.


    The expressionless face Aakesh had been carrying all along suddenly turned into a cold one. The actual battle between the fort and him had begun from this moment on.


    Aakesh didn''t wait for the soldiers to reach him. He took his aim and began shooting energy arrows. He didn''t just shoot; he also took a step forward with every shot, trying to create pressure on the soldiers.


    The soldiers who had just jumped down on the ground got ready to fight right away, seeing thousands of arrowsing at them.


    The soldiers didn''t even have to do anything to defend them as before the arrows could even touch them, the archers standing in the fort gave crossfire to them, destroying all the arrows.


    The soldiers, getting the crossfire from their fellow soldiers, began moving forward, unaware that Aakesh had randomly shot the multiplication arrows in his shooting barrage.


    Aakesh hadn''t just activated their ability to multiply as he was waiting for the correct time.


    The soldiers, unaware of Aakesh''s n, continued moving forward while the archers destroyed Aakesh''s arrows before they could reach the soldiers.


    Aakesh finally found his time as one of the multiplication arrows suddenly multiplied into three. The archers from the fort had shot the master arrow. But the two new arrows that had emerged pierced the throat of two soldiers, who were near the master arrow.


    Since the soldiers weren''t ordinary, they still survived the shot to their throat. But now, their moving speed had slowed down by several folds. They had begun fighting the arrows on their own and not just depending upon the crossfire from the archers.


    Aakesh didn''t mind that his arrows had failed to kill the soldiers as he expected them to survive since they had the same power level as him. The only advantage he had over them was his knowledge of weaponry.


    The bow here allowed Aakesh to use several of its abilities, unlike the battle with the opponent where he could only use the number of abilities depending upon the stage of the training.


    Aakesh activated one such ability of the bow. The next moment, when Aakesh stretched the bowstring, there wasn''t only one arrow generating, but there were five.


    Each of the five arrows was different. One arrowhead was fire, the other was water, the other was earth, the other was metal, and thest was thunder.


    Aakesh released the arrows right after the bowstring touched his nose.


    "Whoosh!"


    The five arrows flew toward the soldiers, tearing the air.


    The earth arrow took the initiative out of the five. It didn''t sh with the soldiers, but it crashed on the ground.


    The next moment, all the soldiers noticed that shackles made of rock had appeared and were trying to bind them to the ground. Since the soldiers weren''t weak, they were able to break the shackles of the rocks, but they reappeared.


    It wasn''t the end, as the arrow with the fire suddenly exploded in the air, bringing a rain of fire on one-half of the soldiers. The next moment, the wind arrow also exploded near the previous explosion and made the already fire rain on the soldiers wild.


    Soon, the water arrow also exploded, and it began raining down on the other half of the soldiers. The next moment, the thunder arrow exploded into the center of the water rain, and then the destruction began, as the thunder started raining down on already wet soldiers.


    A few secondster, only charred corpses of 108,000 soldiers remained. And soon, a wind arrived and took the ashes of the charred corpses with it.


    Aakesh had no change in his expressions after killing so many people at once, but instead, he was preparing for another attack.


    "ng!"


    Suddenly a sound of metallic sh rang in the air, as Aakesh had just stopped a sword swing at him.


    Aakesh didn''t even get the time to breathe as thousands of such sword shes appeared the next moment.


    Aakesh tried to stop as many shes as possible, but unfortunately for him, there were too many for him to defend.


    The next moment, the shes bypassed his arrows and crashed with him.


    Each sh that hit him took a part of his body away. Aakesh didn''t even change an expression seeing his body getting cut. The only thing he was worried about was that he wasn''t even able to see the identity of his killer.


    Thinking like this, he lost his consciousness as several pieces of his bodyy down on the ground in his blood pool.


    "Hmph," A scoff rang in the area after Aakesh''s death.


    After his death, Aakesh appeared in the selection area with a cold face.


    It has been quite a time since he died like this, so his getting angry was usible.


    Lily still wasn''t here, so he sat down as a chair appeared for him. If he were to go back to thest environment, he would need to start again, so he decided to do it tomorrow.


    After an unknown amount of time passed, a portal appeared in the area, and then Lily stepped out of it.

 Chapter 289 - Auction

    Chapter 289: Auction


    Time flew by. After an unknown amount of time passed, Lily appeared in the selection area.


    Seeing Aakesh waiting for her already, she jumped up on his head.


    Aakesh, who had a cold expression just a moment earlier, couldn''t help but smile, seeing Lily. All the anger he had been feeling due to the sudden humiliating death disappeared after Lily began sharing her today''s experiences in the training with Aakesh.


    "You should have seen her face when I told her story to all the ancestors," Lily told Aakesh with a heartyugh. Still remembering the look on the second Feline''s face gave a lot of satisfaction to Lily''s heart.


    Aakesh could only smile hearing Lily as she told Aakesh her experiences. Finally, after several seconds, Lily concluded her share.


    The next moment, both of them disappeared from the selection area and reappeared in the store.


    Aakesh then took a step toward the portal room while Lily jumped up on the stairs connecting to his room. Since there was already a virtual portal for Lily in the room, she left for the room.


    The Portal room still looked the same when Aakesh entered. Subconsciously his eyes fell upon the leaderboard. He was still at the top, Maria at second, and Evelyn at third.


    Yesterday, there were only three names on the Panagea leaderboard, but now, Aakesh could see an addition of two names. Only those who had reached Level 10 in Panagea could enter the leaderboard, and until now, only five people, including Aakesh, had reached that level.


    There was also a milestone reward for achieving the first. The system excluded Aakesh''s name from it so he wouldn''t gain any reward. But looking at the leaderboard, the closest person to get a milestone reward, for now, was Maria. She was only a level away from bing the first adventurer, excluding Aakesh to be a rare lifeform.


    Aakesh then stopped looking at the leaderboard. He found the nearest virtual portal and touched it with just the tip of his finger. The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything appeared and sucked him in, taking him to a virtual world.


    Aakesh disappeared from the portal room as he reappeared at the same ce from where he had exited Panagea yesterday.


    He had announced an auction for today for the wolf king egg and the golden key.


    Since he had put the egg of the wolf king in the wolf king camp, he needed to return there to fetch the egg.


    {A/N: I have mentioned that Aakesh would need to carry the egg to the town, but in the scenes after that, there was no mention of him having that giant egg in his hands. I have now edited that chapter and added that he didn''t take the egg but had put it where he had met Lily(Chapter 265). Sorry for the trouble.}


    The auction was still hours away, so Aakesh first decided to check up on the information about the auction.


    He turned around and left in the direction of the central area of the town to find the army chief.


    A few minutester, Aakesh entered the central area. No guards guarding the area tried to stop him since the army chief had given them orders not to engage with the adventurer in any way.


    Aakesh called one of the guards and told him to call his chief here. At first, the guard wanted to refuse, as he was in the army, and discipline mattered most in the army. How could he let the army chiefe personally to meet the adventurer? It should be the opposite. But after remembering the scene of the killing of the Townhead and the scene where even the army chief didn''t dare to stop him from entering the central area, he didn''t refuse.


    He picked out some kind ofmunication device from his pocket and contacted his superior. His superior, after hearing that the adventurer was waiting for the army chief, didn''t dare to wait and called the army chief. He was also one of the citizens who had ns to participate in the auction scheduled today, so how could he let the adventurer wait.


    After hearing, the adventurer was here, the army chief stopped consoling his daughter, he then left to meet Aakesh. Elsie, on the other hand, after hearing Aakesh was here, couldn''t help but gnash her teeth. She still remembered the look Aakesh had given her when he had left yesterday.


    A few minutester, the army chief appeared where Aakesh was waiting for him.


    The look of enmity and hatred he had yesterday was nowhere to be seen, but instead, a fawning smile appeared on the army chief''s face as he looked at the adventurer.


    "Why did youe here, adventurer? There''s still time left for the auction,'''' The army chief respectfully asked. There was also a hint of nervousness in his voice thinking what if the adventurer decided against the auction in the spur of a moment.


    "How many people have you informed about the auction?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked the army chief.


    Seeing the guards surrounding the central area and the look they had for Aakesh didn''t seem to signify that they had any idea about the auction.


    "Adventurer, each citizen above Level 25 knows about the auction."


    "I want you to inform about the auction to every citizen of the town," Aakesh ordered.


    The army chief had a strange look on his face when he heard Aakesh''s order, but he didn''t dare to refuse and nodded to show that the work would be done.


    "Adventurer, what''s the format for the auction of the golden key?" The army chief suddenly asked. He had heard from Elsie that not everyone could own the golden key, so the format where the highest bidder won the key didn''t make any sense.


    There was also an egg of the wolf king in the auction, but the army chief didn''t even seem to think about it for now as it would be long-term growth, but owning the golden key was akin to reaching the sky in a single step.


    "I will exin when the auction begins.. You only need to inform every citizen of the town about the auction," Aakesh responded, and without waiting for any response, he turned around and left.

 Chapter 290 - Conundrum

    Chapter 290: Conundrum


    Without waiting for the army chief''s response, Aakesh turned around and left the area. He had already got the information about what he wanted to know.


    The egg of the wolf king and the golden key were both money makers for him, and as a store owner in the real world, how could he not take advantage of every factor and earn as much as possible.


    While the fawning smile the army chief had been carrying disappeared after Aakesh left. He had agreed with the adventurer to inform every citizen of the town about the auction, but he didn''t want to do it at all.


    The egg of the wolf king would be sold to someone who would bid the maximum, but that was not the case for the golden key. Even ordinary citizens could own the key if they passed the unknown test set by the adventurer.


    The army chief believed that it was Aakesh who had set the test for the citizens. He didn''t know about the pattern of the auction, but he was sure about one thing, the more the number of participants, the tougher thepetition would be for the golden key.


    "What are you waiting for? You all have already heard it. Go and announce it to the entire town," The army chief ordered the guards, who had heard the conversation between him and the adventurer.


    "Yes, chief!"


    The guards responded and left in different directions. There were only a few of them, so if they were to announce it to the entire town, it would take more than a day. Considering this, the army chief ordered all the soldiers to stop guarding the central area and instead be an announcer for the day. And there was also no point in guarding the central area when a new Townhead would appear today.


    ***


    After leaving the central area, Aakesh left in the direction of the wolf''s camp. He came across several scenes caused by him yesterday.


    He didn''t even take a nce at the corpses and continued his journey.


    Time flew by.


    Finally, after traveling for around an hour, Aakesh reached the ce where he had put the egg of the wolf king.


    The cubs and young wolves who had be orphans yesterday were ying when they heard the sound of footsteps. Those wolves who had intelligence howled to wee him, and those who still hadn''t gained intelligence continued their ytime.


    Aakesh ignored the wee of the wolves but instead focused on Lily.


    Lily, who couldn''t even cover hisplete palm, was sitting like a king in the center on a seat several times the size of her.


    She was sitting on the tip of the chair with the lower pair of legs iling; the right upper leg acted as hand and carried her chin, and the left upper leg tapped on the chair with a pondering expression on her face. The size difference between her and the seat made the scene look no less thanical.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but smile, seeing the posture of Lily. If anyone were to look at her, they would think that the king was pondering over something.


    Lily hadn''t even noticed that Aakesh had arrived or was looking at her, so he didn''t disturb her. Instead, he waited for her toe around.


    Time flew by, and several seconds passed. Aakesh stood there looking at Lily, who still didn''t seem toe around.


    He couldn''t know what she was thinking, but seeing the expressions changing on her face he could guess.


    There were more than a thousand young wolves and cubs in the area, and for Lily to improve, she couldn''t take care of all of them for now. She would need to choose some of the wolves who would apany her on her journey.


    Lily, unlike Aakesh, cared for the life of the cubs, so she was thinking about the safety of the cubs after she went to other areas. If there were no one to protect them, the cubs would either be pets of the citizens of the town, or they would get hunted by the other creatures living in the forest.


    The wolf king didn''t have a good rtionship with other creatures. It ruled the forest with an iron hand.


    Aakesh didn''t want to interfere with Lily''s decision, so even when she asked him about this conundrum, he didn''t answer her. He wanted the best for Lily, as for the life of others, he didn''t care much, so he was thest person to solve this conundrum of Lily.


    Finally, after a few more minutes passed, Lily came around. The first thing she did was heave a disappointed sigh since she still hadn''t got an answer. She then looked around her and noticed Aakesh looking at her.


    She got back on her four legs as she jumped down the seat and went to Aakesh. Aakesh bent down his knee in response as Lily climbed on his head.


    The rtionship between Aakesh and Lily was bigger than anything, so Lily never hid anything from him, no matter how big of a thing it was.


    "I can''t leave them here," Lily said with a disappointed sigh.


    Even though the reason she met the wolf king was that it had an ulterior motive, the cubs and young wolves she yed with had no ulterior motive when they yed with her.


    Since it was the second group of people after Aakesh whom she hade in close contact with, she had be emotionally attached to them.


    "Fine, I will help you protect them," Aakesh responded as he ruffled the fur of Lily, sitting on his head.


    Aakesh had no interest in saving the life of these cubs, but he couldn''t let these cubs stop Lily from advancing. He would''ve directly killed them, but he didn''t want Lily to feel sad.


    "Take five of them, and leave the others. I would create a protected sanctuary for them here," Aakesh added as he pointed at two cubs and three young wolves.


    The five Aakesh had pointed had the greatest amount of golden lines out of all the other cubs and young wolves. He wanted these five to bring some good luck to Lily as ording to the skill Fortune-Eye, she had the most number of golden lines, but simrly, the number of ck lines and red lines was alsorge.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh was currently on his way back to the town with a giant egg in his hands.

 Chapter 291 - Beginning

    Chapter 291: Beginning


    The town of Wolfden, which had been in a solemn atmosphere for thest two days, suddenly turned cheerful.


    The citizens forgot about the death of their Townhead as they learned about the auction for the new Townhead for the town.


    "How much savings do we have?" The son of the Townhead, Mark, asked his ount manager. His name was John, and he currently was a Level 41 expert.


    He had also seen the scene of his father dying by the adventurer''s strike. He, who was the second most influential person in the town due to his father, lost the majority of his influence after Mark died.


    Those who were stronger than him distributed the areas of the town ording to their power. Even the army chief, who always had a respectful expression on his face, didn''t help him when a person who had Level 44 attacked his store.


    If not for the protection amulet his father had provided him for his safety, he would''ve fallen and lost the only influence, the skill store he had in the town.


    John was only thinking of ways to salvage the situation and survive this ordeal when one of the guards arrived and told him about the auction of the egg of the wolf king and the golden key.


    The guard didn''t know much about the golden key, so John only found out that whoever owned the golden key would be the new Townhead. John had even forgotten about the death of his father at that moment. He instead felt grateful to the adventurer for not taking this opportunity.


    "Owner, we have three hundred eighty-two million, seven hundred ny thousand, and four hundred sixty-eight low soul stones," The ount manager responded.


    The ount manager still didn''t stop and further added, "Owner, we also have thirty-eight medium soul stones."


    The medium soul stones were one grade higher form of currency than low soul stones. The numerical difference between the stones was only one-grade, but the literal difference was even wider than the sky and the earth.


    The conversion rate between the low-grade and medium-grade soul stone was a whooping 1,000,000:1. With this conversion rate, John had thirty-eight million low soul stones more.


    John nodded after hearing the amount he had in his treasury; He had already made up his mind to buy both the egg of the wolf king and the golden key, so the more money he had, the easier it would be for him to win the bid.


    The army chief hadn''t informed anyone about the qualification to own the golden key, so everyone was preparing as much money as possible to win the bid for it and be the new Townhead.


    "Father, I would be the new Townhead. Just wait," John mumbled as he clenched his fists in determination.


    As for revenge, John never even thought about it Aakesh had killed his father at his peak, so even if he became the new Townhead, how would he even be able to survive a single blow?


    Like John, all the higher-level citizens of Wolfden were preparing for as much money as possible. Almost all the citizens were willing to empty their treasuries to win the golden key.


    While the higher-level citizens were preparing money, the guards were announcing the auction to everyone.


    Anyone who heard the announcement gasped in surprise, hearing it. Some ordinary but wealthy citizens even decided to give it a try in the auction.


    Even though their chances of winning the bid was zero in their heart, they still decided to give it a try, hoping that their luck would suddenly turn around and they would win the golden key.


    From child to old, everyone eagerly waited for the auction to begin after getting the announcement. There was only a single ce that could handle all the citizens of the Town, and that was the battle arena, and that too after adding seats on the ground. So, the battle arena was chosen as the site of the auction that day.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    Aakesh had already arrived in the town and was waiting for the auction to begin. He was currently sitting in a VIP room with the army chief. The egg of the wolf kingy next to him on the seat.


    "What''s the starting bid of the egg, adventurer?" The army chief asked Aakesh, seeing the giant egg peacefully lying next to him.


    Even though the golden key was the most significant of the two products in the auction, the egg of the wolf king was still a valuable product.


    If the golden key weren''t avable in the auction, the egg would''ve been the most valuable auction product in the entirety of the history of the town.


    "Fifty million low soul stones, with each bid of ten million," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    The egg was purely a moneymaker product for him in the auction. Even though the starting bid was low for the value of the egg, Aakesh still went with it as a low bid would increase thepetition. The more thepetition, the more tense moments there will be, and the more tense moments, the more outrageous the bid by the customers.


    The army chief also understood this logic, so he only nodded. He then asked about the golden key. In response, Aakesh still gave the same answer as earlier. He would announce it when the auction would begin.


    After that, silence fell in the area while Aakesh and the army chief patiently waited for the time of the auction to arrive.


    The army chief will be the auctioneer for the auction since Aakesh had no interest in bing one.


    As for the biddings by the army chief, Elsie, his daughter, will do it.


    Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into an hour, and then just like that hours passed. And finally, the time for the auction arrived.


    When there was still an hour remaining for the auction, the battle arena had already gotten filled. But Aakesh didn''t begin the auction since he wanted to do things ording to the time.


    The crowd was eagerly and silently waiting for the auction to begin, and as the time arrived, suddenly on the center stage prepared for the auction, a being out of nowhere appeared.

 Chapter 292 - Auction(1)

    Chapter 292: Auction(1)


    The army chief appeared out of nowhere on the center stage. With his appearance, the silence present broke down.


    For the majority of the citizens, the army chief had appeared out of nowhere, but for beings who had reached Level 40 could clearly see the movements of the army chief. He had exited one of the VIP rooms and then had directly jumped down on the stage. At thest moment before thending, he had used one of the skills to slow down his jump and gentlynded on the stage, creating an illusion that he had appeared out of nowhere directly on the stage.


    Upon the army chief''s appearance, the crowd stared at him with eager anticipation as it waited for the auction to begin. Since almost all of the citizens, irrespective of their level, had heard the announcement from the guards, they knew it had something to do with the army and the army chief, so they didn''t feel surprised seeing the army chief on the stage.


    "Hello,dies and gentleman, I am Lewis, the army chief of the town," The army chief introduced himself.


    "Before the auction begins, I will request for you to pray for the safe passage of the previous Townhead for his reincarnation," Lewis then requested the crowd, waiting for the auction to begin.


    No one objected to Lewis''s request. The majority in the crowd pressed their palms together, brought it closer to their hearts, and closed their eyes as they prayed for the safe reincarnation for the previous Townhead.


    Lewis did the same as it was his request to the crowd in the first ce. He didn''t do it for the safe passage of reincarnation for Mark, but he had a purpose behind doing it.


    Lewis was currently the only one who knew about the test for owning the golden key. There was a chance that he would fail the qualification, so he was preparing for that. Even if he failed the test, whoever became the new Townhead would remember his respect for the previous Townhead. That would subconsciously make him a favoring figure in the new Townhead''s mind.


    All in the crowd didn''t pray for the safe passage of Mark as not everyone liked him. So they only looked at the crowd praying.


    Time flew by, and two minutes passed. Lewis then thanked everyone for praying for Mark with a sincere look on his face.


    As Lewis had expected, many in the crowd already began having a positive expression for him.


    "As you all may be aware, we are gathered here for the auction. The auction will only have two products: first, the golden key, second, the egg of the wolf king."


    "The golden key is an item that will allow anyone who owns it to be the new Townhead."


    "The egg of the wolf king, as its name suggests, will give birth to a wolf that would grow to be at the same level as the wolf king," Lewis gave the basic introduction of both the products to the crowd.


    "Since all of us are eagerly waiting for the auction to begin, there''s no point in waiting. LET THE AUCTION BEGIN!" Lewis announced. In the end, his voice had turned into a shout, which brought out cheers and apuse from the crowd in response.


    At this moment, the crowd had already forgotten about the death of the Townhead. Their only focus was on the auction and the excitement that woulde with it. Their town has already faced two tragedies in thest several days, so the crowd was excited at the prospect of a new Townhead, with the hope that the new Townhead would bring the town to new prosperity.


    Lewis didn''t stop the crowd as even he felt his blood boiling, thinking about the excitement of the auction. That excitement also contained nervousness of whether he would seed or not.


    After full apuse for several seconds, the crowd finally stopped and looked at the stage, only to be dumbfounded. There was no one standing on the stage.


    Gasps of surprises rang in the area as the crowd looked around for him. While those beings above Level 40 looked at the VIP room, from where Lewis had jumped out.


    Lewis and Aakesh were currently in a conversation. To be exact, the conversation was one-sided. Aakesh was speaking while Lewis was only listening.


    Expressions on Lewis''s face changed from time to time as he listened to Aakesh.


    Aakesh was currently telling him about the pattern of the bid for the golden key.


    Aakesh had decided the golden key to be the first bid. He believed this way, the egg of the wolf king would sell for more since those who failed to pick up the key would spend everything in their power to own the egg.


    "You can begin the auction now," Aakesh ordered and gestured to Lewis to leave.


    Lewis respectfully nodded and left the VIP room. The crowd, who had myriads of expressions on their faces, calmed down, seeing Lewis''s return to the center stage.


    "Sorry for the wait,dies, and gentlemen. The first product for today''s auction is¡­," Lewis apologized for the wait and began announcing. To create bigger suspense, he stopped midway and looked at the crowd, hoping for their guesses.


    The majority of the crowd guessed the egg since they believed that the golden key was the main product of the auction.


    Seeing the majority of the crowd guessing wrong, Lewis didn''t wait and announced, "The first product for today''s auction is the golden key."


    Lewis announced and pointed at the ground. The next moment, where Lewis''s finger had pointed, a golden key appeared. If not for the shine, low-level citizens wouldn''t even have been able to see it.


    "This is the golden key that could make any one of you the new Townhead of this town," Lewis said, while he pointed at the golden key, then at the crowd.


    There was a slight tremble in his voice as it was also his first time seeing it. He was here for the same purpose the others were, so how could he not think of owning it?


    The key couldn''t be any more ordinary than regr keys, but the splendor it released showed that it was anything but an ordinary key.

 Chapter 293 - Auction(2)

    Chapter 293: Auction(2)


    "Creak!"


    The next moment, the sound of the stage creaking rang in the arena as the golden key weighed too much. Fortunately, the army chief had already prepared for it, so the stage only creaked, but the few meters thick concrete base below the wooden tform helped it handle the weight.


    The crowd also heard the creaking sound, but they ignored it as their eyes were focused on the golden key lying on the stage.


    Even though the key looked ordinary except for its golden splendor, the people in the crowd couldn''t take their eyes off of it. Even the army chief had the same response, but since being in an army had taught him discipline, he calmed himself down after the setback of a few seconds.


    Lewis then noticed the faces of the crowd, only to see their eyes red with greed. Being in an army for almost his entire life had taught him how to judge people.


    Lewis could see the urge to steal the key from several eyes. He even noticed a few people in the crowd were on the verge of standing up and rushing here.


    Lewis snorted, seeing their actions, and released a bit of his pressure. As if a bucket of cold water were poured on the faces of the people in the crowd when suddenly an intense pressure arrived on them.


    Since he didn''t want to hurt anyone, he took the pressure back. But for the reason he had released, it had already gotten done. Those who had the urge to steal the key had now horrified looks on their faces since Lewis had targeted them personally, while the others had gotten caught due to Lewis''s control not being very good.


    "The first product will be the golden key for today''s auction," Lewis announced once more.


    "Here are the details of the golden key," Lewismented as the next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the golden key and the position of the Townhead appeared, floating in the air.


    It wasn''t done by Lewis but by Aakesh. Since only Aakesh could currently pick up the golden key, but he had also refused to take the position of the Townhead so he had a pseudo-ownership of the key. In this way of ownership, he wouldn''t get any benefits from it, but he would still be the owner of the key.


    [Item: The Key of Session,


    Grade: Epic,


    Owner: None,


    Ability: It allows the adventurer/inhabitant to gain control over a territory,


    Territory: Wolfden.


    Advantages of being the Townhead:


    (I) Direct Increase of levels to Level 50,


    (II) Tax collected from the citizen,


    (III) Complete control over the army,


    (IV) Full control over the resources of the town.


    Disadvantages:


    (I) Life linked with the town: The town is the primary, while the Townhead is the secondary in the link.]


    On the blue screen, it was the simr information Aakesh had gotten. Despite the fonts in the window being small, every person sitting in the crowd or VIP room was able to clearly see them.


    Lewis didn''t need to read the screen as he had already heard from his daughter everything.


    Lewis gave the crowd some time for reading the details and silently waited on the stage.


    Many in the crowd didn''t understand the disadvantage, so they asked Lewis about it. Lewis, in response, exined to them that if the town died, the Townhead would die too, but if the Townhead died, the town would still have the ability to survive just like this time.


    Hearing the disadvantage didn''t phase anyone, as only the first advantage of reaching Level 50 directly was enough for them to own the key.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed. Lewis thought that the crowd has gotten enough time to understand the advantages and disadvantages of owning the key, so it was time for him to announce the way the auction for the golden key will be held.


    "Cough! Since you''ve already learned the advantages and disadvantages, I''m sure you have already decided what to do," Lewismented in a voice loud enough for everyone present in the arena to hear.


    "Owning the golden key isn''t easy, for it decides its owner, not me and you," Lewis threw the truth bomb at people.


    "Eh!"


    "WHAT!"


    Shocked voices rang in the arena after hearing about the sudden piece of information.


    "Silence!" Lewis didn''t care what the crowd felt at this moment, so he ordered and released his pressure.


    The crowd didn''t dare to argue with Lewis since he could kill them with a single p, so they obediently fell silent and waited for Lewis to continue.


    "Since there''s a test for being the owner of the golden key, and there is a chance that the highest bidder would fail the test, so the bidding for the golden key would be done in a different way," Lewis continued his announcement.


    The people in the crowd had a myriad of questions at this moment, but they didn''t dare to anger Lewis, so they stayed silent and continued listening to the army chief.


    "Everyone who wants to attempt at owning the golden key would need to ce a single bid of their own choice."


    "The minimum amount you need to bid is 100,000 low soul stones. The bidding will decide your sequence for the attempt at picking up the golden key."


    "Only the winner would need to pay the amount they had bid, while those who had bid but failed to pick up the golden key would only need to pay the minimum amount of the bid, 100,000 low soul stones."


    "There''s no level limit, so anyone can bid for the key. But remember, the minimum amount you need to pay is 100,000 low soul stones even if you failed to pick the golden key up," Lewis concluded his announcement.


    He then fell silent and gave the crowd the time to process this information while he thought about how many low soul stones the adventurer would earn from this.


    One hundred thousand low soul stones weren''t a big amount, but what if thousands of people paid it for the bidding.. These 100,000 low soul stones weren''t a big amount for even many middle-ss families, let alone the wealthy families in Wolfden.

 Chapter 294 - Bidding(1)

    Chapter 294: Bidding(1)


    Many in the crowd didn''t understand the way of the bidding, so Lewis had to give an example.


    He exined, "If I bid a million low soul stones and it turned out to be the highest bid, I will get the first turn to pick up the golden key. There is a chance that I may seed in picking it up, but there''s also a chance of me failing."


    "If I failed to pick it up, I would only need to pay 100,000 low soul stones as my attempt bid, and if I seeded, I would need to pay the full amount I had bid one million low soul stones."


    The crowd finally understood how the bidding would be done, so they thanked Lewis.


    Lewis waited for a few more seconds and finally announced the beginning of the bidding.


    Since the bidding didn''t need to be said out loud, Lewis ordered the guards who weren''t attempting in the auction to hand all those who wanted to bid a paper and quill filled with enough ink for one-time use.


    Time flew by. It took a few minutes for the guards to prepare enough quill for the participants in the auction. They then began handing over the paper and the quill who asked for it when they passed over the crowd.


    Lewis began counting the total number of participants who had asked for paper and quill. He couldn''t help but suck a breath of cold air, as the total number of participants hade at 3759.


    Since there was a test, there was also a chance of everyone failing to pick up the key. But even if everyone failed, the adventurer would still earn more than three hundred million low soul stones.


    Aakesh was expressionlessly watching the process of the auction. Seeing thousands of participants attempting a bid brought no reaction on his face as he had expected the thing to go this way.


    It was also the reason he had chosen such a low-price bid for something like the golden key. If he were to ce the lowest bid at 1 million low soul stones, it still would''ve been less, but he would''ve never gotten this many citizens to participate in the bid.


    The only issue with these many citizens attempting to pick up the golden key was the time taken for the entire process to end, but Aakesh didn''t worry about it. ording to him, the majority of these more than three thousand participants wouldn''t even be able to stand there for a few seconds.


    "Please note down your bids with your names," Lewis announced since everyone had gotten their fair share of paper and quill.


    Five secondster, Lewis ordered the guards to take the paper from the citizens.


    A few minutester, there was a bundle of folded papers on the stage. Lewis then ordered the guards to create the list of bids with their names sequentially.


    Time flew by, and a few more minutes passed.


    Lewis finally had the list of the first hundred citizens'' names and their bids sequentially on the paper.


    He couldn''t help but frown, seeing the bids and names on the paper. He recognized everyone, but what made him frown was that he wasn''t in the top three bids.


    But since he had a job to do here, he calmed himself down, thinking that the three names above him would fail to pick up the golden key.


    "Here, I have the names of the hundred highest bids. As I call your name, arrive on stage and take your attempt," Lewis announced.


    The crowd stopped doing whatever they were doing and focused on Lewis to find out who had bid the most and how much they had bid.


    Lewis didn''t wait as Aakesh had specially ordered him not to waste time andplete the process as fast as possible.


    "John Robinson has bid one hundred and fifty million, bing the highest bidder," Lewis announced.


    After his announcement, the door of one of the VIP rooms opened as John stepped out of it. Even though he had bid arge amount, he didn''t care as long as he won the golden key, and if he failed, he only needed to pay 100,000 low soul stones.


    It took a jump for John to appear on the stage from the VIP room. Lewis greeted him, but he ignored it since he still remembered the answer Lewis had given him when he had asked for his help.


    Lewis didn''t care if John didn''t respond to his greeting, as the rtionship between them had already gotten ruined.


    "Remember, if you leave the key, your attempt will fail," Lewis warned John before he attempted.


    John expressionlessly nodded and bent down to pick up the golden key.


    The next moment, veins appeared on his body, as despite using his full strength, he couldn''t even budge the key.


    John didn''t give up as the position of the Townhead was at the stake. If he gave up at this time, there would be no one more stupid than him.


    Time flew by, and sixteen seconds passed. John still hadn''t even been able to budge the key, let alone pick it up.


    His face had turned pale from all the strength he had put into picking the key up, but nothing had happened and his effort had been proved to be a waste for now.


    John, who had lived in thefort provided by his father since young, didn''t have the will to continue anymore. The moment the thought of giving up emerged in his hand, his hands left the key as he crashed down the ground with a loud crashing sound.


    John wasn''t even able to stay there for half the time, Elsie had persisted for.


    Many in the crowd, instead of feeling sympathetic for John, heaved a relieved sigh as John failed in his attempt. They still had a chance to pick up the key.


    Lewis also felt the same, so even before John could stand up, he called out the name of the second-highest bidder.


    "Harry Weller has bid eighty million, bing the second-highest bidder."


    John didn''t even have the will to stand up, so he continuedying on the ground.. After the announcement, another door of the VIP room opened, and Harry Weller also jumped on the stage like Lewis and John.

 Chapter 295 - Bidding(2)

    Chapter 295: Bidding(2)


    "George Heller has bid an amount of fifty-five million low soul stones, bing the third-highest bidder," Lewis announced, while John and Harryy there on the ground with a defeated expression on their faces.


    Harry was able to stay there longer than John, but unfortunately, all his efforts came to naught like John when he failed to pick the key up.


    George, like thest two participants, stayed in one of the VIP rooms. So like them, he also had the same way of appearing, and the next moment, he appeared on the stage.


    George was someone who had good rtions with Lewis, so they both greeted each other. Lewis didn''t wish luck to George, thinking if his wishes worked, and George seeded in picking up the golden key.


    George didn''t care and bent down to pick up the golden key.


    "Uuugh," He groaned as he used hisplete strength from the start. His face had turned white while the veins started appearing all over his body.


    Time flew by, and a minute passed. Several of the veins in George''s body had already ruptured due to pressure, but he still didn''t give up and continued.


    Like thest two participants, he had failed to even budge the golden key, let alone pick it up.


    A few more seconds passed as suddenly all his body lost strength. His hands left the key, and with an unknown amount of force, he was knocked backward.


    "Thud!"


    With a loud sound, he crashed to the ground. If not for Lewis stopping the throw, George would''ve injured several people due to his crash.


    George had already lost his consciousness, so he fell t on the ground after the fall. No one even had the mood to check his health as they focused on Lewis. They wanted to know who the next participant was.


    "Lewis Harrison has bid an amount of fifty-four thousand low soul stones, bing the fourth-highest bidder," Lewis announced his name with a straight face.


    Before the crowd could even understand what had suddenly happened, he bent down and grabbed the key.


    Lewis didn''t use hisplete strength right from the start as he wanted his body to getfortable slowly with each second.


    Time flew by, and three minutes had passed.


    Lewis was able to persist for longer than thest three participants, but it was only due to him slowly building strength. But at this moment, he had the same expression as thest three participants.


    His face had turned white, while like other participants, his veins had also begun popping out. "Damn it!" He cursed as he went for hisst attempt to pick up the golden key.


    He had failed in this attempt as well, but since in his mind he had decided it to be thest, his body lost all the strength it had at that moment. His grip released the key as, like thest three participants, an unknown amount of force knocked him backward.


    But unlike the others, he had already prepared for his loss since he was the first to know about this test.


    Like others, he sat there on the ground for a few seconds to calm his heart and mind down. After taking a deep breath for the umpteenth time, he stood up and went to the stage as he still had things left to do.


    Time flew by.


    "Louise Fallor has bid an amount of three million low soul stones, bing the four hundred and seventy eighth-highest bidder," Lewis announced the name of the next bidder.


    More time flew by.


    More than an hour had passed since the attempts of the participants began. There had already been more than six hundred attempts at picking up the golden key, but none of the participants until now had been even able to budge the golden key, let alone pick it up.


    "Taylor Powell has bid an amount of two million and seven hundred thousand low soul stones, bing the six hundred and thirty-second highest bidder," Lewis announced the name of the next participant.


    Even though so many people had failed to even budge the key, the excitement and nervousness in the crowd still remained, seeing a new participant appearing on the stage for an attempt.


    Time flew by, and two seconds passed.


    Taylor wasn''t even able to handle it for two seconds as his grip got loose on the key, and an unknown amount of force knocked him backward on the ground.


    At this moment, only George remained on the ground other than Taylor. George still hadn''t regained his consciousness, but none in the crowd even thought of helping him until now.


    "Adam crane has bid an amount of one million, nine hundred thousand, eight hundred, bing the seven hundredth bidder," Lewis announced the name of the new participant.


    Adam, like thest few participants, was from the crowd sitting on the added chairs. Hearing his name, Adam stood up from his chair and came to the stage.


    "Hello, senior," Adam greeted Lewis after stepping on the stage.


    Lewis expressionlessly nodded in response and gestured to him to go ahead.


    Adam nodded. He bent down and grabbed the golden key. Before attempting to pick it up, he prayed to all the Gods he knew in his heart to help him.


    A few secondster, he cursed the same Gods as none of them came to his help, and he was currently lying on the ground with a pain in his butt due to hardnding.


    Lewis ignored Adam and continued calling out the names of the participants who had bid ording to their amounts.


    Time flew by. Exact two hours had passed since the attempts for the golden key began. Except for the participants around the top thirty, the most amount of time any participant spent attempting was eight seconds.


    Around two thousand participants had already gotten their attempts, and neither of them had been able to pick up the golden key.


    Aakesh only had around two hours left before the sun rose in Visteerna, so he wanted the auction to end as soon as possible.


    Time flew by, and six more minutes had passed.


    "Tyler Burton has bid an amount of nine hundred thousand, nine hundred and sixty- eight low soul stones, bing the twenty-two hundred and thirty-third bidder," Lewis announced the name of the next participant.

 Chapter 296 - Bidding(End)

    Chapter 296: Bidding(End)


    "Tyler Burton has bid an amount of nine hundred thousand, nine hundred and sixty- eight low soul stones, bing the twenty-two hundred and thirty-third bidder," Lewis announced the name of the next participant.


    Tyler, like other participants, stood up from his chair and took a step forward in the direction of the center stage.


    Aakesh recognized the figure, as Tyler was none other than the manager of the weapon store he dealt with,


    Tyler had gotten arge amount of profit due to thest deal he had made with the adventurer, so he also decided to give it a try. Even if he failed, he would only need to pay 100,000 low soul stones, and if Tyler seeded, he would get a Diamond at the price of dirt.


    Tyler greeted Lewis after stepping on the stage. Lewis only nodded in response and gestured to him to attempt while pointing at the golden key.


    Tyler nodded. He then bent down and grabbed the key.


    "GET UP!" He screamed as he used hundred percent of his strength to pick the key up. The next moment, his face turned pale as suddenly pain emerged in his lower back.


    Tyler even failed to move the key, let alone pick it up. Instead, he got a sudden unbearable pain in the back, and soon after that, he got knocked down to the ground as his grip got released from the key.


    Lewis ignored the crash of Tyler and called for another participant.


    Time flew by, and several seconds passed.


    "John Cena has bid an amount of nine hundred thousand, nine hundred low soul stones, bing the twenty-two hundred and thirty-seventh bidder," Lewis announced the name of the next participant.


    The guy named John Cena stood up from his chair and took a step in the direction of the stage.


    He had an arrogant look on his face as he stepped upon the stage.


    "Yo!" John Cena called Lewis with a casual salute. Lewis, in response, red at John Cena.


    John ignored the re as he bent down to pick the golden key up.


    "Thud!"


    The next moment, the crowd and Lewis found him crashed unconscious on the ground.


    The crowd didn''t even see him attempting to pick up the key. It took even less than a second for John Cena to get knocked down the stage.


    "David Scott has bid an amount of six hundred thousand, six hundred and sixty low soul stones, bing the twenty-nine hundred and thirty-third bidder," Lewis announced the name of the next participant.


    It has already been more than two and a half hours since the attempts for the key had begun. Unfortunately for Aakesh, and fortunately for the remaining participants, none of the citizens had been able to pick the key up and became the new Townhead.


    David Scott, who was the next participant in line to attempt, stood up from his chair. He smiled as he looked at his six-month old daughter, who was curled up in her mother''s embrace, before leaving.


    David slightly pinched his daughter''s cheeks, which in turn brought a smile on his daughter''s face, and then lightly kissed his wife. After doing that, he finally took a step in the direction of the stage.


    "Hello, senior," David respectfully greeted Lewis with a slight bow. Lewis only nodded in response to the greetings, giving the same reaction as he had given to other participants.


    David then reached the golden key. He didn''t directly attempt to pick the key up as he began remembering thest conversation he had with his wife.


    ***


    David wasn''t a citizen of Wolfden, but he had recently moved here from another town. He belonged to an affluent family and was a Level 10, but the girl he loved was only an ordinary girl, with neither any background nor talent. So, his family tried to stop him from having any kind of rtionship with the girl.


    David has always been a guy who made his own decisions, so he left the town with the girl, who was pregnant at that time, and escaped to Wolfden.


    It had only been around eight months since he and the girl ran back here. Here, he married the girl and made her hiswfully wedded wife.


    David wasn''t stupid, so when he escaped his family, he had stolen arge number of soul stones from his family, and only then had he left.


    At first, he had no interest in bidding for the golden key. But his wife encouraged him to do this. So, to make him and his wife happy simultaneously, David agreed to participate, but when the time of the bidding arrived, he made a low bid.


    When his wife had gotten depressed and asked him the reason for the low bid, he had answered her, "If fate wills it, I will still be the new Townhead. If it doesn''t, I will not be one despite bidding arge amount."


    ***


    David couldn''t help but smile, remembering the conversation about fate. Someone like him, who had escaped his family due to their rules, didn''t believe in things like fate and destiny.


    But now, despite bidding a low amount and being on the lower end of the number of the participants, he had still got an attempt.


    "Was my running with Talia a fate too?" David murmured as he subconsciously grabbed the key.


    Only after feeling something in his hands did hee around. The next moment, he couldn''t help but get surprised, seeing his hands on the key.


    "There is no such thing as fate," David murmured as he casually attempted to pick the golden key up.


    The next moment, shocked gasps rang in the area as the golden key that hadn''t even moved for thest two hours had finally gotten picked up.


    It wasn''t only the crowd and Lewis that had gotten shocked; David himself had the same reaction when he saw that he had picked the golden key up, despite only giving a casual try at first.


    "You...you picked it up," Lewismented, seeing the golden key in David''s hand. His voice trembled as seeing someone else seeding when he had failed felt ufortable to him.


    David didn''t have the mood to answer Lewis. All of his focus was currently on the key.. He didn''t even look at his wife, who was shouting in joy.

 Chapter 297 - Towhead

    Chapter 297: Towhead


    "What the fuck! I did it," David thought in his mind as it was still hard for him to believe that he had picked the golden key up.


    The next moment the key in his hand suddenly turned hot.


    At first, David thought that the heat would stay like this, but soon his thoughts turned wrong as the key in his hand began turning more hotter.


    "UGH!" He couldn''t help but groan in pain, bringing a look of surprise on the already shocked faces in the crowd. David''s wife, who had been shouting in joy since she was now the wife of the Townhead, suddenly turned silent as a concerned look appeared on her face, seeing her husband crying in pain.


    Even her daughter started crying, seeing his father in pain.


    Lewis, who was standing next to David, also felt the heat released by the golden key. He had no choice but to leave the stage.


    David''s cry turned louder as louder since he felt as if he hadva in his hands, but miraculously, except for feeling the heat, there were no other effects on his body.


    Soon, the golden key in his hand melted. It then began engulfing David slowly, starting from his hand.


    David felt as if he was also melting as the melted key tried to engulf him. He tried to lose consciousness, so he could handle the pain, but unfortunately for him, the pain didn''t let him lose his awareness.


    Time flew by.


    The golden key, the size of an ordinary key, had now engulfed the entirety of David, who was tens of timesrger than it.


    The crowd looked at everything happening on the stage with surprise, while David''s wife had tears in his eyes, seeing the pain her husband had gone through. For a moment, she even cursed herself for encouraging David to take part in the bidding. For her, her husband was more significant than any position or benefit.


    Several more seconds passed. The melted key had begun forcefullypressing itselfpletely into David''s body.


    David was currently only a Level 10 and an inferior lifeform. Whereas the key allowed him to directly upgrade to Level 50, a rare lifeform, and just a level away from bing an epic lifeform, so David needed to evolve twice at the same time. His body was growing to suit the evolution with the help of the energy released by the golden key.


    Finally, after seven more minutes had passed, the melted key hadpletelypressed itself into David''s body.


    "Wow!" The crowd couldn''t help but exim in astonishment, seeing the growth David had.


    The difference between David before attempting and now was way too big. He earlier stood at around 2 meters tall but was now approaching 2.5 meters tall. His body had turned bulkier, giving him a terrifying giant appearance. His hair which previously had a sliver of white hair, had nowpletely turned ck while they had reached his waist. The mustache and beard he had been carrying earlier had now disappeared, giving him a clean-shaven look. The eyes that contained gentleness and cunningness had now turned calm, making him even more terrifying.


    David looked at himself in surprise, seeing the sudden outrageous growth he had. He felt that he was invincible at that moment. He was ushering in the glory of invincibility when suddenly he felt someone very dangerous looking at him.


    David followed the sense and found him looking at one of the VIP rooms. For someone like him, who had reached Level 50, looking through the wall was nothing.


    David bypassed the wall and finally found the source of the sense. The next moment, his face turned pale as Aakesh''s eyes shed with him.


    He didn''t dare to continue looking and directly moved his eyes away. It all happened so fast that only a few beings were able to see the sudden change in David and the sh that didn''tst for even a second.


    Lewis was one of the beings who saw the scene. Since he knew who was in the VIP room, David looked at; he didn''t find the sudden change in David''s expression, something to get surprised.


    Seeing David moving his eyes away, Aakesh also stopped looking at him. He had been worrying that all the participants would fail in picking up the golden key, seeing so many failures, but now that the golden key had found its owner and the town had found its Townhead, Aakesh didn''t need to carry it anymore.


    There were still around a thousand more participants left for their attempt, but since Lewis had already announced that even if the citizens failed or didn''t get their turn, they would still need to pay their due of 100,000 low soul stones for participating in the bid.


    Since 3759 citizens participated in the auction of the golden key, Aakesh had already earned around 375 million low soul stones while the egg was still left for the auction.


    ***


    "Congrattions!" Lewis congratted David since he was now the new Townhead of the town. He wanted to be the first to congratte him since he was also the army chief of the town.


    "Thank you, senior," David respectfully responded and thanked Lewis for his congrattions.


    "You don''t need to call me senior. You''re now the Townhead and my superior," Lewis told David as he slightly bowed to show that he had epted David''s position as the new Townhead.


    David only smiled and nodded in response to Lewis''s bow.


    His eyes then fell on his wife and daughter. He couldn''t help but feel a pang in his heart, seeing tears on his wife''s face and crying daughter.


    He directly left the stage and rushed to his family.


    He very slowly wiped the tears out of his wife''s eyes and then gestured to his wife to calm their daughter down while he made faces to make her smile. He didn''t carry her as he had gained arge amount of strength in minutes, and he didn''t want to hurt his daughter before being able to control his power.


    Meanwhile, the crowd fell silent to make Townhead''s efforts to make his daughter smile seed.


    Lewis waited a few seconds and then released a cough to bring the attention back to him.. Hemended the effort of David to make his daughter smile, but he was here for a job, and the work is still left to do.

 Chapter 298 - The Egg(1)

    Chapter 298: The Egg(1)


    "Cough!" Lewis did a fake cough to bring the attention of the crowd back to him.


    The Townhead trying to make his daughter smile was amendable job, but he still had a job left to do. For him, the adventurer was scarier than David or Mark, the previous Townhead.


    The slight cough broke the silence pervading the area as the crowd looked at Lewis. They then remembered that there was still a product left before the auction ended.


    "Congrattions to David Scott for bing our new Townhead. If it was some other time, we would''ve ended the auction, but there''s still a product left, and that product isn''t any less valuable than the golden key," Lewis announced, as the next moment, a giant egg half the size of him appeared on the stage.


    Only David in the crowd was able to see how the egg out of nowhere appeared on the stage.


    The crowd gasped in surprise and admiration, seeing the sudden appearance of the egg. Unlike the key, which only had its golden splendor to show its majesty, the egg looked no less than something valuable.


    The egg was silver in color, the same as the fur of the wolf king. There were also several red patterns engraved on the shell of the egg, giving it a majestic appearance.


    The crowd, seated in the chairs near the stage, could feel the pressure leaked by the unborn creature in the egg. Fortunately for them, the pressure wasn''t overbearing. They only felt that a breeze continuously passed around them.


    "This is the egg the adventurer has given up for the auction. You''re all aware that the previous Townhead wasn''t the only Level 50 around the town, and there was also the wolf king, who had reached Level 50."


    "We''re all aware that what would''ve happened to the town in the absence of the Townhead, but the world of Panagea blesses us, and the adventurer slew that beast," Lewis announced with a sincere look of gratefulness on his face, forgetting that the adventurer was the same person who had killed their Townhead.


    Many in the crowd understood this, but they still pped after Lewis announced.


    Lewis gave the crowd a few seconds to p since that was the primary purpose he had behind invoking the name of the adventurer. Currently, the adventurer was the strongest in the town, and he wanted to impress him.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, wasn''t even looking at the auction. He instead was rxing on the chair with closed eyes.


    "This egg is the result of that hunt. I don''t need to exin to you the terror that the wolf king had."


    "Having this egg is the equivalent of having a powerhouse on your side, so I don''t need to exin to you the benefits of having it," Lewis announced.


    "Since everyone is ready, let''s begin the auction," Lewis announced. He didn''t stop and further added, "The starting bid for the egg is 50 million low soul stones, and each bid needs to be the multiple of ten million."


    "60 million low soul stones!"


    Lewis had only announced when the first bid for the egg arrived.


    The crowd, seated in the lower areas and on the chairs located on the ground, couldn''t help but get disappointed, seeing that even the lowest bid surpassed their threshold.


    They had thought that the bid of the egg would start from a low amount like the golden key, but things didn''t go as they had expected.


    They understood that the egg was solely for the strong and wealthy parties of the town.


    David, who had just be the Townhead, was one of the few in the crowd to have no interest in bidding for the egg. One of the major reasons behind his disinterest in the bidding was that he didn''t have enough funds to even surpass the lowest bid.


    So, David stopped focusing on the auction, and instead, began ying with his daughter without holding her.


    "One hundred ten million low soul stones!"


    While the bid had already breached the mark of one hundred million low soul stones, it still didn''t seem to stop for even a second.


    Time flew by, and several seconds passed.


    "Two hundred million low soul stones!"


    John, the son of the previous Townhead, suddenly made a bid of two hundred million, exceeding the previous bid by thirty million low soul stones.


    The crowd had gaped faces as they heard the bids one after another. Since the bidding war began, they hadn''t been able to close their mouths, hearing the outrageous amount.


    "Two hundred ten million low soul stones!"


    It didn''t even take a second for someone else from the VIP room to surpass John''s bid.


    The next moment, a frown appeared on Lewis''s face as another bid surpassing two hundred ten million appeared. Thest bid had been made by his daughter.


    The frown didn''t continue for long as another outrageous bid arrived.


    "Two hundred fifty million low soul stones!" John made another bid, surpassing the previous bid by thirty million.


    John had already decided to win the egg even if it emptied his treasury of more than four hundred million low soul stones, especially after losing the golden key.


    The skill selling store was the most sessful business in the town. Previously, it had the direct support of Mark, his father, so John was able to add an outrageous amount of low soul stones in his treasury. But now that a new Townhead had arrived, and if he decided to take the skill store under his control, John wouldn''t even be able to fight.


    So having the egg was not only his need but also a necessity if he wanted to have a stand in the town.


    "Two hundred sixty million low soul stones!"


    Finally, the bidding speed slowed down as only after two seconds did the next bid arrive.


    "Three hundred million low soul stones!" John wasn''t going to let go, so he made another outrageous bid, making the entire arena suddenly silent.


    Lewis heaved a disappointed sigh, hearing the bid since this bid had crossed his entire fund. He had now lost his chance at both the golden key and the egg.


    "Does anyone want to make another bid?" Lewis asked with a hint of irritation in his tone.. He had no mood to continue this auction anymore and wanted to end it as soon as possible.

 Chapter 299 - The Egg(End)

    Chapter 299: The Egg(End)


    A silence fell on the entire area, hearing the bid of three hundred million low soul stones.


    For a few seconds after that, no new bid arrived, signifying that the auction was approaching its end and the egg was about to find its owner.


    "Does anyone want to bid anymore?" Lewis asked with a hint of irritation in his voice.


    Lewis only got silent in his response, so he asked the same question a few secondster, "If no one wants to bid anymore, the egg would be sold to the gentleman in the VIP room number 2."


    John, who was sitting in the VIP room, had a mixture of expressions on his face. He looked nervous, hoping that no new bid would arrive, but at the same time, he also had a determined look in his eyes to go big once more if someone dared to bid again.


    The crowd also silently waited with their gaped mouths.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed,...five seconds passed.


    Lewis was going to sell the egg, but before he could announce it, a new bid arrived on the scene.


    "Three hundred...three hundred and thirty million low soul stones!"


    Even a child could sense that the bid was made out of frustration. The bidder even stopped for a second, but the next moment, while gritting his teeth, he sessfully announced his bid.


    The man who had made the bid was named Harry Weller, and he was the second in line for the auction of the golden key.


    After making the bid, he had lost all his strength as with this bid. He had emptied his treasury if he were to win the egg.


    Before he could even enjoy the envy of the crowd for making such arge bid, another bid surpassing him rang in the arena.


    "Three hundred and fifty million low soul stones!"


    John didn''t even think and right away made his bid, surpassing Harry''s bid by twenty million low soul stones.


    Harry, after hearing that his bid wasn''t the highest anymore, felt disappointed and heaved a sigh of relief at the same time.


    He felt disappointed as three hundred and thirty million low soul stones were his entire savings and felt relieved because he had made thest bid in the spur of the moment, not to let the egg get away from him.


    If he had seeded and won the egg, in the end, he would''ve still failed, as the egg will only give birth to a newborn, not a Level 50 creature, and raising it to the wolf king level will take arge number of resources, which he wouldn''t have since he had spent everything in the bid.


    "Thank you to the gentleman from VIP room number 2 for making the bid of three hundred and fifty million low soul stones. Since there is no one bidding to surpass the amount, the gentleman has be the owner of the egg."


    "Congrattions on winning!"


    Lewis, who was already irritated in his heart due to not being able to catch with these persons, announced the result the next second after the bid, without even waiting for anyone to make the next bid. But since none was able to surpass the bid of 350 million low soul stones, no oneined.


    "At least, I got the egg," John mumbled, hearing that he had won the bid.


    He then stood up from his chair, went to the door, and unlocked it.


    The crowd didn''t even have any words to exin what they were feeling right now. Even though the golden key made more money, it was only 100,000 for every participant, while around 600,000 for the winner, it only collectively surpassed the highest bidding amount of the egg. But here, a single person had paid an outrageous amount of 350 million low soul stones for only one product.


    After exiting the room, John directly jumped on the stage from up above.


    He ignored Lewis as he directly went to the egg after appearing on the stage. He couldn''t help but touch the egg.


    The next moment, a smile erupted on his face, feeling the smooth shell of the egg. The egg came two-thirds of him. Even if he wanted, he couldn''t epass the entirety of the egg in a single time.


    "Cough!"


    John was enjoying the feeling of having the egg when a familiar cough interrupted him. A look of irritation appeared on his face as he red at the source of the disturbance.


    "You still need to pay before owning the egg," Lewis responded, ignoring the re that came at him.


    "Hmph!" John scoffed. He then added, "Come with me!"


    John then returned to his VIP room, while Lewis carried the egg and also went up the stairs to the VIP section.


    Lewis didn''t directly enter room number three, but one, where Aakesh was sitting.


    "Adventurer, the egg has been sold for three hundred and fifty million low soul stones," Lewis respectfully told him.


    "You can take 20% of that for yourself," Aakesh nodded and said.


    "Adventurer, I didn''t do this for soul stones," Lewis refused straight away. Taking the money from the adventurer meant that he was doing the work for money. He only wanted to make sure that he had good rtions with Aakesh since he was currently the strongest party in the town.


    "You don''t have a choice," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Today was most probably hisst day in Wolfden, so he didn''t want to have any debts on him before he left.


    Even though Lewis was the weaker party and did his biddings, Aakesh still felt it as a favor on him, so he wanted to end this debt by paying him twenty percent of the amount he had made by selling the egg.


    The twenty percent of the highest bid was seventy million low soul stones, and it was arge amount for even someone like Lewis, who only had life savings of around two hundred million low soul stones.


    A wry smile appeared on Lewis''s face, hearing Aakesh''s words. He had no choice but to take the twenty percent and end his dealings with Aakesh.


    "Thank you, adventurer," Lewis then thanked Aakesh as he was still getting arge number of low soul stones.


    Aakesh only expressionlessly nodded in response.. Lewis was then turning around to leave when Aakesh suddenly asked him something, making him stop.

 Chapter 300 - 300

    Chapter 300: 300


    When Lewis was turning around to leave, Aakesh suddenly remembered something.


    "Do the stores in the town here sell space items?" Aakesh asked, making Lewis stop in his steps.


    From the golden key, he had earned around 375 million, to be exact 376,500,660 low soul stones, and 280 million from the egg, after paying twenty percent share to Lewis. In total, he had earned around 600 million low soul stones, which was an outrageous amount, and Aakesh had no item to carry these many stones.


    His pouch wouldn''t be able to store more than a few million low soul stones, so he needed a space item to carry the stones.


    Aakesh could make an item with an infinite space like the badge he had given to Brinda, but for that, he would need to get items that could be only found in high-level areas, and the system wouldn''t help him in getting the items in Panagea, so he had no choice but to ask Lewis.


    "If you want it for only carrying soul stones, then the town has what you need," Lewis answered right away.


    A single store, which was the branch of a store from the city, sold pouches that could carry low soul stones. But since the town was a low-level area, soul stones, there was no space pouch that could carry stones exceeding low level or any other item.


    Since Aakesh had won around the entire amount of six hundred million in low-level soul stones, the pouch will work for him.


    Lewis then began exining the features of the pouch to Aakesh, while John, with a hurried face, waited for Lewis toe out and give him the egg.


    "How much does such a pouch cost?" Aakesh asked, hearing the details of the pouch. The pouch was not up to his mark, but it was all he could get here, and if he didn''t want to carry arge bag on his shoulder, it was also the best option for him right now.


    "It has a fixed price of five million low soul stones," Lewis respectfully responded while pointing at the pouch on his waist.


    "Okay, get me one pouch," Aakesh said.


    Lewis nodded and then left the room.


    The frustration on John''s face disappeared, seeing Lewising out of the VIP room with the egg, half the size of him, in his hands.


    He, who was walking all across the room for the past several seconds in frustration, finally stopped and waited for Lewis toe here.


    Lewis, before finalizing the deal with John, called one of the soldiers guarding the battle arena and ordered him to buy the space pouch from the only store that sold it. For the payment to the store, Lewis handed the pouch on his waist to the soldier since it had around ten million low soul stones stored in it.


    After doing that, he finally went toward VIP room number three, where John was waiting for him.


    "Why not do some more things before you give me the egg?" John mocked Lewis after he finally entered the room.


    Lewis didn''t say anything in response and simply put the giant egg on the table.


    "Clear the due," Lewis expressionlessly told John.


    John, who was frustrated with Lewis a moment earlier, forgot everything when he saw him putting the egg on the table.


    "Here, take it," John threw a pouch at Lewis right away and rushed to the egg.


    It was the same pouch Lewis had told Aakesh about a few moments earlier. He caught it and began checking whether the amount was correct or not. John had already forgotten him as he waspletely focused on the egg.


    While looking at the egg, he suddenly thought that he had no idea about how to hatch it.


    John looked at Lewis, who had just stopped counting the number of soul stones in the pouch.


    "How do I hatch it?" John asked Lewis. John''s tone contained a hint of impatience and enmity.


    "No idea," Lewis nonchntly responded.


    John couldn''t help but get angry as he thought that Lewis wasn''t telling him the way. But Lewis truly didn''t know as Aakesh still hadn''t told him anything about it.


    "Look-"


    "You can ask the adventurer about it." John wanted to say something, but Lewis cut him off in between and told him to ask Aakesh.


    Before John could respond, Lewis had already left the room. "Damn it!" John cursed under his breath, seeing Lewis leaving.


    Lewis, after leaving the room, went to room number one. Aakesh was already waiting for him, so after entering, Lewis respectfully handed him the pouch he had just gotten from John.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed.


    Lewis, who had left the room, after handing the pouch to Aakesh, returned to the room with a new space pouch, carrying the earnings of the golden key, in his hands.


    "Here, adventurer," Lewis respectfully handed him the space pouch.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and took the pouch from him.


    He then took out 275 million low soul stones from the first pouch and handed the pouch to Lewis.


    Time flew by.


    "Bring the new Townhead and the owner of the egg to me," Aakesh expressionlessly told Lewis, after tying the pouch, carrying more than 600 million low soul stones, to his waist.


    Lewis didn''t ask any questions and left the room to call both David and John. He, who had been the army chief, was now acting as the errand boy of Aakesh. If he had a choice, he would''ve never done that, but since Lewis didn''t want to test Aakesh''s morality, he didn''t dare refuse anything Aakesh told him to.


    A few momentster, Lewis returned to the VIP room with confused David and John by his side.


    "Hello, adventurer!"


    Both of them greeted Aakesh right after entering the room. John currently hated no one more than Aakesh, but his face remained respectful when he greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to their greetings.


    ***


    A/N: Hello readers! With this chapter, we''ve crossed thendmark of 300 chapters. I have no words to exin how grateful I''m for your unconditional support. Thanks for supporting the book until now, and I hope you''ll keep supporting it. Please, don''t shy away if you''ve criticism or good words to say since both of them help me greatly.


    Thanks for reading the book! Have a great day!

 Chapter 301 - Hatching

    Chapter 301: Hatching


    After greeting Aakesh, both David and John looked at him.


    John had met Aakesh once before when he had arrived in his store to buy some skills, while it was the first time David had met Aakesh.


    When David had be Level 50, he had seen Aakesh, and even their eyes had directly met, but in fear of offending and dying, David had moved his eyes right away.


    "Eh!" The next moment, he couldn''t help but exim in surprise. He could sense nothing from Aakesh.


    David knew Aakesh was way stronger than him, but he had never thought that the chasm between them was so wide that he couldn''t even sense his Level. It wasmon knowledge in the town that no being above Level 50 could enter the area around it, so David believed that Aakesh was also Level 50 like him but way stronger.


    "Why did you call us adventurers?" John asked Aakesh.


    After knowing that he had no idea of how to hatch the egg, he had been thinking of meeting Aakesh and asking him, but he couldn''t gather the courage. He didn''t want to face the killer of his father, and he was also afraid that the adventurer would kill him, so John would never be able to take revenge.


    Not knowing what to do, he had fallen in confusion and was randomly walking in the room when suddenly Lewis arrived and told him that the adventurer wanted to meet him. At that time, only he knew what he had gone through in that second.


    At first, he thought that the adventurer wanted to kill him, but after thinking about it, he took that thought away from his mind since if the adventurer desired to kill him, he would''ve already done so. Thinking like this, colors that had vanished after hearing about Aakesh calling him returned to his face, and he also gathered a bit of courage in his heart.


    "I have already killed the wolf king and the majority of the silver wolves, but around a thousand cubs and young wolves are still alive," Aakesh began exining his purpose behind calling both John and David here.


    He had promised Lily that he would protect the cubs after she left, so he was fulfilling his promise by ordering the new Townhead and the owner of the future wolf king to protect that area.


    "If even a single cub dies due to your negligence, that''ll be thest thing you will be able to see," Aakesh ended his exnation with a warning to both David and John, and also Lewis, who was standing next to them.


    At that moment, all three of them felt as if they were being stared at by a brutal beast, and if they even dared to move, the beast would rip them apart into pieces.


    "Don''t worry, adventurer. Since I''m the Townhead of Wolfden, I will dere the area you''d mentioned as forbidden, and if anyone still dared to bypass my order, I will execute them in front of all the citizens," David responded with a solemn face.


    He had a daughter who was only six months old, so he had no interest in dying by someone else''s mistake. So, he directly promised Aakesh to take action to ensure what he asked for.


    Aakesh nodded in response to David''s words. He then looked at John, who began hurriedly nodding and promised Aakesh that he would ensure the protection of the area.


    Lewis by himself chimed in and promised Aakesh that he would put several guards to protect that area.


    "I wouldn''t let you work for free, so you can select one cub you like and take it for your own," Aakesh told the group. It was most probably hisst day in the town, so he didn''t want to owe anything to anyone.


    "Thanks, adventurer!" The three of them thanked Aakesh at the same time.


    Aakesh nodded and then gestured to the group to leave. The group except John turned around and left the room.


    "Adventurer, may I ask a question?" John asked with a hint of nervousness in his tone.


    Aakesh gestured to him to go ahead and ask what he wanted.


    "Thank you, adventurer! I wanted to know the way to hatch the egg?"


    John respectfully thanked him and asked the question that was currently the most significant in his life.


    "Feed it eleven drops of your blood," Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    "Thank you, adventurer!" John thanked Aakesh right away. He also then turned around and left the room.


    John was in a hurry after knowing the way to hatch, so he ignored Lewis and David, who were waiting for him, outside room number one, and directly rushed to his room.


    "Let''s hatch you," John mumbled as he looked at the egg on the table in front of him.


    He then bit his finger, and his blood began spilling on top of the egg.


    He moved his fingers right away when the number of blood drops reached eleven. Soon, the red patterns on the egg began moving randomly on the shell.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, just like that thirty seconds passed.


    The red pattern that had be alive after it fed on John''s blood had nowpletely engulfed the egg.


    "Lub-Dub!"


    "Lub-Dub!"


    "Lub-Dub!"


    The sound of heartbeats began ringing in the area. At first, the sound was like whispers; if John weren''t powerful, he wouldn''t have been able to hear the sound, but as time passed, even those sitting outside could listen to the sound of the heartbeat.


    A tense expression appeared on John''s face as he looked at the glowing egg in front of him.


    Suddenly, the shell of the egg, instead of cracking, began shrinking, and as time passed, only a glowing egg the size of a football remained on the table.


    John wanted to intervene, but he controlled himself not to. He wouldn''t be able to do anything ifplications rose due to his interference in the birth. So he patiently waited for the creature toe out.


    "Crack!"


    Suddenly, a cracking sound rang in the room as the shell of the egg cracked, and a tiny wolf cub appeared on the table.


    John gently picked the cub up and cautiously looked at it.


    It had its eyes closed, but there could be movement seen as if the creature could open its eyes any minute.

 Chapter 302 - A New Day In The Store

    Chapter 302: A New Day in the Store


    While John was doing the procedure required for the hatching of the egg, Aakesh had left the arena with the pouch tied to his waist.


    He couldn''t use the skills of the ss Watcher to gain levels since all the citizens of the town were present in the auction. Since he had nothing left to do in Panagea for now, he decided to exit. The next moment, he disappeared from Panagea and appeared in the portal room in the store.


    It had been a long time since he slept, so he decided to sleep until the rising of the sun in Visteerna.


    But, he had only appeared inside the store when he suddenly got an alert from the system.


    [Host, while you were in Panagea, there was another attempt of forcefully entering the store by the members of Nielle.]


    [The attempt consisted of only six members, but each of them had strength surpassing 25 million Primal units. The strongest member belonged to the Hygar race with a strength of 47,753,812 Primal units, while the other five members belonged to the Aisad race.]


    The system informed Aakesh of another intrusion attempt at the store in its mechanical and emotionless voice.


    "Did you capture their memories?" Aakesh asked. Even though he had basic information about the organization Nielle, extra knowledge never hurts, and it would help him in making better preparations before attacking.


    As for the race of the members trying to intrude in his store, he didn''t care. The race would have only mattered to him if they belonged to the top races of the Multiverse.


    In response, the system didn''t speak anything. It instead began showing what it had learned from the members.


    Aakesh then focused on the six screens floating in front of him, each screen belonging to the intruders. For him, watching all of them at the same time wasn''t a big deal.


    Time flew by, and several seconds had passed.


    Thest screen floating in front of him suddenly faded into nothingness. In thosest several seconds, Aakesh had seen the details spanning over millions of years.


    The memories helped him gain some additional information about Nielle, but it still came under the basic category.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but get excited, seeing the deep strength of the organization. From the moment Aakesh had opened his eyes, tens of thousands of years had passed, but even now, he hadn''t fought a battle where the odds werepletely stacked against him.


    Even though he was confident of winning the uing battle between him and the organization with the three absolute attacks from the system and his favorite weapon in his hand, there was still a tiny bit of suspense about the organization.


    He then stopped thinking about it as he wanted to conquer the fort once in the virtual training environment before attacking the organization.


    There was still more than an hour left before the sun rose in Visteerna, so Aakesh decided toplete an enjoyable sleep in that time.


    His body didn''t need sleep since he had unlimited endurance, which stopped him from getting tired, both mentally and physically, but he slept from time to time as it feltfortable if done rarely.


    Time flew by.


    [Host, the sun has risen. It''s time for you to open the store.]


    After waking up, Aakesh freshened himself and then stepped down the stairs. The customers must already be waiting outside the store, so he didn''t wait and went to the door.


    He grabbed the handle and opened it, and as usual, he found a crowd waiting for the store to open.


    Aakesh then turned around and returned to hisfortable chair while the crowd entered the shop like a tide.


    In no time, the entire crowd waiting outside had entered the store.


    As usual, the first 150 members to enter the store had a golden hue surrounding them. Aakesh then noticed an anomaly today as none of the customers belonging to the first group were new to the store, but instead, they were regrs.


    He then stopped thinking about it as the customers were still customers, whether they were new or regr.


    Instead, he was thankful since all the customers in the first group were regr. Now, he doesn''t need to exin the phenomena of the golden hue to the new customers.


    The customers were regr, so those who had cards entered the portal rooms, while those who didn''t have them paid for their stay in Panagea and then entered the portal room. While some of them, like the group of Pento, bought mental healing pills using their cards and then entered.


    After the first group left, a silver hue covered the second group of 150 customers. There were still customers who believed more in training, so around six members got out of the second group of customers.


    There were no new customers in the first group, but there were still plenty, so after the deal of the entry into Panagea waspleted, they began approaching Aakesh individually.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed. Aakesh had just gotten free from exining the same thing when suddenly, several teleportations inside the store appeared at the same time.


    It was Veenesh''s n members that had teleported inside the store. Aakesh noticed an unfamiliar figure in the group today. The man had entered the store on foot but had joined the group and was talking to the members, while there were no signs of Veenesh in the group.


    It was Jeetesh, Veenesh''s father and the previous head of the Esh n.


    After tasting the Gods & Demons level training yesterday, Veenesh couldn''t help but suggest it to his father. As it was important for one Immortal to stay in the n, Veenesh decided to stay while making his father go to the store.


    Since Veenesh wasn''t here, and Jeetesh had entered the store for the first time, one of the n elders took the lead and approached Aakesh.


    "Store owner, give me a supreme card," The n elder respectfully asked. They didn''t need to ask Aakesh for anything since they had a card, but Jeetesh didn''t have one, so the n elder thought of buying the card first.


    Since the card machine was only next to his chair, Aakesh didn''t even have to stand up.. He did the process required for the creation of the card, and soon a silver card appeared in his hands.

 Chapter 303 - Progress

    Chapter 303: Progress


    After Jeetesh got his supreme card, all the n members of the Esh n bought three pills belonging to all categories, each.


    "Store owner, are there spots avable for Panagea?" One of the n elders approached and asked Aakesh.


    Panagea had given them a hope of getting alchemists, so they were eager to find a spot for their apprentices.


    Aakesh looked at the customers waiting in his store and found that all the spots in the second group had gotten filled, but there were still a few spots left in the third group.


    "There are seven spots left for the third group," Aakesh answered the n elder, nervously looking at him.


    "Third group?" A question mark appeared on the n elder''s face as he thought.


    He then requested Aakesh to clear his doubts. Aakesh expressionlessly exined about the Panagea groups to the n elder.


    "Thank you, store owner. We would like to book seven spots," The n elder respectfully told Aakesh after knowing the details.


    Aakesh nodded and told him to book those spots using their supreme cards, and they could also get the information about the empty spots from their cards.


    "Thank you, store owner," The n elder respectfully thanked Aakesh again as he booked seven spots for the third group using his card.


    The n elder then approached his group and told about the avability of the seven spots to other n elders.


    After discussing for a while, they decided to randomly select seven members as a few n elders wanted their rtives in the group of around a hundred apprentices to get the spot.


    The n elders then approached Jeetesh and requested him to select seven members out of the apprentices. Jeetesh nodded and randomly selected seven members.


    One of the n elders became excited, seeing the seven members as Jeetesh, their founder and the previous leader had selected since one of them was her daughter.


    Even though the Esh n wasposed of rtives belonging to the same family, there was stillpetition between the elders. Only the position of Jeetesh''s family was secure since he was the founder of the n.


    Other n elders whose rtives weren''t in the group of seven couldn''t help but get jealous of their fellow elders. Since Jeetesh was here, they didn''t dare to throw words at each other, so the whole affair of jealousy and pride passed silently.


    After the seven members had gotten selected, the n elder was going to order them to leave while informing the seven about Panagea and their return to the store when their time came, but he suddenly stopped.


    "Dear customer, after leaving the store, your booking for Panagea would get nullified!"


    Hearing the sudden mechanical alert in his head, the n elder didn''t order the members to leave right away.


    Since leaving the store would nullify their booking, the elder ordered the n members, except those seven members, to leave the store.


    The n elders then exined the purpose behind the stay in the store to the selected seven members.


    "Does that mean we can do whatever we want until our booking time arrives?" One of the seven members asked, while excitement evident on all of their faces.


    The next moment, the n elder poured a bucket of cold water on their excitement as he told them that they couldn''t leave the store.


    "Mother, why don''t you wait for us? Until then, we''ll survey the town," The daughter asked her mother with a pleading look on their faces. How could they stay in the same ce for hours when they had gotten outside their n for the second time?


    "It isn''t allowed," The n elder who had booked the spots interjected and told the group.


    He did so because he had gotten another alert from the card that it wasn''t allowed.


    "That''s enough, go and sit there," Jeetesh, who had been silent all this time, finally opened his mouth and ordered the group of seven apprentices to silently wait in the store.


    The group who wanted to speak something didn''t dare to after Jeetesh opened his mouth, as speaking something at this point was akin to insulting Jeetesh.


    "I came here for a purpose," Jeetesh then looked at the n elders andmented.


    ***


    "Store owner, Gods & Demons training area for 113 overlord-grade weapons, and one for Immortal-grade weapon," The n elders respectfully told Aakesh. He had tried to directly buy it from the card like the pill, but he had gotten alert that the Gods & Demons level training area can only be booked by the store owner.


    After the n elder made the order, the required amount of supreme Primal stones disappeared from his card.


    When Aakesh got the alert from the system that the payment of one trillion, and one hundred and thirteen million supreme Primal stones had been done, he told the n elder to go ahead and also told him the process of entering the training area.


    The n elder thanked Aakesh and then returned to his group.


    Time flew by, and one hour passed in the blink of an eye.


    During the past hour, several new customers entered the store. Some left right away after learning the prices, while some bought to their limits.


    One such customer was Anita. Anita wasn''t a citizen of the Bisan Kingdom but the neighboring Kingdom, the Blue Wyrm Kingdom. She was the eldest child of the current king.


    Anita hadn''t been able to attend the event as she was traveling with her master at that time. She had just returned today morning, but her father, the king, didn''t even let her rest and forced her to go to the store in the Bisan Kingdom.


    At first, she was unwilling as she had been out of the Kingdom for a few months and wanted to spend some time with her mother, the queen, but even her mother, who had cried when she had left to travel forced her to go to the same store, so she had no choice but to follow the order of her parents.


    Her master, Joanne, who was a peak Void Condensation expert, was also forced by the king to go to the store. Joanne wasn''t only the teacher of Anita, but she was also her bodyguard. For a low-level Kingdom like the Blue Wyrm Kingdom, having a peak Void Condensation bodyguard for the princess was a big deal, but the king didn''t care since Anita was not only the most talented child of the king, but she was also the favorite of all the princes and princesses.


    Since the king had ordered, Joanne, like Anita, had no choice but to go to the store.


    After reaching the store and learning the details of the products, they both thanked the king for sending them here.


    Anita and Joanne both bought a new sword since they found a better sword in the store for almost half the price of the sword they currently had.


    They also decided to train in the Gods & Demons level training area. Joanne didn''t have enough stones to pay for her training, but since the king had sent Anita here with enough stones, she helped Joanne in paying the rest.


    ***


    [Mission Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Requirement: Since you have already sold seven weapons and one training hour, it''s time for you to let other customers get the benefits of training hours and weapons sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 10,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 10,000 customers or 100,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Days required: 180 days,


    Mission reward: One thousand, four hundred, and fifty more virtual portals! Addition of Emperor and Overlord grade into the weapons and Training arena! Addition of Superior pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of the training area!]


    [Quest Progress,


    Days left: 174 days,


    Weapon sold: 283/10,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 1262/10,000,


    Regr training hours: 5638/100,000 hours,


    Immortal level: 168/10,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 155/1,000 hours.]


    Aakesh was currently looking at the quest screen and its progress screen, floating in front of him.


    During thest two days, the store hadn''t even sold a hundred weapons. The only thing that made Aakesh satisfied in the quest was the sale of the Gods & Demons level training area.


    He needed 1000 hours of sale as the second requirement, but the store had already sold 155 training hours in six days. Out of the 155 sold training hours, only the Esh n had bought 122 hours of training(Veenesh + Jeetesh + 113 n elders + seven apprentices).


    He didn''t have to worry about the training hour requirement from now on as Aakesh was confident that the Esh n wouldplete that requirement alone. The worry he had was due to the weapons not selling inrge quantities, but since not even 10 days had passed, he stopped thinking about it.


    Only a sale like pills was needed toplete the requirement of selling 10,000 weapons in no time, and Aakesh was confident that the sale of weapons would rise in the future as more and more customers belonging to different organizations arrived.


    Aakesh stopped thinking about the quest and its progress and snapped his fingers. The next moment, both the screens floating in front of him disappeared into nothingness.


    Aakesh still had another store quest, so he thought about it, and the next moment, another blue screen floating, appeared in front of him.


    [Mission objective: Add the number of virtual portals,


    Requirement: As a result of the three-day event, the Panagea had be increasingly popr throughout the Bisan Kingdom and some parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours of the opening of the store, all the slots get taken for the day. There has been an addition of 100 more virtual portals, but to ensure such kind of craze of Panagea continues and even more, customers join it; the store owner needs to have 2000 hours of entry time every day into Panagea for seven days straight,


    Streak: Done:Done:Done:Left:Left:Left:Left,


    Mission reward: 1000 new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: None.]


    Aakesh nodded, seeing the progress he had made in the quest. He needed to have at least 2000 hours of Panagea stay for seven days straight.


    The requirement had already been fulfilled for three days, while the next four days were still left. Seeing the current crowd for Panagea, only if something terrible happened, Aakesh would fail the quest.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the blue screen disappeared.


    ***


    A/N: There will only be a single chapter for today, and this trend may continue for tomorrow due to some personal work.. I''ll try my best for two chapters, but I can''t be confident, but from the day after tomorrow, the release rate would return to normal. Sorry for the trouble, and thanks for reading!

 Chapter 304 - Rory And Shalia

    Chapter 304: Rory and Shalia


    "Sister, are you sure?" Rory asked Shalia.


    "Yes, why would I lie to you?" Shalia responded.


    "Woah!"


    Rory couldn''t help but exim in astonishment after hearing what his sister, Shalia, had told him about a strange training area named the Gods & Demons level training area in a store located in a low-level area.


    "Did you tell others about it?" Rory then asked. Seeing the serious expressions on his sister''s face, he believed that she was telling the truth.


    "No, I came first to you," Shalia responded. "After you, I would tell father about it," She added.


    "Don''t tell father for now," Rory requested to her sister.


    The fight for leadership in the family had already begun, and Rory wasn''t the favorite of his father. He was certain that if his father came to know about that miraculous training area, he would surely tell it to his favorite son, their sixth brother.


    A struggling expression appeared on Shalia''s face hearing her brother.


    "I know how much you respect father, but you already know, if you were to tell father about it, he would tell it to the sixth brother as well," Rory tried to persuade his sister, seeing the look of struggle on her face.


    Sigh! "Fine, but you know what I''m losing for you." After staying silent for a few seconds, Shalia sighed and finally epted Rory''s proposal.


    "Thank you, sister. I owe you big time," Rory excitedly responded as he hugged her sister.


    A grin spread across her face, hearing her brother. As she had expected,ing to her brother first worked in her favor. Now he owed her two favors, not one.


    "Okay, here is the address. I would suggest you go there tomorrow," Shalia told Rory the address of the store to him and then disappeared from that ce.


    ***


    Rory, after listening to his sister, left for the store the next day. But since the price for the training area was outrageous, he didn''t use portals for the journey to save as many stones as possible but used his skills to travel.


    Even though he wasn''t the favorite child of the head of the Fenric family, he still belonged to the head family. So he had enough savings for training a few times.


    He didn''t bring more Primal stones than required as taking such arge amount of stones with him will surely alert his father. And thest thing he wanted to do was to let his father know about it.


    Even the money he was currently carrying was a loan from several of his friends.


    Following the address Rory''s sister had given him, he had finally reached the Bisan Kingdom and was currently standing in front of the store.


    "Eh!" The next moment, Rory eximed in surprise as even though the door of the store was open, he wasn''t able to see anything from inside, and if he tried to force his way through, he got a sense of life-threatening danger.


    At that moment, the doubt he had regarding his sister''s information disappeared from his heart. He was an early Heavenly Monarch level cultivator, and a store that could give him a life-threatening sense of danger even before entering the store couldn''t be normal.


    Thinking like this, he took a step forward and entered the store.


    The first thing after entering the store he did was to turn back and check whether he could see outside or not, and as he had expected in his heart, he found himself not being able to see or hear anything from the outside.


    He then stopped thinking about it as he wasn''t here for a time pass but a purpose.


    He then looked around the store, only to find a few hundred customers meditating in the store, while a blue-skinned man satfortably on a chair.


    "He must be the store owner," Rory thought as Shalia had told him about the appearance of the store owner.


    ***


    Since there were no new customers in the store, Aakesh was rxing on his chair with closed eyes. He then heard the sound of footsteps entering, but he still didn''t open his eyes to look at the customers.


    A few secondster, he felt someone standing in front of him, so he had no choice but to open his eyes.


    Aakesh noticed an Elf standing in front of him. It was a male Elf who belonged to the Moonlight Elves. Even though the man had worn a mask to hide his face, seeing through it was like a child y to Aakesh.


    Aakesh then looked at the Elf, waiting for him to open his mouth.


    "Senior, I heard there is a Gods & Demons level training area here," Rory respectfully asked.


    Rory called Aakesh, senior, as he couldn''t see through Aakesh''s cultivation level. Seeing the mysteriousness around the store and Ashamba hardwood floor, he believed Aakesh was a peak level Immortal, just like his father.


    "Yes, there is," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Senior, then I would like to have the Gods & Demons level training area for an Immortal-grade bow," Rory respectfully requested.


    "That''ll be one trillion supreme Primal stones," Aakesh nodded and told the price of the training hour.


    "Ssshh!"


    Rory couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air. Even though Shalia had already told him the price of the training area, it still felt an unbelievable amount to Rory after hearing from the store owner''s mouth.


    Even though Rory felt like this, his hands didn''t stop and had already begun taking out the supreme Primal stones from his pocket space.


    Soon, a shining mountain of trillion supreme Primal stones appeared in the store. Aakesh, in response, waved his hands, and the next moment, the mountain disappeared from the store.


    "You can go now¡­,"


    Aakesh then exined the process required to enter the training area after the system told him that the amount was correct.


    "Thank you, senior," Rory thanked Aakesh, while his face had turned nervous and excited.


    Nervous about whether he would be able to attainrge benefits, and excited for just howrge his growth would be. As for having doubts regarding the efficiency of the training area, it didn''t appear inside his head, especially after believing that the store owner was an expert on the same level as his father.


    After thanking Aakesh, Rory left for the weapons room.


    "Wow!" Rory couldn''t help but exim in astonishment, seeing the luxury of the weapons room.

 Chapter 305 - Outrageous Growth

    Chapter 305: Outrageous Growth


    Seeing the murals of the battle scenes painted on the walls, Rory couldn''t help but exim in astonishment.


    Seeing those murals, he thought that he was standing while the battles were going on. A voice came from his heart that said that these murals could help him.


    Believing in his inner voice, Rory focused on one of the battle scenes, where an archer was standing with his bow aimed at the sky, while from the sky, countless arrows were raining down from him.


    A few secondster, Rory couldn''t help but be disappointed as even though his inner voice said the mural could help him, except feeling that these were real battle scenes, Rory didn''t feel anything else from the murals.


    He tried for a few more seconds, but the result stayed the same, so he stopped.


    His eyes then fell upon the pirs and also several of the customers, covered in a golden energy barrier around them.


    "They must be training," Rory thought as Aakesh had told him that their physical body would get surrounded by a golden barrier since only their consciousness enters the training area.


    Rory then found the pir that denoted the bow. It was on the inner circle, so he went in that direction. After reaching there, he did what Aakesh had told him, and the next moment, his physical body covered in a golden energy barrier joined several of the customers.


    Time flew by, and a few more minutes passed.


    Suddenly, the golden barrier around a hundred customers dissipated as the system transferred them to an isted space, and when their energy had calmed down, it brought them back to the store.


    These were the elders and founder of the Esh n who had juste out of the training area since their time wasplete.


    For a few seconds, the n elders and Jeetesh minded their own business as they were checking what growth they had. Only after finding their extent of growth did they focus on how much did other n elders grew.


    Since it was a training area, some were bound to have outrageous growth, while some were bound to have arge rate of growth. As for average growth, it wasn''t possible in the Gods & Demons level training area.


    One such beneficiary of outrageous growth was Kutesh. Before entering the training area, he was an intermediate Tao Pce expert with an average level of skills in spear mastery, but now that he had trained in the Gods & Demons level training area, his cultivation had a breakthrough, as he reached thete Tao Pce level.


    It was not just a simple breakthrough as he not only broke through a sub-level, but he also reached the threshold of the next sub-level. That wasn''t the end, as his spear mastery also witnessed an outrageous amount of growth. In that thousand hours of training, he created tens of spear moves and one skill that could even make top organizations fight for it.


    If there were a leaderboard for the amount of growth the customers had in the Gods & Demons level training area, then Kutesh would be at the top.


    Even Jeetesh, who had lived for millions of years and wanted to have as many talented people in his n as possible, couldn''t help but get jealous, seeing the growth Kutesh had. If Jeetesh felt such feelings, then it was clear that the jealousy of the n elders knew no bounds.


    Kutesh, in response, had a smug look on his face, seeing the expressions his fellow n elders were making.


    ***


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    The six hours for the first group of customers in Panagea wasplete, so the system forced them out, and soon, Aakesh sent the second group inside.


    More time flew by as another two hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he suddenly heard several sounds of footsteps.


    Since he had his eyes opened, he looked at the door and found a few familiar figures in the new group that had entered the store.


    It was the group of the Daityas. Kuriati was still in the front of the group, but there were several new faces in the group.


    (A/N: If you don''t remember them, then please refer to chapter 120.)


    When Kuriati had first entered the store, he was a top Maharathi warrior on the verge of reachingplete Maharathi. And now that he had returned to the store for the first time after the events, he had reached theplete Maharathi warrior level and had be one of the Immortals in the Primal dimension.


    "Hello, store owner," Kuriati greeted Aakesh after entering the store. The other daityas in the group also followed Kuriati and greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to their greetings.


    "Thank you, store owner," Kuriati suddenly thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t get surprised by the sudden thanks as Kuriati was one of the six participants who had gained knowledge from thest event, despite failing to win it.


    Kuriati had sincerely thanked Aakesh, as the new knowledge he had gained in thest event due to spending a few decades had helped him in gaining a breakthrough and bing an Immortal.


    "The store has new products. Do you want to know about them?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked the group, ignoring the thanks.


    The group standing behind Kuriati frowned, seeing Aakesh ignoring their leader''s emotions, but since Kuriati had strictly ordered them not to speak unless he asked them to, they stayed silent.


    Unlike the group, Kuriati didn''t mind and nodded in response to Aakesh''s question.


    "We have a new range of pills¡­,"


    Aakesh then began exining about the new products the store had added after the events.


    The group that had been frowning earlier had their mouths wide open in shock as they learned about the training area and the prices for the Gods & Demons level training area.


    Kuriati, on the other hand, didn''t feel much hearing the prices, as his family was one of the wealthiest not only in their race but in the Primal dimension.


    He had to never worry about prices, so for him, Primal stones were always the least of concern.


    After Aakesh concluded the introduction of the new products, Kuriati bought supreme cards for the members in his group that had arrived in the store for the first time.. Only due to them, they have to travel here in portals and not just directly teleport into the store.

 Chapter 306 - Sudden Situation(1)

    Chapter 306: Sudden Situation(1)


    After buying supreme cards for all seven new members, Kuriati then focused on the contents of the training area.


    In the group of thirteen members(including him), he was leading only he was an Immortal. And since he had a growth-level weapon, it had also grown to be an Immortal-grade weapon with him. While of the other thirteen, nine were top Maharathi warriors(Tao Pce), and thest three members were intermediate Maharathi warriors(Tao Manifestation).


    Since he was the leader and was responsible for the training of his underlings, he had to pay for their training price.


    The total cost for every member''s training group came to be more than a trillion supreme Primal stones, to be precise one trillion, nine million, and three thousand supreme Primal stones.


    Since he had enough Primal stones in his supreme card and he could see the excitement in the eyes of his underlings for the training area, so he didn''t wait and said, "Store owner, the Gods & Demons level training area for all of us: one Immortal-grade weapon, nine Overlord-grade weapons, and three Emperor-grade weapons."


    Right after Kuriati told Aakesh his order, a mechanical alert appeared inside his head, asking him about the payment. After Kuriati gave the card the permission to go ahead, the system deducted the required amount of Primal stones.


    After that, Aakesh got an alert from the system that the payment for the training area had been sessfully done. In response, Aakesh told Kuriati to go ahead and also the process of entering the training area.


    "Thank you, store owner," Kuriati and all the other twelve members in the group thanked Aakesh and then took a step in the direction of the weapons room.


    Kuriati, who had been carrying a smile all along, had a sudden change in his expressions when he turned around.


    All this time, he had been faking the smile except for the time when he thanked Aakesh for the event. When he had arrived in the store for the first time, he had seen a hint of his future, where he had gotten killed by Aakesh in a single sword strike. To make that future disappear, he had been trying hard to make good rtions with the store owner, but since his breakthrough was imminent, he didn''t arrive in the store after the event.


    Now that he had gotten his breakthrough and sessfully became an Immortal, he returned to the store. But for whatever reason, the hint of the future remained the same. He still saw the scene of him getting killed in a single strike in an area full of corpses of his fellow race members and other races.


    Thinking about the scene, he entered the weapons room. He half-heartedly looked around the weapons room and found murals of several battle scenes engraved on the walls.


    He was only looking at the walls to survey the room when he suddenly felt a thunder rumble in his head and nked out. It all happened after his eyes fell upon one of the battle scenes.


    In the battle scene, a being was swinging his mace around while countless creatures belonging to an unknown race had surrounded them.


    Kuriati''s underlings, who were also looking around the room, frowned, seeing Kuriati suddenly, losing his focus. They didn''t dare to touch him since they didn''t know whether it was an epiphany or a problem, so they anxiously waited for Kuriati toe around.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed. Kuriati still hadn''te around, and his eyes were still nk.


    "What do you think happened?" One of the newer members asked with a hint of concern in his voice.


    He had just recently joined the group of Kuriati, and if something were to happen to him, he would not only lose his source of luxury, but also his life. Since he was thest member to join the group, and if just days after his joining the group something happened to Kuriati, he would surely get killed since he would be the bringer of the bad luck.


    "I don''t know...know. I have never seen leader in such situations," One of the female members replied. Her voice had a hint of trembling at the start, but in the end, she controlled herself. "Please don''t let anything happen to him. I haven''t even had sex with him," At the same time, she thought in her heart since she had feelings for him.


    Time flew by, and a few more minutes passed. Kuriati, who had been staying still for the past several minutes, finally moved. Life returned to his eyes.


    The next moment, his entire body got covered in a cold sweat as he remembered what he had just seen.


    Right after Kuriati''s eyes fell on the mural, he found himself in a sudden illusion.


    In an unknown ruined area filled with skeletons and corpses in various situations, Kuriati and around hundreds of his fellow race members came across creatures belonging to the races, none of them had read about or seen in any of the texts in their families while the current Kuriati saw the scene in a third-person view.


    The creatures Kuriati and his race members were battling had humanoid features like them, while their skin color was dark. Inparison to Daityas, the size difference was minimal. The creatures didn''t have eyes or a nose, or even ears, only arge mouth with sharp teeth like razors were present vertically. A strange yellow liquid dripped out of their mouth, and whenever itnded on the ground, it created a small pit, showing its acidic properties.


    Even though the creators didn''t have sensory organs except for the mouth, it was still able to locate the group of Daityas.


    "Tbsy jebgst uwhrzuehuwf5 ugwvsyb!" The creatures, seeing the group of daityas, spoke something which sounded gibberish to Kuriati and the other members of his race.


    Right after the creatures talked, they rushed at the group of Daityas while the strange yellow liquid dropped on the ground from time to time.


    Kuriati, in the illusion, had a cold look as he swung his mace at the first creature. The next moment something unimaginable to him happened as his mace passed through the creatures.


    His face suddenly changed as the creature reached him and swung its hands.. Kuriati knew he couldn''t take the sh head-on as he could feel that he would get ripped into pieces.

 Chapter 307 - Sudden Situation(2)

    Chapter 307: Sudden Situation(2)


    The illusion Kuriati tried to attack again, but this time, he used a soul attack that would attack the soul of the creature. But simrly, like thest time, his attacks passed right through the creature. It didn''t even make the creature flinch, let alone harm.


    Kuriati didn''t have any more time to attack or block as the creature''s hand swing had reached his head.


    At that time, the illusion Kuriati lost all hope of survival as the hand shed with his head.


    The current him seeing the scene closed his eyes in terror as he couldn''t see his head bursting in an illusion.


    The next moment, something unimaginable yet believable happened as the hand, instead of harming Kuriati''s head, passed right through it.


    The illusion Kuriati had a tiny hope in his heart of the urrence of this situation, seeing his attacks, physical or mental, passing right through the creature and not harming it.


    But then the question of the scene urring in front of him rose. The scene was too true to be an illusion, and if it wasn''t an illusion- how did he and his groupe across these strange and terrifying creatures?


    Kuriati, who had been seeing this scene from the third point of view, found himself shuddering as the next moment, he noticed the illusion him, heaving a sigh of relief after the creature''s attack passed through his body. But suddenly Kuriati and the other daityas who hade across the attack from the creatures turned around and attacked their fellow members.


    The illusion Kuriati''s face turned ugly, seeing himself out of his control as he swung his mace, aiming at the female daitya behind him.


    The female daitya was preparing to attack the creatures, but she suddenly saw Kuriati turning around and swinging his mace. It all happened so fast that she didn''t even understand what had happened with her, and the next moment, she burst into a blood cloud as Kuriati had used almost three-fourths of his strength in the mace swing.


    It was only the start. After killing one of his most loyal followers, Kuriati looked at another daitya and made his move.


    The followers, who had just seen a few of their fellow members, and their leader Kuriati, attacking them, tried to escape since Kuriati was one of the attackers. Even if theybined all of their powers, they couldn''t harm Kuriati, let alone now when a few of their members had also turned into attackers.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that eight seconds passed.


    Now, only Kuriati who had a face full of horror stood there, while the strange creatures continuously muttered something gibberish, while looking at the corpses of daityas on the ground.


    The illusion Kuriati at this moment wanted to angrily scream to vent his frustration, seeing so many corpses of his fellow members on the ground. But unfortunately, no words came out of his mouth as even that was out of his control. No matter what he tried, he could only follow what the creature wanted him to.


    He had an amulet from his father, who was one of the topmost warriors of the Primal dimension. But unfortunately for him, the area he was in made that amulet nothing more than a in piece of animal skin.


    The creatures then began eating the corpses of Kuriati''s followers while Kuriati looked at everything happening with his own eyes. His face had turned white from anger, seeing his weakness to do anything.


    "Kacha!"


    "Kacha!"


    "Kacha!"


    The sound of sudden footsteps broke the atmosphere. The creatures that were assimted in their eating session stopped and looked in the direction of the source of the sound.


    Kuriati eximed in surprise as the figure in front of him was familiar. It was none other than Aakesh, the store owner.


    Kuriati wanted to say something, but suddenly a chill swept through his body as Aakesh after muttering something iprehensible to both the illusion him and the real him, suddenly swung his sword, and the next moment, the illusion him, lost his consciousness.


    The actual him could see that Kuriati had been split into two vertical pieces, and even before the two halves of his body could crash on the ground, both the halves scattered like sand.


    Right at that moment, the Kuriati who had been watching this illusion from the third point of view lost his consciousness, and the next moment when he reopened his eyes, he found himself back in the store.


    For a moment, there was confusion in his eyes, but soon rity appeared in them.


    "So, that''s why I died," Kuriati mumbled in a voice loud enough for only him to hear.


    It was the same future scene of him dying, but now, he watched theplete sequence of events, whereas previously, Kuriati only saw the scene of him dying by a swing of Aakesh''s sword.


    As for why he watched theplete scene, he didn''t have to think long; as in the murals, he watched the warrior with mace was fighting the same creatures that had made him kill his own followers in the illusion.


    "Are you alright, leader?"


    Kuriati suddenly heard a familiar voice which brought him back to reality. He turned around to look at his followers, only to notice them looking at him with pure horror on their faces.


    "Why''re you crying, leader?" The female daitya in the group asked, seeing the moist eyes of Kuriati.


    Since she had joined Kuriati, she had only seen him being a calm and cold person, but now she witnessed that his eyes were moist.


    "Eh!" Kuriati eximed as he touched his face in surprise, seeing the tense and horrified faces of his followers.


    "Choose your pir ording to your weapon," Kuriati wiped his eyes and coldly ordered his followers, ignoring their questions.


    The followers who had been with Kuriati for decades wanted to speak something in response. But before they could even say something, Kuriati had already gone into the direction of the pir that denoted mace.


    Even though Kuriati had ignored the questions of his followers, he still couldn''t forget the scene of him killing his own followers with his hands.


    "I have to talk to my father about it," Kuriati thought in his heart. Now, only his father could help him solve this situation.


    He then stopped thinking about it since he had reached the pir.

 Chapter 308 - Youngest Immortal

    Chapter 308: Youngest Immortal


    "I need to tell father about it," Kuriati thought. "Or maybe I should let go of that," He further thought.


    "No, I should first speak with father regarding the scene and that thing beforeing to any decision," Kuriati thought again as he wasn''t willing to give that up at the same time he didn''t want to get killed by Aakesh.


    "Let''s do it this way then," Kuriati thought and decided to go with hisst thought. He then stopped thinking about it as he was standing right in front of the pir that denoted the mace.


    He didn''t directly enter the pir, but instead, he took several deep breaths. Since at this moment, his mind was still in disarray regarding the scene he saw just a few moments earlier.


    After he felt he had regained a calm mind, he bit the tip of his finger, and then his bloodnded on the pattern, denoting the mace.


    The next moment, his eyes turned nk, and a transparent golden light covered his physical body as a barrier, while his consciousness had entered the infinite space inside the training area.


    After seeing Kuriati had entered the training area, his followers found their respective weapon pirs, and soon all of them had entered the Gods & Demons level training area.


    ***


    "Another thirteen training hours sold," Aakesh murmured after the group of Kuriati and his followers went to the weapons room.


    Today when only around half a store day had passed, the store had already sold around 140 Gods & Demons level training hours. Unfortunately for him, he had nomission over the sale of the training hour after he made the deal with the system, or he would have earned thirty billion supreme Primal stones inmission.


    Since there were no new customers, Aakesh began another of his rxing sessions and reclined on his chairs with his eyes closed.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed.


    Kuriati was the first of the group to get forced out of the training area since he had entered earlier than his other followers.


    After the system forced him out, it transferred him into an isted space right away, and soon when his energy had calmed down after the sudden addition of a stronger consciousness, the system transferred him back to the store. While all this happened, Kuriati stayed unaware of it. He felt he was inside the store. The other customers also felt the same way since the concept of space the system used was wayplex for the inhabitants of the Primal dimension to understand.


    "I want to go back," Kuriati muttered, with a hint of desire in his voice while looking at the pir.


    The warrior power system worked differently than the energy cultivation systems, like Qi or Prana.


    In the warrior system, the strength depended upon the skill level, so the training area showed its advantage in the case of those who followed the warrior system.


    Kuriati, who had only be an Immortalplete Maharathi) a few days ago, felt the next minor breakthrough was imminent. Having such a fast level of growth in the Immortal stage was almost unheard of.


    Even the youngest known Immortal, Apollo, who belonged to the mage system, and became a Demigod at the age of seventeen, took six months to achieve the next minor breakthrough in the Demigod level, and seven years to be a peak immortal, and then finally ascending to the Sacred dimension at an age of 27 years.


    Kuriati decided to hide this fact as thest thing he wanted to do was make his enemies in his n aware of the store. He knew the level of benefits this training area could bring to the warriors.


    For a moment, he even thought of using his n to attack the store to grab the training area, but he removed it right after it appeared. He was arrogant, but he wasn''t stupid to even think that his n would survive the onught of Aakesh, let alone win, after attempting to attack the store.


    He then stopped thinking about it as his followers began returning to reality.


    "What did all of you gain?" Kuriati calmly asked his followers.


    "Leader, I gained a skill¡­,"


    His followers then began sharing their gains with Kuriati. No one tried to lie and hide any gain because lying or hiding something from Kuriati guaranteed a fate worse than death.


    No one in his twelve followers gained any breakthrough or even a hint of a breakthrough like Kuriati, but almost all of them had learned new skills, while all of their knowledge regarding their weapon had increased by several folds.


    ***


    Time flew by.


    The six-hour stay of the second group in Panagea was over, so the system forced all of them out. Aakesh then sent thest group of 150 customers to the portal room.


    More time flew by. When there was only around an hour left before the store closing time, Lily returned back to the store.


    Currently, there were no customers inside the hall of the store, except a few in the weapons room, while 150 customers were in Panagea.


    After exiting the portal, Lily began sharing her day in Panagea with Aakesh while Aakesh patiently listened to her.


    Time flew by, and finally, the sunset arrived in Visteerna.


    Soon, the three hours of thest group of customers in Panagea was over, so the system forced them out.


    "Did you gain something?" One of the seven alchemy apprentices of the Esh n asked his friend.


    It was their first time entering the Panagea, so when they entered, the system had asked them whether they wanted to spawn in the same area. Since working together would benefit them, they had entered the same area, a low-level town, Aurora.


    Since every adventurer needed toplete a quest to be Level 1, or they needed something like the ss event that directly made them a ss owner, so automatically they would be Level 1 and wouldn''t need toplete the mandatory first quest.


    Unlike the group of Pento, who hadpleted abined quest, the group of Esh n members got individual quests due to their bad luck.


    It was bad luck because the difficulty of the quest had increased due to the presence of seven adventurers in the same town, but they still needed toplete their quests individually.

 Chapter 309 - Tragic Scenes

    Chapter 309: Tragic Scenes


    The town of Aurora was a low-level area, and both beastmen and humans lived in it.


    The rtionships between beastmen and humans in Aurora had always been tense since both races didn''t like races uglier than them.


    Humans thought of beastmen as ugly because of their humanoid structures with beast body parts, while the beastmen found humans ugly because they had humanoid structures but without any beast parts. The reasoning behind both races not liking each other was stupid, but since when races needed a reason to hate other races.


    The main reason behind the tension was that both the races were equally stronger in the town. Aurora was also different from other towns because it had two Townheads, one for the human race and one for the beastmen race.


    None of the two Townhead was a Level 50 being as Aurora''s political structure differed. Every ten years, elections happened in Aurora, and the winner became the new Townhead.


    The only Level 50 person in the town was neither human nor beastmen, but instead, it was a Gnome. The Gnome was the judge who handled the court.


    It was one of the political structures of the humans on the earth before they believed that only they were the superior race and God''s only creation in the universe.


    The system had used one of such political structures in the town of Aurora but with magical powers.


    Aurora was like a continent, where two powers stayed and fought for supremacy, while a neutral but stronger power acted as the mediator.


    Since the political structure in Aurora was of history, the system added the information about the structure directly in the head of the


    Butesh, one of the apprentices in the group, was the first adventurer in the group to get the quest.


    (A/N: The names don''t sound good, but every member of this n has esh at the end of their names, so all the names will be like Butesh, Kutesh, Jeetesh, etc.)


    Butesh couldn''t help but frown, seeing the blue screen in front of him. His quest had to do with the beastmen, and since he already knew about the rtions between them and the humans, the difficulty had grown several times.


    Even though as an adventurer he had the privilege that the inhabitants will not attack him, Butesh needed to free three human ves from a beastmen toplete the quest.


    Butesh wasn''t the only one to get such a quest, as Tinesh, the only female in the group, had gotten the same quest. But the difference between both the mission was that Tinesh needed to free three beastmen ves from a human.


    Two of the other five members got quests to help beastmen, while the other three got quests for humans.


    Only Butesh and Tinesh had gotten the quest to free ves from the two races.


    Out of the two quests, Butesh''s quests proved to be more difficult as the beastmen in question was a Dogman, and Dogman lived in groups, so Butesh needed to fight more if he wanted toplete the quest.


    Whereas in Tinesh''s case, the human ve owner in question lived in high society, but since Tinesh was also a human, the other members wouldn''t join the man to fight Tinesh since many humans were in favor of the abolishment of very.


    The group after discussing for a few minutes left ording to their quests since they only had three hours to stay in Panagea for today. They wanted to enjoy the view of a new world, but at the same time, they also understood the predicament their n would be in if they didn''t find new alchemists, so the group decided to postpone their enjoyment until they gained any ss.


    The beastmen lived in one-half of the town, while the humans lived in the other half. The poption of both sides exceeded hundreds of thousands, so the area of the town wasn''t small.


    It took Butesh around fifty minutes to reach the area where he needed to free the human ves. The journey took this long because he only had the stamina and the movement speed any average ordinary human had. Since he was an adventurer, no beastmen interrupted him on his way, so the journey was peaceful.


    The quest only told Butesh the location of the ves he needed to free, so he needed to find everything about his enemies on his own.


    There was also a worry of other beastmen killing the rescued humans after he freed them, but Butesh decided to think about it after the rescue.


    All the opponents Butesh had, were only regr Dogmen, so they had a simr level of strength an ordinary Dogmen had, which was stronger than humans. But Butesh had an advantage over the Dogmen, as Butesh had the experience and knowledge of fighting techniques.


    Butesh, using his privilege, reached the house. The neighboring beastmen could see him, but unless he attacked them or tried to harm them, they couldn''t do anything to him.


    The beastmen lived in open houses, so Butesh could easily enter the house of the Dogmen. But he didn''t enter and stopped at the door since entering someone''s house uninvited was akin to attempting to harm, and Butesh also wanted to find the number of his enemies before the battle.


    Time flew by.


    Butesh found the number of Dogmen in the house, sixty-four, out of which eighteen were only puppies, so he needed to fight forty-eight of them.


    Butesh could also see the three human ves. One of them was female, while the other two were male.


    Since all three of them were naked, Butesh could see through scars and fresh bite marks across their bodies. It took a few seconds for Butesh to calm down, seeing them in such situations.


    At first, he had nned to save the ves and run away, but now he decided to use his ability of unlimited revival and kill each of these Dogmen and then rescue the humans.


    Butesh knew he was being a hypocrite since the beastmen ves also faced the same treatment, but he didn''t care as the ves in front of him were humans, the race he belonged to.


    For someone like him who had lived his entire life in the protection of his n, the scene in front of him was no less than a tragic and evil scene.


    Thinking like this, he entered the house.

 Chapter 310 - Result?

    Chapter 310: Result?


    Butesh tried to calm himself down, seeing the numerous scars and bite marks spread across the bodies of those three humans.


    He was currently 248 years old, and he had spent all his life in the protection of his n. Even though his n has prepared him for the experiences people face outside, the scene in front of him still felt too much.


    He couldn''t help but feel sympathy for those three. In his mind, he knew humans treated the beastmen the same as the three in front of him faced, but he still felt angry since those three were humans, the same race as him.


    He took several deep breaths, and only after his mind had calmed down did he begin making ns for the battle.


    Since it wasn''t a war or the attack of humanity on the beastmen, neighboring beastmen wouldn''t join the dogmen in the battle. So, Butesh made ns considering that factor in his mind.


    As for the situation when other beastmen joined the dogmen, it would be the worst case, and Butesh would''ve almost lost any chance of seeding.


    A few minutester, Butesh took a deep breath and entered the house.


    Since it was an open house, the dogmen had already noticed him standing outside their house. But since Butesh was a low-level adventurer and the town of Aurora was also a low-level area, he had the privilege that no one would try to disturb or talk to him if he didn''t take the initiative.


    So the dogmen inside the house ignored Butesh and continued doing what they were doing, but now that Butesh had set foot inside their house without asking for permission, it was akin to attacking them. Butesh lost his privilege, as the dogmen stopped doing what they were doing, growled in threat, and charged at him, aiming to rip him apart into pieces.


    Butesh shuddered in fear, seeing the dogmen growling and charging at him, but the next moment he calmed down as fear was only going to end terribly for him.


    Butesh didn''t slow down, seeing the charge, but increased his speed. He was walking earlier, but now it looked like he was running.


    The house was only a few hundred meters long, so it only took a few seconds for Butesh and the dogmen to sh.


    The dogmen used their numbers to overwhelm Butesh right from the start.


    Butesh kicked the closest dogmen to him in the gut, which resulted in a painful howl, while the other dogmen became angrier, seeing one of their family members in pain.


    Butesh knew he couldn''t getpletely surrounded by the dogmen, as even in one on one, an average dogman was stronger than a human. Here when there were more than thirty dogmen charging at him, he needed to attack, defend, and move at the same time, which only looked easier while thinking.


    After kicking the closest dogmen in its gut, Butesh took a step back to give him some more space.


    He then repeated the process of kicking the gut and taking one step back. But since he wasn''t in an endless space, a barricade finally arrived when he reached the wall of the house.


    Until now, he hadn''t been able tond a serious injury on any dogmen, and fortunately for him, he also hadn''t gotten any injury.


    His movements were quick enough for the dogmen to stay away from any bite or sh due to his experience in fighting in the real world, but not enough for an overwhelming advantage over the dogmen.


    The dogmen grinned, seeing the intruder had trapped himself.


    Butesh, on the other hand, also smiled since he already had a n in his mind.


    The wall was only the size of him, so he easily jumped up on it. The dogmen also followed him, but before they couldnd on the wall, Butesh had already jumped on the head of one of the dogmen, saying something which sounded barking to him.


    The sudden jump took the dogmen by surprise, and with a loud crashing sound, he crashed on the ground. Since Butesh didn''t have much strength, he wasn''t able to cause a life-threatening injury, but still, since the dogmen took the attack directly on the head, it lost its consciousness with blood leaking out due to the crash.


    Butesh didn''t even wait to see the injury as he ran while the dogmen chased him. His direction was the newborn puppies of the dogmen.


    ***


    Time flew by, and finally, the three hours of the third group in Panagea was over.


    "Did youplete your quest?" Tinesh asked Butesh after she and her group came out of the virtual portals.


    Butesh''s face turned red, remembering the scenes of his one-sided battles with the dogmen.


    After jumping down the wall, Butesh had thought of taking the puppies as captive, and then he would use them to fight the dogmen. Remembering the scene after that, Butesh felt both fear and embarrassment.


    The dogmen had turned wild in rage after that, and they began fighting like it was theirst battle. Butesh couldn''t survive long to face the fury of the dogmen and lost his life.


    Still remembering, the scene of dogmen ripping him apart and the pain at that moment sent chills down his spine. While he felt fear, his other group membersughed hearing his experience of the quest.


    Tinesh, who also had the same quest as Butesh, but she needed to save three beastmen,pleted her quest sessfully, without even dying for once.


    Butesh, on the other hand, not only died four times but also failed the quest. Before his fourth death, one of the two male ves had gotten caught in the rage of the dogmen and lost his life, making Butesh fail the quest.


    Fortunately for him, when he died for the fourth time after failing the quest, he got the chance to change his reviving location, or he would''ve died several more times.


    His group members only stopped joking when they heard about his failure of the quest. Since all of them had a purpose for entering Panagea, each sess would only benefit their n.


    Tinesh, who had a mother as a n elder, took the greatest responsibility in the group and acted as the leader of the current group.


    "Don''t worry, there are still two chances left toplete the first mandatory quest," Tinesh told Butesh since she didn''t want him to be discouraged by a single failure.

 Chapter 311 - Training

    Chapter 311: Training


    Since the sun had set and all the customers had left, it was time for Aakesh to close the store.


    After Aakesh closed the door of the store, only he and Lily remained inside the empty store.


    The next moment, they both disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection area since it was now time for their training.


    Lily selected her usual training environment and disappeared, while Aakesh didn''t choose any environment right away. He instead called out his status screen.


    The next moment, a dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 1)+,


    Level: Level 6(initial),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 8,769,974 (+900),


    Agility: 8,786,841 (+990),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 10,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning¡­.


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 1,


    Current status: Young.


    His strength and agility both had seen growth in thest few days, and since he had infinite intelligence and stamina, there was no need for growth in the two attributes.


    Aakesh noticed that the number of skills in his skill section had grown. He didn''t have to think about the source as these were the skills he had gained after gaining the ss Watcher.


    He also noticed that next to his profession, there was a symbol of addition. Aakesh then tapped on it, and the next moment, the store upgrading quest appeared in front of him.


    "I''llplete you after Iplete the organization quest," Aakeshmented as he thought of the quest screen disappearing.


    He was currently too weak for thepletion of the store upgrading quest. But after he sessfullypleted the mission of exterminating the organization Nielle, the situation wouldn''t stay the same.


    He would gain an increase of a level as the reward and would be equivalent to initial level Immortals in power level. But for someone like him, who gainedplete knowledge of elements right after his breakthrough, even killing Void beasts wouldn''t be a challenge at that time.


    Since there was nothing more to see on the status screen, Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, it faded into nothingness.


    He then went to the weapon section and picked out the bow.


    He then selected his training area, and the next moment, he appeared in a familiar arena amid cheers.


    He had been only getting a draw as the result of thest few battles, but Aakesh still decided to fight. Especially after yesterday''s battle when he had killed the opponent in the second stage for the first time. Even though he also died in the end, it still was a gain from earlier when he wasn''t able to kill the opponent.


    The next moment, a familiar blue screen appeared in front of him. He right away chose the second stage, and soon his opponent appeared in the battle arena.


    Aakesh noticed the change in his opponent as since he had cleared the first stage, the opponent stopped smiling and always had a cold face, despite the situation in the battle, unlike the first stage, where he even took the initiative of conversation with Aakesh.


    Today, the opponent had a smile spread across his face as he stepped into the arena.


    "You surprised me in thest battle," The opponentmented with a smile on his goat head.


    "I can say the same," Aakesh responded since the opponent''s move of surrounding him by sword shes had surprised him.


    "Ding!"


    The next moment, both thebatants stopped talking as the bell rang in the arena and announced the start of the battle.


    Aakesh took the first initiative and shot multiple arrows right away, aiming at different parts of the opponent''s body.


    The opponent didn''t wait for the arrows toe. He instead took a step forward and shed with them. Each swing of his sword cut the arrow into several pieces.


    In his first-ever battle with Aakesh, the opponent had split his arrows into two, thinking it would destroy them. Even after splitting, the two pieces of arrows flew at the opponent to pierce him. From that point forward, the opponent began breaking Aakesh''s arrows into several pieces not to face such a situation.


    Time flew by, and around a minute had passed.


    The battle arena had already turned into ruins, as deep pits could be seen every few meters.


    In thest minute of the battle, Aakesh had numerous injuries across his body, including a loss of his left hand. While the opponent also had numerous arrows pierced to his body, which included several vital shots.


    Despite both thebatants being injured to such an extent, the battle still continued.


    Even though Aakesh had lost his left hand, he was still able to shoot arrows using his left leg to release the bowstring, but his speed has decreased by several folds. If he shot a thousand arrows earlier, now his shooting rate hase down to a few hundred.


    More time flew by, and seven seconds had passed.


    Both thebatants suddenly came to a stop as the opponent''s sword was on Aakesh''s throat, while Aakesh''s arrow was aimed at the heart of the opponent.


    If Aakesh hadn''t lost his left hand, he would have won the battle since his shooting rate had surpassed the speed at which the opponent swung his sword.


    The opponent also couldn''t take the advantage of one-handed Aakesh as he was also injured severely, so even if he cut the head of Aakesh, Aakesh would be able to pierce his heart, making the battle another draw.


    Since the result was death for both thebatants, they decided to stop today''s battle here.


    Aakesh then quit the battle, and the next moment, the ruined arena returned to its previous undamaged environment, while both Aakesh and the opponent got healed.


    Aakesh then looked at the crowd, who hadn''t stopped cheering for even a moment since the battle began.


    "See you, losers!" Aakesh mocked the crowd and left the battle arena without waiting for their reaction.


    If he didn''t have left, he would''ve gotten surprised by the crowd''s reaction, as today, instead of booing, they beganughing after Aakesh''s mocking.


    The next moment, he appeared in the selection area.


    Not even a second had passed when Aakesh disappeared from the selection area and appeared in his next training environment, conquering the fort.

 Chapter 312 - Battle(1)

    Chapter 312: Battle(1)


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the familiar area. The fort, the size of a, stood in front of him, with its dignity, releasing an aura of unconquerable confidence.


    Yesterday when he had entered the area, he had gotten killed by an opponent he didn''t even see. So, he didn''t want to die in the same way as yesterday.


    Like Aakesh remembered everything that happened yesterday, the soldiers in the fort also remembered it. It made the battle difficult and more challenging with each entry as not only did Aakesh improve and learn from the fights, but the soldiers also improved in the fights.


    A horn, signifying the start of the battle, rang after the soldier caught sight of Aakesh, standing miles away from the fort.


    "Whoosh!"


    "Whoosh!"


    "Whoosh!"


    The sound of arrows tearing through the air rang as the archers in the fort took the initiative of the war and took their shots.


    It wasn''t the end. While tens of thousands of arrows covered the sky in less than a second, spear-carrying soldiers began jumping down the fort.


    Unlike yesterday, the first wave of arrows weren''t ordinary arrows. Different kinds of elements could be seen in the ce of arrowheads, with fire being the majority.


    Aakesh couldn''t destroy this wave by just the force released by his bow, so he had to take a shot and a supernatural arrow at that.


    Aakesh raised his bow, aiming at the sky, while his right hand stretched the bowstring, only to stop when it reached his nose.


    The arrow Aakesh was going to shoot had already taken shape. Unlike most of the arrows, it didn''t have a tail feather to stop the disruption of air. Instead, it was a straight rod, with only an arrowhead at the top.


    The arrowhead was also different, as instead of being in a triangr shape, it was in the shape of a thunderbolt.


    "BOOM!"


    The next moment, a sound loud enough to shake the area of several hundreds of miles rang as Aakesh released his finger.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    As if the arrow was breaking through barriers, the sound of rumble continuously echoed in the area.


    Aakesh didn''t even look at the result of the sh as the spear-carrying soldiers were only a few hundred meters away from him.


    It may look as if a long time had passed, but in reality, only more than a second, but less than two seconds had passed.


    "BOOM!"


    The next moment, a rumble even louder than the sound released by the release of the arrow rang in the air.


    "ng!"


    The sound of rumble hadn''t even dissipated as the sound of metallic shes began ringing in the area.


    There were around three hundred thousand soldiers in front of Aakesh, aiming to kill him.


    Half of the soldiers carried spears, while the other half had shields to protect.


    He couldn''t use the five-element arrow in this situation as Aakesh could see the property of the shields in the hands of the soldiers.


    Each shield only had two abilities, Negate, and Reflect.


    It negated any elemental attack, and it also had the ability to reflect half the strength of the strike it had faced.


    Aakesh only had a single way to defeat the shields, and that was to overpower it.


    Aakesh had several of such arrows in his current arsenal, but the spear the soldiers carried wouldn''t let him.


    Each spear, if taken outside, even the worth of the material used in its making would cost more than half of the Primal dimension, while it will take half the value of the Sacred dimension to buy the spear.


    With it being so expensive, it only had one ability, Timer.


    Its name sounded simple, but the ability it allowed was something even the strongest of Gods would take seriously.


    Timer: It allowed the owner to set a timer for the battle. As time passes in the set-timer, all the attributes of the owner will grow by one percent with each passing second.


    Disadvantage: If the owner failed to end the battle in the set time, the weapon would instead kill the owner.


    The timer limit depended upon the quality of the weapon. Unfortunately for Aakesh, the quality of the spear the soldiers carried was only one stage less than the best quality of weapon in the Sacred dimension.


    The spear allowed the soldiers to select a timer of up to 1000 seconds at this quality.


    Aakesh wasn''t aware what time the soldiers had set, but the selection of thousand seconds was the most probable choice for them.


    So, Aakesh had two choices in this situation, either end the battle before the soldiers grew too strong, or he could wait for a thousand seconds. At that time, the soldiers would automatically die due to the side-effect of the skill.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, choosing the second option was no less than suicide for him, as at that time, each soldier will be around ten times stronger than him. And a second of time wasn''t a small-time for higher-level beings like him and the soldiers.


    While Aakesh was thinking, the fighting didn''t stop. He continued shooting arrows, and the soldiers sessfully defended against it.


    From time to time, he shot multiplication arrows in the midst.


    But the soldier seemed prepared for a sudden attack like yesterday, so they destroyed each arrow.


    Time flew by.


    Six seconds had passed since the battle between Aakesh and the fort had begun.


    The first arrow Aakesh had shot in the air not only destroyed tens of thousands of arrowsing at him, but it still was present in the air as it rained down thunder on the shield carrying soldiers.


    For now, the strength of the thunder was in the limit of the shields, so they patiently defended. From time to time, they also deflected the thunder at Aakesh, aiming to distract him since the thunder didn''t have enough power to harm someone like Aakesh.


    While the archers from the fort tried to destroy Aakesh''s arrow in the air.


    Unfortunately for them, the arrow proved to be way stronger than any of them had thought of.

 Chapter 313 - Battle(2)

    Chapter 313: Battle(2)


    The arrow in the air not only rained thunders on the shieldmen, but it also destroyed each shoting at it from the fort. At the same time, it had also changed the warm weather into thunderous weather. The thunderous weather, in turn, made the arrow stronger with each passing second.


    Aakesh wasn''t able to benefit from the advantage brought by the arrow in the air in the ground battle as the soldiers had clearly gotten stronger than before.


    Aakesh hasn''t been able tond a single sessful offensive on the soldiers until now.


    In the fourth second of the battle, he had used the five-element arrow, but unfortunately for him, the spearmen destroyed the earthen arrow, breaking the perfect cycle, and then it became easier for them to defeat the other five arrows.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of continuous metallic shes rang in the area as Aakesh shot arrows to deflect the spearsing at him, aiming to cut him.


    Even though Aakesh was at a disadvantage currently, he still didn''t care and fought as it was one of the toughest training areas for an archer created by the system.


    Aakesh was only fighting against the spearmen when suddenly a sound of an explosion, loud enough to shake the ground, echoed in the air.


    "Done!" The archer from the fort murmured, after shooting down the arrow, raining thunder on the shieldmen.


    The next moment, the weather turned bright with the destruction of the arrow.


    Aakesh didn''t care and continued shooting arrows.


    While battling the spearmen''s spears, Aakesh noticed that his shooting speed was growing at a visible rate. Since the spearmen grew stronger by a percent with each second, the danger in response brought out the potential of Aakesh in the shooting.


    Time flew by, and ten minutes had passed.


    The spearmen had already grown stronger by five times, while Aakesh remained the same.


    Since Aakesh didn''t wear anything on his upper body, wounds created by the spears could be clearly seen. But at the same time, they also healed at a rate visible through naked eyes.


    Aakesh wasn''t the only one who was injured, as thousands of corpses lying on the ground could be seen.


    "Aum Taram Tarayrye Aurye¡­,"


    Suddenly, the sound of chanting began ringing in the area. Aakesh continued to shoot arrows to deflect spearsing at him, but at the same time, he also began chanting for his attack.


    The attacks in the Multiverse belonged to two categories, Non-chanting and Chanting.


    The non-chanting attacks included the majority of the skills learned by the warrior/mage/cultivator. At the same time, there was another category, and that was the chanting attacks.


    The chanting attacks were the strongest kind of attacks and will only activate after chanting its mantra.


    Aakesh was using one such type of attack.


    Aakesh was only halfway through the chant when thend in which he was fighting began shaking as if something terrible was going to happen.


    Aakesh ignored the shaking and continued shooting at chanting the mantra.


    Even though the chanted attacks were several times stronger than the non-chanted attacks, the chanted strikes had a disadvantage, that they needed time.


    The mantra Aakesh was chanting demanded three seconds from him. Fortunately for Aakesh, his mastery in archery was adequate for this mantra, so he could chant while continuing to shoot ordinary metal arrows.


    Two seconds of Aakesh''s chanting passed.


    Thend began cracking, and in no time, it engulfed thousands of shieldmen and spearmen.


    The spearmen had grown stronger by at least five times from before they had entered the battle, but their mind still ordered them to run. Since they had already selected the timer, they had no choice but to continue to fight. If they fought, they had a chance to survive, but if the spearmen escaped, they were sure to die due to the side effects.


    When Aakesh hadpleted three-fourths of the chant, the outline of the arrow finally appeared.


    It didn''t appear set in the bow, but it appeared floating in the air right above Aakesh''s head.


    Only the outline of the arrow had appeared, and the space around it already began cracking down into pieces.


    Right at that moment, an endless crack appeared in the area. It didn''t stop at the soldiers. It continued in the direction of the fort.


    When the crack was only a meter away from touching the fort, it suddenly stopped as if something had ordered it to.


    "...Gatrt Yatru Namah!"


    Finally, Aakesh''s chant came to an end.


    The arrow that was only outlined finally materialized into a physical form.


    The space that had finally repaired itself began cracking like ss shards into the ground. The spearmen and shieldmen near Aakesh started exploding into a blood mist one by one to wee the augment of something evil.


    Then something unimaginable happened as the mist then flowed in the direction of the arrow.


    Soon, a vortex appeared right above it as if it had been craving the taste of blood for an unknown amount of time.


    The arrow was around twice the size of the already tall Aakesh. Its shaft was made up of a divine material, with numerous patterns engraved on it. It was thick enough to hide a full-grown human.


    Instead of tail feathers, it had scales. Each scale was dark enough to absorb light and sharp enough to even cut through space.


    In ce of the arrowhead, there was the mouth of a beast. The beast had tusks of an elephant, nose of a boar, teeth of a wolf, the tongue of a snake, eyes of a cat, horns of a bull, ears of a bat, and mane of a lion, making it a strange beast never seen in the Primal and Sacred dimension.


    As if the beast was alive, itughed out loud, bringing an eerie environment to the battlefield.


    Aakesh then extended his hands, and it fell upon his hands. The strange beast''s mouth stoppedughing. The scales stopped shaking. Thend became calm, and the space repaired itself.


    Even though the arrow weighed in tons, it weighed equivalent to the weight of a feather in his hands.


    The bow in Aakesh''s other hand suddenly grewrger by four times to amodate the arrow.


    Even though the bow and arrow were wayrger than Aakesh, he only had to use the same amount of effort he previously used.

 Chapter 314 - Destruction(1)

    Chapter 314: Destruction(1)


    Aakesh caught the arrow with theughing beast head in his hands as soon as he extended his hands.


    The arrow weighed an unimaginable amount, but for Aakesh, he felt nothing. The same couldn''t be said for thend upon which Aakesh was standing.


    The radius of one mile around Aakesh began sinking at a visible rate.


    Since the training area didn''t allow Aakesh to fly, he knew he couldn''t wait anymore.


    He nocked the arrow on the bowstring and stretched it using his right hand, only to stop when the bowstring touched his nose.


    The scene looked weird since the arrow had around the same thickness as Aakesh, while it was two times taller than him. The bow also grew around four times the height of him to amodate the arrow.


    Not even a second had passed since the appearance of the arrow, and still, thend had sunk a few meters, tens of thousands of spearmen had already died due to the pressure released by the arrow. The shield men were still unharmed, but the same couldn''t be said for their shields.


    Even though Aakesh hadn''t released the arrow, the pressure alone had created numerous cracks on several of the shields.


    Thend was continuously sinking, so Aakesh decided not to wait and release the arrow.


    He aimed the bow at the sky and was only going to release the bowstring when suddenly he changed the direction of the bow to his left.


    "Jehejejee!"


    A burst of weirdughter suddenly erupted in the area as Aakesh released the arrow.


    "Jejeje!"


    There was another round of weirdughter as the arrow collided with the person Aakesh had aimed at.


    Aakesh was going to release the arrow in the sky to kill all the soldiers on the ground. But just when he was going to do it, he felt dangering at him from the left.


    Aakesh didn''t have to think much as it was the same person who had stopped thend from splitting just a meter away from the fort.


    "Hmph!"


    The next moment, a scoff rang in the area as a white sh tried to destroy the beast head.


    "Jejehehehe!"


    The beast head, in response, erupted in a peal of eerierughter, making all the soldiers shudder in fear.


    The next moment, the arrow began expanding.


    "Rumble!"


    The sky began rumbling as it feared the augment of what wasing next.


    Not even a second had passed when the arrow had expanded almost tens of times. The strange patterns engraved on the shaft began appearing on the beast head while the dark scales started melting into the bull-like horns of the beast.


    Aakesh was also finally able to see the being that had shed with his arrow. Yesterday, Aakesh had died without even seeing his opponent. But now, seeing the being in front of him, Aakesh was confident that it was the same person, as the white sh gave him a sense of familiarity.


    The being in front of him belonged to one of the divine races in the Sacred dimension.


    He had four hands, three legs, and one head with two curved tiny horns. The being had a pair of pupil-less eyes, with the dark red sclera, a mouth with no teeth, but a fork-like tongue.


    The being belonged to a race called Yultes. It was a medium-tier race, exclusive to the Sacred dimension.


    They had a top-notch talent when it came to swordy. The Yultes were very few in numbers when it came to their poption, and they also couldn''t ascend to the third dimension, so they were only considered a medium-tier race.


    Each hand of the Yultes carried a different kind of sword, signifying his level of attainment. Even a double-handed sword was used as a single-handed sword. Such was the talent and strength the Yultes have.


    With each swing of his four different swords, a white sh emerged and attempted to cut the beast that was still expanding in half.


    The strength and sharpness of the white sh depended upon the kind of sword he used in the swing. For example, the greatsword the Yultes carried in his upper left hand released a white sh, thicker and heavier than all the three shes released by the other three swords.


    No matter what kind of sh the Yultes used, the beast continued expanding while theughter turned eerier with time.


    The soldiers that had been shuddering in fear just a moment earlier were now trembling. Soon they began crashing down the ground as their eyes turned lifeless.


    The shields the shield men carried couldn''t help them escapeughter, so even they had the same fate as the spearmen.


    It was the best time for Aakesh to kill the spearmen and shieldmen, but he wasn''t able to shoot.


    The arrow Aakesh used was the third strongest arrow in his arsenal in this training area. It was also the only chanting arrow Aakesh could use while continuously shooting other arrows and still chanting the mantra.


    The chanted arrow Aakesh shot was only an inferior version of the Primordial level arrow, [Redacted].


    (A/N: I want the readers to name the arrow after reading about its ability.)


    If Aakesh were to shoot this inferior version arrow in the Visteerna, It would absolutely destroy one-fourth of the Anga continent. If he aimed at universes far from Visteerna, it would absolutely disintegrate several universes simultaneously.


    As much as its destruction range was, it also had a disadvantage. The archer who shot the arrow wouldn''t be able to do anything when the arrow was in existence. Only after its destruction, orpletion of its purpose, the archer would be able to do things.


    ***


    Finally, when the beast head had grown to the size of a small world, did it stop expanding.


    "Jejejjejeje!"


    The eerieughter echoed once again. This time, the corpses of the soldiers that had crashed on the ground scattered like sand on the battlefield.


    Even the Yultes found his movements bing sluggish, as an illusion of him being eaten by the same beast head emerged in his mind.


    "Hmph!" The Yultes scoffed, and the next moment, the illusion disappeared, and the Yultes regained his usual movement speed.


    The next moment, a look of pure horror appeared on his face, as something he hadn''t expected happened.


    The beast head, who had been continuouslyughing eerily, suddenly stopped and opened its mouth full wide.

 Chapter 315 - Destruction(End)

    Chapter 315: Destruction(End)


    The Yultes had expected the beast head to explode with a bang, but contrary to his expectations, the beast head after stopping its expansion, stopped its eerieughter and instead opened its mouth as wide as possible.


    The snake tongue dissociated itself from the beast head and fell upon the ground, and soon the horns, the size of a giant mountain, fell upon the ground with a loud sound.


    Not even a second had passed when the tongue and the pair of horns mixed to create a one-horned snake with dark scales.


    The one-horned snake, when it raised its head, it covered the sky.


    The snake then rushed at the Yultes while some kind of energy began gathering at the tip of the beast head''s open mouth.


    The Yultes looked horrified, seeing the scene in front of him since a dreaded memory suddenly emerged in his mind.


    The Yultes have heard about the [redacted] arrow from one of the stories told by his ancestor.


    The [redacted] arrow had only been used very few times in the known history of the Sacred dimension. One such time was witnessed by the ancestor of the Yultes.


    The arrow had been used by, Kopere, the race born with a divine archery physique.


    The organization, Yultes''s ancestor, belonged to was having a war with another organization. In the war, the ancestor was only a cannon fodder level soldier, while the current leader of the organization belonged to the Kopere race.


    The organization was at the losing end when the leader had no choice but to personally intervene in the battle.


    The Kopere used only a single arrow, and that arrow killed the majority of the creatures belonging to the enemy organization.


    The emergence of a one-horned snake from the mixture of scales, horns, and tongue in this battle was the same thing the Yultes had heard from his ancestor.


    "Roar!"


    A sudden roar echoed in the area as the one-horned snake roared, looking at the Yultes.


    The next moment, the snake appeared right in front of the Yultes as it aimed to bite him in a single swoop.


    Since the Yultes had heard the power of the snake, he was not only ready for any attack that came his way, but he already had made his ns of what he was going to do next.


    Before the snake could devour him, the Yultes disappeared from the point he was standing upon and appeared right behind Aakesh, who couldn''t do anything as long as the arrow existed.


    The Yultes didn''t know about Aakesh''s inability to move or defend himself. He still decided to attack first because he had killed Aakesh yesterday. If he sessfully killed Aakesh, the beast head and the one-horned snake will automatically vanish since the chanting weapons couldn''t sustain themselves without the existence of the chanter.


    Aakesh had a cold expression as he felt the Yultes appearing behind him. Even though he couldn''t move, he still sensed the swing of his longsword, aiming to sever his head.


    Aakesh didn''t worry about the sh, as the Yultes''s sword suddenly came to a stop before it could even touch Aakesh.


    The beast head that had been looking at the fort while gathering energy turned around, and just with a single nce, it froze the Yultes.


    Before the Yultes could even understand what had happened, the one-horned snake rushed at him, while the beast head released the energy it had gatherer until now in the form of a beam.


    The beam traveled through space as it appeared right in front of the Yultes and shed.


    "ARGH!"


    The next moment, a scream filled with heart-rending pain echoed in the area as the energy beam not only attacked the Yultes physically but also his soul.


    His physical body began disintegrating slowly while his eyes began losing their luster.


    The Yultes wasn''t even able to fight the energy beam when the one-horned snake appeared right in front of him and took a bite of the Yultes''s head.


    The next moment, the beast head began fading, while the corpse of the half-disintegrated Yultes crashed on the ground with a loud sound.


    Soon, the beast headpletely faded. With it, the corpse of the Yultes also scattered like sand.


    The one-horned snake was one of the inferior forms of a creature belonging to the third dimension. That creature was also the creator of the chanted arrow, Aakesh had shot.


    Since Aakesh had only shot an inferior version of the arrow, the snake only had a purity of one-trillionth of its original bloodline, making it equivalent to a peak level Immortal(Without gaining embryo of the divine physique) in the Primal dimension. It wasn''t a sentient creature, but just a projection, which could only exist for three seconds.


    Two seconds had already passed since the projection of the snake appeared on the battlefield, so only one more second was left before it vanished.


    Aakesh didn''t need to tell the snake what to do in thisst second as it had the same level of intellect as Aakesh, if not more.


    Around 80% of soldiers belonging to both spear and shield camps had already died. The majority of fatalities consisted of the spearmen, but the shieldmen also had taken arge number of casualties.


    Aakesh could now easily take them on, despite each alive spearmen being more than five times stronger than from when they had joined the battlefield.


    The snake also understood this, so instead of killing all the soldiers on the ground, it disappeared from the spot and appeared right in front of the fort.


    "Boom!"


    The next moment, an explosion loud enough to shake thend Aakesh was standing on erupted in the area.


    A mushroom cloud, the size of a giant mountain, appeared after the explosion.


    Even though the explosion happened arge distance away from Aakesh and the soldiers, it still affected both camps.


    Aakesh was thrown backward hundreds of miles by the shockwave, while the soldiers who took the brunt of the shockwave first melted due to heat released by the explosion.


    If not for Aakesh''s stronger physique and almost undamagable lower clothes, he would have also faced severe injuries, and his clothes would''ve gotten burnt into nothingness, making him naked.


    Aakesh was already aware of what was going to happen due to the snake telling him before exploding, so Aakesh had already been prepared to face the shockwave.


    The shockwave only forced him backward, but he didn''t crash down the ground due to him steadying himself, which also helped him in not having any severe injury due to the force.


    Aakesh then looked at the fort. The mushroom cloud had already subsided.


    His cold expression finally rxed, and a satisfying smile appeared on his face, as Aakesh could see void from the other side of the fort.


    The explosion caused by the snake had created a giant hole in the fort, which not only killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers but also broke the space on the other side of the fort.


    Time flew by, and around ten more minutes had passed.


    After the explosion, Aakesh killed each soldier who had survived the beast head and the shockwave.


    When Aakesh killed thest surviving soldier, a sudden earthquake urred, as a being the size of the snake jumped down the fort on the ground.


    It was only the start, as soon thousands of such giants jumped down.


    Aakesh was able to kill all of them using all the arrows in his arsenal, other than the chanting arrows.


    But unfortunately for Aakesh, he failed to conquer the fort, as the archers in the fort also knew chanting arrows.

 Chapter 316 - Control Of Strength

    Chapter 316: Control of Strength


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he wasn''t able to handle thousands of chanted arrows at the same time, so as a result, Aakesh died in the end, marking his second failure in conquering the fort.


    After his death, the fort and thend around it repaired itself back to its unharmed phase, and all the hundreds of thousands of soldiers that had died in the hands of Aakesh and his arrows got revived.


    Aakesh wasn''t there to see it, as after his death, he had returned to the selection area. It has only been around twenty minutes since he entered here, and Lily''s training will at least continue for an hour, so there was still a lot of time left for Aakesh to ponder.


    Aakesh could patiently wait for the hour to end and Lily to return in the best case, or he could train and further advance his skills, especially after today''s battle in the fort. Aakesh still remembered that he had to use a chanting arrow to get on the upper side in the fight. If not for the chanting arrows, Aakesh would''ve lost badly since the spearmen would''ve only grown stronger.


    Aakesh had also noticed during the battle that his shooting rate was growing at a visible rate, showing that he still could better himself before reaching his current body limit.


    If Aakesh were to give a precise number for the average of the arrows he could shoot in a second, it would be 1672 after today''s growth. Before the battle, his average shooting rate was 1139 per second.


    If he were to give his all, he could take the shooting rate to 1846 arrows per second.


    For someone in the Primal dimension, this level of shooting rate was a sign of a genius. Even sha could only shoot around 700 arrows per second. But for Aakesh, who fought creatures belonging to the first three dimensions, this kind of shooting rate wasn''t enough.


    If he wanted to conquer the fort without many efforts, he needed his average shooting rate to grow to at least 3000 arrows per second.


    Aakesh had already decided to fight the organization Nielle after conquering the fort, so he couldn''t wait for his shooting rate to grow by that much. It would at least take a month of regr training, if not years, to reach that stage.


    Aakesh needed to make up for the loss created by a slow shooting rate in other ways if he wanted to conquer the fort.


    He wanted to conquer the fort in five turns, so there were only three more turns left for him to do it. And there were only two days left for him to make up for the loss of slow shooting rate if he were to enter the training area regrly every day.


    Since there were still around forty minutes left, Aakesh decided to do another training.


    The next moment, training environments rted to archery appeared in his mind. A few secondster, he finally found what he was looking for.


    He selected his chosen environment, and the next moment, he disappeared from the selection area and appeared in an unfamiliar environment.


    Aakesh had decided to train the control of his release strength to make up for the slow shooting rate. Since he had unlimited endurance, his muscles would never get tired, so it was the easiest way for Aakesh to make up for the loss.


    Aakesh was currently in a closed environment. Countless gems, the size of a tennis ball engraved on the terrace, acting as the light source, making the scene as clear as a day.


    In front of Aakesh, there was a bullseye. But unlike the regr bullseye, here, there was only a single dot.


    The dot was only big enough for an arrow with a needle arrowhead topletely pass through.


    Aakesh then noticed the bow in his hands. Even though it looked the same as before, he could clearly feel that what he had was nothing more than an ordinary bow.


    Aakesh also noticed a quiver tied on his shoulders. Ordinary arrows with needle arrowheads filled the quiver.


    From the quiver, Aakesh got the feeling of infinite. He didn''t have to think for long as he knew the quiver had an unlimited number of arrows in it.


    The next moment, the content of the training appeared inside his head.


    The tiny dot in the bullseye will release an arrow that would have a random strength. Aakesh didn''t have to do much. He only had to use the same amount of strength and release an arrow from the quiver.


    If his shooting strength were less than the arrow released by the bullseye, the arrow would pierce his throat. It will not kill him, but the pain will be unbearable.


    If his strength exceeded the arrow, his arrow would hit the bullseye, which in turn would release an arrow strong enough to kill him in a single shot.


    Only if Aakesh seeded in matching the strength of the arrow, will he save himself from an unbearable amount of pain or death. Then the bullseye will release another arrow with either a decrease or increase of strength. The process of release will bepletely random.


    As for the strength, it would be up to Aakesh to judge the strength of the arrowing at him.


    Aakesh had only read the contents of the training when suddenly a bell rang in the area, marking the start of the training.


    "Whoosh!"


    An arrow tearing through the air flew at Aakesh from the bullseye. Aakesh didn''t wait, took out an arrow from his quiver, nocked it, stretched the bowstring using his right hand, and released it.


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic sh rang in the hall as both the arrows shed.


    Right after its sh, the arrow shot by Aakesh forced the other one back into the bullseye.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but heave a disappointed sigh as his shooting strength wasn''t even close to the other arrow''s strength, seeing how quickly his arrow forced it into the bullseye.


    Aakesh hadn''t even closed his eyes when an arrow quick and strong enough got released from the bullseye and pierced Aakesh''s heart.


    "Thud!"


    A lifeless Aakesh crashed on the ground with a loud sound since it was instant death. The system didn''t want to torture Aakesh, so any death in the training area was always instant.


    Time flew by, and several seconds passed.


    "ng!"

 Chapter 317 - Swiftport

    Chapter 317: Swiftport


    Time flew by, and several seconds had passed.


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic sh rang in the area as another arrow shot by Aakesh shed with the arrowing at him.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, who had tens of arrows pierced into his throat, the strength he had used in the release was equal to the arrowing at him.


    Since the strength for both the arrows was equivalent, after the sh, both of them disintegrated into nothingness.


    Soon, the bullseye release another arrow. It seemed to be slower than the previous arrows, making it slower than the previous one.


    Time flew by, and forty minutes had passed.


    During thest forty minutes, Aakesh had died for more than thousands of times, while his throat had gotten pierced even more times.


    But the training didn''t only result in pain and death for Aakesh. In thest five minutes, Aakesh had faced thousands of arrows, but his release strength didn''t exceed or fall short of the arrowing at him, not even once.


    Since the time Aakesh had decided for the training had passed, he decided to return to the selection area. He then thought of exiting the training hall, and the next moment, he appeared in the selection area.


    Lily''s training for today still hadn''t gottenpleted, so she still hadn''t exited. Aakesh then sat down as his chair appeared for him.


    Aakesh only had to wait for a few minutes when a portal appeared, and then Lily stepped out of it.


    Seeing Aakesh waiting for her, she jumped on Aakesh''s head and then began sharing her experience in today''s training with him.


    Aakesh patiently listened to her experience, and when she had stopped, he messed up her fur whileughing. Lily angrily hissed at Aakesh in response, but she didn''t move or try to escape his hands.


    The next moment, both of them disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the store.


    "I''ll return tomorrow," Lily told Aakesh and jumped up the stairs connecting the floor to their room.


    Aakesh didn''t stop her. After the door of the room got closed and the stairs had disappeared, Aakesh went to the portal room.


    Since the day after the event, Aakesh had gotten a habit of looking at the leaderboard table in the portal room before entering Panagea. Today, he did the same and noticed there was an addition of new Level 10 in the table.


    Aakesh only took a nce and then touched the nearest virtual portal. The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything he had ever faced appeared and sucked him in.


    The next moment, he disappeared from the store and appeared in the same location from where he had exited Panagea yesterday.


    Aakesh''s connection with the town of Wolfden was already over, so without even taking a look at the surroundings around him, Aakesh took a step forward in the direction of the jungle.


    The nearest city, his next destination, was in the other direction, but he had promised Lily to protect the cubs, so he decided to check on them for thest time before leaving from here.


    As for the Townhead and John breaking their promise, Aakesh didn''t worry. He had seen the fear they had for him in their eyes. Despite that, they dared to, Aakesh would end their misery and kill everyone rted to them since it was his promise to Lily, the most important person in his life.


    If someone were to look at Aakesh right now, they would never be able to guess that he was thinking of a massacre.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh was currently looking at the cubs, and slightly young wolves were ying with each other while there were ten guards guarding the radius of one mile around that location.


    Even the Townhead wouldn''t have this level of protection, as the lowest level guard was Level 34, while the highest level guard was Level 39.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, seeing the Townhead fulfilling his promise. The guards were the strongest soldiers Lewis and the town had, but since there was no danger of high-level wolves and the wolf king from now on, these soldiers will guard this area until the day they retired.


    Aakesh didn''t find any issues with the settings of the Townhead, so he took ast nce at the cubs ying with each other, and left the area, never toe.


    Until thest moment, Aakesh didn''t feel any sympathy for the cubs. If not for Lily, he would''ve already killed them that day with their parents.


    ***


    The city nearest to the town of Wolfden was Swiftport. As the city''s name suggested, it had a port for the ocean trade, making it the trading hub for a radius of a billion miles in the low-level areas on the western end of Panagea.


    Since the city was the trading hub of this part of the area, it was also the strongest city.


    The highest level any being could attain in the city was Level 250, making it the only city in this part of the low-level area that could house such a level of beings. The city head was a Level 250 human, just a level away from bing a mythical lifeform.


    The Level 250 in Panagea signified a peak level Immortal that had attained the embryo of the divine physique in the Primal dimension. So, if any of the current adventurers were to gain Level 251, they would automatically attain divinity if they could pay to transfer the energy in reality.


    The Panagea also allowed the cultivators to bypass the tribtion. Every cultivator, mage, or warrior needs to face to ascend if they became a Level 251 in Panagea. Only Aakesh was allowed to bypass that rule since it was the system that decided when to ascend or not. It could put a limit on Aakesh''s growth anytime it wanted.


    Since these were things of the future, Aakesh didn''t spend much time thinking after he recalled some basic information he had learned from the town''s citizens and the system.


    If Aakesh were to travel on his foot without any movement skill, it would take weeks for him to reach the city since it was around 15,000 miles away from the town. Aakesh decided to use one of the copied movement skills since he didn''t want to waste a week on a journey.


    ***


    A/N: From today, the book will return to its usual schedule. Sorry for the trouble! This random schedule hadpletely messed up my mind whenever I tried to find some time to write. Hopefully, I will never face this kind of tough schedule anymore.


    Thanks for reading! Have a great day!

 Chapter 318 - Saved

    Chapter 318: Saved


    The city named Swiftport was more than 15,000 miles away from the town of Wolfden, making his journey duration around a week if he were to travel at his usual speed without using any movement skill.


    Aakesh didn''t have that many days to waste in only traveling, so he decided to activate one of the movement skills.


    At that time, a familiar copied movement skill came to his mind. He had copied this skill from Lenna. It was Crossing the Skies.


    Aakesh activated the skill, and the next moment, he appeared more than a hundred miles away from his previous location.


    The skill cost 500 units of energy for every second of use, so Aakesh only decided to use it for only three more seconds.


    After losing 2000 units of his energy, Aakesh appeared more than four hundred miles away from the location he was earlier.


    Four hundred miles was only a drop in his travels, so Aakesh didn''t stop and activated another movement skill that didn''t cost him much energy.


    Time flew by, and six hours had passed since he began his journey to the city, Swiftport.


    In these six hours, Aakesh had covered more than 7,000 miles of distance, traveling averagely a mile in three seconds for thest several hours.


    Aakesh didn''t want to stop, but his energy unit had reached his minimum threshold, so he had no choice but to travel without using any movement skill and waited for his energy to recover.


    Since he only had 250 units in energy left, Aakesh didn''t want to fight any beasts in the jungle. In this part, even the lowest level beast he came across was Level 50.


    He could kill Level 50 easily with only his physical strength, but the same couldn''t be said for Level 51 creatures. Reaching Level 51 marked an upgrade of lifeform, and the higher the level of the lifeform, the bigger the difference between them grew.


    Aakesh could still kill beings below Level 55, but with only physical strength, it wasn''t possible for anyone who exceeded Level 50.


    Even though Aakesh didn''t want a fight, since he was in a dense jungle full of various species of beasts, a fight found him.


    "Screech!"


    The next moment, a beast cry echoed in the area from the sky.


    Aakesh looked in the sky, only to notice an eagle gliding toward him.


    Aakesh couldn''t tell the exact level of the eagle, but he could sense that the lifeform of the eagle had exceeded his rare level of lifeform.


    Aakesh didn''t have much energy to fight, but that didn''t mean that he would escape from some beast.


    He grabbed his sword from the scabbard tied to his back and grabbed it out.


    With this sharpness, the sword couldn''t pierce the eagle as it was an epic lifeform. Aakesh activated one of themon sword skills that allowed an aura of sharpness to appear around the sword.


    The eagle didn''t care about Aakesh grabbing his sword, as it could sense that Aakesh had a lower level of lifeform.


    "Screech!"


    The eagle let out another cry as it glided down at Aakesh.


    Aakesh took a jump from the tree at the eagle with the sword in his right hand, while the left hand was raised to grab over the eagle.


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic sh rang in the area as Aakesh''s sword shed with the head of the eagle.


    The eagle was no ordinary creature, so on time, it brought its beak in between the sword and its head.


    Aakesh grabbed the left side of the eagle''s wing as he forced his sword to split the eagle in two, going through its beak.


    The eagle tried to fly away, seeing the sudden turnaround of the situation, but how could Aakesh let go of its wings.


    It had only been around a second since Aakesh''s jump and grabbing the eagle. But since Aakesh couldn''t fly, and he didn''t let the eagle fly, he began falling down. The eagle also fell with him.


    "Thud!"


    A gentle sound echoed in the area as Aakeshnded on the ground. Soon, a fountain of blood erupted in the area as the split parts of the eagle crashed on the ground with a loud sound.


    Not a single drop of blood sullied Aakesh''s skin. The scene looked weird, as an uninjured man with no hint of blood on his body stood in a pool of red blood.


    Aakesh didn''t even take a nce at the eagle and left the area.


    Time flew by, and hours passed by.


    [Host, the sun will rise in Visteerna in thirty minutes. The system suggests you return to the store.]


    Aakesh was running at his full speed when a sudden alert from the system made him stop in his tracks.


    Aakesh had already covered around three-fourths of the journey, but since it would still take hours for him toplete his journey, there was no point in continuing to travel in ce of opening the store.


    Since Aakesh had already made the decision, he thought of exiting the Panagea. The next moment, he disappeared from where he was standing.


    Aakesh was unaware that he had just saved himself from his first death in Panagea, as only a few secondster after his exit, a Level 83 hyena passed through the area.


    It had a look of confusion in its eyes as it had smelled the scent of another being. It looked around here and there for a few seconds. After not finding anyone, it left the area for another hunt.


    After exiting the Panagea, Aakesh appeared in the portal room.


    Soon, the floating door of his room and soon after, the stairs connecting the door to the hardwood floor appeared.


    Time flew by.


    The first ray of the sunlight arrived and brought light into the Anga continent, dispersing the darkness.


    After taking a bath and changing into another set of below waist clothes, Aakesh stepped down the stairs and went to the door of the store.


    He opened the store, and as usual, arge crowd was waiting to enter the store.


    Aakesh turned around and went to his chair while the crowd began pouring into the store like a tide.


    Soon, therge crowd waiting outside the store turned empty as all of them had entered the store.

 Chapter 319 - The Mackey Family

    Chapter 319: The Mackey Family


    As usual, the first group of 150 customers had a golden light surrounding them, marking them different from other customers.


    The members of the Esh n were also in the group of the crowd, and three of them had even got entry into the first group of customers.


    Since there were still no new customers in the first group, Aakesh sat on his chair and didn''t exin about the golden light.


    Most of those who had cards directly entered the portal room, while around a few card owners bought mental healing pills for their group and then entered the room. While those who didn''t have the ability to afford cards paid for their stay in Panagea one by one.


    Soon all the 150 customers in the first group had entered the portal room. The second group of spots for Panagea had also gotten filled, with only the Esh n taking over around a hundred spots.


    Even though it had been only around a few minutes since the store opened, the requirement of the day(2000 hours) had already gottenpleted.


    Since at this hour, there were no new customers, Aakesh rxed on his chair and waited for the customers toe.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh was only rxing on his chair when suddenly a system alert sounded in his head.


    [Host, customer Maria had sessfully broken the milestone and had be the first adventurer to reach Level 26, bing the first rare lifeform. Please present her with a reward!]


    The system informed Aakesh of Maria breaking the milestone in its mechanical and emotionless voice.


    The contents of the reward then appeared in his mind.


    Evelyn, who was the first adventurer, other than Aakesh to reach Level 11, had gotten the title, Happy Soul, as the reward.


    If not for Maria getting that insane reward from her organization quest, Evelyn would''ve been the adventurer to break this milestone too. Evelyn had already reached Level 18.


    Since Maria didn''te out of the portal room to receive her milestone reward, Aakesh stopped thinking about it. He would hand it over after her six hours had gottenpleted.


    ***


    "I just heard a notification that I''ve achieved some milestone," Maria told Evelyn as a corpsey there in front of them.


    Evelyn congratted Maria and told her about the reward she had won for bing the first adventurer to reach Level 11.


    "I''ll take the rewardter from the store owner," Mariamented after Evelyn suggested Maria exit Panagea and take the reward.


    Evelyn only nodded, and then they both got busy with their work.


    ***


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of several footsteps.


    Aakesh looked in the direction of the store and found a group of Elves entering the door.


    These Elves weren''t Moonlight Elves, but Sunlight Elves. They had blonde hair instead of silver hair. Everything else between the two species was the same.


    ***


    "Is this the store?" Chris asked.


    Chris was ate Dharma Monarch cultivator belonging to the Mackey family. The Mackey family was the strongest family of the Sunlight Elves.


    They had thousands of ascenders in their family alone, making them one of the top powers of the Primal dimension.


    Chris''s father was the younger brother of the current head of the Mackey family, and he was the second child.


    His father and the family leader had tense rtions, despite being the child of the same parents.


    The rtions had worsened to such an extent that Chris''s father was willing to overthrow his brother, making him the new leader of the family.


    But unfortunately for Chris''s father, not only he was weaker than his brother, but not even his children were able to defeat the children of the leader.


    Even though Chris was the second child and the eldest son of his family, he didn''t carry that status. His father had sixteen children, with seven girls and nine boys. If Chris were to rank himself, he would onlye at ninth position.


    Out of sixteen children, the eldest child, his blood sister, was the only child of the lot to reach peak Dharma Monarch, while six other children, including him, had reachedte Dharma Monarch.


    Chris was the weakest of thete Dharma Monarch children. It wasn''t the end as the eighth rank child, his fifteenth brother had only reached intermediate Dharma Monarch but still was able to defeat Chris.


    It was known to the family members that Chris''s father wanted to overthrow the leader of the Mackey family. But since their parents before ascending had given a protection amulet to both the brothers, none of them could harm each other without using external help.


    Since the leader couldn''t kill his brother and end this struggle, he decided to let their children determine the fate of the leadership position.


    The leader only had nine children, three sons, and six daughters. Out of the nine, four had reached peak Dharma Monarch, while the other five werete Dharma Monarch.


    Chris being the son, also needed to fight. The only problem was that his opponent was way stronger than him, despite being of the same level as him.


    After learning of his opponent, Chris had two choices, either to escape the family or die fighting due to the greed of his father.


    If he had a choice, he would''ve chosen the first option, but being from the Mackey family proved to be counterproductive in this situation. No matter where he escaped to, his father will be able to find him.


    So only the second option remained. As for the idea of survival, it never urred in Chris''s mind. His opponent, who was his cousin, was known for her talent when it came tobat.


    Chris had lost all his hope of survival when he learned about the store from one of the divination experts.


    He had paid arge sum of money to divine the way he could survive this situation. The expert had only found this store as an answer to his survival.


    ***


    "Yes!" The Elf next to Chris replied in a cold tone. He was the divination expert that had divined this store as a way of survival for Chris.


    He followed Chris here as, except the location of the store, he couldn''t divine anything else about the store, despite being one of the top divination experts of the Primal dimension.

 Chapter 320 - Chris And Aaron

    Chapter 320: Chris and Aaron


    After entering the store, Chris''s eyes fell upon the hardwood floor made up of Kashamba.


    For a few seconds, he couldn''t close his mouth. The amount of Ashamba he had seen in the store even surpassed the amount in his family, despite being one of the top powers of the Primal dimension.


    His followers and friends that came with him also had the same reaction.


    The divination expert, Aaron, on the other hand, looked around the store, only to get shocked the more he looked.


    He was not only one of the top divination experts in the Primal dimension, but he also was a peak Dharma Monarch, the highest cultivation level here. What affected him more than Ashamba was the space inside the store, as despite there being hundreds of customers inside the store, the space seemed unaffected and stayed empty.


    Aaron''s eyes then fell upon Aakesh, who was rxing on his chair. Since only Aakesh was sitting on a chair, he understood Aakesh''s identity.


    He then tried to sense the store owner''s cultivation level, only to find that he was ate Void Forging level cultivator.


    Aaron didn''t believe that level for even a second, as his gut feeling said that it wasn''t his actual cultivation level.


    Chris and his group were immersed in the store and its luxury, so Aaron approached Aakesh.


    "Store owner, what products do you sell in the store?" Aaron asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh looked up at the blonde Elf in front of him. For a moment, Aakesh thought he was looking at a female, but the man''s voice gave him up. If Aakesh were topare the appearance of all the Elves and other customers that had entered his store, this man would stay at the top of the list. Only Eris''s real appearance could be considered equal to the man in terms of appearance.


    "The store sells¡­" Aakesh introduced the products of his store.


    Out of all the products, the one thing that impressed Aaron most was Panagea, so he began asking questions rted to Panagea.


    Time flew by, and several seconds had passed.


    Chris, who hade here for a purpose, finally got over the luxury of the store after remembering his situation and the reason for himing here.


    Seeing Aaron conversing with the blue-skinned man that seemed to be the store owner, Chris didn''t approach them for now. He instead waited for the conversation, and then he would ask Aaron.


    Finally, when Aaron had asked all the questions he wanted to ask, he turned around and returned to Chris.


    "So, what product will help me survive this ordeal?" Chris asked Aaron. His voice contained respect as even his father didn''t dare to talk rudely with Aaron.


    "There are only four products in the store. Two of them are weapons and pills. Weapons are only up to the King-grade, so they''re out of the questions. Simrly, the highest grade for the pill is the top grade, so they''re also out of the equation," Aaron began answering with an aloof tone.


    "The other two products are that could provide help in your situation. The first is Panagea, a virtual world that allows you to live simr to how you live in the actual world and grow in strength. Even though it could make you stronger, but simr to the real world, it will take time for you to grow and then redeem that power in the real world."


    "Thest of the four products is the training area, and it''s the only product that could help you right away, but as for surviving the ordeal, I am not sure."


    Aaron responded. ording to him, only Panagea allowed Chris a chance to survive, but only if he had years left. As for the uing battle with his cousin, the training area somewhat gave him a chance to survive, ording to what he had heard from the store owner.


    The Gods & Demons level training area allowed Chris to have arge rate of sudden growth, but Aaron wasn''t sure that a single hour of training would allow Chris to surpass his cousin, who had a known talent when it came tobat.


    "WHAT!" Chris yelled in surprise, bringing the attention of all customers to him after he heard the price of the training area.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, was already adapted to such reactions in the store, so he didn''t even take a nce at the group of new customers.


    The other customers also moved their eyes away and returned to their meditation, after a moment of surprise.


    Chris, on the other hand, didn''t care about the people''s reactions in the store. What he was most worried about were the trillion supreme Primal stones he needed to pay, if he wanted to have the best training area.


    Even though Chris''s father was the younger brother of the leader of the Mackey family and had arge number of resources in his name, Chris couldn''t use that for his benefit.


    He was neither his father''s favorite child nor was he very talented, so he only had a limited amount of resources in his name. If not for his mother and elder sister, he wouldn''t have even reached this stage.


    His entire life savings after paying eleven billion supreme Primal stones to Aaron was only around seven hundred billion stones.


    So Chris, who had thought that he had gotten a chance of survival after the divination, found himself disappointed learning that he didn''t have enough money to pay for the services.


    Chris''s eyes then fell upon Aaron, with a fawning smile and a look of yearning appearing on his face.


    Aaron couldn''t help but shudder, seeing such a look of yearning in Chris''s eyes. He understood what he was going to say next.


    Even though Chris belonged to one of the top families, and asking for money from someone would bring a bad reputation to him, Chris didn''t care at that moment. He only had a single chance of survival, and that depended upon the store.


    Dignity only mattered when alive, so Chris, without thinking of anything, looked at Aaron, and respectfully asked, "Please lend me three hundred billion supreme Primal stones."


    Aaron wanted to refuse right away, but no words came out of his mouth as Chris shamelessly grabbed his hands.

 Chapter 321 - The Drop Of Blood

    Chapter 321: The Drop of Blood


    A shameless yet respectful expression appeared on Chris''s face as he grabbed Aaron''s hands and requested, "Please lend me three hundred billion supreme Primal stones. I will pay you double fold back."


    "What if you die in the uing battle? How will you pay me back then?" Aaron asked after staying silent for some time.


    If Chris survived the battle, then he had the chance to regain his debt back, but if he somehow died, he would never be able to get it back.


    As for asking for the money back from his father or other members of the family, it was no less than suicide. Being an Elf, he knew how prideful they were.


    The Mackey family, being one of the top powers of the Primal dimension, will never ept members of its leader family to have a debt. In the best case, the family would kill Aaron for owning a debt over them. There is no need to even think of the worst case.


    He knows he wouldn''t be in the wrong, but that''s how the strong worked. It was also the reason he didn''t directly refuse to lend money to Chris.


    Chris also understood the concern Aaron had. He first hand knew how prideful his family members were.


    He was expecting this question from the moment he decided to ask Aaron for helo, so he already had an answer in his mind.


    Chris snapped his fingers. The next moment, a drop of golden blood appeared in the store, floating in front of him.


    Right after its appearance, pressure erupted out of nowhere, but before it could harm other customers, the system acted and removed the pressure.


    Aaron''s jaw dropped in shock, seeing the golden blood. For someone of his caliber, he had heard about the blood.


    Since Aaron was also a Sunlight Elf, he knew the details of the drop of blood.


    It wasn''t any ordinary drop of blood, but it was the diluted blood of the first Sunlight Elf, who was a God at that time, making it divine blood.


    In a true sense, it was the diluted blood, but it still was the blood of a God.


    The founder of the Mackey family was the first son of the first Sunlight Elf. When he was born, his father had given him eleven drops of blood.


    The son, in response, left a single drop of the lot for his future descendants.


    Every time a child takes birth in the leader of the Mackey family, they get a diluted form taken from that drop of blood.


    Since the drop of golden blood contained a few secrets of divinity, its actual cost was incalcble. So when Chris brought the blood to make the deal, Aaron couldn''t help but get shocked.


    After a moment of shock, Aaron refused to take that drop of blood.


    Only the leader family in the Mackey family had the privilege to get the blood at their birth. If others find out about this, Aaron wouldn''t even know how he died since it would be nothing less than a sphemous deed for them.


    "I''m not selling it to you. I''m only handing it to you until I pay the amount back to you," Chris responded right away as he could understand what was going through Aaron''s mind.


    Chris was also taking a risk here. If his father were to find out about it, Chris wouldn''t even need to wait for the uing battle. His father would kill him before that even arrived.


    "But-"


    "I know what you''re thinking. I promise you no one will ever find out about this trade," Chris said, cutting struggling Aaron''s speech in between.


    Chris then looked at his followers and friends who hade here with him.


    The group understood what Chris wanted from them. They also chimed in and promised that no one would find out about it other than them.


    Aaron still didn''t answer. How could he trust some strangers when his life was on the line.


    The next moment, his struggles came falling down as Chris sessfully incited the greed in his heart.


    "Fine, but all of you need to sign a contract," Aaron sighed and told the group.


    Chris agreed right away. The next moment, Aaron took out a strange animal skin from his pocket space.


    Aaron only had to think of the deal, and the content automatically appeared on the skin.


    Aaron then told Chris and his group to leave their energy imprint on the skin.


    Chris, after finding nothing wrong with the contract, left his energy imprint. His followers and friends did the same. Aaron also left his energy imprint, and soon the contract for the deal was established.


    The contract Aaron had established with Chris, punished those who dared to break the terms by lightning tribtion.


    Chris couldn''t help but smile since the contract got established.


    He then handed over the drop of blood to Aaron. He, with a solemn and respectful face, gently took it.


    Aaron then gently put the drop of blood in the case he got from Chris, and then he put it in his pocket space. He would check it after leaving the store.


    He then took out three hundred billion supreme Primal stones from his pocket space, creating a mountain in the store.


    The majority of the customers seemed unaffected as they had even seenrger mountains of Primal stones than the current one, while those who hade here for the first time had shocking reactions.


    "Thank you! If I survive, I will pay you double the amount, and if I die, you can be the owner of the drop of my ancestor''s blood," Chrismented.


    Instead of waiting for a response from Aaron, he went to Aakesh.


    "Store owner..." Chris directly came to his purpose and asked for the Gods & Demons level training area.


    Aakesh nodded and asked for the required amount.


    Chris, in response, poured out his entire life savings into the already built mountain, turning it into arge mountain of Primal stones.


    After Chris stopped, Aakesh waved his hands. The next moment, the mountain disappeared from the store.


    "You need to pay three supreme Primal stones more," Aakesh expressionlessly told Chris as the amount was short.


    Chris couldn''t help but get dumbfounded as he looked at Aakesh.


    Aakesh ignored Chris.. He waved his hands, and the mountain of Primal stones reappeared.

 Chapter 322 - [BONUS]Reward

    Chapter 322: Reward


    "You''re three supreme Primal stones short of your total bill," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. The next moment, the mountain that had disappeared a moment earlier reappeared in the store.


    Hearing Aakesh, Chris didn''t know what to feel or speak for a moment.


    "Here, Chris, take it," One of Chris''s friends nudged him and gave him three supreme Primal stones.


    A wry smile appeared on Chris''s face. He, who didn''t feel shame a minute earlier when he asked Aaron for money, felt shame this time. But he didn''t refuse as he needed it.


    For shame, he wasn''t going to go back after making a contract with Aaron.


    Chris thanked his friends and requested Aakesh to check the amount.


    Aakesh nodded and waved his hands. The next moment, the mountain disappeared from the store for the second time.


    [Host, the amount isplete!]


    After getting the alert from the system, he told Chris to go ahead. He didn''t forget to inform him of the entering process.


    "Thank you, store owner," Chris thanked Aakesh, but his thanks contained no sincerity.


    Aakesh didn''t care about it. He didn''t even respond.


    Chris then thanked Aaron and the friend that had helped him at thest minute. After thanking both of them, Chris finally went to the training area.


    Aaron had a great interest in Panagea, but unfortunately for him, all the spots in Panagea had gotten filled for the day.


    The only option that was left for him was the training area, but unlike Chris, he neither needed to face a battle in the uing days nor did he has any interest in it.


    If there were a training area that could improve his divination, then he would''ve gotten an interest in it.


    But since he hade here with Chris, Aaron couldn''t leave the store alone. He needed to wait.


    So to pass the next hour, he decided to spend that time in the training area. Since he didn''t have much interest inbat, he only decided to train at the easiest level.


    Time flew by, and one hour passed.


    The customers in the weapon room were busy either seeing the weapons or testing their strength in the center b.


    There were also several customers who had golden light surrounding their physical bodies.


    Suddenly, one of the golden barriers near the sword pir dissolved as the person''s consciousness returned to their body.


    It was none other than Chris, who had gotten forced out from the training area after his single hour of training was over.


    As usual, the system transferred Chris to an isted space, and only after his energy had calmed down did the system bring him back to the store while hepletely stayed unaware of it.


    The previous hint of nervousness was nowhere to be seen on his face. Confidence and rity took the ce of that.


    Previously, he directly entered the training area without even trying to take a look at the surroundings since he was eager to enter.


    Now that he had finally gotten confidence after training for a thousand hours, he looked at his surroundings.


    As he looked at the murals, his eyes fell upon the murals painted on the walls.


    Even though he felt that there was something unusual about the murals, unfortunately for him, it only stayed as a feeling, and nothing materialized from it.


    Chris was only looking around when another golden barrier dissolved, and Aaron''s consciousness returned to his body.


    Since Aaron had only chosen the easiest level of training, it didn''t show any effect on someone like him. So the system did not need to transfer him to an isted space.


    Aaron was a bow user, and the sword pir was next to the bow pir, so Aaron noticed Chris looking at the murals across the walls.


    "Did it help you?" Aaron asked Chris.


    Chris, who had been looking around the murals, heard Aaron and stopped looking at the murals.


    "Yes, it helped me a lot," Chris slightly turned, looked at Aaron, and responded.


    Chris didn''t exin how much he had gained from the training area.


    ***


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    The six hours of the first group of customers in Panagea was over, so the system forced them out.


    Aakesh then told the second group of customers to take their turns and enter the Panagea.


    Maria was also in the first group, so she was also forced out by the system.


    After exiting Panagea, Maria appeared in the portal room. She then left the room and approached Aakesh, who was telling the second group of customers to enter the room.


    "Hello, senior," Maria greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her greetings. The next moment, a transparent card appeared in his right hand.


    "Here''s your reward," Aakesh expressionlessly said as he handed her the card.


    "Thank you, senior," Maria respectfully thanked Aakesh and gently took the card.


    She then looked at the card in her hands, and the next moment, a shocked look appeared on her face.


    [Skill name: Wings of Flight,


    Level: Level 1,


    Maximum level: Level 3,


    Ability: At Level 1, it allows the owner to fly for thirty minutes*,


    Cooldown: 5 minutes,


    *- The flight duration can vary due to the weather.]


    The skill was a support skill, but it allowed the owner to fly. In the current situation, this skill couldpletely change the dynamics.


    "Thank you, senior," Maria respectfully and sincerely thanked Aakesh for the card.


    "No need to thank me," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Maria then, without waiting, thought of the skill. The next moment, the card dissolved in her hands.


    Not even a second had passed when a new blue screen appeared, asking her whether she wanted to retain the skill in the real world.


    "Eh!" Maria eximed in surprise.


    She needed to pay a whopping 100 supreme Primal stones to take it out in reality, but its details had also changed.


    Unlike the thirty minutes in Panagea, in Visteerna, the skill only allowed her to fly for only ten minutes, while the cooldown had also increased to one hour, unlike the five minutes in Panagea.


    Maria didn''t have that many stones, so she had to let go of the blue screen.


    The next moment, the blue screen dissipated into nothingness.


    "Thank you, senior," Maria thanked Aakesh again.


    Aakesh didn''t respond and gestured for Maria to leave the store.


    Maria had already gotten used to this, so she bowed and left the store.

 Chapter 323 - Krillac

    Chapter 323: Kric


    Around seven hours have passed since the store opened.


    Aakesh was rxingfortably on his chair. His eyes were closed, as not a single new customer had approached him in thest several minutes.


    "Footstep!"


    "Footstep!"


    "Footstep!"


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of several footsteps entering his store.


    Aakesh, as usual, didn''t open his eyes and waited for their approach if it was a group of new customers.


    ***


    "You don''t need to go," A man covered in a dark cloak told the person standing next to him in a stern and grave tone.


    "I think so too, father, but the future doesn''t get this easily changed," The other man responded in a solemn and concerned tone.


    The man was none other than Kuriati, and the man he had responded to was his father, one of the strongest beings of the Primal dimension.


    After seeing the scene of his death and the reason behind it yesterday, Kuriati directly went to his father after leaving the store since he had decided to inform his father.


    ***


    Yesterday, Universe Noble, Gxy Tartan, Leader''s House.


    They were named such because only nobles of the Daitya race were allowed to live here. The gxy name represented the name of the particr family, while the name suggested that it was the where the leader of the Tartan family lived.


    In one of the rooms of a pce, whose ends couldn''t be seen from naked eyes.


    "What brought you here, Kuriati?" The man, sitting on the throne-like chair asked. His tone contained a hint of gentleness, which wentpletely against the appearance of the man.


    The man was at least ten meters tall and bulkier enough to make a few full-grown humans hide behind him at the same time. ck hairs, with a streak of silver hairs, here and there adorned the man. He had ck eyes, which gave the feeling that they could see through anything.


    The most noticeable character was the tattoo of him tearing a headless Hygar apart, and it covered his entire upper body.


    "Father, as you know, I can see some significant scenes of my future rted to the person I look at."


    Trihan nodded and questioningly looked at his son.


    "A few weeks ago, I went to a store near the ce you''d told me since there was still around a month left¡­"


    Kuriati began sharing his experience of the scenes after meeting Aakesh with his father, without hiding anything.


    Kuriati was his father''s favorite child, so he believed his father would only suggest to him what was better for him.


    Trihan couldn''t help but get concerned for his son after hearing about the future death scene.


    The more he listened about the scene of his son''s death and how his enemy would only kill him in a single strike, the more solemn he became.


    As for when Trihan heard the descriptions of the strange race that will attack his son in the future, his face turned grave.


    Even Kuriati was taken aback by the abnormal reaction his father had shown when he heard the descriptions of that strange race.


    "Father, do you know about that creature?" Kuriati asked. He wanted to know which creature would lead him to his death on that day.


    Trihan didn''t respond right away but instead silently looked in the direction of his son.


    Kuriati didn''t disturb his father. He knew his father wasn''t looking at him but was thinking of something, as he had never seen that grave reaction on his father''s face.


    A few secondster, Trihan finally broke the silence and responded, "The descriptions you told me match with a race I had heard from my father before he ascended."


    Trihan''s tone was grave as he answered his son. "That race had long gone extinct. It was one of the top races at that time, and they were called ''Kric''."


    "Extinct race!" Kuriati eximed in surprise. If they had gone extinct many years ago, how could they return back to life?


    "Yes, and at that time, it took collective efforts of many races to kill every one of them," Trihan responded. A fearful expression appeared on his face as he had himself seen those devastating races.


    "Even Hygars weren''t able to kill them?" Kuriati asked as a confused expression appeared on his face.


    Since he was born, no matter whom he asked, he got a single answer to the question of the strongest race. That was the Hygar race.


    "Hmph, they weren''t even here at that time," Trihan scoffed. The grave expression he had a moment before was nowhere before. Instead, a look of hatred and mockery took its ce.


    Since his birth, Trihan had only lost once, and that too was in the hands of a Hygar. If not for his father being the friend of the leader of the Hygar race, he wouldn''t even be here.


    As for the tattoo he had engraved on his upper body, it was the battle that went in his imagination. As for offending the Hygars, he didn''t care. Trihan was no less than a spoiled prince at that time, who being a son of an overpowered character at that time, didn''t put anyone in his eyes.


    After living for millions of years, he had matured, but the hatred of Hygars for losing his only battle still remained in his heart.


    Kuriati ignored the sudden change in his father''s expressions, as the hatred of Trihan for Hygars was a known fact to the Daityas.


    After a moment, Trihan returned back to his grave tone as the revival of an evil race like Kric was not a small deal.


    Even the Daitya race he belonged to was considered an evil race in the Primal dimension for their cruel activities. The Krics, when they were alive, were so cruel that they would even put creatures of Hell to shame.


    "What about the mysterious race, Titans?" Kuriati then asked.


    For others, the Titans may be mythical, but for him, who belonged to one of the top powers of the Primal dimension, it was a fact that the Titans still lived in the midst of other creatures, and they had even met other races from time to time.


    "I don''t know since my father didn''t tell me much about the Krics and their extinction," Trihan answered after thinking for some time.. "I only know that Titans didn''t take part in that war," he further added.

 Chapter 324 - Trihans Character

    Chapter 324: Trihan''s Character


    Kuriati couldn''t help but get surprised hearing his father. He couldn''tprehend why the Titans didn''t help either side in the war.


    Since there were no Hygars at that time, the Titans were the strongest race, so how could they stay away from conflicts between other top races of the Primal dimension.


    Time flew by. The father and son continued their discussion about the Krics and the scene of Kuriati''s death.


    "Since today I have a meeting scheduled with your mother, I wille with you to the store tomorrow," At the end, Trihan told his son and winked.


    Thinking about the scene that was toe, Trihan even forgot about the situation of his son. Such randomness was his character.


    Kuriati only smiled wryly, seeing his father winking at him. He was used to this, so he bowed and then left the pce.


    After Kuriati left the room, the lewd expression that had appeared on Trihan''s face disappeared right away. A grave expression took the ce of that.


    He drew a pattern in the air and mumbled, "I have something to do, so I am noting."


    The next moment, the pattern faded, and one of his wives, Kuriati''s mother, got the message.


    Even though he had told Kuriati about his meeting with his mother with a wink, it was only to make his mind light.


    Kuriati was not only his favorite child, but he was also going to be the next leader of the Tartan family after his ascendence to the Sacred dimension, so how could Trihan take his death so easy.


    Suddenly, a red cloak made up of energy appeared and covered his bare-chested body. The next moment, he disappeared from the room and went to some unknown pce.


    ***


    Kuriati''s mood had turned lighter, seeing his father joking with him. So he didn''t think about that scene anymore and instead pushed him to meditation.


    ***


    "So, this is the store you told me about," Trihanmented, standing in front of the store.


    If not for Kuriati''s repeated plea not to directly teleport into the store, Trihan would''ve attempted it and directly entered the store.


    Fortunately for him, his son cared for his life, or he would''ve died terribly. Trihan thought, seeing the mysteriousness around the store.


    Even for someone like him, seeing anything inside the store was impossible. For a moment, he thought of forcing his senses, but right at that moment, his intuition cried out for him not to do this. He trusted his intuition, so he didn''t do it.


    Trihan and Kuriati then entered the store, while Kuriati''s followers followed them from behind.


    Trihan''s eyes fell on the chair and the blue-skinned man right after his entry into the store. His eyes and mouth flew wide open in shock, seeing the fur on which the blue-skinned man rxed.


    If not for him being covered in a dark cloak, Kuriati and his followers would have seen his reaction.


    Trihan wasn''t jealous of Aakesh for rxing, but instead, he was afraid of the fur. He, who didn''t even think twice and engraved a tattoo of tearing apart a Hygar on his upper body, felt afraid seeing the fur.


    (A/N: The reason for the fear will be exined in the future since it''s not any major point in the current story.)


    The reason for fear was his bloodline trembling. He felt as if he was a newborn on a rocky surface while a tide wasing at him.


    "Cancel your trip to the uing event," Trihan, after calming down, told his son. "No reward is greater than your life," He further added.


    "Okay!" Kuriati responded right away, as he could sense the graveness from his father''s tone. "But father, the future can''t be changed this easily," Kuriati added after staying silent for some time in a concerned tone.


    The reason Kuriati said this was because attempting to change the future wasn''t easy. Kuriati will have to pay a pretty price for it, especially since he was defying his death this time.


    Trihan didn''t respond to his son, but instead, he took a step forward and approached the blue-skinned store owner.


    Sensing footsteps approaching him, Aakesh had no choice but to open his eyes.


    "Store owner, what products do you sell?" Trihan asked in a friendly tone.


    Beforeing here, Kuriati had already told him about the store products and their details, but after seeing the fur, he wanted to ask Aakesh. To make good rtions with a store owner, the first thing needed to do was learn about the store products from the man themselves.


    Aakesh recognized the man, as he had the same appearance as Kuriati. Seeing Kuriati standing behind, Aakesh sessfully guessed that the man was his elder.


    Since the man had asked him the question about the store, Aakesh had no choice but to introduce the store products if he didn''t want to hearints from the system.


    "The store sells¡­," Aakash introduced all the store products one by one and exined all their details.


    Trihan nodded from time to time as if he was appreciating Aakesh. The scene looked nothing less than weird, seeing a giant continuously nodding his head.


    If someone were to see Trihan''s face right now, they wouldn''t know whether tough or cry. He had a weird expression on his face as if his face couldn''t ept the friendliness he wanted to show Aakesh.


    Aakesh was the only one who could see it, but for him, it didn''t matter what the expressions the man in front of him had. He only cared for what the man said or did.


    "Great," Trihan, in response,mented. He then turned his giant head around and gestured for Kuriati toe forward.


    Kuriati didn''t think and followed his father''s orders right away and approached him.


    "Store owner, you must''ve seen him. He''s my son," Trihan told Aakesh as he pped Kuriati''s soldier, using his giant hand.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to Trihan introducing an already familiar customer to him.


    Kuriati could guess what his father wanted, so he couldn''t help but smile wryly.


    "Store owner, my son, told me I can choose any Primal dimension race for battle in the Immortal and the Gods & Demons level training area," Trihan asked Aakesh with a smile on his face.


    Aakesh nodded in response to Trihan, showing that what Trihan thought was correct.

 Chapter 325 - Fear

    Chapter 325: Fear


    "Store owner, can I select Hygars as my battle opponent in the training area," Trihan asked Aakesh.


    He asked this as Hygars was known to be one of the few races that don''t use any kind of weapon since their body is itselfparable to strong weapons.


    "Yes, you can choose them," Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    Kuriati, standing next to his father, didn''t know whether tough or cry after hearing him.


    "Give me one supreme card first," Trihan ignored his son''s reaction and instead requested to buy the card.


    Aakesh nodded. Trihan then took out a supreme Primal stone from his pocket space and handed it over to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the stone, threw it in the ck hole, and then pushed the supreme switch.


    Soon, a silver card appeared in his hands. Aakesh had already seen it several times, so he right away handed it to Trihan and told him to drop a single drop of his blood in the tiny hole.


    The Daitya race was known for its monstrous healing rate. Trihan, who had reached the peak of the Primal dimension, couldn''t injure himself only to release a single drop of blood since healing any injury had be an automatic response of the body after reaching the peak of Immortality in the Primal dimension.


    For situations like this not to ur, many beings like Trihan store a few drops of their blood.


    Trihan took out one such drop of blood from his pocket space and put it into the tiny hole.


    ***


    "Store owner, give me one hour of training for Immortal-grade weapon in the Gods & Demons level training area," Trihan requested after he had sessfully bonded with the supreme card, and also transferred all his Primal stones into it.


    Aakesh nodded in response to Trihan''s request.


    The next moment, a mechanical alert appeared inside Trihan''s head and asked him whether he wanted to pay the Primal stones or not. After he thought of epting, one trillion supreme Primal stones disappeared from the storage in the card. Soon after, Aakesh got an alert from the system that the payment had been made.


    Aakesh then told Trihan about the process of entering the infinite space inside the training area.


    "Thank you, store owner," Trihan thanked Aakesh and then went to the weapons room. But before leaving, he had a mental conversation with his son, Kuriati.


    "Don''t antagonize him!"


    "Don''t antagonize him!"


    "Don''t antagonize him!"


    He repeated the same thing thrice. Kuriati repeatedly nodded, hearing his father, while thinking at the same time about how it is him, who is considered the smarter of the lot in his family.


    Trihan also knew that his son was smarter than him. He could make impulsive and wrong decisions, but Kuriati will never do that. He still warned his son thrice as he didn''t want to lose his favorite child over some silly mistake.


    ***


    Trihan eximed in surprise, seeing the countless murals engraved on the wall.


    At first nce, it looked as if there were limited murals, but when focused on the walls, Trihan found that it would take a while for him to even nce at all of them.


    Trihan was a spear user, so he tried finding murals rted to spears on the wall.


    It didn''t take long for him to find one. Fortunately for him, the mural he found belonged to a Daitya.


    In the scene, a Daitya with a spear in his hand was facing an army of creaturesing at him. The creatures consisted of several races. A few of them were even unknown to Trihan.


    The moment Trihan''s eyesnded on the mural, he felt as if there was something that attracted him, but unfortunately for him, he could neither define what it was nor did he have an idea of how to take it.


    Trihan didn''t take his eyes off of it and attempted to grab even a little bit of whatever was attracting him.


    Time flew by. One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed,..., just like that, three minutes passed.


    Finally, Trihan felt something as a piece of new information began appearing inside his head. Unfortunately for him, he couldn''tprehend it. He only knew there was brand new information inside his head.


    Several more minutes passed, and Trihan finally moved his eyes away after the influx of iprehensible knowledge to his brain ended.


    The piece of knowledge was iprehensible, but Trihan still had an excited expression on his face.


    For someone like him, who stood at the peak of the Primal dimension, any level of new knowledge was something to be excited of, especially here when he had gained a piece of knowledge that is iprehensible to even him.


    Trihan didn''t worry aboutprehending the knowledge as he knew his level was still not enough to understand it. It instead made him excited by just thinking of the high level of knowledge.


    Thinking like this, Trihan tried to look at other murals.


    Several secondster, he had carefully looked at tens of murals, but unfortunately for him, he didn''t feel anything like what he had felt with the first mural. Trihan tried a few more murals, but the situation remained simr. He neither felt anything unusual nor did he gain any new knowledge.


    For a moment, Trihan felt disappointed, but soon he returned to normal, as he understood even a single gain from these murals was incalcble.


    Since Trihan couldn''t gain anything from the murals anymore, he decided to finally go to his training area.


    He found the pir that marked the spear and took a step in that direction.


    When he reached the pir, Trihan noticed several humans covered in a transparent golden barrier. Since Kuriati and Aakesh had already told him about this, he didn''t have to think for a reason.


    Seeing the transparent golden barrier surrounding the beings, Trihan''s curiosity got the better of him, and he suddenly wanted to poke the barrier to check its durability.


    Trihan was someone who had a wild character and did whatever came to his mind, so he extended his finger gently in an attempt to poke the barrier.


    His finger hadn''t even reached half distance when suddenly his finger came to a sudden halt while his body began shuddering.


    Everyone present in the weapon room was busy either checking the weapons or testing their strength at the center b, so no one noticed a giant man covered in a cloak trembling in fear.

 Chapter 326 - Asking For Death

    Chapter 326 ¨C Asking For Death


    Chapter 326: Asking for Death


    "If you did it, no one will be able to save you!" Trihan''s intuition cried out, warning Trihan not to do this.


    It wasn''t the end, as suddenly, a terror he had never felt before engulfed his heart. Even the fear he had while seeing the fur felt nothing more than a drop in the ocean to what he was feeling right now.


    It reached such an extent that his body began trembling and shaking.


    Trihan wanted to say something at that moment, but no matter what he tried, no word came out of his mouth, while his shaking got bigger. Trihan could see his deathing at him. He even had an Illusion of getting crushed by the same person that was covered in the golden barrier.


    While this all happened, not even a second had passed in reality, but for Trihan, it was like living countless years in that situation.


    Soon, a second passed. It was as if a switch had been deactivated, the trembling, the terror in heart, and the crying intuition everything disappeared right away.


    Trihan was gasping for a breath at that time. He touched his face, only to notice that his face had gotten all wet.


    Soon, the sweat on his face all vanished as it first turned into vapor, and then the vapors disintegrated.


    "Why will you even try to do that? &$," Trihan roared in his heart and cursed himself in whatever obscene words he had for attempting something like it.


    He had warned his son not to antagonize the store owner, while he, on the other hand, was doing the exact opposite.


    Trihan then turned around and exited the weapon room. Only after seeing that the store owner had no reaction to what had happened and was only rxing on his chair did he heave a sigh of relief.


    His eyes then fell on his son, who was staring at him with a question mark on his face. Trihan ignored his son, turned around, and returned to the weapons room.


    This time he didn''t attempt anything stupid or even look around the store. He directly approached the pir, took out a drop of blood from his pocket space, and put it on the pattern of the spear engraved on the pir.


    Aakesh had already told him that for every revival in the training area, he would need to use a drop of blood. Fortunately for him, the system will automatically take it from his body outside. He doesn''t need to empty his limited stock of drops of blood.


    Soon, a transparent golden barrier appeared around him while his ck eyes had turned lifeless.


    The next moment, Trihan appeared in the infinite space inside the training area.


    His mind automatically turned cold and calm as per the effect of the Gods & Demons level training area.


    Then the option of races appeared in his mind. Trihan didn''t even have to think since he already had a race on his mind for the training.


    He chose Hygars, the race he hated more than anything right away.


    As for the environment of the battle, he chose an open arena; It was a simr environment, where he had faced his first and only defeat.


    The next moment, he appeared in an open concrete ground. Soon, the Hygar also appeared in front of him.


    The Hygar had an ordinary spear in its hands, while Trihan had his spear.


    His spear had a shaft made up of the wood of Myristica. The wood of Myristica was flexible or rigid at the same time. It all depended upon the need of the owner. The spearhead was made from the core of the tree Cocos.


    Cocos wasn''t an ordinary tree. It took 108 billion years for it to be fully grown and give birth to a core, signifying the rarity of the material.


    The spear was a growth weapon Trihan''s father had given him after Trihan had chosen a spear as his weapon. It had cost his father a fortune, but since Trihan was his only son, he had spent that amount of money in the blink of an eye.


    Seeing the difference in the weapons between him and the Hygar, Trihanined about it. As if the sky understood what Trihan wanted, the ordinary spear in the hands of the Hygar disappeared, but instead, the same spear Trihan had appeared.


    Trihan smiled, seeing the equal level of weapon in both the participant''s hands, unaware that he would have a beatdown of his life in a few minutes.


    Soon, the battle began between Trihan and the Hygar.


    Not even a split second had passed when Trihan lost his consciousness as the spear in Hygar''s hand pierced his heart.


    Only after Trihan revived did he know that he had died.


    As the mind will always stay cold and calm in the Gods & Demons level training area, Trihan, who had gotten angry after dying in even less than a split of a second, returned to calm.


    The battle began again, and simr to thest time, he found that he had died only after reviving.


    Trihan gnashed his teeth in hatred, looking at the Hygar, but his mind automatically became calm.


    The torture for Trihan had only started since he needed to stay here for thousand hours.


    Time flew by, and one hour inside the training area had passed.


    Even though only an hour had passed, Trihan had faced death several thousand times.


    The only improvement during thest hour he had was not dying at the first strike of the Hygar. He hadn''t even been able to initiate an attack in thest thousands of battles, let alonend a failed strike.


    Time flew by, and just like that, the remaining hours for the training had passed.


    After Trihan''s training had gotten over, the system forced him out of the area.


    As a usual routine, the system sent him to an isted space first, and only after his energy had calmed down did the system return him back to the store, while Trihan stayed unaware of all of this.


    ***


    "Why did father suddenlye out of the weapons room, and why did he look at the store owner?" Kuriati had this question in his mind since the sudden actions of Trihan an hour earlier.


    Since he couldn''t enter the training area for the next year, he had been pondering over this question for thest hour.

 Chapter 327 - Result?

    Chapter 327 ¨C Result?


    Chapter 327: Result?


    Kuriati was thinking about the question when he noticed his father exiting the weapons room.


    "Eh!" Kuriati eximed in surprise, seeing his father. An aura of unbridled joy surrounded him.


    "Did he gain something outrageous from the training area?" Kuriati thought in his heart.


    Kuriati''s curiosity got the better of him, so he asked his father for the reason behind his extreme joy.


    "Why do you look so happy, father?" Kuriati asked Trihan.


    Trihan, who was immersed in joy, came out of his trance and looked at his son.


    His lips curved up in a grin, and then he answered, "I killed the damn Hygar."


    Joy couldn''t be hidden from Trihan''s tone when he spoke of his achievement of doing the same thing to the Hygar he had imagined and the tattoo.


    ***


    Since the time rate between the reality and the Gods & Demons level area differed by 1:1000, Trihan had a thousand hours of training duration.


    During the first hour of training, his biggest achievement in the battle against the Hygar was not dying in the first strike or even surviving for a second.


    That situation continued for the next few hours, but as time passed, Trihan improved.


    Trihan wasn''t only spoiled by his father because he was the only son, his talent also surpassed all his peers. If not, he wouldn''t have only lost a battle against the Hygar of his generation.


    Finally, as the sixth hour arrived, dying in the first strike became impossible. Every battle, he was able to force the Hygar tond another strike, but it wasn''t his biggest achievement at that point.


    The biggest achievement he had was being able tond a strike on the Hygar.


    More time flew by. When around thirty hours had passed, Trihan was able tond more than one hit in every battle. At that point, the highest number of strikes he hadnded on the Hygar was six. But, he wasn''t able to cause any injury at that point.


    When the time in the training hour crossed around a hundred hours, Trihan made the Hygar face his first injury. s, it was only a shallow cut, but if those who had trained here were to learn of this, they would''ve horrified expressions.


    The training in only name looked to be in between two same-level opponents, but when the battle began, the opponent created by the training area proved to be insurmountable.


    Unfortunately for Trihan, when hended an injury on the Hygar, something unimaginable happened. For the next two hundred hours, thergest number of strikes Trihan survived was eleven, while the highest number of strikes hended on the Hygar was two in any of more than a million fights he had with the Hygar in those two hundred hours.


    As if there was a switch restricting the Hygar''s power, and when he created a cut on its body, the switch turned off, making the Hygar strong and unrestricted.


    When the time duration crossed five hundred hours in total, the death rate of Trihan had fallen by a considerable rate.


    If he were to die every few seconds earlier, now he was able to fight for several seconds, sometimes even surpassing a minute, despite the Hygar being in a stronger state.


    When the time reached seven hundred and three hours, for the first time in the training area until now, Trihan and the Hygar''s battle duration crossed the mark of an hour.


    When around eight hundred and ny-six hours had passed since the beginning of the training, Trihan was able to cause a life-threatening injury to the Hygar for the first time. Unfortunately for him, he couldn''t take that far, as several minutester, the Hygar won the battle by cutting his head.


    Trihan had faced a few million deaths at the hands of the Hygar until now, while not being able to kill the Hygar even once.


    For the first few hundred thousand deaths, he will be angry and look at the Hygar with intense hatred after every revival. When that mark reached a million, Trihan became numb and began acting like a robot, ''Fight, Die, Fight, Die''.


    But as time passed and the battle duration between him and the Hygar increased, Trihan became excited. The more time he battled, the more excited he became for the next battle after another death.


    Just like that, hours passed by, and Trihan spear knowledge and strength grew at an unprecedented rate.


    When the time inside the training area breached the mark of nine hundred and thirty-nine hours, Trihan was able tond thest strike on the Hygar.


    Unfortunately for him, he also lost his life at that moment, marking his first draw in the battle against the Hygar.


    After reviving, Trihan had begunughing out loud in joy. If not for the training area automatically calming his mind, Trihan would haveughed for hours to celebrate the draw against the Hygar.


    The moment his mind became calm, nothing except fighting the Hygar and training remained in his mind, so another of the more than a few million battles began.


    This time, the battle continued for more than 90 minutes, and it ended with another draw, where Trihan hadnded thest strike.


    It wasn''t the end as there were still more than fifty hours left in the training area, so the death was only the beginning of another fight.


    Time flew by.


    Since Trihan''s training began, around nine hundred and ny-six hours had passed.


    Trihan and the Hygar were in another of their battles. This battle was the longest until now, as it had been going on for thest three hours.


    Trihan had a calm expression as he tried to pierce one of the heads of the Hygar.


    Even though the Hygar had six heads, Trihan only needed to cut one head off to end the battle.


    The Hygar skillfully dodged the spearing at one of its heads while sending a deadly strike, aiming at Trihan''s waist at the same time.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed.


    "DIE!" Trihan yelled in a cold voice as he cut one of the heads of the Hygar. Cutting one head was enough, but Trihan wasn''t satisfied, so he also cut the other five heads.


    "Thud!"


    After cutting the head, Trihan crashed on the concrete ground with a loud sound due to exhaustion.


    Soon, a blue light engulfed him, and all the exhaustion he had been feeling vanished.

 Chapter 328 - I Almost F*cked Up!

    Chapter 328 ¨C I Almost F*cked Up!


    Chapter 328: I Almost Fucked Up!


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed Trihan, and the next second, all the exhaustion he felt due to this long battle disappeared. All the injuries, big or small, also got healed in the presence of the light.


    "Thud!"


    Trihan stood up, but the next moment, a sudden headache bombarded him, making him clutch his head in irritation, and then he crashed on the ground with a loud second.


    Despite dying millions of times, the pain Trihan felt at this moment was worse than those deaths.


    "ARGH, DAMN IT!" He screamed and cursed as new information was forcefully added into his consciousness.


    The pain was because Trihan''s consciousness wanted to reject theing knowledge, but unfortunately for it, the system proved to be stronger, and it transferred the knowledge like a tide.


    A few secondster, the influx of the knowledge finally stopped, freeing Trihan from that terrible pain.


    Trihan''s day for today had been his worst and best at the same time. He, who never felt afraid of anything, felt an insurmountable fear, not only once but twice. He even was certain that he would die the second time.


    Then he literally died millions of times at the hands of the Hygar. When he finally killed the creature belonging to his most hated enemy''s race, this pain attacked him.


    Trihan was on the verge of cursing when suddenly his jaw dropped in shock, while his eyeballs felt like they would pop out. His breathing got so rough that he felt his heart would give up.


    Fortunately for him, the training area acted, and his shocked and excited mind returned to calm right away.


    "YES!" His mind had only returned to calm when the next moment he yelled in excitement, making the training area act again.


    As if the training area didn''t want to act again, Trihan''s mind became as cold and calm as it could be the next moment.


    Finally, he looked calmly at the knowledge he had gained after the death of the Hygar by his hands.


    For killing the Hygar, Trihan had gained a knowledge of a skill.


    It wasn''t a new skill, but his strongest spear skill had gotten an automatic upgrade. He didn''t have to practice the skill; even the experience of using it had gotten added to his mind.


    If he were topare the power difference between the skill before and after the upgrade, it would be mind-blowing even for someone of his stature. If the skill previously had an attack of 1 unit in terms of numbers, now that same skill''s attack power had reached at least 10, marking at least a ten times growth.


    The skill not only upgraded in terms of its strength, but its energy requirements also came down by simr exaggerated rates.


    Trihan, who had a cold temperament, nodded, seeing the level by which his strength would grow after leaving the training area.


    Trihan then waited to leave the training area since he had already defeated his opponent, but things didn''t go as he had expected.


    The next moment, the same menu of race selection appeared inside his head.


    Since Trihan had already killed the Hygar, he had no interest in fighting against a defeated opponent again.


    But he couldn''t just stop himself to check whether there had been changes to the Hygar section.


    When the section of the Hygar race had appeared, as expected, there was a change in that section. There was a pattern of ''1'' engraved on the Hygar''s projection, marking Trihan had killed it once.


    It was not the only thing as Trihan also noticed that the current section of Hygar shone brighter than the other race sections.


    Trihan''s curiosity got the better of him at that moment, despite being in a cold and calm stage, so he selected the Hygar as his next opponent.


    After the race selection, Trihan chose the same concrete open ground as the battlefield.


    Soon, the damages the concrete area had faced due to the previous battle disappeared, and soon after that, the same Hygar with the same spear as Trihan appeared.


    Trihan''s eyes turned into slits, as despite the Hygar standing far from him without even aiming its spear at him, he felt a danger to his life.


    The next moment, a bell rang and announced the start of the new battle.


    Trihan didn''t even get the chance to change his grip on the spear when he lost his consciousness. If Trihan were to see what had happened, he would''ve seen that the Hygar casually moved his spear and pierced Trihan countless times, with not a single part of his body left untouched, while the Hygar did all this in less than even one-billionth of a second.


    Time flew by, and finally, the new torture for Trihan ended as the limit of thousand hours had passed.


    During thest seven hours, Trihan had died so many times that he had even lost the count.


    If deaths before killing the Hygar were to be considered a drop of water, then after the death of the Hygar could be seen as an ocean.


    His death remained the same throughout these seven hours. He wasn''t even able to see how he died, let alone forcing the Hygar to use another strike.


    Fortunately, the system erased the memory of death after every revival of Trihan. Only his experience remained. Otherwise, Trihan would''ve even lost the will to live in reality after dying so many times.


    It was one of the options that got unlocked after the trainee killed his opponent once. The system did this to protect the mind of the trainee.


    Since the opponent gained an exponential level of growth after its death once, deaths became asmon as dirt, simr to the situation of Trihan.


    Simrly, the growth rate of the trainee also began increasing at an exponential rate, but since Trihan only had seven more hours left after the death of the Hygar, he couldn''t even amodate himself to the speed at which the Hygar moved, let alone survive an attack.


    ***


    "I will fight that bastard, in reality, now," Trihan murmured after returning to his physical body.


    Since the system erased the memory of the deaths, Trihan only remembered that he hadn''t been able to defeat the Hygar after the upgrade. But remembering that he had killed the Hygar in the training area, he now wanted to face the Hygar who defeated him in the battle again.


    After exiting, Trihan checked if he gained any growth in his cultivation as his son had gained. He didn''t gain any increase in his cultivation. Since he was already at the peak of the cultivation in the Primal dimension, if he were to gain even a minor increase, he would''ve been forced to face the tribtion and ascend to the Sacred dimension.


    ***


    "Father, why did you suddenly exit the weapons room and look at the store owner?" Kuriati asked after getting over the fact that his father killed his opponent in the Gods & Demons level training area.


    Kuriati wasn''t even able to cause any injury to his opponent. He finally knew, why does his father get so much respect in the n and the dimension, despite being such a wild character.


    Trihan, who had been over the moon due to killing the Hygar, suddenly felt cold water poured all over him.


    "I fucked up and almost caused my death," Trihan bent down and whispered into Kuriati''s ear.

 Chapter 329 - Surprise

    Chapter 329 ¨C Surprise


    Chapter 329: Surprise


    "I attempted something I shouldn''t have, and it almost killed me," Trihan whispered into his son''s ears in response.


    Even thinking about the terror Trihan had felt only for a second, he couldn''t help but shudder in fear. Even those countless deaths were nothing to what he had felt at that moment.


    A confused expression appeared on Kuriati''s face, hearing his father. "What do-"


    Kuriati wanted his father to exin the situation, but his father suddenly cut his question in half and gestured him to stop asking about that.


    Seeing the solemn look on his father''s face, Kuriati had no choice but to stop asking any more questions.


    Trihan heaved a sigh of relief, seeing his son stopping. He then looked at Aakesh, who was rxing on his chair. He took a step forward and approached him.


    Aakesh, sensing footstepsing closer, opened his eyes and noticed Trihaning toward him after exiting the weapons room.


    "Eh!" Aakesh suddenly eximed in surprise, seeing Trihan. He sensed something terrible that made even him feel a little bit of danger.


    Aakesh masked his surprised expression right away. It all happened fast, but it couldn''t be hidden from Trihan, who was one of the strongest beings in the Primal dimension.


    Trihan didn''t think much of that surprise as he believed it to be the upgrade of his strongest skill to be the reason behind it.


    Trihan was off the mark. Aakesh didn''t care which of his skill got upgraded. He didn''t even know that Trihan had killed his opponent in the training area since he had told the system not to inform him what goes in the training area and Panagea, except the milestone rewards since he has to present the reward to the adventurer.


    What gave Aakesh a sense of danger was the iprehensible knowledge of the spear Trihan had gained after looking at the mural.


    "Hey system, why does he have this knowledge?" Aakesh asked the system in his mind.


    [Host, the Daitya in the mural chose to transfer the knowledge to the man since he has the unawakened [@#%@#] physique, and he''s also the being with the highest bloodline purity rted to their Asura race founder after the first Daitya, his son.]


    The system responded in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice.


    Hearing the system, Aakesh took a second look at Trihan. His bloodline density didn''t matter to him, but the physique he would awake in the future was something worth talking to him.


    "Store owner, can I have another hour of training in the Gods & Demons level training area since I have now killed the Hygar by cutting all of its six heads?" Trihan reached Aakesh and directly stated his purpose. When Trihan told Aakesh about him killing the Hygar and how he killed it, pride couldn''t be hidden from his voice.


    Aakesh had already told Trihan the limit of one training hour per year in the Gods & Demons level training area. But, Trihan thought that he had now killed the Hygar in the training area he would get the opportunity for another hour.


    Aakesh had to take another look at Trihan after hearing that he had killed his opponent in that level of difficulty. But since Trihan had the [@#%@#] physique, his growth rate was always going to be monstrous, so winning was not impossible for him.


    "No!" Aakesh then refused Trihan since there was no such offer that the customer would be able to do the training again after killing the opponent.


    Hearing Aakesh''s refusal, Trihan shook his head in disappointment. Since Aakesh had refused once, he didn''t want to ask Aakesh again. He still remembered, how one of his fuckups had almost cost him his life just an hour earlier; after that, asking unnecessary questions would be thest thing he would do.


    "Thank you, store owner. I will return tomorrow for Panagea." Since there was nothing left for Trihan to do, he thanked Aakesh and then gestured his son to leave with him.


    Since he had the supreme card, he directly teleported back to his residence. Kuriati followed his father while his followers teleported back to Kuriati''s ce.


    Aakesh returned back to his rxing as Trihan was just another customer for the store.


    Seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, and just like that, four hours had passed.


    "Thank you, store owner," A customer thanked Aakesh for his service.


    It was a female customer and was a citizen of the Bisan Kingdom. A mental demon had been stopping her cultivation to proceed further, so she hade here to the store to buy a mental healing pill.


    After she hadpleted her purchase of three medium mental healing pills, she thanked the store owner and left the store owner.


    Since there were no new customers, Aakesh was going to return back to his rxation session, but he stopped. The next moment, tens of thousands of teleportations urred in the store, as all the members of the Esh n appeared to buy their quota of pills.


    Since each of the n members owned cards, they didn''t need to ask Aakesh to buy the store products, except for the Immortal and the Gods & Demons level training area. So they bought their quota of three pills belonging to each category and grade, while the system automatically deducted payment from their cards.


    Aakesh knew this. He didn''t return to his rxation session as for thest three days, members of this n have been going to the training area, and that couldn''t be done without his permission.


    Aakesh had alreadypleted around the one-third requirement of a thousand Gods & Demons level training hours due to the help of the Esh n.


    As Aakesh had expected after all the n members had bought their respective pills, Veenesh, who was absent yesterday, approached him.


    "How are you, store owner?" Veenesh asked with a smile on his face.


    Aakesh only expressionlessly looked at Veenesh in response to his question.


    Veenesh didn''t get angry at Aakesh for ignoring his good wishes. He only smiled.


    "Store owner, how many customers can go to the God & Demons level training area at the same time?" Veenesh asked and stated his purpose behind approaching Aakesh.


    "As many as you can afford," Aakesh expressionlessly answered.. He may be expressionless on the outside, but inside he was excited since he wouldplete one of the two requirements of the quest today.

 Chapter 330 - Half Complete

    Chapter 330 ¨C Half Complete


    Chapter 330: Half Complete


    "It depends on you, not the store," Aakesh answered Veenesh, implying that the store had an unlimited number of spots for the training area like the pills.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face on the outside, but inside he was feelingpletely different. He had a reason for that as the quest, which had two requirements and the duration of 180 days toplete, one of the requirements would getpleted when only a week had passed, surpassing all of his expectations.


    The arrival of the Esh n proved to be a fortuitous encounter for him. Now, he only hoped that other ns or groups like the Esh n to enter the store for the weapons as he was even behind the average weapon sales he needed toplete the requirements of 10,000 sales in 180 days.


    The smile on Veenesh''s face turned brighter after hearing Aakesh. Since the n elders paid for the training of the seven members yesterday, all the other members had been requesting the n for the training.


    Veenesh couldn''t reject that request, so he epted to pay for a single-time training for all the remaining members.


    "Store owner, the Gods & Demons level training area¡­," Veenesh requested Aakesh.


    The next moment, a mechanical alert appeared in Veenesh''s head and asked whether he epted the payment or not.


    When he epted it, the required amount of Primal stones disappeared from his supreme card.


    The next moment, the system informed Aakesh of the sessful payment, and only then did he tell Veenesh that his n members could go ahead.


    Since there were several members in the Esh n who already had the experience of training, it saved Aakesh from exining about the training area to the other members.


    "Thank you, store owner," Veenesh thanked Aakesh, turned around, and went to his n members.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, thought of the quest, and the next moment, two blue screens defining the quest and its progress appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Requirement: Since you have already sold seven weapons and one training hour, it''s time for you to let other customers get the benefits of training hours and weapons sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 10,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 10,000 customers or 100,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Days required: 180 days,


    Mission reward: One thousand, four hundred, and fifty more virtual portals! Addition of Emperor and Overlord grade into the weapons and Training arena! Addition of Superior pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of the training area!]


    [Quest Progress,


    Days left: 173 days,


    Weapon sold: 306/10,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 10,000/10,000,


    Regr training hours: 100,000/100,000 hours,


    Immortal level: 10,000/10,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 1,000/1,000 hours.]


    Aakesh took just a nce at the quest details and then focused on the progress screen.


    He noticed that every choice rted to the training hour requirement had gotten filled after Aakesh sold the thousand hours for the Gods & Demons level training area.


    Aakesh then thought of the quest window disappearing, and the next moment, both screens faded into nothingness.


    ***


    "Return right away after your training," Veenesh sternly ordered all his n members.


    "Yes, n head," Members responded simultaneously.


    Since they had seen the level by which the seven apprentices had grown yesterday, they had requested the n head to pay for their training too since not every Tao Manifestation n member could afford a thousand supreme Primal stones.


    They had gottente today because Veenesh only epted their request a few minutes earlier before they arrived at the store. After the n head epted their request, they had been eager to enter the training area.


    ***


    After Veenesh told them the process of how to enter the training area, the n members began entering the weapons room one by one. Several secondster, all more than thirty-eight thousand n members had entered the weapons room.


    Even though the weapon room looked smaller than the store hall at first nce, now that so many members entered the room, the empty space looked the same as earlier.


    The n members then found their respective pirs and began doing the process required to enter the infinite space inside the training area.


    Since there were so many members in the n, there were bound to be a few members who didn''t use any weapons, but even they couldn''t stop themselves from entering the training area by choosing popr weapons like swords and spears.


    Time flew by, and one hour had passed.


    The system forced all the n members out as their one hour of training was over.


    Tens of thousands of golden barriers dissolving at the same time created a beautiful scene in the weapons room. Even the other customers who were testing their strength had to stop and appreciate the scenery.


    ***


    "What did you gain?" Tukesh asked his twin brother, Kutesh.


    Kutesh was one of the several Void Forging level cultivators in the Esh n. While his brother Tukesh proved to be more talented, he was at intermediate Tao Seed before the training area.


    "Hehe!" Kutesh couldn''t help butugh, hearing his brother.


    Tukesh, seeing his brotherughing so freely, couldn''t help but smile. He then looked at Kutesh for the answer. As for the thought that Kutesh would hide anything from it, it didn''t appear in his head, as since their birth, they had been very close. Sometimes even closer than siblings should be.


    Kutesh didn''t respond in words but released a hint of his energy.


    The system acted right away and removed the energy, but it was enough for Tukesh to sense the energy level.


    Tukesh''s jaw dropped in shock. His brother, who had beente Void Forging before entering the training area, had now reached the peak of the Void Forging. It wasn''t the end, as Tukesh believed that Kutesh was a single meditation away from achieving the Tao Seed.


    Kutesh wasn''t the only one who gained such benefits from the training area. There were many like him, and they were also excitedly talking about their gains.


    ***


    Since Veenesh had sternly ordered them to return back to the n right away after their training had gottenpleted, so they didn''t dare to wait for long and returned back to their n.

 Chapter 331 - Battle(1)

    Chapter 331 ¨C Battle(1)


    Chapter 331: Battle(1)


    "Let''s go for today''s training," Aakesh told Lily, who was rxing on his head.


    Another day for the store had already arrived at an end since the darkness won against the light again, bringing night into the lives of citizens of the Bisan Kingdom.


    "Okay," Lily responded in her childlike voice.


    The next moment, both of them disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily only had a single training area for her, so she selected it and disappeared from the selection Area. Aakesh, on the other hand, picked up his bow first from the weapons section and then selected the environment he had in his mind.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in a familiar hall. It was the same hall, where he had trained yesterday to control his strength, but it was an upgraded version of it.


    Aakesh had the same bullseye as yesterday in front of him, which would release an arrow. Aakesh would need to match the strength to pass. If he failed to match, he would either get his throat pierced or die, depending on the situation.


    If Aakesh seeded, another bullseye would appear, and then Aakesh would need to match the strength of two arrows at the same time. If he seeded twice, then another would appear.


    It would follow a simr pattern throughout the training. Aakesh would need to match the strength the same number of times as the number of bullseyes.


    If Aakesh died, then he would start from one. If Aakesh got his throat pierced, he would get a second chance to continue. If it happened the second time, then Aakesh would need to restart.


    "Whoosh!"


    The round began, and right away the bullseye released an arrow.


    Aakesh wasn''t slow as he took out an ordinary arrow from the quiver tied to his shoulder, nocked the arrow, stretched the bowstring up to his nose using the left hand, and shot.


    "ng!"


    The sound of a metallic sh rang in the hall as both the arrows shed.


    The next moment, both the arrows disintegrated together since Aakesh had sessfully matched the strength.


    Right away, a new simr bullseye appeared right next to the first one.


    Both the bullseyes released their respective arrows right away. Aakesh wasn''t slow either, he repeated the same process asst time, but this time there were two arrows.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    Simr to thest time, all four arrows disintegrated. Aakesh easily matched the strength this time because both bullseyes had released their respective arrows with the same strength.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of continuous metallic shes rang in the hall as Aakesh shot one arrow after another to match the strength of all thirteen arrows before they reached him.


    It had been ten minutes since Aakesh began the training round, and until now, Aakesh had failed only twice, once when there were three bullseyes, while the second time when the number of bullseyes had reached nine.


    He had then restarted and reached up to this stage with thirteen bullseyes.


    All bullseyes released their respective arrows with a random strength, so it wasn''t easy for Aakesh to match it. But due to yesterday''s training for more than fifty minutes had helped him in a big deal.


    Aakesh was currently at his twelfth release. If he were to seed once more after this, the number of bullseyes would reach fourteen.


    "Whoosh!"


    It seemed Aakesh was fortunate and unfortunate at the same time. Unfortunate because he failed to match one of the arrows, and fortunate because his arrow had gotten overwhelmed.


    If the opposite had happened, Aakesh would have to restart again.


    Now, he needed to face the twelfth release again.


    Time flew by, and thirty more minutes had passed.


    "Finally!" Aakeshmented as hepleted the fiftieth release of the fifty bullseyes.


    Aakesh had already decided to stop the training when the number of bullseyes exceeded fifty, so it was now time for him to exit this training.


    Even though the training took more time than Aakesh had wanted, he still was happy with the result.


    He had failed several times after breaching the mark of thirty bullseyes, sopleting his required limit in forty minutes was nothing less than a good result.


    No new bullseye appeared after Aakeshpleted the requirement as he had already left the hall.


    Aakesh then appeared in the selection area. He still hadn''t fought the opponent today, so Aakesh selected the environment, and the next moment, he appeared in the familiar arena in the midst of cheers.


    The familiar blue screen appeared in front of Aakesh, and as usual, he chose the second round since he still hadn''t been able to win it with a bow.


    The next moment, the familiar opponent appeared in the arena, with his sword already sheathed.


    "Ding!"


    The next moment, a bell rang in the arena and announced the start of the battle.


    "ng!"


    A sound of metallic sh rang as Aakesh''s arrow shed with the opponent''s sword.


    Aakesh had decided to push the opponent today, so with every arrow he shot, he took a step forward. Since the opponent wasn''t some weak being, his steps were small, but nheless, he moved forward.


    The opponent also tried to push forward to stop the momentum Aakesh was getting with his shots. But unfortunately for him, Aakesh''s every shot was released by random strength, so it became difficult for the opponent to counter every arrow with the same strategy.


    Suddenly Aakesh stopped moving. He aimed his bow at the sky and shot.


    The opponent was taken aback by the sudden move of Aakesh, but he still was quick enough to understand what was going on. Aakesh had activated one of the two skills he had.


    "Whoosh!"


    As aakesh released the energy arrow, it flew, tearing through the air at the sky as if it aimed to pierce the sky.


    The next moment, hundreds of thousands of arrows covered the sky, bringing darkness to the arena.


    "Hmph!" The opponent coldly scoffed as he raised his sword in the air, and the next moment, a projection of a white sword appeared above him.


    The projection then also flew to fight the arrows.


    Aakesh expressionlessly looked at the white sword aiming to fight his arrows head-on.


    Aakesh suddenly waved his hands, and the arrows that had covered the sky vanished.


    Before the opponent could even understand what had happened, an arrow came at him, threatening to pierce him.

 Chapter 332 - Battle(End)

    Chapter 332 ¨C Battle(End)


    Chapter 332: Battle(End)


    The sudden disappearance of hundreds of thousands of arrows shocked the opponent. He suddenly sensed a life-threatening danger.


    The opponent wanted to make the direction of the white sword''s projection change and attack Aakesh, but before he could do that, the opponent felt a sudden pain from every part of his body, and not long after, he lost his consciousness.


    The projection of the sword was a very strong attack, but there was a disadvantage to it. During the duration it stayed activated, the owner couldn''t initiate another attack.


    The white sword was very quick to ovee that disadvantage, but in front of someone like Aakesh, that duration was more than enough to kill the opponent several times.


    Aakesh had turned the opponent into a porcupine in the time the opponent wanted to change the direction of the sword.


    The next moment, the porcupine turned opponent scattered like sand, announcing the first victory for Aakesh using his bow.


    The familiar blue screen appeared in front of Aakesh right away, and it asked for his choice, whether he wanted to proceed to the next level or not.


    Aakesh didn''t choose to proceed to the next stage, but instead, he decided to leave the arena.


    The time to proceed to the next stage still hasn''te yet as it was not an overwhelming victory for him.


    Aakesh will only proceed to the next stage when no matter what way or methods the opponent used, he still wouldn''t be able to defeat Aakesh.


    Aakesh looked at the crowd, who was cheering intensely for him, waved his hands at them to show his appreciation, and disappeared from there.


    The next moment, he reappeared in the selection area.


    The battle with the opponent hadn''t even taken a minute, so there was still quite a time left before Lily exited her training.


    Since Aakesh still needed the bow for his next training, he didn''t go to the weapons section. He instead directly chose his next training area.


    The next moment, Aakesh disappeared from the selection area as out of nowhere, a portal appeared and sucked him in.


    Soon Aakesh found himself in a familiar area as a giant fort overshadowed the sky.


    "Ding!"


    Not even a second had passed since Aakesh arrived in the area when suddenly a bell rang and announced the start of the battle.


    Aakesh grabbed the bow using his left hand, the bowstring using his right hand. He then began stretching the bowstring, only to stop when it touched his nose.


    As the string got stretched, an arrow began appearing. When it touched Aakesh''s nose, theplete energy arrow had appeared.


    "Whoosh!"


    Aakesh released the bowstring, and the arrow flew, tearing through the air.


    It had only taken its flight when two new arrows separated from it.


    Soon thousands of arrows covered the sky, and it still continued multiplying.


    From the side of the fort, soldiers began jumping down the fort while the archers, who had already taken their positions, shot arrows to destroy Aakesh''s arrows.


    It even made Aakesh feel threatened seeing so many soldiers leaping down the fort. Aakesh had already seen the number of soldiers on the ground crossing the mark of 500,000. Looking at the soldiers, it didn''t look like it would stop anytime soon. Soldiers were still jumping down at the same rate.


    Aakesh aimed his bow at the sky and stretched his bowstring. Soon, five arrows signifying five elements appeared on the bow.


    Aakesh released the bowstring, and all five arrows flew, tearing through the air.


    Before the earth arrow could activate and bind the soldiers on the ground, a flurry of arrows arrived from the fort to destroy it.


    Aakesh was already prepared for this, so he also shot arrows to stop the arrows released by the fort to destroy the earth arrow.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    With every sh of the arrows, an explosion erupted in the area. The scene on the battlefield looked too beautiful to be true.


    The arrow with the earthen arrowhead flew at its uniform speed while the arrows released from the fort and Aakesh shed with each other, causing explosions in the area.


    Even though Aakesh was facing tens of thousands of archers at the same time, he didn''t seem to lose in the number of arrows he shot. It was all due to the multiplication arrows. If Aakesh didn''t have that, he wouldn''t have even attempted to sh with all the archers from the fort head-on.


    Time flew by.


    The earth arrow finally crashed on the ground, binding hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the same time. The other four element arrows began working right away. Air helped the fire while water helped the thunder.


    There were shieldsmen present in the group of soldiers, so the destruction didn''t reach the extent where Aakesh wanted.


    The sh between Aakesh and the archers from the fort didn''t stop with that, but it continued. It only got more destructive as time passed. Many of the soldiers even had severe injuries due to being in close proximity to several explosions.


    Finally, the soldiers leaping down the fort came to an end.


    Even Aakesh felt his scalp numb, seeing the number of the soldiers on the ground.


    At a nce, Aakesh counted the number to be exceeding a million. The majority of the soldiers on the ground were equal to Aakesh in power level. Still, there were tens of thousands of soldiers that even exceeded Aakesh''s power level.


    Aakesh took a deep breath and stopped fighting with the archers from the fort. His expressionless face turned cold.


    "Rumble!"


    "Rumble!"


    "Rumble!"


    So many soldiers charging at Aakesh even made thend shake.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, shot continuous arrows while taking a step forward in the direction of the soldiers charging at him.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sounds of continuous metallic shes rang on the battlefield as the soldiers sessfully defended the arrowsing at them.


    Aakesh had already expected the soldiers to defend his arrows, but he still shot them. While he was shooting, he has also begun chanting the mantra for his next arrow.


    "Aum Taram Tarayrye Aurye¡­,"


    Aakesh had only begun the chant when he suddenly sensed a life-threatening danger. His mantra got stuck in his throat as seven beings belonging to the Yultes race appeared out of nowhere and surrounded Aakesh.


    Aakesh shook his head in disappointment, seeing the appearance of the seven Yultes.. At that moment, he knew he had lost once more.

 Chapter 333 - Rain

    Chapter 333 ¨C Rain


    Chapter 333: Rain


    With the appearance of the seven Yultes, Aakesh knew he had lost this round since even the weakest Yultes exceeded his level by two sublevels, while the strongest in the group was a Level 7.


    Even though defeat felt imminent, how could Aakesh give up on the battle?


    He decided to forget the million strong soldiers on the ground and entirely focus on the group of Yultes. Before the round ended, Aakesh wanted to kill as many Yultes as possible.


    Thinking like this, Aakesh stopped the chant he had just begun. He then disappeared from the spot where he was standing and appeared in the air.


    In the span of less than a second, Aakesh had jumped up and down several times. While he jumped, he also shot arrows, with multiplication arrows randomly in the midst.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of a metallic sh rang in the area as the swords in Yultes''s hands shed with the arrows shot by Aakesh.


    Aakesh wanted to push forward to put pressure on the group of Yultes since the strongest in the group was just standing and not taking any actions against Aakesh at all. Unfortunately for him, he couldn''t push forward, but instead, he had to move backward as he felt that the Level 7 Yultes would attack him if he dared to take a step forward.


    With every sh, Aakesh was getting pushed back. While Aakesh was fighting the six Yultes at the same time, the soldiers had also reached him.


    The soldiers who took the leads were in a needle formation, with the spearman at the front, while the shieldsman gave a cover to them.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sounds of metallic shes continuously rang in the area. Aakesh was still entirely focused on the group of Yultes. Even though the soldiers had reached him, he ignored them.


    Time flew by.


    "Boom!"


    An arrow with an orange fire arrowhead sessfully pierced the defense of one of the Yultes. The next moment, a mushroom cloud erupted in the air, and an explosion loud enough to shake thend around several meters appeared.


    It has been around ten minutes since the battle for conquering the fort had begun.


    Aakesh had numerous injuries on his body, but fortunately for him, none of the wounds reached a severe stage.


    The group of Yultes was in an even worse shape than him as just now Aakesh had killed the first Yultes of the lot, while the other five simrly had numerous injuries. One of them even had a life-threatening wound after thebined effort of a few multiplication arrows amputated three of his four hands and pierced one of the eyes.


    The Level 7 Yultes finally made his move after one of the Yultes in their group died.


    Since the beginning, Aakesh had been keeping an eye on the Level 7 Yultes, so when Aakesh saw the Yultes suddenly disappearing, he readied himself to defend.


    The Yultes were too quick for Aakesh to defend by shooting, so Aakesh had no choice but to stop the shing at him by the bow in his hands.


    "ng!"


    The next moment, a sound of metallic sh rang in the area as the sword in the Yultes''s lower left hand shed with the bow.


    The Yultes expressionlessly looked at Aakesh and then shed at him, aiming to cut him in half using his other swords since he had four hands and four swords.


    Aakesh had predicted something like this, so before the sword could reach him, his bow arrived and stopped it from killing him.


    Time flew by, and a few seconds passed.


    Every time a swing came at Aakesh, his bow came at the right time and defended him.


    Even though it helped him in surviving the shes of the Level 7 Yultes, he wasn''t the only opponent Aakesh had. There were five more Yultes and more than a million soldiers.


    Since Aakesh was busy defending him with his bow, he wasn''t able to shoot arrows to stop the approach of the other Yultes and the soldiers. Using that time, the soldiers had surrounded him.


    "Whoosh!"


    Aakesh suddenly bent down. The next moment, a spearhead passed through the ce where his head was a moment earlier.


    At that moment, a sh came at him. Aakesh using all the strength he could umte at that moment in his legs, jumped in the air to save himself from the spears and sword swings that came at him.


    The Level 7 Yultes only nced at Aakesh jumping. A glint passed through his eyes. The Yultes then joined the four swords and his four hands to make a pattern of a cross.


    Suddenly all the four swords began glowing at the same time. Soon, an outline of a new de appeared floating in front of the cross.


    Aakesh''s jump hadn''t even beenpleted when he suddenly sensed a life-threatening danger. Before he could even look or think of defending, the de passed through him.


    Aakesh didn''t feel anything when the de passed through him. He just lost his consciousness.


    If Aakesh were here to see the scene, he would''ve seen rain of his blue blood and body parts that had been cut into tiny pieces.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the selection area, with hisst memory being the danger he had sensed.


    Aakesh didn''t even have to ask as the system automatically added the memory of how he had died into his head.


    Seeing the scene of his blood and body parts raining, Aakesh nodded and promised himself to grant the same courtesy to the Yultes when Aakesh killed him.


    Aakesh had no interest in entering any new training area, so hisfortable chair appeared next to him. He sat on it and began thinking about his strategy to handle this situation of more than a million soldiers who had at least the same level as him and the seven Yultes.


    Time flew by.


    While Aakesh was thinking about the solution, a portal out of nowhere appeared in the selection area, and then Lily stepped out of it.


    A grin spread across her face, seeing Aakesh waiting for him. She then jumped directly on his head.


    Aakesh stopped thinking about the fort when Lily appeared.. A smile spread across his face as Lily shared her experiences of the training area, making him forget about his loss and death in the battle.

 Chapter 334 - City

    Chapter 334 ¨C City


    Chapter 334: City


    "Oh!" Aakeshmented in surprise after Lily told her about one of the uses of her skills.


    Time flew by.


    After Lily shared her entire experience for today''s training, she and Aakesh disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the store.


    "Be safe!" Aakesh told Lily as she jumped up the stairs to enter his room and then enter Panagea.


    Lily only nodded in response to Aakesh and disappeared into the room.


    After the floating door and stairs disappeared, Aakesh took a step forward in the direction of the portal room.


    As usual, after entering the portal room, his eyes fell on the leaderboard right away.


    Seeing there was an addition of an adventurer on the leaderboard, Aakesh nodded. He then touched the nearest virtual portal. Only the tip of his finger had brushed it when suddenly a sucking force way stronger than his capacity to defend appeared and sucked him into another world.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the same ce from where he had exited yesterday.


    He had wasted an entire day in his journey to the city, Swiftport, so he didn''t wait and continued his journey in the direction of the city right away.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    Aakesh could finally see the outline of the ocean, and a few more minutester, the silhouette of arge city that could even put an Empire in Visteerna to shame appeared in his eyes.


    Aakesh was still a few hundred miles away from the city, but he could still feel the majesty.


    When the city was around fifty miles away from him, Aakesh came across the guards of the city.


    Even though they were only guards, Aakesh knew he couldn''t defeat them. He couldn''t sense their exact levels, but if he were to take a guess, he would say the guards were at least Level 80.


    The guard, seeing Aakesh approaching the city, didn''t stop him due to the privilege of low-level adventurers.


    When Aakesh was around a mile away from the city gate, he came across several queues waiting for their entry into the city.


    The majority of the people waiting in the queue were merchants and traders as their caravans and carriers could be seen next to them. It wasn''t out of Aakesh''s expectation as the city, Swiftport, was a trading hub in these parts of Panagea.


    Aakesh had no choice but to wait in the queue as the system informed him that his privilege wouldn''t work here. As for forcing his entry into the city, Aakesh will only do that when he has turned insane.


    It didn''t take long for Aakesh to reach the gate as the guards at the gate wererge in quantity and were also very efficient.


    "Name?" One of the guards asked while not even looking at Aakesh.


    "Hey, wake up!" Before Aakesh answered the question of the guard, another guard came and hit that guard on the head.


    ***


    "Sorry, adventurer!" The guard apologized to Aakesh after having a conversation with his superior.


    Since the city was still part of a low-level area, the adventurers still had a few privileges like entry into the city without questioning or searching.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to the guard''s apologizing.


    "Here, this is your entry card into the city," The guard then handed a card to Aakesh. Without even waiting for Aakesh to respond, the guard further added and informed, "For today, your stay in the city is free, but from tomorrow, you need to pay 100 low soul stones for a day stay."


    The stay cost for other citizens in Swiftport was a thousand low soul stones for a day, but since Aakesh was the first adventurer to enter the city, he only needed to pay ten percent of the amount.


    Aakesh didn''t say anything, but instead, he took out ten thousand low soul stones from his pouch and handed it to the guard.


    The guard counted the stones twice and then took out another card and handed it to him.


    The first was a citizen card that allowed Aakesh to rent a house in the city, it also acted as an identity card in the case where guards got involved, while the second was a resident card, and on it 101 was magically engraved.


    When the number turned into zero, the guards would escort Aakesh out of the city if he failed to pay further for his stay.


    Aakesh took both the cards, tipped the guard a thousand low soul stones, and then finally entered the city through the gate.


    If it were some other guy, the guards would have arrested them for bribing the guards, but since it was Aakesh, an adventurer, the guard felt pride for having the tip.


    The first thing that weed Aakesh into the city was the flow of hundreds of thousands of people.


    The city of Swiftport alone housed tens of billions of citizens belonging to different races, while it also weed people from the town and cities in this part of Panagea.


    Just from the gate of the city, the market inside the Swiftport began.


    Aakesh had only taken a few steps when he had alreadye across a weapon store. Since Aakesh had a pouch filled with several hundred million low soul stones, he didn''t need to earn any soul stones for now.


    "Kacha!"


    "Argh!"


    It had only been several seconds since Aakesh entered the city, and he had alreadye across his first conflict.


    A carriage had mistakenly stepped onto the foot of a passerby, which resulted in the cracking of the man''s bones, so he screamed in pain.


    "Boom!"


    The carriage owner, instead of helping the man, attempted to escape. But suddenly, a silhouette out of nowhere appeared on the road.


    The carriage owner''s face turned pale, seeing the man since he recognized him.


    The man was one of the known characters in the city, a lieutenant in the army.


    Aakesh only nced at the scene and then continued his travel since even he felt he didn''t stand a chance against the man for now.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    "A level gain," Aakeshmented as he had just gained a level, making him Level 41. It was due to his ss, Watcher.


    For someone like Aakesh, who gained levels by watching fortuitous events, this city was nothing less than heaven.


    Time flew by, and finally, the day for Aakesh in Panagea came to an end since the sun had risen in Visteerna.

 Chapter 335 - Tristan(1)

    Chapter 335 ¨C Tristan(1)


    Chapter 335: Tristan(1)


    With the rise of the sun in Visteerna, the light forced darkness to hide back. Aakesh also exited Panagea after the system informed him.


    Aakesh appeared in the portal room after exiting Panagea.


    The door of his room emerged floating in the store, and soon the stairs connecting it to the hardwood floor appeared.


    After taking his bath, Aakesh stepped down the stairs. He then went to the door and opened it, marking the start of another day for the store.


    As usual, Aakesh noticed arge crowd waiting on the street for the store to open with eager faces. After stepping away from the door, the people rushed into the store like a torrent of water.


    Many people forced their way into the store as only the first 150 participants would get their turn in the first group for Panagea.


    A few secondster, the street returned to calm as the crowd had already entered the store.


    A golden hue surrounded the first 150 customers that had stepped first into the store. Since new customers rarely arrived at the store this early, there were no new customers in the first group.


    Those customers who had cards first greeted Aakesh and then went to the portal room. The group of Pento and Bislo first bought mental healing pills for their group and then moved to the portal room.


    Those customers who didn''t have cards paid for their services in Panagea to Aakesh by hand, and only then were they able to enter the portal room and Panagea.


    The 150 ces for the second group of customers for Panagea had also gotten filled out for now, and there were around seventy spots left for the third group.


    Since there were currently no new customers in the store, Aakesh went to his chair and rxed.


    Those who hade here for Panagea found their spots in the store, sat down, and began meditating since only the customers waiting for their entry into Panagea could meditate and enjoy the unlimited energy-filled environment in the store.


    Not all of them sat down for meditation. Several of them decided to train in the training area since there was no time limit for customers in the first four levels of difficulties.


    Even though the cost didn''t prove equivalent to the benefits provided to the customers in the first four levels of the training area, the customers still found it to be beneficial due to no limit on their entries like other products. They felt that it would prove to be even more beneficial in the long run. Even if their beliefs turned out to be wrong in the future, they wouldn''t mind much such was their faith in the value of the store.


    ***


    Tristan belonged to the Human race and lived in the Blue Wyrm Kingdom, the neighbor of the Bisan Kingdom.


    He had half of his face burnt, giving him a hideous look. He wasn''t an ordinary citizen but someone who had retired from Kingdom services. He was the previous army chief of the Blue Wyrm Kingdom.


    Tristan was ate Void Condensation level cultivator, so he had a lifespan of hundreds of years, and he was only 79 this year. For someone of this age, he not only looked older, but he was way too young for retirement.


    He hadn''t retired recently, but he had retired twenty years earlier, meaning at the age of 59, he had already left the services. At that time, he had reached the cultivation level he was currently in, showing his talent.


    It wasn''t out of his choice but due to circumstances. The half-burnt face was one such reason.


    Twenty years earlier, he was a well-known figure not only in the Blue Wyrm Kingdom but also in the Bisan Kingdom. But since when has fortune been infinite, and tragedy has announced its arrival? Tristan got affected by such an unannounced tragedy, and one night changed everything for him.


    The area around the Mysterious Peak on the western part of the Kingdom had seen numerous disappearances in the past few days. So when several Nascent Soul soldiers went to search for the criminal causing such situations and didn''t return, the King had to personally take the case into his hands. He then had ordered Tristan to solve the case with twenty elite soldiers.


    Tristan''s search didn''te to naught, and he found the criminal without even going deep to the Mysterious Peak.


    A group of three people was behind the disappearance of so many people around this area. All three members in the group were female and headed by only an early Void Condensation, while the other two members were bothte Nascent Souls.


    Tristan and the group couldn''t see the faces of thedies as they had masks over their faces. They only recognized the gender because all threedies were naked when the group had found them.


    Seeing that the leader was only an early Void Condensation cultivator, Tristan acknowledged the mission to be easier than he had expected.


    If Tristan and the group of soldiers were to see the faces of the threedies, they would''ve noticed that all three of them had the same appearance.


    The leader of the group was named Shuang, and seeing the group of soldiers founding her, instead of feeling afraid, a cruel grin spread across her face behind the mask.


    Shuang wasn''t a resident of the areas around here, but she hase from another continent in Visteerna.


    The other twodies were clones of Shuang; that''s why they had the same appearance.


    The purpose behind Shuanging into these areas was to sacrifice people to satisfy the Demon she believed in.


    Until now, Shuang had already sacrificed more than a million citizens belonging to the Blue Wyrm Kingdom alone.


    "YOU DEMONESS," Tristan shouted in anger, seeing the situation of the people that had disappeared.


    They were lying naked on the ground with no hint of life. Tristan could see a pattern made up of a circle inside a star, and then it was covered in a big circle. From the looks, these patterns were made on the chest of the corpses with a sharp object.


    The corpses were also put in the same way to make a simr pattern on the ground.


    Seeing the corpses in such situations, Tristan knew the group was conducting a ritual here.

 Chapter 336 - Tristan(2)

    Chapter 336 ¨C Tristan(2)


    Chapter 336: Tristan(2)


    Seeing the scene in front of him, Tristan knew the group was conducting an evil ritual here. A question suddenly emerged in his mind, as the number of corpses lying on the ground in a specific pattern didn''t match the number of the people that had gotten missing.


    Trihan was thinking of the question when suddenly he felt a chill.


    Tristan looked down on the ground, only to notice his feet stepped upon the face of a person.


    Tristan, in a hurry, backed away, only to stumble upon another corpse.


    A look of pure horror appeared on his face as he looked around him, only to notice that the corpses weren''t missing, but they were always here and were used to make arge pattern that spanned hundreds of meters.


    After calming down from the scene the next moment, a question emerged in his mind that, why didn''t he see the pattern. He even entered it. It all happened when the leader of the group was only an early Void Condensation while he was ate Void Condensation.


    "Soldiers, attack!" Tristan stood up and ordered the twenty elite soldiers he had brought. He didn''t fear for them as all of them were peak Nascent Soul, on the verge of reaching Void Condensation.


    After ordering the soldiers, Tristan didn''t stand, but he also charged at the leader of the group, who was still standing at the same ce.


    "Eh!" Tristan suddenly eximed in surprise as he neither got any response from the soldiers that came with him nor did he feel a movement from them.


    Tristan turned his head slightly to look behind him, only to freeze on the ground.


    The twenty soldiers he had brought had already gotten naked, while their eyes had turned lifeless. The soldiers, then using their swords, began drawing the same pattern of a circle inside the star and then the star inside therger circle. While they were doing this, pained expressions appeared on their faces, but they didn''t utter a word and silently continued.


    "YOU DEMONESS!" Tristan screamed in anger as he looked at the three nakeddies still standing at the same spot.


    Tristan knew if he waited, those soldiers would lose their lives, so he took out his sword from its sheath and activated his strongest skill to end this situation as soon as possible.


    The next moment, his sword began growing with a visible rate. In no time, it reached tens of meters.


    Tristan raised the sword in the air using both his hands since it weighed a lot at that point and brought it down vertically.


    Even though the distance between Tristan and the group ofdies exceeded the height of the sword, still when Tristan brought it down, the strongestdy got split into two pieces, and her body then crashed onto the ground.


    The sword didn''t disappear, but then it was the turn of the twodies. As if an invisible de was at work, both thedies faced the same end as the two halves of their bodies crashed on the ground.


    Tristan waited for a few seconds, and only after seeing that there was no scene of them regenerating or somehow returning to life did he stop his skill. The next moment, the sword reverted back to its original size.


    Tristan then looked back and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the soldiers had stopped creating the pattern. Soon, the scream of pain rang in the area.


    Tristan still didn''t let his guard down as there was an evil ritual going on, and anything could happen in these situations.


    "Wear your clothes, and carry these corpses into your space rings," Tristan coldly ordered the soldiers, bringing a stop to their screams.


    Even though Tristan was ate Void Condensation level cultivator, he still felt afraid seeing the scenes. He still didn''t have an answer for how he didn''t see the pattern from far and entered it. He wanted to leave the area as soon as possible.


    "Hahahahahahaha!"


    Suddenly a burst of gentle and seductiveughter rang in the area, bringing chills down the soldiers and Tristan''s spine.


    The chill only continued for a moment. The next moment, lewd expressions appeared on the faces of the twenty soldiers, while a frown appeared on Tristan.


    At that moment, Tristan could feel an external force trying to affect his brain and make him feel lust.


    "Why are you fighting your instincts? Don''t you want to love me?" The next moment, a seductive voice rang in Tristan''s heart.


    Tristan''s face turned ugly as he could feel his guard subconsciouslying down.


    As if the voice could see the struggle of Tristan, it further added, with the voice turning even more seductive to entice him.


    Tristan had a strong will, so he persisted and struggled to get free, while the situation wasn''t that optimistic for the soldiers.


    The soldiers who were feeling the heat at that moment were unaware that their bodies were engulfed in white mes.


    In the mes, a silhouette of Shuang could be seen. Shuang hadn''t worn her mask, and a smirk could be seen spread across her face.


    Tristan was also engulfed in me, but he wasn''t in the same situation as the soldiers.


    The me had only covered one-half of his body while the soldiers were already melting.


    Tristan, who was losing control over his body and was on the verge of losing himself, decided to take drastic action.


    With a lot of struggle, he cut off his reproductive part to stop him from losing himself to his lust.


    "Argh!"


    "Haha!"


    Simultaneously a painful scream and a burst ofughter rang in the area.


    Tristan saved himself from losing himself by sacrificing his future generations, but one-half of his body had already gotten burnt and was charred ck.


    The pain of burning that he hadn''t been feeling due to the voice suddenly came and attacked him, making him lose his consciousness and crash on the ground.


    When Tristan regained his consciousness, he wanted whatever he had felt to be a nightmare, but when he opened his only working eye, his expectations came crashing down. He was still lying naked on the ground with his entire body aching.


    With a lot of struggle, Tristan stood up, only to stumble once more.. Thedy he thought he had killed suddenly appeared in front of him.

 Chapter 337 - [BONUS]Tristan(End)

    Chapter 337 ¨C [BONUS]Tristan(End)


    Chapter 337: Tristan(End)


    "Thud!"


    Tristan, with a lot of struggle, finally stood up. He then suddenly stumbled and crashed on the ground with a loud sound, bringing another round of pain.


    Shuang, who he had thought, he had killed, suddenly appeared in front of him.


    Unlike thest time, she was neither naked nor did she have a mask to hide her beautiful face.


    Tristan, who had just sacrificed his future generation to survive, lost his mind for a moment, seeing the face of Shuang.


    He could swear that he had never seen anyone that could beat Shuang in her looks.


    "Haha!" Shuangughed, seeing the expressions on Tristan''s half-burnt face. She then extended one of her hands to help Tristan stand up.


    Tristan subconsciously grabbed her hand using his uninjured hand.


    Shuang, smilingly, picked up Tristan.


    "Marry me!" Tristan blurted the first thing that came to his mind at that moment.


    "How will you satisfy me?" Shuang smilingly responded right away and pointed at his lower waist.


    "Uh-" Tristan suddenly found him stumped as he had himself done this to save him. His face couldn''t help but turn grave as how could someone who had just survived think about marrying someone.


    But as soon as that grave expression had appeared, it disappeared, and a joyous expression took its ce.


    "I''ll find a solution," He answered Shuang as if he had already thought of what he wanted to do.


    "Okay, I''ll be waiting for you," Shuang smilingly responded and gently poked the burnt portion of Tristan''s face.


    "Ugh!" Tristan groaned in pain, but he didn''t stop Shuang.


    "Are you telling the truth? You''ll be waiting for me?" Tristan responded with his voice reaching a higher notch as if he had gained something very valuable.


    "Why would I lie to you?" Shuang answered. Her beautiful face still retained that smile. Her fingers then caressed his half-burnt face.


    Tristan, in response, closed his only working eye. Even though it felt painful, he was enjoying her touch.


    At that moment, even the tiny concern he had for his survival disappeared from his heart. What took its ce was his love for Shuang.


    "Now go and find the solution. I''ll be waiting for you," Shuang told Tristan and gently pushed him.


    "Yes¡­yes, just wait for me," Tristan repeatedly nodded despite an intense pain attacking him. He then left the area, but even after only walking a few meters, he had turned his head back to look at Shuang several times.


    Shuang waved her hands as if she was saying bye to Tristan. Tristan, in response, also waved back with both of his hands, unaware that charred pieces of his burnt hands were falling.


    When Tristanpletely disappeared from Shuang''s sight, a change urred.


    "Why did you let him go?" A man out of nowhere appeared next to Shuang and asked her. His voice cold enough to freeze someone even in summer.


    "Oh, elder brother, you''re here," Shuang, instead of answering the man greeted him.


    The man known as the elder brother didn''t mind his sister not answering his question and told her to return with him since she didn''t need to sacrifice anymore.


    Shuang only nodded in response to her brother. Before leaving, she took a nce in the direction Tristan had gone. The smile she had on his face turned into a malevolent grin, thinking about what would happen with the man in the future.


    ***


    After returning, Tristan directly went to the King. He was still naked as he didn''t even wear clothes.


    Thedies in the ces couldn''t help but scream in terror, seeing the appearance of Tristan.


    Since the King was friends with Tristan''s grandfather, instead of getting angry with Tristan, felt worried, seeing him in such a situation.


    Tristan then told the scenes he hade across in the Mysterious Peak to the King, excluding the portion about Shuang. He instead made an imaginary enemy that killed his soldiers and brought him into this situation.


    Tristan then asked for the help of the King in regards to the regeneration of his private parts.


    The King already had doubts regarding the story Tristan had told him since the story didn''t match with the severe amount of injury Tristan had.


    The treasury of the Kingdom had several medicines that could help in the regeneration and healing of the burning marks. Since Tristan was the army chief of the Kingdom, the King allowed the treasurer to send those medicines to Tristan.


    Time flew by.


    No matter what kind of medicine the treasury had, it had no effect on Tristan''s injury or his private parts. And as days passed by, the feeling Tristan had for Shuang grew at a monstrous rate.


    A few dayster, Tristan returned to the Mysterious Peak, only to not find Shuang there. He called her for hours and searched around the mountain, but his search came to naught.


    At that moment, as if there was a switch for his brain, and it flipped down, Tristan lost his mind and began his rampage across the Kingdom.


    Tristan had turnedpletely crazy and a wrathful creature. In his rage, he had massacred so many people that it could even make an evil cultivator shudder.


    If not for his grandfather using the one favor he had on the King, the King would have killed Tristan.


    Even though the grandfather had saved his grandson by using a favor the King owed to him, the King put him in a prison for his life and also crippled his cultivation. The grandfather had no choice but to ept the King''s decision as what his grandson had done wasn''t a pardonable offense.


    Time flew by, and years had passed.


    As years passed, Tristan became an evil memory to the Kingdom, only to appear once again today.


    Tristan''s grandfather and the King were in conversation in the throne hall. The grandfather was requesting the King to let Tristan go to the First Store in the Bisan Kingdom.


    "No!" The King straight away refused. For the crime Tristan hadmitted, he doesn''t deserve to live, let alone move freely.


    "Don''t you want to know what happened with Tristan that day?" asked the grandfather. He and the King both had no idea why had Tristan turned into a crazy mindless creature?


    The King fell silent hearing his old friend''s question.


    "Fine!" After staying silent for some time, the King spoke, but before the grandfather could celebrate, he further added, "It doesn''t matter what happened to him that day. What he had done couldn''t be forgiven. If he can be treated then it''s good, but he couldn''t have his cultivation back."


    The grandfather wanted to speak something in response, but no words came out of his throat, seeing the cold expression on the King''s face.


    "Thank you for your magnanimity, your majesty," The grandfather bowed and thanked the King for allowing his grandson to be free.


    Even though Tristan can''t regain his cultivation back, after healing, he can have children. His family line wouldn''t die with Tristan since Tristan was the only son of the grandfather''s only child.


    The grandfather then left the throne hall as he wanted to share this information with his family.


    "Keep an eye on him," The King coldly ordered the air after the grandfather left.


    "As youmand, your majesty!" A cold voice rang in response, and soon a wisp of air flew by.


    ***


    "So this is the store,"mented Tristan''s father as he looked at the storefront from the street.

 Chapter 338 - Purchase

    Chapter 338 ¨C Purchase


    Chapter 338: Purchase


    "So, this is the store you were talking about, father?" Tristan''s father asked his father as he stood on the street in Kakot''s market, looking at the storefront.


    There were five people in the group, starting from Tristan''s grandfather to Tristan.


    The grandmother looked to be even younger than the mother of Tristan. She had the appearance and the body of a twenty-yeardy, while Tristan''s mother looked to be in her fifties. It was because she was only a Soul Formation who had already lived for more than 100 years. The grandmother was a peak Void Condensation and still had several hundreds of years to live, even without a life-extending medicine.


    Tristan''s father had almost the same appearance as his father. If someone were to see them for the first time, they would think of the duo as brothers.


    The father''s name was Christian. The mother was called Kristina.


    The grandfather''s name was Christopher, while the grandmother was called Trissy.


    "Yes, it''s the same store I had heard about," Christopher answered. A look of grave concern and gentleness appeared on his face as he looked at thest member and the reason behind theming here.


    Tristan, who was only 79 years this year, looked to be in his forties. One-half of his body was charred ck and had cracks all over that. The other half had wrinkles. If Tristan were to open his mouth, only a single tooth would be found. As for hair, there were only three white hairs on his bald, wrinkly head.


    Since Tristan was crazy, the group had sedated him first and then brought him to the store. To hide the terrible half-burnt body, Kristina had covered him in a cloak.


    During the entire journey, Kristina had carried her only son here. A bit of swelling could be seen around her eyes as she hadn''t stopped crying from the moment Tristan had left his prison.


    "There is no point in waiting here," Christophermented and took the first step. The other family members followed his lead and entered after him, with grave and tense expressions.


    Right after entering, Christopher''s eyes fell on the chair, and the blue-skinned man rxing on it.


    Since his source had already told him about the unique appearance of the store owner, Christopher identified the blue-skinned man as the store owner right away.


    He didn''t know why, but just as he wanted to take a step forward, he couldn''t make it.


    Christopher took a nce at his grandson covered by a dark cloak, took several deep breaths, and finally took a step forward to approach the store owner.


    Aakesh, who had been rxing on his chair with closed eyes, sensed an approach, so he opened his eyes and looked at the source.


    His eyes first fell upon a man approaching him with a mix of expressions on his face. He then looked at the group of three behind the man, where the weakest in the group was carrying a man.


    For someone like him, the cloak was simr to having no cloak, so he easily saw through it. He noticed an unconscious man, who looked the oldest in the group but was the youngest in reality and had terrible injuries, even excluding the half-burnt body.


    At that time, Christopher had approached Aakesh.


    "Senior, can you heal my grandson?" Christopher directly stated his purpose behinding here. He then nervously waited for the store owner''s answer as the store owner was his only hope in freeing his grandson and continuing his family line.


    "Yes, the pills in the store can heal his injuries," Aakesh expressionlessly answered the man. Since the injured man was only a Void Condensation level cultivator, the store had the pills to heal himpletely.


    Christopher wanted to yell in joy, hearing the store owner, but he controlled himself since it could wait until his grandson got healed.


    "What pills do you rmend, senior?" Christopher asked Aakesh with an even more respectful tone.


    "Three First-grade medium body healing pills for the body injuries, three first-grade medium mental healing pills for the mental injuries, one first-grade medium dantian healing pill for the dantian injury," Aakesh introduced the three products required to treat the manpletely.


    "Senior, give me three-body healing and mental healing pills," Christopher requested right away, without even asking the price.


    Beforeing here, he had already decided to pay whatever was required for his grandson to get alright. He wouldn''t care, even if it meant selling everything he had earned until now.


    Christopher was an early Void Forging level cultivator, so he could earn money anytime, he wanted, but he couldn''t regain his grandson simrly.


    As for not requesting dantian healing pills, Christopher didn''t even have to think about it. Since the King had strictly ordered Tristan''s cultivation to stay crippled, he didn''t dare go against the order, despite the King being a friend of his. He also understood that for what Tristan did to the billions of citizens of the Blue Wyrm Kingdom, leaving freely as an ordinary human was already a big deal.


    Aakesh had no interest in knowing why the man didn''t want to buy dantian healing pills, so he expressionlessly nodded, stood up from his chair, went to the counter section, and took out the three pills required from both categories.


    "You need to pay 225 ordinary Primal stones," Aakesh expressionlessly told the man as he handed him the pills he wanted.


    Christopher, who was waiting to hear an unbelievable amount as the cost, couldn''t help but get stumped for a moment, hearing the total price of the pills.


    "Senior, you said 225 ordinary Primal stones, or did I hear the price wrong?" Christopher asked Aakesh to make sure as the price wasn''t even close to the amount he was ready to pay.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to the man''s confusion.


    Christopher, seeing the confirmation from the store owner, didn''t dare to wait. He took out the required amount of Primal stones from his space ring, handed it to Aakesh, and took the pills that will heal his grandson.


    Aakesh, in response, waved his hands and the Primal stones disappeared from the store. Christopher, after getting the pills turned around and returned to his group right away.


    There was a mix of tension and excitement on Christopher''s face as he removed the cloak from the face of his unconscious grandson.

 Chapter 339 - Treatment?

    Chapter 339 ¨C Treatment?


    Chapter 339: Treatment?


    Christopher''s hands shook as he forced a body healing pill into the mouth of unconscious Tristan.


    After feeding one pill, Christopher didn''t wait and only stopped when he had forced the other two pills.


    The pills began acting right away.


    Since Tristan had numerous internal injuries, the entire energy of the first pill was used to heal those.


    Christopher could see the energy flow inside Tristan''s body, so he waited for the body healing pill''s effects topletely die out before feeding mental healing pills to Tristan.


    After Tristan''s internal injuries had gotten healed, a green light engulfed his entire body.


    His burnt portion returning to normal could be seen through naked eyes.


    The burnt skin that fell off after the birth of new skin disappeared before they could touch the floor, courtesy to the system.


    Trissy, Kristina, Christian, and Christopher, all of them had moist eyes as they looked at Tristan''s healing with a visible rate of speed.


    A few secondster, there wasn''t even a hint of burn left on Tristan''s body. His wrinkly skin had turned youthful. The three hairs on his bald head had fallen down, and dense ck hairs that reached his waist took their ce.


    The energy still didn''t disappear, as there was still a part left to heal.


    A few secondster, the same Tristan, who had left that night for the mission, appeared in front of the family members.


    Due to the healing pills, the sedative effect also disappeared. Tristan, who had been lying unconscious for thest few hours, began regaining his consciousness.


    Christopher fed a mental healing pill to his grandson right away, as only his physical body had healed; the mental injury was yet to be treated. If Tristan were to regain consciousness in this situation, he would still be a crazy guy.


    "PLEASE ANSWER ME!" A heartbreaking shout rang in the store the next moment, and Tristan regained consciousness.


    But as soon as Christopher fed him the pill, a pained expression appeared on Tristan''s face. Christopher didn''t wait and fed him the other two pills as well.


    Time flew by.


    As seconds passed, the pained expression on Tristan''s face turned uglier as if he was seeing something terrible.


    Finally, after around three minutes had passed, the ugly expression began returning to normal.


    A few secondster, Tristan''s eyes finally opened.


    Tristan rubbed his eyes as the scene in front of him looked blurry while Kristina gently put down her son.


    Finally, after clear sight returned to Tristan, he couldn''t help but exim in surprise, finding him in an unfamiliar environment.


    Soon, the memory of that night and after that until today slowly appeared in his head.


    Due to the pill, Tristan didn''t have any adverse effects due to the sudden addition of twenty years of memory.


    When he finally learned everything that had happened in thest twenty years from that night, a drop of tear left his eyes.


    His eyes then fell on his family members who were looking at him with a gentle and happy smile and tears in their eyes.


    Tristan felt his heart getting tight, seeing the tears in his family member''s eyes. Tristan stood up and hugged his family, and apologized for making them go through this for thest twenty years due to him.


    After he had a hearty conversation with his family members, his eyes turned cold as he remembered Shuang and what she did with him.


    "I''ll kil-"


    Tristan attempted to vow to kill Shuang, but it came to a sudden halt after he noticed that he couldn''t sense any energy.


    "Is there no way for my cultivation to return?" Tristan asked his grandfather. He didn''t know that the King had ordered his cultivation to stay crippled and thought that there were someplications with dantian, that''s why he only got healed, but his cultivation still stayed crippled.


    "No!" Christopher answered, bringing a tragic look on Tristan''s face. "It''s his majesty''s punishment for you," Christopher further added and told him the reason behind his cultivation to stay crippled.


    Tristan, who had a tragic expression, couldn''t help but smile wryly hearing his grandfather''s next words.


    "I deserve it," Tristan, after staying silent for several seconds, suddenlymented.


    He was the army chief of the Blue Wyrm Kingdom and had vowed to protect the Kingdom and its citizens when he had taken over that position, but instead of protecting, he had massacred billions of innocents in cruel ways.


    "I''ll beg his majesty to take his punishment back," Christopher, who couldn''t see that sad look on his face, promised his grandson to make Tristan return to normal.


    "Yes, we''ll also beg his majesty to take his punishment back. After all, everything started due to the mission given by his majesty," The other family members chimed in and promised.


    "You don''t need to do that. I''ll personally ask for forgiveness from his majesty," Tristan attempted a forced smile and told his family members.


    "Where am I?" He asked before his family could say anything to divert the topic.


    "It''s the store that helped us in treating you," Christopher understood what his grandson wanted to do, but he still answered. He then further added, "You need to thank the store owner. If not for him, we would''ve never seen you."


    Tristan, hearing his grandfather, took a look around the store and found a blue-skinned man rxing on the sole chair, not far from him.


    epting his grandfather''s words, Tristan approached Aakesh.


    Aakesh sensed footsteps approaching him, so he looked at the source, only to find out that it was the injured man.


    "Thank you, senior! If not for you and your store products, I would''ve never been able to see my family again," Tristan bowed to his waist and thanked Aakesh with a sincere tone. He truly felt grateful to Aakesh and the store.


    "No need to thank me, your family paid for the products," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Senior, you''re being-"


    "No need, I already told you your family bought the products."


    Tristan wanted to refute Aakesh, but Aakesh cut his speech off in between and stopped him from speaking anything else.


    Tristan didn''t speak anything further, seeing Aakesh gesturing to him to return to his family members.


    "Thank you, senior!" Tristan thanked Aakesh once more with a slight bow and then returned to his family members, while Aakesh didn''t speak anything in response and returned to another rxation session.

 Chapter 340 - Training

    Chapter 340 ¨C Training


    Chapter 340: Training


    "Let''s go," Christianmented, seeing his son returning back to them after thanking the store owner.


    "Wait, I''ve heard so much about the store. Now that Tristan has be perfectly healthy, let''s check the other products of the store," Christopher refused Christian and told the group.


    "But, Tristan-"


    "Don''t worry about it? Please don''t stop yourself from doing anything for me." Christian wanted to speak something, but Tristan interjected midway and told his family members to go ahead.


    "Senior, what other products does your store sell?" While the duo of father and son were conversing, Christopher had already approached Aakesh.


    "Do you want to know other categories of pills?" Aakesh, instead of directly answering the man, asked a question.


    Christopher wasn''t in any urgency and had a lot of free time, so he nodded in response to Aakesh''s question.


    "The other categories¡­," Aakesh introduced all the products sold by the store, including the other categories of the pills.


    Christopher had heard about Panagea from one of his friends who had attended the event, but since he didn''t exin much for whatever reason, Christopher only knew that Panagea was a world where you could train.


    As for the unlimited revivals and the benefit of taking things out from Panagea in reality was something he learned today from the store owner.


    The more he learned about the Panagea, the more shocked he became. But he also felt disappointed for his grandson hearing that without the King''s permission, Tristan couldn''t enter Panagea since it would make him regain his cultivation back.


    After Panagea, Christopher learned about the weapons and the training area.


    Since the highest cultivation level in Christopher''s group was an early Void Forging, Aakesh didn''t introduce the prices of the higher grade weapons training areas.


    "Senior, I want to enter Panagea," Christopher requested after Aakesh had stopped introduction.


    Aakesh had already expected this reaction from the man since every new customer asks for this after they learn about Panagea. He then informed the man that there were only limited spots avable, and if he wanted to enter Panagea, he needed toe to the store early in the morning tomorrow.


    Christopher shook his head in disappointment after learning about no empty spots left.


    Since he and his family members couldn''t enter Panagea for now, only the training area was left for them.


    Since Christopher was a Void Forging level cultivator, the maximum grade of weapon he could handle was Mythical. And for Mythical-grade weapons, the Gods & Demons level training area priced a hundred superior Primal stones, which was severalfold more than what Christopher could gain after selling everything he had, so it was out of the question right away.


    Simrly, the Immortal level training area exceeded his worth, so it was out of the question too. Now only the first four levels of the training area remained in contention.


    The difficult level of the training area was priced at a thousand top Primal stones, which he could afford, but he wouldn''t be able to let other family members train here. The moderate difficulty cost a hundred, while the normal difficulty cost ten stones.


    After thinking for a while, Christopher decided to go through the moderate-level training area.


    "Senior, I want to enter¡­," Christopher then requested Aakesh and told him what level he and his other family members would go to.


    Christian and Trissy were Void Condensation and could use Mythical grade weapons, while Kristina, who was only a Soul Formation, could only handle up to the Epic grade weapon.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the man''s order and asked him to pay three hundred top and a hundred ordinary Primal stones.


    Christopher had already taken out the required amount of stones from his pocket space. Aakesh waved his hands, and the Primal stones disappeared from the store. Aakesh then told Christopher to go and the process to enter the training area.


    Time flew by, and an hour had passed.


    After his family members left for the training area, Tristan left the store to meet the King of the Blue Wyrm Kingdom.


    Christopher wanted to go with Tristan when he learned that Tristan wanted to go to the King right away, leaving the already paid training area. But before he could say anything, Tristan had already guessed his motives and stopped his grandfather from leaving with him.


    Seeing the adamant and determined look on his grandson''s face, Christopher had no choice but to give up and let Tristan meet the King on his own.


    Tristan still hadn''t told them about how he came to the situation he was in before the treatment since he had decided to inform the truth to the King first like a loyal soldier of the Kingdom.


    ***


    Since the hour of training for the group of Christopher was over, and he didn''t have a card on him to pay the extra amount to further stay, the system forced the group out one by one.


    The system then sent the group to an isted space, and only after their energy had calmed down due to the addition of stronger consciousness did the system return them back to the store, and while all of this happened, the group stayed unaware.


    "What did you gain?" Christopher asked his wife after he had checked what he had gained after the training area.


    "Not much," Trissy answered her husband. Since they had chosen the moderate level of difficulty, the training didn''t provide arge amount of growth.


    She could only say that her knowledge in swordy has deepened a little bit after the training. Christopher also had a simr amount of growth.


    ***


    Since the group had nothing else to do after their training was done, and Tristan had also returned to the Blue Wyrm Kingdom, they also decided to return.


    As for Panagea, Christopher would return tomorrow early morning to have a spot. If everything turned out alright, Tristan would alsoe with them, but if King refused to take back the punishment, then maybe only Christopher woulde to the store.


    The group didn''t forget to thank Aakesh before leaving for treating Tristan, and only then did they leave the store.


    As for Aakesh, he didn''t care much since the group was nothing more than another group of customers for him.


    He returned to his rxation session since there were no new customers currently present in the store.

 Chapter 341 - Crash

    Chapter 341 ¨C Crash


    Chapter 341: Crash


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    The six hours for the first group of customers in Panagea was over, so the system began forcing them out one by one as their duration gotpleted.


    After all the customers had gotten out of the portal room, Aakesh ordered the second group of 150 customers to enter Panagea. Those who didn''t have cards at this moment had already paid for their stay in Panagea, so they didn''t need to pay right now.


    ***


    "I want to go again," One woman, who looked to be in her thirties,mented with a hint of desire in her voice.


    "I want that too, but it''s the rule set by the store owner, and he had never changed any rule for anyone," The friend responded with a disappointed sigh.


    "I know. I just wish the store owner would allow us to stay in there for more time," The woman responded while a sigh escaped her mouth.


    "What level did you reach?" The friend stopped talking about the things that weren''t in their hands and instead asked her friend about her level in Panagea.


    Hearing the question, a beautiful proud smile spread across the woman''s face, but the next moment she hid it before her friend could notice it. She then answered her friend''s question with a disappointed sigh, "I just reached Level 11 today. what level are you currently at?"


    A vein popped out of the friend''s head, seeing the look her friend had made while answering the question. ''Why did I even ask the question? How can I not know her personality?'' She cursed in her heart. At that moment, she wanted to beat the shit out of her best friend.


    "I am only at Level 7," The friend answered after calming down.


    "Thud!"


    While conversing about Panagea, both the friends had forgotten about their surroundings and traveled straight without looking who was in front, left, or right.


    Suddenly, the friend crashed into somebody on the street and fell to the ground.


    The duo that had been fully engraved into the conversation about Panagea finally came around after the friend fell.


    The woman decided to ignore the stranger and help her friend first.


    "Are you alright?" The woman asked her friend. Since both of them were Soul Formation, the friend couldn''t get injured by just a simple fall, so the friend shook her head and stood up.


    The woman then extended her hand to help the stranger, but couldn''t help but get surprised as she noticed that there was no one there.


    "Where did the stranger-"


    "What was the thing you were talking about?"


    The woman asked her friend with a surprised look on her face, but her question was cut off in between, as the duo heard a cold female voice right next to their ears, and it sent a chill down their spine.


    The woman and the friend stayed frozen for a few seconds as if they had seen something horrible.


    "What was the thing you two were talking about?"


    They only came around when the same question rang in their ears.


    Even though they felt the voice threatening enough to make them shudder, they also noticed that the tone was of curiosity instead of an order.


    The duo turned to their left and finally saw the owner of the cold voice.


    From the voice, the owner sounded like a girl, but since the stranger had worn a cloak thatpletely hid their body from face to toe, the duo couldn''t be sure of the gender.


    "What was the thing you two were talking about?" The stranger, seeing the duo staring at them without answering anything, asked the question for the third time. This time the voice contained a hint of irritation.


    If not for her wanting to stay hidden, she would''ve already forced the duo to answer her question.


    Her name was Ca. She didn''t want to stand out in any way, and she didn''t want to alert anyone since she wasn''t a human and there was also a grave threat looming around her. But hearing the duo chattering about some world and levels, she couldn''t help but get curious to know.


    "Senior, we were talking about¡­," The woman, sensing the irritation in the stranger''s voice, didn''t dare to stay silent and told them everything she knew about Panagea.


    The stranger, learning about the Panagea, couldn''t help but get shocked, but since a cloak had hidden the entirety of her, the duo couldn''t see what expression she was making.


    ''Isn''t this what I wanted?'' Ca thought in her heart as she learned about Panagea.


    Ca was only twenty-six this year, and she had already reached thete Tao Manifestation. Her identity wasn''t simple, she was the princess of an Empire on the other continent, and it had fallen six years ago.


    If not for her mother, she would''ve never survived. Due to the war, the Emperor, her father had sent them to space cracks that had their destinations set at a secret space where if ever the Empire were to fall, they could recuperate.


    Unfortunately for Ca, her luck wasn''t good. Before she could safely teleport to the secret space, her father died and wasn''t able to make the space stable, which in turn threw her into a storm.


    Due to being ate Tao Manifestation level cultivator, and having an Immortal-grade protection amulet her mother, the Empress, had given her on her first birthday, she survived the storm that could even kill peak Tao Pce experts.


    She didn''t even know for how long she had stayed in the storm as there was no way to mark time there. Since she had already reached a level where Tao had germinated, she did not need fresh air to breathe, nor did Ca need food to eat, so she didn''t die of hunger and suffocation in the space storm. The only issue was that she wasn''t able to sleep for as long as she stayed there.


    Finally, a few days earlier, the storm had thrown her here. The moment shended on thend, she had fallen asleep as her body had already crossed the exhaustion limit. It was only due to the strong will that she had persisted.


    Ca had slept for three days straight.. After waking up, she found out about the ce where she was and for how long she had stayed in the space storm since the day and night were the same no matter where in Visteerna.

 Chapter 342 - Surprise

    Chapter 342 ¨C Surprise


    Chapter 342: Surprise


    "Isn''t this what I need most?" Ca thought after learning about Panagea.


    Her father, the Emperor, a peak Heavenly Monarch, had died. Her mother was dead. She wasn''t even sure about the safety of her siblings, let alone the revival of the Empire.


    The enemies would surely want to see her head not to live in fear of the revival of the Empire. If she wanted to survive the onught of one of the top organizations of the Primal dimension, she needed to hide and bide her time, and at the same time, she needed to grow stronger enough to have the capability to take revenge.


    But Ca knew both things weren''t possible at the same time. How can she grow stronger if she hid for survival?


    So Panagea, a different world out of the jurisdiction of the organizations of the Primal dimension, allowed creatures to grow stronger with the ability of unlimited revivals and take out the gains in the real world, proved to be an excellent opportunity for her. There she can grow without the fear of anybody, and if everything works out, she may even have her revenge.


    The only thing shecked for now was time. She was ate Tao Manifestation level cultivator, which meant she had a lifespan of several millions of years, and she was only 26 this year.


    (A/N: I have defined her 16st chapter. It was a mistake, and I''ve already edited it.)


    If not for spending thest six years in the space storm, she would''ve at least reached the Tao Pce, but she still had a lot of time left to regain that lost time.


    The only thing she needed to worry about was money. She only had a limited amount of Primal stones and a few treasures left in her space ring. Now that there wasn''t an Empire behind her to fulfill all her demands, she needed to earn.


    "How much does it cost for the Panagea?" Ca asked the duo, who were looking fearfully at her.


    The reason behind the fear for the duo was that when they had begun introducing Panagea to the stranger, they had noticed that their bodies had lost their control and couldn''t do anything except talk.


    "Sen¡­senior, 50 inferior Primal stones as the entry fee, and 25 inferior Primal stones per hour, with a maximum stay of six hours per day," The woman answered with a slight tremble in her voice due to fear.


    "Huh!" Ca couldn''t contain her surprise and eximed.


    "Are you joking with me?" The next moment, Ca''s voice turned chilly as she asked the duo.


    "Sen¡­senior, I¡­I didn''t lie to you. It''s the price," The woman tremblingly answered as she found herself standing in front of a beast that was ready to pounce on her.


    "Ye¡­yes, senior, it''s the rea¡­real price," The friend also responded, adding to her friend. If not for their bound movements, they would''ve nodded their heads like a pecking chicken.


    Ca, seeing the look of fear into the eyes of the duo, removed her suspicion and believed in what they told her. The next moment, a joyful expression appeared on her face hiding behind the cloak, as the only worry she had after learning about Panagea was money.


    But now that she had learned the price of entering Panagea and the stay per hour, she couldn''t help but get excited. Even though she didn''t have the wealth she had when her parents were alive, and the Empire still existed, Ca still had around a million supreme Primal stones in her space ring, excluding the value of the treasures, materials, and medicines she had.


    Even a single supreme Primal stone was enough for her to stay continuously for years in Panagea, even if the store had the worst conversion rate. With this, her worry aboutck of money disappeared from her heart, unaware of the existence of the money-sucking training area.


    "What do you know about the store and the store owner?" Ca then asked the duo.


    "Senior, a few weeks earlier, the store suddenly appeared on a controversialnd, and soon the first conflict began¡­," The woman told every story and rumor she had heard about the store and the store owner. The friend also added something the woman had missed so that the stranger wouldn''t get angry.


    "Good," Camented after she had learned everything known about the store and the store owner in the public domain.


    At that moment, the duo also found them getting free from the bind. They could finally move.


    The first thing they did after getting free was to look at each other. A relieved expression could be seen in both of their eyes.


    Since Ca wasn''t a terrible person, she didn''t get the information for free. She took out two pills from her space ring and handed them to the duo.


    "This is a supreme unaging pill. If you two were to eat this, for now, your body will stop aging and stay the same until the day you exhausted your lifespan," Ca introduced the pill.


    A look of shock and surprise appeared in the eyes of the duo as they looked at each other and the stranger covered in the cloak.


    They didn''t even know what to feel shocked about, the supreme level of the pill, or the ability of it to stop them from aging.


    "Senior, we can''t take this. It''s too big of a gift to give us," The woman, gritting her teeth with a struggling expression, told the stranger as he attempted to hand the pill back to them.


    The friend wanted to say something, but after a second, she also followed her friend and tried to return the pill.


    "You don''t need to worry about it. These are the most basic and cheapest pills I have, so you can peacefully take it," Ca told the duo as she backed her hands away, while a smile had spread across her face, seeing the honesty of the duo.


    The duo didn''t know what to say after hearing the stranger. Suddenly, they found themselves out of control. Their hands moved on their own and fed the pill to their mouths.


    Before the duo could even understand, cold energy spread across their body. As soon as it appeared, it disappeared too.


    The duo''s skin turned even more, whiter, smoother, and softer due to the pill. Even the tiny wrinkles they had across them had disappeared since the pill belonged to the supreme level.. The pieces of dead skin had fallen, and newborn skin had taken its ce.

 Chapter 343 - Miracle

    Chapter 343 ¨C Miracle


    Chapter 343: Miracle


    The duo looked in shock at each other. Even though the duo looked the same as before, they still found each other more beautiful before forcefully eating the pill.


    The invisible force also disappeared after the effect of the supreme unaging pill ended.


    "Thank you, senior," The duo thanked the stranger, forgetting that the stranger had forced them to eat the pill. Now that they had seen the effects firsthand, they could only heave a sigh of relief as the stranger didn''t take it back despite their refusal.


    "Where is the store?" Ca then asked thest question she had, as knowing the location was always better than finding it on her own.


    "Senior, it''s not far from here, only around a few miles. You need to go straight for around three hundred meters, there you''ll find the street going on both left and right, you need to take the right street, and then go straight ahead, around a mile into the street, you''lle across a four-way street. You don''t need to turn left or right, but go straight ahead, and around a mileter, you''ll find the building on which ''The First Store'' is written in giant golden letters," The woman answered. This time there was no trembling in her voice as all the fear she had for the stranger disappeared after knowing that the stranger had given them a pill that would stop them from aging, and they would stay beautiful all their life.


    Ca, hidden in a dark cloak, nodded and then turned around in the opposite direction to go to the store.


    "Wait, senior!"


    Ca had only taken a step forward when she had to stop as the duo suddenly called her.


    "Senior, if you''re going to store for Panagea, you shouldn''t. There are only limited portals in the store, and they get booked only in the morning," The woman told the stranger.


    Ca only nodded at the duo and then disappeared from the spot, leaving the duo surprised.


    The duo couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief, seeing the stranger finally leaving. Even though the fear had disappeared, the stranger still was a very powerful being whenpared to them, and it doesn''t take a moment for the mood to change for the terrible. Now that the stranger had left, the duo finally felt that pressure disappearing.


    "My mother would be very jealous of me after she learned about the effect of the pill," The womanmented as they continued their journey back to their homes, forgetting about the stranger.


    Even the friend couldn''t help but have a grin, thinking about the faces her family would make after knowing that she would never age again.


    "Heydies, what do you think ofing to my house tonight?"


    The duo suddenly stopped in their steps as a man asked them a question while checking their body out in the open.


    "Hmph, what did you say?" The woman red up, seeing the look the man had when checking her and her friend out.


    The man, instead of apologizing, his smile grew even wider and uglier as he repeated the same question but added a hundred ordinary Primal stones as if he didn''t mind their reaction and was talking to street girls.


    Several secondster, the man with swelling all over his body, face wet with tears, and snots spread across his nose,y unconscious on the ground while the duo continued their journey to their homes.


    Even the passersby joined the duo in beating the man since there was nothing more entertaining than beating someone.


    ***


    "¡­ these are the products the store sells for now," Aakesh introduced the store products to the new customer standing in front of him.


    It was a man, who was nearing his seventies, but still, his eyes showed a lot of vitality.


    "Can I enter Panagea now?" The man asked the store owner after learning about the store products.


    Since he was an early Tao Pce, the pills were of no use to him, the weapons were only up to the King-grade, and he needed an Overlord-grade weapon if he wanted any. So only two usable products remained for him, the training area and Panagea.


    The two top-level training areas would make him pay a huge chunk of his wealth, so the only product that remained, for now, is Panagea.


    "No. All the spots had gotten filled. If you want to enter, you need toe tomorrow early morning," Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    "Is that so," The manmented with a disappointed sigh.


    He hade here after learning about the store from one of his friends who had attended the event. Since he was in cultivation at that moment, he wasn''t able toe here; only today did he exit his cultivation and learn about the store from his friend.


    The man didn''t belong to any organization and has reached this level on his own hard work. It was also the reason that the man looked so old. He was currently three hundred million years old, and only a few thousand years before his end of lifespan did he reach the Tao Pce, extending his life by several folds.


    As for Immortality, the man had already lost the chance. The highest level he could reach now is peak Tao Pce. For Immortality, he needed a heaven-defying miracle.


    After learning about the store products, he got the miracle he needed to have a chance to attain Immortality and go even further.


    Panagea provided that miracle since there was no limit of age or talent in it. The adventurers could grow limitlessly without the fear of death.


    Since the man couldn''t afford the training area, and there were no spots left for him in Panagea, he decided to leave the store after buying a supreme card and then would directly teleport back to the store in the early morning.


    "You can''t teleport directly inside the store if the store doors are closed. You would appear on the door," Aakesh expressionlessly told the man as he could understand what the man was thinking after getting the card.


    In the past few weeks, Aakesh had talked with different kinds of people, which has given him an idea of how people think, and sometimes he could even understand what was going through the customer''s heads.


    "I understand," The man responded as there wasn''t much difference between teleporting inside the store or at the door.. He then turned around and left the store.

 Chapter 344 - Shock

    Chapter 344 ¨C Shock


    Chapter 344: Shock


    After the man left, no new customers came for the next hour. Any customers who came already knew the details of the products and had arrived in the store earlier, so Aakesh had no need to do the introduction again.


    Time flew by, and more hours passed.


    Ca was currently standing in front of the store. She had heard from the duo. For the past few hours, she had been doing preparations for her stay here as she needed a ce to live, now that she had found the source of her getting stronger without any fear of death and anyone finding out about her.


    Since the Bisan Kingdom was only a low-level Kingdom, the price of thend here was nothing to even think about. She only had to spend a top Primal stone to buy a luxurious vi, spreading across several hundreds of meters. She could''ve gotten a bigger vi even cheaper, but since the vi was in the prime ce and not very far from the store, she bought it.


    "It''s something expected," Ca mumbled, seeing her inability to see inside of the store, despite the door beingpletely open. It wasn''t the first time she hade across something like it. Her father''s room and the throne hall also had simr arrays set to do it.


    She then took a step forward and entered the store. Even though the duo had told her that there were no empty portals left for today, she still arrived at the store as she couldn''t control herself from checking out the store today.


    As she entered, her eyes fell upon the chair and the blue-skinned man she had learned about from the duo, sitting on it.


    She didn''t immediately approach the store owner, but instead, she looked around the store, only to almost drop her jaw, as she noticed that as far as her eyes could see, the floor was made up of Ashamba.


    "How could this be?" She couldn''t help but exim in shock, seeing the endless amount of Ashamba.


    Even herte father, a peak Heavenly Monarch, and an Emperor couldn''t afford such an amount of Ashamba even if he were to sell the Empire his ancestors had built and were one of the top Empires of the continent.


    He only had a limited amount of Ashamba, and that too wasn''t his personal wealth. It was the property of the Empire and the past and the future Emperors. The amount of the bark of Ashamba, the Empire had was in the shape of armor, personally adorned by the Emperor when in war.


    If her father had worn the armor and wasn''t taken aback by the sudden actions of that organization, he wouldn''t have died so easily.


    ''Calm down, Ca, someone who has a treasure like Panagea, this amount of Ashamba makes sense.'' Ca thought. Thinking like this, her shock at seeing the amount of Ashamba wood finally calmed down, and her face hidden by the cloak returned to normal.


    Her eyes then fell upon the rule board, not far from her. She then read all the rules. Since none of the rules were exploitative, she didn''t find anything to worry about.


    She then noticed the two open rooms. ''Portal Room'' was written on one, while the other said ''Weapons Room''.


    She also noticed a board put next to the portal room. Since the store owner didn''t seem to mind her looking around the store, she took a step forward in the direction of the board.


    The first line was the name of the product in bright golden letters. It was ''Samsara Samraat''. Below it was the price of entering the world of Panagea was written, which was the same as the duo had told her.


    Since she was standing near the portal room, she couldn''t stop herself from peeking inside.


    After peeking, she witnessed the virtual portals, and she also noticed that all of them were grey, marking that they were taken.


    "I''ll enter tomorrow," Ca muttered, seeing the portals in the room. She then turned around, and instead of peeking through the next room, she approached the store owner.


    Aakesh, sensing footsteps approaching him, opened his eyes and found the personing toward him.


    The person was covered in a cloak. The cloak wasn''t ordinary but an Overlord-grade treasure. For Aakesh, it was nothing to talk about, so he easily pierced the cloak and found the being hidden in it.


    If anyone were to see the girl behind her cloak, they would see a human girl, who still looked to be in her teen years. Aakesh saw through that disguise and saw the actual appearance of Ca.


    Ca wasn''t a human, but she belonged to the race, Avith.


    Avith was a mid-tier race in the Primal dimension with simr strengths as the Human race. They have a simr body structure as humans, but unlike them, the Avith has only a single eye, ck sclera, and silver iris. The eye was also the defining feature of the race as every Avith has the same colorbination in their eye.


    Since the race was nothing special, and there were quite a number of them in the Primal dimension like the humans, Aakesh didn''t find much interest in the girl''s identity.


    "Hello, store owner," Ca, unaware that her actual appearance had been noticed, greeted Aakesh. Her tone was filled with respect, and there wasn''t a hint of coldness.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her greetings and waited for the girl to ask the question first before he introduced the store products to her.


    Ca didn''t mind Aakesh''s response to her respectful greetings. Instead, she thought it was the right thing to happen as someone who can have something like Panagea, and such arge quantity of Ashamba used for flooring was the top character of the Primal dimension. After entering the store, even the fear he had about her enemies finding her and the store giving her up disappeared. Even without talking to Aakesh, he had be a reverential figure in her heart.


    "Store owner, what products does your store sell?" Ca then asked, maintaining the same respectful tone.


    ***


    "Store owner, give me a supreme card," Ca requested Aakesh as it coulde in handy in life-threatening situations.


    She then took out a supreme Primal stone from her space ring and handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh repeated the process he had gotten ustomed to, and soon, a silver card appeared in his hands.

 Chapter 345 - Warning

    Chapter 345 ¨C Warning


    Chapter 345: Warning


    "Spill a single drop of your blood in that hole," Aakesh expressionlessly told Ca and handed the supreme card to her.


    Ca suddenly froze in her actions as she learned that she needed to spill a drop of her blood.


    "Can I own it without spilling my blood? I''m afraid of blood," Ca asked Aakesh and gave him a reason that even a child in today''s times wouldn''t believe.


    Aakesh expressionlessly stared at the girl while the card was still in his hand.


    "No!" He bluntly answered.


    "Can I do it outside the store since I don''t want the people to see me screaming in fear?" Since Ca had already made an excuse, even though it was false, she decided to go through with it.


    She had taken the disguise of a Human. If she were to spill her blood, wouldn''t that take away her guise and fail her efforts of hiding her race. She didn''t have the red blood like humans, but instead, her blood color was ck with a mix of silver in it, the same colorbination as her race eyes.


    "No!" Aakesh bluntly answered. He further expressionlessly added, "If you don''t want it, I will throw the card back into the machine. You can have your supreme Primal stone."


    At first, hearing the store owner''s straight no, Ca tried to think of another reason that could make her not show her blood, but after hearing the next statement, she decided to go through with it.


    ''Wait a minute, how can you be so stupid, Ca? How can you even think that someone who has a product like Panagea wouldn''t be able to see through your disguise?'' Ca suddenly thought as a dumbfounded look appeared on her face.


    The next moment, the look turned into a wry smile, thinking about her idiotic behavior.


    "Sorry, senior. I''ll take the card," Ca then respectfully apologized to Aakesh, unaware that she had called him senior instead of her usual store owner, and then took the card from his hands.


    She didn''t check out the card right away, but she decided to bound it to her first.


    She bit the tip of her index finger in the right hand, and a drop of blood automatically leaked and fell right into the tiny see-through hole present on the card.


    The injury automatically began healing right away, and no further drop of her blood leaked.


    On the other hand, a ck light with a hint of silver on it had surrounded the silver card. Soon, the card in the same color as the light appeared in Ca''s hands.


    Ca also felt the connection with the card and the store right away.


    She didn''t have to guess the reason behind the connection with the store as Aakesh had already told her that the card owner could directly buy products from the store, bypassing the store owner, excluding a few products.


    She decided to try the connection. She then thought of buying an inferior body healing pill, but instead of getting the pill, a mechanical alert of insufficient bnce appeared in her mind.


    She only needed to think of adding the Primal stones from her space ring into the space inside the card, and soon, they appeared in it.


    With it, the conversion rate of the Primal stones also appeared in her mind, and also a warning that if she were to buy a product costing an inferior Primal stone and pay by a supreme Primal stone, she wouldn''t be able to take the remaining amount in reality. Instead, she can only spend it on the store products in this store.


    At first nce, it looked like a disadvantage, but thinking about it, it made sense. A supreme Primal stone was equivalent to one hundred trillion inferior Primal stones. If someone were to buy a product costing 15 inferior stones, and want to take the remaining amount out, it would be nothing less than insanity.


    After adding her entire wealth into the space inside the card, only treasures, medicines, paper of hernd-owning, and her clothes remained in the space ring.


    She then attempted to buy the same pill again. The next moment, the pill appeared in her hands, while at the same time, she also got an alert of the sessful deduction from her card.


    She then threw the pill in her space ring as it would y no effect on her.


    The Gods & Demons level training area was out of her budget, so she didn''t even think about it after learning the price. Since there was nothing more to do, she decided to leave the store.


    "Thank you, senior, I''ll return tomorrow early morning for Panagea," Ca thanked Aakesh, and only after seeing that Aakesh gave no response did she teleport back to her new Vi right away.


    Not long after Ca left, a round of teleportations urred in the store, as the members of the Esh n other than those who were in Panagea or had alreadypleted their sessions, appeared directly in the store using their cards.


    Since Veenesh had already paid for their Gods & Demons level training, the group couldn''t enjoy the training for the next year, so after buying the pills, their primary purpose ofing here, the members returned back to their n, using the same cards.


    After the Esh n left, another round of silence ensued in the store. It continued for the next hour, but the arrival of a new customer finally broke the rxation session of Aakesh.


    "Senior, I want three medium blood explosion pills and three medium vitality boost pills," The man was already aware of the store products, so he directly asked for the specific pills he hade here for.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair, went to the counter section, took out the pills of both the categories, returned back to the chair, and handed it to the man.


    "Here, you need to pay 450 ordinary Primal stones," Aakesh expressionlessly told him the amount he needed to pay.


    The man took out the required amount of stones from his space ring and handed it to Aakesh. Aakesh, in response, waved his hands, and the next moment, the stones disappeared from the store.


    After paying, the man put the newly bought pill in his space ring, turned around, and left the store.


    Time flew by.


    The six-hour stay in Panagea for the second group also got over, so the system forced them out.

 Chapter 346 - Intrusion

    Chapter 346 ¨C Intrusion


    Chapter 346: Intrusion


    After the second group exited the portal, Aakesh ordered thest batch of 150 customers waiting for their turn to enter Panagea.


    "Store owner, how do I take out the items I won in Panagea in reality?" One customer came running to him right after getting forced out of the portal.


    Aakesh didn''t even have to answer, as the next moment, the customer got greeted by a blue screen out of nowhere. Only Aakesh and the customer could see the screen, so it didn''t cause any reaction to the other customers leaving the store.


    The customer in question was an early Tao Manifestation and has been the customer of the store since the event, and he was called Jeffrey.


    Jeffrey was also one of the few participants who had won a Panagea ss on the second day of the event. He had won the ss Sword Knight.


    Jeffrey had already reached Level 10, and for thest three days, instead ofpleting the quests for gaining levels, werepleting a quest that rewarded him with an inferior level sword.


    But since it was a weapon that could grow, Jeffrey decided toplete the quest. At first, he thought he would be able to achieve the mission objective in a day, but instead, it took him three days toplete it, and now today, he finally won it.


    It was the sword he wanted to take out in reality, as even in the actual world, it would stay as a growth weapon.


    In the blue screen in front of him, Jeffrey could see the sword he had gotten as the reward, and next to it was the amount he needed to pay if he wanted to take it out in reality.


    Jeffrey couldn''t help but frown, seeing the price he needed to pay. To take out the sword, Jeffrey needed to fork out a thousand superior Primal stones.


    He could buy several growth-level weapons in this price range, so it didn''t make any sense to him.


    Jeffrey then looked at Aakesh to ask him for the reason behind it, only to notice that Aakesh had his eyes closed.


    "Store owner, don''t you think a thousand superior Primal stones for an inferior level weapon is too much even if it''s a growth weapon?" Jeffrey respectfully asked Aakesh.


    "The store doesn''t charge you anything more than the price is," Aakesh expressionlessly responded without even opening his eyes.


    Jeffrey''s lips twitched, hearing Aakesh''s response, but after thinking for a second he noticed that there was no lie in what the store owner said. The price of the product sold by the store had always been equal to the value and ability of the item.


    Thinking like this, he decided to fork out Primal stones. The next moment, the required amount got deducted from his superior card.


    After the payment was done, the blue screen dissipated, and when it hadpletely dissipated, a sword simr to what Jeffrey had won took its ce.


    Jeffrey, with a hint of anticipation, grabbed the sword. A smile wider than the sea spread across his face as he noticed something peculiar about it.


    The sword was only an ordinary grade sword for now, but if he were to bond with it, using a drop of his blood, it would automatically reach the Emperor-grade.


    Forking out a thousand superior Primal stones for an Emperor-grade was no less than a steal for him.


    "Thank you, store owner," Jeffrey thanked Aakesh and then left the store with his face filled with excitement and hurry since he couldn''t wait to bond with the sword.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed.


    Suddenly a door floating in the air and not long after stairs connecting it to the floor appeared in the store.


    Soon the door opened, and Lily stepped down the stairs.


    After returning, Lily directly jumped on her favorite spot, the head of Aakesh, and began sharing her today''s experience in Panagea.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    After defeating the darkness for hours, the sun returned to its former position, and soon the night took over.


    The system also forced the customers out of Panagea since their six hours in Panagea were over.


    The customers then left the store one by one, and in no time, only two people were left in the store, Aakesh, and Lily.


    Aakesh took a step forward, went to the door, and closed it, bringing another day for the store to an end.


    "Hey system, did you learn anything extra other than what we already know?" Aakesh asked the system. Around an hour earlier, there was another round of an attempt to forcefully intrude in the store.


    This time also the intruders faced the same result. After learning everything they knew about the organization Nielle, the system erased them from the face of the Multiverse, never to even reincarnate unless a Deva personally intervened.


    [No, Host. They also had the same level of knowledge the intruders from yesterday had.]


    The system answered Aakesh in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice.


    "Just what do they want?" Aakesh muttered, hearing the system''s response.


    The store had been facing a continuous intrusion attempt for thest few days. The number of intruders had decreased to four for thest three days, including today, but all of them had a simr level of strength, peak Immortals with an embryo of the divine physique. In numbers, their strength averaged forty million Primal units of strength, which would put them in the top bracket of the Primal dimension.


    The store''s door stayed open for the entire day, and there was no restriction in entering, so Aakesh couldn''t guess the reason why they were choosing to forcefully enter the store when they could safely enter from the gate.


    There was also another question in his mind. Why were beings with strength equivalent to top characters of the Primal dimension mindlessly followed an idiotic order when several of their fellow members with around simr strengths had faced tragic deaths?


    Aakesh had attempted to ask this question to the system, but the system had straight away refused every time, and it only told him that he needed to find everything on its own without any help from the system.. And if he still wanted to know the answer, the system would consider the quest a failure, and then he would need to face the failure punishment.

 Chapter 347 - Another Victory

    Chapter 347 ¨C Another Victory


    Chapter 347: Another Victory


    Thinking about the punishment, he thought about the quest, and the next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Hunt the Intruders,


    Requirement: As someone who wants to be the most outstanding store owner, how could you leave those who repeatedly offended you and eyed your store alive?


    Information: The organization Nielle has begun eyeing your store,


    System''s help: Three absolute attacks, and you can materialize any one weapon of your likes during the quest duration,


    Mission reward: Increase of a level and one offensive skill,


    Failure punishment: Decrease of a level, and the store''s shutdown for one thousand years.]


    The punishment was too harsh to even consider failing the quest, so Aakesh stopped asking the system for the purpose behind the organization attacking the store.


    Aakesh looked at the punishment section for a few more seconds while thinking something at the same time.


    He then waved his hands, and the quest screen disappeared.


    "Will you be alright fighting such a strong organization on your own?" Lily suddenly asked Aakesh with a concerned tone.


    A smile spread across Aakesh''s face, hearing the concern in Lily''s question.


    "Don''t worry! I would only exterminate them when I''m ready to win," Aakesh smilingly told Lily as he gently rubbed her head.


    "Let''s go!"


    Lily wanted to say something, but before she could say it, Aakeshmented, and the next moment, they disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection area.


    "Don''t worry about your father? Go and train," Aakesh joked with Lily after entering the selection area.


    Lily, in response, puffed her cheeks but didn''t refute Aakesh. She then left Aakesh''s hands, selected her usual training environment, and soon a portal appeared and sucked her in.


    The smile on Aakesh''s face vanished after Lily left, and in ce of it, a cold expression appeared. No one knew what he was thinking at that moment. A few momentster, his face regained the usual expressionless face.


    He then went to the weapons section, picked up his bow, selected his training area, and soon a portal appeared and sucked him in, bringing another round of silence in the selection area.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, appeared in the familiar arena in the midst of cheers.


    Soon, a blue screen appeared in front of him.


    Even though he had won the battle yesterday, Aakesh didn''t select the third round as it wasn''t a convincing win, so he chose the second round for another fight.


    Not long after, the opponent also appeared in the arena.


    "You won''t seed again like yesterday," The opponent coldlymented.


    Aakesh ignored the opponent and got ready for the battle.


    [Ding!]


    The next moment, a bell rang, announcing the start of another battle.


    "ng!"


    It seemed the opponent wanted to take revenge for yesterday''s death, so he took the initiative and began the battle with the sword in his left hand.


    Unfortunately for the opponent, Aakesh has already gotten ustomed to his speed and strength while using the sword with his left hand, so before the sword swing could sever his head, Aakesh shot an arrow and deflected it.


    The opponent had expected Aakesh to defend, so he didn''t back off, but instead, he increased his strength in the swing.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of continuous metallic shes rang in the area as for every sh that came his way, Aakesh shot an arrow and deflected it from even touching him.


    One second passed,¡­.fifteen seconds passed,¡­thirty seconds passed, and just like that, a minute had passed, but the sound of shes hadn''t stopped for a second.


    Neither Aakesh nor the opponent had even a shallow cut for now.


    The battle had only been about equal until now. For every sword swing that came Aakesh''s way, he shot an arrow. Simrly, the opponent also deflected every shot that came at him.


    Time flew by.


    The opponent stood in one corner of the arena as he gasped for breath. Aakesh stood in another corner. He didn''t feel exhausted, so he breathed regrly while thousands of arrows covered the skies.


    Aakesh then activated the second ability of the bow, and the weight of the arrows suddenly reached an unprecedented level. Even the air couldn''t sustain that many arrows with such weight, so they began raining down, aiming to destroy the opponent.


    The opponent looked at everything happening with a wry smile as he didn''t have enough energy to activate another attack for now.


    It wasn''t the first time Aakesh had activated these skills in this battle, but it was the fourth time. For thest three times, the opponent was able to match it with the projection of the sword and white sh, but now that his energy storage was empty, he had no choice but to wait for his death.


    Soon, the arrows engulfed the opponent, and in no time, it destroyed him to such an extent that not even his ashes remained.


    The crowd in the arena looked at everything happening with their eyes and mouth wide open. Today''s battle had surpassed all the previous fights, not only in duration but also the enjoyment.


    When Aakesh looked at his chest after the opponent had died, he could see that he had a deep gash there, and the blue blood was still dripping.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed him, and all the injuries he had faced in this battle up to now got restored.


    Soon, a blue screen appeared in front of him, asking whether he wanted to proceed to the next stage or not.


    Aakesh ignored the blue screen and disappeared from the arena. He would return tomorrow to have another battle in the second round.


    Aakesh then selected his next training area. The next moment he appeared in the same closed hall.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh was currently in his one-hundredth turn, and there were a hundred bullseyes present in the hall.


    "Whoosh!"


    "Whoosh!"


    "Whoosh!"


    Sounds of arrows tearing through the air rang as the bullseyes released arrows with a random amount of strength.


    For every arrow, Aakesh took out an arrow from the quiver tied to his back, nocked it on the bow, and shot it.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of continuous metallic shes rang in the hall as arrows from both sides shed with each other.


    "ng!"


    Thest arrows from both sides shed with each other.

 Chapter 348 - Another Attempt(1)

    Chapter 348 ¨C Another Attempt(1)


    Chapter 348: Another Attempt(1)


    "ng!"


    Thest arrow of the round shed with each other. Aakesh expressionlessly looked at it.


    The next moment, both the arrows disintegrated, announcing a sessful end to the round of shes.


    Soon, a new bullseye appeared in the hall, but Aakesh wasn''t there to see it and had left the area.


    Before entering the training area, just like yesterday, he had made a goal for surpassing bullseyes today, so when he met that aim sessfully, he decided to leave.


    Unlike yesterday and the day before yesterday, this round of training didn''t take long despite Aakesh''s aim being twice what he had achievedst time. It was all due to the winning battle he had with the opponent.


    Aakesh''s growth rate improved with a monstrous rate due to the stressful battle with the opponent. That improvement helped him in achieving his goal of surpassing a hundred bullseyes while only failing twice, and that too at the sixtieth round of seventy-one bullseyes.


    Since Aakesh only failed once, the training took only around ten minutes.


    After appearing in the selection area, Aakesh chose his next training ground; a portal out of nowhere appeared and sucked him in.


    Soon, Aakesh appeared in the familiar area with the giant fort towering above the sky and looking down on him.


    Aakesh didn''t even get the time to breathe as a bell rang and announced the start of the battle.


    Aakesh had noticed that the time to start the battle decreased with every next entry he made to increase the level of difficulty.


    Since Aakesh had noticed that he was prepared for it, as soon as the bell rang, his left hand held the bow, his right hand held the bowstring, and as he stretched it, an outline of an arrow began appearing.


    Soon, the bowstring touched his nose, and aplete arrow had emerged.


    While on the fort side, silhouettes of soldiers began appearing as they prepared to jump down.


    Aakesh didn''t wait for them to jump down and released the bowstring.


    "Whoosh!"


    The next moment, the arrow flew tearing through the air, aiming to pierce the sky.


    The arrow had only taken its flight when two new arrows separated from it, and soon two new arrows separated from all the three arrows, and in no time, countless arrows covered the sky.


    Aakesh didn''t end after shooting one arrow, as he continuously shot, one after another.


    Each of his shots was a multiplication arrow, so when only around a second had passed, Aakesh had already covered the sky with billions of arrows.


    The archers on the fort weren''t there as bystanders, so when Aakesh''s shots had covered two-thirds of the total distance between Aakesh and the fort, arrows began flowing from the fort.


    Unfortunately for the archers, they didn''t have multiplication arrows like Aakesh, so when they did a single shot, there were already three arrows waiting for them.


    The only saving grace for them was that multiplication arrows didn''t have arge amount of destructive power.


    "ng! Whoosh!"


    "ng! Whoosh!"


    "ng! Whoosh!"


    The sounds of metallic shes rang in the area as arrows from both sides shed. At the same time, since the arrows from one side had outnumbered the other side, several of them still flew, tearing through the air, aiming to pierce the soldiers, and give them a life-threatening wound.


    The soldiers that were in the air didn''t expect the archers from the fort to fail right at the start of the battle, so they got caught unprepared. But they were still powerful beings, so they maneuvered midair and dodged the arrowsing toward them, while several of them destroyed the arrows and prepared for a harshnding.


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    The soldiersnded on the ground one by one while Aakesh and the archers from the fort were taking a head-on fight.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, and just as three seconds passed, thend around Aakesh and the fort began shaking as an outline of an arrow right above his head appeared.


    Right after his first shot, Aakesh had begun chanting for the only chanted arrow he could shoot while continuing to shoot non-chanted arrows.


    The soldiers who had onlye half the way or had only justnded lost colors on their faces, seeing the outline of the arrow above the challenger''s head.


    The memory of the destruction the arrow had caused just a day before yesterday was still evident in their heads as if it had only happened a moment earlier.


    The thoughts of retreating appeared in many of the soldier''s heads, seeing the outline, but they persisted and attempted to push past the pressure released by it and be the lucky ones to survive for more than three seconds.


    Aakesh had no interest in knowing what was going through the soldier''s heads, so he continued his chanting while shooting a multiplication arrow one after another.


    The clouds in the sky had already disappeared, andyers afteryers of countless arrows had taken its ce. It still wasn''t the end, as a newyer was getting added with each passing moment due to the multiplication.


    "¡­Gatrt Yatru Namah!"


    Aakesh finallypleted chanting the mantra.


    The outline of the arrow above his head began materializing, and with it, destructive earthquakes,ndslides, and other disasters started urring. The soldiers coughed blood as a sudden intense pressure attacked them.


    The closest group of soldiers directly disintegrated into nothingness just with the arrival of the arrow.


    The soldiers weren''t the only ones to take the hit. Aakesh''s arrows also felt the pressure released by theughing beast head.


    (A/N: If you''ve forgotten how the arrow looked, please check chapter 313. I''m still waiting for your suggestions for naming it.)


    Layers afteryer of arrows began disintegrating. Even their ashes didn''t remain such was the intensity at which theughing beast head released the pressure.


    "Aum Tramtra Turfay Yugisan¡­,"


    Suddenly a chant began ringing in the area.


    Aakash coldly looked at the fort as he knew the archers from the fort were going to use their chanted arrows to attack him.


    Aakesh only took a nce at the fort, then extended his hands. The next moment, the arrow with theughing beast head fell in Aakesh''s hands.


    The scene still looked weird as Aakesh held an arrow evenrger than him.. The bow on Aakesh''s hands also began growing, and when it had almost reached four times the size of Aakesh, the ergement stopped.

 Chapter 349 - Another Attempt(2)

    Chapter 349 ¨C Another Attempt(2)


    Chapter 349: Another Attempt(2)


    "¡­ Tratur Tapas Garam¡­,"


    The sound of chant from the fort continued ringing in the battlefield as Aakesh nocked the arrow twice his size to a bow four times the size of him. At the same time, a mile ofnd around him was sinking at a visible rate due to not being able to handle the weight of the arrow.


    The scene looked weird, but no one in the soldier''s group was in the mood to check it orugh at each other.


    Aakesh hasn''t even shot the arrow, and yet their fellow soldiers were already dying a tragic death with not even their ashes remaining.


    The rest of them were facing an intense amount of pressure. The soldiers felt as if someone had put the entire weight of a world on their back.


    Aakesh ignored the chanting from the fort, nocked the arrow, stretched the bowstring using his right hand only to stop when it touched his nose, and then released it aiming at the sky.


    "Crack!"


    "Jehejeje!"


    Fractures on the space began appearing as the arrow flew, aiming to pierce the sky itself, while at the same time, a peal of eerieughter also rang in the battlefield.


    "Jejejejejejeje!"


    Theughter only got eerier and louder as the arrow still flew.


    The sky also got clear of any arrow due to it as the pressure released by it didn''t allow anything to survive in a radius of several miles around it.


    The arrow finally stopped flowing as it finally reached the top height of the fort.


    "Jeje!"


    A simr event like thest time began urring as the dark scales started melting into the horns of the beast head, while the pattern engraved on the shaft appeared on the beast head, and it began expanding.


    While the beast head was expanding, theughter turned eerier, and after a certain point, it directly began affecting the psyche of the soldiers on the ground. They felt as if someone was beating their consciousness with a hammer.


    The pain they felt at that moment was unbearable for them, but fortunately and unfortunately for them, the pain ended right away, and their eyes turned colorless devoid of any life.


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    The next moment, their bodies began crashing down the ground.


    As if their bodies were sand sculptures, the moment they crashed, their bodies copsed into sand, and soon the air took it away, erasing the proof of their existence.


    While the beast head was continuing to expand, Aakesh was unaware that one being was looking at it with a mocking face.


    That being was none other than the ruler of the fort and the strongest challenger of Aakesh. Fortunately for Aakesh, the being couldn''t interfere in the battle unless the fort lost three-fourths of their soldiers or faced the same amount of damage as the being was the end boss of the training round.


    Finally, the beast head stopped getting any bigger. With iting to a stop, the eerieughter also stopped, while the beast opened its mouth full wide.


    Simr to thest time, the snake-like tongue detached itself from the beast''s mouth and crashed on the ground. Soon after that, the bull-like horns also fell.


    Few soldiers turned unlucky as the tongue fell on them, crushing them to death, and those who had somehow survived, died the next second when the horns weighing an unimaginable amount crashed on them.


    The tongue and horn then began melting into each other, and the next moment, a one-horned snake appeared in full view of the soldiers and Aakesh.


    The space that only had fractures earlier couldn''t handle the pressure of the one-horned snake and cracked down into shards like ss.


    The space got restored to normal in no time, but it faced the same result again.


    Aakesh coldly looked at everything happening. Since he couldn''t attack when the arrow was active, he had no choice but to watch.


    With the appearance of the one-horned snake, the giant beast head floating in the air faded into emptiness not long after.


    "¡­ Gustad Tyraut Namah!"


    The chanting on the fort also came to a stop after the appearance of the one-horned snake.


    Aakesh was already aware of what wasing next, so he warned the one-horned snake telepathically and ordered it to kill all the soldiers on the ground.


    The one-horned snake had only three seconds of existence before its disappearance, so it understood Aakesh, especially after learning what wasing next.


    "ROAR!"


    The one-horned snake opened its mouth full wide, and then a roar loud enough to even shake the soul of an Immortal echoed in the area.


    More than half of the soldiers on the ground couldn''t handle the roar and died cruelly.


    It wasn''t an attack from the one-horned snake, but just its roar. It then disappeared from where it was on and appeared in the air.


    It opened its mouth wide again, but not for roaring this time. Instead, energy began gathering onto the tip of its mouth in the shape of a sphere.


    When the energy sphere reached the size of a basketball, the snake threw it away right into the midst of the remaining soldiers on the ground.


    Before the one-horned snake could even see the destruction caused by its creation, it looked at the fort with a solemn look in its eyes.


    "BOOM!"


    While on the ground, an explosion even louder than the snake''s roar echoed, and soon, a mushroom cloud engulfed as far a radius of hundreds of miles.


    The wind flew at a quick speed, so in no time, the cloud dispersed, and a pit of endless depth spreading wide across tens of miles appeared, connecting the fort.


    Not even a single soldier survived the st, but Aakesh and the one-horned snake didn''t look at that. Their focus was on the red sun that had appeared out of nowhere.


    "ROAR!"


    The one-horned snake didn''t like the red sun and felt threatened by it, so it angrily roared in a warning.


    The sun was also sentient. It also didn''t back down and roared back by creating a re.


    Aakesh had to move his face away to save himself from burning; such was the temperature released by the re.


    "Destroy it!" Aakesh coldly ordered the snake, as it only had less than two seconds left.


    The one-horned snake didn''t like Aakesh''s cold tone, so it red at him in response.. But it didn''t refuse the order and rushed at the sun.

 Chapter 350 - Clash

    Chapter 350 ¨C sh


    Chapter 350: sh


    The one-horned snake red at Aakesh for the tone at which he talked, but it didn''t reject Aakesh''s order and charged at the red sun getting bigger.


    The sun, perceiving the threat from the snake, released continuous res to stop the charge of the snake before it reached itsplete shape.


    "ROAR!"


    The snake, in response, angrily roared, and the res disappeared before any could even touch it.


    "Aum Furatan turam¡­,"


    Aakesh suddenly heard a mantra while the snake was about to sh with the sun.


    Finally, there was a change in his expressions since he could only stand and wait for the snake to disappear to attack.


    "You should explode before the sun explodes," Aakesh telepathically suggested to the snake. Since the snake had its own intellect and was no less than Aakesh in it, he couldn''t tell it what moves to make. He could only give it a sense of what to do, and how to do waspletely upon the snake, so currently Aakesh was infringing that by suggesting how to end the battle.


    "Boy, don''t tell me what to do and watch a legendary attack."


    The next moment, Aakesh heard an unfamiliar angry voice in his head. He didn''t have to think who was the owner of the voice.


    "ROAR!"


    Another angry roar echoed in the area as the snake suddenly stopped its charge and began expanding.


    In no time, it reached the size of the beast head and the fort, and soon it even surpassed that.


    It only stopped when the fort looked like a dollhouse inparison to its size.


    While growing up, it also saw a being mockingly looking at it. The snake felt a surge of anger at that time, but sensing the undefeatable aura emanating from the being, it didn''t dare to fight the being and did for what it had arrived here for.


    The snake then opened its mouth full wide, and soon eleven energy spheres of different colors began gathering at the tip of its mouth, making a pattern of a circle.


    Each energy sphere was of the same size as the sun and corresponded to eleven different elements.


    The ruler on the top of the fort, watching the attempt of the snake with a mocking tone, suddenly had a change in their expressions. It was the pure expression of surprise as if they hadn''t expected the snake to release the attack it was going to.


    "Stop chanting," The being suddenly ordered.


    The archers chanting the mantra were confused at first, but they didn''t dare to go against the ruler of the fort, so they stopped right away, but they didn''t put their bows down and aimed at the challenger, waiting to turn him into a porcupine.


    Aakesh on the ground also had a surprised expression on his face, hearing the mantra, suddenlying to a stop. He looked at the fort with a frown on his face, thinking of the reason behind the sudden actions.


    The snake ignored the reaction of both the being that made it feel fear and Aakesh.


    The circle of eleven energy spheres suddenly began rotating, and in no time the speed became so fast that it seemed it was still for the majority of the beings, including Aakesh.


    The sun had also stopped growing, and it was finally ready for its attack.


    "BOOM!"


    The red sun exploded, and with it, a sound loud enough to shake even a universe echoed in the area.


    Even the invincible defense of the fort looked like ss inparison to the ground as cracks began appearing. It only stopped after several of the higher-level beings took action.


    When the heat and force released by the explosion wanted to touch Aakesh or the snake, something unimaginable happened.


    The circle of energy spheres that looked like an offensive attack at first, absorbed everythinging at its user and Aakesh.


    Soon the disintegrated space repaired back, and the clouds that had dispersed returned. Only the cracked fort, the snake, the circle of eleven spheres, and Aakesh remained.


    The circle of eleven energy spheres suddenly disappeared from where it was and appeared right above the fort.


    The snake, on the other hand, had be illusory and looked as if it could disappear any time.


    The soldiers on the fort from top to bottom looked at the circle with grave expressions on their faces. The soldiers then looked at the higher-ups, they in response looked at their higher-ups, and they in response looked at the ruler of the fort, waiting for hismand.


    The ruler instead looked at the circle of the energy sphere, while there was an iprehensible smile spread across their face.


    The heat and force the circle had absorbed a moment earlier, it released on the fort.


    Previously they only had faced a hint of the force released by the explosion of the sun, but now that entire force multiplied by eleven times had been forced upon them.


    The soldiers couldn''t even cry in pain or feel what had happened to them, as soundless destruction appeared out of nowhere and took the lives of the soldiers.


    When the destruction had subsided, the majesty of the fort was nowhere present, as barring a few portions where the strongest soldiers were present, all the other areas had vanished as if it was never there in the first ce.


    Simrly, out of several millions of the soldiers, only a few higher-level soldiers remained, and that too wasn''t arge number and varied in hundreds.


    After releasing the elevenfold force of the explosion, the circle had disappeared, and soon the snake also faded. But before leaving, it didn''t forget to give a look to Aakesh for daring to tell it what to do, despite knowing its strength.


    Aakesh didn''t have the mood to enjoy the taunt of the snake as right after the killing and destruction to such an extent, Aakesh felt a danger he had never felt beforeing at him from. He felt ants crawling inside his skin.


    "So, for you, I am supposed to act as a training partner."


    Aakesh suddenly felt his sense going haywire as a voice out of nowhere appeared and hit his consciousness like a hammer.


    Aakesh''s mental strength was stronger, so he easily suppressed the pain the voice caused to him and then looked at the sky, only to see a being floating in the air.

 Chapter 351 - Unexpected

    Chapter 351 ¨C Unexpected


    Chapter 351: Unexpected


    After removing the effect of the voice on his psyche, Aakesh looked at the sky, and only a few meters away from him, he saw a being floating in front of him with a mocking look present on its face.


    A look of pure shock appeared on Aakesh''s face as he recognized not only the race of the being but their identity too.


    "Hey, system, how could you add him as my final opponent in this training round?" Instead of answering the being, Aakesh asked the system.


    [Host, it''s a high-level training area, so the end boss will also be a strong being.]


    The system answered in its usual mechanical and emotionless eyes.


    Aakesh wanted to speak something in response, but no words came out as what the system said made sense.


    "It seems you don''t talk much. So, let me end this and show you the difference between us," The being, seeing the challenger not answering him, decided to end the war.


    The being had stopped the archers from chanting mantras in the first ce and other weapon soldiers from doing anything to defend themselves since he wanted to enter the battlefield. As for the death of his underlings, the being didn''t care much since they would get revived back after he killed the challenger.


    The being suddenly appeared in front of Aakesh and lightly tapped the area between his eyebrows.


    Aakesh didn''t even understand what had happened before he lost consciousness and then life.


    If Aakesh were here to see the scene, he would''ve seen his body turning into a puddle as if it had no bones after the light tap.


    The tap hadpletely disintegrated every organ and bone in his body, and only the shell and blood remained as the result.


    Aakesh''s back was wet with sweat when he appeared in the selection area after his death. The next moment, the memory of his death appeared in his mind and showed him how he had died.


    His eyes turned cold, remembering the puddle of his skin and blood, and soon a frown appeared on his face.


    The final boss proved to be a very powerful and one of the most talented experts in the Multiverse, excluding Devas.


    The aim of conquering the fort only in five turns needed to be pushed back now that he had seen the final opponent. Even fighting on an equal level with the being wouldn''t be an easy challenge for Aakesh, let alone now when the being was more than a level above him.


    If Aakesh were to guess the creatures in the Primal dimension equivalent to the being in his current strength, only one creature came to Aakesh''s mind, and they were Void beasts.


    Aakesh was confident that it would only take a hit from the being to kill any of the eleven void beasts.


    There was still quite a time left for Lily to exit her training as he exited very quickly inparison to thest few days, despite doing the maximum amount of damage.


    Since the opponent was very strong and Aakesh couldn''t die, there was no training better than fighting the being and handling the pressure.


    Thinking like this, he decided to enter the training area again.


    As Aakesh had noticed, it took even less than thest time for the war to begin.


    Time flew by.


    A portal out of nowhere suddenly appeared in the selection area, and Lily stepped out of it.


    "Eh!" She eximed in surprise as she didn''t find Aakesh waiting for her like usual.


    "I''ll wait for him today and will tell him to share his experiences with me," Lily excitedly thought. She has been the one who depends on Aakesh, so she wanted him to depend on her too.


    Especially after today''s incident about intruders. She didn''t want Aakesh to fight the organization alone, but he refused her help, so she had no choice but to agree with him.


    Thinking like this, she had trained with such concentration that she had never before. ording to her, there was no point in her growing stronger if she couldn''t even kill Aakesh''s enemies.


    "Hey, system, I want the same chair as Aakesh," Lily then asked the system in the same tone as Aakesh.


    [Okay!]


    The system responded, and the next moment, the same chair as Aakesh appeared in the selection area.


    Lily then jumped on it and waited for Aakesh to exit his training.


    A few minutester, a portal appeared, and soon Aakesh stepped out of it.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face when he stepped out the portal, but when his eyes fell on a serious Lily waiting for him while sitting on a chair simr to his, he couldn''t help but smile.


    "Hey, system, please bring Aakesh''s chair too," Lily requested the system after seeing Aakesh exiting the portal.


    The system didn''t respond this time, but the next moment, Aakesh''s chair appeared in the selection area in front of Lily and was only a step away from her chair.


    Lily then gestured for Aakesh to sit on the chair, while at the same time, she made a cute face so he wouldn''t refuse her.


    As Lily had expected, Aakesh couldn''t refuse her request, reached the chair, and sat on it. But before sitting, he didn''t forget to squish her face, resulting in her angrily pouting.


    "Like I share my experiences with you, why don''t you share your experiences with me?" Lily then asked Aakesh, with a solemn face and tone, making Aakesh squish her face again in response.


    "If you share your experiences, I will never refuse whatever you ask me to," Lily had no choice but to give Aakesh a proposal he could never refuse. ''Only if I like it, ''But at the same time, she didn''t forget to add silently in her head.


    "Okay, fine," Aakesh responded, hearing Lily, but how could he not know what Lily was thinking at the same time.


    He then began telling her about his training, the being, and his progress after continuously entering the training for a few times.


    Time flew by.


    After both of them shared their experiences, they left the training area and then entered Panagea, using their respective virtual portals.


    More time flew by, and hours had passed.


    The sun was only a few minutes away from rising, so Aakesh left the Panagea and returned to the store.

 Chapter 352 - Aim

    Chapter 352 ¨C Aim


    Chapter 352: Aim


    The sun rose in Visteerna and brought light into the darkness.


    With it, the store in the busiest market of Kakot also opened.


    As usual, Aakesh found arge crowd waiting at the door for the store to open.


    Aakesh didn''t let them wait anymore, turned around, and went to the chair.


    The crowd entered the store like a tide, and in no time, the street that was overcrowded only a moment earlier returned to the usual.


    The first 150 customers that set foot in the store had a golden transparent light surrounding them, making them different from other customers.


    "Damn it!" Ca cursed under her breath, seeing that she wasn''t in the first group. The person that entered just before her had also gotten a ce, taking away her chance to enter the first group.


    The group of Pento, as usual, got their entry into the first group. They first bought three mental healing pills for each member in their groups and then went to the portal room for Panagea.


    ***


    After losing his im over the throne of the Bisan Kingdom and her sister bing the new King, Pento stayed depressed for a few days, as he had been preparing for it for his entire life.


    He still wanted to be a King and then an Emperor, so he finally got over his depression. The only thing that could help him be a King is now the store, so he became a regr customer for it again.


    Since he had made good rtions with Bislo, Bisal, and Mark, he decided to continue their grouping in Panagea. It wasn''t a loss for him as Bislo was a ss owner in his group, and that too was one of the most sought out sses in the event, alchemist.


    Even though he didn''t be the King, he still demanded respect since Brinda has been very possessive about the royal family, even more than her predecessors. It made every member of the royal family the most respectful beings after the King in the Bisan Kingdom.


    At first, Pento had thought of usurping the throne for himself after bing stronger than Brinda, but his thoughts came crashing down a few days earlier.


    Brinda, who had the badge gifted by Aakesh, could hear the thoughts of her subjects, so Pento''s thoughts weren''t hidden from her.


    Even though Brinda loved her family members after Punta disappeared and left her to care for the Kingdom and family, she still couldn''t ept the thoughts of betrayal from any of her siblings.


    She decided to clear the problem right away so that she wouldn''t have to kill her brother in the future. Thinking like this, she warned him and threatened that if he were to have these thoughts again, Brinda would publicly execute him without considering the familial rtions between them.


    Pento, hearing his sister and his King''s warning, stopped the thoughts of usurping her, as he had never felt more afraid when she had told him the consequences of his actions.


    Even though he had given up the thoughts of usurping the throne of the Bisan Kingdom, he still wanted to be a King. And the only way he can be one is to conquer his own territory.


    Thinking like this, the goal of bing a King that he had given up after Brinda got the throne rose up again, and now he wanted to be the first adventurer to conquer a territory inside Panagea on his own and then be a King.


    The goal he had set now was way more difficult than bing the King of the Bisan Kingdom, but he had already made this his only pursuit and would give all his efforts in pursuing it.


    ***


    After buying the mental healing pills, he and the other thirteen members in his group ate one, and only then did they touch the respective virtual portals they had chosen.


    The next moment, an undefeated force sucked them in, and soon they appeared in the same ces they had left yesterday.


    Since Bislo had be an alchemist, he decided to only concentrate on it and learn new forms and ways to make new pills. His son, Bisal, and the other member Mark also followed him and learned new knowledge from him.


    Pento, on the other hand, had hisplete focus on clearing missions, learning skills, and new fighting techniques.


    Of the remaining ten guards of Pento in the group, five were ordered to only focus on growing stronger, two were selected forpleting the ss quest for the cksmith, and the remaining three were toplete the ss quest for the ss Administrator since Pento wanted to create his Kingdom with help of all thirteen members.


    Since Pento was in depression for a few days, he hadn''t entered Panagea, so he hadn''t gained any level in those days.


    He was currently only Level four, one of the lowest of the adventurers who had been entering Panagea since its arrival in the store.


    After entering Panagea, Pento directly left to get his next quest since the first step to reach his aim was to reach Level 50.


    ***


    Since it was only early in the morning, there were no new customers in the store, for now, so Aakesh was free to rx.


    Ca, who had gotten selected for the second group, had nothing to do since there were six hours of time left before her turn to enter Panagea came. She decided to enter the training area so that the time doesn''t go to waste, and she could also grow stronger.


    The Immortal and the Gods & Demons level training area was already out of the question as thetter would put a dent in her wealth, while the former would limit her entry.


    So she decided to go with the difficult level of the training area, and it only cost ten supreme Primal stones, so she could do it without worrying much about putting a dent in her savings.


    Since the card could directly help her enter that level of difficulty, she didn''t have to ask Aakesh first.


    Thinking like this, she went to the weapons room, but before that, she didn''t forget to set a timer in her mind so that she wouldn''t miss her entry due to being in the training area.


    Since she was a spear user, she found the pir that marked the weapon and then did the process required to enter the infinite space inside the training area.

 Chapter 353 - Monstrous Growth

    Chapter 353 ¨C Monstrous Growth


    Chapter 353: Monstrous Growth


    It has only been less than an hour since the store opened for the day, and already the spots for the second and third group of customers had gotten filled.


    Aakesh thought about the quest rted to the virtual portals, and the next moment, a blue screen containing the details appeared in front of him.


    [Mission objective: Add the number of virtual portals,


    Requirement: As a result of the three-day event, the Panagea had be increasingly popr throughout the Bisan Kingdom and some parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours of the opening of the store, all the slots get taken for the day. There has been an addition of 100 more virtual portals, but to ensure such kind of craze of Panagea continues and even more, customers join it; the store owner needs to have 2000 hours of entry time every day into Panagea for seven days straight,


    Progress: 6/7,


    Mission reward: 1000 new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: None.]


    Aakesh nodded, seeing that the quest would getpleted by tomorrow, and then there would be thousand more virtual portals in the store from the day after tomorrow.


    He had noticed that thepetition between entering the store turned out to be more intense than thepetition between the adventurers inside Panagea. It was thest thing he wanted, to be his store apetition ground rather than the product.


    With the addition of a thousand virtual portals, the store would get relief from thepetition for a few days since currently, the user base for Panagea wasn''t that much due tock of its quantity.


    Several of the customers who wanted to enter Panagea couldn''t enter due to not getting spots, or even if they get, they needed to wait for hours, doing nothing except meditation, if they weren''t rich since if they took a step outside the store, their spot would get nullified, and someone else would get it.


    "One more day," Aakesh murmured and then thought of the quest screen disappearing.


    The next moment, the quest screen scattered into nothingness.


    Since there were no new customers in the store, Aakesh returned to his rxation session with closed eyes.


    Due to his unlimited endurance, his mind was always in a rxed state, so even though he was rxing, he still thought about the battle scenes with the being in the war to conquer the fort.


    Aakesh suddenly decided to check his status screen as the few battles with the being helped his strength and other skills rted to archery grow at a monstrous rate.


    The next moment, a dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 1)+,


    Level: Level 6(initial),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 9,624,018 (+854,044),


    Agility: 9,243,607 (+456,766),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 10,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning¡­.


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 1,


    Current status: Young.


    A smile spread across Aakesh''s face, seeing the level of growth he had since thest time he had checked his status screen.


    His strength grew by a whopping 854,044 Primal units. Agility didn''t see the same level of growth as strength, but it still was an outrageous amount of 456,766 Primal units.


    The pressure of not being able to defeat someone truly helped Aakesh achieve a monstrous rate of growth. If he were to be precise, around 80% of the increase was what he had gained due to the battles he had yesterday with that being.


    For the first three times, Aakesh couldn''t even put up a fight and died with the first strike, but for the fourth time, he was able to defend himself for the first time, and he evennded an attack. Even though it failed to do anything, it still was several fold growth after dying three times without even getting the chance to fight back.


    The fifth battle finally saw Aakeshnding a sessful strike when he pierced the being''s left shoulder.


    The power gap between them was still wide, so Aakesh died after that. This situation continued for the sixth and seventh battles.


    In the eighth battle, he finally was able to put up a fight for several seconds.


    He didn''t have any battle after that as Lily had then exited her training.


    The only reason he was able to fight so many battles in the span of less than an hour was due to the ruler''s interest in Aakesh.


    It may seem an unfair advantage and harmful for Aakesh in the training, due to him routing the soldiers on the forts due to the ruler not allowing them to fight back, but the ruler didn''t care and continued doing it, as he was fully confident in killing Aakesh.


    Aakesh also liked it as he was growing at an unimaginable rate with each battle with the ruler.


    The scenes of Aakesh''s eighth battle with the ruler continuously ran in his mind as he attempted to correct what he did wrong and how he could gain an advantage in the battle.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    The six-hour stay for the first group of customers in Panagea was over, so the system forced them out one by one ording to their time.


    Ca, who had been training in the difficult level training area of the King-grade weapon, also exited the training, as the timer she had set in her mind had turned into zero since there was no time dtion for the customers in the first four levels of the training area.


    An excited look appeared on her face as she waited for the store owner to tell the second group.


    Her wait didn''t continue for long as when the system forced all 150 customers out, Aakesh ordered the second group to enter.


    With an excited expression, Ca rushed to the portal room and touched the first virtual portal she came across with just the tip of her finger.


    The next moment, a force stronger than anything she had felt appeared and sucked her into a new world, and soon, the shining stars rotating turned grey, marking the virtual portal as taken.


    The next moment when Ca opened her eyes, she found herself in an unfamiliar ce.

 Chapter 354 - Yagas

    Chapter 354 ¨C Yagas


    Chapter 354: Yagas


    Before Ca could even understand what had happened, suddenly an intense pressure out of nowhere appeared, and a being shrouded in white light, appeared in front of her.


    "Wee to Panagea, adventurer!" The introduction Angel weed Ca to the world of Panagea.


    Ca had her mouth and eyes wide open in shock as she witnessed an Angel in front of her.


    Even though she had learned everything there had to know about Panagea from the duo of friends, she still couldn''t control herself, seeing a living angel, an unseen race for the majority of the people.


    The Angels were one of the strongest groups in the Multiverse as they were rted to the third strongest race of the Multiverse, Yaksha.


    They were also very beautiful at the same time, as there was no race that came even close to the Yaksha race in terms of appearances.


    Ca was in so much shock that she didn''t even hear what the Angel had said.


    The Angel didn''t care for herck of response, as the system had created an emotionless Angel for the introduction.


    Suddenly, both the shocked Ca and the Angel disappeared from where they were standing a moment earlier.


    Time flew by.


    "May you be victorious, adventurer!" The Angel emotionlessly wished luck to Ca for gaining one of the ten Emperor''s inheritance and then killing the Vritrasura.


    Ca, who had left with a shocked face, didn''t have such expression after seeing the history and races of Panagea. She had a thought engraved in her mind that what she saw was nothing to feel shocked out of it was only normal.


    Since it felt normal, Ca didn''t think much about the scenes, only remembering that the inheritances of the ten Emperors were waiting for her. If she seeded in gaining any of the ten inheritances, revenge against her enemies would be nothing more than a child y to her.


    Ca also noticed that she wasn''t in her disguise here, but instead, she had her actual appearance with a single eye.


    "Hey, move away," Suddenly, a rude voice sounded and broke Ca out of her thoughts.


    Ca, with a confused expression, turned around to look at the source, only to notice a strange being ring at her and gesturing to her to move away from the road.


    The person ring at Ca wasn''t a human but a race Ca had never seen or read about.


    The person stood like a human, but he wasn''t a human in any sense.


    The person had dark red skin from top to bottom, with a single horn in the shape of a drill, right between the eyebrows. He had two eyes, without any pupil, and only sclera in red color. There was no nose but a mouth, both the ears of the person.


    He had four arms, with four fingers in each hand, and a square bump on the top of all four hands. Below his waist, he had three legs simr to a wolf.


    Just from looking, the person can be seen as a ferocious creature.


    If Aakesh were to be here, he would''ve found the race of the creature and would have looked at Ca with a hint of pity.


    The creature belonged to a race called, Yagas. It was a race situated in the second and third dimensions, most primarily the Sacred dimension.


    Yagas were one of the most arrogant, selfish, shameless, angry, and provocative races of the Multiverse. The race had every characteristic considered to be an evil race, but they still weren''t one, as the thing theycked was cruelty.


    They only looked cruel from their appearances, but the fight will always be thest resort for the majority of the members of the race.


    Yagas were quite a famous race in the second and third dimensions, due to their arrogance. There was also an incident rted to them that one of the families of Yagas had told a Deva to get out when the Deva was traveling across the dimensions to pass his time.


    The incident didn''t make them that famous, but instead, the reactions from the other race members did.


    After the incident in the third dimension, many people had thought that the leader of the race would apologize to the Deva, and may even banish them out of their race. But nothing of that sort happened. Instead, the leader rewarded the family for not letting go of their pride(they termed their arrogance as pride) even when a Deva talked to them.


    "Didn''t I have privileges?" Ca thought in confusion, unaware that the privileges adventurers had didn''t work for Yagas.


    They didn''t even respect the ten Emperors in Panagea so adventurers couldn''t expect respect from them.


    Out of the countless towns made for adventurers, there was only a single town where Yagas lived. Even Dragons had three starting high-level towns.


    "Looks like you want me to beat you down," The Yagas, seeing the adventurer not moving away, despite the road being wide enough for tens of Yagas like him to easily pass.


    A wry smile appeared on Ca''s face, seeing the anger, and she moved right away, not daring to test whether the being would beat her down or not.


    "Hmph," The Yagas didn''t forget to scoff at Ca when he passed her.


    Ca ignored it and instead looked around her to search where she was. Except for the unknownnguage she spoke right now, she had no knowledge about where Ca was and how she was going to grow stronger.


    Ca was just looking around her when suddenly something caught her eye, and her face turned red.


    Not far from her, a person one-fourth the size of the person that told her to move away was making obscene gestures toward her. Soon, several of the beings the same size as the first one joined him in provoking and mocking her.


    Ca, who stayed calm despite bing alone, couldn''t help but get angry, seeing the gestures toward her.


    She knew she had no strength right now and was equivalent to an ordinary person, forgot about it, and took a step forward as she wanted nothing more than beating these creatures and turning their dark red skin into blue and ck.


    These were the kids of Yagas race that were mocking her and were making obscene gestures at her.. Theyughed from time to time, seeing the reaction of the adventurer.

 Chapter 355 - Infuriating

    Chapter 355 ¨C Infuriating


    Chapter 355: Infuriating


    Ca couldn''t hold her anger and charged at the kids mocking her and making obscene gestures toward her.


    She had only taken a step forward when her step suddenly came to a halt, as a blue screen out of nowhere appeared in front of her, and it took away her concentration.


    [Adventurer, wee to the town of Prideful-Ones.


    The town of Prideful-Ones houses one of the top races of Panagea, Yagas. Yagas are known for their arrogance and provocative behavior across the world.


    You need to control your anger when they mock you, for they are stronger than you think and can easily kill you.


    Survive the mocking and provocation of the Yagas for an hour, if you want to clear your first quest.


    You would gain the ability to manipte energy if you survived without cursing the Yagas and attempting to hit them for an hour. Your reward would also increase ording to your survival time, exceeding an hour.]


    A dumbfounded look appeared on Ca''s face when she read the quest and its details.


    Her eyes then fell on the kids belonging to the supposed Yagas race, continuing to mock her. She couldn''t help but curse the system for creating such a quest.


    "Sigh! Calm down," Ca sighed and muttered to calm herself down. Since the first quest was mandatory, she had no choice but to clear it.


    For a moment, the thought of failing the quest and beating the kids appeared in her head but reading the warning given by the system not to hit them if she wanted to live. She also had heard the quest''s difficulty increases exponentially after failing, so she didn''t want to fail it.


    Since Ca had read theplete content of the blue screen, it disappeared, and in ce of it, a timer appeared in the form of 00:00:00, with it marking the hour, minute, and second respectively.


    Ca then took several deep breaths to calm herself down before the quest began, as with the current mindset, she would surely fail it.


    A few secondster, she thought of the quest to begin. The timer also got activated right away.


    Ca suddenly noticed something that if she tried to move her head, she wouldn''t be able to as her face was frozen, she couldn''t even blink. Except for her face, every part of her body was free.


    Ca''s lips twitched, thinking the reason behind her face frozen at a single sight while other body parts beingpletely free.


    "Look at the uglydy," One of the kids mocked her.


    Ca suddenly felt an urge to beat the kid appearing in her heart. She couldn''t help but frown as what the kid said didn''t warrant such angry reactions from her.


    She took a deep breath as she knew a single spur of a moment could change everything as every word the kids said or every gesture they made would affect her psychologically, warranting an exaggerated reaction from her.


    The other kid suddenly took a stride and approached Ca, only to stop a few steps away from her.


    Ca suddenly had an ominous premonition in her heart, seeing the actions of the kid.


    The kid pulled his pants down and began peeing, with his pee almost touching Ca''s legs.


    Ca''s lips twitched in anger, seeing the action of the kid. An urge stronger than anything to kick the kid in the nuts appeared in her heart.


    She even attempted to take a step forward but stopped at thest second as then the kid''s pee would touch her.


    ''Control! When I grow stronger, I will beat this guy to a pulp several times,'' Ca silently vowed in her heart. She didn''t dare to utter these words out loud as she didn''t want to anger these kids into killing her.


    "Look, the uglydy is watching him peeing," The other kidsmented andughed about it.


    "She''s also watching my¡­," The kid turned around and told his friends.


    "Damn you," Ca couldn''t control herself and cursed the kid out loud.


    Suddenly, the bounds freezing her face to a single sight disappeared. She felt as if a chain binding her for years had finally gotten unlocked, and she was now free.


    Ca didn''t care about the feeling, as the timer in front of her had turned red and then disappeared, marking her failure to persist for an hour, resulting in the failure.


    Ca, who already had a lot of irritation due to the effects of the quest, finally couldn''t control her anger. She took a step forward and kicked the kid''s nuts.


    The reaction she had expected in response didn''t appear, as she felt her leg hitting a wall made of steel. The kid, in response, didn''t attempt to hit Ca back, but instead, he sat down on the ground with his pants still open and began bawling like a baby.


    Ca finally understood that these were kids in front of her. She couldn''t help but feel bad for them, despite the kids being in the wrong.


    The feeling of guilt didn''tst long, as suddenly, out of nowhere, a horrible pressure appeared and attacked Ca.


    Her face turned pale from fear in response as the pressure she felt at this moment even surpassed what she had felt from her angry father or the murderer of her parents.


    Ca then noticed a shadow around her. She, who couldn''t even move due to the horrible pressure, almost cried as she could sense a killing intenting toward her from behind.


    "Cry! Mom¡­mommy, she¡­she hit me here."


    Ca didn''t have to guess who was behind her, as the kid bawling on the ground gave the introduction while crying in between.


    "How dare you hit my child?"


    Ca then heard an angry voice as the mother Yagas appeared in front of her.


    The size difference between the Yagas mother and Ca was outrageous. Due to the pressure, Ca couldn''t move her head, so she could only look in front of her.


    The Yagas mother was so taller and bulkier than Ca that she couldn''t even see the knee of the mother.


    She only saw the hands of the mother as the hands came down and picked the bawling kid up.


    The kid stopped crying right away after his mother picked him up. He then put back his pants, looked at Ca, and said, "Mommy, bear her up. She hit me."


    "Did I hit you or hit me by hitting you?" Ca angrily thought in her heart as the pain of hitting the kid still remained in her legs.


    "Let''s hope she doesn''t torture me," She then further thought as her death was now certain.


    p!


    Ca, who had been frozen due to the pressure, suddenly felt her shoulder sinking as the mother pped her.


    The mother hadn''t even used a percent of her strength as even that was enough to kill Ca several times.


    Time flew by.


    Ca, with a swollen body, looked at the new blue screen in front of her.


    [¡­ Survive the mocking and provocation of the Yagas for two hours, if you want to clear your first quest.


    You would gain the ability to manipte energy if you survived without cursing the Yagas and attempting to hit them for two hours. Your reward would also increase ording to your survival time, exceeding two hours.]


    The new quest after failing the first was still the same, but the duration of surviving had increased from one hour to two hours.


    "How infuriating," Ca thought as not very long ago, she had gotten the beating of her life.

 Chapter 356 - Sarbal

    Chapter 356 ¨C Sarbal


    Chapter 356: Sarbal


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he suddenly sensed several teleportations inside the store.


    Soon, all the members of the Esh n, except those who were in Panagea or had alreadypleted their six hours, appeared in the store using their supreme cards.


    They then thought of buying the pills to achieve their purpose foring here.


    After the payment got deducted from their cards for their purchases, three pills belonging to each category and grade appeared in their hands.


    Since their purpose behinding here wasplete, and Veenesh, their leader didn''t allow them to go anywhere else other than the store, they used their supreme cards and returned to where they came from.


    The majority in the n was below the Void Condensation, so they couldn''t teleport using space. But the supreme card allowed everyone to select three locations, except the store to teleport back.


    Irrespective of the level, any person can teleport back to the three selected locations from the store. This connection only worked from the store to those three ces.


    Users couldn''t teleport back to those three ces from anywhere other than the store, and also, those three locations were unchangeable. Once selected, they were fixed for life. Even if the customers bought another supreme card after the previous got lost and got somehow destroyed, even then changing them was impossible.


    Since the n members appeared and left without disturbing or needing Aakesh, he didn''t open his eyes and stayedfortable on his chair.


    The store returned to its normal silence after the n members left. Time flew by, and minutes passed.


    "So this is the store," Sarbalmented as he looked at the building oozing majesty in front of him.


    A crowd of tens of people had gathered, seeing Sarbal on the street.


    Sarbal wasn''t a human but belonged to the Dwarf race, and in that category, he belonged to the Fire Dwarves.


    The Fire Dwarves were one of the subspecies of the Dwarves. As their name implied, the species was very close to the fire. They were one of the most talented species when it came to smithing whenpared not only to other Dwarves but other races too.


    Sarbal, like the usual Fire Dwarves, had dark skin, red hair, and in ce of pupils, they had a raging fire of red color, the same as their hair.


    As one of the species of the Dwarves, they were not very tall. Sarbal was an adult Dwarf. He only reached the chest of most of the crowd curiously looking at him, even though they only had average heights. But they were very bulky, as it could be seen from Sarbal. Sarbal was almost twice as thick as two humans.


    Sarbal scoffed in disgust, seeing so many people looking at him like he was some object.


    If it were not a human-dominated area, he would''ve killed these humans, as the majority of them were only low-level cultivators. Sarbal, on the other hand, was a Level 8 Fire Mage, equivalent to a Tao Seed level Qi cultivator, so killing these was only a child y to him.


    Sarbal didn''t want a conflict with humans in human-dominated areas, so he only scoffed and ignored them. He had a purpose behinding here, and that was the store. He took a step forward and went to the store.


    The gathered crowd dispersed after Sarbal entered the store.


    After entering the store, Sarbal''s eyes fell on the floor first. He couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air as he recognized the Ashamba used in the hardwood.


    After the shock of Ashamba subsided, his eyes fell on the blue-skinned man sleepingfortably on his chair.


    Sarbal''s eyes shined, and his breathing got rough, seeing Aakesh as if he had seen a treasure.


    Sarbal had a talent that helped him in judging the affinity of others with smithing, and ording to his talent, he had never seen anyone having more affinity with smithing than the blue-skinned man in front of him.


    Sarbal even forgot the purpose behind himing here as he approached the man on the chair.


    ***


    Aakesh, sensing footsteps approaching him, had to open his eyes. He then noticed a Fire Dwarfing toward him.


    Aakesh could see a smile and strange look on the Dwarf''s face as he approached him.


    "What do you think about smithing?" Sarbal asked Aakesh right away after reaching him.


    Sarbal wanted the man to be his student, and then he would help him be the greatest cksmith in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh only stared at the Dwarf in response to his question.


    The Dwarf also stared at Aakesh with burning eyes to know his answer. For a few seconds, a stalemate began between Aakesh and the Dwarf, for who''ll blink his eyes first or move them away.


    ''Why is the man staring at me? Did he not understand what I said? How can he not understand what I said when I spoke thenguage of humans spoken in these areas?'' Sarbal had several questions in his mind, seeing the man had no response to his question.


    Sarbal finally was the first to give up, seeing those expressionless eyes staring at him. He felt as if the being in front of him was seeing through his soul. He also had a feeling that the man''s eyes would devour him if he were to continue staring at it.


    Sarbal didn''t want to give up, so he asked again, "Do you want to be a cksmith?"


    Just like thest time, Aakesh didn''t speak anything and only stared at the Dwarf.


    Sarbal''s lips twitched, feeling another stalemateing.


    With a sigh, he moved his eyes away before the stalemate could begin, as the feeling of the man seeing through him felt very ufortable.


    After that, a stalemate of silence began as Sarbal didn''t know what to speak, and Aakesh only expressionlessly stared at him.


    Finally, a deep breath broke the silence as the silence felt more threatening and ufortable for Sarbal than the stalemate of the eyes. His back had gotten entirely wet with cold sweat. He felt himself standing in a cold temperature despite being called a Fire Dwarf.


    During the silence, Sarbal also recalled the purpose behind himing here.. Remembering that, he couldn''t help but p his head in frustration.

 Chapter 357 - Disbelief

    Chapter 357 ¨C Disbelief


    Chapter 357: Disbelief


    Sarbal, unlike the majority of the Dwarves, loved not only smithing, but he also loved fighting, despite the members of his race mostly being cowardly.


    A few hours earlier,


    Sarbal was traveling in the search of rare materials to make a weapon. Since the world, they lived in was only peaceful inside big cities.


    Outside those cities, there were several areas where cruelty was supreme. The people were as cruel as they could be. Murders, rapes, piges for treasures were a prettymon urrence in such locations.


    In his journey, Sarbal also had to pass through one such location. As he continued, he came across one such battle between two cultivators.


    At first, he was going to ignore the battle and continue on his way, but the moment his eyes fell on the sword used by the female cultivator in the battle.


    Despite being far away from the battle and the sword, Sarbal could see the level of craftsmanship used in its making. Even he, who was one of the most talented when ites to smithing, felt envy seeing the sword.


    He right away made a n to help thedy in the battle, and then ask for the sword in payment for his help.


    Thinking like this, Sarbal made his move.


    He disappeared from the spot he was standing on and appeared right above the man, the otherbatant.


    Dwarves are known for having an unbelievable amount of strength, so he didn''t even take out his weapon, and punched the man.


    Both thebatants were taken aback by the sudden arrival of a Dwarf in the battle.


    Before they could understand what had happened, Sarbal''s punchnded on the head of the man.


    In response, the head burst like a watermelon. Blood and brain matter spread across the ground.


    Some drops of blood also flew toward Sarbal, but he burnt all of it. In the end, he stayed clean.


    Instead of feeling relieved, the woman turned even more fearful when she witnessed the death of her opponent in a single punch.


    She had been fighting the battle with the man for thest several minutes and still wasn''t able to overpower the man. The only reason she was even equal to the man was due to her sword. It helped her fight on a simr ground against someone two minor levels above her.


    The Dwarf, on the other hand, only killed the man in a single punch, so how could she not get afraid of what''s toe next if the Dwarf wanted to kill her.


    Sarbal, who had lived for hundreds of years, could see what was going through thedy''s mind, so he told her, "Don''t worry. I won''t kill you."


    Before the woman could heave a sigh of relief, hearing Sarbal, he further added, "Since I helped you, you need to pay for it. Let''s not discuss much. I would dly take the sword you have."


    The woman''s face turned dumbfounded for a moment, hearing the Dwarf asking for the payment for the help she never asked. But, in the end, her face had turned grave when he asked for her sword.


    She had bought this sword with her life savings. How could she give it to anyone?


    "Senior, I can''t give you the sword," The woman told the Dwarf, gritting her teeth, after staying silent for some time.


    "Why? Is your life not worth the sword?" Sarbal asked, hearing the woman''s response.


    In her mind, he had expected the woman to give her the sword right away, after he asked for it, as he had saved her, but in reality, she refused.


    The woman, on the other hand, turned pale hearing the question. She thought that the Dwarf was threatening her for the sword.


    She got ready in the fighting posture right away, as giving up her sword in these areas was nothing less than suicide. Even though she would most probably die if she fought with the Dwarf, she still was ready as a simple murder was the best thing that could happen to her without a weapon to fight back.


    Sarbal got confused, seeing the woman getting alert and ready to fight. Only then did he understand that the woman had misunderstood his question as a threat.


    Even though he loved fighting, it didn''t mean that he would fight anyone. The same was the case here. It would only take him a punch to kill her, as the woman was only a Void Condensation level cultivator.


    For a moment, the idea of getting the sword after killing the woman rose in his head, but he decided against it as it would be no different action than the criminals here.


    "You misunderstood me. I won''t kill you for the sword. How about you exchange your sword for this one?" Sarbal asked as he took out a sword he had personally made to exchange for it.


    Even Sarbal, the creator of the sword, knew the exchange was equal in no terms.


    "Senior, if you want this sword, I can tell you from where I bought it," The woman nervously told the Dwarf after his exchange offer.


    She would be stupid if she were to change her sword with the sword the Dwarf had taken out.


    "Hmph! How can there be other swords of such quality in the store?" Sarbal scoffed, hearing the woman.


    He didn''t believe that any store would sell such qualities of weapons, as even he felt tiny inparison to the skill level of the sword''s creator. He thought that the woman was lying about the store selling it.


    A wry smile appeared on the woman''s face, hearing the Dwarf. Remembering the quality of swords she had to let go due to constraints in her savings, she couldn''t help but feel a pang in her heart.


    "Senior, the store has even better quality swords or other weapons than this one. It''s one of the cheapest swords in the Legendary-grade weapon¡­," The woman told the Dwarf. She didn''t stop but further told him about the details of a few swords she had let go in the store.


    Sarbal had a look of disbelief, hearing the woman. How can a store sell weapons even better than this sword?


    ***


    Believing in the woman, Sarbal hade here.. Seeing the talent and affinity the store owner had, he believed the woman without even checking up the weapons himself.

 Chapter 358 - Surprise

    Chapter 358 ¨C Surprise


    Chapter 358: Surprise


    Remembering that the store sold weapons that even he couldn''t make, his face turned red from embarrassment.


    ''How could I even think of taking him as my student?'' Sarbal cried out in his heart.


    "Cough! Store owner, I heard you sell weapons here," Sarbal coughed to remove his embarrassment and asked Aakesh. At the same time, he also hoped that the store owner would answer him, as the silent treatment felt very ufortable and torturous on his psyche.


    "Yes, the store does. The store sells¡­," Aakesh expressionlessly answered and introduced the different types and grades of weapons sold by the store.


    ***


    "Thank you, store owner," Sarbal thanked Aakesh and then went to the room Aakesh had pointed at.


    "WOW!" Sarbal couldn''t help but exim loudly in shock, seeing the luxury inside the weapons room.


    His eyes had first fallen on the countless murals engraved on the walls after entering the room, but he didn''t find anything strange about them. They felt like regr murals to him, so he only took a casual nce at them.


    His eyes then fell on the pirs. He counted and found it to be 108, the same number as the type of weapons sold by the store.


    He could feel something special about the pir, but he couldn''t just point out the strange factor. He didn''t think much as the weapons took away his sight and focus.


    His eyes first fell on the discs. From where Sarbal was standing, the discs looked to be ordinary, but his gut feeling said that they were anything but ordinary.


    Thinking like this, he took a step forward in the direction of the shelves.


    The store sold weapons from Rare-grade to the King-grade for now, and their sequence was from top to bottom, so Sarbal bent down to check out a Rare-grade disc.


    "Eh!" He couldn''t help but exim in surprise as from outside it looked that the shelves had limited weapons, but when Sarbal put his hand inside the shelf, he found the number of discs exceeding the amount he could see. He even believed that there were unlimited numbers of discs in there.


    He didn''t move his hands long, randomly grabbed a disc, and took it out.


    It was a silver-ted disc with sharp ends. There was a pattern of the moon engraved on both sides.


    "Excellent!" Sarbalmented, seeing the quality of the disc.


    The disc in his hand had surpassed the quality he had expected for a Rare-grade weapon, and it was only a random pick.


    Sarbal didn''t believe in luck, so he put the disc back inside the shelf and took out another.


    It was still of good quality, but it was nowhere equal to thest one he had taken out.


    Sarbal put it back and took out another.


    His eyes couldn''t help but widen, seeing the difference of quality between the first disc he had taken out and this one.


    It was a red disc with eleven triangr ends, and on both the sides, a pattern of blood dripping was engraved in ck, giving the disc an eerie look.


    If someone were to think of this disc as an Epic-grade weapon, some people might still call it a lie. Such was the quality of the disc.


    His eyes then fell on the blue screen floating above the disc, and the price written in it.


    The disc was priced at ten top Primal stones, which may prove to be costly for Rare-grade weapons, but Sarbal thought the price was disrespecting the greatness of the quality, craftsmanship, materials used in the making of the disc. He was even willing to splurge a thousand top Primal stones for it.


    This time, Sarbal didn''t put it back inside, as he had decided to buy it. Even though it was of no use to current him, it would be disrespectful to the creator if he were to put it back after looking at it.


    It was only the start for the Sarbal. He wanted to buy as many weapons as possible of these qualities. It wouldn''t matter to him even if his wealth gotpletely exhausted by buying these weapons.


    Sarbal was unaware that there was a limit to weapon buying, so he excitedly checked the other grades of the disc. After studying the disc section, he went to the next weapon pir.


    Time flew by, and one hour had passed.


    Sarbal was currently checking Epic-grade maces. Until now, he had already selected around three hundred different weapons belonging to different categories to buy them.


    Since the weapons can''t be put into the space ring before paying for them, all the weapons he had selected were floating around him while he shopped for more.


    It was quite a spectacle for the other customers in the weapons room.


    One customer, who knew about the limit on the sale of the weapon, approached Sarbal and asked, "Don''t you know about the limit?"


    Sarbal, who was in a trance, checking the Epic-grade mace in his hands, broke out of it. He then looked at the man and confusedly asked, "What limit?"


    "One weapon per person in a month," The man responded. His voice contained a tone of pity for the Dwarf as he worked so hard to select so many weapons, but he could only buy one in the end.


    "Eh!" Sarbal eximed, and his mouth flew wide open in shock.


    The situation continued for several seconds. The man had already left after informing Sarbal about the limit.


    "Damn it!" Sarbal cursed in his heart after finally getting over the sudden shock. His eyes then fell on the hundreds of weapons floating around him, and a wry smile spread across his face.


    "I can''t give up so easily. I need to talk to the store owner," Sarbal muttered as he didn''t want to give up a single weapon out of the lot.


    Thinking like this, he exited the weapons room, only to find out that none of the weapons had followed him, but instead, they gave returned back to their respective counters.


    It all happened because the system didn''t allow the customers to take weapons out of the weapons room, other than the only weapon they would buy.


    Sarbal only looked dumbfounded, seeing the sudden turnaround of the situation.


    ***


    "Store owner, can I buy as many weapons as I want?" Sarbal asked Aakesh after cursing in his heart due to the weapons returning to their counter.

 Chapter 359 - Late

    Chapter 359 ¨C Late


    Chapter 359: Late


    "Store owner, can I buy as many weapons as I want?" Sarbal asked Aakesh.


    "No! You can only buy a single weapon per month," Aakesh expressionlessly answered the man.


    "What if I pay twice the quoted price?" Sarbal asked once again.


    Aakesh didn''t say anything but instead pointed at the rule board.


    Sarbal couldn''t help but be dumbfounded, reading the rules. ''How am I bargaining? I am offering you double the quoted amount,'' He cried out in his heart but didn''t dare to utter that loud.


    Sarbal then looked at Aakesh, only to notice that he had already closed his eyes.


    For a moment, Sarbal didn''t know what to do, so he just stood there stumped.


    After finally calming down, Sarbal shook his head in disappointment, as he could only buy a single weapon when he wanted to buy so many.


    If there were a limit of one weapon per day, even then, he would''ve understood, as, in a few years, he would be able to buy all the weapons he wanted.


    But the limit was one weapon per month. If Sarbal were to buy even a hundred weapons of his liking, it would still take him several years.


    But since the store owner didn''t seem to change his mind, he had no choice but to go through it. He decided to buy a single weapon of his like for now.


    He then fell into a dilemma of what weapon he wanted to buy out of the hundreds of those he had selected.


    He wasn''t going to select other weapons as seeing newer weapons would make him feel very ufortable since he wouldn''t be able to buy all of them.


    After a lot of consideration, Sarbal decided to buy a Mythical-grade disc.


    It was an orange-colored disc with eleven spherical ends. There was a pattern of the sun engraved on both sides of it. It was priced at one hundred superior Primal stones.


    Even though it was of no use to Sarbal, he decided to buy it, as he hadn''t seen a single weapon of such quality in his life, despite seeing some King-grade weapons even in this store.


    Since he had already made his decision on what weapon he was going to buy, he didn''t wait and returned to the weapons room.


    He then approached the pir, marking discs, and then began searching for his choice in the Mythical-grade section.


    Sarbal had thought that it would be hard work to find the disc again in the lot, but unexpectedly, the first disc he took out turned out to be the one he wanted.


    Sarbal thought it was his luck, but it wasn''t. Even though the system didn''t allow the customers to take the weapons out of the weapons room or permit them to buy more than once a month, it still remembered which customer had selected which one. It helped the customer when they returned to the store after their cooldown of buying the weapon had returned to zero.


    After taking out the disc, he exited the weapons room right away. The more he stayed there, the more painful and ufortable he felt, thinking of the weapons not being in his hands.


    "Store owner, I will buy this," Sarbal told Aakesh after exiting the weapons room.


    Aakesh only took a nce at the disc in his hands, and its price automatically appeared in his head. "You need to pay hundred superior Primal stones," He expressionlessly told the Dwarf.


    Sarbal only nodded and took out the required amount from his space ring. He then handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands. The next moment, the Primal stones disappeared from the store.


    Since Sarbal had nothing else to do in the store, he decided to leave. When he had only reached the door, he couldn''t help but turn around to take a nce at the weapons room. A disappointed expression appeared on his face. With a sigh, he turned around and exited the store.


    ***


    "Are you serious?" A shout rang in the area as Sarbal showed the disc to his teacher and told the story behind it to him.


    His teacher thought that the disc was an ancient treasure his student had gotten from some ruins during his journey when he saw it. But when Sarbal told him about the store that sold it, the teacher couldn''t believe his student.


    "Yes, teacher, I''m telling the truth. I bought it from a store," Sarbal responded with a sincere face.


    Even though it wasn''t his creation, he still felt proud for showing the disc to his teacher.


    "Take me to that store," The teacher ordered Sarbal after staying silent for some time.


    "We can''t go now, teacher," Sarbal answered right away.


    "Why?" The teacher confusedly stared at his only student and asked. The teacher could see from his student''s face that Sarbal was even more excited than him for wanting to go to the store.


    "The store closes at sunset. If we were to leave now, our journey would be wasteful," Sarbal stated the reason, as the sun was going to set anytime.


    He was confident that the store owner would not open the store for them after the closing time, so he didn''t want his teacher to go on a wasteful journey.


    After further discussions, the duo of the teacher and student decided to go to the store tomorrow morning. As for the limit on buying weapons, the teacher already had a solution.


    If one person could only buy one weapon, he would take as many people as the number of weapons he would decide to buy if what his student said turned out to be correct.


    ***


    Time flew by.


    The light hid back after the sunset, and it brought the augment of the night.


    After every customer left the store, Aakesh closed the door, marking another end of the day for the store.


    For some reason, Lily hasn''t returned until now, so Aakesh decided to wait for her, while he thought about his strategy in today''s battle against the being.


    Aakesh didn''t have to wait for very long, as suddenly a door in the air and then stairs connecting it to the hardwood floor appeared in the store.


    "Kacha!"


    The door then clicked open, and soon Lily stepped down the stairs.. Seeing the store closed and Aakesh waiting for her, she jumped on his head.

 Chapter 360 - Crush

    Chapter 360 ¨C Crush


    Chapter 360: Crush


    "Why did you get sote?" Aakesh smilingly asked Lily as he stopped thinking about the battle.


    Lily then began sharing her experiences inside Panagea with Aakesh, and Aakesh listened without disturbing her.


    There wasn''t any particr reason behind Lily breaking the schedule Aakesh had told her. She only gotte because she finally found a ce suitable for her and her underlings to grow, so it took time for her to do some preparations.


    "Let''s go," Aakeshmented after Lily had stopped talking. She only nodded in response to him.


    The next moment, both of them disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily selected her usual training ground. A portal appeared and sucked her in.


    Aakesh went to the weapons section first, picked up his bow, selected the training ground, pushed the switch on the other side. Soon, a simr portal appeared and sucked him in.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the familiar arena in the midst of cheers and whistles.


    Soon, a blue window appeared in front of him. He had sessfully killed the opponent in thest two battles, so if he wanted, he could go to the next round; still, Aakesh decided against it as none of the two fights was an overwhelming win for him. He then selected the option he had already chosen.


    The next moment, the blue screen disappeared, and soon, the opponent appeared.


    The opponent already took an attacking posture despite the battle not beginning. Since he had faced two consecutive deaths, he wanted to end the streak, but instead, he wanted to be the winner of this fight.


    Aakesh looked carefree, seeing the opponent.


    [Ding!]


    The next moment, the bell rang and announced the start of another battle between Aakesh and the opponent.


    Since the opponent was already in an attacking posture, he took the initiative. He disappeared from where he was standing a moment earlier and appeared right in front of Aakesh with his sword aiming to sever his head.


    Aakesh casually brought his bow between the sword and his head.


    "ng!"


    The next moment, the sound of a metallic sh rang in the arena as the bow and the sword shed.


    "Whoosh!"


    The opponent hadn''t even gotten the chance to take his sword back when an arrow flew at him.


    His reaction proved to be slower than he wanted, and the arrow took away a portion of his horns.


    Aakesh then disappeared from where he was standing.


    The opponent, in pure horror, looked around him to find Aakesh, but he couldn''t. He only witnessed arrowsing at him from all directions.


    The opponent gritted his teeth and charged forward to sh with the arrows in the front.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic shes continuously rang in the area as the opponent destroyed the arrows he could, and for those he couldn''t, he deflected them.


    "Let''s end this! There''s no point in continuing it."


    The opponent was fighting with the arrowsing at him, only to feel a chill swept through his body, as a cold voice from behind echoed in his ears.


    The cheering crowd in the arena also fell silent as they couldn''t believe what they were seeing.


    The difference between Aakesh and the opponent had be so wide that the opponent wasn''t even able to see through Aakesh''s movement, despite being the swordsman.


    It had only been a few seconds since the battle began, but Aakesh had already gotten bored, as he felt like an adult fighting a kid in this battle.


    Suddenly, the sky above the arena turned dark as countless arrows out of nowhere appeared.


    The space around the arrows began cracking as each of them weighed an unimaginable weight. Even the space wasn''t able to handle it without any pressure.


    The opponent felt a chill crawl through his spine as he could feel the level of threat oozing from the arrows.


    The opponent didn''t want to go without the fight, so the projection of a white sword appeared floating right above his head.


    The opponent then aimed the sword at the arrows.


    The arrows also began falling down.


    "BOOM!"


    With every sh, an explosion-like sound echoed.


    In no time, the projection got cracked and then disintegrated into nothingness.


    The arrows then began falling on the opponent and engulfed him.


    "BOOM!"


    "BOOM!"


    "BOOM!"


    The explosion-like sounds continuously rang for several seconds as the arrows continued crashing down the ground.


    With every crash, the ground shook, while the area around the arrow sunk, showing the weight of it.


    Suddenly the arrows in the sky disappeared since the opponent lost his life.


    Only a blood paste remained in his ce, and that too soon scattered like sand.


    Aakesh didn''t need to continue fighting this second round from now on as this battle couldn''t be any less than crushing for the opponent and overwhelming victory for Aakesh.


    As expected, a blue window appeared in front of him, asking whether he wanted to go to the next stage or not.


    Aakesh decided to leave the training ground for now and fight the third-round opponent tomorrow. He instead wanted to focus more on the fort for now and conquer it as soon as possible.


    Aakesh disappeared from the arena and appeared in the selection area.


    He then selected his next training area. A portal appeared and sucked him in.


    He then appeared in the familiar closed hall, with one bullseye in front of him.


    "Whoosh!"


    Soon the training began, and the bullseye released the arrow.


    Aakesh took an arrow out from the quiver tied to his back, nocked it on the bowstring, and stretched the bowstring up to his nose. He released the bowstring, and the arrow then flew toward the bullseye.


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic sh rang as both the arrows shed, and since they had an equal amount of strength, both of them got disintegrated.


    Time flew by, and ten minutes had passed.


    Aakesh was currently in three hundred and forty-sixth round while three hundred and fifty bullseyes were releasing arrows in front of him.


    Aakesh hadn''t failed a single time until now, and he also didn''t fail further.


    After the number of bullseyes reached three hundred and fifty-one, Aakesh stopped and left the training ground.


    After appearing in the selection area, Aakesh chose hisst destination for the training today.. In response, a portal appeared and sucked him in.

 Chapter 361 - Ways

    Chapter 361 ¨C Ways


    Chapter 361: Ways


    Time flew by.


    The silence in the selection area was suddenly broken by the sound of tearing of space, and it soon took the form of a portal.


    Lily then stepped out of it, and just like yesterday, she found Aakesh wasn''t waiting for her.


    "Hey, system, bring my chair," Lily then asked the system out loud, using the same tone Aakesh used.


    The system didn''t say anything in response, but the next moment, her chair appeared in the selection area.


    Lily jumped on it andfortably sat on it. Her wait for Aakesh then began.


    One second passed, two seconds passed,¡­thirty seconds passed,¡­three minutes passed,¡­five minutes passed, and just like that, seven minutes passed.


    Finally, the silence got broken again, as a portal simr to thest one appeared.


    Aakesh stepped out of it and found Lily waiting for him on her chair. A gentle smile spread across his face. He then requested the system to bring his chair too.


    Just like yesterday, both of them began sharing their experiences in the training.


    It was Lily''s turn first. She told him about how she didn''t train physically today, but she asked the help of the Epochal Felines regarding the ruling, as they were creatures born to rule.


    Lily wanted as much help as possible to start her own Kingdom in Panagea.


    After Lily concluded her experience for today, Aakesh began sharing his story. It started from how he defeated his opponent, and then the growth in the second training round, and finally the battle in the fort.


    The timeline of the ruler stopping the soldiers and other higher-ups from defending continued today. So, Aakesh and the ruler fought several battles today.


    Aakesh wasn''t able to draw or win, but he still felt satisfied with the battles. As thest battle he had fought had continued for ten minutes, marking it the longest fight.


    It also took around forty seconds when he got his first injury in the battle, showing his quick rate of growth.


    Unfortunately, the benefit of battling the ruler without much effort came to a stop. Before killing Aakesh in thest battle, the ruler had informed him, he would have to reach that part of the war on his own from the next battle.


    After Lily and Aakesh had shared their experiences, they both disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the store. Soon, the chairs also followed them.


    Aakesh''s chair returned to the store, while Lily''s chair returned to the system.


    Since their training had been done, now it was time for them to enter Panagea.


    The door of Aakesh''s room appeared in the air, and soon stairs connecting it to the floor also appeared.


    "See you tomorrow," Lily said and jumped up the stairs.


    Soon, the door automatically closed down. The stairs disappeared, and the door also followed it not long after.


    Aakesh took a step forward and went to the portal room.


    His eyes first fell on the leaderboard, and seeing another addition on it, he nodded.


    He then touched the closed portal to him with just the tip of his finger. The next moment, a force stronger than anything he could face appeared and sucked him in.


    After disappearing from the store, Aakesh appeared in the same ce he had left yesterday.


    Aakesh then decided to check his status.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Rare,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 43,


    HP: 3300/3300,


    Energy: 2760/3300,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 331 (+110),


    Agility: 331 (+110),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)¡­


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh nodded after seeing his status. Yesterday, he had gained two levels, using thebination of the skills, Universal-Eye, and Fortune-Eye.


    It was also the reason that he didn''t have his full energy.


    He then thought of the status screen disappearing, and soon it dissipated into nothingness.


    Aakesh then decided to search for another lucky person, as his nearest goal in Panagea was to reach Level 51 first and be an Epic-level lifeform.


    There were two ways for him to reach the goal. Complete the quests that reward levels, and the second using the ss, Watcher.


    The Watcher allowed Aakesh to gain easy levels, but at the same time, it was time-consuming. On the other hand,pleting the quests would get him level gains at a quick rate, but the difficulty was also simrly very high.


    Aakesh was only Level 43 now and could fight and kill beings up to Level 55, but when that exceeded the level, the battle became difficult to win. If the opponent exceeded Level 60, even survival would depend on his luck.


    In the around two days he had spent here, he had already seen thousands of Level 80s, so Aakesh decided to go with the second way.


    Even though it would be time-consuming, it would still be safest, as Aakesh could only select beings up to ten levels above him, so fighting and killing that level of person wasn''t a task worth talking about for him.


    Thinking like this, Aakesh decided to go to the cheapest market of the city, as only there he could find the people up to Level 55.


    It wasn''t very far from him, but only a few miles. So, it didn''t even take him a minute to cover that distance.


    Like Wolfden, he couldn''t jump on the roofs of the store, as there were Level 80 guards surveying the area. If anyone dared to break rules, they would take action right away.


    Aakesh found an overcrowded area and went there to have the best chance to find what he wanted.


    After reaching, he first activated the skill, Universal-Eye. The next moment, a real-time 3D projection of the radius of eight yojanas(1 yojana= 8 miles).


    Those who exceeded his level by more than the difference of ten levels were greyed out, while those who fulfilled the requirement were colored in blue.


    Aakesh activated the skill, Fortune-Eye, not long after.


    The next moment, a golden projection containing the people inside the radius of one yojana around him appeared in front of him.


    The skill consumed arge amount of energy, so Aakesh didn''t waste any time and began to look out for what he wanted.

 Chapter 362 - Gain(1)

    Chapter 362 ¨C Gain(1)


    Chapter 362: Gain(1)


    One second passed, two seconds passed, finally after three seconds and spending 300 units of his energy, Aakesh found what he was looking for.


    To be precise, Aakesh found an unexpected bargain.


    The being in question was a few miles away from him. The gender couldn''t be specified from the golden projection. Only the fate line could be seen.


    Aakesh had never seen a being with more golden fate lines than this one. It crossed almost a thousand as if they were a chosen one.


    Simrly, the red lines also crossed hundreds, showing how dangerous the selected would face, but miraculously, there were very few ck lines connecting him, which showed that it was unlikely they would face death.


    Aakesh then selected the being and deactivated the skill, Fortune-Eye, and then Universal-Eye since every second of its activation consumed 100 units of his energy.


    Aakesh then took a step forward and left in the direction of the being.


    The selected being was a male human and was only a child aging twelve years old. The boy''s name was Ethan. He was only a Level 3.


    Ethan was currently standing in front of a stall on the street with his parents. His father worked in the army of the Swiftport, so they were a well-to-do family.


    The father hase to this part of the city for an assignment. Today was his only son''s birthday, and since he couldn''t get leave to meet his son, he called his wife and son over for today to celebrate the twelfth birthday of his son.


    Ethan and his parents were standing in front of a stall as Ethan found something he liked.


    It was a gold-ted bracelet with a giant red rock embedded in the center.


    "How much for it?" The father asked the stall owner. It was his son''s birthday, and he didn''t want to say no to his son for today.


    "Your son''s eyes are a treasure. You found a good thing. This bracelet isn''t any ordinary bracelet. This rock is rumored to be the key to the ruins of a Mythical being¡­," The stall owner''s eyes shined, seeing rich customers. He then began exaggerating stories about the bracelet to increase its price, seeing the boy not being able to take his eyes off of it.


    The father would''ve told the stall owner to shut up, if not for his son getting more and more excited, learning about the bracelet.


    Simrly, the stall owner thought that the family had believed in his stories, and in response, he exaggerated even more. But he stopped in time, as too much exaggeration ruins the momentum.


    "Now, tell me, how much is it for the bracelet?" After the stall owner stopped his exaggeration, the father asked. He also gently rubbed the head of his son.


    "If not for the boy, I would''ve sold it for sixty thousand low soul stones, but since I can''t earn profit from the boy, you can take it for fifty-nine thousand, nine hundred and ny-nine low soul stones," The stall owner responded with abination of pained and generous expression on his face.


    Ethan''s father and mother''s lips twitched, seeing the expression the stall owner had made after reducing the price by one low soul stone. Ethan felt a strange attraction to the bracelet, so he didn''t care what was going on around him, and hisplete focus was on the bracelet.


    "No, the price is too high," Ethan''s mother chimed in, seeing her husband almost epting the atrocious price. "Sell it to us for thirty thousand low soul stones," She stated her price.


    ''Hmph, do you think I''m stupid?'' The stall owner thought in his heart. How could he sell it for so little, seeing how much the boy wanted it. It was time for him to earn profits.


    "You can leave the stall," The stall owner responded and gestured to the family to leave.


    The mother, who had thought that the stall owner would offer a lower price, couldn''t help but get stumped by the response of the stall owner.


    "Fine," Ethan''s father intervened, seeing the stumped expression on his wife''s face. He took out a card from his pocket.


    Simrly, the stall owner also took out a card.


    Ethan''s father tapped his card on the stall owner''s card six times.


    The next moment, the number on the stall owner''s card changed. He could see an addition of sixty thousand low soul stones on his card.


    "Here, take it. I won''t profit from a boy," The stall owner took out one low soul stone from his pouch and handed it to the father.


    A vein appeared on the father''s head, seeing the actions of the stall owner, but the father still took the stone from him.


    The stall owner then handed the bracelet to the boy.


    Ethan excitedly took the bracelet from the hands of the stall owner. He then thanked his parents for buying it for him and right away wore it.


    Suddenly a cracking sound rang in the area, as the space around the boy began cracking, and in no time, it took the shape of a portal.


    Before anyone could understand what had happened, the portal sucked the boy in and disappeared.


    Ethan''s parents and other people on the road only a few secondster understood what had happened.


    "Was my story real?" The stall owner shouted in shock, seeing only the boy getting sucked in the portal.


    The next moment, the look of shock on his face turned into a disappointment. He had the bracelet on his hands for the past few weeks. He even wore it for a day, but nothing of such sort happened.


    His eyes then fell on the parents of the boy as he wanted to gain what he had lost. The jealousy for the boy overrode his sanity at that moment.


    "Pay-"


    The stall owner had only opened his mouth and uttered a word, but he came to a halt, as the next moment, a re came at him.


    Ethan''s father was a Level 148; he charged at the stall owner in anger. He picked him up in the air by grabbing his neck.


    "Where is my son?" He angrily asked the stall owner.


    "I¡­I d¡­d¡­don''t know," The stall owner responded while trembling in fear due to the pressure released by the father.


    ***


    While all this happened, Aakesh expressionlessly looked at everything.

 Chapter 363 - Gain(2)

    Chapter 363 ¨C Gain(2)


    Chapter 363: Gain(2)


    After the portal sucked Ethan in and disappeared, the already overcrowded street turned even more crowded.


    Aakesh, who was expressionlessly watching the event, left the street.


    He then found the nearest inn, booked a room, grabbed the key, entered the room, and closed the door.


    After closing the door, he sat on the bed and activated his ss.


    The next moment, a nk screen appeared in front of him.


    The screen suddenly lightened up, and soon a scenery appeared.


    ***


    Ethan, who had excitedly worn the bracelet after thanking his parents, didn''t understand for a few minutes what had happened to him.


    It would''ve taken even more time if not for the tortoise in front of him.


    "It''s been three thousand years since a challenger arrived," The tortoisemented. His voice contained a hint of antiquity, showing just how old he was.


    "Where am I?" Ethan asked in shock.


    "Boy, do you want to be strong?" The old tortoise ignored the boy''s question and instead asked.


    Ethan didn''t know what to say, so he nkly stared at the tortoise.


    "Boy, do you want to protect your parents, siblings, and family?" The tortoise asked another question.


    "Yes!" Ethan answered right away. Like every child, he also wanted to protect his parents.


    A smile appeared on the old tortoise''s wrinkled face, hearing Ethan.


    "Good¡­good¡­good," The tortoise repeatedly uttered the same word. Ethan''s eyes suddenly fell on the new bracelet on his hand, only to notice that the red rock had disappeared.


    "Boy, no need to look at it. You and I are in the space inside that rock," The tortoisemented, seeing Ethan looking at the bracelet.


    "Boy, let me teach you your first lesson. Nothing in this worldes at a free cost. If you wish to gain something, you need to be ready to sacrifice too," The tortoise didn''t give Ethan any time to ask any question and told him.


    Ethan only confusedly looked at the tortoise. He didn''t understand what the tortoise wanted to say.


    Since his birth, he had gotten whatever he wanted, so the concept of equal exchange was something iprehensible to him.


    The tortoise could see the confusion on Ethan''s face, but he didn''t exin it as Ethan would learn everything on his own. He was just a child for now.


    "Boy, get ready for your test," The tortoise told Ethan and then muttered some iprehensible strange words.


    The next moment, Ethan disappeared from where he was and appeared in front of a stair.


    "If you want power, climb all the stairs," An aged voice that directly came from antiquity echoed in the area.


    The innocence on Ethan''s face was nowhere to be seen at this moment. Instead, he looked like an experienced being.


    The stair that Ethan needed to climb only had nine steps. With each climb, the pressure on Ethan will grow. Simrly, he would need to fight a creature, depending on his luck.


    Ethan understood what the voice had told him, so he took a step forward and climbed the first step.


    The next moment, a Level 1 human with the same appearance as Ethan appeared in front of him.


    The imposter then charged at Ethan.


    Time flew by.


    It had been more than an hour since Ethan had disappeared due to the sudden appearance of the portal.


    Ethan''s mother was still standing there, waiting for her son to return.


    The father, on the other hand, was interrogating the stall owner in the nearest guard room.


    Aakesh was still watching the scene ying inside the screen.


    On the screen, Ethan was fighting his imposter, and if he seeded this time, he wouldpletely climb the stairs.


    Due to Ethan''s heaven-defying luck, he had only faced a Level 1 opponent, barring on the third stair when his opponent was a Level 2 imposter.


    If not for Ethan knowing the elementary form of basicbat, he would''ve even lost these battles.


    "Kacha!"


    Ethan''s punch sessfully connected with the head of his Level 1 imposter.


    The next moment, a cracking sound rang, and the opponent crashed down the ground.


    Ethan had already gotten used to this, so he took another step forward, and with it, his climb wasplete.


    Suddenly, Ethan disappeared from where he was and appeared in the familiar ce, while the tortoise looked at him.


    The tortoise had a mix of expressions in its eyes. It was in disbelief that how could someone''s luck be so good.


    When Ethan had climbed on the first step of the stairs, the pressure that should have affected him never appeared, as the array was somehow broken, so Ethan now needed to fight opponents to proceed. This time his luck proved to be even better as no opponent above or equal to his level appeared.


    "Congrattions, boy! You''ve passed the test my body has set," The tortoise masked its expressions and congratted Ethan.


    ***


    It has been around one hour since, out of nowhere, a portal appeared in the middle of the street and sucked Ethan in.


    His mother was still standing at the same location while her eyes were moist due to the worry.


    Suddenly, the same phenomena of space cracking appeared, and soon it turned into a portal.


    Ethan then stepped out of it, with a ring in one of his fingers, and an egg the size of a tennis ball in his hands.


    The red rock in his bracelet had already disintegrated since it hadpleted its purpose, while the bracelet stayed the same.


    Ethan''s mother, seeing her soning out of the portal, rushed at him, with tears streaming down her cheeks.


    ***


    In the room, Aakesh was basking in the glory of a breakthrough.


    The event he had watched granted him an increase of a whopping six levels, taking him to Level 49.


    It wasn''t the end, as Aakesh also got thirty percent of what Ethan had gotten from the ruin.


    Ethan got a hundred thousand medium soul stones from the ruin. He also got an egg of a Mythical creature. It wasn''t the end as he also got a drop of blood of the tortoise, who was a Level 350 creature. He also got several items and skills.


    Aakesh got thirty thousand medium soul stones since he had no interest in other things Ethan gained from the ruin.


    Since there was still quite a time left for the sun to rise in Visteerna, Aakesh left the inn to search for another participant.

 Chapter 364 - A New Day!

    Chapter 364 ¨C A New Day!


    Chapter 364: A New Day!


    After gaining six levels and thirty thousand ordinary soul stones from Ethan, Aakesh left in search of another target.


    Time flew by.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise in Visteerna.]


    The system responded in its usual emotionless and mechanical voice, breaking Aakesh out of his concentration.


    He was currently watching over his selected participant.


    Seeing the situation on the screen, it could be inferred that there was still quite a time left for the selected person to gain something. Aakesh also didn''t know just how big of a fortuitous encounter he would witness, so he decided to exit.


    And, he had also gained quite a lot today. Putting aside arge number of soul stones, he had gained seven levels, one from Ethan and the other from someone else.


    Aakesh was Level 50. He was standing at the peak of the Rare-level lifeform and was only a single level away from bing an Epic-level lifeform.


    Since Aakesh had already made his decision, he didn''t wait. He deactivated his skills right away, and soon, the screen showing the scenery of his selected participant disappeared.


    The next moment, he also disappeared from where he was in Panagea and appeared in the portal room inside the store.


    Time flew by.


    The sun rose in Visteerna. With it, it brought the augment of another day into the lives of the citizens of the Anga continent.


    Several people felt excited at the prospect of what was toe, while simrly, several dreaded the future. It all had nothing to do with Aakesh.


    He was currently stepping down the stairs after taking a bath and changing into a new set of clothes. Since he liked to wear light red dhoti, it was still red, and the streak of wearing the same colored dhoti for the past tens of thousands of years continued.


    After Aakesh''s feet touched the hardwood floor,pletely made of Ashamba, the stairs and the door of his room disappeared.


    Aakesh ignored it and took a step forward in the direction of the door. Since it could only be opened manually, he could only do thebor.


    Aakesh reached the door, grabbed the handle, and slid it.


    The next moment, the door of the store opened and weed another day in the life of the store.


    As usual, there was arge crowd waiting at the door for the store to open.


    Many turned solemn, seeing the door had opened. The most significant part has now arrived.


    Aakesh, as usual, after opening the door, turned around and went to the chair while the customers outside the store poured in like a raging river.


    In no time, the overcrowded street returned to normal.


    The first 150 customers to step foot inside the store found a golden transparent light surrounding them. Excited expressions appeared on their faces, while those who didn''t get a spot in the first group couldn''t help but sigh in disappointment.


    "Greetings, senior," Maria smilingly greeted Aakesh since it had be her daily schedule.


    Since Maria lived next to the store, she was always the first to enter the store, and now that all the members of her organization, Skylord, lived in the building, they also daily got their spots in the first group.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her greetings. Simrly, the other customers also came and greeted him. He had the same response for everyone.


    After Aakesh ordered the customers to enter, those who owned cards entered, while those who didn''t own it paid the amount to Aakesh and then entered the portal room.


    Many customers, seeing the group of Pento, also bought mental healing pills, ate one, and then entered their respective portals.


    A few minutester, the store turned silent. The majority of those who had gotten spots in the second or third group sat down for meditation. The remaining went to the weapons room.


    Since there were no new customers, Aakesh began his first rxation session for the day.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed.


    Aakesh wasfortably rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps. He didn''t open his eyes as if the customer wanted his help; they would approach him.


    Soon, he had no choice but to open his eyes as the footsteps approached him.


    Aakesh looked at the owner of the footsteps, only to find a duo approaching him.


    One in the duo was familiar to Aakesh as he had only met the man yesterday. It was Sarbal, the Fire Dwarf.


    The other person was also a Fire Dwarf, but his height was smaller than Sarbal. Simrly, their build was also different.


    If Sarbal were to be considered an adult, the other Dwarf would be thought of as a child, but Aakesh could see that the Dwarf with the smaller build was the older one in the group.


    It was the duo of Sarbal and his teacher, who had arrived in the store to check whether what his disciple said was correct or not.


    If Sarbal''s yesterday''s statements were to be proved a lie, the teacher would punish him, as he would have wasted the time in a journey, the time he could have used in his Smithing.


    "Hello, store owner," Sarbal smilingly greeted.


    His tone waspletely different from yesterday. Yesterday, he talked with Aakesh as if he was conversing with a senior, but today, his expressions and tone said that he was talking to his equal. The sense of confidence came from his teacher.


    His teacher wasn''t only a peak Demigod(Level 11 fire mage), but he also belonged to one of the top five organizations of the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh didn''t care for the change in Sarbal''s tone, so he expressionlessly nodded in response to his greeting.


    "Store owner, he is my teacher, Odred," Sarbal then introduced his teacher.


    Aakesh, simr to thest time, only nodded and took a nce at the Odred standing next to Sarbal.


    "Store owner-"


    "Store owner, I want to test the weapons sold by your store." Sarbal began stating his purpose foring here, but his teacher, Odred, put a hand on his shoulder and gestured to Sarbal to let him speak.


    Aakesh, in response, told him to go ahead and pointed his finger in the direction of the weapons room.


    Odred thanked Aakesh and then went to the weapons room while Sarbal silently followed his teacher.

 Chapter 365 - Studying

    Chapter 365 ¨C Studying


    Chapter 365: Studying


    After thanking Aakesh, Odred left for the weapons room. Sarbal, who had been asking questions to Aakesh as if they were equal, didn''t dare to stay a second here without the presence of his teacher, so he also followed Odred.


    In the weapons room, the first thing that weed Odred was countless murals painted on the wall.


    Odred, being a peak Demigod, could sense that the murals weren''t ordinary, but he couldn''t exactly pinpoint what was special about it.


    "Teacher, why are you looking at the murals on the wall so intently?"


    Suddenly a familiar voice rang in the room, and it broke Odred out of his thoughts.


    "I don''t know," Odred responded with a pondering face, without even turning around to look at his student.


    Odred only looked at the murals for a few seconds and finally stopped, as except the feelings of unordinary, he didn''t gain anything else from them. There was no point in wasting his time here when he could search for the weapons he wanted to buy.


    Since Odred had made his decision, he turned around, and then finally, his eyes fell on the pirs.


    "Eh!" Odred eximed in surprise, as he couldn''t recognize the material used in the making of the pir. The next moment, his face turned red, remembering the conversation he had with his student yesterday.


    Yesterday, when Sarbal had introduced the store to him, Sarbal had talked about his inability to recognize the material of the pir.


    At that time, Odred had reprimanded Sarbal for not even recognizing the material. Now that even he couldn''t, he wanted to make his student forget everything about the conversation.


    Unfortunately, he wasn''t adept in the elements rted to illusion or soul, or he could have misused his power to make Sarbal forget.


    A grin spread across Sarbal''s face when he saw his teacher''s reaction when he saw the pir.


    If not for being afraid of his teacher, Sarbal would have made fun of Odred for not recognizing even a material in the same tone as he had done yesterday.


    "Cough!" Odred did a fake cough to clear the awkwardness on his face.


    "Let''s check the weapon," Odredmented, forgetting everything about the pir.


    "Yes, teacher," Sarbal responded.


    Time flew by, and two hours had passed.


    For the past two hours, Odred had been studying weapons inside the weapon room.


    There were 108 pirs in the room, marking 108 types of weapons.


    Until now, Odred had watched over hundred types of weapons and was currently studying a Mythical-grade il.


    The ck striking head was made up of chloton, a metal quite famous and rare in the Primal dimension for its toughness. The handle was made up of Trogan, a wood known for its unbreakable characteristics. The rope that attached them was made up of the intestines of a Hellhound, famous for its tenacity and sticity.


    A blue screen was in his sight that announced the details of the il. It was a Mythical-grade il, and it could directly attack the opponent, bypassing the defense. The cost section said 1499 superior Primal stones.


    Odred liked the weapon. He decided to select it as one of his buys. He then put his hand inside the shelf again to find another il.


    In the past two hours, he had watched over tens of thousands of weapons. Being a Demigod enabled him to understand things at an unimaginable speed. Otherwise, it would''ve taken him around a day to study so many weapons.


    Out of the tens of thousands of weapons, he had studied in the past two hours, Odred had also selected around seven thousand weapons belonging to different categories and levels.


    More time flew by.


    "Excellent sword!" Odredmented while studying the details of the King-grade sword in his hands.


    Sarbal, standing not far from his teacher, also nodded in appreciation. He wanted to throw away the sword he had and desired to rece it with the sword in his teacher''s hands. But he controlled himself. Even though the sword proved to be of better quality than his own, his was a growth weapon, so it would grow with him, unlike the store one, which was fixed at King-grade.


    Time flew by.


    The six-hour stay of the first group in Panagea was over, so the system forced them out one by one, depending on the sequence of their entry.


    Only after all the customers had exited the portals did Aakesh order the customers of the second group to enter the portal room.


    Odred and Sarbal were still in the weapons room, studying more weapons.


    Odred had already studied 107 types of weapons and was currently at thest one, bow.


    If not for the constraint of time, Odred would still be on his first type of weapon since there were countless weapons inside the shelf.


    Odred had randomly picked out a hundred weapons from each grade of each category, and if he liked any of them, he would consider it as one of his potential buys. If his luck failed him and he didn''t find even a single weapon worthy, he would proceed to the next grade.


    "Excellent bow!" Odred appreciated the bow in his hands.


    It was a bow made up of Trotal, a wood exclusive to a single in the Primal dimension, and that was in control of one of the top organizations. The wood was strictly regted since it had failed to grow on any soil or atmosphere other than that and was costly.


    The bowstring was made up of mixed Mythril, another costly material.


    The bow was priced at 20 supreme Primal stones, which was an outrageous price for a King-grade weapon. Odred found the price cheap as it was one of his top three picks. The other two pick being a Mythical-grade mace and a KIng-grade spear.


    Odred stopped taking any other weapon out as he hadpleted his hundredth turn at the King-grade shelf for the bow.


    He then looked behind him, only to notice a mountain of weapons belonging to different categories floating around him.


    Now that he had picked his weapons, it was time to buy them.


    Since there was a limit of one sale for a weapon per person in a month, and Odred and Sarbal had chosen eight thousand, six hundred, and seventy-three weapons, Odred needed that many people.

 Chapter 366 - Smile

    Chapter 366 ¨C Smile


    Chapter 366: Smile


    After selecting the weapons Odred had an interest in, it was now time to buy them.


    For buying these weapons, he needed 8672 more customers.


    He had two options now. He could get these many people from the popce outside the store, but he decided against it right away. The people outside the store were low-level cultivators, and they wouldn''t be able to handle the pressure released by the weapons.


    The second option was to call these many people from his organization. This n would work.


    Odred then took out a strange device from his pocket space.


    It was in the form of a chip, the size of an almond. It was ck in color, and on the top of it, a pattern of the pupil-less eye in silver color was engraved.


    It was the symbol of the organization Odred belonged to. The chip was themunication device granted to the higher-ups of the organization.


    Odred then tapped on the pattern engraved on the top of the chip.


    The next moment, the pupil-less eye projected a small projection containing the contact information of other members directly in Odred''s mind.


    "Eh!" Odred couldn''t help but exim in surprise, seeing the projection.


    It was greyed out for every contact, showing that he was unable to contact anyone for now.


    Odred couldn''t help but look around the room in shock. There was a reason for themunication device in his hands, only to be granted to higher-ups of the organization; it was also severalfold the price of other devices since it allowed tomunicate even in the midst of a space storm.


    But now, the device has refused to connect to anyone inside the store.


    ***


    "Okay!" Odred said and cut the call.


    Since the device couldn''t connect to others inside the store, Odred had no choice but to exit the store, while Sarbal stayed inside the weapon room, so the weapons didn''t return to their respective shelves.


    He had just now contacted one of his friends, who belonged to a different group in his organization. He was the closest to these areas since there was a branch of the organization not very far from here(In Odred''s terms).


    Time flew by.


    Finally, a few minutester, people after people belonging to different races began appearing outside the store.


    The majority of the people in the group were Tao Seed, while the remaining were Tao Manifestation.


    The street turned overcrowded in no time.


    After appearing, everyone in the crowd bowed and greeted Odred.


    "Follow me!" Odred couldn''t wait to get the weapons in his hands, so when all the people he had called for arrived, he entered the store and told them to follow him.


    Since the group was ordered toe here, and they were getting a good number of Primal stones, no one asked anything and followed Odred.


    Time flew by.


    After everyone had been given one weapon each, Odred approached Aakesh to clear the bill.


    Aakesh looked at the number of weapons, and soon, the system informed him the amount Odred needed to pay.


    "You need to pay 468 supreme Primal stones¡­," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Odred of the amount he needed to pay.


    Even though Aakesh looked expressionless from the outside, inside he was feeling excited since he had been hoping for a customer like Odred to arrive. He had already fulfilled the requirement of the sale of training hours, and now only the sale of weapons was limiting him frompleting the quest.


    Odred had already calcted the amount, so he had already taken 469 supreme Primal stones out from his pocket space.


    "You can keep the remaining," Odred smilingly told Aakesh as he was quite happy with the sale.


    "You need to pay the remaining in their required denomination," Aakesh pushed one supreme Primal stone toward Odred and told him.


    Odred and the other members of the organization got stumped, hearing the response of Aakesh. ''Who wouldn''t want extra money?'' They all thought at the same time.


    Odred then fell into a dilemma as he didn''t have that many stones of lower grade on his hands. He then looked at his student and other members of the organization.


    "If you want to convert the supreme Primal stone¡­," Aakesh told Odred about the cards, seeing the members taking out stones toplete the purchase.


    When Odred learned about the details and ability of the card, Odred had gotten the shock of his life.


    Themunication device created by their organization was one of the best devices in the Primal dimension and was the fruit of the research of several of his fellow members in the space storm.


    But here, he could get a card that allowed him tomunicate from everywhere in the Primal dimension, despite the environment and situation, and it wasn''t even the best part about it. It also only cost a single supreme Primal stone.


    Odred decided to buy it right away, as studying it would help in improving the organization''smunication device by arge margin.


    As for recing them with the store cards, the idea never appeared in Odred''s head.


    After buying the supreme card, the system deducted the payment. Odred couldn''t wait to study the card and weapons, so he left the store, Sarbal and the other members following him.


    Several of the members decided to return at ater time to buy the cards and learn about the store, as it impressed them to arge extent.


    After Odred left, there were no customers approaching Aakesh, so he decided to check the progress of the quest.


    The next moment, two blue screens containing the details of the quest and its progress appeared in front of him.


    [¡­, number of weapons you need to sell: 10,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 10,000 customers or 100,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Days required: 180 days,


    Mission reward: One thousand, four hundred, and fifty more virtual portals! Addition of Emperor and Overlord grade into the weapons and Training arena! Addition of Superior pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of the training area!]


    [Quest Progress,


    Days left: 170 days,


    Weapon sold: 9147/10,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 10,000/10,000,


    Regr training hours: 100,000/100,000 hours,


    Immortal level: 10,000/10,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 1,000/1,000 hours.]


    Seeing the quest only around nine hundred weapons away frompletion, Aakesh couldn''t help but smile.

 Chapter 367 - Bad-Luck

    Chapter 367 ¨C Bad-Luck


    Chapter 367: Bad-Luck


    Seeing the number of weapons he needed to sell toplete the quest, Aakesh couldn''t help but smile.


    At that moment, he even thought of paying people outside the store to buy the weapons so that he couldplete the quest only today. But he controlled himself, as doing that was no better than throwing Primal stones in a gutter. The system would never ept such a sale.


    He then thought of the screens disappearing, and the next moment, both blue windows vanished.


    Time flew by.


    "Finally!" Ca heaved a sigh of relief as she finallypleted her first quest.


    She had failed the first and second attempts and only seeded at the third attempt when the time duration reached three hours.


    Ca then looked at the Kids, who had stopped mocking her. They then turned around and returned to their y, ignoring Ca.


    Soon, a blue screen appeared in front of Ca and informed her of her sess in the quest.


    Unfortunately, she had given up the moment her three hours wereplete, so she didn''t get any bonus reward. She only earned the original reward, initiation of power levels.


    Ca was now Level 1. She had learned from the duo that if she needed to gain any more levels she needed toplete quests.


    She had only taken a step forward when she had to stop, as a blue screen out of nowhere appeared in front of her.


    [Adventurer, danger awaits you!


    One of the kids of the Yagas race had gone missing. Since you''re the only extra person to enter the town, the parents think you''re the criminal.


    The parents are currently on the other side of the town. It would take them thirty minutes to reach here.


    Find the kid and hand it to the parents before they find you.


    If you fail to find the kid in thirty minutes, you''ll face the wrath of the parents.


    If you seeded, you would gain five levels. If you seeded with five minutes remaining, you would be eligible for the bonus reward. As your duration decreased from that point, the level and worth of your bonus reward would increase.]


    "Fuck!" Ca couldn''t help but curse out loud, reading the details of the mission.


    She had justpleted her first quest, and before even getting a breather, her new mission was already here.


    Her anger for giving her such a quest only subsided when she saw the reward she would gain if she seeded.


    Even if she failed to get any bonus reward, she would still get an increase of five levels.


    The next moment, the blue screen disappeared, and in ce of it, a timer appeared, showing her the time granted to her.


    Soon, the appearance of the kid and hisst actions that had gone missing also appeared in her head. At that moment, she knew every little detail about the kid''s body.


    The timer then began running, announcing the start of the quest.


    Ca knew she had only thirty minutes toplete the quest, so she didn''t wait and left in the direction of the kid''s house.


    The kid Yagas and his family didn''t live very far from where Ca was, so it only took her three minutes to reach there.


    ording to the information, the kid had left in the north direction of the house, and it went to the jungle.


    Since three minutes had already passed, Ca didn''t wait and directly went in the direction of the kid, praying that the kid hadn''t faced any danger in the jungle since very strong beasts lived there.


    Time flew by.


    Finally, after searching for twenty-three minutes, Ca found the kid Yagas.


    He wasn''t in any danger, but he still was in an ufortable situation.


    The kid had gotten caught in a vine and was hanging upside down.


    Despite being in such a situation, the kid didn''t ask Ca for help when the kid saw her approaching him. Instead, he mocked her when she tried to bring him down.


    "Roar!"


    Ignoring the mocking of the kid, Ca was trying to bring the kid down when suddenly a bloodthirsty roar rang in the area.


    At that moment, Ca lost all the colors on her face. From the roar, she could sense the difference between the strength of the beast and her.


    "Only you''re my hope of surviving," Ca muttered, looking at the kid still hanging upside down.


    She knew that only the kid could defeat the beast; she had no chance.


    The sound of roar got closer, and Ca''s hands got quicker.


    It was a race for time. If Ca released the kid first, she would survive. If the beast reached her first, she would not only die and fail the quest but will have to face the wrath of the kid''s parents even after dying.


    "Hehe, weakdy, the beast ising," The kid mocked Ca, seeing her trying very hard to free him.


    "Shut up," Ca was already very tense due to the beast, so her mind finally snapped.


    The kid, who had beenughing and mocking Ca, fell silent for a moment, hearing her reprimand. The next moment, his eyes turned watery, his mouth flew wide open, and then his crying began.


    Ca ignored the bawling of the kid and attempted to undo the hold of the vine as quickly as possible. She could sense an approach toward her from behind.


    "Pounce!"


    The beast was the first to reach Ca. When it was a few meters away from her, it pounced at her.


    "Thud!"


    Right at that moment, Ca finally undid the hold of the vine, and then the kid crashed on the ground with a loud sound.


    The beast attempted to change his direction as it knew the strength of the kid.


    "Thud!"


    Due to changing direction midway, the beast lost its bnce and crashed down the ground with a loud sound.


    The beast stood up right away and escaped without even daring to look behind.


    Ca, on the other hand, slumped down the ground while gasping for a breath.


    Thest moments were tense for her and required her to give her 100%.


    ***


    Time flew by.


    The six-hour stay of the second group in Panagea was over, so the system forced them out depending on their entry sequence.


    After all the customers had exited, Aakesh ordered the third group to enter Panagea.


    ***


    A/N: What do you guys think about a mass release on the 20th of March? Depending on the responses, I would decide the number of chapters and goals. Thank you for reading!

 Chapter 368 - Close

    Chapter 368 ¨C Close


    Chapter 368: Close


    It seemed today was Aakesh''s lucky day. After Odred left, several customers got interested in buying weapons as if Odred''s buying was a contagious infection.


    Only three hours were left until the end of the store for the day.


    Aakesh called the quest screen again. The next moment, two screens containing details and the progress of the quest appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh ignored the detail screen and directly focused on the progress screen.


    [¡­, number of weapons sold: (9429/10,000,]


    If Aakesh wanted toplete the quest today, the store needed to sell 571 more weapons. While Aakesh was thinking, there was a change on the progress screen; the number increased by one and took the total count to 9430.


    Aakesh couldn''t personally interfere in the sales, and there was also not much time, so for now, the quest didn''t give any indication of gettingpleted today.


    Aakesh could only hope that enough customers get interested in the store. He then thought of the screens disappearing, and the next moment, both detail and progress screen dissipated into emptiness.


    ***


    After buying a rare-grade saber from the store, Gordon had been in a joyous mood these days.


    (A/N: If you don''t remember the character, please refer to chapter 188.)


    Since he worked in an ordinary training area, there were several of the tutors who were not from well-to-do families like him. The saber he had bought from the luxurious and mysterious store not only helped him show-off, but it had also allowed him to grow in rank.


    In recent days, his poprity had grown, which allowed him to gain more students. In only the past week, he had earned the amount he used to make in a couple of months.


    "Tell us, Gordon, how could you change so much?" A fellow tutor asked Gordon since it was their free time. The other tutors also eagerly nodded in response to the question. They also had the same question in their minds; it was just that they didn''t dare to ask.


    Gordon''s poprity in the training area had begun threatening their stable earnings. Several of the tutors had heard their student''s discussions about switching to Gordon after the month was over.


    An embarrassed smile appeared on Gordon''s face, hearing the question and seeing the look of eagerness on his fellow tutor''s face to know the answer.


    Gordon believed the saber to be the reason behind his growth, so for a moment, he didn''t want to tell the reason to his fellow workers. But after thinking for a few seconds, Gordon decided to reveal it as there was no point hiding it, and it wasn''t a big secret. If not for his boss, he would''ve never reached this position.


    "It''s the reason behind my sudden sess," The next moment, Gordon unsheathed his saber and told his fellow workers while gently and carefully caressing the saber.


    The group of tutors didn''t believe Gordon as there wasn''t much difference between their weapons and Gordon''s. The only difference was Gordon''s was new, while theirs wasn''t.


    "It''s up to you whether you want to believe me or not," Gordon understood their reactions, so hemented. He then put the saber back inside its sheath.


    ***


    "Wait, isn''t this the store where the store owner killed several people," One of the tutors asked in shock, seeing the store Gordon had brought them to.


    Those rumors were still fresh in the minds of the ordinary citizens of the Bisan Kingdom. Even though the new King had prohibited them to publicly talk bad about the store owner and the store, the citizens still felt afraid, as the King speaking had increased the fear in the hearts of the citizens rather than creating prestige.


    "Shh, lower your voice. If someone heard you, you would implicate all of us," The other tutor in the group nudged the fellow and whispered.


    The fellow subconsciously covered his mouth so that something like this wouldn''t happen again.


    "If the store owner killed them, there must be a reason for it," Gordonmented. From what he could see, the store owner acted nonchntly and didn''t interfere with anyone when he had entered the store.


    "Follow me!" He then told the group and took the step inside the store.


    When they heard about the weapon, the tutors didn''t believe Gordon. But their boss was present today, and he had heard the tutors talking about it, so he had told them to check the weapons as the better the tutors, the more his business would grow and the more number of Primal stones he would make.


    Since it was also their boss''s suggestion, they pushed their fears aside and followed Gordon into the store.


    Upon entering the store, their eyes fell on the blue-skinned store owner renowned formitting murder on the first day of the opening of the store.


    "Go and talk to the store owner," They nudged Gordon to approach the store owner. Even though they pushed their fears aside before entering the store, they still didn''t have any guts to approach the renowned store owner.


    Gordon couldn''t help but smile wryly, hearing his fellow workers and seeing their expressions. Since he had conversed with the store owner once, he epted the tutor''s words and approached Aakesh.


    ***


    Aakesh sensed footsteps approaching him, so he opened his eyes and found a familiar customering toward him.


    "Senior, we want to buy weapons," Gordon respectfully stated his purpose for approaching Aakesh.


    "One person can only buy a single weapon in a month, and since your month isn''t over, only your friends can buy them," Aakesh expressionlessly told Gordon.


    Gordon was unaware of the limit on the weapon sale, but since he wasn''t here to buy one, it wasn''t a problem for him.


    "Thank you, store owner," Gordon then thanked Aakesh, and seeing that Aakesh gave no response, he returned to the group.


    "Let''s go!" Gordon told the group and took a step in the direction of the weapons room.


    The group members heaved a sigh of relief, seeing that they didn''t need to approach the store owner. They then followed Gordon.


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed.


    "Here is my sum," The tutor told Gordon and handed him the amount for the sword.


    Workers wanted to stay away from Aakesh, so they gave Gordon the cost of their weapons and told him toplete the deal.

 Chapter 369 - Complete

    Chapter 369 ¨C Complete


    Chapter 369: Complete


    Excluding Gordon, there were six tutors in the group, so Aakesh was now six steps closer topleting the quest.


    Aakesh wanted several groups like Gordon toplete the quest today, so he eagerly waited for more and more customers toe.


    [¡­, numbers of weapons sold: 9503/10,000,]


    Aakesh looked at the progress screen floating next to him and saw that he was only 497 weapons sales frompleting thest requirement ofpleting the quest. The eagerness toplete the quest grew in his heart.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    The sun that had been shining over the Anga continent and providing light into the lives of countless creatures belonging to numerous races finally set down. With it, another round of darkness arrived on the continent and brought several beings into the open.


    The three-hour stay of the third group of customers in Panagea was over, so the system forced them out, depending on their entering sequence.


    After exiting Panagea, the customers began leaving one by one. In no time, only Aakesh and Lily remained inside the store.


    Aakesh didn''t close the store right away as there was still a group left in the weapons room.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair and went to the weapons room.


    In the weapons room, he could see three customers studying weapons.


    He then looked at the progress screen floating next to him.


    [¡­, numbers of weapons sold: 9588/10,000,]


    Unfortunately, the luck of the store seemed to end two hours before the sunset. In thest two hours, not even a single new customer came, nor did any customer already present in the store purchase a single weapon, marking zero growth in the progress screen.


    Seeing that these three sales wouldn''t help him in fulfilling the store''s requirement, he spoke, "Leave. It''s time for the store to close."


    The three customers studying the weapons had no choice but to leave after the store owner personally reminded them.


    "Thank you, store owner!"


    "Thank you, store owner!"


    "Thank you, store owner!"


    The three of them simultaneously thanked Aakesh. In response, Aakesh only expressionlessly nodded. They then exited the weapons room and then the store.


    After only Aakesh and Lily remained in the entire building, Aakesh took a step forward, went to the door, and closed it, bringing another day for the store to an end.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting yourst mission objective! Please see the quest screen for your new quest.]


    Aakesh had only taken a step when he suddenly heard continuous mechanical alerts.


    The next moment, a blue window containing all the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh was already prepared for this since it didn''t happen for the first time. He then decided to check the quest first and then do the training since it would only take a few moments of his time. Aakesh then focused on the blue screen and began reading his new quest.


    [Mission objective: Add the number of virtual portals,


    Requirement: As a result of the three-day event, the Panagea had be increasingly popr throughout the Bisan Kingdom and some parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours of the opening of the store, all the slots get taken for the day. There has been an addition of 1000 more virtual portals, but to ensure such kind of craze for Panagea continues and more and more customers join it; the store owner needs to have 15,000 hours of entry time every day into Panagea for thirty days straight,


    Mission reward: 10,000 new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Removal of one virtual portal every day if the number of days exceeds 45. If it exceeded 90 days, the decreasing rate would grow to five portals; if it exceeded 150 days, the rate would increase to 10 virtual portals.]


    "Eh!" Aakesh eximed in surprise after reading the quest. The reward and difficulty of the quest had grown by several times, and there was even a failure punishment, unlike thest two missions.


    Earlier, he only needed to have 2000 hours of stay for the adventurers into Panagea for seven days straight toplete the quest, but now the number had grown severalfold, making it 15,000 hours, and that too for thirty days straight.


    At first nce, it looked the same, but it wasn''t. Now that the number of portals had grown to 1150, Aakesh needed filled spots for more than thirteen hours in a day of fifteen hours if he wanted toplete the quest.


    It wasn''t the difficult part of the mission. Theplex part was the days. If the store missed even a day, the quest would begin again.


    And now, the system had even added a failure punishment, making the quest even more difficult.


    Aakesh then decided to stop thinking about the difficulty as Panagea was a product that would always be in demand, irrespective of the number of virtual portals. When people would find out about the increased numbers, they would rush to the store.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the next moment, the quest screen dissipated into nothingness.


    "Let''s go!" Aakesh told Lily, who had been silently looking at him for the past few moments.


    Lily nodded, and the next moment, both Aakesh and her disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily jumped down Aakesh''s head. She then selected her usual training ground. The next moment, a portal appeared and sucked her in.


    Aakesh went to the weapon section and picked his bow. He then selected his first training ground and pushed the switch on the other side.


    Soon, the familiar portal appeared and sucked him in.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the familiar arena in the midst of cheers.


    Soon, a blue screen appeared in front of him and asked his choice on which stage he wanted to fight on.


    Yesterday, he had already defeated his opponent of the second round overwhelmingly, so it was now time for him to proceed to the next stage.


    Since he had already decided, he didn''t wait and selected the third round right away.


    The next moment, the blue screen scattered. The atmosphere in the arena turned chilly out of nowhere as the opponent appeared in the arena.


    [Ding!]


    Soon, the bell rang and announced the start of the battle.

 Chapter 370 - Test

    Chapter 370 ¨C Test


    Chapter 370: Test


    [Ding!]


    The familiar sound of the bell rang in the arena, announcing the start of the battle.


    "Whoosh!"


    An arrow flew, tearing through the air, aiming to sever the head of the opponent, but before it could even touch it, it suddenly turned into ashes.


    Aakesh ignored it and shot another of his arrows.


    Due to the growth he had in thest two days due to the ruler of the fort, his shooting rate had seen a phenomenal increase.


    If previously he could shoot around a thousand arrows every second, now that number had reached a terrifying three thousand.


    Before the crowd could even take the scene of the opponent destroying the arrow, Aakesh had already shot hundreds of arrows.


    The opponent seemed indifferent to the barrage of the arrowsing toward him.


    He had his sword in his right hand. Whenever a shot woulde, his hand would make casual moves, and the next moment, the arrow would disintegrate into ashes.


    The situation continued for a while as the opponent did nothing other than destroy every shoting at him. Aakesh also followed the same routine and maintained an average shooting rate of two thousand arrows per second.


    The crowd, watching the battle, only looked at it with their jaws dropped, as their eyes followed every move, irrespective of how quick it was.


    Suddenly, the air around Aakesh turned chilly. Aakesh stopped shooting, aimed his bow right next to his left ear, and released an arrow.


    "ng!"


    The next moment, a sound of metallic sh rang in the area, as the arrow shed timely with a sword and deflected it from cutting Aakesh''s head in half.


    It was only the start as Aakesh suddenly aimed his bow at the ground and shot another arrow.


    "ng!"


    Another metallic sh rang in the area as Aakesh''s arrow sped with the opponent''s sword right before it could pierce his heart.


    The expressionless face Aakesh had been carrying turned cold as Aakesh decided to end this battle.


    The next moment, Aakesh didn''t shoot any arrow but disappeared from where he was standing.


    The opponent suddenly looked to his right and deflected the arrow timely before it could cause him a life-threatening injury.


    No other such arrows came after that, but instead, the sky turned darker.


    The opponent looked into the sky, only to notice that the number of arrows in the sky had exceeded the previous numbers by severalfold.


    The opponent didn''t have the same level of eyesight as Aakesh. If he had, he would''ve noticed an arrow different from the millions of arrows in the sky.


    The arrow in question had almost a simr appearance to the other regr arrows, so they all looked the same at a regr nce. But if someone with eyesight like Aakesh were to look, they would find strange patterns engraved on the tip of the arrowhead.


    It was the pattern of armor cracking.


    The arrow in question was called ''Death Announcer''. It had the ability to pierce its opponent, no matter what defense or attack came at it, excluding the situation where the defense or attack exceeded the strength level of the archer by arge margin.


    The arrow in the air was only an inferior version of it, but if it were to be taken out in reality, it could even kill Immortals, despite being shot by someone weaker than them.


    It was the ability Aakesh had gained from the bow in this third round of battle.


    The opponent''s face turned grave. He couldn''t find the ''Death Announcer'', but only the pressure released by it sent chills down his spine.


    The arrow wasn''t called ''Death Announcer'' for no reason. The opponent would always sense their deathing whenever the arrow was in the equation.


    The opponent hadn''t expected to fall into a life-threatening situation, only in the first third-round battle, so for a split second, he got stumped.


    But since the opponent wasn''t an ordinary being or had a normal level of the psyche, he turned calm right away.


    Since he could feel death and there was no escaping from it in the limited space inside the arena, the opponent decided to activate his strongest attack, the ability he had gained due to the third round.


    The next moment, a projection of a giant white elephant appeared above him.


    The projection had sentient eyes and wasn''t an ordinary creature, so it right away found the source of the danger.


    The opponent followed the line of sight of the elephant and noticed an arrow very slightly different from the other arrows in the sky.


    "Roar!"


    The elephant roared in anger as the arrows began falling down.


    "Thump!"


    "Thump!"


    "Thump!"


    The elephant in projection jumped on the ground, and the arena began shaking in response to the weight.


    The elephant didn''t stop but continuously kicked the ground, which caused an earthquake in the battle arena.


    Aakesh almost stumbled, but he managed to bnce by pushing his feet down the ground.


    Even though the elephant was kicking the ground, the sky also felt the effect.


    The arrows in the sky also began getting out of control as they randomly began shing with each other.


    The elephant got its chance. The next moment, It opened its mouth.


    A white energy ball began gathering on the tip and the area between the two tusks.


    The ''Death Announcer'' remained unaffected by the tremors as it flew, tearing through the air and approaching the opponent.


    When the energy ball had been gathered, the projection began fading.


    The elephant knew it didn''t have much time, so it released the energy ball at the strange arrow.


    The moment the energy ball left the elephant, it entirely faded and disappeared from the battle arena.


    While the energy ball and arrow fought, Aakesh and the opponent continued fighting.


    Right after the elephant appeared, the opponent had activated his other two attacks, the white sh, and the sword''s projection.


    Aakesh, who already had millions of arrows covering the sky, decided to face the sh head-on.


    The next moment, he activated the skill, ''Counter Shield''.


    Soon, a transparent energy barrier surrounded the entirety of him and weed thebined might of the white sh and the sword''s projection.


    Aakesh knew if he failed to survive the sh, he would lose the battle, Aakesh had no chance of losing, but he didn''t care. The reason for his decision was that he wanted to test the strength of the ''Counter Shield''. Since he would be fighting in reality in the next few days with the aim of exterminating every member of the organization Nielle without having any injury, it would be better if he knew the extent of the damage the shield could ept.


    "Boom!"


    An explosion rang in the area as the energy ball and the arrow shed with each other. Simrly, thebined attack released by the opponent touched the transparent energy barrier surrounding Aakesh.


    "Crack!"


    The sound of fractures began ringing in the area as the energy barrier started cracking, facing thebined attack.


    On the other hand, the arrow in the air passed through the explosion created by its sh with the energy ball unharmed.


    When only a Cm away from piercing the heart of the opponent, the arrow suddenly stopped.


    It was Aakesh''s doing. If the arrow pierced the opponent''s heart, Aakesh would win the battle, and he would miss the chance to see the result of his skill''s sh with the opponent''s attacks.


    Time flew by.


    "Cracks!"


    The sound of barrier cracking continuously rang in the arena, while at the same time, it could be seen that the barrier was also restoring itself to fight back.


    Time flew by.


    Suddenly the sound of the barrier cracking stopped as thebined attack got absorbed.


    "Sigh!"


    The opponent sighed disappointedly, as he had lost the battle with utter humiliation just like yesterday. Now, Aakesh had two ways to kill him, either by the counterattack released by the barrier or the arrows floating only a Cm away from his heart.


    "You win!" The opponent then told.


    The next moment, the arrow moved and pierced the heart of the opponent and passed through it, bursting it in the end.


    Before the opponent''s brain could understand that the heart had exploded, the barrier surrounding Aakesh released the power it had absorbed.


    The next moment, a white sh engulfed the opponent.


    When the sh disappeared, the opponent also disappeared with it, and an endless pit with a width of the spot the opponent covered appeared in the arena.


    The next moment, blue light out of nowhere appeared andpletely engulfed the arena.


    Since Aakesh hadn''t faced a single injury, shallow or severe, the light had no effect on him.


    Once the blue light faded, Aakesh and the crowd saw the arena as it looked before the battle started.


    The crowd''s cheers got louder and louder with each passing moment as it was another crushing battle.


    The next moment, a blue screen appeared out of nowhere in front of Aakesh, with a choice of whether he wanted to continue on the third round or he wanted to go back to the previous two rounds.


    Aakesh ignored the blue screen. He instead looked at the crowd cheering for him.


    A smile appeared on his face as he waved his hands towards them.


    The crowd cheered louder in response to Aakesh''s greetings. But several present in the seating arena noticed the finger Aakesh was showing. They couldn''t help but curse him, as the past behavior of Aakesh toward them appeared in their memories.


    "Goodbye, losers!" Aakesh thenmented and disappeared from the battle arena.


    ***


    It doesn''t affect the price!


    A/N: There would only be one chapter today. Tomorrow, I may take leave as I have a college reunion. If I take leave, I will make up for the loss of chapters in the next few days, including today''s chapter.


    Mass release alert!


    There would be a mass release on the 20th of march. The least number of chapters I would upload is 5. For every extra chapter, I would need 30 GT for the book. The maximum number of chapters could be 11.


    At the time of writing, the book had gotten 30 GTs, so six chapters for the mass release are fixed.


    Thanks for reading and supporting the book!

 Chapter 371 - A New Arrow

    Chapter 371 ¨C A New Arrow


    Chapter 371: A New Arrow


    After Aakesh left the arena, a portal appeared in the selection area, and soon Aakesh stepped out of it.


    Since he had now won all the three rounds of battles with the opponent, his training there hade to an end. It was also the reason he told goodbye to the crowd seated in the arena.


    He would now need another training round for him to train, but since for now, it was nothing to think about, he stopped thinking about it.


    Aakesh then selected his next destination and pushed the switch required to activate the environment he had chosen.


    Soon, a portal appeared in front of him, and then it sucked him in.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a familiar environment. It was the closed hall and a bullseye in front of him.


    Aakesh hadn''t stopped this training because it had no limits and would help Aakesh''s archery to only grow irrespective of his skill set.


    Soon, the training began as an arrow flew from the circle in the bullseye, aiming to pierce Aakesh''s throat.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed,¡­ fifty seconds passed, just like that ten minutes had passed.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic shes continuously rang in the hall as arrows after arrows from both sides shed with each other. It all resulted in the same every time; the destruction of both the arrows.


    Aakesh was currently fighting the five hundredth round when there were five hundred bullseyes shooting arrows at him.


    If he seeded this time, he would pass this stage, and then there would be an addition of a new bullseye.


    "ng!"


    Thest arrow from both sides shed with each other, and simr to the past situations, both got destroyed due to an equal amount of strength from both sides.


    Aakesh decided to continue and see how far he could go from this situation.


    Time flew by, and ten more minutes passed.


    Aakesh was currently fighting the seven hundredth round while there were seven hundred and thirteen bullseyes shooting arrows at him.


    "ng!"


    A metallic sh resounded again in the hall as the arrows from both sides shed.


    What Aakesh wanted to see the result of the sh; didn''t happen.


    Aakesh''s arrow overpowered the other side and flew right at the bullseye.


    "Whoosh!"


    The next moment, the bullseye released an arrow with enough strength and speed to kill Aakesh.


    Soon, the arrow reached Aakesh and pierced his heart, resulting in his death.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed the entirety of the hall.


    When the light receded back, all the bullseyes had disappeared, and only one remained, showing that Aakesh would need to restart the training. Aakesh also appeared in the hall not long after, with his heart reverted back to healthy.


    Aakesh wanted to see his limit for today after passing the five hundred bullseyes, and since he had seen it, Aakesh decided to leave the training.


    The next moment, Aakesh disappeared from the hall and reappeared in the selection area.


    He didn''t wait for any second before activating his next training, so he selected his final destination for today and then pushed the switch.


    Soon, a portal appeared and sucked him in.


    The next moment, a familiar view weed Aakesh''s sight.


    He gazed down at the towering fort that was oozing majesty as usual.


    Right after he had stepped foot in the area, the war began.


    The next moment, meteors weed the sight of him.


    Aakesh didn''t flinch, seeing meteors ranging from hundred meters to several hundreds of miles falling at an unexpected rate, aiming to turn him into a pile of meat.


    Aakesh, in response, aimed his bow at the sky using his left hand, grabbed the bowstring using his right hand, stretched it up to his nose as an outline of an arrow began taking ce in between the bowstring and the bow.


    When the arrow hadpletely taken shape, an arrow with a red tail feather, the shaft being thicker than the usual shots, and an arrowhead in the pattern of a curved bowl presented itself to Aakesh.


    It was one of the arrows he had learned in yesterday''s battle with the ruler.


    "Whoosh!"


    Aakesh released the bowstring, and the arrow flew, tearing through the air at the countless meteors falling down the ground.


    When the arrow was only a few miles away from touching the first meteor, the arrowhead in the shape of the bowl began erging, while the red feather hadpletely turned the bowl red.


    The ergement stopped when the bowl''s diameter had reached eleven meters.


    If someone were to look at it from the sky, they would see the bowl filled withva.


    "sh!"


    Soon the meteor and the bowl shed with each other, but something unexpected happened.


    There was no sizeparison between the bowl and the meteor. But when the meteor met the bowl, it automatically began shrinking and soon dropped into the filledva.


    There were countless meteors in the sky, and they covered thousands of miles of radius in the sky, but the bowl had some kind of attraction force: it stopped the meteor from following their path. They instead began moving toward the bowl.


    Whenever a meteor reached the bowl, it faced the same result as the first one. The first thing that would happen is that it would shrink down; then it would fall into theva, resulting in itsplete destruction.


    While all this was happening, Aakesh and fort weren''t waiting for the sh to end.


    Soldiers after soldiers began jumping down the fort, while Aakesh shot arrows after arrows.


    Due to his growth over the past two days, his shooting strength wasn''tparable to the past him.


    Even a regr energy arrow he shot pierced the soldiers and gave them a severe wound, if not death.


    The archers from the fort weren''t able to push back against Aakesh''s shooting strength, so it took three-four of them to even stop Aakesh''s arrows from reaching the soldier jumping down.


    Time flew by.


    In the sixteenth second of the battle, the bowl sessfully destroyed every meteor in the sky.


    It wasn''t the end of the bowl, as every meteor that fell into theva gave additional strength to it.


    When the meteors had vanished, the bowl erged itself and covered arge area in the sky, creating a shadow over the soldiers charging at Aakesh.

 Chapter 372 - Deaths

    Chapter 372 ¨C Deaths


    Chapter 372: Deaths


    After destroying all the meteors, the bowl suddenly began erging. In no time, the bowl had covered the sky for as long as Aakesh or the soldiers could see.


    The ruler of the fort, watching the bowl even covering the sky above him, couldn''t help but smile.


    "Get ready!" He ordered. Since he couldn''t interfere in the battle at this stage, he ordered the shields men to get ready to defend themselves from what was toe at them.


    The soldiers on the ground continued their charge, while soldiers from the fort were still jumping down inrge numbers.


    "Drip!"


    "Drip!"


    "Drip!"


    Suddenly it began raining down. The soldiers on the ground couldn''t help but tremble in fear, seeing the scene as it was a rain ofva.


    Since the bowl in the sky had turned around, theva stored in it began raining down.


    Without even the help of the meteor, the heat it released was already very potent, but now that theva had the heat of the meteor, wherever its drop touched, a burning pit appeared.


    As for the soldiers, they didn''t even feel the pain, as a single drop ofva was enough to entirely melt them even before their brains could process what was happening.


    The next few seconds, these scenes of one-sided deaths continued, as the soldiers, irrespective of their levels or the weapons they carried, couldn''t save themselves from theva.


    Theva was so potent that not even their ashes remained in the ground.


    Such scenes also happened on the fort, but the higher-ups intervened right away and stopped further deaths from happening.


    A few secondster, only countless burning pits and Aakesh remained on the ground.


    The arrow Aakesh used was ''Bowl of Annihtion''. It wasn''t a regr arrow as despite Aakesh having quite a high level of skill set in archery, he couldn''t use it twice since it had a cooldown of eleven hours.


    "Thump!"


    "Thump!"


    "Thump!"


    The next moment, thend around thousands of miles began shaking as beings spanning over hundreds of meters belonging to different races started jumping down the ground.


    After their numbers reached a hundred thousand, the beings belonging to the Yultes race began jumping down.


    In no time, thebined number of these giant beings and Yultes reached around three hundred thousand, with the Yultes being in the majority.


    Aakesh didn''t flinch, seeing so many beings having higher levels than Aakesh charging toward him. He instead aimed his bow at them, stretched the bowstring using his right hand, and when aplete arrow appeared, he released it.


    "Whoosh!"


    "Boom!"


    The arrow flew, tearing through the air, aiming at the giant being in front, but before it could reach the creature, an invisible wave shed with it, which resulted in an explosion.


    The force released by the explosion was nothingpared to the creature, so they were unharmed, but before they could evenplete their step, another arrow with the same momentum came at them.


    Fortunately for them, they had expected something like this. It was quicker than the creatures wanted, but it still was manageable, so another invisible wave shed with the arrow, and it resulted in another explosion.


    "Puchi!"


    The explosion hadn''t even subsided when another arrow flew at them. This time, it proved to be unmanageable and undefendable, so it flew right at them and pierced their heart.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, the arrow didn''t have enough strength to destroy the heart of the creature, so despite getting pierced in the heart, the creature survived.


    But soon, Aakesh showered a flurry of arrows, aiming at the same spot.


    After the sixty-seventh arrow, the creature''s heart finally gave up and exploded, resulting in the first casualty of this high-level army.


    Time flew by. Around fifteen minutes had passed since the tragedy caused by the ''Bowl of Annihtion''.


    Out of the around three hundred higher-level soldiers that had jumped down after the incident, Aakesh had killed two-thirds of them while only having superficial injuries.


    The most severe injury Aakesh had received up to now was from one of the Yultes. His broadsword had sessfully bypassed all the restrictions caused by Aakesh''s arrows and had cut his right hand.


    If not for Aakesh acting on time, he would''ve lost the hand at that time, and then the battle would''ve be even tougher.


    Aakesh knew there would be another level of higher-level soldiers after this, and only after that the higher-ups just below the ruler would involve themselves, and if at that point the damage on the fort or the number of fatalities had reached 75%, the ruler would intervene.


    In the past few minutes, Aakesh had used the chanted arrow, ''Inferior Nihility of the Beast'' twice. It had caused some severe damages to the fort while it had also killed around a hundred thousand soldiers on the ground.


    (A/N: The name of the first chanted arrow used in previous chapters.)


    "¡­, Godatam Tatsam Uhapa¡­,"


    Aakesh was chanting a mantra for his chanted arrow while dodging the strikesing at him.


    The chant took five seconds of time toplete, and since Aakesh didn''t have the level of knowledge required to chant for this weapon while shooting regr arrows, he had no choice but to dodge the attacksing toward him.


    Fortunately for him, his agility in the past two days had grown by arge margin, so it didn''t take much effort for him to dodge regr shes, arrows, throws, etc.,ing toward him.


    The problem only arose when the level of attacks released by the soldiers was high, so Aakesh had no choice but to take some damage.


    "¡­, Omator Ugar Yurto¡­,"


    Aakesh continued chanting while also dodging at the same time.


    The archers from the fort had also begun intervening in the battle as they could sense the destruction the new arrow would cause, so they also started giving problems to Aakesh.


    Aakesh, with a cold and calm look, continued chanting and dodging, without caring for what attack came at him. He only had two things in his mind at that point: chant and dodge.


    When the fourth second of the chant arrived, the sky began rumbling while thend started shaking.


    Before anyone could even understand, darkness had engulfed the entirety of the area, bringing a halt to the actions of the soldiers on the ground while archers on the fort.


    ***


    A/N: I got some time, so I wrote chapters for today, but it would result in tomorrow''s chapter gettingte.


    Sorry for the trouble! The book would return to its usual schedule from the day after tomorrow.

 Chapter 373 - Title In The Chapter

    Chapter 373 ¨C Title In The Chapter


    Chapter 373: Title in the Chapter


    There was still a second worth of mantra left for Aakesh to chant. Not even the outline of the arrow had appeared, but the mantra alone was causing serious damage to the fabric of the environment.


    The sky was rumbling; thend was shaking; the temperature was turning from cold to hot countless times in fear of what was toe.


    Even the soldiers with higher levels than Aakesh weren''t able to stand their ground as the effects caused by the mantra seemed to have no consequence on Aakesh, but the same couldn''t be said for the soldiers.


    The soldiers were directly bearing the brunt of the invisible pressure released by the mantra, which gave a moment of relief to Aakesh.


    Any arrow shot toward Aakesh lost its momentum right after reaching the radius of a few meters around him and crashed on the ground. Soon it disintegrated due to the random turn of temperature at an unimaginable rate.


    "¡­, Antanam Gatnam Namah!"


    While the situation was going on, Aakesh''s chanting of the mantra finally came to an end.


    The space right above Aakesh''s head cracked open.


    Even the ruler of the fort stood up from his seat, seeing the crack. He couldn''t help but frown as he was aware of what was toe.


    "Get ready! Use your whole strength to defend right from the start," The ruler ordered the higher-ups, without any presence of his previous smile.


    Even the higher-ups present on the top of the fort turned solemn, seeing the expression and hearing the tone they had never seen on their ruler''s face. They got ready right away as they had no interest in angering the ruler and seeing his wrath.


    After the space right above Aakesh''s head cracked open, instead of restoring itself back to its original shape, it only got wider and wider.


    Even the system wasn''t able to mend the space right away by removing the effect of the arrow.


    "Astu svIkarotu unmyati bhavataH amitraghna||"


    The next moment, a hoarse unfamiliar voice in an unrecognizablenguage for most of the beings echoed in the area. The voice looked like it had directly arrived from antiquity, and it had unimaginable cruelty present in it. It sent chills down everyone present in the area, including Aakesh.


    Right after the appearance of the voice, out of nowhere, an arrow appeared right into the right hand of Aakesh.


    The arrow looked nothing more than a pointed rod made of ordinary wood. There were no tail feathers or an arrowhead present.


    Instead, it was a straight rod but pointed at the top, where there was supposed to be the arrowhead.


    A strange pattern was engraved from top to bottom in orange. While if one were to look very closely, they would see a ck hole, the size not visible from naked eyes even for Immortals, present at the tip of the arrow.


    It all happened so suddenly that Aakesh didn''t even have a chance to detect when the arrow arrived or how his hand extended to receive it. Aakesh didn''t waste any time in thinking much about it, as he was aware of the identity of the owner of the voice.


    The arrow for which Aakesh had chanted the mantra was, ''Voice of the Antiquity''. Its name was such because it was the creation of just a voice that had enough power to devour dimensions.


    The owner of the voice was one of the strongest Primordials in existence. It was Bhusunda, a creature in a crow-like body. It stood at the peak with a few figures in the third dimension.


    Bhusunda had the power of devouring everything in existence. If not for Deva''s ability to snatch two-thirds of the strength of any creature''s strength if they wished to fight, the Bhusunda has enough power to cause an injury to the Deva.


    The voice that echoed just a moment earlier contained such power, and the arrow in the hand of Aakesh was the incarnation of the sound.


    After the appearance of the arrow, the space above Aakesh got restored in no time while the fabric of the environment also returned to calm as if whatever happened a moment earlier was only an illusion.


    The soldiers whose faces had turned pale from fear and horror, seeing the arrow had no choice but to charge forward if they wanted to have any chance of survival at all.


    Aakesh, with a calm look, nocked the arrow on the bowstring using his fingers, stretched the bowstring, only to stop when it began touching his nose, and then released it.


    "Crack!"


    As the arrow left the bow, the sound of something cracking began ringing in the area, as it directly cracked the space from wherever it passed.


    In no time, the arrow reached the soldiers on the ground. The ck hole, located on its tip, suddenly expanded and devoured the first soldier.


    With devouring, it only gained momentum and strength. After a few seconds, only Aakesh and the arrow were present on the ground.


    Aakesh didn''t need to tell the arrow what to do next as it had a high level of intellect. It changed its direction toward the fort and flew, cracking the fabric of space from wherever it passed.


    This time the higher-ups intervened right away, without waiting for other soldiers to die as every death resulted in the arrow getting stronger.


    The ruler also wanted to intervene and destroy the ck hole, but since neither the damage nor the number of fatalities had crossed the 75% barrier, he had no choice but to let the higher-ups handle it.


    One of the Yultes'' higher-ups jumped down the fort and shed with the arrow midair.


    His broadsword attempted to stop the arrow, while the other three swords had a single aim, and that was to destroy it.


    The Yultes wasn''t the only one, as other higher-ups belonging to different races also jumped down to help the Yultes destroy the arrow.


    They only had a few seconds to end this as the system didn''t allow anyone except the ruler to float in the air.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    The sound of continuous explosions began ringing in the area as the weapons of the higher-ups continuously shed with the ck hole and the arrow.


    There were only eleven higher-ups present on the fort, and all of them were fighting right now.


    While all of this was happening, Aakesh wasn''t watching it. Instead, he helped the arrow in defending against the higher-ups since there was no side effect of not being able to act this time on him.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed.


    When five seconds had passed, the higher-ups began automatically losing their minuscule control over gravity that had allowed them to stay in the air for this long. They then started falling.


    Eleven higher-ups had joined the battle, but now only six remained, and that too with one having a severe injury, rendering her unable to fight further.


    The arrow had lost much of its momentum, but due to devouring the higher-ups, it still contained enough strength to reach the fort and kill some more soldiers.


    "Boom!"


    Then suddenly something unexpected happened.


    Suddenly, the person decided to self-destruct since she couldn''t fight anymore. It then caused the arrow to be almostpletely destroyed.


    What remained of the ck hole couldn''t sustain itself any further, so the arrowpletely lost its momentum and disintegrated into nothingness.


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    The next moment, the remaining five beingsndedfortably on the ground with cold faces since bncing themselves in midair wasn''t a big deal.


    Theynded on the ground, and the next moment, they had disappeared. When the higher-ups finally appeared, all the five beings had surrounded Aakesh.


    Even Aakesh had to take this situation seriously, as these were all Level 7 beings.


    "ng!"


    Aakesh suddenly turned his upper body to his right and shot an arrow aiming at the same ce. A sound of metallic sh rang as his arrow shed with the arrow shot by one of the five beings.


    The next moment, all five attacked at the same time, without caring for the level gap. The Yultes, who had lost two of his hands, shed using his two remaining swords; the archer shot a strange arrow without any tail feather; the spearman plunged his spear, aiming to rip Aakesh; the mace user smashed her mace, seeking to turn Aakesh into a mess, while thest person punched.


    Aakesh couldn''t avoid all the attacks at the same time, so he decided to dodge four of them while taking on the weakest.


    Aakesh found the punch to be the weakest, but he still couldn''t take it on his chest as it still had enough strength to cause a life-threatening injury.


    Aakesh dodged the sh by sinking himself when the arrow came. Without thinking anything, using whatever strength he could gather in his legs in that split second, he jumped, and the arrow flew, missing him, but the next moment, the spear weed him.


    He turned the upper half of his body to hisplete left midair and sessfully dodged the spear, and right then, the mace arrived to smash him into a pulp.


    He bent down right away to increase the rate at which he fell and rolled down right away after reaching the ground to dodge the mace, but then the punch arrived.


    As he had expected, he couldn''t maintain the bnce while rolling, so the punch sessfully connected with his ribs.


    The result of the punch exceeded Aakesh''s expectations. A see-through hole appeared in the area right above the lower waist area.


    Right at that moment, the nextyer of soldiers arrived. They had begun jumping down right after thending of the higher-ups. It was just that Aakesh didn''t have that much time to consider as he was in a serious battle.


    Time flew by.


    Around two minutester, a portal out of nowhere appeared in the selection area, and the next moment, Aakesh stepped out of it.

 Chapter 374 - Evolution

    Chapter 374 ¨C Evolution


    Chapter 374: Evolution


    After getting a see-through hole right above his waist, Aakesh''s fighting momentum began decreasing.


    The punch contained a hint of annihtion; it didn''t let Aakesh''s injury heal at all. The blood leak only increased, and the hole only grew wider.


    Despite that, he seeded in killing the owner of the punch as revenge, but at that moment, the spearman sessfully plunged his spear into Aakesh''s heart. It resulted in an instant bursting, and Aakesh died as a result.


    Even though Aakesh died in the end and failed to force the ruler to enter the battle on Aakesh''s own, Aakesh was still satisfied with the result he had gotten with this round.


    He could now see the end of this training round as the higher-ups didn''t prove to be as big a challenge as he had expected, and he still had his strongest arrow left in his arsenal.


    After appearing in the selection area, Aakesh noticed that Lily wasn''t there. There was still some time left for Lily toplete today''s training. After thinking, Aakesh, instead of entering the training area again, decided to wait for her.


    Time flew by.


    The silence in the selection area was suddenly broken by the appearance of a portal out of nowhere. Soon Lily stepped out of it.


    A smile spread across her face, seeing Aakesh waiting for her, as for the past few days, it was her who was waiting for him.


    "Hey, system, my chair," Lily asked the system for her chair.


    The system didn''t say anything in response, but the next moment, a chair next to Aakesh''s chair appeared.


    Aakesh only smiled, seeing this. Lily then jumped on it. The duo then began sharing their experiences in the training area with each other.


    Time flew by.


    When both had shared their experiences, they then disappeared from the selection area. Soon both the chairs followed them.


    The duo appeared in the store, and not long after, the door of his room appeared floating in the air, and right away, stairs connecting it to the floor appeared.


    "See you tomorrow," Lily spoke and then climbed up the stairs.


    When she had entered the room, the door automatically closed, and not long after, it and the stairs both disappeared as if they were never there.


    Since Lily had left for Panagea, it was now time for Aakesh. He then took a step forward in the direction of the portal room.


    The sight of increased portals weed him right after he entered the room.


    The space inside the room had automatically expanded to amodate these 1150 virtual portals. The leaderboard also had changed, as previously it only had enough sections for the top twenty, but now it had expanded for the top 100 adventurers.


    Aakesh noticed a single addition on the leaderboard from yesterday. He then took his eyes away, as in the next few days, the number would only grow due to increased traffic in Panagea.


    Aakesh, as usual, touched the closest portal to him. The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything he could fight back appeared and sucked him into another world.


    Aakesh appeared in the same ce he had exited yesterday.


    The next moment, a red window weed him. It didn''t say something important. It was about his inability to watch over the selected person as he had to exit since the sun was about to rise in Visteerna. It only announced his failure to gain anything from that situation.


    Aakesh ignored the window since there was no point in thinking about it. The next moment, the red screen automatically disappeared.


    He then called out his status screen.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Rare,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 50,


    HP: 4000/4000,


    Energy: 3640/4000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 401 (+70),


    Agility: 401 (+70),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Aakesh couldn''t help but nod, seeing his level. He was now only one level away from evolving into an Epic-level lifeform. It still was lower than his actual strength, but any gain was always worth excitement.


    He then took a casual nce at his attributes. They had increased by ten units per level due to his ss.


    Since there was nothing more to see, he thought of the status screen disappearing. Soon it faded into emptiness.


    Aakesh then left the area in search of another fortuitous event as he was only one level away from evolution.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    "Finally!" Aakesh mumbled as the event he had just watched gave him the reward of a level increase.


    His luck didn''t seem to be like yesterday when he found Ethan. Today, it took a while for him to even find a selected person, let alone someone like Ethan.


    Now that the event was over and Aakesh had watched over it, he had now gained his reward.


    The next moment, out of nowhere, a blue light engulfed him.


    Aakesh could feel his body getting stronger at a visible rate. His already toned muscles slightly tightened; his height grew a few inches; his veins turned sturdier to amodate the flow of stronger energy and blood.


    Time flew by.


    The scene of the breakthrough continued for several seconds.


    Aakesh could sense an increase in his attributes, so he called out his status screen for the second time today.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Rare,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 51,


    HP: 5000/5000,


    Energy: 5000/5000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 501 (+100),


    Agility: 501 (+100),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)¡­


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, seeing the growth he had gotten due to an evolution of his life form.


    His energy and HP had increased by a thousand units, and it had now reached five thousand units. Even the energy he had spent on the skill, Fortune-Eye, he had gained back due to the evolution.


    His strength and agility had increased by hundred units, giving him a very high growth.


    With this level of growth and stats, Aakesh was confident of taking on even a Level 70.


    Time flew by, and the time for Aakesh to exit Panagea arrived.

 Chapter 375 - Addition

    Chapter 375 ¨C Addition


    Chapter 375: Addition


    After reaching Level 51, Aakesh stopped using his ss skills to gain levels. He wanted toplete some quests, so he began searching for them.


    After searching for around an hour, he finally came across a quest that rewarded him an increase of three levels, and it was also under his control.


    He readily epted that, but before he could begin the quest, the system informed him about the near sunrise. After getting the information, Aakesh decided to exit Panagea andplete the quest on his next entry.


    The next moment, he disappeared from the Panagea and appeared in the portal room.


    He then left the portal room, and soon, the floating door of his room, and not long after it, the stairs connecting it to the floor appeared.


    "Click!"


    With a clicking sound, the door automatically opened, while Aakesh climbed up the stairs.


    Time flew by.


    After taking a bath, Aakesh climbed down the stairs. Soon both the door and the stair disappeared.


    Aakesh then took a step forward in the direction of the door.


    When reached, he grabbed the handle and slid it open. As usual, arge crowd standing outside the store weed him.


    They all had the same look of tension and determination like every past day since everyone wanted to be in the first group of Panagea.


    Aakesh didn''t let them wait for long. He turned around and went to hisfortable chair while the crowd poured in the store like a raging river.


    In no time, the overcrowded street turned usual.


    "Eh!" Everyone in the crowd eximed in surprise, seeing that today there was no golden light surrounding the customers.


    Many of the customers understood the reason behind it, so they grew excited. They then looked at Aakesh for confirmation. Simrly, those who didn''t understand the situation looked at Aakesh to find the cause.


    "The number of virtual portals has increased so all of you can enter the Panagea at the same time," Aakesh didn''t let them wait for an answer for long and right away, expressionlessly solved the curiosity of the customers.


    The customers couldn''t help but grow excited, hearing this piece of information.


    Many customers had to leave the store after not getting into the first group due to their work, but now that they wouldn''t have to go back, how could they be not excited.


    "How many virtual portals have you added, senior?" One of the customers in the group asked.


    "A thousand," Aakesh expressionlessly answered the man.


    The customer then looked around him and found the number of customers to be 537. After the addition of a thousand virtual portals, the number had been increased to 1150, which meant there were still more than six hundred spots left for only the first group to get filled.


    He then looked at his other group members and got the same answer from them, what he was thinking.


    He then took out his supreme card from his space ring and contacted his family member right away. The man and the group belonged to the Esh n, and they were the hundred alchemist apprentices that used to enter Panagea daily.


    Since there were so many vacant portals left, the n members decided to call their friends and rtives who also wanted to enter Panagea.


    The members of the Esh n weren''t the only ones doing this. Kuriati also called his father since he had been interested in entering Panagea and had been waiting for the situation like today to arrive so that he wouldn''t have to wait.


    Kuriati took out his supreme card and tapped on the zigzag pattern. The next moment, his contact list appeared in his mind.


    He only had to think of calling his father. The next moment, a 3D projection of his father only visible and audible to him appeared in front of him. Since his father hadn''t epted the call, the eyes of the projection were closed.


    "What happened? Are you in trouble?" A voice echoed not long after Trihan picked up his son''s call.


    "Father, the day you''ve been waiting for has arrived. Store owner had added a thousand portals for Panagea, and more than six hundred spots are vacant for now," Kuriati ignored Trihan''s concern and instead stated his purpose for calling his father.


    In response to his information, Kuriati only got silence. He didn''t have to think of a reason for it. The next moment teleportation urred in the store. When the light receded, the figure of his father weed his sight.


    Only a few seconds had passed since Aakesh informed the customers about the addition of virtual portals, and the spots had already gotten filled.


    The majority of the remaining spots for the first group were taken back by the members of the Esh n, as they directly teleported into the store like Trihan.


    Robert, the winner of the third-ranked territory in Panagea, also called around twenty new customers.


    He also hadpleted the organization quest in Panagea and was now recruiting members for it.


    Unlike Maria, he decided not to take already adventurer into his organization. Instead, he took the talented disciples of the organization he knew into his organization.


    As for letting the Panagea be a secret so that hispetition doesn''t get morepetitive, he made the twenty disciples he had chosen to take a vow, with Dharma as the judge.


    If anyone dared to break the vow and tell others about Panagea, the Dharma would cripple them. Only beings of the Sacred dimension and above would be able to break the vow, so Robert was confident about it.


    As for Eris, the owner of the first-ranked territory, he had no interest in creating an organization and recruiting members.


    From the day Eris had learned about the Absolute stone as the reward for the trial, he only had a single goal. It was getting as much stronger as possible in the duration.


    The customers who didn''t want to call anyone had no one to call or didn''t have the superior or supreme card didn''t wait for the remaining customers to arrive. They instead paid their sum and entered the portal room(Only the non-card users).


    After their familiar counterpart had arrived, the customers began entering the portal room and then Panagea.


    A few secondster, only Aakesh remained in the store. All the customers had entered the Panagea.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry the chapters gotte! My team leader has set some hard goals for me, so the situation withte updates will continue.. In the best case, the book would return to its usual schedule on the 11th, in the worst case, 14th on the next Monday.

 Chapter 376 - A New Customer!

    Chapter 376 ¨C A New Customer!


    Chapter 376: A New Customer!


    Since customers were still unaware of the addition of the virtual portals, no new customer arrived for the next hour.


    The store remained silent throughout that hour as there wasn''t even the presence of a fly other than Aakesh.


    "Kach!"


    "Kach!"


    "Kach!"


    The silence permeating every corner of the store finally broke as the sound of footsteps echoed in the area.


    Aakesh still didn''t open his eyes as usual. But he didn''t continue for long as he sensed the footsteps approaching him.


    He opened his eyes and looked at the owner of the steps, only to find the person unfamiliar.


    The person approaching Aakesh was in the disguise of a burly man, with a bow strapped to his jacket, but underneath the disguise, it was a girl who looked to be around eight years old. She had furry ears. There was also a fox-like tailing out on her back, which seemed frozen at a casual nce.


    There was no innocence present in her eyes like a child that looked like the girl should have, but instead, there was only cruelty and coldness present in those tiny eyes.


    Despite her being a true appearance of a child, the girl was an early Demigod, and a dual element mage of ice and snow since these two elements in the store seemed to surround her, even though the girl was unaware of their presence.


    Aakesh easily saw through the disguise of the girl. But since there were several customers in the store who took guises to hide their true appearance and races, he didn''t call the girl out. He only expressionlessly looked at her, waiting for her to ask a question or state her purpose.


    "Is this the store that has a training area in which any race could be chosen?" The girl asked in a hoarse manly voice, suitable for the disguise she had taken.


    "Yes," Aakesh expressionlessly answered right away.


    "I want that," The girl responded right away.


    "The Gods & Demons level training for an Immortal-grade weapon."


    It seemed she was already prepared, so even before Aakesh could tell her the price or the level of difficulties, she told him the difficulty level and took out the required amount of Primal stones from her pocket space.


    "A trillion supreme Primal stone," Aakesh still told her the price as his duty as the store owner.


    The next moment, Aakesh waved his hands, and the shining mountain of supreme Primal stones disappeared from the store.


    [Host, the amount isplete!]


    The next moment, an alert of the amount being right appeared in his head.


    "Go ahead¡­," Aakesh told the girl and then exined the procedure of entering the training area.


    "Okay!" The girl replied with the same hoarse manly voice. She then turned in the direction of the weapons room and proceeded toward it.


    With the girl gone, another round of silence ensued in the store.


    Aakesh closed his eyes and then began thinking about the strategies, depending on the situations arising in the fort.


    Time flew by, and one hour had passed.


    The girl, belonging to the beastman race,pleted her hour of training, so the system forced her out.


    The next moment, she appeared in the store. The system transferred her to an isted space right away, and after her energy had calmed down, the system brought her back to the store. While all this happened, the girl stayed unaware of it.


    She then began checking if she had gotten any increase in her level. She couldn''t help but get disappointed, sensing that there wasn''t any change in her energy level, but remembering the growth she had made in the training area, her disappointment disappeared.


    The cruelty in her eyes increased even further after an increase in her strength.


    Her eyes then fell on the b located in the center of the pir.


    She was aware that it was the strength testing b, so she took a step forward in its direction.


    She then unstrapped the bow tied to the jacket her guise had worn. She then aimed it toward the b.


    She, using her left hand, stretched the bowstring. She only stopped when the bowstring touched her ear while aplete arrow had appeared on it.


    A chill began permeating in the weapons room due to the presence of the arrow, but even before she could feel it, the system acted, and the room became normal.


    "Bam!"


    The sound of shing rang in the room after the girl released the arrow, and it shed with the b.


    The next moment, the b lightened up, and soon a vertical empty bar appeared on it.


    The bottom said peak Mana Sovereign(Level 10), while the top said Demigod, without using its sub-level since even in the best case, the strength could only touch the line, not pass it.


    Soon, the blue liquid began moving upward from the bottom. At first, it was very quick, but as time passed, it started slowing down before finallying to a stop.


    The girl only nodded, seeing the result of her 33% strength. The blue liquid had stopped at just a little more than 91% on the vertical bar.


    Time flew by.


    When she utilized her entire strength without using any special arrows, the b showed her a result of 53% on the bar from early to an intermediate Demigod.


    It wasn''t the end. After that, the girl began testing the strength of every special arrow she had in her arsenal.


    After testing for some time, the time for her to test her strongest arrow finally arrived.


    She then began chanting the mantra required to activate the arrow. It was a mantra that required her to chant for three seconds. If Aakesh were in her ce, it would have taken him less than one-tenth of a second topletely chant the mantra; such was the skill level difference between them.


    When her chanting wasplete, ayer of ice emanated from her and attempted to cover the store, but before it could happen, the system acted, and everything returned to normal.


    "Bam!"


    She released the arrow, and in response, the b lightened up for the umpteenth time.


    Soon, her sight weed the result, and she couldn''t help but smile, seeing it.


    Her arrow''s strength had reached just above 18% between intermediate andte Demigod.


    The girl then left the store.. She had something to do after testing her strength.

 Chapter 377 - Unexpected Gain!

    Chapter 377 ¨C Unexpected Gain!


    Chapter 377: Unexpected Gain!


    Time flew by.


    Around four hours had passed since the store opened for the day. In those past hours, the store had only gotten three new customers.


    One was the girl who went for the Gods & Demons level training area. The second customer was an ordinary citizen of the Bisan Kingdom, who had only arrived to buy an inferior body healing pill since even the King had vouched for the store.


    Only thest customer was some bigshot. It was the King of the neighboring Kingdom, Blue Wyrm Kingdom.


    He attempted to make conversations with Aakesh, but since Aakesh didn''t show much interest in talking with him, he bought a Mythical-grade weapon and left the store since he had more work to do. His primary purpose foring to the Bisan Kingdom was something else.


    ***


    "WHAT?" Brinda loudly eximed in shock at what she had just heard a moment earlier.


    In front of her eyes stood the King of the Blue Wyrm Kingdom.


    He currently was kneeling on his right leg, while his right heart was on his chest.


    "Your majesty, please take us a tributary," The King had expected such reaction from Brinda, so he repeated again.


    The King''s name was Martin, and he was ate Void Forging level cultivator. The strengthparison between his Kingdom and the Bisan Kingdom was likeparing a child with an adult.


    The Blue Wyrm Kingdom had three Void Forging level cultivators, while even when Punta was the King, the Kingdom still had a single Void Forging expert. The only reason Martin didn''t invade the Bisan Kingdom after they defeated the Blue Phoenix Kingdom was due to the family of Punta.


    The primary purpose behind Martin''sing here was to be a tributary of the Bisan Kingdom. Since the day he had watched the event in the store, he had been thinking about it.


    Today morning when he woke up, he finally decided to go ahead with the decision as he watched a nightmare in hisst sleep.


    In the nightmare, Brinda was floating in the air. She then coldly ordered a soldier standing in the back of her army to raze the Blue Wyrm Kingdom. Then a man with an unrecognizable face took a step forward and punched the ground. The next moment, the entirendmass in the Blue Wyrm Kingdom, including him and all the citizens, sunk into a pit with an endless depth and lost their lives.


    Cultivators like him believed in dreams and nightmares as it showed what their hearts believed, and it was also a sense of intuition.


    He woke up from his sleep midway due to the nightmare and wasn''t able to sleep after that. When the morning arrived, Martin announced a meeting and called the other two Void Forging cultivators, the nobles, the prime minister, and the head of the treasury.


    The meeting wasn''t to ask for their suggestion. Instead, it was to announce the decision Martin had reached and to direct his subordinates to prepare.


    Since Martin wanted to rescind his Kingdom and make it into only a tributary, he wanted to show the benefits he could provide to Brinda for epting the Blue Wyrm Kingdom into her fold. He also wanted to gain maximum from his decision, so he ordered his prime minister to create suggestions.


    ***


    "Are you sure?" Brinda asked after calming down from her initial shock.


    It was only on the outside she looked calm, and it was only due to the badge. Inside, she had no words to exin what she was feeling right now.


    The day she won the tower and got the badge as the present, she became confident that she would invade new territories and expand her Kingdom to an Empire in the future. But even in her wildest dream, she had never thought that not even a month would pass from her crowning ceremony, and she would already get a request from her neighbor Kingdom.


    Even she knew the strength difference between the Bisan Kingdom and the Blue Wyrm Kingdom. She was also aware of the reason for the Blue Wyrm Kingdom not invading her territory, so the decision of Martin overwhelmed her thought process.


    While there was a storm going on inside, her face looked calm on the outside, while majesty emanated from her.


    "Yes, your majesty! Please take the Blue Wyrm Kingdom as your first tributary," Martin didn''t dare to look directly at Brinda and responded with a determined tone.


    Brinda didn''t answer right away but only coldly stared at the kneeling Martin.


    Martin didn''t dare speak anything and silently waited for Brinda to answer. A few secondster, the silence turned suffocating for Martin. He even found trouble in breathing.


    Brinda wasn''t only staring at the kneeling Martin. Instead, she had activated one of the skills of the badge and was listening to the thoughts of Martin.


    There were myriads of things going on inside Martin''s head, with the majority being the concerns of Brinda rejecting his proposal. The second most prominent problem was the nightmare he had seen.


    After finding nothing about schemes and betrayals against the Bisan Kingdom in Martin''s head, Brinda stopped the skill.


    "Why should I ept your Kingdom?" Brinda asked, breaking the suffocating silence.


    Martin heaved a sigh of relief, hearing the question. He felt such as Brinda didn''t reject his proposal.


    "Your majesty, the first benefit the Blue Wyrm Kingdom can provide you is the Primal stone mine we have on the territory¡­," Martin began repeating all the things he had discussed with his ministers.


    The more Brinda learned, the shocked she became. Fortunately for her, the badge helped her maintain her calm on the outside.


    When Brinda had learned about the proposal, she had thought that Martin''s proposal was to give an annual tribute and ask for protection from future invasion. But from what she had heard just now, Martin was giving up any independence his Kingdom could have.


    If Brinda epted the proposal, she would almost have the same level of control over the Blue Wyrm Kingdom she would have after invading and conquering it.


    Brinda could understand the reason Martin had taken the decision, but she couldn''t digest the amount of desperation he had.


    Even the ministers were taken aback by Martin''s willingness to give up so many things, but such was the effect the nightmare had on him. He wanted to survive and maintain his status. He also wanted the same thing for his citizens, so except for giving up his position as the ruler of the territory, he gave up every other benefit.


    If not for the calming effect of the badge, Brinda would have shouted in excitement and agreed right away. The badge helped her maintain a calm mind, so she didn''t agree right away, but instead, she asked a question, "What benefits do you want to gain from this move?"


    "Your majesty, I only want a few benefits¡­," Martin finally looked up and directly stared into Brinda''s eyes and started sharing the things he wanted.


    The first benefit he wanted from Brinda was a piece ofnd in Kakot, solely belonging to him and his family. He asked for such since the store was also one of the reasons behind him wanting to be the tributary.


    Traveling from his Kingdom to the Bisan Kingdom wasn''t possible every day, so Martin wantednd for him and his family.


    His second request was a travel portal with Brinda covering the cost required in its creation. After its establishment, Brinda could only charge the amount the portal would need for a trip and gain no profit.


    Martin only wanted this as the travel portal would help the citizen of the Blue Wyrm Kingdom to travel to the Bisan Kingdom quickly without being able to pay a hefty sum.


    "You only want these benefits?" Brinda calmly asked. The requests Martin had put up weren''t very troubling and were below the cost of what Brinda would gain from taking the Blue Wyrm Kingdom under her control.


    "Yes, your majesty!" Martin responded with a determined expression.


    "I agree with all of your requests, but your request of maintaining the hereditary position of the ruler is uneptable," Brinda told Martin after staying silent for some time.


    Martin''s one request was the position of the administrator of the territory, bing a hereditary position belonging to his family after him. It was due to his concern over the future of his family. They wouldn''t be royal families after Brinda epted his proposal; they would only be a noble administrator family.


    "You can stay at this position for the next hundred years, but after that, I would select, who would be the next administrator of the territory," Brinda further added.


    Martin fell silent, hearing Brinda.


    "What about the status of my family after I left the position of the administrator?" Martin didn''t ept Brinda''s demand right away but instead asked a question.


    "The status of a noble family," Brinda responded right away as she had expected the question.


    "I would also allow your family to have three lifetime promises from the Kingdom. It doesn''t matter who''s the King or how long has passed; they wouldplete your promise if it didn''t harm the Kingdom in any way," She didn''t stop speaking and further added.


    Brinda did this as she understood the concern Martin had for his family''s future.


    ***


    "Your servant is in your service, your majesty," Martinmented while kneeling on the ground.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there would be only a single chapter today. I couldn''t get enough time to write two chapters. With this, I owe you two chapters. I will make up for it in the next week. Sorry, once more!


    Thank you for the reading!


    Have a great day/night!

 Chapter 378 - Permission

    Chapter 378 ¨C Permission


    Chapter 378: Permission


    "Store owner, I want three medium mental healing pills," A customer requested Aakesh.


    Aakesh, in response, stood up from his chair, went to the counter, and took out the required pills.


    "You need to pay one hundred and fifty ordinary Primal stones," Aakesh expressionlessly told the customer and handed over the pill.


    The customer nodded, took out the required Primal stones from his space ring, and extended them toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, Primal stones disappeared from the store.


    "Thank you, store owner," The customer then thanked Aakesh and left the store.


    Since there were no customers present in the store that needed his help, Aakesh returned to his rxation session. Only several seconds had passed when the sound of footsteps entering the store rang, breaking the silence.


    As usual, Aakesh''s eyes remained closed. But the next moment, he had no choice but to open them as he sensed the approach of the footsteps.


    Aakesh then looked toward the source, only to find it was Brinda and the King of the Blue Wyrm Kingdom.


    "Greetings, senior," Brinda greeted Aakesh with a slight bow. Her tone contained respect. Martin also followed Brinda and greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to their greetings. He then looked at them for their purpose behinding here.


    "Senior, I am here to share a piece of news with you and hope you can give some suggestions," Brinda didn''t let Aakesh wait andmented.


    Aakesh didn''t stop her and waited for her to say what she wanted to speak.


    Brinda then began exining the proposal and her answer while Martin stood a step behind her, with his face looking at the floor.


    Aakesh silently listened to what Brinda said. Even he couldn''t help but be impressed by the determination of the neighboring King.


    The moment the system chose the Bisan Kingdom for the store, the destiny of the Kingdom had already changed. The store''s presence alone would make the Kingdom secure for as long as the store existed.


    Aakesh also expected the King of the Bisan Kingdom to have ambitions to expand their territory using the presence of the store as a deterrent since it was the first goal for every ruler of and.


    Aakesh was already prepared to punish the King if they dared to expand their territory, using the store. He only didn''t expect a King to willingly cede his title and Kingdom when it had only been around a month since the store arrived in Kakot.


    "What do you think, senior?" Brinda asked when she had shared the event.


    Brinda hadplex rtions with the store, and she was the King, not Aakesh, so she could make the decision for the Kingdom on her own, but she still asked Aakesh about his thoughts.


    The reason for Martin''s willingness to be a tributary and even to give up the royal status of his family was well known to her. The store yed an enormous role in his decision.


    It was also the reason she asked Aakesh for his thoughts. She didn''t want to anger Aakesh for indirectly gaining benefits due to the store without even informing the store owner.


    After the question, Martin nervously looked at the store owner as Brinda still hadn''t made her decision, and whatever the store owner decided would happen.


    "Why would you ask me this question? You''re the King, not me," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "Senior, it''s just-"


    "You don''t need to worry about it. As long as you don''t directly use the store''s presence for your ambitions, I won''t care."


    "And, if you dared to use my or the store''s name for your or your family''s personal ambition, I would personally uproot your dynasty," Brinda wanted to say something, but before she couldplete her sentence, Aakesh cut her words off, and gave his answer.


    In the end, he also warned her. Even though his face and tone were expressionless, Brinda felt needles poking all over her body during the warning.


    The feeling disappeared right away, but like a photograph, it got engraved into her memory. Now, whenever she would think about the warning, the feeling would return.


    The badge she wore began working, and her mind returned to calm.


    Now that she was calm, she could think straight. She then heaved a sigh of relief. ording to what the store owner said, she wouldn''t be a puppet for him and was free to make decisions for the territory. The store owner would only intervene if she used the store for her benefit, which she wouldn''t even do in her dreams as she was aware of the horrors of Aakesh.


    Someone who could kill a family to thest member was never to be messed with.


    "I ept your proposal. From today on, the Blue Wyrm Kingdom ceases to exist. Only the cities would remain, and it would be inplete control of the King of the Bisan Kingdom," Brinda turned around, directly stared into the tense eyes of Martin, and announced her decision.


    A smile subconsciously erupted on Martin''s face, hearing Brinda. Martin would lie if he said that he didn''t feel pain for giving up the Kingdom, his ancestors had created with their sweat and blood, but he was also relieved at the same time.


    With the presence of the store and the tower, the Bisan Kingdom would someday grow into an Empire. And since he was the first to submit, he would surely benefit severalfold than whatever he would ever gain from the Kingdom and the citizens.


    "Your servant is in your service, your majesty!" Martin spoke withplete reverence and knelt on the floor; his right leg touched the hardwood, while his right hand touched his chest, right where his heart was.


    Time flew by.


    The six-hour stay for the first group of customers in Panagea was over, so the system forced them out one by one, depending on their sequence of entry.


    When all of the customers had exited, Aakesh ordered the next group to enter.


    Since it was only the first day of the addition of the portals, and not many people knew about it, there were only sixty-seven customers waiting to enter Panagea.


    That group included Brinda, Martin, and the royal family.


    Another round of silence fell on the store after the group of customers left for Panagea, so Aakesh returned to his rxation session.

 Chapter 379 - Pain

    Chapter 379 ¨C Pain


    Chapter 379: Pain


    "How many people have you sent until now?" A voice in the dark echoed.


    "More than five hundred, and everyone has faced the same result," A person replied with a hint of myriad expressions in his tone.


    "Send more," Amand came from the dark right away. It gave no choice of refusal at all.


    "But-"


    "ARGH!"


    The person wanted to argue, but before he could even speak, a pain stronger than anything he had ever faced spread across his body, which resulted in a heart-rending scream, that would even make Immortals shudder in fear.


    The being in question was the leader of the organization Nielle, which had been sending intruders for the past several days. It didn''t matter how many members he sent every time the same situation happened; they lost their lives right away.


    "Don''t dare to test my patience," A reply, with a hint of coldness, came from the dark right away.


    The person almost knelt in fear, hearing the chilly tone.


    "Forgive me, master. I won''t dare anymore. I would send hundred more experts right away," The person responded with a slight tremble in his voice.


    No response came from the dark. The person waited for a few more seconds, but he only got silence from the other side.


    The person then bowed and left. His face turned ugly the moment he left the area. He still didn''t dare to curse the being in the dark, even in his mind, but his face clearly conveyed his expressions if someone were to watch it.


    Only due to the being''s order, he and his organization had taken enormous losses, and also at the same time, Nielle had made a terrible enemy in that store.


    While his men died, he and his members were unaware of the reason for their demise. If not for hisplete control over every member of the organization, he would''ve even faced betrayals from his subordinates for sending them to their certain death.


    The person then began creating a strange pattern using energy in the air.


    When the creation wasplete, it had taken the shape of a conch. "Send hundred pseudo divine Immortals from nine hundred to thousand to ''The First Store'' on the Anga continent," He then whispered into the smaller side of the conch.


    The leader couldn''t help but feel a pang in his heart as this time they were the top thousand experts of his organization. He had spent a lot on raising them to such levels.


    The pain was more ufortable because it was certain death. He didn''t even feel a tiny hope that they would survive.


    The next moment, the message was sent, and soon, hundred pseudo divine Immortals left the organization for the store.


    The distance between the store and the universe in which Nielle was located was thousands of trillions of light-years away, so it took around thirty teleports for the members to reach the Visteerna and then another teleport to reach the store.


    ***


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he suddenly woke up. He had just gotten an alert from the system about another intrusion into his store, and this time, there were a hundred experts, with even the weakest having the strength of a hundred million Primal units.


    "Hey, system. Search all of their memories, and then kill them," Aakesh expressionlessly told the system in his mind and then returned back to his rxing.


    Aakesh had already gotten ustomed to the intrusions. Since he had already decided what to do with the organization and its members, it doesn''t matter to him whether the members of the organization stopped or not.


    He was only waiting to conquer the fort. Only then would he begin his war against Nielle. He would also discover why did they provoke him?


    As for the intrusion, there was nothing to worry about. It doesn''t matter who or what level the intruder was; they wouldn''t survive the system.


    A few secondster, the system informed Aakesh about what it had learned from the memories of the intruders.


    Aakesh only got disappointment in response. The system discovered a few fresh pieces of information from the memories of these new intruders, but it was still basic knowledge. He didn''t learn anything that could help him in the battle or make his quest easier.


    He still only knew two things about the organization: the name, and the location of its few branches. He still didn''t know where the headquarter of Nielle was located.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about the intrusion and the organization as he noticed several new customers with one familiar customer in the group entering the store.


    ***


    After buying more than eight thousand weapons, Odred found himself wanting to buy even more.


    Since he had already bought a weapon, he couldn''t buy any weapon for the next month. He wanted to buy more weapons, so he went to his friends and talked about the store and the weapons.


    Being a cksmith gave him an edge since he could use his talent as leeway to make people do his biddings. He simrly used a promise of helping his friends to help him buy weapons from the store.


    ***


    Odred followed his friends to the store, despite being busy. He couldn''t just stop himself froming here as he wanted to select the weapons he wanted.


    A smile spread across Aakesh''s face, seeing Odred in the group. Now that Odred was here with more than a thousand members, his quest would bepleted today.


    Odred greeted Aakesh and then went to the weapons room, with the members following him.


    Not everyone followed Odred into the weapons room. One person remained behind, and he instead approached Aakesh.


    The being wasn''t a human or Dwarf but belonged to the Sun Vampire, a top race of the Primal dimension. He had a humanoid body, but there were still some differences. The being had golden skin, golden hair, and two pupilless eyes; there was only golden sclera.


    His name was Anthony, and unlike most of Aakesh''s customers hadn''t disguised himself by turning into a human. His real appearance was for everyone to see.


    Anthony was the friend Odred had asked for help from. Feeling the excitement Odred had for the store, he also decided to follow his friend.


    After Odred and the other members left for the weapons room, Anthony approached Aakesh.

 Chapter 380 - A Strange Personality!

    Chapter 380 ¨C A Strange Personality!


    Chapter 380: A Strange Personality!


    "What other products than weapons do you sell in your store?" Anthony smilingly asked Aakesh. His tone contained no respect, but instead, it felt like Anthony was talking to his subordinates.


    Aakesh didn''t mind the tone of Anthony, as he had read about the Sun Vampires. He knew about their arrogance and hot-headedness.


    "The store sells¡­," Aakesh expressionlessly began introducing the store products.


    Changing expressions on Anthony''s face could be seen from naked eyes since he wasn''t able to mask his surprise and shock.


    "Are you sure about the abilities of Panagea?" Anthony asked, cutting off Aakesh''s introduction in between as it was hard for him to believe the benefits provided by Panagea to be true.


    Even in illusion training, the person had a limit of deaths as every revival took a great amount of mental energy, while in Panagea, there was no limit. It even allowed him to take out the strength or items he had gained in that virtual world to take out in reality.


    "Yes," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. "Don''t cut me off, again," He further warned Anthony.


    Anthony was taken aback by the warning of Aakesh. He couldn''t help but get angry. The thought of killing Aakesh appeared in his heart for talking to him like this for a moment, but it soon disappeared as a sense of horror engulfed his heart.


    It was all psychological, but still, Anthony removed that thought from his heart right away. His entire body had gotten wet at that time, while the drops of sweat looked like shining pearls on his body due to the golden skin.


    It was his intuition, warning him of the consequences, so he went with his gut feeling and didn''t speak anything in response. Even though Anthony was a hothead like the other members of his race, he wasn''t stupid, so he didn''t let ite in his way and did something that he maye to regret.


    Aakesh then began introducing the product he hadn''t been able to due to Anthony cutting his sentence off, while Anthony silently heard what Aakesh said, remembering the sense of horror.


    "¡­, these are the only products the store sells for now," Aakesh concluded his introduction of the store products.


    "Why would you charge such an outrageous amount for training for just an hour?" Anthony asked the first question that came to his mind after the store owner stopped speaking.


    Anthony not only belonged to one of the top races of the Primal dimension, but he was also the descendant of the leader of the first family in the race. Since he was from such a family, they had arge number of mines in their control and had nock of Primal stones. But still, a trillion supreme Primal stones felt an outrageous amount for just an hour of training.


    In that amount, a couple of Immortal levels growth weapons could be bought with still having quite an amount to spare.


    "The store only charges the worth of the product," Aakesh right away responded and told the same thing the system had told him when he had asked about the price.


    "I could easily pay that amount, but what''s the guarantee that it won''t go to waste," Anthony asked, his proud tone back.


    "The store has apensation policy of a hundred times the price of the product," Aakesh expressionlessly replied.


    "What if the customer doesn''t want money aspensation?" Anthony asked another question straight away.


    "Then, it''s their issue. The store''s policy ends at that," Aakesh answered. "Do you want to buy any product? If not, then leave," Aakesh further added, as he had no interest in continuing these conversations.


    A smile spread across Anthony''s face, hearing what Aakesh said. "I like your straightforwardness," Anthonyughinglymented.


    His tone with Aakesh changed even faster than a chameleon changing its color. For a moment, he felt fear, then proud, and now, he felt Aakesh as his equal.


    It was true that Sun Vampires were arrogant, but at the same time, they unexpectedly liked the person on the other side, even if they were arrogant.


    "Give me a supreme card," Anthony then told Aakesh and took out a single supreme Primal stone from his pocket space.


    The supreme card was also one of the reasons behind him following Odred here. Odred had shown him the card, but as Odred was, he didn''t even let Anthony touch it.


    Since the card machine was next to his chair, Aakesh didn''t even have to stand up. He took the supreme Primal stone from Anthony, threw it into the ck hole, and then pressed the supreme switch.


    Soon a familiar silver card appeared in his hands.


    "Here, take it. Spill a single drop of your blood in the tiny hole," Aakesh expressionlessly said and handed the card to Anthony.


    Anthony calmly took the card from Aakesh''s hand. He didn''t spill his blood right away, but instead, he attempted to find the mystery around it.


    Unfortunately for him, except for feeling the specialness of the patterns, he didn''t find anything worth knowing from the card.


    Since he failed to open the mystery around the card, he took out a drop of blood from his pocket space.


    The moment the blood appeared, the space around it began fluctuating as it wasn''t in a sealed state and was releasing energy, but right away, the system acted, and then the blood returned to its sleep.


    Anthony only felt shocked for a moment, seeing the situation, but when he remembered the horror his heart had felt just for thinking of harming the store owner, he thought it to be nothing.


    Like the skin, hair, and sclera, Anthony''s blood was also golden.


    Anthony then put the drop of blood on the tiny see-through hole in the card.


    The next moment, a golden card appeared in his hands, and Anthony felt with it the same way as he felt with his hands.


    Anthony then right away transferred all Primal stones he had in his pocket space to the infinite space inside the supreme card.


    "Since you''re confident about your store products, give me an hour of training in the Gods & Demons level training area for an Immortal-grade weapon," Anthony thenmented.


    Aakesh didn''t respond right away.. After the system told him about the sessful payment, he told Anthony to go ahead and also the process of entering the training area.

 Chapter 381 - Heartbreaking!

    Chapter 381 ¨C Heartbreaking!


    Chapter 381: Heartbreaking!


    After the payment, Anthony also left for the weapons room.


    The first sight that weed Anthony into the room were the pirs. Except for the columns having an affinity with the space element, he didn''t find anything special about them.


    He also found Odred excitedly studying the weapons while his followers followed Odred.


    His eyes then fell on the murals painted all across the walls around the room.


    Anthony was a spear user, so he looked across for the murals that showed spear-battles.


    A few secondster, he finally found it. In the mural, a strange and unrecognizable creature with eight hands was fighting a battle with an army of simr beings like it.


    The creature had eight spears, varying in thickness, sharpness, height, etc. Simrly, the beings in the army were also spear users.


    The more he looked, the more Anthony found himself getting attracted to the mural.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, and just like that, thirty-eight seconds had passed.


    "Damn, what am I missing?" Anthony cursed out loud. He could see that the murals were extraordinary and could help him in his knowledge of the spear; he could even see himself reaching that point, but unfortunately for him, he couldn''t seem to pass the barrier that obstructed him from going forward.


    Anthony didn''t attempt it again, but instead, he focused on the next mural. Since the neighboring murals weren''t for spear users, he had to begin his search again.


    Not long after, Anthony finally came across a mural showing the spear battle.


    "Damn it, not again," A few secondster, Anthony had the same reaction as thest time. Again the barrier obstructed him from going forward.


    Anthony didn''t give up and began searching for another mural.


    Time flew by.


    Around thirty minutes had passed since Anthony had entered the room. In the past thirty minutes, he had been continuously searching for a mural that wouldn''t present him a barrier. Unfortunately for him, he faced a simr result; every time, an invisible mental barrier obstructed him from going forward.


    Even Odred had to once stop doing his favorite thing and approach Anthony, hearing him cursing in disappointment every several seconds.


    Anthony''s determination to break through the barrier only grew with each failure. Currently, he didn''t care about the training area or Panagea; the only thing he considered was to win.


    Time flew by.


    A smile spread across Anthony''s face, looking at the mural in front of him.


    In the mural, there was the rumored Titan he had heard about, with a spear in their hand, while their opponent was a humanoid being, but Anthony didn''t recognize what race it was.


    The Titan fought the unknown being and defeated them with a thrust that seemed as if even a God wouldn''t dare to take it head-on.


    Anthony was unable to understand what he had earned from the mural, but he was confident that his gain was enormous. The pieces of new knowledge were iprehensive for someone like him, who was not only one of the top experts of the Primal dimension but also belonged to a top-level family and was also a higherup of one of the top five organizations.


    Anthony was greedy, so he wasn''t satisfied with only gaining once. He then began searching for another mural that would help him.


    "Eh!" A few secondster, Anthony eximed in surprise as he felt nothing from the next spear mural he came across.


    Anthony had two reasons for it; he could only gain once from the mural, and the second, that the mural was very high-level for him to even see its specialty.


    Anthony decided to believe thetter reason without watching another mural. He then began searching for another one.


    A few secondster, Anthony couldn''t help but shake his head in disappointment. He could only gain once from the murals, and it felt heartbreaking.


    At that moment, he felt like he could see his father kneeling in front of his fellow race members, but it was not for him, but his brother.


    He felt such because the father kneeling in front of the son in front of the entire race was equivalent to the highest respect any Sun Vampire could achieve in their n. It also meant that the son had gainedplete freedom over his life, and the father would always ept without even thinking what the son believed to be correct.


    "Sigh!"


    A few secondster, Anthony sighed and then took a deep breath as there was no point in him standing in front of the mural and not gaining anything.


    He then stopped thinking about it, and his usual proud look appeared on his face.


    Anthony had also bought the training hour, so he searched for the pir denoting spear, and when he found it, he did what Aakesh had told him for entering the training area.


    The next moment, a transparent golden barrier engulfed his physical body while his consciousness entered the infinite space inside the training area.


    After entering, his mind turnedpletely calm, forgetting the disappointment of not being able to gain further from the murals.


    The next moment, the options to select his opponent''s races appeared in his head.


    He didn''t even have to think for a second for this as he straight away found the Titan race since the knowledge he had gained was from a Titan. Even though it was iprehensible for the current him, he didn''t want it to stay.


    The knowledge was beyondprehension, but the thrust wasn''t. He would attempt it as many times as it took him to make it understandable.


    After he had selected the race, the option of choosing the training environment appeared in his head.


    The environment didn''t matter for Anthony, so he selected the random option.


    The next moment, Anthony appeared in a fieldden with ice, while a Titan with the same appearance as him appeared in front of him.


    The Titans also had a humanoid body shape, but their skin color was always dull white. If they had silver hair, they would have golden sclera with silver pupils, and if the golden hair, the sclera would be silver, while the pupils were silver.


    ***


    "You need to pay 75 inferior Primal stones," Aakesh expressionlessly told thedy in front of him while handing over the three inferior body healing pills, her order.

 Chapter 382 - Dragging Out!

    Chapter 382 ¨C Dragging Out!


    Chapter 382: Dragging Out!


    Time flew by.


    Anthony''s training hour was over, so the system forced him out of the training area.


    The next moment, the calming effect on him disappeared while the system transferred him into an isted space.


    After his energy had calmed down due to the sudden return of enhanced consciousness, the system brought him back to the store.


    "Excellent!" Anthonymented in joy, seeing the new him.


    He hadn''t gained any increase in energy due to the training area, but he had achieved a tiny portion of what he wanted to attain.


    During the thousand hours of training inside the Gods & Demons level training area, Anthony had died so many times that even someone like him had lost count, but he still used the same move again and again.


    Losses and deaths had only increased with each passing moment while he continued thrusting his spear the same way as the mural.


    Finally, afterpleting the five hundredth hour of training, the spear jab worked. Anthony still died in the end and failed to damage the Titan, but he still had defended using the thrust.


    The thrust consisted of the perfect bnce of offense and defense. If Anthony achieved mastery in the thrust he had seen on the mural, he would have an overpowered attack in his arsenal, as well as intense protection.


    As hours passed, Anthony''s affinity with the defending side of the thrust grew closer. When the thousand hours of his training were about to arrive, Anthony could defend consecutive strikes for several seconds.


    Anthony would lie if he said that he wasn''t disappointed with hisck of growth in the offensive part of the thrust, but he still was somewhat satisfied defending against the attacks of the Titan.


    He believed even the leader of his organization would be unable to survive the jabs of the Titan. The number of people he thought could defeat the Titan was less than the number of fingers he had on one of his hands.


    One such figure he thought of was Trihan, one of the customers of the store. If he were to know that Trihan was also a customer here, the store would almost be a pilgrim for him; such was his admiration for Trihan. Even the leader of his organization was unable to win against Trihan and was only slightly stronger than him, despite being millions of years older than him.


    ***


    "Are you still not done?" Anthony asked Odred, excitedly studying the ck-colored mace in his hands.


    "Oh, you stopped cursing in disappointment," Odred turned around and asked Anthony with a surprised expression.


    In order not to be disturbed again, Odred stopped caring what was going on around him once he spoke with Anthony. He wasn''t even aware of time passing by and didn''t realize it had been more than an hour since then.


    Anthony already knew about this characteristic of his friend, so he ignored the look of surprise on Odred''s face. "Stop studying weapons. Let me take you to a new world," Anthonyughingly said, grabbed the hands of Odred, and began dragging him out of the weapons room.


    "You-"


    "You all select weapons for him ording to your numbers. Whoever selected the weapons he liked, I would reward you," Odred got taken aback by the sudden turn of events. He wanted to reprimand Anthony for doing this, but he had only spoken a word when Anthony cut his sentence off andmanded the followers he had given to Odred to select the weapon.


    "Stop thinking about weapons all the time. Do what I tell you to do for once," Anthony then smilingly looked at Odred, who had a shocked expression, and told him.


    Odred could only disappointedly sigh since he knew the character of his friend. He was arrogant all the time, but he was also very stubborn, despite living for so long.


    The duo, Anthony dragging Odred out, then left the weapons room. Anthony then let go of Odred''s hand and walked to the store owner while Odred silently followed him.


    "Store owner, give us an hour of Panagea," Anthony requested Aakesh. This time, his tone contained respect, especially after seeing the benefits of only free to watch murals.


    "The next time, you can buy that directly from the card you have," Aakesh expressionlessly told Anthony.


    The next moment, a familiar alert of asking for payment appeared in Anthony''s head. Anthony epted it, and the next moment, a simr alert appeared in Aakesh''s head, but it was about the sessful payment.


    Aakesh then told the duo to go ahead while pointing at the portal room.


    "What''s this Panagea you talked about with the store owner?" Odred confusedly asked his friend. Like his student, he hade here after learning about the weapons, and he hadn''t asked the store owner what other products the store sold, so he was unaware.


    "That''s why I tell you to learn to think something else other than weapons for a moment," Anthony jokingly mocked his friend. He then began sharing what he had learned from Aakesh about Panagea.


    Even Odred, who didn''t think of anything other than weapons and smithing all the time, couldn''t help but forget about it and insteadpletely focus on Panagea.


    The duo reached the portal room while conversing about Panagea. Their eyes then fell upon the board right next to the entry gate of the room.


    "Samsara Samraat!" They both read the name of the product at the same time.


    They then looked into the eyes of each other and could see the confusion. They were unaware of whatnguage it was and what it meant.


    "Let''s ask about itter," Anthonymented and entered the room. Odred also thought the same, so he also entered after him.


    The next moment, more than a thousand virtual portals weed them. They couldn''t help but nod in appreciation since the portals looked simr to the travel portals used in the outside world, but here, they were smaller in size and simrly gave a sense of pressure way stronger than the travel portals.


    Since there were only around a hundred customers in Panagea, there were still more than a thousand empty virtual portals left.


    Both of them randomly found a portal and casually touched them with just the tip of their fingers.. The next moment, a suction force stronger than they could handle appeared and sucked them in.

 Chapter 383 - Bet

    Chapter 383 ¨C Bet


    Chapter 383: Bet


    After the duo left for Panagea, Anthony''s followers began seriously studying the weapon as they would get rewarded if Odred liked what they selected.


    And for someone like Anthony, who was a higher-up of a top-level organization, even an ordinary thing for him would be a great reward for the followers.


    So, apetition began between the group, and none of them took it easily.


    Time flew by, and an hour had passed.


    Anthony and Odred had chosen different towns to be adventurers. Both of them had good luck, so they got a low-level town, simr to Wolfden.


    The low-level town always had easy first quests for someone who knew physical fighting techniques since the citizens always strived for survival.


    Anthony and Odred got almost the same quests to defend the town while there was a war going on.


    It was time-consuming, but it was easy. When the first hour inside Panagea was about to over, the system alerted them about it, and since they still had five hours left, the system also informed them about it.


    Anthony didn''t have to think about it, and he straight away booked the next five hours.


    Odred, on the other hand, thought for a few seconds since he was missing selecting the weapons and wasn''t sure about what kind of weapons Anthony''s followers would buy as he didn''t know them. But the curiosity of a new world got the better of him, and he also decided to stay, but unlike Anthony, he only booked the next two hours.


    ***


    Trihan had been itching to fight his most hated person since the day he defeated a Hygar in the training area.


    Unfortunately for Trihan, the Hygar was busy, so he didn''t ept Trihan''s challenge. But finally today, only a few minutes had passed after Trihan left the store, he got the message from the Hygar.


    The Hygar was finally free and epted Trihan''s challenge.


    A smile that couldn''t go spread across Trihan''s face when he read the message and the location for the battle.


    The next moment, the space around him began cracking, and soon it took the shape of a portal.


    From outside, there was nothing but darkness inside the portal.


    "Here Ie," Trihan muttered and then took a step inside the portal.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Primal dimension,


    As far as eyes could see, they would only find barren and crackednd.


    The next moment, out of nowhere, a portal appeared floating in the air. Soon a silhouette of a giant being stepped out of it and hovered in the air.


    It was none other than Trihan, who had directly jumped hundreds of trillions of lightyears of distance in a single trip, courtesy of his affinity with Void, and the skill his father had given him.


    A bitter memory shed through Trihan''s eyes when he looked across the he was on.


    The was never barren, but instead, it was a life-thriving world. Unfortunately for it, here the battle between Trihan and the Hygar had happened. It not only became his only losing battle, but it also resulted in annihting the ecosystem of the world.


    For someone like Trihan, restoring it back to what it was wasn''t a big deal, but Trihan had vowed to defeat the Hygar here, so the remained barren.


    "Crack!"


    "Crack!"


    "Crack!"


    Trihan was reminiscing his bitter memory when the sound of cracking began continuously ringing.


    Trihan turned to his left and noticed the Hygar flying here.


    With every wing movement, the Hygar covered a distance of several lightyears, while simrly, the space around the wings cracked open.


    After the Hygar left the area, the space began restoring itself, and even then, it would take years for it to happen.


    ***


    The smile on Trihan''s face disappeared when he saw the Hygar flying and would reach here in the next few seconds.


    He couldn''t help but frown, seeing the appearance of the Hygar.


    The Hygars had six snake-heads, with the wing somewhat like a Garuda, while the Hygar flying toward Trihan was totally different from the actual description of the Hygar.


    He didn''t have any snake-head, but instead, he had a single head, and that too was of an eagle. The wings had also grown considerablyrger than any of the Hygar''s wings Trihan had ever seen.


    If not for the snake body, or the familiar energy, Trihan would''ve thought the being to be someone else.


    "Oh, you still haven''t removed the tattoo," A familiarughing voice broke Trihan out of his thoughts.


    "Hmph, I will have to make a new one after today," Trihan scoffed, pointing at the different appearance of the Hygar.


    "Oh, it''s just that I seeded in awakening the blood of the honorable ancestor father(Garuda)," The Hygar nonchntly replied.


    Trihan''s lips twitched in response to the nonchnt expression on Hygar''s face, despite being the first person in the Hygar race to achieve something like this.


    "So, what kind of battle do you want?" Hygar asked. The smile was nowhere to be seen, but instead, a majesty had taken its ce, and there was also a hint of looking down on Trihan when he asked the question.


    Trihan couldn''t help but re up, hearing the tone. Even though he had lived for so many years and had developed his mental strength, he still couldn''t handle a single taunt of the Hygar.


    "Don''t look down on me, Xotak. I would defeat you this time," Trihan angrily responded.


    "Oh, I thought, we had a deal," The Hygar known as Xotak responded, while the smile reappeared.


    When thest time they fought, they had a bet that the loser would call the winner, senior.


    "Hmph, let''s make a new bet. If you win, I would call you big brother, and if I win, you would call me senior," Trihan ignored the previous bet and made a new one. He almost puked when he talked about the situation of Xotak winning.


    "Oh, you seem very confident today," Xotak smilingly responded.


    "Hmph!" Trihan scoffed. "Do you ept it or not?" He then asked.


    "Why not! I would love to have a younger brother," Xotak replied. "But let''s make the stakes bigger," He further added.


    "What do you want?" Trihan said.


    "The loser would be the lifelong student of the winner," Xotak smilingly said.


    "Eh!" Trihan eximed in surprise as it was totally out of his expectations.

 Chapter 384 - Result?

    Chapter 384 ¨C Result?


    Chapter 384: Result?


    Trihan got taken aback by the sudden bet of Xotak.


    Having a lifelong teacher wasn''t something to be joked about. It meant that once you chose such a teacher, you would never be a student of another one.


    "Are you serious about it?" Trihan asked.


    Trihan had no teacher, so he wouldn''t lose much if he epted the bet. But the same couldn''t be said for Xotak.


    Xotak wasn''t an ordinary member of the Hygar race. He was not only the most talented of the race, but he was also the son of the current leader, and he also had a teacher, who was his grandmother.


    "Yeah, why not? If we''re betting, we should go big," Xotak, smiling casually, responded.


    Trihan''s lips twitched in irritation, seeing the nonchnce on Xotak''s face. He could understand the reason behind Xotak making such a bet. He was confident of defeating Trihan.


    "Fine, let''s do it," Trihan responded the next moment. "The winner would be the teacher of the loser," Trihan further added.


    "What kind of battle do you want?" Xotak asked.


    Since both belonged to the top races and had an extraordinary background, killing or causing a life-threatening injury wasn''t possible for both sides.


    "Our clones would fight to the death," Trihan responded straight away as he had already prepared for how the battle was going to be.


    "Clones?" Xotak confusedly asked.


    Several skills allowed a cultivator to have their clones, but even the best skill only allowed the clone to have around 50 percent of the strength of the user.


    "Yes, both our clones would use three attacks each. Whoever seeded in killing the clone more times would be the winner," Trihan responded and shared the battle format he had decided on.


    "Interesting," Xotakmented, hearing the battle format. "Let me also add something, the attacker would only have one-fourth the strength of the owner, while the defendant would have one-third of the strength," Xotak added and added a situation to make the battle more interesting.


    "I''m alright with it," Trihan responded. The Hygars and Daityas were almost equal when it came to their physical defense, so the situation wouldn''t turn very horrible for Trihan unless the power difference was wider than he thought.


    "Okay, let''s begin it," Trihan and Xotak simultaneouslymented and announced the start of their battle.


    "Give me a hand," Trihan requested Xotak.


    Xotak already knew what Trihan wanted. He created a tiny sh and aimed at Trihan''s fingers.


    The sh cut through Trihan''s fingers with ease. Blood began leaking out. When six drops of blood had spilled, the injury automatically healed.


    Simrly, Trihan did the same for Xotak.


    The clone techniques required their blood, and since their energy couldn''t create an unhealing effect on their body, the wound would automatically heal right away. Both Trihan and Xotak helped each other take out their respective six drops of blood.


    Both of them then began creating their respective patterns using the drop of blood, and soon a clone with the one-third strength appeared on both sides.


    Xotak and Trihan didn''t stop and went on to the next drop of blood.


    A few secondster, three clones with one-fourth of the strength and three clones with one-third of the strength appeared on both sides.


    The clones on both sides were equal in size and were visible copies of their respective owners. Their eyes were cold as if they had no idea about any kind of emotions.


    "I would take the first turn to attack since it was my challenge," Trihan told Xotak.


    Xotak had no problem with it, so he epted it straight away.


    Trihan then took out one of the good-quality spears he had and handed it to his clone, who would take the initiative to attack.


    Xotak was a Hygar, and they rarely used weapons. Xotak was also such, so he didn''t take anything out from his pocket space.


    Both the clones stepped in front and took their respective positions. Trihan and Xotak created a transparent energy barrier around the remaining clones so that the intensity of the attack didn''t reach them.


    They also reinforced the space around the as they didn''t want to see the fractures in space bing an issue in the battle.


    "Attack," Trihan ordered his clone, with a semnce of a smile on his face, while his voice contained majesty.


    Xotak didn''t have to order anything to his clone, as it reflexively took the position to defend.


    "Cry!"


    The clone of the Xotak led out a cry, opened its wing, and thenpletely covered itself.


    The clone of Trihan, on the other hand, moved at a quick speed toward Xotak''s clone, with the spear aiming toward the center of the Xotak.


    "ng!"


    The next moment, a loud sound of metallic sh rang in the area as the spear shed with the feathers of the wing.


    The spear didn''t stop but continued moving through the feathers while the sound of sh continuously rang in the area.


    Both of the clones felt no emotions or had no sense of pain, so Xotak didn''t even let out a groan while the spear passed through it.


    "Crack!"


    The spear couldn''t handle the defenses of the feathers and the strength of Trihan, so it began cracking.


    "Boom!"


    The pressure on the spear reached such an extent that it finally gave up and exploded into smithereens.


    The shards of the spear flew all around the area at an unimaginable speed.


    The transparent energy barrier around the remaining clones saved them from any harm. The shards that reached there disintegrated just by touching the barrier.


    The same couldn''t be said for the clones fighting the battle.


    Trihan''s clone was the first to take the direct assault from the broken shards.


    Not a single part in his body remained where the shards hadn''t created a see-through hole or hadn''t gotten wet with blood. Simr was the case for Xotak''s clone.


    Fortunately for them, they still had Immortal blood flowing in them, so both of them survived it despite it creating numerous severe injuries.


    Trihan and Xotak decided to end the round there, marking a failure of Trihan to kill Xotak.


    Time flew by.


    Trihan was only able to kill Xotak once, and that too due to the rewarded upgraded skill he had gotten in the training area.. Xotak''s clone seeded twice in killing Trihan, marking another defeat for Trihan while another victory for Xotak.

 Chapter 385 - Kurotan

    Chapter 385 ¨C Kurotan


    Chapter 385: Kurotan


    "I win, again," Xotakmented.


    He had won another battle with Trihan, but there wasn''t the expression of winning present on his face. Instead, a frown was there.


    Trihan only seeded once in killing his clone, but the memory of it was still engraved into his mind as if it had only happened a moment earlier.


    A few minutes earlier,


    Trihan had failed both his turns in killing the clone of Xotak, whereas Xotak had failed in his first attempt, but he seeded in the second attack. And now, if Trihan failed again, Xotak wouldn''t even have to attack again to win the battle.


    Trihan took out the spear he used from his pocket space and handed it to hisst offensive clone.


    "Use the move!" Trihan coldly ordered the clone, while Xotak''s clone had gotten ready to defend just like the previous two times.


    The clone raised the spear into the air and jumped. Using its control over the flight, it reached the height of a few hundred miles in no time.


    When the distance between the ground and the clone had reached 581 meters, it came to a halt.


    The spear the clone had raised aiming at the sky started having new movements in its hands.


    The space around the spearhead began cracking. Instead of the broken shard falling into the ground, it started melting into the tip, creating a strange phenomenon of the formation of a world.


    It was the ultimate move, Trihan''s father had taught him. It was called ''The Strike of the World''. As its name suggested, the creation of a world would take ce at the tip of the spear/sword/de/etc., depending on the weapon of the user.


    It was also the skill the training area had upgraded as his reward for winning the battle in the Gods & Demons level training area.


    Xotak wasn''t surprised, seeing the attack, as he wasn''t a stranger to the move. But it didn''t take long for the surprise to turn into a frown.


    What should have stopped at the creation of a world didn''t stop, but it continued at an rming rate. At one point, Xotak''s face turned grave. Even he could sense a danger to his life if Trihan used the strike.


    On the tip of the clone''s spear, a gxy consisting of around a thousand worlds had appeared, while the space around it had turned into emptiness, taking its ability to restore for eternity.


    The clone then looked down with no semnce of emotions at Xotak''s clone, covered in its wings.


    "Whoosh!"


    "Puchi!"


    The next moment, the clone threw its spear. It flew so quickly that it almost looked like a teleport. In less than the time required for someone to think, it reached the Xotak''s clone and pierced it.


    In the presence of the spear and its might, the feather and skin of Xotak''s clone were so fragile that it felt like the spear was piercing through butter.


    The spear then passed through the clone''s body. It then flew back to the real Trihan while the clone dissolved back into him.


    The clone of Xotak scattered like sand in the area.


    ***


    "How could you improve your father''s ultimate move to such an extent?" Xotak asked Trihan.


    He remembered that even when Trihan''s father used the move, the number of worlds didn''t surpass ten, but now he could see a mere clone of Trihan having more than a thousand worlds on the tip of the spear.


    Even though Trihan had lost another battle with Xotak, he wasn''t as angry as he had thought he would be. Instead, it could be said that Trihan was happy about the situation.


    From his own eyes, he had seen the look on Xotak''s face when he used the upgraded attack at the clone, now called ''The Strike of the Gxy''.


    "I am more talented than my father," Trihan gloated, seeing the shocked and grave look on Xotak''s face.


    "Hmph, you more talented than your father?" Xotak scoffed. "You dare talk to your teacher like this," He further added, remembering the bet.


    Xotak couldn''t control himself from bringing it forward, seeing the gloating expression on Trihan''s face. It was a reality that the attack could kill him, but it didn''t mean he was afraid of it.


    Trihan''s face suddenly froze. In the excitement of making Xotak fearful of his attack, Trihan forgot about the bet, and now that he had lost the battle, he would need to call Xotak, his teacher.


    "I would tell you about how I improved the attack to such an extent, but only on one condition," Trihan said, after staying silent for some time.


    "No, I wouldn''t take back the bet," Xotak responded straight away. How could he not know what condition Trihan wanted to put?


    Trihan''s face turned ugly, hearing a blunt refusal from Xotak.


    "Are you sure? You would never know about my source of improvement then," Trihan didn''t want to give up, so he asked once more.


    Making his most hated person, his teacher, was nothing less than torture for him.


    "Why aren''t you prostrating yet in front of your teacher?" Xotak ignored Trihan and smilingly asked him.


    "You!" Trihan didn''t even know what to say at that moment.


    Xotak didn''t say anything but only smilingly stared at him while gesturing for him to prostrate.


    "Sigh!" Trihan, after angrily ring at Xotak for a few seconds, finally gave up. He heaved a disappointed sigh and then took a deep breath, making up his mind about epting Xotak as his teacher.


    He only got angrier the more he thought, so the interval at which he took deep breaths grew shorter while the breath duration grew longer.


    "Fine!" Trihan finally calmed down after exaggerating the benefits Xotak could provide him for bing his student in his heart.


    "I, Trihan, the only son of Kurotan, ept you as my lifelong teacher. For as long as I breathe, I would only have you as my sole teacher," Trihan got down on his knee andpleted the vow required to be a student.


    A smile wider than anything spread across the garuda-like face of Xotak.


    "Good! As your teacher, I order you to tell me, how did you improve your father''s ultimate move to such extents?" Xotak smilingly asked Trihan.


    Trihan, who had just stood up afterpleting the vow, couldn''t help but stumble, hearing Xotak.

 Chapter 386 - Fear

    Chapter 386 ¨C Fear


    Chapter 386: Fear


    "So, this is the store that helped you in bing so stronger?" Xotak asked Trihan, standing a step behind him. They both were currently standing on Kakot''s street and were looking at the store.


    "Yes, teacher," Trihan answered straight away like a well-behaved student. The tattoo he was most proud of was nowhere to be seen since Xotak had be his teacher now. Having a tattoo of ripping his teacher was crazy for even someone like him, so he removed it right after taking the vow.


    Xotak only nodded and then attempted to bypass the clouds obstructing his vision from inside the store.


    The next moment, a pressure intense for even someone like him appeared on Xotak, almost forcing him to kneel. Only after he moved his eyes away from the door did the force disappear.


    Trihan couldn''t help but smile, seeing Xotak in such a situation. He had epted Xotak as his teacher, but it didn''t mean that he respected him. He would never disrespect Xotak, but he would alsough if something like this happened to him.


    Xotak had no time to care about the smile on Trihan''s face. Instead, with a grave expression, he looked at the door once more. He didn''t try to watch inside the store, so no pressure attacked him this time.


    Trihan also stopped smiling, seeing a deep and grave look on Xotak''s face. He silently waited, standing one step behind Xotak before entering the store.


    Trihan had no idea what Xotak was thinking. "Let''s go," Xotakmented, breaking the silence between them.


    Xotak then took a stride forward and entered the store. While Trihan followed him, maintaining a distance of one step between them since that was the distance a teacher and student should carry in public.


    Even though Trihan had told him about the excessive luxury of Ashamba in the store, Xotak still was taken aback by seeing the hardwood floor as far as he could see.


    "Endless space," He muttered, seeing that the space inside the store remained the same and endless, no matter how far he attempted to look.


    "You were right. Even I don''t know just what race does the store owner belongs to," Xotakmented in surprise while turning around to look at Trihan.


    "I know things more than you," Trihan responded straight away.


    Xotak didn''t refute Trihan, as Trihan was truly more knowledgeable than him.


    Xotak belonged to the strongest race of the Primal dimension, and since they hade from the third dimension, they also had more tomes of knowledge than other races. Despite being the son of the leader of the Hygar race, Xotak didn''t know much, as he never had any interest in learning history or geography. From his birth, he had only been interested in battle and things rted to it.


    Suddenly, Xotak''s bloodline started trembling, simr to what Trihan had faced when he had looked at the fur on which the store owner was seated.


    The feeling disappeared soon after, but it was still ufortable for Xotak to sense a danger to his life not only once but twice only in the span of a few minutes.


    ***


    Aakesh, who was rxing on his chair with closed eyes, had heard the sound of footsteps and the chatter about his race, but he still didn''t open his eyes. he had heard customers murmuring about his race on a regr basis.


    A few secondster, he had to open his eyes as he sensed the approaching of the customer. He opened his eyes and found the duo of one familiar and an unfamiliar figure.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but take a second nce at the unfamiliar being in the duo. The person had disguised themselves as human not to stand out in the store or street.


    It didn''t take any effort for Aakesh to see through the disguise and witness the actual appearance of the Hygar. What made Aakesh take a second nce was the Hygar''s awakening a part of his Garuda bloodline and totally standing out from other members of its race.


    Even when Aakesh had read about the Hygar race, he hadn''t found anything of such sort, so it was the first time today when Aakesh witnessed something he didn''t know.


    He also couldn''t help but appreciate the talent of the Hygar for breaking the shackle of its bloodline and do no one had ever done.


    "Hello, store owner, this is my teacher Xotak," Trihan stepped out in front after Xotak allowed him and introduced Xotak.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response and looked at the chest of Trihan, where he had previously seen the tattoo.


    Trihan''s face turned red, seeing the store owner looking at his chest.


    "I lost, so he''s my lifelong teacher from now on," Trihan blurted out.


    "Hello, store owner, I am Xotak," Xotak, seeing his flustered new student, had no choice but to step out. He reintroduced himself and extended his hands for a handshake.


    "I am Aakesh, the owner of the store," Aakesh expressionlessly introduced himself and ignored the hand.


    Xotak awkwardly took back his hands, seeing Aakesh had no intention to do a handshake.


    As for ring up, the thought never appeared in his mind. Without even attempting to scrutinize Aakesh, he could feel trying to harm Aakesh in any way would only result in his downfall.


    "Give me a supreme card," Xotak requested after taking a deep breath to erase the awkwardness.


    Trihan had already introduced the store products to him, so he didn''t need Aakesh to introduce the store products to him.


    Xotak then took out a single supreme stone from his pocket space and handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the stone, did the procedure, and a few secondster, a silver card appeared in his hands. He then handed it to Xotak.


    Xotak took the card from Aakesh''s hands, took out a drop of blood from his pocket space, put it into the tiny hole, and soon, a dark golden card appeared in his hands.


    "I want the Gods & Demons level training area for an Immortal-level weapon," Xotak then stated his primary purpose ofing here today.


    Xotak didn''t use a weapon, but the training area could still help him get stronger against weapon users. In addition to teaching him how to find weaknesses quickly, the training would also show him how to ovee them.


    After Aakesh told him to go ahead, he told Trihan to return and then left for the weapons room.

 Chapter 387 - Reward?

    Chapter 387 ¨C Reward?


    Chapter 387: Reward?


    After Xotak left for the training area, Aakesh returned to another of his rxation session since there were no new customers in his light.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed.


    Xotak, unlike his student, failed in defeating his opponent in the training area since the training was for weapon users, and the opponent depended upon the strength of the trainee.


    He wasn''t able to mend the gap between him and his sword carrying opponent, but it didn''t mean that he didn''t grow stronger after the session.


    Unlike earlier, his reaction speed had grown by several folds, which was an enormous gain for someone like him, who loved battles.


    After his training was over, the only product left for him to test in the store was Panagea. He decided to skip it for today and enter it tomorrow since there weren''tplete six hours left before the arrival of the sunset.


    Time flew by.


    Odred, who had earlier decided not to stay for the entire six hours, chose to remain there for theplete duration in the end.


    His and Anthony''s six hours in Panagea were finallyplete, so the system forced them out at the same time.


    ***


    "Did you like it?" Anthony asked his friend after getting forced out.


    The invisible force pushing him out was so strong that he couldn''t even fight back, showing his minimal strength inparison to the store once again.


    "Yes, I never thought I would ever choose anything over studying weapons, but here I am," Odred smilingly responded. "Thank your luck that I liked it," He further added, staring at Anthony.


    Anthony only smiled wryly, hearing Odred''s aggressive tone. He didn''t mind it as he had been friends with him for millenniums, so he knew Odred''s character.


    "Now that you had liked it, you owe me two favors," Anthony smilingly told Odred and patted his shoulders by bending.


    "Let''s talk about itter. I don''t know what kind of weapons your follower must have selected," Odredmented and hurriedly left the portal room.


    He straight away entered the weapons room and noticed a few of Anthony''s followers still searching for weapons while the majority had already chosen their ones.


    Seeing Odred entering the room, the followers bowed and greeted him. They then began showing the weapons they had selected.


    The followers worked very hard as Odred liked the majority of the selected lot. Anthony, who was only watching the situation going on, couldn''t help butugh andpliment his followers.


    Time flew by.


    Even less than an hour was left for the sunset. Except for forty-seven customers in Panagea and Odred, Anthony, and his followers, only Aakesh and Lily remained in the store.


    Even though Odred liked most of the weapons selected by Anthony''s followers, he still didn''t buy them right away. Instead, he started searching for weapons himself since there was still time left for the closing time.


    More time flew by, and fifty minutes had passed.


    The sun had set, and with it, the light hid, and darkness stepped out. While it brought close to a day into many people''s lives, it also started a day in many people''s lives.


    Except for Odred and the other members of his group, no other customer was left inside the store.


    Since it was now time for the store to close, Aakesh stood up from his chair. Lilyfortably sat on his head.


    Aakesh then went to the weapons room and noticed the Dwarf passionately studying the weapons while the Vampire casually looked at the situation.


    "It''s time for the store to close. If you have nothing to buy, leave the store," Aakesh expressionlessly broke Odred and others out of whatever they were doing.


    "Store owner, give us a few more minutes," Odred requested since there were still a few more weapons he wanted to check before buying.


    "No!" Aakesh bluntly refused. Without waiting for anyone''s response, Aakesh turned around and left the room.


    Hearing straight refusal from Aakesh, Odred had no choice but to stop studying or choosing more weapons.


    He then looked around and found a weapon in the hands of everyone except Anthony.


    Anthony was Odred''s good friend, but he had refused to buy a weapon from the store and close his limit for a month since no one knew what would happen in a month.


    Odred also understood it, so he didn''t ask them to do it again.


    Since everyone had weapons, even if some of them proved to be not to his quality, it would still be a good add in his arsenal, so he turned around and left the room, while Anthony and his followers followed him since they hade here after the request of Odred.


    ***


    "You need to pay Seventy-four supreme Primal stones,¡­," Aakesh expressionlessly told the price Odred needed to pay after the system informed him.


    Odred was already ready for any weapon he chose; Odred always checked the price.


    Odred was then prompted with a familiar mechanical alert in his head, asking whether he wanted to pay or not. After he epted it, Aakesh got the notification of sessful payment.


    "You can now take them," Aakesh expressionlessly told Odred.


    "Thank you, store owner," Odred thanked Aakesh. Anthony and his followers also thanked Aakesh after him.


    "Now, it''s time for your reward," Anthony suddenly announced.


    He had brought 1283 followers with him, and out of them, Odred liked the weapons selected by 979 people.


    "Store owner, give me 979 supreme cards," Anthony requested Aakesh.


    Since the card machine didn''t ept the payment from the card, it asked for physical currency. Anthony took out 979 supreme Primal stones from his card and handed them to Aakesh one by one.


    A few minutester, all the rewarded members had supreme cards in their hands.


    As for the remaining members, Anthony ordered superior cards for them since he was happy with what he had gained today in the store.


    Those who had cards directly teleported out of the store while the remaining left it on their foot.


    Aakesh then went to the door and closed it, bringing another day for the store to an end.


    ***


    A/N: From today, the book will return to its regr schedule. Sorry for the trouble. I owe you two chapters. I would make it up to you either this week or the next week after the mass release.


    Keep Voting! Thanks for reading the book!

 Chapter 388 - Addition In The Store!

    Chapter 388 ¨C Addition In The Store!


    Chapter 388: Addition in the Store!


    [Ding!]


    The moment Aakesh closed the door of the store, continuous mechanical alerts started appearing in his head.


    [Host, congrattions for sessfullypleting the quest: Sell weapons and training hours.]


    [Mission reward: One thousand, four hundred, and fifty more virtual portals! Addition of Emperor and Overlord grade into the weapons! Addition of Superior pills on the pill shelf, sessfully rewarded.]


    [Host, please check the respective section to see your reward.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but nod in appreciation, hearing the alert ofpleting another quest. The system had given him 180 days toplete it, seeing the sheer volume of sales, but only in less than 15 days, the store achieved it.


    Aakesh had no role to y in thepletion of the quest as both Veenesh and Odred were fortuitous encounters for the store. He did not need to promote the respective products, but he still felt happy with the quick rate of sess.


    The first reward the quest gave him was 1450 virtual portals, taking the tally of virtual portals in the store to twenty-six hundred.


    After this addition, the quest to achieve 15,000 hours per day for thirty consecutive days had gotten much smoother. Now Aakesh didn''t need the portals to stay taken the entire day. If all of them got taken for even six hours, the store would still achieve the objective.


    His eyes then fell on the next reward he received. This increase was going to help the store in a big way since many influential customers in the store were higher-level cultivators.


    Previously, they had nothing to do in the store except the training area, but now the situation would change. Even Immortal level experts would be interested in Overlord-grade weapons sold by the store due to their quality, surpassing ordinary Immortal-grade weapons.


    Aakesh was thinking about such when a sudden mechanical alert broke him out of his thought process.


    "Good decision!" Aakeshmented after hearing the mechanical and emotionless alert.


    The store had a limit on the sale of weapons per person, by one weapon per person per month. Even clones weren''t allowed to bypass that restriction.


    Now there were changes in that limit.


    Any weapons below or equal to Mythical grade had no limit in the sale from now on. Any customer could buy as many as they wanted.


    A King-grade weapon could only be sold once every three days to each person.


    The newly added Emperor and Overlord-grade weapon was limited to one sale a week and a month, respectively.


    Aakesh liked the system removing the limit on lower-level weapons as it would help the store get more business from small organizations across the Bisan Kingdom.


    As for limiting the weapons from King-grade, Aakesh also agreed with it. The store had unlimited weapons, so taking the limit away meant flooding the market with higher-quality weapons. It was Aakesh''s long-term goal to have his weapon flood the dimension, but now it would be creating chaos everywhere.


    His eyes then fell upon thest of the three rewards he had gotten from the quest. It was the addition of another grade of pills into the store.


    He then took a step forward and appeared in front of the pill counter. Aakesh could see an addition of another row into the counter, making it four rows of pills.


    Simr to the first three rows, there were seven pills in the fourth row. Aakesh then looked at the bottom of the pills to learn their details.


    They were:


    (I) First-grade superior body healing pill: It can allow the user to heal even a severe wound like the head hanging by the neck. It only works for cultivators below the peak Tao Pce level. It cost one hundred superior Primal stones. (Warning: It would result in an explosion if cultivators below Tao Seed took it.)


    (II) First-grade superior mental healing pill: It can heal the traumas of the person up to thete Tao Pce level. It cost five hundred superior Primal stones.


    (III) First-grade superior blood explosion pill: It allows the user to go on a berserk mode withplete sanity by burning their blood. It only works up to thete Tao Pce level. It cost five hundred superior Primal stones. (Warning: Anyone below peak Tao Seed is strictly prohibited from buying the pill.)


    (IV) First-grade superior vitality boost pill: It could help the users from the peak Tao Seed to regain their vitality to some extent. It cost one thousand superior Primal stones. (Warning: Anyone below peak Tao Seed is strictly prohibited from buying the pill.)


    (V) First-grade superior energy boost pill: It allows the user starting from peak Tao Manifestation to increase their cultivation by a grade for thirty-six hundred seconds. It cost 50,000 superior Primal stones. (Warning: It doesn''t work on the peak Tao Pce cultivator.)


    (VI) First-grade superior Tao meditation pill: It helps the user in their meditation, starting from early Tao Manifestation to peak Tao Manifestation. It cost 10,000 superior Primal stones.


    (VII) First-grade superior Pce experience pill: It allows the user to be an early Tao Pce for three seconds, depending on the Tao of the cultivator. The price depends on the level of the pce ranging from one thousand to one billion superior Primal stones. (Warning: It only works on the peak Tao Manifestation cultivator.)


    Except for one new pill, all the other six were upgraded versions of the pills from the third row. There were also warnings for almost all the pills, except two.


    The only new pill was a rarity of the lot as it was a different pill for different cultivation systems.


    The Prana cultivation system followed almost the same route as the Qi cultivation system, so it stayed the same. In terms of the Faith system, it turned into a first-rate superior Kingdom experience pill.


    All in all, the pill helped the beings experience the feeling of stepping into just a level below Immortality for three seconds.


    All the pills had costly prices, but Aakesh didn''t care much. The customers found the price always cheaper than what they got from the store, so theints after buying the products never arrived.


    He had no interest in currently checking the newly added weapons, so he didn''t go to the weapons room. For the portals, he would go when the time to enter Panagea arrived.. Now was the time for his and Lily''s training.

 Chapter 389 - Sudden Turn Of The Situation!

    Chapter 389 ¨C Sudden Turn Of The Situation!


    Chapter 389: Sudden Turn of the Situation!


    "There is still nothing good for us," Lily, who had been staying silent all this time on Aakesh''s head, chimed in after seeing no good pills in the rows.


    "What do you want?" Aakesh smilingly asked.


    He could make direct deals with the system for the things he wanted, so it didn''t matter whether the store had the products at that time or not.


    Lily fell silent in response to Aakesh''s question. She then seriously began thinking about what she wanted.


    After thinking for several seconds, she finally broke the silence and answered, "Nothing for now!"


    "Whenever you want anything, you can tell me. A father never rejects their daughter''s demands," Aakesh smilingly joked Lily as he gently brought Lily down and squeezed the already tiny face she had.


    "Hiss!" Lily only hissed in response, but she didn''t attempt to move away or stop Aakesh.


    "Let''s go for training," Aakeshmented and stopped squeezing Lily.


    Lily didn''t speak anything in response and jumped back to her favorite ce.


    [Ding!]


    Aakesh was going to teleport to the selection area, but before he could do it, a sudden mechanical alert brought him to a halt.


    "What happened?" Lily asked, seeing the sudden stopping of Aakesh.


    "An alert from the system," Aakesh replied.


    [Host, please see the quest screen for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the detail of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Sale of Products,


    Requirement: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it''s time for you to go big for the store, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,


    Days required: 10,000 Weeks,


    Mission reward: A new product! Hundred million new Virtual portals! Addition of Immortal grade weapons! Addition of Immortal and Ascendance level pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The shutdown of the store for a year!]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but feel shocked, seeing the enormous content of the quest.


    Simr to the quest he had justpleted, he had requirements to fill. But unlike the previous objective, he needed to fulfill four requirements. He first needed to sell 1,000,000,000 weapons. He needed to sell a simr number of pills and hours in Panagea to achieve the other two conditions.


    As for the fourth and thest requirement, he needed to either have 100,000,000 customers for the training area, or he needed to sell 1,000,000,000 training hours.


    Simr to thest time, there was thepressed detail next to the training hour''s requirement. Aakesh then thought of expanding it. The next moment, another blue window containing the details of the training hours appeared on top of the previous screen.


    [1,000,000,000(trivial, normal, moderate, difficult) training hours = 100,000,000 Immortal training hours = 10,000,000 Gods & Demons training hours.]


    It only exined the conversion rate between the training hours in the quest. If Aakesh could only have 10,000,000 Gods & Demons training hours, his requirement ofpleting 1,000,000,000 training hours would getpleted.


    His eyes then fell upon the time limit toplete the quest. Unlike thest mission objective, where he had gotten 180 days, the duration for the quest, simr to the requirements, grew severalfold. He now had 10,000 weeks to achieve these outrageous conditions.


    The duration of 10,000 weeks could be converted into around two hundred years, so Aakesh had a lot of time left to fulfill all four requirements.


    Even though the requirement was outrageous, the simr was the case for the duration.


    There was a limit on every product Aakesh sold, but he still felt confident of fulfilling all four requirements. Especially when he had ns to do an annual event, which would help him get an increase in traffic for the store every year.


    His eyes then fell on the reward section. For the first time, the rewards didn''t seem to be worth the grandness of the quest.


    A hundred million virtual portals or an addition of a new product looked good at first nce. But when Aakeshpared it with the outrageous requirements he had to fulfill, it felt nothing.


    He then looked at the failure''s penalty. Simr to the reward section, the punishment didn''t seem harsh as thest one.


    "Hey, system, why would you give me such outrageous requirements to fulfill while giving such measly rewards?" Aakesh asked the system to satiate his curiosity.


    [Host, the quest gets randomly generated depending upon various factors.]


    The next moment, the system mechanically and emotionlessly answered.


    It was a simr answer Aakesh had gotten from the systemst time when he asked it.


    As for the reward, the system didn''t respond anything. Instead, there were some changes on the first blue screen.


    [¡­,


    Hint: If youplete the quest in half the duration of the quest, you would be eligible for the bonus reward. The worth of the bonus would only increase with the less time you take toplete all the four requirements.]


    To satisfy Aakesh, the system added a hint of bonus reward in the quest screen.


    Seeing the change on the screen, Aakesh had no idea what to say.


    When he had noticed an alteration on the quest screen, he had expected an increase in rewards, but here Aakesh got what he had already believed to be there.


    Lily silently watched all of this happening without having any interest in giving herment.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about the quest and its rewards since he had plenty of time toplete it. Simrly, he trusted the system on the reward option.


    "Let''s go!" He then told Lily. The next moment, both of them disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection area.


    (The end of volume 1.)


    ***


    A/N: With this chapter volume 1 of the book ends. Many may think it''s random, but I always had the n to announce the end of the volume when this kind of quest would arrive.


    Thanks for reading the book!

 Chapter 390 - Severalfold Growth!

    Chapter 390 ¨C Severalfold Growth!


    Chapter 390: Severalfold Growth!


    After disappearing from the store, both Aakesh and Lily appeared in the selection area.


    Lily jumped down Aakesh''s head, selected her usual training environment, and then pushed the red switch to activate it. The next moment, a portal appeared and sucked him in.


    Aakesh had defeated even the opponent of the third round overwhelmingly, so there was no point for him to go there unless he wanted to torture the opponent.


    So for today, he decided to focus on only two training environments. He would then determine his next one after sessfully conquering the fort.


    Aakesh then went to the weapon section, took out his bow, selected the training environment, went to the other side, and pushed the switch to activate it. Soon, a portal appeared, breaking the silence permeated in the selection area, and then it sucked Aakesh in.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in a familiar hall, with concrete acting as a terrace and a bullseye in front of him.


    "Whoosh!"


    Soon the training round began. The bullseye released its first arrow with a random strength.


    Aakesh aimed his bow toward the bullseye since the arrow followed the straight path. He then took out an ordinary arrow from the quiver tied to his back, nocked it on the bowstring, and stretched the string using his right hand, only to stop when it touched his nose.


    "Whoosh!"


    "ng!"


    Aakesh then released the bowstring. The arrow flew, tearing through the air. The next moment a metallic sound rang in the hall as it shed with the bullseye arrow.


    Aakesh had sessfully estimated the strength at which the bullseye released the arrow, so it resulted in mutual destruction, denoting Aakesh passing this round.


    Yesterday Aakesh had stopped after exceeding the mark of seven hundred bullseyes. Today also, he had the same goal. He wanted to see just how far he could go after tomorrow''s growth in the war.


    Time flew by, and fifteen minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh was currently in the six hundredth round when there were six hundred and seventy-eight bullseyes.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic shes continuously rang in the hall as arrows after arrows shed with each other. Despite being of random strength after their release from the bullseye, Aakesh was able to match each of them, which would then result in mutual destruction.


    One second passed, two seconds passed,¡­, sixty seconds passed, and just like that, around five minutes had passed.


    It has been around twenty minutes since Aakesh started the training.


    He was currently fighting the seven hundredth round while there were seven hundred and thirteen bullseyes shooting arrows at him. At this point, Aakesh had lost yesterday, so if he failed once more, it would mean that Aakesh was the same as yesterday.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic shes continuously rang in the hall, and arrows from both sides shed with each other. It all resulted in mutual destruction simr to thest rounds.


    Finally, the time for thest arrow from both sides to sh arrived.


    "ng!"


    Aakesh expressionlessly looked at what result he would gain with this round.


    "Crush!"


    The next moment, both the arrows faced mutual destruction since Aakesh sessfully matched its strength.


    It wasn''t the end, as there were still thirteen more rounds left before Aakesh passed this stage.


    Time flew by.


    It has been thirty minutes since the training began. Aakesh, like usual, surpassed his previous result by an enormous gap.


    He was currently fighting in the eight-hundred and 11th rounds when eight hundred and forty-nine bullseyes were present in the hall.


    "Whoosh!"


    Aakesh failed to match the strength of one of the arrows, and his was less, so the arrow released by bullseye flew at him and pierced his throat without even giving him a chance to dodge or fight back.


    It wasn''t the end, as Aakesh still hadn''t lost. It was only his first warning.


    Time flew by.


    "Whoosh!"


    Before Aakesh could even think of dodging an arrow released by the bullseye after Aakesh had surpassed the strength, it pierced his heart, resulting in instant death and the end of the training round.


    Despite getting another chance after getting his throat pierced, Aakesh failed to surpass the eight hundred and forty-nine bullseyes.


    Since it was still more than a jump of a hundred bullseyes from yesterday, Aakesh was satisfied with his result. The difficulty of the training round grew severalfold after the number of bullseyes crossed five hundred. Simrly, it made Aakesh''s shooting rate and ability to manipte the releasing strength of the arrow grow at a visible rate.


    A silence then fell on the hall as everything restored itself back to the situation when Aakesh had entered the hall, but he wasn''t there to see it. After dying, Aakesh straight away left the training ground since he had decided to see his limit, and it was his limit for today.


    It was now time for him to enter thest training ground for the day. He didn''t know whether he would be able to conquer it today or not, but his goal was to make the ruler appear today, no matter what result he received in the end.


    Aakesh then chose the training ground and pushed the switch to activate it. The next moment, a portal appeared and sucked him in, without giving him any chance to resist.


    Soon, Aakesh appeared in the familiar battleground while the fort majestically looked down on him.


    "Ding!"


    Aakesh couldn''t even breathe before the bell rang and announced the war for the fort.


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    It was only the start, but the soldiers had already begun jumping down the ground.


    Today, the speed at which they jumped down had seen an increase. In even less than a second, 2% of the total soldiers in the fort had jumped down on the ground, while the remaining were still doing it.


    Aakesh didn''t wait for them to jump and then charge at him before attacking. He straight away aimed his bow at the charging soldiers and then began stretching the bowstring using his right hand.


    At first, an outline of an arrow appeared, but soon it materialized and turned into an actual physical arrow.


    "Whoosh!"


    Aakesh then released the bowstring, and the arrow flew, tearing through the air.

 Chapter 391 - Battle(1)

    Chapter 391 ¨C Battle(1)


    Chapter 391: Battle(1)


    The arrow, after it got released from the bowstring, flew ripping the air apart, aiming at the soldier on the front.


    "Puchi!"


    The first soldier on the front wasn''t even able to take a look at the arrow before it severed its head and marked the first death of the day for the soldiers.


    The arrow didn''t stop there as it still had arge momentum to go forward. After killing the front soldier, it went to the second one, and he also faced a simr result.


    With only a single arrow, Aakesh seeded in killing seven soldiers in the army.


    While the arrow killed the soldiers, Aakesh didn''t stop but shot arrow after arrow. It created chaos on the battlefield, while the casualties of the war touched the double-digit mark when only a second had passed, and before that second was over, it touched the triple-digit mark.


    Only painful screams remained in the area, creating an eerie environment.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    Suddenly, the sound of metallic shes began ringing in the area, engulfing the screams of the dying soldiers.


    The archers from the fort gave cover to the charging soldiers, giving them relief from dying in the onught of Aakesh''s arrows.


    Unfortunately for the soldiers, the difference between Aakesh and the archers had grown wider than anything they could aplish.


    For every arrow Aakesh shot, the archers had to release five-seven arrows at the same time.


    Even though the difference between the quantity of the archers on the fort and Aakesh was in front of everyone, the archers yet weren''t able to overpower Aakesh due to the quality of his shots.


    The battle between Aakesh and the archers on the fort continued. One or two arrows from Aakesh''s side would miss from time to time, resulting in an increase of casualties in the war on the enemy side.


    The dying soldiers attempted to fight back against the arrows, but unfortunately for them, they weren''t able to overpower or defend Aakesh''s shot. Some survived in the end, but they couldn''t save themselves from severe injuries caused by Aakesh''s arrows.


    The arrow Aakesh was continuously shooting wasn''t an ordinary energy arrow, but it was one of the special ones.


    It was called ''Rejection''. The arrow had only one property, and it was that it rejected any kind of energy, except the top ten energies. Any wound caused by this arrow would only grow graver with time, as it didn''t just reject energy, but it also used the same energy against the opponent.


    Its strengthpletely depended upon Aakesh. It was also the reason behind him taking a chance with it today.


    The soldiers who had somehow survived, but had gotten injuries across their bodies, felt ants crawling over their wounds.


    The self-healing instead of helping make the wound more severe with time.


    A soldier, who had survived the shot by giving up one of its legs, found himself dissolving, starting from the wound. In only a few seconds, the soldier entirely dissolved into the ground and then disappeared, bing another casualty of the war.


    There were several scenes like this across the battlefield, but no soldier had the mood to watch or care. Such was the intensity and momentum at which the battle moved.


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    "Thud!"


    Land, already shaking due to the chaos and mindless charge, shook with even more intensity. Giants creature, where even the smallest reached more than a mile in height, began jumping down the fort from different areas.


    The newly jumping soldiers weren''t only big in size, but they also were a level stronger than Aakesh, simr to the Yultes he had first faced.


    The soldiers belonged to the round of soldiers just before the arrival of higher-ups into the battle. Even yesterday, Aakesh hadn''t faced them as due to his arrow, the higher-ups had to intervene earlier than possible, which also resulted in him dying earlier than he had expected.


    The new group of soldiers belonged to different races, with almost an equal number of shares in the army.


    The first giant creature Aakesh saw was Aisad, one of the top races of the Primal dimension, but here, it was only one of the high-level soldiers in the army.


    Aakesh continued shooting the Rejection while soldiers increased on the ground at a visible rate.


    After a minute, more than ten million soldiers belonging to different levels were present on the battleground.


    It was around 70% of the total number of soldiers the fort had, so it was going to be difficult for Aakesh if he wanted to survive.


    The soldiers jumping from the fort finally stopped. Aakesh stopped shooting, Rejection, as he had been waiting for this moment since he noticed the higher-level soldiers jumping down the ground.


    Aakesh aimed his bow at the sky. He then stretched the bowstring, only to stop when it touched his nose.


    As he had begun stretching, the outline of an arrow had started taking shape. First, the nock appeared, then the red tail feathers, then a thick shaft, and finally an arrowhead in the shape of a curved bowl, fitting an entire arrow between the bowstring and the bow.


    It was the familiar arrow, Bowl of Annihtion.


    The charging soldiers flinched for a moment, seeing the appearance of the arrow.


    The memory of the massacre the arrow hadmitted thest time was still engraved in their memory as if it had only happened a moment earlier.


    At that time, the higher-level soldiers had already reached Aakesh.


    The first to reach Aakesh was one of the Golden-Winged Roc. It was a creature in the shape of an eagle with golden feathers.


    Aakesh only took a nce at the Roc and then released the arrow.


    The Roc also reached Aakesh, but he wasn''t present at that spot. Instead, he appeared a few miles away from the previous location.


    One of the Aisads had already expected the situation to go that way, so they were already prepared for when Aakesh would move.


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic sh rang in the area as Aakesh''s arrow shed with the Aisad, who had just appeared next to him.


    The arrow in the sky, on the other hand, had turned into a red bowl. It had also begun erging at an unspeakable rate. It already covered half the sky above the battlefield while it was still continuing to grow.

 Chapter 392 - Battle(2)

    Chapter 392 ¨C Battle(2)


    Chapter 392: Battle(2)


    Seeing the bowl in the sky turning bigger andrger without stopping, the high-level soldiers became crazy fighting Aakesh.


    They wanted to kill Aakesh before the bowl couldplete itsplete ergement. They didn''t want to fight theva released by it.


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic shes continuously rang in the area as Aakesh''s arrows shed either with the weapon of the soldiers or their bodies.


    The giant soldiers had levels higher than Aakesh, and they also hadrge numbers, but Aakesh still didn''t get overwhelmed for even a moment.


    ***


    "Is today the day?" The ruler, sitting on its throne on top of the fort,mented, seeing the scenes on the battlefield.


    More than ten million soldiers on the ground were fighting Aakesh, while around one-third of them were in a direct fight with Aakesh. The remaining were long-range fighters, so they gave their fellow soldiers cover from time to time.


    "What day, your majesty?" One of the higher-ups seated near the ruler asked.


    He was the spear user that had seeded in killing Aakesh thest time.


    The ruler ignored the question and continued watching the battle going on.


    The spearman had expected something like this, so he also focused on the battle.


    ***


    "It''s time for you to die," A cold female voice rang in Aakesh''s ears, and the next moment, a de passed through his heart.


    The killer felt satisfied with her act, but when she looked at her de, she found it was too clean for passing through someone''s heart.


    A sudden sense of horror engulfed her heart. Before she could even find the source of feeling, an arrow pierced through the back of her head. It then came out through one of her eyes.


    "AA-"


    She couldn''t evenplete her scream or turn around when another arrow pierced the back of her head.


    This time, it didn''t pass through her head, but after piercing it, it exploded, resulting in the bursting of her head.


    Aakesh didn''t even nce at her before shooting another arrow, aiming to kill another soldier.


    Since Aakesh was in a direct battle with millions of soldiers having different levels and belonging to various races, giving even a second to a single opponent could prove disastrous.


    Fortunately for him, he hadn''t gotten in the direct field with her in anger for breaking the barrier around him and giving him a wound.


    He had done this because the bowl in the sky had stopped further erging.


    As far as anyone could see in the sky, they could only see red, regardless of their level. It was the color of the bowl.


    "Die!" Aakesh muttered with an expressionless face, seeing a spearing toward him.


    As if the bowl was only waiting for Aakesh''s order, it turned over with an unimaginable speed.


    "Drip! Chhish!"


    "Drip! Chhish!"


    "Drip! Chhish!"


    The next moment,va began raining down on the ground, creating a burning sound when it fell on the soldiers and the fort.


    On the top of the fort, the higher-ups acted. They then created a transparent barrier above them so that not even a single soldier got burned to their deaths.


    The soldiers on the ground didn''t have such fortunes. With even a slight touch ofva raining down, they melted into a pool of mess, and then they got vaporized, taking away their proof of existence.


    If the drop ofva touched the ground, it would create a pit.


    In only a few seconds, countless deep pits appeared on the ground, while the soldiers continuously died inrge numbers.


    The spear that wasing at Aakesh became the first casualty of theva.


    Aakesh expressionlessly looked at the chaotic scenes around him whileva continuously poured down.


    Not a single drop ofva touched him. A few meters of thend around him was clear of the rain.


    Theva had enough heat, but it still wasn''t enough to kill the higher-level soldiers like the other ordinary soldiers.


    If it only took one drop ofva to kill a Level 6 soldier, it took around ten drops to kill a higher-level soldier.


    Their resilience gave them a chance of survival, so they wanted to breach the area around Aakesh, clear of any rain.


    Aakesh ignored them since the rain was alive, and it knew where to fall.


    Whenever a higher-level soldier attempted to breach the area, the pouring would turn strong. It helped in the intensity of the rain getting weaker, but Aakesh didn''t care.


    While he was standing in the clean area, devoid of any life orva, he didn''t just stand there.


    "¡­, Godatam Tatsam Uhapa¡­,"


    He had begun chanting for the ''Voice of the Antiquity''. Since he had gotten free time, how could he waste it?


    He knew the higher-ups would get involved in the battle after he shot it, but he didn''t care.


    He was confident in the destructive power of the ''Bowl of the Annihtion''.


    ording to his estimations, when theva rain ended, more than 95% of soldiers on the ground wouldn''t survive, three percent would have severe injuries, the remaining two percent would have shallow wounds, and they would only be the strongest of the batch.


    As for the number of soldiers surviving the rain with no injuries, Aakesh didn''t believe it would exceed a single digit.


    ***


    As expected, the higher-ups began frowning, hearing the chant of Aakesh''s arrow. They still remembered the scene of how the majority in the group had died.


    "What are you waiting for?" One of the higher-ups looked at the higher-up who was an archer.


    The archer understood what he wanted to say, so he stood up from his seat, went to the wall, and began chanting the mantra for his strongest arrow, while the remaining archers also began chanting the mantra to call out the sun.


    The screams on the ground engulfed the sound of mantrasing from the fort, so Aakesh wasn''t able to hear it. Even if he heard it, he wouldn''t have cared much as he was in a battle, not a one-sided massacre.


    It has been four seconds since he began chanting the mantra. It had even started affecting the rain in the sky since the effects of the mantra weren''t in Aakesh''s control.


    Even the red bowl in the sky had several cracks spreading all across it, facing the pressure of the mantra.


    Around 90% of the soldiers had already lost their lives by first getting melted and then vaporized into the air. Out of all the casualties in the war until now, only six higher-level soldiers died. They were the soldiers who faced the ferocious might of the rain after attempting to breach the perimeter around Aakesh.


    "¡­, Antanam Gatnam Namah!"


    At that time, Aakesh finallypleted the mantra.


    Soon, the space above Aakesh cracked open.


    Astu svIkarotu unmyati bhavataH amitraghna||"


    When the space above Aakesh''s head had cracked open the required radius, the familiar voice echoed in the area for everyone to hear, sending chills down the spine of already fighting higher-level soldiers.


    Simrly, the chanting on the fort came to a stop.


    Soon, a sun simr to thest time appeared in the sky. Only through the crack was someone able to witness it.


    While in the hands of the archer higher-up, an arrow appeared.


    It looked simr to the ordinary arrows, barring the arrowhead. Instead of arrowhead, there were three heads, with eyes and mouths wide open in terror. It was called ''Cry of the Heads''.


    The archer then nocked the arrow on the bow and released it, aiming at Aakesh.


    Simrly, after the appearance of the voice, an arrow appeared in Aakesh''s right hand.


    (A/N: For the appearance, please check chapter 373.)


    After getting the arrow, Aakesh suddenly sensed a danger to his life. A terrifying arrow with three terrified heads wasing toward him when he looked at the source of the sense.


    Aakesh didn''t wait for it to approach it.


    He nocked it on his bow, stretched the bowstring up to his nose, and released it.


    "Whoosh!"


    The next moment, Aakesh''s arrow flew toward the ''Cry of the Heads'', tearing through the air.


    While the bow in the sky had finally consumed all itsva, the pouring rate slowed down by a considerable margin.


    The effect of the mantra also yed arge role in this, as severalrge cracks had appeared on the bowl, while the sun erging itself also harmed it, resulting in an early exit for the attack.


    However, the arrow still did most of the work it was designed to do. The casualties on the grounds had crossed ten million, and more than a million severely injured soldiers.


    ***


    "Get ready to enter the battlefield anytime," The ruler ordered the higher-ups as they focused on theing sh between two chanted arrows.


    Thest time two chanted arrows shed, it had resulted in massive destruction, and today, the strength of these two chanted arrows couldn''t even bepared with thest time.


    Hearing the order, they got serious and ready to jump on the battlefield anytime.


    ***


    Aakesh, on the other hand, didn''t look for what the result of the sh was going to be. But instead, he focused on the sun appearing in the sky.


    ***


    "Boom!"


    An explosion sounded in the air as both the chanted arrows shed with each other.


    The ck hole on the tip of Aakesh''s arrow attempted to engulf the entirety of the three terrified heads. The heads began crying out loud, resulting in the destabilization of space and the ck hole, which also resulted in continuous explosions.


    The ck hole had the ability to devour and grow stronger, so it even consumed the destabilization around the space and continued getting stronger while the cries of the three terrified heads turned weaker with each passing moment.


    ***


    A/N: There would only be one chapter today since it''s Holi.


    Happy Holi!


    May this festival of color bring colors to your life! Thanks for reading and supporting the book! The Mass release is around the corner, so vote all of your GT to the book(^¡ð^).

 Chapter 393 - Result?

    Chapter 393 ¨C Result?


    Chapter 393: Result?


    The cries turned weaker while the ck hole grew in size and intensity. Anyone watching the sh could already see the result.


    While the sh was going on, the soldiers on the ground weren''t unaffected by the pressure released.


    Even the higher-level soldiers were kneeling on the ground. They felt as if there was the collective weight of the universe on their backs. While the ordinary soldiers who had survived theva rain, due to its early exit, burst into a pool of blood since their bodies were unable to handle the pressure.


    On the other hand, the sun also suffered from the destabilizing effects of the simultaneous cries of the three heads. It still was able to persist since it was the collective chanting of hundreds of thousands of archers standing on the fort.


    Since the Bowl of Annihtion had a cooldown, Aakesh wasn''t able to shoot it anymore. Ordinary arrows didn''t have enough strength to defeat the sun, so Aakesh decided to go for quantity over quality this time.


    Aakesh first shot several multiplication arrows, which in no time covered the sky. The pressure released by the sh of ''Cry of the Heads'' and ''Voice of Antiquity'' also affected it.


    If the arrow separated into two pieces, the pressure destroyed one. It was all a race between them, who would multiply or destroy faster. Tens of thousands of such arrows were fired by Aakesh for this reason.


    Only after Aakesh had found the number to sustain itself and grow; did he shoot another arrow.


    Next, he shot the five element arrows, which using theirbined might, had a destructive strength. He shot tens of them in quick sessions, only to stop when it had reached the limit of what Aakesh could shoot.


    After Aakesh had shot arge number of arrows in the sky to fight the sun, he had begun chanting the mantra for the ''Inferior Nihility of the Beast''.


    "¡­Gatrt Yatru Namah!"


    After the chant wasplete, the arrow appeared above Aakesh''s head. He then extended his hands, and it appeared on his hands. The bow, grabbed by his other hand, erged itself to amodate it.


    He then nocked the arrow on the bow, stretched the bowstring using his right hand, stopping when it had touched his nose, and released it.


    The arrow didn''t fly far in the sky, but it only stopped when it had reached around twenty meters into the air. It then erged itself into a beast head and began expanding.


    After the beast head''s appearance, it didn''t dare tough eerily like the previous times since it was in the presence of the Voice of Antiquity. The difference between the lifeform of the creator creature was something unmanageable, so it silently expanded itself while also fighting against the pressure released by the sh of the two chanted arrows in the sky.


    Soon the beast''s head resulted in the appearance of the one-horned snake. It silently flew toward the sun, minding its own business. The previous haughtiness on its face was nowhere to be seen.


    Since the arrow had a side-effect and restricted Aakesh in his movements for three seconds, Aakesh had no choice but to focus on the sh between Voice of Antiquity and Cry of the Heads.


    The ck hole looked to overpower the three heads as their cries turned weaker.


    Aakesh''s face turned solemn as the next sh would show the result of the battle. While the arrows engaged, the archer higher-up atop the fort was kneeling with his hands tightly clutching his head. His veins were popping out of his head while he cried in pain.


    It was one of the side effects of the Cry of the Heads. The archer would face pain in his consciousness as long as the arrow would stay in existence, and it would grow in intensity with passing time. The other side-effect being its destruction would also entail in death of the archer.


    The majority of the chanted arrows came with a side-effect. It was the principle of losing something to gain power.


    Voice of the Antiquity was one of the few chanted weapons, which had no side effects when shooting.


    It was also one of the reasons behind theck of chanted weapons in the Primal dimension, as only the strongest were able to handle the side effects. As for the non-side-effect chanted weapon, no creatures had them except the racesing from higher dimensions.


    The sh seemed to be going Aakesh''s way, then suddenly, one of the three heads situated on the left stopped crying. Instead, it condensed itself and melted into the center head. Simrly, the right head did the same.


    It all happened in less than a second. The situation which seemed to be going Aakesh''s way took a sudden turn. Instead of the ck hole devouring the energy and the head, it began getting fragmented.


    "AARGH!"


    The next moment, a scream that alone sent chills down everyone''s spine echoed in the area. The intensity of the pain for the archer grew severalfold suddenly due to the merging of three heads, and he failed to control himself from crying.


    One second passed, two seconds passed¡­,


    Aakesh finally felt himself getting free of any restriction. When he looked at the sky, he found that the one-horned snake was fading, while there wasn''t even a hint of the sun being present in the area.


    While the ck hole that had begun getting destabilized also started stabilizing after getting over the sudden boost of power released by the merging of the three heads.


    ***


    "Go, fight it!" The ruler ordered the higher-ups, seeing the head getting devoured bit by bit and the ck hole getting stronger.


    "Yes, your majesty!" The higher-ups epted the order straight away. They could see the victor, and they needed to act before the ck hole became too strong for them to fight. They then disappeared from their locations and appeared in the sky where the sh was going on.


    The ruler didn''t stop with only this order. He then ordered the remaining soldiers on the fort to jump down and join the fight against the enemy.


    The next moment, only the ruler remained on the fort. He then stood up from his throne.. An excited expression on his face, as he could see himself joining the battle a few secondster.

 Chapter 394 - Clash

    Chapter 394 ¨C sh


    Chapter 394: sh


    The cries and the destabilizing effect of the head also affected the higher-ups, but it was manageable for them.


    They ignored it and instead focused on the ck hole.


    A grin appeared on Aakesh''s face, seeing the appearance of the higher-ups.


    "sphuTati!" Aakesh muttered. Everyone present in the area heard it. They didn''t recognize thenguage or its meaning, but a sudden sense of horror had engulfed their hearts, including the higher-ups present in the air.


    The excited expression on the ruler''s face disappeared, and a grave expression took its ce.


    What Aakesh had spoken a moment earlier was the samenguage the voice chanted through the space cracks, and it meant explode.


    The higher-ups in the air sensed a sudden danger to their lives. They could feel that something terrible was going to happen.


    It hadn''t even been a second since they appeared here, and they had to leave as they could sense their certain death.


    The higher-ups had only thought of leaving when suddenly the ck hole began destabilizing itself at an unimaginable rate. Even the head, who had the same effect, felt something amiss and let out a loud cry.


    It was itsst cry as the next moment, the head fragmented into countless parts and then became the nourishment for the ck hole.


    The ck hole, instead of stabilizing itself, used the energy to increase the rate at which it was falling apart.


    The higher-ups found themselves frozen in the sky as an attraction force and repulsion force stronger than anything they could fight acted at the same time and made them freeze in the same ce.


    "Crack!"


    The space around the ck hole began cracking at an unimaginable rate. Not even a second had passed, while the space around the radius of a few miles had already disintegrated.


    It also affected the soldiers on the ground as a suction force sucked them into the darkness of the void, never to return. Even Aakesh wasn''t safe, so he had to escape the range from time to time. If he got sucked in, it would be a death sentence for him, and he would lose the war.


    The void here wasn''t the void of the Primal dimension, but instead, it was the void of the third dimension, where Primordials and the two of the top three races live.


    The system had adjusted the quality of the space as of the Primal dimension, so his difficulty would increase. It was the reason behind Aakesh''s arrows creating a fracture in it; otherwise, even after using his utmost strength, he wouldn''t have been able to put a dent on it.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, the system had toned the void down. It didn''t have any suction force unless touched. Otherwise, even a slight crack in the space would have resulted in the suction of the entire area.


    "BOOM!"


    While Aakesh was escaping the space, attempting to suck him into the darkness of the void, a st louder than anything Aakesh had heard rang in the area.


    Aakesh didn''t have the time to check it as the rate of space disintegration had grown severalfold.


    Only after a few seconds did Aakesh stop. When he looked behind, he saw nothing but darkness. His expression returned to cold and calm. He knew after the space restored itself, the final battle would begin.


    ***


    As Aakesh had believed, the ruler with a grave expression on his face didn''t dare to move, seeing the void covering thousands of miles of the radius, starting from where the explosion had urred.


    The cause of the explosion was theplete destabilization of the ck hole at once. It resulted in a supernova st with enough intensity to wipe out every continent of Visteerna, except Kashi, a tiny fragment of thend of the fourth dimension.


    Not a single higher-up who had reached to fight the arrow survived. All the soldiers on the ground died due to the sudden disintegration of the space around them and being unable to escape it. The archer perished due to the side-effect of his chanted arrow, and then the heat released by the explosion vaporized him.


    While the ruler was immune to it due to the system''s rule of invincibility until willingly or forcefully joining the battle, he still had to leave the fort.


    The fort, who always looked down on everyone, hadpletely fallen into ruins. If there was a number to define the percentage of destruction it had received due to the close explosion would breach the 90% barrier.


    The percentage of casualties and the destruction of the fort had already breached the requirement the ruler needed to join the battle. Only he and the challenger were alive at this point, so he only had a single enemy, who hadn''t even drawn against him, to fight.


    He didn''t enter as it would be no less than suicide, attempting to join as the space still hadn''t stabilized itself, and the system had also taken back the attribute of invincibility.


    Time flew by. It took several minutes for the space topletely restore itself.


    The destruction in its full glory presented itself into the eyes of Aakesh and the ruler.


    The ruins of the fort could be seen thrown all across the radius of several tens of miles. Despite only getting destroyed minutes earlier, the ruins looked to be in the situation for billions of years.


    After the space restored itself, the soldiers returned to the ground, but they were not alive. The majority of the soldiers didn''t even haveplete bodies, but instead, they were mashed or cut into pieces. The scene looked no less than a gory hell to both Aakesh and the ruler.


    As for the higher-ups, nothing remained of their bodies. They had vaporized right away since they were closest to the st.


    The eyes of the ruler and Aakesh then shed. Only cruelty was present in the eyes of the ruler, while Aakesh had emotionless cold eyes.


    Even though the soldiers would return alive after killing Aakesh, the ruler still considered Aakesh to be his most hated enemy after watching the gory scene.


    ***


    A/N(No extra coin): Hello, readers. What do you say about postponing the mass release to the 21st instead of the 20th?


    I yed Holi the entire afternoon, and then had no strength to write any chapter. It was from my chapter stocks.


    If you ept it, I would add one chapter irrespective of what goal we reach. If you don''t, then the mass release will be on the 20th.


    I''llpletely leave it to you.

 Chapter 395 - The Ruler

    Chapter 395 ¨C The Ruler


    Chapter 395: The Ruler


    "Thanks to you, I reached this stage so quickly," Aakesh expressionlessly said to the ruler.


    The ruler moved his eyes away, ignoring Aakesh. He instead waved his hands. The next moment, the fire spread all across the ground.


    Aakesh didn''t act as the fire wasn''t for him but the soldiers.


    The fire only spread where the bodies of soldiersy there. It was the ruler paying respect to his subordinates by personally cremating them.


    The dead soldiers, who had their bodies still remaining, turned into ashes. Then even the ashes disintegrated,pletely erasing the proof of their existence in the training environment for this round.


    The next moment, the ruler disappeared from the ce he was standing a moment earlier and appeared right in front of Aakesh, floating in the air and looking down on him with only cruelty present in his eyes.


    The ruler belonged to the race Brigvons. It was a race belonging to the demon category and exclusively originated from the Sacred dimension.


    Brigvons weren''t an ordinary race but the ruler of the Sacred dimension and were born with divinity. Like Asuras, the ruler of the third dimension, they were a natural-born race and were Immortal from the get-go, like Titans. They didn''t have the strength these two races had, or they would be one of the top ten races in the Multiverse.


    The ruler of the fort, floating just in front of Aakesh, wasn''t just an ordinary member of the race, but also the first born Brigvon, who ruled the race for trillions of years. He only left the leadership position after he got bored living in the Sacred dimension and ascended to the third dimension, and was a known character there.


    The ruler''s name was stov. He had a humanoid body structure like other Brigvons. His skin was wheatish in color, with a slight tint of red. stov had three eyes in the same line, all three being red sclera, white pupil. The nose had only a single nostril for breathing, while there was no tongue present in his mouth.


    stov, floating in the air, looked down on Aakesh. He raised his hands and brought them down in a swiping motion.


    The next moment, Aakesh felt a wind stronger than anythinging at him and attempting to knock him down, but he was ready for anything that maye his way.


    He put the bow on the ground to stabilize himself and then stretched the bowstring.


    "Rumble!"


    The next moment, a rumble sounded in the area as Aakesh released the bowstring without an arrow. The force released by the bow shed with the wind attempting to knock Aakesh down. stov didn''t just stand there and let Aakesh do whatever he wanted. stov took a step forward in the air and appeared right above Aakesh.


    stov turned his right hand into a fist, with the thumb still being open, and punched Aakesh.


    Aakesh suddenly felt a mountain weighing on him and a danger to his life. He teleported and appeared a few miles away. Before he could even breathe, the sense of weight reappeared, so he had to teleport again.


    The two ces he had left in less than a second had now turned into deep pits spanning across tens of meters. If someone were to look carefully, they would find a fist mark. The punch was pure physical power of stov, yet it still was enough to be dangerous for Aakesh.


    While teleporting, he didn''t forget to shoot, which gave random spawning points to his arrows.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, all it took was a finger to stop the arrow from harming stov.


    stov continuously followed Aakesh, and whenever Aakesh appeared, stov would punch. The scene looked weird, as deep pits spanning tens of meters continuously spread across the area.


    Aakesh couldn''t let this continue for long, despite having unlimited stamina. A single misstep and he would find himself in deep trouble, so Aakesh began to think of options to defend himself.


    "Aum Taram Tarayrye Aurye¡­,"


    He began chanting for Nihility of the Beast as it was the only option he currently had to bring this chase to a stop.


    stov also had gotten bored of this game of chase, so the thumb he had let open all this time, he closed it, bringing a sudden pressure on Aakesh.


    Aakesh had no choice but to stop running. He had already faced this attack, so he was aware of its ability to follow the opponent.


    The next moment, a projection of a fist appeared, and it smashed on Aakesh.


    Aakesh, continuing to chant, shot hundreds of arrows in that span.


    The arrows failed to stop it, but they had decreased the strength of the projection. When the punch smashed on Aakesh, it threw him tens of miles backward while several of his bones had cracked.


    stov punched again, and the same scene happened again.


    Blood leaked all over Aakesh''s body, while several of his bones, including his ribs, were broken. Even his heart had a hole due to his bone piercing it.


    Aakesh, ignoring the pain, continued to chant.


    "¡­Gatrt Yatru Namah!"


    The chanting finally came to a stop as an arrow appeared right above Aakesh''s head.


    Aakesh extended his right hand. The arrow right away fell right into it. The bow erged itself to amodate the arrow straight away.


    He nocked the arrow, stretched the bowstring up to his nose, and released it.


    The next moment, the arrow shed with the projection of the fist.


    The arrow passed right through it, but soon the projection faded, while the beast head had slight cracks all over it.


    In no time, the crack restored itself while the beast head began expanding.


    stov finally stopped focusing on Aakesh and put his attention on the beast head.


    He flew right at the top of the beast head and pressed his palm over it.


    The eerieughter suddenly came to a stop as a force weighing countless tons pressed on it, almost turning it into a t te.


    The beast head had to stop midway from expanding. It then transformed into a one-horned snake, but unlike the earlier times, the horn was minuscule and could only be seen if seen very carefully.


    stov raised his palms in the air and brought them down at an unimaginable rate, attempting to smash the snake, but before he could do that, an arrow deflected it, resulting in a missed attack.

 Chapter 396 - Result?

    Chapter 396 ¨C Result?


    Chapter 396: Result?


    Before stov''s palm could touch the snake, Aakesh shot an arrow, aiming at the elbow, sessfully deflecting the attack.


    The one-horned snake was already angry due to its early and failed transformation, but seeing iting to its death a moment earlier, made it furious.


    The snake could only sustain itself for three seconds, and one second had already passed. There were only two seconds left, while there was a wide gap between the strength of the snake and stov.


    The one-horned snake made its mind of what to do next. The snake began to swell for self-destructing while stov raised his hand again after failing the first time.


    "Boom!"


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area as the snake exploded. stov, who was very close to the explosion, was thrown backward from the force released by it.


    Fortunately for him, the explosion wasn''t very destructive due to the snake being a failed transformation. The maximum amount of injury he received was a shallow burn for being close to the st.


    "Whoosh!"


    Suddenly, an arrow came flying toward him. stov casually flicked it before it could reach his chest.


    "Boom!"


    Suddenly, the arrow exploded. It wasn''t enough to even put a scratch on stov, but he couldn''t help but frown.


    During the explosion, Aakesh shot around a hundred of the same arrows, which triggered a chain of explosions.


    stov was still unhurt, but the number of arrows had now exceeded the thousand mark.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    If stov dared to stop the arrow, it would explode. If he didn''t stop it, it would still explode. So, stov had no choice but to stop them before they could reach near his vitals.


    Tens of such explosions at the same time wouldn''t create any issue for Aakesh, but what if the number breached thousands or tens of thousands. stov couldn''t take that chance to test his durability.


    Time flew by, and ten minutes had passed since the battle between stov and Aakesh began.


    Aakesh had blue blood leaking all across his body, but fortunately for him, there was no serious injury. The majority of the bones he had broken had already gotten restored.


    stov, on the other hand, only had shallow injuries. He didn''t have a single blood-leaking wound for now.


    Currently, there was a sh going on between Aakesh''s arrows and stov''s punches.


    During these past several minutes, Aakesh had shot inferior Nihility of the Beast twice, which had done nothing except give a second of relief to Aakesh. As for the Voice of Antiquity, he had shot it once, but at that time, stov had used his full strength to destroy the arrow straight away before it could gain any momentum.


    Aakesh suddenly stopped shooting arrows and sat down on the ground in a cross-legged posture. After that, he ced one of his feet on top of the opposite thigh, with the sole facing upward and the heel close to the abdomen. He then ced the other foot on the opposite thigh.


    He then joined the tips of the little finger, ring finger, and thumb together, while the other two fingers remained rxed and stayed away from the joint. He then rested his hands on his respective knees, closed both his eyes,pletely rxed the body, and began chanting a mantra. It took less than time to think for Aakesh to do this.


    (A/N: It''s Prana mudra.)


    "Aum Namah Tatsuvae¡­,"


    stov felt stumped for a moment, seeing Aakesh. He was only fighting his arrows a moment earlier, but now he sat down in meditation and was chanting a mantra.


    stov couldn''t let this go on, as he had no idea what power the next chanted arrow would bring.


    He appeared right in front of Aakesh. The sclera in all three eyes turned ck as the light around the area also disappeared. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a sh appeared in the darkness, and in no time, it engulfed the entirety of Aakesh, sitting in meditation.


    It was one of stov''s most outstanding offensive skills. It was called sh of the Darkness. As its name suggested, it was a light created byplete darkness, and it belonged to the element of disintegration.


    The next moment, stov''s eyes returned to normal. Simrly, the darkness also disappeared.


    stov couldn''t help but frown, as he could still hear the chant of the mantra, but when he looked at the spot where Aakesh was meditating, there was nothing present there except the undamaged bow lying on the ground.


    But when he looked closely, he found a single drop of blue blood lying on the ground. It was also the source of chanting.


    stov''s expression turned grave, seeing the scene. He never expected Aakesh to survive one of his top skills.


    "¡­, Nasham Tuartam Brahmanam¡­,"


    stov decided to use his most destructive attack and end this battle for once and all. He had only thought of this when suddenly, he stumbled due to the sudden shaking of thend.


    stov''s expression turned gravely. When he attempted to fly, he found himself unable to do it.


    "¡­, Otsyam Taivet Namah|"


    "Boom!"


    Suddenly the chanting came to a stop, and the sound of an explosion rang in the area.


    The bow that had been peacefully lying on the ground floated in the air.


    "Rumble!"


    Thend shook, the sky rumbled, as stov helplessly looked at the situation. He decided to activate his strongest attack straight away, as for the first time since the start of the battle, he felt a sense of extreme danger.


    The bowstring on the bow automatically got pulled, only to stop when the bow had turned into a perfect circle.


    Soon, the outline of an arrow began taking shape, while the bow maintained the perfect circle as if invisible hands were doing it.


    The nock appeared first, followed by the tail feathers, then the shaft, and finally the arrowhead, presenting an arrow.


    Only from looking at it, everyone could feel that it wasn''t an ordinary arrow.


    The tail feathers werepletely white, as pure as anything could be, without even a hint of blemish on it, while the arrow shaft was golden, with strange patterns engraved in orange color on it from top to bottom. A silver lotus reced the arrowhead, on which an unrecognizable being was seated.


    Beings on top of the lotus were seated in the same posture that Aakesh had made during the chant. The eyes of the beings were closed.


    The being seated on the top of the lotus was none other than an avatar of a Deva. The arrow was called ''The Son of Death''.


    Even though an avatar of a Deva sat on the lotus, it didn''t mean that the arrow would be equivalent to their strike.


    Its destructive power was equivalent to the peak of the dimension the archer was located in, only limited to the first two dimensions.


    It was a reward to one of the devotees of the respective Deva, just like the Qi cultivation system given by Laozi.


    It was a single kill arrow and had the destructive power to destroy everything in the Primal dimension, except the continent of Kashi in Visteerna.


    It also had a side-effect like the majority of the chanted arrows. It was the lifespan of the user. Anyone who used it would lose one-third of their lifespan.


    As for Immortals, they would permanently lose their Immortality. Simrly, for the non-Immortals, they would never be able to be one.


    It also had a requirement for shooting, it was never to be aimed at someone weaker than the archer, or there will be a destruction of them.


    One more limitation of the weapon was that it could be fired only once in a lifetime.


    Aakesh had taken an enormous risk with this situation.


    At the start of the meditation, he had transferred all his lifeforce to a single drop of his blood that could only survive for three seconds. The chanting duration was only one-and-a-half seconds, so he still had one more second to live.


    If stov died in that second, he would win the training round since he would still be alive. If stov survived, he would need to enter the training again.


    "Boom!"


    The perfect circle got broken as the invisible hands released the bowstring.


    The arrow, tearing through the space, appeared in front of stov straight away.


    stov had already activated his strongest ability. Red blood was continuously leaking out of all his three eyes as the eyes turned dark red.


    The next moment, the arrow cracked like a mirror into several pieces.


    stov, instead of feeling joy for destroying the arrow, felt disappointment.


    The arrow that had just cracked like a mirror restored itself.


    stov had only opened his mouth to smile wryly when it suddenly got frozen.


    The arrow pierced stov''s heart. Instead of stopping there, it passed through him.


    After leaving his body, the arrow began fading, and soon, it disappeared, ending its existence.


    stov, who had gotten frozen, exploded suddenly with such intensity that his blood flew across hundreds of meters.


    Suddenly, out of nowhere, an endless blue light appeared and engulfed the entirety of the area.


    A drop of blue blood, peacefully lying on the ground, showed a sudden movement in the presence of the blue light.


    First, the blood multiplied into telets and then several drops of blood. It then gave birth to a heart, then a skeleton, and then other inner body parts, then skin, and finally, Aakesh, in perfect health, appeared.


    The next moment, a blue window appeared in front of Aakesh.


    It had two options; first, whether Aakesh wanted to increase the difficulty by a level, and the second, if he wanted to continue the same round.


    Aakesh decided against both, as the next difficulty level would take his opponents at the level of the Sacred dimension. For continuing the same round, he had no current interest in it.


    He was here for a purpose, and now that he hadpleted it, it was time for him to end what should have never happened in the first ce.

 Chapter 397 - (1) Threat

    Chapter 397 ¨C (1) Threat


    Chapter 397: Threat


    Since there was nothing else for Aakesh to do here, he took a single look at the newly standing fort and left the area.


    The next moment, the silence inside the selection area got broken as out of nowhere, a portal appeared. Soon, Aakesh stepped out of it.


    Now that he had conquered the fort, his next step was to attack the known bases of the organization Nielle and find the location of the main headquarters from there.


    Thinking for some time, Aakesh decided against acting today.


    He would act tomorrow after closing the store since he would have an extra hour tomorrow.


    After making the decision, Aakesh asked for his chair. The next moment, it appeared. Aakesh satfortably on it and then waited for Lily to exit her training area.


    During the time, Aakesh thought of strategies for when he would act tomorrow, taking the arrows he could shoot in real life into consideration.


    Time flew by.


    The arrival of a portal broke the silence around the selection area, and not long after, Lily stepped out of it.


    Seeing Aakesh waiting for her, she couldn''t help but grin.


    Aakesh also stopped thinking of strategies when he saw Lily appearing in the selection area.


    Lily asked for her chair, and then the duo began sharing their experiences with each other while Lily took the lead.


    ***


    "I could help you in the battle against the organization," Lilymented after hearing Aakesh had conquered the fort.


    A gentle smile spread across Aakesh''s face as he gently patted Lily''s tiny head and honestly responded, "Taking your help isn''t possible!"


    "Hmph," Lily scoffed in response. She also cursed the system in her mind for not letting her help Aakesh in battling the organization.


    Aakesh couldn''t help butugh, seeing the weird faces Lily made. He could guess the reason behind them, so he didn''t stop her.


    After sharing their experiences, Aakesh coaxed Lily for a while.


    "You don''t need to return tomorrow," Aakesh suddenly said.


    "I know," Lily angrily responded.


    "Fine, I would help you once in Panagea if you fell into a troubling situation," Aakesh promised Lily if she stopped bringing up the organization.


    Lily only stared at Aakesh in response. The duo then left the selection area and appeared in the store.


    The next moment, a door floating mid-air appeared, and soon, stairs connecting it to the hardwood floor appeared.


    Silently Lily, without even looking at Aakesh, climbed up the steps. Just before she was to enter the door, she turned around and looked at Aakesh.


    "If anything happens to you, I would never talk to you," She solemnly told Aakesh and entered the room.


    Aakesh only smiled in response to Lily''s threat of not talking to him. He could feel the concern Lily had for him, as the battle wasn''t virtual, where the revival was certain. He was going to war with one of the top organizations of the Primal dimension, where even dying was very much possible, let alone life-threatening injuries.


    The next moment, the door and stairs faded into the disappearance. Aakesh then took a step forward in the direction of the portal room.


    After entering the room, he found the space inside had doubled, and the number of virtual portals had doubled from the morning.


    As usual, his eyes then fell on the leaderboard. As expected, there was a new addition to it. Aakesh expressionlessly nodded, seeing the number of Level 10 in the Panagea increasing day by day.


    He was still at the top, with the only adventurer to breach the Level 50 mark, while the second-ranked adventurer was Maria, who was only Level 31.


    Aakesh stopped looking at the leaderboard, took a step forward, and touched the nearest portal with only the tip of his finger.


    The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything he could handle appeared and sucked him in.


    After entering the Panagea, it was now time for Aakesh toplete the quest. He had epted it yesterday but had failed to do so since the sun had risen in Visteerna.


    The quest was for Aakesh to rescue a kidnapped child, with the kidnappers belonging to a known organization.


    The kidnappers were only around Level 65, but attacking them was equivalent to taking the enmity of the said organization. Even Aakesh, who had several privileges of being an adventurer, would gain the hatred of the organization. He would have to face attacks from them once he breached the Level 100 mark; since the privilege of higher-level individuals not attacking the adventures would get taken away.


    Aakesh didn''t care about the hatred of some organizations in Panagea, as the number of attributes he was gaining with each level increase would make him on par with Level 130+ when he breached the Level 100 mark and became a Legendary lifeform.


    After appearing in Panagea, the possible hideouts of the kidnappers appeared in his mind. He found the closest one and left in search of that.


    Time flew by.


    "Thank you for saving my son, great adventurer," The father of the boy, Aakesh had just rescued, thanked him profusely.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to the thank and then left the area, as he had received the reward of an increase of three levels after handing over the boy to the father.


    "Increase," After getting out of crowded areas, Aakesh muttered.


    Soon, a blue light engulfed him, and not long after, it disappeared.


    The next moment, Aakesh reached Level 54.


    After checking the quests yesterday, he hadn''t gotten many quests that offered him a great reward for the levels he could fight, so he decided to return to the process of increasing levels using his ss, Watcher.


    Aakesh had only taken a step forward when a sudden pressure attacked him. Aakesh almost stumbled, but he acted quickly, took out his sword, and used it to bnce himself.


    He then turned around and found a being looking down on him.


    Aakesh''s expression turned cold, seeing the being.


    "I''ll remember you," The person coldly threatened Aakesh and then disappeared.


    Aakesh stood there for a few seconds without moving. In the end, his eyes had returned to expressionlessness.


    He then turned around and left for the location where he could find a crowd.


    Time flew by.


    The sun was about to rise in Visteerna, so Aakesh had to stop watching the event midway and leave Panagea.

 Chapter 398 - (2) Reward

    Chapter 398 ¨C (2) Reward


    Chapter 398: Reward


    After exiting Panagea, Aakesh appeared in the portal room. There was a change on the leaderboard; his Level had changed from 51 to 54.


    "Hey, system, remove my name from the leaderboard. Let it be a table for only customer adventurers," Aakesh told the system, seeing such a wide gap between him and the second-ranked Maria.


    [Host, Are you sure?]


    The system asked in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice.


    Aakesh got confused, hearing the question. He didn''t expect the system to ask for his confirmation for the removal of his name from the leaderboard since it wasn''t something big.


    "Why would you ask for my confirmation?" He asked the system to satiate his curiosity.


    Host, since there is a leaderboard, simrly, it will reward the top rankers.]


    [Any adventurer who retains the top rank for a week would get extra three hours of stay in Panagea.]


    [Retaining for a month, six extra hours of time in Panagea; for three months, ten extra hours; and for a year, fifteen extra hours.]


    The system told Aakesh the reason behind it, asking for confirmation.


    "Eh!" Aakesh couldn''t help but exim in surprise, hearing the system. He had no idea that he was sitting on the rewards of so many customers. If not for him taking the top rank, Evelyn must have gotten the extra three hours of stay.


    "Yes, remove my name," Aakesh told the system. There was no point in him staying there as he wasn''t eligible for the reward, and he didn''t even want it in the first ce. "Add the information of rewards on a board and put it next to the leaderboard," He further suggested.


    [Confirmed, Host!]


    The system responded. The next moment, Aakesh''s name disappeared from the leaderboard, and Maria took the top ce, while the other adventurers on it also saw a decrease in their ranks by one.


    Soon, another blue projection appeared next to the leaderboard. It showed the details of the reward for the top-ranked adventurer up to a millennium.


    Aakesh nodded, seeing the change going as per his way. He then turned around and left the room.


    Soon, the door of his room appeared, floating in the air. Not long after, the stairs also appeared.


    Time flew by.


    The stairs and the door disappeared after Aakesh stepped on the floor. He then took a step forward in the direction of the door.


    After reaching the door, he grabbed the handle of the door and opened it. The sun hadn''tpletely risen, so the sky was orange. He then found arge crowd waiting for the store to open.


    There were people still appearing, making the street overcrowded.


    If the store were closed, the supreme card owners would teleport at the door rather than inside the store, so there were several customers teleporting even right now.


    Aakesh then stepped out the way, turned around, and went to his chair while the customers entered the store. There was no hurry like in previous days since there were now enough virtual portals for everyone to join in the first group alone.


    A few secondster, the overcrowded street turned almost empty, with only six or seven other store owners going to their respective shops.


    There were exact 2600 virtual portals in the portal room, while only 726 customers were in the store. Now that the store was open for business, the supreme card owners directly teleported inside the store, giving the number a boost.


    Suddenly, there wasrge group teleportation, and with it, the number of the customers crossed the thousand mark.


    The majority of the customers who had cards went to the portal room, while the group of Pento, Bislo, and others bought mental healing pills first, and then they entered the room.


    The customers who couldn''t afford the cards paid the required amount to Aakesh and then went for their time in Panagea.


    A few minutester, around half of the portals had gotten filled.


    Since there were enough virtual portals, no customer went to the weapons room, making it empty for now.


    Aakesh was currently alone in the store, waiting for customers to arrive.


    Time flew by, and ten minutes had passed.


    Groups of teleportation urred again. It was the group of Kuriati, and not long after, his father and just a secondter, Xotak, his father''s most hated enemy, also spawned in the store.


    Trihan, who had just spawned inside the store, was taken aback, seeing his son looking at him with a weird expression. Trihan then looked next to him and found Xotak standing there.


    ''The fucking coincidence!'' Trihan couldn''t help but angrily yell in his heart, seeing his son, him, and his teacher Xotak teleporting around the same time inside the store.


    He still hadn''t told his son about his second defeat in the hands of Xotak. He didn''t do it because he had arrogantly proimed in front of Kuriati that he would defeat Xotak and make him his pet.


    A worrying thought then appeared in his mind; what if Kuriati told Xotak about the promation Trihan had proudly made in front of him.


    "Won''t you let me meet your son?" Xotak suddenly gloatingly asked, breaking Trihan out of his thought process. How could he miss making fun of the student he had just gotten?


    A confusing expression appeared on Kuriati''s face. For as long as he had lived, there was one thing that was unchangeable about his chaotic father. It was the hate Trihan had for Xotak, so much so that he had even made a tattoo.


    Kuriati no longer saw the tattoo on his father''s body, nor did he see the hatred in his eyes when Xotak was standing next to him.


    Suddenly, the memory of his father''s promation appeared in Kuriati''s mind. He finally understood the reason for his father''s behavior. His face turned weird, remembering the proud expression on his father''s face then and the expression now.


    "Kuriati, this is my teacher, Xotak¡­," Trihan hurriedly introduced his son and Xotak. He didn''t forget to give an eye to his son so that he wouldn''t discuss the promation here.


    "Greetings, senior," Kuriati greeted Xotak with a slight bow.


    "Since you''re the dearest son of my student, you can also call me teacher," Xotak nodded and told Kuriati.. He then took out a talisman from his pocket space and gave it to Kuriati as a present for their first-ever meeting.

 Chapter 399 - (3) Shock

    Chapter 399 ¨C (3) Shock


    Chapter 399: Shock


    Kuriati respectfully took the talisman from the hands of Xotak. He didn''t have any bad blood with Xotak, but it was all due to his father. Instead, he felt respect for Xotak. Someone who could convincingly defeat his father, a figure known for his talent and chaotic personality, was a figure to be respected.


    Since his father didn''t hate Xotak anymore, Kuriati also had no need to feel hostility toward Xotak.


    The next moment, his eyes and mouth flew wide open, while his jaw almost dropped to the ground, seeing the talisman he had gotten from Xotak.


    "I¡­I can''t take this, senior," Kuriati attempted to give it back, with his voice slightly trembling.


    The talisman Xotak gifted Kuriati was a key to a ruin in the Primal dimension. It was the same ruin from which the legendary Kartikeya got the first Prana cultivation manual.


    (A/N: For Kartikeya, read chapter 10.)


    It was a free ruin, and anyone could enter it anytime. But for entry, it asked for a key. After entering, the ruin would transfer the key to some part of the Primal dimension for another fated figure to find it.


    Till now, only eleven different keys had been found, each referring to a different entry point.


    "I told you, call me teacher. It has no value for me. You can take it," Xotak smilingly responded, seeing Kuriati attempting to return the key.


    Time flew by.


    After Trihan intervened, Kuriati took the key with a hint of excitement. Due to the scene of the future, he had refused to participate in the event, so it felt ufortable. But now that he had gotten the key to the most popr and mysterious ruin in the Primal dimension, that feeling of losing disappeared.


    After Kuriati took it, he and his followers went to the portal room right away since they had cards. Trihan and Xotak discussed something, and then they also proceeded toward the portal room.


    Another round of silence fell on the store since only Aakesh was presently seated in the entire store.


    Only a few seconds had passed when another round of teleportation ensued in the store.


    There was only one customer. He was one of those who had gotten rewarded supreme cards yesterday by Anthony.


    The person didn''t know much about the store since he didn''t dare to ask any questions when he was here for a mission. He then approached Aakesh.


    "Senior, what products does the store sell?" The man respectfully asked. He used senior from the get-go since he had witnessed how his master, Anthony, had treated the store owner yesterday.


    "The store sells¡­," Aakesh then began introducing the store products one by one, including the upgraded products, afterpleting the quest yesterday.


    "¡­, sold by the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction.


    The man couldn''t help but get excited, hearing about the weapons.


    When he arrived here yesterday, the maximum level of weapon the store sold was King-grade, which was suitable for a Tao Seed level expert. He was an early Tao Pce cultivator, so he could use an Overlord-grade weapon.


    Yesterday, seeing such great qualities of weapons, he wanted to buy for himself, but since the maximum level was only King-grade, he and several others like him decided against it. How could he not feel excited about being able to purchase an Overlord-grade weapon?


    "Thank you, store owner," The man thanked Aakesh and then proceeded in the direction of the weapons room.


    There was also Panagea which interested him, but he couldn''t control himself from buying a suitable weapon for himself first.


    Suddenly, his steps came to a stop as an idea emerged in his head. Since there were many like him yesterday, who wanted to buy weapons but were unable to yesterday, due to low level, he could inform them and use this as a favor he owes them.


    He then took out his card and began contacting his friends one by one. He then informed them about the avability of the weapons and Tao Pce experience pills to peak Tao Manifestation friends of his.


    Suddenly, the store saw a flurry of teleportations as Anthony''s followers began appearing one by one.


    Time flew by.


    Two hours had passed since the store opened for the day. After buying the weapons, Anthony''s followers went to the portal room. The number of customers currently present in Panagea was around the 1500 mark.


    Aakesh still had a quest of 15,000 hours per day for a month consecutively toplete. The mission objective was for 1150 virtual portals, so after the addition of 1450 new portals, the difficulty of the quest had gone down by arge margin.


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when another round of teleportation ensued in the store.


    It was Anthony, Odred, and Sarbal, who hade here for Panagea.


    "Hello, store owner," Odred greeted Aakesh. Sarbal and Anthony followed him.


    Aakesh still had a quest for selling a billion weapons. Since the limit for buying weapons up to the Mythical-grade had been removed, Aakesh informed Odred about the addition of upgraded weapons and the limit removal.


    Odred, who was about to leave after greeting Aakesh, found his foot frozen when Aakesh informed him about the weapons.


    Anthony only shook his head in amusement, seeing his friend''s reaction. He then left the duo of teacher and student standing there and proceeded toward the portal room. He couldn''t just wait for Odred to finish his purchase since he was also busy.


    Odred ignored Anthony and went to the weapons room with Sarbal following him.


    Time flew by. After an hour of shopping, Odred and Sarbal exited the weapons room. After knowing about the higher level of weapons and limitless avability of lower-level weapons, Odred lost his usual interest in them.


    Ultimately, the duo bought about six hundred different kinds of weapons together. Since it was the first day of Sarbal in Panagea, Odred gave him basic information about it, and then the duo also entered the portal room.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    Over the past hour, a new group of customers arrived, filling every virtual portal. There were even customers who had to wait.


    The six-hour stay of the majority of the customers present in Panagea was over, so the system forced them out one by one, depending on the sequence of their entries.


    After the customers exited, there were around a hundred new waiting customers.. They had arrived in the store for the first time.

 Chapter 400 - (4) Conversation

    Chapter 400 ¨C (4) Conversation


    Chapter 400: Conversation


    After spots for Panagea got vacant, Aakesh told the around hundred new customers to go ahead.


    The customers, after leaving Panagea, left the store one by one. A few of them stayed backward for they could see an addition into the counter of pills, and a few went for the weapons room.


    Lenna was one such customer who stayed back, but her purpose was different from other customers. Her family members left the store using their supreme card while she approached Aakesh.


    "Store owner, you remember the event I had talked about with you?" Lenna asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh looked at her and expressionlessly nodded in response to her question.


    "My grandmother told me that the event could be any day from now on," Lennamented.


    "It''s tomorrow," Aakesh responded and told her the exact day for the event to ur.


    A surprised expression appeared on Lenna''s face behind her mask since not even her grandmother could pin the exact date. But after thinking about it for a while, it made sense to her. Aakesh had almost be a mighty figure belonging to a higher dimension in her and her family''s heart, so something like calcting the exact day wasn''t anything significant for Aakesh.


    If Aakesh knew what Lenna was thinking, he would only scoff in response. The only reason he knew about the exact day of the event was because tomorrow was the day, Turta''s mother had told the mysterious figure.


    As for what the event was about and the role of Turta, he had no idea. He only knew two things. First, it was going to affect the entire dimension. Second, the boy Turta would be the key to initiating it.


    "So, when do you want to leave?" Lenna asked. She had made a deal with Aakesh and another person, so how could she enter alone?


    "After the sunset," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. No event was more important than the store for him, so he would never close the store for it.


    Lenna nodded since she had expected such a casual attitude from Aakesh for the event.


    "Thank you, store owner," Lenna then thanked Aakesh. Aakesh only expressionlessly nodded in response to her thanks.


    She then used her supreme card and teleported to her home, where her parents and grandmother were waiting for her.


    "Did you tell him? What was his reaction? Do you think he knows about the item?¡­?" sha bombarded her granddaughter with several questions at once, seeing Lenna returning.


    Lenna could only smile wryly, seeing the hurried look on her grandmother''s face.


    "Grandma, the store owner even knew the day the event would ur¡­," Lenna then shared herplete discussion with Aakesh to her family members.


    ***


    After Lenna left, the other customers approached Aakesh and learned about the newly added pills.


    After Aakesh became free of customers, he decided to check on Turta and her mother.


    He then activated the skill, Watcher. The next moment, a blue screen only visible to him appeared in front of him.


    Soon, the screen lit up, and the current scene of Turta appeared in it.


    ***


    "Mother, why do I feel so weak? Am I dying?" Turta asked Phi, lying on his bed.


    There was a considerable difference between when he arrived in the store for thest time and today.


    He had gotten thinner to such an extent that his skeletons could be clearly seen. It looked as if someone had put up ayer of skin on a skeleton. He could still walk, talk, or move, but he grew tired just by talking for a few seconds.


    In addition to the weakness, physical pain spread across his body would continuously attack him, resulting in him not even being able to sleep.


    "Please don''t talk like that, Turta. Your mother is here. I would never let anything happen to you," Phi responded while a drop of tear streamed down her cheeks. Her expression was of someone who was trying very hard to stop themselves from crying.


    "Please don''t cry, mother," Turta, seeing a tear leaking from her mother''s eyes, couldn''t help but cry out.


    The cry exhausted him to such an extent that his eyelids began weighing down on him, and a few momentster, he fell asleep.


    Phi, seeing Turta falling asleep, took out a new needle from her space ring and took out 111 drops of his blood straight away.


    A few minutester, Turta woke up as the pain increased and woke him up. He looked even weaker than what he looked a moment earlier.


    "Moth-" Turta wanted to speak something, but he couldn''t gather enough strength to do it.


    Phi''s concern for his son turned one tear into several as she saw him in such a situation.


    Turta felt his heart tearing into several pieces at that moment, seeing his mother crying.


    ***


    Aakesh deactivated the skill, and the blue screen disappeared.


    Seeing the condition of the boy, Aakesh knew that he wouldn''t survive whatever maye tomorrow.


    He then stopped thinking about it since it was tomorrow, and he already had things to do today.


    Time flew by.


    The quest of consecutive Panagea hours had begun with today. With so many virtual portals, the stay hour had exceeded 15,000. Now, Aakesh only needed this to continue for thirty straight days, and then there would be another addition of portals in the store.


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when thousands of sudden teleportations urred at once.


    They were members of the Esh n. When they began buying pills, they noticed that the number had increased.


    Many of the Tao Manifestation level cultivators couldn''t help but suck the cold breath of air, learning about the Tao Pce experience pill.


    Like all the pills, it had a daily limit of three sales per person, meaning any being could experience nine seconds of bing Tao Pce every day.


    The price was hefty. But for the n that had a supreme Primal stone mine, it wasn''t something worth frowning.


    After buying three pills belonging to each category, the members who hadn''t entered Panagea took their turn.


    Time flew by.


    Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, and just like that the remaining store time passed.


    The sun had set in Visteerna.. There were only a few customers in the weapons room, while the virtual portals had only turned vacant a few minutes earlier after the customers had their hourspleted.

 Chapter 401 - (5) Beginning

    Chapter 401 ¨C (5) Beginning


    Chapter 401: Beginning


    "It''s time for you to leave," Aakesh told the remaining customer in the weapons room.


    The customers, hearing Aakesh, had no choice but to leave as they still hadn''t selected what they wanted to buy, while a few of them were only testing their strength on the b put in the center of the room.


    "Thank you, store owner," The customers thanked Aakesh one by one, left the weapons room, and then exited the store.


    Only Aakesh remained in the store. Since he had told Lily not to return this morning, she hadn''te back.


    Aakesh then exited the weapons room, proceeded toward the door, and closed it, bringing another fruitful day for the store to an end.


    "Hey, system, I want to start the quest," Aakesh wearing an emotionless face, told the system.


    [Host, what weapon do you need to materialize?]


    The system responded in its usual emotionless and mechanical voice.


    "Bow," Aakesh responded straight away. He didn''t even have to think for a second as it was the reason behind him using the bow to conquer the fort.


    The next moment, the bow Aakesh had been using for the past years started materializing into reality.


    A few secondster, the bow presented itself to him, floating in front of him.


    Unlike in the selection area, the bow didn''t look ordinary. The material used in its making was the same, the wood of the Primordial World tree, while the string was made up of the roots of the same tree.


    Unlike the nd look in training, the bow was now colored in ck, while patterns of elements engraved in golden on it. It looked like an inverted W, but the curves were semi-circr. The central part was wrapped with the leaf of the World tree, while there was a golden ring attached to both ends of it.


    The golden ring was not only an ornament, added to give a pleasing appearance to the bow, but it was the strength maniptor. The smaller the golden ring, the harder it would be to stretch the string, and vice versa.


    The system had already set it to what Aakesh feltfortable operating. He didn''t have to interfere with the ring or the size of the bow.


    Aakesh then grabbed the bow. The next moment, the system added the information of the three Absolute attacks the system would give him toplete the quest.


    Since Aakesh had chosen a bow for the attack, the three Absolute attacks were in the form of arrows. The two were AoD, while one was a single-kill.


    Then the information of the arrows that Aakesh could shoot using the bow appeared in his mind. There were no chanted arrows avable for him to shoot in this round.


    Since his offensive preparation wasplete, the information about the organization he had gotten until now appeared in his mind.


    ording to the memories of the intruders, Aakesh had found three bases of the organization.


    All the three bases were in different Universes, with each of them quadrillions of lightyears away from each other.


    Even the nearest Universe FoTan was around tens of trillions of lightyears away from the store.


    ***


    Universe FoTan, XXXI,


    "Did you hear about the missing case of several of our elders?" A man guarding the white building behind him asked his fellow guard soldier since it was the inner part of one of the bases of the organization Nielle.


    Even in his dreams, the man wouldn''t believe that they would get attacked here since Nielle was one of the top organizations of the Primal dimension.


    "Pshh. Don''t talk about the things you aren''t allowed to. You would get us both fired," The other guard told him to get silent. If the higher-ups found out about this conversation, getting fired would be the best thing that they could get.


    "Coward!" The first guard mocked, seeing such a reaction from his fellow guard.


    The second guard ignored the mocking of the first guard. He couldn''t get fired since his breakthrough wasing, and he needed to get as many contribution points as possible for a sessful breakthrough.


    Getting no response from the second guard, the first guard murmured, "How can someone this coward join this organization?"


    "BOOM!"


    Suddenly, a loud explosion was heard across the.


    rms began going off as it warned of imminent danger. The guards looked into each other eyes and could see fear. Someone who dared to attack the base of Nielle couldn''t be an ordinary being.


    "BOOM!"


    "BOOM!"


    "BOOM!"


    The sound of continuous explosions rang on the, with each st sounding closer and closer for the guards.


    Despite continuous rms ringing, no signs of battle could be seen or heard on the. Only explosions were audible.


    "BOOM!"


    The explosion finally reached the area around the guards. They first saw an area of several miles exploding, and only the next moment did they hear the sound.


    Right when they heard the sound, they saw another area going up in mes as a mushroom cloud made of soil appeared.


    This time, the guards could see the destruction from their own eyes. They also felt the heat as the heat storm released by the explosion attacked them.


    "Wh¡­who is there?" The first guard yelled, with his voice trembling at the start, but then it stabilized as he attempted to steady his heart.


    The guard only got silence in response to his question. Both guards suddenly sensed something approaching the building they were assigned to guard.


    They looked around, only to find a small projectileing toward the building.


    At first, despite being an intermediate and early Tao Pce level cultivator, they couldn''t clearly see what it was. They don''t have to put an effort as it was approaching them at an unimaginable rate.


    They finally saw it was, and their faces turned pale simultaneously.


    It was an arrow approaching the building, with an orange fire in ce of the arrowhead.


    The guards then looked at each other and could sense the fear in each other''s eyes. Simrly, they could see their future at that moment.


    Before any of them could speak, the arrow arrived and shed with the building.


    "BOOM!"


    The next moment, a loud explosion urred right at the center of the building.. The two guards were not able to see the explosion''s result since the heat immediately vaporized them, resulting in a pain-free instant death.

 Chapter 402 - (6) Assault

    Chapter 402 ¨C (6) Assault


    Chapter 402: Assault


    After the explosion subsided, the white building remained as wless and undamaged as it looked earlier, while the area of several miles around it had entirely vanished, including millions of lives.


    ***


    A few minutes earlier,


    After deciding to attack, the information about the base of Nielle on XXXI appeared inside his head.


    The head of the base on XXXI had already lost his life. He was the Dark Elf that had attempted to intrude on the store. The majority of other higher-ups had followed him to their death, so there were only three Immortals present there.


    Since the XXXI was not only nearest but also the weakest of the three based he found out about, Aakesh selected it as his beginning of the assault on Nielle.


    For someone like him, who knew a lot about the element of space, he did not need any skill to use teleportation.


    Being the store owner allowed him to be free of any restrictions. He, using the element of space, made himpletely free of their bounds. He then took a step forward as if he was casually walking.


    The next moment, he appeared several lightyears away. Since the destination was still far, he had to repeat the step several times.


    He finally appeared on the edge of the Universe DoTan. Since here, thew wasn''t as tight as on the Visteerna; he could float in space.


    He took another step forward. The next moment, he appeared above the XXXI.


    Before he could even attempt to enter the environment, a being appeared there to stop him. It was a Dark Elf.


    "Stop, intruder, state your purpose foring here," The Elf asked Aakesh while taking the posture to attack anytime.


    "You don''t know me," Aakesh emotionlessly responded.


    Before the Elf could even understand what the intruder said, Aakesh aimed his bow toward the Elf, stretched the bowstring, and released it.


    The bow Aakesh had gotten from the system wasn''t at its full power, but it still stood at the peak of the quality and strength of the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh''s arrow did not have an arrowhead; it only had a needle.


    "Puchi!"


    The next moment, the arrow pierced Elf''s right shoulder.


    "YOU!" The Elf angrily red at Aakesh and rushed toward him. He had only taken a step forward when he stumbled and fell.


    The next moment, foam began leaking out of his mouth as his right shoulder had first turned blue, and then it had slowly started melting.


    The needle at the top of Aakesh''s arrow wasced with poison, potent enough to kill even Immortals in only seconds. Onlyte Immortals and above had a chance to survive it.


    The Elf hadn''t entirely died and was fighting for his life when the remaining two higher-ups emerged. One was a Human, the other being an Orc.


    "Who are you?" The human angrily and cautiously asked Aakesh, seeing the scene of his fellow member struggling to survive.


    Aakesh, instead of responding, shot another arrow. The human was taken aback by the sudden situation. He wanted to dodge the arrow, but he found himself not to be quick enough to avoid it.


    In the arrow, the human could see his death. But before it could strike him, he was knocked down.


    The Orc had stepped in on time and knocked the human down while the arrow passed through the air.


    Aakesh was already ready with his next arrow. It was the same as thest two.


    "Puchi!"


    The Orc using its quick movement, had almost seeded in dodging the arrow, but in the end, it had failed.


    It only needed a touch of the needle to inject the poison, so it had done its work.


    The Orc was ate Immortal, so it was able to fight the poison, but the poison was taking theplete concentration of the Orc to fight it.


    Aakesh left the Orc to fight on its own and instead focused on the human.


    The human, seeing the condition of the Orc, had already begun attempting to escape. How could Aakesh let it happen?


    "Puchi!"


    The arrow pierced the human''s heart as he looked down on his chest. He had seeded in teleporting but was unaware that the arrow had followed him.


    ''Who was he, and what was his enmity with Nielle?'' These were the two questions he had before his heart melted due to the toxicity of the poison.


    Only the Orc was alive out of the three Immortals at this point. Aakesh aimed at it, stretched the bowstring, and released it when the string touched his nose.


    "Whoosh!"


    "Puchi!"


    The next moment, the arrow flew, tearing through the space and piercing his heart.


    It was a different arrow that Aakesh had shot. The arrowhead was ordinary, but there was a tiny me on the tip.


    "Boom!"


    The next moment, the arrow exploded, resulting in the Orc coughing blood.


    It wasn''t enough to kill the Orc, so Aakesh shot the same arrow one after another.


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    "Boom!"


    The sound of continuous explosions rang in space as arrows after arrows exploded in the heart of the Orc.


    Finally, Aakesh''s effort seeded. The eleven hundredth arrow resulted in the heart finally exploding, resulting in the death of the Orc.


    Due to the bow''s superior quality, he was not only able topete with Immortals but also kill them. Still, there was an issue, Aakesh didn''t have an unlimited supply of offensive arrows that could hunt Immortals in a single shot. He only had a limited number of them, so he was saving them for the headquarters. Thisck of options made him use quantity over quality to finish Immortals.


    ***


    After hunting the three Immortals, Aakesh had used explosive arrows to bombard the XXXI. Now, except for the white building at the center, nothing remained. Not even a hint of life could be seen.


    It was only the beginning of his assault on Nielled, but the number of casualties had already breached several billion. Aakesh didn''t care as beforeing here, he had decided to exterminate the organization in its entirety, irrespective of how many lives he had to take.


    The white building was the connection between the headquarters and the base, so Aakesh entered it.


    A few minutester, he came out disappointedly as he found nothing worth value inside, other than the history of the base and its rtions with the other races in this Universe.


    Since there was nothing of value here, Aakesh decided to destroy the building, erasing the proof of the organization''s base here.


    "BOOM!"


    "BOOM!"


    "BOOM!"


    He continuously bombarded the building with explosive arrows. The transparent barrier surrounding it finally gave up and began cracking.


    Aakesh, without even stopping, continued the bombarding on the building.


    Even after the barrier got fully destroyed, the white building was still able to handle the bombardment due to the quality of the material used in its creation.


    It finally gave up under the relentless bombarding of Aakesh and began having cracks.


    The cracks turned wider and wider, and finally, the structure gave up.


    "Where are you going?" Aakesh coldly muttered as right after the crash of the building, something quickly flew out of it.


    It wasn''t quicker than Aakesh, so he grabbed it with ease.


    "Storage device," Aakeshmented in disappointment. It was an emergency storage device that would automatically activate after an attack on the base. It would then return to its destination point and show the memory of what happened to them.


    Since there was nothing left for Aakesh to do here, he went to the subsidiary races of the organization here in the Universe DoTan andmitted a massacre.

 Chapter 403 - Disappointment

    Chapter 403 ¨C Disappointment


    Chapter 403: Disappointment


    After leaving the XXXI, Aakesh went to the others of the Universe, wherever subsidiaries of Nielle lived.


    A few minutester, Aakesh had almost killed two-thirds of lives in the Universe. He didn''t destroy any or take out the world or gxy core.


    He only killed the inhabitants and left the in the hope of life prevailing again after years.


    Afterpleting his work inside the Universe, he decided it was time to move on to the next base since he hadn''t gotten what he wanted.


    ***


    Universe Patagonia, Godotan,


    It was one of the universes in control of an organization other than Nielle.


    Nielle had a secret base here on the Godotan. Unlike the XXXI, there were several Immortals present here.


    Aakesh needed to be careful before attacking this base as a wrong move could make him the enemy of the Organization that controlled the Universe. For now, Aakesh had no interest in fighting two organizations at the same time.


    After teleporting several times, Aakesh finally reached the boundary of the Universe Patagonia.


    He was going to enter it when a group of people emerged out of nowhere.


    These people were the guards of the Organization.


    "State your purpose for entering the Universe?" The guard that leaded the group asked.


    The guards were only around Tao Pce level cultivators. Aakesh, instead of answering them, used the element of illusion on the group.


    In the illusion, the leader asked the questions to Aakesh and got the ideal answers he wanted. Simrly, the other members of the group cautiously listened, but at the same time, they were ready to attack if the blue-skinned man attempted to forcefully intrude.


    "Good, you can enter," The leader smilingly told Aakesh after waking up from the illusion.


    Aakesh only nodded in response and took a step forward. The next moment, he was inside the Universe.


    The guards also returned back to their post as they didn''t find any problem with Aakesh.


    ***


    After a few teleportations, Aakesh appeared in the space above the Godotan.


    Nielle only had a small base on the, while there were other organizations here too.


    This time, no one attempted to stop him, so Aakesh entered the environment inside the.


    Per the memory he had retrieved from the system, Aakesh followed the directions. After a few seconds, he appeared in front of a white building.


    It was the same building as on the XXXI, but the protection here wasn''t anything worth trouble, unlike thest base, where he had to bombard the structure for several seconds even to destroy the barrier.


    The white building in front of him was in the shape of a tower that had six floors. The door of the building was open. Since in the guise, the building acted as a prominent shopping mall for the citizens of this.


    Aakesh, like others, took a step forward and entered the building.


    It was like Aakesh had entered a new world. From the outside, the building looked to have an average length and width, but when he entered inside, he could see an endless stretch with the presence of various stores.


    Aakesh, instead of going to any store inside the mall, followed the path he had gotten from memory and finally came across a currency exchange store.


    It was a store that helped the customers exchange their high-level Primal stones for lower-level stones or vice versa.


    "Ding!"


    "How may I help you, sir?" A bell rang after Aakesh opened the store. A human salesgirl came forward and respectfully asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh disappeared from where he was standing and appeared right behind the salesgirl.


    The salesgirl was only a Void Forging level cultivator, so she didn''t even understand what had happened.


    Aakesh silently tapped the back of her head. The next moment, she fell unconscious.


    Aakesh then caught someone escaping to the inner parts of the store.


    Aakesh ignored the other store workers present there and followed the man who escaped.


    ***


    "Boss, someone is attacking our store," The man informed his higher-up.


    "Puchi!"


    Suddenly an arrow arrived and pierced the man. It didn''t stop right there but passed over him and approached the higher-up.


    Time flew by.


    "BOOM!"


    Out of nowhere, a famous mall burst into mes. The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area.


    Miraculously the me didn''t affect the people present inside the mall.


    What no one noticed at that moment was someone leaving.


    Aakesh still didn''t get the location of the headquarters from here. He only found random things about Nielle and information of a few more bases.


    Out of the three bases, Aakesh had learned from the intruders, he had already assaulted two of them but hadn''t found anything that could help him locate the headquarters.


    He then nced at the burning building and the chaos around it. He then left the world, and after a few more teleportations, the Universe.


    ***


    "Who are you?" A man asked the blue-skinned man that had been non-stop killing around him.


    In response to the man''s question, he got an arrow to his heart, resulting in instant death.


    "My father wouldn''t let you go scot-free after this," A woman cried out, seeing her lover dying in front of her.


    Unlike thest two bases, the current one wasn''t at a fixed location. But instead, it was a mix of several members belonging to Nielle, working in different organizations. So here, Aakesh had to hunt the members one by one.


    After hearing the cry of the woman, Aakesh stopped shooting. He instead approached the woman.


    "Don''te close," The woman cried out, seeing the killer emotionlessly approaching her.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in front of the woman. He then grabbed her head.


    "Argh!" The woman screamed out in pain as she felt her soul getting torn into pieces at that moment.


    She was a peak Level 10 mage, but in front of Aakesh, she was no better than a mortal. So no matter what or how many attempts she made, she couldn''t free herself, and the soul-tearing pain persisted.


    Aakesh had an emotionless face as he searched the memories of the girl.


    Finally, a change of expression appeared on his face as he threw the woman.


    "Boom!"


    The next moment, the woman who had already gotten brain dead due to the soul-search exploded.

 Chapter 404 - Relation

    Chapter 404 ¨C Rtion


    Chapter 404: Rtion


    The content of what Aakesh had seen just a moment before the woman exploded appeared in his mind.


    The memory was of the woman discussing something with a middle-aged man. The woman looked like him, so Aakesh guessed the man to be the father the woman talked about.


    Just before the explosion, the woman had uttered the word, ''Aisad''. It seemed the soul-search had triggered some defense mechanism, so it resulted in a self-explosion.


    Aakesh finally got his first clue about the organization Nielle. Aisad was one of the top races of the Primal dimension, who had a considerable say.


    The question of Aisad being the force behind Nielle urred in his mind. The Aisad had a known organization under their control, and Aakesh knew about it. So Aakesh knew where his next destination was going to be.


    His eyes then fell on the surviving members of Nielle around him. How could he let them live after he had made a vow ofplete extermination?


    ***


    A few minutester, every member secretly belonging to Nielle was dead. He didn''t have much information about all of them, but he soul-searched the stronger ones to find all of them.


    Several Immortals were there, who subconsciously rejected his soul-search at first, but after they fell into a half-dead situation, their soul stopped counteracting and showed Aakesh everything.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Primal dimension,


    "WHO DID IT?" An angry scream echoed in the hall.


    In the center of the room, a throne sat, while arge table and hundreds of chairs surrounded it. The throne was upied by the man with an angry face, while another man stood at the end.


    "Father, I can''t see the memory of Natasha," The man standing with his head down replied.


    Natasha was the woman Aakesh had just soul-searched. Right after she exploded, her soulmp died out, which alerted the family members.


    Since Natasha was her father''s only daughter and the favorite child, the family members were frightened to inform the father.


    At that moment, the eldest son, the next heir of the father, decided to personally tell his father about the tragedy of the death of Natasha.


    "Do you know anything?" The father asked. His tone was downcast and angry.


    "No, whenever we attempt to activate the skill, some invisible obstruction appears and stops us from viewing thest scenes," The man responded.


    Every soulmp had the ability to project the scenes if their owners died, but in the case of Natasha, no such thing happened.


    "Where had she gone?" The father asked, his tone bing expressionless.


    "She had gone to the Tortoal with her current boyfriend," The man replied while feeling disappointed with his sister for having a boyfriend more than her death.


    "Leave," The father ordered. His tone was full of majesty and left no other choice to the man than to follow it.


    After the man left, the father fell from his chair, and a drop of tear leaked out. "O Natasha, my daughter," He cried in pain.


    Suddenly, his cry came to a stop as the importance of the Tortoal emerged in his mind.


    In the first few batches, intruders were sent to the store from Tortoal, one of three locations.


    The father''s name was Tony, while he was one of the higher-ups of the organization Nielle.


    Nielle wasn''t the actual master organization, but instead, it was Demonic-Fire, one of the top five organizations of the Primal dimension. Nielle was only just a part of the organization. However, since Demonic-fire''s founder controlled it personally, it was second to none.


    The Demonic-Fire was the organization controlled by the Aisads, one of the overlords of the Primal dimension.


    Tony was one of the seven deputy heads of Nielle, so he knew about the founder''s personal interest in the store and the intruders they had sent.


    They had diversified the number of bases to three because even if they searched memories, they would only find the location of three useless spots.


    As for selecting only three bases rather than more, they decided not to do so. The more locations meant, the higher chances of causing a mistake; simr was the case for using only one base. One base would result in an unprecedented hunt.


    The Tortoal was one of the three bases, and since Natasha had died there, it meant that the store owner had begun hunting the members of Nielle.


    "Damn it!" Tony cursed in anger. The pain he had been feeling for the death of his daughter.


    He finally understood the cause of Natasha''s death. She wasn''t a member of Nielle, but her boyfriend was.


    He had two guesses in his mind for Natasha''s death at that moment. First, the store owner killed her with her boyfriend to end the trouble. Second, Natasha was always outspoken and arrogant; she must''ve said something that gained the interest of the store owner, which then resulted in her death.


    The second guess sent chills down his spine. If it proved to be the correct guess, he would die a horrible death.


    Aisads were a race known for their cruelty, and if they found out about his daughter being behind the store owner finding the connection of Nielle and Demonic-Fire, death would be the best thing that could happen to him.


    Suddenly, his thought process broke as a sudden pain attacked him.


    He fell to the ground as he began iling around. If anyone were to see his sea of consciousness, they would see a ck fire burning in it.


    The pain had surpassed all that he could bear, but it only got stronger and more intense. Tony prayed for his body to get numb to the pain, but nothing of such sort happened as his mind only became more sensitive.


    While Tony was screaming in a voice loud enough for others to hear, none of his family members came to help him. They were already dead, while the pce had turned red from their blood.


    If Tony were to look at the throne, he would find a being seated there.


    Six curved horns covered in spikes sat atop the being''s head. On the top of each horn, a different kind of me burnt, signifying the control of the being over six kinds of mes.


    Two ck eyes covered the entirety of the being''s face. It was none other than one of the members of the Aisad race.


    ***


    A/N: These chapters are regr chapters and have nothing to do with the remaining chapters of the mass release. There are still three chapters left, and two from thest week, so I owe you five chapters for now.


    Sorry, I couldn''t release the remaining chapters as I had to go to the hospital, and it took my entire day.


    Thanks for all the GTs you voted.. I really appreciate your support.

 Chapter 405 - Title

    Chapter 405 ¨C Title


    Chapter 405: Title


    After learning of the Aisad in the woman''s memory, Aakesh decided to check on them right away.


    No one knew where Aisads lived, but the headquarters of their controlled organization, Demonic-Fire, was known to many.


    Being one of the top five organizations of the Primal dimension gave the leaders a title exclusive to them.


    ''Dimension Sovereign'' was the title exclusive to the leader of the five organizations. It was only not a name granted to them, but it was approved by the Void beats, the strongest creatures of the Primal dimension.


    The Void beast''s approval meant there were no conflicts between the top five organizations, but they also gained advantages from it.


    The Void beast would help them defend once against any enemy of the organization, irrespective of their strength and background.


    Earlier, Aakesh didn''t need to worry about the Void beast since Nielle was only one of the top organizations, not top-five. If Nielle turned out to be linked to the Demonic-Fire, the situation would be more troublesome than Aakesh wanted.


    ***


    Like other top races, Aisads have their own sets of controlled Universes. They had more than a million Universes in their control.


    In those million Universes under their control, there was a Universe that was bigger than thebined size of thousands of Universes.


    The Universe was Demonic-Fire, the same name as the organization, and it was also their headquarters.


    Aakesh had finally finished the hunt of every member rted to Nielle in any way from the memories he could search. It was now time for him to either go to the other bases he had learned about or directly to the Aisad''s controlled Universe.


    From the Tortoal, the Universe Demonic-Fire was several decillion(10 to the power 33) lightyears away. Even for Aakesh, covering such distance wasn''t going to be easy or short.


    Even in the best case, it would take him hours, if not days, toplete that journey since he didn''t have a skill that could help him cover that amount of distance in only a few teleports.


    The Tortoal was a significant hub on this Universe, so it must have travel portals. The traveling would cost him money, but it would make his journey shot, and that''s what he wanted.


    Aakesh had seen the knowledge and location of travel portals into many memories he had forcefully searched, so he didn''t have to ask for its direction. Following his memory, he discovered the nearest travel junction on the after travel of a few seconds.


    When he reached there, Aakesh found only very few people, and that too were strong beings. Even the weakest of the lot was an intermediate Tao Pce. There was also a grim silence present there while the Immortal level guards were in attentive postures.


    Aakesh didn''t have to think of a reason for theck of people as he himself was the reason. How can so many killings go unnoticed on a where several organizations had bases and were one of the most importants in the Universe.


    The only saving grace was that Aakesh was quicker than thew enforcers of the, and hemitted the killings in several ces, or he would have to fight them, making the situation more troublesome.


    Aakesh then joined the queue of around twenty people and began waiting for his turn.


    The travel portal here wasn''t directly connected to the travel portals of anywhere near the Universe Demonic-Fire. For him to go there, he needed to take several turns and then use a few teleports for him to reach there.


    Aakesh felt thankful for searching the memories of so many people, or he wouldn''t have known the way to reach there and would have to ask someone for help, making Aisads aware of himing there.


    After waiting for a few minutes, Aakesh''s turn finally arrived.


    "State your identity, travel destination, and purpose," The guard asked, while the other guards had their eyes on him and the bow tied on his shoulder. If Aakesh dared to make any move right now, the guards would attack him.


    "Aakesh, a store owner, Matarot," Aakesh expressionlessly informed the man, not telling the purpose. Many like Aakesh didn''t like to share their purposes or lie, so they usually hid it. Aakesh also handed over a card to the guard.


    The guard expressionlessly took the card and read it. It was the address and the name of the store.


    "Okay, you can leave," The guard said since hiding the purpose of the visit wasn''t a big deal. They were here to protect the portal from any harm. They weren''t responsible for what happened elsewhere.


    Aakesh nodded and handed over the payment of thirty supreme Primal stones to the guard. He then took a step forward, but he suddenly remembered something and stopped in his tracks.


    As the blue-skinned man suddenly came to a halt, the guards pulled their weapons out and got ready to attack. Any wrong move and they would use everything to neutralize the man.


    Aakesh turned around. Seeing them ready to attack, he ignored it.


    Aakesh then looked at the group of cards andmented, "If you want to enter a new world, you shoulde to the store. Our store sells the product worth the price."


    The system always requests him to promote the store, so now that he was outside, he decided to do the promotion in front of the guards. Since he was a store owner, he needed to act like one too.


    The guards were taken aback by the sudden promotion of the blue-skinned man. At first, when they heard the identity of the man, they didn''t believe it much since they couldn''t soul-search their memory or make them fall into an illusion to know the truth. These processes were just designed to give a sense of doing duty for the guards when they weren''t in a battle.


    "Okay, if we have time, we would check it," The guard nonchntly replied.


    Aakesh didn''t mind their reaction as he couldn''t force them to enter the store. He then turned around and went to the portal.


    The portal looked simr to the virtual portal in the store but was several times bigger and felt weaker inparison.


    After Aakesh left, one of the guards asked for the card Aakesh had given to learn the address since he remembered that the man had talked about a new world.

 Chapter 406 - One Person Vs. An Organization(1)

    Chapter 406 ¨C One Person Vs. An Organization(1)


    Chapter 406: One Person vs. an Organization(1)


    After the self-promotion, Aakesh turned around and left for the portal.


    The portal was like a cave with shining stones randomly ced on the wall weing him. Aakesh then took a step forward and entered the cave.


    The travel portals were costly because they were quick for a fixed journey simultaneously they werefortable. It was the peak technology developed by the first-ranked organization in the Primal dimension.


    After entering the portal, Aakesh found the space around him firmly binding him. It felt ufortable at the start, and if Aakesh wanted, he could break out of the bind with quite an ease, but the next moment, the diforting feeling disappeared.


    He then noticed the shining lights around him disappearing. A few secondster, he found himself in darkness, but he didn''t have to stay in such a situation for long.


    A few secondster, a light simr to the light at the end of the tunnel weed him. Aakesh then felt the diforting feeling returning, but it disappeared not long after as the bind of space on him vanished.


    Aakesh then took a step in the direction of the light. The next moment, he found himself outside the portal.


    The surrounding around him looked the same as the scene before he had entered the portal. If not for different race guards, he would''ve thought that he was still at Tortoal.


    After Aakesh exited the portal, a guard standing not far from him approached him.


    "State your identity and your reason foring here," The guard expressionlessly asked Aakesh.


    "Aakesh, a store owner. I am here for only the travel portal. My destination is different," Aakesh expressionlessly answered the guard and handed over a card to him.


    These cards were made of energy and would die out after a few years, so creating these for Aakesh wasn''t any trouble.


    The guard took the card, nced at it, and then crushed it. He then moved out of the way and pointed Aakesh toward the portal, from where he could leave.


    Aakesh nodded and left. Simr to thest time, he did another self-promotion.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed.


    After using travel portals seven times, spending around seven hundred supreme Primal portals, and teleporting three times, Aakesh finally reached the boundary of the Universe, Demonic-Fire.


    A heatwave suddenly attacked Aakesh as a group of three Aisad appeared in front of Aakesh.


    "Halt, intruder," An unfamiliar sound appeared inside Aakesh''s head.


    "Non-Aisads aren''t allowed here," Another round of the same voice rang inside his head.


    Aakesh didn''t want to initiate the battle with the Aisads before knowing whether they were linked with Nielle or not, but it doesn''t mean he would leave when told.


    "I am not here to fight you. I only want to rify some things," Aakesh calmly told the group of Aisads.


    "We will give youst warning. If you don''t leave this ce, you will be responsible for what would happen to you," The same voice responded inside Aakesh''s head.


    Aakesh, in response, untied his bow, aimed at the speaking Aisad, and shot an arrow.


    "Whoosh!"


    The arrow flew, tearing through the space aiming to pierce the Aisad, but a meter before it could reach him, a fire appeared out of nowhere, engulfed the arrow, and turned it into ashes right away.


    The group of Aisads simultaneously sucked a cold breath of air, seeing the ashes of the arrow levitating in the space. They didn''t even see iting. If not for the subconscious fire barrier the Aisad had around him, it would''ve resulted in an injury.


    "YOU DARE!" An angry voice echoed in the space as a giant vertical mouth opened, starting from just below his chest and ending at the waist, and yelled.


    Aakesh, in response, shot another arrow. Since Aakesh had taken the initiative to attack, he would now put the group of Aisads on their deathbed and then would enter the Universe through them.


    The member in the group of Aisads wasn''t some random being, so unlike thest time, one rushed at the arrow while the other two charged toward Aakesh.


    "BOOM!"


    Before the Aisad could catch the arrow, it suddenly exploded, resulting in him getting knocked backward.


    Since the Aisad was ate Demigod, on the verge of reaching the peak level, the explosion didn''t do any damage to him, except the throw.


    "Whoosh!"


    "Whoosh!"


    Right at that time, two arrows flew toward the two other Aisads. Remembering the explosion only a moment earlier, they prepared themselves not to get thrown backward.


    But, instead of exploding, the arrow, when it was only a meter away from the two, two new arrows separated from it, taking the duo aback.


    "Puchi!"


    "Puchi!"


    "Puchi!"


    The automatic fire barrier around the duo seeded in burning one arrow to the ashes. One of the duos seeded in destroying both arrows before they could multiply or cause a severe injury.


    The other one wasn''t so fortunate as he only seeded in doing it once, while for thest arrow before he could destroy it, it sessfully multiplied, and then three arrows pierced him in the throat, left eye, and left shoulder.


    Time flew by.


    It has been around six minutes since Aakesh arrived here, and the battle began. Aakesh was calmly standing on one side while the three Aisadsy on the space.


    Upon arriving here, the two had four horns with fire engulfing them, while thest one had five horns with fire, but now, none of them had any horns since Aakesh had cut them all away.


    The number of horns engulfed in fire showed the number of fires they had in their control.


    All three of them had lost one eye each, while one was sliced in half up to his waist. If not for being an Immortal, the Aisad would have died.


    "Should I enter now?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he stepped on the half-split Aisad. He had covered his feet with the element of destruction, resulting in a heartrending scream from the Aisad.


    "Hmph, if you think you can enter by torturing us, you''re wrong," One of the Aisad scoffed and mocked Aakesh for such old-fashioned tactic.


    Aakesh, with an expressionless face, looked at the respective Aisad and forced him to look into his eyes.


    The next moment, Aakesh''s eyes turned darker, while his pupil erged just like a cat, resulting in Aisad''s eye turning lifeless.

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    Chapter 407 ¨C One Person Vs. An Organization(2)


    Chapter 407: One Person vs. an Organization(2)


    Finally, after doing the necessary treatment, the strongest Aisad in the group, who was also the leader, took out a card from his pocket space and gave it to Aakesh.


    Without this card, Aakesh wouldn''t be able to peacefully take two steps inside the Universe, as he would be termed an intruder, and the army of Aisads would attack him.


    Aakesh expressionlessly took the card and looked at it. There was a pattern of a circle with a horn-like structure on top of it. It was the crest of the Aisads.


    Aakesh then left the three Aisads, lying on the space, as he took a step inside the Universe Demonic-Fire.


    Aakesh felt himself passing through a membrane when he entered. He at first felt a heavy rejection for him, but then suddenly, the pattern on the card lightened up, and the rejection disappeared.


    It was a relief to Aakesh that he didn''t kill the Aisads but rather made them allow him to enter. If he would''ve killed them, he would have had to waste an Absolute arrow only to destroy the transparent barrier that covered the Universe.


    The Universe Demonic-Fire wasn''t small, and there were countlesss in it, so Aakesh wasn''t aware of what the headquarters of the organization was located on.


    Aakesh had no choice but to ask the Aisads for directions, but before he could take a step forward, he noticed the space around him attempting to bind him.


    "Crack!"


    Aakesh punched the space around him, resulting in cracks appearing on it.


    Aakesh continuously punched, only to destroy the space of several meters around him, resulting in the binding disappearing.


    He then looked around, only to find nothing. Aakesh didn''t leave but waited for a few seconds when the situation of attempting to bind him rose again.


    Aakesh freed himself again, but this time he had to work harder than before.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned cold as he couldn''t find the source behind the doing. He untied his bow, aimed randomly, and shot.


    "Boom!"


    Several secondster, an explosion loud enough to even get heard in space appeared. Aakesh wasn''t even able to see the visual. Such was the distance of the explosion site from him.


    Aakesh didn''t stop but chose another direction this time and shot again.


    "Whoosh!"


    The arrow flew, tearing through the space when suddenly, it froze and then got crushed.


    Aakesh aimed in the same direction and shot again, but this time, he used the five-element arrow.


    Unlike thest time, it didn''t freeze in the air, but an Aisad appeared and stopped it from moving further.


    "How dare you harm my fellow Aisads?" A voice filled with anger rang in Aakesh''s mind not long after.


    Aakesh, instead of responding, shot an arrow.


    Before the Aisad could even blink, Aakesh had released thousands of arrows flying toward him, with random types of arrows in their midst.


    The Aisad didn''t expect the intruder to attack, despite it appearing here, but he still was a battle-hardened creature.


    He dodged the arrows he could dodge while destroying those where the sh was unavoidable.


    Time flew by, and a battle ensued between Aisad and Aakesh.


    It didn''t stop at them, but in no time, several members of the Aisad race joined and ganged up on Aakesh.


    Despite his opponents being Immortals, Aakesh fought and had an advantage over them. In the end, he defeated all of them, but not to make matters worse, before he could find the truth about Nielle, he didn''t kill them.


    Still, Aakesh couldn''t let them go for free after attacking him, so to punish them, Aakesh cut all of their horns, which would stop them from using any kind of me they had gained control of until now.


    This punishment almost crippled them, like the three Aisad unconsciously lying outside the Universe, but since the horns could grow and regenerate like other body parts, they would be fine.


    Aakesh then appeared in front of the Aisad that had attempted to bind him, grabbed his head, and searched his memory.


    After he found the direction of the headquarters, he threw him and disappeared.


    A few teleportster, Aakesh appeared on the edge of the gxy that was the location of the headquarters of Demonic-Fire.


    Just from standing at the edge of the gxy, Aakesh could feel the majesty of the pce that was located inside.


    Aakesh then took a step forward, but an invisible barrier stopped him from moving forward, irrespective of how much strength he used.


    At that moment, suddenly a group of six Aisads appeared and surrounded Aakesh. All six of them were peak Immortal.


    "Who are you?" The Aisad, with the highest number of horns, asked Aakesh. Only she had seven horns, while the other five had six.


    "Aakesh, a store owner," Aakesh expressionlessly answered and then took out a simr card he had been handing out at the travel junctions.


    The card then left Aakesh''s hands and automatically flew toward the leading Aisad. It then stopped a few meters from her.


    After reading what was written on it, she looked at Aakesh and asked his purpose foring this far, especially after putting several of Aisads into severe situations.


    Every happening outside and inside the Demonic-Fire was seen by thew enforcers located in the gxy. They had already seen Aakesh beating the group of three Aisads at the entrance, taking the entry card, and beating the others who attempted to attack him after entering the Universe.


    They didn''t interfere because they weren''t allowed to. Only the happenings around this gxy asked for their interference. They were firstly the members of Demonic-Fire, and only then were they Aisad.


    "I want to meet some higher-ups of your organization," Aakesh expressionlessly answered, ignoring the question about injuring Aisads.


    "Why?" A question straight away arrived.


    "I want to discuss a store product with the higher-ups of the organization. I have a product they would like," Aakesh, without even a hint of an emotion in his tone, lied.


    Since he was a store owner, it made sense for him to discuss things with higher-ups of organizations, to do business.


    The Aisad, in response, silently stared at Aakesh for a few seconds. She wanted to judge Aakesh''s statement by his emotions, but she faced disappointment. His face remained nk, devoid of any emotions.


    ***


    "No!" A few secondster, she told Aakesh.

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    Chapter 408 ¨C One Person Vs. An Organization(3)


    Chapter 408: One Person vs. an Organization(3)


    "I have a product that your higher-ups would like," Aakesh expressionlessly lied to the woman, behind his purpose ofing here.


    "You can show the product to us," Not long after, the reply rang in his head.


    "No!" Aakesh straight away rejected.


    The members in the Aisad''s group frowned, hearing the straight refusal.


    "If you don''t show the product to us first, you won''t be allowed to meet them," The woman told Aakesh in response. "Don''t think you can fight us and forcefully enter the gxy. Without my permission, no one can enter," She further added and warned Aakesh not to take this group as thest ones he injured.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately respond but looked around him to see the positions of the Aisads surrounding him.


    "You can learn about the product," Aakesh responded, breaking the silence.


    He wouldn''t care even if there were hundreds of peak Immortals like these Aisads surrounding him, but what mattered to him was the invisible barrier covering the entire gxy.


    With the rejection, he sensed that the barrier around the gxy was sturdier and more durable than the barrier around the Universe, so if he wanted to enter forcefully, he would have no choice but to use one of the three Absolute arrows. Aakesh couldn''t waste it here, so he told the group of Aisad about the Panagea.


    "How can we believe that what you said is the truth?" A reply rang in Aakesh''s head after he told the group about Panagea.


    "You don''t have to believe me. I am here to meet your higher-ups," Aakesh expressionlessly replied.


    The Aisads couldn''t help but get angry, seeing the attitude of Aakesh. He was the store owner and was here to show his product, yet he was the arrogant one.


    "Can I enter now?" Aakesh, ignoring their reactions, asked.


    The woman didn''t refuse him this time, but she took out a device from her pocket space and then muttered something in a differentnguage.


    It was anothernguage of Aisads and was limited to the royal family of Aisads, implying that the woman in front of Aakesh belonged to the royal family.


    Even the five Aisads that came with her did not recognize thenguage, but Aakesh had learned so manynguages that he understood it.


    Time flew by. Aakesh patiently waited for the answer. While the Aisads remained attentive to attack anytime, entirely focusing on Aakesh.


    "Beep!"


    A mechanical sound rang in the area, originating from the device the woman had used.


    "No!" The woman then looked at Aakesh and responded. "Elder told you to leave," She further added.


    Aakesh''s expression turned cold as he had been patiently holding himself down from seriously fighting the Aisads.


    He then calmed himself down as not every act results in sess. He still hasn''t lost anything except a few minutes, so things were still under control.


    "What''s your rtion with Nielle?" Aakesh didn''t attack right away. Instead, he decided to take a chance here and asked the question while looking around him.


    If Aisads proved to be linked with Nielle, he wouldn''t think for a second before initiating a war against Aisads. Before that, he had no interest in getting involved in a battle against millions of peak Immortals and a Void beast, unless necessary.


    "Nielle, one of the top organizations?" In response, a question rang in Aakesh''s head.


    Aakesh ignored the woman but instead focused on the other Aisad in the group.


    After asking the question, Aakesh noticed that only one of the group members responded abnormally to it.


    "What do you know about Nielle?" Aakesh asked, coldly staring at the man. At the same time, he had untied his bow and aimed at the man.


    The group got taken aback by the sudden extreme reaction of the store owner, while the respective Aisad initiated an attack, ignoring the question.


    The woman didn''t join the Aisad right away as she could sense that something was amiss with the Aisad''s reaction. How could he take the initiative to attack when she was the leader of the group?


    Aakesh, seeing the Aisad attempting to attack him, took a shot.


    In a split second, Aakesh shot hundreds of arrows. Each arrow was explosive.


    The collective explosion from these arrows may not kill the Aisad, but it had enough strength to cause a severe injury.


    The woman waved her hands, seeing the arrows. The next moment, a ck fire engulfed all the arrows. In response, a chain of explosions urred.


    The explosions did not harm the Aisad, as the woman opened her mouth, starting from right below her chest.


    As if an invisible hand was acting, the explosion automatically flew toward the mouth and then disappeared in it.


    Aisad, seeing his leader doing the work, rushed toward the store owner. He had only taken a step forward when arge circle of white fire appeared and surrounded him.


    Before the Aisad could attempt to fight back, a chain made of the fire emerged from the white fire around him and tightly bound him to that ce.


    It wasn''t Aakesh that had attacked, but the woman.


    "Why did you attack without asking for my permission when I was present?" She asked. Her voice rang in the air as her vertical mouth moved.


    Aakesh had no interest in the politics of Aisads, so he took a step forward. The white fire that had stopped the Aisad did no such thing to Aakesh. He passed through it with ease and appeared in front of the Aisad.


    Aakesh didn''t directly make a move. He looked at the woman and then emotionlessly threatened her not to interfere if she didn''t want to die.


    The woman would''ve taken it as a joke, but her intuition began ringing bells when she thought of attacking Aakesh at that time.


    Aakesh then turned around and asked the same question again.


    Instead of responding, the Aisad red at Aakesh. If not for being tied, the Aisad would''ve made a move.


    Aakesh didn''t ask the question again. He instead grabbed one of the horns, broke it, and then pierced it into one of the two eyes of the Aisad.


    The other Aisad, seeing this wanted to make a move since he was their brethren, but before they could do so, the woman stopped them.


    She still remembered the warning bells her intuition had given her. She wouldn''t sacrifice herself for her family, let alone someone who disobeyed her.


    ***


    "Nielle is the organization my master belongs to," The Aisad, after facing painful torture for minutes, finally opened his mouth and told Aakesh.


    "Is Nielle rted to the Demonic-Fire?" Aakesh then asked the question he had in his mind since the woman exploded on Tortoal.


    The woman finally had a change of expression. Seeing Aakesh''s anger against Nielle, she was confident that if Nielle was somehow linked to Demonic-Fire, then there would be a war where she had to get involved.


    The Aisad didn''t respond right away but looked at his fellow Aisads, attempting to make them know what it meant for them from now on.


    Seeing Aisad looking at his fellow group members, Aakesh got his answer.


    He aimed his bow at the head of the Aisad and released the bowstring.


    Right at that moment, the woman and other Aisads made their moves as it wasn''t about them anymore, but the organization they belonged to.

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    Chapter 409 ¨C One Person Vs. An Organization(4)


    Chapter 409: One Person vs. an Organization(4)


    As soon as Aakesh released the bowstring, the remaining Aisads, excluding the woman, attacked Aakesh.


    The woman fell into a dilemma at that moment. She couldn''t choose whether to help her fellow Aisads to eliminate a threat to Demonic-Fire or stay far from it to save her life.


    Even though she was a peak Immortal, and only a few people had the ability to kill her before she escaped, she still didn''t want to fight Aakesh.


    She had two reasons for that. First, she still remembered the cold expression and confident tone when the blue-skinned man had threatened her. Also, the warning bells her intuition had sent her when she thought of fighting him. Second, she couldn''t see the level of the intruder.


    The other Aisads also felt threatened by Aakesh, but unlike the woman, they had to fight for the organization. They didn''t belong to the royal family.


    Aakesh felt attacksing at him. Without waiting for anything, he activated the skill, Counter Shield.


    Soon, an invisible energy barrier surrounded Aakesh as he shot another arrow, right at the head of the tied Aisad.


    In her dilemma, the woman had even forgotten to free the Aisad, so he was like a tied chicken, waiting for its neck to be snapped.


    "Crack!"


    The invisible shield around Aakesh began cracking as it wasn''t strong enough to handle even a single attack of a peak Immortal.


    But, it did what Aakesh wanted from it. Even before activating, he knew the shield would fail even to put up a fight against the attackers, but Aakesh only wanted a split second to kill the tied Aisad.


    Aakesh killed the tied Aisad by shooting tens of arrows right into his head. The Aisad was already in bad shape due to the torture he had received from Aakesh, so it failed to survive for long as its head burst, spreading his blood and brain matter all across the space.


    ***


    "Why aren''t you letting me intervene?"


    An Aisad, entirely different from the Aisads fighting Aakesh, asked in anger.


    It had nine spiky horns, with different kinds of fire engulfing each one. Unlike other Aisads, it only had a single ck eye without any pupil.


    It was none other than the leader of the Demonic-Fire and Nielle, the organization that had been eyeing the store.


    Since the moment Aakesh entered the Universes under the Aisads control, he had been watching every action of the store owner.


    He wanted to intervene right at the moment by using his entire apparatus to eliminate Aakesh when he appeared. But before he could do it, the owner of the voice hidden in the darkness intervened stopped him from doing anything.


    "There is no point in you intervening," A voice in response, replied to the Aisad. It was filled with disappointment.


    "Do you want me to watch while my organization gets DESTROYED?" The leader asked in response. His tone got louder and angrier at the end.


    "Thud!"


    Right at that moment, an invisible pressure stronger than anything he had ever faced, arrived and forced him to kneel in front of the darkness.


    "Your organization?" The voice replied in a yful tone. The previous disappointment was nowhere to be heard.


    The Aisad, already facing intense pressure, coughed blood in anger. He gritted his teeth as he attempted to look up and peer through the darkness, but the more attempts he made, the worse the situation became for him.


    The Aisads wasn''t a top race from the start, but they were only a mid-tier race.


    Everything changed when Geoffrey, the leader, found a ruin.


    That ruin not only allowed him to create one of the top five organizations, but it also made him one of the top three strongest Immortals, right below the Void Beasts.


    These things didn''te for free as Geoffrey lost the ability to ascend as well as he owed everything to the leader of the ruin.


    Thinking of him living forever and ruling arge part of a dimension made him forget about not being able to ascend. As for the second, he never thought the day woulde as it happened countless years ago, and he also never thought that someone like the owner of the ruin would want anything from him.


    Geoffrey''s life went peacefully after that, but suddenly around half a month ago, strange darkness engulfed his garden.


    Then a voice started giving him orders and directions to the store. At first, Geoffrey refused to entertain the voice as it asked for him to attack someone that even the voice couldn''t. But when the voice showed its ability to control himpletely and snatch him of everything he had gained until now, he had no choice but to do whatever the voice told him to.


    Geoffrey had gotten a blood-linked Magic cultivation art from the ruin. It had a special ability that allowed the user to gainplete control of whoever trained through it.


    Geoffrey at first used this to grow strong and then used it to establish his organization with entirely loyal members. Geoffrey never felt that it would be used against him as for him, the owner of the cultivation art was transcendental, but he was wrong. The art if it made him stand at peak, it simrly brought his fall.


    ***


    The taunt of the voice made Geoffrey remember the past. He gritted his teeth in anger but didn''t dare to speak anything else.


    "Do as I say, or killing you would be the best thing that would happen to you," The voice thenmented, seeing the actions of Geoffrey.


    The next moment, the pressure on Geoffrey disappeared as if it was never there.


    Seeing the pressure disappearing, Geoffrey stood up. Then his eyes fell on the screen that had been ying the scenes of the store owner since his arrival.


    The store owner had seeded in killing all the Aisads, except the woman. He was now talking with the woman, the only survivor of the group.


    The woman was not only the only survivor, but she was also the blood descendant of Geoffrey. She was around a twentieth thousand granddaughter of his.


    "What do you want me to do?" Geoffrey then looked toward the darkness as he expressionlessly asked.


    "Nothing!" The voice replied.


    Geoffrey''s face turned pale, hearing the voice as he alternated his nce at the screen and the darkness.

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    Chapter 410 ¨C One Person Vs. An Organization(5)


    Chapter 410: One Person vs. an Organization(5)


    Geoffrey''s face turned pale, hearing the voice''s response. How could he not do anything when there was an enemy standing at his doorstep?


    Geoffrey was about to ask the reason when he suddenly witnessed a scene on the screen from the corner of his eye.


    His granddaughter, who didn''t even dare to fight the store owner in fear, suddenly charged toward him. In response, the store owner shot. But before the arrow could pierce his granddaughter or she could attack him, she suddenly bloated, and then an explosion loud and destructive enough to shake the barrier around the gxy appeared on the screen.


    Geoffrey right away looked toward the darkness rather than looking at the screen to see the result of the destruction. Geoffrey was sure that the voice had made its move. His granddaughter''s body was entirely out of her control and did the self-destruction out of her will.


    "You need to do nothing as it doesn''t matter what you do, the result would stay the same." The voice suddenlymented, bringing a look of horror on Geoffrey''s face.


    "What do you mean?" Geoffrey asked. He knew what the voice meant, but he didn''t believe it. He, who brought his race from one of the mid-tier to the peak of the Primal dimension, couldn''t ept the meaning behind the voice''sment.


    "I have failed my mission, and simrly, you would return the debt owed to you for reaching this level," The voice vaguely answered.


    Geoffrey, who had just gotten humiliated, couldn''t control himself as he red in anger, hearing the voice. At the same time, a heart-breaking feeling rose in his heart.


    "Why did you do this?" Geoffrey asked after calming himself down. His tone contained no emotion at this point as if nothing could influence him from now on.


    "I did nothing. It''s an equal exchange. How could you reach this stage without paying anything in response?" The voice answered straight away. The tonepletely different from the past situations. It now contained a hint of mncholy.


    "Then why aren''t you letting me join the battle? I want to fight for my survival even if it doesn''t make a change," Geoffrey coldly asked.


    "Sigh!"


    In response, a sigh echoed in the area, and then a silence fell upon it, as Geoffrey coldly stared at the darkness, and then finally, his eyesnded on the screen filled with the fractured space after the explosion.


    ***


    "Ugh!" Aakesh groaned as he attempted to stand up after the explosion.


    Suddenly, seeing the charge of the woman, Aakesh had activated the skill, Counter Shield. He then brought the bow between him and the barrier to reduce as much force as possible.


    The destruction and strength of the self-destruction of a peak Immortal was nothing to scoff about. The barrier disintegrated right away as the force knocked Aakesh millions of miles backward with severe injuries.


    Half of his face had burnt off, while his right hand was hanging by a thread.


    The self-healing began working right away as a new skin started growing up in ce of the burnt one. But it wasn''t quick enough, so Aakesh activated one of the copied healing skills. A few secondster, no injury, superficial or severe, remained on his body.


    Aakesh then took a step forward. The next moment, he appeared right at the entry point of the core gxy.


    When he appeared, the only thing he witnessed was the fractured space. Even the bodies of the Aisads he had killed were thrown backward millions of miles in grotesque situations.


    Aakesh''s eyes then fell on the gxy. He could see a light flicker from time to time. It was the protective barrier surrounding the gxy. It was restoring itself after facing the brunt of the explosion.


    Aakesh reached in front of it and punched at it, using his full strength.


    "Boom!"


    Loud sounds rang as Aakesh continuously punched at the same ce. Unfortunately for him, his strikes failed to put any damage. Its restorative rate stayed the same.


    Aakesh didn''t give up, as using one of the three Absolute arrows was hisst option. He then aimed the bow toward the flicker and stretched the bowstring using his right hand.


    As he stretched, the outline of an arrow started appearing, and soon, it presented itself in its entirety.


    The arrow looked different from the previous arrow Aakesh had shot before. It had blue swan-like tail feathers. The arrow shaft was entirely blue in color with strange silver patterns engraved on it. In ce of the arrowhead, there was a fire. The fire was flowing, and it was silver in color with a tiny blue me at the center of it.


    It was one of the top arrows Aakesh had gotten from the arrow. He hadn''t used it previously as it had a limit on its use. Aakesh could only shoot eleven of these in total. Simrly, he could only release three in a second. Now that there was no opponent, he could freely use it.


    Aakesh then released the bowstring, and the arrow flew toward the flicker, tearing through the space. Aakesh didn''t wait for the result of the sh, but he began stretching his bowstring again.


    When the arrow collided with the flicker, a silver fire engulfed it and tried to melt it. After a short time, a tiny blue me emerged and began devouring the barrier.


    The restoration rate of the barrier stayed the same, but Aakesh didn''t care. He shot another and then another.


    More than three secondster, he had shot ten of such arrows. The restoration rate finally began losing to the destruction, but the speed at which it was getting defeated, even a million years, wouldn''t be able to create a spacerge enough for Aakesh to pass through it.


    Aakesh stopped shooting the same arrows as he only had thest one left. If he were to use it on a Universe, the arrow had enough strength to burn it.


    Aakesh then stretched his bowstring again as an outline of another arrow began appearing.


    ***


    While Aakesh was attempting to make a spacerge enough for him to pass, Geoffrey was witnessing it all on the screen in front of him.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry for the sudden absence. I have been feeling low for the past few days, but yesterday, the scene turned worse. I wasn''t able to write anything and only rested the entire day. I finally felt some relief, so I wrote the chapters for today. Sorry in advance if I miss another day.


    Thanks for reading the book!

 Chapter 411 - One Person vs. an Organization 6

    <h2>Chapter 411 - One Person vs. an Organization 6</h2>


    Chapter 411: One Person vs. an Organization(6)


    Geoffrey, without even a hint of fluctuation of emotions in his eyes, watched the scene of the store owner attempting to create a space for him in the barrier on the screen.


    "Since the result would stay the same even if I attempt to do anything, you leave me no choice," Geoffrey mumbled, coldly staring at the screen.


    He then tapped twice on the back of his right hand. The next moment, a burning pain attacked him as a burning three presented itself, engraved on his hands like a tattoo.


    The tattoo was the rank of his organization in the top five. It was also the way for the ''Dimension Sovereigns'' to connect with the Void beasts for their promise of single-time protection.


    Geoffrey then took out a drop of his blood from his pocket space and smeared it on the burning pattern.


    The next moment, the blood began evaporating due to the heat released by the burning three, while the pain felt by Geoffrey also grew severalfold. It was a psychological pain, so despite him being an Immortal with a pseudo divine physique, the pain still felt unbearable.


    The vapor released by the burning blood didn''t disappear, but it began umting into the air a few meters above the respective hand.


    Soon, the entire drop of blood had evaporated. The burning pattern engraved on Geoffrey''s hands began fading, and in no time, it entirely disappeared.


    The vapor released by the drop of blood started gathering to form a giant circr loop.


    The circr loop then began even more expanding. In a split second, its diameter had reached thousands of miles. If not for Geoffrey being in his garden, it would''ve destroyed his pce.


    If Geoffrey were to see toward the darkness, he would find it missing. The moment he had activated the pattern to call the Void beast, the darkness engulfing more than half of his garden disappeared.


    The circr loop finally stopped as the space inside it started fluctuating like an ocean wave.


    Not long after, a finger several times bigger than Geoffrey in size beganing out of the circr loop that had now be a portal.


    Soon, the entire finger stepped out, followed by hands, elbows, arms, and finally, the Void beast stepped out of the portalpletely.


    The Void beast had a humanoid structure and a humungous stature. It toweringly looked down on Geoffrey. Geoffrey had to crane his neck straight to look at the entirety of the beast.


    It only had a humanoid structure, but it looked entirely different from a human.


    The beast had white skin with ck spots spread all over its body. It had a single cow-like horn sprouting from the ce between the eyebrow. It had a pair of vertical eyes without an eyelid, and both the eyes were without any pupil and had different colors. One was ck, while one was white.


    It had human hands, but it only had three fingers in a hand, while they were of the same size. It had a cow-like hoof in ce of feet.


    Right after the Void beast appeared, its eyes fell on the spot where once darkness had taken the space. It couldn''t help but frown, as it sensed something wrong from the ce, but it couldn''t put its hand on what it was.


    Geoffrey also followed the Void beast''s eyesight and noticed the disappearance of the darkness. His emotions had a sudden change, but he masked it before the Void beast could witness it.


    After not being able to put its hand on what was the issue, the Void beast stopped looking at the spot. It returned its eyes and looked toward its summoner and then the screen, showing the scene of a blue-skinned man attempting to harm the barrier around the gxy.


    "What do you want from me?" The Void beast asked Geoffrey. "Remember, you can only ask once for my help," It added before Geoffrey could say anything.


    Geoffrey nodded, hearing the Void beast. He was aware that the Void beast would only help the ''Dimension Sovereigns'' once.


    "I am aware," Geoffrey responded and then further added, "I want you to kill the intruder," Geoffrey told the Void beast while pointing at the running screen.


    "Okay!" A voice echoed in the area in response as the Void beast had already disappeared.


    ***


    After shooting ten of his arrows, Aakesh decided to shoot another one this time.


    He stretched the bowstring, and soon an outline of the arrow started appearing.


    First, a nock appeared, then ck tail feathers, then a golden shaft with strange ck patterns engraved on it, and finally an arrowhead simr to thest time appeared. It only had a difference of color. The fire was golden, while the tiny me inside it was ck.


    The arrow was the updated version of thest arrow. Aakesh could only shoot three of these while a shot required a second.


    Aakesh was going to release the bowstring when suddenly he felt an unprecedented danger to his lifeing from his behind.


    He disappeared from the spot with the arrow still nocked on his bow and appeared several miles away.


    The next moment, the space around the spot where he was standing only a moment earlier got crushed like paper.


    Aakesh felt the danger again, but this time instead of escaping, he aimed his bow toward the sky and released it.


    "Boom!"


    The next moment, an explosion with an unprecedented force took ce, and it threw Aalesh thousands of miles backward.


    Fortunately for him, Aakesh wasn''t unprepared like thest time, so using his bow, he stopped himself from falling into a situation where he would again have severe injuries.


    He then focused on the spot where the explosion had urred, only to notice a towering figure standing in the midst of golden smoke and ck me.


    The explosion did no damage to the towering figure, but the ck fire was no ordinary me. It was an undying me that would never go away without burning its opponent.


    It could only get doused in two ways. Either bypletely overpowering it, or second, by getting burnt into ashed due to it.


    The towering figure also felt threatened by the ck me, but it eventually seeded in dousing it. But it wasn''t without injuries. There were several burn marks spread across its body, including a few severe injuries.

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    <h2>Chapter 412 - One Person vs. an Organization 7</h2>


    Chapter 412: One Person vs. an Organization(7)


    Aakesh recognized the towering figure. It was one of the eleven Void beasts.


    Each of the twelve Void beasts had a different ability, giving them different kinds of extraordinary powers. The Void beast in front of Aakesh had the quality of physique.


    It had an undying physique with an outrageous amount of strength. The monstrous healing rate of the beast could be seen by the severe burns mark already disappearing when not even a second had passed since the extinguishment of the ck me.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but frown, recognizing the figure. From the moment he found out the connection between Demonic-Fire and Nielle, he knew that confronting the Void beast would happen. But now that the confrontation was bound to ur, Aakesh felt the trouble.


    The disparity in strength between a Void beast and the strongest of the Primal dimension was already so vast that ends couldn''t be seen, while Aakesh was only a Tao Pce equivalent expert. Even with the bow, he couldn''t survive against the Void beast, let alone win.


    Aakesh had only a single option if he wanted to fight the Void beast, and it was the use of one of the Absolute arrows, and that too, the single-kill one.


    Aakesh using an Absolute arrow wasn''t the end of the situation. The Void beasts were the personal creation of a Deva, and they were living in the Primal and Sacred dimensions by Deva''s order. Considering this situation, killing a Void beast was equivalent to offending a Deva, and offending a Deva was no worse than attempting a suicide.


    "Strange creature, who are you? Why can''t I recognize your race?" A voice echoed in the space, bringing Aakesh out of his thoughts.


    Aakesh didn''t answer straight away but stared at the Void beast. Due to the monstrous healing rate, the Void beast looked the same as before arriving here, without even a slight scratch mark.


    "I am Aakesh, a store owner," Aakesh expressionlessly answered, breaking the silence. "It''s your problem that you can''t recognize my race," He further added.


    If not for theck of any emotion on Aakesh''s face or tone, the Void beast would have taken Aakesh''s second response as a taunt.


    "Why are you attacking the Demonic-Fire?" The Void beast then asked. From the moment it had arrived here, it could sense something wrong with the situation.


    Any sane person would use the single help of the Void beast when destruction is near, but here nothing sort of such event was taking ce.


    Except for four dead Aisads lying across the space and a tiny flicker on the barrier surrounding the gxy, the Void beast didn''t find any destruction that warranted its summon.


    It had also had an ufortable feeling where it had gotten summoned, but since it couldn''t put its hand on the issue, it had decided to ask the enemy it got called here to kill.


    "It has nothing to do with you," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. The Void beast got taken aback by the response of the enemy.


    Since its creation, not a single soul had dared to talk loudly to it, let alone disrespect. Before it could respond, the blue-skinned man suddenly aimed his bow toward it.


    The Void beast finally noticed the bow and couldn''t help but get surprised by its quality. Even a creature of its stature felt jealous of Aakesh for having the bow.


    The next moment, the jealousy disappeared as a horrified expression took its ce. Its body started shaking in fear, seeing the arrow taking ce on the bow. At that moment, it felt itself to be an ordinary creature and was standing in front of a raging ocean with nothing in sight to help him defend or escape.


    Even though killing a Void beast was equivalent to offending a Deva, Aakesh was willing to do it. He had already made the vow to exterminate Nielle and everything rted to it, so it didn''t matter who would be his enemy during the process.


    Even if he died, so what. For someone rigid and egoistic like him, living in fear or forgiving your enemy was never an option.


    Aakesh had such ns in his mind, but he couldn''t help but get shocked the next moment. His jaw almost dropped to the ground, witnessing the scene in front of him. Even he, who was always in control of his emotions, couldn''t control it.


    The Void beast that had been shaking in fear seeing only the outline of the arrow, suddenly created a white g, using its energy, and started waving it in front of Aakesh, showing its willingness to surrender.


    "Strange creature, why to fight? Let''s be civil and talk like strong people," The Void beastmented, forgetting its purpose of summon.


    The Void beasts had promised to help the top-five organizations once, but that didn''t mean they would die for it. They had a sacred duty to protect the Primal dimension, and no broken promise was worth more than that duty.


    ''Why did I be the first to ept the summon?'' At the same time, the Void beast thought in its head. All the eleven Void beasts had almost equal strength, and even the weakest of them was way more powerful than any character of the Primal dimension, so any Void beast could ept the summon.


    Aakesh stopped the summon of the Absolute arrow, seeing theplete surrender of the Void beast. Aakesh always thought that they were prideful creatures since they were the direct creation of a Deva, so the current situation was something out of his expectations.


    The Void beast heaved a sigh of relief, seeing the strange creature taking back the arrow.


    It then began reducing its size, and when it had reached the same height as Aakesh, it appeared in front of him.


    "What was that arrow, strange creature?" The Void beast curiously asked.


    "If you want to talk, you cane to my store," Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He then created the store card and handed it to the Void beast.


    Aakesh had only the time before the sunrise left toplete his mission of exterminating the entirety of Nielle, so he couldn''t waste his time in conversation, even if it was with a Void beast.


    The Void beast took a cursory nce at the card and then left. Before leaving, it had sent a message to Geoffrey that his single help was still left, and today didn''t count.

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    <h2>Chapter 413 - One Person vs. an Organization 8</h2>


    Chapter 413: One Person vs. an Organization(8)


    "If you tell me about the arrow, I would help you in fighting against the Demonic-Fire," The Void beast told Aakesh after taking a cursory nce at the card Aakesh had just given.


    Helping Aakesh was against the principles on which the Void beast, but an arrow potent enough to kill its ilks went way above their ethos.


    Almost all races, creatures, including Aakesh, thought that the Void beasts were so peaceful and stayed away from any issues because the Deva had ordered them. But it wasn''t the truth. The Deva had only a single order for the eleven Void beasts after their creation, and that was to protect the Primal dimension from doom at any cost.


    They were so peaceful because they had no challenge in the Primal dimension, but today it has changed. Aakesh''s arrow proved the capability of killing them.


    Despite knowing that someone who had the ability to kill a Void beast wouldn''t need its help in attacking an organization, it still asked as it could see that the arrow Aakesh had was limited. Even if Aakesh had more than enough such arrows, the Void beast helping him wouldn''t create a problem for it.


    ***


    Aakesh expressionlessly stared at the Void beast in response to his suggestion. The Void beast didn''t disturb Aakesh but waited for him to respond as Aakesh was superior to it in the current situation.


    "No!" A few secondster, Aakesh responded. He took these seconds as he thought of taking the help of the Void beast for only destroying the barrier, but when he asked the system whether that was allowed, the system refused straight away.


    Time flew by.


    The Void beast finally left after Aakesh promised it not to use the arrow to harm the dimension.


    Aakesh then returned to his work of creating a spacerge enough for him to pass through the barrier.


    ***


    "See, I told you. The result is already fixed. The best we can do is to postpone it by a few intervals."


    After the Void beast left, the darkness returned, and not long after, the voice echoed in the area.


    Geoffrey had a horrified yet stupefied expression at the same time due to the sequence of the scenes he just witnessed on the screen. Especially thetter part where the Void beast promised to help the Demonic-Fire some other day.


    What was even the point of helping some other day when the organization wouldn''t survive today''s ordeal?


    Even in his dreams, Geoffrey hadn''t expected the Void beast to be such a shameless creature.


    While he was in shock, he suddenly heard the familiar voice, and it broke him out of his thoughts.


    "Did you know about the failure of your mission from the start?" Geoffrey asked the darkness.


    "Sigh! Since it''s thest time we are conversing, I guess there is no point in hiding anything from you," In response, a sigh, and not long after, ament rang in the area.


    "When I got the mission, I was warned that there is only one in a sexdecillion chance of sess. The sess rate was equivalent to impossible toplete, but the reward it granted was so high that even the value of this entire dimension would be worth a fraction of it...," The voice told Geoffrey.


    The darkness spreading across the garden also began receding. Soon, itpletely vanished, and the owner of the voice presented itself.


    "Who are you?" Geoffrey asked in surprise as the being in front of him was entirely different from the beings he had seen in murals in the ruin, responsible for today''s situation.


    The voice''s owner was on his four legs, had dark skin without even a hint of hair. Excluding the four legs, it had two arms, with one hand being in the shape of an ax, while the other being a muscle shield. It had two bull-like horns but way smaller, and simrly, it had the smaller version of elephant tusks. In its entirety, the creature only came up to the waist of Geoffrey.


    "I am the voice that''s guiding you," The creature responded as it sat down on the ground like any four-legged creature.


    It then spat a key out its mouth and told Geoffrey that this key was responsible for controlling him. The ruin from which Geoffrey had gotten the cultivation art was one of many ruins left by the organization the creature worked for.


    "What was your goal ofing here? Why would you agree to an impossible mission, regardless of what the reward may be, since you won''t survive?" Geoffrey asked the creature.


    The creature grinned in response to Geoffrey''s question. "Haha, who told you this is the real me? It is just a clone of mine. Irrespective of what happened with it, my real body would stay alive and out of danger," The creature responded.


    "As for my goal, you aren''t worthy to know," The creature further answered, with a hint of ridicule in its voice.


    Geoffrey took a deep breath to calm himself down after listening to the ridiculing tone of the creature. If not for the creature being way more powerful than anything he could fight, he would have killed it.


    "Don''t be angry. Fate works mysteriously. It was your fortune to enter the ruin and reach this stage, and simrly, it''s your destiny to return to dust due to your gain," The creaturemented, seeing the aura around Geoffrey.


    "Since you''re a clone, why don''t you fight the store owner," Geoffrey asked the creature since the pressure released by it was even more than the Void beast.


    "I can''t attack anyone, or the Void beasts would find me, and simrly, the dimension would reject me," The creature responded.


    "BOOM!"


    Suddenly, they heard a loud explosion sound, and it broke them out of their conversation. They then looked at the screen, only to find that the store owner had seeded in creating a holerge enough for him to pass.


    "GET READY TO DEFEND!," Geoffrey yelled in a voice. It was loud enough for every individual present in the gxy to hear, including Aakesh.


    ***


    Beforeing here, Aakesh had gotten three Absolute weapons, out of which two were vast area destruction arrows. The single-kill was for the mastermind of the intrusion, while the other two were for bringing death and destruction to them.

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    <h2>Chapter 414 - One Person vs. an Organization 9</h2>Chapter 414: One Person vs. an Organization(9)


    "GET READY TO DEFEND!" An order rang for every individual present in the core gxy.


    "FIGHT FOR THE ORGANIZATION!" Not long after, another announcement rang in the gxy.


    "ANYONE WHO DARES TO ESCAPE WOULD BE EXECUTED IN THE MOST GRUESOME WAYS!" Another announcement rang, but this time it was a warning and a threat for the members of the Demonic-Fire, present in the core gxy.


    ***


    Aisads after Aisads started appearing and surrounding Aakesh.


    Aakesh ignored them. Instead, he aimed his bow at the sky while an arrow was nocked on the bow.


    "Whoosh!"


    Aakesh released the bowstring as the arrow flew, tearing through the space.


    The number of Aisads only grew, and they got in a defending posture right away after the arrow got released.


    But what they were waiting for didn''t happen but instead, every single creature present in the entire gxy, and then the Universe found themselves suddenly getting scanned by an invisible power.


    They had no idea what was happening, but at the same time, none had the capability to defend against it, including the creature and Geoffrey watching the scene through the screen in the garden.


    The sudden scan stopped all Aisads from making any move as they prepared to defend themselves.


    Aakesh, who had been standing silently with an expressionless face in the space, suddenly aimed his bow at the sky while his right hand began stretching the bowstring.


    When the string started touching his right ear, he stopped the stretch and released the bowstring, while the Aisads standing in the space stayed unaware of what Aakesh was trying to do.


    They would''ve attacked the arrow straight away, forgetting the powerful scan, but they didn''t sense even a little bit of danger from the arrow.


    The arrow flew higher, tearing through the space, only to stop when it had reached a distance of millions of miles above Aakesh.


    Suddenly, something unexpected happened. The arrow began separating into several arrows with the same features.


    The separation rate was even quicker than the thinking time of the peak Immortals.


    In no time, the number of arrows had reached an outrageous number.


    Then, the arrows suddenly began flying in different directions, ignoring the Aisads surrounding Aakesh.


    The Aisads standing in the space couldn''t help but frown, seeing the situation transpiring in front of their eyes. First, an arrow that did nothing but scan, and then the next arrow, despite separating into countless arrows, not even a single one flew toward them, entirely ignoring them.


    ***


    "What''s happening?" A teen Aisad asked his elder brother, hearing the sudden announcements of defending and attacking, and not long after, a warning.


    "I have no idea," The brother responded with a confused face.


    The elder brother had four horns engulfed in different kinds of flowers, while he was a Level 9 mage, equivalent to Tao Manifestation. The younger brother, on the other hand, was only a Level 6 mage with a single horn.


    Since there was no mention of level or age in the announcement, both the brothers would have to join the battle and do whatever their superiors told them to do.


    "What is it?" The younger brother suddenly asked as he noticed two projectilesing toward him and his brother.


    The elder brother looked at the sky and couldn''t help but turn pale as he noticed two arrows with different targets flying toward them.


    At that moment, he couldn''t even think of defending as if the arrows were entirely out of his capabilities.


    The younger brother finally witnessed theplete picture of the projectiles and couldn''t help but have the same expression as his elder brother.


    "Puchi!"


    "Puchi!"


    Not long after, the arrows arrived and pierced the hearts of the brothers, resulting in instant death for the duo.


    Soon, the arrows disappeared. Not long after, the corpses also flew like sand.


    The brothers weren''t the only ones facing this situation. There were countless deaths at that exact moment.


    The two arrows Aakesh had shot belonged to a trio of arrows. It had three different abilities used tomit a single goal.


    The trio had only one goal. It was to kill Aakesh''s enemies, irrespective of their numbers present in a particr range.


    The first arrow of the trio did nothing but scan the enemy for their strength in its range.


    The trio had a range of trillions of lightyears, but due to the protective barrier around the Universe Demonic-Fire, it stopped at that point.


    In that range, the first arrow scanned all living creatures. Any creature who turned out to be weaker than Aakesh got marked.


    The scanning judged the creatures by their cultivation level, physique, and soul.


    The first round straight away marked every creature that was lower than or equal to Tao Pce level strength. The scan then included a few Immortals after strictly searching those who were weaker than him.


    (A/N: The strength of Aakeshis judged by his power without the bow.)


    It was then time for the second arrow. Simr to thest time, it had a supportive ability. It marked those who were weaker than the archer, but they were on his side and were not an enemy.


    Since Aakesh had no one on his side, he had no use for it, so he didn''t shoot it.


    Then the turn of the ultimate arrow arrived. It had the offensive ability, and that was to kill every marked enemy, irrespective of their numbers and distance.


    This trio of arrows was called ''Marked Death''. It was the ultimate arrow in his arsenal he had gotten from the bow.


    It also had limitations, like many of the arrows Aakesh had gotten. It could only be shot once in a thousand years. And the second was that the archer would hear the cries of every marked enemy deemed to die.


    Both limitations didn''t have much effect on Aakesh. After this quest, he would have an upgrade of a level, which would make him stand on the peak of the Primal dimension so he wouldn''t need the arrow. For the second, Aakesh had unlimited endurance, so his mental psyche wouldn''t get tired, and he could hear the cries without having any trouble.


    The Aisads surrounding Aakesh had horrified faces, sensing the situation around them.


    In less than a second, countless lives have perished without even being able to put up a fight. Now, only Immortals remained alive in the entire Universe.

 Chapter 415: One Person vs. an Organization (10)

    <strong></strong><strong>Chapter 415: One Person vs. an Organization (10)</strong>


    Aakesh ignoring the reaction of the Aisads aimed his bow at the sky for the third time and started stretching the bowstring using his right hand.


    The Aisads, forgetting the massacres of their friends, families, or other fellow members of their race, charged toward Aakesh as they had an ominous premonition in their hearts, seeing the intruder, aiming once more.


    Aakesh ignored the charge as he couldn''t make any mistake this time. The next arrow he was going to shoot was one of the two Absolute arrows for creating a vast area of destruction.


    It took the full strength of Aakesh to stretch the bowstring as the outline of the arrow started appearing.


    The Aisads charging toward Aakesh came to a sudden halt as an intense invisible pressure attacked them.


    The pressure slowed the charge of the Aisads, but they still rushed as the bad feeling in their heart only grew with this sudden situation.


    At that moment, the nock and the tail feather of the arrow had appeared. It was orange in color, with a hint of gold.


    Soon, the shaft appeared, and simrly, the pressure on the Aisads increased by severalfold. Many of the Aisads crashed into space. They weren''t able to continue floating, so they began sinking with no end to be seen in the void.


    The arrow shaft was different than other arrows. It wasn''t cylindrical but triangr, and it was entirely orange in color, with eleven simr golden patterns engraved on it.


    Finally, the arrowhead appeared, bringing an aura of destruction with it. At that moment, one of the peaks Immortal with pseudo divine physique seeded in passing through the pressure and reached Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t even have to defend himself, as the pressure released by the arrow alone tied him to the spot. He did all that he could just now, but it still didn''t work.


    Aakesh ignored the restricted Aisad and released the bowstring.


    "BOOM!"


    "BOOM!"


    "BOOM!"


    The continuous loud sounds rang in the space as the arrow flew higher and higher, breaking all the barriers of rules restricting its destruction.


    When the arrow had reached the height of a lightyear from Aakesh, it suddenly began scattering into tiny particles.


    The particles didn''t scatter in the fractured space around it, but they began condensing into different asteroids. Soon, countless asteroids spanning over billions of miles appeared above the Aisads.


    For an arrow of regr size to create these asteroids that were evenrger than several knowns made no sense, but it was what it was.


    The next moment, the asteroids began falling down at an unimaginable rate, bringing a pressure never felt on the Aisads.


    Aakesh, without even waiting for a second, freed the space around him and left the area, appearing a billion lightyears away from his previous location.


    Aakesh could teleport at more distance, but he chose such because it was the limit of the Absolute arrow Aakesh had shot. Its destruction would stop at an inch away from where he was currently standing.


    As expected, the next moment, the radius of a billion lightyears just an inch away from him resulted inplete disintegration. Only darkness and destroyed space, never to heal, were present, showing the extent of destruction just one Absolute arrow had caused.


    Around nine-tenths of the space inside the core gxy was destroyed with this arrow, resulting in around the death of thirty million Immortals, with around two thousand peak Immortals.


    It was more than 95% of the strength of the Demonic-Fire, which was lost in a single arrow.


    Aakesh then turned around as his eyes fell on the majestic ce several lightyears away from him, yet its splendor wasn''t missing this far. His work was still left. The head of Nielle was still alive, while he was still unaware of the reason behind the actions of Nielle.


    He then took a step forward, and the next moment, he appeared right in front of the giant main door of the headquarters of the Demonic-Fire.


    At the door of the pce, two statues of Chimeric Lion adorned with expensive materials weed him.


    The Chimeric Lion was a beast race and belonged to the Lion family. They had a simr structure to a Lion, but the Chimeric Lions had two tails, one in the form of a ck snake and the other in the form of a white snake. It had the eyes of an eagle while the jaw of a hyena.


    For all its abilities, the Chimeric Lion should be one of the top races, but in reality, they were only one of the mid-tier races in the Primal dimension. It was due to theirck of numbers and their short lifespan.


    A human Void Forging cultivator could live for ten thousand years, but a Chimeric Lion with the same level of cultivation could only live for a hundred years. Their lifespan was shorter than any other race in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh didn''t move as the next moment, both the statues came to life. They weren''t the real Chimeric Lion but a mechanical creation, costing an obscene amount of money for the Demonic-Fire to purchase them.


    "Roar!"


    "Roar!"


    Two mechanical roars echoed in the area as the Chimeric Lion charged toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh, in response, aimed his bow at the Chimeric Lion on his right and took a shot.


    "ng!"


    The sound of metallic sh rang in the area, and sparks appeared after the arrow shed with the skin of the Lion.


    The fight didn''t remain between the two of them as the remaining Immortals of Demonic-Fire joined them.


    Time flew by.


    The battle this time wasn''t one-sided like thest few Aakesh''s battles. Instead, it was a fight where the members of Demonic-Fire, looked to be in the lead.


    Aakesh couldn''t grow tired ofbat due to his unlimited endurance, but he couldn''t get injuries after injuries and survive.


    Numerous wounds had spread across his body, with some even being severe. The enemies, on the other hand, only had shallow injuries, while none of them had died.


    Since Aakesh had no offensive weapon potent enough to kill these Aisads in a single shot, except the Absolute arrows, he wasn''t able to create any casualty.


    He had exhausted the attacking and defensive copied skills in this battle, with only a few healing skills still left to help him in a precarious situation.

 Chapter 416

    Chapter 416: One Person vs. an Organization(11)


    Time flew by.


    The situation only became troublesome for Aakesh. He had no choice but to use the second Absolute arrow.


    He aimed his bow at the sky while covering himself with a tripleyer of Counter Shield. The ability to addyers was his gain in today¡¯s battle.


    Even though he regrly fought virtual battles, the rate at which he grew in the current fight with the remaining elites of Demonic-fire was nothing less than impressive.


    Aakesh then started stretching the bowstring as the shield around him began cracking. Here, Aakesh was taking a risk as the Absolute arrow could result in theplete destruction of this area, which would result in him knowing nothing about the purpose of intrusion.


    He still decided to go ahead as the system had also given him a single-kill arrow, which it would never give if there weren¡¯t an opponent that had enough strength to survive the destruction.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    Despite being a tripleyer shield, it failed to survive for even a second due to so many attacks of peak Immortals.


    One attack seeded in bypassing the shield after its destruction and reached Aakesh.


    Aakesh had no choice but to take it as he wasn¡¯t quick enough to dodge it. The only thing he could do was to lessen the injury it could cause.


    Aakesh slightly moved while continuing to stretch the bowstring as the attack passed, taking arge chunk of meat above his waist away.


    The arrow had also presented itself at that moment. It was simr to thest arrow.


    Aakesh then released the bowstring, and the arrow flew. All the Aisads around him, barring one or two to a halt as they were unable to handle the pressure.


    All of the current fighting Aisads had seen the destruction the arrow had caused, so they attempted to leave right away.


    Their already fearful faces turned into horror as they noticed that the space around them waspletely restricted for them. If they wanted to leave the area, they had to travel on foot, which was an impossible task for even someone like them.


    Since they couldn¡¯t escape their death, they all decided to attack the blue-skinned intruder with all of their might. Some even thought of self-destruction to increase the chances of death, but when they turned around, they noticed that the intruder was nowhere to be seen.


    Aakesh had no restriction of space around him since he was the archer. He easily teleported out of the range of the destruction.


    The next moment, he appeared right at the exit point of the gxy. The barrier around the gxy still wasn¡¯t destroyed despite being close to the range of the previous Absolute arrow, but it had turned so fragile that it would only take a few silver-blue me arrows to break it.


    Suddenly the scene in front of Aakesh changed. The next moment, the protective barrier covering the gxy started cracking like ss, and in no time, it had entirely disintegrated, giving a clear view of the destruction to Aakesh.


    Except for the pce, nothing else remained in the entire gxy. Aakesh then took a step forward and appeared right at the door.


    The previous splendor of the pce was nowhere to be seen as numerousrge cracks had spread across the building.


    The previous giant door was nowhere to be seen, so Aakesh took a step forward and entered.


    Aakesh suddenly felt a chill spread across his body as soon as he stepped inside the pce.


    He didn¡¯t have to search for long for the source of the chill as a creature stepped out from the other side.


    It was a creature that had a horse-like face but with canine teeth.


    ¡°Who is your backer?¡± The creature asked with a flustered voice.


    It was a creature belonging to the Sacred dimension, but it still hadn¡¯t seen such potent arrows. Geoffrey, the leader of Demonic-Fire, and Nielle also failed to survive, despite being in such a protected space.


    ¡°You¡¯re the mastermind behind those intrusions?¡± Aakesh ignored the question and instead expressionlessly asked.


    The leader of the Demonic-Fire was an Aisad, and since he wasn¡¯t here, it meant he had died. The fact that this creature had survived meant that it was the cause of the single kill by the Absolute arrow.


    ¡°Yes,¡± The creature replied as if it had no problem, epting the situation.


    ¡°Why did you do it?¡± Aakesh asked another question.


    ¡°You don¡¯t want to know,¡± The creature replied. It then disappeared from its spot and appeared right above Aakesh, with its jaw wide open to snap Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh teleported himself out of the area, but the projection of the jaw followed him, waiting to snap his head.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t stop for even a moment, as a halt for a moment was equivalent to death. He didn¡¯t have a strong enough physique to survive the bite.


    Aakesh had no choice but to use the only option in his arsenal. He aimed his bow toward the sky and stretched the bowstring while running.


    The next moment, he stopped in his steps as the projection of the bite disappeared as soon as the outline of thest Absolute arrow started appearing.


    The creature had a sudden change in its expression as it could feel that if this arrow hit it, its actual body in the sacred dimension would also die.


    ¡°Tell me the reason behind intrusions into my store, or you can say goodbye to life,¡± Aakesh coldly threatened the creature as he aimed his bow toward it.


    How could Aakesh not see that the creature was only the clone?


    ¡°If you tell me the reason, I would only kill your clone,¡± Aakesh further added, as leaving the creature alive was never an option, even if it meant not knowing the purpose of intrusion. ¡®Your actual body would die when the store would ascend to the Sacred dimension,¡¯ He further added, but only in his thoughts.


    If he took all the options away from the creature, why would it tell the truth?


    ¡°Why should I believe you?¡± The creature asked in response.


    Aakesh¡¯s eye turned cold as he asked, ¡°Do you think I am bargaining with you? If you don¡¯t tell me, you and your actual body will die. If you told the purpose, only you will die.¡±


    ***


    A/N: The next chapter would be the end of this war. Why do you think the creatures and their organization is trying to invade the store?

 Chapter 417

    Chapter 417: Purpose?


    ¡°Do you think you have a choice here? If you tell me what I ask, your actual body will survive, and if you don¡¯t, then you can say goodbye to life,¡± Aakesh coldly told the creature, hearing its attempt to ask for surety.


    The creature was taken aback by the conviction of the store owner. It didn¡¯t expect him to give up knowing the purpose.


    ¡°You can kill me then! I would rather get killed than betrayed at the end!¡± The creature responded after staying silent for some time. How could it give up its life so easily without getting any confidence?


    Aakesh, hearing the beast, didn¡¯t respond anything but aimed his bow at the creature and was only going to release the bowstring when he heard the creature¡¯s plea.


    The creature was only testing its waters, but when it saw Aakesh, without even attempting to coerce him, going into the shooting mode, it decided to stop it if it wanted to survive.


    ¡°Don¡¯t kill me! I would tell you what you want to know,¡± The creature requested Aakesh. It had no further interest in testing water and seeing the store owner¡¯s limits.


    Aakesh put his bow down, but thest Absolute arrow was still nocked to it. If the creature attempted anything weird, Aakesh would take a shot and end its life.


    The creature heaved a sigh of relief, seeing the actions of Aakesh. It then sat down in afortable pose and looked at Aakesh, and gestured to him to ask the questions.


    ¡°What was your purpose behind intruding into my store, and why did you attempt to forcefully enter when the doors of the store were open for everyone?¡± Aakesh asked the two questions he wanted to know the answer to the most.


    ¡°Let me answer your second question first,¡± The creaturemented. Aakesh stayed expressionlessly still as he waited for the creature to answer both the questions.


    ¡°Your store has something that my organization desperately needs, and so it established a mission, while the reward was the divine Kingdom of a very strong being. It also gave a tip to the mission taker when taking the quest, and it was not to step inside the store by the door but forcefully enter after breaking the restrictions. As for why it did so, I have no idea,¡± answered the creature.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but frown, hearing the answer from the creature since it was no better than no information.


    ¡°I am telling the truth. I really don¡¯t know,¡± The creaturemented, seeing the frown deepening on the store owner¡¯s face. ¡°I believe it asked of me to do such thing because breaking forcefully through the restrictions around the store is the easiest way to fight your backer,¡± The creature further added and told Aakesh what it thought to be the reason for the tip.


    ¡°Hey, system, why was the tip such?¡± Aakesh asked the system in his head.


    When he asked, he had no expectations of getting an answer and thought that the system would reject, citing low authority, but things happened beyond Aakesh¡¯s thinking.


    [Host, breaking through the restriction is the easiest way to infiltrate the store! If someone seeded in doing that, the system would subconsciously use itsplete concentration to repair the arrays, making the store free of any system¡¯s interference for three seconds.]


    The system told Aakesh in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get stunned, hearing what the system told him. Fortunately for him, no one in the Primal dimension was strong enough to break the restrictions around the store, or he would¡¯ve died by the assault of peak Immortals since three seconds were more than enough for them to kill him several times without the system¡¯s help.


    ¡°How can you let such a big bug exist in the first ce?¡± Aakesh asked the system since it could prove disastrous for him in the higher dimensions, where there would be nock of powerful creatures.


    [Host, the bug is inbuilt and couldn¡¯t be removed.]


    [Host, you don¡¯t need to worry about your safety in the store. There are only a very few figures who could break the restrictions.]


    The system answered, and since it could sense what was going on in Aakesh¡¯s mind, it told him not to worry.


    Seeing Aakesh standing silently, the creature didn¡¯t dare to speak a word. For a moment, it thought of using this moment and killing the store owner, but it couldn¡¯t. Its leg didn¡¯t move at all due to fear of the arrow still nocked on the bow.


    ¡°What was the aim of your quest?¡± Aakesh then expressionlessly asked the creature.


    The creature didn¡¯t wait and opened its mouth to speak when suddenly it felt rm bells ringing off in its head, warning it not to utter a word and reveal the purpose.


    The creature fell into a dilemma since if it stayed silent about the goal, the store owner would kill it, and if it answered, this sudden pressure would kill it.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, had a grave expression on his face. He had also noticed the sudden arrival of an invisible pressure on the creature. Even though the creature was on the receiving end, the killing intent in that pressure still sent chills down his spine.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care what happened with the creature, so he aimed his bow toward it and coldly asked it to answer rather than stay silent.


    A sense of extreme irritation rose in the creature¡¯s heart. The aim of the bow was thest straw that somehow broke the fear of death in the creature¡¯s mind. Its eyes turned redder, and it began bloating up. It wanted to stop itself from losing sanity, but its attempts failed.


    The sudden situation sent death warnings to Aakesh. Without waiting for even a moment and forgetting about knowing the purpose of the mission, he released the bowstring.


    As soon as the arrow got released, it appeared in front of the creature and pierced its heart.


    The creature gained its sanity back at the moment of the release of the arrow, but unfortunately for it, it came toote.


    It was an Absolute arrow with the sole purpose of killing the enemy, so the creature instantly died as the result of piercing. Then its body automatically disintegrated and scattered like sand in the area.

 Chapter 418

    Chapter 418: Item!


    After shooting the arrow, Aakesh took a step forward and appeared on the spot where the creature had just died.


    Aakesh did so because after the creature had disintegrated: an item had fallen out of its body.


    Aakesh bent down and picked it up. It was in the form of a circr disk, the size of a tennis ball, and silver in color. The bottom part of the disk was empty, while on the top, there was a pattern of a stair engraved on it.


    The stair only had two steps, with the upper step being twice the size of the lower one.


    Aakesh recognized the item since during his first four quests: he had learned about the information of the treasures present anywhere in the public domain, belonging to all four dimensions.


    The circr disk was a descent item. It helped the creature to descend to the Primal dimension from the Sacred dimension.


    As for why only the clone descended, it was due to the low quality of the item. If it were one grade higher, the actual creature would have arrived in the Primal dimension.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Sacred dimension,


    A creature simr to what Aakesh had just killed was meditating inside a cave when suddenly it opened its eyes. It had felt an extreme danger to its life at that moment.


    Before it could understand what was going on, the creature noticed its lower body suddenly starting to fade. The creature couldn¡¯t even scream for help as its entire body faded, and all signs of its life vanished.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Multiverse,


    ¡°The quest has failed,¡± A person enshrouded in the dark told the giant figure sitting on a throne as the being knelt.


    ¡°Oh!¡± The figure sitting on the throne nonchntly replied as if the failure of the quest didn¡¯t mean anything.


    ¡°What do you want me to do regarding the quest?¡± The being kneeling in front of the figure respectfully asked.


    ¡°Take off the quest for now, and don¡¯t add it until I tell you,¡± The figure ordered.


    ¡°As youmand, your majesty,¡± The being responded and disappeared while still kneeling.


    ¡°This is what happens when people bite more than they can chew,¡± The figure mumbled as the scene of the creature taking the quest and then its clone descending to the Primal dimension appeared.


    All the things that the creature had done from the start to its death appeared on the screen in front of the figure.


    For a creature of power like him, peering through the past and dimensions wasn¡¯t a big deal. When Aakesh appeared on the screen, there was only a blur there.


    A grin spread across the figure¡¯s face, covered in darkness, seeing the scene of Aakesh killing the creature.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t disappoint me,¡± The figure mumbled as if Aakesh was nothing more than a chess piece for the figure to pass his time.


    ¡°What do you think?¡± The figure then asked while continuing to look at the screen.


    ¡°It¡¯s going to be fun,¡± A voice filled with a yful tone rang in response.


    ¡°Haha,¡± The figure sitting on the throneughed out loud, hearing the response. The figure then waved his hands, and the screen showing the death of the creature disappeared.


    ¡°Don¡¯t forget our bet,¡± A voice suddenly rang in the area. It couldn¡¯t be discerned from which direction it originated since it looked to be echoing from all directions.


    ¡°Haha, how could I?¡± The figure sitting on the throne replied, and then only silence remained in the area.


    ***


    Aakesh, unaware of the conversation between the higher-level beings, scrutinized the item.


    It was the first time he had gotten an item of the Sacred dimension that was not from the system.


    ¡°Hey, system, do you want it?¡± Aakesh then asked the system as he had no use of the disk. After he ascended, he wouldn¡¯t descend to the Primal dimension using this low-level descent item.


    He also asked the system as the system would provide him the best deal of anyone.


    [No, Host!]


    The next moment, all his hopes came dashing down as the system bluntly refused.


    Aakesh then suddenly remembered something. ¡°Hey, system, where are the alerts of my sessfullypleting the mission?¡± He asked as not a single life was present in the Universe, Demonic-Fire, the headquarters of Nielle and Demonic-Fire.


    [Host, you still haven¡¯t achieved the goal. There are still bases of Nielle left for you to destroy.]


    The system responded in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice.


    Aakesh then threw the descent disk into the space provided by the system and took a step forward.


    Even though the second Absolute arrow had almost destroyed the pce, there were still things left.


    Aakesh then began searching for information about Nielle. Unfortunately, the leader of Demonic-Fire and Nielle had died mistakenly in the destruction caused by the second arrow, or Aakesh would¡¯ve found out everything about the organization from him.


    Time flew by.


    After a strict search of more than an hour, Aakesh found most of the information rted to the other bases of Nielle. He couldn¡¯t get everything as not all was intact.


    ¡°Hey, system, how much time is left before the sunrise?¡± Aakesh asked the system. If there weren¡¯t much time left, he would stop his quest for today andplete it tomorrow, and if there were still hours left, he would finish it today, as there were several bases left, and only the travel time would take him a few hoursbined.


    [Host, there are six hours left for the sunrise!]


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised, hearing the number of remaining hours.


    There were 15 hours between the sunrise and the sunset, while nine hours between the sunset and the sunrise, making 24 hours total in a day.


    Aakesh never thought that he was so quick with the quest. If the travel time was taken out, then Aakesh would¡¯ve seeded in finishing one of the top five organizations in less than one hour.


    Even though it all happened so quickly was due to the obscene amount of destruction caused by the two Absolute arrows, Aakesh still was the archer and fought Immortals.


    Since there were still around six hours left, Aakesh had more than enough time to finish the quest today.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t wait for a moment and then took a step forward, freeing the space around him.

 Chapter 419

    Chapter 419: Reward(1)


    ¡°Why are you killing us? We didn¡¯t do anything to you,¡± A Moonlight Elf cried out in anger and pain as the lower half of his body had burnt off in thest st.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even take a nce at the Elf. He instead aimed his bow at his next target, stretched the bowstring, and released it.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    Soon, a loud explosion erupted as a mushroom cloud filled with dust spread across the area for a few miles, while the Elf got vaporized due to being very close to the st site.


    It was thest base of Nielle present in the Primal dimension. Aakesh ignoring the st and cloud, aimed his bow toward the next target, stretched the bowstring and released it.


    One second passed, two seconds passed,¡­, fifty seconds passed, and just like that, six minutes had passed.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    An explosion echoed in the area, but no life was present to hear or see it. The that had life thriving over it before Aakesh¡¯s arrival had now turned into ruins.


    Not even a semnce of life could be found, and simrly, none of the structures remained, bing a lost civilization for those who would someday take birth in the future on the.


    Aakesh not onlypletely destroyed the organization Demonic-Fire, and several of its subsidiaries, but this round of assault also resulted in theplete extinction of once a top race in the Primal dimension.


    After today, no bloodline of Aisad would ever appear in the Primal dimension if the Aisads who had ascended in the past never returned.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care much for massacring an entire race as it wasn¡¯t he who took the initiative. Even though an organization from a higher dimension was behind everything, Aakesh had already vowed that anyone rted to Nielle would die. While a few Aisads became innocent casualties in the round of ¡®Marked Death¡¯.


    Aakesh took ast look at the and left, hoping for a new civilization to thrive here in the future.


    His current distance was very far from the store, so if he traveled by his regr teleportations, it would take him days, if not weeks, but Aakesh didn¡¯t have to worry about it. He took out a blue card from his system sanctioned pocket space.


    It was the supreme card the customers could buy. Before departing, he had taken out a card for a situation like this.


    He then tapped the draconian symbol, defining teleport. The next moment, the space around him turned open more than Aakesh could achieve.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to do anything. At an unimaginable rate, the scenery around him began changing. Before he could even catch a nce of the moving scenes, he found himself standing in a familiar hall, the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions for sessfully achieving the goal: Annihtion of Enemies!]


    The flurry of mechanical alerts informing of thepletion of the quest started ringing as soon as Aakesh stepped inside the store.


    [Mission reward: Increase of a level, One offensive skill, sessfully rewarded!]


    [Host, please check your rewards!]


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The next moment, a blue light suddenly appeared andpletely engulfed him while the bow tied to Aakesh¡¯s shoulder crashed on the floor. Aakesh lost his consciousness and subconsciously started floating up, and then he started squirming like a kid in a womb.


    The bow then began slowly fading, and soon, nothing remained in its ce. Since Aakesh¡¯s quest wasplete, the system took the bow back to the virtual space.


    His entire body structure was changing with this breakthrough, as his previous skin started falling off. But before the dead skin could touch the hardwood floor, it dispersed into light particles and returned to Aakesh with more purity.


    His red dhoti below his waist starteding off on its own as if it were alive, and then it fell to the ground without even a hint of tear on it.


    ¡°Ugh!¡±


    Aakesh, who had his eyes closed, groaned in pain as his previous entire structure started dissolving. Not long after, every drop of his blood had vaporized, and their vapors had helped the blue light around him turn stronger and darker.


    A few secondster, only the brain and the heart covered by a skeletal structure remained in the store, while the blue light surrounding Aakesh had begun releasing a frightening amount of pressure.


    If someone were present here, the pressure alone had made Immortal cough blood.


    ¡°Argh!¡±


    A painful scream echoed in the store as Aakesh was feeling unbearable pain at this moment. Even though there was no vocal cord present, his voice could still ring.


    It was now the turn of the blue bones. Soon, they started melting, and the liquid, instead of touching the floor, joined the blue light like others.


    A few secondster, only Aakesh¡¯s brain and heart remained floating in the air, entirely surrounded by a blue light that almost looked ck.


    After the bones, Aakesh brain dissolved into the blue light. Now only the heart remained.


    ¡°Lub! Dub!¡±


    ¡°Lub! Dub!¡±


    ¡°LUB! DUB!¡±


    ¡°LUB! DUB!¡±


    The heart didn¡¯t dissolve, but his heartbeat began ringing in the store, and with each passing second, the sound grew at an unprecedented rate.


    If the store were to remove the restriction of anyone not being able to hear what¡¯s going on inside the store for a moment, it would kill every life present in a range of quadrillions of miles. Even intermediate Immortals present in a range of a million miles around the store would explode and die.


    The sound didn¡¯t grow weaker, but it got louder and quicker with each passing moment.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Finally, the heart wasn¡¯t able to handle the increase in the rate of heartbeat and its sound, so it exploded, resulting in the blue light covering the entirety of the store.


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    At that moment, a scream that could send shudders down everyone¡¯s spine rang in the store. Despite none of Aakesh¡¯s body parts existing, he was still alive. It was a scream that came from his soul as it was the one to take theplete brunt of the explosion.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, finally, three secondster, the blue light that looked ck started contracting and returning to its usual sphere of area.


    ¡°Lub! Dub!¡±


    ¡°Lub! Dub!¡±


    The sound of heartbeats returned in the store as the blue light started giving birth to a new heart.

 Chapter 420

    Chapter 420: Reward(2)


    ¡°Lub! Dub!¡±


    ¡°Lub! Dub!¡±


    A few secondster, the blue light started giving birth to a new heart, and not long after, the sound of heartbeats returned.


    It felt as if a beautiful rhythm was getting yed in the store. The heartbeat was neither louder than it should be nor was it faster. It was in ideal condition.


    The painful screams also stopped at that moment. The heart started pumping blue blood out despite not having a body.


    If someone were to look closely, they would¡¯ve noticed the color of the blood had turned darker than the previous situation.


    The blue blood then began condensing into the spot where once Aakesh¡¯s brain was, and not long after, the outline of the brain appeared.


    Time flew by.


    In the same way, in which Aakesh¡¯s body had dissolved, it was returning. After the brain, it was the time of theplete skeletal structure.


    The newly generated bones of Aakesh were severalfold tougher than the previous ones. If Aakesh wanted, he could use his bones to kill an Immortal in a single shot; such was the hardness.


    ¡°Argh!¡±


    The scream returned as strange patterns started appearing on the bones all across.


    The patterns consisted of different forms. Engraved on one of Aakesh¡¯s right-hand fingers of Aakesh was an impression of burning fire, while on the next finger, there was an impression of thunder.


    All across his bones, imprints of different elements had started getting engraved.


    The engraving process finally ended, and with it, the painful screams also came to a stop.


    Time flew by.


    After the regeneration of bones, it was time for the generation of internal body parts. Simr to the bones, patterns belonging to different elements were engraved on them.


    The blue light surrounding Aakesh had contracted to such an extent that any stranger could think of it as Aakesh¡¯s skin.


    One second passed, two seconds passed,¡­, fifteen seconds passed,¡­, three minutes passed, and just like that, around an hour had passed.


    The process of skin generation took the longest out of all.


    The breakthrough process finally came to a stop as the blue light surrounding Aakesh melted entirely into him.


    Like a baby in a womb, Aakesh was still floating in the air. A silence then fell on the store.


    His ck hair that previously came to his waist was now almost double the size as it flew into the air. If Aakesh were to stand, his hair would now touch the floor. The color of his hair had also turned darker, giving it a terrifying and beautiful look. Their tensile strength had also increased. Only by using a whisp of his hair, Aakesh could now pick weights equivalent to a with ease.


    His skin tone had also turned darker, while his body grew proportionately. He was now a meter taller than him before the breakthrough. Simrly, his muscles had turned sturdier, giving him a bulky yet ideal shape.


    ¡°Breath!¡±


    The next moment, the terrifying silence inside the store got broken as breathing sounds began ringing.


    The sound then continued growing quicker and louder, and finally, after a few seconds, it came to a standstill as another round of silence entered the store.


    The silence didn¡¯t continue for long as Aakesh¡¯s unconscious body began moving. His bones began cracking as his fingers moved.


    He was still unconscious and floating in the store, but he was now standing straight while his terrifyinglyrge hairs flew despite there not being wind, creating a terrifying scene for if someone were here to witness it.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    A few secondster, anding sound echoed in the store as Aakeshnded after regaining his consciousness.


    His previous ck eyes had now turned even darker.


    The entire store had turned darker for a moment when Aakesh opened his eyes. If not for the system acting straight away, the store still would¡¯ve been dark.


    If someone were to look at Aakesh¡¯s eyes right now, they would automatically fall into an illusion, never toe out without Aakesh¡¯s intervention, irrespective of the cultivation and mental strength of the being.


    After the breakthrough, Aakesh had reached the top of the Primal dimension with no opponent other than the Void beast being able directly to contend with him.


    After regaining consciousness, Aakesh checked himself as the system provided him with a mirror. He had an expressionless face, but at the end, he had a smile on his face, seeing the level of physical growth he had gotten with the breakthrough.


    [Host, congrattions on your breakthrough!]


    [With this breakthrough, you have reached the peak cultivation level of the Primal dimension. The system hereby restricts your energy level from growing any further until the day you ascend to the Sacred dimension.]


    The next moment, the system congratted Aakesh in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice. It then also told Aakesh a new piece of information.


    Since he had now reached the peak cultivation level of the Primal dimension, his cultivation wouldn¡¯t grow at all unless he ascended to the Sacred dimension.


    The system primarily focused on energy, so it meant that there was still room for Aakesh¡¯s physical growth. He could still grow stronger.


    Soon, Aakesh felt an invisible chain appearing on him and tying him down. It felt very ufortable, but the feeling didn¡¯t continue for long, and the unease disappeared. If Aakesh were to forget about the chain, he wouldn¡¯t even know that his cultivation had gotten restricted.


    Aakesh then took a step forward, bent down, and picked up the red dhoti peacefully ced on the ground. He then wore it. His eyes then fell on his hair, touching the floor. It didn¡¯t look good, so he tied it into arge bun on the center of his head.


    He then took a feel of the top of the bun and couldn¡¯t help but smile. Lily loved to sit on his head, and now she had a throne made up of hair on Aakesh¡¯s head to sit on.


    The gain of one level wasn¡¯t the only reward Aakesh had gotten. He had also received his first offensive skill from the system. To check it, he needed to check his personal status.


    ¡®Status!¡¯ Aakesh thought in his mind, and the next moment, a new blue screen containing all the details appeared in front of him.

 Chapter 421

    Chapter 421: Skill?


    The next moment, a dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 1)+,


    Level: Level 7(initial),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 901,624,018 (+893,000,000),


    Agility: 898,243,607 (+890,000,000),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 13,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning, Apocalyptic st¡­.


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 1,


    Current status: Young.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation, seeing his level increasing from initial Level six to initial Level seven.


    His eyes then fell on the attributes section. His jaw almost dropped to the ground, seeing the amount of growth he had due to this breakthrough.


    His strength attribute had seen an outrageous amount of more than eight hundred million Primal units in strength, while the growth in Agility was lesser than the strength, but it was only by three million units.


    Even the strongest Immortal in the Primal dimension had around a hundred million Primal units of strength, but Aakesh already had more than nine hundred million units when he still could grow physically. The difference was such that even if Aakesh casually sneezed, a peak Immortal wouldn¡¯t be able to survive it.


    His strength was still less than the Void beasts, who had their strength exceeding a billion units, but he still felt that he could fight a Void beast to a draw, despite having lesser strength.


    He then refocused on the status screen as the purpose of his calling the status screen was different.


    There was no change in his intelligence and endurance attributes since they were already infinite.


    (A/N: I denote infinity as -0- because the first hyphen signifies that nothing can be taken from it, while the second hyphen indicates that nothing can be added.)


    Finally, his eyes reached on the skills section. He then tapped on it to know the details about it.


    The next moment, a new small blue screen appeared in front of him, and soon, golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    [Skill Name: Apocalyptic st,


    Grade: Inferior,


    Ability: The owner can release an energy st consisting of the element of destruction, death, chaos, and nihility over a specific range, depending on the user¡¯s ability. It can vary in shape, size, duration, and damage.


    Type of attack: It¡¯s an AoD attack and also a single person-oriented attack,


    Limitation: None,


    Condition for upgrade: Completing the system¡¯s quests.]


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes went wide open, reading the details of the skill he had just gotten.


    His reason for acting was the elements used.


    All the elements used were supreme elements. While the elements of Nihility and Chaos were in other leagues. Even many Gods didn¡¯t have the ability to control it.


    Aakesh only had the basic control over these two elements and that was only due to the system¡¯s helping him in his breakthrough.


    Despite being a mixture of four supreme elements, the Apocalyptic st was only an inferior version.


    This skill couldn¡¯t havee at any better time. Even though Aakesh stopped thinking about the bug of three seconds, it still had taken some storage in his mind.


    Previously Aakesh felt that he waspletely safe inside the store, but now that he knew the truth, a thirst for getting stronger rose in his heart.


    Even though there were only a few beings who could break through the restrictions of the store, Aakesh had no interest in waiting for that day.


    The increase in energy level wasn¡¯t in his hand as his cultivation system was linked with the system, but physical growth was entirely in his control, so he would now double the quota of his training from tomorrow.


    Aakesh then suddenly thought of testing the power of the skill. He then turned in the direction of the weapons room and proceeded toward it.


    The room looked the same as thest time he had entered, so he didn¡¯t look around and straight away proceeded toward the testing b put in the center of the room.


    Aakesh could use the skill in any form, so he first decided to use it in the form of aser beam. It was the best way to quickly kill when there was only a single opponent.


    He raised his hand and activated the skill.


    The next moment, energy belonging to the four required elements started gathering on his palm. Since there was nock of elemental energy in the store, the process was very quick.


    Aakesh first decided to use only one-tenth of his strength in this attack.


    Soon, a dark energy ball began rotating on Aakesh¡¯s palm. Aakesh then willed it to be in the form of aser beam.


    The next moment, the dark energy ball turned into a straight line as it crashed into the center of the b.


    The next moment, the b lightened up, and new fonts started emerging on it.


    Soon, a numerical value appeared on the b as it had surpassed the limit of the peak Immortal.


    The b showed 178,543,926 Primal units. Despite it being only one-tenth of his strength, it had exceeded the power of the strongest Immortal by arge margin.


    Aakesh then decided to test the strength of an energy ball, which he would use as an AoD attack.


    He used the same amount of strength.


    Aakesh wanted to test the destructive power of the attack from arge distance, so there were some changes in the b.


    A projection appeared right above the b when the energy ball crashed onto its center.


    The projection was a miniature version of an area of a billion lightyears, the same range of the AoD Absolute arrow Aakesh had used.


    Soon, the figures in damage started appearing on the projection.


    From the center of the st to one lightyear, the destruction was 178,543,926 Primal units, simr to the attack power of the energy beam.


    From one lightyear to hundred lightyears, it saw a decrease and reached 162,359,487 Primal units,¡­, and from nine hundred million to a billion lightyears, it got to 106,137,842 Primal units.


    Aakesh nodded, seeing the destructive strength of only one-tenth of his power over a range of a billion lightyears. Only a few Immortals would be able to survive even when they stood a billion lightyears from the center of his attack.

 Chapter 422

    Chapter 422: Gift!


    After testing the attack power of the skill at his one-tenth, Aakesh decided to now increase his strength to half.


    Time flew by.


    The result at half his power was also better than his expectations, so Aakesh now decided to test the attack power of the skill at his full strength.


    As usual, he first decided to test the attack power in the form of an energy beam.


    Aakesh raised his hands, and not long after, a dark energy beam left his hands and crashed into the center of the b.


    The next moment, the b lightened up, and soon, a numerical figure showing Aakesh¡¯s attack power appeared on it.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but smilingly nod in appreciation, seeing the numerical figure on the b.


    On the b, the figure of 1,028,416,721 Primal units was shining.


    The Void beast¡¯s strength varied between one billion to two billion Primal units, depending on their situation. So with the skill he had received as a reward from the system, he now had more than enough capability to fight a Void beast on the same pedestal.


    ¡°Hey, system, what was the strength of the single kill Absolute arrow?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked the system. He wanted to know the difference between his skill and the Absolute arrow.


    [Host, in literal terms, any life living in the Primal dimension doesn¡¯t have the ability to survive it. In figurative terms, it has an attack power starting from 2,500,000,000 Primal units.]


    The system responded in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice.


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the system¡¯s response. The Absolute arrow¡¯s power started from 2.5 billion Primal units, while his full strength was only just above a billion. The difference between both was more than double, but Aakesh didn¡¯t mind it.


    He had just gotten it, so there was room for improvement. The more he practiced the skill and grew stronger, the attack power of the skill would also grow with him.


    After testing the energy beam, it was now time for Aakesh to see the attack power when he used Apocalyptic st as an energy bomb.


    Aakesh raised his hands, and not long after, a dark energy ball started rotating on his hands.


    Previouslypared, the energy ball was several times bigger and was almost the size of a basketball.


    Aakesh then threw the energy ball, and soon, it crashed into the center of the b.


    Soon, a virtual condensed projection of a billion lightyears of the area appeared above the b.


    From the center of the st to one lightyear, the destruction was 1,028,416,721 Primal units, simr to the attack power of the energy beam.


    From one lightyear to hundred lightyears, it saw a decrease and reached 962,359,487 Primal units¡­, and from nine hundred million to a billion lightyears, it got to 906,137,842 Primal units.


    Even on the edge of the range, it still contained more than nine hundred million Primal units of attack power.


    Aakesh decided to condense the projection further and check the limit of the Apocalyptic st.


    The projection started growingrger at an unimaginable rate.


    Time flew by.


    Finally, at a 3.1 septillion lightyears of distance, the attack power of the Apocalyptic st had reached its limit and turned zero.


    Aakesh then decided to see whether this attack power had the capability to destroy the Anga continent or not.


    There was noparison between a span of 3.1 septillion lightyears and the Anga continent, as thetter wouldn¡¯t even be a dust particle in that range of distance. But Aakesh decided to test it as the Anga continent originated from Kashi, a minuscule portion of the fourth dimension, so it had a strongerw of control.


    The next moment, the projection disappeared, and instead, a new projection of the Anga continent appeared.


    The projection was blurred, so as to stop Aakesh from knowing the areas of the Anga continent without traveling since the system wanted Aakesh to be self-sufficient and not depend on it all the time.


    From the center of the continent, a st urred. It then began spreading across the continent at an unimaginable rate.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation, seeing the damage he could do to the Anga continent if he released his skill at his full strength.


    On the projection, around 95% of the area had gotten entirely destroyed; three percent had severe damages, one percent had faced some damages, while the remaining around one percent remained untouched.


    Aakesh then stopped testing his strength and left the weapons room, and the silence returned.


    There was still around an hour left before the sun rose, so Aakesh decided to take a bath and then wait for it.


    Time flew by.


    The closed-door connected to the hardwood floor through stairs finally opened, and Aakesh stepped out of it.


    He looked the same as before entering the room, except for the color of his dhoti. For his sessful breakthrough and reaching the peak of cultivation level, the system gifted him a slightly yellow dhoti made up of the best fibers possible.


    It not only gave Aakesh an aesthetic look, but it simrly provided him a great defense. Even though Aakesh was bare-chested and didn¡¯t wear anything except the dhoti, it still offered aplete defense to him.


    There was a thin invisible barrier covering him. It could take damage up to a billion Primal units, so with it, even if Aakesh stood straight and didn¡¯t do anything, except the Void beasts, none would be able to evennd a scratch on him.


    There was still time left before the sunrise, so Aakesh decided to wait for it.


    He turned around and went to his chair. The chair had also grown bigger to amodate therger him.


    Aakesh sat down on it and started thinking about how he wanted to grow more powerful so that the three-second bug wouldn¡¯t create an issue for him in the higher dimensions.


    Time flew by.


    The first ray of sunlight arrived and broke the back of the darkness engulfing the Anga continent and Visteerna. With it, a new day started, hopeful for some while terrible for many.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair and proceeded toward the door.


    When he reached there, he grabbed the handle and opened it, starting another day for the store.


    Arge crowd weed him, waiting on the street for the store to open.

 Chapter 423

    Chapter 423: A New Day!


    Aakesh opened the door, and as usual, arge crowd was waiting outside for the store to open.


    The number of virtual portals had gotten a severalfold increase and was sufficient for even twice the number of customers at the same time, the customers still arrived and waited early in the morning as it had be a habit of them since they have been doing it for the past month.


    All the customers couldn¡¯t help but get shocked seeing Aakesh. He looked taller, bulkier, his skin tone darker. If previously Aakesh felt mysterious and powerful to the customers, he now looked like a silent prehistoric beast waiting to pounce at any minute on them, despite just standing there with no emotions on his face.


    Maria was also part of the crowd waiting for the store to open. Seeing Aakesh made her face red as she remembered the past emotions she had for him. She wanted to hide her face, remembering those feelings.


    She now hadplete reverence for Aakesh in her heart, just like a deity. It was also the reason behind her naming the organization, Skylord since it was the meaning of Aakesh¡¯s name.


    Aakesh ignored the surprised looks of the customers, turned around, and took a step forward toward his chair.


    The customers finally woke up from their shocks and began entering the store one by one. There was no hurry since there were more than enough virtual portals for every one of them to enter Panagea in the first group.


    ¡°How did you change this much overnight?¡± Evelyn casually asked Aakesh after entering the store.


    From the day of her entry into the store, she had always been casual with Aakesh. George, her boyfriend, on the other hand, used to be nonchnt earlier, but his tone had changed after the events.


    Evelyn didn¡¯t change her tone since she could see the look of insignificance in Aakesh¡¯s eyes for every customer, irrespective of their status. She knew that he never minded the tone of the customer, just like a human doesn¡¯t care for what an ant does unless it attempts to bite the human.


    ¡°I had a breakthrough,¡± Aakesh responded with his expressionless face.


    ¡°What level have you reached now?¡± Evelyn smilingly asked with curiosity evident on her face. Earlier, she could see Aakesh¡¯s level, and it was always Void Forging. She knew it was fake, but still, she could sense it, but now she couldn¡¯t even sense the cultivation of Aakesh.


    Aakesh previously used the skill Chameleon Level since he was equivalent to Tao Pce and had no interest in someone seeing through his cultivation level. But now that he had reached the peak of cultivation in the Primal dimension, he had no interest in continuing to use the skill since no one was able enough to see his cultivation now, including the Void beasts.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t answer the question but instead told her to move away as there were customers waiting to pay for their entry into Panagea.


    A wry smile appeared on Evelyn¡¯s face, but she didn¡¯t stand around and moved away. The customers waiting in the queue behind Evelyn paid for their six-hour stay in Panagea and went to the portal room.


    Several secondster, the store was silent, with only Aakesh sitting on the chair.


    The silence didn¡¯t continue for long, as a round of teleportations ensued not long after.


    It was Veenesh and the other members of the Esh n. As usual, they first bought all the pills each of them could buy, and then the members left.


    All the n members hadn¡¯t returned to their n, and still, there were around four thousand members left.


    There were around eighteen hundred portals out of twenty-six hundred still vacant since the day had only just started, and many customers hadn¡¯t arrived yet.


    Veenes and all the n elders were also part of the group. Since they had cards, they didn¡¯t need to ask for permission, so Veenesh, the n elders, the hundred apprentices, and the remaining regr members became part of the first group of 1800 customers to enter the portal.


    The remaining members left sat down to meditate since there were six hours left before their turn woulde.


    Aakesh expressionlessly looked at everything happening inside the store. When the first group of spots for Panagea had gottenpletely filled, Aakesh closed his eyes, initiating the first rxation session of several today.


    Time flew by, and around a minute had passed.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Suddenly, the silence inside the store got broken, as two consecutive teleportations happened.


    It was Trihan, and his master Xotak, who had teleported to the store for Panagea since they both liked it.


    Both of them stood at the peak of the Primal dimension, so the next stop for them was ascending to the Sacred dimension, but Panagea changed it all.


    In Panagea, they would start from mortality again, but with so abundant opportunities that it would put the Primal dimension to shame. Just after entering, they witnessed a figure belonging to the third dimension, and they were only there to wee them.


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    The duo of teacher and student simultaneously eximed in shock after their eyes fell on Aakesh rxing on his chair. They then looked toward each other and could feel the tremble of their soul and fear in their heart.


    Just like the moment when their souls and bloodline had trembled, seeing the feather made of the divine swan used in the chair, a simr thing happened today when they looked at Aakesh.


    The tremble from the previous situation wasn¡¯t even worthy enough to bepared with the current situation.


    Previously, it was them who had controlled themselves, but today, it was an invisible power that had done it and made their hearts rx, or the feeling of absolute destruction that had risen in their hearts would¡¯ve devoured them.


    It was the system that had acted. Aakesh¡¯s bloodline had made the duo terrified. It didn¡¯t happen with others as Xotak and Trihan, both had somehow been able to tap into their bloodline that came from the top-level creatures, so they were more sensitive than others toward such strong bloodlines.


    ¡®Just what bloodline is this?¡¯ Both of them thought the same question when their hearts had calmed down.


    They knew it was someone else that had calmed down. They didn¡¯t feel afraid as the duo believed a higher power to be present in the store, and for it to do something like this wasn¡¯t a big deal.

 Chapter 424

    Chapter 424: New Customer!


    Trihan and Xotak then stopped talking about the change in Aakesh as they didn¡¯t want to offend Aakesh. They instead decided to enter the portal room, but then Trihan¡¯s eyes fell on the meditating members of the Esh n, and he stopped in his steps.


    Xotak wasn¡¯t aware of the situation, but Trihan was, so he couldn¡¯t help but get disappointed.


    ¡°What happened?¡± Xotak asked, seeing his newly acquired student suddenly stopping.


    Trihan didn¡¯t say anything but pointed at the rule board and then the meditating customers.


    Xotak followed Trihan¡¯s pointed direction and noticed the rule about meditating customers.


    A disappointed expression appeared on his face, understanding the reason behind Trihan¡¯s suddenly stopping. They then looked at each other for a second and activated the supreme card since they had no interest in waiting twelve hours for their turn to arrive and then only staying for three hours inside Panagea.


    The next moment, Xotak and Trihan both disappeared from the store and returned to their respective homes.


    During all this duration, Aakesh remained in his rxing mode, ignoring the expressions and conversations of the duo.


    After the duo left, another round of silence fell on the store.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed.


    ¡°Store owner, I want three Dharma Pce experience pills,¡± A peak Dharma Manifestation customer requested.


    It was a new customer. The man was wandering the southern part of the Anga continent in the hope of a breakthrough to the Dharma Pce. While traveling in this part of the continent, he came across the store, and after learning about the store¡¯s products, he decided to buy the pills.


    ¡°For what Dharma?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked the man. The Pce experience pill was different for every customer, depending on the element and Dharma/Tao/Law they practiced.


    ¡°I have three Dharma fruits. Store owner, why don¡¯t you suggest me? Should I go for one pill for each Dharma Pce, or should I buy all three for one?¡± The man asked as he was confused about what to do.


    ¡°What are your Dharmas?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked, as suggesting the best avable product was his duty as the store owner.


    ¡°Silver Fire, Raging Wind, Gentle Water,¡± The man responded and told the three Dharma fruits he had.


    The silver fire was a pure offensive Dharma fruit and was one of the hottest and destructive types of me. The raging wind was both offensive and movement, while Gentle water was defensive and healing Dharma fruit.


    The man had three Dharma fruits that gave him a good bnce of strength, defense, and movement.


    Aakesh then took a nce at the man while the man felt himself standing naked in front of the store owner. He subconsciously attempted to reject Aakesh¡¯s senses invading his body, but they were futile as if a shield made of paper standing against an ocean tsunami.


    ¡°Your movement is good enough, and you also don¡¯t seem tock offensive attacks. The only thing you¡¯recking is a good defense, so if you want to ask me, I would suggest buying three pills for Gentle water Dharma fruit,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the man in a single breath.


    The man looked shocked and horrified byAakesh¡¯s statement. With only a single nce, the store owner found his weakness.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner! Please give me three Dharma Pce experience pills for Gentle Water Dharma fruit,¡± The man then sincerely thanked Aakesh and decided to go ahead with the store owner¡¯s suggestion.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded, stood up from his chair, and went up to the counter.


    After reaching the counter, he thought of the pills the man wanted, and the next moment, three Gentle Water Dharma Pce experience pills appeared on the fourth row.


    Aakesh took the pills out, returned to his chair, and handed it to the man.


    ¡°You need to pay 45,000 superior Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the man.


    The man couldn¡¯t help but get surprised, hearing the price lower than he had expected. He then took out the required amount from his space ring, and soon, a mountain of Primal stones appeared in the store.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the mountain of Primal stones disappeared from the store. Soon, an alert of the amount beingplete appeared in his head.


    The man then thanked Aakesh once more and left the store as he couldn¡¯t wait to experience the pill and hopefully go for a breakthrough.


    Another new customer was waiting for Aakesh, so he sat down on his chair and began answering the questions.


    Time flew by, and around ten minutes had passed.


    Since there was no customer in the store, Aakesh wasfortably rxing on his chair with closed eyes.


    ¡°Clomp!¡±


    ¡°Clomp!¡±


    ¡°Clomp!¡±


    The silence inside the store got broken as the sound of heavy footsteps rang inside the store.


    Aakesh opened his eyes as these were unfamiliar steps. He then looked at the source of sound only to find a familiar being entering the store.


    It was a figure disguised as humans but was around ten times the size of ordinary humans, almostparable to a young giant.


    Before the breakthrough, Aakesh would¡¯ve failed to see through the disguise and would¡¯ve needed the help of the system, but now Aakesh easily saw through it.


    The figure was none other than the Void beast he had met yesterday.


    ***


    A night earlier,


    Somewhere in the Primal dimension, there was a hall, and in it, there were twelve throne-like chairs, each one of them beingrger than an upper-tier vige.


    All the twelve chairs were in a circr pattern, marking none to be superior and equal to each other.


    ¡°Why did you call all of us so urgently?¡± A being curiously asked. It was hard to define from the voice the gender of the speaker.


    ¡°Don¡¯t let it be one of your silly jokes like in the past,¡± Another figure chimed in and smilinglymented.


    ¡°Let him speak first,¡± Another figure chimed in, its voice being emotionless.


    ¡°Yeah, let him speak first.¡± Several of the twelve seated figuresmented.


    The being in question, who called the meeting, couldn¡¯t help but stupidly look at the figures asking to let him speak but still not shutting up.


    The figure was none other than the Void beast who had just returned after epting the summon and then surrendering to the opponent.


    ***


    A/N: This would be enough for today. I know four chapters aren¡¯t enough when there is a fourteen-chapter privilege tier, but I didn¡¯t have a stock of chapters for the month due to several circumstances. I also owe you five chapters from thest month, so there is arge debt piled on me.


    To clear my debt, I have decided to publish 3-to-4 chapters every day for the next week. So, show your support with GTs and Gifts(Only if you have extra coins). Please wait for the next week!

 Chapter 425

    Chapter 425: The Void beasts(1)


    ¡°If you stop talking, only then he would be able to speak,¡± One of the three Void beasts that had been silently sitting couldn¡¯t control herself hearing the other Void beasts and red up.


    ¡°Oh!¡± A Void beast eximed in surprise and couldn¡¯t help butugh to cheer the air that had turned hot after the sudden burst of one of their fellow members.


    ¡°Go ahead, Oxen, tell us the purpose of the urgent calling,¡± The female Void beastmented, seeing that everyone had fallen silent after her outburst.


    Oxen was the Void beast that had epted the summon of Geoffrey earlier than other Void beasts and then had returned with a failure as he had no interest in dying over a promise to an organization.


    ¡°Thank you, Talia! Only you could have made these brutes silent by your manly voice,¡± Oxen thanked the female Void beast, supposed to be Talia, and then added a joke in the next sentence.


    ¡°Haha!¡±


    ¡°Ha-¡±


    The Void beasts beganughing in response to the joke, but theirughter came to a sudden stop as an angry re surveyed them.


    The Void beasts were Immortals, and since there was none in the Primal dimension that could defeat them, they were invincible too.


    Like Titans, they also traveled across the Primal dimension in disguises or slept in the void to pass their time. So whenever they met, there was always aughing aura around them since all of them originated from the same source, and they had no enmity.


    ¡°The reason I called for this urgent meeting is that I¡¯ve learned something which was impossible before today,¡± Oxen told the group before Talia could re up again and punch him.


    Theughing aura in the room suddenly turned solemn, as the Void beasts had never seen such a weighty face of Oxen. He didn¡¯t look like he was joking at all.


    They didn¡¯t interrupt Oxen and waited for him to continue.


    ¡°You know about the promise we have with the top-five organizations,¡± Oxen said.


    The other ten Void beasts nodded and waited for Oxen to speak more.


    ¡°I was the first to ept today¡¯s summon of the third-ranked organization,¡± Oxen began sharing his experiences.


    ¡°When I reached there, the organization had an intruder attacking them. The scene looked weird to me since the damage had not reached an extent where summoning for us was necessary, but since it was a promise from us, I epted the request of the creature and went to attack him.¡±


    ¡°The intruder was peculiar. I couldn¡¯t identify his race, and simrly, his power system was different from the inhabitants of the Primal dimension. Unlike Qi, Prana, or Mana, his power system had no such distinction. His energy level was equivalent to an early Tao Pce, and the bow he had, gave him enough strength to evenly fight back against Immortals,¡± Oxen continued his experience. The other Void beasts intently listened with surprise, hearing the description of Aakesh.


    ¡°At first, I asked the intruder for his information, but instead of telling me, he took the initiative to attack.¡±


    ¡°I took his fighting as a joke since even with having the ability to fight back against Immortals, the intruder was nothing.¡±


    ¡°But then something strange happened. The intruder aimed his bow toward me, and the next moment, an arrow stronger than anything I¡¯ve ever seen appeared on the bow.¡±


    ¡°The arrow had ck tail feathers and a ck-colored arrow shaft, while strange unrecognizable patterns were engraved on it in blue. The arrowhead it had was simr to a de,¡± Oxen told the group of Void beasts about the appearance of the Absolute arrow.


    (A/N: I haven¡¯t introduced the features of the single-kill Absolute arrows when it was used as I felt here, it would make much more sense to exin it. If you believe it would¡¯ve looked better in the war chapters, then please do tell.)


    ¡°Just by looking at the arrow, I felt myself getting pierced in every portion of my body,¡± Oxenmented. His voice had a slight tremble as he still remembered the feeling of hopelessness as if it had only happened a moment earlier.


    The Void beasts, intently listening to Oxen, finally had a change of expression. It was unbelievable to them that something existed in the Primal dimension that could make the Void beasts fear for survival.


    ¡°How did you seed in killing the intruder then?¡± One of the Void beasts asked as from what Oxen described, him returning without even a hint of injury is no less than an impossible task.


    Oxen, who had been looking toward his fellow beasts, had a change in expression hearing the question. He moved his eyes away and started looking at his foot.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t kill the intruder,¡± Oxenmented. His eyes still looking at his foot, as he couldn¡¯t match his eyes with the Void beasts due to his embarrassment.


    The other Void beasts didn¡¯t have to guess for an answer as Oxen further added, ¡°I surrendered myself and requested the intruder not to shoot me.¡±


    ¡°Surrender!¡± The majority of the Void beasts eximed in surprise as they couldn¡¯t believe what they just heard.


    ¡°What about the organization you were summoned to protect?¡± A Void beast asked.


    Oxen, instead of answering, gave a look of ¡®Can¡¯t you guess?¡¯ to the Void beast.


    ¡°You did well. Our only duty is to protect the Primal dimension from any harm, and for it to happen, we need to survive. No promise or oath is bigger than our duty and hence our survival,¡± A Void beats, who was silent from the start, opened their mouth andmented.


    ¡°Now, forget about the organization and let¡¯s talk about the intruder and the arrow,¡± The Void beast further added.


    ¡°He told me his name is Aakesh, and he operates a store on Visteerna,¡± Oxenmented. He then waved his hands as ten cards simr to what Aakesh had given him appeared in his hands. He then passed them to all the ten members.


    ¡°Just this,¡± A Void beast asked as the card had nothing but the store name and address on it.


    ¡°Yes, he refused to talk to me, and when I pestered him, he told me toe to his store if I wanted to ask for things,¡± Oxen replied what Aakesh had said to him.


    ¡°So, what do you think should be done?¡± Oxen then asked the question.

 Chapter 426

    Chapter 426: The Void Beasts(2)


    ¡°So, what do you think should be done?¡± The aura around Oxen suddenly turned cold as he asked. ¡°Should webine our forces and kill him, or should we let him develop and have some friendly rtions with him?¡± He simplified the question the next moment.


    For creatures of their stature, there was no such thing as saving face. Their foremost duty was to protect the Primal dimension from destruction, so what methods they employed didn¡¯t matter to them.


    ¡°Let¡¯s hear it from you first, Talia,¡± Oxen looked at Talia andmented.


    The other Void beasts also looked toward Talia to know her opinion first. Since there were eleven of them and had their different views on what the majority would choose would happen.


    ¡°When you conversed with that Aakesh, what was his reaction toward you?¡± Talia, instead of giving her suggestion, asked Oxen a question.


    ¡°I felt nothing for me in his eyes. Neither did he feel disgusted since he had a powerful arrow strong enough to kill, nor did he have respect for me. He had a simr expression to what we have for anyone other than us,plete indifference,¡± Oxen honestly told what he noticed at that time from Aakesh toward him.


    ¡°Okay, I have another question,¡± Talia expressionlesslymented. Oxen gestured for her to go ahead.


    ¡°Are you sure that he only had one weapon of that caliber?¡± Talia asked.


    ¡°No!¡± Oxen bluntly replied. ¡°Aakesh may have more than one such arrow, but the number couldn¡¯t exceed three,¡± Oxen didn¡¯t stop and continued.


    ¡°Why three?¡± A Void beast couldn¡¯t help but ask.


    ¡°The number three is always considered a bnced figure. If Aakesh had four, he would¡¯ve used it to destroy the barrier surrounding the gxy and not use other weaker arrows to do it,¡± Oxen responded.


    ¡°It makes sense,¡± The other Void beast chimed in. They then returned their eyes to Talia since she still hadn¡¯t given her opinion.


    ¡°Let¡¯s suppose he had three of such weapons, and we decide to take the hard option and eliminate him before any troubling situation arose in the Primal dimension. Our group has eleven members, and three arrows would take any three of us out, so now who are the three members who would be willing to sacrifice themselves,¡± Talia created a condition for everyone to share their opinions.


    ¡°Since I am the first, let me start the answers. I would be willing to be one of the three sacrificed members, but before doing that, I would like to know everything about the store owner, even if we chose to eliminate him. He may not be a tragedy but an opportunity for the Primal dimension,¡± Talia gave her honest opinions.


    Oxen then looked at the next Void beast.


    ¡°I agree with Talia. We need to learn everything about the store owner before making a decision,¡± The Void beast replied.


    Time flew by.


    One by one, all eleven of them shared their opinions. The decision they made, in the end, was to research the details around Aakesh, and only then would they make any decision. All eleven of them had chosen to go through this way.


    ¡°Who would research around the store owner, then?¡± Oxen asked.


    For being the protector of the Primal dimension, they had two privileges. One, they could teleport to any ce, barring a few ruins, and the second was that they could directly get theplete life detail of any inhabitants of the dimension.


    Since Aakesh had weapons strong enough to kill them, he would be able to know if the Void beasts tried to learn everything about him. It could offend him and go terribly wrong for the Primal dimension; it was thest thing they wanted. So considering this situation, a personal search was deemed to be most suitable.


    ¡°You!¡±


    ¡°You!¡±


    ¡°You!¡±


    Almost simultaneously, the other ten Void beasts responded. Since Oxen was the one to find out about this situation surrounding the arrow, he would be the better person to do this.


    Oxen had expected this, so he didn¡¯t act surprised and epted it.


    ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll meet him tomorrow when I go to his store,¡± Oxenmented.


    ¡°Don¡¯t make this situation terrible like your jokes,¡± Talia suddenlymented. Even though the situation was serious, she still hadn¡¯t forgotten the joke about her manly voice.


    Talia¡¯sment made the mood in the hall lighter as all the Void beasts, including Oxen, startedughing.


    ¡°Okay, let¡¯s meet at this time tomorrow,¡± Oxen then told the group as the purpose of the meeting was done, and now it was time for everyone to leave.


    ¡°Hmm, don¡¯t do anything that could offend him before we find out whether he¡¯s an opportunity or a disaster for the Primal dimension,¡± One of the Void beasts solemnly told Oxen.


    Oxen didn¡¯t say anything but only nodded in response.


    The Void beasts then started leaving one by one, and in the end, only Talia and Oxen were present in the hall.


    Talia, who had an angry or solemn face all this time during the meeting, suddenly had changes as a smile spread across her face.


    Oxen and Talia both stood from their chairs and rushed toward each other.


    ¡°How long has it been?¡± Oxen smilingly asked.


    ¡°69 billion years,¡± Talia responded. The next moment, she pushed her lips against Oxen¡¯s.


    ***


    As decided in the meeting, Oxen teleported right in front of the store¡¯s door.


    He had disguised himself as a human, but since the stature of humans was too small, he was a human with a height of around fifteen meters.


    Having the privilege, the Void beast could travel to any ce in the Primal dimension. When he thought of directly teleporting inside the store, his intuitions warned him that it would be disastrous for him if he attempted to do it.


    When he appeared outside the store, a shocked expression appeared on his face.


    The door was open, but he could neither see nor hear what was going on inside the store. When he attempted to peer through it, a sudden pressure attacked him, and soon a warning appeared in his head.


    Fortunately for him, he hadn¡¯t used a strong sense to peer through, or the counterattack from the store would¡¯ve been of simr strength.


    ¡°More dangerous than expected,¡± Oxen mumbled as the danger level of Aakesh rose in his heart with the first look at the store.

 Chapter 427

    Chapter 427: Surprise!


    ¡°A mighty figure behind the store owner,¡± Oxen mumbled. For even a moment, he didn¡¯t believe that it was all done by the store owner and there wasn¡¯t some mighty figure from higher dimensions behind the store.


    The Void beasts were the protector of the Primal dimension and were invincible unless a God personally intervened. Even then, they had enough strength to win against the lowest-level Gods.


    But first, the arrow that gave Oxen the feeling of absolute terror. He knew he had zero chance to survive that. So considering this, the Void beasts knew that there was a high-level God behind the scene. But now, after reaching the store, the level of the figure raised to a mighty figure.


    (A/N: A mighty figure is a person either standing on top of the Sacred dimension or beings from the third dimension.)


    He raised the level of the figure as they weren¡¯t without ack of knowledge about the Sacred dimension. No one except the twenty-two Void beasts and the creator Deva knew that all twenty-two of them had linked minds.


    Even though they lived in two different dimensions, they still could contact each other and simrly share their knowledge. So the Void beasts in the Primal dimension were aware of most of the things rted to the Sacred dimension.


    ¡°More dangerous than expected,¡± Oxen muttered and increased the danger level of Aakesh in his heart. The hiding effect of the store wasn¡¯t a big deal, but the counterattack was, and the warning soon followed.


    His face couldn¡¯t help but turn grave since the mighty figure behind the store owner would undoubtedly intervene if the Void beasts chose to eliminate Aakesh or if Aakesh initiated the attack.


    ¡®There is no need to panic. We still have thest option left, even if the store owner turned against us and the mighty figure intervened,¡¯ Oxen thought. He then took a deep breath and calmed down.


    After he calmed down, he finally decided to take a step forward and enter the store.


    The door of the store was big enough to amodate him, so he didn¡¯t have to change his height.


    Oxen didn¡¯t know that even if the door turned out to be smaller than the size of the creature, they could still enter the door without any issue.


    Right after he entered, his eyes fell on the hardwood floor he walked on. Even a creature with no material needs like other races felt jealous of the store for having such arge amount of Ashamba¡¯s barks. As far as he could see, the floor made of bark didn¡¯t seem to end as if it was endless.


    The surprise of seeing such arge quantity of Ashamba didn¡¯t stay for long since there was already a mighty figure behind the store, and Ashamba¡¯s bark was nothing inparison to that.


    The surprise had only disappeared when Oxen saw the most shocking thing of his life. His eyes almost popped out, seeing Aakesh expressionlessly staring at him.


    Ashamba¡¯s barks may be great for figures of the Primal dimension and the Sacred dimension. But for mighty beingsing from the third dimension, it was nothing. Even one tiny dead bark dropped from the Primordial Ashamba wasrger than a big, and the figures had nock of it.


    Oxen couldn¡¯t believe what he saw. Yesterday when he had met Aakesh, Aakesh was only equivalent to Tao Pce, but today, his cultivation had seen an enormous leap.


    Since Void beasts were creatures that originated from a drop of blood of a figure like Vritrasur, no disguise skills worked on them.


    Oxen could see that Aakesh¡¯s cultivation had reached the peak of the Primal dimension(A pseudo Divine physique).


    ¡®Dangerous level maximum,¡¯ Oxen thought in his heart, seeing the changes in Aakesh.


    He raised the dangerous level of Aakesh to maximum straight away. He did so because Oxen felt that even without the arrow, Aakesh could now fight the Void beasts on an equal level unless Void beasts decided to use their awakened forms.


    Oxen then finally stopped thinking about Aakesh as Aakesh had been expressionlessly looking at him since he entered the store.


    ¡°Chomp!¡±


    ¡°Chomp!¡±


    Oxen then stepped forward and proceeded in the direction of the chair and Aakesh while his steps made heavy sounds.


    ¡°Hey, strange creature,¡± Oxenmented as he reached Aakesh.


    His tone and words to refer to Aakesh stayed the same as yesterday since he didn¡¯t want to make Aakesh learn that he was here to research him or show respect as he feared the mighty figure behind the store, not the store owner.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t respond but expressionlessly nodded toward the Void beast.


    ¡°So, what kind of store is this?¡± Oxen asked as he could see a pill counter, two open rooms, and more than two thousand people meditating in the store.


    Aakesh, in response, began introducing the store products the store currently sold.


    Oxen patiently listened without interrupting Aakesh. The more he heard, the more sure he became of a mighty figure from the third dimension being behind the store.


    The Gods u0026 Demons training area was thest straw that made Oxen 100% confident of the mighty figure behind the store originating from the third dimension. He became so convinced because there was no technology in the Sacred dimension that allowed creatures to freely choose between any race, starting at the weakest since the power gap was enormous between even the top five races and the remaining ones.


    ¡°How did you arrive here?¡± Oxen suddenly asked.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know,¡± Aakesh honestly answered.


    Aakesh knew that most people thought him to be from a higher dimension, and Aakesh had no issues with it. Since the level of products his store sold was unheard of, and he was alsopletely safe inside the store in the Primal dimension, there was no point in hiding it.


    Oxen couldn¡¯t guess whether Aakesh was speaking the truth or not from his expressionless face, but he took Aakesh¡¯s answer as the truth. Even if it were a lie, it wouldn¡¯t make any difference.


    ***


    Time flew by, and minutes had passed.


    ¡°What¡¯s the charge for Gods u0026 Demons level training area for the Immortal level?¡± Oxen asked after asking all the questions he had on his mind for today. After learning about the training area, he wanted to try it to see the difference between him and high-level races of the Sacred dimension.

 Chapter 428

    Chapter 428: Sealing!


    ¡°A trillion supreme Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered the Void beast.


    ¡°Okay,¡± Oxen responded and then began to take out the Primal stones from his pocket space.


    The Void beasts didn¡¯t follow the cultivation system of the Primal dimension since they were born with this level of strength. The pocket space was something Oxen created himself by dividing the space over a thousand miles and started using it as his pouch to carry things.


    Oxen had no idea how many Primal stones he had with him as he rarely used them, and Oxen also never expected himself to buy anything since he was here for a purpose.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Three hundred billion, four hundred and ny-seven million, six hundred and sixty-eight thousand, nine hundred and five supreme Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the number of Primal stones the Void beast had given him after the system informed Aakesh.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Oxen eximed in surprise since he hadn¡¯t even paid half the amount he needed to pay for the training area.


    He finally understood the steep price of the training area since he previously thought of trillion supreme Primal stones as nothing as he had no use for them.


    ¡°Can you give me credit for the remaining sum? I would return it to youter,¡± Oxen asked Aakesh with an embarrassed face. He had never expected such a thing to happen where he would have to request the store owner.


    ¡°No!¡± Aakesh bluntly responded, as the system didn¡¯t offer such services for any customer.


    Oxen didn¡¯t attempt to persuade Aakesh as he could see that Aakesh would never budge. He instead asked, ¡°Do you take items in ce of Primal stones?¡±


    Oxen had several Immortal-level weapons in his pocket space since he had gotten summoned twice during these countless years. He stored the weapons, which survived his attacks, in his pocket space after seeding in the mission.


    ¡°No, the store only sells products, not purchases,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Oxen then fell into a dilemma as he neither had money to pay for the training area nor did the store owner take the item he had in his pocket space.


    Oxen then suddenly remembered an item he had gained from his first summon.


    ¡°Do you take Sacred stones?¡± Oxen asked.


    During his first summon, Oxen had faced a group that had arisen due to a ruin just like Demonic-Fire. But since it wasn¡¯t public information that the top-five organization had one promise of help from the Void beast, so when the group attacked the fifth-ranked organization at that time and almost seeded inpletely destroying it, the organization had used their one promise and summoned.


    Oxen sessfullypleted the request of the organization, and he had gotten an unrecognizable opaque stone at that time.


    He only found out the information about the stone through the Void beasts of the Sacred dimension.


    For the first time, Aakesh didn¡¯t refuse straight away. He instead asked the system about it.


    ¡°Hey, system, can inferior Sacred stone be considered a currency for the purchase?¡±


    [Yes, Host! The Sacred stone can be considered as currency here in the Primal dimension.]


    [But Host, there isn¡¯t an exchange rate between the Primal stone and Sacred stone since the energy gap between both of them is unimaginable.]


    The system responded in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice.


    ¡°Does that mean he can exchange any amount of supreme Primal stone for an inferior Sacred stone?¡± Aakesh further asked.


    [Yes, Host!]


    Aakesh didn¡¯t ask any further questions. He then looked toward Oxen and said, ¡°You can use the inferior Sacred stone, but there isn¡¯t a conversion rate for it.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t need much. Just give me an hour in the training area for it,¡± Oxen responded straight away.


    He had no use of the Sacred stone since his level was limited to the Primal dimension, and he would never be able to ascend.


    ¡°Are you sure?¡± Aakesh asked as Oxen was taking a great loss with the deal.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Oxen replied.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and then told the Void beast to take these supreme Primal stones away and instead give him the inferior Sacred stone.


    Oxen took out the stone from his pocket space.


    As soon as it appeared, the space around it had started to be unstable. The system acted right away and erased the pressure released by it.


    Oxen, who was going to act, felt surprised, seeing a sudden invisible pressure arriving and attacking the Sacred stone.


    He couldn¡¯t help but take a nce around him as he was confident that Aakesh wasn¡¯t the one to do this.


    ¡°Who did that?¡± Oxen asked.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to know,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He then waved his hands as the inferior Sacred stone appeared in his hands.


    It was an opaque stone that looked nothing more than an ordinary rock.


    Time flew by.


    After paying, Oxen left for the weapons room.


    Before entering, Oxen had used Aakesh¡¯s help to take a drop of blood out since he didn¡¯t store a drop of his blood and his healing rate was way more quicker than the Immortals.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to do anything, but he instead asked the system to seal Oxen¡¯s energy source. Oxen, at that moment, decided to remove the first option from their ns, and they would now only make friendly rtions with him.


    Someone who could so easily seal his energy source was never an opponent they could even dream of fighting.


    As for the issue of Aakesh attacking them or the Primal dimension, they had theirst option still left with them.


    After storing several drops of his blood, Oxen asked Aakesh for unsealing. Except for one drop, he put all the remaining drops in a bottle for future use and then stored them in his pocket space.


    Oxen then left for the weapons room.


    ¡°Hey, system, why not add a needle on every pir for the use of customers,¡± Aakesh suggested to the system.


    The blood wasn¡¯t an issue for lower-level cultivators, but for Immortals, it was.


    [Good suggestion, Host!]


    The system responded positively.


    The next moment, on all the 108 pirs, a tiny light appeared next to the imprinted symbol of the weapons.


    When the light disappeared, a sharp needle appeared.


    Oxen, who had just reached the first pir in the weapons room, he couldn¡¯t help but stand dumbfounded, seeing the needle.


    ***


    A/N: Starting from tomorrow till Sunday, there will be a release of three-four chapters every day.


    I have decided to make it alternate. Monday: four, Tuesday: three, and just like that, for the whole week. Thanks for reading the book!

 Chapter 429

    Chapter 429: Battle


    Oxen couldn¡¯t help but stand dumbfounded, noticing the needle next to the imprinted pattern of a disk.


    He had just now faced the most terrible feeling when his energy source got sealed to take out drops of blood, but here there was already a needle.


    He then stopped looking at it and instead smeared his blood on the pattern of the disk. The next moment, a golden transparent barrier surrounded his body, while his consciousness left the body and entered the infinite space inside the training area.


    When his consciousness entered the training area, it took his actual appearance and stature. A beast spanning over hundreds of thousands of miles appeared. Oxen felt shocked, seeing his original appearance, but the system¡¯s calming effect acted, and his mind returned to calm.


    Oxen then stopped thinking about it, like other topics rted to the store that went out of his expectations.


    The Void beasts didn¡¯t have use for any weapons due to their invincibility and tougher physiques. So for Oxen, it didn¡¯t matter what pir he chose to go in.


    The Void beast had their origins from the top creature of the past from the three dimensions, so they had well-to-do knowledge about all kinds of weapons.


    After his consciousness entered a nk space, a choice of the opponent¡¯s race appeared in Oxen¡¯s mind.


    Oxen right away rejected the races residing in the Primal dimension since his purpose foring here was to fight against the top divine races from the Sacred dimension.


    Before Oxen could select the races of the Sacred dimension, he came across the eleven Void beasts, including him.


    It was the first time for the appearance of the Void beast in the training area. Since they originated from a drop of blood of a creature from the third dimension, the system hadn¡¯t added the Void beasts. But now that a Void beast was personally present here, the system automatically added all eleven of them, residing in the Primal dimension.


    Oxen couldn¡¯t help but get shocked, seeing him and his fellow Void beasts on the selection option.


    The calming effect of the Gods u0026 Demons level training area acted, and his mind automatically became calm. After seeing all eleven of the Void beasts as choices for being the opponent, Oxen got the idea of whom to fight in the training area.


    Oxen decided to ignore the races of the Sacred dimension but instead go for one of the eleven Void beasts there.


    Oxen had no choice but to get disappointed as he didn¡¯t find the eleven Void beasts of the Sacred dimension in the race choice.


    With this, Oxen finally got the idea of why the Void beasts of the Primal dimension were here, but their stronger counterpart wasn¡¯t.


    ¡®It must be due to me appearing in the training area and giving a drop of my blood,¡¯ For the reason behind him and his fellow appearing as an option, Oxen thought.


    He was correct with his thoughts. It was the reason behind the Void beasts appearing here. As for the Void beasts from the Sacred dimension, the bloodline difference was so vast that even their ends couldn¡¯t be seen.


    A single Void beast from the Sacred dimension originated from 9% of the strength of the drop of blood, whereas all eleven Void beasts from the Primal dimension got created from only a single remaining percent of the blood.


    Since there were no Void beasts from the Sacred dimension, but he and his fellow members were, Oxen decided to select himself as his opponent for the training area. He wanted to see how big of a difference there was between his mirror copy and him.


    Oxen chose his opponent. The next moment, a new choice appeared inside his head, asking for the environment he wanted for the training.


    Oxen had no requirement for the environment, so he chose the random.


    The next moment, the scene in front of him entirely changed. A vast field of prairie filled his eyes as far as they could see.


    Soon, a light out of nowhere appeared on a portion of the field, millions of miles away from the spot where Oxen was standing.


    When the light disappeared, a mirror copy of Oxen appeared on the field, but with a cruel aura around him, unlike the actual Oxen.


    A disk spanning thousands of miles, equivalent to the size of a small,y on one of the mirror Oxen¡¯s three fingers, rotating at lightning rate.


    If anyone were to look at the disk from the top, they would see a pattern of the disk cutting a in half while tens of thousands already cutsy there, and simrly, millions ofs were waiting to get cut in half. The pattern was engraved in dark red, releasing an aura of ughter, while the disk was in ck.


    Oxen couldn¡¯t help but get surprised at the mirror him since the mirror him had no emotions on its face as if it was incapable of it. Simrly, Oxen also noticed that their body posture was entirely different from what he would have.


    He also felt an aura of ughterbined with massive cruelty from the mirror Oxen, which went entirely against his character.


    The system acted, and Oxen¡¯s mind returned to calm since there was no ce for anything other than training.


    Soon, the battle began. The real Oxen decided to take the initiative and rushed toward the mirror Oxen.


    Even though they had more than several million miles of distance between them, both were still of massive size, so even without any skill, it would only take a step for Oxen to cover it.


    How could the mirror Oxen let it happen? He released the rotating disk on one of his fingers as it flew toward the charging Oxen.


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    The next moment, a loud crashing sound rang in the area as oxen got knocked backward after the direct sh with the disk.


    Oxen couldn¡¯t help but look inplete shock at one of his hands cut in half while a terrible cut spread across his chest.


    Oxen¡¯s healing rate could even put Gods to shame, so his cut hands and chest had already healed. Oxen finally got serious about the battle. Without using his 100%, he wouldn¡¯t be able to survive, let alone win or draw.


    ***


    A/N: First chapter for the day. Three more chapters left, they wouldeter in the day(Indian time).

 Chapter 430

    430 Aakesh''s Disappointment


    Chapter 430: Aakesh''s Disappointment


    The injury created by the disk healed right away, but the shock it produced didn''t. If not for the system''s acting and making Oxen''s mind calm, the effect of this beatdown would''ve made Oxen stand shocked for a few seconds.


    After cutting Oxen''s hands, the disk returned to the opponent.


    This time, the mirror acted right away, giving no time to Oxen to think.


    Suddenly, two new disks appeared, with the original disk rotating in the center.


    The two new disks were each half the size of the center one.


    The opponent then released the center one, and the disks on the left and right followed on their own and charged toward Oxen.


    Oxen thought of dodging the disks, but when he attempted to do it, he found himself unable to budge as if something had tightly bound him to that ce.


    "ng!"


    The next moment, a sound of metallic sh rang in the area as Oxen''s fist shed with the center disk.


    Oxen''s hands had turned silver as the other hand reached toward the disk on the right and grabbed it, crushing it in no time.


    The disk on the left shed with Oxen just above his waist portion and got stuck there, as it couldn''t move forward.


    "Thud!"


    Suddenly a crashing sound rang in the area as the hand Oxen had used to sh with the center disk fell to the ground.


    The disk then charged toward Oxen''s head. Before it could do that, Oxen''s other hand came in the way and shed with the disk.


    "Boom!"


    Suddenly a loud sound like an explosion rang in the area as the opponent appeared right behind Oxen and punched, aiming at his head.


    Oxen''s head was no less than watermelon in the presence of a hammer, so his head burst into pieces.


    "THUD!!!"


    The next moment, a crashing sound loud enough to shakes rang in the area as the giant body of Oxen crashed on the ground without the head.


    "Ugh!" Oxen groaned as he regained his consciousness after getting revived.


    The first thing he did was check his head and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw it was fine.


    "I lost," He then mumbled as it was the first time he had lost, and that too overwhelmingly. From the start of the battle spanning over a few seconds, he gained no advantage or even touched the opponent, while he got injuries, and in the end, died.


    Soon the system present in the training area acted, and Oxen''s mind returned to calm, only thinking about the battle.


    The next moment, the second battle between Oxen and his opponent began.


    Time flew by.


    ***


    "Hey, system, can the Void beasts get stronger any further?" Aakesh asked the system after Oxen left for the training area.


    The Void beasts were at the absolute limit of the Primal dimension, so if they grew even further, wouldn''t that mean they would be able to breach the limit of the Primal dimension and would have to ascend to the higher dimension.


    [Yes, Host! Due to originating from a drop of blood of Vritrasura, the Void beasts belonging to both the dimensions had a limitless physique.]


    The system responded in its usual emotionless and mechanical voice.


    The limitless physique was the strongest physique in the existence of the Multiverse after the Devas. As its name suggested, the owner of this physique could grow limitlessly, and at one point, they would even be able to surpass the Devas.


    There has only been one recorded owner of the limitless physique in the three dimensions. He was none other than Vritrasura, the only being in existence other than Devas to fight against the Devas and survive for a whopping eleven seconds.


    If not for the cruel and destructive tendency of the Vritrasura, he would''ve only grown stronger, and the newborn Deva at that time wouldn''t have to intervene.


    "Limitless physique? Wouldn''t that result in the appearance of twenty-two Vritrasura like creatures?" Aakesh asked another question as it was the first time he heard about the physique of the Void beasts.


    [No, Host! No matter how strong the Void beasts grow, they can''t ascend to the Sacred dimension or the third dimension.]


    [If they want to ascend, the Void beasts have no choice but to grow out of the control of the Deva that created them.]


    The system answered. Aakesh nodded after hearing the answer.


    Growing out of control of a Deva was impossible for the Void beasts since they weren''t even the actual Vritrasura, but just a percent of a drop of his blood, depending on the dimension.


    "Does that mean even if they breached the Level 250 mark in the Panagea, they still wouldn''t be able to ascend?" Aakesh asked.


    [Yes, Host! There is no way for them to ascend even in the store.]


    "So disappointing," Aakesh responded, hearing the system''s answer.


    "Here, I thought I was a Deva, and you''re my actual consciousness," Aakesh jokinglymented.


    [Host, you don''t have sufficient authority to know that answer.]


    "Leave it," Aakesh mumbled, feeling disappointed with himself for trying to joke with the system.


    ***


    It has been seven hundred hours since Oxen had been training in the Gods & Demons level training area.


    In these past hours, he had stopped counting how many times he had died, but the Oxen from before entering the training area, whenpared with the current one, was entirely different.


    "Drip Drop!"


    "Drip Drop!"


    "Drip Drop!"


    A sound of something dropping on the ground filled with ice rang in the area as the mirror Oxen stood there straight.


    Even though the mirror oxen stood there straight, he had no life in his eyes and couldn''t be any more dead. Where the heart was supposed to be, there was instead a giant hole, and it was also the source of sound as the blood continuously fell.


    "Finally!" Oxenmented with no emotions in his voice, seeing the dead opponent.


    The actual Oxen had his only horn vertically cut in half, while half of his face was also gone, and it was healing at a visible rate.


    The next moment, the dead opponent crashed to the ground, and its body scattered like sand in the fieldden with ice. Soon a new piece of information appeared inside his head.


    Unlike Trihan, who had gotten his skill upgraded after killing the Hygar, Oxen gained a new skill rted to the disk.


    Keep Supporting!


    Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!


    Creation is hard, cheer me up!


    Have some idea about my story? Comment it and let me know.


    pinaka_

 Chapter 431

    Chapter 431: Monstrous growth


    Oxen, who had lost half of his face, suddenly received a piece of new knowledge in his mind. It was the skill that helped the mirror Oxen to duplicate two disks half the size of the actual disk.


    Since it was a high-level skill, knowledge rted to it also appeared in his head, enriching his already enriched database.


    Soon a new selection window appeared in his head, asking for the race of his opponent.


    Like thest time, he ignored the races of the Primal dimension and straight away went to the Void beasts. Oxen had ns to choose another of his fellow members when he noticed something interesting.


    Previously where his picture was supposed to be, there was a +1 symbol engraved on it.


    Since he understood the meaning of it, Oxen couldn¡¯t help but suck a cold breath of air. His mirror opponent was already so much powerful that he had to die countless times only to draw and then several times more for finally being able to win.


    Oxen couldn¡¯t even imagine the level of strength his mirror opponent would have when it was a +1 version. He then couldn¡¯t control himself to fight an even more powerful version of him, so Oxen chose him straight away.


    The next moment, another selection window appeared in his head, asking for the choice of his environment. Like thest several times, he chose the random.


    The next moment, the fieldden with ice disappeared in front of him, and a desert took its ce. As far as Oxen could see, he only saw golden sand.


    Not only was the sand under Oxen¡¯s feet hot enough to create a burning pain, but the wind was also blowing very quickly, and its speed increased every moment.


    Soon, out of nowhere, a giant light appeared tens of millions of miles away from Oxen. When the light disappeared, the creature came to light.


    The +1 Oxen had the same appearance as before, but its size had almost several folds. It was so much that the already Oxen spanning over hundreds of thousands of miles looked like a mini-figure.


    Only the horn it had was equal to the size of the actual Oxen. If not for Oxen knowing how he looked in his awakened mode, Oxen would¡¯ve thought it to be an awakened mode of him.


    The disc had also grown simultaneously. It had the same appearance, but if previously the disk was a, now it was a sr system; such was the size growth it had with this round.


    Soon the battle between Oxen and his +1 mirror clone began.


    Oxen only had thought of attacking the opponent, but before he could even attempt it, the rotating disk flew toward him and cut him into two pieces, ending the battle in even less than a second.


    The next moment when Oxen regained his consciousness, his entire body had gotten wet with sweat and fear.


    At that moment, he finally understood the fear of the arrow Aakesh would¡¯ve shot at him during the battle if he had chosen to fight.


    The pressure released by the +1 mirror clone and the arrow couldn¡¯t even bepared. If the former was a candle me, thetter was a burning.


    He then thanked himself again for not being a hothead and battling Aakesh at that time.


    The next moment, the selection window appeared again, asking for the choice of race.


    Time flew by, and the remaining around three hundred hours had passed.


    Since Oxen was a Void beast and had a limitless physique, his growth rate couldn¡¯t bepared with any other customer of the store. If other customers were walking to cover a limited distance, Oxen was flying a ne.


    In the eight hundredth hour, Oxen was able to sh with the +1 mirror opponent. In the nine-hundredth hour, Oxen was able tond hits on his opponent, sometimes even causing a severe injury.


    Only a minute before the end of the training area, Oxen had almost gotten a draw, but at thest moment, his body gave up. His opponent had numerous severe injuries at that time, including a deep gash showing the heart spread across its humungous body.


    After Oxen¡¯s training hour ended, his consciousness returned to his body, surrounded by a golden barrier. The system then transferred Oxen to an isted space where his body and energy went berserk due to the sudden enormous rate of growth in consciousness. When the energy had calmed down, the system brought him back to the store, while Oxen, like the other customers, stayed entirely unaware of it.


    Oxen checked himself and couldn¡¯t help but smile when he noticed the increased amount of strength he had gained.


    Oxen¡¯s eyes then fell on the b in the center of the room and the 108 pirs. A human was testing her sword at the time.


    Oxen also decided to test his full strength since he had never known the limit he could reach. As for the b not being able to handle his full strength, Oxen could onlyugh at that thought.


    Someone who could create a thing like the Gods u0026 Demons level training area wouldn¡¯t have a weak testing b to test the strength.


    There were only three people, excluding Oxen, present in the weapons room at that time. Two were studying weapons for purchasing, while thest one was testing her swords.


    Oxen, after reaching the b, waited for the humandy to stop and his turn to arrive.


    Time flew by.


    The woman, who was freely testing her sword for the past several minutes, stopped, seeing a customer waiting for her to leave.


    She then turned her head around, gestured to the giant human behind her to go ahead, and moved out of the way.


    Oxen expressionlessly nodded in response to her gesture and took a step forward.


    Oxen first decided to test the power of his casual punch since his strength depended upon his physique. He wasn¡¯t a creature who had energy attacks, but Oxen only had physical attacks.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    A loud sound rang in the weapons room as Oxen¡¯s casual punch shed with the b, resulting in it lightening up.


    Soon, a numerical figure appeared on the b since even a casual punch of Oxen was way more powerful than the full-strength attack of a peak Immortal.


    879,998,907 Primal units were the figure on the b.

 Chapter 432

    Chapter 432: Exception


    879,998,907 Primal units were the numerical figure that appeared on the b, showing the difference in strength between other creatures and the Void beasts.


    Oxen then decided to test the strength of his full power punch without using any skill.


    Suddenly, the aura around the store turned hot as Oxen released all of his strength.


    Fortunately for the three people present in the store, the system acted right away and made the pressure stop at Oxen and didn¡¯t let it affect anyone, or all the three other customers would¡¯ve melted and then turned into ashes; such was the temperature around Oxen.


    Oxen had hisplete focus on the b, so he didn¡¯t notice the scene.


    His punch was of the same size as earlier, but if anyone were to see it, they would feel that they were witnessing a punch the size of a.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The next moment, a crashing sound rang as his punch shed with the b.


    The b seemed unaffected by the strength of the punch as it lightened up, and soon a numerical figure appeared on it.


    Witnessing the attack power his punch had, Oxen couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation.


    On the b, a numerical figure of 1,290,472,513 Primal units shone splendidly.


    Oxen was way more impressed with the training area, seeing the result.


    Before entering the training area, his strongest punch without any skill, ording to him, would¡¯ve barely crossed a billion Primal units, but now it was well over the limit.


    Oxen also felt fear for the mighty figure at that time, and at the same time, he was confused.


    He felt fear and confusion about the goal of the mighty figure behind the store to provide such products that would entirely change the power-level dynamics of the Primal dimension.


    ¡®I hope you don¡¯t have an evil purpose behind doing all of this,¡¯ Oxen thought in his heart and hoped for the best.


    He loved the training area and would like to stay there for eternity. But if the store had some evil purpose behind all of this, he wouldn¡¯t even think twice before acting, even if it takes his life.?


    Nothing was more important than the sacred duty of protecting the Primal dimension from any harm to the Void beasts.


    Oxen then began testing his strength using the number of physical attack skills he owned.


    His ultimate skill allowed his attack power to reach almost 1.5 billion Primal units.


    Except for using his awakened mode, Oxen used everything in his arsenal.


    He then turned around and left the weapons room.


    There was also a product like Panagea in the store, but Oxen didn¡¯t find it more interesting than the Gods u0026 Demons level training area.


    Oxen knew about his inability to ascend to the Sacred dimension, so the concept of reaching the level of ascendence without having a fear of death didn¡¯t interest him much.


    He only liked the portion of exploring a new world with countless races from the three dimensions, but since all the virtual portals were already taken, not only for the current time but also for the next group, so he had stopped thinking about it.


    After exiting the weapons room, Oxen approached Aakesh.


    ¡°Strange creature, I¡¯ll return with a trillion supreme Primal stones,¡± Oxen told Aakesh since he wanted to enter the training area, and Oxen didn¡¯t have enough money.


    He could¡¯ve used the inferior Sacred stone for a few uses, but at that time, he didn¡¯t know the worth of the training area, so he exchanged it only for an hour of Gods u0026 Demons level training area.


    ¡°Don¡¯t do it,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded straight away.


    ¡°What do you mean?¡± Oxen asked with a confusing expression on his face.


    ¡°The Gods u0026 Demons level training area had a limit per customer. A customer can only stay an hour per year,¡± Aakesh told Oxen about the limit of the training area.


    ¡°Eh, a limit!¡± Oxen eximed in surprise, hearing Aakesh.


    But, after thinking for a moment, the limit made sense to him.


    If customers were allowed to enter the training area unlimitedly, it would only take them a few weeks to ascend or even surpass the Void beasts. Oxen also understood the side effects of the unlimited training in the Gods u0026 Demons level training area.


    Since only consciousness entered while the physical body stayed outside, the consciousness grew at an exponential rate inside the training area while the physical body stayed the same. So if consciousness grew and crossed the limit the physical body could bear, it would give up and explode due to the massive influx of energy through the consciousness.


    ¡°I don¡¯t have the problem of my consciousness growing stronger than my physique since my physique is the strongest and most durable out of all the eleven Void beasts,¡± Oxen told Aakesh. He hoped for Aakesh to allow him to enter the training area.


    He couldn¡¯t even wait for a day to enter the training area, let alone a year.


    ¡°No!¡± Aakesh bluntly rejected Oxen.


    The reason for limiting the entry into the Gods u0026 Demons level training area didn¡¯t work on Oxen, but he was the exception.


    The rules are made for the masses, ignoring the exceptions, especially in his store, where no one had power over anyone else. Their differences in status and power mattered outside the store, not inside.


    Oxen couldn¡¯t help but turn disappointed, hearing Aakesh.


    ¡°My fellow members want to meet you. Should I bring all of them here, or are you ufortable with it?¡± Oxen suddenly asked the question.


    He forgot about him wanting to enter the training area since Aakesh had bluntly rejected, and he would never budge or make him an exception in the store.


    Oxen asked the question because he didn¡¯t want the store owner to think that the Void beasts desired to attack him. If all eleven of thembined their forces, they would be able to kill the store owner if the mighty figure behind the store didn¡¯t intervene.


    ¡°Why would I have any problem? The more customers you bring to my store, the better for the store,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    ¡°Thank you, strange creature. I¡¯ll return tomorrow with my fellow members,¡± Oxen thanked Aakesh. He then turned around and left the store.


    ***


    ¡°Reach the meeting hall,¡± After exiting the store, Oxen mumbled, looking at the sky.


    The next moment, he disappeared from the sight of the crowd curiously looking at him.

 Chapter 433

    Chapter 433: A Small Event!


    On the continent of Anga, the sun had reached the top, the temperature had be hot, and the market had gotten busier like every other day.


    Aakesh¡¯s store had already be the most famous store in not only Kakot, but the entire Bisan Kingdom and several other neighboring Kingdom also knew about it. Since the Kingdoms were very vast despite being weak, the courtesy of Visteerna, a that could put Universes to shame with its size, citizens of the Bisan Kingdom and neighboring Kingdoms couldn¡¯t travel to the store if they couldn¡¯t spend arge purse.


    So any customer who exited the store became the center of attention for a few seconds for the other store owners and customers in the market. Staring at the customers, many hoped to be in their ce. A rumor that the store has products that would make anyone strong had spread across the city, fuelled the fire for the poprity of the store.


    When Oxen exited the store, he became a center of attention for every person present across the street.


    ¡°Honorable sir, please help me treat my son,¡± Oxen mumbled something and was going to teleport back to the meeting hall when he heard a sudden plea for help.


    Oxen turned around, only to see a malnourished woman asking for help, with a newborn in her hands.


    Oxen could see that newborn had died quite a long time ago since bones were evident.


    The woman must have been carrying her son for quite a long time in the hope of treatment, but the son was already dead, and the mother couldn¡¯t believe it, so she fell into a delusion that her son was alive and needed to be treated.


    ¡°Sir, please don¡¯t harm her. She is my daughter. She had gotten mentally ill after her husband and son¡¯s death,¡± Right at that time, another aged voice rang on the street as an old man requested Oxen not to hurt the malnourished woman, thinking that he would kill her for interrupting him.


    Aakesh¡¯s store had good as well as negative poprity. If the store was known for its products, the store owner was known for his killings. Simrly, the customers exiting the store were also feared by a minority, and the old man was part of that.


    Oxen ignored the old man and looked at the malnourished woman and the dead newborn in her hands.


    He slightly bent down, controlled his strength, and tapped down on the head of the woman.


    The next moment, in front of everyone, the malnourished woman started to be younger as the energy returned to her face.


    The next moment, the woman became young, and her mental strength also got healed.


    The emotions returned to her face as she looked at her son.


    ¡°I can¡¯t revive your son. You have an entire life left with you, so don¡¯t give up just yet,¡± Oxen told the woman and then disappeared from the sight of the crowd looking at him with shocked expressions.


    Reviving the newborn wasn¡¯t a big deal for Oxen, but he didn¡¯t since resurrecting something dead went against their principle. The Void beasts believed that the dead needed to have peace and were not to return through their hands.


    The woman began crying while the old man knelt to thank Oxen for healing his only living descendant.


    Aakesh also saw the scene of Oxen treating thedy with just a tap of his finger and then closed his eyes, starting another rxation session.


    ***


    When Oxen returned to the meeting hall, the other ten Void beasts were already waiting for him, seated on their chairs.


    They had solemn faces as their next steps depend on what Oxen had learned about the store owner.


    ¡°What did you learn?¡± A question came right away.


    ¡°I think we need to give up on eliminating the store owner and focus on having friendly rtions with him,¡± Oxen responded.


    Oxen then began sharing everything he learned about the store owner and the mighty figure behind the store.


    The more the other ten Void beasts learned, the more shocked they became.


    ¡°Did you ask him about the killing of the Aisad race?¡± Talia suddenly asked.


    ¡°Yes, they have be extinct in the Primal dimension,¡± Oxen responded in a neutral tone as if massacring an entire race wasn¡¯t a big deal.


    ¡°Was he cautious against you when you had entered the store?¡± Another question came from one of the Void beasts.


    ¡°No! In fact, he was even more rxed than yesterday. There was already a higher power present in the store¡­¡± Oxen then started sharing his experiences of getting his energy source sealed and then the effects of the training area.


    ¡°You fought against yourself and still lost so many battles,¡± One of the Void beasts mocked Oxen for losing battles against himself in the training area.


    ¡°Hmph, we¡¯ll see your strength tomorrow,¡± Oxen scoffed and responded.


    ¡°Okay, let¡¯s make a bet; If I defeat my opponent in less than ten battles, you will turn into my pet for a year, and if I won¡¯t, I would do the same,¡± The Void beast responded, forgetting about the extinction of an entire race.


    ¡°Okay,¡± Oxen responded with a grin on his face. He couldn¡¯t help butugh out loud, seeing the overconfidence of his fellow Void beast.


    The Void beast in question got a bad feeling in his heart, but he controlled himself and believed in himself as being stronger than Oxen.


    ¡°Let me give you a tip since we are all one. Never use your awakened mode,¡± Oxen further told the Void beast. While speaking, a hint of fear could be clearly seen on his face as he remembered what had happened to him when he had dared to use the awakened mode to get ahead in the battle.


    The Void beasts then returned to their solemn moods as they began discussing about the store and the effect it could y on the power dynamics of the Primal dimension.


    They were all confused by the goal of the store owner and the mighty figure behind the store for providing such high-level products.


    ¡°Should we ask them to find the details about the store and the store owner?¡± One Void beast suddenly asked. They in question were the eleven Void beasts from the Sacred dimension, and they had more knowledge than the Void beasts here.

 Chapter 434

    Chapter 434: Familiar Face!


    ¡°Should we request them to search for the details of the store and the mighty figure behind the store?¡± One of the Void beasts suddenly asked.


    ¡°I don¡¯t have an issue with that, but what if it creates an issue,¡± Another Void beast chimed in and gave his response. ¡°In the eyes of the mighty figure we are nobody despite being Void beasts since we¡¯re from the Primal dimension, but the same couldn¡¯t be said for them. After all, they rule the Sacred dimension and have enough strength topete against Primordials,¡± She further added.


    The power difference between the Void beasts and the inhabitants of the Primal dimension was already very wide, but whenpared with the Void beasts from the Sacred dimension and its inhabitants, the Primal dimension couldn¡¯t evenpare.


    The other Void beasts nodded, agreeing with her conjecture.


    ¡°Let¡¯s wait before telling them. We don¡¯t want to offend someone who may not have any goal against the Primal dimension,¡± A Void beastmented.


    ***


    While the meeting between the eleven Void beasts were going on, Aakesh was rxing on his chair.


    Time flew by.


    The six hours for the group of customers that had arrived in the morning was over, so the system forced them out one by one, depending on their entry sequence.


    Lenna and her family were also part of that group, so the system forced them out too.


    After exiting the portal room, the family members left the store using their supreme cards, while Lenna stayed behind.


    She then approached Aakesh, who was rxing on his chair.


    Aakesh opened his eyes sensing an approach. He then looked up and found Lenna to be the source behind it.


    ¡°Store owner, do you know the exact location of the event?¡± Lenna respectfully asked Aakesh.


    The event for which she hade here and then had be the regr customer of the store was going to ur today. sha could only divine that it would ur on the Mysterious peak around the Bisan Kingdom, but the area was sorge that it would be like searching for a needle in the haystack.


    ¡°No!¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded since everything he knew about the event was from either Lenna or Turta and Phi.


    ¡°Do you know the time at which it will begin?¡± Lenna asked another question. Her tone still respectful.


    Time flew by.


    After getting her answers Lenna left the store. They had decided to meet at the store closing time where Lenna woulde with the other person in the group.


    After Lenna left, Aakesh returned to his rxation session since there was no customer.


    Soon, the six hours of the first group of Esh n members was also over, so the system forced them out one by one.


    After their exit, the remaining meditating members of the Esh n stood up and went to the portal room for their entries into the Panagea.


    Another round of silence then fell on the store after the members of the Esh n left the store using their supreme cards.


    The silence in the store didn¡¯t continue for long, as the sound of footsteps rang in the store.


    Aakesh, as usual, ignored it. Later he had no choice but to open his eyes as he sensed the footsteps approaching him.


    The next moment, Aakesh opened his eyes, looked at the owner of the footsteps, and couldn¡¯t help but get surprised since it was a familiar figure, and only the second entry of the customer to the store.


    It was the Angel disguised as a human girl that had arrived in the store once and had liked Panagea, but since the store was full, she had no choice but to leave.


    After that day, this was the second time she entered the store.


    (A/N: For more reference please refer to chapter 251.)


    ¡°Oh, you seem to have changed quite a lot,¡± Shemented, seeing the change in Aakesh from her first entry to now.


    Aakesh was going to respond when he suddenly felt a sense attempting to break his barrier. Aakesh felt as if he was standing behind a paper wall while an ocean tide was aiming to devour him.


    The feeling didn¡¯t continue for long as the system acted right away, and made the paper wall into a thick steel one. No matter what the intensity of the tide, it failed in breaching the wall.


    ¡°Eh!¡± The girl eximed in surprise, seeing her senses failing to peer through Aakesh¡¯s barrier.


    The girl then looked around the store as she had sensed an external force acting and stopping her senses from checking the store owner¡¯s energy level.


    The next moment, a smile spread across her face, as she found nothing and the situation felt interesting to her.


    ¡°Store owner, forgive me. I couldn¡¯t control myself from checking out your level,¡± The girl then apologized to Aakesh for her misbehaviour.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t respond but expressionlessly stared at her.


    [Host, do you want to ban her from the store?]


    [Her actions don¡¯t warrant an attack or punishment, but you can anytime ban her.]


    The system informed Aakesh in his head. Checking the cultivation level was a prettymon urrence in the Multiverse, so the Angel¡¯s action didn¡¯t get a counterattack from the system.


    ¡°No, leave it,¡± Aakesh responded.


    If he were to kill customers for attempting to check his cultivation level, he would never get a higher-level customer.


    The situation only arose today because of the vast power gap between the Angel and him.


    The Angel was a subspecies of the race Yaksha, the third strongest race, and Angel were exclusive to the third dimension, so even the weakest of them had an unimaginable strength in the Primal dimension.


    ¡°Store owner, you remember me?¡± The girl asked, seeing Aakesh not saying anything in response to her actions.


    Aakesh, in response to the question, expressionlessly nodded.


    ¡°Is there an empty portal left in Panagea?¡± The girl asked. When thest time she hade here, she had failed to get a spot in Panagea.


    ¡°No, you need to wait six hours,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Even Aakesh felt sorry for the Angel for not getting a spot in Panagea despiteing dayster and when the number of portals had grown severalfold.


    As expected, the smile from the girl¡¯s face disappeared and instead a disappointed look took its ce.

 Chapter 435

    Chapter 435: Pondering!


    ¡°Again!¡± The girl disappointedly cursed for not being able to enter the Panagea again.


    ¡°You could wait for six hours,¡± Aakesh suggested to the Angel.


    (A/N: I refer to the Angel as a girl when she¡¯s talking because she doesn¡¯t know that Aakesh has seen through her disguise.)


    Aakesh suggested such since he wanted to use the skill Watcher on her, to know the reason for her appearing in the Primal dimension. For Aakesh to use it, the Angel needed to buy any product from the store, or it wouldn¡¯t work.


    ¡°Naah, I don¡¯t have that much time,¡± The girl responded to Aakesh¡¯s suggestion.


    ¡°What do you think is the best time for me toe so that I would get the spot in Panagea without waiting?¡± The girl asked. Her voice was sweeter and gentler than in previous times.


    ¡°In the morning at the sunrise when the store opens,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded since it was the only time where the Angel could get a spot without waiting in the current times.


    ¡°Hmm,¡± The girl responded with a pondering face thinking something.


    ¡°Oh, look at me. I forgot to introduce myself after talking with you for so long,¡± The girlmented after she had stopped thinking about whatever was on her mind at that moment.


    ¡°I am Lilith,¡± The girl introduced her and extended her hand for a handshake.


    ¡°I am Aakesh,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly introduced himself but ignored Lilith¡¯s handshake.


    ¡°Ouch, so rude,¡± Lilith said and took her hand back while having a painful expression on her face.


    Soon her expression returned to normal. She then turned around and left the store without waiting for Aakesh¡¯s response.


    After Lilith left, a pondering expression appeared on his face as he thought about something only known to him.


    ¡°Hey, system, do you think she has something to do with the event that would ur today?¡± Aakesh asked the system as it was the only reason behind hering here he could think of at the time.


    [There are chances for it to happen since the appearance of an Angel in the Primal dimension isn¡¯t a usual urrence, but the system can¡¯t be sure.]


    The system answered in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice. Aakesh only nodded in response to the system¡¯s reply.


    ¡°Did you check her cultivation level?¡± Aakesh asked another question.


    [Yes, Host! It¡¯s @

 Chapter 436

    Chapter 436: New Customer


    ¡°Clomp!¡±


    ¡°Clomp!¡±


    ¡°Clomp!¡±


    Aakesh was watching the screen, waiting to find out the use of Turta and the start of the event, when suddenly the sound of heavy footsteps broke him out of his thoughts.


    Aakesh took his eyes away from the screen and focused on the owner of the sound, only to find a group of unfamiliar customers staring around the store with surprise on their faces.


    It was a group of people belonging to a race called Honaer.


    The Honaer race belonged to the same humanoid category as Humans, and they were also of equal strength. Unlike Humans, they didn¡¯t have arge poption or high fertility rate.


    Since Honaer and Humans belonged to the same category, they looked almost the same, barring a few differences. Even an average Honaer was almost thrice the height of the naturally tallest Human, and simrly, they were bulky.


    What made Honaer stand different from Humans was the structure of the face. They had no ears and a nose with three nostrils. It worked as an ear for them.


    There were six members in the group, and even the weakest in the group was ate Immortal, the strongest in the group was a peak Immortal, with a Pseudo-divine physique, while the remaining four members were peak Immortals.


    The weakest stood at the front, leading the group. While the other five surrounded the boy as if they were his guards. The difference between the clothes of the boy and the other five members showed the difference in status.


    Even the nose ring the boy wore was more expensive than thebined cost of the worth of the four peak Immortals. Only the strongest in the group had something to make him stand out from the boy, but since he stayed behind cautiously gave up the status difference.


    ¡°What do you think about this store, Hartol?¡± The boy suddenly asked while curiously looking around the store.


    ¡°A very dangerous feeling, young master,¡± The strongest in the group was named Hartol, so he responded.


    ¡°Hmm, I felt the same,¡± The boy responded. His eyes then fell on the blue-skinned man, seatedfortably on a chair, expressionlessly looking at him and his group.


    ¡®He must be the store owner,¡¯ The boy thought. He then took a step forward and approached Aakesh while his retinue and bodyguard followed him.


    ¡°Are you the store owner?¡± The boy asked after he reached Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t say anything in response and only nodded.


    ¡°What does your store sell?¡± The boy asked another question.


    ¡°The store sells¡­,¡±


    ¡°¡­, these products,¡± Aakesh introduced all the store products to the boy.


    The boy had the same reaction everyone had when they heard about the store products and their effects, so Aakesh had already gotten used to it.


    ¡°Are you sure about the effects of Panagea?¡± The boy couldn¡¯t believe what he heard, so he asked again to make sure.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to the boy¡¯s question.


    ¡°Okay, give us an hour-¡±


    ¡°The portals are full, so you can¡¯t enter them for now. If you want to, you have to wait until the six hours of the preupied group is over,¡± The boy wanted to ask for an hour in Panagea, but Aakesh cut him off midway and told him about all the upied virtual portals.


    ¡°How can you cut our young master-¡±


    ¡°p!¡±


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Seeing the boy supposed to be a young master of some sort getting cut off midway, one attendant who wanted to show his loyalty to his master red up toward Aakesh. Before his sentence could even getplete, a p right on his face arrived, and the next moment, he crashed to the floor.


    The p had punctured half the face of the attendant. The man stood up, only to crash on the hardwood floor again, seeing the reing at him from Hartol.


    ¡°Forgive my attendant. He couldn¡¯t see me getting cut off,¡± The boy apologized to Aakesh for the action of his attendant. He then gestured for his other attendants to take the man outside.


    The treatment meted out to the attendant, despite being a peak Immortal level cultivator, made no sense and was disrespectful, but such was the status of the boy from where he came from that it all wasn¡¯t something outrageous.


    The other attendants followed the order of their master and took the man out of the store.


    ¡°Return to the house and wait for your punishment,¡± The leader of the group of followers ordered the man. They then returned to the store, leaving the man on his own.


    The man had a disappointed and horrified face at the same time. He felt extreme fear thinking about his punishment after returning. He then activated one of his travel skills to return since he had no choice but to follow through with the order, and the next moment he disappeared from the street.


    ***


    ¡°What about the training area?¡± The boy asked for the second best product in his eyes after learning about the filled spots in Panagea.


    ¡°They¡¯ve no limit for the number of customers, so you can go there if you want,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    The boy nodded. He then turned his head around, looked at Hartol, and asked, ¡°Do you want to enter?¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll do whatever you want me to do, young master?¡± Hartol responded straight away.


    ¡°Good!¡± The boymented.


    The boy then turned back his head and said, ¡°Two Gods u0026 Demons level training area, and three Immortal level training area for Immortal level weapons.¡±


    ¡°You need to pay two trillion, thirty million supreme Primal stones,¡± Aakesh nodded and expressionlessly told the price the boy had to pay.


    The boy, who had activated his pocket space, couldn¡¯t help but freeze, hearing the price he needed to pay for the training area.


    The boy wasn¡¯t the only one to feel such emotions. Hartol, who had been standing expressionlessly behind the boy from the start, also had a change in his expression as his jaw almost dropped to the ground, hearing the cost of the training area.


    ¡°Store owner, did you really say two trillion, or did I hear it wrong?¡± The boy asked to make sure as he couldn¡¯t believe the price.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t say anything, but he only nodded expressionlessly in response to the question.

 Chapter 437

    Chapter 437: Bank Card


    The boy¡¯s lips twitched, seeing the store owner nodding his head.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s quite an outrageous price for a product?¡± The boy then asked, controlling himself not to look irritated.


    If not for Hartol warning him that the store owner was even stronger than him and the sensation of danger across the store, he would¡¯ve never treated Aakesh so respectfully.


    ¡°The store only charges the product¡¯s worth,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded, ignoring the expressions on the boy¡¯s face.


    ¡°Eh! What training for just an hour can even be worth a trillion supreme Primal stones?¡± The boy asked.


    He had more than enough Primal stones to pay for the training area, but since he found the price to be outrageous, he didn¡¯t agree to it.


    ¡°The Gods u0026 Demons level training area,¡± Aakesh responded right away, bringing a dumbfounded look to the boy¡¯s face.


    ¡°Fine, but what if the training didn¡¯t provide for what its cost is?¡± The boy took a deep breath to stop himself from ring up in irritation and asked another question.


    ¡°Then you would getpensated by 100 times the price of the training area,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    Thepensation policy of the store made him doubt whether he was wrong and should¡¯ve already paid the cost.


    Sigh!


    ¡°Two Gods u0026 Demons level training area and three Immortal level training area for the Immortal grade weapon,¡± The boy finally gave up after a few seconds, sighed, and decided to enter the training area.


    Even if he didn¡¯t get a good product, he would get a hundred trillion supreme Primal stones aspensation, so it would only benefit him. If the product worked, then his money wouldn¡¯t have gone to waste, so the situation was advantageous for the boy, no matter the result.


    The next moment, the boy took out a card from his pocket space and handed it to Aakesh.


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t work here,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded as he handed back the card to the boy.


    It was a card used in higher-level transactions and was the creation of the top-ranked organization.


    The card was ck in color, but there was a white strip on which the pattern of a mountain of Primal stones was imprinted.


    It was a bank card that worked across the Primal dimension, but only the powerful and influential were able to use it since not everyone was allowed to have the card.


    ¡°Eh!¡± The boy couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise, hearing the store owner.


    Using the card for a transaction provided benefits to the store owner also. Since owning the card was the sign of status, the card automatically transferred a tip of Primal stones, depending on the volume of the transaction.


    Since this transaction was worth more than two trillion supreme Primal stones, the store owner would surely get a random tip ranging from one million to a billion stones.


    The boy couldn¡¯t believe that any store owner would reject such a deal.


    The boy understood that the store owner wouldn¡¯t budge, seeing Aakesh¡¯s expressionless face, so he decided not to disturb him.


    He instead turned his head around, looked at one of his followers, and ordered, ¡°Help me take out the sum I need to pay for the training area.¡±


    The boy then handed the card, while the follower bowed and left.


    The creator of the cards had organized debit spots across the Primal dimension. On Visteerna, there were three such locations, and none of them were on the Anga continent, so the followers had to travel to the continent they came from.


    The group didn¡¯t have to wait for long, as only a few secondster, the follower returned.


    He then respectfully handed over the card and a pouch to the boy.


    The boy casually grabbed the pouch, turned around, and handed it to Aakesh.


    The next moment, a giant mountain made of supreme Primal stones appeared inside the store as Aakesh emptied the pouch. He then handed it back to the boy, who dumbfoundedly took it.


    He then waved his hands, and the mountain disappeared from the store.


    [Host, the amount is correct!]


    The next moment, an alert of sessful payment rang in his head. He then looked at the boy and told him to go ahead, not forgetting to inform the boy about the newly created needle.


    The boy nodded and then proceeded toward the weapons room while Hartol and the attendants followed him.


    ¡°If the training works, I can inform my father,¡± The boy muttered as he proceeded toward the portal room.


    ¡°Yes, young master. It would further cement your position in the eyes of ¡®His Majesty¡¯,¡± Hartol replied in a voice loud enough for only the boy to hear.


    The boy didn¡¯te from the Anga continent but the Vajji continent. Vajji was one of the top three continents on Visteerna after Kashi.


    The boy came from one of the top-three Empires on the Vajji continent. His name was Votayl, and he was the crown prince of the Honaer Empire.


    Due to having a low poption, Honaer had a close society. Sobining all their numbers, they created the Honaer Empire and made it one of the top three on a continent like Vajji, where the number of Empires barely reached seven, and every part of thend was divided between them.


    Votayl¡¯s father, the Emperor of the Honaer Emperor, was going to make Votayl the new Emperor and then ascend, so he sent Votayl to travel across the Visteerna to learn about the characters of the people.


    For traveling, Votayl decided to start from the weakest continent. It was the Anga continent, and simrly, begin from the weakest region of the Anga continent, which was the extreme southern part. Since the Bisan Kingdom was in these parts, Votayl, his followers, and Hartol came here, and then they came across the store.


    His being the crown prince was fixed due to him being his father¡¯s favorite and eldest child, but since Honaers were a very close society, the Emperor wanted Votayl to take the throne with everyone¡¯s permission. Votayl also wanted him to be an Emperor with everyone¡¯s blessing, so he agreed with his father.


    If the training did wonders ording to its cost, it meant Panagea would work too. The Panagea would help Votayl impress the majority of Honaer, while the training area would cover the remaining.

 Chapter 438

    Chapter 438: Rtions!


    Thinking like this, Votayl entered the weapons room.


    He couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation, seeing the luxury around the store. Even the Ashamba floor used in endless quantity didn¡¯t stand a chance against the extravagance present in the weapons room.


    Votayl¡¯s eyes then fell on the countless mural painted all across the room. He could feel that there was something different about the murals, and they weren¡¯t some ordinary paintings.


    But no matter what, he couldn¡¯t peer over that feeling. So he instead started looking for others to check his conjecture about them being extraordinary.


    Hartol, who had been standing a step behind Votayl, also looked at the murals.


    Hartol was a mace user, so when his eyes came across the first mace mural, he suddenly felt something clicking in his mind.


    He felt himself getting attracted to the mural, and soon, his eyes turned nk.


    Votayl, who had been looking across the murals, suddenly had a shocked expression on his face, seeing the sudden change around Hartol. Hartol wasn¡¯t only his bodyguard, but he was also his uncle(Mother¡¯s brother).


    If not for life present inside Hartol, Votayl would¡¯ve thought that he had died.


    He then followed his eyesight and looked at the mural.


    In the mural, a warrior of an unknown race was fighting a warrior of their own race, but the opponent wasrger. One had a mace, while the other had a sword.


    In the next scene, the warrior using his mace smashed his opponent into smithereens with just a single strike. Even the sword used by the opponent failed to survive the attack and snapped into several pieces as a result.


    Votayl didn¡¯t find anything special from the mural since he wasn¡¯t a mace user but a sword user. Since his uncle had immersed himself in it, he decided to wait for Hartol toe around first, and only then would he enter the training area.


    Since Votayl had nothing else to do but stand there waiting for Hartol toe around, Votayl started searching for sword murals that would help him get immersed in it.


    Time flew by.


    No matter how many sword murals, Votayl couldn¡¯t get immersed like his uncle. Only his intuition of the murals being extraordinary stayed in his head, and nothing extra, while Hartol was still immersed in that mace mural.


    The nk eyes of Hartol suddenly had a change as colors returned to them, and simrly, Hartol, who had gotten frozen in a spot, moved, bringing a stop to Votayl¡¯s search for sword murals.


    ¡°What had happened?¡± Votayl asked Hartol, with a hint of concern in his voice.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know. When I looked at the mural, I felt as if it was calling me inside. No matter how much I attempted to resist it, I couldn¡¯t do anything but get forced to it. After that, I don¡¯t remember anything, young master,¡± Hartol shared his experience.


    ¡°Eh!¡± He then suddenly eximed in surprise, bringing a questioning look to Votayl¡¯s face.


    ¡°Young master, I feel that I¡¯ve learned something new, but I can¡¯t put my fingers on it,¡± Hartol could understand what Votayl wanted to ask, so he honestly told him.


    ¡°No need to push yourself,¡± Votayl responded. He believed Hartolpletely as Hartol had been with him since his birth, and Honaer rarely betrayed or lied to their close friends or families.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go for the training,¡± Votayl then told Hartol and the followers that had been waiting for all this time without even daring to speak a word.


    Votayl then took a step forward and proceeded to search for the pir denoting the sword. The attendants and Hartol followed him and went their own ways since all of them used different weapons.


    Hartol was the first to find his pir as the mace were in the starting round of circles. He then did what the store owner had told them to do to enter the training area.


    He found the needle next to the imprinted mace pattern straight away.


    He then pushed his finger on the needle. He used force since he had a pseudo-divine physique, but he couldn¡¯t be any more stupid to do this.


    The needle pierced his skin like it was passing through nothing, while the excessive force used by Hartol resulted in the needleing out through his finger.


    Hartol then noticed something strange, the minor injury that should¡¯ve healed at the first moment had no change, while drops of his blood streaked down the pirs and then the floor.


    The blood failed to touch the floor as before it could do it, an invisible pressure attacked it and burned it to ashes.


    Hartol, with a surprised expression, removed his fingers from the needle right away. The injury that wasn¡¯t healing healed straight away, but Hartol wasn¡¯t there to see it.


    The moment, Hartol moved his finger away, his consciousness left the body and entered the infinite space inside the training area. Whereas a golden barrier covered his body to stop it from facing any harm during his training.


    The blood that had been dripping from the pir also disappeared, making the columns as clean as before.


    All the other members in the group had also entered the space inside the training area.


    ***


    After Votayl and his group left, Aakesh returned to the screen still running in front of him.


    ¡°It¡¯s thest day of this torture. After today, you¡¯re free from me, but if you want toe to me, you only need to call me,¡± A figure hooded in a dark cloakmented.


    Phi, who had her eyes swelling due to crying all day, red at the hooded figure with hatred and disgust in her eyes.


    ¡°Don¡¯t need to be angry. I never forced you. It was your choice to do this to your sister¡¯s son, your own nephew,¡± The hooded figureughingly responded. In the end, his voice contained disgust for Phi¡¯s action.


    Phi¡¯s eyes turned red from anger, hearing the statement. It made her remember how much an evil person she is?


    ¡°No need to stay in the past. If it makes you feel better, even if you¡¯ve refused, we still would¡¯ve done this with the boy,¡± The hooded figure responded and then left the room.


    ¡°Forgive me, Rutthi,¡± Tears started dripping out of Phi¡¯s eyes again as she asked for forgiveness from her sister for snatching her child and doing this.

 Chapter 439

    Chapter 439: Beginning(1)


    Time flew by.


    ¡°It¡¯s time,¡± The silence present in the room suddenly got broken as the hooded figure returned and told Phi.


    Phi, who had been silently crying, felt a thunderbolt attacking her, hearing the voice. It was thest thing she wanted to hear for now.


    ¡°No, I won¡¯t let you do this,¡± Phi didn¡¯t know from where she got the guts or empathy for her nephew, but she yelled.


    The hooded figure had expected this response from Phi, so he took a step forward, appeared right in front of her, grabbed her by the scruff of her neck, and threw her toward the wall.


    ¡°Do you think you¡¯ve got a choice here, or did you think that since I slept with you, I will agree with whatever you say,¡± The hooded figure mocked Phi as he looked down on her.


    He then bent down and gently caressed her face. ¡°Look, you¡¯ve no choice here. We can do it your way or my way,¡± Hemented.


    ¡°If we do it your way, then I would do things to you that even the devil would shudder thinking about, and if we do it my way, we¡¯ll all be happy. You would get your wish, and I would get mine,¡± The figure added. A hint of killing tone never left his voice as he warned Phi.


    Phi, who had only gotten the courage to stand up to the figure, felt all her bravery vanish and shuddered in fear.


    It wasn¡¯t the first time it happened with her. Whenever she had dared to refuse the man¡¯s order, she had faced the worst humiliation of her life.


    ¡°Why be brave when you can¡¯t sustain it?¡± The hooded figure mocked Phi, seeing the look of fear returning on her face.


    He then stopped caressing her face and stood up.


    ¡°Now, let¡¯s bring an end to this,¡± Hemented as he looked at the unconscious Turta on his bed.


    Turta would groan from time to time as the pain still attacked him. Due to the pain, he couldn¡¯t remain unconscious, while due tock of energy, he couldn¡¯t stay conscious, so the situation for Turta was no worse than evil torture.


    ¡°Ugh!¡± Phi groaned as she stood up.


    Her expressions were of fear, anger, and sadness as she took a step forward toward the bed.


    ¡°Turta, look, your mother is here,¡± She gently called out to Turta as she caressed his face.


    She got no response from Turta as he was neither conscious nor unconscious.


    ¡°Do it,¡± The hooded figure suddenly ordered Phi.


    Phi gave a hateful re at the figure, but her fear couldn¡¯t be hidden. The hooded figure only shrugged his shoulders in response.


    Phi then took out the needle from her space ring and started taking Turta¡¯s blood.


    When she had finally taken out the one hundred and eleventh drop of Turta¡¯s blood, there was a sudden change in him.


    He turned even weaker as his skin started melting as if he was a corpse that had died for quite a long time. His groans turned more and more fragile. It still existed, showing his struggle to survive against all of this.


    ¡°Don¡¯t stop,¡± The hooded figure ordered, hurrying Phi.


    ¡°Look, Turta, your mother is here,¡± Phi called out to Turta again, but yet there was no response.


    ¡°If you love me, open your eyes,¡± Phi called Turta again. Her tone contained hurry, while the hooded figure had a solemn and grave face as what happened next would determine their struggle of the past several years.


    ¡°If you don¡¯t open your eyes, I would kill myself. Didn¡¯t you promise to protect me?¡± Phi called Turta out again, her voice being louder than before.


    Turta¡¯s body finally showed some movement as his eyelids moved and attempted to open themselves.


    It only moved and didn¡¯t open. Phi continued to call Turta out. Her tone became louder, angrier with every moment.


    The hooded figure¡¯s expression turned graver as everything depended upon Turta opening his eyes and looking at his mother.


    ¡®Did we make a mistake somewhere?¡¯ The figure thought in his head as he remembered the situation from the start.


    ¡°If you don¡¯t OPEN YOUR EYES, I WOULD HATE YOU FOR ALL MY LIFE,¡± Phi screamed,? calling for Turta once more.


    ¡°Mo¡­moa?|mother, pl¡­pleaa?|please-¡±


    Turta finally opened his eyes. Everything looked blurry to him. He didn¡¯t want his mother to hate him, so he wanted to request, but his voice suddenly came to a halt as a hand passed through his heart.


    ¡°Moa?|mot-¡±


    Turta attempted to speak, but he lost consciousness before he couldplete his sentence and lost his life.


    ¡°NO!¡± Phi let out a heart-rending scream. It was she that had passed her hand through Turta¡¯s chest and grabbed the heart, resulting in his death


    ¡°Hahahahha!¡± The hooded figure, ignoring Phi¡¯s expression, startedughing out loud. ¡°I did it, master,¡± He then yelled as he had been doing all this on the orders of his master.


    On the bed, Turta¡¯s body disappeared as if it was never there. The blood she had collected and the heart Phi had in her hands were the only remaining proofs of his existence.


    Phi had a lost expression on her face as the scene before Turta¡¯s birth emerged in her mind.


    How she had fallen in love with a man, but he instead fell in love with her sister Rutthi.


    Turta was the proof of the man¡¯s love for Rutthi and what Rutthi had for him. Due to that, Phi hated nothing more than Turta.


    She couldn¡¯t stand Turta, so she kidnapped him and decided to kill him. Before she could do that, she came across the hooded figure.


    She epted the mission as the hooded figure assured her that the man he loved more than anything would fall in love with her if she did as told.


    Her hatred for Turta and the man was so high that she epted it. Even with the passing of years, her disgust for Turta didn¡¯t disappear. She felt mental agony whenever she looked, smiled, or talked to Turta.


    But as Turta started growing weaker, her heart started feeling empathy for him. She never knew somewhere in her heart that she loved her nephew since Turta was the splitting copy of the man she loved.


    But still, her hatred got the better of her love for Turta, or she would¡¯ve fought to the death with the hooded figure to save Turta from this torture.

 Chapter 440

    Chapter 440: Beginning(2)


    ¡°Haha, master, I did it,¡± The hooded figure danced in jubtion, seeing the heart in Phi¡¯s hands,pletely ignoring her expressions.


    Phi¡¯s face turned red from anger as she red at the figure while tears streamed down her cheeks continuously.


    The figure ignored and continued jumping in jubtion as how could he not be excited when his n of years was on the verge of sess?


    The heart in Phi¡¯s hands suddenly had a change. Out of nowhere, it started melting.


    The hooded figure stopped his jumping and took out the container in which he had stored Turta¡¯s blood. He then took the heart from Phi¡¯s hands and gently put it into the container filled with Turta¡¯s blood.


    Phi had attempted not to give the heart, but the power difference between her and the hooded figure was way vaster for her to aplish it.


    The hooded figure then grabbed the needle that was ced on the bed next to where once Turta slept and emptied it into the container, making it entirely full. Even a drop of liquid would be an extra addition to the container and drop on the ground as if it was manually made to handle a limited and fixed amount of liquid.


    As soon as the needle turned empty and the contained got full in its entirety, the heart stored in it had a sudden change.


    A swirl appeared right above the heart as the blood started assimting into it.


    A few secondster, only the heart remained in the container, while all the blood had disappeared; not even a hint of it remained.


    The heart had changed in its entirety. If previously it was grey in color, it was now golden and shone as if it was a valuable treasure.


    The next moment, the golden heart started fading at a very slow rate.


    ¡°You did it,¡± Since it would take time for the following process to begin, the hooded figure looked toward Phi andmended her for achieving what he wanted.


    ¡°Why did you choose Turta for your n?¡± Phi asked as she had never gotten the answer for the hooded figure choosing Turta for his n. She had epted it due to her hatred for Turta, but what was the reason behind the man choosing Turta?


    ¡°I guess I can tell you now since you¡¯vepleted your mission,¡± The hooded figure responded, a smile hidden due to his covered face.


    ¡°Your nephew Turta¡­,¡±


    ¡°¡­I chose him.¡± The hooded figure told Phi the reason behind him choosing Turta.


    Turta was born in the body of an Earthen Troll, but in reality, his soul belonged to a different creature.


    His soul belonged to a creature called Sufotal. Sufotal was a creature that once lived in the Primal dimension and was the only member of its race.


    In a battle with a creature stronger than itself, Sufotal died, and then it reincarnated itself in the body of your sister¡¯s son.


    Sufotal was a creature that lived its life on Ashamba, the Primordial tree, so it was the reason behind Turta¡¯s close rtion with the barks.


    Sufotal originally had the ability to use the element of Chaos, but since it lived on Ashamba for so long, the negating ability of Ashamba worked on it.


    The mutation gave Sufotal a new ability. The new power allowed Sufotal to manipte the element of Absolute Nihility, a superior form of the element of Nihility.


    Any element that had Absolute added with it became the power of Devas, so Sufotal became way more powerful than it should¡¯ve been in the first ce.


    Unfortunately for the Sufotal, it faced a battle against a creature very powerful than it, and since it had only gained a minuscule control over the element, it died in the end.


    Phi couldn¡¯t help but suck a cold breath of air, listening about the Sufotal and Turta being its reincarnation.


    She finally understood why Turta was extraordinary since his birth and how he felt the store was familiar due to it using Ashamba as the hardwood floor.


    ¡°Why did you kill him then?¡± Phi asked, as Turta being alive made more sense than him being dead.


    ¡°That you don¡¯t need to know,¡± The hooded figure responded.


    He then looked back at the container, only to see that the heart had half faded at that point.


    ¡°What about my reward?¡± Phi asked, wiping her tears from her face.


    Even though Turta had died, and she felt an unimaginable pain in her heart for that, the love for Turta¡¯s father still trumped it. She could live without Turta but not his father.


    ¡°Yes, your reward,¡± The hooded figure took his eyes away from the container.


    ¡°What was your reward, again?¡± The figure asked while his tone was yful.


    Phi had a bad feeling, hearing the question and the tone of the hooded figure. ¡°My lover,¡± She still answered. ¡°Don¡¯t even dare to break your promise. You¡¯ve made an oath,¡± Phi further added.


    Before epting the mission, Phi had made the hooded figure take an oath so he wouldn¡¯t break his promise after the sessfulpletion of his goals.


    ¡°Haha, I know. I was only joking with you to lighten the mood,¡± The hooded figureughingly responded.


    ¡°So-¡±


    Phi was only going to speak something when her words came to a sudden halt.


    ¡°Cough!¡±


    She coughed blood out as she looked down with a pale face and witnessed a hand piercing her chest.


    ¡°Wh-¡±


    She wanted to ask, but before she could even utter a word, she lost her consciousness and not long after her life.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The hooded figure took his hands out after crushing Phi¡¯s heart, and then Phi crashed down to the ground.


    ¡°You can now meet your lover in the afterlife,¡± The hooded figureughinglymented and returned his focus to the container.


    ***


    The moment Phi died, the screen ying in front of Aakesh also came to a stop as the customer it worked on was dead.


    ¡°Sufotal,¡± Aakesh mumbled as he knew the name of the creature and its details.


    After hearing about Turta being the reincarnation of Sufotal, Aakesh had an idea about the purpose of the hooded figure to kill Turta.


    Since the hooded figure wasn¡¯t in front of him but was present on a screen, Aakesh wasn¡¯t able to see through his cover. He would only find out about it after leaving the store.

 Chapter 441

    Chapter 441: Sudden Situation!


    After the death of Phi, the screen darkened up as customer had died. Aakesh could no longer watch over what was going on unless he decided to use his senses and cover the entire area of the Bisan Kingdom since the hooded figure was present here.


    Aakesh decided against it as he had no interest in using his senses.


    Now that Phi had died, she also disappeared from the customer¡¯s selection from skill choices.


    The next moment, Aakesh deactivated the skill, Watcher, and the screen floating in front of him vanished as a result.


    ¡°Hey, system, why do you think emotions are soplicated?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked the system.


    The scene of Phi crying over Turta¡¯s death made him ask this question. When she had arrived here, she hated Turta so much that even someone like Aakesh could see it, but today, her cries of pain were sincere.


    [Host, I don¡¯t have any emotions, so how would I know?]


    The system replied in its mechanical and emotionless voice not long after.


    A wry smile appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face, hearing the response of the system.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it since there was no point wasting his time over it.


    If Aakesh wanted, he could¡¯ve revived Turta without having the soul of Sufotal. But he decided against it; like the Void beasts, he also believed that there is noing back from death, and it¡¯s better to let the Multiverse decide for the future of the inhabitants, not him.


    A few minutes after Aakesh deactivated the skill, the store weed a new customer.


    She was an ordinary citizen of the Bisan Kingdom and lived in Kakot. She was here for the body healing pill since it could also remove the scratch/wound marks on the body.


    After buying her desired product, she left the store, and another round of silence fell inside the store.


    ***


    ¡°Damn it!¡± Votayl cursed in irritation after dying for the umpteenth time. The next moment, the system acted, and his mind returned to calm and got ready for another battle.


    After entering the training area, Votayl had chosen one of the Void beasts as his first opponent. The tragic death that he received after that, he would never forget.


    After his first three deaths, he chose another opponent since he had no interest in being masochistic. His next opponent was of his own race.


    The result didn¡¯t change, as he lost his life once again in less than a second.


    After a few deaths, Votayl chose another race for his opponent. Time flew by. Votayl continued changing his opponent¡¯s races after three deaths, but the result stayed the same. In every battle, he died in less than a second.


    Finally, after dying thousands of times, Votayl decided to get fixated on a single race, and for that, he chose the Humans.


    Time flew by.


    At starting, the result of the battles stayed the same, but as time passed, the growth became evident.


    Votayl, who couldn¡¯t even survive for a second inside the training area, began to fight back, and his survival time grew.


    Around nine hundredth hour, Votayl seeded innding a sessful hit on his human opponent. Even though the attack did nothing to his opponent, Votayl was still satisfied as it was the symbol of his growth.


    Afternding the hit, Votayl died not long after.


    More time flew by.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The sound of metallic shes continuously rang on the stage made up of concrete as both sides shed with each other.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    The sword cut Votayl¡¯s head once more for the umpteenth time today as it passed through it.


    When Votayl regained his consciousness this time, he found that the option to choose another race no longer appeared in front of him.


    He didn¡¯t have to think about it for long, as not long after, a repulsive force arrived and threw him out.


    When he opened his eyes again, Votayl found his consciousness back in his body.


    ***


    After the one hour of training for Votayl was over, the system forced him out.


    The system then transferred him into an isted space, and soon he returned back after his energy had calmed down.


    ¡°Not bad,¡± Votaylmented in appreciation, seeing the amount of growth he had after the training in the Gods u0026 Demons level training area.


    His energy levels stayed the same as before, but his skill set in swordsmanship had increased. If he were to put a number on it, it would be like this: if his previous skill in numerical units were 10, now after the training area, it had reached 14, which didn¡¯t look good at first, but when put in strength numbers, it was a monstrous improvement.


    Votayl then turned his head around to look at Hartol, only to notice that there was a shocking expression present on his face.


    Votayl got curious seeing the expression, so hepletely turned around and took a step forward in Hartol¡¯s direction.


    ¡°What did you gain that made you feel so much shock?¡±


    Hartol came out of his shock after hearing the familiar voice of his master and nephew.


    ¡°Youa?|younga?|, young master, my cultivation level has breached the limit of the Primal dimension,¡± Hartol replied. At first, his voice trembled, but he stopped, took a deep breath, and then threw the truth bomb on Votayl.


    ¡°Eh!¡± A stumped expression appeared on Votayl¡¯s face as he didn¡¯t clearly understand the meaning of what Hartol said, but after the entire sentence appeared in his mind, his eyes and mouth flew wide open in extreme shock.


    ¡°Does that mean you¡¯ll asc¡­asca?|ascend?¡± Votayl asked. His voice trembled by only asking the question.


    ¡°Yes, young master, I can feel the Primal tribtioning for me,¡± Hartol responded. His voice contained a mixture of emotions, but nervousness primarily led.


    Votayl was going to respond when he suddenly froze in his actions. Hartol suddenly disappeared from the store.


    [Host, quickly take action!]


    Aakesh suddenly opened his eyes as the system alerted him to take action and told him about the uing tribtion of one of the Honaer.


    Aakesh disappeared from his chair and appeared right at the top of the store¡¯s building.


    He then looked up and could feel a storm brewing as well as the Honaer stupendously looking around him.


    If he didn¡¯t do anything, the Primal tribtion would entirely raze the Bisan Kingdom and several neighboring Kingdoms around it.

 Chapter 442

    Chapter 442: Tribtion


    After the system¡¯s alert, Aakesh disappeared from his chair and appeared in the air right on the top of the store¡¯s building.


    He then looked up and found the Honaer not far from him, looking at the sky with stupefied expressions.


    The sky was slowly turning darker as if it was weing something terrible.


    Since Aakesh was now an Immortal in terms of Primal dimension cultivation, he could float in the air without any suppression by the rule of Visteerna.


    Aakesh then looked around the city, only to find that the citizens all around the city looked at the sky with horrified faces.


    Since Aakesh was an Immortal, he felt no pressure from the uing tribtion, but the citizens weren¡¯t that strong. An invisible pressure was attacking them, threatening to destroy thempletely.


    Right at that moment, George, Evelyn, Maria, and the other members of the organization Skylord exited the building next to Aakesh¡¯s store as they also sensed the uing tribtion.


    The pressure released by the uing tribtion started attacking Maria and the other members. Only George and Evelyn were Immortals, so they only felt a breeze, but the same couldn¡¯t be said for others.


    Maria, especially, looked the worst in the group since she was only a Nascent Soul level cultivator and hence was the weakest of the group.


    Evelyn, standing next to Maria, acted straight away. She covered Maria with her Immortal level aura, bringing relief to her. She then looked toward the sky, only to notice Aakesh floating there.


    A respectful expression appeared on Maria¡¯s face as she couldn¡¯t even imagine disrespecting Aakesh even when he wasn¡¯t looking toward her.


    ***


    ¡°Rumble!¡±


    Suddenly the sky rumbled, announcing the uing arrival of the Primal tribtion.


    Aakesh knew he couldn¡¯t wait anymore as the pressure released by the tribtion had already started to affect the people and structures around the area.


    Aakesh then released his aura. Even the sky seemed to stop for a second as if it was facing something invincible.


    It only restarted again when it noticed that Aakesh¡¯s aura wasn¡¯t its enemy.


    Aakesh¡¯s aura started spreading like a tide. In no time, it covered the entirety of Kakot and continued spreading forward.


    Those who came under cover of Aakesh¡¯s aura felt themselves getting released by the pressure and a warm feeling covering them.


    The next moment, Aakesh¡¯s aura stopped further spreading as it had covered the entire area in the range of the uing Primal tribtion.


    On some location on the Mysterious peak, the hooded figure was moving toward thest step of his goal after having the item and killing Phi when he suddenly had to stop as an invisible pressure began attacking him.


    He was a Tao Seed level expert, so the pressure didn¡¯t feel threatening, but its intensity increased with passing time.


    Then suddenly, when the intensity of the pressure attacking him reached an extent where he felt an itch, a warm feeling out of nowhere appeared and covered him.


    ¡°What¡¯s happening, master?¡± The hooded figure mumbled as he felt afraid of the sudden situation.


    The figure stopped there and decided not to move until this warm feeling disappeared.


    He made such a decision as his intuition warned him against the aura covering him.


    The hooded figure wasn¡¯t the only one. Several figures who lived in seclusion around the area starteding out of their meditations by the sudden attack of the pressure and then the arrival of the warm aura.


    Maria, who had just gotten help from Evelyn, also felt the warm aura around her getting torn and then another aura recing it. She found it familiar. Her face couldn¡¯t help but turn red as she looked toward the sky and found Aakesh there.


    Evelyn only smiled wryly, seeing the expression on Maria¡¯s face. Since the start of the organization, Evelyn and Maria both had their own goals, but since they lived in the same ce, they had be good friends. Maria had shared everything about her past, including the feelings of attraction she once had for Aakesh.


    ***


    ¡°What just happened here?¡± Votayl muttered after Hartol suddenly disappeared from his eyes.


    Since the system stopped his senses from crossing the walls or learning the situations outside the store, Votayl didn¡¯t know that Hartol was above the store, waiting for his Primal tribtion.


    ¡°Follow me,¡± Votayl looked toward his followers and ordered them. He then took a step forward in the direction of the exit.


    After leaving the weapons room, Votayl wanted to ask the store owner about it. When he reached the hall, he found no one was present on the chair.


    Votayl then decided to leave the store as there was no point in waiting for Hartol here.


    ¡®He must¡¯ve left for his tribtion,¡¯ Votayl thought in his heart. He then took a step forward and proceeded in the direction of the door while his attendants followed him.


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    Votayl had only stepped his foot outside the store when he couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise as he felt a familiar aura covering him, and it gave him a warm feeling.


    He then looked up, only to find the store owner floating there.


    Since Votayl was also an Immortal, he could also fly, but when he tried to, he found that he couldn¡¯t.


    He then looked toward his attendants. They had higher levels than him. Votayl gestured for them to attempt to fly.


    The attendants understood what Votayl wanted to convey. But when they tried, the result stayed the same; none of them could float.


    ¡®Is Hartol undergoing the Primal tribtion here?¡¯ Suddenly a question emerged in Votayl¡¯s heart. He had heard that the tribtion entirely froze the space wherever it urred. So no one could fly or teleport in that range.


    ¡®How can the store owner fly then?¡¯ Another question emerged in Votayl¡¯s heart as he saw Aakesh floating in the sky.


    ¡°Votayl?¡± Votayl suddenly broke out of his thoughts as a voice called to him.


    He confusedly looked toward the source, only to find a familiar figure there.


    ¡°George of the Pocoso Empire,¡± Votaylmented when he recognized the figure.


    Since George and Votayl were part of Empires on Visteerna, albeit on different continents, they still knew each other.


    ¡°I never thought you woulde to these areas,¡± George smilingly said as he took a step forward in the direction of Votayl.


    ¡°Rumble!¡±


    Votayl did the same and proceeded forward. Before he could say anything, the sky suddenly rumbled.

 Chapter 443

    Chapter 443: Stages


    ¡°RUMBLE!¡±


    Seeing a familiar figure, Votayl stepped forward. But he came to a sudden halt as the sky rumbled.


    Votayl looked up in the sky and found it turning darker and darker.


    Since there was a building and it stopped anyone from seeing through it, Votayl wasn¡¯t able to see Hartol in the air.


    George had also stopped since thend had started shaking while the rumble grew louder.


    Aakesh¡¯s aura had minimized the effect of the uing tribtion, so the people present in its range only felt a slight difort due to the shaking of thend.


    The Primal tribtion had three stages. Only after cultivators passed the three stages would they be able to ascend.


    The first stage was the illusion test. In this round, the cultivator would lose himself in his worst fears.


    To pass the stage, the cultivator would need to exit the illusion as soon as possible.


    The more time they spent in the illusion, the harder it would be for them to exit, and if theypletely lost themselves, their soul would die out, resulting inplete destruction, never to reincarnate.


    After the cultivator passed through the first stage, they would feel their will turning stronger, and only after the process ended did the turn of the second rounde.


    In the second round, the tribtion would test the soul strength of the cultivator.


    In this round, the sky would rain soul fire.


    The soul fire wouldpletely burn the soul to ashes, creating a dead state for the cultivator.


    After theplete burn, the cultivator would only have his physical body and will be left. The soul would then start regenerating. At that time, the pain would reach an unimaginable amount.


    During this process, right from the start, the cultivator couldn¡¯t lose his consciousness. If they lost, the burnt soul would disappear, givingplete death to the cultivator.


    After the soul would reform itself, it would be several-fold stronger than in the previous situation and would be good enough for a low-level God.


    After the growth of the soul, it would be the turn of the physique since a weak physique with a strong soul would result in theplete disintegration of the body and then the soul.


    It would be now the time for the third stage. In the third round, the sky would rain thunder.


    The thunder wouldn¡¯t be any ordinary thunder but the tribtion thunder.


    The tribtion thunder will destroy the body of the cultivator, and then it will automatically restore.


    The process would continue for as long as the user could hold, but the destruction and creation process should at least ur eleven times for the body to reach a strong enough level to sustain the soul.


    During all this, the cultivator should remain conscious. Losing consciousness would result in theplete disintegration of the body, and then the tribtion thunder would destroy the soul.


    Only after passing all the three stages would the cultivator reach the quality of attaining divinity and ascending to the Sacred dimension.


    There was an exact duration of nine seconds between each stage, giving enough time to the cultivator to prepare ahead.


    Hearing about the stages, the tribtion looked easy, but when facing it, it became the most difficult thing to aplish.


    The Primal tribtion had a minuscule amount of sess.


    Out of ten cultivators attempting the tribtion, rarely one seeded. As for the survival rate, there was none.


    It was also the reason behind many Immortals reaching peak Immortality and the pseudo-divine physique, but still not daring to ascend and continue to stay in the Primal dimension. It was the reason behind the Primal dimension having so many peak Immortals staying in it.


    ***


    ¡®What just happened?¡¯ Hartol asked himself as he suddenly disappeared from the store and appeared in the sky above the story. A stupefied him looked around him.


    ¡®Am I going to face my tribtion here?¡¯ Hartol thought again as he felt the threatening pressure released by the sky toward him.


    His face couldn¡¯t help but turn pale since the Primal tribtion wasn¡¯t something to joke about. If he failed, he would face his doom, so he needed to have preparations before attempting it.


    ¡°Damn it!¡± Hartol couldn¡¯t help but curse as the training area resulted in his cultivation having a sudden increase, breaking the limit barrier right away.


    He couldn¡¯t postpone the tribtion anymore since he had no such opportunity after that sharp increase. Since the barrier had broken before Hartol could manipte his cultivation, he had no choice but to face it straight away or fail and die.


    Hartol was already aware of the three stages of the tribtion, so he couldn¡¯t help but shudder thinking about only facing the first stage, his worst fear.


    Time flew by.


    The sky had turnedpletely dark. There was no difference between midnight and the current time.


    Aakesh snapped his fingers as the people around here were afraid of the dark and only lived in the sunlight.


    The next moment, a tiny sun made of his energy appeared floating in the center of the range of the Primal tribtion and removed every semnce of darkness present in the area.


    ¡°RUMBLE!¡±


    The sky loudly rumbled in anger as if it thought of the sun as a challenge to it.


    The sky wanted to destroy the sun, but before it could do that, Aakesh released a hint of his aura, aiming toward the sky. The next moment, it returned to calm, ignoring the sun, and only focusing on Hartol, the cultivator.


    Hartol, floating in the air, took a deep breath as he got ready to face the first stage of the Primal tribtion.


    The next moment, his body suddenly rxed. It still floated in the air, but the eyes were nk. If someone were to see Hartol, they would think he had already died.


    ***


    Time flew by.


    With passing time, Hartol¡¯s body started fading slowly.


    ¡®You can do it!¡¯ Votayl prayed in his heart, seeing the condition his bodyguard was in.


    After a wait of a few minutes, Hartol¡¯s body started having sudden movements.


    The body slowly starteding back to life as Hartol¡¯s fingers moved. His eyes were still nk, but expressions began appearing.


    At that moment, Hartol looked to be seeing something terrible as he had a horrified face, while sweats had started oozing out.

 Chapter 444

    Chapter 444: Unbearable Pain!


    Time flew by.


    It has been around six minutes since Hartol had fallen into an illusion.


    In the illusion, Hartol was facing his worst fears.


    The worst thing for him was that he lost his cultivation, family, and a high-level cultivator chased him.


    ¡°Why are you chasing me?¡± Hartol cried out in anger as a hooded figure chased him.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    In response to Hartol¡¯s question, the hooded figure threw a knife. The next moment, it pierced the already bloodied back of Hartol, joining the other ten or so knives already plugged.


    ¡°Argh!¡± Hartol roared in pain, as this time, the knife also pierced his bone, resulting in unbearable pain.


    Continuing to scream and roar in pain, Hartol ran for his life while the hooded figure chased him.


    ¡®Why am I running?¡¯ A question suddenly rang in Hartol¡¯s head, bringing him to a stop.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    Exactly at that moment, another knife came at him and pierced the back of his head, resulting in a scream louder than before, and Hartol also started faltering.


    He grabbed the back of his head and cried out. His steps began faltering, but he didn¡¯t give up on his escape.


    ¡®Why am I running?¡¯ The question rang again in Hartol¡¯s mind. This time he ignored it and continued running.


    As if it was an infectious disease, the question started bombarding itself in Hartol¡¯s head, increasing his mental duress of Hartol.


    ¡®I¡¯m an Immortal. How can I run from someone?¡¯ A new question emerged in Hartol¡¯s head while he attempted to escape.


    Time flew by.


    Colors started returning to Hartol¡¯s eyes as the questioning intensity increased in the illusion.


    Finally, after eight minutes had passed since the illusion began, colors returned to Hartol¡¯s eyes while his body exited the rxing mode.


    ¡°Ugh!¡± Hartol groaned in pain as he grabbed his head.


    Even though everything that Hartol faced was an illusion, his body still felt the pain, so after breaking the illusion, thebined pain attacked Hartol.


    ***


    Votayl and his attendants heaved a sigh of relief seeing Hartoling around.


    ¡°Young master, master Hartol would sessfully pass the tribtion. For someone of his talent and capability, it isn¡¯t difficult.¡±


    ¡°Yes, young master!¡±


    ¡°Yes, young master!¡±


    One of the attendantsmented, seeing the tense Votayl. The other attendants followed the lead and appreciated Hartol¡¯s abilities.


    Votayl ignored his attendants and instead focused on the sky.


    George silently looked at everything happening. Since he would also someday attempt it, he didn¡¯t dare to miss a second of the tribtion.


    ***


    After Hartol sessfully broke the illusion, a wisp of golden light arrived in the sky and proceeded toward Hartol.


    Hartol, who hadpletely lost his mental strength due to the illusion, looked toward the wisp of golden light with tired eyes.?


    The wisp approached Hartol and then entered the spot between his eyebrows.


    The next moment, a golden light appeared out of nowhere and engulfed Hartol.


    The light didn¡¯t even stay for a second as it disappeared. Hartol, who was just tired a moment earlier, felt his mind entirely rxed due to the wisp.


    At that moment, he felt that even if he fell into another Illusion, he would still have enough mental strength to face another one.


    One second passed, two seconds passed¡­, and just like that, nine seconds had passed.


    The dark sky suddenly turned red, as out of nowhere, balls of red mes appeared in the sky.


    After his mental strength got an increase due to the golden wisp, Hartol was ready for his next stage.


    ¡°Chhiss!¡±


    ¡°Chhiss!¡±


    ¡°Chhiss!¡±


    The red fire started raining down on Hartol as burning sounds rang in the area.


    All the citizens who were watching Hartol going through the tribtion saw that Hartol was engulfed in red me, but not even a hint of his body burning could be seen.


    Hartol, who was ready for the second stage, had his face turned ugly not long after the fire attacked his soul.


    If not for his mental strength growing severalfold, he would¡¯ve already screamed in pain.


    If the fire burnt his soul at a quick rate, the pain was still manageable, but things happened differently.


    The soul fire burnt his soul at a very slow rate.


    Thirty seconds had passed since the second stage began, but only half of his soul had burnt down.


    Time flew by.


    Finally, the soul of Hartol got burnt down to ashes.


    Hartol¡¯s eyes started losing their luster. Without the soul, the body cannot survive for even a moment.


    ¡°NO!¡±


    Right at that moment, a loud battle roar rang in the sky as itpletely shook the area.


    If not for Aakesh¡¯s aura covering the citizens, they would¡¯ve burst into the blood.


    Three secondster, the burnt soul started restructuring itself.


    Only the Immortals present in the area could see the scene of ashes of the soul reorganizing themselves to create a new soul.


    The creation process took double the amount of time required for destruction, while the pain felt by Hartol grew exponentially.


    ¡°Argh!¡± A painful scream rang in the sky as only the start of the creation process resulted in unbearable pain for Hartol.


    Time flew by.


    Veins had popped out of Hartol¡¯s face as the pain was unbearable for him.


    More time flew by.


    ¡°Finally,¡± Votayl heaved a relieved sigh, seeing the process of creation of the new souling to an end.


    ¡°One more round left,¡± He muttered. If Hartol passed the next round, he would ascend, and if he failed, all his previous efforts would¡¯ve been for nothing.


    ***


    Hartol felt a new power spreading across him as he passed the second stage.


    A red light had surrounded him at that moment. If not for the red light, Hartol¡¯s body would¡¯ve melted since the soul became very strong for it to carry.


    Hartol continuously took deep breaths as thest stage was about to arrive. It would decide the sess or failure of all his efforts.


    The red light helped Hartol sustain his body, and it also healed Hartol of any mental or physical tiredness/injury.


    Time flew by, and nine seconds were over.


    The sky turned purple as thunder emerged out of nowhere and covered it for as far as anyone could see.


    Aakesh¡¯s aura suddenly started fluctuating. The third stage was the test by the Multiverse, not the dimension, so the strength between the first two stages and thest couldn¡¯t even bepared.

 Chapter 445

    Chapter 445: Result(1)


    As soon as the sky got covered in purple thunder, the aura Aakesh had spread across the range of the Primal tribtion started fluctuating.


    Since the third test was the creation of the Multiverse, it was the toughest and most beneficial at the same time.


    Even though the purple thunder only attacked the physique of the cultivator, the cultivator gained benefits in all threeponents: energy, spirit, and body, required for the cultivator to cultivate.


    Even the strongest peak Immortal level cultivator could only have a strength of around 100-200 million Primal units. But Aakesh was already severalfold more powerful than that, so the aura only fluctuated, and the citizens covered in it had no issues.


    ¡°RUMBLE!¡±


    The next moment, the sky rumbled as Aakesh felt the pressure on his aura increasing with each moment. The fluctuation increased.


    [Host, don¡¯t attempt to intimidate the pressure!]


    Like thest time, Aakesh was going to aim his aura toward the pressure, but the system had already anticipated this, so it straight away warned Aakesh not to do it.


    [Host, the Primal dimension handled the previous two tests. Since they have a limited amount of control, they couldn¡¯t fight back or release enough strength to counter your stronger aura. The same isn¡¯t the case for the Multiverse. If you attempted to intimidate it, the Multiverse would use its power to destroy you for interfering in the Primal tribtion.]


    The next moment, the system informed Aakesh of the reason for warning him.


    Aakesh trusted the system, so he let the aura fluctuate and didn¡¯t dare to intimidate the pressure. He didn¡¯t believe that the system would be able to rescue him from the wrath of the Multiverse.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    The first ray of thunder fell on Hartol, sounding like a bestial roar.


    Half of Hartol¡¯s body disappeared with only the first attack of the purple thunder.


    Then the next one fell. It didn¡¯t create the same amount of damage. After that, the purple thunder started raining on Hartol, resulting in an onught.


    For the majority of the citizens watching the scene, they felt that Hartol¡¯s body was disintegrating without even having the chance to fight back. But for the Immortals, they could see Hartol¡¯s soul crying in pain as well as attempting to stay awake. Losing consciousness would result inplete death straight away, so Hartol couldn¡¯t give up.


    Time flew by.


    It has been thirty-three seconds since the first ray of thunder hit Hartol. During this time, Hartol¡¯s body had gottenpletely destroyed three times and had gotten revitalized two times. Hartol was currently attempting to restore his body again using his willpower and the energy left by the purple thunder.


    The first body part that took shape was the heart, then bones, then brain, other body parts, and then at the end, external skin and body parts. There was no sequence to it, except for the heart that would always take precedence and the outer body parts at the end of the process.


    After his body got itself entirely restored, the purple thunder struck Hartol, disintegrating it once more without giving even relief of a second to Hartol.


    The third round was also quite challenging due to this. It not only caused an unbearable amount of pain, but it also made the mental and physical capacity cross the limit.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°A few more seconds,¡± Votayl nervously muttered as the purple thunder just destroyed Hartol¡¯s body for the eleventh time,


    If Hartol seeded in restoring his body this time, he would pass the third round and then ascend to the Sacred dimension. If he failed at this stage, all the efforts he had put in cultivation for these past millions of years woulde to naught.


    As the first step, the heart started restoring itself, but the rate at which it happened was negligible.


    Hartol¡¯s mental strength had already breached his limit. It was despite the gain he had gotten after passing the first round.


    Even maintaining consciousness and staying awake at that point felt tougher to him than all the difficulties he had faced in the Primal tribtion until now.


    Time flew by, and thirteen minutes had passed.


    Hartol still had a lot left to do as he had only created his heart and the skeletal structure at that time.


    Votayl tensely looked at the sky. His face was pale with fear as the process of restoring had almoste to a stop for thest few seconds. If not for him being able to see Hartol¡¯s soul struggling to stay awake, he would¡¯ve thought that Hartol had died and failed the tribtion.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    A cracking sound rang in the sky as the skeletal structure started having cracks all over it. If Hartol failed to continue the process of reforming, the currently created body would get destroyed, resulting in failure for Hartol.


    ¡°DON¡¯T STOP!¡± Votayl yelled toward Hartol, seeing the processing to a stop and the body cracking down.


    ***


    It has been around an hour since the Primal tribtion of Hartol began. Aakesh had been staying outside all this time.


    Fortunately for him, due to the effect of the tribtion, no one decided to move around but instead stayed at the same point, resulting in no new customers inside the store for Aakesh to tend to.


    A few minutester, Hartol¡¯s newly created bone structure had gotten destroyed, and the heart was on the verge of destruction. Hartol was only half a step away from failing, but he somehow came around and stopped the process of destruction.


    Right now, Harlot¡¯s lungs were taking shape after his heart, skeleton, and brain. The process was quicker as Hartol decided to give his all.


    If he somehow failed or stopped for even a second, he wouldn¡¯t have enough mental strength toe around and fight back. It was hisst gambit against the Multiverse.


    The purple thunder still moved across the sky, but it didn¡¯t attack.


    If Hartol somehow seeded in regeneration, for the purple thunder to strike, it would need the permission of Hartol since he had achieved the limit, and any further would be a bonus for him, giving him a strong start after ascending.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh stopped watching the reformation of the body as he had gotten bored of it.


    ***


    Hartol was on the verge of sess as only the recreation of skin was left.


    ***


    A/N: Many may think I¡¯m giving excess chapter to Hartol, but I am not. He has arge role to y in the future, and that¡¯s why I am not spoiling much about him, except for his tribtion.


    Today was the day for four, but my office work exceeded, so only three for today. I will upload four tomorrow, making up for today.

 Chapter 446

    Chapter 446: Result(2)


    Only the outer skin was left before Hartol couldplete his eleventh reformation and pass the third stage.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    Suddenly, a loud explosion rang in the sky as Hartol exploded into pieces.


    Everyone looked shocked on the ground, including Aakesh. Even though he had stopped watching it a while ago, he still believed that Hartol would pass this stage.


    ¡°What just happened?¡± Votayl asked with a shocked look on his face as he couldn¡¯t believe that Hartol had sted into pieces.


    Just a moment earlier, Hartol was only a step away from passing, and now, it had alle to naught.


    After the st, the heart also exploded into pieces, resulting in failure, but then suddenly, something unimaginable happened.


    The body pieces that had flown after the sudden st starteding closer as if there was some attraction force pulling them toward themselves.


    A surprised expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as even he couldn¡¯t see through the force pulling the body pieces together. He was only sure of one thing: it wasn¡¯t Hartol but some higher-level energy.


    ¡°Hey, system, why isn¡¯t the Multiverse acting against this interference?¡± Aakesh asked the system in his mind since an unfamiliar attraction force acting to reform Hartol¡¯s body was surely an interference in the Primal tribtion.


    [Host, the system #


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but exim in shock as the system¡¯s words started jumbling, resulting in an iprehensible sentence.


    Even he, who had learned so manynguages, couldn¡¯tprehend what the system wanted to say.


    [Host, outside interference detected!]


    While Aakesh had a surprised expression, another system alert rang inside his head and informed him of a sudden outside interference in the store.


    Aakesh wanted to ask another question, but suddenly the scene in the sky grabbed all his attention.


    The purple thunder that had been staying silent suddenly started razing around.


    They then began striking Hartol, even when the body was still approaching to get attached. It looked to be the end of the Primal tribtion as everyone, excluding Aakesh, who knew about the tribtion, thought that the Multiverse was angry. ?(O)???


    But then another miraculous scene urred in front of everybody.


    The purple thunder that struck Hartol¡¯s body pieces started helping them to attach, instead of destroying them.


    Time flew by.


    The rate of reformation suddenly grew severalfold due to the purple thunder, so only after six seconds, the reformed body presented itself to the public.


    When the higher-level cultivators in the crowd looked toward the sky, they could feel that something was wrong with Hartol.


    His eyes were lifeless, despite there being life present in Hartol.


    ¡°Rumble!¡±


    The sky rumbled once more, and the remaining purple thunder in the sky gathered to form into a single bolt. It then struck Hartol.


    Instead of causing any destruction, the thunder melted into Hartol¡¯s body, giving him a sturdier feature.


    The next moment, Hartol¡¯s energy level started having changes, as it began increasing at an unimaginable rate.


    ¡°Did you do this?¡± Aakesh, who was unaware of what was going on around him for the first time, heard a question.


    He turned his head around and found a familiar figure. It was none other than Oxen.


    Oxen weren¡¯t alone this time, but all the eleven void beasts were present that time.


    They all carried grave faces as they looked toward the sky, seeing the effects of the purple bolt.


    Even for them, the sudden turnaround in tribtion was new.


    Oxen thought the mighty figure behind the store was also behind the sudden situation in the Primal tribtion, so he asked Aakesh.


    ¡°No,¡± Aakesh replied and moved his eyes back toward the sky.


    ***


    The sky started clearing out as the Primal tribtion in the sky came to an end. Due to Aakesh, there was not even a hint of damage on thend, so everything looked the same as before.


    Hartol, on the other hand, still floated in the sky with the same lifeless eyes.


    Votayl had an ugly face as he couldn¡¯t understand what was going on at that point.


    One second passed, two seconds passed,¡­, sixteen seconds passed, and just like that, three minutes had passed.


    No change happened to Hartol during these past three minutes. The sky had cleared, and the environment had also returned to the situation before the Primal tribtion.


    Since there was still a few hours left before the sunset, the sun was still at the top.


    Finally, a change happened in Hartol as colors returned to his eyes.


    If previously his eyes had brown pupils with a white sclera, they had now turned into golden pupils with ck sclera, giving Hartol a strange yet terrifying appearance after his body had gotten even bulkier.


    Votayl looked shocked, seeing the color change in Hartol¡¯s eyes as it was unheard of. Hartol wasn¡¯t the first Honaer to pass the Primal tribtion, there had been many like him, but none had such mutations in the history of the Honaer race.


    After colors returned to Hartol¡¯s eyes, he had a confused expression on his face. Thest thing Hartol remembered was that he lost his consciousness midway when he was only a step away from passing the tribtion, but now he was here perfectly well and stronger than ever before.


    He looked down at himself, and his jaw almost dropped to the ground, seeing what he saw.


    The pocket space he had created after reaching Immortal had turned into a full-fledged world. It was nothing to feel surprised about since every cultivator who attained divinity would have a world of their own.t


    What made Hartol this surprised was the life thriving inside it.


    The time difference between the real world and Hartol¡¯s world had reached a whopping 1:1,000,000, meaning when one second passed in the real world, a million seconds would have urred.


    Hartol could see a mosquito dying of old age, and then another taking birth.


    ¡®How can my inner world be this stable when I have just reached this level?¡¯ The question suddenly rose in his mind as creation warranted a stable world, and it took years for low-level Gods to do it.


    While he was thinking, his eyes fell to the ground. He noticed the citizens looking at him with myriads of expressions on their faces.


    His eyes then fell on the store owner. It was like something clicked at that moment inside his head as he wanted to rush at him.

 Chapter 447

    Chapter 447: Iprehensible Situation!


    ¡°Click!¡±


    Looking at the people on the ground with a surprised face, Hartol¡¯s eyes fell on Aakesh. At that moment, a sudden click happened in his mind. It wanted him to rush toward Aakesh and grab him.


    His golden pupils started turning red as the urge got stronger. But before it could cross his limit, the switch suddenly turned off, and the feelingpletely disappeared.


    If Hartol had a mirror in his hand at that moment, he would¡¯ve seen a grin spread across his face as he looked at the store owner.


    ***


    ¡°Why¡¯s he looking at you with such greed?¡± Oxen asked Aakesh.


    While they were in the meeting, a feeling of difort had suddenly risen in their hearts, and it was the reason behind them appearing here.


    After the tribtion ended, the feeling also disappeared. None of the eleven Void beasts could understand what was going on, as since they have appeared here, there have been many sessful ascendances, but none had made them feel such dread.


    For a moment, they believed that maybe the feeling was due to Hartol¡¯s strong talent, but when they looked at Hartol, they found that he had an average talent.


    The situation here was inconceivable to them. Since Aakesh was the first iprehensible situation the Void beasts hade across, they believed that only Aakesh could give them answers.


    They became sure of it when Hartol had a violent reaction after seeing Aakesh after his sessful tribtion.


    ***


    After asking the question, Oxen silently and intently looked toward Aakesh, hoping to get a straight answer.


    The next moment, Oxen¡¯s hopes came crashing down as even Aakesh wasn¡¯t sure about the reason for his sudden violent reaction.


    ¡°Hey, system, do you think that the organization behind the intrusions is also responsible for this?¡± Aakesh asked the system in his head.


    He believed the organization was responsible for this in his mind, as only that organization had an issue with the store.


    Aakesh then got ready to fight, as he wasn¡¯t sure about the purpose of doing such things to Hartol.


    ***


    In the air,


    The grin on Hartol¡¯s face suddenly froze as suddenly a repulsive force attacked him, warning him to leave the Primal dimension.


    Hartol¡¯s eyes then fell on his nephew and his attendants. He wanted to say something to them, but before he could do so, the intensity of the repulsive force increased.


    ¡°Young master, I¡¯ll wait for you in the Sacred dimension,¡± He telepathically messaged Votayl, and the next moment, the repulsive force threw him out of the Primal dimension.


    ***


    ¡°Bye, uncle,¡± Votayl called out Hartol. Instead of using his name, he used the familial term.


    He only got silence as the response since Hartol had already left and ascended to the Sacred dimension.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Multiverse,


    ¡°Why did you do it?¡± A figure seated on a throne in the dark asked.


    ¡°Just to let him remember about us,¡± A reply came in response from the empty space. The voice contained a hint of yful tone in it.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to lie to me,¡± The figure replied, while a screen showed the scene of a sudden attraction force appearing and helping the cultivator from dying.


    ¡°She won¡¯t be happy with you,¡± The figure further added.


    ¡°I know. I don¡¯t care,¡± A voice echoed in response.


    The figure on the throne could only shake his head, hearing the nonchnt tone of his friend.


    ¡°You¡¯re not allowed to do these things anymore. If you do, it would be you exining to her from the next time,¡± The figure¡¯s tone turned stern as he warned the owner of the voice.


    ¡°Fine, it would be thest time. I won¡¯t mess with the boy any further,¡± The voice echoed in response. Even someone of his caliber felt fear thinking about exining things to her.


    ¡®I¡¯ll mess with him when he ascends,¡¯ At the same time, the owner of the voice added in his thoughts.


    The figure on the throne could only shake his head as to how he could not know what his friend was thinking.


    His eyes turned yful as he focused on the blurred Aakesh on the screen.


    ¡°I hope you won¡¯t disappoint us,¡± The figure mumbled, waiting for Aakesh to ascend.


    Then darkness fell on the area as both the figure seated on the throne and the voice¡¯s owner closed their eyes and fell silent.


    ***


    ¡°Hey, system, you never told me about the result of that outside interference,¡± Aakesh curiously asked the system in his head.


    It has been around half an hour since the Primal tribtion ended and Hartol¡¯s ascension.


    Aakesh had some questions and answers about the sudden situation in his mind. He discussed it with the system. In the end, he found a lot more.


    For a few of his questions, he got no answer as the system refused to discuss those things, especially the question about why the Multiverse did not intervene when someone interfered in the tribtion.


    [Host, the issue has been resolved. The creator of the interference has been recognized and dealt with.]


    The next moment, a screen appeared in front of Aakesh, showing thest moments of the being that had interfered with the system.


    Aakesh recognized the race of the creature, and since it was an exclusive species to the Sacred dimension, he didn¡¯t have to think much about the unfamiliar area where the creature was.


    ¡°Hey, system, if you can kill someone from the Sacred dimension so easily, you must also be able to find out about the organization,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked the system.


    [Host, you don¡¯t have enough permission authority to know the answer to this question.]


    The system dashed Aakesh¡¯s hopes and bluntly refused, citing his low punishment authority.


    After that, no matter what questions Aakesh attempted to ask, the system didn¡¯t give a response. In the end, Aakesh had no choice but to stop.


    ***


    Time flew by.


    The six hours of the second group of customers in Panagea were over, so the system started forcing them out one by one, depending on their entry sequence.


    ¡°Shake!¡±


    Suddenly, the area around the store started shaking. The store¡¯s building stayed still, having no effects whatsoever, but the ce around it wasn¡¯t such.


    Earthquakes started urring, mountains got crushed, and tides in oceans began rising.


    Fortunately for the Kingdoms, the situation only continued for three seconds.

 Chapter 448

    Chapter 448: The Event(1)


    The sudden shaking of thend began from the Mysterious peak. It resulted in the arrival of several natural disasters at once, ravaging the Kingdoms neighboring the mountain.


    Aakesh, who had been rxing on his chair, opened his eyes at this sudden situation. Due to the system, the store¡¯s building didn¡¯t feel anything, but the same couldn¡¯t be said for the market and Kakot.


    The shake started taking the shape of an earthquake when suddenly Brinda, the King of the Bisan and Blue Wyrm Kingdom, stepped out of her pce.


    Using the badge that adorned her chest, she controlled the natural disasters around these two Kingdoms and brought them to an end.


    Still, three seconds of disaster rampantly affected the area around the mountain.


    On the Bisan Kingdom¡¯s side, even the nearest city to Mysterious peak was tens of thousands of miles away due to vicious beasts being in higher numbers on this side, so the city was able to survive.


    The same couldn¡¯t be said for the city on the Blue Wyrm Kingdom¡¯s side. It was only a few hundred miles away from the mountain, and it faced the brunt of the sudden situation.


    Disasters nakedly danced on the city. When Brinda acted, she was toote. The city had already turned into a ruin, taking the lives of more than a billion innocent citizens.


    Even then, the Blue Wyrm Kingdom was on the better-faced side. The neighboring Kingdom that shared the border of Mysterious peak with it, but not with the Bisan Kingdom, had half of the Kingdom razed to the ground, taking the lives of more than two hundred billion. Since it had no Brinda to help, the destruction stopped on its own.


    Brinda wanted to help the neighboring Kingdoms as well since she had ns to conquer those territories in the future, but unfortunately for her, the badge only gave her power to act inside her controlled areas, not ruled by others.


    ***


    ¡°Yes!¡± The hooded figure jumped in excitement.


    He was the cause behind the sudden arrival of so many natural disasters at once.


    A gate adorned with different patterns stood there in front of him.


    The gate was ck in color, and on it, there were patterns imprinted of different beasts in different colors.


    The gate looked to be a gate without exit or entry as it was on open ground, but seeing the excitement on the hooded figure¡¯s face, anyone could see that it was anything but ordinary.


    ¡°I did it, master,¡± The hooded figuremented in excitement, seeing the gate.


    He then took out a key from his space ring.


    The key looked to be the same shape as the lock of the door. It was golden in color, with the cor portion and key wards in ck.


    The hooded figure then ced the key in the keyhole on the gate.


    He then pushed it instead of spinning it to open the door. He was doing everything ording to what was told to him.


    The next moment, the gate started having changes as the key melted into the keyhole, blocking that area.


    ¡°Eh! Why did it stop?¡± The hooded figure mumbled in surprise as the process wasn¡¯t to stop here but continue, and in the end, the gate would open.


    From the gate, his master would step out. He would then give him everything he ever wanted as a reward for freeing his master.


    The hooded figure wasn¡¯t someone from outside like Phi, but he had lived here his entire life.


    ***


    Six hundred years ago,


    Ronald lived in the city of Rusot. It was the city located in the Blue Wyrm Kingdom, nearest to the Mysterious peak.


    The Mysterious peak was abundant with resources, so the citizens of Rusot were living fulfilling and satisfying lives.


    Ronald, on the other hand, wasn¡¯t satisfied with this life. His father was the next in line to be the city head, so Ronald always needed to control his actions as even a single wrong move would take away his father¡¯s chances at the top position.


    Ronald hated his father for turning him into a caged parrot and forcing him to do things against his will. One day, his mind finally broke down, and he ran from his house.


    Since the Mysterious peak was the only ce around Rusot where people working for Ronald¡¯s father wouldn¡¯t be able to find him, Ronald chose it as his destination.


    Before running, he didn¡¯t forget to take a vow, ¡®I would return here one day with ultimate strength and kill Sandar Turap.¡¯


    Sandar was his father¡¯s name, while Turap was the family name. He hated his father so much that Ronald wanted to kill him.


    Running and running brought him to the Mysterious peak. He then started living a life of an ascetic there.


    He had his fixed schedule. He would give an hour for eating or other misceneous things, four hours to his sleep, and the remaining hours for his training.


    At first, his schedule turned out to be extremely difficult for him as before running away from his family, he had lived a life of luxury. Even though Ronald¡¯s actions were controlled, he still got everything he wanted.


    As time passed, he got ustomed to the training and started growing stronger day by day.


    Due to Mysterious peak being abundant with resources, he never had topromise. His cultivation grew at a good rate.


    In a blink of an eye, thirty years had passed.


    Ronald, who looked to be a teenager when he ran from his house, looked to be a wild man, with hairs touching the ground and a beard touching his waist. He looked like he had not taken a bath for years.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    An angry roar rang in the area as a beast chased Ronald.


    Ronald had stolen the prey of the beast, so now it was chasing Ronald for revenge and wanted him to be its hunt.


    ¡°Come on, ugly beast, why so slow,¡± Ronald mocked the beast.


    Even though the beast was stronger than Ronald, its movements were slow, so Ronald didn¡¯t look to be in fear.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    The beast¡¯s eyes turned red from anger as it understood his mocking tone. The next moment, it opened its mouth, and a grey energy ball started gathering at the tip.


    It was an earth ball made up of the element of earth.


    Ronald, using all his strength, leaped on the nearest tree. He then started running at an even quicker speed.


    ***


    A/N: Three for today as well. Most probably for tomorrow too. Sorry, I would make it up to in the nexting weeks.

 Chapter 449

    Chapter 449: History(1)


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The earth ball shed on the spot where Ronald was just a moment earlier, and a loud explosion urred, resulting in a cloud full of dust, broken tree branches, and leaves.


    Ronald, who had leaped on the tree only a moment earlier, was thrown aback by the sudden st.


    Fortunately for Ronald, his quick reaction saved him from harm that may havee his way due to the earth ball.


    But before he could even stabilize his foot, another earth ball came his way.


    This time, he came in direct contact with the ball.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area, and Ronald got thrown back hundreds of meters away.


    After the cloud of dust subsided, a pit filled with pointed rocks appeared on the spot.


    ¡°Ugh!¡± Ronald groaned in pain as several of his bones had gotten broken due to the throw.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    The next moment, an angry roar rang in the area as the beast appeared in front of Ronald.


    ¡°Ugh! How can you use an earth ball?¡± Ronald groaningly asked.


    The beast in front of him was an Elecoon. The beast had red fur across except for the face, where it had white fur. It had a roon-like face and two tiny tusks emerging from its nose.


    Ronald asked the question because Elecoon was a beast that had control over the element of fire, but here, it released an earth ball to attack him.


    The beast ignored Ronald¡¯s question and decided to stomp him.


    Ronald wanted to run, but his legs weren¡¯t in any shape to stand, let alone run, and he also had no skill strong enough even to injure the beast. He had no choice but to look at the foot, the size of half his body, approaching him.


    Ronald had a frustrated expression on his face. It was entirely different from the mocking face he had earlier.


    ¡°Do you want to live?¡±


    Ronald, watching his death approaching him, suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice appearing straight inside his head.


    ¡°Yes,¡± He answered. He didn¡¯t think of anything at that moment as survival was the most important thing.


    The next moment, something wet fell on Ronald¡¯s face. He looked up and couldn¡¯t help but get shocked.


    The beast was slowly melting into a pool of blood.


    A few secondster, only Ronald remained there, lying in the pool of blood of the beast.


    ¡°You¡¯re saved now. From today, you¡¯ll be my ve.¡±


    A voice rang in Ronald¡¯s head before he coulde to terms with the shock.


    Ronald couldn¡¯t help but frown, hearing the contents of the voice.


    ¡°How dare you call me your ve?¡± He angrily yelled, looking all around.


    His reason for running from his house was theck of freedom, so how could he even ept someone making him his ve. He would rather die than be a ve.


    ¡°It¡¯s the price for saving you.¡±


    ¡°I don¡¯t care about that. I would never be your ve,¡± Ronald replied.


    ¡°Argh, what did you do?¡±


    The next moment, Ronald yelled in anger and pain. His already damaged leg suddenly burst open into a blood cloud.


    ¡°ept the deal you made,¡± The voice rang in Ronald¡¯s head in response.


    ¡°Fuck you!¡± Ronald responded.


    In the past thirty years, he had faced even more dangerous situations and hade out of more severe injuries, so Ronald wasn¡¯t afraid.


    Nothing was worth more than the freedom to him, not even his life. If he knew about the deal, he would¡¯ve never epted it and would have let the beast stomp him to death.


    The next moment, his other leg burst open. He didn¡¯t cry in pain this time and only looked around. Since the voice directly came into his head, he didn¡¯t know the direction from which it came.


    Time flew by.


    No matter what the voice tried, Ronald refused to ept the deal. In the end, the owner of the voice gave up, seeing the stubbornness and determination of Ronald.


    ¡°If not for you being the only one here, I would¡¯ve killed you,¡± The voice rang in Ronald¡¯s head for the umpteenth time.


    Ronald didn¡¯t say anything in response. At that moment, even talking would result in an unbearable amount of pain.


    The next moment, a green light engulfed Ronald.


    When the light disappeared, all the terrible injuries Ronald had, theypletely disappeared. Even the numerous inner wounds he had received due to his arduous training over the past thirty years had gotten healed.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± Ronald asked the voice. Since it had stopped giving up on making him its ve, Ronald could now peacefully talk to it.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to know who am I?¡± The voice rang again in response, inside Ronald¡¯s head, and had refused to introduce itself.


    ¡°You only need to know one thing. If you work for me, I will give you everything you¡¯ve ever wanted,¡± The voice rang again.


    ¡°Where are you?¡± Ronald ignored the big statement of the voice and instead asked another question.


    ¡°Why do you ask so many questions?¡± As if Ronald stepped on the hurting veins of the voice by asking the question, it red up.


    Ronald had a bad feeling in his heart when he heard the sudden change in the tone of the voice. He wanted to leave the area, so he stood up.


    When he attempted to take a step forward, he found himself to be frozen and unable to move his leg.


    ¡°Do you think you can escape from me after I saved you,¡± The voice rang in Ronald¡¯s head as if mocking him?


    Time flew by.


    ¡°What is it?¡± Looking at the strange ring in his head, Ronald asked with a confused expression on his face.


    Ronald finally found out about the location of the voice.


    At the ce where the earth ball hit for the second time, it had resulted in destroying a node of an array spread across the entire Mysterious peak.


    Ronald finally knew why no one had been able to travel to the end of the Mysterious peak, irrespective of their level.


    The Mysterious peak isn¡¯t a naturally built mountain, but it was an array used in sealing a creature.


    As time passed, it started thriving with life, and now it was one of the mysteries of the Primal dimension, with even Void beasts not being able to unravel it.

 Chapter 450

    Chapter 450: History(2)


    After knowing about the history of the Mysterious peak and the creature sealed in it, Ronald suddenly found himself fortunate.


    The beast had only seeded in destroying the array point due to it being at its weakest. Even a hammer strike would have resulted in its destruction.


    Ronald was fortunate since if the beast had used that earth ball a secondter, the array point would¡¯ve restored itself and had never gotten broken, and he would¡¯ve died.


    ***


    ¡°It¡¯s a space ring,¡± The voice came in response to Ronald¡¯s question.


    ¡°A space ring?¡± Ronald couldn¡¯t help but get surprised hearing the voice¡¯s response.


    He hadn¡¯t seen any space ring like what he had in his hands.


    The space ring in his hands released a threatening pressure that shouldn¡¯t be possible for one, and it also had strange patterns engraved in it.


    Ronald couldn¡¯t even study them without feeling a headache, let aloneprehend their meanings.


    ¡°Yes, but not a space ring like you have. It¡¯s alive and contains a portion of my soul. Smear with one drop of your blood, and make yourself its master,¡± The voice responded.


    ¡°Do you think I¡¯m some stupid guy who would believe a voice?¡± Ronald asked in response.


    Only an idiot would smear his blood on an unfamiliar object in a world where nothing is certain.


    ¡°I knew you wouldn¡¯t trust me. So let me show you my capability, and then you can decide on your own,¡± The voice responded.


    Before Ronald could understand the meaning of the sentence, the area around him started shaking at an unimaginable rate, but miraculously he found himself stable.


    Soon the vibration reached such an extent that the area started disintegrating, but on the spot where Ronald was nothing of such sort happened.


    A few secondster, as far as Ronald could see, he only saw theplete destruction of thend around him.


    ¡°Now tell me, do you think I need to talk to you if I want to do something to you?¡± The voice asked a question after showing its power to Ronald.


    ¡°I already know you¡¯re powerful, but I would never be someone¡¯s ve, even if there were a God standing in front of me,¡± Ronald responded with a determined tone in his voice.


    When he escaped from his father¡¯s house, if he wanted, he could¡¯ve gone to his father¡¯s opponent and helped him to bring his father¡¯s downfall, but Ronald didn¡¯t do it.


    It was not because he didn¡¯t want someone else to interfere in his family issues or Ronald had a soft corner for them; he did it because his father¡¯s opponent was also simr to him in stature. If Ronald had gone there, he would¡¯ve be a controlled puppet, which he hated most in the world.


    ¡°Quite a determination,¡± The voice rang inside his head. It got impressed with Ronald.


    ¡°Since you¡¯re the only one here, and I am impressed with your determination, let¡¯s make a deal,¡± The voice further added.


    ¡°What deal?¡± Ronald asked as he got curious about the sudden change in the voice¡¯s tone.


    ¡°You help me get free from here. I wouldplete every wish you have as the reward,¡± The voice replied.?


    ¡°Huh! Didn¡¯t you say the same thing earlier,¡± Ronald responded, feeling disappointed due to the voice¡¯s response.


    ¡°Let me be the first to help you then,¡± The voice replied.


    Before Ronald could respond, a white light out of nowhere appeared and engulfed him.


    When the light disappeared, and Ronald could see what was going on, he found himself in an unfamiliar area.


    In front of him stood a ruin that looked to be older than the time itself.


    ¡°Where am I?¡± Ronald asked, looking down at his hand, only to find that the space ring was gone.


    ¡°You¡¯re inside the space ring,¡± A voice replied. ¡°Didn¡¯t I tell you the space ring is different from what you¡¯ve seen? It¡¯s just one of the world inside here.¡±


    He didn¡¯t hear the voice inside his head this time, but it came from behind him.


    When Ronald turned around, he could see a fuzzy figure standing there.


    Ronald rubbed his eyes, thinking that he had an issue. When he looked at them again, the figure was still blurred and fuzzy.


    ¡°You¡¯re too weak to look at my appearance,¡± The fuzzy figuremented.


    Ronald would¡¯ve thought it was the figure mocking him, but he sensed no such emotion from the tone, so he knew the figure told the truth.


    ¡°Why did you bring me here?¡± Ronald asked the question after taking a deep breath.


    From the moment he saw the beast melting on him, he knew that he wasn¡¯t able to fight back if the figure decided to kill him. So he decided to forego the fear of death and stay nonchnt as following manners had more chances of offending the figure than staying casual.


    ¡°It would be my helping hand to you so that you would believe me,¡± The figure responded,? already expecting the question.


    ¡°How are you going to help me?¡± Ronald asked, curious to know the answer.


    ¡°The ruins in front of you once belonged to a high-level civilization. A civilization so strong that even Gods steered clear of it. I¡¯m thest remaining member of it. By using my authority here, I would make you the strongest in your Kingdom in just a day. It would be my second help to show my sincerity,¡± The figure replied.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°This is my second help to you. If you betray me after this, remember, I don¡¯t feel a thing when torturing people,¡± A voice rang inside Ronald¡¯s head.


    He looked different than he looked a day before. He previously had ck hair and brown eyes, but now, his hair was white, while his eyes were red, giving him a mystifying look.


    His cultivation level had also grown from peak Soul Formation to peak Void Forging, only in the span of a day.


    ¡°I won¡¯t betray you,¡± Ronald responded as he yed with the ring in his hand.


    He then stopped fiddling and looked in the direction of the city where he once lived with his family.


    His eyes turned cruel and cold as he muttered, ¡°Sandar Turap, I aming for your head.¡±


    Ronald then disappeared from the spot and appeared right at the gate of Rusot.


    Time flew by.


    When he left the city, he was the only remaining descendant of the Turap family.


    ***


    A/N: Please don¡¯t forget to check the author¡¯s note.

 Chapter 451

    Chapter 451: History(3)


    Ronald¡¯s father, Sandar, had lost the race to be the city head after Ronald ran from the house, so when Ronald appeared in front of him, Sandar couldn¡¯t control his anger.


    ¡°You bastard!¡± Sandar angrily yelled and charged at Ronald.


    Ronald only stayed there and did nothing to stop his father from attacking him.


    ¡°p!¡±


    ¡°Ugh!¡±


    A sound rang in the area as Sandar pped his son. He couldn¡¯t help but cry in pain as it hurt him instead of harming Ronald.


    A cruel grin spread across Ronald¡¯s face, seeing the look of shock on him. He then raised his hand, grabbed Sandar¡¯s neck, and picked him up.


    Sandar wanted to dodge, but his attempts turned out to be futile in the presence of Ronald¡¯s overwhelming speed and strength.


    ¡°What are you doing? Put me down. I am your father,¡± Sandar yelled in shock, as even in his dreams, he never expected Ronald to attack him.


    Ronald didn¡¯t speak anything in response but looked behind him. His younger brother was entering the room.


    Since it had been a few decades, the brother didn¡¯t recognize Ronald and rushed at him to free his father from Ronald.


    The cruel grin on Ronald¡¯s face turned wider as when his younger brother was just a step away from him, Ronald used a little pressure on his hands, and the next moment, a cracking sound rang in the area.


    Sandar had his eyes wide open as he never expected Ronald to kill him, but unfortunately for him, his hopes came crashing down, and he lost his life.


    Ronald then threw the corpse of Sandar toward his younger brother, who attempted to escape, seeing the death of Sandar.


    After the death of Sandar, Ronald, without stopping for even a second, started his killing spree.


    While he was killing his step-sister, his mother, Rina, found him.


    Rina wanted to stop Ronald frommitting further killings, but Ronald, ignoring his mother, continued his death spree.


    Rina wanted to call for help, but Ronald hit the back of her head and made her unconscious.


    ¡°Mother, why did you choose your husband over me?¡± Ronald asked his mother, as now she was thest alive member in the Turap family, excluding him.


    ¡°What do you mean?¡± Rina asked in response.


    ¡°Haha,¡± Ronald didn¡¯t say anything but chuckled in response to Rina¡¯s question.


    ¡°You also loved the privilege that bastard brought you, didn¡¯t you?¡± A few secondster, Ronald asked.


    He then didn¡¯t wait for Rina to respond and flicked the top of her head, resulting in her exploding into a blood cloud. The blood before it could touch him burnt into ashes.


    After killing every member of the Turap family, Ronald left the city of Rusot. While all this happened, not even a single citizen present there found out.


    ¡°Now that your goal isplete, it¡¯s time for you to work for the deal,¡± The voice rang inside Ronald¡¯s head as he stood at the gate of the city.


    ¡°I know, so where should I start with it?¡± Ronald replied in response to the voice.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to do anything except for training for now. I want you to be as strong as possible before the time arrives,¡± The voice replied.


    Ronald didn¡¯t say anything and disappeared from the ce. The next moment, he appeared in one of the worlds inside the space ring.


    Time flew by.


    In the blink of an eye, centuries went by.


    ¡°The time has arrived for you to start working on the deal,¡± The voice rang inside Ronald¡¯s head.


    Ronald was currently training in one of the worlds inside the space ring.


    ¡°Yes, master,¡± Ronald answered. His tone was submissive, entirely different from his previous situations.


    The first day Ronald trained in the world inside the space ring, a psychological seed appeared in his consciousness.


    The more Ronald trained inside the space ring, the more energy the seed received, and it started germinating.


    During his three hundredth year of training, the seed finally germinated into a tree.


    The psychological seed only had a single purpose. It was to make the voice the highest figure inside Ronald¡¯s consciousness.


    When the seed germinated into aplete tree, the voice automatically became the master, and Ronald became the ve.


    While all this happened, Ronald stayedpletely unaware of it.


    The reason he stayed unaware of it was that the psychological seed had no negative effects on Ronald, except for making him feel utmost reverence for the owner of the voice.


    ***


    ¡°This is your key to getting free?¡± Ronald asked.


    He currently stood there in front of a building. In the building, a baby cry rang as a newborn had just been born.


    ¡°Yes, the boy may have the shell of an Earthen Troll, but he has the soul of a Primordial,¡± The voice replied.


    ¡°What¡¯s a Primordial?¡± Ronald asked in surprise, as even the voice didn¡¯t use the word casually.


    ¡°After cultivators be an Immortal, they could ascend to the Sacred dimension, but what you don¡¯t know is that there is another dimension above that where the Primordial livesa?|,¡± The voice began telling Ronald about the third dimension.


    The more Ronald learned, the more shocked he became.


    ¡°Master, just who are you?¡± Ronald asked in shock.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to know about my identity. The only thing you need to know is that you do what I tell you to do, and then you would be getting your reward,¡± The voice responded.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°What do you think?¡± Ronald asked the female Earthen Troll standing in front of him.


    She was none other than Phi, the aunt of Turta, who had just been born.


    ¡°Wha?|why would Ia?|Ia?|I help you to kia?| Kill my nephew?¡± Phi asked in response to the offer she had just gotten from the hooded figure in front of her.


    ¡°Haha, No need to y innocent with me. I know how much you hate your sister and the love you have for your sister¡¯s husband,¡± Ronaldughed and responded in response to Phi ying innocently in front of him.


    A shocked look appeared on Phi¡¯s face as she heard the hooded figure speaking out the secrets no one knew except her.


    ***


    ¡°If I help you, what do I get in response?¡± Phi asked as she knew that there was no point in lying anymore.


    ¡°Haha, Your lover,¡± Ronald chuckled and responded.

 Chapter 452

    Chapter 452: History(End)


    ¡°Your lover,¡± Ronald answered.


    It brought a look of shock to Phi¡¯s face as she didn¡¯t know how to respond for a good time.


    ¡°Area?|..are you sure?¡± She asked for confirmation as her voice stammered.


    ¡°Yes, you only need to say yes, and after the end of the mission, you will get your lover,¡± Ronald replied.


    ¡°I don¡¯t believe you. Make a vow,¡± Phimented. Hearing the reward, she straight away agreed to the quest. There was nothing more important than her love for him.


    ¡°Do what I tell you to do,¡± The next moment, the voice rang inside Ronald¡¯s head.


    Ronald got curious about the voice¡¯sment. But since it was a revered figure in his mind, he didn¡¯t care for the reason.


    ¡°Fine, let¡¯s make a vow,¡± Ronaldmented.


    Phi heaved a sigh of relief as the mission she was going to take would mentally drain herpletely. She couldn¡¯t trust the words of someone andmit the quest for years.


    The next moment, Ronald started drawing a pattern of a lock in the way the voice told him to do.


    Phi silently stood there and watched the progress.


    In the end, a lock appeared with a thunder imprint on it.


    ¡°I promise to fulfill my words to her if she will sessfullyplete the quest,¡± Ronald vowed. He then bit the tip of his finger and put it above the lock, only to take it away when it absorbed the drop of his blood.


    ¡°Your turn,¡± Ronald then looked toward Puchhi.


    Phi also bit the tip of her finger and fed the drop of her blood to the lock.


    The next moment, the lock separated into two separate locks, with each having a simr imprint of the thunder. They then entered both Ronald and Phi.


    A thunder then appeared in the sky and announced the sessful vow.


    ¡°Where do you want me to take the boy?¡± Phi asked the hooded figure. Her tone was casual since the vows had beenpleted, and now she didn¡¯t need to fear a betrayal.


    ¡°Here,¡± Ronald answered as he lightly tapped Phi¡¯s head. The next moment, a location appeared inside her mind.


    Phi nodded.


    Time flew by.


    Phi seeded in kidnapping her nephew since Turta¡¯s parents never expected Phi to do this, and the rtionship between Phi and Rutthi was also very strong.


    ¡°Master, what¡¯s your next order?¡± Ronald asked the voice in his head since the mission of Turta was time-consuming.


    ¡°Kill the parents of the boy,¡± The voice ordered.


    ¡°Eh! Are you serious?¡± Ronald eximed in surprise and asked.


    ¡°Yes, the boy¡¯s father can provide a challenge in the future, so we need to kill him here unless trouble arises in the future.¡±


    ¡°What about the vow?¡± Ronald asked.?


    ¡°No need to worry about that.¡±


    Since the owner of the voice was a revered figure in Ronald¡¯s mind, he didn¡¯t dare to refuse the order.


    He then disappeared from the ce. The next moment, he appeared at the door of Rutthi¡¯s house.


    ¡°Knock!¡±


    ¡°Knock!¡±


    Ronald, covered in a cloak, knocked on the door like a gentleman instead of barging into the house.


    ¡°Click!¡±


    A few secondster, the door opened as a female Earthen Troll opened the door.


    ¡°Who-¡±


    ¡°I am here to talk about your son.¡±


    Rutthi¡¯s eyes were swollen from tears andck of sleep. Since she didn¡¯t recognize the guest due to the cloak, she wanted to ask the identity, but Ronald cut her sentence midway and used the kidnapping of Turta as the point.


    ¡°ROTANA, COME HERE,¡± Rutthi¡¯s eyes went wide open as she yelled. It was the name of her husband and Turta¡¯s father.


    ¡°What happened?¡± Rotana came running straight away.


    Since Phi had kidnapped their son, Rotana had been on his edge, thinking about his wife.


    ¡°THIS PERSON? IS HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR DEAR BOY,¡± Despite Rotana standing next to her, Rutthi shouted as she couldn¡¯t control her emotions.


    Rotana had the same reaction as Rutthi as he stared at the person covered in a cloak. He had a bad feeling looking at the person, but his heart told him not to care about it after hearing about Turta.


    Rotana and Rutthi then requested Ronald toe in. Ronald epted their gesture and stepped foot inside the house.


    While walking back, Rotana had to grab Rutthi as her entire body was shaking.


    ¡°PLEASE, TELL ME ABOUT MY DEAR BOY,¡± Rutthi asked. Tears continuously streamed out her face while her voice was agitated.


    ¡°Your sister kidnapped your son,¡± Ronald calmly answered, unfazed by Rutthi¡¯s reaction.


    ¡°Why?¡± Rotana asked. While taking, he continued gently rubbing Rutthi¡¯s back to calm her down.


    A grin spread across Ronald¡¯s face behind the cloak as he answered, ¡°Because I told her.¡±


    He then disappeared from his spot and appeared right in front of Rotana. He grabbed hisrge head and crushed it like it was nothing.


    Rutthi, who was too shocked to understand what was going on after Ronald¡¯s confession, was the next target.


    Ronald punched, aiming at her head.


    The next moment, it exploded like a watermelon as the blood and brain matter spread across the house.


    ¡°How could people of this level be any challenge for us?¡± Ronald asked the voice as it didn¡¯t even take him a second to kill the duo of Rotana and Rutthi.


    ¡°Shit!¡± A shocked curse rang in Ronald¡¯s head.


    Before Ronald could understand what was going on, he noticed a wave of pain attacking him.


    A few secondster, he cked out.


    When he opened his eyes, he wasn¡¯t in Rutthi¡¯s house but in one of the worlds inside the space ring.


    ¡°Ugh, master,¡± Ronald called out to the voice as he groaned in pain.


    In response, Ronald only got silence.


    ¡°Master?¡± He called the voice out again, but this time also, there was no response.


    He, with a slight struggle, stood up. His eyes then turned to the ground. His eyes and mouth flew wide open in shock, reading the content.


    It was a message from the voice, telling him that it won¡¯t be able to help Ronald further, and Ronald would have to free him on his own.


    Time flew by.


    Ronald couldn¡¯t help but sigh, remembering the past six hundred years. His eyes then turned to the gate, where there was a sudden stop.


    ¡°I would free you, master,¡± Ronald muttered as he touched the surface of the ce where the keyhole was there previously.

 Chapter 453

    Chapter 453: The Event(2)


    ¡°I wouldn¡¯t be able to help you any further. The curse on you for killing turned out to be stronger than I thought since you killed two of Earthen Trolls. I have exhausted all my energy to release you from it.¡±


    ¡°Your cultivation level had also reduced fromte Tao Pce to intermediate Tao Seed, and it would stay like this until the day I get free and heal you.¡±


    ¡°When the time to take out the boy¡¯s heart arrives in the future, order that woman to rip out her heart and not let him die due to blood loss and weakness, or you would be indirectly responsible for the boy¡¯s death and the curse will attack you again.¡±


    ¡°You won¡¯t be able to fight the curse back unless you be a God, so remember to let that woman rip out the heart of the boy when the boy is awake, or all our efforts will fail.¡±


    It was the message left by the voice for Ronald when he regained his consciousness.


    ***


    ¡°Master, I would free you,¡± Ronald mumbled. He then gently touched the spot where once the keyhole was, and now it was filled with the melted key made from Turta¡¯s heart and 111 drops of blood taken out for 111 years.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Ronald eximed in surprise as he felt his hand attached to the gate. He attempted to move his hand away, but no matter how much strength he used, it failed even to budge.


    ¡°Argh!¡± The next moment a scream rang in the area. A sudden suction force emerged from the gate and started sucking Ronald in.


    As time passed, Ronald¡¯s hair started to turn gray; wrinkles began appearing all across his skin, while an unbearable amount of pain attacked him at the same time.


    ¡°Argh, master, why¡¯s this happening to me?¡± Ronald cried out as the pain got worse with each passing moment, and he could see his death dancing in front of him.


    Ronald got nothing but silence in response to his scream.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°ARG-¡±


    Before Ronald could evenplete his scream, his lifeforce got exhausted. The next moment, his body crashed on the ground, but before it could touch and make a crashing sound, the body turned into ashes and then scattered like sand into the air.


    ¡°Click!¡±


    The next moment, a clicking sound rang in the area.


    The melted key slowly dissolved into liquid and seeped into the gates, disappearing forever.


    The keyhole started having changes. It suddenly began spinning, despite it being fixed in a spot.


    The spinning rate began increasing at an unimaginable speed.


    While the keyhole spun, a circr hole started appearing.


    The hole looked to be in a still position due to the lightning speed at which the keyhole moved.


    Through the keyhole, a new world filled with stars could be seen. The scene looked too beautiful even to be written, but the pressure released by it was also threatening.


    As the hole¡¯s radius grew in size, the pressure released by it got more intense and threatening.


    The entire Mysterious peak started shaking as if something terrible were going to happen.


    Figure after figure started appearing, floating in the sky as they looked at the entire mountain shaking, with all of them having grave and excited faces.


    ¡°The entire Anga continent would disintegrate if this kind of shaking continued anymore,¡± A figure solemnlymented.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry about that,¡± An unfamiliar female voice rang in the sky.


    None of the figures recognized the owner of the voice as they turned their heads around and looked at her.


    It was a human girl, who looked to be in her teenage years, with an ordinary appearance.


    It was none other than Lilith, the Angel.


    All the figures in the sky had their focus on the shaking mountain, while Lilith, on the other hand, had herplete focus on the gate and the hole growingrger. A smile spread across her, seeing the beautiful scenery of stars behind the hole.


    ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± The figure asked, seeing such confidence in the stranger girl.


    ¡°Nothing would happen to the Anga continent, except for the Mysterious peak. It would disappear. With it, all lives located on it would also die,¡± Lilith told the group with a casual tone as if 20% of life on the Anga continent meant nothing.


    The Mysterious peak was so much spread across the Anga continent that around 20% of the entire poption of the Anga continent lived there.


    ¡°How do you know that?¡± One of the figures asked. He had a terrified face.


    The figure was an Emperor, and the resources area inside the Mysterious peak helped him stabilize and secure his Empire from the attacks of the other four Empires on the Anga continent.


    If the Mysterious peak disappeared, the figure would lose its backing, and then he would be just an Immortal with a territory to call his own.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to know that,¡± Lilith smilingly told the figure and then gestured to the people floating in the sky toward the gate.


    ¡°You see that it¡¯s the gate to a ruin. If we seed in conquering it, even Gods would feel envy,¡± Lilithmented and told the figures present in the sky about the importance of the world behind the gate.


    The breathing of the figure¡¯s quickened up as now that they saw the gate, they could feel the extraordinariness of the gate and the world behind it.


    The shaking of the Mysterious peak also quickened up as the hole had covered two-thirds of the gate.


    While the Mysterious peak shook like the inside of a washing machine, nothing happened to the areas around it; it stayed entirely normal.


    ***


    ¡°It has all started,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly muttered as he looked toward the Mysterious peak.


    ***


    All the figures in the sky, including Lilith, came to the ground. They stood in front of the gate and looked toward it with shocks on their faces.


    The threatening pressure released by the ergement of the hole even affected them. Only one person stayed casual during all this. It was Lilith. She didn¡¯t even feel a breeze from the pressure.


    ¡°I have a way to reduce the opening time of the ruin,¡± Lilith suddenlymented, bringing every figure¡¯s attention to her.


    ¡°How?¡±


    ¡°How?¡±


    ¡°How?¡±


    Several figures asked the question at the same time.

 Chapter 454

    Chapter 454: The Fear of the Last Resort!


    ¡°How?¡±


    The figures located in the area asked the same question simultaneously, hearing the girl¡¯s suddenments.


    Standing in front of the gate and the continuously erging hole, people could feel the majesty and threatening pressure released by it.


    At that moment, they wanted nothing more than to increase the rate of the ergement of the hole.


    A smile spread across Lilith¡¯s face seeing the look of hurriedness on the people¡¯s faces present there.


    Suddenly an ominous feeling emerged in all the figure¡¯s hearts located there at the same time.


    The next moment, Lilith disappeared from her spot and appeared in front of the closest person present to her.


    She then grabbed the person and threw him toward the hole spreading across the gate. A strange suction force appeared from it and made the figure stuck to it. He could neither get sucked in nor could he get out.


    Before the people present there could understand what had happened, the figure screamed in pain.


    The reason for the pain was the snatching of Immortality from the figure, and then in less than the blink of an eye, the person turned old, and then his ashes scattered into the air just like Ronald.


    The rate at which the hole grew increased. It may have been good news for the people present there a moment earlier, but now, their faces turned pale.


    After the death of the first Immortal, the people had two choices whether to fight or escape. A few chose to run, few decided to fight, while there were still one or two who decided to fight the Immortals instead of the girl to increase the rate.


    But when the time for the action arrived, they found themselves frozen in their steps. The next moment, their energies got sealed.


    Horror appeared on their faces as they couldn¡¯t believe the strength of the girl. In less than a second, the Immortals standing there became nothing more than ordinary figures.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡± An unfamiliar voice suddenly rang in the area.


    The people present on the ground had only their energy and legs frozen, so they looked up in the sky and found eleven familiar people floating there.


    ¡°Let¡¯s not fight. The trouble isn¡¯t worth killing your group,¡± Lilith smilingly said, looking at the group of Void beasts attempting to attack her.


    The Void beasts didn¡¯t usually interfere in the actions of the inhabitants of the Primal dimension, but this time they appeared here to fight because the Mysterious peak and the gate gave a bad feeling to them.


    They could feel a terrible aura leaking out of the gate.


    Lilith then raised her hands and casually brought them down.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The next moment, all eleven Void beasts started crashing to the ground.


    ***


    ¡°Now be good and silently watch me. Nothing would happen to the Primal dimension,¡± Lilith smilinglymented after sealing the energy level of all eleven Void beasts.


    ¡°Should we use it?¡± Oxen looked toward one of his fellow Void beasts and asked him telepathically.


    ¡°Don¡¯t,¡± Lilith turned around and warned Oxen. She could hear the thoughts Oxen had. The smile on her face nowhere to be seen; her face had turned cold.


    ¡°It may only be my clone, but it still has enough energy to disintegrate this dimension faster than your thoughts, so let¡¯s not get ahead of ourselves,¡± Lilith¡¯s tone turned majestic as she warned the Void beasts of the consequences.


    The next moment, her disguise came off as she presented her actual appearance to the Void beasts and the people standing there.


    Unfortunately for the people and the Void beasts, they weren¡¯t able to see the actual appearance, but only a blinding light due to the power difference.


    ¡°I know you don¡¯t care about your lives when ites to protecting the Primal dimension, but I¡¯m telling you, nothing would happen to the dimension, so no need to use yourst resort and waste it,¡± Lilith told the group of Void beasts. Even she feared thest resort of the Void beasts.


    She then didn¡¯t wait for the Void beast¡¯s response but waved her hands in the direction of the gate.


    The next moment, all the people present there, excluding the Void beasts, felt a strong wind pushing them toward the gate.


    Since their energies were sealed, they couldn¡¯t put up a fight and got pushed.


    The next moment, screams rang in the area as the gate first snatched their Immortality and then their remaining lifeforce.


    In the blink of an eye, only the gate, Lilith, and the group of Void beasts were left there.


    The Void beasts expressionlessly looked at everything happening. They were in a dilemma; whether to go ahead and use theirst option or to believe in the clone of the mighty figure from the third dimension.


    In response to the absorption of suchrge amounts of lifeforce, the ergement rate of the hole exploded, and in no time, it covered the entirety of the gate and grew several-foldrger than that.


    The aura released from the hole now became threatening for even the Void beasts. But miraculously, nothing seemed to happen to the environment around the Mysterious peak, despite such intense pressure.


    If someone were to look from above, they would see cracks appearing in several ces on the Mysterious peak, and wherever the crack opened, it would result in death and obliteration in the area around it.


    Since Lilith could neither throw Void beasts at the hole to increase the rate nor could she leave and bring several Immortals, she decided to wait and have some conversation with the Void beasts.


    Lilith couldn¡¯t let the beasts use theirst resort and ruin her purpose ofing here.


    ¡°See, it isn¡¯t affecting the area around the Mysterious peak in any way,¡± Shemented. She then returned to her human disguise since the Void beasts weren¡¯t able to see her except for a blinding light. She then also unsealed their energy levels to make them trust her.


    Lilith hadn¡¯t bound the Void beast¡¯s movements, despite sealing their energy level. She knew about them bing mad and insane creatures whenever they got restrained.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± One of the Void beasts ignored the girl¡¯sments and asked her for her identity.


    ¡°I am Lilith, from the race of Angels,¡± Lilith smilingly introduced herself, bringing a look of shock to the Void beast¡¯s face.

 Chapter 455

    Chapter 455: Zero Percent!


    ¡°I am Lilith, from the race of Angels,¡± Lilith smilingly introduced herself, bringing a look of extreme shock to the Void beast¡¯s face.


    Sensing the power differences between the girl and them, the Void beasts expected her to be someone from a higher dimension, but they never expected her to be someone from the top three races.


    The group of Void beasts looked toward each other and could see the look of shock in their eyes.


    ¡°If you¡¯re from the Angel race, then you must know about us using ourst resort,¡± One of the Void beasts respectfully warned Lilith.


    It didn¡¯t matter what kind of nature the members of the Asura and Yaksha races had, but they warranted respect from everyone. The leaders of both the races had direct contact with the Devas. It¡¯s also rumored that the leader of the Asura race had once seen the ruler of the Multiverse.


    The Void beasts weren¡¯t sure, but even the rumor showed the capability of the Asura and Yaksha races.


    ¡°Even your real body would face serious trouble,¡± Another Void beast chimed in. His tone still respectful, but the warning couldn¡¯t be hidden.


    They themselves originated from a drop of blood of the strongest Asura to ever exist, so their bloodline had some knowledge about the power strength of the third dimension.


    ¡°I know. It¡¯s also why I¡¯m telling you, you don¡¯t need to worry about the destruction of your Primal dimension,¡± Lilith smilingly responded.


    ¡°Let me give you some news to make you trust me. You see the store; the store owner there would be the downfall of you if you didn¡¯t act on him,¡± Lilith suddenly told the Void beasts and looked in the direction of the store.


    Aakesh, who was rxing on his chair after looking at the gate once, suddenly opened his eyes. A frown appeared on his face as he turned in that direction.


    His eyes turned expressionless as he saw Lilith waving her hands at him with a wide smile spread across her face, while the group of Void beasts standing next to her was also looking at him with pondering expressions. His eyes then fell on the hole that had now grown almost quadruple the size of the gate.


    ¡°Hey, system, what are my chances of defeating her if I used my weapon and a single-kill Absolute weapon?¡± Aakesh moved his eyes away from the ce and returned to the store. He then asked the question since he had a bad feeling, seeing that smile on Lilith¡¯s face.


    [Host, you have no chance at all of defeating her.]


    The system responded in its mechanical and emotionless voice. Since the system was from the Yantra race and had no emotions, it told no lie in its statement.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t feel disappointed hearing the system¡¯s answer as he expected it to be this way. He only wanted to make sure.


    ¡°What do you think she wants from that ce? It must be something important, or she would¡¯ve sent herckeys, not her clone,¡± Aakesh asked another question.


    Since there was no new customer for Aakesh to introduce products to and Lily also hadn¡¯t returned from Panagea, Aakesh decided to have some conversations with the system regarding the ce.


    [Host, the portal gives me signs of some higher-level figure residing there. She may be here for that.]


    The system gave its conjecture for a reason behind Lilith¡¯s appearing here and her interest in the gate and the world behind it.


    ***


    ¡°Why do you say so?¡± Oxen asked since he found Aakesh first and was responsible for finding out whether he was disastrous for the Primal dimension or not.


    ¡°I said your downfalls, not the Primal dimension, so don¡¯t make such faces,¡± Lilith smilingly responded.


    Lilith belonged to the Angel race, but her character was simr to the Asura race members. Her personality was so simr that her teacher was an expert in the Asura race. Not only that, but she was also her favorite. It was entirely unexpected for the members of the Asura race to have favorites among other races, as they believed every other race other than them to be impure and inferior, except for Devas.


    Oxen looked toward other members of his group and could see the confusion and shock. They all had simr questions in their minds.


    ¡°Do you know-¡±


    Oxen wanted to ask for the reason behind Lilith¡¯s statement. But his question got cut off midway as the hole stopped growing any further, and a horrifying pressure began emanating out of it.


    ¡°See youter,¡± Lilith ignored Oxen¡¯s interrupted question. She then stepped into the hole and disappeared from the sight of the Void beasts.


    After lily left, the Void beasts took a look around them.


    ¡°Let¡¯s select three people and enter the area,¡± One of the Void beasts suddenlymented, breaking the silence.


    ¡°Good idea, I would be one,¡± Oxen responded straight away.


    The Void beasts couldn¡¯t leave the world behind the hole. They needed to check its effect on the Primal dimension on their own and not believe the words of some stranger, even if they were from one of the top three races.


    ¡°I¡¯ll be the second,¡± Talia chimed next.


    Oxen turned to take a look at her and then moved his eyes away before anyone would notice anything weird.


    ¡°I¡¯ll be the third then,¡± A Void beast named Oregon replied next.


    ¡°Okay, so Oxen, Talia, and Oregon would enter the hole to check the effect it could y on the Primal dimension,¡± One of the Void beastsmented.


    ¡°Your goal is to not only find the effect, but if it turns disastrous, you need to take action straight away and end the issue,¡± One of the void beasts suddenlymented.


    He then raised his hands and chanted some words. The next moment, a triangr shard piece made up of an unrecognizable material appeared in his hands.


    The other Void beasts understood the lying intent, so they repeated the same thing.


    The next moment, a shard of random shape appeared in the hands of all ten Void beasts.


    They then released the shard pieces. As if an invisible force was acting, the shard pieces flew toward each other.


    The next moment, a square card appeared, floating in the air.


    ***


    A/N: After this event is over, there will be a time skip, so I want your suggestions to n the amount f time skip and the story ording to it.

 Chapter 456

    Chapter 456: Entry(1)


    All the eleven shards made in random shapes started attaching to create a single entity.


    The next moment, all the shards assimted, and a card-like structure in a square shape appeared. It then floated in the air.


    The space around it looked to be disintegrating at first nce, but when focused on it, it was perfectly fine.


    ¡°Oregon, you should take it since you have the strongest defense out of all three of you,¡± One of the Void beasts suggested Oregon take the card.


    The other Void beasts, including Oxen and Talia, seemed to agree with it, so they all supported it.


    Oregon nodded, took a step forward, and gently grabbed the card floating in the air.


    The square card was colorless, and it was an entirely nk surface. Not even a tiny imprint was there.


    The square card in Oregon¡¯s hand was thest resort of the Void beasts when it came to protecting the Primal dimension.


    The square card wasn¡¯t a weapon, but it contained a hint of a killing aura of Vritrasura, their progenitor.


    Since Vritrasura was only second to Devas in the Multiverse, his strength couldn¡¯t be estimated. It was only a hint of an aura, but it was still enough to kill even a Primordial, albeit the weak ones, but still, it was valuable.


    Lilith was strong enough to survive the aura, but it would kill her clone here and may even give trouble to her actual body, and it was the reason she didn¡¯t want to antagonize the Void beasts.


    ¡°You must go now. We don¡¯t know for how long this portal willst,¡± A Void beast suddenlymented.


    ¡°Okay!¡± Oxen, Talia, and Oregon responded. They then turned around and took a step forward.


    The next moment, they appeared in front of the portal.


    Their eyes shined, seeing the beautiful scene of countless shining stars. They then took a deep breath and took a step forward, disappearing from the area.


    ¡°What?¡± Oxen eximed in shock as when he appeared in the world inside the portal, he found himself alone. Talia and Oregon were nowhere to be seen.


    Oxen couldn¡¯t help but frown as Oregon had the square card. If he found something unsuitable, but Oregon didn¡¯t find it, their visit here would result in a failure and may even create serious trouble for the Primal dimension.


    Oxen then attempted to contact Talia, using the exclusivemunication skill the Void beasts had, but after a moment, Oxen had no choice but to stop.


    He could neither contact Talia and Oregon, who came up with him in this world, nor could he contact the Void beasts outside the portal.


    Since Oxen had a purpose ofing here, he decided to move. It doesn¡¯t matter whether the other Void beasts were with him or not, but for now, he could only hope that he would meet up with Talia and Oregon on his journey.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Oxen then attempted to fly since flying would make his journey quicker, but he faced another disappointment, as the rule of this world blocked him from floating even a cm, let alone flying.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    Suddenly a roar rang in the area, making Oxen stop whatever he was doing.


    Oxen then turned to his right and looked. Around thirty miles from him, a beast was rushing in his direction.


    He couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as the beast was a white tiger and a peak Immortal.


    Thirty miles wasn¡¯t arge distance for someone like Oxen, so he used a little strength in his leg and jumped.


    The next moment, he appeared right above the tiger¡¯s head. When hended, his foot crushed the head, resulting in instant death for the creature.


    Oxen was going to leave, but his steps came to a sudden halt as the corpse of the white tiger started disintegrating at a visible rate.


    ***


    Talia and Oregon also found themselves in such situations, respectively. Talia turned out to be the unluckiest of the lot, as he came around a beast that had strength equivalent to Void beasts, so her battle didn¡¯t turn out to be as easy as her other two fellow members.


    ***


    ¡°Should we kill the store owner and end the trouble once for all,¡± One of the Void beasts suddenly asked, breaking the silence that had permeated the area after Oxen, Talia, and Oregon entered the portal.


    The Void beast still remembered Lilith¡¯s statement about the store owner being their downfall.


    ¡°No, we don¡¯t need to make another enemy at this point,¡± A Void beast answered in response.


    ¡°Yes, let¡¯s find out about this portal first and the world inside it. It¡¯s our biggest concern at this moment, not what that Angel said,¡± Another Void beast chimed in, agreeing with not battling the store owner at this moment.


    The Void beast, who had asked the question, fell silent as he agreed with his fellow members. Another round of silence then fell on the area as the Void beasts have decided to wait here for their fellow members toe out.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    The silence present in the area broke as a round of teleportations suddenly urred.


    A few secondster, a few hundreds of Immortals appeared in the sky above the portal.


    ¡°Wait for me!¡± The figure leading the group of Immortals ordered his fellow members and descended to the ground.


    ¡°Greetings, seniors!¡± The figure then greeted the eight Void beasts present there since he recognized them.


    The Void beasts only nodded in response to his greetings and returned their focus to the portal.


    The figure didn¡¯t mind anything from the nd reactions of the Void beasts, as he would be an idiot if he cared for it.


    ¡°Senior, can you tell us what¡¯s this,¡± The figure respectfully asked the question, pointing at the portal.


    The figure was one of the four remaining Emperors of the Anga continent. The sudden disappearance of the Mysterious peak had caused serious situations around the continent.


    When divined the reason behind the disappearance of the Mysterious peak, this area came as an answer, so the Emperor himself led a group of three hundred peak Immortals since the issue was bigger for anyone below his rank.


    At that moment, yet another round of teleportations began; figures after figures appeared in the sky above the portal.


    A few secondster, tens of thousands of Immortals were in the sky, belonging to Anga and the nearest continents.

 Chapter 457

    Chapter 457: Entry(2)


    Known figures across the Primal dimension led all the groups, and when they saw the Void beasts standing there, they also descended to the ground and respectfully greeted them.


    They all had the same questions, so they looked at the Void beasts, hoping to get some answers.


    The Void beasts, on the other hand, looked at each other. They could see the embarrassment in their eyes. The figures here wanted the Void beasts to tell the reason for the portal and the sudden disappearance of the Mysterious peak, not knowing that the Void beasts knew the same about the portals as they knew; nothing.


    Since the Void beasts were respected figures across the Primal dimension, they couldn¡¯t make a fool out of themselves by telling the group about theirck of information regarding something happening in the Primal dimension.


    ¡°It will grant fortune to the fated ones and would cause tragedy to those who attempt to overreach their destinies,¡± One of the Void beastsmented, telling nothing but still creating mystery in the hearts of the Immortals here.


    The breathing of the figures located there quickened up, as something worth calling fortune for someone like Void beasts wouldn¡¯t be anything to joke about.


    They looked at the portal with red eyes, greed evident in them. They had already forgotten about the tragedy part in the statement.


    The other Void beasts could only look at their fellow members for causing this situation. As for the lives of the figures presented here, it didn¡¯t matter to them whether they survived or died inside the portal.


    They only cared for the return of the fellow members, hoping that the Angel was right about the portal not being disastrous for the Primal dimension.


    Time flew by.


    Groups after groups appeared in the sky above the portal. They belonged to not only different parts of Visteerna but also the Primal dimension.


    The cultivation also varied for all the groups. Not all the groups consisted of Immortals, but the majority of the members were Tao Pce and Tao Manifestation.


    ¡°So this is the event your grandmother told my father about,¡± One of the figures asked the person standing next to him.


    ¡°Yes,¡± The person answered. She was none other than Lenna, the regr customer of the store, and the figure beside her was the third member in the deal.


    Her grandmother sha had informed someone familiar to her about the uing event; she had divined. It was to ask for arge amount of supreme Primal stones so that sha and her family members would be able to enter the Gods u0026 Demons level training area.


    ¡°So, where is the third person you talked about,¡± The figure asked Lenna as he was told that there was an extra figure in the group.


    ¡°There¡¯s still quite a time left. He wouldeter,¡± Lenna responded.


    Hearing Lenna¡¯s response, a surprised expression appeared on the figure¡¯s face.


    The person gettingte wasn¡¯t the reason for surprise, but the respect with which she referred to the person, made him astonished.?


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you tell me about him now?¡± The figure asked Lenna as she still hadn¡¯t told him about the third person in the group.


    ¡°No, when he arrives, you can ask him. I won¡¯t share any information about him without his knowledge,¡± Lenna responded straight away and refused to talk about Aakesh.


    Talking to the store owner for so many days made her sure that the store owner wouldn¡¯t mind if she talked about him with others, but she still didn¡¯t do it as she didn¡¯t want to take a chance and the respect she had for him didn¡¯t allow her to do it.


    The figure wanted to coax Lenna for answers but seeing the determined look in her eyes, he stopped and decided to wait for the person Lenna had so much respect.


    ***


    ¡°You need to pay seventy-five inferior Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the customer and handed him the three inferior level body healing pills.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± The customer thanked Aakesh and handed the amount to him while gently taking the pills from Aakesh¡¯s hands.


    ¡®You would be alright,¡¯ The customer excitedly cried out in his heart as he had bought the pills for his wife, who had received severe injuries when some robbers attacked her to steal her purse.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± The customer thanked Aakesh once more. He then turned around and proceeded to exit the store.


    The customer had only left when another new customer arrived in the store.


    ¡°Are you the store owner?¡± The customer asked, seeing the blue-skinned man seated on a chair. His tone contained a hint of disgust as Aakesh wasn¡¯t a human, and nor did the customer belong to the Bisan Kingdom or the neighboring Kingdoms to know the history of the store and the store owner.


    Aakesh only expressionlessly stared at the customer in response and didn¡¯t speak a word.


    The head of the customer turned wet with sweat as he felt psychological pressure attacking him. His face turned ugly as the feeling was way ufortable. It didn¡¯t cause any pain, but at that moment, the customer would¡¯ve taken the pain in ce of the ufortable feeling, such was its effect on him.


    ¡°Forgive me. I didn¡¯t mean to disrespect you,¡± The customer apologized, remembering the tone he had used.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded, and the next moment, the psychological pressure on the customer disappeared.


    ¡°I am sorry for not recognizing your strength,¡± The customer heaved a sigh of relief and apologized once again.


    ¡°What product does this store sell?¡± The customer then asked, attempting to make the store owner forget about his tone.


    Time flew by.


    The customer then left the store after emptying his pockets since that was the only way to apologize to the store owner.


    Aakesh hadn¡¯t cared for the customer¡¯s tone in the first ce since he was the same as the customer. He also believed himself to be superior to most of the races.


    Time flew by.


    As the time for the closing of the store drew closer, the number of new customers saw an increase today.


    Aakesh returned to his chair after ending another pill sale.


    The pills were the silent product of the store. They were sold in the highest numbers but were talked of less than the weapons and virtual portals.

 Chapter 458

    Chapter 458: The Shock u0026 Tragedy caused by the disappearance of the Mysterious Peak(1)


    The sudden disappearance of something like the Mysterious peak caused horror around the Anga continent.


    The reason for horror wasn¡¯t only the disappearance but also the number of lives that died tragically with it.


    The duration between the sudden shaking of the Mysterious peak and its disappearance was only around a minute, so only the beings above Tao Manifestation were able to teleport out of the range of the mountain in that time, while the remaining people died.


    In figurative terms, the number of deaths caused by the sudden disappearance of the Mysterious peak crossed a Septillion mark, almost 22% of the total poption on the Anga continent.


    The losses didn¡¯t end with the number of deaths or theplete extinction of a few races of flora and fauna, but in fact, it was the least cared loss for many since people were receable with time. But the significant and valuable resources exclusive to the Mysterious peak were the cause of terrible situations across the Anga continent.


    Many organizations, Kingdoms, and even one Empire lost everything in only a span of a minute due to the disappearance of the Mysterious peak.


    ***


    ¡°Where is my father?¡± A person belonging to the race Duenli adorned in golden robes angrily asked. He was the crown prince of the Xanad Empire, the next in line to be the Emperor of one of the only five Empires on the Anga continent.


    Duenli was one of the races exclusive to Visteerna. The majority of their members lived on the Anga continent, where they had an Empire to call their own.


    Duenli had humanoid structures but with only one eye without any eyebrows. The single eye had a grey sclera, yellow iris, and brown pupil. Their eyes were exclusive to their race and one of the most beautiful in the Primal dimension.


    ¡°Your majesty, his majesty had left when the Mysterious peak had suddenly begun shaking out of nowhere, and he¡¯s yet to return,¡± The minister respectfully answered.


    ¡°Damn it,¡± The crown prince couldn¡¯t help but curse as their Empire had just lost everything that allowed them to have a stable footing on this continent and be one of the Empires.


    ¡°Did we find the source of it all?¡± The crown prince asked another question. He was the crown prince, the next in line to be the Emperor. He couldn¡¯t lose his cool here as these situations tested the mental limit of people.


    ¡°Yes, your majesty,¡± The prime minister respectfully replied. He then gestured to the figure standing next to him to exin it to the crown prince.


    The figure nodded. ¡°Your majesty, it all started from the southern end of the Mysterious peak,¡± The figure informed the crown prince. At the same time, he waved his hands as a screen appeared in front of him, showing the map of the Mysterious peak. The area around the Bisan Kingdom and the neighboring Kingdoms were circled in red, marking it as the epicenter.


    ¡°Did we send someone to check it?¡± The crown prince expressionlessly asked.


    ¡°No, your majesty!¡± The minister replied.


    ¡°Why?¡±


    ¡°Your majesty, the Emperor is nowhere to be found, and we can¡¯t send Immortals to check it without his approval,¡± The minister respectfully replied.


    The Xandar Empire followed the Faith system of cultivation, so the Empire had a limited number of Immortals since promotion in cultivation depended upon the faith of the citizens of the Empire.


    Even though the number of Immortals in the Xandar Empire didn¡¯t cross a hundred, they still were able to secure their resource points in the Mysterious peak from other Empires and strong cultivators.


    The reason for it was the advantage the Faith system provided to the cultivators. In the system, the closer they stayed to their believers, the stronger they were.


    For this reason, there were 99 cities in total in the Xandar Empire, each one having an Immortal leading and the Divine figure of the respective city, giving them absolute strength there. Even the strongest characters of the Primal dimension weren¡¯t able to overpower these figures in a quick amount of time.


    No cultivator less than reaching Divine King(The Immortal equivalent of the Faith System) would be able to find anything rted to the disappearance of the Mysterious peak. The Faith system simrly had a disadvantage; the far they went from their believers, their invincibility would disappear, and they would have equivalent strength to regr Immortals.


    So as not to let a decrease happen in the already limited number of Immortals, only the Emperor had the power to order them to move. Even if the Divine Kings wanted to go somewhere, they had to ask permission from the Emperor.


    ¡°Damn it!¡± The crown prince couldn¡¯t help but curse as even he couldn¡¯t order any of the 99 Divine Kings to search for the reason.


    In the Xandar Empire, the crown prince only had a status when it came to position, but not in strength. Since only the Emperor was eligible to be the highest level Divine figure in the lives of the citizens and the Divine Kings, only they could be an Immortal in the entire royal family, bing the 100th and the strongest Immortal of the Empire.


    ¡°Your majesty, I have terrible news,¡± A hurried voice suddenly rang in the hall. Soon a figure could be seen as he came dashing into the hall, forgetting the etiquette of bowing to the members of the royal family first.


    The minister wanted to reprimand the person, but the crown prince stopped him and gestured for the person to inform him of the terrible news.


    ¡°Your majesty, his majesty is dead. The prayer and beliefs of the citizens had started returning to the sword of the first Emperor,¡± The figure informed, bringing a look of horror and shock to everyone¡¯s faces presently located in the room.


    The sword belonged to the first Emperor that founded the Xandar Empire. The owner of the sword would be the receiver of the faiths and beliefs of the hundreds of trillions of citizens spread across the Empire.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Hearing the terrible news of his father¡¯s death, the crown prince couldn¡¯t help but stumble to the ground.


    The minister and other figures presently located in the hall rushed to the prince, but he gestured for them to stop and just sat there nkly looking around him for a few seconds.

 Chapter 459

    Chapter 459: The Shock u0026 Tragedy caused by the disappearance of the Mysterious Peak(2)


    The crown prince lost the ability to speak or think at that moment as if his mind had turned nk after hearing the news of his father¡¯s death.


    ¡°ArgGHHH!¡±


    Finally, a sound came out of his mouth in the form of a scream. His voice got louder and shrill as time passed. Even the ministers and soldiers present in the hall had solemn faces filled with sadness.


    Since the Xandar Empire was entirely made up of the members of the race, Duenli, and the royal family descended from the progenitor of the race, they were respected all across the Empire. It could be seen from the firm belief of the citizens in the Emperor by the amount of faith energy the sword daily collected.


    Time flew by.


    The shrill screams finally came to a stop. The crown prince attempted to stand up, but he stumbled once again. The ministers rushed toward the crown prince, but he refused their help and attempted to stand up once again.


    He stumbled again, but he attempted once more.


    The ministers and soldiers moved their faces away with tears on them as they couldn¡¯t watch the crown prince struggling this much.


    The Empire could handle the loss of the resources to an extent, and only their control would weaken. With time, they would be able to create more resource points from different areas, but the loss of an Emperor in this situation was as worse as it could get for the Empire.


    ¡°I will be the Emperor from this moment,¡± The crown prince expressionlessly proimed after he stood up.


    A look of shock passed through the faces of the ministers and the soldiers present there in the hall.


    ¡°Your majesty, you aren¡¯t ready for it,¡± The minister pleaded straight away.


    The sword left by the first Emperor could only be taken by his direct bloodline, the royal family, and the member who would grab it would be the Emperor of that generation, irrespective of the gender of the family member. But at the same time, the title of the crown prince didn¡¯t guarantee a sure chance of bing the Emperor.


    The sword had an alive will so that generation Emperor could only select members from the crown prince, but it was the sword that took the test and decided whether that title would upgrade to the Emperor or not.


    ¡°I have made my decision. The Empire would fall without an Emperor in this situation,¡± The crown princemented with a determined expression in his eyes.


    ¡°Randolph, how dare you make that decision without asking me?¡±


    Suddenly, an angry voice rang in the hall. Except for the crown prince, all the figures turned around, hearing the voice. They then respectfully bowed, recognizing the figure entering the hall.


    ¡°Answer me, Randolph,¡± The figure taking strides appeared in front of the crown prince and asked for the answer.


    Randolph was the name of the crown prince, and his mother was the person asking him questions. She was currently the Empress, but she was also the sister of his dead father before marrying him.


    (A/N: The royal family of the Xandar Empire follows incestual rtions since the first line to preserve theplete purity of the blood of the progenitor. Please don¡¯t ask questions; what about deformities? There aren¡¯t any.)


    ¡°Mother, I have decided. You can¡¯t make me change my decisions,¡± Randolf replied, staring directly into the eyes of his mother.


    ¡°Why do you hate me so much?¡± The mother asked. Her tone softened this time, and her eyes turned moist.


    ¡°I am doing this for the Empire ancestor created,¡± Randolf responded straight away, his tone as dead as before.


    ¡°If you failed, the Empire would die with you,¡± Randolf¡¯s mother replied.


    An attempt at gaining the control of the sword didn¡¯te at a free cost, but brutal death, soul getting devoured by the will of the sword if failed.


    It wouldn¡¯t have mattered much, but Randolf was the only boy in the royal family¡¯s current generation. So if he failed, not only would he die, but the royal family line would also die out with him due to ack of future descendants.


    In order for the royal family topete for the top position at the spot, all of its members had to have 100% blood purity. So having children out of the royal family was never an option; if they wanted to have more children andpetition between descendants.


    ¡°If ancestor wants this Empire to be dead, then so be it,¡± Randolf responded. Without waiting for any response from his mother, he turned around and left the hall.


    A teardrop streamed down her cheeks, but she didn¡¯t move to stop her son forcefully, even when she had the strength to do that.


    ¡°Go with him. I¡¯ll go pray to the ancestor,¡± The mother then ordered the ministers to follow his son to the throne room where the sword was put, while she decided to pray to the ancestor for sess.


    ***


    A sword adorned in gold and various kinds of jewels floated in the center of the throne room, even higher than the throne for the Emperor.


    ¡°Ancestor, I want to take my attempt,¡± Randolf bowed and respectfully requested the sword.


    The next moment, the sword budged, and it came down.


    ¡°Are you sure?¡± A hoarse voice rang inside Randolf¡¯s head, asking for Randolf¡¯s confirmation since the failure resulted in the death of the contestant, and it also knew about Randolf being the only male in the family.


    ¡°Yes, ancestor,¡± Randolf answered. His voice was calm, while his eyes had determination.


    After losing the resource points and then his father, Randolf was ready to lose his all this time. If he seeded, the Xandar Empire had a chance to rise again, but if he failed, then there was nothing to even think about.


    The next moment, the sword budged again. Randolf extended his hands, and the sword fell into his hands.


    The moment he grabbed the sword, his eyes turned lifeless, while veins started popping out across his body.


    He was in an illusion, which was affecting his body in reality.


    ***


    ¡°Hehe, let¡¯s see how they would be able to reject me?¡± A figure smugly muttered after hearing the news about the disappearance of the Mysterious peak.


    The man wanted to marry one of the princesses of the Xandar Empire, but the royal family rejected his proposal.

 Chapter 460

    Chapter 460: The Shock u0026 Tragedy caused by the disappearance of the Mysterious Peak(3)


    The Xandar Empire wasn¡¯t the only one to be affected by the sudden disappearance of the Mysterious peak.


    A few minutes earlier, a Kingdom made up of beasts living on the Mysterious peak was one of the strongest Kingdoms on the Anga continent.


    Three Kings, one tiger, one lion, and thest being a wolf, ruled the Kingdom, with the wolf being the leader of the three due to having a higher-level bloodline and strength.


    When the Mysterious peak suddenly started shaking out of nowhere, the three Kings and a few stronger beasts were able to leave before anything drastic happened.


    They left and appeared in the sky. When in front of the beasts, the Mysterious peak suddenly disappeared, bringing a look of pure horror to their faces.


    The three Kings then looked at each other and could see the disappointment and horror in their eyes.


    They had one of the strongest Kingdoms on the Anga continent, but now there was nothing left, not even a hint to prove that their Kingdom once existed.


    When the Mysterious peak disappeared, they sensed arge influx of energying from the southern side of the past mountain.


    Since they couldn¡¯t just give up on their Kingdom after working so hard to build it, the three Kings and their followers decided to check the source of energy and find the reason behind the disappearance of the Mysterious peak.


    Of the three kings, the wolf was an Intermediate Beast Monarch(Immortal level equivalent in the beast cultivation system), while the lion and tiger were early Beast Monarchs.


    It took two space jumps for the wolf to reach the portal while he carried the other two Kings and their other followers.


    When they reached there, they found already arge crowd waiting in the sky above what looked to be a portal.


    Inparison to the wolf, the portal wasn¡¯t even half its size but figuresrger than the wolf was able to enter the portal as if the size didn¡¯t matter.


    The wolf¡¯s eyes then fell on eight creatures standing on the ground intently looking at the portal but looked to be in different spaces.


    None of the three Kings recognized those figures. They could see the respectful posture, characters even stronger than them had when those characters talked to those eight creatures.


    ***


    A few minutes earlier,


    ¡°Father, I¡¯ll save you,¡± A human boy around the age of seventeen, with only Xiantian level cultivation, yelled as he carried his father on his back and climbed down the mountain.


    The boy¡¯s back was wet with blood since his father¡¯s chest had arge cut created by a beast. The father also had Xiantian level cultivation, but two minor steps higher than his son.


    They lived in the Cretos Kingdom, one of the Kingdom on the western part of the Anga continent, and had the Mysterious peak bordering it.


    The boy¡¯s mother had died while giving birth to the son, so the father and son only had each other as family members.


    The family of two had difficulties even having their ends meet, so the father not only did menial jobs, but he also hunted beasts on the Mysterious peak so that he wouldn¡¯t have to buy meat for his son, who was at his young age and needed nutrients.


    Today, the duo of son and father had decided to take a vacation when a beast attacked them. They seeded in killing the beast, but to save the son, the father got injured and got his chest open, resulting in a severe injury.


    ¡°Please talk to me, father,¡± The boy cried out once more as his father had lost consciousness due to losing arge amount of blood.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Suddenly a cracking sound rang in the area. Out of nowhere, the mountain started shaking, and soon trees began falling off.


    The boy, who was only an early Xiantian level cultivator, wasn¡¯t able to have a stable footing and fell down, resulting in him and his father starting to roll down the mountain.


    ¡°FATHER!¡±


    The boy suddenly let out a heart-rending scream as he saw his father shing with a rock and then one of the trees crashing down on him, resulting in his death.


    The boy wasn¡¯t able to handle the emotional turmoil and lost consciousness.


    The boy was never able to regain his consciousness as around a minuteter, the Mysterious peak disappeared, and with it, the boy also disappeared.


    There were trillions and trillions of beings like the boy who had their own stories to tell to the Primal dimension and the Multiverse. But they became nothing more than tragedy, not even enough to put in a chapter due to the sudden shaking and then disappearance of the Mysterious peak.


    ***


    ¡°Magne, what do you say about marriage now?¡± A shout rang in the capital city of the Xandar Empire, already reeling with the shock of the disappearance of the Mysterious peak.


    ¡°Leave, or die,¡± Right at that moment, one of the Divine Kings appeared in front of the figure and warned him to leave.


    ¡°Hahaha, kill me,¡± The figure didn¡¯t mind the warning, but instead, he startedughing out loud. ¡°Even you Emperor would have to think twice before killing me,¡± The figure further added and mocked the Divine King.


    The Divine King¡¯s face turned ugly as the person told the truth.


    The person¡¯s father was also an Emperor, so refusing to marry wasn¡¯t a big deal since Magne and the person¡¯s father were an Emperor. But if the person got killed, everything would change, resulting in a war between the two Empires on the Anga continent.


    Suddenly, an intense pressure appeared out of the center of the city and covered the city.


    The citizens of the city only felt a breeze, but the person wasn¡¯t lucky, while he felt arge force weighing him down and forcing him to crash to the ground.


    A shocked and horrified expression appeared on the Divine King¡¯s face as he couldn¡¯t ept what he believed the reason for this sudden arrival of pressure to be.


    ¡°Argh!¡±


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The next moment, a scream filled with pain rang in the city. Soon, a hand crashed to the ground as the person lost one of his hands without even knowing what had happened.


    ¡°Leave. if you ever return, I will cut you into pieces and send it to your father.¡±

 Chapter 461

    Chapter 461: The Shock u0026 Tragedy caused by the disappearance of the Mysterious Peak(End)


    ¡°Leave! If you ever return after today, your hand will be thest thing I will cut. I will cut you into pieces and send it to your father,¡± The next moment, a voice filled with a cruel tone and killing intent rang inside the person¡¯s head as he cried in pain due to losing his hand.


    The cries came to a stop as the person¡¯s entire body started shuddering. ¡°You¡­you are not Mag¡­Magne!¡± The person spoke with a trembling voice.


    No answer came in response to the person¡¯sment, but the pressure attacking him suddenly grew twice, throwing him several miles.


    ¡°There will be no second warnings,¡± The next moment, the voice rang inside the person¡¯s head again.


    The person space jumped straight away, not willing to stay for even a moment there.


    ¡°I wee you, your majesty, the direct descendant of honorable Soran, the one thousand, three hundred, and forty-seventh Emperor of the Xandar Empire,¡± The Divine King knelt in the air after the person left and greeted the voice.


    The voice belonged to none other than Randolf, who seeded in subduing the sword and bing the new Emperor of the Xandar Empire.


    ¡°Meet me in the pce with all the Divine Kings,¡± A voice rang inside the Divine King¡¯s head, and nothing was spoken after that.


    The Divine King nodded. He then disappeared from the sky above the capital city of the Xandar Empire. While the citizens looked worried due to the sudden disappearance of the Mysterious peak, and then an enemy appeared.


    ***


    ¡°Damn it!¡± The person cursed in anger. In spite of the fact that his hands had already recovered, he still remembered the humiliation by which the voice had treated him.


    ¡°You are going to regret it,¡± The person¡¯s eyes turned cold and vicious as he muttered.


    The next moment, he did a space jump again. The next time when he appeared, he was in front of a pce.


    Since the array around the pce restricted direct teleport or flying into it except for the Emperor, he had to enter the royal pce spanning hundreds of miles on his foot.


    The person belonged to the Pocoso Empire, one of the five Empires on the Anga continent, and also the Empire from where George, one of the first and regr customers of Aakesh¡¯s store, came.


    ¡°Father, your son is here,¡± The Person called out to his father after traveling for a few seconds.


    ¡°Young prince, the master is in meeting with his ministers. It wouldn¡¯t be wise of you to disturb him,¡± A soldier appeared in front of him and told him in response to him calling out.


    The person¡¯s face turned ugly, seeing the look of no respect on the soldier¡¯s face, but he controlled himself fromshing out since he had no choice but to stay calm. The soldier in front of him belonged to the royal guard, the exclusive soldiers guarding the Emperor.


    Every soldier in the royal guards belonged to the royal family or was a strong expert,ing from different parts of the Primal dimension. So they were more valuable to the Empire and the Emperor than a prince like him.


    ¡°It¡¯s urgent,¡± The person calming himself replied with a hurried face.


    The soldier only took a nce at him and disappeared in response, making the person¡¯s face uglier.


    ¡°You!¡±


    ¡°Return to your house and stay there for the next million years,¡± Suddenly, a familiar voice rang inside the person¡¯s head.


    The person recognized it as the voice belonged to his father, the Emperor of the Pocoso Empire.


    ¡°But-¡±


    ¡°Ten million years,¡± The person wanted toin, but his father interrupted his sentence midway and increased his punishment.


    ¡°If in these ten million years, you or your clone are seen for even a second outside your home, you will be put in prison for a million years.¡± The voice added, warning the person not to attempt breaking the punishment.


    The person had no choice but to leave and do as ordered by his father, as refusing to follow it was no less than suicide since the Emperor of the Pocoso Empire was known for his apathy toward his children, except for the crown prince, his elder brother.


    ***


    ¡°I believe this situation to be one of the Ancestor¡¯s tests,¡± Randolfmented with an expressionless face as 99 Divine Kings listened, seated on their respective chairs in the throne room.


    ¡°The situation can¡¯t get any worse for our Empire than this. First, we lost most of our resource points, and now even my father, one of the greatest Emperors to grace this position over these countless years,¡± Randolf added. The Divine Kings still listened without interrupting Randolf.


    ¡°We all know what would happen to the stability of our Empire if we didn¡¯t find anything to rece the resource points lost due to the Mysterious peak,¡± Randolf said. All the Divine Kings nodded.


    Since their Empire followed the Faith system of cultivation, the stability and strength of the Empire and Emperor depended upon the firm belief of the citizens on the top post.


    So due to the sudden disappearance of the Mysterious peak, the Empire lost several of its money-making resources. They had enough resources for the Empire to stay stable for a few decades, but after that, the downfall would begin.


    The citizens got good lives from the Empire, so they had a firm belief in the Emperor and the 99 Divine Kings and granted them regr faith energy. But if that good life got snatched away from them, the belief wouldn¡¯t be firm anymore and would start to decrease at unimaginable rates. It would result in the reduction of the faith energy and also the strength of the Emperor and the Divine Kings.


    ¡°Keeping this in mind, as the Emperor, I¡¯ve decided to take ten Divine Kings with me and search for the reason behind the disappearance of the Mysterious peak,¡± Randolf finally presented his reason formencing the meeting.


    ¡°Your majesty, you don¡¯t need to go. You¡¯re thest male in the direct line of Honorable Soran. If something happened to you, the Empire would fall,¡± One of the Divine Kings stood up from his chair, knelt, and pleaded to Randolf to change his decision.


    ¡°I¡¯ve made my decision,¡± Randolf replied. He then made a gesture of raising his hand. The next moment, an invisible force appeared and made the kneeling Divine King stand up, and it then pushed him to his chair.


    ¡°Your majesty, you can¡¯t do this to us,¡± A familiar female voice rang in the hall as Randolf¡¯s mother entered the hall.


    Despite being the mother of Randolf, she couldn¡¯t call him by his name after bing the Emperor since the post was linked directly to the sword left by their ancestor.


    ¡°Mother, leave the hall,¡± Randolf expressionlessly ordered.


    Randolf¡¯s mother was taken aback by the sudden order, but before she could persuade Randolf, a gentle force acted on her and took her out of the hall and then to her room.


    Randolf had absolute power over the Xandar Empire, so his every word was like the words uttered by heaven itself in the owned territory.


    ¡°Your majesty, your mother is right. We won¡¯t ept this decision of yours.¡± The 99 Divine Kings stood up from their thrones and responded simultaneously.


    The risk in Randolf¡¯s order was too much to take by the Empire.


    Their Empire may fall someday after decades if they didn¡¯t find a recement for the resources lost due to the disappearance of the Mysterious peak, but here if Randolf died, their Empire would fall in a day.


    Randolf¡¯s eyes turned cold, seeing every Divine King refusing to follow his orders, making the Divine Kings shudder.


    ¡°Your majesty, if you want to punish or kill us, go ahead,¡± One of the Divine Kings responded, looking directly into the eyes of Randolf. While he spoke, his entire body shook in fear, but he didn¡¯t move his eyes away.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know what else to do. I can¡¯t let this Empire fall on my watch,¡± A helpless expression appeared in Randolf¡¯s eyes, seeing the determination of all 99 Divine Kings.


    A silence then fell in the hall as the Divine Kings refused to go through Randolf¡¯s order, while Randolf wanted to go through what he wanted.


    ¡°You all are fearing because of me being the only male, so I would impregnate my sisters today, leaving everything to the ancestor,¡± Randolf suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.


    For being of a level like him, having sessful pregnancies wasn¡¯t a big deal since, in his power system, strength didn¡¯t get passed through the bloodline.


    The next moment, he waved his hands, and soon, all of his thirteen sisters appeared in the hall.


    Before the Divine King could say anything, Randolf and his sisters disappeared from the hall.

 Chapter 462

    Chapter 462: Jeetesh and Veenesh


    The Esh n lived in an artificial space like many families, organizations, Kingdoms, Empires, etc., spread across the Primal dimension.?


    But the gate to enter the space was on the Mysterious peak, so when the mountain suddenly started shaking out of nowhere, the Esh n also felt it.


    Veenesh, being the current n head, left the space right away and appeared in the sky above the mountain.


    Not long after, his father, who usually meditated all day around, also appeared next to him, looking at the shaking mountain with a grave face.


    ¡°What is happening?¡± Veenesh asked his father since he knew nothing about what was happening and why it was happening?


    ¡°The day has finallye,¡± Jeetesh mumbled, ignoring his son¡¯s question.


    Veenesh was an Immortal, so how could he not hear what his father had mumbled even though it was in a low voice? He looked toward his father with confusion evident on his face.


    ¡°What day are you talking about?¡± Veenesh asked.


    Jeetesh looked directly into the eyes of his son. The grave expression was evident. ¡°The day I have been waiting for and the reason behind meing here,¡± Jeetesh replied as he gently grabbed Veenesh¡¯s shoulder.


    ¡°Didn¡¯t youe here, hiding from your father¡¯s enemies, and isn¡¯t that the reason we don¡¯t let any member of the Esh n get outside of the n area?¡± Veenesh asked. His confusion deepened, hearing his father¡¯s answer.


    ¡°No, everything you¡¯ve heard about the n from me was a lie. I came here on the orders of my master, or how do you think I got the space?¡± Jeetesh told his son.


    ¡°I came here alone for a mission my master gave me before ascending¡­,¡± Jeetesh then began telling his son about why he came here.


    The more Veenesh heard, the more shocked he became.


    There was no such thing as the Esh n before Jeetesh came here. Jeetesh was the butler of a genius from the first-ranked organization in the Primal dimension.


    His master was going to ascend to the Sacred dimension. But only two days before his master would face the tribtion, he got a piece of important information that had the ability to change the dynamics of the Primal dimension.


    Jeetesh¡¯s master, instead of telling the organization about it, told his most-trusted butler, him, about it. Jeetesh¡¯s master gave him the mission of attempting to take the gains from the event that would happen and then ascend to the Sacred dimension.


    Jeetesh, being a loyal butler, epted the mission without even a blink.


    Since the mission contents would take ce hundreds of thousands or maybe even millions of yearster, Jeetesh¡¯s master gave him the artificial space to start a family of his own during that time.


    epting his master¡¯s order, Jeetesh established the space around the area where the event would most likely ur, ording to his master.


    He then married several ordinary girls and had children with them. The woman he liked the most in the group, her children, became her direct descendants like Veenesh. So, in a sense, every member of the Esh n was a direct descendant of Jeetesh.


    ¡°Does that mean, if your master hadn¡¯t asked you to have a family of your own, you wouldn¡¯t have created the Esh n?¡± Veenesh asked the question, hearing his father¡¯s story.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Jeetesh replied straight away as if it wasn¡¯t something to hide.


    Veenesh couldn¡¯t help but get disappointed, hearing the quick response of his father. He thought that his father loved him, but now that he knew that it was nothing but following his master¡¯s order, Veenesh couldn¡¯t help but be sad.


    ¡°Many years have passed since I got the mission. My loyalties to my master haven¡¯t changed, but living with you and your brothers for so long, taught me love, so I would always love you and every member of the Esh n,¡± Jeeteshmented while gently tapping on Veenesh¡¯s shoulders.


    ¡°What do you mean?¡± Veenesh asked in confusion as he didn¡¯t understand the context of what his father said.


    ¡°As my master ordered me, I would clear the mission and then ascend, but you and other members of the Esh n still have a lot to learn, so you¡¯re free from now on, and I give you the ownership of the space,¡± Jeetesh responded. The next moment, a globe the size of a tennis ball appeared in his hands.


    It was the space where all the members of the Esh n lived blissfully with an abundant amount of resources.


    Jeetesh then handed the globe to his son and disappeared without saying any extra word.


    Veenesh stood there shell-shocked, not knowing what to say or think as if his mind had turned entirely nk.


    Several secondster, his mind came around. In front of him, a white light suddenly covered the entirety of the Mysterious peak, and the next moment, when the light disappeared, the mountain also vanished with it, bringing a look of shock and horror to Veenesh¡¯s face.


    What he saw was an unimaginable scene. Even the strongest Immortals weren¡¯t able to do things like this. The next moment, a worried expression appeared on his face as his father had left for an event where only the start of it resulted in the disappearance of the Mysterious peak.


    ***


    Aakesh, unaware of what was going on on the Anga continent due to the sudden disappearance of the Mysterious peak, was busy introducing the store products to a new customer.


    ¡°¡­, sold by the store,¡± Aakesh concluded with the introduction of the store products.


    Since the Mysterious peak had disappeared, several people belonging to different races and organizations had appeared where once the mountain stood.


    Not everyone appearing there entered the portal since it wasn¡¯t safe.


    Not everyone could stand there and wait, not knowing how long it would take for the people entering the portal toe out? So those people decided to take a stroll around those areas.


    While taking a stroll, one Tao Manifestation level cultivator came across the store. When he used his divine sense to look across the market, he had only found a dot in ce of the store.


    His curiosity got the better of him, and he entered the store.


    ***


    After hearing the introduction of the store products, the customer felt shocked, especially the Panagea and the training area.

 Chapter 463

    Chapter 463: Lily¡¯s Surprise!


    The customer looked interested in Panagea and the training area the most. He wanted to check out Panagea first, but the store owner responded with something out of his expectations.


    ¡°There is around half an hour left before the sunset, so entering Panagea and the training area isn¡¯t possible for now. If you want to enter either one of them, you need to enter tomorrow,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the customer after he asked about Panagea.


    ¡°Eh!¡± The customer couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise, hearing the store owner¡¯s answer.


    ¡°Can¡¯t you extend the store for another half an hour? I¡¯ll pay you double the amount,¡± The customer then requested and attempted to persuade the store owner to allow him to enter.


    As for forcing his way, that idea never came to his mind. He wouldn¡¯t have lived this long if he couldn¡¯t sense the power gap between others and him.


    ¡°No!¡± Aakesh bluntly refused.


    The customer wanted to convince the store owner again, but his words abruptly stopped. His eyes fell on a white door made up of unrecognizable wood suddenly appearing out of nowhere inside the store. It was floating in the air.


    The next moment, stairs started appearing and connected the door to the hardwood floor.


    ¡°Click!¡¯


    A clicking sound rang inside the store as the door opened, and soon, a cat that was smaller than even the customer¡¯s palm stepped out.


    ***


    Lily, who had been restricting herself from returning to the store to show Aakesh how angry she was for him not taking her to the mission, couldn¡¯t control herself and finally exited the portal. She wanted to check on whether Aakesh had received severe injuries or not.


    She didn¡¯t worry that Aakesh had died since if he died, she would¡¯ve felt it, and the Panagea would have also disappeared since, without Aakesh, there was no point in the store product existing.


    When she stepped out of the door, a surprised expression appeared in her eyes, seeing the amount of change Aakesh had gone through in one day.


    Her eyes shined in admiration since Aakesh looked better than before.


    Her eyes then fell on the bun on Aakesh¡¯s head. The next moment, she jumped from the stairs and appeared on his bun, and started squirming on it to make afortable posture.


    Aakesh could only smile wryly, feeling Lily squirming on his head.


    ¡°Do you feelfortable?¡± Aakesh asked after Lily finally stopped as if she was the one who went on the mission.


    ¡°I am not talking to you,¡± Lily replied.


    ¡°What breed of cat is this?¡± The customer chimed in and asked. He had seen white cats, but Lily in front of him looked different despite having the same appearance.


    ¡°I am not a cat,¡± Aakesh didn¡¯t respond, but Lily did as she didn¡¯t like people calling her a cat, despite being the ancestor of the feline races like tigers and cats.


    ¡°You can check Emperor-grade weapons,¡± Aakesh ignored both Lily and the customer¡¯s response and told him.


    Since the customer could neither enter Panagea nor the training area, only the pills and weapons were left for him. Weapons seemed to win against pills in front of a cultivator, so Aakesh suggested it.


    The customer nodded and went to the weapons room since he couldn¡¯t just stand there and listen to the store owner and his pet talking.


    ¡°Did you receive any injury?¡± Lily asked after the customer left for the weapons room.


    ¡°Just a moment earlier, I heard that you aren¡¯t talking to me,¡± Aakesh joked.


    ¡°Ouch!¡±


    Lily didn¡¯t speak anything in response but hit Aakesh¡¯s head. Aakesh didn¡¯t feel a thing. It was Lily who cried out in pain. She felt like she had hit a wall of iron.


    ¡°Ugh, How strong have you be?¡± Lily groaning in pain, asked Aakesh.


    ¡°Very strong,¡± Aakesh smilingly responded. ¡°Let me show you the skill I got as the reward,¡± He further added.


    ¡°Is it an offensive skill or support like yourst few rewards?¡± Lily asked. She has heard Aakeshining a lot considering this, so she also had an interest in knowing the type of the skill.


    ¡°Offensive,¡± Aakesh answered. He then turned his hands around, the palm facing the roof.


    ¡°Yourints finally worked,¡± Lily replied and then focused on Aakesh¡¯s palm.


    The next moment, energy started gathering on Aakesh¡¯s palms. It was dark in color. At first, it was very small, but in no time, its size even crossed Lily¡¯s size.


    ¡°What would happen if I threw my Epochal fireball at it?¡± Lily suddenly asked as the question arose in her heart.


    ¡°You can test it,¡± Aakesh smilingly responded.


    The next moment,? Lily raised one of her hands as an active orange me appeared on the tip of her ws. She then threw it on Aakesh¡¯s palms.


    If it were before today, Lili would¡¯ve worried about causing an injury to Aakesh since both had an equal level of strength, but now that she had seen Aakesh¡¯s growth, she didn¡¯t have to worry about it. Even her full power attack wouldn¡¯t be able tond a scratch on Aakesh, let alone cause an injury.


    The Apocalyptic energy ball stopped growing on Aakesh¡¯s palms as he stopped providing any more energy to it.


    The next moment, the orange me shed with the energy ball.


    In front of Aakesh and Lily, the Apocalyptic energy ball devoured Lily¡¯s Epochal me as if it were nothing.


    ¡°Ugh!¡± Lily groaned in pain as a headache attacked him after the sudden devour of her me.


    ¡°Damn, you already have a strong body, but now even such skill,¡± Lily jealouslymented, seeing the strength of Aakesh¡¯s skill.


    At the same time, she also felt happy as the stronger Aakesh became, the more secure he would be from any harm.


    ¡°Did youpletely exterminate the organization behind the intrusions?¡± Lily asked after Aakesh deactivated the skill and the energy ball disappeared.


    ¡°Only the organization¡­,¡± Aakesh then told Lily about the events of his hunt from the start.


    ¡°This system is bullshit. How can it let the bug exist when it can create serious trouble for you?¡± Lily cursed the system after hearing about the three-second bug.


    [Host, should I teach Lily a lesson for cursing the system?]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s voice rang inside the store so that Lily could also hear it. If not for the emotionless tone, Aakesh would¡¯ve thought that the system was joking with Lily.

 Chapter 464

    Chapter 464: Lily¡¯s choice!


    [Host, should I punish Lily for cursing the system?]


    After Lily¡¯s cursing, the system¡¯s voice rang inside the store for both Aakesh and Lily to hear.


    ¡°Huh!¡± Lily responded with a confused expression.


    [The system takes anything rted to the Host very seriously, so ming the system for not caring for the Host¡¯s security is a grave usation.]


    The system responded and told the reason behind asking such a question when it had never done things like this.


    ¡°No need,¡± Aakesh told the system as the system never joked, and he had no interest in letting it hurt Lily.


    Lily¡¯s mouth flew into a puff as she was disappointed with the system for even thinking of punishing her.


    Aakesh could only smile wryly, feeling the disappointment around Lily. He then gently picked Lily up from his head and brought her to his eyesight.


    He then gently flicked Lily¡¯s head, making Lily hiss at Aakesh.


    ¡°Are you angry at me?¡± Aakesh smilingly asked and ruffled Lily¡¯s fur.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Lily responded in her child-like voice and then attempted to jump away from Aakesh¡¯s hand to her favorite ce, his head.


    ¡°Here, I thought, I would take you with me to the ruin,¡± Aakesh smilingly responded and stooped his attempts to stop Lily from jumping.


    Lily suddenly stopped in her attempts to leave Aakesh and then looked at him as her tiny eyes got bigger.


    ¡°You will take me?¡± Lily asked as she couldn¡¯t believe what he said.


    ¡°Yes, but since you¡¯re angry with me, let¡¯s forget about it,¡± Aakesh replied and gently put Lily on his head.


    ***


    After buying an Emperor-grade sword costing around nine hundred thousand superior Primal stones, the customer left the store.


    Aakesh also stopped making fun of Lily and allowed her toe with him whenever he would leave for the portal and the world inside it.


    ¡°The boy died,¡± Lilymented after learning the story of Turta from Aakesh.


    ¡°Can you revive him?¡± Lily suddenly asked as she looked at Aakesh. Both were seated on their chairs.


    ¡°Yes, I have enough knowledge in thew of life u0026 death to revive someone,¡± Aakesh smilingly responded.


    ¡°So revive him?¡± Lily responded as she felt sad about what happened with the boy and how much misery he lived in?


    Since her birth, Lily had been living with Aakesh in an isted space where she has seen Aakesh¡¯s unconditional love for her, so when she learned about the cruel way through which Turta died, she couldn¡¯t help but feel sad for her.


    ¡°Are you sure?¡± Aakesh smilingly asked as he wanted to let the Multiverse judge the fate of the dead.


    ¡°Yes, the boy also deserves someone who loves him as you love me?¡± Lily responded straight away.


    ¡°Fine. You now only have two promises left from me,¡± Aakesh smilingly responded. He had promised Lily toplete three wishes for her, and now he was granting her first wish.


    Lily had no problem with it, so she didn¡¯t interrupt Aakesh and waited for him to go ahead and give a new life to the boy.


    Seeing Lily having no problem with it, Aakesh snapped his fingers.


    At the same time, the scene of the woman carrying her dead son emerged in his mind. Lily wanted to see someone loving Turta the same way he loved her.


    So for Aakesh, a mother who got delusional yet didn¡¯t let go of her dead son in hopes of rescuing him, there can be no better option than that.


    Aakesh then stood up from his chair and disappeared from the store with Lily.


    Somewhere in Kakot,


    ¡°Please give him peace, and if he has next life, give him a mother who can afford his treatment and not let him die,¡± The woman cried at the grave of his newborn son.


    While both the woman and her father wept, the father tightly held his daughter¡¯s shoulders.


    Suddenly the grave of the boy started shining, shocking both the mother and her father.


    ¡°I am reviving your son. Give him as much love as possible.¡±


    A child-like unfamiliar voice rang in the area as the soil started moving apart.


    A few secondster, the corpse of the boy appeared in full view of the duo of daughter and father, and with it, a rotten smell also emanated since the boy had died for days before the mother gave him a burial.


    The next moment, a light green light covered the entirety of the boy¡¯s corpse. His body started healing at a visible rate while minimal changes were also happening in the boy¡¯s body structure.


    A few secondster, the healed boy presented itself in the eyes of both the mother and grandfather.


    The mother and her father were kneeling, looking in the direction from where the voice came. They couldn¡¯t see the appearance of their benefactors. They could only see a blurred dot floating in the air.


    ¡°The boy will open his eyes in ten seconds. Protect him this time,¡± The same child-like voice rang again, and the blurred dot in the sky disappeared.


    The duo then turned their eyes around and saw a perfectly fine boy sleeping with an unexinable peaceful expression while his clothes were torn and dirty due to the soil around him.


    If the duo looked closely, they would see that there was a slight change in the appearance of the boy. But currently, they didn¡¯t have the mood to focus on it, and they were only happy as the boy was about to open his eyes.


    The mother rushed toward her son and gently picked him up when suddenly a cry rang in the area as the boy regained his consciousness.


    ¡°My boy, my boy!¡± The mother cried out as tears streamed down her cheeks.


    The cries of the duo of mother and son rang in the area. The old man didn¡¯t interrupt them and looked at his daughter with a smile and tears streaming down his cheeks.


    Aakesh and Lily, who had erased their presence after the second call, returned to the store after the boy opened his eyes.


    ***


    A/N: Many readers may not have liked the death of Turta, one reader even quit the story, but since I had no ns to spoil the revival of the boy, so I didn¡¯t share that with the said reader.


    Thanks for continuing and not quitting since the death of named characters hurt readers.

 Chapter 465

    Chapter 465: Waiting


    ¡°Why did you ask me to speak? Couldn¡¯t we have just resurrected the boy and left from there?¡± Lily asked after returning to the store.


    Aakesh had revived the boy, so he should¡¯ve been the one to say it, but instead, he told her to speak, and she didn¡¯t even know the reason for it.


    ¡°What do you think would happen if a dead boy walks out from his grave after dying?¡± Aakesh lightly flicked Lily¡¯s head and smilingly asked.


    Lily rubbed the spot and responded, ¡°People will think of him as a vessel of some evil being.¡±


    Aakesh nodded. ¡°Since you were the one to exhaust your wish, I told you to speak. You should be their benefactor and be a part of their prayers, not me.¡±


    Turta belonged to the Earthen Troll race, and he had the soul of Sufotal, a Primordial creature. So Aakesh revived Turta using the boy¡¯s soul and modified his appearance in a way Turta would look if he were to be human.


    The revival didn¡¯t stop at a simr appearance, but the boy also got the long lifespan of an Earthen Troll. Since Aakesh was reviving Turta, not the boy, he gave every ability an Earthen Troll had in his control to the boy, like an unparalleled control over the element of earth. The boy would slowly awaken it as he aged.


    ¡°Now you only have two wishes left,¡± Aakesh smilinglymented as he pinched Lily¡¯s already tiny cheeks.


    ¡°I know. I will not use it wastefully,¡± Lily hissed toward Aakesh and then responded, as any wish from Aakesh wasn¡¯t a minor deal.


    ***


    ¡°It has been hours since we¡¯ve been waiting here. How long do you think before your partner woulde?¡± The figure irritatingly asked.


    ¡°After sunset,¡± Lenna responded while her eyes were focused on the portal.


    ¡°The sun has almost set, so why didn¡¯t you ask him to prepone his schedule by a few minutes?¡± The figure suggested as he had gotten bored of waiting here for hours.


    If not for his father forcing him toe here, he would¡¯ve nevere here. Being from a wealthy dynasty made him have no interest in ruin. He would enjoy his time withdies rather than waiting here for hours for a man and a ruin.


    ¡°No. He wille on his own,¡± Lenna replied. Her tone became respectful when she talked of Aakesh.


    ¡°Why not then enjoy ourselves until then?¡± The figure asked the question for the umpteenth time from when they had been waiting here.


    Lenna ignored the question andpletely focused on the portal.


    The figure had already gotten used to such a reaction from Lenna, so he also started looking around.


    His eyes then suddenly fell on a familiar figure.


    ¡°Wait for me,¡± The figure told Lenna and then disappeared.


    Lenna didn¡¯t mind as there was still time left before the sunset.


    ***


    ¡°What are you doing here?¡± The figure asked the Elvendy in front of him.


    ¡°My father forced me toe here. What are you doing here?¡± Thedy asked.


    ¡°Same reason,¡± The figure answered. He then leaned and whispered something into thedy¡¯s ears, bringing a smile to her face.


    ¡°Wait for me,¡± Thedy ordered her friends, who had been silently listening to her talking with the figure.


    The next moment, both thedy and the figure disappeared, while thedy¡¯s friends shook their heads and wryly smiled as they recognized the man. The duo had a rtionship in the past.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Move your hands away from me,¡± The figure irritatingly ordered the man dragging him in the air by grabbing his shoulder.


    Not far from there, a man simrly was dragging the Elvendy while her hair and clothes were in disarray.


    ¡°Young master, do you want me to treat you the way master told me to,¡± The person dragging the figure asked, sending shudders down the figure¡¯s spine.


    The man dragging the figure was his bodyguard, who would silently protect the figure until he entered the portal. Simrly, the man pulling the Elvendy had the same duty.


    The figure and the Elvendy had decided to blow off some steam, but before they could start, both the bodyguards acted and dragged their young master away.


    ¡°What¡¯s Randolf doing here?¡± The figure suddenly muttered, seeing Randolf with ten other members in his group teleporting in the sky not far from him.


    ¡°Leave me,¡± The figure ordered his bodyguard. His tone was stern. The bodyguard left the figure¡¯s shoulder and returned to his hiding spot.


    The figure then took a step forward and appeared next to Randolf.


    Randolf and the ten Divine Kings he brought with him activated their guards and got in a posture ready to attack anytime, sensing a presence next to them, but when they recognized the figure, they rxed.


    The figure couldn¡¯t help but turn shocked, seeing the change in his friend Randolf.


    ¡°What happened to you?¡± The figure asked.


    ¡°I am the new Emperor,¡± Randolf responded with his tone filled with helplessness.


    Randolf and the figure were close friends due to a great rtionship between their fathers.


    ¡°Congra-¡±


    The figure wanted to congratte Randolf, but his words came to a sudden stop as he remembered the situation of the Empire when he had met Randolf¡¯s father around three years ago.


    There could only be two situations where Randolf could be the Emperor; one, if the previous Emperor ascended, and second if thest Emperor died.


    Thest time he conversed with Randolf¡¯s father, he had no interest in ascending for the next ten thousand years, so there could only be one situation, and thinking that, he couldn¡¯t help but feel sad for his friend.


    ¡°I am sorry,¡± The figure attempted to console his friend.


    ¡°It¡¯s alright,¡± Randolf replied. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Randolf asked as he hade here to check therge influx of energy, but he didn¡¯t know what his friend was doing here.


    ¡°My father sent me here with the granddaughter of Aunty sha,¡± The figure answered and pointed at Lenna.


    Lenna sensed the pointing toward her, so she looked in that direction and found familiar faces.


    She had only met Randolf once, and that too was hundreds of years ago with her grandmother, so she only smiled in response to the pointing and returned her focus to the portal.

 Chapter 466

    Chapter 466: The Event(3)


    ¡°Oh,¡± Randolf replied and smiled, seeing Lenna¡¯s smile.


    ¡°Do you want toe with us?¡± The figure suddenly asked.


    ¡°Are you sure?¡± Randolf asked in surprise. The power difference between them was too big even to put it in words, so if they found a treasure both of them liked, the situation would turn ugly for the figure.


    ¡°Yes, I don¡¯t care about what I gain from the ruin, and you need as much support as possible in this situation,¡± The figure answered.


    The figure was being a good friend as he could understand the situation Randolf¡¯s Empire would go through if they didn¡¯t find anything to support the Empire.


    ¡°I don¡¯t have an issue with it if you don¡¯t have one, but you should ask her first,¡± Randolfmented, hearing his friend¡¯s answer.


    Randolf had nothing to worry about from his friend, so there won¡¯t be an issue with him even if they both liked the same treasure.


    The figure nodded and then disappeared. He then took a step forward and appeared next to Lenna.


    ¡°Would you have an issue if we entered the portal with Randolf and his group?¡± The figure asked Lenna.


    ¡°You asked them?¡± Lenna asked. She couldn¡¯t believe the naivety of the figure standing next to her.


    Even standing so far, Lenna could see the power difference between Randolf and the figure. Even if they joined forces, they won¡¯t be able to survive for a moment in a battle, let alone survive the entire group filled with Immortals.


    ¡°Yeah, what is your response?¡± The figure nodded and asked.


    ¡°No,¡± Lenna replied straight away. Even if she let go of her group members¡¯ naivety, she wasn¡¯t going to join groups with anyone since she had a deal with the store owner.


    ¡°Why?¡± The figure asked as he somewhat expected the response in his heart, but he didn¡¯t expect her to refuse straight away.


    ¡°We already have a group and goals for entering the portal,¡± Lenna answered. She then turned around and returned her focus to the portal without exining anything further.


    Randolf heard the discussion between Lenna and his friend, so he gestured to his friend to stop his attempts at joining groups. He then took a step forward toward the portal while his group members followed him.


    ***


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed.


    The time for the sun to set arrived, and with it, another round of darkness arrived in the life of the citizens of the Anga continent and Visteerna.


    ¡°It¡¯s time for the store to close. If you¡¯ve selected what you want to buy, buy them or return tomorrow to the store to select the weapon you like,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the customers in the weapons room, studying the weapons.


    There were around sixteen customers in the weapons room. They were all here due to not being strong enough to enter the portal, and due to there only being less than half an hour left for the sunset, they weren¡¯t eligible to enter Panagea or the training area.


    Time flew by.


    All the sixteen customers left the store, with only one of them buying a weapon since he was the only one satisfied with his choice of the saber in the sea of Emperor-grade sabers.


    After the sunset, Lenna told the figure to wait for her, and she teleported to the store using the supreme card.


    Since the store was open at that time, she teleported inside the store. She then turned around, exited the store, and started waiting there for Aakesh to close the store and leave with her for the portal.


    After not a single customer was left inside the store, Aakesh stood up from his chair, took a step forward, exited the store, and closed the door, bringing another day for the store to an end.


    ¡°Let¡¯s leave,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Lenna.


    The next moment, all three of them disappeared from the street and appeared only a few steps away from the portal on the ground.


    ¡°The mountain has disappeared,¡± Lily casuallymented as she jumped from Aakesh¡¯s head to the ground and looked around.


    ¡°Yeah,¡± Aakesh replied as he also looked around.


    The figure then approached Lenna. After suddenly disappearing, the next time she appeared, there was a person beside her. He understood that it was their third group member.


    Aakesh sensed someone approaching them, so he turned his head around and noticed a mutant of two races.


    It was a mutant of Oblivion Vampires and Moonlight Elves, with the Vampire bloodline suppressing the Elven bloodline.


    The Oblivion Vampires had dark skin, ck pupils, ck hair, and two curved horns. The figure had the same features, except for the ck hair and ears.


    The figure had silver hair just like Moonlight Elves with streaks of ck mixed in them, and like the Elves, the figure had pointy ears, butpared to the Elves, it wasn¡¯t as sharp.


    ¡°So this is the third member of the group?¡± The figure curiously asked, seeing the blue-skinned man standing next to Lenna.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Lenna answered.


    ¡°What about her? Is she also a part of the group?¡± The figure asked, pointing at Lily, looking around her.


    ¡°Yes, I am also part of the group. Who are you?¡±


    Before Lenna could reply, Lily responded.


    ¡°I am Norman. My father is the army head of the Empire of d,¡± The figure introduced himself. He didn¡¯t forget to introduce his father, as his father¡¯s status would deter the man from taking any actions against him in the ruin.


    Lenna could onlyugh at Norman in his head, hearing him speaking of his father¡¯s status. ¡®Only if he knew about the abilities of the store owner, he wouldn¡¯t dare to say this,¡¯ She thought in her head.


    ¡°I am Aakesh. She is Lily,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Norman like he didn¡¯t care about his father¡¯s status.


    Before the mission, Aakesh would¡¯ve had to worry about his safety since he had to pay a great price if he wanted the system¡¯s help outside the store. But now, he was already strong enough to destroy the entire Empire of d with a single attack, let alone some army head.


    ¡°You¡¯re here too,¡± Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice rang around Aakesh and the group.


    They then turned around, only for Norman to get the shock of his life.


    He saw the group of Void beasts approaching Aakesh of their own volition.

 Chapter 467

    Chapter 467: Request


    ¡°You¡¯re also here,¡± An unknown voice rang around Aakesh and the group, bringing their conversation to a halt.


    Except for Aakesh, everyone turned around to see the source of the voice. Lily didn¡¯t recognize the figure, so she had no reaction, but the same couldn¡¯t be said for Lenna and Norman.


    Lenna had an abnormal reaction at the start, but she calmed down right away as she knew about the store owner. Norman, on the other hand, had his eyes flew wide open and his jaw almost dropped to the ground from the shock seeing the Void beasts approaching their group.


    Norman wasn¡¯t the only one to have such an abnormal reaction.


    Arge number of people standing there had the same reaction. They consisted of the majority of the people who were weak to enter the portal, while the remaining ones were new arrival around it.


    They had seen how people were ufortable and not daring to speak something troubling around the Void beasts and how the beasts had ignored everyone and entirely kept their focus on the portal.


    Since three Void beasts had left for the portal, there were only eight in the group, and since Aakesh had only conversed with Oxen, they were unfamiliar with each other.


    The next moment, all eight Void beasts were in front of Aakesh.


    ¡°Hello, I am Natasha. I have heard a lot about you from Oxen,¡± One of the female Void beasts stepped out and introduced herself. Her tone was filled with respect. It was only to the limit anyone showed to their equal as the Void beasts didn¡¯t want to create a situation where they looked like subordinates of Aakesh.


    ¡°I am Aakesh, and she is Lily,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded and introduced himself and Lily.


    Hearing Aakesh introducing someone, Lily gained the curiosity of the Void beasts. They looked at Lily, only to get surprised.


    ¡°How?¡± One of the Void beasts asked as he recognized the race of Lily. Thest he heard, Epochal Felines had entirely gotten extinct several Epochs ago due to the loss of their bloodline.


    They then looked in shock toward Aakesh. Their fear of Aakesh got even worse since Epochal Felines weren¡¯t weak creatures in the first ce. Someone who had the ability to revive a beast belonging to the Epochal Feline could be an even stronger mighty figure than they had expected.


    ¡°Hmph, don¡¯t look at me!¡± Lily scoffed after getting irritated by the look of shock on the beast¡¯s face.


    ***


    ¡°Do you know anything about the portal and ruin inside it?¡± After the Void beasts got over the shock of finding an Epochal Feline, Natasha asked.


    ¡°No!¡± Aakesh replied straight away.


    Except for sensing a dangerous level of life inside the portal and Turta being the person who activated it, Aakesh knew nothing about it.


    ¡°If the ruin inside the portal turned out to be disastrous for the Primal dimension, would you help us to defend the dimension?¡± One of the Void beasts suddenly asked.


    ¡°We¡¯ll see,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered. He wouldn¡¯t attack anyone for anything unless their actions affected him, Lily, or the store in any way.


    The Void beast¡¯s faces were filled with disappointment, hearing Aakesh¡¯s response. They had already given theirst weapon to Oregon before leaving, so he would take action if he found the ruins were disastrous for the Primal dimension, but if it didn¡¯t work, the Void beasts wanted as much help as possible. And they only found Aakesh to be strong enough to stand with them.


    ¡°We have a request before you enter the portal,¡± Natashamented, getting over the disappointment from Aakesh¡¯s answer.


    Aakesh stared at Natasha and didn¡¯t say anything.


    ¡°If you find Oxen, Talia, and Oregon inside the portal, if possible, help them. They have a mission that they can¡¯t fail at any cost,¡± Natasha told her request.


    Natasha had no idea that all three of them had gotten separated when they entered the portal. Whether they would meet or not was left for the future.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to Natasha¡¯s request and didn¡¯t give the Void beasts a word.


    Norman, who had been silently listening since the start with his mouth wide open, couldn¡¯t help but look at Lenna in shock for knowing someone like Aakesh.


    Lenna ignored Norman¡¯s stare as she had expected a simr reaction from Norman when he found out about the store owner. Someone who could have friendly rtions with Dragons couldn¡¯t be an ordinary figure.


    If not for fear of offending Aakesh, Lenna and her family would¡¯ve made stories about the legend of Aakesh; such was the respect they had for him. Especially sha, who believed Aakesh to be an avatar of a Dragon.


    ¡°Be careful, a strong figure has entered the portal, and she has a purpose,¡± One of the Void beasts suddenly informed Aakesh as he remembered Lilith, how she had forcefully preponed the opening time of the portal.


    ¡°I will help them once,¡± After hearing the concerns of the Void beast, Aakesh decided to help the trio of Oxen once.


    Even though he already knew about Lilith, the Void beasts didn¡¯t know that, yet they informed him of her danger. To repay the favor, he would help the trio of Void beasts if it didn¡¯t bring any harm to him or Lily.


    As for Lenna and Norman, they would stay safe in the group until they stayed in their line, and didn¡¯t attempt anything Aakesh didn¡¯t like.


    A smile appeared on all the Void beast¡¯s faces, hearing the assurance of a single help from Aakesh.


    ¡°Let me say thanks in advance then,¡± Natasha smilingly responded.


    ¡°Are these two also in your group,¡± Natasha asked as her eyes finally fell on Lenna and Norman.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded.


    ¡°Greetings, seniors! I am Lenna, a Moonlight Elf,¡± Lenna bowed and respectfully greeted the Void beasts.


    ¡°Greetings, seniors! I am Norman, an Oblivion Vampire with a tiny bloodline of Moonlight Elves from my mother,¡± Norman did the same.


    Natasha nodded.


    She then raised her hands, and two blobs of green light the size of an almond emerged on her palm.


    ¡°Here, it willpletely heal you in no time, even if only a drop of your blood remained,¡± Natasha then handed the two blobs of energy to Lenna and Norman, respectively. For Lily, she didn¡¯t have to do it as she could see the rtionship between Aakesh and her.

 Chapter 468

    Chapter 468: Entry


    Lenna and Norman wanted to refuse, but their hands suddenly moved on their own and gently took the energy blob from Natasha.


    While all this happened, they looked on with shock on their faces. Aakesh didn¡¯t interfere or stop Natasha as she wasn¡¯t doing anything to harm Lenna and Norman.


    ¡°Thank you, senior!¡±


    ¡°Thank you, senior!¡±


    Since Lenna and Norman had gotten it now and had no choice but to take it with them, they stopped struggling. They then thanked Natasha for the gift.


    In the grandeur of the Void beasts, the effect of the green blob didn¡¯t look much impressive, but in reality, it was better than anything.


    If they were to sell the green blob, it would go for millions of supreme Primal stones since it could save the cultivator even if only a drop of their blood remained, which almost meant reviving.


    Natasha nodded in response to their thanks.


    ¡°You don¡¯t mind, do you?¡± Natasha asked Aakesh after forcefully giving presents to the duo.


    ¡°No,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    ¡°We will not take any more of your time. Stay safe inside the portal,¡± Natasha wished Aakesh good luck.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go,¡± Aakesh told his group members.


    Lily returned to Aakesh¡¯s head while Lenna and Norman nodded.


    Aakesh then took a step forward, with the duo following him.


    The closer to the portal Aakesh got, the more dangerous the leaked energy he sensed.


    Lenna, Norman, and Lily seemed unaffected as they couldn¡¯t sense anything from the portal.


    When Aakesh reached the portal, he gently ruffled Lily¡¯s fur,fortably sitting on his head, bringing an annoyed reaction to her face. He then took a step forward and entered the expansive scene filled with shining stars, while Lenna and Norman took a deep breath and entered after Aakesh.


    After entering, Aakesh sensed the space tightening around them, but the feeling wasn¡¯t ufortable, but instead, Aakesh felt like sinking into warm water at a very slow rate.


    The feeling didn¡¯t continue for long as only the next moment, it disappeared, and Aakesh appeared in the world inside the portal.


    Aakesh¡¯s face turned grave right away as he felt Lily missing from his head. He then turned around and found Lenna and Norman absent as well.


    Aakesh¡¯s face turned ugly as he had brought Lily with him since she would be in his protection. But the situation here was unexpected.


    The entry inside the portal separated them all, while he didn¡¯t even find it, and the system also didn¡¯t inform him.


    ¡°Hey, system, why didn¡¯t you tell me?¡± Aakesh asked the system, his tone cold.


    [Host, the system is only bound to inform and protect you inside the store. Did you forget that the system¡¯s protection outside the store has disappeared.]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh fell silent and didn¡¯t say anything for a few seconds.


    ¡°Protect Lily at all costs,¡± Aakesh told the system. His tone denoted that he wouldn¡¯t take no for an answer.


    [Host, the protection won¡¯te free at cost.]


    The system responded as after setting up the store in Kakot, the system had informed him that every help from the system would cost dearly.


    ¡°I know,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied. He didn¡¯t care about the cost as long as Lily was safe from any harm.


    [Host, do you want the protection to stay active for all time, or do you want it only to activate when there is a danger?]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh, who had just relieved a sigh after activating the protection on Lily, couldn¡¯t help but get his lips twitched, hearing the questions from the system.


    The system was acting as a salesman when he was one in the first ce.


    ¡°Only when danger arrives,¡± Aakesh answered.


    Even for him, the cost of the protection to stay active all the time wasn¡¯t feasible. He wouldn¡¯t be able to pay back the sum required, so only the choice of protection activating when the danger arrived was an option.


    While answering, Aakesh also hoped for no danger to arrive on Lily as the price was too much to bear, and he also didn¡¯t want to dampen Lily¡¯s mood.


    [Host, the protection on Lily has been activated.]


    The system answered.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the system¡¯s answer and then focused on his surroundings, which he had been negating due to his concern for Lily.


    Aakesh stood in a vast open ground filled with different kinds of nts and flowers, and there were also barren patches, creating a weird scene.


    Aakesh attempted to fly to get arger view, but he found himself frozen on the spot when he tried it.


    Aakesh gave up after his first attempt as there was no point in it. Flying was restricted inside the world, and he found himself too weak to destroy the restriction.


    Aakesh then looked up in the sky and found nothing but darkness. It waspletely different from the scene he saw from outside the portal, where there were countless shining stars, creating an unexinable beautiful background.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Suddenly, a flying sound rang in the area, bringing Aakesh out of his thoughts.


    Aakesh looked toward the source of the sound, only to find an arrow flying toward him.


    The arrow couldn¡¯t look anything more than ordinary, but the space fluctuating around it gave away its strong attack power.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t let the arrow hit him as it could create an injury. Aakesh raised the tip of one of his fingers, pointed toward the arrow, and then a dark beam of light flew from the finger toward the arrow with an even quicker speed.


    ¡°Chhiss!¡±


    The next moment, a burning sound rang in the area as the dark beam shed with the arrow.


    In no time, the arrow burned into ashes, and then even its ashes disappeared into nothingness.


    Aakesh had no time to celebrate the first sessful use of his skill, as the next moment, he found the sky covered with tens of thousands of simr arrowsing toward him with even quicker momentum.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as he raised both his hands and pointed at the sky.


    The next moment, his fingers released a continuous strike of dark beams likeser beams onto the thousands of arrows.


    The arrows in the sky started to disappear at a visible rate, but then suddenly.

 Chapter 469

    Chapter 469: Struggle!


    As the continuous strikes of the dark energy beam released by Aakesh shed with the arrows approaching him, the arrows started burning into ashes and then disappearing at a visible rate.


    In no time, half the arrows got entirely burnt to ashes, and then their ashes also disappeared into nothingness. Then suddenly, Aakesh found a movement under the ground right below him.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Before Aakesh could dodge or attack, the ground suddenly exploded, creating a vast mushroom cloud filled with soil, rocks, and portions of nts and flowers.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Aakesh was thrown several meters backward due to the force released by the explosion.


    Due to being in close proximity to the explosion, Aakesh took the brunt of the attack, but his reflexes didn¡¯t fail him. He had activated the skill, Counter Shield, straight away.


    The explosion turned out to be powerful enough to cross the threshold of the shield, but it had done what Aakesh wanted.


    The explosion failed to create any damage to him, while he also seeded in stabilizing his foot to the ground after he got thrown by force.


    When the mushroom cloud subsided, the area where the explosion had urred turned into one of the barren patches in the area.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell on the sky. Due to the sudden explosion, his dark energy beams hade to a sudden halt. Fortunately for him, the st right below Aakesh¡¯s feet proved to be good for him as it ended up destroying the majority of the arrows, and those who remained had lost more than half of their momentum.


    Not even a second had passed when Aakesh found the movement under the ground again.


    This time instead of using Counter Shield, Aakesh activated Apocalyptic st.


    He raised his hands, his palms pointing in the direction of the ground. The next moment, a dark energy ball the size of a tennis ball emerged.


    The environment here was element rich. Inparison to the store, the condition here could get better, but whenpared with other ces, here would be considered the highest energy concentration in the Primal dimension.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Another explosion urred, but this time, Aakesh was the creator. He rammed the energy ball onto the ground, resulting in another appearance of a mushroom cloud.


    Since the skill was the reward given to Aakesh by the system, even if he stood in the midst of the st, he wouldn¡¯t get a scratch, as the strike¡¯s energy and force released by it was negated to him.


    When the mushroom cloud subsided, not even a single arrow remained in the sky, while another of the barren patch appeared on the ground.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but be surprised, seeing his skill not even damaging a cm ofnd on the ground. Except for the disappearance of the nts and flowers, the soil was still the same as before. It had the same hardness, and the ground difference was also simr.


    He didn¡¯t even find the creator of the movement under the ground before the explosion.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Suddenly a continuous sound of something tearing through the air rang in the area, making Aakesh irritated.


    The arrows covered the sky again, but they were several-fold greater in number this time, almost reaching a million.


    Aakesh felt irritated as he hadn¡¯t found the enemy yet, and it was already the third round of shooting.


    Aakesh was going to release another round of beams when suddenly, he felt the movement under the ground again.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold. The next moment, he deactivated the skill and just stood there.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion sound rang in the area as another mushroom cloud emerged, while Aakesh was thrown several miles backward.


    For some reason, Aakesh didn¡¯t attempt to stop himself and let the force take care of it.


    Since the ground was open, Aakesh had no obstruction in his way as he was thrown.


    His fall finally came to a stop as a made of sticky material caught him.


    ¡°Hehe, you¡¯re finally here,¡± The next moment, a female voice rang in the area. The voice contained a mixture of emotions like greed and hunger.


    Aakesh wanted to turn his head to look in the direction of the voice, but when he attempted it, he found his head stuck onto the. He could neither move it to the right nor left, but he could only see his front.


    Aakesh stopped struggling and waited for the creature toe forward.


    ¡°Eh! Why did you stop struggling?¡± The voice sounded astonished, seeing her hunt not struggling to move freely.


    ¡°Struggle! If you won¡¯t struggle, how will I enjoy eating you?¡± The voice sounded angry with Aakesh. Soon the started shaking, making the sticking force stronger and more difficult for Aakesh to move.


    It was the creature who was shaking the. Aakesh still didn¡¯t do anything and only looked in front of him with no emotions on his face.


    Due to facing the explosion, Aakesh had gotten numerous injuries across his body. Fortunately for him, none of them were severe and were only shallow that if Aakesh wanted them to recover, they would heal in no time.


    ¡°STRUGGLE!¡±


    ¡°STRUGGLE!¡±


    ¡°STRUGGLE!¡±


    The creature turned hysterical, seeing Aakesh making no attempts to get free from the.


    ¡°Since you aren¡¯t struggling, I will torture you first and then eat you slowly,¡± The voice rang again. It still contained craziness, but there was also sanity in the voice, denoting that the creature had given up on making her prey struggle to leave.


    As expected, the shaking of the came to a stop.


    Aakesh still couldn¡¯t see the creature, but he was caught in the in an awkward position.


    His right foot was next to his mouth, while his left foot touched his waist. Both his hands were bound together like there were no bones in them, but Aakesh still had no emotions on his face, and neither did he let his numerous superficial wounds recover.


    ¡°CLOMP!¡±


    ¡°CLOMP!¡±


    ¡°CLOMP!¡±


    The next moment, continuous sounds of heavy footsteps rang in the area. Thend around the shook, resulting in the also shaking.


    Previously Aakesh couldn¡¯t see the creature, but after the shook due to thend, it turned into a favorable position for him.


    Aakesh could finally see the owner of the and voice asking him to struggle.

 Chapter 470

    Chapter 470: Reasons!


    Due to the shaking of the, Aakesh finally found himself in the direction he wanted to see.


    The owner of the voice finally presented itself to Aakesh.


    The creature was so towering that it was hundreds of thousands of miles away from where Aakesh was, yet Aakesh felt as if the creature was right in front of him.


    A surprised expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as he recognized the creature.


    The creature in front of Aakesh was a spider, but it had 108 pairs of legs and a three colored carapace, purple being the bottom, blood-red being the mid, and ck being the top.


    There was a crown-like structure on top of the spider¡¯s head, and it was also three-colored, just like its carapace.


    The spider legs were in the form of tree roots, and they were spread across the ground. Aakesh couldn¡¯t see their ends. He finally knew the source of the movement below his feet and the reason behind random barren patches in the area.


    The creature standing in front of Aakesh wasn¡¯t a being from the Primal dimension, but it was an exclusive native to the Sacred dimension.


    These creatures were one of the mid-tier races in the Sacred dimension, and since none of them had been able to ascend, they stayed exclusive to the Sacred dimension.


    It belonged to a race called Three-Colored Crown Spider in the arachnid group.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, it didn¡¯t have the strength it usually had, or Aakesh would¡¯ve died and wouldn¡¯t have survived up to this point. Aakesh believed the spider¡¯s attack power to be simr to the Void beasts since he found its attacks powerful but not life-threatening.


    The crown of the spider was made up of simr arrows that were shot against Aakesh from the start.


    Aakesh finally found the source of both the arrows and the st.


    The crown shot arrows, while the spider legs did the st since it was their ability.


    After finding out the enemy, Aakesh still didn¡¯t move and waited for the creature to approach him.


    The reason he got himself caught was to fight the enemy head-on.


    The reason he didn¡¯t get himself free straight away and instead waited for the spider to arrive near him was because of the spider¡¯s ability to create explosions.


    The spider had 108 legs, and all of them were spread underground. Unfortunately for Aakesh, he could neither fly nor sense what was happening under the ground. If he could, he wouldn¡¯t have only found out about the movement when it happened right below his feet, not once but all three times.


    Since the spider had 108 legs, it had the ability to create 108 explosions at once. Even Aakesh knew his body wouldn¡¯t be able to handle the force unleashed by simultaneous sts, and it was only the best case. He didn¡¯t know whether the spider could release more than one explosion or not from its one leg.


    Aakesh emotionlessly looked at the spidering toward him. Due to its legs spread across the underground, the spider walked at a crawling rate, and it created straight mounds across the ground simultaneously.


    But since the spider spanned across tens of thousands of miles, it reached Aakesh in only a few seconds.


    ¡°If you¡¯d struggled, I wouldn¡¯t have to torture you,¡± A female voice rang in the area as the spider bent its head and looked closely at its prey.


    ¡°Hehe, let¡¯s see how long you can maintain this facade,¡± The spider chucked, seeing the emotionless face of Aakesh.


    The next moment, the crown on the spider¡¯s head started shining.


    Not long after, arrows got released from it, and then they flew toward Aakesh stuck to the.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, continuous sounds of explosion rang in the area as the arrows shed with Aakesh.


    The explosion wasn¡¯trge since the spider wanted to torture Aakesh and not kill him. The arrows hit different parts of Aakesh¡¯s body.


    ¡°Eh!¡± The spider eximed in surprise as when the fire released from the explosion subsided, its prey was nowhere to be seen.


    ¡°How¡­ how¡­ how did you get free?¡± The next moment, the spider trembled and asked in fear as it found energy gathering on its head.


    The reason these spiders were called Three-colored Crown Spiders, even though their carapace had the same color formation and crowns weremon in arachnid groups, was because the crowns contained their life source.


    The crown was the most durable part of their body, and simrly, their weakness, as they could survive when their heads were severed, hearts got burst/taken out, but they couldn¡¯t live if their crowns got destroyed.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t answer with words, but instead, with his attack. He rammed the dark energy ball the size of a basketball into the center of the crown.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Argh!¡±?


    Continuous cracking sounds rang in the area, and the spider screamed in pain as its crown started having cracks.


    The crowns weren¡¯t called the most durable part of these spiders for no reason. Except for a few cracks, nothing major happened despite taking Aakesh¡¯s strike head-on.


    Aakesh was aware of its durability, so right after his first strike, he activated the skill once more and rammed into the center of the crown again.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    Mixtures of sounds rang in the area as after every attack, an explosion would ur, resulting in the crack expanding and making the spider feel unbearable pain.


    ¡°Please¡­ please, let me¡­ me go,¡± The spider pleaded for the umpteenth time as it never expected the situation to turn unfavorable for it right after it presented itself.


    Aakesh ignored the spider¡¯s pleadings and continued bombarding his Apocalyptic st onto the center of its crown.


    Aakesh hadn¡¯t used the full-powered attack for now, as he wanted to have some words with the spider before killing it.


    He didn¡¯t want to test the strength of his full-powered Apocalyptic st live on the spider before he didn¡¯t find some things rted to this world.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°How did youe here?¡± Aakesh asked after destroying half the spider¡¯s crown.


    Since the Apocalyptic st contained the element of Nihility, the injury on the crown refused to heal, resulting in the spider opening its mouth.


    ¡°I was born here,¡± The voice rang in the area as the spider¡¯s mouth was several timesrger than Aakesh.

 Chapter 471

    Chapter 471: Conjectures!


    Aakesh stopped ramming Apocalyptic st into the center of the crown after it looked almost breaking in half.


    One more strike and the crown would crack into several pieces, resulting in the spider¡¯s death.


    The spider¡¯s screams came to a stop as Aakesh jumped down its head, but when he jumped, he grabbed the spider¡¯s head and mmed it to the ground.


    The head wasn¡¯t as sensitive as the crown for the spider. So except for some difort due to the sudden mming, the spider didn¡¯t feel anything more.


    ¡°How did youe here?¡± Aakesh asked as it was now time for him to ask questions about this world.


    The spider couldn¡¯t understand the sudden change in Aakesh¡¯s action, so it silently gawked at him, resulting in Aakesh creating another energy ball in his hands.


    Seeing the dark energy ball in Aakesh¡¯s hands, the spider¡¯s already pale face turned paler as it knew what would be its result after another of his strike.


    ¡°I¡­ I will answer,¡± The spider pleaded.


    ¡°I was born here,¡± The voice rang in the area as the spider¡¯s mouth was several timesrger than Aakesh, despite both being on the ground.


    At the same time, the spider attempted to heal its crown by transferring half of its energy since the unbearable pain would continue as long as it stayed in the same situation.


    Unfortunately for the spider, Aakesh¡¯s attack contained elements of destruction and Nihility, so any point of energy that attempted to heal the crown got destroyed.


    The spider simrly didn¡¯t want to depend upon the mood of the blue-skinned man in front of it, so under the ground, all its 108 legs started gathering. They stopped a meter away from the part below Aakesh¡¯s feet so as not to make him aware of it.


    The humiliation the spider had faced today would be unbearable for it, so it wanted to kill Aakesh at any cost.


    If the spider got even a tiny chance to go ahead, it would create 324 sts at once and run.


    Aakesh¡¯s judgment to not leave the and fight when the spider reached close to him proved to be correct since each leg of the spider had the ability to create three sts at once. If Aakesh were to face 324 such explosions at once, survival would be a foregone conclusion unless he took the help of the system.


    ***


    A surprised expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as the Three-colored Crown Spiders were exclusive to the Sacred dimension, so how could they stay here?


    ¡°Hey, system, does this area belong to the Sacred dimension?¡± Aakesh asked the system. Since he had an encyclopedia of knowledge like the system with him, why wouldn¡¯t he take its help?


    [No, Host!]


    The next moment, the system answered in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice.


    ¡°Does this area belong to the Primal dimension?¡± Suddenly a question emerged in his mind, hearing the system¡¯s answer, so he decided to satisfy his curiosity by asking the question.


    [No, Host!]


    ¡®As expected,¡¯ Aakesh thought as the same thought had emerged in his heart after the system¡¯s answer.


    ¡°Hey, system, is this area its own dimension?¡± Aakesh asked. This conjecture had emerged in his heart for the reason behind the spider, who was born with divinity to be here and then not even have the peak strength of a Void beast.


    [Yes, Host!]


    As expected, Aakesh¡¯s conjecture turned out to be correct.


    The world he was in didn¡¯t belong to any dimension, but it was in a different space altogether.


    After his conjecture turned out to be correct, another question emerged in Aakesh¡¯s heart, and it had nothing to do with this world but with him and the store.


    ¡°Hey, system, what¡¯s the time difference between the Primal dimension and here?¡±


    After asking the question, Aakesh hoped that the time rate was quick here, not the Primal dimension, as he had to maintain a store that wouldn¡¯t open on its own and sell products.


    [Host, the time difference between the Primal dimension and these words is 1,000,000:1.]


    A surprised expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as the time difference between the Primal dimension and this world is the same as the difference between the Primal dimension and the third dimension.


    At the same time, Aakesh also heaved a sigh of relief. He could now freely travel here for years and still would be able to exit the world and open his store the next day.


    ¡®The things have be more interesting,¡¯ Aakesh thought in his heart as a new conjecture appeared in his mind, and this time, he was confident in it.


    Simrly, a feeling of excitement appeared in his heart as it was the first time he would do things that had nothing to do with the store since the moment he opened his eyes. The reason for Aakesh¡¯s excitement was that he was not the most powerful here, so he could now prove why Aakesh was superior to others unless he got bored of doing it.


    ¡°What¡¯s the name of this world?¡± Aakesh returned his focus to the spider and asked.


    ¡°A world? What¡¯s a world?¡± A confused expression appeared on the spider¡¯s face as it didn¡¯t know what the world meant.


    ¡°What¡¯s the name of this ce you¡¯re standing on?¡± Aakesh asked, simplifying his question.


    ¡°Oh, this. It¡¯s spider den,¡± The spider answered as if it understood what the blue-skinned man wanted to ask.


    Aakesh stayed silent for a few seconds, hearing the answer since he didn¡¯t know what to say.


    ¡°Do you know the name of the nearby ces?¡± He asked, breaking his own silence.


    ¡°Yes,¡± The spider answered and then started sharing the names of the ces near it.


    The more name Aakesh found out, the more surprised he became.


    The spider den was the name of the area in the control of the Three-colored Crown Spiders, and it wasn¡¯t the only spider living here. There were several of them, while the spider answering Aakesh¡¯s question was the queen and ruler of this territory, spanning billions of miles.


    Simr to the spider den, the nearby area¡¯s names were defined by their owner.


    Aakesh finally found a piece of valuable information about there being a ruler to whom the beasts around here paid tributes. Aakesh decided his next target to be the ruler as they must know more about this world than the spider.

 Chapter 472

    viousChapter 472: Unexpected Situation!


    ¡°Great being, I have answered all your questions, so please let me go now,¡± The spider pleaded after Aakesh stopped asking any questions.


    ¡°Oh, who told you I have no more questions to ask?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked, hearing the spider¡¯s plea.


    ¡°Forgive me for speaking out of my turn,¡± The spider apologized straight away. ¡®What would I even think if you fell silent for minutes after getting answers?¡¯ At the same time, the spider thought in its heart, but not daring to speak it out loud.


    Aakesh ignored the apology of the spider and only stared at the spider for a few more seconds without speaking anything, creating psychological pressure on the spider.


    ¡°I would let you go, but are you sure you won¡¯t use your skills to st this area?¡± Aakesh suddenlymented, making the already pale face of the spider even paler.


    ¡®How did he find out?¡¯ The spider thought in its heart as it had stopped its leg a meter away from Aakesh, so he won¡¯t be able to guess the situation.


    ¡°Why would I do that, o great being? I want to survive. I am not a fool,¡± The spidermented in response to Aakesh¡¯s question, saying the opposite of what it was thinking, without any hint of change in his voice.


    ¡°Is that so?¡± Aakesh asked with an expressionless face.


    ¡°Yes¡­ yes¡­ yes, great being,¡± The spider answered, nodding its head even though the pain increased by its actions. It didn¡¯t utter even a groan and continued nodding.


    ¡°You should have tried that,¡± Aakesh responded and then disappeared from the sight of the spider.


    The spider couldn¡¯t understand what just happened, but before it could, it sensed the same threatening energy on the top of its head, with an even greater destructive power.


    ¡°YO-¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    ¡°ARGH-¡±


    The spider angrily cursed Aakesh for his actions, but its voice came to a sudden halt as Aakesh rammed the energy ball to its already broken crown.


    The next moment, an explosion louder than all the previous explosions caused by Apocalyptic stbined urred, resulting in the crown breaking into several pieces. Even the spider¡¯s screams came to a sudden halt as it instantly lost its life.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Aakesh jumped down the head of the spider as the body of the spider started dissipating into light particles.


    The light particles went into the darkness of the sky, and then something unexpected happened.


    Out of nowhere, green clouds appeared in the sky.


    ¡°Pit-pat!¡±


    ¡°Pit-pat!¡±


    ¡°Pit-pat!¡±


    The next moment, the clouds started raining green liquid.


    Wherever the raindrop fell on the ground, sprouts appeared. As far as Aakesh could see, there were clouds and rain, yet not even a single raindrop touched Aakesh.


    When the raindrop looked to be seeding in wetting Aakesh, it would disintegrate into nothingness, making Aakesh devoid of any raindrops.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell to the ground as the spider¡¯s 108 legs gathered into a single tip, slowly emerged out of the ground.


    ¡®So, it had the idea,¡¯ Aakesh thought. When he had asked the spider about sting him, he was only testing. Since he couldn¡¯t sense anything below the ground, he had no idea of the spider¡¯s n.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, he always had the n of killing the spider after asking questions. How could he let go of the spider after it caused so many wounds across his body?


    Aakesh then activated his self-healing, which he had forcefully stopped up to this point to give some hope to the spider.


    In no time, not even a single wound remained on Aakesh. As for Aakesh¡¯s slightly-yellow dhoti, it was without any blemish or tear since it wasn¡¯t an ordinary piece of cloth. It only protected Aakesh up to the peak Immortal level of attack power, but it itself was almost indestructible in the Primal dimension.


    The rain was still falling. All the barren patches randomly spread around the area disappeared in no time, and green grass fields filled with flowers and nts took their ce.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh then eximed in surprise as he found the space bound around him disappearingpletely.


    He attempted to float in the air, and the next moment, he floated as no restriction stopped him. He felt the space around here to be even looser than the Primal dimension.


    He then attempted to look the underground, and as expected, his senses easily pierced through the ground, and he could see even the tiniest particle present there.


    While casually using his senses to see his reach across the underground, Aakesh came across the city filled with spiders.


    There were different kinds of spiders in the city and were led by Three-colored Crown Spiders. He searched even deeper into the city and felt as if he was traveling personally.


    Aakesh felt no restriction at all, unlike previously from the strict environment here.


    After a search of a few seconds, the entire city spanning millions of miles got caught in Aakesh¡¯s eyes. Now he was aware of every nook and corner and also the total number of creatures.


    Aakesh decided to leave the city on its own since they hadn¡¯te here to offend him, and he didn¡¯t want to waste time in mindless killings.


    Since Aakesh could now fly, he flew at the height of several miles into the air and then flew in the direction of the ruler here at his full speed.


    As for why didn¡¯t he teleport, he wanted to check something, and he also couldn¡¯t teleport the same distance like the Primal dimension here.


    The spider den was spread across billions of miles, so it took hours for Aakesh to cover that distance and reach the end of the territory previously controlled by the spider.


    ¡°As expected,¡± Aakesh muttered as he couldn¡¯t fly into the territory of another creature.


    He then descended to the ground at the edge of the spider den and then took a step forward.


    He didn¡¯t feel any obstruction as he stepped into new territory.


    Aakesh understood what was happening. When Aakesh killed the ruler of the spider den, he got control of the territory, so all the restrictions he had on him previously disappeared.


    Due to his crossing into an area ruled by another ruler, and because the ruler was alive, all the restrictions had returned.


    ¡°Just what does the figure behind all of this want?¡± Aakesh asked himself.

 Chapter 473

    Chapter 473: Massacre(1)


    After crossing into another territory, all the restrictions on Aakesh returned. He could neither fly nor use his sense to search any area other than the ground where he stood.


    ording to what Aakesh learned from the spider, this controlled territory spanned over a simr range. So if Aakesh wanted to leave from here on foot with all these restrictions, it would alone take him days, if not weeks, to cover that distance.


    The time difference between here and the actual world was 1;1,000,000. And since Aakesh had around nine hours left before the sun would rise on the Anga continent and Visteerna; so even if Aakesh spent centuries inside here, he would still have plenty of time to open the store at the sunrise.


    But ording to what Aakesh had learned from the spider: the territory of the ruler getting tributes from millions of creatures like and even more powerful beasts having vaster territories than the spider was thousands of lightyears of distance away, so if Aakesh traveled with all the restrictions on him, it would take decades, if not centuries for him only to travel.


    Considering this, Aakesh decided to go straight for the ruler of the territories that woulde in his way during the travel to the ultimate ruler. It would shorten the duration of his journey by severalfold.


    Since Aakesh had made his decision, he decided to get the ruler of this territory¡¯s attention.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, loud sounds rang in the area as Aakesh continuously punched the ground.


    Despite his half-strength punches, nothing major except for some dirt flying happened, but since Aakesh wanted to garner the ruler¡¯s attention toward him, he didn¡¯t stop and continued.


    Not long after, Aakesh noticed a silhouette in the air.


    This time the creature wasn¡¯t even the size of Aakesh, but it was even smaller than Lily.


    Since Aakesh had learned the details of the rulers of the neighboring territories from the spider, he was already aware of the race of the creature.


    It was a Genus Mosquito belonging to the Anopheles Group. As with the Three-colored Crown Spiders, the Genus Mosquitoes were a race exclusive to the Sacred dimension.


    The creature in front of Aakesh didn¡¯t even have one-fourth the strength of the spider hest fought, but since Aakesh knew the reason for it, he didn¡¯t ponder over the question.


    Genus Mosquitoes were creatures that were short-lived and lived in groups. It was also one of the races that couldn¡¯t be Immortal despite living in the Sacred dimension.


    (A/N: In the initial chapters, I have referred to the Sacred dimension as the dimension of Immortals, but still, there are several races that couldn¡¯t be Immortals even when they reached the peak of the dimension.)


    The Multiverse has always been fair, so if Genus Mosquitoes had short lives, their reproduction rate was one of the most superior. A single female mosquito could give birth to millions in her lifetime.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as this battle was going to be more challenging than the spider.


    As expected, not long after, millions and millions of Genus Mosquitoes appeared in the sky, with all of them having a simr amount of strength.


    Since Aakesh couldn¡¯t fly, he had to fight them standing on the ground.


    The next moment, Aakesh raised his hands(Palm pointing toward the sky). Soon, a dark energy ball started gathering.


    The Genus Mosquitoes had no restrictions on them, and they were also creatures with wings, so it didn¡¯t take long for their army to reach Aakesh.


    Aakesh controlled the dark energy ball the size of a basketball in his hands and waited for enough Genus Mosquitoes to arrive in his range.


    One on one, the Genus Mosquitoes didn¡¯t even have the strength to create a scratch on Aakesh, let alone harm him, so when the mosquitoes attempted to bite him, Aakesh didn¡¯t even feel a thing.


    When the number of mosquitoes increased, Aakesh finally felt a prick, but he controlled himself not to act as he wanted to kill as many as possible in these two attacks.


    Finally, more than three-fourths of the total number of Genus Mosquitoes had reached the range of 100 meters around Aakesh, so it was now time.


    Aakesh released the first Apocalyptic st.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud sound of explosion rang in the area, as the st engulfed everything in the range of 100 meters around Aakesh.


    The remaining Genus Mosquitoes, out of Aakesh¡¯s range of the explosion, attempted to escape as the st gave them chills. Thest thing they cared about was casualties, so they ran straight away.


    While in the range of 100 meters around Aakesh, a barren patch emerged, and no life was present except for Aakesh in that area.


    Since Aakesh was immune to the destruction caused by Apocalyptic st, he looked the same as before, except for a tiny bump the mosquitoes had created on his shoulder by biting. In no time, it disappeared.


    The restrictions on Aakesh still remained, so the ruler of the territory wasn¡¯t amid the millions of Genus Mosquitoes he had killed just now.


    Aakesh still had one more dark energy ball left, and he could also see the mosquitoes returning.


    The next moment, Aakesh found the air in the area suddenly turning chilly.


    ¡°So, you were the ruler,¡± Aakesh mumbled as his eyes fell on a giant mosquito, several times his size, floating in the air even though its wings didn¡¯t move.


    ¡°Why did you kill my children?¡± A shrill female voice rang in the area.


    It was the ruler of the territory that had asked the question. She was the strongest of the lot, but her strength was still only half of the spider.


    Aakesh ignored her question and started thinking of ways to kill the ruler.


    Since there were restrictions on him, his skill¡¯s attack range was only 100 meters. He couldn¡¯t jump more than a few hundred meters in the sky, and even that, he wouldn¡¯t be able to maintain for only around a second.


    The ruler was thousands of meters above in the sky, so Aakesh couldn¡¯t reach it unless it decided to descend, so he had to think of ways if he wanted to end this fight quickly.


    An idea emerged in his head, but he decided against it as it wasn¡¯t feasible.

 Chapter 474

    Chapter 474: Massacre(2)


    For a moment, Aakesh thought of using the mosquitoes as thedder to climb up to the ruler. But even the closest mosquito was several hundred meters below the ruler, so the idea wasn¡¯t feasible.


    If he fell from such heights in an area where he had several restrictions on him, broken bones would be the best scenario for him.


    ¡°They attacked me,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered in response to the question after finding no way to reach the ruler. Only using conversation as an issue remained.


    ¡°It¡¯s my territory. My children can do whatever they want. Why did you kill them?¡± The simr shrill female voice rang again in the area, with an unreasonable tone.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care for the tone as he had already decided the end result of the ruler. If he wanted to leave these areas quickly, he had no choice but to fight and kill the ruler to remove the restrictions on him.


    ¡°I am the ruler of spider den,¡± Aakesh introduced himself, ignoring her unreasonable tone and question.


    ¡°You killed that bitch,¡± The next moment, out of Aakesh¡¯s expectation, a joyous tone rang in the area after Aakesh informed the ruler of him gaining control over the spider¡¯s territory.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    ¡°Since you¡¯ve killed that bitch, I will forgive you for killing my children. You can leave, and you must never return here,¡± The ruler seemed to be happy with Aakesh killing the spider, so she forgave him and told him to leave.


    Despite them both being the ruler of two territories spanning simr lengths, the difference between the spider and the mosquito was too big due to the spider¡¯s strength.


    The spider had a limited number of people in her control, but they were all stronger, while the mosquito had a vast number of underlings, but they were weak.


    The spider would from time to time, enter her territory and leave after killing the mosquitoes.


    If not for the flying restrictions on the spider, she would¡¯ve conquered this territory long ago. Since the spider spanned tens of thousands of miles, no mosquito except for the ruler was able to reach that height, so the spider would intrude here from time to time and leave after eating her children.


    Since the Genus Mosquitoes had a limited lifespan, there hasn¡¯t been a fixed ruler of these territories.


    Before the current ruler, its mother was the previous one, and its mother, before that. The issue with the spider had been going on for hundreds of years since it gained control over the neighboring territory, and it wanted to expand its territory.


    Now that the ruler mosquito learned about the spider¡¯s death, how couldn¡¯t she be happy?


    Hearing the joy in the ruler¡¯s voice, Aakesh understood that the spider was hated here.


    Simrly, an idea emerged in his head, thinking about the spider.


    Aakesh only had a stature of a few meters, while his ultimate skill only had a range of around a hundred meters.


    So Aakesh couldn¡¯t do anything to the mosquitoes unless they reached his range. Which now seemed to be impossible. After the Apocalyptic st, the mosquitoes seemed to be afraid of him and increased the distance between them and him. So much so that even after their ruler appeared, they still didn¡¯t dare toe close to Aakesh. If not for the ruler, they would¡¯ve already run.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t say anything in response to the spider, turned around, and left the mosquito¡¯s territory.


    The countless Genus Mosquitoes and their ruler heaved a sigh of relief as the pressure Aakesh gave them was unbearable, especially after learning that Aakesh killed the spider.


    ***


    After leaving the mosquito¡¯s territory, Aakesh returned to the spider den. All the restrictions previously ced on him disappeared, giving him a feeling of freedom.


    Since the territory was now in control of Aakesh, he could now teleport.


    Aakesh already had a destination on his mind, so, the next moment, he disappeared from the ce he was standing.


    After Aakesh disappeared, the silhouette of the ruler of mosquitoes appeared.


    Since she was a flying creature, she could still fly in a territory out of her control, but her height was only a few hundred meters away from the ground. If she wanted to fly higher, the pressure on her would increase. It would result in her speed getting slower, almost like a snail, while her wings would also start tearing.


    Seeing that Aakesh had left, the ruler mosquito heaved a sigh of relief and returned to her territory.


    ***


    ¡°Follow me or die,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly gave a choice to the Three-colored Crown Spiders kneeling in front of him.


    After learning about the hatred of the mosquito and the spider, Aakesh decided to use the spider¡¯s family in his ns to kill the ruler.


    Even the smallest spider in the family spanned thousands of miles, so Aakesh decided to use the spider as his carrier.


    ¡°We would follow you, senior,¡± The seniormost spider of the group responded. Its crown was half broken as it had decided to refuse Aakesh.


    After the spider¡¯s death, restrictions should¡¯ve returned on the other spiders due to Aakesh being the new ruler of the territory. But since Aakesh had no ns to stay here, he hadn¡¯t activated the restrictions, so the spiders never knew about their leader¡¯s death.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t activate the restrictions on them, but he only showed a hint of his power by almost breaking the crown of the seniormost spider in the group just by using his punch.


    ¡°You¡¯lle with me,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly pointed at the seniormost spider and told him.


    ***


    The mosquitoes, who had just now returned to peace after Aakesh left, felt their blood getting sucked as they saw a spider cross into their territory.


    ¡°What¡¯s the meaning of this strange creature?¡± The ruler also appeared in the sky as it asked Aakesh, standing atop the crown of the spider.


    ¡°Get down here, or I¡¯ll kill every mosquito present in this territory,¡± Aakesh ignored the question and expressionlessly threatened the ruler mosquito.


    ¡°What do you mean?¡±


    ¡°You die, or I kill all your children and then wait for you to die,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly exined.


    The mosquitoes and the ruler listened to the blue-skinned man¡¯s threat in shock.


    ***


    A/N: Do you want to see a few more races from the Sacred dimension, or should I go to the ruler using a time skip?

 Chapter 475

    Chapter 475: Massacre(3)


    ¡°You get down and die, or I kill all your children and then wait for you to die of old age,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly threatened the ruler.


    Expressions of shock and horror appeared on the mosquitoes and the ruler listening to the blue-skinned man¡¯s threat.


    The mosquitoes could understand that even with the help of the spider, the blue-skinned man would never be able to reach their queen mosquito since it could fly as high as it wanted. While they couldn¡¯t handle flying anything above a few hundred miles above the ground due to their weak physiques, which was like a child y to the blue-skinned man, seeing the size of the spider, he used as the vehicle.


    ¡°Are you threatening me?¡± The ruler¡¯s voice turned cold as an even shriller female voice rang in the area.


    It had no effects on Aakesh, but the same couldn¡¯t be said for the spider.


    The spider was not only half the size of its dead queen, but the strength difference was also at a simr rate. It was weaker than the ruler mosquito but stronger than everyone else in this territory, so when the mosquito¡¯s voice turned shriller, the spider felt needles pricking its ears, resulting in it holding its ears using half of its legs.


    (A/N: I¡¯ve defined the spider to have 108 pairs of legs, but I mistakenly considered them only to have 108 legs. The spider should have had 648 sts to create at once, but I¡¯ve used 324. I¡¯ve rectified my mistake by editing it to 648 explosions. Sorry for the trouble!)


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t let anything happen to the spider, so he tapped lightly on its head. The next moment, a transparent shield surrounded the entirety of it.


    ¡°Argh!¡± The sound waves released by the shrill voice when they shed with the shield around the spider got reflected back and attacked the ruler mosquito, resulting in a scream.


    ¡°Yes, I am threatening you. I won¡¯t give you much time. ept it or diepletely with your race,¡± Aakesh responded as his voice turned cold, sending shudders down the ruler mosquito¡¯s spine.


    The ruler mosquito fell silent hearing the clear-cut warning from Aakesh¡¯s mouth. For a second, it didn¡¯t even know what to say or think as its mind had turned nk.


    Aakesh also didn¡¯t say anything and waited for the ruler mosquito to make its decision. His next step would depend on its answer.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed,¡­, fifteen seconds passed, and just like that, sixty seconds had passed.


    ¡°Hehe, you can go ahead and do it,¡± The ruler mosquito was the first to break the silence. It chuckled and told Aakesh to go ahead with his threat.


    Its tone contained a hint of mocking as if Aakesh would never be able to aplish it. But at the same time, it also had nervousness included in it, thinking about what if the blue-skinned man went ahead and did it as it was already afraid of him for killing the spider.


    Hearing the ruler¡¯s mosquito chuckle, Aakesh didn¡¯t say anything in response.


    ¡°Move!¡± He ordered the spider.


    The spider followed Aakesh¡¯s order and rushed toward the nearest group of mosquitoes.


    At the same time, Aakesh had several dark energy balls floating around his hands. These weren¡¯t as powerful as the energy ball Aakesh had used the first time, and they also didn¡¯t have that much range.


    Each dark energy ball floating around Aakesh¡¯s hands only had a range of a few meters, but since Aakesh wanted to go with quantity, he didn¡¯t care for it. These were still more strong than enough to take down the mosquitoes.


    The mosquitoes attempted flying randomly right after their queen chuckled, and they also escaped very quickly, but the spider spanned thousands of miles, so in the time it took for them to fly that distance, the spider had already reached them.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Aakesh started throwing those dark energy balls toward the mosquito groups he came across, resulting inplete extinction over the range of a few meters around every ball.


    The moment Aakesh threw an energy ball, a new one would take its ce. Aakesh, who had infinite endurance, didn¡¯t seem to get tired, no matter how much energy he used, so Aakesh used it without concern.


    (A/N: Aakesh doesn¡¯t have unlimited energy, but since his energy capacity is very vast, it almost seems unlimited. Whether we¡¯ll reach a situation about it getting too low stocks would be up to the future.)


    Time flew by.


    The countless mosquitoes ran from Aakesh while he chased them, with the spider helping him. Whenever he woulde across a group, he would throw dark energy balls, depending on the number of the mosquitoes, and then an explosion would happen, which would result in death for every mosquito present in the room.


    ¡°Stop, I beg you to stop. Please, let¡¯s talk,¡± The ruler mosquito pleaded for the umpteenth time. At first, it stayed silent as Aakesh chased its children, but it couldn¡¯t keep its mouth shut when the number of deaths crossed a hundred million.


    Aakesh ignored the ruler¡¯s plea and continued chasing the group of mosquitoes.


    During the past hour, the ruler mosquito had attempted to attack Aakesh once. The full-powered attack of the spider even failed tond a scratch on Aakesh. The spider also became the target of the mosquito for once. Which instead backfired on the mosquito. The strike reflected by the shield around the spider nearly killed the mosquito. It only survived due to its ability to fly without any pressure from the height.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Please stop! I¡¯ll do as you say,¡± The ruler mosquito cried out as the death toll of its children had now crossed one-fourth of the lot.


    Its attack wasn¡¯t harming the blue-skinned man. If it tried to attack the spider, it was it who could die, and its children were dying every minute. So it couldn¡¯t handle any more deaths. It decided to give in to the blue-skinned man¡¯s threat and hope he would maintain his words.


    It knew it was believing some stranger killer¡¯s words, but it had no choice. If it didn¡¯t do anything, its children would die, and then it would also perish after its lifespan came to an end, so no matter what choice it chose, it was the loser and the man the winner.

 Chapter 476

    Chapter 476: Let¡¯s See How Long It Takes to Reach the Conqueror??? (1)


    ¡°Please, stop! I am ready to do what you want,¡± The ruler cried out. It couldn¡¯t take any more deaths.


    Its tone contained a mixture of frustration and sadness.


    It was sad that it was watching its children dying and frustrated that it had no choice but to go with the blue-skinned man¡¯s threat since it wasn¡¯t strong enough to harm him and watched its children die in front of its eyes.


    Hearing the ruler mosquito¡¯s ready to ept Aakesh¡¯s terms, Aakesh ordered the spider to stop.


    Aakesh then stared at the ruler mosquito, which still hadn¡¯t descended to an appropriate height where he could reach.


    ¡°What if you still kill my children?¡± The ruler asked as it didn¡¯t want to sacrifice itself while hoping for the blue-skinned man to keep his words.


    ¡°I won¡¯t go back on my terms,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered. If the ruler mosquito agreed with his terms, he had ns to go with it.


    It was also the reason behind Aakesh not promising the spider to spare it.


    ¡°I wouldn¡¯t trust you on your words,¡± The ruler responded straight away. Her tone contained a mixture of anger and helplessness.


    ¡°You only have two terms: Either you get down and die, or I kill every one of your children and then wait for your lifespan toe to an end,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly stated, not budging on his terms and ignoring the ruler mosquito¡¯s response.


    The ruler was stumped for a moment, hearing the unreasonable tone of the blue-skinned man.


    Suddenly an idea emerged in the ruler mosquito¡¯s heart, allowing her to force a change to the blue-skinned man¡¯s terms.


    ¡°You need to make a vow that you would go with your terms, and if you don¡¯t, I will kill myself,¡± The ruler told Aakesh.


    Aakesh had no idea what would happen if the ruler killed itself, so he only expressionlessly looked at the ruler mosquito.


    The ruler mosquito couldn¡¯t help but turn fearful as it thought that the man was willing to let it kill itself, seeing the expressionless stare from the man.


    ¡°You would never be able to gain control of my territory if I killed me,¡± The ruler mosquito responded while its voice trembled from time to time.


    Aakesh had expected it to be the case, hearing the confidence in the ruler mosquito¡¯s tone, so his expressionless stare toward it continued.


    The ruler mosquito¡¯s mind turned nk, seeing no reaction from the man once again.


    It had decided to sacrifice itself after so much carnage and tragedy, but the creator of the disaster seemed to be unreasonable. It couldn¡¯t help but re up. But before it could show its expression in words: it fell silent.


    ¡°If I kill myself, someone from my race will be the new ruler of this territory. They would then gain my lifespan, so your wait here would be longer,¡± The ruler mosquito calmed itself down and gently exined things as if it considered the man not knowing about this.


    It didn¡¯t know that Aakesh really had no idea what would happen if it killed itself.


    After hearing the ruler mosquito¡¯s gentle response, Aakesh finally had a change in his expression.


    After some other Genus Mosquito became the new ruler of the territory, they would have a lifespan of around thirty years.


    He had decided to conquer the mosquito¡¯s territory because it would take him around a week to cross to the next ruled area with restrictions, and without restrictions, it would only take him a few seconds. So to save that time, he had decided to kill the ruler mosquito, but now that he learned about this situation, how could he care for the mosquito¡¯s words?


    Aakesh was never the one to bend down on someone¡¯s threats and ckmail unless that person was Lily, so he had no interest in epting the ruler mosquito¡¯s words.


    ¡°You can go ahead and do it. After that, I would kill every one of your children and then leave your only ruler alone in this territory,¡± Aakesh¡¯s eyes and voice turned chilly as he responded.


    The Genus Mosquitoes mated with their own male progenies if there wasn¡¯t another mate avable to create further descendants. So if Aakesh killed every mosquito, the next generation would die with the next ruler.


    The threat was still the same, but still, the ruler mosquito felt shudders down its spine. The reason for it was that there were no terms this time. The man clearly stated his purpose of eliminating Genus Mosquitoes from this piece of territory.


    ¡°I can¡¯t just trust you on your words,¡± The ruler spoke after staying silent for a few seconds.


    ¡°Senior, trust him. He wouldn¡¯t go back on his words. We didn¡¯t even know he had killed my queen. If not for him having a goal here, we would¡¯ve never known about her death.¡±


    This time Aakesh didn¡¯t speak, but the spider carrying him. Even it couldn¡¯t see any more mosquitoes dying.


    When the hunt of mosquitoes began, it felt great as its queen hated these Genus Mosquitoes for not giving up their territory. When the number breached hundreds of millions, even it started feeling nauseated. If not for the man having absolute strength over it, it would¡¯ve left the man and escaped back to the city.


    ***


    ¡°What do you know about the territories here?¡± Aakesh asked after the ruler mosquito had descended on the ground.


    ¡°The neighboring territorya€|,¡± The ruler began informing Aakesh with whatever she knew about the neighboring territories and their rulers.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t learn anything new from the mosquito. It didn¡¯t even know the same level of knowledge as the spider.


    ***


    ¡°Please don¡¯t go back on your words,¡± The ruler mosquito pleaded as the time for her death arrived.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and lightly tapped on the mosquito¡¯s head, rendering it unconscious.


    The next moment, his tapping strength increased, and the mosquito burst into a blood cloud. Since the mosquito was unconscious, it was a quick and painless death, unlike the spider, where Aakesh had given it unbearable pain.


    With its death, all the restrictions on Aakesh disappeared, and now Aakesh could reach the edge of this territory in only a few seconds.


    Even if he considered the time taken to subdue the mosquitoes and then kill the ruler mosquito, it still would be only around two hours. It was still nothing ifpared to a week¡¯s journey he would¡¯ve had to take earlier.

 Chapter 477

    Chapter 477: Let¡¯s See How Long It Takes to Reach the Conqueror??? (2)


    ¡°You are free now,¡± Aakesh told the spider as he floated in the sky after all the restrictions removed on him disappeared.


    The spider, who had been tensed since the death of the ruler mosquito due to not knowing what Aakesh would do next, heaved a sigh of relief, hearing Aakesh¡¯s words.


    ¡°Thank you, senior,¡± The spider respectfully thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh ignored the spider¡¯s thanks and stared at the mosquitoes spread across the sky, looking at him with myriads of expressions in their eyes.


    The expressions on all the mosquitoes changed at once, feeling the expressionless stare from the blue-skinned man.


    All of them looked toward Aakesh with fear mixed with hatred, as everything for them was going well before his sudden entry into these territories.


    Aakesh ignored their expressions and looked across the group of mosquitoes. Not all of them were present here since many newborns and pregnant mosquitoes stayed away from the battle and were hidden safely.


    ¡°Youe here,¡± Aakesh pointed toward one of the mosquitoes and expressionlessly called it.


    The mosquito had no choice but to follow Aakesh¡¯s order, so it approached him, but it was at a slow rate, unlike their usual speed.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned chilly, and the mosquito¡¯s speed automatically increased and reached Aakesh in no time.


    ¡°You would be the new ruler of this territory,¡± Aakesh slowly tapped on the mosquito¡¯s head and informed it. The next moment, the flying restriction on the mosquito¡¯s disappeared.


    It could now fly as high as it wanted in the sky without any pressure, simr to the previous ruler mosquito.


    Aakesh then ignored the mosquito and returned his focus to the spider. ¡°You would be the ruler of the spider den, and none of you or your family members are allowed to hunt the mosquitoes,¡± Aakesh told the spider.


    Since all the Three-colored Crown Spiders had no restrictions on them because the previous ruler was too strong to be afraid of an overthrow from its descendants even without the privileges of the ruler, so Aakesh didn¡¯t have to remove any restrictions on them.


    ¡°Thank you, senior,¡± The spider thanked Aakesh for selecting it as the new ruler, but when it looked in the sky, Aakesh was nowhere to be seen. He had left after giving his orders.


    ***


    Aakesh descended on the edge of the Genus Land since he wasn¡¯t able to cross into the new territory by flying.


    The information told by the mosquito and the spider then appeared in his mind.


    Aakesh then took a step forward, left the Genus Land, and entered the Beetle Ground.


    As the name suggested, this was the territory of a beast belonging to one of the beetle groups.


    Unlike the territory of the spider and the mosquito, there was only a single creature in this territory that spanned several times the size ofnd controlled by the mosquito and the spiderbined.


    Aakesh had only taken a step inside this territory when thend started shaking. In no time, the slightly shakingnd turned into an earthquake, but there were no ground cracks.


    Not long after, a silhouette of a creature could be seen flying across.


    The creature belonged to the race Golden Wings Beetle, one of the groups of the beetle race. Simr to the Three-colored Crown Spider and Genus Mosquito, Golden Wings Beetle was also an exclusive race to the Sacred dimension.


    As their name suggested, they had a simr appearance to the majority of the beetles, but their wings were entirely golden, and their splendor could even put the sun feel shame.


    There was only one Golden Wings Beetle in this territory and it had arger area under its control.


    The reason for it was that the Golden Wings Beetle was a race where there were only males, so they lived solitary in their own territories.


    As for reproduction, it wasn¡¯t possible for the Golden Wings Beetle. They were kind of a mutation that happened randomly across male beetles belonging to the various beetle categories, making the Golden Wings one of the top groups not only in the beetle race but also in the Sacred dimension.


    The Golden Wings Beetle also lovedbat and were known for their cruel tendencies toward their opponents, so this battle was going to be the toughest for Aakesh out of the three.


    ¡°Finally, an opponent,¡± A voice rang in the area as the Golden Wings Beetle appeared a few steps away from Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything but only expressionlessly stared at the beetle.


    Aakesh did not need to look up or down toe face-to-face with the beetle as it was around his size.


    ¡°Are you here mistakenly, or are you here for battle? If you¡¯re here mistakenly, I will kill you for entering my territory, and if you¡¯re here for battle, I will leave you alive if you impress me and survive for three seconds,¡± The beetle asked Aakesh and also told him the result for his answers.


    ¡°I am here to kill you and gain your territory,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Since the territory here was more vast than the spider and the mosquito¡¯s territorybined, and it would take months for Aakesh to leave, Aakesh wanted to goad the beetle into a battle to the death.


    In Beetle Ground, Aakesh could neither ckmail nor do anything if the beetle chose to escape midway and exceeded Aakesh¡¯s range of attack and jump.


    ¡°Haha, you¡¯re here to kill me, Hahaha,¡± The beetle startedughing out loud, hearing the blue-skinned man¡¯s answer.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything but only expressionlessly stared at the beetle.


    ¡°Oh, you¡¯re serious,¡± The beetle¡¯sugh came to a stop, seeing no change of expression on the blue-skinned man¡¯s face.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t speak anything and gestured for the beetle toe to attack him.


    This gesture was like pouring oil on a raging fire. The beetle red up since it took Aakesh¡¯s motion as mocking.


    The beetles weren¡¯t honorable when it came tobat, but they expected the opposite from their opponents since they loved it more than anything.


    ¡°How dare you mock me?¡± The beetle red and angrily yelled.


    ¡°Do you think you¡¯re superior to me?¡± It yelled again as if some switch for sanity had clicked after Aakesh¡¯s gesture.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t say anything but only stared at the beetle.

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    Chapter 478: Let¡¯s See How Long It Takes to Reach the Conqueror??? (3)


    ¡°Come, I would give you the chance to attack me first,¡± The beetle angrily yelled, seeing the blue-skinned man silently standing and expressionlessly staring at it.


    A smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face, hearing what the beetle just said, but before it could see it, Aakesh masked it away.


    Aakesh made the gesture for the beetle toe to attack him first for this reason. The Golden Wings Beetle were very arrogant when it came to theirbat.


    For this reason, the beetle took Aakesh¡¯s gesture as a disrespect by the man toward its ability to fight, and he was mocking it for being weaker than him. How could any Golden Wings Beetle ept this?


    And finally, its ego made it offer the same gesture to Aakesh. Aakesh wanted nothing more than to be the first one to hit the beetle in the case.


    The Golden Wings Beetles were known for their cruel tendencies and for not following through with the rules of the battle, so Aakesh wanted to hit it first with enough strength to injure it to an extent where the beetle wouldn¡¯t be able to run anymore.


    ¡°Fine,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered in response to the beetle¡¯s gesture.


    The beetle got stumped by how easily the blue-skinned man epted its gesture, and an ominous premonition emerged in its heart.


    After epting the beetle¡¯s gesture, Aakesh charged toward the beetle.


    The beetle wanted to say anything, but it had no time left. It could either fly away and go against its gesture toward Aakesh or take the hit.


    When it remembered the gesture Aakesh had made, it forgot the ominous premonition in its heart and decided to take the hit head-on. It also didn¡¯t feel a life-threatening danger from Aakesh, so the decision.


    Aakesh punched the beetle while the beetle created a shield around it to feel secure. When Aakesh¡¯s punch was only a few inches away from the beetle¡¯s head, a tiny dark energy ball appeared on the tip of his fist.


    The beetle felt something at that time and created another shield since it still didn¡¯t feel life-threatening.


    Then suddenly, something unexpected happened, surprising the beetle.


    Aakesh¡¯s punch missed the beetle¡¯s head and suddenly went for its shoulder from where its golden wings originated.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    The next moment, continuous cracking sounds rang as the twoyered shield cracked open, and Aakesh¡¯s punch shed with the shoulder, resulting in the beetle¡¯s bone cracking.


    It didn¡¯t end with the bone-cracking, as soon a not very loud explosion urred, and the beetle¡¯s wings suddenly caught fire and started disintegrating from its origin joint.


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    A painful scream rang in the area as the wings were the most sensitive part of the Golden Wings Beetle. They wouldn¡¯t die if the wings got ripped apart, but the pain would be so great that the beetles would wish to die.


    The reason Aakesh didn¡¯t use his full-powered attack was that if he did, the beetle would escape before his attack would hit it, and Aakesh wouldn¡¯t be able to do any severe damage.


    The beetle had an almost simr level of strength as Aakesh, so he couldn¡¯t make a mistake that would result in its escaping.


    Now that Aakesh had hurt its wings, it would slowly disintegrate. The beetle would only focus on not aggravating the pain.


    ¡°Argh, youa€| you cheated,¡± After a lot of struggling and trembling, the beetle made out its sentence and used Aakesh of cheating.


    Aakesh ignored the beetle¡¯s words since he didn¡¯t care about what it felt.


    He then raised his right hand, turned it into a fist, and soon dark energy, moving like me, engulfed it.


    The beetle, for the first time, felt a life-threatening pressure from Aakesh and his fist.


    It wanted to escape, but in the spur of the moment, it attempted to fly, using its wings, which in turn aggravated the pain, throwing the beetle to the ground as it couldn¡¯t bear it.


    Aakesh ignored the iling beetle on the ground. He brought his fist down and hit the beetle¡¯s head, crushing it in half in no time.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, the dark energy around his punch spread across the entirety of the beetle¡¯s body, and an explosion urred, resulting in the beetle bursting.


    Before the beetle¡¯s body parts could even touch the ground, they disintegrated into particles, and the particles then flew toward the sky, just like the case with the spider and the mosquito.


    ¡°A great skill,¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but appreciate the skill, Apocalyptic st, once again.


    Since he had arrived here, he had been using it continuously, and every time, he felt impressed with it. He could use it any way he wanted, making its use for all situations.


    All the body parts of the beetle disintegrated into particles, and not long after, clouds spread across the sky.


    ¡°Pit-Pat!¡±


    ¡°Pit-Pat!¡±


    ¡°Pit-Pat!¡±


    Soon, it started raining.


    ***


    Aakesh appeared on the edge of the Beetle Ground while it was still raining since the beetle was stronger than the spider but still the easiest to die in the hands of Aakesh.


    Aakesh then descended down the ground as usual and took a step forward, leaving the Beetle Ground, and entering new territory and new challenges.


    Time flew by.


    It has been around three months since Aakesh entered the portal.


    During these three months, he had conquered tens of thousands of territories, each giving Aakesh a different challenge.


    The only reason it had been three months and Aakesh still hadn¡¯t been able to reach the ruler of these areas was because of his fame.


    His fame had spread across the area, resulting in the rulers rarely fighting him. He hadn¡¯t fought a single battle but was traveling on foot during the entirest month.


    No matter what ckmail or tactic Aakesh used, thest two rulers refused to fight him and didn¡¯t descend to the ground.


    Since Aakesh couldn¡¯t fly due to restrictions, he had no choice but to leave the territory on foot.


    Despite three months of time, Aakesh looked the same as when he had entered the portal, without even a hint of dirt on his clothes.


    Since Aakesh had unlimited endurance, he did not need sleep, or his journey time would have increased even more.


    ¡°12,389 more territories left,¡± Aakesh murmured as he came to the edge of another territory in his journey.

 Chapter 479

    Chapter 479: Let¡¯s See How Long It Takes to Reach the Conqueror??? (4)


    ¡°12,389 more territories left,¡± Aakesh murmured as he reached the edge of another territory in his journey.


    Hoping this time he wouldn¡¯t have to walk for weeks to cross the area, Aakesh took a step forward, leaving another territory and entering another one.


    The memory he had heard from the various rulers he had killed for this territory emerged in his mind.


    He couldn¡¯t help but be disappointed remembering the details he had learned. The ruler in this territory was a flying creature, and a quick one at that, making Aakesh¡¯s hopes of battling decrease.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Aakesh had only taken a step forward when he heard continuous sounds of something tearing through the air rang in the area.


    Not long after, Aakesh could see a silhouette of five flying creaturesing toward him, with two in the lead while three were one step behind.


    Aakesh recognized the race of the creature. They were Furry Griffins.


    Griffins was a race that was spread across all three dimensions since it was one of Deva¡¯s creations.


    Furry Griffins were the type of griffins exclusive to the Sacred dimension, just like the majority of the rulers he hade across.


    Griffins usually had an eagle head, a lion¡¯s body, and wings of an eagle, with one pair of legs being eagle-ws and the other pair being lion-paws.


    Furry Griffin, on the other hand, had its lion¡¯s head reced with the head of Keeshond(A breed of Dogs in both realities and this book), the wings of an eagle, one pair being eagle-ws, while the other pair being paws, and the tail of a lion.


    The name furry they get from their excess amount of hair spread across their heads and tails.


    Furry Griffins were social creatures and always lived in a group. It wasn¡¯t due to them being weak, but in fact, Furry Griffins were one of the top races of the Sacred dimension.


    Of the five, Aakesh could sense the same bloodline from the four of them.


    Seeing the group of five, Aakesh understood the rtionship between the five of them. The griffin leading the group was the ruler with its mate, while the three griffins one step behind them were its children, with two of them being female and one being male.


    Aakesh could sense that none of the griffins in the group were weak. Even the youngest Furry Griffin in the group was almost equivalent to a Void beast in the Primal dimension. The ruler was even more formidable than the strongest opponent Aakesh hade across during the past three months, with its mate being only second to it in strength.


    Despite it, Aakesh was ready to face the battle. In fact, he hoped for it, as this was thergest territory he hade across in his journey until now. Whether it stayed like this or not was for the future since he didn¡¯t know everything about the areas he had to go to. It would take him months to cross it, and Aakesh had no interest in traveling another month on foot.


    He only knew the shortest way to reach the primary ruler from the spider den since even the spider didn¡¯t recognize a number of the rulers of the territories due to different reasons.


    ¡°So, you¡¯re the killer. I have been waiting for you toe since the moment you killed that bastard, Gregory.¡±


    The next moment, something unexpected to Aakesh happened. The group of the Furry Griffins descended to the ground and approached Aakesh. The ruler even had a smile that looked weird on its Keeshond¡¯s face.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t know who Gregory was, but he didn¡¯t ask as Aakesh understood that it was some ruler he killed, and Aakesh had no interest in learning the details about those he killed.


    ¡°Let¡¯s have a seat. I want to thank you for killing Gregory. I hated that bastard. He dared to think of my wife,¡± The ruler ignored Aakesh¡¯s non-interest in Gregory and further spoke, revealing his purpose for hating Gregory.


    The ruler then snapped using one of its eagle ws, and the next moment, arge circr table appeared with six chairs spread across it.


    Without waiting for Aakesh¡¯s response, the ruler sat on one of them while its family members followed it and sat on their respective chairs.


    ¡°Oh, I forgot to introduce myself and my family,¡± The ruler suddenly stood up from his chair andmented.


    Aakesh could only expressionlessly look at the happenings.


    When Aakesh entered this territory, he hoped for the ruler to descend and fight him. But here, things went beyond his expectations. He didn¡¯t even have to do or say anything, but still, the ruler was already on the ground and asking him to have a seat.


    ¡°I am mont. She is my wife, Chrysant. She is my eldest daughter, ra, my middle daughter, Chrym, and my youngest son, mont jr.,¡± The ruler introduced itself and its family members one by one.


    Whenever he introduced one of his family members, they would stand up one by one and give a slight bow to Aakesh.


    Aakesh could only expressionlessly watch it happening. He had no idea what was going on with this family and why they were facilitating someone who was going to kill the ruler and take away their happy days?


    ¡°Oh,e on, sit. We aren¡¯t going to eat you,¡± mont smilingly said, seeing Aakesh still standing at the same spot since he had entered here.


    ¡°We only want to thank you for killing Gregory,¡± Chrysant chimed in and added. Her voice was gentle, and her tone contained sincerity.


    ¡°Yes, uncle intruder, please sit down!¡±


    ¡°Yes, uncle intruder, please sit down!¡±


    ¡°Yes, uncle intruder, please sit down!¡±


    The three kids followed their parents and respectfully asked Aakesh to sit down.


    Aakesh felt like he was in an illusion at that moment since he had no other reason to believe for the respect he was getting from the ruler and his family.


    Aakesh pricked his consciousness to get out of the illusion if he was in it. As for the result, except for feeling a needle piercing his soul for a moment; nothing else changed.


    There was still a table and six chairs in front of him, with only the one where he would sit being empty.

 Chapter 480

    Chapter 480: Let¡¯s See How Long It Takes to Reach the Conqueror??? (5)


    ¡°You aren¡¯t in an illusion. Come, sit with us. You would get all your answers,¡± montmented as he had sensed Aakesh pricking his consciousness.


    Since Aakesh wasn¡¯t in an illusion and the treatment he was getting was real, Aakesh decided to sit and have a conversation with them.


    ¡°I am Aakesh,¡± Aakesh introduced himself as he sat down on his chair.


    It wasn¡¯t asfortable as the chair on which Aakesh sat in the store, but he didn¡¯t feel ufortable, so Aakesh didn¡¯t ask the system for the chair.


    ¡°Hello, Aakesh,¡± mont smilingly responded.


    ¡°Let¡¯s first eat something to celebrate the death of Gregory, and then I¡¯ll answer a few of your questions,¡± mont added. He then looked at his wife, Chrysant.


    She understood what mont wanted. The next moment, she waved her eagle ws, and soon, several varieties of dishes(Vegetarian and Non-vegetarian) appeared on the table.


    ¡°I don¡¯t eat,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the group.


    From the day Aakesh had opened his eyes, he hadn¡¯t eaten anything since he had unlimited endurance and couldn¡¯t feel hunger.


    ¡°Just have a single bite,¡± Chrysant requested to Aakesh since there was a guest, and she and her family wouldn¡¯t feel good if the guest didn¡¯t even have a bite.


    ¡°No,¡± Aakesh refused and moved away the tes lying near him on the table.


    ¡°Don¡¯t force him,¡± mont told his wife, seeing that she was going to request Aakesh again.


    Chrysant stopped while mont took arge chunk of meat lying on his te, opened his mouth full wide, and shoved all the meat at once.


    Chrym, the middle daughter, couldn¡¯t help but giggle, seeing the way her father ate.


    Time flew by.


    After a good hour, the dining finally came to an end. mont alone ate three-fourths of the entire food on the table.


    ¡°Burp!¡±


    mont burped and stroked his stomach after having a satisfying food experience, with a blissful expression spread across his face.


    ¡°Now you can ask your questions. If I think I can answer them, I will,¡± mont said to Aakesh after filling his stomach with food.


    ¡°Why are you treating me like this?¡± Aakesh asked the question lingering in his mind since the family of griffins had appeared here.


    ¡°Didn¡¯t I already tell you? It¡¯s for killing Gregory,¡± mont responded while still stroking his stomach.


    ¡°Who was Gregory?¡± Aakesh asked since he had been hearing this name since he hade here.


    ¡°Oh, you don¡¯t even know him. Good for that bastard. His killer doesn¡¯t even know his name,¡± mont smilingly answered and didn¡¯t introduce Gregory.


    ¡°Now tell me the real reason behind your confidence in your appearance here in front of me,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked.


    ¡°Oh, that! It¡¯s because you can¡¯t kill me,¡± mont smilingly replied.


    ¡°See,¡± mont then moved his eagle-ws, and severed his head, showing that he could still talk and was alive even after his head was cut.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh eximed in surprise as the head was the weakest point of griffins, including Furry Griffins.


    ¡°You must be wondering the reason behind it,¡± mont said as he put his severed head back in its ce, and in no time, it got connected as if it was never cut away.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded as he was seriously wondering about the reason behind this ability of mont.


    ¡°It¡¯s because of this territory. As long as I am inside any part of this territory, I am Immortal,¡± mont told Aakesh.


    A disappointed expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as this ability of mont meant he would have to walk for another month to cross into another territory.


    ¡°Why are you conquering territories after territories?¡± mont asked as he was also curious to know the reason behind the sweeping measures of Aakesh.


    mont didn¡¯t know that Aakesh wasn¡¯t from this part, but he came here through a portal. mont believed Aakesh to be from these parts and had imperial ambitions.


    ¡°I want to meet your ruler,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered. He told the truth as he had no issue sharing his goal with others.


    For the first time, the everpresent smile on mont¡¯s face disappeared, and a solemn expression took its ce. mont wasn¡¯t the only one. Everyone in his family had the same expression change after hearing Aakesh.


    ¡°Why would you want to kill yourself?¡± mont asked with a grave face.


    ¡°I just want to know about this world,¡± Aakesh responded expressionlessly.


    Aakesh would lie if he said that he wasn¡¯t surprised by the sudden change in reaction of mont and his family. But since Aakesh already had made the goal of reaching the ruler, nothing was going to change his mind unless he found out about this world from someone else.


    ¡°World? What¡¯s a world?¡± A confused expression appeared on mont and his family members as he asked the question.


    ¡°I want to know about this ce,¡± Aakesh simplified his response.


    ¡°To know about this ce, you¡¯re willing to die?¡± mont asked, with his confusion getting even bigger.


    ¡°The ruler is stronger than you think. Even if there were countless people like me, they still wouldn¡¯t be able to survive against the ruler, let alone win,¡± mont further added as he wanted Aakesh to know the difference in power level between him and the ruler.


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter how strong the ruler is? I have already decided to meet him once,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told mont.


    ¡°You are being unreasonable here. Of Course, it matters. Your life is at stake here,¡± mont told Aakesh as he wanted to repay the favor to him.


    Even though Aakesh killed Gregory for his own reasons, mont still epted it as a favor done by him since Gregory was his most hated enemy.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t respond since he didn¡¯t have a choice of ignoring the ruler.


    Aakesh entered the portal for fun and excitement, so how could he ignore a high-level figure and run from it? He also didn¡¯t know how to leave from here since there was no exit point he hade across until now.


    The supreme card of the store didn¡¯t work here, or Aakesh could leave and return anytime.


    ***


    ¡°Fine, since you don¡¯t seem to change your mind, I wouldn¡¯t attempt to stop you. I¡¯ve already repaid my favor by warning you of the dangers of the ruler,¡± mont gave up and decided to stop suggesting Aakesh for not going in search of the ruler.

 Chapter 481

    Chapter 481: Let¡¯s See How Long It Takes to Reach the Conqueror??? (6)


    ¡°Fine, since you don¡¯t seem to change your mind, I wouldn¡¯t attempt to stop you anymore,¡± mont gave up and decided to stop suggesting Aakesh for not going in search of the ruler.


    ¡®I¡¯ve already repaid my favor by warning you of the dangers of the ruler,¡¯ At the same time, he added it in his heart.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded, hearing that mont wasn¡¯t going to bother him any further about the ruler. If not for their respectful treatment, Aakesh would¡¯ve already left this ce.


    Since he couldn¡¯t kill the ruler here after his treatment of Aakesh and simrly, mont was also an Immortal inside this territory, so Aakesh had to now leave on foot and continue for another month.


    ¡°Father, I also want to go with him.¡±


    mont had only stopped suggesting Aakesh not to go when he heard a familiar voiceing from his left.


    A stumped expression appeared on his face as he stared at his eldest daughter, ra. ra was the one who suddenly requested to go with Aakesh.


    ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± Before mont could say anything, his wife, Chrysant, asked ra with a grave expression on her face.


    ¡°This ce bores me. I want to go for an adventure with uncle intruder,¡± ra sincerely answered her mother.


    Even though ra and mont¡¯s other children referred to Aakesh as uncle, in reality, all of them were older than Aakesh.


    It has only been around eighty thousand years since Aakesh had opened his eyes. Even mont jr., the youngest of the children, was around a million years old, let alone others who were even older.


    ¡°Why are you being unreasonable?¡± mont asked his daughter.


    Aakesh had no interest in the family¡¯s conversation, so he stood up from his chair and left for his journey while the family was busy bickering.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°ra, he had already left,¡± Chrym, who had been silently listening to his parents and siblings bickering, finally opened her mouth and told ra while pointing at the empty chair where Aakesh once sat.


    The group bickering came to a sudden stop as ra and mont looked at the empty chair at the same time.


    ¡°Father & mother, please let me go,¡± ra asked her parents for the umpteenth time. Her eyes got watery since she decided to use emotional ckmail on her parents since nothing else was working for her.


    ¡°You are more than ten million years old. Stop acting like a baby,¡± Chrysant scoffed, seeing mont having a change of expression after noticing the moist eyes of his eldest daughter.


    ¡°Father,¡± ra ignored her mother and looked toward her father since her father seemed to be the first to break down and ept her request.


    ¡°You don¡¯t understand the consequences of your action,¡± Chrysant, still not melting with her daughter¡¯s expressions, told ra with a stern tone.


    mont, who seemed to be on the verge of epting ra¡¯s request, also had a sudden change in his expression after hearing what his wife said.


    ¡°He¡¯s going to meet the ruler, and most probably, he would either offend the ruler or even have a fight with him.¡±


    ¡°Him dying doesn¡¯t matter much to us since I already repaid my favor by warning of the dangers of the ruler to Aakesh.¡±


    ¡°If you leave with him, you would also get involved with the ruler. I have no worry about myself since even the ruler can¡¯t kill me inside anynd on this territory, but your mother, Chrym, and mont jr. don¡¯t have the same luck,¡± mont told ra with a grave expression.


    He didn¡¯t want to refuse the request her daughter made, but the consequences were too much for him to ept it just for the love of his daughter.


    ra didn¡¯t know what to say at that time and fell silent. She wanted to leave with Aakesh as it would be an adventure for her, and she was bored here, but no amount of feeling for leaving with Aakesh wasn¡¯t more than the safety of her family.


    ¡°Why do you think Aakesh wouldn¡¯t be able to kill the ruler?¡± Chrym, who had only spoken a sentence up to this point in family bickering, suddenly asked her father.


    Chrym stopped referring to Aakesh as an uncle intruder since he had already left.


    ¡°He is too weak to stand up to the ruler even for a moment,¡± mont responded straight away, as if what he said was something not even worth thinking about.


    Despite being the middle child and being over several million years older than mont jr., Chrym was the weakest in her family group when it came to strength. But when it came to intellect and intelligence, she was the first.


    ¡°You underestimate him,¡± Chrym alsomented straight away.


    ***


    ¡°Uncle intruder, wait.¡±


    Aakesh suddenly stopped in his steps as he heard a familiar voiceing from the sky behind him.


    Aakesh turned his head around and looked at the sky, only to see ra flying toward him.


    ¡°Can you take her with you?¡±


    Another familiar voice rang in the area as mont appeared a step away from Aakesh.


    udio and Chrysant epted ra¡¯s request to go with Aakesh after hearing Chrym¡¯s arguments in ra¡¯s favor.


    Now that they¡¯ve agreed, it was time for them to ask for Aakesh¡¯s permission since he also needed to approve taking ra with him on his journey.


    ¡°No,¡± Aakesh refused in response to mont¡¯s question. At the same time, ra alsonded next to mont.


    ¡°Take her with you. She can help you in battles and your journey,¡± mont told Aakesh.


    Now that he had epted ra¡¯s request, he wanted to do everything in his power to make Aakesh agree.


    ¡°She would let me sit on her,¡± Aakesh asked, hearing mont¡¯s statement, and looked at ra.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t need ra for his battle, but since she could fly and at a quicker speed severalfold than he would be able to walk on foot, he could think of taking her with him.


    ***


    ¡°The next territory belongs toa€|,¡± mont told Aakesh as he dropped Aakesh and ra at the edge of his territory by teleporting him. It reduced a month of the journey to only a second after Aakesh epted to take Ca with him.


    ***


    A/N: There would be only one chapter at this time. I will upload the next chapterter in the day. I still owe you one more chapter, and most probably, my debt will get cleared today.


    Thanks for reading my book!

 Chapter 482

    Chapter 482: Let¡¯s See How Long It Takes to Reach the Conqueror??? (End)


    Aakesh thanked mont for teleporting him to the edge of his domain. Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell on the territory in front of him, and all the information he had learned from the rulers and mont appeared in his mind.


    As Aakesh went closer to the central territory of the ruler, the strength of the rulers increased.


    The next territory ruler had the same level of strength as mont, or he would¡¯ve already conquered it.


    ¡°Be careful,¡± mont gently looked at his daughter, ra, and told her.


    ¡°I will,¡± ra responded. Her voice contained a mixture of excitement and sadness.


    Sad for leaving from here without even knowing whether she would be able to return or not, and excited for going on an adventure.


    ¡°Please protect her,¡± mont then looked at Aakesh and requested him.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and then took a step forward into the new territory.


    ra turned her head around and nced toward the territory. She could see her mother and siblings looking at her with concerned faces.


    ra then took a deep breath and took a step forward, disappearing from her father¡¯s domain, and entered into a new adventure, following the footsteps of Aakesh.


    ***


    Time flew by.


    It has been around thirty-seven years since Aakesh and ra started traveling together.


    As time passed, his fame didn¡¯t see a reduction, but it only saw growth, making Aakesh¡¯s journey even more difficult.


    In these past years, Aakesh had killed thousands of rulers and had to walk on foot in even more territories to cross them. If not for ra being there to carry him and fly, the same journey would have taken at least a century.


    During the entire journey, Aakesh stayed silent, and only ra chatted, familiarizing herself with Aakesh.


    Even though she was weak whenpared to Aakesh, she still was talented and helped Aakesh ckmail the rulers to force them to fight him.


    Aakesh had appeared at the edge of another territory in his journey. This particr domain took him around a month, even with the help of ra, as it was thergest territory he hade across until now.


    ¡°5 more territories to go,¡± Aakesh muttered and took a step forward while ra followed him. They weren¡¯t flying as the transition to a new territory affected the flying creature.


    ra almost got seriously injured at one instance when she and Aakesh both directly flew into the new territory. The pressure that attacked her was too much to take for her and threw her down.


    Aakesh had only taken a step forward when he sensed a slightnd tremble.


    He didn¡¯t have to find the source of the sudden situation as not long after, Aakesh saw a creatureing toward him.


    ¡°Oh, mont¡¯s daughter,¡± An unfamiliar voice rang in the area as a creature appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh recognized the creature from his knowledge of the races and the information he had gotten from rulers he had killed and mont, who willingly told him these things.


    The creature belonged to a race called Meshoptan, a race exclusive to the Sacred dimension.


    Meshoptan was one of the weaker races whenpared with the entirety of the Sacred dimension. It wasn¡¯t due to their weak strength but due to their numbers. Their numbers didn¡¯t cross a triple-digit in the entire dimension, making Meshoptan one of the rare species of creatures.


    Meshoptan had a humanoid body structure. They were also creatures without any hair on any part of their bodies.


    Even though they had humanoid structures, they didn¡¯t have human appearances. Their faces were long like horses but with sharp teeth and the strong jaws of a tiger. Two curved horns adorned their heads, emerging right above their eyes that contained ck sclera and silver pupils.


    Meshoptan had two hands, but with each being distinct from the other. One was the tiger-w, while the other was horse-hoof. As for legs, Meshoptan had horse legs. Since there wasn¡¯t even a hint of hair on Meshoptan¡¯s body, it gave him a weird ugly appearance.


    ¡°Are you his eldest child?¡± The Meshoptan asked since he recognized ra as mont¡¯s daughter.


    ra only nodded since she learned to stay silent from Aakesh during these years.


    The Meshoptan nodded, and then his eyes fell on Aakesh.


    ¡°Eh!¡± The Meshoptan eximed in surprise as he couldn¡¯t see through the blue-skinned man. He only saw a blurred dot when he attempted to check his cultivation using his sense.


    ¡°So, you are the famous ¡®Conqueror of Territories¡¯,¡± The Meshoptan then masked his surprise and asked the question.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded as he had gotten ustomed to hearing this title from all the rulers he hade across.


    ¡°Your goal is to reach master?¡± The Meshoptan then asked another question.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded since he guessed the master to be none other than the ruler of the central area.


    ¡°I am the fifth servant of my master, so your journeyes to an end here,¡± The aura around the Meshoptan turned chilly as he told Aakesh.


    ¡°Since your conquering spree has impressed master, I would give you a chance to turn around and leave.¡±


    ¡°You only have three seconds to think,¡± The voice of the Meshoptan¡¯s turned cold as he warned Aakesh. He also told Aakesh that the ruler of the central area had been watching everything he had been doing for the past few decades and was impressed with him.


    Aakesh had no reaction to the change in the aura and voice of the Meshoptan, but ra felt shudders down her spine as cold seeped inside her bones since the Meshoptan was stronger than her father.


    Aakesh waved her hands, and the cold seeping inside ra¡¯s bones vanished, giving relief to her. ra thanked Aakesh and moved away from him since she already knew what answer Aakesh was going to give.


    ¡°Fine. Since this is your answer, don¡¯t me me for being cruel to you,¡± The Meshoptan coldlymented, seeing no response from Aakesh despite the deadline of three seconds getting over.


    The thing Aakesh worried about before entering here was the ruler not fighting with him and traveling on ra¡¯s for another few months, so when the ruler himself wanted to fight and solve his worries, how could Aakesh not be satisfied with the situation?


    The Meshoptan was a loyal servant of his master, so he made his move straight away after the deadline of three seconds got over.

 Chapter 483

    Chapter 483: The Mystery of the Portal and the World(1)


    Getting no response from Aakesh, the Meshoptan made his move. He disappeared from the spot and appeared right above Aakesh.


    Aakesh was already ready for a battle since the Meshoptan gave him a deadline, so he clenched his hands into a fist and collided with the tiger wing his way.


    The Meshoptan were known for their hand-to-handbat. They even had one of the famous fighting styles in the Sacred dimension.


    Unfortunately for the Meshoptan, Aakesh already knew the fighting style that made them feared and gave them their reputation.


    The next moment, the tiger w shed with Aakesh¡¯s punch, resulting in both of them getting pushed.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t feel anything as he was holding back. Since the Meshoptan was the servant of the central ruler, he must know things more than the rulers Aakesh hade across. Aakesh wanted to enrich his knowledge before entering the final territory.


    He took mont¡¯s warning seriously. He wouldn¡¯t be in any life-threatening situation even if the ruler turned out to be stronger than him since he could pay an outrageous price and use the system¡¯s help.


    The Meshoptan, on the other hand, had a surprised expression, seeing both of them getting pushed back and no oneing out superior in the sh. He hadn¡¯t used his full strength, but he had used the swipe as their fighting style.


    His palms moved in such a way that any resistance to it would result in nothing, and only the palm would seed in hitting, but here, Aakesh moved his punch in the same way, so the result of the sh turned out to be equal for both the parties.


    ¡°How do you know ¡®Negation Fighting Style¡¯?¡± The Meshoptan asked.


    The Meshoptan¡¯s fighting style was named such because of the opponent¡¯s inability to block or dodge the strikes made by the owner of the technique. It entirely negated any efforts the opponent could muster.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t answer by words but by his punch.


    Because of the several restrictions on Aakesh, he wasn¡¯t as quick as he was in reality, so the Meshoptan sessfully dodged Aakesh¡¯s punch.


    ¡°UGH!¡±


    The Meshoptan had only dodged the punch when he felt his thighs being broken.


    Aakesh was using the same fighting style the Meshoptan had, so the Meshoptan¡¯s defenses were nothing in front of his kick.


    Fortunately for the Meshoptan, he had quick reactions and had no restrictions on him, so before Aakesh¡¯s kick could break his thigh bones, the Meshoptan¡¯s other hand came in and stopped Aakesh¡¯s assault.


    The Meshoptan had a pale face as Aakesh was turning out to be even better than him in the fighting style with which he was born.


    At the same time, the Meshoptan swiped his tiger ws at Aakesh.


    Aakesh stepped back right away as even the space got cut into pieces.


    Time flew by.


    It has been thirty-six seconds since the battle between Aakesh and the Meshoptan began. It was also the longest duration of any fight Aakesh has had until now.


    ra attempted to help Aakesh once, but in the end, it was she who got injured. Only the force released by the result of their shes ended up throwing her several meters backward. Aakesh had to warn her to stay away.


    Aakesh was fighting using the same hand-to-handbat as he was enjoying it. He hadn¡¯t used his full strength until now.


    The Meshoptan, on the other hand, was getting mentally tired as he wasn¡¯t able tond a sessful hit on Aakesh, but Aakesh wouldnd several blows on him every second. Fortunately for him, none of the strikes resulted in severe injuries.


    ¡°Let¡¯s end this,¡± The aura around Aakesh suddenly turned chillier. His eyes turned cold from expressionless, and hemented.


    Before the Meshpont could even understand the meaning Aakesh wanted to imply, Aakesh appeared in front of him and tapped the area between his horns. The next moment, the Meshpont felt as if thunder was raging inside his body, and it started shutting down.


    Aakesh moved two steps away and didn¡¯t interfere with what was going on with the Meshoptan.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    A few secondster, the Meshoptan crashed to the ground as he lost his consciousness. He was still alive, but his brain had gone into aa after Aakeshnded a sessful hit on the weakest part of his brain.


    Aakesh then took a step forward and appeared in front of the unconscious Meshoptan. Aakesh then bent down and touched the top of his head.


    Aakesh wanted to check the memory of the Meshoptan, but suddenly the Meshoptan started squirming.


    Aakesh had no choice but to leave his head and move away as the Meshoptan¡¯s body started bloating up.


    Aakesh grabbed ra and created a threeyered shield around him, using the skill Counter Shield.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion erupted in the area as a giant mushroom cloud filled with dust, flora, and fauna appeared in the sky.


    The threeyered shield in front of the explosion was like a paper shield attempting to hold up the raging ocean, so in no time, it disintegrated.


    Aakesh activated the skill Counter Shield again and recreated the threeyered shield.


    In no time, it broke again. Aakesh recreated it again, and the process of destruction and creation continued after that for a few seconds.


    Despite Aakesh¡¯s attempts, a slight amount of force and heat released by the explosion seeded in breaching Aakesh¡¯s shields.


    Aakesh felt nothing from it, but the same wasn¡¯t the case for ra. Numerous burn injuries appeared on her body.


    The next moment all the restrictions on Aakesh disappeared as he caused the explosion of the Meshoptan by attempting to search his memory.


    At the same time, Aakesh finally saw damage to the ground. A deep pit with a width of a few meters but several miles in depth presented itself after the dust cloud subsided, unlike the previous territories when an explosion or attack would only result in the emergence of a barren patch.


    Aakesh could only shake his head in disappointment as he couldn¡¯t get any answers from the Meshoptan.


    He then looked toward ra, whose burn injuries had already started healing.


    ¡°Thank you, senior,¡± ra thanked Aakesh. If not for him, she would¡¯ve melted into a liquid. The scene of the explosion still sent chills down her spine.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her and moved his eyes away.


    ***


    A/N: My debt is finallyplete. It feels good.

 Chapter 484

    Chapter 484: The Mystery of the Portal and the World(2)


    The body left of the Meshoptan after the explosion began dissipating into particles. The particles then flew toward the sky.


    The next moment, green clouds started spreading across the sky.


    The clouds covered the sky as far as Aakesh could see in no time. The volume of the clouds was significantly more than anything Aakesh had seen since he had entered the portal and killed the spider.


    A few secondster, the first raindrop fell from the sky, and soon, it started raining.


    As the raindrops touched the ground, the pit started restoring itself, and in no time, the ground restored back to the same as before the explosion.


    But Aakesh wasn¡¯t here to see it. Right after the force released by the explosion disappeared, and all the restrictions on Aakesh vanished, Aakesh teleported himself to the edge of Meshoptan¡¯s territory with ra.


    The information about the new territory he had learned from the rulers appeared in his mind.


    ¡°Four more territories to go,¡± Aakesh muttered and then took a step forward, leaving Meshoptan¡¯s territory and entering a new domain.


    ra, with a face filled with myriads of expressions, followed Aakesh.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°One more territory to go,¡± Aakesh mumbled and then took a step forward. While ra, with the burn injuries still present on her body, followed him.


    It hadn¡¯t even been five minutes since Aakesh killed the Meshoptan.


    Since the territories belonged to the servant of the central ruler, starting from the Meshoptan one, the battle between the rulers and Aakesh was imminent, and Aakesh wanted nothing more than that. If not for the fights, it would¡¯ve taken him another year of a journey to cross these three domains; such vast they were.


    After the sudden explosion of the Meshoptan after Aakesh attempted to search his memory, he got his lesson. In the new territory, Aakesh left the ruler in a half-death situation and then started asking questions.


    As long as Aakesh asked questions rted to the rulers of the territories around this domain, he got his answers. But when Aakesh attempted to ask questions about them, the situation with the Meshoptan repeated, and the ruler exploded.


    Fortunately for ra, Aakesh had ordered her to move far away when his battle began, so this time she didn¡¯t receive any injury.


    ***


    ¡°No!¡± Maria refused straight away in response to Evelyn¡¯s suggestion.


    George and Evelyn were Immortals living in the Bisan Kingdom. And since the Mysterious peak wasn¡¯t very far from the Kingdom, the sudden movement of the mountain had also alerted them.


    When Evelyn went to check it out, she noticed arge portal and people after people entering them.


    Since Evelyn was an Immortal and there were only a few things that could impress cultivators of their levels, so when she saw several Immortals entering the portal, a curiosity to know what was inside also emerged in her heart.


    Despite being very much interested in what was inside the portal, Evelyn knew that she was now a member of an organization and couldn¡¯t do things out of her will every time. So she took ast nce at the portal and the Immortals entering it and teleported back to the headquarters.


    Maria was only a peak Nascent Soul level cultivator, so she had no idea what happened.


    When Evelyn returned back to the building, she told George everything she saw there.


    George also got interested after learning about the disappearance of the Mysterious peak, the portal, and quite a number of Immortals entering it.


    Since Maria was the head of the organization, Skylord, Evelyn decided to tell Maria about the portal and then make her decision.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°What do you think?¡± Evelyn asked Maria after she shared everything she saw at the portal.


    ¡°No,¡± Maria refused.


    ¡°Skylord has just been established, and you two are the corner of this organization, especially you, Evelyn.¡±


    ¡°If anything happened to even one of you, the organization would face a setback we may nevere out from.¡±


    ¡°What do you even hope for from the portal? We already have Panagea, where we could grow stronger with unheard adventures and that too without the fear of death,¡± Maria further added and shared her reason for her refusal before Evelyn could ask for it while looking at the couple.


    She primarily focused on Evelyn because she was the second-ranked adventurer on the leaderboard after Aakesh removed his name and Maria became the first. Not only that, but Evelyn was also the second-ranked authority in the organization after Maria.


    After hearing Maria¡¯s reason, Evelyn and George looked at each other and nodded. They could see in each other¡¯s eyes that what Maria said was correct.


    They were not only the co-founders of the Skylord, but they were also the protector of the organization. Even though nothing could be done to snatch the territory inside Panagea from Maria, everyone still knew the worth of thend and what Maria and the organization could achieve in the future.


    Without Immortals like George and Evelyn in the organization, Maria wouldn¡¯t be able to keep the territory and most probably would get murdered to nip the bud before the organization may have any chances of bing a mammoth.


    ¡°Good decision,¡± Evelynmended Maria foring up with a great decision.


    Maria heaved a sigh of relief, hearing Evelyn¡¯s answer. She may be the head of Skylord, but she knew the power difference between Evelyn and her. If Evelyn decided to leave, Maria wouldn¡¯t be able to do anything to stop her.


    ***


    ¡°Why did you even think that you could kill me?¡± A childlike voice rang in the area.


    In the middle of an area filled with barren patches, a gory scene presented itself, as ripped body parts and blood were spread across the ground while a tiny red creature stood there.


    It was none other than Lily, whose fur had gotten red from all the blood that flew toward her.


    ¡°Ancestor, we should leave,¡± Another voice rang in the area as Lily seemed to mock the creature she had just killed.


    ¡°Next time, only act when I tell you to,¡± Lily responded as she used the skill, Epochal Water, to clean herself up, and her shiny white fur presented itself again.


    ¡°I am missing Aakesh,¡± Lily thenmented. Her tone contained sadness and helplessness.

 Chapter 485

    Chapter 485: The Mystery of the Portal and the World(3)


    ¡°I miss Aakesh,¡± Lily muttered as she moved away from the gory scene. Her voice contained a mixture of sadness and helplessness.


    ¡°Ancestor, you would find him,¡± A voice rang in reply to Lily¡¯s.


    It has been a few decades since Lily entered here, and she had been searching for Aakesh since then.


    A few decades earlier,


    When Lily had entered the portal with Aakesh, she wasfortably seated on Aakesh¡¯s head. But when she appeared here, she found herself alone in the middle of an unfamiliar area.


    [Lily, you are in the system¡¯s protection from now on!]


    Only a few seconds had passed when Lily heard a familiar mechanical voice ringing inside her head.


    [The system is in a reactive protection mode. The system wouldn¡¯t help you do things, and it will only act when you¡¯re in a life-threatening situation.]


    Another alert rang inside Lily¡¯s head as the system informed her of the mode of protection Aakesh had activated.


    ¡°Where is Aakesh?¡± Lily ignored the system¡¯s alert and asked.


    [Host is currently battling arrows!]


    The system responded and told Lily about Aakesh¡¯s battle with the arrows.


    ¡°Can you take me to him?¡± Lily asked.


    Even though she had gotten used to staying alone by spending the entire day in Panagea, barring a few hours inside the store and training, she still had unlimited revivals in Panagea.


    She also wanted to help Aakesh in battles as it was one of the reasons behind her excitement for entering with Aakesh inside the portal. But now, they were both ced in different areas.


    [No.]


    The system refused as teleporting either Lily to Aakesh or Aakesh to her wasn¡¯t possible due to restrictions on space, even for itself. And also, Aakesh had set Lily¡¯s protection on reactive mode, so the system had limited powers and could only act when Lily was in life-threatening danger.


    Lily couldn¡¯t help but turn disappointed hearing the system¡¯s response. She then asked why and the system told her the reason behind its inability to do it.


    Lily, who was not even the size of Aakesh¡¯s palm, silently moved as she was hidden by the tall grasses and flowers.


    The silence didn¡¯t continue for long as it got broken by the sound of heavy footsteps.


    Lily looked at the source of the sound, only to find a towering figureing toward her. The creature¡¯s eyes contained a hint of greed as it sensed the pure bloodline of Lily and wanted to eat her to increase its bloodline purity.


    Lily turned around and escaped right away as the creature gave her the feeling of being undefeatable. She wanted to meet Aakesh, and to do that, Lily knew her survival was of paramount importance.


    ¡°Hey, system, when will you act?¡± Lily asked as she ran at the maximum speed she could achieve after all the restrictions.


    [Lily, the system would automatically act if any strike is deemed to have enough power to injure you severely, kill you, or if the strike¡¯s purpose is to kidnap you.]


    The system responded in its mechanical voice. Lily heaved a sigh of relief since nothing would happen to her, and she would be able to find Aakesh somehow without dying. At the same time, she continued running as the system told her the price Aakesh would need to pay for each time the system helped her defend.


    Even she felt the price to be outrageous, so she wanted it to be thest resort.


    ¡°Why are you running? My stomach awaits you,¡± An unfamiliar male shrill voice rang in the area as the creature called out to Lily.


    It could sense the power gap between Lily and itself. It knew Lily would never be able to escape from it since she had restrictions on him, whereas it was the ruler, but it still didn¡¯t catch up to Lily in one go, as it felt its blood boiling and unprecedented excitement, chasing its prey.


    ¡°My blood boils, seeing you run. Oh, this thrill,¡± The creaturemented again as it continued chasing Lily at the same rate of speed.


    Lily ignored the ramblings of the creature and continued running. She could sense that escape from the creature was impossible, but she didn¡¯t want to take the system¡¯s help without giving her best.


    While running, Lily suddenly sensed an attack. She didn¡¯t look back but started randomly moving to interfere with the aim of the creature.


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    Lily¡¯s steps came to a sudden halt as the attack never came, but a painful scream echoed behind her.


    For a moment, Lily thought that the system had acted, but when she remembered the system¡¯s words, she knew it was not the system.


    She still continued running since she didn¡¯t know whether it was a scheme of the creature or not. Her senses didn¡¯t allow anything to sense anything beyond thend she was on.


    But since she wanted to know what happened and her curiosity got the better of her, she turned her head around while she continued running.


    The scene she saw made her stop in her footsteps.


    The creature chasing her was engulfed in mes as it iled and screamed in pain.


    The reason for Lily¡¯s stopping wasn¡¯t the scream or iling but the me that had engulfed the creature. She recognized it as she herself was the owner of such a skill.


    The me engulfing the creature was the Epochal Fire, the type of fire she and the Epochal Felines had control over.


    The me engulfing the creature was more destructive than the Epochal Fire Lily had control over, but the intensity at which it burned was nowhere closer than Lily¡¯s skill.


    ¡°Ancestor, please forgive me for making you wait for so long,¡± Not long after, an unfamiliar voice directed at Lily rang in the area.


    ¡°Where are you?¡± Lily asked as she looked around her since she couldn¡¯t guess the source of the voice.


    The next moment, a creature severalfoldrger than the thing chasing Lily appeared in front of Lily.


    The creature looked the same as Lily, but therger version of her.


    ¡°Didn¡¯t Epochal Felines go extinct?¡± Lily asked as the creature in front of her belonged to the race Epochal Feline. She could sense the familiarity from the bloodline. It wasn¡¯t even anywhere too close to the purity of her bloodline, but it was still an Epochal Feline.

 Chapter 486

    Chapter 486: The Mystery of the Portal and the World(4)


    ¡°Didn¡¯t Epocal Felines go extinct?¡± Lily asked in confusion when she saw someone other than her who was an Epochal Feline.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know,¡± The creature responded. It then started shrinking down and stopped when it reached three-fourths the size of Lily.


    The creature had been living here since it had opened its eyes, and it knew nothing about its race. It only recognized Lily as its ancestor as its bloodline not only resonated with her, but Lily¡¯s bloodline made it tremble and feel an unquestionable reverence for it.


    If the creature, the Epochal Feline just killed, had seen the feline¡¯s appearance, it would have stopped chasing and knelt in front of the figure.


    The Epocal Feline was the central ruler of the territory around here, just like the one Aakesh was on his way to meet.


    Lily¡¯s luck turned out to be better than Aakesh¡¯s as she not only teleported into an area where the Epocal Feline was the central ruler but also only a few hundred territories away from the feline¡¯s domain. So the Epocal Feline found Lily as soon as she appeared here.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, appeared in a territory very far from the Primary domain, so he had to travel a lot before meeting the central ruler.


    The Epochal Feline didn¡¯t act straight away after the creature started chasing Lily because it wanted to test Lily¡¯s strength. But when the creature attempted to hurt Lily, the feline couldn¡¯t stand around and had to act, activating its skill, Epochal Fire.


    Time flew by.


    After having a conversation with the Epochal Feline, Lily got the knowledge of the world where she was. Even she felt surprised when she heard the extent to which the world went here and the status of the feline.


    Despite being a central ruler, the Epochal Feline only had a basic grasp over the knowledge of the world, and there were many things that even terrorized it.


    One second turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, hours turned into day, days turned into a week, weeks turned into a month, months turned into a year, and just like that, more than three decades had passed.


    ¡°I miss Aakesh,¡± Lily muttered after moving away from the gory scene. The next moment, she activated the skill Epocal Water. Water vapors started rising in the air. Lily controlled it, and the water fell on her, entirely cleaning her of the red blood.


    In the past few decades, Lily¡¯s strength had grown at an unprecedented rate due to being in life-threatening battles.


    In her training, Lily trained with the Epochal Felines in bothbat and skill use, but since she couldn¡¯t die, the pressure of death didn¡¯t force her to get better.


    Here, Lily had the Epochal Feline and the system to protect her from death, but there were no revivals here, so every battle was to never reach the stage, which in turn made her potential explode.


    ¡°Ancestor, you would find him,¡± The Epochal Felinemented in response to Lily¡¯s sadness.


    Lily wasn¡¯t the only one who learned from the Epocal Feline, but it also learned knowledge of the outside world from Lily. When it found out that Lily came from some other ce, the shock felt by the feline couldn¡¯t be described in words.


    Lily also gave a name to the Epochal Feline since she didn¡¯t have one. Lily named it Autumn.


    Autumn liked the name Lily gave her, so that day, the smile hadn¡¯t left her face for even a moment.


    ¡°Autumn, don¡¯t intervene this early and wait for my call,¡± Lily told her as the opponent was on the verge ofnding a hit on Lily, so Autumn acted before Lily needed help and tore apart the creature, creating a gory scene.


    Since the naming session, Autumn had gotten very close to Lily, and it was also the reason she profusely wanted to meet Aakesh. She had seen how much Lily loved Aakesh, and she also wanted to know more about Aakesh after finding out about the outside world.


    ¡°Forgive me, ancestor. I would control myself from the next time,¡± Autumn sincerely apologized to Lily for her early intervention in the battle.


    Lily didn¡¯t say anything but only nodded in response to Autumn¡¯s apology. Her eyes then fell on the corpse of the creature that was dissipating into particles at a visible rate.


    ¡°Rumble!¡±


    Her tiny stomach made a rumbling sound as she felt hungry, seeing the meat. Before entering here, living with Aakesh had made her not aware of food since the energy inside the store made her fill all the time, resulting in no need for food for her.


    But here, this wasn¡¯t the case, and she got hungry for the first time in her life after traveling for more than four years. To satisfy Lily¡¯s hunger, Autumn had hunted a creature spanning hundreds of meters and cooked it.


    Eating the flesh for the first time made Lily aware of her race¡¯s absolute carnivore tendencies for the first time, resulting in an unprecedented love of meat for her. Autumn had to hunt several creatures of the same size to make Lily feel full.


    After that, she began eating an unprecedented amount of fleshpared with her body size once a year, and that day of this year was today.


    Hearing Lily¡¯s stomach rumble, Autumn understood what to do next.


    The next moment, she disappeared from the spot, and when she appeared, there was a creature spanning tens of miles wide floating above her.


    Lily licked her lips, seeing food.


    Lily didn¡¯t like to eat raw flesh as she found it disgusting, so Autumn cooked the creature using the fire from the skill, Epochal Fire.


    In only a few seconds, the creature that could rampage around the Primal dimension turned into a loaf of cooked flesh due to the heat of the Epochal Fire.


    Without even waiting for a moment, Lily jumped on the freshly cooked loaf of meat and started having bites that could have choked creaturesrger than her in size.


    Autumn did not need to eat for centuries due to her power level, so she silently waited for the dinner to end.


    ¡°Burp! Hey, system, where is Aakesh right now?¡± Lily burped in satisfaction after having herplete fill and asked the system about Aakesh¡¯s whereabouts.

 Chapter 487

    Chapter 487: The Mystery of the Portal and the World(5)


    ¡°Hey, system, where is Aakesh right now?¡± Lily asked the system about Aakesh¡¯s whereabouts after finishing her dinner.


    Lily talked to the system in her mind as she didn¡¯t want to make Autumn aware of the system. Autumn only knew that there was a higher power with Lily.


    [Host is currently in battle!]


    The system answered in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice.


    ¡°What¡¯s the feature of Aakesh¡¯s opponents?¡± Lily asked another question.


    [The creature belongs to the Mephostan race and¡­]


    The next moment, the system told Lily the appearance of the creature Aakesh was battling.


    ¡°Autumn, do you recognize a creature like this?¡± Lily asked Autumn as she shared everything the system just informed her.


    After hearing the details of the appearance, Autumn recognized the creature as Mephostan.


    ¡°I have seen three Mephostans. Is the Mephostan you described some servant of the central ruler?¡± Autumn answered Lily and then asked a question as her mind went to the servant Mephostan first since he was the most powerful of three Mephostans she knew.


    ¡°Hey, system?¡± Lily referred the question to the system as only it knew the answer.


    [Yes, the Mephostan Host is in battle with is a servant of the central ruler Host had been searching for.]


    Lily¡¯s eyes started shining, and her face got filled with excitement after hearing the system¡¯s answer.


    ¡°Yes, the Mephostan is the servant,¡± Lily excitedly told Autumn.


    Autumn didn¡¯t feel any surprise seeing Lily falling silent and then answering since she believed a higher power to be behind her origin. From what Autumn learned from Lily, the Epochal Felines had already gone extinct. And Lily was the first Epochal Feline to take birth after several Epochs, and that too with 100% pure bloodline, so there had to be a higher power behind her.


    ¡°Do you know where the creature is located?¡± Lily¡¯s tone turned nervous as she asked another question even before Autumn could respond.


    ¡°Yes, ancestor, I know the central ruler and the location of the territory,¡± Autumn responded, making Lily jump in excitement. Even though Autumn called Lily her ancestor, in reality, Autumn was way older than Lily.


    ¡°Take me there,¡± Lily told Autumn since Lily couldn¡¯t wait to meet Aakesh. It had been decades since Lilyst saw Aakesh, and she wanted nothing more than to sit in her favorite ce, Aakesh¡¯s head, at this moment.


    Autumn smiled, seeing Lily in such jubtion for the first time. At the same time, an unprecedented curiosity also rose in her heart to meet Aakesh and find out just who he was.


    The next moment, Autumn expanded herself and only stopped when her body size had reached tens of millions of miles. Lily couldn¡¯t even be found or seen in the presence of Autumn.


    ¡°Ancestor, climb up. It would take some time for us to reach our destination,¡± The next moment, a voice rang in the area directed at Lily.


    Lily did as spoken by Autumn and climbed up Autumn¡¯s body, using her tail. There was noparison between the body size of both the creatures, as Lily couldn¡¯t even be seen climbing.


    The next moment, Autumn disappeared from the spot.


    The central ruler had no restrictions on them when they were inside their territory or their tributary¡¯s domain, so Autumn teleported to the edge of her domain in only one space jump.


    ***


    ¡°Ugh,¡± Lenna groaned in pain as she healed her injuries.


    After entering the portal, Lenna had teleported alone to an unfamiliar area, making her deal with Aakesh for his help useless.


    ¡°How much more time do you need?¡± A voice came from Lenna¡¯s behind.


    ¡°A day more,¡± Lenna turned her head around and told the owner of the voice.


    The voice¡¯s owner was Randolf, the newly coronated Emperor of the Xandar Empire.


    Randolf had entered an hour earlier than Lenna, so when he met her, more than a century had already passed.?


    Since Randolf didn¡¯t know about the time difference between the actual world and here, he had already epted the doom of his Empire. Having believed that his Empire had gotten destroyed, he cried like a baby for more than a decade, standing in the same ce all the while.


    Aftering up with the fact, he began his journey again with a newfound determination to create an even stronger Xandar Empire. So when Randolf met Lenna, he joined parties with her. He had two reasons loneliness here felt like cruel mental torture to him, and the second, he wanted to make connections with the Elves.


    Since Randolf believed the Empire to be gone, he decided to have rtions with Lenna to make his grouping stronger with the Elves and not depend on incestuous rtions to sustain like the previous Empire. But Lenna refused Randolf¡¯s advances and showed no interest in him.


    Despite the rejection, Randolf still maintained civility with Lenna, and they were now good friends after traveling for years.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to hurry if your injuries are serious,¡± Randolf told Lenna since he didn¡¯t want to move in a hurry. Anything can happen in these areas. Even he, a peak Immortal, wasn¡¯t secure, so how could she, who had just be an Immortal, can be safe.


    ***


    ¡°DIE,¡± Oxen yelled as he punched.


    The next moment, the opponent¡¯s head burst like a watermelon as blood and brain matter flew across the area.


    ¡°This is taking a toll on me,¡± Oxen muttered as, during the past few centuries he had spent here, he had been doing nothing but killing to survive.


    Not a single day had passed during these years that he didn¡¯t have to kill.


    For creatures like Oxen, who spent their time in peace, the continuous killing started affecting his psyche.


    Despite feeling mentally tired, Oxen took a step forward and left for a new area where he would have to kill again, and he still did this because he had a goal, and no mental peace or killing could stand in front of it.


    ***


    ¡°Let¡¯s hope I don¡¯t have to use that,¡± Oregon muttered as his voice contained tiredness while hey in a blood pool of the thousands of creatures he killed.


    ***


    ¡°One more territory to go,¡± Aakesh muttered and took a step forward, disappearing from the current domain and entering into a new one. ra silently followed him, with a few burn marks still visible on her body.

 Chapter 488

    Chapter 488: The Mystery of the Portal and the World(6)


    ¡°One more territory to go,¡± Aakesh muttered and took a step forward in the direction of the new territory, with ra silently following him.


    The next moment, Aakesh set foot on thest territory he needed to conquer before reaching the central ruler.


    The environment inside the territory was entirely different from the previous domains Aakesh had passed. A snowstorm was raging as Aakesh almost sunk half into snow spread across the ground.


    ra shuddered from cold as she felt a chill seeping into her bones.


    The cold had no effect on Aakesh, so he felt no issues and took another step forward while half his body was sunk inside the snow.


    Since this was the secondst territory in Aakesh¡¯s journey to find the central ruler, the ruler here was also the servant. And from what he had learned from the previous ruler, the ruler of this domain was much stronger than the four other servantsbined. It was only second to the central ruler in strength.


    In thest four territories where the ruler came running to meet Aakesh right after Aakesh entered, and here, despite it being around several minutes since Aakesh appeared, the ruler was nowhere to be seen.


    Aakesh was traveling on foot as Ca was unable to fly here due to the cold temperature. Even walking felt like a challenging task to her. If not for Aakesh helping her diffuse the cold, she would¡¯ve already given up and had gotten frozen and died.


    Aakesh even gave ra the suggestion of escaping since ra had alreadypleted the purpose for which Aakesh wanted her. It was only due to ra¡¯s help withoutining even once in the past decades that Aakesh gave ra the suggestion and didn¡¯t tell her what to do.


    ra refused straight away. She had requested her father to go with Aakesh because she was bored, but now after spending more than three decades with Aakesh, she felt romantically drawn toward him. Since it was the first time she was traveling with the opposite gender, Aakesh¡¯s absolute victories over his opponent made her feelings for him even more intense.


    Unfortunately or fortunately for her, ra neither had the courage to confess her feelings nor did she even think for a moment that Aakesh had the same feelings for her.


    During thest decades she had spent with Aakesh, there was not even a single urrence where Aakesh had shown any interest in conversation with her. He would stay silent all the time, and it was only her that was the speaker.


    Since ra didn¡¯t know that Aakesh wasn¡¯t from this part of the world, she believed Aakesh¡¯s purpose in meeting the central ruler was not only to learn knowledge but also that Aakesh had imperialistic ambitions. Now that she hade this far with Aakesh, she didn¡¯t want to escape. She desired to travel more and wanted to see Aakesh seeding in conquering everything in this world.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t suggest it again, seeing the firm refusal of ra, and he continued traveling in search of the ruler since the ruler still hadn¡¯t appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh then ignored ra and only helped her when the cold became extreme for her.


    While Aakesh was traveling with the snow¡¯s height increasing, there was a creature, seated on a throne adorned with expensive jewels spanning over millions of miles, was looking at every movement of Aakesh from the moment Aakesh had appeared in the spider¡¯s territory.


    ¡°Do I fight him, master?¡± A creature kneeling with its face kissing the supposed master¡¯s feet asked respectfully.


    The kneeling figure was none other than the ruler Aakesh had been searching for for thest few minutes, while the supposed master was none other than the central ruler.


    ¡°There is no need. Let the beinge to us,¡± The creature seated on the throne yfully responded.


    ¡°We are going to have other guests also,¡± The creature further added as it could see Autumning toward this territory.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°How much more time would it take?¡± Lily asked,fortably seated on Autumn, jumping space.


    The central rulers also had restrictions on them when they entered new territories. But they were strong enough to bypass those reactions without even losing a sweat unless they were in the primary territory of another central ruler, so Autumn was still able to do space jumps despite leaving her territory behind.


    ¡°Three more days,¡± Autumn answered as she was still very far from the destined territory.


    Lily didn¡¯t ask anything after getting an answer and fell silent.


    It had been more than an hour since Aakesh entered the territory, and the ruler was still nowhere to be found.


    The snow spread on the ground had already reached Aakesh¡¯s shoulder, making his journey more challenging.


    The situation for ra had turned worse around six hours ago, and she lost consciousness. Since ra had helped Aakesh so much in the past decades, he couldn¡¯t leave her here and let her die. From that moment, Aakesh had been carrying ra.


    Time flew by.


    The snow started touching Aakesh¡¯s head, so it became a pressing issue, and he couldn¡¯t ignore it anymore.


    To solve the issue, Aakesh used his all-purpose skill, Apocalyptic st.


    Since he was immune to the skill, he created a Counter Shield around ra and started bombarding the area using dark energy balls.


    The snow started clearing out, and the journey became less challenging for Aakesh, but at the same time, it became slow since even at his strongest here, the skill only had a range of 100 meters.


    More time flew by.


    ¡°Master, why¡¯s another rulering here?¡± The creature kneeling in front of the throne asked, as in the screen ying, it could see a central ruler about to reach here.


    ¡°We would get all the answers when she reaches here,¡± A yful voice rang in the area as the giant creature seated on the throne responded.


    The kneeling creature nodded and fell silent. Its eyes then fell on the feet of its master.


    ***


    ¡°Seni¡­ senior,¡± Ca muttered as she finally regained consciousness.


    Hearing Ca¡¯s voice Aakesh stopped in his steps and put her down.


    It has been more than three days since Aakesh entered here and was still searching for the ruler.

 Chapter 489

    Chapter 489: The Mystery of the Portal and the World(7)


    Hearing Ca¡¯s voice Aakesh stopped in his steps. He then put ra down on the ground that he had just cleared, using another one of his Apocalyptic st.


    Ca stayed frozen for a few seconds, and then finally, movement happened as her left eagle ws moved.


    Time flew by.


    Ca finally opened her eyes after losing consciousness for a span of days.


    Ca hurriedly looked around her after opening her eyes, searching for Aakesh. When she found Aakesh not far from her, sting the snow spread around, she heaved a sigh of relief.


    She then focused on the environment around her, only to find that she had no idea whether they had moved or not since everything was engulfed in snow as far as she could see.


    She also had no idea how much time had passed when she was unconscious.


    Ca had a fresh look on her face despite just regaining her consciousness. In thest decades, she traveled with Aakesh; the most work she did was travel over territories, which wasn¡¯t much effort taking for her, but since Aakesh never rested, this situation continued for years, resulting in Ca bing mentally as well as physically tired.


    The situation took a turn for the worse in this territory as the cold affected her, making her grow even more tired. And then finally, she lost consciousness as her body gave up and refused to stand awake, which in turn proved to be a godsent opportunity for her as her body got the desired rest, and now she was back in her perfect shape.


    Ca then stood up and proceeded toward Aakesh.


    ¡°Thank you, senior, for not leaving me on my own,¡± Ca bowed and sincerely thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything but only expressionlessly nodded.


    ¡°Senior, for how long was I unconscious?¡± Ca asked with embarrassment clearly evident in her voice.


    ¡°Three days,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded. ¡°Since you¡¯re awake now, let¡¯s go,¡± He further added.


    Without waiting for Ca¡¯s experience, Aakesh took a step forward as the area he had cleared a few moments earlier was getting filled with the snow again.


    ¡°Yes, senior,¡± Ca spoke and then started following Aakesh.


    One second passed, two seconds passed,¡­ fifteen seconds passed,¡­ and just like that, fifty-three seconds had passed when suddenly Aakesh stopped in his steps.


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    A loud crashing sound rang in the area as out of nowhere, a giant creature spanning over millions of miles appeared.


    The creature hadnded tens of thousands of miles away from Aakesh, but due to its giant size, Aakesh felt it to be just in front of him.


    A surprised expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face, recognizing the creature. It was none other than the Epochal Feline, a race the system told him had gone extinct and also the race Lily belonged to.


    For a moment, Aakesh thought of the newly emerged creature to be the ruler as the Epochal Feline had teleported, but Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think for long since he got his answer the next moment.


    [Host, Lily is with the feline!]


    A sudden system alert rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head as the system informed him of Lily¡¯s presence.


    The surprised expression of Aakesh turned into a shock, and soon it turned into jubtion. An astonished expression appeared on Ca¡¯s face as she witnessed the sudden change of expressions on Aakesh¡¯s face.


    In thest few decades she traveled with Aakesh, she had never seen a single expression on Aakesh¡¯s face, but just in the span of a second, she witnessed three.


    ***


    ¡°Ancestor, I think I found the person you¡¯re looking for,¡± Autumn informed Lily as Autumn noticed two tiny figures some distance away from her. Out of the two, one had the same appearance as the man Lily was looking for.


    ¡°WHERE?¡± Lily couldn¡¯t control her excitement, and her voice turned out to be louder than she wanted.


    Due to the restrictions on Lily, she couldn¡¯t see where Aakesh was. Aakesh could only see Autumn due to her giant size. If Autumn were even of the same size as him, Aakesh would¡¯ve failed to notice her.


    The next moment, Autumn started contracting in size and stopped when her size reached the same size as Aakesh. Lily stillfortably sat on her back, and Autumn teleported in the direction of Aakesh.


    ***


    After the system¡¯s alert, Aakesh looked toward the Epochal Feline with jubtion, but suddenly the feline disappeared from his eyes.


    For a moment, he thought that the feline had left, and he was going to order the system to inform Lily about him, but he didn¡¯t have to as the next moment, the feline appeared in front of him, with Lily riding on the feline¡¯s back.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but shake his head as he had stopped thinking logically, hearing that Lily was here.


    ¡°AAKESH!¡±


    The next moment, a childlike shout rang in the area as Lily jumped from Autumn¡¯s back onto the Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°CRY!¡±


    ¡°CRY!¡±


    ¡°CRY!¡±


    The next moment, Lily started crying as meeting Aakesh after staying far from him for so many years broke her emotional wall, resulting in a wail.


    A gentle smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as he gently picked Lily up from his head and held her in his embrace as she continuously cried.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything and let Lily cry her heart out. Autumn wanted to say something, seeing her ancestor crying, but Aakesh gestured her not to.


    Ca silently watched this happening as she wasn¡¯t aware of both creatures¡¯ identities.


    ¡°Aak¡­ Aakesh, do you¡­ you even know how much¡­ much I¡­ I missed you?¡± Lily asked as tears still streamed down her tiny cheeks.


    ¡°Yes, I know. How can a daughter not miss her father?¡± Aakesh smilingly answered and then joked to lighten Lily¡¯s mood.


    Aakesh expected a reaction from Lily after he called her as his daughter like usual, but nothing of such sort happened. Hearing Aakesh¡¯s response, Lily clutched his chest even tighter and rubbed her tiny head on it.


    ra heaved a sigh of relief, hearing Aakesh¡¯s response. She knew that Aakesh had no interest in her, but knowing that he had no interest in others made her feel better.


    Autumn didn¡¯t move her eyes away from Aakesh for even a moment as she wanted to know what made Aakesh so important in Lily¡¯s life.

 Chapter 490

    Chapter 490: The Mystery of the Portal and the World(8)


    Autumn wanted to see what made Aakesh so important in Lily¡¯s life.


    She finally got her answer when she saw Lily crying her heart out after meeting Aakesh. The other reason was the bloodline familiarity between Aakesh and Lily.


    When Autumn had sensed familiarity with Lily¡¯s bloodline, she had also sensed another bloodline mixed in it, which had given Lily an even higher sense of purity.


    Now that she saw Aakesh, she knew the source of Lily¡¯s strange bloodline. It matched with Aakesh, and she got confirmation when Aakesh joked about Lily being his daughter.


    ¡°There, there, don¡¯t cry anymore,¡± Aakesh calmed Lily down, who had stopped wailing, but tears were still continuously streaming down her cheeks.


    Lily ignored Aakesh and made his upper body wet with tears. Aakesh could only smile and gently pat Lily¡¯s tiny head.


    Time flew by.


    During the time, Lily didn¡¯t stop crying Aakesh continued gently rubbing her tiny head and didn¡¯t say anything else, while ra and Autumn silently stood there, looking at Aakesh and Lily.


    The snow around Aakesh and others started gathering again, so Autumn acted. She activated the skill, Epochal Fire.


    The next moment, a me erupted out of nowhere and engulfed tens of miles of the area around Aakesh and others.


    The snow melted straight away into the water, and soon, the water also vaporized, creating a fog around the range. But it wasn¡¯t the end, as the fire burnt even the fog and the weather, making the weather around tens of miles free of any snow or fog.


    Lily¡¯s tears finally came to an end. Due to continuously crying for minutes, Lily got tired and then fell asleep like a baby.


    Aakesh gently picked up Lily. Seeing her sleeping peacefully, Aakesh felt calm like never before. He then gently ced Lily on her favorite ce, his head.


    His eyes then finally fell on the second Epochal Feline. Aakesh was going to thank the feline when he suddenly sensed something on his head.


    Lily, who had just fallen asleep, was engulfed in blinding light.


    ra didn¡¯t understand what had happened. Aakesh and Autumn did, so they couldn¡¯t help but smile at that time.


    Lily was having a breakthrough.


    From the moment Lily was born, she had been living with Aakesh. So when she appeared here and had to stay decades away from him without even knowing when they would meet, it put an emotional restriction on Lily. When she finally met Aakesh, that emotional restriction got broken. It not only made her cry but also resulted in a change of mental stability for Lily, which in turn, resulted in her energy skyrocketing and having a breakthrough.


    Aakesh gently picked the blob of light inside which Lily was peacefully sleeping and having a breakthrough, and he then gently put it on the ground and stepped away.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t let her stay on his head as even the subconscious leak of his energy could affect Lily¡¯s breakthrough, and Aakesh didn¡¯t want to take such chances.


    ¡°So, you are Aakesh. Hello, I am Autumn,¡± Aakesh wanted to speak first after putting Lily down on the ground, but Autumn took the initiative and introduced herself.


    ¡°Yes, I am Aakesh,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    ¡°Thank you for saving Lily. I owe you a big favor,¡± Aakesh then looked at Autumn and thanked her for making sure that Lily was safe. His tone was expressionless, yet it was a first for Aakesh as he hated favors, but he promised Autumn a favor. When it came to Lily, he was willing to have concessions.


    ¡°No need to thank me. I only did something any descendant would¡¯ve done,¡± Autumn refused to take Aakesh¡¯s thanks as she didn¡¯t do it for him but for herself and her race. It was her bloodline that made her feel reverence for Lily.


    ¡°No, you saved Lily,? and for that, I owe you a favor,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded and ignored whatever Autumn said.


    ¡°How were you able to bypass the restrictions around the space here?¡± Aakesh then asked the question lurking in his mind since he saw the feline teleporting here before waiting for Autumn¡¯s response.


    Aakesh may be able to thank and promise her a favor for Lily, but it didn¡¯t mean that he would understand Autumn¡¯s viewpoint.


    ¡°Because I am a central ruler,¡± Autumn answered as she had somewhat known Aakesh¡¯s character after spending so much time with Lily. Lily was exactly like Aakesh. The only difference was Lily was a toned-down version of Aakesh.


    ra¡¯s eyes widened in surprise, hearing Autumn¡¯s answer.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, nodded since he felt the answer to be believable.


    Aakesh had traveled across hundreds of thousands of territories in the past few decades. But all the rulers he hade across had the same level of strength as the Void beasts of the Primal dimension and were an exclusive race to the Sacred dimension.


    On the other hand, Autumn had a strength that Aakesh couldn¡¯t see through, and the race she belonged to was extinct, but it was still a race that lived in the third dimension, so Autumn¡¯s response made sense.


    At the same time, curiosity and excitement also rose in Aakesh¡¯s heart as finally, he could get the answers about this world he had been searching for since he appeared here.


    ¡°What is this world?¡± Aakesh asked the first question in his search for knowledge of this world.


    ¡°This isn¡¯t a world but a t continent that spans countless distances,¡± Autumn answered.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded, hearing Autumn¡¯s answers. He had also expected this as he had seen nothing but darkness in the sky since he hade here. There was no sun or moon to differentiate between day and night.


    ¡°This continent is called ¡®Conspiracy¡¯,¡± Autumn further added and told Aakesh the continent¡¯s name.


    Aakesh finally felt surprised as he didn¡¯t understand why the continent was named ¡®Conspiracy¡¯?


    ¡°What¡¯s the reason for this name?¡± Aakesh asked since the word ¡®Conspiracy¡¯ had a sinister meaning.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know,¡± Autumn answered as she shook her head. Despite being the central ruler, she only had a basic amount of information about this continent and its mystery.


    ¡°Now, isn¡¯t that heartbreaking? Do you even know just how much you two hurt me?¡±


    Suddenly an unfamiliar female voice filled with disappointment and sadness rang in the area, breaking the concentration of both Aakesh and Autumn.

 Chapter 491

    Chapter 491: The Central Ruler(1)


    ¡°Ah, my heart feels unbearable pain,¡± An unfamiliar voice filled with sadness and disappointment rang in the area.


    The voice had no direction, but it came from everywhere.


    Autumn had a change in her expression, hearing the voice. Aakesh felt nothing and only looked in the direction Autumn looked at, while ra fell asleep without being able to fight back as the voice affected her mind.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you present yourself to us?¡± Autumn looked in the sky and spoke while her tone turned emotionless.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t find the source of the sound, and hearing Autumn¡¯s statement, even she didn¡¯t know it. He focused on Lily as the topmost priority for him at that moment was to protect Lily at any cost.


    ¡°Hey, system, turn Lily¡¯s protection mode into proactive,¡± Aakesh ordered the system in his mind.


    In proactive mode, the chances of the system acting were way more than when the protection was in reactive mode since, in the proactive mode, the system would act if even someone said threatening words aimed at Lily. But Aakesh didn¡¯t care as Lily¡¯s safety was of paramount importance to him, and he was willing to pay any price for that.


    ¡°Ouch! Why are you talking to me this way?¡± A pained voice rang in the area in response to Autumn¡¯s emotionless statement.


    ¡°No need to y games with me,¡± Autumn responded as she knew the identity of the creature.


    It was none other than the central ruler Aakesh had been searching for the past few decades.


    ¡°Hehe,¡±ughter rang in response to Autumn, and soon a silhouette started appearing in the sky.


    As the silhouette became clear, Aakesh focused on the being.


    The creature in the sky had a humanoid structure and looked like a human, but two curved horns that sat atop her head gave her away.


    She had silver hair that flew with the wind. She had no pupils, and her eyes werepletely red, and they shined, giving her a terrifying yet mystifying look.


    She had sharp pointy hornsing out of her shoulders, making the skin rough. Except for her private parts, her pale white skin everywhere was there to see by everyone.


    The creature looked to be as beautiful as anything could get. If Aakesh were topare, only the actual appearance of Lilith was equal to the creature when it came to appearances.


    ¡°Katrina,¡± Autumn muttered the name of the creature floating in the sky.


    Aakesh recognized the race of the creature. He couldn¡¯t help but be surprised as the creature in front of him gave him a horrible sense of pressure, and Aakesh could also feel that he would never be able to defeat her.


    Katrina belonged to a race called Kindeva. It was a race that directly descended from the union of the Asuras and the Yakshas, the two of the top three races in the Multiverse.


    Being the union of the two of the top-three races should¡¯ve resulted in Kindeva being superior to others, but the result was out of expectations for everyone.


    Kindeva got the appearances of Yakshas, making them one of the most beautiful races of the Multiverse, but when it came to strength, they received the worse part from both the Asuras and Yakshas. That isn¡¯t to say they were weak.


    It was just that the result was entirely out of the Asuras, Yakshas, and other Primordials and race¡¯s expectations. Despite being descendants from two of the top three races, Kindeva¡¯s strength didn¡¯t even reach the top fifty races in the Multiverse.


    ***


    ¡°I see that you¡¯ve also gotten a name, Autumn,¡± Katrina responded.


    Katrina had been monitoring Aakesh¡¯s movements since he appeared on this Conspiracy continent and Autumn and Lily¡¯s since both of them appeared two central territories away from hers.


    Whenpared with Autumn, who could only sense Lily due to Lily being close to the primary domain, the strength of Autumn seemed to be nothing inparison to Katrina.


    Katrina was stronger than Autumn, but not by that much margin. She only could sense Aakesh since he entered this continent because the spider den was in control of her domain, and she hadplete control over it.


    Her ability allowed her to see and hear things across two central territories over her domains, so she found Autumn before Autumn could reach her.


    Katrina¡¯s eyes then fell on Aakesh, who was looking at her with surprised eyes.


    ¡°What are you so surprised about?¡±


    The next moment, Aakesh heard a voice right next to him. Aakesh moved right away as Katrina appeared next to him.


    ¡°Ouch, don¡¯t you like this body touching you?¡± Katrina asked with a pained voice as she pointed at her body.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t say anything and only stared at her, ready to attack anytime.


    ¡°No need to be so alert. You can¡¯t defeat me even if you join Autumn,¡± Katrina told Aakesh. Her tone waspletely different from what she used in herst sentence.


    Her eyes then fell on Lily, engulfed in a blob of light.


    ¡°How beautiful,¡± A smile spread across Katrina¡¯s face as she bent down and focused on Lily.


    ¡°Katrina, stop your games,¡± Autumn coldly told Katrina, while Aakesh already had dark energy balls the size of a basketball floating above both his hands.


    ¡°Fine, if you don¡¯t want to y,¡± Katrina sighed. Her voice then turned to normal as there were no emotions in it.


    ¡°Since we¡¯ve gotten serious. Now tell me, what should I do with you for intruding in my domain?¡± Katrina¡¯s voice turned cold as she asked Autumn.


    She didn¡¯t even wait for Autumn¡¯s response and turned around to look at Aakesh.


    ¡°Eh!¡± The next moment, Katrina eximed in surprise as she attempted to vaporize the dark energy balls in Aakesh¡¯s hands to show her overwhelming power, but nothing of such sort happened.


    No matter how much pressure Katrina attempted to push on the dark energy ball, it stayed off the same size.


    ¡°The element of Nihility!¡± Katrina eximed as she got her answer for not being able to vaporize the energy balls.


    She then looked at Aakesh in a new light as she knew the value of the element of Nihility and its strength.


    Even she had no control over it, and here there was someone weaker than her, who had an attacking skill consisting of the element.

 Chapter 492

    Chapter 492: Feeling Fear


    ¡°The element of Nihility!¡± Katrina eximed as she got her answer for not being able to vaporize the energy balls.


    ¡°How do you know that?¡± Katrina asked Aakesh as she couldn¡¯t believe that someone weaker than her had enough control over the element to use it in a stable attack skill.


    Aakesh ignored the question and stayed silent.


    ¡°Now, let¡¯s not hurt each other,¡± Katrina responded with a pained voice.


    ¡°Katrina, let¡¯s not y these games anymore. What do you want to achieve?¡± Autumn intervened and asked Katrina.


    The expression on Katrina¡¯s face turned solemn as the aura around her turned chilly. She then stared at Aakesh.


    At that moment, Aakesh felt a chill spreading right through his spine. His eyes turned cold as he was ready to bombard Katrina with the Apocalyptic sts.


    Katrina¡¯s eyes suddenly turned yful, and shemented, ¡°I want to go to the ce from where hees¡­¡±


    Katrina shared with Autumn and Aakesh her intentions to go to the outside world.


    ¡°Do you think ¡®He¡¯ would let you go?¡± Autumn suddenly asked a question with a solemn face. Her tone was respectful when she mentioned ¡®he¡¯.


    Aakesh¡¯s ears pricked in surprise as it was the first time he heard the mention of someone who could terrorize both Autumn and Katrina.


    The yful smile on Katrina¡¯s face disappeared after hearing the question Autumn put.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think ¡®He¡¯ cares whether we leave from here or not,¡± Katrina answered like a kitten who had just gotten her tail stepped on by someone.


    ¡°Oh, ¡®He¡¯ most certainly does. Why do you think I haven¡¯t mentioned anything about leaving this damn continent with my ancestor even once?¡± Autumn responded. Her tone was filled with confidence.


    ¡°You don¡¯t know that,¡± Katrina retorted back. Not for even a moment, she believed what Autumn said.


    Time flew by as Autumn and Katrina conversed, while Aakesh silently stood there and listened with the dark energy balls still active.


    Aakesh¡¯s surprise only got greater with each passing moment. Despite the conversation about this mysterious ¡®He¡¯ being lengthy, the duo hadn¡¯t mentioned ¡®His¡¯ name even once, while their tone stayed respectful all this time as if the person could hear them.


    Aakesh got curious to know the identity of the being that could terrorize Autumn and Katrina to such an extent that they had started respecting him.


    ¡°Who is this he you are talking about?¡± Aakesh¡¯s curiosity got the better of him. He interrupted the duo and asked the question.


    Autumn and Katrina had sudden changes in their reactions to hearing Aakesh¡¯s question. They felt chills down their spine, hearing the casual tone of Aakesh when he referred to ¡®Him¡¯.


    Aakesh suddenly felt darkness surrounding his environment as everything slowed down. His breathing got so loud that even an explosion would sound ordinary inparison.


    Then suddenly, in the sky, a pair ofrge eyes opened and looked at Aakesh.


    At that moment, Aakesh forgot everything. His blood got cold as he felt his body trembling with fear.


    His eyes automatically closed, and when he opened them again, Aakesh found that he was back with the duo. He hurriedly looked at Lily and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw she was alright and there was nothing wrong with the light engulfing her.


    ¡°Did you see ¡®Him¡¯?¡± Autumn asked with concern in her voice while her tone was still respectful. There was a newfound respect for Aakesh in her voice, seeing that Aakesh was alright even after casually referring to ¡®He¡¯ as he.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Aakesh nodded as he would never forget those eyes.


    ¡°Thank your fortune that your mental willpower wasn¡¯tcking, or you would¡¯ve never been able to return here,¡± Katrina mocked Aakesh.


    Aakesh ignored Katrina¡¯s ridicule and focused on the eyes he had just witnessed. It was the first time Aakesh had felt fear. When Lilith, an Angel, was in front of him, he felt nothing, but here, just by the person¡¯s eye, he had experienced his blood getting cold, and even his body had started trembling in fear.


    Aakesh¡¯s face suddenly changed as he found those eyes familiar. If not for his emotional control, he would¡¯ve crashed down to the ground just by the sheer shock of the information he found.


    ¡®How could it be?¡¯ Aakesh shouted in his heart as what he found was unbelievable to him. The shock and awe were entirely out of Aakesh¡¯s character, but he didn¡¯t care; such was the intensity of the news he learned.


    At the same time, the mystery around this portal started loosening up. Then Aakesh suddenly remembered Lilith, that had alsoe here. He felt a chill seeping into his bones as he could guess her goal for descending into the Primal dimension and entering here.


    ¡°Hey, system, are my conjectures correct?¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but question the system in his head.


    [Host, the system doesn¡¯t hear your thoughts, so it doesn¡¯t know what your conjectures are.]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s response in an emotionless and mechanical voice rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°Does those eyes belong to¡­,¡± Aakesh then shared what he thought he had found just now with the system.


    [Host, your conjectures are correct!]


    Aakesh almost stumbled in shock, but he stabilized himself before he could crash. At the same time, the dark energy balls disappeared as Aakesh forgot to channel his energy.


    Autumn and Katrina changed their reactions, seeing the sudden change Aakesh had. Autumn rushed at him as she felt ¡®Him¡¯ to be the reason behind Aakesh¡¯s reactions.


    ¡°You shouldn¡¯t have referred to ¡®Him¡¯ so casually, ¡®He¡¯ doesn¡¯t like when people disrespect ¡®Him¡¯,¡± Katrina gloated, seeing the situation of Aakesh.


    ¡°Are you alright?¡± Autumn asked Aakesh in a concerned tone. She wouldn¡¯t feel much even if Aakesh were to die. But she had seen Lily, her ancestor¡¯s attachment with Aakesh, so if anyone were to happen to Aakesh, Autumn believed that even Lily wouldn¡¯t be able to survive the pain.


    ¡°I am alright,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered Autumn as he stabilized himself.


    He then took a deep breath to calm his fast-beating heart down.


    ¡®The things have be terrible here. Should I attempt to leave?¡¯ Aakesh asked himself in his heart.


    ¡®No, I should look at the situation as if things have be more exciting, and how can I not join in this euphoria.¡¯ Aakesh got his answer right away, as his heart yearned to join the situation despite knowing just how terrible it would be in the future.

 Chapter 493

    Chapter 493: The Central Ruler(2)


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think hard, and he got the answer to his question straight away. He decided to continue here till the end and then leave.


    He then took a deep breath. His face returned to its usual expressionless as if Aakesh hadn¡¯t gotten a shocking piece of information.


    Autumn heaved a sigh of relief, seeing Aakesh returning to his regr. Katrina felt curious as she wanted to know the reason behind Aakesh¡¯s reaction. Aakesh was healthy, which meant that ¡®He¡¯ had no hand in Aakesh¡¯s sudden actions, or Aakesh wouldn¡¯t have been able to stand here.


    Even she couldn¡¯t survive if ¡®He¡¯ took action, let alone Aakesh, who was weaker than her.


    ¡°How did you survive?¡± Katrina asked, with curiosityced in her voice.


    Hearing the question, Autumn red at Katrina, but Katrina ignored it and stared at Aakesh. It was the most pressing question in her mind, and she wanted to know the answer.


    Aakesh ignored Katrina¡¯s question and looked at the sky as if he sensed something watching over him.


    As expected, the familiar eyes were there silently looking at Aakesh. Katrina and Autumn followed Aakesh¡¯s sight and felt their blood running cold, seeing the pair of eyes.


    The pair of eyes in the sky had ck sclera to such an extent that even the sun would fail to disperse the darkness. They had silver pupils, whose splendor would even put the gold to shame, and then finally, the orange irises, which looked like raging mes.


    ¡°Creator!¡±


    ¡°Creator!¡±


    Autumn and Katrina respectfully greeted as they knelt down with their faces touching the ground.


    The pair of eyes in the sky ignored the duo of Katrina and Autumn and only looked at Aakesh.


    This time, Aakesh didn¡¯t feel the same pressure again. Neither he felt his blood running cold nor did his body tremble out of fear for the eye.


    Aakesh suddenly felt a headache, forcing him to move his eyes away and stop having a direct sh with the pair of eyes in the sky. But he persisted and continued, resulting in his eye veins popping out.


    His eyes were on the verge of exploding when suddenly the pair of eyes blinked and then disappeared, resulting in the disappearance of any pressure at all on him.


    Autumn and Katrina continued kneeling without attempting to look in the sky even once.


    ***


    ¡°Isn¡¯t he fun,¡± Lilithmented with a yful voice.


    ¡°Yes, things have be interesting,¡± A voice rang in response to Lilith. The figure was seated in the dark. When the figure opened his eyes, light spread across the area, clearing the darkness as if the sun had risen. The being¡¯s eyes were simr to the pair of eyes in the sky Aakesh had shed with a moment earlier.


    ¡°Just what are they nning even to let someone like him exist in the first ce?¡± The figure then muttered in a voice loud enough for no one to hear other than himself.


    Lilith didn¡¯t respond but focused on Aakesh, and no one knew what she was thinking at that moment.


    The figure then closed his eyes, and soon the entire area that had just seen the light got engulfed in darkness, never to know when the light would touch the surface again.


    ***


    ¡°The eyes have gone,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly informed the duo, kneeling on the ground.


    Katrina and Autumn heaved a sigh of relief at the same time as they looked up and again heaved a sigh of relief, seeing that the eye didn¡¯t appear again. They then finally stood up.


    Katrina and Autumn then looked at Aakesh, only for Aakesh to notice that both the central rulers, who were way higher than him in strength, stared at him with respect in their eyes.


    ¡°How did you do it?¡± Katrina asked Aakesh as the veins were still visible in Aakesh¡¯s eyes.


    ¡°Just who are you?¡± Before Aakesh could even say something, Katrina asked another question. Her voice was agitated as she felt unable to believe what she saw.


    The popped veins across Aakesh¡¯s eyes showed that Aakesh attempted a direct sh with the pair of eyes in the sky. ording to what Katrina knew of ¡®Him¡¯, ¡®He¡¯ would never let someone survive if they attempted to challenge him, but here, Aakesh was alive without any injury.


    ¡°What did you mean by ¡®Creator¡¯?¡± Aakesh ignored the questions asked by Katrina and asked what he wanted to know.


    ¡°First, answe-¡±


    ¡°¡®He¡¯ is the creator of this continent and every life that exists here.¡±


    Katrina wanted to argue with Aakesh for ignoring her questions and asking his own, but before she could evenplete her sentence, Autumn cut her words off midway and answered.


    After hearing what Autumn said, Aakesh felt surprised. What he conjectured was even verified by the system, but the creation part went beyond his expectation.


    But since the system verified it, Aakesh didn¡¯t believe his conjecture to be wrong.


    ¡®Is the system wrong, or does the things have already gone past the capability?¡¯ Aakesh thought in his heart as his conjectures were already too terrifying for him to even think about, let alone when he added additional power like creation to it.


    ¡°Now that you¡¯ve got your response. Answer my questions,¡± Katrina broke the silence and told Aakesh.


    ¡°Have you seen him face to face?¡± As usual, Aakesh ignored Katrina and asked Autumn.


    Hearing Aakesh using the same casual tone to refer to ¡®Him¡¯, Autumn and Katrina felt their breathing stuck since they didn¡¯t want to face the same pressure again. Thest thing they wanted was the reemergence of the pair of eyes.


    ¡°JUST, WHO ARE YOU?¡± Katrina couldn¡¯t control her emotions and angrily yelled.


    ¡°No, I haven¡¯t. Only one person has, and she is the most powerful central ruler and the first life that originated on this continent. She controls every central ruler and has no restrictions on her,¡± Autumn ignored Katrina like Aakesh and answered his question.


    ¡®Am I invisible?¡¯ Katrina couldn¡¯t help but think, seeing both Aakesh and Autumn ignoring her.


    ¡°You-¡±


    ¡°Where would I meet this figure?¡± Katrina wanted to say something, but Aakesh cut her sentence off midway and asked Autumn another question.


    As if it was thest nail in the coffin, Katrina sat on the ground with a pouting face. She had been trying to ask questions, but all she got in answer was getting ignored.

 Chapter 494

    Chapter 494: The Central Ruler(3)


    Katrina sat on the ground and pouted in anger, seeing Aakesh and Autumn ignoring her questions and busy in their own conversations.


    Katrina was the most powerful of the three. But after the sudden appearance of the pair of eyes in the sky, the dynamics around them had changed. Even though Katrina could kill Aakesh without much effort, in her heart after the emergence, even she started to believe that Aakesh was the strongest.


    ¡°Yes, all the central rulers can meet her anytime we want, but for you to meet her, it isn¡¯t easy,¡± Autumn answered, ignoring Katrina¡¯s actions as usual.


    ¡°Why?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked.


    ¡°Ruler lives at the edge of this continent, and the distance is too much to be covered even when you used space jump continuously,¡± Autumn answered. ¡°We have a key that would directly teleport us to here, but the key wouldn¡¯t ept anyone other than the central ruler,¡± Autumn further added and informed Aakesh of the reason behind the central rules meeting the person with ease.


    ¡°How much is the distance?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked, unfazed with Autumn¡¯s response.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know,¡± Autumn answered with an embarrassed face. She had no interest in traveling across the continent, so she never found any piece of information rted to that. In fact, this journey with Lily was Autumn¡¯s first time leaving her territory.


    ¡°I know,¡± Katrina, pouting on the ground, suddenly stood up and chimed in.


    ¡°I even know the exact location, where the ruler lives,¡± Katrina proudly proimed. She was impressed with herself for knowing the exact location of the ruler since she was one of the very few creatures on the Conspiracy continent who knew this.


    Aakesh looked at Katrina while Autumn stared at her in surprise.


    ¡°Are you in the inner council?¡± Autumn asked the question with a look of pure shock on her face.


    ¡°Yes, now you know the difference between you and me,¡± Katrina proudly answered. The previous anger and disappointment for Aakesh and Autumn ignoring her were nowhere to be seen.


    The inner council was the highest organizedmittee of the Conspiracy continent. It was headed by the ruler, while there were six other central rulers seated in that.


    There would only be seven members on it at any time, and they would be the most powerful of all of the central rulers on the continent.


    The inner council only had one work to do; it was to implement whatever was ordered by the ruler by hook or crook.


    Only those six members of the inner council knew the exact location of the ruler. If any new member were to rece the old member, the ruler would take away the memories of anything rted to the ruler from the member.


    ¡°What is the inner council?¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but ask, hearing the shock in Autumn¡¯s voice.


    A grin spread across Katrina¡¯s face, and she ignored Aakesh.


    ¡°The inner council¡­,¡± Autumn came out of her shock and told everything about the inner council to him.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you want to leave this continent and enter the world Ie from?¡± Aakesh asked Katrina after getting the answer from Autumn.


    Like a child, Katrina wanted to ignore Aakesh, for he ignored her when she asked questions, but her desire to leave got the better of her, and she solemnly nodded.


    The only reason she had put up with Aakesh¡¯s disrespecting attitude of ignoring her was her desire to get outside, or she would¡¯ve already attacked him previously. Even though she stood at the top of the food chain on this continent, she still wanted to go outside since there was a new unexperienced world beyond this continent, and she didn¡¯t want to miss that. The other reason was that there were only two figures who had overwhelming strength above her, and she would never be able to catch up with them, no matter what she tried, so to grow more, she had no choice but to go outside.


    ¡°Let¡¯s make a deal. You help me, and I will help you in leaving this continent,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Katrina. His tone was full of majesty, as if the refusal wasn¡¯t an option.


    ¡°Go on,¡± Katrina responded as she was interested in such a deal.


    ¡°My goal is to prove my conjectures. Help me until the end, and when I exit this world, I will take you with me,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Katrina.


    Before entering here, the only reason he had was excitement and enjoyment since it was a dimension scale event, and now that he had his conjectures, he had a goal for continuing his journey till the end.


    ¡°What are your conjectures?¡± Katrina asked. She finally got the answers for the sudden extreme reaction of Aakesh after he had casually mentioned ¡®He¡¯.


    ¡°That you don¡¯t need to know,¡± Aakesh straight away refused as he had no ns to share them with anyone.


    ¡°You!¡± Katrina red up, seeing Aakesh refusing to tell her. Her temperament was like a child who only got angry because she didn¡¯t get the things she wanted.


    ¡°I won¡¯t tell you anything unless I prove my conjectures, so there is no point in getting over it,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Katrina, showing he had no interest in budging.


    Seeing Aakesh¡¯s stubbornness, Katrina stopped asking any questions rted to his conjectures. She then took a deep breath and asked the second question lingering in her mind, ¡°Are we going to fight the ruler?¡±


    ¡°Maybe!¡± Aakesh replied. He knew the ruler was too strong for him to fight after hearing from Autumn and Katrina, but he had no choice but to go and fight her if the situation arose in the future. As for his and Lily¡¯s death, he had no worries since it was never an issue. He had the system with him. He only needed to pay some price, and he was secure from any kind of death.


    Aakesh¡¯s reply brought a look of shock on both Autumn and Katrina¡¯s faces. Katrina was the first one to get over it. A smile spread across her face as she muttered, ¡°Interesting!¡±


    The next moment, the smile disappeared from her face, and it turned solemn. She then asked another question, ¡°What about ¡®Him¡¯? Do we need to fight ¡®Him¡¯ as well?¡± Katrina still maintained the amount of respect whenever she mentioned the creator of the Conspiracy continent and the lives inhabiting it.

 Chapter 495

    Chapter 495: The Central Ruler(4)


    ¡°What about ¡®Him¡¯? Do we need to fight ¡®Him¡¯ as well?¡± Katrina still maintained the amount of respect and asked Aakesh.


    Autumn, who had just gotten over her shock of fighting the ruler, felt shudders down her spine as she heard Katrina¡¯s question. She moved several steps away from the duo since even thinking the question was sphemous for her.


    It was true that her respect for the creator was born out of fear for ¡®Him¡¯. But at the same time, there was also reverence for ¡®Him¡¯ in her heart as ¡®He¡¯ was their creator. If not for ¡®Him¡¯, they would¡¯ve never been born here and seen this continent or even thought of leaving it to go to the outside world.


    Autumn then stared at Aakesh to know his answer.


    ¡°No! I am not some idiot to challenge your creator,¡± Aakesh responded straight away.


    There was a difference between challenging someone strong or someone like the creator. He would only be an idiot even if he thought of fighting against him.


    Autumn heaved a sigh of relief, hearing Aakesh¡¯s answer. If Aakesh would¡¯ve said yes, she would¡¯ve left straight away, even forgetting about Lily, her ancestor. She had no interest in facing certain death after fighting against ¡®Him¡¯.


    Katrina didn¡¯t say anything but stared at Aakesh for a few seconds to find out whether Aakesh was lying or not. Seeing that nothing unexpected happened, she also heaved a sigh of relief. Just thinking about battling ¡®Him¡¯ sent chills down her spine and almost forced her to crash down to the ground.


    ¡°So, do you want to make a deal or not?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked Katrina, breaking the silence in the area. ¡°Are you in?¡± He then turned his head around and asked Autumn who had moved away from them after Katrina¡¯s question.


    ¡°I am fine with it!¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡±


    Katrina and Autumn respectively responded, announcing their affirmation of Aakesh¡¯s deal.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded, hearing the positive answer from both of them.


    Aakesh could sense the power difference between Katrina, Autumn, and him, and it wasn¡¯t nothing. If Katrina and Autumn were so much more powerful than him, he could guess the power difference between him and the ruler. If somehow the battle between him and the ruler urred, then Katrina and Autumn would be a great help to him if he needed to survive that ordeal.


    ¡°So, how far does the ruler live?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked Katrina after they had a sessful deal.


    ¡°One trillion miles,¡± Katrina answered.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise as one trillion miles wasn¡¯t arge distance. He had traveled more than that from spider den toe here.


    Aakesh then looked at Autumn, who had told him that the distance was too far to walk on foot.


    ¡°I know what you¡¯re thinking,¡± Katrina chimed in and interrupted Aakesh before he could ask Autumn a question.


    ¡°Oh, how could the distance be so less when she told me that it¡¯s too far to walk on foot,¡± Katrina then put Aakesh¡¯s thoughts out in his voice.


    Aakesh had no reaction to Katrina mimicking him, and he looked at her, waiting to know the answer.


    ¡°You¡¯re no fun,¡± Katrina disappointedly said, seeing no response from Aakesh. Then her face turned solemn, and she started answering.


    ¡°The distance is one trillion miles only in figurative terms. In the center of every primary domain solely owned by the central ruler, there is a ce that could directly take anyone to the ruler¡¯s territory. For entry, every central ruler gets a key, and after using that, the central ruler appears in the required area.¡±


    ¡°The key isn¡¯t valid for anyone other than the central ruler, not even their family, but still, it¡¯s the only way for anyone to reach the ruler¡¯s territory.¡±


    ¡°The ruler lives at the edge of the continent. Since its birth, the Conspiracy continent has been continuously expanding at an unimaginable rate. In the time we had spent here talking, the continent had already grown by hundreds of trillions of miles. Since the Conspiracy continent has been in existence for countless years, its size had already surpassed the imagination of everyone living in it.¡±


    ¡°So to travel to the ruler¡¯s territory, the point at the center of every primary domain is the only way.¡±


    ¡°Anyone other than the central ruler may not be able to enter using the key, but they still can reach the ruler¡¯s territory using that point.¡±


    ¡°It¡¯s just that there is arge world consisting of different tests inside the point, and anyone who was entering without the key would have to pass that world to reach that area. The ruler only thinks of talented as worth setting foot on her territory.¡±


    ¡°The size of that world is one trillion miles, and you need toplete that journey if you want to meet the ruler,¡± Katrina concluded.


    ¡®This continent is alreadyrger than the Primal dimension,¡¯ Aakesh thought after learning about the growth rate of the continent.


    He would find it tough to cover the entirety of the Primal dimension on foot, let alone something like this continent which had already surpassed its size. Even if the time rate between the conspiracy continent and the Primal dimension were 1,000,000:1, it would still take him weeks, if not months, to travel in the Primal dimension time.


    ¡°What kind of word is inside the point?¡± Aakesh asked Katrina as he needed to know as much as possible before entering it.


    ¡°No idea,¡± Katrina nonchntly replied. ¡°Since the world¡¯s inception, no one has cleared it, and since there was no return from it, no one knows the content inside the world,¡± She further added in a casual manner as if it had nothing to do with her. There was even a hint of gloating in her tone.


    She knew only with Aakesh¡¯s survival would she be able to leave this continent, but at the same time, she also hoped to get payback for Aakesh ignoring her. She had a childlike personality, so Aakesh didn¡¯t focus on the gloating.


    ¡°I also don¡¯t know,¡± Autumn answered before Aakesh asked her.


    ¡°Does the world also have the ability to separate individuals?¡± Aakesh asked as his eyes fell on Lily engulfed in a blob of light and ra, who had been unconscious since the arrival of Katrina.

 Chapter 496

    Chapter 496: The World that Throws Challenge after Challenge(1)


    ¡°Will this world also separate individuals as this continent did?¡± Aakesh asked as his eyes fell on Lily engulfed in a blob of light and ra, who had been unconscious since the arrival of Katrina.


    ¡°No idea,¡± Katrina answered.


    The ruler had created the world for people other than the central ruler to enter her territory, and she hadplete control over it. Not even the inner council had an iota of knowledge about it.


    Aakesh frowned, hearing Katrina¡¯s answer. He didn¡¯t want to enter the world without knowing whether Lily and ra would separate from him or not.


    If the world would separate them, there were almost zero chances of someone like ra surviving. ra had helped Aakesh a lot during the past few decades, so he didn¡¯t want her to die for his adventure. Aakesh was even willing to take her and her family out of this continent with him if she desired.


    As for Lily, even if they were to separate, Aakesh didn¡¯t have to worry about her. She had the system¡¯s help with him.


    ¡°What do you think? Do you want to enter?¡± Autumn asked with concern evident on her face.


    Autumn was worried about Lily¡¯s safety. Autumn had seen Lily¡¯s strength. She was talented for her own level, but across these areas, the creatures were of a higher level than her, so her talent didn¡¯t y a satisfying role. Autumn believed that if not for her presence, Lily would¡¯ve died only in the first territory she appeared.


    ¡°Yes, I will enter,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered since there was nothing forcing him to think different. He had already decided his goal to prove his conjectures, and he would do it.


    If Lily¡¯s safety were at stake, he would¡¯ve refused to proceed further, but since no matter what decision he made, she would be safe, Aakesh decided to go for an adventure.


    As for ra, his journey with her hase to an end at this point. He couldn¡¯t force her to die for his adventure, and neither did he want to.


    For all the help she had done for Aakesh, he would pay it by taking her and her family members out of this continent into the real world.


    ¡°Can you wake her up?¡± Aakesh asked Katrina as her voice was the reason behind her falling unconscious.


    ¡°Aww, are you going to tell her to stop, or are you going to take her with you?¡± A yful smile appeared on Katrina¡¯s face, and she asked Aakesh.


    ¡°I would tell her to return,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but be surprised by himself since if it were earlier, he would¡¯ve ignored the question, but now he honestly answered it.


    ¡°Hehe, a little speaking isn¡¯t going to hurt you.¡±


    Aakesh looked at Katrina since he believed she was the reason behind him answering the question. As expected, Katrina epted the crime straight away without Aakesh even needing to speak.


    ¡°Stop doing it,¡± Autumn chided Katrina as she could see Aakesh¡¯s expression changing.


    ¡°Ouch! He¡¯s breaking his heart, and you¡¯re breaking mine,¡± Katrina responded in a pained voice and hit her chest.


    ¡°Fine, I will not do that again. Learn to have some fun.¡±


    A few secondster, Katrina added as neither Aakesh nor Autumn seemed to be amused by her response.


    Katrina then turned her head around, looked at ra peacefully unconscious on the ground, and soon there were movements.


    ra regained consciousness straight away and sat up as if she had never fallen unconscious and was just sitting on the ground.


    ¡°Senior,¡± ra¡¯s eyes were a little blurry, so she rubbed her eyes and called out to Aakesh.


    ¡°Our journey hase to an end,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told ra, making Katrina have a facepalming moment.


    ¡°WHat? Why?¡± At first, ra yelled in surprise after hearing Aakesh¡¯s statement, but she controlled herself and asked Aakesh the reason behind what he said.


    ¡°You are too weak to continue,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    ¡°But senior¡­¡± ra wanted to say something in response to Aakesh, but no words came out of her mouth.


    ¡°Now, now, don¡¯t be so hard on her,¡± Katrina moved her hands away from her face andmented.


    ¡°Sweetie, you should be thankful that you¡¯re with him, or I would¡¯ve killed you for not kneeling in front of me,¡± Katrina appeared in front of ra andmented, making Autumn dumbfounded.


    ra felt her body freezing at that moment as an unbearable amount of pressure attacked her.


    As soon as the pressure came, it disappeared as Aakesh, with his eyes getting cold, was about to hit Katrina with a dark energy ball the size of a basketball.


    ¡°I was just joking,¡± Katrina smilinglymented, looking at ra, seemingly unfazed by Aakesh¡¯s reaction.


    ¡°Katrina, there is a limit to your y. Stop doing that,¡± Autumn sensed Aakesh¡¯s irritation with Katrina, so she admonished Katrina.


    ¡°Fine,¡± Katrina replied to Autumn with a pout.


    ¡°As he told you, you¡¯re too weak to continue further. Now, why don¡¯t you return to your father? I will transfer all the territories he had conquered to you,¡± Katrina¡¯s tone became stern as she told ra.


    Time flew by.


    ra still wanted to proceed, but Aakeshpletely ignored her retorts, and ra had no choice but to leave.


    ¡°Here,¡± Katrina then lightly tapped ra¡¯s head. The next moment, Aakesh felt as if something was getting snatched from him, and he had no choice but to go with it.


    The ufortable feeling didn¡¯t continue for long and soon disappeared.


    ¡°Now, all the territories he had conquered are yours,¡± Katrina told ra.


    ra had refused to take the territories conquered by Aakesh, but since she was weak, she couldn¡¯t even refuse gifts presented to her.


    ***


    ¡°Senior, will we meet again?¡± ra asked as her time to leave had arrived.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered since he had decided to take her and her family out of this continent into the real world.


    ¡°Thank you, senior. Bye!¡± ra then thanked Aakesh for all he did for her in the past few decades and bid him adieu. She then turned around and stepped into the space crack in front of her.


    The next moment, she disappeared from the territory, and when she stepped out of the space crack, she appeared right in front of the table, where her family was having dinner.

 Chapter 497

    Chapter 497: The World that Throws Challenge after Challenge(2)


    ¡°Poor girl, you broke her heart. How could you be so insensitive?¡± Katrinamented after ra left.


    Aakesh ignored Katrina and looked at Lily, engulfed in a blob of light.


    Aakesh was waiting for Lily¡¯s breakthrough toe to an end, and then he would enter the world inside the point.


    ¡°Is there a time difference-¡± Aakesh suddenly had a question rted to the world, but he stopped midway as he already knew what Katrina was going to answer.


    ¡°Are you two alone who came here from the outside world?¡± Katrina suddenly asked, breaking the silence.


    ¡°No, there were many who entered before me as for after that, I don¡¯t know much,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered. His eyes were still fixated on Lily.


    ¡°Doesn¡¯t that mean I am making the deal without finding any better contestant who could help me get outside?¡± Katrina asked another question.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t move his eyes away from Lily and answered, ¡°No. Only three beings stronger than me had entered the portal before me, and none of them would¡¯ve any interest in helping you get outside. In fact, they would want to kill you.¡±


    Aakesh was talking about the Void beasts that had entered the portal.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t know the exact strength of the Void beasts, so he assumed them to be stronger than him in the battle. Only then would it be fun when he defeated them.


    Katrina looked at Aakesh in suspicion, but not even a tiny change in his expression happened. His heartbeat and breath remained steady.


    She then moved her eyes away and believed in what Aakesh had informed her. Soon a round of silence fell on the area as none of the trio spoke after that.


    ¡°How should we meet at the ruler¡¯s territory?¡± Katrina suddenly asked, breaking the silence.


    It was the most significant point in the deal she made with Aakesh. If she helped Aakesh there, he would help her get out of this continent. If she ignored Aakesh and let him do everything, she was sure that Aakesh wouldn¡¯t survive, and her chances to get out of the continent would be more challenging, ording to what she learned from Aakesh.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you enter the world inside the dot with me?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked.


    ¡°Do you take me for a fool?¡± Katrina retorted right away.


    She wanted to leave the continent, but that doesn¡¯t mean she would enter a world where she knew nothing about it.


    Autumn also shook her head, showing her refusal. Lily was her ancestor, but for her, Autumn wouldn¡¯t enter an uncharted territory from where none had ever returned.


    Aakesh had expected the same response from Autumn and Katrina, so he wasn¡¯t surprised. He then fell into a dilemma since he couldn¡¯t defeat the restrictions on him and ways to contact Autumn and Katrina when he sessfully passed the world and appeared in the ruler¡¯s territory.


    ¡°Hey, system, can you do something to help me break off the restrictions and contact Autumn and Katrina?¡± Since Aakesh had no answer, he decided to ask the system for help.


    [Host, the system could help you. But it won¡¯t be free.]


    The next moment, the emotionless and mechanical response of the system rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°What price?¡± Aakesh asked the system since he already knew that the system wouldn¡¯t help him for free.


    [Since the task isn¡¯t daunting. You have two options to pay the price.]


    [First, you can let go of themission of every store product for a year.]


    [Second, you can return any of the skills provided by the system to the system.]


    The next moment, the system presented two options for the price Aakesh had to pay if he wanted the system¡¯s help.


    The choices weren¡¯t tough to make, so Aakesh selected the option straight away.


    ¡°Hey, system, I would let go of mymission for a year,¡± Aakesh told his selected option to the system.


    Aakesh rarely stepped out of the store, so he rarely spent any money, and since he still had quite an amount due to themissions he had earned these days, Aakesh didn¡¯t need to think much before making his decision.


    [Host, check your system space.]


    Aakesh did as the system instructed and checked his system space. The next moment, he found three blue-colored square cards.


    [Host, the card will allow you to bypass the continent¡¯s restriction once, and you will then be able to contact the owner of the other cards once.]


    The system then informed Aakesh of the function of the blue-colored cards.


    Aakesh then took out the cards from his system space. The card was nd on one side, and on the other side, there was a zigzag pattern just like on the store¡¯s superior and supreme card.


    ¡°Take it. When I pass the world and enter the ruler¡¯s territory, I will contact you,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Katrina and Autumn and handed them their respective cards.


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t look anything special,¡± Katrinamented as she checked the card.


    Aakesh ignored her and returned to watching Lily until shepleted her breakthrough.


    ***


    ¡°I will be waiting for you,¡± A figure seated in the darkmented with a yful tone.


    ***


    ¡°How long do you think it would take him to clear the world created by your daughter?¡± Lilith asked the figure seated in the dark.


    There was currently a screen showing everything that happened around Aakesh was ying.


    ¡°I would give him an audience if he passes the world in less than fifty years,¡± The figure answered.


    If Ronald were here, he would¡¯ve recognized the voice as the same as his master.


    Lilith got surprised, hearing the answer the figure gave. She never expected the figure to grant audience to Aakesh.


    Her curiosity in Aakesh became even greater since she sensed that there was something special about him that she didn¡¯t know.


    ***


    ¡°Ugh, Is this the end?¡± Norman groaned in pain and asked as he looked at the sky covered in darkness.


    There was a deep gash spread across his chest, and it showed his punctured heart, and blood continuously streamed out of it, dying the ground ck with hints of silver in it.


    Next to him, a creature several times his sizey there with half its face was gone, while the other half was in condition to be recognized.


    ¡°Father, it¡¯s all on you,¡± Normanined and lost his consciousness, unaware that a green blob of light appeared and engulfed the entirety of him.


    ***


    A/N: There will be a mass release on the 10th of May. Please show your support for the book by giving GTs. Thanks for reading the book!

 Chapter 498

    Chapter 498: The World that Throws Challenge after Challenge(3)


    ¡°Father, it¡¯s all on you,¡± Normanined as the scenes of his life over these years passed through his eyes. He then lost his consciousness, unaware that a green blob of light had appeared right after it and engulfed the entirety of him.


    The deep gash then started healing at a visible rate as the wound on his heart recovered first.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, seven seconds had passed.


    The green light surrounding Norman disappeared, and with it, all kinds of injuries, external or internal, physical or mental, hadpletely recovered.


    Soon, his fingers moved, and then the phenomena spread across his entire body, and not long after, his eyelids moved, and he opened his eyes.


    ¡°Am I in heaven?¡± Norman asked as he found his surroundings blurry. ¡°No, how can I be in heaven? It must be hell,¡± He further added as he rubbed his eyes to see his surroundings clearly.


    ¡°Eh!¡± The next moment, Norman eximed in shock as he found the surroundings to be familiar and him free of any injury at all.


    ¡°How?¡± Norman asked himself as he couldn¡¯t believe the scene in front of him.


    ¡°Did that blob work?¡± Norman asked as he remembered the blob the Void beast had given him and Lenna before entering the portal.


    Norman hadn¡¯t forgotten the blob of energy. Around ten years ago, he had gotten seriously injured. He had then attempted to use it to heal himself, but it hadn¡¯t worked, and it had taken him around a year to recover from the wounds. This incident had made him curse the Void beast as well as lose trust in the blob.


    ¡°Forgive me, o honorable Void beast, for cursing you,¡± Norman joined his hands together and asked for forgiveness, looking at the sky covered with darkness, for using so many curses on the Void beast.


    His eyes then fell on the dead creature lying on the ground not far from him. The corpse was slowly dissolving into particles, and it was moving up in the sky.


    His eyes got red with anger as the creature was the reason for him falling into a precarious situation.


    After the death of the creature, the restrictions on him disappeared. He jumped and directlynded on the already half unrecognizable face of the creature.


    A few secondster, the creature¡¯s corpse entirely dissipated into particles, but before that, Norman had destroyed the half-disfigured face of the corpse to satiate his anger.


    ¡°It¡¯s still on you, father,¡± He then yelled as he cursed his father for forcing him to enter this shittynd, where he hade close to death so many times.


    ***


    ¡°Where am I?¡± A figure disguised as a humanmented.


    Soon, the disguise worn by the figure disappeared, and a Titan presented itself.


    Since the Titan entry into the Primal dimension, Titans had been doing random tasks to spend time since they could neither ascend nor could they die since they only have a limited number of people in the race, and they didn¡¯t want to decrease that.


    The Titan was named Erica, and if Eris(The First-ranked territory owner in Panagea) were to be present here, he would¡¯ve recognized the figure since both the figure shared a blood rtion. Erica was Eris¡¯s elder sister with the same mother but a different father when they were alive.


    Erica was a female Titan, but her appearance would¡¯ve put a man who loved bulky bodies to shame.


    Erica was living an ordinary life with a loving husband and eight children in one of the tribes near the Mysterious peak.


    The sudden disappearance of the Mysterious peak caused mayhem across the tribe she lived in, resulting in a riot breaking out.


    Erica lived as an ordinary woman, but when her husband in the tribe fell in danger, she had no choice but to reveal a little of her strength.


    Erica then sessfully rescued her husband, but the situation didn¡¯t pan out as expected. The husband was horrified, learning that his wife, whom he had been married to for twenty years, was someone else.


    The husband then ran away from Erica with his youngest daughter, who was only eight months old right now.


    The husband was midway on his journey when he noticed his daughter slowly dissipating into the light.


    ¡°She isn¡¯t real,¡± At that moment, a familiar voice rang in the ears of the husband, and it sent chills down his spine.


    The husband, with a horrified expression, turned around only to notice the woman he called his wife floating in the air. He then asked as his voice trembled, ¡°What do you mean? She isn¡¯t real.¡±


    ¡°It means she isn¡¯t real. None of our children are real. They were just an illusion created by me. I can¡¯t produce children,¡± Erica emotionlessly told the man. She then snapped her fingers. The next moment, the eight-month-old girl in the man¡¯s hand vanished as if she was never there.


    At the same time, the remaining seven children spread across the tribe or other parts of the Anga continent also disappeared.


    Erica¡¯s eldest son was hugging his wife to calm her down due to all this mayhem across the tribe. He then suddenly vanished out of nowhere, sending another round of rm in the tribe.


    ¡°Why did you do that?¡± The man, using all his willpower, angrily yelled at the stranger woman he once loved unconditionally.


    ¡°I saved you, and yet you ran away from me when it was supposed to be your fortune for sleeping with someone like me,¡± Erica ignored the man¡¯s question and emotionlesslymented.


    ¡°It¡¯s my fault for getting attached to you,¡± Erica further added. ¡°The more you live, the more misery I will have, so you need to die,¡± Her voice turned chillier, and she continued.


    The man couldn¡¯t even understand what had happened when out of nowhere, a tiny me caught his legs.


    ¡°ARGH!¡± The man screamed in pain as an unbearable amount of pain attacked him. The fire slowly got bigger and engulfed the entirety of the man, turning him into nothing more than ashes.


    While all this happened, Erica emotionlessly looked at the scene. A drop of tear then streamed through her cheeks, but before it could leave her face, an invisible force attacked it and disintegrated it.


    ***


    A/N: There will be a mass release on the 10th of May. Please show your support for the book by giving GTs. Thanks for reading the book!

 Chapter 499

    Chapter 499: The World that Throws Challenge after Challenge(4)


    A drop of tear streamed through Erica¡¯s cheeks as she bid farewell to her husband in this experience of life. She then descended to the ground and appeared at the spot where the man¡¯s ashesy peacefully.


    Erica grabbed some of the ashes and closed her hand into a fist. The fist wasn¡¯t tightly locked, so it flew in the air through the small gaps.


    She then turned her head around and looked in the direction of the southern end of the Mysterious Peak. She noticed a portal and people belonging to different races continuously entering it.


    Her eyes turned colder as the portal was responsible for this situation to arrive. She med it for the death of her husband, not herself, who killed him.


    The next moment, all her anger vanished as she found eight familiar figures. Her breathing almost froze as the eight figures matched eyes with her at the same time.


    A smile spread across Erica¡¯s face as she nodded.


    The eight figures were none other than the Void beasts that were waiting for their fellow members toe out of the portal. They felt someone snooping on them, so they matched their eyes with the being. When they recognized the figure, they moved their eyes away as if nothing had happened.


    Even though a Deva had created the Void beasts, the blood used in their creation belonged to Vritrasura, the strongest of the Asura race.


    The Asura race was the same race responsible for massacring the Titans and forcing them to spend eternity without any hope of ascending into the Primal dimension. Erica didn¡¯t know about the origin of the Void beasts, so she mistook the gesture of the Void beast¡¯s moving their eyes away as their indifference.


    But in reality, the Void beast moved their eyes away without reciprocating because the blood flowing in their veins hated Erica with all its being. If not for Deva¡¯s instruction of not interfering unless the emergence of a situation, the Void beasts would have hunted the Titans and ended their race.


    Vritrasura, despite bing way more powerful than the leader of the Asura race, never forgot the leader¡¯s hatred of the Titan race for the killing of his daughter.


    ***


    After the sudden encounter with the Void beasts, Erica returned to the tribe and hunted every person that held even a slight connection with her children created by the illusion and her dead husband.


    After her sessful hunt and tying all her loose ends in this part of the experience, Erica disappeared from the spot. The next moment, she appeared in the sky above the portal.


    She didn¡¯t greet the Void beasts again as she had her own self-respect, and she didn¡¯t like someone treating her with indifference.


    Erica then descended to the ground and recognized many figures. But since she was in disguise, none of them were able to see through her guise, and they failed to recognize her.


    Erica then took a step forward and entered the portal, which despite tens of people entering it, still had sufficient space for even more people to walk through.


    ***


    ¡°Where is this ce?¡± Erica muttered as she appeared in an unfamiliar environment the next moment.


    The next moment, Erica felt the restrictions put on her. She attempted to fight it back, but no matter what she did, she could neither unleash her full power nor could she fly.


    Only a few seconds had passed since Erica appeared here when suddenly thend below her feet started shaking out of nowhere.


    ¡°Look at this. A new guest,¡± The next moment, an unfamiliar male hoarse voice rang in the area, sending chills down Erica¡¯s spine.


    Erica turned her head around, only to find a figure standing behind her.


    Erica stumbled two steps backward in fear, bringing a look of a smile to the face of the figure.


    ¡°Ahh, I like those who struggle the most,¡± The figure licked its lips as it moaned in pleasure, seeing the look of fear on Erica¡¯s face.


    Erica felt her legs frozen in fear as she sensed an overwhelming aura from the figure.


    ¡®Is this the end?¡¯ Erica thought as she couldn¡¯t move her legs away, no matter how hard she tried. In the next moment, her life with her parents passed through her eyes.


    Her eyes became wet, and not long after, tears started continuously dripping out as the hidden memory passed through her head. She clutched her head in pain and screamed as the screams of her race members when the Asura race members hunted them rang in her head.


    ¡°Eh! Why are you crying? I won¡¯t kill you,¡± The figuremented, seeing the sudden breakdown of Erica.


    Erica got immersed in those tragic memories, so she didn¡¯t hear what the figure said, and tears continuously dripped, making the ground wet.


    ¡°So disappointing,¡± The figuremented, seeing no response from Erica.


    The figure then decided to end her life as it was only interested in her when she struggled for her life, and then he would show her a way to survive, but in the end, just when she would think that she had survived the ordeal, he would kill her.


    Seeing no reaction from Erica made the figure angry as it finally had something interesting.


    The figure didn¡¯t want to give a peaceful end to Erica since she ruined its way of fun; it decided to sever her into pieces.


    The figure was going to make a move when it suddenly stopped.


    The figure then waived its hands, and an invisible wind pushed Erica and took her in the western direction.


    Erica finally came around as she felt an unbearable amount of wind pushing her somewhere unknown. Erica subconsciously attempted to fight back, but her attempts proved to be a failure as the wind stayed the same.


    Erica finally came to a stop, and the wind disappeared.


    Before Erica could even stabilize herself, suddenly, out of nowhere, a space crack appeared and sucked her in. Erica didn¡¯t even know what had happened.


    The next moment, the figure appeared floating in the air right above the location where the space crack had urred a moment earlier.


    The figure was one of the central rulers, while the space crack that had devoured Erica was connected to the world created by the ruler.


    ***


    A/N: The next chapter wouldete on the day. Since it would be the 500th chapter, I have decided to reveal a tiny hint rted to Aakesh¡¯s life.


    The next chapter would have nothing to do with this continent or this event.


    If you don¡¯t want a different chapter in the middle of the story, please doment. I would release a regr chapter.

 Chapter 500

    Chapter 500: 500th Special!


    ¡°Where am I?¡± A blue-skinned boy thought to himself in confusion as he had just opened his eyes.


    ¡°WHAT IS THIS?¡± Right at that moment, an angry scream rang in the area.


    The boy attempted to look in the direction of the scream, but his face didn¡¯t follow his movements. ¡°Who is screaming?¡± The boy asked, but instead of words, only cries escaped his mouth.


    ¡°Master¡­ master, we¡­we don¡¯t know,¡± The boy then heard a trembling voice in response to the scream.


    ¡°WAKE HER UP. I WILL KILL THIS BOY AND THIS WOMAN FOR BETRAYING ME,¡± Instead of calming down, the voice turned even louder as the figure yelled and released a killing hint, aiming at both the newborn and the unconscious mother, resulting in the maidservants shuddering in fear.


    The maidservants hurried and attempted to wake the pale-skinned woman, who had lost all colors up, but their results came to a naught as the woman was already dead.


    The faces of the maidservants turned pale in fear. They cursed their luck for getting involved in such a situation.


    Their master would surely kill them to silence them since the boy looked entirely different from the master.


    ¡°WAKE HER!¡± The man hurried the maidservants while ignoring the cries of the blue-skinned boy.


    ¡°Mas¡­mas¡­,¡± One of the maidservants gathered the courage to inform their masters of the woman¡¯s death, but when she turned around and saw the turbulent aura around the man, no words came out of her mouth.


    The man lost all his patience at that moment. He took a step forward and pushed the maidservants away. He then reached the woman and forcefully nudged her to wake her up, resulting in the newborn boy rolling at the edge of the bed.


    One of the maidservants forgot everything about her master at that moment and rushed toward the boy, saving him from falling to the ground.


    The man had no sense to check the actions of his servants as he felt his mind turning nk at that moment, finding his wife, the love of his life, dead.


    All his anger for the woman¡¯s infidelity vanished at that moment as he crashed to the ground with a pale face.


    The maidservants carried the boy as she attempted to make him stop crying so as not to further anger the master, but her actions resulted in nothing as the boy¡¯s cries got louder.


    ¡°What is this ce?¡±


    ¡°Can no one understand me?¡±


    ¡°Is that the man who was screaming?¡±


    The boy asked sessive questions, but since he was just a newborn, all he could do was cry.


    ¡°Take him away from me,¡± The man finally spoke. His voice had turned hoarse and aged as he got not only a betrayal he never expected from his most trusted person, but he also lost the love of his life.


    The man wanted nothing more than to kill the boy, but he couldn¡¯t do it as the boy was thest proof of his wife¡¯s existence. He knew he was being naive and an idiot, which didn¡¯t bode well for someone of his caliber, who had a Kingdom to rule, but he didn¡¯t care. His wife¡¯s love for him may be false, but his love for her couldn¡¯t be any more real.


    ¡°Take him as far as possible from me. If I ever found anyone of you or the boy anywhere near the territory, I would treat you the same way I treat heretics,¡± The man further added and warned the eight maidservants present in the room.


    He then took out a pouch from his space ring and threw it toward the maidservants that had the boy in her hands.


    The man, then using the bed as support, stood up and took a step forward toward the door without turning back.


    The man¡¯s steps came to a sudden halt as he reached the door. A drop of tear streamed through the man¡¯s cheek as he turned around and took ast look at the woman on the bed. His heart felt a pang as the woman had a peaceful expression on her face, but she had ruined his life.


    The next day, the royal pce released a tragic piece of news for the Kingdom: ¡°The queen had died during her childbirth. She had given birth to a boy, but he also lost his breath only after a few seconds of his birth. In anger and heartbreak, his majesty killed all the maidservants who were present, and his majesty had also burnt the queen¡¯s pce.¡±


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Mummy 1, I am not at fault here. They mocked me for having this weird skin, eight mothers, and no father,¡± A boyined to the woman standing in front of him with a stern face.


    ¡°You did good, my son. You should¡¯ve beaten them even harder,¡± A woman entered the room andmented, bringing a frown on the woman already present there.


    ¡°Ca, how can you say something like that to him,¡± The woman red and rebuked the woman who had just entered the room.


    The boy looked to be in his pubescent age. He was 160 cm tall and had blue skin, clear ck eyes, and ck hair that went to his shoulders.


    ¡°I know, Aakesh, but you have to learn to control yourself. You are special,¡± The woman¡¯s stern face turned into a gentle smile, and shemented.


    ¡°Mummy 1, I can control everything, but I can¡¯t control myself if someone mocks my mother,¡± Aakesh stubbornly responded and left the room.


    ¡°Usha, you don¡¯t need to be so stubborn with the boy. He¡¯s in a growing up phase,¡± The womanmented after Aakesh left the room.


    Usha was the woman who had saved the boy from falling off the bed twelve years ago. After the King ordered them to take the boy away and gave them an obscene amount of gold coins, Usha became the leader of the group, and they left for the city very far from that ce.


    This world was filled with supernatural, yet the boy surprised the eight women, who started treating the boy as if he was their son, and they were his mother.


    Only three days after his birth, the boy had started speaking, and after a week, his speech became fluent and continuos without any error.


    After a month, the boy started walking. When he was three months old, one day, Aakesh had suddenly started floating, which they had only heard of rumors and was impossible for even their King. As more and more time passed, the mystery around the boy only deepened for the group of women.


    They knew the boy was special, so from the start, they trained him to control his powers. The ideal age for people to start cultivation was sixteen, but when the boy was only 3, the son of the city head attempted to assault one of the women, resulting in the boy going on a rampage and killing every person rted to the city head.


    In just an hour, the boy had killed thousands of people, including any member rted to the city head and anyone who tried to stop him, and all the fights were one-sided. His only reason for taking so long was that he had to travel around the city.


    Even the group of women had felt horrified, seeing a three-year-old boy killing people without even an inch of hesitation.


    The women and Aakesh had left the city that day since it was no safer to live here. The King would surely hear this news and may even send men to check it out, as the death of thousands of people wasn¡¯t a minor urrence.


    The group of women didn¡¯t worry for Aakesh but the King. Seeing the way Aakesh killed the city head and his men, there were no doubts that Aakesh already had more than enough strength to contend with the King, as even the King was only a level higher than the city head.


    That day, the group of women also forced Aakesh to take a vow that he wouldn¡¯t kill or severely hurt anyone after this day. If he did, all the women would attempt suicide.


    Time flew by.


    The group of women started turning older as they were no cultivators, and they neither had the talent to cultivate.


    Aakesh, who had now turned into a young man, began fearing for the day anyone of his mother would die.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry about us. Life is a cycle. If someone takes birth, they had to die someday,¡± Usha told Aakesh, who had been searching for ways for the group to start cultivating.


    ¡°Pa, what is grandma saying?¡± A childlike voice rang at that moment, as a girl around two years old came running.


    A gentle smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as he stood up from his chair and picked up his daughter.


    ¡°Don¡¯t listen to grandma, Lily,¡± Aakesh responded as he gently poked the girl¡¯s nose.


    Lily may look only two-year-old, but in reality, she was only seven months old. She was extraordinary, just like her father. She also had blue skin but with a lighter tone, as her mother had milky white skin.


    Lily also had a foxtail since her mother belonged to the fox race. Aakesh might have strange skin color, but his charm always put him into the good books of thedies.


    Halie, Aakesh¡¯s wife, studied in the same ss with Aakesh. Since Aakesh¡¯s mothers wanted him to marry and have grandchildren before they died of old age, Aakesh decided to marry Halie, who had an interest in him since they were young.


    Aakesh may have married Halie to fulfill her mother¡¯s wishes, but after the arrival of Lily, his feelings for Halie became strong.


    ***


    ¡°Don¡¯t do that,¡± Lilyined in irritation, trying to move her father¡¯s fingers away, resulting in everyone present in the roomughing.


    ¡°Knock, Knock!¡±


    Suddenly a door knock sounded, breaking the atmosphere in the house.


    ¡°I¡¯ll check it,¡± Aakeshmented as he went in the direction of the door, with Lily still in his arms.


    ¡°Click!¡±


    Aakesh opened the door and found a familiar yet unfamiliar figure standing at the door.


    ¡°So, you¡¯re her son,¡± The man¡¯s voice trembled as he spoke.


    Aakesh finally remembered the man as the screaming man when he was born.


    Usha and the other women also heard the voice. They shuddered in fear, thinking of the King¡¯s warning and Aakesh¡¯s strength.


    ¡°Mother, are you alright?¡± Halie tended to Usha, seeing the extreme reaction.


    ***


    ¡°Mother, look, my real father is here,¡± Aakesh entered the room with the man and informed the group of women.


    The man looked so weak as if even a breath would be enough to take his life away.


    ¡°Your majesty,¡± Usha and the other women kneeled straight away and tremblingly greeted the man.


    ¡°I know what you¡¯re thinking? You don¡¯t need to worry. Even if I wanted to kill him and you, I¡¯ve grown too old. I am just here to see her blood for thest time, and then I can die peacefully,¡± The man responded as he could see through the thoughts of the group of women. He then found a chair and sat down.


    ¡°Is she your wife?¡± The man looked at Halie and asked Aakesh.


    ¡°Yes, she is Halie, and she is my daughter, Lily,¡± Aakesh nodded and introduced his family to the man.


    ¡°Take it,¡± The man then took out a pair of earrings from his space ring and handed it to Halie. Halie wanted to refuse, but Aakesh told her to take it.


    ¡°Take special care of it. It was his mother¡¯s,¡± The man then added. His voice trembled as he mentioned Aakesh¡¯s mother.


    After hearing about the source of the earring, Halie thanked the man and carefully put the pair of earrings inside her space ring.


    ¡°Can I carry her?¡± The man then looked at Lily and asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and gestured for Lily to go ahead. Lily nodded and went to the man.


    ¡°Take it. It¡¯s only a small gift, but this is all I can afford now,¡± The man then took out his space ring from his finger, broke his connection with it, and gave it to Lily. ¡°When you start cultivating, drop a drop of your blood on it, and you would be the new owner,¡± The man further added.


    ***


    The man peacefully died inside the house while ying with Lily. He also apologized to Aakesh for giving him up as he never found anyone who could be his father, and in the end, he came to the conclusion that Aakesh was a mutation. But it camete, as too much time had passed at that moment.


    Time flew by.


    Old age finally caught up to Usha, and she became the first in the group to die. It was as if she had started a chain reaction; in just one year, all the women in the group died, leaving Aakesh, Halie, and Lily on their own.


    More time flew by.


    Aakesh finally got over the loss of his mothers, and Halie yed arge role in it. During that time, Halie also got pregnant with Aakesh¡¯s second child, but it seemed that the world had something else nned for Aakesh.


    ¡°The child you¡¯re carrying could be the next thing in this world. Give it to me,¡± A man suddenly appeared at the door of Aakesh¡¯s house and ordered Halie, who was enjoying the sunlight, with a hint of a killing tone in his voice.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± Halie asked, and not long after, Aakesh and Lily also came running out of the house.


    ¡°How dare you?¡± Aakesh released his full pressure and asked the man.


    A few secondster, a battle ensued between Aakesh and the man.


    For the first time in his life, Aakesh had found someone who could fight him equally, while the man was shocked as Aakesh was levels below his cultivation, but he was fighting him on equal ground.


    Time flew by. Aakesh seemed to have unlimited stamina as he didn¡¯t get tired no matter how hard he fought or how much effort he put in, but the man was feeling mentally and physically tired.


    Aakesh only had one weakness in this battle, and that was he had no attack strong enough to cause serious injuries or even kill the man.


    The man had no such weakness, and he decided to use his ultimate attack. The next moment, the air around the area turned chilly as a building in the form of a pce appeared above the man¡¯s head.


    As soon as the pce appeared, Aakesh felt something eating away his soul. He persisted and continued to fight since giving up was never an option. He had his family to save.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh persisted long enough for the man to exhaust his energypletely. The man then took a look at the faces of Aakesh, Halie, and Lily and escaped after threatening them.


    Aakesh fell unconscious after the man escaped, and he never opened his eyes after that. His soul had faced life-threatening injuries in the battle, and he never recovered from them. In the end, he sumbed to them and died as the result.


    Halie couldn¡¯t persist through the heartbreak of Aakesh¡¯s death, so she turned insane and killed herself and the child in her womb not long after that. Lily, on the other hand, was only around ten years old, and since her family left her enough wealth to sustain generations, she lived to her old age without having any family. She also didn¡¯t cultivate as she hated cultivation.


    ***


    Somewhere unknown,


    ¡°It was a failure!¡± A voice rang in the dark.


    ¡°He should¡¯ve never been born into a family. He didn¡¯t even know his purpose till the end,¡± Another voice rang in the area in response to that.


    ¡°Let¡¯s see. If this time, he will seed or not, or it would be another failure,¡± Another figuremented.


    ***


    ¡°Whe¡­re is thi¡­s?¡± Aakesh spoke in a slurred speech as he opened his eyes into a closed space.


    ***


    A/N: What do you guys think of this chapter? Please doment, It¡¯s the longest chapter up to this point, and it also revealed something about Aakesh.


    Thanks for reading the book! Have a great day!

 Chapter 501

    Chapter 501: The World that Throws Challenge after Challenge(5)


    Oregon was one of the Void beasts formed by the blood of Vritrasura. Despite getting created from blood, none of the Void beasts were able to get the body structure Vritrasura had.


    Oregon had a humanoid structure. He had four hands and four legs, with the hands being like dragon ws, while the legs looked to be like horse feet.


    He had the head of a human but with one straight drill-like horn on the center of his head. He had a pair of eyes with a white sclera and dark red pupils.


    Oregon¡¯s skin was dark red, simr to his eyes, but there were also random white spots spread across his body, varying in size.


    Oregon¡¯s drill-like horn was almost half the size of his already giant body, giving him a weird appearance.


    Like Oxen had the most powerful physique of all the eleven Void beasts in the Primal dimension, Oregon had the ability to manipte fire, and he had control over its creation as well as destruction properties.


    ¡°How more do I have to travel?¡± Oregonined as he took a step forward.


    It has been more than a century since he entered this world, and during the century, he had only traveled and traveled, forcing him to have battles that tested his limit.


    Around sixty years ago, Oregon fought a battle that forced him to use his awakened mode, and even then, he had fallen into a life-threatening situation.


    After the battle, Oregon had found out that the creature that forced him to awaken and even then forced him on the verge of death was the central ruler, a title for higher-level beings.


    Except for the title of the being, it had refused to share anything else, so Oregon¡¯s knowledge about the world he was in stayed nill.


    ***


    ¡°You killed Farooq?¡± The creature standing in front of Oregon asked.


    The creature floated in the air as his wings fluttered at a slow rate.


    The creature in front of Oregon was on its four feet. It had the appearance of a lion, and its fur was white with streaks of ck, giving it a mystifying appearance.


    The lion had three eyes, each being different. Its left eye was half-ck and half-white. Its right eye was horizontal stripes of three colors, red, blue, and grey, and the eye in the center was a single color, gold.


    Two sharp and long canine teeth gave it a majestic appearance with already the presence of its three unique eyes.


    A pair of a wing, with the right entirely being made of ck feathers, and the left one made of white feathers, slowly fluttered as the creature floated into the air.


    ¡°Who¡¯s Farooq?¡± Oregon asked as he wasn¡¯t aware of what the majestic creature in front of him was talking about.


    ¡°Oh, you don¡¯t know him,¡± The creature snickered as he found the scene funny of the killer not knowing the name of his victim.


    ¡°No,¡± Oregon answered. ¡°Is he the central ruler that I killed?¡± Oregon suddenly remembered something and asked.


    Oregon was in the territory of the second central ruler in his journey, so he remembered the first one he had killed and made the connection of the name Farooq with the dead ruler.


    ¡°Tch, you remembered,¡± The lion irritatingly responded, seeing that Oregon had recognized the identity of Farooq.


    ¡°Will you answer my questions, or should I beat you down first,¡± Oregon suddenly asked. The subconscious pressure released by the lion wasn¡¯t even close to the supposed Farooq he killed, so Oregon gained some confidence.


    ¡°Tch, such crude demeanor,¡± The lion replied as if disappointed by the aggressive tone of the figure in front of him.


    ¡°So, what¡¯s your answer?¡± Oregon asked as he got ready in his battle posture.


    ¡°You can¡¯t fly, and I would nevere down, so how would you then get answers,¡± The lion further mocked Oregon and floated even higher with just a wave of his wings.


    ¡°You can try it,¡± Oregon confidently answered. He then reduced his size to around thirty meters, the same size as the lion. He then sat down on the ground as if he would wait here as long as it took him before the lion would be forced to descend.


    ¡°Fine, you win,¡± The lion responded after staying silent for some time. Oregon could see the bead of sweat wetting the lion¡¯s fur.


    The lion then descended to the ground and stopped around a hundred meters away from Oregon, with a slight tremble in his wings.


    ¡°Introduce yourself,¡± Oregon asked the lion, and he stood up.


    ¡°I am Kores, one of the central rulers,¡± The lion introduced himself.


    ¡°Kores, what¡¯s this world?¡± Oregon asked his first question. ¡°No need to lie. If you answer me truthfully, I won¡¯t fight you and peacefully leave this area,¡± Oregon further added and promised Kores.


    ¡°How do I believe you? If you can kill Farooq, then you can kill me too,¡± Kores asked, not believing in what Oregon said.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to believe me. You only have to remember one thing: If you answer sincerely, you will survive, and if you lie or do not answer, then you can go ahead and join your friend Farooq wherever he has gone after his death,¡± Oregon replied and warned Kores.


    If it were before entering the portal, Oregon would¡¯ve never talked to Kores in such a tone, but spending more than a century with no end and continuous killings made his character slightly warped. Now his first option for any solution to a situation was violence.


    ¡°You¡¯re misusing your power,¡± Koresined in a voice that almost failed to reach Oregon¡¯s ears.


    Oregon ignored Kores and snapped his fingers. The next moment, a ring of fire spread across the area, with only a single intact area in the range of a few hundred meters. The untouched area was the spot where the lion was standing.


    The lion wasn¡¯tpletely safe, as his right-wing, entire made of ck feathers, caught fire. The lion attempted to douse it straight away, but its attempts failed as if the fire was inexhaustible.


    ¡°Don¡¯t act over smart, or I would burn your wings to ashes,¡± Oxen coldly warned Kores as he snapped his fingers again. The next moment, the fire on Kores¡¯s wings automatically disappeared.

 Chapter 502

    Chapter 502: The World that Throws Challenge after Challenge(6)


    ¡°If you don¡¯t want your wings to turn into ashes, don¡¯t act over smart,¡± Oregon warned Kores. Oregon didn¡¯t feel amused by his mumblings.


    Kores, who had a look of fear on his face, nodded as he tried to move away from the fire as far as possible.


    ¡°Now tell me, what¡¯s this world?¡± Oregon asked the question again.


    ¡°This isn¡¯t a world, but a continent named Conspiracy,¡± Kores answered straight away. He didn¡¯t try to test Oregon¡¯s patience this time.


    ¡°Conspiracy? What kind of name is this?¡± Oregon mumbled as he didn¡¯t understand the naming sense behind the continent.


    ¡°How big is this continent?¡± Oregon then asked another question since he had been traveling for more than a century at an unimaginable rate, yet he still hasn¡¯t evene close to the edge of the continent.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know. No one has seen the edge of the continent,¡± Kores answered. Suddenly the fire around him turned rogue as it attacked Kores.


    Kores made his mind to fight back when the fire stopped at a distance of a few mm away from him.


    ¡°Don¡¯t lie, or next time I won¡¯t stop it,¡± Oregon coldly warned as the fire receded back.


    The fire around Oregon was Truth me. It was one of the types of fires in the Multiverse. It only had one ability. In the presence of the me, if someone spoke a lie, it would burn them to ashes. If not for Oregon¡¯s superior control over the fire, it would¡¯ve burnt Kores to ashes for lying.


    ¡°I would repeat the question for thest time. If even after this, I¡¯ve to repeat a question, then you would have to pay a heavy price,¡± Oregon coldly threatened Kores and warned him for thest time.


    Kores didn¡¯t say anything and only nodded his lion head.


    ¡°How big is the continent?¡± Oregon then repeated the question.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know,¡± Kores repeated the same answer, but this time, the fire stayed calm and didn¡¯t attack him.


    Oregon didn¡¯t have to think much about the reason for the fire not attacking Kores since there was something extra on Kores¡¯s first answer.


    ¡°Who has seen the edge of the continent?¡± Oregon asked since this answer had made the Truth me attack Kores.


    ¡°Ruler,¡± Kores answered.


    ¡°There is someone above your level?¡± Oregon asked in surprise since Farooq had forced him to the verge of death when they battled. If there was someone higher than Kores, who was more or less equal to Farooq in strength, that meant the situation had troublesome for him.


    ¡°Yes, ruler. She is the most powerful central ruler and had control over the entire territory of the Conspiracy continent,¡± Kores answered. His tone contained respect when he talked about the ruler.


    ¡°How many central rulers are there?¡± Oregon asked his next question right away, without giving even a moment of relief to Kores.


    ¡°18,873,925 central rulers, thest I heard, a billion years ago,¡± Kores answered after staying silent for some time.


    Oregon¡¯s jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock, hearing the number of the central ruler.


    ¡°Are Farooq and you the lowest rung, average, or the top in these central rulers?¡± Oregon asked the following question after taking a deep breath anding out of the shock of hearing the number of the central rulers.


    ¡°Farooq is the lowest rung,¡± Kores answered.


    Oregon¡¯s face turned grave, hearing Kores¡¯s answer.


    Farooq was only the lowest rung of the more than 18 million strong central rulers, and he still forced him to use his awakened mode, and even then, Oregon fell on the verge of death. Oregon shuddered in fear, imagining the strength of the average or the top-ranked central rulers.


    At that moment, Oregon felt as if he was an average being standing naked in absolute zero.


    ¡°Is ruler the highest-ranked character of this continent?¡± Oregon asked. His voice had turned hoarse, taking all this information.


    ¡°No,¡± Kores answered right away.


    At that moment, Oregon felt as if thend beneath him was taken away, and he almost stumbled to the ground.


    ¡°Who¡¯s the highest character of this continent?¡± Oregon then asked. His voice almost looked to be from an old person on the verge of death.


    ¡°The creator of thisnd and its lives. Only ¡®He¡¯ deserves the top post of the Conspiracy continent and the worlds beyond it,¡± Kores answered with a reverential expression on his face as he talked about the creator.


    Hearing Kores¡¯s answer, Oregon didn¡¯t know what to say, so silence fell on the area. Kores didn¡¯t attempt anything funny at that moment and silently stood there.


    ¡°Is ¡®He¡¯ a God?¡± Oregon asked, breaking the silence. He used the same respectful tone of the creator since he had no idea of the consequences of casually mentioning the being.


    ¡°Hmph, A God you say,¡± Kores couldn¡¯t help but scoff, hearing Oregon¡¯s question. ¡°Even a God needs to keep their heads down when in the presence of the creator. How dare you evenpare ¡®Him¡¯ with a measly God?¡± Kores turned hysterical. He turned angry and asked Oregon.


    Oregon felt stumped by the sudden hysterical reaction of the Kores. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to disrespect ¡®Him¡¯,¡± Oregonpromised and apologized for the question.


    Since the start of the conversation, it was the first time Oregonpromised since a crazy Kores wasn¡¯t good for him in this situation.


    What he learned, he needed to tell others so that they would be prepared for what¡¯s toe.


    ¡°Can I meet ¡®Him¡¯? I wanted to see the grace of ¡®Him¡¯,¡± Oregon requested Kores as Kores calmed down.


    ¡°Haha, I was enjoying it. Why did you have to refer to ¡®Him¡¯ from your dirty mouth? Why did you even think of meeting ¡®Him¡¯ and making ¡®His¡¯ sight dirty?¡± Suddenly the aura around Kores changed as he startedughing out loud. In the end, his voice had turned cold and was filled with uncontroble anger. He looked at Oregon with disgust in his eyes.


    ¡°Didn¡¯t you want to know what¡¯s my strength tier in the group of central rulers?¡± Kores asked Oregon in a voice filled with mockery and disgust.


    Oregon felt a chill running down his spine as he remembered he had overlooked Kores¡¯s answer when he asked for the strength tier. Kores had only answered about Farooq, but not him.


    ¡°Oh, look how the tables have turned,¡± Kores further mocked Oregon, seeing the quick change of expressions on his face.


    ¡°Did you enjoy burning my wings?¡± Kores asked and softly stroked the portion of his feather that had gotten burnt.


    ¡°How did you like asking me questions and feel superiority over me?¡±


    ¡°Did you enjoy the look of fear on my face?¡± Kores mocked further. The disgust in his voice only got greater.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± Oregon asked as his voice trembled.


    For a moment, Oregon thought of using the card to force Kores to back away, but he decided against it. The card had a bigger purpose which was higher than his or even all the Void beast lives.


    If he had to use the card, it could only be used for the supposed creator to end it once and for all. If the central rulers and ¡®He¡¯ got free and invaded the Primal dimension, nothing could save it. Now, only the card could rescue the dimension by killing the creator.


    ¡°I already told you. I am a central ruler,¡± Kores answered. He then took a step forward and passed through the me.


    The fire tried to devour him, but Kores passed through it as if it was nothing.


    ¡°Since you enjoyed asking questions, now answer a few of mine?¡± A cruel grin spread across Kores¡¯s mouth, giving it a terrifying appearance.


    Suddenly, Kores¡¯s left eye consisting of two horizontal stripes of ck and white blinked.


    The next moment, a cage made up of ck rods and white ground and roof appeared around Oregon.


    Oregon looked in shock as he didn¡¯t even feel it when the cage appeared around him.


    ¡°Argh!¡± Oregon screamed as he grabbed the ck rod, resulting in his hands fading.


    ***


    ¡°You¡¯ve got a pretty strong will,¡± Koresplimented Oregon as he had failed to get even a single answer from Oregon, no matter how much Kores tortured him.


    ¡°You¡¯ve impressed me. Let me send you to the afterlife,¡± Koresmented as his center eye blinked.


    The next moment, the space around Oregon fragmented into pieces. When the space got restored, nothing but a square card was there.

 Chapter 503

    Chapter 503: The World that Throws Challenge after Challenge(7)


    ¡°You¡¯ve impressed me. Let me send you to the afterlife,¡± Koresmented, and his center eye blinked.


    The next moment, the space around Oregon started fragmenting into shards. The process continued for a while. Oregon didn¡¯t even understand what was happening to him since he felt nothing.


    A few secondster, the space started to get restored automatically. When it got entirely repaired, Oregon was nowhere to be found. Except for a square card that had appeared out of nowhere, nothing was there.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Kores eximed in surprise, seeing the card floating in the air.


    The square card looked nothing but ordinary, yet it had survived the ultimate attack of Kores, giving him an expression of surprise.


    ***


    ¡°NO, HOW COULD IT BE?¡± Oxen yelled in shock as he suddenly felt an unbearable amount of pain as if someone had ripped out his heart.


    Oxen understood the meaning of the sudden arrival of the pain. One of the Void beasts had died in the group.


    ¡°Who could it be?¡± Oxen muttered, with a face full of horror and clutching his heart since he only knew that one of the Void beasts had died, but not who they were and how they had died.


    Oxen weren¡¯t the only ones to have such extreme reactions. Talia, who was in the midst of a battle, had the same response as an unbearable pain suddenly attacked her and gave her the feeling of her heart getting ripped out. The sudden situation almost created a chance for her opponent to injure her.


    Since Talia was in the midst of a battle, she went crazier. She was fighting her opponent without using the awakened mode since she didn¡¯t need it, but feeling the death of one of her fellow beasts made her go on a rampage.


    Talia activated her awakened mode straight away, resulting in her opponent getting knocked back several thousands of miles away.


    Before the awakened mode, Talia had a humanoid body structure, with three heads, each having a horn. The left head had a curved horn that pointed at the right, the center head had a straight horn, while the right head also had a curved horn that curled at the left, resulting in Talia¡¯s horn looking like a trident.


    Simr to her three heads, she had six hands, with three hands each on both sides.


    There was an eye each on her left and right head, with the left eye being entirely ck and the right eye being white. On the center head, she had a pair of eyes, with the left eye having a white sclera and ck pupil, and the right eye had a ck sclera with a white pupil.


    The left and right head didn¡¯t contain a mouth, nose, or ears, but only the central head.


    If not for her two extra heads and two more pair of hands, Talia looked simr to a human.


    Suddenly a blinding white light engulfed Talia as she activated her awakened mode, forcing her opponent even further.


    Nothing could be seen what was happening behind the light, and since the opponent had a bad feeling, witnessing the situation, it decided to escape in the air.


    A few secondster, the white light receded, presenting a new Talia into the area.


    Talia now only had one head, with trident-like horns on her head. She had two eyes, one being entirely white while the other being ck without any other color.


    Her three pairs of hands had also turned into one hand each on both sides. Her hands were now even thicker than thebined thickness of six hands, while her size had also grown several folds, reaching more than several billion miles. Even the territory she was on looked to be small inparison to her body size.


    The opponent that had decided to escape in the air felt its blood-freezing cold in fear as now it had nowhere to run.


    Talia had no sense of emotions in her eyes as she looked at her opponent. The next moment, countless sharp metallic shards appeared out of nowhere and pierced the entirety of the creature.


    There was not even a minuscule body part left unpierced by the metallic shards on the creature.


    The creature looked in shock and horror as it was still alive even when it had no severely uninjured body part left, and it didn¡¯t feel a thing when the shards pierced him.


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    The next moment, the creature let out a blood-curdling scream as suddenly it felt an unbearable amount of pain.


    It was the metallic shards finally acting. Talia, just like other Void beasts, had superiority over the element of metal.


    The metallic shards that had prated the creature didn¡¯t cause harm to the physical nature of the person but were spiritual. They were now slowly piercing the consciousness of Talia¡¯s opponent, resulting in it feeling an unbearable amount of pain.


    Time flew by.


    Metallic shards started slowly disappearing, but at the same time, the body parts it had pierced also faded with them.


    With the disappearance of each metallic shard, Talia¡¯s mental strength was getting more powerful since the spiritual power the creature lost got assimted into Talia in its purified form.


    It was just one of the attacks that an awakened Talia had, showing the amount of growth a Void beast would have in this mode.


    When all the metallic shards disappeared, the creature had also disappeared.


    At the same time, the restrictions that she had already surpassed after awakening also disappeared from her.


    After the death of the ruler, there would be a rain created by its soul power in its territory, which would then make the territory return to its optimal situation.


    But this time, the rain never urred as Talia devoured thest bit of the opponent¡¯s soul power, resulting in nothing left for the rain even to take a form.


    Even after killing her opponent, Talia hadn¡¯t gotten over the death of her unknown fellow beast, and she continued her rampage.


    In only an hour, Talia had reached the central ruler of the territory, and only after killing it did shee around and feel a thing again.


    Talia then cursed herself for hoping that it was Oregon that had died, not Oxen, since she had a special rtionship with him.

 Chapter 504

    Chapter 504: The World that Throws Challenge after Challenge(8)


    ¡°Let it be Oregon, not Oxen,¡± Talia prayed in her heart after calming down. She then cursed herself for thinking like this, but the hope of Oregon being the one dying didn¡¯t diminish from her heart.


    Talia was convinced that the dead would be one of Oxen or Oregon since there was nothing harming the Void beasts outside the portal, and as for the Void beasts in the Sacred dimension, they were too strong even to be thought of dying.


    While Talia went on a rampage, feeling the death of one of the Void beasts, the eight Void beasts standing outside the portal, waiting for Oxen, Talia, and Oregon, stumbled down to the ground as a sudden heart-ripping pain attacked them.


    ¡°How?¡± One of the Void beasts asked with a grave face as she clutched her chest in pain.


    The other seven Void beasts had the same reaction since their faces had turned full of shock and horror, and they clutched their chests as a heart-ripping pain attacked them.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Sacred dimension,


    In the darkness of the space, a creature whose ends and beginning could be seen was peacefully sleeping.


    ¡°Ugh!¡±


    Suddenly a groan filled with pain rang in the void, resulting in a wave attacking the nearbys.


    The sound wave turned out to be stronger than believed as, in less than a moment, it annihted countlesss. Not every world contained lives full of divinity, but still, there were a few. They couldn¡¯t even understand what had happened before the sound wave destroyed them and their world.


    Suddenly the darkness in the area disappeared, as out of nowhere, a sun appeared and made the darkness recede from wherever it came.


    It wasn¡¯t the sun but the eye of the creature. Just an eye alone would¡¯ve put a few universes to shame when it came to the size difference.


    The creature was one of the eleven Void beasts present in the Sacred dimension, who had just felt the death of one of its members from the lower dimension.


    Since all twenty two Void beasts originated from a drop of blood of Vritrasura, they were connected to each other. When Oregon died, every Void beast sensed it irrespective of their location due to having the same blood connection.


    ¡°What happened?¡± The next moment, a voice directlying from antiquity rang in the area as the creature pondered over the reason for its sudden awakening.


    The next moment, a screen appeared in front of the eyes of the creature, and a scene started ying out.


    The scene was ying the death scene of Oregon, but the Void beast couldn¡¯t see anything as everything was blurry.


    Suddenly, the aura in the space changed as out of nowhere, eleven suns like eyes opened, lighting the space without end.


    ¡°Has the timee?¡± The eyes then looked in the same direction at the same time, and not long after, a question rang in the area.


    The creature¡¯s eyes then fell on the destruction he had caused with its awakening.


    All the eyes blinked at the same time, and the next moment, the time started going backward wherever destruction had appeared.


    The next moment, all thes and lives in it came back to life, but the creature was nowhere to see it since it had left after calling for a sudden emergency meeting of the Void beasts, an unprecedented event in thest countless Sacred years.


    (A/N: The year is denoted by Sacred in the Sacred dimension, with a Sacred year being equal to 1000 years of the time in the Primal dimension.)


    ***


    Somewhere in the Multiverse,


    ¡°One of my children has died,¡± An androgynous voice filled with pain rang in the area as the screen yed the death of Oregon. This time the screen wasn¡¯t blurry. If anyone were there and were to see it, they would feel as if they were there when the scene urred.


    ¡°Master, do you want me to take action?¡± A being knelt and respectfully asked.


    ¡°No. Revenge is a negative emotion that influences lesser beings. How can it influence an enlightened being like you? No need to do anything. Everything is predetermined in some ways,¡± The same androgynous voice rang again as it reprimanded the person for even thinking of revenge.


    ¡°Forgive me, master,¡± The kneeling figure apologized as tears started dripping out their cheeks. The person felt guilty for making the owner of the voice reprimand him.


    The next moment, the screen stopped ying anything and disappeared, and a round of silence fell in a hall made up of materials that would make even Primordials feel jealous. A figure sat on a throne while a figure knelt on the ground not far from them.


    The next moment, a soul having the same appearance as Oregon appeared in the hall. It had tears in its eyes as it bowed at the figure seated on the throne. It then muttered something in iprehensible knowledge.


    The next moment, the soul faded, and it returned to the Conspiracy continent, and not long after, it lost its consciousness, bing nothing but a nk soul. It was then summoned into the depths of the continent, and since it was unconscious, it couldn¡¯t even fight back as it got pulled.


    ***


    With curiosity evident on Kores¡¯s face, he stepped forward and grabbed the square card.


    ¡°Argh!¡± The next moment, Kores screamed in pain as out of nowhere, an intense pressure appeared and attacked him.


    Kores wanted to release the card, but the pressure reached such an extent that his entire concentration went on to survive it.


    The next moment, Kores¡¯s veins started popping out as if an unweighable mountain were ced on his back, and he had to stand up. Not long after, his veins started bursting, releasing a shower of ck & white blood.


    As time passed, Kores¡¯s bones started cracking, and then they turned into particles.


    Kores finally gave up as the pressure breached the limit his body could handle.


    First, his body turned into a paste, then tiny particles, and even it was disintegrated into nothingness.


    Like Oregon became the first severe casualty on the side of the Primal dimension in the hands of Kores. Simrly, Kores became the first high-level casualty on the side of the Conspiracy continent since he was one of the members of the inner council.


    ***


    A/N: This chapter bes the first chapter of the book where any of the Devas had an official presence and a dialogue.


    When I had thought of this storyline, I had nned to end this event by showcasing the absolute power a Deva held, but then when I began to write it, I decided against it since I wanted to write an adventure for Aakesh, where there were beings stronger than him. It would help Aakesh grow in his character and gain some empathy for others.


    Should I¡¯ve gone with the Deva entering, or is this the better one where Aakesh gets to adventure more?

 Chapter 505

    Chapter 505: The Countdown(1)


    Except for the Void beasts across the dimensions, and the Deva that created him, no one found out about the death of Oregon.


    After Kores died, courtesy of the pressure released by the square card, the card suddenly separated into eleven shards of random size and shape, just like they were before its creation.


    One quadrteral-shaped shard suddenly dissolved into light particles. It then melted into the other ten card parts, floating not far from it.


    The next moment, the shards of the card started growingrger in size and had a few changes in their shape. Not long after, the process ended.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    The next moment, eight shards flew in the same direction, while thest two parts flew in different paths.


    ***


    ¡°It¡¯s here,¡± Oxen muttered with a grave expression since his portion of the square card had just returned to him.


    ¡°Deva, please give us the strength to further persists and do for what you created us,¡± Oxen prayed in his heart as he put the card in his pocket space.


    Now that the portion of the card had returned, Oxen and the other surviving Void beast couldn¡¯t use the square card anymore if the situation were to take a turn for the worse. Now they only had themselves to fight and rescue the dimension until they survived and exited the portal.


    ***


    ¡°I can¡¯t die here. I still have many things to do,¡± A figure cried in pain as she was lying on the ground, with a deep gash spread across her upper body, starting from her neck.


    ¡°Somebody, save me,¡± She cried out for help, but in response to her plea, only a burst of yfulughter filled with cruelty rang in the area.


    ¡°Ah, seeing you struggle like this is just¡­just¡­¡± A voice rang in the area. The creature felt so much pleasure, seeing the figure in front of it struggling so much so that it couldn¡¯t evenplete its sentence.


    The young woman crying in pain didn¡¯t understand what the creature had said since it was the first time she hade across thisnguage.


    ¡°Please, somebody, save me,¡± The young woman asked for help again. Her voice was lowering since her life was leaving in front of her eyes.


    The young woman wasn¡¯t the only one facing scenes like this. There were thousands of people like her.


    Until this point, more than a million inhabitants of the Primal dimension, belonging to different races, ranging from Tao Manifestation(or equivalent power level in other cultivation systems) to Heavenly Monarch(Immortals), had entered the portal.


    Out of these, more than a million cultivators, not even a hundred figures, had survived the assault up to this point, making the death rate higher than even dangerous grounds. Since rarely did the cultivatorse across each other due to spawning in random areas and the vast size of the continent, those who survived weren¡¯t aware of the survival rates.


    Out of the around a hundred surviving cultivators, ny percent of them had survived due to their luck of spawning in weaker areas.


    Not every creature on the Conspiracy continent had the strength of an Immortal or higher than that, so the Immortals, who spawned in weaker areas due to their great fortunes, survived the ordeals.


    One of the lucky cultivators was Gordon, who was a customer of Aakesh¡¯s store and was also a friend of George(the prince of the Pocoso Empire).


    After entering the portal, he spawned in an unfamiliar environment, where he shed with a creature he had never seen before.


    Gordon was a peak Tao Pce level cultivator and had entered the portal in the event of good luck to have a breakthrough to Immortal, found his first battle in an opponent, several times weaker than him.


    The opponent was only equivalent to early Tao Manifestation, so in just a single hit, Gordon won and freed all the restrictions on him.


    As he moved further, the strength of his opponent grew, but even then, the most powerful opponent he came across was equivalent tote Tao Pce.


    Despite being several times more powerful than his opponent, Gordon failed to learn any new piece of information. He neither recognized the race of any creature he came across nor did he have any idea of thenguage they spoke, resulting in aplete ckout of the knowledge about the world he was in for him.


    ***


    ¡°Hehe, die,¡± Carlosughed and kicked the face of the beast lying below his feet.


    Carlos didn¡¯t live in Visteerna but was in the Anga continent due to some purpose for the organization he belonged to when he suddenly came across the sudden disappearance of the Mysterious peak.


    Carlos didn¡¯t have an ordinary identity, but he was the son of one of the high-ranking elders of the second strongest organization of the Primal dimension, so he had many expensive treasures with him.


    When he entered the portal, his luck turned out to be good as the first opponent he came across was the central ruler, and that too was the weakest of the more than 18 million central rulers on the Conspiracy continent.


    Carlos followed the mage system, so he was peak Demigod with a pseudo-divine embryo, while his opponent was aroundte Immortal.


    The challenge turned out to be easier than Carlos had thought, as, with just the force released by his punch, his opponent gave up.


    At first, Carlos didn¡¯tprehend what the creature wanted to imply since he neither recognized its race nor could he understand itsnguage.


    Fortunately for the central ruler, it knew differentnguages spoken across the Primal and other dimensions.


    Carlos finally found onenguage he knew because it was thenguage the royal family of the organization he belonged to spoke.


    (A/N: In this book, the spiritual conversation can only ur when both the parties know thenguage since I¡¯ve never understood how someone couldmunicate with others without knowing theirnguage in other novels?)


    ¡°Where is this?¡± Carlos asked after finally finding anguage both could understand.


    ¡°This is the Conspiracy continent¡­,¡± The central ruler then told Carlos everything it knew about this continent.


    The more Carlos learned, the more shocked he became. After learning about the strength difference, he thanked his luck to teleport him here, but not in some areas with those strong central rulers.


    ¡°Thank heavens, I teleported here,¡± Carlos thanked his fortune for teleporting here after learning the strength difference between the other central rulers.


    ¡°This is all you know?¡± Carlos asked the central ruler when it stopped speaking any further.


    ¡°Yes¡­ yes,¡± The central ruler responded with a tremble in its voice. Carlos was too strong for it to even think of fighting back. The fear had seeped so deep in its heart that it even gave up thoughts of escaping even though it could fly into the air and Carlos couldn¡¯t, saving itself from any fight. The psychological pressure won over the logic of the mind due to the vast power difference.


    ¡°How do I leave this ce?¡± Carlos asked. He was arrogant but not stupid enough to stay in this ce even after learning about the vast power gap between him and the other central rulers.


    Carlos didn¡¯t know whether the creature was speaking the truth or not since many beings could lie and still not give any mental reaction. But he still decided to trust it since if he went ahead and the ruler¡¯s words turned out to be a reality, it was he who was going to lose his life, not the central ruler.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know-¡±


    ¡°I remembered, there is a way,¡± At first, the creature responded with its inability to answer, but its sentence came to a sudden stop, and it added.


    Carlos didn¡¯t speak anything in response to the central ruler. His eyes turned cold, and an intense invisible pressure suddenly attacked it.


    The central ruler¡¯s face turned pale, and it stumbled down to the ground due to the sudden attack by the pressure.


    ***


    ¡°Hehe, die,¡± Carlosughed like a maniac with a cruel grin spread across his face. He then kicked the creature and continued until it died.


    Carlos had no choice but to trust the words of the central ruler since, despite torturing(mental and physical) it for hours, it gave the same answer for the ways to let Carlos leave.


    Carlos then killed the central ruler, so even if he turned out to be wrong in following what the central ruler¡¯s said, he still would¡¯ve taken his revenge.


    ***


    Carlos was standing at the center of the primary domain. He could sense a space point here after all the restrictions on him had disappeared.


    ¡°You can only leave this area by entering the ruler¡¯s territory. Since I don¡¯t know where she lives, there is only a single way to reach there, and that is the space point in the center of my territory. We have keys, so we can directly reach there, but for you, I don¡¯t know what would happen, but it¡¯s the only way to reach the ruler,¡± Carlos muttered what he had heard from the central ruler he had just killed a moment earlier.


    Carlos then took a deep breath and touched the space point. The next moment, the space cracked open, and a portal appeared. Carlos had no idea what was behind the portal, but since it was the only way to escape, he had no choice but to take a step forward.


    ***


    A/N: Carlos is going to y a major role in this arc, hence a chapter for him.


    There would be only one chapter today. Sorry, the chapters are gettingte and aren¡¯t on the schedule. My office work has been continuously taking more time. Sorry for the trouble! I would try my best to return to the previous schedule. Thanks for supporting me and the book!

 Chapter 506

    Chapter 506: The Countdown(2)


    Unaware of what was toe, Carlos took a deep breath and entered the portal, hoping for the situation to be in his control.


    The next moment, when Carlos opened his eyes, he found himself in a thriving city. He looked around, only to see tall structures spread across the area while people were happily conversing or were busy with their work on the street.


    Carlos recognized it to be a market as there were stalls spread across the street.


    For a moment, Carlos thought that he had returned to the real world since the scene in front of him was amon urrence in the Primal dimension. But soon, Carlos found his thoughts were wrong since he felt the restrictions on him had returned.


    Carlos had no idea where he was, so he took a step forward to find where he was.


    Fortunately and unbelievably for him, when he came across a group of friends chatting. He had no interest in what they spoke, but what shocked him was that the group conversed in the samenguage his race members spoke.


    Carlos belonged to the race Dorora. It was a race once exclusive to the Sacred dimension, but countless years ago, due to a curse, they lost their divinity and were forced to descend to the Primal dimension.


    They had simr circumstances as the Titans, but the members of the Dororo race were fortunate since Dororos could ascend after cultivating, unlike the Titans, who were doomed to spend eternity in the Primal dimension.


    Dororo had a humanoid structure, but they looked anything but humans. They had dark-red skins, with a head that had six eyes and a mouth. They had two hands and three legs. Their eyes were in the color of blood red, which held a different charm for anyone that directly looked at them.


    ***


    ¡°What is this?¡± Carlos asked a stall owner. He was traveling across the market in the hope of learning about the ce he was in currently. He suddenly stopped in his steps as he felt something attracting him out of several products spread across the stall in front of him.


    The item that attracted him looked like a lotus, but at the same time, it didn¡¯t look like one.


    ¡°This is the 1st Gradient Lotus,¡± A smile that sent chills down Carlos¡¯s spine spread across the stall owner¡¯s face as he introduced the product to Carlos.


    Carlos had a bad feeling, seeing the smile on the stall owner¡¯s face,? but he controlled himself and requested the stall owner to let him have a look at the 1st Gradient Lotus.


    ¡°I will allow you to take a look at it, but only on one condition,¡± The smile on the stall owner¡¯s face turned wider, hearing what Carlos said.


    The bad feeling in Carlos¡¯s heart turned into an ominous sensation, but after taking a deep breath, Carlos asked about the condition.


    Carlos could feel that whatever condition the stall owner was going to put in front of him won¡¯t be any good, but Carlos had no choice but to listen to the stall owner. Carlos felt like his heart woulde out of his mouth if he didn¡¯t get the 1st Gradient Lotus. At the same time, Carlos also sensed that the lotus could give him a clue about where he was and how to leave this area.


    ¡°The condition I have is pretty simple. If you fulfill it, I won¡¯t only let you touch the 1st Gradient Lotus, but I¡¯ll give it to you,¡± The stall ownermented, while the smile on his face only got wider, making his face weirder and terrifying for others to look.


    Carlos didn¡¯t say anything but gestured to the stall owner to go ahead and put his condition forward.


    ¡°The condition is simple. Bring me a million beating hearts, and the 1st Gradient Lotus is yours,¡± The stall owner told Carlos his condition for giving him the lotus.


    Hearing the condition, Carlos felt a chill down his spine. When he saw the smile, he had sensed that the requirement wasn¡¯t going to be any good, but now that he heard it, it still went past his expectations.


    ¡°Do you think I am a fool?¡± Carlos took a deep breath and red at the stall owner.


    ¡°Hehe, I have already stated my conditions. If you want the 1st Gradient Lotus, bring me a million beating hearts,¡± The stall owner, unfazed by Carlos¡¯s reaction,ughed loudly and told Carlos.


    ¡°Remember, all the hearts should be beating. If even one stops beating, you will never get the 1st Gradient Lotus,¡± The stall owner further added. The next moment, in front of Carlos¡¯s eyes, the stall owner and his stall disappeared as if he was never there.


    Carlos wanted to say something, but words got stuck in his mouth, seeing the sudden disappearance of the stall owner.


    ¡°When youplete the condition, you cane here. I¡¯ll be waiting for you,¡± The next moment, the stall owner¡¯s voice rang in his ears like a whisper of the air.


    Carlos looked around him, only to find that the stall owner was nowhere to be seen. His eyes then fell on the people happily chatting and buying products in the market, and then the condition presented by the stall owner rang in his head.


    Carlos had no problem with the killing of people, but what transpired next made him question his decision.


    As far as he could see, the race of the people had changed, and now the male had the same appearance as his son, while the women present there had the same feature that his daughter had.


    Carlos¡¯s eyes turned cold as he tried to toughen his heart, but even when he hadn¡¯t started to kill, the scene of when he had held his son for the first time yed in his head resulting in his confidence dimming.


    ¡°ARGH!¡± Carlos screamed in frustration to clear his mind, but the situation only got worse.


    Carlos, forcing the feelings down, took a step forward and appeared in front of the nearest man to him.


    The young man had the same features as his son. The man became confused, but before he could even understand what had happened, a p came his way and hit him. The next moment, the young man¡¯s head burst like a watermelon.

 Chapter 507

    Chapter 507: The Countdown(3)


    Red blood and brain matter flew across the area as the young man¡¯s head exploded with just a p.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The next moment, the headless body of the young man crashed to the ground. Carlos ignored it, but instead, he took a deep breath as the feeling of guilt attacked him after he killed the young man.


    The scene in the market turned crazy as suddenly a man¡¯s head exploded out of nowhere in front of everyone.


    ¡°RUN!¡±


    People screamed and attempted to escape the area since they wanted to run as far away as possible from the devil covered in the young man¡¯s blood and brain matter.


    Carlos didn¡¯t chase anyone but stood there frozen, and tears started streaming down his cheeks as an unprecedented feeling of guilt attacked him.


    ¡°ARGH!¡± Carlos screamed a heart-rending cry as if he was in pain by bing the killer, not the victim.


    ¡°After getting the lotus, I will hunt you down and make you pay for forcing me to go through this,¡± Carlos looked at the sky and vowed. His eyes were red, while veins had popped out.


    Carlos¡¯s eyes then fell on the young man¡¯s headless corpse. It has only been a few seconds since the man died, so his heart must still be active.


    Since the young man had taken the appearance of Carlos¡¯s son, which belonged to the Dororo race, Carlos bent down and cut open the area right above the man¡¯s waist, resulting in blood pouring out like a tide.


    His eyes then fell on the heart, which was still beating and pumping blood. Carlos then controlled his strength and gently took out the heart since he didn¡¯t want to harm it.


    As soon as he took out the heart, it stopped beating, and not long after, it turned and scattered in the area like sand, bringing a look of surprise on Carlos¡¯s expression-dead face.


    The expression disappeared straight away as Carlos stood up. He then chased another young man.


    The same thing happened this time. After Carlos took out the heart, it stopped beating, and then it scattered like sand.


    Time flew by.


    Carlos finally was able to preserve the heart to its beating phase after killing more than a hundred beings who had the same features as his son and daughter.


    ***


    ¡°Let¡¯s end the day here,¡± Katrina told Aakesh.


    It had been sixty years since Lily had fallen asleep. Her breakthrough still hadn¡¯te to an end, and it didn¡¯t look like it would even end in the near future.


    Aakesh had asked the system why it was taking so much time for Lily to wake up from her breakthrough.


    The system had told Aakesh that his blood was the reason behind this long duration.


    When Lily was only in her egg, Aakesh had fed one liter of his blood to the egg for 108 years straight, which had helped Lily in her body¡¯s creation. But after this breakthrough, Lily¡¯s blood would evolve, and she would have an entirely different bloodline than the other Epochal Felines.


    After she woke up, she wouldn¡¯t just be an Epochal Feline, but a hybrid, belonging to the race from which Aakesh came and the Epochal Feline. It would be the birth of an entirely new species, hence the long time.


    Aakesh was very excited for Lily to wake up since, after her breakthrough, she would be the second member of whatever race he belonged to.


    While Lily was sleeping, Aakesh didn¡¯t just stay idle. He had two very strong central rulers with him, so he started training with them.


    After the training began, Aakesh found the difference between him and Katrina/Autumn when it came to their strength.


    In the Primal dimension terms, Aakesh had strength equivalent to the weakest of the members of the Sacred dimension, and Autumn¡¯s strength was way above that.


    Aakesh wanted to know the full strength of Autumn, so he had asked the system for the testing b.


    Even a casual swipe of Autumn crossed the full-powered attack Aakesh could release without any restrictions. Katrina was even more powerful than Autumn as her most destructive attack power was 1.5 times greater than Autumn¡¯s strike power.


    For the training, Autumn and Katrina would reduce their level since Aakesh could die in the spur of the moment.


    When they fought on an equal level of power, Aakesh could take on both Autumn and Katrina at the same time, and winning came without much effort.


    When Katrina raised her strength by a level, the training finally turned interesting for Aakesh. In the case of Autumn, when she raised her level by one, Aakesh still defeated her without much effort, but when she increased her strength by two levels, the table turned around, and she defeated Aakesh in only a few strikes.


    In the third month of the training, Aakesh started defeating Katrina when she increased her level by one, forcing her to raise her strength by two levels.


    When Katrina raised her strength by two levels, even surviving an attack became too difficult for Aakesh, so he stopped training with Katrina but instead only trained with Autumn, who had increased her strength by the same number.


    In the tenth year, Aakesh finally won her first battle against Autumn, but since it was due to his unlimited endurance, the win didn¡¯t count. From that moment, Aakesh¡¯s training with Katrina began again.


    The strength gap between him and Katrina wasn¡¯t something that could be broken by talent since Katrina and Autumn were also top creatures, and their talent wasn¡¯t anything less than other geniuses in the Multiverse.


    In the fifty-sixth year of training, Aakesh was finally able to survive the onught of Katrina when she raised her strength by two levels, resulting in the first draw.


    It had been more than five years since then, but Aakesh still hadn¡¯t seeded in turning that draw into a win for him. At the same time, for thest two years, he had started training with Autumn when she had raised her strength by three levels.


    Whenever Aakesh fought with Autumn, the result was disappointing for Aakesh.


    The most number of attacks he had survived before losing against Autumn up to this point was a measly four.


    ¡°Okay,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded after Katrina called the end of the training. She grew physically tired after fighting Aakesh for hours at full intensity, but Aakesh remained the same due to his outrageous unlimited endurance.

 Chapter 508

    Chapter 508: The Countdown(4)


    After Aakesh¡¯s training session with Katrina came to an end, he had nothing more left to do for the day.


    The next moment, Aakesh¡¯s chair appeared in the area since the system didn¡¯t want Aakesh to let go of hisfortable situation.


    ¡°Hey, system, how much more time do you think it would take before Lily ended her breakthrough and woke up?¡± Aakesh asked the system. He had been asking this question to the system every day since the day Lily fell asleep.


    [Around one century, Host!]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s response rang in Aakesh¡¯s head, telling him the same answer it had told him for the past few decades.


    In the past sixty years, Aakesh had also learned a few skills from Katrina and Autumn.


    The system didn¡¯t allow Aakesh to learn any skill on his own, but only from the system. It had put no restrictions on him when Aakesh learned the skill from others after gaining knowledge from them.


    Even if Aakesh didn¡¯t gain anything substantial from what was toe next, he still had gained a lot from Autumn and Katrina. Beforeing here, he only had one offensive & defensive skill to call on his name. But now, he had several skills belonging to different categories that he could use unlimitedly.


    Seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, hours turned into a day, days turned into a week, weeks turned into a month, months turned into a year, years turned into a decade, decades turned into a century, and just like that, one hundred six years had passed.


    ¡°I give up!¡± Autumnmented after losing the practice battle. She had her strength currently increased by four levels, and still, Aakesh seeded in defeating her.


    Aakesh moved his punch away from her face since Autumn had given up. There was no point in hitting her after that unless he angered her and forced her to attack him.


    ¡°Your growth rate had exploded outrageously in thest twenty years,¡± Katrina, who was sitting a few hundred meters away from the battle arena,plimented Aakesh.


    A century ago, Aakesh couldn¡¯t survive a single full-powered attack when Autumn raised her strength by three levels. But now, he could defeat her without any severe injury even though the rate of increase was one level higher.


    Katrina wasn¡¯t wrong, as around twenty years ago, he was still fighting Autumn to a draw when she had raised her strength by three levels, whereas Katrina proved to be unwinnable at the same rate of increase.


    At that moment, Aakesh¡¯s strength had already breached the 2 billion Primal units mark, making him strong enough to evenpete against an awakened Void beast, but in just thest twenty years, he had grown several times more than what he grew in a century before that.


    ¡°Hey, system, bring me the testing b,¡± Aakesh asked the system since he would check his strength in Primal units after the end of every practice battle. It had be his daily habit.


    The next moment, a square b, made up of exotic materials, several timesrger than him, appeared not far from Aakesh.


    Autumn returned to her chair and closed her eyes to regain the energy she had lost in the practice match since she didn¡¯t have the outrageous ability of unlimited endurance like Aakesh.


    ***


    ¡°2,631,752,981 Primal units,¡± The number showed on the testing b when Aakesh hit its center with nothing but pure physical strength.


    ¡°8,792 more points than yesterday,¡± Aakesh mumbled, the number of Primal units he had gained with just a practice match with Autumn.


    Aakesh then raised his hands, with his palms facing the sky upward. The next moment, energy started gathering in his palm. Soon, it took the shape of a dark energy ball.


    There was noparison of the size of what Aakesh could use beforeing here.


    Before, thergest size of the Apocalyptic st was around the size of a basketball, but now it was the same size as Aakesh, showing the monstrous amount of growth he had in the past more than 150 years of training.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion loud enough to shake the entire continent of Visteerna rang in the area as Aakesh pushed the dark energy ball to the testing b.


    Katrina and Autumn stayed unfazed, showing that they still were too strong for Aakesh to even put up a challenge against them if they were to use their full power. In thest more than 160 years of training, Aakesh wasn¡¯t the only one to grow.


    The duo also learned things from Aakesh. Aakesh, who had mastered several forms ofbat styles spread across the Multiverse, helped Katrina and Autumn also have sufficient mastery in them.


    ***


    ¡°3,417,823,618 Primal units,¡± The next moment, the destructive power of Aakesh¡¯s full-powered Apocalyptic st in numerical units appeared on the testing b.


    Aakesh was impressed by the number since, with this amount of destruction, his attack had grown strong enough to disintegrate half of the Visteerna in no time.


    ¡°Great!¡±


    ¡°Great!¡±


    Even Katrina and Autumn seemed impressed by the number, so theyplimented Aakesh at the same time.


    ¡°Now, it¡¯s time for your battle,¡± Aakesh ignored theirpliments and spoke, pointing at Katrina.


    ¡®What a monster!¡¯ Katrina and Autumn thought at the same time.


    It has been more than 160 years since they had known Aakesh and the training began, but not a single day had gone past when they didn¡¯t marvel or feel jealous over Aakesh¡¯s unlimited endurance.


    ¡°Fine!¡± Katrina responded. The next moment, she disappeared from her chair and appeared in the center of the battle arena, prepared for the training.


    Aakesh thought of the testing b disappearing, and the next moment, it disappeared.


    He then took a step forward, and when he put his foot down, he was standing inside the battle arena.


    All this time, Aakesh had been fighting with all the restrictions on him, hence his monstrous growth. He had now started affecting the restrictions around him due to his efforts, just like a moment earlier, when he freed enough space around him to directly teleport into the arena, a distance of a few hundred meters.


    ¡°Let¡¯s do this,¡± Aakesh and Katrina muttered at the same time as both of them disappeared from where they were standing and shed.

 Chapter 509

    Chapter 509: The Countdown(5)


    ¡°Let¡¯s do this,¡± Aakesh and Katrina muttered at the same time.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The next moment, a sound of metallic sh rang in the area as Aakesh and Katrina shed with each other.


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    Soon, a loud crashing sound rang as Katrina came out to be the winner of the first sh, and Aakesh was thrown several hundred meters backward.


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    Aakesh forcefully stopped himself since he was about to get out of the battle arena.


    Getting out of the battle arena also counted as a defeat, and Aakesh didn¡¯t want to lose the fight in a single move.


    Katrina had currently raised her strength by four levels, the same as Autumn, but the power difference between them could be seen after Aakesh got knocked backward.


    Katrina had learned hand-to-handbat from Aakesh since, from her birth, she had been one of the strongest central rulers and had enough skills to fight, so she never had to depend on the hand-to-handbat, and no one was there to teach her this type ofbat.


    With Aakesh, she learned the kinds ofbat styles he used in battles to counter him, as her overwhelming power wasn¡¯t avable to her in training.


    Aakesh stood up from the ground, but Katrina appeared and kicked him.


    Aakesh using all he could at that moment, curved his body to dodge the kick, but he had gotten himself in an ufortable and weird posture, which Katrina wasn¡¯t willing to let go.


    Aakesh had no choice but to use a skill, losing the battle of who would stop the hand-to-handbat first.


    The past century Aakesh had spent with Katrina and Autumn, Aakesh had also learned skills from them at which they were best.


    The next moment, a transparent barrier surrounded Aakesh as Katrina¡¯s second punch arrived.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    The shield cracked down into several tiny shards like ss, but it had done what Aakesh wanted it to do.


    Aakesh got a moment of relief. Using the window given by the shield, Aakesh moved out of the range of Katrina.


    ¡°Haha, you lose,¡± Katrinaughed out loud, unfazed, with Aakesh moving away from her.


    Aakesh stopped in his steps and shook his head disappointedly as countless metallic shards appeared only a cm away from him, waiting to pierce him and turn him into a porcupine.


    ¡°I give up,¡± Aakesh announced since he had lost the battle. If he dared to move, the sharp metallic shards would pierce him. They wouldn¡¯t create a life-threatening injury, but Aakesh had no interest in feeling unnecessary pain.


    The next moment, all the metallic shards disappeared as if they were waiting for Aakesh to give up.


    ¡°Hmm, a slight growth today,¡± Katrina smilinglymented as she disappeared from the battle arena and appeared on her chair.


    For thest two months, Aakesh had been fighting Katrina when she raised her strength by four levels, and for the past six days, Aakesh had been losing the hand-to-handbat at the second move and the battle at the third move.


    Today the battle went on to the fourth move, and Aakesh lost the hand-to-handbat in the third strike when he used a skill to defend himself. But Aakesh didn¡¯t find it to be any growth since the second move of Katrina had forced him into a dead-end, forcing him to use a defensive skill for a window to move.


    There was no need to check his strength growth since nothing happened in the battle, and Aakesh returned to his chair.


    His eyes then fell on Lily, who had been in a deep sleep for the past 160+ years.


    ¡°Hey, system, how much more time for Lily to wake up?¡± Aakesh asked the system since it had be his daily habit to ask this question.


    [Around fourteen years, Host!]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s response rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    A smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as he nodded and looked at Lily, peacefully sleeping inside a blob of light.


    Lily was sleeping, but that didn¡¯t mean there were no changes in her.


    The blob of light¡¯s size grew at a fixed rate every year for the past 160+ years.


    If it was the size of Aakesh¡¯s palm previously, now it reached around his elbow if Aakesh were to pick up the blob of light.


    ¡°The day isn¡¯t far when I will get to see a strong and new you,¡± Aakesh muttered, gently looking at the blob of light.


    Aakesh would lie if he said he wasn¡¯t excited thinking about the time when Lily would wake up.


    The biggest gain for him in the Conspiracy continent wasn¡¯t growing three times stronger or all the skills of various types he had learned from Autumn and Katrina, but his biggest reward was the breakthrough of Lily.


    Especially the mixture of his and the Epochal Feline¡¯s bloodline, which would result in Lily bing the second known member from whatever race he originated.


    Aakesh wouldn¡¯t have minded even if Lily wouldn¡¯t have gotten his bloodline mixed since he thought of her as his daughter, but after he learned the news, his happiness knew no bounds.


    His love was unconditional for Lily. But seeing another member from his race wasn¡¯t any less significant for someone like him, who believed his bloodline to be superior and only respected a select few characters and Devas.


    ¡°How long do you think it would take him to be able to challenge this level of strength?¡± Katrina, unaware of what Aakesh was feeling, asked Autumn.


    The duo had grown close during the past century they had spent with each other in training.


    They never stopped conversing when they weren¡¯t battling Aakesh, and their source of wonder was always Aakesh and his monstrous rate of growth.


    Usually, the creatures grew strong in the early phases, and then their growth rate subsided as they became powerful. Aakesh¡¯s case was different. His growth rate was increasing instead of going down, making him seem even more monstrous in the eyes of Autumn and Katrina.


    ¡°It took him twenty years to defeat me, so I believe it would take him thirty years to defeat the current you,¡± Autumn answered after pondering for a few moments.


    ¡°You¡¯re underestimating him,¡± A wry smile spread across Katrina¡¯s face as she replied. ¡°His growth rate has been getting even more monstrous,¡± She added.


    ***


    A/N: The mass release has been shifted to the 15th of may since I haven¡¯t been able to write any extra chapters for it.


    The goals are simr to the past ones. Fixed five chapters, and for every extra chapter, 30 GT.

 Chapter 510

    Chapter 510: The Countdown(6)


    ¡°You¡¯re underestimating him,¡± A wry smile spread across Katrina¡¯s face as she replied.


    ¡°His growth rate has been getting even more monstrous,¡± She added when she remembered that it had only been around a month since she had raised her strength by four levels, and Aakesh was already able to survive her two strikes.


    Katrina remembered that when she had raised her strength by three levels, it had taken Aakesh three months to survive only her first strike. It showed his growth rate was increasing with every battle instead of subsiding.


    If Katrina¡¯s power were to be defined by one unit when she raised her strength by three levels, now that she had increased it by four levels, her power would get defined by ten numerical points. Still, Aakeh seeded in reaching the stage where he could survive two moves in only more than a month.


    ¡°It¡¯s also this. Aakesh just defeated me for the sixth consecutive time today,¡± Autumn nodded andmented.


    ¡°What do you think how much time it would take him to cross the world by ruler if he were to leave today?¡± Autumn asked after staying silent for some time.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know. As far as I think, the world doesn¡¯t use the strength of the person into consideration. It all depends on the talent of the person,¡± Katrina answered after pondering for a few seconds.


    Katrina had no idea what was inside the world since the ruler didn¡¯t inform anyone about this, not even the council members.


    Her conjecture of the world testing talent was based on the point that beings even more mighty than Aakesh had entered the world, but yet none have seeded in exiting the world and reaching the ruler¡¯s ce.


    Time flew by, and the day hade to an end.


    Since there was only darkness eminent in the conspiracy continent, there was no way of knowing the day and night. But since Aakesh had the system with him, it would always inform him about the end of the day whenever 24 hours passed, the simr duration of the day in Visteerna.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair and stretched himself since it was time for his training.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go,¡± Aakesh looked at Autumn, who was busy chatting something with Katrina, and told her.


    ¡°Is it the time?¡± Autumniningly muttered. She had been losing to Aakesh for thest six consecutive days, and unless a miracle happened, today would be the seventh day. No one liked losing.


    For Autumn to raise her strength to another level, Aakesh needed to defeat her for eleven days straight. Since he was still five consecutive wins away from the goal, Autumn would fight with her strength raised by four levels.


    Katrina didn¡¯t say anything but only smiled since she was aware of her turn, which woulde next. She would sometimes think, what if she had decided to kill Aakesh and not think of leaving the world?


    Katrina believed her life would have been easier that way, but now that she had chosen to put her bets on Aakesh and make a deal with him, she decided to go ahead with it, and it wasn¡¯t like she was at a loss. She was also learning different kinds ofbat styles from Aakesh. If she sessfully got outside, nothing would be lost, and instead, it would be a tremendous gain for her.


    The next moment, both Aakesh and Autumn disappeared from their chairs and appeared in the center of the battle arena. They stood at a distance of a few meters from each other.


    Autumn was around the same size as Aakesh since it proved to be optimal for both figures.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The next moment, the sound of metallic shes rang in the area as Aakesh and Autumn shed with each other. No one came out as the superior in this round of sh since Aakesh wasn¡¯t using much strength, and simr was the case for Autumn.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Aakesh finally came out as superior in the sh as Aakesh¡¯s punch sessfully hit the face of Autumn, throwing her backward.


    Aakesh disappeared from where he was standing and appeared right next to Autumn. Before she could stand up, Aakesh kicked her stomach, resulting in her throwing a bucket of blood.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    Aakesh didn¡¯t stop but chased Autumn, who still hadn¡¯t stood up, and kicked her in the same ce again. The next moment, a cracking sound rang in the area as Autumn¡¯s bone cracked with Aakesh¡¯s second kick.


    ¡°Ugh!¡±


    Autumn groaned in pain as she spat blood out of her mouth. The next moment, her injuries healed, but Aakesh was already there. She rolled down and threw herself at Aakesh to crush him, but Aakesh seemed unfazed by Autumn¡¯s change in tactics as Aakesh grabbed hold of therge ball Autumn had be.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    ¡°Ugh!¡±


    The next moment, a crashing sound rang as Aakesh picked up the ball and bombarded it to the ground, resulting in Autumn groaning again in pain.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t let go of the fluffy white ball in his hands as he picked it up again and threw it at the ground.


    ¡°Ssh!¡±


    This time no crashing sound rang as before the ball could hit the ground, a pool of clear blue water appeared on thending area, and the next moment, a sshing sound rang in the area.


    Autumn became the first to lose in hand-to-handbat as she used her skill. Aakesh¡¯s face turned expressionless since the real battle had now begun.


    Unlike Katrina, who was better at both hand-to-handbat and skill used, Autumn was better at the usage of her skills.


    Right after the sshing sound, several fire pirs appeared around Aakesh as they attacked him.


    Aakesh seemed unfazed by the attack as a transparent barrier engulfed him. The next moment, an even more potent fire got released by the shield around Aakesh toward Autumn, resulting in the pool of water evaporating.


    Autumn had already left the water as she appeared in the sky. The next moment, wind des appeared around the fire pirs attacking Aakesh, resulting in the des turning into a raging fire.


    The transparent shield around Aakesh still seemed unaffected by the raging fire des.


    Aakesh was using the skill, Counter Shield, but it was a sevenyered shield, and it wasn¡¯t even his limit. It was the fruit of his effort over all these years of continuous battle.

 Chapter 511

    Chapter 511: The Countdown(7)


    The raging wind des didn¡¯t affect the sevenyered shield around Aakesh, so he ignored the attacks and took a step forward.


    Training for the past 160 years with restrictions created slight resistance for Aakesh.


    Aakesh could now fly up to a mile in the air and could float for more than ten seconds.


    Lily wasn¡¯t very high in the sky since the battle arena had limits in the sky too, and that was 500 meters.


    Aakesh disappeared from the battle arena and appeared right behind Autumn.


    Before Aakesh could even attack Autumn, Aakesh found himself back on the ground.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think much about the reason behind this since he was aware that Autumn had turned the time back to the time when he was on the ground.


    The next moment, thunders appeared in the sky as they bombarded Aakesh.


    The Counter Shield around Aakesh finally started feeling the pressure of thebined attacks from the raging wind des and the purple thunder.


    The shield would be able to handle thebined attacks for a few seconds, which was more than enough time for Aakesh, or so Aakesh thought.


    The next moment, thend below him turned into a marsh, and before Aakesh could move away, thend turned hard, binding him to a spot.


    Aakesh shook his head disappointedly since he had gotten caught by the tactic he had used several times in the battle. But unlike the time when Aakesh was the conspirator and people weren¡¯t able to move, in this case, Aakesh had more than enough strength to move away.


    Thend that had bound Aakesh to a spot suddenly started cracking as if there was an unimaginable weight pressuring it.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion happened as the ground exploded, resulting in a small cloud filled with dust rising in the air.


    Aakesh had somewhat expected what was toe next as the moment he attempted to charge at Autumn in the air, he found himself back bound to the drynd.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, Autumn couldn¡¯t use the skill unlimitedly since the amount of energy it took was more than sufficient for her to release thousands of other more destructive attacks. And Autumn was bound by the rule of using only the amount of energy she would have at this level, not what she had in her actual cultivation.


    The next moment, seeds started sprouting out of thend as they began tightening the grip on the shield Aakesh¡¯s leg, attempting to crush not only the shield but also his legs into a blood cloud. Not long after, metallic shards appeared as theybined with the already purple thunder attacking Aakesh.


    The scene of several types of attacks attacking Aakesh bound to a single spot looked spectacr as if it was a painting.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    The shield around Aakesh finally started giving up to the pressure of so manybined attacks, but before they could fall, Aakesh reinforced it.


    The next moment, a tenyered shield appeared around Aakesh, and it seemed unaffected by the number of attacks aimed at it.


    Autumn could turn the time back another two or three times, so Aakesh decided to crush her attacks first.


    The shield spread around Aakesh was the Counter Shield, and it had the ability to reflect the attack several times higher than it received.


    The first prey of the counter became the trees attempting to crush the shield and Aakesh¡¯s leg.


    Aakesh aimed the counter of the raging des at the trees, resulting in the first getting cut into pieces and then burning into ashes.


    Autumn, unfazed by the counter, increased the assault of the skills. The purple thunder grew several-fold, and with it, the number of metallic conductors also grew, resulting in the bombardment of sharp random-shaped objects filled with thunder.


    The wind des grew bigger and sharper while the number of fire pirs increased. The number of seeds sprouting on the ground increased several times, and with it, the pressure on the shield also grew.


    ¡°Screech!¡±


    The next moment, Autumn opened her mouth, and a screech intense enough to put cracks on the shield rang in the area.


    Aakesh knew the shield couldn¡¯t handle the screech for long, so he aimed the counter of the shield at the sharp random-shaped metals filled with thunder and the purple thunder in the sky.


    The destruction caused by the screech finally presented itself to the world as the metal shards filled with the purple thunder, and the thunder in the sky disintegrated into nothingness in no time.


    Using the screech, Aakesh entirely destroyed thebined attack of the metal and thunder, giving some leeway to the shield.


    ¡°Damn it!¡± The next moment, Aakesh cursed as he found himself in the sky, while the screech counter he had released a moment earlier was nowing toward him, aiming to destroy him just like it did the metal and thunder.


    Autumn, this time, turned the time back when Aakesh had released the counter and used the skill rted to the element Ether to swap Aakesh with the thunder, so Aakesh would be the one to face the attack.


    (A/N: I follow the Hindu five elements, and Ether is one of them, which refers to the sky(Aakash).)


    Aakesh activated the full-powered ¡®Counter Shield¡¯ as a seventeenyered shield appeared around him and took the attack.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    The cracking sounds rang in the area as the shield shed with the screeching sound.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud st echoed in the area as suddenly a dark bomb the size of Aakesh appeared behind Aakesh and exploded.


    As a result, Aakesh got thrown backward with his shield disintegrating.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Aakeshfortablynded on the ground, and just when his feet touched the ground, he used the force to push himself upward, which was against the force, but Aakesh, this time, used his full strength, overpowering the force.


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    Autumn couldn¡¯t turn the time back in time as Aakesh appeared in front of her and punched her. His hands were glowing red as it was one of the skills he had learned from Katrina.


    Autumn got thrown backward, and red fire had caught on the area where Aakesh had punched.


    Autumn activated Epochal Water to douse the fire, but before it could work, Aakesh again appeared in front of her with an almond-sized dark energy ball in his hands.

 Chapter 512

    Chapter 512: The Countdown(8)


    Before Autumn could douse the fire that was spreading, starting from her stomach, Aakesh appeared in front of her with an almond-sized dark energy ball in his right hand.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area as the Apocalyptic st shed with Autumn.


    When the explosion subsided, Autumn was nowhere to be seen. Instead, a rock shield was there.


    A moment earlier, when the energy ball was about to hit her, using the skill rted to the element of Ether, she disappeared from the spot and reced herself with the dry mash on the ground.


    A small t pit appeared on the ground, and Autumn stood at the center of it, with the red fire still burning and getting stronger.


    Aakesh had somewhat expected Autumn to seed in dodging his attack, so he was already prepared for his next move.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a chain of explosions sounded in the area where Autumn was standing, resulting in a cloud filled with dust rising in the air.


    The force released by so many explosions threw Autumn off-guard, and she got knocked down. Before she could stabilize herself, Aakesh appeared in front of her with the same almond-sized dark energy ball in his right hand.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area as the energy ball shed with Autumn, resulting in half her left shoulder disintegrating.


    ¡°Ugh!¡±


    Autumn groaned in pain as she activated her time skill and turned the time to before there wasn¡¯t any injury.


    The injury disappeared as if it was never there, but since Aakesh had expected it, he bombarded Autumn with another dark energy ball.


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    A loud crashing sound rang as Autumn got thrown several hundred meters backward with an unimaginable amount of force. To save herself from getting thrown out of the battle arena, she forcefully stopped herself by using the ground as the support, resulting in her bones cracking into dust; such was the impact of thending.


    ¡°Ugh!¡±


    Autumn groaned in pain again, and before she could think of her next move, Aakesh appeared in front of her and punched, aiming at her face, with an almond-sized dark energy ball at the tip of his fist.


    ¡°I give up,¡± Autumn unwillingly announced, and Aakesh¡¯s punch came to a sudden stop, with the dark energy ball just a millimeter away from her face.


    ¡°Oooh, you won quite easily today,¡± Katrina, seated on the chair,mented.


    If anyone were to watch the battle, they would think that Autumn was at the forefront with so many splendid skills she used, but in reality, only once in the entire fight was Aakesh taken aback. And it was at the time when Autumn used his own counter to create a troubling situation for him.


    Aakesh ignored Katrina¡¯spliment and instead asked the system for the testing b to check whether he had gained anything or not.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he got nothing but disappointment in the result since he gained only three Primal units of strength today.


    The situation was disappointing and encouraging for Aakesh at the same time.


    Even though he only gained three Primal units after the fight, today¡¯s battle still showed that now Aakesh had grown strong enough to handle Autumn without using much effort when she raised her strength by four levels.


    ¡°How weak have you be inparison to him? He ended the battle in less than half the time he took yesterday,¡± Katrina jokingly told Autumn.


    ¡°I know,¡± Autumn lethargically responded with dismay spread across her face.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to feel sad. You know how big of a monster Aakesh is?¡± Katrinamented, seeing the look of dismay on Autumn¡¯s face.


    If it were Katrina before she met Aakesh, Katrina would¡¯ve mocked Autumn for losing and then feeling dismayed, but now that they were friends, she stopped ridiculing her, and instead, she joked with her.


    A wry smile spread across Autumn¡¯s face, hearing what Katrina said. ¡®I am not feeling dismayed over my loss, but I¡¯ll have to battle this monster with the same level for four more days,¡¯ Autumn thought of the reason behind her dismay. She didn¡¯t speak it loud since she didn¡¯t want Katrina tough at her.


    ***


    The time flew differently inside the world created by the ruler for the test to enter her territory.


    If ten seconds passed in the Conspiracy continent, one second passed in the world, making the world slower than the Conspiracy continent.


    Carlos had no idea how long he had been in this world since he had no time to check how many years he had spent here?


    But he could still feel that a long time had passed. Sixteen years had gone, to be exact, since he appeared here.


    For thest sixteen years, he had been making himself mad by hunting figures who had the same appearance as his sons and daughters.


    To get 1st Gradient Lotus, the stall owner had presented him with a requirement, where he needed to give him a million beating hearts.


    At first, Carlos had felt that by killing some people who looked like his children, he would get over the psychological pressure and would be able to have a million beating hearts.


    Unfortunately for him, the more he killed, the more guilt attacked him. He even started having illusions of his father discrediting him for killing his grandchildren. And there was another situation, no matter what he did, a heart would only beat for a year, and then it would die and scatter like sand.


    Due to the heart dying on its own despite him attempting to preserve it, Carlos had no choice but to hunt all the million beings in a year, which turned out to be easier said than done.


    ¡°Forgive me!¡± Carlos apologized. Tears continuously streamed down his cheeks as he flicked the person in front of him. She had the same features as his third daughter.


    In the next moment, all the figures around Carlos returned to their previous races and appearances. All the guilt attacking Carlos also disappeared as if it was all a dream. It all happened because Carlos finally achieved the mark of having a million beating hearts.


    Carlos, who had fallen down to the ground after killing another of his daughter-looking alike person, stood up with his eyes turning red from rage. He now wanted revenge from the stall owner for letting him go through all of this.

 Chapter 513

    Chapter 513: The Countdown(9)


    Carlos stood up after the guilt attacking him disappeared. His eyes were red with rage for having to go through this.


    Carlos didn¡¯t forget his vow to hunt down the stall owner, so he turned around and proceeded in the direction of the market.


    Time flew by.


    A monthter, he finally reached the market. In thest sixteen years, he had spent here, he had killed more than two million people and had traveled to several corners of this city.


    The city spanned around twenty million miles, so it took him around a month to return to the market since he still had restrictions on him. He couldn¡¯t use his full power.


    ¡°Oh, you¡¯re here,¡± A smile spread across the stall owner¡¯s face as he noticed Carlosing toward him.


    Hearing the stall owner¡¯s words, Carlos feltva flowing into his body, turning his eyes redder.


    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like that. I¡¯m extremely shy,¡± The stall owner seemed unfazed by Carlos¡¯s rage and joked, attempting to hide his face.


    ¡°Here are your million beating hearts,¡± Carlos ignored the stall owner¡¯s joke and started taking out the hearts. His voice was hoarse. It was taking everything from him not to fly in rage and attack the stall owner at that moment.


    Carlos knew he had to wait. First, he needed to get the 1st Gradient Lotus, and then he could fight the stall owner.


    The stall owner¡¯s eyes shined with joy and excitement, witnessing a million beating hearts. He almost drooled.


    ¡°1st Gradient Lotus is yours,¡± The stall owner hurriedly said as he looked at the hearts with red eyes.


    Carlos waited for the stall owner to hand him the lotus, but the stall owner ignored Carlos as he couldn¡¯t take his eyes away from the hearts.


    The next moment, Carlos bent down and grabbed the 1st Gradient Lotus.


    The 1st Gradient Lotus had seven petals, unlike a lotus, which has eighteen petals, but still, the petals were adjusted so that it looked like a lotus.


    It wasn¡¯t a natural-born lotus, but an artificial one made up of exotic materials unheard of in the Primal dimension.


    The moment Carlos grabbed the lotus, he found the time had frozen, everything had be silent, and there was nothing but darkness around him. Only the sound of his heart beating remained.


    ¡°Lub-Dub!¡±


    ¡°Lub-Dub!¡±


    ¡°LUB-DUB!¡±


    ¡°LUB-DUB!¡±


    The sound of his heart beating only got louder. Carlos felt as if his heart would explode if he didn¡¯t let go of the lotus from his hands.


    But at the same time, when Carlos thought of letting go of the lotus, his intuition warned him that if he did so, he would never be able to leave here.


    Carlos gritted his teeth and persisted.


    His veins started rupturing on their own, while his heart reversed the flow of the blood, resulting in Carlos crashing down to the ground, but he was still conscious. He greeted his teeth and persisted. He didn¡¯t let go of the lotus.


    Time flew by.


    Almost all his veins had ruptured as Carlosy there in a pool made of his own blood.


    He groaned in pain but didn¡¯t let go of the lotus since giving it up at this point would mean that all this pain he felt was for nothing.


    ¡®I should let go of it. So what if I stay here my entire life. I would be alive and not dead,¡¯ A thought emerged in Carlos¡¯s head as his eyelids turned heavy and his mind was slowly losing consciousness.


    ¡°NO! I CAN¡¯T DO THAT!¡± Carlos roared in anger in response.


    Time flew by.


    ¡®So, this is the end,¡¯ Carlos thought as he couldn¡¯t continue anymore. His eyelids were too heavy for him, and his mind had given up.


    ¡°NO!¡±


    Carlos roared again. As if the roar was magical, the lotus in Carlos¡¯s hand suddenly started shining. Carlos wasn¡¯t there to see it as he lost his consciousness the moment it began shining.


    The splendor of the lotus started growing at an unprecedented rate. The world fell silent again, and only the light released by the lotus remained.


    In no time, it covered the entirety of Carlos. The light was transparent, so if anyone were to be there, they could see that Carlos was healing at a visible rate.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°AM I ALIVE?¡± Carlos yelled in surprise as he opened his eyes, bringing the attention of the crowd in the market toward him. They looked at Carlos with pity as if they had forgotten about the massacre he hadmitted on them over thest sixteen years.


    Carlos ignored their pitiful nces as he faced the surprise of his life.


    He sensed that not only all the restrictions on him had disappeared, but he had also grown stronger. He could see that his skin had grown even redder, while a fourth leg had appeared.


    He then created a mirror and couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise as he noticed that out of the six eyes, his two uppermost eyes had golden pupils, unlike before when all his pupils were red.


    ¡®Am I a God?¡¯ Carlos thought in surprise since these were the features of the Dororo that ascended to the Sacred dimension.


    ¡®No, that can¡¯t be,¡¯ Carlos rejected his thought process since his strength hadn¡¯t grown by that much. He was only a little stronger than before.


    Carlos didn¡¯t know that the 1st Gradient Lotus had only one effect on others. It could purify the bloodline.


    Inside this world, the ruler not only had created challenges for those who entered it. There were also rewards for the winner whopleted the challenge. The 1st Gradient Lotus was one such prize forpleting this round.


    Carlos then suddenly remembered something as he hurriedly looked to his left.


    ¡°DAMN IT!¡± The next moment, he cursed in anger. All the joy he had felt for the sudden gain disappeared. The stall owner had disappeared, with the hearts and his stall.


    Carlos then punched the ground in anger, sending shockwaves over thousands of miles since there were no restrictions on him anymore.


    Carlos then stood up and left the market in search of the stall owner since he had vowed to kill him.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Carlos eximed in surprise as he noticed arge gate with several patterns standing in front of him. He was here earlier, and there was no such gate, so Carlos curiously and cautiously pushed it open.

 Chapter 514

    Chapter 514: The Countdown(10)


    ¡°Eh!¡± Carlos eximed in surprise as he noticed arge gate with several patterns standing in front of him. He was here earlier, and there was no such gate.


    The gate was ck in color, with the handles being painted in silver. A mural was spread across one side, while the other side held patterns unfamiliar to Carlos.


    The gate spanned tens of meters with almost a hundred-meter in height. Carlos could feel a sense of antiquity from it.


    Carlos looked at the mural in surprise since it showed his journey over the past sixteen years about how he met the stall owner and then his massacre of people with a simr appearance as his children.


    Carlos took a step forward and touched it. He could even sense antiquity from the murals, but it didn¡¯t make sense to him since how could an event that started just sixteen years ago be considered antiquity.


    Carlos wanted to know what was beyond the gate, so he attempted to push the gate, but no matter how much strength he used, it didn¡¯t budge.


    Carlos suddenly had an inspiration. Since the restrictions on Carlos had disappeared, he floated and came face to face with the silver-painted handles.


    Carlos then pushed the handle. The next moment, his eyes shined, seeing the door opening. At the same time, a sound of a door opening after countless years echoed in the area.


    Carlos couldn¡¯t help but amaze in surprise, seeing the thickness of the door. He finally understood why he couldn¡¯t budge it.


    The door¡¯s thickness was evenrger than its height, making the door weird and extravagant. Even Carlos felt a pang in his heart, thinking of the amount used in its making.


    Finally, the door¡¯s thickness ended as the scene beyond the gate presented itself to Carlos.


    Carlos eximed in surprise since the scene beyond the gate looked to be the same scenery of the market he had just left in search of the stall owner.


    But then his surprise disappeared as he sensed visible changes in this market. The number of people here was less, and they looked more powerful.


    ¡®Is this the next city I have to cross,¡¯ Carlos thought since he could only think of it as the reason behind another city beyond the gate.


    Carlos couldn¡¯t see the faces of the people in the market since their faces were blurred as if an invisible power was making Carlos unable to see them unless he set foot in the city.


    Carlos then decided to set foot in the city since he felt that the gate had appeared after hepleted the mission, and there was no point in wasting time here. He believed that he had nothing to gain from here.


    Even though the door¡¯s thickness was around a hundred meters, still when Carlos entered it, he found himself in the city as if the thickness was an illusion all along.


    Carlos then turned back only to see that there was no gate but the market where people were happily conversing and shopping for different materials.


    Just like in thest city, Carlos found thenguage spoken here to be familiar. It was Foranot, one of the several dialects spoken by the members of the race Dorora.


    After a few steps, Carlos came to a sudden halt. He felt his blood evaporating and his eyes turning red from rage as a few stalls away from him, Carlos found a familiar figure.


    The figure was none other than the person Carlos hated the most, the stall owner, who gave him the mission to bring him a million beating hearts.


    The stall owner was also looking around since there appeared to be no customer interested in what he sold, so he found Carlos looking at him with red eyes.


    Unfazed by Carlos¡¯s reaction, the stall owner excitedly waved his hands and called Carlos.


    Carlos, in anger, took a step forward since he still had his iplete vow to kill the stall owner, but when he reached the stall, his hands automatically came to a stop.


    His body froze, and soon it started trembling. His breathing became ragged as he found something tempting in the products spread across the stall.


    ¡°What¡­what is it?¡± Carlos¡¯s speech trembled as he asked the stall owner while pointing at the product tempting him to take it in his hands.


    ¡°Did you like the 1st Gradient Lotus?¡± The stall owner ignored Carlos¡¯s excitement and smilingly asked. ¡°Hmm, your bloodline seems to be purer than ourst encounter, so I guess it worked,¡± The stall owner then muttered.


    ¡°WAIT, DID YOU just say that my bloodline had be purer?¡± Carlos heard the muttering of the stall owner. At first, he lost hisposure in excitement and became loud, but he returned to normal as he spoke.


    At the same time, he felt horrified by the stall owner. From the start, the stall owner looked nothing more than an ordinary Immortal, and that was why he had vowed to kill him. But now that he heard the stall owner, his worldview changed since someone who could sense the purity of the bloodline just by a look couldn¡¯t be someone he could defeat.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°What¡¯s this?¡± Carlos asked again, pointing at the product after their conversation about his bloodline came to an end.


    ¡°Do you like it?¡± A smile spread across the stall owner¡¯s face as he asked.


    The smile sent shivers down Carlos¡¯s spine as he found the scene too familiar to forget. The memory of the mission and the killings with a pang of guilt attacking him appeared in his mind as his face turned somber. He could feel that someone just like the previous quest wasing his way, and he wouldn¡¯t be able to refuse just like thest time.


    Carlos nodded, unable to hide the somber look on his face.


    The smile on the stall owner¡¯s face turned wider. At that moment, the stall owner looked nothing less than a devil in Carlos¡¯s eyes.


    ¡°It is the 2nd Gradient Peach. Do you want it?¡± The stall owner smilingly introduced the product to Carlos.


    ¡®Here ites,¡¯ Carlos thought in his heart and nodded in response to the stall owner¡¯s question.


    Carlos wanted nothing more than to shake his head and refuse at that moment, but the temptation turned out to be stronger than his willpower, so he could only nod his head.

 Chapter 515

    Chapter 515: The Countdown(11)


    ¡°Do you want it?¡± The smile spread across the stall owner¡¯s face widened, seeing the struggle on Carlos¡¯s face as he asked again.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Carlos responded, giving in to his temptation.


    ¡®Here ites,¡¯ Carlos then thought as he could guess what woulde next from the stall owner¡¯s mouth next.


    ¡°Since you want it so much, I will give it to you, but before that, you¡¯ll have to fulfill my condition,¡± The stall owner smilingly responded.


    ¡®I knew it. This bastard is going to torture me again,¡¯ Carlos thought in his heart. He didn¡¯t dare to utter these words out loud as he was now cautious of the stall owner.


    ¡°What is the condition?¡± Carlos then asked with a tense look on his face.


    ¡°No need to be so tense. My condition is pretty simple, just like thest time,¡± The stall owner couldn¡¯t help butugh, seeing Carlos¡¯s reaction.


    Carlos¡¯s lips twitched, seeing the response of the stall owner. He could feel that the stall owner was only there to make him insane.


    ¡°If you want to get the 2nd Gradient Peach, then you only need to bring me the core of this city,¡± The smile on the stall owner¡¯s face disappeared as he told Carlos his condition.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Carlos eximed in surprise, hearing the condition put by the stall owner. He asked the stall owner to put his requirement again since he couldn¡¯t believe that he would put such a condition.


    ¡°Bring me the core of this city, and you can get the 2nd Gradient Peach,¡± The stall owner looked at Carlos for a few seconds as if he was an idiot, but he still went ahead and repeated his condition again.


    The next moment, the stall owner and his stall disappeared without giving Carlos any chance to ask further questions.


    After the stall owner left, Carlos heaved a sigh of relief as the quest was simple this time. He didn¡¯t have to kill people with the appearance of his children.


    ¡®Aren¡¯t you being overly optimistic?¡¯ A thought emerged in Carlos¡¯s head, pouring cold water on Carlos¡¯s excitement for getting a straightforward quest.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°I AM GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU BASTARD,¡± A scream that shook the entire city rang in the area.


    ¡°NO, I WOULD FIRST SKIN YOU, THEN BURN YOU, THEN HEAL YOU, AND ONLY AFTER I HAVE DONE THIS COUNTLESS TIMES, I AM GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU BASTARD,¡± A few secondster, even an angrier scream filled with cruel intentions rang in the area. Everyone, no matter where they were in the city, heard it, and only hearing it sent chills down their spine. They then prayed for whoever was going to be on the other side of the scream owner.


    The reason for Carlos¡¯s anger was the core in front of him. The core was spherical in shape when Carlos had first seen it, but now it had taken the appearance of his father. If he handed it over to the stall owner, wouldn¡¯t that make him an unfilial son and a piece of shame for the race?


    ****


    It has been one hundred and seventy-four years since Lily had fallen asleep.


    ¡°You lose again,¡± Katrina announced as a w projection stood a few inches away from already severely injured Aakesh.


    With just a single Katrina order, the w would snape Aakesh into seven pieces. Since Aakesh had no way to leave out of this situation, Aakesh had no choice but to give up.


    ¡°You are a monster,¡± Katrinaplimented Aakesh after he gave up.


    Aakesh ignored Katrina¡¯spliment and returned to his chair.


    Katrina only smiled since she had gotten used to such behavior from Aakesh.


    The smile then vanished from her face, and a groan escaped her mouth, as suddenly she felt a thunder rumbling inside her head.


    ¡°He seeded in making me feel pain,¡± Katrina muttered in shock as she understood that the thunder rumbling in her head was Aakesh¡¯s doing. She knew that it was one of Aakesh¡¯ster ns, which would ur in the middle of the fight creating a situation for Aakesh. But since Aakesh had lost, his move did nothing superficial except make Katrina feel pain for the first time since she had raised her strength by four levels.


    ¡°Why are you looking so grave?¡± Autumn asked when Katrina appeared on her chair.


    ¡°He made me feel pain,¡± Katrina told Autumn about the rumble.


    ¡°Really?¡± Autumn asked. ¡°It had only been eight years,¡± She further added.


    ¡°What a Monster!¡±


    ¡°What a Monster!¡±


    Both of them muttered at the same time, feeling awe of the talent of Aakesh.


    ¡°Hey, system, I need the testing b,¡± Aakesh requested the system since he decided to check his strength today after a wait of eight years.


    In the past eight years, Aakesh had been training with Katrina, who had raised her strength by four levels, and Autumn, who had increased her strength by five levels.


    He had been unable to defeat Katrina, but now he could fight her for several minutes. Whereas with Autumn, the case waspletely different.


    After Autumn raised her strength by five levels, there was a sudden change around Autumn, and it was something unclimbable for even someone like him, who was considered a monster by Autumn and Katrina.


    The strength gap hadn¡¯t closed for years, despite continuously battling Autumn every day.


    The best he had been able to do in these eight years of continuous training with Autumn was to dodge her first attack when Autumn didn¡¯t even use half her power in the first strike. Even then, the duo had looked at Aakesh with shock.


    Aakesh learned the reason for the shock from the system.


    The power level of Autumn after she raised her strength by four levels wasn¡¯t something that could be measured in Primal units. Instead, it would now only get calcted in the Sacred units.


    It made Autumn¡¯s power level at this point equivalent to a settled creature with divinity in the Sacred dimension.


    Sometimes, Aakesh would feel fortunate that he didn¡¯t battle Katrina to death since he hadn¡¯t even seen Autumn¡¯s full power, while Katrina was even more powerful than her.


    There was the system that would help him survive, but even Aakesh could only imagine the cost he would need to pay to the system for saving him from a creature that had the strength of a God.

 Chapter 516

    Chapter 516: The Countdown(12)


    ¡°Hey, system, I want the testing b,¡± Aakesh requested the system since he wanted to test his strength after a good eight years.


    The next moment, a few hundred meters away from Aakesh, out of nowhere, light particles appeared, and they then startedbining together. Not long after, the testing b presented itself to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took a step forward, and the space around him pushed him forward. After only three steps, Aakesh appeared in front of the testing b.


    Aakesh decided to test his raw power first. The next moment, he punched the b.


    As a result, the b lightened up, and not long after, a numerical unit appeared on the screen, showing Aakesh¡¯s raw strength.


    ¡°2,631,783,984 Primal units,¡± Aakesh muttered, the number shining on the b.


    Aakesh had no expression on his face, seeing the number since it wasn¡¯t a growth worth celebrating for Aakesh, who had tested it after around eight years.


    After the raw strength, it was now time for Aakesh to test the full power of his ultimate attack.


    The next moment, he raised his hands, with the palms facing the sky, and soon, energy started gathering.


    In no time, the energy gathered to form a dark energy ball the size of a basketball, but it didn¡¯t stop, and the process continued.


    The process finally came to a stop when the size of the energy ball had achieved an evenrger size whenpared with him.


    Without waiting for even a moment, Aakesh pushed the skill on the b.


    The next moment, the b lightened up. It seemed unfazed by Aakesh¡¯s attack as not long after, a numerical value showing the power of the Apocalyptic st appeared.


    ¡°3,417,983,618 Primal units,¡± The testing b showed.


    Aakesh only tested the growth in his raw physical strength and the Apocalyptic st, so Aakesh requested the system to take back the testing b.


    The next moment, the reverse happened as light particles started moving away, resulting in the testing b slowly dispersing. Not long after, nothing remained on the ground.


    After his test, Aakesh appeared back on his chair. His eyes then fell on Lily. She was getting close to the end of his breakthrough with every passing moment.


    ¡°Hey, system, how much time is left before she wakes up from her breakthrough?¡± Aakesh questioned the system since it has be a tradition since thest more than one hundred and seventy years.


    After his training came to an end, Aakesh would ask this question from the system every day without stopping.


    [Host, around five years had left!]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless response rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    A gentle smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as he muttered, ¡°The day is not very far when you¡¯ll be the second known member of my race.¡±


    ***


    ¡°Hehe, you did the mission very quickly here,¡± The stall ownerplimented Carlos for fulfilling his requirement.


    Carlos felt his blood boiling in anger as he heard the stall owner¡¯s voice. But when Carlos remembered that the stall owner could see the purity of his bloodline just at a nce, he took a deep breath to calm himself down before he attempted suicide by trying to harm the stall owner.


    He couldn¡¯t help but shudder, remembering the scenes of the past few days.


    When Carlos got the mission to bring the core, he thought that it was going to be simple, but when he reached there, he got the shock of his life, as the city¡¯s core had taken the appearance of his father.


    At first, Carlos felt in a dilemma since he couldn¡¯t just give up something that looked like his father even though he knew it was fake. Even killing his real children was more convenient than handing over the core to the stall owner for him.


    But since he knew if he stayed there, he wouldn¡¯t be able to leave this world. He continuously created illusions where he had conversations with his father, and his father told him to hand it over.


    After making his mind and heart strong, Carlos grabbed the core in an attempt to hand it to the stall owner for the 2nd Gradient Peach.


    That¡¯s when the real trouble began. The moment Carlos grabbed the core, he found himself in an illusion.


    In the illusion, he and his father were standing in front of each other while blood came out of his father¡¯s mouth, and there was a look of pure horror on the father¡¯s face as Carlos had his bloodied handing out from the father¡¯s back.


    That was not all. Carlos had an expression of enjoyment on his face as if there was nothing that could make him feel more joy than killing his father.


    The rage Carlos had felt at that moment was unprecedented. There was no one in this world that he respected and loved more than his father, so when the illusion showed him enjoying the death of his father, it made Carlos mad.


    At that time, he had vowed again to kill the stall owner. But this time, he had added torture to his vow. There was no torture in this world that could make him calm down after what he witnessed in the illusion, but he didn¡¯t want to kill the stall owner without making him feel like hell, so he vowed.


    ***


    Carlos calmed himself down since he knew he needed to survive and grow stronger if Carlos wanted to fulfill his vow, so he only nodded in response to the stall owner¡¯spliment.


    Carlos then gestured to the stall owner to hand him the 2nd Gradient Peach.


    The stall owner could sense the hatred Carlos had for him, but he seemed unfazed by it, so he casually picked up the 2nd Gradient Peach from the several materials in his stall and threw it at Carlos.


    Carlos was taken aback by the casual response of the stall owner, but he didn¡¯t forget to catch the 2nd Gradient Peach.


    He then carefully studied it.


    Even though its name was 2nd Gradient Peach, it didn¡¯t look even close to a peach. Carlos couldn¡¯t even determine what it was since neither the shape nor the material used in its making was known to Carlos.


    Carlos didn¡¯t know what to do with it since his heart said to eat it, but his intuition warned; that it would be a suicide.

 Chapter 517

    Chapter 517: The Countdown(13)


    As Carlos grabbed the 2nd Gradient Peach, a battle began between his emotions and logic.


    His heart forced him to eat the 2nd Gradient Peach even though Carlos had no idea of what it was, while his intuition forced him to go against his heart and not eat it, as it would be nothing less than suicide.


    Carlos thought as if it would only be a simple battle between his temptations and control, and he would be able to seed this time, and in the end, he would not eat the fruit. Carlos couldn¡¯t be any more wrong.


    Carlos suddenly felt the world around him darkening, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself in an unfamiliar location.


    ¡°Where am I?¡±


    ¡°Waawaa!¡±


    Carlos wanted to ask the question, but nothing except a baby cry escaped his mouth.


    ¡°Look, we have a son,¡± An excited female voice rang in the area as ady with dark red skin and six eyes gently held the newborn in her embrace.


    ¡°Mother!¡±


    ¡°Waa!¡±


    Carlos¡¯s eyes became moist as the woman holding him looked simr to his mother, who had passed away thousands of years ago in an unfortunate battle.


    A gentle smile spread across the mother¡¯s mouth as she heard the baby cry. She then slowly wiped the teardrop leaving the right eye.


    Time flew by.


    It has been around twelve years since Carlos suddenly came into this world.


    For the past twelve years, he had been searching for ways to leave this world and return to the city and then to the world from where he came.


    But as time passed, Carlos started forgetting and mixing the reality. Sometimes he wouldn¡¯t be able to guess whether he belonged to the city or the Primal dimension.


    Carlos had loving parents in this world, and simr to his past life, it was a supernatural world.


    His father and mother had godly powers. Three dayster, Carlos would celebrate his twelfth birthday.


    The day was important because this day would decide whether he had the capability to cultivate or not.


    Time flew by.


    These three days were like an eternity for Carlos since he felt that this day would be the key if he wanted to leave this world.


    ***


    ¡°I am sorry, master. Young master has no ability to cultivate,¡± A servant informed Carlos and his parents about Carlos¡¯s results.


    A drop of blood from one of his eyes was needed to test whether Carlos could cultivate or not, a. After the members examined the blood, they found it to be ordinary.


    Hearing the servant¡¯s words, Carlos felt as if someone had snatched thend below his feet. His face turned pale as he crashed down to the ground.


    Carlos¡¯ mother pped the servant in anger, resulting in his head exploding. She then concernedly rushed to her son.


    ¡°Wake up, Carlos!¡±


    ¡°Wake up, Carlos!¡±


    ¡°Wake up, Carlos!¡±


    The mother called out to Carlos, who had suddenly fallen unconscious. Even the father, who usually had a cold face, had his face turned pale from worry, seeing his unconscious son.


    At first, they believed the examination to be the reason behind this sudden situation, but as days went by, they found out that it was something else.


    Time flew by.


    It has been thirty years since Carlos opened his eyes to this world. At this point, he had even forgotten about the city and his real world.


    Even though he was only thirty years old, he looked no less than a ny-year-old man.


    His skin had dried off, while his six eyes had lost their color and turned blind. Simrly, he couldn¡¯t walk as his body parts below his waist had paralysis.


    Carlos would never forget his twelfth birthday since that was the day his tragedies began.


    Carlos lost his consciousness when he heard that he couldn¡¯t cultivate. He saw nothing but darkness around him when he regained consciousness since his eyes had lost their eyesight.


    Carlos¡¯s parents had godly powers, yet they couldn¡¯t treat Carlos as if there was a terrifying and unsolvable curse on him.


    Soon bad luck started attacking his parents and other members of his race, resulting in others raising their voices in favor of killing Carlos. But how could a mother kill her own son, so she killed whoever supported the killing of her son? The cruel actionsmitted by the mother seeded in making the members stop, but soon severe tragedies started falling on the race.


    Even the higher-ups in the race started raising their voices now. Carlos¡¯s parents couldn¡¯t sit still anymore and kill the people like usual since the majority of their race members had turned in favor of killing Carlos.


    So to make everyone stop, the parents moved their son far away, resulting in the tragedies of the ning to a stop. Even the parents had stopped seeing Carlos after that day since now they knew that Carlos was a cursed child and wanted nothing to do with him.


    But it seemed that the father and mother still had a love for Carlos, so they hired several maidservants and put them in charge of taking care of Carlos.


    Time flew by.


    It was the thirty-sixth year since Carlos came to this.


    ¡°So, this is the end,¡± Carlos muttered as he could see his deathing.


    ¡°I hope the next life treats me better,¡± A teardrop escaped Carlos¡¯s eyes as he further mumbled.


    He had seen the difference in the way people had treated him before his twelfth birthday and after that.


    He believed that his parents would never let go of him, but even they treated him indifferently after a while as if he was a curse.


    ¡°Here, Ie,¡± Carlos attempted to yell, but even if there were a person seated a meter away from him, they wouldn¡¯t hear what Carlos said.


    Hoping to have a better life in his next life, if there was one, Carlos closed his eyes, but he suddenly heard a familiar voice that he hadn¡¯t heard for many years.


    ¡°Wake up, Carlos. Your mother is here,¡± Carlos¡¯s mother, who hadn¡¯t seen Carlos for thest decade, cried out.


    ¡°Wake up, son! We found the cure for you. You will never have to live alone again,¡± His father¡¯s voice rang the next moment. The voice contained an unbridled amount of joy.


    ¡°Moa€|mother,¡± Carlos opened his eyes and called out to his mother.


    Carlos then nced at his father, who was looking at him with an excited expression on his face. His eyes then fell on the father¡¯s hands. He found an unknown-shaped ck material there.


    ¡°Here, eat it. You will never have to face this torture again,¡± The father excitedlymented as he pushed the strange material in his hands to? Carlos.


    Carlos was just going to chew it when he suddenly froze.


    ¡®NO! YOU CAN¡¯T EAT THAT!¡¯ A scream rang inside Carlos¡¯s heart not long after.


    ¡°ARGH!¡± Carlos spat the strange material. He then tightly clenched his head and screamed in pain as if his body had gotten the energy back.


    The duo of Carlos¡¯s parents was taken aback by the sudden extreme reaction shown by Carlos.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Mother, Father loves you. He hasn¡¯t married anyone after your death,¡± Carlos told his mother, surprising both of them.


    The mother and father looked at each other in surprise. When they turned back and looked at Carlos, they got the shock of their life as Carlos had lost his breath, while there was a peaceful smile spread across his face.


    ***


    When Carlos opened his eyes, he found himself back in the city. The 2nd Gradient Peach was still in his hands, but the temptation to eat it was gone.


    Before Carlos could understand what had happened, the 2nd Gradient Peach in his hands started shining out of nowhere.


    Carlos had no idea what was happening, but he knew one thing he couldn¡¯t let go of it no matter what.


    The light released by the 2nd Gradient Peach got bigger and bigger as it engulfed the entirety of Carlos. It then started receding, with only covering his head.


    The light then started solidifying. Not long after, an opaque white skin had covered Carlos¡¯s head.


    The process hadn¡¯t ended yet as the ck skin started melting into his skin.


    A few secondster, the ck skin disappeared, and Carlos same as previously presented itself.


    ***


    ¡°The time hase,¡± Aakesh excitedly muttered as Lily was going to wake up any moment.

 Chapter 518

    Chapter 518: The End of the Breakthrough(1)


    After some time, the opaque skin entirely melted in Carlos¡¯s head.


    Carlos was standing straight, but there was no semnce that he was conscious. His eyes were closed.


    Time flew by.


    After a good hour passed, Carlos¡¯s body finally had a movement.


    His eyelids flickered, and not long after, they opened.


    Carlos found the sight in front of him blurry and confused.


    Thest thing he remembered was the faces of his parents. In the illusion, he had seeded in resisting the temptation of the 2nd Gradient Peach and had chosen death. But since his mind wasn¡¯t clear, he couldn¡¯t guess whether it was reality or another illusion.


    Time flew by.


    A few momentster, Carlos finally came around as he finally rubbed his eyes and focused on the area surrounding him.


    Carlos hurriedly looked at his hand, and a shocked expression appeared on his face since he remembered that everything started when he had gotten the 2nd Gradient Peach.


    Carlos was trying to put things together when suddenly a headache attacked him.


    At the same rate, as the headache came, it disappeared.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Carlos eximed in surprise as he checked his consciousness since the sudden pain hade from that part.


    The next moment, he eximed in astonishment as he noticed that his sea of consciousness had gotten smaller than before. Simrly, he found that his soul energy had turned purer.


    Attaining divinity granted an improvement in all three: Energy, physique, and spirituality parameters.


    When someone attained divinity, they wouldn¡¯t have the sea of consciousness. Instead, there would be a core after the soul energy¡¯s condensation.


    The most the cultivator could condense their sea of consciousness, the stronger their soul would be after passing the Primal tribtion and attaining divinity.


    At the same time, Carlos could also feel that hisprehension of knowledge had also gotten deeper.


    Carlos didn¡¯t have to think much about the reason behind the sudden condensation of the sea of consciousness since he already knew it was the 2nd Gradient Peach.


    Carlos then looked at the ce where once the stall and the stall owner were. His eyes turned cold, and subconsciously an invisible pressure erupted, sinking that spot into the ground.


    Carlos¡¯s eyes flew wide open in shock as he witnessed his spiritual growth just by eating a single 2nd Gradient Peach.


    ¡°Argh!¡±


    Before Carlos could even celebrate his growth, a sudden pain attacked his body.


    A few secondster, Carlos¡¯s face turned grave as he found out the reason behind the sudden pain.


    The reason for the pain was his body being unable to handle the sudden spiritual growth. A hurried expression appeared on his face as Carlos could feel that the situation was dire for him. If his body didn¡¯t grow strong enough to amodate his sea of consciousness in the next several years, his body would explode as a result.


    (A/N: I refer to the sea of consciousness as the spirit and soul. That¡¯s why I have defined an increase in its strength as spiritual growth.)


    Carlos knew he couldn¡¯t waste any more time here. If he wanted revenge against the stall owner, he needed to get more powerful at an outrageous rate. He had to survive at any cost for doing that, so his first aim was to solve this situation.


    Thinking like this, he flew toward the other side of the city. After eating the 2nd Gradient Peach, all the restrictions on him disappeared.


    ***


    ¡°HOW?¡± Autumn had an unbelievable expression on her face as she had just witnessed the loss of Katrina when she had raised her strength by four levels.


    Autumn wasn¡¯t the only one to feel such. Katrina, who had just given up seeing an attack that created a life-threatening situation for the current her, also felt the same since it was entirely unexpected.


    Aakesh, who had numerous severe injuries spread across his body, had an excited expression as defeating the current Katrina wasn¡¯t an easy task.


    It was the fruit of his thirteen years of hard work, so how could he not be excited?


    ¡°You win,¡± Katrina finally epted her defeat and congratted Aakesh for his first win against the current her.


    Even for Aakesh, this win meant a lot, so he didn¡¯t just listen to the congrattions, but he thanked Katrina for it. It came out as an even bigger surprise to Katrina and Autumn since it was the first time, Aakesh had given any response to theirpliments or congrattions.


    The win over Katrina wasn¡¯t the only reason behind Aakesh¡¯s excitement. There was another reason, and it had an evenrger role to y. Today was also thest day of Lily¡¯s breakthrough, and she would finally wake up after a deep sleep of more than 150 years.


    ¡°Hey, system, I want the testing b,¡± Aakesh then requested the system in his head since he wanted to test his strength after more than a year.


    The next moment, a few hundred meters away from Aakesh, out of nowhere, light particles appeared, and they then startedbining together. Not long after, the testing b presented itself to Aakesh.


    Aakesh then took a step forward, and the space around him pushed him forward. After only two steps, Aakesh appeared in front of the testing b.


    Aakesh first decided to test his raw strength as usual.


    ¡°2,854,683,284 Primal units,¡± Aakesh muttered, the number shining on the b after it appeared.


    After raw strength, it was now time for Aakesh to test the destruction of the Apocalyptic st at his full might.


    ¡°3,987,983,618 Primal units,¡± After Aakesh hit the b with his skill, the testing b showed.


    ¡°Almost four billion,¡± Aakesh mumbled as he was only several million Primal units away from attaining the strength of four billion Primal units.


    Aakesh then requested the system to take back the testing b since he only tested these two.


    The next moment, the reverse happened as light particles started moving away, resulting in the testing b slowly dispersing. Not long after, nothing remained on the ground.


    Aakesh then turned around and proceeded in the direction of the chair.


    A gentle smile erupted on his face as his eyes fell on Lily, peacefully sleeping in a blob of light.


    The blob of light had grown in size these past years. It now came up to Aakesh¡¯s knee, unlike the time when Lily fell asleep. At that time, it was only of Aakesh¡¯s single palm size.

 Chapter 519

    Chapter 519: The End of the Breakthrough(2)


    ¡°Hey, system, how much more time before Lily wakes up?¡± Aakesh asked the system despite knowing that today was the day. Since it had almost be a tradition for him these past few years, Aakesh didn¡¯t want to break it. Only Lily¡¯s waking up would announce its end.


    [Host, there are only thirteen hours left for Lily to wake up from her breakthrough.]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s mechanical and emotional response rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    [Host, do you want me to create a countdown timer for you?]


    Not long after, the system¡¯s voice rang again inside Aakesh¡¯s head. This time it asked Aakesh a question.


    ¡°Why not,¡± Aakesh replied since he had no issues with the countdown timer. In fact, he would feel better if there was a timer showing him that Lily¡¯s waking up was close.


    The system didn¡¯t speak anything in response. The next moment, a virtual timer appeared just a meter above Lily, floating in the air.


    [13:07:51]


    [13:07:50]


    The countdown timer showed the time showed before Lily would wake up.


    Since Lily still had thirteen hours, seven minutes, and forty-nine seconds left before her breakthrough came to an end, Aakesh looked in the direction of Katrina and Autumn.


    Even though Aakesh defeated Katrina when she had raised her strength by four levels even earlier than the best estimates of Katrina and Autumn, showing just how quickly he was growing. Unfortunately, the situation wasn¡¯t simr in the case of Autumn.


    The current Autumn had her strength raised by five levels, and it put her strength in the Sacred dimension.


    The best result Aakesh had gotten from Autumn these past more than a decade was a survival up to the sixth strike.


    Autumn hadn¡¯t used any skill in her current form, not even once, while Aakesh would activate Counter Shield right after the second move. It showed the vast power difference between them.


    Autumn and Katrina were conversing with each other when they suddenly sensed a familiar gaze. Both of them looked at each other and could see a deep look of irritation in their eyes since Aakesh gaze meant a single thing.


    ¡°Katrina, I want to see the strength gap between us when you have raised your strength by five levels,¡± Aakesh left his chair and requested Katrina. His expressionless tone didn¡¯t feel like it was a request, but Katrina understood it since they had spent more than a century together.


    ¡°Why were you born with unlimited endurance?¡± Katrinained as if not for Aakesh¡¯s unlimited endurance; Aakesh would¡¯ve been still gasping for a breath after the long and intense battle they had some time earlier.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response, appeared in the center of the arena, and waited for Katrina to appear.


    Katrina took a deep breath and then left her chair, appearing a few meters away from Aakesh in the arena.


    Suddenly the air around Katrina started flowing reverse as an invisible pressure appeared. Even the space around her began feeling the brunt.


    The next moment, the air and the space returned to normal as if it was all an illusion.


    But Katrina¡¯s power level showed that it was anything but an illusion. There was noparison between the previous her and the current her when it came to strength.


    ¡°I am starting,¡± Katrina announced since she wanted to end this as quickly as possible.


    Since it was Aakesh¡¯s first battle with Katrina when she had raised her strength by five levels, Aakesh wanted to check how strong were his defenses against her attacks?


    The next moment, Aakesh activated Counter Shield at its full power.


    The next moment, an eighteenyered transparent barrier covered the entirety of Aakesh.


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    Aakesh had only activated the skill when it cracked down and burst into smithereens, just due to a casual flick by Katrina.


    Katrina and Autumn had no change in their expressions since they knew how much Katrina would grow after Katrina increased her strength by five levels. The same couldn¡¯t be said for Aakesh, who looked at Katrina with a surprised expression.


    Since the moment Aakesh had met Katrina, he was aware that Katrina was the stronger party in the duo of Autumn and Katrina, but till this point, he felt that the difference wasn¡¯t much. Only now did he witness the actual difference of strength between Autumn and Katrina with his own eyes.


    When both of them had released their strength by five levels if Autumn¡¯s power were to be considered one unit, Katrina¡¯s might would be five units, showing the vast gap between their power.


    Time flew by.


    [00:00:13]


    [00:00:12]


    [00:00:11]


    Aakesh grew excited with each passing moment. Lily¡¯s breakthrough was almost closer to its end.


    [00:00:00]


    Finally, the countdown timer turned zero for all the time units. A smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as he looked at the Lily in the blob of the light.


    The blob of the light suddenly started shining brighter and brighter, bringing the attention of Katrina and Autumn, who was busy conversing about something.


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    The next moment, cracking sounds rang in the area as if the light surrounding Lily was broken ss, and someone had just pressed it, resulting in itsplete breakdown.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The next moment, a quiet explosion sound rang in the area as the cracked light barrier around Lily burst into particles, resulting in a cloud filled with particles surrounding Lily.


    The light particles didn¡¯t dissipate into the air, but they started condensing. Not long after, the cloud entirely subsided, presenting Lily to Aakesh.


    Lily still hadn¡¯t opened her eyes, but her appearance was there for everyone to see.


    Just like the blob of light, Lily had grown in size. If previously she was only the size of his palm, Aakesh now needed to grab hold of her in both hands. A wry smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as Lily had now grown too big to sit on his head, which was her favorite ce.


    The size wasn¡¯t the only change Lily had gotten after the breakthrough. Her fur, which was previously short, had now grown into the size of Aakesh¡¯s little finger.


    It wasn¡¯t the end since if someone carefully looked at the fur, they would notice that they were light-blue at the origin point. But since it was only at the starting portion and wasn¡¯t very eye-catching, people would still think of Lily as someone with a single-color coat.

 Chapter 520

    Chapter 520: The Growth(1)


    Suddenly Lily had a movement.


    Lily¡¯s eyelids moved, and not long after, they flew wide open.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Lily eximed in surprise as she found too big of a change in herself.


    During the breakthrough phase, Lily was in a deep sleep, meaning that she had no idea of how long she was sleeping or what changes did she have during the slumber of more than one hundred and fifty years.


    ¡°What happened to me?¡± Lily couldn¡¯t help but ask herself since she hadn¡¯t even noticed her surroundings, seeing the amount of change she had gone through in just a second.


    Soon the memory starteding back to her as she remembered how she had cried in Aakesh¡¯s hands after meeting him, and then Lily had gotten so tired that she had fallen asleep. And she had woken up now.


    Remembering the memory, Lily hurriedly turned around to check whether meeting Aakesh was a dream she had in her sleep. She then heaved a sigh of relief when she noticed Aakesh looking at her with an excited and gentle expression on his face.


    ¡°How do you feel?¡± Aakesh smilingly asked Lily, seeing her turning around.


    ¡°I feel ufortable,¡± Lily answered and jumped on Aakesh¡¯s head since she felt that she had been in a deep sleep for too long, and she wanted to feel at home by returning to her favorite ce. It then resulted in a weird scene since Lily was much bigger than his head in size.


    Aakesh could only smile wryly, but he didn¡¯t stop her since he knew how much she loved his head.


    At the same time, Lily didn¡¯t find Aakesh¡¯s headfortable for the first time, so she couldn¡¯t help but get angry with herself for growing this big in size.


    ¡°Do you feel very ufortable?¡± Aakesh asked as he could feel Lily squirming in her head to get in afortable posture to sit.


    ¡°Yes, I am too big,¡± Lily answered while still trying to get in afortable posture. Her tone contained nothing but disappointment and a slight hint of anger.


    ¡°Forget about it for a second. How do you feel about your breakthrough?¡± Aakesh asked since he wanted to know how much she had changed after the breakthrough.


    Lily ignored Aakesh¡¯s question since her first priority was to get into afortable posture. She wanted to reduce her size like Autumn could since she didn¡¯t want to let go of her favorite ce, but unfortunately, she didn¡¯t have the skill. She was only thinking about it when suddenly a way to get tiny appeared in her head.


    It was one of the skills she had gained after the breakthrough.


    [Skill name: Anima,


    Level: Level 1,


    Ability: The skill allows the owner to reduce their size up to one-tenth,


    Condition for Growth: Bloodline Growth or finding the knowledge of Level 2 skill.]


    Lily got theplete information about the skill in her head.


    An excited expression appeared on her face as she activated the skill Anima, and soon, her size started decreasing.


    Since the skill was only Level 1, she could only reduce her body size up to one-tenth, but fortunately for Lily, it was more than enough. She didn¡¯t even have to use it to its full extent since, after reducing her size by one-sixth, Lily returned to her previous stature.


    Lily still looked big since her fur was now muchrger. But since she had now more than enough space to sitfortably on her throne(Aakesh¡¯s bun), she didn¡¯t feel ufortable and returned to her usual posture.


    Aakesh only felt surprised for a second since the skill, Anima, was a regr urrence in the higher-level creatures. Even he could learn it if he wanted from Autumn or Katrina, but since Aakesh had no interest in it, he didn¡¯t ask them to teach him the knowledge.


    ¡°Are you feeling better now?¡± Aakesh then asked Lily, who had stopped squirming.


    ¡°Yes, I feel much better now,¡± Lily answered in her childlike voice. Her tone had returned to normal since her first priority was now fulfilled.


    ¡°Good,¡± Aakeshmented as he felt better when Lily felt better.


    ***


    A few seconds earlier,


    ¡°Hmm, the bloodline of your ancestor had quite a change after this breakthrough,¡± Katrinamented while looking at Lily, jumping on Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°Yeah, the bloodline feels familiar but not with the same intensity as it previously did,¡± Autumn nodded and responded with a surprised expression on her face.


    Autumn could now feel that the Aakesh¡¯s bloodline she felt in her ancestor earlier was now at even a higher rate. She could see that her ancestor now belonged to the Epochal Feline race as much as she belonged to the unknown race from which Aakesh was.


    If she were to use a term to define Lily¡¯s race, it would be the ¡®Perfect Hybrid¡¯ since she had never seen a creature with the same ratio of the bloodline of two different races from which they came.


    ¡°Her strength had also grown by arge margin,¡± Katrinamented as she could see that Lily was now several times stronger than when she first saw her traveling with Autumn.


    ¡°Both of them are monsters,¡± Autumnmented in response to Katrina¡¯s statement.


    ¡°Ooh, I am itching to see how much she would struggle if I were to force my pressure on her,¡± Katrina suddenlymented and licked her lips in anticipation.


    ¡°Don¡¯t,¡± Autumn rebuked Katrina straight away since she was not only her ancestor, but she had also seen just how much Aakesh cared for her.


    Even if she and Aakeshbined their strengths, they wouldn¡¯t be able to defeat her. But one thing was sure after that they would lose all their hopes of leaving the Conspiracy continent and entering a new world since Aakesh was the strongest of the lot that had appeared on the continent.


    During the time they had spent training with Aakesh, Aakesh had not only trained but had also informed them of several things about the outer world and its power distribution.


    Katrina and Autumn were aware that they would be the strongest if they entered the Primal dimension, but there were already three dimensions above it. They wouldn¡¯t be any respected figure if they appeared in the Sacred dimension, let alone the dimension above it.


    ¡°I was just joking,¡± Katrina smilingly replied soon away.

 Chapter 521

    Chapter 521: The Growth(2)


    Unaware of the conversation between Autumn and Katrina, Aakesh was busy asking Lily about her condition after the breakthrough.


    ¡°I feel that I¡¯ve grown very strong,¡± Lily answered Aakesh in her childlike voice. She then started checking what she had gained from the breakthrough.


    Aakesh was also curious about Lily¡¯s gain, so he didn¡¯t wait for Lily to tell him. Instead, he called out the status screen.


    The next moment, a dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 1)+,


    Level: Level 7(initial),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 2,854,683,284 Primal Units (+1,953,059,266),


    Agility: 2,808,273,913 Primal Units (+1,910,030,306),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 13,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning, Apocalyptic sta€|.


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 1,


    Current status: Young.


    Aakesh took a look at his status, only to find that there was an addition in his attributes section. Previously it wasn¡¯t defined just what kinds of units were used in the measurement of his strength and agility, but now it was clearly denoted.


    Aakesh only took a single nce at it and stopped thinking about it since he had a different purpose behind calling his status menu.


    The next moment, he tapped on the pet status.


    Soon, a new smaller blue window with golden fonts appeared on top of the previous one, showing the details of Lily.


    Pet status:


    Name: Lily,


    Gender: Female,


    Race: Perfect Hybrid (Epochal Feline, [@

 Chapter 522

    Chapter 522: The Growth(3)


    Aakesh tapped on the skill, Anima, since it was the first new skill he found in the section.


    The next moment, an even smaller new blue screen appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Skill name: Anima,


    Level: Level 1,


    Ability: The skill allows the owner to reduce their size up to one-tenth,


    Condition for Growth: Bloodline Growth or finding the knowledge of Level 2 skill.]


    Aakesh nodded, reading the details of the new skill. He then thought of the window disappearing since many new skills were still left for him to learn.


    The next moment, the blue screen containing the details of the skill faded. Aakesh then tapped on the next skill, Mahima, which was next to Anima.


    The next moment, another blue screen containing the details of the skill, Mahima, appeared on top of Lily¡¯s status screen.


    [Skill name: Mahima,


    Level: Level 1,


    Ability: The skill allows the owner to increase their size up to ten times,


    Condition for Growth: Bloodline Growth or finding the knowledge of Level 2 skill.]


    Aakesh nodded after reading the details of the skill. Mahima was the opposite of Anima when it came to their capabilities. Anima allowed a reduction in body size, while Mahima allowed increment. Both of them belonged to the element of the physique.


    Aakesh then thought of the disappearance of the window and tapped on the next skill.


    [Skill name: Garima,


    Level: Level 1,


    Ability: The skill allows the owner to increase their weight up to ten times more than the body¡¯s original weight,


    Condition for Growth: Bloodline Growth or finding the knowledge of Level 2 skill.]


    Aakesh nodded and then tapped on the following skill after making the Garima skill window disappear.


    [Skill name: Laghima,


    Level: Level 1,


    Ability: The skill allows the owner to decrease their weight up to one-tenth of the body¡¯s original weight,


    Condition for Growth: Bloodline Growth or finding the knowledge of Level 2 skill.]


    Garima and Laghima had the opposite abilities to each other, just like Anima and Mahima. Garima allowed the owner to increase their weight, while Laghima allowed them to reduce their weight. Since both of them were only Level 1, the maximum both the skills went up to was ten times for increment and one-tenth for reduction.


    Just like Anima and Mahima, Garima and Laghima were the skills that belonged to the element of the physique.


    Aakesh nodded since all the four skills were of great use to Lily, especially Garima. Increasing the weight would result in an increment in Lily¡¯s strength even when she didn¡¯t have any growth in level.


    The skill, Laghima, also had a significant use since it allowed weight reduction. Using it, Lily could turn herself almost weightless, which would result in her floating even if there were restrictions or her level was insufficient.


    Unfortunately for Lily, since the skill was only Level 1, it only allowed reduction up to one-tenth, which wouldn¡¯t be even close to making Lily weightless since even when Lily was the size of Aakesh¡¯s palm, she weighed in hundreds of kilograms, let alone now when her original weight had breached the mark of thousands of tons.


    Even Aakesh had an interest in the skill of Garima and Laghima. Unfortunately, neither Autumn nor Katrina owned them. So they couldn¡¯t teach him.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it since he would someday find the knowledge of these skills.


    (A/N: Many of you may have questions, why can¡¯t Lily teach him? It¡¯s due to the fact that these are bloodline skills for Lily, so it¡¯s engraved for Lily. She didn¡¯t have to do hard work to get them.)


    Aakesh then thought of the windows disappearing, and the next moment, it faded into nothingness.


    Aakesh then tapped on the following new skill, and not long after, a new smaller blue screen appeared on the top of Lily¡¯s status screen with all the details of the skill in golden fonts.


    [Skill name: Devour the Sky,


    Level: Level 1,


    Ability: The skill allows the owner to devour any existing material(Living or Non-living) to gain not only energy(Qi/Prana/Mana/Soul) but also their knowledge,


    Limitation: The ability to snatch the knowledge would only work on beings with equal or lower cultivation than the owner,


    Condition for Growth: Bloodline Growth.]


    Aakesh had a surprised expression on his face, reading the details of the skill, Devour the Sky. Its name alone suggested what ability it would offer to the owner, yet Aakesh could see the scene of Lily¡¯s enemies trembling in fear when she started devouring them.


    What made the skill actually overpowered was that it had no side effects on the owner whatsoever. It only had one limitation, and that was only about the skill not being able to devour the knowledge of the cultivators above Lily¡¯s cultivation.


    The sole limitation didn¡¯t matter much to Lily in the first ce. Aakesh had already taught her many things about the Multiverse and its inhabitants. As for the skills, she already had more than enough to use, irrespective of the situation.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about the skill, Devour the Sky, and tapped on the following skill to learn about its detail.


    Time flew by.


    Autumn and Katrina didn¡¯t disturb Aakesh and Lily in whatever they were doing. Lily was mumbling from time to time while Aakesh tapped the invisible air in a regr gap.


    [Skill name: Spatiolock,


    Level: Level 1,


    Ability: The skill allows the owner to create a space different from all the dimensions of the Multiverse,


    Property of the locked space: The time rate can be increased or decreased up to ten times,


    Element: Space, Time,


    Limitation:


    The created space can only exist for five minutes,


    No one other than the owner can enter the locked space,


    Condition for Growth: Bloodline Growth.]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, seeing the details of the skill, Spatiolock. It was life-saving and coulde in handy in life-threatening situations.


    Even though the created space could only sustain for five minutes, there was also an ability to manipte time in both directions up to ten times. If Lily were to ever get a troubling injury, she could heal herself there since fifty minutes were more than enough for her to recover even a life-threatening injury.


    Aakesh could only look in amazement at Lily since she had gotten so many skills with just one breakthrough, and there were still a few skills left for Aakesh to read.

 Chapter 523

    Chapter 523: The Growth(End)


    Aakesh stopped thinking about the skill, Spatiolock and thought for the window to disappear.


    The next moment, the blue screen containing the details of the skill faded into nothingness. Aakesh didn¡¯t stop since a few skills were still left for Aakesh to learn.


    Aakesh then tapped on the following new skill. The next moment, a new blue window appeared on the top of Lily¡¯s status screen, containing the details of the new skill in golden fonts.


    Time flew by.


    [Skill name: Annihtion of the World,


    Level: Level 1,


    Ability: The skill allows the owner to engulf the world in darkness and thenpletely destroy the area covered in the darkness,


    Element: Darkness & Destruction,


    Limitation:


    The darkness could only cover the distance of a billion miles around the owner.


    It takes time to activate, and the owner could only trigger it if there aren¡¯t any other active skills. If the owner lost their concentration for even a moment, they would have to restart.


    Condition for growth: Bloodline Growth,


    Cooldown: Thirty hours.]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, learning the details of the skill, Annihtion of the World. It was the most destructive skill Lily had at this phase, despite it only being Level 1.


    Aakesh could also see the benefit of the skills rewarded by the system from all the skills Lily had.


    Lily didn¡¯t have a single skill that even came close to the amount of destruction the Apocalyptic st could create, and yet, Lily¡¯s skills had a cooldown, whereas the Apocalyptic st had none. Aakesh could shoot as many energy balls as he wanted. It only depended on his energy capacity, which seemed endless.


    Lily had gotten a gem of offensive skill in the form of Annihtion of the World despite a thirty-hour cooldown.


    The skill demanded Lily¡¯s control in two elements, and both were supreme ones.


    Lily was born with the ability to control the element of darkness while mixing with Aakesh¡¯s bloodline resulted in Lily gaining the ability to control the element of destruction.


    Aakesh could sense that if Lily were to activate the skill, even the Void beasts would feel danger for their lives in its range.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about the Annihtion of the World and returned his focus to the screen.


    Aakesh thought of the window disappearing, and not long after, it faded into nothingness.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell on the skill section, only to notice the number of new skills Lily had received after the breakthrough hade to an end. Aakesh was going to make Lily¡¯s status screen disappear when he noticed that one of Lily¡¯s old skills was shining with a blinding light.


    Aakesh wanted to know the reason behind it, so he tapped on the shining skill. The next moment, a new smaller blue window containing the details in golden font appeared on the top of Lily¡¯s status screen.


    [Skill name: Time Discement:


    Level: Level 1 (middle),


    Ability: This skill allows the owner to return back to a fixed time with all the knowledge and power.


    Cooldown: 29 days,


    Drawback: Currently, the time could only be set fifty minutes before,


    Condition for growth: Level 8.]


    Aakesh nodded after reading the details of the skill, Time Discement.


    Aakesh remembered that Lily had gained this skill after her sudden traumatic breakthrough due to the Epochal Felines bullying her in the virtual training.


    Time Discement had set Lily apart from other Epochal Felines since it gave her a way to break the limitations on their lifespans of only one Epoch.


    Unlike the newer skills, this skill was Level 1(intermediate), even after an increase in its level, showing the grade of the skill.


    After the upgrade, the time by which Lily could return to the past had grown to fifty minutes, which was only five minutes when the skill¡¯s level was an inferior Level 1.


    Fifty minutes may not mean very much in the life of creatures who could live for countless years, but these fifty minutes couldpletely change the dynamics of a situation.


    The cooldown of the skill had also reduced to 29 days, inparison to 30 days when its level was an inferior Level 1.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about the skill as the greater the amount of time Lily could return back with herplete knowledge and power, the better for him. Aakesh wanted nothing more than Lily¡¯s safety.


    Aakesh then thought of the skill screen disappearing. The next moment, it faded into nothingness, entirely disappearing from Aakesh¡¯s sight, only to return when Aakesh called it again.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell on Lily¡¯s status screen. Since there was nothing more for Aakesh to learn, he thought of his status disappearing.


    The next moment, Lily¡¯s status screen assimted into Aakesh¡¯s status window, and then it faded into nothingness.


    ¡°You¡¯ve earned a lot from this breakthrough,¡± Aakesh smilinglymented as he looked at Lily, still busy checking her gains after the breakthrough.


    ¡°You can say so,¡± Lily mindlessly replied since she had still a lot left to check.


    Aakesh then stopped disturbing Lily and let her check her growth due to the breakthrough.


    His eyes then fell on Autumn and Katrina, busy in their discussions. Sometimes even Aakesh felt dumbfounded by just how much content the duo had since they had been continuously chattering with each other whenever they weren¡¯t in the practice match.


    Even though more than one hundred and eighty years had passed, it still didn¡¯t look like they had run out of topics for any further conversation.


    Autumn and Katrina¡¯s conversation came to a sudden halt as they sensed a familiar gaze.


    They turned around and looked at Aakesh, only to find that he was looking at them.


    ¡®Don¡¯t tell me he wants to fight again!¡¯


    ¡®Don¡¯t tell me he wants to fight again!¡¯


    Autumn and Katrina thought at the same time. They then looked at each other. A wry smile escaped their mouths as they could sense that they both had thought the same thing.


    Aakesh had a purpose behind looking at the duo, so he took a step forward to proceed in their direction.


    Instead of him moving, the space around him moved, so only after five steps, Aakesh reached the duo. It was one of the skills Aakesh had learned from Katrina.


    ¡°I am not going to fight you again,¡± Katrina told Aakesh since she was in no mood to fight Aakesh.

 Chapter 524

    Chapter 524: Request of Aakesh


    ¡°I won¡¯t fight you again,¡± Katrina bluntly told Aakesh since she was in no mood to fight Aakesh after she had a battle with him sometime earlier.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want you to fight me,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Katrina and Autumn heaved a sigh of relief, but their sighs came to a sudden stop hearing what Aakesh said next.


    ¡°I want you to fight Lily simr to what you did with me. I want her to get amodated with her newly found strength before we went for the world created by your ruler,¡± Aakesh requested Katrina and Autumn, stating his purpose for talking with them.


    ¡°No!¡± Katrina bluntly refused. Autumn agreed since Lily was her ancestor, and if her ancestor were strong, it would only help her.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t expect such a straight refusal from Katrina.


    ¡°I only help you in your training because I have made a deal with you. The stronger you are, the more chances you have for survival, but for Lily, I don¡¯t care,¡± Katrina stated her reason for refusal after seeing Aakesh expressionlessly looking at her.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response since he understood that Katrina didn¡¯t owe him anything. If not for their deal, she wouldn¡¯t have even let him live ording to her cruel personality.


    Aakesh then looked at Autumn. She agreed straight away to train with Lily since Lily was her ancestor and the only family she would have in the Conspiracy continent or the outer world.


    Hearing Autumn epting his request, Aakesh nodded and thanked her.


    The reason behind Aakesh asking for Autumn and Katrina to train Lily was that he wanted Lily to get amodated with her newly gained power after the breakthrough.


    Even though Katrina had refused, Aakesh didn¡¯t care much for Autumn epted it. Autumn would be more than enough for Lily to get amodated with her strength, and maybe she would even grow stronger just like he did.


    ¡°You¡¯re a cow,¡± Katrinamented after Aakesh left.


    ¡°She¡¯s my ancestor. If I help her grow stronger, it will make me feel better,¡± Autumn didn¡¯t mind Katrina¡¯s taunt and responded.


    ¡°That¡¯s why I said you¡¯re a cow. Feeling good after helping someone where you have nothing to gain,¡± Katrina smilingly stated and returned to her chairs.


    Autumn had her reasons for helping Lily, but Katrina didn¡¯t. She didn¡¯t even care about what happened to Lily. The only person she cared for was Aakesh, who would help her exit the Conspiracy continent and enter the outside world.


    Autumn didn¡¯t mind Katrina and took a step forward. The next moment, she appeared a few meters away from Lily.


    Autumn didn¡¯t disturb Lily since she was still busy finding out everything she had gained after the breakthrough and waited for her toe around.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Wow!¡± Lily eximed in admiration as she reduced her weight, using Garima, and not long after, she increased it.


    Aakesh could only smile wryly, seeing Lily ying with the skills she had gained after the breakthrough. He didn¡¯t disturb her and waited for her to stop since he knew Lily would want to show off.


    As expected, not long after, Lily stared at Aakesh with a smile on her face and started telling him about the skills she had gained after the breakthrough.


    Even though Aakesh already had theplete information of all the new skills Lily gained, he still didn¡¯t stop her and let her continue with a gentle smile spread across his face.


    ¡°It seems you¡¯ve gained a lot,¡± Aakesh smilingly told Lily as he picked her up and yed with her fur.


    ¡°Yes. Now you don¡¯t have to worry. I will protect you from anyone who attempts to harm you,¡± Lily enjoyed Aakesh ying with her. She told Aakesh in her childlike voice and pounced her tiny fist into the air.


    Aakesh could only smile, hearing what Lily said.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Oh,¡± Lily nodded in her childlike voice as Aakesh told her about the world. Before falling asleep, Lily hadn¡¯t seen Katrina, so he also introduced her to Lily.


    ¡°We will rest here for one year, and then we will leave for that world,¡± Aakesh suddenly told Lily.


    A confused expression appeared on Lily¡¯s face since she thought that Aakesh and her would leave now that she had woken up.


    ¡°In this one year, I want you to get amodated with your full strength. I want you to learn how to use what skill in what situation, so no rest for you this year,¡± Before Lily could ask for the reason, Aakesh told her.


    ¡°One year of training,¡± Lily couldn¡¯t help but mutter in surprise, hearing what Aakesh said.


    Lily wanted to say something to make Aakesh change his mind since she didn¡¯t like any kind of training unless she could show off her skills. But the moment Lily looked at Aakesh¡¯s face, no words of refusal came out of her mouth. Right now, Aakesh had the same expression he had whenever it was the time for training.


    Lily knew that the current Aakesh would never change his mind, and would only get angry with her if she refused, so without speaking even a word ofint, she epted her fate and was ready for one year of training.


    Aakesh could guess what Lily was thinking, but since Lily¡¯s thoughts were correct, he didn¡¯t try to coax Lily into training. They had spent tens of millenniums together, and Aakesh had already taught her that there was no shortcut in training and that Aakesh would never care for her choice when it came to it.


    But since Lily had just gotten her most powerful breakthrough up to this point, Aakesh didn¡¯t want her to train this year without her choice. Just like the system had given him a gift, he wanted to gift something big to Lily.


    ¡°If youplete the year of training, I would give you @

 Chapter 525

    Chapter 525: Beginning of the Suffering!


    ¡°You would train with her,¡± Aakesh told Lily, pointing at Autumn.


    ¡°Oh, Autumn,¡± Lily nodded, looking at Autumn.


    ¡°Ancestor, you don¡¯t have to worry. This one year of training would be one of the best phases of your life,¡± Autumn smilinglymented.


    The smile on Lily¡¯s face froze, hearing what Autumn said. What Autumn said wasn¡¯t anything dangerous, but she didn¡¯t know why she felt a chill running down her spine.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want to start from today,¡± Lily looked up at Aakesh and told him in her childlike voice. At the same time, she rubbed her head in his hands.


    Aakesh had no issues with it, so he nodded and smilingly responded, ¡°Okay, your training would start from tomorrow.¡±


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to battle me anymore. Focus only on training Lily,¡± Aakesh looked at Autumn and told her with an expressionless face.


    His reason for stopping his training was that after Autumn raised her strength by five levels, her power level turned into something undefeatable. Despite training with her for thest more than a decade, he hadn¡¯t been able to grow much, so he decided to stop here since one extra year wouldn¡¯t be able to wedge the gap between her and him.


    ¡°You will train her regarding the various skills she had learned, while I will train her in physicalbat,¡± Aakesh suddenlymented, bringing a look of surprise on Lily¡¯s face.


    The decision to train Lily in physicalbat was made by Aakesh on the spur of the moment since he wouldn¡¯t be fighting Autumn any longer this year. Only Katrina remained, who turned out to be even mightier than Autumn.


    After considering it, Aakesh decided to pour hisplete concentration onto Lily¡¯s training this year.


    ¡®Is even that worth my training?¡¯ Lily couldn¡¯t help but think in her heart after hearing that Aakesh would train her.


    When it came to training, Aakesh was an entirely different person.


    Just thinking about Aakesh when he trained her sent chills down Lily¡¯s spine.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to do that,¡± Lily looked up and told Aakesh. She tried to control herself, but still, a slight tremble could be heard in her voice.


    Even Katrina, who was silently seated on her chair, looked at Lily with pity. If a monster, who never got tired from their training, trained someone, then only some higher power could save them.


    Aakesh could guess what Lily was thinking in her mind right now, but he only smilingly rubbed her fur without speaking even a word.


    Time flew by.


    The day finally came to an end and announced the beginning of a new day.


    With it, Lily¡¯s rest also came to an end. It was now time for her full-year training to begin. Lily could see an entire year of suffering since Autumn¡¯s behavior toward her had changed after Aakesh requested her to be the trainer. As for Aakesh, she didn¡¯t have to guess. She knew him perfectly well.


    ¡°Let Autumn train you first,¡± Just like a rooster, who wees the sun with its cries without stopping for even a day, Aakesh told Lily after the system informed him about the beginning of a new day.


    ¡®Let me have another breakthrough,¡¯ Lily thought in her heart as she dreaded nothing more than the beginning of the training.


    ¡°There are no shortcuts when ites to training,¡± Aakesh could guess Lily¡¯s thoughts at the moment, so hemented.


    The usual smile he had on his face whenever he talked with Lily was nowhere to be seen, and what weed Lily was an expressionless face that wouldn¡¯t move no matter what Lily attempted.


    Lily begrudgingly jumped down from Aakesh¡¯s head and took a step forward. When her front feet were in the air, she looked back at Aakesh, but only an expressionless face weed her.


    Lily had no choice but to go to the battle arena used by Aakesh when he trained with Autumn and Katrina.


    Since Lily couldn¡¯t break the space like Aakesh, she traveled to the arena on foot.


    ¡°Hey, cow, it¡¯s time for you,¡± Katrina joked, seeing Lily.


    Autumn ignored what Katrina said and disappeared from her chair. The next moment, she appeared in the middle of the arena.


    Since Katrina has gotten free from training Aakesh for this next year, she decided to do nothing but sleep since it had been a long time since she had a deep sleep.


    The next moment, her eyes closed down, announcing her sleep. It will now only open after Aakesh sessfully crossed the world created by the ruler and contacted her.


    ***


    ¡°What is it, and what do you want me to do if I want it?¡± Carlos asked the stall owner in front of him. His tone contained nothing but coldness since there was no one who Carlos hated more than the stall owner.


    A smile spread across the stall owner¡¯s face as he looked at Carlos.


    ¡°Why so much hatred for me? I am not forcing you to fulfill my requirement. You don¡¯t have to do it,¡± The stall owner smilingly told Carlos, ignoring his question.


    Carlos¡¯s eyes turned red from rage after hearing the stall owner¡¯s statement, but before he could re up, he took a deep breath and calmed himself down.


    ¡°Why spout so much bullshit?¡± Carlos coldlymented and then repeated his previous question about the product.


    The stall owner seemed unfazed by Carlos¡¯s reaction, but he still answered what he wanted to know since he was a stall owner.


    ¡°It is 6th Gradient Crown,¡± The stall owner answered.


    ¡°If you want it, you have to fulfill my requirement.¡±


    ¡°Bring me a million heads with fearful expressions on them,¡± The stall owner further added and informed Carlos of his condition.


    ¡°If even one head doesn¡¯t have a fearful expression, you don¡¯t need toe here with them,¡± The stall owner warned Carlos. The next moment, the stall owner and his stall disappeared like the previous cities Carlos had crossed.


    Carlos felt a chill down his spine after hearing the condition the stall owner has put for him to get the 6th Gradient Crown.


    Carlos could clearly see how those million heads were going to look when he began the mission.


    Carlos took a deep breath and turned around to start his mission since he had no choice but to do them if he wanted to cross into the new cities and someday have his revenge.

 Chapter 526

    Chapter 526: Entering the Ruler¡¯s World(1)


    ¡°Argh,¡± Talia groaned in frustration.


    Talia had been traveling in the Conspiracy continent for the past few centuries, and yet she still hadn¡¯te across the end of this ce or even close to it.


    ¡°Do I have no choice other than to enter the world?¡± Talia mumbled and asked herself.


    Due to traveling for centuries, Talia hade across a few central rulers and had found out about the ruler and the world it had created for others if they wanted to reach her.


    After learning about the world, Talia¡¯s intuition warned her not to enter it since she had heard from one of the central rulers that none had seeded in crossing it, despite it being countless years since its creation.


    There was another reason behind Talia not entering the world right away since the world provided no other benefit than reaching the ruler. From what Talia had heard from the central ruler, there was noparison between her and the ruler when it came to their strength, so Talia appearing in front of the ruler would be no less than a suicide.


    If Talia knew that there were benefits to clearing the cities and reaching the exit inside the world, she would¡¯ve entered it.


    Unlike Talia, who couldn¡¯t make her decision of whether she wanted to enter the world or not, Oxen, thest alive Void beast in the Conspiracy continent, was on his way to enter the world.


    Oxen also faced the same dilemma, but since he had gotten frustration after traveling endlessly for a few centuries without seeing no end to it, he decided to enter it. The other reason for him entering was that he still didn¡¯t know which Void beast had died and how they had died?


    Hoping that the world would allow him to finally reach the end and find the reason behind the sudden appearance of the portal, Oxen took a deep breath and entered the space crack in front of him.


    The next moment, Oxen found himself in an unfamiliar world.


    As far as his eyes could see, there was nothing but a vast garden filled with various kinds of nts, trees, and flowers.


    A scent that could soothe the soul of anyone smelling it was permeating across the entire area. Even Oxen couldn¡¯t stop himself as he took a deep breath and inhaled the fragrant air.


    The next moment, a glint passed through his eyes as he looked around him.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Only a few minutes had passed since Oxen appeared here when he heard continuous sounds of something tearing through the air.


    Oxen still had restrictions on him, so he was aware that whatever had made the sound, it was not very far from him. But since he could neither point his finger at what direction the sound originated from nor could he see anything no matter in what direction he looked, Oxen had no idea what it was.


    The next moment, his face turned grave since he sensed a danger to his life.


    Unfortunately for him, the sensation originated from everywhere around him, so Oxen had no idea what he should do next.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    Before Oxen could even think of what to do to protect himself, unknown and invisible projectiles pierced him.


    ¡°Ugh!¡± Oxen groaned in pain as he looked at his body. He still couldn¡¯t see what the projectiles were, but he could see the numerous tiny holes that had appeared in his upper body.


    Oxen also noticed something peculiar. None of the projectiles had hit any of Oxen¡¯s vitals.


    ¡°Ugh!¡± Oxen groaned again, but it was not due to the pain created by the projectile. But instead, a headache suddenly attacked him.


    Oxen grabbed his head, forgetting about the projectiles and the blood slowly pouring out from the numerous injuries spread across his body.


    His eyelids started turning heavy, forcing him to sleep. Oxen guessed the projectiles to be the reason behind the sudden drowsiness. He attempted to use his energy to fight whatever the attack had added to his body, but unfortunately for him, he found that his energy levels were sealed. He could do nothing but helplessly wait for himself to fall unconscious.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    Oxen¡¯s giant body fell into the garden, creating a cloud of dust and an earthquake and making a loud crashing sound.


    If not for his high-level cultivation and bloodline, Oxen would¡¯ve fallen unconscious earlier.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Not long after Oxen fell unconscious, several silhouettes started appearing around him.


    ¡°Damn it. Father, ruined our invisible arrows again,¡± A man cried and cursed in pain as he took out the projectiles from Oxen¡¯s upper body.


    ¡°What has happened to Father? Why is he acting like a lunatic for the past few days?¡± Another manmented with a gentle and concerned tone.


    If Oxen were to regain consciousness right now, he would get the shock of his life, seeing the actual appearances of the silhouettes in front of him.


    ¡°Let¡¯s talk about itter. Our mother must be worried. Let¡¯s take him home,¡± Another man voiced out his opinion. His tone contained nothing but helplessness as if the man had already gotten used to these antics. He then looked at the garden his father¡¯s giant body had ruined.


    The man couldn¡¯t help but feel a pang in his heart since it had taken a lot of effort from him and his siblings to make the garden into what it looked like before the crash.


    No one had any problems with what the man said since he was the eldest of the siblings and also the mightiest one, so other siblings joined the man to carry their father back to their home.


    ***


    ¡°Damn it. Let¡¯s do it. The worst that could happen is I would die,¡± Talia muttered in frustration as she stood in front of the point.


    The next moment, Talia raised her hand and touched the point.


    The point fluctuated as the space around it started cracking like ss. Its shards fell to the ground, but before they couldnd, an invisible force would act and disintegrate it.


    Not long after, a space crack simr to a portal the size of the current Talia weed her.


    Talia took a deep breath as she calmed her mind and heart. She then raised her right hand and touched the portal just by the tip of her finger.

 Chapter 527

    Chapter 527: Entering the Ruler¡¯s World(2)


    Talia took a deep breath and touched the portal, using just the tip of her finger.


    The next moment, a suction force mightier than anything she could handle appeared and sucked her inside the space crack.


    While all this happened, Talia stayed unfazed as she had already hardened her heart. No matter what weed her on the other side, she would fight it and reach the ruler.


    It would be a lie if she said that she wasn¡¯t afraid of dying since she had a purpose behind entering the portal.


    If she were to die while securing the Primal dimension, she wouldn¡¯t fear death, but here the case was different. She still hadn¡¯t found the reason for the sudden appearance of the portal, and dying here wouldn¡¯t be anything more than a useless death.


    ***


    After entering the space crack, Talia opened her eyes, only to find herself in a city filled with people and activity.


    ¡°What!¡± Talia suddenly eximed in shock and horror as she found that her body contained no energy at all as if she were an ordinary mortal who had never cultivated.


    Her shock didn¡¯te to an end as she noticed that her appearance had changed.


    Previously Talia had three heads, but now there was only one. Her skin had turned dark.


    Talia noticed that several buildings around her were made up of ss, so she rushed toward one and finally caught her appearance.


    Her skin had turned dark. Her hair had turned ck, cascading around her back. Her pupils had turned ck as if they were the gate of the abyss.


    The main difference she noticed was that her nose and ears had turned sharp like Elves. Talia thought that she was an Elf, but as she moved the hairs back that was covering her eyes away, her hand suddenly sensed something rough.


    Since she was standing in front of a ss, she focused on her reflections and noticed two tiny curved horns.


    ¡°A Hybrid!¡± Talia eximed in surprise, bringing the street around her to a halt.


    Talia ignored the dirty looks around her as she was getting over the shock of being a hybrid of the Dark Elves and an inferior Dragon.


    ¡°We finally found you. You dirty little pig.¡±


    Suddenly a voice filled with hatred and disgust rang in the area, breaking the thought process of Talia.


    Hearing the word pig, Talia didn¡¯t know why, but she felt a surge of unprecedented anger flowing through her veins instead of blood.


    Her ck pupils turned red. Her hair started flowing into the air like someone was blowing it. She then turned around and faced the group that made her feel such.


    ¡°Run,¡± The group of people felt a mighty pressure attacking them, so their leader shouted, turned around, pushed the man in his way, and started running.


    Talia, who had felt that her body contained no energy and she was just an ordinary mortal, felt a rush of energy in her body. Unfortunately for Talia, it was out of Talia¡¯s control, so it traveled to her mouth, and Talia spat it out.


    The energy took the form of a red fire after it left Talia¡¯s mouth, and it attacked the nearest group member.


    The people in the group and strangers in the street were running in fear, but they came to a sudden stop after seeing the red fire.


    Even a matchstick would be able to release more fire than what an uncontrolled Talia released, so now, rather than running from Talia, they charged at her to punish her.


    Uncontrolled Talia finally came around as the energy left her body. Talia couldn¡¯t help but turn dumbfounded as the nearest person to her had his clothes on fire, but it only took a gentle swipe from the man to douse it.


    The next moment, Talia felt chills running down her spine after witnessing arge crowd charging toward her with nothing but hatred and disgust in their eyes.


    Talia turned around to run, but she couldn¡¯t help but lose all her hope as a ss building obstructed her way. Talia cursed herself since it was her who had chosen toe here.


    Talia shuddered, even imagining the best case after thisrge crowd assaulted her.


    Talia then looked around her in the hope of finding someone who would maybe help her, but she didn¡¯t find a single person who didn¡¯t have disgust toward her in their eyes.


    Talia then attempted to imagine the insult again so that the previous uncontroble Talia would appear, but nothing happened.


    Talia lost all her hope as a man got the hold of her hair and attempted to pluck it.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    Suddenly a loud roar filled with anger rang in the area as everyone on the street froze in their actions.


    They then looked up in the sky, only to find a beast looking at them with nothing but cruelty in its eyes.


    Talia didn¡¯t care about the beast and the roar as she used this chance to escape.


    She had only taken a step forward when she noticed that the area around her had turned hot.


    Instead of feeling ufortable, Talia feltfortable. She sensed every cell in her body turning excited as it absorbed the heat around her.


    Talia still didn¡¯t stop and continued to run since she would never get another chance if she wanted to survive.


    ¡°Live a happy life, my child!¡±


    The next moment, a voice filled with gentleness rang in Talia¡¯s head, freezing her actions.


    Talia looked in the sky. She noticed that the beast was looking at her while its eyes were filled with gentleness and love.


    Talia couldn¡¯t recognize the beast, but she felt an unbridled sense of sadness as if she was going to lose the most important thing in her life.


    The leader of the group that had previously attempted to escape noticed Talia running away, so he took a stride forward and got hold of Talia¡¯srge hair.


    ¡°Where are you running, you dirty pig?¡± The man called out. His tone filled with disgust.


    Talia knew she couldn¡¯t wait here, so she ignored the man¡¯s words and forced her way through.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    Suddenly another roar rang in the area as the man froze in his actions. The man then looked up in the sky, only to find that the beast in the sky wasing closer.

 Chapter 528

    Chapter 528: Entering the Ruler¡¯s World(3)


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    A louder and angrier roar rang in the area. It froze the man on the ground in his actions.


    Talia could sense that something was about to happen. Her bloodline sent her signals to stop the beast, but since she had no idea what this ce was and who the people were, she didn¡¯t feel much familiarity with the beast. She controlled her bloodline and forcefully got away from the man.


    The man wanted to stop Talia since he felt disgusted by her presence. He wanted this world to be free from her dirty existence.


    The man had just raised his hands to catch Talia again when she felt something terrible approaching him.


    The man then looked up at the sky, only to notice that the beast was descending down, and its destination was him.


    The man¡¯s face turned pale from fear and horror, but he tried to calm down since he wanted to escape.


    The man wasn¡¯t the only one who feared the descent of the beast. Almost all the people in the market started running in random directions while pushing others.


    ¡°Crunch!¡±


    The next moment, a crunchy sound rang in the street.


    When the man had attempted to escape, the beast swooped down and bit his head out. Not long after, the beast spat the broken head as if it was something dirty.


    The beast¡¯s eyes then fell on the man¡¯s headless body crashed down on the ground.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    The next moment, the beast let out an angry roar as it looked at the man¡¯s headless corpse.


    The beast then inhaled a deep breath, and when it exhaled, a ball of red fire escaped it.


    It looked simr to what Talia had released when she was in her crazy uncontroble mode, but her attack was only enough to hurt an insect. The beast¡¯s released fire, on the other hand, burned the man to ashes in no time.


    The beast then looked at the back of Talia, who hadn¡¯t run very far. The anger and cruelty in its eyes suddenly vanished, and gentleness and love took their ce.


    At the same time, the beast felt happy and sad. It felt happy because Talia was escaping, ignoring everything happening around her, and for the same reason, it felt a pang in its heart.


    The beast had appeared here for Talia since she was in danger, despite knowing what would happen to it once it arrived here, but it still did it since Talia was its daughter.


    It didn¡¯t know that the current Talia was a different person. And since no one could guess that the beast was a Dragon since it had taken a disguise, Talia only found the beast to be familiar.


    ¡°Haa, you came on your own,¡± A familiar voice rang in the ears of the beast. The tone contained yfulness.


    ¡°Who must have thought even the Dragon could love its daughter so much?¡± The voicemented again, with a hint of ridicule as well aspliment.


    Hearing that someone had seen through its disguise, the beast wasn¡¯t surprised since it had expected things to go this way.


    The beast then turned its giant head around and found a group of people looking down on it from high up in the air.


    The group consisted of seven people, and everyone in the group belonged to the same race, the Dark Elves. The group was floating in the air and was looking down on the Dragon in the guise of a flying beast, with hints of mockery and disgust in their eyes.


    One of the Dark Elves in the group turned her head around and looked at the back of Talia, escaping.


    Her eyes turned cold as she almost felt puking, seeing the existence of a hybrid.


    ¡°Leave her, and I wille with you,¡± The beast suddenly transformed itself into a man as it told the group.


    The man had pale white skin and Elvish features without the Elf¡¯s distinctive sharp nose and ears. There were also two curved horns simr to what Talia had, but the man¡¯s horns were several timesrger.


    ¡°What if we refuse?¡± One of the Dark Elves smilingly asked.


    ¡°Then George would lose his only son,¡± The man looked up and responded with an expressionless voice.


    The man, who had asked the question, had his smile frozen in the air. His face turned ugly, hearing what the Dragon said.


    ¡°How dare you take my father¡¯s name out of your dirty mouth, you dirty beast?¡± The man angrily red and asked.


    The Dragon didn¡¯t mind the reaction of the man in the air since it had grown with such abuses from the Dark Elves, the ruling race of this ce, its entire life. The Dragon had already gotten used to it.


    ¡°Calm down, John!¡± One of the Dark Elves rebuked the angry Dark Elf.


    ¡°Your tricks won¡¯t work here, you dirty beast,¡± The Dark Elf then looked at the Dragon and told it.


    ¡°I already gave you a deal,¡± The Dragon ignored the words and stated.


    ***


    Talia finally stopped in a dark alley since she couldn¡¯t run anymore. She took the support of the nearest building since even taking a breath felt a challenging task. All the adrenaline rush to escape was now showing its consequences.


    ¡®What is this world?¡¯ Talia thought in her heart as she gasped for breath.


    She had no idea what this world was and why couldn¡¯t she use her energy and cultivation here.


    ¡®Who was that beast, and why did it give me so familiar feeling?¡¯ Talia thought another question as she still remembered the beast. If not for its sudden appearance, Talia believed that the crowd would have beaten her to death.


    ¡°Thank you! If I ever found your identity, I would surely repay your debt,¡±? Talia muttered as she turned her head around and looked in the direction from where she had escaped.


    ***


    ¡°If you had taken the deal in the first ce, it wouldn¡¯t have happened,¡± The Dragon, covered in numerous injuries and its blood, scoffed, looking at the group of the Dark Elves.


    When the group had arrived, they had seven members, but now there were only five alive members, and two of the five had severe injuries, while the other three also had wounds, but they weren¡¯t very threatening.

 Chapter 529

    Chapter 529: Entering the Ruler¡¯s World(4)


    ¡°Dirty beast, after what you did with John, your fate is going to be very difficult,¡± One of the Dark Elves that hadn¡¯t faced a severe injury gloatingly told the Dragon.


    The group of seven people was the third-ranked hunting group of Kajiya, the Dark Elven city.


    Even though the group members came together, not all of them were friends. John was the weakest of the group, but with the courtesy of his father, George, he had gotten a spot in it.


    ***


    ¡°WHAT DID YOU SAY?¡± George angrily asked. He had just gotten the news that his only son, John, had died in a battle.


    Kajiya was the capital city in the Kingdom of Dark Elves. It wasn¡¯t one of the Kingdoms, but the only one. Fourteen thousand years ago, Louise, a Dark Elf, had conquered the entirety of the world and unified it into a single Kingdom of the Dark Elves.


    The fact that Kajiya was the capital city of the Kingdom; it showed the grandness of Kajiya.


    In the grand Kajiya, George wasn¡¯t some random figure but one of the most influential people.


    George was in control of the market of the entire Kingdom, making him the second most influential person after the royal family in the Kingdom.


    George wasn¡¯t just a businessman, but he was also one of the only two Dukes in the existence of the Kingdom.


    When Louise had begun his campaign to conquer the world, George¡¯s ancestor was his first follower and also the one with the most rewards in the battle. Due to it, after bing the King, Louise granted George¡¯s ancestor the control of the market and a hereditary Duke¡¯s noble position.


    ¡°Sir, Mr. John has died in the battle with the Dragon,¡± The figure tremblingly repeated. It was a female, but it wasn¡¯t a Dark Elf. Instead, it was a member of the Moonlight Elf race.


    ¡°Is the Dragon alive or dead?¡± George asked as he calmed down.


    ¡°Alive, sir. He is in prison,¡± The figure responded. Her fear was evident on her face.


    Hearing that the Dragon was alive and in prison, a cruel smile spread across George¡¯s face as he wanted revenge.


    ¡°You can go,¡± George told the woman, who was shaking in fear.


    ¡°Thank you, sir!¡± The female heaved a sigh of relief, thanked George, and turned around to leave.


    ¡°Wait!¡±


    The female had only taken a step when she heard George¡¯s voice, stopping her. Her face turned pale since she knew what was going to happen to her.


    Time flew by.


    It has been three years since Talia arrived in this world. She was finally aware of what was her purpose in this world.


    Talia was a hybrid that belonged to the Dark Elves and the Dragon.


    The Dragon was her father, while the Dark Elf was her mother.


    The Dragon had another identity. It was the descendant of the previous ruler of this world.


    When Louise had conquered the world, the Dragon¡¯s ancestor was his biggest challenge.


    With the help of his followers and armies, Louise seeded in killing the Dragon. But it had its descendants, which could prove his and his descendant¡¯s most formidable hurdle in a stable throne, so he killed as many Dragons as possible, resulting in their numbers dwindling to a measly amount.


    The Dragons escaped to a hidden ce and never came out. It all changed when only one alive Dragon remained. He was Gordon, Talia¡¯s future father.


    Gordon had no choice but to enter the outer world. Since Gordon was a Dragon, he could change its appearance, but unfortunately for him, he could only hide his horns for a few hours in a day.


    While on his travel, he met a lone Dark Elf who was traveling like him. It was a female, and he quickly became friends with her.


    Gordon would meet her when his horns were hidden since, in the rule of the Dark Elves, the Dragons had be the vilest and most hated creature in the world. If someone seeded in killing a Dragon, they would be treated as a hero across the world.


    Gordon feared his only friend¡¯s reaction if she found out about Gordon being a Dragon, so his secret remained hidden for several years.


    Time flew by.


    Gordon fell in love with the Dark Elf, and simr was the case for the Elf.


    Both of them confided their feelings to each other, but none of them knew about their secrets.


    Loraine, the Dark Elf, decided to reveal her secret to Gordon since he had be the most important person in her life.


    Loraine¡¯s secret was that she was a princess of the royal family of the Dark Elves.


    Hearing Loraine¡¯s secret, Gordon stopped talking to her since the royal family of the Dark Elves was the reason behind the misery of the Dragons, and Gordon being thest one alive.


    Gordon thought he would be able to forget Loraine, but since she was the second person other than his dead family, who he loved, so despite the distance, their love only grew stronger.


    Gordon decided to apologize for leaving Loraine midway and decided to tell her about himself, hoping that she wouldn¡¯t hate him as other people of this world did.


    What Gordon feared didn¡¯te true. Despite finding out that the person she loved the most in the world was a Dragon, the vilest creature, Loraine¡¯s love for him didn¡¯t decrease.


    Time flew by.


    Loraine knew her family would never ept her rtions with the Dragon, so she eloped with him.


    They then married and gave birth to a beautiful girl after trying a lot since the reproduction between two different races wasn¡¯t easy.


    Their blissful life finally came to an end as the royal family finally found them.


    Both Gordon and Loraine knew they couldn¡¯t let the Dark Elves find out about Talia since she had the blood of a Dragon as well as the royal family of the Dark Elves.


    Loraine died to protect Talia from her own brother¡¯s hands, while Gordon escaped with her.


    ***


    ¡°So, I need to be the new ruler of thisnd,¡± Talia mumbled as her purpose was to conquer this world if she wanted to leave from here.


    Talia¡¯s father in this world had also died due to excessive torture, so Talia was on her own to fulfill the requirement.

 Chapter 530

    Chapter 530: Entering the Ruler¡¯s World(5)


    While Talia was busy trying to conquer the world, Oxen was also active in fulfilling his purpose to leave the ce.


    After entering the point, Oxen appeared in a beautiful garden. Even before Oxen could find anything about the ce, he had gotten attacked and then fallen unconscious.


    After Oxen regained his consciousness, he got the surprise of his life. The attackers were his own children, whereas, in reality, the Void beasts couldn¡¯t reproduce.


    It wasn¡¯t the end as he got another shock of his life when he saw the appearance of his wife. His wife had the same features as Talia, his lover in the Void beast group, but this Talia didn¡¯t have three heads like the original one.


    Oxen found out that he had be crazy for the past few days as he would run away from his house every day, and his sixteen children would have to bring him back after a lot of struggle.


    Oxen knew he had to leave this world, despite having a blissful life with Talia, and his sixteen children, since he had a purpose when he entered the portal.


    Time flew by.


    Oxen finally found his purpose in this world. His intuition told him that if he fulfilled the goal, he would be able to leave this ce and reach the ruler¡¯s territory.


    Oxen¡¯s goal in this world was to create a sect with his family and make it to the top of the world since the sect master of thergest and mightiest sect here was Talia¡¯s father, and the sect master hated Oxen and his children.


    It wasn¡¯t all, as Oxen had a limited time since he could sense dangering closer to him with each passing day.


    Oxen began the work of creating a sect with his family, but when it was only the first day of its opening, instead of getting a student, Oxen got his first trouble.


    There was already a sect ten thousand miles away from where Oxen lived, so they didn¡¯t like when Oxen attempted to start his own sect.


    ¡°Come out! My master wants to see you!!!¡±


    Oxen was resting in his house with his family when he heard an angry shout from the outside.


    ***


    ¡°What do you want?¡± One of the sons of Oxen asked the people shouting since he was outside.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± The man who had shouted asked Oxen¡¯s son, with irritation evident on his face.


    ¡°I live here,¡± Oxen¡¯s son responded.


    ¡°Oh, so you¡¯re Oxen,¡± A smile spread across the man¡¯s face.


    ¡°No, I am his son,¡± Oxen¡¯s son replied and looked at the man as if he was an idiot. The man hade here and was calling for his father, but he didn¡¯t even know who his father was and how he looked.


    ¡°Hmph, don¡¯t think much of yourself. We don¡¯t need to search about your father and your family,¡± The man didn¡¯t like the way, Oxen¡¯s son looked at him and could guess what he was thinking.


    Oxen¡¯s son could sense that something was wrong. It was almost as if it was a forced conflict the man wanted at any cost.


    ¡°Call your father. My master wants to meet him,¡± The man then ordered Oxen¡¯s son.


    ¡°No need. I would meet your master,¡± Oxen¡¯s son replied since he knew things weren¡¯t right, and the son didn¡¯t want to see his father in trouble.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    ¡°Why so much nonsense? Just do what I told you,¡± The man suddenly kicked Oxen¡¯s son, throwing him several meters. The man then sneered.


    Oxen had just stepped out of the house, so he witnessed the man kicking one of his sons.


    Oxen¡¯s felt a surge of anger as to how he could let some person kick his son and not face retribution. Oxen charged at the man.


    The man sneered, seeing the person who had just exited the house charging at him.


    The sneer froze midway as when Oxen arrived close; the imposing pressure finally attacked the man.


    Oxen didn¡¯t care about the reaction of the man. He picked the man up by the scruff of his neck and then broke the leg that had kicked his son and snapped it out, resulting in the man screaming in pain.


    ¡°Who sent you here?¡± Oxen coldly asked the man as the man screamed in pain while blood continuously poured out from his wound.


    The man stopped screaming after he heard Oxen¡¯s cold voice.


    ¡°My¡­my ma¡­mas¡­master wants to s¡­see you,¡± With a struggle, the man was finally able toplete his sentence.


    ¡°Put¡­put me dow¡­down, or my mas¡­master will kill¡­kill you and your fa¡­family,¡± The man wasn¡¯t able to put his words in a straight sentence, but he didn¡¯t forget to threaten Oxen.


    Oxen¡¯s eyes turned further cold. Oxen had a calm personality in reality, so this kind of threat would never seed in provoking Oxen, but Oxen couldn¡¯t be any more incorrect.


    The anger was already present in Oxen due to his son. It suddenly burst open like a volcano after hearing the threat put by the man.


    He couldn¡¯t control his grip and crushed the neck of the man.


    The man thought that Oxen would leave him after hearing about the threat, but the poor man didn¡¯t even know how he died.


    ¡°Are you alright?¡± Oxen turned around and asked, looking at his son.


    ¡®Why did I get so easily provoked?¡¯ At the same time, Oxen thought in his heart. He could sense that his personality was slowly changing while the world was forcing him toward a conflict.


    Before killing the man, he had chances to make up with whoever that master was, but now that possibility has disappeared.


    Oxen also didn¡¯t ask about the identity of the master in his anger, making him visible to the enemy while the enemy was invisible to him.


    Thinking like this, Oxen couldn¡¯t help but frown.


    ¡°I am alright, father,¡± Oxen¡¯s son hurriedly replied after seeing the frown on his father¡¯s face.


    Oxen didn¡¯t speak but only nodded. Oxen then looked up at the sky with a pondering look on his face.


    Oxen¡¯s son thought that his father was thinking about that supposed master, so he didn¡¯t disturb Oxen and returned to the house.


    ***


    ¡°Finally!¡± Lily mumbled in exhaustion as her training over the year finally came to an end.


    ***


    A/N: With this chapter, the mass release is over. Whoever voted GT or bought the chapter, thank you very much for supporting the book.


    Have a Great Day!

 Chapter 531

    Chapter 531: Entering the Ruler¡¯s World(6)


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The sound of continuous metallic shes rang in the area as Lily and Aakesh shed with each other.


    After Lily woke up, Aakesh decided to train Lily for one year so she could get amodated with her strength and the skills she had gained from her breakthrough with the help of Autumn.


    Today was thest day of her one-year training.


    Aakesh used a simple method to train Lily.


    First, he would be the only attacker, and Lily would need to defend herself from his attacks. Second, Lily would be the attacker, and she would need to seed in hitting Aakesh. Third, they would have a physicalbat match. During the training, Aakesh had reduced his strength to match her.


    In the battle, Lily would need to survive for an hour to win, and none of the participants would use any type of skill since the training was solely physicalbat.


    Lily and Aakesh were currently in theirst phase and were in a battle.


    To win, Lily needed to either survive for an hour or defeat Aakesh, but it seemed the task was too daunting for her. It had only been around a few minutes since the fight began, but Lily was already in trouble. The situation was such when Aakesh wasn¡¯t using his full strength(It refers to the full of reduced power).


    Since the first day of the training, Lily hadn¡¯t been able to win against Aakesh or survive for an hour even when they battled with an equal amount of strength.


    Lily had failed to force Aakesh even once to use his full reduced strength during all this time. But it didn¡¯t mean Lily was some weakling.


    When they started battling, Lily only survived for a few seconds, and that was only due to her quicker speed when both of them had a simr amount of strength.


    As time flew by, the survival time for Lily only increased.


    For thest month, Lily had seeded in surviving for at least six minutes in the battle, and she had even once sessfully struck Aakesh. Unfortunately for Lily, hitting Aakesh was just a one-time wonder since she failed to repeat that sequence even after growing stronger.


    ***


    Aakesh casually pped Lily. Before it could hit her, she dodged it by jumping in the air. She then pounced on Aakesh in midair using her frightening agility.


    Aakesh looked unfazed by the uing pounce as he casually raised his hands in the air and grabbed hold of her.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, it was only a mirror image. When Aakesh thought he had grabbed Lily, his hands passed right through her.


    Lily, on the other hand, got excited since she got the chance to repeat the one-time wonder of hitting Aakesh.


    Her excitement didn¡¯tst long as just before she thought she would hit Aakesh, a hand came from behind her and grabbed her.


    Lily may be quicker when it came to battle, but there was noparison between the reaction speed.


    This time Aakesh caught hold of Lily. The battle should¡¯vee to an end at this moment, but it seemed Aakesh had other ns. Lily was on the verge of giving up when Aakesh released Lily.


    ¡°This is thest battle. Impress me,¡± Aakesh then expressionlessly told Lily.


    Lily could only wryly smile since she thought that the battle hade to an end, but Aakesh wanted to stretch it.


    Since today was thest day of the training, Lily decided to persevere for some time more and then began the second battle.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°I give up,¡± Lily gave up, announcing the end of the battle.


    Even though Aakesh gave Lily a second chance, Lily failed to capitte on it and lost again.


    Aakesh always knew that Lily wouldn¡¯t win against him even when he had lower strength than her, but since he hoped for her to win, he gave his all for her training.


    The expressionless face Aakesh had been carrying for the past year then disappeared, and a smile took its ce.


    ¡°Go and test your strength on the testing b,¡± Aakesh smilingly told Lily and pointed at the testing b, located a few hundred meters away from the battle arena.


    Lily nodded since she had gotten used to testing her strength after every battle. She then proceeded toward the testing b while Aakesh returned to his chair.


    ***


    ¡°921,482,031,¡± The testing b showed the amount of power Lily¡¯s raw full-powered punch carried after Lily hit it.


    ¡°A growth of 283 Primal units,¡± Aakesh muttered as he could see the digit on the testing b even when he was several hundred meters away from it.


    After testing raw strength, it was now time for Lily to test her skill¡¯s destructive power since she tested everything after the battle.


    ***


    ¡°Hey, system, take the testing b away,¡± Aakesh told the system since he had no use for it anymore.


    Lily¡¯s training for the year hade to an end today, and he was satisfied with Lily¡¯s growth and had no ns to increase the days.


    The next moment, light particles started moving away from the b. Soon, the testing b disappeared from the ce, waiting for Aakesh to call for it again.


    ¡°Don¡¯t forget your promise,¡± Lily also reached Aakesh and stated.


    ¡°I know. Even if I had no ns for your training, I would¡¯ve still given you that,¡± Aakesh smilingly replied, returning to his previous demeanor with Lily.


    ***


    ¡°Finally!¡± Lily yelled in excitement since her training had finallye to an end. Remembering the past year almost made Lily¡¯s eyes wet as it was no less than suffering.


    Even though Lily grew stronger, she still didn¡¯t like it.


    Since there was no sun and moon but only darkness in the Conspiracy continent, there was no concept of day and night.


    To calcte a day, Aakesh used the help of the system. Visteerna had a 24-hour day and night cycle, and Aakesh used the same number here.


    Whenever 24 hours would end, the system would inform Aakesh that the previous day had ended and a new day had begun.


    During that 24 hours of a day, Lily would train for 23 hours every day without rest. Of that 23 hours, Autumn would take the massive chunk of twenty hours for Lily¡¯s skill training, while Aakesh would only take three hours.


    Yet those three hours of training felt more to Lily since Aakesh was the trainer. Aakesh¡¯s strictness would even put his indifference toward everyone other than her, the store, and the system to shame.


    And after that three hours of torturous training, Lily would get only a single hour of rest, which was in no way sufficient after getting so mentally drained.


    Aakesh also understood the fact that he was too strict, but he didn¡¯t care since there was no shortcut when it came to training for both the trainee and the trainer.


    But now that the training year hade to an end and it was now thest hour left of the year, which was Lily¡¯s rest time, the strictness disappeared as if it was never there, and whatever Lily felt was nothing but an illusion.


    ¡°You can rest for the whole day. We would leave for the ruler¡¯s world the day after tomorrow,¡± Aakesh smilingly told the already excited Lily. He understood just how mentally drained Lily was after a year of training with a measly hour-per-day rest since she didn¡¯t have unlimited stamina like him. So Aakesh decided to give Lily sufficient time to rest before they would move for their next phase in this adventure on the Conspiracy continent.


    Lily fell asleep right away after hearing Aakesh as if his words carried magic.


    Aakesh then bent down and gently picked Lily up. He then put her on her chair, waiting for her to wake up when she had sufficient rest.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell on Autumn, who was looking in his direction.


    ¡°I owe you another favor for training Lily,¡± Aakeshmented, despite there being a distance of several hundred meters between them.


    Despite the distance, Aakesh¡¯s words sounded right next to Autumn.


    ¡°No need. Lily is my ancestor,¡± Autumn replied, but she noticed that Aakesh had already moved his face away as he had no interest in learning about her response.


    Aakesh¡¯s words may sound forceful(A/N; They are :)), but he wasn¡¯t petty. For all the help he got, he made sure that he repaid it severalfold. The case of Elsie(A/N: The girl in Panagea who bought Aakesh the meditation art) was evident.


    Aakesh had rarely gotten help from others, and Autumn had already helped him twice. First, she took care of Lily, and now she helped Aakesh in training her.


    For Aakesh, any help rted to Lily was immeasurable, so now, Aakesh had to give something to Autumn that was even greater than that.


    Autumn could only release a wry smile after seeing Aakesh ignoring her reply. She had already gotten used to such entric behaviors from him, so she stopped thinking about it.


    Katrina had fallen into a deep sleep when Lily¡¯s training began, so Autumn also had nothing else to do. She then closed her eyes and fell asleep,? only to wake up on the day Aakesh and Lily would enter the ruler¡¯s world.


    Time flew by.


    The day hade to an end and announced the beginning of the day.


    Lily, who had been sleeping for the past several hours due to excessive mental exhaustion, finally had a movement.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there will be only one chapter today. Sorry for the trouble.


    Thanks for reading the book! Have a great day!

 Chapter 532

    Chapter 532: Entering the Ruler¡¯s World(7)


    Time flew by.


    Lily¡¯s rest after training for a year finally came to an end as her eyes opened.


    She then turned around and found Aakesh sitting on his chair with a look of pondering on his face.


    ¡°What are you thinking?¡± Lily couldn¡¯t help but ask as she stretched her tiny body.


    ¡°About this continent,¡± A smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as he heard a childlike voice in his ears. He then stopped thinking and looked at Lily.


    ¡°What?¡± Lily asked.


    ¡°You will find out in the future,¡± Aakesh smilingly replied. He then stood up from his chair and grabbed Lily stretching on her chair. Lily attempted to free herself, but it resulted in nothing.


    ¡°Should we leave?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked, resulting in a sudden stop in Lily¡¯s actions.


    She understood where Aakesh was asking to leave. ¡°Okay, I have no problem,¡± Lily answered. For entering that unknown ce, Aakesh had made her suffer a year of excessive training, so how could she not be ready?


    Aakesh nodded, hearing the affirmative from Lily. He only asked because there were still a few hours left in the rest day before it came to an end, so Aakesh didn¡¯t want to leave without asking for Lily¡¯s permission at that point.


    Autumn, who had also been sleeping, had her ears perked, and her eyes opened up since she wanted to depart them. The world created by the ruler was unknown to Katrina, who was in the inner council so Autumn could feel a sense of deep dread toward the world.


    Autumn wasn¡¯t confident whether Aakesh and Lily woulde out or not since she had seen the strength of the ruler in person, so she wanted to see Lily entering the portal.


    Autumn had put her hopes on Aakesh and trained him for more than a century, hoping that he would make them leave the Conspiracy continent. But since nothing was sure to happen and things may go sideways, she didn¡¯t get too fixed on the exit idea, unlike Katrina, who was in her deep sleep, only to awaken when Aakesh would reach the ruler¡¯s continent.


    There was a restriction on Aakesh and Lily, so they had to travel on foot, but since the point was only a few hundred miles away from where they trained, the distance was very short.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go,¡± Aakesh then put Lily on top of his head and mumbled as it was now the time to enter the unknown, from where none had ever seeded in leaving.


    Before leaving, Aakesh asked the system to take back the chair he and Lily had. The system had provided it during those past training years since Aakesh had grownfortable with only those chairs. He then took a step forward.


    It wasn¡¯t Aakesh, who moved in the space, but it was the space that moved with Aakesh.


    It looked like the space was pushing him forward with every step Aakesh took.


    ***


    Autumn also stood up from her chair after seeing Aakesh had left for the point. She couldn¡¯t help but release a wry smile since he didn¡¯t evene to say bye to them even though they had trained together for more than 180 years.


    Since this was a territory belonging exclusively to Katrina, who was a central ruler, and Autumn was also a central ruler, Autumn had restrictions on her.


    Fortunately for her, the distance toward the point wasn¡¯t outside her range of teleportation, so Autumn disappeared from the spot and appeared a few meters away from the entry point the next moment.


    It would still take some time before Aakesh arrived, so Autumn silently stood there. She could feel the rejection of the entry point since it was Katrina¡¯s territory, not her, and if she wanted to enter the ruler¡¯s ce from this point, she would¡¯ve to kill Katrina and gain control of this piece ofnd.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, forty-seven seconds had passed.


    Autumn could see that Aakesh was only a few steps away from her.


    Half a secondter, as expected, Aakesh appeared in front of Autumn.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t seem surprised after noticing Autumn since he could guess the reason behind her appearing here was not him but the lovely tiny creature on his head.


    ¡°Autumn, what are you doing here?¡± Lily asked Autumn after noticing her.


    ¡°I came to see you, ancestor,¡± Autumn answered.


    ***


    ¡°So, this is the entry point,¡± Lily mumbled as Aakesh stood in front of the point.


    ¡°Yes, ancestor. Beware, no one has ever passed this world,¡± Autumn concerningly told Lily.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry Aakesh is with me,¡± Lily replied in her childlike voice as she could see the concern Autumn had for her.


    ¡°You only need to worry about leaving this dark ce,¡± Lily furthermented as she looked toward the sky filled with nothing but darkness.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, ignored the conversation between Lily and Autumn as he was thinking about something else.


    ¡°Hey, system, return the proactive protection mode to reactive protection mode,¡± Aakesh suddenly requested the system as after the Lily fell asleep and the appearance of Katrina, Aakesh had changed the protection mode.


    Now that Lily had grown several times more powerful than before, Aakesh thought it was the correct time to revert her protection mode to reactive. Since she was going to enter an unknown world filled with danger, continuing the proactive mode would be too expensive to even think about.


    [Host, the protection mode has been reverted back to reactive!]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh only nodded and focused on the point.


    Even though he had started to affect resistance around him due to his century long training with Katrina and Autumn, now that he stood in front of the point, he couldn¡¯t see anything special about it as if he had returned to his ordinary phase.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, he had a thing for these kinds of situations.


    [Skill Name: Energy Overseer,


    Ability: This skill will help you identify the value of a product based on its energy signature. No energy in the world can be hidden from your eyes.]


    Aakesh then activated the skill, Energy Overseer, for the first time since he had rarelye across such situations.

 Chapter 533

    Chapter 533: Entering the Ruler¡¯s World(8)


    Aakesh activated the skill, Energy Overseer, for the first time since he had rarelye across such situations.


    The next moment, the view in front of him entirely changed.


    Previously, there was only a point floating in the air without any support. But now that Aakesh could see through energy, instead of the entry point, he could see several dots of different colorsbined together.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise.


    The reason for Aakesh¡¯s eximing in surprise wasn¡¯t noticing something special, but it was the ordinariness of the point.


    The different dots of light represented the various elements of the Multiverse, and after joining together in a particrposition, they had given birth to a world.


    The scene Aakesh saw through the skill Energy Overseer; If Aakesh were to activate the skill and look at any ordinary world, he would still see the simr scenery.


    ¡°Hey, system, is the skill also facing resistance?¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but ask the system since he wasn¡¯t sure whether what he saw was the actual view or his inability.


    [Host, the skill is working perfectly fine!]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless response rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    A glint passed through Aakesh¡¯s eyes after hearing the system¡¯s response.


    If his skill showed him the actual view, it meant that there was nothing special about the world created by the ruler. Even Aakesh felt awed by the ruler¡¯s strength to create a world filled with unknowns using nothing but the simrposition of elements used in the creation of any ordinary world.


    ¡®It¡¯s going to be fun,¡¯ Aakesh thought in excitement as he couldn¡¯t wait to see what the world had in store for him when there was nothing special about its creation.


    ¡°Are you ready?¡± Aakesh then asked Lily, seatedfortably on his head after deactivating the skill, Energy Overseer.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Lily answered in her childlike voice. Her tone also contained excitement. For entering this world, she had gone through so much suffering for a year. She couldn¡¯t wait to use the fruit of her training.


    ¡°I would contact you and Katrina after I will reach the ruler¡¯s territory,¡± Aakesh then looked at Autumn and told her.


    ¡°I will wait for your call,¡± Autumn answered. ¡°Stay safe. You have too much on your stake,¡± Autumn added and wished him good luck.


    Aakesh only nodded. He then again focused on the point and lightly tapped on it using his index finger.


    The next moment, the point started expanding as the space around it started cracking.


    The cracked space shards fell to the ground, but before they could touch thend, an invisible force would arrive and disintegrate them.


    The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything Aakesh or Lily could face appeared and sucked them in.


    ¡°Let¡¯s hope our efforts don¡¯te to naught,¡± Autumn mumbled as the space started closing down. The memory of 180+ years of training then passed in her head.


    Autumn then disappeared from the area.


    Not long after Autumn had left, a single eye appeared in the sky as it nced where once the space portal was.


    ***


    ¡°The game has finally begun,¡± A figure seated in the dark murmured. The figure¡¯s tone contained yfulness as they looked at the screen ying the scene of the space crack sucking Aakesh and the cat.


    ***


    ¡°The clock has begun. Are you sure you would give Aakesh an audience?¡± Lilith smilingly asked as she had just seen Aakesh entering the space crack.


    ¡°Yes! If he seeds in crossing the world in 50 years, then I would give him an audience,¡± The figure seated in the dark responded.


    ¡°Things are going slower than we anticipated,¡± Lilith¡¯s face turned solemn as shemented.


    ¡°Not for long,¡± The figure seated in the dark replied.


    Lilith then focused on the screen that yed Aakesh¡¯s every action since he had entered the portal.


    ¡°Don¡¯t disappoint me,¡± Lilith mumbled as she had a great number of expectations for Aakesh and was hoping that he would clear the world in less than fifty years.


    The figure seated in the dark heard Lilith¡¯s mumbling even though the distance between them was considerable, but the figure didn¡¯t reply and closed their eyes.


    ***


    ¡°Hoho, things have gotten very interesting,¡± A figure seated in a vast hall adorned with myriads of exotic materialughinglymented.


    ¡°Your majesty, should we act?¡± A figure seated on a chair on the left side of the throne asked. The figure had worn a mask, but from what their voice sounded, it seemed to be a female.


    ¡°Why?¡± The figure seated on the central throne and referred to as majesty asked.


    ¡°Your majesty, things may go out of control as they did in the past,¡± The figure responded with her voice containing the sameposed tone.


    ¡°Haha, If it gets out of control, then let it. Things have be too peaceful now. My body can¡¯t handle this torture of peace,¡± The figure seated on the throne stood up as itughingly responded.


    The figure¡¯s appearance also presented itself after they stood up.


    The person being referred to as ¡®Your Majesty¡¯ was a female. She had golden hair that touched the ground below her feet. Every strand of her had a splendor of countless suns, giving the figure a divine look.


    Even though she was a female, her body would put a burly man to shame, and yet it, instead of giving her a manly appearance, added to her beauty.


    ¡°Your majesty, a person of your caliber, you shouldn¡¯t say things like this,¡± One of the figures seated on the right side of the throne couldn¡¯t help but remind the figure that she was the ruler and she couldn¡¯t demand for chaos.


    ¡°Hmph,¡± The figure scoffed and sat back on the throne. She then focused on the screen. Her eyes started shining, and a beautiful smile spread across her face as she saw Aakesh appearing in the world after getting sucked in by the space crack. She then also muttered something which was iprehensible to others seated in the hall.


    ***


    Unaware his every move was being watched by creatures across the Multiverse, Aakesh appeared in the world created by the ruler.


    Instead of checking on his surroundings, Aakesh checked his head right after opening his eyes in this world.

 Chapter 534

    Chapter 534: Entering the Ruler¡¯s World(9)


    After appearing, instead of checking on his surroundings, Aakesh hurriedly checked his head.


    The next moment, a disappointed expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as he found nothing but air where Lily wasfortably sitting before the space crack sucked them in.


    ¡°Hey, system, be sure to protect Lily,¡± Aakesh told the system. He was confident in its ability and trusted nothing more than the system, but since Lily¡¯s life was at stake here, he said such to make him feel better.


    [Host, you don¡¯t have to worry. Lily is safely protected in the care of the system. If you want, I can share every detail about her with you.]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless response rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°No,¡± Aakesh refused.


    Even previously, when they had gotten separated after entering the portal, Aakesh hadn¡¯t checked up on what Lily was doing even once. Since there was the system protecting her, he didn¡¯t feel like snooping on her.


    Since Aakesh didn¡¯t have to worry about Lily, he finally decided to check up on his surroundings.


    Aakesh wanted to see the marvel the ruler had created from the simrposition of elements used in the creation of an ordinary world.


    As Aakesh looked around him, he couldn¡¯t help but look in surprise as he found nothing but stairs going upward.


    No matter in what direction Aakesh looked, he found that side to be the first step.


    Since there was nothing else but stairs, Aakesh decided to check it.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t think of changing his direction as he decided to walk the stairs from his front.


    The first step of the stairs was only a few hundred meters away from him, so Aakesh thought it wouldn¡¯t take long, even with all the restrictions on him.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t be any more wrong as just when he had taken a step forward, and his front foot hadnded on the ground, the ground suddenly threw his feet, resulting in Aakesh getting thrown several meters backward.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise as he wasn¡¯t the one that made him halt from the throw, but he just automatically stopped.


    Aakesh could sense that the journey to the steps wasn¡¯t going to be easy as he was now even more distance away from the stairs.


    Aakesh then turned around and looked in all his directions. As expected, the stairs had moved backward, maintaining the same distance no matter in which direction Aakesh focused.


    Aakesh then looked at the ground and attempted to see through it, using the skill Energy Overseer.


    Aakesh had never used the skill before today, and today he had used it twice in only the span of a few minutes.


    When Aakesh activated the skill and looked at the ground, he found nothing except the element of earth.


    A conjecture appeared in Aakesh¡¯s head, and he then decided to test it.


    Aakesh raised his right foot to take a step forward, and just when he was about to touch the ground, Aakesh noticed the change of scene through his skill.


    Aakesh could see that the number of grey-colored light dots had slightly moved away from each other.


    Aakesh expressionlessly put his right foot down, and as Aakesh had expected, the sudden force threw him back again. This time, the distance was twice that before, moving Aakesh further from the stairs.


    After seeing his conjecture proven right, Aakesh started thinking of ways to move forward.


    When Aakesh¡¯s foot was about to touch the ground, the element of the earth would move slightly away from each other, resulting in the hard rock surface bing a rubber, which would then throw Aakesh back.


    Aakesh could now use the same amount of strength in his legs to match the sticity of the ground so that it wouldn¡¯t reflect him. But the situation wasn¡¯t so simple, especially after Aakesh got thrown back the second time.


    During the second time, the rubbery ground had thrown Aakesh twice the amount of distance back inparison with when Aakesh got thrown for the first time, which didn¡¯t make sense. ording to the amount of strength, Aakesh had used in his right foot, the knockback he got should¡¯ve been half a meter, not around sixteen meters.


    Aakesh then decided to test it again as he used only enough strength for the rubbery surface to throw him one-fourth of a meter.


    The skill was still active as Aakesh noticed that the element of the earth moved the same distance again.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Aakesh¡¯s foot touched the ground, and soon a crashing sound rang in the area.


    Just as Aakesh¡¯s foot had touched the ground, an unprecedented amount of force had thrown Aakesh backward. This time, Aakesh even failed to stabilize himself as he fell to the ground.


    He then noticed the amount of distance he had moved away from his previous spot.


    The distance by which Aakesh got thrown back in his third step was around sixty-four meters, the four times the amount of distance when Aakesh had taken the second step.


    Aakesh could clearly see a pattern here, but he still couldn¡¯t find the reason behind the increase in pattern.


    When Aakesh first appeared in this unknown ce, he was around 250 meters away from the first step of the stairs, but now that Aakesh had taken three steps, he was now more than 300 meters away from the stairs.


    Aakesh, this time, decided to match the amount of strength with the sticity, so he stood up from the ground and raised his right foot.


    Aakesh¡¯s face stayed expressionless as he got thrown back around five hundred and twelve meters this time.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, he seeded in not crashing to the ground this time, despite the force being several times greater than thest time.


    Aakesh then looked at the ground again as he witnessed the element that had moved away were nowing closer.


    Aakesh suddenly had an idea as he took a step forward.


    This time Aakesh clearly felt things. When he hadnded his foot, the ground had gotten hard, but when it was half footed, the rubbery slope returned and threw Aakesh backward.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he failed in not crashing to the ground this time as his bodynded on thend with a loud sound.


    ***


    A/N: This is nonsense. Please don¡¯t consider it as actual science.

 Chapter 535

    Chapter 535: Entering the Ruler¡¯s World(End)


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    A loud crashing sound rang in the area as Aakesh got thrown back with even several times greater force than thest time.


    While stepping on the ground, the surface would be rubbery, but when Aakesh crashed to the ground, it was as hard as possible.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, he had a sturdy physique, or he would¡¯ve seen several of his bones breaking down; such was the force released by the ground this time.


    Even the distance by which the ground had thrown Aakesh wasn¡¯t any less. It still went with the pattern, so this time Aakesh was now more than 8 kilometers away from hisst spot.


    Even though the throw could¡¯ve hurt him, Aakesh was expressionless, but his eyes gave him away. They were shining as if he had found a jewel.


    Hisst actions gave him some insight regarding the system at work on the ground.


    As soon as the ground would sense the foot approaching it, the element of the earth would start moving away to turn thend into a rubbery surface and throw Aakesh backward, depending on a pattern.


    But when Aakesh witnessed the element of the earth moving backward to revert back to the hard surface, Aakesh thought of trying to step on the ground at that time. Unfortunately for him, the experiment resulted in failure like thest three times, but this time, he had a result to show.


    When Aakesh¡¯s foot touched the ground, there was no sticity in the surface as the element started moving closer. But as soon as Aakesh¡¯s foot touched, the earth element suddenly increased its speed. What¡¯s interesting was that the situation should¡¯ve made the surface hard, but no, it still threw Aakesh backward.


    With that experiment, Aakesh could see that when the elements were moving closer after throwing Aakesh backward was the correct time to step on the ground.


    Even though Aakesh had an answer to his dilemma of moving toward the stairs, it still wasn¡¯t easy.


    The movement of the element was too quick for Aakesh topletely set his foot on the ground before the surface became rubber and threw him backward.


    Aakesh was now around 9 km away from the stairs, so Aakesh knew the journey wasn¡¯t going to be easy.


    Suddenly Aakesh¡¯s feeling of solving one problem disappeared as a problem regarding it rose in his mind.


    As Aakesh possessed unlimited intelligence, he was able to perform several mental tasks simultaneously. But since Aakesh wanted to enjoy his adventure here, he decided against it and thought to solve it ordinarily.


    If it were up to him, he would¡¯ve even deactivated the unlimited endurance stat since there was no fun in training and battle if you can¡¯t reach your mental and physical limit. But since those two stats weren¡¯t the system¡¯s gift to Aakesh, and instead, he was born with it, there was no way of deactivating it.


    Since Aakesh decided against using his multitask capability, Aakesh asked the system for the chair.


    The next moment, his chair appeared next to him.


    Since the chair had appeared from the ground, it didn¡¯t warrant the throwback force from the ground.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he couldn¡¯t emerge from the ground as the chair had due to restrictions put on him.


    Even though he had seeded in somewhat bypassing the restrictions on him after training for more than one hundred and eighty years with Autumn and Katrina, and could free some space around him to let it move with him, resulting in Aakesh moving forward. But when he appeared here, he found the restrictions to be even stronger than in the Conspiracy continent, resulting in his strength and capabilities diminishing even further.


    Aakesh then sat on his chair and started thinking about the problem that had just emerged in his head.


    While stepping on the ground as the earth element started contracting to create the hard surface was fine, but since Aakesh was now around nine km away from the stairs, he couldn¡¯t just cross that distance during that time.


    It took even less than the billionth of one second for the gray-colored dotted lights toe closer, and Aakesh could only cover 9 km of distance in that duration when he had no restrictions on him, and Aakesh could teleport.


    So if Aakesh wanted to move further, he would need for the element to move far continuously, and that would only happen when Aakesh would step on it, but stepping on the ground at that time would mean getting thrown back.


    It wouldn¡¯t have mattered much if the throwback force only threw him several meters backward as he could cover more distance than that with every step he took. But the next time the releasing force from the grown threw him backward, it would be around two hundred and sixty-two km, which would grow to a whopping sixteen thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven km, if Aakesh failed again.


    Even for Aakesh, the distance sent chills down his spine as he could only guess how much time he would take to cover that distance, and if Aakesh failed, he didn¡¯t even think of calcting just how much the force would throw Aakesh backward?


    During all that, Aakesh hadn¡¯t even calcted the injury a throw that could force him hundreds of km would cause him when there were so many restrictions on him.


    ¡®Can attack make the earth element act and move away?¡¯ Aakesh suddenly thought as he couldn¡¯t see him getting thrown backward an outrageous distance away, and then Aakesh taking a step forward. With this method, the stairs would only move away from him.


    Since the thought emerged in his mind, Aakesh decided to test it.


    He didn¡¯t stand from his chair and pointed his index finger at the ground a few meters away from him. He chose this distance as it was the limit of the skill he was going to use with all the restrictions.


    The next moment, a red energy beam originated from the tip of his finger and crashed to the ground.


    Since Aakesh hadn¡¯t deactivated the skill, Energy Overseer, he could see red-colored light dots originating from his finger and then shing with a cluster of grey-colored light dots joined together in the shape of a sphere.


    When the energy beam was about to touch the ground, there was a slight movement in the grey-colored light dots, but they stayed still, and the beam crashed to the ground.

 Chapter 536

    Chapter 536: Hard Work and Its Fruit!


    When the energy beam was about to touch the ground, the grey-colored light dots had a slight movement, but things didn¡¯t go as per Aakesh¡¯s expectation.


    The grey-colored light dots only looked like they would move away, but nothing of such sort happened.


    The ground stayed a hard surface, and not long after, the red beam shed with it.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The next moment, a sound of an explosion rang in the area. No dust or cloud erupted as, despite the st, the ground seemed unaffected.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care for it as he was thinking about something else.


    Aakesh¡¯s attack didn¡¯t make the grey-colored light dots move away to turn the ground into a rubbery surface. But Aakesh knew his conjectures of attack turning the ground weren¡¯t wrong since he had caught a slight movement of the earth elements when the beam was to touch.


    Aakesh now has to think of a reason for the earth element showing slight movement, but not aplete one.


    Aakesh had two conjectures for the reason behind the situation in his mind. First, the attack wasn¡¯t strong enough to make the ground feel danger from it and turn into a rubbery surface. Second, the attack type was different.


    The red beam Aakesh used was an elemental form of attack.


    After thinking for a while, Aakesh removed the second conjecture from his mind since when the beam, an elemental attack, was on the verge of crashing to the ground, the grey-colored light dots had made a slight movement.


    Aakesh decided not to wait for long and check the first conjecture.


    Still seated on his chair, Aakesh raised his hand, with his palm facing the sky.


    Soon, a white energy ball started growing from just a dot.


    It was a rotating ball that consisted of the element of air, and it was Autumn who had taught her this skill. It wasn¡¯t her bloodline-gained skill but some of the ordinary skills she had gotten from one of her subordinates.


    The skill had a simple principle behind it. Using the offensive property of the element of the air, Aakesh would create a rotating energy ball.


    If the ball spun clockwise, it meant that it was stable and wouldn¡¯t explode, but if it rotated anti-clockwise, it wasn¡¯t stable and would explode just at the first touch or if the owner lost their control.


    It had a simple principle behind it and wasn¡¯t one of those shy skills, but still, Aakesh liked it.


    The rotating energy ball in Aakesh¡¯s hand rotated anti-clockwise as what Aakesh wanted was an unstable attack that would explode with some intensity.


    After the white rotating ball grew to the size of Aakesh¡¯s head, Aakesh decided to stop adding any more energy to it. Since Aakesh also had to take the attack getting thrown back at him with an unprecedented force in the picture, Aakesh allowed the ball to grow only to the range where he wasfortable with the counter.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he casually threw the ball at the same spot where he had struck with the red beam.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion louder than before rang in the area. Even though the attack was more powerful than before, it still failed to create a dust cloud or even slightly affect the ground.


    If Aakesh were topare the power gap between both of his attacks, the red beam would be 1, and the rotating energy ball would be 7, and yet what Aakesh saw through his eyes didn¡¯t make sense to him.


    When the rotating ball was on the verge of crashing to the ground, the grey-colored light dots had made movement, but simr to thest time, it stopped straight away.


    It wasn¡¯t what that made Aakesh feel surprised but the amount of movement the grey-colored light dots had made. It was strikingly simr to thest time.


    Aakesh then pointed his index finger toward the same spot again as another red beam originated from it and crashed on the ground.


    The beam was the weakest Aakesh could go with the skill, but Aakesh found that even with this kind of power, where the beam wasn¡¯t even sufficient to create an explosion, the grey-colored light dots had made the same amount of movement as thest two times.


    Aakesh still had an expressionless face, but his eyes gave him away. Even an ordinary person could sense that Aakesh was thinking something after seeing Aakesh¡¯s eyes.


    Aakesh suddenly stopped thinking and decided to test something funny.


    Aakesh inhaled a deep breath for a moment and then exhaled with half his strength, creating a storm around him.


    Aakesh wasn¡¯t checking the storm he had created, but the scene he could see when the skill ¡®Energy Overseer¡¯ was active.


    ¡®As expected,¡¯ Aakesh thought since even this time, the grey-colored light dots had made the same amount of movement.


    ¡°What does this world want?¡± Aakesh mumbled as he looked around him.


    The stairs still stayed far from him in all directions.


    After appearing here, Aakesh could see the scenes of the grey-colored light dots moving away from each other whenever he was going to put his foot down and turn the ground into a rubbery surface. And how he was able to step on thend without getting thrown back in the limited window when the grey-colored light dots were returning closer to each other. Considering these factors, Aakesh could guess that the world was solely prepared for him.


    Anyone other than him would only get thrown back since they wouldn¡¯t have the Energy Overseer with them.


    Now, Aakesh desired to see what more this world wanted from him since his intuition told him that he would be able to find a way to step on the ground.


    ¡®Should I use my full-powered attack?¡¯ A thought suddenly emerged in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Since it was his gut feeling giving him suggestions, Aakesh decided not to ignore it and test it.


    In all the three attacks Aakesh had released, the most strength he had used was around three percent, so Aakesh thought of whether he should use his ultimate attack, Apocalyptic st, with his full power or should he use his full strength in any skill.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t think much and decided to first use his full power in any skill since he wanted to test something.


    The next moment, he pointed his finger at the unfortunate spot that had already faced three attacks.


    Not long after, red energy started gathering at the tip of his index finger.


    If the previous energy beam was a drop of water, the current one was a raging tide spanning countless miles.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion louder than ever rang in the area. Unlike thest few times, a cloud rose in the air this time. Aakesh¡¯s full-powered attack could cross the three billion Primal units mark with even a weak skill even with these restrictions on him, so the attack wasn¡¯t any joke.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care for the dust cloud as his eyes were focused on the ground.


    His eyes were shining since he clearly saw the movement of the grey-colored light dots this time.


    Aakesh also noticed a peculiar thing. Even though the surface had clearly turned stic, it still didn¡¯t throw the attack back at Aakesh since Aakesh was already ready for it and had covered himself with a threeyered Counter Shield.


    Aakesh noticed another thing. The grey-colored light dots had moved even further than the time when they sensed Aakesh¡¯s foot approaching it.


    Aakesh decided to test again. He didn¡¯t use the energy beam but raised his hands, with his palm facing the sky.


    The next moment, a familiar white rotating ball appeared in his hands. It rotated clockwise this time.


    Since Aakesh was going to use his full power, the stable mode would create more damage inparison to when it was unstable.


    Unlike in the unstable mode, the rotating ball didn¡¯t grow in size, but only its rotating speed grew at an unprecedented rate.


    Strangely a whistling sound emerged, and it grew louder with each passing moment as the rotating speed of the ball grew.


    Soon, Aakesh stopped transferring any further energy to the rotating ball as he had reached his limit.


    Since Aakesh had unlimited stamina, even after using his full power, it didn¡¯t mentally tax him, so Aakesh stayed expressionless and casually threw the white rotating ball at the unfortunate spot again.


    The white rotating ball flew toward the spot with lightning speed and crashed onto it.


    Except for the whistling sound, no other sound emerged after the crash, even though a blinding white light had engulfed a few meters of the area around the spot.


    Despite the blinding white light, Aakesh had no issues watching the scene of the ground in front of him as what he was seeing wasn¡¯t physical but spiritual(Energy).


    Simr to thest time, the grey-colored light dots had moved away from each other, and what Aakesh saw next proved his conjectures.


    Since Aakesh couldn¡¯t be sure, he decided to do another test.


    He used the same skill again, but this time, he used 99.99999% of his strength. What Aakesh saw through the Energy Overseer proved his conjecture, and with it, Aakesh finally had ways to continue his journey to the stairs on this tumultuous ground without getting thrown back.


    Aakesh still remembered that if he failed this time, the ground would throw him more than two hundred km back.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there will be only one chapter today. The book will return to its regr schedule from the day after tomorrow. I am very sorry for troubling you readers by updating randomly across the day. I am very grateful for your support of the book.

 Chapter 537

    Chapter 537: Reaching the Stairs(1)


    After hisst attack, Aakesh finally had a way to move ahead without stepping on the ground and getting thrown back every time to take a step forward.


    When Aakesh had used 99.99999% of his power in thest attack, the grey-colored light dots had made the same amount of movement even when Aakesh used his weakest attack.


    Even though it was only one-hundred thousandth less, the grey-colored light dots had made the same movement. It signified that no matter how much power Aakesh used, if it weren¡¯t Aakesh¡¯s full power, the grey-colored light dots would ignore it. And the ground would continue to be a hard surface, only to turn into an stic surface when they would sense Aakesh¡¯s foot approaching it.


    Simrly, Aakesh sensed another thing. When Aakesh used the energy beam at his full power, the grey-colored light dots had made the movement of a simr amount whenpared with Aakesh¡¯s foot.


    But when Aakesh used the rotating ball at his full power, the grey-colored light dots had made much more movement than his foot or the energy beam. It signified a beneficial situation for him. The more powerful his attack at his full power was, the more the grey-colored light dots would move away, giving Aakesh even more time to set his foot without getting thrown back on the ground.


    The discovery excited Aakesh as he had finally found a way to move forward and reach the stairs since Aakesh could feel that the stairs would allow him to pass the world and go to the ruler¡¯s continent.


    Aakesh then decided to see the amount of movement the grey-colored light dots would make, if he were to use his ultimate skill, Apocalyptic st.


    Since Aakesh had decided to do something, he didn¡¯t wait for long, and soon a dark-colored energy ball started gathering on his palm.


    Since Aakesh needed to release his full power or the grey-colored light dots wouldn¡¯t make a movement to turn the ground into a rubbery surface, Aakesh transferred energy to the energy ball without stopping, and it continuously grew in size.


    Not long after, Aakesh stopped transferring any further energy since Aakesh and the energy ball both had reached their limits.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell on the unfortunate spot that had already turned into a pit. Since Apocalyptic st didn¡¯t affect Aakesh even if he were to be in the midst of it, Aakesh did not need to cover himself with Counter Shield or throw the energy ball some distance away from him to brace for the impact.


    Aakesh then, without waiting for even a second, threw the energy ball spanning the same size as him.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion louder than ever rang in the area as the unfortunate spot had now actually turned into a pit a meter wide and several meters in depth.


    The st also released an unbelievable amount of dust and heat, but since the heat didn¡¯t affect Aakesh, and as for the dust, Aakesh¡¯s physique was strong enough to feel nothing from it.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care for the dust covering his vision since he had his focus on the grey-colored light dots.


    As Aakesh had expected, the amount of movement made by the grey-colored light dots was almost twice the amount the dots had moved away when they sensed Aakesh¡¯s foot approaching it.


    Aakesh became excited. If he used the Apocalyptic st at his full power, he would have twice the time to take a step forward.


    But Aakesh¡¯s excitement didn¡¯t continue for long after witnessing the deep pit the Apocalyptic st had created.


    Since the pit only had a width of around one meter, Aakesh could cover that distance with his single step without falling into it. But Aakesh needed to use the skill continuously, which may create trouble for him since, with so many nearby pits, the ground would turn unstable.


    Aakesh thought about this situation for a while. But after he got no solution for the ground turning unstable due to several nearby pits in the future, Aakesh decided to stop thinking about it and focus on what was in front of him now.


    Aakesh hoped that the distance between the stairs and him was only around nine km which wasn¡¯t very far, and the surface here was more stable due to the ruler¡¯s aplishments, so the ground wouldn¡¯t turn unstable in this close stretch.


    Since Aakesh had a solution in his hands to continue his journey, Aakesh decided to wait no more.


    He stood up from his chair and asked the system to take it back.


    With all the restrictions on him, Aakesh could cover a distance of six meters in a step, so Aakesh decided to choose the ground beneath him as the next spot for the Apocalyptic st.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Not long after, an explosion of the same intensity as thest time rang as a pit spread across one meter appeared on the ground.


    But Aakesh didn¡¯t care for it as he had already taken a step forward.


    Aakesh¡¯s right foot¡¯s upper half had stabilized itself on the ground when the grey-colored light dots sensed an intrusion. They stopped their further movement and quickened their return.


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    The next moment, a loud crashing sound rang in the area as Aakesh turned out to be the slowest and got thrown back with an unprecedented amount of force.


    Even though thending was rough, Aakesh didn¡¯t need to activate Counter Shield since the slightly yellow dhoti he was wearing had more than enough defensive strength to handle the crash.


    Aakesh¡¯s face was expressionless as he stood up from the ground and looked around.


    The distance between him and the stairs had grown by more than two hundred and seventy km with this thrown back force, but Aakesh didn¡¯t care about it since he had a solution to continue further.


    He only thought about how to be quicker than the returning speed of the grey-colored light dots since even with agility surpassing the 2.5 billion mark, he was on the lower end.


    After thest scene, Aakesh was sure that he would need to increase his speed if he wanted to reach the stairs without getting thrown back. With it, another realization dawned on him. Since he was slower, didn¡¯t that mean he would get thrown back even further?


    With this realization, Aakesh knew the difficulty of reaching the stairs was no joke.

 Chapter 538

    Chapter 538: Reaching the Stairs(2)


    After his realization, Aakesh understood that the difficulty of reaching the stairs was no joke.


    Aakesh could only suck a cold breath of air as with every failure, the distance he would get thrown back was no joke.


    He was now around two hundred and seventy km away from the stairs, no matter in what direction he looked. If he were to fail again, the distance he would get thrown would be around sixteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven km, and if he were to fail again after that, the length would cross the two million barriers.


    Considering the distance would only grow several-fold with each failure, Aakesh understood that he couldn¡¯t fail many times.


    ¡°Hey, system, is the time ratio here simr to the Conspiracy continent?¡± Aakesh asked the system as he was aware that the journey to the stair wasn¡¯t going to be any easy or short-duration.


    Even if he were not to fail even once, the distance of the more than two hundred seventy km would take him weeks, if not months, and it was only the start. He wasn¡¯t even aware of what would wee him once he stepped his foot on the stair.


    [No, Host!]


    [The time flow here is 100,000:1 whenpared with the Primal dimension!]


    Soon, the system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless voice rang in his head, informing him of the time difference.


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the system¡¯s response.


    ¡®It means that if I spent around 11 years here, one hour would have passed in the Primal dimension,¡¯ Aakesh thought as he calcted the time.


    ¡°Let¡¯s target fifty years as the time. I need to pass this world,¡± Aakesh mumbled and set his goal. Since fifty years would be around four and a half fours, and the time difference on the Conspiracy continent was higher, so Aakesh would be able to exit the continent before the sunrise since he had to open the store and didn¡¯t want to miss the day.


    After setting his goal, Aakesh didn¡¯t wait for long and raised both his hands with his palms facing the bright sky.


    Aakesh decided to do another test here as there was no chance of his sess, in this case, so Aakesh thought of trying something.


    Soon, a dark energy ball even greater than Aakesh¡¯s size appeared in each palm.


    Aakesh decided to test whether the double full power attack would increase the movements of the grey-colored light dots.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, two sessive loud explosions rang in the area as they crashed at the same spot.


    As a result of the explosion, the pit¡¯s width grew, but Aakesh had no interest in it, as his eyes were focused on the movement of the grey-colored light dots.


    The result made Aakesh disappointed as despite there being two Apocalyptic sts at Aakesh¡¯s full strength, the grey-colored light dots made the same amount of movement they had made when Aakesh had thrown only a single energy ball.


    Aakesh then looked at the pit and couldn¡¯t help but be surprised after seeing its increased width.


    Even though it was clear that the explosion created by two Apocalyptic st with unprecedented power, the result would be an increase in the pit¡¯s width.


    What made Aakesh surprised was that when he had used 99.99999% of his power and the resulted attack hadn¡¯t caused any damage at all to the ground, signifying that only when the grey-colored light dots would make a movement would the surface face some damage.


    But now, even though the grey-colored light dots only made the movement they made when there was only a single Apocalyptic st, the ground still received the damage caused by both the Apocalyptic sts.


    After seeing the damage, Aakesh decided not tomit to two Apocalyptic sts at once since it was nothing but a way for the world to damage the surface, making the difficulty of Aakesh¡¯s journey even more challenging.


    Aakesh then decided to stop his tests and focus on his journey to the stair since he had already set a goal of crossing the world in fifty years.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    A few momentster, a loud explosion rang in the area as the Apocalyptic st crashed to the ground.


    Aakesh ignored the dust and heat released by it since it failed to create any issue for Aakesh and raised his right foot forward.


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    Not long after, a loud crashing sound rang in the area as Aakesh got thrown back by an unprecedented force since he failed to set his footpletely on the ground before the grey-colored light dots joined.


    Aakesh was now around seventeen thousand km away from the stairs from all the directions.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he had expected the failure.


    With this, the defensive property of the yellow dhoti also reached its limit, and from now on, Aakesh¡¯s body would directly face the brunt of the quick crash caused by the throw.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t feel worried since his physique was even more powerful than the defense provided by the yellow dhoti. If not for its protection being unstoppable and automatic, Aakesh wouldn¡¯t even have cared to activate it.


    Aakesh then stood up.


    His expressions had no change as he created another Apocalyptic st at his full power. Since he had unlimited stamina, he did not need to take rest for sleep or food, so Aakesh decided not to stop for even a moment until he reached the stairs.


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    The next moment, three sessive sounds of something crashing rang in the area as Aakesh learned something new about the challenge.


    Aakesh failed to be quicker than the grey-colored light dots, so the ground reflected him.


    Since it would now throw him one hundred and twenty-eight times multiplied with thest throw, Aakesh got thrown back around two million, one hundred forty-seven thousand, and four hundred and eighty-three km.


    The new thing Aakesh learned was that when the distance reached a million, Aakesh crashed to the ground. It didn¡¯t stop as the ground threw him again, and when it crossed another million, he crashed again. The process repeated as Aakesh crashed again after covering thest distance of more than one hundred thousand km.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, his physique handled the crash without a shallow scratch, so it didn¡¯t cause any issue.


    Aakesh expressionlessly stood up and got ready to take action.

 Chapter 539

    Chapter 539: Reaching the Stairs(3)


    Aakesh stood up from the ground as he seemed unaffected by the three sessive crashes.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to clean the dust out of his dhoti or upper body as the dhoti didn¡¯t allow even a speck of the dust to touch him.


    Aakesh then looked around him, only to notice that he couldn¡¯t see the stairs anymore, but only its silhouette since the distance between him and the stairs had reached more than two million km. And since Aakesh had restrictions on him, he couldn¡¯t see that far.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t wait for even a moment further as there appeared a dark energy ball in his right palm.


    Not long after, the dark energy ball crossed even his size, but Aakesh stayed expressionless as if the weight of the ball or its size didn¡¯t concern him.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area, and with it, a cloud spanning over several meters filled with dust appeared in the sky.


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    .


    .


    .


    .


    .


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    The sound of the explosion hadn¡¯t even subsided when the sound of sessive crashes devoured it.


    The sound sessively rang in the area, only stopping when the number had reached an outrageous 550.


    Aakesh still had an expressionless face as he stood up. He still didn¡¯t use the Counter Shield since his physique was able to handle it, but Aakesh knew that if he failed once more, he would¡¯ve no choice but to activate it.


    Aakesh then looked around him, only to notice that all he saw was a vast ce with the outline of something that went to the sky, but it was so far that even the silhouette looked blurry.


    Aakesh was now more than five hundred and fifty million km away from the stair, with thest reflection throwing Aakesh more than five hundred and forty-nine million km away from his previous spot.


    Since Aakesh had already decided to continue without stopping, Aakesh raised his palm to create another Apocalyptic st.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    .


    .


    .


    .


    .


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    Simr to thest time, the sound of the explosion hadn¡¯t even subsided when the sound of sessive crashing engulfed it.


    This time the number of crashes had received an outrageous amount.


    After crashing for two hundred eighty-one thousand and four hundred and seventy-five times, did ite to a stop?


    Aakesh had no choice but to activate the Counter Shield since the rubbery surface had thrown him more than two hundred and eighty billion km back.


    During the crashing session, Aakesh had noticed that instead of the force decreasing in power, it grew, forcing Aakesh to reinforce his shield, or he would have several of his bones broken under that many impacts.


    When Aakesh was at his 3091st crash, Aakesh activated the skill, Counter Shield.


    At the 60,821st crash, Aakesh added anotheryer to the shield.


    At the 103,682nd crash, Aakesh had to add anotheryer, making it a tripleyered shield.


    At the 147,834th crash, Aakesh added anotheryer since the threeyered shield was unable to handle the force of the impact and was on the verge of disintegrating¡­


    At the 279,437th crash, Aakesh had to add anotheryer, making the shield a sevenyered one.


    At the 281,475 crash, Aakesh still had a sevenyered shield around him.


    At thest crash, if Aakesh didn¡¯t have that sevenyered shield surrounding him, he wouldn¡¯t have gotten without numerous severe injuries. But despite the amount of force at that time being enough to make Aakesh have tens of thousands of more impacts, Aakesh miraculously froze there and didn¡¯t move even an inch back.


    Aakesh¡¯s expressionless face finally had a change. At the starting, he was only around three hundred meters away from the stair, but now that distance had reached an outrageous around three hundred billion km. How could he not be frustrated with himself?


    Since Aakesh had set a goal of crossing this world in a maximum of fifty years, Aakesh knew he couldn¡¯t stay idle here. Every moment was precious if he wanted to achieve his aim.


    Aakesh stood up from the ground. He was still devoid of even a speck of dust.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡± Even someone like Aakesh couldn¡¯t control his emotions as he sessfully set his foot quicker than the grey-colored light dots could join.


    Aakesh now had his right foot six meters away from him, which almost made him stretchpletely.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t feel ufortable as he had flexible bones.


    It was now time for his left foot to make a movement, so Aakesh created another Apocalyptic st and threw it to the ground.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang, and soon the sound of crashings devoured it.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he didn¡¯t seed this time, and the grey-colored light dots proved to be quicker.


    After Aakesh got thrown back after the failed attempt, a disappointed expression appeared on his face. He felt such as after this failure, the distance would be outrageous, even for someone like him.


    But what Aakesh expected never happened, as he didn¡¯t even find the need to activate the Counter Shield.


    Even though the number of crashes had reached five hundred sixty-two thousand, nine hundred and fifty impacts, twice the number ofst, Aakesh found the impacts to be simr to the first reflection by the ground. Since he safelynded after the crash that happened at a regr interval every million km.


    Aakesh heaved a sigh of relief at the end, as even though he was now more than five hundred billion km away from the tower and couldn¡¯t even see its silhouette, it was still less than what, Aakesh had expected.


    ¡°So, after every step forward, the force would return to its original situation,¡± Aakesh mumbled as this time, the force threw him exactly twice the amount of hisst throw.


    Aakesh found it to be beneficial. If not for it, the distance would have breached the mark of hundreds of trillions of km, resulting in the already challenging situation turning into an even more unfavorable for him.


    Since this time, Aakesh didn¡¯t fall to the ground due to the force released by the rubbery surface being weak Aakesh got into action straight away.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud sound of an explosion rang in the area.


    ***


    A/N: In chapter 535, I¡¯ve made an edit in the action of the grey-colored light dots when they start joining together. Please go ahead and check it.

 Chapter 540

    Chapter 540: Reaching the Stairs(End)


    Aakesh made his move, and not long after, a loud sound of an explosion rang in the area.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he failed again.


    ¡®Was it a fluke?¡¯ Aakesh thought of the sess as he created another Apocalyptic st.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud sound of an explosion rang in the area.


    This time there was no crashing ornding sound as Aakesh sessfully stabilized his foot on the ground before the grey-colored light dots could join together and throw Aakesh.


    It was the second time his right foot hadnded.


    Even though Aakesh had seeded twice, the distance between Aakesh and the stairs was far too big to consider that step even a sess.


    Aakesh was more than two trillion km away from the stairs, so Aakesh now needed to increase his speed if he ever wanted to receive.


    But since Aakesh hadn¡¯t even seeded in stabilizing his one foot every time he took a step forward, how could Aakesh even think of taking two sessful steps before the grey-colored light dots could join together.


    Aakesh also understood that he could now not fail. Even though the reflection force by the ground had reverted to its original after Aakesh sessfullynded his foot, the distance between him and the stairs had grown far too big to consider even jumping twice.


    Aakesh then threw another Apocalyptic st right a meter in front of him and raised his left foot tond.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°Yes!¡± Aakesh excitedly muttered as his left footnded on the ground before the grey-colored light dots could join together.


    A shine passed through Aakesh¡¯s eyes as he noticed that his agility growth rate had surpassed his imagination.


    Just a few sts earlier, he failed tond his foot without getting thrown back, but now only in five explosions, Aakesh had seeded three times already when he had not even used ten Apocalyptic sts in total.


    Even for Aakesh, who rarelyplimented his growth rate, couldn¡¯t help but be dumbfounded.


    Aakesh wanted to see just how much his agility had grown in only these few times to seed three out of five times.


    Aakesh then thought of his status.


    The next moment, a dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 1)+,


    Level: Level 7(initial),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 2,856,396,823 Primal Units (+1,713,539),


    Agility: 2,912,465,872 Primal Units (+104,191,959),


    ***


    Aakesh nodded as he read his status screen. Thest time he had checked his status was one year earlier when he had reviewed Lily¡¯s status after her breakthrough.


    Even though he did nothing special in thest year, still his strength had grown by 1,713,539 Primal Units, which wasn¡¯t much for someone with attributes like him, but still, it was a growth just by training Lily. In Lily¡¯s training, he hadn¡¯t used much of his power, so it could be said that his strength grew just by sleeping.


    But since Aakesh¡¯s purpose for checking his status was different, he refocused on the blue screen and finally found what he was looking for.


    A surprised expression appeared on his face as he noticed the number of Primal units by which his agility had grown just by training a few minutes here.


    Aakesh then thought of the screen disappearing, and soon, light particles started moving away from it. Not long after, nothing remained in front of him.


    Since Aakesh had seeded twice innding his foot, his next step should be to increase the number of steps he could take in the time required for the grey-colored light dots to join together.


    But Aakesh didn¡¯t think about it since thending still provided him with some tough challenges. And only after Aakesh could take a sessful step, even without the Energy Overseer, would Aakesh think of attempting to take two steps forward.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area as another of Aakesh¡¯s full-powered Apocalyptic st crashed to the ground.


    Aakesh raised his right foot andnded on the ground before the grey-colored light dots could join together, making it the third consecutive sessful step.


    Aakesh¡¯s face was still expressionless as he got ready for his next step and a dark energy ball even greater than him in size appeared in his right hand.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed,¡­, thirteen minutes passed, and just like that, seventeen minutes had passed.


    In thest seventeen minutes, Aakesh had failed several times, but the number of sesses was several times higher than the failure. Especially in thest eleven minutes, Aakesh hadn¡¯t even failed once.


    Every step took him six meters closer to the stair and one billionth of a second to do it. Afterbining the amount of time, it took for Aakesh to activate the skill and take a step forward, in a second, Aakesh covered a distance of fifty-four thousand meters.


    Hence in thest eleven minutes, Aakesh hadn¡¯t failed even once and crossed a distance of thirty-five thousand, six hundred and forty km, which sounded a lot, but in reality, it wasn¡¯t even a drop in the bucket whenpared with the length Aakesh needed to reach the stair.


    Aakesh continued for an hour without stopping, and in that time, he sessfully covered a distance of around two hundred thousand km.


    Now that Aakesh could take a sessful step even when he had deactivated the skill Energy Overseer, it was now time for Aakesh to upgrade the challenge and take two steps in the same amount of time it takes the grey-colored light dots to return.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    .


    .


    .


    .


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    Soon, a loud sound of an explosion rang in the area, and not long after, the sound of sessive impacts after Aakesh hit the ground devoured it.


    Aakesh stopped calcting the distance by which he got thrown back as it had already crossed an outrageous number, and now Aakesh only decided to focus on his sesses.


    Since it was a failure after consecutive sesses for more than an hour, Aakesh didn¡¯t fall to the ground and was standing while the force threw him even further from the stairs.


    Time flew by.


    It has been a year since Aakesh arrived in this world.


    Aakesh has still not reached the stairs since it was still at an unseeable distance(Even though he is in an open area) from him.


    But in thest year, his agility had grown at an unprecedented rate.


    If a year earlier, even taking a single step in the amount of time it took for the grey-colored light dots to join together seemed challenging to him, Aakesh could now take four steps without even activating the Energy Overseer.


    Aakesh was now practicing five consecutive steps.


    It wasn¡¯t the end as due to releasing so many Apocalyptic sts, Aakesh had increased the rate at which he could release them.


    If previously, it took him a second to cover a distance of fifty-four thousand meters after activating the skill continuously and taking a step forward, Aakesh could now cover sixty-six thousand meters in the same amount of time. Aakesh¡¯s release rate was still growing.


    Time flew by.


    It has been seven years since Aakesh arrived in this world.


    After seven long years, Aakesh could now finally see the silhouette of the stair, which meant that Aakesh was now only a few hundred billion km away from it.


    ***


    A/N: My new book ¡®The Taboo Cultivator¡¯ is online. Do give it a try, if you have time.

 Chapter 541

    Chapter 541: The First Step(1)


    It has been nine years since Aakesh arrived in this world.


    After nine long years of a continuous journey filled with a mix of failure and sess, Aakesh was now finally able to see the silhouette of the stair. It wasn¡¯t blurry, signifying that Aakesh was only a few hundred billion km away from it.


    To be precise, the distance between Aakesh and the stair was four hundred fifty-six billion, six hundred seventy-eight million, eight hundred ny thousand, twelve km.


    In thest nine years, Aakesh¡¯s agility had grown at an unprecedented rate.


    When Aakesh had started his journey to the stairs, even taking a single step in the time the grey-colored light dots joined together, he found it challenging. But now, Aakesh could take one hundred twenty-five steps in that amount of steps.


    His release rate for the Apocalyptic st had also grown at high speed.


    At the start, Aakesh could only travel fifty-four thousand meters in a sec after thebined time taken by his skill release and a single step. But now, after a struggle of nine years, his travel journey in a single second if he were to take a single action was six hundred seventy-two thousand meters, with all the restrictions on him.


    If not for the ground throwing him more than a trillion km with every failure, Aakesh would¡¯ve already reached the stair.


    After Aakesh seeded, the force by which ground would reflect him would revert to the original, but since it would throw him twice the distance of thest throw, Aakesh knew that he couldn¡¯t fail many times.


    If he failed when he was only a few hundred/thousand/million km away from him, the distance between him and the stair would again cross the length of a trillion km.


    After crossing the first trillion km, Aakesh noticed that the ground only threw him a trillion km back, forgetting hisst throw.


    Since Aakesh didn¡¯t want to further increase the distance between him and the stair, for the past five years, Aakesh had been traveling without attempting to grow his steps count in the amount of time the grey-colored light dots joined together.


    Aakesh hadn¡¯t stopped for even a second in his journey to the stair up to this point, so he didn¡¯t stop here and straight away got ready to make his move again.


    Aakesh raised his hands with his palm facing the sky.


    The next moment, a dark energy ball started gathering in his palms. It stopped when it reached its peak, which was muchrger than the size it had when Aakesh had entered the world.


    Now the dark energy ball created after the activation of the Apocalyptic st had reached almost thrice the size of Aakesh, making the scene look weird.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area, devouring every other sound in existence.


    The explosion also devoured the sound made by Aakesh stepping on thend in the midst of the st.


    Since Aakesh had been traveling with the same agility for the past five years, Aakesh didn¡¯t even need the skill ¡®Energy Overseer¡¯ and could walk.


    Time flew by, and further three days passed.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise as he, for the first time in his life, got the sense that his energy was on the verge of reaching a dangerously low limit, and he needed to replenish it.


    After Aakesh¡¯s intuition warned him, Aakesh decided to stop and replenish his energy.


    Even with the amount of energy Aakesh currently had, he could reach the stair. But since Aakesh had no idea what would wee him when he arrived there, so Aakesh didn¡¯t think of taking a risk and replenishing his energy here when his intuition warned him.


    ¡°Hey, system, give me a mat for meditation,¡± Aakesh requested the system.


    The system didn¡¯t speak, but not long after, light particles started gathering an inch above the ground, and soon Aakesh¡¯s sight weed a mat.


    The mat was rectangr in shape. It was a in white mat made up of the same materials used in the making of the cushion on his chair and the bed.


    The reason for the mat floating an inch above the ground was if the ground sensed anything below one inch, the grey-colored light dots would make a move.


    Aakesh then stepped on the mat and sat on it. His back waspletely straight. He had his legs crossed with both his feet resting on the opposite knee, and his hands were open as he put them on the top of his feet respectively.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes. Even though it was his first time meditating since Aakesh¡¯s energy stocks had never reached such a limit, and yet Aakesh didn¡¯t feel ufortable.


    It didn¡¯t take any effort for Aakesh to calm his mind. A few secondster, all the sounds vanished from the area as if Aakesh was a dead body sitting in a meditative posture.


    Time flew by.


    Eleven hourster, the silence in the area broke as Aakesh opened his eyes.


    If anyone living in the Primal dimension were to be here and look at Aakesh¡¯s eyes, they would have lost their soul on the spot.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes returned to normal as he stood up from his meditative posture. After only a meditation of eleven hours, Aakesh fully replenished his energy.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t leave the mat as him leaving it would create a movement in the grey-colored light dots, turning the ground into a rubbery surface, and then it would throw Aakesh a trillion km back, making his journey even more time-consuming.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area as Aakesh threw an Apocalyptic st at the ground while continuing to stand on the mat.


    Since the explosion created by the Apocalyptic st did no damage to Aakesh, Aakesh had taken a step forward when the skill crashed.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, a minute had passed. Minutes then turned into an hour, hours into a day, and then several days had passed.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    A loud explosion rang in the area as the Apocalyptic st crashed to the ground.


    Aakesh crossed the explosion andpleted his one hundred twenty-five steps without looking back.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes finally had a change in their expression as the scene of the stair became clear to him.

 Chapter 542

    Chapter 542: The First Step(2)


    Aakesh¡¯s expressionless face finally had a change as Aakesh could finally see the stair after a long journey of more than nine years.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Soon Aakesh¡¯s eyes returned to their expressionless look as he had onlye close to his destination, and Aakesh hadn¡¯t reached the end.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed,¡­, six seconds passed, and just like that, seventeen seconds had passed.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes started shining as he was now on the spot he was when he had entered this world.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Aakesh didn¡¯t feel any mncholy as he created another Apocalyptic st and threw it toward the ground a meter away from him.


    While the sound of the explosion hadn¡¯t even subsided, and Aakesh had already reached the first step.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t feel nervous or tense as he raised his right foot and stepped on the first step, finally ending his around nine year long journey on the treacherous ground.


    The next moment, the view in front of Aakesh changed as he found himself in an unfamiliar ce.


    ¡°How dare you enter my garden?¡± Aakesh hadn¡¯t even looked around him when a booming voice rang in the area.


    A frown appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as his eyes turned cold. He then turned around to look at the owner of the voice, who dared to threaten him with killing intent in their voice.


    ¡°It seems you have got guts. Threatening me after entering my garden,¡± The owner of the voice calmed down as he looked at Aakesh. His tone contained an even greater killing intent as he didn¡¯t like the look in Aakesh¡¯s eyes.


    Aakesh coldly looked at the being in front of him. It was an Elf, but it wouldn¡¯t be a lie if Aakesh said that the being in front of him was the ugliest thing he had ever seen.


    The man in front of Aakesh was muchrger than Aakesh in size. To be precise, the belly that fluffed with every action of the man was much bigger than Aakesh¡¯s. The man had deep green scrabs all over his body, waiting for someone to rip it.


    Aakesh could identify the man as an Elf even with scrabs all over his body because of his silver hair, silver eyes, and sharp and pointy nose and ears.


    Seeing that the intruder wasn¡¯t responding to his words, the Elf¡¯s fat bulged, and his eyes squinted.


    The next moment, a murderous aura engulfed the entire area.


    Aakesh finally had a change in his expression as the murderous aura released by the Elf had crossed the spiritual limit, and it was now materializing in the form of waves.


    Aakesh knew the man was no joke since he couldn¡¯t see through the Elf¡¯s cultivation.


    Aakesh had no interest in continuing this situation as he disappeared from his spot and appeared right above the man¡¯s head.


    Aakesh hadn¡¯t teleported, but after training his agility in the area to the stair, Aakesh¡¯s agility had grown to an outrageous level.


    The Elvish man had a change in his expression after seeing Aakesh suddenly appearing above his head. But the man was no weakling, as the materialized murderous aura around him in the form of waves attacked Aakesh.


    A disappointed look passed through Aakesh¡¯s eyes as he had expected a lot from the Elvish man to defend himself but attacking him with a murderous aura. It was nothing more than a joke in Aakesh¡¯s eyes.


    Aakesh ignored the uing wave toward him and raised his hands in the air.


    ¡°BAM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion-like sound rang in the area as Aakesh¡¯s palm hit the head of the Elvish man.


    The Elvish man had a gloating look in his eyes when Aakesh raised his palm, and it stayed that way until the man didn¡¯t even know how he died. As soon as Aakesh¡¯s palm crashed onto the man¡¯s head, he burst open into a blood cloud as if a heavy hammer had hit a watermelon.


    Not even a drop of blood or body parts touched Aakesh, as as soon as it reached even an inch near Aakesh, an invisible force would attack and vaporize it.


    Aakesh had a dumbfounded expression on his face as hendedfortably on the ground. He hadn¡¯t even used half his power on his palm. He never expected the Elvish man to die just by that much strength after Aakesh couldn¡¯t see the man¡¯s cultivation level.


    Since the Elvish man had died and there was no one to disturb Aakesh, he finally took a look at the surroundings around him.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh suddenly eximed in surprise as he found something familiar a few hundred meters away from him.


    There was a tree with not even a single leaf around four hundred meters from Aakesh.


    Even though there was not even a single leaf on the tree, and it looked to be at the end of its life, anyone who had even a little bit of perceptive strength could sense that the almost dead tree contained boundless lifeforce.


    At the center of the tree, there was a spherical hole the size of a basketball. Inside the hole, something gave a splendor rarely seen.


    ¡°What¡¯s a ¡®Leafless Fruit¡¯ doing here?¡± Aakesh mumbled as he snatched the fruit inside the splendor.


    The next moment, the tree disintegrated and turned into sand. Not long after, the wind blowing took it somewhere with it.


    The tree in question was ¡®Leafless Tree¡¯. It was a very rare tree and exclusively seen in the Sacred dimension. The reason for its name was that it had no leaf.


    The reason for the rarity of the leafless tree was that it took 108 billion years to grow fully and then a further 108 billion years to give birth to a fruit.


    In the lifetime of the tree, it would only give birth to a single fruit, ¡®Leafless Fruit¡¯.


    The Leafless Fruit was a high-level fruit. It could rece the sun for a, and it could also be used as a material in smithing an item.


    Aakesh finally understood the reason behind the anger of the already dead Elvish man. Two hundred and sixteen billion years wasn¡¯t a little amount of time.


    ***


    ¡°Hey, system, do you want this?¡± Aakesh asked the system since he had no use for the fruit anytime soon.

 Chapter 543

    Chapter 543: The First Step(3)


    Aakesh looked at the Leafless Fruit and marveled as he got such a valuable product without much effort.


    Aakesh then decided to look at the other trees in the garden, but except for the Leafless Tree, the most valuable item he found was the Six-Sense Weed.


    Even though there was a weed in its name, it didn¡¯t mean that it was a useless nt.


    It had the weed added in its name because it absorbed the nutrients of other nts and grew on its own, unlike the nted nts.


    Despite it being a coincidental nt, it wasn¡¯t a worthless product. As its name suggested, it helped in the growth of senses, but since Aakesh was already at the peak of the Primal dimension, he did not need it.


    Aakesh still pulled it out since letting it grow here would be a loss.


    As soon as Aakesh pulled it out, he looked to his left as he sensed a substantial disturbance.


    A few km away from Aakesh, the space had broken down and turned into a portal.


    Aakesh knew the portal was for him as it had appeared after he pulled out the Six-Sense Weed, the only valuable product other than the Leafless Fruit in the garden.


    Aakesh then threw the weed into his pocket space and proceeded in the direction of the portal.


    ¡®This must be my reward for stepping on the first step,¡¯ As soon as Aakesh exited the portal, a thought emerged in his head.


    A frown appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as he didn¡¯t like the feeling of someone adding a thought to his head.


    The next moment, his face returned to his usual expressionless face since if the thought could create even tiny harm to Aakesh, the system would¡¯ve acted. If Aakesh had asked the system to be in the proactive mode, the system would¡¯ve attacked the being behind adding a thought in Aakesh¡¯s head, but since it would be too much expensive and an useless expenditure, Aakesh continued with the same process.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell on the surrounding in front of him.


    Aakesh found himself returning to the same environment when Aakesh had entered the world.


    Just around three thousand km away from him, there was the stair as Aakesh stood on the lower surface. No matter in what direction, Aakesh looked, the distance between him and the stair stayed the same.


    ¡°So, the first step would have another test,¡± Aakesh mumbled. He knew that despite the environment looking simr to before, it wasn¡¯t the ce when he had entered the world.


    Aakesh believed such because of the energy concentration in the area. The energy concentration in the air here was less than before.


    The change was only minimal, but for Aakesh, it was still in the range of his senses.


    Since the environment around him was simr to the ground below the first step, Aakesh understood that there was going to be another test.


    The next moment, Aakesh activated the skill Energy Overseer.


    Not long after, the view in Aakesh¡¯s sight changed as different colors of light dots appeared, spread across the area.


    Aakesh then looked at the ground below his feet and found countless clusters of grey-colored light dots, signifying the hardness of the surface. But when Aakesh looked a meter in front of him, Aakesh noticed that red-colored light dots had reced the grey-colored light dots.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t understand what it meant, so he looked another meter farther, and simr to thest time, Aakesh found countless clusters of red-colored light dots.


    As Aakesh moved his eyes to the left of the spot, he noticed continuous clusters of red-colored light dots, but as soon as his eyes crossed a distance of a meter, countless groups of blue-colored light dots weed him.


    Aakesh had a conjecture in his mind when he found the blue-colored light dots, but since he wasn¡¯t confident, he continued looking. As expected, two meters away from the cluster of blue-colored light dots on its left, Aakesh noticed grey-colored light dots.


    It was as if there was a block of one meter each, and they contained random colored light dots.


    After checking out a few more blocks, Aakesh¡¯s conjecture was correct.


    There were several blocks, and each contained a cluster of random colored light dots. Red signified the element of fire, blue represented water, purple defined thunder, and there were other defining other elements.


    Aakesh also noticed that his skill sight had reduced here as if the restrictions on him were higher than thest time.


    He could only see the energy contents up to ten meters in each direction, and in all the ten blocks he saw, he only found one that contained grey-colored light dots, defining the elements of the earth.


    Aakesh understood that to reach the stair, he would have to cross the blocks, and every block other than the one which contained grey-colored light dots was a threat to him.


    The only block that contained grey-colored light dots Aakesh could see in all the directions of his range was four meters away from him, which shouldn¡¯t have been possible since it was a block two meters to the left of the spot two meters in front of him. So the distance should¡¯ve been less since Aakesh had to travel diagonally, but somehow when Aakesh looked at that cluster to walk to it, he found that the length he calcted was four meters.


    Aakesh could take a step of six meters in front of him at one time when he was below the first step, but since the restriction here on him was more powerful than thest time, Aakesh wasn¡¯t sure.


    He also didn¡¯t know what would happen to him if he stepped on a block containing clusters of light dots other than grey-colored. But since Aakesh had no interest in getting attacked, Aakesh didn¡¯t think of purposely stepping onto one to experiment.


    But to test whether the ground had reflective power or not, Aakesh threw a weak attack at the spot since he didn¡¯t want to step on the block containing grey-colored light dots and then get thrown back.


    The next moment, Aakesh¡¯s skill crashed to the spot four meters away from him. Aakesh nodded after seeing that the grey-colored light dots didn¡¯t even move slightly, which meant that the ground here was different than thend below the first step.

 Chapter 544

    Chapter 544: The First Step(End)


    Since the ground wouldn¡¯t throw him back just like when it did on thend below the first step, Aakesh stopped worrying about it and focused on the block.


    At the start, Aakesh had set a goal of passing this world in fifty years, and more than nine years had already passed, so Aakesh knew he couldn¡¯t rest for even a second.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t know how much he would be able to cross in a single jump with all these restrictions on him, but since Aakesh had no choice but to try if he didn¡¯t want to get stuck here, Aakesh took a jump.


    A dumbfounded expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as despite giving his all in the jump, when Aakeshnded on the ground, he was only a meter away from hisst spot and stood on a block that contained countless clusters of red-colored light dots.


    The next moment, four pirs of fire appeared from the edge of the block and took the form of a prison, trapping Aakesh inside.


    Aakesh, with a frown on his face, looked around him. He then found that he couldn¡¯t see anything beyond the me prison.


    The heat released by the fire around Aakesh was still in control, so the automatic defense provided by the dhoti stopped it from approaching Aakesh. But Aakesh knew he couldn¡¯t stay here for long. With each passing moment, the heat was growing at a very high rate.


    Since Aakesh wanted to move out of it, Aakesh attacked the fire trapping him.


    His physique was already formidable, so Aakesh didn¡¯t use any skill and grabbed the fire like a handle.


    Aakesh¡¯s hands should¡¯ve grabbed nothing since the fire has no physical body, but nothing of such sort happened, and Aakesh firmly caught fire since it was more like a metal gate, stopping him from moving further.


    Aakesh then, using his hands, ripped apart the fire as if it was a man, and not long after, Aakesh could finally see the happenings outside the fire prison.


    As soon as Aakesh stepped out of prison, the block returned to normal straight away, as if it was all an illusion.


    Since Aakesh now knew he couldn¡¯t cross more than one meter in his full strength jump, he thought of casually walking to the next block.


    But as soon as the thought of walking appeared in his head, his intuition warned him against it right away. Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think much about the reason behind his instinct warning him as it was a test, how there could be a test without growth, especially after the struggle on thend below the first step.


    Thinking like this, Aakesh took another jump, using the same amount of strength he hadmitted to his leg on thest jump.


    The next moment, the result presented itself. It stayed the same as Aakesh jumped onto the next block.


    It also contained clusters of red-colored light dots, so as soon as it sensed something upon it, the light dots acted.


    The next moment, a fire giant appeared floating in the air.


    The fire giant looked the same as Aakesh, but it was ten times his size and had a spear in its hand.


    Aakesh felt a sense of danger the next moment as the fire giantunched his spear at him.


    After training his agility for nine years, how could Aakesh lose to a spear?


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Aakesh moved his head slightly left, and not long after, the spear passed through that area.


    Right after dodging the spear, Aakesh jumped in the sky toward the me giant.


    The fire giant had no expression on its face as it took back the spear with an even quicker speed andunched it again.


    This time a white light had surrounded the spear as it came at Aakesh.


    It would have been difficult to dodge the spear for many since it gave no way out, but not for someone with high flexibility and mighty agility like Aakesh. Aakesh bent his waist, making a perpendicr. The next moment, the spear passed just a cm above where his waist would have been a moment earlier.


    Aakesh reflexively got straight as he punched slightly above the waist of the fire giant since it was the highest he could jump in the air with all these restrictions on him.


    The next moment, his hand passed through the fire giant¡¯s stomach as it came out from the other side. The fire giant groaned in pain.


    Aakesh felt the heat as his hand was inside a creature made of nothing but fire, but Aakesh ignored it since he had started descending to the ground since he couldn¡¯t stay in the air for long.


    With him descending, the giant was alsoing down, but Aakesh had no interest in making the giant fall to the ground with hisnding.


    Aakesh, using a slight force, snapped the fire giant in two below the waist andnded on the ground with a slight fire burning on his hand.


    With only a single swipe of his hand, the fire vanished. Aakesh then focused on the fire giant, who had also crashed to the ground and was groaning in pain.


    Since the fire giant was made of nothing but fire, it shouldn¡¯t have felt pain when Aakesh attacked it. Aakesh had added the element of destruction in his punch when he attacked, resulting in it feeling an unbearable amount of pain. It was also the reason behind it not healing.


    After the giant crashed to the ground, Aakesh found that even though the giant spanned over tens of meters, not even a nanometer of its body had crossed the block. It was as if each spot had its own space where the situation would conclude after Aakesh stepped on it.


    Since the fire giant was crying in pain and Aakesh had no interest in continuing to stay here, Aakesh ended its misery by crushing its heart.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh finally reached the block containing the cluster of grey-colored light dots.


    As soon as Aakesh stepped, a sudden sense of exhaustion attacked Aakesh, but since he had unlimited stamina, it didn¡¯t result in anything, and Aakesh didn¡¯t fall asleep.


    Aakesh took his next step since the exhaustion attack had no effect on him and continued until he finally reached the block containing grey-colored light dots.

 Chapter 545

    Chapter 545: Journey to the End(1)


    Aakesh finally reached thest block containing the grey-colored light dots.


    When Aakesh had exited the portal in the garden, there was only a distance of three thousand km between him and the stairs. It took Aakesh seven months to cross that distance due to all the restrictions and attacks at every block.


    After reaching thest spot containing grey-colored light dots, Aakesh found no such block in the uing distance to the stair. He was currently sixteen meters away from the stair, so after traveling for seven months, he had minimally reduced the effect of restrictions on him. He could now see more than twenty meters when Energy Overseer was active, unlike earlier when his limit was ten meters.


    Aakesh jumping distance had also grown after traveling for seven months, as now he could jump over four blocks inparison to one meter.


    The distance between the block he stood on and the second step was sixteen blocks, and since Aakesh could jump four of them at once, Aakesh needed to leap four times. Which sounded easy, but Aakesh knew they were not.


    As Aakesh got closer to the stair, the attacking power of the different kinds of elements in the area rose severalfold.


    Previously Aakesh could defend himself with his bare body, but now he needed to activate Counter Shield at its full power.


    Since there was no way to let go of facing four attacks if he wanted to reach the stair, Aakesh decided not to wait anymore and took a jump to his left.


    Even though the distance between him and the stair remained the same no matter what direction Aakesh chose to go ahead, the elements contained in the blocks were different.


    Aakesh chose the one with purple-colored light dots. His reason for choosing such despite there being weaker elements on the other sides was that on the three further jumps Aakesh needed to take, he would jump on the blocks containing blue-colored light dots, which was the gentlest of the lot, and it would also take him less time to cross them.


    ¡°RUMBLE!¡±


    ¡°RUMBLE!¡±


    ¡°RUMBLE!¡±


    As soon as Aakesh stepped on the block, he heard a loud rumbleing from the sky.


    Every block had its own isted space, so whenever Aakesh stepped on them, it would feel like he had entered a new world.


    Aakesh found himself standing on nothing as thunder surrounded him.


    Since it was like another world, Aakesh couldn¡¯t see anything beyond the isted space the block contained.


    Aakesh had already gotten used to it, so he made his move.


    Using his jump as steps, he charged at the thunder gathering in the sky.


    Even though there were still restrictions on him, the strength he could gather on his leg had grown to such an extent that he could now jump several thousands of meters even with an additional restriction with ease.


    The thunder sensing someone approaching it felt raged as it threw a thunder strike toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh felt extreme danger from the uing thunderstrike. For a moment, a thought of dodging it appeared in his head, but Aakesh could sense that it wasn¡¯t possible to avoid the strike as it had the following capability.


    Aakesh covered himself with Counter Shield and put all his strength into his legs, and jumped like a spring does after someone finally frees it after pushing it.


    ¡°Rumble!¡±


    For a moment, the sound released by his jumping speed overpowered the thunder rumbling in the sky.


    The thunder sensing extreme danger from Aakesh, threw several thunderstrikes at Aakesh.


    Aakesh skillfully dodged them as his goal for the moment was to kill the mastermind and then face these strikes.


    Aakesh raised his hands and flew past the thunder.


    Soon Aakesh started descending since it was only a jump, not floating, but this time, Aakesh had something in his hand.


    The thunderstrikes chased Aakesh as he descended, but Aakesh currently had his focus on the snake struggling in his hands. The snake was made up of nothing but thunder s it iled and hissed at Aakesh.


    Aakesh had a cold expression on his face. After entering this world, he had truly faced several life-threatening situations, which made him further detached from life. Aakesh coldly crushed the snake made of thunder into nothingness using the element of Nihility.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    Aakesh finally focused on tens of strikes attacking his shield. Cracks started spreading across it since the power released by them was no joke.


    Aakesh indifferently stared at the thunderstrikes as he created seventy-four Apocalyptic sts simultaneously to match the number of thunder strikes.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, sessive explosions rang in the area as the numerous Apocalyptic st shed with thunderstrikes.


    Aakesh was immune to the force released by the explosion of Apocalyptic st, but there were also extremely powerful thunderstrikes here which affected Aakesh.


    In no time, the shield surrounding Aakesh disintegrated, but before it could entirely disappear, Aakesh created another.


    Aakesh repeated the process as explosions continuously sounded and destroyed the shield around him.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh eyes fell on thest block he needed to step on before stepping on the second step.


    The block consisted of green-colored light dots.


    Aakesh took a jump and not long afternded on the block, soon finding himself in a jungle.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even wait for the attack toe his way as he bombarded the forest with full-powered Apocalyptic sts.


    ¡°Argh!¡±


    ¡°UGH!¡±


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    Different kinds of groans rang in the area as the Apocalyptic st engulfed the forest. Every tree, nt, or weed in the jungle was alive and was very powerful, which would have made it the most difficult block for Aakesh since it was the closest to the stair.


    But instead, the block proved to be the easiest to destroy since he had Apocalyptic sts that didn¡¯t affect him and had supreme elements in it, which destroyed everything in its path.


    Soon, the entire forest was burned to disintegration even before any of the flora and fauna here could attack him.


    Since Aakesh had killed the primary enemy, the isted space around him started dissolving.


    Not long after, Aakesh returned to the block next to the second step of the stair.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he raised his right foot and stepped on the second step. The next moment, he found himself in an unfamiliar area.

 Chapter 546

    Chapter 546: Journey to the End(2)


    As soon as Aakeshnded his right foot on the second step, he found the view in front of him changing.


    Before Aakesh could catch the sight of anything, the world in front of him darkened. When Aakesh finally could see the light, he found himself in an unfamiliar ce.


    ¡°Hehe, did you think you would kill me this easily?¡± Before Aakesh could even look at his surroundings, he heard a familiar voice. The tone contained a mixture of yfulness and anger.


    Since the voice was familiar, Aakesh clearly remembered the owner. Aakesh then turned around, and as expected, the fat Elvish man was ring at him.


    ¡°Give me my Leafless Fruit, and I would let you go,¡± The Elvish man sneeringly told Aakesh.


    ¡°Is this again your garden?¡± Aakesh finally opened his mouth and uttered words for the first time in the presence of the Elvish man as if these weren¡¯t words but some valuable treasure.


    ¡°Yes,¡± The Elvish man proudly answered.


    As soon as the Elvish man answered, he noticed Aakesh disappearing.


    The Elvish man knew Aakesh disappearing wouldn¡¯t bring anything good to him, so he backed a few meters as Aakesh was too fast for the man even to see his movements.


    ¡°BAM!¡±


    Unfortunately for the Elvish man, he was still as weak as an ant in front of Aakesh, so Aakesh, using the simr palm strike to thest time, killed the Elvish man as he turned into a blood cloud.


    The Elvish man proved to be more powerful and durable this time as his body parts that flew after the strike was in better shape than thest time despite Aakesh using the same amount of power in his attack.


    ¡°So weak than why so much bber,¡± Aakesh mumbled as hefortablynded on the ground.


    Since the Elvish man was dead, Aakesh finally focused on his surroundings.


    It was still the same garden as earlier, but the number of nts and flowers had grown byrge numbers in both quantity and quality.


    Aakesh could see many things that would be enough to create a war between the Bisan Kingdom and neighboring Kingdoms, but since they were too low level for him, Aakesh didn¡¯t waste his time picking them up.


    Ignoring the nts, Aakesh continued in his journey of the garden as he still hadn¡¯t found anything equal to the Six-Sense Weed, let alone the Leafless Fruit.


    Time flew by.


    After traveling for several thousand miles with all the restrictions on him, Aakesh finally found something of value.


    Not far from him, there were several Fire Pearl Fruit hanging on a tree with leaves that looked like burning mes.


    Fire Pearl Fruit helped the cultivators to increase their attainment and level of control toward different kinds of fire. This fruit was much in demand for Alchemists, cksmiths, and other professions which strictly required fire across the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh counted the number of fruits to be ny-three, which was arge number. If Aakesh were to sell it, he would easily earn a few million supreme Primal stones.


    Like Six-Sense Weed, ignoring the Fire pearl Fruit would be an insult to it, so Aakesh plucked all the ny-three fruits.


    After throwing all the fruit in his pocket space, Aakesh continued as he still hadn¡¯t found any item even considered equal to the Leafless Fruit.


    ***


    Aakesh finally found his destination as arge tree spanning countless miles weed him.


    If not for the Energy Overseer, Aakesh wouldn¡¯t have been able to see this tree as it was in another space. There was only a minuscule point that acted as the gate for that ce.


    Even Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get shocked after seeing the tree in front of him.


    The tree in front of him was ¡®Divinity Serum¡¯. As its name suggested, it was an item that belonged to the Gods.


    Aakesh calmed down straight away since he had seen even more valuable and rare items and proceeded toward the tree.


    The tree spanned billions of miles in height, so someone of the stature of Aakesh couldn¡¯t even be considered dirt.


    Aakesh also noticed one thing the restrictions on him had grown even stronger here. Aakesh understood the reason behind it as the actual item that made it valuable and rare was in the middle of the tree.


    Due to the tree¡¯s height, the length between Aakesh and it looked to be close, but as Aakesh approached the tree, the distance seemed immense.


    Despite traveling for hours, the tree looked to be at the same distance to Aakesh.


    Time flew by.


    After traveling for days, Aakesh finally reached the tree. He then looked up as he understood that the journey wasn¡¯t over.


    For someone like Aakesh, manipting gravity slightly on thend below his feet to vertically walk wasn¡¯t hard, despite an even more powerful resistance.


    Aakesh started vertically walking across the tree to reach his destination.


    Time flew by.


    When Aakesh had started, he had assumed his journey to take days, but as he journeyed, it took him around two months. As he got closer to the item of value, the resistance on him grew, making his travel speed even slower.


    When Aakesh was only a few hundred meters away from the burrow in the middle of the tree, the resistance restricting him had grown to such an extent that even taking a step felt like a challenging task. But for someone like Aakesh, who had unlimited stamina, the resistance helped Aakesh¡¯s strength grow at a very quick rate during all that pressure.


    ***


    Aakesh gently took out a drop of milky white liquid on his index finger from the burrow in the middle of the tree and looked at it.


    The next moment, the tree suddenly started disintegrating, making Aakesh fall to the ground from such height.


    Aakesh ignored the fall and put the drop of liquid into his pocket space.


    Aakesh heated up as he continued falling, but Aakesh¡¯s physique was enough, so he didn¡¯t even activate the shield.


    ***


    It has been thirty years since Aakesh entered the world created by the ruler.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he raised his right foot and stepped on the forty-third step of the never-ending stair.

 Chapter 547

    Chapter 547: Journey to the End(3)


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he raised his right foot and stepped on the forty-third step of the never-ending stair.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in the familiar garden.


    ¡°Now, let¡¯s see whether you are able to defeat me or not,¡± The Elvish man sneered as soon as he sensed Aakesh¡¯s arrival in his garden.


    From the first step, every time reached the end of the test, Aakesh would appear in this familiar garden to receive his reward.


    As his steps grew, the restrictions on him inside the garden also increased, and simrly, the strength of the Elvish man rose. Aakesh also noticed another thing; every growth brought an increase in the obnoxious character of the Elvish man.


    Aakesh ignored the sneer of the Elvish man and turned around to find him.


    Aakesh disappeared from the spot and appeared right next to the Elvish man.


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    The next moment, a loud cracking sound rang in the area as Aakesh punched the knee of the Elvish man, resulting in its shattering straight away.


    Currently, the Elvish man towered over several miles, so even to hit the knee, Aakesh had to jump using more than 80% of his strength in his legs.


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    The next moment, a heart rending cry rang in the area, and not long after, a loud crashing sound devoured the scream.


    Aakesh ignored the sound and appeared right above the Elvish man¡¯s head since now the man was lying on the ground.


    Even though the Elvish man was screaming in pain, he had expected Aakesh to attack him since his head was the weakest point in his body. So the Elvish man had already put his defenses.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t know it earlier, but when he had stepped on the thirty-ninth step, Aakesh¡¯s palm attack had failed to kill the Elvish man in a single strike. After that attack, Aakesh attempted to crush the man¡¯s heart since the man had added all his defenses to his head after the failed strike, but his efforts came to naught. Even after Aakesh crushed the man¡¯s heart, it yed no effect on the man¡¯s health and life.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t use his physical power this time as a rotating white ball appeared in both his hands.


    The one on his left hand was rotating anti-clockwise, while the right hand energy ball was clockwise.


    The rotating ball on the right hand hit the shield surrounding the Elvish man, resulting in itsplete disintegration, and not long after, the unstable ball hit the Elvish man¡¯sst defense, his hands.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion rang in the area as a cloud filled with blood and body parts erupted.


    Aakesh had no expression on his face as it was now time to end this.


    The explosion caused by the unstable rotating ball could also impact Aakesh, so he covered himself in ayer of Counter Shield and made his move.


    Aakesh raised his index finger, and not long after, a red beam left the finger¡¯s tip, splitting the Elvish man¡¯s head in two.


    Aakesh thenfortablynded on the ground, not far from the Elvish man¡¯s head still joined but split in two.


    Aakesh then finally took a nce at this familiar garden.


    Every time he came here, Aakesh would notice that the size of the garden would grow several-fold, and with it, new dangers also arrived, which wasn¡¯t the case in the first ten steps.


    The value of the random nt, tree, and flower in the garden also grew. Currently, as far as Aakesh¡¯s eyes could look, he would find countless materials that even peak Immortals in the Primal dimension would die to possess.


    But Aakesh didn¡¯t pluck anything even though several of the materials he had taken in the first few steps wouldn¡¯t evene close to the value of these random materials.


    Aakesh had made a rule for himself that he would only take the two most expensive materials since the most precious material was the key to getting out of here. The second most valuable item was due to it bing a habit of him since he had been doing it from the first step.


    Aakesh, ignoring the material, proceeded forward since thirty years had already passed since he came to this world. He now only had twenty years remaining in the aim of fifty years he had made.


    If the journey to reach the first step wouldn¡¯t have taken more than nine years, then he would¡¯ve had more time left, but unfortunately for him, it took him the longest.


    It wasn¡¯t that the test put in the journey to the first step was the toughest, so he took nine years. It was the easiest of all the exams he hade across after that, in reality. The only reason it took him this long was that it was made in such a way that a failure wouldn¡¯t cost him his life, unlike other steps, but it would increase the duration of his journey.


    After traveling for a few days, Aakesh finally came across something that may be the second precious item in this garden.


    In front of Aakesh stood a tree that wouldn¡¯te even up to his knee. It couldn¡¯t be considered a tree considering its size, but the thick and hard woody trunks made it a tree.


    What made Aakesh think of it as the second most precious item was its leaves.


    The tree only had measly three leaves, but if someone knowledgeable were to be here, they would have cried out in wonder and shock as each tree leaf signified an Epoch.


    Since the tree had three leaves, meaning it had survived three Epochs.


    The leaves of the tree had another use. They were one of the core materials of a precious and very rare Ascendance pill taken by the peak Immortals with pseudo divine physiques to increase their chance of ascendance by fifteen percent.


    Just from its ability, it could be seen how valuable the three leaves were.


    If Aakesh were to take even one of the leaves out in an open market, it would create a dimensional war between peak Immortals since a rate of sess increase of fifteen percent was no joke.


    Aakesh then spread his aura around each leaf and gently plucked it out. Aakesh then put them in his pocket space.

 Chapter 548

    Chapter 548: Journey to the End(4)


    After Aakesh gently plucked the leaves, the tree remained the same as at the end of the Epoch, and it would give birth to another leaf.


    (An Epoch= 1 septillion years(Deva dimension))


    The tree was called the ¡®Epochal Tree¡¯. Its leaves were one of the core materials used in the pill, but the tree had no other use than that. If not for the leaves, it would have been any other ordinary tree.


    Aakesh had no interest in growing the tree since he didn¡¯t have use of the leaves, and he didn¡¯t even need them. Aakesh had already reached the limit of ascendance, and as soon as the system greenlighted it, he could ascend to the sacred dimension.


    Aakesh then left the area in search of the most precious material in the garden.


    Time flew by.


    It has been forty-six years since Aakesh entered the world.


    He had just gotten out of the garden after receiving his reward for crossing the ny-eight step.


    Even though Aakesh had crossed ny-eight steps, the stair still seemed never-ending to him.


    From the fifty year goal Aakesh had set to pass the world, only three years and seven months were left, and he still couldn¡¯t see the end of the stair.


    Despite that, Aakesh was confident in his goal as his journey speed increased with each sess.


    Even though the danger in exams was increasing at a dangerous rate, fortunately for Aakesh, he didn¡¯t see any other test like the one he had to face to reach the first step.


    Simrly, Aakesh had also grown stronger even quicker than he grew after the training with Autumn and Katrina, which went even out of his expectations.


    After exiting the garden, Aakesh called out his status to see how much he had grown from thest time he checked it.


    The next moment, a dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 1)+,


    Level: Level 7(initial),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 3,152,379,217 Primal Units (+295,982,394),


    Agility: 3,983,568,532 Primal Units (+1,071,102,660),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 13,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning, Apocalyptic sta€|.


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 1,


    Current status: Young.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation, seeing the amount of growth he had made in the past forty-three years.


    If Aakesh were to change his attributes to the amount he had gained in the past forty-six years after a lot of struggle, his strength would still take him to the top of the Primal dimension, only second to the Void beasts.


    The difference in his agility and strength had grown vast, and it was due to the test he took before reaching the first step. More than eighty percent of the increase was what he had earned after that struggle for more than nine years.


    Now Aakesh hoped for the following tests to help him get an increase in his strength just like he had gotten in agility since he didn¡¯t like the vast difference between his attributes.


    Aakesh then thought of the status disappearing, and not long after, the blue screen started fading out, and in the end, entirely disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it again once he needed it.


    Aakesh then finally focused on the area in front of him.


    The stair could be seen precisely ten thousand km away from the spot he currently stood.


    Miraculously, Aakesh could see the entire distance without any restriction on him this time.


    Thend of ten thousand km had been divided into four sections of the same area, no matter what direction Aakesh turned.


    Each area contained a different element, and if Aakesh wanted to reach the stair, he would have to cross all the four sections, but just from standing here, Aakesh could see a raging ice storm around two thousand km away from him.


    The raging ice storm in its wrath was not even sparing the space around it, and it was still a few hundred km away from the end of the section. Aakesh could clearly see the extent of things he was going to face.


    Since Aakesh had no choice but to continue if he wanted to pass the world, and since he only had three years and seven more months left from reaching fifty years, Aakesh decided not to waste even a second standing here and raised his right foot.


    The next moment, his right footnded on the first of the four sections.


    ¡°DUB!¡±


    As soon as Aakesh¡¯s right footnded, he sensed him going down as what weed him was ake.


    Aakesh could sense that the notion of thinking that he saw everything that was happening across the four sections was wrong, and it was only to misjudge his actions as he had seen an icy surface, but what weed him was water. Even the Energy Overseer made him see dark blue light dots, which signified ice.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh finally crossed theke spanning over a few hundred km. If someone were to be here, they would¡¯ve noticed that the water wasn¡¯t clear blue like it was before, but it was now a mixture of several colors. The smell permeating from it would give up the color¡¯s identity as a bloody smell that could make even an established killer puke spread across the area.


    When Aakesh fell into theke, he faced an assault from several beasts living in it. Aakesh could only swim to the other side since the restrictions on him didn¡¯t allow him to walk on water. Unfortunately for the beasts living underwater, Aakesh held no mercy for those who attacked him, so he killed every creature living in it even when they tried to escape.


    Yet after conducting a massacre, not even a speck of blood could be seen across Aakesh¡¯s body as the subconscious pressure released by his bloodline forcefully disintegrated any blood that approached him and attempted to make him dirty.


    As soon as Aakesh got out of theke, the warm temperature suddenly decreased at a dangerous rate. This sudden decrease in temperature meant a severe and life-threatening situation for someone who just came out of the water, but not for Aakesh. He walked as if the cold did not affect him at all.

 Chapter 549

    Chapter 549: Journey to the End(5)


    A wave of cold attacked Aakesh as soon as he got out of the water, but Aakesh seemed unfazed by that as if it did not affect him.


    The temperature continued plummeting, and Aakesh nonchntly continued his journey.


    The situation didn¡¯t continue for long. After Aakesh had covered around six hundred meters of facing cold on his foot, the temperature suddenly returned to normal as if the cold was nothing but Aakesh seeing an illusion.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    Continuous sounds of something cracking rang in the area as icicles after icicles attacked Aakesh, but the tripleyered shield around him proved to be on the superior side.


    As soon as an icicle would crash into the shield, it would release a counter, resulting in its cracking and then shattering.


    Aakesh had a distance of two thousand five hundred km to cross in the area rted to the element and sub-elements of the water. Even after an entire day had passed, Aakesh had only covered one-fourth of the length.


    The distance would be considered nothing whenpared with Aakesh¡¯s speed and power, but in reality, Aakesh was already quicker than the test owner had anticipated.


    Out of the more than five hundred km of his journey, the stretch of six hundred meters where the temperature was constantly plummeting was the safest situation Aakesh hade across up to this point.


    For thest hour, Aakesh had been in this storm of icicles. At first, the automatic protection provided by his dhoti was more than enough to protect him, but as he proceeded, the strength of the icicles grew proportionately. It resulted in forcing Aakesh to create the shield around him, and finally, at this point, he had the threeyered Counter Shield around him.


    Aakesh continued, and the attack of the icicles increased at a dangerous rate both in strength and numbers.


    Even though the situation was slowly turning dangerous for Aakesh, he didn¡¯t seem worried as he needed these kinds of tests. He had only started on this step, but he was already more than one-twentieth of the journey, so even at his worst, it wouldn¡¯t take more than 15-20 days. Whereas Aakesh would also slowly grow as the most difficulties the situation gave him, the more his strength would grow.


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Suddenly the sound of cracking disappeared, and explosions reced it.


    As the strength at which the icicles came toward Aakesh grew, the counter released by the Counter Shield also increased.


    The counter would result in cracking and then shattering earlier, but now as soon as the icicles crashed into the shield around Aakesh, it would explode due to the Counter Shield using its power and then increasing it.


    Time flew by.


    Three days had passed since Aakesh initiated the exam on the ny-ninth step.


    In thest three days, he had covered more than two thousand meters of the distance in the water region. And most probably, he would step into the next section at the end of the day, despite the situation growing more and more dangerous.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The continuous sound of shes rang in the area as Aakesh shed with the beasts in front of him.


    The area of more than a hundred km around Aakesh was nothing but snow, and there was an army of Snow Yeti waiting to crush Aakesh.


    For the past hour, Aakesh had been battling with the Snow Yetis.


    There were more than a few million of them, which would¡¯ve been impossible considering their size and the span of the snow, but somehow, they were these many.


    Out of the few million yeti strong army, eighty percent of them had physical attributes of around 2.5 billion Primal units, fifteen percent had between 2.5-3 billion Primal units, and the rest five percent had more than three billion. The ruler of the army turned out to be even stronger than Aakesh, ording to what Aakesh could sense from it.


    And it was still not the end of the water area, so Aakesh could only imagine what kinds of danger he was going to face in the other sections.


    If the number of the yeti army and the strength of their leader wasn¡¯t enough to make the situation challenging for Aakesh, the restrictions on him had grown several-fold.


    Previously, he could throw the Apocalyptic st up to a range of fifty-eighty meters even when the restrictions on him were at its prime, but now, their limit was only a measly fifteen meters.


    If not for that, Aakesh would have already ended this battle with the continuous bombardment of the Apocalyptic st.


    Unfortunately, in the current situation, a single Apocalyptic st would only be enough to kill one Snow Yeti, so Aakesh decided to use it randomly.


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    A loud crashing sound rang in the area as Aakesh threw several of the Snow Yetis at once. Aakesh then focused on the other group since there were still many opponents left, and the yetis he had thrown were also dead as their heads had gotten smashed due to them crashing on the snow through their heads.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    A loud explosion rang in the area as an Apocalyptic st exploded in the area and killed thest of the Snow Yetis.


    Aakesh had a cold expression and a slight injury on his right hand, which healed straight away.


    Thest battle with the ruler of the army was too exhrating for Aakesh. Aakesh used nothing but his brute power as the chief had higher attributes than him.


    Only when Aakesh defeated the ruler did he kill it by his Apocalyptic st. Its destructive power was too much for even the prime ruler to face it head-on ande out alive.


    Since Aakesh could never get tired due to him having unlimited stamina, Aakesh took a step forward and proceeded in his journey as he had already wasted several extra minutes enjoying the contest of physical power with the Snow Yeti.


    If it were before entering the portal, Aakesh would¡¯ve killed the Snow Yeti in a single strike, using the Apocalyptic st. But after facing battles after battles on the Conspiracy continent and here, Aakesh started enjoying fighting with powerful opponents.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh finally reached the end of the water area. Unfortunately, it was at the next day.

 Chapter 550

    Chapter 550: Journey to the End(6)


    Even though Aakesh waste by a few hours in his assumption of crossing the water area, he didn¡¯t worry much as he had never expected to fight a one man war with billions of Snow Spiders.


    Aakesh, without waiting any further, raised his right foot and stepped on the next section.


    The following section belonged to the fire. This time Aakesh slowly stepped his foot as he had no interest in falling into theva as he did in a waterke thest time.


    Fortunately for him, what weed Aakesh wasn¡¯tva but an attack from a Fire Golem.


    Aakesh, with ease, dodged the ming punching his way by slightly bending. He then kicked the golem, pushing him several meters back.


    That time was enough for Aakesh topletely enter the area.


    Right after entering, Aakesh disappeared from his spot and appeared next to the golem, who had just stood up after the kick.


    A small dark energy ball appeared in Aakesh¡¯s right hand as he pushed it straight from bottom to top.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion rang in the area as the Apocalyptic st exploded inside the golem.


    As the Apocalyptic st entirely disintegrated the Fire Golem, not even its body remained.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even take a nce at the small pit that had appeared after the explosion and proceeded forward.


    The Fire Golem had a strength around the average Snow Yeti Aakesh had fought in the war. And it was only the first several meters inside the fire section, so Aakesh grew excited, thinking about the new challengester in the area.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Continuous sounds of explosion rang in the area as fire meteors crashed on the ground.


    Even the smallest meteor Aakesh had to face was a few hundred meters.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he had no weapon to destroy them, and the restrictions on him also didn¡¯t allow him to take even a jump of a cm, so Aakesh had no choice but to shield himself from the impact the meteors would cause.


    Even though a meteor was abination of two elements, the earth and the fire, and here the meteor was solely made of solidified fire, so when it touched the ground, it would automatically explode. It then created a st destroying hundreds of km of length in the fire section.


    Despite the destruction caused by even the smallest fire meteor having such wide repurcussions, somehow the area would restore back to normal straight away. The process would repeat with every strike of the meteor.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    An explosion rang in the area as Aakesh threw a dark energy ball the size of a basketball at the fire meteor.


    The fire meteor in question spanned over several km and was thergest Aakesh had seen until now. Aakesh was in the way of the direct crash, so Aakesh had no choice but to disintegrate it entirely.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Continuous sounds of explosion rang in the area as Aakesh continuously bombarded Apocalyptic st to the fire meteor.


    There was a restriction on him that stopped him from jumping even a cm in the midst of fire meteor strikes, but his skill area had increased. Aakesh could now throw the Apocalyptic st in the range of three hundred meters around him, which wasn¡¯t a veryrge distance, but for someone who had his limits to fifteen meters, it was an unprecedented increase.


    Time flew by.


    After several bombardments, the fire meteor spanning over a diameter of sixteen km got entirely destroyed.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t stop and continued on his journey.


    One second passed by, seconds then turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, hours turned into a day, and just like that, two days had passed.


    Even though Aakesh had taken extra few hours when hepleted his journey on the water section, the fast rate at which he traveled in the fire area made the situation better for him.


    ¡°Roar! HOW IMPUDENT! How dare you stand straight in front of me?¡± An angry roar rang in the area as Aakesh stood near the edge of the fire section, while on the edge stood a giant serpent made of nothing but me.


    The serpent in front of Aakesh spanned over a few thousands of km if it were to stand straight. It had a thickness of hundreds of km. A horn made up of blood-red fire gave a terrifying appearance to the creature entirely made up of ck fire.


    The serpent angrily growled at Aakesh as it didn¡¯t see an iota of respect in his eyes.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as his battle senses rose. Aakesh raised both his hands and charged toward it.


    Aakesh had activated a weak skill he had bought from Panagea. It allowed the owner to sharpen the aura around their swords.


    Aakesh used his hands as the sword and sharpened them.


    Since the serpent was strong enough to kill the leader of the Snow Spider in one strike, Aakesh wanted to enjoy the battle with the powerhouse and not kill it in one strike, using the Apocalyptic st.


    Even Aakesh felt wondrous by the Apocalyptic st. The destructive power released by it had reached such an extent that even when the situation could turn dire for Aakesh, he would be able to end the battle in one strike if he used the Apocalyptic st.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    The serpent turned angrier and roared even louder after seeing Aakesh charging at it rather than kowtowing and kneeling even after it threatened him.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    A piercing sound rang in the area as Aakesh¡¯s hands pierced the tough skin of the serpent with ease.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    A loud crashing sound rang in the area as the giant serpent¡¯s head crashed to the ground.


    The next moment, a stream of fire appeared from the shiny neck which continuously burnt.


    Aakesh understood that it won¡¯t be enough to kill the serpent.


    Since Aakesh had now won the battle, he had no interest in fighting another one or letting the serpent recover, so he using the Apocalyptic st, vaporized the split head.


    Not long after, the serpent¡¯s other half automatically disappeared as if someone had poured cold water over it.


    After killing the fire serpent, Aakesh took another step and stepped into the sessive section filled with thunder.

 Chapter 551

    Chapter 551: Journey to the End(7)


    After reaching the end of the fire section, Aakesh stepped into the next area.


    As soon as Aakesh stepped in, a silent thunderstrike weed him.


    Aakesh was expressionless as before the strike could even touch him; he crushed it using pure physical power.


    Aakesh then took another step forward, and this time two thunderstrikes weed him.


    Simr to the previous situation, no sound originated from the strike. If not for Aakesh¡¯s reaction speed being even quicker than the thunder, he wouldn¡¯t have known what had hit him.


    Aakesh destroyed the two thunderstrikes with ease and took another step forward. With every step Aakesh took, the number of thunderstrikes doubled.


    And it was all that while Aakesh couldn¡¯t take a step more than a meter once since the restrictions he had faced on the first step returned.


    Time flew by.


    When Aakeshpleted his twenty steps, the number of thunderstrikes attacking him at once crossed the threshold of a million strikes.


    When thirty steps, the thunderstrikes crossed the mark of billion strikes at once.


    Even though the number has reached such an extent, Aakesh stayed unaffected. He didn¡¯t even have to activate the Counter Shield to defend. His physique and raw power were enough to crush them. It was just that the amount of time taken by Aakesh to take another step increased.


    Each thunderstrike had enough power to burn an initial Immortals, so their power was no joke. But for Aakesh, who had crossed that threshold even before entering the portal, it didn¡¯t worry him. In fact, thest thing Aakesh worried about was quantity since he had entered the world.


    When Aakesh took his fortieth step, the number of thunderstrikes had crossed the mark of trillion strikes. Still, each strike had a strength around an initial Immortal, so Aakesh expressionlessly destroyed each thunderstrikeing his way and proceeded forward.


    When Aakeshpleted his fiftieth step, the thunderstrikes finally had a change. Going by their doubling every step Aakesh took, they should have crossed the mark of a quadrillion strike, but instead, only one thunderstrike weed Aakesh.


    This time there was an increase in the strength of the thunderstrike. It now had enough power to burn an intermediate Immortal to ashes but less than ate Immortal.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised seeing the sudden change. ording to what the trial showed at the moment, the strongest intermediate Immortal had enough strength to win against more than a quadrillion initial Immortals.


    It was something even Aakesh was unaware of before today, but since the knowledge was nothing valuable for him, he stopped thinking about it and crushed the thunderstrike just like thest time.


    Time flew by.


    When Aakesh took another fifty steps, totaling a journey of hundred steps(hundred meters), this time, the thunderstrikes didn¡¯t have any change.


    When Aakesh crossed the one hundred and tenth step, the thunderstrikes finally had another change.


    This time, more than a quintillion thunderstrikes, with each having enough strength to burn an intermediate Immortal to ashes, joined together to form a single thunderstrike. It had enough power to vaporize ate Immortal into ashes.


    Time flew by.


    It has been an hour since Aakesh entered the thunder section.


    His fight with thunderstrikes was still going on, as more than a sextillion strikes, with each having enough power to burn a peak Immortal with the pseudo divine physique to ashes.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t have to defend himself by the shield as even the mightiest peak Immortal with the pseudo divine physique would only have a power of a hundred million Primal Units, which was less than what Aakesh had gained in the world over the past forty-six years.


    From this, Aakesh could see that even when all the peak Immortals in the Primal dimensionbined their strength, they wouldn¡¯t be able to harm an inch to the Void beasts, let alone him, who had long surpassed even thebined power of the Void beasts.


    More time flew by.


    The number of thunderstrikes only increased, and their strength also grew severalfold.


    After walking for more than ten km, Aakesh finally stepped out of the area of thunderstrikes.


    After exiting, Aakesh deactivated the shield around him. For thest km, the strength of each thunderstrike had reached around seventy percent of his power, and when the number of strikes crossed the mark of googol, Aakesh had no choice but to cover himself with the shield.


    (A/N: 1 googol= 10 to the power of 100.)


    As soon as Aakesh stepped out of the area, a punch spanning thousands of km weed him.


    If the punch hit Aakesh, it would have vaporized him, but for some reason, Aakesh didn¡¯t even attempt to defend himself and let the strikee over.


    ¡°WHOOSH!¡±


    The punch tearing through the air finally reached Aakesh. For some reason, the strike passed through Aakesh¡¯s body without affecting him.


    Aakesh had his eyes on the ground as he suddenly kicked the air in front of him.


    ¡°Ugh, how did you find me?¡± A voice filled with shock and pain rang in the area.


    Aakesh ignored the voice and took a step forward, appearing ten meters ahead the next moment. The restriction he had on him in the thunderstrike area had disappeared.


    Aakesh took several steps, and in less than a split second, he reached the area from where the voice had rung a moment earlier.


    Aakesh then bent down and picked up something.


    If Lily were to be here, she would¡¯ve seen nothing in Aakesh¡¯s hands, but if Autumn or Katrina were to be here, they would have seen a purple-skinned humanoid creature with an ant shell attempting to bite Aakesh¡¯s fingers.


    Even though the creature was this minuscule, it didn¡¯t mean it was weak. It had strength equivalent to the Void beast.


    It only had one move, and it was the punch.


    The punch was one of the strangest and yet one of the mightiest moves known to the Sacred dimension, and it was exclusive to the ant-like humanoid creature.


    The ant-like humanoid creature belonged to a race called ¡®Miniman¡¯.


    It only had one skill, and that was to release a punch.


    It was a strange move as those who didn¡¯t fear the strike or thought it was a fake attack wouldn¡¯t even have a scratch. Those who doubted the reality of the strike for even a second would get vaporized.

 Chapter 552

    Chapter 552: Journey to the End(8)


    The Miniman was a race that originated from thunder, and even the punch derived from thunder Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think about the reason behind them appearing here.


    The Miniman wanted to ask Aakesh why did he know about its attack¡¯s secret, but before it could do so, Aakesh¡¯s finger came across his body.


    Aakesh took a look at the Miniman and crushed it to its death. Even though it couldn¡¯t harm someone like Aakesh, who knew about the reality of its punch, he still killed it as Minimans were famous for their yful nature filled with cruelty toward those who were weaker than them.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care about the life and death of others if it had nothing to do with his store or Lily, but it didn¡¯t mean he would leave alive a creature who could yfully massacre countless people if it got free from this world. The other reason behind Aakesh¡¯s action was that he didn¡¯t know whether he would pass the step without killing the Miniman or not, so considering those two things, Aakesh decided to end it at once.


    As if even the creator of the world hadn¡¯t expected Aakesh to kill the Miniman with ease and not have a challenging battle, Aakesh found no trouble for the next three km.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh continued on his journey to the ny-ninth step without taking a rest of even a moment.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The sounds of explosions continuously rang in the area as Aakesh shed with the Thunder Golem.


    The Thunder Golem had the same appearance and stature as Aakesh, and its physical strength even exceeded that of Aakesh.


    Every sh of their punch resulted in the appearance of an explosion like sound.


    Since Aakesh had started enjoying physical battle after appearing inside the portal, Aakeshpeted with the Thunder Golem with nothing but raw power even when the Thunder Golem was the powerful one.


    The element of the thunder was known for its destructive power, so whenever the Thunder Golem would sh with Aakesh, even the air around the punch would disintegrate.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Continuos sounds of explosions continued ringing in the area, and with it, time flew by.


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    An explosion louder than anything Aakesh had ever heard rang in the area as the Thunder Golem self-destructed since it was not able to harm Aakesh.


    Aakesh wanted to enjoy the contest of the raw power, but the Thunder Golem was different. It wasn¡¯t there for enjoying but to exterminate Aakesh. Unfortunately for it, no matter what it tried, Aakesh seemed to overpower it, so in the end, it chose self-destruction in the hope of ending it once and for all.


    The Thunder Golem still failed in the end as Aakesh had Counter Shield at a high level. If not for Aakesh reaching the stage where he could create more than an eighteenyered shield, a severe burnt injury would have been the best situation for Aakesh after the self-destruction.


    Aakesh could only shake his head disappointedly as he liked the flow of the battle with the Thunder Golem. Since Aakesh had suppressed it entirely when it came to skill, the golem used its full power in physical strength, which even created a slight pressure on Aakesh.


    But since the Thunder Golem self-destructed, Aakesh stopped thinking about it and continued on his journey.


    Time flew by.


    Even taking a step took Aakesh several seconds as a thunderstorm razed everything and forced Aakesh to focus on defending rather than moving forward.


    If a thunderstorm with such intensity were to arrive on the Primal dimension, it would have razed half the dimension to nothing in less than a split second; such was its strength.


    Aakesh had to activate the twenty-fouryered Counter Shield to defend himself, or even he would have gotten severe injuries.


    The Counter Shield was running at its full, but still, it wasn¡¯t enough as Aakesh was racing with time here.


    The shield wouldn¡¯t stay for even a millionth of a second and would crack downpletely, and then Aakesh would reactivate it to sop any harming his way.


    [Host, do you want the system to act?]


    Even the system couldn¡¯t maintain its silence, seeing the verge at which the thunderstorm was pushing Aakesh.


    The system would automatically act if Aakesh were in life-threatening danger. But since the threat was only on the verge of turning into a life-threatening one, and Aakesh had explicitly told the system only to act when Aakesh had no chance of survival on his own, the system asked him first.


    ¡°No, I am fine,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the system as the number of injuries on his body increased with each passing moment since the recovery rate wasn¡¯t able to catch up to the destruction rate of the thunderstorm.


    Aakesh refused the system to act as he was only a few meters away from stepping out of the thunder area, and the thunderstorm was still manageable.


    At the same time, Aakesh could see the growth in the Counter Shield with his naked eyes.


    As it disintegrated and reformed continuously, a silhouette of anotheryer slowly started emerging.


    Even though there would only be a growth of a singleyer in the Counter Shield after staying on the verge of it turning into a life-threatening situation, Aakesh still appreciated it.


    Oneyer of addition into the Counter Shield meant that its strength had doubled.


    Time flew by.


    When Aakesh was only around one-and-half meters away from the thunder section¡¯s edge, the twenty-fifthyer finally appeared.


    As if the appearance of the twenty-fifthyer was like pouring oil into an already burning building, the thunderstorm turned even crazier.


    Unfortunately for the thunderstorm, it was toote. The twenty-fiveyered Counter Shield stood straight and remained unaffected despite the thunderstorm going crazier, just like a dam stands against a ragingke.


    The numerous injuries Aakesh had received after the appearance of the twenty-fifthyer also disappeared as not even a sliver of thunder broke past the Counter Shield.


    Aakesh expressionlessly took another step forward and reached the edge of the thunder section.


    The thunderstorm, going crazier with each passing moment, suddenly disappeared as if it was nothing but Aakesh¡¯s illusion all along.


    Aakesh looked straight at the next area and took a step forward, entering the most dangerous section of the four the next moment.

 Chapter 553

    Chapter 553: Journey to the End(9)


    After the Counter Shield had an addition of anotheryer, the razing thunderstorm became just like any other attack, and Aakesh casually took a step forward.


    The next moment, Aakesh raised his right foot and stepped into the next section.


    The next moment, the view in front of Aakesh changed as darknesspletely engulfed him.


    Thest section was the most dangerous of the four as the element it contained wasn¡¯t a primary element like fire, water, or thunder, but it was a superior element of the darkness.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t look at even his finger; such was the darkness around him.


    Aakesh, following his intuition, took a step forward as he had already expected a scene like this to wee him when he had looked at the ck-colored light dots.


    Aakesh had only taken a pseudo step(His other foot was in the air) when Aakesh suddenly sensed a danger to his left.


    Without thinking anything, Aakesh bent down. Only when the sense of danger disappeared did he stand up.


    The darkness had not only taken his sight, but it had also taken his other senses.


    If only for the element of the darkness, Aakesh would¡¯ve forcefully gained his senses back, but there was also a restriction added on him, so Aakesh had no choice but to continue only on his intuitions.


    After the sense of danger vanished, Aakesh stood up andpleted his first step.


    As soon as the footnded on the ground, it suddenly started shaking.


    Aakesh had no idea what was happening as he couldn¡¯t use any of his senses, but he stayed still as he could feel that something terrible was going to happen.


    Aakesh¡¯s intuition was correct. If light were to return to where Aakesh stood, he would have seen countless strange creatures with nothing but mouths baring their fangs toward Aakesh. Some even drooled, but since Aakesh couldn¡¯t also hear, he didn¡¯t hear the sound of the drool falling on the ground.


    What was strange was that there was no killing intent released from them, even though the way they bared their fangs showed their intention. If even a hint would¡¯ve leaked, Aakesh¡¯s intuition would¡¯ve warned him, and he would¡¯ve found their ce.


    The shaking of the ground finally came to a stop. The next moment, Aakesh felt his legs stretching in the opposite directions.


    Without waiting, Aakesh took a jump in the direction in which he felt most confident. At the same time, a twenty-fiveyered Counter Shield covered him.


    As soon as Aakesh took a jump, the mouths in the air pounced at Aakesh.


    Even though there were countless of those mouths, it did not affect the Counter Shield at all. Even if Aakesh were to deactivate the shield around him, the mouths wouldn¡¯t be able to bypass the defense of the dhoti, let alone Aakesh¡¯s already powerful physique. But since Aakesh had his senses taken away from him due to the restrictions, Aakesh had covered himself with the Counter Shield.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t even use the Energy Overseer to look around him as it could only sense energy. And no matter in what direction and distance he looked, his sight contained nothing but countless clusters of ck-colored light dots.


    As the mouths attempted to gnaw the shield around Aakesh, Aakesh let it freely counter any attacking his way.


    As soon as a mouth would gnaw on the shield, it would melt straight away with a heart rending scream, but Aakesh wouldn¡¯t hear a thing.


    Aakesh continued his steps forward since there was no point in waiting here, and he didn¡¯t even know what had happened to thendscape due to the sudden earthquake.


    Aakesh carefully took steps forward. There were no restrictions on him in terms of steps, but since there were still restrictions limiting his speed, Aakesh could cover a distance of more than fifty meters in a single stance.


    But since Aakesh didn¡¯t know about the change inndscape, Aakesh cautiously took steps. Some steps would be of less than a meter, while some would be of several meters.


    Aakesh was correct in doing that, as there were cracks with endless depth all over him. One wrong step and Aakesh would fall.


    Time flew by.


    The mouths continued attempting to gnaw the shield surrounding Aakesh despite their fellow members melting right after it as if it was the only thing they existed to do.


    Every time the shield would counter, Aakesh would feel it. It was the only notion for Aakesh that proved that the time was flowing, and he wasn¡¯t alone here.


    After walking for an unknown amount of time, Aakesh finally felt a slight rxation in his senses. Aakesh didn¡¯t wait and forcefully broke the control of the element of the darkness on him.


    Even though there was still darkness all around Aakesh, he could now clearly see using his divine sense, and his other senses had also returned.


    Aakesh¡¯s face remained expressionless, and Aakesh continued forward without waiting for even a moment.


    Aakesh had only taken a few steps(covered a distance of 200 meters) when Aakesh sensed a powerful fluctuation only a meter away from him.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but frown as when his senses had returned, he was unable to sense the creature, and now that he was a meter away from the creature, the powerful fluctuations appeared.


    Even now that he could sense that there was a creature, his divine senses failed to present him with its appearance.


    Aakesh¡¯s thoughts came to a sudden halt as the creature in front of Aakesh made its move.


    In the darkness, a dark beam left the tip of its finger and attacked Aakesh.


    Aakesh had the Counter Shield active since he had appeared in this section and had no ns to deactivate it, so the beam shed with the shield, resulting in the Counter Shield releasing a counter attack.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area as the counter released by the Counter Shield shed with the creature.


    The sound didn¡¯t stay for long as the darkness devoured it, but the powerful fluctuation in front of Aakesh disappeared.


    The frown, instead of disappearing, deepened on Aakesh¡¯s face as the counter released by the Counter Shield wasn¡¯t potent enough to kill the creature from what Aakesh sensed from the fluctuations released by it.

 Chapter 554

    Chapter 554: Journey to the End(10)


    Aakesh didn¡¯t move this time but waited for a moment as he wasn¡¯t confident about his divine senses and the creature¡¯s death.


    The element of the darkness wasn¡¯t destructive like thunder or fire. But its confusing ability was only less than the superior element of the illusion in all the elements born from the Multiverse.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t be sure that the darkness hadn¡¯t fudged his divine senses to make him believe that the creature was dead.


    Aakesh¡¯s wait didn¡¯te to naught, as not long after, the fluctuations returned, even stronger than before.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    This time Aakesh even heard a roar.


    Aakesh also noticed that the restrictions on his divine senses had disappeared. Now he could make out the appearance of the creature in front of him.


    It was a dark-skinned octopus-like creature with hundreds of tentacles. It had the same height as Aakesh.


    Aakesh recognized the race of the creature with its recognizable feature of having no face.


    Aakesh¡¯s face returned to his expressionless phase as the creature was no threat to him.


    Aakesh took a step forward. At the same time, a dark ball the size of a tennis ball had appeared on his right palm.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area as Aakesh pushed the Apocalyptic st right into the faceless head of the octopus-like creature.


    ¡°Scree-¡±


    The creature couldn¡¯t help but scream in pain as the Apocalyptic st vaporized the octopus-like being before it could evenplete the cry of pain.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t move as the creature¡¯s silhouette appeared once more, but before it could materialize, it disappeared. The figure didn¡¯t forget to cry out in pain.


    The octopus-like creature had an ability. It could revive as many times as it had tentacles.


    If someone were to look at the silhouette forming, they would notice that the number of tentacles was disappearing by one after every revival.


    ¡°Scree-¡±


    ¡°Scree-¡±


    ¡°Scree-¡±


    Time flew by.


    The octopus-like creature had one hundred and seventeen tentacles in total; it could revive that many times.


    After every revival, the strength of the creature would see an increase. But still, due to the Apocalyptic st, the being couldn¡¯t even form its body before the elements of death, destruction, and nihility mixed in the skill vaporized it again.


    The process continued, and a half scream continued echoing in the area. It finally came to a stop as the octopus-like creature lost itsst tentacle. The heart rending cry and the vaporization of the silhouette never appeared again after that.


    Since the creature had died, Aakesh had no point in wasting any further time here. He then took a step forward and proceeded toward the end of the ny-ninth step.


    ¡°Hey, system, how long has it been since I have been in this section?¡± As Aakesh proceeded, he asked the system. Since he had entered this area, Aakesh had lost any flow of time.


    Even though earlier there was nothing but darkness in the sky, Aakesh could still see things, but now he dependedpletely on his divine and other senses to find out everything.


    Since Aakesh had entered the portal, the system would inform him if a day had passed, but he had felt that he had been traveling in the darkness for days, so it was another reason for him asking it.


    [Host, thirteen minutes had passed since you appeared here!]


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but exim after hearing the system¡¯s response. Only thirteen minutes had passed, it wasn¡¯t even half of an hour, and here he thought he had been here for days.


    It had been thirteen minutes since Aakesh had appeared here, and he had covered a distance of only a few km, which wasn¡¯t any good considering his strength.


    Aakesh still had more than twenty-four hundred km left in his journey to the end of the ny-ninth step, so Aakesh, without wasting any more time, hurried his speed.


    Time flew by.


    [Host, another day has gone by!]


    The system¡¯s alert about the end of a day rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    It had been six days since Aakesh had entered the section filled with ck-colored light dots.


    In those six days, Aakesh had faced several challenges, making it his lengthiest stay in a section of the four. Before that, it had taken Aakesh four days to end his journey in the ice section.


    Aakesh was still around a hundred km away from the end of the ny-ninth step, and in Aakesh¡¯s consideration, it would take him another day to cover that distance.


    Even though there was still a hundred km left, Aakesh had alreadye across dangers exceeding the level of what Aakesh had faced in the thunderstorm six days earlier.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Continuous sounds of explosion rang in the area as Aakesh continuously threw Apocalyptic sts toward the army in front of him.


    The army in front of Aakesh consisted of several darkness-rted creatures, and Aakesh could count the number to be up to a billion. And there were still the restrictions on his divine sense left, which didn¡¯t allow it to go very far.


    Aakesh could sense that at least ten figures in the army controlled the same amount of power as him, while Aakesh¡¯s intuition also told him that the worst of the battle was yet toe. Aakesh trusted his intuition, so instead of enjoying battles with creatures who could challenge him, Aakesh continuously used the Apocalyptic st to end their lives before the actual challenge arrived.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh¡¯s intuition didn¡¯t prove him wrong as the worst finally arrived in the form of a Dragon.


    It was a young Dragon, but still, the amount of power it carried was nothing to be underestimated.


    After the arrival of the young Dragon, Aakesh faced his toughest battle since he had entered the world.


    In the end, Aakesh reigned supreme, but still, the battle was no joke.


    The young Dragon survived the attack of the Apocalyptic st, bing the first creature since Aakesh had gotten the skill.


    Even though the battle was tough, Aakesh would lie if he said it wasn¡¯t exciting. Without using the system¡¯s help or the feature of revival in the virtual training area, Aakesh finally killed a creature that reigned supreme in the third dimension.


    After the battle with the young Dragon, everything seemed easy to Aakesh as he crossed the distance of hundred meters in only a few hours. Aakesh¡¯s assumption was off the estimates for the second time on the ny-ninth step, but this time he reached several hours earlier than anticipated, which was a good deal for him.


    After reaching the edge, the darkness that had covered Aakesh¡¯s sight for more than six days finally disappeared, and light returned to Aakesh¡¯s eyes.


    Aakesh then took another step forward to receive the reward for clearing the test and also continue his journey to the end of the stairs since Aakesh was only a few years away from his goal of reaching the ruler¡¯s territory.


    Time flew by.


    It has been forty-nine years since Aakesh entered the world created by the ruler.


    Aakesh had exited the garden after receiving his reward for clearing the one hundred and seventh step.


    A surprised expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as for the first time, he found no stair in front of him.


    ¡®Is this the end?¡¯ Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but think. He then took a step forward.

 Chapter 555

    Chapter 555: Journey to the End(11)


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as a ground filled with nothing but concrete weed him after he exited the garden.


    ¡®Have I finally reached the end?¡¯ Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but think as this was the only exnation for why there wasn¡¯t any stair.


    When Aakesh reached the one hundred and seventh step, he still saw a never-ending stair, so its disappearance came as a surprise to him.


    For a moment, Aakesh thought that it could be an illusion. But soon, he rotated the minuscule amount of the element of Nihility he could control, and the surroundings stayed the same. After activating the Energy Overseer, if Aakesh were to look at himself right now, he would have seen two colorless light dots.


    Since the surroundings had no change, Aakesh could firmly believe that it wasn¡¯t an illusion, and he had actually reached the end of the stair at the one hundred and eighth step.


    Aakesh had reached the end of the stair but not passed the world as Aakesh had just confirmed it from the system. The time flow rate was still 100,000:1 here inparison to the Primal dimension.


    It had already been more than forty-nine years since Aakesh entered this world, and there were only several months left before the deadline he had set for himself to reach the ruler¡¯s territory. Considering this, Aakesh decided to waste no time and proceed ahead.


    Aakesh had only taken a step forward when he noticed a beam of light suddenly emerging from the ground and flowing into the sky at an unimaginable rate.


    In less than a split second, the light beam pierced the sky, and a loud cracking sound rang in the area as the space where the beam hit had cracked open.


    For a moment, Aakesh had thought of it as an exit. But the feeling soon vanished away as Aakesh sensed an extremely dangerous sensation from the crack.


    The expressionless face suddenly turned into cold as Aakesh¡¯s body subconsciously released the aura it had.


    A frown appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as he never expected his body to act on its own, but he had no time to think about it as a killing intent never seen before leaked from the space crack.


    The killing intent wasn¡¯t spiritual, but it had materialized as random-shaped red-colored shards attacked Aakesh.


    Even though the space crack was at quite a distance from him, the countless shards made of killing intent were already in front of him.


    The difference between these shards and the Elvish man¡¯s materialized killing intent was like sky and earth.


    Aakesh knew he couldn¡¯t let the shards hit him even though they weren¡¯t strong enough even to cause a shallow injury. It was an intent that would attempt to corrupt his mind.


    Aakesh activated the Counter Shield.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    As soon as a shard crashed onto the shield, it would explode like a bomb, and not long after, a red cloud would emerge from the st. It would then attempt to eat the shield.


    Aakesh ignored it and looked toward the space crack as his challenge was there, not these shards.


    The space crack continued expanding as the number of shards attacking Aakesh increased.


    ¡°Hehe,¡± The next moment, a burst of familiarughter filled with an eerie tone rang in the area.


    Aakesh¡¯s face turned graver as he recognized the owner of theughter. It wasn¡¯t some stranger¡¯s voice but his.


    Soon, a figure passed through the crack and floated in the sky.


    Aakesh¡¯s face turned cold as the being in front of Aakesh held the same appearance as him. Even the amount of strength was the same. Aakesh felt as if he was looking at his mirror self.


    Except for the expression on the floating Aakesh¡¯s face, everything was simr and almost gave the feeling of Aakesh standing in front of the mirror.


    A grin filled with cruelty, while eyes contained yfulness as the floating creature looked at Aakesh on the ground.


    The red shards were still bombarding Aakesh, but the Counter Shield stood still no matter how big the red cloud became or how many of them attacked it.


    ¡°Hehe, wouldn¡¯t it be fun if we battled?¡± The floating figureughingly asked.


    Aakesh maintained his cold eyes as he stared at the creature in the air to find something that differentiated him from it. But no matter what Aakesh attempted, except for the different expressions, both the Aakesh were simr in everything.


    The floating creature didn¡¯t mind Aakesh¡¯s silence as to how could he not know the personality of the being it was mirroring.


    The next moment, the floating creature snapped his fingers.


    Aakesh, who had just restrained his aura a few moments earlier, felt his aura going wild once again.


    The space around Aakesh started cracking as his aura unrestrainedly raged around him.


    All the restrictions on Aakesh disappeared at that moment as if it was never there.


    The next moment, the countless red shards and the red cloud born from their explosions disintegrated as Aakesh¡¯s aura attacked them.


    ¡°Now, let¡¯s fight at our full power,¡± The floating creaturemented and then disappeared from the spot.


    Aakesh also disappeared from where he was standing. The next moment, continuous sounds of explosions rang in the area as Aakesh and the mirrored Aakesh shed with each other in the air.


    It was the first time for Aakesh in the past two centuries that he was fighting someone without any restrictions.


    Even when Aakesh was training with Autumn and Katrina, restrictions were still there for him.


    ¡°Isn¡¯t it fun fighting against yourself without any restraint?¡± The creaturemented as the battle between it and Aakesh continued.


    ¡°You talk too much,¡± Aakesh finally couldn¡¯t handle someone with the same appearance as him talking this much. He coldly told the creature.


    ¡°Haha! If we had the same personality, what would be the point of existing?¡± The creatureughed out loud as they shed.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t respond and focused on the battle with the creature.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°BOOM!!!!¡±


    An explosion louder than ever rang in the area as two Apocalyptic st shed with each other.


    As far as Aakesh¡¯s eyes could see, the space had turned into a cracked ss on the verge of its end.


    It wasn¡¯t the end as the force released by the explosion made the cracked space entirely disintegrate.

 Chapter 556

    Chapter 556: Journey to the End(12)


    The next moment, the sky started raining, and the broken space shards continuously fell.


    Aakesh and the mirrored Aakesh were unharmed as this much destruction did not affect them.


    ¡°How beautiful!¡± The mirrored Aakeshmented as he looked at the space shards raining down.


    His grin widened, and he added, ¡°Wouldn¡¯t it be better if we saw scenes like this every day.¡±


    Aakesh ignored the mirrored creature, and nor did he have any interest in looking at the rain. Aakesh, without waiting, made his move.


    He disappeared from his spot and appeared in front of the mirrored Aakesh with his punch, aiming to st the figure¡¯s head.


    The mirrored Aakesh¡¯s reaction was no joke as it slightly bent down. Aakesh had expected this, so he was already prepared for it.


    As soon as the mirrored Aakesh¡¯s bent down, Aakesh¡¯s other hand made its move.


    ¡°THUD!!!¡±


    The next moment, a loud crashing sound rang in the area as the mirrored Aakesh fell down after Aakesh¡¯s left-hand punch hit right in his guts.


    Even though the mirrored Aakesh looked the same as Aakesh and had the same power as him, there was still a difference between them. The knowledge they carried in their heads was different.


    The number ofbat types Aakesh knew was too much to count, but Aakesh didn¡¯t use high-level types.


    If Aakesh had seen the never-ending stairs after he appeared on the one hundred and eighth step, he would have used them and ended the battle quickly since there were only months left before his deadline. But now that he was at the end, Aakesh decided to savor the fight.


    Aakesh wanted to enjoy the battle with the mirrored Aakesh like the mirrored Aakesh had said battling with himself was too fun, and it could be the best training for him to grow strong.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t wait for the mirrored Aakesh to stand up and flew at him with an unimaginable speed.


    When Aakesh reached there, the mirrored Aakesh was nowhere to be seen, but instead, there was a pit spanning several hundreds of km in width and depth.


    Aakesh suddenly moved to his right and threw an anti-clockwise rotation ball.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion rang in the area as the rotation ball shed with the mirrored Aakesh¡¯s punch, causing an explosion.


    The force released by the explosion pushed the mirrored Aakesh back, but when it came to Aakesh, he activated the Counter Shield.


    The force that should have pushed and hurt Aakesh flew toward the mirrored Aakesh with an even quicker intensity.


    The mirrored Aakesh also had a simr tactic in his mind, so he also activated the Counter Shield, but the mirrored Aakesh waste.


    Aakesh had expected the mirrored Aakesh to activate the Counter Shied to offset the heat and force released by the explosion, so he threw another anti-clockwise rotation ball at the spot.


    ¡°BOOM!¡± ¡°CRACK!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡± ¡°CRACK!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡± ¡°CRACK!¡±


    The sound of explosions and something cracking rang continuously in the area as Aakesh didn¡¯t give the mirrored Aakesh enough time to offset the force and heat.


    The mirrored Aakesh was now instead forced to defend himself continuously as the anti-clockwise rotation ball at Aakesh¡¯s seventy percent power was no joke for even him.


    Time flew by.


    All the skills Aakesh had, the mirrored Aakesh could use, so the battle wasn¡¯t ending any soon.


    It had already been a few hours since the battle between them began.


    Aakesh had no idea whether the mirrored Aakesh had unlimited stamina like him or not. Even if he didn¡¯t have that capability, he believed that the battle wasn¡¯t going to end any soon.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, hours turned into a day, and just like that, seventeen days had passed since the battle between the mirrored Aakesh and Aakesh began.


    The surroundings had already turned into hell, as no matter in what direction anyone looked, they would see nothing but pits, ruins, the disintegrated space.


    If this ce were to exist in the Primal dimension, it would¡¯ve been announced as a forbidden area as the pressure released by the remnants of the attacks the ground had faced had enough power to kill even a peak Immortal before they would even know what had happened.


    ¡°Haha, isn¡¯t it fun?¡± The mirror Aakeshughingly asked as he exchanged a punch with Aakesh. His hair was in disarray, his eyes had a sense of exhaustion in them, and his reflexes had somewhat slowed down.


    At the same time, blue blood continuously poured down the ground as there was no visible body part that didn¡¯t have any injury.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, still looked as otherwordly as ever. His hair was clear of any chaos as the bun stayed still. His eyes remained as deep as ever, and a look of disappointment could be clearly seen.


    Whatever injuries he had on his body would restore back in no time.


    Aakesh had already gotten tired of telling the mirrored Aakesh to shut up and fight, so he ignored the mirrored Aakesh¡¯s rant and punched him.


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    The next moment, the mirrored Aakesh crashed down the ground for the umpteenth time, adding another pit into an already countless amount of them.


    ¡°Haha,¡± A wildughter echoed in the area as the mirrored Aakesh floated back to the air straight away, giving no time to Aakesh tond a hit.


    The disappointment in Aakesh¡¯s eyes became evident as he had overestimated the mirrored Aakesh.


    When the battle had begun, Aakesh had estimated the amount of time it would take him to defeat the mirrored Aakesh if he didn¡¯t use the high-levelbat types would be more than a month. But only seventeen days had passed, and the mirrored Aakesh was already feeling exhausted, and his reflexes had slowed down.


    The battle might have continued for long if Aakesh wanted to since he could go easy and let the opponent recover as the fight went on, but Aakesh had no interest in doing anything like that.


    The mirrored Aakesh had already lost, and since Aakesh had no interest in continuing this meanless battle any further, Aakesh decided to end it.


    The mirrored Aakesh¡¯sughter came to a sudden end as he sensed the change of aura around Aakesh.

 Chapter 557

    Chapter 557: Journey to the End(13)


    The sudden change around Aakesh and evident disappointment in Aakesh¡¯s eyes caught the mirrored Aakesh off-guard, and the mirrored Aakesh¡¯sughter came to a stop.


    Before the mirrored Aakesh could understand what was happening, he suddenly found something tightening around his neck and suffocating him.


    The mirrored Aakesh then looked down and found that Aakesh had grabbed hold of his neck and slightly picked him.


    The mirrored Aakesh wanted to say something, but before he could do so, a wave of heart rending pain attacked him.


    Aakesh destroyed the mirrored Aakesh¡¯s throat. The process hadn¡¯t ended as Aakesh then crushed the mirrored Aakesh¡¯s head, and a blood cloud filled with brain matter erupted from it.


    After crushing the mirrored Aakesh¡¯s head, Aakesh went to his heart, and it also got the same fate.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t let go of the mirrored Aakesh¡¯s body and activated the skill, Apocalyptic st. The next moment, the mirrored Aakesh¡¯s body disintegrated into nothingness while still in the hold of Aakesh¡¯s hands.


    For someone to kill someone who looked like them was very cruel to oneself. It was out of character for Aakesh, as he always ended the life of his opponents in a single strike, not like this torture.


    Aakesh still did this as the creature in front of Aakesh could only be killed this way.


    The mirrored Aakesh wasn¡¯t actually Aakesh but a creature belonging to the third dimension.


    The creature in question was called Veidrodis. It was a race exclusive to the third dimension. These beings had the capability to capture every ability of their opponents.


    Veidrodis wasn¡¯t very strong when it came to their strength, but this ability put them in a mid-tier race in the third dimension.


    Aakesh had no idea about the identity of the creature at the start since Veidrodis was only one of the few who had the capability to copy someone¡¯s abilities and strength. And the other reason was that Aakesh didn¡¯t have enough power to see through the disguise taken by the Veidrodis.


    Aakesh only found out about it in the end when the mirrored Aakesh¡¯s appearance at the end slightly fluctuated after Aakesh grabbed hold of the mirrored Aakesh.


    If it didn¡¯t have taken the form of Aakesh, Aakesh would¡¯ve failed to defeat it since Veidrodis had a disadvantage when it came to their transformation. Their transformed strength couldn¡¯t exceed the power of the creature¡¯s form they had taken.


    When the Veidrodis returned to its true form, it was alreadyte as Aakesh crushed its throat straight away.


    If Aakesh had forgotten even one of the four steps he had used in the creature¡¯s killing, Veidrodis would have revived itself. Following the sequence was the only way to kill Veidrodis. If even one of the sequences got interchanged, it would restore back to its prime in no time.


    No creature in the third dimension was weakling or easy to kill.


    After the Veidrodis disintegrated into nothingness, the area around Aakesh started restoring itself back to how it was when Aakesh had appeared on the one hundred and eighth step.


    It didn¡¯t take long for the area to return to its usual environment. All the signs showing that once a battle that could shake the entirety of the Primal dimension had happened here disappeared, never to appear.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise as he suddenly sensed warming energy appearing in his body.


    Aakesh activated the skill Energy Overseer and looked at his surroundings, only to see that the innumerable elements spread in the area wereing together to form energy. The energy then engulfed Aakesh. It was the source of the warm feeling Aakesh had felt.


    [Host, the energy isn¡¯t harmful to you. It¡¯s beneficial! It is the purest form of elemental energy. It could help you bypass any breakthrough.]


    The next moment, the system informed Aakesh in its emotionless and mechanical voice. Aakesh nodded as he had just attempted to influence the energy, but itpletely ignored him.


    Aakesh had heard about the elemental energy, but it was the first time, Aakesh had seen it. This power can only be essed by the creatures who have surpassed the divinity and have gained Primordial forms.


    Aakesh could guess that the elemental energy was his reward for clearing the one hundred and eighth step, just like he had gotten presents for clearing every step since he had entered this world.


    [Host, the system is acting. The elemental energy is trying to bypass the system¡¯s restriction on the increase of your cultivation.]


    [Host, you have two choices:


    You can request elemental beads that would help you in the future.


    You can ask the system to influence the elemental energy and make it help you to gain more physical attributes.]


    Before Aakesh could feel marvel at seeing the energy controlled by Primordials, the system broke his reverie.


    The next moment, the system presented him with two choices as the system couldn¡¯t let the elemental energy increase his cultivation. Aakesh was already at the peak of the Primal dimension. With even a slight increase, the Primal dimension would force him out, and he had no choice but to ascend, which was thest thing he and the store wanted.


    Aakesh then focused on the two choices the system had given him.


    The first choice was that the system could transform the energy into beads, which would help Aakesh in the future. Since it belonged to the third dimension, it would help him in the Sacred dimension.


    The second choice was that the system could influence the energy in his body, so he would gain a flurry of stats if he chose it.


    Aakesh also noticed a difference between the two choices. If he chose the first one, it was a request. If the second option, then he was telling the system.


    Since the first choice was a request, Aakesh needed to pay some price.


    ¡°What do you need if I were to choose the first option?¡± Aakesh asked the system.


    [Host, the elemental bead doesn¡¯t have enough energy to form even an inferior bead, so the system can turn it into a pseudo-elementary bead. Whatever extra remains, it would belong to the system.]


    ¡°Since it¡¯s like that, I choose the first option,¡± Aakesh replied after the system¡¯s answer.

 Chapter 558

    Chapter 558: Journey to the End(14)


    ¡°I choose the first option,¡± Aakesh informed the system.


    Even though the opportunity to gain another flurry of physical attributes was a wonderful situation, Aakesh still decided to go ahead with the first option.


    He already had his physical attributes touching the mark of three billion Primal units, and it put him at the top of the food chain in the Primal dimension. Aakesh could also increase his stats while battling in the virtual training, but the opportunity of getting an elemental bead may not arise until several yearster.


    Considering this, Aakesh chose the first option and told the system.


    The system didn¡¯t say anything in response to Aakesh¡¯s choice but instead acted.


    The next moment, the warm energy flowing across Aakesh¡¯s body disappeared.


    Aakesh felt ufortable as if his body had grown dry, but the feeling didn¡¯tst for long, and everything returned to normal.


    Since the skill Energy Overseer was active, Aakesh noticed that the speed at which the elements flew toward him had increased at an exponential rate. Even though the elemental energy disappeared after entering Aakesh¡¯s body, he didn¡¯t feel anything.


    Soon, the energy around the area disappeared in its entirety as Aakesh found himself standing in a barren environment. But Aakesh had no time to focus on it, as a stone the size of a peanut had appeared in his hands.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation as the white stone in his hands shined with all its splendor.


    (A/N: It¡¯s white as every color has joined together to form the stone.)


    Aakesh then put the pseudo-elemental bead into his pocket space and focused on his surroundings.


    After all the energy present in the environment disappeared in its entirety, all the colors present in the area vanished. Instead, the scene became ck and white in front of Aakesh.


    As if it wasn¡¯t the end, Aakesh noticed an incredulous scene.


    The ck and white scenery started separating into two respective colors, but for some reason, Aakesh still saw his surroundings as ck and white.


    The separation of colors finally stopped as ck covered half of the scenery while white covered the other half.


    The process still hadn¡¯te to an end.


    In front of Aakesh, the ck sight and the white scenery started moving away from each other, creating a separation between them. In the separation, Aakesh saw nothing but darkness, devoid of everything.


    Instead of feeling solemn, Aakesh had an excited expression as he could sense what was beyond the separation.


    His efforts for the past forty-nine years hadn¡¯te to a naught, as the light finally appeared in the darkness.


    Even though Aakesh stood millions, if not billions of km away from the separation between the ck and white, he saw everything beyond it as if he was standing next to it.


    Since there were no restrictions on Aakesh after the appearance of the Veidrodis, Aakesh didn¡¯t even have to walk as he teleported himself right at the gate.


    He would¡¯ve teleported right through the separation, but it didn¡¯t allow him, so Aakesh had to stop there and then proceed.


    Aakesh¡¯s face returned to its usual expressionless feature as he took a step forward and stepped into the separation.


    ***


    ¡°So, what brings you here?¡± The stall owner sitting on his stall casually asked Carlos standing in front of him.


    Carlos had an expressionless face as he pointed at the item that interested him this time and forced him toe to talk to the wretched stall owner again.


    ¡°Oh, It¡¯s the 48th Gradient Flower,¡± The stall owner smiled and informed Carlos.


    Carlos still had an expressionless face and continued staring at the stall owner without speaking even a word.


    ¡°Don¡¯t look at me like that. I am not that beautiful,¡± A bashful expression appeared on the stall owner¡¯s face as he responded to the chilling stare from Carlos.


    ¡°If you want it, you need to bring me the head of the mayor,¡± The bashful expression disappeared on the stall owner¡¯s face after getting no reaction from Carlos. He then informed Carlos about his condition if Carlos wanted the 48th Gradient Flower.


    After hearing the condition, Carlos didn¡¯t stand there and left straight away.


    ¡°I forgot to tell you that the mayor loves torturing people,¡± The stall owner grinninglymented, still looking at the spot where Carlos was a moment earlier as if the stall owner hadn¡¯t noticed Carlos leaving away.


    The next moment, the stall owner and the stall also disappeared.


    ***


    ¡°Do you also have a strong ancestor?¡± Oxen asked the trembling being in front of him.


    Since he had appeared here, he had to create the mightiest sect if he wanted to leave the world and reach the ruler¡¯s territory.


    The world he was in was like an infinite loop.


    When he killed the sect-owner of the nearest sect to gain its control, a few dayster, the father attacked him, forcing Oxen to run with his family.


    When Oxen somehow killed the father, he gained a new sect even more powerful than the previous one in his control, taking him one step closer to his goal. But his happiness didn¡¯tst for long as a few dayster, the father of the father appeared and attacked him, forcing him to run with his family again.


    Oxen had been repeating this process again. First, Oxen would kill someone. Then their family member would arrive and force him to run. He would train and grow powerful, and the process would repeat.


    ¡°Hmph, my grandmother is a descendant of the Emperor¡¯s chariot driver. Kneel in front of me, and I would give you and your family a clean death,¡± Hearing the question, the trembling figure grew over-excited and arrogantly told about the identity of his ancestor.


    Oxen could only sigh as he pped the figure, resulting in instant death.


    ¡°Let¡¯s see where we can run this time,¡± Oxen then mumbled as he was already aware of what was to happen next.


    ***


    ¡°Who dared to do this to you?¡± A childlike voice mixed with anger and killing intent rang in the area.


    It was Lily. She currently sat on a throne while a severely injured figure was kneeling in front of her.


    Before the figure could answer, the world started shaking.


    The shaking phenomenon wasn¡¯t fixed only to where Lily was, but everyone that had entered the point was facing it.

 Chapter 559

    Chapter 559: Journey to the End(15)


    Irrespective of who had entered the world to reach the ruler¡¯s continent and where they were, everyone felt the sudden world shaking.


    It was as if the apocalypse had arrived. Every living creation other than the individuals who had entered the world started exploding, creating an iparablyrge blood cloud.


    The deaths were only the start asnd started disintegrating. The sky fell down.


    The process didn¡¯t continue for long as the individuals found themselves in a void as everything had gotten destroyed in the sudden apocalypse.


    The individuals had confused and grave expressions on their faces as they had no idea what had happened.


    All the individuals were the cream of the top as they had survived by passing countless challenges not only in this world but also on the Conspiracy continent.


    Suddenly they sensed a movement in the void. The next moment, the individual¡¯s faces turned horrified as it wasn¡¯t the void that was moving, but it was them that were getting pulled by an incredulous force to somewhere.


    A few attempted to fight back, only to notice that they were nothing but an ant in the presence of that incredulous force. No matter what they tried, their ordeal didn¡¯t change.


    While a few let that force pull them as they understood how much weak they were and took it as another of the challenge forced on them by the world.


    Shocked and surprised expressions covered all the individual¡¯s faces as they finally saw another individual in the void. The reason for such reaction was that they were familiar figures, not strangers like in the world.


    One of the individuals had just opened their mouth to speak to someone they recognized, but suddenly, out of nowhere, a portal emerged and sucked all of them at the same time.


    ***


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    ¡°THUD¡±


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    ¡°THUD!¡±


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    .


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    The loud sound of crashes continuously rang in Aakesh¡¯s ears as he stepped out of the portal.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even have the time to check on his surroundings with his eyes before he sensed familiar figures.


    Since Aakesh wasn¡¯t sure whether there would be restrictions on him or not when he stepped out of the portal, so Aakesh had deployed his divine sense around him. Even if there were restrictions, Aakesh would still be able to find what would be a few meters around him.


    Aakesh¡¯s worries turned out to be wrong as there were no restrictions on him at all. His divine sense showed everything that was in its range.


    A smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as he saw Lily, who was currently using the skill Mahima and was several meters in size.


    ¡°Aakesh!¡± Lily, who had just crashed to the ground, also sensed the familiar figure. Her eyes turned excited as she called out to him.


    Lily had spent the simr amount of time Aakesh had in the world since the time flow rate was the same for everyone, irrespective of what challenges they faced inside it.


    Aakesh turned out to look at her as she charged toward him. At the same time, Lily activated Anima and reduced her size to what wasfortable to sit on Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ***


    Talia couldn¡¯t help but heave a sigh of relief as she felt the heaviness of the past century in her heart disappearing. The reason for it was the sighting of Oxen.


    From the moment her bloodline had informed her of one of the Void beasts dying, she had been hoping that it wasn¡¯t Oxen. Now that she could see Oxen alive, the heaviness disappeared.


    Even though the Oxen in front of her was bloodied as he must have been in a tough battle when the world had suddenly started shaking, since the Void beast¡¯s recovery rate was strong, she didn¡¯t have to worry about his wounds.


    At the same time, an extreme feeling of shame and disgust attacked her for even feeling relief that Oxen wasn¡¯t dead. There were only twenty-two of her group in total, and out of that, only eleven were present in the Primal dimension. Now that Oregon had gone to death¡¯s embrace, only ten Void beasts were alive.


    Talia wasn¡¯t the only one to feel such as Oxen also felt the same after finding out that the dead Void beast was Oregon, not Talia.


    In their feeling shame and disgust toward themselves, the duo didn¡¯t even dare to look each other in the eyes and stood rooted at the same spot.


    ***


    Carlos¡¯s expressionless face finally had a change as he found himself in a new environment with other familiar figures. Since Carlos had a great family background, he recognized several of the top figures of the Primal dimension around him.


    The next moment, his face turned vacant as if he had lost something very precious to him.


    Unaware, a drop of tear streamed down his cheeks. It wasn¡¯t water but blood. To be precise, it was a drop filled with the precious essence of his bloodline.


    Carlos¡¯s face turned pale, and light finally returned to his face.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Carlos fell down to the ground by his knee as he finally remembered what he had lost.


    He had lost his vow of killing the stall owner, as most probably, he was now standing on the continent. The vow had hardened his heart and made him persevere through tasks after tasks to grow strong.


    Even though he got valuable treasures and grew stronger in ce of fulfilling the requirements put by the stall owner, every item lost its value when he had to kill everything precious to him time after time.


    Carlos knew it was an illusion, and he didn¡¯t torture his mother or kill his grandson, but the effect of the world attacked his psyche in believing that he did to his loved ones, yet at the same time believing it was an illusion. It was the cruelest mental torture forced on him.?


    Carlos sometimes even attempted to kill himself and end this once and for all. But at that time, the vow had acted as his support to why he needed to get stronger.


    How could he not feel aggravated and lost after losing the thing that supported him all these decades?


    Unaware, drops of tears started streaming down his cheeks. In no time, the ground below him turned into a small pool.

 Chapter 560

    Chapter 560: Journey to the End(End)


    ¡°Oh, a good seed,¡± A voice echoed in the Void as the scene of Carlos kneeling and crying yed in the creature¡¯s head.


    An aura invisible to everyone present there could be seen materializing around Carlos.


    ***


    Aakesh was conversing with Lily, forgetting about the ruler as Lily excitedly told him her experiences over those past decades.


    While Aakesh was conversing, he wasn¡¯t aware that he had made an enemy only by clearing the world.


    When Carlos found out that Aakesh was the reason behind him getting forced out of the world, failing to kill the stall owner, and making his vow null, Carlos would transfer his resentment toward Aakesh.


    What would happen to the enmity was up to the future.


    ***


    The individuals had confused expressions as they looked toward each other when countless columns of lights started appearing.


    When the light disappeared, in ce of it, creatures presented themselves.


    ¡°What happened?¡± Katrina muttered as she was forcefully awakened from her sleep and transferred here.


    Katrina then looked around her, and a shocked expression appeared on her face as it was a familiar sight. It was the ruler¡¯s continent.


    Katrina suddenly sensed something a few million miles away from her. She looked in that direction and found Aakesh and Lily.


    Aakesh, at the same time, also sensed the arrival of a few familiar figures.


    After looking around, Aakesh found Katrina and Autumn quite a distance away from him.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise after seeing the duo here. He had requested the system for themunication talisman, giving up hismission, only to find out that he didn¡¯t need it, and Autumn and Katrina arrived at the ruler¡¯s territory even without him calling them.


    ***


    The individuals were getting over the shock of suddenly appearing here when a consciousness that sent chills down everyone¡¯s spine passed through the territory.


    Feeling the consciousness, the central rulers knelt one after another to greet their ruler, while the individuals who had just appeared here were pushed down by their knees to wee it.


    While everyone knelt, only a single being stood straight, bing a particr for everyone.


    ¡®What creature is this blue-skinned being? Why I haven¡¯t seen it?¡¯ An individual, kneeling on the ground, couldn¡¯t help but think after seeing that the being was the only one standing straight in the sides he and the other familiar figures were.


    ***


    When the consciousness had suddenly appeared and swept across the area, even Aakesh had felt his heart beat skipping for a moment. But he soon calmed down as he recognized the identity of the owner. Who could it be if not the ruler of this territory and the daughter of the being supposed to be the creator of the Conspiracy continent?


    There was no pressure that could make Aakesh kneel, so he stood straight, and in his influence, Lily, who also felt the pressure to kneel, negated it andfortably sat on Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ***


    ¡°RUMBLE!¡±


    ¡°RUMBLE!¡±


    ¡°RUMBLE!¡±


    Thend started shaking again while the air flew at an unimaginable rate, turning into an extinction-level storm.


    Soon, the air turned into des as from wherever it passed, and blood would flow with it. No central ruler attempted to defend or even groan in pain despite that.


    On the other hand, the individuals attempted to defend themselves, only to feel horrified the next moment. When they tried to use defensive skills, they found that their energy was restricted, and no matter what, they couldn¡¯t influence it to activate the skills/spells.


    Even though Aakesh¡¯s physique had crossed an overpowered stage, even it failed to defend itself from the air, and wherever it would touch, blue blood would spill. But for some reason, the blood wouldn¡¯t fall down or flow with the air, as if the air had no strength to move the weight of the blood.


    The blue blood would vaporize, and its vapor would then assimte to Aakesh, while his injuries would restore themselves in no time.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t attempt to defend himself as he could sense that there was a restriction on his energy, and if he forcefully tried to fight back, the air and pressure would grow at a horrendous rate.


    Even though Aakesh wouldn¡¯t die as he had the system with him to defend and rescue him if the situation turned too ugly for him to solve, Aakesh still had no interest in using that option for something like this.


    Time flew by.


    The air suddenly went still as if the storm was an illusion, but the cuts spread across every being present there, was proof that it was real.


    ¡°I knew you wouldn¡¯t fail my expectations.¡±


    Aakesh suddenly heard a familiar voiceing from behind. He turned around, only to find Lilith smilingly looking at him.


    ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked, not caring for the reason for how she had suddenly appeared behind him.


    When Lilith had entered the store, Aakesh had asked the system for his chance of defeating her, and the system had told him that it was zero, so for someone of her strength to appear behind him without Aakesh even finding out was nothing but a child y.


    ¡°I came here to fulfill a mission,¡± Lilith smilingly responded.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as he hadn¡¯t expected Lilith to respond to her question.


    ¡°How did you find out my strength and race?¡± Lilith suddenly asked Aakesh. No one would stay calm if someone suddenly appeared behind them, but Aakesh stayed expressionless as if he already knew her strength.


    ¡°What do you mean by your expectations?¡± Aakesh ignored Lilith¡¯s question and instead asked one of his. It was the system that had told him, and Aakesh would never tell her about the system.


    Even though the system was a member of the Yantra race and was spread across the three dimensions, the system with Aakesh was different from them. No Yantra race member would be able to show that scene to Aakesh.


    (A/N: It¡¯s the scene of the creation of the Multiverse Aakesh had seen during thenguage quest.)


    Lilith only smiled, seeing Aakesh ignoring her question.


    ¡°Someone wants to meet you,¡± Like Aakesh, Lilith ignored his question, and told him.


    ¡°Wh-¡±


    Aakesh wanted to ask who the person was, but before he couldplete his question, the view in front of him suddenly changed.

 Chapter 561

    Chapter 561: Meeting with the Unknown


    ¡°Someone wants to meet you,¡± Lilith suddenly told Aakesh.


    Aakesh wanted to ask for that someone¡¯s identity, but before he could do so, Aakesh found the sight in front of him darkening.


    Soon, light returned to his eyes. If not for Aakesh¡¯s strong sight, he would have failed to see the darkness; such was the speed at which he got teleported to a new area.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh eximed in surprise as he found that Lily was nowhere. Only he and Lilith had teleported here.


    ***


    ¡°Who was that person?¡± Lily concerningly muttered since the girl and Aakesh had suddenly disappeared while she was still floating in the air.


    The sudden arrival of Lilith and then the disappearance of her with Aakesh was seen by everyone present here since those two was the only one standing straight.


    The individuals didn¡¯t have a particrly strong reaction, but the central rulers had shocked faces as they knew about the rules inside the ruler¡¯s territory. They had no restrictions on anything, but space was sealed for everyone other than the ruler.


    So when the central rulers saw someone strangely appearing and disappearing out of nowhere, they couldn¡¯t help but murmur.


    Autumn and Katrina looked at each other and could see the concern in their eyes as they had already bet on Aakesh to leave the continent. It would be stupid of them to think for even a moment that the ruler didn¡¯t have any idea about it. She controlled the entirety of the Conspiracy continent since she was the only direct descendant of ¡®Him¡¯, and she was also the only existence that had talked with ¡®Him¡¯ or seen ¡®Him¡¯.


    ***


    ¡°Where is that someone who wanted to meet me?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked Lilith as it had been several seconds since he had appeared here, but the person was nowhere to be seen.


    Aakesh already had an idea of the identity of the person, but he didn¡¯t show it to Lilith and acted as if he was unaware of the creator.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to act. I already know you have some ideas about my identity.¡±


    Suddenly a voice echoed in the area, bringing a look of knowing smile to Lilith¡¯s face, while Aakesh remained expressionless.


    On the inside, Aakesh had a surprised expression as even the system didn¡¯t read his thoughts, but the being in front of him had read them.


    ¡°Hey, system, why didn¡¯t you stop him from reading my thoughts?¡± Aakesh asked the system in his head.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to worry about the being reading his thoughts at this time. Since the conversation between him and the system happened in the deepest part of his consciousness, which was fully protected, he wouldn¡¯t be able to read it. Even if he somehow went past the protection provided by the system and his mysterious bloodline, the words he would hear would be iprehensible. If he still seeded inprehending them, he would forget them the next moment. If he seeded in even remembering them, the words Aakesh had spoken would explode, resulting in a dangerous situation rising inside the being¡¯s consciousness.


    [Host, the current strength system doesn¡¯t have enough strength to stop ¡®His¡¯ intruding. Please upgrade the store level for the system to grow!]


    What the system said next sent shockwaves through Aakesh¡¯s body. He still seeded in masking those thoughts, but Lilith, who was standing next to her, clearly felt the change.


    Aakesh had no time to check on her, but instead, he focused on what the system had said. It was the first time, Aakesh had heard from the system that it was weak to resist. Aakesh also noticed that the system had referred to him as ¡®Him¡¯, just like other central rulers, which was no less shocking than the first information.


    ¡°Does that mean he could hear our conversation?¡± Aakesh had several questions on his mind, but he decided to ask the most prominent one.


    [No, Host!]


    The system responded in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice. Aakesh heaved a sigh of relief since he didn¡¯t want anyone to know how extraordinary the system he had with him was.


    ***


    ¡°No need to feel worried in front of me. I won¡¯t harm you,¡± The same voice rang again in the area as it also caught the sudden change of expression in Aakesh.


    The conversation between system and Aakesh was long. But it didn¡¯t take even a septillionth of a second, as he used his unlimited intelligence to ensure that he asked multiple questions. At the same time, he understood what the system answered.


    Aakesh finally stopped conversing with the system and looked in front of him. The being wasn¡¯t there, but since Aakesh couldn¡¯t see where he was, he chose the front direction.


    ¡°How are you alive?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked.


    After conversing with Aakesh, his conjectures were true, and the identity of the being in front of him could not only shake the Primal dimension but the Multiverse. Aakesh still decided to ask the most significant question without fearing the being. If the person wanted to kill him, he wouldn¡¯t even know how he died; such was the power difference between the duo. And Aakesh also didn¡¯t feel fearful of the identity for some reason.


    ¡°Oh, I didn¡¯t expect you to ask me this. Don¡¯t you know, no one likes to talk about their defeat,¡± In response, the voice rang, and with it, a sense of undefeatable pressure appeared, coercing Aakesh to kneel.


    Even though the difference between the pressure released by the ruler and the being¡¯s casual statement was like heaven and earth, Aakesh still remained unfazed. Whenever the pressure would force Aakesh to kneel, his bloodline would act and make it calm for him.


    Aakesh only grew more curious about his identity after today.


    ¡°Haha, nothing less expected of @

 Chapter 562

    Chapter 562: Surprise


    The being finally presented itself to Aakesh.


    The being sat on a throne. There was a foggy cloud surrounding the figure, but the chair the person sat on was visible. The right hand made of the Light Dragon skin, and the armrest position was the head, while the left hand made of the Dark Dragon skin, and simrly, the armrest with its head.


    The throne had four legs, with the right two legs made of the Light Dragon¡¯s horns and the left two legs made of the Dark Dragon¡¯s horn.


    The Light Dragon and the Dark Dragon were top factions of the Dragon race. The leaders of these two factionspeted with the mightiest talents of the Asura and the Yaksha race, so the throne made of their skin and head woulde as a surprise to many knowing members. But not Aakesh or those who knew the identity of the being seated on the throne.


    ¡°Come, sit with us. I have promised Lilith that if you passed the world created by Jamini in less than fifty years, I would give you an audience,¡± The being seated on the throneughinglymented and waved his hands.


    The next moment, two chairs made with the same feature appeared in front of Aakesh and Lilith.


    Aakesh nodded and sat on it, while Lilith also followed, and they both sat on their respective chairs.


    Like Aakesh¡¯s chair, this chair was also made of the fur of the same creature, so it was alsofortable.


    As Aakesh and Lilith sat on their chairs, the foggy cloud surrounding the being on the chair disappeared, and his appearance presented itself to Aakesh.


    On the chair, a being having the same height as Aakesh sat. A muscr chest, sharp nose, and ck hairs that covered the half of the right eye were only one of the few best features of the man.


    The most distinctive feature was the eyes. ck sclera that held most darkness than even the depth of the Abyss had, silver pupil, shining eve brighter than the sun, and finally the orange iris. The iris looked to be the simplest part of the eye, but those who knew the being would never think of such. The orange iris was an active me and the mightiest me in all the three dimensions at that. Burning endlessly for eternity was only one of its many features.


    ¡°How are you alive? Didn¡¯t you lose the battle, and the Deva killed you?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked the being in front of him.


    The being seated in front of Aakesh was none other than the terror known to the Multiverse. Vritrasura, the owner of the Limitless Physique; the being who even forced a Deva to fight with him; and even survived for twelve seconds in that battle.


    (A/N: Many readers may remember that the Vritrasura defined in the Panagea was different in appearance. It¡¯s because Vritrasura has several transformations.)


    Lilith gawkily looked at Aakesh as she never expected him to explicitly mention the part about ¡®Him¡¯ getting defeated against the Deva.


    ¡®Did he not fear death?¡¯ Lilith couldn¡¯t help but think.


    Vritrasura¡¯s lips twitched as even he didn¡¯t expect Aakesh to explicitly ask it, but he maintained his smile and answered, ¡°You are too weak to know the answers.¡±


    Aakesh nodded as he also understood what Vritrasura said. He was too weak to know something that had to do with the Deva and Vritrasura.


    ¡°Why did you want to meet me?¡± Aakesh then questioned as he had nothing else to ask from the Vritrasura. Since all the questions he had were rted to the death and revival, so instead of hearing ¡®you are too weak to know¡¯, Aakesh decided not to waste his or Vritrasura¡¯s time.


    Even though Vritrasura had earlier mentioned his promise to Lilith that he would meet Aakesh if Aakesh cleared the ruler¡¯s world in less than fifty years, he didn¡¯t believe it. Someone of the stature of Vritrasura wouldn¡¯t have any interest in someone like Aakesh, who was nothing but an ant when it came to the Multiverse unless Aakesh had something that Vritrasura wanted.


    ¡°I wanted to thank you for freeing Jamini,¡± Vritrasura responded which was out of expectation of both Aakesh and Lilith.


    ¡°Freeing Jamini?¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but ask.


    ¡°Yes, why do you think someone like me would be bound to a ce for this many years?¡± Vritrasura replied.


    ¡°Isn¡¯t that because of the Deva?¡± Aakesh uttered the first reason that came to his mouth.


    ¡°Boy, things are what it seems on the outside,¡± Vritrasura replied in a mysterious way.


    ***


    ¡°Why the condition of fifty years then?¡± Lilith chimed in and asked after Vritrasura told Aakesh and her about Jamina being sealed and clearing the world being the key behind freeing her.


    ¡°Haha, because that is the time taken by a top genius to clear it ording to him,¡± Vritrasura replied, referring to someone; who neither Aakesh nor Lilith knew. But both of them had an idea; it must be the being that had sealed Jamina.


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you unseal Jamina then. No one is more powerful than you in the Multiverse if the Devas didn¡¯t involve themselves,¡± Aakesh asked.


    ¡°As I said, things are different than what it looks from the outside. You don¡¯t need to think about it for now; you are too weak,¡± Vritrasura responded.


    ¡°You only have to remember one thing; I am the good guy,¡± Vritrasura further added.


    Even Aakesh, who stays in control of his emotions, couldn¡¯t help but be dumbfounded by what the Vritrasura said.


    ¡°You massacred more than a trillion races. They are still extinct. You exploited all three dimensions, making many precious materials extinct for the majority¡­¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help himself but state the deeds Vritrasura hadmitted.


    ¡°Haha,¡± Vritrasura onlyughed in response to Aakesh.


    ***


    ¡°Here, this is for you,¡± Vritrasura waved his hands, and soon, a box appeared in his hands.


    Aakesh took the box, checked the contents, and put the box into his pocket space.


    ***


    A/N: Many may have felt ufortable reading that the system is weak and couldn¡¯t restrict Vritrasura from snooping on Aakesh¡¯s thoughts since, in the system novels, the system is the strongest entity. The system in my book is different. It¡¯s Aakesh that is the entity, while the system is just a helper, making him slowly remember his past and his duty.

 Chapter 563

    Chapter 563: Shock and Surprise!


    Aakesh had a surprised expression when he looked at what was inside the wooden box.


    The box was made of ordinary wood, but it had gotten soaked in Vritrasura¡¯s blood when he was injured. That¡¯s why the simple wood had survived being in the presence of a creature like Vritrasura.


    (A/N: The ¡®Ordinary¡¯ here means that it was ordinary only in the third dimension, not in the first two.)


    If Aakesh were to ce this information in public and put this wooden box for sale, even thebined entire wealth of the Sacred and Primal dimensions would not be enough to buy it. The twenty-two Void beasts were born due to just a drop of Vritrasura¡¯s blood, whereas the wood used in the wooden box was soaked in several drops of Vritrasura¡¯s blood.


    When Aakesh opened the box, he found a boundless space inside it.


    Only after making sure that there were no traps inside the box by himself and the system did Aakesh send his consciousness inside the box.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in an entirely new world.


    Aakesh found his consciousness in a garden. Not far from himy ake spanning over several thousand meters.


    Even Aakesh¡¯s consciousness felt pleasure as his soul rejuvenated just by the smell emanating from theke. Aakesh recognized the water and couldn¡¯t help but get shocked, so much so that his mouth and eyes were wide open.


    The water inside theke was the Soul Water.


    When the soul energy gets condensedpletely, it turns into a drop of liquid. A single drop of liquid takes around a year of work by Primordials to form. The Soul Water was very beneficial when it came to healing soul injuries for Primordial level beings.


    Even a single drop of Soul Water costs more than the entire worth of the Sacred dimension since any item that could heal soul injuries of Primordial level beings couldn¡¯t sell for cheap. While here, thiske spanning over several thousands of meters was filled to the brim with the Soul Water.


    A wave of anticipation rose in Aakesh¡¯s heart as to what was worth so much that it was located inside theke filled with the Soul Water.


    Inside theke, a spherical egg the size of a humany at the center. Bubbles would rise from time to time as the egg absorbed the Soul Water, but miraculously, theke stayed full, as if its volume could never decrease.


    Even Aakesh¡¯s breathing got rough as he looked at the egg. How could he, who had learned about all the races eighty thousand years ago, not know what creature the egg belonged to?


    ¡®Chaos Whale¡¯, the name of the being rang into Aakesh¡¯s head.


    The Chaos Whale, as its name suggested, was a creature that fed on Chaos, one of the supreme elements of the Multiverse.


    If the Asura race was the mightiest race after the Devas in the Multiverse, there was no race stronger than the Chaos Whale race in the water, except for the Devas.


    The leader of the Chaos Whale had even seeded in surviving against the Vritrasura in the battle while Vritrasura was in his prime ording to what Aakesh learned from the system.


    Aakesh finally knew what Vritrasura had gained from the leader of the Chaos Whale in that battle. Aakesh could feel the purity of the bloodline just by standing so far from it. It wasn¡¯t as pure as Lily, but from what Aakesh could sense, it was around fifty percent whenpared with the first Chaos Whale. The number was too good to be true.


    Aakesh finally took back his consciousness and returned to reality.


    Aakesh then thanked Vritrasura for giving him such a valuable present. He then put the wooden box into his pocket space as he would think about it when he returned to the Primal dimension.


    ¡°Take care of it! It would help you in the future. You can even conquer the Chaos Whale race if you used it carefully,¡± Vritrasura told Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded. He had no interest in conquering a race using some egg. If he wanted to dominate, he would do it on his own strength someday.


    ¡°Oh, I forgot to tell you something,¡± Vritrasura suddenlymented, remembering something important.


    ¡°Since Jamini is freed now, I don¡¯t need to maintain the space and the continent from now on. In a few minutes, everyone that had entered here from the Primal dimension would get forced out in three minutes,¡± Vritrasura added.


    Aakesh had no change in his expression as he had expected to get forced out of the portal since now he knew that Vritrasura wasn¡¯t bound here but his daughter, Jamini.


    But what Vritrasura said next sent chills down Aakesh¡¯s spine.


    ¡°After you would get thrown out, I would also leave here with Jamini. Since there would be no one to manage the continent, it would crash with the Primal dimension,¡± Vritrasura smilingly added as if he had nothing to do with whatever destruction the collision of the continent and the Primal dimension would cause.


    Aakesh looked at Vritrasura in shock since if the continent crashed with the Primal dimension, every living being would die, except for the three continents on Visteerna.


    His store would survive as he himself would be able to handle the destruction of a dimension, but nothing besides it would exist after that. And if everyone died, what would be the point of the store?


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but feel a headache since he had no choice but to interfere as it would influence his store.


    ¡°So, you freed me,¡± Aakesh was only thinking about the problem he was going to face when he heard a gentle female voice.


    Aakesh turned around to his left and saw a blonde girl with the same features as Vritrasura. Except for the muscr part and orange irises, the girl looked to be a replica of Vritrasura.


    ¡°You¡¯re Jamini,¡± Aakesh asked as there could be no one other than Jamini appearing in front of Vritrasura and not kneeling.


    ¡°Did my father thank you well?¡± Jamini then asked Aakesh as she looked at Vritrasura, seated on his throne-like chair.


    Vritrasura felt sweat forming across his forehead as the man was daring enough to force a Deva to battle but not brave enough to make his daughter angry.


    ¡°Yes, I liked it,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    ¡°Why did you tell the central rulers that it was the world created by you and if you wanted someone to pass the world, why give them a key to directly enter your territory?¡± Aakesh asked Jamini.


    He had been wondering why the central rulers had the key that could teleport them to the ruler¡¯s territory through the point without passing the world when they were the best contestant to pass through it and help her get free.


    ¡°The rules were already set when I was prisoned here. I could only y along and not change anything,¡± A wry smile appeared on Jamini¡¯s face as she told Aakesh.


    She was the daughter of Vritrasura, so her strength was no joke. Someone of her stature getting prisoned for countless years was a shameful moment for Jamini.


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you break through the restrictions and freed Jamini?¡± Aakesh turned around and asked Vritrasura, catching him off-guard.


    ¡°Let me tell this to you for the third time. The things aren¡¯t the same as they look on the outside,¡± Vritrasura responded.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as he heard a hint of helplessness in Vritrasura¡¯s voice.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it as if even someone like Vritrasura could feel helpless talking about the situation, so he, who was nothing but an ordinary store owner in the current power system, how could he focus on it?


    Aakesh then suddenly remembered something. He looked toward Vritrasura and asked, ¡°Why didn¡¯t you save the Void beast even though he has originated from your blood?¡±


    ***


    A/N: The second volume, ¡®Conspiracy¡¯ would end in the following two chapters. We would have even more questions about the story than we had at the start of the volume. Thanks for supporting the book! I hope you continue doing it. I have many things nned for the future. We have just started touching the surface of the mystery of the Multiverse.


    Please share your suggestions if I could have improved the story in some way.

 Chapter 564

    Chapter 564: End(1)


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t you save the Void beast even though he has originated from your blood?¡± Aakesh asked Vritrasura as when he exited the world, he only noticed two Void beasts there, whereas the Void beast at the entry point had told him that three Void beasts had entered the portal. Aakesh had promised of helping the Void beasts if he could, so he questioned.


    There could only be two reasons that he didn¡¯t appear there. First, he didn¡¯t enter the world, and second, he died somewhere.


    The first option seemed farfetched as when Aakesh had entered the portal; he was even weaker than the Void beasts. If he could grow stronger here fighting, then others can too. It may not be at the same rate as him, but still, they were the owner of pseudo Limitless physique.


    So, Aakesh believed there was only one reason that the Void beast wasn¡¯t there. They must be dead.


    As for why Aakesh didn¡¯t think that Vritrasura let the Void beast die because he does not influence the Conspiracy continent, he didn¡¯t think so as Aakesh was caught in a troubling situation when he had casually referred to Vritrasura as he.


    ¡°Because I didn¡¯t want to,¡± Vritrasura straight away responded as if it was only a minor thing. He didn¡¯t care at all about what happened with the Void beasts, even though they originated from a drop of blood that belonged to him.


    Since Vritrasura didn¡¯t feel enough interest to help the Void beasts, Aakesh stopped thinking about it. His promise to the Void beasts outside was only valid when he was present there, but since he wasn¡¯t there, he had nothing to do with it.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, one hundred and seventy-five seconds had passed.


    Only three seconds remained for when the continent would throw every inhabitant of the Primal dimension out, and not long after, it would crash with the dimension.


    Since Vritrasura lived in an isted space, Aakesh couldn¡¯t teleport to the spot where Jamini was once bound. Aakesh asked Lilith to teleport him back to the ruler¡¯s previous territory after knowing what he could understand from Vritrasura and Jamini, depending on his strength.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared on the same spot he was standing before Lilith had suddenly teleported him.


    Aakesh appeared alone since Lilith had no interest in helping Aakesh save the Primal dimension. She only wished him luck and then teleported him.


    Only two seconds were left when Aakesh told Lily what was to happen next with the individuals and the Primal dimension.


    The next second passed as Aakesh shared this information with Autumn and Katrina.


    At first, the continent would only throw out the outsiders and then crash onto the Primal dimension. But after Aakesh freed Jamini, she helped Aakesh by pushing Autumn, Katrina, ra, and ra¡¯s family out.


    (A/N: ra is the Furry Griffin Aakesh had met not very long after he had entered the portal. For more, please refer to chapter 482.)


    Aakesh also informed ra how she and her family would get thrown out of the continent at that second.


    Only one more second remained left before he would get thrown out.


    Aakesh had more than enough time to let other central rulers know about the crash so they could rescue themselves in the end, but Aakesh decided against it. Even though he didn¡¯t care about what happened to the Primal dimension, it didn¡¯t mean he would doom it in his own hands.


    Even the weakest central ruler was around the level of an Immortal, while the powerful ones went as far as the strength in the Sacred dimension.


    Since Aakesh wouldn¡¯t let the Conspiracy continent destroy the Primal dimension, if he had told them earlier about it, the mightiest ones would most probably survive.


    Even though Aakesh¡¯s strength had reached the peak of the Primal dimension, it didn¡¯t mean that he could fight against creatures who had their power in the Sacred dimension.


    Even Autumn or Katrina, when they had only raised their power by five levels, they were able to defeat Aakesh in a single strike.


    The Primal dimension would throw them out and would make them forcefully ascend to the Sacred dimension, but since Aakesh didn¡¯t want to take a chance about what they would do in that window, Aakesh didn¡¯t even have to think twice.


    One second finally passed.


    The space around every individual suddenly crashed, turning into a portal. The individuals didn¡¯t even have an idea about what was happening, before the crack forcefully sucked them in, giving them no chance whatsoever to defend themselves.


    The central rulers still kneeling on the ground looked shocked as it had already been a few minutes since the ruler summoned them, and she hadn¡¯t even appeared here. At the same time, the strangers had also suddenly gotten sucked into a portal-like space crack.


    Their shocks hadn¡¯t even gotten over when suddenly the situation urred in their camps. Two central rulers kneeling on the floor suddenly got sucked into the space cracks.


    The throwing out process happened all over the Conspiracy continent as all the individuals who had entered the continent would have space suddenly cracking in front of them, forming a portal, and then they would get sucked.


    The individuals weren¡¯t the only ones facing this sudden situation. A portal had appeared out of nowhere and sucked the family of five Furry Griffins when they were conversing at the family table.


    ***


    ¡°Where are we?¡± mont asked in confusion as he suddenly found himself out of the family table and in the space where he could see stars shining.


    The scene was new for him and his family, as where he once stayed, there was only darkness in the sky and nothing else, whereas here, he saw several shining blobs of lights.


    ra and others¡¯ eyes shined in amazement as the scene in front of them was too beautiful for them even to imagine.


    The feeling of amazement didn¡¯tst long as suddenly, a sense of danger threatening than anything mont and others had felt attacked them, breaking them out of their bliss.


    At the same time, a name emerged in everyone¡¯s heart, but even when they were in his presence, the danger they currently felt was like a mad elephant charging toward mortals.

 Chapter 565

    Chapter 565: End(End)


    Not even a moment had passed when Aakesh returned to the Primal dimension when a sense of extreme danger attacked him and Lily.


    Lily felt chilled to her core as if she was standing naked in absolute zero at that time, while Aakesh also felt danger, but it wasn¡¯t to an extent where it could force Aakesh to think of surrendering.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think about the reason behind this sudden appearance of the extreme danger since he was already aware of it.


    Aakesh disappeared from where he was standing and appeared at the edge of the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh had already reached a strength where even without the privilege of Void beasts, teleporting to any spot in the Primal dimension, Aakesh could move to any point with just a single step in the space.


    On the edge of the Primal dimension, Aakesh saw the same surroundings as what was on the Conspiracy continent, a surrounding filled with nothing but darkness and ever expanding.


    Suddenly there was a fluctuation in the darkness as the space started cracking out of nowhere.


    The sense of danger increased severalfold as Aakesh now stood in front of the endless continent charging at him, aiming to disintegrate him and the entire dimension.


    Aakesh let his energy wild without hiding anything. Suddenly another wave attacked the space around him as the energy released by theing of the Conspiracy continent and Aakesh going wild shed with each other.


    Even though Aakesh had reached the peak of the Primal dimension, if he were to think that his energy would be able to stand in front of the continent¡¯s arrival, he would be nothing more than an idiot.


    As Aakesh had expected, even though Aakesh wasn¡¯t hiding anything and released his full-powered aura, the energy released by the arrival of the continent destroyed Aakesh¡¯s power as if a paper stood in front of the raging tide.


    It wasn¡¯t anything that would make Aakesh feel suffering as he was already aware of the power the full-fledged assault of the continent on the Primal dimension held. If Vritrasura hadn¡¯t told him that it would be an assault of the colossus continent and not the continent that bound Jamini to a ce for countless years where even Vritrasura felt helplessness, Aakesh would have no choice but to ask the system for ascendance.


    Aakesh raised both his palms in the air, and soon, dark energy started gathering on both his palms.


    In no time, both the Apocalyptic sts grew to a size where even Aakesh looked tiny inparison to it, making the scene weird, where a man spanning over a few meters held two dark energy balls, with each spanning over several meters.


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion loud enough to ring in even people standing at the other edge of the dimension rang.


    The sh resulted in the appearance of an unprecedented amount of heat and explosive energy. Aakesh was immune to that, but the dimension wasn¡¯t, so Aakesh activated the Counter Shield and covered himself. Aakesh then forced the counterattack released by the st onto a point where it would sh with the shield.


    The counter released by the explosion attacked the continent again.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t wait to see the result as he created another pair of dark energy balls and threw it again.


    Aakesh continued repeating the process again and again, slowly by slowly disintegrating the continent.


    Even though it looked Aakesh was seeding in his attacks, he knew that he hadn¡¯t even touched the surface of what was toe.


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    Explosions continued sounding across the Primal dimension, shaking every living being¡¯s soul.


    Even though it looked like a long time had passed, the reality was different; only more than one while less than two seconds had passed.


    Suddenly ten beings silently appeared not far from Aakesh. They shuddered in fear as they saw a colossal continent slowly by slowly destroying the space while a being single-handedly released attacks at an unprecedented rate, aiming to destroy it.


    The ten beings were none other than the remaining ten Void beasts after the death of Oregon. They looked in shock as they recognized Aakesh.


    The ten Void beasts then looked toward each other. Every one of them carried the same expression; a determination and the fear of the consequence if they failed after what they had decided to do.


    The Void beasts didn¡¯t have tomunicate spiritually or vocally as they understood what they were going to do.


    At the same time, each of the ten Void beasts took out randomly shaped shards from their pocket space.


    Aakesh finally turned around and looked toward the Void beasts.


    He had already noticed when they arrived here, but since Aakesh didn¡¯t want to split his focus on them, he ignored them.


    Even though the Primal dimension was going through its worst situation, Aakesh still didn¡¯t want to use multitask and do everything without using it. Only in the worst case would he use his unlimited intelligence. He would then release a barrage of countless Apocalyptic sts, emptying his energy reserves at the same time.


    When the Void beasts took something out of their pocket spaces, Aakesh had no choice but to split his focus since he felt a sense of extreme danger, he had never felt other than the presence of Vritrasura.


    Aakesh only took a nce toward the Void beasts and saw them each taking out a random-shaped shard. Aakesh then returned his focus to the continent, as at that time, the continent had destroyed one-fourth of the edge.


    After taking out the random-shaped shards, the Void beast left it.


    Even though it was the void, the shards easily floated and then starteding closer as if an attracting force was trying to create them into a single structure.


    The next moment, a nk square-shaped card appeared, floating in the air.


    Each of the ten Void beasts had dignified faces as they looked toward the card with utmost concentration, with the hope of sess in their eyes.


    Aakesh also stopped attacking the arriving continent at that time, as he sensed a familiar pressure from the card.


    The next moment, the square card released a blinding light.


    In no time, the blinding light turned into a projection.


    At first, the projection wasn¡¯t clear and was blurry, but in no time, it grew so clear that even a blind person would be able to understand what it looked like based on the light.


    Aakesh looked in surprise at the projection as it was a familiar figure.


    A creature so ck that even the darkness would feel shame in its presence. Only the head had appeared in the projection. Its eyes had intelligence as it looked around.


    The Void beasts kneeled with their faces touching their feet as it was the pressure released by the bloodline from which they originated.


    A hint of a smile passed through the head as it then found Aakesh expressionlessly looking at it.


    Aakesh then moved away as he could see what was going toe next.


    The next moment, the Dragon¡¯s head opened its mouth and released a roar.


    Aakesh looked in shock as just the soundwave released by the roar started destroying the continent at an unprecedented rate.


    In no time, the continent saw its end, and in its ce, a square-shaped object, but with its sharp points facing the sky and the ground appeared, floating in the air.


    Aakesh looked in surprise at the item as it flew toward the center of the Primal dimension at an unimaginable rate.


    Not even a second had passed when Aakesh saw countless shining lights appearing out of nowhere on the edge of the dimension as it got further pushed.


    Each shining light that had appeared was a star that may house lives in the future.


    In only a few seconds, more than half the number of stars the Primal dimension had held before the arrival of the continent had taken birth, adding to the stability and power of the dimension.


    ***


    A/N: With this chapter, the second volume, ¡®Conspiracy¡¯ hade to an end.


    I hope you wouldment if you had anyints regarding the second volume.


    At first, I wanted to end this volume in around a hundred chapters, but here we are,ing to an end with more than 150 chapters.


    Thank you for reading the book!

 Chapter 566

    Chapter 566: Ascendance


    Aakesh looked in surprise as the roar released by the projection disintegrated the continent as if it was nothing.


    It wasn¡¯t the only thing as the sound wave released by the roar harmed not even an inch of space around the continent.


    After the projection did its work, the head looked at Aakesh again and muttered something, which was only heard and seen by Aakesh and not the Void beasts kneeling not far from them.


    After the continent turned into a Seed of Creation, it automatically flew at the center of the Primal dimension, resulting in its length growing, while thew and rules turned even more stable.


    ***


    ¡°Thank you for saving the dimension,¡± The Void beasts approached Aakesh and thanked him.


    ¡°It was the work of the item you used. I did nothing,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied. If it were not for the projection destroying the continent, it would have taken Aakesh at the very least a few hours to achieve his goal, and in that time, the dimension would have lost a lot of its space and the lives living there.


    Time flew by.


    After conversing for a few more seconds with the Void beasts, Aakesh returned to the store where Lily, Autumn, and Katrina were waiting for him.


    ¡°I havepleted my promise,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Autumn and Katrina.


    ¡°After the destruction of the continent, it gave birth to a Seed of Creation, which in turn had helped the Primal dimension a lot,¡± Aakesh added, and without stopping, he continued.


    ¡°After the merger, thew stability of the Primal dimension had grown by arge margin, so as soon as you step out of the store, the rule would throw you out, making you forcefully ascend to the Sacred dimension,¡± Aakesh concluded.


    ¡°Thank you!¡±


    ¡°Thank you!¡±


    Both Autumn and Katrina sincerely thanked Aakesh. Autumn had no interest in exiting the continent at first, and only when she lived with Katrina and Lily did she make up her mind.


    On the other hand, Katrina always wanted to get out of this cage.


    She was neither the mightiest nor had seen the entire continent, but for some reason, she felt suffocated as if she was trapped, so she had made that deal with Aakesh.


    ¡°I still owe you. Our deal was to help you fight the ruler, but since you did everything on your own and still went with the deal, if you ever need my help, just say so,¡± Katrina solemnly told Aakesh.


    ¡°Oh, I forgot something important before making the promise! Only ask for help if we are in the same dimension,¡± Katrina added the next moment, breaking the solemn atmosphere she herself had created.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her statement, as the Sacred dimension was still far. He still had the store upgrading quest left.


    Autumn and Lily conversed for a while, and finally, the time to leave arrived for the duo.


    Only Aakesh could manually open the store door, but since he had for the first time appeared inside the store after entering the portal. Aakesh had to ask the system to let Lily, Autumn, and Katrina teleport to the store, or they would get forced out of the Primal dimension. To do that, Aakesh had to pay a further ten years of hismission.


    Aakesh liked this kind of exchange the most. He had no need for money since he neither needed food to eat nor treasures to cultivate. Aakesh already had arge sum in his hands. He had earned that from the Training area before he had to let go of it to make Lily an inhabitant of Panagea.


    Now that Aakesh was inside the store, he opened the door.


    The next moment, a wave of darkness weed him.


    Even though Aakesh had lived for more than two centuries inside the portal, only several hours had passed in the Primal dimension, so everything was the same in the market as it was before he had left.


    Autumn and Katrina stepped out of the store since it was now time to leave.


    ¡°RUMBLE!¡±


    Suddenly the sky rumbled in anger as the dimension sensed two lifeforms exceeding thew set by the Multiverse.


    Blood-red thunder started appearing in the sky. It looked like it would fall on the duo anytime.


    Autumn and Katrina felt chilled as they sensed danger from the cloud of thunder.


    One or two strikes wouldn¡¯t be able to harm them, but if the entire cloud fell on them, severe injuries would be the best case for them.


    The thunder never fell from the sky as a portal appeared next to both Autumn and Katrina.


    If they refused to exit through the portal right away, the thunder would fall on them with its full might.


    Autumn and Katrina also understood this as they looked at Aakesh and Lily and then stepped into the portal that would take them to the Sacred dimension.


    The portal closed straight away as it was affecting the space around it since the energy from the Sacred dimension was too heavy for thew here to handle.


    After Autumn and Katrina left for their journey into a new world, Aakesh returned to the store after closing its door.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Hey, system, how did the Primal dimension hold the attack released by Vritrasura¡¯s projection?¡± Aakesh asked the system after saying bye to Lily, who entered Panagea since she missed her underlings from there.


    Aakesh had been wondering about this question from the time he witnessed the destruction caused by the roar.


    Aakesh felt like a tiny creature in front of that roar. If there weren¡¯t a system to help in life-threatening situations, Aakesh was confident that he would face the same result as the continent if he were to stand in front of it.


    [Host, it¡¯s the ability of the Deva that handed the Void beasts the card! They isted the space around the card when it got activated, and all the strength released by the attack would only affect that space, so the Primal dimension didn¡¯t get affected.]


    ¡°Doesn¡¯t that mean the Devas could walk in the three dimensions if they isted the space around them, affecting no rules of the dimensions?¡± Aakesh asked after hearing the system¡¯s answer.


    Aakesh believed that Devas couldn¡¯t walk on the Primal dimension and required the continent of Kashi, a piece of the fourth dimension, to stay here, but after the system¡¯s response, the knowledge needed to change.

 Chapter 567

    Chapter 567: Sudden Situation!


    Time flew by.


    After Aakesh got his answers from the system, Aakesh started waiting for the sun to rise and the store to open.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, three hours had passed.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as he had already spent more than seven hours on the continent and the world when he converted the time flow rate, while he had already spent three hours after exiting the portal, and the time flow was normal.


    The night was nine hours long, but the sun was still nowhere to be seen.


    Aakesh exited the store and appeared in the sky. Just from above the store, the entire dimension appeared in his eyes.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise as he noticed that the entire Visteerna was in the dark. Not even a single sun had risen.


    Suddenly, a piece of conversation Aakesh had with the system inside the portal rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°Hey, system, do you want this fruit?¡± Aakesh asked the system as he had no use for the leafless fruit, so why not use it to exchange something that would be of value with the system.


    [No, Host! The fruit could get used as the sun. It may provide help to you someday.]


    The system¡¯s response in its mechanical and emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head not long after.


    ¡°I have no ns to create an inner world even when the store and I ascend to higher dimensions,¡± Aakesh muttered, but he still threw the fruit into his pocket space since the system had refused tomit an exchange with him.


    The next moment, Aakesh found the ground shaking, and a space crack opened at some distance from him.


    ***


    A surprised expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as he remembered the small conversation with the system after he had arrived on the first step.


    ¡°Is this the situation the system talked about?¡± Aakesh murmured as he took out the Leafless Fruit from his pocket space.


    ¡°Hey, system, what¡¯s the situation with the sun here?¡± Aakesh asked the system in his mind since he wanted to know how the system expected this kind of situation to arise.


    [Host, the eleven suns weren¡¯t originally the sun. They had a different use.]


    [Each of the eleven suns was a power source that dragged the power across the Primal dimension to power the ce where Jamini, Vritrasura¡¯s daughter, was bound.]


    [When you freed Jamini from that bind, the power source dissolved on its own, resulting in the disappearance of all the eleven suns.]


    The system informed Aakesh in its usual mechanical and emotionless eyes.


    Aakesh nodded after he learned this new piece of information.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t expect anything less than a power source getting power from an entire dimension to bind Jamini.


    As for why the system didn¡¯t tell Aakesh, he didn¡¯t think about it as the system had already informed him that he was on his own after the store opened in Kakot.


    ¡°Why did all the eleven suns rise at the same time, then?¡± Aakesh asked the system as having the same day and night for a world that was spherical didn¡¯t make much sense.


    [Host, it was set by the Deva that descends to Kashi. Only they know the reason behind it.]


    The system responded. Aakesh could only nod as it was something that had to do with the Deva. He had no choice but to put it in the back of his mind.


    Aakesh then took a nce at the fruit in his hands and then at the dark sky.


    ¡°You are going to cause chaos all over Visteerna,¡± Aakesh mumbled as he could imagine the tragedy and chaos the new schedule after the emergence of a new sun would cause across the Visteerna.


    But since there was nothing Aakesh could do other than do it, he released the fruit from his hands.


    The next moment, the Leafless Fruit flew toward the sky as if something was calling it.


    In no time, it flew to the center of Visteerna.


    Suddenly the fruit surface started peeling off. In no time, a spherical orange star appeared in the sky.


    The people looked in the sky in shock as suddenly a ray of light appeared, resulting in the darkness hiding back to wherever it came from.


    The fruit then continued expanding. In no time, the fruit grew to the size of seven billion lightyears.


    It still continued expanding, only to stop when the size had reached one hundred and eight billion lightyears.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he looked at the process.


    ¡°One won¡¯t be enough,¡± Aakesh mumbled as even though the sun had grown to such enormous size, one won¡¯t be enough to shine a light on the world.


    It had only enough light to shine over one continent at one time, which would result in a troubling situation as there were eleven continents, and each had varied sizes. The night would grow too long and it would result in the destruction of the civilizations.


    Aakesh was only thinking of ways when suddenly out of nowhere, a blinding light appeared and surrounded the sun.


    Aakesh looked in surprise as the blinding light then started dividing the sun into separate entities while maintaining the same brightness.


    A few secondster, eleven suns appeared in the sky above Visteerna.


    The sudden situation had caused tension all over Visteerna, so everyone looked toward the sky with concerned faces. It included everyone, irrespective of their race or strength.


    ¡°Thee didst Valorous!¡± Suddenly an unfamiliar voice rang in Aakesh¡¯s ears, resulting in his hairs standing up across his body.


    Even though the voice was unfamiliar, the tone wasn¡¯t. It was the tone used by Devas whenever they spoke to other races. It meant the Deva staying in Kashi had talked to Aakesh about helping Visteerna with a new sun.


    Time flew by.


    After Aakesh sacrificed his Leafless Fruit, and with Deva¡¯s help, Visteerna had its eleven suns again.


    The rising and setting time for each sun was still the same for every continent since the Deva willed it.


    Things returned to normal. Aakesh teleported back to his store since it was now time for him to open it.


    It was after centuries for Aakesh, but for the inhabitants, nothing has changed. They still would be able to enjoy the store like usual.

 Chapter 568

    Chapter 568: A New Day for the Store!


    As the newly created eleven suns spread their lights across all the eleven continents on Visteerna, Aakesh opened the door of his store.


    Maria, Evelyn, George, and other members of the organization, Skylord, were waiting for their entry. They were waiting outside their building in confusion when the sun hadn¡¯t risen, even after some time had passed, when they witnessed Aakesh suddenly appearing in the sky.


    They couldn¡¯t see what had happened as the scene was blurry, but not long after that, a sudden ball of splendor had appeared in the sky above the atmosphere, and not long after, the ray of lights forced the darkness to hide for the next fifteen hours until another night arrived.


    Since not long after Aakesh appeared in the sky, the sun had risen, the group believed him to be the source.


    ***


    After opening the store, Aakesh saw only a few customers waiting outside his door, which was different than the atmosphere around the store for the past week. Aakesh didn¡¯t mind it as he was aware of the reason, and he was also confident that it wouldn¡¯t take long for the long line of customers to arrive.


    ¡°Good morning, senior!¡± Maria greeted Aakesh after she and other members of the organization entered the store.


    The other members also followed Maria and greeted Aakesh. Some were respectful, while some were casual.


    ¡°Senior, did you force the sun to rise?¡± Maria asked after seeing Aakesh nodding in response to her greetings.


    ¡°No!¡± Aakesh expressionlessly refused.


    ¡°Were you behind the sudden rising of the sun?¡± Evelyn chimed in and asked.


    Aakesh looked straight as the long line of customers was already here and were swarming inside the store.


    Aakesh noticed there were a lot many new customers today, ranging from Tao Manifestation to peak Immortal. Even Evelyn felt warned by the sudden arrival of this powerhouse.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think about the sudden reason for an increase in customers as he noticed a familiar figure in the crowd.


    A peak Immortal Sunlight Elf, who was there in Jamini¡¯s territory after Aakesh had passed the world.


    The Sunlight Elf nodded as he looked toward Aakesh.


    After leaving the portal, the man searched for every information rted to the blue-skinned man.


    After searching for an hour, the man finally found someone who had seen the blue-skinned man.


    The man was a supervisor of the travel portals and handled several Universes when he found his target from one of the guards.


    The guard was the same person that had asked for the store card from Aakesh, hoping to try his luck someday after he had heard Aakesh¡¯s introduction to ¡®The First Store¡¯.


    After the Sunlight Elf found out about the store from the guard, the first thing he did was to go there with some of the guards and the family member.


    The Sunlight Elf wanted to thank Aakesh for getting him out of that torturous world. Many may not know the reason behind Aakesh¡¯s sudden disappearance, but he did and thought that Aakesh had gone to receive his reward for clearing the world, just like every challenge in the world gave.


    The number of people was his way of thanks to Aakesh since he was a store owner. The Sunlight Elf decided to empty Aakesh¡¯s store since he earned good money from his job. Even some affluential families wouldn¡¯t be able to bring out the amount of money he could.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care for the Elf¡¯s nodding and ignored Evelyn¡¯s question since there were too many new customers today.


    Evelyn could only look with an expression of helplessness as Aakesh told her to move away and enjoy the product, for shees here daily.


    ***


    While Aakesh was busy in his store, a chaotic scene was urring across the majority of the organization in the Primal dimension.


    The reason for upheaval was the sudden arrival of a portal and then suddenly getting thrown out. Another reason was that the casualty rate was unprecedented.


    Several million people, with their strengths varying from Void Forging to peak Immortal with the pseudo-divine physique, had entered the portal to check what was beyond it. But now, not even a few thousand people havee out, and each of them had only a single response that it wasn¡¯t their willingness that they came out, but suddenly a portal appeared and sucked them in.


    ¡°Why did youe back but not my son?¡± A man, who looked to be in his teen years, cried out in anger as a girl looking even older than the man knelt in front of him. He was seated on a throne alternating automatically in random colors.


    Constant tears streamed out of the girl¡¯s eyes as she recounted how she and her husband had gotten separated after their entry into the portal and her subsequent challenging experiences.


    Even though the girl was kneeling, she was no weak person. She had a strength of a peak Immortal and was on the verge of achieving the pseudo-divine physique.


    Sigh!


    ¡°Come here,¡± The man heaved a sigh, making him several years older after that moment. He then called the girl, thest family member.


    These scenes weren¡¯t umon across the dimension, as many families died out after their most talented and mightiest people never returned from the portal.


    ***


    sha, her son, and her daughter-inw heaved a sigh of relief as they saw Lenna appearing above their family house.


    After relief came jubtion as the family sensed the increase in her cultivation; when Lenna had left, she was only a peak Tao Pce, but now that she had returned, her cultivation was early Heavenly Monarch, and it was stable.


    Lenna had an expressionless face as she descended to the ground. Fortunately for her, her entry point in the Primal dimension wasn¡¯t very far, so after only a few seconds, she sessfully returned to her house.


    After facing countless life-threatening challenges over the past, her maturity had grown a lot.


    Even though Lenna faced several deaths in Panagea, except for the first one, there was a subconscious belief that she would revive in no time, which wasn¡¯t the case in the world inside the portal. So Lenna learned many things from the world psychologically and physically.


    She also made a life-and-death friend in Reginald, the Emperor of the Xandar Empire.

 Chapter 569

    Chapter 569: No Title!


    Even though Lenna had an expressionless face, the tiredness couldn¡¯t be hidden. Being an Immortal, she didn¡¯t need to sleep or eat, but the mental pressure put by the world inside the portal was too much for her to bear.


    Now that she was home, she could finally rx herself.


    As soon as she thought this, a wave of exhaustion attacked her.


    Lenna didn¡¯t even speak to her family members and teleported to her room straight away.


    sha and the other family members didn¡¯t mind the sudden teleportation as they could see the tiredness in Lenna¡¯s eyes. Instead, they felt concerned as they had no idea about what challenges she had faced in the Primal dimension.


    ***


    ¡°You would take that-,¡± Carlos was mumbling through his gritted teeth as he returned to the Primal dimension after the portal suddenly sucked him and the others inside.


    His thoughts came to a sudden stop as he sensed an extreme pressure descending on him.


    A grave expression appeared on his face as he looked at the sky and found clouds appearing there.


    ¡®Am I facing tribtion?¡¯ Carlos thought in shock as it suddenly appeared in his head, seeing the situation.


    For the first Primal tribtion, Carlos had to fight an illusion. Only a second had passed when Carlos broke out of it and got ready to face the next challenge.


    ¡®Have I already grown this much stronger?¡¯ Carlos couldn¡¯t help but think as he had never heard of anyone who passed the first tribtion with the same speed as his.


    Time flew by.


    It didn¡¯t take long for Carlos to pass all the three stages of tribtion. If anyone were to be here, they would have their jaws dropped to the ground; such was the strength gap between the Primal tribtion and him.


    He forcefully increased the speed at which the tribtion destroyed his body and formed it, making it so fast that only in three seconds did he achieve the limit of one hundred and eight rounds.


    Carlos had an expressionless face as he looked in the direction of his. A rare hint of gentleness appeared in his three pairs of eyes as he apologized to them for not meeting them and leaving the dimension.


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    Carlos was only going to ascend when he suddenly heard a chain of explosions starting somewhere in the Primal dimension.


    Carlos could sense the direction from which the sound originated, but his eyes failed him as he couldn¡¯t see what was going on. All he saw was a sky filled with countless shining blobs of light.


    The explosion continued. Carlos wanted to dy his ascendance for a few seconds since he wanted to see who it was that had the power to release attacks of such intensity.


    Unfortunately for him, he had no choice as he ascended to the higher dimension in the midst of constant explosions ringing across the area.


    ***


    [Mission Objective: Sale of Products,


    Requirement: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it¡¯s time for you to go big for the store, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,


    Days required: 10,000 Weeks,


    Mission reward: A new product! Hundred million new Virtual portals! Addition of Immortal grade weapons! Addition of Immortal and Ascendance level pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The shutdown of the store for a year!


    Hint: If youplete the quest in half the duration of the quest, you would be eligible for the bonus reward. The worth of the bonus would only increase with the less time you take toplete all the four requirements.]


    [Quest Progress,


    Days left: 69,998 days,


    Weapon sold: 283/1,000,000,000,


    Pills sold: 1,013,654/1,000,000,000,


    Panagea hours: 26,132/1,000,000,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 103/100,000,000,


    Regr training hours: 561/1,000,000,000 hours,


    Immortal level: 8/100,000,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 7/10,000,000 hours.]


    Aakesh looked at the two windows floating in front of him after Aakesh got freed from introducing the store products to newer customers.


    It has only been a day and not even one hour of the second day, so the quest has only started.


    The quest had a duration of 10,000 weeks, which meant around 200 years, so Aakesh had a lot of time left to do, but Aakesh didn¡¯t take it easy as the number of products he needed to sell in those years was an outrageous amount.


    Aakesh then waved his hands. The next moment, the two quest screens disappeared as all the light particles moved away from them.


    There was another quest, so Aakesh thought of it, and the next moment, another blue screen containing all its detail appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission objective: Add the number of virtual portals,


    Requirement: As a result of the three-day event, the Panagea had be increasingly popr throughout the Bisan Kingdom and some parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours of the opening of the store, all the slots get taken for the day. There has been an addition of 1000 more virtual portals, but to ensure such kind of craze for Panagea continues and more and more customers join it; the store owner needs to have 15,000 hours of entry time every day into Panagea for thirty days straight,


    Progress: 1 day,


    Mission reward: 10,000 new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Removal of one virtual portal every day if the number of days exceeds 45. If it exceeded 90 days, the decreasing rate would grow to five portals; if it exceeded 150 days, the rate would increase to 10 virtual portals.]


    Aakesh nodded, reading the details of the quest. Aakesh was confident in the number of Panagea hours reaching its target quicker than every other requirement since it was not only the most famous product, but it also had its own line of quests, which would reward Aakesh with additional virtual portals after every sessfulpletion.


    Aakesh then thought about the disappearance of the quest window, and not long after, the same phenomenon happened, and the screen disappeared.


    ***


    A/N: The book would be going through a time skip for at least two decades from the next chapter.


    Pleasement on how many years would you like to see the story moving forward and your reasons behind it.


    Thanks for supporting the book! Have a great day!

 Chapter 570

    Chapter 570: Changes with the Time(1)


    ¡°Where are you going?¡± A man smilingly asked the rushing figure in front of him.


    ¡°I made a lot of money today, so I decided to take my mother and grandfather to the store,¡± The figure turned around and responded, shing the space ring on his finger.


    ¡°Oh, your mother would be very happy today,¡± The man replied. The envy wasn¡¯t hidden in his voice and was for everyone to hear.


    Even the people who heard the figure had envy in their eyes.


    Many even had greed in their eyes when they looked at the space ring on the figure¡¯s fingers, but none dared to.


    The current Bisan Kingdom is too different from how it used to be in the past.


    The entire change in the Bisan Kingdom could be attributed to a store that had appeared in the market overnight fifty years ago, and from that day on, the destiny of the Bisan Kingdom hadpletely changed.


    Previously, the Bisan Kingdom was one of the weakest of the Kingdoms on the Anga continent and only had a Void Forging level King, but now the situation was different.


    The current King, Brinda, was the granddaughter of the Bisan Kingdom¡¯s founder. Her life had changed when that mysterious store organized an event, and she won a valuable treasure, The Battle Tower. That item made the founder choose her as an heir to the throne.


    After Brinda became the King, the Kingdom had only been growing from that day.


    Previously, Punta was only a Void Forging level cultivator. But now, there were millions of Tao Seed and Tao Manifestation level cultivators and thousands of Tao Pce level cultivators, with Brinda being ate Tao Pce cultivator in the Kingdom. From being the weakest Kingdom, the Bisan Kingdom was now counted in the top ten Kingdoms on the Anga continent.


    The tower wasn¡¯t the only reason behind the stable and powerful reign of Brinda. Brinda had a badge that she wore even in her sleep that was the most valuable item ording to known people.


    Approximately thirty years ago, an Immortal who had just arrived in the Kingdom for the first time hadid his eyes on the tower and wanted it after learning about its function, so he had attacked the royal pce. After that, the royal pce remained as it was before, but the Immortal was never seen again.


    From that day, the badge became even more popr than the tower. No one knows from where it came, but the most popr rumor was that it was given by the store owner of that mysterious store to the King at her coronation.


    Neither the King nor the store owner ever came forward to share their opinion, so it became the most popr rumor rted to the badge.


    The Bisan Kingdom had not only grown in the cultivation level but also in the territory. Now the Bisan Kingdom controlled one-fifth of the total area the southern parts of the Anga continent had.


    After Brinda, another member of the royal family was popr. Even more than Brinda¡¯s sons and daughters. Pento, one of the royal princes in Brinda¡¯s generation, was the third most popr figure in the Bisan Kingdom.


    The most popr figure was none other than the mysterious store owner, whom none had seen if they hadn¡¯t been to the store. The store owner even refused to attend the wedding of King, despite the King personally going there to invite him.


    Not only was the store owner the most popr figure, and the store the most popr destination across the Anga and other continents spread across Visteerna, but there was another thing that was rted to the store and loved by all.


    The store would organize an event every year, with its duration varying from three to five days, making it the most waited event across the Primal dimension.


    Such was the poprity of the store that everything near the store had gotten moved away so that people could queue up in line every morning for their entry.


    Except for one building, three thousand miles around the store, everything was devoid of any kind of structure.


    That sole building belonged to the fourth most popr figure in the Bisan Kingdom; Maria the founder of the Skylord and also the third-ranked territory winner.


    The reason behind Maria being so popr was that she was the first rumored customer of that mysterious store and also a native of the original territory. Not just that, she had Immortals working under her in the organization.


    ***


    The figure only smiled, seeing the look of envy and jealousy in others¡¯ eyes.


    If the figure were to say he didn¡¯t like it, it would be a lie.


    Purchasing anything from the store had be a status symbol for the original inhabitants of the Kingdom. While those who had entered the mysterious world where there is no death were almost official-like figures in their groups.


    Since the Kingdom was patrolled 24/7, and the punishment for killing someone in the city was death by burning, so the figure unrestrainedly told the man that he had earned a lot of money and was going to the store with his family.


    The figure¡¯s entire journey passed as he faced the look of envy, jealousy, and greed.


    ¡°I am home,¡± The figure shouted as he opened the door and entered.


    Not long after, a figure rushed out from inside the house.


    A gentle smile spread across the face of thedy as she looked at the figure entering the house.


    If Aakesh and Lily were to be here, they would have recognized thedy. She was none other than the woman who carried his dead child and asked Oxen to resurrect him, and Aakesh had revived Turta, on the behest of Lily¡¯s request, recing the boy with Turta¡¯s soul.


    The figure that had just entered the house was none other than Turta, an Earthen Troll who had be a Human.


    Even though Turta was around fifty years old, he still looked like a child around eleven-twelve. It was all due to Aakesh giving him the same amount of lifespan an Earthen Troll had.


    Turta then told her mother about his experiences and how he would take her and grandfather to the store tomorrow morning to enjoy the mysterious world.

 Chapter 571

    Chapter 571: Changes with the Time(2)


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting yourst mission objective! Please see the quest screen for your new quest.]


    Aakesh was about to close the door of the store, announcing another end to the day for the store when he heard a mechanical and emotionless notification ringing in his head.


    The next moment, a blue window containing all the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh was already prepared for this since it didn¡¯t happen for the first time in all these years he had spent here.


    Aakesh decided to check the quest first and thenplete his today¡¯s training since it would only take a few moments of his time. Aakesh then focused on the blue screen and began reading his new quest.


    [Mission objective: Add the number of virtual portals,


    Requirement: As a result of the annual events and your poprity over these years, the Panagea has be an increasingly popr product throughout the Visteerna and many major parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours after the opening of the store: all the virtual portal slots get taken for the day. There has been an addition of 100,000,000 more virtual portals, but to ensure such kind of craze for Panagea continues and grows with more and more customers joining it; the store owner needs to have 1,500,000,000 hours of entry time every day into Panagea for fifty years straight,


    Mission reward: 1,000,000,000 new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Removal of one virtual portal every minute if the number of years exceeds 55. If it exceeded 60 years, the decreasing rate would grow to five portals. If it exceeded 75 years, the rate would increase to 10 virtual portals every minute. If it exceeded 100 years, the decreasing rate would grow to 25 per minute.]


    Aakesh nodded as he read the quest details on the screen floating in front of him.


    Just this moment, Aakesh hadpleted the quest of having one hundred and fifty million virtual hours every day for thirty years straight, which in turn had rewarded him with an additional one hundred million virtual portals in the store.


    The number of virtual portals in the store had already grown to more than one hundred and eleven million, maintaining its hold over the rank of most valuable of the three products sold by the store.


    The quest¡¯s difficulty and reward both had grown tenfold, so Aakesh didn¡¯t mind the challenge. Aakesh ignored it when he reached the failure punishment section. Aakesh couldn¡¯t be any more confident of achieving any goal set by the system when it came to Panagea. It was always needed more, no matter what its number reached in the store.


    Aakesh then waved his hands. The next moment, the light particles started moving away from the screen, resulting in its disappearance.


    Even though it had been fifty years, Aakesh still looked the same as if the time did not affect him whatsoever. His hair was of the same height, his body had a simr build as he had in the past, and his skin maintained the same tone it had after the breakthrough.


    ¡°Did you get another quest?¡± Right at that time, a childlike voice rang in the store, the source being Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°Yes, the quest rted to Panagea,¡± Aakesh smilingly answered as he finally closed the store¡¯s door, ending another day in the store¡¯s fruitful life.


    When Aakesh was closing the door, he could see several people still waiting outside the door, but since Aakesh never changed his rules, he ignored them and closed the door.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go,¡± Aakesh told Lily, and the next moment, they disappeared from the store.


    The next moment, both Aakesh and Lily appeared in the selection area.


    Lily then selected her usual training area, and soon a portal appeared and sucked her in without giving her even a chance to fight back.


    Aakesh then turned to his left, picked up the weapon of his choice, a Bow, then turned to his right, selected the environment, and pressed the switch.


    The next moment, a portal appeared and released a suction force mightier than anything Aakesh could fight back.


    The next moment, Aakesh disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the training environment he had chosen.


    Time flew by.


    The selection area saw another round of movement as a portal appeared, and Aakesh stepped out of it.


    Since Lily wasn¡¯t here yet, Aakesh sat down as his chair automatically appeared and waited for Lily to arrive.


    Time flew by.


    Suddenly a portal appeared in the selection area, breaking the silence that pervaded there, and soon Lily stepped out of it.


    Another chair automatically appeared as Lily sat on it.


    ¡°So, what did you learn today?¡± Aakesh asked Lily as it was now time for them to share the experiences Lily had in Panagea and the training and how Aakesh spent his day today in the store and the training here.


    Time flew by.


    The silence pervading the store finally got broken as out of nowhere, the duo of Aakesh and Lily appeared in the store.


    Lily, as usual, was seated on Aakesh¡¯s head after reducing her body size.


    ¡°See you tomorrow,¡± Lilymented as she jumped down from Aakesh¡¯s head. Aakesh only smiled and didn¡¯t say anything.


    The next moment, a door appeared in the store, floating in the air. Not long after, stairs connecting the door to the floor appeared.


    Lily stepped up the stairs, opened the door, entered the room, and continued her journey in the Panagea after entering the only virtual portal present in the room.


    The door automatically closed, and not long after, both the door and the stair disappeared.


    After Lily left, Aakesh also turned in the direction of the portal room. As usual, the introduction to the world of Panagea weed him on the board put up at the entry point of the room.


    Aakesh entered the room, and what weed him was a world filled with nothing but countless Virtual portals.


    Each virtual portal took a few meters of space, and there was also a gap of a few meters between the portals from the front, sides, or back, so the room alone spanned over more than a billion meters,rger than manys spread across the Primal dimension.

 Chapter 572

    Chapter 572: A New Day!


    Around fifty years ago, the sun had suddenly disappeared after the emergence of the portal, and Jamini had gotten freed from her binds. At that time, Aakesh gave up the Leafless Fruit in his hands and reced the sun.


    The sun had acted all the same these years without many finding out that the sun was the same.


    Just like in thest fifty years, the sun rose, forcing the darkness to hide. It announced different fates for citizens living across Visteerna.


    In an area of more than a thousand miles, only two buildings stood. One looked empty with no semnce of people, while the other one was overcrowded with more than a few million people standing there for the building to open.


    Even the owner and inhabitants of the next building stood in the queue for the other building to open.


    Despite there being a few million people in the queue, no one dared to make a loud noise or use the status they held.


    If there were knowledgeable people in the queue, they would have recognized several people who could call rain of blood and destruction, and their decisions could shake the dimension.


    ¡°Click!¡±


    A clicking sound suddenly rang in the area, bringing a look of happiness to the few million people standing in front of the building.


    ***


    After exiting Panagea, Aakesh returned to the store. There was still some time left before the sunrise, so Aakesh first went to his room.


    After freshening himself, Aakesh returned to the store and found from the system that the sun had risen. So Aakesh went to the door, grabbed the handle, and opened it, beginning another day in the fruitful life of the store and its customers.


    After opening the door, Aakesh found arge crowd waiting at the door in a queue that went up to hundreds of miles. It wasn¡¯t the first time he had seen such a crowd, so Aakesh had an expressionless face as he moved away.


    Even though the number of virtual portals exceeded the number of customers waiting at the door, the people still entered the store like a raging tide as if someone would snatch their spots.


    Aakesh returned to his chair. The hall inside the store had also expanded these past few decades to amodate the number of customers, exceeding several million at the starting hours of the store.


    There weren¡¯t any new customers in the crowd, so customers paid for their stay in Panagea and entered the portal room. Those customers who owned any of the three cards directly went to the portal room.


    At first nce, they couldn¡¯t help but get shocked when they saw the number of virtual portals in the room.


    Previously, there were already a lot of virtual portals, but it was still around eleven million. But now, with this addition, the quantity had crossed the hundred million mark, marking an exponential growth.


    Since this wasn¡¯t the first shock they had gotten from the store or the store owner, they stopped thinking about it, chose their virtual portals, and entered them.


    There were hundred virtual portals in every row, so there were more than a million rows after yesterday¡¯s addition in the portal room. The first few hundred or thousand rows were fine, but when the number of rows crossed ten thousand hundred thousand, reaching that distance for cultivators below Void Condensation became tough as each row had a width of around eight meters, including the empty space between the row and the sessive one.


    The system added a point after every thousand rows to solve that issue.


    Until the first thousand rows didn¡¯t get loaded, the customers would enter the room and fill them. After those thousand rows got taken, then whenever any customer entered the room, they would directly reach to the next point containing sessive thousand rows. This process would continue up to thest row.


    As for exiting the room, after their six hours in Panagea were over, they only had to think of leaving, and they would be at the door of the room, making it simple and troubleless for every customer.


    Aakesh continued taking the payment of the customers as they did it in a straight queue.


    Time flew by.


    Just like that, one hour had passed. Now only Aakesh remained in the hall. The customers were either in Panagea, the weapon room, or the training area.


    Since Aakesh had no work to do and was free, Aakesh decided to check the ongoing quest.


    The next moment, a new blue screen only visible to Aakesh and containing all the details of the quest in golden fonts appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Sale of Products,


    Requirement: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it¡¯s time for you to go big for the store, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,


    Days required: 10,000 Weeks,


    Mission reward: A new product! Hundred million new Virtual portals! Addition of Immortal grade weapons! Addition of Immortal and Ascendance level pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The shutdown of the store for a year!


    Hint: If youplete the quest in half the duration of the quest, you would be eligible for the bonus reward. The worth of the bonus would only increase with the less time you take toplete all the four requirements.]


    [Quest Progress,


    Days left: 51,723 days,


    Weapon sold: 856,629,472/1,000,000,000,


    Pills sold: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Panagea hours: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 16,201,283/100,000,000,


    Regr training hours: 561,258,931/1,000,000,000 hours,


    Immortal level: 21,563,452/100,000,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 8,532,897/10,000,000 hours.]


    Aakesh nodded as he read the quest progress he had made in the past fifty years.


    To receive the bonus reward presented by the system, Aakesh had toplete the quest in half the maximum duration of the mission, which meant Aakesh still had around fifty years toplete the quest.


    After seeing the progress, it didn¡¯t seem that it would take even the next fifty years toplete the quest.


    The requirement for Panagea and pills had already gotten fulfilled, while the weapon¡¯s sale and the Gods & Demons level training area was close to achieving the condition.


    Since Aakesh was satisfied with the progress he waved his hands and closed his eyes to rx on his chair.


    The next moment, light particles started moving away from the screen, and in no time, the quest screen faded into nothingness.


    Time flew by.


    Customers continued entering the store without stopping either from the door or directly teleporting using the supreme card provided by the store.


    Those who teleported didn¡¯t disturb Aakesh and straight away went to the portal room, while others who didn¡¯t have cards paid for the product they wanted.

 Chapter 573

    Chapter 573: Liz and her Efforts!


    Liz was one of the customers who got acquainted with the store during the popr annual event the store owner has been organizing over the past fifty years.


    During the annual event ten years ago, Liz came to know about the store and the event. From that moment, she had be a regr customer of the store.


    Across all the annual events, one reward has been permanent and the most desired, a territory in Panagea.


    The kinds of tests for it would be different every year, but the reward in the form of territory in Panagea was fixed. Every customer who knew or found out about the store at that event wanted it, so thepetition would always be very challenging.


    Only at the first event were there three ranked territories in Panagea, providing different kinds of benefits to their owner over the protection limit. But from the second year, there was only a single reward for the first ranked participant out of those millions who participated.


    The value of territory over these past annual events had been simr, with the number of opportunities only varying by a very small margin.


    The rewarded territory was 11,000 sq. miles in area, with arge number of red marks and several golden dots.


    Red represented danger. Depending on its intensity, the risk got an increase or reduction. Golden dots defined natural resources that were there for the winner to conquer.


    The territory was the same as what the third-ranked participant had gotten in the first ever event the store owner had organized.


    It also had the same amount of protection period, one year, and after that, the territory would face an attack from the neighboring ruler.


    Since today none has been able to protect their territory after the protection period had gotten over. Only one participant was even able to give a tough fight to the ruler, but unfortunately, he also failed in the end.


    The candidate was none other than Eris, the first winner of the territory-rted event and the only one in the history of the store to get such territory.


    But Eris¡¯s hard-fighting efforts didn¡¯te to naught, as inspired by his battle, the new ruler gave him some part of his previously owned territory to the ruler. But for some reason, Eris had refused the offer. The reason for refusal has be a mystery for everyone who was a customer in the store. Even Robert, the third-ranked territory owner, and his friend didn¡¯t know about the cause behind Eris¡¯s actions.


    Maria, the second-ranked territory owner, had also failed to win against the neighboring ruler. But it was not like she didn¡¯t gain anything; the protection period of three years on hernd had allowed her to have enough resources to sustain a top organization.


    She was now a peak Tao Pce level cultivator and had always been in the top three on the leaderboard, showing levels in Panagea.


    Such was the story of Maria that if anyone had to share the mystery of the store, they would use her example of how she was only a Soul Formation level cultivator when she had arrived in the store, but now she was strong, with an even more powerful organization that held several Immortals in its midst.


    The organization, Skylord, was the only one to establish its base in the Bisan Kingdom, showing her close rtions with the royal family.


    Hearing these stories, Liz has also gotten inspired. From the first event, she had beenpeting with others for the rewarded territory in Panagea.


    Liz¡¯s efforts didn¡¯t prove her wrong. In the fourth year of her consecutivepetition in the event, she finally won that prestigiouspetition and became a proud owner of the territory in Panagea.


    Since the territory was the only reward in the event that was allowed for the winner to sell and wasn¡¯t blood or soul binding, the offers Liz had gotten for thend had almost made her faint that year.


    The selling offers varied from three Universes in the Heaven-cluster to Supreme Primal stone mines. Liz, who came from a mid-tier affluent family, the offers were too much to refuse. If she were to choose even the tenth-ranked offer, it would still give her enough leeway to be the mightiest of her family members. From every inch of her soul hade a voice that told her to go for the sale, but she didn¡¯t listen to it as she didn¡¯t work hard over those four years to win it and then sell it. Liz refused any price offered to her and chose to work on it.


    Unfortunately for Liz, she also failed to protect the territory after its protection period got over.


    When Liz had won the territory, she was Level 106, and when she lost it, she was level 128, so gaining more than twenty levels in a year had already made her winning the territory worth all her efforts.


    Even though Liz had won the territory once, she wasn¡¯t satisfied having it for only a year.


    So she continued participating in the event for the years after that.


    Liz¡¯s efforts and luck favored her again as she won the contest organized in the event this year, bing the first customer to win thepetition twice and own the territory twice.


    Since the number of territories won by participants had gotten fixed at one, its value was rising every year at an exponential rate in everyone¡¯s eyes.


    When Liz won the territory for the second time just several days ago in thest day event, the offer she got for thend didn¡¯t make her almost faint, but her heart stopped beating with the shock Liz received.


    The highest offer she got for the territory was eight Universes in the Heaven cluster, six supreme Primal stone mines, and a core spot in the highest-ranked organization in the Primal dimension.


    There were only a few thousand Universes in the Heaven cluster in the Primal dimension, so offering eight wasn¡¯t a small sum. And there were also six supreme Primal stone mines, but the greatest of the treasure if Liz were to take the offer was the core spot in the highest-ranked organization.


    Liz, who was determined to reject any offer, took three days before she could finally refuse it.

 Chapter 574

    Chapter 574: Changes in Panagea!


    Liz was also one of the participants waiting in the queue to enter the store, so after the store opened, she proceeded straight away toward the portal room.


    She couldn¡¯t help but suck a cold breath of air as she looked at the endless number of portals in the store. Just at a nce, she could confirm that the room had seen an enormous increase in the number of virtual portals.


    Liz then stopped thinking about it since it wasn¡¯t anything specialpared to the product the virtual portal was used for, and then she touched the nearest one with just the tip of her finger.


    The next moment, a suction force strong than anything she could fight back appeared and sucked her inside. Liz didn¡¯t attempt to fight back as there was no point in fighting back, and she came to the store to enter the world the space was sucking her inside in the first ce.


    The next moment, she disappeared from the store and appeared inside her territory¡¯s hut.


    Liz was currently Level 173. If she were to retain this level in the outside world, even a mortal would reach Tao Manifestation at that moment.


    When Robert, Maria, and Eris had won their territories inside Panagea, two of them hadn¡¯t even entered the world, so they were only starting. At that time, the dangerous creatures around red marks varied from Level 50 to 200 in the third-ranked territory.


    Even though Liz won the same level of territory as her reward for winning thepetition this year, the danger level wasn¡¯t the same.


    It varied ording to the ruler¡¯s level, so even the weakest red mark in Liz¡¯s territory was around Level 175. It looked to be only a difference of the two levels when heard, but in reality, it was as different as heaven and earth.


    After the 100th level, the way to increase levels in Panagea changed in its entirety.


    Previously, the adventurers couldplete quests or use meditation arts to increase their levels, but after level 100, it became an experience-type growth.


    To get from Level 100 to Level 101, the adventurer needed 10 XP. And it grew tenfold with every increase in levels, meaning Liz needed 10 to the power 174 XP if she wanted to increase her level. This kind of increase made the growth more challenging for the adventurers with every increase in their Levels.


    To gain XP, the adventurers couldplete quests and use meditation arts just like before. Even the system knew it wouldn¡¯t be enough as quests rarely gave more than a few XP if their difficulty wasn¡¯t overwhelming for averagely talented people.


    The system had added a way to gain XP to solve it, and it was to kill creatures belonging to Panagea. Not only that, even the inhabitants of Panagea could earn XPs if they were to kill adventurers, which in turn snatched the privilege of the adventurers where they were safe from the inhabitants of Panagea.


    Not only that, but the system also added a side-effect to stop an adventurer from gaining XPs by killing arge number of specific race members in Panagea. It added hatred points. If an adventurer killed arge number of members belonging to a species, the specie would automatically issue a bounty on the adventurer, and any member of that race would be able to sense the adventurer if they were anywhere five hundred km around them. If they were within a radius of one hundred km, the precise location of the adventurer would get broadcasted directly in the mind of the race member.


    The difficulty for the adventurer didn¡¯t just end there. After reaching Level 100, dying in Panagea had side effects. For the first death, there would be a straight decrease of one level, if they consecutively died again, it would see a reduction of two levels, and if they died for the third time straight, they would get a drop of four levels. The decline rate would double with every consecutive death.


    Simr to the difficulty rate, the reward rate also saw an increase.


    After an adventurer reached Level 100, they would gain a new ability in the world of Panagea.


    Previously, the customers could only buy the things rted to Panagea by paying an outrageous amount of money. But after reaching the threshold, they could earn money in Panagea and could use that for buying the things they wanted to take out.


    The system only charged a rate of five thousand percent when it came to exchanging the money from Panagea into the Primal stone.


    One low soul stone belonging to Panagea was equivalent to one superior Primal stone, so to get one superior Primal stone from the system, the customers only needed to pay five thousand low soul stones.


    Even Aakesh had taken a deep breath when he heard the exchange rate of Panagea currency to the Primal dimension¡¯s currency from the system, but the customers had an entirely different reaction from Aakesh.


    Previously, they were only paying and paying to grow themselves, but now not only can they grow strong, but they could also see an increase in their wealth, which was as good as the world could get for them. As for the ck-hearted exchange rate, the customers didn¡¯t care. They would happily oblige even if Aakesh were to double the exchange rate.


    The exchange rate wasn¡¯t only for the currencies. They could even exchange the materials, herbs, or weapons with real-world items if they had enough wealth to pay the rate of five thousand times.


    ***


    ¡°Hello, store owner,¡± A new customer arrived in the store as he greeted the manfortably seated on his chair.


    It didn¡¯t take long for the new customer to guess the identity of the man seated on the chair, as his blue skin had be a trademark across the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to the man¡¯s greeting.


    ¡°The store sells pills, Panagea, weapons, and training hours.¡±


    ¡°In pills, the store has inferior grade, medium grade¡­.¡±


    ¡°In the inferior grade, the first pill is First-grade inferior healing pill: It can heal even severe external injuries without leaving any scars. The cost is 25 inferior Primal stones¡­.¡±


    Before the man could ask, Aakesh began his introduction of the store¡¯s product from the first item. The system was very strict about Aakesh personally introducing the products, so Aakesh sincerely presented them to every new customer that arrived in the store. It didn¡¯t matter even if they knew about the products.


    After the pills, Aakesh introduced weapons and their training hours. After it was also done, Aakesh finally presented the information about Panagea, the most popr product in the store.


    Sometimes themission Aakesh earned from Panagea would even throw themission he used to earn from the training area in the past. Every sale that happened in the store, except for the cards hadmissions for Aakesh, so even at the exchange rate, he earned from the customers.


    Since hismission percentage was only 1%, the system awarded him 1 percent of what the system earned from the customers. Even for an exchange rate of one low soul stone to one superior Primal stone, Aakesh made fifty superior Primal stones by reaping the fruit of the system¡¯s fruit and the adventurer¡¯s hard work.


    ¡°¡­, so you can do as you wish in Panagea,¡± Aakesh concluded all the introduction of the three products he had in the store.


    The new customer was already aware of the products since he hade here with a reference from a friend, who repaid the debt the friend owed to him by sharing the store¡¯s address.


    Since the newly arrived customer had just gotten out of his cultivation after several hundred years, the man had no idea about the poprity of a new store that had spawned only fifty years ago.


    At first, the man was red in anger with his friend for repaying his debt by sharing an address of a store in the extreme southern part of the Anga continent. The man even thought that the friend was mocking him, but after he had heard about the store¡¯s products, he only had a shocked reaction.


    The man couldn¡¯t just trust the words of his friend, so before leaving toward the store, the man had warned his friend about the consequences if he were to be wrong. The reason for the man¡¯s threat was that he believed his friend didn¡¯t want to repay the favor he owed, so the friend was mocking him.


    After hearing the same product and their introductions, the man started believing in what his friend had shared with him.


    For the cultivators who liked nothing but growing more and more powerful, there was nothing worth more than training, so the man first chose a Gods & Demons level training area for an Overlord-grade weapon.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± The man thanked Aakesh as the payment of one million supreme Primal stones got deducted from the supreme card the man had just bought after Aakesh epted the sale.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to the man¡¯s thanks.


    The man didn¡¯t mind Aakesh¡¯s nd response and proceeded toward the weapons room.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there would only be one chapter today. Meeting with family members in the vige took all day, so I have only written this now. I will proofread this chapter tomorrow, and if I found something I could add or take back, I would do it.


    Sorry, once again! Thanks for all the support you have given to this book from the start. Have a great night/day!

 Chapter 575

    Chapter 575: A New Customer(1)


    After the man left, Aakesh went back to his rxation session since he couldn¡¯t see any new customers.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, fifteen minutes had passed.


    ¡°CLICK! CLACK!¡±


    ¡°CLICK! CLACK!¡±


    ¡°CLICK! CLACK!¡±


    The sound of heavy footsteps woke Aakesh up as he could sense theming in his direction.


    After opening his eyes, the identity of the being presented itself to Aakesh.


    The being in front of Aakesh was around seven meters tall, while his width was five meters, giving the person a humongous look. It was ady with her breasts even thicker than Aakesh¡¯s thighs. As for why Aakesh noticed it, it was because thedy had them in the open. She had only worn clothes that hid the area below her waist, while above the waist, she was simr to Aakesh as they both were naked there.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised, seeing the person since he recognized the race of thedy from the third eye below the regr pair of eyes.


    ¡°Hello, store owner,¡± A voice loud enough to shake the sky rang in the area as thedy greeted Aakesh. It broke Aakesh out of his thought process since he didn¡¯t multitask at that moment.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t mind the loud voice as he was aware that it was her regr tone.


    Thedy belonged to a hybrid of two races, belonging to the third dimension.


    The first race was Triple-Eyed Demon, while the second specie was Ymir¡¯s Giant.


    Triple-Eyed Demon was a race exclusive to the third dimension. It belonged to the group of Demons spread across the Multiverse. The Triple-Eyed Demon wasn¡¯t an ordinary race, but they were one of the top twenty races.


    The specialty of the race was as its name suggested. They had three eyes, a regr pair of eyes below the eyebrows, while the third one was an inch below the two eyes.


    The other race, Ymir¡¯s Giant, was an even more powerful race. It belonged to the group of giants, but in particr, Ymir¡¯s Giant led the group of giants.


    Ymir¡¯s Giants were the direct descendants of the first-ever giant created by the Deva, Ymir, so it was the mightiest giant of all.


    Ymir¡¯s Giant was a race that was two ranks higher than the Triple-Eyed Demon, with thetter being twentieth-ranked and the former being eighteenth ranked.


    Since both the races were one of the top twenty races in the third dimension, the hybrid from that race couldn¡¯t be termed weak.


    Hence Aakesh got surprised by seeing a hybrid from these two races in his store since it was only in the Primal dimension, and both the primogenitor races were exclusive to the third dimension.


    Aakesh masked his surprise straight away since he had even seen an Angel descending in the Primal dimension, so a hybrid wasn¡¯t any rare than that.


    Aakesh nodded in response to thedy¡¯s greetings.


    ¡°Why do I sense danger from your store?¡± Thedy suddenly asked as she looked around her.


    ***


    Dotta, being a hybrid from two of the top twenty races, was a famous figure in the parts of the third dimension where the two races were known.


    Dotta¡¯s father belonged to the Triple-Eyed Demon race, while her mother was from the Ymir¡¯s Giant.


    Her parent¡¯s identities weren¡¯t simple in the races. The father was the next head of the Triple-Eyed Demon race, while her mother was the current head of the Ymir¡¯s Giants.


    It wasn¡¯t a marriage out of love, but it was purely political.


    Around three million years ago, the mother had just gotten crowned as the 7,865,735,846,847,987th head of the race.


    (A/N: It¡¯s the years ording to the third dimension, not the Primal one since we are talking about those members here.)


    The Ymir¡¯s Giant race had a tradition. Whenever a new head would take their position, they would first pray to the statue of Ymir for three thousand years continuously.


    At the end of the prayers, the head would get a number in their head.


    The number would decide the number of years they would rule over the race.


    The number was both a protection talisman as well as a warning. During the years of rule, ording to the number, no member of any race would attempt to kill the head of the Ymir¡¯s Giant unless there was a major war with the race. The inhabitants did it out of respect for Ymir, one of the Devas.


    Simrly, it was a warning. If any head dared to rule even a second more than the prescribed time, they would have terrible curses on them, making their lives hell as they slowly lost their life.


    The shortest rule for a head had been three seconds, while the highest had been seventy Epochs.


    When Dotta¡¯s mother hadpleted her prayer of three thousand years to Ymir, she had also gotten a number in her head.


    It was one hundred and eight Epochs, allowing her to be the longest-reigning head of the Ymir¡¯s Giants. With the number, Dotta¡¯s mother got another thing.


    It was a prophecy rted to her future child and also the future of the Ymir¡¯s Giants.


    To fulfill that prophecy, Dotta¡¯s mother had married Dotta¡¯s father, keeping it entirely political as any romantic feelings between the head of a race with one of the members of the lower-ranked race could turn disastrous for the Ymir¡¯s Giants.


    Dotta¡¯s father wasn¡¯t willing to be a carrier of the child for the head of the Ymir¡¯s Giants, but he had no choice since the treasures offered by Dotta¡¯s mother were too many and valuable to refuse for the Triple-Eyed Demons.


    What the contents of the prophecy said was only known to Dotta¡¯s mother as she had never uttered any word rted to it to anyone, not even the heads of the race before her.


    After sleeping for only one day, Dotta¡¯s mother got pregnant. But unfortunately, Dotta¡¯s father lost all his energy at that moment and died on top of Dotta¡¯s mother.


    (A/N: Is this para cruel or funny? I feel both expressions whenever I read this paragraph. I could have written half a chapter in the time I wasted reading this paragraph again and again!)


    Dotta¡¯s mother carried Dotta for two million years in her womb, only to lose half her cultivation at Dotta¡¯s birth.

 Chapter 576

    Chapter 576: A New Customer(2)


    After carrying Dotta for more than two million years in her womb, Dotta¡¯s mother lost half her cultivation when Dotta took birth.


    Instead of bing a symbol of hope for the two races, Dotta instead became an insignia for terror. Her father died when creating her, while the mother lost half her cultivation as soon as Dotta took birth.


    The only point of fortune the members of the two races felt was Dotta staying in her mother¡¯s womb for two million years.


    Any creature that took this long even to take birth couldn¡¯t be an average figure, so they forgot about what the childbirth of Dotta had cost the two races, and instead, they focused on what they could gain in the future since no one knew the contents of the prophecy Dotta¡¯s mother had heard.


    Dotta lived a happy life after her birth, but suddenly the world came crashing down on her as she heard the news of the destruction of the Triple-Eyed Demon race.


    Even though Dotta had never seen her father, half her bloodline was of the Triple-Eyed Demon, so how could she not feel terrible about the sudden extinction of them, despite them being one of the top twenty races.


    Dotta¡¯s mother did not react at all after hearing the news of the extinction of a strong race. Many of the people put it on the prophecy for herck of reaction.


    Since Dotta also had half her bloodline originating from the Triple-Eyed Demons, Dotta¡¯s mother transferred her to the Primal dimension, forcefully suppressing Dotta¡¯s strength.


    Dotta was one of the most talented beings of the third dimension, so even cultivators with one level higher than her weren¡¯t able to defeat Dotta. Dotta¡¯s mother was also aware of the Void beasts in the Primal dimension, so she warned Dotta not to engage with them. At the same time, Dotta¡¯s mother only suppressed Dotta so that she would have enough strength to kill the Void beasts in a single strike if the situation arose.


    ***


    ¡°Why do I sense danger from the store?¡± Dotta asked in surprise as she looked around her.


    ¡°The stronger your consciousness, the stronger the warning,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied.


    It has only been three minutes since she arrived in the Primal dimension.


    In those three minutes, she had been traveling in the stores as she wanted to know about the world since she would live here for millions of years.


    One million years here only was a year in the third dimension, so since she was lying low on her mother¡¯s order, this situation could continue for decades or centuries ording to the time flow rate of the third dimension.


    ording to her, who had lived her entire life of several hundred thousand years of living in luxury, there was nothing better than a store to know about the world.


    At the same time, Dotta was also overconfident. Her mother had not only suppressed her strength to the peak of the Primal dimension, but she had also provided her defensive and offensive talismans, making her secure even if it came at the cost of destruction of the Primal dimension.


    Before entering the store, everyone would feel the phenomenon of not being able to see or hear what¡¯s going on inside the store, irrespective of their levels. Dotta should also have, but in her overconfidence, she entered the store looking straight, ignoring every strange thing about the store.


    Only after entering the store did shee around as her subconscious automatically acted after feeling the overwhelming strength of the system around her.


    ¡°What does this store sell? Don¡¯t worry, I have too much money,¡± Dotta then stopped thinking about the danger she felt since she could sense that it would only harm her if she took drastic steps. Dotta then asked about the store products, not forgetting to add her unlimited wealth, so the store owner would provide the best-quality store products.


    Aakesh started introducing store products to Dotta since she was a new customer and had asked for them.


    At the same time, Aakesh had to use multitasking even if he didn¡¯t want it as a conversation with the system was going on inside his head.


    [Host, the hybrid has items strong enough to destroy the Primal dimension several times over! The system suggests you stay cautious!]


    The system informed Aakesh about the overpowered and overprotective items Dotta had on her.


    Aakesh was safe inside the store since it was the system¡¯s duty to protect him, but outside the store, he had to pay the system for help, and hence the system asked Aakesh to stay cautious.


    Aakesh only nodded inside his head as he had no interest in going outside. Especially after spending more than two centuries inside the portal, Aakesh decided to stay in the store for at least double that amount of time if he were even to think of going outside.


    [Host, the hybrid is weaker than you in power since someone has suppressed her strength. So you only need to worry about the item, not her power.]


    Soon, the system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless voice rang again inside Aakesh¡¯s head, informing him about the suppressed strength.


    ¡°Hey, system, what are her chances of defeating me if I were only to use my physical strength?¡± Aakesh suddenly thought and asked as it had been five decades since he found someone who could give him even a little bit of a challenge.


    [0.0003 percent!]


    After staying silent for some time, the system¡¯s response rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but be disappointed, hearing the system¡¯s response. He then stopped thinking about situations where thedy could give him any kind of challenge since even at his weakest, she didn¡¯t even have a 0.1% chance of defeating him.


    Aakesh then stopped conversing with the system and returned to the store as he had just concluded the introduction of the store products.


    Dotta didn¡¯t have any different reaction, hearing about the store products. Only when she heard about Panagea did she have a change in her expression, but it was so minimal that anyone other than Aakesh would¡¯ve missed it.


    ***


    A/N: I am not nerfing Aakesh by introducing a nouveau riche character like Dotta. She would only be a minor character here. Only in the third dimension would her character y an important role.

 Chapter 577: Ring- A Tool!

    Chapter 577: Ring- A Tool!


    Aakesh noticed the slight change Dotta had in her expressions when she heard about Panagea, but it was so minimal that he ignored it and continued introducing the store products.


    "..., you can do in Panagea," Aakesh concluded with the introduction of Panagea, and finally, all the store products.


    "I want to enter Panagea," Dotta responded without thinking much since it was the only product that aroused curiosity in her.


    The training area was also of great interest to her, but she, who had already gotten her strength suppressed to the peak of the Primal dimension, couldn''t gain even a little bit of power there, so it was nothing but a waste of time, effort, and pain.


    At that time, only Panagea could interest her. Her reason for interest wasn''t the rarity of the Panagea since she had a world created by her mother for her which offered almost the simr applications as Panagea.


    Since she was here for an unknown amount of time, she decided to enter Panagea as inside Panagea, Dotta would start from scratch and grow in strength. It would help her as a time-pass tactic.


    Aakesh only nodded in reply to her request since he had expected the same after seeing thedy showing no response to any product other than Panagea.


    Aakesh then introduced the store cards since they weren''t the store products, and it would help him stop the sale hearing about entering Panagea from thedy every day she would arrive.


    After hearing about the store cards, Dotta took out a single supreme Primal stone from her pocket space and handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the stone from thedy, threw it into the ck hole drawn on the box, and then pressed the switch denoting the supreme card.


    Not long after, a silver card appeared in Aakesh''s hands. He handed it to thedy and told her the process of contracting it.


    Dotta wasn''t as overconfident as she was before entering the store after the sense of danger from the store, so Dotta didn''t spill the drop of her blood straight away.


    Dotta, using her senses, checked every portion of the silver card in her hands. She failed to perceive anything, but her purpose wasplete. Her intuition warned of no dangering from it at any point during the search, yet it still wasn''t enough for her to feel confident about spilling the drop of her blood. Instead, the base for her confidence was the ring she had worn in her hands.


    Even though she failed to perceive what was the card, the ring on her right index finger sent every detail about it to her head. It was a present from her mother on her one hundred thousandth birthday. It was a tool used to perceive anything in existence below the [@#$@%&# grade].


    The square card wasn''t above the [@#$@%&# grade], so she had all the information about the card. Since it created no danger for Dotta, she rubbed her finger at the needle ced on the top of the card as told by Aakesh.


    The next moment, Dotta felt a sudden pain, but it didn''tst; as soon as it came, it vanished.


    The next moment, a drop of dark gold blood with a purple hue around it left the tip of Dotta''s fingers and flew to the tiny circle ced at the bottom of the card.


    A sudden light made of the same color as the blood engulfed the card, and not long after, the supreme card presented itself to Dotta in the same color as her blood.


    Dotta then sensed a new connection with her consciousness. Soon, all the information Dotta needed to know about the supreme card appeared in her mind.


    Dotta transferred all the hard currency(Primal stone, Sacred stone, third dimension''s currency) to the card since it was one of the only three features of the supreme card.


    Since Dotta now had the card on her hands, she didn''t need to ask Aakesh for products unless it was the training area.


    Dotta then thought about Panagea. The next moment, a mechanical voice rang inside her head, asking whether she wanted to pay or not. As soon as she responded positively, she soon got a new alert informing her about the payment deduction from the supreme card.


    "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am Dotta," Dotta suddenly told Aakesh.


    It was a lie that she had forgotten about introducing herself. Only after she saw the level of sophistication just a card carried did she find Aakesh pleasing hence the introduction. If she hadn''t found the store or its products pleasing, let alone introduction, even extra talks would be detrimental for the store and the store owner.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh expressionlessly introduced himself in response.


    Dotta nodded and then went toward the portal room after Aakesh pointed in that direction.


    Aakesh returned to another of his rxation session since there was no newer customer in the store''s sight.


    Aakesh then started thinking about the quest rted to the Panagea. He needed to clear 1.5 billion Panagea hours for fifty years straight, so it wasn''t an easy task.


    Today was going to be the first day when the quest began. But he didn''t get enough customers to achieve that many hours despite there already being a few hours since the opening of the store.


    To achieve 1.5 billion Panagea hours, Aakesh needed 100 million customers to spend fifteen hours, which neither sounded nor looked easy.


    Before today, the most number of customers he had in this store was eighty-seven million, and that too was at the event he had concluded just several days ago. So it would take some time before the store achieved a footfall of 100 million customers for even a day, let alone 100 million customers for fifty years straight.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, the punishment for the quest didn''t start unless he gotte by ten years, so he still had a lot of time before he could worry about facing the failure punishment for the first time.


    Since there was still time left, Aakesh stopped thinking about the quest andpletely emptied his mind, starting another rxation session.


    Time flew by.


    Three hours had passed since Dotta arrived in the store. She was thest newer customer up to this moment in the store.

 Chapter 578

    Chapter 578: A Familiar Face!


    Aakesh had been rxing for three hours straight since no newer customer or a regr customer who didn¡¯t own any of the three cards arrived in the store after Dotta.


    ¡°Click!¡±


    ¡°Click!¡±


    ¡°Click!¡±


    Aakesh¡¯s rxation session finally came to an end after three long hours as he sensed the footsteps approaching him.


    Aakesh opened his eyes, only to find a familiar figure standing in front of him with a smiling face.


    The figure was none other than Lilith, the Angel, whom Aakesh met fifty years ago in the store and then the Conspiracy continent with Vritrasura.


    After leaving the continent, Aakesh never met with her again, only to see her today after fifty long years.


    ¡°Did you miss me?¡± Lilith smilingly asked as she saw the change in Aakesh¡¯s expression when he saw her.


    ¡°Why are you here?¡± Aakesh ignored Lilith¡¯s question and instead asked her the one he wanted.


    Thest time Lilith was here, it had things to do with Vritrasura and Jamini, so Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but think about what was her next step.


    ¡°Do you even know how much your words hurt me?¡± Lilith¡¯s voice suddenly changed. It was as if it contained all the world¡¯s sadness in it. At the same time, a drop of tears streamed through Lilith¡¯s cheeks as she looked at Aakesh.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he didn¡¯t speak but only stared at her.


    Seeing her performance having no effect on Aakesh, Lilith¡¯s wiped the teardrop away as her face suddenly turned cheerful.


    ¡°How can you resist my charm?¡± Lilith suddenly asked. She came from the race of Angels, a subspecies of the Yaksha race, the third-ranked race of the Multiverse.


    Yakshas or their subspecies were known for their devilish charms, in addition to the outrageous power they had, making them loved and feared at the same time.


    ¡°Forget it! You¡¯re a monster,¡± Before waiting for Aakesh¡¯s response, Lilith added. She still remembered the evaluation Vritrasura had given to Aakesh, so she would only be an idiot if she believed that someone like Aakesh wouldn¡¯t be able to fight her charms.


    ¡°Why are you here?¡± Aakesh ignored thepliment-containingment from Lilith and asked the question again.


    ¡°Oh, just for fun,¡± Lilith answered.


    Aakesh still had an expressionless face as he only stared at Lilith without speaking anything.


    ¡°Forpleting my mission, my teacher gave me a vacation of three days, so I am here to enjoy it since you¡¯re the most interesting person I havee across,¡± Lilith added as she understood the meaning of the expressionless stare from Aakesh.


    ¡°Three days of Primal dimension or the third one?¡± Aakesh asked after staying silent for some time.


    ***


    The reason for Aakesh staying silent was his conversation with the system in his head.


    ¡°Hey, system, what are my chances now to defeat Lilith?¡± Aakesh asked the system in his head.


    Thest time he asked the system, his chances of beating Lilith were zero. Even Dotta had chances of defeating Aakesh, it was low, but it still wasn¡¯t zero like him.


    Now Aakesh was several times stronger than the past him. If the past him were to be a dust particle in the ground, the current Aakesh would be abination of several universes; such was the difference.


    [Host, your chances of defeating the Angel still is zero percent!]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head, breaking all the hopes Aakesh had of challenging Lilith to a battle in the virtual training area.


    ¡°If the chances of me defeating Lilith are still zero, doesn¡¯t that mean her power breaches the limit set by the Primal dimension?¡± Aakesh asked another question.


    In the past fifty years, Aakesh had raised both his strength and agility to the five billion Primal units mark.


    After Aakesh reached that limit, his attributes started growing up as it was the limit set by the Primal dimension, and the system didn¡¯t want Aakesh to cross that limit for now. Aakesh still had the store upgrading quest left toplete before he could even think of ascending.


    [Yes, Host!]


    [The Angel¡¯s strength had crossed the limit of the Primal dimension, but even if she were to release her power, the dimension wouldn¡¯t act against her.]


    [Host, you don¡¯t have sufficient authority to know further!]


    In a breath, a few alerts rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head, answering him and also informing him of new things, only to stop at the end as he didn¡¯t have sufficient authority.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised when he heard thetter alerts. How could his authority impeach him for knowing things other than the things rted to his mysterious past? It was the first time Aakesh hade across such a situation.


    Aakesh wanted to ask the system, but since he already knew the answer, he put the question in the back of his mind, waiting for his authority to grow.


    Aakesh then stopped asking questions about the system and returned to the conversation with Lilith.


    ***


    ¡°The third dimension one,¡± Lilith smilingly replied. Her tone contained a hint of yfulness as if telling Aakesh that she had a lot of time on her hands here.


    ¡°Do you have a spot in Panagea?¡± Lilith then asked Aakesh as it was her third entry into the store, and during the previous two times, she had failed to get a spot as they were filled each time.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded. Even though he didn¡¯t like or hate Lilith, he still didn¡¯t want her inside the store, as even the system restricted him from asking more by using his low authority. But since he was a store owner, his ethics didn¡¯t allow him to stop any customer from enjoying the store products if they didn¡¯t break any rules.


    Lilith couldn¡¯t help but heave a sigh of relief as unexpectedly a sense of tension had gripped her heart when she asked about Panagea. Returning without using the product not once but twice was already enough, and she didn¡¯t want to fail again, so she got excited after hearing Aakesh.


    ***


    A/N: I have no ns to introduce romance in the story, but I have ns to create friends for Aakesh. Lilith is one such character, so she would be the main character at some point in the future. Be sure to share your views!

 Chapter 579

    Chapter 579: The Mysterious Past!


    Lilith heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that there was a spot avable in Panagea for her. She wouldn¡¯t have to leave the store empty-handed like the previous two times.


    Lilith joked with Aakesh that he was the reason for her descending to the Primal dimension to enjoy her vacation of three days, but it was only half the truth. Panagea was in her consideration when she decided to do it.


    For some reason, she had gotten attracted to the Panagea from the moment she heard about its introduction from Aakesh. She wasn¡¯t clear about the reason behind her feeling such for it, hence the decision to spend time here.


    She had gotten three days of vacation, which gave her a sufficient number of centuries to enjoy her stay in Panagea unless she got bored of it.


    Since the spots were empty for Panagea, Lilith¡¯s smile became broader and more freely. She then started having a conversation with Aakesh since she had met him after fifty years.


    ¡°What about that egg of the Chaos Whale?¡± Lilith suddenly remembered about the egg Vritrasura had given to Aakesh for rescuing his daughter.


    When she was in the space inside the portal, she only thought it was special, but after returning to the third dimension, she searched about the Chaos Whale and the egg.


    Many believed that the egg belonged to the ruler of the Chaos Whale, but in reality, it couldn¡¯t be any more wrong.


    The egg preceded even the birth of the ruler of the Chaos Whale¡¯s race. Only a very few people knew about the extraordinary of the egg.


    The egg belonged to the primogenitor of the Chaos Whale, but the bloodline wasn¡¯t very pure, so it never hatched and became a strong warrior for the race. Instead, it became a treasure-consuming creature. The amount of Soul water required to make it stay alive would already be vast enough to shame oceans.


    But since it descended from the primogenitor and the primogenitor mysteriously disappeared not long after. The members of the Chaos Whale race had been continuing to throw their treasures at the egg without caring about the cost, even though they weren¡¯t sure whether the creature would hatch or not.


    It was all told to Lilith by her teacher. Even her teacher wasn¡¯t aware of why did Vritrasura be interested in the egg years ago, and if he felt interested in it, why did he give it to someone as a reward?


    It was true that Aakesh did an incalcble favor on Jamini by clearing the world, but it didn¡¯t reach such a limit where Vritrasura would hand Aakesh the egg.


    The bloodline of the whale inside the egg wasn¡¯t strong, but the members of the Chaos Whale race had their sentiments attached to the egg. Even to this day, the rtions between the Asura and the Chaos Whale haven¡¯t be better.


    It was undeniable that the Asura race was the second mightiest race in all the Multiverse after the all-mightiest Devas. But even then, the members of the Chaos Whale race attacked any Asura sighted in their territories without caring for their status. They had once even attacked the son of the head of the Asura race, which in turn became a full-fledged war between the two races, sending shockwaves across the entire dimension.


    But for some reason, Lilith¡¯s teacher wasn¡¯t aware why the war hade to a sudden stop before the higher-level members of both races could join it.


    Even Lilith felt wondrous and had no answer; why did ¡®He¡¯ reward Aakesh with the egg? She even believed that ¡®He¡¯ got the egg in the first ce for Aakesh, not for himself. Even her teacher felt it to be too exaggerated, but they still didn¡¯t reject her conjecture.


    ***


    ¡°It is still very far from hatching,¡± Aakesh answered. Even he felt defeated by his inability to hatch the creature out.


    Aakesh was aware of the techniques rted to hatching the egg for the race of the Chaos Whale, but it didn¡¯t work when he tried it on the egg.


    Aakesh also thought of feeding his blood to the egg as he did to Lily for one hundred and eight years, but the system told him against it. The creature inside the egg would explode as there was a problem with it.


    Aakesh could ask the system for help hatching the egg, but the price he needed to pay was too great for the current him, so he chose against it and decided to think about it in the future.


    Since he had epted the reward from Vritrasura, the creature inside the egg had already be his family member. He would surely hatch it. As for how long it would take, he wasn¡¯t sure.


    Lilith nodded since she expected things to be like this. The amount of time the egg had spent inside the treasure house of the Chaos Whale race had already lost the count of time, so if Aakesh seeded in hatching the egg, wouldn¡¯t that make the overlords of the ocean seem inferior inparison to a single person.


    Lilith then told Aakesh about what she learned about the egg from her teacher. She even shared her conjecture with Aakesh about Vritrasura stealing the egg from the race to hand it to him in the first ce.


    ¡°Eh!¡± Even Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but keep his calm after he heard the story of the egg. He also thought the egg to be the heir of the ruler of the Chaos Whale, not knowing that it had such a mysterious past.


    Aakesh then focused on the conjecture made by Lilith. Even though he thought the same after hearing the story, the time difference between him and the historical battle of eleven seconds was countless. For creatures of power level like Vritrasura, time had no effect on them. The present, the past, and the future felt the same for them.


    But there were still rules affecting them, or wouldn¡¯t they be invincible. Only Devas were invincible in the Multiverse, and no other race came even close to their power.


    Aakesh wanted to ask the system about this, but he controlled himself and didn¡¯t waste his time. He already knew the answer.


    ***


    Author¡¯s rambling: What do you think why did Vritrasura do it? What¡¯s the rtionship between Aakesh and him?


    (PS: Aakesh isn¡¯t an Asura.)

 Chapter 580

    Chapter 580: A Huge Disappointment!


    Since Aakesh couldn¡¯t get the answer he wanted from the system, Aakesh stopped thinking about it and pushed it to the future when he would have sufficient authority to know things he wanted to know about his past.


    Time flew by.


    Lilith finally stopped her conversation with Aakesh since she was going to be here for several centuries and would have all the time to talk to Aakesh. For the moment, she wanted to enter Panagea and check just what was inside it that attracted her so much that she would think of descending to the Primal dimension for it.


    Lilith bought the supreme card from the store since an inferior or supreme Primal stone was simr to her.


    She then transferred supreme Primal stones inside her card and went to the portal room to have her first experience inside Panagea.


    It wasn¡¯t only Lilith that was excited about entering Panagea, but Aakesh was also excited about it. Even though he didn¡¯t show it on the outside, he still was.


    Aakesh still remembered how he wanted Lilith to buy a product from the store during her previous arrivals just so he could use the skill, Watcher, to check her life. But he would fail every time as she showed no interest in other products, and Panagea had no empty virtual portals left.


    Since Lilith had now bought one store product, Aakesh could check her past life using the skill Watcher.


    Aakesh then activated the skill since he couldn¡¯t see any new arrival inside the store or even outside where only he could see it.


    The next moment, a ck screen only visible to Aakesh appeared in front of him.


    The screen lightened up not long after as a scene started ying on it.


    The next moment, a dumbfounded expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as he looked at the scene ying out on the screen.


    On the screen, Lilith suddenly appeared in the darkness of the space and then teleported into a familiar ce to Aakesh. It was nothing other than the outside of the store. Lilith then stepped into the store, and soon Aakesh could see the earlier him opening his eyes on the screen.


    Aakesh waved his hands in disappointment as the skill Watcher showed him the past of Lilith¡¯s clone, not the actual her.


    (A/N: Many must be wondering, if it¡¯s Lilith¡¯s clone, then what was the point of writing about Lilith choosing to spend her three-day vacation here? Don¡¯t worry, your dear author, the almighty me, is here. Even though it¡¯s Lilith¡¯s clone with not even 1% of the power held by the real her, she had still sent her consciousness here, and the remaining consciousness would be used to watch the events in real-time, not like knowing what would happen after the clone joined with the actual her.)


    The next moment, light particles started moving away from the screen, and in no time, the screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it again.


    Aakesh then returned to another of his rxation session, waiting to wake up when a new customer or a customer who didn¡¯t own any cards arrived.


    Time flew by.


    Suddenly, a door appeared in the store, and soon, a figure stepped out of it and stepped down the stairs connecting the door to the floor.


    Aakesh opened his eyes as Lily jumped on his head.


    ¡°I finally won the war,¡± Lily suddenly told Aakesh. Her voice contained both excitement and exhaustion.


    Lily had been in a war inside Panagea for thest thirty years, and today, she finally killed the enemy leader and won her first war.


    After giving up hismission over the training area, Aakesh made Lily a kind of hybrid in Panagea. She had the unlimited revival ability of the adventurers, and at the same time, she was also an inhabitant of the world, Panagea.


    Being a local of the world didn¡¯t sound good as it snatched the ability to retain any of the ten Emperor¡¯s inheritance since only the adventurers were eligible for it, but it also had its advantages.


    Lily always had the ambition to conquer and live like a ruler, so when she had a sufficient number of underlings, she initiated a war to conquer a territory.


    The territory belonged to a Kingdom, but since Lily was a local, only the ruler of thend was in conflict with her, not the entire Kingdom.


    The Kingdom would only send soldiers if Lily broke the rule of the warfare.


    There were only two rules when it came to warfare in Panagea. First, don¡¯t harm the civilians, and second, stay away from the farms and industries.


    It was cruel for the Kingdom not to intervene despite the nobles being loyal to the throne, but the world was as it was. It was never fair to anyone. The powerful not only made the rules but also broke them. It was weak that had to follow these rules.


    If there were an adventurer in ce of Lily, then they would have faced the might of the entire Kingdom even if they attempted to snatch a part of thend which wasn¡¯t visible to the naked eyes, let alone arge territory.


    After warring with the baron for thirty years, Lily finally won control over a territory spanning over eighty thousand sq. miles.


    The territory was the roughest portion of the Kingdom, but it still took Lily thirty years to conquer it, despite the Kingdom not interfering in the conflict. Lily still was excited since it was her first sessful step to ruling the entire Panagea one day.


    A smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face after hearing about the sess story of Lily.


    ¡°Tomorrow, I have to vow my allegiance to the throne, and I would be an official ruler in the eyes of the people,¡± Lily added as winning the war was only the first step.


    Even though the Kingdom didn¡¯t interfere in the war if the invader followed the two golden rules, it didn¡¯t mean that the Kingdom wouldn¡¯t demand loyalty from the winning party.


    If Lily refused, the Kingdom would attack. If Lily epted, she would get a noble title personally from the King.


    ¡°Do what you think is correct,¡± Aakesh replied as he didn¡¯t want to influence Lily¡¯s decision. She wanted to rule, so it was her decision how she wanted to do it, not him.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry for the sudden absence. The book will return to its regr schedule from today. I will make up for the chapter in the uing days.

 Chapter 581

    Chapter 581: Close for the Day!


    ¡°Do what you feel is correct,¡± Aakesh told Lily.


    It was entirely up to Lily whether she wanted to pledge her loyalty to the King and his throne or not. Whatever decision she took, it was on her to go through with it since Aakesh wouldn¡¯t help her.


    Lily fell silent in response to Aakesh¡¯sment, and not long after that, shefortably fell asleep on his head.


    There was still time left before the sunset so Aakesh couldn¡¯t close the store for now. After Lily fell asleep, Aakesh also closed his eyes and started his rxation session since there were no new customers in his sight.


    Time flew by.


    The sun finally set down, bringing the darkness back and devouring light.


    It was now time for Aakesh to close the store.


    There were still a few customers left inside the Panagea and the weapons room.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to worry about the customers inside the Panagea since the system would automatically force them out. Aakesh only had to stand up and walk to the weapons room.


    ¡°You all cane tomorrow. It¡¯s time for the store to close for the day!¡±


    An expressionless voice rang in the ears of every customer present in the weapons room.


    The customers couldn¡¯t help but shake their heads in disappointment as many of them still hadn¡¯t found a weapon they liked, while many were searching to find an even better weapon than they had gotten.


    But no one dared to make a fuss or throw tantrums as they left the weapons room and then the store. Irrespective of cultivation level, every customer felt fearful of the mysterious store owner.


    Since there were no customers left in the weapons room, Aakesh also exited it and returned to his chair.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, seven minutes had passed.


    A customer came out of the portal room. She then thanked Aakesh, wished him good night, and then left the store through the door.


    Aakesh then stood up from his chair as thedy was thest customer present in the store. Now only Aakesh and Lily were present inside the store.


    Since it was the sunset, Aakesh went to the door and closed it, ending another fruitful day in the life of the store.


    ¡°It¡¯s time for training,¡± Aakesh told Lily as he woke her up.


    Lily rubbed her eyes as she stretched her tiny paws.


    Aakesh only smiled. The next moment, both of them disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily chose her usual training with the earlier Epochal Felines. The next moment, a space crack in the form of a portal appeared and sucked her in without even giving her a chance to resist.


    After Lily left, Aakesh took out the training weapon from his right side. He then turned to his left and selected the environment he wanted to train inside.


    The next moment, a portal simr to one for Lily appeared and sucked Aakesh inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a familiar environment in the midst of eerie silence and darkness.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Suddenly a sound rang in the area.


    The direction of the sound was left to Aakesh, but instead of dodging to his left, Aakesh turned around, nocked his bow as an energy arrow took shape on it, and shot it.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The next moment, the sound of an arrow tearing through the air rang in the area, but not long after, a metallic sh devoured that sound.


    Aakesh had no mood to check what had happened, as this time, two sounds of an item tearing through the air rang in the area. One originated from Aakesh¡¯s front, while one from his behind.


    Aakesh nocked the bow again and shot three arrows straight away, but before he could check the result, he turned to his left and shot one arrow.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The next moment, continuous sounds of metallic shes rang in the area, and not long after, an explosion rang in the area.


    In this training, at the start, there would be two sounds as a random projectile would get thrown at Aakesh.


    Aakesh would have to guess the direction of the iteming toward him from the sound and then destroy it.


    As Aakesh proceeded forward, the number of sounds and projectiles would increase exponentially and attack him.


    Sometimes swords would attack Aakesh, while sometimes, it would be an arrow.


    The number of arrows Aakesh needed to shoot depended upon the iteming toward him, so this training not only strengthened Aakesh¡¯s hearing but also his senses.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Simultaneously more than ten thousand different kinds of sounds originating from different directions rang in the area.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he first turned to his right and shot seven arrows in a row. Before the arrow moved even an inch away from the bow, Aakesh returned to his previous direction and fired a single arrow.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    Aakesh matched the ten thousand projectiles as the sound of metallic shes engulfed the area already drowned in darkness.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    Suddenly the sound of something piercing through the body rang in the area. If there were light present, the scene of an arrow piercing the area between Aakesh¡¯s eyebrows would present itself to the person watching it.


    After the arrow pierced Aakesh, he couldn¡¯t stand straight for long as he crashed to the ground after losing consciousness.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the selection area since the training Aakesh had chosen was only avable once a day to him.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t feel disappointed as Aakesh could already match the rhythm of ten thousand projectile attacks aimed at him. Aakesh believed he would sessfully breach the mark in the next one or two days.


    Since it had only been a few minutes, Aakesh began the training. There was still much time left before Lily would exit; Aakesh decided to select another training since he wouldn¡¯t be able to enter the current one for the day.


    Aakesh then turned to his left, put down the bow, and chose another weapon.


    ***


    A/N: What weapon do you think Aakesh would¡¯ve chosen?


    No, it¡¯s not a sword or spear!


    Only one chapter for now. I would upload two more chapterster in the day. Until then, pleasement on what weapon Aakesh picked up?

 Chapter 582

    Chapter 582: A New Weapon(1)


    Aakesh turned to his left, dropped the bow, and picked up a new weapon.


    Aakesh then turned to his right, selected a suitable environment for his training, and pressed the switch.


    The next moment, the space cracked open in the form of a portal, and not long after, it sucked Aakesh inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in a new area.


    The area in which Aakesh appeared wasn¡¯t endless like his previous environments.


    Aakesh appeared on a circr stage spanning over sixty meters. The ground wasn¡¯t concrete but made of mud which was slightly wet. Taking even a step forward without slipping down on the surface would be a challenge.


    Aakesh looked at the weapon he had in his right hand.


    It was a mace.


    A mace was a weapon with a spherical head mounted on a shaft, and the head spiked on the top of the head.


    The mace in Aakesh¡¯s hands was also the same. The spherical head had rings made up on it, with small torge from top to middle, and thenrge to small, from the mid-section to the bottom. The shaft and the head were golden in color, with only the tip being different. The spike was ck with countless red needles adorning it.


    The shaft and head were made of wood, while the spike was a metal.


    Aakesh put the mace down with the spike touching the ground while Aakesh held the handle not to let it fall. The mace came from Aakesh¡¯s waist to the surface, showing itsrge size. The shaft was as thick as Aakesh¡¯s arms, while the head would put Aakesh¡¯s thighs to shame. The needle on the spike was sharp enough to pierce the mightiest of the items.


    The mace weighed enough to sink the entire Anga continent down, but here despite the ground being wet mud, the mace had no effect on the surface.


    Unlike other weapons where Aakesh didn¡¯t need to feel the weight as they were lighter than a leaf in Aakesh¡¯s hands due to their effects, the mace had no such ability. If Aakesh wanted to use it, he would need to utilize it by keeping the weight in mind.


    The mace was a close-range weapon and was for physically strong people. Since Aakesh had already developed his physique to the limit, Aakesh felt nothing from the weight of the mace. This situation would continue until the battle didn¡¯t begin.


    Since Aakesh was using the mace in training, despite having a physique more than enough to hold the mace, in the battle, Aakesh would feel the mace weight. It would be equal to half the amount of weight Aakesh could pick up at his peak strength.


    Only a second had passed after Aakesh¡¯s appearance when the ground below Aakesh¡¯s feet started shaking.


    Aakesh stood stable as this intensity wasn¡¯t strong enough even to budge the tip of his finger, let alone his body.


    A few meters away from Aakesh, suddenly the wet mud from the ground started rising higher and higher.


    On the stage, only the length and width were limited, but the altitude wasn¡¯t. In no time, the height of the mud reached almost a hundred meters, and it still continued.


    Only after reaching an altitude of more than five hundred meters did the rising of the mud finally came to stop.


    Aakesh¡¯s face suddenly turned cold as he picked the mace up and pointed it toward the height. The weight of the mace suddenly appeared, but Aakesh stood stable as his veins almost started showing up.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    The next moment, a roar filled with a wave of unbridled anger rang in the area since Aakesh pointing out the mace toward it was a humiliating insult to whoever was behind the mud peak.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care as he forced some strength into his legs and took a jump.


    In no time, Aakesh appeared right in front of the tip of the mud and smashed the mace to it.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion-like sound rang in the area. Aakesh¡¯s smash bore no fruit as the scene stayed the same as it was a moment earlier.


    Aakesh wanted to take another hit, but suddenly the gravity on the ground grew as it pulled Aakesh down.


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    The next moment, Aakesh crashed to the ground with arge sound.


    The stage spanning over thirty meters was a stage for Aakesh to train his mace where not only the surface but the environment was also against him.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    The next moment, a roar louder and angrier than before rang in the area as suddenly the mud descended on Aakesh at an incredible speed.


    Aakesh put some strength into his legs again as he jumped straight from that spot with the spike facing the mud descending toward him.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    The next moment, the explosion-like sound rang again, and soon, a crashing sound devoured the explosion.


    ¡°CRASH!!!¡±


    The crashing sound hadn¡¯t even subsided when suddenly a sound loud enough to shake several Universes at once rang in the area as the mud descended on Aakesh.


    Aakesh face turned cold as the impact was stronger than anticipated. The entire might of the sh was forced to hit a single point, and it was him.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t let the descending mud crush him into a pulp as suddenly the spike of his mace started shining in white.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a continuous explosion rang in the area as the mud flew all around the stage. The needles flew all around Aakesh, and whenever they shed with the impact, it resulted in a loud explosion, throwing the mud as if it was nothing but only a paper.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as the creature hidden behind the mud finally presented itself.


    It was a creature made up of mud, with arms and thighs so bulkier that even thebined thighs of Aakesh would look like a stick inparison to the arm.


    The creature had the same height as Aakesh, but it covered arger area than Aakesh on the ground. It also had a mace on its hands, made entirely of the mud.


    ¡°ROAR!!!¡±


    The creature roared in anger as it had to appear in front of Aakesh. Nothing could be more humiliating for it to fail to kill Aakesh despite having the support of the mud.

 Chapter 583

    Chapter 583: A New Weapon(End)


    After roaring angrily, the creature made its move.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The mace came quickly to smash Aakesh into pulp, but suddenly Aakesh¡¯s mace appeared in its way, resulting in a shing sound ringing in the area.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    Continuous sounds of metallic shes rang in the area as Aakesh and the creature shed with each other.


    Despite Aakesh reaching the limit of the Primal dimension, his frightening physique seemed to have no effect here. Simrly, the creature, despite having an almost invincible strength, failed to do anything different.


    Once the creature would be the attacker while Aakesh would be the defender, and in the next attack, both thebatants would rece each other.


    Aakesh suddenly took a step backward as the mud mace shining with an unspeakable splendor and with an unprecedented intensity came where once his head was.


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion rang in the area as the ground exploded after the mace hit it.


    Aakesh expressionlessly jumped with his mace aiming at the head of the creature.


    The creature brought his mace to defend himself as there was no time left for it to attack when suddenly Aakesh released the mace from his hand, taking the figure back.


    The creature still didn¡¯t let its guard down as it didn¡¯t know what Aakesh wanted to do.


    The creature¡¯s decision turned out to be correct as when the mace was adjacent to the creature¡¯s face and was still falling, Aakesh other hand came and pushed the spike, aiming at the creature¡¯s throat.


    The creature brought its mace down as sparks emerged from the sh of the spike and the mud mace.


    Suddenly the mace disappeared, and soon it appeared in his hand, which Aakesh still hadn¡¯t taken back, despite releasing the mace.


    The creature had no time to attack or defend so it moved away, but unfortunately for it, Aakesh turned out to be the quicker of the duo.


    ¡°BAM!!!¡±


    The next moment, the mace smashed onto the head of the creature, resulting in a loud sound ringing in the area.


    A disappointed expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as Aakesh failed to kill the creature in a single strike.


    The head of the creature sunk down, but in no time, it got restored to its previous shape.


    The creature had a frightening healing rate. It was even quicker than Aakesh, so if Aakesh failed to end it in a single strike, the opponent would restore back in no time.


    Aakesh took a step forward as he grabbed the mace using both his hands and brought it toward the creature¡¯s head.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    The creature roared as it also did the same and brought its mace forward.


    In the battle, thebatants could only use mace to attack or defend as no matter how durable their physique was during the fight when it shed with the mace, the mace would smash it into a blood cloud.


    Aakesh was quicker in the duo, while the creature had a superior physique and physical strength. The figure, being the slower one, failed to create a chance again as it became the defendant for the third time.


    The creature¡¯s mace started expanding as it awaited the arrival of Aakesh¡¯s mace.


    If the creature used the mace skill, how could Aakesh stay behind?


    In this battle, the mace allowed Aakesh to use three skills.


    The first was ¡®Pouring Needles¡¯. As its name suggested, the countless pointy needles on the spike would move away and explode with any item that it touched. It was also the skill, Aakesh had used to destroy the mud mountain that had descended on him.


    The second was the skill Aakesh had used a moment earlier when the mace suddenly disappeared from where it was and appeared in Aakesh¡¯s hands.


    It was now time for Aakesh to use his third skill as there could be no better chance than this moment. The creature was in its most defensive mode, without getting sufficient amount even to put its entire defense.


    The next moment, the mace in Aakesh¡¯s hands started shining. It began from the tip, but in no time, the ck light covered the entirety of the spherical head and shaft.


    A pressure filled with killing intent emanated in the area as even the space started cracking, feeling helpless in its presence.


    ¡°BOOM!!!¡±


    ¡°CRACK!!!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion louder than ever rang as the mace covered in ck light shed with the expanded mace.


    Soon cracking sounds started ringing in the area as the creature¡¯s mace failed to handle the ultimate skill Aakesh had in the battle.


    Another explosion-like sound rang in the area not long after as the creature¡¯s mace exploded, resulting in its parts flowing across the area.


    Even Aakesh wasn¡¯t untouched by it as the shards released by the mace¡¯s explosion flew randomly everywhere with unprecedented intensity.


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    Aakesh¡¯s face suddenly turned cold as he lost half his right hand while the mace fell to the ground, creating another sound.


    Numerous injuries spread randomly across Aakesh¡¯s body presented themselves when finally, the shards stopped flying all around.


    Except for Aakesh losing his right hand right from his elbow, none of the injuries was severe.


    In no time, the shallow cuts healed, while the other injuries took time.


    Aakesh had no time to check on it as the creature in front of Aakesh was still alive despite facing Aakesh¡¯s ultimate attack and being in close proximity when its mace exploded.


    Aakesh had his mace on the ground, while the creature had no mace.


    Suddenly the mud on the ground started moving. Aakesh understood what it wanted to do, so he quickly picked up the mace and activated the skill, ¡®Pouring Needles¡¯, and forced all the needles to fly toward the creature.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    At the same time, Aakesh had also forced a few of the needles toward the area where the mud was making its move.


    The next moment, continuous sounds of explosion and several clouds filled with dust, covered Aakesh¡¯s sight and hearing.


    When everything returned to normal, the ruined stage weed Aakesh¡¯s sight.


    Not even a single spot was left on the stage where there wasn¡¯t a crack or a pit.


    Since the creature was nowhere to be seen, Aakesh finally won the battle. Even though Aakesh wasn¡¯t satisfied with his victory, it was still a win.

 Chapter 584

    Chapter 584: Leaving the Training!


    After the battle, Aakesh appeared in the selection Area.


    There was still some time left before Lily would exit her environment, so Aakesh decided to do another round of training in a different surroundings since his entry to thest one had gotten restricted for the day.


    Time flew by.


    The silence inside the selection area suddenly broke down as the space crack opened, and not long after, Lily stepped out of it.


    Lily didn¡¯t see Aakesh there, so she asked the system for her chair and sat down on it.


    Several years ago, Lily and Aakesh had made a routine of conversing and sharing their experiences toward training or other random things during the day. It had now be a tradition after so long, and she had no ns to break it today.


    Time flew by.


    A few minutes after Lily exited her training, the silence inside the selection area broke again as a simr space crack appeared. From it, Aakesh stepped out.


    A gentle smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as he saw Lily waiting on her chair for him.


    The current Lily had the same size as her since she didn¡¯t like looking like a child inparison to Aakesh when they shared their experiences. Yet out of respect for Aakesh, Lily would never grow her size more than Aakesh and would always be 1 cm lower than his height.


    Aakesh also asked for the system and sat on it.


    ¡°So, what happened today?¡± Aakesh asked Lily as she looked at him with unblinking eyes.


    ¡°Nothing major. I just defeated someone one level higher than me,¡± Lily replied. She wanted to sound as if it wasn¡¯t a big deal, but her chest poofing and the pride in her voice gave her up.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh and Lily shared their experiences with each other. When it came to an end, Aakesh and Lily both left the selection area and appeared back in the store.


    The next moment, the door of Aakesh¡¯s room appeared, floating in the air. Not long after, a stair connecting it to the floor emerged.


    Lily looked at Aakesh and then took a step forward.


    After reaching the top, Lily entered the room, and not long after, the door automatically closed on its own.


    The smile on Aakesh¡¯s face disappeared, and it then turned expressionless since Lily was no longer there.


    With an expressionless face, Aakesh turned in the direction of the portal room and took a step forward.


    After entering the room, Aakesh¡¯s eyes fell on the leaderboard section as usual.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation as he saw that all the names were full, and even the lowest-ranked adventurer had breached the Level 100 mark.


    On the top was Maria, the first customer of the store. Winning the territory had absolutely bombarded her with fortune.


    The second-ranked was Evelyn, the deputy head of the organization Skylord.


    If not for Evelyn, Maria would have already gotten demoted to rank two.


    Evelyn had supported her with much intensity. So much so that not even one of the leveling stones went toward any organization member other than Maria. It gave her a significant headstart, and she breached the Level 100 mark when the second-ranked adventurer was only around Level sixty.


    Not only that, even after Maria breached the Level 100 mark, the organization, in the lead of Evelyn, dedicated a single day of every week toward the quests or helped Maria to gain XPs.


    Maria also understood it, so Maria also rewarded more powers over the organization, Skylord, to Evelyn for her hard work.


    Maria was Level 198 on the leaderboard, while the second-ranked Evelyn was Level 187, eleven levels below Maria.


    The third-ranked adventurer on the leaderboard was Eris. Eris had won the first-ranked territory in the first event and also had a protection period of five years.


    No one knew why Eris was third despite having the most affluential territory in Panagea with a protection period of five years. Since Eris didn¡¯t like mingling with others and didn¡¯t share anything rted to thend with Robert, the only person he somewhat talked with, the reason would always be a mystery. Eris was Level 182 on the leaderboard.


    The fourth-ranked adventurer was Liz, the only customer to win the event rted to the territory in Panagea twice. She was Level 173.


    Aakesh then looked for a few more names to see if someone advanced by ranks, but after seeing the top hundred adventurers, he found it simr to what he had been looking for for the past several years. Not even a single new customer had made its way into that rank.


    Aakesh then moved his eyes away and looked toward the closest virtual portal since there was nothing further interesting to see.


    Aakesh then touched the stars fluctuating in the portal with the tip of his finger.


    The next moment, a suction force much stronger than anything he could muster to fight emerged from the portal and sucked Aakesh inside. The next moment, the stars dimmed down as they turned grey, announcing that it wasn¡¯t vacant anymore.


    Aakesh disappeared from the portal room and appeared in the spot where he had left the earlier morning to start the store for the day.


    Aakesh looked around as a room filled with in walls weed him.


    Aakesh was currently sleeping on a bed. He then looked in his front to see ady standing there with her head looking at the ground.


    ¡°Adventurer, you are awake,¡± Hearing the movement caused by Aakesh¡¯s arrival at Panagea, thedy rose her head as she looked at Aakesh expressionlessly looking at her.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response. He then stood up and moved away from the bed.


    ¡°Why are you here?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he looked at the sky, standing in front of the balcony.


    Aakesh was standing on a balcony, several hundred meters higher than the surface. When Aakesh looked down, it wasn¡¯t the ground that weed him but the sea. As far as he could see, he found clear-blue water.


    It was an alone building, standing in the midst of a sea that would rage destruction regrly.


    Aakesh was here as he had a quest to do.


    ¡°Adventurer, my father wishes to see you,¡± Thedy respectfully answered Aakesh, who was still looking at the sky.

 Chapter 585

    Chapter 585: Growth


    ¡°Adventurer, my father wants to see you,¡± Thedy respectfully answered and stated her purpose behind waiting for Aakesh.


    ¡°I would be there in ten minutes,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied, continuing to look at the sky.


    If Aakesh still had his privilege, the man would¡¯vee to see Aakesh and not sent his daughter to inform Aakesh, but since Aakesh had long breached the Level 100 mark, he no longer had those privileges. Except for the ability to revive as many times as the adventurer died, there was nothing that made the adventurers different from the inhabitants after the Level 100.


    Thedy nodded after hearing Aakesh¡¯s response. She then bowed and left the room.


    Time flew by, and ten minutes passed in no time.


    ¡°I will inform the master of your arrival,¡± A guard standing at the door of the room respectfully told Aakesh since his master had informed him of the adventurer¡¯s arrival.


    Aakesh only nodded as the guard opened the door and left. He came not long after.


    ¡°Adventurer, the master is waiting for you,¡± The guard respectfully told Aakesh and opened the door for him.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and went inside.


    ¡°Thanks for gracing us with your presence, o known adventurer,¡± A voice filled with hearteningughter rang in the area as Aakesh entered the hall.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t say anything and sat down on the closest chair. He then looked at the man sitting on the sofa not far from him.


    Aakesh recognized the man to be the person calling him as thedy was standing next to the man.


    ¡°I have heard about your signature expressionless face. I must say, I am disappointed that even I failed to bring a change into that,¡± The manughinglymented after seeing Aakesh maintaining his expressionless face.


    ¡°What do you want me to see for?¡± Aakesh ignored thement and expressionlessly asked the man. He was here for the quest and the man was the key.


    The man couldn¡¯t help but let out an awkward cough to ease his mood after Aakesh ignored hisment.


    The aura around the man then suddenly changed as if theughter was nothing but a facade.


    ¡°I want you to do a mission,¡± The man¡¯s voice changed as he told Aakesh. The tone contained dignity that should never get defiled.


    It did not affect Aakesh as he gestured to the man to continue. He was here for the quest. How could he stop the man from giving him the mission?


    The man nodded and stated the mission he wanted Aakesh toplete.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing all the details of the quest appeared in front of Aakesh with a choice of whether he wanted to do it or not.


    [Adventurer, the lord of the razor sea needs your service!


    The lord of the razor sea has always been at peace with the behemoths of the sea world, but for some reason, the behemoths have started to refuse the lord¡¯s invitation to meet, and they have even attacked the strongholds in the control of the lord.


    The lord wants you to find out the reason behind the behemoth¡¯s strange reactions.


    Be careful while doing the mission, as each behemoth holds a mighty strength, with even the weakest of them being Level 250. Find out the reason and end the issue if you may.


    You would gain a random item and 1 million XPs if you found the reason. The reward would increase if you end the issue!]


    [Danger level: 89% chance of having severe injuries, 7% chance of normal wounds, 3% chance of having no harm, and 1% chance of dying.


    Do you want to ept the quest or not?]


    Aakesh looked at the blue screen, focusing on the danger level.


    Aakesh moved his eyes away from the window after seeing that there was only a 1% chance of him dying in the quest. Even if the chances were more than 10%, Aakesh would¡¯ve epted the quest, let alone right now. The reward offered by the quest was too high to even think of refusing.


    Forget the random item. The million Xp was incalcble.


    ¡°I would do it,¡± Aakesh epted the quest and told the man.


    The aura around the man disappeared right away as a smile enveloped it.


    After having a few more conversations with the man and his daughter, Aakesh left the room as he wanted to end it today if possible.


    If the quest took two or three days, then he would be facing a loss.


    ¡°Father, do you think he would be able toplete it?¡± Thedy asked the man after Aakesh had left.


    ¡°If I weren¡¯t busy in that, I would¡¯ve ended this myself,¡± The man mumbled instead of answering his daughter.


    ***


    ¡°Status,¡± Aakesh muttered as he returned to his room to prepare for the quest.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Legendary,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 229,


    HP: 50,000/50,000,


    Energy: 50,000/50,000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 3001 (+2500),


    Agility: 3001 (+2500),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)¡­


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh nodded as he looked at his status.


    Even Maria, the first-ranked adventurer on the leaderboard, was only Level 198, while he was already Level 229, more than thirty levels higher than her.


    His attributes had also grown explosively due to his ss, Watcher. It offered an increase of ten units of growth with every increase in his level.


    Aakesh then waved his hands. The next moment, light particles started moving away from it. In no time, the status screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it.


    Aakesh then started thinking about the quest.


    The lord of the razor sea was a Level 300+ person, so for him quenching a rebellion of behemoths varying from Level 250 to 300 wasn¡¯t difficult. Aakesh could sense that the quest wasn¡¯t going to be easy, but if it wasn¡¯t difficult, then why would it even offer such high rewards.


    Since the behemoths lived deep inside the sea, Aakesh would¡¯ve to go there to find the reason for why there was a rebellion brewing in their midst.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, he had a physique more than enough durable to handle the pressure.

 Chapter 586

    Chapter 586: The Quest


    Aakesh looked down toward the sea, standing from the balcony.


    The next moment, a sword entirely painted in ck appeared in his hands.


    Aakesh¡¯s reaction speed in Panagea was entirely different from what he had in the Primal dimension.


    If Aakesh was a newborn in Panagea, then he was an adult man in the Primal dimension. So Aakesh took out the sword from his space ring before jumping down the sea as anything could happen there.


    The sword had an aura of sharpness around it as Aakesh looked at it.


    Aakesh then took a jump from the balcony with an expressionless face.


    When Aakesh was only a few meters away from dropping into the sea, Aakesh using the air, grabbed hold of the wall of the building.


    Aakesh jumping from such height would have made a loud noise in the ears of the behemoth.


    Aakesh then left the wall and let him fall into the sea.


    The waves devoured the sound his fall had released, so none knew that Aakesh had entered the sea.


    Aakesh¡¯s swimming speed was no less than his walking speed, so in no time, Aakesh was already deep into the sea.


    ¡°sh!¡±


    ?


    A sound of sh rang in the area as Aakesh cut the ugly fish in front of him into two pieces. The sound of sea devoured the shing sound in no time, so none heard it.


    The fish was made of nothing but bones, so no blood fell. It was Aakesh¡¯s first kill inside the sea as he had no ns to kill it, but the fish seemed to want to hunt Aakesh. It was its mistake, and Aakesh wasn¡¯t the one to forgive someone for attempting to harm him.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even take a nce toward the fish as he proceeded on his journey.


    Time flew by.


    A stronghold made for the underwater life weed Aakesh at a depth of three hundred miles from the sea surface.


    The stronghold was simr to what the creatures had on thend. Aakesh could see guards surveying around the gates inrge numbers, not to let even a single soul secretly pass through the door.


    Even the weakest of the guards was Level 150, while the mightiest one Aakesh could see was Level 185.


    Since none of the guards even came close to Aakesh¡¯s level, Aakesh decided to enter the stronghold and check whether it would allow him to learn some clues or not.


    Since Aakesh wasn¡¯t here to fight but for a secretive mission, Aakesh couldn¡¯t announce his entry.


    Aakesh removed his aura and used a stealth skill he had gotten from a quest in the Panagea over these fifty years and then entered the stronghold.


    The skill Aakesh used was extraordinary as it allowed Aakesh to pass through the wall.


    After entering the stronghold, Aakesh didn¡¯t deactivate the skill as the number of the guards grew severalfold. If there were hundreds of guards guarding the door, Aakesh could see a group of twenty creatures guarding every street.


    Aakesh understood that there was a problem with the settlement here. Unless the stronghold was going through a war, nothing could exin the reason behind the appearance and patrol of so many guards.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t throw his stealth as he silently proceeded toward the core of the stronghold.


    The razor sea spanned over millions of miles, so even with the number of inhabitants being countless, there was still a lot of vacant space.


    The stronghold Aakesh had entered didn¡¯t seem to end as Aakesh continued toward the core.


    After traveling for two hours, Aakesh finally reached the core.


    The number of guards guarding the core didn¡¯t even match thebined numbers of the guards Aakesh had seen inside the stronghold and at the door.


    On every step, Aakesh could see a group of more than five guards surveying the area as if even an inch ofnd couldn¡¯t be outside of their restriction.


    Aakesh silently proceeded as he didn¡¯t want to get found out before he could at least get some answers.


    At first, Aakesh had no idea about where he needed to go to find the things rted to the behemoth, but Aakesh followed the way by which the number of guards increased and found a building.


    There were at least three thousand guards guarding that building, not letting even a tiny organism pass through.


    Even Aakesh felt a headache, seeing the scene in front of him.


    Even the Aakesh from the Primal dimension wouldn¡¯t be able to do anything here as Aakesh had already found three creatures who had levels higher than 250.


    (A/N: After Level 250, the level in Panagea reached the same level of the Sacred dimension, so even Aakesh is weak in front of the group of guards.)


    Aakesh was standing around six hundred meters away from the building, and Aakesh stopped there. Aakesh could sense that if he breached the five hundred meters mark, the guards above Level 250 would find him.


    Aakesh could kill creatures with higher levels than him, but it still stopped at Level 240.


    The system restricted the skill, Apocalyptic st, inside Panagea for Aakesh as it was too overpowered and would give Aakesh an edge over even Level 250 inhabitants who hadn¡¯t be a Mythical being.


    Time flew by.


    Twenty minutes had passed since Aakesh stopped his steps at six hundred meters away from the building. He was waiting for a chance to enter the building without alerting the guards.


    At the same time, Aakesh was also considering the time he had taken here. If he failed toplete the quest today, he would be at arge loss.


    Aakesh usuallypletes several quests and kills enough creatures to gain millions of XPs, but if he spent a day, and even then, he gained nothing, it would be a waste of time for him, let alone a million XP forpleting a single quest.


    After considering this, Aakesh decided to give himself a target of three hours toplete it.


    If he failed to do it in that duration, he would stillplete the quest but take the day as a loss.


    At the same time, Aakesh also made ns for if the quest exceeded the duration of three hours.


    Aakesh had eight hours when he entered Panagea as out of the twenty-four hours, fifteen hours was the store time, one hour the training time, and what left was for Panagea.


    Out of the eight hours, Aakesh had already spent more than two hours here, so he had less than six hours left for the day.


    Out of the six hours, Aakesh set a three-hourspletion goal for himself. He also chose the number of kills he needed tomit to gain XPs in those three hours.


    As for if Aakesh failed to do it in three hours, Aakesh would then raise the number of killings by ten with each second he gotte.


    If he got an hourte, Aakesh would need to at least kill a Level 240. Killing Level 240 took time and simrly, the rewarding XP was also good.


    Since Aakesh had already set his deadline, he returned to the quest.


    After waiting for a further ten minutes, and thirty minutes in total, Aakesh finally found a window that could help him.


    Suddenly a being at Level 200 stepped out of the building.


    The guards above Level 250 turned their direction of protection toward the figure while the rest continued.


    The figure then left, and with it, the four Level 250+ guards also left.


    Now Aakesh had two choices. He could either enter the building or follow the figure since it was no ordinary person if it had four Level 250+ guards protecting it.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think for long as he decided to check on the building first. In Aakesh¡¯s eyes, the figure was significant, but since it had four strong guards undefeatable by Aakesh, he decided against it.


    Even though the four Level 250+ guards had gone somewhere, there were still more than three thousand guards left with their levels varying from Level 180 to Level 245.


    Level 245 was also unbeatable for the Panagea Aakesh, but Aakesh had more than enough strength to escape from them, so he wasn¡¯t worried about it.


    Aakesh then silently made his way forward. Just the six hundred meters of the journey took Aakesh more than seven minutes, but Aakesh didn¡¯t worry about it.


    Aakesh finally entered the building.


    As soon as he entered the building, an empty hall weed Aakesh.


    Aakesh looked around, but he didn¡¯t even find a single soul or any item.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t leave as even after the figure left, the more than three thousand guards continued to guard the building.


    There must be something inside the building, or the guards were just there to fool people like Aakesh, who came to unravel their secrets.


    The second option had no less than fifty percent chance of happening, but Aakesh still decided to trust the remaining fifty percent of probability and began searching the empty hall.


    Aakesh tapped every nook and corner of the wall and the floor, but unfortunately for him, he still didn¡¯t find anything worth his wait or even a little rted to the quest.


    A frown appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as he felt that there was still something inside the building.


    Aakesh trusted his intuition, but he didn¡¯t blindly search likest time as he also trusted himself.


    ***


    A/N: There will only be one chapter today. We were having some pooja(prayers), and since it¡¯s a twenty-four-hour prayer, the single chapter may continue for tomorrow as well.


    Irrespective of what happens tomorrow, the book would return to its usual schedule from the seventeenth since I would be back at my house.


    I now owe you two chapters. Have a great day/night!

 Chapter 587

    Chapter 587: Result(1)


    Aakesh¡¯s intuition warned him that things weren¡¯t what they looked, so Aakesh, despite not finding anything the first time, started his second search.


    This time it wasn¡¯t a blind search since Aakesh trusted his intuition, but at the same time, he believed in himself as well.


    Aakesh activated the skill Energy Overseer. The next moment, the view in front of him changed entirely.


    Random blobs of different colors of light dots covered his sight.


    Since there was a difference between the Aakesh of Panagea and the Primal dimension, Aakesh couldn¡¯t put the skill to its full use.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, the strength he had right now was sufficient enough to find out what was different about this ce.


    Around fifty degrees left of Aakesh, he witnessed a strange movement from the different-colored light dots. What made Aakesh particrly confident about the ce being extraordinary was the orange-gold colored light dots.


    There was only a single dot of the specific color, but it still made whatever there was extraordinary.


    Aakesh deactivated the skill, only to find nothing where he sensed the light dots. But since it was expected, Aakesh took a step forward and began searching for whatever it was on the spot.


    Time flew, and soon, thirty seconds had passed.


    No matter what Aakesh tried, he found nothing but a in floor there and nothing in the air. And as soon as Aakesh activated the skill, the mysterious item presented itself again in the form of energy.


    For a moment, Aakesh froze on the spot. Even after he followed the sight of light dots seen after the activation of the skill, he found nothing but the invisible air.


    ¡°I don¡¯ta€|,¡±


    Aakesh was trying to find a way to get the item when he suddenly heard voices traveling in the building¡¯s direction.


    Aakesh activated the stealth as he jumped up the wall.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t worry about the creatures exceeding Level 250+. Since if they were here, he would¡¯ve already gotten found out.


    ***


    There were two people who had entered the empty hall. They seemed unaware of their surroundings and hidden Aakesh as they conversed with each other.


    Both the figures had different appearances. Both of them were humanoid creatures, with one having gills instead of a nose, while the other had the nose of a horse.


    The creature with gills had a single conical horn with rings all over it, simr to the Unicorn¡¯s horn. The other being had seven horns circling around its head, forming a crown.


    The creature with the crown-like horns was Level 235, the strongest of the duo. The other figure was only Level 220.


    Despite that, the creature with a single horn looked to be the important person as the creature with crown-like horns followed him, with the person continuously staying one inch behind it.


    ¡°Can we even trust him after what his father did in the past?¡± The creature with the single horn asked as if it was talking to the air.


    ¡°We have no other choice,¡± The creature with crown-like horns replied.


    Aakesh continued hiding as he listened to the conversations between the two people. He also hoped these guys would help him reveal that strange item.


    Time flew by, and just like that, seven minutes had passed since Aakesh had been hiding in stealth mode.


    If Aakesh wanted, he could kill the two creatures at the same time, with none of them even able to cry for help. But Aakesh didn¡¯t act out of impulse as he wanted the duo to help him reveal that strange item.


    Aakesh¡¯s wait didn¡¯t fail him. After a dy of around eight minutes, the creature with the single horn made its move.


    The creature bit its finger and started drawing a pattern on the ground.


    When the pattern wasplete, a tiny pir of light emerged from it.


    In no time, the light disappeared, and the item Aakesh had wanted to see all along finally presented itself to him.


    An item in the shape of a box appeared the next moment.


    The box was ck in color, with a golden pattern on top of it.


    The pattern on the top of the box was the same as what the creature with the single horn had made to reveal it.


    A solemn and sincere look appeared on both the figure¡¯s faces as the creature with the single horn opened the box.


    The next moment, the duo¡¯s breathing got rough as they looked at the item inside the box.


    Even Aakesh hiding had a shocked expression on his face when he saw the item.


    It was a drop of liquid, the same color as the single light dot Aakesh had seen when he first activated the skill Energy Overseer.


    ¡°Do you believe the father is right in trading this item with them?¡± The creature with the single horn couldn¡¯t help but ask as he looked at the drop with red eyes.


    The creature with the crown-like horn stayed silent and didn¡¯t respond as if it hadn¡¯t heard the question. Its eyes weren¡¯t red, but it could clearly be seen that the person desired the drop for itself.


    Sigh!


    The creature with the single horn couldn¡¯t help but sigh as it closed the box with a disappointed expression on its face.


    The creature with the crown-like horn also moved its eyes away as there was no point in looking at it. No matter how much it wanted the drop, it didn¡¯t have enough strength to hold it in its hands.


    ¡°I just hope that they would fulfill their deal,¡± The figure with the single horn mumbled as he put the box down on the ground.


    The next moment, the box as well as the pattern the creature had earlier drawn, faded. In no time, not even a single proof of their existence was left.


    It was the same situation for Aakesh. He could only see the energy signature released by the box and that drop of liquid using the skill Energy Overseer.


    The duo then left with reluctance visible in their eyes as with every step, they turned around and nced at the spot where the figure had put the box down.


    The creature with the single horn suddenly frowned and stopped in his steps.


    ¡°What happened, master?¡± The creature with the crown-like horn asked after seeing his mastering to a sudden stop.

 Chapter 588

    Chapter 588: Result(2)


    ¡°What happened, master?¡± The creature with the crown-like horn asked as the creature with the single horn suddenly stopped with a frown on its face.


    The creature with the single horn didn¡¯t speak anything but instead looked around the hall with a frown on his face.


    As time passed, his frown deepened. The creature with the crown-like horns didn¡¯t ask the question again and disturbed its master as it waited for the single horn figure.


    ¡°Was it my misunderstanding?¡± The creature with the single horn mumbled as he cautiously searched every corner of the hall, only to find nothing.


    ¡°What misunderstanding, master?¡± The creature with the crown-like horn asked with a surprise, and soon it turned into a frown as it also looked around the hall.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go! I have a bad feeling. I need to talk to father,¡± The creature with the single horn ignored the question and instead replied.


    The creature then took a step forward and left the hall.


    The creature with the crown-like horn didn¡¯t leave straight away but instead looked around for a few seconds with a grave look on its face, and only after the single horn creature had gone far did he follow.


    After Aakesh sensed their auras disappearing in their entirety, Aakesh came down to the ground and undid his stealth.


    Aakesh had already remembered the pattern, so without waiting for even a second, he reached the spot and started drawing the pattern using the drop of blood he had just taken out of the single horn creature.


    It was a great risk Aakesh had taken by taking a drop of blood, but since Aakesh wasn¡¯t sure whether his blood would work or not, he decided to take that risk.


    Even though the creature felt a sting, it disappeared as soon as it arrived, forcing the creature to feel that it was a misunderstanding. What added further to its thinking was no injured spot on its body.


    As for the single horn creature returning here with its father, who most probably was a behemoth, Aakesh didn¡¯t worry.


    He already remembered the pattern, and at the same time, he also had the single horn creature¡¯s drop of blood.


    Without waiting for even a second, Aakesh started drawing the pattern.


    The pattern was in the form of a single horn creature, just like the figure, but there were certain tweaks.


    The creature in the pattern had no eyes or ears, and it waspletely naked with an injury in the shape of a sphere ced on its chest.


    Aakesh drew the pattern in no time.


    The next moment, the simr pir of light as earlier emerged,? and not long after, it also vanished. After its disappearance, the box painted in ck with a golden pattern on its top appeared on the ground.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t open the box as he gently put it into his space ring.


    As soon as he did that, a dangerous sensation passed through Aakesh¡¯s body.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even wait for a second as he took out his sword from the space ring and activated the stealth skill.


    Soon the guards guarding the building entered en masse.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, there were no Level 250+ guards, so he didn¡¯t have to worry about facing a battle where he could die in the Panagea for the first time.


    The stealth allowed Aakesh to pass through walls, but it also had limitations.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t use another energy, so if he attempted to kill someone, his stealth woulde off.


    Since there were no Level 250+ guards for now, Aakesh began his escape before they arrived since it could put him into a difficult situation.


    Slowly and steadily, Aakesh left the building, but he had only taken a few steps forward when a sense of danger attacked him.


    Aakesh, who already had a strong willpower, didn¡¯t feel anything as he threw his wind to the caution and escaped.


    Since Aakesh had thrown wind to the caution, with every step he took, a head flew.


    ¡°HALT, ADVENTURER!¡± A scream filled with indignation and anger rang in the area as Aakesh appeared at the door after running for more than an hour.


    ***


    ¡°So, this is the reason behind the behemoth¡¯s attitude,¡± The man known as ¡®Lord of the Razor sea¡¯mented in surprise as he looked at the drop of orange-gold liquid in the box.


    ¡°Do you know what it is?¡± The man then looked at Aakesh and asked. At the same time, a glint passed through his eyes.


    How could Aakesh, with his overwhelming reactions, miss that glint?


    Aakesh knew that the man was asking to make sure of how much Aakesh knew about the drop of the liquid.


    ¡°Give me the reward! I havepleted my mission,¡± Aakesh instead of answering told the man something else.


    A hint of anger appeared on the man¡¯s face, but he masked it straight away and instead, smilingly replied, ¡°Yes, you havepleted the quest I gave you.¡±


    The next moment, Aakesh felt an increase in his XPs. He needed 10 to the power 230 to get to the next level, so an addition of a million XP was not even a drop in the ocean for him.


    The man had a smiling face as he then took out a sword from his space ring.


    ¡°It¡¯s a Mythical grade sword. Since you not only found the reason behind the attitude of the behemoths but also brought the drop to me, you have earned it,¡± The man smilingly told Aakesh as he handed Aakesh the sword.


    The quest was a contract between the two people, so even if the man was too strong to kill Aakesh in a single strike, he had to follow through with the reward.


    If the man rescinded the quest¡¯s rewards, the will of Panagea would attack him. The decrease of several Levels would be the best case for the man in that situation.


    Aakesh took the sword, and only after taking a single nce at it, he threw it into his space ring.


    The sword he currently used was only an intermediate Legendary grade, but still, it was several times better than this Mythical-grade sword since he himself used the best of materials, spending arge number of soul stones on it.

 Chapter 589

    Chapter 589: The Orange-Gold Drop!


    ¡°Did you not like it?¡± The man smilingly asked after seeing no change of expression on Aakesh¡¯s face after he gave the sword.


    It was a Mythical grade sword. It was on the lower end, but it still cost more than hundreds of millions of intermediate soul stones if it sold for money in the first ce.


    ¡°It¡¯s fine,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded. He then stood up from the chair. Since he had alreadypleted the quest, there was no point to sit here, and it was now time for him to leave. He still had many XPs to earn for the day, so he wouldn¡¯t make a loss.


    ¡°Oh, you are leaving,¡± The man smilingly said. There was no way to know whether it was a question or ament from the way the man said it.


    Aakesh only nodded and left the room.


    The man didn¡¯t move his eyes away until Aakesh left the room.


    As soon as Aakesh left, the man had a change in his expression. The smile turned into a cold face as he still looked at the door.


    ¡°What is it, father?¡± The man¡¯s daughter asked as she had no idea about what the drop of the liquid was, and she could sense her father¡¯s attitude change toward Aakesh after receiving it.


    ¡°Its blood,¡± The man replied. His face turned solemn as he looked at the orange-gold drop.


    ¡°Blood? But I don¡¯t sense even a sliver of lifeforce from it,¡± The daughter asked with confusion evident on her face.


    ¡°It isn¡¯t the blood of a living person,¡± The man replied as he moved his finger to touch the drop peacefully ced in the box.


    After hearing her father, the daughter became even more confused.


    ¡°How could a non-living person has blood?¡± She couldn¡¯t help but ask as she had never heard of this situation. There were weird things like many creatures not having blood flowing through their veins, but she had never heard of a circumstance where a non-living person had blood.


    The man stayed silent as he forced all his concentration on the drop of the blood.


    He solemnly and steadily moved his finger.


    When the tip of his finger was not even an mm away from the blood drop, a pressure suddenly attacked him.


    The man felt his entire body shaking at an unprecedented rate. The man wanted to move his finger away since if it continued, all his internal body parts would turn into a mesh of flesh.


    Unfortunately for the man, his fingers didn¡¯t even budge, and the pressure continued shaking his body.


    ¡°What happened?¡± The daughter rushed, seeing the sudden change in her father¡¯s reaction.


    From her point of view, her father had suddenly stopped when his finger was about to touch the mysterious blood drop.


    The daughter could sense that there was something wrong with her father. When she reached him, she gently grabbed her father¡¯s shoulder and transferred her energy.


    The daughter transferring her energy was like closing the dam as the pressure shaking the man¡¯s internal body disappeared.


    The man had sweats all over his body as he came around. A hint of fear appeared in his eyes as he looked at the blood drop again.


    His expression turned to thankfulness when he turned around and looked at his daughter looking at him with concern on her face.


    ¡°I am alright,¡± The man replied as he moved his finger away from the blood drop.


    ¡°What had happened?¡± The daughter asked as she heaved a sigh of relief after seeing her father being alright.


    ¡°I was just getting ahead of myself,¡± The man replied with a wry smile on his face.


    The daughter looked in surprise at her father, and then the blood drop. A hint of curiosity and dread passed through her heart as she remembered the look of fear her father had on his face when she had grabbed his shoulder.


    ¡°Whose blood is it?¡± The daughter couldn¡¯t help but ask as her curiosity got the better of the dread she felt in her heart.


    ¡°The blood of the element!¡± The man replied. His voice had gotten louder as he himself didn¡¯t believe in what he said, but the blood drop and the pressure were the proof that it wasn¡¯t an illusion.


    ¡°The bla€|blood of ele-element!¡± The daughter¡¯s voice was even louder as she eximed in shock after what she heard from her father.


    ¡°Yes, it¡¯s a Divine grade material,¡± The man responded as he calmed down. He was the lord of the Razor sea. Such an agitated attitude didn¡¯t suit someone of his stature.


    ¡°DIVINE GRADE!¡± The daughter loudly eximed as a shock she had never felt before attacked her. She couldn¡¯t help but glue her eyes to the blood drop ced in the box.


    The man could only release a wry smile as he expected such reactions from his daughter after hearing about the extraordinariness of the blood drop.


    Even he couldn¡¯t believe his eyes when he saw the adventurer giving him the box. If not for the adventurer being there, he would¡¯ve made the same reaction as his daughter.


    ***


    ¡°Are elements alive?¡± The daughter asked after calming down.


    ¡°No. If elements were alive, wouldn¡¯t they be the mightiest characters and every cultivator be at their mercy,¡± The man responded.


    The girl nodded as she had the same response in her head after hearing that it was the blood of an element.


    ¡°Than, why it¡¯s called the blood of the element?¡± She asked. ¡°Or is it just a name?¡± She asked since many things have names that meant something else, but their function was different.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know that. I only know that this is called ¡®Blood of the Element¡¯,¡± The man responded as he himself was not aware of why it was called such.


    It was a Divine grade material, which was only a level higher than the Mythical grade, but their value differed in the simr way the heaven differed from the earth.


    ¡°Why did the adventurer give it if it¡¯s a Divine grade material?¡± The daughter suddenly asked as she couldn¡¯t make sense of how someone who wasn¡¯t even a Mythical-grade lifeform not only refused a Divine grade material but also handed it over.


    If the adventurer instead sold it, he could have made a fortune, so his decision didn¡¯t make sense in the eyes of the duo of the daughter and father.

 Chapter 590

    Chapter 590: The Quest System!


    ¡°The blood drop could get sold for a fortune. Why would the adventurer hand it over to you?¡± The daughter couldn¡¯t help but ask as the adventurer¡¯s actions didn¡¯t make any sense to her.


    There was also a point that the adventurer didn¡¯t know the value of the item, but even if he did not, he still saw that a single blood drop had tested the patience of the behemoths and they were now openly rejecting the rule of the lord of the Razor sea.


    ¡°This is a mystery to both of us,¡± The man replied. Even he didn¡¯t know the reason behind the adventurer¡¯s actions.


    For not even a moment, the man could believe that the adventurer did this for the quest. If the adventurer hadn¡¯t brought the blood of the element, he still would¡¯ve won a Legendary grade sword and a million XP.


    ¡°What if he doesn¡¯t know the value of the blood drop andter learns it?¡± The daughter suddenly asked with worryced in her voice.


    If the adventurer knew the worth of the item and handed it over, they would only get concerned about the reason for which the adventurer took this step. But the situation would be entirely different if the adventurer didn¡¯t know the value andter learned it. In that case, the adventurer may tell other beings about this item as even news rted to the presence of a Divine grade material would result in the adventurer earning a fortune. If he did so, the man and the daughter would be a target for the world.


    A grave expression appeared on the man¡¯s face when he thought of the consequences if the question asked by her daughter turned out to be the correct situation.


    The next moment, his face returned to normal as the adventurer didn¡¯t even show any reaction when he had asked the adventurer about the item in an ambiguous tone. The man was confident that the adventurer knew what the drop of liquid was and had his own reasons for not taking it with him.


    ¡°Should I capture him?¡± The man suddenly asked himself after not being confident enough to forget about the situation of the question her daughter had asked.


    ¡°You can¡¯t do that,¡± The daughter hurriedly replied.


    Everyone living in Panagea knew about the adventurer¡¯s ability to revive unlimitedly, so killing them made no sense to others. It would only offend the adventurer to have revenge and would result in terrible situations for the inhabitants of Panagea.


    It was the reason the man thought about capturing Aakesh, but his daughter was against that decision and suggested her father not to do that.


    For her suggestion, she had a simple reason. The adventurers could leave Panagea anytime as everyone knew they weren¡¯t the natives of Panagea, so what if, even when captured, the adventurer had the ability to return to their world. And when they returned to Panagea, they wouldn¡¯t be captives anymore.


    The father also decided against his thoughts as he also wasn¡¯t sure whether the adventurers had that ability or not. He still hadn¡¯t heard of a single case of an adventurer getting caught since thest fifty years when they arrived in their world.


    If his daughter¡¯s guesses turned out to be correct, then he would have an enemy that wouldn¡¯t die, and at the same time, he would be in control of a piece of information that would be the death knell for not only him but also his family.


    ¡°You¡¯re correct. Let¡¯s not do that,¡± The manmented after taking back his thoughts.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, the man wasn¡¯t aware that catching the adventurer was simr to the situation where they captured the inhabitants of Panagea. The adventurer only had the ability to leave Panagea at any time. But whenever they returned, they would appear in the same ce as where they were before exiting.


    If the adventurers had a territory of their own, they could suicide and appear at their pce, leaving the captivity. It was only the situation where the adventurers could exit their confinement without being powerful enough to escape or the confiner leaving them.


    ¡°Since we aren¡¯t sure whether the adventurer knows about the blood drop or not, we shouldn¡¯t let it depend on the fate. The situation could turn troublesome for us. We should make good rtions with the adventurer and offer him some rewards,¡± The man then stated.


    The daughter nodded in affirmation as it made sense. If you aren¡¯t aware of the other side¡¯s strength, it¡¯s better to be friends with them rather than be enemies.


    ¡°Would you be willing to marry him?¡± The man suddenly looked at his daughter and asked with a straight face.


    The daughter¡¯s lips twitched after hearing her father¡¯s question, but she soon calmed down and nodded.


    ¡°Marrying him is no problem if it can save us from the future trouble,¡± The daughter added.


    ¡°It isn¡¯t an order but a question. If you don¡¯t want to marry the adventurer, you don¡¯t have to. Let alone this single drop of the blood of the element, even if there were countless of these in question, I wouldn¡¯t force you to do anything,¡± The man gently tapped her daughter¡¯s shoulder and stated.


    ¡°I know. You don¡¯t have to worry about me. It would be my fortune if I married the adventurer, but the question is whether he would marry me or not,¡± The daughter smilingly responded.


    The man nodded as he didn¡¯t feel that his daughter was acting like a down-to-earth person.


    He had seen two or three adventurers over the years, but none of them couldpete with the adventurer who had justpleted the quest.


    The adventurer didn¡¯t share pieces of the quest with him except for the details about the item and the conversation the adventurer had heard, but how could he not know how difficult it was to leave the stronghold after stealing a material of such significance.


    The adventurer was only a Level 229, and he could only see that when he was Level 300+. His daughter, who was Level 247, couldn¡¯t see what Level Aakesh was.


    ¡°Let¡¯s see then,¡± The man murmured and began thinking of ways to have the adventurer at his house.


    Even though the man didn¡¯t know the adventurer well, he still knew that the adventurer wouldn¡¯te to meet him if he didn¡¯t have anything of value to interest him or had another quest.


    ¡°Prepare another quest. This time put the rewards to manual and set it at 10 to the power 230 XPs,¡± The man told his daughter.


    The daughter couldn¡¯t help but look at her father in surprise as the XPs in the quest came from the personal cultivation of the creator of the mission; it didn¡¯te out of nowhere.


    In Panagea, the quest had two systems of setting the reward for itspletion.


    First was the automatic system. In this situation, the will of the contract would decide the reward for the quest, depending on the difficulties the adventurer/Panagea¡¯s inhabitants would face till the end. It was a good system as it was unbiased, and it allowed the quest taker to have fair rewards for his efforts.


    The second was the manual system. Here, the creator could set the reward depending on himself. Unless the reward was several folds higher, the quest taker would rarely take the missions out of this system since it was no reward by an omniscient being.


    If the adventurerpleted the quest, he would gain a Level, and the man was confident that the adventurer wouldn¡¯t be able to refuse it.

 Chapter 591

    Chapter 591: Aakesh¡¯s Reasons!


    After leaving the man¡¯s room, Aakesh went to his room.


    Aakesh suddenly snapped his fingers. The next moment, a fire engulfed every corner of the room.


    Miraculously not even a spark or the heat released by fire escaped the room.


    The next moment, except for empty walls and floor, nothing else remained in the room.


    Aakesh then took a nce at the room, and the next moment, he disappeared from the spot.


    The reason he had hurriedly left and burnt his room before leaving was out of caution. Aakesh himself knew what the value the blood of the element brought to the table. In fact, he knew even more about it than the man.


    It was a material exclusive to the third dimension in the Multiverse, so even Aakesh wanted to take it for himself.


    As Aakesh was the store owner, he didn¡¯t need to pay anything to take items out of Panagea, so he did not need to worry about splurging arge number of Primal stones.?


    Earlier, Aakesh wanted to take it for his own and not hand it over to the lord of the Razor sea as the quest had an automatic reward system.


    The reward offered by the will of Panagea was fair, so if it were known to the man, the prize would have been several folds higher, and hence Aakesh did not need to hand the blood of the element to the man.


    But since Aakesh had made a habit of checking with the system whenever he came across some valuable treasure, he did it again.


    [Host, the system would suggest you not to take the item out of the Panagea. Your portal space wouldn¡¯t be able to hold it, and the Primal dimension would also break down from the pressure released by the drop.]


    ¡°What about the store?¡± Aakesh asked as he was already aware of the consequences a treasure like the blood of the element would bring to his portal space and the Primal dimension.


    [Host, the store also won¡¯t be able to hold it! The store¡¯s space isn¡¯t stable enough at this point to host an item of this energy level.]


    The system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    At that time, Aakesh had two choices. First, he could hand over the blood of the element to the man and would have an increase in his reward since he presented the item behind the brewing rebellion to the lord of the Razor sea. Second, Aakesh could carry it with him until he ascended to the third dimension or the store¡¯s space became stable enough to hold the item.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think much before making his decision. The second choice was no better than suicide as no space ring would be able to hold the item for long, despite it being in a box since it was a Divine grade material in Panagea.


    Thinking like this, Aakesh had decided to go with the first option and handed over the item to the lord of the Razor sea.


    After handing over the item, Aakesh left straight away since he didn¡¯t want to get captured by the man.


    Aakesh had a Legendary grade traveling talisman made by himself, so he activated it. The next moment, he teleported to a destination tens of thousands of miles away from the building.


    After leaving the building, Aakesh appeared in a forest filled with giant trees.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    Not long after, an angry roar sounded in Aakesh¡¯s ears as a creature almost thrice his size charged at him.


    The creature had the body of a lion, and it had two curved horns on its head.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even move and only looked at the creature.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, the creature exploded into a blood cloud, not even knowing how it died.


    The level difference between the creature and Aakesh was like heaven and earth as one was not even Level 100, while the other had already crossed the 200th Level mark.


    The creature¡¯s death didn¡¯t make any disturbance in Aakesh¡¯s n as he proceeded forward.


    A few secondster, Aakesh stood clean in a ce filled with blood as the colony of the creature attacked Aakesh for their revenge.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, none of the creatures had surpassed the 100th level, so Aakesh didn¡¯t even gain a single XP from these several killings.


    Aakesh¡¯s destination was the Clearwalk city of the Florence Kingdom. It was around three hundred thousand miles away from where Aakesh was currently.


    Clearwalk city was the third-ranked city in the Kingdom when it came to wealth and influence, so it had arge hustle and bustle.


    Unlike other adventurers, Aakesh also had the ss Watcher on him. It earlier helped Aakesh gain rewards and Levels for watching fortunate events. But after he breached the Level 100 mark, Aakesh received XPs in ce of direct levels, and their value depended upon the value of the event.


    The ss Watcher was also the reason behind him being so higher than other adventurers when it came to the Levels.


    One event Aakesh had watched had helped him gain thirty Levels when he was in the 180+, taking him straight from 180+ to 210+. It was the biggest reward Aakesh had gotten until now, and considering the amount of XPs Aakesh needed to umte for breaching the Level 210+ from Level 180+: it became an even incalcble prize.


    It was a sole urrence, just like when a creature¡¯s soul only takes birth once, but Aakesh hoped to have another event like that, so Aakesh gave one hour solely to the ss Watcher every day in Panagea.


    The event that helped Aakesh gain thirty Levels at once was a maning across a ruin. Even Aakesh didn¡¯t know the value of the ruin, as his senses failed him and the skill that allowed him to watch over the events failed to activate. He just got thirty levels as a reward at that time. It showed Aakesh how significant and influential the ruin was.


    Aakesh also thought of using other inhabitants to gain Levels. But after that day, no one could even find the ruin, let alone enter it, taking away Aakesh¡¯s source of earning Levels from his ss.

 Chapter 592

    Chapter 592: Return


    Clearwalker city was around three hundred thousand miles away from where Aakesh was, so it took him an hour to reach there.


    His journey wasn¡¯t without results, as he came across several creatures varying from Level 80+ to 200+. If Aakesh were to travel only and not kill or do anything else, he would have reached the city in less than ten minutes.


    The killing wasn¡¯t without any results, as killing a single Level 100 being presented him with one XP, and Aakesh at least killed several million of them at once as he came across the colony of such creatures.


    In just an hour, Aakesh earned more than thirty million XPs by killing the creatures.


    Adding the million XP Aakesh earned from the quest offered by the lord of the Razor sea, Aakesh earned thirty-four million, eight hundred sixty-two thousand, four hundred seventy-eight XPs. It wasn¡¯t as much as what Aakesh earned from a day, but since he had already made a schedule of giving one hour to his ss, irrespective of the loss or profit, Aakesh decided to go ahead. If Aakesh earned well from the ss Watcher today, his day might break even or even gain some XPs. Otherwise, it would be a loss for him.


    Since Aakesh had crossed Level 100, he had lost his privilege of not getting checked and registered.


    Aakesh joined the queue of people entering the city, and in no time, three guards, with the weakest being Level 250+, weed him.


    ¡°Adventurer, state your purpose!¡± The guard expressionlessly asked as he coldly stared at Aakesh. He and the other guards had weapons ready in their hands. One wrong move and they would hit Aakesh¡¯s head, throat, and heart, respectively, with the intent to kill.


    ¡°Quests,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded and took out three thousand intermediate soul stones from his space ring.


    ¡°Don¡¯t go to the ces you aren¡¯t supposed to,¡± The guard coldly told Aakesh as he took the stones from him.


    The guard then whispered something to the woman sitting behind the ss on the counter and handed her the three thousand intermediate soul stones.


    Not long after, the woman at the counter handed a paper like material to the guard.


    The guard then handed it to Aakesh. There was nothing but three days permit written on the paper.


    Aakesh took the paper as the guards opened the door for him. The guard, who asked questions to Aakesh, got busy as there were other people waiting for their entry, while the other two guards didn¡¯t move their eyes away until Aakesh disappeared from their sight.


    ¡°Hey, system, how much time is remaining before the sunrise?¡± Aakesh asked the system in his head.


    [Host, one hour, seventeen minutes, and forty-eight seconds!]


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the system¡¯s response in his head.


    Since there were still several minutes left before the one hour he would give to his ss Watcher, Aakesh decided to search for quests he could do tomorrow.


    Every city in Panagea had a quest hall. It had a specific purpose of taking and giving missions and nothing else.


    In only several seconds, Aakesh reached the quest hall as it was only a few hundred miles away from the entrance to the city.


    ***


    [Adventurer, the lord of the Razor sea needs your help!


    Adventurer, after youpleted the quest and found the source of the rebellion, the lord of the Razor sea became impressed with your progress.


    Since he had a good impression of you, the lord of the Razor sea decided to give you another quest.


    The lord of the Razor sea wants you to help him destroy a settlement of Mer-Elves.


    Their leader is Level 243, so be careful when fighting them.


    Complete the quest, and (ten to the power two hundred and thirty) XPs would be yours to get!]


    [Do you want to ept the quest?


    Yes!


    NO!]


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as he read the quest window in front of him.


    Even a child could see that there was something wrong with the quest. The reward for the mission was too outrageous to even think of, let alone see it.


    ¡®Does he wants to create a good rtionship with me?¡¯ Aakesh thought as only it could be the reason behind such a generous reward for the quest.


    As for why Aakesh didn¡¯t believe that it was a trap?


    It was because the lord of the Razor sea was Level 300+. If he wanted to capture Aakesh, he could¡¯ve done it after handing Aakesh his rewards forpleting the quest.


    The difference between Level 300+ and Aakesh was just like the difference between a peak Immortal and a person who hadn¡¯t even started cultivating, so Aakesh was an easy target in front of the man.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t ept the quest right away as it was a mission specific to him. Now that he had read it, he could ept it anytime he wanted.


    No matter how much Aakesh trusted his intuition, he couldn¡¯t just go to a being with an unprecedented power gap with him without making adequate preparations.


    Time flew by.


    After only one hour remained until the sunrise on the Anga continent, Aakesh activated the skill Universal Eye and Fortune Eye to find someone who could help him gain some XPs and help the day end in profit and not a loss.


    Since Aakesh now had abundant energy, he need not worry about consumption when the skill, Fortune Eye, was active.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, one hour had passed.


    Since it was now time for the sun to rise on the Anga continent and open the store, Aakesh left Panagea and appeared in the store.


    The day had ended as a loss for Aakesh as the ss Watcher didn¡¯t help him gain much. At the end of the hour, Aakesh had gained only a few thousand XPs from the events.


    After appearing in the portal room, Aakesh exited it, went to his room, freshened himself by taking a bath, then wore the same slightly yellow dhoti, came down to the store, and finally opened the door, announcing a new day for the store.


    As usual, arge crowd of a few million customers weed Aakesh¡¯s sight.

 Chapter 593

    Chapter 593: A New Day for the Store!


    As the sun rose and sent its splendor over the Anga continent, dispersing the darkness around the ce, a store in the extreme southern corner of the continent opened, with a crowd higher in number than any other ce, waiting outside the store.


    After opening the store, Aakesh turned around and made his way to thefortable chair while the crowd poured into the store like an uncontroble tide. And yet miraculously, the scene didn¡¯t look chaotic at all. But it instead looked as if things were supposed to go this way.


    In no time, therge crowd waiting outside the store was inside, while the outside area turned into a vast ground with only two neighboring structures standing there.


    All the customers entering the store this early in the morning were the ones who had been regrlying to the store for the past several years, so they already knew the drill.


    Those who owned any of the three store cards went straightaway to the portal room, while those who didn¡¯t have one went to Aakesh and paid for their services.


    Since there were more than a hundred million virtual portals in the store while the number of customers didn¡¯t even reach one-tenth of that number, there should have been no hurry. And yet, the customers rushed toward the portal room as if their life depended on it.


    Only after a few minutes, not even a single customer was present in the hall. All of them had gone to the portal room.


    Aakesh looked outside to check if there were any new customers in the range of the store, but when Aakesh saw none, he closed his eyes and began the first of his many rxation sessions for the day.


    Time flew by.


    Around an hour had passed since the opening of the store when Dotta suddenly teleported inside the store. Her eyes then fell on Aakesh, who had his eyes closed. Her lips twitched as she understood that he ignored her since she wasn¡¯t a new customer.


    Dotta only cared about Aakesh ignoring her once and then went to the portal room since she also wanted to hurry to the Panagea.


    Dotta had already experienced a world like Panagea, but for some inexplicable reason, the worth of experience in Panagea was several notches higher than other experiences.


    She made her way toward the portal room. As soon as she entered inside, without even Dotta being aware, she got teleported to the rows where the portals were vacant.


    Dotta touched the virtual portal closest to her, and the next moment, a suction force more powerful than she could fight back in her suppressed state appeared and sucked her inside, taking her to a new world full of new adventures.


    Aakesh still maintained his rxed state since he only opened them for new customers or if any regr customer approached him.


    Time flew by, and just like that, another hour had passed.


    Suddenly several rounds of teleportations ensued in the store, announcing the arrival of a group of customers and breaking the silence permeating every corner of the store.


    As usual, Aakesh had his eyes closed, but not long after, he had to open them as he sensed the group members approaching them.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and found a group of sixteen members approaching him.


    Aakesh already recognized every one of them since they weren¡¯t new customers, but those who were old but didn¡¯t have a fixed schedule to get considered a regr customer.


    All the sixteen members weren¡¯t of a single race but varied. Yet there was one thingmon between the group, each of them being a member of the top races of the Primal dimension, with every one of them having an extraordinary background even in their species.


    For example, the leader of the group was Joyce, a member of the Hygar race, and he was also the son of the head of the Hygar race.


    The sixteen members standing here were part of an organization that Joyce founded, and only there were these sixteen members in it.


    The organization wasn¡¯t one of the top ones since there were only sixteen peak Immortals. Whereas every top-tier organization in the entirety of the Primal dimension employed the services of at least a few hundred peak Immortals, let alone the top-five organizations where there were several millions of them.


    Despite not being a top organization, it was known to many people as every member carried a high status in their families, so rarely did anyone try to harm the organization.


    ***


    The sixteen members, with Joyce in the lead, approached Aakesh.


    ¡°Hello, senior,¡± Joyce greeted Aakesh with a slight bow. The other members in the group followed their leader and bowed one by one.


    The majority of the customers admired Aakesh since he was the store owner. But there were also a few customers like Evelyn, Kuriati, Joyce, etc., who respected Aakesh not for being the store owner but for his invincible strength.


    Joyce wasn¡¯t the most talented member of the current generation in the Hygar race despite being the son of the mightiest known character in the Primal dimension, his father, the leader of the Hygar race. But Joyce had a talent that helped him judge the strength of others.


    When Joyce entered the store for the first time around forty years ago, Joyce felt his blood freezing the moment he set his eyes on Aakesh. Despite Aakesh¡¯s eyes being closed at that time, Joyce believed that he was nothing but an ant in the presence of the blue-skinned man.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to their bows and looked at Joyce, waiting for him to exin his purpose in approaching him.


    If the customers had any of the three cards, they didn¡¯t need to approach Aakesh and request him to buy the product; they could purchase it on their own, except for the Immortal and the Gods & Demons level training area, where only Aakesh would allow them to enter.


    It could be the reason behind their approaching Aakesh, but Aakesh remembered that the sixteen members were still some time away from their deadline of one year. If they wanted to enter the Gods & Demons level training area, they would have to wait for two more months.


    Since they couldn¡¯t enter the training area, the group must have another purpose in approaching Aakesh.


    Aakesh expressionlessly stared at the group, waiting for Joyce to exin the purpose behind approaching him.


    ¡°Senior, would you like to join the Sixteen?¡± Joyce suddenly asked Aakesh.


    Joyce¡¯s face suddenly tensed as he looked toward Aakesh and waited for his answer.


    The Sixteen was the name of the organization Joyce had built from scratch. The name had no meaning since it derived from the sixteen members being a part of it.


    ¡°No, I have no interest in that,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly refused Joyce.


    Aakesh already had no interest in joining any organization, let alone a newbie one that wasn¡¯t even on the top five list.


    A disappointed expression appeared on Joyce¡¯s and the other fifteen members¡¯ faces after hearing Aakesh¡¯s expressionless straight refusal. But the group masked their expressions right away and once again looked at Aakesh.


    The primary purpose behind theming here wasn¡¯t to invite Aakesh. They had seen the extraordinariness of the store from their own eyes, so they didn¡¯t believe for even a moment that Aakesh would join their organization.


    Seeing the expressions returning to calm on the faces of the group members, Aakesh understood that it wasn¡¯t the primary purpose behind them approaching him.


    The next moment, a smile appeared on Joyce¡¯s face as he looked at Aakesh and uttered his purpose behinding here.


    Aakesh expressionlessly looked at the group and didn¡¯t speak anything, while Joyce and the group members looked at Aakesh with tension evident on their faces.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry for the sudden absence for three days without adding any information about me or the book.


    I had gotten ill on the seventeenth, so I uploaded ate chapter that day, but unfortunately for me, my health worsened, and I reached a stage where I couldn¡¯t look at the screen for long, so I couldn¡¯t write any more chapters.


    This chapter is when I got slightly better, but since looking too long at the screen causes a severe headache, I could only write one chapter.


    I am deeply sorry for this absence and eternally grateful for your support for the book.


    I am not sure about tomorrow or the day after tomorrow in this situation, so the upload isn¡¯t fixed.

 Chapter 594

    Chapter 594: The Purpose?


    A smile spread across Joyce¡¯s face as he forgot Aakesh¡¯s rejection of his invitation. He then looked at Aakesh and started stating his purpose.


    ¡°Senior, I havee here to invite you to join an expedition.¡±


    ¡°You may not know, but the Hygar race, from which my ancestors and I originated, belongs to a race from a ce where even Gods are nothing.¡±


    ¡°Our primogenitor is the hon. Garuda and the hon. Hydra. Hence we got our name as Hygar.¡±


    ¡°Hon. Garuda sent the Hygar race here on a mission. It was to subdue the Titan race.¡±


    ¡°Many may think that the Titan race is a mythical race, but not us. We know about every Titan that lives in this Primal dimension. Even Eris is a Titan.¡±


    ¡°We were sent here to subdue the Titan race and kill them if they attempted to fight back, but we never reached such state as the Titans acted under control. For not even once did they dare to overthrow us directly or indirectly.¡±


    ¡°Since countless years have passed and the Titans did nothing to gain our wrath, our attitude toward them becamex, and at some point, we even forgot our mission and befriended many members of the Titan race.¡±


    ¡°Unfortunately for us, a few of the Titans were only acting and bidding their time. Fifty years ago, when a portal to another ce appeared on the now disappeared mountain, Mysterious Peak, there was a female Titan that had entered the ce and was also the survivor. Erica was the name of the Titan.¡±


    ¡°At that time, we had never thought that she would gain something from the ce that would make her stronger than even the Void beasts.¡±


    ¡°We didn¡¯t know whether Erica became stronger than the Void beasts fifty years ago or not, but most of my brethren believe that she had reached the strength at that time and was waiting for something.¡±


    ¡°Senior, we may descend from the hon. Garuda and the hon. Hydra, but still, it would only take a single Void beast to make our race extinct in the Primal dimension.¡±


    A look of fear had appeared on Joyce¡¯s face, but he didn¡¯t stop and continued while Aakesh expressionlessly listened.


    ¡°Senior, despite Erica surpassing the strength of the Void beasts, we weren¡¯t afraid of her as we already had some contingency n prepared for when any Titan achieved such strength.¡±


    ¡°But we finally felt fear three days earlier when suddenly a wave of attack hit one of the Universes in our control.¡±


    A horrified expression appeared on Joyce¡¯s face as his mouth got frozen from fear of what he was going to speak next. Joyce took a deep breath to soothe his pounding heart, and his expression soon returned to calm.


    ¡°It wasn¡¯t Erica that had attacked us, but a creature not of this dimension.¡±


    ¡°It was the egg of a Chi¡­chi¡­chim¡­chimera!¡±


    Joyce fell to the ground as he finally uttered the name of the creature that had destroyed one of the Universes in the Hygar¡¯s control. What made Joyce even more fearful was the fact that it had only taken the figure a billionth of a second to do the deed, killing countless creatures of millions of races and several peak Immortals of the Hygar race.


    After hearing the name of the creature, Aakesh¡¯s expression changed, but he soon masked it without anyone being aware of it.


    Chimera was a race of creatures that lived in the third dimension. They don¡¯t have a specific category of species as they were a mixture of tens of races.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think about the rtionship between Erica and the Chimera.


    Aakesh had also entered the world created to bind Vritrasura¡¯s daughter. Erica must have gotten the egg from that world. Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but consider Erica as a fortunate person since even he didn¡¯t get any reward of such level, despite the fact that he had cleared the world and freed Vritrasura¡¯s daughter. But when Aakesh remembered the gift he had gotten from Vritrasura, the Chimera egg fell short by arge margin even to reach one-third of the value of the egg of the Chaos Whale.


    ¡°Senior, Chimera is a creature thates from the ce where the hon. Garuda and hon. Hydra resides, so now the Hygar race¡¯s life is at stake.¡±


    ¡°Since we didn¡¯t know when we would face another attack from the Chimera, my father had ordered me to attack Erica and the Chimera. We can not just wait for our lives toe to an end.¡±


    ¡°Senior, I havee to ask you to help us in killing that Chimera. I don¡¯t know how strong you are, but I am confident that I have never seen anyone that can evene close to the power you hold in your hands,¡± Joyce finally concluded his purpose. He then looked at Aakesh with a grave expression.


    Joyce had put all his hope on Aakesh for defeating the Chimera since everyone in the Hygar race knew the contingencies were only for the Titans if they reached an undefeatable state. They wouldn¡¯t do anything to harm the Chimera since it wasn¡¯t a Titan.


    ¡°I won¡¯t involve in the affairs of your races. If you two races have conflicts, you would have to solve it on your own,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded and dashed a bucket of cold water on all the hope Joyce had carried when he came here.


    ¡°Senior, the Chimera can hurt the Primal dimension,¡± Joyce pleaded, using the factor that Chimera is too strong for the Primal dimension and could even create a genocide of myriads of races here.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry about that. The Primal dimension would force it out if its strength crossed the limit,¡± Aakesh replied, still maintaining his expressionless face.


    Aakesh had already crossed the limit of what strength a peak Immortal could have in the Primal dimension, but since his cultivation was still peak Immortal, the dimension didn¡¯t force him out and made him ascend. Aakesh could only do this because of the system, so the Chimera would never be able to do that.


    As its strength grew, its cultivation would also increase, and once it crossed the threshold of the peak Immortal, it would have no choice but to ascend.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry about the Chimera. If it were strong enough to endanger the Primal dimension, the Void beats would have acted,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Joyce and the group standing behind him with faces filled with disappointment.


    The Chimera could destroy a Universe and kill several peak Immortals at once and not get ascended because of its outrageous strength due to its physique and top-level bloodline, not cultivation level.


    If it would have reached a strength where it could endanger the lives and create mass killings in the Primal dimension, the Void beasts would have already acted. Their sole purpose for existence was to preserve the dimension.


    Even though they have lost their trump card against figures from higher dimensions, they still were the mightiest of the Primal dimension, barring people like Aakesh, Dotta, or Lilith.


    There was also another point that Oxen and Talia had also grown stronger aftering out of the Conspiracy continent, so Aakesh did not need to worry about the safety of the Primal dimension or not having enough customers across the countless Universes.


    Joyce and the other fifteen members had their hearts heave a sigh of relief as their specific races also lived in the Primal dimension.


    Joyce felt the same, but soon, his heart turned heavy again. Even though the Chimeras hadn¡¯t grown strong enough to harm the Primal dimension or the people living in it since the Void beasts were there, the situation for the Hygar race wasn¡¯t very optimistic since the Void beasts wouldn¡¯t interfere in a conflict between two races even when they were the top-two races.


    Not many people knew about the past of the Void beasts, but people like Joyce, who came from the top families of the top races, knew about it. This was the reason that the top races were even more fearful of the Void beasts just like a child who finds a lion like any other creature, but not the adult who knows about the lion¡¯s strength and ferocity.


    ¡°Senior, the Hygar race would forever be grateful to you if you helped us get out of this precarious situation,¡± Joyce asked for help from Aakesh.


    ¡°No,¡± Aakesh straight away refused and gestured to the group to leave if they had nothing else to talk about.


    The disappointment on Joyce¡¯s face grew even more, but he didn¡¯t dare to voice his thoughts. Joyce had no interest in offending Aakesh and inviting an enemy even more terrifying than the Chimera.


    Joyce thought of leaving, but then suddenly, one of the group members standing behind him conversed something with Joyce spiritually in the Hygar race¡¯snguage.


    ¡°Thank you, senior, for listening to us,¡± Joyce thanked Aakesh and then turned around.


    Instead of leaving the store, Joyce and the group members turned around toward the portal room and proceeded in its direction. Since every group member had a supreme card owned by them, they did not need to ask Aakesh for entering Panagea. They could enter it as long as the portals were vacant.


    As for why the group didn¡¯t ask Aakesh about the vacancy, they didn¡¯t have to. If the portals were full, there would have been people waiting in the store hall to secure their ce in the next group. It wasn¡¯t the case at all. Except for Aakesh and the Sixteen, no one other was present in the hall.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry for taking another day off and then a single chapter. I am d I did; it helped my health return to premium. The book would return to its daily updates from tomorrow, and most probably it would return to its usual schedule from the twenty-sixth.


    Sorry for the trouble, and once again thanks for reading and supporting the book!


    Have a great night/day!

 Chapter 595

    Chapter 595: No Title!


    After Joyce and his group members left, silence returned to the store and Aakesh began another of his rxation sessions.


    Seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, hours turned into a day, days turned into a week, weeks turned into a month, and just like that, seven months had passed.


    The store¡¯s poprity had only grown with each passing day.


    A few months earlier, there were only several million customers in the store, but nowadays, even the store at its worst day has more than a hundred million customers. The number of increasing customers with each passing day had to do with the number of virtual portals in the store.


    No product had been able even toe close to the poprity of the virtual portals and Panagea, let alone dethroning it.


    Aakesh was currently looking at the quest screen in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Sale of Products,


    Requirement: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it¡¯s time for you to go big for the store, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,


    Days required: 10,000 Weeks,


    Mission reward: A new product! Hundred million new Virtual portals! Addition of Immortal grade weapons! Addition of Immortal and Ascendance level pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The shutdown of the store for a year!


    Hint: If youplete the quest in half the duration of the quest, you would be eligible for the bonus reward. The worth of the bonus would only increase with the less time you take toplete all the four requirements.]


    [Quest Progress,


    Days left: 51,507 days,


    Weapon sold: 973,791,672/1,000,000,000,


    Pills sold: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Panagea hours: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 100,000,000/100,000,000,


    Regr training hours: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000 hours,


    Immortal level: 89,583,952/100,000,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 10,000,000/10,000,000 hours.]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation as he read the quest progress the store had made in thest fifty years.


    Except for the requirement of selling a billion weapons, Aakesh had fulfilled all other conditions.


    Even in the training area requirements, Aakesh had already achieved the majority of them even though he only needed one to happen.


    The reason for such increment in fulfilling the requirements was due to the more than a hundred million virtual portals inside the store.


    Any customer who came to the store checked the other two products, despite their specific purpose behinding to the store being the Panagea.


    It helped the store achieve all other requirements forpleting the quest.


    Now Aakesh only needed around thirty million weapons sold to achieve all the requirements and finish his quest.


    Thirty million seemed a lot when heard, but for Aakesh, the store saw a daily intake of at least a hundred million customers, so it wasn¡¯t a big deal to achieve it in the near future.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but feel excited about the quest to getpleted as it had been around fifty-one years since the store saw any new product.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t believe he would get another customer¡¯s favorite product like the virtual portals, but still, it had been too long for Aakesh not to get a new item for sale in the store.


    Aakesh also felt optimistic about the result as he needed toplete the quest in half the original duration of the quest to get a bonus reward. While Aakesh currently was decades earlier than half the duration, so Aakesh couldn¡¯t wait to see what would be his bonus reward after being so quicker than anticipated.


    Aakesh then waved his hands. The next moment, light particles started moving away from the two blue screens, and in no time, they disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    Since there were still no new customers in Aakesh¡¯s sight, he decided to check on the second quest he had been doing every day.


    The next moment, a new blue screen containing all the details of the quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission objective: Add the number of virtual portals,


    Requirement: As a result of the annual events and your poprity over these years, the Panagea has be an increasingly popr product throughout the Visteerna and many major parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours after the opening of the store: all the virtual portal slots get taken for the day. There has been an addition of 100,000,000 more virtual portals, but to ensure such kind of craze for Panagea continues and grows with more and more customers joining it; the store owner needs to have 1,500,000,000 hours of entry time every day into Panagea for fifty years straight,


    Quest progress: Five months and twenty-three days,


    Mission reward: 1,000,000,000 new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Removal of one virtual portal every minute if the number of years exceeds 55. If it exceeded 60 years, the decreasing rate would grow to five portals. If it exceeded 75 years, the rate would increase to 10 virtual portals every minute. If it exceeded 100 years, the decreasing rate would grow to 25 per minute.]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation after reading the details of another quest in which he was doing well.


    For the first month after receiving the quest, the progress hadn¡¯t even begun as the mission needed 1.5 billion Panagea hours every day, which couldn¡¯t get fulfilled by the few million customers Aakesh was getting every day.


    But as time flew by, the number of customers grew, and finally, the store achieved the mark of 1.5 billion hours one month and a few days after the beginning.


    From that day, the store hadn¡¯t seen a day where it didn¡¯t achieve the 1.5 billion hour mark.


    Aakesh then waved his hands again, and not long after, the quest screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it again.

 Chapter 596

    Chapter 596: The Store¡¯s Effect!


    After looking at the details of the two quests, Aakesh closed his eyes and began his first rxation session for the day since there were no new customers around the perimeter of the store.


    While Aakesh was rxing in the store, a battle was happening across the most valuable region in the Primal dimension.


    ¡°So, you¡¯ve finally begun,¡± A figure shrouded in the darkmented as they looked at the being in front of them.


    ¡°Yes, I have finally reached the point where I could fight you and your organization,¡± A reply filled with utmost confidence rang in the area in response to thement.


    The owner of the voice stood straight as it looked unflinchingly at the being shrouded in the dark. Even though there was a pressure mighty enough to disintegrate a Universe was attacking the owner, its face showed as if there was nothing.


    The owner had a humanoid structure but with three pairs of legs. The three pairs of arms, eyes, and ears added to that.


    All the three pairs were distinct from one another. One pair of legs, eyes, hands, and ears were ck, the other was white, and thest one was silver with a slightly golden hue.


    The creature wasn¡¯t from one of the top races or even a mid-tier race, but it belonged to the Dutars.


    Dutars was a race exclusive to the Primal dimension, and even here, they were a low-tier race, with none being able to reach even a Tao Seed level cultivator.


    The man in question was not only the first Dutar to reach the Tao Seed level, but it also became the first person in its race to be an Immortal and a peak one at that.


    ¡°Hmph, you should have forgotten about that night and nevere here,¡± The figure shrouded in the dark scoffed in response, and the pressure released by him grew several folds at once, forcing the man to take a step back.


    The figure shrouded in the dark belonged to an organization called ¡®The Light of the Sword¡¯. The organization was a top organization in the Primal dimension and had several peak Immortals in its ranks, with the figure shrouded in the dark being one of them.


    ***


    The man with three pairs of legs, hands, eyes, and ears was called Guiler. Guiler had no wealth of his own to reach even the Void Condensation level, but his life changed with the Bisan Kingdom conquering thend on which his tribe lived.


    The Bisan Kingdom was on its conquering spree at that point of time, and since Guiler¡¯s tribe lived closer to the Bisan Kingdom, they lost their territory to the Kingdom.


    After Guiler¡¯s tribe lost their territory, the King of the Bisan Kingdom showed no interest in thend, so his tribe had lost their breath at that point. Any living person knew if the inhabitants or the territory provided no benefit to the conqueror, the people would be no better than dead in the eyes of the King.


    Guiler¡¯s tribe provided no benefit to the Bisan Kingdom, and the same was the case for the Kingdom. They had no other reason than thend being in close vicinity to their Kingdom to conquer it. But fortunately for the tribe, the Bisan Kingdom had their patron in the form of a store.


    Whatevernd the Bisan Kingdom conquered, they promoted the store as if it was their own. Guiler and his tribe also became beneficiaries of that information.


    Guiler had an extraordinary identity in his tribe as it was his grandmother who headed the n.


    The tribe then organized apetition to select the candidates they would pour their wealth on after learning about the benefits of Panagea.


    The tribe decided to select three people since depending on one person wouldn¡¯t be any better than suicide.


    Despite being the grandson of the head of the tribe, Guiler didn¡¯t have much wealth to squander, but after he came out as a second-ranked participant in thepetition, Guiler knew he had won a lottery. At the same time, he also knew that the tribe depended on him and the other two, so he couldn¡¯t just waste the trust and wealth his n was going to pour on him.


    Guiler wasn¡¯t much talented as it seemed, but his luck was on the better side. His fortune favored him and he won well from the Panagea.


    What his n could pour on him in a year, he returned that amount by several folds in only a few years. In the thirty-first year of thend being in control of the Dutar¡¯s tribe, a piece of news like a thunderstrike arrived.


    The Bisan Kingdom made a deal and traded thend with the organization ¡®The Light of the Sword¡¯. The organization had other ns as they killed every Dutar living there, taking away thend beneath Guiler¡¯s foot in a single sweep. Guiler survived the situation only because his fortune favored him once again.


    The life that was going peacefully for Gulier suddenly turned out to be a journey filled with tragedy. Instead of getting disappointed or feeling down, Guiler¡¯s talent finally showed and finally matched the great fortune he had.


    Guiler was onlyte Void Forging at that time, but only in the next thirteen years, he went fromte Void Forging to peak Immortal, and in the next year, he became a peak Immortal with the pseudo divine physique.


    The Bisan Kingdom wanted to take Guiler in and even offer him the hereditary position of a noble family, but as much as Guiler med The Light of the Sword, the same level of hate he had for the Kingdom. If not for the store being inside the capital of the Kingdom, and attacking the royal family would be no less than attacking the store, Guiler would have destroyed the royal family.


    ***


    ¡°Hmph, Forget about the night! I would make you relive what I have been living for every moment since that moment,¡± Guiler scoffed. His tone was filled with extreme hatred.


    Guiler didn¡¯t say anything after that or gave the man time to respond. He disappeared from the spot and attacked with several red energy balls spread around him.


    ***


    As the battle between Guiler and the organization had begun, Aakesh weed a new customer.

 Chapter 597

    Chapter 597: Another Higher-Dimensional Customer!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard footsteps approaching him. He had no choice but to open his eyes.


    After opening his eyes, Aakesh saw the identity of the being approaching him.


    The being had neither met the store nor did Aakesh meet them even once, and yet Aakesh knew the identity of the figure.


    The person standing in front of Aakesh had a humanoid structure with a pair of legs, hands, eyes, and ears. But there was no simr feature in the man¡¯s body.


    His one hands were like the ws of an eagle, and the other was lion paws without the sharp nails. One leg had an ox hoof, while the other was a horse hoof.


    The figure had one eye with a red pupil with the ck sclera, while the other was a golden pupil with the silver sclera.


    Aakesh recognized the being since there was no other creature simr to it in the Primal dimension, nor did its race originate from here.


    The creature standing in front of Aakesh was the Chimera that Aakesh had heard about several months ago from Joyce.


    Joyce had arrived in the store to ask Aakesh for help in fighting against the Chimera and Erica the Titan, who had the strength of Void beasts in her hands.


    At that time, Aakesh had refused to help Joyce, stating that the Void beasts would take action if the Chimera¡¯s existence turned out to be harmful to the Primal dimension.


    Fortunately for both the Hygar race and the Primal dimension, Joyce¡¯s worry turned out to be unfounded as Erica never used the Chimera to attack the race or the Universes under their control after the first attack that had made the Hygars worry for their future.


    The first attack wasn¡¯t the intention of Erica but the Chimera. It had heard about the issue between the Titan race and the Hygar race, so to protect its mother, the Chimera had attacked one of the Universes under control of the Hygar race in its own volition, resulting in the death of several peak Immortal and countless innocent lives.


    The Chimera had ns to attack the Hygar race, but Erica stepped in and controlled it from creating any additional trouble to the already negative rtionship between the races.


    Even though the Hygar race lost several of its members, which was a first for them since their arrival to the Primal dimension, after seeing the strength of the other side, the Hygars controlled themselves from turning the troubling situation into a full-fledged war after iming some remuneration from Erica.


    ***


    The Chimera didn¡¯t say anything right away, but it looked around the store after stopping in its steps.


    The Chimera¡¯s surprise grew bigger with each passing moment as it looked around.


    Despite its powerful mental strength, it couldn¡¯t peer through the wall on any side of the store. It could see there were two open rooms in the store, but when it tried to look inside, the Chimera faced the same situation simr to what it had encountered at the entry gate of the store. It knew there were things beyond the door, but no matter what it tried, it couldn¡¯t see or hear anything that was happening past the gate.


    ¡°Why can¡¯t I see anything beyond the door or walls here?¡± The Chimera asked as it finally gave up on trying to see through. Its tone contained both majesty and humbleness.


    Majesty for its bloodline belonged to the third dimension, and humbleness, for it couldn¡¯t see through the walls or the doors despite being a higher-dimensional creature.


    ¡°You¡¯re weak,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Only those who were more powerful than the system could see through the walls or doors.


    The Chimera, instead of feeling offended, nodded as it also believed that its being weak was the reason behind its not being able to achieve what it desired.


    ¡°How much more powerful do I need to be to aplish this?¡± The Chimera asked Aakesh.


    The Chimera knew that it was not a native of the Primal dimension but a higher dimension, but it didn¡¯t know how strong the people of that ce were. It only had bloodline memory which only told it that it wasn¡¯t even a dust particle whenpared with the strength of that ce, but not the specific.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t answer this time and only expressionlessly stared toward the Chimera. He was operating a store here, so he did not need to answer any questions rted to anything other than the store products and its sale.


    The Chimera understood what Aakesh¡¯s silence meant, so it didn¡¯t ask any further questions rted to its power.


    ¡°What products do you sell in this store?¡± The Chimera then asked. It hade here after learning about the store from Eris, Erica¡¯s brother. Eris didn¡¯t tell it much about the store, but only that the store was mysterious and could help it grow in strength by paying money and without any fear of death.


    It had gotten involved with the power gap between it and the store after entering here, but now that Aakesh had stopped answering its questions, it came to its primary purpose.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t stay silent like thest time since the question was now rted to the store.


    ¡°The store currently has three products to sell.¡±


    ¡°First, pills. Second, weapons. Third, Samrat Dasham¡­,¡±


    ¡°¡­Sold by the store,¡± Aakesh concluded with the introduction of the store products.


    The Chimera had a solemn face as he savored all the information he had gotten from Aakesh about the store products in his head.


    After listening to the store product¡¯s introduction, the Chimera knew which products Eris referred to when he talked about the store helping him grow in strength without any fear of death just by paying Primal stones.


    The Chimera was also from the third dimension like Dotta and Lilith, but Dotta and Lilith were born there, whereas the Chimera was born here. So Dotta and Lilith paid no interest to the training area, but the same wasn¡¯t the case for the Chimera.


    The training area could help its strength grow marginally, while its cultivation level might see a minuscule cultivation growth for someone of his level only in the rarest cases.

 Chapter 598

    Chapter 598: The Training!


    The Chimera first decided to check the training area, and after that, it would see about the Panagea.


    ¡°Store owner, I want the Gods & Demons level training area for the Immortal-grade weapon,¡± The Chimera requested Aakesh.


    ¡°You need to pay one trillion supreme Primal stones,¡± Aakesh nodded and expressionlessly told the man the cost he needed to pay if he wanted to enter the training area.


    The Chimera nodded, and not long after, a mountain filled with shining stones appeared in the store.


    There were currently several million people meditating in the store and were waiting for their turn to arrive in Panagea. Several of them opened their eyes and looked at the mountain, but soon they closed their eyes since it wasn¡¯t the first time they had seen a scene like this. Every day, there would be customers rich enough to pay for the Gods & Demons level training area.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and not long after, the mountain of Primal stones disappeared from the store.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t make the Chimera go ahead straight away, but only after the system had informed him that the amount wasplete did he tell him about the entry process for the training area.


    The Chimera thanked Aakesh and went toward the weapons room while Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation session.


    The Chimera didn¡¯t use a weapon or had any interest in it as its eagle ws were sharp enough to rip apart the toughest of the metals, while the other hand was heavy enough to turn mountains into dust.


    After entering the weapons room, the Chimera went to the pir, signifying the sword straight away, ignoring several people covered in golden lights across the more than one hundred columns. Most of the opponents the Chimera had faced since its birth had been sword users, so having trained with them wouldn¡¯t be a waste of time but very fruitful for it.


    Aakesh had already told it the process of how to enter, so the Chimera straight away lightly tapped one of its nail-like fingers on the needle. The next moment, a pricking pain attacked Aakesh, but as quick as it hade, it had also disappeared at the same rate.


    The Chimera couldn¡¯t help but fearfully look at the needle. After it pricked its nail-like fingers as if it was nothing, the Chimera believed that even if the Chimera used the toughest of his defenses, it would have the same result in the end.


    It then took a deep breath, but before it could evenplete it, its body turned nk, and soon a golden light engulfed the entirety of it.


    The Chimera looked around in surprise and awe as it suddenly found itself in a new environment, without it even being able to know or resist.


    The Chimera didn¡¯t get much time to think about it as a window asking for it to choose its opponent for the training appeared in its head not long after.


    Its mother, Erica, had two enemies. One was the Hygars, and the other was the Asuras. The Chimera had already grown more powerful than even the mightiest Hygar, so they were no challenge for him. As for the Asuras, even imagining defeating them was no less than sphemy toward the strong, but since they were the enemies of Erica, it would fight them.


    Unfortunately for it, there were no opponents from the Asura race to choose from in the selection window.


    The Chimera then thought of choosing the race from which the blue-skinned store owner was since even he sent chills down its spine from his expressionless stare. The Chimera¡¯s search turned out to be for naught again as it didn¡¯te across any species resembling the store owner. There were several races that had blue skins, but only one of them was humanoid, and even then, it had white hair with a single eye and one horn half the size of its face.


    The Chimera then started thinking of another opponent to choose from, and not long after, the choice emerged in its heart.


    The Chimera then chose the first Void beasts it came across on the selection menu.


    After the Chimera chose its opponent, the option to select the environment appeared in its mind.


    The Chimera didn¡¯t have to think much as it chose an aerial battle with no surface in sight.


    The next moment, the view in front of the Chimera changed as it found the ground beneath its feet descending. In no time, the surface sank into the darkness, but for some reason, the Chimera stood at that point.


    Suddenly a blinding light a few million miles away from the Chimera emerged. When the light disappeared, a creature spanning over several hundreds of thousands of miles appeared.


    If the Void beasts and Aakesh were here, they would have recognized the creature. It was none other than Oregon, who unfortunately became one of the casualties of the arrival of the portal several decades ago.


    The Chimera got ready for its battle right away as a killing intent strong enough to shudder him attacked the Chimera.


    The Chimera hadn¡¯t even blinked its eyes when its face froze, while its eyelids drooped down with only half the pupil visible.


    The next moment, the Chimera found itself back in the area and the selection menu in its head.


    The Chimera¡¯s back turned wet from sweat as it still didn¡¯t know how it had died. Soon its face turned cold as the system affected it and made its mind calm like a rock.


    Time flew by.


    It was only the start of the massacre that was toe. Even knowing how it died proved to be an undoable task for the Chimera, let alone surviving the first strike.


    Since the time flow rate between the store and the training area was 1:1,000, the number of deaths would feel endless for the Chimera.


    In only the sixty-seventh hour of training and after dying for countless times, the Chimera finally saw how it was dying.


    Every time, the Void beast would only wave the sword in its hand very lightly, and only the wave released from it was strong enough to sever the Chimera¡¯s head.


    Time flew by,


    Finally, the thousand hours passed, and the Chimera finally exited the hellish training area.

 Chapter 599

    Chapter 599: A New Customer!


    After the thousand hours of the Chimera¡¯s training in the Gods & Demons level training area was over, the system forced it out.


    The next moment, the system transferred the Chimera to an isted space where it could calm its energy down after having a sudden return to the body with a more powerful consciousness.


    When everything had calmed down, the system retrieved the Chimera back to the store. While all this happened, only the system was aware the Chimera didn¡¯t even find out that it had seen two space transfers in a short amount of time.


    The Chimera had a cold face as it looked at itself after exiting that hell where deaths seemed nothing.


    Before entering the training area, the Chimera had a calm expression when it was doing nothing. But after entering the training area, that calm got an upgrade, and it became cold as chilling. If anyone were to see the Chimera¡¯s eyes right now, they would feel as if they were standing in an ice storm, wearing nothing.


    It then controlled itself and hid the chilly expression so no one would be caught unaware of a terrible situation inside the store or outside.


    The Chimera wanted to go back to the training area since it hadn¡¯t defeated the Void beast. But it remembered that Aakesh had told it that the entry into the Gods & Demons level training area was limited to one entry per year per person, so it didn¡¯t ask Aakesh after leaving the weapons room.


    ¡°Store owner, I want to go to the Panagea,¡± The Chimera requested Aakesh after approaching him.


    It had shown interest in two products after hearing the introduction of the store products, but now that it had already used and liked the training area, it was time for it to check on Panagea.


    ¡°You have to wait for three hours,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied and pointed at the people already meditating in the store¡¯s hall.


    The Chimera had ignored the group of people when it had appeared here, but now that it looked at them, it found around a thousand people meditating in the store. But when the Chimera focused further, he found the number of figures growing at an exaggerated rate. In the end, there were more than seventy million people meditating and waiting for their turn to arrive in Panagea.


    The Chimera had enough strength and prestige to force its way to wherever it wanted, but here it had no choice but to wait if it wanted to enter Panagea. Eris may not have told the Chimera anything about the store, but he had warned it not to indulge in anything that may offend the store owner.


    The Chimera had not taken Eris¡¯s warning in its heart at first, but after entering the store, the threat level it had for the blue-skinned store owner grew even higher than what Eris felt about the store owner. The Chimera then got ready to proceed toward the queue of tens of millions of people already waiting.


    ¡°You can buy these cards, and then you can enter Panagea without asking my permission,¡± Aakesh suddenly told the Chimera as it was getting ready to leave and join the queue for the second round of entry into Panagea.


    The Chimera then heard about the three cards the store had to offer. It then nodded and bought a supreme card since one supreme Primal stone was nothing for it.


    It then took out one supreme Primal stone from its pocket space and handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh expressionlessly took the Primal stone and threw it at the ck hole, always waiting to devour the stones. He then pressed the switch rted to the supreme card.


    Not long after, a silver card appeared in Aakesh¡¯s hands.


    Time flew by.


    The six hours for the first group of customers wereplete, so the system forced them out one by one, depending on the sequence of their entry.


    While the customers were exiting the Panagea, more than a hundred million customers were waiting for their entry into Panagea. Some had excited expressions, while some had grave faces. Some were going to win big today, while some were also going to face losses.


    Panagea was simr to how the real world worked except for its ability to grant unlimited lives to the adventurer, so everyone faced different challenges to proceed in their lives.


    Some timeter, the portal room had turned empty as all the more than one hundred twelve million customers had exited the Panagea. Aakesh then gestured toward the second group to take their entry, and in no time, only a few people remained in the store¡¯s hall, while all the customers who arrived first and secured their spot in the virtual portal entered the Panagea.


    ***


    ¡°The store sells three products¡­,¡± Aakesh was introducing the store products to a new customer that had just arrived.


    The customer intently listened to the product¡¯s introduction since she hade here after one of her brothers referred her to the store.


    The girl¡¯s eyes grew bigger and shone with stars as she heard about the Panagea.


    ¡°For a store that sells such great things, don¡¯t you think you have too few products,¡± The girl couldn¡¯t help but Aakesh after he concluded the store product¡¯s introduction.


    The reason the girl asked Aakesh this question was that the store only sold three products, but each of them was the best in their product line, so she was also being greedy, hoping for the store to have even more such products that were the best of the best in the Primal dimension.


    ¡°The store would have its fourth product in the near future,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded. After the questpleted the requirement of selling a billion weapons, the system would reward the store with an additional product. Since there were still around thirty million weapons left to sell, Aakesh didn¡¯t tell the girl a fixed time, but instead, he used the near future. The near future could be anything from one day to one year.


    The girl nodded and then asked about Panagea. She had only entered the customer for the first time, so how could she waste her time thinking about the fourth product.


    Aakesh then pointed toward the already waiting customers for the third group entry into Panagea and told her about the queue.

 Chapter 600

    Chapter 600: Lily¡¯s New Habit!


    Since the spots in Panagea had gotten filled and there were more than five hours left before the third group¡¯s entry into Panagea, the girl decided to enjoy the training area during this time.


    ¡°Oh, look, I forgot to introduce myself,¡± The girl suddenly eximed in surprise as she was getting ready to proceed toward the weapons room.


    ¡°Store owner, I am Shi Liang! What¡¯s your name?¡± The girl told Aakesh her name and then asked Aakesh to do the same.


    ¡°I am Aakesh,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded and ignored the hand Shi Liang had extended for a handshake.


    Shi Liang pouted after seeing Aakesh ignoring her hands, but she soon took them back without making any scene. Her brother had already told her about the store owner¡¯s entric behavior. The weird behavior would be Aakesh extending his hands in response, not the opposite.


    ¡°My brother is Shi Guo. It was he who told me about the store,¡± Shi Liang then told Aakesh about her brother.


    Aakesh only expressionlessly nodded in response to Shi Liang. He remembered who Shi Guo was, but he had no interest in talking about him. Words were nothing but most valuable when it came to Aakesh.


    Shi Liang then left for the training area since Aakesh seemed to have no interest in anything other than the store.


    Unlike other wealthy customers, Shi Liang decided against the Gods & Demons level training area, but she instead chose the difficult level training area.


    Her reason for that was that there was a limit of one hour a year or a month, respectively, when it came to the Gods & Demons level training area or the Immortal level training area. The other four lower levels had no such limit, so Shi Liang could spend the next five hours in the training area, and when she would get done with it, she wouldn¡¯t have to wait for long to enter the Panagea.


    Considering her thoughts, Shi Liang went to the weapons room. Since the card owners didn¡¯t have to ask the store owner to enter the training area except for the Immortal and the Gods & Demons level training area, Shi Liang didn¡¯t do it.


    Time flew by.


    The six-hour stay of the second group in Panagea was also over, so the system forced them out one by one, depending on their entry sequence.


    When all the spots in the virtual portals had gotten vacant, Aakesh told the third group to leave for their group entry into the Panagea.


    Aakesh then asked for the quest screen rted to the Panagea. When he saw that the daily quota of achieving 1.5 billion Panagea hours every day had gotten done for the day and his streak hadn¡¯t broken down, Aakesh nodded and then made the screen disappear.


    There were no customers left in the hall, and only Aakesh was sitting on his chair since no other group was left for their entry into Panagea.


    After sending the third group to the Panagea, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation session. After that, a round of silence permeated every corner of the store.


    Time flew by, and around twenty minutes had passed.


    Suddenly the silence in the store broke down, as out of nowhere, a closed door appeared in the air inside the store, and not long after, stairs connecting it to the floor emerged.


    Not long after, a clicking sound rang in the store as the door opened, and soon, a furry creature the size of Aakesh stepped down the stairs.


    ¡°Hey, system, give me my chair,¡± A childlike voice filled with majesty rang in the store as Lily asked the system for the chair.


    When it came to asking for something from the system, Aakesh¡¯s tone was like a request. Lily, on the other hand, ordered. Lily believed Aakesh to be the only person who deserved her and the Multiverse¡¯s respect. She didn¡¯t even put Devas into her eyes.


    The system didn¡¯t mind Lily¡¯s tone since it had no emotions of its own to feel shame, humiliation, or any other negative emotion. The next moment, light particles started gathering, starting from the floor. In no time, a chair simr to what Aakesh sat on but an inch shorter appeared not far from Aakesh¡¯s chair.


    Lily was currently going through her teen phase, so she had stopped sitting on Aakesh¡¯s head. She now sat on a chair whenever she exited Panagea, but every time her chair would be an inch shorter than Aakesh¡¯s chair, and her size would also be an inch shorter than Aakesh¡¯s height.


    Aakesh could only smile as he had already gotten used to this side of Lily.


    ¡°You should hear what happened today in Aakeshville,¡± Lily spoke as she sat on her chair.


    Aakeshville was the name of the territory Lily had won in the Panagea. Aakesh had tried to make Lily change the name, but she was adamant about having that name. In fact, when Aakesh told Lily to name thend Lilyville since she was the ruler, at that time, Lily had made a puking face as if she was disgusted by that name. Since Lily refused, Aakesh gave up on trying and could only smile whenever he heard that name from Lily¡¯s mouth.


    ¡°What happened?¡± Aakesh smilingly asked, but anyone could see that his lips were twitching. Even though it has already been several months since Lily named the territory such, Aakesh still felt it unnatural and a puke-worthy name.


    ¡°The King asked for my army again,¡± Lily responded with her tone containing anger. Since Lily had vowed loyalty to the throne after she conquered thend, the King had been demanding her army every week for his expeditions.


    Lily had learned everything from Aakesh, so her knowledge was no less than any experienced general when it came to things rted to war and strategies.


    Lily¡¯s army had been helping the King win his small expeditions, so his demand had been growing every day, and now he asked for Lily¡¯s army every two days.


    ¡°Endure it,¡± Aakesh calmly told Lily. ¡°What about those things?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked.


    ¡°It has been going well,¡± Lily responded in her childlike voice.


    Lily had used her second wish to make Aakesh help her win the whole Kingdom. Now he was giving her points that would bring nobles of the Kingdoms to her side rather than the King.

 Chapter 601

    Chapter 601: Lily¡¯s Day(1)


    Lily, using her second wish, had asked Aakesh to help her im the entire Kingdom for herself in three years. Since three years weren¡¯t enough for Lily to grow strong enough to challenge the might of the throne, Aakesh suggested Lily do things calctingly.


    Even though power always prevails, it isn¡¯t always the physical strength, but sometimes it¡¯s mental power that proves to be the winner.


    Any Kingdom stands on the deeds of its aristocracy. If nobles be corrupt and cruel, it announces the doom of the state in the form of a revolution, and if the nobles are a positive light for the citizen, it brings unseen prosperity to the nation.


    If Lily could have the nation¡¯s top aristocracy on her side rather than the King, then the Kingdom would surely fall.


    ¡°Did you make your connections with Earl Gilbert?¡± Aakesh asked Lily as the first target he had chosen for Lily was Earl Gilbert.


    Earl was a title above Baron and Viscount but lower than the Marquis and the Duke, so Aakesh chose the nearest Earl as his target.


    Earl Gilbert ruled over a district, having seven cities. Each of the seven cities held more wealth than Lily¡¯s entire territory could never even hope to achieve.


    The previous ruler of Lily¡¯s territory wasn¡¯t liked by Earl Gilbert, so Lily and he hit right off after Lily¡¯s official im of thend.


    Aakesh also had another reason for choosing Earl Gilbert as his first target. It wasn¡¯t due to being the closest to Lily¡¯s territory, but it was due to Earl Gilbert having a Marquis stepbrother.


    From what Aakesh heard from Lily, Earl Gilbert and his Marquis stepbrother disliked each other to an extent where they wouldn¡¯te face to face unless the King demanded their presence at the same time.


    Aakesh wanted to use that dislike in his favor.


    Aakesh knew the basic fact that only rare people have ideologies that they would die for or never betray, but for the majority, if someone wanted them on their side, then the best n was to offer them benefits.


    ***


    ¡°Yes, I am going to meet him three dayster at his daughter¡¯s engagement,¡± Lily nodded and answered in her childlike voice.


    ¡°How many people areing to the engagement ceremony?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked as an idea emerged in his head after learning about the engagement ceremony.


    ¡°One Marquis, seven Earls, fifteen Viscounts, and thirty-seven Barons,¡± Lily responded after remembering the guest names she had read from the invitation list.


    ¡°Is it Marquis Gordon or someone else?¡± Aakesh asked another question.


    Marquis Gordon was Earl Gilbert¡¯s father-inw, so ording to Aakesh, it was most probably him.


    ¡°Yes, Gilbert¡¯s daughter is marrying Gordon¡¯s great-grandchild,¡± Lily answered.


    ¡°Oh, another marriage in the family,¡± Aakesh mumbled. He then started exining what Lily should do for the next three days to n for the engagement ceremony since a chance to meet so many nobles at once would rarelye in the future. Aakesh wanted to snatch every ounce of benefit he could from that ceremony.


    Lily¡¯s eyes got big, and then her face turned into a thinking expression as she intently listened to what Aakesh had to say.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t I think of that?¡± Lily snorted as she lightly tapped her head.


    In response, a smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as he squeezed Lily¡¯s face.


    Lily made an annoyed expression, but she didn¡¯t stop Aakesh since these moments were bliss for both of them, who had no one but themselves to call their family.


    ¡°Did you find some ways to hatch the egg?¡± Lily suddenly asked as thinking about family made her remember the egg Aakesh had gotten from Vritrasura as a reward.


    For Lily, the egg was a family in a simr way to what she was to Aakesh. She had made even Aakesh promise Lily that she would be the teacher of the newborn Chaos Whale, not Aakesh, just like he taught her everything.


    Aakesh shook his head in response. He had told Lily many times that it wasn¡¯t possible to hatch the Chaos Whale for the current him, maybe he could do it when he ascended to the higher dimensions, but every few days, Lily would ask him the question again. Aakesh didn¡¯t mind her asking since he could see how much Lily wanted the creature to be born from the egg.


    Lily¡¯s face turned disappointed in no time, but soon it returned to normal. If Aakesh said it, he would do it; then he would do it. There was no other way possible.


    As Aakesh and Lily were conversing, the time was continuously flowing.


    During that time, only a few new customers came, so there was not much time to stop between the duo¡¯s conversations.


    As time continued flowing without stopping for anyone, the sun set down, bringing a wave of darkness across the Anga continent and the Visteerna. The creatures of the night starteding out, while the day creatures started going back to sleep.


    The capital city of the Bisan Kingdom was Kakot, and it always slept after the sunset. But as the poprity of the mysterious store soared, Kakot became a city that never slept. No matter the time of the day or night, it would be open to everyone.


    Only one building was an exception to this rule, and it was the store that made the city act such a way for the Kingdom. Every sunrise, the store would open, and after sunset, the store would announce its closing for the day. No matter what the status of the customer was, they knew the store would follow its schedule.


    After closing the store, Aakesh turned around and looked at the Lily, still pondering over what he had said a few moments earlier before the third group exited their virtual portals.


    ¡°It¡¯s time for training,¡± Aakesh smilinglymented, breaking the pondering atmosphere around Lily.


    Lily wanted to say something, but when she remembered the strictness Aakesh had when it came to training, no words came out of her mouth, and she only nodded in response.


    Aakesh only smiled as he knew what Lily was thinking. He then thought about the selection area, and not long after, both of them appeared there, disappearing from the store.

 Chapter 602

    Chapter 602: Lily¡¯s Day(End)


    After Lily and Aakesh appeared in the selection area, Lily selected her usual training environment.


    The next moment, a space crack in the form of a portal appeared and sucked her inside.


    The next moment, the view in front of Lily was different as she found herself in a familiar forest filled with trees that could even brings to shame with their sizes.


    Not even a moment had passed when Lily sensed a familiar presence approaching her. In no time, a creature the size of a appeared in front of Lily. It then looked down on her with a majestic expression in its eyes.


    Lily also looked straight into the eyes of the creature and soon expanded herself to her limit, growing from Aakesh¡¯s height to a size of tens of meters.


    The Epochal Feline then suddenly turned around and left while Lily followed it. Even though Lily was already strong enough to rip apart a void beast just by a casual swipe of her ws, Lily still couldn¡¯t chase the figure since the Epochal Feline in front of him was way more powerful. Soon Lily became the only one seen running in the direction of the silhouette that had just disappeared.


    Time flew by.


    It has been around half an hour since Lily appeared here for the training with the other Epochal Felines.


    Currently, Lily was fighting a tragic battle with an Epochal Feline that had reduced its level to just one level above Lily.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you show the same amount of strength in your attacks as what you show in your words?¡± The Epochal Feline ridiculed Lily as it kicked her out by only using the amount of strength that would hurt Lily but not push her out of the arena.


    Just like Lily, the other Epochal Felines had sadistic tendencies when it came to battles. Their cruelty would even put an evil being to shame, but here it was nothing more than ying between two Epochal Felines. Even the first Epochal Feline, who led the felines here and liked Lily the most, didn¡¯t say a word but only smiled as the battle continued.


    Even Lily, who had just gotten kicked, didn¡¯t feel that her opponent was humiliating her. In fact, if she were on the other side, she would have done the same. It was their natural personality, and no one could take that away from them.


    ¡°Hmph, if my attacks were as strong as my words, wouldn¡¯t you be the one lying here,¡± Lily scoffed as she spat a bucket of blood.


    A round ofughter rang in the area as the Epochal Felines mocked the winning Epochal Feline for not being able to shut Lily¡¯s mouth, despite being in the winning position.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°It¡¯s time to end the battle,¡± The leader of the Epochal Felines suddenly appeared in the arena and moved the two participants away since she felt that it was enough. Any more such actions may be a humiliation for Lily, resulting in deep animosity between the two Epochal Felines.


    All the Epochal Felines here were already dead, but the leader still didn¡¯t want the rtionship between the living and the dead to sour.


    The leader then waved her hands, and soon a green light engulfed both the felines. In no time, their injuries healed, making them as healthy as before.


    ¡°Hmph, I will win tomorrow,¡± Lily scoffed as she looked at the winning Epochal Feline.


    Lily had already be the best when it came to battling on the same level. None of the Epochal Feline here, including the leader, could defeat her when they were on the same level as Lily.


    The winning Epochal Feline smilingly nodded. It was a gentle smile as if all that happened in the arena was done by someone other, not her.


    Lily then looked at her next opponent since she would have to fight eight battles every day with the Epochal Felines one level above her.


    It was currently the eighth battle.


    Soon the battle began. In addition to healing Lily physically, the green light had also taken effect mentally, making her feel as if she had not fought at all, so she was ready to face the next battle right away.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The sounds of metallic shes rang in the area as Lily and the opponent shed with each other.


    For the first few rounds, Lily was able to force the opponent back, but as time passed, it was her that started getting pushed back, and sometimeter, it became an overwhelming advantage for the opponent.


    No Epochal Feline was a mediocre creature since only one was born every Epoch. If not for Lily having a 100% pure bloodline with an added mixture of Aakesh¡¯s bloodline, it would have taken Lily several millions of years of training even to draw a battle with the same level leader, let alone defeat it.


    Time flew by, and Lily¡¯s eighth battle finally came to an end.


    In the end, Lily had one draw and seven losses in her hands when she exited the training environment.


    Since Lily¡¯s training for the day was over, she thought of leaving. The next moment, a simr space crack emerged and sucked her inside.


    ***


    The silence permeating every corner of the selection area broke down as a space portal emerged, and soon Lily stepped out of it.


    After stepping out, Lily found Aakesh waiting for her on his chair, so she proceeded toward him after asking the system for her chair.


    For a moment, Lily was about to revert to her tiny size so she could sit on Aakesh¡¯s head, but she remembered the tradition and also the fact that she was now growing up. She couldn¡¯t stay on Aakesh¡¯s head like a newborn all her life.


    ¡°Did you win any battle today?¡± Aakesh smilingly asked as Lily sat down on her chair.


    ¡°No, one draw and seven losses,¡± Lily responded in her childlike voice. There was no disappointment in her voice since Aakesh had taught her to learn from whatever result she got. If she lost some battles, she would also win them one day.


    ***


    A/N: Do you want to read more chapters focusing on Lily, or these two chapters are fine, and we should only focus on Aakesh and the store?

 Chapter 603

    Chapter 603: Lily in Panagea!


    After the training came to an end for the day, Aakesh and Lily began their experiences-sharing session, and when it ended, both of them disappeared from the selection area.


    Soon the door connected to Aakesh and Lily¡¯s room appeared floating in the air, and not long after, a stair connecting it to the floor emerged.


    Lily, who was only an inch shorter than Aakesh in height, looked at Aakesh and then stepped up the stairs.


    After Lily entered the room, the door closed on its own. She then proceeded toward the virtual portal ced in the corner of the room.


    Lily touched the stars using just the tip of her fingers, and the next moment, a suction force more powerful than anything she could fight back appeared and sucked her inside.


    The next moment, Lily appeared in the spot she had left when she exited Panagea.


    Lily was currently seated on her throne, which looked too big to have her sit on it. The next moment, Lily using the skill Mahima, expanded and got to the size for which the throne got made in the first ce.


    The throne was white in color, matching the skin tone of Lily, and tomemorate Aakesh, the head of the throne was painted in dark blue, Aakesh¡¯s skin tone.


    ¡°Master, you are back,¡± A sound rang in the area as Lily suddenly appeared on her throne.


    A wolf around the same size as Aakesh sat in front of Lily with its knees touching the ground.


    If Aakesh were to be here, he would have recognized the wolf.


    After Aakesh had killed the Wolf King, Aakesh wanted to end the wolf race, but since Lily had gotten friends with the newborns and young wolf, she nned to take them with her. In the end, Aakesh had promised to preserve the wolves, while he selected the seven best in the group to go with Lily.


    The wolf currently kneeling in front of Lily was the most talented of the seven she had taken with her and was also her right hand.


    ¡°Lupin, Did anything happen when I was gone?¡± Lily asked. Her voice was still childlike, but it contained majesty that could even make some King bow to her.


    ¡°No,¡± The wolf called as Lupin respectfully answered.


    The Wolf King was only a Level 50 creature, but Lupin, who descended from it, had already surpassed his grandfather.


    Out of the seven, Lupin turned out to be the most talented, so Lily decided to pour her resources on him to make him go further down the line and not just stop after bing a Level 50 creature, just like his grandfather.


    Lily¡¯s efforts didn¡¯te to naught as the longer it stayed in Lily¡¯s presence, Lupin¡¯s bloodline started growing more potent with the pressure from Lily¡¯s bloodline and the material she gave to him.


    Currently, Lupin was a Level 150+ creature, to be precise, Level 157, and had a bloodline way purer than its grandfather, which traced back to the two extraordinarily strong wolves, Fenrir and Luna.


    The other six didn¡¯t turn out the same, but since they were Lily¡¯s first friends after Aakesh, she didn¡¯t abandon them. Lily gave her best when it came to giving them resources that could help the wolves with their growth, but out of the six, three stopped growing at Level 50, and the other two went up to Level 80s, but they also stopped there. Only one other crossed Level 100 and became a Legendary lifeform, but it also stopped at Level 105 and didn¡¯t grow any further.


    Lily neither med them for being too weak, considering her goal of conquering Panagea, nor did she abandon them since they were of no use to her. Lily, instead, gave the three Level 50 and two in Level 80s a settlement where they could live like Kings, while thest one joined her in the army like Lupin.


    ¡°Did we find anything more about the ceremony that¡¯s going to happen three dayster?¡± Lily asked another question since her intention to conquer the Kingdom wasn¡¯t hidden from Lupin.


    Lily trusted Lupin just like a newborn trusted their mother. There was another reason Lily didn¡¯t need to fear betrayal from Lupin and the other six wolves was because of Aakesh. Aakesh was like a terror that engulfed the hearts of all the seven wolves. Instead of hating Aakesh for killing their families, the seven wolves feared him to such an extent that even in their imaginations, they couldn¡¯t think of going against Aakesh.


    ¡°Yes, master¡­,¡± Lupin responded and then shared every new piece of information he had learned about the engagement ceremony in the four hours Lily wasn¡¯t here.


    ¡°You can leave,¡± Lily ordered after hearing everything from Lupin. She had a pondering expression as what Aakesh had said to her was revolving in her head.


    ¡°It seems Aakesh wasn¡¯t wrong,¡± Lily mumbled. From what Lily had just heard from Lupin, there was something simr that was going to happen at the ceremony that Aakesh had predicted.


    Lily then suddenly thought of her status screen and called it.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Lily,


    Race: Perfect Hybrid (Epochal Feline, [@

 Chapter 604

    Chapter 604: Aakesh in Panagea(1)


    After Lily left for the Panagea, Aakesh also turned around and proceeded in the direction of the portal room.


    As usual, Aakesh looked at the ranking leaderboard after entering the room. After seeing no changes in the top ten ranks from thest day, Aakesh moved his eyes away from it.


    Aakesh then took a step forward and touched the closest portal using the tip of his finger. The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything he could fight against appeared and sucked him inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in the spot he had left a day before.


    Aakesh currently stood in a jungle filled with giant trees. The trees were so dense that not even a ray of sunlight passed through the trees, creating a dark surrounding.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t need light to see through things. Hence the scene in front of Aakesh was simr to what he would have witnessed in the presence of the sunlight.


    After appearing, Aakesh didn¡¯t stop but proceeded in the northern direction.


    Before leaving Panagea a day before, Aakesh had epted a quest with good rewards, but since the sun was to rise in a few minutes at that time, Aakesh decided to do it the next day.


    Aakesh thought about the quest, and the next moment, a blue screen containing all the details of the mission appeared in front of him.


    [Adventurer, one native tribe of Dark Forest, needs your help!


    A few days ago, when one of the members of the tribe was going on his hunt, he came across an extraordinary scene.


    The tribe member felt that it was a Godsent opportunity, but in reality, it became a terror situation for the tribe.


    Since that day, sixteen members of the tribe had died in bizarre circumstances, with not even their bones remaining.


    Solve the problem for the tribe. Watch out for the mysterious terror, for it could also engulf you.


    Complete the mission, and you will get ten trillion XPs as a reward. If you seed in not only solving the situation but also creating an opportunity for the tribe, your prize shall see an unprecedented increase.]


    [Warning: Failing in the quest means certain death, with a decrease of ten levels as a penalty.]


    At the end of the quest screen, there was a warning in deep red blood-like color. It was also the reason behind Aakesh epting the mission since it was the first time he hade across a quest where the punishment was certain death.


    Aakesh then waved his hands. The next moment, light particles started moving away from the quest screen, and in no time, they disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it again. Not long after, a blinding white arrow appeared, showing the direction to Aakesh.


    The jungle Aakesh was currently in was called the Dark Forest. As its name suggested, it was filled with darkness all year round.


    The Dark Forest was a high-level area in Panagea, with the creature¡¯s Levels varying from Level 100 to Level 500.


    The tribe Aakesh was going to help didn¡¯t live deep in the forest since the leader was only a Level 250+ figure.


    After traveling for a few minutes, Aakesh finally came around the tribe¡¯s territory.


    Just from standing, Aakesh could sense an aura of gloom and terror spread across the area.


    Aakesh approached the gate but didn¡¯t find anyone standing there, guarding the door. If it were some other time, there would have been several guards, but out of the sixteen deaths, fifteen casualties were the guards, while thest one was the person who saw the extraordinary event in the first ce.


    Aakesh expressionlessly passed the gate and continued traveling. Even though Aakesh had already entered the tribe¡¯s territory, Aakesh didn¡¯t find even a single tribe member.


    Time flew by.


    For the quest, Aakesh needed to first meet the leader of the tribe, and since she lived a few thousand miles away, it took Aakesh some seconds to cover that distance on his foot.


    ¡°ARG-¡±


    When Aakesh was only a few miles away from his destination, his steps suddenly came to a stop as he heard a scream filled with heart-rending pain. The cry didn¡¯t continue for long as it disappeared as quickly as it came.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes suddenly turned cold as he turned to his left. It was the direction from which the scream had originated.


    A few hundred meters away from Aakesh¡¯s standing spot, a house made of wood and mud stood there, and that house was the source of the scream.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes peered through the walls and saw an extraordinary scene.


    Only the skeletons of a body remained in the house, but it was also disappearing. The scene looked as if the skeleton was a painting, and someone was slowly waving a paintbrush over it.


    A few meters above the skeleton in the air, Aakesh could feel a terrifying aura converging.


    Aakesh¡¯s hair suddenly stood as he sensed an evil sight at him. Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned chillier as he took a step forward in the direction of the house.


    The skeleton suddenly stopped the process of disappearance as an aura filled with cruelty and terror emerged like a cyclone from the ce where Aakesh had sensed the converging aura.


    Aakesh increased his speed, and the next moment, he appeared in the sky with the sword waving at the invisible air.


    Things didn¡¯t go as Aakesh had expected. Aakesh¡¯s sword effortlessly went through the air, and he suddenly got pushed back by an invisible hand.


    Aakesh suddenly released a burst of his energy. Using that burst, Aakesh stabilized himself from crashing hard to the ground. Utilizing the momentum from it, Aakesh charged at the spot again with a red hue surrounding his sword.


    ¡°CHHISS!¡±


    The next moment, a sound of cold water pouring on hot metal rang in the area as the sword passed through the air, simr to thest time.


    But unlike previously, no pushing force emerged this time.


    ¡°Why are you attacking me?¡± Before Aakesh could prepare for another attack, a question filled with confusion and anger rang in his head.


    Aakesh ignored the question and attacked again. This time, a white light twice the size of the sword covered it, starting from the hilt.


    Aakesh then pushed the sword forward with unprecedented momentum.

 Chapter 605

    Chapter 605: Aakesh in Panagea(2)


    As the sword passed through the same spot, a sound of paper tearing rang in the area.


    It was only the external sound, as a heart-rending scream filled with different expressions like indignance, anger, hatred, confusion, etc., rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The next moment, a crashing sound rang in the area as a spherical core the size of a basketball crashed to the ground.


    The spherical core had appeared out of nowhere, but Aakesh understood its origin.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even get the time to pick up the core and study it since he soon heard several screams simr to what had made Aakesh stop in his steps rang in the area.


    Aakesh left the core and the house as he teleported to the nearest destination from where he had heard the scream.


    A woman was iling on the ground, with her body slowly and slowly disappearing, while the intensity of the scream was growing.


    The woman was naked with her hair being wet, signifying that she had just gotten out of her bath. Her two pairs of dark hands attempted to reflexively fight back as they randomly moved.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t stop and watch as he took a step forward, with his sword ripping through the air.


    Soon another spherical core crashed to the ground, but it was only the size of an almond. Aakesh wasn¡¯t there to see it as he had left as soon as he killed the thing.


    Time flew by.


    After a hard work of several minutes, the screams ringing in the air finally came to a stop.


    Aakesh decided to study the spherical core lying at his foot, but suddenly a chill passed through his spine.


    Aakesh forgot about the core and turned his sight toward the right.


    Aakesh could see the tallest building in the tribe¡¯s territory in his sight. From that structure, the source of the chill emerged.


    The building belonged to the tribe leader. Aakesh could sense that if he didn¡¯t do something about whatever was happening there, the chances of him failing the quest would increase disproportionately.


    Aakesh casually took out a spear from his space ring and then threw it at the building.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area, but it hadn¡¯t even subsided when Aakesh crossed the fire and entered the building, now in ruins.


    The chilling sensation increased even further as Aakesh suddenly bent down and swung the sword to his left.


    It was an awkward posture, but Aakesh didn¡¯t care as a red light passed through the spot where his head was a moment earlier.


    ¡°You are finally here,¡± A voice filled with excitement then rang in the area.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t get surprised hearing the voice as he had sensed a presence, unlike in the other situations after he entered the now ruined building.


    ¡°Are you the figure who watched the event of a golden grass getting born?¡± Aakesh turned to his left and asked. His eyes were cold as if there was nothing in the world that could move them, while his voice was neutral without any emotion, just like a machine.


    ¡°Eh!¡± A surprised exmation rang in the area in response to Aakesh¡¯s question, and soon, a figure approached Aakesh.


    It was a woman approaching Aakesh. If the tribe members were here, they would have recognized the woman to be the tribe leader.


    Even though she was a woman, she walked as a bulky man does.


    The woman had two pairs of dark hands, with two of them carrying a sword, while the other two had a shield and a de.


    ¡°How did you know I am not the tribe leader, and I watched the scene of the birth of golden grass?¡± The woman asked with surprise evident in her voice, which was too harsh for a woman of the tribe leader¡¯s age.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t say anything but rushed toward her with the sword moving like a snake in his hands.


    ¡°Heh, a Level 231 daring to challenge me,¡± The woman couldn¡¯t help but scoff after seeing Aakesh rushing at her. The woman was Level 253, so she was confident in handling Aakesh.


    In response to the snake-like movement of Aakesh¡¯s swords, the woman used the two swords and the shield she carried to defend while using the de for an offense.


    Aakesh slightly moved his head to his right as a de passed through the spot, ripping through the air while continuing to thrust his sword.


    Aakesh was never going to use his sword, and all the high-profile movement was only to make the woman take the sword seriously. As the two swords and shield finally brought Aakesh¡¯s sword to a stop, Aakesh pasted a square-shaped talisman to the face of the woman.


    Aakesh knew he couldn¡¯t still defeat a Level 250 figure, so he after using several of the valuable materials he had, made three square-shaped talismans.


    Each square-shaped talisman had only one ability, and it was to explode. Its explosion had enough power to blow a Level 260 figure, so when the woman sensed a feeling of extreme danger from the talisman, her movements came to a sudden halt.


    ¡°You can¡¯t kill me. If I die, you will fail the quest, and all your efforts would be for nothing,¡± The woman soon calmed down and then stated.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t say anything as he already understood it. Even if Aakeshpleted the quest after using the talisman, he would still face a severe loss, as even an increase of level wasn¡¯t enough to pay the cost used in making the talisman, let alone a trillion XP.


    Despite knowing it, Aakesh used the talisman without thinking of anything as he was confident in the character of the man hiding in the tribe leader¡¯s body.


    As Aakesh had expected, the woman¡¯s actions came to a sudden stop. She first thought of trying to remove the talisman and taking action against Aakesh, but unfortunately for her, as soon as she touched it, a sense of extreme danger she had never felt passed through her body.


    The woman moved her hands from it since she could feel that it would explode if she even tried to peel a bit of it from her face.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t we make a deal?¡± The woman added after seeing Aakesh making no extra move after pasting the talisman on her face.

 Chapter 606

    Chapter 606: Aakesh in Panagea(3)


    ¡°Do you want to make a deal?¡±


    Things went as per Aakesh¡¯s expectations. After seeing that the woman couldn¡¯t peel the talisman away from her face if she wanted to survive, she gave up on the battle, but instead, she focused on diplomacy and asked Aakesh for a deal.


    After asking Aakesh, the woman didn¡¯t wait for Aakesh¡¯s answer and continued.


    ¡°Look, if I died, all your efforts up to this point would have been for nothing, and it¡¯s not like you can survive the st being in such close proximity to me. I can sense the destructive power releasing from this talisman, and it shudders me. I am confident that I wouldn¡¯t survive it. At the same time, you wouldn¡¯t be able to run despite being more powerful than what your cultivation level suggests.¡±


    ¡°Instead of both of us dying, why don¡¯t we make a deal?¡±


    ¡°You get your reward from the quest, and I get the tribe leader¡¯s body. What do you say?¡± The woman concluded her offer and then looked at Aakesh, waiting for his answer.


    The man hidden in the tribe leader¡¯s body had worked very hard from that opportune day to reach where he was today. He had a body under his control that not only had the highest level in the tribe but also the most exalted status of all.


    ***


    A few days ago,


    ¡°Let¡¯s do this,¡± Brodan muttered to motivate himself as he left the tribe¡¯s gate for his today¡¯s hunt.


    Brodan had a humanoid physique with two pairs of dark hands. His skin was dark, while ck hair and pupils added to the dark tone.


    It was Brodan¡¯s first time going to hunt outside the tribe¡¯s territory, so he was nervous and excited at the same time.


    After traveling for around an hour, Brodan finally entered the area where if he died, no one would even know since people rarely entered these parts.


    Brodan was a Level 203, so he was cautious while traveling. Brodan had heard of stories of even Level 300+ figures dying tragically in these parts of the Dark Forest, so he didn¡¯t want to be one of the casualties.


    Brodan cautiously and slowly took steps forward and searched for his hunt since it was his purpose behinding here.


    These parts of the Dark Forest were dangerous because the danger didn¡¯t justify the abundant amount of low-level resources found here. The value was low for Level 300+, but for Brodan, if he gathered a sufficient amount of herbs or creature¡¯s skin, he would be able to earn enough to go for several years without having to go on any hunt. This amount of wealth made Brodan enter these parts despite being only a Level 203.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    Brodan suddenly felt a chill crawling down his spine as he heard a roar filled with greed right into his ears.


    Brodan knew he couldn¡¯t just freeze here, or death was imminent for him. He attempted to calm himself down as the roar got louder and more obvious.


    Using all the willpower he had, Brodan turned in the direction of the roar. The scene he witnessed at that moment made him stumble to the ground.


    Not far from him, a creature that looked like a dog and was the size of a puppy, with flower thorns spread all over its body, was slowly approaching toward Brodan with regrly roaring.


    Brodan couldn¡¯t help but start trembling as he recognized the creature.


    It was a Thorny Bitch! As its name suggested, this race only had female dogs in their midst. They didn¡¯t have arge size, as thergest they could grow was up to a human¡¯s waist. But the same couldn¡¯t be said for their strength.


    The Thorny Bitch was a high-level creature in Panagea. The figures belonging to this race were Level 250 and became a Mythical-grade lifeform right from their birth.


    Brodan couldn¡¯t help but curse his luck as only after traveling a few miles deep in these parts, he hade across a Thorny Bitch.


    Brodan knew it couldn¡¯t survive the battle as the creature in front of him looked to be in its teen, so it at least was a Level 300+ creature. Nor could Brodan escape from it since only a Level 300+ could run from that kind of mighty creature.


    Brodan could only hope for a miracle at that point since he had no other way.


    For even a moment, Brodan didn¡¯t dare to look into the eyes of the creature as it would be a challenge, resulting in the Thorny Bitch rushing at Brodan and ripping him apart. Currently, the beast was slowly approaching him since it now had its hunt in control.


    ¡®O, Tribe Mother, please sent your emissary to protect me!¡¯ Brodan prayed to their tribe God in his heart as he could only hope for a miracle to get out of this situation.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, and just like that, four seconds had passed.


    These four seconds were no less than eternity for Brodan as he slowly saw the bringer of his death approaching him.


    His eyes had lost the calm they had before since now there was only a meter of distance between the creature and him. If not for the Thorny Bitch¡¯s small size, Brodan would have already reached the creature¡¯s stomach.


    ¡®O, TRIBE MOTHER!¡¯


    ¡®O, TRIBE MOTHER!¡¯


    ¡®O, TRIBE MOTHER!¡¯


    ?Brodan was now practically screaming in his heart as he prayed to the Tribe Mother.


    It seemed as if the Tribe Mother heard its follower¡¯s prayer as a golden blinding light suddenly emerged out of nowhere at the center of the distance between the Thorny Bitch and Brodan.


    Brodan instinctively closed his eyes and found himself engulfed by that light.


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    After that, a round of screaming began as Brodan felt his skin burning in the presence of the light.


    Brodan wasn¡¯t the only one screaming as the creature attempting to prey on Brodan a moment earlier also felt the same pain and was whimpering.


    Suddenly a creature the size of a human¡¯s waist appeared and grabbed the Thorny Bitch, and left the area as quickly as it had arrived.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Ugh!¡± A groan escaped Brodan¡¯s mouth as he opened his eyes after an unknown amount of time.

 Chapter 607

    Chapter 607: Aakesh in Panagea(End)


    After an unknown amount of time, Brodan opened his eyes.


    ¡°EH!¡± A loud surprised exim escaped his mouth as Brodan found himself floating in the air.


    In Panagea, only the beings above Level 500 and Divine-grade lifeforms could float in the air without the help of any item. Brodan knew he had no such treasure to help him, so he surprisingly looked at himself. The next moment, his mouth turned agape and soon pale after he witnessed the scene.


    Brodan was currently floating in the air. He had no body, but he was in the form of a spirit as he could see the ground right through him.


    Brodan¡¯s face turned even paler as he didn¡¯t find his body on the ground, but only a golden grass the size of an almond stood there, dancing in the wind.


    From the grass¡¯s dance, Brodan could feel a joy-filled expression, and soon he also started feeling the same, forgetting about losing his body and bing a spirit form.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Did you do this to me?¡± Brodan muttered as he looked at the grass with a horrified face.


    ¡°Yes,¡± An answer that made Brodan¡¯s hair stand even in his spirit form rang the next moment in his head.


    ¡°You¡­you are a¡­ali¡­alive?¡± Brodan couldn¡¯t help but ask in horror as he hadn¡¯t sensed an iota of life energy from the grass a living thing should have.


    ¡°What is alive?¡± A question filled with childlike curiosity rang in Brodan¡¯s head in response.


    ¡°Why did you do this to me?¡± Brodan ignored the question and asked. His tone filled with anger and hatred for the grass.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t do anything. You came here,¡± The grass said in reply. Its tone was filled with curiosity as it wanted to know why Brodan was being angry with it when he came here on his own.


    After hearing the grass¡¯s response, Brodan felt stumped as he didn¡¯t know what to say in response. It was true that he hade here to hunt on his own, and no one had forced him.


    At that time, Brodan remembered the Thorny Bitch. Suddenly a gloating expression appeared on his spirit¡¯s face as he couldn¡¯t see its spirit anywhere.


    ¡°Why did you kill that Thorny Bitch? I wanted to kill it using my own hands,¡± Brodan suddenlymented. His tone filled with disappointment.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t kill her,¡± The grass¡¯s innocent-like response rang in Brodan¡¯s head.


    Brodan lost all his color at that moment as his face turned pale. With a fearful expression, he looked around and only heaved a sigh of relief when he didn¡¯t see it anywhere.


    The sense of relief also brought a wave of anger to Brodan¡¯s heart as it vengefully looked at the grass.


    ¡°So you made me this way, but you let go of that Thorny Bitch,¡± Brodan angrily stated as he pointed his fingers toward the golden grass.


    ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you?¡± The grass innocently asked Brodan.


    Brodan felt his anger crossing the threshold it had never after hearing the question, but he calmed himself down as he could see sense here. A golden grass that could make him this way just from its birth was too strong for him to do anything to it. At least he was alive here and was talking to this innocent creature. If he dared to do something, Brodan didn¡¯t even dare imagine the consequences he would have to face.


    ***


    ¡°This is how I had met that grass,¡± The woman told Aakesh as they both were currently sitting on a chair with a table filled with the tribe¡¯s delicacy in their midst.


    After the woman made the offer, Aakesh had asked her to share the story of his experiences with the golden grass.


    ¡°Do you know what that golden grass was?¡± Brodan controlling the tribe leader¡¯s body, asked as even the grass didn¡¯t know what it was.


    ¡°What did you do with the grass?¡± Aakesh ignored Brodan¡¯s question and asked his own.


    A hint of anger appeared on the woman¡¯s face, but Brodan calmed down after feeling the talisman pasted on the tribe leader¡¯s face.


    ¡°I turned it into a paste and drank it after the grass told me,¡± Brodan replied after calming down.


    Onlyter in the situation did Brodane to know that the golden grass was a Godsent opportunity for him sent by the Tribe Mother.


    The golden grass was a high-level material that helped the soul evolve. It had only been a few days since Brodan had drunk the paste made of the grass, and his soul was already twice as strong as it was on that day.


    ¡°So, do you want to make the deal or not?¡± Brodan asked as he had gotten irritated with the adventurer putting him down at every situation using the leverage granted to the adventurer with the square-shaped talisman pasted on his face.


    ¡°Did you hear it?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly said, bringing a confused expression to the woman¡¯s face. She had no idea who the adventurer was talking to.


    It didn¡¯t take long for the confusion to turn into shock and then fear as a sense of drowsiness attacked Brodan¡¯s soul.


    ¡°HOW DARE YOU HARM MY HOST?¡± Suddenly a roar filled with indignance rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as he stared straight into the heart of the woman.


    Aakesh could see a golden grass lying there as it bathed in the fresh blood pumped by the heart.


    The scream turned into a frenzy as the golden grass started stirring chaos inside the woman¡¯s heart resulting in a wave of pain attacking the actual tribe leader.


    At that moment, Brodan didn¡¯t even know what was happening since he had drunk the paste made of the golden grass, and he also had conquered over the tribe leader¡¯s soul, using the abilities granted to him by the grass.


    Brodan couldn¡¯t help but release a roar filled with confusion and anger, but he was the least of the concern for both the actual tribe leader and Aakesh.


    ¡°Stay still,¡± Aakesh suddenly told the tribe leader.


    The tribe leader nodded, but soon she coughed a bowl of blood on the ground, and her face turned paler.


    ¡°HOW DARE YOU? I WOULD KILL THIS WOMAN AND THEN YOU FOR FOILING MY PLAN,¡± The grass threatened both Aakesh and the tribe leader.

 Chapter 608

    Chapter 608: Extraordinary Reward(1)


    ¡°Stand still,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the tribe leader.


    The tribe leader stopped struggling from the assault of the golden grass and looked expectantly toward Aakesh, hoping for him to have a way to solve the situation.


    Aakesh had a cold face as he stretched his hands and soon thrust them toward the tribe leader¡¯s heart.


    The tribe leader got taken aback by Aakesh¡¯s sudden actions, but before she could move away to dodge it, Aakesh¡¯s hands had already reached her heart.


    At that time, despite being a Level 250+ figure, the tribe leader¡¯s life depended upon Aakesh, who was several Levels below her. Even though she wouldn¡¯t die even if Aakesh crushed her heart, in the current situation, it wouldn¡¯t be any worse than death.


    Aakesh¡¯s hands didn¡¯t stay there for long as he pierced the tribe leader¡¯s heart, resulting in her losing her consciousness for a moment.


    When the tribe leader came around, she found himself lying on the ground, while Aakesh stood on the same spot he was a moment earlier, but this time there was a struggling golden grass in his hands.


    For some reason, Aakesh¡¯s left hand didn¡¯t have any blood on it, despite it snatching out the golden grass from the tribe leader¡¯s heart.


    ¡°Let me go,¡± The golden grass yelled, but this time its voice was lower, and there was no arrogance in it like in the previous situation since it could sense who was the winning party here.


    ¡°How did you appear here?¡± Aakesh ignored the grass and asked.


    The golden grass was a valuable material used in a Divine-grade pill, the Soul Evolution Pill. As its grade and name suggested, it helped the Divine-grade lifeforms evolve their soul.


    The golden grass was only one of the supplementary items in the pill¡¯s making, but still, since it was a Divine-grade item, it could get sold for several high-quality Soul stones.


    What made Aakesh ask the golden grass that question was because it took birth in an area where arge number of deaths urred. The golden grass was a treasure with a cruel nature.


    All the innocence it had while talking to Brodan was nothing but a facade. It wanted to leave that area by using Brodan¡¯s soul as its carrier. It was also the reason behind influencing Brodan so much so that he put his entire tribe at stake just so he could grow powerful, which would have been impossible for someone like Brodan earlier.


    ¡°How do you know about me? A weak adventurer like you shouldn¡¯t have this level of knowledge in Panagea,¡± The golden grass understood Aakesh¡¯s intent behind asking the question, so it couldn¡¯t help but look at Aakesh in surprise.


    It then remembered that the adventurer had recognized that Brodan had seen its birth when the adventurer had met Brodan controlling the tribe leader¡¯s body. Its surprise turned into shock as even many inhabitants of Panagea didn¡¯t know about it. Even the tribe leader was unaware of it, but the adventurer who came from outside and was only a Level 230 knew about it.


    If the golden grass knew that they were nothing but the system¡¯s creation mirroring the world where Aakesh lived, it wouldn¡¯t have asked the question.


    ***


    Seeing that the golden grass was speaking something else and Aakesh wanted to hear something else, Aakesh slightly pinched the bottom of the golden grass, resulting in it releasing a scream.


    ¡°How did you appear here when there is no ce in the radius of millions of miles to satisfy your birth?¡± Aakesh asked the same question, but this time his voice contained a chill, threatening the grass that if it didn¡¯t answer what Aakesh wanted to hear, the situation might turn tragic for it.


    ¡°I don¡¯t kn-¡±


    ¡°ARGHHH!¡±


    The grass answered that it didn¡¯t know, but its words came to a sudden halt as Aakesh pinched it again. Not only did Aakesh use his physical strength this time, but he also utilized elemental energy, resulting in the pain multiplying several million folds for the grass.


    ¡°Ple¡­please st¡­stop,¡± After using all its willpower, the grass pleaded with Aakesh to stop.


    Aakesh ignored its plea, and instead of stopping, he slightly increased both his physical strength and elemental energy.


    Time flew by.


    As the pain increased severalfold with each passing moment, the golden grass finally came around and told Aakesh what he wanted to know.


    As Aakesh had expected, there was no area within a radius of millions of miles that could satisfy the requirement for the birth of the golden grass. If there was, Aakesh would have sensed it long ago since the death energy released from those areas was so strong that it always materialized in the form of undead creatures.


    The reason for the golden grass being born here was that it was one of the several thousand buds that got ced here by someone when they had sufficient energy to take shape. The reason that someone did this was to ruin the area. As for the cause behind attempting to destroy thend, the golden grass had no idea.


    A grave expression got hold of the tribe leader¡¯s face as she also heard the reason behind the golden grass appearing here.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, rxed his expression. The birth of the golden grass was coincidental as the energy released by Brodan when he was near death helped the particr grass shoot out before the destined timeline. Now Aakesh could not only stop the area from destruction but also get hold of several thousand of the buds of these grasses.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t need it to increase his soul strength, but he could see the golden grass for arge sum of money, which would help him buy rare materials in Panagea when he upgraded his sword.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°I havepleted your quest,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the tribe leader as he threw the golden grass into his space ring.


    Brodan¡¯s unconscious soul floated in the room as the tribe leader had a mixed expression on her face.


    At first, Aakesh¡¯s quest was to help the tribe ovee the disaster caused by Brodan watching the extraordinary scene of the birth of a Divine-grade material. But when Aakesh recognized the golden grass after seeing the birth of spherical cores, Aakesh got a new quest, and it was.

 Chapter 609

    Chapter 609: Extraordinary Reward(End)


    When the first spherical core had crashed to the ground after Aakesh killed the invisible creature, Aakesh had somewhat recognized the situation the tribe was in, but when he sensed the sudden chill from the tribe leader¡¯s building, he had be certain that it was the golden grass, a Divine-grade material.


    When the battle between Aakesh and the soul controlling the tribe leader was about to start, out of nowhere, a blue screen appeared and upgraded the quest.


    [Adventurer, the knowledge you brought from the outside world had helped you recognize the situation!


    The tribe leader needs your help before she gets devoured by the tainted soul.


    Defeat the tainted soul and free the tribe leader.


    Your reward shall see a random increase.]


    [Warning: Be mindful of the result. The failure penalty of the previous quest still exists. If you fail to protect the tribe leader and she gets devoured, you will die and see a reduction of ten levels.]


    The quest had gotten upgraded, with his reward seeing a random increase. The warning from the previous mission still existed and remained the same.


    ***


    ¡°Thank you for saving my tribe! We shall forever be indebted to you,¡± The tribe leader bowed and sincerely thanked Aakesh.


    The tribe leader had mixed expressions on her face as she was worried about what she had heard from the golden grass. But she soon calmed down and only thought about the gratefulness she had toward the adventurer since she didn¡¯t want her thanks toward him to be half-hearted.


    ¡°Here is your reward,¡± The tribe leader further added.


    The next moment, a wave of invisible energy engulfed Aakesh. As quick as it hade, it had gone.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as he checked the amount of XP he had gained from the tribe leader.


    When he had received the quest, the reward was a trillion XP, with it seeing an increase if Aakeshpleted the additional task. Now that he hadpleted the mission objective after it saw an upgrade, he obtained 10 to the power 108 XPs.


    The amount of XP needed by Aakesh to Level up was more than 10 to the power of 230, so it was nothing but taking out a bucket of water from the ocean. But considering the previous reward with it, Aakesh had earned a lot. The several thousand golden grass buds were also left for Aakesh to root out and make a fortune from them.


    ¡°I think you should meet with other tribe leaders as whoever nted the bud had no good intentions toward your tribes,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the tribe leader, and then without waiting for her response, he turned around and left.


    ***


    Aakesh activated the skill, Energy Overseer, as he looked around to search all the buds nted in these parts of the Dark Forest.


    In no time, thousands of colorless light dots appeared in Aakesh¡¯s sight.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh threw all the buds he had collected into his space ring.


    It has only been a few hours since Aakesh had appeared in Panagea. Since his day in Panagea was long from over, Aakesh decided to go on a killing spree and earn some XPs.


    Seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, and just like that, several hours had passed.


    ¡°Hey, system, how much time has been left before the sunrise in Visteerna?¡± Aakesh asked the system. He currently stood in and wet with the blood of those who got killed in his hands.


    [Host, one hour and sixteen minutes is left before the sunrise in Visteerna!]


    The system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless response rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh nodded. He then stopped his killing spree since it was now time for him to make use of his ss as he had been doing the same every day for the past few decades.


    Aakesh then chose a random direction and proceeded forward since he would have more chances toe across a fortunate event when the number of inhabitants in the range was abundant.


    Time flew by.


    After traveling for thirteen minutes and killing a few Level 240+ creatures, Aakesh finally came across a settlement where a civilization lived.


    The settlement consisted of many races but under an umbre of an organization.


    It was one of the branches of the organization, but since it was also one of the markets in the Dark Forest, the people living there were no less than what lived inrge cities.


    ? Aakesh paid the entrance fee and entered the stronghold with a residence card.


    Time flew by.


    The hour finally arrived.


    Aakesh first activated the skill, Universal Eye. The next moment, a virtual 3D real-time projection of the radius of eight Yojana appeared in front of him.


    (A/N: One Yojana= 8 miles.)


    Aakesh didn¡¯t stop there and soon activated another skill, Fortune Eye. The next moment, a new virtual projection on top of the previous one appeared in front of Aakesh. It only covered the range of one Yojana.


    In the new projection, all the people in the range of one Yojana with Aakesh at its center appeared. Every living person in the projection had three lines signifying their fortune.


    Aakesh then started searching for a suitable candidate as the better the event, the greater his rewards.


    Time flew by.


    The one hour put by Aakesh for his ss every day came to an end. Like most of the days, Aakesh only found a few people with fortunate events, and the most he won from an event, was three million XPs.


    At the end of the hour, the sun also rose in Visteerna. The system also informed Aakesh about it since it was now time for him to open the store.


    Since Aakesh didn¡¯t have something very significant going on in Panagea, Aakesh decided to leave and not waste any time since the customers must have been waiting outside the store.


    The next moment, Aakesh disappeared from Panagea and appeared in the store.


    Aakesh first went for his bath and then finally opened the store. As usual, arge crowd of customers weed his sight.


    Aakesh moved away from the door, turned around, and returned to his chair, while the customers entered the store like a raging tide.

 Chapter 610

    Chapter 610: A Rare Moment!


    The sun rose in Visteerna, and with it, light dispersed the darkness spread over the world. The day was going to be fortunate for some but also tragic for some.


    With the emergence of the sunlight, a store spread in Kakot, the capital city of the Bisan Kingdom, opened its door for the customers.


    The number of people waiting for it to open had reached the mark of tens of millions, creating a chaotic scene. Yet there was a calm and serene feeling to it as not even a single person attempted to make noise or make a scene. They all had excited expressions as they looked at the door opening as if behind the gate hid the item of their dreams.


    ***


    Aakesh opened the store after sunrise, and as usual, he came across the sight of millions of people waiting to enter the store.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t let them wait anymore and moved away from the gate as he turned around and went to his chair. The customer waiting poured into the store like a raging tide. If anyone were to fall down, even their ashes wouldn¡¯t be left, but nothing of such sort happened, and all the customers appeared in the store, making the few thousand miles long ground empty.


    The majority of the customers owned one of the three cards, so they straight away went to the portal room as if even the waste of one second was too big of a loss to take for them.


    Those who didn¡¯t own any of the three cards went to Aakesh one by one as they paid for their six-hour service in Panagea.


    Since Aakesh was only a Level 1 Store-Owner, he could only get a one percentmission over any product sale, except for the training area. Despite getting a measly one percent of themission, Aakesh had be the wealthiest man in the Bisan Kingdom after he had been continuing the store for the past more than fifty-one years.


    A few secondster, only Aakesh remained in the store as all the customers had entered the portal room, making more than one hundred and ten million virtual portals active.


    Aakesh then decided to check the quest he had been doing for the past several decades.


    The next moment, two blue screens appeared in front of him. The big one disyed the details of the quest, while the small one contained the progress he had made all these years.


    [Mission Objective: Sale of Products,


    Requirement: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it¡¯s time for you to go big for the store, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,


    Days required: 10,000 Weeks,


    Mission reward: A new product! Hundred million new Virtual portals! Addition of Immortal grade weapons! Addition of Immortal and Ascendance level pills on the pill shelf!


    Failure Punishment: The shutdown of the store for a year!


    Hint: If youplete the quest in half the duration of the quest, you would be eligible for the bonus reward. The worth of the bonus would only increase with the less time you take toplete all the four requirements.]


    [Quest Progress,


    Days left: 51,381 days,


    Weapon sold: 999,999,999/1,000,000,000,


    Pills sold: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Panagea hours: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 100,000,000/100,000,000,


    Regr training hours: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000 hours,


    Immortal level:100,000,000/100,000,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 10,000,000/10,000,000 hours.]


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but feel excited after seeing the progress he had made in the quest. Except for the requirement of selling a billion weapons, the store had fulfilled all other conditions. The store had evenpleted all the options in the training customers and training hour section when he only needed to achieve one.


    Even in the weapons section, Aakesh only needed to sell one more, and the quest he had been doing for so many decades would be over. As a rare moment, Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but feel hurried since the store would get a new product finally after so many years.


    Aakesh also felt disappointed as if he had checked the quest yesterday, he would have made efforts to sell one weapon, resulting in the store having a new product today, and he wouldn¡¯t have to wait or feel rushed.


    Aakesh then waved his hands since the more he looked at the screens: the more hurried he felt for thatst weapon to get sold.


    The next moment, the light particles started moving away from the bigger screen. In no time, it disappeared, and not long after, the same process urred, resulting in the progress screen vanishing, waiting for Aakesh to call it again.


    Aakesh then waited for a customer, no matter whether they were new or regr, to enter the store so that he could sell some weapons.


    Aakesh wait didn¡¯tst long as a customer arrived in the store. It was a regr Panagea customer that had gottente by some seconds for a personal reason. The customer still arrivedte as she wanted to join the queue for the second group. Wasting a day in Panagea was too big of a deal for her.


    The customer couldn¡¯t help but shudder as it witnessed the expressionless gaze of Aakesh, which was the first urrence for her. If there were anyone else, she would have thought that the person was a creep, but even a child living in the Bisan Kingdom knew about the indifference of the mysterious blue-skinned store owner toward others.


    The female customer could sense that the store owner needed something from her, so even before Aakesh could call her, she approached him.


    ¡°Hello, store owner,¡± The girl smilingly greeted Aakesh. She couldn¡¯t hide the nervousness in her voice since she had seen the respectful way in which even the King of the Bisan Kingdom acts in front of the store owner.

 Chapter 611

    Chapter 611: Diminishing Respect!


    ¡°Hello, Store owner,¡± A smile filled with nervousness spread across the girl¡¯s face as she greeted Aakesh.


    The girl had seen the way people higher than strength and status treated the store owner, so feeling nervous wasn¡¯t a big thing when it was the first time the store owner had personally looked for someone in the known history of the store.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to her greetings like he did to others, but for the girl, it was like a dreame true.


    It was not wrong when people said that even a casual action from someone of status makes a bigger reaction than drastic actions taken bymoners.


    The girl had seen Aakesh responding to other customers the same way Aakesh did to her when they greeted him, but at this moment, she had forgotten everything. Only the nod and the feeling that she was different from others remained in her mind and heart.


    Adtion makes people think differently. The same was the case for the girl as a nonsensical question emerged in her heart.


    ¡®Does the store owner like me?¡¯ She couldn¡¯t help but think as the girl had never seen Aakesh looking for others.


    Even when the King of the Bisan Kingdom arrived in the store, the store owner would only look at her when she was near him.


    ¡®Anna, calm down,¡¯ A sense of sanity prevailed in her heart as Aakesh¡¯s expressionless eyes stared right into her soul.


    Anna couldn¡¯t help but feel dumbfounded by the changes in her mindset, seeing only a single expressionless nod from the owner.


    ¡®You need to train your willpower,¡¯ Anna said in her heart as she herself became an example of what weak willpower could do to someone. If she wouldn¡¯t have made contact with the store owner¡¯s eyes after the nod, she would have turned into apletely different person.


    ¡°Don¡¯t be so weak-willed,¡± Suddenly, Aakesh expressionlessly told Anna. How could he not see through her thoughts?


    He had a reason behind looking for her. Selling a product to a customer wasn¡¯t something to fuss about, but for Aakesh, it was significant since he was only one weapon sale away frompleting the quest he had been doing for decades.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner. I would be mindful the next time,¡± Anna bowed and thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything but only nodded in response to her thanks.


    ¡°Why do you only use Panagea in the store when there are also two other products?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked.


    In the past more than fifty-one years, Aakesh had gotten millions of customers. Some of them became regr, some of them never returned due to whatever reason, and some of them, unfortunately, died in their pursuit of power, but Aakesh remembered each one of them. He even knows what products they had bought and on what day the purchase was done.


    Anna felt her cheeks getting red after hearing Aakesh mentioning her purchase history. At that moment, she didn¡¯t know what to say.


    If Anna said that she didn¡¯t like other products, the store owner might feel offended by her insult. If she referred to her not being wealthy enough, the store owner might feel ridiculous for conversing with a poor customer like her.


    ¡°Sta€|store-¡±


    Anna wanted to say something. But she couldn¡¯t make out the words clearly since she had fallen into a dilemma of what to say in response. Her predicament didn¡¯t continue for long as Aakesh cut her words off in between.


    Aakesh could see through the thoughts of Anna. For Aakesh, doing this wasn¡¯t any challenging task when it came to peak Immortals, let alone Anna, who was only ate Soul Formation level cultivator.


    ¡°The store sells the best of the weapons. You can get the cheapest weapon as well as the most expensive one in this store.¡±


    ¡°Even the cheapest weapon sold in the store wouldn¡¯t lose out to better quality weapons sold in other forgeries or stores across the Primal dimension.¡±


    ¡°Your sword is on the verge of destruction. If you unfortunately fall into some troubling situation, instead of helping you, your weapon will be disastrous for you,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Anna.


    For someone like Aakesh, seeing through a space ring wasn¡¯t challenging, so all the contents stored in it were there for him to see.


    Anna¡¯s already red cheeks turned redder as she heard about her sword being in itsst phase. What made her even more embarrassed was Aakesh talking about there being cheap weapons in the store. She could understand that Aakesh mentioned it due to her having a low amount of Primal stones in her space ring.


    As for why she didn¡¯t feel offended over Aakesh looking at the contents inside her space ring without even asking her, there was no point to it. The strong defined what was right and what was wrong, not an ordinary citizen of a Kingdom like her. Things like privacy only sounded mighty on paper.


    ¡°I don¡¯t have enough stones to buy a new sword,¡± Anna mumbled under her breath as she couldn¡¯t get the courage to say these words to Aakesh.


    Aakesh heard each and every word clearly. He already knew that the girl didn¡¯t have enough money to buy a good weapon since he had seen inside her space ring.


    He would have helped her buy a great weapon toplete the quest, but since the system wouldn¡¯t count such sales, Aakesh had no choice but to make the girl buy a sword at whatever price she had.


    There was no beating the system as he couldn¡¯t buy a great weapon for a low price, but at the same time, Aakesh didn¡¯t want the girl to lose what small amount of Primal stones she had just so he could make a sessful sale. When selling products, there were ethics to be followed.


    ¡°What matters for you more: some Primal stones or your life?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he had found a way to help the girl at the same time as well as not help her in any way to buy the sword.


    Anna couldn¡¯t help but smile wryly as these questions were usually asked by those who had an abundant amount of money. At the same time, some ounce of respect she had for the store owner diminishes as she never expected the store owner to use such an argument to sell a weapon.

 Chapter 612

    Chapter 612: Complete?


    Anna felt that the respect she held for the store owner was eroding after hearing the question Aakesh had put. Yet she didn¡¯t dare to voice herints out loud and answered, ¡°I will buy one weapon.¡±


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded after hearing the girl. He was going to send her toward the weapons room, but before he could, Anna asked him, ¡°Store owner, why don¡¯t you help me pick up a sword for myself?¡±


    Even though some of the respect Anna had for Aakesh had diminished, but still, Aakesh held enough significance in her heart to make her buy a sword at this conjecture. And since she was going to buy one at the suggestion of the store owner, Anna decided to ask the store owner to help her buy the best she could in her budget.


    Helping customers buy a suitable weapon for themselves was also a part of his duty. It was voluntary, so he didn¡¯t do it, but since Anna was the penultimate customer in his eyes, he decided to help her.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and stood up from the chair. Anna couldn¡¯t help but yell in excitement after seeing the store owner epting her request and will help her buy a sword. But she was rational enough to scream in her heart and not voice it out loud.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t wait for her and took the lead toward the weapons room. Anna, who was feeling excited, came back to reality and hurriedly followed him.


    It wasn¡¯t the first time for Anna toe to the weapons room, but as usual, she felt blown away seeing the luxury and the number of weapons there.


    Aakesh and Anna were the only ones present in the weapons room as it had only been a few minutes since the store opened. If not for Anna gettingte by some seconds, she would have also been inside Panagea.


    Anna didn¡¯t even know what to feel about the situation she found herself in after gettingte. She felt fortunate that she was one of the few the mysterious store owner had looked on if he had done this all. At the same time, she also delta a pang in her heart as she would have to spend thest of her money on a sword, and she may not even be able to enter Panagea for some days to earn some Primal stones.


    Aakesh straight away went to the pir, signifying the sword since Anna used that weapon.


    ¡°Are you more familiar with one-handed swords or dual-handed swords?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked Anna. The sword in Anna¡¯s space ring was a one-handed sword, but still, Aakesh asked it as he could see that she didn¡¯t have enough money, so he wasn¡¯t sure whether the weapon was her choice or it was necessary.


    ¡°One-handed sword,¡± Anna answered straight away. For as long as Anna could remember, she had been a one-handed sword user. For one, it was cheap, and the second was that her physique wasn¡¯t good enough to battle for long if she used the dual-handed sword.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded.


    Aakesh now had two choices of what weapon to buy for Anna. He could go for growth weapons, which would help her get a hold of the sword from the start, but since Anna didn¡¯t have enough money to buy even an average growth weapon, Aakesh forgot that option.


    Anna was a Soul Formation level cultivator, so she could use Epic-grade weapons.


    Aakesh also decided against it as she couldn¡¯t buy the top-quality swords sold by the store. Aakesh instead went to the Rare-grade section and started searching there.


    A few secondster, Aakesh had ten swords in his hands.


    ¡°If you want to go as per my suggestions, you can buy any of them,¡± Aakesh then handed over all the ten swords to Anna and stated.


    Anna wanted to say that her previous sword was an Epic-grade weapon, but her words got stuck in her throat as she sensed chilly intents from the swords handed to her by the store owner.


    Even though they were only Rare-grade swords, it wouldn¡¯t be a lie if Anna thought of them as superior to her current sword, which was one grade higher.


    The reason Aakesh went for the Rare-grade swords instead of the Epic-grade was that many top-quality Rare-grade weapons could challenge Epic-grade weapons while being of lower cost since the material used in them was of low value.


    Anna wanted to buy all of them since they were the store owner¡¯s rmendation. But unfortunately for her, she didn¡¯t have enough Primal stones in her space ring.


    Anna then decided to check on the first of the ten swords as Aakesh expressionlessly stood there, looking at Anna checking her sword.


    [Sword name: Unknown,


    Grade: Rare,


    Description: The sword is made up of a mixture of iron with blood steel, giving it an unprecedented sharpness,


    Price: 152 Ordinary Primal stones.]


    Anna nodded as she read the details of the sword. There was not much description for it, except for it has an unprecedented sharpness.


    Anna then looked at the price. She couldn¡¯t help but suck a cold breath of air as she only had 155 ordinary Primal stones to call her own. If she bought it, she would only be left with three stones.


    Since it was only the first sword Anna had checked, she didn¡¯t make her decision and went to check the details of the next.


    Time flew by.


    [Sword name: Unknown,


    Grade: Rare,


    Description: The sword is made up of a mixture of steel with the blood of the Dungottle, giving it a heaviness and sharpness,


    Price: 155 Ordinary Primal stones.]


    Anna read the details of thest of the ten swords.


    Since Anna had checked all of the ten swords, she now had to make her decision.


    After checking the details of all the ten swords, Anna liked all of them, but since she could buy only one of them, Anna felt into a confusion.


    Except for the first sword she checked, all the other nine swords were 155 ordinary Primal stones.


    In the end, the money issue won, and Anna decided to buy the first sword and be left with three ordinary Primal stones.


    ¡°Store owner, I want to buy this one,¡± Anna, with a slight tint of red on her cheeks due to embarrassment, told Aakesh.

 Chapter 613

    Chapter 613: Sess!


    ¡°Store owner, I want this one,¡± Anna told Aakesh after deciding on what sword she wanted to buy.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and then gestured to Anna to put all other swords back in the column.


    Since the sale was done from Aakesh¡¯s side, it was time for Anna to do it.


    Aakesh turned around and proceeded toward the exit of the weapons room while Anna silently followed him. Her face was red due to embarrassment, but her eyes said a different story.


    There was a mixture of excitement and pain in her eyes. Excitement, due to the fact that she now had a new weapon and that too suggested by none other than the mysterious store owner, the most popr figure in the Bisan Kingdom, if not Visteerna. Pain, because she would get stripped of her savings now and had to start saving again.


    Since Anna didn¡¯t have any of the three cards, she needed to pay to the store owner.


    After leaving the weapons room, Aakesh returned to his chair andfortably sat down on it.


    ¡°You need to pay 152 ordinary Primal stones,¡± Aakesh then looked toward Anna and expressionlessly told her.


    Anna nodded. She then took a deep breath, took out the required amount from her space ring, and handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the Primal stones disappeared from the store and went to the system¡¯s space.


    [Ding!]


    The next moment, a wave of several electronic alerts started ringing inside his head, but Aakesh decided to stop them and asked the system to do it after the store closing time.


    Aakesh then looked toward Anna, who now only had an excited expression on her face as she intently and cautiously touched every part of the sword. Since she had already paid for the weapon, there was no point in being disappointed or feeling pain for letting go of her savings. She must now only focus on the positive, and that was that she had gotten a great weapon and could use it to earn even more money.


    ¡°How well can you use your sword?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked Anna, almost shocking her out of her wits. If not for her somewhat quick reflexes, she would have gotten a cut on her finger due to sharpness.


    Aakesh knew that Anna had only bought the sword since it was his words, despite her not having enough savings. Even though Aakesh had an obscene amount of Primal stones, he could understand the ordeal of Anna since he had seen many of the customers, despite liking a product, were not able to buy it due to the shortage of money.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t want to take advantage of Anna¡¯s respect for him, so he decided to help her after she bought the sword.


    Even though Anna didn¡¯t know what was the purpose of the store owner asking such questions from her, she still answered, ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡±


    ¡°My father taught me an ordinary sword cultivation art when I was young. I haven¡¯t battled much with the sword, so it¡¯s hard to say,¡± Anna added.


    Anna could train herself in battles in Panagea, but even Panagea demanded some talent and skill, she failed to learn there too. If not for her having some talent in alchemy, her spending in Panagea would have been a waste.


    ¡°Come here,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly called her.


    Anna didn¡¯t know what was happening, but before she could, her head out of her volition bent down and went near Aakesh¡¯s fingers.


    Anna felt horrified in her heart, but soon she calmed down since she had seen that the store owner had no evil feelings toward her.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care for what she felt and slightly tapped in the area between her eyebrows.


    ¡®BOOM!¡¯


    Anna felt an explosion in her mind as a wave of pain attacked her.


    Anna crashed to the ground and started squirming like a fish when its put on the ground.


    The process continued for a few seconds.


    When Anna woke up, she found Aakesh still sitting on his chair, but he had his eyes closed.


    Anna then stood up, but she was only halfway when she crashed to the ground as she found an additional memory in her head.


    Anna couldn¡¯tprehend most of what was inside that piece of memory, but from what she could understand, she knew that it was a high-level sword cultivation art.


    Anna stood nk for some time as she couldn¡¯t process just what had happened to her today. First, she gotte by a few seconds, so she missed the first group of customers in Panagea.


    Instead of the day getting worse from here, she found the mysterious store owner looking for her. He then helped her buy one top-quality sword. It wasn¡¯t the end as she got a high-level sword cultivation art, which was impossible for someone of her status and wealth to buy.


    Anna then looked toward Aakesh with a myriad feelings in her eyes. She didn¡¯t know why would the store owner help her so much. The question of the store owner having feelings for her rose in her heart, but instead of someone else rebuking her, Anna did it herself. She could seeplete indifference in the store owner¡¯s eyes whenever he looked at her, even when he was helping her purchase the sword.


    Anna couldn¡¯t believe her luck for what had happened today, but since she couldn¡¯t exin the reason behind it, Anna decided to take it as nothing but one of the unrepayable favors from the store owner.


    Anna wanted to thank Aakesh, but since he had his eyes closed. Anna only mouthed the word thanks, while bowing such that her head almost touched the ground.


    There was also a hint of tears in her eyes as the sword cultivation art Aakesh had given her could help her change her family¡¯s situation. If Anna utilized it efficiently, she wouldn¡¯t have to worry about Primal stones.


    ¡®I hope that someday I will be able to repay your favor,¡¯ Anna thought in her heart. She then exited the store and left for her house since she didn¡¯t have a mind to enter Panagea. She wanted to learn as much as possible from the sword cultivation art during the week and only then return to the store to show the store owner that his help didn¡¯t go to waste.

 Chapter 614

    Chapter 614: Worry and Excitement!


    Since the quest was nowplete, the feeling of rush disappeared. Aakesh decided to check his reward after closing the store.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, several hours had passed.


    Panagea¡¯s first group had been there for six hours, so the system forced them out ording to their entry sequence.


    ***


    Hours earlier,


    Anna had left the store without entering Panagea since her mind was too excited to think about anything other than the cultivation art she had gotten from the store owner.


    Anna rushed straight away to her father since he was not only her family but also the trainer. If not for material problems, her father might have been some expert in the earlier Bisan Kingdom.


    ¡°Fa¡­father, I¡­I¡­I gained a gr¡­great rew¡­reward,¡± Anna told her father with a never seen smile on her face. Her voice broke in between since her emotions came in between while making the statement.


    ¡°First, calm down,¡± Her father, who was sitting on the bar in the Inn,mented, seeing her daughter in so much hurry.


    ¡°Come with me,¡± Anna did as her father told. She first took a deep breath and asked her father toe outside since it wasn¡¯t the ce to talk about such things.


    The Inn didn¡¯t belong to her father, but he just worked at a bar. Since he had some strength, the boss hired him.


    Anna¡¯s father wanted to say something, but before he could, Anna grabbed his hands and hurried him.


    Anna¡¯s father had no idea what was going on, but he still hesitated as leaving right now would be akin to taking a holiday and getting his pay deducted at the end of the month¡¯s sry.


    The father wanted to use that argument, but when he saw the mix of hurry and excitement on his daughter¡¯s face, he decided to give up and left with Anna. No amount of money could match Anna¡¯s happiness for him.


    Anna brought her father to her home and then grabbed her mother¡¯s hands.


    Sometimeter, the trio of parents and Anna appeared in the deep parts of the forest in Kakot.


    ¡°Can you finally tell what is making you so excited that you made me leave the work just when I had started?¡± The father smilingly asked.


    Anna had an unspeakable smile on her face as she looked at her father.


    She then took out the sword she had just bought from her space ring. Anna¡¯s father had a look of surprise on his face since he had beenining about Anna¡¯s broken sword for days. But instead of listening to him, she had been splurging all her measly savings on the mysterious store.


    Anna¡¯s father wanted to ask, but before he could, his and his wife¡¯s jaw almost dropped to the ground from what they saw.


    After taking out the sword, Anna made a weird posture, where her right leg was in the air around the knee height, while the left leg was on the ground, but at the knee joint, she was slightly bent. Her left hand came from behind as it touched the knee. Her right hand brought the sword forward as it made a weird movement.


    Anna¡¯s mother and father looked at each other and could see the confusion in their eyes.


    The reason for the confusion wasn¡¯t the awkward posture but the white light that had appeared like a shield around Anna.


    A drop of sweat slowly streamed through Anna¡¯s cheeks as the posture looked easy, but due to an invisible pressure acting on her, she felt that a mountain was ced on her back while a needle was ced on the ground. It wasn¡¯t only a physical battle but a psychological one as well.


    Only two seconds had passed when Anna crashed to the ground.


    Anna¡¯s father rushed to her and gently picked her up.


    Even though Anna was lying on the ground with a face full of exhaustion, there was a genuine smile on her face.


    ¡°Where did you get this from?¡± Even though there was gentleness in the hold of the father, the voice and the eyes acted differently. There was a sternness Anna had never seen in them.


    Anna didn¡¯t mind as she could understand the reason behind such a reaction from her father. If she were in his ce, she would have acted the same after seeing her daughter getting such high-level cultivation art from nowhere.


    Anna then told her everything that had happened to her today to her parents.


    Anna¡¯s father and mother had a look of surprise on their faces as they were also aware of the strange indifferent attitude of the mysterious store owner toward others. At the same time, there was also a look of fear in their eyes since they were now worried about the reason behind such action of the store owner.


    The store owner had a status transcending even the King of the Bisan Kingdom, so if he wanted to harm their daughter, they wouldn¡¯t be able to do anything to him. Instead, they would be enemies of others, so that many people would be able to make a positive impression on the store owner.


    Anna could sense the thoughts going through her parent¡¯s minds since she had already gotten used to it. Her parents would start thinking of the worst possible oues and get tensed whenever something happened.


    Anna could only smile wryly. She then talked to her parents and calmed them down.


    After a long conversation, the parents finally calmed down, but there were still looks of worry in their eyes. Anna gave up in her attempts to make it go away. If it disappeared, they wouldn¡¯t be her parents.


    ¡°I would be the strongest and show the world that the store owner did no wrong by giving me the cultivation art,¡± Anna smilinglymented while looking at the air, but there was determination in her voice.


    Anna¡¯s parents looked into each other¡¯s eyes and could only smile, seeing the same expressions.


    ¡°You will!¡±


    ¡°You will!¡±


    The parentsmented at the same time.


    Anna only smiled and hugged her parents as she vowed to give them a life of luxury like other affluential families.


    ***


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he sensed a new customer approaching him.

 Chapter 615

    Chapter 615: Rewards(1)


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he sensed footsteps approaching. Aakesh opened his eyes and looked, only to find a regr customer looking at him.


    It was sha, a customer from the early days of the store.


    (For those who don¡¯t remember, sha is Lenna¡¯s grandmother, while those who don¡¯t remember Lenna should read the book from the start.)


    ¡°How are you?¡± sha smilingly asked Aakesh. Her tone had respect only seen in Elves when it came to Dragons since sha still believed Aakesh to be from the Dragon race.


    Aakesh only nodded and then gestured to sha to share her purpose foring here.


    ¡°What¡¯s your current level?¡± sha suddenly asked as she couldn¡¯t see the cultivation level of Aakesh. As for the cultivation showing the Void Forging, she would only believe it when she had turned an idiot.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response but maintained his expressionless stare.


    A bead of sweat appeared on her fair white forehead, making it look like pearls as light reflected on it. sha felt as if Aakesh was seeing through her soul.


    sha also maintained her posture as if she wouldn¡¯t leave without the answer, but how could someone win from Aakesh when it came to patience.


    sha had no choice but to give up on learning the answer as Aakesh maintained his usual silence and expressionless stare.


    Sigh!


    ¡°Do you think I have reached a sufficient power level to ascend to the Sacred dimension?¡± sha asked Aakesh and finally stated her purpose.


    ¡°If I went to the training area, I am confident that I would ascend, but should I?¡± sha further added without giving Aakesh enough time to answer her first question.


    Aakesh could see that sha had reached more than enough power and stability to ascend. In fact, she had reached that state several years ago. It was just that she was optimizing it further to have an even greater talent when she ascended.


    In the past fifty years, the store and Panagea had helped her a lot. She had even reached the top three when it came to strength in the entire Primal dimension.


    A few days ago, something happened that had made a foil in her ns to further wait and ascend when she had be the mightiest character of the Primal dimension.


    Since she wasn¡¯t aware whether there was this store or products like this in the Sacred dimension or not, sha was here to train in the Gods & Demons level training area onest time.


    ***


    ¡°Your ascendance rate is a hundred percent, so you don¡¯t have to worry about dying. As for whether you should or not, only you know that answer,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded, making things even more troublesome for sha.


    If Aakesh had said yes, she would have ascended; If he would have said no, she would have further waited, letting go of the losses she would receive from the situation. But instead of answering a yes or no, Aakesh asked her to choose it.


    sha understood what Aakesh meant by that statement, but still, she wanted toin.


    Since sha was one of the earlier customers when there were only a few of them, she had a healthy rtionship with Aakesh. She couldin about his actions to him, and he would silently listen without stopping her.


    Time flew by.


    In the end, sha decided to take a loss and continue persisting in the Primal dimension till the time she became the mightiest character here.


    Since sha was confident that she would ascend if she trained in the Gods & Demons level training area, she didn¡¯t do it. She wanted to go to Panagea, but since all the seats in the second group were taken, She sat down and began a meditating session, waiting for her turn to arrive.


    Time flew by.


    The second group¡¯s stay in Panagea came to an end as their six hours got over. The system then forced them out one by one, depending on their entry sequence.


    sha, who was meditating, stood up from her spot, but only after Aakesh gestured the third group to enter did she proceed toward the portal room.


    A few seconds after the third group entered the portal room and the store hall turned empty once again, a floating door out of nowhere appeared in the air.


    Soon a stair connecting the door to the floor appeared.


    With a clicking sound, the door opened, and soon, a furry creature just an inch shorter than Aakesh stepped out of it. It was none other than Lily.


    ¡°Hey, system, my chair,¡± A childlike voice came out of the creature¡¯s mouth as she spoke.


    The next moment, a chair with the same features as Aakesh but an inch shorter than his chair appeared not far from where Aakesh was sitting.


    As soon as Lily sat down, she started sharing her today¡¯s actions in Panagea with Aakesh.


    Having used one of the wishes granted to her by Aakesh, Lily decided to take advantage of every opportunity at her disposal to get as many strategies from him as possible.


    As Lily and Aakesh conversed, the time for the sun to set finally arrived.


    Any vestiges of light slowly started disappearing as the sun¡¯s effect on the ever-present darkness loosened.


    Sometimeter, the sunpletely set down, not only bringing darkness all over the Anga continent and Visteerna, but it also announced the end of the day for the store.


    There were a few customers still present in the weapons room, so Aakesh had to stand up from his chair and tell them to leave ande back tomorrow.


    No one dared to argue or bargain with Aakesh, so the customers silently left. In no time, the store only had two living people, Aakesh and Lily.


    Aakesh then went to the door and closed it, bringing another fruitful day in the life of the store to an end.


    ¡°Hey, system, ring all the mechanical alerts,¡± Aakesh asked the system as no quest would get fulfilled without them.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on achieving the mission objective: Sale of Products, finallypleted!]


    .


    .


    .


    [Host, your rewards for the quest have been granted. You can check them in their respective sections.]

 Chapter 616

    Chapter 616: Reward(2)


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on sessfully achieving the mission objective: Sale of Products!]


    [Host, your rewards for the quest have been granted. You can check them in their respective sections.]


    [Host, you havepleted the quest in Fifty-one years. Since it is less than half of the duration the mission had given you initially toplete: you are eligible for the bonus reward.]


    [Bonus reward calcting¡­]


    Consecutive mechanical alerts rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head as soon as he asked the system.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation after hearing the alert of sessfullypleting the quest and the bonus reward.


    As the system was calcting the bonus reward, Aakesh decided to check thepletion prize he had won after the sessfulpletion.


    The quest offered the store one hundred million virtual portals, Immortal grade weapons, Immortal and Ascendance level pills, and finally, a new product.


    Since Aakesh had already gotten used to addition in virtual portals, he did not need to check it. Simr was the case for the Immortal grade weapon since there were unlimited of them, so Aakesh did not need to check many.


    What he needed to check was whether there was some addition to rules or not regarding the sale of the weapon.


    ¡°Hey, system, what are the limits and deadlines you have set regarding the sale of the Immortal-grade weapons?¡± Aakesh asked the system. Since there was no one in the store, he had asked the question out loud.


    The next moment, the system¡¯s usual mechanical and emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head, informing him of the new rules set by the system regarding the sale of the weapons.


    Earlier, Any weapons below or equal to Mythical grade had no limit in the sale. Any customer could buy as many as they wanted. While the King-grade weapon had a sale limit of three days per person, Emperor-grade went forward and pushed it to a sale per week, while the Overlord-grade weapon, the highest before thepletion of the quest, could only get purchased by a customer once a month.


    After thepletion of the quest, the limit had expanded once again.


    The cultivators now have the option of purchasing any weapons below or equal to King grade in any quantity they want. It only depended upon the wealth and the cultivation level of the customer. Now, the Emperor-grade weapon had a limit of three sales per person, the Overlord-grade weapon¡¯s limit got pushed down to a purchase per week, while the Immortal-grade weapon became the hotmodity that could only be bought by a person once in their lives.


    ¡°One per life?¡± Aakesh asked the system as even though the other limits got pushed down, the Immortal-grade weapon didn¡¯t get a limit of one sale per month. But instead, it was a sale per soul.


    [Yes, Host!]


    [The Immortal grade weapons are too significant for the Primal dimension to have them sold one per month!]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s response rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh stopped asking the system to push the limit to one sale per year, just like the training area, after the system refused it in blunt words.


    Since Aakesh had checked the Immortal grade weapon, he decided to focus on the first product the store had sold, the pills.


    Even though the pills were one of the rarely spoken products by the strong, for the ordinary citizens, it was the most helpful product. So much so that Aakesh sold more than five hundred million pills varying in their level and uses every day.


    He then took a step forward and appeared in front of the pill counter. Aakesh could see the addition of two new rows to the counter, making it six rows of pills.


    Simr to the first four rows, there were seven pills in the fifth row. Aakesh then looked at the bottom of the pills to learn their details.


    They were:


    (I) First-grade Immortal body healing pill: As its name suggested, it helped the user heal. Since it was an Immortal-grade pill, it could even restore someone from a drop of blood. It only works up to the peak Tao Pce cultivation level. For the cultivators above Immortal-grade, its ability lessens. It cost one hundred supreme Primal stones.


    (Warning: It would result in an explosion if cultivators below Tao Pce took it.)


    (II) First-grade Immortal mental healing pill: It can heal the mental issues of a cultivator up to the peak Tao Pce level. Its ability lessens when taken by an Immortal level cultivator. It costs five hundred supreme Primal stones.


    (III) First-grade Immortal Tao meditation pill: It helps the user in their meditation, starting from early Tao Pce to peak Immortal. It cost one thousand supreme Primal stones.


    (IV)First-grade Immortal blood explosion pill: It allows the user to go into a berserk mode withplete sanity by burning their blood. It only works up to the peak Tao Pce level. It costs five hundred supreme Primal stones.


    (Warning: Anyone below early Tao Pce is strictly prohibited from buying the pill.)


    (V) First-grade Immortal vitality boost pill: It could help the users from the peak Tao Pce to regain their vitality to some extent. Its ability lessens when taken by any Immortal level cultivator. It cost one thousand supreme Primal stones.


    (Warning: Anyone below early Tao Seed is strictly prohibited from buying the pill.)


    (VI) First-grade Immortal energy boost pill: It allows the user starting from early Tao Pce to increase their cultivation by a grade for thirty-six hundred seconds. It cost five hundred thousand supreme Primal stones.


    (Warning: The peak Tao Pce level cultivator could only increase their grade to early Immortal for fifteen seconds. It doesn¡¯t work on any Immortal-level cultivator.)


    (VII) First-grade Immortal Pce experience pill: It allows the user to have an upgraded Tao Pce for three hundred seconds, depending on the Tao of the cultivator. The price depends on the level of the pce ranging from one thousand to one billion supreme Primal stones.


    (Warning: It only works on the Tao Pce level cultivators.)


    After reading the details of the newly added seven pills into the fifth row, Aakesh decided to think about their situations after checking out the sixth row, so he moved his eyes above and focused on the sixth row.

 Chapter 617

    Chapter 617: Reward(3)


    Aakesh focused on the sixth row of the pill counter. Unlike the other rows, there were only four columns here, signifying that the store only sold four Ascendance-grade pills.


    Aakesh then looked at the bottom of the pills to learn their details.


    They were:?


    (I) First-grade Ascendance mental healing pill: It can heal the mental issues of a cultivator up to the peak Immortal level. Its ability lessens when taken by an Immortal level cultivator with pseudo divinity. It costs five thousand supreme Primal stones.


    (Warning: Any cultivator below early Immortal is strictly prohibited from buying this pill.)


    (II) First-grade Ascendance blood explosion pill: It allows the user to go into a berserk mode withplete sanity by burning their blood. It only works up to the peak Immortal level. It costs five thousand supreme Primal stones.


    (Warning: Anyone below early immortal is strictly prohibited from buying the pill.)


    (III) Third-grade Ascendance energy boost pill: Starting from early Immortal, it allows the cultivator to boost their cultivation by a grade for three seconds. It cost five million supreme Primal stones.


    Second-grade Ascendance energy boost pill: The increase in grade stays for thirty seconds. It cost fifty million supreme Primal stones.


    First-grade Ascendance energy boost pill: The increase in grade stays for sixty seconds. It cost five hundred million supreme Primal stones.


    (Warning: Anyone below early immortal is strictly prohibited from buying the pill. It doesn¡¯t work on cultivators who had awakened the embryo of their divine physiques.)


    (IV) First-grade Ascendance experience pill; It helps the peak Immortal level cultivators experience the embryo of their divine physique for three seconds. Its cost varies between ten billion to a trillion supreme primal stones, depending on the level of their Tao.


    Aakesh moved his eyes away from the sixth row after reading the detail of all the four Ascendance-grade pills sold by the store.


    Aakesh then focused on the fifth row once again.


    All the seven Immortal-grade pills were the upgraded version of the superior-grade pills, with their potency and price increasing. Except for the seventh pill, all the pills were normal.


    The Immortal Pce experience pill allowed the cultivators to experience an upgraded form of their Tao Pce.


    From what Aakesh found from the people, except for the few affluential families and organizations, none knew the fact that their Tao Pce could be upgraded. So Aakesh could now imagine the chaos the arrival of this pill would cause from tomorrow.


    Those who knew about the upgrade of the Tao Pce knew that thebat value increased several folds for the cultivator, even with an ordinary upgrade to the Tao Pce.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it as he would be there to see the shock caused by the pill to the several million Tao Pce customers that came to his store.


    Aakesh then returned to the sixth row. Except for the physique experience pill, the other three were upgrades of the previous grade pills, with several folds increase in their potency and prices.


    An Immortal-grade mental healing pill cost five hundred supreme Primal stones, but when it became an Ascendance-grade, its cost grew tenfold, bing five thousand supreme Primal stones.


    What made Aakesh surprised in the sixth row was the energy boost pill. Since the opening of the store, it has been selling first-grade pills. But with the arrival of the Ascendance-grade energy boost pill, the store would now sell third-grade as well as second-grade pills.


    Aakesh understood the reason for the system to do that since the use of the pill couldn¡¯t be put in a single price bracket.


    The third-grade Ascendance energy boost pill cost five million supreme Primal stones, allowing a boost of grade for only three seconds. While a first-grade Ascendance energy boost pill cost five hundred million supreme Primal stones, allowing the increase of cultivation by a single level for sixty seconds.


    The lower-grade one cost less, and it could help Immortals who couldn¡¯t afford the second-grade or first-grade pill in a life-threatening situation.


    [Host,¡­]


    As Aakesh was thinking about the pills, the system¡¯s usual mechanical and emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head, bringing him out of his thoughts.


    ¡°Really!¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise after hearing what the system had said.


    The system informed about the new rules rted to the pills.


    There was no limit of days per sale for any grade pills for the customers, but there was a sale limit. Any customer could buy only three pills of each grade per day.


    But now, the system had tweaked the rules of three pills per person.


    For the Inferior-grade, Medium-grade, and Top-grade, the limit of any respective pill per person would be ten. For the superior-grade pills, the limit would be expanded to five, while for the Immortal grade, it would be four, and for the Ascendance grade, it would be three pills per day per person.


    [Yes, Host!]


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the system¡¯s response. The pills were the third most money-making product after Panagea and the training area.


    After the addition of the Immortal-grade and Ascendance-grade pills, the sale would be in supreme Primal stones, so hismission would also be in that currency. From now on, Aakesh would get wealthier at an even quicker rate. Aakesh expected the first-grade Immortal Pce experience pill and first-grade Ascendance experience pill to be an obscene amount of money-making products for the store, simr to the training area.


    Even a single sale of Immortal-grade Pce experience pill would give him at least a thousand supreme Primal stones.


    Aakesh then stopped focusing on the pills since the system had finally calcted what his bonus reward was.


    ¡°Do you think it would be a new product?¡± Lily suddenly asked in her childlike voice.


    Aakesh only smiled since it was the system¡¯s decision. If it were up to him, he wouldn¡¯t get a new product as a bonus reward since the slow product addition adds to the mystery surrounding the store.


    ¡°Hey, system, show me the bonus reward,¡± Aakesh asked the system. Both Lily and he waited with their breaths on hold as the next moment, a blue screen visible to only two of them appeared in front of them.


    ***


    A/N: What do you think the new product is going to be? Also,ment about your ideas regarding the bonus rewards. If I liked something, I would change what I had nned.

 Chapter 618

    Chapter 618: Reward(4)


    ¡°Hey, system, show me the bonus reward,¡± Aakesh requested the system.


    The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of him, only visible to the duo.


    [The quest¡¯s original duration was 10,000 weeks. For the bonus reward, you had to do it in less than 5,000 weeks, but since you havepleted it in 2,660 weeks, your reward¡¯s value has increased.


    For your bonus rewards, you have the following options:


    (I) Upgrade in Panagea*


    (II) All types of pills avable in the store**


    (III) Upgrade in the Training area***]


    [* Panagea currently had a time flow rate simr to what it flows in the Primal dimension. After the upgrade, the customers would be able to enjoy a higher time flow after paying the respective cost.


    ** Currently, the store only has seven types of pills in inferior, medium, top, superior, and Immortal grade, while four types in the Ascendance grade. If you selected this option, the store would start selling every type of pill avable in the Primal dimension, defining an increase in the value.


    *** The training area currently costs a trillion supreme Primal stones for the Gods & Demons level training area, while a million supreme Primal stones for the Immortal level training area. After the upgrade, there would be types in the Gods & Demons and the Immortal training areas and hence the changes in charges, depending on the benefit it would provide to the customers.]


    Aakesh and Lily read the detail put on the screen.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as the bonus reward was out of his expectations. Even a new product wouldn¡¯t be able to match the value of what he could get from any of the three options in the near future.


    Out of the three options, the first option already forced Aakesh to make his choice, but Aakesh controlled himself from hastily making any decision.


    Aakesh decided to first learn the extent of the upgrade and then choose his option.


    ¡°Hey, system, show me the details regarding the upgrade in Panagea,¡± Aakesh asked the system.


    [Yes, Host!]


    Unlike thest time, the system responded this time in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice. The next moment, a new blue screen popped out of nowhere, containing all the details the upgrade would provide in Panagea.


    [Panagea Update:


    Time flow rate simr to the Primal dimension: 25 inferior Primal stone entry cost; 15 inferior Primal stone per hour stay cost, with only a stay of six hours per day.


    Time flow rate 1.5 times the Primal dimension: 25 ordinary Primal stone entry cost; 15 ordinary Primal stone per hour stay cost*, with only a stay of six hours per day(Primal dimension).


    Time flow rate two times the Primal dimension: 50 ordinary Primal stone entry cost; 25 ordinary Primal stone per hour stay cost*, with a maximum stay of six hours per day(Primal dimension).


    Time flow rate 2.5 times the Primal dimension: 25 top Primal stone entry cost; 15 top Primal stone per hour stay cost*, with a maximum stay of six hours per day(Primal dimension).


    Time flow rate three times the Primal dimension: 50 top Primal stone entry cost; 25 top Primal stone per hour stay cost*, with a maximum stay of six hours per day(Primal dimension).]


    [* The hour cost would depend on the hours in Panagea, not the Primal dimension.]


    Aakesh nodded after looking at the details of what the upgrade in Panagea would provide to the store.


    Aakesh understood that this upgrade would be an instant hit. Since many of the store customers were highly ranked cultivators, paying for the three times time flow rate wouldn¡¯t be any difficult for them. Eighteen hours of stay in Panagea every day would do wonders for every adventurer, so the cost would be the least of the concern for them.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t make up his mind and then called out the system for the second option.


    Time flew by.


    [Training area update:


    The Immortal level training area has a time flow rate of a hundred times that of the Primal dimension.


    After the update,


    Time flow rate ten times the Primal dimension: ¡­, Immortal-grade weapon: ten thousand supreme Primal stones,


    Time flow rate hundred times to the Primal dimension: ¡­, Immortal-grade weapon: one million supreme Primal stones,


    Time flow rate thousand times the Primal dimension: ¡­, Immortal-grade weapon: one hundred million supreme Primal stones,


    Time flow rate ten thousand times the Primal dimension: ¡­, Immortal-grade weapon: ten billion supreme Primal stones.


    The Gods & Demons level training area has a time flow rate of a thousand times that of the Primal dimension.


    After the update,


    Time flow rate ten times the Primal dimension: ¡­, Immortal-grade weapon: ten million supreme Primal stones,


    Time flow rate a hundred times to the Primal dimension: ¡­, Immortal-grade weapon: one billion billion supreme Primal stones,


    Time flow rate one thousand times the Primal dimension: ¡­, Immortal-grade weapon: one trillion supreme Primal stones,


    Time flow rate ten thousand times the Primal dimension: ¡­, Immortal-grade weapon: one quadrillion supreme Primal stones.]


    Aakesh nodded as he read the details of the training area upgrade.


    Now that he had read about all three upgrades, Aakesh now had to make a decision.


    He removed the third option straight away since it was already great for the customers and didn¡¯t need many upgrades.


    Aakesh now had the first and second options left with him. The pills were going to be the money-making product for him after the quest rewards, so if the types of the pills increased in every grade, the amount ofmission he could earn would grow several folds.


    Since the system had said that the upgrade would result in every pill avable in the Primal dimension, there would be no absence of buyers for it.


    But after thinking for a second, Aakesh also decided against it. Thest thing he needed wasmission since he already had arge amount of money in his name but not a penny to spend. He neither needed to spend money on eating nor did he have any expenses when it came to luxury, so all the Primal stones he earned from the sale were only getting stored in the system¡¯s space.


    In the light of Aakesh¡¯s thoughts, there was only one option left from which he could choose.

 Chapter 619

    Chapter 619: The New Product(1)


    After Aakesh made his decision, he didn¡¯t waste any more time and chose the ¡®Upgrade for Panagea¡¯.


    The next moment, out of nowhere, a light emerged in the portal room and engulfed all the two hundred million plus virtual portals.


    ***


    ¡°WHAT!¡±


    A cry filled with exmation and surprise rang in the building next to Aakesh¡¯s store.


    Maria, Evelyn, George, and other team leaders were in discussion about their organization in Panagea and the uing annual event of the store when they found a new piece of information in their mind.


    The group found the source of a new piece of information to be the supreme card they owned.


    The members who didn¡¯t own supreme cards looked in surprise toward their leaders, hearing them crying suddenly in shock.


    Maria ignored the look of others as she looked at her deputy, Evelyn. The next moment, a smile erupted on her face as she noticed the same expression in Evelyn¡¯s eyes.


    They had just gotten the information that Panagea now had updates regarding its time flow rate.


    Maria then found one thingmon between her before discovering the store and the current her, who owned an organization, and was also the only person allowed to have a building in the range of a few thousand miles around the store. The previous her didn¡¯t need to think about the update in Panagea simr to the current her. The only difference was the earlier her could only afford the same time flow rate, while the current her had enough wealth to stay in Panagea for centuries at three times the time flow rate.


    ¡°Eighteen hours of stay in Panagea!¡±


    ¡°Eighteen hours of stay in Panagea!¡±


    Maria and Evelyn eximed at the same time as there was not even a point in thinking about other options.


    ¡°Calcte the cost required for every organization member to stay in Panagea for eighteen hours,¡± Maria then looked toward the treasurer of the organization and asked him.


    The treasurer didn¡¯t even take a moment to answer as he replied, ¡°one hundred and eighty-three thousand top Primal stones, chief madam.¡±


    The organization, Skylord, had three hundred and sixty-six members, which sounded way too small for an organization. But Maria refused to increase any more members since she wanted quality over quantity in Panagea.


    Maria only nodded after hearing the treasurer and then made a decision for every member to enter Panagea for eighteen hours every day.


    The organization would handle the cost for a month, and after that, the members would need to pay for it from their own pockets, without any stop.


    Scenes like these were spread over all the Primal dimension as every owner of the supreme card got the alert of ¡®Upgrade in Panagea¡¯.


    ***


    Aakesh, unaware of the storm the upgrade in Panagea had caused across the Primal dimension, asked the system for thest of his reward.


    The next moment, Aakesh and lily found the view in front of them suddenly changed, as a giant roulette with countless products emerged.


    Aakesh and Lily were nothing but an ant in presence of that roulette, and yet, Aakesh¡¯s aura overpowered it, while Lily scoffed at the giant size of the roulette since it was her first time doing it.


    The roulette looked much bigger than before, with an even higher amount of quantities to get from it. Aakesh decided not to waste any more time and spin the roulette, but before he could, his eyes fell on Lily, who was looking toward the roulette with a mixture of disdain and awe in her eyes.


    ¡°You do it,¡± Aakesh smilingly told Lily.


    Lily, who was looking at the roulette, suddenly got surprised. She then looked toward Aakesh, who had a gentle smile on his face.


    Lily didn¡¯t say anything but only nodded her head.


    The next moment, she pressed the switch, and soon the roulette started rotating.


    As time passed, the rotating speed grew at an unimaginable rate. Finally, when it had reached the peak where nothing could be seen from naked eyes, its rate started slowing down.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and soon when nine seconds had passed, the roulette finally stopped rotating and showed the new product the store would have from tomorrow.


    The next moment, the roulette disappeared, and soon in ce of it, a rectangr wooden box the size of a human appeared.


    Before the box could crash on the floor, resulting in a loud sound, Aakesh grabbed it.


    The box was in from the outside, but since Aakesh already knew the product, there was not much suspense on his face.


    Even though the box looked like a nk of ordinary wood, it was anything but that. Even if Aakesh used his entire current strength, he would be unable to make a scratch on the box. It was an actual item that could face tribtion as soon as it got outside of the store.


    Aakesh needed to draw a pattern to open it, so without wasting much time, Aakesh using the wooden elemental energy drew the pattern.


    ¡°Click!¡±


    Not long after, a clicking sound rang in the area, breaking the silence permeating the store.


    The wooden box opened and soon it turned into a powder, and not long after, even the powder disintegrated into nothingness.


    Only a key remained in Aakesh¡¯s hands after the disappearance of the box.


    The key was gold in color, with a bluish pattern on its top.


    As soon as the key appeared in Aakesh¡¯s hands, the lock which belonged to the key also started making a ruckus as if it had found the most significant thing in its life.


    Aakesh took a step forward while Lily followed him.


    Only after a step did the duo appear in front of the room where the lock was making the ruckus.


    ¡°Since you got this product based on your luck, open it,¡± Aakesh turned toward Lily and told her.


    Simr to the earlier time, Lily didn¡¯t refuse and took the key from Aakesh¡¯s hands.


    She then ced the key on the lock. At first, it didn¡¯t move as the system only allowed Aakesh to do such things, but after Aakesh requested the system when Lily attempted again, the door opened with a bang.

 Chapter 620

    Chapter 620: The New Product(2)


    The door of the room opened with a bang, and the new product flooded the eyes of Aakesh and Lily.


    Aakesh took the first step and entered the room while Lily followed him.


    The room had simr aesthetics as the weapons room but with no one hundred and eight pirs.


    There were countless murals painted on the room walls with one thing inmon between them.


    Aakesh ignored the murals for now and focused on his primary purpose for entering the room.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell on the shelves lying in the middle of the room.


    There were five shelves ced there with a distance of one meter between each of them.


    The five shelves represented the five types of cultivation arts in the Primal dimension.


    After Lily rotated the roulette, the pointer had stopped at cultivation arts, so Aakesh¡¯s store would also sell them from now on.


    The five types of cultivation arts were: Mortal, Rare, Legendary, Mythical, and Immortal, with the Mortal grade being the lowest and the Immortal-grade was the highest level.


    Aakesh first went to the shelf representing the Mortal grade. The material used in the making of the shelf was now extinct in the Multiverse.


    The material was Aruval. It was a material that only existed at the beginning of the Multiverse. If not for the quest, Aakesh would have failed to recognize it as it had been countless Epochs since it went extinct.


    The reason for it getting extinct was its minuscule quantity, as well as the Yaksha race¡¯s unprecedented interest in it.


    Aruval was not only the most durable material to exist up to this point(In the first three dimensions), but it also had the property of absorbing energy and transferring it.


    Aakesh would have gotten shocked at first, considering how the system got this when it had gone extinct and could only be found in the treasury of the Yaksha race. The Yaksha race loves it so much that they wouldn¡¯t think for a moment before starting a war if they found out about it. But after Aakesh had seen the creation of the Multiverse, he didn¡¯t feel that anything was beyond the system, except for harming the Devas.


    Aakesh understood the reason behind the system choosing this material for the shelves since Aruval helped in absorbing the energy released by the cultivation arts since it contains the aura of strong. The reason the system didn¡¯t choose Kadambi was its energy negating property.


    Here Aruval not only absorbed the excessive energy released by thenguage but also transferred it back, not taking away its extraordinariness. Kadambi, on the other hand, would have negated all this energy, resulting in its value diminishing.


    If Aakesh were to activate Energy Overseer now, he would see the absorption and transfer of countless light dots in the Legendary, Mythical, and Immortal grade shelves.


    A pattern of a man reading a book was imprinted on the shelf.


    Aakesh then took out a random cultivation art from the mortal shelf.


    [Name- The Mountain and Sea Art,


    Grade- Mortal grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In the Mountain and Sea Art, the cultivator uses Qi to have the strength of a Mountain in their fist while the agility of crossing the sea in a single jump.


    Users: Qi condensation, Houtian, Xiantian.


    Price: 50 ordinary Primal stones.]


    Aakesh nodded as he read the details of the cultivation art that had appeared right after he took the book out.


    As Aakesh was the store owner, he could open the book and read all the content written in it. The same wasn¡¯t the case for others. They could only learn about the art from the screen popping next to it, and only after buying could they read the art.


    ¡°Hey, system, I have a suggestion,¡± Aakesh suddenly told the system.


    [Host, go ahead!]


    The system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head as it always waited for Aakesh to give his suggestions since it was here for him.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t the store charge some money and allow the customer to read the content written in the art. If they purchased it, they would only pay the remaining sum, but if they didn¡¯t purchase it, the money would be ours while the customers would forget what they have read from the cultivation art,¡± In a single breath, Aakesh stated the suggestion.


    Aakesh thought of this as it could help both the customers and the store. After paying a fixed amount of money, the customer would be able to read the contents of the cultivation art and wouldn¡¯t have to buy one just depending on the blue screen popping next to it. While the store would also earn some money if the customer bought another cultivation art.


    [Yes, Host! The system epts your suggestion.]


    [Since you were the one who suggested it, the store wouldn¡¯t charge anything on the price earned by this feature, and it would all be yours.]


    [Host, now decide the price!]


    The next moment, consecutive mechanical alerts rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head, taking him by surprise. When he had given the suggestion, he had never expected the system to give himplete ownership of that money as well as the option of choosing the price for the endeavor.


    Aakesh then nodded and told the system to wait for him. He would decide the price after checking a few more cultivation arts of each grade.


    Time flew by.


    [Name- The Mountain and Sea Art,


    Grade- Immortal grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In the Mountain and Sea Art, the cultivator uses Qi to have the strength of a Mountain in their fist while the agility of crossing the sea in a single jump.


    Users: Early, intermediate,te, peak Heavenly Monarch.


    Price: 50 billion supreme Primal stones.]


    (Warning: Only people abovete Tao Pce are permitted to hold the art or study it.)


    Aakesh nodded as he read all the five grades of the Mountain and Sea Art.


    Aakesh then put the art back into its respective shelf.


    After reading all the five grades of the same cultivation art, Aakesh could say that the store had gotten another product that would bring a lot of business to the store.


    It was now time for Aakesh to make his decision about the pricing for viewing the Cultivation Art before buying it.

 Chapter 621

    Chapter 621: The New Product(End)


    Now that Aakesh had read a few cultivation arts belonging to each grade, it was now time for him to decide on the preview charge for the cultivation arts.


    The Mortal grade cultivation arts varied from 25 ordinary Primal stones to 50 top Primal stones, while the Immortal grade varied from 10 billion supreme Primal stones to one quadrillion supreme Primal stones. So Aakesh knew that he couldn¡¯t select one price for the cultivation arts of the lower grade.


    After thinking for a while, Aakesh made his decision.


    ¡°Hey, system, I have decided at what price I am going to set for the preview of the cultivation arts,¡± Aakesh told the system. The system didn¡¯t speak anything in response, but a blue screen appeared in front of him.


    On the blue screen, there were five rows, each defining the grade name, and then a nk line in front of it.


    Aakesh knew what he had to do, so in no time, Aakesh wrote the amount on the nk lines in front of each grade.


    [Preview prices:


    Mortal-grade cultivation art: 2% of the selling cost of the art,


    Rare-grade cultivation art: 5% of the selling cost of the art,


    Legendary-grade cultivation art: 10% of the selling cost of the art,


    Mythical-grade cultivation art: one thousand supreme Primal stones,


    Immortal-grade cultivation art: one million supreme Primal stones.]


    After Aakesh wrote the details, the blue screen disappeared, and a new screen appeared, containing all the details of the preview prices.


    Aakesh then waved his hands. The next moment, light particles started moving away from the screen, resulting in itsplete disappearance, waiting for Aakesh to call it again.


    Aakesh then started reading about the rules set for the sales of the cultivation arts. It was put on a board not far from the shelves.


    It only had three rules. First, customers could only buy cultivation arts rted to their cultivation level. Second, customers could only buy one cultivation art from each grade in their life. Third, the sale of cultivation arts to others after buying from the store was strictly prohibited.


    Aakesh nodded as he read the rules. When he read the third rule, Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised since cultivation arts were the first product that prohibited sales to others outside the store.


    Aakesh had rarely heard of cases where someone had sold the product they had bought from his store to others, but there were, and the system hadn¡¯t minded them. But now, it had put prohibition in straight words.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it and left the room, with Lily silently following him.


    Since he had already spent a lot of time on the quest and its rewards, Aakesh decided to waste no more time and go for his training.


    Aakesh was going to leave when the system¡¯s mechanical alerts bombarded his head once again.


    [Congrattions, Host, forpleting the main quest!]


    [It has been more than fifty-one years since you started this phase. In those years, you havepleted many quests, made many new customers, learned many things, and showed ways to many. The time has now arrived to end it, ascend, and begin a new journey in newnds filled with new challenges.]


    [But before leaving, you need to create a legacy for yourself.]


    [For a store owner, there is no better way to create a legacy than to sell products.]


    [Title: The Last Main Quest!


    Mission Objective: Sale of Products,


    Requirement: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it¡¯s time for you to go big for the store for thest time in the Primal dimension, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Cultivation Arts: Think to expand,


    Days required: 100,000 Weeks,


    Mission reward: Ascension to the Sacred dimension!


    Failure Punishment: Failure of the store upgrading quest!]


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as he heard the flurry of alerts. It had only stopped when out of nowhere, a blue screen emerged, containing the details of a new quest.


    Aakesh got even more surprised as he read the details of the quest.


    For the first time, he got a title for the quest.


    Not only that, the grandness of the quest had increased a thousand times, asking him now to sell a trillion pills, weapons, Panagea hours, etc.


    Since the section for the training hours and cultivation arts were in shrink mode, Aakesh tapped on them. The next moment, two new small blue screens appeared on top of the quest window,


    [1,000,000,000,000(trivial, normal, moderate, difficult) training hours = 100,000,000,000 Immortal training hours = 10,000,000,000 Gods & Demons training hours.]


    [Mortal-grade cultivation arts: 10,000,000,000 sale,


    Rare-grade: 1,000,000,000 sale,


    Legendary-grade: 100,000,000 sale


    Mythical-grade; 10,000,000 sale,


    Immortal-grade: 1,000,000 sale.]


    The two new windows showed the number of sales he needed to make to achieve the requirement. Unlike thest two times, Aakesh needed to achieve all the requirements, not just one to have itplete the requirements, resulting in the difficulty of the quest going severalfold.


    Even though the number of items he needed to sell had grown by thousand times, the duration of the quest had only grown by ten times.


    Aakesh then read the reward section, only to find that there was nothing but ascension.


    His eyes then moved to the next section and found the failure punishment. For the first time, Aakesh felt that the punishment was strict inparison to the reward.


    He would ascend to the Sacred dimension if hepleted the quest, but if he failed, his store-upgrade mission would turn into a failure. It would result in his authority degrading even further and the task of knowing his past even tougher.


    ***


    A/N: I think we have done enough in the Primal dimension. If you have somements that we should deal more with some parts, please go ahead andment. Most probably, the next fifty-hundred chapters would be in the Primal dimension, and then we would step into a new world.


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 622

    Chapter 622: Conversation!


    ¡°Hey, system, don¡¯t you think a quest with a duration of around two thousand years shouldn¡¯t deserve the title, ¡®The Last Main Quest¡¯,¡± Aakesh suddenly asked the system.


    The system had added that it was now time for him to leave and begin a new journey in the Sacred dimension, but the quest duration was 100,000 weeks, which was way more than the amount of time he and the store had spent in Kakot.


    The next moment, the system¡¯s usual mechanical and emotionless response rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head. It stated the same reaction as it did: the details of the quests are random, only one thing is sure, and that is the grandness and the difficulty of the mission would increase with every sessfulpletion.


    Aakesh stopped asking about it as he was already aware of what he would get in the answer if he asked the system to show him the criteria of the quests. Aakesh instead decided to ask another question.


    ¡°Hey, system, the reward is my ascension if Ipleted the quest in less than 100,000 weeks, but what if Ipleted it in, let¡¯s say, 10,000 weeks?¡±


    Aakesh asked the question as the quest duration was around two millennia. And the system had only added one prize as the reward forpleting it.


    After Aakeshpleted thest quest, the system rewarded him with a hundred million virtual portals. Taking the previous number of them, they had crossed the mark of two hundred million.


    Aakesh already had a quest that required him to have a sale of 1.5 billion Panagea hours every day. And since Aakesh had been achieving it for thest several months, if this continued, the store would fulfill the requirement of one trillion Panagea hours in only a few years.


    Simr to the Panagea case, an increment in the number of virtual portals in the store resulted in the growth of the number of customers, so the sale of other products would also grow with it.


    [Host, there are no bonus rewards in the quest. Even if youpleted it in one day, the prize would still be the same: you would ascend to the Sacred dimension with the store.]


    The system¡¯s response rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh could only heave a disappointed sigh as he expected a bonus prize simr to thest quest to be present here. But since it wasn¡¯t here, Aakesh stopped thinking about it. There was no point in wasting time over something non-existent.


    ¡°What would happen if I fail the store upgrading quest?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked as he should know what would happen in case of his failure.


    You would be stuck at this level for several more years, and the store upgrading quest would be even more difficult. If you failed it again, you would face a penalty. If you failed three times, your level would get stuck permanently at Level 1.]


    Time flew by.


    After conversing with the system for some more time, Aakesh decided to stop thinking about the quest. He then returned to his usual schedule.


    Aakesh had already spent quite a time over the quest which belonged to his training, so Aakesh decided to waste no more time and do the training for the day.


    ¡°It¡¯s time for training,¡± Aakeshmented. Lily nodded in response. A distraught could be seen on her face. Even though she had lived for tens of thousands of years, she didn¡¯t like training at all.


    The next moment, Aakesh and Lily disappeared from the store¡¯s hall and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily chose her usual training area and pressed the switch. The next moment, a space crack emerged and sucked Lily inside.


    After Lily left, Aakesh went to his left and picked up his weapon for the day. He then went to his right, selected the training environment, and pressed the switch.


    The next moment, a simr space crack emerged and sucked in Aakesh without giving him even a chance to fight back if he wanted.


    The next moment, a familiar arena weed Aakesh¡¯s sight.


    Aakesh had been doing a new weapon routine for the past few months. Every day he would select a different weapon and then battle with it.


    Today, it was the turn of a Rapier, so Aakesh had it in his hands.


    Unlike other weapons of Aakesh, the Rapier looked simr to what an ordinary Rapier looked like, but it was anything but an ordinary material.


    The training environment Aakesh was in was also a random opponent battlefield. Every day Aakesh would face a random opponent with random descriptions while having a random weapon in his hands.


    As soon as Aakesh appeared here, a blue window appeared in front of him.


    [Which level do you want to fight in:


    Level 1: Tap,


    Level 2: Tap,


    ¡­ Level 18: Tap.]


    The opponent for every level would be the same, but their strength would increase, depending on the level Aakesh wanted to fight.


    Aakesh had crossed seventeen levels when he had his sword, so if Aakesh wanted, he could directly battle out in the eighteenth level.


    Aakesh then tapped on the first level since he had a new weapon and wanted to begin from the initial point.


    The next moment, the blue window disintegrated into nothingness, and a blue light engulfed the entire area around Aakesh.


    When the light disappeared, Aakesh¡¯s opponent for the battle showed itself.


    If Lily were here, she would have recognized the creature since it was one of the Epochal Felines she knew in her training.


    Unlike the time when Epochal Feline was with Lily, it had cold and cruel eyes as if no emotion could warm the burning heart of the creature.


    ¡°Ding!¡±


    A bell suddenly rang and announced the start of the battle.


    Aakesh got ready to defend as the Epochal Feline was already in front of him.


    Aakesh slightly bent down as the creature¡¯s ws passed through where his head was a moment earlier. At the same time, Aakesh used this opportunity to attack as well.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    A loud sound rang in the area as Rapier¡¯s point pierced the creature¡¯s skin as if it was made of butter.


    The Epochal Feline didn¡¯t die out straight away, and it started struggling to fight back. Its eyes turned red as its body expanded, resulting in Rapier¡¯s point getting stuck.

 Chapter 623

    Chapter 623: Battle!


    The Epochal Feline¡¯s eyes turned blood-like red as a chaotic aura filled with many negative emotions engulfed it. Soon its body started expanding, resulting in the Rapier getting stuck.


    Aakesh had an expressionless eye as he looked at the creature activating its berserk mode. Instead of backing away, he pushed the Rapier even further, resulting in the eyes turning redder. At the same time, the chaotic aura around the creature started materializing into a cloud.


    Aakesh continued pushing the Rapier, only to stop when Rapier¡¯s handle touched the white fur that had now gotten red with its blood. Aakesh suddenly pulled it back in a straight motion, resulting in a blood bath.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    The creature let out a roar filled with anger and indignance, as it had never seen such humiliation, but at the same time, it also felt fear. It could sense that Aakesh hadn¡¯t used much of his strength at this point. It knew it couldn¡¯t win, so it decided to go in a ze of glory.


    Suddenly, the creature¡¯s expanding speed grew at an unimaginable rate. In no time, it had reached almost a hundred times the size of Aakesh.


    Aakesh knew the creature wanted to self-destruct, but how could Aakesh let it do that?


    He added slight force to his legs and took a jump, with the Rapier moving like a snake with the movement of the air.


    Aakesh thrust the Rapier forward. It went ahead without any obstruction as if its opponent was a piece of butter but not the skin of a horrifyingly powerful creature.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    The creature let out a helpless roar filled with indignance as the Rapier destroyed its inner organs in that strike, resulting in a failed death.


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    A loud crashing sound rang in the area as the corpse crashed to the ground, while not long after, Aakesh alsofortablynded on the top of the creature.


    Soon a blue light engulfed the entirety of the battle area, with Aakesh standing on top of it.


    The next moment, everything froze in its ce as the simr blue window appeared once again.


    Aakesh tapped on the second level without wasting any time.


    The next moment, Aakeshnded on the ground as the light beneath him disappeared, and soon, his opponent for this level appeared not far from him.


    Since the opponent of all the levels would be the same, a simr Epochal Feline appeared. Compared to the previous one, this one looked simr in size and powerlevel, but Aakesh could sense the level of danger toward him had increased, meaning the creature was more powerful than the Level 1 version of it.


    ¡°Ding!¡±


    Not long after, the bell rang in the area, announcing the start of the battle.


    Aakesh decided to make the first move this time. So as soon as the sound of the bell faded, Aakesh was already in front of the creature with the Rapier just an inch away from piercing its heart.


    Aakesh wanted to end this round quickly, so he had used half of his strength in the thrust.


    Forget the sharpness of the Rapier, the violent air released by Aakesh¡¯s thrust felt even more dangerous than it.


    When the Rapier finally pierced the Epochal Feline¡¯s heart, it exploded into a blood cloud before the creature could even feel the pain of the thrust, resulting in instant death for the creature.


    The battle ended as quickly as it began. The opponent didn¡¯t even get the time to respond before it was dead. Soon a simr blue light engulfed the entirety of the area.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, seventeen minutes had passed.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    Projections of several Rapiers appeared as they pierced through the skin of the Epochal Feline. In no time, there was no untouched body part left on the creature¡¯s skin.


    Soon a blood pool emerged as the Epochal Feline lost all its blood in the round.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The Epochal Feline crashed to the ground as its body turned pale, and soon its eyes lost their luster due to the draining of all its blood.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed the battle area. Soon a green light appeared around Aakesh and healed him of all the injuries he had received in this round of battle.


    After Aakesh got healed of all his inner and external injuries, the scene around him froze once again as a simr blue window appeared once again.


    [¡­ Level 1: Tap to enter,


    ¡­ Level 15: Tap to repeat,


    Level 16: Tap to enter,]


    Aakesh then tapped on the Level 16 since he wanted to see how far he could go with the Rapier without dying even once.


    The next moment, the blue screen disappeared, and soon after it, the light around the area also vanished.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    An angry roar sounded in the area as the Epochal Feline appeared on the battleground. Compared to the previous level, the Feline wasrger in size.


    ¡°Ding!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The sound of continuous metallic shes rang in the area as Aakesh and the creature shed with each other soon after the bell sound faded, giving no time to each other to take the initiative.


    Time flew by.


    The blue blood continuously dripped down from Aakesh¡¯s chest as a severe injuryy there. Even Aakesh¡¯s bones could be seen.


    Comparing Aakesh¡¯s injury with the creature battling him was doing injustice to the Feline since it had half its face gone, while there was not a single body part left untouched from a wound.


    Aakesh had a cold expression in his eyes as he pushed the Rapier forward. The Rapier went from half its head to heart in no time as if it was cutting through butter, bursting its brain and heart at the same time.


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    The creature crashed to the ground, making a loud sound.


    Time flew by.


    Except for the day when he had the sword, Aakesh had failed to clear the seventeenth round.


    Simr was the case for today as in the seventeenth round, the battle went on for several minutes, but most of the time, the Epochal Feline was in the lead since its agility surpassed Aakesh¡¯s. So in the end, Aakesh became a casualty in ce of the Epochal Feline, continuing his streak of losing the seventeenth round.

 Chapter 624

    Chapter 624: Injury!


    After Aakesh faced another defeat in the seventeenth round, a blue light engulfed his corpse, and soon he got revived.


    The next moment, a blue window appeared in front of him, asking whether he wanted to return to Level 1 or repeat the seventeenth round.


    Aakesh chose neither. He instead left the battle area, and not long after, he stepped out of the space crack into the selection area.


    Since there was still some time left before Lily would exit her training, Aakesh decided to go for another battle during that time.


    The next moment, Aakesh returned the Rapier to the weapon¡¯s section. Aakesh then decided on his next training ground and pressed the switch.


    The next moment, a space crack emerged out of nowhere and sucked Aakesh inside.


    Not long after, Aakesh found himself in an unfamiliar area as it was his first time choosing this training environment.


    Aakesh currently stood in a garden filled withrge red grass that had gotten half-submerged not with water butva.


    Aakesh could feel heat attacking the sole of his foot as he floated just slightly above theva surface.


    Theva was hot enough to melt Aakesh¡¯s feet in no time, so if Aakesh wanted to win his battle here, he not only had to worry about his opponent but also theva.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    An angry roar suddenly sounded as a creature stepped out from theva.


    If Aakesh were to set foot on the ground, theva would only reach his knee, but in no time, a creature ten times the size of Aakesh stepped out of theva.


    It was tri-horn Rhinoceros. As its name suggested, the creature had an appearance of a Rhinoceros but with three horns.


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    ¡°Drip-Drop!¡±


    ¡°Drip-Drop!¡±


    ¡°Drip-Drop!¡±


    The Rhinoceros suddenly raised its foot and banged them to the ground, resulting in a shower ofva dropping to the already submergedva garden.


    Aakesh had no choice but to move since he couldn¡¯t use the skills he had outside here to defend himself. If even a drop ofva fell on him, that body part would turn into ashes, and Aakesh had no interest in letting that happen to him.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face, while the Tri-horn Rhinoceros had an amusing expression in its eyes as it enjoyed its enemy running from the shower it had created.


    Since the Trihorn Rhinoceros was made ofva itself, it had no problems with the shower. It knew this fact, so it wanted to use it as much as possible to its advantage.


    A few secondster, theva shower finally ended, giving Aakesh a moment of relief.


    How could the Rhinoceros let that happen? It raised its foot even higher this time to create an even grand shower, but before it could bring its foot back, Aakesh appeared below its foot.


    Since Aakesh could use no skills and only his physical prowess in the battle, Aakesh thrust his fingers toward the foot, releasing all his strength at that time.


    The amusing expression in the Rhinoceros¡¯s eyes suddenly disappeared as it finally sensed danger from Aakesh.


    The Rhinoceros knew if its foot touched that hand of its opponent, it would split into two, so the Rhinoceros, instead of bringing its foot down, raised them even higher.


    ¡°Ssh!¡±


    The next moment, a loud sshing sound rang in the area as the creature fell with its head first into theva, creating another shower.


    Since Aakesh was close to the Rhinoceros, he rushed toward it while also dodging the drops ofva descending at the same time.


    Unlike Aakesh, the Rhinoceros could use its skill, so it created a shield to defend itself since it knew it wasn¡¯t quicker than its enemy.


    Aakesh hands that were pushing forward like a sword suddenly came to a halt, but in no time, they closed down and transformed themselves into a fist.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud sound of explosion rang in the area as Aakesh¡¯s fist shed with the shield surrounding the Rhinoceros.


    Aakesh got thrown back with an even mightier force than the one he had put in his punch, while the shield had cracked down, and the Rhinoceros felt its guts disintegrating as the punch impact hit it.


    The creature couldn¡¯t help but spit blood and feel unbearable pain. The blood was nothing butva, but if watched closely, people would notice that it was darker in color.


    As Aakesh was getting pushed back from the reflective force, he knew he had to stop himself from touching theva.


    Unfortunately, his efforts seeded and failed at the same time.


    Aakesh made afortablending, but at thest moment, theva below its foot created a sudden movement, taking Aakesh by surprise.


    In that attack, Aakesh lost half his foot as it turned into ashes from all the heat.


    The Rhinoceros couldn¡¯t help but spat another bucket of blood as controlling theva took arge toll on it.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as he took a step forward. The next moment, he appeared in front of the creature as his footnded on the exact spot that had borne the brunt of his punch.


    Aakesh then grabbed all the three horns using his right hand and ripped them out, resulting in a heart-rending scream, while another of theva rain appeared as the Rhinoceros iled in struggle and pain.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t stop as he continuously punched the Rhinoceros while dodging theva rain at the same time.


    Aakesh finally came to a stop as the Tri-horn Rhinoceros finally stopped struggling. At the same time, Aakesh felt the heat attacking the sole of his foot disappearing, as if theva wasn¡¯t there.


    Soon, a green light appeared and covered Aakesh¡¯s foot which had half disintegrated due to touching theva.


    In no time, Aakesh¡¯s foot got restored back to normal, while not long after, a red window, the same color as theva, appeared in front of him.


    The window asked him whether he wanted to repeat the battle or go a level ahead and face an even stronger Tri-horn Rhinoceros.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t waste any time and straight away chose to proceed to the next level. The current training environment had seven levels, so Aakesh still had a long way to go if he wanted toplete thebat training here.

 Chapter 625

    Chapter 625: Panagea!


    Time flew by.


    One after another level, in the training environment, got cleared by Aakesh as he finally appeared in the selection area after killing the Tri-horn Rhinoceros for the seventh consecutive time.


    As Aakesh appeared in the selection area, he found another space crack emerging.


    Soon Lily stepped out of the space crack and joined Aakesh as he asked for his chair.


    The duo then sat down on their respective chair and started discussing their experiences for the day.


    Time flew by.


    The duo left the selection area after their conversation came to an end, and the next moment, they appeared in the store¡¯s hall.


    ¡°Are we also allowed to manipte the time flow rate?¡± Lily suddenly asked as it was for customers, and they weren¡¯t one.


    A smile appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as he lightly tapped Lily¡¯s head.


    ¡°How do you think the time flow rate changes in Panagea?¡± Aakesh asked Lily.


    Lily had a confused expression on her face for a moment, but soon it turned into a pondering one, and then it turned into a surprised expression at the end.


    ¡°Do you mean that the entire Panagea would flow thrice the time of the Primal dimension?¡± Lily asked.


    ¡°Yes. The entire Panagea would flow thrice the time flow rate of the Primal dimension,¡± Aakesh nodded and smilingly answered as he gently rubbed Lily¡¯s head, which was just an inch shorter than him.


    ¡°Then how would you charge customers?¡± Lily couldn¡¯t help but ask since the store had a limit of six hours per day of sale. If every customer could enter Panagea for six hours every day, wouldn¡¯t that mean everyone would stay for eighteen hours a day in Panagea?


    ¡°I know what you¡¯re thinking. The six hours had always been Panagea hours, so they would still be able to buy six Panagea hours. But that would only be two hours in the Primal dimension, unlike the previous situation where they spent six hours,¡± Aakesh smilingly answered.


    Lily¡¯s eyes shined since if customers who couldn¡¯t afford the higher time flow rate only stayed for two hours, wouldn¡¯t that help the store get even more customers, and the sale would also increase. Since Aakesh was a store owner, Lily also paid great interest to it.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help butugh as he could guess what Lily was thinking after seeing her shining eyes.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go. If you can stay for more hours in Panagea due to the increased time flow rate, that also means that you¡¯ll be out for more hours,¡± Aakesh suddenly stated.


    Lily, who was basking in the excitement of increased sales and hours in Panagea, couldn¡¯t help but freeze as in her excitement, she had forgotten this point.


    Since Aakesh had only received his reward around an hour earlier, only three hours had passed in Panagea, but still, it was a lot of time to waste.


    The next moment, the floating door appeared in the store, and soon the stair connecting it to the floor emerged after Lily summoned it.


    Lily then stepped on the stairs and left for her personal virtual portal, while Aakesh only smiled, seeing Lily in such haste after his statement.


    When Lily had just reached the door, she turned around, said bye to Aakesh, and then left. The door of Aakesh¡¯s room then automatically closed on its own with a bang.


    Aakesh¡¯s face turned expressionless as usual as he turned in the direction of the portal room and proceeded forward.


    As usual, Aakesh¡¯s eyes fell on the leaderboard section after entering the portal room.


    A look of surprise appeared on his face as he finally noticed a change in the top fifty ranks after several years.


    Punta, the brother of the King of the Bisan Kingdom, had stepped into the top fifty for the first time after reaching Level 163. He became the top-ranked member of the Bisan Kingdom in Panagea.


    Aakesh then moved his eyes away since there wasn¡¯t another surprise for him to see on the leaderboard.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell on the number of virtual portals. At first, he only saw a thousand of them, but as he peered further, the vast number of the virtual portals appeared in Aakesh¡¯s sight.


    Aakesh then touched the nearest virtual portal with only the tip of his finger. The next moment, a suction force mightier than anything he could fight against appeared and sucked him inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the ce he had exited Panagea a day before to open the store.


    Since Aakesh could stay for around twenty-four hours a day in Panagea now, he could give more time to his ss to evolve.


    Aakesh had gotten his Legendary ss when he was around Level 50. Now he was Level 232, yet his ss was still Legendary with not even close to evolving to Mythical grade.


    Having an increased time flow rate had its advantages and disadvantages at the same time. Now Aakesh could enjoy twenty-four hours a day in Panagea, but at the same time, he would stay out of Panagea for forty-eight hours.


    Simrly, the time would pass quickly, resulting in the story flowing faster than anticipated. But the system and Aakesh didn¡¯t worry about it. The story of Panagea needed a long number of years since the strength of the main enemy was at the peak of the three dimensions. It would take a long time for adventurers in Panagea to reach Level 500, let alone be a Choas-grade lifeform and fight Vritrasura.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it. He then decided his timetable for the day.


    Since he had twenty-four hours, Aakesh decided to give twelve hours to his ss, while for the rest twelve hours, Aakesh would do quests or go on a killing spree to earn XPs.


    Since Aakesh was currently near a big city inside the Dark Forest, Aakesh decided to spend the twelve hours in ss first.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t waste any time after making his decision. He left for the city straight away.


    Time flew by.


    After reaching the market, Aakesh activated the skill Universal Eye and the Fortune Eye to find a suitable candidate that could give him good rewards.


    More time flew by.


    No matter how long, time reaches everyone. The twenty-four hours finally came to an end as the sun rose in Visteerna.

 Chapter 626

    Chapter 626: Strange Encounter!


    Even though Aakesh could now stay for twenty-four hours a day in Panagea, that increased time also came to an end since the sun was about to rise on the Visteerna continent.


    Aakesh gained more than usual XP in today¡¯s entry, but that was only due to him staying here for more hours. If Aakesh were to calcte the amount of XPs he would have earned in three days of entry in Panagea(eight hours every day), he must have taken a substantial loss.


    Even though he gave twelve hours to use skills rted to his ss, that increased time didn¡¯t help him. Aakesh seemed to have terrible luck today as the city he was in faced a brutal attack from a beast wave, resulting in theplete decimation of the city. The only reason Aakesh survived was due to his skill, Fortune Eye.


    When he activated the skill, he could only see ck lines above every citizen he came across, so Aakesh understood that something terrible was going to happen. At that time, an automatic quest window had emerged in front of him.


    Aakesh would have epted the quest if not for the warning below it.


    [Warning: Adventurer, the current you have zero percent chances of surviving the beast wave, so be cautious when you ept the quest.]


    Since the quest itself gave such warnings, Aakesh didn¡¯t ept it since he hadn¡¯t failed any of them until now, and he wanted to continue the sess streak.


    Considering the excessive ck lines over the citizens and the warning given by the automatic quest, Aakesh left the city, wasting too much of his time in returning to a safe area where the beast wave would not harm him.


    ***


    After the system told Aakesh about the sun rising on the Anga continent, Aakesh decided to call an end to the day in Panagea. The next moment, he disappeared from Panagea and appeared in the store¡¯s hall.


    Since there was still some time in the sunrise, Aakesh summoned the room to his door and the stairs connecting it to the floor.


    Time flew by.


    The sun finally rose on the Anga continent. Its rays dispersed any darkness prevailing in the area and in the lives of many citizens. The day brought new excitement into the lives of many, and many of them were currently standing in a queue outside a mysterious store in a Kingdom present in the extreme southern parts of the Anga continent.


    The reason for such excitement was the news the supreme card¡¯s owner had gotten yesterday night. They couldn¡¯t wait to enter Panagea.


    ***


    ¡°Hey, do you know the reason for such a rush into the store?¡± A person who was traveling across the Kingdom came across a queue, so he couldn¡¯t help but ask the standing person nearest to him.


    ¡°You need to know it yourselves,¡± The person turned around and replied. It was a female.


    ¡°Hmph, acting so mysterious,¡± The man couldn¡¯t help but scoff, hearing the female¡¯s response.


    As if the scoff was like throwing a stone into a calmke, everyone around him red at the man. The man wanted to say something, but no words came out of his mouth, and soon his back had gotten wet from fear, facing the re of so many people at once.


    ¡°Your majesty, do you want me to throw this man away?¡± Suddenly a towering man stepped forward, bowed in front of the female, and respectfully asked.


    Thedy was none other than Vanya, the King of the Bisan Kingdom.


    The man¡¯s jaw dropped to the ground, and soon his face turned pale. The man had never expected the person to be King of this territory. If the man knew about it, he wouldn¡¯t have used that tone even in his dreams.


    ¡°No, who am I to throw a customer of the store?¡± Vanya responded and then turned back, ignoring the look of relief on the man¡¯s face.


    ¡°Thank you, your majesty, for forgiving this insolent man,¡± The man couldn¡¯t help but bow and thank Vanya for not doing anything.


    Vanya ignored the man¡¯s thanks as the sun had finally risen, and it meant that the time for the store to open had finally arrived. As expected, suddenly a clicking sound rang in the area as the store¡¯s door opened.


    Even those who stood at a distance of thousands of miles away from the store heard the clicking sound and knew the store had opened for the day.


    The man who had finally felt a wave of relief for surviving got dumbstruck after understanding the extent of the thing he had heard. First, the King stood in the queue for a store, and second, the King refused to harm him for using that tone with her as if she wasn¡¯t worthy to give him punishment since he was a customer of the store.


    The man couldn¡¯t help but get an intense feeling of hunger to know what was going on with the store as if it was the most significant thing he could do in his life.


    The man¡¯s name was Ben, and he originally belonged to the Ma continent. The Ma continent was one of the twelve continents in Visteerna and was the nearest to the Anga continent.


    Ben had been stuck in Tao Manifestation for thousands of years, so he was in meditating sessions for thest two hundred years, but since even that failed in him getting an epiphany, Ben decided to travel to Visteerna. The first stop in his destination was the Anga continent since it was the weakest and nearest to the Ma continent.


    Since the Ma continent was south of the Anga continent, Ben came to this ce first and found the queue for the store.


    ***


    As the tradition was, Aakesh opened the door of the store after the sunrise.


    As usual, a crowd filled with tens of millions of customers stood outside the gate. As Aakesh surveyed the people, he noticed arge number of supreme card owners standing in the queue, unlike the previous days.


    Aakesh then turned around and proceeded to his chair while the customers standing outside the store poured into the store like a raging tide.


    In no time, the overcrowded street turned into an empty area while the store amodated all of them.

 Chapter 627

    Chapter 627: A New Customer!


    As the customers flooded the store, the system acted. In no time, the store¡¯s space expanded to amodate all the people without them even knowing it.


    The customers then looked at themselves only to notice that none of them had gotten a golden light surrounding them.


    ¡°Store owner, did you add even more virtual portals?¡± One of the customers suddenly asked as only when the number of virtual portals would increase the golden light process would disappear for some time.


    Aakesh, who had just sat on his chair, looked at the customer and expressionlessly nodded.


    ¡°Aakesh, how many portals did you add this time?¡± Evelyn asked Aakesh.


    ¡°Let me tell you about the increased time flow rate feature of Panagea,¡± Aakesh looked at Evelyn, moved his eyes away, ignored her question, and then suddenly stated.


    ¡°The increased time flow rate!¡±


    ¡°The increased time flow rate!¡±


    ¡°The increased time flow rate!¡±


    Several exims rang in the store as not everyone had a supreme card or a rtive with it, so they only knew about this feature of Panagea now.


    ¡°Yes, Panagea would have a new feature from today,¡± Aakesh gestured to everyone to stay silent and then expressionlesslymented.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t give the customers any time to respond as he started sharing the time flow rate with every customer and the charges they needed to pay for their respective services.


    ¡°¡­, If you want to enjoy the time flow rate three times the Primal dimension. You need to pay 50 top Primal stones as the entry cost and 25 top Primal stones per hour stay cost,¡± Aakesh concluded, sharing the cost.


    Many customers couldn¡¯t help but heave a sigh filled with disappointment and regret as they couldn¡¯t even afford the time flow rate 1.5 times the Primal dimension, let alone three times the flow rate.


    ¡°Store owner, customers, staying in Panagea for different time flow rates, wouldn¡¯t that mess the timeline in Panagea?¡± A customer suddenly asked as he couldn¡¯t see how it could make sense. The time wouldn¡¯t increase only for the adventurers, but it would also increase for the area where the adventurer was. If an area saw three times the time flow rate, and the nearest area saw the same time rate, it would mess up the power system of Panagea.


    At the same time, there was another question in the minds of several customers. What if a customer who bought three times the time flow rate enters the area where there was already an adventurer but had a lower time flow rate, for whom the system would take precedence.


    ¡°The time flow rate would be simr for everybody inside Panagea,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    Many customers who understood what it meant couldn¡¯t help but look in surprise at each other. The leaderboard in Panagea was already filled with hundreds of millions of names, and now that would grow even further.


    ¡°Store owner, would the Panagea hour¡¯s reward from the leaderboard depend upon Panagea or the Primal dimension?¡± Maria suddenly asked as she had been leading the leaderboard since the reward system¡¯s inception.


    ¡°Primal dimension hours,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied since the reward system had gotten created, keeping the Primal dimension hours in mind.


    Maria couldn¡¯t help but have an exciting expression since she still hadn¡¯t used the reward she had gotten for staying at the top for consecutive fifty years.


    Time flew by.


    The customers then started leaving toward the portal room. Those who had cards went to the portal rooms straight away, while those who didn¡¯t own any of the three cards went to the store owner and paid for their services.


    [Host, you need to promote the store products!]


    Suddenly a mechanical and emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head. Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but shake his head as he knew what the system was implying. He had willingly not introduced the cultivation arts since it was morning. Aakesh decided to wait for the first group to leave the portal room, and then he would reveal the product to them.


    As for why the customers did not notice another open room in the store, Aakesh had closed it before opening the store.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then fell on the sole person standing inside the store, looking around the store with a mixture of tension and awe in his eyes.


    Since the man was a new customer, Aakesh didn¡¯t close his eyes to begin his rxation session and waited for the man to approach him.


    ***


    Ben couldn¡¯t stop himself from entering the store, and as soon as he entered, his eyes fell on the endless quantity of Kadamba on the floor. He couldn¡¯t help but feel a pang in his heart as his family, who had several peak Immortals in their ranks, couldn¡¯t even afford Kadamba the size of his height. They only had an armor that used Kadamba in its creation, and that too belonged to the leader of his family.


    Meanwhile, Ben was also filled with awe and fear as he pondered the identity of the store owner. Ben could see that the Kadamba used on the floor alone was worth more than what many top organizations could earn in their lives.


    As the store hall turned empty and only he and the mysterious blue-skinned store owner remained, Ben felt a tension he had never felt before. Especially when he was at the receiving end of the expressionless stare of the store owner.


    ¡®Maybe the store and the store owner could help me leave this damn cultivation level and have a breakthrough,¡¯ Ben suddenly thought in his heart.


    As soon as the thought arose in his heart, he couldn¡¯t stop himself from stepping forward. He gathered his courage and finally reached the store owner.


    ***


    Aakesh, who had been waiting for the man toe so that he could begin his rxing session, looked at the man as he stood in front of him with a face filled with tension and nervousness.


    ¡°Hello, senior, I am Ben,¡± The man bowed and respectfully greeted and introduced himself to Aakesh.


    ¡°I am Aakesh,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied and told his name to Ben.


    ¡°What store products do you sell, store owner?¡± Ben then asked as standing every moment felt like an eternity to him, and he wanted to stay as far as away from the store owner.

 Chapter 628

    Chapter 628: Sess after Continuous Failures!


    ¡°Store owner, what product does the store sell?¡± Ben asked Aakesh. His tone contained a mixture of anxiety and nervousness.


    ¡°The store currently sells four products¡­,¡± Aakesh began introducing the store products.


    Aakesh had decided to introduce cultivation artter in the day. But since a new customer had arrived in the store and asked for an introduction, Aakesh had to do it.


    ¡°¡­, sold by the store,¡± Aakesh finally concluded the store items production.


    Ben couldn¡¯t help but suck a breath of cold air after listening to the introduction of the store products from Aakesh. If not for fear of the store owner in his heart, Ben would have disturbed Aakesh in between.


    Ben liked all the products Aakesh introduced, but for the moment, the most significant store product was the first-grade superior Pce experience pill. It could help the peak Tao Manifestation level cultivators to have a Tao Pce for three seconds.


    Ben had been stuck at this level for thousands of years, so when he heard about the pill, his excitement knew no bounds. Ben wanted to scream in joy, but he controlled himself. Finally when Aakesh had concluded the introduction, he asked, ¡°Store owner, does the first-grade superior Pce experience pill help me experience any kind of Tao Pce for three seconds?¡±


    The reason for Ben getting stuck at this level wasn¡¯t due to his ipetence, but it was due to the Tao Pce he wanted to create.


    The Tao was Golden Space Fire. It was the mightiest me type Tao in the Primal dimension. As its name suggested, the Tao primarily belonged to the fire, but it also consisted of the element of metal and space. Having three elements at once resulted in the Tao of Golden Space Fire bing one of the most difficult Tao to reach the Tao Pce level and then Immortality.


    Ben considered himself talented and was also confident in it, so he decided to give it a try. But as time passed, the issue didn¡¯t just remain an attempt, but soon it turned into an ego issue. Since it was now an ego issue, Ben wanted to have a breakthrough with it, or he would stay at peak Tao Manifestation till the point where his lifespan came to an end.


    Now that Ben had been stuck in the level for thousands of years, his rigid mind finally softened a little, and he started looking for external help. But how could someone help him ascend into Tao Pce since everyone have their own interpretation of Tao?


    Some considered fire as a source of destruction, while some thought of it as a source of creation. No person had the same interpretation of their respective Tao.


    ***


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to Ben¡¯s question. He then took a nce at Ben. He moved his eyes away as quickly as he hadnded them on Ben. Aakesh found everything that was there for Ben at that time.


    When Aakesh¡¯s eyesnded on Ben, Ben felt himself standing naked in the absolute cold. Even though it was quick enough for Ben not to find out what had happened, his brain reactedter and warned him to move as far as possible from this ce.


    Ben then took a deep breath to calm his pounding heart down as there was no way he was going to leave the store after learning about the pce experience pill.


    ¡°Store owner, I want five first-grade superior Pce experience pills,¡± Ben smilingly requested. Nervousness couldn¡¯t be hidden from his voice as his heart was still quickly beating. As for if it was for fear of the store owner or the excitement of getting the pills, Ben did not know about it.


    After the quest¡¯spletion yesterday, the quantity limit for the sale of pills had changed. Since Ben wanted superior grade pills, he could buy five of them each day.


    Aakesh nodded and then stood up from his chair. He then went toward the pill counter and took five pills from one of the columns on the fourth row.


    The next moment, Aakesh had five pills in his hands. Each pill was of the size of almond but weighed more than the mass of a world.


    The pill was golden in color with orange-colored rings on it. There were three rings in total, and between the second and third ring, there was a pattern of a burning me.


    As soon as Ben¡¯s eyes fell on the five pills in Aakesh¡¯s hands, he couldn¡¯t take them away. His soul screamed for him to snatch these out of Aakesh¡¯s hands. His eyes started turning red like a crazy person, but in the end, his sense prevailed as the fear he had for the store owner doused a bucket of cold water on him.


    Aakesh also noticed the change in Ben, but he ignored it as inside the store, the system protected him all the time. He didn¡¯t even need to fight back. Even if Ben used all his strength, he wouldn¡¯t even be able to make Aakesh feel an itch, but if Ben still thought of attacking, the system would destroy Ben.


    ¡°Forgive me, store owner! I couldn¡¯t control myself,¡± As soon as sanity returned to Ben¡¯s eyes, he bowed and apologized to Aakesh. At the same time, he felt a wave of relief in his heart as it was his second time doing something that could offend the person on the other side, but both times he survived without paying any consequences.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to Ben¡¯s apology. Aakesh then extended his right hand, which held the five pills in it.


    ¡°You need to pay four billion nine hundred and ny million superior Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Ben the price he needed to pay.


    The price of the first-grade superior Pce experience pill varied between ten thousand to one billion superior Primal stones. And since the Tao of Golden Space Fire was one of the mightiest and most difficult out there in the Primal dimension, each pill cost nine hundred and ny-eight million superior Primal stones.


    Ben couldn¡¯t help but freeze for a second after hearing the price of the five pills, but soon he came around as he found it to be satisfying since the pill could help him experience the Tao Pce of the Golden Space Fire.


    He then took out five billion superior Primal stones from his space ring, but after a moment, he raised the number to ten billion.


    Aakesh understood what Ben wanted to do, so he expressionlessly added, ¡°You only need to pay the price of the product you buy. The store doesn¡¯t take lesser or greater Primal stones than the cost of the product.¡±


    Ben couldn¡¯t help but turn awkward for a moment there. He then apologized again to Aakesh and put back the amount other than what he needed to pay for the five pills.


    Aakesh then waved his hands. The next moment, the mountain of Primal stones disappeared from the store. When the system told Aakesh that the payment was what it should be, Aakesh told Ben that the pills were his from now.


    ¡°Store owner, can I eat the pills in the store?¡± Ben suddenly asked Aakesh as he couldn¡¯t wait anymore. He wanted to reach early Tao Pce as soon as possible.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded. Aakesh hadn¡¯t even taken his mouth back to where it should be when Ben, using agility impossible for his cultivation, put the pill into his mouth.


    The next moment, a three-colored light emerged and covered Ben like a cocoon. At the top of the cocoon was orange color, then white in the middle, and finally in the bottom, the color was golden.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t close his eyes as he was confident that Ben would ask to use another product as soon as he got his breakthrough.


    Soon, three seconds passed.


    The cocoon dissolved into Ben as he opened his eyes. His eyes contained a slight hint of disappointment, but soon it turned into determination as the hand returned to his mouth and pushed another pill inside.


    Time flew by, and just like that, nine more seconds had passed.


    Ben¡¯s eyes not only contained disappointment, but also desperation. He had already eaten four pills, while Ben still hadn¡¯t achieved the breakthrough.


    Ben now only had one pill left. If he failed, he would have to wait for another day to buy another pair of first-grade superior Pce experience pills. Wait for another day while knowing that there were pills that could help him seed and he couldn¡¯t buy them would be nothing short of cruel torture on him.


    Ben then took a deep breath and raised his right hand again as it pushed thest pill.


    The next moment, a simr cocoon tost time appeared and surrounded Ben.


    Aakesh nced toward Ben as he was sure that this time he would seed and be an early Tao Pce level cultivator. The store owner needed to be ethical, so if Ben required fewer pills to reach the stage, Aakesh would have suggested it.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, and when one-third of the third second had passed, the cocoon surrounding Ben started shaking.


    In no time, the cocoon started breaking into shards and then falling to the floor, but before they could touch the floor, an invisible force would act and transfer the energy of the shards toward Ben.


    Not long after, the cocoon entirely disintegrated as Ben appeared with his eyes closed. On his head, there was a projection of a golden pce with an orange tint.


    When Ben opened his eyes, they couldn¡¯t help but turn moist since it had taken a lot of effort for him to reach this stage.

 Chapter 629

    Chapter 629: Buying another Product!


    Ben opened his eyes, and a burning me could be seen in them. Above his head, a projection of a grand pce made of gold, white, and orange appeared.


    The emergence of the projection signified the sessful breakthrough of a cultivator from peak Tao Manifestation to early Tao Pce.


    Ben closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, they became normal like before, but they contained an abundance of joy never seen before. With it, there was also a mixture of astonishment and puzzle.


    ¡°I seeded?¡± Ben couldn¡¯t help but ask Aakesh, as it was no less than a dream for him. Ben had been stuck at this level for thousands of years, so when now he finally got his breakthrough, the scene looked like an illusion to him.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and asked Ben if he wanted something else. Aakesh had no interest in waiting here for Ben to celebrate his breakthrough.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± The next moment, Ben bowed and thanked Aakesh. His tone contained sincerity and no falsehood. ¡°I want another product,¡± Ben then added.


    Now that he had be a Tao Pce level cultivator using one of the store¡¯s pills, he wanted to use another one.


    During the store product¡¯s introduction, Aakesh introduced the first-grade Immortal Pce experience pill to him. It had an ability not known to the majority of the inhabitants of the Primal dimension.


    The pill could help cultivators of Tao Pce cultivation to upgrade their Tao Pce by one level, bing more powerful than other Tao Pce cultivators in their respective levels or when they ascended to Immortality.


    Ben then requested Aakesh for one first-grade Immortal Pce experience pill. Any customer could buy four pills of each grade in the Immortal grade pills, but what Ben wanted cost too much for him to buy four of them, so Ben decided to buy only one of them for now.


    (A/N: I made a mistake in yesterday¡¯s chapter. Instead of using superior, I used supreme Primal stones. Now, I have edited the chapter and rectified my mistake. Sorry for the trouble!)


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded. He then stood up from his chair and went back to the pill counter.


    This time, Aakesh went to the fifth row and took out a pill from the seventh column.


    Simr to thest pill, it was also golden in color with orange rings on it. But this time, the number of rings was five, and there was no pattern embedded in it.


    As soon as Ben¡¯s eyesnded on the pill, he couldn¡¯t help but groan in pain as a soul-crushing pain attacked him. Ben did not take long to guess the source of the pain. It was his newly-created Tao Pce. It was feeling the brunt of the pill just by it existing outside.


    Ben attempted everything to stop the process as he knew if the pressure continued for a while, his Tao Pce would disintegrate, turning all his effort of centuries and millennials to nothing.


    Aakesh suddenly snapped his fingers. The next moment, Ben felt the pain disappear as quickly as it had arrived, but when he looked at his Tao Pce after entering his consciousness, he found it to be as new as ever. Ben couldn¡¯t help but sweat in fear as he understood that what he felt and saw was nothing but an illusion.


    At the same time, Ben also felt excited as the Golden Space Fire had no illusion attributes, but the pill clearly threw him into an illusion just with a nce. Ben couldn¡¯t help but feel horrified and excited over what his new Tao Pce would be after the pill sessfully helped him upgrade it.


    ¡°You need to pay nine hundred ny-nine million, four hundred and sixty-three thousand, seven hundred and eighty-seven supreme Primal stone,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Ben the price he needed to pay for the pill.


    Since the Golden Space Fire was one of the mightiest Tao in the Primal dimension, its upgrade simrly stood at the peak with only a few other Tao. So the cost was almost at the limit of what the first-grade Immortal Pce experience pill cost.


    Ben couldn¡¯t help but get dumbfounded as he heard the price of the pill. Ben had no idea why the store sold it for that price and not for 999,500,000 or 1,000,000,000. He couldn¡¯t gather any courage to ask this question to the store owner, so he decided to forget about it and focus on the pill.


    The next moment, Ben took out the required amount of supreme Primal stones from his space ring, creating a giant mountain. Aakesh didn¡¯t care for it and waved his hands.


    The next moment, the mountain disappeared from the store as it appeared in the system¡¯s space.


    ¡°Here, you paid extra,¡± Aakesh suddenly told Ben and handed him the one extra supreme Primal stones.


    Ben did not know what to say at that moment, but when he remembered Aakesh¡¯s earlier statement, he stopped thinking about it and put it back into his space ring.


    Since the system got itsplete payment, it informed Aakesh, and not long after, Aakesh told Ben that he was now the owner of the pill.


    Ben nodded, and simr to the earlier situation, he put the pill into his mouth with agility impossible for someone of his cultivation.


    The next moment, light particles started emerging out of Ben¡¯s body, and his skin started turning pale. Soon the process came to an end as a cocoon engulfed his body.


    The cocoon was only orange in color, but there was a dark golden hue around it, giving it a mystifying appearance.


    Time flew by.


    The pill provided an experience of three hundred seconds to the cultivator, unlike the three seconds in the superior-grade pill. When finally the three hundredth second arrived, the cocoon with an unimaginable speed disintegrated.


    Not long after, Ben opened his eyes. They contained an abundance of disappointment as from this experience, Aakesh had sensed that he needed tens of pills to reach the stage where he could upgrade his Tao Pce. Ben couldn¡¯t help but feel a prickle in his skin, considering the amount of supreme Primal stones he needed to spend to buy those tens of pills.


    Ben came from a great family on the Ma continent. It had its own advantage and disadvantages. He had arge resource at his bay at any time, but at the same time, he couldn¡¯t use it unless he proved his talent. Ben¡¯s staying at peak Tao Manifestation for millennials had resulted in him getting to the lowest rung of his family.


    Soon Ben¡¯s eyes returned to calm. Now that he had achieved early Tao Pce with such mighty Tao, his ce in the family would rise again, and this time, it would surpass his previous peak status in the family. At that time, he wouldn¡¯t have to worry about spending money.


    Ben had another option. He could tell his family about the pill, but Ben decided against it for now. He would only do it after upgrading his Tao Pce since there were a few siblings of his who were even more talented than him, and Ben didn¡¯t want to lose to them here.


    Since Ben did not have enough money to buy the remaining three pills for the day, he decided to forget about it. The thinking was easy, but doing wasn¡¯t, so it took several moments for Ben toe around.


    Even though Ben couldn¡¯t buy any more pills, there were other store products there. Ben then remembered Panagea.


    ¡°Store owner, I want to enter Panagea,¡± Ben requested.


    ¡°What time flow rate?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked since he couldn¡¯t just ignore it.


    ¡°Three times,¡± Ben straight away responded. He had already spent around a billion supreme Primal stones, so spending another one wasn¡¯t a tough task for him, let alone he only needed to pay in top Primal stones.


    ¡°You need to pay 500 top Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and then told Ben the price of eighteen hours of stay in the Panagea.


    Ben had already taken out the amount since it was already known to him, unlike in the case of the pills where it varied in its cost.


    Aakesh waved his hands. Since the payment wasplete, Aakesh pointed the portal room to Ben and told him the way to enter it.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± Ben thanked Aakesh and then proceeded in the direction of his destination.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes since no customers were currently waiting for his service.


    Time flew by.


    All the two hundred million plus virtual portals were currently filled since they had amodated both groups at once.


    Those customers who had bought the original time flow rate in Panagea could only stay for two hours in the Primal dimension, so their time finally arrived. The system started transporting them out one by one, depending on their entry sequence.


    Since Aakesh had decided to introduce the cultivation arts to the customers after they exited from Panagea, he stood up from his chair and went toward the locked room.


    ¡°Click!¡±


    With a clicking sound, he opened the room as customers started leaving the portal room one by one.


    There were only two rooms open in the store, so when the third got opened, it caught every customer¡¯s eyes.


    All the customers grew excited since an extra open room meant a new product, and a new product in the store meant another fascinating item that would help them in their growth, without many risks.

 Chapter 630

    Chapter 630: Wyatt, A regr Customer(1)


    After exiting Panagea, the customers started leaving the portal room.


    As soon as many exited the portal room, their eyes fell on the unlocked room they hadn¡¯t seen before today. All of them grew excited since any extra open room in the store meant an additional store product.


    Aakesh had also stopped his rxation session since it was now the time for him to introduce the new product to the store¡¯s regr customers.


    In no time, the number of customers waiting in the store after seeing an extra unlocked room surpassed a million. Not long after, it grew to tens of millions, only stopping a few momentster, with the number of people being around 38 million.


    The customers didn¡¯t straight away enter the new room, but they waited for Aakesh to introduce it to them.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t let them wait for long. Sitting on his chair, he started introducing the new product to the customers standing there.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t start with the cultivation arts, but he first introduced the addition of pills, then weapons, the training area, and finally, in the end, Aakesh told them about the new product.


    Customers listened silently, while Aakesh spoke, and as soon as he concluded, they rushed toward the newly unlocked room.


    In no time, the store hall turned empty.


    The reason for customers rushing toward the cultivation arts room first rather than going to the pill section and the weapons room was due to these cultivators being low-leveled cultivators of the Bisan Kingdom. They could not even touch the item that had gotten added to the pills counter or weapon shelves, let alone buy them.


    ***


    ¡®CULTIVATION ARTS!¡¯ Wyatt couldn¡¯t help but exim in his heart after listening to the introduction of a new product from the store owner.


    Having only reached the Soul Formation level of cultivation despite living around two-thirds of his life, how could Wyatt not know what the cultivation art entailed.


    If he had a high-quality cultivation art in his hands, he might have reached a higher level and would have looked young. Despite originating from a wealthy background in the Bisan Kingdom, courtesy of his family¡¯s merchant background, Wyatt¡¯s family didn¡¯t have a good cultivation art. These things rarely came to market, and if they somehow arrived for sale, money was thest thing that anyone could use to buy them.


    Since Wyatt came from a merchant background and Wyatt was also the only son of his father, so he was very busy with his work, especially after the power level of the Bisan Kingdom had grown. Today he had an important trade to do with a merchant from another Kingdom, so Wyatt had decided to leave early from Panagea. But when Wyatt arrived in the store, he learned about the new update, so despite only staying for two hours, he enjoyed his six hours of stay in Panagea.


    Now that the store sold cultivation arts, how could Wyatt not get excited? Despite the value of the product, the store only asked for money as its cost. Wyatt¡¯s family had a worth of a few superior Primal stones, so if he found a good cultivation art at that price, his family would be willing to splurge their lifetime savings to buy such an item.


    Despite getting eager to run toward the art room, Wyatt controlled himself and stayed rooted on the spot until the point where Aakesh concluded the product¡¯s introduction. He then with many other customers thanked Aakesh and rushed toward the cultivation art room.


    Despite knowing about the unlimited avability of an item in the store, Wyatt and all other customers like him couldn¡¯t control themselves from charging toward the room at full speed.


    After entering the room, the sight in front of Wyatt changed as he found himself in a room painted with countless murals across all the walls.


    Wyatt approached the five shelves arranged in the center of the room, ignoring the murals.


    Just from standing there, Wyatt could feel the extraordinariness of the material used in the shelf making, but his meager amount of knowledge didn¡¯t help him know what it was.


    Wyatt didn¡¯t know much about the distinction of grades when it came to cultivation arts, so he had no idea of what to do next.


    As soon as the thought emerged in Wyatt¡¯s head, a wave of new memory appeared in his head, informing him about the five grades of the cultivation arts and what grade was suitable for what level.


    Wyatt wasn¡¯t the only one to have a new wave of information appearing in his head since many of the customers were like him and had no idea about the grades of the cultivation arts.


    The average level of the currently more than 38 million customers present in the room was onlyte Xiantian, so the majority of the customers were looking for meditation ats on the first shelf, responding to Mortal grade.


    The highest level in the current group of the customer was onlyte Soul Formation, so the remaining were looking for their respective cultivation arts on the next shelf.


    Wyatt was an early Soul Formation level cultivator. Since Rare-grade Qi-type cultivation art had its use for Soul Formation and Nascent Soul, Wyatt was also looking for a suitable art on the second shelf.


    No customers of the lot dared to check on the section that referred to levels higher than their cultivation. Despite there being only two shelves and the number of people being more than thirty-eight million, the scene looked calm.


    [Name- The Art of Longevity,


    Grade- Rare grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In The Art of Longevity, the cultivator uses Qi to increase his lifeforce, so they could live longer than other cultivators of the same level,


    Users: Soul Formation, Nascent Soul.


    Price: 500 top Primal stones.]


    Wyatt was currently looking at the screen of the cultivation art he had in his hands. Wyatt couldn¡¯t help but get excited after reading the details of the art, helping increase the lifespan of the cultivator.


    Wyatt had lived two-thirds of his life, while his father was at the end of his lifespan and only had around thirty-fifty years to live.


    Wyatt didn¡¯t choose to buy the art straight away, but instead, he decided to use the preview feature before deciding whether he wanted to buy it or not.

 Chapter 631

    Chapter 631: Wyatt, A regr Customer(2)


    Reading that the Art of Longevity could help Wyatt increase his lifespan, he fell into confusion about whether he should buy it or not.


    The art cost five hundred top Primal stones, so it wasn¡¯t cheap for Wyatt to splurge on it.


    Wyatt then suddenly remembered the preview option the store owner had told about, but he had forgotten it in the excitement of learning about the cultivation art. Wyatt had no idea that it was he who remembered it on his own, but it was also done by the store owner just like the memory of the type of the grades of cultivation arts.


    Wyatt could only buy a Rare-grade cultivation art, so to preview its detail without having to buy it, he needed to pay five percent of its total amount. If he bought the art in the end, he would only need to pay the remaining ny-five percent, but if he bought another one, that five percent would belong to the store.


    The Art of Longevity cost five hundred top Primal stones, so even 5% of it wasn¡¯t any insignificant sum as it came to twenty-five top Primal stones.


    But since wasting twenty-five Primal stones was better than wasting five hundred stones, Wyatt decided to use the preview option.


    Since Wyatt owned a card, the system deducted twenty-five top Primal stones from it after Wyatt gave his permission.


    The next moment, the screen showing the outside details of the cultivation art expanded, and soon, it turned into a virtual book.


    Wyatt opened the first page of the book, and what greeted him was the title in golden fonts.


    Wyatt then turned the page over to the next one.


    On the second page, there was a human body painting. It showed how the Qi flew to the body.


    Wyatt couldn¡¯t help but smile wryly as he found his knowledgecking again. He already knew about the way Qi flew into the human body, but after seeing the diagram, Wyatt found how many things he had gotten wrong.


    ¡®Maybe that¡¯s why I am only an early Soul Formation,¡¯ Wyatt couldn¡¯t help but think in his heart as for someone of his lifespan and background, reaching only early Soul Formation was nothing but an insult.


    Wyatt then refocused on the book since there was no point in disparaging himself and wasting time rather than focusing on what was in front.


    After reading the diagram three times, Wyatt turned the page over to the next one.


    Before opening the book, Wyatt had thought that the store would do its magic and he would get the information about the cultivation art in his head just like the memory of the grades. But after opening the book, Wyatt found his thoughts to be incorrect.


    No memory of the art got imnted into his body, but he had to read the details line by line, word by word, and figure by figure.


    Despite reading the Qi-flow diagram three times, Wyatt had forgotten many things about it. But since there was no point in wasting time learning every detail of the figure when the customers would forget everything about the art if they didn¡¯t buy it.


    The third page had some information about the usual lifespan of the cultivators. The fourth page finally showed how to cultivate, and what stages it had.


    Time flew by.


    Wyatt finally reached thest page of the virtual book. Unlike other pages of the book, it was nk.


    Wyatt then closed the book and his eyes. He then remembered the basic information he had learned about the art. The virtual book in his hands disappeared since its work was done.


    A few secondster, Wyatt opened his eyes and took a deep breath. He had made his decision about the art.


    A look of struggle appeared in his eyes as he extended his hands to the shelf to take out another cultivation art.


    Taking out another cultivation art didn¡¯t mean that the preview spending would be termed null. In the end, if Wyatt decided to buy the Art of Longevity, he would still only need to pay ny-five percent of the total cost of the art.


    The reason for the struggle was Wyatt making up his mind not to buy the cultivation art. As its name suggested if Wyatt cultivated it as the book told, he would live at least several years more than the cultivator of his level. But unfortunately for Wyatt, except for increasing the lifespan, the art¡¯s other abilities were mediocre at best.


    Living longer was a dream for any person, but at the same time, being mediocre while living long was nothing but pathetic and didn¡¯t suit cultivators who fought with thews of the Multiverse to grow strong.


    Time flew by.


    After reading the outside details of a few more cultivation arts, Wyatt finally came across a second art where he wanted to use the preview option.


    [Name- The Art of Five Elements,


    Grade- Rare grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In the Art of Five Elements, the cultivator uses Qi of the primary five elements to increase his cultivation. At the same level of cultivation, the cultivator with the Art of Five Elements can trump others,


    Users: Soul Formation, Nascent Soul.


    Price: one superior and five hundred top Primal stones.]


    Wyatt couldn¡¯t help but flinch for a second before going through the option of previewing the cultivation art after reading its price. Since he needed to pay 5% of the cost of the art for the Art of Five Elements, Wyatt had to spend five hundred and twenty-five top Primal stones, which was already over the price of the Art of Longevity.


    ¡®Let¡¯s do this. So what if I lose this many stones in pursuit of finding a better cultivation art,¡¯ Wyatt motivated himself in his heart. Unfortunately for Wyatt, the motivation only stayed in his heart.


    Wyatt couldn¡¯t help but grit his teeth as forcing himself to pay the preview amount proved to be a tougher task than cultivating. In the end, logic dictated everything, and Wyatt decided to go ahead with the purchase.


    Wyatt had two reasons for it. First, the more expensive the product, the more beneficial it was for the customer. Second, wasting 525 top Primal stones was better than wasting one superior and five hundred top Primal stones(10,500 top Primal stones).

 Chapter 632

    Chapter 632: Wyatt, A regr Customer(End)


    Since Wyatt liked the cultivation art, ¡®The Art of Five Elements¡¯, Wyatt decided to preview it by paying 525 top Primal stones after the argument of the waste of one superior and five hundred top Primal stones rose in his heart.


    The next moment, Wyatt got the mechanical alert of the deduction of the required amount of Primal stones from his top card. Not long after, the earlier situation rose again as light particles started gathering, and in the end, they formed a virtual book.


    Wyatt opened the book without wasting any time, and soon the first page weed him with the name of the art in golden fonts, while below the title, a five-petal flower was imprinted, showing the color of five elements.


    Wyatt did not waste much time glossing over the title and the flower and turned the page over. Unlike the Art of Longevity, the second page greeted Aakesh with the sight of a diagram. In the drawing, there was a sphere. Inside it, five different colors denoting the elements were seen gathering together to form the sphere, which looked like a world.


    Below the diagram, a simple line was written, ¡®The five elements are the basis of any creation!¡¯


    As soon as Wyatt read that line, Wyatt fell into an illusion where the diagram came alive. He could see the scenery of the creation of a world by the five elements joining together.


    A few secondster, Wyatt came around, but his eyes contained confusion since Wyatt had forgotten the scene he saw in the illusion.


    ¡°Am I forgetting something very important?¡± Wyatt mumbled in confusion. He felt that he had just seen something that could change his life, but no matter how hard Wyatt tried, he couldn¡¯t remember, and it just remained a feeling.


    Wyatt stopped forcing himself to remember the scene since he was wasting time here. Wyatt had left Panagea earlier since he and his father had a trade tomit, so he couldn¡¯t waste much time here. The business would be of no value if he found a good cultivation art, but if he didn¡¯t, the money was much needed, especially after splurging arge amount of top Primal stones on previewing the Art of Five Elements.


    Wyatt then turned the page over and started reading the content on the third page. Time flew by.


    From reading the content, Wyatt could feel that the Art of Five Elements was a league above the Art of Longevity. Despite them being the same grade arts, the Art of Five Elements helped cultivators in an all-around growth, while the Art of Longevity had mediocre abilities except for it helping in increment of lifespan to the cultivator.


    More time flew by. Wyatt forgot about the trade as he got assimted into the content of the cultivation arts. He couldn¡¯tprehend the majority of the content, but that didn¡¯t stop him from reading pages at least three times.


    Wyatt finally reached thest page. There was no nk page like in the previous art¡¯s virtual book, this time, words filled the page.


    [Creation of Five Elements Natal spirit:


    Creating the Five Elements Natal spirit would help the cultivator get a helper of the same cultivation as them. The spirit would grow with the cultivator akin to the growth weapon. It will also help the cultivator cultivate the Art of Five Elements¡­,]


    The page introduced the Five Elements Natal spirit to Wyatt. At the same time, it also showed the way to create one.


    Wyatt couldn¡¯t help but suck a cold breath of air as not a single material was cheap. Just the basicponents like true water¡¯s drop, magma fire¡¯s drop, white sky stone, etc., would cost more than the worth of his family.


    At the same time, Wyatt felt an excitement he had never before.


    Wyatt had heard about the Five Elements Natal spirit, and it was almost a legendary item in these parts. If Wyatt were to sell its recipe alone, he would earn several folds of the amount he would spend in buying the Art of Five Elements.


    As soon as the thought of selling the recipe emerged in Wyatt¡¯s mind, an invisible force suddenly attacked him and threw him to the ground several meters away, catching the attention of all the customers checking the art in the room.


    ¡°Ugh, Cough!¡±


    Wyatt couldn¡¯t help but groan in pain and cough blood out as he felt the mixing of his internal organs. His face turned pale from horror as he finally understood what had happened to him.


    With a horrified expression on his face, Wyatt turned around in the direction of the exit.


    A few secondster, Wyatt stood up from the spot and returned to the virtual book floating in the air near the Rare-grade shelves. Other customers had looks of ridicule in their eyes since the store only punished those who thought of going against the rules of the store.


    One customer who had faced the same situation when the store had started selling weapons felt sympathy for Wyatt. The man then told Wyatt to look at the rule board, which Wyatt had ignored from the start in the excitement of getting a cultivation art.


    Time flew by.


    After Wyatt faced the attack and read the rules, Wyatt never thought of selling the recipe to earn money.


    Since Wyatt liked the cultivation art and found it suitable for his family, he decided to buy it.


    For the cultivation arts, cards didn¡¯t deduct payments, but only the store owner could do so. So Wyatt left the art room and proceeded toward Aakesh, who already had a few customers standing in queue to purchase their respective cultivation arts.


    ***


    ¡°Hey, system, why don¡¯t you deduct the cost of cultivation arts from the three cards?¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but request the system since the queue standing in front of him was growing bigger with each passing moment.


    [No, Host!]


    The system¡¯s response came right away. Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but feel that the system did this so he would stay awake in the store all the time.


    Aakesh¡¯s thoughts didn¡¯t turn out to be incorrect, as when he asked the system for rification, the system epted it.

 Chapter 633

    Chapter 633: Curiosity!


    After Aakesh introduced the cultivation arts, he hadn¡¯t been able to rx since only Aakesh could sell the cultivation art, not the store cards.


    At the same time, Aakesh¡¯s wealth was getting bigger since he not only earned a one percentmission from the sale of cultivation arts, but he was also earning the entire amount spent by the customers to preview the cultivation art.


    Time flew by, and Wyatt¡¯s turn finally arrived.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± Wyatt told Aakesh as he had a page in his hands.


    Aakesh could also see the virtual book floating near the page since it was only visible to the store owner and the customer who bought the preview option.


    The next moment, all the details of the cultivation art emerged in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°Since you have already paid five hundred and twenty-five top Primal stones, you need to pay nine thousand nine hundred and ny-five top primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Wyatt.


    Since Wyatt had a card, he could pay the conversion amount, but if he didn¡¯t have one, he would have had to pay one superior Primal stone, and Aakesh would have returned the extra twenty-five top Primal stone to him.


    The next moment, a mechanical alert appeared in Wyatt¡¯s head, asking him whether he wanted to pay or not.


    As soon as Wyatt gave the nod, one superior Primal stone disappeared from his card space while twenty-five top Primal stones got returned since Wyatt didn¡¯t have that many top stones in the card space.


    Not long after, Aakesh got the alert of sessful payment, and soon, the notification of hismission getting transferred to his portal space rang inside his head.


    ¡°It is now yours,¡± Aakeshmented.


    Wyatt couldn¡¯t help but smile. Everyone could see that the smile was fake since no person would be able to smile with that pale, horrified face.


    It did not take long for Wyatt¡¯s smile to turn sincere as the virtual book floating in the air suddenly started materializing. In no time, a book simr to how it looked when it was virtual appeared and started falling. Wyatt caught it before it could touch the ground.


    ¡°Don¡¯t think of selling anything rted to the Art of Five Elements,¡± Aakesh suddenly stated, taking away the smile that had appeared on Wyatt¡¯s face.


    Aakesh wasn¡¯t warning everyone about the rules of cultivation arts, but since Wyatt was the only one who faced a warning from the system, Aakesh did it. At that time, he was in the store, so he survived. But if he were to do this outside the store after purchasing the cultivation art, the system would have burnt the book to ashes while giving a severe injury to Wyatt since no one could challenge the dignity of the store and the store owner.


    The smile froze on Wyatt¡¯s face, but soon it returned to normal. His face still stayed pale as the feeling of the mixing of his internal organs still haunted him in his mind.


    ¡°I would keep that in mind, store owner,¡± Wyatt bowed and stated. He then thanked Aakesh and left the queue and then the store since there were already several people waiting in line for their turn to purchase the cultivation art.


    After leaving the store, Wyatt rushed toward his house while the store continued having customers.


    ***


    ¡°Why so much rush?¡± Lilith raised her eyebrows in surprise after seeing arge group of people standing in front of Aakesh.


    Lilith found talking to anyone other than Aakesh an insult. And since she didn¡¯t see anyone meditating in the store, waiting for their turn in Panagea, she didn¡¯t ask for the reason for queue and went toward the portal room since she had a card of her own.


    Lilith was an owner of the supreme card, so she had also gotten the notification of time flow change in Panagea and their rates.


    For Lilith, a trillion supreme Primal stones and one supreme Primal stone had the same value: they were useless, so without thinking of anything, Lilith chose the three times the time flow rate and touched the nearest virtual portal. The next moment, a suction force more powerful than anything for her to handle appeared and sucked her inside.


    Time flew by, and eighteen hours had passed for Lilith.


    Even though Lilith had spent eighteen hours in Panagea, only six hours had passed in the Primal dimension, so when Lilith got forced out of the virtual portal by the system, the sun was still in the air, with quite a time away from the sunset.


    As Lilith exited the portal room, she had the idea of asking Aakesh about the reason for the queue in the morning, but when she reached the store¡¯s hall, she couldn¡¯t help but get even more surprised.


    The queue in the morning looked tiny inparison to the number of people currently standing in the line for their turn. Lilith took a single nce at the crowd and found the number to be eight hundred thousand, seven hundred sixty-five people. While taking a look around, Lilith¡¯s eyes fell on the newly-opened room and the customersing out and entering it like a stream.


    Lilith¡¯s curiosity got the better of her, and she also joined the queue since she would only ask Aakesh about the reason.


    ***


    Seeing the queue gettingrger andrger with people joining it every passing moment, Aakesh decided to be even quicker. In only a moment, Aakesh made several sales, resulting in the queue gathering speed falling.


    Several minutester, Aakesh¡¯s consecutive purchase came to an end as he found a familiar figure standing in front of him.


    ¡°What is this new product?¡± Lilith asked Aakesh. She understood that only a new product could make Aakesh so busy, but since she didn¡¯t specifically want to go to the room or had any interest in asking other customers, she asked the store owner.


    Since Lilith was here as a customer, Aakesh introduced the cultivation art to him even though she had no use for it.


    Lilith¡¯s interest in the new product died as soon as she heard what it was.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you add some product that would help us get close?¡± Lilith suddenly suggested to Aakesh with a smile on her face. She then, without waiting for a reaction from Aakesh, turned around and left the queue.

 Chapter 634

    Chapter 634: End of the Day!


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you introduce a product that will make us close?¡± Lilith suddenly asked with a knowing smile on her face. Then without waiting for Aakesh¡¯s response, Lilith turned around and left the store since there was arge queue waiting behind her for their turn.


    Aakesh only shook his head with a wry smile since she had gotten used to these antics of Lilith in the past several decades. She still had a lot of time left for her vacation, so Aakesh only expected her actions to get weirder.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it since after Lilith left, there was already a customer standing in front of him with a page in her hands.


    There was no virtual book floating around the page, so the girl hadn¡¯t bought the preview option.


    ¡°Store owner, I want to buy this one,¡± The girl timidly requested Aakesh.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and nced at the page in the girl¡¯s hands. The next moment, all the details of the cultivation art appeared in his mind.


    ¡°You need to pay 70 ordinary Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the girl.


    The girl nodded and took out seventy ordinary Primal stones from her space ring with a look of struggle on her face. It was all the wealth she had with her, so if she bought the art, she would only get left with a few ordinary Primal stones.


    The girl¡¯s hands struggled as they pushed the Primal stones toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t take them into his control yet as he wanted the customer to be sure about the purchase.


    ¡°Forgive me, store owner,¡± The girl had a red face from embarrassment as she apologized. Even though she was blushing, she still didn¡¯t push the Primal stones away from her.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response but only expressionlessly stared at her.


    Finally, a few secondster, the girl gave up on her struggle and pushed the Primal stones away.


    ¡°Are you sure?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked as once he took the amount, there was no returning from the sale unless the item failed to do as per its description.


    The girl¡¯s already red face turned even redder as she nodded and then didn¡¯t dare to look straight into the face of the store owner.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response and waved his hands. The next moment, the Primal stones disappeared from the store and appeared in the system space.


    ¡°The art is now yours,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the girl and gestured to her to move since there was a crowd waiting behind her for their turn toe.


    Aakesh understood that the crowd would stay for only a few days like this since there was a limit per life on the sale of the cultivation art per grade, and no cultivator could buy the cultivation arts higher than their level, so the customers would get saturated after a few days.


    The girl thanked Aakesh and left the queue and then the store.


    As expected, the next customer arrived right after the girl left, and Aakesh got busy again.


    Time flew by.


    The store saw a further increase in the number of customers today since the number of virtual portals had almost doubled, while at the same time, there was a new product.


    After the time flow upgrade arrived in Panagea, the number of customers didn¡¯t stay fixed per group. Those who couldn¡¯t afford any other time flow rate chose the same flow rate and left the portal only after two hours passed in the Primal dimension, while those who could afford went for the three times rate and stayed for the whole six hours in the store.


    More time flew by, and the remaining hour in the store came to an end. The Anga continent and Visteerna weed the arrival of the darkness with the setting of the sun.


    With the setting of the sun, the mysterious store also closed for the day, announcing an end to another fruitful day for many across Visteerna and the Primal dimension.


    ***


    After closing the store, Aakesh turned around and looked at Lily, who was just an inch shorter than him in height.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go for the training,¡± Aakesh smilinglymented. Lily nodded with a mixture of distraught and helplessness in her eyes.


    Aakesh ignored that expression since he had already gotten used to it. Whenever the time for training arrived, Lily would have the same mixture of emotions. For some reason, Lily didn¡¯t like training even when she worked harder in her supposed conquest of Panagea.


    The next moment, Aakesh and Lily disappeared from the store¡¯s hall, bringing a round of silence in the empty store.


    After appearing in the selection area, Lily chose her usual training environment and pushed the switch. The next moment, the space started cracking in front of her and sucked her inside.


    After Lily left, Aakesh went to his right and picked his weapon for the day since Aakesh had been using a different type of weapon every day for thest several days.


    Aakesh then went to his left, chose the training area, and pushed the button. The next moment, a simr situation like LIly emerged as a space crack appeared and sucked Aakesh inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in familiar surroundings. It was none other than the training environment where Aakesh could only enter once and would have to face a different opponent every day.


    Not even a moment had passed after Aakesh¡¯s appearance here, when suddenly a blue window appeared in front of him. It asked whether Aakesh wanted to start from the first round or begin from other rounds till the eighteenth level, which Aakesh had yet to clear even when he used the sword.


    Aakesh chose to start from the first round since he had a new weapon in his hands today, and he still wasn¡¯t aware of what race the opponent belonged to.


    After Aakesh chose his option, light particles started moving away from the blue window, and in no time, the window entirely disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to clear the first round or return tomorrow since the training environment was only avable once a day to Aakesh, until he died.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    Not long after, a bestial roar filled with majesty and cruelty rang in the area, announcing the arrival of the beast.

 Chapter 635

    Chapter 635: Battle!


    Aakesh looked in the direction of the roar and couldn¡¯t help but get surprised after seeing the beast.


    The beast coldly looking at Aakesh, had eight legs in total and two heads. One head belonged to the eagle, and the other belonged to the brown-skinned tiger, while all the eight legs were eagle ws. At the same time, two wingsrge enough to hide the sun rxed on the creature¡¯s shoulders, with each feather having sharpness equivalent to a sword.


    The tiger head had roared while the eagle head was only looking at Aakesh with nothing but unprecedented cruelty and sharpness in its eyes.


    The creature belonged to a race called, Hydrikans. It is a race that predominantly lived in the Sacred dimension, with it being one of the top races there.


    Aakesh then looked at the weapon in his hands. It was a pistol, once a popr weapon, but nowadays rarely used due to the power difference between it and the sword.


    No matter how quick the pistol user and the bullet were, any good swordsman would easily destroy it, so its poprity declined while the sword grew more and more popr.


    The pistol he had was automatic with almost three thousand shots per second. Each bullet released from the pistol was powerful enough to create a giant hole in the Void beast¡¯s body and kill them in a single shot. Even so, Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but shake his head disappointedly, the opponent standing in front of Aakesh was one of the creatures he would rather not face when he used a pistol. Hydrikans were not only known for their strengths but also for their extreme agility.


    ¡°DING!¡±


    The next moment, the sound of the bell rang in the area, announcing the start of the battle.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    Without giving even a moment to the Hydrikan, Aakesh aimed toward the creature and took his shot. The pistol released an explosion-like sound as it released the bullet.


    The Hydrikan dodged the first shot skillfully, but unfortunately for it, its opponent was Aakesh. It was only the first stage, and its agility couldn¡¯t evene close to Aakesh¡¯s.


    Aakesh took another shot, sessfully anticipating the dodging direction of the Hydrikan. It wasn¡¯t the end, as Aakesh took three more shots, predicting all the five moves the Hydrikan could take to dodge the bullet. If even one prediction turned out to be correct, Aakesh would win.


    Aakesh¡¯s second prediction turned out to be correct as the Hydrikan moved slightly to his left, which looked almost impossible for the creature of its stature. But the Hydrikan did it skillfully, considering the open direction to its left. It had only slightly moved, when another bullet came and hit the area right below its tiger head.


    It was an instant kill as the Hydrikan¡¯s tiger head exploded straightaway while it crashed to the ground, creating a loud sound.


    Suddenly everything around Aakesh froze as a new blue window appeared in front of him. It asked Aakesh if he wanted to repeat the first round or preferred to go ahead to the second level or jump further ahead.


    Aakesh chose to go to the second level, and the next moment, the blue window disappeared, and with it, the Hydrikan also disappeared.


    Time flew by, and several seconds had passed.


    If using a pistol had its disadvantages, it also had its advantages. Aakesh ended the battle quicker than he would have done if he battled with a sword.


    Aakesh currently had a blue window floating in front of him. It asked Aakesh whether he wanted to repeat to the seventh round, go back to the previous levels, or jump to the next level and further.


    Aakesh chose to go to the eighth level. The next moment, the window disappeared, and the Hydrikan riddled with severalrge holes also vanished with it.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    ¡°CRY!¡±


    Soon, a bestial roar and an eagle cry filled with cruelty and anger rang in the area as both Hydrikan¡¯s heads announced their arrival. Its eyes were red since the humiliation of all the seven deaths still stayed with it.


    ¡°DING!¡±


    The next moment, the familiar sound of the bell rang in the area, announcing the start of the eighth battle for the day.


    The Hydrikan wanted to make its movement first, but unfortunately for it, it was still not as quicker as Aakesh.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The next moment, a continuous stream of explosion-like sound rang on the battlefield as Aakesh released several shots at once.


    The Hydrikan skillfully dodged the first bullet by slightly bending its head then the second arrived. Its agility didn¡¯t fail it as the Hydrikan moved slightly right this time, predicting the direction of the next bullet.


    Aakesh had shot around a hundred bullets this time, but the Hydrikan dodged all of them. Despite seeding, the Hydrikan wasn¡¯t happy since it was still Aakesh who held the initiative. The Hydrikan was in a precarious situation as Aakesh already had the pistol aiming at it.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    This time, Aakesh only shot a single bullet, releasing a sound that could even put shame on actual explosions.


    The bullet released from the pistol looked particrly big this time as it flew toward the Hydrikan.


    The Hydrikan couldn¡¯t help but shudder as the bullet gave it a feeling of death from which it couldn¡¯t run.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    The tiger¡¯s head let out an angry roar as it opened its wings, creating a roof of darkness above Aakesh.


    With just a slight jump, the Hydrikan flew into the air and reached quite a distance. Unfortunately for it, the bullet turned its direction, responding to the Hydrikan, and flew toward it.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t stop as he aimed his pistol toward the Hydrikan in the air and released several shots in quick session.


    The Hydrikan knew it couldn¡¯t run so it decided to fight back.


    Its wings started shining as they released a rain of feathers toward the several bullets and Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t let the feathers hit him and skillfully dodged them since each feather held sharpness equivalent to a sword.


    The disadvantage of the pistol showed this time as whenever a feather and bullet shed, the feather came on the top while the bullet got cut into two clean pieces.


    The single shot released by Aakesh was the only one toe on top of the sh as it flew, aiming to kill the Hydrikan.

 Chapter 636

    Chapter 636: Injury!


    The bullet, destroying every feather in its way, flew toward the Hydrikan.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    The next moment, a piercing sound rang in the area as the bullet passed through the Hydrikan while creating a hole at the same time.


    The Hydrikan had a shocked face as it looked down at its chest, only to see blood pouring out from the injury. The next moment, its eyes turned nk as it started falling with its wings frozen since there was no life left in the Hydrikan to move them.


    ¡°CRASH!¡±


    The next moment, a loud crashing sound rang in the area as the Hydrikan created a giant dust cloud on the battle stage.


    Soon, the scene around Aakesh froze as a blue window appeared in front of him. Aakesh, without waiting any moment, chose to go ahead.


    The next moment, a blue light swept past the entire battle stage. When it left, the arena was as new as before the battle.


    Aakesh suddenly sensed a killing intent toward him. He didn¡¯t have to look in the direction to know who it was.


    ¡°DING!¡±


    The next moment, the familiar sound of the bell rang and announced the start of the ninth battle.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, a few minutes had passed.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Aakesh released three shots in session, each bullet carrying enough strength toy ruin to half the continent in Visteerna.


    In response, the Hydrikan flew into the air with only a casual swipe of its wings. The next moment, it pointed the tip of its wings toward Aakesh. Not long after, a rain of feathers began, destroying any semnce of the stage.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The three sharpest and longest feathers took the fight with three bullets, while the other flew toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he pointed his pistol toward the sky and released a shot.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion-like sound erupted from the pistol as a bullet flew from it.


    Its destination was the sky. The Hydrikan sensed a hint of unease from the bullet, so it redirected all its feathers toward the bullet.


    It was as if a paper ne was crashing into a concrete wall; the same was the scene of the feathers crashing onto the bullet. Irrespective of their numbers, they failed to damage it, let alone move its direction.


    As time passed, the sense of danger grew into the heart of the Hydrikan. It suddenly raised its wings in its full might and flew in the direction of the bullet itself.


    ¡°CLANG!¡±


    The next moment, a loud crashing sound rang in the area as the Hydrikan turned out to be quicker than the bullet and shed with it, resulting in sparks originating.


    The bullet¡¯s speed finally slowed down as the Hydrikan was no weakling. It was the thirteenth round, and its speed had finally surpassed the bullet, but since it couldn¡¯t reach the point where it could surpass Aakesh¡¯s reaction speed, Aakesh was still at the top of the sh.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he looked at the Hydrikan shing with the bullet. He would have taken another shot, but if someone were to touch the muzzle, they would melt from the heat alone.


    If Aakesh were to take another shot, the pistol would explode, resulting in the situation bes even more troublesome for him.


    Time flew by.


    Since the Hydrikan was in the way of the bullet, it failed to reach its destination and do what it was here for. The Hydrikan also wasn¡¯t in any good shape as shing with the bullet, resulting in numerous injuries spawning over it.


    The bullet started fading away since its energy couldn¡¯t sustain itself any further, giving a moment of relief to the Hydrikan, but then it suddenly sensed an extreme danger to its life.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, several explosion-like sounds rang as the pistol had finally cooled down.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    ¡°PUCHI!¡±


    The next moment, several piercing sounds rang in the area as the bullet pierced through the Hydrikan¡¯s skin, not giving it enough time to dodge any attack.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Puchi!¡±


    A piercing sound suddenly rang in the area. Aakeh¡¯s cold eyes turned nk as a feather pierced through his heart, bursting it into smithereens.


    The next moment, consciousness returned to Aakesh¡¯s eyes, but he found him standing in the selection area. Since the training environment only allowed a single entry per day, Aakesh would have toe tomorrow again if he wanted to enter.


    There was still quite a lot of time before Lily¡¯s training got over, so Aakesh decided to have a casual training round this time.


    The next moment, he went to his right, put down the pistol, and picked up his bow. He then went to his left, chose the training environment, and pushed the switch.


    The next moment, a space crack emerged in front of Aakesh and sucked him inside, without giving him even a chance to fight back.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in familiar surroundings. Not long after, a blue window appeared, in the mid-air in front of him.


    [Level Selection:


    Level 1: Tap to Enter,


    Level 2: Tap to Enter,


    Level 3: Tap to Enter,


    .


    .


    .


    Level 103: Tap to Enter,


    Level 104: Tap to Enter,]


    Unlike thest training environment, Aakesh didn¡¯t choose the first round but straightaway chose thest option avable, Level 104.


    The next moment, a blue light swept past the entire area around him.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Chhiss!¡±


    The next moment, different kinds of sounds rang in the area. All the sounds belonged to the wind as it flowed at an unimaginable speed. Even Aakesh¡¯s hairs which usually stayed fixed, got disarrayed in no time. His bun felt like it would explode.


    Aakesh, let it explode, and his long hair started flying since there was no other way to do things about it.


    ¡°Chhiss!¡±


    Suddenly, Aakesh felt a burn on his hands, but before he could even feel pain, a cold wind flew near him, creating a sound.


    Aakesh ignored the burn, cold, and sound, but instead, he focused on the bullseye floating in front of him and moving randomly at unimaginable speed due to the wind.


    Aakesh then nocked his bow, stretched the bowstring, and released the shot.

 Chapter 637

    Chapter 637: Panagea!


    As Aakesh released the bowstring, the arrow that had appeared on it flew toward the bullseye, tearing through the air.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he looked at the arrow moving closer and closer to its target.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    The next moment, the arrow reached the bullseye, but it failed even to hit it, let alone pierce the center.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get disappointed as he had appeared here after a long duration of few years, and yet he had failed to hit his mark.


    The next moment, the flowing wind froze as a simr blue window appeared in front of him. To clear the level, Aakesh needed to hit as many marks as the level without missing even a single shot. Since Aakesh failed to hit even the first one, he would have to start again.


    Since Aakesh had enough time, he selected the 104th level again, and soon the blue light swept past his sight once again.


    Time flew by.


    It had been several minutes, and Aakesh was currently attempting the 104th level for the umpteenth time.


    ¡°Bam!¡±


    ¡°Bam!¡±


    ¡°Bam!¡±


    Continuous hitting sounds rang in the area as arrow after arrow hit its mark on the bullseye.


    Aakesh had a cold expression on his face as he nocked his bow and stretched the bowstring, only stopping when it touched his nose, while an energy arrow had started emerging, beginning from its tail feather.


    In no time, the arrow emerged in its entirety. Aakesh then released the bowstring, and it flew toward the bullseye, tearing through the air with a sense of freedom to it as if some caged bird had gotten free.


    ¡°Bam!¡±


    The next moment, a sound rang in the area as the arrow seeded in hitting the bullseye/ Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned even colder as the arrow had missed its mark just by an mm.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes then rxed as the area around him froze once again, and soon a blue window appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh ignored the blue window and disappeared from the spot, appearing in the selection area.


    As Aakesh appeared there, he could see Lily waiting there.


    ¡°Why are you here this early?¡± Aakesh smilingly asked Lily, but the sternness couldn¡¯t be hidden in his voice.


    Lily flinched for a moment, hearing the tone, but soon it tapped on its head with a helpless face.


    ¡®Why am I flinching? I am not at wrong here,¡¯ Lily couldn¡¯t help but think in her heart at that time.


    ¡°I won all the battles I was to fight,¡± Lily replied.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t say anything but only stared at Lily for a moment. He then moved his eyes away and asked the system for the chair.


    Lily would never lie to him whenever it came to training, so Aakesh trusted what she said. At the same time, Lily heaved a sigh of relief, seeing Aakesh not asking any questions further.


    Time flew by. As Aakesh and Lily started discussing their experience for the day as their tradition had be over the past several decades.


    After their discussion came to an end, both Aakesh and Lily disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the store¡¯s hall.


    Within moments, a floating door appeared in mid-air after Lily had summoned it. The stairs connecting it to the floor appeared shortly afterward.


    Lily then talked with Aakesh for a few seconds about her strategies rted to the uing war in her territory and left for the room.


    After the door and stairs connecting it to the floor disappeared, Aakesh turned in the direction of the portal room and proceeded toward it.


    As usual, Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned in the direction of the leaderboard straight after entering the portal room. Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but raise his eyes, as he saw another change in the rank leaderboard.


    There has been no change in the Panagea rank leaderboard for several decades, but only in thest two days, there have been two new addition to the table.


    Yesterday, it was Pento who had made his mark by entering the top fifty. But unfortunately for him, he couldn¡¯t sustain it for long, as there was a newer addition today, and Pento had gotten forced out of the leaderboard, not even staying there for a day.


    The newer entry into Panagea was none other than Lilith. It was also the reason for Aakesh¡¯s surprise since Lilith would have already been in the top ten if she was serious about Panagea, considering her knowledge and fighting techniques.


    Aakesh then moved his eyes away from the leaderboard since it didn¡¯t matter to him what made Lillith get dedicated enough to work hard and increase her level.


    Aakesh then turned toward the virtual portal, touched the nearest to him with just the tip of his finger, and the next moment, a suction force more powerful than anything appeared and sucked him inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared on the same spot he had left before exiting the Panagea.


    Since the time flowed three times inparison to the Primal dimension, he had twenty-four hours here, and yesterday, Aakesh had decided to give half of that time to his ss since he now wanted to upgrade it to Mythical grade.


    Aakesh was currently in the Dark Forest and still very far from any semnce of civilization, so Aakesh decided to first increase his level through killings, and then in thest twelve hours, he would use his ss-rted skills.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Swipe!¡±


    A swiping sound rang in the area as Aakesh cut the creature¡¯s head with a clean swiping movement with his sword.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    ¡°THUD!¡±


    The next moment, two crashing sounds rang in quick session as first, the head fell to the ground, and then the body.


    Since it wasn¡¯t the training area, the ground turned wet with blood while the body stayed there. The creature Aakesh just killed was three levels higher than him, so Aakesh felt the pleasure of gaining some XPs from the kill.


    Without taking even a single nce around him, Aakesh put his sword back into the space ring and took a step forward. If someone were to be here, they would have puked, seeing so much blood and headless corpses spread across the area.

 Chapter 638

    Chapter 638: An Event(1)


    It had been around ten hours since Aakesh had entered the Panagea. In thest ten hours, Aakesh had gained enough XPs to increase his level by one, bing a Level 235.


    Aakesh was currently still not close to any city or settlement, so Aakesh decided to search for one. His ss would benefit him most when the number of people reached a high number, giving him arge pool to choose candidates.


    Time flew by.


    After a search of an hour and a few kills, Aakesh finally reached a city in the deep outer parts of the Dark Forest.


    The Dark Forest spanned over countless miles, so Aakesh had been here for several months, and yet he was still in the outer parts of the forest. If Aakesh wanted, he would have already entered deeper into the forest, but since it was no less than suicide, Aakesh didn¡¯t attempt it.


    In the deeper parts of the Dark Forest, the minimum level creature Aakesh woulde across would be Level 300, so for Aakesh, even escaping in their presence was impossible, let alone surviving to tell the tale.


    ***


    ¡°Adventurer, halt!¡± As Aakesh was proceeding toward the city, he suddenly heard amanding tone ordering him to stop.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even take a nce in the direction of the voice and continued on his journey.


    ¡°I told you to stop,¡± The same voice rang again. This time it contained irritation since the owner didn¡¯t like the adventurer refusing to ept their order.


    Simr to thest time, Aakesh ignored the voice and its tone and continued on his journey.


    The voice called out several times, but Aakesh ignored it every time and finally reached the gates of the city.


    The city didn¡¯t lookrge from the outside. It also only had two guards standing there. Unlike other cities, Aakesh did not find any queue waiting there and he could directly enter.


    ¡°State your purpose,¡± The guard standing on the left side asked Aakesh after seeing him approaching the gate.


    ¡°Travel,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered. The guard nodded and gestured for Aakesh to enter. Unlike in other cities, there was no entry charge here, so Aakesh did not need to pay.


    As Aakesh was leaving, the guard standing on the right suddenly stopped him and asked him, ¡°Did you hear any voice telling you to stop on your way?¡±


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and then made his way to enter the city, unaware that a look of horror had spread across both the guard¡¯s faces when they saw Aakesh nod.


    Since Aakesh was Level 235, equivalent to Immortal in the Primal dimension, Aakesh would have noticed the look of change in the guard¡¯s expressions, but he didn¡¯t.


    Aakesh also didn¡¯t notice that he didn¡¯t check the levels of the guards like he used to do in every city. It was as if there was an invisible influence showing him things different than they were on the outside.


    ¡°Should we kill him?¡± The guard standing on the left suddenly asked. His face still contained a hint of horror as if there was something very threatening about the voice and the adventurer.


    ¡°He is an adventurer. We can¡¯t kill him,¡± The guard on the right responded with helplessness in his voice. If they wanted, they could have easily killed Aakesh since each guard was a Level 300+ creature.


    Aakesh stood no chance against them even if he used the entirety of his strength of the Primal dimension, let alone Panagea. But since adventurers in Panagea have the ability of unlimited revival, the guard couldn¡¯t help but stop short of killing Aakesh.


    ¡°So, we let it create a wave of destruction in Kakar?¡± The guard on the left asked with a slight hint of anger in his voice.


    ***


    Unaware of getting in danger, Aakesh continued toward the busiest point of the city.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh¡¯s journey finally came to a stop as Aakesh finally found himself in a ce filled with people, the market in Kakar.


    The next moment, Aakesh activated the skill Universal Eye.


    He was then going to activate the skill, Fortune Eye, but before he could do that, a look of surprise dawned on him and he froze in his actions.


    In the projection of a radius of eight yojanas around him, Aakesh saw a grey-colored figure where he stood, signifying that it wasn¡¯t Aakesh but some other creature who exceeded the level of the skill, Universal Eye.


    ¡°I never expected to meet a Watcher here,¡± The next moment, a familiar voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    The voice was none other than the voice he had heard on his way over to the entrance of the city, ordering him to stop.


    ¡°What¡¯s an Anarchic Parasite doing here?¡± Aakesh responded. The surprise couldn¡¯t be hidden from his voice.


    Anarchic Parasite was one of the Primordial races exclusive to the third dimension that had gotten extinct over time. At their peak, they were one of the overlords, showing their might. If not for the unfortunate tragedy befalling them, they would have been one of the top ten races of the Multiverse.


    ¡°You know me?¡± This time it was the turn of the voice to get surprised as it never expected Aakesh to know about its race.


    ¡°Since you know my race, you must also know why you became my carrier,¡± The next moment, the voice returned to its normal haughtiness as it smuglymented.


    If Aakesh knew about the presence of the Anarchic Parasite here, he would have wasted a few more hours searching for another city rather thaning here.


    The anarchic Parasite was known for its strength since it had a simple way of capturing its host. It would call for the person it wanted to make its host. If the voice traveled to the host¡¯s ears, then it hadpleted half of its work.


    If the supposed host ignored the call made by the parasite, its capturing speed would be less, but if the host epted the call, they would lose their soul and be the host of the Anarchic Parasite. No matter what the host did, they would get captured, ignoring gave some time to the person to fight back, but since Aakesh was not aware of its presence here, he didn¡¯t think of doing anything and got captured by the parasite.

 Chapter 639

    Chapter 639: An Event(2)


    ¡°What do you want from entering this low-level city?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he also returned to his normal mental state.


    For him, who was only Level 235,paring a city that had Level 300+ guards to a low-level ce, seemed nothing but outrageous. But when thement got put inparison to the Anarchic Parasite, the statement seemed the natural thing to speak.


    Even a newborn Anarchic Parasite was a Level 500+ creature and a Divine-grade lifeform, so even at that stage, the parasite could raze this city just from its breath.


    ¡°I am injured,¡± The parasite honestly answered. Since despite being wounded, it was still strong enough to raze the city, so it didn¡¯t think of lying.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Oh, it seems we have got the attention of the strongman of the city,¡± As Aakesh was looking for an event to gain levels, he suddenly heard the parasite¡¯s voice in his head.


    Since the power difference between the injured Anarchic Parasite and Aakesh was too much for Aakesh to close it, he decided to ignore the parasite for now. As for getting his soul captured, Aakesh didn¡¯t worry about it. His soul was in the protection of the system, so as long as the parasite thought ofpleting its capture by erasing Aakesh¡¯s soul, the system would automatically act and erase the parasite, even though it was in Panagea. It was a different matter that Aakesh would have to pay for it.


    The Anarchic Parasite could also sense a hint of danger from Aakesh¡¯s soul, so it stayed contented with capturing Aakesh¡¯s body. It had its own advantage and disadvantage.


    The advantage was that Aakesh¡¯s actions were in its control, and it could still influence Aakesh¡¯s decisions. But the disadvantage was that if Aakesh killed himself, the parasite would lose control of Aakesh¡¯s body after his revival due to being an adventurer.


    The Anarchic Parasite also knew it, so it didn¡¯t force Aakesh to do anything and let him do things he would do naturally. As for its injury, when it sensed the medicine for which it hade here, it would make Aakesh get it even if it meant Aakesh killing himselfter.


    ***


    ¡°Found you,¡± Aakesh suddenly mumbled as he finally found a suitable candidate.


    On the golden projection, a few hundred meters away from Aakesh, stood a woman doing shopping, who had a lot of gold as well as ck lines above her head. It signified rewards and risks. The more the danger, the higher the gain would be. Fortunately for Aakesh, inparison to one ck line, there were three gold lines, signifying the chances of happening an extremely fortunate event for the woman.


    Aakesh then tapped on her projection on the projection screen. The next moment, an arrow appeared on top of the woman on the projection and also in reality, but only visible to him, while the woman stayed unaware of it.


    The next moment, Aakesh deactivated the skill, Fortune Eye, and then Universal Eye. The gold and blue projection disappeared not long after.


    Soon a ck screen appeared in front of Aakesh. The next moment, it lightened up and started showing the scenery of the woman Aakesh had just selected as his candidate.


    The woman on the screen had a feature to be proud of; blond hair cascaded down her open back, while some of it came up to her face and hid half of her open breasts, giving her face with her half-visible green eyes a mystique look.


    Aakesh ignored her appearance and focused on what she was buying from the herbs and potions store. The pills she bought were majority rted to healing and battling.


    Time flew by.


    It had been around a few hours since Aakesh had appeared in the city. For the past three hours, he had been following the woman while around ten people were following him, unaware that Aakesh was aware of their actions.


    ¡°Oh, they stopped following us,¡± The parasite suddenly told Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care for it as he was already aware that it was not him who the ten people were following but the parasite. Now that Aakesh had left the range of the city, they found safe; they stopped following him. As for the woman Aakesh was following, they would most probably honor her, despite most of them feeling that Aakesh was going to do some evil things with her since he was following her. For the people, the parasite was more dangerous than the dignity or life of a single woman, so they didn¡¯t even try to find out the purpose behind Aakesh following her.


    Time flew by.


    The woman, who was cautious of her surrounding, and yet unaware of Aakesh following her, finally came to a stop on her journey as a wooden door weed her sight.


    Anyone who appeared here would find the wooden door to be mysterious since it was standing without any support and in this ce where there was no presence of life.


    Be was the name of the woman standing in front of the wooden door. It wasn¡¯t the first time she hade here, but the second time.


    During one of her travels a few days ago, when Be was thest alive member of her party, she hade across this door. Her mental state wasn¡¯t any good, so without making any preparation, Be had opened the door and entered whatever was behind it.


    Fortunately for Be, her luck that day was good, so she gained quite a few medicines without losing much of her body parts. If not for her finding a valuable herb, Be wouldn¡¯t have her right hand to use today.


    After the loss of her hand, Be finally came around, so she exited the ce. After making herplete preparation today, she was going to enter the area again.


    Before Be opened the door, she turned around and took a cautious look at her surroundings. Unfortunately for her, Aakesh stayed only a few meters away from her, but even if she were to focus on that spot, she wouldn¡¯t be able to sight Aakesh or his aura.


    Finding no one, Be heaved a sigh of relief and pushed the door open. Aakesh wasn¡¯t going to enter, but he suddenly lost control of his body and followed Be.

 Chapter 640

    Chapter 640: Out of Expectations(1)


    Be cautiously looked at her surroundings, and only after finding no one did she heave a sigh of relief and then slightly pushed the wooden door.


    Aakesh, who just stood a few meters away from him, had an expressionless face as he watched Be pushing the door and then entering the space inside it.


    As Be entered, the door automatically started closing. Aakesh had no interest in going inside the space. He decided to watch the event through a screen.


    Aakesh was going to activate the screen, but his right foot suddenly made movement on its own and took a step forward. Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as he knew it was the Anarchic Parasite doing.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you want me to leave you? I can sense the medicine I want from space. If you help me get it, I would not only leave your body but also help you,¡± The parasite could sense the atmosphere around Aakesh suddenly changing as it forcefully made Aakesh take a step forward. So far from meeting Aakesh, the parasite had understood that Aakesh was an egoistic being. If it attempted to force him, he would rather fight with an undefeatable opponent than ept the humiliation.


    Not wanting to make the issue big, the parasite decided to tell Aakesh the truth. If Aakesh epted, they would both be happy. If Aakesh disagreed, then the parasite would have no choice but to force Aakesh to do things despite him not wanting to do it.


    As for Aakesh¡¯s fight back, the parasite didn¡¯t care. It only cared for the being that gave it the sensation of danger from Aakesh¡¯s soul, and even that didn¡¯t matter for now since it was injured and wanted to recover.


    As soon as the parasite¡¯s voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head, not long after, out of nowhere, a blue screen containing content in golden fonts appeared in front of him.


    [Adventurer, you have fallen into trouble due to your actions!


    But now, that troubling situation had given rise to a fortunate event for you.


    During your travel, you came across the terrifying Anarchic Parasite and became its host. Due to your unusual background, the parasite failed to take control of your soul, so now the parasite can only control your body and slightly influence you but can not make decisions on its own.


    The parasite is fearful of your unusual background, but at the same time, it has now sensed the medicine that could help it recover from beyond the door, so now it wants to make a deal with you.


    ept the parasite¡¯s offer, and it will help you gain a valuable item!


    Refuse it and be the source of the parasite¡¯s food, despite it being fearful of your unusual background!]


    [Do you want to ept the quest:


    Yes: Tap to Select,


    No: Tap to Select.]


    Aakesh looked at the blue screen in surprise since it was a quest screen that had gotten automatically generated after the parasite¡¯s offer.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but focus on the ¡®terrifying¡¯ since it was the first time he hade across such distinction from the Panagea¡¯s system for any creature.


    ¡°What¡¯s your actual level?¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but suddenly ask the parasite residing in his body.


    ¡°Do you feel fearful?¡± The parasite smugly replied as it could also see the quest screen and its content.


    ¡°My actual power level is Level 938, while currently, it is Level 629,¡± The parasite didn¡¯t let Aakesh wait and added further, telling its level to Aakesh.


    Even Aakesh, who stayed in control of his expression, couldn¡¯t help but have a jaw-dropping moment after hearing what the parasite said.


    ¡°Level 938,¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but repeat as a creature of this level held the same power as the top creatures of the third dimension in the Multiverse. How could Aakesh not feel wondrous, knowing that a creature of such strength was attempting to control him?


    ¡°What would a creature of your strength find here that could help you heal?¡± Aakesh then asked the parasite since finding a Level 400+ item was almost impossible here, let alone a medicine that could help a Level 900+ creature gain its level back from Level 629.


    ¡°If you want to know, you must ept my offer,¡± The parasite¡¯s response rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    After hearing the parasite¡¯s response, Aakesh, without waiting for even a second, tapped yes on the screen. The next moment, the blue screen disappeared from his sight.


    It may look like Aakesh had made a rushed decision, but no, he felt that knowing the reason alone for the parasite healing from Level 629 to Level 938 was worth more than any reward for the quest.


    ¡°Hehe, you aren¡¯t an idiot, adventurer,¡± The parasite couldn¡¯t help butughingly speak after knowing that Aakesh had epted its offer.


    ¡°What is the reason?¡± Aakesh ignored the parasite¡¯s words and came straight to his purpose.


    ¡°Have you heard the story of the ten Emperors? How they were the supreme authorities and how they created a creature mightier than themselves?¡± The parasite¡¯s voice rang in Aakesh¡¯s head the next moment. This time, its tone was different and contained a graveness not heard before in its voice.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response but only nodded and gestured for the parasite to continue. He could sense where the parasite was going with this, but he decided to listen to everything beforeing to his conclusion.


    ¡°They created a seal using their hearts to seal the creature that they created, and as a result, they died. But before dying, instead of transferring their legacies to their descendants, they created a legacy ruin, each where it held their cultivation arts and the only ten Chaos-grade weapons in existence.¡±


    ¡°This door is one of the entrances into one such ruin of the Emperor. I don¡¯t know who the Emperor is, or does it really go toward the actual ruin, or if it¡¯s just one of the many ruins the Emperors jokingly had set before that tragic war,¡± The parasite concluded.


    Aakesh had expected to hear it after the parasite introduced the name of the ten Emperors. However, he still couldn¡¯t help but get surprised, hearing that the space beyond the door was rted to one of the ten Emperors, even if it didn¡¯t turn out to be a legacy ruin in the future.

 Chapter 641

    Chapter 641: Out of Expectations(2)


    ¡°How do you know about it?¡± Aakesh asked, as these things were so secretive that even the Emperor¡¯s descendants had no idea about it.


    At the same time, Aakesh also calcted the value of the ruin. If it somehow turned into a legacy ruin, Aakesh could make an amount that would even put the entire Primal dimension to shame. If it didn¡¯t, even then, Aakesh would make enough to be the richest of the Primal dimension even if he were to pay the outrageous five thousand percent exchange rate to take the money outside.


    (A/N: Aakesh doesn¡¯t have to pay the exchange rate since he is the store owner.)


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to know that,¡± The parasite scoffed, refusing to tell its source of knowledge.


    Aakesh stopped asking the question about it after that since he had no interest in getting refused twice.


    Aakesh then took a step forward and proceeded toward the door, which was on the verge of closing down. This time, it was all Aakesh and not the parasite.


    Since Aakesh didn¡¯t want to see whether the door would open twice or not after closing once, so he rushed and entered the ce beyond the door, with it closing with a bang not long after.


    After entering the space beyond the door, Aakesh took a look around to see where he was. Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as he found himself in the simr ce he was before entering the door.


    Not only the appearance of the ce was familiar, but the amount of life force Aakesh had sensed from the trees around the door was also simr. Aakesh also didn¡¯t find the woman he had selected anywhere, so he activated the skill.


    The next moment, a nk screen appeared in front of him. It soon lightened up, and Be and the scenery around her appeared on it.


    It looked the same as the ce where Aakesh was, so finding Be from the screen could turn out to be a challenging task.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go in that direction,¡± Aakesh was only thinking of a direction to select when the voice of the Anarchic Parasite rang in his head.


    Aakesh ignored the parasite and chose another direction to proceed forward. The parasite only scoffed in response and fell silent in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care about the parasite, as his primary purpose behinding here was to find which of the ten Emperors was linked with the ce. Even he found those figures respectworthy since even in the actual world, only Devas were more powerful than them.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh had no sense of direction and time here since he came across no different area other than the same jungle with the same set of trees.


    Aakesh then focused on the screen, only to find Be also traveling in a simr ce without finding anything.


    ¡®Are my skills working?¡¯ Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but question in his heart since the way the woman approached the door and entered the space; it seemed like it wasn¡¯t her first time appearing here, but now on the screen, she was traveling randomly. In that case, either his intuition about the woman was incorrect, or his ss skills weren¡¯t working.


    For not even a moment, Aakesh felt that his intuition was inurate, so only his ss skill was wrong here.


    Aakesh decided to ask the system about it since the system knew everything, and how could he not take advantage of it.


    [Host, the rule here prohibits Watcher, so your skills aren¡¯t of any use. If you want to gain the benefit of your candidate, you need to see the events from your eyes.]


    As Aakesh had thought, his ss skills weren¡¯t working here. Aakesh did not feel surprised or disappointed since it was to be expected from a ce set by one of the only ten Chaos-grade lifeforms to exist in the Panagea.


    ¡°Are you the leader of your race?¡± Acting against his character, Aakesh took the initiative to talk and asked the parasite.


    ¡°No, my mother is,¡± The Anarchic Parasite stayed silent for a few seconds, but in the end, it finally answered.


    ¡°What¡¯s your mother¡¯s level?¡± Aakesh then asked as he continued traveling.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to know that,¡± The parasite responded and refused to tell Aakesh.


    Time flew by.


    After traveling for god knows how long, Aakesh finally came across scenery different than the ce he had been traveling for so long.


    Aakesh had only taken a step forward when his feet froze on their own. It wasn¡¯t Aakesh that had made the movement, but the parasite that had taken control of Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t get angry with the parasite for the time being as he felt a pair of eyes locking on him.


    Aakesh could only sense the eyes but not see who was the owner of the eyes.


    ¡°Even a weakling like you dare to enter this ce! Just how much Panagea has regressed over these years?¡± The next moment, a voice filled with ridicule rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh stayed silent and looked straight since he had no idea of where the owner of the voice and the pair of eyes was.


    ¡°When I tell you to run, run,¡± Suddenly, the voice of the parasite rang in Aakesh¡¯s head. Its tone contained a hint of graveness to it.


    ¡°Leave,¡± The moment to escape never came as the pair of eyes regressed on their own while the voice told Aakesh to leave.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t leave straight away but waited at the spot for a few seconds, and only then did he move forward.


    Around a few hundred meters away from Aakesh, a tiny creature had its eyes set on the direction of Aakesh.


    If Aakesh were to be here, he would have recognized the race and would have gotten even more surprised than when he found the presence of an Anarchic Parasite.


    ¡°Has the era of the War begun?¡± The creature couldn¡¯t help but mutter since it recognized Aakesh as an adventurer.


    It had been here for countless years, but it still knew the things going on outside since it had no simple identity, but it was directly rted to one of the ten Emperors who owned this ruin.


    ***


    A/N: Hello readers, should we set the ball free for the legacy of the ten Emperors?


    Is it time, or is it still early? Comment your considerations!


    (PS: I would do things the way I had nned!)

 Chapter 642

    Chapter 642: Return(1)


    ¡°Has it begun so early?¡± The creature sighed and mumbled after seeing Aakesh.


    The creature didn¡¯t speak anything after that, and a round of silence fell on the area, while Aakesh stayed unaware that his every action was on the creature¡¯s watch.


    ¡°Was the figure stronger than you?¡± Aakesh asked as the feeling of getting watched finally disappeared.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know,¡± The parasite responded as even it didn¡¯t know where the creature was and its strength level.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t ask anything after that and proceeded forward since he didn¡¯t have an entire day here.


    Aakesh had already spent a few of the twelve hours he had decided for his ss, Watcher, so he only had around eight hours left before he would have to exit Panagea and open the store early in the morning in the Primal dimension.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh¡¯s nd journey finally came to a stop as he suddenly found himself in a new environment.


    The trees he had been continuously seeing for thest few hours suddenly disappeared, and a garden filled with different kinds of materials took that ce.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he nced at all the valuable herbs nted in the garden. Even though the garden looked as if no one had set foot here in countless years, not even a single nt had gotten worse. Each looked the same as it would have looked if regrly cared.


    Aakesh recognized all of the nts and knew their value. If Aakesh could get even one of them to the Primal dimension, it would start a war, despite people having fear and respect for Aakesh; such was the worth of the nts.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t go ahead to take the nts out as he could feel an equally-strengthened energy barrier surrounding each nt, irrespective of its value.


    Aakesh could only sense the barrier, so he decided to activate the skill, Energy Overseer.


    The next moment, Aakesh got shocked as no matter what he tried, he couldn¡¯t activate the skill.


    [Host, the garden here had different rules, and it follows them. You are prohibited from using any kind of skill as long as you are here.]


    Aakesh didn¡¯t try again as the system¡¯s usual mechanical and emotionless voice rang in Aakesh¡¯s head, informing him of the prohibition in the garden.


    For a moment, Aakesh stood there to think about his next steps. The next second, Aakesh raised his right foot to proceed deeper into the garden since when Aakesh turned back, he found a dead end from where he hade to the garden.


    As Aakesh neared the nt, instead of taking it out, Aakesh continued forward.


    Aakesh had decided to leave the garden as soon as possible since the parasite couldn¡¯t sense its medicine here, and Aakesh didn¡¯t feel like taking the nts out.


    Since Aakesh had made his decision, he maintained it even when the level of material reached Divine grade.


    After a journey of around forty minutes, Aakesh and the parasite finally reached the end of the garden, but what weed them ahead wasn¡¯t a peaceful road but a deep chasm.


    Even Aakesh felt a chill crawl down his spine as he attempted to look at the chasm. He felt as if a pair of eyes, even more dangerous than before, were looking at him.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as he never knew fear and took a step forward since the road behind him had also turned into a dead end.


    As Aakesh¡¯s foot came down, the danger level in Aakesh¡¯s heart rose. When his foot was just one inch away from touching the spot where a surface should¡¯ve been, the danger level reached such a height that Aakesh¡¯s body automatically started shaking. Even the parasite that had been lying peacefully in Aakesh¡¯s brain area couldn¡¯t help but shudder.


    Aakesh persisted and set his foot down, waiting to fall into the chasm, but the fall never came. Instead, what weed Aakesh was a soft surface, and the danger level had also disappeared. Aakesh still couldn¡¯t see what it was as the darkness still stayed.


    ¡°Rash but powerful,¡± The next moment, an androgynous voice rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he didn¡¯t care about thement of the voice.


    The voice didn¡¯t appear after that as Aakesh took another step andnded his entire body on the new area. The light appeared in the area and dispersed the darkness, unveiling the area where Aakesh was.


    What weed Aakesh¡¯s sight was a circr altar with ny-nine steps in total. Aakesh found the appearance of the altar familiar, and the next moment, the memory of an event appeared in his head.


    When Aakesh appeared in Panagea for the first time, he had witnessed the birth of the conflict between the Emperors. Many may forget things they had seen in history, but not Aakesh.


    One of the ten Emperors, Emperor Anu, had such an altar with ny-nine steps in their Empire. The altar had one purpose and that was to pray to the Emperor themselves.


    Considering this fact, Aakesh recognized which Emperor was rted to this ruin. At the same time, he couldn¡¯t help but feel a slight disappointment as it wasn¡¯t a legacy ruin.


    The presence of an altar here signified that this ce once held a worship ceremony for Emperor Anu.


    ¡°I can sense it,¡± The parasite who had been silent and shuddering after the danger from exiting the garden suddenly spoke. Its tone contained nothing but pure excitement.


    Before Aakesh could even ask anything, he felt a wave of pain attacking him. It felt as if someone was ripping the skin off the body and then rubbing salt all over it. For a moment, the pain became unbearable.


    Even though the pain had intensity, it didn¡¯t stay for long.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think of the reason behind the pain as the next moment, the parasite that had been staying in his body appeared right next to him, floating in the air. The parasite had its eyes set on the altar. Its pair of eyes were red and filled with greed.


    ¡°It¡¯s there. Get it to me, and you shall get your reward,¡± The parasite then looked at Aakesh and told him, while its tone was filled with hurry.

 Chapter 643

    Chapter 643: Return(2)


    ¡°It¡¯s there. Get it to me, and you shall get your reward,¡± The parasite then looked at Aakesh and told him while pointing at the ny-ninth step on the altar. Its tone was filled with a hurry as it looked with great excitement toward Aakesh.


    The Anarchic Parasite was half the size of Aakesh¡¯s palm, and its body was entirely grey, with only its eye being different. The parasite only had one eye, and that too was without any sclera, and it was golden in color. Two gray, slightly curved horns, the size of an almond, adorned the head of the parasite, just above its eye.


    Aakesh ignored the parasite as his body was currently reeling with pain, despite the parasite leaving his body a moment earlier.


    The pain only stopped a few momentster, while itpletely disappeared after around a minute.


    ¡°So you want prayers of the follower to the Emperor Anu,¡± Aakesh then expressionlessly looked at the parasite and asked.


    The parasite couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as he never expected Aakesh to know about the specific Emperor.


    The parasite was already aware that it wasn¡¯t a legacy ruin and belonged to Emperor Anu. But since it wanted Aakesh to get excited about the ce enough to enter without it having to force Aakesh, it lied about its confusion.


    ¡°Since you already understand it, I won¡¯t have to tell you what to do,¡± The parasite returned to calm, while its tone turned expressionless, the same as Aakesh.


    ¡°Our deal still stands. Get me that item, and you will get your reward. Fail in getting that item, I will capture your body and force you tomit suicide,¡± The parasite added with the same tone as if it was talking about something very simple.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes stayed expressionless since it was the same thing as what was written on the quest screen. Since he had epted it, he was already willing to go through the failure punishment.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you get it on your own?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked the parasite. The power gap between Aakesh and the injured parasite was something that would take several millennials, if not tens of thousands of years, toplete. It meant that the altar had some danger that even the Level 629 Anarchic Parasite couldn¡¯t handle.


    ¡°I am not allowed to,¡± The parasite expressionlessly replied.


    The parasite understood that this wasn¡¯t enough to make Aakesh satisfy his curiosity, so it further added, ¡°Despite dying for countless years, the faith registered for the Emperor is something that only beings of their level could handle. If any being that wasn¡¯t Chaos-grade lifeform were to touch it, they would burn to ashes straight away, irrespective of its value.¡±


    ¡°There is only one exception to that rule. Any being that didn¡¯t originate from Panagea could handle the faith without turning into ashes. So since you are an adventurer ande from a world far from Panagea, you and people like you are allowed to gather the faith. But unfortunately for you, at the same time, the will of Panagea doesn¡¯t allow any being from outside to devour the faith to be strong,¡± The parasite concluded. When it thought of what might happen if adventurers were allowed to devour faith reserved for Emperors, there was a hint of fear in its voice.


    ¡°But since only I can touch the faith and not get burned, how would you take it from me?¡± Aakesh asked another question.


    A smile erupted on the expressionless face of the parasite, and finally, the mouth that had been shut since the start opened, showing tiny canine-like teeth.


    (A/N: All the conversations happening between Aakesh and the parasite are mind to mind, so when it smiled, it was the first time since the start it opened its mouth.)


    ¡°That¡¯s why I havee here,¡± The parasite smilingly told Aakesh, with wordsing straight out of its mouth. The voice tone was female, affirming the gender of the parasite.


    The parasite didn¡¯t stop and continued, ¡°Emperor Anu isn¡¯t the only one who had worshippers, but Emperor Anu is the only one of the ten Emperors that let go of the faith if it leaves the altar.¡±


    Aakesh nodded as it made sense for the parasite to want to get the faith reserved for the Emperor. Otherwise, there was no point ining here for the parasite. At the same time, Aakesh also doubted the words of the parasite, so he decided to stay extra cautious on the altar.


    In the area, silence fell as Aakesh started making ns for his journey to the top while the parasite focused excitedly on the top step without speaking a word.


    ¡°Adventurer! Why are you here?¡± The silence in the area suddenly broke down as an unfamiliar voice rang in the area.


    Aakesh and the parasite ignored the owner of the voice since they already knew their identity. It was none other than Be, who had arrived here after Aakesh had followed her after she got selected as Aakesh¡¯s candidate.


    Be couldn¡¯t help but feel anger rising in her heart after getting ignored by the two people, but she controlled herself from not making any wrong move. She could sense a hint of extreme danger from the tiny worm-like creature floating in the air, next to the blue-skinned adventurer.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh finally took a step forward, approaching the altar. The parasite stood there, looking at Aakesh as he traveled toward the altar.


    ¡°Don¡¯t harm her,¡± Aakesh suddenly told the parasite. Be was her candidate, so if she did good, Aakesh would get a good reward since getting anything from this ruin was a heavenly fortune.


    The parasite didn¡¯t respond to Aakesh and nced toward Be, who was standing several meters away from it, while ready to escape at any time.


    Be felt her blood freezing as she found the creature ncing at her. The feeling didn¡¯t stay for long as it went by at the same speed as it had arrived.


    ¡°You can also go ahead.¡±


    The next moment, an unfamiliar voice rang in Be¡¯s head since the parasite was aware of thenguage spoken by Be and her race, so spiritualmunication between them was possible.

 Chapter 644

    Chapter 644: Return(3)


    ¡°You can go ahead,¡± The parasite told Be.


    For a moment, Be froze while standing as she misunderstood the context. She thought that the creature wanted her to leave from here and it was a threat, not focusing on the word ¡®go¡¯ instead of ¡®leave¡¯.


    The next moment, she started turning around to leave as the creature gave her an undefeatable feeling as if it was an elephant, while she was nothing but an ant, but without its sharp stings.


    The parasite knew what Aakesh wanted from the girl since she had seen Aakesh selecting her.


    The next moment, an invisible force pulled the girl toward the altar rather than away from it.


    ***


    As soon as Aakesh¡¯s right footnded on the first step of the ny-nine steps on the circr altar, Aakesh found the view in front of him changing.


    As Aakesh looked around, he found himself in a garden that looked eerily simr to what Aakesh had crossed earlier, but this time, it was small and only had a few valuable nts.


    The value of the nts here was of no match to the nts in that garden since these were the most basic herbs, but Aakesh found it to be more valuable than the nts in the garden. His reason was the invisible and mighty energy nurturing these nts.


    Aakesh knew that it was the faith energy stored in the altar since he could feel how tiny he was inparison only to the minuscule amount of faith nurturing the nts.


    Even though Aakesh found the nt valuable, he didn¡¯t find it to an extent where he would waste his time taking them out, so Aakesh continued ahead without stopping.


    As Aakesh crossed the first nt, an inner voice appeared in Aakesh¡¯s head, urging him not to leave the nt. Aakesh ignored it since his mental willpower was even more powerful than his physical strength. In no time, Aakesh reached the end of the garden, ignoring the inner voice that became powerful after crossing every other nt.


    As Aakesh reached the end of the garden, it weed another visitor. Since it was only a few hundred meters in size, Aakesh also sensed Be¡¯s entry into the garden.


    ¡°Until and unless you found something very valuable, don¡¯t take anything out from here.¡±


    The next moment, an unfamiliar voice rang in Be¡¯s head. At the same time, a new piece of memory rted to different kinds of nts and items appeared in her head. There was also a timer in her head, which was of exact five hours, signifying that Be would forget the memory after the timer turned to zero.


    Be couldn¡¯t help but get shocked as she unraveled the new piece of memory in her head. The more she read, the more shocked she became.


    Her eyes then fell on the different kinds of herbs nted in the garden. Earlier, she would have recognized at most a single nt, but now she had every information rted to the nt in her mind.


    She then looked at the end of the garden where the blue-skinned adventurer was when she appeared here, but there she found nothing but an empty ce.


    She then consciously looked at the timer, only to get surprised as more than an hour had already passed, so she now only had around four hours left.


    Be then took a deep breath and took a step forward since time was of the essence.


    ¡®It can help you evolve to a Mythical-grade lifeform. Why don¡¯t you take it with us?¡¯


    As Be passed the first nt, her inner voice rang in her heart, urging her to take the first nt out.


    Be¡¯s breathing turned rough since evolving into a Mythical-grade lifeform was no easy task. She decided to go ahead with the inner voice and take the nt out, but at the same time, that expressionless voice rang in Be¡¯s head. She couldn¡¯t help but stop and take a deep breath. She then started thinking of the words, and a few secondster, there was no greed for the nt left in her heart.


    ***


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, seeing that Be got over her inner voice and didn¡¯t take the nt out. Since Aakesh¡¯s skill wasn¡¯t prohibited here, Aakesh had been watching over Be for the past hour as he continued traveling ahead.


    Aakesh currently was on the sixty-eighth step. He hadn¡¯t faced any challenge up to this point but had onlye across different types of treasures nurtured by the faith energy reserved for the now deceased Emperor Anu.


    More time flew by.


    It has been around two hours since Aakesh stepped on the altar. After traveling for this long, Aakesh finally reached the nieth step. Until this point, Aakesh hadn¡¯te across any situation that could turn dangerous for him, but only the length he had to travel with every step grew several folds, resulting in time wasting.


    As Aakesh stepped on the nieth step, he found himself in a familiar environment.


    It was the same garden, but several lightyearsrger, and at that, there was only one nt nted in the vast area.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get disappointed as it would be nothing but another meaningless travel. If Aakesh were at the power he had in the Primal dimension in Panagea, it would have only taken a moment for him to reach the end. But since he was weaker here, it would take some time.


    Aakesh wanted to end all of this before the sun rose in Visteerna, so Aakesh decided not to waste even a single moment and rushed toward the end.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    As Aakesh passed the nt, a roar filled with anger rang in the area, bringing Aakesh¡¯s travel to a stop.


    The next moment, the ground started shaking as the nt ripped itself out from the ground and charged at Aakesh.


    It didn¡¯t take long for Aakesh toe out as the victor since the nt didn¡¯t know any kind of skill. Despite its overwhelming physical strength, it couldn¡¯t match Aakesh¡¯s power.


    Time flew by.


    After the nieth step, Aakesh had to face a battle on each step, with his opponent getting stronger. It had been around three-and-half hours since Aakesh entered the altar before he finally stepped onto the top step.

 Chapter 645: Return(End)

    Chapter 645: Return(End)


    After around three and half hours of continuous travels and several battles, Aakesh finally stepped on the ny-ninth step, the top of the altar.


    As soon as Aakesh stepped on it, Aakesh found the sight in front of him changing as usual.


    Unlike thest steps, Aakesh didn''t find himself in the garden but the same ce from where he had set his entry into the door. But for some reason, Aakesh couldn''t sense any faith energy, which usually got more significant with increment in each step. At the same time, Aakesh didn''t feel any life force from the trees around him. They looked to be in their full glory, but despite that, they were dead.


    Also, unlike the past floors, Aakesh didn''t find anything of value no matter how far he looked in that endless jungle full of trees.


    Aakesh decided not to waste any time thinking about the change since it was a ruin rted to Emperor Anu, one of the only ten Chaos grade lifeforms in Panagea, so different kinds of surprises were expected. Things would have been severe if they went as Aakesh predicted.


    He raised his right foot, but before he couldnd that foot down, a chill passed through his spine. The sensation was such that Aakesh couldn''t help but shudder.


    A pair of eyes filled with cruelty and coldness weed Aakesh''s sight soon after. As Aakesh looked into those eyes, he felt the same sensation others did when they looked in Aakesh''s eyes. Aakesh thought that he was going to get devoured and needed to move his eyes away to stop the slight shaking his body was going through. Unfortunately for Aakesh, he could only think this, as his brain didn''t act, and the situation continued.


    The feeling of terror only grew in Aakesh''s heart, but it only grew with not giving a single moment of relief to Aakesh.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned colder as they got serious about the fight, giving a slight window to Aakesh. Aakesh didn''t miss that and moved his eyes away from those pair of cruelty-filled eyes.


    When Aakesh seeded, he felt something streaming through his cheeks. Aakesh caught the item, only to feel a surprise never felt before, as it was a drop of sweat.


    Aakesh''s eyes then returned to their usual expressionless since the feeling of cruelty from the pair of eyes looking at him disappeared.


    Aakesh then finally sighted the entire creature as earlier he only had those pair of eyes in his eyes.


    The creature in front of Aakesh was a four-legged beast with the body of a tiger and the tail of a snake. The beast had three pairs of eyes. Out of which only the lowest pair were open, while the upper two were closed.


    The opened pair of eyes were different from each other as one held a ck sclera with a red pupil and a white vertical iris, while the other had a red sclera with a white pupil and a ck iris.


    Aakesh recognized the beast and couldn''t help but marvel at his fortune. Today, he not only came across a top-tier extinct creature in the Multiverse and a ruin rted to one of the ten Emperors, but he also came across a creature that belonged to the top four mightiest races in the Multiverse.


    The race was called #@#@, with it being only third to Asuras and Yakshas in the third dimension.


    (A/N: I don''t have any intention to introduce this race yet as it will y a major role in the future of the story, so it would stay like this unless we reached that point of the story.)


    "So you are helping that worm gather fate rted to my ancestor," The creature opened its mouth, and the next moment its voice rang in the area. It was loud enough to get heard across the Primal dimension if Aakesh were to be there. Aakesh felt the pressure just from the voice of the creature.


    "But Emperor Anu was from a different race," Aakesh couldn''t help but get curious as he still remembered the scene of the war. Even though he couldn''t clearly see the Emperors, from the knowledge gained by him, Aakesh was confident about the race of not only Emperor Anu but other Emperors as well.


    Hearing Aakesh''s response, the creature''s lips twitched as it didn''t believe that someone who was just shaking would respond with such a statement, despite knowing that it could turn harmful for them.


    "You can''t harm me, or you would have already done it," Aakesh could understand what was going through the creature''s mind, so Aakesh expressionlessly added.


    When Aakesh moved his eyes away suddenly, the creature also had a role to y in it. The energy released from the pair of eyes suddenly dimmed down, giving Aakesh more chance to move his eyes away.


    Again when the creature loudly spoke, it stopped at the range from where if its decibel increased even a little, it would have hurt Aakesh''s ears. Aakesh could see that the creature disliked him, but at the same time, he understood that the beast couldn''t hurt him in any way. It attempted to make Aakesh feel fear, but it always stopped at the border from where it could have started turning dangerous for Aakesh.


    In such a situation, what was there to fear for Aakesh?


    The creature''s lips twitched once again, but this time, there was a slight hint of anger in it.


    "Why are you helping that worm get the faith? Don''t you know that the worm would return to its peak shape after absorbing it and would most probably harm you?" The creature added. Its voice was nowhere as loud as before.


    Aakesh didn''t speak since the creature wasn''t aware of the quest. If it were, it would have never done so. Regardless of their level, refusing to do things as stated after the sessfulpletion of the mission was taboo in Panagea. Anyone who did this would face punishment from Panagea''s will, and only Chaos-grade lifeforms could survive that, which fortunately for Aakesh, the Anarchic Parasite was not.


    Seeing Aakesh not responding to its statement, the creature''s eyes turned cruel, once again.


    But soon, the pair of eyes returned to normal, and there was an added hint of helplessness in it.


    The creature wanted to kill Aakesh for even thinking of stepping into the altar to get the faith reserved for Emperor Anu. But unfortunately for it, killing anyone inside the ruin was prohibited by the Emperor. Especially Aakesh, who controlled his greed and won battles against creatures that had higher strength than him and reached the ny-ninth step. It was time for him to reap the harvest of his hard work, not face a Level 999 creature.


    The next moment, the other two pairs of eyes opened for the creature. It would be a lie if someone found it to be the most beautiful thing in existence. In the middle pair, there was a golden sclera adorned with silver pupils and gray irises, while in the top pair, there were seven distinct colors.


    The sensation of his soul getting sucked appeared again, despite Aakesh not directly looking into those three pairs of eyes. But this time, the feeling didn''tst long, and Aakesh didn''t have to do anything to make it go away.


    "Since you have reached this step, you are eligible to get a wisp of the faith energy reserved for the ancestor," The creature opened its mouth and told Aakesh. At the start, its tone was neutral, but at the end, it contained a mixture of anger and helplessness.


    "You are only eligible to get the wisp. It doesn''t mean that you will get it," The creature added before Aakesh could say anything.


    Aakesh only nodded, but the next moment, he felt an invisible force attacking him. The attack never came. But instead, Aakesh found himself in darkness after getting pushed back.


    The darkness had reached such an extent that Aakesh couldn''t even see his fingers or feel himself existing.


    Suddenly, out of nowhere, a ray of light emerged and pierced the darkness engulfing the area.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in an area filled with light while rays of white light flew all around.


    From the ray of white light, Aakesh could sense a feeling of infinity. Having two infinite attributes and slightly understanding the element of infinity allowed him to do so.


    The next moment, a new piece of information automatically appeared in Aakesh''s head.


    Since he was in Panagea and everything was in control of the system, the system didn''t stop the piece of memory from entering Aakesh''s consciousness.


    In the memory, it only said two things. First, each ray of white light is a wisp of faith energy. Second, you can take more than one if you are capable.


    Aakesh also found that each wisp had a prayer of a hundred trillion Divine grade lifeforms, so for Aakesh to take it out wasn''t an easy task.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh currently dragged a wisp of faith light with him as he wanted to leave the ce. Every step Aakesh currently took was no less than torture. Even he didn''t know how much it weighed, but if Aakesh didn''t have unlimited endurance, he would have sat down, feeling tired straight away without even being able to drag it.


    Despite unlimited endurance, Aakesh failed to take more than one wisp with him.


    ***


    "Congrattions!" The creature congratted Aakesh with its teeth grinding in anger, but since it had to follow its rules, it could only do this.


    Aakesh only nodded and left since the wisp weighed a lot. He wanted toplete the quest and get his reward.

 Chapter 646

    Chapter 646: Reward


    Aakesh left the altar with the wisp, while the creature looked at Aakesh¡¯s back with a mixture of anger and helplessness in its lowest pair of eyes.


    ***


    ¡°Here is your wisp,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly stated and gave the wisp of faith energy to the parasite, excitedly looking at it.


    The Anarchic Parasite didn¡¯t even wait for a moment and grabbed the wisp.


    The next moment, it startedughing since it would be the first person in its n to absorb the faith energy of an Emperor.


    A few secondster, the parasite stoppedughing since it was now time for it to absorb the faith energy and restore itself to its peak status.


    The next moment, its single golden eye turned ck, darker than the abyss, and soon an aura of chaos surrounded the creature, floating in the air.


    It took Aakesh so much effort to bring the wisp out, but for the parasite, it weighed nothing. The parasite then muttered something not audible to Aakesh.


    The next moment, the particles in the wisp of faith energy started scattering. They didn¡¯t go very far, but they began surrounding the parasite.


    A few secondster, a cocoon made up of white light, the size of a basketball, covered the parasite. It looked like a glowing sun. The light was so blinding that Aakesh had to close his eyes, and when he tried to sense what was going on, he failed to see what was going on.


    Aakesh moved several hundreds of meters away from the ce since the cocoon, instead of cracking, had started to expand and release an unprecedented amount of heat that could burn Aakesh¡¯s skin.


    Aakesh only stopped moving when the ball stopped expanding, and he was out of its heat range.


    Time flew by.


    The process was neither long nor quick as it took for the cocoon made of white light to shrink back and then crack open for a short three minutes.


    Aakesh still couldn¡¯t see the parasite as it had white light covering its entire body.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to wait for long as the light receded shortly after, and the Anarchic Parasite presented itself to Aakesh.


    The Anarchic Parasite looked the same as before, but if Aakesh were to very carefully look into its eye, he would see that the color was more intense this time.


    ¡°Thank you! If not for you, even I don¡¯t know, how long would it have taken me to reach this state,¡± The parasite thanked Aakesh as it flew toward him.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and then asked the parasite for his reward for sessfullypleting the quest.


    The parasite didn¡¯t speak anything in response but only looked at Aakesh.


    The next moment, a wave of mental pain attacked Aakesh. Its intensity released such an extent that Aakesh had to grab his head, but he didn¡¯t scream since it was like losing for him.


    When the pain faded, Aakesh had a cold expression on his face, but soon it turned into one of a surprise after finding out a new piece of memory in his head.


    ¡°Hey, system, why didn¡¯t you stop the parasite from adding information to my head?¡± Aakesh didn¡¯t lose himself in excitement and asked the system since the piece of memory was directly imparted into his head, without the system even asking him.


    [Host, the memory isn¡¯t harmful. The system would only act in Panagea for your safety if your soul is in danger.]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s mechanical and emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ***


    After conversing with the system for some time, Aakesh finally focused on the new piece of memory in his head.


    What the Anarchic Parasite gave Aakesh wasn¡¯t any knowledge, but it was a skill and a Divine grade at that.


    [Skill name: Space Discement,


    Grade: Divine,


    Level: Level 4,


    Requirement: Level 450+,


    Details: The skill allows its owner to teleport to any space they knowpletely as long as it is in the total range of the skill,


    Range: Hundred trillion lightyears,


    Condition of growth: Exceed the range of teleportation, a Chaos stone, and the knowledge of the Level 5 Space Discement.]


    Aakesh looked at the details of the skill and couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation since this skill woulde in handy even in the world outside Panagea.


    Aakesh decided to hold his horses and ask the system first since there was a requirement of Level 450+ for using it in Panagea.


    [Host, you can use the skill in the Primal dimension, but its range would lessen due to your low strength.]


    The system responded, and Aakesh nodded. Aakesh didn¡¯t feel insulted when the system used the word low strength since he actually was very weak whenpared with the Level 450+ creature in Panagea or the Multiverse.


    Aakesh then looked toward the parasite, only to find that it was not there. Aakesh looked around only to find it nowhere.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t think much of it since the parasite must have left after handing Aakesh his reward. Aakesh then focused on the screen that was still ying what was going on with Be on the altar.


    Unlike Aakesh, Be didn¡¯t have that powerful mental strength or unlimited endurance, so she got tired of fighting her inner voice and traveling continuously. At the moment, she was lying on the fifty-third step, based on what Aakesh remembered.


    Aakesh could still see the number of nts, and each step had one unique nt of its own, so Aakesh made his conclusion based on that.


    After resting for a few minutes, Be stood up and took a step forward toward the next nt.


    She would stop at every nt for some time since as the number of steps grew, the value of the nt increased with it, and at the same time, the intensity of the inner voices urging also multiplied.


    ¡°Ugh!¡±


    Be couldn¡¯t help but groan in frustration as there was still one more nt left before she would be able to leave the step and go forward.


    ¡°Take it out! It could help us be overlords!¡±


    As usual, the inner voice appeared and urged Be to take the nt out. For some reason, it had no uniqueness to it, and yet, Be found herself uncontroble. The next moment, she bent down and finally snapped it out.

 Chapter 647

    Chapter 647: A New Day for the Store(1)


    Be couldn¡¯t stop herself from bending down and snapping the nt out. Only when she stood straight did shee around and couldn¡¯t help but get shocked after seeing the nt in her hands.


    Before she could even understand what was going on, an invisible force suddenly descended and threw Be out from the altar.


    The next moment, Be found herself standing in the same spot she was on before the strange worm had pushed her toward the altar.


    She still remembered the blue-skinned adventurer that had helped her, so she looked around only to see the figure standing a few hundred meters away from her. At the same time, she didn¡¯t find the strange worm no matter where she looked.


    Be wanted to thank the adventurer, but before she could, without even taking a nce at her, the adventurer left the area since there was no dead end, while there was a direction of how to exit the ce in both of their head.


    Be still had some time left before the piece of memory disappeared, so she knew everything about the nt in her hand.


    It wasn¡¯t any widely avable herb, but a rare Mythical grade nt that had even more value than some Divine grade material.


    Since Be knew about the value of the nt, she knew that she couldn¡¯t take it out. If someone found out about her having the nt in her possession, she wouldn¡¯t even know how she died.


    Since the situation was problematic for Be, she decided to absorb the nt. She needed to take some caution while doing that, but for Be, the more time she had the nt in her possession, the more troublesome the situation would be for her. There are many people who can see through space rings in her city alone, so there was no time left for her.


    There was a pretty simple way to absorb the nutrients of the nt, and that was to eat it raw. As the memory suggested, Be ate the nt.


    The next moment, a cocoon made of the colors brown and grey surrounded her. It was of the same color as the nt. The branches were grey in color, while the triangr leaves were brown.


    ***


    Aakesh had already left the area since he had already got his reward for watching the event.


    Since the nt the girl earned was valuable, Aakesh earned a whopping one level as a reward, bing Level 236.


    There was still a few hours left before sunrise in Panagea, so Aakesh decided not to exit Panagea currently. It didn¡¯t take long for Aakesh to leave the ce since there was a map in his head, and he also didn¡¯te across any of the three terrible creatures.


    Aakesh was unaware that he didn¡¯t see any of the three creatures, but he was in sight of them.


    The three beasts were conversing, with the tiger-like creature sitting in a higher position. They had mixtures of expressions in their eyes as they talked about the war and what the arrival of adventurers entailed for Panagea.


    ***


    Time flew by, and it didn¡¯t take long for the remaining time to arrive to an end.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise in Panagea!]


    As Aakesh was currently traveling, he heard the usual system alert in his head.


    Since the sun was about to rise, Aakesh didn¡¯t linger in Panagea anymore. The next moment, a streak of light appeared where Aakesh stood, and when it disappeared, Aakesh was also gone with it.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the portal room in the store. He then turned around and left the room.


    Since there was still some time for the sun to rise, and Aakesh never opened the store earlier than its time, he summoned the door of his room.


    Some timeter, the door and its stairs appeared again as the door opened with a click, and soon, Aakesh stepped out and descended to the floor.


    There were still a few minutes left before the sunrise, so Aakesh went to his chair and waited for that time toe.


    Time flew by.


    [Host, the sun has risen!]


    Aakesh opened his eyes as the system¡¯s alert rang in his head. He then stood up from his chair, went to the store¡¯s gate, and opened it, announcing the start of a new day for the store.


    As usual, arge crowd of people waited for the store to open. As soon as the store¡¯s gate opened, their eyes shined, and an expression of excitement appeared on their faces.


    Aakesh only took a nce at therge crowd since he had already gotten used to seeing so many people waiting outside his store. At first, it took a while for Aakesh to adjust since he only had a few customers, more than a hundred in more than eighty millennia when the store was in its first phase. Now Aakesh got that number of customers in less than a second.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t let the crowd wait for long and moved away from the door, turning around and returning to his chair. The next moment, the people surged into the store like a tide as the number crossed the mark of one hundred and fifty million customers for the first time for the store.


    In no time, an area that looked to be in chaos due to so many people turned empty, with only two buildings silently standing inside it.


    The majority of the customers that arrived this early had to do with Panagea, so those who had cards went to Panagea after setting the time flow rate in Panagea just from their cards.


    Those customers who didn¡¯t own any of the three cards went to Aakesh, creating a queue. They paid for their services and then went toward the portal room.


    In no time, only a few hundred customers were left in the store hall out of the more than hundred and fifty million customers.


    These few customers were also here for Panagea. But they first decided to check the cultivation arts since currently, there were enough virtual portals, and there wasn¡¯t any fight to enter Panagea.


    ***


    A/N: I know, I have been irregr this month. Sorry for that. I was going through some mental issues. I would open myptop to write, and then a few minutester, I would shut it down since I didn¡¯t have enough motivation to write due to the tanking numbers of subscribers over the past few months. My family also saw this, and they finally confronted me yesterday about it and made me understand just how happy I used to be whenever I used to discuss my story with them or start writing it on myptop. I will try my best from today to be punctual. I have even forgotten the number of chapters I owe you. But we wille out stronger from this.


    Thanks to all who have supported me up to this point. The story wouldn¡¯t have reached this stage if not for your unconditional support.


    To say my thanks, I will try to have a mass release of more than ten chapters the next month. Sorry once again for your waste of one coin over reading this.

 Chapter 648

    Chapter 648: A New Day for the Store(2)


    The few hundred customers left in the store hall went for the cultivation room first since they wanted to buy it earlier than entering the Panagea.


    In no time, the store hall turned empty with only Aakesh remaining. Aakesh was currently seated on his chair. He didn¡¯t close his eyes since it was only the second day since the cultivation art had gotten introduced in the store.


    Since cultivation arts could only be bought from the store owner and not personally like the majority of other store products, Aakesh knew that customers would start lining up some timeter to buy their respective cultivation arts.


    The store had only turned empty when suddenly a mechanical alert rang inside his head.


    [Host, there are only seven days left before the annual store event this year.]


    The system informed Aakesh of the uing annual event, which was not very far, and only seven dayster.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of a new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Organize the annualpetition for the citizens of the Anga continent and the Primal dimension,


    Requirement: After your suggestion, the yearly event has begun, and now it has be a tradition not only for you and the store but also for the people who know the store, so as usual, it¡¯s your duty to organize it once again with the maximum possible zeal andmitment so that every citizen irrespective of their race and level can enjoy it,


    Minimum numbers of attendees: 250,000,000,


    Minimum number ofpetitors: 200,000,000,


    Event time: Three days,


    Mission reward: Nothing,


    Failure punishment: Commission reduced by 100% for a year.]


    Aakesh read the details of the quest and nodded. He had gotten used to this window screen as every year, seven days ahead of the event, the system would generate a mission for Aakesh toplete.


    Only the first time when Aakesh had suggested the tournament, there was a reward, but after that, there was only punishment and no prize for organizing it since it was his suggestion in the first ce. The failure punishment had been simr from the beginning and had seen no change, so Aakesh didn¡¯t mind the mission even though there was no reward.


    Aakesh then waved his hands. The next moment, light particles started moving away from the blue screen, and in no time, they disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to summon them.


    Aakesh then started thinking about what events he was going to organize this year. Some events were going to be simr to the past, but Aakesh needed to choose new rewards forpletion.


    In the first tournament, there was an event where participants had to dodge the sword. Like thepetition, the event had also be a tradition since its reward was a growth-level sword. Since it was from the store, the weapon grew to match the level of its owner after they won it. Usually, Immortal level cultivators won the event, so every time, there was an Immortal-level growth sword at stake.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh stopped thinking about the event since the first customer exited the cultivation arts room and approached Aakesh.


    Aakesh took a nce toward the customer and found a virtual book floating near them. It meant that the customer had previewed the art, so Aakesh now only needed to take ny percent of the total sum since the customer had bought a legendary grade cultivation art and had already paid ten percent as the previewing cost.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± The customer respectfully told Aakesh and then made the gesture of handing the page in his hands.


    Aakesh stopped the customer and expressionlessly told him the remaining amount he needed to pay for having the ownership of the cultivation art.


    Since the customer was already aware of the rules, he had already taken the precise amount out and handed it to Aakesh.


    After the customer left, the store hall turned empty as they were the only customer to get quality cultivation art at that time. Aakesh guessed the customer to be lucky to get what he liked so early.


    Since there was no customer approaching him and Aakesh decided to think about the eventter, Aakesh suddenly decided to do something different.


    ¡°Hey, system, what¡¯s the amount I have earned from the previewing cost of the cultivation arts?¡± Aakesh asked the system.


    It didn¡¯t matter if the customers bought the cultivation art they liked, the preview cost that got deducted stayed in his ount. But since he had already earned some percent from the sessful preview purchase of the cultivation art, Aakesh got nomission from the remaining amount.


    Despite that, Aakesh was still at the win since hismission was only one percent and the least percentage of Primal stones he could earn from preview cultivation arts was two percent. Even though Aakesh didn¡¯t care for the money he earned from themission, winning still felt good.


    The reason Aakesh asked the question was also due to the uing event.


    In the first event, the system didn¡¯t charge Aakesh many Primal stones for the reward he gave to the winners of the events, but all that ended in the second tournament. Aakesh needed to pay the entire cost of the material he used in the making of the prizes. Except for the territory in Panagea, every reward was from the pocket of Aakesh.


    Aakesh decided to look at the amount he had earned from the preview cost since that amount could make the rewards even more expensive if Aakesh decided to get extravagant at any event.


    The next moment, an amount consisting of all the five types of Primal stones rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Only three customers bought the Immortal-grade cultivation art, but all three of them paid for the preview cost, and it alone went up to three million supreme Primal stones, let alone millions of other art sales.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t think for long when another customer exited the cultivation arts room and approached Aakesh.


    Time flew by.


    Customers continued flooding into the store regrly as they learned of the excess number of virtual portals and the sale of the cultivation arts.

 Chapter 649

    Chapter 649: A New Day for the Store(3)


    Even Aakesh underestimated the value of the cultivation arts. Many people who had ack of money didn¡¯t go for Panagea, but the same wasn¡¯t the case for cultivation arts.


    Aakesh had at least ten thousand customers at the lowest rung of society in the Bisan Kingdom or territories acting as its tributaries. And they emptied their already minuscule savings if it got them a cultivation art they could get.


    As the day passed, instead of getting free, Aakesh got busier, with the customers queuing inrge numbers to sell the cultivation arts they wanted. The crowd today was even higher than yesterday.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± A customer requested Aakesh as a virtual book floated near him.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and told the required amount the man needed to pay. The man nodded, paid the amount, and then excitedly left the queue.


    It wasn¡¯t the end, as after the man left, another customer arrived in front of him with a page in his hands. The customer hadn¡¯t bought the preview, so he only had a page.


    As usual, Aakesh expressionlessly told the man the amount. The man happily obliged, paid the price, and left the queue with an unconceble excited expression.


    The process continued. Sometimes unlimited endurance came in Aakesh¡¯s way. Repeating the same process bes mentally tiring for all, but not for Aakesh, so he sensed nothing wrong and continuously repeated the same thing over and over again.


    Time flew by.


    Lilith, who usually came around the afternoon, teleported directly into the store using her supreme card.


    As she entered, her eyes fell on therge crowd waiting to buy the cultivation art today as well.


    She then moved her eyes away and looked at Aakesh, busy selling the art as well. She then turned around, and her eyes fell on the portal room. She could see a couple of people leaving the room since their stay in Panagea must have gotten over.


    Lilith then took a step forward, but it froze only in the air. In mid-air, she changed the direction of her foot and turned it toward the cultivation arts room.


    Lilith suddenly gained a curiosity to check over the quality of the cultivation arts, seeing even a higher number of people in the crowd today.


    Since she had all the free time, without thinking much, she took a step forward and approached the room.


    After entering the cultivation arts room, she couldn¡¯t help but get surprised, seeing an item that every member of her race held dearly, Aruval.


    Lilith couldn¡¯t stop herself from approaching the shelf and stroking it. The next moment, her face turned weird as she felt a coldness emanating from the shelf.


    The Yaksha race members loved Aruval so much because they found themselvespatible with it. It was like Aruval was made for the Yaksha in the first ce. If any Yaksha race member were to get hold of the Aruval when it had energy stored, the Aruval would transfer it to the Yaksha, purifying it. The Aruval only did this behavior with the Yaksha race members, hence the race¡¯s unprecedented interest in it.


    Lilith belonged to the Angel group, which was one of the subspecies of the Yaksha race, so Lilith¡¯s actual body also had a slight piece of Aruval with her in the third dimension.


    But this time, the Aruval gave nopatible feeling to her. But instead, it behaved simrly to what the Aruval acted toward any other person than the Yaksha race members.


    Time flew by.


    Lilith didn¡¯t check any cultivation arts, but she instead left the room and joined the queue. She wanted to know about the Aruval and why it acted with such feelings toward her.


    Lilith¡¯s turn finally arrived. ¡°Why do you have Aruval in your store? Don¡¯t you know what my race feels toward it?¡± Lilith asked Aakesh with a stern expression. Her joking face was nowhere to be found.


    If they find out about the presence of the Aruval in the store, the Yaksha race members would not care about the health of the dimension and would teleport here to snatch it away, even if that meant annihting the Primal dimension. Such was their interest in the item.


    ¡°What has your race¡¯s interest in Aruval got to do with my store?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked. From the moment he saw that the shelves were made of Aruval, Aakesh knew there were bound to be conflicts between the store and the third-ranked race in the Multiverse.


    Aakesh decided to trust the judgment of the system since he wasn¡¯t taken into ount what material it would use in making the shelves.


    Lilith couldn¡¯t help but mumble something only audible to her, but from what Aakesh felt, she was cursing. Whether it was Aakesh or she was cursing herself was only known to her since despite reaching his limit in the Primal dimension, he wasn¡¯t as strong as Lilith and couldn¡¯t hear what she said. He still had zero chances of surviving against Lilith¡¯s clone, let alone winning.


    Lilith¡¯s face suddenly saw a change. From the stern tone, it suddenly turned into a mischievous smile. Lilith then approached Aakesh, stopped at Aakesh¡¯s ears, and then whispered, ¡°Why don¡¯t I marry you, and you can give me half of the Aruval as a dowry?¡±


    Lilith then returned to her previous position, winked, and left the queue. Aakesh had an expressionless face from the start, and he maintained that till the end, not caring for Lilith¡¯s joke.


    As soon as Lilith turned around, the smile disappeared as if it were never there. She then left toward the portal room, not known to anyone except her for what was going on in her head.


    Aakesh pushed Lilith¡¯s question back into his head as soon after Lilith left, another customer arrived in front of him with a virtual book floating near him.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± The man smilingly requested Aakesh.


    ¡°You need to pay three hundred billion, nine hundred and ny-nine million supreme Primal stones,¡± Aakesh nodded and expressionlessly told the man the amount he needed to pay if he wanted the cultivation art.


    The man happily obliged, and soon, the required amount of Primal stones got deducted from his supreme card.

 Chapter 650 - The Mightiest Force Of The Humans(1)

    Chapter 650: The Mightiest Force of the Humans(1)


    Aakesh has been busy attending to the customers who were purchasing cultivation arts.


    The sale of cultivation arts only by the store owner had its disadvantages as if any new customer were to arrive in the store; they would have to wait in the queue since the store owner would be busy with other customers.


    Such a situation arrived as a new customer entered the store, while there was arge queue waiting in front of the store owner.


    The man recognized the blue-skinned man as the store owner since he hade here at the suggestion of his daughter.


    The man¡¯s name was Lin Ren, and he had an extraordinary identity.


    There were eleven continents on Visteerna, out of which ten had countless poptions living on it. Kashi was uninhabited due to it being a sacred ce, where there were rumors of a Deva living.


    Out of the ten living continents, if Anga was thest, the Vajji continent was the mightiest of all.


    On the Vajji continent, there were around ten Empires, out of which one Empire belonged to the Humans. Lin Ren was none other than the Emperor of that Empire.


    The Empire¡¯s name was the Xirin Empire. The Xirin Empire was the mightiest force the Humans had in the Primal dimension, and it was the only reason that Humans were considered a mid-tier force in the Primal dimension.


    Since it was the Human¡¯s top ranking force, the Xirin Empire had a set of rules different from other Empires. Unlike other Empires, it wasn¡¯t a dynastical force. A type of republic instead, with the highest power held by the ruler rather than a group of people.


    Every hundred years, the ruler of the Empire would go through a challenge set by the founder of the Empire.


    The founder of the Xirin Empire was none other than Arjuna, the son of the man who gained the Tao cultivation system and became one of the very few to stand in the presence of a Deva.


    In his time, Arjuna was the mightiest warrior of the Primal dimension, but he couldn¡¯t just stay here for eternity. He also knew about the strength of his race, so when the time for his ascendance arrived, Arjuna founded an Empire right at the center of the Vajji continent.


    Arjuna understood that once he left, thend would get conquered by other Empires, so he set a defensive field around a hundred trillion miles of area, out of which a few hundred billion miles was a highly-resource rich area and that became the capital of the Xirin Empire.


    When Arjuna was there, the Xirin Empire had almost ny percent of the Vajji continent under its control. But once he ascended, only the area where the defensive field was set by Arjuna remained under its control. Many have tried to breach that area and gain control of the capital, but none has seeded.


    Only Void Beasts had the capability to break the defensive field. But since they were not allowed to take any action unless it harmed the bnce of the Primal dimension, the Xirin Empire¡¯s defensive field would stay active and protect the Empire for eternity.


    Since Arjuna belonged to the Human race, he understood the treachery and greed the Human heart held. He knew how for short-term gain, the majority of Humans could throw away everything. Arjuna didn¡¯t want the Empire he founded to go this way due to the greed of his future descendants, so instead of handing power to his eldest son, he set a rule for taking over the throne.


    Arjuna set a few rules to select the ruler. Since he knew humans could be biased and bought, he instead created a sentient throne without any emotions, Every hundred years, the throne would select the Emperor.


    If the Emperor wanted to stay at the top position after hundred years, they would face an even more difficult challenge, and if they passed that, they could stay at that position.


    Since the founding of the Xirin Empire, Lin Ren had be the first person to stay in the position of Emperor a consecutive hundred times, so he had been ruling the Xirin Empire for thest ten thousand years. His rule has been nothing but prosperous and good for the Empire. Some of the citizens even consider Lin Ren to be the incarnation of Arjuna, who had returned to take humanity to its peak once again.


    Being in the top position of the Human race for so many years hasn¡¯t corrupted Lin Ren, and hence the throne never forced him to leave. But the same couldn¡¯t be said for his children.


    Lin Ren had lived for around a million years, so he married several women and had tens of thousands of sons and daughters. The number of his descendants had already equaled the poption of a small world. Since the poption was sorge, the number of toxic fruits also reached arge number.


    Being the descendants of an Emperor had corrupted the mind of Lin Ren¡¯s descendants. The next challenge was about to happen in a few years, so the descendants had decided to throw the rules under the bus and kill other challengers for the throne.


    Lin Ren didn¡¯t want that to happen as he knew the consequences of going against the rules set by Arjuna. But he also couldn¡¯t lose his descendants as they were his blood, so Lin Ren had no choice but to think of something else.


    To solve the troubling situation, Lin Ren had decided to leave the throne and prepare one of his descendants for the top position.


    Fortunately for Lin Ren, he had several top-notch talented descendants, but at the same time, all of them had gotten corrupted, so none of them would be able to win the challenge set by the throne.


    Lin Ren also had a daughter, and she could win the challenge when it came to her moral psyche, but unfortunately, she didn¡¯t have the talent to win. The throne did not only want ethics in the challenger but also talent since the Emperor would represent the top post of the throne creator¡¯s race in the Primal dimension.

 Chapter 651 - The Mightiest Force of the Humans(2)

    Talent and ethics were both required in the participant to win the challenge set by Arjuna. The daughter Lin Ren wanted to win was unfortunately only strong in one of them.


    Her name was Lin Mei. Lin Mei was going to be precisely ten thousand years old in the next three days, but she was still a Tao Seed level cultivator. If not for Lin Ren¡¯s exaggerated wealth and arge number of resources at his disposal, Lin Mei would have already died of the exhaustion of his lifespan.


    Since Lin Ren had arge number of descendants, thepetition between them was cutthroat. Many have died by killing themselves as they were unable to handle the mockings and the hard life they got from more powerful family members. If not for Lin Ren¡¯s rule that killing was forbidden, many more would have died.


    Lin Mei wasn¡¯t the youngest or eldest of Lin Ren¡¯s children, but still, she had been a favorite of his since her birth. The reason for theck of talent in Lin Mei was her mother. She was going through an illness while giving birth to her daughter. Lin Ren somewhat med himself for that, so Lin Mei had always been precious to him.


    If not for Lin Ren¡¯s support, Lin Mei¡¯s life would have been even more miserable due to being so weak in a family full of talented people. The world was such where strength defined the respect of others for you, not your rtions with them.


    Due to being close to Lin Ren since her birth, Lin Mei had gained his character. She would treat others the same respectful way her father used to do when he wasn¡¯t an Emperor.


    It was even joked to Lin Ren by some of those who knew him from earlier that he was making a female Lin Ren.


    Since Lin Ren would give a few minutes of attendance every day to his daughter from his busy schedule, he learned everything was going on in her everyday life.


    From these daily talks, Lin Ren learned of the store that had be her recurring destination. Lin Mei was always mysterious about why she regrly went to the store, except for making Lin Ren sure that it wasn¡¯t because of love but due to the store¡¯s products.


    From the moment Lin Ren had heard of the store, he wanted to go and check it since his favorite child was the regr visitor there. If something happened to her, he would never be able to forgive himself.


    Unfortunately for Lin Ren, he never got the time to visit the store since the Anga continent was very far from the Xirin Empire. But today, he finally decided to visit the store, ignoring the mountain of tasks left to do since Lin Mei¡¯s ten thousandth birthday wasing up.


    For people of Lin Ren¡¯s age, celebrating these kinds of events with their family members showed that they still were alive in heart and not just in mind.


    Lin Ren¡¯s motive for the visit was to find out whether the store was suitable or not, if it were not, he would restrict Lin Mei¡¯s movement here, and if it were, he would buy a present for her daughter¡¯s birthday from here.


    Thinking like this, without telling anyone, Lin Ren left the pce, then the Empire, and then the continent.


    After traveling for around an hour, Lin Ren finally reached the extreme southern parts of the Anga continent.


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation, seeing the extent to which the Bisan Kingdom had grown. Since it was also a Human force, instead of feelingpetition, Lin Ren felt gratified.


    Since Lin Ren liked the Kingdom, he decided to pay a visit to the King.


    Lin Ren directly teleported to the royal pce in the Bisan Kingdom. Suddenly a sense of danger engulfed him and made his blood cold, but soon the effect disappeared as the ring he had worn in his hand had acted.


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    Two voices filled with startling exmations rang at the same time.


    Lin Ren looked in front only to see a female approaching him with a mixture of caution, surprise, and determined face.


    ¡°Who are you, and what¡¯s your purpose foring to my pce?¡± Brinda¡¯s face turned calm as the soothing effect of the badge arrived, and she asked.


    It was the first time she had seen the badge failing toe at the top but a draw, and hence she got surprised.


    Lin Ren, on the other hand, also got surprised since he was a peak Emperor with pseudo divine physique, and he got scared. If not for the ring in his hands, he didn¡¯t even know what the oue would have been.


    The ring was none other than the artifact left for the Emperor of the Xirin Empire. It was made by none other than Arjuna¡¯s son from the Dwarf race, who had the greatest talent in smithing in the history of the Primal dimension.


    Even though the badge was made by Aakesh, who himself knew about smithing more than any other living creature in the Primal or Sacred dimension, it was a defensive one. Lin Ren thought that the ring had defended him, and Brinda thought that the badge had failed, while both of them were wrong in their judgment.


    It was the badge that took back the attack after seeing through the heart of the intruder. If Lin Ren had any thoughts of taking over the Kingdom or harming the King, his result would have been the same as others who attempted to do the things.


    Lin Ren¡¯s pure and sincere heart made him survive this situation, not a ring made by Arjuna¡¯s son.


    The surprise on Lin Ren¡¯s face disappeared, and instead, a smile appeared as he had just gotten the information from the ring that it hadn¡¯t defended him, but the attack automatically got taken back. Instead of feeling fearful, he genuinely felt curious about the thing that made him feel fear and even had the strength to defeat the spirit in the ring.


    ¡°No need to feel cautious. I just came here to see the fellow human King who made this great Kingdom,¡± Lin Ren smilingly responded.

 Chapter 652 - The Mightiest Force of the Humans(3)

    ¡°Who are you?¡± Brinda asked Lin Ren with a calm face.


    ¡°No need to feel caut-¡±


    Lin Ren wanted to tell the King not to be cautious, but the words got stuck in his throat after seeing the calm look on her face.


    The next moment, the smile returned to Lin Ren¡¯s face as he responded, ¡°I just came here to see the wonder a fellow Human has created.¡±


    Brinda, who was calm due to the badge¡¯s effect, couldn¡¯t help but look at the stranger in surprise. She could sense that if they were to battle, she wouldn¡¯t survive without the badge, but at the same time, she felt nothing but sincerity from the man¡¯s statement.


    ¡°What do you mean by a fellow Human?¡± Brinda then asked as even families don¡¯t stay families when ites to the throne. So how could one person be gratified to see another person of its race at the top?


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but smile wryly as such was their race. Their characters were filled with treachery and greed.


    ¡°Have you heard of the Xirin Empire?¡± Lin Ren suddenly asked as if the King knew it; it would be easier to make her understand the context of what Lin Ren wanted to tell.


    Brinda nodded straight away. At the same time, a look of surprise appeared on her face since she understood the context of what the stranger wanted to say.


    ¡°Ar¡­are you the Emp¡­emp¡­emperor?¡± Brinda asked as her voice stuttered. If not for the badge acting, she wouldn¡¯t have been able to say the word ¡®Emperor¡¯.


    Earlier, Brinda didn¡¯t know about the Xirin Empire and its history, but when her conquest began, she started learning the history of her race, humans.


    How could she not feel pride when learning that once a Human stood at the peak of the Primal dimension with several other top races being in thepetition?


    Like the majority of Humans, she also had respect for the Empire in her heart. If not for the Empire, humanity wouldn¡¯t even have be a mid-tier race in the Primal dimension.


    ¡°Yes, I am the one hundred million, seven sixty-six thousand, nine hundred and eighty-sixth Emperor, Emperor Lin Ren of the Xirin Empire,¡± Lin Ren introduced himself. His tone was modest every time, but this time there was a slight hint of pride in his voice since, for the countless years of the Empire¡¯s existence and the countless members of the Human race, he also had his name in the history of humankind.


    ¡°I greet you, Emperor Lin Ren,¡± Brinda slightly bowed and greeted the man. At first, she was going to bow to her waist, but then she remembered that she was also a ruler and couldn¡¯t bend in front of anyone but her people.


    ¡°I am King Brinda, the King of the Bisan Kingdom,¡± Brinda then introduced herself and the kingdom. She wanted to sound prideful, but how could the badge let that happen and harm the dignity of the King? So her tone remained calm all the time.


    ¡°It¡¯s my pleasure to stand in front of a human King,¡± Lin Ren responded with the same gesture. His head slightly bowed, showing respect to a King from an Emperor.


    Time flew by.


    Lin Ren left the royal pce after a short conversation with Brinda. From the moment he arrived and left, only two things were aware of his presence, Brinda and the badge.


    Lin Ren left the pce with an unspeakable curiosity about the store since Brinda sincerely shared about the store with the Emperor. Brinda knew that the store owner wanted customers, so she will, from time to time, try to promote the store to those who had never visited it.


    It didn¡¯t take any time for Lin Ren to arrive in front of the store from the royal pce since that kind of distance was nothing for cultivators of his level.


    Lin Ren directly wanted to teleport inside the store, but he listened to the warning of King Brinda and didn¡¯t do it. But he instead teleported only a few inches outside the store in front of the door.


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but look at the door in shock since the door was open, but he couldn¡¯t see anything that was going on inside the store. There wasn¡¯t also vision ckout but also hearing. Lin Ren heard nothing. It was as if he was standing in an empty ce.


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but raise the level of danger of the store in his heart as the door was no less than the mouth of a demon waiting to chew on him. Lin Ren felt his blood stopping flowing and his hair rising all over his body.


    The reason Lin Ren felt such clear sensations from the store was due to the ring in his hands. It was one of the top two artifacts in the existence of the Primal dimension, but now it was in the top three since it failed to defeat the badge.


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but have second thoughts about entering the store.


    He stood there for a few seconds as if he had gotten frozen. The next moment, he took a deep breath and took a step forward since his daughter was a regr here. If it was dangerous, he needed to find out how before making any decision on his daughter.


    As soon as Lin Ren¡¯s footnded on the floor, he found a different view in his sight.


    Lin Ren found himself standing on a wooden floor, and as soon as his eyesnded on it, his jaw almost dropped to the ground, seeing therge quantities of Ashamba used in its making. At the same time, Lin Ren felt a pang in his heart since, with this much quantity of Ashamba, he could have several top-quality armors for him, his soldiers, and his descendants.


    Lin Ren had to take another deep breath as it was a bigger shock than anything Lin Ren had ever gotten.


    After taking several continuous deep breaths, Aakesh¡¯s shocking heart finally calmed down, and a smiling face took shape.


    His eyes then fell on the queue, and he couldn¡¯t help but get shocked once again.

 Chapter 653 - The Mightiest Force of the Humans(End)

    After several deep breaths, Lin Ren finally calmed himself down, only to get shocked once again after seeing arge number of people in the queue in front of the chair while the blue-skinned store owner was seated on it and was busy selling the page.


    Lin Ren then looked around him as in the queue, he could count the number of people to be reaching several ten thousand, but from the space of the building he had seen from the outside, it was impossible. Lin Ren wanted to check whether there was a space array here which went unnoticed by him, but no matter how much he looked, he found nothing.


    Lin Ren Tao was rted to space, and after it got upgraded, its rtionship with space was like a finger¡¯s rtion with the brain.


    But here, Lin Ren felt nothing of such sort from the space. He sensed that the space was ordinary and that what he saw from his eyes was false. So Lin Ren decided to take one more peek at the queue, and when he found out that what he saw was the truth, the shock and the danger level for the store rose in his heart.


    This time, he stood frozen for around a minute and only came back to reality when someone nudged him from behind.


    ¡°Papa, what are you doing here?¡± Lin Mei, who had just exited the portal room, asked her father with a look of surprise on her face. She had told her father about the store since the first day she appeared here, but Lin Mei thought that it wouldn¡¯t be too ethical to tell her father about the store products from her mouth and not the store owner, so she maintained the mysteriousness of the store and its products.


    Hearing his daughter¡¯s voice broke Lin Ren out of his shock and thoughts. A smile appeared on his face, but Lin Mei could see while he himself could feel that it was fake.


    ¡°I decided to check the store after listening so much about this ce from your mouth since I had gotten some free time,¡± Lin Ren replied.


    Lin Mei couldn¡¯t help but raise her eyes as she knew her father was lying. There was zero probability of a situation where the Emperor of the Xirin Empire could get some free time.


    Lin Ren knew that his daughter had caught his lie, but he maintained the facade and refused to share any other reason.


    ¡°Are you leaving?¡± He then asked, trying to make Lin Mei stop thinking about his lie.


    ¡°Yes, my task for the day has gottenpleted,¡± Lin Mei smilingly replied. Thinking about Panagea and its difficult tasks actually made Lin Mei stop thinking about her father¡¯s lie.


    ¡°Now, can you introduce me to the store?¡± Lin Ren suddenly asked as now that he was here and there was arge queue waiting in front of the store owner; he decided to ask his daughter for the introduction.


    ¡°No, you can join the queue and learn about the store and its products when your turn arrives,¡± Lin Mei bluntly replied, and then without waiting for her father to respond, she kissed his cheeks and then teleported from the store, using her supreme card.


    Lin Ren could only get dumbfounded at the whole situation. He then took a deep breath and joined the queue. Since he had nowe here, there was no point in leaving without learning about the store and meeting with the store owner.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed.


    The queue filled with tens of thousands of people turned into a crowd of hundreds of thousands, but Lin Ren had nothing to do with it since his turn finally arrived. He found himself standing in front of the blue-skinned store owner, seatedfortably on his chair.


    Even though Lin Ren already knew that the store owner wasn¡¯t a Human, he still couldn¡¯t help but feel a sense of disappointment in his heart when he came face to face with the store owner and felt his boundless power. Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but think of the situation if the store owner belonged to the Human race and how another Arjuna would be here to take the race to the peak of the Primal dimension.


    ***


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he came across another customer. This time it was a new customer, so Aakesh waited for the man to ask his questions.


    But instead of asking, the man instead fell into his own thinking, and an aura of disappointment surrounded him. Aakesh could see through the thought of the man, but he didn¡¯t feel a little bit interested in it, so he only looked toward the man.


    ***


    Suddenly an ufortable feeling rose in his heart, and it made Lin Ren¡¯s blood cold, breaking him out of his thinking process.


    As soon as he came out of it, he met the eyes of the mysterious blue-skinned store owner. Lin Ren was confident that the store owner had everything to do with the strange dangerous feeling engulfing his heart.


    The feeling disappeared as quickly as it hade, but Lin Ren would never forget it since it was the first urrence when he knew for certain he was going to die.


    Lin Ren then took a deep breath to push that feeling onto the back of his mind. He was now standing in front of the store owner, and could also see a crowd evenrger than before waiting for their turn to arrive, so he knew he didn¡¯t have all day with him.


    ¡°Hello, store owner! I am Lin Ren,¡± Lin Ren greeted Aakesh with a slight bow and then introduced himself. At first, Lin Ren wanted to use his Emperor title, but after sensing the overwhelming power gap between him and the store owner, he stopped himself from doing it.


    Lin Ren could sense the cultivation level of the store owner, and it was only aroundte Tao Seed, a level higher than his daughter, but Lin Ren was confident that it was a lie.

 Chapter 654 - Lin Ren(1)

    Chapter 654: Lin Ren(1)


    ¡°Hello, store owner! I am Lin Ren,¡± Lin Ren introduced himself with a slight bow of his head, stopping before speaking his title.


    ¡°I am Aakesh,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and then repeated the gesture by introducing himself.


    ¡°What products does the store sell?¡± Lin Ren asked, with his tone being slightly respectful. It was the respect of a cultivator toward other cultivators, and not one from a low-ranked to some high-ranked person.


    Lin Ren wanted to ask about the race of the store owner; how he gained such arge quantity of Ashamba; or how did he increase the space inside the store when there was no fluctuation in the space, and it acts the same as if it was originally supposed to be like this? But he controlled himself and didn¡¯t ask it. He only focused on the store and not the store owner.


    ¡°The store sells four products in total: Pills, Weapons, Adventure in another world, and Cultivation arts. In the pills section, all six types are present in the store¡­.¡± Aakesh began the introduction of the store products, starting from the first ever product to grace the store, pills.


    ¡°¡­ these are the products the store sells,¡± Aakesh finally concluded with the introduction of the store products.


    Lin Ren had a mixture of shock and astonishment on his face when Aakesh concluded with the introduction. In the pills section, Lin Ren didn¡¯t find any product that could make him feel surprised since these were the types he was aware of and had used each of them at one point in his life.


    The first reason for shock arrived when Aakesh introduced the training area. The concept of a training area wasn¡¯t anything unheard of, but fighting creatures of top races without the fear of death was a first for Lin Ren.


    When Lin Ren heard about Panagea, his jaw had almost dropped to the ground. While the introduction of Panagea continued, his mouth stayed wide open all this time.


    Finally, when the introduction of the cultivation arts arrived, his face returned to normal, but when he found out that the store sold even the Immortal-grade cultivation arts, the shock returned. How could he not know the value of an Immortal-grade cultivation art?


    An Immortal-grade cultivation art was the difference between a top-tier and mid-tier organization. Anyone could create an overlord organization if they had good quality cultivation arts.


    Time flew by.


    After staying in shock for a few seconds, Lin Ren returned to normal. He couldn¡¯t help but smile wryly in his heart as the number of times he had frozen in surprise today was several times greater than what he had faced in his entire life of million years.


    The only situation Lin Ren felt that could challenge today¡¯s shocking expressions urrences was his winning the throne of the Xirin Empire around ten thousand years ago.


    After returning to normal, Lin Ren remembered all the content told by Aakesh in his head once again. Out of all the products, what made him feel most shocked was Panagea, which was understandable since he had never heard of anythinging even close to what Panagea could offer.


    ¡°Store owner, don¡¯t you also sell cards?¡± Lin Ren suddenly remembered the card his daughter had. Even he felt marvelous at the quality of it. He didn¡¯t know much about it except for it helping the customers teleport straight away to the store since Lin Mei didn¡¯t tell him much, and he couldn¡¯t also use the card as it was bonded to Lin Mei by her blood.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and then told him about the three types of cards sold by the store and their functions. Money was the least of his concern when he ruled over a resource-rich area on the Vajji continent.


    The next moment, Lin Ren took a supreme Primal stone from his pocket space and respectfully gave it to Aakesh. His manner in front of Aakesh waspletely different from how it was before listening to the introduction of the store products. Even Lin Ren was unaware of how respectful he had be of the store owner.


    Aakesh expressionlessly took the Primal stone from the man¡¯s hands and threw it into the ck hole engraved on the card machine. He then pressed the supreme switch.


    Not long after, a silver card appeared in Aakesh¡¯s hands. He then handed it to Lin Ren and exined the process of bonding to it.


    Lin Ren didn¡¯t straight away bond with the card as he studied it for a few seconds. When he had gotten it from his daughter, he couldn¡¯t find anything from it. At that time, he believed that it was bonded to Lin Mei, and that¡¯s why he couldn¡¯t study it, but now that it was unbonded, Lin Ren decided to give it another try.


    Unfortunately for him, he also failed this time. He couldn¡¯t find anything from the card and had to stop in his attempts.


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but feel a sense of disappointment, but when he remembered the products sold by the store, disappointment turned into a realization.


    ¡®How could I be so stupid? How could I study any item from the store when it has products like Panagea and training area that are unheard in the Primal dimension?¡¯ Lin Ren thought in his heart. He then returned to normal. Even Lin Ren didn¡¯t know that Lin Ren had been acting just like a child when they found something that challenged their curiosity from the moment he had entered the store. He even forgot his stature and acted like a newbie, losing hisposure from time to time.


    Lin Ren then returned to normal and did as told by Aakesh. Since he had attained Immortality, taking out a drop of his blood was an impossible task, but he didn¡¯t have to worry about it. There was a tiny needle ced right above the see-through hole.


    Lin Ren had only touched the needle when it pierced his skin as a hot rod does to butter. Lin ren couldn¡¯t help but feel a pricking sensation, but it disappeared as quickly as it had arrived.


    The next moment, a drop of blood left his skin and flew toward the see-through hole.

 Chapter 655 - ?655 (Important Announcement!!!) Lin Ren(2)

    Chapter 655: Lin Ren(2)


    Soon, the pricking sensation disappeared as the drop of blood left Lin Ren¡¯s skin. Not long after, the needle disappeared from the card, and the wound that had opened on the tip of Lin Ren¡¯s finger got restored back to normal.


    The drop of blood then automatically flowed toward the see-through hole as there was an attraction force attracting the drop of blood.


    In no time, the blood entered the see-through hole. Instead of falling to the ground, the drop of blood turned into a stream of light and covered the entirety of the card.


    Not long after, a red card with a slight golden hue to it appeared in the hands of Lin Ren. Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but feel the card to be a part of his body and had been since his birth.


    The next moment, all the information rted to the card automatically appeared in Lin Ren¡¯s mind, familiarizing him even more with the supreme card.


    Lin Ren didn¡¯t attempt to study the card again as he had gotten his lesson and understood his inferiority in front of the store products.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± Lin Ren then thanked Aakesh with a slight bow. His head this time was lower than before, showing that his respect for Aakesh had gotten bigger.


    As for if the respect was for the store or the store owner, Lin Ren had no idea, and he wanted it to stay this way.


    Since Aakesh had already told him about the rules of the cards, Lin Ren already knew that he didn¡¯t need to request Aakesh for the majority of the store products, barring two products.


    Lin Ren wanted to check Panagea first, and since he didn¡¯t need to ask Aakesh for that, he slightly bowed once again and left the queue.


    Lin Ren didn¡¯t leave for Panagea straight away, but first, he decided to buy another product.


    Lin Ren then added all his wealth to the supreme card.


    ¡®I want three First-grade Ascendance mental healing pills,¡¯ Lin Ren thought in his mind.


    The next moment, fifteen thousand supreme Primal stones got deducted from his supreme card, and soon, three pills appeared in his hands.


    Lin Ren knew today had been pretty mentally taxing due to his strange behavior, so before leaving, he wanted to have a calm mindset.


    He then gently put one pill into his mouth. The next moment, a transparent white light covered him.


    The light disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, but the change around Lin Ren was clearly evident. There was a sincere smile on his face as if he had never felt this good. It was only a feeling, as soon, the smile disappeared.


    Lin Ren knew he needed to eat one more to return to his optimal state since he was a peak Immortal with pseudo divinity, so the pill had its effect slightly reduced on him.


    Lin Ren wanted to enjoy the feeling once again, so he gently put another pill in his mouth. The same process urred once again.


    This time, the smile stayed several times longer than in thest situation. At the same time, when the smile disappeared, there was still a sense of relief on Lin Ren¡¯s face. This time, it wasn¡¯t only a feeling that Lin Ren had never felt this happy. Lin Ren thought that he had returned to the day when he won the challenge and became the Emperor of the Xirin Empire.


    Lin Ren¡¯s eyes then fell on thest pill in his hand. An urge to eat it rose in his heart as the effect it had on him was unspeakably well. He also liked the taste of the pill, but he controlled his urge since he was an Immortal. If he couldn¡¯t even win over his urges, his cultivation all these years was a waste of his efforts.


    The next moment, Lin Ren put the pill into his space ring and stopped thinking about it. He then turned in the direction of the portal room and proceeded toward it.


    As soon as Lin Ren entered the room, his eyes fell on the leaderboard. With a look of curiosity, Lin Ren read all the names ced there. He couldn¡¯t help but feel disappointed when he didn¡¯t see his daughter¡¯s name in the top hundred.


    Lin Ren then moved his eyes away as he would discuss it with his daughter after introducing Panagea to himself first.


    His eyes then fell on the virtual portals. He could see a thousand portals, with each ced at an equal distance from the other. Lin Ren could feel that there was something different with space here, so he attempted to peer through the space. The next moment, his jaw almost dropped to the ground after seeing the number of them reaching an outrageous million, then ten million, and then it even crossed the mark of a hundred million.


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but suck a cold breath of air as the value of these more than two hundred million virtual portals was several timesrger than what the Xirin Empire had earned in its existence.


    Unaware, the respect for Aakesh grew even more in Lin Ren¡¯s heart.


    ¡®What¡¯s wrong with me? Why am I getting overwhelmed with all of this?¡¯ Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but think in his heart. Since his daughter was also a regr here, she must have also seen this. If she had felt what he was feeling from the moment he had entered the store, she must have told him. If he were the first to enter, he would have surely told his daughter about it.


    Lin Ren took several deep breaths at once to calm his heart. Lin Ren thenmunicated with his ring to find out the reason for it. He then finally got his answer. From the moment he hade across that dangerous sensation from the badge after intruding into the royal pce, a shadow had covered his heart, and it was forcing him to stay on edge all the time.


    It would take several mental healing pills for him to return to normal from this.


    Time flew by.


    Lin Ren decided to enter Panagea as he raised the tip of his finger and touched the portal closest to him.


    ***


    A/N: Hello Readers, Let¡¯s go for a mass release on 15th August.


    I would release at least ten chapters, so show your love with golden tickets and gifts.


    Thanks for supporting the book! Have a great day/night!

 Chapter 656 - ?656 Lin Ren(3)

    Chapter 656: Lin Ren(3)


    Lin Ren took a step forward and touched the tip of the nearest portal to him, which wasn¡¯t grayed out.


    The next moment, a suction force mightier than anything he had ever seen, and without even gathering the courage to fight back, he got sucked inside.


    The next moment, Lin Ren found himself standing in an unfamiliar ce, not the store.


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise when he found out that his body held no energy. He was nothing but an ordinary human at that point.


    Aakesh had told Lin Ren about him turning to the state where he had no cultivation but still seeing his cultivation getting snatched while he didn¡¯t even know how it happened sent shudders down his spine.


    ¡°Adventurer, wee to the world of Panagea!¡±


    The next moment, a soothing and gentle voice rang in Lin Ren¡¯s heart, breaking him out of his stupor.


    Lin Ren subconsciously turned around to see the owner of the voice. When he turned around, his face turned red, while his eyes turned big. For a moment, his breathing got rough, but he soon came around.


    ¡°So beautiful,¡± Lin Ren murmured in a voice he could only hear, or so he thought.


    The Angel standing in front of Lin Ren clearly heard it, but her face maintained the smile.


    ¡°Adventurer, do you want to know the history of Panagea?¡± The Angel asked Lin Ren, ignoring his expressions.


    Lin Ren didn¡¯t even hear the question clearly as his mental strength was nowhere as powerful as what he had in the Primal dimension. In addition to that, he had never seen anyone more beautiful than the Angel in front of him. Her beauty was such that Lin Ren didn¡¯t even ponder over the existence of a creature that surpassed divinities and lived in an even higher dimension.


    Even though Lin Ren didn¡¯t hear the question clearly, it didn¡¯t stop him from subconsciously nodding his head.


    Time flew by.


    Lin Ren stood on the spot with an awestruck face. Now the beauty of the Angel didn¡¯t matter to him since he saw a war he couldn¡¯t even imagine in his dreams.


    Just from the sceneries, Lin Ren could sense the power gap between him and an ordinary soldier fighting in the war for the ten Emperors.


    The higher power in this world reduced the mental effect of what the scene entailed, and Lin Ren heaved a sigh of relief for it. If it didn¡¯t happen, then many people would turn into crazier people due to the extent of the war.


    Only a few seconds had passed when all the effects he had felt while watching the scene of the war vanished. It felt as if what he saw was something ordinary and didn¡¯t need any further attention from him.


    A few more seconds passed, and Lin Ren stopped thinking about the war and Vritrasura, but he instead focused on his environment.


    Lin Ren currently stood in a ce filled with nothing but bushes, and the majority of them came up to his waist.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    Lin Ren was only looking at the ce when he heard a beast roaring from his right.


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but freeze on the spot as the roar was mixed with killing intent. Gathering his courage, he turned his face to the right, only to find nothing due to bushes.


    Since he was nothing but an ordinary human, his sight was also normal. Therge bushes blocked his line of vision.


    The situation didn¡¯t continue for long as he finally heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.


    The sound of footsteps was loud as if the beast was not afraid of its hunt escaping. The beast was correct in its thoughts as the bushes not only blocked his sight, but it also made running difficult.


    Lin Ren had all the physical techniques he had learned in his mind, but he still ran as he could feel that he was no match for the beast. The sound of footsteps continued getting louder while Lin Ren¡¯s heartbeat also rose with it.


    Lin Ren¡¯s steps suddenly came to a halt as this time, he not only heard the sound of footsteps, but also a hot wind caressing his body. With the warm air came the voice of breathing.


    Lin Ren, gathering his courage, turned around, only to find a creature staring at him with rough breathing while its mouth was watering.


    The creature in front of Lin Ren was a hyena, with its height only reaching the knees of Lin Ren. He could also feel a sense of pressure from the beast.


    Lin Ren¡¯s senses weren¡¯t wrong as the hyena was a Level 2 creature, while Lin ren was an ordinary person.


    The difference between creatures with energy and without it was too huge to get covered by someone with physical fighting techniques.


    Lin Ren could¡¯ve hoped of escaping, but these bushes came as another interruption in his way. The hyena had no issues chasing him here, but he could only run at half his speed.


    ¡®How could my luck be so much worse?¡¯ Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but think as he understood that it was a rare urrence. How could people even start their journey if they were to face an energy creature at the start?


    The hyena¡¯s eyes had a hint of cruelty in them as it slowly approached Lin Ren.


    Lin Ren still hadn¡¯t given up, but it seemed his luck was only getting started. He had only taken two steps when his foot slightly slipped, and he crashed to the ground, dashing his hopes of survival.


    The hyena¡¯s eyes got excited as now there were no chances of its hunt escaping its jaws.


    Lin Ren also lost hope of survival and hoped in his heart that it was a one-time urrence, and the next time he revived, he would appear somece else.


    The hyena finally reached the fallen Lin Ren. Its mouth was pouring out a waterfall. The hyena didn¡¯t want to go straight for the kill, so it went for Lin Ren¡¯s legs.


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but feel his blood running cold as he wanted all of this to end as quickly as possible. Aakesh had told him that the pain inside Panagea was the same as it was in the actual world.

 Chapter 657 - ?657 Lin Ren(End)

    Chapter 657: Lin Ren(End)


    Lin Ren felt his blood running cold as the hyena first went for his legs rather than his head, ending the situation.


    Lin Ren then prayed for him to get over this round of pain since it would hurt as much as it would in the actual world.


    ¡°Ugh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    The hyena¡¯s teethnded on Lin Ren¡¯s right leg, resulting in a slight groan from him, but soon a new voice emerged and engulfed his groan.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    A sound of something tearing through the air rang in the area, and not long after that, the sound of something crashing to the ground rang.


    Lin Ren felt moltenva on his right leg as he looked at the blood pouring out from the hyena. He then focused on the creature and found an arrow that had pierced its eyes, entering from the left and exiting from the right.


    Lin Ren then pushed the hyena away, which had slightly bared its teeth onto his leg. Since he was an average human, Lin Ren understood that he needed to do something about the bite or he would die of poisoning from the hyena¡¯s teeth.


    But first, he needed to know whether he had survived the situation or if the worst was yet toe. Lin Ren then turned in the direction from which the arrow had arrived, only to find a bunch of people approaching him.


    Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but release a helpless smile as the people approaching him were not very far, and hence he could see them. It seemed he had be a part of their n in the hunt for the hyena.


    There were six people in the group with each of them creating pressure on Lin Ren. All of them were Level 1. Since the hyena was Level 2, they didn¡¯t take the battle directly to the beast.


    Earlier their n was to use one of them as the hunt while the other five would wait for their perfect chance.


    Fortunately for them, an adventurer suddenly appeared here, and they didn¡¯t have to use one of their own for the hunt. They also didn¡¯t feel bad for the adventurer to be a part of this since they knew that adventurers were Immortals. Even if they die, they get revived back to their perfect state.


    Now that their hunt was sessful, they rushed toward the adventurer.


    ¡°Forgive us, adventurer, for using you as the bait,¡± The leader of the group apologized to Lin Ren while the other five bowed.


    Lin Ren only nodded and didn¡¯t speak anything as even someone kind like him didn¡¯t like when others used him as bait.


    The six got their answer, so they approached Lin Ren and gave him a lotion. ¡°Adventurer, this lotion will help you ease the pain, and it will also kill the poison of the hyena¡¯s teeth,¡± The leader stated.


    ¡°Thank you,¡± Lin Ren expressionlessly responded as he took the lotion from the leader.


    He didn¡¯t worry if it was another poison as he couldn¡¯t die in Panagea. He needed something to ease the pain and kill the poison. Even if it killed Lin Ren, he would still choose it as dying slowly due to the agony of the bite would be worse than dying from the lotion.


    Fortunately for Lin Ren and the group of six people, the lotion worked. In only a few minutes, Lin Ren started feeling normal. If he didn¡¯t see the biting wound from his eyes, he wouldn¡¯t even believe that he had gotten injured.


    Time flew by.


    The group of six people then led Lin Ren to their settlements.


    It was an archaic settlement with the houses being made of leaves and branches on the trees.


    The trees in the settlements were sorge that each tree held at least tens of families, with each of them having sufficient space to them.


    The area¡¯s name was Garlog and it was just one of the settlements here. Garlog was a ce where humans ruled.


    It was also one of the few ces where the privileges of the adventurer didn¡¯t matter, or the six people had never tried to use Lin Ren as the bait.


    They only knew that Lin Ren was an adventurer since it was programmed into every inhabitant¡¯s brain in Panagea from their birth.


    It was both fortune and misfortune of Lin Ren that he appeared in Garlog.


    Garlog was a high-level area, with the beasts being more powerful than the humans. This settlement was on the weaker end of the power scale in the area, with the highest level being Level 50.


    It was a misfortune for Lin Ren as the challenges Lin Ren would face here would be as tough as conquering territory in Panagea and bing a ruler.


    It was a fortunate situation for Lin Ren since the area was high-level, and he had no adventurer topete with when it came to high-value resources.


    Lin Ren then learned about the people here, and not long after, his first quest in Panagea arrived.


    The quest asked him to hunt a Level 3 hyena with a group of ten people, and none of them could be more than Level 1. If he used less than eight people, he would be eligible for his bonus reward, and the lesser the number of people, the bigger it would be.


    Lin Ren would have to strategize everything, and the group members would have to trust him during the hunt. If even one group member did things on their own, ignoring Lin Ren¡¯s strategies, the mission would turn into a failure.


    The quest not only asked for his mental prowess but physical prowess as well since Lin Ren also needed to be present at the forefront of the hunt and not only do everything from the back.


    Lin Ren knew the task was tough even before beginning the quest as he also needed to find people who would listen to his orders, but at the same time, be good at what they do.


    Finding both in a single person wasn¡¯t easy as those who were good at things were usually headstrong and wanted to be the leader themselves, and usually, those who weren¡¯t good at things wanted to get led by others.

 Chapter 658 - 658 The Store!

    Chapter 658: The Store!


    After learning the details of the quest, Lin Ren started preparing for it. The mission tested both his strength and intelligence, so he knew he carefully needed to do things.


    Lin Ren needed not only strong but also those who would listen to his orders. If even a single person refused to go through his orders, all his efforts in the quest would be in vain, so Lin Ren needed to be careful here as well.


    ¡°Who wants to go on a hunt with me?¡± Lin Ren suddenly shouted, taking all the attention of the members present around him.


    Even though it was an archaic area and there was no such thing as an adventurer¡¯s privilege, the people of the settlement still treated Lin Ren respectfully due to him getting hurt in their schemes.


    As soon as Lin Ren loudly uttered those words, a crowd gathered around him in no time, with looks of excitement on their faces.


    The settlement had humans as the dominating party here, but around the settlement, the number of beats was too much, so the people could never expand the settlements.


    Any Level 50 plus who left the settlement in search of a better future for the people here never came back. The people here didn¡¯t even know whether they had died or got themselves a life of luxury, so they forgot about the people.


    As soon as the inhabitants of the settlement heard the adventurer asking for those to go on a hunt with him, how could they not get excited?


    The six people knew about Lin Ren¡¯sck of strength, but still, they were in the bunch as well. They knew that adventurers were from an outer world that hade here for the final war and was Immortals. So how could they not get excited when someone who could never die was going on a hunt with them?


    At the same time, there were also people who had grave expressions on their faces, seeing the excitement of their fellow neighbors.


    The reason for them feeling tense was the adventurer¡¯s Immortality. Since the adventurer was Immortal, he would do things taking that attribute of theirs into consideration. But the people here were not Immortals and could die, so it would only bring harm to the inhabitants of the settlement and not any benefit.


    A few secondster, several people started calming down, and soon, the entire area dawned into silence, and the people set their eyes on the adventurer. There was not even the sound of breathing present there, making the area suffocating for Lin Ren.


    Lin Ren took a deep breath to calm down. His eyes then turned calm as even though he was currently only an average human with no supernatural powers, he still had the memories of the Primal dimension. He still had his aura of the Emperor.


    Lin Ren was unaware that when his eyes and the aura around him changed, a man who had also joined the queue around Lin Ren straightened up with a look of curiosity and excitement in his eyes.


    ¡°I only need Level 1 people. Everyone who is higher than Level 1 please move away,¡± Lin Ren calmly announced, bringing a look of shock and surprise to the eyes of the people.


    The entire area turned into a fish market as everyone started discussing with each other, ignoring the adventurer.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, and as the third second passed by, Lin Ren majestically yelled, ¡°Silence!¡±


    The entire area fell into an eerie silence as every person except the man found the situation to be different. They never expected a man with no supernatural power to attempt to silence them.


    One woman even got offended by Lin Ren¡¯s tone. She was a Level 3 human, so her strength was several notches higher than Lin Ren.


    She took a step forward and stared directly into the eyes of Lin Ren with a hint of killing intent to it.


    Lin Ren felt a heavy hammer hitting his body at that moment, but he knew he couldn¡¯t back away. If he backed down, the people here would never mold into those people he wanted for the quest.


    Lin Ren met the eyes of the woman. His forehead started turning wet as beads of sweat started gathering there, while his knees slowly started sinking.


    Suddenly, the woman¡¯s expression took a turn for worse. Earlier it was an angry face, but now a smirk was spread wide across her face.


    Lin Ren¡¯s face turned ugly as he understood the woman was ying with her.


    Suddenly the pressure on Lin Ren increased several times, forcing him to kneel on the ground.


    But something unexpected to everyone, including Lin Ren, happened the next moment. Instead of Lin Ren kneeling, it was the woman who knelt with her face heavily crashing to the ground. The crash was so hard that a stream of blood could be seen flowing on the ground where the woman¡¯s face was.


    (A/N: Reverse Uno!)


    Lin Ren looked around him in surprise since a moment earlier, when his knees were to touch the ground, a warm feeling appeared on his shoulders, and invisible hands picked him up. He also was unaware of how the womannded on the ground. Even he couldn¡¯t help but suck a cold breath of air, as the woman couldn¡¯t be anything but dead, as her head had just cracked open due to a crash, with brain matter flowing with the stream of blood.


    Chaos emerged around Lin Ren as there was death around them, and it didn¡¯t belong to the beasts, but she was their own. In addition to that, the woman was a Level 3 human, so she was an asset to the settlement when going to hunt the mostmon Level 1 and Level 2 beasts.


    ¡°Now, now, don¡¯t create a scene in front of our adventurer.¡±


    Suddenly, a man¡¯s voice filled with femininity to it rang in the area.


    It was as if the voice had a soothing charm to it. Everyone calmed down and turned in the direction of the voice.


    People made their way as a man more beautiful than a woman wasing toward Lin Ren with a smile on his face. Lin Ren had his jaw almost dropped to the ground as the man had worn a female dress that hid the area from chest to thighs. What¡¯s strange was that he was a man who had a feminine voice but had a manly walk.


    ¡°Forgive this lowly being for the impudence of that wretcheddy,¡± The man smilingly told Lin Ren. When the man referred to the woman, there was disgust on her face. In the end, a seductive smile spread across his face as the man winked at Lin Ren.


    Lin Ren felt his blood running cold from fear after seeing that wink. He couldn¡¯t help but move his face away, not daring to look at the man.


    ¡°Why hide your face? Don¡¯t you like this lowly man? Just say a word, and I shall cut open this face that made you move your eyes away,¡± The man replied with a clear hint of disappointment in his voice. Lin Ren felt his body curling after hearing the man¡¯s words; such was the feeling the man¡¯s words gave him.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± Lin Ren asked with his face still looking in a different direction, ignoring the words of the man.


    ¡°I won¡¯t tell you if you don¡¯t look into my eyes and kiss me here,¡± The man responded straight away, with a hint of disappointment at first, but in the end, his voice contained seduction while pointing at his cheeks.


    ¡°Enough of your nonsense, Jaro!¡±


    Before Lin Ren could respond in any way to the man¡¯s statement, a voice filled with authority rang in the area.


    The people around Lin Ren suddenly bowed down in whatever direction they were looking at, not daring to see the uing man.


    ¡°Why stop me, Goro?¡± The man responded with a hint of anger and irritation in his tone, but he followed the words and moved away from Lin Ren.


    The man known as Goro then approached Lin Ren.


    After reaching Lin Ren, instead of talking to him, Goro looked toward the woman with her head cracked open. The next moment, a gentle expression appeared in his eyes as he waved his hands. Soon, the woman and the stains of her blood and brain matter disappeared from the ce.


    ¡°For killing one of our own, you are hereby punished. You could either get hit ten times or a three-month banishment,¡± Goro then looked at Jaro and expressionlessly asked.


    Jaro didn¡¯t answer straight away but made a yful face.


    ¡°You have three seconds: choose your punishment, or I will,¡± Goro responded, still maintaining his expressionless tone.


    ¡°three months banishment,¡± Jaro still didn¡¯t respond, but as the clock to the third second arrived, he whispered, with his voice only audible to him and Goro.


    ¡°Since you still haven¡¯t chosen your punishment, I hereby punish you with three hits and five months banishment,¡± Goro, ignoring Jaro¡¯s whisper, announced.


    Jaro couldn¡¯t help but look at Aakesh with a stunned face. A few secondster, he had no choice but to look down and ept his punishment.


    Time flew by.


    Goro and Jaro were brothers, with Goro being the only Level 50 in the settlement.


    ¡°I owe you one,¡± Lin Ren suddenly felt his blood running cold as he heard the familiar voice.


    It was Jaro, but the tone was entirely different this time. Lin Ren couldn¡¯t help but look in the direction of Jaro leaving. At that moment, Lin Ren suddenly imagined a smirk on Jaro¡¯s face as he looked at Lin Ren.


    ***


    As Lin Ren was enjoying Panagea, Aakesh was busy with the customers purchasing cultivation arts.

 Chapter 659 A New Customer!

    Chapter 659: A New Customer!


    The store had been open for nine hours for the day, with six hours still remaining till the closing of the store. Yet, the number of sales of cultivation arts had already exceeded the number of purchases made yesterday by the customers.


    The more increase in the sale, the more Aakesh needed to get busy, so he had been receiving customers straight for the entire day.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± A customer requested Aakesh, with a page in his hands while a virtual book floated next to him.


    Aakesh took a nce at the book, and the next moment, all the information rted to the sale of the cultivation art appeared in Aakesh¡¯s mind.


    ¡°You need to pay eight hundred billion, six hundred and seventy-nine million, three hundred eighty thousand, and four hundred sixty supreme Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly announced. He told the man the price he needed to pay for the cultivation art after paying the million supreme Primal stones as the preview cost.


    The man was already aware of the cost since he had also seen it when he found the cultivation art, so as the store owner started speaking, he mentallymunicated with the card for the payment.


    Soon after Aakesh concluded, a sessful payment alert rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head. Aakesh then looked at the man and gestured him to leave since his work was done here and Aakesh still had a lot of customers to attend to.


    Time flew by, and a few more hours passed.


    After Lilith enjoyed her usual eighteen hours of stay in Panagea, got forced out of there by the system. As she exited the portal room, her eyes unconsciously turned toward the cultivation arts room.


    ¡®Forget it! Let¡¯s take a look at the shelves,¡¯ Lilith frustratingly thought as she still hadn¡¯t forgotten the cold feeling the shelf gave to her. It was too difficult for her to ept.<sub>.</sub>


    She then turned in the direction of the room and proceeded there.


    Lilith straight away went to the fifth shelf that held the Immortal grade cultivation arts since she could clearly feel a flow of energy there. She was also aware of the ability of the material, so she knew what was going on.


    Lilith then touched the material and gently stroked it. It still gave a cold feeling to her.


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed in the blink of an eye.


    Lilith, who despite feeling nopatibility with the material, gently stroked it continuously when suddenly the thought of checking cultivation arts emerged in her mind.


    ?[0)??? Lilith couldn¡¯t help but get surprised since it was her intuition to check an Immortal grade cultivation art. The power difference between an Immortal and her was such that even if there were countless peak Immortals fighting her at once, they still wouldn¡¯t be able to put a scratch on her body when it was only a clone of hers.


    Lilith went with her intuition since people of her level rarely got false gut feelings. She then left the shelf¡¯s side and went to the front.


    Even though there were more than a few million people present in the cultivation art room currently, there was still sufficient space for everyone to stand and check the arts without any ufortable feeling.


    Lilith, like other customers, peacefully went to the front of the shelf. She then slightly bent down since the height of the shelf was lesser than her.


    From the outside, she could see that there were several books on the shelf, but when she pushed her hands in, she felt she was surveying a vast empty space. Finally, her hands came around a blockade.<sub></sub>


    Lilith didn¡¯t wait and took out the item blocking her hands. The next moment, a page twice the size of her palm appeared in her hands.


    [Name: The Art of Youth¡­,]


    Soon, a screen only visible to her appeared in front of her, showing the summary of the cultivation.


    Lilith had a disappointed face as she didn¡¯t like the art, but since it was her intuition that had told her to check the cultivation arts, she put the art back inside the shelf and then took out another one.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, seven seconds had passed.


    Lilith had an irritated expression on her face since she had taken hundreds of cultivation arts out of the shelf, but not even one hade close to making her take a second nce, let alone impress her.


    ¡®Is it one of the rare false intuitions?¡¯ Lilith couldn¡¯t help but think in her heart.


    Despite thinking that, her hands didn¡¯t stop, and they went inside the shelf to put the art back and then take a new one out.


    As Lilith was searching for a cultivation art to prove her intuition correct, Aakesh¡¯s store weed a new customer.


    When the new customer entered, she had a curious look on her face. It only got bigger as her eyes fell on the giant floor formed from Ashamba and then the queue of several hundred thousand people in front of the mysterious blue-skinned store owner.<sub></sub>


    The woman then went to the queue and nudged the person above her in the line.


    ¡°Why are these many people in the line?¡± She asked.


    As the man felt a nudge, he turned back. The next moment, his face turned red, and then his breathing got rough as he had never seen anyone more beautiful than the person he was staring at.


    The man froze there, forgetting to answer. The woman nudged the man¡¯s shoulder once again, giving life to the man.


    ¡°Sorry, I couldn¡¯t help myself,¡± The man apologized as he moved his eyes away from her face and returned to normal. The man was aware of the store¡¯s rules, so he didn¡¯t want to offend someone over hisck of control.


    ¡°What did you want to know?¡± The man then asked as he had even forgotten the question.


    The woman asked the same question again and got her answer. Her curiosity toward the store got even bigger as she waited for her turn to arrive and meet the mysterious store owner in person.


    The man then turned back and couldn¡¯t help but look down, only to see a nt rising there.


    (A/N: I Know it¡¯s cringe, but things are the way they are(^<>^).)


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Due to Aakesh¡¯s quickness, while epting the payment, it only took eight minutes and thirty-seven seconds for the woman to clear the queue filled with so many people and reach the store owner.


    ¡°Hello, store owner,¡± The woman greeted Aakesh. The voice of the woman was gentle, but there wasn¡¯t even a slight hint of respect in it, but instead, it was calm.


    Aakesh looked at the customer and then nodded.


    It was a human woman. Her hairs were ck, and her pair of eyes had silver pupils. Her skin was slightly brown in color. She had worn a red dress that had covered her entire body, making her charm grow.


    For Aakesh, things such as beauty didn¡¯t matter, so when he looked at her, there were no emotions in his eyes. The woman, who was going to speak, suddenly stopped for a moment after seeing the look of indifference in the store owner¡¯s eyes toward hers.


    Soon, a gentle smile spread across her face as she asked for the store¡¯s introduction.


    Aakesh expressionlessly introduced all the store products to her. The woman¡¯s eyes widened with every product Aakesh introduced.


    Finally, Aakesh concluded with the introduction of the store products. As expected, the woman first bought a supreme card and left for the portal room after thanking Aakesh.


    Time flew by.


    When there was only an hour left before the store closing time, out of nowhere in the store¡¯s hall, a door appeared floating in the midair.


    The queue gathered around Aakesh only took a nce and moved their eyes away since they were already aware of who was beside the door.


    As expected, Lily stepped out of the door, and not long after, the door and the stairs connecting it to the floor disappeared.


    More time flew by, and the remaining hour till the store closing time passed in the blink of an eye.


    Despite it being the store¡¯s closing time, there was still a queue standing in the store¡¯s hall, waiting for their sessful purchase of cultivation art.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t make the customers in the queue leave, but those who were still present in the cultivation arts were told by Aakesh to stop for the day ande back tomorrow. It included Lilith as well. She still hadn¡¯t gotten a cultivation art that could prove her intuition correct, so she had been there for several hours now.


    ¡°Can¡¯t you-¡°


    ¡°Forget it, I already know you,¡± Lilith made a yful face and then was going to ask Aakesh to extend the time, but before she could evenplete her sentence, she shut herself and stopped it. She was already aware of Aakesh¡¯s character.


    Lilith decided to search for it tomorrow. If she still didn¡¯t get anything tomorrow, she would consider her intuition to be false. She then exited the store using her supreme card.


    After telling the customers in the cultivation arts and weapons room to leave, Aakesh returned to his chair.


    Time flew by.


    It took three more minutes for Aakesh toplete the sale of every customer present there in the queue.


    As the sale was over, Aakesh left his chair and went to the entry gate. He then closed it, announcing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    ***


    A/N: From tomorrow, the book will return to its usual two chapters a day schedule. I had daily functions these two days, hence theck of one chapter these two days.

 Chapter 660 First Time!

    Chapter 660: First Time!


    As thest customer in the queue for purchasing the cultivation arts left the store, the store turned empty except for only Lily and Aakesh being present.


    ?[0)??? Aakesh then stood up from hisfortable chair and went toward the entry gate of the store while Lily continued sitting on her chair.


    With a clicking sound, Aakesh closed the door of the store, announcing an end to another fruitful day for the store in these several years.


    As Aakesh turned around, his face¡¯s expressions changed, and a curious look appeared.


    ¡°Hey, system, who was that woman?¡± Aakesh asked the system out loud.


    Lily couldn¡¯t help but raise her ears since she didn¡¯t know what woman Aakesh was talking about, but what made her more curious was to find out why Aakesh was interested to know about some person.<sub>.</sub>


    [Host, the system was unable to find anything different about the woman.]


    The system knew what woman Aakesh was talking about, so the next moment, the system¡¯s response in its usual mechanical and emotionless voice rang in the store for both Aakesh and Lily to hear.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised after hearing the system¡¯s response. When he met the woman, he could feel what the woman looked like; she was not. In fact, Aakesh had a feeling that the woman was already aware of everything going on inside the store.


    Knowing about every product firsthand and still asking the store owner for the introduction wasn¡¯t any issue-worthy subject since Aakesh had conversed with many such customers. But for the woman, her conversation with the man still rang in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Even though Aakesh was busy selling the cultivation arts to the customer, his eyes and ears were so potent due to his power level that he had everything going inside the store¡¯s hall in his sight and ears.


    If she was already aware of the store products, why would she ask such a question, and if she didn¡¯t know, then why did Aakesh feel she already knew it? Aakesh was confident that there was something extraordinary about that woman that he couldn¡¯t put his hands on it.<sub></sub>


    Even though the system said it didn¡¯t find anything different about the woman, Aakesh decided to trust his intuition than the system for the first time.


    Aakesh believed the reason for the system to have such a response was due to its inability to feel emotions.


    ¡°Hey, system, was she human or not?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked another question.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t find whether the woman was human or not after his feelings about the woman. But since the system had never failed to judge such things, he decided to ask it.


    [Host, she was a human! Her vitals and life force were slightly deviating from what a human should have, but it wasn¡¯t so different that it was out of the human¡¯s range, and she could be an exception to the human race, hence your different feelings about the woman.]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s response rang in the store for Aakesh and Lily to hear.<sub></sub>


    Aakesh¡¯s intuition, rather than turning weaker toward his feeling toward the woman, turned even stronger after hearing the system¡¯s response.


    ¡°Who is that woman, and why are you interested in that woman?¡± Lily suddenly asked. She could see that Aakesh didn¡¯t trust the system¡¯s response which was a first for her. Even though she didn¡¯t respect the system as she thought of the system as nothing but a tool for Aakesh to learn his past, she still knew how it was correct all the time.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything but slightly tapped on Lily¡¯s head. The next moment, two new pieces of memory appeared in her head.


    The first contained the memory of the woman¡¯s interaction with the man standing in the queue above her.


    The second memory contained Aakesh¡¯s interaction with the woman.


    ¡°Did you feel anything from these scenes?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked Lily.


    Lily didn¡¯t speak right away but checked the two pieces of memories several times.


    ¡°I also feel that there is something different about the woman than it looks. She isn¡¯t what we were seeing,¡± Lily replied in her childlike voice,ing to the same conclusion as Aakesh.


    Lily was now a perfect hybrid between the two races of Epochal Feline and whatever race Aakesh belonged to, so her sensitivity toward the supernatural had also grown with that. It was impossible for Lily to feel anything different about the woman if she hadn¡¯t evolved and be a perfect hybrid.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response to Lily and also yed the same scene of his interaction with the woman in his head again and again.


    Time flew by, and several seconds had passed.


    Lily had now stopped thinking about the woman since she had gotten bored of checking the same piece of memory again and again and still not being able to find anything. She was hoping for Aakesh to think about the woman for some more time, and since then, she wouldn¡¯t have to go to that training session and could directly enter the Panagea.


    ¡°Don¡¯t think I have forgotten about the training. Let¡¯s go!¡±


    Lily, who was hoping for Aakesh to forget, suddenly had a hair-raising reaction after hearing what Aakesh had said. She then awkwardly turned her head toward Aakesh, only to see him looking at her with a knowing smile on his face.


    Aakesh also stopped wasting his time on the woman. He was confident that things were different about the woman than they looked, but that didn¡¯t mean he would waste all his time over it. If he found anything, then good, but if he didn¡¯t, he would put it on the back of his head and wait for the situation to ur again. Aakesh did the same this time and decided to wait for the woman to enter the store again.


    As for a dangerous situation rising due to the woman, Aakesh didn¡¯t think about it since if he even couldn¡¯t tell what was different about the woman, how would he be able to guess her reasons for appearing in the store?


    Aakesh then looked at Lily, and Lily looked at her with an awkward expression on her face. He couldn¡¯t help but wave his hands over her fur, making Lily move away from Aakesh with an angry face. The next moment, a light appeared in the store, and when it disappeared, the store had turned empty, devoid of any life.

 Chapter 661 White Dragon!

    Chapter 661: White Dragon!


    ¡°So, what did you think?¡± A voice filled with majesty rang in the darkness of the void.


    ¡°We don¡¯t need to be worried. There is still a lot of time. It¡¯s only the start,¡± A voice rang in response to the question in the void.


    If Aakesh and the man in the queue were to be present here, they would have recognized the voice. It was none other than the woman¡¯s voice that had made Aakesh not trust the system for the first time.


    ¡°You know this is thest chance. We can¡¯t take any risks,¡± The voice with majesty responded. This time, there was a tone of helplessness in it.


    ¡°I know,¡± The woman¡¯s responded. Even her voice contained a hint of helplessness since things were beyond her and the owner of the other voice¡¯s control. Aakesh was too important of a person/piece/bait for them to forget or ignore him.


    The next moment, two sighs filled with helplessness rang at the same time in the darkness of the void.


    ***<sub>.</sub>


    Aakesh and Lily appeared in the selection area, with Aakesh being unaware of how he had be a topic of discussion between the two figures.


    Since he was unaware, he didn¡¯t have to worry about it. Since Aakesh did not worry, Lily also had no troubles.


    Lily chose her usual training environment and pressed the switch. The next moment, a space crack like portal emerged in front of her, and without giving her even a moment of time or a chance to fight back, it sucked her inside the ce beyond.


    After Lily left, Aakesh went to his left and picked up a weapon out of the one he had yet to use. He then went to his right, chose the environment, and pressed the switch.


    The next moment, a simr scene urred as a space crack sucked Aakesh inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a familiar battle arena, with no one in his sight.


    Aakesh then took a look at the weapon in his right hand. It was a il, with its spiked head covered in ck, so much so that Aakesh felt he was carrying abyss in his hands.<sub></sub>


    It was joined to the handle by silver chains, which were made of the intestines of a now extinct creature. The handle was brown in color, with it made of a metal known for its durability.


    The spiked head weighed almost the same as thebined weight of three thousand universes. If not for Aakesh¡¯s strength, he would have never been able to pick it up.


    Soon, a familiar blue window appeared in front of Aakesh, asking him to choose what stage he would start in the battle.


    As usual, Aakesh chose the first round since there was a new weapon in his hands, and there was going to be a new opponent facing him today.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    Not long after the blue window disappeared, a roar filled with anger rang in the battle area, announcing the arrival of Aakesh¡¯s opponent.


    ?[0)??? Aakesh turned around and witnessed the majestic creature staring at him with nothing but cruelty in its eyes.<sub></sub>


    The majestic creature was none other than a Dragon, one of the overlords of the third dimension.


    The Dragon in front of Aakesh was a White Dragon, with it being the weakest member of its race.


    It was the weakest member of its race, but that didn¡¯t mean it was less powerful. If its power were to getpared, ording to the entire third dimension, it would be in the bracket of the top-tier creatures.


    The White Dragon in front of Aakesh was only the size of Aakesh. It checked Aakesh when suddenly its eyes turned red from anger, and soon a roar that could shake the entire Primal dimension rang in the battle arena.


    The reason for the sudden anger of the White Dragon was the il in Aakesh¡¯s hands. The silver chain joining the handle to the spiked head came from the intestine of a White Dragon, hence the creature turning crazier.


    If not for the system restricting any battle before the announcement of the bell, the White Dragon would have already attempted to rip Aakesh to pieces.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but shake his head as he knew today¡¯s battle would be more challenging than ever. The il in his hands meant that the White Dragon would crazily fight today without any fear of death.


    ¡°DING!¡±


    Soon, a bell rang in the area, announcing the start of the battle.


    As Aakesh had expected, the White Dragon had turned even crazier. The sound of the bell hadn¡¯t even subsided when a ball of white light shed with the spiked head of the il.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, a loud explosion shaking the entire arena rang. The spiked head hadn¡¯t evene back when another white ball appeared in front of Aakesh.


    This time the white energy ball had a slight hint of grey in it.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    Even though the White Dragon had turned crazier, it didn¡¯t mean Aakesh had gotten weaker.


    Before the energy ball could sh with Aakesh, he slightly nudged the handle, and the spiked head shed with the ball, resulting in another big explosion.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    There wasn¡¯t even a pause in the sound of explosion before crashing sounds filled the arena.


    It was the White Dragon that had crashed, and it wasn¡¯t even Aakesh¡¯s doing. It was the White Dragon¡¯s own doing.


    In the second energy ball, the White Dragon had added its lifeblood to make the explosion even more deadly.


    Unfortunately for it, Aakesh was too strong for it to get killed by such attacks.


    The White Dragon still wasn¡¯t dead. It had just lost all its energy in thest attack.


    Aakesh decided to end the misery of the creature. In a single step, he appeared above the head of the Dragon.


    Even though the Dragon was at itsst, it had its eyes red with anger as it looked at Aakesh killing it with a single hit of the spike head.


    The next moment, the White Dragon exploded into a blood cloud as the weight of the spiked head was too much for its body to handle, killing it instantly and winning the first round of battle.

 Chapter 662 Battle(1)

    Chapter 662: Battle(1)


    As the White Dragon exploded into a blood cloud, Aakeshfortablynded on the ground.


    The cloud hadn¡¯t even subsided when suddenly everything except for Aakesh froze in the battle arena.


    Soon a blue light covered the entirety of the arena, while a blue screen appeared in front of Aakesh, asking him to choose the stage he wanted to go to next.


    As usual, Aakesh decided to go ahead without jumping any levels. The next moment, the light receded, and soon, the arena returned to its pre-battle condition, with the White Dragon also returning.


    This time, the White Dragon didn¡¯t roar at Aakesh, but it only stared at him with unconceble killing intent in its pair of silver eyes.


    [DING!]


    Not long after, the familiar sound of the bell rang in the arena, announcing the start of the second battle.<sub>.</sub>


    Even though the White Dragon didn¡¯t roar at Aakesh, it didn¡¯t mean that it had regained its sanity. In fact, it was even crazier than the first battle.


    As the sound of the bell subsided, Aakesh found himself covered in a deep shadow.


    As Aakesh expressionlessly looked at the White Dragon expanding like a balloon at an unimaginable rate.


    In no time, the size of the White Dragon had reached almost ten times of Aakesh, from the beginning when it was of the same size as Aakesh.


    Aakesh understood what the White Dragon wanted to do, but he didn¡¯t worry since the current White Dragon was too weak for him to consider its self-destruction as something deadly even when he didn¡¯t have his skills to use.


    Despite thinking such, Aakesh didn¡¯t just stand there and wait for the explosion to engulf Aakesh. He instead poured energy into his legs and took a jump.


    In no time, Aakesh reached the same height as the White Dragon¡¯s head, which was now several hundred meters in total. It wasn¡¯t the end as Aakesh grabbed the head of the expanding White Dragon.<sub></sub>


    The scene looked nothing more than funny as if a child was carrying a big hammer; such was the size difference. Just the White Dragon¡¯s head alone was twice the size of Aakesh.


    Aakesh had grabbed the head of the Dragon using his left hand, while his right hand slightly nudged the il, and its spiked head soon came crashing down onto that.


    Even though the spiked head of the il looked like a tennis ball inparison to the head of the Dragon, things didn¡¯t go as per the size.


    A familiar scene urred as the White Dragon could only look at Aakesh with indignance and craze in its eyes when it turned into a blood cloud. Not long after, a blood cloud several timesrger than the first round appeared on the battle arena.


    The battle came to a drastic end, as Aakesh wasn¡¯t going to wait for the White Dragon to expand into self-destruction and waste several seconds in it. He decided to end it and start the next one since if the Dragon wanted to self-destruct again, it would be quicker as its strength and reflexes grew.


    A scene familiar to the first stage of the battle then urred in the arena as after Aakeshfortablynded on the ground, a blue screen appeared in front of him. At that time, the time had frozen, with the entire area engulfed in blue light.


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed.<sub></sub>


    As Aakesh had expected, with each passing round, the White Dragon only became crazier. And with its strength also growing several times with each loss, the battle was bing more and more challenging for Aakesh.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    A sound of explosion rang in the area as the spiked head crashed into the head of the White Dragon, creating a cloud of dust gathered in the arena.


    ?[0)??? ¡°Roar!¡±


    Despite taking a direct hit on the spiked head into its head, the White Dragon was still alive, with its skull only facing a slight crack.


    Its eyes turned even redder, surpassing even the color of human blood.


    The spiked head was currently around a thousand times its original size as ity on the head of the Dragon.


    The White Dragon attempted to move its head, but unfortunately for it, only its head was sinking with every passing second.


    It was bing even tougher for Aakesh to handle the weight, as it now weighed equivalent to billions of Universes. If not for his unlimited endurance, Aakesh would have given up due to his body getting exhausted at picking up that weight for only a few seconds.


    Aakesh decided to use another skill he had gotten from the il for this training session.


    Suddenly, the wind in the battle arena stopped, as instead of growing bigger, the spiked head started contracting, with its weight staying the same.


    In no time, the spiked head became several thousand times smaller than it originally was, with its weight still being billions of Universes.


    The White Dragon¡¯s eyes suddenly turned lifeless, as its skin and skull weren¡¯t durable enough to hold that amount of weight into that small object.


    The spiked head pierced the brain of the White Dragon in no time, crushing it into smithereens, resulting in instant death for the White Dragon.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed the entire battle arena, and soon, the time came to a stop as a familiar blue window appeared in front of Aakesh.


    It asked whether he wanted to go to the fifteenth level, rey the current stage, return to the thirteenth level, etc. As usual, Aakesh chose the first option.


    The next moment, the blue light receded, with the battle arena returning to its pre-battle condition.


    Soon, the White Dragon of the fifteenth stage also appeared. Its eyes were sane, unlike other rounds. Instead, there was a calm rarely seen in the eyes of the creature.


    [DING!]


    Soon, the sound of the announcing bell rang in the arena.


    Aakesh decided to take the initiative as he found the current White Dragon too dangerous for it to get the first initiative.


    Even though the Dragon¡¯s eyes were calm, Aakesh could feel the raging storm that was toe in the battle with the creature.


    The next moment, Aakesh disappeared from the ce where he stood and appeared in the air, right above the head of the Dragon.

 Chapter 663 Battle(2)

    Chapter 663: Battle(2)


    Aakesh decided to take the initiative in this round of the battle. So as soon as the sound of the announcing bell disappeared, Aakesh disappeared from the ce he was standing and appeared right above the head of the White Dragon with the spiked head in his right hand, roaring tond a hit.


    Things didn¡¯t go as per Aakesh¡¯s expectations as the spiked head instead of crashing onto the head of the Dragon, shed with the empty air.


    Aakesh using the weight of the spiked head, started falling at an unimaginable rate to the ground. It was also what Aakesh wanted since there was a shadow covering him from the sky.


    Without even expanding, the White Dragon of the fifteenth stage was already a hundred times the size of Aakesh, so it looked like a rabbit battling an elephant.


    Aakesh, using one of the skills he had gotten with the il, increased the weight of the spiked head since there was an energy ball almost twice his size approaching him.


    Aakesh¡¯s thinking worked as his falling speed grew at an exponential rate due to gravity.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, the energy ball still turned out to be quicker. Before Aakesh could evennd on the ground, the ball crashed onto him, creating a loud explosion.<sub>.</sub>


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Aakesh didn¡¯te out of the explosion unharmed as the force released from it threw Aakesh several thousands of meters backward. If not for the battle arena expanding to amodate the size of the creature, he would have gotten knocked out of the arena and would have lost the battle.


    ?[0)??? ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The next moment, sessive sounds of metallic sh began ringing in the battle arena as the spiked head shed with the Dragon¡¯s ws.


    Even though the White Dragon was exponentially superior to its fourteenth stage version when it came to strength, agility, or endurance, it didn¡¯t mean Aakesh was weak. If Aakesh had his skills, he would have ended the battle as soon as it had begun, but since he could only use the skills he got from the weapon for the fight, he failed to gain any edge over the White Dragon.<sub></sub>


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    Sounds of explosions started ringing in the area as with every sh, the spiked head and the ws released a vast amount of energy just like an explosion.


    As time passed, Aakesh started gaining the upper edge since, with each sh, his speed only grew instead of decreasing, while the Dragon grew slower since it was crazily attacking Aakesh.


    Even though the Dragon was crazily attacking Aakesh, it didn¡¯t mean that things were not known to it. It was as if it knew what it was doing and was always in control of its actions.


    The White Dragon, unlike other opponents of Aakesh, was using the revival at every stage to its advantage.<sub></sub>


    The system had set creatures for Aakesh, who already knew everything, so they were already aware of dying at the end of the battle and then reviving in the next stage after they lost.


    The White Dragon was using that factor to its advantage. As the crazily it attacked, the quicker and more destructive the battle would be, and the faster its stronger version would arrive to take out its anger on Aakesh for using a weapon that was created from its kin¡¯s body parts. After seeing that Aakesh was gaining the upper edge, the White Dragon understood that the current it wouldn¡¯t be able to defeat Aakesh. It needed to go even higher if it wanted to take revenge for its kin.


    Aakesh suddenly felt a cold wind caressing its cheek as the Dragon¡¯s eyes suddenly turned red. It then backed a single step and opened its maw as wide as it could.


    Aakesh felt the breeze of death caressing him as his eyes turned colder, while the il in his hands suddenly saw a transformation.


    The il suddenly melted into Aakesh¡¯s right hand, with a ck, silver, and brown metallic cover gathering around his hand.


    In no time, his hand had turned into a spiked head, with the head being ck in color, the spike being brown, while the tip of the spike was silver, epassing all three colors of the il at once.


    It was the ultimate skill the il had allowed him to use in this training environment, and Aakesh didn¡¯t find it to be a wasteful skill for the current use as he witnessed a giant grey energy ball appearing in his sight.


    Aakesh could see the White Dragon weakening at an unimaginable rate, and in no time, only the shell of the Dragon, and the grey energy ball got left in the battle arena, except for Aakesh.


    The grey energy ball was the umtion of thebination of the Dragon¡¯s energy and blood, so it already knew the reason for its creation.


    Even though the Dragon had died, the battle wasn¡¯t over since thest sh was still left, and whoever won it would be the winner of the fifteenth stage.


    Soon, the grey ball disappeared from the ce it was and appeared right in front of Aakesh as if it had teleported.


    Aakesh had cold eyes as he raised his right hand, which was currently a spike head, and banged it into the grey energy ball.


    ¡°BOOM!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion loud and destructive enough to destroy half the battle arena emerged with a mushroom cloud almost twice the size of the already dead White Dragon.


    When the mushroom cloud had subsided, instead of the battle arena, only a pit with an endless depth could be seen.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    The next moment, a sound of something tearing through the air rang as from the endless depth, a being flew into the air, only stopping where once the surface was.


    It was none other than Aakesh. He looked the same as always, but the same couldn¡¯t be said for his right hand.


    The spiked head had cracked in half as the result of the sh, and it had resulted in blue blood continuously pouring out of the crack.


    Aakesh then deactivated the skill, and soon, his mangled right hand presented itself, while a il floating in the midair also appeared next to him.

 Chapter 664 Battle(End)

    Chapter 664: Battle(End)


    The battle of the fifteenth stage came to an end with Aakesh surviving the attack the White Dragon had created using its life.


    Aakesh had his right hand mangled into a bad shape as the spiked head coating disappeared, and a il appeared next to him, floating in the air.


    The shell of the White Dragon had also disintegrated into ashes as the result of the sh between the two ultimate attacks.


    The next moment, a blue light appeared out of nowhere and covered the entirety of the battle arena, which was now nothing but a pit with an endless depth.


    The blue light suddenly froze, and the next moment, a familiar blue window appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Levels:


    Sixteenth stage: Tap to Proceed,


    Seventeenth stage: Tap to Proceed,


    Stay on the Fifteenth stage: Tap to Proceed,


    Fourteenth stage: Tap to Proceed,


    .<sub>.</sub>


    .


    .


    First stage: Tap to Proceed.]


    Without wasting any time, Aakesh chose the first option and decided to go ahead to the sixteenth level.


    The next moment, the blue window disappeared, and a green light covered Aakesh¡¯s mangled hand.


    Not long after, the green light covering Aakesh¡¯s hand and the blue light engulfing the arena disappeared. The next moment, the area simr to the pre-battle situation, and Aakesh, without any injury, appeared on the battle arena.


    It hadn¡¯t even been a moment when Aakesh found himself covered in a dense killing intent. Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think about the owner of the killing intent since it could be none other than the White Dragon.


    The White Dragon earlier only hated Aakesh for having a weapon made of its kin, but it now also hated Aakesh for defeating it.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he was wrong in judging the character of his opponent. It was true that the White Dragon hated Aakesh for having a weapon made of its kind, but it was also true that the White Dragon was forcefully dying early as soon as it found it couldn¡¯t defeat him to fight against him with its stronger version. Since the White Dragon thought like this, hating Aakesh for killing it was thest thing it would do; in fact, it was excited as it could now feel that it had a higher chance of defeating Aakesh.


    This time, Aakesh didn¡¯t ignore the killing intent released by the Dragon since it was now strong enough to maybe win the battle. He turned his head around and stared at it with nothing but an abnormal calm in his eyes.


    For a moment, the White Dragon didn¡¯t know what Aakesh was doing since he had been ignoring its provocation right from the first stage. As the Dragon looked into his eyes, it felt its soul leaving its body.<sub></sub>


    The White Dragon knew that it couldn¡¯t lose, so it red back at Aakesh.


    The sh suddenly came to a stop as the sound of the familiar bell rang in the area, announcing the start of the sixteenth battle for the day.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The next moment, several sounds of metallic shes started ringing in the area as neither Aakesh nor the Dragon wanted the other to take the initiative in the battle, so they did at the same time.


    Every time Aakesh¡¯s weapon shed with the Dragon¡¯s ws, a spark would emerge, resulting in the atmosphere turning hot.


    The scene looked like ordinary hand-to-handbat, but only in less than a second, Aakesh and the Dragon had shed more than tens of thousands of times, with even the weakest attack of them having enough strength to kill several Void Beasts at once.


    The sh continued for several minutes, with no oneing on top. Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as suddenly the spiked head started expanding at a crazy rate.


    In no time, the spiked head reached a gigantic size of a world, with even Aakesh¡¯s hands shaking. He had no choice but to support him by grabbing the handle using both his hands. The next moment, Aakesh¡¯s hands stopped shaking.


    ¡°CRASH!¡±<sub></sub>


    The next moment, a loud crashing sound rang in the area as when the Dragon¡¯s ws shed with the spiked head, not expecting it to grow to a size equal to a big, the force exiting from the sh knocked the Dragon several tens of thousands of meters backward.


    The Dragon received no injury from the sh as the spiked head hadn¡¯t even returned to its position before continuing to swing when the Dragon appeared again with its ws, attempting to tear Aakesh into several pieces.


    Time flew by.


    It had been several minutes since the sixteenth battle between Aakesh and the White Dragon began. Aakesh had never expected the fight to go this long, but the current version of the Dragon was millions if not a billion times more powerful than its fourteenth version.


    The Dragon¡¯s strength grew at an exponential rate as its level grew and not like others where the power level started stabilizing with the increase in cultivation level. This ability of the Dragons made them one of the overlords of the Multiverse, if not for the existence of Omni beings like Devas.


    ?[0)??? The time for the current battle had already exceeded thebined amount of time Aakesh and the Dragon had battled before this fight.


    Further time flew by.


    Aakesh had currently lost half his left hand, with him having a deep gash that had turned into a see-through injury on his chest.


    The White Dragon¡¯s situation was no better than Aakesh, as it now had no horns left, with all its four legs crushed into a pulp using the spiked head. In fact, the situation of the Dragon could be said to be worse than Aakesh¡¯s since it had half its face crushed.


    ¡°Let¡¯s end this,¡± Aakesh coldly uttered these words as he activated the ultimate attack of the il.


    The next moment, the handle and the spiked head disappeared, and light emerged in its ce. Soon, the light engulfed Aakesh¡¯s right hand, which had numerous scars on it due to facing the brunt of the Dragon¡¯s attack.


    In no time, Aakesh¡¯s right hand turned into a three-colored spiked head.


    The Dragon, on the other hand, didn¡¯t feel the need to get angry at its injury. Instead, it felt an unprecedented excitement. It could now see that the fifteenth version of it was enough to give a challenge to Aakesh, so now even if it lost, the next round would help it gain its revenge for Aakesh using the weapon made of its kind.


    Even though it thought like this, it didn¡¯t wait for Aakesh tond the hit and win another battle. Instead, it also decided to use its ultimate attack, and make the battle as painful as possible for Aakesh.


    The next moment, the White Dragon opened its jaw wide enough. The current size of the Dragon was humongous to say the least. Even a single tooth of its surpassed Aakesh¡¯s size. It wasn¡¯t even a battle between an elephant and an ant, but instead, it was a fight between a mountain and an ant.


    Soon, an energy ball started gathering. Unlike the previous situations, the ball was neither white nor grey. But instead, it was deep red.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but stop in his actions after seeing the emergence of the red energy ball.


    The Dragon race owned several exclusive skills, and out of those several, three made it to the list of top skills of the Multiverse, not only the third dimension.


    Out of those three skills, Aakesh was currently seeing one in front of him.


    Aakesh never expected the White Dragon to know this skill, but he then stopped thinking about it and focused on his attack. The skill was never superior, but its controller was.


    ¡°BOOMMMM!!!¡±


    Not long after, an explosion loud enough to raze the entire area just from its sound rang in the battle arena.


    The heat resulting from the sh hadn¡¯t even begun, but still the arena had already turned into a ruin.


    The next moment, the heat finally got released with a bang, and whatever minuscule remained of the arena vaporized into nothingness.


    The White Dragon was the first to face the brunt of its own attack as it vaporized into nothingness, and then the explosion enveloped Aakesh.


    Time flew by.


    The explosion finally subsided, and yet the heat still remained. If someone were to throw a piece of iron into the air, it would vaporize in less time than the time it would take for the person to throw the iron into the air.


    Nothing was to be found when the area returned to calm, except for a pit.


    There were no signs of Aakesh, nowhere to be found, but since the blue light hadn¡¯t emerged, it meant he was alive.


    The next moment, a light shined into the endless depth of the pit. If even a peak Immortal were to be present here, they wouldn¡¯t be able to tell the distance of the light from the surface; such far it had shined.


    It wasn¡¯t a blink as the light was still there. It could be seen that it was green, and it was for healing.


    In the depth of the pit, Aakeshid down, floating in the darkness, covered in green light with only a breath remaining in his body.


    Not long after, Aakesh¡¯s eyes opened, and soon he returned to normal. Aakesh¡¯s injury had reached an extent where it took several seconds for him to heal despite the green light¡¯s unprecedented recovery rate.


    Time flew by.


    Suddenly a portal emerged in the selection area, and soon Aakesh stepped out of it.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter for today, as I had gotten busy with some personal work. The mass release is still on schedule. Please show your support!

 Chapter 665 A Familiar Place!

    Chapter 665: A Familiar ce!


    Aakesh had only won once in the sixteenth stage battle. That was his second-day entry here when he had used a sword.


    After that battle, it had be a streak of Aakesh losing the sixteenth round ofbat. Unfortunately for Aakesh, today, the trend continued instead of breaking down.


    Aakesh had lost battles in the sixteenth stage in several ways. Some were hard fought where he lost by a slight margin, while some were one-sided for the opponent to win.


    Today¡¯s sixteenth round of battle went thetter way of Aakesh. Even in that, today¡¯s loss could be considered his worst ever defeat.


    In the sixteenth stage, White Dragon was greater than the size of the battle arena of the fifteenth stage, and it was just when it was at its actual body shape and did not use any skills to reduce or increase its size. Not only that, but due to the Dragon¡¯s ability, the Dragon was countless times stronger than its earlier version.


    Despite Aakesh wanting to take the initiative, he failed to do so, as the movement speed of the Dragon had breached several notches higher than Aakesh¡¯s agility. In the end, Aakesh died with a single swipe of the Dragon¡¯s w.


    The Dragon couldn¡¯t help but roar in anger after seeing Aakesh dying in a single strike. The Dragon was angry as it had been waiting to rip Aakesh apart for using a weapon made of its kind, but unfortunately for it, it couldn¡¯t even savor it. At the same time, there was also excitement in its eyes since it seeded in avenging its kind.<sub>.</sub>


    ?[0)??? As there was only a single entry a day in the training environment, Aakesh appeared in the selection area.


    Since there was still some time left before Lily¡¯s training got over, so Aakesh decided to go for another training session.


    The next moment, he put the il back to where it belonged, picked up a sword, chose his next training environment, and pressed the switch.


    Not long after, a familiar scene of space crack emerged and sucked Aakesh inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a familiar ce.


    Since Aakesh had reached the physical limit of the Primal dimension, his stats couldn¡¯t grow any further. But that didn¡¯t mean that training was one way of passing the time for him, and since it had be his daily schedule, he did it.


    Even though his stats didn¡¯t rise, that didn¡¯t mean he didn¡¯t grow strong. If the previous Aakesh, who had reached his limit, were to fight the White Dragon at the fifteenth stage, without any training over these past several months, the result of the battle would have been different.<sub></sub>


    Due to this, Aakesh never took training as some time-passing exercise.


    Aakesh had been in this training area in his early days. Since Aakesh was at his mightiest when he had the sword in his hands. Since he hadn¡¯t trained with it in a while, Aakesh decided to spend some time on it.


    Aakesh currently stood in a closed ce filled with arrow machines. Here he had nowhere to run, with his legs fixed at one spot.


    Each arrow machine had the capability of shooting more than ten thousand arrows every second.


    There were several arrow machines spread over all the closed area, but currently, only one was active, as only it released the mechanical sound it did when active.


    The arrow machine would shoot one time toward Aakesh, with each arrow being in his range. If Aakesh failed to dodge even one: one body part of his was sure to get pierced. Aakesh had to do all this while his legs rooted in a single spot, and the arrows would surelye after his legs as well.


    With every sess, the number of active arrow machines would grow. Thest time, Aakesh came here was around three thousand years ago. At that time, the highest number of arrow machines he had faced was thirty-three.<sub></sub>


    As the current Aakesh was countless times more powerful than that version of him, Aakesh had a goal of at least breaching the mark of ten thousand arrow machines at once.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as the aura in the space suddenly turned suffocating. Even though these were machines with no emotions and sentience, as soon as the time to begin arrived, killing intent materialized all over the area.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    The next moment, the continuous sounds of arrows tearing through the air rang as the machine shot them.


    Aakesh decided to give himself some challenge as he closed his eyes and ears. He decided to defend himself just after sensing the killing intent. It was this way, Aakesh had decided his goal, as with his ears and eyes open, even defending against trillions of arrows every second was not an issue to him.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    As the arrows reached, Aakesh¡¯s sword also arrived in the way to destroy its opponents. It didn¡¯t even take one-hundredth of a second when Aakesh had destroyed the entirety of ten thousand arrows, and their broken pieces covered the area around him.


    The next moment, a white light passed through the area, and all the arrows had disappeared.


    If someone were here, they would have seen the broken pieces of arrows returning to their counterparts to beplete, and started flowing toward their machine as if someone was reversing time.


    ¡°GADDD¡±


    The next moment, a new sound rang in the area as the second machine got active after Aakesh seeded to dodge or destroy all the arrows in the first stage.


    Even though Aakesh had his eyes and ears closed, he still found about the second machine getting active due to the increased killing intent in the area.


    Earlier, Aakesh couldn¡¯t sense this amount of killing intent since his sensitivity was nowhere as close as he had currently. It wasn¡¯t wrong when they said that an adult fears a lion more than a child.


    Time flew by, and several seconds had passed.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The sounds of metallic shes were continuously ringing in the area as the sword shed with the arrow before it could even touch Aakesh.


    Aakesh was currently fighting against three hundred arrow machines, and not even once did a situation arise where the arrow even reached close to hitting Aakesh.

 Chapter 666 Playing!

    Chapter 666: ying!


    It has been around two minutes since Aakesh¡¯s training session began.


    Aakesh currently stood against a thousand and eight hundred arrow machines, not allowing even a single arrow to reach close to hitting Aakesh.


    No round took more than a second since each arrow machine shot at once, and their release rate was ten thousand arrows per second. Aakesh only had that time to defend himself. Aakesh still hadn¡¯t reached a situation where he had to take a second to go to the next level. In fact, Aakesh was able to have more than five rounds of arrows every second, taking the amount of time taken in the next round to begin.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, six more minutes had passed.


    ¡°CLANG!¡±


    The sound of a metallic sh rang in the area as it was thest arrow that had shed with Aakesh¡¯s sword. It was also the first urrence where the arrow seeded in breaching the safe distance Aakesh had set around him.


    Even though the arrow failed to hit Aakesh in the end, Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as it was now time for him to get serious and use two-thirds of his strength. Until this point, he had only been using one-third of his power.


    As Aakesh increased his strength, the five thousand, seven hundred, and sixty-ninth round began.


    This time, Aakesh had to fight 57,690,000 arrows at once with both his eyes and ears closed.<sub>.</sub>


    It even took less time than it had taken Aakesh to clear the hundredth round as Aakesh¡¯s sword destroyed everyst of the arrows.


    More time flew by, and Aakesh finally started reaching his limit.


    Aakesh was currently fighting again nine thousand, eight hundred, and ny-sixth round, and Aakesh had already started feeling the brunt despite using all his strength.


    Out of every three arrows, one arrow seeded in reaching dangerously close to Aakesh, resulting in the survival for Aakesh, bing even more challenging.


    A single hit wouldn¡¯t result in Aakesh losing thepetition, but three at once. Aakesh still didn¡¯t want to get hit even once as his strength allowed him to have that confidence in himself.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh finally got hit.


    He failed to dodge one of the arrows, and it pierced the area right below his elbows, resulting in the first injury for Aakesh.


    Unfortunately for the arrow machines and fortunately for Aakesh, he had crossed the goal he had set for himself. Aakesh was currently fighting against 10,281 arrow machines at once.


    Since Aakesh decided to consider even one hit as his loss, the next moment, he quit the training where more arrows wereing toward him, aiming to pierce him at every of his body parts.<sub></sub>


    ?[0)??? The next moment, a blue light engulfed the entire area, while a green light engulfed the area where the arrow had hit Aakesh.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the closed space without having any injury, and all the arrow machines had also shut down while a blue window floated in front of him.


    It asked Aakesh whether he wanted to begin the training or leave the area.


    Since Aakesh had spent enough time, Aakesh decided to leave. The next moment, he tapped on his choice, and not long after, a white light engulfed him.


    The next moment, the silence prevalent in the selection area broke down as out of nowhere, a space crack emerged, and soon Aakesh stepped out of it.


    Lily still wasn¡¯t here as there was still some time left before her training came to an end, and the Felines didn¡¯t let Lily leave before that time.


    Aakesh decided to wait for Lily here rather than going to another training session. Even though Lily arrived on time in the store, Aakesh and she couldn¡¯t as he was busy selling cultivation arts to customers.


    Time flew by.


    Suddenly, a space crack emerged in the selection area, and soon Lily stepped out of it.<sub></sub>


    As Lily stepped out of the space crack, her eyes fell on Aakesh looking at her with a gentle smile on his face.


    Lily couldn¡¯t help but smile as she really liked Aakesh waiting for her. She then asked the system for her chair.


    Not letting Lily wait, her chair appeared in front of Aakesh, not long after.


    Lily thenfortably sat on her chair, and began discussing her experience in Panagea for the past several hours.


    Since Lily had used one of three of Aakesh¡¯s promises to make him help Lily gain the throne in three years in Panagea, Aakesh seriously listened to whatever Lily said, and then gave her suggestions.


    The increased time flow rate in Panagea came as a big help to Lily since Aakesh had promised three years of the Primal dimension time, and now that time in Panagea flowed thrice the rate, it would give Lily more time to implement what Aaksh suggested her and also grow stronger at the same time.


    Time flew by. Today, the discussion took longer than usual due to Aakesh¡¯scking time to listen to Lily in the store.


    Everythinges to an end at some point, and simrly, Aakesh and Lily¡¯s conversation also came to an end.


    ¡°The event is only a week away,¡± Aakesh suddenly told Lily with the smile reappearing on his face since the serious talks were now over.


    ¡°Hmph, what¡¯s the point of telling me, if you can¡¯t let me participate in thest event?¡± Lily scoffingly responded, while attempting to dodge Aakesh¡¯s handsing toward her head.


    Unfortunately for Lily, she wasn¡¯t as quick as Aakesh, so she failed in the end. Aakesh slightly tapped on Lily¡¯s head, resulting in a groan escaping from Lily¡¯s mouth.


    ¡°You already know why I can¡¯t let you do that? I just told you, so you can exit Panagea and watch the event,¡± Aakesh smilingly stated as he gently rubbed the spot where he had tapped a moment earlier.


    The event used the virtual portals to their value, so the time in Panagea always got frozen for three days so that the adventurers wouldn¡¯t lose valuable eighteen hours(now fifty-four hours for many customers.) If Lily stayed there, she would also freeze with Panagea and not get forced out since she was also an inhabitant of Panagea after Aakesh had made a deal with the system.


    ¡°Hmph,¡± Lily scoffed in response to Aakesh. She was aware of the deal between Aakesh and the system, but she still wanted to win territory in Panagea for herself using this way.


    Lily believed in her talent, especially after she had the blood of Aakesh running through her veins, so she was confident that she would win the territory if she were to take part. Unfortunately for her, she could never test it in reality.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but smile after seeing Lily in disappointment mode. He then gently rubbed Lily¡¯s head and whispered something in Lily¡¯s ears. Not long after, both of them disappeared from the selection area.


    The next moment, the duo appeared in the store¡¯s hall.


    ¡°Will you seriously help me once in Panagea?¡± Lily asked as she couldn¡¯t believe what Aakesh had just promised her.


    ¡°Yes, but this is thest time when I would help you to make you happy,¡± Aakesh smilingly replied.


    ¡°Then, I don¡¯t want it,¡± Lily responded, backing a step away from Aakesh.


    For Lily, Aakesh treating her like a child wasn¡¯t frustrating. But instead, it made her feel warm in her heart. It showed how much Aakesh cared for her, even when she was tens of thousands of years old.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but smile, seeing Lily refusing to take his help in Panagea if it meant he would treat her as her age.


    ¡°Are you sure? I wouldn¡¯t offer you this promise again in Panagea,¡± Aakesh smilingly told Lily.


    Aakesh expected Lily to take a second before answering, but Lily straightaway replied a big no. This time Aakesh felt warm in his heart since how could he not know how much winning a territory meant for Lily? Despite that, she didn¡¯t even take the time to think even when he refused to help Lily ever again in Panagea.


    ¡°Since you want things to go this way, then it¡¯s fine to me,¡± Aakesh smilingly replied.


    The next moment, Lily jumped on Aakesh, with her size reverting to her earlier form.


    Aakesh expected Lily to go for a hug, but she instead hit him on his head.


    The next moment, Aakesh and Lily began ying like they used to do in past but now couldn¡¯t due to theck of time.


    Time flew by.


    Suddenly out of nowhere, a door appeared in the midair. Not long after, stairs connecting it to the floor also emerged.


    After Lily left for Panagea through the door, Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned toward the portal room.

 Chapter 667 Sudden Situation!

    Chapter 667: Sudden Situation!


    Aakesh and Lily¡¯s y finally came to a stop after they both got bored.


    The next moment, the familiar door appeared, floating in the air after Lily summoned it. Not long after, the stair connecting it to the floor also emerged.


    ¡°I will do as you said,¡± Lily smilinglymented and then stepped up the steps.


    With a clicking sound, the door opened as Lily entered the room. Not long after, it automatically closed with a bang, as the portal inside the room turned grey.


    Aakesh¡¯s smile disappeared as Lily left. His body then turned around, facing the entrance of the portal room. He took a step forward and proceeded toward it.


    As usual, Aakesh¡¯s eyes fell on the panagea leaderboard as soon as he stepped inside. Seeing that there was no change in the top hundred ranks, except for Lilith going up by a position, Aakesh moved his eyes away from it and looked toward the virtual portal.<sub>.</sub>


    Aakesh then touched the closest virtual portal with only the tip of his finger. The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything appeared and sucked him inside without giving him even a chance to fight back.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in the same spot he had left before exiting Panagea.


    Yesterday was a busy day for Aakesh, as he not only came across a top-level creature but also found himself in a ruin dedicated to one of the now dead Emperors.


    At the same time, he also earned a level due to his candidate having a fortunate event that would change her life forever, while he also got a skill from the top creature. Unfortunately, he couldn¡¯t use it for now, but someday it would be of great help to him.


    Aakesh wasn¡¯t very far from the spot where he had entered the ce beyond the door. Aakesh suddenly had an urge to check whether the door was still there or not.


    As Aakesh got the urge, he didn¡¯t stop himself and rushed toward it.<sub></sub>


    In the end, Aakesh had to face disappointment as the door had disappeared, and there was no way for Aakesh to reenter the space beyond it. The reason for Aakesh¡¯s disappointment was he wanted to ask a question to the beast that was helpless while he gathered a wisp of faith belonging to Emperor Anu.


    Since there was no door, Aakesh decided to put the question to the back of his mind and forget about it. He would someday find the answer, but that day wasn¡¯t today.


    Aakesh then turned around and left the area as he was dangerously close to creatures over Level 250. Yesterday, he had the Anarchic Parasite with him, which would stop any dangerous being froming close to him using its aura if he were to proceed ahead. But today, since Aakesh was on his own, he decided not to take the risk and die an unfortunate death.


    Time flew by, and a few hours has passed.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±<sub></sub>


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ?[0)??? ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    At first, the sound of projectiles tearing through the air would ring, and not long after, the sound of metallic shes would resonate in the entire area.


    The reason for it was the ongoing fight between Aakesh and the tribe.


    Somehow, while going on a hunt to gain some XPs, Aakesh had entered the area controlled by one of the tribes in the Dark Forest. Since it was Aakesh¡¯s mistake, and he had no interest in conquering anynd in his name, he decided to leave after getting an alert about it from one of the tribe members.


    But for some reason, as Aakesh turned around to leave, they attacked him. Aakesh was never one to leave those who attacked him, so he counterattacked and killed the group of seven people that had attacked him on his back.


    Unfortunately, the situation didn¡¯t end there as somehow, there were other members nearby, which Aakesh had clearly failed to sense while traveling. After it happened, Aakesh was aware that things weren¡¯t as simple as they looked.


    No matter how strong a tribe was, they wouldn¡¯t attack someone if the intruder epted their demand to leave and started leaving. They would either strike at first without even warning or if when the intruder refused to heed their warning.


    Nothing of the sort happened here. There was a warning, and Aakesh heeded it, but still, there was an attack on him. Aakesh had an indifference toward others, but that didn¡¯t mean he didn¡¯t kill those who attempted to harm him in any way.


    The situation then hade to this. Every time, a group would arrive and attack Aakesh.


    As soon as Aakesh killed the group, a newer group with increased strength would take the dead member¡¯s ce and attack Aakesh.


    If not for Aakesh¡¯s unlimited endurance and ability to beat beings above his power level, Aakesh would have already died a cruel death since the group currently in front of him consisted of seven members and each of them was Level 245.


    Time flew by.


    The battle started taking a turn for the worse, as the newest group consisted of seven people, with three of them being Level 245, two were Level 246, one was Level 248, and thest, who led the group from the front, was a Level 250.


    ¡°Adventurers, why did you kill so many of our members?¡± The Level 250 man asked Aakesh, with his eyes roaring anger toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh had a cold face as his sword spoke in ce of his mouth.


    Even the Level 250 man didn¡¯t expect any attack toe, so he was taken aback by the sudden situation. Fortunately for him, he was no weakling, so he didn¡¯t lose hisposure and got ready to defend himself, but unfortunately for him, Aakesh was also no pushover.


    When Aakesh was only a hundred meters away from the man, suddenly the man felt the ground beneath him changing, and he started getting sinking.


    The man suddenly had an ominous feeling in his heart, but it was all for naught, as the blue-skinned adventurer suddenly disappeared from the spot he was on, taking everyone by surprise.


    The next moment, the sandy surface had disappeared, and the hard surface had returned. Not long after, a crashing sound rang as the man fell with his head falling soon after that.

 Chapter 668 End!

    ?[0)??? Chapter 668: End!


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The next moment, a loud crashing sound rang in the area as the body of the man crashed to the ground. Not long after that, another simr but slow sound resonated, but it was heard even louder in the ears of the other six members since it was the head.


    ¡°Never trick those you can¡¯t control!!!¡±


    The next moment, a statement rang in the ears of all six members. It sent shudders down their spines as the voice was cold enough to make them feel standing naked at an absolute zero temperature while a snowstorm was ongoing.


    The feeling didn¡¯tst for long as the next moment, they felt their sights dimming down, and not long after, a flurry of crashing sounds rang in the area.<sub>.</sub>


    Since Aakesh had killed another group of people, he knew a new group woulde, but this time, Aakesh decided to leave. He had already killed those who attempted to harm him, and he could feel a noose tightening around his neck the more he killed.


    Aakesh had no interest in fighting an infinite number of people. Even though he was gaining good XPs from the killing, the situation here was different. It wasn¡¯t going as per his decision, but someone else was doing it and sending groups after groups.


    ¡°Adventurer, did you think it would be easy to leave after killing so many of us?¡±


    Suddenly a voice rang in Aakesh¡¯s ears. It was androgynous, so it wasn¡¯t possible for Aakesh to identify the gender of the voice owner just from their voice. The voice had a hint of yfulness in it, so Aakesh became even more sure that he was forced by someone to kill people.


    Aakesh ignored the voice and continued ahead without stopping or turning back.


    The voice got louder in his ears, while now it also startedughing as it was enjoying Aakesh¡¯s escape from the area.<sub></sub>


    ¡°Bang!¡±


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    Aakesh¡¯s journey suddenly came to a stop as he found himself crashing onto an invisible wall. The force at which he was running also acted against Aakesh and he got thrown several meters backward.


    Aakesh had a surprised face as he had failed to even sense this invisible wall, and it was also the area through which he had unknowingly delved deeper into the tribe¡¯s territory.


    Whether the wall was earlier there or not, Aakesh wasn¡¯t sure, but he was confident that it had stopped his journey ahead.


    Aakesh suddenly activated the skill Energy Overseer. He couldn¡¯t help but have his jaw almost drop to the ground as the number of colored dots he could see were more than enough to dizzy someone like him.<sub></sub>


    At that moment, Aakesh knew he had gotten caught and couldn¡¯t leave, as he at least needed to have the amount of strength he currently had in Panagea to have a minuscule chance of breaking the wall and exiting. For the current him in Panagea, it was impossible to break the wall and leave the area.


    Still, Aakesh was not one to give up. He stood up and got ready to fight the group that wasing at him.


    The number of people in the group was consistent at seven people, and it still continued. Aakesh could see seven people surrounding him, stopping his journey from all sides.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he had no chance to win, he could only escape from this group, but even that wasn¡¯t possible due to the wall blocking his way. Out of the seven members in the group, six were Level 250, while the leader was Level 250 plus.


    As the skill Energy Overseer was active, Aakesh could see the colored dotsing closer toward him from all sides as if the being behind it wanted to capture him.


    Aakesh had no other choice but to continue to fight, and he got ready, but suddenly he felt an aura that sent chills down not only his spine but also the seven other members spread around the area.


    Aakesh found the aura familiar since he had only met its owner yesterday. It had no dangerous effect on Aakesh, but the other seven weren¡¯t as lucky.


    Only the aura alone was enough to melt them into a puddle of liquid and then turn them into ashes. As the wind was still blowing, the ashes flew with it.


    Aakesh still had the skill Energy Overseer active, so he could see the colored dots disappearing slowly as even it couldn¡¯t bear the aura attacking it.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh finally found the purpose behind him, facing a regr attack from a group of seven people.


    It was not only a test to check Aakesh¡¯s strength but also a ploy to capture him.


    The Anarchic Parasite, Aakesh had met yesterday was a royalty of its race. One of its servants knew how to heal its master¡¯s injury and where it was.


    So to get a wisp of faith to heal its masters, the parasite¡¯s servant had created this ploy. As for why only seven people attacked him and not many at once was because the servant also wanted to test Aakesh¡¯s strength.


    Being an adventurer didn¡¯t guarantee sess in getting the wisp of faith, so the servant wanted to be confident before sending the blue-skinned adventurer toward the ruin.


    Now that the Anarchic Parasite was here and it was alright, there was no point in continuing the situation. The servant then apologized to Aakesh as it also found out that Aakesh was none other than the adventurer who helped heal its master.


    Since a simple apology wasn¡¯t sufficient for forcing Aakesh to fight, the servant gave Aakesh a top-grade Mythical sword, which was several times better than the one he was currently using. At the same time, it also gave him enough XP to grow by a level. Only after that, Aakesh epted the forgiveness of the parasite¡¯s servant.


    After that, the Anarchic Parasite told Aakesh to be careful since now Aakesh knew that only adventures were able to touch the faith.


    If the servant had not sent a message to the Anarchic Parasite that it had found an adventurer, the parasite would haveete, and Aakesh would have to face the humiliation of getting captured.


    ***


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 Chapter 669 Panagea(1)

    Chapter 669: Panagea(1)


    ?[0)??? The Anarchic Parasite left right after reprimanding its servant and informing Aakesh of the reason behind its servant¡¯s action.


    ¡°Adventurer, forgive me, once again!¡±


    ¡°Thank you for rescuing my master!¡±


    The servant then apologized once again, even after offering remuneration for its actions. It was sincerely grateful to Aakesh for healing its master, so it thanked Aakesh and then left the area.


    Even the servant of the Anarchic Parasite was above Level 300, so Aakesh couldn¡¯t even see how it left the area.


    Since there was nothing left to do here for Aakesh, and he also had wasted a lot of time fighting the continuous arrival of group members, Aakesh decided to depart without wasting even a moment of time.<sub>.</sub>


    Today, Aakesh had less than twenty-four hours to stay in Panagea since some extra time got taken by him and Lily¡¯s discussion and then some more time when they both yed. Aakesh didn¡¯t regret the fewer hours since he found those small times with Lily more worthwhile than entering Panagea.


    Aakesh only thought about the time because he decided to go ahead with spending twelve hours for his ss. Even though the time for the Watcher exceeded half the amount of time Aakesh had in Panagea, Aakesh knew he wasn¡¯t at a loss. In fact, he had gained more than usual.


    The killing of several groups of people didn¡¯te as a loss to him since he gained XPs from it. Especially after killing the Level 250 man, his gain surpassed thebined amount of XPs he had earned up to that point. As an apology, Aakesh also had an increment of one level due to the parasite¡¯s servant offering him enough XP for that.


    Time flew by, and a few more hours had passed.


    The Dark Forest was a vast area, with no one knowing how big it was. Aakesh had been traveling here for the past several months, and yet he hadn¡¯t breached the outer area.


    Today, Aakesh decided to leave the Dark Forest. He had already traveled around the area where he could only meet Level 250+ creatures if his luck were terrible. If he were to travel further, meeting Level 250+ creature would depend on his good fortune since these Levels were the lowest Levels of the beasts further ahead.<sub></sub>


    Aakesh currently had no requirement of traveling to the dangerous parts of the Dark Forest since he had no such quest, nor did he want to face against those deadly beasts and create the situation worse for him.


    After Aakesh had the thought of leaving, he didn¡¯t waste any more seconds and began his journey to exit the forest. The Dark Forest was too vast for him to depart it in one day, so Aakesh didn¡¯t worry about wasting the twelve hours he had reserved for the ss, Watcher.


    Time flew by, and a few more hours had passed.


    It was only several minutes left before the twelve hour deadline for Watcher would begin when Aakesh came across a settlement.


    The settlement wasn¡¯t very big, with its poption only being in few thousand.


    Aakesh wanted something bigger since therger the talent pool, the more fortunate candidates Aakesh would be able to find.<sub></sub>


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he had no more time left to search for another town, vige, or city. So Aakesh decided to leave everything to fate and hope to find a good candidate from these few thousand people.


    Since the settlement was only a few hundred thousand miles from the dangerous parts of the outer areas, the settlement was like a fort, with all the citizens wearing armors and carrying their weapons all the time.


    It was not easy for Aakesh to enter the settlement despite being an adventurer, as one wrong move would create a dooming situation for the people living here.


    It took a lot of effort and a lot of Soul stones to buy his entry to the settlement.


    Aakesh could sense himself getting watched all the time, but he didn¡¯t mind it. He knew the dangers the settlements had to face, so he wasn¡¯t going to make a ruckus about him being surveilled.


    The settlement was only spread across a few thousand miles, so it didn¡¯t take much time for Aakesh to travel to the inner parts.


    There weren¡¯t many shops, and there was no area like the market, where arge number of people gathered. But since Aakesh had to do with what he had, the next moment, he activated the skill, Universal Eye.


    The next moment, a virtual 3D projection showing real-time action appeared in front of Aakesh. Even though Aakesh was getting watched, since only he could see the projection, none was aware of it.


    Not long after, Aakesh activated the skill Fortune Eye. Soon, another projection on top of the previous one appeared.


    The newer projection showed a smaller range of area, but for Aakesh, it didn¡¯t matter much.


    On the first screen, Aakesh could only see a few figures that weren¡¯t greyed out. He could count them by their numbers. Only those non-greyed figures appeared on the newer projection.


    There were only seventeen figures, out of which Aakesh could select a candidate. Even then, it wasn¡¯t easy for Aakesh, as all the seventeen figures had the same number of golden, red, and ck lines connecting their fate.


    Even Aakesh had to feel surprised since everyone having the same fate was a rare urrence.


    Since everyone had the same fate, Aakesh thought that a battle was about toe. Aakesh then randomly selected his candidate since there was no point in thinking much about it.


    The candidate selected by Aakesh was a male and belonged to the Sunlight Elf race. The settlement here consisted of people of every race, so seeing different races mating wasn¡¯t surprising here for others, let alone Aakesh, who hade across many ces like this settlement.


    The male candidate had all the distinct features of the Sunlight Elves. What made him different from others was the straight scar that went from the area above his lips to his forehead. It gave the man an ugly look since he only had a nose with a single nostril. An ugly Elf was sure a surprising sight for the people to see.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care about the appearance of others, so it didn¡¯t matter to him.

 Chapter 670 Panagea(End)

    Chapter 670: Panagea(End)


    Since Aakesh now had his candidate, there was no point in continuing to activate the skills.


    The next moment, light particles started moving away from the smaller projection. It didn¡¯t take long for it to disappear, waiting for Aakesh to call it back again. A simr phenomenon happened once again as the second projection also vanished.


    The next moment, a nk transparent screen only visible to Aakesh appeared in front of him.


    It suddenly lightened up as Aakesh¡¯s candidate appeared on it.


    Aakesh could only hope to gain some rewards, which wasn¡¯t a waste of his twelve hours since the number of golden lines wasn¡¯t in overwhelming quantity when he had looked at the Elf using the Fortune Eye.


    ***


    While Aakesh was selecting his candidates, a group of people was in discussion inside the lord¡¯s house.


    ¡°Is the news credible?¡± The lord of the settlement asked one of his henchmen, with a heavy look on his face.<sub>.</sub>


    ¡°Yes, boss! I have gotten it from none other than Gordon after paying arge number of Soul stones,¡± The henchmen replied, with a mixture of confidence and heartbreak in his voice. The reason for the heartbreak in the man¡¯s voice was none other than him spending Soul stones from his own pocket.


    ¡°Hmph, you are more worried about Soul stones than what¡¯s toe?¡± The lord of the settlement couldn¡¯t help but rage after sensing the tone in the man¡¯s voice.


    The henchmen couldn¡¯t help but shudder as he knelt straight away and apologized for his mistake.


    ¡®You don¡¯t pay me a penny, but I shouldn¡¯t worry about spending my money,¡¯ At the same time, the henchmen thought in his heart. He didn¡¯t dare to utter those words out loud as he knew that if he did, death would be the best result for him.


    ¡°Call Carlen for me,¡± The lord wasn¡¯t impressed with the henchmen¡¯s apology as he ordered the man.


    ¡°You all have heard it. What do you think should be our next step of action?¡± The lord of the settlement then asked the people seated on chairs. He didn¡¯t use the same tone as he did with his henchmen, as every single person seated on the chairs came from an affluential family. They had their own issues foring here, but it wasn¡¯t something the lord could do about, despite him being several levels above.


    ***


    [BLARE!]<sub></sub>


    [BLARE!]


    [BLARE!]


    Aakesh, who had been silently waiting for an event to happen, suddenly stood up. He knew the time of action had arrived after hearing the warning rms going over the city.


    [THE CITIZENS OF NEVADA SETTLEMENT, YOUR TIME TO PAY THE DEBT HAS ARRIVED!]


    [THE CITIZENS OF NEVADA SETTLEMENT, YOUR TIME TO PAY THE DEBT HAS ARRIVED!]


    [THE CITIZENS OF NEVADA SETTLEMENT, YOUR TIME TO PAY THE DEBT HAS ARRIVED!]


    The next moment, an announcement about some debt rang in the area.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think much about the reason as not long after, another round of announcements rang around the settlement.<sub></sub>


    [THE LORD OF PHOENIX SETTLEMENT WANTS TO ATTACK NEVADA SETTLEMENT, FOR WE HAD FOUND A SOUL STONE MINE. NEVADA OFFERED YOU A RESIDENCE WHEN YOU HAD NOWHERE TO GO. PAY YOUR DEBT BY DEFENDING NEVADA OR DIE A DEATH OF DESERTER!]


    [THE LORD OF PHOENIX SETTLEMENT WANTS TO ATTACK NEVADA SETTLEMENT, FOR WE HAD FOUND A SOUL STONE MINE. NEVADA OFFERED YOU A RESIDENCE WHEN YOU HAD NOWHERE TO GO. PAY YOUR DEBT BY DEFENDING NEVADA OR DIE A DEATH OF DESERTER!]


    [THE LORD OF PHOENIX SETTLEMENT WANTS TO ATTACK NEVADA SETTLEMENT, FOR WE HAD FOUND A SOUL STONE MINE. NEVADA OFFERED YOU A RESIDENCE WHEN YOU HAD NOWHERE TO GO. PAY YOUR DEBT BY DEFENDING NEVADA OR DIE A DEATH OF DESERTER!]


    The announcement still rang three times so that no one would be able to miss it.


    ¡°Adventurer,e with us. The Lord wants to meet you,¡± The sound of the announcement hadn¡¯t even subsided when a man appeared in front of Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t refuse the invitation since he could sense a new quest approaching him. He was here for an adventure, and how could he let go of that?


    Time flew by.


    As Aakesh had expected, right after meeting the lord of the settlement, a new blue window appeared in front of Aakesh.


    The blue window contained the details of the quest.


    After reading the details, Aakesh found out that the content of the announcement was different from what was happening in reality.


    It was correct that the Phoenix settlement was attacking Nevada, but the reason for it wasn¡¯t Nevada¡¯s lord finding a Soul stone mine. Instead, it was the other side that had found the mine, and Nevada was the aggressor.


    It was a stealth attack, and unfortunately, the son of the ruler of the Phoenix settlement was also one of the casualties of the attack.


    Aakesh then looked at the reward section. Since the quest wasn¡¯t manually generated but automatically, the system set a price of ten trillion XP as the reward.


    Aakesh considered the danger of the quest, and after thinking for a moment, he decided to ept the mission.


    ?[0)??? Aakesh didn¡¯t care about the reason for the conflict, as it was natural for others to attempt to gain resources. If he would have been in Phoenix right this moment, he would have fought from their side. But since he was in Nevada, he would fight for them.


    Aakesh then tapped yes on the screen and epted the quest.


    There were many Level 250+ cultivators on both sides, so Aakesh knew that he couldn¡¯t fight without considering the danger.


    Ten trillion XPs weren¡¯t a lot for the amount of XP he needed to gain a level.


    Aakesh told the lord of the settlement about it, and he was more than willing to give four Level 255 men to help Aakesh in such a situation. Those four people were for Aakesh to decide what to do with them


    Time flew by.


    Around an hour after the announcement, the battle between Nevada and Phoenix began.


    Aakesh skillfully used the four Level 255 guards and killed anyone he could kill. He became an untouchable being in the war.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, despite his efforts, Nevada lost the war. The lord of the Phoenix also came from an affluential family, so he had called his uncle before attacking Nevada.


    At the same time, the quest only asked for Aakesh to fight on Nevada¡¯s side; he didn¡¯t fail the mission.


    ***


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 Chapter 671 Return(1)

    Chapter 671: Return(1)


    As the battle between Nevada and Phoenix settlements came to an end, Aakeshpleted his quest and gained a reward of ten trillion XPs.


    Aakesh then focused on the screen that had been continuously running in front of him. Since it didn¡¯t obstruct Aakesh¡¯s view if he didn¡¯t want to watch, Aakesh never thought of deactivating it.


    On the screen, Aakesh could see the Elf in an injured shape as he got carried by the winning army. Aakesh didn¡¯t face such treatment since he was an adventurer and had no links with either Nevada or Phoenix settlements.


    Since the Elf and his other friends who had the same fate as him didn¡¯t gain anything significant from the war but became survivors despite being the only seventeen who had lower levels than Aakesh in the settlement.


    ?[0)??? When Aakesh had watched the fate of the seventeen people, even though the number of golden lines was in good numbers, the red lines weren¡¯t any less, either. If not for the ck lines being very fewer, then some of the seventeen may have even died in the war. The war was short, but it was cruel. The previous lord of the Nevada settlement became an example of that. His half-burnt head was still crying for mercy from the lord of the Pheonix.<sub>.</sub>


    The seventeen were currently outside the range of the skill Fortune Eye. But if they were inside and Aakesh would have activated it, he would have seen that the ck lines had almost disappeared, while the number of golden lines had seen an increment due to more than half the red line turning into that.


    ¡°Adventurers, if you want to exit the settlement, the time is now. Our lord would now go through a purge and kill everyst of the shits who live here,¡± A soldier suddenly approached Aakesh and told him about what was going to happen next with good intentions.


    The soldier was one of the soldiers who had survived the killing blow from Aakesh due to the battle ending prematurely after the uncle of the lord of the Phoenix settlement made a grand entrance and captured the lord of Nevada.


    Instead of feeling vengeful toward Aakesh for almost killing him, the soldier gained a deep respect for him. The soldier originated from a race native to a tribe in the Dark Forest, and they loved mighty people. It was also the reason the soldier had chosen to join the army of the Phoenix settlement when the now dead son of the lord had defeated the soldier.


    Aakesh only expressionlessly nodded toward the man and stayed there since his primary task foring into this ce still hadn¡¯t gotten fulfilled.<sub></sub>


    Time flew by.


    After seeing Aakesh still not leaving even after the soldier urging Aakesh twice, he gave up and departed to do his duty and take part in the hunt. The second thing the soldier¡¯s tribe loved after the mighty people were killing. It was also the reason for their love of the strong.


    Aakesh had no interest in the event that was about toe, nor did he feel any sympathy toward the citizen of the Nevada settlement. He focused his eyes on the screen. He would leave right after his selected candidate gained something significant, and Aakesh earned his reward.


    More time flew by.


    Even though the soldier had informed Aakesh of the purge, when it had begun, the soldiers left quite a few people alive. The purge was only for those with no background. As for those with family backgrounds, even the lord of the Phoenix settlement didn¡¯t dare to kill them.<sub></sub>


    Killing someone in battle was a different thing. It would rarely result in any action from top families, but killing a member of a top family in a purge was humiliating for the family, so it would demand action, which would sometime blow to a devastating war.


    Many Panagea¡¯s inhabitants dreadedrge-scale wars since they were an example of what it does to a world. Even the only Chaos-level lifeforms to exist on Panagea couldn¡¯t survive a war and left the world with a ticking timebomb; if adventurers failed to diffuse it, it would destroy Panagea.


    ¡°Stop!¡±


    As one of the soldiers was about to kill the Elf after capturing him, suddenly a shout rang in the area.


    The soldier instinctively wanted to continue, but the next moment, an invisible pressure arrived on him, and it threw the soldier backward.


    The soldier¡¯s forehead became wet with sweat as he knew he had failed toply with the order and let his instinct win. But the punishment he dreaded never came.


    The owner of the voice stopped in front of the Elf. He couldn¡¯t help but look at the Elf and the sixteen other lined people with a surprised expression.


    ¡°Uncle, what made you personallye here?¡± The lord of the Phoenix settlement, who had finally be happy after killing the lord of Nevada, couldn¡¯t help bute over after seeing his uncle stopping execution.


    The lord didn¡¯t feel that his uncle had begun feeling sympathy for the people here since he had seen even more cruel actions done by his uncle¡¯s hands.


    ¡°I never expected toe across this situation here,¡± The uncle couldn¡¯t control his excitement and responded to his nephew while still focusing on the Elf and his group of friends.


    The uncle suddenly waved his hands. The next moment, a green light engulfed all the seventeen people looking at him with a mixture of negative emotions in their eyes.


    The next moment, all the injuries the group of people had disappeared not only physically but mentally as well.


    ¡°Are you all living together from birth, or did you meetter in your life?¡± The uncle suddenly asked, without giving the group any moment to take in what was going on with them. A moment earlier, they could see their lives whispering goodbye, and now they were here, feeling better like never before.


    The lord didn¡¯t disturb his uncle and decided to wait to know the answer beforeing to any conclusion about his uncle¡¯s strange behavior.


    Time flew by.


    Everyone except those with backgrounds got killed, while the seventeen left with the lord¡¯s uncle. The lord had his jaw almost dropped to the ground when he found out the reason behind his uncle¡¯s strange reaction.

 Chapter 672 Return(End)

    Chapter 672: Return(End)


    Aakesh also had a surprised expression when he gained his reward for watching the unfolding event. It was one of the best prizes he hade across due to his skill Fortune Eyes.


    The seventeen were part of a single family and the result of an experiment that had happened several millennia ago.


    In the experiment, a crazy being used a hundred eggs to procreate using only a single sperm.


    For some reason, the experiment partially seeded. Out of the hundred, seventeen embryos took ce, carrying a life without any defect. Three more had seeded in turning into an embryo, but those had exploded right after, resulting in the destruction of twenty more eggs, which still weren¡¯t sure of seeding or failing.


    Even though the experiment partially seeded, none of the seventeen surviving embryos contained any semnce of their father. In fact, they gained everything from their mothers.


    The being didn¡¯t take it as a sess but as a failed experiment since the child didn¡¯t contain the bloodline of the father. The creator of the sperm was a King and couldn¡¯t have any children due to a curse on him.


    The creator of the experiment knew that the curse had affected his work and hence theck of the King¡¯s bloodline in them, but if the King were to know of this, the experiment creator knew that he would either cruelly die or would face torture until he lived.<sub>.</sub>


    He knew that he wasn¡¯t wrong, but the King had invested a lot of Soul stones and other valuable materials into the experiment after the experiment-creator had himself told the King about it. He gave the King the hope of having his own children with his bloodline, so the creator didn¡¯t want to see what would happen to him after he broke that hope.


    The experiment-creator had no interest in dying or facing torture, so he carried those seventeen unborn embryos and escaped the Kingdom.


    Unfortunately for the experiment-creator, his running from the King didn¡¯t help. His terrible fortune helped him die a cruel death in the teeth of a beast even mightier than the King. As for why the level 400+ creature appeared there, the man would never be able to know.


    The experiment-creator had given two-thirds of his life to the experiment, and couldn¡¯t see anything happen to the unborn embryos, so he had left them in a safe ce where they would be secure. When he died, he had a relieved smile, knowing that his life work was safe.


    Fast forward to today. The experiment-creator had thought wrong about the King. When he found out after the partial sess of the experiment, the King had be happier than ever at that time.


    The King had already lost hope of having children, so when he had them, he didn¡¯t care even if they received everything from their mother and not him. It was enough for him to know that his sperm did the job of giving life to them.


    After knowing about the man leaving with his unborn children, the King announced a hunt with more than fifty percent of the army searching for the experiment creator.<sub></sub>


    The lord¡¯s uncle was also one of the soldiers that went in search of the unborn embryos. To find the children, the King had given a device that contained the bloodlines of all his hundred wives since the King didn¡¯t know which seventeen¡¯s wife¡¯s eggs had seeded in fusing with his sperm.


    The only reason the lord¡¯s uncle found out about the seventeen people since he still had the device with him. The device was in a deactivated mode earlier. But as the uncle was putting some of the materials he had gained from the war here in his space ring, he instinctively activated the device, resulting in him finding the seventeen princes of a Kingdom.


    Even the lord of the Phoenix settlement couldn¡¯t help but drool, imagining the rewards his uncle would get from the King for finding his lost children.


    After the event came to an end, a new blue window had appeared in front of Aakesh.


    The blue window contained three choices for the rewards Aakesh could get from the event.


    All the three rewards were worthwhile, but Aakesh found the first option more likable since it awarded enough XP for Aakesh to increase his level by two.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to think much before choosing the reward, and soon he gained two levels, bing a Level 239 being.<sub></sub>


    Aakesh could feel an illusion of him being an omnipotent creature, but since Aakesh was aware of it being an illusion, he snapped his fingers and came out of it.


    ¡°Status,¡± Aakesh muttered as he returned to his room to prepare for the quest.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Legendary,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 239,


    HP: 53,000/52,000,


    Energy: 53,000/52,000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 3,201 (+200),


    Agility: 3,201 (+200),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)¡­


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh looked at his status after a long time. He couldn¡¯t help but nod, seeing the increase in his attributes. Thest time he had checked his status was when he was Level 229. It was only a level 10 difference, but it had taken Aakesh several months to increase his level by ten.


    After Aakesh became a legendary lifeform, every increase in level gave twenty physical attributes. He also gained three hundred energy and HP units with every increment. Aakesh now had stats with more than three thousand agility and strength, while energy and HP exceeded the mark of 50,000.


    Aakesh then waved his hands since there was nothing more left to see for him in the status. The next moment, light particles started moving away from the screen, and in no time, it disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    There was still some time left before sunrise on the Anga continent, the courtesy of three times the time flow rate, so Aakesh decided to attempt to select some candidates from the current lot in the settlement.


    Time flew by, and the sunrise finally arrived on the Anga continent.

 Chapter 673 New Day for the Store

    Chapter 673: New Day for the Store


    The sun rose on the Anga continent, and with it, ten other suns rose across the following ten continents spread across Visteerna, dispersing the darkness and bringing light to the lives of countless citizens.


    As the sun rose, a store in the midst of a newly-developing Kingdom opened, with a queue of several millions of people waiting outside it.


    Despite there being so many people, there was silence permeating the area, so much so that the sound of the store¡¯s door opening broke the silence and brought looks of excitement to all the people¡¯s faces. Some had a mixture of nervousness and excitement on their faces, some were beaming with joy, and some had determined faces as if they were going to do the thing which demanded all their determination.


    As Aakesh opened the door, he came across arge number of customers waiting for the store to open. Aakesh didn¡¯t let them wait for any more time as he turned around and went to his chair while the crowd outside poured into the store like a tide.


    The scene looked as if an apocalypse was happening, and people were running away from dangerous creatures. But the smiles on the faces of the people in the crowd defined something else.


    In no time, the area of a few thousand miles turned empty from being overcrowded a few moments earlier.


    The customers who owned any of the three cards straight away went for the portal room as usual, while those who didn¡¯t own any of the three went to Aakesh and joined the queue to buy their entry into Panagea.


    A few minutester, the store hall had turned empty as all the customers left for Panagea after paying for their services.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t see any new customers approaching. But he still didn¡¯t close his eyes and began another of his rxation session since there were already several customers who went straight to the cultivation arts room. Since there were more than enough virtual portals for several more million people to enter Panagea, they didn¡¯t worry about waiting for Panagea like in earlier days. They found cultivation arts more worthwhile than Panagea in the current situation.<sub>.</sub>


    As for when the number of customers would grow to match the number of virtual portals, they didn¡¯t worry about it.


    Time flew by, and around a minute had passed.


    Only a minute had passed since the store hall turned empty, and Aakesh could already see a customer exiting the cultivation arts room.


    The customer in question was a female human. Her face was neither attractive nor ugly. She had the appearance of an average human. She had her cheeks slightly red as she approached Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care for the redness in her cheeks as he expressionlessly looked at the virtual book floating next to her.


    The next moment, all the primary details of the cultivation art the woman had selected appeared in his mind.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± The woman shyly and respectfully requested Aakesh as she passed over the page to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the page from her hands, and the next moment, it dissipated into several light particles.


    ¡°You need to pay three hundred billion supreme Primal stones,¡± Aakesh then expressionlessly told the price the woman needed to pay after the preview cost got deducted from the total cost of the cultivation art.<sub></sub>


    The woman nodded. The next moment, a mechanical alert appeared in the woman¡¯s head, asking her whether she wanted to pay from the card or not. The woman thought yes in her head, and soon the required amount disappeared from her supreme card.


    ¡°The cultivation art is yours from now on,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the woman as the system informed him of the sessful payment.


    The next moment, the virtual book floating next to the woman suddenly started materializing, and in no time, a physical form of the book appeared in the hands of the woman.


    The woman had an excited expression as she looked at the cultivation art. She had already spent ny percent of her lifetime saving, so she felt excited and nervous at the same time, thinking of her future.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± The woman then bowed and respectfully thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh only expressionlessly nodded and waved his hands, gesturing for the woman to leave.


    The woman respectfully turned around and left. Her face had a different expression than earlier.


    The woman only came this early since she had already selected the cultivation art yesterday. But since the sun had set, the store owner had asked her to leave and buy the cultivation art early tomorrow morning.


    It was only in front of Aakesh, she was downying the effect of spending more than ny percent of her lifetime savings, but now that Aakesh wasn¡¯t looking at her, her actual feelings came out. Despite having more than nine hours to make her decision, she still didn¡¯t make herself determined enough to stop thinking about the Primal stones.<sub></sub>


    Fortunately for her, she was a regr customer anding in the store for decades, or she wouldn¡¯t have even forced herself to buy one cultivation art, despite not having enough stomach to spend that amount of Primal stones.


    The woman then took a deep breath as she turned toward the portal room and proceeded in that direction. Panagea had be too important to miss for even a day, so she went there and entered Panagea since there were more than enough empty virtual portals.


    Time flew by.


    The following customer, purchasing the cultivation art, only came several minutes after the woman.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± The man had no virtual book floating next to him as he didn¡¯t buy the preview option. The reason for it wasn¡¯t theck of money. The man trusted his intuition so much that he decided to buy the cultivation art just from reading its name and a little summary, despite it costing several million superior Primal stones.


    Time flew by, and several hours had passed.


    The man left after his purchase was done. Like the woman, the man went toward the portal room to enter Panagea.


    Before entering the portal room, the man bought mental healing pills using his card and then left in the room¡¯s direction.


    Time flew by.


    Like the past two days, a queue had gathered in front of Aakesh to buy cultivation arts.


    The queue contained several regr customers, and one of them was Maria. Maria had been holding herself from buying a cultivation art for the past few days as she had been busy on a quest in Panagea. She didn¡¯t want to waste even an extra second on something other than thinking about how to do the mission.


    Now that she had sessfullypleted her mission in Panagea and had already spent her eighteen hours in Panagea, she decided to finally buy a cultivation art for herself from the store.


    Since Maria was a Tao Pce level cultivator, she could buy a Mythical-grade cultivation art for herself. Maria already had a top-quality cultivation art that helped her go to thete Tao Pce from peak Nascent Soul in only around fifty years.


    Despite such a high level of growth, as soon as she learned that the store was now selling cultivation arts, she knew what to do. Her trust in the store and respect for the store owner was second to none. In fact, if Aakesh were to order her to leave Panagea, she would do it in just a blink of an eye.


    Earlier, she felt she had romantic feelings for her, but as time passed, Maria learned that she was wrong. Instead, it was a respect for Aakesh, which was outside the bounds of any romantic feelings. As time passed, the respect turned into reverence, then belief, and now it was faith.


    If Aakesh were to be a cult head, Maria would get considered a brainwashed supporter of him.


    After searching for a while, Maria finally found a cultivation art that she was willing to buy and rece it with the current one she used. Even though it cost several times the original price of her current cultivation art, Maria found it not to be an issue. In fact, she got excited. She knew one fact about the store. The quality of the store product grew exponentially with the increment in cost.


    Sometimes a product costing a few superior stones felt more expensive than paying several million supreme Primal stones for a store product.


    The cultivation art Maria chose used a simr principle as the current cultivation art she had, butparing the content between them was likeparing the sky and the earth. Even though the rules itid out were moreplex than anything Maria had seen in her life, and yet it was the most simple thing she could think of to understand it easily, without attacking her head.


    The cost difference between the current cultivation art and the store one was almost tens of thousands of times, but she happily decided to buy it.


    After selecting her cultivation art, Maria exited the room and couldn¡¯t help but get a surprise.


    It had only been a few minutes since she entered the cultivation arts room, but the people in the queue had already jumped by hundreds of thousands of people.


    Maria had no choice but to join the queue, as she knew that despite Maria being the store¡¯s first customer, Aakesh wouldn¡¯t bend any rules for her and allow her to jump the queue.


    Maria didn¡¯t feel long in the queue as she reminisced of herself in the past days when she had only entered the store for the first time and had witnessed the store owner ying with his pet.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter today. Since it¡¯s a festival here I had to travel and couldn¡¯t get enough time to write one more chapter.


    The mass release is on 15 August. Please show your support!

 Chapter 674 The Day in the Store(1)

    Chapter 674: The Day in the Store(1)


    It had been around six hours since the store opened for the day. Aakesh¡¯s sale for the day had already crossed the amount many top organizations make in a month or even a year.


    Despite that, the store didn¡¯t look like stopping any more time as there was a queue of a few million people waiting to buy cultivation arts in front of Aakesh. Half the number of virtual portals were busy, while there were a few thousand people selecting their weapons, so the sale would only grow instead of slowing down with time.


    ¡°Store owner, I want to buy this cultivation art,¡± Maria respectfully told Aakesh as her turn finally arrived after waiting for some minutes.


    Aakesh looked at the virtual book floating next to Maria, and soon, all the primary details of the cultivation art she had selected appeared in his mind.


    ¡°You need to pay three billion, seven hundred and eighty million, four hundred thousand supreme Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the remaining price of the cultivation art after Maria paid the preview cost of the art.<sub>.</sub>


    The art was one of the most expensive ones in the Mythical-grade section, but Maria didn¡¯t care. Even though she was giving up almost all the stones she had earned in the past several decades from Panagea, Maria happily decided to buy the cultivation art. In fact, she was more excited than ever, only twice to the time she won the territory in Panagea thatpletely changed her life.


    The next moment, an alert appeared in Maria¡¯s head, asking her whether she wanted to pay the amount or not. With it, a warning also came as, after it, she would only be left with a few hundred supreme Primal stones.


    After Maria responded in affirmative, a notification rang in Aakesh¡¯s head, informing him of the sessful payment that Maria had made.


    ¡°The cultivation art is yours from now on,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Maria, as the virtual book floating next to her had started materializing into the actual world.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± Maria bowed and thanked Aakesh, with her tone containing nothing but reverence, even ignoring the newly bought cultivation art in her hands.<sub></sub>


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response but only nodded his head. He was about to gesture for Maria to leave the queue since there were already too many people waiting there for him to buy their respective cultivation arts when he saw Maria opening her mouth to speak something.


    ¡°Store owner, would the event be on schedule this year, or would there be some changes like that year?¡± Maria suddenly asked Aakesh.


    A few years earlier, the store held the event a monthter than the usual time since Aakesh had a big event going on in Panagea for him.


    (A/N: It was the event that gave Aakesh thirty levels and helped him breach the Level 200 mark in a single swoop.)


    Maria asked as no one knew what Aakesh would do, and she wanted to be confident since the event day was only a few dayster if it went ahead on its schedule.<sub></sub>


    ¡°It would be on its schedule,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± Maria thanked Aakesh once again and left the queue with a look of excitement on her face. She was one of the winners in the finalpetition in the first event, so it will always hold a special ce in her heart, and it also gave her hope that she had only started and there were many things she still had to do.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Damn it! Should I give up?¡± A curse filled with frustration suddenly rang out in the cultivation arts room.


    It was none other than Lilith that had cursed in frustration. Yesterday, she had suddenly gotten an urge to check out the cultivation arts room. There she came across the shelf and got a shock of her life. She then had the urge to check the cultivation arts. Trusting her intuition like thest time, she went to the Immortal-grade shelf and started reading the arts, hoping for her to find something that would make her intuition act.


    Yesterday had gone by, and now even today, seven hours had gone by, and yet she hadn¡¯t found any cultivation art even worth taking a second nce at, let alone something that could prove beneficial to her.


    Even when the number of people entering the store was equal to the number of virtual portals in the portal room, she didn¡¯te to the store at its opening time. But she always arrivedte and entered the store to join the second group.


    But for the cultivation art, she entered the store as soon as it opened and entered the cultivation arts room even without entering Panagea, even though there was an important quest going on and time flew three times inparison to the Primal dimension. And yet, she hadn¡¯t been able to find anything.


    The thought of giving up and epting it as a wring gut feeling rose several times in her heart, but she persevered and didn¡¯t stop looking for the cultivation art.


    ¡®Forget it!¡¯ The next moment, Lilith thought in her mind and decided not to give up for the umpteenth time.


    epting that her gut feeling was wrong was more challenging for Lilith than attempting to find a cultivation art that would prove her intuition correct. Lilith chose the easier option and decided to continue searching.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± A customer requested Aakesh as his turn finally arrived after waiting for several minutes.


    The customer hadn¡¯t bought the preview option, so there was no virtual book floating next to the man. The man handed over the page he had carried from the Rare-grade shelf and handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took a nce at the page, and soon, all the primary details of the cultivation art appeared in his mind.


    ¡°You need to pay three thousand five hundred and seventy top Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionless told the man the price of the cultivation art.


    The man owned a superior card, so not long after, Aakesh got the notification of the sessful payment in his head.


    The next moment, a physical book appeared out of nowhere in Aakesh¡¯s hands as he handed it to the customer.

 Chapter 675 The Day in the Store(2)

    Chapter 675: The Day in the Store(2)


    The customer left after buying his cultivation art, but Aakesh didn¡¯t get free. As soon as the man stepped out of the queue, there was already another person standing in front of Aakesh, asking to buy the cultivation art he selected.


    Time flew by, and a few more hours had passed.


    Two-thirds of the day for the store was over, but it looked as busy as it had looked early morning or in the day.


    In fact, if Aakesh were to count the number of customers inside the store, he would find their numbers to be more than there were in the morning.


    Today was the first day when the store had more than two hundred million customers for the first time.<sub>.</sub>


    Aakesh knew from that day that it wouldn¡¯t be long before the more than two hundred million virtual portals got filled with customers, and then customers would have to wait in the store¡¯s hall for their turn to arrive.


    Aakesh stopped thinking about it as his free time of several times less than one second was over since another customer took the ce of the earlier one.


    ¡°Store owner, I want these five cultivation arts,¡± The customer requested, as there was a virtual book floating next to her, while there were five pages in her hands.


    The virtual book belonged to themon-grade cultivation art. Aakesh only took a nce at it, and soon, all the primary details rted to the cultivation art appeared in his hands.


    There were four more cultivation arts the woman wanted to buy, but Aakesh didn¡¯t have to look at the pages he had just gotten from the woman.<sub></sub>


    As the primary details of themon-grade cultivation art appeared in Aakesh¡¯s head, there was a new piece of information, this time in his head.


    The information was not open, but Aakesh had to think to open it. Aakesh thought so, and not long after, the primary details of the four other cultivation art appeared in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    The five cultivation arts the woman had chosen belonged to the same type. But they belonged to different grades, starting from themon grade to the Immortal grade.


    The woman was an Immortal-level cultivator, with her belonging to the Prana cultivation system, and she was an intermediate Dharma Monarch. Her name was Johanna.


    Johanna wasn¡¯t a new entry to the store, but she was an old customer and had be regr after the sudden disappearance of the Mysterious peak five decades ago. Since then, she had be a regr to the store and was also one of the ardent supporters of the request that wanted Aakesh to open another branch of his store in the center of the Anga continent.<sub></sub>


    Unfortunately for the customers, Aakesh had no interest in moving his store to any ce else, so the store was still continuing its existence in the extreme southern part of the Anga continent.


    Johanna had been searching for a cultivation art that she wanted since the day the store introduced them. Unfortunately for her, she didn¡¯t find any that she liked enough to leave the current one she used.


    Johanna had a sentimental value attached to the cultivation art since she had found it in a ruin, while she was on one of her journeys after fighting several challenging and cruel battles. Johanna trusted the store and its products enough to think of changing her cultivation art, but unfortunately, she couldn¡¯t gather enough courage to like any and buy it.


    She had been dilly-dallying her purchase for thest few days and would leave the cultivation arts room after looking at only a few cultivation arts.


    Like usual, Johanna gathered courage and entered the art room to look for cultivation art. But as time passed, the situation repeated itself, and she decided to leave for the day and enter tomorrow again to look for new cultivation arts.


    As she thought that she looked at the cultivation art she had just grabbed out since putting it back in even without taking a look at it would be a humiliation to the store and offensive to the store owner, ording to her thoughts.


    Unaware of what Johanna¡¯s actions were to bring, she looked at the cultivation art and read its details.


    The next moment, a bang sounded in her head as she felt her soul attempting to escape from her body. Not long after, an urge to purchase the cultivation art appeared in her head like never before.


    Even Johanna didn¡¯t know what was happening to her since she had never felt such extreme urges. She wanted to buy the cultivation art for her, but at the same time, she couldn¡¯t gather the courage to buy it and rece it with her current cultivation art.


    Johanna needed to think of ways to make the urge go away.


    ¡®There is no point in buying a cultivation art now since I have alreadye sote. Changing the cultivation art at this point in cultivation would bring more harm to me than growth,¡¯ The next moment, a thoughtplying with what Johanna wanted to hear appeared in her heart.


    ¡®What if I start again?¡¯ The thought hadn¡¯t even subsided when another thought, answering the dilemma she had just thought of appeared in her heart.


    Even Johanna couldn¡¯t help but suck a cold breath of air as she never expected her to think like this. She hade here after a lot of struggles, losing so much. But now just for a cultivation art, she was willing to start over.


    When Johanna took the look at the blue screen floating next to the cultivation art¡¯s page again, she understood why she was willing to throw away everything just so she could cultivate using the Art of Doom.


    [Name: Art of Doom,


    Grade: Immortal,


    Details: The Art of Doom employs the knowledge of Chaos and destruction to help the user cultivate,


    Specialty: Users of the Art of Doom are known to be superior to other cultivation arts users. The rate of ascendance is ny-nine percent for the user of this art.]


    Johanna couldn¡¯t take her eyes off the specialty. In thest few days, she had read tens of cultivation arts in total, but she hadn¡¯te across a single art that had a specialty section attached to it.

 Chapter 676 Johanna(1)

    Chapter 676: Johanna(1)


    [Specialty: Users of the Art of Doom are known to be stronger than other users at the same level. The sess rate of the ascendance of the users of the Art of Doom is ny-nine percent.]


    Johanna couldn¡¯t take her eyes off the specialty section on the screen. It was the first time she hade across the said section even though she had read details of more than ten cultivation arts.


    What made Johanna shell-shocked was none other than the sess rate of the ascendance of the cultivation art. It was also the first time she had heard of a cultivation art offering such sess rates.


    If ascendance were easy, the number of Immortals in the Primal dimension would have dimmed while the number of newly ascended divine beings in the Sacred dimension would have increased.


    Even Johanna, who was confident of her talent, wasn¡¯t sure whether she would be able to ascend or not in her life. But here, there was a cultivation art that offered a ny-nine percent sess rate.<sub>.</sub>


    Even though there was still a one percent chance of failure, it wasn¡¯t any less, as even a slight chance of failure distracts the cultivator. And yet, Johanna¡¯s heart wanted to buy the cultivation art. She would believe in the ny-nine percent sess rate rather than the one percent failure rate.


    The thought of starting over took the house in Johanna¡¯s mind as she couldn¡¯t forget it even if she tried hard. No matter what excuses she thought of not letting her urge to buy the cultivation art win, in the end, she woulde to the beginning when she suddenly thought of the idea.


    ¡®Should I give it a try?¡¯ Johanna asked herself in her heart.


    The urges that came from deep within her heart were hers and not others, so there was no point in thinking that it was a mental demon.


    Johanna still couldn¡¯t be sure, so she picked out another cultivation art from the shelf while having the Art of Doom in her other hand.<sub></sub>


    As Johanna had thought, she felt nothing of the such sort when she looked at the newer cultivation art in her hand.


    Miraculously, the newer cultivation art also had a specialty section attached to it. Its sess rate was twelve percent, which Johanna didn¡¯t think much of, but if someone other Immortal were to read the details, they would have lost theirposure.


    A cultivation art offering even a sess rate of five percent was a big deal, let alone twelve, or the Art of Doom offering an outrageous ny-nine percent.


    Johanna didn¡¯t feel any urge to leave her current cultivation art and buy it, so she put it back on the shelf. She was now confident that it was her gut feeling working overdrive to let her buy the Art of the Doom.


    Time flew by.<sub></sub>


    After standing in a dilemma for a few minutes, Johanna¡¯s mental barrier finally gave up, and Johanna gave in to her gut feeling.


    The next moment, she couldn¡¯t help but feel relieved. Since it came straight from her heart, Johanna had never felt sofortable.


    Since Johanna had now epted to buy the Art of the Doom, she also agreed to start over. The cultivation art would only provide her its full benefits if she were cultivating that art from the beginning.


    Now that she had made her decision, she didn¡¯t waste any more time. The more time she passed without buying, the more doubts would start rising in her mind, forcing her not to be sure of taking the decision.


    Johanna was aware of the preview option since she had spent some Primal stones on a few cultivation arts that she earlier liked but couldn¡¯t gather enough courage to rece it with the current one she owned.


    Johanna thought of buying the preview option, but then she thought of another thing and decided to go ahead with the next thought.


    Johanna still had the cultivation art in her hands as she took a step forward and stopped when she was standing in front of the first shelf, signifying the Mortal grade cultivation arts.


    As soon as she threw her hands in to search for the mortal grade version of the Art of the Doom, a new blue window appeared in front of her.


    The blue window asked a simple question, whether Johanna wanted to buy all the five grades of the Art of the Doom.


    Johanna tapped yes since she was going to do that, and now it had made her task simple.


    The next moment, four pages materialized out of nowhere in her hands. A blue screen containing the details of the cultivation art was attached to each page.


    Johanna¡¯s eyes fell on the mortal grade Art of the Doom. The next moment, she thought of buying the preview option.


    Not long after, a virtual book appeared next to Johanna, containing the details of the cultivation art.


    Johanna had thought of such since it would save her a million supreme Primal stones if she were to buy the preview option of the Mortal grade Art of the Doom. That amount was enough for Johanna to buy the first three grades of the cultivation art, saving some money for her.


    Without wasting any time, Johanna opened the virtual book and began reading the published content on it.


    As Johanna read more and more, the doubts that had started rising in her mind due to wanting to start over for just a cultivation art automatically died down. Now Johanna was sure of buying the Art of the Doom. In fact, she had never felt more confident of anything else with such intensity.


    Johanna then read all the blue screens since she wanted to calcte the prices. In the end, when she had the total cost of all the five cultivation art in her mind, she couldn¡¯t help but be dumbfounded.


    The total price was way more than her worth. It was going to be difficult for Johanna to buy all five of them at once. If she were to buy four of them and leave the Immortal grade Art of the Doom, the problem would get solved.


    Johanna then suddenly had the inspiration of how she could buy all five cultivation arts at once.

 Chapter 677 Johanna(2)

    Chapter 677: Johanna(2)


    Johanna looked dumbfounded after calcting the total cost she needed to pay for buying all the five grades of Art of the Doom.


    ¡®How can I be so stupid and not consider the price of the art in the equation?¡¯ Johanna thought in her heart as she had been in a dilemma of whether to start over or not when she should have first calcted the price before considering such things in her heart.


    Now that she had made up her mind, Johanna knew she had to buy the cultivation art, especially after she did the preview of the Mortal grade Art of the Doom.


    ¡®Should I ask father for money?¡¯ Johanna then thought in her heart.


    Johanna came from an affluential family with a top background. She was the favorite of her father. It was just that she didn¡¯t like her family¡¯s cultivation art, so when she found a cultivation art she preferred in one of the ruins on her travels, she changed her family¡¯s art with the newly found one. Her father was angry with her since the family¡¯s cultivation art was the hard work of his ancestors. But since Johanna was his favorite, he couldn¡¯t stay mad at her for long and forgave her.


    ¡®No, I shouldn¡¯t. Father has already helped me a lot,¡¯ As soon as the thought arose, a counter to it also rose in Johanna¡¯s heart.<sub>.</sub>


    Johanna then decided not to ask her father for money and think of other ways when suddenly an inspiration appeared in her heart.


    Johanna had been in Panagea for several decades and was a Level 150+ adventurer, so she also had some wealth in Panagea.


    The customers could take out Primal stones from Panagea after paying an outrageous rate of five thousand percent.


    Five thousand low Soul stones of Panagea would help Johanna take out one superior Primal stone in the actual world.


    A supreme Primal stone had a conversion rate of one million superior Primal stones.


    Johanna would have to spend five billion low Soul stones just to get a single supreme Primal stone which was not a good exchange in her eyes, and she also didn¡¯t have that many low Soul stones.<sub></sub>


    Johanna¡¯s worth in Panagea was five billion low Soul stones and around one billion medium Soul stones.


    A medium Soul stone had an equivalent value of one million low Soul stones. If she were to convert it, she would get a bigger sum.


    But if Johanna were to convert the sum, she would be an idiot as the conversion rate in Panagea was different from it in the Primal dimension.


    Panagea was a high-level space where the creatures from the three dimensions inhabited. So a stone carrying slight energy equivalent to the Sacred dimension may not be that big of a deal in Panagea, but the same couldn¡¯t be said for the Primal dimension.


    If one low Soul stone was equivalent to one superior Primal stone, one medium Soul stone was equal to a hundred thousand supreme Primal stones.


    Johanna had one billion, two hundred sixty-four million, seven hundred eighty-five thousand, and three hundred seventy-two medium Soul stones in total.<sub></sub>


    If she were to convert all of them into the Primal stone, she would get more than one trillion supreme Primal stones, which would be enough for Johanna to buy all five cultivation arts at once even if she were to only use the money from Panagea.


    But the world wasn¡¯t so rosy. The five thousand percent exchange rate meant one medium Soul stone would be equivalent to twenty supreme Primal stones after taking it out.


    If Johanna were to convert all her Primal stones, she would get around twenty billion supreme Primal stones. It was enough for her since she was only fifteen billion short of the total amount she needed to pay for buying all the five grades of the Art of the Doom.


    Since she was an Immortal, it cost her a trillion supreme Primal stones to use the Gods & Demons level training area for an hour.


    Johanna¡¯s year limit wasing to an end, so she had already prepared that amount since she wanted to enter the day her cooldown ended.


    Unfortunately, she would have to start preparing again since the Immortal grade Art of the Doom cost her more than a trillion supreme Primal stones.


    After making up her mind, Johannamunicated with her supreme card and almost exchanged all her medium Soul stones for supreme Primal stones.


    The next moment, she got an alert in her head, notifying her that the exchange was sessful and the amount got transferred to the space inside her supreme card.


    After she got the money, she didn¡¯t waste any time in the cultivation room and exited it. A queue of a few million people weed her sight after leaving the room.


    If it were earlier, Johanna would have gotten scared about the doubts rising in her mind about the cultivation art while she waited for her turn toe. But now that she had read the mortal grade Art of the Doom, there was no doubt in her mind about purchasing it and starting over once again.


    Time flew by. Thinking about what her father¡¯s reaction would be, Johanna didn¡¯t even know when her turn arrived, and she currently stood in front of Aakesh.


    ***


    As the customer left, another customer weed Aakesh¡¯s eyesight. It was a female with five pages in her hands, while a virtual book was floating next to her.


    All the details of the cultivation art appeared in Aakesh¡¯s head as he took a nce at the virtual book. This time there was a new piece of memory in Aakesh¡¯s head. It contained the details of the other four grades of the cultivation art.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± Johanna respectfully requested Aakesh and handed him all the five pages.


    ¡°You need to pay one trillion..,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the total price of the cultivation art the woman needed to pay.


    Johanna was already aware of it since she had emptied her treasury in Panagea for it.


    The next moment, an alert appeared in Johanna¡¯s head, asking whether she wanted to pay or not.


    Time flew by.


    The virtual book started materializing, and soon, five physical books appeared in Johanna¡¯s hands after Aakesh got the notification of the sessful payment.

 Chapter 678 (1) Starting Over(1)

    Chapter 678: Starting Over(1)


    Within a short time ofpleting the payment for all five grades of the Art of the Doom, five physical books appeared in her hands. Johanna excitedly took a look at the mortal grade Art of the Doom.


    She couldn¡¯t help but feel a tense wave attacking her. She had decided to start over, but it wasn¡¯t going to be as simple as that.


    To start over, Johanna would have to cripple her cultivation and then restore it using heavenly materials. It was also going to cost a lot. But Johanna didn¡¯t worry about the cost since if her father found out about this, he would himself bring all the materials she would need.


    What made Johanna feel tense was the risks that came with starting over. Even though the cultivation art had a sess rate of ny-nine percent, for it, she would have to be an Immortal first. If she failed to reach that stage, then even if the sess rate achieved the ideal one hundred percent, it wouldn¡¯t mean anything to her at that time.


    Johanna stopped thinking about it for now since she was still standing in front of the mysterious store owner and knew howrge a crowd was waiting behind her.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± Johanna slightly bowed and thanked Aakesh.<sub>.</sub>


    Aakesh only expressionlessly nodded in response to her thanks. She then turned around and left the queue.


    Johanna didn¡¯t leave the store right away since she had a supreme card, and she would directly teleport to her father¡¯s house after departing from here.


    Johanna had changed her cultivation art without even discussing it with her father. She had seen how disappointed her father was in her for not even talking to him about it before doing it when he had done everything Johanna had hoped for in her life.


    Johanna wasn¡¯t going tomit the same mistake again. This time she would tell her father about it and then start over.


    She only needed to make her mind strong since starting over could also result in her death.


    To cripple herself, Johanna would need to destroy the pocket space she had. The pocket space had emerged from thebination of the Pces she had created when she was a Tao Pce level cultivator.<sub></sub>


    If Johanna were to destroy it, it would mean giving up on the Tao that she had worked so hard to conquer.


    Crippling the cultivation would mean that her past Tao would banish her from having contact with it, so she would also have to start practicing for another Tao.


    Johanna could also do this since the cultivation art would help her find another Tao even more powerful Tao for her to meditate upon. What made Johanna more worried was the risk of dying.


    Crippling herself wouldn¡¯te without any injury, and it wouldn¡¯t be any surprise if she died as a result.


    There was another point to worry about; it was the lifespan. Johanna was around seventeen thousand years old, and if she were to cripple herself, she would not only lose her Immortality but would also be a regr being.


    Johanna¡¯s race didn¡¯t have a lifespan of seventeen thousand years when they were regr, so she could also die out of life exhaustion if she seeded in surviving the crippling.<sub></sub>


    There were several more risks attached to it, but as she began considering them, the content of the mortal grade Art of the Doom appeared in her mind. The next moment, all her considerations vanished.


    Johanna then took a deep breath as she was going to talk to her father next. It would be even more challenging than bing an Immortal for her to make her father see the benefits of starting over.


    The next moment, a light engulfed her, which was invisible to everyone except for Aakesh.


    When the light disappeared, Johanna had also disappeared with it. The next moment, Johanna found the view in her sight changing as she found herself in a familiar ce.


    ¡°Oh, I didn¡¯t expect you would being to meet this old man,¡± The next moment, a familiar voice rang in Johanna¡¯s head.


    A smile appeared on Johanna¡¯s face as she turned around and found her father looking at her with a mixture of surprise and sincerity in his smile.


    Johanna¡¯s father didn¡¯t like anything more than meeting his daughter, so Johanna¡¯s sudden arrival was simr to euphoria for him.


    Johanna bowed with her hands on her head, almost touching the ground with her head since it was a gesture of showing respect to the elders in her family.


    ¡°Stand up! You don¡¯t need to touch the ground,¡± Johanna¡¯s father smilingly added before the hand on Johanna¡¯s head could touch the ground.


    Johanna didn¡¯t stop and touched the ground.


    ¡°What do you want from me?¡± Johanna¡¯s father suddenly asked. He didn¡¯t even give enough time to his daughter to stand straight.


    ¡°How did you know it?¡± Johanna asked with a surprised expression on her face as she stood up.


    ¡°Don¡¯t think I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re trying to do here,¡± Johanna¡¯s father responded, ignoring his daughter¡¯s questions.


    ¡°You do it every time. Whenever you need something, you would always touch the ground with your hands despite me telling you not to,¡± Johanna¡¯s father replied.


    ¡°You already know about me knowing this antic of yours, but you still do it since I would ask you what you want, removing the awkwardness you have in your heart for starting the conversation,¡± Johanna¡¯s father added.


    ¡°Ouch!¡± The next moment, Johanna groaned in pain. She was about to stick her tongue out, but she froze midway with half her tongue out.


    ¡°Why did you hit me?¡± Johanna asked her father as she knew it was him. Her father would always flick on his head. He would use his superior cultivation to do that, so she wouldn¡¯t even be able to catch him.


    ¡°Did you see me hit you?¡± As expected, her father asked.


    Johanna couldn¡¯t help but scoff in response since she had already gotten used to this antic of her father.


    ¡°So, what brought you here to meet me?¡± The smile disappeared from Johanna¡¯s father¡¯s face as he asked. He could sense that there was something abnormal going on right now. If his daughter needed money, she would have already asked for it, ignoring the flick to her head.


    ***


    A/N: Happy Independence Day to all the Indians out there in the World!

 Chapter 679 (2) Starting Over(2)

    Chapter 679: Starting Over(2)


    ¡°So, what brought you here to meet me?¡± Johanna¡¯s father asked with no expression on his face. He could sense the abnormal tension around his daughter, so he readied himself for hearing something that was going to anger him.


    Johanna also stopped rubbing her head. Her father¡¯s flick had resulted in her white skin turning red, while there was a slight swelling. She stopped since she could see that her father had sensed that things were different than usual.


    ¡®Fa¡­fat¡­father¡­,¡¯


    ¡°Father, I have made a decision,¡± Johanna knew she would stutter at first due to tension, so she repeated the words in her mind, and when the sentence started flowing normally, she uttered them out loud.


    ¡°What decision?¡± Johanna¡¯s father asked. There was a slight irritation in his tone since he sensed a bad feeling in his heart, and it was making him ufortable.


    ¡°You know about the store I usually go to,¡± Johanna ignored her father¡¯s tone and added.


    The father didn¡¯t say anything but only nodded his head and gestured to his daughter to continue without stopping.<sub>.</sub>


    Johann got her answer, so she took a deep breath and began the story of her and the cultivation art.


    As soon as Johann¡¯s father heard the mention of the cultivation art, a bad feeling rose in his heart, but she controlled himself and didn¡¯t interrupt his daughter.


    As time passed, the ufortable feeling grew in his heart. When he heard about Johanna¡¯s thoughts of changing her cultivation art for the second time, he couldn¡¯t help but get angry with his daughter. But he kept it in his mind as he could see Johanna was still going on, and things were far from stopping.


    The father kept his mouth shut and didn¡¯t interrupt his daughter even once.


    The father finally erupted as Johanna talked about her thoughts of starting her cultivation again after seeing the book only once.


    He couldn¡¯t just let Johanna do anything she wanted. It was true that she was also an Immortal like her. She had already lived for several thousand years and was mature enough to know what was right for her. But for Johanna¡¯s father, these things didn¡¯t matter.


    As long as he was the stronger of the duo, he wasn¡¯t going to let Johanna do whatever she wanted if he found the results to be harmful to his daughter¡¯s future.<sub></sub>


    At the same time, Johanna¡¯s father knew that his daughter wanted to gain his support since she could have started again and then told him about it. At that time, even if he didn¡¯t like Johanna¡¯s decision, he would have helped Johanna stabilize her cultivation.


    But since Johanna came to her first without doing any untoward thing, he controlled himself once again. This time, it was the father who took a deep breath.


    Johanna stopped speaking and hopefully looked at her father since she needed spiritual as well as material support from her father. She had already exchanged her entire savings to buy the cultivation arts, so even if she wanted, she wouldn¡¯t be able to start again without enough Primal stones.


    ¡°Let me take a look at the so-called cultivation art that made you decide to start over?¡± Johanna¡¯s father asked after calming down.


    Even though the father had a calm expression on his face, Johann feared this expression more since her father was open to her and didn¡¯t hide anything. Currently, she had no idea what was going through her father¡¯s head, and it made her feel ufortable.


    Johanna silently took out a ck cover book from her pocket space and handed it to her father.


    It was the mortal grade Art of the Doom.<sub></sub>


    Johanna¡¯s father took it from his daughter¡¯s hands. He didn¡¯t open the book straight away but looked at it.


    His eyes suddenly turned golden as its projection appeared in his mind. The father couldn¡¯t find anything different about the book other than it was a book. He only wanted to see if there was something about the book which created a mental demon filled with greed in his daughter¡¯s mind.


    After several attempts of sessive failure, the father gave up. He then opened the book, with the title of the cultivation art in dark colors catching his sight.


    At that moment, Johanna¡¯s father knew that the cultivation art wasn¡¯t simple. Just from the title, he could feel a pressure that made him feel free and carry a mountain on his back at the same time.


    After looking at the title for a few seconds, Johanna¡¯s father noticed that it was only a one-time urrence, and the feeling had left as quickly as it hade.


    He then turned the page over and found himself looking at a diagram of the void. There was nothing in the diagram except a dark void, but for some reason, he could feel that it wasn¡¯t as simple as that.


    Johanna¡¯s father could only feel it and couldn¡¯t put his hands on it, as he failed to understand what it was.


    The father then turned the page and finally came across the written details of the cultivation art.


    ¡°The Chaos gives birth to Destruction, and Destruction gives birth to Chaos!¡±


    The father read the first line written on the third page. Simr to thest two pages, he could sense an iprehensible feeling. It made him feel ufortable.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes had passed.


    Even a Void Condensation level cultivator, would only take around one minute to read the entire book. But it took a few minutes for Johanna¡¯s father to read it since he wanted toprehend that iprehensible feeling.


    ¡°What do you think?¡± Johanna nervously asked as her father closed the book.


    The father didn¡¯t speak anything for some time but only stayed silent.


    ¡°Give me its other grades,¡± The father broke the silence and asked his daughter for the other four grades.


    Johanna didn¡¯t ask her father the reason behind it and straight away gave the other four books to him.


    The father silently took it. He then found the rare grade book and opened it.


    Time flew by.


    As the grade of the book grew, the time it took for Johanna¡¯s father to read it fully also increased.


    After around an hour, the father had finally read all the five grades of the Art of the Doom.

 Chapter 680 (3) Starting Over(3)

    Chapter 680: Starting Over(3)


    After spending around an hour, Johanna¡¯s father finally read all five books. He still wasn¡¯t able toprehend those inexplicable feelings, but with every higher grade book he read, the familiarity grew. Things didn¡¯t look as far as they had looked earlier.


    His eyes then fell on his daughter, who was nervously looking at him, waiting to hear his answer.


    Johanna¡¯s father wasn¡¯t aware that Johanna had already made up her mind. Even if he were to refuse, Johanna would go ahead with it. It would just be that it would take some more time since she would have to prepare for Primal stones to buy those overly expensive materials.


    Johanna was aware that her father didn¡¯t know her decision, but she felt it would be better if she stayed silent.


    ¡°Do whatever you want to do. You have already gotten bigger, and you can make your decisions,¡± Johanna¡¯s father uttered these exact words, bringing a look of shock to Johanna¡¯s face.


    Johanna had to cover her mouth from opening any wider, while her eyeballs looked as if they would explode out anytime.<sub>.</sub>


    ¡°Are¡­are you su¡­sure?¡± Johanna couldn¡¯t help but ask. Her voice stuttered since it was the first time she had heard such words from her father.


    ¡°Yes, you have good eyes. I don¡¯t have to worry about you making a wrong choice from this moment,¡± Johanna¡¯s father replied with a smile on his face as he appeared next to his daughter and patted her head.


    ¡°Thank you, father!¡± Johanna sincerely thanked her father as she touched her head, with her palms facing her father and touche the ground with the hand.


    The father didn¡¯t stop his daughter this time as he knew that if he stopped, Johanna would still do it even when she didn¡¯t need anything from him this time.


    ¡°What if I also started over with you?¡±


    ¡°Thud!¡±<sub></sub>


    Johanna was standing up when she heard her father speak. After hearing the question, she couldn¡¯t control herself as she stumbled and crashed to the ground with her facending first.


    The ground cracked open as she was an Immortal, and there were only a few materials that could survive a direct sh with an Immortal. And those materials were valuable. Not everyone was like the store, which used Ashamba as the floor instead of using it to make armors and shields.


    ¡°Father, what are you saying?¡± Johanna asked with a shocked expression on her face. She had never been more shocked than this. Even the moment when she thought of starting over was nothing inparison to what she currently felt after hearing her father¡¯s words.


    ¡°I liked the cultivation art. I think I should start over as well,¡± Johanna¡¯s father smilingly replied. He still couldn¡¯t let go of that inexplicable feeling, and he was willing to start over with the Art of the Doom if it meant he would be able to understand it.


    ¡°What about the hard work of the ancestors?¡± Johanna calmed down and asked her father. She still remembered the words her father had spoken to her when she had changed the cultivation art.


    Johanna didn¡¯t have to think for a reason behind her father¡¯s sudden deration since she had also felt the same just after reading the introduction and specialty of the cultivation art. Her father had read the entire book, so starting over with the Art of the Doom made sense to her.<sub></sub>


    ¡°Ancestors would understand when they read the Art of the Doom,¡± Johanna¡¯s father smilingly replied, ignoring the look of dissatisfaction on his daughter¡¯s face.


    ¡®In fact, the ancestors would curse for not being able to cultivate using the Art of the Doom,¡¯ The father thought in his heart. He didn¡¯t utter these words out loud as it would be equivalent to humiliating his ancestors in the eyes of future generations.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Father, you are peak Immortal with a pseudo divine physique. You are only one step away from ascending. You wouldn¡¯t survive starting over,¡± Johanna bluntly told her father after finding that her father was serious about the decision to start over.


    Johanna couldn¡¯t let her father make a decision on the spur of the moment. She could but not her father. If she somehow made a mistake and failed to achieve it, she had her father to support her. But if her father were unable to achieve his goal of starting over, there would be none to help him. Her grandparents had already ascended to the Sacred dimension several thousand years ago.


    ¡°I already know it,¡± Johanna¡¯s father replied. But as if a demon had captured his mind, he couldn¡¯t think of anything other than that inexplicable feeling. It was as if the diagram was calling to him; he couldn¡¯t make it disappear from his mind or push it back.


    Johanna fell into a dilemma about what to do since her father was even more adamant about starting over.


    Her father was the patriarch of the family. If something happened to him, the family would disappear into the tide of time as he had many enemies who wanted nothing more than to take his seat at the top.


    ¡®What should I do?¡¯ Johanna asked herself in her heart. She wanted to trust her father¡¯s decision like her father did with her decision, but the consequences were too much to put all the eggs in one basket.


    ¡®I got it,¡¯ Johanna suddenly thought in her heart as she got the answer to her question.


    ¡°Father, are you adamant about starting over?¡± Johanna asked her father. The father nodded in response to his daughter.


    ¡°I know, I am neither strong nor wise enough to tell you what to do. I just can¡¯t see anything happen to you and our family,¡± Johanna replied, and without giving a chance to her father to respond, she continued.


    ¡°I also don¡¯t want you not to do something just so our family would be happy, but you¡¯ll not be.¡±


    ¡°I only want a promise from you since you are adamant about it,¡± Johanna added.


    Time flew by.


    The duo of father and daughter decided to start over, but Johanna would do it now, while her father would do it ten thousand yearster.


    Johanna had decided to trust in herself and asked for enough time to be a powerhouse herself.

 Chapter 681 (4) Starting Over(4)

    Chapter 681: Starting Over(4)


    Johanna¡¯s problem with her father got solved after he promised that he would only attempt to start over ten thousand yearster.


    Johanna gave herself a target of ten thousand years to reach the stage where currently her father was. She was aware that despite her being around seventeen thousand years old, she was still only an intermediate Immortal. Whereas she now had given herself a target of ten thousand years not only to be an Immortal but also to reach the peak stage where she had the pseudo divine physique.


    The specialty of the Art of the Doom said that the users of this art were more formidable than their counterparts at the same level. So for Johanna, it was not only a race to reach her father¡¯s cultivation level, but it was also a race to be the mightiest in the Primal dimension after ten thousand years, excluding the Void beasts and the mysterious store owner.


    Johanna wasn¡¯t aware of what Aakesh¡¯s actual cultivation level was. But she was confident that he was the mightiest of the Primal dimension, including the Void beasts.


    Since she was already conscious of the strong people in the Primal dimension, she set them as her target. The higher the target, the more hard work she would put in her efforts to reach the pinnacle of the Primal dimension in the next ten thousand years.<sub>.</sub>


    ¡°Since I have promised you, I won¡¯t attempt to start over for the next ten thousand years; I won¡¯t do it. But remember, I won¡¯t listen to any of your arguments after the time of the promise arrives,¡± Johanna¡¯s father stated. His tone was surprisingly solemn in front of Johanna.


    Johanna nodded and told her father that she understood and would never attempt to stop him after ten thousand years.


    Johanna heaved a sigh of relief as her father let go of starting over the issue. At the same time, she couldn¡¯t help but release a wry smile as she was here to make her father understand why she wanted to start over. But what happened was that it was her who had to make her father understand why he shouldn¡¯t start over.


    Johanna then stopped thinking about her father since it wasn¡¯t her primary goal. She was here to ask for help from her father in gathering the materials she would need to save herself from anyplications that might arise in her crippling.


    ¡°Father, I am going to begin,¡± Johanna suddenly told her father.<sub></sub>


    ¡°Go ahead freely. As long as I am here, you would safely be a mortal,¡± Johanna¡¯s father replied. His tone was neutral, as if he wasn¡¯t talking to his favorite daughter.


    Johanna didn¡¯t mind her father¡¯s tone since she could understand what was going on in her father¡¯s head. She didn¡¯t want to have anything other than her cultivation in her mind, so she would have her entire focus on herself and would be cautious while doing anything.


    One wrong step and she would be dead. All her efforts would have been for naught, and she didn¡¯t want that.


    Time flew by.


    Even though Johanna¡¯s father¡¯s mind had gotten engulfed with that inexplicable feeling, he knew that now wasn¡¯t the correct time to focus on that. It was her daughter¡¯s life at risk, and if anything happened to her, forget starting over; he wouldn¡¯t even be able to live his life due to guilt.<sub></sub>


    Johanna¡¯s father then took a deep breath and forcefully pushed the thought of the Art of the Doom and that inexplicable feeling into the back of his mind.


    His eyes cleared as he looked at his daughter. Nothing was sure to happen in the cultivation, so she gently patted her head, and shared his good fortune with her.


    Johanna couldn¡¯t help but widen her eyes as she suddenly felt afortable feeling washing through her. She looked at her father, only to see a gentle smile on his face.


    ¡°Rumble!¡±


    The feeling between the duo of father and daughter didn¡¯t continue for long as suddenly a rumble rang in the sky, breaking the concentration.


    Sharing good fortune with others wasn¡¯t a natural way of life, so the Primal dimension sent a tribtion to warn Johanna¡¯s father. It was dangerous but not deadly enough for him to get seriously injured or killed.


    It was just a warning from the Primal dimension. If Johanna¡¯s father dared to do it again, the next tribtion wouldn¡¯t be so easy for him to fight.


    Johanna finally knew what thatfortable feeling was. She couldn¡¯t help but hug her father as getting a warning from the Primal dimension was never beneficial for anyone.


    ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me. As long as your father is alive, you don¡¯t have to worry about anything,¡± Johanna¡¯s father smilingly told his daughter, and without waiting for any response, he vanished from the room.


    The next moment, he appeared in the sky, directly facing the dark clouds slowly gathering.


    Johanna wasn¡¯t the only child of her father, and he had more than ten thousand children in total.


    Those children who were currently on their paternal rushed toward the scene. They couldn¡¯t help but suck a cold breath of air since they could feel the pressure from the clouds just by standing there.


    At the same time, a warning came from deep within their heart. They weren¡¯t to enter the tribtion, or they wouldn¡¯t be able toe out of it unscathed.


    Johanna¡¯s father had a calm face as he braced for the tribtion. Since it was a warning from the Primal dimension, there was no way to fight it back.


    Johanna¡¯s father could only hope for the tribtion to go easy on him.


    Fighting against it would result in a fierce counterattack from the Primal dimension, and there has been none who could face that. Even the Void beasts wouldn¡¯t be able to defend if the Primal dimension were to attack them with their full might, let alone he, who wasn¡¯t even in the top hundred mightiest people in the dimension.


    Since it was only a warning, the dark cloud only sent a single thunderstrike.


    It sent chills down everyone standing on the ground¡¯s spine. Johanna¡¯s eyes turned moist as she could feel the pressure from the thunderstrike.


    She couldn¡¯t do anything and only hoped in her heart that it wouldn¡¯t severely harm her father.

 Chapter 682 (5) Starting Over(5)

    Chapter 682: Starting Over(5)


    The thunderstrike arrived and hit Johanna¡¯s father right in his chest. The man couldn¡¯t stabilize himself and crashed to the ground with a loud bang.


    The family of Johanna rushed toward their patriarch, only to see a wide pit weing their sight. Around ten members of Johanna¡¯s generation had reached the realm of Immortality, so they had better eyesight than others.


    They could see their father lying unconscious in the pit at a depth of a few hundred meters.


    A deep gash could be seen on his chest. It was a burn injury as no blood came out of it.


    ¡°What happened?¡± One of the wives of Johanna¡¯s father asked Johanna after finding her in the crowd. Her tone wasn¡¯t friendly since everyone in the family knew how much the man adored Johanna.


    ¡°I¡­I¡­I,¡± Johanna wanted to respond, but no words came out of her mouth as she couldn¡¯t remove the image of her father¡¯s injury from her mind.


    ¡°Are you responsible for it?¡± The eldest brother of Johanna suddenly appeared next to her and asked in an unfriendly tone.<sub>.</sub>


    The man wasn¡¯t only the eldest in the current generation, but he was also the most talented of the lot. He was the only one in his generation to reach the peak of Immortality, while only being a few hundred years older than Johanna.


    Johanna¡¯s eyes turned moist as she remembered the scene of afortable feeling suddenly washing over her body and then the arrival of the tribtion.


    Johanna was going to nod when suddenly she felt the space around her changing.


    ¡°Do you need to know everything?¡± Johanna¡¯s father had regained his consciousness as he appeared in front of his eldest son and told him in a reprimanding tone.


    ¡°Father, I was just worried for you,¡± The son replied. His tone contained a hint of fear since he had himself seen how much his father adored his daughter.


    Johanna¡¯s father had a harem of several thousand women, with only those who have given him a child, getting the title of his wife.


    The man had a blood sibling who was still rotting in prison. There were around ten thousand siblings in the current generation, and not all had the blood feeling between them.<sub></sub>


    The man¡¯s sibling had fallen in love with Johanna, despite knowing that she was his blood sister. Rtionship between people having the same parent wasn¡¯tmon, but the rtionship between siblings with only a single simr parent wasn¡¯t a rare urrence in their family.


    If the man¡¯s sibling had kept it to himself, he would have been fine. But the bastard confessed it to Johanna, and when Johanna refused, using the strength of his brother, he attempted to force himself on her.


    If not for the man¡¯s mother begging for forgiveness, their father would have killed him.


    ¡°Worry about me when you surpass me,¡± Johanna¡¯s father scoffed and disappeared from the ce.


    ¡°Damn it!!!¡± The eldest son cursed in anger after his father left. He could see the looks of mocking in his sibling¡¯s eyes. His mother rushed to him and whispered something in his ears.


    The eldest calmed down, and the next moment, he disappeared with his mother. The siblings and wives of the father also returned to their houses since there was no point in standing there anymore.


    ***<sub></sub>


    After teleporting himself, the man appeared in her room and crashed to the ground.


    Johanna, who was already in the room, rushed to her father and gently picked him up.


    ¡°Sorry, father. If I wouldn¡¯t have tried to start over, you wouldn¡¯t have to do it,¡± Johanna spoke with tears streaming down her cheeks.


    No response came from her father since he had lost his consciousness once again.


    A few secondster, the father opened his eyes. Since he was an Immortal, the injury on his chest should have healed, but there wasn¡¯t even a slight change in that burnt gash.


    Time flew by.


    Johanna had a tense expression on her face as it was now time for the moment to arrive.


    After waking up, her father had be excited with the prospect of her starting over. In fact, he was even more excited than Johanna.


    Johanna knew something had happened in the tribtion, but she didn¡¯t dare to ask since she still felt guilty about it.


    ¡°Free your mind of everything and use it to destroy the pocket space,¡± Johanna¡¯s father¡¯s stern tone rang in the area.


    Johanna did as told by her father. She took a deep breath and took it again. She repeated the process until the point where there was nothing left in her brain, except for the point of starting over.


    ¡°Stop thinking about it and free your mindpletely,¡± Johanna¡¯s father could easily see through his daughter, so he reprimanded her.


    Johanna did as told. The next moment, there was nothing in her mind. If it were to materialize, it would be a nk piece of paper where anyone could write anything.


    It was now time for the next step to arrive. Johanna had already transferred all her items out of pocket space to her space ring.


    No external energy could take part in the process as it would result in theplete disintegration of not only the pocket space but also her consciousness. Death would be the best oue at that point.


    The pocket space lived next to the sea of consciousness since the sea of consciousness carried the Tao Pce.


    The next moment, the sea of consciousness started going wild. A bead of sweat appeared on Johanna¡¯s forehead, as the raging of the sea of consciousness didn¡¯te without any pressure.


    As the sea raged, the pressure on Johanna grew. Her entire body had be wet with sweat as a waverger than anything rose in her sea of consciousness.


    The destination of the wave was her pocket space. It was tough for Johanna to carry the process since if she lost even a hint of concentration, the tide would fall, and it would result in a severe injury. Johanna would have to stop before she even started.


    ***


    A/N: I know the chapters with Johanna had gotten more in number than expected. It¡¯s out of my expectations as well, but I hope you like it. The Art of the Doom had arger role to y in the story, and due to it, Johanna also had a role.


    Let¡¯s hope the next would be thest, but who knows? Five more chapters left for the mass release.


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 683 (6) Starting Over(End)

    Chapter 683: Starting Over(End)


    A waverge enough to cover more than eighty percent of the area in Johanna¡¯s sea of consciousness rose. Beads of sweat started falling from Johanna¡¯s head as if it was raining.


    Johanna had her eyes closed as she concentrated on the wave. A singlepse of concentration and the wave would crash into the sea of consciousness, creating a severe injury for Johanna. She could even be brain dead, so she didn¡¯t take any risk and didn¡¯t take herplete focus from it for not even a second.


    Time flew by, and several seconds had passed.


    Even though the time had only gone by in seconds, Johanna felt different. In those several seconds, Johanna had felt as if she had passed eternity.


    Johanna¡¯s efforts finally paid off as the wave finally reached the border between her sea of consciousness and the pocket space.


    The time of reckoning finally arrived. It was now time for Johanna to release the wave from her control and let it crash into her pocket space.


    At the same time, she had to control the extent of the damage. Her sea of consciousness must stay out of the damage range, irrespective of its intensity.<sub>.</sub>


    A single injury and the wave would fall off where it was, resulting in an even more severe situation in Johanna¡¯s sea of consciousness.


    Johanna took a deep breath as she needed to be at her hundred percent before starting. Her pounding heart finally calmed down. Her eyes turned nk as if there was no life in them.


    Johanna¡¯s father had a tense expression on his face since this moment was the most crucial for Johanna to start over. If she failed to destroy the pocket space in a single swoop, its shards would flow toward her sea of consciousness. It would either turn her into brain dead or physically dead.


    Johanna finally released the wave from her control as it crashed onto her pocket space, creating a loud bang heard only by Johanna.


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    Johanna subconsciously screamed in pain as it was too much and too quick for her to bear it silently. Johanna¡¯s father only looked nervously at his daughter since he knew the time wasn¡¯t right for him to interfere.


    He could only hope for the best at this moment. He had already done what he could do by transferring his good fortune to Johanna.<sub></sub>


    Johanna had done her best. She had created a wave asrge as she could without her sea of consciousness destructing.


    The process wasn¡¯t as quick as she had imagined.


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Johanna suddenly crashed to the ground with a loud sound. Her father rushed to her since she could be seen aging with naked eyes.


    At the same time, Johanna¡¯s father heaved a sigh of relief. Johanna had achieved what she wanted to do. Now it was time for him to swoop in and stop his daughter from dying.


    As Johanna¡¯s father appeared in front of Johanna, he had a vial of green liquid in his right hand.<sub></sub>


    A pool of blood had appeared where Johanna had crashed since she was only a mortal, while the material used on the floor wasn¡¯t.


    The man gently picked his daughter up. Her hair had turned grey and was about to fall off, while saggy baggages were all around her. It looked as if a single wave of wind would be enough to blow Johanna into ashes.


    The father opened the cap of the vial and pushed the content inside it into Johanna¡¯s mouth.


    A green light suddenly engulfed the unconscious Johanna. It soon formed itself into a cocoon around her.


    Around a few secondster, the cocoon started disintegrating into pieces. Before its broken pieces couldnd on the ground, it would dissipate into light particles and fly toward Johanna, shining blindingly.


    Johanna¡¯s father had a smiling face as he looked at Johanna beyond the blinding light. The vial that he had just pushed into his daughter¡¯s throat had cost him a fortune.


    It was an Immortal grade material. It was a lifespan increasing item. Even a mortal could live up to million years if they were to drink the vial.


    The man didn¡¯t need it since he was an Immortal, but it was still very expensive, and one of his most valued possessions. Yet he didn¡¯t care as he looked at his young daughter beyond the now slowly dimming light.


    He couldn¡¯t help but feel nostalgic as the current Johanna looked when she was in her teenage years.


    Soon the lightpletely dimmed down as Johanna presented itself in the open. She currently looked like a sixteen-year-old girl.


    Johanna¡¯s eyshes suddenly fluttered as she was regaining her consciousness.


    A few secondster, her eyes fully opened as she rubbed them.


    ¡°Where am I?¡± She couldn¡¯t help but ask as her memory wasn¡¯tplete.


    The next moment her sight cleared while her memories returned.


    ¡°I did it,¡± Johanna couldn¡¯t help but yell in excitement as she found herself to be an ordinary girl.


    ¡°Yes, you did it,¡± Johanna¡¯s father smilingly added from the other side as he looked at his daughter jumping in excitement.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Are you ready?¡± Johanna¡¯s father asked his daughter as she currently sat on a meditating mat while an open booky there on the ground in front of her.


    It was the mortal grade Art of the Doom.


    Since Johanna had sessfully crippled herself and survived, it was time for her to start over.


    Johanna¡¯s father wanted to stop his daughter from doing things in a hurry, but Johanna refused to follow through with her father¡¯s words. She had given herself a goal of ten thousand years to reach the peak of Immortality with the pseudo-divine physique, and every second in that time was valuable for her.


    ¡°Have you prepared the material?¡± Johanna asked as she was only waiting for her father to prepare the heavenly materials she currently needed.


    It wasn¡¯t easy to start over after crippling cultivation. The process would be full of challenges and pain. Johanna would need several heavenly materials to help herself pass through those issues.


    Johanna¡¯s father nodded and took out a bunch of materials from his pocket space, handing each of them to Johanna.

 Chapter 684 (7) Progress!

    Chapter 684: Progress!


    After Johanna left the queue, a new customer took her ce and kept Aakesh busy.


    The queue for the cultivation art today was even higher in number than the previous two days.


    The cultivation arts were also a customer introducer product for the store, as just in a few days of its life, it had called more than several million customers to the store.


    Even Aakesh had underestimated its impact on the store and the customers. Panagea would provide gains without the fear of death, but there was a high cost to it.


    Customers would have to repeat their adventures in Panagea to level up and then redeem those higher levels to be strong in the Primal dimension. The cultivation arts, on the other hand, could let them grow strong by only working once and not paying any extra cost to grow strong. It was just that the cost of the cultivation art was too much for the majority of the customers to bear and purchase them, and there was also the factor of death.


    Even Aakesh felt perplexed by so much interest in cultivation arts. He had thought that it would only be a few days, but from the way things are looking right now, the phenomenon of the cultivation arts seemed unstoppable. Aakesh could only guess how much he would be busy in the uing days.


    It would be a lie if Aakesh said that it wasn¡¯t what he wanted. As a store owner. His paramount goal was to have as many customers as possible in the store. It made him happy to see that the number of customers at the store was increasing every day at a high rate.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± Another customer arrived in front of Aakesh and requested to buy the cultivation art. A virtual book was floating next to the man, so with only a single nce, Aakesh had all the primary detail of the art appear in his mind.


    ¡°You need to pay three thousand top Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the price of the cultivation art.<sub>.</sub>


    As Aakesh was telling the price, he suddenly felt an urge to check on how much progress he had made on the titled quest.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t let his urge die out and thought of the quest screen, initiating a rare multitask for him.


    The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of him, containing all the details of the titled quest. It was only visible to Aakesh, so the customer didn¡¯t find out anything.


    At the same time, Aakesh also got an alert of the sessful payment from the system.


    Aakesh told the customer about it and the virtual book soon started materializing. At the same time, Aakesh also looked at the blue screen.


    [<strong>Title</strong>: <strong>The Last Main Quest!</strong>


    <strong>Mission Objective</strong>: Sale of Products,


    <strong>Requirement</strong>: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it¡¯s time for you to go big for the store for thest time in the Primal dimension, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,<sub></sub>


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Cultivation Arts: Think to expand,


    <strong>Days required:</strong> 100,000 Weeks,


    <strong>Mission reward</strong>: <strong>Ascension to the Sacred dimension!</strong>


    <strong>Failure Punishment</strong>: <strong>Failure of the store upgrading quest!</strong>]


    [<strong>Quest Progress:</strong>


    <strong>Days left</strong>: 100,000 weeks,<sub></sub>


    <strong>Weapon sold</strong>: 28,964,821/1,000,000,000,000,


    <strong>Pills sold</strong>: 187,835,976/1,000,000,000,000,


    <strong>Panagea hours</strong>: 6,841,001,020/1,000,000,000,000,


    <strong>Training customers/hours:</strong>


    Customers: 71,041,362/100,000,000,000,


    Regr training hours: 181,523,874/1,000,000,000,000 hours,


    Immortal level:1,019,324/100,000,000,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 127,009,/10,000,000,000 hours,


    <strong>Cultivation Arts:</strong>


    Mortal-grade cultivation arts: 12,587,952/10,000,000,000,


    Rare-grade: 1,124,853/1,000,000,000,


    Legendary-grade: 4,256,897/100,000,000,


    Mythical-grade: 7,915,897/10,000,000,


    Immortal-grade: 48/1,000,000.]


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation, seeing the progress he had made in the quest. The mission had a deadline of one hundred thousand weeks, which was more than a millennia, so Aakesh had plenty of time.


    But only a few days had gone by, and the store had already gotten a big jump.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t focus on Panagea¡¯s section since it was the quickest requirement for Aakesh toplete. He instead looked at the cultivation arts section since it was thetest product in the store.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t expect to see such high numbers for the cultivation arts. In only a few days, the store had already sold more than twenty million cultivation arts of each grade. If not for the measly sale of only forty-eight Immortal grade cultivation arts, the number would have been even higher.


    What made Aakesh be more surprised was that even thebined sale of Rare grade and Legendary grade wasn¡¯t equivalent to the total sale of the Mythical grade cultivation arts.


    From it, Aakesh could see that the store either had lower cultivation level customers, or higher-level customers. Aakesh didn¡¯t want that since he wanted the store for everyone, irrespective of their cultivation level.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it since there was a lot of time left for the quest¡¯s deadline, and he didn¡¯t have to worry about it.


    He then waved his hands. The next moment, light particles started moving away from the quest, and in no time, the blue screen entirely disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    Since Aakesh had another quest going on, Aakesh decided to check it as he had already multitasked once.


    The next moment, another blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him.


    [<strong>Mission objective</strong>: Add the number of virtual portals,


    <strong>Requirement</strong>: As a result of the annual events and your poprity over these years, the Panagea has be an increasingly popr product throughout the Visteerna and many major parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours after the opening of the store: all the virtual portal slots get taken for the day. There has been an addition of 100,000,000 more virtual portals, but to ensure such kind of craze for Panagea continues and grows with more and more customers joining it; the store owner needs to have 1,500,000,000 hours of entry time every day into Panagea for fifty years straight,


    <strong>Progress</strong>: Streak active,


    ?[0??]? <strong>Mission reward</strong>: <strong>1,000,000,000 new virtual portals</strong>,


    <strong>Failure punishment</strong>: <strong>Removal of one virtual portal every minute if the number of years exceeds 55. If it exceeded 60 years, the decreasing rate would grow to five portals. If it exceeded 75 years, the rate would increase to 10 virtual portals every minute. If it exceeded 100 years, the decreasing rate would grow to 25 per minute.</strong>]


    A few secondster, Aakesh stopped multitasking and instead only focused on the customers standing in the queue.

 Chapter 685 Different Power System!!!

    Chapter 685: Different Power System!!!


    Aakesh stopped his multitasking after taking a look at both his quests running fine. He then focused on the customer standing in front of him.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± The simr sentence rang for the umpteenth time in the store as the customer requested Aakesh to buy the cultivation art.


    Aakesh took a look at the page just handed to him by the customer. Since the man hadn¡¯t bought the preview option, all the details of the respective cultivation art appeared in his mind after taking a single nce at the page.


    ¡°You need to pay six hundred and seventy-five ordinary Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the price of the Mortal grade cultivation art.


    The man nodded and then paid it from the top card he owned. After Aakesh got the notification of the sessful payment, he told the man about his ownership of the cultivation art. Not long after, a book materialized out of nowhere into the hands of the man.


    The man then thanked Aakesh and left the queue with an excited expression. The man¡¯s father was a high-ranked soldier in the army of the Bisan Kingdom, and hence he could have thatrge amount of Primal stones despite only being a Xiantian level cultivator.


    Aakesh got busy with another customer right after the man left.


    Time flew by, and a few more hours passed.<sub>.</sub>


    ¡®Let¡¯s end this for the day,¡¯ Lilith thought in her heart. Despite giving up several hours and looking at tens of thousands of Immortal grade cultivation art, she had been unable to find the art that her intuition nudged her for.


    Due to her search, Lilith hadn¡¯t even entered Panagea. She was doing a significant quest right now, which would help her gain not only several levels worth XP but also a top-quality Mythical grade material.


    The quest was also the reason behind her pushing hard for an increment in level since it had some requirements.


    And now, for the cultivation art, she had even forgotten about Panagea. Now that there were only around six hours left before the store¡¯s day came to an end, Lilith knew it was time for her to end the search.


    For someone with her mental will, it was easy to ept that her intuition was wrong, but here she couldn¡¯t. There was something inexplicable about the store that agitated her to believe everything about it. It was also the reason she was willing to joke with the store owner.


    Lilith had seen how Vritrasura treated Aakesh, but it wasn¡¯t enough to make her be friends with him. The store was the primary reason behind her actions. The background of Aakesh currently didn¡¯t matter to her since the power gap between the duo was even vaster than heaven and hell. It would only matter once they both reached the same power level, and until then, Aakesh was no one but an ant with influential history for her.


    Since Lilith couldn¡¯t ept her intuition being wrong about any store product, she decided to return to the room tomorrow to begin another hunt.


    After making up her mind, Lilith didn¡¯t waste any time and turned around to leave. But when she was about to turn, she couldn¡¯t help herself from gently stroking the shelf.<sub></sub>


    What returned to her was a simr cold feeling. She couldn¡¯t help but feel a pang in her heart. If not for the inexplicable feeling about the store in her heart, Lilith would have already informed her race about the material¡¯s presence here and would have waged war to retrieve all of it.


    As she exited the room, what weed her was the long queue waiting for their turn finally to get their respective cultivation arts.


    Lilith couldn¡¯t help but feel a slight frustration in her heart, but she calmed down and left in the direction of the portal room. Her mood was such that she didn¡¯t even think of joking with Aakesh today.


    ***


    ¡°Store owner, I want to enter the Gods & Demons level training area for Overlord grade weapons,¡± The customer respectfully requested Aakesh.


    The man was a regr customer of the store, but the man only arrived once a year. The man liked no product in the store other than the training area, and that was only the Gods & Demons level training area.


    The man had different thinking regarding the Panagea. He didn¡¯t like it at all. In fact, he was only one of the few rare customers in the store that hadn¡¯t even tried Panagea. He believed in fear of death and was a believer in the God of Death since he came from the faith system. His power all depended on his faith in his God. So he didn¡¯t like Panagea because of it.


    If he got revived even once, that would mean that he had won over death, even if it was only a virtual world. It would make him doubt death, and it was thest thing he could do. His power depended upon his faith in the God of Death. If his belief got shaken even a little, it would result in him either losing some of the benefits that came with the prayer or getting banished from the Temple of Death.<sub></sub>


    The Multiverse had different kinds of power systems for different kinds of people. Not every system reached Immortality or ascendance, but at the same time, they were each significant in their own rights.


    The man belonged to a branch of the faith system and could never ascend to the Sacred dimension since the God of Death had once achieved ascendancy. Ascending would mean attempting on the same pedestal as the Deity. It was nothing but sin in the eyes of God, so Immortality was thest level for such a power system.


    (A/N: Every faith had its own Gods for different things, so there would be more than one God of Death in the story. Divinity in the Sacred dimension is different from these Gods. We would find the difference between them as Aakesh reaches there. It isn¡¯t very far.)


    ?[0??]? The training area was the same as well as it also revived the customers after their death. The training area had a setting where customers could stop revival, which in turn would make the battle more challenging and teachable for the customers. If they died even once in that setting, they would get forced out of the training area, irrespective of how much time they had left.


    The system knew about such a power system, so it had added this setting from the start.


    Even though the opponent wasn¡¯t as strong as in the actual setting since the participant couldn¡¯t revive itself, the gains were equivalent to the setting since the payment was simr for both the modes.


    ***


    Aakesh recognized the customer since he remembered all the customers that had entered his store since its inception. Aakesh then told the price of the training area to the man.


    Even though the majority of the customers knew the price of the product they were going to buy, Aakesh still had to tell them the price. It was one of the mandatory requirements for the store owner by the system.


    After paying the cost, the man left for the weapons room, and Aakesh got busy with another customer requesting to buy their respective cultivation arts.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, five hours had passed.


    When there was only one hour left before the store would announce its closing for the day, out of nowhere, a door materialized mid-air in the store, and not long after, steps connecting it to the floor emerged out of thin air.


    The customers, who had entered the store for the first time, had surprised reactions. Those who frequented the store regrly ignored the scene because they were used to it.


    A few people in the group of regr customers also looked toward the door since they liked Lily and found her a cute creature. Many would have even tried to pet her if it were not for Aakesh.


    Fortunately for them and for Aakesh, they never attempted it due to fear of offending Aakesh. Lily didn¡¯t like anyone petting her other than Aakesh since she was several millennia old in reality. It was only in front of Aakesh that she was a child. For others, she was an aged creature who needed to get respected by them.


    ¡°Click!¡±


    With a clicking sound, the door opened, and soon a creature stepped out of it.


    It was none other than Lily, but today things were different. She had returned to her previous palm-sized figure. The conversation between Aakesh and her before leaving for Panagea still lingered in her mind, so she decided to return to her earlier size.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but smile seeing Lily back in her previous Avatar. The customer currently buying the cultivation art couldn¡¯t help but get astonished after seeing a smile on the store owner¡¯s face. It was a rare urrence, and it was also the first for her.


    When Aakesh smiled, the aura around him changed. It wasn¡¯t a dazzling smile but an average one. It made customers feel him more likable since the mysteriousness around him disappeared at that time. The woman was the same. Her cheeks turned red as she found the current Aakesh to be more good-looking than the expressionless him.


    After Lily stepped on the floor, she appeared on Aakesh¡¯s head andfortably sat there. Aakesh returned to his usual selling the cultivation arts.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there will be only one chapter today. I know there were still three chapters left, but I couldn¡¯t write as one of my uncles died. I will try to write and upload them as soon as possible, but I won¡¯t know which day it will be.


    Thanks for your support of the book!

 Chapter 686 Close for the Day!

    Chapter 686: Close for the Day!


    After Lily jumped on Aakesh¡¯s head, the store returned to calm as Aakesh returned his focus on the customers standing in the queue.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± A familiar statement rang once again in the store as another customer joined the line for cultivation art and got his turn.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything but only took a nce at the virtual book floating next to the man.


    ?[0??]? The next moment, all the primary details of the cultivation art appeared in his head. Aakesh then told the man the price of the cultivation art ording to the piece of memory in his head.


    The man paid for the cultivation art using his card. After Aakesh got the notification of the sessful payment, the virtual book materialized into a physical one. The man thanked Aakesh and left the queue excitedly with a new book in his hands.


    These scenes were simr as Aakesh had already gone through them several million times, and Aakesh would have to go through them even more times. Aakesh didn¡¯t get bored, but Lily,fortably seated on his head, didn¡¯t have the same level of patience as Aakesh.<sub>.</sub>


    ¡°It¡¯s so boring,¡± Her childlike voice rang in the store since Aakesh and another customer repeated the familiar scene for the umpteenth time.


    Lily then closed her eyes and began her sleeping hour since she couldn¡¯t watch the scene anymore.


    Aakesh ignored Lily as he had no choice but to repeat the scene over and over again.


    Time flew by, and the remaining hour till the sunset came to an end.


    The adventurers in Panagea got forced out of it since it was now time for the store to close. Those customers who only had a few minutes left before their hour was over were still inside Panagea, and all the other customers got forced out since the system didn¡¯t want to involve Aakesh¡¯s free time in the store.


    There were still many customers waiting in the queue. Their exact number was eighty thousand, nine hundred and six.<sub></sub>


    Aakesh left them as they were and stood from his chair. He first went to the weapons room and told them to leave the store and do their shopping the next day. After the weapons room, Aakesh went to the cultivation arts room and repeated the same process.


    Lily, who had been sleeping on Aakesh¡¯s head, also woke up as she heard Aakesh. Since it was time for the store to close, it was also time for her and Aakesh to go to the training session.


    The next moment, Lily regretted her waking up as she had to watch a simr scene over several thousand times as Aakesh didn¡¯t ask the customers in the queue to live.


    When there were only a few hundred customers left, the portal room also got empty as everyone¡¯s time was over.


    After a few more seconds, only Aakesh and Lily remained in the store as Aakesh had sold till thest person in the queue.


    ¡°It¡¯s finally over,¡± Lily couldn¡¯t help but heave a sigh of relief after all the customers in the queue left.<sub></sub>


    ¡°How long do you think these scenes would continue?¡± Lily suddenly asked Aakesh. The customers in the queue were eating her time with Aakesh, and Lily didn¡¯t like it at all.


    ¡°Who knows?¡± Aakesh smilingly replied. Even he had underestimated the poprity of the cultivation arts, so he didn¡¯t want to make any prediction for this tide of customers. Even though he got swamped all day due to arge number of buyers, he didn¡¯t consider it a waste of time.


    Aakesh then stood up from his chair, went to the door, and shut it, announcing the end of the day for the store. With it, a stream of darkness engulfed the radius of three thousand miles around the store.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go to our training,¡± Aakeshmented, and the next moment, a white light engulfed him and Lily.


    When the light disappeared, with it, Aakesh and Lily had vanished. At the same time, a wave of darkness engulfed the store, and silence permeated the store.


    The next moment, Aakesh and Lily appeared in the familiar selection area.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t have to speak anything as Lily jumped down from his head. She then used her skill and restored herself to have a height where she was only a cm shorter than Aakesh.


    Lily then chose her usual training environment and pressed the switch on the right.


    The next moment, a space crack emerged around Lily and sucked her inside without giving her even a chance to fight back against it.


    Aakesh¡¯s face returned to its usual expressionless face. He then went to his left and randomly picked a weapon for the day. He subsequently chose his training environment and next went to his right and pushed the switch.


    The next moment, a familiar scene emerged as the space crack sucked Aakesh inside as well.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a familiar scene.


    Not even a second had passed since his entry when a blue screen popped out of nowhere, asking him to choose the stage for the battle.


    He could choose only up to the seventeenth stage since he had only reached that level once, and even then, he had lost the battle.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t tap on the screen right away but looked at his hands. He was carrying a strange weapon today.


    It was a piece of red cloth. It would be a lie if anyone misunderstood it as only a piece of cloth. It had spikes made of needles all over it, except for the part where the handle was supposed to be for the user to carry it.


    It was a strange weapon for Aakesh to use since females were the predominant user of this weapon.


    The needles spread all over the cloth were poisonous, and they had even potency to kill an Immortal in the blink of an eye. Even Aakesh would have to be cautious of the needle if the same weapon were to be in the hands of his opponent.


    The cloth was made up of leather of a creature, now extinct in the Sacred dimension. Its flexibility and sticity were known across not only the dimension, but also the multiverse.

 Chapter 687 A New battle with New Opponent(1)

    Chapter 687: A New battle with New Opponent(1)


    The weapon was kind of a whip but thinner and broader than that. As Aakesh waved the cloth, a sound of it tearing through the air rang in the area.


    It was the first for Aakesh to use the weapon since it was a new addition to his arsenal. It was the first time Aakesh had seen it on his weapon shelf, and hence he had selected it.


    Aakesh then returned his focus to the blue screen still floating in front of him. He didn¡¯t even have to think to make a decision. He tapped on the screen, and the next moment, the blue screen vanished while a blue light spread across the battle arena.


    When the light disappeared, Aakesh sighted his opponent for the day.


    Aakesh then took a look at his weapon and then the opponent. He couldn¡¯t know what to say the next moment. It was as if the system was mocking him.


    The creature in front of him was Armadoran. It was a creature exclusive to the Sacred dimension.<sub>.</sub>


    The Armadorans were known for their extreme defenses. Not only did their skin negate physical attacks, but also magical and spiritual attacks as well. It wasn¡¯t the end, as the Armadorans had natural poison resistance against the majority of poisons in the Multiverse.


    It was also the reason Armadorans were on the verge of extinction in the Sacred dimension since their heart was a primary ingredient in pills and potions for poison resistance or antidotes. At the same time, their skin was a good material to forge them into armor.


    At the same time, Armadorans were known for their peaceful nature. It was as if the Multiverse had created them to be a punchbag and a mountain of treasure for others.


    ¡°This is going to be tough,¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but mutter as he never expected to face this type of opponent, even in his rare dreams.


    ¡°How are you, strange creature?¡± Suddenly, the Armadoran opened its mouth and gently asked Aakesh. From the voice, the creature looked to be a male.


    At that moment, whatever hope Aakesh had remaining from the battle dashed as if someone had poured a cold bucket of water on him while he was already dying from cold.<sub></sub>


    The female Armadorans would at least fight back since it was in their genes. They were the carrier of the next generation, so they would fight back once cornered, thinking of what would happen to their race if they didn¡¯t mate and give birth to the next generation.


    The male Armadorans was theplete opposite. They would never fight back. It doesn¡¯t matter how much you hit them; they would just hide using their skin and only defend themselves.


    The nature of male Armadorans was the primary reason behind them reaching the verge of extinction. They were theziest, if not one of the mostidback creatures in the Multiverse. They did nothing other than mating and sleep all day long.


    If not for the Armadorans high fertility rate, the race would have already be extinct since the male Armadorans was an easy piece of treasure for other cultivators.


    ***


    ¡°Do you know why you are here?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked the male Armadoran.<sub></sub>


    ¡°Why do you love battle so much?¡± The male Armadoran couldn¡¯t help but reply in a disappointing tone. Without waiting for Aakesh to respond back, it added, ¡°The true fun is rxing all day long and mating with different beautifuldies.¡±


    The Armadoran tone turned lecherous as he started imagining the scene of him sleeping with a different female Armadoran.


    Aakesh¡¯s face remained expressionless as the next moment, the familiar sound of the bell rang in the area and announced the beginning of the first battle for the day.


    The aura around Aakesh suddenly changed as his grip on the cloth tightened. Hoping for the system not to y a joke on him, Aakesh waved the weapon.


    It flew toward the Armadoran while releasing the sound of it tearing through the air.


    The Armadoran seemed frozen in a single spot as if it wasn¡¯t even able to see the cloth.


    The next moment, a sound of stones cracking rang in the area as the cloth shed with the ground.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised as he never expected this kind of agility from the Armadoran in just the first stage of the battle. At the same time, Aakesh grew excited since the battle didn¡¯t seem to be a waste of time for him now. In fact, he got a sense of this fight being even more challenging than the others he had faced until now.


    ¡°Why do you want to hit me?¡± The Armadoran didn¡¯t attempt to attack Aakesh as it asked after dodging Aakesh¡¯s strike. Its tone contained a hint of disappointment in Aakesh.


    ¡°Do you love killing-¡°


    ?[0??]? The Armadoran still didn¡¯t move and was speaking when its voice came to a sudden halt.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The next moment, a crashing sound rang in the area as the Armadoran¡¯s body crashed to the ground. Its head was missing, but it wouldn¡¯t take a genius to find it since brain matter and blood could be seen spread across the arena not far from the headless body.


    Aakesh, this time, increased his strength by a percent. It resulted in theplete decimation of the Armadoran.


    The next moment, a blue light spread across the entire battle arena. Not long after, the scene came to a sudden halt as if someone had frozen time.


    The next moment, the familiar blue screen popped out of nowhere in front of him.


    Aakesh, without wasting even a moment, tapped on the screen.


    Not long after, the arena became restored to its usual condition, while the male Armadroran appeared at the same spot where it had gotten hit on its head by Aakesh.


    ¡°Killing so much?¡± The Armadoranpleted the question it wanted to ask but couldn¡¯t due to its sudden death.


    ¡°Eh! I am alive,¡± The Armadoran didn¡¯t give Aakesh any time to respond as the next moment, it eximed in surprise, seeing it alive andpleting the question.


    ¡°Am I an Immortal?¡± The Armadoran then looked at Aakesh and asked him.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he didn¡¯t answer but only stared at the creature.

 Chapter 688 Different Kind of Battle(2)

    Chapter 688: Different Kind of Battle(2)


    The Armadoran stayed surprised for several seconds after seeing it alive.


    ¡°See, peaceful people like me are Immortal,¡± The Armadoan looked at Aakesh and reprimanded him, teaching him the lesson of peace.


    [Ding!]


    Aakesh heaved a sigh of relief as he didn¡¯t have to hear any further nonsense from the creature as the sound of the bell rang in the battle arena, announcing the start of the second match for the day.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak with his words but with his weapons. The next moment, he waved the cloth, and it flew toward the Armadorna with several times quicker speed and powerpared to Aakesh¡¯sst attack.


    Despite it being quicker and more powerful than thest attack, the cloth hit the ground in the end, creating arge cracked surface, while the Armadoran was just a slight distance away from his previous spot.<sub>.</sub>


    ¡°Eh, why do I want to attack this strange creature?¡± The Armadoran suddenly uttered out in surprise, as for the first time ever in its existence, an idea to attack someone appeared in its head.


    ¡°No, I can¡¯t do that. I am a peaceful person,¡± The Armadoran shook its head right after, ignoring Aakesh¡¯s second attacking toward it.


    Simr to the first battle, the Armadoran failed to defend against the second attack and died as a result. This time, it had half its upper bodypletely crushed as if some heavy object got ced there.


    The next moment, a familiar scene of light sweeping across the battle arena appeared in the area.


    Sometimeter, Aakesh tapped on the blue screen and chose to fight the third battle.


    Not long after, the arena returned to its pre-battle situation, while the Armadoran also returned alive.<sub></sub>


    ¡°I am alive this time as well,¡± The Armadoran eximed again.


    ¡°Am I really an undying creature? Did the Multiverse reward me for my kind nature?¡± The Armadoran asked itself as it was still hard for it to believe that it was alive.


    ¡°Hey, strange creature, why did you kill me again?¡± The Armadoran then took his focus to Aakesh and asked him. Its tone contained nothing but disappointment in Aakesh¡¯s action. It had a look of pity in its eyes as it thought of Aakesh as some mental creature that couldn¡¯t stop killing.


    ¡°Eh, why am I feeling an urge to take revenge for getting killed?¡± The Armadoran asked again without even giving any time to Aakesh to respond.


    The creature behaved as if it was the only one there since one moment it asked a question to itself, and the next moment, it would ask Aakesh. And then, without giving any time to Aakesh to answer, it would return to itself and ask another question.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t know what to speak or feel at the moment. He was usually expressionless all the time, with no care for what was happening to others. But for some reason, the Armadoran was making him feel irritated and was testing his patience. Aakesh knew it was the doing of the system as different opponents had different kinds of situations.<sub></sub>


    Aakesh believed that since the male Armadorans were known for theiridback attitude and never fighting, the system was making him feel psychological issues with the battle.


    At the same time, the battle between him and the opponent was taking longer time than usual to start. In the earlier days, he would have already won four or five fights up to this point, while today, he was still waiting for the third fight to begin.


    [Ding!]


    Finally, Aakesh¡¯s frustration came to an end as the bell finally rang and announced the start of the third battle for the day.


    Without waiting for even a moment, Aakesh released an attack. This time, he didn¡¯t want to let the creature dodge the attack, so he used more strength than he would rarely use at this point of the battle.


    The next moment, something unexpected to Aakesh happened.


    The Armadoran failed to dodge the attack and died as its entire body had gotten filled with countless holes. It wasn¡¯t what was surprising for Aakesh, but before his strike was to reach the creature, Aakesh saw the Armadoran attempting to punch at the cloth flying toward him.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but feel that things were going to be interesting. He knew that his intuition wasn¡¯t wrong when it sensed that the battle was going to be different than usual today.


    ***


    ¡°Eh! Why did I try to attack?¡± The Armadoran asked itself after it got revived once again. Its tone was filled with disappointment since it had never expected it to attack anyone.


    ¡°Is my peaceful nature not the reason behind me being Immortal?¡± The Armadoran then asked itself, Its jaw almost dropping to the ground as it believed that its peaceful and kind nature was the reason behind the Multiverse rewarding it with an undying body. But now, it got revived again despite it attempting to attack the strange creature in front of it.


    As expected, this time, the bell for the fourth battle rang eventer than it was for the third fight. The creature was like a chatterbox as it had already spoken more words than Aakesh had ever spoken with others, excluding Lily.


    At the same time, Aakesh could feel the growing irritation in his heart the more the creature spoke. If not for the restrictions on attacking the opponent before the ringing of the announcing bell, Aakesh would have forcefully shut the mouth of the Armadoran.


    [Ding!]


    The bell finally rang and announced the start of the next battle.


    This time, Aakesh didn¡¯t attempt to kill the creature straight away as he found the time between the start of the fight to be more challenging for him rather than the actual battle with the Armadoran.


    Aakesh started the battle with a rhythm. He only used one percent of his strength and attacked the Armadoran.


    The Armadoran didn¡¯t even attempt to defend itself as it led the cloth filled with needles hit its skin while it continued uttering different kinds of nonsense.


    It was as if the creature was conscious of its actions in thest battle. It forcefully controlled its hands so as not to try attacking Aakesh.

 Chapter 689 Enjoying the Battle(End)

    Chapter 689: Enjoying the Battle(End)


    Aakesh slowly by slowly increased the strength as well as quickness of his attack.


    The maximum strength Aakesh usually used in the fourth round of battle was thirteen percent.


    When Aakesh¡¯s strength reached nine percent, it finally started creating pressure on the Armadoran.


    At that point, Aakesh reduced the rate at which he increased his strength. Earlier it was half percent with every attack, but from now on, the rate became one-fourth increase in percent.


    Aakesh wanted the Armadoran to attack him, and his n was going well.


    When his attack strength reached 9.75 percent, the Armadoran started dodging attacks instead of taking hits on its body. The Armadoran did it subconsciously, as after every sessful dodge, it would begin uttering nonsense about why it did it.<sub>.</sub>


    When Aakesh¡¯s attack strength reached twelve percent, it became tough for the Armadoran to dodge it without getting slight hits imprinted on its body.


    Aakesh further reduced the rate at which he increased his strength. Now he increased one-tenth of his strength with every strike.


    Aakesh finally reached his usual percentage of strength in the fourth stage of the battle, but after looking at the condition of the Armadoran, Aakesh could see that this battle was an exception.


    The Armadoran had been subconsciously dodging attacksing its way. Unfortunately for aakesh, it never attempted to attack again. Aakesh thought his n to force the Armadoran out of its shell was going well, but he was wrong.


    The Armadoran had be conscious of its attack, so it tried everything not to attack Aakesh.


    When Aakesh¡¯s strength reached 13.8 percent, it finally became too challenging for the Armadoran not to get a severe injury with every hit. If not for its poison resistance and theck of potency in the poison in the current stages, the Armadoran would have long died of poisoning.<sub></sub>


    When Aakesh attacked it the next time, the unexpected situation happened again as the Armadoran¡¯s eyes turned nk while it punched the clothing toward it.


    Aakesh waved his grip to bring back the cloth when another unexpected thing happened. The Armadoran took the initiative to attack this time as it grabbed the cloth and flew with it toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but smile as it was the first attacking his way for the day. He increased his strength with another one-tenth of a percent and waved the cloth.


    The next moment, the Armadoran crashed to the ground several meters backward. Colors returned to its eyes, but before it could understand what had happened, an attack came its way and crushed it into a pulp, creating a gory scene.


    ***


    The Armadoran got revived again as it regained its consciousness after dying for four consecutive times.<sub></sub>


    The next moment, it couldn¡¯t exim in horror as thest scenes of the previous battle appeared in its mind.


    ¡°Strange creature, forgive me for trying to attack you,¡± The Armadoran looked at Aakesh and apologized for trying to attack him. Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but shake his head and readied himself to face this mental torture for the time till the fifth battle began.


    ¡°Is someone controlling my actions?¡± The Armadoran couldn¡¯t ask itself with a face full of horror as trying to attack someone was too much for it to believe.


    Aakesh had also thought this, but the system had been very clear about the creatures in the virtual training having their own personalities, and the system did nothing to control them.


    The system had added only two rules for the lives and nothing else. Except for not being able to go against those two rules, everything the creatures did in the virtual training was out of their will.


    It was the subconscious telling the Armadoran to fight back since it was undying and would revive even after death.


    The Armadoran had a fear of death in their subconscious. It was to an extent where they wouldn¡¯t fight back when they were actually dying. Only the female Armadorans were able to somewhat push the fear back when the lives of their children and family were at stake since the love of family was greater than anything.


    The males, on the other hand, werepletely opposite. They didn¡¯t understand the concept of familial love, so much so that the majority of the male Armadorans wouldn¡¯t even mate with the same female twice.


    As the Armadoran was able to revive after every death, the fear of death was somehow getting pushed back, but the concept was still very far from the creature, so it was only subconsciously able to fight back.


    Aakesh grew excited as he could see that the creature had scope in fighting, so he decided to slowly push the Armadoran in the battle and hope for it to start consciously attacking him.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh¡¯s efforts came to fruition in the ninth stage as the creature started consciously attacking him, but it seemed that the creaturepletely lost the fear of death as it began fighting crazily.


    These kinds of battles were no fun for Aakesh since killing a crazy opponent was as easy as killing some weakling in a battle for Aakesh.


    To make the creature start fear again, he gave the beating of its life to the creature.


    After that round, the creature became too cautious for its good. Aakesh found this to be a waste of time, so he gave it another round of beating. At the same time, Aakesh also taught it the ways to have a fight.


    The creature finally learned in the fifteenth stage, and Aakesh finally had an enjoyable battle.


    The battle went on for several minutes, and in the end, Aakesh came to the top position. Even the Armadoran began loving battle as it couldn¡¯t help but enjoy the scene of it hitting Aakesh and then dodging his attacks.


    Finally, the sixteenth round came. Aakesh had been consecutively losing this stage for the past months.


    The streak continued this time as well. Aakesh taught the creature well, as he himself lost in the end.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t mind the loss as he actually enjoyed the battle with the Armadoran. The same was the case for the Armadoran as it asked for Aakesh toe regrly to have battles with it.

 Chapter 690 Panagea, Another Adventure(1)

    Chapter 690: Panagea, Another Adventure(1)


    After Aakesh lost the sixteenth battle with the Armadoran and continued the losing streak, he appeared in the selection area. Since it was only a one-time entry for Aakesh, he couldn¡¯t enter again, despite him wanting to, as he actually liked the battle with the Armadoran at that level.


    Since Aakesh couldn¡¯t enter again, he stopped thinking about it. He instead looked in front, only to find Lily waiting there for him.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t find it surprising since the battle this time took actually long, not due to the fight going for longer, but due to the increased waiting time between the start of new levels.


    Aakesh requested the system for his chair, and not long after, it appeared in front of Lily¡¯s chair.


    The current Lily was the same size as she was when she had left for her training, a cm shorter than Aakesh.


    ¡°So, how did it go?¡± Aakesh smilingly asked Lily. He had been sharing his ns with Lily for her to carve out her own territory in the Panagea, so he took regr reports from her about her actions.<sub>.</sub>


    Lily didn¡¯t waste any time and started telling him everything that had happened with her in Panagea for the day. In just a single breath, she had spoken the entire speech.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation as Lily had not only been following things as heid out, but she was also adding new things to his ns to make the strategies even more foolproof.


    There was no perfect n when it came to strategies, so Aakesh didn¡¯t mind Lily adding on to what he said. In fact, Aakesh loved it since it showed Lily¡¯s growth, and there was nothing more important to him than Lily.


    After the discussion about Panagea came to an end, it was the turn of Aakesh to share how the day went for him.


    Aakesh did since it had now be their tradition. After that, they discussed their training, and after that, the discussion came to an end.


    The next moment, both of them disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the store¡¯s hall. While with them, Aakesh¡¯s chair returned to the store.<sub></sub>


    Lily then turned to her birth size, yed with Aakesh for a few minutes, and Lily then summoned the door and the stairs.


    There was no need for the stairs since Lily could fly, but since the system restricted flying, she had no other choice. The restriction was even valid for Aakesh, so there was no point in her getting out of it.


    Lily then said bye to Aakesh and stepped up the stairs.


    After she entered the room, the door automatically closed, and not long after, both the stairs and the door had disappeared, waiting for Aakesh or Lily to call them back once again.


    The smile on Aakesh¡¯s face disappeared with Lily departing for Panagea. His body then turned toward the portal room as he took a step forward.


    As Aakesh entered the portal room, his eyes fell on the leaderboard as usual. After seeing no changes from yesterday, he moved his eyes away andid them onto a virtual portal.<sub></sub>


    Aakesh then touched the closest virtual portal, using only the tip of his finger, when an invincible suction force rose from it and sucked Aakesh inside.


    The next moment, the store turned entirely empty, devoid of any life, as Aakesh appeared in Panagea.


    Yesterday in Panagea, Aakesh had decided to depart the Dark Forest since the journey ahead wasn¡¯t possible for the current him. Aakesh had no ns to overrule his own decision, so he maintained his direction toward the exit of the forest.


    Aakesh had only traveled a few miles of distance when he suddenly found himself surrounded by a group of beasts.


    From the way the beasts looked at him, Aakesh could understand that there was no way to stop the bloodshed.


    The beasts looked like wolves, but they had the mane of a lion and were several timesrger than a wolf.


    Even the smallest beast in the group was around fifty meters and looked at Aakesh as if he was an ant. Thergest creature spanned more than a hundred meters. It looked to be the leader of the group as it stayed at the back but had a look full of majesty as it stared at Aakesh.


    The supposed leader was Level 250, while the other beasts varied between Level 240 and Level 245.


    If it were before yesterday, Aakesh would have might worried about a Level 250 creature. But yesterday, Aakesh gained two levels and became a Level 239 adventurer. He also assassinated a Level 250 man yesterday.


    Aakesh now had the confidence to kill a Level 250 beast. It wouldn¡¯t be easy since the leader looked to be on the verge of evolution to be a Mythical grade lifeform. But since it wasn¡¯t, Aakesh was confident in his own survival and trumping over the creature.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    The leader looked at Aakesh as an easy hunt, so it roared and gave the order to its underlings to begin the assault. Since Aakesh could understand what the creature had spoken thanks to his knowledge of the majority of thenguages, he couldn¡¯t help but shake his head in disappointment.


    ¡°Don¡¯t kill the prey easily! y with him, and when I get bored, I will end its miserable life!¡±


    If the creature had any minimal chance of getting mercy from Aakesh, it had now lost even that after thinking of torturing Aakesh.


    The minions of the leaders followed its order as they rushed toward Aakesh, continuously drooling arge amount of liquid.


    Aakesh stood there straight since he decided to y with the beasts after hearing the leader¡¯s statement.


    The beasts felt Aakesh had frozen in fear, so their roars got even louder, filled with hints of mockery in it.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t move as he expressionlessly waited for the first of the beast to arrive.


    When the beast arrived and was only an inch away from ripping Aakesh¡¯s hands into two, an unexpected scene happened in the eyes of the leader.


    A sword suddenly appeared in Aakesh¡¯s hands. It then helped Aakesh cut the creature into so many pieces that it was even difficult for the leader to count.

 Chapter 691 Panagea, Another Adventure(2)

    Chapter 691: Panagea, Another Adventure(2)


    As Aakesh brought his sword down, it looked like the creature had turned into a blood cloud in the eyes of other beasts.


    But the group leader was able to see that it wasn¡¯t a blood cloud but Aakesh cutting the creature. After witnessing the scene, the leader felt a chill crawling down his spine.


    The closest beast after the first unfortunate creature was too close to escape and couldn¡¯t leave in the midway. It faced the same result in the end, but it wasn¡¯t a blood cloud this time.


    Aakesh just grabbed the head of the beast and pushed it to the ground, turning the skull into a bloody pulp as a result.


    The other beasts knew that they had picked on a ho nest, so they attempted to escape. But after what the leader had said, they couldn¡¯t ask for mercy from Aakesh.


    Suddenly the hard surface turned into sand, halting the creature¡¯s movements within the radius of hundred meters around Aakesh. The beasts were no weaklings, so they added energy to their paws and escaped the sandy ground.


    Unfortunately for them, just that moment of the window was good enough for Aakesh to send two of them to wherever the souls went after death in Panagea.<sub>.</sub>


    Aakesh killed one with his pure physical power, while the other became a casualty of his sword as it cleanly cut the creature into two pieces.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    The next moment, a roar filled with majesty rang in the area as the leader of the group stood up.


    The next moment, something unexpected happened as the creature turned around and escaped straight away.


    On the other hand, the beasts couldn¡¯t believe what their leader had just done. But they had no choice other than to follow the order of their leader since it was not only their leader but also their ancestor.


    ¡°Fight with your life! Take revenge for your brothers!¡±


    It was thest order from their ancestor. If they refused to follow through with it, their bloodline would act against them, killing them as a result. If the creature fought, they would still die.<sub></sub>


    No matter what path the beasts chose, they could only see death in the end.


    Since they had no way to choose, they turned their anger toward Aakesh since if they had never tried to hunt him, things would have nevere to this.


    Their eyes turned red, and soon, their body began expanding. There were around sixteen beasts left after the leader escaped for its life. The highest level was Level 245 in the group.


    In no time, all the creatures had expanded by half their size. It was the berserk mode they had as their bloodline ability. It allowed them to fight a person a level above their power level. They were burning their blood to increase their strength.


    All their efforts came to nothing as Aakesh¡¯s eyes suddenly turned cold. The sword peacefully sleeping in his hands made a movement as Aakesh disappeared from the spot he was standing on.


    In no time, sixteen heads fell to the ground, with an expression of anger and hatred on their faces. They didn¡¯t even know when they died, so the beasts only had the looks they had before attacking the prey.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even nce at the falling head and corpses on the ground as he took a step forward.<sub></sub>


    The creature was Level 250, so its physical attributes were something that was out of the league of a Level 239 adventurer. Unfortunately for the beast, Aakesh had a legendary ss that granted him attributes more than what he should ideally have. The wolf-like creature didn¡¯t have such benefits to it.


    Aakesh attributes surpassed the stats of the creature as he caught up to the beast after running for a few seconds, using his full speed.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    The creature couldn¡¯t believe it when it found Aakesh standing in front of him.


    It knelt straight away and roared. There was no majesty in its tone this time, but it was a plea for mercy.


    Aakesh ignored its plea of mercy and stepped forward.


    ¡°If you let me go, I would give you all my treasure,¡± The creature spoke in a human voice since Aakesh also looked like a human, if not for his blue color. It feared the first strike from Aakesh so much that it didn¡¯t even take an eleven-level gap between their power level.


    ¡°If you let me go, I would give you all my treasure,¡± The creature then spoke in an Elvish voice since Aakesh still didn¡¯t stop and continued approaching it.


    Aakesh ignored the creature and continued his approach. The beast spoke in all thenguages he knew, but it could gather no reaction from Aakesh except for the calm and cold look in his eyes.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    ¡°Since you want to fight so much, I will fight you to death!¡±


    The next moment, the creature roared in anger as it couldn¡¯t handle this pressure from the stranger. Aakesh understood the meaning of the roar. He couldn¡¯t help but shake his head since it was now toote for the creature to want to fight back.


    The creature was not a weakling that Aakesh would be able to kill it in one strike, so he was not letting it attempt to fight back. Aakesh didn¡¯t like to waste time.


    The next moment, a red light gathered around the sharp edges of the sword as Aakesh appeared right next to the creature. Next, he brought his sword down, and another head came crashing to the ground soon after.


    The now-dead creature had eyes full of fear, and it looked on the verge of popping as it never expected Aakesh to make a sudden movement. It believed Aakesh would continue his slow approach.


    Unfortunately for the leader, it couldn¡¯t know what was going on in Aakesh¡¯s head and lost its life before the battle could even begin.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even take a nce at the corpse, but he turned his head to his right.


    The next moment, a creature came out of the bushes and looked at Aakesh with its eyes full of curiosity.


    The creature only reached up to Aakesh¡¯s knees and was only a child. Not long after, the child¡¯s mother also came out, pushing the child behind it. Its eyes were full of vignce and fear. At the same time, there was a desire for the corpse of the creature in its eyes.


    The mother was only Level 228, so even with closed eyes, Aaksh could kill it.


    Aakesh ignored the creature since he wouldn¡¯t gain any XP as the beast was ten levels lower than his power level.


    Aakesh then turned around and left, in the surprised eyes of the mother, while the child beast curiously looked at Aakesh. If not for the mother forcefully stopping it, the child would have approached Aakesh.


    Time flew by, and the time to leave Panagea finally arrived for Aakesh.

 Chapter 692 A New Day for the Store(1)

    Chapter 692: A New Day for the Store(1)


    As the sun started to rise on the Anga continent and in Visteerna, Aakesh¡¯s adventure in Panagea for the day came to an end.


    The day went as usual, and there were no significant events while he activated his ss and got no rare reward.


    Since his time for the day had ended and Aakesh had nothing special going on here, Aakesh decided to leave Panagea after the system¡¯s alert.


    The next moment, a white light swept him. It disappeared as quickly as it had arrived.


    With the disappearance of the light, Aakesh also vanished from Panagea.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the store¡¯s hall, breaking the silence that had emanated the store for thest several hours.<sub>-?(0??)?.</sub>


    There was still some time left before the sunrise, so Aakesh summoned the door to his room. Not long after, it appeared, and soon after that, stairs connecting it to the floor emerged out of nowhere.


    Aakesh then stepped up the stairs and only came when the sunrise was only a few seconds away from its arrival.


    Aakesh wore his usual slightly yellow dhoti, with his upper body being naked. His dark hairs were tightened in a bun. It was the style Aakesh liked, and Lily also loved it by making his bun herfortable chair.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that, six seconds had passed by, and the sunrise finally arrived on Visteerna and its all eleven continents at the same time.


    The creatures of the dark returned to sleep, while the day creatures began another day in their life, hoping for it to go well, if not usual.


    The inhabitants in Kakot had no such thing to worry about since the city of Kakot had no sleep after the appearance of the mysterious store. The store had entirely changed the power dynamics of not only the Bisan Kingdom but also several other Kingdoms and Empires spread across the Primal dimension.<sub></sub>


    In what was once the busiest market of the Bisan Kingdom, now only an empty area was left.


    ,??m The area wasn¡¯t currently empty as more than a hundred million people were peacefully waiting for something.


    In the center of the area, two buildings stood. One had all therge crowd waiting to open, while the other was l?-ke an eyesore in the eyes of the majority of the people since the building was closest to the mysterious store.


    As the first ray of sunlight swept over the store and the Anga continent, the faces of the crowd lit up.


    Not long after, with a clicking sound, the door of the mysterious store opened and announced the start of another fruitful day in its life.


    ***<sub></sub>


    As usual, Aakesh found arge crowd waiting for the store to open when he opened the door. Aakesh didn¡¯t let them wait anymore as he could feel the look of hurry in the people¡¯s eyes, so he turned around and went to his chair.


    As soon as Aakesh left the entrance, the door became like a portal as people after people entered it like a raging tide, while it had no effect as if the number of people didn¡¯t matter.


    In no time, the crowded area spread across a few thousand miles turned empty like a barrennd, while a store that didn¡¯t even cover one-tenth of the space in that radius weed the people as if it were only one or two persons.


    ***


    After Aakesh returned to his chair in no time, arge queue gathered in front of him.


    Those who owned any of the three cards didn¡¯t have to ask for permission from the store owner to enter Panagea, so they did. Those who hadn¡¯t bought any store cards went to Aakesh and created a queue since they could only pay him.


    The queue didn¡¯t take long to turn empty as the majority of the people in the queue could only afford to enter Panagea for six hours with the same time flow rate as the Primal dimension.


    Not all people who came this early went to Panagea, but a few thousand of them went to the cultivation arts room, while a few went to the weapons room.


    In that few thousand, there were many customers who had been trying to buy a cultivation art they like but the choices in the store overwhelmed them so much that they couldn¡¯t decide on what cultivation art to buy. It resulted in many customers making their second entry into the cultivation arts room, while there were a few that had entered for the third time.


    There were two customers that had entered the cultivation arts room for the third time. One was Lilith, who had been in pursuit to prove her intuition correct. It resulted in her getting frustrated every time she came across a cultivation art. Up to this point, she had onlye across three cultivation arts that forced her to take a second nce at them, while one of three forced her to read the synopsis of the respective cultivation art. Other than the three, she had only faced disappointment in the end.


    The other customer was Glenn. It was his third-day entry into the cultivation arts room.


    Glenn wasn¡¯t an Immortal. He was only a Soul Formation level cultivator. But if someone dared to think of him only as a low-level cultivator, wouldn¡¯t have a good result in the end.


    Glenn had an extraordinary identity. It was correct that he was a Soul Formation level cultivator, but there was also one other fact about him. He was also a reincarnation of a cultivator belonging to the Sacred dimension in his past life.


    At the same time, Glenn had another identity. He was also the host of one of the members of the Yantra race, poprly known as the system.


    ***


    In his past life, Glenn was a cultivator that was only one level away from reaching the peak of the Sacred dimension.


    But unfortunately for Glenn, he fell in love with the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. The woman belonged to a race that originated from the Sacred dimension, and they were known for their beauty, not only in the respective dimension, but also in the Multiverse.

 Chapter 693 A New Day for the Store(2)

    Chapter 693: A New Day for the Store(2)


    The woman Glenn fell in love with belonged to the race Gregar. The race was Unisex as it only belonged to the race of females, but for some reason, the female of this race couldn¡¯t give birth on their own but needed males from other races.


    The race Gregar had a characteristic that the descendant of this race always belonged to a single race. The male descendant of any woman from the race Gregar belonged to the species of his father, while the female went to the mother¡¯s race.


    It wasn¡¯t a new race and had survived several Epochs, but there hasn¡¯t been a single example of anything happening differently when it came to the race of their male and female descendants.


    After Glenn fell in love with the woman, the trouble began. The woman¡¯s name was ir. Unlike Glenn, ir wasn¡¯t strong, but her beauty was second to none not only in her race but also in the Sacred dimension.


    After a lot of struggle, Glenn finally made ir fall in love with him, and that¡¯s when the trouble began. ir may not be strong, but her father¡¯s identity wasn¡¯t simple. The father was one of the overlords of the Sacred dimension.


    Due to the characteristic of the Gregory race, where the descendant only belonged to the race of one family member depending on their gender, ir had the running bloodline of her mother. So she had not even a hint of her father¡¯s blood flowing in her veins.<sub>-?(0??)?.</sub>


    Since things were like this when the father met his daughter for the first time, a lust for her rose in his heart right from her birth. Since she didn¡¯t even have an ounce of his blood, the father didn¡¯t find it weird to have a lust for his own daughter.


    At that time, since the father was still married to ir¡¯s mother and she was alive, he controlled himself and didn¡¯t make any move that may jeopardize his rtions with the mother and the Gregar race.


    Since ir was his own daughter, he never felt a hurry to force himself on her. He took things slowly to make ir fall in love with him, but things didn¡¯t go the way he expected. ir felt nothing but disgust from his father after seeing his actions. She would have already run from her father¡¯s house if not for the threat that would result in her mother cruelly dying.


    When ir met with Glenn, she didn¡¯t find him that interesting to think about him twice. After Glenn¡¯s countless efforts, she finally had romantic feelings for him.


    When ir¡¯s father found out about this, he coldly warned ir to stay away from Glenn or face tragedy.


    At that time, ir had fallen too deep for Glenn to consider her father¡¯s words.<sub></sub>


    It soon turned out to be her biggest mistake as her father not only had a bigger amount of influence in the Sacred dimension, but the father was also stronger than Glenn.


    The father caught them together while they were busy not letting any part of their bodies untouched. The father couldn¡¯t control his rage after watching the scene since he had been patiently waiting for ir, and here she was having fun with a man he could kill instantly.


    At that time, a tragedy struck Glenn as ir¡¯s father not only killed ir brutally in front of him but Glenn also got stuck in prison, facing continuous tortures for almost an Epoch.


    If not for him stuck in prison, facing continuous torture for around an Epoch, Glenn would have at least reached the same level as ir¡¯s father, if not more powerful than him.


    One day, his torture came to an end as he found himself getting a fortune from all the tragedy.


    While a needle filled with soul poison at its tip was piercing every part of Glenn¡¯s head, suddenly a mechanical voice had rung in his head.<sub></sub>


    [Congrattions Truant! You have been selected as a Host for the Levelling System!]


    Glenn belonged to the race Truant. When he heard the announcement, his eyes which had been nk for thest countless years, finally had a shine.


    But at the same time, countless tears started streaming down his cheeks.


    He had heard about the Yantra race randomly choosing its host, and none of its hosts were ordinary cultivators, but most of them went on to be overlords of their respective dimensions.


    And yet that time, Glenn prayed to let go of the system if it resulted in ir¡¯s resurrection.


    Time flew by.


    The guards in the prison suddenly started making a ruckus since Glenn began acting like a crazy lunatic. He had been peacefully lying on the ground and facing whatever came his way while not saying a word or leaking any sound at all. But today, he was crying andughing at the same time like a mad person.


    Instead of feeling pity for Glenn, the guards increased the amount of soul poison in the needle. Glenn still had no reaction other thanughing and crying as if the pain didn¡¯t affect him in any way.


    ¡°TORMOD, I WOULD MAKE YOU FACE A HELL THAT WOULD MAKE EVEN THE DEVIL SHUDDER IN FEAR!!!¡±


    Theughing and crying suddenly came to a stop. Glenn looked up, only to find a roof there made of icicles that would fall on him from time to time. His eyes turned red, and he shouted.


    Every living person on the heard Glenn¡¯s cruel words. Irrespective of their level, everyone felt a chill crawling down their spine.


    pa??? ?<0>??? Tormod, ir¡¯s father also heard the threat. He was busy venting his lust on the leader of the Gregar race forcefully. ir¡¯s actions did things far surpassing even her imagination.


    He pped the leader away and waved his hands. The next moment, the cloth lying on the chair appeared on his body. He then disappeared from the room while the leader of the Gregar race nkly sat there as if there was no life in her.


    ***


    When Tormod appeared in the prison, the first sight he came across was the eyes of Glenn. Even he felt shudders as he saw an illusion of him dying a cruel death. The next moment, Tormod got angry since he couldn¡¯t believe what he saw.


    He made his way toward Glenn as he decided to increase the intensity of the torture, but before he could reach Glenn, Glenn suddenly startedughing out loud like a crazy maniac.


    ¡°Boom!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion-like sound rang in the area as Glenn exploded into a blood cloud. Tormod could do nothing but helplessly look as his attempt to stop Glenn resulted in failure.

 Chapter 694 A New Day with New Customers(1)

    Chapter 694: A New Day with New Customers(1)


    Tormod could nothing but look helplessly as Glenn suddenly exploded into a blood mist. The sound released from the st was enough to make Tormod feel a threat to his life.


    For some reason, despite guards being in close proximity to Glenn when he exploded, none of the guards faced any injury. It was as if it was nothing but a shower, as the blood was the only proof left to show that a living being had exploded into a blood cloud.


    ***


    [You have only three micro-seconds left to make your decision!]


    [Do you want to bind the system to yourself?]


    [Two micro-seconds left!]


    As Glenn was crazilyughing at Tormod, the familiar mechanical voice suddenly rang in his head.


    Glenn stopped whatever he was doing, and when only one micro-second was left before the system would exit his mind, he made his decision. It was correct that if Glenn had a choice, he would never think of binding himself to the system if it came with such tragedies. But at the same time, one more thing was true for him.


    It had already been around an Epoch since Glenn had been stuck in this prison, facing countless tortures with not even a respite of a moment. He was an Immortal, so one Epoch or several Epochs in his life was no big deal to him. But at the same time, his cultivation had gotten stuck at one level for so long since Glenn had run out of whatever talent and potential Glenn had before the tragedy fell on him. Now he was only a man who could never grow further.<sub>-?(0??)?.</sub>


    If the Divine beings didn¡¯t have the ability to revive their cultivation, making them impossible to cripple for the enemy, Glenn would have already be one.


    Glenn made the decision as it was the only way to give himself a chance to take revenge for what happened to him and ir. The next moment, he replied yes in his heart, and soon, a flurry of announcements started ringing in his head.


    [Congrattions, Host, for binding to the @#[emailprotected]</a>[emailprotected]</a>! System!]


    [The system is preparing the route of escape for the Host.]


    [Error!]


    [The opponent is too strong for the system to create an opportunity for the Host to escape.]


    [Thinking of other ways to save the Host!]


    [Error, no way found!]


    [The system activating the n B!]<sub></sub>


    [n B: When the Host¡¯s life is in danger and the system and Host have no ways to save themselves, the system would activate the self-destruct switch set in the Host when they got bounded to the system.]


    [After the self-destruct, the Host would reincarnate randomly in the Multiverse.


    Hint: The birth destination could only be lower than the inhabitant¡¯s original dimension.


    Chances left for reincarnation: 3/3.]


    [The system preparing the n B. It would activate in nine nanoseconds.]


    [The n is ready to activate!]


    [The system calcting the payment for activating n B.]


    [Error, the system is unable to find any option since the Host neither has a strong spirit nor physique to offer anything to the system.]


    [The system deciding the payment!]<sub></sub>


    [Ding!]


    [For activating n B, the Host needs to feed half his spirit to the system for the next three thousand years.


    Host, do you ept the payment?]


    After hearing so many alerts ringing in his head, anyone would have found their head splitting from pain. But it was not the case for Glenn. He had faced so many tortures and so much pain that it was just like a drop in the ocean.


    Glenn didn¡¯t even care what the system said. When he heard thest question, without wasting any time, he said yes. He didn¡¯t even think of checking the price he needed to pay.


    It didn¡¯t matter to him since even if his life were at stake, he would have done it if it meant he could have his and ir¡¯s revenge on Tormod.


    [Host, n B is ready to activate any time!]


    Glenn, who had beenughing and crying crazily, suddenly stopped his actions. He then looked at the roof and threatened Tormod with a voice loud enough to shake the.


    The next moment, his eyes caught the sight of Tormod after countless years. At that time, all the feelings of pain he had forced into his heart pushed forward and starteding out like a tide. But before Glenn could shout his cries, he heard the ticking clock of the systeming to an end. The next moment, he lost his consciousness. Thest thing appearing in his head was the scene of himing across ir for the first time.


    Glenn had lost his unconsciousness and didn¡¯t know what was happening, but the system was active, and continuous alerts were ringing in his ears.


    [Finding a suitable ce for the Host to reincarnate and safely grow.]


    [Error, no safe ce found in the Sacred dimension for the Host.]


    [Host, do you want to reincarnate in the Primal dimension?]


    [Since the Host is in no condition to answer, the system reincarnating him in the Primal dimension.]


    [Searching for a suitable ce for the Host!]


    [Found 1,345,735,863,417,735,971,986¡­, suitable ces for the Host!]


    [Optimizing the search!]


    ,??m [Found three hundred and seventy-four suitable ces in close proximity of other Yantra race members!]


    [Optiming further!]


    [Found three suitable ces where the Host would be safest!]


    [Selected: The Bisan Kingdom, Anga continent in Visteerna; Gordiq in the Gatuq Universe; Tutab in the Gutep Universe.]


    [Host, do you want the system to connect with the closest Yantra race member?]


    [Since the Host is in no condition to answer, the system choosing not to connect and hide its presence from the other Yantra race members.]


    [Commencing Dimensional travel in three seconds.]


    ***


    Sixteen years had passed since Glenn reincarnated into the Bisan Kingdom with parts of his memory wiped out. No matter what he tried, he couldn¡¯t remember. Instead, he started forgetting additional pieces of memory with time. In the end, he didn¡¯t know anything other than the fact that he was a reincarnator.


    Glenn knew the reason behind it. It was the system¡¯s payment for activating n B. Glenn¡¯s growth wasn¡¯t fast enough to amodate the loss of half his spirit to the system.

 Chapter 695 A New Day and New Customers(2)

    Chapter 695: A New Day and New Customers(2)


    Glenn could sense that he was forgetting an event that was even more significant to him than his reincarnation, so he toiled hard to make his spirit grow at a sufficient rate.


    Glenn tried to ask the system for an answer, but the system refused. The forgotten memory was due to the payment it got by taking away half of Glenn¡¯s spirit. If it still told Glenn everything, then it would take a loss as a result.


    Glenn didn¡¯t ask the system after that and started doing everything to gain what he had lost.


    When Glenn was thirteen years old, his family finally allowed him to go outside. Glenn wasn¡¯t an ordinary citizen of the Bisan Kingdom, but he was a member of the royal family.


    The current king Brinda was still unmarried, but all her brothers and sisters were. Since the family had gottenrge, only those who had the same mother as Brinda and the talented ones got the title of the royal family member.<sub>-?(0??)?.</sub>


    Glenn was the grandson of Brinda¡¯s only sibling that shared the same mother. So he had no ordinary identity in the Bisan Kingdom. At the same time, Glenn was also the most talented descendant of the dynasty; he nevercked resources.


    There was one thing that was synonymous with the royal family in the Bisan Kingdom. It was their reverence for the store. So when Glenn finally became eligible to leave the royal pce, his grandmother, King Brinda, told him everything about the store.


    Glenn didn¡¯t remember anything of his past, so he felt the same reverence for the store when he heard the reverential tone of his parents and grandparents.


    When it was his first entry into the store, Brinda took him with her in an attempt to familiarize him with the mysterious store owner.


    Brinda had no ns to marry and have her own children since staying at the peak of power in the Bisan Kingdom for so long made her feel a desire for overpowered strength. She now wanted to be an Immortal, reach the peak of the Primal dimension, and then ascend to the Sacred dimension. That way, she could continuously grow more powerful.<sub></sub>


    Since Glenn was the most talented bunch in her family¡¯s history, even if she were to consider her now missing grandfather¡¯s paternal and maternal family, so an idea to groom Glenn as the next King rose in her heart. There was another reason that Glenn also had her mother¡¯s blood flowing in his veins. He was her own nephew. She would rather groom her own nephew as the next king rather than groom her other sibling¡¯s children.


    pa???-,c<o>m When Glenn entered the store for the first time, he suddenly heard a mechanical alert from the usually silent system. Glenn couldn¡¯t help but get shocked after knowing that the store owner was also a system host. Until that point, Glenn believed that a system was something that was unique to him.</o>


    Aakesh also got the alert of Glenn being a system holder, but he had no reaction to it. In the first phase of the store, he was selling systems to the customers that arrived in the store.


    ***


    ¡°The store now sells cultivation arts. You need to buy one for yourself,¡± Brinda sternly told Glenn after she learned of the addition of a new product in the store.<sub></sub>


    ¡°But Aunt, I already have a great cultivation art,¡± Glennined.


    ¡°How can a cultivation art from the treasury of this Kingdompare with the arts sold by the store,¡± Brinda reprimanded her nephew, ignoring hisint.


    Glenn couldn¡¯t help but shake his head in disappointment after hearing his aunt.


    The cultivation art he used came from the treasury of the Kingdom, but at the same time, it was heavily edited by the system, making it one of the best cultivation arts for him, if not the best. It was the reason behind him not wanting to change his cultivation art.


    Glenn wanted to say something, but no words came out of his mouth when a re came his way.


    ¡°I am not giving you a choice. It is an order,¡± Brinda¡¯s tone suddenly turned majestic as she told Glenn.


    Glenn couldn¡¯t help but look down as he couldn¡¯t look straight at his aunt. If he did, it would be defiling the dignity of the King. Brinda liked him, and it was no hidden fact that she was grooming him to be the next King of the Bisan kingdom, but at the same time, Brinda had a habit that someone defiling the dignity of her throne should be punished in the worst ways possible. Only the store owner was an exception to that since his aunt didn¡¯t have enough influence or strength to harm the store owner. At the same time, the fear and respect for the store owner in her eyes were visible to everybody.


    ¡°I understand,¡± Glenn responded, looking at the ground.


    ¡°I only want the best for you. You have a month to select a cultivation art for you. After that, I will select one for you,¡± Brinda responded in a gentle tone.


    Glenn found the gentleness in his aunt¡¯s tone unbearing as she was giving an order.


    ¡°You can leave,¡± Without giving any time to Glenn to respond, Brinda added.


    ***


    The scene of his conversation with Brinda yed in his mind as Glenn entered the cultivation art room for the third straight day.


    He had a month to select one suitable art for him since his aunt was aware that he would dy it and waste his time in the store while he would secretly cultivate using the same cultivation art.


    Brinda was aware that the cultivation art would only work if the user were suitable, and since the cultivation art chosen by Glenn was working, she didn¡¯t need to make him choose another one. Her blind trust in the store¡¯s products made her force his nephew to choose a new cultivation art for him.


    Glenn also knew the reason behind his aunt¡¯s extreme reaction. But since she had been always nice to him, he didn¡¯t want to go against his aunt. There was another reason as well for him epting Brinda¡¯s order. He wasn¡¯t strong enough to refuse her.

 Chapter 696 A New Day with New Customers(3)

    Chapter 696: A New Day with New Customers(3)


    Remembering the scene of his conversation with his aunt a few days ago, Glenn entered the cultivation arts room. He had no choice but to be strict with his routine as two people entered the room, following him.


    The two people were people set up by his aunt not only to protect him but also to monitor his actions as well. Brinda was grooming her to be the ruler of the territory she had expanded, so she didn¡¯t want any untoward action to happen in Glenn¡¯s life. At the same time, someone was there to monitor his activities as well.


    ? While Glenn entered the cultivation arts room, Aakesh got busy with taking payment for people entering Panagea, but they didn¡¯t own any cards.


    Time flew by, and a few hours passed.


    Arge queue had gathered in front of Aakesh, consisting of around one hundred thousand people. It didn¡¯t look that significant only from seeing as the system controlled the vision. Only if someone were to count the people would they catch the number of people.<sub></sub>


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± A familiar statement rang into Aakesh¡¯s ears for the millionth time. The next moment, Aakesh repeated the usual process, and when the time for the customer to leave arrived, another customer took that ce, and the same process got repeated again.


    More time flew by.


    The first group of people who paid for three times the time flow rate in Panagea got their hours over, and the system forced them out.


    In no time, the store hall weed arge number of people, but soon, that number got reduced to only a few thousand. Some of them went for the cultivation arts room, some for the weapons room, while some joined the alreadyrge queue gathered in front of Aakesh. Around three customers had theirst deadline of the year today for their Gods & Demons level training area.


    Aakesh received another customer. When he paid and got the ownership of the cultivation art, the customer left, and soon another customer arrived to take the previous customer¡¯s ce.<sub></sub>


    Aakesh took a nce and found the customer to be unfamiliar, signifying that it was a new customer.


    ¡°Are you the store manager?¡± The man asked Aakesh with an excited expression evident on his face.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response but only expressionlessly nodded.


    ¡°Can I meet the store owner?¡± The man then asked.


    ¡°I am the store manager as well as the store owner,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied.<sub></sub>


    ¡°You can¡¯t be the store owner. I can smell the scent of energy I have only smelled in the Sacred dimension,¡± The man replied. His tone disapproved of Aakesh for lying to him.


    The man¡¯s name was Charles, and he was a human that had ascended to the Sacred dimension around thirty million years ago in the Primal dimension times.


    Charles was a nobody in the Sacred dimension when he ascended, and this state continued despite thirty thousand years going by. It took him hard work to sustain his cultivation alone, let alone enjoy the luxury of power and longevity. He could be said to be in the lowest rung of the society there.


    Around a few hours ago, in the Sacred dimension¡¯s time, while Charles was having a meditation. He suddenly found himself in an epiphany.


    Unusually, the epiphany wasn¡¯t about his cultivation experience, art, or fighting skills he had. But instead, it could be said to be a kind of an illusion.


    In the epiphany, Charles found himself seated on a chair almost ten times his size while arge horde of people knelt there in front of him. Since there was a darkness cover around the people, Charles couldn¡¯t distinguish the race of the people, their strength, or even if they were alive. He could only feel that all the people in the horde were loyal to him. If he were to tell them it was the day in a night, they would willingly ept it and believe it to be the truth; such was the sense Charles got from the people.


    The epiphany didn¡¯t end as him on the thrones suddenly raised his fingers and muttered some words, which were iprehensible to the current him.


    The next moment, the horde of the people kneeling on the ground stood up and repeated simr words. The darkness cover was still there on all the people.


    The next moment, the horde entirely disappeared from the spot while Charles on the throne raised his finger and waved it in the air. Not long after, a ck screen appeared and started ying a scene on it.


    Unfortunately for Charles, he couldn¡¯t see the scene as darkness had also enveloped the scene ying on the screen.


    Suddenly the epiphany started shaking as the real him was beginning to wake up from it. When it was on the verge of disappearing, the Anga continent on Visteerna appeared in his memory.


    Since Charles was also an inhabitant of the Anga continent before leaving for his ascendance, he recognized the ce.


    In fact, if George were to be here, he would have recognized the man. Charles was none other than one of George¡¯s ancestors and also one of the Emperors of the Pocoso Empire.


    Being an Emperor and subsequently living at the lowest rung of the society in a higher dimension for more than thirty thousand years took a toll on his mentality.


    After the epiphany came to an end, whatever assets Charles had, he sold them to buy an inferior dimensional traveling talisman.


    The talisman didn¡¯t cost much since it allowed dimensional travel for thirty years of the Sacred dimension of time. At the same time, it also pushes a limit on your cultivation to the intermediate Immortal.


    The higher the grade of the talisman, the more strength the cultivator could muster in the lower dimension.


    The talisman used by Lilith was one such example. It was a top-grade talisman, and it allowed her to stay in the Primal dimension for a trillion years, considering the million times the time gap between the Primal and the third dimension. At the same time, it allowed her to have such strength that Aakesh had zero chances of defeating her despite him reaching the limit of the Primal dimension for its cultivator.

 Chapter 697 A New Day with New Customers(4)

    Chapter 697: A New Day with New Customers(4)


    Living at such a level from being an Emperor in the Primal dimension took a mental toll on him. Its effect was so wild that he sold all the assets he had earned in thest thirty thousand years just to return to the Primal dimension after the epiphany.


    Charles didn¡¯t even care about the consequences as the worst that could have is he would have to restart his journey in the Sacred dimension with no assets. He couldn¡¯t go any down than this, as his thirty thousand years worth of saving allowed him only to buy an inferior broken traveling talisman.


    An inferior grade talisman would have allowed Charles to live in the Primal dimension for thirty years of the Sacred dimension time(Thirty thousand years in the Primal dimension), and it would have restricted his cultivation to intermediate Immortal level.


    But the broken one could only allow him a stay of around ten years in the Primal dimension. Fortunately for him, the strength limit didn¡¯t see any reduction as only the rune required to maintain the stay in the Primal dimension got damaged in the previous owner¡¯s hands.


    Charles had no choice but to buy it since it was the only one he could afford. Without wasting much time, Charles activated the talisman and traveled to the Primal dimension.<sub></sub>


    Even Charles didn¡¯t know how long it took him to arrive in the Primal dimension since he couldn¡¯t put his finger on the specific time of his exit from the Sacred in the Primal one.


    Since George had been an Emperor of the Pocoso Empire, his traveling to the Empire made sense. But before he could made up his mind, the actions he had taken over the past unknown amount of hours finally came to him.


    Charles couldn¡¯t help but have his face turn pale from fright after seeing himself standing in the Primal dimension. The next moment, he thought of pping himself in anger.


    Selling thirty thousand years¡¯ worth of saving just for ten years of stay in the Primal dimension made no sense to him, no matter what he thought. What made him further angrier was the fact that he couldn¡¯t cultivate in the Primal dimension. At the same time, he was at the mercy of a peak Immortal in the Primal dimension.


    His strength was Intermediate Immortal, and with all the concepts and physique he got from ascending could only help him defeat ate Immortal at most. In front of a peak Immortal, Charles was none other than an ordinary human, which would take just one breath from the being to destroy Charles.<sub></sub>


    Charles then took several deep breaths and finally calmed his pounding heart down. He now only had two choices. First, he could use the talisman to return to the Sacred dimension, and second, he could stay and investigate why did he get such an epiphany.


    . It didn¡¯t take him long to think of the correct choice. Returning to the Sacred dimension without gaining anything after selling all the assets he had earned after Charles¡¯s hard work made no choice. Only an idiot of a supreme caliber would think of it as a good choice. Since Charles wasn¡¯t one, he decided to stay here and investigate.


    The next question arose in his mind whether he should meet his descendants or not.


    Soon, the answer appeared in his mind. After taking a single look at him, he couldn¡¯t gather the courage to go there. Before ascending, he had heard tales of his ancestors living beautifully well off in the Sacred dimension. Only after ascending did he find out that it was nothing but a bunch of lies to make more descendants ascend just so the previous ascenders could get some vebor.


    Around seven people in Charles¡¯s family had ascended before, and when he reached there, only one was alive at that point.<sub></sub>


    Fortunately for Charles, the second ancestor to ascend had died before his ascension. His second ancestor was a greedy lunatic who sold the following five descendants to an organization just for some money. If he was alive, Charles would have also be one of theborers and would have died doing that.


    Thanks to the first ancestor, he found out about that. Unfortunately, he was also no saint as he refused to help Charles stabilize himself in the Sacred dimension.


    Remembering all these stories, Charles couldn¡¯t gather any courage to move forward. After a few seconds, he decided against it.


    The next moment, he went to the nearest market and spent freely. The exhrating feeling Charles got from all his spending was impossible for him to exin.


    Charles was only poor in the Sacred dimension, but here even a single lowest quality Sacred stone was worth more than several million, if not billions of supreme Primal stones.


    As for where he converted the currency, he didn¡¯t.


    Charles just stole from the people and spent it freely. The majority of his expenses went to the intel organization for learning the events over the past thousand years.


    Charles set such a timeframe as he believed that something happened in these thousand years that had made him get the epiphany.


    Charles then found out about the mysterious store and its mysterious products. Charles sensed that his epiphany had something to do with the store, so without wasting any time, Charles went to the store.


    Before leaving, Charles used a disguising skill to change his face and aura since he coulde across any of the members of the Pocoso Empire after learning about the poprity of the store.


    Since he was an Immortal, it only took him a few rounds of teleportations to follow through to the address given by the intel organization.


    Charles finally stood in front of the gate of the store. A question mark arose in his mind after seeing the building next to the store. There was nothing extraordinary about it except for it being close to the store.


    Charles then directly entered the store, ignoring the eye and ear blocking. He had already gotten that information from the information he bought, so he didn¡¯t waste any time getting curious about it.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry for taking the sudden leave yesterday without informing. I had gotten busier than expected and didn¡¯t even get the chance to write a single chapter. I would make for the loss in two to three days at most. At the same time, before the month¡¯s end, I would also publish the three absent chapters from the mass release.


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 Chapter 698 A New Day with New Customers(5)

    Chapter 698: A New Day with New Customers(5)


    As Charles entered the store, a familiar feeling struck him. It took him a while to understand the source of the sense, but he finally did. When he understood it, it made him drop his jaw almost and look around the store in surprise.


    No matter in what corner of the store he looked, he got the sensation that he was standing in the Sacred dimension and not the Primal dimension.


    ¡®Am I seeing going through an illusion?¡¯ Charles couldn¡¯t help but think in his heart. The introduction of the store made him awestruck of it, but at the same time, he didn¡¯t expect to get such a surprise here, right after entering.


    Charles¡¯s eyes then fell on the crowded queue and the mysterious store owner aplishing the sale. Charles didn¡¯t attempt to look into Aakesh¡¯s secret or his unknown bloodline. The intel organization had warned him that the blue-skinned man had a mysterious past and strength none knows. They were only confident of one thing about the store owner, and that was there was no being stronger than him in the Primal dimension.<sub></sub>


    If it were the Charles of the Sacred dimension, he would have even given a try to peer through Aakesh¡¯s bloodline. But he was only an intermediate Immortal for the moment. It wouldn¡¯t be anything less than suicide for him to offend the store owner when even peak Immortal of the Primal dimension didn¡¯t dare to attack him.


    At the same time, a question arose in Charles¡¯s heart about the mysterious store owner. Since the intel organization failed to give Charles any information at all about the blue-skinned man, Charles believed him only to be the store manager, especially after the feeling he had gotten from the store.


    p¡¢a,nd a-n¡¢o¡¢vel There was another reason that made him confident in his conjecture. Charles could sense not even a tiny bit of Sacred energy from the blue-skinned man, so he became even more sure that Aakesh wasn¡¯t from the Sacred dimension, but he was only maintaining this mysterious store on someone¡¯s order.


    Charles wasn¡¯t wrong in his conjecture since what he thought was correct about the store. Aakesh was only maintaining the store while the system was the actual owner of the store.<sub></sub>


    As for why others couldn¡¯t sense anything like this from the store, despite the fact that some customers were initially from the higher dimensions; instead, it had to do with Charles¡¯s epiphany.


    Charles wasn¡¯t aware that it wasn¡¯t his intuition that got him into that illusion of him sitting on the throne. But it was a treasure he had mistakenly bought. That item was the source of everything in that illusion, and also him sensing the Sacred energy that had permeated the store¡¯s every corner.


    (A/N: The treasure will be exined in the future since the item is rted to the store. It¡¯s time to enter the story hasn¡¯t arrived yet.)


    Charles didn¡¯t find it weird as the item mentally made him feel that there was nothing wrong with it.<sub></sub>


    Charles then stopped thinking about it and joined the queue.


    ***


    ¡°How could you be the store owner? The store contains Sacred energy at every corner. You who don¡¯t have even an ounce of that divine energy, the master of this store? Don¡¯t joke with me,¡± Charles scoffed after finding out that the blue-skinned man was the store owner.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he only stared at the customer.


    For some reason, Charles felt like being stared at by a beast while he was standing naked with no weapon or armor for protection. His entire back turned wet with sweat. In no time, his whole body became wet. Whenever a drop was about to fall on the floor, an invisible pressure would appear and crush that drop into nothingness.


    ¡°Forgive me for my impudence,¡± Charles subconsciously uttered those words. The next moment, his face turned pale from horror as his body acted on its own and started bending its knee.


    Charles looked at the blue-skinned man in horror, only to see indifference in his eyes. Charles wasn¡¯t aware for now that this moment would be a stepping stone for him. It would motivate him further in the future. At the same time, it would also make him so much fearful of Aakesh that his body would subconsciously bend down in his presence.


    These events were of the future, so let them be in the future. But for the current Charles, the moment was no less than suicide. He was an Emperor before ascending and had never knelt to anyone.


    When Charles¡¯s knees were about to touch the floor, an invisible pressure suddenly appeared and made him stand back on his feet.


    The horror turned into surprise as Aakesh was the source of the pressure. Charles thought that it was Aakesh who was punishing him for doubting his strength. But in fact, Aakesh had done nothing. He hadn¡¯t leaked even a bit of his pressure as it would be powerful enough to crush the current Charles into a pulp.


    Charles found out only now that his body made subconscious actions based on the feeling he got from those eyes.


    When Charles remembered the scene of those eyes and the pure indifference in them, the feeling to kneel appeared again in his heart, he controlled himself this time as he bit his tongue and didn¡¯t make a fool of himself.


    ¡°Thank you for forgiving me and helping me. I will never forget your favor. I will never repeat my words again,¡± The next moment, Charles bowed and thanked Aakesh, unaware of what was stored in the future for him.


    When Charles thanked Aakesh, it was sincere. If it were him in ce of Aakesh, he would have killed the person in the position of Charles. Getting scoffed over their strength was one of the worst humiliations that a cultivator could go through. So Aakesh forgiving Charles for doubting Aakesh being unable to be the owner of the store made him heave a sigh of relief.


    Aakesh only nodded in response as he wasn¡¯t that petty to take action over such things. At the same time, he was the store manager in the true sense. It was just the system that gave him the title of the store owner, and hence he was continuing with it.

 Chapter 699 A New Day with New Customers(6)

    Chapter 699: A New Day with New Customers(6)


    ¡°Store owner, why do I sense Sacred energy permeating every corner of the store?¡± Charles asked Aakesh after apologizing three times.


    The question still lingered in his mind, and now that Aakesh had forgiven me, he decided to ask. While asking the question, his tone was as respectful as a subject had in front of their ruler. The scene almost looked like a servant was talking to its master.


    Unfortunately for Charles, he wasn¡¯t aware of it. His mind had subconsciously changed toward Aakesh, and things would only get worse with the passing of time.


    Aakesh expressionlessly ignored the question as the system only required him to answer questions rted to the store. Answers not rted to the products were based on Aakesh¡¯s whims. If he wanted to answer, he would. If he didn¡¯t, then he wouldn¡¯t.


    After getting no answer from Aakesh, Charles got his answer. He awkwardly smiled and respectfully asked for the introduction of the store products.<sub></sub>


    He could see that the store had three open rooms in total. Out of the three, one room contributed to thisrge queue gathered in front of the store owner, as around every few seconds, one or groups of customers exited the room and joined the line.


    Since Charles had asked the question about the store product, he began the introduction of all four products, starting with the pills.


    In no time, Aakesh concluded the introduction of all the four products and items rted to it. He shared all the basic details of the products that a new customer needed to know.


    After Charles learned of all the four products, he finally became aware of the reason behind therge queue. He didn¡¯t find it surprising as cultivation arts were popr for every cultivator, irrespective of their level. Not many people would be content with their cultivation art if they had a choice of what to buy. When he was still in the Primal dimension, even then, any cultivation art above rare grade couldn¡¯t be purchased with money. He didn¡¯t know about today, but he was almost sure that things stand as they stood thirty million years ago.


    Charles didn¡¯t find any primary interest in the cultivation arts as he was only here for ten years at most. At the same time, he couldn¡¯t cultivate here since he was already a divine being and couldn¡¯t start over or increase his cultivation here due to the blocker put by the talisman on his power level.<sub></sub>


    p<????>-¡¢ He then stopped thinking about it. The pills also didn¡¯t make much sense to him except for the mental and physical healing pills.


    Charles had a feeling that the blood explosion pill wouldn¡¯t work on him since his blood was already slightly golden. It had breached the limits of Immortality and stepped into divinity. So the respective pill wouldn¡¯t be able to burn his blood to increase his strength.


    The healing pills had the same issue. But they would be able to heal minor injuries, so they at least had some value for Charles.


    Charles then thought of the following product, weapons. It would be of value to him since he would be here for ten years. He had already sold everything he had in the Sacred dimension. Charles had his weapon, but unfortunately for him, his Kingdom got blocked here as it consisted of higher energy above the bounds of the Primal dimension.


    At the same time, even if his Kingdom didn¡¯t get blocked, the weapon still belonged to the Sacred dimension. He would never be able to use it here, or he would have to face the wrath of the will of the Primal dimension.<sub></sub>


    What made Charles focus more on the weapons was the training area. Traditionally he was a spear user when he was in the Primal dimension.


    When Charles ascended, he had to change his weapon and turn to the sword as spears didn¡¯t help him. His skill set in it wasn¡¯t good enough to use against literal Gods.


    He wasn¡¯t a sword user, but he knew three moves: swipe, thrust, and sh.


    Swords were the simplest weapon for cultivators as the three basic moves naturally came to them. The higher attainment in the sword demanded much hard work, but for Charles, who only turned toward it to save his life, these things didn¡¯t matter.


    Now that Charles was here and there was the training area, Charles decided to train himself in the ways of the sword.


    He hoped that when he would leave ten yearster, he would at least be able to defend himself.


    Charles finally turned to the final product sold by the store, Panagea. It was the one product to impress him the most.


    When Charles heard about Panagea, he had a feeling that Panagea had a considerable role to y in the scene in that epiphany.


    At the same time, Charles hadn¡¯t heard of a product that granted cultivation levels. He had heard of illusions where the participants got items they earned after the master of the illusion created them out of nowhere. But it was a first for Charles where he learned that participants could even exchange for cultivation levels with money.


    ***


    ¡°Store owner, give me a supreme card,¡± Charles respectfully requested Aakesh after learning the details of the square box lying next to the store owner.


    Aakesh nodded and took the lowest grade Sacred stone from Charles¡¯s hands.


    Charles had a wealth of sixteen lowest grade Sacred stones left with him after he sold all his assets.


    Fortunately for him, his Kingdom¡¯s space didn¡¯t get blocked in the store. Hence he could take out the stones from the storage inside the Kingdom.


    Charles didn¡¯t want to steal for every product he would buy, so he took a chance and asked Aakesh whether he could exchange Sacred stones with Primal stones.


    At the same time, Charles had a feeling that he should use his own money and not the stolen money. That¡¯s why he gave the Sacred stone to buy the card when he had a few thousand stolen supreme Primal stones left in his stolen space ring.


    ***


    Aakesh took the Sacred stone and repeated the process required to create a card. Not long after, a silver card appeared in Aakesh¡¯s hands.

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    Chapter 700: A New Day with New Customers(7)


    As Aakesh threw the Sacred stone into the ckhole present on the square box and repeated the process, not long after, a silver card appeared in his hands.


    At the same time, Aakesh got an automated alert in his head. It was from the system informing Aakesh of the exchange rate for the Sacred stone to supreme Primal stones.


    The system was fair when it came to any product or exchange, so the system set the price of the lowest grade Sacred stone as three trillion supreme Primal stones.


    Several years ago, one Void beast hade to the store and had used the Sacred stone as an item. At that time, the system hadn¡¯t set any conversion rate for the Sacred and the Primal dimension.


    But after that moment, the system calcted and set a conversion rate since the system didn¡¯t want the store to go through the same way.


    Since Charles had given the lowest grade sacred stone to Aakesh for the supreme card, the remaining sum appeared in Aakesh¡¯s pocket space. The card still hadn¡¯t gotten bonded to anyone, so the space inside still wasn¡¯t open to carry any stone currency.<sub></sub>


    Aakesh then handed the silver card to Charles and told him what he needed to know for owning it.


    Charles didn¡¯t waste any time as he straight away attempted the process told by Aakesh to him.


    The next moment, a newly-colored card appeared in Charles¡¯s hands. It was a mixture of red and gold, with gold being the dominant one, but it still couldn¡¯t hide the darkness of the red.


    As soon as the process ended, Charles suddenly sensed a new item in his consciousness. He didn¡¯t have to study it since he already knew what it was. The next moment, a question rang in his mind, breaking him out of his thoughts.


    Charles thought yes in his heart, and not long after, another automated notification rang in his head. Charles had gotten the remaining supreme Primal stones he had left after the conversion rate.


    Without waiting, Charles then took thirteen out of the fourteen remaining lowest grade Sacred stone from his pocket space and attempted to store them in the space inside the supreme card.<sub></sub>


    Charles couldn¡¯tplete the process since a warning rang in his mind not long after. It came directly from the card.


    The warning wasn¡¯t about his life, but it was about the Sacred stones. The supreme card couldn¡¯t carry Sacred stones inside its space, so if Charles wanted to store the thirteen lowest grade Sacred stones, it could only get done after the conversion.


    pa??? ?<0,>?,?? Charles decided to go ahead, and not long after, thirty-nine trillion supreme Primal stones appeared inside the supreme card.


    In no time, Charles¡¯s wealth turned from zero stones to more than forty trillion supreme Primal stones.


    Charles didn¡¯t find the amount to be much as he had a feeling that this considerable amount would be nothing more than a drop in the bucket for him in the future.


    Since Charles now had sufficient money for the moment, it was time for him to focus on the products.<sub></sub>


    He liked weapons and Panagea the most out of the four. Panagea was the most significant product of the four from him, but Charles decided to enter the training area first.


    ¡°Store owner, I want to enter the Gods & Demons level training area for the Immortal grade weapon,¡± Charles respectfully requested Aakesh. His head reached almost the same height as his waist.


    Aakesh ignored the servility from Charles and expressionlessly told the price Charles needed to pay.


    The next moment, Charles left as the payment got deducted from his supreme card, and the store owner obtained it.


    After Charles left, another customer took his ce. The familiar routine repeated itself again as the customer wanted to buy a cultivation art.


    Time flew by, and one hour in the Primal dimension had passed.


    In the weapon room, the golden barrier covering a man next to the sword pir suddenly disintegrated as the man returned from his training.


    Only one hour had passed in real life, but for Charles, he had spent thousand hours of humiliation inside the training area.


    When Charles entered the training area, he had underestimated the strength of his opponents. He straightaway chose an opponent from the Sacred dimension, and that too from an overlord race.


    The result went entirely out of Charles¡¯s expectations, as let alone surviving a single attack, Charles couldn¡¯t even see when his opponent had made its movement and how Charles died.


    It was a sobering moment for Charles as he chose his opponent carefully the second time. He decided to go for the weakest of the Primal dimension.


    The next moment, he had found himself with another choice of selecting the opponent. This time he could see the opponent moving, but he still couldn¡¯t do anything and got cut into two pieces in only the first strike, dying instantly for the second time.


    If not for the system¡¯s calming effect on the trainee, Charles would have turned crazy and lost his sanity after the second death.


    ***


    Charles couldn¡¯t help but shudder, remembering the scenes of his training. He didn¡¯t even know the number of times he had died.


    Charles then looked at his gain after facing countless deaths over those thousand hours. Since there was a blocker on Charles¡¯s cultivation level, he didn¡¯t see any change there. Charles learned some knowledge of swordsmanship. If the previous him were a rookie, now he was a beginner with an almost standard understanding of the sword.


    Charles then looked at the sword in his hands and was truly impressed with it. The sword didn¡¯t see a single crack while his virtual training when his opponents were better than him in every field.


    At the same time, Charles felt a pang in his heart as he actually liked the sword. But since it was only an Immortal grade sword while he was a God, it would be of no use to him when he returned to the Sacred dimension.


    Since things were like this, Charles stopped thinking about the sword and decided to enter Panagea.


    For Panagea, Charles didn¡¯t need the store owner¡¯s permission after buying the card, so he didn¡¯t waste any time and left the weapons room.

 Chapter 701 A New Day with New Customers(8)

    Chapter 701: A New Day with New Customers(8)


    As Charles left the weapons room, he didn¡¯t stop and turned toward the portals room. When he entered, his eyes fell on the leaderboard and caught the level of the adventurers reigning there. He couldn¡¯t help but get surprised seeing the power levels since the store owner had told him that Level 250 was the breaching point of the Primal dimension.


    It had only been fifty years since the store opened, and many customers were already this close to that mark. Charles wasn¡¯t aware of the XPs increment after crossing the hundredth level since this information wasn¡¯t publicly avable to those who didn¡¯t have any of their family members or friends over Level 100. If Charles knew, he would have never thought like it.


    The increment in XPs didn¡¯t double, but it grew tenfold, making even a single increment that many times more challenging and demanded that many times more hard work.


    Charles then stopped thinking about the leaderboard and levels. He instead focused on the virtual portals lying next to him in continuous rows.


    Charles could sense that the hundred virtual portals in front of him were only a drop in the bucket of portals. As expected, when he attempted to peer through the space, he found himself standing around the eleven millionth row in an ocean full of greyed virtual portals.<sub></sub>


    Charles then stopped peering, and the next moment, he found himself in an area filled with thousand virtual portals. Around sixty percent in the group were greyed out, signifying that someone was already using them.


    Charles found the nearest active virtual portal and touched it using his right hand. The next moment, a suction force more assertive than anything he had felt appeared and sucked him inside. It didn¡¯t even give enough time for Charles to understand what had happened to him.


    Not long after Charles left, the store weed a New customer.


    ¡°So, this is the store making waves across the Primal dimension,¡± The stranger covered in a cloak muttered as he stood at the entrance of the building.


    He then looked above and saw the name of the store. The man¡¯s eyes widened in surprise as he could feel that the words weren¡¯t simple as they looked.<sub></sub>


    He then returned his sight back to the store and finally focused on the problem. The gate of the store was wide open, and yet the man failed to see anything except a cover of an opaque barrier. At the same time, not even a decibel of sound leaked from the store.


    ¡°As expected,¡± The man muttered with an excited expression as he raised his right foot.


    When the footnded, the man found his surroundings changing. He was now standing inside the store. The man turned around only to find out that he couldn¡¯t also see or hear anything that was going on outside the store.


    The excitement on the man¡¯s face grew as if he finally found the purpose of his life. His eyes then fell on the floor he stood on. The next moment, he sucked a cold breath of air as he recognized the material used in Ashamba.


    The man¡¯s excitement finally dimmed, and a feeling of pain emerged in his heart as a piece of memory rted to Ashamba appeared in his mind.<sub></sub>


    The man was an Immortal and ate one at that. His father was also an Immortal, but when he had only reached the peak of Immortality, the father had found himself getting ambushed by a bunch of the people he used to call friends.


    The reason for the ambush was armor made of Ashamba. The man¡¯s father had just gotten it from ruin only a few days before his breakthrough to the peak level.


    The ambush of the group seeded as they sessfully killed the man¡¯s father and gained armor made of Ashamba.


    Seeing the unlimited amount of Ashamba, the man rekindled that memory. At the same time, he thought about what if his father had never found the armor made of Ashamba in that ruin. He might have never gotten attacked and would still be with him.


    The man moved his eyes away from the floor as the memory was too painful for him to relive. He pushed the memory away. The next moment, his eyes brightened, and the excitement returned to them when he remembered the purpose behind hising here.


    p?(??)? ?o??? His eyes then fell on the queue filled with hundreds of thousands of customers and the blue-skinned store owner.


    ¡°As mysterious as the mystery itself,¡± The man muttered as he couldn¡¯t recognize the race or cultivation level of the store owner. He finally knew why people called the store owner mysterious.


    The man then took a step forward and approached the queue. A thought of directly entering the three rooms appeared in his mind, but the man decided against it for two reasons. He didn¡¯t know what would be the store owner¡¯s reaction to it, and second, he would have to return to the store owner in the first ce if he wanted to buy something. Time was the least of his concern, so he decided to talk with the store owner first and then do for what he hade here.


    While the man was busy in the queue, Aakesh was conversing with a new customer that had entered the store for the first time today earlier in the morning.


    ¡°No, the exchange rate wouldn¡¯t change for Panagea,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered the customer.


    ¡°Thanks, store owner,¡± The man unwillingly replied and finally tapped on the blue screen floating next to him.


    The man had entered the store earlier in the morning after his friend¡¯s suggestion. Like other customers, he liked Panagea the most of the four products.


    He entered Panagea andpleted his first quest. The reward he gained from Panagea impressed the man so much that he decided to take it out.


    But when the man saw the price he needed to pay for the exchange rate, he couldn¡¯t help but approach the store owner andin.


    Unfortunately for the man, his conversation resulted in nothing. The rules for the store and its products were set by the system. Aakesh had already discussed with the system about the high exchange rate. Since he was satisfied, there was no point in his raising the topic again.

 Chapter 702 A New Day with New Customers(9)

    Chapter 702: A New Day with New Customers(9)


    ? The man had to leave the queue disappointed after paying for the reward. It took him three million supreme Primal stones to materialize the prize he had won afterpleting his first quest.


    After the man left, another customer took his ce and repeated a familiar scene.


    The man who had joined the queue not long ago began waiting for his turn to arrive. At the same time, he was thinking of ways to increase his gains from the store.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes had passed.


    Philips, who had been waiting for a while, finally got his turn. He now stood in front of the mysterious blue-skinned store owner.


    ¡°Hello, store owner! I am Philips,¡± The man respectfully introduced himself. His bow was formal. It signified that Philips had epted the store owner to be stronger than him.


    ¡°I am Aakesh,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied by his name.


    ¡°Store owner, I have heard that the store sells cultivation arts?¡± Philips respectfully asked Aakesh and came to his purpose straight away.


    Even though he was an Intermediate Immortal, and it wasn¡¯t going to be easy for him to switch his cultivation art if he wanted. Despite the problem, Philips needed to swap it from the one he could buy in the store.


    The reason behind his need wasn¡¯t the quality of the cultivation art he currently used, but it was the hidden danger inside it.


    The current cultivation art used by Philips belonged to one Immortal from several Epochs ago. During one of his travel, he had gotten it when he was only an intermediate Soul Formation level cultivator.


    At that time, he didn¡¯t know about the hidden danger in the respective cultivation art, nor did he have his father check it for him. In the hope of avenging his father and greed for a top-quality cultivation art, Philips gave up on his previous one and started cultivating using the new art.


    Only when Philips reached Immortality did hee to know of the hidden danger in the cultivation art. The cultivation art contained a wisp of the soul of its owner.


    As Philips reached Immortality, the wisp of soul finally became active. Philips tried everything to destroy it since he could sense from the soul that if he didn¡¯t do anything about it, and then the wisp would take over his body. At that time, only the body would be his, but someone else would be the one controlling it.


    Since things were like this, Philips attempted everything to destroy the wisp of the soul. Unfortunately for him, whatever he threw at it didn¡¯t destroy the wisp, but instead, it made the wisp stronger.


    All his energy had a pattern of cultivation art in it. So instead of harming the soul, it strengthened it. The only saving grace for Philips was that the wisp still hadn¡¯t regained consciousness, so there was no fight back from it. Or he would have already lost his body to the wisp and would have be someone else¡¯s ytoy.


    After knowing about it, Philips started searching for other cultivation arts, but whenever he attempted it, the energy inside him would go berserk. At that moment, Philips would only have two choices. First, he could stop and continue while ignoring the wisp and get his body controlled by others in the end. Second, he could continue and lose his life to stop the wisp from taking over his body.


    Philips wanted neither of the two choices to be a reality. He wanted to avenge his father. He had been hiding since the death of his father from those groups of people once his father called friends.


    If not for one of the friends of his father helping him at that time, he wouldn¡¯t have been able to survive till today.


    He needed to repay the favor as well as debt to different friends of his father.


    As Philips fell into the dilemma of whether to get his body taken over by some other person or get killed trying to stop that other person, he got a third option in front of him.


    Since the current cultivation art¡¯s quality was topnotch, he needed to find a cultivation art even better than this one. It would result in the new energy being superior to his current energy. It would suppress the energy if it attempted to go berserk.


    When Philips had thought of that option, his face had bloomed with a smile, but not long after, when he thought of it more, an aura of gloom had covered his body.


    No one would be willing to share a cultivation art that was even better in quality than the current one he had.


    From the moment Philips had gotten the cultivation art, he had rarely lost in a battle, showing the cultivation art¡¯s strength over other cultivation arts of simr level.


    But since it was the only way, Philips began a search for the needed cultivation art.


    His search finally came to an end yesterday, but s, it took several centuries for him to find it.


    Several centuries for an Immortal was nothing but the blink of an eye, but for Philips, the case wasn¡¯t the same.


    The wisp of the soul had begun to gain consciousness. From the way it was going, in only a few weeks, if not a few months, the wisp of soul would be entirely awake. At that time, Philips would have lost the battle of the soul, and someone else would control his body.


    ***


    ¡°Yes, the store sells cultivation arts,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded. Since the customer already had a specific product in his mind, he wouldn¡¯t have to introduce the store products to the man.


    ¡°Does the store sell Immortal grade cultivation art as well?¡± Philips nervously asked Aakesh as he saw not a single Immortal in the queue for the cultivation arts.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Aakesh replied right away.


    Phillip¡¯s face had turned pale as he waited for the answer. Aakesh answered straight away, but even that little amount of time felt like an eternity full of torture to him.


    The store was thest option he had since there was no other way for him toe across a cultivation art with even better quality than the one he currently used in only a few weeks.

 Chapter 703 A New Day with New Customers(10)

    Chapter 703: A New Day with New Customers(10)


    Philips¡¯s happiness knew no bounds after getting a positive affirmation from Aakesh. He wanted to jump in excitement, but he controlled himself.


    The store selling Immortal grade cultivation arts didn¡¯t mean that he would be able to find a cultivation art better than the one he currently used. If the store had it, then there would be enough time for him to dance in excitement, but if the store didn¡¯t have one, the excitement wouldn¡¯tst long, and he would also lose his body in the end.


    The next moment, the smile disappeared, and his face turned tense. The previous situation looked like child¡¯s y inparison to what Philips currently felt.


    ¡°Store owner, can I get a cultivation art better than the on¡­one¡­one I am currently us¡­using?¡± Philips asked. At first, his voice was clear, and it was only mixed with some tension. But at the end, his voice had started stuttering as he couldn¡¯t get a no as an answer.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t answer straight away and took a nce at Philips. The next moment, Philips felt as if he was standing naked in front of Aakesh.


    All the energy nodes in Philips¡¯s body appeared in Aakesh¡¯s sight. Aakesh also witnessed the wisp of soul peacefully lying in Philips¡¯s consciousness. After seeing it, Aakesh understood the reason behind Philips wanting to have a change of cultivation art.


    If not for the wisp of the soul, the cultivation art used by Philips was actually top quality. Even the store would only have some cultivation arts surpassing that quality.


    If Aakesh wanted, he would have ended the trouble for Philips as Aakesh could destroy the wisp of the Soul just from his aura alone, while Philips¡¯s consciousness wouldn¡¯t face any damage. Unfortunately for Philips, Aakesh had no interest in it. Aakesh was a store owner. If he helped Philips remove the danger of the wisp, he would lose a customer that bought an expensive cultivation art from the store. It was thest thing he wanted since there was also a mission going on. Every sale was beneficial to him.


    ¡°Yes, the store sells a few cultivation arts with better quality than yours,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    At that moment, Philips couldn¡¯t control himself and jumped in jubtion. He had finally gotten the result of his long search. Even though it took a long time, Philips still got it before his body got taken over. So he didn¡¯t have any problem with a wait of a few centuries.


    ¡°Can you suggest some to me?¡± Philips respectfully asked Aakesh. The excitement he had after entering the store returned to his face since he now didn¡¯t have to worry about his body getting taken over.


    ¡°No,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied.


    The smile on Philips¡¯s face suddenly froze as he never expected to hear no this time. Aakesh didn¡¯t let Philips wait to get an exnation for his answer since the answer also came under the purview of him being the store owner.


    ¡°You need to find the respective cultivation art on your own. I wouldn¡¯t help you,¡± Aakesh replied while pointing at the cultivation arts room.


    ¡°Store owner, how many cultivation arts does the store sell?¡± Philips couldn¡¯t help but ask after hearing Aakesh¡¯s answer. He knew asking the number of the cultivation art sold by the system didn¡¯t make much sense since even selling ten Immortal grade cultivation arts was already a big deal.


    The next moment, Philips¡¯s mouth and eyes flew wide open after hearing that the store sold an ocean of Immortal grade cultivation arts. His surprise got even more prominent when Aakesh further added that the store sold every cultivation art that has ever existed in the Primal dimension.


    ¡°Senior, does the family not make a fuss about you selling their cultivation arts without asking them?¡± Philips respectfully asked Aakesh. He started referring to Aakesh as senior as he only found this title that showed his deep respect toward him.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t answer this time as the question had nothing to do with the store products, and he didn¡¯t like Philips enough to answer a question unrted to store products.


    Philips got his answer and didn¡¯t ask the same question again. He instead thanked Aakesh and left the queue for the cultivation arts room since he still had to find a cultivation art for him.


    After Philips left, another customer took his ce and repeated a familiar statement Aakesh had already heard for tens of millions of times in thest few days.


    When Aakesh had gotten the cultivation arts as the product for the store, Aakesh had asked the system about the issue of having even secret cultivation arts rted to the families in the Primal dimension. Aakesh didn¡¯t worry about their counterattack since even if he were only to stand and let countless peak Immortals with pseudo divine physique attack him, he still wouldn¡¯t receive a scratch. His strength had already grown enough for him not to fear anyone in the Primal dimension.


    The system was always fair in its transactions, so it had bought the cultivation arts directly from its founder. Those who were dead didn¡¯t get to sell the cultivation arts, as in the eyes of the system, no one had ownership of those cultivation arts.


    It was also the reason people didn¡¯t make any fuss if some customer saw their family cultivation art that was hidden from the entire Primal dimension. They subconsciously knew that there was nothing wrong with the store selling the cultivation arts, and they had already lost ownership.


    There was also one other issue. The number of cultivation arts had reached such arge number that someone seeing a familiar cultivation art had a minuscule probability.


    ***


    Philips entered the cultivation arts room after leaving the queue. A light never seen before shined in his eyes as he straight away focused on the Immortal grade shelf.


    Philips didn¡¯t wait as he took a step forward and reached the shelf. A girl with an irritated expression was continuously taking out cultivation arts and then was putting them back inside not long after not far from him.


    Philips wanted to ask her if there was something wrong with her, but he controlled himself. His intuition warned him that he would be in grave danger if he disturbed the girl.


    At the same time, the girl was only average looking, so he stopped thinking about her and got busy searching for a cultivation art for him.


    ***


    A/N: Hello, readers!


    Many of you may have been thinking about many new characters¡¯ introductions in the past ten or so chapters. We are very close to the store ascending to the Sacred dimension. Before that, I want to introduce a few characters that might y some role in the Sacred dimension. At the same time, and in the following several chapters, the past characters who hadn¡¯t made entrance would also return since we would go for one big time skip before ascending.


    Thanks for supporting the book! Please share your views about these introductions of new characters. If you aren¡¯t liking it, then please doment.

 Chapter 704 A New Day with New Customers(11)

    Chapter 704: A New Day with New Customers(11)


    Philips ignored the girl¡¯s action and focused on the task he hade here for. With a mixture of nervous and excited expressions, Philips raised his right hand and put it in the space inside the shelf.


    The next moment, Philips¡¯s face turned into disappointment as he looked at the details of the cultivation art in his hands.


    [Name: The Art of Cultivation,


    Grade: Immortal,


    Detail: The art teaches the user how to cultivate. It helps the cultivator have an all-round growth,


    Price: Thirty billion supreme Primal stones.]


    Philips only shook his head disappointedly as he took out the most basic Immortal grade cultivation art from the shelf on his first try. Since the store didn¡¯t allow customers only to buy the cultivation art they took out in their first turn from the shelf, Philips put the Art of Cultivation back inside the counter. He then took out another page from it.


    Philips took a nce at it. Since he couldn¡¯t sense anything extraordinary, nor did his intuition act with the cultivation art, he put it back inside the shelf and took out another page from it.


    Simr to thest two times, Philips¡¯s luck was the same. He got another cultivation art that he had no use for in this situation. Philips didn¡¯t get disappointed as it was only valid for his first entry. Without wasting even a moment, he repeated the same process as his hand came out with it holding a new page.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed in the blink of an eye.


    Philips still was searching for a cultivation art as he had been unable to find one. During thest hour, Philips hade across three cultivation arts that forced him not to continue further. But at the same time, his intuition had also nudged him to continue repeating the process. The time to stop hadn¡¯t arrived yet.


    Philips trusted his intuition and continued further without wasting even a moment. But since his intuition couldn¡¯t always be correct, Philips still had those three pages in his hands. He decided not to give up on them yet, and wait since anything could happen. He could have been wrong, and one of the three might turn out to be a cultivation art that could help him resolve his problem.


    At the same time, a worry had also risen in Philips¡¯s heart since all three cultivation arts cost more than five hundred billion supreme Primal stones. The most expensive of the three was priced at an outrageous amount of seven hundred eighty-five billion, nine hundred million, seven hundred forty thousand supreme Primal stones.


    Philips had a wealth of around nine hundred billion supreme Primal stones, and he had gotten that much money after selling every item he had except for the bow he used. If he got a cultivation art that would help him resolve his issue, but if its price breached that mark, then all of this would be for nothing.


    After seeing the store owner, not even the thought of stealing rose in his heart, let alone when the store freely sold every cultivation art in the existence of the Primal dimension without fear of anyone.


    With worry in his heart, Philips continued searching for the destined cultivation art.


    ***


    Lilith had been searching for a cultivation art for thest two days without stopping. She also noticed Philips. Except for her, Philips was the only person who was taking out cultivation art from the shelf and then putting it back inside not long after.


    Lilith had taken out and checked tens of thousands of cultivation arts in the hour the man had appeared near her. The man couldn¡¯tpare to Lilith¡¯s speed, but he had also reached a number of few thousand. Lilith then ignored the man since she also had a lot on her te. She then got busy in her attempt to prove her intuition correct.


    ***


    ¡°Hello, store owner,¡± Another new customer entered the store today. It was a man who looked to be in his twenties.


    In spite of the absence of light, the man¡¯s blond hair glistened like the sun. At the same time, his eyes were even more golden and looked like the sun itself.


    The man¡¯s ears and nose were pointy, like the tip of a needle. It wouldn¡¯t be any wrong if the man seeded in winning a beauty contest solely reserved for females.


    The man belonged to the Sun Elf. Sun Elf wasn¡¯t the same as the Sunlight Elf. If the Sun Elf was the tree, then Sunlight Elf was one of its branches.


    The Sunlight Elf race developed when one of the lower blood Sun Elves procreated with someone out of the Elvish group of races.


    Sun Elves had already disappeared from the Primal dimension a long time ago, so the appearance of one of its members was no less than a surprise for those who remembered their legend.


    The Sun Elves didn¡¯t go extinct, but everyst of their member had ascended to the Sacred dimension countless years ago, marking their disappearance from here. This event happened even before the arrival of Hygars, so only a few people knew their legend.


    When Sun Elves lived in the Primal dimension, they were also one of the overlords here. The Sun Elf had an extraordinary origin story.


    -n¡¢o¡¢ve,l It wasn¡¯t a hidden fact that Elves were an artificial race created by the Primordial creature, World Tree. Anyone can find out if they had contact with some high-level cultivators across the Primal and Sacred dimensions.


    The Sun Elves were one of the Elvish races that were the direct creation of the World Tree. Since it wasn¡¯t as strong as a few other groups of direct Elves races, it took birth in the Primal dimension and not the Sacred dimension.


    Despite the Sun Elves not being the most talented of the bunch, it was still a race created by the World Tree. So, it didn¡¯t take long for the race to reach a level where they could ascend to the Sacred dimension.


    After their ascendance countless years ago, the arrival of the man marked the first sighting of a Sun Elf in those innumerable years of their ascendance.

 Chapter 705 A New Day with New Customers(12)

    Chapter 705: A New Day with New Customers(12)


    ¡°Hello, store owner,¡± The Sun Elf greeted Aakesh as his turn finally arrived in the queue.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to Elv¡¯s greeting.


    ¡°I am William Asquith, the prince of the Sun Elves,¡± The Elf introduced himself. His tone contained respect when he talked to Aakesh, but the pride in it couldn¡¯t be hidden when he introduced himself as the prince.


    Aakesh still had the same expressionless reaction as he also introduced himself by only stating his name. He didn¡¯t care whether his customer was a prince or amoner. These nobility titles mattered to those who were weaklings. For those of his level, these titles were nothing but showoff.


    Aakesh had heard of the Asquith family as Asquith was the name of the first Sun Elf created by the World Tree. Asquith was also the first Sun Elf to ascend to the Sacred dimension and then the third dimension. When Aakesh waspleting the quest to learn about the races, Asquith was still alive at that moment. As for now, Aakesh had no idea of his survival.


    Asquith was a warrior in the same group as Kartikeya, a member of the Peacock race, but he was slightly weaker than Kartikeya if they were to face the battle. Surviving a single strike from Kartikeya was already a big deal, so being only a little weaker than Kartikeya defined the strength of Asquith in the Multiverse.


    The Asquith family began in the name of their founder, and in no time, it had be the overlord of the Primal dimension. There were several families in the Sun Elf race, but only the Asquith family had the divine right to rule the race since they were the direct descendant of Asquith with another directly created Elf.


    The smile on William¡¯s face froze after seeing no interest in the store owner¡¯s eyes after he stated his title. He had heard of the deeds of the Asquith family all his life, so seeing no interest in the store owner¡¯s eyes after mentioning the name came out as a big shock to William.


    ¡®Eh! I forgot I am not in the Sacred dimension, but in the Primal dimension,¡¯ William thought in his heart as he smiled wryly the next moment.


    ¡°Aakesh, you must not know what my surname entails in the Sacred dimension-¡°


    William wanted to see the look of shock in Aakesh¡¯s eyes, so he decided to tell the story of the Asquith family to him. But his voice came to a sudden halt as Aakesh suddenly cut his sentence off in between and told him that he was aware of the history of the family he was so proud of.


    Aakesh then added further and revealed a secret William wanted to hide from others. William looked to be in his twenties, but in reality, he was only a child.


    If it were William¡¯s actual level, Aakesh wouldn¡¯t have been able to see through William¡¯s disguise since he was a God despite only being a child and was several times more strong than Aakesh. Unfortunately for William, he was in the Primal dimension, and the traveling talisman used by him was only an ordinary one, so his strength here was only equivalent to thete Immortal.


    ¡°H¡­how did you know?¡± William got flustered after Aakesh revealed his secret, but he soon regained his calm andpleted his question in clear words after remembering the title he represented after introducing himself.


    ¡°Do you want to know about the store products?¡± Aakesh ignored William¡¯s question and instead expressionlessly asked.


    Aakesh rarely asked this question from customers but since William was only a child, he didn¡¯t mind asking it.


    William wanted to re up after seeing Aakesh ignoring his question, but he soon controlled himself.


    William was only a child of twelve years of age. It took William¡¯s mother seventeen thousand years to give birth to William, so he wasn¡¯t even equivalent to the time he had carried in his mother¡¯s womb. The Elf race was one of the long-living races. Even if they were not to cultivate, an ordinary Elf could live for around a thousand years, while a royal Elf with a strong bloodline could live up to tens of thousands of years even without being able to cultivate.


    So for the long-living races like Elves, twelve years was too short to consider it anything. William, who came from the direct branch of Asquith, the first Sun Elf, could live for even longer.


    Aakesh could sense that something was going on with William as William being outside his family¡¯s protection at this short age wasn¡¯t possible.


    But since Aakesh had no interest in knowing what the situation was, he didn¡¯t ask. Despite only being a child, William was still ate Immortal, and inside the store, nothing could happen to him. As for what happened outside the store, it had nothing to do with Aakesh and the store.


    ***


    Aakesh was correct in his conjecture that William¡¯s family wouldn¡¯t leave him out of their protection at this short age.


    William¡¯s father, Andrew Asquith, was the current head of the Sun Elves. Andrew had seven children before the birth of William, which was a lot when considering the low fertility rate of the Elves. Unfortunately for Andrew, all seven of his children were female.


    The Asquith family prohibited females from sitting on the throne in order to maintain the bloodline of the Sun Elves. The head of the sun Elves could have as many opposite-sex partners as they wanted. Unfortunately wasn¡¯t possible for the females of the Asquith family since they gave birth and the Asquith family would never tolerate their female giving birth to a member of another race.


    They were destined to marry their brother and give pure-blooded members to the Asquith family for the next generation. Due to its bias, many females have tried to break this rule over the years. But since it was imposed by Asquith himself and imprinted on the bloodline of the Sun Elves, those females who attempted to break it lost their bloodline, bing a bunch of ordinary Elves with no ability to cultivate.


    In the era where strength was supreme, having no ability to cultivate was no less than suicide, and that too when female Elves had their beauty matched by only a few races in the Multiverse.


    Andrew¡¯s long wait for a male descendant finally came to an end when his second sister/third wife gave him a boy.

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    Chapter 706: A New Day with New Customers(13)


    There were five children born to Andrew Asquith¡¯s father. Among them, two were boys, and three were girls. Due to his position as the eldest child, Andrew became the head of the next generation of the family.


    Andrew¡¯s younger brother left the direct family to add another branch family for the Asquith. Noone other than the head of the Asquith family was allowed to have a rtionship with his sister since it was only to preserve the purity of Asquith¡¯s blood. Hence, the three sisters became wives to Andrew.


    As the head of the Asquith family, he was allowed to have as many sexual partners as possible. But at the same time, there was a rule enforced on him. Any head of the Asquith family couldn¡¯t have a child with anyone other than their sister. The family didn¡¯t want their bloodline to mix with other races.


    The punishment for going against the rule was banishment from the family, so no one dared to go against it.


    Andrew started living in worry as he only had five sisters. If he failed to have a male progeny, their family¡¯s direct bloodline would stop since Asquith was adamant about some rules, and no one dared or could break them.


    Andrew¡¯s worry finally came to a stop as his second sister got pregnant with another child. To discover the gender of the child before their birth wasn¡¯t something worth talking about for people of their level. So when Victoria was in the third year of her pregnancy, the entire family came to know that their new ruler had arrived on the scene.


    Unfortunately for Andrew and Victoria, the pregnancy continued longer than expected. It broke records as the most extended pregnancy before the birth of William was around seven thousand years. The pregnancy for William extended the record by more than ten thousand years as after Victoria carried William in her womb for more than seventeen thousand years.


    After a few moments of his birth, William had started speaking and learning things.


    William¡¯s birth called for celebration as he was not only the future head of the Asquith family but also the most talented child to be born in the family after Asquith himself.


    It didn¡¯t take long for William to learn about the rules set by Asquith for the throne of the family. William also knew from the get-go that he was going to be the new head of the family as on his first birthday, he got the title of prince from his father.


    William liked all of his five sisters since they always yed with him. Not even once did they refuse to give time to him despite being busy with their tasks.


    When William learned about the rule of the head of the Asquith family having children with their own sister, he didn¡¯t find anything wrong with it. He instead found it to his liking. He believed it would allow him to spend more time with his sister.


    But as he read further, he came to know about the control the family had on the royal females in the Asquith family; How none of the daughters of the head of the Asquith family were allowed to have rtions with any man other than their sole brother.


    William didn¡¯t find anything wrong with this rule as well since maintaining the purity of the bloodline was never easy. What made him feel bad for his sister was that they had no choice in that decision. Having sexual rtions was mandatory for the sisters. They were neither allowed to have sex with any man other than the head of the family nor could they be celibate and give up on sexual rtions.


    This forced condition on the female of the family made William feel bad for his sister. After reading about it, he straight away went to his mother, only to find in the end that his mother never liked his father. His father had the same dislike for his mother. If not for the mandatory rule, both of them wouldn¡¯t have even had sex, resulting in William¡¯s birth.


    William then went to his father, only to get reprimanded by him.


    ¡°How dare you question the rules set by Ancestor? Is your mother teaching you these kinds of things?¡± His father had said to him. In the end, he made the already sour rtionship between his parents worse after this.


    William didn¡¯t give up and then went to his sisters to know what they felt about the rule.


    Among the five sisters, four had no problems with it. In fact, they were ardent supporters of it since they understood that the bloodline couldn¡¯t be maintained by making both sides happy. Out of the four, three were against only the male bing the head of the family.


    Out of the four, only the eldest sister had no issues, with no female bing the head of the family. William knew the reason behind her not caring about it. The eldest daughter would be the first wife of the head of the family, having almost the same level of power as the head of the family. So for the first sister, the situation wasn¡¯t anything worth troubling over.


    - Among the five sisters, only one sister had a problem with the rule of the females having no control over their choice of partner.


    When William talked to that sister, he could sense the ambition in his sister¡¯s voice. She wanted to rule the family and take it to greater heights. Unfortunately for her, there was no way she could do that. Going against the rule meant going against Asquith. It would result in the loss of her bloodline and her ability to cultivate. She didn¡¯t want that to happen.


    ¡°Promise me, you would stop sleeping with me and let me cultivate after I got pregnant once,¡± It was the promise the sister wanted from William.


    Hearing the promise, William froze since he had no words on what to answer. At that moment, he escaped his sister¡¯s chamber while his sister looked disappointedly at him.


    When this happened, William was only ten years old. After that, the rtionship between William and his sisters stagnated. He stopped ying with his sisters.

 Chapter 707 A New Day with New Customers(14)

    Chapter 707: A New Day with New Customers(14)


    After that conversation with his sister, William¡¯s rtionship with his sisters stagnated. He stopped ying with them. Instead of having lengthy exchanges, he only nodded toward them.


    His eldest sister nevertheless maintained a good rtionship with William since she and William would be responsible for the Asquith family after their father retired from the chair and gave it to William.


    With his youngest sister, William stopped even looking at her. The interaction between them was simr to the interaction between the stranger.


    (A/N: Youngest here means youngest of the five sisters.)


    Just like that, it was the blink of an eye, and two years had passed.


    William¡¯s twelfth birthday arrived, and as usual, the Asquith family celebrated it with a bang. All five of his sisters gifted him presents.


    As William took the present from his youngest sister, the promise she had asked for rang in William¡¯s head.


    William¡¯s face turned ugly as he took his hands back at the shock of other family members. He then left the party and ran.


    Andrew and Victoria were already having the worst time in their rtionship, so when Victoria wanted to follow William, Andrew stopped her and instead told Elle, the youngest sister, to go behind her brother and solve whatever was brewing between them.


    Elle already knew the reason behind it, so she didn¡¯t want to follow behind her brother, but her father didn¡¯t give her an option to refuse. So she had no choice but to follow behind William.


    ¡°I only asked one promise from you, and you have already begun hating me,¡± Elle scoffed as she found William staring at the sky from the window in his chambers.


    William ignored the ridicule in Elle¡¯s voice as he continued staring at the sky.


    ¡°Did I ask for too much when I only wanted a promise that you wouldn¡¯t stop me from cultivating after getting pregnant?¡± Elle asked. Her tone was higher than before. If not for the sound barrier covering William¡¯s chamber, many would have heard her question.


    Giving birth to a child resulted in the leaking of energy from the body. For top races, giving birth was no less than facing a tribtion, as the more talented the child, the more energy they demanded from their mother. Victoria regressed by one whole level after giving birth to William, which wasn¡¯t a hidden fact from the five sisters or William.


    ¡°Answer me?¡± Elle¡¯s tone turned even louder as she grabbed William¡¯s shoulder and forcefully made him look at her.


    William¡¯s eyes were red and moist when Elle looked at them, causing a gasp in the air. At that moment, Elle grew flustered as she didn¡¯t know what to do.


    It wasn¡¯t incorrect to refer to William as a genius once seen in billions of years, not only in the Sacred dimension but also in the Multiverse. But at the same time, he was only a child who was only twelve years this year. He was born with intellect, but it took time for people to learn about emotions.


    Elle finally knew that she was wrong in her actions as she was treating William like an adult when he was only a child. She asked for something that wasn¡¯t possible for the current William to understand.


    At the same time, she also cursed herself as some part of her heart knew that William was only a child, but she still wanted the promise since it was easier for the current William to promise her.


    ¡°I am sorry,¡± William apologized to his sister as he had no answer to her promise.


    How could he promise Elle anything without knowing the consequences of his actions? Andrew hated his mother, Victoria, but if that hatred had persisted in one such promise or vow, he would have never been born, and the Asquith family would still be void of an heir.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to apologize. It was I, who wanted to take benefit of your age,¡± Elle replied as she hugged her younger brother.


    Elle was currently around twenty-eight thousand years of age, so she clearly knew what the promise entailed for the future.


    Elle felt disgusted in her heart whenever she thought about marrying her brother, who was tens of thousands of years younger than her. It was one of the reasons behind her not having the stomach to sleep with William.


    ¡°Let¡¯s stop thinking about it,¡± Elle tried to coax William.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to promise me anything. I would go by the rules set by Ancestor. It was set by destiny that I took birth in this glorious family,¡± Elle added. There was a hint of helplessness in it, but William was busy still thinking about the promise to focus on that.


    Elle and Wiliam then spoke for several hours. They talked about every topic they had missed in thest two years.


    After William finally returned to normal, Elle left his chambers.


    When Elle stood at the door, her face turned sad as she could see that things had moved too ahead with this conversation. There was no way she could return back and ask William for the same promise.


    She knew William was sympathetic to her ordeal, but at the same time, his pride in the Asquith family and their Ancestor was second to none. William was too stubborn to promise even if he grew old enough and understood everything. William would either throw the family away or go with the rules as they were. There was no way he would take a moderate position.


    ***


    Elle wasn¡¯t wrong in her conjecture about William¡¯s position. It wasn¡¯t unusual for him to make decisions on the spur of the moment as a child.


    The smile he was carrying when talking to Elle disappeared after she left. Instead, a determined expression took its ce.


    As Elle had thought, there was no moderate position for her only brother. Even though four of the five sisters had no problem with marrying William and bearing children for him, he focused more on Elle. He had sensed determination to achieve the unthinkable in her voice.


    Since it was the family rules that bound him to marry Elle and have rtions with her,ing in the way of Elle¡¯s dream, William decided to throw the family away.


    Since William wasn¡¯t the head of the family yet, no rules applied to him. His father was Immortal, so there was no problem for the family to exist for eternity. If he left and his father had no other son, it would only mean that Andrew wouldn¡¯t be able to ascend to the third dimension.


    Since William reached the decision on the spur of the moment, the action also didn¡¯t take long. William, using his contacts as the prince, got himself a traveling talisman using lies. He then traveled to the Primal dimension since hiding in the Sacred dimension wasn¡¯t possible for him with all the power the Asquith family carried.

 Chapter 708 A New Day with New Customers(15)

    Chapter 708: A New Day with New Customers(15)


    After William got himself the traveling talisman, he teleported to the Primal dimension.


    ¡°Oh, I feel so much morefortable here,¡± William mumbled as he stepped on thend after the teleportation to the Primal dimension took an unknown amount of time.


    He stretched his fingers and body as he felt a pressure never felt before loosening on him. William didn¡¯t have to think of an exnation for thisfortable feeling since he was already aware of it.


    William was a creature that belonged to the Sacred dimension and had lived under its rule for the past twelve years, and the controls there were more tight and hard to break.


    Even though William¡¯s strength here was countless times less than what he had in the Sacred dimension, the feeling of power appeared in his mind here. There, he couldn¡¯t even fly, while in the Primal dimension, William was like a bird since he was ate Immortal whenpared with the cultivation levels of the Primal dimension.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Only a few moments had passed since William stepped foot on the Primal dimension when suddenly sounds of tearing through the air rang in the area.


    A frown appeared on Williams¡¯s face as he could see people flying in the air approaching him.


    There were around ten people in the group. William didn¡¯t recognize the race of the group since he had never seen any creature like them.


    Among the ten, four werete Immortals, five were intermediate Immortals, and one who led the group was a peak Immortal level cultivator.


    William couldn¡¯t help but curse his luck to make such a strong group make a move right after he entered the Primal dimension.


    Since the talisman William had used wasn¡¯t of top quality, his cultivation was blocked atte Immortal. At the same time, William had never fought before in his life, so even winning againstte Immortals wasn¡¯t going to be an easy task for him.


    Fortunately for William, he was born with one offensive bloodline skill belonging to the Sun Elves, or he wouldn¡¯t have even had that and would have to fight with fists and kicks.


    ¡°Your esteemed self, don¡¯t you know that you shouldn¡¯t enter someone else¡¯s territory uninvited?¡± The leader asked with a deadpan face.


    William didn¡¯t understand thenguage spoken by the group.


    He then thought of apologizing in his head and leaving this area, but his bloodline trembled in anger without his control. Williams¡¯s face turned ugly as he stopped the thought of apologizing. His pure bloodline would never let it happen.


    William was still very far away from controlling his bloodline. It was currently the opposite, especially after he appeared here in the Primal dimension.


    It was true that at the beginning of the Sun Elves, the members of the race lived in the Primal dimension and ascended one by one to the Sacred dimension. But after living for so long in the Sacred dimension, the Sun Elves¡¯ blood had be mixed with the Sacred energy. It was also the reason behind every Sun Elf having divinity right from birth.


    For William, a divine, it wasn¡¯t possible to control his bloodline. Simrly, for the Immortal William, it wasn¡¯t even something to imagine; such had be the gap between him and his bloodline.


    At the same time, the group members were discussing about the intruder spiritually.


    ¡°Brother, he looks to be a high-ranking member of the Sunlight Elves. Should we inform the rence family?¡± Ate Immortal asked after seeing the majesty oozing from the stranger.


    The group didn¡¯t care for the child¡¯s appearance of William since there were many Immortals with weird tastes.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°Your majesty, forgive this servant for noting right away to wee you,¡± A Sunlight Elf kneeling on the ground apologized to William.


    If there were members of other races present here, they would have gotten their jaws dropped since the man kneeling in front of William wasn¡¯t a man with a superficial identity. He was Clint rence, the head of the rence family, the leader of the Sunlight Elves, as well as one of the most powerful Elf in the Primal dimension.


    Clint talked in ancient Elvish, so William finally understood what Clint wanted to say.


    William only nodded and expressionlessly asked Clint to exin the situation of organizations in the Primal dimension.


    Since William has been a prince from day one, his tone and manner contained majesty, giving no room for anyone to refuse.


    ¡°Interesting,¡± William mumbled as he listened about the appearance of the mysterious store and its products.


    An urge to check the store appeared in William¡¯s heart. William wasn¡¯t one to control his desires, so he asked for the location of the store and disappeared from the royal pce belonging to Clint rence.


    After William disappeared, Clint¡¯s face regained some color. He couldn¡¯t even exin the ufortable pressure riding on him due to the difference between their bloodline.


    It wouldn¡¯t be any wrong if William was able to defeat rence without even breaking a sweat, despite the vast power difference between them.


    Clint¡¯s blood had refused to flow in the presence of William. Hence, his face had turned pale. Now that William was gone, everything returned to normal.


    At the same time, Clint warned every member of his race to stay away from the royal pce unless he called for them.


    ***


    William had no interest in learning about the situation of the Sunlight Elves or what Clint was feeling, so he teleported to the location without a care for the world.


    William couldn¡¯t help but get surprised aftering face to face with the sight and sound barrier at the store¡¯s entrance. The reason for his surprise was its presence here.


    His room also had one, so it wasn¡¯t his first timeing face to face with it.


    Wiliam then entered the store, and his eyes fell on the endless floor made of Ashamba, a Primordial being.


    He soon joined the queue without making any ruckus as he could sense a danger to his life if he did it.


    Not long after, his turn finally arrived, and he stood in front of the store owner.


    ¡°Hello, store owner,¡± William greeted Aakesh in the human tongue spoken in these parts. He had just learned it from Clint.

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    Chapter 709: A New Day with New Customers(16)


    After that encounter with the group, William understood the importance of having knowledge of a few othernguages than his own.


    It was impossible for him to learn every type ofnguage uttered by all races. There were countless races in the Primal dimension, and they spoke even morenguages.


    So William decided to slowly learn a fewnguages belonging to the top races in the Primal dimension. Since his curiosity got piqued in the store, he learned the humannguage spoken by the inhabitants of the Bisan kingdom.


    Thenguage of humans wasn¡¯tplicated since its sole motive was tomunicate, so it only took a matter of few seconds for him to learn every word in the dictionary of the Bisan Kingdom¡¯s citizens.


    Using humannguage, Williammunicated with the store owner.


    ***


    After Aakesh unraveled his secret of him only being a child, William grew flustered. He had run from his home. If somehow the store owner was able tomunicate it with his family, the rewards he would get would even make greed in the heart of a high-level creature in the Sacred dimension.


    ¡°Let¡¯s keep this secret between us,¡± William suddenly requested Aakesh.


    If Clint were to find out about his actual age, even he would reveal his location to the Asquith family. Since the Sunlight Elves descended from the Sun Elves, amunication system was set between the two races.


    Even though the Sun Elves didn¡¯t care much for the situation of the Sunlight Elves, since it was still kind of a branch of the race, they acted whenever a circumstance of extinction of the Sunlight Elves emerged.


    ¡°I don¡¯t care about your secret,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded. It was correct that the reward offered by the Asquith family would actually be great for even someone like him. But there was no present that was worth more than the ethics of the store, so even if members of the Asquith family were to arrive here, he wouldn¡¯t tell them about William.


    William heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Aakesh. His senses told him that there was no lie in Aakesh¡¯s statement. Especially the indifference toward his title yed a considerable role in William feeling trust in Aakesh¡¯s words.


    ¡°Thank you! I owe you a favor. When I b-¡°


    William¡¯s words suddenly came to a halt. It wasn¡¯t Aakesh that interfered, but it was Williams¡¯s own action.


    William was going to promise Aakesh to help him when he became the head of the Asquith family, but then he remembered that he had given up on it. He didn¡¯t feel any regret over his decision. It was just that it would take some time for him to forget that he wasn¡¯t a prince anymore.


    From the actions of William, Aakesh understood the situation of William. Aakesh didn¡¯t know the reason behind William running from his family, but since he didn¡¯t care for it, he didn¡¯t waste his time thinking over it.


    ***


    While William was freely living in the Primal dimension, a bloodbath was going on in the Sacred dimension.


    ¡°WHY ARE YOU EVEN ALIVE WHEN YOU CAN¡¯T CONTROL A CHILD YOU GAVE BIRTH TO?¡± Andrew angrily shouted at his wife, Victoria, after finding out about the disappearance of William from his chambers.


    Victoria¡¯s face was ugly from getting shouted at by her husband. She wanted to retort, but she controlled herself. She had never seen Andrew as angry as today. She could feel that an extreme danger would fall on her if she dared to argue with him.


    Victoria silently listened to all the curses thrown at her by Andrew without making any noise at all. She and Andrew¡¯s other two sisters also silently stood there. Not even they dared to speak out in the current situation.


    ¡°Your majesty, we have found clues about the young master¡¯s sudden disappearance!¡±


    Suddenly a voice other than Andrew¡¯s rang in the chambers as the disciplinary elder of the Asquith family announced while standing at the gate.


    ¡°It better be, or you would lose your chair,¡± Andrew¡¯s voice turned slower as he responded. His eyes were currently red from anger. The dignity of being the head of Sun Elves was nowhere to be seen.


    The disciplinary elder¡¯s entire back turned wet from sweat. He then took a deep breath and informed Andrew about the clue he had gotten.


    ¡°Bring that peasant to me,¡± Andrew coldly ordered after learning of William buying a traveling talisman.


    ***


    ¡°So, you have gotten enough courage even to sell my son a traveling talisman,¡± Andrewmented as he was sitting on his throne.


    An injured Sun Elf kneeled on the ground with his face covered in bruises and numerous injuries throughout his body.


    ¡°Your majesty, I couldn¡¯t refuse young master,¡± The Sun Elf tremblingly responded.


    ¡°Kacha!¡±


    ¡°Argh!¡±


    The next moment, a cracking sound rang in the hall, and not long after it, a scream filled with pain engulfed the cracking sound.


    The Elf¡¯s left leg had gotten crushed earlier when Andrew appeared suddenly next to him.


    ¡°Have mercy, your majesty. It¡¯s a member of our own race. Ancestor¡¯s blood flows in his vein,¡± One of the Sun Elf seated on a chair suddenly stood up and pleaded to Andrew.


    The Sun Elf in question was the head of one of the top Noble families of the Sun Elves. The Elf getting punished came from the same family, so the leader had no choice but to speak up.


    The crimemitted by the Elf in question wasn¡¯t worth the beating he had gotten, and now in full public view, his legs had gotten crushed by the head of the Sun Elves.


    ¡°Mercy, you say,¡± Andrew¡¯s voice suddenly turned cold as he stared at the head of the noble family.


    The head couldn¡¯t help but shrink back in his chair. The next moment, he saw a scene that he was never going to forget.


    Andrew picked up the Elf from the ground, and in full public view, Andrew turned him into a bloody mush. The Elf died only at the end. His screams disappeared from the hall, but it became a part of the history of the hall.


    ¡°If even a hair disappears from my son¡¯s body, I would kill you and every member of your family.¡±


    A voice filled with nothing but cruelty rang in the ears of the head of the respective noble family¡¯s head.

 Chapter 710 A Sudden Situation!!! (1)

    Chapter 710: A Sudden Situation!!! (1)


    The family¡¯s head body trembled in everyone¡¯s sight after hearing that cold voice ringing in his ears.


    The family heads next to him didn¡¯t hear the threat as Andrew had only threatened one family head, but they still gloated in the misery of the family head.


    None knew about Andrew¡¯s threat, but they knew that the cruel killing of the Sun Elf a moment earlier was a warning to the man¡¯s family head. The smaller the number of families, the more the resource would get distributed in the other branches of the Asquith family, so the majority of the family only hoped for Andrew to punish the respective family by eliminating them.


    The Sun Elves were too powerful to care about the death of one of the top noble families, so the feeling of betrayal toward other races never rose in their hearts.


    ¡°Contact the Sunlight Elves in the Primal dimension,¡± Andrew knew what the other family heads were thinking in their time, but he had no time to care about them. He was only focused on his son and worried about his safety. After he learned that the quality of the talisman was only ordinary, the worry for William rose even more in his heart.


    The ordinary-grade traveling talisman would allow William to stay for a hundred years of the Sacred dimension time in the Primal dimension, and it would restrict the cultivation of the traveler tote Immortal.


    Hundred years weren¡¯t much for people like Andrew, but it was one hundred thousand years in the Primal dimension, and anything could happen to him there since his cultivation would be stuck atte Immortal all those years.


    ***


    ¡°Your grace, we have an emergency,¡± A guard suddenly came rushing to Clint, forgetting the order of restriction of anyone¡¯s entry to his chambers unless he called.


    Clint¡¯s face turned ugly as he never expected his bodyguard to break the order. The guard was his childhood friend, but since he had broken hismand, Clint decided to forget his friendship and kill the guard.


    Since the guard was Clint¡¯s friend, he wanted at least to know the reason behind the man breaking his order. He clearly heard the word emergency in the guard¡¯s statement, but he didn¡¯t care for it since his mental situation wasn¡¯t right. The pressure attacking him in the presence of William broke his mental calm, so he subconsciously decided to vent his anger on the man.


    The guard knew what he did was wrong, so when Clint turned around, there was already a sword at the guard¡¯s neck. It wasn¡¯t Clint but the guard himself who did it.


    ¡°Your grace, the information is too big to care for your order. Your servant knows he has done wrong, so I willmit suicide after telling you the news,¡± The guard respectfully stated.


    Clint¡¯s lips twitched as he angrily told the guard first to inform him of the news and discuss about his survivalter.


    ¡°Your grace, themunicator has suddenly rung, and it is still ringing,¡± The guard announced, resulting in Clint almost stumbling to the ground.


    ¡°Are you sure?¡± Clint asked as he couldn¡¯t believe it. He understood whatmunicator the guard was talking about. His body almost trembled as only around an hour ago, he had met a Sun Elf, and now there was amunication attempt from the Sun Elves.


    Since themunicator was still ringing, Clint didn¡¯t wait for the answer from the guard and teleported straight away to the prayer hall, where themunicator was put.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    The next moment, a crashing sound rang in the air as the guard¡¯s head fell to the ground while his sword had disintegrated into nothingness. Even though the news was significant, the guard still broke the rule set by Clint, so he punished the man by sending him to his death.


    ***


    In the prayer hall, there was a statue spanning over the height of three hundred meters, while it covered a radius of around a hundred meters.


    The statue looked lifelike, as if the man in it was himself standing there. The man was none other than the progenitor of the Sunlight Elves. A gentle expression adorned the face of the statue.


    Next to the statue, a ss case was floating. The ss case contained a spherical object. If someone were to look closely, the people would see a pattern of a Dragon imprinted there. In ce of dragon eyes, there were two ck switches that could be pushed.


    The spherical core was currently releasing a sound that looked almost like a Dragon Roar, but the intensity wasn¡¯t even close to a Wyrm, their low-blooded descendants.


    A nervous expression appeared on Clint¡¯s face as he took a drop of his blood out of his pocket space and made a pattern simr to the one imprinted on the sphere on the ss case.


    Clint¡¯s hands were moving so fast that it wasn¡¯t possible for even an Immortal to witness it. In no time, the pattern was over. The next moment, Clint uttered a syble in Ancient Elvish.


    The next moment, the pattern on the ss case lightened up, and not long after, it opened up. The next moment, Clint had to stabilize his foot as the roar-like sound releasing from the sphere grew severalfold after opening the ss case.


    Clint then took a deep breath and pushed the switch on the sphere. He pressed the button in ce of the left eye.


    Suddenly, the sphere forcefully left Clint¡¯s control and flew into the air.


    The next moment, the sphere started expanding up and molding. It only stopped when it took shape of a square screen spanning even bigger than the statue.


    The next moment, the screen lightened up, and a being presented itself in front of Clint.


    Suddenly, Clint felt arge wave of pressure descending on him and was forced to kneel on the ground with his head crashing to the hard surface. Fortunately for Clint, he was a peak Immortal with pseudo divinity, so the material failed to hurt his head.


    ¡°I am Clint rence, the head of the rence family and the Sunlight Elves!¡±


    ¡°I ask for forgiveness to make your grace wait so long.¡±


    ¡°What orders do you have for this lowly servant, your grace?¡±


    Clint, ignoring the pressure, greeted the being on the screen.

 Chapter 711 A Sudden Situation!!! (End)

    Chapter 711: A Sudden Situation!!! (End)


    Ignoring the humiliation Clint had just now faced, he respectfully greeted the being behind the screen.


    The person sitting on the screen was only a low-ranked member of the Sun Elves, so when he saw the respect and fear on Clint¡¯s face, a feeling of superiority appeared in his head.


    The next moment, a cold wave washed his head since, for no reason, the scene of Andrew killing the Sun Elf appeared in the member¡¯s head.


    ¡°His majesty is kind, so he would forgive your transgression for beingte,¡± The member uttered in Ancient Elvish. Clint could sense the disgust in the being¡¯s voice, but the pressure released just by the presence of the screen made him forget his insult straight away.


    At the same time, Clint felt a rumble in his head. Only one person deserved to get referred to as majesty in the race of the Sun Elves. Every high-level member was referred by grace, just like Clint referred to the figure on the screen.


    Clint felt his blood running cold as the head of the Sun Elves was too big of a figure to care for the matters of the Sun Elves. The Sunlight Elves were descended from one of the Sun Elves, but even that Sun Elf belonged to a low-level family in the groups of Sun Elves. The affairs of the Asquith family were already too much for the Sunlight Elves¡¯ ancestors, let alone the head of the Sun Elves.


    ¡°Wh¡­what does ¡®His majesty¡¯ wants from this lowly servant, your grace?¡± Clint replied. At first, his voice stuttered, but soon, it turned as clear as water since Clint couldn¡¯t afford to make a wrong impression when it came to matters rted to the head of the Sun Elves.


    At the same time, Clint had fallen t on the ground. It wasn¡¯t due to the pressure but his own will. Since Clint had no idea whether the head of the Sun Elves was watching him or not, he still wanted to state his loyalty to the leader.


    ***


    ¡°Your majesty, this boy wants to make a good impression in front of you,¡± A figure seated not far from Andrew joked.


    Andrew had a cold face as he only stared at the figure but didn¡¯t respond and returned his eyes to the screen.


    The figure jocking with Andrew was none other than Andrew¡¯s own brother, who now had created another branch family as a rule set by their ancestor Asquith.


    The figure¡¯s face then returned to solemn after seeing his brother not taking the bait. The man had no ill feelings toward Andrew, so he was also concerned for his nephew, William. Everyone epted William Asquith as the next head of the Sun Elves and the Asquith family.


    ***


    ¡°I am showing you a picture of our prince. He had recently traveled to the Primal dimension. ¡®His Majesty¡¯ wants the Sunlight Elves to put all their resources into finding the young master,¡± The man on the screen stated.


    Clint¡¯s face suddenly had a reaction as he heard about the prince traveling to the Primal dimension. He had just met one of the Sun Elves, but he didn¡¯t know the identity of the man.


    At the same time, Clint felt his blood running cold from fear as he could sense that the prince had not traveled out of the family¡¯s volition but had run from the family. Clint couldn¡¯t help but curse his luck for finding him in such a terrible situation out of nowhere.


    The man on the screen and all the others currently watching the conversation caught the sudden change of expression on Clint¡¯s face.


    ¡°This is prince William Asquith, the next head of the Asquith family and the Sun Elves,¡± The man then showed the picture of William to Clint.


    The next moment, Clint¡¯s face turned pale. His heart had the slight hope of William turning out to be someone and meeting another Sun Elf, all of it turning into a coincidence. It got crushed into nothing after seeing the familiar face.


    ¡°Where have you seen him?¡± An unfamiliar voice suddenly came out of the screen. At the same time, the screen started flickering as if something was crushing it.


    Clint felt a heavy stonending in his heart as he had an idea of who the owner of the voice was.


    Andrew wanted to converse with Clint face to face, but themunicator was only a low-level dimensionalmunication device. It wouldn¡¯t be able to handle the presence of Andrew. His voice alone resulted in the shaking of the device and it almost disintegrating.


    ***


    ¡°Bring that boy to me! It seems I have been very lenient with him. It¡¯s time for him to learn the teachings of the Ancestor and begin his study,¡± Andrew ordered one of his guards after finding out about William being safe in the Primal dimension and meeting the Sunlight Elves.


    ¡°Take the top-quality talisman with you. William has been born with some of our bloodline offensive skills,¡± Andrew added. In the end, his voice contained a hint of pride in his voice since Wiliam was his own son.


    Elle, who had been silently standing in the halls, wanted to be the one to go on the missions to bring William back. She understood that she was the primary reason behind William¡¯s leaving the family. If she had never revealed her true feelings, William would have never sacrificed his position and the future of the family at stake.


    At the same time, Elle also felt warm in her heart. Her brother, who was only twelve years of age, willingly gave up on a world of authority and power just because she didn¡¯t want to get bound by the family rules.


    Elle was unaware that it was the moment when romantic feelings for William started rising in her heart. It was also the start of a legend.


    (A/N; It¡¯s me just spoiling some things for fun. Elle and William are going to be Important characters, only second to Aakesh and Lily in the future in the story.)


    Elle decided to voice out her feelings about going herself to the Primal dimension, but her mother stopped her from doing that. Andrew caught it, but he ignored it since he decided to focus on only William for the moment.


    Andrew wanted to add some more things to his order when he suddenly found the world around him spinning.


    ¡°Crash!¡±


    Out of everyone¡¯s expectation, Andrew suddenly fell from his throne and crashed onto the surface, creating arge sound.


    Everyone present in the hall rushed toward Andrew since someone of his level falling to the ground couldn¡¯t happen. There were no chances of it happening at all.


    ***


    ¡°As youmand, Ancestor,¡± Andrew kneeled in a vast space filled with nothing but light.


    The figure standing in front of Andrew had a gentle smile on his face as he waved his hands.


    Andrew suddenly regained his consciousness and stood up straight away.


    The people rushing toward him came to a sudden stop after seeing Andrew waking right away.


    ¡°Cancel my order. Don¡¯t disturb William,¡± Andrew suddenly ordered, taking everyone by surprise.


    ¡°Come with me,¡± Andrew then looked at Elle and ordered. Before others could understand what was happening, Andrew suddenly left the hall with Elle.

 Chapter 712 A New Day with New Customers(17)

    Chapter 712: A New Day with New Customers(17)


    Unaware of what actions his disappearance had caused in the Sun Elves, William was currently busy in the store, conversing with Aakesh and learning about the store products.


    ¡°Would it work for me?¡± William asked Aakesh after learning about the increase in actual cultivation from Panagea. He had a blocker set on his cultivation due to the traveling talisman. If he wanted to break the restriction, he would have to reach the level of Primordials since these talismans were created by Primordials belonging to the third dimension.


    ¡°Yes, it would,¡± Aakesh understood what William wanted to ask, so he expressionlessly replied. Before waiting for William to respond, Aakesh added, ¡°You can regain the levels you have earned in Panagea to reality after your return to the Sacred dimension. Until then, you wouldn¡¯t be able to buy any cultivation level in the Primal dimension.¡±


    The system didn¡¯t interfere with some of the rules set by the will of the Primal dimension and other high-level beings, as it would be equivalent to offending all of them at once. Aakesh¡¯s strength hadn¡¯t reached a point where he was invincible in front of everyone, so the system didn¡¯t want to make many enemies and put Aakesh¡¯s life at risk.


    William only nodded in response to Aakesh¡¯s reply. He had expected to hear such a response from the store owner since he knew what the removal of the blockade set by the traveling talisman entailed for the creatures.


    ¡°Do you convert Sacred stones to Primal stones?¡± William then asked Aakesh. He had left with some of his wealth when he departed the family since money was paramount everywhere. He couldn¡¯t just live a life of beggar after living as prince of an overlord-level family since his birth.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded. He felt the system setting up the conversion rate between Sacred stones and Primal stones was a timely decision, and it would help the store a lot in the uing days. Aakesh had a sense that the number of customers from the Sacred dimension was going to see an increase in theing days.


    ¡°What is the conversion rate between top Sacred stone and supreme Primal stone?¡± William asked. As his status in the family was only second to Andrew and his head wife, he had never seen any Sacred stone below the top grade.


    He currently carried only top Sacred stones in his Kingdom, with one or two Sacred stores of even higher quality.


    ¡°One top Sacred stone is equivalent to three quintillion supreme Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied. If someone were to hear the number, they would have fainted. Even Aakesh¡¯s store had made this amount of total sale in the past fifty years it had been here.


    One lowest grade Sacred stone was equivalent to three trillion supreme Primal stones, so as per the usual conversion rate, one top Sacred stone must have been equal to thirty quadrillion supreme Primal stones. But currently, it was a million times the conversion rate, taking it to three quintillion stones.


    The energy level in the Sacred dimension was different from what it was in the Primal dimension, so the system chose the safest conversion rate. It was unbiased toward everyone. So the system couldn¡¯t create losses for other customers in this trade.


    ¡°You can convert the stones, but remember, you can never take the money out from the supreme card,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly added since the system would have topletely suck up countless mines to take out so many supreme Primal stones at once.


    William nodded since he did not need to take out the money in the first ce. Since he was an Immortal, he did not need to eat here, unlike in the Sacred dimension. If William wanted to eat for fun, then only William would have to splurge money on it. But after living for his whole life in the Sacred dimension, William didn¡¯t think he would want to eat or buy any clothes from here.


    Aakesh had already told William about the supreme card, so he was already aware of its knowledge. The next moment, William took out the top Sacred stone from his kingdom since inside the store, the space wasn¡¯t blocked.


    A heavy pressure descended on the store as soon as the top Sacred stone saw the light. The energy contained in it was so heavy that if William were to drop the stone slowly, it would create an earthquake of such intensity that it would destroy the.


    William felt his legs sinking to the ground as he was unable to carry the Sacred stone. The next moment, the system acted.


    The heavy pressure disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, while the top Sacred stone appeared, floating next to the square box. Even Aakesh wasn¡¯t able to carry the stone. Even though he had stats that would scare the crap out of any peak Immortal, in the end, he was also only an Immortal.


    The system didn¡¯t want to see Aakesh make a fool out of himself by trying to pick out the stone, so its mechanical voice also rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head the next moment.


    Aakesh was no fool to make such a rookie mistake. He was aware of the power gap between him and the top Sacred stone, so he would never do that. Since it was the system worrying for him, he didn¡¯t stop the system frompleting its rm.


    The Sacred stone looked entirely different from the Primal stone. The Primal stone here had rough edges. The lowest grade Sacred stone was also the same, but the top Sacred stone had smooth edges, making it aesthetically beautiful.


    A golden light waspressed within the stone. Anyone who attempted directly to look at it would feel their eyes burning from light.


    The system had suppressed the effect, so Aakesh¡¯s eyes were fine and didn¡¯t burn. Aakesh had already seen it earlier during the first four quests, so he didn¡¯t focus much on it.


    The next moment, he casually nudged the stone. Not long after, it flew toward the ck hole imprinted on the square box.


    Aakesh then pushed the switch referring to supreme, and not long after, a silver card appeared in Aakesh¡¯s hands.


    Aakesh then handed the square card to William, only to see William looking at him with his mouth and eyes wide open the next moment.

 Chapter 713 A New Day with New Customers(18)

    Chapter 713: A New Day with New Customers(18)


    As William took the silver square card from Aakesh¡¯s hands, his sight fell on a familiar pattern imprinted on the card. It took a while for William to remember it since he had seen a slightly simr imprint when he was only a child.


    When William remembered, his mouth and eyes flew wide open from shock. He then started at Aakesh, with a look of incredulous in his eyes.


    ¡°HOW!!!¡± William lost theposure he always had and eximed loudly.


    Aakesh ignored the exmation from William and interacted with the system in his head.


    [Host, one being had attempted to lock on to this store a moment earlier!]


    The system informed Aakesh of someone attempting to sense the store and the store owner.


    ¡°Were they from that mysterious organization?¡± Aakesh mumbled in a voice loud enough for only him to hear since thest time someone attempted to enter or sense his store was years ago. As a result, he had to kill an entire top race in the Primal dimension.


    [Host, the attempt was thwarted, but the system failed to counterattack or search for the source of the person.]


    The system added. Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised to hear about two sessive failures from the system.


    ¡°Was there any nefarious intent in that sense?¡± Aakesh asked the system.


    [No, Host! It was a prying sense as if someone wanted to search for the secret of the store.]


    [Host, the owner of the sense most probably is a creature of the third dimension!]


    The system told Aakesh its conjecture. Aakesh nodded since he came to the same exnation for the person being able to secure themself from the system¡¯s counterattack.


    ***


    ¡°How do you know the draconiannguage? Is this store rted to honorable Dragons? How can honorable Dragons be behind a store? They only love stealing but not giving,¡± William asked a few questions in a row.


    Aakesh, who was busy in a discussion with the system about the intruder, stopped thinking about it. Since the system failed to counterattack and the being was from the third dimension, Aakesh couldn¡¯t do a thing to the person. Since he was too weak to take any action against the supposed intruder, there was no point in wasting time thinking over it.


    At the same time, Aakesh finally decided to do the store upgrading quest. He had been holding himself from doing it since he had no interest in going outside the store for now.


    The store upgrading quest was too easy for the current Aakesh, and only his non-interest in going outside was the reason behind him not doing it.


    (A/N: He had gotten it early in the story due to the first event. His strength grew out of control due to the sudden intrusion and then the event with Vritrasura¡¯s daughter, so the mission became too easy for him to do.)


    After the store upgrade, its security would also grow, and Aakesh would also be able to have one assistant. Unfortunately for Aakesh, the quest didn¡¯t offer anything rted to his past, so he had no urge toplete it as quickly as possible in the past. But after today, it had be an urgency.


    Aakesh decided to do it after closing the store today since it was a quest rted to product sales and the strength of the store owner.


    ***


    After hearing William¡¯s question, Aakesh¡¯s mind returned to the store. Unfortunately for William, it wasn¡¯t to answer him but to ignore him since Aakesh had no interest in doing that.


    William felt his lips twitching in frustration after seeing Aakeshtake a look at him and then ignore his question.


    If not for sensing an extreme danger from the store and the store owner, William would have pounced on Aakesh. He would have done everything possible to make Aakesh open his mouth and tell him about the draconian syble imprinted on the square card.


    William took a deep breath to calm himself down. It was for his own benefit. William only had been born for twelve years, but he still knew the extent of the worship of the Elves toward Dragons.


    Even when an Elf grew stronger than any member of the Dragon race, they still wouldn¡¯t dare to disrespect the supposed Dragon to their face or even in their minds in the first ce.


    ¡°I would give you every treasure I have in my kingdom if you tell me about the Draconiannguage,¡± William told Aakesh after calming down.


    Aakesh, who was going to ignore William, finally turned around and looked at him. It wasn¡¯t due to William¡¯s treasure but to what extent William was willing to go to learn about only his source of draconian.


    At the same time, Aakesh was also aware that William had no good treasures with him. He had run from his family, and if he were to take high-level items from the treasury, it would be easy for the family¡¯s higher-ups to find William.


    ¡°I know thenguage of Dragons,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded after seeing William also going for bending in front of him.


    ¡°What will it take for you to teach me the draconian?¡± William¡¯s eyes had a shine never seen before as he asked Aakesh. His tone contained respect for Aakesh, which was never there earlier.


    Even though he had left the Asquith family, it didn¡¯t mean that he had let go of his ancestry. He was still a Sun Elf and would stay till hisst breath. His only goal for leaving the family wasn¡¯t only to hide and let his sister stay happy without any brother there to marry her. He had another aim. It was to surpass Asquith himself and then break the rules set by Asquith. He would establish a new order for the Sun Elves.


    ¡°You aren¡¯t worthy,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied after taking a nce at William.


    William would have considered it as Aakesh mocking him, but seeingplete indifference in Aakesh¡¯s eyes, he found himself trusting Aakesh.


    ¡°How can I be worthy?¡± William subconsciously asked Aakesh. Now that he had someone who knew draconian, William couldn¡¯t let go of the chance to learn it himself.


    ¡°A worthy person would find the answer on their own, rather than asking others,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.

 Chapter 714 A New Day with New Customers(19)

    Chapter 714: A New Day with New Customers(19)


    ¡°A worthy being would find their worth on their own and not ask others,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered in response to William¡¯s question.


    A look of embarrassment appeared on William¡¯s face after hearing Aakesh¡¯s response. At the same time, he also felt frustrated as Aakesh didn¡¯t offer him an answer. He would need to find one on his own, and only then would he be able to request Aakesh to teach him thenguage of the Dragons.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care for William¡¯s embarrassed face. He didn¡¯t lie when he saw William as someone unworthy to learn Draconian.


    Aakesh had learned thenguage of Dragons when he was at his weakest. But at the same time, he also had unlimited intelligence, making him more than worthy of learning thenguage of Devas, let alone Dragons.


    Whether Aakesh would teach William or not if he someday became worthy of thenguage was a different thing, and Aakesh didn¡¯t waste his time pondering over it. He would do so when the time would arrive.


    William had the same question going around in his mind, but since Aakesh had clearly told him he wasn¡¯t eligible to learn the Draconian for now, he had no choice but to push the question to the back of his mind.


    His focus then returned to the silver card in his hands. He still hadn¡¯t bonded with it, so the next moment, William repeated the process told by Aakesh. Not long after, a golden card shining with even more splendor than the sun appeared in William¡¯s hands.


    The next moment, William found an item in his consciousness. William didn¡¯t have to interact with it. Not long after the card¡¯s creation, a mechanical question rang inside his head.


    [Customer, do you want to transfer the remaining sum from the exchange trade?]


    William thought of yes in his head, and not long after, William got another emotionless alert ringing in his head.


    This time, it was about the sessful transfer of the remaining sum from the three quintillions of supreme Primal stone exchange trade.


    William then finally returned to the store products. He didn¡¯t have much interest in any store products since he couldn¡¯t grow up his level due to the traveling talisman.


    Since there was no point in wasting his time in the Primal dimension and his goal also was to surpass Asquith, so he would have to return to the Sacred dimension one day.


    That time, he would exchange his cultivation from Panagea and would be stronger than he currently was in the Sacred dimension.


    Thinking like this, William chose Panagea to be his first store product for spending money. The training area was the second product he would spend money on, but since Panagea felt more interesting to William, he chose it over the training area as the first product.


    His focus then returned to the silver card in his hands. He still hadn¡¯t bonded with it, so the next moment, William repeated the process told by Aakesh. Not long after, a golden card shining with even more splendor than the sun appeared in William¡¯s hands.


    If the system were to remove any suppressing in the square card in William¡¯s hands, its splendor would blind many of the customers inside the store. The system knew it, so it had suppressed it soon after its creation.


    Since William didn¡¯t need to ask Aakesh about the Panagea, he decided to leave the line. He thanked Aakesh for all the answers he gave and also for those he ignored and then exited the queue and turned around toward the portal room.


    Aakesh got busy with another customer after William left. Since William had been conversing with Aakesh for a while, the queue had gotten more oversized than expected then when William¡¯s turn had arrived.


    After William left, the next several tens of thousands of customers were in the queue to buy cultivation arts; Aakesh heard the same familiar sentence and senselessly repealed the simr scene until a customer asking for something else¡¯s turn arrived.


    Except for the cultivation arts, the store only had a single product that needed to get directly bought from the store owner. It was the Immortal level and the Gods & Demons level training area.


    The customer in question chose an Immortal level training area for an Overlord-grade weapon. It wasn¡¯t due to the customercking money, but it was due to the reduced time limit for the Immortal level training area.


    It was a man who had been a customer of the store from its early days. He had been repeating this habit since he became a customer of the store. This way, the customer had spent more money than he should have if he had chosen the Gods & Demons level training area,paring the gain both the training area provided. The man also knew this, but he loved to train.


    Training areas below the Immortal level were no fun for him, and the Gods & Demons level training area only allowed him to enter once a year.


    The man left after paying for the training area from his supreme card, and after the man, Aakesh had to repeat a simr scene for the next several minutes.


    Seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, and just like that four hours had passed.


    The queue standing in front of Aakesh seemed neverending. It turned out to be even bigger than yesterday.


    At the same time, there were also many people sitting in the store¡¯s hall.


    The day up to this point in the day had already turned into one of the most sessful days for the store. For the first time since their emergence in the store, all two hundred million virtual portals were filled at once.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he had no time to feel d about it since he was busy getting the payment for cultivation arts from the customers in the line.


    Aakesh had heard the same line at least a few million times since the opening of the store today, and there was still quite a time left before the sunset and the store¡¯s closing.


    Aakesh could see a few new faces in the queue of more than a million people. But since the system was adamant about Aakesh himself selling the cultivation arts, he had no choice but to continue and the new customers would have to continue to wait.

 Chapter 715 A New Day with New Customers(End)

    Chapter 715: A New Day with New Customers(End)


    The queue only grew with each passing moment, and with it, the number of newer customers also increased.


    The new customers had no choice but to spend their time standing in the queue since they could either buy products by directly paying the store owner or indirectly pay through one of the three cards published by the store.


    ¡°Hello, store owner,¡± A customer who had entered the store for the first time after learning about it from his partner respectfully greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to the customer¡¯s greeting and waited for the customer to ask the next question.


    ¡°Store owner, I want the supreme card,¡± The customer respectfully requested Aakesh as he took out a supreme Primal stone from his space ring.


    Not long after, a dark green card appeared in the customer¡¯s hands. The customer then transferred all his wealth into the supreme card.


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± The man thanked Aakesh and left the queue. The man hade here for Panagea, and now that he had a card, he didn¡¯t need to stay in line and pay directly to the store owner.


    Aakesh only nodded, and not long after, his sight weed a regr customer, and a simr scene repeated once again.


    After leaving the queue, the man went toward the weapons room. All the virtual portals in the store were filled, and there were already a few hundred thousand people waiting for their turn to arrive in the store¡¯s hall. The man decided to train for an hour in the training area.


    It wasn¡¯t like the man was a neer to the store because he had already learned about it from his partner.


    The man didn¡¯t have enough wealth to spend it on Immortal level or the Gods & Demons level training area, so he didn¡¯t pay Aakesh after waiting in the queue for several minutes.


    The man then chose the difficult level training area. A golden transparent barrier appeared around the man not long after, as his eyes had turned nk after losing his soul.


    Time flew by, and two more hours had passed.


    Aakesh¡¯s sight weed another new customer for the day. Today was rare when it came to new customers. Their numbers for the day had crossed the mark of a million, so Aakesh hade across many of them.


    ¡°Hello, store owner!¡±


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded as another respectful greeting rang in Aakesh¡¯s ears.


    ¡°Store owner, I am Devon, Eliza¡¯s father,¡± The man respectfully introduced himself to Aakesh.


    The customer in front of Aakesh looked in thest phase of his life as his skin had turned wrinkly, while only one or two strips of hair were left on the man¡¯s wrinkly head. No one would believe an Immortal looking like this, but it was his natural appearance and not a disguise.


    Eliza was one of the customers who had won big in one of the events in the past. She was among the few to own territory in Panagea for a limited time.


    ¡°I am Aakesh,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly introduced himself in response to the man. Aakesh then looked at the man, waiting for his question or what product he wanted to buy if he already knew about the store products.


    ¡°Store owner, is there any way to treat me?¡± Devon respectfully asked Aakesh.


    Devon was old, but since he was an Immortal and became one quite early in his age due to his excellent talent, he should¡¯ve never looked like what he currently looked.


    It wasn¡¯t natural, but it was due to a curse he had activated after entering a ruin. For the past thousand years, Devon had been in ruin, aiming to have a breakthrough and reach the peak of Immortality.


    Unfortunately for Devon, he had extinguished whatever fortune he had in earlier parts of his life as he activated a terrible curse in his attempts to gain a treasure.


    The ruin was from countless years ago and was set by someone from a now-extinct race. In the past, the race had an excellent background in the Primal dimension, but for some reason, they vanished suddenly one night around three Epochs ago. After that day, the race was never seen again in the Primal dimension.


    Only a few ruins were left of the race proving their existence once in these parts.


    During one of his hunts, Devon activated the trap. At that moment, he didn¡¯t know what had happened to him, but he had onlye out of the ruin a few minutes ago.


    Only then did Devon find what the curse had done to him. Despite him being an Immortal, he was getting old as the curse was depleting his soul at an rming rate.


    If Devon failed to treat the curse, he would at most have an hour to live.


    Devon¡¯s daughter Eliza, who was now also an Immortal suggested Devon to the store. Since it was his daughter¡¯s suggestion, and he also had no other choice, Devon came rushing down to the store.


    Unfortunately, he found arge queue waiting in the store. At that moment, his heart had fallen into deep pits of hell as every moment untreated from the curse: his soul would deplete further. It didn¡¯t matter if he was an Immortal; if his soul died, he would also die and wouldn¡¯t even be able to reincarnate.


    Unexpectedly, he found that his soul depletion had stopped after entering the store. His heart returned to calm as he joined the queue and waited for his turn to arrive.


    Devon didn¡¯t try to make a fuss in this unknown store to meet the store owner earlier than scheduled since his daughter, Eliza, had sternly warned him of not recklessly doing anything.


    ***


    After hearing the question, Aakesh took a nce toward Devon.


    Devon couldn¡¯t help but shudder as he felt him standing naked in front of Aakesh¡¯s indifferent eyes.


    Aakesh could see a worm-like creature nibbling Devon¡¯s soul. Since Devon was currently in the store, the worm was inactive. Aakesh sensed that it would be active and quicker after Devon left the store.


    Aakesh then looked toward Devon and shook his head. If Aakesh desired, he could destroy the worm and rescue Devon, but unfortunately for Devon, Aakesh wasn¡¯t going to do that for him. At the same time, the store sold no product that could kill the worm since it was one of the strongest curses in the Primal dimension.


    Devon felt his heart turning cold after seeing Aakesh¡¯s shaking his head in response to his question.


    With that, Devon became the first customer that left empty-handed from the store.


    As Devon had expected, an hour after living in the store, Devon lost his life as the worm devoured every bit of his soul.


    A look of curiosity appeared in the worm¡¯s eyes after killing Devon, but it couldn¡¯t stay for long as tribtion appeared and attacked it. The worm was something that should have never been in the Primal dimension, so the tribtion turned into a tragedy for the Universe where Devon lived.


    The curse not only killed Devon but also his descendants as well. Except for Eliza, only a few more of her family members were left alive, and that was also due to them being far from the Universe.

 Chapter 716 The Store Upgrading Quest(1)

    Chapter 716: The Store Upgrading Quest(1)


    The other customers couldn¡¯t hear the conversation between the store owner and the customer, so none knew of Devon leaving the store with nothing in his kitty.


    Aakesh got busy with other customers after Devon left. He could have helped him, but the store¡¯s first rule said that Aakesh had to be fair with each customer of his, irrespective of their situation. So if Aakesh helped Devon heal from the curse of the worm, it would mean Aakesh would have to save other customers as well if the store didn¡¯t sell the lifesaving product they needed.


    Aakesh had helped Maria when the store had only settled, but that was only mary help, and that was too not his money but of those who had ulterior motives when entering the store.


    As for Devon¡¯s death affecting the store¡¯s poprity, Aakesh didn¡¯t care much. The store has been continuously serving the needs of millions of people for the past several decades. If just one person leaving the store emptyhanded negated this, then there wasn¡¯t supposed to be a store in the first ce.


    As Aakesh had expected, it yed no role in the store customer¡¯s mind after learning of it. Even Eliza, Devon¡¯s daughter, continued to be a regr at the store.


    Only Aakesh didn¡¯t know what he had set loose upon the Multiverse. Aakesh had recognized the worm that was nibbling Devon¡¯s soul, but he didn¡¯t give much importance to it.


    The worm belonged to a group of parasitic races. Its name was Nibble Parasite. As its name suggested, it ate things and grew stronger with them.


    Nibble Parasite was once a living race that had be extinct after a man hunted the race countless years ago.


    The parasite invited a tribtion as soon as it emerged from Devon¡¯s corpse. The tribtion was horrifying, to say the least, and yet the worm was alive when it ended.


    The reason for it wasn¡¯t the worm¡¯s own capability but a golden hue covering it. A wormhole appeared out of nowhere at that ce, and it had sucked the worm inside, only to emerge in the future, causing mayhem across the Primal and Sacred dimensions.


    ***


    Unaware of what the future was to cause, Aakesh continued selling cultivation arts in the store. Devon wasn¡¯t the end of new customers as many thousands of them came after him, and everyone left with excitement on their faces.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art!¡± A familiar statement rang in Aakesh¡¯s ears for the umpteenth time.


    Aakesh, as usual, took a nce at the customer and then at the virtual book floating next to the customer.


    ¡°Oh, you found one for yourself,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly said as the customer in front of Aakesh was Philips. Philips hade to the store to get a top-quality cultivation art to solve an issue he had on his hands.


    Philips nodded as he had an excited expression on his face. The next moment, he heard the price of the cultivation art and felt a pang in his heart. But Philips steeled himself as the price paid by him was worth it. His life was at stake, so no price was worth more than it.


    After steeling his heart, Philips took the required amount from his pocket space and handed it to Aakesh. It was nine hundred billion supreme Primal stones.


    Philips had found three other cultivation arts that were of better quality than the current one he used, but unfortunately for him, it was the only one he could afford, as the other three cost more than his worth.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and soon the mountain of the Primal stones disappeared from the store. Aakesh then informed Philips about his ownership of the cultivation art.


    Philips had a mixture of positive expressions going through his face as he left the queue and then the store. Philips couldn¡¯t wait to get himself free of the wisp of the soul in his consciousness.


    Aakesh got busy with another customer after Philips left.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, fifteen seconds passed, and just like that, hours had passed. Only around one hour was left before the sunset when suddenly, out of nowhere, a door materialized mid-air in the store.


    Those who were new to the store had surprised expressions, while those who were regr did not react since they had already gotten used to seeing the scene.


    Not long after, Lily stepped out of the door and came down to the store, using the stairs. Aakesh only nced at her and smiled, and then got busy with the customers in the queue.


    Lily felt irritation in her heart after seeing this many people in the queue. As a result, Lily had to wait silently until the store closed and then for a few more minutes after if the people in the line didn¡¯t leave till then.


    Lily then pushed the irritation to the back of her mind since Aakesh would never stop doing it. She then jumped on Aakesh¡¯s head and began herfortable sleeping session.


    Time flew by, and the sunset finally announced its arrival on the Anga continent.


    As the sun went to rest, darkness spread across the entire continent. Many had excited expressions while many had sad expressions as the augment of the night brought good news for some, while for some, it announced the arrival of tragedy.


    Aakesh had nothing to do with what was going on in other people¡¯s lives, so when the sunset arrived, Aakesh stood up from the chair and went to the weapons room.


    Aakesh told the customers in the weapons room to leave since the store was about to close. Without waiting for their reaction, Aakesh went to the cultivation arts room and repeated the same process.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes fell on a frustrated Lilith, but since he didn¡¯t care what was going on with her, he ignored it and returned to his chair.


    The customers in the weapons and the cultivation arts room began leaving one by one. Lilith turned around and took a nce at Aakesh, who was busy with the customers in the queue. She wanted to say something, but after seeing the number of people in the line, she pushed it back to her head and left the store.

 Chapter 717 The Store Upgrading Quest(2)

    Chapter 717: The Store Upgrading Quest(2)


    ¡°Hello, store owner,¡± A customer awkwardly greeted Aakesh.


    Even Aakesh, who stayed expressionless all the time, had a change in his expression. He soon masked it, so neither the man found out nor did Lily, sleeping atop Aakesh¡¯s head.


    The customer in front of Aakesh had just gotten his turn after waiting in the queue for quite some time. Unfortunately for the man, the closing time for the store had arrived.


    It was already apparent to the man how rule-bound the store was because he had heard about it from his friend.


    Time flew by.


    The man left the store with an excited face as he had earned three extra hours in Panagea aspensation for the waste of his time.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, the turn to paypensation to other customers never arrived as no new customer appeared in the queue of people.


    Some timeter, the customers in the portal room also left as their hours came to an end. Not long after, only Aakesh and Lily were left standing in the store after Aakesh had tended to all the customers in the queue.


    ¡°Finally, the torture is over,¡± Lily stretched after waking up. Unlike Aakesh, she had gotten irritated with hearing the same statement over and over again. Now that only she and Aakesh were left in the store, she could act simrly to what she was in reality.


    Aakesh only smiled after hearing Lily¡¯s words. He then stood up from his chair, went to the door, and closed it, announcing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    Lily jumped down Aakesh¡¯s head as it was time to enter the training area. She didn¡¯t like it at all, but since Aakesh never joked around with Lily¡¯s training, she had no choice but to go there regrly.


    ¡°Do you want toe with me?¡± Aakesh asked Lily.


    ¡°Where?¡±


    ¡°A quest,¡± Aakesh responded to Lily¡¯s question.


    ¡°Are you serious?¡± Lily asked as she couldn¡¯t believe Aakesh was going outside.


    They had gone outside several years ago, and at that time, they had been outside for only a few hours whenpared to the time in the Primal dimension, but in actuality, they were out for a few centuries. After that, Aakesh decided not to go outside for a few centuries.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Aakesh smilingly nodded and then told Lily about the intruder sense.


    Lily¡¯s fur straightened up in anger after hearing Aakesh. Aakesh smiled, as he rubbed Lily¡¯s head, and she soon returned to calm.


    ¡°There is no point thinking over the person since we are too weak,¡± Aakesh smilingly told Lily as he continued to rub Lily¡¯s head.


    Unlike Aakesh, Lily wasn¡¯t patient enough to control her emotions. Lily then shouted the worst of curse words she knew toward the owner of the intruder sense.


    Aakesh only smiled and let Lily vent her feelings. Simr to how he could do nothing to the person, the person also couldn¡¯t do anything to Aakesh and Lily.


    While the system failed to counterattack, at the same time, it also prevented the intruder from studying the store. So the first party had failed in their motives, while the system had partially seeded.


    ***


    Somewhere in the third dimension,


    ¡°Did you seed?¡± A female voice rang in the area.


    ¡°No! The other side seeded in restricting my sense,¡± A voice filled with disappointment rang in response.


    ¡°Hahahaha,¡± The female startedughing in response to the man¡¯s voice.


    The man couldn¡¯t help but scoff in response to the burst ofughter ringing in the area.


    The man was none other than Asquith, the founder of Sun Elves and the son of the Primordial World Tree. The owner of the female voice was also an Elf and was the daughter of the Primordial World Tree.


    Since the Elves weren¡¯t the bloodline descendants of the World Tree, there was no rtion between the group of Elves. So one Elf intermingling with another Elf wasmon.


    Since Asquith stood at the top when it came to beauty in the direct creation of the World Tree, he was always in demand with other female Elves directly created by the World Tree.


    ¡°So, have you thought of the consequences of your actions,¡± Theughter suddenly stopped and a never heard before solemnness appeared in the female¡¯s voice.


    ¡°What about the consequences?¡± Asquith was confused since he didn¡¯t know much about the store.


    He could sense his bloodline, so when William left the family, Asquith sensed it.


    It wasn¡¯t very hard for someone like him to find out where William was, so after learning about the store, Asquith tried to sense the store.


    Unfortunately for him, the other being was no weakling as it destroyed the wisp of Asquith¡¯s sense. At the same time, there was an intention of counterattack from the other side, but neither Asquith was weak nor was he close, so the person there failed.


    Since Asquith had failed in his attempt, he understood that the other party wasn¡¯t weak. So he informed his descendant, Andrew, not to interfere and try to bring William back.


    A solemn expression appeared on Asquith¡¯s face after seeing the look on the female Elf¡¯s face. Even though the female joked with Asquith, it didn¡¯t mean they were on the same level.


    If the female Elf was the sky, then Asquith didn¡¯t even have the ability topare himself with earth; such was the power gap between him and the female Elf.


    The female Elf in question was the leader of the Elves and only second to the World Tree in status.


    She knew things that Asquith couldn¡¯t even imagine. It was also the reason the female Elf knew about the store.


    The female Elf didn¡¯t answer Asquith¡¯s question straight away, but she disappeared from the area. Her clothes, lying on the table, also disappeared not long after.


    Asquith¡¯s eyes got wide open as he never expected such a reaction from the female Elf.


    ¡°Haha, look at you,¡± Suddenly, a peal ofughter rang in the area.


    Asquith¡¯s face turned white, and soon it turned red from embarrassment.


    ¡°Hmph, it seems you don¡¯t want to see me again,¡± Asquith scoffed.


    ¡°Haha, can you even stop me if I wanted to see you?¡± The female Elf returned and responded with a question.

 Chapter 718 The Store Upgrading Quest(3)

    Chapter 718: The Store Upgrading Quest(3)


    Unaware of the conversation about the store in the third dimension, Aakesh and Lily were discussing the store¡¯s quest.


    Aakesh thought of the quest screen, and not long after, a blue screen containing the details of the mission appeared in front of Aakesh. It was also visible to Lily since Aakesh had willed such.


    [Mission Objective: Upgrade of the store to Level 2,


    Requirement: After achieving the requirement set by the system for you, you have unlocked the store upgrading quest. The store upgrading mission would not only help you increase your authority, but it would also unlock new functions for the store,


    Mission Detail: Host, the store¡¯s name is ¡®The First Store¡¯. As its name suggests, the goal of the store is to be the first store for every living being, irrespective of their situation. How could the store prove itself better other than defeating other store¡¯s products and making the owner of the store a customer of the First Store?


    Select one of the top merchant families of the Anga continent and make them your store¡¯s customers,


    Duration: None,


    Mission Reward: Upgrade of Authority, an Assistant(Addedter),¡­etc.


    Failure Punishment: None.]


    Aakesh had already studied the quest, so he didn¡¯t need to read it again. Aakesh had activated the quest after mistakenly having 111,111 customers in the store at once due to the finalpetition in the first-ever event.


    At that time, Aakesh¡¯s level was equivalent to Tao Pce, so the quest¡¯s details were almost impossible for him to achieve. No one would take it kindly if some other store owner arrived in their territory and started proving their products to be superior.


    The mission demanded that Aakesh to choose a top merchant family on the Anga continent, so for Aakesh, it was no less than suicide. Any leading merchant family would have several Immortal in their services.


    Since taking the system¡¯s help inpleting the quest meant failure, Aakesh would have had to deal with everything on his own. Although Aakesh was strong, he wasn¡¯t powerful enough to defeat several Immortals.


    ***


    ¡°Hmm, isn¡¯t it too easy,¡± Lily mumbled in surprise after reading the quest¡¯s details.


    Aakesh only smiled and told Lily about when he had gotten the quest. It was just his unwillingness to go outside, or he would have alreadypleted it.


    ¡°But still, it would be very boring,¡± Lily responded. Her tone filled with disappointment.


    ¡°If you don¡¯t want to go, you don¡¯t have to,¡± Aakesh smilingly told Lily and rubbed her already ruffled head.


    ¡°No, I want to go,¡± Lily straight away replied as she feared Aakesh wouldn¡¯t take her with him if she didn¡¯t answer right away.


    Aakesh only smiled in response to Lily¡¯s antics. It was now time for him to choose a leading merchant family on the Anga continent.


    [Host, the quest had been updated due to an increase in your strength!]


    ¡°Eh!¡± Aakesh eximed in surprise as he suddenly heard the system¡¯s emotionless voice ringing in his head.


    The next moment, in front of Aakesh and Lily, the blue screen containing the quest details began to change. The golden fonts on it started moving here and there at an unimaginable speed.


    A few secondster, a new quest appeared in front of Aakesh. Since Aakesh had deemed the screen to be visible to Lily as well, she also saw the changes.


    [Mission Objective: Upgrade of the store to Level 2,


    Requirement: After achieving the requirement set by the system for you, you have unlocked the store upgrading quest. The store upgrading mission would not only help you increase your authority, but it would also unlock new functions for the store,


    Mission Detail: Host, the store¡¯s name is ¡®The First Store¡¯. As its name suggests, the goal of the store is to be the first store for every living being, irrespective of their situation. How could the store prove itself better other than defeating other store¡¯s products and making the owner of the store a customer of the First Store?


    Select one of the leading merchant families of the Primal dimension and make them your store¡¯s customers,


    Mandatory requirements: 1. Any member in the family should have no information about you and your store before today,


    2. Your cultivation level should be blocked at intermediate Immortal,


    Duration: Twenty-four hours,


    Mission Reward: Upgrade of Authority, A minor scene of your mysterious past life, an Assistant(Addedter),¡­etc.


    Failure Punishment: Degradation of Authority.]


    Aakesh was going to argue with the system for increasing the difficulty of the quest, but when he saw the reward section, he stopped whatever was going through his mind. In fact, he thanked the system for upgrading the quest.


    Even though the difficulty of the quest had grown several folds, Aakesh didn¡¯t find it to be any issue at all after seeing his reward.


    The only issue in the quest was his cultivation getting blocked at intermediate Immortal. Aakesh knew why the system had done that.


    While being an intermediate Immortal, Aakesh could defeat peak Immortals at best. If those peak Immortals with pseudo divine physique came at him, he would have no choice but to leave the battle. He wouldn¡¯t die, but he wouldn¡¯t also win.


    There was also a deadline associated with the quest after its upgrade, but Aakesh had no issue with it. It gave him twenty-four hours of time toplete the mission, and it was more than enough for Aakesh.


    ¡°What do you think now?¡± Aakesh looked at Lily and asked with a knowing smile on his face.


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t look as boring as before,¡± Lily replied with a casual face as if she didn¡¯t see much difference, but her concerned eyes gave her true feelings away.


    ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry about me,¡± Aakesh smilingly replied as he rubbed Lily¡¯s head. She had only straightened it a moment earlier, and now Aakesh had ruffled it once again.


    Aakesh already had the lowest possible authority when it came to the store¡¯s authority level, but if he somehow failed the mission, he would see further degradation of the already minimum level of authority.


    It was the reason behind Lily¡¯s concern as she wasn¡¯t aware of the consequences of it.


    Aakesh also had the question in his mind after reading the failure punishment section, so he didn¡¯t wait long and asked the system about it.


    [Host, degradation of authority would mean Host returning to the moment when the Host opened his eyes for the first time. Everything would start once again.]


    The next moment, a shocking answer rang in Aakesh and Lily¡¯s ears.


    Aakesh and Lily then looked at each other and could see the shock in their eyes. If Aakesh were to consider the cruelest failure punishment from the system, it had to be the current one.


    Starting over again meant he and Lily leaving each other. All the memories he had made in these more than eighty-thousand years would vanish like it was nothing in the first ce.


    ¡°Hey, system, does starting over mean going back in time?¡± Aakesh asked the system the first question that popped into his head after hearing the system¡¯s response.


    [Yes, Host!]


    ¡°But going back in time doesn¡¯t matter much to Immortals or being higher than Immortals,¡± Aakeshmented.


    Immortals weren¡¯t above the flow of time, but Immortals flowed with it on an equal footing. So going back in time did not affect Immortals, let alone beings with higher levels, and stood at a higher rank than time.


    [Host, you have insufficient authority to know how it works!]


    Aakesh could only nod his head in disappointment while Lily nudged Aakesh to ask another important question.


    Aakesh smiled after seeing the look of nervousness on Lily¡¯s face. He wanted to tease her. Aakesh wasn¡¯t one to control himself when in front of Lily, so he did. he had a fake conversation with the system the next moment.


    ¡°Hey, system, since degradation of authority from the lowest level means starting over, does that mean I have once failed, and it isn¡¯t my first turn?¡± Aakesh asked. Lily¡¯s ears straightened up as she attentively listened to the system¡¯s response.


    [Yes, Host! It is your second attempt at this!]


    [In your earlier attempt, you had started quicker and attempted the quest earlier. Simr to the current situation, the system had upgraded the mission, and it had the same failure punishment.


    Why it happened, you have insufficient authority to know it.]


    The next moment, a nk screen appeared in front of Aakesh.


    Soon the screen lightened up and started ying scenes of how Aakesh opened his eyes andpleted the four quests. Simr to thest time, he gained an egg. It was also an egg belonging to the Epochal Feline race. But it was a mutated egg, as the creature was ck, unlike other Epochal Felines.


    Simr to the currentpanion of Aakesh, he had named the creature Lily and did adventures with her.


    Lily, watching the screen, had an ugly face as the Aakesh of the past was more lenient and less determined about training. At the same time, she also felt fear in her heart about what if Aakesh also failed in doing this quest and forgot her like he had forgotten Lily on the screen.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he looked at the screen, but suddenly it turned to look at Lily, and in no time, an unconceble smile appeared on his face.


    Lily got caught off guard after seeing Aakesh smiling since she never expected Aakesh to smile in such a situation.


    ¡°Hey, system, now tell the correct answer,¡± Aakesh suddenly told out loud.


    [Yes, Host!]


    [No, Host, the situation of starting over hadn¡¯t urred again as it¡¯s your first attempt!]


    The system¡¯s response rang in the store for Lily to hear.


    The smile on Aakesh¡¯s face got bigger and bigger while lily¡¯s face turned red from anger. Not long after, her eyes turned moist, and when it looked like she would cry, Aakesh picked her up and coaxed her just like he did when she was just a baby.


    ¡°I would never forget my daughter,¡± A gentle expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as he whispered in Lily¡¯s ears.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter today. My work overwhelmed me, so I gotte and could only write one chapter.


    Please share your feelings after reading this chapter. I wouldn¡¯t lie if I had more time, I would have made it into a 3000+ words chapter. It is one of the favorites I have ever written or read.

 Chapter 719 The Store Upgrading Quest(4)

    Chapter 719: The Store Upgrading Quest(4)


    ¡°I will never forget you,¡± Aakesh smilingly told Lily as he gently rubbed her head.


    ¡°Hmph,¡± Lily only scoffed in response as she didn¡¯t like Aakesh joking with her at this moment.


    Aakesh only smiled in response and then focused on the quest¡¯s screen.


    Now, Aakesh needed to select one of the leading merchant families in the Primal dimension. At the same time, no family member should be a customer of the store.


    It was difficult as well as easy to find a leading merchant family in the Primal dimension. Easy since their names were spread across the dimension, and hard since not even a single family member should have no information about the store.


    At the same time, Aakesh couldn¡¯t select any leading merchant family just by the fact of none of their member knew about the store.


    Aakesh knew of a leading merchant family that had no information about the store. It was one of the top three merchant organizations in the Primal dimension.


    The organization was controlled by the Forad family. Despite it, Aakesh couldn¡¯t go to the family since the Forad family traded in beasts.


    There was no point in Aakesh going there. The store didn¡¯t sell beast eggs and cubs, so there was no way for Aakesh to prove the superiority of the First Store. Since things were like that, Aakesh cut the Forad family from his list.


    ***


    ¡°I will meet the head of Tritans tomorrow,¡± Maria told Evelyn.


    Maria was currently doing a quest in Panagea, and the organization Tritan had an immense role to y in it. So Maria will meet its head tomorrow. She was telling Evelyn about it since Evelyn was in charge of the Skylord¡¯s panagea situations.


    ¡°Hmm, do as you deem fit for now. You are doing great,¡± Evelynplimented Maria since Maria rarelymitted wrong moves. In thest fifty years, Maria had grown the most of the lot in the organization.


    Suddenly Maria and Evelyn¡¯s faces turned ugly as they sensed someone attempting to break the protection formation around the building.


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    ¡°CRACK!¡±


    The next moment, a cracking sound rang in the entire building as if a ss had cracked.


    A look of horror appeared on Maria¡¯s and others¡¯ faces since it didn¡¯t take even a billionth of a second to break the protection formation around the building.


    The next moment, the look of horror turned into surprise, and soon, it turned into an excited expression as Maria found the identity of the person behind the breaking of the protection formation.


    It was none other than Aakesh, the person Maria trusted most in her life.


    ¡°Senior, what brought you here?¡± Maria respectfully asked. At the same time, shemunicated with other members of his organization; it was not to disturb her unless she called them. It also included Evelyn.


    Evelyn could only smile wryly after seeing the excitement on Maria¡¯s face. Living with Maria for so many years allowed her to learn everything a person can about her.


    When Evelyn had heard about Maria¡¯s past, she had also felt anger over Ben. if not for Aakeshpletely disintegrating Ben¡¯s soul, Evelyn would have attempted to revive him and then kill him.


    With it, she also understood the reason behind an unprecedented fanaticism in Maria¡¯s heart toward Aakesh.


    ***


    ¡°I want you to tell me about all the leading merchant families in the Primal dimension,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Maria. Lily, who was lying on Aakesh¡¯s head, took a single nce at Maria and then closed her eyes. For some reason, she didn¡¯t trust Maria a bit.


    At the same time, Aakesh waved his hands. The next moment, the protection formation around the Skylord restored itself to its peak. Aakesh didn¡¯t enhance the security, but as a price for getting the piece of information from Maria, he reduced the number of nodes to three.


    When Evelyn and George learned about Aakesh¡¯s actions, they would have had their eyes and mouth fly wide open in excitement. Since lesser the number of nodes, the greater the defense.


    Earlier, the protection formation had one hundred and eight nodes, so if even one of the nodes got broken, the defense would weaken. Now that there were only three nodes, it would be more difficult to break any of them, resulting in the defense getting stronger.


    After hearing Aakesh¡¯s request/order, Maria called Evelyn right away and told Evelyn to bring the piece of information.


    Since Maria controlled an organization, it was required for her to have information about these factors. Not long after her order, a scroll appeared in Maria¡¯s hands.


    It was the work of an array, which made transfers of items easy. Since the space inside the building was spread across tens of thousands of miles, and not everyone was Tao Pce or Immortal like her, the array was set to make the transfer time quick.


    Maria respectfully gave the scroll to Aakesh. Aakesh took it and in no time read all the details written there.


    Since Aakesh now had the list of the leading merchant families in the Primal dimension, it was finally time for him to select one family and begin his quest.


    ¡°I have reduced the number of nodes to three in your protection formation as a payment.¡±


    Aakesh¡¯s voice rang in Maria¡¯s ears, but he was nowhere to be seen.


    The next moment, the scrollnded on the ground since Aakesh wasn¡¯t there to hold it. Thending sound broke Maria from her stupor.


    Unaware of the furor Aakesh¡¯s actions had caused in the building next to the store, Aakesh returned to the store.


    ¡°Which family should we choose?¡± Aakesh murmured as the list of the leading merchant families appeared in his head.


    He first discarded the family, whose members had appeared in the store.


    Not long after, Aakesh was left with seven families. Aakesh wasn¡¯t confident about whether any of the seven family members had appeared in the store or not since not every customer introduced themselves to him. Aakesh had met the members of the remaining family members, so he discarded their names.


    Out of the seven families, Aakesh discarded three more since their most influential business wasn¡¯t rted to any of the store products.


    Now only four families were left on the list, Guptas, Haq, Tor, and Massood.

 Chapter 720 The Store Upgrading Quest(5)

    Chapter 720: The Store Upgrading Quest(5)


    The four families left on the list were the Gupta family, the Tor family, the Massood family, and the Haq family.


    Neither of the families remaining on the list was in the top three merchant families since the First Store already had customers from those families.


    In the list of four, the Gupta family and the Haq family had the same worth and were the richest of the four.


    The Gupta family operated on the Vajji continent, the mightiest of the continents in Visteerna after Kashi. The Haq family, on the other hand, functioned in a cluster of universes under the control of Silver Vampires.


    Aakesh still hasn¡¯t had any member of the Silver Vampire in the store, so Aakesh had put the Haq family on the list.


    Aakesh only had these two families predominantly on his mind since the Gupta family also belonged to the Guhyaka race.


    Massood and the Tor family, on the other hand, belonged to the races that had entered the store. The race entering the store didn¡¯t mean that the family members also had since the majority of the races in the Multiverse have more than two or three families in their midst.


    Since things were like this, Aakesh decided to go to one of the two families first. If he didn¡¯t get what he wanted from the Guptas or the Haqs, he would go to Massoods and Tors. There was no issue with that.


    Since Aakesh had made his decision, he didn¡¯t wait and got ready to leave.


    ¡°Hey, system, I am ready for the quest,¡± Aakesh said out loud.


    The next moment, white light surrounded Aakesh. It disappeared as quickly as it hade, and when it vanished, Aakesh¡¯s cultivation regressed to intermediate Immortal equivalent.


    [Host, Lily can¡¯t interfere in the quest. She is only a watcher.]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s emotionless voice rang in the store. Lily, who wasfortably rxing on Aakesh¡¯s head after a round of ordeal with him, suddenly stood up and angrily hissed toward the roof of the store¡¯s hall.


    Lily then scoffed and returned to her previous position, muttering something which shouldn¡¯t be said out loud.


    Aakesh only smiled after seeing Lily¡¯s antics. He raised his hands and rubbed Lily¡¯s head.


    Even if the system hadn¡¯t told Aakesh, he would have never let Lily take action in the quest. He was aware of what Lily¡¯s taking action meant in a mission solely reserved for the store owner.


    ¡°Lily, you decide which family should we go to first?¡± Aakesh suddenly brought Lily down and asked her.


    Aakesh then told her about his choice of going to the Guptas or the Haqs first.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go to the Guptas first since I have never seen a Guhyaka member,¡± Lily replied in her childlike voice after thinking for less than a moment.


    Aakesh nodded after listening to Lily¡¯s choice. Aakesh also had the same name in his mind. But his reason for doing it was different. The Guptas on the Vajji continent were closer in distance than the domain of the Haqs.


    Since Aakesh was only an intermediate Immortal, for now, he couldn¡¯t cover the same distance he could do in actuality.


    The next moment, both Aakesh and Lily disappeared from the store. Soon, a wave of darkness engulfed the store, waiting for Aakesh¡¯s arrival.


    A transparent barrier had covered Lily as Aakesh was using the travel skill he had learned from Katrina on the Conspiracy continent.


    After a few rounds of teleportation, Aakesh reached the Pocoso Empire. He stopped here since the Empire had the continental travel portal.


    A crowd gathered in no time after seeing Aakesh standing in the queue to enter the city.


    Not everyone in the crowd knew of Aakesh. But when a group of six people started discussing about him, others who heard it also joined to see just who was this person with such an extraordinary identity.


    ¡°Don¡¯t create disruption.¡± One of the guards rushed toward Aakesh after finding him to be the source of disruption in the queue to enter the city.


    ¡°Do you want to die?¡± The guard suddenly stopped at his feet as he heard a cold voice ringing in his ears.


    Aakesh wasn¡¯t the source of the voice, but the guard higher-up was. The next moment, the guard saw a shocking scene as the crown prince, destined to be the next Emperor of the Pocoso Empire, appeared at the gate and approached the man behind the disruption.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he never expected him to cause such disruptions. The Anga continent had a poption of countless people belonging to millions of races. And yet, Aakesh, who only had a few hundred million customers, came in contact with a group of people who were regr to his store.


    ¡°Store owner, what brings you here?¡± The crown prince created an opaque barrier around him and Aakesh. He then respectfully asked Aakesh.


    ¡°I need to travel to the Vajji continent,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the truth to the crown prince.


    The crown prince couldn¡¯t help but be surprised as he never expected Aakesh to use the continental travel portal of the Pocoso Empire when the store sold products like supreme cards.


    ¡°Since it¡¯s your first time entering the Pocoso Empire, you can¡¯t leave without witnessing how the Empire treats its honorable guests,¡± The crown prince pushed the doubt to the back of his mind since he didn¡¯t want to offend Aakesh in any way. The prince then invited Aakesh.


    George had a considerable role to y in stabilizing his role as the crown prince. George was the first to find the store, and he is also a member of the organization, Skylord, with his girlfriend being the deputy of the organization.


    The worth of the organization Skylord was several timesrger than the value of the Pocoso Empire since Skylord had top-ranked adventurers in their midst and was leagues above any other Panagea organization. While the Pocoso Empire wasn¡¯t even the most fierce Empire on the Anga continent, let alone Visteerna or the Primal dimension.


    The crown prince knew how much George and Evelyn respected the store owner, so offending the store owner was equivalent to humiliating them. It would result in enmity between him and George.

 Chapter 721 The Store Upgrading Quest(6)

    Chapter 721: The Store Upgrading Quest(6)


    ¡°Store owner, please allow us the opportunity to wee you,¡± The crown prince respectfully invited Aakesh.


    Even though there was an opaque barrier surrounding Aakesh and the crown prince, the guards, who were at the peak of Tao Pce, could see and hear the happenings inside.


    They had their mouth and eyes fly wide open, and jaws dropped from shock. Even though they were trained to stay calm in different situations, they couldn¡¯t after seeing the arrogant crown prince¡¯s treatment of the mysterious blue-skinned man.


    ***


    After inviting the mysterious store owner, the crown prince had a nervous look on his face as he looked at Aakesh. His father, the Emperor of the Pocoso Empire, had told him to invite the store owner to the royal pce.


    If the crown prince seeded, his status would automatically rise in the Emperor¡¯s eyes, and at the same time, if he failed, the Emperor would feel disappointed in him.


    Unfortunately for the crown prince, disappointment was the result left in his future, as Aakesh bluntly refused. He then asked the crown prince to move away so that he could travel to the Vajji continent.


    The crown prince felt irritation in his heart after seeing the look of indifference in Aakesh¡¯s eyes, despite him standing in his future territory. But when the crown prince remembered the respect the store owner carried in the hearts of beings even stronger than him, the crown prince removed the negative feeling.


    The crown prince then didn¡¯t let Aakesh wait and moved away, making way for Aakesh to travel.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he handed the entry fee to the guard standing at the gate with a dumbfounded expression. The guard didn¡¯t know what to do, so he looked at the crown prince, only to see a cold re.


    The guard couldn¡¯t help but curse his luck for standing at the door this time. If he took the money, the crown prince wouldn¡¯t spare him, and if he didn¡¯t take the money, this mysterious blue-skinned man wouldn¡¯t spare him. The guard fell into a dilemma of what to do.


    Seeing the guard not taking the entrance fee from his hands, Aakesh forcefully controlled the guard¡¯s actions and took the stones from his hands.


    Aakesh wasn¡¯t going to disrespect the Primal stones by throwing them on the ground since he was a store owner. Money was never worthless for a trader.


    The guard had a crying face as he felt him getting controlled and taking the stones from the blue-skinned man¡¯s hands.


    The crown prince didn¡¯t speak anything but only took a nce at the departing Aakesh and then disappeared from the spot.


    ¡°Whoa! The pressure was going to kill me,¡± Another guard standing at the door muttered fearfully after both Aakesh and the crown prince had left.


    The next moment, a worried expression appeared on his face as the guard looked at his friend with an expression of crying.


    The guard wanted to say something to his friend, but before he could, a cold voice ordering him to return to work rang in the guard¡¯s ears.


    The guard had no choice but to do as the voice said since it belonged to his superior, and the guard had no interest in facing the consequences of refusing to follow his superior¡¯s order.


    ***


    Aakesh had no interest in knowing what his entrance here had caused since he did nothing.


    After entering the city, he straight away traveled to the traveling junction.


    Since teleportation was restricted in the capital city of the Pocoso Empire, and Aakesh was also only an intermediate Immortal, it took him around twenty-five minutes to reach his destination.


    Aakesh then joined the queue to use the continental traveling portal since there were many people who traveled from one continent to another.


    The other reason behind therge number of people being in the queue was because there was only one continental portal here, and only the four Empires on the Anga continent had one.


    Out of the four, the Xandar Empire refused anyone other than Elves into their capital city, so there were only three continental traveling portals for mass use on the Anga continent.


    The reason behind theck of it was the outrageous amount of money it wasted. To create one continental traveling portal, the value of resources used was almost equivalent to the value of a top Kingdom, so on the Anga continent, only the four Empires or others with that much wealth could afford it.


    The rules in Visteerna were different from the Primal dimension due to Kashi, so traveling from usual travel portals to other continents was impossible. Simrly, the pattern used in the continental traveling portal was useless for traveling if used outside Visteerna.


    A group of sixteen people could travel at one time, so Aakesh¡¯s turn arrived after waiting for thirteen minutes.


    ¡°Only you two?¡± A guard coldly asked Aakesh after his turn arrived.


    Sixteen people that wanted to travel to the same destination made a group. Unfortunately for Aakesh, he failed to find any other being who wanted to travel to the Vajji continent in a few hundred thousand people queue.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded. He then took out the required amount. It was sixteen times the amount he would have usually paid since it was the only way for him to leave right now. After including Lily¡¯s cost, he still paid eight times the price.


    If Aakesh wanted to pay only for his services, he would have to find fourteen other travelers to the Vajji continent.


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    The guard was going to take the mountain of supreme Primal stones when he suddenly received amunication from the top, the Emperor of the Pocoso Empire.


    The guard looked in surprise at Aakesh. The next moment, his cold face returned as he told Aakesh that he didn¡¯t need to pay and could travel straight away.


    Aakesh¡¯s expressionless face continued as he refused to take the favor from the guard. The guard was a peak Immortal with pseudo divinity, so Aakesh couldn¡¯t control the man like he did at the entrance of the city.


    The guardmunicated Aakesh¡¯s unwillingness to travel for free to the Emperor.


    The guard couldn¡¯t help but get shocked as he heard the disappointment in the Emperor¡¯s voice after learning about Aakesh¡¯s refusal.

 Chapter 722 The Store Upgrading Quest(7)

    Chapter 722: The Store Upgrading Quest(7)


    The Xirin Empire was the mightiest force of the Human race. If not for it, humanity would have been at the lower end in the mid-tier races of the Primal dimension.


    Since the Pocoso Empire was also a force belonging to humans, the destination coordinates of the continental traveling portal were set at the Xirin Empire.


    As Aakesh and Lily moved into space at an unimaginable rate, he finally became aware of the light.


    Just before Aakesh could breach that light, he suddenly found himself getting searched over by an invisible sense.


    Aakesh understood it was the throne of the Xirin Empire. If the will of the throne sensed any danger from Aakesh, it would expel him.


    Fortunately, it only sensed the cultivation base.


    Since Aakesh hadn¡¯t activated the chameleon skill, the will found his exact cultivation at the moment, intermediate Immortal.


    This cultivation was no danger to the stability of the throne, so there was no reaction from the will, but when Lily¡¯s turn arrived, a re started ringing in the traveling junction.


    In no time, an army of Immortals surrounded the traveling junction as they waited for the source of the warning re.


    Lily hadn¡¯t disguised her strength, so the will of the throne failed to check her cultivation. Lily¡¯s strength was only less than Aakesh¡¯s when it came to her power in the Primal dimension.


    A smile spread around Lily¡¯s face as she found herself to be the reason behind the chaos, while Aakesh could only smile wryly.


    Aakesh had already expected things to go this way since the Xirin Empire sat on the most valuable material on the Vajji continent. That amount of resources was impossible for the amount of strength the Empire had, but due to the protection set by Arjuna, they were able to peacefully rule over thend.


    If anyone could enter the city, then the Xirin Empire would have already fallen, and some other Empire would have taken its ce.


    Forget the number of Immortals waiting to pounce on him as soon as he exited the space; the space also had turned dangerous for him.


    If not for Aakesh¡¯splete mastery over the element of space in the Primal dimension, he would have gotten cut into countless pieces.


    ***


    ¡°State your identity!!!¡±


    As soon as Aakesh and Lily exited the space, they heard a cold voice ringing in their ears.


    Aakesh had already told Lily to control herself, so she didn¡¯t speak anything but onlyfortably slept on Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Despite Arjuna¡¯s protection over the Empire, Lily had more than enough strength to raze the Empire to the ground, so she didn¡¯t have to worry about the opponents.


    The only worry she had was for Aakesh. He was currently an intermediate Immortal, and the most he could defeat was peak Immortal. If someone higher than that attempted to harm Aakesh, he would have no choice but to escape.


    If he failed to escape, he would have to release his energy, which would result in the failure of the quest.


    Lily had no interest in seeing whether Aakesh would remember her or not if they started over. Even though Aakesh promised her that he wouldn¡¯t forget her even if he started over again, Lily didn¡¯t want to test his promise.


    At the same time, she couldn¡¯t attack or help Aakesh as it would be counted as her interference in the quest, and the result would be the same as earlier.


    ¡°Eh! Store owner!¡±


    A familiar voice to Aakesh rang in the area. Aakesh looked up at the source of the voice, only to find Lin Ren looking toward him with a surprised expression on his face.


    Lin Ren was the current Emperor of the Xirin Empire, and at the same time, he was also a customer of the store. Even though he had only be a customer to the store for a few days, he already respected Aakesh.


    ¡°Weapons down!¡±


    ¡°Spells down!¡±


    ¡°Disperse!¡±


    The next moment, Lin Ren ordered the army of Immortals, looking at Aakesh and the cat on his head with caution in their eyes.


    The Immortals couldn¡¯t help but stare at their Emperor, but when they saw Lin Ren¡¯s face slowly turning cold, the Immortals left the area, barring the four peak Immortals with pseudo divinity guarding the four continental traveling portals.


    The Anga continent only had four such portals. While the Xirin Empire, one of the ten Empires on the Vajji continent alone, had the same number of continental traveling portals, showing the vast difference between the strength and wealth between the Anga continent and the Vajji continent.


    ***


    ¡°Store owner, what brings you here?¡± Lin Ren respectfully asked as he descended down the ground.


    Only the Emperor of the Xirin Empire was allowed to fly in the capital city, showing the vast difference between the king and their subjects in the Empire.


    Aakesh¡¯s face returned to his usual expressionless one as he honestly told Lin Ren the purpose behind himing here.


    ¡°Our Empire had a branch of the Gupta traders. Do you want to meet them?¡± Lin Ren knew his standing, so he didn¡¯t ask for the reason behind the meeting. But instead, he asked for things that would make Aakesh¡¯s work easy.


    Aakesh shook his head since he was going to the Gupta trader¡¯s headquarters to meet them. Only there would he be able to meet the head of the family and direct family members.


    ¡°Store owner, just say a word if you need anything from this Emperor. We may not be the strongest of the Empires, but our wealth rivals the richest Empires,¡± Lin Ren asked Aakesh as he boasted the value of his Empire in Aakesh¡¯s eyes.


    Aakesh refused and left the area without saying anything.


    Lin Ren didn¡¯t mind Aakesh¡¯s response to his offer since he already knew about Aakesh. He then ordered no one to disturb him in his way, or the consequences would be too dire for others.


    The Gupta family headquarters were based in Cairo, the capital city of the Bahraich Empire, the mightiest and wealthiest Empire on the Vajji continent.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t leave the traveling junction since the distance between the Xirin Empire and the Bahraich Empire was nothing to scoff about.


    It would take more than one hour if Aakesh wanted to travel there on his own.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t feel like wasting that amount of time, so he went to the lower floor which contained ordinary travel portals used to travel to different parts of the Vajji continent.


    There were around seven hundred travel portals here. Aakesh found the one with their destination at the Bahraich Empire and joined the line gathering in front of it.

 Chapter 723 The Guhyakas

    Chapter 723: The Guhyakas


    After waiting for some time, Aakesh¡¯s turn arrived. Unlike the continental traveling portal, Aakesh didn¡¯t need to be in a group to travel at once.


    Aakesh then paid the required amount for him and Lily. The travel portal suddenly lightened up and embraced Aakesh, and not long after, the same phenomenon happened to Lily.


    Since the Visteerna had originated from an infinitesimally tiny piece of the fourth dimension, the rules here acted differently. Every continent had a barrier around it, which made the travel between the continents expensive. If someone wanted to travel without the traveling portal, it took a long time.


    If Aakesh were to travel from the Anga continent to the Vajji continent without the continental traveling portal, it would have taken him years, if not decades, to cover the distance, as breaking the barrier between the continents wasn¡¯t easy.


    There were a few materials and some talismans that could help with it, but they were rare and expensive, and Aakesh didn¡¯t have enough time to find them since the quest¡¯s deadline was only twenty-four hours.


    Fortunately, no such barrier existed anywhere while on the continent, so it didn¡¯t even take a second for Aakesh and Lily to reach their destination.


    As soon as Aakesh exited the space, he found a sense surveying him. The sense didn¡¯t attempt to perceive through Aakesh¡¯s secrets as doing anything like that would be equivalent to bing an enemy, so it was a simple formality.


    The same thing happened with Lily. She scoffed and wanted to make a move since she didn¡¯t like the feeling of getting surveilled, but she controlled herself. Lily understood she was only here to watch and not cause trouble for Aakesh.


    Even though the sense was only a formality, the number of guards with ready weapons wasn¡¯t.


    The number of travel portals in the Bahraich Empire breached the mark of one thousand since it was the mightiest empire on the Visteerna. Kashi was and devoid of any civilization despite it being thergest and one with the most resources, so the Empire on the Vajji continent were akin to the rulers of Visteerna.


    Aakesh could sense that his actions were under the watch of the more than a hundred peak Immortal guards spread around the traveling junction.


    Aakesh wasn¡¯t here to fight, so he didn¡¯t make any random move and left the traveling junction.


    As soon as he exited, the feeling of getting watched disappeared. He then smilingly looked at Lily, who was traveling next to him. She had returned to her size, with her height only being one cm shorter than Aakesh¡¯s.


    Lily had lived in Panagea for several decades, and she was currently in the hold of a territory that was worth more than half of the Primal dimension. So when she looked around, she couldn¡¯t help but scoff.


    Aakesh only smiled after seeing Lily¡¯s antics.


    Unlike the other major capital cities, flying wasn¡¯t forbidden in Cairo, but only teleportation was. The next moment, Aakesh and Lily floated up and rushed toward the location of the Gupta family headquarters.


    ***


    While Aakesh was rushing toward his destination, a war of words was currently going on between Lin Ren and the will of the throne.


    For the first time, the will of the throne warned Lin Ren about his actions. Lin Ren trusted Aakesh, but the throne didn¡¯t. Just from attempting to sense the cat¡¯s cultivation, the throne knew it was strong enough to raze the Xirin Empire down.


    For the first time, it had felt an extreme danger from someone. The throne¡¯s spirit was imbibed with the knowledge Arjuna had before ascending to the Sacred dimension, so it didn¡¯t recognize the race of either Aakesh or the cat with him. It only knew one thing, the bloodline of both the creatures was supreme.


    ¡°You have to trust me here. The more dangerous of the duo was the store owner. I only gave him the free way to make a good impression on him,¡± Lin Ren told the throne¡¯s spirit for the umpteenth time.


    The throne¡¯s spirit was stubborn here, but Lin Ren had no other choice than to try to make the will of the throne understand he wasn¡¯t wrong. Unlike him, the throne didn¡¯t have emotions. It was only a spirit to secure the Empire. If the throne felt too much disappointment from him, it wouldn¡¯t take it even a moment to snatch the title of Emperor from him.


    ***


    While the war of words was going on between Lin Ren and the throne¡¯s spirit, Aakesh reached the destination from the piece of information he had gotten from Maria.


    The Guhyakas were a race with humanoid physiques, but whenpared with humans, a single Guhyaka was fat enough to hide three average humans behind them.


    The Guhyakas were a race born with pale skin, golden hair, brown eyes, and an unimaginable amount of fat. Even a child Guhyaks weigh tens of Kilos at birth, irrespective of gender.


    The Guhyakas were a race that was simr to the Elves in a way that they weren¡¯t natural born or created by one of the Devas. Instead, their creator was a Primordial creature.


    The Guhyakas were also simr to the Earthern Trolls, as the Guhyakas were also unable to attack someone due to theck of offensive skills. Additionally, they didn¡¯t have any defensive skills, so they couldn¡¯t even defend themselves.


    Despitecking any ability to fight or defend themselves, the Guhyakas controlled one of the leading merchant families in the Primal dimension. It all had to do with their Primordial creator, Kubera.


    Unlike the World Tree, Kubera took active care of his creations. Harming or killing any of the Guhyakas was equivalent to attacking Kubera, so anyone who did attempt it found them bing a corpse the next day.


    Only the higher-level beings knew this, but for lower-level beings, they thought of the Guhyakas as a God-loving race, so no one attempted to harm them after a few of those people died.


    Unlike other races, the Guhyakas only have three families in the Primal dimension, and each of those families was a merchant. It was just that only the Guptas were a leading force, so Aakesh only found them in his list.

 Chapter 724 Improvement

    Chapter 724: Improvement


    The Gupta family was the head of the Guhyakas for being the top merchant family in the race.


    The Guhyakas had no talent inbat, but their talent in business was second to none.


    If not for the Guhyakas being ater into the business and all other top merchant families being billions of years older, the Gupta family would have at least been in the top three business families.


    The Guhyakas also had a very low lifespan, so the extreme talent in their race couldn¡¯t help them much.


    The Guhyakas was a race that could never reach Immortality. In fact, the highest level cultivator in their midst was only Soul Formation, and even then, the being could only live for a hundred years. The average lifespan of the Guhyakas was a measly thirty-four years when there were billions, if not trillions, of Immortals in the Primal dimension.


    It was also the reason behind people not believing that Guhyakas was the creation of a Primordial. But the death after harming or killing any Guhyaka proved the theory.


    Aakesh knew why Kubera actively took care of Guhyakas. Kubera¡¯s son¡¯s name was Guhyaka, who unfortunately died in battle due to Kubera¡¯s wealth.


    In grief, Kubera created a race that looked simr to his son. Unfortunately, his despair was such that he failed in the end and was left with Guhyakas, who didn¡¯t have long lives.


    Since it was his fault for creating a race with no ability to fight, defend, or live long, Kubera sent them to the Primal dimension and started taking care of the members.


    The Gupta family descended from the first artificial Guhyaka, so they had the most talent when it came to business.


    Only in the thousand years of their existence the Gupta family had be one of the leading merchant families in the Primal dimension. Now, after six hundred thousand years, they had be one of the top twenty business families.


    Aakesh remembered the history of the Guhyakas as he reached their headquarters.


    In front of Aakesh stood a skyscraper with a height of thirty thousand meters, while the area it spanned over reached a whooping five million square km.


    The skyscraper was equivalent to a world in itself, as Aakesh could see inside the building. Despite it being sorge, the structure consisted of a space expansion array, making the insides even more gigantic than what it looked on the outside.


    Since Aakesh had seen even bigger and grander buildings, so it didn¡¯t make much of an impact on him.


    Aakesh then took a step forward. Not long after, he reached the entrance gate of the building.


    The entrance gate took over a height of three hundred meters, while a width of a simr distance. Despite the number of people entering the building in high numbers, it didn¡¯t look crowded due to therge entrance door.


    ¡°State your purpose,¡± A cold voice rang in Aakesh¡¯s ears as his turn arrived.


    On both sides of the door, two peak Immortals with pseudo divinity stood there. Their weapons were ready to pounce at any time, as both the guards belonged to the warrior system.


    Since Aakesh was only an intermediate Immortal currently, he could sense that he wouldn¡¯t be able to fight for long if both the guards came at him at once.


    Even though the Guhyakas had no Immortals in their midst, the wealth they had was enough to topple even an Empire on the Anga continent, so they had more than a few thousand Immortals that they had hired.


    Not even a single Immortal in the Gupta family was below peak Immortal. The money they spent on protection was enormous, but it was all worth it whenpared with the amount of trade they had.


    Harming or killing any Guhyaka was equivalent to death, but the same consequence didn¡¯t ur when it came to trade. The protection provided by Kubera to the Guhyakas had a loophole.


    Only when directly attacking or harming Guhyaka Kubera would act. But stealing from them didn¡¯t call such consequences. Even though Kubera was a Primordial, he wasn¡¯t a Deva. Not everything he wanted would happen, so Kubera had to be content with it.


    It was also the reason Aakesh hade here. Even though he didn¡¯t know whether he would also die or not after harming the Guhyakas, Aakesh had no interest in trying that. He knew his limits. Even though his past felt mysterious enough to overshadow a Primordial, his present wasn¡¯t. He was only the mightiest in the Primal dimension. It wouldn¡¯t take even a moment of Kubera¡¯s time to kill him.


    If there were a battle, it would be with the Immortals hired by the Gupta family, so there would be no physical harm to Guhyakas from Aakesh. At the same time, proving his store to be superior to the product sold by the Guptas wasn¡¯t a direct assault so Aakesh would be safe there as well.


    There was also the point of Aakesh attacking any of the Guhyaka after they attacked him. Fortunately, Kubera couldn¡¯t act after Guhyaka was the aggressor. He could only take action against anyone if the Guhyakas were the victim.


    ¡°I am here to meet the Gupta family,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered the guards.


    The guard could see Aakesh¡¯s cultivation, so he didn¡¯t take Aakesh seriously.


    ¡°Let me check,¡± The guard coldly responded and then whispered something to the bracelet he had worn in his right hand.


    ¡°The family members are busy, you can leave,¡± The guard told Aakesh after letting him wait for a few seconds.


    Aakesh¡¯s eyes turned cold as he looked at the guard. It was true that Aakesh wouldn¡¯t be able to win if both the guards fought him at once, but it didn¡¯t mean Aakesh would take anything lying down.


    Aakesh knew the device worn on the guard¡¯s hands. It was one of the many types ofmunication devices sold by the Guptas.


    The guard had whispered something to the bracelet, but he hadn¡¯t activated it. So themunication was only to show Aakesh, but nothing happened in reality.


    ¡°I am here to meet the Gupta family,¡± Aakesh coldly repeated the same sentence.


    The guard felt his heart skipping a beat when he looked into the stranger¡¯s cold eyes. The guard understood that the man wasn¡¯t someone to mess with, so this time, without any lies, the guardmunicated, and not long after, Aakesh entered the building with Lily.


    ¡°Haha, this attitude of yours would kill you someday,¡± The guard standing on the other side couldn¡¯t help but mock his friend after witnessing the scene.


    The guard ignored his friend¡¯s ridicule and instead calmed his pounding heart. Aakesh was unaware that a single nce of his had improved a corrupted guard.

 Chapter 725 The Gupta Family(1)

    Chapter 725: The Gupta Family(1)


    The guard wanted to extort some Primal stones from Aakesh since there was no entry fee to enter the building, but the nce from Aakesh scared the guard so much that from that moment, he stopped attempting the mischief again.


    There was a vast power gap between Aakesh and the guard, but the experiences Aakesh had made him far superior to the guard. The massacres he hadmitted in the Conspiracy continent were more than the number of people the guards had killed in his life.


    At the same time, majesty came naturally to Aakesh. When the guard had looked at those indifferent cold eyes, he had felt himself standing in front of an Emperor that could kill him at any moment.


    Unaware of what Aakesh had done, he entered the building. Not long after, Lily entered as well. If Lily desired, she could have hidden her aura and observe the situation, but Aakesh was against it, so Lily openly traveled to the building.


    ***


    ¡°Hmm, someone hase to meet us,¡± A Guhyaka mumbled after getting the information.


    Peopleing to meet the members of the Gupta family was standard, so they didn¡¯t make a fuss about it.


    Due to the supposed curse, rarely did people, who had ulterior motives,e to meet Guhyakas. The majority of the time, the peopleing to meet the Guptas were either customers or someone who wanted to join the business.


    ¡°Botar, go and meet this gentleman,¡± The Guhyaka in charge of meeting people ordered one of her underlings.


    ¡°Yes, madam,¡± Botar respectfully epted the order and left the building to meet the supposed person.


    In reality, Botar and the Guhyaka were part of one family, but when it was business time, all the family members were strictly professional.


    ***


    Aakesh was currently sitting on a sofa. It wasn¡¯t asfortable as the one Aakesh had in store, but Aakesh was never one toin or care for these things outside the store, so he silently sat there and waited for any Guhyaka to meet him.


    Aakesh wasn¡¯t the only one in the room. There were several people like him who hade to meet the Gupta family members.


    Most of the people in the room had one of the Guhyaka conversing with them. Everything that was happening in the room was in Aakesh¡¯s sight, so he also heard the conversations going on between the representative of the Gupta family and other people.


    Since the representative of the Gupta family wasn¡¯t here to meet him, Aakesh made himself busy by listening to the conversation of the people and Guhyakas.


    The person sitting seven people away from Aakesh was a big customer as he was here to make a trade in bulk for a Universe. The Gupta family representative also respectfully treated the man as the trade amount reached several million supreme Primal stones, which wasn¡¯t a huge amount, but also not a trivial sum that the Gupta family could ignore.


    Aakesh then sensed one of the Guhyakas entering the room. Aakesh then found the Guhyaka approaching him, so he stopped listening to other conversations and focused himself on the man.


    The Guhyaka in front of Aakesh looked simr to other Guhyakas, but the man¡¯s belly was too big for someone of his stature. At the same time, the man was only a Houtian level cultivator and looked to be around twenty.


    ¡°Hello, dear sir. I am Botar, a representative of the Gupta family. What brings you to us,¡± Botar respectfully introduced himself and asked Aakesh for his purpose of meeting the Gupta family.


    Botar had spoken in thenguage of Elves since it was the most knownnguage in the Primal dimension in the ranks of higher-level cultivators due to Elvish¡¯s close proximity to magic.


    Botar¡¯s tone contained a hint of respect and nervousness. After standing in front of the blue-skinned man, he could sense that the man was too powerful. In spite of the creator¡¯s ability to kill those who harmed Guhyakas, Botar didn¡¯t care much about it since he would also get killed by the man first.


    ¡°I am Aakesh,¡± Aakesh introduced himself in Guhyaka¡¯snguage. His face contained a hint of a smile since he was here to aplish a trade.


    At the same time, Aakesh had activated the title, Myrioglot, to make a good impression on Botar.


    Botar couldn¡¯t help but feel a hint of a surprise after hearing the blue-skinned man speaking Gahaka, thenguage of Guhyakas. At the same time, Botar couldn¡¯t help but have a good impression of Aakesh due to that.


    ¡°Oh, you know Gahaka. What can I do for you, Mr. Aakesh?¡± The smile on Botar¡¯s face widened as he asked Aakesh with augh. The earlier nervousness in his voice also disappeared.


    ¡°What¡¯s your rank in the family?¡± Aakesh asked Botar.


    Botar couldn¡¯t help but get stunned after hearing Aakesh. If it were someone other asking this question, Botar would have unquestionably taken some offense. But since the impression of Aakesh in his heart was good, he didn¡¯t mind it.


    ¡°Not much, Mr. Aakesh. Do you want to meet some higher-ranking member of the family?¡± Botar respectfully responded.


    ¡°Borat, don¡¯t take offense. It is just that the things I am here to discuss can only be discussed with leaders of the family,¡± Aakeshughed and told Botar.


    The impression of Aakesh became even better in Botar¡¯s heart as hemunicated with his grandmother without wasting any time.


    Not long after, Botar seeded in arranging the meeting between Aakesh and his grandmother.


    ¡°Mr. Aakesh, my grandmother has agreed to meet you. She is one of the seventeen leaders of the family and has arge role to y in any decision-making,¡± Botar smilingly told Aakesh. His tone contained a hint of aplishment as arranging someone¡¯s meeting with his grandmother wasn¡¯t an easy task.


    ¡°Haha, thank you, Botar! I would be sure to talk some good things about you to your grandmother,¡± Aakeshughingly told Botar.


    Botar onlyughed in response to Aakesh¡¯s statement. He then asked Aakesh to follow him, but soon, he stopped after seeing a big cat-like creature following Mr. Aakesh.


    ¡°Haha, look at me, how forgetful I am. This is Lily, my daughter,¡± Aakeshughingly told Botar after seeing him looking at Lily.

 Chapter 726 The Gupta Family(2)

    Chapter 726: The Gupta Family(2)


    ¡°Haha, look at me, how forgetful I am. It¡¯s Lily, my daughter,¡± Aakeshughingly introduced Lily after witnessing Botar looking toward her.


    ¡°Hello, I am Lily,¡± Lily smilingly introduced herself in her childlike voice. She had also used Gahaka since Aakesh had taught Lily thenguage on the way to the headquarters from the traveling junction.


    Even though Lily was smiling outside, inside, she felt incredulous after seeing Aakesh¡¯s acting toward Botar. At the same time, she couldn¡¯t help but feel sympathy for Guptas as Aakesh wasn¡¯t here with good intentions in the first ce.


    ¡°Mr. Aakesh, it seems you havee prepared,¡± Botar smilingly joked after hearing Lily speak in Gahaka as well.


    ¡°Haha, of course, the business is such,¡± Aakeshughed in response. Lily didn¡¯t speak but only smiled.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go,¡± Botar then smilingly told Aakesh.


    Aakesh and Lily looked at each other. Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but smile after seeing Lily¡¯s incredulous expression. He then followed Botar, while Lily followed him.


    Botar¡¯s grandmother was the same person that had ordered him to meet Aakesh, so Botar brought Aakesh to the Rtions room.


    The room was enormous as it contained a wide table. On one side, one chair for Botar¡¯s grandmother was ced, while on the other end, sofas were ced for the customer.


    The table in the room was filled with several delicacies from around the Primal dimension. Since an array for stopping the time was ced there, the food would never go bad despite countless years passing.


    ***


    ¡°What business do you have with the Gupta family, Mr. Aakesh?¡± Tapi smilingly asked Aakesh.


    Simr to Botar, she also had a good impression of Aakesh in her heart, and the more they talked, it only got better.


    ¡°Tapi, I am here to do a trade with your family that would change the Gupta family¡¯s fortune,¡± Aakeshughingly told Tapi. Lily silently listened without interrupting since Aakesh had only brought her to observe.


    Tapi¡¯s eyes shined in excitement after hearing Aakesh¡¯s grand words. The effect of Myrioglot was such that in no time, Aakesh became a respectful figure in Tapi Botar¡¯s eyes. The situation would only get better for Aakesh as time passed unless something that was below the bottom line of the Gupta family happened.


    Aakesh wanted the quest to happen without any fighting, as even he didn¡¯t know what would happen there. Hence he was putting so much effort intopleting the quest.


    In only a few minutes of time, with the Guhyakas, Aakesh hadughed more than he had done in the more than eighty thousand years of his life with other customers.


    ¡°Do tell, Mr. Aakesh,¡± Tapiughed and told Aakesh.


    ¡°Have you ever thought of giving up your business after someone with superior products arrives on the scene?¡± Aakesh smilingly asked Tapi.


    Tapi, who had been smiling from the start, had her smile suddenly frozen. ¡°Excuse me, please don¡¯t joke with me, Mr. Aakesh,¡± Tapi told Aakesh with a fake smile on her face.


    If not for the better impression Aakesh had made on her, she would have told her bodyguards to throw her out.


    In the room, four peak Immortals with pseudo divinity were hidden, and they had their eyes on Aakesh. One wrong move and they would pounce on Aakesh with their weapons.


    ¡°I never joke when ites to business,¡± Aakesh replied with the smile still active on his face.


    Tapi¡¯s face turned ugly as she never expected things to take such a turnaround suddenly.


    ¡°I know, where are your guards hidden? No need to call them, I am only here to do a peaceful presentation.¡±


    Tapi was going to ask her bodyguards to throw Aakesh out, but before she could, Aakesh¡¯s smiling voice rang in her ears, stopping her from continuing.


    ¡°Mr. Aakesh, I never considered you to be a bully,¡± Tapi told Aakesh. She was in charge of maintaining rtions with customers and other traders, so she had learned to control her emotions.


    Her teachings came to her help at that moment, as she calmed down. At the same time, she felt a great amount of disappointment in her heart as she took Aakesh¡¯sst statement as a threat to her.


    ¡°If you call your guards, I would kill you before they arrive here, so let¡¯s be civil,¡± It was the meaning Tapi had understood.


    After hearing Tapi¡¯s words, Aakesh understood that she had misunderstood his context, but there was no point in stopping now.


    Since he had already revealed his purpose, it was time to push forward. Backing out here meant a chance of failing the quest.


    ¡°Tapi, a good businessman, is one who knows when to stop,¡± Aakesh smilingly told Tapi, ignoring her misunderstandings and words.


    The guards hidden in the room also misunderstood Aakesh¡¯s statement as a threat, so they got ready to pounce on the blue-skinned man.


    Suddenly they stopped in their steps as they found the man looking at them withplete indifference in his eyes. Their faces turned pale.


    The next moment, color returned to their faces, but they couldn¡¯t help but feel a shock in their hearts as the power difference between them and the blue-skinned man was like heaven and earth.


    The man was only an intermediate Immortal, while each of them wereplete Maharathi Warriors. And they weren¡¯t ordinary since the Gupta family only hired the best of the lot.


    Even Aakesh knew that if the four of them attacked him at once, Aakesh would have no choice other than to run or release the cap on his power level.


    ***


    ¡°We aren¡¯t even in the top ten business groups, then why did you choose us to be a part of this ugly joke?¡± Tapi asked Aakesh. Even though she wanted to be calm, seeing the smile on Aakesh¡¯s face made her agitated.


    ¡°I have my reasons, but trust me, your family wouldn¡¯t be at a loss after my presentation,¡± Aakesh told Tapi. The smile on his face had disappeared. Instead, a serious look had taken its ce.


    Aakesh knew the impact his quest was going to have on the Gupta family, but at the same time, Aakesh also knew he had to do it.


    The rewards from the quest were too good to be true and let go of. At the same time, the store was always going to be a thorn in the eyes of the leading merchant traders.


    If not today, some timeter, the businesses were going to lose their source of money as the store became popr and had more customers.


    Anyone who once became a customer of the store would never go back to other business families, so one day in the future, only the First Store would stand and monopolize everything.


    It wasn¡¯t fair to those families who worked for countless years to reach where they were today, but the world was cruel. Powerful decided the rules and how to y by them. If in the future, some other businesses better than the First Store were to arrive, then the First Store would also have the same result.


    Aakesh understood this basic fact.

 Chapter 727 The Store Upgrading Quest(8)

    Chapter 727: The Store Upgrading Quest(8)


    ¡°I chose your family since I have my own reasons,¡± Aakesh honestly answered Tapi.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t tell Tapi about the quest and its restrictions since there was no point in it except for wasting time. Since the mission only had a deadline of twenty-four hours, thest thing Aakesh would do was waste time.


    Tapi couldn¡¯t help but grit her teeth in frustration after hearing Aakesh. All the goodwill she had for Aakesh in her heart went down the drain despite Aakesh talking to her in Gahaka, and at the same time, the title, Myrioglot, was also active.


    ¡°For no reason, youe here and ask us to bet our business based on someone else¡¯s superior products,¡± Tapi grittily spoke.


    Aakesh deactivated the title after sensing that there was no further point in it. His efforts toplete the quest by being optimistic were a failure.


    The next moment, his face turned expressionless as it always stayed. The sudden aura change around Aakesh baffled the guards, while Tapi got scared for her life.


    The Guhyakas already had a short lifespan of only some decades, so they feared death more than others. If not for them at least having a high fertility rate, the Guhyakas would have gone extinct in no time.


    The guards hidden in the room knew they couldn¡¯t stay hidden anymore after seeing the sudden expression change on Tapi¡¯s face, the person they got hired to protect.


    ¡°Tapi, the world of business is as cruel as fighting, if not more than that,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Tapi.


    ¡°Unpredictability is rare in battles, but unpredictability is inevitable in business,¡± Aakesh further added.


    ¡°Aakesh, she doesn¡¯t look like she would go with it,¡± Lily¡¯s voice rang in Aakesh¡¯s head. She could see the fear and anger Tapi had for Aakesh in Tapi¡¯s eyes.


    The Guhyakas could neither attack others nor defend due to their inability to learn offensive and defensive skills, so they were only left with their business excellence. How could Tapi not hate Aakesh for what he thought? The trade was the only thing the Guhyakas had. Having all those disadvantages of their race, what point would they even have in existing if they gave up on this?


    ¡°I know,¡± Aakesh¡¯s voice rang in Lily¡¯s head.


    The quest stated that the choice to withdraw from the business should be out of the family¡¯s own volition and not by a threat from Aakesh. If it happened after Aakesh threatened the business family, then the system wouldn¡¯t ept the quest to beplete.


    ¡°Whoosh!¡± ¡°Whoosh!¡± ¡°Whoosh!¡± ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Suddenly, sounds of wind blowing rang in the area as the guards hidden in the room made their presence known and surrounded Aakesh.


    Since all four of them belonged to the Warrior system, the aura releasing from them was enough to make Aakesh take a look at them. Out of all the power systems, the Warrior system was one with the most mightybatants in a battle since the system demanded high battle power and superior skillset from the cultivators.


    Tapi heaved a sigh of relief after her bodyguards took center stage. Until the guard¡¯s emergence, Tapi dreaded that Aakesh would make a move on her and kill her even before the guards fought with Aakesh. Now that they were here, Tapi was confident of her safety since the Gupta family splurged a lot of supreme Primal stones on their protection and only hired the best of the best.


    ¡°Tapi, I don¡¯t want to fight your family since I am here to provide an even better future for you,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly stated, ignoring the guards ready to pounce on him any moment.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t lie when he said it since the store products were truly fortune-changing for the Guhyakas. In Panagea, they could increase their lifespan by growing their levels in Panagea and then buying the cultivation out in reality.


    It was just that any store customer could do that, while if Aakesh¡¯s quest seeded, they would do it after losing their business and transferring their entire customer base to the store.


    ¡°Hmph, you are only saying that because you are weaker than these guards,¡± Tapi scoffed. There was no respect in her tone this time. She even ignored that Aakesh was an Immortal.


    The source of her confidence was these guards, who had just told her that they hadplete confidence in killing the blue-skinned man.


    As for Lily, she hadpletely hidden her aura after Aakesh told her to. Even her aura could prove to be an interference in the quest since many Immortal level beings could sense that Lily was no weakling and the extreme danger oozing from her.


    Aakesh only disappointedly shook his head after hearing Tapi.


    ¡°Snap!¡±


    Aakesh suddenly snapped his fingers, and soon a ck energy ball the size of a human child¡¯s fingernail appeared floating above the tip of his finger.


    The expression on all the guard¡¯s faces suddenly turned grave as they looked at the dark energy ball. The next moment, they changed their formation.


    It wasn¡¯t to attack Aakesh, but all four of them surrounded Tapi to protect her.


    Tapi didn¡¯t know the significance of the dark energy ball as she was only a Xiantian level cultivator. But after she saw her guards suddenly getting into a protection formation, her face turned grim.


    ¡°Which one of you thinks that he is strong enough to face the explosion of this tiny dark energy ball?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he surveyed the fourplete Maharathi warriors.


    The four guard¡¯s faces turned ugly. Lily, sitting next to Aakesh, couldn¡¯t help but giggle. But the next moment, she stopped after Aakesh sent a nce toward her.


    The four guards looked toward each other and could see the helplessness in their eyes. From the tiny dark energy ball, they could sense a supreme element. The aura released from it alone sent shudders down their spine.


    Tapi, who had been quite confident in her guards, couldn¡¯t help but concerningly look at them after seeing none of the guardsing ahead.


    ¡°See, I am not weak. It¡¯s just that Ie here with a sincere heart and no attempts to threaten others,¡± Aakesh told Tapi, who was looking at her with a grim expression.


    ¡®Hmm, what is it if not a threat?¡¯ Tapi couldn¡¯t help but curse in her heart. Her fear of Aakesh had returned after seeing the performance of her guards.

 Chapter 728 The Store Upgrading Quest(9)

    Chapter 728: The Store Upgrading Quest(9)


    ¡°Tapi, Ie here with nothing but sincerity in my heart,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Tapi.


    Even though Aakesh looked to be full of confidence and calm with the tiny dark energy ball floating on the tip of his fingers, the things going inside his mind were entirely the opposite.


    Aakesh was thankful that none of the guards dared to take the initiative and face the dark energy ball. Even though the Apocalyptic st was Aakesh¡¯s ultimate skill, it was impossible for it to kill any of the four guards since Aakesh was only an intermediate Immortal, and the system had nerfed its destructive capability.


    The only reason the guards feared it was due to the elements in it. None of the elements in it was ordinary, but all were supreme.


    Tapi¡¯s fear of Aakesh returned after seeing none of her guards able to gather enough courage to face the tiny dark energy ball. It was impossible for her to feel what was special about it, simr to how a newborn doesn¡¯t fear a lion but regards it to be just like its parents.


    ¡°Fine! What products do you have to offer?¡± Tapi finally resigned herself to her fate and asked Aakesh. At the same time, she alsomunicated with the sixteen other decision-makers in the Gupta family.


    Asking about the products from Aakesh meant not believing in her family¡¯s own products, so it wasn¡¯t a small step from Tapi. It was just that she was now genuinely afraid of Aakesh and didn¡¯t want to die.


    And her fear of Aakesh only grew more prominent with each passing moment as the shadow of the dark energy ball only grew in her heart.


    ¡°Let other family memberse,¡± The smile returned on Aakesh face as he told Tapi.


    Tapi suddenly felt the goodwill for Aakesh rising in her heart, but as soon as she remembered his purpose behinding here, all of it vanished in a moment.


    Since things didn¡¯te to battle, Aakesh returned to his optimistic face and activated the title, Myrioglot.


    A few minutester, all the seventeen decision makers in the Gupta family gathered in one room. At the same time, there were sixty-eightplete Maharathi warriors, with four guards protecting each Guhyaka.


    None of the seventeen Guhyakas and sixty-eight Maharathi warriors had smiles on their faces, but each had ugly expressions. While Aakesh had a smile on his face and sixty-eight tiny dark energy balls floated at the tip of his finger.


    A few moments earlier,


    When the number ofplete Maharathi warriors had crossed the fifty mark in the room, the Guhyakas had decided to believe inbined attack and protection of their bodyguards.


    Aakesh had sensed what the Guhyakas and the guards were thinking. Despite the smile on his face, Aakesh was tense because if all these guards attacked him at once, the system would automatically release his power cap.


    Aakesh wouldn¡¯t even get a chance to defend himself facing an attack from these many elites, so if an attack came, it was equivalent to failing the quest.


    After talking with Tapi for so long, Aakesh wasn¡¯t going to let that happen.


    Suddenly the number of dark energy balls floating in his hands started increasing and only stopped when it matched the number ofplete Maharathi warriors in the room.


    ¡°I will ask the same question. How many of you dare to take this attack head-on?¡± Aakesh smilingly asked as his eyes surveyed the number of guards in the room.


    It was as if a bucket of cold water had doused all the me of courage to fight, and all the sixty-eight guards took a step back in fear while their faces were ugly.


    Since when have they ever felt such humiliation, and that too from an intermediate Immortal.


    The seventeen Guhyakas sitting on their respective chairs couldn¡¯t help but grind their teeth after seeing the performance of the guards they splurge an outrageous amount on.


    One of the sixty-eight guards couldn¡¯t take this lying down as he was not only a warrior but also belonged to the Daitya race. He had just epted the duty of protecting Guhyaka since the pay was good and he needed arge number of Primal stones.


    The guards decided to face the tiny dark energy ball. Aakesh caught the sudden change in the guard¡¯s reaction.


    Aakesh knew that all his efforts would have failed when the guard seeded in facing the energy ball. How could he let his hard worke to naught?


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    The guard had only thought of taking a step forward when suddenly one of the sixty-eight dark energy balls started growing at an unimaginable rate, only to stop when its size reached around a Guhyaka head.


    ¡°Haha, you seem to be brave of the lot. Here, I have increased some power,¡± Aakeshughed as he looked at the guard.


    The nonchnce on Aakesh¡¯s face after increasing the size of the dark energy ball scared the guard so much that he took two steps backward out of fear.


    Aakesh¡¯s unlimited endurance came as a benefit to him here since the dark energy ball was all the power he could currently muster. But due to his unlimited endurance, his face and body showed no such sign of pressure.


    ¡°Oh, you too,¡± Aakesh responded with disappointment after seeing the guard¡¯s actions.


    Lily, sitting next to Aakesh, wanted tough, but she controlled herself since herugh might be the spark that may turn all Aakesh¡¯s efforts to ashes.


    ***


    ¡°What products do you have that would make us quit our business in shame?¡± The leader of the Guhyaka family asked Aakesh with an ugly look on his face. He was the leader of the Gupta family based on his ancestors who started this family and took it to such heights.


    He was only a Xiantian level cultivator and had only a few decades of life left. How could he not feel anger after knowing what he was betting on here?


    If the leader had a choice, he would have never done it. But the outrageous performance of the guards and the safety of his family members forced him to take the first step toward it.


    There was a difference between him and Tapi since Tapi was one of the decision-makers, while he was the leader whose words could determine the fate of the family.


    ***


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 Chapter 729 The Store Upgrading Quest(10)

    Chapter 729: The Store Upgrading Quest(10)


    ¡°I don¡¯t think I need to exin about my products. I will straight away present them to you,¡± Aakesh smilingly stated as he nced around the seventeen Guhyakas sitting in the room.


    The next moment, Aakesh waved his hands, and soon several bottles appeared on the table.


    Each bottle contained a pill belonging to a different grade, and on the bottle¡¯s lid, the pill¡¯s information was disyed.


    The Gupta family leader took the initiative and grabbed the nearest bottle to him. Following the lead of the leader, all the sixteen other family members did the same, with some bottles remaining on the table.


    The family head¡¯s face turned ugly after reading the detail of the pill. He couldn¡¯t help but look toward Aakesh with a hint of rage in his eyes. Aakesh remained unfazed by the anger and continued smiling.


    The family head knew there was no point in him being angry, and he put the bottle down and picked another one up.


    As he read the information, his eyes suddenly started shining, and not long after, his face turned ugly as if it had seen something which it shouldn¡¯t have.


    The earlier reason for his anger was the details of the pill. It was nothing but a healing pill, and that too only of the medium grade.


    The family head had grabbed another bottle after ontrolling his anger. This time, he got a shock of his life as the pill¡¯s detail stated it to be able to upgrade the Tao Pce of a cultivator.


    Before today, he had never even heard whether the Tao Pce could be upgraded or not, and here, a strange merchant hade to him who was selling pills with such capability.


    For a moment, a doubt about its authenticity appeared in the family head¡¯s mind, but his gut feeling told him that the product was authentic. People in the business sector primarily relied on their gut feeling, so the leader also trusted it.


    His face had then turned ugly since the man here wasn¡¯t to sell his products but to prove the superiority of his products, and the business of the Gupta family was at stake.


    The family head then put the bottle down and grabbed another one.


    Time flew by, and soon, all the family members had ugly faces after studying the details of the pills sold by the man.


    ¡°Do you have pills that could prove better than my items?¡± Aakesh asked after the Guhyakas stopped studying the pills sold by the store.


    The Guhyakas had ugly faces, but they still shook their head since they couldn¡¯t lie when it came to business.


    ¡°It¡¯s only the start,¡± Aakesh added and snapped his fingers.


    The next moment, all the pills on the table disappeared. One of the Guhyaka had an unwilling face as he looked at the pills disappearing.


    ¡°Mr. Aakesh, don¡¯t you know cultivation pills have no effects on us, can pill sold by you help us?¡± The Guhyaka asked Aakesh, gritting his teeth.


    The Gupta family had a vast amount of wealth in their control, so purchasing high-quality pills and increasing the cultivation level of a few family members wasn¡¯t a big deal for them. Despite that, the highest cultivation level a Guhyaka had reached was Soul Formation, which only allowed the respective Guhyaka to live for around a hundred years.


    Pills had no effect on the Guhyakas, so they could only cultivate on their own and increase their lifespan by a few years or decades. Even lifespan-increasing materials did not work on the Guhyakas.


    The Guhyaka was truly an unfortunate race, filled with several disadvantages.


    The other family members couldn¡¯t help but look at their family member in surprise, but soon their eyes turned toward Aakesh as well. They felt too much pain seeing their family member dying at such an early age despite having arge pool of resources. While some races even became Immortals despite not having a billionth of the wealth of the Gupta family.


    ¡°No, even the pills sold by me would have no effect on you,¡± Aakesh honestly told the Guhyakas.


    Tapi scoffed after hearing Aakesh¡¯s response.


    ¡®Hmph, then what¡¯s the point of having superior products?¡¯ She thought in her heart but didn¡¯t dare to utter those words out as she was the one with the most fear of Aakesh in her heart.


    ¡°It doesn¡¯t help that doesn¡¯t mean others will not,¡± Aakesh knew what the Guhyakas were thinking, so he smilingly spoke.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon, a few pages appeared on the table.


    ¡°Go ahead, take a look at it,¡± Aakesh smiled.


    The Gupta family did, and each of them grabbed one page from the table since there were only seventeen of them.


    The next moment, all of them raised their heads and looked toward Aakesh with extreme shock in their eyes.


    ¡°You sell Immortal grade cultivation arts?¡± One of the Guhyaka tremblingly spoke as the page in her hand contained details of a cultivation art.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response but only smiled.


    Despite having vast wealth in their control, the Gupta family didn¡¯t own a single Immortal grade cultivation art. Even though the time to use them never arrived, having an Immortal grade cultivation art was also a status symbol.


    All seventeen Guhyakas had a different cultivation art in their hands, and all of them were Immortal grade. At first, they thought that all of them were one, but when one of the members couldn¡¯t help but speak the line printed on the page loudly, only then did they find it.


    They couldn¡¯t help but have terrible expressions as even the top merchant family wasn¡¯t capable of selling this many cultivation arts.


    All of them had ugly expressions on their faces since the way things were going now; the family could see that the Gupta family wouldn¡¯t stay in business after today.


    ¡°The time to make the decision hasn¡¯t arrived yet. I still have things left,¡± Aakesh suddenly spoke and snapped fingers.


    The next moment, a familiar scene happened as all the seventeen pages disappeared from the hands of the Guhyakas. Not long after, Aakesh waved his hands, and a bunch of different items covered the table.


    The guards standing behind Guhyakas had a change in their expressions as they looked at the items on the table.

 Chapter 730 Only a Store Owner!

    Chapter 730: Only a Store Owner!


    Aakesh waved his hands, and soon, a bunch of different types of weapons covered the table.


    Aakesh then nced at the guards standing behind the Guhyakas with greedy expressions. He then told them toe forward and pick up the weapons.


    At first, the guards didn¡¯t move as they had no idea of what was going on in Aakesh¡¯s head, but suddenly the dark energy ball reappeared on the tip of Aakesh¡¯s fingers.


    Without looking at their boss and asking for their permission, they rushed, and each of them grabbed a weapon each.


    The weapons on the table matched the type of weapon the sixty-eight guards had, so each of them only picked the one corresponding to them.


    ¡°Have you ever seen any weapon with better quality than this?¡± Aakesh asked the guards, excitedly studying the weapons.


    At the same time, Aakesh looked toward the Guhyakas sitting on their chairs with terrible faces. Aakesh then asked them to check whether their guards were speaking the truth or not.


    It was very easy for employers to check what was going on in the heads of their bodyguards since the employer was the one with their life at stake. The use of items had reached this state long ago.


    The Gupta family members nodded and soon took out the contracts from their space rings.


    ¡°Speak,¡± Aakesh then looked at the closest guard to him and ordered.


    The guard had an annoyed face since he didn¡¯t like Aakesh interrupting him when he was studying the weapon. But the dark energy ball still stayed fresh in the guard¡¯s mind, so he drank the bitterness pill and answered what he currently felt while studying the weapon.


    ¡°It would be a lie if I said that I have ever seen any sword with an even higher qua-¡°


    ¡°Why so much gibberish? Simply answer what was asked of you,¡± Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but interrupt the guard as the guard looked to be in a trance.


    The guard frowned, but he controlled himself and simply nodded and added, ¡°Sirs and Madams, I have never seen of a sword with higher quality than this.¡±


    ¡°If you were topare the weapons sold by your employer and the one in your hands, what score would you give to them from 1 to 10?¡± Aakesh asked another question, as simply stating the weapon sold by the store to be the best wasn¡¯t enough.


    ¡°Master, this sword is no doubt ten, but I think whenpared with this sword, the sword sold by the Gupta family doesn¡¯t even deserve one. It wouldn¡¯t be fair to this beaut-¡°


    The guard had gotten into a trance again, but as soon as his sight caught the cold eyes of Aakesh, he stopped and responded, ¡°This sword is ten, while the sword sold by the Gupta family is one.¡±


    The faces of the Guhyakas couldn¡¯t get any more uglier, so they helplessly looked at their guards.


    Each ten for the weapons provided by Aakesh was like a drum that rang in their ears, while each one with disappointed faces was like a hammer beating their hearts.


    The Guhyakas knew why Aakesh had chosen the guards as contestants for his presentation. The guards protecting the Gupta family were given a top-quality weapon when they got hired, so who would be a better judge of products than them? At the same time, the Guhyakas were so weak that they couldn¡¯t even touch the weapons.


    ¡°See, this is the difference between the products sold by your family and me,¡± Aakesh suddenly spoke.


    The next moment, he told the guards to put the weapons down and return to their previous spots.


    The guards didn¡¯t dare to make a scene and peacefully returned to their spots, as the fear of Aakesh only grew more prominent in their hearts after seeing the weapons.


    If the man sold weapons of such quality, then they didn¡¯t even dare imagine the quality of the weapon the man would be using. Each of the sixty-eight guards had the same question in their minds, but they didn¡¯t dare to ask Aakesh to show them his weapon since it would be akin to asking for a battle. No warrior takes out their weapon unless they are prepared to fight.


    The Guhyakas were too weak to sense the change in their bodyguards, but when they saw them putting their weapons back into their sheath, the Guhyakas understood that the guards had entirely given up.


    ¡°Sir, I ept that the difference between our products and your products couldn¡¯t be even exined in words. Your products are the best in the Primal dimension, so why don¡¯t you make other families give up on their business and don¡¯t choose us,¡± The family head stated. He knew things were in a terrible ce. One step forward, and the Gupta family would be no more in business.


    The smile on Aakesh¡¯s face suddenly disappeared as he nced at the family head, but soon it turned intoughter.


    ¡°You may think it¡¯s unfair, but your family is only the start of things. In the future, only my store would stand with full glory,¡± Aakesh spoke, shocking the seventeen Guhyakas.


    If it were before Aakesh showed them the products, they would take Aakesh words as bragging. But now that they have seen the quality of the products, they couldn¡¯t help but believe in his words and imagine a future where only Aakesh¡¯s store would be the seller, while everyone else would be a customer.


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    Suddenly, rounds of exmation rang in the room as they focused on the store part.


    ¡°Sir, you are a store owner?¡± The family head couldn¡¯t help but ask. Until that moment, he had been thinking of Aakesh as some hidden business family that was either new or might have fallen in the past, but now it was time for their rising.


    For not even a moment, did they consider Aakesh as a mere store owner?


    ¡°Oh, did I forget to tell you that?¡± Aakeshughed, and soon seventeen cards appeared in the hands of the Guhyakas.


    The Guhyakas looked at the card and couldn¡¯t help but reimagine the scene of the store¡¯s monopoly after seeing the name of the store on the card.

 Chapter 731 Benefits

    Chapter 731: Benefits


    ¡°Yes, I am a store owner,¡± Aakesh smiled after seeing the look of surprise on the Gupta family member¡¯s faces. He then snapped his finger once again, and soon, square cards appeared in the hands of every Guhyaka.


    ¡°You only operate one store?¡± Tapi couldn¡¯t help but ask as all the cards contained the details of the same store.


    Aakesh only smiled in response.


    ¡°Since you only have one store, then why are youpeting against us for our customer base?¡± The family head asked. His eyes were zing with anger since Aakesh had already shared the reason behind him acting against the business families earlier in the conversation.


    ¡°I don¡¯t think a single store can handle our consumer base, let alone other business families,¡± The family leader added, gritting his teeth and ignoring the illusion he had just seen.


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to worry about that,¡± Aakesh smiled. The quest wanted him to prove the superiority of the First Store and grab the consumer base of one leading business family with some conditions, and Aakesh was only doing that.


    The way things had gone, Aakesh was confident that he wouldn¡¯t need to go to another family after this. His quest was almost on the verge ofpletion.


    ¡°So, what do you think of the differences between the products I sell and the products your family sells?¡± Aakesh didn¡¯t give the family members any chance to think and directly asked the main question.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t worry about the dishonesty of the Gupta family members since another reason for him choosing the Gupta family over the Haq family was the sincerity of Guhyakas when it came to business.


    The seventeen Guhyakas¡¯ faces turned terrible as they fell silent and looked at each other. Their faces only turned uglier after understanding the emotions racing in the family member¡¯s hearts.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t interrupt or urge the family members to answer since the family business worth quadrillions of supreme Primal stone was at stake here.


    Time flew by, and the family leader finally broke the silence.


    Before speaking, he looked toward his other family members and could see the look of resignation in their eyes. He took a deep breath and answered, ¡°Sir, there is noparison between the product sold by you and the product sold by my family. I have no regret in epting the failure of our family.¡±


    The family head lost all his strength after speaking these words and slumped down on his chair while his face turned pale. It was as if the family head had aged tens of years in a moment.


    The smile on Aakesh¡¯s face disappeared, and calm took its ce since smiling at this time while all the Guhyakas had crying faces coulde off as a show-off.


    ¡°Sir, even if your products are superior, it¡¯s not like we can give up on our family business,¡± One of the Guhyaka decided to rebel since the bet had been forced on them from the start. If, in ce of Aakesh, there was some other person, the Gupta family would have thrown them away. It was just that Aakesh was too strong and made their guards scared for their lives.


    Aakesh was already ready for this response from one of the Guhyakas since the item at stake was even more important than life to the Gupta family.


    ¡°I know, the world only runs on benefits. You don¡¯t ept the bet from your heart, but when you read the benefits I am going to give you, you would pray to your Gods for giving you such opportunities,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    The Guhyaka couldn¡¯t help but look at each other with looks of surprise in their eyes. They couldn¡¯t even imagine any benefits that could make them give away their several quadrillions worth of business and, even more valuable, their consumer base.


    The system had always been fair in its trade. The system also knew what was at stake for the other party here, so it had provided benefits for the opposite party.


    Even Aakesh didn¡¯t know of the benefits the system was going to give to the family. Only after the family head of the Gupta family epted the store product¡¯s superiority over the Gupta family¡¯s products did the system inform Aakesh of the advantages the Gupta family was going to get for him.


    The quest wasn¡¯t over until the other party relinquished their business and transferred their entire consumer base, but all the work had been done when the party epted the store¡¯s products were superior.


    The benefits the system was going to give to the Gupta family weren¡¯t endless but it depended on their consumer base. Since the Gupta family didn¡¯t need to transfer their earnings to Aakesh, the equal exchange between the worth of the consumer base and the advantages provided by the system got activated.


    ¡°Sir, what benefits do you think are worth giving up on our family business and entire consumer base?¡± The family head asked while the other family members protested toward the head.


    Asking for the benefits implied that the family head had at least an idea of doing what Aakesh wanted from them.


    The family head ignored the protest of the other sixteen Guhyakas since the business was only honorable if both parties stood by their words. In spite of the fact that they had been forced into the bet and also feared Aakesh, they still participated, and the family head would honorably stand on it.


    The smile returned on Aakesh¡¯s face as he waved his hands, and the next moment, a paper appeared in the hands of the family head.


    [The benefits by The First Store to the Gupta family if honorably they were to ept the result of the bet:


    Ten virtual portals(Ask store owner for more details),


    One training area((Ask store owner for more information),


    One Immortal-grade cultivation art of their liking.]


    The family head¡¯s lips twitched in anger after reading the word honorable in the first line. He couldn¡¯t help but stare at Aakesh, only to find Aakesh smiling at him.


    ¡°Father, what¡¯s written on the paper?¡± Out of the sixteen other Guhyakas, seven of them were the children of the family head. Tapi was one of the seven, so she couldn¡¯t help but ask her father.


    The family head didn¡¯t answer but returned his focus to the paper since he hadn¡¯t read all of it.

 Chapter 732 The Store Upgrading Quest(End)

    Chapter 732: The Store Upgrading Quest(End)


    There were three benefits provided by Aakesh if the Gupta family honorable(The family head¡¯s lips twitching) epted the oue.


    Except for the Immortal grade cultivation art of their liking, the family head didn¡¯t understand the other two benefits provided by Aakesh, so when he looked at Aakesh and saw the confident smile, the family head turned even more curious.


    The family head was going to ask when he suddenly sensed the paper between his fingers gone, and it was snatched by the Guhyaka sitting next to him.


    Out of all the seventeen Guhyakas, the family head wasn¡¯t the strongest, but it was his eldest son, who was sitting next to him. The eldest son was also the one to gather the courage to rebel against Aakesh¡¯s bet.


    The family head couldn¡¯t smile wryly, but he didn¡¯t rebuke his son since all the seventeen Guhyakas were agitated, and his family members were already angry with him for even asking for the benefits.


    The eldest son had the same response after seeing ¡®honorably¡¯ in the first line itself. His breathing got ragged from anger, but he controlled himself from not pouncing at Aakesh since he already knew the result if he attempted it.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t interfere in the family matters of the Gupta family and let things happen.


    Some timeter, all the seventeen Guhyakas in the room became aware of what benefits Aakesh was going to give to them.


    Simr to the family head, all of them only understood one in the list while having no idea what the other two implied.


    ¡°Sir, what do you mean by adding honorably in the line?¡± The eldest son was the one easily prone to frustration and anger, so he respectfully asked Aakesh. His eyes stared dagger at Aakesh while his tone continued being respectful in the same way he talked to his father.


    ¡°It means the Gupta family epts the oue of the bet,¡± Aakesh smilingly answered, ignoring the sarcasm in the Guhyaka¡¯s question.


    Unlike Aakesh, who did not react to Guhyaka¡¯s responses, Lily was angry. She had already made up her mind to kill the eldest son if the quest somehow failed in the end.


    Aakesh knew the things going on in Lily¡¯s head, but he didn¡¯t stop her since Aakesh was sure of the quest being sessful with the Gupta family.


    ¡°Sir, don¡¯t mind him,¡± The family head knew things would go for worse if he let his eldest son talk, so he apologized.


    Aakesh was an Immortal, and there was a dignity attached to it. The highest level in the Gupta family was intermediate Soul Formation, which wasn¡¯t even a speck of dust inparison to the power level of an Immortal.


    At the same time, the family head had also seen the way the guards had started to treat him after studying the weapons. It was true that they couldn¡¯t be disloyal to their employer until the end of their contract, but no one knew what would happen after that to get into the good books of Aakesh for the weapons.


    ¡°Sir, what do virtual portal and training area means?¡± The family head asked.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care about the things going inside the head of the family head or the son, so he ignored them and only focused on his purpose.


    ¡°Your family will get ten virtual products after you ept the oue of the bet. The virtual portal is simr to a travel portal. But unlike that helping you travel to somece in the Primal dimension, it would help you travel to a world full of opportunities¡­,¡± Aakesh introduced the detail of the virtual portal and Panagea to the seventeen Guhyakas.


    Panagea was the most popr product of the store, and it was also the one that could help the Guhyakas out of their tragic lives.


    There, they could grow stronger and fight. After increasing their power level in Panagea, they could buy it and raise their cultivation in the Primal dimension, increasing their lifespan as well. They could all do that without any fear of death. Many Guhyakas couldn¡¯t even cultivate in the first ce, so even they would be capable in Panagea. They only have to clear the first quest and buy their power level aftering outside.


    Panagea was the one product that could help Aakeshplete the quest earlier, but unfortunately, Aakesh couldn¡¯t use it.


    The quest specifically asked him to prove the superiority of the store¡¯s products. Since except for Aakesh, no other sold anything even close to Panagea, he couldn¡¯t use his most popr product here.


    Aakesh then didn¡¯t give the family any time to react and began exining the details of the training area.


    The Guhyakas in the room varied from Houtian to intermediate Soul Formation, so not everyone could easily understand what Aakesh was implying with his products here. Some took a few minutes, while some took several minutes to understand the same thing.


    After around thirty minutes, all seventeen Guhyakas had understood what the virtual portal and training area meant.


    Panagea alone wasn¡¯t of any worth to most of the Guhyakas since, due to their short lifespans, they couldn¡¯t learn fighting styles. Without knowing even simple fighting, it was impossible for the Guhyakas toplete the first quest. But the existence of the training area subverted that issue.


    The family members could train themselves to fight in the training area. They would then enter Panagea andplete the quests and increase their levels.


    Thebination of the training area and virtual portals could rid of the problems the Guhyakas were facing. Aakesh didn¡¯t forget to use these factors to make everyone out of these seventeen willing to ept the result.


    The quest demanded that Aakesh make the business family relinquish their business and transfer their entire consumer base of the opposite party¡¯s own volition. He couldn¡¯t force them, so only when all the seventeen willingly wanted would the family head ept the oue, and only after that, Aakesh would have fulfilled the requirement ofpleting his mission.


    The seventeen Guhyakas were now truly enchanted with the benefits provided by Aakesh. But since it wasn¡¯t a small decision, the family members started discussing things with each other.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t disturb the family members, while Lily had her eyes on the eldest son since his life was at stake here, depending on the oue.


    ¡°Sir, we are willing to ept the oue,¡± The eldest son, who was easily prone to his emotions, couldn¡¯t control himself and shouted. All the other family members looked at him with shock since the discussion was still going on between the family members.


    The family head only smiled wryly since he already knew the character of his son. Since he had been willing to ept the oue of the bet from the start, he had no issue with repeating the same sentence.


    It was only that earlier he had resigned to his fate, but now he was sincerely willing since the benefits provided by Aakesh were too much to let go of.


    The family head¡¯s answer set off a wave and broke the psychological barrier the other fifteen Guhyakas had in their mind, and soon, all of them answered. It was a unanimous yes.


    Lily finally moved his eyes away from the eldest son, who was lost in some trance, unaware that his family had just saved his life.

 Chapter 733: Warning

    Chapter 733: Warning


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions forpleting the quest!]


    As soon as all the family members epted Aakesh¡¯s benefits, several mechanical notifications rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh ignored them and decided to check them when he returned to the store since he was still outside and was with the Gupta family.


    ¡°Sir, can we buy more virtual portals if we want?¡± The family head respectfully asked Aakesh. Ten virtual portals weren¡¯t enough for his own family, let alone the entire Gupta family.


    ¡°No, virtual portals aren¡¯t for sale,¡± Aakesh replied, making the other members surprised and even more happy for epting the benefits.


    ¡°Even though virtual portals aren¡¯t for sale, you can still enter Panagea for a limited amount of time in the store,¡± Aakesh honestly told the Guhyakas.


    Since they had now epted the offer, there was no point in Aakesh introducing his store to the Gupta family.


    Even though the benefits provided by Aakesh to the Gupta family were easily essible to everyone in the Primal dimension, the Gupta family still wasn¡¯t at a loss.


    The system only offered benefits equivalent to thr worth of their consumer base.


    Ten virtual portals may not sound like a lot, but buying even one of them wasn¡¯t possible for Immortals of high status, let alone these Gunyakas who were only surviving due to their creator.


    For a moment, the Guhyakas in the room couldn¡¯t help but be dumbfounded after hearing Aakesh¡¯s response, and the shock only grew the more Aakesh introduced the store to them.


    But in the end, after learning that buying virtual portals and the training area wasn¡¯t possible for anyone, and they would be the only ones in the Primal dimension to own them other than the store, their happiness knew no bounds.


    Time flew by.


    ¡°The time rate in Panagea is flowing three times whenpared with the Primal dimension, so you can spend seventy-two hours in Panagea, while only twenty-four hours had passed here.¡±


    ¡°Your lifespan has nothing to do with the time rate in Panagea, so your age would flow with respect to the time in the Primal dimension.¡±


    ¡°Every virtual portal would charge a single supreme Primal stone for a day. If you want to take things out of Panagea, you would have to pay the exchange rate of five thousand percent. You won¡¯t have toe to the store for that; it will be done here¡­,¡± Aakesh exined everything about virtual portals the Gupta family needed to know since now they were the owner.


    The Guhyakas couldn¡¯t help but look at each other in surprise after listening about the virtual portal. Especially the price of one suprme Primal stone for the day.


    They knew they would have to pay some price for entering Panagea, but they never expected it only to be one supreme Primal stone for the entire day. It was worth nothing in their eyes since they controlled several quadrillions worth of stones.


    At the same time, the three times the time flow rate made them excited. The limiting factor in their cultivation was their short lifespan, but now that they could cultivate three times more and yet not have any effect on their lifespan was nothing but a godsent opportunity.


    The Guhyakas, when they looked at each other, they saw the excitement in each other eyes. At the same time, they also had relieved expressions. Seeing so many people in their families dying due to their short lifespans while also feeling death inching closer to them with each passing moment was no easy task.


    Even though Panagea wasn¡¯t a surety that they could now live for long, it was their golden ticket. Panagea was as close as to a perfect cure they could have to solve their issues.


    Aakesh could understand the things going on in the Guhyakas minds, but since he didn¡¯t have all the time with him. He began introducing the details of the next benefit they had gotten, the training area.


    ¡°The training area can only amodate one customer at once simr to Panagea.¡±


    ¡°Unlike Panagea, it wouldn¡¯t activate for an entire day, but you would have to pay for every hour¡­,¡± Aakesh told the number of Primal stones the training area would charge, depending upon the weapon grade and the training area¡¯s difficulty.


    The cost wasn¡¯t the same as what the store charged. The Immortal level weapon for the Gods & Demons level training area was priced at one trillion supreme Primal stones in the store. While the Gupta family only needed to pay eight hundred billion supreme Primal stones for the same feature.


    The amount of supreme Primal stones wasn¡¯t the system¡¯s cost, but it was the energy the training area would take for a single activation. The price told by Aakesh was the number of stones enough to provide energy to the training area.


    At the same time, Aakesh also told the Gupta family about the limit of the Immortal level and the Gods & Demons level training area since it wasn¡¯t set by the system to restrict the number of customers but for the safety of the inhabitants of Panagea.


    Aakesh also warned the Gupta family about not using the virtual portal and the training area for earning since it wasn¡¯t allowed, and the consequences would be too dire for the family toe out of.


    Since Aakesh had told the family about the virtual portal and the training area, it was now time for Aakesh to give it to them.


    Aakesh asked the Guhyakas to provide him with arge room.


    The Guhyakas epted Aakesh¡¯s order and took him to thergest room in the building. The room wasn¡¯t empty and still had several expensive materials. Before obtaining the benefits by Aakesh, this room was the warehouse, but now it would be used by the family to store virtual portals and the training area.


    The Guhyakas also didn¡¯t need the warehouse since they would have to relinquish their business and transfer their entire consumer base to Aakesh¡¯s store.


    Since the space in the room wasn¡¯t enough to store the virtual portals and the training area, Aakesh told the family to move some materials away.


    The family did as told. In no time, they entirely emptied the room and transferred the materials to their space rings.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t need that much space, but the excessive space wouldn¡¯t do any harm to the products, so he didn¡¯t care.


    The next moment, Aakesh waved his hands, and a white light engulfed the center of the room. The light then started expanding, and only stopped when it had covered one-third of the room.


    When the light disappeared, the items the Guhyakas were excitedly waiting for were there.


    In the center of the room stood a pir that touched the ground and then the roof and looked like it would be enough to support the sky. Surrounding the column were the ten devices that looked simr to travel portals but were several times smaller and released more pressure.


    The Guhyakas and their guards looked at the column and the virtual portal in shock.


    ¡°For cultivation art, you would have to go to the store. You cane anytime between the sunrise and sunset and take whatever Immortal grade cultivation art you find suitable for you,¡± Aakesh told the Guhyakas, breaking them out of their trance.


    The third benefit was the immortal grade cultivation art of their liking, and since Aakesh couldn¡¯t just bring the shelves with him, the family would need to select their cultivation art from the store.


    (A/N: The Immortal grade cultivation art here means simr to what Johanna brought all five grades of cultivation arts, and not just one Immortal grade cultivation art.)


    The family head nodded. He already knew the address of the store since Aakesh had earlier given them store cards.


    ¡°Don¡¯t forget what you have given up. Be honest in your actions from today,¡± Aakesh suddenly stated, while his face had turned expressionless.


    The Guhyakas couldn¡¯t help but tremble in fear after finding those eyes looking at them. Those in the family, who had ns to take advantage of Aakesh, removed those thoughts from their hearts since life was worth more than for them, especially after learning about Panagea.


    Aakesh then disappeared without waiting for the Guhyakas¡¯s response, but at the same time, an expressionless voice had rung in their heads.


    ¡°Keep these virtual portals and the training area secret from the outside world.¡±


    Aakesh had warned the family in good faith since it wasn¡¯t his duty to protect them. At the same time, he also knew what tragedy the Gupta family would bring on them if someone were to find out about their owning virtual portals.


    As for whether the Gupta family heeded his warning or not, Aakesh didn¡¯t care. His quest wasplete, and it was now time for him to return, so he had directly teleported back to the store.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter today. It was Sunday, and I wanted to give some free time to myself and my family.


    Thanks for supporting the book!!


    We would be ascending to the next dimension in thirty chapters at max, so go ahead and tell what topic or character you want me to cover the most in these few chapters.

 Chapter 734: Rewards

    Chapter 734: Rewards


    Since Aakesh hadpleted the quest and already presented rewards to the Gupta family, Aakesh disappeared from the structure.


    After the quest was over, the system removed the blockage on his cultivation, and he returned to his peak. When Aakesh was at his peak, he could instantly teleport to any ce in the Primal dimension, so the next moment, he was standing inside the store.


    Not long after, the automated alerts previously ignored by Aakesh began ringing in the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions forpleting the Store Upgrading quest!]


    [Host, your rewards for the quest have been sessfully rewarded!]


    An excited expression appeared on Aakesh¡¯s face as the reward was his first step toward solving the mystery of his identity. It had taken him thousands of years just to take the first step, but now that Aakesh was here, he didn¡¯t find the time excessive.


    As the system had stated, there was a new piece of memory in his head. If Aakesh¡¯s memory was like an ocean, the respective memory seemed to be an ind in the center of the sea. It didn¡¯t matter how rough the ocean¡¯s waves were, and they would never be able to touch the ind.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but grow nervous. Lily looked at Aakesh in surprise since it was the first time she had seen him having this expression.


    Lily also knew just how significant the moment was, so she stayed silent and didn¡¯t disturb Aakesh.


    After looking at that extraordinary piece of memory in his sea of memory, Aakesh finally decided to touch upon it.


    The next moment, he took a deep breath and mentally touched upon the piece of memory.


    Not long after, Aakesh found the sight in front of him changing. Earlier, he stood in the light, but now darkness had spread all over the area.


    Suddenly, the darkness started dispersing as several suns started rising in the area. Aakesh couldn¡¯t even count the number of suns, nor could he calcte their sizes; they were that vast. Merely by standing in front of them, Aakesh could feel just how tiny he was.


    Only after the darkness had entirely dissipated, Aakesh found out that those weren¡¯t exclusive suns but the halo behind living beings.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but tremble as the halo alone was enough to show that he was nothing here. It seemed to Aakesh that the beings around the area had not consciously released the golden halo, but it was automatic.


    The feeling made Aakesh even more fearful and excited about his identity mystery.


    Aakesh then attempted to look at the face of the closest being, only to find a blurry surface. Aakesh decided to give his all to peer through whatever mystery he could, so he released whatever amount of energy he had into his eyes to glimpse past the blurry feature.


    Nothing happened to the blurred face, but Aakesh suddenly heard a chuckle as the being suddenly turned toward him.


    ¡°Haha, you aren¡¯t that strong yet,¡± The next moment, an unfamiliar voice filled with gentleness rang in Aakesh¡¯s ears.


    Aakesh only looked at the being in response and didn¡¯t say anything. As if the being had expected Aakesh to do the same thing, they chuckled and then turned toward the other beings.


    ¡°You have seen enough,¡± Suddenly, a voice filled with coldness rang in Aakesh¡¯s ears, and before he could find out its source, Aakesh found himself back in the store.


    [Congrattions, Host, your authority isn¡¯t lowest anymore, but it had been upgraded to low!]


    Before Aakesh could trulye over the scene he had seen just now, the system¡¯s emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head, congratting him.


    ¡°Hey, system, I didn¡¯t see anything in that scene, and now that I am trying to reconnect to the piece of memory, I can¡¯t return there,¡± Aakesh ignored the system¡¯s notification and asked.


    [Host, this is the first step toward finding the truths of your past!]


    ¡°So, the first step is only toe in contact with those beings.¡±


    [Yes, Host! Now that you have taken the first step ande in contact with those beings, your way toward knowing the past will grow more straightforward.]


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh finally stopped his conversation with the system about the scene since the system had now answered his questions, and he was satisfied with it.


    The way bing easier didn¡¯t mean that the quests would be easy. It only implied that it wouldn¡¯t take him this long only to take a single step. The difficulty of the missions by the system would only grow by several folds.


    The system then rang the authority increasing notification once again since Aakesh had ignored it at that time and was busy thinking about the scene.


    ¡°What can I do with my increased authority?¡± Aakesh asked about the system since his authority was only low despite the upgrade.


    [Host, with low authority, you can hire an assistant for you in the store to make your work easy.]


    [Host, with low authority, yourmission rate had grown to five percent of the sale, with the previous rules still being in ce.]


    The next moment, the system¡¯s response rang inside Aakesh¡¯s head.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care much for it since having an assistant was actually his suggestion to the system. At the same time, he was already satisfied with one percent of themission, so five percent of themission didn¡¯t matter much to him.


    As for getting some answers to unanswered questions, things went as Aakesh had expected. Only when his authority reached the mid-range would he have sufficient status to ask questions rted to the system. While for queries rted to his past, Aakesh was confident that it wouldn¡¯t happen before he at least had high-level authority.


    ¡°Hey, system, what are the criteria for the assistants?¡± Aakesh then asked the system since he was going to hire one in the uing days. He was already busy taking payments for the cultivation arts the entire day. After the assistant¡¯s arrival, he would get some time with Lily like earlier before the arrival of the cultivation arts.


    [Host, the system has no criteria for the new assistant! You can decide that on your own since you would be the employer. You would have to pay their earnings from your pocket!]

 Chapter 735: Assistant!!!

    Chapter 735: Assistant!!!


    [Host, the system has no criteria for the new assistant! You can decide that on your own since you would be the employer. You would have to pay their earnings from your pocket!]


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but get surprised, hearing that he would have to pay the assistant from his own pocket. But after thinking for a moment, Aakesh epted it since the assistant would reduce his already less work in the store. At the same time, the system was also giving some benefits to the assistant, which could be said to be more than enough for the majority of the people.


    ¡°Do I decide the criteria for your assistant?¡± Lily, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke out in her childlike voice.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but smile and told Lily to go ahead.


    As soon as Aakesh heard the first criteria Lily had, Aakesh couldn¡¯t help butugh out loud.


    The first requirement Lily wanted was not to hire a female assistant since Lily didn¡¯t like any female getting closer to Aakesh. If the other party had an interest in Aakesh, Lily didn¡¯t like it. But if the other party didn¡¯t have an interest in Aakesh, Lily hated it since how could someone not have an interest in Aakesh, ording to her?


    Aakesh already knew what went through Lily¡¯s head, so he refused her first suggestion straight away. How to recruit the assistant was already there in his mind, and Aakesh didn¡¯t want to be unfair and restrict it to one gender. As for who won in the end, it would be up to the capabilities of the customers of the store.


    Aakesh was going to choose his assistant from the store. Especially those who had been regr in his store for at least one year. It was also the first requirement Aakesh was going to ce over his future assistant.


    He would have some more requirements, but that would be for the future. The store¡¯s annual event was only a few days away, so on thest day, Aakesh would choose his assistant.


    ***


    It had taken Aakesh around three hours toplete the quest, so there were still around six hours left before the sun rose on the Anga continent.


    Lily had already spent around four hours outside. It was equivalent to eleven hours in Panagea, so Lily wanted to return to Panagea.


    Unfortunately for Lily, Aakesh didn¡¯t let her go since her training was still left.


    Lily could only push back the frustration inside her heart as she both appeared in the selection area the next moment.


    Lily repeated the process she had been doing for tens of thousands of years, and soon, a space crack emerged in the selection area and sucked her inside.


    Aakesh only smiled, seeing the frustrated expression on Lily¡¯s face. The training was the one thing where Aakesh wouldn¡¯t go soft on Lily.


    Aakesh then randomly picked his weapon for the day and repeated the process he had been doing for the past few months.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a familiar environment.


    Aakesh then looked at the weapon in his hands, only to find the weapon he had used earlier.


    Since the weapon had repeated itself, it implied that Aakesh had battled with different opponents with all the weapons in his arsenal one time.


    The weapon in Aakesh¡¯s hands was the sword, the only weapon with which Aakesh had won the sixteenth round of battle.


    The next moment, the familiar blue screen popped out in front of him with the usual options.


    As usual, Aakesh chose to start the first round. Not long after, Aakesh sensed a killing intent aiming at him.


    Aakesh turned around, and the full view of Aakesh¡¯s opponent for the day presented itself.


    The being Aakesh was going to fight belonged to a race predominantly living in the Sacred dimension.


    The creature belonged to the race Divine Ligator, a member of the beast group.


    The Divine Ligator had six pairs of feet, matching the three pairs of eyes. The creature walked on all its w-like twelve feet. It silently looked at Aakesh and released killing intent.


    The Divine Ligators loved to battle and kill. As soon as the bell rang and announced the start of the first round, it made its move.


    Unfortunately, its battle instinct didn¡¯t help it as only halfway, and it lost consciousness.


    If the Divine Ligator were still alive, it would have seen two vertical pieces of itsrge body lying in a pool of blood while its opponent not even looking at it.


    Time doesn¡¯t slow for anyone, so in only the blink of an eye, several minutes had passed.


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    ¡°ng!¡±


    The sound of sessive metallic shes rang in the area as Aakesh¡¯s sword and the Ligator¡¯s ws shed with each other.


    The sound didn¡¯t persist for a while since the Ligator was only able to handle three shes at most with Aakesh¡¯s sword with each foot. After around forty shes, seven ws-like feet were lying on the ground, while the Divine Ligator was angrily rushing at Aakesh to charge onest time.


    Aakesh had a calm face as he vertically shed his sword.


    The next moment, a wave of white light flew at the charging Divine Ligator with an unimaginable speed.


    The Divine Ligator could feel its death approaching, but it had lost its sanity in pain from the numerous injuries spread across its body, so it angrily roared and further increased its speed.


    The efforts by the Divine Ligator were for naught, as when the white light flew past the Ligator, it had lost its consciousness. A simr scene repeated itself as two pieces of Divine Ligatory on both sides while the stage was still shaking from the crash.


    The next moment, a green light engulfed Aakesh and healed whatever injury he had.


    With the Ligator¡¯s death, Aakesh won the fifteenth battle for the day.


    Time flew by.


    The sixteenth round of battle finally began as the familiar sound of the bell rang in the area.


    Aakesh had earlier won the sixteenth battle when he had the sword, and he had failed to replicate the win after that, so Aakesh grew serious right from the start.

 Chapter 736: Streak?

    Chapter 736: Streak?


    [Ding!]


    The bell announced the start of the sixteenth round of battle. Aakesh grew serious right from the start since losing this battle would mean continuing the streak of failures.


    His eyes turned cold. The Divine Ligator was also very angry after losing so many battles to Aakesh, so when its strength reached a satisfying level to challenge its opponent, it decided to fight with its all right from the start.


    The sound of the bell hadn¡¯t even subsided when sounds of metallic shes rang in the battle arena.


    Neither of them wanted to be the second to take the initiative, so both of them did it at once.


    Aakesh¡¯s sword gracefully shed with the Ligator¡¯s w when suddenly another Ligator¡¯s sharp w came charging at him.


    Aakesh did not react to it as if he didn¡¯t care for it, but when the w was about to touch Aakesh, his sword appeared right there to stop it.


    Scenes like this continuously happened since the Divine Ligator had twelve ws while Aakesh only had one sword.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes had passed in the blink of an eye.


    The battle between Aakesh and the Ligator was still going on as none of the two was able toe to the top in the fight.


    Aakesh had unlimited endurance, so he didn¡¯t feel tired despite fighting such a high-intensity battle continuously for thest few minutes. The Divine Ligator wasn¡¯t also tired since it had one of the best endurance in the Multiverse.


    The battle continued creating destructions across the arena, while the injury on both Aakesh and his opponent grew with each passing moment.


    Fortunately and unfortunately, the injuries weren¡¯t something to care about for both thebatants, so they fought without caring for one.


    Time doesn¡¯t stop for anyone, and the same was the case for Aakesh and the Divine Ligator.


    Around eighteen minutes had passed since the sixteenth round of battle between Aakesh and the Ligator began.


    The Divine Ligator had lost seven of its foot, while a deep gash was there on its head. Simrly, Aakesh also had a deep injury, with arge cut on his waist. Blue blood continuously flowed from the injury since Aakesh wasn¡¯t able to heal the damage due to the poisonous skill used by the Ligator while causing him the respective wound.


    Aakesh had a cold expression, while the Divine Ligator had an angry face as they both stared at each other.


    The next moment, as if they hadmunicated the step beforehand, Aakesh and the Ligator made their moves.


    Aakesh straightened his sword and raised it in the air. The next moment, the light started receding around Aakesh, as darkness leaking from the sword overpowered the light.


    In no time, a few hundred meters of the area around Aakesh turned intoplete darkness, where it was impossible for anyone to use any of their senses.


    The arena was currently spread across three hundred miles since the Ligator alone covered the area of one mile.


    The next moment, darkness started receding back toward the sword. This time, it didn¡¯t melt into the sword, but it started covering the sharp surface, making it even darker than the darkness itself.


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    ¡°Crack!¡±


    The next moment, cracking sounds rang in the area as even the space couldn¡¯t handle the aura currently leaking from the sword.


    If anyone were to look at the sword, they would feel themselves standing in a pool of massacre while the ughter¡¯s creator coldly looked at them.


    The light returned to where Aakesh stood, while the sword still raised in the air sent chills down the spine of Ligator, who had also prepared his ultimate move.


    The move Aakesh was going to release was his mightiest in this training round, and he was going to use it for the first time today.


    ¡°Roar!¡±


    Suddenly, a roar filled with anger and rage rang in the area as the Ligator made its move.


    The Ligator, which was only around one mile, suddenly grew to ten miles, and at the same time, its injuries had also healed.


    All six of the Ligator¡¯s eyes turned cyan, and cyan blood started leaking from them. The blood, instead of falling to the ground, vaporized from the heat currently released by the Ligator.


    The next moment, the Ligator made its move.


    Its speed attained its zenith. While it still looked to be standing where it was, in reality, it had already reached Aakesh.


    Even Aakesh failed to follow the Ligator¡¯s movement. Aakesh knew he needed to fight using his senses.


    The Ligator¡¯s speed was quick, but unfortunately for it, it was no match for Aakesh¡¯s attack speed.


    Aakesh¡¯s cold eyes maintained their coldness as he gracefully brought his sword down.


    ¡°RUMBLE!!!¡±


    The next moment, an explosion-like sound rang in the air as Aakesh and the Ligator¡¯s ultimate skills shed with each other. Even the space couldn¡¯t handle the sh as its shards started raining down.


    The space¡¯s stability in the battle arena was equivalent to the round of battle, so the sh of these ultimate moves had already surpassed the limit.


    Since Aakesh was in close proximity when the explosion happened, he found himself getting knocked back with an unimaginable force.


    He looked like a kite as he flung through the air while the sky was raining with space shards.


    Time flew by.


    A few seconds after the sh, the effects of the sh finally disappeared.


    The system restored the space to its usual, while a pit presented itself in ce of the arena.


    Aakesh was currently floating at the edge of the arena, which was now a pit. He was in a life-threatening situation, with two-thirds of his body entirely gone.


    His brain and heart were intact, so he was alive. If even one of the two had gotten hit, he would have died. It was only due to Aakesh¡¯s efforts, as he was very close to dying when he had gotten impacted by the explosion.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed the pit, while a green light surrounded Aakesh.


    The Ligator, who was at the end of the pit, finally died after struggling for the past few seconds and gave Aakesh his second sixteenth round win. At the same time, his streak of losing the sixteenth round also came to an end.


    The green light surrounding Aakesh started healing him. All the poisonous effects which had earlier stopped Aakesh from healing seemed to be nothing inparison to the green light as the injuries disappeared at an unimaginable speed.


    In no time, Aakesh, the same as the start of the battle, appeared in a field of blue light.


    As a result of winning this battle, Aakash ended his consecutive streak of winning the sixteenth round of the fight, but he wasn¡¯t happy with the way the fighting had yed out.


    Aakesh survived by a nick only in the sixteenth round, so winning in the seventeenth round seemed almost impossible for the current him.


    The result of the sixteenth round of battle had proceeded simrly to the way it had gone when Aakesh had used the sword a few months earlier. At that time also, Aakesh had survived with only a nick.


    But Aakesh didn¡¯t feel that he hadn¡¯t grown in battle. If Aakesh were topare today¡¯s match with that day, he would rate today¡¯s fight as ten and the previous sixteenth round as nine.


    The difference between the previous opponent and the Divine Ligator was vast since the Ligators loved to battle. Due to their excessive interest in it, they were also usually far more capable than their counterparts at the same level.


    The same wasn¡¯t the case for Aakesh¡¯s previous opponent. It was a race that descended from the third dimension and was strong in battle, but it wasn¡¯t that muchpared to the Divine Ligator.


    The next moment, the familiar blue screen popped out in front of Aakesh, stopping him fromparing the two battles.


    Aakesh taking a deep breath tapped on the blue screen.


    The next moment, the blue light receded, disappearing entirely from the arena.


    The arena for the seventeenth round of battle saw around a hundredfold growth, as its range increased from three hundred miles to fifty thousand miles.


    ¡°ROAR!¡±


    Suddenly, a roar filled with majesty rang in the battle arena, taking away Aakesh¡¯s concentration.


    Aakesh turned around, and his opponent presented itself.


    The Divine Ligator had grown in size, but it wasn¡¯t as outrageous as a hundredfold. The earlier Ligator spanned over one mile, while the current Divine Ligator covered a range of around five miles.


    The number of its w-like feet saw an increase in this round, as they grew to eighteen from twelve, while the pair of eyes saw a reduction. The current Ligator only had a single pair of eyes.


    It was an evolved form of the Divine Ligators when their bloodline evolved. Out of billions of LIgators, only one could evolve, so the evolved Ligator was also called Divine Royal Ligator.


    [Ding!]


    Soon, the bell rang and announced the start of the battle.


    A few secondster, Aakesh appeared in the selection area. The Divine Royal Ligator used its full power right from the start since it wanted to win as soon as possible.


    The difference between the sixteenth and seventeenth rounds was vast. It wasn¡¯t something that could be done with a few months of battles even for Aakesh, so the power gap between the duo was seen right from the start.


    The Ligator made all the offensive moves, while Aakesh only defended himself from the attacks. The situation didn¡¯t continue for long as the Ligator overpowered Aakesh and killed him.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there will only be one chapter today due to some personal work.


    Have a great day/night! Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 737: Out of Expectations!

    Chapter 737: Out of Expectations!


    After Aakesh lost the seventeenth round of battle, he found himself back in the selection area.


    Since there was still some time left before Lily would exit her training, Aakesh decided to spend that time in another training environment.


    Aakesh didn''t have to think about the training area since he was going to the simr one he went to yesterday.


    Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several minutes had passed.


    The silence in the selection area suddenly broke down as a cracking sound emerged, and following it, a portal-like space crack appeared. Soon, a silhouette stepped out of it, and it was none other than Aakesh.


    Aakesh took a nce around and didn''t see Lily waiting for him. Since Lily''s training was about to end anytime, Aakesh decided to wait for her rather than enter another training area.


    Time flew by, and the waiting soon came to an end as Lily emerged from the second emergence of the portal-like space crack.


    Lily then asked the system for her chair, and not long after, her chair appeared ced in front of Aakesh''s chair.


    Lily didn''t like training, so she wanted to enter Panagea, but the tradition between her and Aakesh was to her liking since she was the one behind the idea. Even if the time flow rate in Panagea became thousands of timespared to the Primal dimension, Lily wouldn''t care about it when she was talking with Aakesh.


    More Time flew by.


    Lily and Aakesh first discussed how their days had gone by before Lily''s return to the store. After that, Aakesh and Lily began discussing additional strategies for Lily to conquer arge territory of her own in Panagea.


    Today, the conversation went lengthier than usual since the events happening in Panagea were out of expectations for both Lily and Aakesh.


    The King, who was the ruler of thend Lily had in her fiefdom, was a cruel and egoist person. Just a day before Lily''s return to Panagea, a piece of tragic news spread around in the Kingdom.


    The King''s eldest son had died tragically in a battle with an opponent the prince should have never trifled with.


    The King didn''t care much since his son had died due to his foolishness of challenging someone more powerful than him, but since the son had the status of being the King''s eldest son, the King took the death as a hit on him. For someone of his ego, it wasn''t something that could be considered a trifle.


    The King had summoned all the head nobles in his territory, and he was probably going to announce war.


    Lily was worried since fighting in the war wasn''t good for her. War changes everything. It gave her a way to create a positive perception in the eyes of the other nobles, but unfortunately, Lily didn''t have such capabilities for now. Her army was one of the best-trained forces in the Kingdom, but they still couldn''t do anything to people exceeding Level 250, and there was nock of Level 250 in the opposite force.


    ***


    "Use this war to bring other nobles under your umbre," Aakesh didn''t see this war as Lily. The war was unexpected for Aakesh since he couldn''t just divine the King''s eldest son dying, and the King then might announce a war. Despite that, the war could fasten his ns by months, if not years.


    Wars are the best way to create negative perceptions of the ruler. The title of the King was hereditary, and there was no expert capable to fight the King. Aakesh wanted the other nobles to do the deeds for him, and Lily would deal thest blow and enjoy the fruit.


    Aakesh didn''t like these fights for thrones, but since Lily wanted to sit on one and had used one of her three wishes, Aakesh was going to help Lily sit on the highest seat and rule.


    Time flew by, and after discussing the strategies by which Lily could use the situation and if somehow the war urred in her favor finally came to an end.


    Aakesh had a smile on her face, while Lily was also beaming with joy since discussing with Aakesh had given her a sudden inspiration, which Aakesh also liked.


    The next moment, Aakesh and Lily disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the store''s hall.


    Not long after, a door floating midway in the air appeared after Lily summoned it. Soon, steps connecting the door to the floor also emerged.


    Lily then climbed on the steps and entered the room. After Lily left, the door to Aakesh and Lily''s room closed on its own.


    The next moment, the smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared, and the usual expressionless face took its ce.


    Since there were still a few hours left before sunrise, Aakesh decided to enter Panagea. He turned around in the direction of the portal room and stepped forward.


    As usual, Aakesh''s eyes fell on the ranking leaderboard. Maria still maintained her first ce and didn''t look to lose that spot anywhere near in the future.


    Aakesh''s eyes nced across all the top hundred adventurers. There was no change in ranking from yesterday, so Aakesh moved his eyes away and went to the nearest virtual portal.


    Aakesh then touched the portal using only the tip of his finger. The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything Aakesh could fight against appeared from the stars shining in the portals and sucked him inside.


    The next moment, the light in the stars began dimming. In no time, all the countless stars had turned gray, signifying that it had gotten filled.


    Aakesh was already aware of the process of entering Panagea, so he didn''t miss anything.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in the spot he had exited Panagea before the sunrise.


    Aakesh had exited Panagea inside a settlement since he had ideas of doing some quests, and not just hunting creatures.


    Since today went differently than earlier days, and Aakesh spent some hours doing the store upgrading quest, he didn''t have enough time to do the missions and then activate his ss skills, Watcher.


    With the time remaining, Aakesh could only do one thing if he decided to follow the schedule he had put for him after the time flow rate in Panagea changed.

 Chapter 738: A New Day in the Store!

    Chapter 738: A New Day in the Store!


    Since Aakesh could only choose one of the two, Aakesh decided to spend his reminder of today''s time activating his ss skills.


    After making his decision, Aakesh rarely gave a second thought to it. The rarity wasn''t bound to happen today, so Aakesh made his move right away and rushed toward the busiest spot in the settlement.


    Yesterday wasn''t very fruitful for Aakesh, so hoping for a beneficial day, Aakesh reached his destination in only a few seconds since the distance was only a few thousand miles.


    After reaching his destination, Aakesh activated the skill, Universal Eyes. And not long after, a 3D real-time projection of everything happening in the range of ten Yojanas around him appeared in front of Aakesh.


    (A/N; One Yojana= 8 miles/12 km.)


    There were several grayed people in the projection, but they weren''t Aakesh''s targets. The next moment, Aakesh activated another ss skill, Fortune Eyes.


    The next moment, another small projection on top of the previous one appeared. It didn''t have the same range as it only covered a radius of one yojana of distance around Aakesh.


    Aakesh began searching for a suitable candidate from the smaller projection. His search bore him no fruits as Aakesh didn''t find a single being that had enough fortune to grant some rewards.


    Aakesh didn''t move as there was a constant flow of people in the area.


    Unlike earlier, Aakesh didn''t feel a pinch when the skill Fortune Eyes devoured one energy unit every second.


    Time flew by, and after waiting for three minutes, Aakesh finally found a suitable candidate.


    The being in question was a male human. His fortune wasn''t that great, but it had still breached the minimum number of golden lines Aakesh wanted, so he chose the human.


    Aakesh also noticed arge number of ck lines adjacent to the golden lines. Inparison, the number of red lines was lower.


    The human in question had a higher chance of dying or getting a great reward. The chances of him getting injured were lower than his death.


    Time flew by.


    After following the human for seven hours, Aakesh''s efforts came to naught.


    The number of ck lines won in the end, as the human came across a group of Level 255+ creatures from other races in thepetition the man had participated.


    It was his bad luck since the group had just gathered, and he came across them.


    Even if Aakesh wanted, he couldn''t turn the situation favorable for the human in question since a Level 300+ was in charge of thepetition, and only the locals of the settlement could participate in it. Aakesh was neither local nor could he defeat a group of Level 255+ creatures or a Level 300+ being.


    Aakesh stopped thinking about the death of the man and his failure since sess and failure were only the two sides of a coin. If it were something in control of Aakesh, he would have pondered over it, but since things were out of control for Aakesh from the start and he could only witness without interfering, there was no point wasting his time over it.


    Since there were still a few hours left in Panagea, Aakesh returned to the earlier spot and reactivated his two skills.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on the Anga continent!]


    The system''s emotionless voice suddenly rang inside Aakesh''s head. Aakesh was about to select his third candidate for the day, but he stopped since it was now time for him to open the store.


    Unlike his day in the store and the quest, his time in Panagea wentpletely opposite. Both of his suitable candidates died, so Aakesh got nothing from those events.


    Except for traveling over the settlement and a few areas around it, Aakesh gained nothing from his day in Panagea.


    The next moment, Aakesh thought of leaving. Not long after, a white light engulfed him.


    The light disappeared as quickly as it had engulfed Aakesh, and with its disappearance, Aakesh had also vanished from Panagea.


    A few inhabitants of Panagea witnessed the scene of Aakesh leaving. They had curious expressions as they approached the spot. But the next moment, their eyes turned nk. The color in their eyes returned soon after. Somehow they had forgotten about their curiosity about Aakesh leaving or the scene of Aakesh vanishing, and they got busy with what they were doing before the emergence of the scene.


    Unaware of what had happened after he left, Aakesh appeared in the familiar store''s hall.


    Since there were still a few minutes left before sunrise, Aakesh summoned the door to his room.


    After taking a bath and changing to a different dhoti that had the same color and exact characteristics, Aakesh exited his room.


    Soon, Aakesh got the notification of the sun rising on the Anga continent from the system.


    Aakesh then stood up from his chair and went to the door.


    With a clicking sound, Aakesh opened the door, and a familiar scene of millions of people thronging the radius of three thousand miles around the store weed his sight.


    At the top of the thronging crowd, Aakesh saw Maria and her group. Not far from her, nna and her family stood. The front of the crowd was dominated by the people who had beening to the store even before it got famous.


    Aakesh didn''t let the enthusiastic crowd wait longer as he turned around and returned to his chair. While the crowd entered the store like a raging tide.


    In no time, the overcrowded area around the store turned void of any living beings.


    The store didn''t seem overcrowded despite tens of millions of people in the store.


    Out of the people, the majority of them would go to Panagea, while the remaining ones would go to either the cultivation arts room or the weapons room.


    Out of the Panagea goers, those who had cards directly went toward the portal room, while those who didn''t have one created a line near Aakesh and paid for their services.


    Rarely did new customers enter the store this early in the morning, but today, there was a group of hundred unfamiliar faces in the bunch.


    Aakesh recognized them as one group due to their same race and crowding around a single person.

 Chapter 739 A New Customer from Another World!!!

    Chapter 739: A New Customer from Another World!!!


    After the customers chose their product choices and went for it, only Aakesh and a group of people were left in the store¡¯s hall.


    The group consisted of more than a hundred people, with one existing at the center of all the attention.


    Since customers buying cultivation arts could exit the room anytime and approach him, Aakesh didn¡¯t begin his rxation session. He focused on the group.


    The group consisted of one hundred and twelve people belonging to a race unknown to the Primal dimension.


    For Aakesh, who was the store owner, it was easy to see through the disguise of the people.


    Even though the people belonged to a race not known to the Primal dimension, it was nothing but a disguise as all the one hundred and twelve people belonged to the Sun Elves.


    In the group of the hundred and twelve, only one was a female Sun Elf, while all the remaining one hundred and eleven Sun Elves were male. From their formation and the way they looked at the surroundings, the 111 people seemed to be the guard of the female.


    All the one hundred and twelve Sun Elves were peak Immortal, signifying that they had used a good quality traveling talisman to descend to the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh, who had already reached the limit of the Primal dimension, felt threatened by three of the one hundred and eleven guards and the female in the group.


    The quality difference between the talismans used in the group was evident from the sense of danger Aakesh felt from the group.


    Aakesh only felt a sense of danger, not him being weaker than the four people like Lilith. Aakesh then moved his eyes away and let the group judge their surroundings.


    ¡°So, this is the store my brother came to,¡± The female standing at the center of the group mumbled as she looked at her surroundings.


    The female was none other than Elle, William¡¯s sister. After Asquith visited Andrew in an illusion, Adam passed an order of not searching for Aakesh. At the same time, he conversed with Elle and sent her to the Primal dimension since she was the primary reason behind William descending.


    (A/N: For more details, please visit chapter 705.)


    ¡°Master, this ce gives me a sense of danger,¡± One of the guardsmunicated with Elle mentally.


    Among the one hundred and eleven guards, three were her own protectors, while the other one hundred and eight guards were sent by her father, Andrew, to help her do chores or other minor things. It was also the primary reason behind the difference in talisman used by the guards.


    Elle nodded in affirmation since she herself had the same feeling from the store.


    ¡°Eh!¡±


    The three guards and Elle suddenly eximed in surprise as they felt someone peering through their disguises. Their eyes fell on the mysterious blue-skinned store owner, who was indifferent looking at them. The next moment, he moved his eyes away.


    Elle and the three guards looked at each other and could see the surprise in their eyes.


    In the Sacred dimension, the three protectors of Elle were no ordinary characters. Their cultivation level had reached the peak of the Sacred dimension, and the same was with Elle, who was only a sublevel away from the peak. Their senses and intuition were different from others, so when Aakesh saw through the guards¡¯ disguise, those four were able to sense it.


    ¡°Gean, do you know the race of the store owner?¡± Elle suddenly asked one of her three guards.


    Gean was the oldest in the group and had lived for several Epochs in the Sacred dimension. His knowledge about different races exceeded the majority of the schrs in the Multiverse, so Elle went to him after not recognizing the race of the store owner.


    ¡°Forgive me, princess. This old man is unable to recognize,¡± Gean apologized, resulting in a look of shock on everyone in the group.


    Gean¡¯s answer surprised even Elle, but soon she nodded as she remembered the conversation with her father.


    Even their ancestor Asquith was unable toprehend the extraordinary features of the store, ording to her father. So having a store owner from an unknown race to them wasn¡¯t a big stretchpared to what she had learned from Andrew.


    Andrew had sent Elle here with a mission. The first was to support William since Asquith had taken fancy to him and had high hopes for William. At the same time, she also needed to grow with him since after talking with Elle, Andrew understood that Elle was the reason behind William¡¯s actions. He also believed that William respected Elle the most in her sibling group.


    Since the future wedding between William and Elle was bound to happen, Andrew wanted to create a power couple for the Sun Elves that may even transcend the glory of Asquith, their primogenitor.


    Elle clearly remembered the conversation between her and Andrew since it had only happened a few minutes before for her. It was only due to the fast time rate in the Primal dimension that a day had passed here.


    Elle then discussed a few more things with her three protectors. She then ordered her one hundred and eight guards to connect with the Sunlight Elves without her appearing here getting known to William. She wanted to let him know by herself and not by other means.


    After the people left, only Elle and her three protectors were left in the store. Elle then looked at her three protectors, and they understood her intentions.


    They moved away and got ready in attacking formations if something were to happen to Elle. They could sense that they would be able to do nothing inside the store, but that didn¡¯t take away their will. They were here to protect Elle, so they would only do that without caring about the situation and their opponent.


    Elle took a deep breath and approached Aakesh with a solemn face as if she was going to fight a battle.


    ¡°Are you the store owner?¡± Elle asked Aakesh. Her tone was expressionless.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t speak anything in response but only nodded his head.


    ¡°Did you see through our disguises?¡± Elle then asked as the sudden feeling of getting peered through still remained in her mind.

 Chapter 740 Flow of Time!!!

    Chapter 740: Flow of Time!!!


    ¡°Did another member of our racee to the store?¡± After asking for several questions, Elle finally asked the most vital question in her mind.


    ¡°Do you want to buy some products?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked, ignoring Elle¡¯s question.


    ¡°I will pay you whatever you want if you answer my question,¡± Elle agitatedly asked Aakesh after seeing him ignoring her.


    ¡°Don¡¯t repeat the same question, or I will make you move away from here,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    If not for everyone in the store being a customer, Aakesh would have already thrown Elle out for wasting so much time of his on questions that didn¡¯t have anything to do with the store.


    Elle couldn¡¯t help but heave a sigh of relief after seeing Aakesh not telling her about William. She was already aware that William hade to the store since her ancestor Asquith had said so.


    ¡°Store owner, thank you for protecting my brother,¡± Elle suddenly thanked Aakesh. This time her tone was sincere and contained respect for Aakesh.


    ¡°Do you want to buy some products? Don¡¯t make me repeat the question thrice,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly replied, having no care about what Elle was feeling right now.


    Elle couldn¡¯t help but smile wryly after seeing Aakesh showing no interest in her feelings.


    ¡°Yes, store owner, I am here for the store products. Can you introduce me to the products sold in the store?¡± Elle regaining her calm asked Aakesh.


    Her purpose behind descending to the Primal stone was to support her brother as well as help her grow strong. Now that she had seen the character of the store owner for herself, she decided to focus on her until she met her brother, William.


    Aakesh began introducing the store products since Elle finally asked a question he was duty-bound to answer.


    Elle couldn¡¯t help but get surprised after learning about the properties of Panagea. She came from an overlord family in the Sacred dimension, so she knew more about valuable items than others.


    Materializing cultivation or weapons didn¡¯t surprise Elle most, but the creatures in Panagea did. After learning about the power level in the Panagea, how could she not get shocked?


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh¡¯s introduction to the store products came to an end with the cultivation arts. Like many high-level customers, Elle only found two products interesting. One was Panagea, and the other was the training area.


    She couldn¡¯t help but turn around and look at her three guards. After knowing about the training area, she suddenly had the urge to check the strength of her protectors and see how well they were inparison to the Immortals of the Primal dimension.


    Her three protectors couldn¡¯t help but shudder as they saw the shine in their princess¡¯s eyes. They then looked at each other, and each one had the same question about what was going on in Elle¡¯s head.


    A few secondster, they finally got their answers. After getting a silver card and its transformation to golden, Elle returned to them.


    Elle then told them about the training area and her intention for them to enter and see how well they fare against the best of the Immortals while being at the same stage as them.


    The three guards couldn¡¯t help but look at each other. They all had helpless faces since they didn¡¯t want to do it, but since it was Elle¡¯s intention, they had no choice but to do it as she said.


    Elle then exined to the guards the process of entering the training area and tasked them to follow her toward the weapons room.


    Elle wanted to enter Panagea first, but unfortunately for her, all the spots were taken, and she would have to wait two hours if she wanted to enter Panagea.


    Since entering the training area was better than waiting for two hours, she had paid for four entries to the Gods & Demons level training area for the Immortal grade weapons.


    Elle and her protectors hade here with Immortal grade weapons and several supreme Primal stones, so she didn¡¯t have to exchange or buy a weapon like her brother.


    After entering the weapons room, their eyes fell on the one hundred and eight pirs in the room. Elle couldn¡¯t help but feel an attraction toward the pirs. The three protectors also sensed it, but it was not as intense as what Elle was feeling.


    ¡°Dragons!¡±


    ¡°Dragons!¡±


    ¡°Dragons¡±


    ¡°Dragons!¡±


    The four of them eximed at the same time, as Dragons were the only thing that made them feel reverence and such attraction.


    Elle had also seen draconian on the supreme card and also discussed it with the store owner, but the attraction and reverence in her heart were nowhere as close as what she was currently feeling.


    Time flew by.


    After calming down, the four Sun Elves went toward the same column since they all used the same weapon, the bow.


    First, Elle walked into the infinite space inside the column. Then her three protectors repeated the process and also entered for their respective training.


    Time flew by, and an hour had passed in the blink of an eye.


    First, Elle came out, and soon, the other three, following the sequence by which they had entered the Gods & Demons level training area.


    All four of them had excited expressions since, inside the training area, they fought their hardest and gained so many things.


    ¡°How long did it take you to die for the first time?¡± Elle suddenly asked her three protectors.


    ¡°I almost survived the first strike.¡±


    ¡°Same for me!¡±


    ¡°I died in the second strike without being able to harm my opponent,¡± Gean answered. Out of the three, he was the only one to survive the first strike from his opponent.


    ¡°What race had you chosen first?¡± Elle asked since each race had different fighting strengths.


    ¡°Sun Elves!¡±


    ¡°Sun Elves!¡±


    ¡°Sun Elves!¡±


    At the same time, the three protectors answered. The two protectors couldn¡¯t help but look at Gean in surprise since they had chosen the same race, and yet he was the only one to survive the first strike.


    The group of Sun Elves then began discussing their battles in the training area.


    Seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, hours turned into a day, and just like that, a few days had passed. The third day of the event finally arrived.

 Chapter 741 Third Day of the Event(1)

    Chapter 741: Third Day of the Event(1)


    Time doesn¡¯t slow for anyone, and a few days have passed in the blink of an eye.


    The sun rose on its schedule and forced the darkness to recede in its hole.


    With the sunrise, the Bisan Kingdom weed another day.


    The store, usually crowded by around two hundred million customers, looked even more crowded. The number of people had crossed the mark of a billion, but the majority of the people weren¡¯t here to buy store products since they couldn¡¯t afford them.


    The reason behind their appearance in suchrge numbers was the annual event, and today was thest day.


    Many in the crowd were ordinary people who couldn¡¯t even cultivate, but since the store owner charged no fee to watch the event, everyone who could afford to travel to the store came.


    The three-day event by Aakesh was the most prominent event in the Bisan Kingdom. It was even greater than the founding day celebration of the Kingdom. These three days brought much revenue to the Kingdom due to people traveling here from all around the Primal dimension, so Brinda had publicly announced a public holiday for the citizens of the Bisan Kingdom.


    Usually, the store began its operation at sunrise, but during the event, the store had its openingter. The crowd standing in front of the store was getting bigger with each passing second due to citizens of the Bisan Kingdom continuously traveling.


    Around two hours after sunrise, the door to the store finally opened. At that time, the number of people had breached the mark of five billion, which was a new record for the store.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he nced at the number of people. Aakesh recognized most of them since many were his store customers, while others were regr attendees of the store¡¯s annual event.


    He then disappeared from the gate, while the crowd entered the store like a tide.


    Suddenly, one in the crowd burst open into a blood cloud as he had intentions to harm the person in front of him. The people in the crowd did not react to it since there were many new people who attempted this in thest three days and faced the same consequence.


    Aakesh, who was standing on the stage prepared for the event, didn¡¯t even find it since the system found it a waste of time.


    The stage was the same as the stage used in the first-ever event. Since the system never used ordinary materials, Aakesh decided to reuse the same tform every year.


    In front of the stage, there were around three billion chairs. The chair corresponded to the number of people in attendance yesterday at the day¡¯s end.


    The number of chairs suddenly started growing since these weren¡¯t enough to amodate the current number of attendees.


    When people reached the door, they would disappear and then teleport to the chair, depending on their sequence of entry. Since regr attendees knew it, they were at the front in the crowd and first to enter, so now they got a closer seat to the tform.


    Even though there was no point in getting the seats in front since everyone would only watch the event from therge screen set for every hundred people, people still fought for it for fun.


    The people in the front row consisted of the royal family of the Bisan Kingdom and Maria and her organization. Aakesh had reserved a few of the front seats for the King and her direct second generation since his store was in their territory. But since Brinda had no family, she was the only one in the entire Primal dimension to have her spot reserved for the store¡¯s annual event.


    People were still settling, and the inflow of attendees was only increasing, so Aakesh silently stood there and left the people in the store to wait for the main event to begin.


    The third day of the annual event only consisted of thepetition with territory in Panagea as the reward, but today was exceptional since there were two events today. The first was as usual rted to the domain in Panagea, while the second was the store¡¯s assistant.


    Two days before the beginning of the event, Aakesh had announced that he would be selecting his store¡¯s assistant on the third day of the event, so the five billion plus attendees of the event consisted of almost all store customers.


    Since there was still some time before Aakesh would announce the start of thepetition, Aakesh decided to check his quest rted to the annual event.


    The next moment, a blue screen only visible to Aakesh containing the details of the event quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Objective: Organize the annualpetition for the citizens of the Anga continent and the Primal dimension,


    Requirement: After your suggestion, the yearly event has begun, and now it has be a tradition not only for you and the store but also for the people who know the store, so as usual, it¡¯s your duty to organize it once again with the maximum possible zeal andmitment so that every citizen irrespective of their race and level can enjoy it,


    Minimum numbers of attendees: 2,500,000,000/2,500,000,000,


    Minimum number ofpetitors: 71,457,921/200,000,000,


    Event time: Three days,


    Mission reward: Nothing,


    Failure punishment: Commission reduced by 100% for a year.]


    (A/N: I had mistakenly used the target of two hundred and fifty million attendees when it was 2.5 billion. I have edited my mistake. Sorry for the trouble.)


    Aakesh looked at his quest progress. He was still more than a hundred millionpetitors away from achieving the requirement, while the number of attendees had already gotten filled.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t worry about him still being more than a hundred millionpetitors away from his target since the main attraction of the event would happen today. It would easily breach the mark of two hundred million alone, let alone thebined number; since the number of Panagea users in the store had already crossed the number of a billion for a while.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon, the quest screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.

 Chapter 742 Third Day of the Event(2)

    Chapter 742: Third Day of the Event(2)


    Aakesh didn¡¯t force the attendees to stay silent before the start of the event, so the majority of the people were discussing with each other about the events.


    ¡°One more month, and I would be able to save enough to enter Panagea for an hour,¡± One of the ordinary people in the crowd couldn¡¯t help but show off to his friend.


    One hour of Panagea cost forty inferior Primal stones, which didn¡¯t sound a lot. But for people like him, it was valuable enough.


    Ordinary people in the Bisan Kingdom traded in metal currencies, so even one inferior Primal stone was arge amount of wealth for them.


    When the man¡¯s friends heard, his eyes turned red with envy.


    ¡°If not for thew & order in the Kingdom, I would have stolen that money from you,¡± The friend couldn¡¯t help but respond with a jealous expression.


    The man in questionughed after hearing his friend¡¯s response. He couldn¡¯t help but feel superior after seeing the look of jealousy in his friend¡¯s eyes.


    The greatw & order in the Bisan Kingdom was the reason that he shared that information with his friends in the first ce.


    After Brinda became King, thew enforcement in the Kingdom had gotten better. So much so that even higher-level cultivators didn¡¯t dare to break thew inside the Kingdom.


    In other ces, the killing of an ordinary person by a cultivator would mean nothing much, but not in the Bisan Kingdom.


    Killing even an ordinary person would result in imprisonment of three hundred years at least, if not even more severe. Only Immortals were free from this rule since Immortals didn¡¯t attack mortals. Even their presence alone was to crush mortals into pulp, so how could they attack them?


    Brinda was stern withw & order due to Aakesh and the store. She understood the fact that her Kingdom¡¯s fortune depended upon the store¡¯s presence in her territory.


    As long as the store was here, her Kingdom would never die out. The territory in the Bisan Kingdom wasn¡¯t very valuable, so Brinda only had limited resources to make Aakesh stay here for eternity. Greatw & order was only one of them, so she didn¡¯t want to give even a negligible reason to Aakesh for even thinking of moving out of the territory.


    Many people were in engaging conversations with each other, only to stop when suddenly a door appeared midair, tens of meters above the tform.


    Those who were attending the event for the first time looked at the door with curiosity, while the old timers returned to their conversations since they already knew about the door.


    ***


    ¡°You finally woke up,¡± Aakesh smiled as he looked at Lily stepping down the stairs.


    During the event, the time in Panagea would bepletely frozen, so Aakesh called Lily out. For Lily, the time wouldn¡¯t even be equal to a blink of an eye since the time would stop, and then it would begin after the end of the event. The same wasn¡¯t for Aakesh, so he didn¡¯t let her stay inside Panagea.


    Lily yawned and nodded. She then reduced her size to her birth size and jumped up on Aakesh¡¯s head, in her favorite spot.


    Aakesh then looked at the crowd seated in the store and found that the number of attendees had already crossed the seven billion mark.


    The time was still a few minutes away before the time of the event, so Aakesh closed his eyes.


    Time flew by.


    The decided time finally arrived, and Aakesh opened his eyes.


    The people chattering with each other suddenly came to halt since all of them could sense the change of aura in the store. It included even ordinary people.


    The next moment, all seven billion and more attendees focused on Aakesh with eager eyes.


    Some hade here to participate, while the majority hade here to watch the fun. How could their expressions not be anything but excited and eager after feeling the change?


    ¡°It¡¯s time for the final event to begin,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly announced the beginning of the main event.


    The people in the crowd silently listened as Aakesh announced thepetition.


    A few minutester, a virtual projection of a territory appeared on the tform. At the same time, the screen set for the crowd also lightened up and showed the projection.


    The projection was of the territory that the winner of the uing event would win. It was the same as the third-ranked territory in the first event, with the same amount of opportunities and danger.


    Some in the crowd had been attending the event from the first one, so they knew about the territory, and also remembered the small auction that had taken ce after the conclusion of the first annual event.


    At the same time, there were also many who hade to the store for the first time, so after announcing the reward, Aakesh introduced Panagea to the people.


    After his introduction came to an end, Aakesh announced the price to participate in the event. It was one superior Primal stone, which had been constant for thest ten years.


    Aakesh then asked the people who wanted to participate to raise their hands. In no time, more than two hundred million people raised their hands and announced their willingness to fight for the territory in Panagea.


    Lilyfortably sitting on Aakesh¡¯s head, couldn¡¯t help but scoff after seeing so many people participating. Aakesh had barred her from participating in thepetition, or she would have also been one of them.


    Aakesh ignored Lily and waved his hands. The next moment, all the people who had raised their hands appeared on the stage.


    Just from this lot, Aakesh hadpleted the quest of having two hundred million participants. Two hundred and forty-seven million people had raised their hands, so Aakesh earned that many superior stones from this lot.


    It wasn¡¯t enough, but at the same time, Aakesh had nomission from this panagea event since the system had prepared everything. Aakesh was the only one to announce the beginning and reward.


    All the participants then focused on Aakesh to learn how they would bepeting this year to win the territory in Panagea.

 Chapter 743 The Beginning of the Competition!!!

    Chapter 743: The Beginning of the Competition!!!


    The 247,589,021 participants looked at Aakesh with curious expressions since it was time for Aakesh to announce the format of thepetition.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t let down the curious participants as he decided to start exining the format of thepetition, but before that, he waved his hands.


    The next moment, a tower made of concrete emerged behind Aakesh. The height of the tower was only sixteen meters, with each floor being four meters. The structure was like a cylinder, as the area of all four levels looked the same from the outside.


    All the participants and the people seated on their chairs got curious to know what the tower implied. But none of them dared to ask Aakesh as he would be exining it soon.


    ¡°Thepetition for the territory in Panagea would be different than thest years as everyone knows it,¡± Aakesh said.


    Many people in the crowd nodded since thestpetitions had been different every year, and till this point, it hadn¡¯t repeated. Every year it was new and provided the same entertainment to the attendees.


    ¡°This year¡¯spetition would y out in the tower.¡±


    ¡°The tower has four floors in total..,¡± Aakesh began exining the format of thepetition to the participants, and the people in the crowd intently listened.


    The tower proudly standing behind Aakesh contained four floors, and each level was a world in itself.


    To be precise, each floor contained an endless amount of worlds.


    Once Aakesh activated the tower, the number of worlds would get fixed to 247,589,021, signifying the number of participants in thepetition.


    The number of worlds would be the same for all four floors after the tower¡¯s activation.


    Unlike the first event, Aakesh didn¡¯t set thepetition as anytime for the people. When the participants standing on the tform entered, that would be it for the number ofpetitors fighting for territory in Panagea.


    Each world had the same rules. So everyone would get the same start. Luck would also y no factor in thispetition. In thest several contests, people got a different start in the beginning due to the difference in their fortunes, and it yed a considerable role in deciding the winner.


    Aakesh wanted apetition of nothing but skills this time, so he set an equivalent start for every contest. Luck would always y a role, so Aakesh only decided to make the same start for everyone.


    After entering the tower, each participant would find themselves in a different world.


    The four floors contained the same number of worlds in them, but the difference between the rules and levels was like heaven and earth.


    For thepetition, Aakesh had designed a simple power system, starting from Level 1 and ending at Level 11.


    Level 11 was the highest level in the tower, while participants would start as mortal in the contest.


    The world inside the first floor was a low-level world, with the power level cap set at Level 3.


    The world inside the second floor was a mid-level world, with the power level cap set at Level 6.


    The world inside the third floor was a top-level world, with the power level cap set at Level 9.


    The world inside the fourth floor was a peak-level world, with the power level cap set at Level 11.


    After entering the tower, every participant would find themselves in a newborn body, like reincarnation. At that time, they would remember nothing but their goals for thepetition.


    The goal the participants had to win was conquering the world one by one, and only when they had conquered all four worlds would they reach the end stage.


    If only one person sessfully conquered all four worlds, that participant would get termed as the winner. They would then be the owner of territory in Panagea.


    If in case there were many participants that conquered all four worlds, the second stage would begin.


    The participants in question would then involve themselves in a ¡®War of Worlds¡¯, where each of them wouldpete against the other. The winner of the ¡®War of Worlds¡¯ would then be the owner of the territory in Panagea.


    The participants would start from zero with nothing but this goal in their minds. Any fighting techniques or skills they had in the Primal dimension wouldn¡¯t help them in thepetition.


    The contest didn¡¯t ask for the participant to conquer the worlds by their strength. If they wanted to win, they would have to start an organization, and only when that organization would be thest standing in all four worlds would they be eligible to win or fight in the second stage.


    The contest not only forced them to grow their strength but also checked their leadership skills. The people in the worlds would behave the same as the actual living beings, and the participants would have to face the same conflict as any organization encounters in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh also hid some rules from the participants. He told them to discover those on their own, increasing the difficulty of the quest even further.


    The attendees seated on their chairs had excited expressions since they would be able to see so many things in the contest, and they might even learn things from the way the participants struggled in thepetition.


    The majority of the participants didn¡¯t share the same expression as the attendees since the contest difficulty had crossed the level they had expected.


    From listening to the format, it sounded simple. But when the participants dug more in-depth, they found out just how difficult the contest was going to be for them.


    Aakesh also knew the difficulty this year was high. But it wasn¡¯t the harshest contest for the territory in Panagea, Aakesh had set over these past years, but it was only the third most challengingpetition.


    Simr to the past contest for territory in Panagea, it was a time-consumingpetition.


    Even though Aakesh had simplified the power system into eleven levels, and four sub-levels, many knew it wouldn¡¯t be easy to reach Level 11.


    To solve the time issue, the system slowed down the time in the store. It was done so attendees could follow every action of the participants in thepetition.

 Chapter 744 Start!

    Chapter 744: Start!


    The system set the time flow rate of the store at one million to one to solve the time problem.


    When only one hour would pass in the Primal dimension, more than a century would have already passed inside the store.


    Aakesh hadn¡¯t set the difficulty of cultivating inside thepetition to be simr to the Primal dimension or Panagea. Many talented people would be able to reach the peak in less than fifty years, while the average participant would be able to achieve that level in a few centuries at most.


    Even Aakesh had no idea what would happen inside the worlds in thepetition, so Aakesh requested the system to set time at such a level.


    Since Aakesh had exined the format of thepetition, Aakesh announced the start of the contest by snapping his fingers.


    The next moment, the silent tower made its move as the entire first floor lightened up. In no time, the first level turned into a starry sky.


    If someone were to count the number of stars in the starry sky, they would find that to be matching the number of participants.


    The next moment, where the entrance of the tower was before its sudden change, a portal emerged.


    ¡°Enter one by one,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly ordered the participants, nervously exchanging nces with each other.


    No one dared to make Aakesh repeat the words, so as soon as the sentence left Aakesh¡¯s mouth, they began entering the portal in sequence without creating any chaos.


    The participants entering the portal had myriads of expressions. But one thing was constant, there was no fear on any face, despite there being more than two hundred million participants.


    Only entering the portal took hours, as the contest¡¯s entrance wasn¡¯t like the store¡¯s door, and only one person could enter at once.


    When thest participant entered the portal, it vanished. At the same time, the shining stars in the starry sky also turned grey.


    The next moment, all the screens,ying dormant in the store, lightened up simultaneously.


    There were more than a hundred million screens in the store since there were more than eight billion people seated on the chair. To make the experience better for the attendees, Aakesh had set the rate of one screen per hundred people.


    At the same time, there was an earpiece in each attendee¡¯s ears. It was done so that they would listen to the sound without any noise and loss of any sound.


    Since there were more than two hundred million participants, each screen partitioned itself to match the number of participants.


    In the end, every partition referred to a different participant, but at the same time, it was also very small.


    The crowd didn¡¯t have to worry about not being able to see the events as they only had to focus on the partition, and they would find that partition expanding in their eyes. The phenomenon was unique for every person in the crowd to not affect other people¡¯s immersion.


    The next moment, all the more than two hundred million partitions lightened up with a familiar background.


    At that time, no matter who it was, the crowd heard the same sound, the sound of a baby crying.


    Aakesh also sat down on his chair since the contest was going to run for hundreds of years. There was no point in him standing there for so long.


    Aakesh and Lily didn¡¯t need the screen to look at the contest since everything would get projected in their minds. They would only have to think of the participant they wanted to see, and that scenery would emerge in their minds.


    Since there were many participants participating in thepetition, Aakesh and Lily decided to check on Maria first. She was the first customer the store had, so her name came first in both their minds.


    The next moment, a scene of a baby endlessly crying emerged in the minds of both Aakesh and Lily.


    ***


    ¡°What is it?¡± A female voice filled with exhaustion rang in the area.


    ¡°A girl,¡± In response, a voice filled with excitement answered.


    The mother couldn¡¯t help but have her face turn even paler after hearing the midwife¡¯s answer.


    A drop of tear streamed through the woman¡¯s cheeks as she released a defeated smile.


    Her husband had died a month earlier in an ident, so only she was there to raise the newborn.


    Raising a daughter in the ce she lived wasn¡¯t easy. The vige head was known for his lecherous tendencies, and he liked underaged girls the most.


    The mother was only a mortal, while the vige head was a Level 1 person, so there was no way for the woman to save her daughter from the man if he found out.


    The woman then looked at the midwife, who was looking at the newborn girl as if she was a treasure.


    The midwife worked for the vige head. She was excited because she would get rewarded when she told the head about the girl¡¯s birth. Imagining the reward, her face turned red.


    The vige head wasn¡¯t an old man, but a man in his twenties. The midwife, who was in her fifties and looked ugly, was attracted to the head. She had never slept with a man due to her face, so it was the only way to make someone like the vige head look at her and talk to her.


    The midwife was in her fantasy of talking with the vige head when she suddenly felt a wave of unimaginable pain attacking her.


    She looked down, only to find a knife had prated the area below her chest. She couldn¡¯t help but cough blood. She wanted to speak when she found the increment in pain as the woman was twisting the knife.


    A few secondster, all the pain vanished, and with it, she also left the world. Only the cry of the baby remained in the area, while a look of cruelty was on the mother¡¯s face.


    As Aakesh had set the same level of start for every participant. For the male child, the vige head was female with the same lecherous character, and the midwife was the male with simr feelings toward the head.


    As for the parent, every participant had a widowed mother, who had lost her husband a month earlier in an ident.

 Chapter 745 Struggle of the Participants(1)

    Chapter 745: Struggle of the Participants(1)


    The baby endlessly cried, unaware of what her future had in hold for her after her mother¡¯s actions.


    The cruelty on the woman¡¯s face disappeared as she looked at the crying newborn. A gentle expression appeared as she picked up the baby from the now-dead midwife¡¯s hands.


    The next moment, the gentle expression turned into determination as there was no going back from this moment.


    For the sake of her daughter¡¯s future, she had given up on stable life. After the head learned about her killing the midwife and giving birth to a girl, she would have a bounty on her head.


    If the vige head liked anything more than underaged girls: it was the power. But here, the mother was not only taking away her daughter from the head but also kicking his authority by killing the midwife.


    The mother then snapped the knife out from the midwife¡¯s wound since it was a hunting knife. Every living being in the vige carried a hunting knife on them all the time since the vige and the areas around it weren¡¯t peaceful.


    Almost every month, a beast tide would attack the vige. If not for the protection of the vige head, the area would have turned void of any people long ago. But the help of the so-called vige head didn¡¯te as early as the people wanted, but when the people¡¯s morale was at its lowest, only then did the head take action.


    Due to this tendency of the vige head, every two or three attacks, one person died on average, and at least every tide would result in severe injury for the vige people.


    This knife came to help the mother as it was within her reach. If she didn¡¯t have the knife with her, she wouldn¡¯t have been able to kill the midwife, and the midwife would have told the vige head about her daughter¡¯s birth, endangering the girl¡¯s future.


    The woman then ced the knife on her waist and stood up from the bed. She then took a nce around the room, only to find nothing of value that could help her in her journey.


    ¡°I will give you a safe life,¡± The mother then determinedly stated as she gently rubbed her daughter¡¯s face.


    The newborn had also stopped crying since it didn¡¯t have enough energy to carry on. The girl¡¯s cheeks had turned red due to the blood on her mother¡¯s hands.


    The mother knew the baby was hungry, but there was no time. There were only two midwives in the vige, and if one of them disappeared for long, it would surely alert the vige¡¯s clinic.


    She then slowly opened the door and took a peek at outside. Her heart couldn¡¯t help but skip a beat as her eyes caught the sight of the vige heading this way.


    The vige head was a man in his twenties. Pale skin, blue eyes, and golden hair spread across his face gave the man an above-average appearance.


    Her heart got stuck in her throat, and only when the vige head passed her house did she heave a sigh of relief.


    While passing the house, the vige head had noticed the mother peeking out. But since it wasmon in the vige and he was aware of the terror toward him that the vige people have, a smile appeared on his face. It was the feeling the vige head loved the most.


    Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, thirteen months had passed.


    ¡°Now, where will you run?¡± A man with an above-average appearance cruelly asked the woman lying on the ground with a serious injury.


    The woman in question was the mother that year, while the man was the vige head.


    That year, the mother had seeded in escaping the vige before anyone found out about the death of the midwife or her giving birth to a daughter.


    The journey was full of danger for the woman. If not for her having a breakthrough and sessfully bing a Level 1 lifeform, she wouldn¡¯t have saved her daughter ande out of the jungle without any severe injury.


    The woman named her daughter Maria since it was the first name that had popped into her head after she had taken a look at her newborn daughter.


    Time had gone peacefully for the mother and daughter, but everything changed a week ago. Someone from her former vige spotted her in a market, which was a few hundred miles away from her past vige, and informed the head of that vige.


    The vige head had been searching for the mother since he found out about the midwife¡¯s death. The death of the midwife didn¡¯t affect him at all, but the audacity of the woman daring to kill someone while he was the leader hurt the head¡¯s ego. But when the vige head found out about the girl with the woman, he understood the reason behind the woman¡¯s action. At that time, he was so angry that he had startedughing.


    To vent his anger, he vited the man¡¯s wife in front of him and then killed both the man and his wife.


    Even in his dreams, the man had never imagined the tragedy that would follow him and his family for bringing the piece of information to the vige head.


    Fast forward a week, and the vige head finally found the woman and his daughter.


    The head¡¯s anger grew when he saw the girl. The girl didn¡¯t look good and had a few scars on her face.


    The head couldn¡¯t control himself as he appeared in front of the woman.


    The woman, who was an early Level 1, gave some fight to the vige head, but the head proved to be the better opponent of the two since he had been an early Level 1 for six years. Even though he appeared at the crucial time of the beast tide every month, he still had to face any injury.


    Every beast tide, he came out unscathed. The battle went on for a few minutes, but the vige head finally proved himself stronger. The woman was lying on the ground with her clothes torn everywhere and blood continuously leaking out of numerous injuries spread across her body.

 Chapter 746 Struggle of the Participants(2)

    Chapter 746: Struggle of the Participants(2)


    The woman had no energy left to speak, so she only red at the vige head, looking at her with cruelty in his eyes. The next moment, a grin appeared on her face as she looked at the man in rough shape.


    Even though the man turned out to be the winner of the battle between him and the mother, it was no easy fight for him. He also had several injuries spread across his body, varying in their intensity.


    The man couldn¡¯t help but turn crazy as he saw the woman¡¯s grin. He took a step forward, bent down, and punched the head of the woman. It was only the start, as he repeatedly hit in the same spot.


    The man only stopped when he couldn¡¯t feel his hands, while the head had now turned into a pool of blood. His eyes were still red from anger since he couldn¡¯t remove the memory of that grin from his head.


    The next moment, his eyes lightened as he remembered the third person on the scene. The battle between him and the woman had been intense, so he had no time to check up on the daughter.


    ¡°Damn it!¡± The man couldn¡¯t help but curse in anger as the girl was nowhere to be seen.


    ***


    ¡°I need to run for mother,¡± A child continuously mumbled as she ran across this dangerous jungle.


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Suddenly, her tiny legs got caught in a tree branch spread on the ground, and she fell.


    Her eyes couldn¡¯t help but turn moist, but she didn¡¯t cry. Her mother had told her not to stop for anyone, so she needed to run.


    The child ignored the scratch on her knee as she stood up and continued running while ignoring the pain. The moist eyes started crying as the pain wasn¡¯t something that a child of her age could bear, but she had no choice other than keep running.


    From the day she had started understanding things, her mother had been teaching her about what to do when a man would arrive and begin battle with her mother.


    The child knew she couldn¡¯t let her mother down, so she continued running, ignoring the pain, ignoring the exhaustion, ignoring the hunger. Currently, only running was in her mind.


    The child was none other than Maria, the first customer of the store. As Aakesh had set, the participants would remember nothing but their name and their goal in this world; Maria didn¡¯t know about her identity. Since she was only a child, the memory of her goal hadn¡¯t appeared in her mind, so she only knew her actual name, and currently was only a normal child.


    While Maria was running from the man her mother had told her about, the other participants were doing the same. Since everyone had the same start, every participant was going through the same challenge.


    But from this moment, every participant¡¯s destiny would change since there wasn¡¯t only a single way in the jungle. Some would turn right; some would turn left; some would continue forward so every participant would have a different story from this moment.


    As for what was in store for Maria, neither she nor the people in the crowd knew. The same was the case for Aakesh. He was only the setter of the format. As for what would happen with participants, he had no idea.


    Even though the participants would have different start from this point in the inside world, one thing was constant. They wouldn¡¯t die. Their dying at this point would be grossly unfair for them since they didn¡¯t even know what they were currently doing, and their goals for the contest also hadn¡¯t appeared in their minds.


    ***


    A few minutes after at the spot where Maria had fallen, the head appeared. His eyes shined as he noticed a blood mark on the ground.


    The head bent down and rubbed his finger over the blood mark. The man couldn¡¯t help but reveal a lustful expression as he licked that finger.


    Since there was only a straight road at this point, the man didn¡¯t have to think about which way to go, so he followed forward.


    The man had only traveled around thirty meters when he came across his first crossroad.


    ¡°Damn it, couldn¡¯t the injury be bigger?¡± The man couldn¡¯t help but curse, as the scratch on Maria¡¯s knee wasn¡¯t big enough to leak a sufficient amount of blood and create a trail for the man to follow.


    ¡°Where could have that girl gone to?¡± The man couldn¡¯t help but mumble as he had no idea where to go.


    ¡°Hmph, she is only a child, she would surely go straight,¡± The man muttered not long after and decided to continue straight.


    But when his foot was about tond, he couldn¡¯t help but stop since from the way the child had run right after the battle began, she was no idiot. Her mother had given her some teachings about these situations.


    Thinking about that woman, the man¡¯s injury red up, resulting in his anger exploding like a bomb.


    ¡°When I catch you, I will make you see the worst of human nature,¡± The man cruelly uttered these words as he decided to go straight.


    The worlds inside the towers contained many races of the Primal dimension. Since Maria belonged to the human race, she had taken birth in a human vige, and the people around her were humans. Aakesh didn¡¯t change the races of the participants, but he removed every race-specific talent from the contest, giving every race an equal footing to stand.


    ***


    ¡°Thud!¡±


    Maria couldn¡¯t continue running anymore as her body failed to follow her mental orders. Her body had already crossed the limit of what it could handle at that age, but Maria forced herself.


    ¡®I need to run.¡¯


    It was thest thought in her mind, and soon, the world around her turned dark. Her body and mind were both exhausted, so she fell asleep right away.


    ***


    ¡°Damn it! Where could have that devil spawn gone to?¡± The man couldn¡¯t help but yell in anger as he had been running for the past two hours, but he was yet to find that girl.


    Even though he was an early Level 1 and stronger than ordinary mortals, it was not at that exaggerated level. His fitness was only twice the strongest regr human.

 Chapter 747 Struggle of the Participants(3)

    Chapter 747: Struggle of the Participants(3)


    ¡°Hyah!¡±


    ¡°Hyah!¡±


    Continuous sounds rang in the forest as Maria trained her punches and kicks. It had been around ten years since that fateful day.


    In these years, Maria had even forgotten her birthdate. If her mother were to be alive and here, she would have told Maria that today was her birthday.


    Even if Maria were to somehow find out about today being her eleventh birthday, she wouldn¡¯t have cared much. She trained to her limits daily with a single goal in her mind, to avenge her mother¡¯s death.


    That day, she was only a child, so she didn¡¯t clearly understand the concept of death. She believed that her mother would catch up to her, so she needed to run to a safe ce, but now she wasn¡¯t as naive as before. She now knew that her mother had died at the hands of that man, and she wanted revenge for it.


    Maria had been living on her own in the forest since that day. The external parts of the jungle were safe, so she didn¡¯t need to worry about her safety. As for food and water, it was thest thing the junglecked, so she had a simr schedule for herself since she was two years old.


    Eat, train until the body gives up, sleep, and then the next day, she would repeat the same sequence.


    ¡°I will kill you one day,¡± Maria mumbled these words as she crashed on her bed made of tea leaves and branches. She mumbled these words every day before going to sleep as if she was worried that she would forget her goal.


    Maria didn¡¯t have a body of an eleven-year-old. She looked like she was only five or six years old, and even at that, she was too skinny. Since Maria only ate things that filled her stomach and then trained to limit, her body wasn¡¯t left with many nutrients to gain weight.


    The injuries created on her face by her mother in her first year had now turned into permanent scars, giving her an unpleasing appearance.


    In no time, Maria fell into deep sleep since her body was exhausted to its limit.


    Around an hour after Maria fell asleep, a shadow appeared in her tiny house.


    The shadow nced at her for around a minute, mumbled in anguage not known to Maria, and then disappeared from the house.


    For the past week, Maria had been sleeping deeply, unaware that every day an intruder appeared in her house, looked at her for some time, and then disappeared.


    If the intruder had some malicious intentions, she would have already died.


    The process of the intruder intruding into Maria¡¯s house after her sleep continued for another week.


    One day while Maria was training, she suddenly heard the sound of footsteps. She stopped her practice and took out the knife tied to her waist. The de was made of a t stone with rough edges.


    In these parts, Maria had onlye across other humans of her kind once or twice. Both times, Maria had hidden herself in a safe spot and only came out when they left.


    But this time, the footsteps were too close for her to reach her safe space. So she took out her hand-made de and got ready to attack at the first move from the other party.


    Even though Maria had only been training her punches and kicks, her reflex had also grown with it.


    For some reason, Maria was excited as the footsteps approached closer. The next moment, the nervousness in her heart disappeared, and it turned calm as a sea before the arrival of the raging storm.


    She tightened her grip on the rough wooden handle and got ready to attack.


    The next moment, she made her move as she jumped in the direction of the sound.


    Maria didn¡¯t care about making contact with others since she had been living on her own for thest several years.


    ¡°Hmm, didn¡¯t you learn that attacking someone without knowing their intentions are the act of beasts?¡± A male voice filled with nonchnce rang in the area as the owner of the footsteps presented itself.


    Maria couldn¡¯t help but turn pale as the man had grabbed her knife. The man then picked Maria up with only the tip of the de. If Maria were to let go of the handle, she would crash to the ground.


    All the calm in her disappeared as if it was never there. Finally, the fear hit her, but it was toote as the man snatched the knife from her hands, and knocked her to the ground.


    While doing this, the man had a smiling face. The smile resulted in some unpleasant memories appearing in her mind as she started trembling.


    It was the same smile that man had at that time.


    At that moment, all the courage Maria had gained after living in the forest for a decade disappeared. She felt herself turning into that one-year-old child, who needed to run, while her mother was battling.


    The urge to run overpowered her mind as she stood up and attempted to escape.


    ¡°Eh!¡± The smile on the man¡¯s face disappeared as he saw the girl¡¯s overwhelming response.


    ¡®Am I that terrifying when I smile?¡¯ The man couldn¡¯t help but think.


    ¡°Why are you running? I am not going to eat you,¡± At the same time, the man spoke as he grabbed Maria¡¯s shoulder.


    As if a bucket of cold water had been doused on her, Maria suddenly froze in her actions. Her body got out of her control. Even after the man removed his hands, her body didn¡¯t move.


    Instead, it turned around and faced the man.


    ¡°How cruel to do this to a child?¡± The man muttered as he gently caressed Maria¡¯s face, filled with many scars.


    Maria couldn¡¯t help but feel something pouring out of her heart as she felt that gentle touch on her face. It was the same touch as her mother.


    The memories of her mother crying while stroking her face, carefully moving around the wounds on her face, appeared in her mind.


    Her eyes started turning red. And the next moment, she started bawling like a child while continuing to stand.


    It had been years since Maria shed tears, so all those tears came out at once today.

 Chapter 748 Struggle of the Participants(4)

    Chapter 748: Struggle of the Participants(4)


    Maria started bawling like a child as only a gentle touch on her face was enough to melt the rock of feelings she had been carrying in her heart, despite only being an eleven-year-old child.


    The man quickly took his hands away as if he had touched a hot surface after seeing Maria bawling like a child.


    ¡®What the fuck? You tremble when I smile and cry when I gently touch you. How terrifying am I looking to the girl?¡¯ The man couldn¡¯t help but think in his heart after seeing Maria¡¯s exaggerated reaction.


    The man was none other than the shadow, intruding in Maria¡¯s home every day after she fell asleep due to exhaustion.


    The man¡¯s name was Garry. He wasn¡¯t an ordinary human but a powerful cultivator. He was currentlyte Level 2, which was equal to kings in many low-level Kingdoms across the world he lived in.


    Garry had no ambitions for power or influence since he wanted nothing more than to train and then ascend to the rumored higher world, where people are so strong that they could pick mountains up.


    To fulfill his ambition of ascending, Garry had been training outside. Around a month ago, he was going to pass by this ce.


    Since Garry waste Level 2, even if he were to stand in front of Maria, she wouldn¡¯t notice it if Garry didn¡¯t want.


    At first, he left after seeing a skinny girl training in the middle of nowhere since it was nothing more than an amusing scene for him. Garry forgot about the girl and continued when he came across a beast horde of around fifty wild bulls.


    He suddenly found himself recalling that skinny girl training in the middle of nowhere after seeing the horde passing by him.


    Since Garry loved training, he didn¡¯t want to see a girl so immersed in training die, so he rushed toward the spot.


    Even though Garry wanted no harm toe to the girl, he didn¡¯t kill the horde of wild bulls. They were too weak for him even to fight. Garry hated using his power over creatures weaker than him, and he wasn¡¯t going to break his principle over a stranger girl.


    In the end, Garry didn¡¯t need to help the girl since her awareness was good enough for her to sense the horde¡¯s approach, and then she went to a secure spot.


    The situation created a sudden curiosity in Garry¡¯s heart toward the girl, so he decided to take some time off from the training and see what was going on with the girl.


    As time passed, he became more and more interested in the girl. Her grit and willpower impressed him so much that Garry wanted to take the skinny girl with a scarred face as her first student.


    The thought hade to his head in the spur of a moment, so before Garry made his decision, he decided to see the girl¡¯s progress for some more time.


    Only today, he finally feltfortable enough to take the skinny girl as her student, so he made his presence known to the girl by the sound of his footsteps.


    As Garry had expected, the girl¡¯s awareness of the surrounding was top-notch, so she found him when the sound he had made was too little for even some early Level 1 beings to miss.


    ***


    ¡°Teacher, can I really be powerful like those people?¡± Maria asked Garry since she learned about the power levels in the world.


    It had been three years since Garry epted Maria as his student. Maria now looked like her age, as Garry wasn¡¯t miser with her only student¡¯s expenses. She ate the best of the food, which only helped her gain weight and energy.


    At the same time, she was several times stronger than her three years earlier version. Sometimes even she would smile at how rough her movements were at that time.


    ¡°Yes, your mind has already crossed that threshold, but your body has finally reached that limit,¡± Garry smilingly responded.


    Garry believed that in a month at most, Maria would breach the mortal limit and evolve into a Level 1 lifeform.


    A sixteen-year-old early Level 1 was nothing to feel proud of, but Garry actually felt great having Maria as his student. He himself had evolved into an early Level lifeform at the age of twelve years.


    Garry was forty-seven years old at the moment and had reached the peak ofte Level 2, which put him into a genius category. Since reaching Level 2 stopped the aging process, Garry looked like in his teen years after bing an early Level 2 lifeform when he was only neen years old.


    A Level 1 lifeform had a lifespan of two hundred years if nothing happened to them, while a Level 2 lifeform could live up to four hundred years, so Garry had more than enough time to evolve to a Level 3 lifeform and then attain a lifespan of eight hundred years.


    More time flew by, and around a month peacefully went by for Maria and Garry.


    As Garry had expected, Maria reached the limit of her body and evolved into an early Level 1 lifeform, stepping into the supernatural.


    ¡°It¡¯s time for you to have your first battle,¡± Garry suddenlyughed and announced.


    After her mother¡¯s death, Garry was the first person to treat her this way, so Garry was a father figure in her heart. After hearing Garry, Maria didn¡¯t ask anything but only nodded.


    At the same time, a goal to conquer the had also risen in her heart, but she was unaware of it since the revenge of her mother preceded everything.


    ¡°Teacher, where are we going?¡± Maria asked as she and Garry were journeying to the ce where Garry had set her first battle after the evolution.


    Garry didn¡¯t speak anything in response but only smiled mysteriously.


    ***


    ¡°Damn it! It has been more than twenty-five years, and yet I am stuck at this level,¡± A man frustratingly cursed as he had failed to have any breakthrough after evolving into an early Level 1 lifeform.


    The man was none other than the head of Maria¡¯s native vige. His clean-shaven face now had a beard, which looked to be in rough shape since the man hadn¡¯t taken a bath in thest three days due to his frustration.

 Chapter 749 Struggle of the Participants(5)

    Chapter 749: Struggle of the Participants(5)


    After continuously traveling for three weeks, Garry and Maria finally reached their destination, where Garry had set Maria¡¯s first battle.


    ¡°Teacher, where is this?¡± Maria asked as she and Garry currently stood at the entrance of a tiny vige.


    The smile on Garry?? face had long disappeared since the situation wasn¡¯t suitable for that.


    ¡°It¡¯s time for you to get your revenge,¡± Garry told Maria.


    A shocked expression appeared on Maria¡¯s face as she couldn¡¯t help but take a second look at her teacher. Even in her dreams, she didn¡¯t expect her teacher to set such a situation.


    When Garry had heard Maria¡¯s story of how there was an enemy of her mother and why she was staying alone for all these years, Garry had asked her if she wanted help from him to have her revenge. At that time, Maria had refused since she wanted to do it with her own hands.


    ¡°Teacher, how did you find him?¡± Maria had countless questions in her head, but she could only utter this one from her shocked face.


    Since the day she had be a student of Garry, they had been traveling together. Garry would rarely go on his own for a few hours in months, but Maria didn¡¯t believe that those few rare hours were there to find out her mother¡¯s killer.


    ¡°Since we have been traveling for this long, and you have officially be a Level 1 lifeform, I guess there is no point in hiding my background from you,¡± Garry responded with a smile that didn¡¯t look happy. It contained a hint of sadness and a mix of anger.


    ¡°There are three continents in this world, and on each continent is an Empire. The Empire houses the mightiest of this world.¡±


    ¡°My full name is Garry Assath, and I am not a native of this continent. Instead, Ie from the continent of Assath,¡± Garry introduced his full name to Maria for the first time.


    The shock on Maria¡¯s face got bigger as what Garry said had implications way beyond her level. Maria had lived on her own for around a decade, so she wasn¡¯t very clear about status and power in the world, but after traveling with Garry for the past few years had made her somewhat understand the structure of the world and its inhabitants.


    Having the same family name as the continent¡¯s name could only mean that Garry belonged to one of the three Empires in this world.


    Garry could sense the shock in his student¡¯s heart, so he stopped and didn¡¯t talk more about him. Just his introduction was enough to tell the reason he was able to find the location of Maria¡¯s enemy.


    ***


    ¡°ARGH!¡± Maria let out a heart-rending scream as she finally killed the vige head, her most hated enemy.


    As Maria got trained by Garry for the past few years, her techniques were way better than the vige head. The head had a chance of defeating Maria if he was an intermediate Level 1 lifeform, but unfortunately for him, he couldn¡¯t have the sessful breakthrough. He died in the end since he was no match for Maria at the same level.


    ¡°Mom, I did it!¡±


    ¡°Mom, I did IT!¡±


    ¡°MOM, I DID IT!¡±


    Maria looked at the sky and yelled. Her voice got louder every second. Even those who didn¡¯t know about the vige head¡¯s death came running after hearing the unfamiliar sound.


    Garry had a smile on her face as he looked at his disciple finally achieving her goal. Now that she had aplished her goal, Garry would mold her into the way of powerful lifeforms.


    Garry was unaware that after killing the vige head, the next goal in his disciple¡¯s heart would shake the power structure of the entire world.


    ***


    ¡°Teacher, what do you think?¡± Maria asked her teacher as the man kneeling in front of her stated a proposal of peace.


    It has been twenty-seven years since Maria was born into this world. The changes in the current and old Maria were so heaven-defying that even after a decade, Garry couldn¡¯t believe it was his student.


    That day after fulfilling her goal of avenging her mother, Maria began to think of conquering. At first, Garry rebuked her since he wanted an entric student who only loved training and not the vices that came with power.


    But as time passed, Maria instead of giving up on her aim, became even more insistent on it.


    No matter what Garry attempted, Maria refused to budge from her aim of conquering the entire world and unifying all three continents for the first time in the history of the world.


    Garry had no choice but to give up on his forceful ways to make Maria quit her conquering goals. After teaching her for so much time, he had also begun to treat Maria as his daughter.


    At the same time, Maria¡¯s growth rate also exploded. At sixteen years of age, Maria had evolved into an early Level 1 lifeform. Only in the next two years, she evolved into an early Level 2 lifeform surpassing even Garry¡¯s talent.


    When Garry had met Maria, he was ate Level 2 lifeform, but now, he was at the peak of peak Level 2 lifeform and only one step from evolving into an early Level 3 lifeform. Maria, on the other hand, was only an ordinary mortal with not even enough weight, but now she was at the peak of early Level 3.


    The reason for the sudden explosion in her talent was a fortunate encounter with an early Level 3 beasts¡¯ corpse. It didn¡¯t give Maria a heaven-defying talent, but the energy in its meat was so vast that when itbined with her hard work, there was no stopping her.


    There were three Empires in the world, but since each Empire had a peak Level 3 Emperor and several other Level 3 members, Maria didn¡¯t dare to challenge them.


    She instead began conquering viges one after another. She began from viges that were on the verge of ruins, and no one cared for them, but after controlling several of such areas, Maria¡¯s power grew at an unprecedented rate.


    Now that she had some force of her own, she set her sights on sects and organizations. Her goal was theplete conquer of the, so she was only starting.

 Chapter 750 Passing of Years(1)

    Chapter 750: Passing of Years(1)


    Maria¡¯s goal was to conquer the entirety of the world, not leaving even an inch ofnd for others. Since Garry had decided to stop influencing Maria¡¯s decision, he also began to support her.


    Being a prince of one of the only three Empires, Garry brought an additional strength to Maria. Before fighting any war, information was the key, so in the earlier stages of Maria¡¯s conquest, the people behind Garry supported her.


    Time flew by, and ten more years had passed in the blink of an eye.


    ¡°Surrender or die!¡± Maria cruelly announced.


    Emperor Jannor had a pale face as he looked at his son beside his most hated enemy.


    Jannor was none other than the Emperor of the Assath Empire and also Garry¡¯s father.


    ¡°How can you let this happen? Don¡¯t you feel shame for letting your ancestors down?¡± Jannor growled as he looked at his son.


    Garry was set to be the crown prince, but after his mother¡¯s death, he became a different person. At the same time, Garry¡¯s status in the family also came down since his mother belonged to the second most influential family in the Empire.


    Garry was very close to his mother, so when she died, he became an entric person, not caring a little bit for the throne.


    After some time, Garry found out about his mother¡¯s death not being due to disease but a scheme orchestrated by his father and his second brother. Since the murderers were his family member, he lost hope in his family and left.


    Only today did he meet his father after leaving the Empire.


    Maria now stood at the pinnacle of the, and the Assath Empire was thest Empire left for her to conquer. In the previous two wars against Empires, Maria straightaway killed the Emperor, but since the Emperor of the Assath Empire was Garry¡¯s father, she gave him a choice.


    Her eyes suddenly turned cold as she saw the Emperor growling toward her teacher. She suddenly raised the sword and brought it down, cutting the Emperor in half in a single swipe.


    Garry couldn¡¯t help but look at Maria in shock as the move was out of his expectations. But when he looked at the anger in her eyes, he calmed down and didn¡¯t ask the question.


    For Maria. Garry was her teacher, and she respected no one more than him. Anyone insulting Garry was an enemy that needed to die, even if that person was Garry¡¯s father.


    With the death of the Emperor, the reign of the Assath Empire came to an end. At the same time, ny-nine percent of the also fell under her control.


    Now only a few towns that Maria earlier had ignored were left.


    In the next three months, Maria conquered the ignored areas and became the sole dominator of the.


    With that, Maria became a legend on the, and people would sing songs and write epics for her even after millions of years.


    Around six months after Maria set an Empire, she ascended to the higher world, bing a godly figure for the.


    Since Maria didn¡¯t marry, she had no heirs left after her. After her ascension, her teacher Garry became the second Emperor.


    While it took Maria around forty years to conquer the first world, there were already several participants that were close to conquering the mid-level world.


    One such participant was Kuriati, aplete warrior in the Primal dimension but an early Level 5 in the mid-level world.


    ¡°What do you think of this ce as our second base?¡± Kuriati asked the person floating next to her.


    After reaching Level 4, people would gain a lifespan of fifteen hundred years and also be able to float.


    Since Kuriati was an early Level 5, he could fly as well. The person floating next to him was his wife, Toran.


    Toran was someone Kuriati had met in his native world. She had yed arge role in him conquering the. Since they both fell in love with each other, Kuriati and Toran married, and their son became the next Emperor after they both ascended to this world.


    If Kuriati was the brawn of the group, Toran was the brain, so Kuriati didn¡¯t do anything before taking his wife¡¯s suggestion.


    Toran had a pondering face as she looked at the ind below them.


    Only a few days ago, Kuriati had evolved into an early Level 5 lifeform, and he had already decided to begin his goal of conquering the.


    The power dynamics in this world were entirely different from their native world. Even an increase of sublevels in Level 5 was like evolving from an ordinary mortal to peak Level 4. The power gap between each sublevel in Level 5 was like heaven and earth, so Toran was worried about the hurriedness Kuriati was showing.


    ¡°Kuriati, I think you should wait for some more time before the beginning,¡± Toran gently told her husband.


    ¡°I know you are worried for me, but I have already told you, I would not stop until I have conquered everything in existence,¡± Kuriatiughed in response to his wife showing concern.


    Toran wanted to speak, but before she could, she suddenly felt her husband¡¯s hands tightening around her waist.


    The aura around Kuriati suddenly turned frightening. Even Toran, who was unaffected by it shuddered as she looked into her husband¡¯s eyes while they were looking at the ind.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go!¡± Kuriati suddenly said, and before Toran could respond, he flew away. Toran, who had her waist in the hold of her husband, also flew with him.


    A moment after Kuriati left, a figure in a dark cloak appeared at the same spot.


    His face was hidden from a mask as his eyes behind the mask stared in the direction the duo had left. His body was in a half-ready posture to live as if he couldn¡¯t make up his mind on whether to follow the person or not.


    In the end, the man returned to the ind and decided against following the duo.


    The power level of the man in the cloak fluctuated between an early and an intermediate Level 5. The man was initially an intermediate Level 5 lifeform, but due to a tragedy, his level had be unstable. The fluctuation in the man¡¯s level was the reason behind Kuriati flying away from the ind.

 Chapter 751 Passing of Time(2)

    Chapter 751: Passing of Time(2)


    ¡°What made you leave the ind so suddenly?¡± Toran asked Kuriati after they reached their house and descended.


    ¡°A scary person,¡± Kuriati answered, while there was still some disbelief in his voice.


    Kuriati then exined what he had sensed on the ind to his wife.


    Within the blink of an eye, three more months had passed inside the store and the tower¡¯s worlds.


    Kuriati had finally stabilized his early Level 5 cultivation, so after hearing Toran¡¯s suggestion, he decided to initiate his actions.


    Since Kuriati still remembered the man on the ind, he decided against choosing that ce as his base. But Kuriati instead decided to act against an organization that controlled a state, with its head being an intermediate Level 5 lifeform.


    Fighting an intermediate Level 5 while being an early Level 5 lifeform was akin to suicide, but Kuriati had chosen his target after long consideration.


    It was impossible for an organization to exist if it didn¡¯t have at least an intermediate Level 5 lifeform in the leading position, so Kuriati had no choice but to challenge. He had another option where he could just cultivate, and when Kuriati grew to a sufficient level of strength, then he would begin his n. Kuriati chose the former option since he had a feeling that thetter would turn out to be more harmful than proving useful for him.


    Time flew by, and two more weeks had gone by in a sh.


    Things went beyond Kuriati¡¯s control only in the earlier stages of his n. The organization he had his sights on controlled a state spanning over three thousand miles, and Kuriati also was a citizen of the state after ascension, so it was easier than other organizations for him to choose as his first target.


    The head of the organization was also the King of the state, so he had several children. Some of them were known to everyone; some were known only to close friends and people with great influence in the state; then there were some who were only known to the King and the mother of the child.


    Being one of the few early Level 5 lifeforms, Kuriati also had a great influence on the state, so he also knew about some secret children of the King. Kuriati had set those people to be off-targets since attacking the King¡¯s children would be akin to forcing the King to attack personally.


    Kuriati¡¯s luck turned out to be worse than he had thought, as in the first secret battle with the organization, the person he killed turned out to be a third type of secret child of the King.


    It wasn¡¯t the end, as the secret child was also the favorite son of the King, and the man was grooming that child to be the next head of the organization, so when the King found out about his son¡¯s death, the security around the state grew severalfold.


    Since it was a secret battle, and Kuriati had left no survivors, no one knew he was the killer. But it didn¡¯t remove the King¡¯s suspicion of him.


    There were around ten early Level 5 lifeforms in the state. Three of them belonged to the royal family, while the other seven were either from the noble families or other free cultivators,


    Every cultivator abovete Level 4 became a suspect for the King, so he banned his suspects from leaving the state.


    Some of the early Level 5, who had gotten used to be treated as the highest of the nobilities, couldn¡¯t ept this control on them by the King. Kuriati was also one of them since he hated someone trying to restrict his freedom.


    Even though Kuriati didn¡¯t like the ways of the King, he didn¡¯t attempt to bypass the restriction set on him since the King was already angry and grieving for his son. Even he didn¡¯t know what the man would do in anger if someone were to go against his orders.


    Kuriati found the reaction of the King after the next two days. One of the early Level 5, who was traveling and was only staying in the state for a few months, wanted to leave. When the man got stopped, he attempted to force his way through, resulting in the King personally taking action.


    Even though the King was the weakest intermediate Level 5 in control of an organization, he was still an intermediate Level 5. Even when a horse got injured, its kicks possessed the same power.


    The King, in the end, killed the man in anger.


    After seeing the King¡¯s extreme reaction, Kuriati and Toran grew excited instead of feeling fearful.


    As Kuriati and Toran expected, the other early Level 5 people in the state didn¡¯t take this murder kindly. They were also people of the status. They were already distressed that despite being so powerful, someone else was controlling their actions, so when they saw the scene of the King ripping the early Level 5 in two, their minds grew even weary.


    Even one of the three early Level 5 in the royal family didn¡¯t like the King¡¯s action. Someone reaches Level 5 after a lot of struggle and hard work. If it were times of war, people wouldn¡¯t have cared, but in times of peace, people thought differently.


    Even the King knew he had exaggerated his reaction, but since his mental condition wasn¡¯t good due to his son¡¯s death, he didn¡¯t attempt to calm the growing tension in the state.


    He instead announced a threat to other Levels 4 and 5 that if they tried to y the game of running, the reaction would be even crueler.


    Time flew by, and six more days had passed.


    The man killed by the King was also of nomon status and had ate Level 5 son. On the sixth day after the death of the man, his son appeared in the state and destroyed the royal family, ruining Kuriati and Toran¡¯s n of using early Level 5 to gain control of the state.


    When the state got attacked, Kuriati and Toran ran away since they had no love for the state, and also fighting ate Level 5 wasn¡¯t eptable to them.

 Chapter 752 Passing of Time(3)

    Chapter 752: Passing of Time(3)


    Seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, hours turned into a day, days turned into a week, weeks turned into a month, months turned into a year, and just like that around one hundred and fifteen years had passed.


    (A/N: Sorry for the long paragraph (^<>^))


    While more than a century had passed in the store, only around an hour had passed in the world outside it.


    These more than a hundred years were more than the lifespan of creatures of several races, and even many attendees seated in the store. But time seemed to have no effect on them as they stayed the same.


    Aakesh had thought that fifty years were enough for some of the talented people to conquer all four worlds. But the truth was different. Aakesh overestimated.


    Since the participants inside the worlds were starting from zero and learning everything new from the beginning without the help of their genius predecessors, it took time for them to grow in power.


    Despite that, there were still those who were able to reach the fourth world in these hundred years.


    Out of the more than two hundred million participants, only seven beings were able to reach the fourth world.


    Around twenty million people were in the third-level world. The second level world contained around sixty million of them, while the remaining more than a hundred million were still in the first world.


    The deaths weren¡¯t very high since only around a few million participants had died and got ousted from the world before they could conquer the world.


    One of the unfortunate deaths was Lenna, who seeded in reaching the third world and even reached the eighth level. But her fortune took a turn for the worst time possible as out of nowhere ate Level nine creature emerged and destroyed a Kingdom. Lenna became an unfortunate casualty in the attack.


    Lenna could only curse her luck after appearing on the tform since Aakesh had already told her that the rules in the world would act the same way as they did in the Primal dimension.


    The number of attendees had also grown in the store. Their number had long ago crossed the mark of ten billion.


    The inflow to the store had slowed down, but it was still continuing. Every second, several people entered the store.


    Manyters showed their interest in entering thepetition. Unfortunately for them, Aakesh refused. If Aakesh had epted their requests, the number of participants would have exceeded the three hundred million mark.


    Since he had already made the rules, he wasn¡¯t going to change them.


    Since there were more than ten billion attendees, there were bound to be favorites in the contest.


    The seven people currently fighting in the fourth world had the most number of watchers, as each of them at least had more than five hundred million people watching their journey at the same time.


    ***


    Jonathan was one of the seven participants who had entered the fourth world. It had been around two months since he ascended.


    His power level was currently early Level 10. Since he had only entered the world, Jonathan had ns to take action only when he hadplete chances of victory.


    Unlike the three worlds, the fourth world only had one organization that controlled the entire world.


    It made Jonathan¡¯s way of conquering easy as well as more challenging than ever. Easy since he would only need to win over one organization, and he would be the conqueror of the world.


    At the same time, it was more challenging than ever since having only one organization controlling the entire world showed how much strength the organization had. Jonathan had read that the world was in existence for more than a trillion years, and the current organization had been in power for as long as people could remember.


    After reaching Level 10, people gained a lifespan of a hundred million years, while reaching Level 11 made people live for ten billion years, and peak Level 11 could live up to a trillion years.


    Jonathan could only imagine the amount of power the organization had umted in those countless years.


    Since things were such, Jonathan decided to join the organization. It would be easier to conquer if done by an insider.


    Who would have thought while in his journey toward one of the bases of the organization, Jonathan woulde across a rat tide?


    The rat tide was Level 10, meaning Level 10 rats were in control of it. At the same time, the number of the rats reached an incalcble amount.


    Since Jonathan was also an early Level 10 when the rat tide sensed him, they began attacking him crazily.


    ¡°Whoosh!


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    ¡°Whoosh!¡±


    Sounds of arrows tearing through the air rang as Jonathan shot one arrow after another at the rat tide, attempting to devour him.


    Jonathan had a cruel expression on his face as the battle brought out the ferocious side he had hidden in his heart.


    To be a conqueror of worlds, people needed both cruelty and calm.


    Cruel, since only vicious people could kill countless people to achieve their goal.


    In the rat tide, the majority of the rats varied between Level 1 to Level 5.


    These levels were akin to even weaker than ants for Jonathan, so no matter how many came, he felt no pressure.


    In only a few minutes, Jonathan had killed more than half of the rats in the tide.


    The Level 10 rat, leading the tide, couldn¡¯t maintain its calm anymore, so it ordered all the more than ten thousand Level nine rats under its control to attack the opponent.


    As Levels grew, the power gap between each sub-level also increased. How could a peak Level nine evenpare to an early Level 10?


    The power difference between them was akin to the difference between an ordinary mortal and Level nine since it wasn¡¯t only an increase of sub-level, but it was also an evolution of lifeform.


    In the end, only Jonathan and the Level 10 rat, leading the tide, remained alive in the battle.


    A cruel battle then began between Jonathan and the rat. Jonathan finally emerged as the winner by shooting a barrage of arrows and turning the rat into a porcupine, with not even one vital organ left untouched.

 Chapter 753 Passing of Time(4)

    Chapter 753: Passing of Time(4)


    Jonathan gasped for breath as hey down on the ground, both mentally and physically exhausted.


    ¡®I am too weak,¡¯ Jonathan couldn¡¯t help but think in his heart as fighting against a rat of the same level took him hours.


    Even though the leader rat was also an early Level 10 lifeform, the rats were weaker than their counterparts at the same level.


    The rats were known for their exaggerated fertility rate, so if their strength were to be equal to other creatures at the same level, these rats would have conquered the world long ago.


    A Level 1 rat gave birth to at most nine rats every month, while a Level 10 rat gave birth to a single rat every three years. Three years might sound less, but there were many races that couldn¡¯t even procreate in centuries since their lifespan was a hundred million years.


    A few secondster, Jonathan stood up since his body had gained some stamina during the time.


    After a long exhausting, and cruel battle, it was now time for Jonathan to check his rewards.


    Even though Level 10 rats were weaker than their counterparts, they were still a Level 10 lifeform, so the rat body was a treasure.


    In the cultivation inside the world, Level 1 to Level 5 was the growth of the body, Level 5 to Level 9 was of the essence and energy, while Level 10 and Level 11 were the evolution of the soul.


    Whenever a peak Level 9 evolved to be an early Level 10 lifeform, their soul would materialize and take the shape of a hexagonal core.


    The size of the core depended on the cultivation of the lifeform. It was the best item to help increase the rate of growth of the soul, as well as it also helped heal soul injuries.


    Jonathan¡¯s exhaustion disappeared as the excitement of core took its ce.


    A few secondster, Jonathan¡¯s eyes shined as his hands held the hexagonal core.


    Jonathan then took a deep breath and sat down in a meditative position. It was impossible to eat the core since its material was harder to break for even a peak Level 10 lifeform, let alone Jonathan, who was only an early Level 10 lifeform. The best way to use the core was to absorb energy from it.


    Jonathan did as he had read and began to absorb the soul energy from the core.


    The next moment, Jonathan couldn¡¯t help but tremble in pleasure asfortable energy entered his body through the veins along his right hand.


    Time was like an ocean, which didn¡¯t stop its wave for anyone. In the blink of an eye, seventy more years had passed.


    ¡°Master, there is bad news!¡±


    Jonathan couldn¡¯t help but frown as he heard the informant¡¯s announcement.


    As Jonathan expressionlessly looked at the informant, the informant started trembling due to fear. The next moment, Jonathan stopped as the informant had reached on the verge of death with just a single nce.


    Over the past decades in the peak-level world, Jonathan¡¯s personality changed in lots of ways.


    He had been fighting to conquer since he became a supernatural, but before ascending to the fourth world, his journey had been nothing short of a legend. He came close to death many times, but an unprecedented defeat was something he had avoided since the start.


    But since he had ascended to the fourth world, he had even lost count of how many times he had faced overwhelming defeats.


    Those losses didn¡¯t break down Jonathan, but they made him more determined to conquer the world.


    His determination grew stronger, but the number of his losses continued to grow as well. Finally, he gained his first sess toward his goal after sixty years of living in the fourth-level world.


    Jonathan became an early Level 11 lifeform, which helped hime in contact with other Level 11 in the organization. The organization had a total of eleven factions, and each faction leader was a peak Level 11 lifeform. The organization head was another peak Level 11 lifeform, making a total of twelve peak Level 11 beings in the organization. Below them, there were hundreds of other Level 11, varying from early tote.


    Since there were eleven factions, Jonathan had to join one after reaching early Level 11. Jonathan chose a mid-tier faction in the organization, as he currently wanted to stay away from the limelight and poach members to create his hidden faction. Jonathan wanted to create a mighty organization as he did in the past three worlds and then take control of this peak-level world.


    Time forward to today, Jonathan learned that the only Level 11 he had gained in thest ten years died in a battle.


    Jonathan only had one secret Level 11 person under his hidden faction, and now that he had died, his bloc had weakened severalfold.


    In anger, Jonathan killed the informant since it was his greatest loss of the day. He then passed orders to his other subordinates to find the circumstances around the man¡¯s death.


    While Jonathan was angry with the situation, another star on the tower¡¯s fourth level turned gray as another participant ascended.


    It was none other than Kuriati, who had taken more than one hundred and eighty years to ascend to the peak-level world.


    In a desert null of any life, a heart-rending scream echoed, and soon, the sound of cries began ringing in the area.


    ¡°WHY DID YOU DO IT?¡± Kuriati yelled as he looked at the sky, while tears were continuously streaming down his cheeks.


    Toran was Kuriati¡¯s wife, and she had sacrificed herself in the end to save him.


    In hisst battle to conquer the third-level world, Kuriati fell into trouble due to the schemes of his opponent. In the end, Toran engaged in a suicidal attack which not only saved Kuriati but also severely harmed Kuriati¡¯s primary opponent.


    After killing his opponent, Kuriati became the head of the third world.


    Since the contest wanted the participants only to conquer the world and not enjoy their rule, they would ascend to the higher-level world after their victory. The participants could postpone their ascendance for at most one year. But since Kuriati was in no mind to choose, he ascended not long after his victory, unaware of what was going to happen after he left.

 Chapter 754 Passing of Time(5)

    Chapter 754: Passing of Time(5)


    Kuriati had nk eyes as he traveled around the desert, only to die in the end.


    While mindlessly traveling, Kuriati came across a Level 11 Desert Worm. The power difference between them was like heaven and earth, so even in less time than the blink of an eye, Kuriati lost his life and became food for the Desert Worm.


    Kuriati felt no pain as the Desert Worm crunched on him and only the memories of Toran engulfed his mind. As Kuriati lost consciousness, he sensed himself embracing Toran, but the feeling soon vanished as the light returned around him.


    The next moment, Kuriati¡¯s memory bombarded his head.


    ¡°Damn it!¡± Kuriati couldn¡¯t help but curse in frustration as he found himself losing the chance to gain territory in Panagea.


    As for Toran, she became a part of his memory since the mental fortitude of the actual Kuriati was several times greater than the Kuriati in the world.


    Not long after Kuriati appeared on the tform, the tform saw another return. The man was one of the favorites to win since the man was the first to rush to the fourth world.


    The man¡¯s name was Lieber, and he was one of the regr customers of the store for the past several decades.


    Lieber belonged to the race of Chaos Lion, a group of beast races, and one of the overlords of that group.


    Chaos Lion was a race that was spread across all three dimensions. Their name wasn¡¯t always Chaos Lion. Earlier, they were Primal Lions.


    But countless years ago, a Primordial Chaos Lion¡¯s incarnation descended to the Primal dimension to meet the Deva sleeping in Kashi. At that time, the Chaos Lion had found some semnce of its bloodline in the Primal Lions. It was low that only he could sense it out of all the Chaos Lions in existence at that time. So from that day, they began to call themselves Chaos Lion.


    The Primordial Chaos Lion didn¡¯t mind, as its race only had three members in total, so it weed them with open paws. At the same time, he also offered them a drop of his blood, strengthening further the bloodline of the leader of the Primal Lions at that time.


    After that transfer, the strength of the Chaos Lions grew exponentially, and they became one of the overlords of the beast races in the Primal dimension.


    Lieber was a direct descendant of the leader of the Primal Lions at that time, so his bloodline was several times greater than other Chaos Lions of his generation.


    Lieber became the customer of the store after that event on the now-disappeared Mysterious Peak. Lieber was also one of the survivors, and after returning alive, he became the leader of the Chaos Lions in the Primal dimensions.


    Lieber was not only the first to reach the peak-level world, but he was also the only one in the group of participants to evolve to ate Level 11 lifeform in the contest.


    Lieber¡¯s n was going well, and he had twelve Level 11 lifeforms under his umbre, but just one mistake from his underlings and all the efforts he had made over these more than one hundred and eighty years turned to nothing.


    Lieber wasn¡¯t even able to find whether the mistake was truly a mistake or a scheme. Before he could, the leader of the organization acted himself and killed him.


    The organization¡¯s leader was the mightiest creature in the world. He was also the one who created the organization. After reaching peak Level 11, everyone could create a faction of their own, and also get the chance to challenge the leader to gain his chair.


    All the eleven faction leaders had challenged the leader, but none of them were even able to injure the man, let alone defeat him. The defeat was so overwhelming for the faction leaders that none of them dared to challenge the leader again despite the passing of billions of years.


    ¡®ARGHHHHHH!¡¯ Lieber screamed in his heart to clear the frustration of losing after so much effort.


    Lieber could only scream in frustration and do nothing, while the other participants continued their struggle with only a single goal of conquering the world.


    Time continued flowing the same way it did, and in the blink of an eye, thirty more years had passed for the attendees and the participants.


    At the start of the contest, the number of participants entering the world was over two hundred million, and now after the passing of two centuries, the number of participants still fighting dropped to less than ten million.


    The contestants, who had failed, were standing on the tform and watching the progress of the other participants.


    Lenna was one of the participants that had lost due to her fortune going against her at the wrong time. Her other family members were still present inside thepetition, so she was watching over their progress.


    sha, her grandmother, was currently in the fourth world. Her power level had reached ate Level 11, while her ns seemed to be in motion. Lenna believed that sha would seed in creating her faction in the organization. As for whether she would conquer the world or not, Lenna didn¡¯t have much confidence.


    Lenna¡¯s mother was also in the fourth world, while her progress was slower since she was currently only an early Level 11 lifeform. Lenna¡¯s father was also doing good as he was at the peak of intermediate Level 11.


    While Lenna was watching her family¡¯s struggles randomly, a grey world in the tower¡¯s fourth level began glowing as the participant appeared on the tform.


    ¡°NO!¡±


    ¡°NO!¡±


    ¡°NO!¡±


    Many screams rang in the attendee section as the participant died and failed to conquer the world.


    Stuart also heard the unwilling screams of attendees, but he only smiled. Stuart was also one of the regr customers of the store, and he was the reason behind the attendees screaming.


    Those attendees were following his work in the tower, and the reason for their scream was Stuart¡¯s failure at thest juncture.


    Stuart had be the first of the participant to reach peak Level 11, and his faction also became the strongest. Despite that, he lost in the end to the leader of the organization.

 Chapter 755 End(1)

    Chapter 755: End(1)


    As if Stuart was thest pir holding the wall, after his elimination from the contest a flurry of high-profile eliminations urred.


    Lenna¡¯s father was one of the eliminations, as he came across an enraged faction leader.


    The man had decided to poach one of the intermediate Level 11 under the faction leader¡¯s control. But his luck seemed to fail him as the person ratted Lenna¡¯s father out instead of pondering over his offer.


    It resulted in a one-sided battle between Lenna¡¯s father and the faction leader. Lenna¡¯s father was close to reachingte Level 11, while the faction leader was at peak Level 11.


    The power gap between them was like heaven and earth, so it was like torture for Lenna¡¯s father and a round of venting for the faction leader.


    There were many Level 11 eliminations from the peak-level world in a span of a few seconds, breaking the hearts of quite a few attendees.


    While there were eliminations, there were also new rising stars in the contest.


    One such participant was Elena. She was one of the customers who had only be a regr of the store in thest year after attending the previous annual event.


    Elena was a human belonging to Brinda¡¯s grandfather¡¯s native Kingdom. She didn¡¯t belong to an affluent family, so it took some time for her to discover the store and then be a regr customer.


    Elena was a peak Nascent Soul level cultivator when she had be a customer of the store. Now, she was an intermediate Void Forging level cultivator, only in the span of eight months. It wasn¡¯t anything genius, but for Elena, who had reached Nascent Soul after crossing the century mark, it was unimaginable.


    ***


    At first, Elena¡¯s talent didn¡¯t show even in the world inside the tower. Her fortune also seemed to act against her.


    She had gotten caught by the head, which had resulted in a world of cruelty for her.


    The torture of more than two decades finally ended with her release. It wasn¡¯t due to someone¡¯s help, but the vige head died in the beast horde.


    That beast horde had a few early Level 1 beasts in its ranks, so instead of the vige head indulging in a massacre, the vige head became the prey.


    That beast horde killed the entire vige. Elena¡¯s luck seemed to work for the first time in her favor as when the beast horde was running amok inside the vige and areas around it: she was lying in a steel cage, hidden in the head¡¯s room.


    Even though Elena was more than twenty years of age at that time, her body didn¡¯t look like one. Her growth was slow since the vige head never gave her enough to eat.


    For the entire day, Elena didn¡¯t even know about what had happened outside since the head had soundproofed the room. He liked to hear his prey¡¯s scream, so the soundproofing around his room was a necessity.


    Only on the second day, when her stomach started loudly demanding food from her, did she decide to take a peek outside.


    She couldn¡¯t even walk appropriately as her entire body was filled with numerous scars. Some were new, while some had be permanent; only a miracle could remove them.


    Elena struggled to walk, but she persisted as the loud sound in her stomach forced her to continue.


    When she reached the door, she found it to be locked from the outside. Since she couldn¡¯t open it, she tried to hit it to make some sound for the people outside to hear it.


    Her luck didn¡¯t seem to favor her once again, as no one replied.


    Since Elena was already hungry and she didn¡¯t even have enough energy in the first ce, she exhaustingly fell asleep on the ground.


    She couldn¡¯t sleep for long as her stomach only rumbled louder and louder, and hunger wasn¡¯t going away on its own.


    Elena attempted to disturb people on the outside once again, but she got the same result in the end.


    Elena then began looking for something that could help her break the door.


    The vige head was early Level 1, so he was confident in stopping Elena if she wanted to escape. Since he thought like this, there was nock of sharp items in the room.


    As for Elena killing herself, the vige head didn¡¯t worry about it. Even though he had tortured Elena both mentally and physically, her will to survive was still strong enough.


    Even when the vige head was forcing himself on her, she would mumble her goal of revenge. The vige head also liked this since it gave him a sense of thrill, which made him enjoy his moment with Elena even further.


    Three days had passed in the blink of an eye.


    The already weaker Elena turned even skinnier as she had nothing to eat in thest few days.


    She was only sustaining herself on water, which was alsoing to an end since the water jug was on the verge of bing empty.


    Her small efforts over these few days didn¡¯t help her much as her strength wasn¡¯t enough. Her rate of cutting the wood using the spearhead was less than the rate of her getting exhausted. So before she would make some progress, her body would give up on her, and she would have no choice other than to wait.


    Time flew by, and two more days passed in the blink of an eye.


    ¡°Scree-¡°


    The sound of the spearhead attempting to cut the wood came to a sudden halt as Elena felt the world around her darkening.


    Before she could understand what was going on, she had already lost consciousness.


    Even at that time, she wasn¡¯t worried about her dying, but she would never be able to avenge her mom and the torture she had gone through these past decades.


    While Elena was unconscious and taking thest of her breaths, the sound of hurried footsteps rang from the tiny hole Elena had made after her efforts these past few days.


    ¡°Are you sure you heard a sound?¡± A man asked as another member in his group had just heard a screeching sound.


    ¡°Why would I lie to you?¡± The man scoffed in response as he didn¡¯t like his group member questioning him.


    The group member didn¡¯t speak anything in response but gestured to the man to go ahead.


    The man nodded and punched the door while his group members got ready to attack at a moment of notice since none of them knew what would wee them at the other side of the door.


    The attack the group member hoped never came, but instead, an ugly stench attacked their nostrils.


    Since Elena was in the closed room with no way to leave, she was doing her business in the room.


    The group members couldn¡¯t help but flinch as they all came from wealthy families, and this smell was too disgusting for them to exist.


    The other group members had tightly grabbed their nose, but the man didn¡¯t do things of such sort as his eyes fell on the naked girl lying in the room, with a spear lying not far from her.


    The man didn¡¯t know, but a feeling of appreciation for the girl appeared in his heart. He felt his heart skip a beat.


    The girl didn¡¯t look anything close to beauty with all these permanent and recent numerous scars spread across her body. But when the man studied the scene, he got his answer for feeling such.


    The man had always liked strong people like his father. Even though the girl wasn¡¯t physically strong, the man still admired her as he didn¡¯t even believe his father to have a stronger mental tenacity than the girl.


    The man then unconsciously took a step toward the girl, resulting in his group members screaming with disgust.


    The man ignored his friends and continued. After reaching the girl, the man bent down and gently caressed her scarred face.


    This moment was the change in destiny for Elena as when she woke up, she found herself in a luxurious room filled with a bunch of nutritious meals.


    Elena had no idea where she was or how did she survive, but before knowing that she had an even more urgent task. She began gobbling up her food like a maniac.


    ¡°Haha, no need to eat so quickly. All of this is for you,¡± A voice filled withughter rang in the room, but Elena had no interest in either the voice¡¯s owner or its contents, so she continued gobbling up the food.


    The man only smiled wryly and didn¡¯t speak anymore. He only stood there and silently looked at the scar-faced girl gobbling up food,


    After finishing the food on the table, she turned and looked at the source of the voice. She saw a man standing there looking at her with a gentle smile.


    The next moment, a dumbfounded expression appeared on the man¡¯s face as Elena asked for more food, even though her stomach looked like it would explode.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there will only be one chapter today. I was traveling all day, so I am exhausted and could only write this one.


    What do you think about the event? We will get our store assistant in the next few chapters. After that, there will be a considerable time skip. After that, it will be our time to start a new chapter for the store.

 Chapter 756 End(2)

    Chapter 756: End(2)


    After meeting the man, Elena¡¯s fortune finally seemed to find the gem they were waiting for.


    The man¡¯s name was rence, and he belonged to an affluent family. His father was the chief of a city several timesrger than Elena¡¯s small vige.


    Since rence liked Elena, he decided to take her with him. His group members didn¡¯t like rence adding a member to their group, but since rence was of no ordinary background, they decided to stop and ept his decision.


    When rence and his group were traveling to the neighboring city, they came upon this vige devoid of life, and its every corner was filled with a bloody smell.


    Since rence and his group members were also human, they decided to check upon it, and rence came across the girl he liked.


    Time flew by, and seventeen years had passed in the blink of an eye.


    ¡°Don¡¯t you feel jealous for your father passing over the chief seat to me instead of you, his son?¡± Elena asked with a mixture of expressions on her face.


    ¡°Haha, A man never feels jealous of his wife,¡± renceughed and pulled Elena toward him.


    Elena couldn¡¯t help but feel warm seeing the sincereugh ringing in the room, but for some reason, her heart wasn¡¯t feeling content, as the seat of the chief felt too small for her.


    Every participant would only know their names and their goal when they entered the world. The participants wouldn¡¯t remember their goal from the get-go, but it had some conditions.


    In Maria¡¯s case, the goal of conquering the world rose in her heart after her sessful revenge.


    In Elena¡¯s case, the goal came eventer as her mind was filled with the torturous memory. Only due to a strong will to live did she evene this far, or she would have long given up on her life and chose the easiest way.


    As rence came into her life and the bond between them started deepening, those hellish memories also began to take the backseat. When Elena finally married rence, she had be a happy soul, who now had someone that wanted to see her every moment.


    As further time went by, her mental situation continued to grow. Finally, today, when her father-inw proposed that she be the one to take over the city¡¯s chief seat, a question of whether the position was significant for her or not appeared in her heart.


    But even then, the worry about what her husband and the most important person in her life would think about it overwhelmed the feeling of the insignificant chief seat in her heart.


    When Elena heard the sincereugh and witnessed how rence didn¡¯t feel jealous but instead he was happy for her, with her own eyes, all the worry in her heart dissipated.


    Since rence was someone Elena trusted the most in her life, she decided to share her feelings with her husband.


    rence couldn¡¯t help but raise his eyes in surprise as he didn¡¯t expect Elena to have world-conquering ambitions. But when he remembered in what circumstances Elena had survived, he found it to be a suitable goal for her. In fact, he believed that if Elena didn¡¯t have such ambitions, it would be the odd thing about her.


    rence then freed Elena from his embrace, taking Elena by surprise. Before Elena could ask for the reason behind it, rence grabbed both her hands, using his left hand, while he gently picked her chin up using his right hand.


    rence then stared right into the pair of eyes he liked the most about his wife. There he saw the multitude of expressions, and automatically a smile emerged on his face.


    ¡°Elena, when I saw you for the first time, I already got the sense that you were made for greatness, and people like me were bound to get overshadowed by your genius. For me, the part that made me fall in love with you was not pity for your past but your will to live despite those terrible times. By marrying me, you have already made me achieve whatever I wanted in this life of mine. Since you have done this for me, it¡¯s time for me to do the same. Elena Garbour, you should choose what you like, and I will be there to support you with all my strength,¡± rence spoke in one breath.


    The next moment, sounds of sobbing engulfed the room, and not long after, raunchy moans further increased the worth of the moment for the ce and the couple.


    This moment of conversation became the talking point of centuries as this momentid to the birth of a conqueror.


    In only the next six years, Elena conquered the entire continent, and after further three years, she had all three continents under her control.


    Itid to the birth of a dynasty that would preside over the world for countless years toe.


    After conquering the world, the participants could live at most for six months in the world, and after that, they would have to ascend.


    Elena used those six months to increase her husband¡¯s power level. In the fifth month of her stay after she conquered the, rence reached the peak of peak Level 3.


    A weekter, Elena decided to ascend. Before that, she killed every Level 3 who wasn¡¯t a part of her dynasty. She did it to make sure no one would be able to challenge her children¡¯s im over the throne for the next hundreds of years.


    Elena then ascended to the higher world with her husband. rence had be the most important person in her life, and it even overpowered the urge of conquering the world.


    A conqueror shouldn¡¯t have a weakness, and rence had be such for Elena.


    Her journey in the second world stayed peaceful, and she seeded in conquering that world as well, and she did it only in twelve years.


    Roadblocks finally came in her peaceful journey as rence died in the third world, facing an unwinnable battle.


    The death came as a shocker to Elena as she didn¡¯t know what to do for the next several years. The only reason she didn¡¯t kill herself in grief was rence¡¯s appreciation of her mental strength. She wasn¡¯t going to make rence wrong about her after his death.

 Chapter 757 End(End)

    Chapter 757: End(End)


    Getting over rence¡¯s death was an impossible task for Elena. She felt these moments to be the worst moments of her life.


    What she felt while the vige head, tortured her didn¡¯t evene close to what she was feeling right now.


    But as time went by, her mental situation continued to heal.


    Elena couldn¡¯t let rence¡¯s death go in vain, so she decided to channel all the grief toward her goal of conquering.


    In only a moment, Elena became several times wiser. Or maybe, she always was knowledgeable, but she trusted rence the most to think over his decisions.


    From that moment, she pushed herself in pursuit of her goal. At the same time, she became an incarnation of cruelty after that.


    Even her loyal followers weren¡¯t left alive as Elena killed every single person belonging to her organization before rence¡¯s death.


    Elena then created a new organization and named it ¡®Grief¡¯. Grief became an organization that sent chills down every living being¡¯s spine in the third-level world.


    After an effort of around a century, Elena finally seeded in conquering the entirety of the world.


    When she took her throne, she stepped over the stairs made of all the people she had killed, and it looked like a scene that had straighte out of the imagination of a demon.


    While her massacres pursuit, one of her sons had also ascended to the third-level world, but it seemed seeing a son after so long wasn¡¯t enough to heal the wound in her heart, as the child became one of her pawns, and at the end, the son became one of the skulls used to make the steps.


    As Elena stepped up the stairs, her eyes fell on the skull that referred to her son. She recognized it since she was the one who had ced it here.


    An expression of disgust and extreme hatred appeared on her face as she stepped up on it. The next moment, a cracking sound rang in the area, and soon, the skull turned into dust.


    Many of the attendees watching Elena going through the steps took a deep breath after witnessing Elena turning her own son¡¯s skull to dust.


    After the scene, a group of people began discussing the scene they had just witnessed.


    ¡°How can a mother do this to her own son?¡± One of the attendees tremblingly spoke as his body was still shuddering from fear.


    ¡°Hmph, the bastard deserved it after what he did,¡± Another member of the group replied.


    ¡°Still, she was her mother,¡± The previous attendee couldn¡¯t help but retort.


    ¡°What do you know about family? If I had several children and a lifespan of hundreds of years, I would do the same if my son attempted to do this with me,¡± The man scoffed.


    The previous man didn¡¯t know what to say and fell silent.


    ¡°What are you guys talking about?¡± An attendee couldn¡¯t help but interrupt the group discussion as he found the conversation interesting.


    Watching the scenes of ughters and different negative scenes could take a mental toll, so the man had just stopped himself from watching for the next few seconds when he heard the discussion going on in his neighboring chairs.


    Attendees did not have to worry about any mental issues from the contest because the system removed all aftereffects. But a few attendees still stopped themselves from watching to take a break of a few seconds when an important situation wasn¡¯t happening in their chosen participants¡¯ lives.


    ¡°Nothing we were only discussing one bastard who attempted to overthrow his own mother by trying to sell her to a powerful being,¡± The man who was satisfied with Elena¡¯s actions told the new entry to their group discussion.


    ¡°What did the mother do?¡± The man¡¯s interest got piqued as he asked.


    ¡°Elena threw the son¡¯s body to her tamed beasts while he was still alive. She only preserved his head. Now when she won and conquered the world, she used his skull in the stair made of her enemy¡¯s skulls. She had just turned it into a dust powder.¡±


    The man couldn¡¯t help but take a deep breath after hearing the scene.


    ¡°What do you think? Was she cruel, or even that punishment was light?¡± The man asked as he looked at the pale face of the stranger.


    (A/N: I am looking at you, readers!)


    ***


    After Elena had seeded in conquering the third-level world, it was time for her to ascend.


    Unlike thest two times, she didn¡¯t have rence with her, so she ascended straight away, not even announcing the ruler after her.


    Many thought that the cruel Elena wanted to see a bloodbath after her sudden ascendance, as it caused another round of gory scenes to spread across the to select the new ruler.


    The truth was different; Elena just didn¡¯t care. Except for rence, she had some love for her several children. But after her son¡¯s betrayal, that feeling also disappeared, and she became an emotionless machine with only a single pursuit.


    Her emotionless personality worked for her as none of her subordinates ever dared to betray her.


    When she arrived in the fourth world, she didn¡¯t join the organization but started attacking it from the outside. It would take time as her attacks were very slow.


    Only after one faction lost its control did the other faction leader understand that they were under attack, and by a crazy person at that.


    The faction leader that betrayed them had his fingers cut off and sent to the other faction leaders with a threat. Peak Level 11 lifeforms had a very high regeneration rate, so they could even survive when only their head remained, so healing fingers wasn¡¯t anything worth trouble for them.


    The threat worked for Elena as three of the remaining ten faction leaders joined her camp.


    Elena¡¯s side became strong, and soon, a battle between her and the organization began.


    Elena was strong, but not strong enough to defeat the leader or give him a sever injury. Since things were like this, Elena began hunting the other faction leaders with the help of the peak Level 11 under her control.


    A cruel war for control of the entire world began with it!

 Chapter 758 Winner(1)

    Chapter 758: Winner(1)


    With a few faction leaders in her camp, the cruel battle for the world began between Elena and the organization¡¯s leader.


    Elena knew her weakness, so she didn¡¯t directly challenge the organization leader and stayed away from him. While at the same time, she also needed to secure the peak Level 11 under her control and reduce the number of peak Level 11 under the leader¡¯s control.


    As time flew by, the battle between the leader and Elena became more chaotic and cruel.


    It wasn¡¯t like a war where every day there were battles between the two opposing camps, but it was random and took meticulous nning for both sides to act.


    The leader of the organization was the mightiest in the world, but even he wasn¡¯t able to fend off a group of peak Level 11ing at him. Since he was also the main factor behind the organization¡¯s camp, he didn¡¯t personally take action against Elena and her camp.


    Elena did the same as death would mean all her efforts over these years turning to nothing. Elena wasn¡¯t going to see defeat aftering this far, and she was ready to sacrifice everything. Conquering the world wasn¡¯t only her goal, but it had also be a way for her to channel her grief over losing rence.


    ¡°Master, we have discovered an enemy camp that holds a group of Level 11 warriors,¡± An informant announced the good news.


    In the hall, there was only a single chair, but the number of people was more than twenty.


    Elena sat on the lone chair while she yed with the sword with an expressionless face. The remaining people in the hall sat on the ground with pale faces.


    The group of people contained the faction leaders as well, but they also felt the same as other Level 11 warriors in the room.


    Elena had established her power in the organization ¡®Grief¡¯ by terrorizing every other member that became a part of it. So much so that none of the members have dared to smile even once in her presence.


    ¡°Where is the camp?¡± Elena raised her emotionless face and asked the informant in a hoarse voice. After the death of rence, her voice had be hoarse as she cried a lot and after stabilizing herself, she stopped speaking.


    The informant couldn¡¯t help but tremble as he got stared at by the big boss herself, but he controlled himself as he informed Elena and others about the location of the camp.


    Elena had no emotions while she heard the piece of information, but the other faction leaders had their eyes shining since the camp was too significant to miss. It had a chance to inflict serious damage to the organization.


    Now that the faction leaders had joined Elena¡¯s camp, they needed to do everything in their power to make her win the top seat. It didn¡¯t matter whether they joined her out of will or fear; what mattered was that they had now be enemies of the organization¡¯s leader.


    After the informant stopped speaking, he knelt his head down, waiting for the order to leave. But it never came, and soon the hall was filled with a suffocating silence.


    Even the faction leaders felt too tight to breathe at the moment as suddenly Elena started stroking the sharp de of her sword. As her fingers moved, blood began to flow smoothly along the lines.


    As if the sword was alive, not a single drop of blood fell to the ground, but all of it got devoured by the de.


    ¡°Sandall, go to the camp and extinguish lives out of every living thing in that camp.¡±


    The silence in the hall suddenly broke as Elena gave her order.


    Sandall was one of the faction leaders in Elena¡¯s camp. He couldn¡¯t help but get surprised after hearing his name.


    Until this point, the faction leaders had rarely made moves since every death of the faction leader would produce devastating effects on the camp. Especially on Elena¡¯s side since she had a lower number of peak Level 11 under her control.


    Elena¡¯s eyes suddenly turned cold, and beads of sweat began to emerge on Sandall¡¯s head.


    ¡°I will do as youmand, master,¡± Sandall hurriedly responded as he didn¡¯t want to face Elena¡¯s torture.


    Elena had no change in emotions as she gestured for Sandall to leave for the mission straight away.


    ¡°Stand up,¡± Elena then looked at the informant kneeling and ordered.


    The informant stood up as the order stated. For some reason, he felt a chill crawling down his spine as he found Elena directly staring at him with a cold look in her eyes.


    The informant didn¡¯t dare to move as the order only asked for him to stand and not leave.


    ¡°How did you get this information?¡± Elena suddenly asked.


    The informant¡¯s heart skipped a beat as he understood things weren¡¯t what he had expected after he shared this piece of information with Elena.


    The informant wanted to escape, but suddenly a wave of pressure attacked him and bound him to the spot.


    ¡°Did you think I wouldn¡¯t know what information is genuine or what information is a trap?¡± Elena coldly said as she stood up from her chair.


    The sword sleeping peacefully after feeding on its master¡¯s blood also woke up as Elena made a gentle vertical sh.


    The informant could see his end up close as the invisible sh approached him. But the death never came. Instead, a wave of unbearable pain attacked him as he screamed.


    Elena knew the information was fake since she had traveled to the spot once around a few years ago. And to set a camp of the worth that the informant exined would take at least a few decades.


    As for why she sent Sandall despite knowing it was a trap: it was because she could sense a feeling of betrayal brewing in the hearts of two faction leaders under her control. Sandall was one, while the other was the one who Elena stared at after killing the informant.


    The faction leader understood what Elena¡¯s eyes meant to convey, so he directly knelt down in front of everyone and asked for forgiveness from Elena.

 Chapter 759 Winner(2)

    Chapter 759: Winner(2)


    As Elena had expected, Sandall didn¡¯t survive the mission and her camp lost a peak Level 11.


    Even though it was a gigantic loss to her side, she didn¡¯t worry about the oue, but instead, she was satisfied with the oue.


    The peak Level 11 and other Level 11 under her control became more terrified of her. The death of Sandall made those people more loyal to Elena than even a family member could. Fear was the most potent weapon, and Elena used it to her full advantage.


    Time flew by, and thirty-seven years had passed in the blink of an eye.


    In those thirty-seven years, the game continued between Elena and the organization leader. As time passed, it only became more intense and cruel.


    After the death of rence, Elena had no semnce of humanity left in her, so she didn¡¯t even blink an eye before using ordinary people as her pawns.


    The organization leader also felt no remorse for killing the people who had nothing to do with Elena and their war. But as time passed and the number of kills in his hands increased, it began to affect the leader.


    In the end, it came to who could be the cruelest of the two.


    Elena had safely hidden herself, and the war wasn¡¯t going to end until she died, so the organization leader began to personally act in the attacks. But no matter how many subordinates of Elena died, she didn¡¯te out.


    The organization leader had no choice but to stop as the death toll was increasing for nothing. He had ruled this world for billions of years, and he wasn¡¯t going to end it with a war with Elena.


    After that, the leader began announcing a challenge to Elena, but as he had expected, no response came from Elena¡¯s side.


    While the organization leader had stopped taking part in attacks, the small battles between the two camps were still going on with all their cruelty and bloodshed.


    After thirty-seven years of bloodshed, Elena was only left with a single faction leader and four other Level 11 people in her organization.


    As usual, the organization leader announced another challenge to Elena.


    But out of everyone¡¯s expectation, this time, there was a response.


    Every messenger who announced the challenge in each city was found dead the next day, with only their heads left.


    The time of the battle was written next to the messenger¡¯s heads across all the cities.


    When the organization leader found out about it, his face turned solemn as Elena epting the challenge wasn¡¯t good for him.


    Elena wasn¡¯t someone chivalrous who would ept a battle just to save her dignity. If she were, she would have weed the challenge long ago. Now that she had taken it, it only meant one thing. Elena was confident of her chances of not dying.


    As for whether Elena had enough capability to kill the organization leader, the leader didn¡¯t believe it. He had been alive for hundreds of billions of years at that point, so how could someone who hadn¡¯t even lived for a thousand years have the ability to kill him?


    Although it was overconfidence, the leader had the ability to reach such a conclusion. The leader hadn¡¯t reached the peak due to others¡¯ efforts, but everything was done by him. He had worked harder than others and only then was he able to reach this level. Even after reaching the peak, the leader continued to work hard so that no one else would be able to surpass her.


    In these more than eight hundred billion years, only Elena hase close to challenging him and the organization. But even she wasn¡¯t capable to take the fight head-on with him.


    Time flew by, and the day of the challenge finally arrived.


    Both Elena and the organization leader were sword users, so a spectacle of sword battle presented itself to the world when they battled.


    At first, the leader didn¡¯t even have to put effort to dodge Elena¡¯s attacks, but as time passed, he found Elena to be getting better.


    ¡°Let¡¯s end this,¡± The leader didn¡¯t want to extend this battle any further as a bad feeling began to permeate his heart.


    He raised his sword horizontally just an inch above his head using his right hand. While his left hand tightly grabbed the de and moved it over the sharp, turning the de dark red.


    The blood didn¡¯t fall on the leader¡¯s head or get devoured by the sword, but it instead began to boil.


    A red vapor began to rise from the sword and began to materialize.


    In no time, a red silhouette appeared floating above the leader¡¯s head. It gently stood on the sword.


    Elena had a change in her face as she also released her ultimate attack, Ten-thousand World sh.


    The next moment, shards of white light covered Elena. Those shards had the appearance of a sword, the same as Elena, and they held the same sharpness.


    ROAR! CRY!


    The red silhouette above the leader¡¯s head angrily roared as it disappeared from the sword¡¯s surface and appeared next to Elena.


    It was too quick for Elena to catch the movements, but not the shards as they charged at the red silhouette.


    ¡°Bang!¡±


    ¡°Bang!¡±


    ¡°Bang!¡±


    With every sh between the shards and the red silhouette, an explosion-like sound rang in the area.


    The leader coughed blood with every sh while Elena¡¯s face turned paler.


    In the end, both the opponents couldn¡¯t even stand on their feet as they began to fall.


    Elena knew she couldn¡¯t fall as she stared at the only faction leader alive in her organization.


    The faction leader understood what Elena¡¯s eyes meant as he disappeared from the spot and appeared right below his previous organization¡¯s leader.


    A malevolent smile appeared on the man¡¯s face as he pierced his sword right through the organization leader¡¯s heart.


    Things happened so quickly that it took everyone present there by surprise.


    The leader would have survived a crushed heart if he was in his peak shape. But currently, he had lost a lot of his blood essence, so his body couldn¡¯t take the attack.


    As his life started to move away from him, the leader took ast nce at Elena, only to see a relieved smile appearing on her face.


    ¡®How beautiful!¡¯ The thought emerged in his heart as he lost his consciousness and left the world he had ruled for several hundred billion years.


    ¡®rence, I did it!¡¯ Elena also yelled in her heart as the death of the leader gave an unlimited amount of energy to her.


    In fact, it wasn¡¯t unlimited energy, but Elena had begun to burn her blood since it was the moment that would make history.


    The faction leader that took thest strike kneeled in front of Elena as he announced his loyalty to the new master of this world.


    Elena was preparing for an attack from other alive faction leaders, but the attack never came. As if the first kneeling was an infectious virus, every single being present there knelt and announced their loyalty to the new monarch.


    As she saw everyone kneeling there, the remaining coldness in her heart dissipated. A smile spread across her face while her eyes turned moist as she announced her first order as the new ruler of the world.


    It was to create a statue of rence, and that too with all the expensive materials.


    Suddenly a wave of memories started attacking her as she found the view around her turning blurry.


    A few secondster, bright scenes emerged in her sight as she found herself standing in a white space with two more people standing there.

 Chapter 760 The War of Worlds(1)

    Chapter 760: The War of Worlds(1)


    Elena suddenly felt the world around her blurring. Before she could find out what had happened, clear sight returned to his eyes.


    She found herself standing in a white room with no ws, and not far from her, two people were looking at her.


    Elena didn¡¯t have the mood to find out about them as the wave of memories was attacking her head. At that moment, she didn¡¯t know what to feel since rence had been a myth all her life. He was nothing but a part of a contest.


    Suddenly, her mind and heart started calming down as invisible energy spread through her consciousness and made her feelfortable.


    A few secondster, Elena became indifferent to what she had gone through in the contest as it wasn¡¯t real.


    She then focused on the other two people present in the room. They had also returned to what they were doing before Elena¡¯s emergence.


    Because the three people were unable to sense the passage of time, the white room mysteriously began to disintegrate after an unknown amount of time had passed.


    At first, the rate of disintegration was slow. Eventually, the white room began to disintegrate so rapidly that before the participants could move out of its way, the ground beneath their feet disappeared. They fell at an unprecedented speed.


    As their falling speed grew, their hearts also began to calm themselves. A new piece of information began to appear in their heads.


    The ce they were going to fall would be the three participant¡¯s final battleground. It would be the ce where the three contestants would fight for the territory in Panagea.


    The three participants were Elena, sha, and Eros.


    Eros belonged to the Hygar race and was a regr customer. He had beening to this store for the past fifty years without missing a single day.


    Eros only had one interest in the store, and that was Panagea. Despite participating in every annual contest for decades, it was the first time he hade close to winning the territory in Panagea.


    When the contest began, there were more than two hundred million participants willing to fight for the valuable territory in Panagea. But in the end, only three of them were able to conquer the four worlds and prove their superiority over others in thepetition.


    Each of the three had used different tactics to be the ruler of thest world. Elena used her cruelty as a feature andid an offensive attack on the organization. sha became a part of the organization and slowly conquered it, and finally defeated the leader.


    Eros also became a part of the organization, but his fortune seemed to be better than others as the organization leader sensed his talent and took him as a disciple. Using the status of being the organization leader¡¯s student, it became easy for Eros to draw members of the organization toward him.


    Out of the three, Eros¡¯s way was the most peaceful, while Elena¡¯s way resulted in the most casualties of cultivators and ordinary civilians.


    As all three participants descended, they each found themselves in a different hall.


    The hall looked endless as there was only a seat present there. Elena appeared in the throne-like seat prepared for her.


    She then sat down and tapped on her throne three times.


    The next moment, light pirs started emerging across the entirety of the hall.


    When the process ended, there were millions of people present in the hall, making the endless passageway look crowded.


    Elena saw many familiar faces in the crowd kneeling in front of her. It consisted of every talented member Elena hade across in the four worlds during her journey in the contest.


    The closest people to her throne were the organization leader and the eleven faction leaders.


    ¡°Stand up,¡± Elena ordered as a calm look appeared on her face. Now that she knew her actual identity, her heart had be calm. She was nervous about being so close to winning the territory, but at the same time, she also knew it was only her first attempt at the annual event. There were many people who had been attempting to win thend in Panagea for several years.


    It wasn¡¯t to demotivate her or decrease the value of her efforts over these few centuries, but it was to make her know that it wasn¡¯t her final act. She couldn¡¯t grow chaotic to win and then make some bad decisions, which may affect her chances of winning the contest.


    All the people present in the hall werepletely loyal to Elena, so Elena didn¡¯t need to use those fear tactics again. She only needed to use her mind and the people in her camp to win. The leader couldn¡¯t personally contest, but only people whom she had defeated or were under her rule in any of the four worlds would.


    All three participants didn¡¯t have the same number of people in their camp since some participants used lesser people to gain control while some used an abundant amount of people.


    Eros was on the good side as he had used the least possible resources to conquer the fourth world, which came to bite him at this moment.


    Even though the hall had all the people he had defeated, including the organization leader and the eleven faction leaders, the number of people in her camp was way lesser than the two other participants.


    Eros had a gloomy smile on his face seeing the number of people standing in his camp. The piece of information clearly stated the process of the people appearing in the base. Even though Eros didn¡¯t know how the other two participants had won, he still couldn¡¯t help but worry as not all would win in the same way.


    Elena got the most advantages from these rules since she had the most number of people in her organization in the fourth world. There were many deaths due to her ns and anger, so to replenish them, her organization continuously gathered members. Whenbined, they became a horrifying force.


    Aakesh had considered this situation in his mind while making the rules. But after thinking for a while, Aakesh didn¡¯t do anything to tweak the rules since the number of people in theirmand was the result of their action. It would be unfair to the participant to tweak the rules to decrease the strength of the stronger party.

 Chapter 761 The War of Worlds(End)

    Chapter 761: The War of Worlds(End)


    Elena, sha, and Eros began to strategize as the timer appeared in their minds.


    Only three months were left before thest battle for the territory would begin.


    At that time, the system had tweaked the time flow rate of the store. Within the store and the outside world, the time began to flow in sync, but the rate of time moving inside the tower continued at the same ratio of 1:1,000,000.


    So while three months had passed for Elena and the other two participants, only a few seconds had passed for the attendees and the Primal dimension.


    When the round of strategies ended, the time flow rate inside the store grew and began to match that of the world inside the tower.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t want the attendees to know the strategies of the participants before the battle began, so he did it. As for what the attendees felt about it, Aakesh didn¡¯t give it a thought. He had already done enough for the people to enjoy the events.


    As the deadline of three months ended, the timer disappeared, and a space crack emerged next to the participant¡¯s thrones.


    ¡°Win the war for me,¡± Elena ordered her subordinates and told them to leave through the space crack.


    ¡°Go ahead and don¡¯t let me down,¡± sha ordered her subordinates.


    ¡°All of you have no choice but to win,¡± Eros ordered his subordinates.


    The three participants gave their respective orders and sent them on their way to the battlefield.


    When the halls turned empty except for the presence of the participants, the space crack turned into a screen and began to show the scenes of the people inside their respective camps.


    The participants weren¡¯t allowed to leave their halls and interfere. Now they could only wait and watch till the result of the battle arrived, praying for their strategies to work.


    Thepetition was between three participants, so there were three enemy camps on a vast ground devoid of any life except for the soldiers.


    Each of the participants had already separated their respective armies into sections to make themands more effortless and faster to implement.


    Thepetition was three-way so there were chances of two participants colluding to defeat one and then fighting the penultimate battle between the two camps.


    The three participants had also this situation in their mind, so each of them had asked theirmander to attempt to contact the other party. Each of the three had the samemander, and it was none other than the organization leader.


    Aakesh had also expected this situation to arrive if the number of participants conquering all four worlds grew to more than two.


    To solve this issue, Aakesh had designed the penultimate battleground to be a vast area. It would be difficult for the armies toe in contact with each other. At the same time, it would also mean that the battle would be very long.


    To solve this, Aakesh had added another situation. The bloodlust in participants¡¯ hearts would grow every day.


    If for one year, they failed to vent their bloodlust in the battle, the armies would begin to fight their own fellow members as the soldiers would lose their sanity.


    At the start, Aakesh had announced that some information was to be found by the participants themselves. The bloodlust was one such piece of information.


    It would not only affect the participant¡¯s strategies, but it would also increase the difficulty of the penultimate war.


    As expected, due to the battleground being this vast, for a month no enemy camps found each other.


    As there were ways ofmunication between the battalions and the headquarters, themander was aware of everything going on in the war. At first, themanders had ns tomunicate with the first enemy camp they came across, but as the bloodlust grew in their hearts with each passing day, the belief inmunication began crumbling.


    Finally, when one month had gone by, the bloodlust in the hearts of the soldiers had grown to a dangerous extent.


    After a month, the camps of Elena and Eros came face to face for the first time.


    The Eros¡¯s camp had around three thousand soldiers, while Elena¡¯s camp had five thousand soldiers, making her the bigger of the two.


    Themander of both parties wasn¡¯t quick in deciding whether or not tomunicate as the two soldier camps began their battle, disregarding the order from above.


    Since Eros¡¯s soldiers had an early Level 11 in their midst, while Elena¡¯s only had three peak Level 10 soldiers at most, Eros¡¯s camp won the first battle.


    The battle was no less than ughter for Elena¡¯s camp, so after the defeat, soldiers in Eros¡¯s camp became enemies to kill at sight.


    Even themander hadn¡¯t expected things to go this way. But no soldiers returned from the battle to punish them for disregarding his order, so the matter got settled on its own.


    Time flew by, and three months had passed in the blink of an eye.


    Elena and Eros¡¯s camps hade across three times. Out of which Eros came out as the winner two times, while Elena won thest round.


    Eros and sha camps hade across two times, with sha winning both encounters.


    Elena and sha camps had only encountered each other once, with shaing out as the superior.


    After three months, sha looked to be at the top. Her reason for winning all the encounters was that she only had eleven battalions, with each of them being led by a peak Level 11.


    sha decided to bet on quality over quantity, so only those camps that had a peak Level 11 in their midst could give challenge to her.


    In the sixth month, Elena¡¯smander personally took action and extinguished one of Eros¡¯s camps that was led by a peak Level 11 person.


    In the eighth month, Eros¡¯smander took action and killed three camps of Elena, out of which none were being led by a peak Level 11. So the loss taken by Eros was still greater.


    In the eighth month, sha¡¯smander also took action and extinguished one camp from each Elena and Eros. Elena lost one of her peak Level 11 beings, while Eros camp was led by ate Level 11 being.


    In the ninth month, Elena¡¯smander took action again, only to run as he came across the headquarter of sha¡¯s camp. But before leaving, themander had killed a lot of soldiers, extinguishing the bloodlust in his heart.


    As time went by, the battle grew crueler, and the number of casualties continued to rise.


    As the next year began, one of Elena¡¯s camps started a battle between themselves as their bloodlust had crossed the limit of their sanity.


    Even Elena, who had decided to stay calm, couldn¡¯t help but grow nervous as she had lost the most number of soldiers in the majority of the encounters they hade across.


    More time flew by, and three more years passed in a sh.


    Since Elena had the highest number of soldiers in her camps, she was somehow able to survive despite losing soldiers at such a high rate.


    The same wasn¡¯t the case for Eros, as, at the end of the fourth year, Eros only had hismander, seven peak Level 11, and a few thousand soldiers with him.


    Since things had reached this extent, Eros was the first to lose as Elena¡¯smander, and the ten peak Level 11 razed Eros¡¯s base to the ground in a sudden assault.


    After that only sha and Elena were left in thepetition.


    While leaving the camp after the attack, sha¡¯smander and other peak Level 11 attempted a sneak attack on Elena¡¯smander.


    The battle was cruel beyond any words as Elena left three peak Level 11, and hermander became seriously injured. sha¡¯s camp was no better as it only lost two peak Level 11, but all other soldiers that hade with them had died.


    After that, the final battle between Elena and sha began. Elena had the quantity on her side, so in no time, sha was only left with Level 11 in her camp. While Elena still had tens of thousands of Level 10 and below on her side, other than Level 11.


    Numbers didn¡¯t matter when the power levels reached this high, but even then a suicide attack was something feared by cultivators.


    Elena¡¯smander ordered every soldier below Level 11 to self-explode, resulting in an explosion powerful enough to devour several Level 11 with them.


    Some of the Level 11 in Elena¡¯s camps couldn¡¯t escape faster, so they added oil to the fire by self-exploding, creating an even more destructive explosion.


    The suicide attack did its work as it took the enemy camp by surprise, and they also lost many Level 11.


    The battle reached itsst phase after that, only to end when sha¡¯smanders died.


    Elena¡¯smander also died in the end, but three people were still left alive. These three people were the deciding factor behind the selection of the winner, and they were¡­

 Chapter 762 Sudden Event!!!

    Chapter 762: Sudden Event!!!


    The battle ended after years of struggle, with only three people standing at the end.


    Themander of both sides had died in the battle, so only the side with the highest number of survivors was going to win.


    All three survivors belonged to Elena¡¯s camp. Out of the three, one was peak Level 11, who was seriously injured but still out of the life-threatening situation.


    The peak Level 11 was the reason behind two more people surviving as he had used his body as a shield to save them in case the result came to the number of survivors.


    In the hall, Elena had a crying face as she couldn¡¯t stay calm when she found the result of her hard work over these years.


    Since she was also an adventurer, she knew the value of territory in Panagea.


    The next moment, a white light covered the three participants in their halls.


    Before the participant could understand what was happening, they found themselves back on the tform inside the store.


    ¡°Congrattions on winning the territory,¡± sha congratted Elena as they finally came out of the world after centuries.


    Eros also congratted Elena. Both he and sha were disappointed to lose aftering so close to the reward. But since it wasn¡¯t the first time they had lost and wasn¡¯t going to be thest, they didn¡¯t lose hope.


    Elena nervously and excitedly thanked them. Even though she had won the territory in Panagea after conquering all four worlds and then winning the war of the worlds, in reality, she was nothing in front of sha and Eros.


    sha and Eros could sense the nervousness in Elena¡¯s voice, so they didn¡¯t speak anymore and moved away. Even though Elena¡¯s cultivation level was way lower than theirs, they treated her as an equal. Now that she had won territory in Panagea, her wealth and power were going to see an explosive rise.


    ***


    ¡°Elena has won the event after conquering all the four worlds, and then she sessfully defeated the two participants in the war of the worlds.¡±


    ¡°Here, take it,¡± Aakesh announced Elena as the winner and then called her. He had a card in his hands.


    The majority of the participants and many attendees were familiar with the card since they had been seeing this continuously for the past decades.


    It was Elena¡¯s first time participating in the event, but she had once attended it, so she was also aware of what the card implied.


    Her face turned red, and her breathing got rough as she couldn¡¯t move her eyes away from the card in Aakesh¡¯s hands.


    ¡°Store owner is calling you,¡± A participant standing close to Elena whispered in her ears, waking her from her trance.


    Elena couldn¡¯t help but smile awkwardly. The next moment, she took a deep breath and approached Aakesh with hurried steps.


    ¡°Do you know how to activate the card?¡± Aakesh expressionlessly asked as he handed the card to Elena.


    Elena tensely nodded and thanked Aakesh for the card.


    Aakesh had no expression on his face as he only nodded in response.


    Since the contest was over, it was time for the participants to return to their seats. Aakesh was going to move them away when he stopped in his actions as Elena had something to say.


    ¡°Store owner, I want to sell this card,¡± Elena suddenly spoke. It was like an explosion in the ears of attendees and other participants.


    ¡°It¡¯s yours. You don¡¯t need to ask me before selling it,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    With the exception of a few rewards that needed to be bonded by blood in Aakesh¡¯s presence due to their strong spirits, Aakesh did not care what the winners did with their prizes. His ownership over the item was over the moment he handed it to the winner.


    ¡°Do you have a buyer in your mind, or do you wish an auction to sell it for the most price?¡± Aakesh asked.


    ¡°Store owner, I want to auction it,¡± Elena answered after staying silent for a while.


    She had won the territory in Panagea after a lot of struggle, and its value was even more valuable than bing a peak-level Immortal, but Elena still wanted to sell it.


    Elena knew her limits. She had no background. Elena knew that after she activated the card, the territory in Panagea would be set to her name, and no one would be able to snatch it from her till the protection period of one year ended.


    Elena was worried for her parents, as any strong power could kidnap them and use her territory as their yground. The store was famous for its indifference toward the result of what its rewards caused.


    At the same time, her level was very low to gain something significant from Panagea. She could also take the way of Maria, the winner of the third-ranked territory in Panagea, but Elena decided against it. Maria lived next to the store, so any attack on her was bound to do some damage to the store, resulting in the store owner personally taking action.


    Elena didn¡¯t want to do it, but after thinking of the consequences the territory was going to cause for her and her family over the next year, she decided with a heavy heart to go ahead and auction the reward.


    Aakesh nodded expressionlessly after hearing Elena¡¯s response.


    The next moment, he waved his hands. The card disappeared from Elena¡¯s hands and appeared in the air, floating without any support.


    At the same time, all the participants except for Elena disappeared from the tform and appeared on their respective chairs.


    Aakesh then looked at Elena since he wasn¡¯t going to be an auctioneer.


    Since Elena wanted to sell it, it was entirely up to her. Aakesh was only going to provide her with the tform.


    Elena understood what Aakesh meant, so she turned around, facing the crowd seated on their respective chairs.


    As soon as Elena turned around, the people from strong powers turned solemn. Even they knew the value of the territory in Panagea and could only imagine what it was going to cost them.


    Many of the people in the crowd wanted to contact their superiors, but themunication outside the store was blocked even for the card owners during the event.


    Aakesh sat on his chair when suddenly the system asked something.

 Chapter 763 Shock!!!

    Chapter 763: Shock!!!


    [Host, why don¡¯t you turn this auction into a spectacle?]


    As Aakesh sat on his chair, thinking of enjoying the auction, the system suddenly asked.


    ¡°No, let it be a single-item auction,¡± Aakesh replied back.


    Even though auctions were enjoyable for everyone, Aakesh felt one was enough. He also had another event to choose the store assistant after it, so Aakesh couldn¡¯t just let the auction eat the entire day.


    Since it was only a suggestion from the system, the system fell silent after hearing Aakesh¡¯s answer and didn¡¯t talk about the auction again.


    ¡°Aakesh, I also want to join the auction,¡± Lily,fortably seated on Aakesh¡¯s bun, requested in her childlike voice.


    ¡°You can¡¯t. I and the system had a deal,¡± Aakesh answered. Lily had be an inhabitant of Panagea with the benefits of the adventurer after Aakesh didn¡¯t want to let Lily get stuck in the dangerous situation as she did with the wolf king.


    At that time, Aakesh and the system had made a deal. The deal contained some conditions, and Lily not being able to have a territory in Panagea other than the one she conquered on her own was one of them.


    ¡°Hmph,¡± Lily scoffed in response. She was already aware of the conditions, but she only wanted to try out her luck.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you bid, and then I wille to meet you there,¡± Lily suddenly had an idea.


    Aakesh only smiled as he had no interest in buying a territory in Panagea and letting it go to waste after the participants had worked so hard to win it in the first ce.


    Lily got her answer from Aakesh¡¯s smile. She didn¡¯t bother him about buying the territory again.


    Lily instead asked Aakesh to make the auction of the territory as big as possible. She wasn¡¯t aware of the conversation between Aakesh and the system since it had happened in his head.


    Time flew by, and thirty minutes had passed in the blink of an eye.


    After getting the request from both the system and Lily, Aakesh decided to turn the auction into a spectacle. But unlike what Lily and the system wanted, Aakesh restricted the auction only to the territory.


    Aakesh postponed the beginning of the announcement by thirty minutes.


    At the same time, he removed themunication blockage inside the store for the next thirty minutes. In those minutes, the people could call for as much help as possible to win the card.


    Since Elena wasn¡¯t a professional auctioneer and Lily wanted the auction to be a spectacle, Aakesh let a professional join Elena and him on the tform.


    The professional was willing to do it for free, but Aakesh did not. Elena would pay twice the amount that any professional auctioneer would earn from big auctions. Since Aakesh had said it, Elena had no issues with it.


    At the same time, the store would also take 0.1% of the total value of the price at which Elena sold the territory. Elena had no issues with it, as even if the store wanted five percent, she was willing to do it.


    As the thirty minutes of preparation time came to an end, themunication restriction returned to the store, and the time for the auction to begin arrived.


    The professional auctioneer¡¯s name was Xandarossi. He had an excited expression as he took center stage on the tform.


    The card was only a finger¡¯s distance away from him, so he wanted to touch it.


    The next moment, a current ran through his body as a warning to him not to touch it. Since Elena had decided to sell it, it was an ownerless item, and only its new owner would be able to grab hold of it.


    ¡°Hello, people from different races! I am Xandarossi, your auctioneer for today.¡±


    ¡°It is with the greatest privilege I announce the item of today¡¯s auction.¡±


    ¡°The card floating next to me is a territory in Panagea, the world where dreams are possible!¡±


    ¡°It needs no introduction as every one of you is here for it and already knows its value.¡±


    ¡°Since there is no defined value of the card, the auction would begin with the starting price of one inferior Primal stone!¡±


    ¡°Those who want to bid, write your offer on the paper lying next to you.¡±


    ¡°Before making the bid, please remember, the bidders would only get two chances to bid. So bid ording to that, and don¡¯t hold back!¡±


    ¡°You have two minutes to make your offers! Let the auction begin!¡±


    Xandarossi announced the start of the auction. The next moment, two pieces of paper appeared next to every attendee seated inside the store.


    The paper for the bidding was made of extraordinary material as the participants only had to think about what they wanted to bid, and the next moment, that would appear on the paper.


    Since there were only two chances to bid, every bidder began to think of what to offer on paper to win the territory.


    Elena had calmed down after the nervous storm at the beginning of the auction. She didn¡¯t have to worry about the winning bid for the territory being low, as the first annual event was a legendary event. Many attendees were still familiar with the offers made by Robert.


    Two minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and every bidder had made their offer on the paper.


    ¡°Please raise your hands with the paper on which your bid is!¡±


    Xandarossi announced and became the first bidder to raise his right hand with a folded paper in them.


    Every bidder did as told, and the next moment, the paper disappeared from their hands and appeared next to Aakesh.


    Aakesh knew the value of the items, so he became the judge of the value of the bids. He was also the only person who had no interest in the territory. He wouldn¡¯t be biased in his choosing, and everyone appreciated Aakesh for doing it.


    It was also the reason behind the store taking 0.1% of themission on the total auction price since Aakesh couldn¡¯t work for free, and it was all going to be in the pockets of Aakesh.


    Aakesh¡¯s pockets had grown even further in thest few days after hepleted the store upgrading quest, and hismission increased to five percent.


    There were more than five hundred million bidders in the auction of the territory in Panagea. Many of them only wanted to try their luck since they didn¡¯t need to pay any extra for it.


    It would take a while to read all the offers and calcte their value, but Aakesh didn¡¯t want to spend that much time.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t even have to open the folded paper as the content written on it was already in his sight whenever he looked at any paper.


    The next moment, Aakesh activated multitasking, and all the more than five hundred million bids appeared in Aakesh¡¯s mind.


    First, Aakesh discarded those bids that had a value less than the worth of a supreme Primal stone mine.


    In no time, more than four hundred million bids were lost, and only around a hundred million bids were still left in thepetition.


    As the bids began to get discarded by Aakesh, the paper referring to those offers also started to disappear. Their owners also got the news about them being out of the race.


    After a moment, only two bids remained standing in thepetition.


    The two bids had the same value. So Aakesh couldn¡¯t select a winner from them. Since there was one more chance left for the bidders to make their offer, Aakesh announced the value of the bids.


    Now only those bidders who could bid more than the stated offer would write their offers on paper. This round wasn¡¯t for anyone.


    No one dared to waste Aakesh¡¯s time by bidding nonsensically this time, and only twenty-seven bidsrger than the previous two bids appeared in the hands of Aakesh.


    Since Elena had heard the value of the bids chosen in the first round, her heart had started beating chaotically. If not for the system interfering, the consequences would have been dire for Elena.


    The value of the bids chosen in the first round was equivalent to the total wealth of a peak mid-tier race. Elena was a human, and Humans weren¡¯t even at the peak of the mid-tier races in the Primal dimension.


    So even if any of those bids were to be the winner, in just a moment, Elena¡¯s wealth would have grown to surpass the wealth of the human race.

 Chapter 764 Assistant Selection(1)

    Chapter 764: Assistant Selection(1)


    After Aakesh chose two bids of equal and highest value, Aakesh announced the second round of biddings.


    This time, he gave the bidders five minutes to make their offers since they could only bid more than what the two bid in the hands of Aakesh had offered.


    Time flew by, and in a sh, the five minutes had passed.


    Twenty-seven bids appeared in front of Aakesh, while the two offers previously selected by him disappeared.


    Aakesh then began to read the offers and started calcting their mary value.


    In the end, three bids remained in contention as they had equal value whenpared to their cost.


    ¡°These three bids are the highest offers made by the bidders. Since all of them are of the same value, and the rounds of biddings hade to an end, let the previous owner of the territory card decide whom she wants to select,¡± Xandarossi announced the conclusion of the round of biddings.


    This time, Aakesh hadn¡¯t publically announced the offer made by the top three selected bidders. It would only be the winning offer that would get read aloud.


    Elena couldn¡¯t help but stand up in shock as she never expected her to be the decisionmaker. She trusted Aakesh to do the fair thing and choose the best offer for her.


    Before Elena could say something, the three offers appeared in front of her with their mary value written below the bids.


    Elena sucked a breath of cold air, as it was several times greater than the bids selected in the previous round.


    ¡®Three hundred supreme Primal stone mines, seventy-four Universe cores, forty quadrillion supreme Primal stones, three growth weapons, and VIP security for the family for ten thousand years,¡¯ Elena read the first bid in her heart.


    The mary value of the bid reached almost the entire wealth of an average top-tier race in the Primal dimension.


    The three offers were different, but their mary value was simr, so Aakesh had put them in the same category. Now, it was up to Elena to choose the bid of her liking.


    Elena read all three bids and their mary value, and she then began to think of what offer to choose.


    After a few seconds, she finally made up her mind about what to choose.


    Out of the three bids, she chose the first one she had read. She had a simple reason behind it, and it was the VIP protection provided for ten thousand years. She didn¡¯t know the details of the level of VIP security, but since it used VIP in its name, it couldn¡¯t be an average level of the defense program.


    From the money she was earning from the sale, it was easy for her to hire the best security guards to protect her family. But the offer put in the bids made her genuinely like the power which made the offer.


    As she made up her mind, the other two bids disappeared. Two disappointed sighs rang in the attendee section as the owner of the bids learned about their failure. At the same time, excited expressions appeared on a group of people since they were the owner of the sessful bid.


    The next moment, Aakesh waved his hands, and the owner of the winner¡¯s bid appeared on the tform. Xandarossi announced him to be the winner and what his offer was for the card.


    Even Xandarossi¡¯s voice trembled when he read the offer to the attendees. Since the majority of the crowd were ordinary cultivators, they had never heard of many of the terms, so they didn¡¯t exactly know the value of the offer. But those who knew the mary value of the winning bid had their eyes turn red from greed.


    The new owner of the bid was Clukan, a higher-echelon member of the second strongest organization in the Primal dimension. After learning about the auction of the territory, their sovereign had ordered them to buy it no matter the cost they needed to pay for it.


    (A/N: Sovereign is the title of the head of the five most powerful organizations in the Primal dimension.)


    ¡°What is VIP protection?¡± Elena asked the man.


    Time flew by, and the auction finally came to an end.


    Clukan handed over the sale agreement to Elena while Aakesh was the witness, so the organization wouldn¡¯t break its side of the deal after getting the card.


    Clukan and Elena sat next to each other after returning to the attendee section since Elena had some questions.


    Clukan patiently exined everything Elena wanted to know. VIP protection was the second-level protection program in Clukan¡¯s organization.


    Only the sovereign level of protection was higher than it, and that was only reserved for the family members of the organization¡¯s leader.


    In the VIP protection, the organization would cover hundred family members, with each family member getting a group of people as personal bodyguards for the contract duration.


    The group consisted of a hundred and one people, with forty early Immortals, thirty intermediate Immortals, twentyte Immortals, ten peak Immortals, and one peak Immortal with pseudo divinity as the head of the group.


    When Elena heard the group¡¯sposition, her jaw almost dropped to the ground. Even the Kingdom from which Elena came had only a single Immortal in its lead, and here, hundred family members of her would each have a hundred Immortals in their camp.


    At the same time, Clukan also warned Elena as the guards would only passively protect Elena. They couldn¡¯t be used to attack. If Elena wanted them to attack, she would need to ask the organization and pay for their services.


    At the same time, Elena wouldn¡¯t get any protection since the contract clearly distinguished that the security was only for her family members. If Elena wanted protection, she could hire them from the organization. Since she had made a lucrative deal with the organization, it was willing to offer her a ten percent discount.


    Elena made the deal straight away and hired a group of people for the same duration as her family members.


    As for when Elena can get the amount written in the offer, it would be done after they left the store. Clukan had already transferred the supreme Primal stones, Universe cores, and three growth weapons to her.


    Suddenly a round of silence fell on the store as Aakesh began an announcement.

 Chapter 765: Assistant Selection(2)

    Chapter 765: Assistant Selection(2)


    Since the auction of the card has nowe to its conclusion, it was time for


    Aakesh to begin the next show.Aakesh stood up from his chair, and soon, silence fell inside the store, withevery attendee looking at Aakesh.


    The event with the territory was usually thest contest in the three-dayevents, so when the attendees found out that the event was still far from over,they got excited to know the reason behind it."The next contest would be thest." "The store is looking for assistance. The next contest will find that assistant,"Aakesh didn''t keep attendees in suspicion and came to his point right away.


    The store customers were already aware of it since Aakesh had announced ittwo days before the event. Only the attendees found it for the first time.Despite knowing, the store customers turned solemn as they didn''t want tomiss a single word.Bing an assistant to the store was far more valuable than any reward fromthe three-day event, so the excitement seen in the crowd turned out to be thesame as Aakesh had expected. Even though the attendees had extreme excitement stered on their faces, they controlled themselves and didn''t interrupt Aakesh.


    "To participate in the selection, the participant needs to fulfill a few


    conditions:


    1. They must be a regr store user with their experience being more than one


    year,


    2. The participants must be younger than ten thousand years,


    3. The participants must quit any organization they currently belong to if theyget selected."


    Aakesh announced the three conditions required by him for the store assistant.The conditions weren''t harsh as Aakesh didn''t want to set it to a limitednumber of people. Aakesh wanted the participant pool to be asrge aspossible. Considering that, he made the first two conditions.As for the third condition, it was always going to be there. The store wasn''tgoing to hire a member that belonged to other organizations.When the people in the crowd heard about the conditions, many people losttheir faces. ording to Aakesh, the conditions weren''t harsh, but not for those who had grown older than ten thousand years. "The store would have benefits for the assistant since they would directly work for the store:


    1. The assistant would get protection from the store for themselves and their


    immediate family members,


    2. Their monthly pay will be 99,999 supreme Primal stones,


    3. They would get 50 free Panagea hours every month. If they had any hours


    left after the end of the month, they would get added to the next month''s tally.


    4. They would get three pills of any category free in a month,


    5. They would get a growth weapon corresponding to their cultivation levels,


    6. The assistant would be able to select a cultivation art of their like for them,


    7. They would be the second to know of any new product after the store owner,


    8. As the number of products increases, their benefits would see growth." Aakesh announced the eight benefits the store assistant was going to get fromthe store.


    Except for the monthly pay, everything was going from the pockets of thesystem.


    When the attendees heard the benefits, those who didn''t fulfill any condition of the two had their hearts further broken from disappointment.


    As he asked the attendees who fulfilled the two conditions and were ready to quit their organization in case they got selected to raise their hands, Akeesh did not pause for tears orughter in the attendee''s hearts.Since there were no cultivation requirements or payment to participate in thenext contest, all the attendees who fulfilled the three requirements raised their hands.


    The next moment, Aakesh snapped his fingers, and all the participants appeared on the tform.


    In the crowd section, there were still a few people who had their hands raisedin the air. They couldn''t help but grow disappointed in their hearts. They allfulfilled the requirement of them being regr store customers for one year,but their ages weren''t eligible.


    One of the participants not to get selected was only three days past his tenthousandth year, so if the event were going to happen three days earlier, hewould also be able to participate.


    The system checked every participant, so there was no way for people whodidn''t fulfill even a single condition to appear on the tform.


    Aakesh ignored those who didn''t get selected and focused on those who wereeligible for the contest.


    The number of participants participating in the contest was higher than thenumber ofpetitors in the territorypetition. The number exceeded thefive hundred million mark, with the majority of the participants being lower than Tao Seed level cultivation.Elena, the winner of the territory contest, was disappointedly looking toward the tform since she was still a few months away from fulfilling the first condition.


    Many organization leaders also had ugly faces since many of their talentedmembers were standing on the tform. They felt ufortable because theydid not fulfill the conditions. And also, the winning member would have toleave, so if any talented member of their organization won, all the resources they invested in the person would have to get forgotten.As forining against the condition set by the store, they would only do


    that when they stopped loving their lives. Any organization would do this, sothe store wasn''t wrong here. Their members were erroneous since they didn''task their higher-ups first before raising their hands.The organization''s higher-ups then decided to punish those members after the event was over since only one would get selected.While there was a storm brewing in the hearts of several organizationhigher-ups or leaders, Aakesh was exining the format of the contest to theparticipants.Since the store was a business, the format of the contest was also rted tobusiness. Every participant would get a personal store in a world full of stores.The participant would have to raise the value of their stores, and thpetition would continue till the first participant gained the monopoly intheir world.At the same time, Aakesh had set a time limit of five centuries, so the contestalso had chances of no assistant being selected. Aakesh wanted the best for hisstore, so if he didn''t get it this year, he would get one during the next year''sevents..

 Chapter 766 Assistant Selection(3)

    Chapter 766: Assistant Selection(3)


    Aakesh set the duration of the contest as five hundred years. It was longer than the time it took for the territorypetition to end.


    Still, Aakesh wasn¡¯t entirely confident that he would get an assistant from the contest.


    The format of bothpetitions was different. Here, it all depended on the thinking of the store owners since the store owners wouldn¡¯t be able to fight; they could only use schemes to make things go as per their desires.


    The tower behind Aakesh still hadn¡¯t disappeared since it would again be the battlefield of these more than five hundred million participants.


    The next moment, Aakesh activated the tower, and simr to thest time, a starry sky presented itself on the first level.


    In thepetition, there was only one world for the participants, so the other three floors continued being towers.


    ¡°You can enter. Thepetition has begun,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly ordered as he moved away from the portal.


    The participant did as ordered and began to enter the portal in a straight line. After several minutes, only Aakesh remained standing on the tform while all the shining stars on the first level had turned grey.


    After all the participants had entered, the portal disappeared. The next moment, the ck screen lightened up again as it fragmented to match the total number of participants.


    Since the process of watching the contest was the same as thest one, the attendees randomly chose their first participant and began to witness the situation.


    ***


    The world chosen for the contest was different from the territory¡¯spetition.


    This world wasrger and had a higher poption. When the participant appeared in their stores, they got basic information about the area around them.


    In thepetition, the participants remembered everything about themselves. They even had their original cultivation and skills they had. But it was of no use as fighting was restricted in the world. Even if they wanted, they wouldn¡¯t be able to release any skill or energy. As for hand-to-handbat, this world had idealw & order agencies.


    The moment someone was found fighting in the city, they would get captured by the police officers.


    Since things were like this, none dared to fight and challenge the strength of thew enforcement group.


    ***


    ¡°Yes, I am new here,¡± Jonnah replied as a person approached his store since it was new here.


    ¡°What do you sell?¡± The man asked as the store wasn¡¯t very big and it didn¡¯t even have a title board.


    ¡°It¡¯s a restaurant,¡± Jonnah answered.


    It had only been moments since Jonnah had appeared here. He hadn¡¯t even gotten the time to check the restaurant before a stranger came and began to ask him about it.


    ¡°Er! A restaurant!¡± The man eximed in surprise as the store only had enough space to set a single table. At the same time, the area here was filled with the poor who couldn¡¯t even afford to eat once in days. Opening a restaurant here didn¡¯t seem like a good decision to the man.


    The man didn¡¯t ask any other questions, as he could see the tragedy that was going to strike the restaurant owner for opening it in a ce filled with hungry people.


    Thew enforcement agencies were omnipotent and omniscient here, but the things the hungry did for food were no secret.


    Jonnah hadn¡¯t expected such a reaction from the stranger. But after considering the details that had appeared in his mind, he had the same reaction as the stranger.


    ¡°Damn it!¡± Even he couldn¡¯t help but curse after learning the details of the situation around him.


    The rule for the contest clearly stated that the participants wouldn¡¯t be able to fight, but there was nothing about whether there would be attacks on them or not. But when Jonnah thought about the format, he understood that the rules never stated how the participant would get disqualified from thepetition.


    For even a moment, Jonnah didn¡¯t believe that the contest would have all five hundred million plus participants for five hundred years or until someonepleted the mission.


    Since things were like this, Jonnah grew solemn and understood thepetition wasn¡¯t going to be easy.


    He not only needed to grow this restaurant of his but also other businesses. Thepetition wanted him to have a monopoly over the financial situation in less than five hundred years, and it included every product known to the people in this world.


    At the same time, Jonnah found out that he only had an ordinary talent for cooking, so even to create a monopoly in the restaurant business, he was way behind and had no unique thing about his food.


    Things didn¡¯t look good at all to current Jonnah. Since the reward of bing an assistant to the store with all its benefits was at stake here, he was willing to do everything within his limit and even go beyond it if needed to win the contest.


    ***


    Every participant found themselves in a poor area with a store. Not all of them sold simr products.


    Evelyn had be a deputy of the organization, Skylord, after she was the one to suggest Maria start an organization.


    In those fifty years, she had worked harder than others in the organization to make it grow, and her talent in Panagea was known to every store customer since she had been at the second spot on the leaderboard for years.


    Even when she learned that the store was going to hire, the first thought that popped into her head was to participate. Forget her; even Maria, who was the leader of the Skylord, had participated in the contest.


    Neither Evelyn nor Maria knew what would happen to the organization if they won. The thought of their hard work dying never appeared in their hearts since everything was taken by the possibility of bing the store assistant.


    Each member of Maria¡¯s organization had participated in the contest, ignoring what the consequences of their actions were going to be for Skylord.


    Whether they won or lost, the first crack between the members had presented after this moment.


    What the future held for the organization was for fate to tell. Whether the organization would exist or die like many new organizations, time would speak.

 Chapter 767 Assistant Selection(4)

    Chapter 767: Assistant Selection(4)


    Evelyn, like other participants, appeared in a store in a dying area filled with tragedy and impoverished people.


    The power level of the world for every participant was the same. It was up to participants to live for five hundred years since the lifespan for the majority in the world was set at a hundred years old. At the same time, the participant started at the age of seventeen years old, so they only had eighty-three years to live if they failed to buy a life-extending medicine for them.


    Evelyn¡¯s store sold medicines, and the area she was in was close to a dirty location, creating a conducive environment for diseases to thrive.


    The number of people with the disease was higher than the number of coins the people in the area could put out, so Evelyn was aware of her circumstances.


    ¡°Look, a new medicine store.¡±


    Evelyn was thinking of ways to solve her difficult situation when she heard a weak voice approaching her store.


    Evelyn peeked outside from the counter, only to see a group of children walking toward her. They were even struggling to walk.


    Evelyn wondered how the children suddenly appeared here when they were so weak, but she couldn¡¯t think about it as one of the children crashed outside her shop.


    The other children in the group began to make a fuss seeing one of them falling to the ground, but as if an infectious disease had attacked them, in only a few seconds, all the children were crashed onto the dirty street.


    Evelyn had seen many scenes several folds crueler than these children crashing to the ground from diseases, so she maintained her calm. She didn¡¯t step out of her shop since she didn¡¯t know what disease had attacked the children. If she somehow got infected, then she would fail the contest and wouldn¡¯t even know what to feel.


    ¡°S¡­s¡­save m¡­me!¡±


    Evelyn was going to wait when suddenly she felt her heart skip a beat as a weak childlike voice rang into her ears.


    She turned in the direction of the voice, only to see a child who looked to be around seven or eight years old, struggling to stand up and asking for help.


    The real Evelyn wouldn¡¯t have cared about the plea since the scene looked to be a setup for the start of a terrible situation, but here the world was different. The contest wasn¡¯t just going to move the way the participants wanted.


    It was going to be as arduous as possible for them to be an assistant to the store.


    Evelyn felt a pang in her heart as the child looked at her. She subconsciously stood up from her chair. At thest moment, she controlled herself and only left the store after wearing gloves.


    Evelyn wanted to stay in the store and wait for the situation to reveal itself, but the more she waited, the ufortable the feeling became in her heart.


    Evelyn then rushed toward the child and grabbed him. Since Evelyn had appeared here, she had gotten basic knowledge of the world around her. It included disease as well.


    The disease attacking children was prevalent here, so in no time, she judged the source behind the children crashing to the ground with weakness.


    Only one child in the group was ill from a different disease, and it was the child that had asked Evelyn for help.


    Evelyn¡¯s store had the medicine to help the children. But for some reason, she only had seven vials for Ghaorat, and one tablet for Rutarat, the exact number of children on the ground corresponding to their disease.


    (A/N: Random words to make diseases.)


    If Evelyn gave the vials to the children, her store would be left with nothing to sell. At the same time, she would also get no money from this group of children.


    Evelyn fell into a dilemma of what to do. The more she thought, the more ufortable her heart felt. In the end, Evelyn hardened her heart and gave the vial of Rutarat to the conscious child, pleading for help.


    As for the other seven children, Evelyn hardened her heart and ignored them.


    The vial of Rutarat cost ten times the cost of a single vial of Ghaorat, so Evelyn consoled her heart by thinking that she was donating the most expensive medicine.


    As Evelyn¡¯s actions predicted, the seven children died due to not being able to get the medicine on time, while the eight children fell asleep due to the heavy sedating effect of the vial.


    Evelyn also found out how those children had appeared out of nowhere near her store. There was arge hole that was infested with garbage.


    Evelyn didn¡¯t find the hole while sitting inside the store since the entire area was filled with a rotten smell.


    Evelyn then closed the hole since she didn¡¯t want to find herself in the same dilemma again. It was crucial for her quest that the vial was not given to those seven children, but her heart wouldn¡¯t let her feelfortable.


    Evelyn then returned to the store with the surviving child. As for the seven dead children, she used them as the cover for the hole.


    When Evelyn returned to the store, the first thing she did was vomit and wash her face as the faces of those dead children began to haunt her.


    ¡®What a shitty start!¡¯ Evelyn helplessly thought in her heart as she returned to her chair.


    Evelyn¡¯s medicine store couldn¡¯t even be considered a decent store since it was only fifty square feet. With only the presence of Evelyn and the child, the store became overcrowded.


    Evelyn then took a book from the single counter that covered half the store. It was a book rted to medicine. It would help Evelyn to grow in the medical field, so she began to study it.


    ***


    It had been twenty years since the contest began in the blink of an eye. Every participant was facing a different situation. Some were having good luck and seeing growth, while some were still there where they were at the start, and there were some who had seen negative growth in these years.


    ¡°Are you sure this is the store?¡± Thew enforcement officer asked theinant.

 Chapter 768 Assistant Selection(5)

    Chapter 768: Assistant Selection(5)


    The participants¡¯ lives continued to move forward as fifty years slipped away.


    ¡°Why didn¡¯t the medicine work?¡± Evelyn yelled in exasperation.


    The boy she had saved on her first day in the world turned out to be a fortunate event for her. The boy¡¯s talent in medicine was second to none, so he grew to be a better vial maker than Evelyn.


    Evelyn¡¯s store continued to grow with the help of the boy as he would make the vials, and then Evelyn would sell them in the nearest city. At the same time, she would donate some of the vials for Ghaorat to the people fighting disease in the area. The timely donation helped Evelyn stay away from any riot by the people in the area, and her store continued expanding.


    At first, her store was only fifty square meters, but after ten years, it had turned into arge two-story building spanning over two thousand square feet.


    At the same time, she and the boy nevercked test subjects. It only took a single silver coin and a vial of Ghaorat to have the people volunteer for the testing of new medicine.


    It was hical, and Evelyn even got caught many times by thew enforcement agencies, but due to theck of evidence and any honest alibi from the people, she got free.


    After staying twenty years in the impoverished area, Evelyn finally had enough savings to open a brand new store in the city, filled with wealthy people from all walks of life.


    In the twenty-first year of Evelyn¡¯s stay in this world, she moved to a newer ce. The property here was several times more expensive than herst residence, so Evelyn could only rent a hundred square feet shop for a monthly rent of three hundred gold coins.


    (A/N: The currency rate is simple. Silver, Gold, tinum, with each currency having an exchange rate of one hundred to one with one level higher coin.)


    Despite working hard for more than twenty years, Evelyn had only saved around a thousand gold coins, so paying one-third of her savings for just a month¡¯s rent was a life-changing decision to make.


    In the end, Evelyn decided to continue owning the building in the dirty street while also renting the store in the city.


    The boy would stay in the dirty street and do experiments while Evelyn would sell medicines here.


    Evelyn¡¯s n worked. In the first month of her store opening, she seeded in making around two hundred gold coins. When the cost of the materials and the rent werebined, she was at a loss of around one hundred and fifty gold coins. Evelyn didn¡¯t mind it since it was a good start.


    The most she had made in the dirty street in a month was fifty gold coins, and when the cost of the material and the donation got deducted, her profit was only around thirty gold coins.


    In the next few months, her losses decreased with each month. At one time, she had to get a loan from the bank by using the recipes as the stake. The boy¡¯s immense talent in medicine helped Evelyn as she was eligible to get a loan of ten thousand gold coins from the bank. If she were to sell the ownership of the recipes, Evelyn would have made fifty thousand gold coins.


    Evelyn didn¡¯tck that much money, so she only took a loan of five thousand gold coins, with a monthly interest of two percent. The interest rate was very high, but Evelyn had no other choice.


    Evelyn finally made her first profit in the seventh month of her entering the city. It was only a profit of seventeen gold coins and thirty-four silver coins. But still, it was finally a positive start for the store.


    Her profits continued to rise, and when thirty years had passed since the contest began for her, Evelyn¡¯s medicine store had a monopoly over the city¡¯s medicine market.


    It was time for Evelyn to expand, so she found the nearest city, and the process of setting up another store began.


    Having a monopoly over the medicine market in a city was great as well as terrible publicity for the store. People decided to check it, but the store owners didn¡¯t like it, so they decided to force the store to its end.


    It isn¡¯t possible to end things whose time hase, so the store only rose further in poprity, and everything about it had to do with the boy.


    Evelyn¡¯s confidence continued growing as she saw her fortune rising. It took Evelyn thirty years to create a monopoly over the medicine market in a single city. But in only the next ten years, Evelyn became the big boss in an entire province.


    Her store was thergest in the entire province, and at the same time, if there were other medicine stores, they also bought medicine vials from Evelyn¡¯s store, bing a tributary to the store.


    The dirty area where Evelyn had first appeared had now turned into her domain. More than ten thousand people worked under her. The boy experimented with medicines while the other workers made the vials, maintaining the high selling rate of the store.


    As good as fortune was, it was never without setbacks. Evelyn finally had her first setback in the forty-eighth year of her stay.


    While experimenting on the medicine, the boy suddenly crashed to the ground.


    Since Evelyn wasn¡¯t an ordinary store owner, she lived in the province¡¯s capital with other wealthy families in the city. When she heard the news of the boy crashing, she rushed straightaway to the dirty street.


    Since the province¡¯s capital was three thousand miles from the dirty street, it took her several hours of air journey to reach the closest airport and then several hours of travel by road to reach her destination.


    When Evelyn reached, she got the shock of her life as the boy¡¯s body had turned pale while he was shivering from cold in the heat of the summer.


    Since Evelyn was also an expert in the medical field, after studying all the side effects, she found the root of the boy turning ill, and her face also turned pale from shock.


    The disease was untreatable by the current medical standards, and only one in the billion would get diagnosed with it.


    In the fiftieth year of Evelyn¡¯s stay, the boy finally faced death despite Evelyn searching heaven and earth for sessful medicine.


    The boy was the fortune jewel for Evelyn, and his death began showing its reaction to the store.


    Evelyn was also an expert, but like the boy, she couldn¡¯t dedicate herself to the field of medicine all the time. Evelyn tried to search for another genius, but her efforts proved to be nothing, as she never found one.


    Her monopoly over the province continued. Whenever a new store tried to rise against her, she used her financial power to crush them. But it was the limit as she failed to expand her business to other provinces since she didn¡¯t have a new batch of vials to show her store¡¯s uniqueness over others.


    Evelyn had no choice but to slow her expansion of the medical store and give some time to research. She had a perfect medicine and test subject in her mind.


    The boy had done wonders for the store, and Evelyn wanted to create a vine for the same disease that killed the boy.


    Since there were only one in a billion chances of someone getting diagnosed with the disease, it was nearly impossible to find a test subject for the virus.


    Since the boy had helped the store, Evelyn sincerely wanted to thank him. First, she added a statue of the boy in front of the headquarters, and then she decided to create a holiday on the day the boy went to his afterlife.


    ***


    Time flew by, and just like that, around thirty more years had passed.


    To be precise, today was the end of the eighty-first year since the participants entered this world.


    The participants hadn¡¯t aged at all during these years, but that was all at an end after today.


    Without getting any life-extension medicine, the participants would live for only eighty-three years,pleting their lifespan to hundred years.


    The aging would start from now on till they got a life-extension medicine, or it would end in their death when the hundredth year had passed for the participants.


    As participants saw the first wrinkle in all these years, they turned flustered. Many didn¡¯t care as they had enough money in their hands to buy life-extension medicine.


    The majority was taken aback, not due to them beginning to age, but by noticing how many years had gone by while they still hadn¡¯t achieved something in the world.


    The contest had a deadline of five hundred years, so around one-fifth had already gone, and they still hadn¡¯t achieved anything substantial in the financial world.


    More time flew by, and finally, thest day of the eighty-third year in the world arrived.


    When the contest had begun, there were more than five hundred million participants. In those eighty-three years, only three contestants had faced disqualification since they ended up getting captured byw enforcement and failed to prove their innocence, and faced execution in punishment.


    Getting captured in prison in the world was akin to failure since even the lowest punishment by the judge was twenty-five years. The participants would still stay in the game since Aakesh couldn¡¯t just disqualify them for spending years in prison. A single moment can change the destiny of the contestant, so only those participants who got execution in the punishment became disqualified from the contest.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter today. I will be busy with some personal work, so I won¡¯t be able to write the second chapter.


    It is also the month where I haven¡¯t missed a single day after some time. Thanks for supporting the book! I really appreciate it.

 Chapter 769 Assistant Selection(6)

    Chapter 769: Assistant Selection(6)


    Every second seemed like an eternity to many participants in the contest. Time continued to move as secondsbined into minutes, then minutes into hours, and finally, the day came to an end.


    It was at that moment all the five hundred plus participants turned of hundred years of age. It was the limit to what a person could live without taking any life-extension medicine.


    As the new daymenced, shining stars started turning grey. The fragment screens began nking out while white lights began to appear on the tform.


    In only a moment of time, more than three hundred million fragmented screens had nked out as the participants got forced out of the world.


    There were more than five hundred million participants that had entered the contest, but now after eighty-three years, more than half of them had failed and were forced out.


    Unlike the other contests, the participants didn¡¯t need to wait on the stage. Immediately after the disqualified participants appeared on the tform, they began to disappear from there and appeared in their respective seats.


    The group of recently disqualified participants contained Eris and sha. These two were both who had reached the finals of the main event. Elena couldn¡¯t participate, while these two got disqualified, so the finalists of another event didn¡¯t even reach the halfway stage of another.


    The nk fragmented screens began dissolving into those whose participants were still in the game, resulting in those screens bingrger.


    The number of participants still in the contest was 219,762,803. It was still many, so the attendees had nock of choices.


    ***


    Evelyn heaved a sigh of relief as she survived the first big challenge from thepetition. Now that she had taken a life-extension medicine, she had two hundred years for not worrying about her lifespan ending.


    ¡°I want to hear some good news,¡± Evelyn spoke as he lightly tapped on the device in her hands.


    ¡°Madam, we are close to reaching the breakthrough,¡± An answer came after a few seconds of silence.


    Evelyn then tapped on the device again and returned to her experiment.


    It had been more than twenty years since she began to experiment for finding a vine, but her efforts hadn¡¯t seeded her till now.


    Since the research was growing at a turtle pace, Evelyn decided to hire a group of expensive scientists to research other medicines. If she couldn¡¯t find quality like the boy, she would have to do with the quantity.


    This decision of hers cost more than ny percent of her profits, so she had no choice but to put her expansion ns on the back burner. Evelyn decided to explode at once, and until then, she would bide her time.


    The contest demanded the participants have aplete monopoly over the financial market of the world, so contestants needed to take the time to focus as well.


    But many participants knew that the first step was the hardest, and the more solid the foundation, the easier it would be for them to achieve their goals. Evelyn also had a simr thought, so she had already decided to put two hundred years of her five hundred years into this medical sector.


    Evelyn would venture into other businesses only after turning two hundred and seventeen years old.


    ***


    ¡°Fuck me! It was close!¡± Jonnah yelled in shock as he saw his old body beginning to turn young with his naked eyes.


    When Jonnah had appeared in the world, he had gotten a restaurant in the street filled with hungry people who could barely afford a single meal in a day.


    His days were tragic as he rarely got any customers, and he also had to stay cautious of stealing. The contest restricted any fighting for participants, so Jonnah could at mostin tow enforcement officers whenever stealing happened.


    His destiny then changed one day as he received a phnthropist as the customer. The man liked his food, so he offered Jonnah the job of bing his personal chef.


    Jonnah epted the job since anything was better than maintaining a store in this shithole.


    As for the goal, Jonnah already had ns.


    After working for twenty years for the phnthropist man, Jonnah quit the job and didn¡¯t renew his contract.


    Working for these twenty years of job had resulted in Jonnah having a small fortune as his savings.


    Using the savings, Jonnah opened a restaurant on a famous street. Working as the personal chef of a rich man gave Jonnah enough time to learn about various types of dishes, and he also improved some.


    His restaurant became popr, but soon trouble arrived as the food department conducted a surprise inspection. Everything was well, except for the space issues.


    Since the restaurant had a lot of customers, Jonnah bing greedy, used the majority of the space for setting up tables. It resulted in the store bing overcrowded if all the tables were booked.


    Punishing Jonnah¡¯s greed, the food department shut the restaurant for twenty-five years and also put a restriction on Jonnah. In the punishment years, Jonnah couldn¡¯t open another restaurant, while at the same time, he would have to continue paying rent for this sealed restaurant.


    Those twenty-five years of punishment turned his life overnight, as he couldn¡¯t find any well-paying job. No respected person was willing to hire him as their personal chef, so all those earnings from the restaurant helped him sustain his life.


    At the same time, Jonnah, who only needed to earn at the same rate for a few years to buy a life-extension medicine, became dirt poor when the twenty-five years ended.


    When the punishment ended, Jonnah was already ny-five years old, so he only had five years left for him to live if he failed to buy a life-extension medicine.


    After paying rent for this ce for years, Jonnah decided to open his store in the same spot again.


    The store became popr in no time since twenty-five years wasn¡¯t a short period of time, and his dishes were truly delicious.


    This time, Jonnah didn¡¯tmit the same mistake and only had the number of tables as specified by the food department¡¯s guidelines.


    No trouble from the food department came due to that. At the same time, Jonnah¡¯s earnings weren¡¯t the same as before.


    Only one day before his turning hundred years of age was Jonnah able to have enough savings for the life-extension medicine.

 Chapter 770 Assistant Selection(7)

    Chapter 770: Assistant Selection(7)


    Time flew by, and fifty more years passed in a sh.


    ¡°I DID IT!¡±


    Evelyn jumped in jubtion as her research of more than seventy years finally bore her fruit. Even someone like her, who had lived for a long couldn¡¯t control herself from jumping in joy.


    ¡°How many new recipes do we have?¡± Evelyn took a deep breath as she calmed her excited heart down. She then tapped on the device and asked.


    ¡°We have seven different recipes for Rutarat, three new recipes for Ghaorat¡­, one recipe for Jugurat,¡± A voice came with shocking answers from the other side.


    (A/N: I randomly name the diseases, with rat constant at the end.)


    ¡°Our wait over these years isn¡¯t without result,¡± Evelyn mumbled as the results were beyond her expectation.


    ¡°Madam, do you want us to the public these new medicines?¡± A question rang from the device as the man on the other side understood the context of his boss¡¯s words.


    ¡°Not right now. I have just seeded in my research. I need some more time,¡± Evelyn answered after staying silent for some time.


    The cost of having this group of best minds works for Evelyn and her business over these years had been enormous.


    For thest ten years, the amount wasing straight out of Evelyn¡¯s pocket to pay sries to these scientists.


    Fifty years of time was more than enough for an old business to die and a newpany to thrive. Since Evelyn¡¯s store had failed to provide any new recipes over the past several decades, the poprity of the store declined.


    Evelyn¡¯s monopoly over the province also disappeared as a medicalpany from another state took over the disgruntled consumer base of Evelyn¡¯s store.


    Time flew by, and two yearster, Evelyn decided to announce the new recipes to the public.


    That day in evening, the entire province saw a television advertisement. A few cities in the nearby provinces also ran Evelyn¡¯s advertisement since she splurged a lot on it.


    Fifty years was a long duration of time for ordinary people, but for the rich who could afford life-extension medicines, it was just another period of time.


    ¡°From this moment, we humans have won over Guratorat. Now, there is no fatal disease that we humans haven¡¯t won over,¡± Evelyn announced in the ad, taking the entire province by storm.


    Guratorat was the only disease that humanity, with all its technology, had failed to conquer. Even though only one in the billion got diagnosed with the disease, it was still fatal and something that humans have no chance of winning over.


    Now that Evelyn found the vine of Guratorat, there was no disease that was capable of killing a human, a wealthy human at that.


    Evelyn¡¯s announcement took the province by storm, and in no time, her wealth grew by several times since she already got several orders of the Guratorat vine.


    The wealthy of any world had the need of hoarding materials, so when they heard that now even Guratorat wasn¡¯t capable of killing them, they ordered its vine, ignoring the expensive cost.


    The vine for Guratorat wasn¡¯t publically avable since it was very expensive, but its presence did wonders for Evelyn¡¯s medical store.


    In no time, Evelyn regained her monopoly over the province, and five years after her announcement, she began her expansion.


    In the next thirty years, she splurged money like water to have a stable foothold for her store, and her efforts weren¡¯t for naught.


    When Evelyn reached the age of two hundred years old, her medical store had turned into a colossus that controlled an entire state.


    There were seventeen states in the world, with each state having thirty provinces.


    Evelyn then slowed down her expansion ns. She instead returned to her research. This time her focus was on life-extension medicines.


    Currently, there was only a single type of life-extension medicine avable on the market.


    When any person ate the life-extension medicine for the first time, they would gain a lifespan of two hundred years old. The second use would only grant a lifespan of hundred years.


    Its effects would be half with every use, so a person could only live for around five hundred years at most.


    It was also the reason Aakesh had set the deadline of the contest as five hundred years since there was no way to live beyond that if the technology of life extension remained the same.


    In the beginning, Evelyn had decided to delve into another venture after entirely focusing on medicine for two hundred years. But now that she was only seventeen years away from that timeline, she pushed that step in her journey forward by another hundred years.


    Evelyn believed that evolving life-extension medicines would result in her exploding in the financial market. As for how much it would help her, she didn¡¯t know.


    Without caring about the passing of time, Evelyn and her group of scientists delved themselves into the research of life extension.


    Around twenty yearster, one of the brilliant scientists in the group died as he had already used life-extension medicine to its limit, and he couldn¡¯t increase his lifespan even further.


    The sudden death of a teammate took the group by shock, but at the same time, it made them even more determined to seed.


    When Evelyn was two hundred and fifty-seven years of age, a new disease took the world by storm. Evelyn and her team had no other choice but to stop their research and focus on this new disease since it had already killed more than twenty million people.


    One day while studying the genome of the disease, Evelyn suddenly had an epiphany. She then began studying the virus of Guratorat.


    Evelyn couldn¡¯t help but exim in surprise as she discovered the genome to be matching more than fifty percent. Her shock didn¡¯t just end there as she found the same genome in the life-extension medicine.


    That day, Evelyn¡¯s research in life-extension medicine saw a sudden increase.


    Evelyn¡¯spany was one step behind when anotherpany from a different state became the firstpany to find the vine for the new disease attacking humanity.


    Seven yearster, Evelyn took the world by storm as she announced a new type of life-extension medicine.

 Chapter 771 Assistant Selection(End)

    Chapter 771: Assistant Selection(End)


    When Elena was two hundred and sixty-eight years old, her announcement on the state channel took the world by storm.


    Herpany had seeded in creating a new kind of life-extension medicine.


    It was different than the first type of life-extension medicine, as the new one could only increase the lifespan by ten years. But, its effects would be the same, and Evelyn believed the limit of the pill was around a hundred, so now humans could live up to fifteen hundred years.


    Just a single announcement resulted in Evelyn¡¯spany bing the star of the world in a day.


    Evelyn¡¯s wealth grew at an unprecedented rate in the next few years, as the orders for life-extension medicine never seemed to end.


    A single life-extension vial cost three million tinum coins, while its material cost was 2.8 million tinum coins. From a single vial, Evelyn made around two hundred thousand tinum coins.


    In only three years, Evelyn made a profit of three trillion tinum coins, and it was even more than the economy of a few states.


    Evelyn was finally ready to venture into other businesses as her monopoly in the medical sector was certain after her breakthrough into life extension technology.


    ***


    It has been more than three hundred years since thepetition for the selection of participants began.


    To be precise, it was three hundred and fourteenth year, and when the year ended, another round of shining stars turned grey while white lights appeared on the tform.


    Since the first life-extension medicine could only expand the participants¡¯ lives by two hundred years, many died as they were not able to buy another one.


    The number of disqualified participants was less than what it was in the first round, but it was still significant.


    After this round of disqualification, the number of participants grew to less than one hundred and fifty million. It was still a lot, but whenpared with the five hundred million plus entries, it sounded a lot less when only a few decades more than half the time of the contest had passed.


    There were many participants who saw great sess early in thepetition.


    One of them was Maria. When her journey into the world began, she had found herself in a vegetable supplier business.


    Maria saw sess early on in thepetition as her business grew without any obstruction for several years.


    Her earnings only grew every year. She was able to buy a life-extension medicine for her when she was only fifty years old.


    When Maria was eighty years old, she became the manager of more than ten thousand acres of farms, which resulted in her having a monopoly over the vegetable supply in no less than twenty cities.


    When Maria was one hundred and twelve years old, she finally becamerge enough to have a monopoly over an entire province of the state.


    When Maria was two hundred years old, she managed seven provinces alone. She had also earned enough to buy another life-extension medicine since the cost of the medicine grew exponentially with every use.


    The foundingpany of life-extension medicine used it to its full benefit and earned a fortune from every sale.


    When Maria was two hundred and fifty years old, setbacks in her business became frequent.


    Maria had entered into new ventures since the contest demanded aplete monopoly over the financial market.


    Maria didn¡¯t see any growth in other fields, but she had no choice but to continue investing even if it failed her.


    Maria was here for the contest. The money she earned here meant nothing. It was for her to invest only and create stable steps for her to achieve the goal.


    When Maria was three hundred years old, she was so much in debt that she even lost half her control over the vegetable supply market.


    Things continued at the same rate. When Maria reached three hundred and fifty years of age, her business market fell, and she had no choice but to dere bankruptcy.


    There were many like Maria, who showed their splendor since early in thepetition, but soon dark clouds covered their shine, and they never got over it.


    However, there were manypetitors who faced dark clouds early in thepetition, but as soon as the clouds dispersed, their splendor shone through, making them the dark horse in the contest.


    One such contestant was Pento.


    (A/N: The prince in the Bisan Kingdom.)


    Pento had found himself in the world with a technological store, with the store¡¯s focus being onmunication.


    For the first twenty years, Pento didn¡¯t see much growth as his store had the same thing as other stores.


    If his store was on busy streets, then he might have covered the excessive customers from other stores. But he lived on the dirty street, so his store rarely had customers.


    Around the twenty-first year, Pento used whatever minuscule savings he had to travel to the city and began working as a receptionist in a store that soldmunication devices.


    Every participant got a book that made them learn many things rted to their respective starting businesses.


    Since Pento had a foundation, in no time, he got a job in a reputed technologicalpany. There he learned about the various types ofmunication devices, which broadened his horizon.


    Pento continued working in thepany and reached the stage of higher echelons. It helped Pento get the life-extension medicine since thepany offered a single vial of life-extension medicine to its higher echelons.


    When Pento was two hundred thirty-eight years old, he hadpleted his two hundredth year in the office. He had also fulfilled the contract for getting life-extension medicine, so he quit instead of renewing his contract.


    When Pento left thepany, he was already a wealthy man with a worth of several hundred million tinum coins. It wasn¡¯t enough to buy the second life-extension medicine, but it was enough for Pento to start his ownmunicationpany.


    His growth exploded like a bomb after that. In the next fifty years, hismunicationpany became one of the top-ten device makers in the state, and in the next hundred years, it became the top device maker in the world.


    Technology was the fastest way to grow rich, as when Pento was four hundred and fifty years old, he became the wealthiest man in the world, with a worth of seventy quadrillion tinum coins.


    In the next ten years, Pento splurged his vast amount of money like water as he entered into other ventures and brutally crushed otherpanies. In no time, Pento owned seventy percent of the market share in every business, except for the medical field.


    The deadline of five hundred years was inching closer, as only forty years were left.


    Pento knew what he needed to do to have his monopoly in the medical sector.


    Using one-fourth of his wealth, Pento bought several medical giants and then began research into life extension, using his research in technology.


    When Pento was four hundred and eighty-seven years old, he finally saw a breakthrough in the field.


    When Pento was four hundred and ny-two years, all the side effects of the new life-extension medicine were solved, so he introduced his new invention to the world.


    Pento¡¯s conjecture worked as when he was four hundred and ny-four years old, the average age of a human increased from two thousand to ten thousand years old.


    It was an exponential growth for humanity as otherpanies were only able to increase the lifespan of humans from a hundred to two thousand years old, while Pento seeded in increasing that number to five times.


    Humanity ushered in golden years due to Pento¡¯s efforts, and it began to show in the medical field.


    Pento¡¯s market share in the medical sector grew to ten percent, and it looked like it would continue increasing in the next few years. When it had reached twenty percent, Pento suddenly found the view around him changing.


    ¡°Who did it?¡± A question rang in Pento¡¯s head as he found himself back on the tform, failing to achieve the goal.


    There were two or three participants with flustered faces on the tform as they were close to achieving their goal when suddenly they appeared on the tform.


    ***


    A/N: Who do you think it is?

 Chapter 772 Assistant!!!

    Chapter 772: Assistant!!!


    Suddenly a round of teleportations began to ensue on the tform, as the empty stage, a moment earlier now had several million people standing on it.


    The participants looked at each other with flustered expressions since their getting out suddenly only meant a single thing.


    The contest clearly stated that the first participant to establish their monopoly over the financial market in the world would be the winner of thepetition.


    ¡®Who is it?¡¯ This question rang in the minds of every participant except one.


    In one of the corners of the stage, a man had a bundle of joy on his face. He was the one who had achieved the goal set by the store owner for thepetition.


    ¡®I did it!¡¯ The man screamed in his heart.


    Simrly, in the seated area, a group of people had their eyes moist from joy since they were family members of the winner.


    The winner of thepetition was Jonnah.


    Jonnah belonged to the Beast group of races. His ancestry originated from the union between two races.


    Jonnah had a humanoid structure, but his body was entirely different from a human. He had the head of a bear, while dense silver fur covered his entire body. His nails were sharp enough to rip a low-level cultivator into pieces.


    Since Johanna¡¯s level wasn¡¯t very high, he couldn¡¯t use metamorphosis and couldn¡¯t transform his features.


    Johanna¡¯s race wasn¡¯t high in the food chain in the beast groups, so his life hadn¡¯t been easy since his birth.


    The beasts were the cruelest when it came to their atmospheres since only the survival of the fittest worked there. If not for countless races and members, the beast race would have be extinct due to their nature, without even fighting an overwhelmingly strong enemy.


    ¡°Friend, did you win the contest?¡±


    Jonnah was smiling, which looked terrifying on his bear face when he suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice ringing in his ears.


    Jonnah turned around and saw the man to his right looking at him with a weird expression.


    ¡°What do you mean?¡± Jonnah turned flustered as the store owner hadn¡¯t announced the winner, and he wanted to wait till that time.


    ¡°Haha, you are the only one smiling among these many people here,¡± The man¡¯s face turned weirder, but soon, heughed and responded.


    The man had only decided to ask since the beast¡¯s behavior didn¡¯t make sense to him, but when he saw the flustered expression, his heart sank down.


    The man belonged to a Kingdom that had been in a fight with the beast groups sincest thousands of years, so after seeing a beast winning the honor of being an assistant to the store, the man felt the situation turning worse.


    But soon, he remembered that the store owner had clearly said that the store¡¯s assistant couldn¡¯t have affiliation with others, so his worries disappeared, and heughed.


    ¡°If you won, let me be the first to congratte you,¡± Without waiting for Jonnah¡¯s response, the man added since he could see the beast didn¡¯t want to reveal it.


    Jonnah nodded with an awkward smile. Before he could say something, the entire store turned silent as the store owner stood from his chair.


    ¡°The winner of the contest is Jonnah, a member of the Paltry Bear race,¡± Aakesh announced the winner to the public. His face had a smile, which only a few people had seen.


    The reason; the assistant was going to be a part of the store, so from this moment, Jonnah was one of the store¡¯s own members.


    After the announcement, Aakesh turned in the direction of Jonnah, and he became the center of attraction in the midst of more than ten billion people.


    A nervous expression appeared on his face as this was all the first for him.


    Jonnah had be a store customer a few decades ago when his family migrated to the Bisan Kingdom. Panagea had done wonders for him as it gave him enough to have his family live without worrying about food like he used to do when he was young.


    It also allowed him to grow strong enough to avenge his father¡¯s death. In the beast group of races, death was amon sight.


    One of the Paltry Bears took a liking to Jonnah¡¯s mother, so to impress her, the bear killed Jonnah¡¯s father. If not for Jonnah¡¯s mother¡¯s strong fightback, even Jonnah would have be a casualty for someone to gain the favor of his mother.


    As Jonnah reminisced the changes in his life since he had be a customer for the store, a strange scene happened on the tform.


    People began to make space for Jonnah to travel to the center. It included people from varying cultivations. Even Immortals moved away to make way for him. From now on, Jonnah wasn¡¯t an ordinary beast, but he had the colossus of the store behind him.


    Jonnah sensed the change as he broke out of his trance. Jonnah didn¡¯t know what to feel at that moment.


    The next moment, he took a deep breath and raised his right foot. Not long after, he brought it down and turned around to look at the man.


    The man had a knowing smile on his face. Jonnah nodded and thanked the man for his congrattions.


    He then returned his focus to the primary task.


    He turned his sight in the direction of the store owner and proceeded forward.


    ¡°Congrattions on bing a part of the store,¡± Aakesh congratted Jonnah with a smile.


    Jonnah nodded and responded with a respectful bow.


    Time flew by, and the participants on the tform began returning to their respective seats in the attendee¡¯s section.


    The next moment, only Aakesh and Jonnah were present on the stage.


    Aakesh then turned around and looked at the tower. He snapped his fingers, and soon, the gates of the tower closed as the starry scene disappeared, and not long after, the tower also vanished.


    ¡°The three-day event is over! All of you can leave now. We¡¯ll meet next year,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly announced at the end of the event.


    A few minutester, only Aakesh, Jonnah, and Jonnah¡¯s family members were left in the store.

 Chapter 773 Strictness!

    Chapter 773: Strictness!


    After all the attendees left, only ten or so people were left in the store¡¯s hall.


    The inside space had returned to normal, while all the chairs, screens, and the tform had disappeared.


    ¡°Lily, say hi to the new store¡¯s assistant,¡± Aakesh smilingly called Lily.


    The next moment, a shadow jumped out of Aakesh¡¯s head. When itnded on the ground, its height was only one cm below Aakesh.


    ¡°So, you¡¯re the store¡¯s assistant,¡± Lily spoke in her childlike voice.


    Every store customer knew Lily since she would appear an hour before the store¡¯s closing time every day.


    Jonnah and his family members respectfully greeted Lily. They had even more respect for Lily than Aakesh.


    The beasts respected the bloodline. The level of Aakesh¡¯s bloodline was most certainly higher than Lily¡¯s, but the beast could sense nothing from Aakesh. The same wasn¡¯t the case for Lily.


    The Epochal Feline was also once an overlord of the Beast race. They were also the primogenitors for many feline beast races, so other beasts could sense the tremble from their bloodlines only by standing in front of Lily.


    If Lily wanted, only the presssure of her bloodline was enough to crush Jonnah and his family member to dust.


    Lily liked the hint of fear and respect in Jonnah and his family member¡¯s eyes. But since Jonnah was bing a part of the store, she took back any bloodline pressure affecting the group.


    In Jonnah¡¯s family, there were three children who only came to her knee. Lily ignored other family members and began ying with them since she liked children the most.


    ¡°Winning thepetition has allowed you to have the position of the assistant. But the post isn¡¯t permanent. Anything you do that¡¯s outside the bounds of rules set by the store, you would need to leave the post,¡± The smile on Aakesh¡¯s face disappeared as he expressionlessly told Jonnah.


    ¡°The store has no affiliation with any race or being. For the store, each and every customer is equal. Now that you have be a part of the store¡¯s workforce, the only rtionship you¡¯ll have with the beasts is that your ancestors are from that group.¡±


    ¡°You can¡¯t show your biases toward people who had hatred for you or the beast races.¡±


    ¡°You can¡¯t use the title of store¡¯s assistant for personal use or vendetta.¡±


    ¡°Any enmity you have with anyone, you need to forget it. You represent the store from now on, not your family or the Paltry Bear race.¡±


    ¡°Remember these rules. There are no chances here. You fail once, and you¡¯re out,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Jonnah.


    Being the store¡¯s assistant was an honorable job, but the freedom provided by the store would make even the strictest of work look liberal.


    Only ves had less control over them than the store assistants over their lives.


    ¡°I understand,¡± Jonnah responded. He then looked toward his family members, who were looking at him with concerned eyes.


    They also heard the conditions put by the store owner, and from the tone, it was clear that there would be no bargaining here. It was either working as the store¡¯s way or not working at all.


    ¡°Store owner-¡°


    ¡°You don¡¯t need to call me store owner from now on. Either call me Aakesh or senior,¡± Jonnah wanted to ask something, but Aakesh cut his sentence off midway and stated.


    ¡°Senior, I wanted to ask you about the enmity rule. I will forget my enmities, but what about my enemies?¡± Jonnah asked, as having enemies in the beast race wasmon. The killing was so prevalent that only rarely did no beast have an enemy.


    ¡°You need to mind the conditions. The store is responsible for you and your immediate family member¡¯s protection as one of the benefits of your post,¡± Aakesh answered.


    ¡°Are all of these your immediate family members?¡± Aakesh then asked as he took a look at the ten or so Paltry Bears currently inside the store.


    ¡°Yes,¡± Jonnah replied straight away. Immediate family members included parents, blood siblings, wives, and children.


    Jonnah had no siblings, as his father got killed early. There were thirteen members in his family, including him. One was his mother, one was his wife, while the other ten were his children, with the oldest being a few decades old and the youngest only three years old.


    Aakesh nodded and snapped his fingers. The next moment, a golden light covered every Paltry Bear in the store.


    Lily, who was ying with the three children, couldn¡¯t help but turn angrily at Aakesh since the sudden emergence of golden light interrupted her and the children.


    Aakesh only smiled and didn¡¯t say anything.


    In no time, the golden light became a part of the skin of the Paltry Bear.


    ¡°Any attack below or equal to peak Immortal wouldn¡¯t be able to harm you and your family members now,¡± Aakesh announced as the process came to an end.


    The next moment, twelve cards appeared in Aakesh¡¯s hands. The cards were blood red in color, and only from looking at them, Jonnah felt his soul getting crushed.


    Not long after, the cards disappeared from Aakesh¡¯s hands and appeared near the Paltry Bears, excluding Jonnah.


    One of Jonnah¡¯s young children wanted to catch the card, but before it could, the card turned into liquid and melted into its skin.


    The process repeated itself for every bear in the store.


    ¡°It is a three-time use card. No one below the Void beasts in the Primal dimension would be able to survive it once you release it,¡± Aakesh announced.


    ¡°You and your family members can¡¯t use this protection to harm others. You would have to take responsibility if anything untoward happens,¡± Without waiting for the bears to fully digest this information, Aakesh warned Jonnah.


    Three attacks that could kill anyone below Void beasts were truly generous and overpowered stuff. If Aakesh were to sell even a one-time use card, he would make more than a few billion supreme Primal stones.


    ¡°Let¡¯s sign the contract,¡± Aakesh added without giving any time to Jonnah to respond. Since the deal was final, there was no point in wasting any time.


    The next moment, the space inside the store began cracking only to stop after it took the form of a portal, and a silver piece came out of it.

 Chapter 774 A New Day with New Assistant(1)

    Chapter 774: A New Day with New Assistant(1)


    ¡°Let¡¯s sign the contract!¡± Aakesh smilingly announced.


    The next moment, the space around Aakesh began to crack like ss. Aakesh seemed unfazed by it, while Jonnah and his family members had surprised expressions.


    In no time, the cracks in the space stabilized as it took the shape of a spherical portal.


    ¡°CAW!¡±


    The next moment, a bird cry rang in the store as a silver paper flew out from the portal into Aakesh¡¯s hands.


    A familiar sensation attacked Aakesh as he held the silver paper in his hands.


    The silver paper was the skin of a high-level creature, Silver Crow. When the store was in the void, the store sold items on credits, so whenever there was a sessful transaction, a contract signing followed after it.


    But since the store had a permanent residence, the process of contract signing disappeared. Only now that Aakesh was to hire an assistant to the store, the system took another silver skin from its pocket.


    Aakesh then looked at the skin and found the content of the contract published there.


    ¡°You can read the details and sign the contract,¡± Aakesh told Jonnah and handed over the skin piece to him.


    As Jonnah respectfully touched the skin, he felt a current running through his body.


    Silver Crow was also a member of the beast race in higher dimensions, so the skin also contained some part of its bloodline.


    Jonnah felt that he was carrying an entire in his hands as the released pressure from the skin attacked Jonnah.


    Aakesh and the system didn¡¯t act this time as what Jonnah felt was only an illusion. In reality, he looked without any pressure as his hands had silver skin.


    The next moment, Jonnah returned to reality as his back had be cold with sweat.


    Jonnah then looked at his wife, who had a mixture of worry and excitement in her eyes.


    Worry since Jonnah was bing a member of the store, and excitement because he was bing an assistant to the store.


    Jonnah then took a deep breath and focused his sight on the silver skin in his hands.


    The contract was simple. The benefits Jonnah would have as the store¡¯s assistant and the conditions that were put on him covered the contract.


    There was no limit to the time Jonnah could work in the store since it all decided on him. There were two ways by which he could leave the job. First, his dying would automatically result in his leaving the job. The second was that if he ascended.


    The store clipped the freedoms of its assistants, but it would never restrict their talent. If Jonnah grew powerful enough to ascend, the system would release him from his contract. Then Aakesh would have to hire another assistant for the store.


    Since there was no issue with the contract, Jonnah decided to sign it.


    ¡°Argh!¡±


    Suddenly a soul-pricking pain attacked Jonnah, and he couldn¡¯t help but scream. The sound of his screams hadn¡¯t even subsided when Jonnah suddenly felt the space inside the store bing turbulent.


    With a pained face, Jonnah turned in the direction of the turbulency to find a sudden arrival of a creature.


    Everything in the store came to a halt, including Lily¡¯s ying with Jonnah¡¯s kids. It was as if only that single eye was there.


    The eye first looked at Aakesh. Aakesh looked back at the eye.


    Even someone like Aakesh couldn¡¯t maintain his indifference in front of the eye as it belonged to a Deva, the mightiest race of the Multiverse.


    It was the Cosmos Contract Beast. The eye in the store wasn¡¯t truly Deva but one of its countless incarnations. A Deva wasn¡¯t actually going to oversee all the contracts signed in the Multiverse.


    The eye then moved its sight away and focused on the being, who was the reason behind its summon.


    As Jonnah became the center of focus in the eye, he felt himself turning into an ordinary beast and then standing naked in a snowstorm.


    There was only one feeling echoing in Jonnah¡¯s heart at that time, inferiority. Jonnah wanted to prostrate in front of the eye, but he controlled himself as Aakesh told him to sign the contract, and the eye was only there to oversee the contract.


    Jonnah took a deep breath as he returned his focus to the silver skin. On the silver skin, half his name was there, but slowly it was disappearing.


    Jonnah was in the midst of signing the contract when he suddenly stopped midway due to the arrival of the eye.


    Jonnah then thought of signing the contract again, and the unbearable pain attacked him once more.


    Jonnah didn¡¯t scream in pain this time, but he clenched his hands and silently endured it.


    The next moment, his name and soul signature appeared on the contract, and he got a familiar feeling from it.


    As the contract process came to an end, the eye took ast nce at Jonnah and then disappeared into the void.


    The next moment, the store regained its calm as Jonnah returned the silver skin to Aakesh.


    ¡°Don¡¯t break the rules, or you will meet that eye again,¡± Aakesh told Jonnah as he took the contract back.


    Jonnah couldn¡¯t help but shudder, imagining the scene of meeting the eye. He then vowed never to break the rules set by the store on him.


    The eye had no ill intentions. Yet Jonnah had never felt more ufortable than what he had experienced at that moment.


    Aakesh nodded and thought of the contract disappearing after taking ast look at it.


    The next moment, the contract turned into streams of light particles as it flew toward the top of the store. This process was only visible to Aakesh. Even Lily was unable to see it.


    The people inside the store only saw the silver paper suddenly disappearing.


    ¡°Wee to The First Store!¡± Aakesh weed Jonnah to the store. Since the contract had gotten signed, Jonnah was going to be here until he didn¡¯t break any rules.


    ¡°Thank you, senior,¡± Jonnah thanked Aakesh in response.


    ¡°Now that you are the store¡¯s assistant, you have two choices for your residency,¡± Aakesh suddenly spoke.


    Jonnah didn¡¯t talk in between and waited for Aakesh toplete his sentence.


    ¡°The first choice is the store would provide a residence to you, and the second is you can continue to live where you are currently living.¡±


    ¡°If you choose the store¡¯s provided residence, then I would personally create a home for you in this vast empty space next to the store.¡±


    ¡°But, asking for the store¡¯s provided residence isn¡¯t without any rules.¡±


    ¡°The residence would follow the same set of rules as the store. After the sunset, the doors to the house would automatically close, and it would only appear after the next morning sunrise,¡± Aakesh told Jonnah.


    ¡°But, at the same time, there are also benefits for choosing the store-provided residence,¡± Aakesh didn¡¯t stop and continued.


    ¡°Your house would have a space array automatically installed, resulting in the inside space being equivalent to a town.¡±


    ¡°Your house would have a training area specially designed for members of your race.¡±


    ¡°These are free benefits in the store-provided residence. There would be more, but you would have to pay for them,¡± Aakesh finally stopped with his introduction to the houses.


    A round of silence fell in the store as Jonnah asked for some time before making his decision.


    Aakesh was patient with Jonnah since there was nothing for him to do till the next morning¡¯s sunrise.


    ¡°Senior, we would take the store-provided house,¡± Jonnah answered after discussing it with his wife and mother.


    Since they would live with him, Jonnah decided to take their suggestions into consideration.


    The no-getting out or inside after the sunset rule wasn¡¯t troublesome for them since the majority of the Kakot city fell asleep after the sunset in the dark of the night.


    Their main reasoning behind choosing the store-provided house was its proximity to the store.


    Due to the King¡¯s order, there was nothing to be built within three thousand miles of radius around the store. Only one other building was there, and that too belonged to the top-ranked Panagea organization.


    At the same time, those benefits Aakesh talked about also excited them.


    Aakesh nodded after getting Jonnah¡¯s answer.


    ¡°Wait a few seconds,¡± Aakesh suddenly told Jonnah.


    The next moment, several materials appeared in the store. Many of them were those that Jonnah had never seen.


    Aakesh ignored the surprised eyes of Jonnah and his family members as he busied himself in his smithing session.


    A few secondster, Aakesh stopped as a miniature house was in his hands.


    ¡°ce it next to the store, and then drop a drop of your blood on it,¡± Aakesh then told Jonnah.


    The future home of Jonnah cost a few seconds of Aakesh¡¯s efforts while a few million supreme Primal stones.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter today!


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 Chapter 775 A New Day with New Assistant(2)

    Chapter 775: A New Day with New Assistant(2)


    Jonnah took the house model from Aakesh¡¯s hands. He felt his hands sinking to the ground, but suddenly invisible energy acted and removed the effect on Jonnah.


    Aakesh then told some details of the house to Jonnah, and Jonnah intently listened since it was going to be his residence in the future.


    Aakesh suddenly snapped his fingers. The next moment, light particles began to gather, and at the end, they formed into a dark blue rectangr card. He then handed it to Jonnah.


    Jonnah curiously studied the card. It was the same size as the store card, but the difference between them was like heaven and earth.


    The dark blue card in Jonnah¡¯s hands had a thickness of a cicada wing. On top of it, there was a golden design imprinted. It was the same as what the store looked like from the outside, and above the pattern, the name of the store adorned the card in majestic golden fonts.


    As Jonnah looked at those fonts, he suddenly had a sense of getting watched over by a thing that shouldn¡¯t exist. Jonnah couldn¡¯t clearly exin the feeling, but it was simr to what he had felt in the presence of the eye.


    Jonnah took a deep breath and moved his eyes away from the golden imprint. There was a tiny circr gap and a minute needle positioned below the pattern.


    Jonnah already owned a top store card, so he knew what the two things meant, so without Aakesh having to tell him, he gently put the tip of his index finger on the needle.


    The next moment, a pain attacked him, but it disappeared as soon as it had arrived, so Jonnah didn¡¯t feel much.


    Simultaneously, a drop of pale red blood was left on the needle. The wound on Jonnah¡¯s finger healed in no time, while the blood drop flew to the tiny gap on the card.


    The needle disappeared while a pale red light engulfed the card.


    Not long after, the dark blue card presented itself. It looked the same, but Jonnah knew things were different.


    Jonnah had never felt such a familiarity with even his hands what he was feeling with the card.


    At the same time, the properties of the card also appeared in Jonnah¡¯s mind.


    It was an employee card, with all the features of the cards offered by the store. In addition to that, it was also an attacking device for Jonnah.


    When Aakesh gave a card of three-times attack use to his family, only due to this card, he hadn¡¯t provided anything to Jonnah.


    Unlike his family, Jonnah¡¯s employee card gave him unlimited chances of attack, with its range varying from weakest to peak Immortality.


    It was also an identity card for Jonnah. Without the card, he wouldn¡¯t be able to enjoy the benefits of being the store¡¯s assistant.


    Jonnah thanked Aakesh and then left the store with his family members. He now only had to wait for the next day and start his duty.


    After Jonnah left the store, he came across a lot of people still outside the store. They were in deep conversations in groups.


    As Jonnah stepped out of the gate, the conversations came to a halt. Jonnah and his family became the center of the focus for the hundreds of people still there.


    It was tough for Jonnah to get used to it, so his steps became slow as he moved. His direction was the empty space on the right of the store.


    Ignoring the surprised nces on him, Jonnah took out the house model from the space inside his employee card.


    The employee card was like a space ring for Jonnah where he could carry any living or non-living thing inside it, while the space inside it was a few trillion cubic miles.


    The people watching Jonnah had no idea what he wanted to do, but when Jonnah took out the house model, their jaws almost dropped to the ground.


    The emptynd beside the store was even more valuable than the area in which the royal family resided. Even an inch ofnd here would cost several thousands of supreme Primal stone, only in the situation where the store owner allowed it.


    The eyes of the people became even more jealous as Jonnah gently put the house model on the ground.


    He then bit the tip of his finger and poured his blood over it.


    Aakesh had told Jonnah to drop only one drop of blood, but in the excitement of having a residence next to the store, Jonnah forgot it.


    The house had a living spirit, so it didn¡¯t. After it had its fill of a single drop of blood, a barrier appeared around the house model, which restricted the pale red blood from flowing inside.


    The next moment, the barrier around the house began expanding, and soon in no time, it grew up to a few thousand square meters. It only stopped when the home had grown to ten thousand square meters.


    Just from its exterior, the house looked anything but ordinary. It was a two-story house. Red tiles like material adorned the house and gave it a majestic appearance.


    A door spanning over ten meters in height opened on its own, and Jonnah and his family entered it while the people jealously looked at the scene.


    As soon as Jonnah and his family entered, the gate closed on its own.


    The people then began discussing the house, and their words clearly showed the envy they held toward Jonnah.


    While after entering the home, a blue screen only visible to Jonnah weed him.


    The blue screen held the introduction of the house, and at the same time, it asked how much inside space Jonnah wanted to expand.


    Aakesh had already told Jonnah that the inside space would be equal to a town. Even the smallest town spanned over a few hundred square miles.


    Jonnah didn¡¯t want that enormous space currently, so he expanded the inside space to the ratio of one to a hundred.


    Time flew by.


    Another blue window weed Jonnah when he had taken the tour of the house. As Aakesh had said, there were a few benefits provided for the store-provided house, but Jonnah needed to buy them. The screen contained those options and their costs.

 Chapter 776 A New Day with New Assistant(3)

    Chapter 776: A New Day with New Assistant(3)


    Jonnah couldn¡¯t help but quicken his breath up as he read the details on the blue screen.


    [Store-Provided House¡¯s Paid Benefits:


    1. Smithing Comprehensive Package: This package contains¡­, It cost 1,000,000 million supreme Primal stones for a month. For permanent buy, it will cost 1,000,000,000 supreme Primal stones,


    2. Bloodline Enhancing Training Room: This package contains¡­, The costs depend on the level of the training room¡­ The immortal level training room will cost 1,000,000 million supreme Primal stones per use,


    3. Alchemy Comprehensive Package:¡­,]


    The blue screen contained different types of benefits provided by the store to its employees.


    ¡®So expensive,¡¯ It was the only thought in Jonnah¡¯s head as he looked at the costs on the screen. Even the cheapest thing will cost a million supreme Primal stones, and that too was only temporary use.


    Jonnah was now a paid employee, and he will earn 99,999 supreme Primal stones per month, which was more than enough for him to have a luxurious life in any corner of the Primal dimension. Even then, he felt his sry to be insignificant. Even to rent an item, he needed to work for a year.


    Jonnah could only buy one thing with his current sry, and it was one use of bloodline enhancing training. But even for that, he needed to splurge a million supreme Primal stones to buy the room first, and only then could he have the training.


    Jonnah had no choice but to move his eyes away from the screen as there were too many good things on it, and he couldn¡¯t get any of them. He couldn¡¯t get any more frustrated, so he went back to his family, and then they celebrated his win, while his wife held a different celebration. All in all, he would remember this day for his life.


    ***


    As the sun was about to rise on the Anga continent, an alert rang inside, sleeping Jonnah¡¯s head.


    Jonnah hurriedly stood up as he felt a bomb exploding in his head.


    Jonnah couldn¡¯t help but heave a relieved sigh as it was an rm from his identity card. The store didn¡¯t allow its employees to bete, so the identity card also acted as an rm and warning.


    Jonnah hurriedly left his bed and rushed toward the bathroom.


    Since it was his first day, Jonnah cleaned his body as much as he could and used all the scented soaps avable in the store-provided house.


    Jonnah¡¯s wife also woke up from her sleep hearing all the chaos made by her husband.


    ¡°I am going.¡±


    The wife hadn¡¯t even rubbed her eyes when she felt a peck on her lips and heard her husband¡¯s voice.


    She wanted to say something, but before she could, the dark blue card appeared in Jonnah¡¯s hands, and he tapped on it.


    The next moment, Jonnah disappeared from his house and appeared right outside the store¡¯s gate.


    The people already waiting outside suddenly felt an invisible energy acting and moving them backward. And soon, they found Jonnah standing in the space the energy had made.


    Jonnah¡¯s actions didn¡¯t create any reaction from the crowd other than surprise since every one of them was in the event yesterday and had seen Jonnah winning the spot of the store¡¯s assistant.


    Not long after, the first ray of light emerged on the Anga continent and forced the darkness to move back. The darkness wanted to fight back, but as the sun appeared in all its glory, it had no choice but to hide and wait for its chance toe.


    At the same time, the closed store¡¯s door also opened. The entire area turned silent as Aakesh first let Jonnah enter the store.


    Aakesh then turned around and left while Jonnah stood at the gate, making way for the crowd to enter.


    The store¡¯s assistant duty epassed everything. The outrageous benefits were for nothing, so only after the outside turned void of life did Jonnah turn around and enter the store.


    A counter next to the pill shelves was waiting for him.


    Since the store now had an assistant, Aakesh was somewhat free of his duty, or so Aakesh thought.


    In no time, Aakesh became busy like usual since the number of people wasn¡¯t something Jonnah alone could handle at the moment.


    A few minutester, only Aakesh and Jonnah were left in the store¡¯s hall since the customers had already gone to Panagea, the weapons room, or the cultivation arts room.


    Jonnah covered one-fourth of Aakesh¡¯s work since Aakesh didn¡¯t want to transfer all the work to Jonnah at once.


    ¡°Senior, thanks for the house,¡± After only two of them were left in the store¡¯s hall, Jonnah thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded since he did only what the system had set for the store¡¯s assistant.


    Time flew by, and a few minutester, the store hall turned full of people since more customers arrived.


    It had only been around ten minutes since the store¡¯s opening, and all the spots for Panagea had already gotten filled, while there were already more than fifty million people waiting to enter after many in the first group left.


    At the same time, Aakesh was in conversation with Lilith.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t you allow me to live next to your store?¡± Lilith unhappily asked. Her status and power were something way beyond any living thing in the Primal dimension, and yet she couldn¡¯t live in the empty space beside the store.


    ¡°You should¡¯ve applied for the post of the store¡¯s assistant,¡± Aakesh responded. He knew Lilith was joking. If Lilith wanted to live in the empty space beside the store, she would have already done it.


    The system only cared for what goes inside the store, not outside it. Brinda was behind buying all thend within the radius of three thousand miles beside the store and then transferring it to the store.


    ¡°Why don¡¯t I be the girlfriend of the store owner and then live in this store with you?¡± A sly grin appeared on Lilith¡¯s face as she suddenly inched closer to Aakesh and whispered.


    Aakesh felt chills running down his spine as he looked at the grin, while Jonnah couldn¡¯t help but be dumbfounded since he could hear the conversation between Aakesh and Lilith.


    He never expected someone to be brave enough to joke around with the store owner.


    ***


    A/N: We will have arge time skip after this chapter, and then after that, we will ascend to the Sacred dimension.


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 Chapter 777 Passing of Time(1)

    Chapter 777: Passing of Time(1)


    Time was like a river that had no end, and it continuously flew, ignoring things at all times.


    Seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, hours turned into a day, days turned into a week, weeks turned into a month, months turned into a year, years turned into a decade, and with the continuous flow of time, more than forty-nine years had passed.


    ¡°Bye, senior,¡± Jonnah said farewell to Aakesh and left the store since the day hade to an end.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting yourst mission objective! Please see the quest screen for your new quest.]


    Aakesh was about to close the door of the store, announcing another end to the day for the store, when he heard a sudden mechanical and emotionless notification ringing in his head.


    The next moment, a blue window containing all the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh was already prepared for this since it didn¡¯t happen for the first time in all these years he had spent here. He already knew what quest it was.


    Aakesh then focused on the blue screen in front of him, and the details of the new quest appeared in his eyes.


    [Mission objective: Add the number of virtual portals,


    Requirement: As a result of the annual events and your poprity over these years, the Panagea has be an increasingly popr product throughout the Visteerna and several parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours after the opening of the store: all the virtual portal slots get taken for the day. There has been an addition of 1,000,000,000 more virtual portals, but to ensure such kind of craze for Panagea continues and grows with more and more customers joining it; the store owner needs to have 15,000,000,000 hours of entry time every day into Panagea for a hundred straight years,


    Mission reward: 10,000,000,000 new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Removal of ten virtual portals every minute if the number of years exceeds 110. If it exceeded 125 years, the decreasing rate would grow to fifty portals. If it exceeded 150 years, the rate would increase to one hundred virtual portals every minute. If it exceeded 200 years, the decreasing rate would grow to five hundred virtual portals per minute.]


    Aakesh nodded as he read the quest details on the screen floating in front of him.


    Just this moment, Aakesh hadpleted the quest of having one billion and five hundred million virtual hours every day for fifty years straight, which in turn had rewarded him with an additional one billion virtual portals in the store.


    The number of virtual portals in the store had already grown to more than one billion and two hundred million, maintaining its hold over the rank of most valuable of the four products currently sold by the store.


    As usual, the quest¡¯s difficulty and reward both had grown tenfold after anotherpletion. Aakesh didn¡¯t mind the challenge at all. Aakesh ignored it when he reached the failure punishment section.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t be any more confident of achieving any goal set by the system when it came to quests rted to Panagea. It was always needed more, no matter what its number reached in the store.


    Aakesh then waved his hands. The next moment, the light particles started moving away from the screen, resulting in its disappearance.


    Currently, Aakesh was doing a quest titled ¡®The Last Quest¡¯, but it had nothing to do with missions rted to Panagea.


    These quests were product rted and didn¡¯t cover the entire store, and hence, the title didn¡¯t have any effect on it.


    Even though decades had gone by, Aakesh looked the same as he did years before, as if time did not affect him. Simr was the case for Lily, who wasfortably rxed on his head.


    Despite the passing of tens of thousands of years, Lily hadn¡¯t found a spot that made her feel morefortable than Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°Let¡¯s go,¡± Aakesh spoke as he ruffled the fur of Lily sitting on his head.


    Aakesh was still adamant about training, so the next moment, both of them disappeared from the store¡¯s hall and appeared in the selection area.


    Time flew by, and both Lily and Aakesh had their training session over.


    They still maintained the tradition of sharing their experiences after the training, so currently, in the selection area, they both were seated on their respective chairs ced in front of each other.


    ¡°How did today go?¡± Aakesh asked Lily.


    Years ago, Lily had used one of Aakesh¡¯s promises to help her gain control over arge territory. Aakesh stood by his words and chose three years of time for him to be her strategist.


    Aakesh and Lily¡¯s ns were moving smoothly when suddenly a war had begun in the Kingdom due to one of the King¡¯s sons dying.


    The war hade unexpectedly for both Aakesh and Lily, so many of the ns they hadid over the past time turned fruitless, wasting their efforts.


    Still, the war was also the fastest thing to gain strength, so Lily made several friends while the war raged for tens of years in Panagea.


    When the war ended, the King was in no condition to maintain his stronghold over the entire piece of territory. In the end, he had no choice but to share pieces of pie with the nobles.


    Lily was also one of them. In addition to thend she had earlier conquered, her territory grew almost twofold after the negotiation.


    At the same time, this territory entirely belonged to Lily, with no higher being above her.


    Since there was still time left in Aakesh¡¯s three years time, Lily asked him to help her grow her territory in that time.


    The King wasn¡¯t always going to be weak. Someday, he would regain his strength and at that time, her territory would be in danger of getting entirely devoured by the King, without anything left to her.


    And now that so many years had passed, Lily¡¯s control over the territory had grown to its peak.


    Now Aakesh was no longer her strategist, but since Lily and Aakesh were family, she truthfully shared everything with Aakesh about Panagea. Aakesh also sometimes gave suggestions to Lily. It was rare, but it was still possible.

 Chapter 778 Passing of Time(2)

    Chapter 778: Passing of Time(2)


    [Title: The Last Main Quest!


    Mission Objective: Sale of Products,


    Requirement: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it¡¯s time for you to go big for the store for thest time in the Primal dimension, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Cultivation Arts: Think to expand,


    Days required: 100,000 Weeks,


    Mission reward: Ascension to the Sacred dimension!


    Failure Punishment: Failure of the store upgrading quest!]


    [Quest Progress:


    Days left: 84,408 weeks,


    Weapon sold: 7,228,964,821/1,000,000,000,000,


    Pills sold: 42,187,835,976/1,000,000,000,000,


    Panagea hours: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 3,671,041,362/100,000,000,000,


    Regr training hours: 88,181,523,874/1,000,000,000,000 hours,


    Immortal level:1,927,019,324/100,000,000,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 837,127,009,/10,000,000,000 hours,


    Cultivation Arts:


    Mortal-grade cultivation arts: 2,312,587,952/10,000,000,000,


    Rare-grade: 1,124,853/1,000,000,000,


    Legendary-grade: 49,256,897/100,000,000,


    Mythical-grade: 10,000,000/10,000,000,


    Immortal-grade: 82,848/1,000,000.]


    Aakesh nodded as he read the progress he had made in the quest over these years.


    It has been around three centuries since Aakesh had gotten the quest. The progress didn¡¯t seem to go at the rate Aakesh wanted, but he still didn¡¯t worry since not even one-fourth of the quest¡¯s deadline had gone by, and Aakesh had already fulfilled two requirements in the mission.


    As Aakesh looked at the number of sales the store had achieved without considering the requirement, it reached frightening levels.


    Aakesh then thought of the window disappearing, and soon, light particles began to move away from it. In no time, the quest screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back once again.


    In these past years, Jonnah became able to handle arge number of store customers. Aakesh would now usually stay free all day unless a new customer arrived and wanted to talk to him.


    As for the old customers, they would rarelye to him, except for a few of them like Lilith and Maria.


    Since Aakesh was free, he decided to check another of his quest currently active in the store.


    [Mission objective: Add the number of virtual portals,


    Requirement: As a result of the annual events and your poprity over these years, the Panagea has be an increasingly popr product throughout the Visteerna and several parts of the Primal dimension. So much so that only in the starting few hours after the opening of the store: all the virtual portal slots get taken for the day. There has been an addition of 10,000,000,000 more virtual portals, but to ensure such kind of craze for Panagea continues and grows with more and more customers joining it; the store owner needs to have 150,000,000,000 hours of entry time every day into Panagea for five hundred straight years,


    Mission Streak: Active,


    Mission reward: 100,000,000,000 new virtual portals,


    Failure punishment: Removal of hundred virtual portals every minute if the number of years exceeds 525. If it exceeded 600 years, the decreasing rate would grow to five hundred portals per minute. If it exceeded 750 years, the rate would increase to one thousand virtual portals every minute. If it exceeded 1000 years, the decreasing rate would grow to five thousand virtual portals per minute.]


    Aakesh nodded as he read the details of the second quest and saw the streak was active.


    The number of years since Aakesh got the quest had already crossed the mark of a century, so even a single day of failure would now result in Aakesh receiving the punishment.


    But Aakesh didn¡¯t feel the need to worry about the punishment as his eyes fell on the more than seven billion customers meditating in the store, waiting for their turn toe in Panagea.


    The store already had more than eleven billion virtual portals in the store, and even that many spots were always filled for the day.


    Only a heaven-shaking item could make Aakesh lose the streak in the quest, and Aakesh wasn¡¯t going to let that happen even if something of such a sort came.


    Aakesh¡¯s confidence in the contest resulted in sess as after more than three hundred and fifty years, the quest wasplete, and the store weed another one hundred billion virtual portals into the store.


    Now their number reached more than one hundred and ten billion, and with it, another quest rted to Panagea also arrived.


    This time, the quest would reward him with a trillion additional virtual portals if he seeded in selling one trillion and five hundred billion virtual hours in Panagea for a straight thousand years.


    More time flew by, and today became thest day of the thousandth year since the store appeared in Kakot.


    The Bisan Kingdom looked entirely different from what it looked like in past. In fact, it was no longer a Kingdom but had be an Empire, and the mightiest on the Anga continent at that too.


    Before the emergence of the Bisan Empire, the Xandar Empire maintained its top position for countless years, but only in thousand years after the arrival of the store, a tiny Kingdom situated in a barren area achieved the title without shedding the equivalent amount of blood.


    Today, the capital city of the Bisan Empire had a unique aura to it. Today, Emperor Brinda was going to retire from her throne and ascend to the Sacred dimension, while after her, her nephew was going to be crowned as the next Emperor.


    Everyone in the Empire was thrilled and depressed about the news.


    Depressed since the Bisan Kingdom had be an Empire while Brinda was at its helm, while thrilled since Brinda was going to ascend and be even more powerful after today.


    The day was going to be anything but simple since the ascendance day coincided with the end of the thousandth year of the store.


    While customers were basking in the glory of the store¡¯s products, the citizens were for Brinda¡¯s ascendance, no one was aware that another significant being was also close to their ascension.


    ***


    A/N: After the next few chapters, we would ascend to the Sacred dimension and follow Aakesh in another ce with his indifferent expression and overpowered strength.


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 Chapter 779 A New Day in the Store(1)

    Chapter 779: A New Day in the Store(1)


    The sun rose with all its glory on the Anga continent and brightened the lives of many. With it, the mysterious and famous store in the capital city of the Bisan Empire also opened its door and weed the customers.


    The number of people waiting in the crowd reached an outrageous tens of billions of people, making the three thousand mile empty space around the store overcrowded.


    Despite there being so many people, there was not a single sign of chaos when no one was even monitoring the ce.


    As the store opened its door, the person closest to the store¡¯s entrance became the first to enter. The man then greeted the mysterious and terrifying store owner. After that, the man turned around and weed all the customers into the store.


    The scene looked straight out of an apocalypse, but the serenity in it gave a never felt before calming to the people who might witness it.


    The store¡¯s entrance looked to be only wide enough to wee two people at once. One spot was held by the store¡¯s assistant, while the other would be for customers to enter.


    But things were entirely different. The space that looked enough for only one person to enter weed several hundreds of customers at once, and yet, not a single person in it faced resistance.


    In no time, the overcrowded radius of three thousand miles around the store turned empty. The store¡¯s assistant then turned around and went to his respective space.


    ¡°Congrattions, senior,¡± Jonnah respectfully congratted Aakesh forpleting thousand years as the store owner in Kakot.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to Jonnah and didn¡¯t speak anything.


    The number of people entering the store was like an ocean, and almost all of them were here for Panagea. Those who owned any of the three cards went toward the portal room.


    In contrast, those who did not own any store cards queued up before Aakesh and Jonnah toplete their purchases.


    Since there was already an assistant at the store, fewer people were willing to ask Aakesh to work. It caused the queue to be longer in front of Jonnah.


    After several minutes went by, the store hall turned empty with only Aakesh and Jonnah present there.


    ¡°Senior, can I also enter Panagea?¡± Jonnah requested Aakesh.


    He had be the store¡¯s assistant for more than nine centuries, and his benefits were still there for him. Even though for bing the store¡¯s assistant, Jonnah got fifty free Panagea hours, he still could buy more extra hours if the store wasn¡¯t busy.


    There were currently more than a hundred billion virtual portals in the store, and tens of billions of them were still empty, so Jonnah could enter Panagea. The only blockade was if Aakesh didn¡¯t like it.


    ¡°Go ahead,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told Jonnah.


    ¡°Your free Panagea hours for this month are already over, so you would have to buy them,¡± Aakesh added.


    Despite being the store¡¯s assistant, the rule of any customer being only able to stay in Panagea for eighteen hours a day(six hours in the Primal dimension) at most was still applicable to him, even when he had his free hours included.


    ¡°Thank you, senior,¡± Jonnah thanked Aakesh and hurriedly went toward the portal room.


    Panagea had done wonders for billions of people in the Primal dimension, as there were many examples of an overpowered being rising overnight.


    Panagea had also be a source of employment for many, despite its outrageous exchange rates.


    Low soul stones in Panagea weren¡¯t considered much, but when exchanged in reality, they became a heaven-defying source of earning for many.


    At the same time, seven adventurers in Panagea had reached equivalent levels of ascending. They only had to exchange their cultivations in reality, and they would be able to ascend overnight with a hundred percent chance of sess.


    Despite a hundred percent chance of sess, not a single customer exchanged their cultivations in reality.


    They knew that if they exchanged, they would be overly powerful and would be able to ascend, bing legendary figures in the eyes of many. But at the same time, they also understood that they would have to lose the support of the store.


    It was not a hidden fact that The First Store only had a single branch, and only in the future, it would open another branch in the Sacred dimension.


    At the same time, Panagea also showed its difficulty.


    It had been a thousand years since Panagea came into existence in the Primal dimension, and yet only seven people had be eligible to have enough levels to ascend.


    The higher the level more the difficulty grew. If it took someone a year to reach Level 200, they would then take ten years to achieve Level 201.


    Currently, there were thousands of adventures, who had been stuck in Level 240 for more than a century, and they still had ten more levels to reach Level 250.


    (A/N: It is a century in the Primal dimension, not Panagea.)


    Many people had evenmented that it was easy to be a peak Immortal in the Primal dimension than bing one in Panagea.


    Despite thesements, Panagea¡¯s poprity only saw an increasing curve.


    ***


    Jonnah excitedly touched the closest portal to him, using the tip of his fingers, and the next moment, he got sucked inside.


    Jonnah was also one of the participants that had been stuck at the 240th Level for the past several decades. The reason for his hurry and excitement as he was only a single hour of work away from reaching Level 241.


    After being stuck at one level for more than eighty years, how could he not grow excited after finally being able to increase his level?


    The next moment, Jonnah found himself back in the spot he had left yesterday before exiting Panagea.


    A hurried expression appeared on his face as he directly rushed toward his destination.


    The city he was currently in was in a war, and Jonnah¡¯s quest wanted him to fight as one of the soldiers for the city. The war was in its end phases, and it would most probably end in a few days.


    Having a Level 240 fight as only a soldier showed the strength of the city.


    His duty as a soldier would end today since the battle between beings exceeding Level 400s had already begun, and it had no use for people with his levels.

 Chapter 780 A New Day in the Store(2)

    Chapter 780: A New Day in the Store(2)


    After Jonnah had hurriedly left for the portal room after getting Aakesh¡¯s permission, Aakesh became the only living soul present in the store¡¯s hall.


    Since he was also free from any store work for the moment, Aakesh decided to check the progress of the quest he had been doing for several centuries now.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him, and not long after, a smaller blue window popped above the previous one, showing the mission¡¯s progress.


    [Title: The Last Main Quest!


    Mission Objective: Sale of Products,


    Requirement: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it¡¯s time for you to go big for the store for thest time in the Primal dimension, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Cultivation Arts: Think to expand,


    Days required: 100,000 Weeks,


    Mission reward: Ascension to the Sacred dimension!


    Failure Punishment: Failure of the store upgrading quest!]


    [Quest Progress:


    Days left: 50,609 weeks,


    Weapon sold: 927,228,964,821/1,000,000,000,000,


    Pills sold: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000,


    Panagea hours: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 100,000,000,000/100,000,000,000,


    Regr training hours: 988,181,523,874/1,000,000,000,000 hours,


    Immortal level:98,927,019,324/100,000,000,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 9,837,127,009,/10,000,000,000 hours,


    Cultivation Arts:


    Mortal-grade cultivation arts: 10,000,000,000/10,000,000,000,


    Rare-grade: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Legendary-grade: 100,000,000/100,000,000,


    Mythical-grade: 10,000,000/10,000,000,


    Immortal-grade: 682,848/1,000,000.]


    Aakesh nodded as he looked at the progress he had made in the past several centuries.


    Almost every requirement was close to fulfilling the condition, except for one.


    The Immortal-grade cultivation art was the slowest in terms of progress. Aakesh could do nothing to improve it.


    There were already more than millions of Immortals in the store as customers, and yet, the store had only sold around seven hundred thousand Immortal-grade cultivation art in more than nine centuries.


    Aakesh¡¯s progress was quick when considering the quest¡¯s deadline since there were still a few hundred weeks left before the store reached the time of half the deadline.


    There were only a minority of the Immortals who were willing to discard their own cultivation arts and select a new one at this phase. The store sold cultivation arts piqued their curiosity, but the consequences that came with their decision made them change their minds.


    At the same time, the cultivation art wasn¡¯t restricted by the store to one person. What the system forbade was the sale of the cultivation arts to earn profits outside the store. But the system had no issue when the owner of the cultivation arts shared them with their family members and friends.


    Due to it, if any person in the family had bought an Immortal-grade cultivation art, no one else in the family would buy another one.


    The cost of the cultivation art didn¡¯t give much space to the cultivators to go for buying several of them.


    It was resulting in the sale of Immortal-grade cultivation arts increasing at a snail¡¯s pace in Aakesh¡¯s eyes.


    ¡°A few centuries at most,¡± Aakesh mumbled as he looked at the progress screen.


    Despite the slow progress in the sale of Immortal-grade cultivation arts, Aakesh believed that it would take around two centuries before Aakesh achieved the condition.


    Aakesh then waved his hands away. The next moment, both screens disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call them back once again.


    There was another quest going on for the store, and it was rted to Panagea.


    As Aakesh summoned the quest, not long after, a new blue screen containing the details of the mission appeared in front of him.


    After seeing that the streak of selling one trillion and five hundred billion Panagea hours every day for thousand years straight was active, Aakesh thought of its disappearing.


    After Aakesh had checked both the quest¡¯s screens, he had nothing left to do since there were no customers currently approaching the store.


    Since things were like this, Aakesh closed his eyes and began his rxation session.


    Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several minutes had passed.


    As Aakesh was rxing, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.


    He opened his eyes to see a couple approaching him. The couple was regr customers of the store for the past several centuries.


    ¡°Store owner, we are returning back,¡± The man respectfully told Aakesh.


    The couple was William and Elle. William was a member of the Sun Elves and had run from his family due to a promise asked by one of his sisters.


    Elle was the sister asking for the promise. There were different situations then, and Elle also came to the Primal dimension.


    Since it had been several centuries since the event happened, Elle and William became close in the Primal dimension. Due to it, they started growing close, and finally, their rtionship began with a battle in Panagea. They were now madly in love with each other.


    The rules for the Asquith family stated that only the next ruler or already installed ruler could have a rtionship with his siblings. Since William was already announced to be the next ruler, there were going to be no issues in their family with their rtionship.


    The only prohibition was that only after marriage, consummation was possible. Neither William nor Elle dared to break the rule since William had already be aware of how his descent into the Primal dimension had disturbed even Asquith, the primogenitor of the Sun Elves.


    ***


    A/N: I know the chapter was small, but I had to update the quest and its progress.


    We would see it one more time, just before itspletion, and then we would leave the Primal dimension.


    Sorry for the short chapter! Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 781 A New Day in the Store(3)

    Chapter 781: A New Day in the Store(3)


    ¡°Store owner, we are going back to our home dimension,¡± William respectfully told Aakesh.


    Aakesh¡¯s face had no change of expression since he didn¡¯t care much about it. Those who came from the Sacred dimension were always going to return. There is no such thing as a permanent stay for higher-level beings in lower dimensions in the Multiverse.


    After being the store¡¯s customers for several centuries, William and Elle had already gotten ustomed to Aakesh¡¯s personality. They didn¡¯t mind when Aakesh showed no response. In fact, they would have be shocked if Aakesh had revealed any reaction to their departure.


    ¡°Store owner, do you have any ns of going to the Sacred dimension?¡± William then asked.


    After being part of an overlord-level race in the Sacred dimension, it was difficult for William and Elle to believe that Aakesh didn¡¯te from higher dimensions. That¡¯s why William used the word going in his question.


    ¡°Yes, in a few centuries, I will ascend to the Sacred dimension,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    After hearing Aakesh¡¯s response, William and Elle looked at each other. They could see an unbridled excitement in each other¡¯s eyes. At the same time, they scoffed in their hearts and ignored the word ascend.


    A few centuries from now in the Primal dimension wouldn¡¯t even be a year in the Sacred dimension, so the duo became excited that they wouldn¡¯t have to wait long for the store to be active after they returned.


    ¡°I have a perfect ce in mind when you would go to the Sacred dimension,¡± Elle suddenly chimed in. It was an opportune moment for their race.


    Elle had seen from her own eyes how the store had changed the dynamics of the power scale in the Primal dimension. A Kingdom located in the extreme southern barren areas was now the mightiest Empire on the continent, and all of it happened only in a thousand years.


    For people of Elle¡¯s level, even a few million years were nothing, let alone a thousand years.


    Since the store was going to the Sacred dimension, Elle thought of referring to the capital city of the Sun Elves for its location.


    Even though the Sun Elves were one of the overlords of the Sacred dimension, they were still one of them, not the only one.


    Every race had dreams of bing the mightiest and conquering the dimension, so how could Elle and the Sun Elves not have one?


    At the same time, Elle didn¡¯t want the store to choose a location in a different race territory, whether they were weak race or strong. Elle dreaded the future if Aakesh opened the store on some enemy race¡¯s territory.


    From what the store had showcased to the outside world in the Primal dimension, it didn¡¯t appear to pose a great deal of threat to the overlord races in the Sacred Dimension. But Elle had a foreboding feeling that it wasn¡¯t even the tip of the iceberg, and the organization behind the store had only started.


    Considering this, Elle had an utmost desire in her heart to have the store¡¯s destination in the Sacred dimension be in her race¡¯s capital city.


    William understood what Elle was trying to say after hearing her words.


    Even without listening to the name of the ce, Aakesh knew what ce Elle was going to suggest. But before she could, Aakesh stopped her and refused her suggestion.


    ¡°Where the store would open its store in the Sacred dimension is not up to you or anyone to suggest,¡± Aakesh was blunt in his response without any sense of decorum.


    At the same time, his expressionless face with his blunt answer gave the feeling that Aakesh got offended by Elle trying to suggest.


    William and Elle grew pale from fright after hearing Aakesh¡¯s harsh response. Elle apologized straight away. Thest thing she wanted was to offend the store owner and make an enemy whose race and actions were shrouded inplete mystery.


    Aakesh sensed that the duo had misunderstood her response, but he didn¡¯t care enough to solve their misunderstanding. He wasn¡¯t going to get offended just by someone¡¯s suggestions in the first ce.


    Elle and William heaved relieved sighs when they saw that Aakesh didn¡¯t want to do anything to them. The duo apologized again.


    ¡°Store owner, we would like to buy one hour of Gods & Demons level training area for the Immortal level weapon,¡± After William and Elle had calmed down, William requested Aakesh.


    The next moment, two trillion supreme Primal stones got deducted from William¡¯s supreme card after he affirmed the transaction in his head.


    After Aakesh got the system¡¯s notification of sessful payment, Aakesh notified the duo to go ahead. He didn¡¯t need to tell them the way to enter since they had already entered there hundreds of times.


    The reason William and Elle chose today as thest day to stay in the Primal dimension was that today, their deadline for entering the Gods & Demons level training area would be over.


    There were still several years left in William¡¯s journey in the Primal dimension.


    But a few months earlier, William got a visit from his father in the dream. At first, William tried to ignore those visits, but soon it became so frequent that William had to give up and listen to what his father wanted to say.


    Adam ordered him to return to the Sacred dimension as it was time for William to train in the family¡¯s Divine cultivation arts.


    William was only twelve when he had wandered away from his family, so the family hadn¡¯t started teaching. But now William was several centuries old, and the Sun Elves couldn¡¯t wait any longer for William to dy and learn the family Divine cultivation artster in the future. The best time to train was alreadying close to an end.


    William had great potential, as his years in the womb showed, but to use that potential to grow stronger was another thing. If William and the family continued to dy due to the store, his potential would get ruined, and it would be a tragedy for the Sun Elves.


    But after that dream, William and Elle had been postponing for today since they could use the Gods & Demons level training area before leaving. It had helped the duo a lot in bing strong and maturing in battles.

 Chapter 782 A New Day in the Store(4)

    Chapter 782: A New Day in the Store(4)


    After getting permission from Aakesh, William and Elle wasted no more time and proceeded toward the weapons room.


    But before leaving, the duo once again apologized since they didn¡¯t want any bad feelings to stay in the store owner¡¯s heart after they left.


    ¡°You should have consulted with me before doing it,¡± William¡¯s voice rang in Elle¡¯s head as they were going forward.


    ¡°It all happened so suddenly. I couldn¡¯t control myself after hearing the store owner¡¯s response,¡± Elle apologetically responded. She was not only sorry to the store owner but also to William. If the store owner were to take action, even William would have gotten embroiled in it.


    ¡°I don¡¯t want anything like this to happen again. We know nothing about the store owner. Offending him would be the most foolish thing, and I have no intentions of letting it happen under my watch,¡± William told Elle. His voice contained majesty that wouldn¡¯t allow anyone to refuse.


    William had also matured and began to take his role seriously over these past years. At first, William only thought he understood his position, but as he grew older, he found he was mistaken.


    The position of bing the next ruler of a race like the Sun Elves didn¡¯t onlye with benefits. There were challenges associated with it, and William needed to face them and not run from them.


    In the spur of a moment, he had almost ruined his race.


    The rules set by Asquith for the crown of the ruler were set in stone, and even the extinction of the Sun Elves couldn¡¯t change them.


    William only found out what his escaping could do to the Sun Elves in the future when he matured.


    William was madly in love with Elle, but he was not as innocent as he was when he escaped. He now understood his duties. Even if Ellemitted a mistake, he wouldn¡¯t think twice before punishing her.


    Elle put her head down and didn¡¯t raise it again during the entire journey to the bow¡¯s column since she had no words to answer at the moment.


    William and Elle now stood in front of the pir that had the pattern of a bow imprinted on it, and near it, there was a needle that pierced into Immortal¡¯s skins like it was water.


    William¡¯s rigid face turned gentle as he looked at Elle, who had her head down.


    He gently patted her shoulders and made her look into his eyes. William didn¡¯t feel the need to say anything as Elle understood what he wanted to say just from his eyes.


    Elle¡¯s eyes also turned gentle as she hugged William and whispered something in his ears.


    William felt his hair rising when he sensed the air brushing past his ears, and the words multiplied the sensation.


    William hugged Elle back and apologized for his outburst. At the same time, his apology contained a stern warning for Elle not to speak anything senselessly like today.


    Elle apologized back, and their embrace grew tighter.


    Neither William nor Elle wanted to let go of each other, but they controlled their hearts and removed themselves from the tight embrace.


    They had all the time with each other, but the training area wouldn¡¯t be there for them after today until the store was going to the Sacred dimension.


    ¡°Let¡¯s continue our bet,¡± Elle then suddenly said as she was the first one to get pricked by needled and feed a drop of blood to the pir.


    A smile appeared upon William¡¯s face as he also acted. The next moment, a golden light surrounded the two of them while their consciousness was already in the infinite space inside the training area.


    Every time William and Elle entered the training area, they would do it together, while a bet was going on between them for more than thest five hundred years.


    Whoever won more battles would be the winner of the bet, with the opponent race being the Sun Elves.


    When William entered the training area, he found himself in a vast empty space with the choices asked ofbatants.


    William didn¡¯t waste any time and chose the Sun Elves as his opponent. On the Sun Elves, there were four written, signifying that William had already defeated three levels of Sun Elves in the Gods & Demons level difficulty in the training area.


    As for the battle environment, William chose randomly.


    The next moment, William found himself in a desert while the sandstorm was raging. The farthest William could see in the current situation was around twenty meters.


    Suddenly, a white light pierced through the middle of the sandstorm, taking William¡¯s attention away.


    William didn¡¯t have to guess the reason for the white light. Soon after its disappearance, he felt a killing sense locked onto him.


    Even though William¡¯s visibility range was low, his senses were still working.


    William aimed his bow toward the direction of the killing sense, stretched the bowstring, and released it without any arrow.


    BOOM!


    The next moment, a sonic boom rang in the area as the air released from the string was enough to make even the sandstorm look tiny.


    Whoosh whoosh whoosh!


    ng ng ng!


    William aimed his bow again and shot consecutive arrows. They had only left when a barrage of arrows came from the other side and shed with William¡¯s shots.


    William was going to take another shot when he suddenly sensed a different arrow in the barrage of shotsing from the other side.


    Whoosh!


    William loosened the string and bent down slightly when a projectile passed through the spot where once the area between his eyebrows should have been.


    Whoosh!


    William didn¡¯t even get the time to stand up when he had to turn his whole body to the right as another arrow passed through him.


    This time, William wasn¡¯t as lucky as before, and the arrow slightly touched him, resulting in an injury to the area slightly above his right elbow.


    Whoosh whoosh whoosh!


    It was only the start as several arrows kepting at William, turning his situation further precarious.


    While dodging another of the enemy¡¯s arrows, William suddenly felt his entire body turning cold as an extreme danger attacked his senses.


    Whoosh!


    Before William could prepare himself for what was toe, an unbearable pain attacked him, and his throat turned into a stream of blood.

 Chapter 783 Bet(1)

    Chapter 783: Bet(1)


    Gurgle gurgle gurgle!


    Blood gurgled out like a fountain as an arrow created a see-through hole in William¡¯s throat.


    It wasn¡¯t an injury that could take William¡¯s life away, but it was still an injury that would force him toward another horrific end.


    William grabbed his throat and crashed to the ground as another arrow came flying at him and hit the area right above his heart.


    William had no idea whether the shot was intentional or he had somehow dodged the arrow to his heart. But he knew one thing; if William didn¡¯t do anything, death wasn¡¯t very far from him.


    Dying in the training area was nothing serious since it wasn¡¯t permanent, but it didn¡¯t mean that William would stop trying to survive.


    William¡¯s eyes turned red as he ignored theing projectile and took a shot.


    Puchi!


    The arrow pierced through his right eye, resulting in a scream ringing in the area.


    The scream had engulfed the sound of the arrow tearing through the air as it flew toward the opponent.


    The opponent Sun Elf had already expected William to attempt this kind of tactic, so he was already ready for the attack.


    The opponent skillfully moved to his right when the arrow passed through the spot where once his shoulder should have been.


    William¡¯s visibility was low due to the sandstorm, but his senses were working. The scene of the opponent dodging his arrow clearly appeared in his mind, while a shot also neared him at the moment.


    William decided to give himself ast chance in the battle as he ignored the shoting at his heart. He instead calmed his mind down and stretched the bowstring while the bow aimed at the sky.


    Puchi!


    Since there was no dodging or obstruction in the arrow¡¯s way, it effortlessly pierced through William¡¯s heart. William lost consciousness the next moment since it was instant death.


    His fingers became loose as the string got released from his hold.


    Whoosh!


    The arrow moved toward the sky like an electric bolt.


    When it had reached its peak, the arrowhead suddenly lightened up.


    Whistle whistle whistle!


    Whistling sounds rang in the area as the arrowhead released one light beam after another randomly.


    A light shower emerged in the area as they randomly flew around.


    The opponent¡¯s face turned solemn as a beam came his way. The beams were even quicker than the speed of light, so before the opponent could even take shots, they were already there to hit him.


    The opponent had no choice but to take the direct hit.


    Puchi!


    The light beam pierced through his left hand as if it was going through butter. Not long after, another light beam arrived.


    The opponent wasn¡¯t going to let him get engulfed in this strike and lose an already won battle.


    Ignoring theing onught of tens of light beams, the opponent took a shot at the lightning arrowhead in the sky.


    Puchi puch-


    BOOM!


    The light beams continued to pierce through the opponent¡¯s body when a loud explosion suddenly rang in the area, engulfing the piercing sound.


    The sandstorm cleared up as the arrowhead in the sky disintegrated into nothing. The opponent then took ast look at the dead William on the ground when a blue light engulfed the entire battlefield, including William and the opponent.


    In earlier phases of the training area, there were instant kills. But as the level of the opponent grew, the killing would depend on them. Torture was possible with the high level of opponents.


    The next moment, William regained his consciousness and found himself back in the initial empty space with the choices in his mind.


    William didn¡¯t need to think since the bet depended on who won the most battle in the training area when the opponent was the Sun Elf.


    Both William and Elle had defeated four levels of the Sun Elf opponent in the Gods & Demons level difficulty.


    It meant they had only won four battles in the past several centuries. So there had only been four times someone had won the bet. William and Elle both had won the gamble twice, so whoever would win the next battle would get the lead before leaving the store.


    As for the situation where none of them won the battle, they had already taken that into consideration as well.


    Today was thest time they would enter the training area in the Primal dimension. Even if not one of them won the battle inside the training area, the person with the least number of deaths would be the winner and would take the lead as three times winner.


    William made his choices the same as thest time, and the next moment, he found himself in a different environment.


    Both William and his opponent had appeared in the air with the ground in no sight. William had no problem flying since he could fly, but neither the challenger nor his opponent was capable of flying in the respective environment. While battling, both of them would be sinking at an unimaginable rate.


    While dropping with no ground in sight, both opponents would have to battle.


    Time flew by, and several hours had passed in the challenge.


    William had been unable to win a single battle up to this point. The closest he came to victory was in the three-hundredth fight.


    In that battle, William had sessfully forced the opponent to a dead end, but at the same time, his situation was also no good.


    In the end, the opponent got the better of him and won the battle instead of him.


    While William was struggling to win, Elle¡¯s condition was also no good.


    William was the winner of thest bet, so William had more time to amodate himself with the fourth Sun Elf.


    (Fourth here meant four written on the opponent selection.)


    It had only been a few training sessions since Elle won against the third Sun Elf. She still hadn¡¯t been able to do much against her opponent.


    The most positive result in thest several hours of training for her was to take the battle where she had sessfully unleashed a severe injury on the opponent¡¯s body.


    The bet was only there for fun, but none of them wanted to lose, so they gave their best in every battle as time continued to fly.

 Chapter 784 Bet(2)

    Chapter 784: Bet(2)


    ng ng ng!


    Sounds of metallic shes continuously rang in the area as Elle¡¯s arrows and the opponent¡¯s arrows continued to sh with each other.


    It had been around nine hundred hours since Elle had appeared in the training area.


    In thesest hundreds of hours, Elle¡¯s growth could be seen by the naked eyes.


    When she had begun the training, the most Elle could do wasunch an attack on the opponent. As time flew by, the intensity of her shots increased, and they began to cause severe injuries.


    Now, Elle could fight for several minutes continuously with the opponent, with not one of theming to the top.


    The current battle between Elle and her opponent had been going on for several minutes. Bothbatants had used several of their trump cards in the fight, but no one was able toe on top.


    Elle¡¯s forehead was wet with sweat as she skillfully dodged an arrow by dunking herself down.


    The opponent also got the taste of dodging as an arrow flew by the ce where her throat was a moment earlier.


    A few more minutes flew by, and the battle continued at the same pace.


    Neither Elle nor the opponent had unlimited endurance to battle for eternity, and it began to show as their movement began to dull with time.


    The training area pitted an opponent with the same level as the trainee, so both opponent and Elle were feeling the taxing of the battle.


    Their entire body was wet with sweat with blood mixed here and there, resulting in creating the illusion of tragic beauty.


    Their clothes had already turned into dust due to the fast pace battle. So both thebatants were fighting without a single piece of protection on their bodies.


    At the same time, the chill prevalent in the area also pervaded their naked skins.


    Their breaths began to turn heavy as time passed. There was no such thing as rest in the battle in the training area, so they continued to persist as they battled.


    Injuries began appearing on both their skins since their movements had gotten dull. Their body was no longer able to catch up with their thought¡¯s speed.


    Chi chi chi!


    Suddenly the fog began burning around the opponent, and out of nowhere, a heat emerged around her.


    Elle¡¯s face turned ugly as she sensed the sudden change around the opponent. She was already aware of what was toe and already had contingency ns, but her body was in no condition to listen.


    Since things had alreadye this far, Elle wasn¡¯t willing to let go of the win.


    She decided to give her everything in the next strike, even if it meant her death after it. She wanted to have as many chances as possible on her side.


    The next moment, Elle¡¯s face turned red. Not long after, her entire body turned red like a tomato.


    The snow below her feet began to melt, while her body began to expand. The expansion was especially prevalent in her hands.


    Even the bow in her hands began to shake due to the sudden increase in the strength of the holder.


    Elle¡¯s face turned cold as she stretched the bowstring using her left hand, only to stop when her fingers touched her nose.


    The next moment, an arrow began to emerge on the already nocked brow, beginning from its tail feathers.


    The entire arrow was ck in color, with golden lines moving around it. At the same time, the arrow had the thickness of tens of arrows at once.


    The already trembling bow began to shake even more as the weight of the arrow nocked into it was too heavy for it to handle.


    Elle¡¯s face began to turn pale as she forcefully controlled the bow and arrow. The next moment, she coughed a bucket of blood. Not long after, the golden lines on the arrow began to dim.


    The arrow on the bow¡¯s name was Burning Essence. As it suggested, the creation of the skill demanded the archer to burn their blood essence.


    The more blood essence the archer would burn, the more the strength of the arrow would be when shot.


    Elle could only burn thirty percent of her blood essence. Despite that, the arrow had already grown strong enough to shake her.


    The bow slowly began to crack as the arrow finally took shape. There was no arrowhead, but in ce of it, a pointy surface was there.


    Crack crack crack!


    Boom!


    Elle couldn¡¯t handle the arrow any longer, so she released the bowstring while cracks were spreading across the bow.


    Within seconds of the arrow leaving the bow, Elle crashed to the ground, and the bow exploded into a golden cloud, knocking Elle further to the surface.


    The white snow turned into a tragic yet beautiful scenery as Elley there on herst breath while her blood dyed the snow beneath her.


    Using whatever energy was left in Elle¡¯s body, she struggled to raise her head and look at the result of her arrow. Before she could, her eyes turned nk as the scenery around her turned dark.


    When Elle regained consciousness, she found herself in the empty space with the choices in her head. An ugly smile appeared on her face, but the training area¡¯s ability acted, and her face turned calm.


    ***


    In the weapons room, there were several people already present in the training area as golden light had covered their bodies and stopped others from harming them.


    Suddenly, golden lights around two people began to melt at once.


    The duo wasn¡¯t even aware as the system first transferred them to an isted space, and only after their newfound energy had calmed down did the system bring them back to the weapons room inside the store.


    They were none other than William and Elle.


    As soon as they came out, they both looked at each other with a simr reaction in their eyes.


    The next moment, confusion appeared in their eyes, and soon, it turned into a surprise in Elle¡¯s eyes while shock in William¡¯s eyes.


    ¡°Even after winning the battle, I lost,¡± William helplessly stated.


    The expressions in their eyes stated that both of them had won their battles, but since Elle was ate entry with the fourth Sun Elf opponent, she became the bet¡¯s winner.

 Chapter 785 Aakeshs Wealth!

    Chapter 785: Aakesh¡¯s Wealth!


    Unaware of the bet going on between William and Elle, Aakesh wasfortably rxing on his chairs.


    It had been more than an hour since the store opened, and all the hundred billion plus virtual portals had already gotten filled by the customers.


    There were already some people waiting in the store hall for their turn to arrive.


    Aakesh had his eyes closed as he was rxing when he sensed an approach toward him.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and found it was a regr customer. A projection was floating next to the man while his hands held a page.


    ¡°Store owner, I want this cultivation art,¡± The man requested Aakesh.


    Usually, he didn¡¯t dare to go to the store owner since the store had an assistant, but currently, the assistant was nowhere to be found inside the store. The man had no choice but to request Aakesh for sale.


    Aakesh took a nce at the projection floating next to the man, and soon all the details of the cultivation art appeared in Aakesh¡¯s head.


    ¡°You need to pay three hundred fifty million supreme Primal stones,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly told the man the price after deducting the preview cost from the total cost of the cultivation art.


    The man was already aware of the price of the cultivation art since its details contained everything, so the store owner speaking the cost was nothing more than a formality.


    The next moment, an emotionless artificial voice rang in the man¡¯s head, asking him whether he wanted to pay the price or not.


    The man answered positively, and soon after, an alert simultaneously rang inside the man and Aakesh¡¯s heads about the sessful payment.


    ¡°It¡¯s yours now,¡± Aakesh told the man, and soon, the projection began materializing into reality, and soon after, a book appeared in the man¡¯s hands.


    The man thanked Aakesh and then turned around. He didn¡¯t leave the store right away but joined the few thousand meditating people in the store¡¯s hall.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed.


    Two hours passing in the Primal dimension meant six hours of time in Panagea, so for those customers who couldn¡¯t afford the price for additional time, their stay in Panagea came to an end.


    There were numbers of customers who could only afford Panagea after working hard and had now turned into wealthy personalities. So now, they could afford all eighteen Panagea hours of stay.


    Poverty was something that would exist as long as affluence remained. And since Aakesh had no intentions to change society, the wealth difference between the different walks of life in the Primal dimension continued.


    The only thing Aakesh¡¯s store did was that it provided the poor an opportunity to rise andpete against the wealthy at the same level. Even though countless poor became prosperous due to the different store products, at the same time, the wealthy became even wealthier since the store was running a business. There were bound to be products or their variants that only the rich could afford.


    Panagea¡¯s higher hour stay was one such variant, and Aakesh and the store had no ns to change it.


    After their six hours of stay in Panagea came to an end, the system forced them out.


    The number of empty portals crossed the fifty billion mark in just a few moments. Although that sounded like a lot, there were still around fifty billion virtual portals filled with customers.


    The amount of wealth Aakesh earned alone from Panagea in a day was unimaginable. Since Aakesh had no expenses when it came to food or clothes, or other bodily needs, his wealth only grew with each passing moment.


    A cultivator¡¯s expenses mostly went to different medicines, weapons, skills, training, and various valuable materials. For Aakesh, he didn¡¯t need such things.


    The system provided him with weapons of each type in existence. He didn¡¯t need medicines since his cultivation depended upon the quests. Aakesh didn¡¯t need skills since he was satisfied with the ones he had gotten from the system.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t need to splurge on training since he had the system¡¯s virtual training session with him. He neither needed to meditate since his energy stocks were more vast than anything possible for other cultivators at the same level.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t need food since he had unlimited endurance. His body nevercked energy, so there was no chance of eating.


    He had Lily, who had these needs, but she was self-sufficient. Aakesh didn¡¯t need to splurge on her.


    The only expenses Aakesh had were the grand annual events held every year. Every event went out of Aakesh¡¯s pocket since he was responsible for the rewards. On average, Aakesh spent several trillion supreme Primal stones on a single event without a single stone gained from it. Despite that, it was nothing but a drop of water from an ocean filled with money.


    If Aakesh were to use his wealth, it would be enough to buy one-fourth of the Primal dimension worth of resources.


    ¡®I should leave an inheritance for the future generation,¡¯ Aakesh thought as he noticed a rise in his already uncountable wealth.


    Aakesh did not need money, and Primal stones would also be useless after he ascended to the Sacred dimension, so Aakesh wanted to leave his wealth here and then depart.


    He would leave two-thirds of his wealth to his fated future inheritors in several ruins spread across the Primal dimension, while the one-third would stay with the store, and the system would continue to manage the annual events after he left using that money.


    The system had already told him that once he ascended to the Sacred dimension, hismission from the store in Kakot would disappear. He would only be able to earn from the store inside the Sacred dimension, and the system would take hold of every penny earned after he left, while it would also be responsible for paying sry to Jonnah.


    Aakesh had no problems with that since thest thing he cared for in the world was money. But Aakesh didn¡¯t forget to benefit from this decision of the system since he was losing uncalcble Primal stones from this deal.


    Aakesh still remembered that the system had told him that to use the system¡¯s help, he would have to pay the system, and the cost was too much for even the current Aakesh to bear.


    From the wealth he had earned in thest thousand years, the most Aakesh could ask from the system was an attack stronger enough to kill a low-level being from the Sacred dimension.


    Since money was the way to ask for the system¡¯s help, in exchange for losing the earnings from the Primal dimension after his ascension, Aakesh asked the system to give him five chances of protection or attack, depending on the situation.


    The system refused straight away since the cost to help Aakesh in the Sacred dimension was several times more than what it would need here. Aakesh also hadn¡¯t specified any level in his request, so it was unlimited, and the system was never going to take an unfair deal.


    Aakesh also wasn¡¯t going to give up, so he ruthlessly bargained with the system.


    In the end, the system and Aakesh made a deal.


    There were terms and conditions now added to the deal. Both Aakesh and the system were in business, so neither of them wasn¡¯t going to take a loss.


    The deal between Aakesh and the system stated that the system would help Aakesh three times. Out of those three times, two would be only for protection while one would be for the attack. In addition to that, Aakesh could only use these helps in the Sacred dimension, and the Sacred Void beasts were not included in either protection or attack. The power gap between the Void beast and other mightiest cultivators in the Sacred dimension was way more outrageous than what it was in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh also added Lily into this deal since Lily held simr importance in his life to him.


    It was the result of the fierce bargaining, and Aakesh was satisfied with the result. Aakesh had a sense that he was the one to lose in the deal since there was no time limit on the earnings from the Primal dimension, but after thinking that he was bargaining with the system, he epted his loss if there was even one in the first ce.


    As for the system, it clearly stated that the deal was entirely fair for both sides.


    ***


    After the group of customers left Panagea, the sitting group upied their spots.


    Several minutester, the hundred billion plus virtual portals had still gotten filled with customers, while a few hundred customers who werete began to meditate in the store¡¯s hall.


    ***


    A/N: It¡¯s a store book, and I always wanted to write a chapter that dealt with Aakesh¡¯s immense wealth. Hope you liked it.


    Sorry, there will be only one chapter. As I am not feeling well, I apologize in advance if I missed tomorrow¡¯s chapter.


    Sorry for the trouble! Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 786 Changes over the Years(1)

    Chapter 786: Changes over the Years(1)


    The time continued to move the way it did as another group of customers left Panagea after their six hours were over. And soon, another group took their ce and refilled the hundred billion plus virtual portal to its limit.


    It had been more than four hours since the store opened for the day.


    Suddenly teleportation happened in the portal room as Jonnah finally came out afterpleting his quest in Panagea.


    An unconceble smile and excitement were prevalent on his face as he exited the room and returned to the assistant¡¯s counter.


    There were a few customers in line in front of Aakesh, so except for the customerpleting his purchase, the other customers left the queue and made a new one in front of Jonnah.


    Jonnah took a deep breath to calm his excited heart down and then began his duty.


    Seeing no customer in front of him as the current one left, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh was currently looking at the quest screen rted to the Panagea.


    After seeing that the store¡¯s streak was active and it had already achieved the one trillion and five hundred billion Panagea hours mark, Aakesh nodded and closed the screen.


    ¡°Store owner, what level are you in Panagea?¡± A familiar voice rang in Aakesh¡¯s head, and he had no choice but to open his eyes.


    Lilith was standing there with a smile on her face.


    Jonnah, who was tending to a new customer, didn¡¯t dare to look in Aakesh and Lilith¡¯s direction as Lilith scared him even more than Aakesh for some reason.


    ¡°Why do you want to know?¡± Aakesh didn¡¯t answer but asked the question.


    The smile on Lilith¡¯s face suddenly disappeared, and a solemn face took its ce.


    ¡°I am returning to my original body after leaving the store,¡± Lilith replied. Her voice wasced with unwillingness since she had been having great fun in the store for the past thousand years.


    Even though her intuition failed her once, which she still didn¡¯t believe, Lilith just stopped wasting her time searching for the cultivation art that called to her.


    ¡°Oh!¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Even though he looked expressionless on the outside, he was excited in his heart. Talking to Lilith was a daunting task for him.


    She was someone whom he couldn¡¯t defeat as his chances continued to be zero percent till this moment.


    At the same time, her actions had a strange vor which made Aakesh ufortable.


    But since her actions were in no way harmful to the store owner or the store, the system never acted, and Aakesh was also not going to ask for the system to act on someone who broke no rules.


    A pouting expression appeared on Lilith¡¯s face as she saw Aakesh¡¯s indifferent face to the news of her leaving.


    Whenever she talked with Aakesh, she couldn¡¯t help but joke with him. At the same time, Aakesh also challenged her in other ways.


    Lilith came from the Yaksha race, which was known to be the most beautiful and seductive race in the Multiverse. Despite it, her charms seemed to have no effect on Aakesh.


    Lilith could see the dread in Aakesh¡¯s eyes behind the indifference. It was also the primary fuel behind her bing more and more open with Aakesh as time passed. It was nothing but a way to entertain herself in this low-level ce, but now that she was leaving, a feeling of nostalgia hit her.


    The life she had here was carefree. There were no dangers, no training, and no family issues.


    These thousand years were the most peaceful phase in Lilith¡¯s life, and she was going to miss it after leaving here.


    As for why Lilith was leaving so suddenly when there was still time left before her vacation came to an end, she had no idea.


    Lilith had just gotten summoned from her actual body, and it was in no way a choice for her since only some emergency could make the true Lilith call her.


    ¡°You don¡¯t seem to feel sad now that I am leaving?¡± Lilith¡¯s left eye raised in anger as she asked Aakesh.


    A bickering session then began as Lilith was the one to speak while Aakesh expressionlessly listened.


    Time flew by, and the time for Lilith to say goodbye to the Primal dimension finally arrived.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he saw her back, but beneath those indifferent eyes, there was a hint of relief. The bickering with Lilith was never a good way to spend time with him.


    ¡°I will wait for you in the third dimension,¡± A familiar voice rang in Aakesh¡¯s head as Lilith stepped out of the door.


    ¡°Same here.¡±


    Lilith couldn¡¯t help but smile as Aakesh¡¯s response rang in her ears. It wasn¡¯t his usual emotionless indifferent voice, but it contained a mix of emotions.


    Lilith turned around, only to find nothing since she had alreadye outside.


    The smile on her face deepened as she turned back and continued on her way. She wasn¡¯t the one to return to the store once she said goodbyes.


    Lilith¡¯s silhouette slowly began to fade as she took steps forward, and after three footsteps from the store, shepletely vanished as if she was never there.


    While inside the store, Aakesh returned to his customary sleep.


    Lilith was the first undefeatable person for Aakesh toe around, so it would be a lie if Aakesh said that he didn¡¯t respect her for that. When he responded to Lilith, Aakesh also promised himself that he would grow stronger and make Lilith stand on the side he currently was.


    There were bound to be changes when Aakesh repeatedlymunicated with people. The previous Aakesh would have never responded to Lilith or even cared to challenge her, but now he hoped to stand on the powerful side.


    Soon, he stopped thinking about Lilith and emptied his mind as he began another of his rxation sessions.


    Jonnah also heaved a sigh of relief as he heard that Lilith wouldn¡¯te to the store from now on. She would joke with Aakesh daily, and it was always a hair-raising experience for Jonnah since he couldn¡¯t imagine someone talking to the store owner this way.

 Chapter 787 Departure of the Sun(2)

    Chapter 787: Departure of the Sun(2)


    ¡°Senior, can I take a holiday for a few weeks?¡± Jonnah respectfully asked, as only he, Aakesh, and Lily were currently present in the store.


    ¡°Hmph, you have not even worked here for a thousand years, and you already want another vacation of a few weeks.¡±


    A scoffing childlike voice rang in response to the request made by Jonnah.


    Jonnah felt his furs rising in fright as he heard Lily.


    Earlier in his job, he had a good rtionship with Lily due to his young children.


    Whenever Lily would be free when she was in the Primal dimension, she would go to Jonnah¡¯s house and y with Lily.


    This rtionship where Lily didn¡¯t critique him or didn¡¯t like him continued until one day a few centuries before.


    The sun was at its peak, and there were still several hours before the departure of the sun. Lily would always return to the store when there was only around an hour left before the sunset and the store¡¯s closing.


    But for some reason unknown to Jonnah, Lily returned to the store that day while the sun was at its peak.


    Lily returning wasn¡¯t the issue, but the scene she saw in the store was the trouble.


    There was arge queue of people in front of Aakesh as that day somehow reignited the cultivation arts for the store.


    But to help solve the burden of customers on Aakesh, Jonnah wasn¡¯t there. He was instead adventuring in Panagea.


    Aakesh was quite liberal with Jonnah. If there were no customers in the store to tend to, Aakesh would allow Jonnah to enter Panagea, ignoring the future situation where there might be many customers.


    Lily wasn¡¯t like Aakesh. Since she hade this early for whatever reason, she wanted to have some time with Aakesh. But due to the extreme workload and Jonnah¡¯s adventuring in Panagea, Lily couldn¡¯t. Lily had to see Aakesh busily working till the moment Jonnah finally exited Panagea.


    From that day on, the situation between Lily and Jonnah became entirely different. She even stopped ying with his children, marking him as an enemy.


    If Aakesh wasn¡¯t there to control the vengeful personality of Lily, Jonnah didn¡¯t even dare to imagine what would happen to him.


    Aakesh gently patted Lily, who was seatedfortably on his head and ring at Jonnah.


    ¡°Why do you need a vacation?¡± Aakesh asked Jonnah as he continued to pat Lily.


    ¡°Senior, my wife wants to see the entire Bisan Empire with her family,¡± Jonnah honestly told Aakesh.


    Lying in this situation could be harmful to him and his family, so he didn¡¯t dare to make some reason and truthfully stated the reason.


    Lily only scoffed and then closed her eyes since she had no longer any interest in the conversation. Aakesh wasn¡¯t going to let her do something drastic, so there was no point in her wasting her time over the matter.


    After hearing the reason, Aakesh didn¡¯t respond right away but only looked at Jonnah.


    Jonnah suddenly felt a pressure descending on him as he matched his eyes with Aakesh¡¯s eyes.


    Jonnah didn¡¯t dare to look anymore and moved his eyes to the ground.


    ¡°You can take the vacation, but this would be yourst vacation,¡± Aakesh finally spoke and responded.


    Aakesh understood that not everyone had the same mental capability as him, so going on vacation wasn¡¯t a bad idea for Jonnah.


    At the same time, he also didn¡¯t like the idea of vacation as it would return the burden of managing the store by himself even though he hired an assistant and was paying from his pocket.


    It was already the tenth or the eleventh time Jonnah had asked for a long vacation, so Aakesh decided this to be thest vacation for Jonnah.


    (A/N: Reality and fiction have nothing to do with each other.)


    Jonnah nodded as even he understood he had asked for quite a lot of vacations when he was already getting so many benefits from the store. He would also enter Panagea every day, so he wasn¡¯t even working the entire day every day.


    ¡°Thank you, senior,¡± Jonnah respectfully bowed. He then turned around and left the store.


    Today had been good for him since he also finally had his level increased in Panagea and the store owner also epted his vacation request.


    He couldn¡¯t help but mumble a tone as he left the store and returned to the house next to the store.


    The house would close its door after sunset, and only Jonnah could enter after that since he could only leave the store after the store turned empty.


    ***


    ¡°You allowed another vacation,¡± Lily unhappily said as Jonnah left the store.


    ¡°Let him enjoy it. He won¡¯t be able to after this one. When we leave for the Sacred dimension, he will be responsible for managing the entire store. He won¡¯t get any time after that,¡± Aakesh nonchntly said as he proceeded toward the store¡¯s entrance.


    As he reached the door, Aakesh took a look at the dark sky after the departure of the sun. He then closed the sky, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store in its millennia.


    ***


    While the store closed its door for the day, a party was currently going on in the royal pce of the Bisan Empire.


    The royal pce was entirely different from what it looked like in the past.


    After the Kingdom became an Empire, thend rates grew overnight, and many citizens in the newly established Empire became rich by selling thosends.


    There was a single owner that bought those pieces ofnd, and it was none other than the royal family.


    If thest royal pce was like a hut, then the current one was like an enormous vi.


    The pce, made of red stones, spanned over three million miles as it was no less than a city.


    The cost required to make the pce alone would have bankrupted many top Kingdoms. When the cost of the arrays was added, it reached such an outrageous number that even many Empires wouldn¡¯t be able to take that sum out.


    The biggest moneymaker for the Empire wasn¡¯t taxing from different organizations setting their bases here or from natural resources. But it was the tower won by Brinda in the first annual event that brought the most amount of Primal stones to the Empire.

 Chapter 788 Preparations(3)

    Chapter 788: Preparations(3)


    The royal pce oozed majesty to whoever gazed at it, but today there was a different aura around it.


    Every guard stationed around the pce had a worried face as they looked around and secured the parameter.


    The royal pce was no less than a city when it came to size. The number of guards stationed around and inside the pce crossed the million mark, and each of them was talented.


    Each guard stationed around the royal pce had gained this ce after fighting a brutalpetition, so their status was no less. These guards were titled Pce Guards, and each one of them earned an enormous amount of money from the Empire¡¯s treasury.


    Not a single guard had a cultivation level lower than Void Forging, while the top three guards were peak Immortals with the pseudo divine physique.


    The Empire splurged a lot due to the substantial earnings it made every year.


    The store yed a considerable role in the Empire to have enough budget.


    Since the store was in the capital city of the Empire, no other Kingdom or Empire attempted to conquer the Bisan Empire¡¯s territory. At the same time, once a territory was assimted into the Empire, there were no rebels in fear of the store owner cklisting them from entering the store.


    Since the Empire needed no money to spend on the protection of its territories or quash the rebellion, the Empire had more than enough revenue every year.


    As for why the royal pce needed protection, it was less of protection and more of a status symbol.


    ¡°Do you think her majesty would be able to ascend sessfully?¡± A guard asked his guard friend.


    Themunication was spiritual since the two guards were more than hundreds of miles away from each other.


    ¡°It¡¯s her majesty we are talking about. If she can¡¯t ascend, then none of us will be able to,¡± The friend responded right back.


    Each guard stationed at the royal pce had the same question in their minds, irrespective of their cultivation levels.


    It was just that none of them dared to ask this question out loud since no one knew what reaction the Emperor would have after learning about it. Only those who were close friends discussed the issue with each other.


    ¡°I don¡¯t know. Didn¡¯t we learn from the master that ascending to the Sacred dimension is harder than even reaching Immortality?¡± The first guard shared his worries.


    The Empire was at its peak currently, and if something happened to the Emperor, no one knew what would happen to the stability of the Empire.


    It was correct that as long as the store was there, the Empire¡¯s safety was secure from the outside. But as for what happened in the royal family, the store hadn¡¯t shown any indication of taking part in it.


    If Brinda sessfully ascended, then her nephew would sit on the throne since she had prepared him well. But if somehow something happened to Brinda, then a wave of chaos would start in the family.


    If the store intervened, then everyone would happily ept the oue. But if the store showed no interest in the next ruler of the Empire then there was going to be a bloodbath for the throne.


    Since Brinda had no children of her own, there was no one to carry her direct line. But some several nephews and brothers still wanted to sit on the throne and had been vigorouslypeting with the chosen heir to sit upon it.


    After Brinda, the person with the highest status in the royal family was Pento, Brinda¡¯s younger brother. Pento was also the one with the most power, and citizens of the Empire also liked him.


    Pento was the highest leveled adventurer in the royal family and also a ranker on the leaderboard, so he had many followers in the Empire.


    ***


    ¡°Haha, these discussions are really funny,¡± Brinda couldn¡¯t help butugh as she heard the discussions going on in the mind of her subjects.


    The badge given to her by Aakesh had the ability to make her listen to the thoughts of the people who were citizens of her territory.


    ¡°You are right, sister.¡±


    A voice rang in response to Brinda, and unexpectedly it was none other than Pento.


    Brinda and Pento weren¡¯t alone, but she had all her siblings with her in her private room.


    Before leaving, Brinda wanted to spend some time with her siblings.


    Since she had be the Empire, a few differences had expectedly risen in her sibling¡¯s hearts. Before leaving, Brinda wanted to sort them out.


    It would be a lie if Brinda also didn¡¯t think of the scenario where she failed her ascendance and died. But now that all her brothers and sisters were here, she could see that she was wrong from the start.


    Outsiders thought that Brinda¡¯s siblings also wanted the throne, but they were wrong.


    Living in such close proximity to the store and seeing high-level figures respectfully treating the store owner, their worldview wasn¡¯t the same as the citizens and the guards.


    Each of them had a dream of bing powerful, and Brinda was also included in it. If not for her aim of bing stronger, she would have never decided to ascend.


    Brinda could just wait until when her level in Panagea crossed 250, and then when the chances of failure were zero percent, she would ascend.


    But Brinda instead worked hard on herself as she fully exploited the tower to her use, and now that she had already reached the peak of the cultivation in the Primal dimension, she would ascend.


    As for the chances of sess and failure, Brinda wasn¡¯t afraid. Her talent may not be as world-defying as the heavens chosen warriors, but her hard work was second to none.


    Brinda and her siblings then began discussing their childhood and how far they hade.


    ¡°I have been hiding a secret in my heart for a very long time,¡± Brinda¡¯s face suddenly turned solemn as she stated.


    ¡°Long ago, I found father¡¯s killer-¡°


    ¡°Do

 Chapter 789 Moment of Weakness(4)

    Chapter 789: Moment of Weakness(4)


    Everyone in Brinda¡¯s generation knew who killed their father.


    Pento was the first to know since it didn¡¯t take a genius to consider the scenes.


    Pinto, the previous King, died the same day he had summoned the store owner. Pento had also pleaded with his father not to do this, but his father had gone ahead and done it.


    Whenever Pento thought about the situation of his father punishing the store owner, he felt chills run down his spine.


    The extinction of the Schiller family was still fresh in the memories of siblings, even after around a thousand years had passed since that unfortunate day.


    ¡°Brinda, let things of the past stay in the past,¡± The eldest sibling also chimed in, as he didn¡¯t want Brinda to say the name out loud.


    ¡°Do you not feel terrible that despite knowing your father¡¯s killer, we can¡¯t avenge him?¡± Brinda asked her siblings.


    She had long forgotten the hatred she had toward Aakesh for killing her father. She only asked because she didn¡¯t want even a single sibling of hers to waste time thinking of revenge.


    ¡°Haha, revenge!¡±


    Pento couldn¡¯t help butugh after hearing Brinda¡¯s question.


    ¡°Revenge for who?¡±


    ¡°The father who punished me without a second thought, or the king who in his greed, put the entire family at risk.¡±


    Pento¡¯s eyes turned red, and his voice got louder as he looked at his siblings.


    ¡°I still remember the day when I pleaded with him against doing it.¡±


    ¡°If any of you are thinking of revenge, forget it. If you can¡¯t forget it, I will cut your heads off. We should instead be grateful toward the st-that person.¡±


    ¡°Don¡¯t you remember what happened with the Schiller family?¡±


    Pento spoke as his eyes had turned cold.


    Everyone in the room, including Brinda, couldn¡¯t help but shudder, remembering what happened with the Schiller family.


    Time flew by. Since it was Brinda¡¯sst day in the Primal dimension, they stopped talking about their father, and instead, they began discussing the development they would have after Brinda left.


    The conversation finally came to an end as everyone in the room stood up and got ready to leave.


    ¡°Don¡¯t treat Glenn as an outsider, and support him,¡± Brinda suddenly said. The tone wasn¡¯t clear about whether it was a request or an order, but the other siblings nodded and announced theirplete support to Glenn for bing the next Emperor.


    ¡°Pento, I will ask you once again. Do you want to be the prime minister of the Empire?¡±


    A voice rang in Pento¡¯s head as he was leaving.


    Pento stopped in his steps and turned around with a smile on his face.


    Brinda couldn¡¯t help but smile wryly as she already got the answer from Pento¡¯s smile.


    Brinda wanted someone from her generation to support Glenn as the prime minister. It would help stabilize the Empire as well as take some burden off the shoulders of Glenn.


    Brinda had Pento in her eyes for the post, but Pento had no interest in doing it.


    Time flew by, and the sun finally set on the Anga continent.


    Lightmps decorated the cities in the Empire, as no one was going to sleep tonight.


    ¡°I know you also want to ascend and don¡¯t have enough interest in the throne,¡± Brinda said as she was seated upon her throne in the throne room.


    A few meters in front of her stood a handsome man, who looked in his early twenties. The man was none other than Glenn, who was going to be crowned as the next Emperor from tomorrow.


    ¡°Then, why are you forcing me to do it?¡± Glenn asked. His voice differed from the respectful way he was standing.


    ¡°You are speaking to your Emperor, not your aunt,¡± Brinda¡¯s face turned cold as she growled.


    The next moment, a pressure descended upon Glenn, forcing him to fall to his knees.


    ¡°Don¡¯t speak till you are ordered to,¡± Brinda coldly said as she looked at the pale-faced Glenn.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t spend that amount of resources on you just because you have potential. You are my blood, and that¡¯s why I am choosing you as the next Emperor.¡±


    ***


    ¡°Give me a drop of your blood,¡± Brinda suddenly ordered Glenn.


    Glenn¡¯s face turned solemn as he already understood the reasoning behind it. Glenn wanted to refuse, but when he saw the cold eyes of his aunt, he took out a drop of blood from his pocket space and handed it to Brinda.


    Brinda then unlocked her badge from her dress and poured Glenn¡¯s drop of blood on it.


    The next moment, Glenn felt a chain binding his soul. His face couldn¡¯t help but turn pale as he read the new piece of information that had appeared in his mind.


    Brinda had used the drop of Glenn¡¯s blood to make a vow. Its content was set up in such a way that Glenn would not be able to negatively affect the Empire.


    ¡°Groom the next heir, and then you can ascend as well,¡± Brinda gently told Glenn as she returned to her aunt persona. She then stepped forward and patted her nephew¡¯s shoulder.


    ¡°I will leave this Empire to you,¡± Brinda¡¯s voice slightly broke as she took down her crown and put it atop Glenn¡¯s head.


    Glenn couldn¡¯t help but look at Brinda in shock since it was the first time he had seen her showing a moment of weakness.


    ¡°Everyone thinks that the store has the most to do with the development of this Empire from just a tiny Kingdom,¡± Brinda added, her voice further breaking down.


    Sniff!


    ¡°I have also worked very hard for it. I don¡¯t even remember thest day I had augh before today due to the worries. Ple-please, don¡¯t let all of my sacrifices go in vain,¡± Brinda¡¯s eyes became moist.


    Glenn felt ufortable as he looked into the eyes of his aunt. All the anger he had regarding Brinda forcing the throne on him disappeared at that moment as he promised her, ¡°Aunty, I will never let your sacrifice go in vain.¡±


    A drop of tear left Brinda¡¯s eyes, but a smile also adorned her face as she patted Glenn¡¯s head and couldn¡¯t help but brush them slightly.


    Glenn couldn¡¯t help but be embarrassed as he was several centuries old, and his hair was getting brushed.

 Chapter 790 Ascending Successfully(5)

    Chapter 790: Ascending Sessfully(5)


    A smile appeared on Brinda¡¯s face as she heard her nephew¡¯s promise. She couldn¡¯t help but hug him, giving Glenn a shock.


    Seeing Glenn¡¯s red face from embarrassment, Brinda couldn¡¯t help butugh louder.


    A few momentster, the aura in the room suddenly changed to solemn, as if it wasn¡¯t Brinda whoughed.


    ¡°You can leave,¡± Brinda ordered Glenn in her majestic voice.


    Glenn did as told, but before leaving, he took ast look at his aunt, who had already turned around and was facing the throne.


    ¡°I will miss you,¡± Glenn mumbled in a soft voice and left the throne room.


    How could Brinda not hear Glenn¡¯s mumbling, so unconsciously a smile appeared on her face. But the next moment, it disappeared, and a calm look took its ce.


    Brinda took a step forward toward the throne. A never seen excitement appeared on her face as all her memories, starting from her crowning ceremony, began appearing in her head with each step. At that moment, even a snail could have won against Brinda in the race.


    At longst, Brinda finally reached the throne. She gently caressed every inch of it while a smile continued to adorn her face. Soon, the smile remained, but the eyes began leaking tears.


    ¡°It still feels like a dream to me that I control these many territories and have such power,¡± Brinda couldn¡¯t help but murmur to herself.


    At that moment, Brinda was not an Emperor or an Immortal who was going to attempt to ascend: but she was only a girl, who wanted to sit on the throne, but didn¡¯t have the capability to achieve it.


    Suddenly, Brinda disappeared from the throne room and appeared at her most frequented ce after her private room.


    Brinda¡¯s face turned cheery as the memory of her first time arriving in the store shed in her head.


    Not long after, Brinda disappeared from outside the store and appeared above the tower.


    After that, Brinda slowly traveled across every ce that held significance to her. And just like that, a few hours had passed.


    ¡°Since it was the ce that started my rise, it would also be witness to my glory,¡± Brinda mumbled with determination in her voice as she floated in the air.


    In her eyes, the store, two buildings around it, and the vast emptynd showed themselves.


    ¡°I AM READY,¡± Brinda took a deep

 Chapter 791 Ascending Successfully(6)

    Chapter 791: Ascending Sessfully(6)


    The Bisan Empire had already prepared for situations of ascendance like other Empires since they were the hub of talent. Ascensions were rare, but they weren¡¯t that rare to people living in Empires.


    Afortable feeling never felt by Brinda before appeared in her heart as her soul restored itself to its peak and grew even further to new heights.


    The feeling didn¡¯tst long, as it was a tribtion. The third andst stage was finally ready to attack.


    The rumbling in the sky grew even louder while the arrays prepared to handle the pressure had to take the brunt as they began to shake. Fortunately, it didn¡¯t break, or it would have been a mass ughter for the citizens of the Bisan Empire.


    The third andst stage of the tribtion was the thunder tribtion. In this round, the sky would rain destructive thunder and destroy the body of the cultivator, which in turn would restore itself back not long after.


    This round was both the most destructive as well as most rewarding of the three stages of the tribtion.


    Rumble!


    Whoosh!


    The sky rumbled as a purple thunderbolt came Brinda¡¯s way.


    As if Brinda was nothing but a piece of paper in front of the bolt, it burned Brinda to ashes.


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    Even though Brinda¡¯s body had turned into ashes, her screaming was still ringing in the sky, and it only got louder. Soon, the ashes began to restore, and it was another painful process for Brinda.


    As soon as the restoration process came to an end, another purple thunderbolt came her way and struck her.


    This time, Brinda didn¡¯t turn into ashes in a single strike, but half her lower body had burnt charred ck. Her face had an ugly expression, and she bit her lips to stop herself from screaming.


    The sky rumbled in anger as it didn¡¯t like Brinda surviving the strike. The next moment, two thunderbolts came and struck Brinda, burning her into ashes.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes had passed. With each destruction, the time of restoration grew since the body was more durable.


    Brinda needed to survive at least eleven rounds of destruction and restoration if she wanted to have a body strong enough to hold her soul and ascend.


    ¡°ARGH!¡±


    Brinda wanted to close her eyes and lose her consciousness so that she wouldn¡¯t feel the pain anymore. She was still four rounds away from achieving the bare minimum requirement for ascending.


    A wave of thunderbolts attacked her since a few strikes weren¡¯t able to destroy Brinda¡¯s body any longer.


    More time flew by.


    A shout filled with determination rang in the sky as the body finally turned into ashes after several rounds of thunder strikes.


    Brinda was slowly losing her grip on reality as her body began restoring itself.


    The pain during restoration had an even greater intensity than the destruction, so Brinda¡¯s mental capacity wasn¡¯t able to handle the pain any longer.


    ¡®I can¡¯t give up,¡¯ It was the only thought going through Brinda¡¯s heart at that moment as she continued to stay awake and don¡¯t lose consciousness.


    Losing consciousness here was equal to failing the tribtion and giving up on her life.


    At the same time, sessfully passing through this round of tribtion would give her the requirement to sessfully ascend. Brinda had three reasons to persist here, and she did.


    This round of restoration took a few more minutes than thest round, but Brinda finally passed through it and achieved the needed condition for a sessful ascension.


    A winning smile appeared on Brinda¡¯s face as she looked at the sky. There was a relieved expression on her face as her efforts over these past years weren¡¯t without fruit.


    The next moment, her eyes turned determined as they looked at the still rumbling sky.


    The tribtion hade to an end since Brinda had achieved the bare minimum. But, it would persist for a few more seconds, so those cultivators who wanted to ascend with even better qualifications could try.


    Brina didn¡¯t want herself to be mediocre, so she fully released her newly found aura, enraging the sky and the thunderclouds.


    A new wave of thunder struck her. Nothing happened to her body as it had grown several times more durable after this round whenpared with the tenth round of strikes.


    ***


    Huff huff huff!


    Heavy breathing sounds rang in the sky as Brinda looked at the sky with dread in her eyes.


    After sessfully achieving the needed condition, her mental strength had grown, so she tried to challenge another round.


    The pain she felt in the twelfth round of destruction and restoration was enough to make her wish to give up everything and die.


    But she somehow persisted and finally went through the twelfth round.


    At that moment, the tribtion finally got over, as Brinda didn¡¯t think she would survive another round.


    Even surviving an extra single round of tribtion had given her such terror. She didn¡¯t dare imagine what she would have to go through next.


    The next moment, invisible energy began to wash through Brinda, and it started to impact Brinda¡¯s pocket space.


    The pocket space was slowly turning into a full-fledged world.


    When the process came to an end, the inner world had grown to the size of a continent. Its diameter was a few thousand miles.


    Brinda couldn¡¯t help but feel proud as someday in the future, this world would begin holding lives, and when she grew to an extremely high level, her inner world would be the same as the outside Universe.


    As she was engrossed in the excitement of sessfully passing through the tribtion, a sense swept through her. Brinda couldn¡¯t help but turn to look at the store.


    Its door was still closed, and Brinda still couldn¡¯t see what was going on inside despite bing a divinity.


    Suddenly, a repulsive force attacked Brinda, warning her to leave the Primal dimension.


    Brinda didn¡¯t take the warning as a joke. She took ast nce at the Immortals, floating in the air, her royal pce, and her territory. Brinda then took a deep breath and said farewell to them in her heart.


    Not long after, the repulsive force threw Brinda out of the Primal dimension and forced her to embark on a new challenge.

 Chapter 792 Aftermath(7)

    Chapter 792: Aftermath(7)


    As Brinda left the Primal dimension for a more challenging journey into a higher world, the dark clouds began to recede.


    In no time, the sky became clear as stars began to shine.


    The pressure forcing the inhabitants of the Bisan Empire to kneel disappeared as they began to stand up.


    The arrays spread around the Empire to protect its citizens closed as their spirits found the danger to be gone.


    ¡°Did his majesty leave?¡± In a group of a few thousand people, it wasn¡¯t clear who asked the question, but it sent a chain reaction as everyone thought of it.


    The next moment, crying sounds engulfed the area as the Emperor had left after a monumental role of several centuries.


    But soon after those crying sounds disappeared, and excitement pervaded the area as Brinda was the first from the Bisan Empire to ascend. Her name would be in history books not only due to her title but also her talent and effort.


    While the entire Empire was dancing in joy for Brinda, Lily was leaving the Primal dimension and returning to the Panagea.


    ¡°She seeded,¡± Lily said as they had juste out of the training.


    Usually, Lily was already in the Primal dimension at this time of the night, but today, there were some circumstances that forced Lily to stay for long in her training.


    Lily was no longer a pure Epochal Feline. Her bloodline was half mixed with Aakesh¡¯s. She was a perfect hybrid, but the state could only continue for a time.


    The body would continue to churn blood, and as one portion increased, her title of perfect hybrid would have changes.


    Today was one such day. Lily¡¯s original bloodline was attempting to surpass Aakesh¡¯s, which in turn made Aakesh¡¯s blood act.


    Lily¡¯s body was strong enough to handle the blood sh in her body, but while all this happened, she would never be at peak stage.


    To help herself, Lily spent hours with her ancestors in the training area, and she finally suppressed her bloodline, resulting in the ideal mixture of the two.


    As their tradition has been for the past thousand years, Aakesh waited for Lily to exit. After they had their usual discussion, both of them returned to the store.


    Unexpectedly, the time they returned matched the time when Brinda had passed her tribtion.


    Lily couldn¡¯t help herself as she released her divine senses and searched Brinda¡¯s newly created divine physique.


    ***


    ¡°I am leaving,¡± Lily then said in her childlike voice and summoned the door to Aakesh¡¯s room.


    The next moment, the door, and not long after, stairs connecting it to the floor appeared in the store¡¯s hall.


    Aakesh waited for Lily to leave, and as the door automatically closed after Lily¡¯s entering, the smile on Aakesh¡¯s face disappeared. His usual indifferent expression took its ce.


    Aakesh then turned around and proceeded forward in the direction of the portal room.


    As his habits had be, he first turned around toward the leaderboard.


    Aakesh had no reaction on his face, as there was no change on the leaderboard from the past few weeks. At the same time, Aakesh also wanted to know who would surpass Lilith, William, and Elle, who had already left the Primal dimension. There were going to be three new rankers on the board.


    Aakesh then turned around and touched the closest portal to him, using only the tip of his finger.


    The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything appeared in the portal room, and it sucked Aakesh inside. After Aakesh disappeared from the room, the virtual portal in question turned grey.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself standing in Panagea at the spot where he had exited yesterday.


    ¡®Status,¡¯ Aakesh thought in his heart as it had been a long time since he had checked his status.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Mythical,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 294,


    HP: 90,500/90,500,


    Energy: 90,500/90,500,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 4,751 (+1550),


    Agility: 4,751 (+1550),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)¡­


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh nodded as he read his Panagea attributes.


    His power level was nearing Level 300, while the highest-ranked adventurer on the leaderboard hadn¡¯t even crossed Level 260.


    But as his level was increasing, Aakesh¡¯s attribute of defeating people higher level than him was also put up for a challenge.


    Earlier, Aakesh could defeat a Level 50 when he was only Level 35, but now, Aakesh would have to struggle if he wanted to defeat a Level 299 when he was Level 294. As for the Level 300 opponent, it was certain death for him.


    The power difference between each level grew severalfold.


    Aakesh¡¯s not being able to put fight against beings six or seven levels above him was also due to his attributes bing simr to others.


    Aakesh had gotten the legendary ss Watcher while he was only a low-level adventurer, so the gain of ten units with every increase in level put him into a higher tier.


    But now that he was nearing Level 300, he still only gained ten units increase with every level increment, and it was harming his talent.


    For the past few years, Aakesh had been working hard to evolve his ss into Mythical grade. His hard work was giving him fruits as he was closer to his goal with each passing day.


    Aakesh believed that in the next several decades, he would have his ss evolve into a Mythical grade.


    It shouldn¡¯t have been that hard, but his ss, the Watcher, was a unique ss, so evolving it was as hard as evolving several legendary sses into Mythical grade.


    Since Aakesh had already entered Panageate today, he didn¡¯t dilly-dally anymore. He thought of the status screen disappearing and continued on his journey to the nearest city.


    Time flew by, and just before the system could alert Aakesh about the sunrise, Aakesh reached his destination.


    In front of him, a cityrger than anything Aakesh had yet toe across in Panagea stood majestically.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t get much time to study it as the system¡¯s alert rang in his head.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself back in the store.

 Chapter 793 Flow of Time(8)

    Chapter 793: Flow of Time(8)


    The sun rose on the Anga continent, and as its rays spread across the continent, the darkness receded to its hiding ce, biding its time for return.


    The area of ten thousand miles around the store was filled with people as they waited for the mysterious store to open.


    It had been more than a thousand years, and yet, no one knew the past of the store and its store owner. With time passing, the mystery surrounding the store and the store only grew thicker instead of revealing itself.


    After Glenn became the new Emperor of the Bisan Empire, his first order was to extend the empty area around the store further. Earlier it was only three thousand miles, but now it had grown to ten thousand miles. Yet, it was filled to the brim.


    There were more than a hundred billion customers waiting for the store to open.


    As the first ray of light fell, a clicking sound rang in the empty area, and the store¡¯s door opened.


    The first person standing in the queue was the first to enter. The man then turned around and began to wee the customers since he was the store¡¯s assistant, Jonnah.


    Aakesh returned to his chair as the customers entered the store like a tide.


    In no time, the entire range of ten thousand miles turned empty, devoid of any life. While the store weed all of them.


    The next moment, a golden light shrouded a hundred billion plus customers.


    There were more than one hundred and eleven billion virtual portals in the store and when it was only the morning, the number of customers had already reached the maximum mark.


    The customers who didn¡¯t get themselves covered in golden lights had disappointed faces as they would have to wait for their entry.


    The meditation environment inside the store was second to none, and yet, whenever someone had to wait, they had disappointed faces. Even that unlimited energy filled environment couldn¡¯t rece the intensity of Panagea in the customer¡¯s hearts.


    The customers who could afford the three cards and had golden lights covering them bowed toward the store owner and then went to the portal room.


    The customers who didn¡¯t own any of the three cards created a queue in front of Aakesh and Jonnah. If Aakesh had one customer lining in front of him, Jonnah had a thousand.


    After a few minutes, the queues disappeared. Aakesh, Jonnah, and the few billion meditating customers were left in the store¡¯s hall.


    Since Aakesh had nothing to do at the moment, he decided to check his ongoing quests.


    First, he checked the Panagea quest. Following today¡¯s tide of customers in the store, the streak would continue forward without interruption.


    Aakesh then thought of the next quest, the primary one.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him. Not long after, another smaller blue screen containing the process of the mission appeared on top of the previous one.


    [Title: The Last Main Quest!


    Mission Objective: Sale of Products,


    Requirement: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it¡¯s time for you to go big for the store for thest time in the Primal dimension, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Cultivation Arts: Think to expand,


    Days required: 100,000 Weeks,


    Mission reward: Ascension to the Sacred dimension!


    Failure Punishment: Failure of the store upgrading quest!]


    [Quest Progress:


    Days left: 44,219 weeks,


    Weapon sold: 999,999,999,821/1,000,000,000,000,


    Pills sold: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000,


    Panagea hours: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 100,000,000,000/100,000,000,000,


    Regr training hours: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000 hours,


    Immortal level:100,000,000,000/100,000,000,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 10,000,000,000,/10,000,000,000 hours,


    Cultivation Arts:


    Mortal-grade cultivation arts: 10,000,000,000/10,000,000,000,


    Rare-grade: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Legendary-grade: 100,000,000/100,000,000,


    Mythical-grade: 10,000,000/10,000,000,


    Immortal-grade: 998,048/1,000,000.]


    Aakesh nodded as he read the store¡¯s progress in the quest over these years.


    It had already been more than a century since thest time he checked the quest.


    In thest several years, the store had already achieved all the conditions, except for two of them.


    First was the weapon¡¯s condition. It was almost fulfilled as Aakesh was only around two hundred weapon sales away from achieving the requirement.


    The second condition was the Immortal-grade cultivation arts. When Aakesh had checked itst, it was the only condition that had made Aakesh frown.


    But as of this moment, the store was only two thousand Immortal-grade cultivation arts sales away from fulfilling the requirement.


    The store would fulfill the weapon¡¯s condition today, and as for the cultivation arts requirement, Aakesh believed that it wouldn¡¯t be any more than a year.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but nod in appreciation as the quest was most probably only a year away from fulfilling all the conditions.


    The protagonist of the quest was none other than Panagea. If not for itsrge numbers, the store would have never reached close topleting the mission when only around half the deadline had passed.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t waste more time thinking about what if and waved his hands. The next moment, light particles began to move away from both screens, and in no time, they faded, waiting for Aakesh to call them back once again.


    As the quest disappeared, Aakesh turned around and took a look at Jonnah. The point about his ascension wasn¡¯t secret, but no one knew the exact timeline.


    Before leaving for the Sacred dimension, Aakesh wanted to prepare Jonnah for the challenges he would have to face once he was the sole caretaker of the store here.

 Chapter 794 Approaching the End(9)

    Chapter 794: Approaching the End(9)


    In around a year, Aakesh believed the store wouldplete thest requirement of the sale of one million Immortal-grade cultivation arts.


    After he ascended, the store would still continue to operate and serve customers in the Primal dimension. Since Jonnah was the store¡¯s assistant, he would have to handle everything.


    Jonnah was already capable of handling the store, but the customers would only grow with time.


    ¡°Hey, system, what would happen to the Panagea quest after my ascension?¡± Aakesh asked the system since he couldn¡¯t help but wonder about it.


    [Host, the quest would continue to run. If the streak continued without interruption, the store would receive the reward, and if it failed for even a day at this stage, the punishment would ur.]


    ¡°Will the series of quests continue?¡± Aakesh nodded since the answer was on the expected lines and asked another one of his doubts.


    [Yes, Host! The series would continue!]


    [Even after you ascended, you would continue to get quests rted to the store in the Primal dimension.]


    The system answered and then shared a new piece of information with him.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but frown when he heard what the system saidter since continuing to have quests rted to the store in the Primal dimension after his ascension wasn¡¯t something unexpected for Aakesh. The store couldn¡¯t just stop with only four products for as long as it existed. And to add products, there were bound to be missions for that.


    It was just that Aakesh had expected that the new products would be added to the store here as an extra bonus for Aakeshpleting missions in the Sacred dimension.


    But now it seemed that the quest would activate for both the stores, and Aakesh would have toplete them separately.


    ¡°Will I be able to connect with the store in the Primal dimension after my ascension?¡± Aakesh asked as this question rang in his head after contemting the system¡¯s information.


    [Yes, Host! You will be able to contact the store here, but there will be conditions for that!]


    Aakesh nodded and stopped thinking about the future since there was no point until he ascended.


    Aakesh still remembered the idea of setting his inheritance. ording to what Aakesh had decided, it was today when he would do it.


    A century ago, Aakesh had suddenly decided to set his wealth inheritance for the inhabitants here, and Aakesh had set the date when he would only be left with one more requirement before thepletion of the set.


    Time flew by, and a few hours had passed.


    ¡®Finally!¡¯ Aakesh thought in his heart as the store finallypleted the condition of selling one trillion weapons.


    For every sale, whether it was from cards or cash, Aakesh got the alert. Since the number of transactions was monstrous, Aakesh ignored it.


    But today, Aakesh had other ns. Early in the morning, he checked his quest and found that he was only around a few hundred weapons away from achieving the weapons requirement. So from that moment, Aakesh had been counting every sessful weapon sale alert he got in his head.


    And now, the number finally reached the mark. Aakesh wasn¡¯t one to make mistakes, but he still couldn¡¯t help himself from checking it out.


    Aakesh then called the quest screen for the second time in the day, and soon it appeared in front of him.


    [¡­.,


    Weapons Sale: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000,


    ¡­,]


    Seeing the mark on the quest¡¯s progress screen, Aakesh nodded in appreciation. He then waved his hands, and the next moment, it disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back once again.


    ¡°Hey, store owner,¡± Aakesh was going to begin another of his rxation session when he heard a familiar voice approaching him.


    Aakesh turned around in the voice¡¯s direction and found sha approaching him.


    ¡°How are you, store owner?¡± sha asked Aakesh in a casual tone.


    Being a store customer for more than a millennia had made even sha treat Aakesh casually from respectfully, like Evelyn. She was the only one in her family to do so. Lenna used to do that earlier, but after that event hundreds of years ago, even she began to treat Aakesh respectfully.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t mind the casual tone since he didn¡¯t care about it in the first ce.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her informal question. He then waited for sha to state her purpose foring here.


    ¡°Store owner, I am thinking of ascending tomorrow. What do you think?¡± sha didn¡¯t let Aakesh wait for long and stated her purpose.


    In the past hundred years, around ten of the store customers had ascended. As a result of these ascensions, the store became even more mighty and mysterious in others¡¯ eyes.


    All the customers that have ascended were sessful, and one of them even was able to pass thirteen rounds of destruction and reformation in the third stage of the Primal tribtion.


    ¡°If you are ready to ascend, then ascend,¡± Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t like telling people what to do when it had no benefit for him, but since sha was one of the oldest store customers, Aakesh responded with a nd answer.


    ¡°I am ready, and even my intuition says that I should do it.


    At the same time, I also don¡¯t want to miss Panagea and the Gods & Demons level training area,¡± sha honestly stated.


    ¡°There is no point in the training area and Panagea if the cultivator doesn¡¯t grow in strength,¡± Aakesh stated in response. He told the truth since he already knew many customers who were not ascending because they didn¡¯t want to miss Panagea.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t care about what others were doing, so he didn¡¯t lower himself and told the customers to ascend when they had already reached the limit of the Primal dimension. But since sha came to him and asked, Aakesh truthfully told her.


    It was evident that the store helped cultivators grow stronger beyond their imaginations, but everyone had a limit to which they could develop. sha was one of them. She was already a peak Immortal when she hade to the store, and now she had already reached her peak strength in the Primal dimension.


    If she wanted to grow further, she needed to ascend. There was no point in her wasting time here.

 Chapter 795 Approaching the End(10)

    Chapter 795: Approaching the End(10)


    Hearing Aakesh¡¯s words, sha felt a rumble in her head.


    The next moment, a wry smile appeared on her face as she thought, ¡®How could I get so attached to one of the cultivation resources that I even thought of obstructing my growth?¡¯


    ¡°Thank you, store owner,¡± sha¡¯s face had turned red as she bowed and sincerely thanked Aakesh.


    sha then bought Ascendance-grade mental healing pills. sha was embarrassed with herself. Despite living for so long, she had forgotten the most basic t of cultivation, ¡®Cultivation means cultivating strength!¡¯.


    ¡°Store owner, I will meet you in the Sacred dimension,¡± sha paid for the pills using her supreme card and told Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to sha¡¯s newly-gained enthusiasm. sha then turned around and left the store since she had alreadypleted her stay in Panagea for the day.


    sha¡¯s determination to ascend had grown to a never-before-felt intensity after conversing with Aakesh. Facing embarrassment was never good, so sha postponed her ascendance day, and she would cultivate her mind until that day.


    sha would stay on her word as she didn¡¯te to the store after that day.


    Around a month after the conversation, sha left her meditation, and that day, shepleted her ascension with even better records than the previous highest record holder.


    shapleted sixteen rounds of destruction and reformation, ascending like a genius to the Sacred dimension.


    These things would happen in the future, so after sha left the store, Aakesh began another of his rxation session.


    The day continued to pass by as Aakesh rxed while Jonnha handled the customers.


    It had been around ten hours since the store opened for the day. There were still several hours left before sunset. Aakesh was currently approached by a new customer since Jonnah was busy in Panagea.


    It was a new customer. The customer in question was a man, and his name was Orion.


    Orion was an inhabitant of the Bisan Empire, and his family had been part of it since the time of Punta, the founder of the Bisan Kingdom.


    Orion came from an average family, so his family wasn¡¯t wealthy enough to havend within Kakot after it became an Empire. The earlier part of thend they held, they sold it to earn some money.


    Since the family wasn¡¯t wealthy, not every family member could visit the mysterious and legendary store. Orion had to save for around a decade, and only after that was he able to save enough to buy something from the store that he wanted.


    Orion was a man in histe thirties, but he looked to be in his mid-forties. It had to do with the hard work he had been doing over the past years.


    ¡°He-hello, store ow-owner,¡± Orion¡¯s voice slightly trembled as he greeted the store owner.


    As Aakesh looked at him, Orion felt pressure falling on him. Orion gritted his teeth to calm his mind since he understood that the pressure was psychological and his own creation.


    Aakesh could see the new customer¡¯s struggle, but he didn¡¯t act and let it be. It was a way for the man to grow psychologically.


    Time flew by.


    Orion failed topletely calm his raging mind and pounding heart, but he had reached a state where he was able to speak his words, even though it all came out slightly trembling.


    Orion already had the store product he wanted in his mind, so after Aakeshpleted the introduction, he requested the product with a slight tremble that he wasn¡¯t able to make it go away.


    ¡°St-store owne-r, I wa-want to enter the moderate level difficulty training area for a rare-grade wea-weapon.¡±


    Aakesh expressionlessly stated the required price of the training area, and after Orion paid, Aakesh told him about the process for entering the training area.


    Orion thanked Aakesh in his usual way and then left for the weapons room. Even his steps were shaky all the way to the room.


    Orion couldn¡¯t help but take a deep breath as he was finally out of the store owner¡¯s sight. To be more precise, he couldn¡¯t see the mysterious blue-skinned man anymore.


    Orion¡¯s mental strength wasn¡¯t weak due to his hard-working and never giving up nature. Orion was also optimistic since he believed he was born to achieve something great like many, but today, Orion realized just how inferior he was. Just from standing in front of Aakesh, Orion felt that he was standing in front of an Emperor.


    After his heart and mind calmed down, his steps became steady. Orion was a sword user, so he proceeded toward the weapon pir signifying the sword.


    Orion then did the process as told by the store owner, and soon after, his consciousness left his body while a golden energy barrier surrounded his physical body to stop any harm that mighte.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed in the blink of an eye.


    The golden energy barrier covering the trainee began fading around one of the customers. The man was none other than Orion, who had just spent arge number of his earnings over these years on training.


    Orion couldn¡¯t help but clench his fist as he felt invisible energy running through his body.


    Even if countless people of Orion¡¯s level were to release their energy simultaneously, the store would feel nothing, so the system didn¡¯t transfer Orion into an isted space for him to calm his newly-gained energy down.


    Orion¡¯s eyes turned into slits as he felt his cultivation was about to break through to a new level. But his excitement turned to disappointment as the energy stopped growing any further after reaching the current limit of the sub-level.


    Time flew by, and hours had passed.


    The darkness got its chance to fight back as the sun began setting down. Slowly by slowly, it began to devour any semnce of light present outside.


    Not long after, the sun set down, and a wave of darkness engulfed the entire Anga continent.


    With the sun setting, Aakesh told Jonnah to announce the closing of the store.


    Jonnah did as told, and not long after, only he, Aakesh, and Lily were left in the store¡¯s hall, while there were some customers who were minutes away from leaving Panagea and the training area.

 Chapter 796 Time Closing(11)

    Chapter 796: Time Closing(11)


    As every customer left the store, only Aakesh, Lily, and Jonnah were standing in the store.


    Jonnah also didn¡¯t stay for long as he said his farewell for the day to Aakesh and then left the store.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair and went to the store¡¯s gate. He then closed it, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    ¡°Do you want to go with me to set my inheritances or training?¡± Aakesh suddenly asked Lily after closing the gate.


    ¡°Inheritance,¡± An answer straightaway came in Lily¡¯s usual childlike voice. Lily would never say no to spending time with Aakesh when she was busy. Now that she was free, there wasn¡¯t even a moment of consideration for Lily to think otherwise.


    Aakesh smiled after hearing Lily¡¯s response. He then gently ruffled Lily¡¯s fur by bringing his right hand to his head.


    And soon after, Aakesh disappeared from the store¡¯s hall, and with him, Lily, who wasfortably seated on Aakesh¡¯s head, also vanished.


    More than a thousand years ago, there used to be a long range of mountains that held countless beasts and other races. But one day, it suddenly disappeared. With it, innumerable lives died, and many species became extinct.


    The area covered by the now-disappeared mountain was spread across the Anga continent, but the Bisan Empire held the majority of that area.


    After the disappearance of the Mysterious Peak, the area took the shape of tnds, seas, and oceans. Lives again started to thrive here, unaware that a key to another storm was being ced there.


    In the darkness of the night, a being suddenly appeared, floating in the air. On the ground, many people were dancing since it was their native festival.


    The man was none other than Aakesh. He didn¡¯t care much about the dancing on the ground, so he moved his eyes right away. He then began looking around as if he was searching for something.


    Aakesh suddenly stopped as he found his destination.


    He then descended in the midst of people, but no one was able to sense or see him. Whenever any person came close to crashing into him, invisible energy would act and safely move the direction of the person, and no one would even notice.


    Aakesh calmly took steps forward and finally reached his destination.


    People were dancing around him in joy. Some were making love, some were getting drunk, and some wereughing while conversing with their friends and families. But none of them were aware that in their sight, a man was randomly waving his hands.


    Aakesh was slowly making an energy pattern in the air, which looked like randomly waving.


    In no time, Aakesh stopped as suddenly, a giant pattern of a lock emerged.


    The pattern began to expand, and not long after, it had covered the entire area of the festival.


    Suddenly, a wave of crashing sounds rang in the area as every living soul present in the range of the pattern lost their consciousness.


    Aakesh ignored the people and began another round of making patterns. Soon after, a pattern of a sphere emerged, and it also expanded to the same size as the lock.


    The next moment, an amazing scene happened, as every living soul suddenly disappeared in the range. Only Aakesh and Lily were still present in the area.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t stop, and randomly began to wave his hands in the air again.


    The next moment, another pattern emerged out of nowhere. This time it was a key, that had numerous patterns embedded in it.


    Simr to thest two times, the key pattern began expanding. it only stopped when it had reached the same size as the symbol of the lock, and sphere.


    The next moment, a miraculous scene happened as the three patterns began to melt into each other. A moment earlier, they looked nothing but a projection, but now, they were materializing and slowly melting into each other.


    A few secondster, the melting process came to an end, as out of nowhere, an orb appeared floating in the mid-air.


    Aakesh stretched his hands, and soon the orb fell into his hands.


    The orb was ck in color, with silver patterns spread across it. If someone were to look closely, they would see the silver pattern moved in a way that the imprint looked like a lock that was on the verge of unlocking.


    The next moment, Aakesh and Lily disappeared from the spot while the orb continued to float in the air.


    The next moment, Aakesh and Lily found themselves in a familiar ce. It looked the same as the ce from where Aakesh had just disappeared. But it was thousands of times bigger. Aakesh was in space inside the orb he had created.


    The people that had be unconscious were also here, and they were slowly regaining their consciousness.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t stand there and waited for all the people to wake up. He slowly floated in the air and flew forward.


    The ce was simr to arge world, as Aakesh only stopped after flying for tens of thousands of miles.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t descend this time but continued floating in the air.


    The next moment, Aakesh suddenly pushed his hands forward and then brought them up.


    The next moment, the ground beneath Aakesh began to shake, and the hard ground began to rise.


    The process only stopped when the rock had turned into a giant mountain with a height of hundred miles.


    Aakesh suddenly snapped his fingers, and not long after, the rock mountain began to shape itself into a pce.


    The broken chunks of the rock crashed to the ground, creating arge explosive sound.


    A few secondster, a magnificent grey pce appeared in the area, with its end in no near sight unless looked from above.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t continue floating in the air and descended to the ground.


    The pce only looked majestic from the outside since it was nothing but arge empty hall from the inside.


    As Aakesh continued to pass through the pce, rooms began to appear. In no time, the structure became majestic from both outside and inside.


    The process didn¡¯t stop as Aakesh suddenly bit his finger. Aakesh didn¡¯t forget to add negating energy to his bite, and soon an injury appeared on his finger.

 Chapter 797 Aakeshs Inheritance(12)

    Chapter 797: Aakesh¡¯s Inheritance(12)


    ¡°You!¡± Lily angrily eximed as she saw Aakesh¡¯s injury.


    Aakesh only smiled in response to her anger and ced his injured index finger on the ground.


    The spot Aakesh had chosen was exactly the center of the entire structure.


    As soon as his blood touched the ground, it began to melt as the blood was corroding. Aakesh stood up while his wound had already disappeared since Aakesh took back the negating energy.


    The ground began to disintegrate itself since it was unable to handle the might of Aakesh¡¯s blood.


    The amount of blood the ground had touched wouldn¡¯t be enough for it even to be considered as one-hundredth of a single drop, but still, the surface was unable to handle it.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t do anything to stop as things were going the way he wanted them to.


    In no time, the blood destroyed the entirety of the area where the structure was built.


    Aakesh and Lily could see from their eyes the structure melting into a pool of liquid. But then suddenly, the liquid began to boil.


    Since it was boiling, there was bound to be evaporation.


    As the vapor flew in the air, it began to melt into each other, materializing again into the physical world.


    A few secondster, a simr structure presented itself to Aakesh and Lily. But this time, it wasn¡¯t grey but blue in color.


    Aakesh and Lily still stood at the center of the pce. A beaming smile spread across Aakesh¡¯s face as he asked, ¡°What do you think of this pce?¡±


    ¡°Anything you do can¡¯t be average,¡± Lily responded right away. It was impossible to hide the anger in her voice.


    ¡°This is the least I can do when I am setting my inheritance here,¡± Aakesh tried to coax Lily since he knew she was angry about him giving his blood to this ce.


    ¡°Hmph,¡± Lily didn¡¯t speak anything in response but only scoffed and turned her face away.


    Aakesh returned his focus to the pce since he was primarily here to set his inheritance. Lily would calm down on her own since Aakesh could do nothing that would make her feel better after seeing him getting injured.


    The majestic blue pce gave an antiquity aura even though it hadn¡¯t been even a minute since its birth. It was spread across an area of three hundred miles, and in all that area, there were only seven rooms.


    All seven rooms varied in their size. The first room was the smallest and closest to the entry gate, while the seventh room was thergest and farthest away.


    ¡°Hey, system, I want a spirit ball,¡± Aakesh suddenly requested the system.


    Not long after, a sphere the size of an almond appeared in his hands. It had cost Aakesh several billion supreme Primal stones. It had only one use, and that was to give life to a non-living thing.


    There was a pattern of the store on the spot that had tasted Aakesh¡¯s blood. Aakesh ced the sphere on that pattern, and not long after, a spirit in the shape of a white cat appeared in front of Aakesh.


    ¡°Greetings, Master,¡± The spirit respectfully bowed.


    Aakesh only nodded and then told the things the spirit needed to do.


    The pce alone was an item with incalcble worth since it had Aakesh¡¯s blood in it. It was also a gift of Aakesh to whoever imed the inheritance set here.


    The reason Aakesh had set seven rooms was for the test. Only the being who unlocked all the seven rooms would be able to gain ownership of the pce, and the world Aakesh had created.


    The amount of wealth in the rooms varied from closest to farthest. The first room would have the lowest amount of wealth, while the seventh room would have the maximum.


    Aakesh wasn¡¯t just going to put Primal stones in the room, but it was different kinds of items.


    When Aakesh had begun, he thought of it as nothing but time passing, but as he did the process, the effort put by Aakesh was no less than other cultivators who set their inheritances.


    Aakesh bought many rare materials from the system and ced them in the rooms, depending on their distance. The seventh room even held a weapon made by Aakesh¡¯s hands.


    Since Aakesh couldn¡¯t estimate what weapon the inheritor of this pce would use, Aakesh used an expensive molding material to make a weapon that would take the shape its owner desired, and its attributes would remain the same.


    Several minutester, the process of setting inheritance finally came to an end. Each room had its own test and requirements while traveling in the pce was also filled with danger due to countless traps.


    The spirit in the shape of the cat would be the caretaker of the pce, and once someone who could unlock all the seven rooms arrived, the cat would take that person as its master.


    Aakesh then left the pce as there was nothing left to do for him. He had spent an outrageous amount of money on this. Whoever inherited this in the future would be the greatest expert of their times in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh then turned around and returned to the ce where people were gathered. They had shocked, confused, and terrified expressions as they didn¡¯t know what had happened to them.


    Those who had lived for tens of years had no problem finding that they were in a different ce.


    Suddenly a silence fell on the area as out of nowhere, a being emerged in the sky.


    The being in the sky had dark blue skin and was looking at them as if they were nothing but ants in his eyes.


    The leader of the group stepped forward. He took brave steps, but his face gave him up. It was pale from fear.


    The people here belonged to the single tribe of Namascus. A low-level race that had migrated to the ce. The highest cultivation in the group was Soul Formation, and there was only one of them who was also the leader.


    ¡°Don¡¯t fear, you are all safe here,¡± The man in the sky suddenly spoke. Unexpectedly, he spoke the tongue used by Namascus¡¯s people.


    The tribe on the ground felt a friendliness toward the man deep in their hearts as they heard him speak their tongue.


    ***


    Aakesh had kidnapped these people since he wanted guardians and a thriving world for the inheritor.


    The Namascus would guard the pce and treat it as their sacred temple while waiting for the inheritor toe.


    At the same time, Aakesh didn¡¯t want to be biased, so people for Namascus could also try to gain the inheritance.


    Aakesh created a thriving system for them. He had gained many things from Panagea over these years, and Aakesh used that knowledge here.


    ***


    A/N: Tomorrow would be thest day in the Primal dimension.


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 Chapter 798 Announcement Shaking the Entire Dimensional(13)

    Chapter 798: Announcement Shaking the Entire Dimensional(13)


    Using the set of knowledge Aakesh had learned from Panagea or got in reward, he set things up for Namascus.


    From this moment, this tribe of Namascus would have cultivation arts, Smithing knowledge, Alchemy points, and various other things required for cultivation.


    Since Aakesh had kidnapped the tribe, he couldn¡¯t just leave them here without them even gaining anything.


    After Aakesh created a city spanning over one-third of the surface area of the world inside the orb, he floated back into the air.


    Aakesh still didn¡¯t leave the ce since this world was devoid of any resources. There was no energy that could help the Namascus cultivate, nor were there different kinds of minerals or herbs that would support the Namascus in Smithing and other supporting fields.


    Without these, the knowledge Aakesh had given to the Namascus would bring no value to them.


    Aakesh suddenly began floating up without stopping. He finally stopped when he touched the membrane of the world. It was several millions of miles above the ground surface.


    Aakesh currently stood at the center of this world in the air. It had a diameter of Sixty-four thousand miles.


    Aakesh had a calm expression as he looked down. The entire world was in Aakesh¡¯s sight.


    He suddenly stretched both his hands as a wave of energy released from them.


    In no time, the energy covered the entire world. The newly-created city began to age as the element of time swept over the ce.


    Aakesh didn¡¯t stop for a few minutes, and when he finally stopped, Aakesh felt an emptiness in his heart.


    The process had taken one-tenth of his energy reserves.


    Aakesh had reached a status where even his aura was purer than a supreme Primal stone.


    The world that was devoid of any energy a few minutes earlier now had enough even to put Empires to shame.


    It wasn¡¯t tough for Aakesh to see through the surface from this height, so when he did, countless different types of materials emerged in his sight.


    The city held one-third of the surface area of the world, while the remaining two-thirds was forest, and deep in it was the pce that contained Aakesh¡¯s inheritance.


    Even for Aakesh to create life from nothing was impossible at this point, but despite that, there were different kinds of species were present in the jungle.


    These were species that wouldn¡¯t be found in the Primal dimension as they evolved in this world.


    While only a few minutes for Aakesh had passed, several hundreds of millions of years had passed for the Namascus.


    The tribe only had a few thousand people earlier, but now they thrived in the city, with their numbers reaching several million.


    Higher-level cultivators had already emerged from the Namascus, and a hierarchy had been set, as the direct family of the head of the Namascus tribe when they got kidnapped became the royal family.


    In the center of the city, there was a garden spread across a few hundred of miles, and in the center of the garden, there was a statue.


    Aakesh couldn¡¯t help but smile wryly as the statue was his. Time flew the same for the Namascus as the city, so the people he had brought here were long dead.


    From their inspiration, the future generations of Namascus created the statue of Aakesh and made him their deity.


    Lily, who had been angry from the start, couldn¡¯t help but beam in joy as she saw Aakesh¡¯s statue. Seeing Namascus praying to Aakesh made her feel that Aakesh was finally getting what he deserved.


    Lily was so happy with the Namascus tribe that she also set her inheritance, and only Namascus were eligible for that.


    Just in several minutes, Aakesh had created a world that was worth more than the Bisan Empire.


    It was time for Aakesh to depart, as he had already done everything that should be done. Now, the inheritance would wait for its inheritor toe.


    The next moment, Aakesh and Lily appeared in the same spot they had disappeared from.


    At the same time, a piece of information appeared in all the Namascus. It stated: ¡®The immortals can free themselves from the restrictions of this world and leave for the outside world.¡¯


    The orb was still floating in the air. Aakesh grabbed it and put it into his pocket space.


    He then disappeared from the spot and appeared in the spot where he had extinguished the organization, Demonic Fire.


    Aakesh then repeated the process of setting his inheritance, and after doing everything, he ced the orb into his pocket space and left.


    Aakesh continued repeating the same process until he had seven orbs in his pocket space.


    Each orb held a world simr in value to the other. All the see=ven worlds had Namascus people in them since Aakesh had grabbed a few of them before leaving.


    In several hours, Aakesh created seven worlds, seven tribes of Namascus linked to each other, and seven royal families.


    Any Namascus or its native specie could travel from any world to any world in the seven since Aakesh established a direct link between them when he had all the seven orbs in his hands.


    Even Aakesh wasn¡¯t aware of what monstrous civilization he had produced just because he wanted to set his inheritance.


    The process of setting his inheritance and guardian finally ended. Aakesh wasn¡¯t one to let things to fate.


    Aakesh wasn¡¯t going to let his inheritance be secret, and then someone would stumble upon it, shaking the entire dimension.


    Aakesh would rather announce it to the dimension and make people aware that his inheritance was up for grabs.


    The next moment, all seven orbs appeared in Aakesh¡¯s hands. They floated in tandem, making a sphere as they rotated in circles.


    ¡°I HAVE SET MY WEALTH INHERITANCE IN SEVEN ORBS. ANYONE WHO THINKS THEY ARE FATED COULD TRY TO FIND ANY OF THE SEVEN ORBS AND FIGHT FOR THE INHERITANCE!¡±


    Aakesh yelled as he poured energy into his vocal cord. The next moment, the sound traveled through space, and every being present in the Primal dimension heard it. Even the vacuum of space wasn¡¯t able to stop the flow of the sound.


    (A/N: I know, it is impossible ording to what we know. But it¡¯s fiction, let it be.)


    The sudden announcement shook the entire Primal dimension. Aakesh hadn¡¯t told his identity since he didn¡¯t have to.


    In any case, someone who could make every life in the Primal dimension hears what they wanted to say would be amazing. It was enough to pique the interest of the people.


    Many would be able to guess his identity as well since no one is close to his wealth.


    After announcing the inheritance to the Primal dimension, Aakesh released the orbs from his hold.


    The next moment, all seven flew in different directions across the Primal dimension, waiting for an inheritor to find it.

 Chapter 799 Good News(14)

    Chapter 799: Good News(14)


    As all the seven orbs flew in different directions, Aakesh disappeared from the spot and returned to the store.


    ***


    "Mummy, What was that?" A child asked his mother with fear in his voice as the sudden booming sound awakened him from his deep sleep.


    The mother and father had the same terrified expressions as the voice seemed to havee straight to their ears.


    The parents left their house and couldn''t help but get shocked. The entire street was overcrowded with people. All of them had fearful expressions as they looked around them.


    "What is that light?" No one knew who yelled it, but the question brought a wave of silence as everyone looked at the sky. A beam of white light tore through the space, and in no time, it vanished.


    ''It''s the inheritance, as the voice said,'' A woman thought as she remembered the voice''s contents after seeing the white light.


    Her face turned red from excitement as she began running in the direction the white light had flown.


    The women''s movement created a chain reaction as if a pebble was thrown into a calmke. Everyone remembered the voice''s content at that time and rushed in her direction.


    The crowd consisted of low-level cultivators, so none of them were able to chase the white light that had disappeared as quickly as it had arrived. After running for several miles, even the strongest in the crowd came to a stop since he couldn''t run anymore.


    The man gasped for breath as he looked at the sky with utter disappointment. He imagined a future in which he had received the orb and inheritance of that powerful voice when he raced in the direction of the light.


    But now that he couldn''t even reach the orb, how could he not feel disappointment for pouring cold water on his imagination?


    These types of scenes weremonly seen across the Primal dimension. Hope was a dangerous yet overwhelming feeling.


    The hope of getting an inheritance of someone whose voice everyone heard the weaker cultivators into a frenzy. It was especially true for those who had no way to increase their cultivation anymore. The announcement was like fuel to their ambitions, so they wanted to fight for it.


    Even some Immortals attempted to chase the light in the spur of the moment. Their result was no different, as they also failed in the end.


    As for the knowledgeable emperors, they understood that catching the orb was impossible, considering the strength of the voice owner.


    "Is it the store owner?" A man, who was a regr to the store, mumbled as he also saw the light tearing through the space. The sun was in the sky, but even that wasn''t able to hide the light.


    ''No, the store owner doesn''t seem to be the type to be this shy with his inheritance,'' The man thought, since the store owner was known for his indifference toward others.


    It was difficult for him to believe that the store owner would set his inheritance in the first ce, let alone be this shy. But for some reason, the man wasn''t confident about his own thoughts, so he decided to ask the store owner after the store opened.


    Many store customers were confident about the identity of the voice''s owner, while many were not very sure, and at the same time, there were those who didn''t think of the store owner at all.


    Unaware of the storm his announcement had caused, Aakesh entered the training area with Lily.


    Lily only had a single training area where she went since she didn''t like training in the first ce. If not for Aakesh making it mandatory for her to train with the Epochal Felines, she wouldn''t have gone there as well.


    After Lily left for her training, Aakesh also chose his usual training.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed.


    The silence in the selection area suddenly broke as a space crack emerged out of nowhere. The next moment, Lily stepped out of it.


    Like most of the time, Lily found Aakesh waiting for her. Keeping their traditions alive, Lily and Aakesh began discussing things about their day-to-day life in Panagea and the Primal dimension.


    Time flew by, and it was finally time for the duo to enter Panagea.


    Lily entered Panagea using her separate virtual portal in Aakesh''s room while Aakesh proceeded toward the portal room after the door and stairs disappeared.


    Time flew by, and in no time, the time for sunrise arrived.


    Aakesh left Panagea after the system alerted him about it. Some timeter, the sun finally rose on the Anga continent, and with it, the store opened its door to customers, announcing the start of another fruitful day for both the customers and the store owner.


    Time was like a stream that continuously flowed. Some could fasten it, while some could slow it, but only mighty could stop it.


    Since there was no one of such level in the Primal dimension, it moved as it wanted.


    Around fifteen months had passed since Aakeshst checked his quests.


    At that time, Aakesh had believed that it would take one year at most for him toplete the quest, but three extra months had already passed over his deadline.


    Since Aakesh wanted to see how much of his task was left, he summoned the quest screen.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him, and soon after, another smaller blue window popped out containing the details of the mission''s progress.<sub> </sub>


    [Title: The Last Main Quest!


    Mission Objective: Sale of Products,


    Requirement: Since you have alreadypleted your previous quest, it''s time for you to go big for the store for thest time in the Primal dimension, let other customers get the benefits of the store products sold by the store,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Number of customers/hours for Training arena: 100,000,000,000 customers or 1,000,000,000,000 training hours(think to expand),


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Hours in Panagea: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Cultivation Arts: Think to expand,


    Days required: 100,000 Weeks,


    Mission reward: Ascension to the Sacred dimension!


    Failure Punishment: Failure of the store upgrading quest!]


    [Quest Progress:


    Days left: 44,155 weeks,


    Weapon sold: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000,


    Pills sold: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000,


    Panagea hours: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000,


    Training customers/hours:


    Customers: 100,000,000,000/100,000,000,000,


    Regr training hours: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000 hours,


    Immortal level:100,000,000,000/100,000,000,000 hours,


    Gods & Demons level: 10,000,000,000,/10,000,000,000 hours,


    Cultivation Arts:


    Mortal-grade cultivation arts: 10,000,000,000/10,000,000,000,


    Rare-grade: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Legendary-grade: 100,000,000/100,000,000,


    Mythical-grade: 10,000,000/10,000,000,


    Immortal-grade: 999,962/1,000,000.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but frown in frustration as it had already been three months past his believed time, and the store was still thirty-eight sales away from fulfilling thest requirement.


    This quest had truly tested Aakesh''s patience.


    "A few more days," Aakesh mumbled and predicted thepletion day once again.


    He had a frown since the annual event for this year was also only a few days away. Aakesh could only imagine what would arrive first, the event or thepletion notification.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon after, both screens disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back again.


    Time flew by, and a few more days passed in the blink of an eye. Tomorrow would be the day when the Primal dimension would cheer since the three-day event would begin.


    It was time for Aakesh to close the store. He had an unusual smile on his face all day. When Aakesh finally closed the door, he couldn''t help but jump in excitement.


    [Ding!]


    The next moment, the system''s emotionless alert rang inside Aakesh''s head. But this time, it sounded like music in his ears.

 Chapter 800 Shocking The Primal Dimension(End)

    Chapter 800: Shocking the Primal Dimension(End)


    As Aakesh closed the door and brought an end to another fruitful day for the store, he couldn''t help but jump in excitement.


    Lily, seated on Aakesh''s head, had the same expression of joy since she already knew what was toe.


    [Ding!]


    [Congrattions, Host!]


    [Host, you have sessfullypleted the quest: The Last Quest!]


    [The mission reward: Ascendance to the Sacred dimension, awarded!]


    [Host, you have two options for ascendance:


    1. You can ascend facing the tribtion,


    2. You can ascend without facing the tribtion.]


    A flurry of alerts continuously rang in Aakesh''s head, making him even more excited.


    In the end, when Aakesh heard the options of ascendance, he didn''t have to think of which way was better.


    Without wasting any time, Aakesh chose the option to ascend after facing tribtion.


    The tribtion was dangerous, but for someone like Aakesh, it was nothing but a mine of rewards. There was no resource better than the tribtion thunder to make the body more durable.


    At the same time, Aakesh wanted to see his body''s limit and how many rounds of destruction and reformation he could take.


    Aakesh told the system his choice, and soon, a flurry of warnings rang in the store.


    [Host, ascending while facing the tribtion would be dangerous for you.]


    [Your body had already crossed the threshold of what the physiques of the Primal dimension could achieve. The tribtion for you would be more challenging than any other cultivator.]


    After hearing the system''s warning, Aakesh became even more excited about the tribtion. The grueling it was, the more rewards his body would receive.


    "Hey, system, what about Lily?" Aakesh asked the system since the quest only talked about his ascendance.


    [Host, she would ascend with the store!]


    "Lily, why don''t you face the tribtion?" Aakesh suddenly asked her.


    Lily''s body and energy level had long crossed the peak. Like Aakesh, she had also reached the limit of attributes in the Primal dimension.


    "Sure," Lily replied in her childlike voice. She also knew the benefits of the tribtion, so she readily agreed. She wanted to get stronger as well.


    "Hey, system, can I postpone the ascending?" Aakesh then suddenly asked the system.


    The event was from tomorrow, and it wouldn''t look good on the store and his own created event if he ascended a night before its start.


    [Yes, Host!]


    [You can postpone your ascension for thirty days at most!]


    After hearing the system''s response, Aakesh heaved a sigh of relief. He only needed three days since the event was three days long.


    Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, and hours turned into days, and in the blink of an eye, the event was in itsst phase. Only rewarding the territory card to the winner was left.


    The winner of this year''s territorypetition was Lenna. After being a customer of the store for more than a thousand years, Lenna was finally able to have a territory of her own.


    Aakesh called Lenna up and handed over the territory card to her. Lenna had an excited as well as a respectful expression as she gently took the card from Aakesh''s hands.


    "Thank you, senior," Lenna thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded and waved his hands. The next moment, several billion participants standing on the tform appeared on their respective chairs.


    "With this, this year''s event hase to a close," Aakesh then announced the end of the event.


    The attendees had excited expressions as they left the store one by one.


    Those who had supreme cards teleported to their houses after stepping outside the store, while those who didn''t own it were traveling on their foot while discussing the magnificentpetition they had just watched or participated in.


    Jonnah was thest to leave the store. His eyes were red since Aakesh had already told him that today would be hisst day. After tomorrow, he would be the sole caretaker of the store.


    Topensate him for it, the system had increased Jonnah''s sry by more than a hundred times.


    The sry he earned now was 99,999 supreme primal stones, but after tomorrow it would increase to 9,999,999 supreme primal stones.


    "Are you ready?" After everyone left, Aakesh asked Lily,fortably seated on his head.


    "I am," Lily solemnly responded since it was time for her to face her tribtion.


    "Do we face it at once, or should I be the one to pass it first?" Lily then asked Aakesh.


    "Let''s face at once but in different ces," Aakesh smiled.


    Lily nodded, and the next moment, both of them disappeared from the store.


    Aakesh appeared right above the store in the sky, while Lily appeared in space where there was no life in close proximity.


    Even Aakesh had no idea just what destruction his tribtion would bring, so Aakesh enhanced the tribtion-pressure-protection array so that no one in the range would die.


    Aakesh had enhanced it to an extent where the protection array ced in the Bisan Empire could now cover the entire Anga continent.


    Aakesh did this as he wanted his tribtion to at least cover an entire continent.


    After Aakeshpleted his preparation, he looked at the sky. His face turned cold as he released his aura.


    It had been ages since Aakesh had released his aurapletely in the Primal dimension. Even the space around him began to crack as it couldn''t handle the weight.


    Rumble rumble rumble!


    Rumble rumble rumble!


    Suddenly, the sky over the Bisan Empire began to rumble as if an explosion was going on in the sky.


    Every living person couldn''t help but look at the sky with terrified expressions as they felt theing of an unfavorable tragedy.


    The next moment, the sky began to turn dark as dark clouds started to emerge.


    In no time, the dark clouds covered the entire Bisan Empire, and it didn''t seem to stop any time soon.


    The dark clouds hadn''tpletely even spread when the pressure from them attacked Aakesh and the people below it.


    It was only the start, and the array enhanced by Aakesh began to act. The living felt a hot breeze wash over them as they looked at the sky.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, felt nothing from the pressure. He continued to wait for the tribtion to begin with a cold face.


    As the dark clouds gathered over the entire Anga continent, Aakesh got what he wanted.


    Every living soul staying on the Anga continent, irrespective of their cultivation level, felt dread in their hearts as the sky turned darker than night.


    The next moment, everyone was forced to kneel as the pressure began to act against everyone despite the array


    While living on the Anga continent was kneeling, and Aakesh was waiting for the first stage to arrive: deep in thergest continent in Visteerna, a single eye open.


    It seemed that the eye was like a mirror ced next to Aakesh because a scene of him floating in the air was ying on it.


    The eye had nothing but indifference as the tribtion finally attacked Aakesh.<sub> </sub>


    Aakesh''s body turned still as he suddenly found himself in an illusion.


    In the first stage, it was stated that the earlier the cultivation came out of it, the better for them. It was said because once a certain amount of time had passed, it became almost impossible to escape.


    However, even those who remained for so long received the most reward from the stage.


    Aakesh was one such candidate. His unlimited intelligence didn''te to help him here as the tribtion was prepared for him, keeping that in mind.


    The illusion showed the worst fear of the cultivators, but since Aakesh feared nothing, his test was different.


    In the illusion, Aakesh found himself in an unfamiliar ce. He found himself as a baby, while a man was screaming in anger.


    The man believed the child to be born of infidelity, so he wanted to kill the boy and his mother. But soon, the man found out that the woman was already dead.


    The man felt his heart shattering into pieces as the woman was the most important person in his life. The pain from her death was such that he couldn''t bring himself to kill the boy.


    In the end, the man gave the maidservants some money and told them to take the child away from him.


    Years went by, and Aakesh had a loving family. He had loving mothers, a wife, and a lovely daughter.


    In the end, a tragedy urred, as Aakesh died fighting while trying to protect his family.


    After his death, he found himself in a room filled with darkness.


    (A/N: To read this more, please refer to chapter 500.)


    At that moment, a question rang in his head, ''Who was he?''


    As the question became louder, the light started to return to Aakesh''s eyes in the Primal dimension.


    After staying in the illusion for several hours, Aakesh finally came out of it.


    Aakesh took a deep breath to calm his heart as he was finally out of it.


    He finally knew why the system had warned him.


    Aakesh got no time to think about the illusion when suddenly, a wave of unbearable pain attacked him.


    Once the tribtion began, there were no breaks till passing.


    Aakesh''s soul was already strong, so it pained him even more as it slowly disintegrated.


    Time flew by.


    The second stage usually varied between several seconds to a few minutes and went for more than an hour for Aakesh.


    Aakesh persisted through all of this without leaking even a single sound. When the second stage ended, he received a ton of energy restoring his soul.


    If his soul was equivalent to one before the second stage, now it was a thousand; such was the growth Aakesh received from it.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be excited to know how many times strong he would be over other geniuses of the same level in the Sacred dimension.


    After the wave of the gain came the punishment.


    Rumble!


    Rumble!


    The sky rumbled once again, and the entire continent began to shake as if its doomsday wasing.


    Lighting started to swirl around the dark clouds as they prepared to attack Aakesh.


    The shaking of the continent continued to increase as even the enhanced array was no longer able to handle the pressure.


    All the Immortals spread across the continent were forced to kneel as even they weren''t able to look at the sky.


    Crash!


    The clouds had prepared enough, as finally, the first thunderbolt struck Aakesh.


    Aakesh''s face was cold as he felt nothing from thest strike. Soon, the sky began to rain thunderbolts in a wave, each stronger than thest.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but frown as his overpowered body was making him feel even more pain than an average cultivator would receive at their seventh or eighth round of destruction.


    Time flew by. It took more than ten minutes for Aakesh toplete the first process alone.


    The array began to get overpowered by the pressure, but it continued to hold on without breaking. The same was the case for the Anga continent, it continued to shake, but no natural disaster urred.


    Several hours had passed as Aakesh continued to repeat the round of destruction and reformation. With each round, Aakesh''s body was getting stronger than ever before.


    Aakesh had long crossed the bare minimum mark of eleven rounds. He was currently going through his twenty-ninth round.


    The night also arrived on the Anga continent, it was impossible to know for the people since the situation remained the same since the event ended.


    Aakesh still hadn''t reached his limit, so he continued repeating the process.


    Time flew by, and in no time, eight hours had passed.


    The sun was around an hour from rising and announcing the start of a new day, while Aakesh was going through the one-hundred-and-eighth round of destruction and reformation.


    Each round after the hundredth had tested Aakesh''s persistence. Aakesh felt several times to give up on everything and return to death''s embrace, but Aakesh continued since he wasn''t one to give up.


    In the sky, dark hair, flowing smoothly like waves, emerged from Aakesh''s scalp as this round also came to an end.


    Aakesh felt that he could go for another round when he suddenly sensed the dark clouds slowly receding back.


    In no time, the array returned to calm, while the sky returned to normal.


    It was an astonishing reaction on the part of Aakesh since the tribtion ended before he could reach his body''s limit.


    The next moment, an unparalleled amount of energy began to melt, and his strength continued to rise at an unprecedented rate.


    ***


    A few hours earlier,


    Lily also passed her tribtion like Aakesh.


    In thest stage, Lily alsopleted one hundred and eight rounds of destruction and reformation, but unlike Aakesh, she reached the end of her endurance.


    Afterpleting her tribtion, Lily teleported back to the store.


    Since the Primal dimension wouldn''t allow her to stay here for long after sessful tribtion, Lily went back to the store as Aakesh had told her before leaving.


    ***


    Today was a day that would be remembered in history for eternity. Two beings entirely defeated tribtion, and it would also be the day when the mysterious store owner left the dimension with his pet.


    (End of Volume 3.)


    ***


    A/N: Our Journey in the Primal dimension hase to an end with this chapter.


    Please share what you felt about the journey.


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 801 Cultivation Levels!

    Chapter 801: Cultivation Levels!


    Aakesh looked in surprise at the sky as the tribtion cloud started dispersing even though he wanted to go for another round.


    In no time, the sky cleared, and the darkness of the night presented itself to the inhabitants of the Anga continent.


    The eyelids began to close on the Kashi continent as the tribtion had ended. They were still indifferent as if nothing could affect the owner of the eye.


    Aakesh stayed unaware of the eye watching him all this while. After sessfully passing his tribtion, Aakesh looked down in the direction of the store.


    Aakesh could see Lily waiting there for him with unbridled joy.


    Unknowingly a smile appeared on Aakesh''s face as he disappeared from the spot.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared inside the store hall, and not long after, the repulsive force acting on him also vanished.


    "How many rounds did you face?" Aakesh asked Lily.


    "One hundred and eight," Lily replied in her childlike voice. Excitement couldn''t be hidden from it since it was the limit of the cultivation.


    Hearing Lily also going through the maximum possible rounds of destruction and reformation, Aakeshughed as he gently patted on Lily''s head.


    "Status!"


    Aakesh suddenly muttered since he wanted to check how much he had grown after this tribtion.


    The next moment, a dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 2)+,


    Level: Level 8(initial),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 53.978 Sacred Units,


    Agility: 51.832 Sacred Units,


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 17,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning, Apocalyptic st....


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 1,


    Current status: Young.


    It had been more than a thousand years since Aakeshst opened his status, as not long after exiting the Conspiracy continent, he had reached the limit.


    The first change Aakesh noted in his status was the change in his profession level. He was now a Level 2 store owner.


    Next, Aakesh came to the level section. After the tribtion, his power level had grown from Level 7(initial) to Level 8(initial).


    Aakesh then moved his eyes down and couldn''t help but stumble in shock when he witnessed his new attributes.


    Before tribtion, his strength and agility both had gotten stuck at 5,000,000,000 Primal units. It stopped since Aakesh had reached the limit of what the Primal dimension could allow.


    But now that he had sessfully passed the tribtion after going through all the possible rounds of destruction and reformation, his strength and agility had crossed the 50 Sacred units mark.


    One billion Primal units were equivalent to one Sacred unit, so Aakesh had gained several tens of billions of Primal units from the tribtion.


    The average cultivator had an attribute of one to two Sacred units after ascending ording to what the system had told him.<sub> </sub>


    The tribtion was painful, but the rewards it brought for Aakesh were more than expected.


    "Hey, system, what''s the average strength of a cultivator in the Divine Transformation level in the Sacred dimension?" Aakesh suddenly asked the system.


    When the cultivator ascended to the Sacred dimension, they would no longer just be an Immortal. They would now actually be divine.


    Simr to the Primal dimension, there were different types of cultivation systems in the Sacred dimension.


    But unlike the Primal dimension, the name of the cultivation stages for all the cultivators was the same, irrespective of the system they belonged to.


    The lowest cultivation stage in the Sacred dimension was titled Divine Transformation. In this stage, the cultivator had just transformed into a Divine.


    The next stage was the Divine Being. In this stage, the cultivator would gain divinity, and his inner world would start to show signs of life.


    The next stage was Divine Lord. In this stage, the cultivator''s inner world would finally start to give birth to sentient species.


    The next stage was True God. Only after reaching this stage would any cultivator be able to use the word God in their title.


    There was only a single difference between the Divine Lord and True God. In thetter stage, the inner world of the cultivator would be the same as the real world, and the inhabitants of that world would be able to cultivate. While in the former stage, lives wouldn''t be able to cultivate since only Gods were able to have a world stable enough to hold cultivators.


    (A/N: In the Sacred dimension, I wouldn''t reveal the name of the cultivation stages right from the start. But it would slowly reveal itself as the story progresses.)


    [Host, an average Divine''s Transformation cultivator''s strength varies from five to twenty, depending on their sub-level.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but nod in appreciation as he heard the system''s response. Immediately after ascending, his physical strength was better than an average peak Divine Transformation cultivator.


    "What about the genius or those from overlord races?"


    [Host, the highest avable record for a peak Divine Transformation cultivator is 50!]


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the system''s answer. He was already more powerful than the recorded genius at the peak level.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but anticipate what his strength would be once he reached the peak of Divine Transformation level. Just how big a gap he would have with the recorded genius?


    As the level grew, the power difference between them increased as well. If a cultivator could defeat a Void Forging level cultivator despite only being a Xiantian level cultivator, it still was almost impossible for ate Divine Transformation level cultivator to overpower a peak cultivator, which was only one sub-level above.


    As for what Aakesh would be capable of, he could only anticipate.


    The store would work differently in the Sacred dimension than it did in the Primal dimension.


    There, the store would actually start from the bottom of the food chain. The difficulty for the store to reach the same state as in the Primal dimension was severalfold more challenging in the Sacred dimension.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be excited about the future. His eyes then turned toward Lily and the status screen she was looking at.


    Pet status:


    Name: Lily,


    Gender: Female,


    Race: Perfect Hybrid (Epochal Feline, [@#$#@$])


    Owner: Aakesh,


    Bloodline: Undefined (Purity: Undefined),


    Level: Level 8(initial),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 48.329 Sacred Units,


    Agility: 50.168 Sacred Units,


    Intelligence: 37.978 Sacred Units,


    Stamina: 43.698 Sacred Units,


    Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether, Wood, Thunder, Metal, Sound, Light, Dark, Time, Space, Destruction, Sharpness, Devour, Physique, Negation, Creation, Undefined**,


    Skills: Time Shield, Time Healing, Fire Meteor, Anima, Mahima, Garima, Laghima...Time Discement.


    **-> Undefined here means that this number of elements wouldn''t be the end. As Lily grows in her strength and bloodline, the number of elements she can control will also increase.

 Chapter 802 No Title!

    Chapter 802: No Title!


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 48.329 Sacred Units,


    Agility: 50.168 Sacred Units,


    Intelligence: 37.978 Sacred Units,


    Stamina: 43.698 Sacred Units,


    Lily''s status didn''t shock Aakesh much since he had already seen his status.


    Lily''s strength was no less terrifying as she also reached the recorded attributes of peak talent in the Sacred dimension in the Divine Transformation level.


    As expected of Lily, this breakthrough resulted in her gaining two new supreme elements, the element of Negation, and the element of Creation.


    The element of Negation especially was one of the most dreaded elements in the Multiverse. Aakesh couldn''t help but pat Lily''s shoulder.


    The cause of her gaining the element of Negation was his bloodline, but she still deserved a pat on her shoulders. The system had just informed him that Lily gained an epiphany about the element of Creation on her own during the reformation process.


    [Host, are you ready to ascend?]


    The system suddenly broke the joyful atmosphere in the store as it asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t answer right away, but he looked at Lily first. A smile appeared on their faces simultaneously and Aakesh answered, "Yes, I am ready."


    [Ding!]


    [Congrattions, Host!]


    [You have sessfullypleted thest quest and the tribtion. You havepleted the second phase of the store in the Multiverse.]


    [The next phase of the store can begin from now on.]


    The next moment, the system''s announcement rang inside the store. But unexpectedly, the voice wasn''t emotionless like usual. There was a hint of happiness in the voice when it informed him about thepletion of the second phase.


    Aakesh found the voice to be familiar. When he tried to remember, he recollected the scene of himpleting the first phase.


    At that time, he had also heard this voice. At that time, Aakesh had asked the system for the reason for the change, and he had gotten the usual answer.


    Recollecting that scene, Aakesh couldn''t help but frown. This kind of change was something he should have focused on, but for some reason, he didn''t even care about it.


    [Ding.]


    [Host, since the second phase has sessfully ended, it''s time for the third phase to start.]


    [How can a store or its store owner be legendary if the store only caters to one dimension?]


    [For you to be the legendary store owner, it''s time for you to ascend and cater to every power level of every race in the higher dimension.]


    [Mission: Start your store in the Sacred dimension !]


    [Reward: A new journey with new people and stories!]


    Before Aakesh could question the system, a flurry of alerts rang in the store. The voice had returned to the usual emotionless tone.


    Forgetting the point of the question, Aakesh became excited upon hearing the alerts.


    The reason for his excitement was none other than new adventures and creating new stories in a new ce countless times more dangerous and rewarding.


    [Host, the system is preparing for travel through the dimension!]


    Aakesh nodded as he knew traveling between dimensions wasn''t easy.


    If Aakesh wanted, he could exit the store and then ascend on his own as the Primal dimension would force him out. But since Aakesh was the store owner, there was no point in ascending on his own and then running around the dimension to search for the store.


    Since there was some time, Aakesh began ying with Lily.


    It was less a y, but more a test of how much Lily had grown in strength.


    The store was indestructible from the inside as well as outside for the current Aakesh and Lily, so they fought to their heart''s content.


    It was hand-to-handbat and no skill.<sub> </sub>


    Since Aakesh''s attributes were higher than Lily, Aakesh didn''t use his full power.


    ***


    Crack crack crack!


    Just a slight motion from Lily''s hand resulted in the tearing of space.


    Lily''s nails had grown to a limit as they came pping at Aakesh''s chest.


    Aakesh smiled as he jumped bent down, and Lily''s ws pped nothing but the empty air.


    Before Lily could bring them back, a kick came her way. Lily''s flexibility was second to none as she pushed her waist back, turning herself into a c.


    The kicking at her waist from left to right suddenly pushed forward as it was going through the air.


    Lily was taken aback, but before the kick could reach her, she bent down her legs and pushed her upper body downward.


    The kick could only pass through the air. Lily, whose entire body was touching the ground, added a little force to her and slid in Aakesh''s direction.


    Before Lily could reach him, the remaining leg on the floor suddenly moved up. Lily smiled as flying wasn''t allowed in the store.


    She reflexively straightened up as she attacked using both her ws at the same time. She expected Aakesh to fall since he was in an awkward position earlier.


    The fall never came as Aakesh straightened up himself in the air and using whatever strength he could bring in his leg at that moment, pushed himself forward.


    Aakesh fell on the ground as Lily expected, but the spot was different.


    Lily couldn''t help but shake her head in disappointment as she had gotten a great chance, but since the battle wasn''t over, she bent down on all her four legs and charged at him.


    Aakesh still smiled as Lily''s target was his waist. Dodging targetsing at the head was several times easier than the waist.


    Aakesh didn''t wait for the attack to hit him. Aakesh bent himself with his face touching his knee.


    Crash!


    Aakesh timed the move well, as Lily got no time to change her direction when suddenly a headbutt came at her.


    Moving with that speed only seemed to help Aakesh as she flew like a ragdoll.


    [Ding.]


    [Host, everything is ready for the store to start in the Sacred dimension. The only thing that the store doesn''t have is the store owner.]


    [After five minutes, you''ll be transferred to the store in the Sacred dimension.]


    The system suddenly announced, bringing a stop to Aakesh and Lily''s fight.


    Aakesh patted Lily''s shoulder as it wasn''t an easy battle for him. Even though he didn''t use everything he had in his arsenal, he still was satisfied with the way Lily fought.


    Lily''s reaction speed was no less than his, despite him having higher attributes in agility.


    Time flew by, and five minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, are you ready?]


    "Yes," Aakesh answered the system as he looked at Lily.


    [Destination: Selected,


    Store: Created,


    Transfer: Ready to activate.]


    [Transfer initiating..1%...5%...10%...]


    The system sent continuous announcements. When the transfer initiation achieved 100%, a white light suddenly engulfed Aakesh and Lily.


    The next moment, both he and Lily disappeared from the store. Before leaving, Aakesh reminisced as he looked around the store.


    As both Aakesh and Lily disappeared from the store, the store returned to dark as if it was wishing farewell to its owner.

 Chapter 803 The Store In The Sacred Dimension(1)

    Chapter 803: The Store in the Sacred Dimension(1)


    The Sacred Dimension,


    If the Primal dimension was an ant, then the Sacred dimension was a gxy; such was the difference between the sizes of the two dimensions.


    Even though it was vaster in size, it didn''t mean that the poption of the Sacred dimension was more.


    In fact, the poption here was less or even equal to the Primal dimension. But the number of races here was several times higher.


    Of those countless races, one such race was Vurron.


    Vurron was a low-level race in the Sacred dimension, with their numbers varying between ten to fifty billion.


    In total, the Vurron race had five tribes, and each tribe had a city of its own.


    All five Vurron cities belonged to a Kingdom whose master was the Ozzith race.


    Both Vurron and Ozzith races belonged to the Demon group. Since the Demon groups strictly followed hierarchy, Ozzith''s bloodline was higher in both strength and quality than the Vurron, so Vurron were the subordinates.


    Out of the five Vurron tribes, one tribe''s name was Thorron, and the city they controlled was Thorr city.


    Thorr city had a surface area of seven hundred million sq. miles, and it had a poption of around sixteen billion. Thorr was one of the top two cities of the Vurron race.


    Thorr city had arge market that catered to its poption. One of the busiest markets in the city was established on seventeenth street.


    The seventeenth street was established starting from the seventeenth gate of the administrator''s office. In total, there were twenty-one streets in the city.


    Currently, there was a crowd gathered outside a building in one of the prime locations on seventeenth street.


    Since Vurron belonged to the Demon groups of races, it showed in their physiques.


    Even an average Vurron towered over five meters in height. They had a humanoid structure, with them having a pair of hands and legs. Their skin was light red. In the area between their eyebrows, a thorn like structure was present in ck color, giving a mysterious appearance to them.


    The pattern between their eyebrows distinguished the five tribes of the Vurron race. These were permanent marks, and only death could take them away, so it was also easy for the Vurrons to identify their own.


    "Damn it, who bought thisrge piece ofnd?" A Vurron stall owner asked with envy evident in his voice. The man usually ced his stall near this area.


    For the past few days, this area had been empty, so there was no one to stop him from putting his stall there. But now that a building had appeared overnight here, the man needed to find a new spot for him.


    At that moment, the man was more hurt by the fact that someone was able to purchase thisrge piece ofnd than by the prospect of him losing his earnings.<sub> </sub>


    As for the building appearing overnight, it wasn''t something difficult. It usually only took a few seconds to create an average livable structure.


    The structure in front of the man looked ordinary at a nce, so the man was even more hurt that someone bought this muchnd and established such an ordinary structure here.


    "How much do you think thend would have cost to whoever its new owner is?" Someone in the crowd asked. Since the city guards weren''t here to demolish the building, it meant everything was legally done.


    "Thest I heard, even an sq. meter cost fifty lesser Sacred stones," One of the nearby store workers replied after thinking about it.


    Many in the crowd couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air since the building in front of them was more than ten thousand sq. meters. Just by thinking about the total cost of thend, they felt their hearts shaking.


    The building had a width of only fifty meters, but its length was more than two hundred meters. Blue tiles adorned the structure from top to bottom. The architecture looked ordinary, but it still pleased the eyes of the watcher.


    In the Sacred dimension, themon currency was the Sacred stones.


    Simr to the Primal dimension, the currency here had types.


    The lowest denominated currency in the Sacred dimension was lesser Sacred stones. One level higher than it was ordinary Sacred stone, higher than it was higher Sacred stone. There were two more categories of the stones, but the Vurron didn''t even know their names, let alone see them or hold them in their hands.


    The exchange rate between the Sacred stones wasn''t the same as the difference in purity of energy in the higher level stones and lower level stones were like the sky and the earth.


    One ordinary Sacred stone was equivalent to one thousand lesser Sacred stones, while one higher Sacred stone was equal to ten thousand ordinary Sacred stones. Simrly, the higher exchange rate grew by tenfold after each increase in level for the other two.


    It was the usual exchange rate, but not the fixed. It was the rate provided by the banks spread across the Sacred dimension. As for the private cultivators, the exchange rate varied, depending on the buyer and seller.


    Many in the crowd left the street right away as calcting the amount was too much for them to take to their heart in one day.


    The man who ced the stall owner near the previously empty space had his mouth fly wide open as he turned around and looked at the man who spoke about thend price.


    Bing the center of attraction in the gathering made the store worker nervous, and he also left the crowd and went to the store he worked for before his boss could admonish him for beingte.


    ''What if I steal from the owner of this building, I wouldn''t have to work anymore.''


    The man''s eyes turned red from jealousy as a n for his future began emerging in his heart.


    "What is this gathering?"


    Suddenly a tough cold voice rang in the area, and the n dispersed before it could form in the man''s heart. The man and others in the crowd turned around to look in the direction of the voice and couldn''t help but get surprised.

 Chapter 804 The Store In The Sacred Dimension(2)

    Chapter 804: The Store in the Sacred Dimension(2)


    Everyone in the crowd turned around in the direction of the voice. Theirs faces turned pale from fright as they saw the identity of the owner.


    The man in question was one of the higher-level members of the city guard, and his presence here was nothing ordinary for the people on the seventeenth street.


    The man''s name was Frederick. He was famous for his cruel disposition. But since the things he did was always within the bounds of thew, and since he was also a loyal family member of the city head, the man was slowly gaining ranks in the city guard.


    At that moment, the crowd forgot about the store and dispersed before they became prey for the cruel man.


    Frederick grinned as he saw the crowd dispersing just by his arrival. He liked seeing the terror in other hearts whenever they saw him.


    His eyes then also fell on the building. Frederick couldn''t help but frown as he had been attempting to buy thisnd for some time, but even he couldn''t afford a sum of several ordinary Sacred stones, so his efforts weren''t bearing fruits.


    Frederick then took a step forward and approached the building''s door. The door looked ordinary like the building. It was a manual gate that needed to be locked and unlocked by hand.


    Since the door wasn''t locked from the outside, Frederick believed that the owner was inside.


    Knock knock!


    Knock knock!


    Knock knock!


    Frederick gently knocked on the door three times and then waited for the door to open.


    While waiting, Frederick was thinking of ways to make the new owner of thisnd give up on it. Since the only thing going in Frederick''s favor due to his cruel personality was his work inside the bounds of thew, Frederick only thought of legal ways.


    Since thend cost several ordinary Sacred stones, Frederick knew the new owner wasn''t going to be some weakling that would leave the area just because he was standing there.


    Frederick couldn''t help but frown since it had been several seconds since he knocked, but there was no sense of someoneing at the door.


    Frederick tried to listen if there was any sounding from inside the store, but he heard nothing butplete silence.


    Frederick was ate Divine Being level cultivator, so hearing something across a mile wasn''t a challenging task for him, let alone listening to what was going on beyond a door.


    At that moment, Frederick truly became angry as he knocked again on the door. This time, it was a hard knock. Even the people traveling around the building couldn''t help but stop and look at him.


    But when they saw the identity of the knocker, they left the area as quickly as possible.


    Seeing people running from him finally made Frederick feel better. But as he looked at the door, his anger grew.


    Frederick took a deep breath and knocked again. This time, it was normal.


    "Is anyone inside?" Frederick also called out whoever was inside the building.


    As usual, no response came to his knocking and calling. Frederick knew if he stayed here for long, his anger would force him to break open the door. Considering that he didn''t want to break anyw, he left the building and proceeded to the administration''s office.<sub> </sub>


    Since Frederick couldn''t contact the owner on a personal level, he decided to find the person through thend records office.


    After traveling for several minutes, Frederick finally reached his destination.


    The person in charge ofnd records was none other than the daughter of his cousin''s sister, so it was easy for Frederick to find out about thend and its owner.


    "Uncle, here is the information about thend you asked for," The niece told Frederick. Her voice was trembling, and her body was also slightly shaking since who didn''t know Frederick''s personality?


    <o>,m Frederick was in no mood to look at his niece as he snatched the folder from her hands. The niece didn''t dare to leave since she didn''t know what her uncle would ask for next.</o>


    When Frederick opened the folder, a page containing all the information about thend appeared in his hands.


    Frederick couldn''t help but get stunned since there was a nk space in ce of the name of the owner and its information. But in the column of the type of thend, ''owned'' was clearly written in bold letters.


    When Frederick angrily asked his niece about it, even she was stunned since she had nevere across anything like it.


    Frederick decided to use his contacts and ask someone who held a speaking position in the Thorron tribe.


    When he finally got his answer, Frederick lost the will to fight for thend.


    His steps were slow while leaving the administration office.


    The sentence said by the higher-up was still ringing in his head.


    "Stay as far away as possible froming to any conflict with the owner if you don''t want to die!"


    Without even knowing how much time had passed, Frederick reached the building. His face had an undefeated look as the door was still unlocked from the outside.


    Frederick then took a deep breath and left the area. He wasn''t stupid to test what the elder in the tribe had said. The elder in question was an early Divine Lord level powerhouse. If even someone like him dreads this mysterious owner, he was nothing but an ant.


    ***


    Aakesh remained unaware that a conflict was on the verge of creation even before he opened the store, and then it got resolved without even him knowing about it.


    An unknown amount of time had passed for Aakesh and Lily, as there was no element of time in the travel channel between the dimension.


    ***


    There was nothing but darkness inside the building since its creation. Suddenly a bright light emerged out of nowhere and lightened it up. The next moment, a stream of white light appeared in the center of the building.


    When the white light disappeared, Aakesh and Lily appeared in the store.


    They had no idea how much time they had spent while traveling since it felt like a fleeting moment when they finally appeared, but when the space was disintegrating them at the molecr level, they felt eternity had passed.

 Chapter 805 The Store In The Sacred Dimension(3)

    Chapter 805: The Store in the Sacred Dimension(3)


    After not knowing how much time had passed, Aakesh and Lily appeared in the new store''s hall.


    The first thing after the travel was Aakesh checking on Lily, and the same was the case for Lily. After finding that she was alright, Aakesh was finally in the mood to see the newly-created store.


    The store looked the same as it did in the Primal dimension from the inside. But there were changes.


    Unlike the store in the Primal dimension, there were not several rooms with locked doors here.


    There was only one room, and it was unlocked. The room alone looked like it covered half the space inside the building. The remaining portion was the store hall.


    The material used in the making of the material was also different in this store.


    In contrast to the Primal dimension''s store, this one had a hard stone floor.


    The stones used on the floor weren''t an ordinary material but a material rare throughout not only the Sacred dimension but also the Multiverse.


    The stone was famous by the name of The Eternity Stone throughout the Multiverse. The reason for its fame was its invincibility against any kind of attack.


    It had the same ability as the Ashamba bark in a way, but the rarity between the two items couldn''t even bepared.


    The Eternity Stone had a single source of creation in the Multiverse. It came from a mountain in the third dimension. The reason for its rarity was the ruler of that mountain.


    At the same time, the stone also weighed a lot.


    After recognizing the stone and remembering its information, Aakesh moved his eyes away from the floor.


    There was a counter simr to what the store had in the Primal dimension. There was no product on the counter.


    Near the counter, a chair was ced. It was familiar since it was Aakesh''s chair.


    Near Aakesh''s chair, a square machine was fixed on the ground. The square machine was the card machine, but the pressure released from it horrified even Aakesh.


    Even though the machine was there, there were no switches on it.


    Aakesh asked the system about it, and soon after, he got his answer.


    Even though the machine was here, it wouldn''t activate for a while. The reason for it was that the value of the higher denomination of currency in the Sacred dimension was different than in the Primal dimension.


    In the Primal dimension, even if the citizens of the Bisan Kingdom hadn''t seen superior or supreme Primal stone, they had some information about it.


    But in the Sacred dimension, things weren''t so simple. The figure in the Kingdom that knew the name of the stones higher in level than the higher Sacred stone could only be counted on a single finger.


    Aakesh was one of those three figures. The system told Aakesh that once any of the other two figures arrived in the store or those from other Kingdoms or ces who were aware of it: the system would activate the sale of the higher stones, and then the card machine would activate on its own.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about the card machine and continued to look around. His eyes then fell on the board ced near the counter.


    It was the rule board for the customers. Aakesh read the rules and found them familiar.


    The rules were:


    (i) The store will open after the rising of the sun and will close when the sun sets down,


    (ii) No bargaining allowed. What price the store says you''ll have to pay if you want to buy/use the products,<sub> </sub>


    (iii) No arguing with the store owner. Arguing can get you blocked from the store services for life,


    (iv) No damage to any store property. Otherwise, you''ll be responsible for the consequences.


    And at the end of the board, a statement was written in golden fonts, ''Shop without any tension. You''re safe in here!''


    The rules were simr to what the store had in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh then looked up and found arge chandelier hanging mid-air without any support.


    The material used in it was expensive and rare like the other materials.


    Aakesh''s eyes then fell on the only room present in the store.


    Aakesh already had an idea about what was inside, so to confirm it, he proceeded in that direction.


    As Aakesh had expected, the room held virtual portals.


    The room had three virtual portals in total, and they were ced at an equal distance of two meters from each other in a straight line.


    The virtual portal looked the same as it did in the Primal dimension, but the size was different. The portal here was around three times the height and width of the portal in the lower-dimensional store.


    At the same time, the pressure releasing from it had also reached a horrifying level.


    Aakesh wanted to enter Panagea and check the difference in the world for the customers of the Sacred dimension, but he controlled himself and left the room after taking aplete look around the room.


    Aakesh then summoned his room, and not long after, a door appeared, floating in the mid-air. Not long after, stairs connecting it to the floor also emerged.


    Aakesh and Lily then stepped up the stairs and entered their room.


    The first thing their eyes fell on after entering Aakesh''s room was the virtual portal, lying in one corner.


    Lily''s eyes shined, seeing the portal. Lily then hurriedly moved her eyes away from it since she also wanted to control herself and enter Panageater. Aakesh couldn''t help butugh seeing Lily making such an expression.


    Lily angrily looked in response to Aakesh''sughing. Aakesh stopped right away and returned his focus to the room.


    The usual bed he slept on was ced in the center of the room.


    On the bed, there was a pouch ced. Aakesh curiously reached the bed and grabbed it.


    As Aakesh opened the pouch, he found a hundred shining stones in it.


    Aakesh recognized the stones since he had read about them. It was lesser Sacred stones.


    But the stones in the pouch were different from the usual Sacred stones. Their shine and pressure leaking from them were several times more. If someone were to take them, they would mistake these stones as ordinary Sacred stones, but Aakesh was confident that these were lesser Sacred stones.


    "Hey, system, is this some kind of bonus?" Aakesh couldn''t help but ask the system, as it was the first when the system gave money to Aakesh.


    [Host, it''s the purest form of lesser Sacred stones!]


    [One of these is equivalent to five hundred of the usual lesser Sacred stones.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but look in surprise after hearing the system''s response.

 Chapter 806 The First Day In The Sacred Dimension(1)

    Chapter 806: The First Day in the Sacred Dimension(1)


    [Host, it''s the purest form of lesser Sacred stones!]


    [These will help you in your cultivation.]


    [From the third phase, the Host would no longer need to depend on the store''s quest for cultivation or skills. Host can now grow their cultivation using these energy stones and even learn skills depending on their inspirations.]


    [Host, these are the wee gift for starting the third phase of the store.]


    [You will have to pay for these stones if you want them in the future. One of these is equivalent to five hundred of the usual lesser Sacred stones.]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but look surprised as he heard the system''s response.


    From the moment Aakesh had opened his eyes, Aakesh had gained levels only afterpleting quests.


    Even though the training helped him to gain attributes in strength and agility, his level remained the same unless hepleted a quest that rewarded an increase in power level.


    "Hey, system, Is it done suddenly, or was it always the ns?" Aakesh suddenly had a doubt and couldn''t help but ask.


    After listening to why the lesser Sacred stone was here for him, and the exchange rate, Aakesh had a doubt that the system did this because of his grand splurge in setting his inheritance.


    In the Primal dimension, he didn''t need to spend any money on his cultivation, so he had incalcble wealth.


    [Host, the system for the different phases of the store had been decided from the start. The system can''t interfere in it in any way to manipte it.]


    The system understood Aakesh''s reason for asking the question, so it responded right away in its usual emotionless and mechanical voice.


    After hearing the system''s response, Aakesh stopped doubting it. As for whether what the system said was true or not, Aakesh wasn''t petty enough to distrust the system over finally having to spend money.


    Since these purer forms of lesser Sacred stones were for Aakesh''s cultivation, he decided to have a taste of it right now.


    The next moment, Aakesh took out two stones from the pouch. He handed one to Lily while keeping the other one.


    Soon after, the duo sat down on the ground in a meditative pose.


    The lesser Sacred stone left Aakesh''s hands and began to float right in front of the area between his eyebrows.


    After bing a Divine Transformation level cultivator, the past pocket space would turn into a world that was also known as Kingdom once the cultivator became a true god.


    This world was in its rudimentary phase and it was ced in the sea of consciousness of the cultivator.


    The Divine Transformation level cultivator would also need to use a space artifact as their world wouldn''t be able to hold anything due to unstablews. Putting anything in the world of a Divine Transformation cultivator was no less than giving up on it.


    A blinding light emerged from the floating stone, and its rays pierced the area between the eyebrows.


    Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a half hour had passed.


    The stone was still floating with all its splendor. If not for Aakesh''s excellent sight, he wouldn''t have even noticed the change in the light of the stone.<sub> </sub>


    Aakesh then turned around and looked at Lily, only to notice that the amount of energy absorbed by her was even less than him.


    Suddenly, a blue screen popped out in front of the duo.


    [0.001% energy umted till the next breakthrough!]


    [0.0007% energy umted till the next breakthrough!]


    Aakesh and Lily couldn''t help but look in shock at each other after reading the content on the blue screen.


    Half an hour of meditation had only increased one-thousandth of one percent energy. If Aakesh were to calcte the time whileparing this rate of energy absorption, it would take Aakesh tens of years just to reach Level 8(intermediate). The time taken by Lily would be even higher.


    "Hey, system, isn''t the absorption very slow?" Aakesh asked the system right away.


    In the third stage of the tribtion, both he and Lily hadpleted all the maximum possible rounds of destruction and reformation, so they both had undeniable excellent talent.


    Since it took such a long time despite their excellent talents and heaven-defying bloodline, the system needed to answer.


    [Host, the energy absorption rate would grow as your body gets used to it!]


    Aakesh and Lily both heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the system''s response.


    It was typical for cultivators in the Sacred dimension to cultivate for centuries only to gain one sub-level, but Aakesh and Lily weren''t satisfied with this amount of time.


    Aakesh then ced the two stones back into the pouch and threw the pouch on the bed.


    Lily and Aakesh then left the room and returned to the store''s hall.


    "Hey, system, what''s the day and night cycle here?" Aakesh asked the system as the door and stairs were slowly disappearing.


    In the Primal dimension, a day consisted of twenty-four hours. It was fifteen hours in light, while the remaining nine hours stayed in the dark.


    Day and night were the same for cultivators here in the Sacred dimension since cultivation was a time-intensive process. The same was the case for Aakesh, but he needed to follow the rule of the store opening from sunrise to sunset set by the system.


    [Host, a cycle of day and night consists of forty-eight hours in this part of the world! The day is of twenty-four hours, while the night is also of the same amount of hours.]


    Aakesh got his answer right after. Hearing the system''s reply, Aakesh didn''t know what to feel. The store time for him had grown whenpared with the Primal dimension, but at the same time, the night time where he could do whatever he wanted also had increased.


    But when Aakesh remembered the time he would have to pour in meditation for his cultivation, Aakesh understood his workload had increased.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it and decided to see the outside world since the store wouldn''t open till the next day.


    The door was the sliding door, so After unhooking thetch, Aakesh opened it.


    As Aakesh took a step outside, the busy market appeared in his sight.

 Chapter 807 The First Day In The Sacred Dimension(2)

    Chapter 807: The First Day in the Sacred Dimension(2)


    Aakesh stepped outside the door with Lily following him from behind. The next moment, the busy market fell into his sight.


    "The market doesn''t look as busy as the Kakot''s market," Lily said in surprise as she looked around the market.


    Aakesh didn''t speak anything but only nodded in response to Lily, agreeing with him.


    There were several stores and stalls around the store, but only a few of them had customers, with only one or two being overcrowded. More than half the stores in the market were either empty or had one or two customers from Aakesh''s standing point.


    Aakesh''s strengthparison was nowhere near the Primal dimension, so he could only see around a km without using any additional sight skills.


    Aakesh was unaware that this was the busiest part of the market on seventeenth street, so he didn''t even need to see further to find out more about it.


    Aakesh and Lily then left the store and chose a random direction to travel.


    The way they chose was unexpectedly in the direction of the administration office.


    As Aakesh and Lily traveled, the number of stores decreased, but the number of people grew.


    Thorr city had a poption of more than ten billion, so the administrative office rarelycked a visit from the citizens.


    "Hey, you aren''t a Vurron!"


    Aakesh suddenly heard a man pointing his fingers at him and shouting. The other people on the road, who were minding their own business or didn''t have time to check Aakesh, also stopped in their paths and looked at him.


    Almost all the people in the crowd had disgusting expressions, as the Vurrons didn''t like outsiders. To be precise, it was the attribute of Demons. They didn''t approve of anyone other than the member of their groups.


    "What are you looking at?" Lily couldn''t control her anger seeing the disgusting eyes of the people, so she red up.


    A killing intent soared in the air as her nails came out.


    Many in the crowd couldn''t help but feel chills down their spine as the killing intent was aimed at them. Some in the crowd turned angry with someone other than their own people daring even to think of attacking.


    "Lily," Aakesh ignored the crowd and looked at Lily.


    Lily got the meaning from Aakesh''s eyes. The next moment, she scoffed and returned to normal.


    Ignoring the crowd''s reaction, Aakesh continued forward. Lily didn''t attempt to do anything, but she remembered all the faces making disgusted expressions.


    A n for revenge had already brewed in her heart. Aakesh knew what was going on in Lily''s head, but he didn''t stop her.


    There were consequences for actions. Aakesh didn''t care about those eyes since he was aware of the Demon''s haughtiness. But Lily wasn''t like him. He was only going to stop her when she was with him, and as for what she was going to do on her time, Aakesh didn''t care unless it was something that could bring harm to her.


    Even though the Vurrons in the road felt disgusted by Aakesh, they didn''t block his road since the guards weren''t lenient when someone broke the rules. There was no rule stating that anyone other than Demons wasn''t allowed to walk on the road, so they weren''t going to face the wrath of the guards for some stranger.<sub> </sub>


    The man in question who had screamed at Aakesh had a pale face since he directly faced the brunt of the killing intent. For some reason, when the creature with the disgusting man looked at him, the man felt him freezing in hell.


    ''What have I done?'' The man screamed in his heart as he wasn''t in a clear mindset to speak.


    After Aakesh disappeared from the people''s sight, everyone returned to their usual direction. At that moment, no one noticed the man frozen with fear on the road.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    No matter who came across Aakesh, they didn''t like him due to him not being from any of the Demon races.


    As usual, Aakesh didn''t care and continued, and his journey finally came to a stop as a giant metallic gate stood in front of him.


    The gate was open, and there was a continuous inflow and outflow of people.


    Above the gate, the character''s Administrative Office was written in Vurron''s nativenguage.


    Aakesh didn''t know any information about where he was since the system refused to share anything. It was up to Aakesh to find out.


    When he started after leaving the store, he had no fixed destination in his mind. Now that Aakesh stood in front of the administrative office, he decided to learn as much as he could about the ce.


    After making his decision, Aakesh didn''t stand there long and entered like other Vurrons.


    Since Aakesh already knew thenguage of Vurrons, he followed the instructions spread across the building and finally reached his destination after traveling for a few minutes.


    Aakesh found himself standing in an office with a Vurron looking at him with the same expression as other Vurrons.


    "Are you a citizen of Thorr city?" The Vurron seated on the chair didn''t let his prejudicee in the way of his work and asked Aakesh.


    "No, I havee here only today," Aakesh responded in fluent Vurron''s tongue. At the same time, he had activated his title, Myrioglot.


    The man couldn''t help but have his guard lower as he heard the man from an unknown race.


    "Since it''s your first day, I will not throw you out foring to the administrative office without the id card," The man replied while his tone had turned neutral.


    Time flew by, and after around an hour, Aakesh left the building and began his return journey to the store.


    Aakesh found many things about the city and the Kingdom. At the same time, Aakesh also got an id card, signifying him as a citizen of the city. Since Aakesh had a piece ofnd and also the effect of the title, he only had to show thend deed, and the citizenship process was simple.


    The rules around the Thorr city and the Kingdom were strict, as anyone not having an id card wasn''t allowed to use even many of the necessary services.


    The Kingdom was pretty biased against outsiders due to their personalities.

 Chapter 808 The Opening Day(1)

    Chapter 808: The Opening Day(1)


    After getting the id card for himself and Lily, Aakesh returned to the store.


    Aakesh didn''t need the id card much since he was going to be staying inside the store and didn''t need to buy anything from the outside, but Aakesh stillpleted the process since he was free. And also, no one knew what might happen in the future or what might turn important.


    After returning to the store, Aakesh and Lily had nothing to do. The day and night cycle was forty-eight hours here, and not even half of the day had passed, so there were several hours left before the opening of the store.


    Aakesh and Lily could enter Panagea, but the system shared new information with them at that time. The entry to Panagea was closed at the moment, and they would only open with tomorrow''s store''s opening.


    Apart from Panagea, Aakesh and Lily also had training areas. But since it was the first day of ascendance, and Lily''s result in tribtion made Aakesh satisfied with her progress, Aakesh decided to let her skip it.


    Now, the duo had only one else thing left to do.


    The next moment, Aakesh summoned the door to his room.


    Soon, the duo began a meditation session, using the used lesser Sacred stones.


    Aakesh and Lily were beings who had lived for tens of thousands of years, so sitting in meditation for some thirty-forty hours wasn''t a big deal.


    In meditation, time passed as if it were a blur, and the hours slipped by without notice.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise in Thorr city. Prepare for opening the store!]


    The meditating session got interrupted as the system''s emotionless and mechanical alert rang in Aakesh''s room.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and saw the stone had dimmed a lot after this meditation session.


    Aakesh inhaled and exhaled a deep breath as he stood up. Lily also woke up from her meditation.


    The next moment, a blue screen popped in front of them.


    Aakesh only took a nce at it and made the screen disappear since there was no visual growth in their absorption process.


    Aakesh then freshened himself and dressed in his usual slightly yellow dhoti while being barechested. He tied his hair into a bun and was finally ready.


    As for Lily, she jumped on the bed to sleep since she didn''t have unlimited endurance like Aakesh, and her cultivation level was also low.


    After it, Aakesh left the room as the stairs automatically appeared before his foot couldnd on them.


    Time flew by, and the sun finally rose on Thorr city.


    Unlike the Visteerna, the world here didn''t follow the same day and night cycle.


    In the Kingdom in which Thorr city was located, there were five time zones alone, and the had hundreds of such Kingdoms.


    But these things had nothing to do with Aakesh since the store followed the time zone around Thorr city.


    As the sun rose in its glory and forced the darkness to hide, Aakesh opened the door to the store for the first time ever in the Sacred dimension.<sub> </sub>


    At the same time, a front board emerged on top of the store''s building, with The First Store written in golden fonts. The system had done the usual, as thenguage was universal. If Vurron''s were to look at it, they would read the content in their native words.


    As Aakesh opened the store, an empty street weed his sight. It had been a long time since Aakesh saw such a sight, so he returned to his chair, waiting for the first store toe.


    Aakesh then looked at the counter and found them still empty. It was unexpected for Aakesh since he believed that the system would store pills here for the sale like thest time.


    Since there were no customers, Aakesh had nothing to do, so Aakesh asked the system about it.


    [Host, you need toplete a quest, and then all the three remaining products active in the Primal dimension would make their appearance.]


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the system''s response. As for the quest, he didn''t worry since he knew that it would appear after the store made its first sale in the Sacred dimension.


    Time flew by, and around an hour passed in the blink of an eye.


    In thest hour, let alone a customer, Aakesh hadn''t seen even a shadow approaching it.


    Aakesh, who was rxing, suddenly straightened up as he saw a customer approaching the direction of the store.


    Not long after, their silhouette appeared in front of the entrance.


    "A non-Vurron store owner," The man at the door muttered as he looked at Aakeshfortably seated on his chair.


    The man''s face turned ugly since he never expected a non-Vurron to buy this piece ofnd. In fact, he was the one who used to sell his items before the empty ground where the store now stands.


    His name was Favan, and he was ate Divine Transformation level cultivator. Since Aakesh didn''t hide his cultivation, his early Divine Transformation cultivation was clearly sensed by Favan.


    Favan felt another shock in his heart as even an idiot could find out that the non-vurron didn''t have an ordinary status. For an early Divine Transformation to spend several ordinary Sacred stones was no less than a miracle.


    Favan knew when to act, so he pushed his disgust down, and a smile appeared on his face as he entered the store.


    "Are you the store owner?" Favan fawningly asked.


    Aakesh clearly sensed the emotional change in the man''s eyes, but since he didn''t care, he simply nodded in response to the man''s question.


    "What do you sell here?" Favan asked, continuing his fawning tone.


    Favan didn''t care for Aakesh being a non-vurron or non-demon as long as he could gain benefits. Nothing was worth more than benefits for Favan since the arrogance of the Demons wasn''t going to feed him.


    "The store currently only sells a single product...," Aakesh began introducing the only seble product currently avable in the store.


    As Favan heard about there only being a single product, he scoffed in his heart, considering Aakesh as some arrogant young master, but the fawning smile remained on his face. But as time passed and he learned more about the item, the smile disappeared from his face, and shock took its ce. In the end, his mouth was so wide open that his veins began to show up across his face.


    Favan was an ordinary citizen from Thorr city with no background, so he didn''t know much about the world outside here. But even he knew that the effects of Panagea weren''t simple. It was an artifact that the likes of him couldn''t even imagine seeing, let alone using.


    But when Favan heard about the price, his heart knew no bounds of excitement and shock.

 Chapter 809 The Opening Day(2)

    Chapter 809: The Opening Day(2)


    "The Panagea has a limit of six hours per customer. The entry price is five lesser Sacred stones, while every hour would cost five lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh told the price of Panagea to the first customer.


    Favan sucked a deep breath of cold air after hearing the price of Panagea.


    Lesser Sacred stones had a high purchasing power in Thorr city, so paying five stones just to enter and then additional five stones to stay there for an hour was a great sum of money. But when Favanpared the cost and what he learned about Panagea from the store owner, he found the stones to becking.


    Favan felt such when he only had a total wealth of around fifty lesser Sacred stones.


    "I want one hour," Favan hurriedly replied as he couldn''t control himself from trying Panagea.


    But Favan knew his wealth, so he also stayed cautious. He considered the chance that Panagea wasn''t anything like the store owner said, and all of it was nothing but an exaggeration. At the same time, his heart was urging him to give it a try as the store owner wasn''t from an ordinary background, so being in control, he only asked for an hour first.


    "You need to pay ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly responded after hearing Favan''s request.


    Favan nodded, but before taking out the sum, he took a deep breath.


    Favan didn''t own a space ring since they were expensive due to the space being harder to cut in the Sacred dimension.


    There was arge pouch tied to his belt near the knife. Favan then took out ten lesser Sacred stones from the pouch, but before giving them to Aakesh, he counted several times to make sure that he wasn''t paying more.


    After his heart was finally content that they were only ten lesser Sacred stones, he pushed them toward the store owner.


    Aakesh nodded and waved his hands. The next moment, all the stones disappeared from the store.


    Favan grew even more jealous of Aakesh as he believed that the store owner had the expensive space ring. But he only felt it in his heart and didn''t dare to show it outside unless he offended the store owner with a mysterious background.


    Since the customer had paid, Aakesh told the man about the entry process and pointed him toward the only open room avable in the store.


    Favan''s face turned excited and nervous as he followed Aakesh''s direction and proceeded toward the portal room.


    After entering the portal room, Favan came across the three virtual portals.


    Favan''s breathing got rough as it was the first time he had seen an item of such value.


    Favan was aware of the travel portals. There was even one in Thorr city. But the likes of Favan could only imagine traveling using that since even one trip was worth more than what Favan could earn after working hard for millions of years.


    (A/N: If you remember, I referred to the Sacred dimension as the ce of Immortals. Every citizen living here is immortal.)


    Controlling his excitement, Favan proceeded toward the nearest portal to him.


    Favan wanted to feel the surface, but his heart didn''t dare to, so he merely did as Aakesh told him by touching the starry sight with just the tip of his finger.


    The next moment, a suction force so strong that Favan couldn''t even think of putting up a fight appeared and sucked Favan inside.


    At the same time, a flurry of system alerts rang inside Aakesh''s head.


    [Ding.]<sub> </sub>


    [Congrattions, Host, for selling your first product in the Sacred dimension. 5% of the selling cost of the product has been submitted to your inventory. You can use that money on anything.]


    [Host, please see your screen for the first quest in the Sacred dimension.]


    [Mission objective: Sell products to ten customers,


    Requirement: You had four products in the Primal dimension, three of which are unlocked. Only the Panagea is currently active. Sell three Panagea hours or more to ten customers,


    Time limit: Seven Days,


    Mission reward: Activation of the other three products,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    Aakesh heard continuous announcements, and soon after, a blue screen popped out in front of him.


    Aakesh had already expected things to go this way after the first sale, so he wasn''t surprised. He then focused on the quest screen floating in front of him.


    In one breath, Aakesh read the content and waved his hands. The next moment, light particles began to move away from the screen, and in no time, it disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    For the quest, the store needed to have ten different customers. Since the sale made by Favan was responsible for the activation of the mission, he wouldn''t get counted.


    For the punishment, the previous Aakesh wouldn''t have cared, but the current one did. He needed to exchange Sacred stones with the system for the purest forms since he would now need them for his cultivation.


    There was a limit of seven days, so Aakesh didn''t worry. Panagea was one product that Aakesh was confident inpleting the quest, no matter its difficulty.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about the quest and left it to the future.


    ***


    While Aakesh was thinking about the quest, Favan found himself in an unfamiliar ce after getting sucked inside the portal.


    "MY STRENGTH!" Favan screamed in shock as he found his strength was lower than it was earlier.


    Favan had never felt this weak, but before he could think much about it, Favan felt a gentle tap on his shoulders from behind.


    Favan turned around in shock as he hadn''t even sensed that there was someone behind him.


    When he saw the owner of the tap, his jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock.


    "An-An-Ang-Angel," After trying for a long time, Favan finally seeded inpleting the world.


    The introduction Angel, on the other hand, had an indifferent expression as she repeated the introduction process.


    Time flew by, and the introduction to the Panagea world hade to an end in the blink of an eye.


    Favan returned back to the street with a shocked face. But soon, his heart calmed on its own as if the things he saw were ordinary scenes.

 Chapter 810 Panagea Of The Sacred Dimension!

    Chapter 810: Panagea of the Sacred Dimension!


    The world inside the Panagea was the same for the adventurers of the Primal dimension and the Sacred dimension.


    But there were still bound to be differences as Aakesh hade to the Sacred dimension after a long time, and the customers of the Primal dimension already had a long headstart.


    At the same time, the time flow rate between the Primal dimension and the Sacred dimension was one to one thousand. So when only one day would pass in the Sacred dimension, one thousand days would have gone by in the Primal dimension.


    It meant that the customers of the Primal dimension would get a longer time to level up in Panagea. Since the difficulty was the same for everyone, the customers of the Primal dimension would leave the customers of the Sacred dimension in the dust when only a few years would have passed for the customers of the Sacred dimension.


    At the same time, there was also three times the time rate in Panagea for the customers in the Primal dimension, but in the Sacred dimension, it was a normal rate. So the customers here had even less time to catch up to the customers of the Primal dimension.


    (A/N: I know it will look strange to many readers. In simple words, the system forcefully matched the time rate to the Sacred dimension while not affecting the time rate in the Primal dimension in any way.)


    The system wanted to be unbiased toward customers from each dimension, but at the same time, there were things like luck.


    Panagea was supposed to activate when Aakesh ascended to the higher dimensions. But as his luck was running great at that time, he got it only in his first roulette of new products.


    The system wasn''t going to give advantages to the customers of the Sacred dimension to win over the Primal dimension customers. But what the system did to manage the power level gap was that any adventurer native to the Sacred dimension wouldn''t start from level zero, but they would be a Level 100 adventurer right from the start.


    Starting from Level 100 didn''t mean the end of the first quest. The customers from the Sacred dimension would need toplete the first mission to unlock their status and energy level.


    Until thepletion of the first quest, the adventurers would have the physical strength of a Level 100 in Panagea, but they wouldn''t be able to use any energy.


    Starting from Level 100 wasn''t a fortune for the adventurers since the first quest would match their level, increasing the difficultyparison of the missions for the customers of the two dimensions.


    ***


    Favan found himself in a city dominated by a race earlier unknown to him. But since he appeared here, he knew the usual information about the race as well as he could speak their tongue.


    Favan got his first quest, and its difficulty sent chills down his spine.


    But Favan believed that Panagea would be a game changer for his destiny, so gritting his teeth, he persisted in the quest.


    While Favan was doing the quest, one hour passed in the blink of an eye.


    Favan suddenly heard a voice in his head asking him whether he wanted to pay for the next hour or not.


    The caution Favan held in his heart earlier now had no ce, as he directly paid for the next five hours. At that moment, he didn''t even care about shrinking his life savings by more than half and got busypleting the quest.


    Time flew by, and the remaining five hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Favan had a frustrated look as he was forced out of Panagea by the system.


    "Store owner, please let me enter for more hours. I am very close topleting my quest," Favan pleaded to Aakesh, as his mental strength was not right after dying several times in Panagea.


    It wasn''t the first time for Aakesh to see a customer like the man in front of him, so he bluntly refused.


    "Come back tomorrow," Aakesh expressionlessly stated.


    Favan''s face turned ugly as his pleadings didn''t help him. But soon, he calmed down as his eyes fell on the rule board.


    Favan did not want to get cklisted for life, so he turned around and left the store.


    Aftering out of the store, Favan unleashed all the curse words he knew on the store owner and the quest for being so difficult.<sub> </sub>


    Cursing didn''t help Favan much in calming down, so he rushed toward Moonlight street.


    Moonlight street was a famous street in Thorr city, as it was solely reserved for the pleasure of the flesh.


    ***


    Aakesh had no idea about Favan''s outburst. Even if he knew, he wouldn''t have cared.


    The day was far from over, so Aakesh waited for new customers.


    When around half the day had passed, a movement happened inside the store''s hall, as a door appeared, floating in midair.


    Lily stretched herself as she came down through the stairs.


    "Oh, you are awake," Aakesh smiled, seeing Lily jumping on his head.


    "Did no one arrive?" Lily asked as she noticed that none of the virtual portals were gray.


    Lily knew it was only the first day, so the scenes wouldn''t be like what she used to see in the Primal dimension.


    Time flew by, and several more hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The store was only seven more hours away from closing, but there was no sight of the second customer until now.


    Since Aakesh could do nothing but wait, he continued to rx in his chair. Lily, on the other hand, had already left for Panagea.


    Lily would also face the brunt of the different time rates in Panagea, so she decided to begin her usual schedule of staying in Panagea while onlying out for a few hours outside.


    Time flew by, and more hours passed.


    Aakesh hoped that Favan would promote Panagea to other Vurrons since the system prohibited the store owner from promotion of the store.


    But Favan didn''t do as Aakesh hoped since he wanted to be an exclusive customer of Panagea. He wanted other customers to be aste as possible so that he could start big before others.


    Favan was currently seated in the Royal Bank to ask for a loan to solve his dilemma of not having enough Sacred stones to continue being a store customer.


    "How many Sacred stones do you want for a loan?" The officer in charge of the loan department asked Favan.


    "Nine hundred lesser Sacred stones," Favan responded as he already had the amount in his mind.


    Staying in Panagea for six hours for twenty-five days would cost around nine hundred lesser Sacred stones. Favan already knew about the earning potential from the Panagea since Aakesh had told him, so he wanted to give him that many days at least.


    There was also another reason for him asking for only this amount and not more since the Royal Bank asked for a guarantee when the loan amount reached one ordinary Sacred stone.


    "Since your loan is below one ordinary Sacred stone, your monthly interest rate is fifteen percent," The officer told Favan.


    Favan nodded since he was already aware of it. The interest rate was high, but it was the only way for Favan to have sufficient capital in his hands.


    The following process was easy as the Royal Bank was known for its hospitality.


    Favan had an excited expression as he left the bank with a heavy pouch of stones tied to his belt.

 Chapter 811 A Situation In The Primal Dimension(1)

    Chapter 811: A Situation in the Primal Dimension(1)


    <o>,m Time flew by, and the sun was on the verge of setting down.</o>


    Except for Favan, the store hadn''t seen any new customers despite it being in a busy area in the city.


    Aakesh didn''t waste his time thinking over the reason behind theck of customers since it was only the first day. No one can stop an idea whose time hase. It was now the store''s era in the Sacred dimension, so the number of customers was bound to grow. The rate might be slower than what Aakesh wanted, but it would grow.


    More time flew by, and the sun set down.


    It was now time for Aakesh to close the store. Aakesh stood up from his chair, went to the manual door, and slid it shut. He then locked the hatch, bringing an end to the first day for the store in the Sacred dimension.


    The day had gone without any trouble or issues despite Aakesh being a non-Vurron, which was somewhat out of Aakesh''s expectations.


    Since it was nighttime, Aakesh decided to return to his usual schedule. First, training, and then he would enter Panagea.


    Aakesh didn''t leave for training right away since Lily still wasn''t here. Time flew by, and after a wait of around half an hour, the store hall had a movement.


    "You arete," Aakesh rebuked Lily since he didn''t like dilly-dallying when it came to training.


    "I am sorry. I will tell you the reasonter," Lily apologized, seeing the stern look on Aakesh''s face.


    Aakesh didn''t speak anything in response but only waved his hands. The next moment, both of them appeared inside the usual selection area.


    ***


    While only around two days had passed for Aakesh in the Sacred dimension, several years had gone by in the Primal dimension without Aakesh as the store owner.


    The sudden ascendance of Aakesh had taken the store customers by shock, but since the store continued to run the same way, they forgot him, except for some of the old customers.


    One such customer was Maria. Around a year after, Maria transferred the leadership of Skylord to Evelyn and attempted the tribtion.


    The chances Maria had earned in Panagea and in the Primal dimension weren''t insulted as Maria sessfully passed her tribtion and ascended.


    Maria wasn''t the only one to ascend after Aakesh left the store. There were many customers who had long ago reached the peak of the Primal dimension but didn''t ascend since someone strong like Aakesh existed as their goal. But once Aakesh left, they turned their eyes toward the Sacred dimension with a new aim of bing a store customer there and attempted tribtions.


    There was no failure among store customers, and the store maintained its perfect record.


    At the same time, there were customers who wanted to ascend but couldn''t ascend despite them being at the peak of the power level. These customers were the members of the Titan race.


    Eris was one such customer. His story was legendary to the other store customers since he was the only one in the store''s entire history up to this point to rule over a territory equal to arge town.<sub> </sub>


    But for some reason, his light had dimmed when he lost the territory after its protection period was over. His store urrences became irregr after that point. No one knew what had happened to him, but around five hundred years after his win in the inaugural event, Eris returned to his previous character.


    Only Aakesh and Lily knew what had happened with Eris. He had lost himself in greed due to there being an Absolute stone in his territory and then losing it. It took him hundreds of years of efforts to calm his mind, which in turn made all the headstarts Eris had made in Panagea due to his win that year disappear.


    When Eris returned, he was just one of the store''s customers.


    Eris had always wanted to ascend and reim the glory of his ancestors. But the curse of the Asura race continued to block his path to legend.


    Eris had epted it, but then the store came to his life and showed him a way when he sensed the increase in his strength after one session of the Gods & Demons difficulty level training area.


    But then Eris got another setback due to losing to his own greed, so when he returned to the store after centuries, he came with a clear goal in his mind.


    His goal was to reach Level 250 and try to ascend.


    The goal was extremely difficult, but it was the only thing keeping him sane, so he continued to persist hard, no matter what difficulties came his way.


    Eris''s hard work over the past centuries finally gave him the result, as he achieved Level 250.


    When Eris came out of the Panagea, he still had six Panagea hours left. But Eris didn''t care since he wanted to see whether Panagea was able to break the curse or not.


    Soon after leaving, Eris found a window floating in front of him.


    It was the exchange window, and it showed the items and their prices to bring them out to reality.


    On top of the window was the chance Eris had been waiting for long, the exchange of cultivation. Next to it was the outrageous price Eris needed to pay.


    Eris didn''t even care to look at what the price was as he tapped on the cultivation to buy. His eyes were nervous as they waited for Eris to seed.


    Soon, Eris heard an alert in his head, bringing him back to reality.


    [The amount stored in your card is insufficient toplete the transaction. Please add the remaining amount toplete it.]


    Eris finally had to look at the cost and had his eyes popped out as if they woulde out.


    Next to the Level 250 cultivation, one quadrillion supreme Primal stones were written in bright letters.


    Eris''s breathing got rough as even he, who had lived for countless years, felt the amount to be too outrageous.


    But when Erispared the cost with the value of the item, he found the cost to becking, as how can supreme Primal stones getpared to sessful ascension, no matter what their number was.

 Chapter 812 A Situation In The Primal Dimension(End)

    Chapter 812: A Situation in the Primal Dimension(End)


    ? Eris couldn''t help but scream with frustration in his heart as he never expected money toe in the way of his dream.


    Eris began to think of ways, but when he remembered arge number of stones, he didn''t know what to feel.


    Even many top-level organizations wouldn''t have this wealth even if they sold all of their assets, so how could Eris get this amount?


    Eris only had around seventy trillion with him, and even in that, more than seventy percent of it came from Panagea after exchanging soul stones with Primal stones. He still needed more than nine hundred trillion stones if he wanted toplete the sale.


    "It''s time for the Titans to meet again," Eris muttered as he made his decision.


    Now only members of the Titan race could help him. The Titans had lived countless years, and in that time, they had also saved a great deal of money. It was now time for them to bring it out to help Eris.


    The next moment, Eris teleported from the store through his supreme card and soon stood in his house.


    Eris then took a talisman out of his pocket space.


    The talisman was square in shape, and on it, a pattern of a Titan seated on his throne was imprinted.


    Since Eris had made his decision, he didn''t want to waste any more time. The next moment, he began to transfer his energy to the talisman.


    A few secondster, the talisman left his hands and began to float in the air without any support.


    "UGH!" Eris suddenly screamed out loud as the talisman devoured a part of his soul.


    The talisman was an item that each Titan got at their birth. It had many abilities, andmunication was one of them.


    Since Eris wanted to contact every living Titan, it devoured his soul power. Since it was an item that came from the third dimension, it fed on the energy native to that ce. But since Eris and the remaining Titans were only Immortals, they could only feed the talisman with their soul power for using it.


    The next moment, in several ces in the Primal dimension, these talismans began to lighten up.


    "This is brother," Erica looked in shock as she sensed her talisman lighting up.


    ''Did hee across a group of Hygars?'' Erica worryingly thought as she tapped on the shining talisman.


    The next moment, she also felt an unbearable pain as the talisman devoured a portion of her soul.


    The next moment, the talisman left her hand and began to rotate at an unimaginable speed.


    As it rotated, the space around it cracked. Erica frowned as she wanted the process to end as quickly as possible.


    Not long after, the talisman stopped rotating, and it returned to Erica while a space portal emerged in front of her.


    Without wasting any time, Erica stepped on the portal and appeared at the ce where Eris lived.


    Travel between the different talismans was also one of its abilities.


    "What happened?" Erica asked in concern as she saw her brother seated on his bed. At the same time, she also heaved a sigh of relief in her heart since he wasn''t in a battle.


    There were only around a hundred of them alive. Each dead would bring the Titans closer to extinction. Eris was also her own brother, so the concern doubled.


    "Let otherse," Eris didn''t answer right away but told Erica to wait.<sub> </sub>


    A bad feeling grew in Erica''s heart as she didn''t expect Eris to contact all the Titans. It was dangerous since if the Hygars somehow found this information, it would mean the end of the Titan race.


    Time continued to pass by as Titans after Titans emerged out of space portals.


    "Why isn''t Erasmas here?" One of the Titans asked since all the Titans hade except Erasmas.


    "That bastard!" Erica harumphed as Erasmas and Eris didn''t have a good rtionship. Erasmas not making an appearance despite the talisman only meant one thing: He didn''t care whether Eris died or not.


    All the other Titans'' faces also turned ugly since they never expected a petty feud to affect their functioning when their race was already in such a precarious situation.


    Eris could only sigh in frustration at Erasmas''s actions.


    "Big brother, why did you call us?" Eros asked. Like Eris and Erica, Eros was also a regr customer of the store, so they would sometimes meet each other.


    Eris took a deep breath and began to share the reason he had called all the Titans despite knowing what was at stake here.


    "Are you serious?" One of the Titans asked since it was tough for him to believe Eris.


    At that time, Erica and Eros also chimed in support of Eris since they also knew about the store.


    A few Titans couldn''t help but look at the trio with unfriendly eyes andin loudly. Despite them knowing the heaven-defying effects of the store, they didn''t feel any concern to share these with the other titans as well.


    Eris understood what the Titans were feeling, so he apologized. As for why he didn''t tell them, he med it on theck of proof.


    The Titans didn''t know whether what Eris said was true or not, but since it was an exnation, they epted his apology.


    Eris found this way working in his favor. In no time, he got the remaining amount to buy Level 250 cultivation.


    It was difficult for one Titan to have that much wealth, but they were around a hundred of them, and each of them only had to lend around ten trillion supreme Primal stones.


    The exchange rate for Panagea could be done from anywhere for the card owners, so without wasting any time, Eris summoned the window.


    Since this time, his card had a sufficient amount, he tapped on the cultivation, and the next moment, a white blinding light covered him.


    In real-time, the Titans could see the increase in Eris''s strength. Once it breached the limit of the Primal dimension, tribtion clouds began to appear.


    The white light didn''t disappear as it continued to help Eris.


    Soon, his tribtion ended in sess as the clouds began to disperse while Eris didn''t even need to go through the three stages.


    All the Titans standing there were looking at all of this happening with concerned faces since what happened next would determine the destiny of their race.


    Once the dark cloudspletely dispersed, the white light engulfing Eris melted with him.


    Eris found his strength at a level where he had never felt before. But Eris didn''t care as he was concerned about another thing.


    Suddenly, Eris''s eyes turned moist as the repulsive force attacked him.


    The Titans on the ground had the same expressions as they also sensed an invisible energy forcing Eris to leave.

 Chapter 813 The Birth Of A Top Organization, Overnight!

    Chapter 813: The Birth of a Top Organization, Overnight!


    As Eris felt the repulsive force trying to throw him out, his eyes turned moist. The curse on the Titan race was finally going to disappear.


    The memories of his race started shing through Eris'' mind at that moment, making him want to bawl like a child. But he controlled himself since it wasn''t time to show weakness.


    As the repulsive force on him continued to increase, he set his sights on the other Titans on the ground.


    "We finally have the chance to leave this prison," Eris smiled as he announced.


    The Titans felt a myriad of emotions in their minds as they heard Eris.


    Erica''s eyes became red since her brother was leaving, while at the same time, she became determined to reach Level 250 and ascend.


    The repulsive force on Eris finally got more than what he could handle, so he had no choice but to ept the summon of the Sacred dimension and leave.


    Just when he thought everything was over and the Titans could leave, he suddenly felt the repulsive force disappearing while he got locked in the space.


    Crack crack crack!


    Suddenly, the space above Eris began to crack, and an overwhelming feeling began to descend through it.


    In no time, the space crack grew to tens of thousands of miles, and the pressure leaking from it became too much for the Titans to bear.


    Eris and the remaining Titans had no choice but to kneel. Thend beneath their knees began to crack while their veins began to rupture. An overwhelming feeling of death engulfed all the Titans living in the Primal dimension.


    ***


    In some corner of the Primal dimension, Erasmas was acting as a teacher in a school. In the middle of the ss, a feeling of death suddenly engulfed him.


    Before he could find out what was going on, a pressure he had never felt before suddenly descended and forced him face-first onto the ground.


    "What did that bastard do?" Erasmas angrily yelled as he believed this sudden change had something to do with Eris.


    ***


    ''What is going on?'' Eris thought in his heart as the pressure attacking him was less than the other Titans.


    The space crack above him had a sudden movement, as an eye made of Primal energy appeared. Its sight focused on Eris.


    At that moment, Eris felt as if he was nothing but an ordinary mortal standing in front of a God.


    The eye had nothing but indifference as it looked at Eris. The pressure of attacking the Titans meant nothing to it.


    The pressure continued for five seconds, and then it disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived.


    "ECARIS!"


    One of the Titans suddenly eximed in shock as all the Titans except the one named Ecaris didn''t stand up after the disappearance of the pressure.


    Eris also heard the sudden scream from one of his fellow race members, but before he could look down, a sudden voice appeared in his mind.


    "So, the Titans finally seeded in ascending. Don''t dare to think of revenge, or this time, none of the Titans will be spared!"


    Eris felt his body turning cold after hearing the voice. He finally knew the identity of the eye.


    Eris was never thinking of revenge since the Asura race defeated the Titans when the Titans were at their peak. Countless years have passed after that, and now the Asuras would have be even stronger. Thinking of revenge against such a race was no less than making the Titan race extinct.


    The warning from the voice doused any fire of revenge Eris still had in his heart. From that moment, he decided to forget about the war between the Titans and the Asuras until he could reach a stage where he could stand on an equal footing with the other powerhouses.


    Eris then took a deep breath as he looked down at his dead fellow member. His eyes turned red as another member of his race died at the hands of the Asuras.


    He then took another deep breath as he looked at his fellow members for onest time. The repulsive force acting on him returned.


    This time, no untoward event happened, and a white light engulfed him.


    The next moment, Eris disappeared from the Primal dimension, and at the same time, he left a message in the head of the Titans on the ground.


    "Stop thinking about revenge. Work hard, and let us meet in the Primal dimension."<sub> </sub>


    ***


    "Damn it! Another of us is dead because of that damn race," One of the Titans cursed after Eris left.


    Many of the Titans angrily looked at the sky and yelled to vent their frustration.


    "Erica tell us more about the store," One of the Titans, who had been silent from the start since his arrival, suddenly asked.


    The other Titans turned silent as it was a significant question, and everyone wanted to know more about the store.


    Erica''s face turned solemn as she began to share information about the store, including the store owner.


    In the end, every Titan had shocked faces as they learned about the power of the mysterious store owner. They had lived here for countless years and yet were toe across a being that was even equal to power with the Void beasts, let alone stronger than them.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed as they began to chat about the store.


    "How do we solve the money issue if some of us continue to grow and reach Level 250 in Panagea?" One of the Titans suddenly asked.


    One ascendance through Panagea cost a quadrillion supreme Primal stones. They each could contribute some to help the Titans ascend, but this situation couldn''t continue for long.


    One quadrillion supreme Primal stones were thebined wealth of three or four Titans, and they had earned it after umting them for countless years.


    There were around a hundred of the Titans still left in the Primal dimension, including Erasmas. Even if they pool all of their wealth, they still wouldn''t be able to provide enough for half of them to ascend, let alone all of them.


    Titans never thought that they would have to face financial issues, but now that they were facing it, their faces were filled with excitement rather than worry.


    The other Titans also had to ponder faces since the issue was severe. As for not being able to achieve Level 250, the point never emerged in their hearts. They were from the Titan race, once a top three race in the Multiverse. Their talent was second to none, and after this humiliation of countless years, their personality had also turned humble, and they knew the value of hard work.


    "Why don''t we establish our own organization?" One of the Titans suddenly chimed in, bringing silence to the group.


    The aura suddenly turned solemn as many Titans had the same idea, but they didn''t dare to suggest it out loud. As for the reason, every Titan knew.


    "Now that we have a way to ascend, it''s time for us toe out."


    "The Hygars are an issue, but how long are we going to let fear guide our decisions?"


    "Let''s establish our organization in the Bisan Empire. I don''t think they are afraid of the Hygars," The Titan continued to add to his suggestion.


    A long discussion began between the Titans as starting an organization with their power was the best option to gather resources at a high rate.


    In the end, all the Titans acknowledged the need to stop running from the Hygars and establish the organization.


    After making their decision, the Titans made their existence public to the Primal dimension by hunting a few of the mid-tier and high-tier organizations.


    When the sun rose in the next morning on the Anga continent, a new organization had its headquarters in Kakot.


    Only the Titans knew the wealth they had paid to Emperor Glenn to have their newly created organization stay under the umbre of the Bisan Empire.


    The organization''s name was Ascendance since they created it by keeping their ascendance in mind.


    The organization had only Titans as their leader, while some of the other races as lower-level workers.


    The Titans dreaded Hygar''s response, so they used the umbre of the Bisan Empire, but their fear didn''te to fruition.


    Instead, the Titans got an unexpected surprise, as one of the higher-level members of the Hygar race made its presence known and even gave presents to the Titans for the establishment.


    The reason for the Hygar''s actions remained unknown to the Titans since the Hygars were never one to exin their actions.


    A legend was about to be born in the Primal dimension, as Aakesh and Lily appeared in the selection area after closing the store.


    ***


    A/N: Hello, readers! Happy Diwali!


    May this festival brings light to our lives and this already dark world.


    Only one chapter today.

 Chapter 814 Training And Panagea(1)

    Chapter 814: Training and Panagea(1)


    Unaware of the changes the store had caused in Panagea, Aakesh and Lily appeared in the selection area.


    Lily chose her usual training area; the next moment, a space portal emerged and sucked her inside.


    The training area reserved for Aakesh had the same time flow as the world it was in, so Lily had no change in the time flow rate in her training.


    After Lily left, Aakesh went to his weapons section and picked a weapon. Aakesh then chose his training area and disappeared from the selection area as a space portal emerged and sucked him inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a familiar battleground, with a routine blue screen popping in front of him.


    Aakesh didn''t waste any time and chose to start from the first round like he did every day.


    Aakesh had been battling in this training environment for more than a thousand years, and yet, he didn''t feel bored with it. There was only one reason behind it, the opponent Aakesh needed to face was randomly chosen, and at the same time, there were around five hundred and fifty-one rounds in the contest.


    Despite training for more than a thousand years, the maximum number of rounds Aakesh had won was seventy-nine, and even then, he had only seeded in winning that many battles with only a sword and bow.


    Not long after, Aakesh tapped on the screen, and a beast filled with killing intent emerged in front of him.


    The beast was around three meters in height, with its entire body dyed scarlet like a me. The creature had a single eye with a ck sclera, red pupils, and a scarlet iris. Two goat horns adorned the beast, while arge pair of wings simr in color to other parts of its body made its alreadyrge body look even more oversized.


    Roar!


    The creature looked at Aakesh and roared in the provocation.


    The information about the beast appeared in Aakesh''s memories. It was a beast of the Sacred dimension, and its name was Scarlet me Godbeast.


    Due to it being a True God right from its birth, the strongest of this race were capable of attaining the peak of Sacred dimension cultivation. Thus, the name Godbeast was given to it.


    Aakesh ignored the roar of the beast. He instead focused on his weapon. It was a spear, which Aakesh had used many times.


    The maximum number of battles he had won with the spear was seventy-eight, only one short of the wins with the sword and the bow.


    Ding!


    Not wasting any more time, the bell rang and announced the start of the first battle.


    Aakesh was clearly stronger than the current Scarlet me Godbeast, so he didn''t give the beast any hope of fighting and made his move.


    Using the spear as a javelin, he threw it, aiming at the beast''s eye since it was its weakest point.


    Whoosh!


    The beast only heard the spear tearing through the air anding toward it, but before it could do anything to dodge or defend itself, it felt a paining through its eyes. Not long after, its consciousness began to dim, and in no time, the world turned entirely nk for the beast as its considerablyrge body crashed to the ground, making a loud sound.<sub> </sub>


    The battle ended before the sound of the bell had even disappeared. Soon, a blue light engulfed the arena as the routine blue screen popped in front of him.


    Aakesh didn''t have to think of what to do, so he tapped on the screen right away.


    Time flew by, and it had been around three minutes since the contest began.


    The spear moved like a snake in Aakesh''s hands, and before the beast could do anything to dodge it, the spearhead crushed its heart, resulting in an instant kill.


    Not long after, the familiar blue screen popped in front of Aakesh. It asked him whether he wanted to repeat the eighteenth round or wanted to proceed linearly ahead.


    Aakesh chose to proceed ahead linearly and tapped on the screen.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in the battle arena, with the Scarlet me Godbeast looking at him even more angrily.


    Time flew by, and thirty minutes had passed in the blink of an eye.


    ng ng ng!


    ng ng ng!


    The spearhead and the beast''s ws shed with each other and made a metallic sound. It was the seventy-ninth round, and he had been in this battle for the past thirty seconds.


    Thest time Aakesh was at this round with the spear, he had lost the battle after fighting hard. Now that Aakesh''s strength was several times greater than what it was when hest battled, the seventy-ninth round didn''t seem that hard.


    It was just that Aakesh wanted to see how far the beast could go because of his lossst time, or he would have long ended this battle.


    Ten more seconds passed, and Aakesh finally got bored of the battle. He decided to end it as he activated one of the skills for the first time today.


    The next moment, the spear began to turn heavy. In no time, the already heavy spear weighed a thousand times more than its original weight.


    The skill could further go beyond this level of weight, but Aakesh stopped it. It wasn''t due to him having difficulty, but he felt this weight to be sufficient to crush the beast.


    Suddenly the aura around Aakesh changed as he got offensive. The beast also sensed the sudden change, but before it could do anything, Aakesh disappeatred from the spot and appeared right above the beast in the air.


    The beast sensed something over its head, but it didn''t even get the time to look as the spear crashed into it.


    At that moment, the beast felt a mountain made of Timeless stone crashing on its head. The feeling didn''tst long. In front of the spear''s weight, the Scarlet me Godbeast was nothing more than a stick.


    The spear entirely crushed the beast and turned it into a pool of blood and body parts.


    The next moment, the battle came to an end as Aakesh surpassed his past record. Aakesh didn''t feel much excited about it since it was due to the increase in his cultivation.

 Chapter 815 Training And Panagea(End)

    Chapter 815: Training and Panagea(End)


    As the beast lost its life once again, Aakesh won another battle. Not feeling anything over his win because of the low strength of the beast, Aakesh tapped to proceed ahead on the routine blue screen.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in the battle arena, new as ever, with the beast looking at him with nothing but hatred.


    If the eyes could kill, Aakesh would have already died. The beast was angry after losing battles but didn''t hate Aakesh. But thest battle was something that disgusted the beast.


    When the beast died with a single strike after the sudden change, it understood that Aakesh was ying with it. While it thought, it was finally able to give some challenge to the opponent.


    Aakesh didn''t care about the beast''s hatred as he got ready for the battle.


    Ding!


    Soon, the announcing bell rang again and announced the start of the eightieth-round battle.


    Time flew by, and another fifteen minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    The spear moved with random motions, but every time it was close to injuring the beast, a w woulde and deflect or stop the spear''s momentum.


    Aakesh face was devoid of any emotion but killing as he pressed further and further on the beast to increase his momentum.


    Even though the beast was able to get out of harm''s way, it was unable tond an attack on its opponent.


    Aakesh continuously attacked while the beast defended. This situation continued for a while, but it had to stop since the beast couldn''t maintain this rate of defensive movement for long when the battle was such high intensity.


    As Aakesh felt the beast''s movement slowing down, he saw his chance and poured even more strength into his attacks.


    The beast couldn''t contain attacksing at it with such intensity as its defenses finally began to crack. Veins began to burst wherever the spearnded a hit due to its unimaginable weight.


    In no time, the situation turned dire for the beast.


    After seeing iting to a dead-end, the beast decided to give its everything in the next attack.


    Suddenly, the scarlet iris began to expand, and in no time, the entire pupil turned scarlet red.


    The scarlet fur spread around the beast began to burn as a me of simr color emerged. In no time, the fire engulfed the beast.


    The ck sclera turned scarlet as only this color remained in existence at that point.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned cold as the spear in his hands began shaking while the space around it began to crack as if it was nothing more than ss.


    A roar came from the space crack as a blurry projection emerged from the spear.


    At that moment, only the projection remained in the entire battle arena. The beast engulfed in me let out a cry of dread as the me it was umting to create an explosion forcefully began to return back to its body.


    The beast wanted the process to stop, but no matter what it tried, the mes continued to return back.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, left the spear as it flew toward the beast.<sub> </sub>


    Puchi!


    Thud!


    Before the beast could even make a squeak, the spear pierced through its heart. After the attack, it returned back to Aakesh''s hands, while the beast still burning crashed to the ground, creating a gigantic pit filled with me.


    The skill used by Aakesh belonged to the element of Time, and it was the first time he had used it in the battle. It was the third-ranked skill in his arsenal for today''s battle.


    Time flew by, and a few more minutes passed.


    The silence in the selection area suddenly broke as a space portal emerged, and soon Aakesh stepped out of it.


    Due to his increased strength, Aakesh was easily able to surpass his previous number of battles. Aakesh even breached the mark of hundred wins, but the one hundred and the seventh battle seemed too difficult for the current Aakesh to win as he lost and returned to the selection area.


    Since it was only the first battle after the ascension, Aakesh didn''t worry about the result. It would be necessary for him to fight some more fights in order to assess his strength carefully.


    Since Lily wasn''t here and it wouldn''t be long before she returned, Aakesh decided to call an end to today''s training session and requested the system for his chair.


    Time flew by.


    Keeping up with their tradition of conversation over the past thousand years, Aakesh and Lily discussed their day after the end of today''s training.


    Since there was nothing left to share, the duo disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the store''s hall.


    Lily then went to her virtual portal as she summoned the door to Aakesh''s room.


    After Lily left, Aakesh proceeded toward the portal room. As his habit was, he first looked toward the leaderboard.


    The next moment, a smile appeared on his face as he only saw an empty wall there.


    For the leaderboard to appear, the store needed at least a hundred Panagea customers, which were still some time away. Aakesh then returned his sight back to the three virtual portals.


    Aakesh then touched the nearest virtual portal to him with just the tip of his fingers, and the next moment, a suction force stronger than his fighting capability appeared and sucked him inside.


    Aakesh felt the intensity of the suction force had increased, but since he already knew the reason, he didn''t think much of it.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in the same spot where he had exited Pangea thest time.


    Aakesh had only been focusing on his ss for the past century, so his level had stopped growing at the same rate it usually did.


    Due to Aakesh''s efforts over these years, Aakesh could sense the upgrade of the ss level very close. If Aakesh had to think of a time limit, he believed his ss would be Mythical in around a week.


    Due to the ss, Aakesh had been in this city for the past several years.


    Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, several hours passed by as the system alerted Aakesh about the sunrise.

 Chapter 816 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 816: A New Day for the Store(1)


    Aakesh was busy watching over a participant when the system''s voice suddenly appeared in his head, informing him about the approaching sunrise.


    Aakesh looked at the screen and then decided to leave since he wasn''t going to get much from the event.


    The next moment, Aakesh disappeared from the spot and appeared in the store''s hall.


    There was still some time away from sunrise, so Aakesh summoned his room.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh came down the stairs since the sun was rising above the city.


    As the first ray of light pierced through the wall of darkness in Thorr city, and the cities around it, on the seventeenth street, a store opened its door.


    As expected, an empty sight weed Aakesh after he opened the store.


    Aakesh didn''t mind since it was only earlier days, and these situations would continue for a while.


    Aakesh then turned around and went back to his chair, waiting for the first customer of the day to arrive.


    A few minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Aakesh could see many people on the street looking at the store, but for some reason, they didn''t approach it and went back to their work after only a single nce.


    ***


    "How dare you enter the store when master forbade anyone from going there?" On one corner of the seventeenth street, a group of people had surrounded a man.


    The man was none other than Favan, the first customer of the store in the Sacred dimension. He was currently injured and bleeding from his head as one of the people surrounding him had pushed his head onto the wall.


    The fresh bloodstains on the wall were proof of the attack.


    "If you are found entering the store again, the next time, I will let my de taste your blood," The man who looked to be the leader of the group threatened Favan and turned around to leave.


    The others followed the man and left, but some of them kicked Favan before leaving since the moment of hitting someone with higher cultivation wasn''t a daily event.


    Favan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up with a grin on his face.


    "If these could stop me from doing what I wanted to do, I will have long be a good man," Favan mumbled as he looked in the direction the group left.


    "Just wait! I will return this hundredfold," Favan suddenly muttered in hatred as he clenched his hands into a fist.


    Favan had learned the store timings from the store owner, so he had left early morning today, but then, he suddenly came across this group of goons.


    Favan had been living here for hundreds of years, so he knew the identity of the goon''s boss. It would be a lie if he said he wasn''t terrified of them. But his interest in Panagea was such that he was willing to ignore the fear.


    Favan then looked at the pouch tied to his waist. He was fortunate that they only came here to warn him and didn''t steal.


    If it was threatening, the boss of the goons could easily handle it with his connections, but if they stole a sum of more than a hundred lesser Sacred stones, the issue would turn too big for even the boss to solve.


    The boss was only a peak Divine Transformation level cultivator, and it was just that the man had a Divine Lord father. His father was the same, so the son used his father''s name to create his gang of goons.


    As for why the boss was stopping him from entering the store, the man had no interest in knowing. Even if it was something terrible, it had nothing to do with him. Favan only cared about him and his interests, and his best interest was in Panagea, so ignoring the threat, Favan proceeded in the store''s direction.


    "Leader, look, the man ignored our warnings," One of the men in the group of goons suddenly called out to his leader as he noticed Favan walking in the direction of the store.


    The leader''s eyes turned cold as he saw someone disregarding his warning. Suddenly, the anger turned into a cruel grin as the man thought of torturing Favan.


    "Leader, should we stop him?" One in the group suddenly asked as he saw the grin on his leader''s face. Even he felt chilled by the grin.


    Favan and the man both werete Divine Transformation level cultivators, but Favan was clearly weak in battle. Others in the group were either initial or intermediate Divine Transformation, so they looked at their leaders to help them catch him.


    "Let him enjoy for one more day," The leader responded, as he didn''t want to stop Favan.


    Only when he entered the store would their boss be angry enough to permiss him to torture Favan. As for the consequences, once the boss allowed it, no one could do anything to him.


    ***


    As Favan reached the store, all the pain attacking him disappeared. His eyes turned eager as he stepped forward and entered the store.<sub> </sub>


    Aakesh, who had his eyes closed, heard the footsteps, so he opened his eyes. Seeing the man was the same customer as yesterday, Aakesh waited.


    Aakesh could see the injury on the man''s head, but since he didn''t care enough to know, he didn''t ask the man.


    "Store owner, Panagea for six hours," Favan requested and took out the required thirty-five lesser Sacred stones from his pouch.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the stones disappeared from the store while Aakesh told the man to enter Panagea.


    Favan didn''t control his emotions and rushed toward the portal room.


    Aakesh then took a look at the door, and since there seemed no one approaching the store, he closed his eyes, waiting for another customer toe.


    ***


    As Favan touched the portal, a suction force more mighty than anything appeared and sucked him inside.


    The next moment, Favan found himself in the same spot he had left yesterday.


    Favan rushed toward his mission sight as wasting any moment was equivalent to half effort, and favan wanted to give his all.


    After traveling for a few minutes, Favan reached his destination.


    On the outskirts of the town, a breeding farm of beasts existed.


    A month earlier, this farm was used to provide meat to the poor lower-level citizens of the town. The level of the beasts bred on this farm varied from ordinary to Level 50.


    But then, a month ago, a Level 50 chicken suddenly disappeared from the farm.


    The disappearance wasn''t the issue, but its reappearance was. When the chicken returned, a Level 100 chicken and many other beasts also came with it.


    The people stationed at the farm varied around Level 70 or 80, so none of them were opponents of the Level 100 chicken.


    Since the farm was the sole provider to the lower-level citizens of the town, the sudden appearance of the Level 100 chicken caused a drastic situation.


    At first, the citizens didn''t feel much since there were stocks, but yesterday, the wares turned empty.


    The citizens of the town were carnivorous. As they were poor, they couldn''t buy meat and werepletely dependent upon the daily provision of meat provided by the town administration. Since the wares had no more food left, the citizens had eaten nothing.


    The quest wanted Favan to defeat the Level 100 chicken on his own without any external help in a limited set of time.


    The citizens could live for three days at most due to hunger, and after that, the situation would turn into a riot.


    The town administration would be forced to take action and quell the angry crowd. It would result in thousands of deaths.


    Favan needed to kill the Level 100 chicken before the situation turned out like this.


    They were refugees from other towns, so the town administration didn''t care about their current situation. The administration thought they had done enough for them by providing them with a free source of food.


    Favan was also a Level 100, but his level was locked since he hadn''tpleted his first quest.


    Favan was sighted by one of the beasts suddenly due to bad luck. As the beast was peeing across one of the trees, it stumbled upon him. It immediately roared without giving any time to Favan.


    In no time, Favan got surrounded by several beasts.


    Favan''s physical strength was equivalent to a Level 100 adventurer with no extraordinary attributes, while the beasts in front of him varied from Level 30 to Level 70.


    ? Favan''s physical strength easily triumphed over the beasts as he crushed them with punches and kicks.


    Beasts below Level 60 died with a single strike, while the strongest beast in the group could only force Favan to punch it twice.


    Favan left the scene before more beasts arrived. He was stronger than them, but he didn''t have unlimited stamina.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter.

 Chapter 817 A New Day At The Store(2)

    Chapter 817: A New Day at the Store(2)


    After killing all the beasts on the scene, Favan hurriedly left since he wasn''t an idiot to wait for a bunch of beasts toe here due to the smell of blood.


    Favan already had an idea about the location of the Level 100 chicken since he had only searched for the beast after he got the quest yesterday.


    Time flew by, and Favan''s bad luck didn''t erupt again like earlier.


    Using his quick movements, Favan reached the inner area of the farm without causing any severe disturbance.


    His killing in the jungle positively affected the situation, as many higher-level beasts in the group had left the inner area to search for the killer.


    Now that Favan had reached the inner area, he got ready for battle since it was imminent.


    The number of beasts varied from Level 50 to Level 90 in two digits, so Favan''s movement couldn''t be free like earlier.


    Not long after Favan reached the inner farm area, he came across a Level 55 beast.


    The power gap between the beast and Favan was too much, even if his energy was locked. So without making much noise, Favan ended the battle with a kick to the beast''s head.


    Favan''s bad luck erupted again at the moment, as a Level 91 beast was near the area where Favan had just hunted.


    Favan did things silently, but he couldn''t control the smell of blood this quickly, so a roar rang in the area not long after.


    The roar turned the situation upside down for Favan as the scene turned ugly. At the same time, Favan had a nasty face since he found the beast''s cry familiar.


    "Damn it!" Favan couldn''t help but curse as yesterday he had died at the hands of the owner of the roar.


    Since things had turned this ugly earlier than Favan had expected, he thought about giving up for now, but then he remembered that there was a time limit to the quest.


    Gritting his teeth, Favan rushed in the direction of the roar.


    The beast hurrying in the direction it had sensed smell couldn''t help but stop as it noticed a familiar being rushing toward it.


    The beast''s face turned ugly since it recognized Favan as an adventurer.


    Cursing Favan in itsnguage, the beast also charged. But the sudden stop in its action a moment earlier was all Favan needed.


    Its sharp canines began burning bright as the beast activated one of its only two skills.


    The beast was strong in one-to-onebat due to its skills, despite Favan having a more powerful physique.


    Not wasting the chance given by the beast, Favan bent right away as he reached the beast.


    The next moment, a punch hit the beast''s abdomen, and it coughed blood.


    Suddenly, the beast cried in pain as the skill backfired on it, bursting its jaws.


    Favan punched once again as the beast had a strong body, and it wasn''t going to die just from this.<sub> </sub>


    Before the beast could handle the injury caused to its mouth, a barrage of punches arrived. Each hit the same area, the head.


    Favan didn''t even count his punches as he found himself in a momentum. A few secondster, Favan returned to reality as he heard several footsteps approaching him.


    Before Favan could do anything, his eyes fell on the gory sight in front of him. The beast''s head was no more, but blood and brain matter was spread on the ground. His already red body got even redder due to the beast''s blood.


    Favan felt shocked, but a wave of exhaustion hit him the next moment as he used his full strength in every punch, creating pressure on his body.


    Favan wanted to do nothing but sleep at that moment. But Favan knew his situation, so he attempted to escape the scene before getting surrounded by many beasts.


    Favan''s efforts turned out to be futile as his body began to give up only after running a few turns.


    His movements turned slow, and in no time, he was surrounded from all sides by different beasts.


    At that time, he finally saw the Level 100 chicken. It had curiosity in its eyes as it was looking at Favan.


    The chicken was twice the size of Favan. It had brown feathers, while a red crown sat atop its head.


    Favan felt countless needles stabbing him when he looked at its sharp beak.


    ''How am I even going to defeat this monstrosity?'' It was thest thought in Favan''s head before he saw the chicken ordering its underlings to rip him apart.


    His eyes closed the next moment, but the pain made him scream like never before.


    The scenested only a few seconds, but Favan felt he had gone through it for tens of thousands of years.


    When he revived at the resurrection point, his entire body was wet with sweat, while his face was pale from fright.


    The next thirty seconds he stayed there felt like one second to Favan as he had no desire to return to Panagea and face many beasts.


    When the thirtieth second arrived, a white light engulfed him, and he disappeared from the resurrection spot.


    Favan felt a chill crawling through his spine as he returned to the same ce he had lost his life. There were still some beasts present at the scene, so the sudden appearance of Favan stunned them.


    The next moment, the beast roared and called for their fellow members while Favan attempted to escape the scene since he was perfectly healthy.


    ***


    While Favan was toiling inside Panagea, Aakesh had no choice but to continue to rx since no second customer arrived after Favan.


    Aakesh then began to think about the battle he had gone through in the training area yesterday. He had won one hundred and six matches while losing the 107th fight with the spear.


    Aakesh needed more than one battle with one opponent to see the extent of his strength at the moment since he could only use the skills prepared by the weapon in each match.


    Aakesh then made the decision to do a second training where he could fight with all his power and check where the limitsy for the current him.

 Chapter 818 Plot Against The Store!

    Chapter 818: Plot against the Store!


    "Hey, system, don''t you think the rule of restricting me from meditating during store hours is an idiot rule?" Aakesh couldn''t help but grumble over the system''s rule of not letting him meditate during store hours.


    After Aakesh ascended, the way of increase in his cultivation changed. He could now not only gain levels from the quest, but he could also increase them through meditation like other cultivators.


    Since Aakesh wanted to evolve his ss in Panagea, he didn''t meditate the previous night and spent all twenty plus hours in Panagea.


    The system didn''t respond to Aakesh''sint since it was not the first time.


    The system made rules keeping the usual situation in mind, not the exceptions. The store''s product ensured that the store would be popr, and the system made all the rules, keeping the popr phase of the store in mind.


    Aakesh stopped asking after seeing the system had ignored hisint once again.


    Time flew by, and the remaining hours left in Favan''s quota for the day passed in the blink of an eye.


    Simr to yesterday, not even a shadow of the second customer had approached the store up to this moment.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but check his quest screen.


    [Mission objective: Sell products to ten customers,


    Requirement: You had four products in the Primal dimension, three of which are unlocked. Only the Panagea is currently active. Sell three Panagea hours or more to ten customers,


    Time limit: Seven Days,


    Customers: 0/10,


    Time left: Six days,


    Mission reward: Activation of the other three products,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    Seeing the zero on the customer section, Aakesh disappointedly waved his hands. The next moment, the quest screen disappeared, and not long after, Favan exited the portal room.


    Aakesh was going to close his eyes, but then he sensed Favan approaching him instead of leaving the store.


    Favan''s eye was cold, as if he had gone through tragedies one after another.


    ***


    Favan had died so many times today that the aura around him turned cold.


    Since Favan couldn''t use external help, nor did he have some fantastic fighting techniques to help him defeat several beasts, Favan decided to use his infinite revival.


    Favan couldn''t die, but the beasts could, so after cruelly losing his life a few times, Favan decided to challenge the beasts instead of attempting to escape and failing.


    Favan found the thought to be easy, but when he attempted to implement it after his resurrection, his legs didn''t move.


    But with every death, his willpower got stronger.


    Favan even lost count of his deaths as he charged at the enemy camp like a suicidal maniac after his resurrection.<sub> </sub>


    At first, the chicken thought of the situation as a y, but when two of its Level 80+ underlings died, it finally understood it couldn''t let the situation continue for long.


    Unfortunately for the chicken, the opponent had a Level 100 physique, so thinking of killing it was easier than doing it.


    The chicken and its underlings continued to grow tired as they couldn''t bind Favan, and killing him took a part of their strength.


    At the same time, Favan manically hit the beasts, so many had wounds, including a few severe ones.


    Without knowing how many times Favan had died, he turned the situation around. First, he wanted to escape, but now the chicken and its underlings ran from him as if he was a gue.


    In the end, when Favan got forced out of Panagea, only the chicken and a few of its underlings were left.


    ***


    "Store owner, I have some news for you," Favan suddenly told Aakesh.


    His voice sounded unnatural and hoarse as the psychological scene of him screaming as the beasts ripped him apart was still present in his mind.


    Aakesh gestured for the man to go ahead, continuing to keep his expressionless face.


    "Do you want to know why aren''t any customersing to your store?"


    Aakesh didn''t respond but only stared at Favan in response to his question.


    Favan felt his heart chilling in fright as he looked directly into Aakesh''s eyes. He couldn''t help but shudder as his level waste Divine Transformation while the store owner was only an early Divine Transformation.


    At the same time, Favan found Aakesh to be scarier than those countless Panagea beasts.


    "Store owner, some one is targeting your store," Favan immediately told Aakesh as he felt the silence more terrifying than facing the beasts.


    Favan had no intention of spilling the beans on the man targeting the store since he was afraid of death. Favan was brave enough toe to the store despite the goon''s warnings because Panagea was at stake. At the same time, Favan knew his life wouldn''t be in danger since thew & order around Thorr city was strict. Even a Divine Lord would have to answer if he dared tomit a murder, let alone some son of the Divine Lord.


    But telling the man''s identity to the store owner was equal to snooping and putting that man''s life in danger. Favan wasn''t sure of the store owner''s background, but he was confident about one thing. If he dared to snoop on the boss, his life would end.


    At that time, the boss would forget about the punishment to take his revenge on Favan. But after today''s situation in Panagea, Favan decided to let go of the fear of death and tell the store owner about the actions behind the scenes.


    What would be the consequences of his actions? Favan didn''t care. He now only wanted revenge for the beating he received in the morning.


    Aakesh''s expression finally had a change as his eyes turned cold. Favan suddenly started shaking in fright, but suddenly, invisible energy appeared and calmed him.


    Favan''s heart went through a tumultuous wave as Favan was sure that the invisible energy didn''te from the store owner but from someone else.


    He couldn''t help but look around in shock as Favan felt himself to be inferior in front of the energy. It was as if the energy was a wave while he was a piece of paper standing in its way. If the tide were calm, he would survive, but if it were raging, he would die.


    "Who is it?" Aakesh asked.


    ***


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 Chapter 819 Sudden Situation!

    Chapter 819: Sudden Situation!


    "Who is it?" Aakesh asked, ignoring the change of expression on Favan''s face.


    Favan didn''t answer immediately, but he took a deep breath first. His mind had epted the consequences that mighte with this snitch, but the fear of death wasn''t going to disappear this quickly.


    But since Favan had made up his mind, he wasn''t going to stop midway. After looking at the store owner''s eyes, Favan also sensed that there was no return from this point. He had already done it, so he decided to go to the end.


    "Store owner, the man plotting against you is one of the bigshots of the seventeenth street, Garoun."


    "Garoun is a peak Divine Transformation. His father is an intermediate Divine Lord and a bigshot in the administration of Thorr city," Favan revealed the names and cultivation of the boss.


    "Where does he live?" Aakesh asked, ignoring the cultivation levels told by Favan.


    Favan''s heart skipped a beat after seeing the cold eyes, but he kept his heart calm and disclosed the boss''s address.


    "You can leave," Aakesh nodded and said.


    But before Favan left, Aakesh rewarded Favan with one purer form of lesser Sacred stone.


    Favan couldn''t help but take a deep breath of cold air when he sensed the energy in the stone. From seeing, Favan was confident that its value was no less than a hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    "Thank you, store owner," Favan thanked Aakesh and hurriedly left the store.


    After exiting the store, his direction wasn''t his residence but the boss''s address. Favan wanted to see the consequences of the boss''s actions with his own eyes.


    ***


    Inside the store, Aakesh was currently looking at the quest screen floating in front of him,


    [Mission Objective: Punish the enemies,


    Details: Store owner, some cultivators are plotting against the store. As the store owner, it''s your duty to solve any troubles that may harm the store. Punish the man who dared to plot against the store and show the people that this store isn''t something they can mess against,


    Requirement: Kill the boss behind the scenes, and cripple/kill the underlings,


    Rewards: Ten purer lesser Sacred stones,


    Failure punishment: Failure of Panagea''s customer quest.]


    Aakesh read the details on the blue screen and couldn''t help but frown.


    The quest didn''t matter since he would solve the trouble guing the store even without it. The mission reward only came as a bonus.


    Ten purer lesser Sacred stones were equal to five thousand lesser Sacred stones. It was rarely the wealth of a peak Divine Transformation.


    But when Aakesh looked at the failure punishment, he frowned since it was too strict. Failing Panagea''s quest would not only result in hismission getting half, but the time for the other three products to open for the store would also go far.


    Aakesh then waved his hands since it was time for action. The next moment, light particles began to move away from the screen, and in no time, they faded into nothingness.


    Aakesh then stood up from his chair. Since he already had the address of his destination, he immediately left the store. Before leaving, he closed the store''s gate from outside.


    The nearby stores couldn''t help but look at Aakesh in surprise when they saw him closing the store mid-day.


    Many had looks of pity on their faces since they had also heard the threat of not entering the store.


    Many store owners had gloating eyes as they looked at Aakesh. The feeling of not having a sessful business was ufortable, but the feeling of watching others failing gave thrills to many.


    Ignoring the different looks directed at him, Aakesh followed the map he had looked at on his first day.


    Aakesh only needed to look once to remember, so when he went to the administrative office, he memorized the seventeenth street map.


    Aakesh couldn''t teleport due to his low cultivation level, so he had no choice but to walk to his destination.


    Around a few minutester, Aakesh reached his destination. Since Aakesh looked quite different than Vurrons, he was already sighted by the goon members. They were initially surprised, but when one of them found Favan near their headquarters, they got the gist of things.


    The other goons got ready to beat the non-Vurron and Favan while the group leader entered the building to share this information with his boss.


    ***


    "Hmm, that store owner has guts," A manfortably seated on a luxury chairmented.<sub> </sub>


    They would have recognized the man if Aakesh and Lily had been there. The man was none other than the person who had shouted slurs at them when they were traveling on the street.


    Garoun wanted to mock Aakesh for not being a fellow Demon, and things would have ended at that. But the look given by the non-demon''s pet irked the man.


    Garoun had lived his entire life in luxury due to his strong father. Even though he wasn''t talented, since he was his father''s only child, he lived his life like a King, while his father supported all his actions and burdened their consequences.


    How could an arrogant man like Garoun take that look of disgust from a non-demon''s pet?


    Garoun wanted to personally take action against the duo of non-demon and pet since both of them were only early Divine Transformation level cultivators. But after learning about the price of the property Aakesh had bought, he gave up on it since even his father would think twice before splurging that amount of money.


    Since he couldn''t take direct action, Garoun decided to punish the duo by not letting the non-demon store have any customers.


    Back to the present scene, Garoun had a cruel grin spread across his face since the non-demon came to his base on his own.


    ''Even though I can''t kill him, I can surely punish him,'' Garoun thought in his heart. He still didn''t dare to take drastic actions against the store owner due to his mysterious background, but now that he hade to his doors, Garoun had got the unwritten permission to beat the man.


    The leader couldn''t help but feel a chill crawling through his back after seeing the grin on his boss''s face. He had seen with his own eyes just how cruel this man was. Now that there was prey, the leader could only pray in his heart that the man would be enough to satisfy the boss''s cruel heart.


    "What do we do about the snitch, Boss?" The leader suddenly asked.


    Garoun fell silent after hearing his underling question.


    "I want to reward him for bringing the non-demon to our door, but at the same time, that man got enough guts to snitch on me."


    "Since I am happy with him, let''s reward him by killing him by only cutting his hands and legs."


    After a moment of silence, Garoun spoke as a blooming smile emerged on his lips.


    ''How can I be so kind-hearted with a snitch?'' Garounined in his heart after announcing the fate of the snitch.


    On the other hand, the leader couldn''t help but smile wryly after hearing his boss.


    If the reward was death by cutting off the snitch''s hands and legs, he didn''t even dare to imagine the punishment.


    "Leave and tell the man to bring the non-demon to me."


    "As for the snitch, let him feel a sliver of hope. After dealing with the non-demon, deal with him."


    "Since I am feeling kind, add his nails to the punishment," Garoun ordered his underlings.


    The leader nodded and hurriedly left, as he didn''t want to face the wrath of this cruel demon god.


    Garoun''s eyes became excited as he began to wait for the bruised non-demon toe and plead for mercy.


    ***


    Unaware of the scenes going on inside the building, Aakesh expressionlessly continued.


    Aakesh had noticed the spying on him as soon as he arrived here, so he was already aware that they knew about him.


    Aakesh also noticed the person who looked to be the strongest in the bunch first entering the building and thening out. The man then whispered something in the ears of one of the men spying on Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t care what the man had nned since ns were nothing when faced with overwhelming power.


    Aakesh''s strength had already reached the average Divine Being''s power, so these ordinary Divine Transformation cultivators were nothing but bugs waiting to get crushed due to biting more than they could chew.


    The quest wanted Aakesh to kill the boss while crippling or killing the underlings. It was his choice what he wanted to do.


    Unfortunately for the Garoun''s underlings, Aakesh was no saint. Going against him only had one oue, death.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter today!


    I am busy due to the festival season. I may miss or upload a single chapter in the next two/three days.


    To make up for the chapters I have missed and might miss, there will be a mass release next month. The date and the goals will be announced on the 1st of November.


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 Chapter 820 Beginning The Hunt!

    Chapter 820: Beginning the Hunt!


    Uncaring of what ns the men had, Aakesh proceeded without stopping.


    "Non-demonkind, stop right there," One of the goons yelled in disgust as Aakesh was only several meters away from the building.


    Aakesh stopped in his steps and looked at the man.


    The manughed after seeing the non-demon stopping, but hisughter came to a sudden halt as his body began shaking from fright when the man''s sight matched the non-demon''s eye.


    The man wanted to yell out loud, but no voice came out of his mouth for some reason.


    His entire body turned wet with sweat as he suddenly felt his surroundings changing at a quick pace.


    The next moment, the man found himself standing in a ce filled with darkness.


    A ray of light streaked through the environment as a pair of eyes opened at a height that was supposed to be the sky.


    The man felt chilled to his core as the pair of eyes were the same as the non-demon store owner.


    There wasplete indifference in those pair of eyes, as if nothing in the world could move them to feel an emotion.


    The man couldn''t help but have a gut feeling to check his hands. As he did, his eyes bulged out as, from the naked eye, he could see his hands aging.


    The man looked at his other hands, and the same phenomenon repeated itself.


    The Sacred Dimension had another name, The ce of Immortality. No one could die of age in this ce and hence its name.


    People aged usually from childhood to old, but their bodily functions only got more robust with the flow of time. In fact, it was rare for an older person with wrinkles to be sighted since no one grew that old here.


    But in front of his eyes, the man could feel his body function dimming. It all started with his hands. First, there were wrinkles, and then it began to shrink as if the muscles had dissolved. In no time, only a pair of bony hands were left. The skin started to dissolve after that, and only bones were left soon.


    The man wanted to scream, but no words came out of his throat. He wanted to feel something, but the disintegrating of his hand bones didn''t seem to feel anything.


    The hands were only the start, as it was time for his legs to face the brunt.


    Even though the man felt nothing, his mind had never been as tense as today. He wanted to look away, but as if something was attracting him, his eyes remained fixated on his legs.


    ''Please get me out of this nightmare,'' The man pleaded in his heart, hoping for it all to be nothing but a deadly nightmare.


    At the same time, the man decided to run when his mind and heart calmed down.


    But then, the next moment, his face took a drastic turn for the worse. His body began to shake since his legs weren''t able to handle the upper weight.


    Until this time, the man had been forcing himself to believe he was in an illusion and everything was fine in reality.


    But the sudden action of his body woke him out of his stupor. His struggles to scream and try to escape increased, but as if a newborn was struggling against a steel room, he failed even to budge.


    Thud!


    Finally, a sound rang in the eerie silence. It was the sound of the man falling to the ground after the bones below his knee had disintegrated due to aging.


    ''ARGH!''


    The man suddenly screamed in pain as a wave of pain appeared out of nowhere and attacked him. Even though the man felt his throat exploding because of his scream, he didn''t utter a sound, it was all in his head.


    There was suddenly a change of expression in the pair of eyes high above in the sky. The indifference turned to boredom, as if the eyes didn''t want to be here anymore.


    The man sensed some sudden changes as he could finally speak.


    "Please, forgive me!" The man pleaded in a hoarse voice. His eyes were running through tears, while snot wasing out of his nose, creating a disgusting appearance.


    The man didn''t care for his appearance as he banged his head to the ground and continuously asked for forgiveness and release.


    The man still hoped to live and felt no shame over his pleading to a non-demon.<sub> </sub>


    Time continued to pass by as the man''s voice turned hoarser while his head continued to bang on the ground.


    The man suddenly felt something was wrong as his head had almost turned into a t surface, but he wasn''t stopping. He would die if this continued any longer due to his head turning into a paste.


    The man wanted to stop, but his head continued to bang like someone else was controlling him. Another round of dread engulfed his heart as he struggled to stop himself while continuing to bear the pain of a headbang.


    The man felt eternity had passed by while not even an instant had passed in the real world.


    In the eyes of the others, one of the goons suddenly yelled at the non-demon. The non-demon in turn looked at the man.


    And the next instant, the man turned into a blood pool of liquid, dying instantly, creating a scene around the area.


    The leader who had just given the orders to his underlings to surround and beat the non-demon felt his heart chilled to the core.


    In front of his eyes, one of his underlings had instantly turned into a blood pool, and he could do nothing to stop it. Forget stopping the man; he didn''t even know what had happened. He saw the same scene and got to a simr conjecture as other people around the street.


    A bad feeling emerged in his heart as he turned in the direction of the non-demon. A thought of escaping appeared in his heart, but before he could think much about it, the non-demon suddenly disappeared from his spot.


    The leader suddenly sensed a danger, but before he could do anything to solve it, the non-demon appeared right in front of him.


    The height difference between the duo was nothing to joke about, as the leader looked at least twice the size of the non-demon store owner.


    But the next scene turned the worldview of many people that had nothing to do with the boss and the store. Favan was one of them.


    When Favan told Aakesh about the plotting against his store, he thought the store owner would use his mysterious background to punish Garoun and his man.


    Even in his dreams, Favan didn''t think that the store owner would personally take action when he was only an early Divine Transformation level cultivator.


    When Favan witnessed the scene of one goon turning into a blood pool with only a nce, his heart felt a satisfaction he hadn''t felt in a long time.


    The man was one of those who had kicked him while only being an early Divine Transformation level cultivator.


    But what happened next almost made Favan stumble and cheer loudly. The store owner, who was not only half the size of the goons'' leader and also had lower cultivation by two sub-levels, suddenly picked up the man as if he weighed nothing.


    ***


    The leader wanted to escape the grasp of the non-demon over his neck, but the more he struggled, the tighter the grip became.


    The man wanted to apologize immediately since he understood his boss had troubled someone he wasn''t supposed to, but as he tried to speak, a cracking sound rang in the area.


    The leader''s surroundings turned dark, and without asking for forgiveness, he lost his life.


    After killing the leader, Aakesh turned around to look at the underlings; many of them were trying to run.


    Aakesh was not interested in chasing these bugs and wasting his time on unnecessary kills. The next moment, he released his aura at its full glory.


    Those who were trying to run began to explode into a blood cloud as if something heavy had pped them.


    Many stopped running for fear of not turning into a blood cloud. Many in the crowd who had nothing to do with the scene in front of them had terrible faces as they also felt the brunt of the pressure.


    The pressure remained heavy on them, but no bystander got hurt.


    Suddenly, the sound of several footsteps rang in the area. Everyone turned around in that direction and found a group of fully armed soldiersing from the other side.


    Many innocent bystanders heaved a sigh of relief after seeing the soldiers. The pressure released by Aakesh began to affect the soldiers as well, but suddenly the man in the lead waved his hands, and the pressure disappeared like it was never there.


    ***


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 Chapter 821 Arrival Of The Forces!

    Chapter 821: Arrival of the Forces!


    The man leading the group waved his hands, and the pressure attacking the soldiers disappeared as if it was never there.


    "Halt, non-demon!"


    The man leading the group yelled angrily after seeing the blood spread on the street.


    The Vurrons on the road heaved a sigh of relief after seeing the arrival of the soldiers. Even those who were innocent had the same expressions. They had nothing to do with what was happening there, but none of them liked a non-demon killing one of their own kind.


    Aakesh''s face grew solemn as he looked at the man leading the group. Aakesh could sense that the man was no weaker than him.


    "Stop whatever you are doing ande with us," The man added. His face was also solemn since the non-demon gave him a feeling of overwhelming power despite him being more than an entire level above the non-demon.


    Aakesh felt a familiar scene ying out in front of him as the same thing had happened when he had newly opened the store in the Primal dimension.


    The situation there was always in his control, and it was only troublesome. But at this time, the case was different. His power level wasn''t the highest in Thorr city, let alone the Kingdom.


    But when had Aakesh been one to give up due to someone being more powerful than him?


    "Stay out of this!" Aakesh looked at the man and expressionlessly stated.


    The man and his underling soldiers couldn''t help but frown after hearing the non-demon. All the soldiers knew that, except for their officer, none of them had a chance of survival once the non-demon struggled. But it was their duty to maintain thew & order of the city, and they weren''t going to stop just for fear of death.


    "Sir, we should call backup and surround the non-demon," One of the soldiers couldn''t help but suggest to his officer. They weren''t afraid of dying, but they wanted to increase as many chances of survival as possible.


    The group leader became silent after he heard the suggestion. The same thought was going on in his mind, but he was thinking about his future.


    His city army career would be over if he asked for backup in this situation. No one would want ate Divine Being who called for backup because of an early Divine Transformation level non-demon.


    But when the leader looked at the non-demon, he gritted his teeth and decided to go ahead with the backup.


    His career would be over if he asked for backup, but he had no interest in watching a situation where he died because of not asking.


    Suddenly a badge appeared in the man''s hands, and he crushed it.


    Aakesh sensed the sudden change in the aura around the group. When they hade here, there was ferocity, but now a wave of caution permeated from them.


    Even Aakesh had no idea what the oue would be if he faced the group leader. But since his safety wasn''t at stake here, he did not worry.<sub> </sub>


    The store wasn''t very far from here, and if the situation turned even more troublesome, he already had the system help which he had bought by giving up his earnings in the Primal dimension.


    Since the group seemed to stay far, Aakesh decided not to linger and solve for what he hade here.


    As Aakesh took the first step, the group leader roared and asked him to stop. Ignoring the man, Aakesh proceeded toward the building.


    At the same time, a wave of pressure released from his body, re-affecting the people on the street. Aakesh was in no mood to waste time, so the goons he could find on the road began to explode into a blood cloud.


    The group leader''s face turned red from anger as he saw his fellow race members exploding into a blood cloud despite his presence.


    The man had lived for centuries, so he didn''t let the anger cloud his thinking ability. These were his race members, and he had a duty to save the city''s citizens, but the biggest concern in his mind was his and his underlings'' safety.


    The group leader didn''t have to think twice about whom to choose. As for what the city administration would do to him for ignoring his duty, he was in no mind to care about the future.


    The group leader then looked at his underlings and gestured to them to surround the building. He also warned his men to stay far from the non-demon. Their current order was to remain safe until other groups arrived.


    The badge he had crushed was a help talisman. The city leader gave it to every general in the army.


    The badge had only one function; once crushed, it would inform every general present in the area of ten thousand miles.


    Since Thorr city was prosperous by the standards of the Kingdom, two to three generals were stationed across all the twenty-plus streets.


    The group leader wasn''t worried that no one would sense the badge, but he was concerned that only two or three groups would perceive it.


    For some reason, the group leader felt more danger from the non-demon than a Divine Lord level cultivator. Let alone others, even he found the conjectureughable, but he couldn''t remove the fear of the non-demon from his heart.


    ? ***


    Garoun was seated on his chair while a grin was spread across his face. He imagined the scene of his underlings dragging the non-demon by his hair in the building. The non-demon would ask for mercy as he would kneel. Garoun would then ask the non-demon for thend, and then he would throw him out.


    ''Hahahaha!'' Garoun couldn''t help butugh out loud as the scene was too much of his liking. At the same time, his gaze turned hot from hurry as he couldn''t wait to live the scene in reality.


    Crash!


    Garoun''sughter suddenly stopped as he heard a loud crash from outside his room.


    Garoun decided to check on it, but the door to his gate flew toward him when he had half stood. Garoun was a Demon, and they were known to have more durable bodies whenpared with the majority of the races. In addition to that, he was also a peak Divine Transformation, so he grabbed the door before it could hit him and threw it back.

 Chapter 822 Consequences Of Actions!

    Chapter 822: Consequences of Actions!


    Garoun face turned cold as he threw back the door.


    The door crashed to the man entering the room. As if ss and rock had collided, the door immediately shattered into pieces.


    Garoun skillfully dodged the sharp wooden piecesing at him with unimaginable speed.


    His sight then finally came across the intruder, and his eyes couldn''t help but turn bigger as the intruder was none other than the non-demon.


    In those pair of eyes, Garoun saw a calm cold enough to freeze even the snow. The next moment, Garoun roared in anger as he hated the sight of the eyes.


    Garoun hated nothing more than someone undermining his existence. The conflict between him and the non-demon began due to this but seeing the pair of eyes having no emotion, as if Garoun was nothing but a bug waiting to be crushed, his veins popped out from anger.


    "HOW DARE YOU?" Garoun roared and took the first action.


    He fully released his energy and pounced like a maniac at Aakesh.


    Aakesh''s eyes remained the same as ever as he casually raised his hands and grabbed Garoun right in the air.


    Garoun felt his blood reversing its flow as his movement came to a sudden halt. He couldn''t help but cough out blood.


    Some drops of blood flew toward Aakesh, but before they could reach him, an invisible barrier appeared between the two and vaporized the blood.


    Garoun finally retained some of his sanity as he saw his situation. It hadn''t even been a moment, but he had already lost the battle.


    "Who are you?" He asked in horror as he could see the non-demon''s level.


    "Why did you plot against the store?"


    Aakesh ignored the man''s question and asked why he plotted against the store. He wasn''t going to kill the mastermind behind his store, not even seeing a second shadow before finding out the reason behind the action.


    As for the reason, whether it was justified or not, it had nothing to do with Aakesh. Even if he was wrong, which he rarely was, he didn''t feel enough to care, let alone now, when he hadn''t even started. At the same time, killing here would also cement his and the store''s status.


    Dread was the first step toward respect. The store had to start from the first path, and fear was the best way to establish his prestige quickly.


    Garoun felt a chill crawling through his body as he heard the question. For some reason, he felt more dread at this moment than when he found himself getting defeated as casually as an adult defeats a bug.


    "Are you thinking that I would apologize?" Garoun didn''t act like this because of fear or some other sentimental reasons but because he was a crazy person.


    The chilling sensation acted like pouring oil to fire as it awoke the crazy personality ingrained in Garoun''s soul.


    As he asked the question, he began tough out loud like a maniac.


    Aakesh''s eyes remained the same, but his empty hand moved. An energy ball in the shape of a needle appeared at the tip of his fingers.


    Garoun''sughter stopped as the energy needle gave the man the feeling of death, but soon the craziness devoured the fear as his eyes looked at Aakesh with provocation asking, ''Do your best!''


    Aakesh ignored the provocation and used the needle; he wrote the question in the Vurron''s native tongue on his skin.


    Garou felt his skin dissolving as the needle wrote on it. But when he looked at his hands, nothing happened to them except the appearance of the question. Garoun didn''t doubt his sense as the pain was real.


    Aakesh then looked into Garoun''s eyes while raising his other hand.


    The next moment, his short finger came down, followed by the next finger, and when all the five fingers hade down, it turned into a fist.<sub> </sub>


    The question that was ingrained in his hands began to move up slowly. It looked impossible, but Garoun saw the wound move up from his own eyes.


    At the same time, Aakesh wrote the question on his other hand.


    The wound stopped moving when it had reached the arm on both sides. At this time, Garoun''s entire body was wet with sweat as he had never gone through the pain as he did only in a moment today.


    Aakesh then looked at him again while he raised his hand. This time, his short finger was touching the palm right from the start while only the four fingers were in the air.


    Garoun understood what it meant, but he wasn''t one to give up due to torture. Giving up would be akin to losing his pride, and he was never going to lose his pride to a non-demon.


    When Aakesh''s hand turned into a fist again, Aakesh repeated the process of engraving the question. This time, he chose both his legs.


    ***


    A crazy smile was spread across Garoun''s face with the same provocation as he looked at Aakesh, raising his hands while only his thumb was in the air.


    <o>,m During this time, the question imprinted itself across each part of his body, moving toward his heart.</o>


    As the thumb came down and created thest fist, Aakesh began to write the question on Garoun''s forehead, using the needle.


    "ARGH!!!"


    A heart-rending scream echoed in the room for the first time as the needle moved on the pattern of a thorn engraved in the area between Garoun''s eyebrows.


    Garoun''s eyes looked like they would burst out as the pain he was currently feeling was several times more intense than thebined pain he had felt up to now.


    Ignoring the scream, Aakesh continued writing the question. The people outside the building had pale faces as the cry was enough to terrorize the soul. They didn''t even dare to imagine just what was the thing that made someone scream so much.


    After the process of engraving the question on Garoun''s forehead ended, several of Garoun''s veins exploded.


    Garoun''s eyes began to lose their luster, but the provocation never disappeared. Seeing the man not giving up despite feeling the worst pain possible for a Vurron, Aakesh decided to end Garoun''s life.


    His eyes remained the same as ever as the needle in his hands turned into a ball the size of a tennis ball.


    Aakesh then flicked the ball, and it crashed into the remaining pattern of the thorn in Garoun''s brows.


    The next moment, the ball expanded and devoured the entirety of Garoun. Soon after, only Aakesh remained in the room. All the proofs of Garoun''s existence in the Sacred dimension disappeared with the dissipation of the energy.


    ***


    A/N: Hello, Readers!


    As I have told you, we will have a mass release this month.


    The date will be 14 November, and I will atleast release seven chapters.


    For additional chapters, I will add 1 chapter to the tally if gifted castle; if gifted spaceship, then two chapters; if gachapon, then three chapters.


    There are GT goals; for every 50 GT, I will add one chapter to the tally of seven chapters.


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 Chapter 823 Trouble That Came With Actions(1)

    Chapter 823: Trouble that came with Actions(1)


    BOOM!


    Garoun died as the energy st released from the skill Apocalyptic st devoured him.


    After reaching the Divine Transformation level(Level 8), Aakesh could control the extent of the st. Since Aakesh was immune to the skill, nothing happened to him despite being in hand range of it.


    Every proof of Garoun''s existence disappeared with the light. Even the space ring he had worn had the same fate.


    Suddenly Aakesh activated the skill Energy Overseer. The next moment, the surrounding around him turned into energy dots.


    Aakesh looked around and finally locked on a lump of colorless dots gathered at the same spot.


    After Aakesh deactivated the skill, he found nothing but a wall where he had seen the colorless dots.


    Aakesh stepped forward and punched the spot. The wall shook, but not even a tiny crack emerged on the wall, let alone a hole.


    Aakesh punched again and again without stopping. Around his tenth punch, the wall finally had a crack.


    In the Primal dimension, Aakesh did not need money, so he didn''t snatch the treasury of those he killed. But in the Sacred dimension, he needed Sacred stones for cultivation and its resources, so Aakesh decided to take everything Garoun had saved in his treasury.


    As the first crack emerged, Aakesh began hitting that spot, and the damage started to widen. Aakesh could have used his skills to destroy the wall in one swoop, but it would also affect the treasure ced there, so Aakesh decided to depend on physicalbor.


    While Aakesh was trying to crack open the wall and take the treasury, a group of soldiers arrived on the street.


    "EH!"


    The second group leader raised his eyes as he saw the bloody street. There were no corpses, but the blood had dyed the street red.


    "None of you are dead?" The second group leader couldn''t help but ask in surprise as he saw that the first group had all its allocated soldiers alive. The scene of the street didn''t match the survival rate of the soldiers.


    "Don''t tell me you haven''t shed with the mastermind behind all of this?" The reasoning behind the scene on the street emerged in the man''s heart as he asked it out loud in surprise.


    The first group leader had an ugly face when he heard the second group leader, but since he had already put a blockade on his future career path, he didn''t dare to hide anything and shared everything with the second group leader.


    When the second group leader and his underlings heard that the mastermind behind all of this was a non-demon, they were outraged. It was good that they didn''t hunt non-demons spread across the cities and the Kingdom, but now a non-demon was killing their brethren.


    They wanted to act immediately, but the second group leader hadn''t reached this stage because of some wealthy family but due to his hard work. He knew that actions taken in anger without any thinking were never good.


    For a moment, the second group leader wanted tough at his fellow officer for calling for backup when the enemy was only an early Divine Transformation. But when he saw the solemn face,ughter never came out; instead, his face took the same color.<sub> </sub>


    The second group leader understood the consequences of the first leader''s actions, so he knew things weren''t as simple as they looked.


    "Surround the building!"


    "Don''t attack unless ordered!"


    "Anyone who dares to act on his own would be executed as per the seventeenth section of the Demon code for soldiers!"


    The second group leader turned around and ordered his soldiers. The soldiers didn''t expect the situation to turn around like this. Still, when they heard their leader mentioning the seventeenth section of the Demon code for soldiers, they didn''t dare to idle around and took their positions as the order stated.


    Aakesh''s effort finally bore fruit as a hole the size of a head appeared on the wall. Aakesh pushed his hands and grabbed whatever was there.


    When Aakesh took the item out, a pouchy in his hands. Without wasting time, Aakesh opened the purse, and his eyes fell on the herbs and the stones.


    With only a nce, the herbs'' information appeared in his mind. These weren''t scarce herbs, but they were expensive due to their rare uses.


    Aakesh finally found a valuable herb. It was an inferior Sacred Condensation herb. There was only a single stalk of it, but in market value, it was around a hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    As its name suggested, the herb helped gather the Sacred energy spread across the entire dimension. Since it was only an inferior-level herb, its effects wouldn''t be heaven-shaking, but it was enough for Aakesh to cultivate for a day without the purer forms of lesser Sacred stones.


    After calcting the value of the lesser Sacred stones and the herbs, Aakesh found it to be around four thousand lesser Sacred stones.


    For the information, Aakesh had given Favan one purer lesser Sacred stone, equal to five hundred usual lesser Sacred stones. Aakesh had already made more than he had spent.


    The matter still hadn''te to an end as Favan had told Aakesh about the Divine Lord, father of Garoun. As for what the man would do, he didn''t care. What he cared about was what he would ask from the father for the damages his son had done to the store.


    ''I have be shameless,'' Aakesh thought in his heart as the idea of asking the father for remuneration appeared in his head despite him already killing the son and looting his treasury.


    Aakesh didn''t feel he was doing any wrong for thinking about asking for remuneration since he wasn''t the one who started the issue.


    Since there was nothing else left here for Aakesh to do, he turned around and left the building. At the same time, he was also thinking about what to do with the group of soldiers.


    They were only doing their duty, but unfortunately for them, Aakesh didn''t follow any rules set by others. He did things as he wanted.


    Even in the Primal dimension, he had killed the King because of his arrogance over thinking that he would be able to punish Aakesh. Here in the Sacred dimension, the opponents were stronger while he was weaker. Still, Aakesh didn''t give a damn. If things came to worse, he would kill the leader of Thorr city using the only offensive help given to him by the system. He would then take over the city, bing its new ruler. Aakesh didn''t like rulingnds, but that didn''t mean he didn''t have the capability.


    As for the King of the Kingdom, Aakesh didn''t think it would matter. The Kingdom was vast and had several cities wealthier than Thorr city.


    But since all these things might never happen, Aakesh decided to focus on what was in front of him at present but not the future.

 Chapter 824 Trouble That Came With Actions(2)

    Chapter 824: Trouble that came with Actions(2)


    Since Aakesh didn''t need a space ring and had the system space active for him all the time, he threw the bag into that space and left the building.


    As Aakesh came out, he felt tens of auras locking on him. Even the weakest aura belonged to an intermediate Divine Transformation, while the strongest one was higher than what Aakesh could sense on his own without the system''s help.


    Aakesh didn''t believe a Divine Lord cultivator woulde here to handle him, so the cultivation he couldn''t judge most probably belonged to someone on the border of Divine Being and Divine Lord.


    Aakesh''s face grew solemn as he came to the conjecture. It was true that he didn''t fear for his safety here, but using the system''s help on cultivators below those titled Gods felt like an insult to the system.


    Aakesh could use the mary help from the system, but he didn''t have anything worthwhile to make the system act. The system would never act on its own until he had the help avable. The system didn''t manage a store for no reason. It had the same business mindset that desired profits first.


    Aakesh showed no change of expression on his face as he directly turned around in the direction of the being whose cultivation he was unable to judge.


    At this time, there were more than five groups of soldiers present on the scene, and the mightiest of them was the fourth group leader. He was also the one whom Aakesh stared at.


    The fourth group leader couldn''t help but raise his eyebrows as he didn''t expect the non-demon to judge the generals.


    In the Thorr city''s army, those below the Divine Being would be ordinary soldiers, and those below the Divine Lord would be generals. Early Divine Lord would be a captain-general, controlling ten soldier groups and forming apany. The intermediate Divine Lord would be the Lieutenant, presiding over threepanies, while thete Divine Lord would be the army chief, presiding over the entire army structure. While the peak Divine Lord would retire from the army and join the circle of the city lord''s protector, who was also a peak Divine Lord.


    As for higher cultivation than the peak Divine Lord, only one case had appeared in the history of the Vurron, when someone achieved the bare minimum to reach the True God level. Unfortunately, the legend of the Vurrons died in the tribtion to reach the True God level, or Vurrons would have also be one of the overlords of the Kingdom.


    ***


    "Non-demon, halt and cooperate with us," The fourth group leader calmed his surprise and stated in a majestical voice.


    "Why?" Aakesh expressionlessly asked in response.


    Aakesh didn''t fear a fight and began to think of ways to maximize the damage to the soldier groups. At the same time, he was thinking of ways to return to the store.


    The fourth group leader and the other leaders looked at Aakesh with frowns since the casual response from the non-demon seemed like he was mocking them.


    The fourth group leader didn''t let his emotions show on the outside. At the same time, he spirituallymunicated with the other four generals.


    "As soon as I say, attack with your strongest skills simultaneously."


    It wasn''t hidden from other generals that the fourth group leader was currently the strongest here and whenpared with other generals. There are already rumors flying around the soldier''s group that the city Lord had granted a personal audience to the man, and he would help the general achieve the breakthrough and be a captain-general.


    The other four generals responded positively, ready to attack whenever the fourth group leader wanted them to.


    "Are you mocking us, or are you actually an idiot."


    "Can''t you see the street dyed red from demon''s blood in the midst of a day? You think actions have no consequences in Thorr city?"


    The fourth general coldly replied as he stared at Aakesh. He felt dread toward Aakesh due to his mysterious background, but at the same time, he also believed in his strength.<sub> </sub>


    In the end, his confidence in his strength won as the fourth general decided to end this charade. They had already made a fool of themselves in front of the citizens by gathering so many people only to catch an early Divine Transformation non-demon.


    "This is thest warning to you. Give up your struggle and cooperate with us."


    "Ourws are fair for everyone, including you," The fourth general announced and got ready to attack at a moment''s notice.


    Thud thud thud!


    Thud thud thud!


    Suddenly, the sound of footsteps rang in the area, breaking the atmosphere around the non-demon and the fourth general.


    The fourth general and other soldiers turned around in the direction of the footsteps to find the sixth group of soldiers arriving on the scene.


    When the five generals saw the man leading the troop, they heaved a sigh of relief.


    The sixth general was none other than Frederick, who wanted to buy thend where Aakesh opened his store.


    Frederick''s eyes turned needle-sharp as his eyes fell on the blue-skinned non-demon surrounded by five groups of soldiers. It was half the battalion. The Thorr city''s army would beughed out loud everywhere if the knowledge of them attacking an early Divine Transformation with half a battalion spread outside the city.


    Frederick didn''t care whether they would beughed out loud. What he cared about was the non-demon.


    Frederick had found out that the owner of his most-desirednd was a non-demon and the warning from his contacts was as well.


    Even a Divine Lord elder of Thorr city strictly warned Frederick of acting against the non-demon. He couldn''t help but curse his bad luck after seeing the non-demon getting surrounded by soldiers, and now he had also joined them.


    ***


    Aakesh, who had been staying silent, also turned around in the direction of the neer. It was only ate Divine Being level cultivator, but the danger felt by Aakesh from the man was simr to what he perceived from the fourth general.


    Aakesh didn''t have to think of a reason for this conjecture as it was in front of his eyes. Even though the neer had hidden his killing aura, Aakesh could see that the number of people the man had killed was at least in six digits.


    Frederick didn''t surround Aakesh like the other five groups and immediately went to the fourth general.


    "What''s going on? What did you do?" Frederick scowled.


    The fourth general couldn''t help but frown after hearing Frederick. He knew Frederick''s character. In fact, the entire seventeenth and nearby streets knew about him.


    The fourth general had expected Frederick to be the first expert to attack the non-demon. But the reality was different. Frederick clearly seemed upset about being here.


    ***


    A/N: What way should I go? All-out war with the Thorrons, or should I reduce the drama and killings?

 Chapter 825 Discussion Between The Generals(1)

    Chapter 825: Discussion between the Generals(1)


    "What have you done?" Frederick scowled as he looked at the non-demon on the other side of the conflict.


    The fourth general didn''t expect such s reaction from Frederick since his personality was evident to every living person on the seventeenth and nearby street.


    Even though the fourth general had a higher cultivation level than the two, he didn''t dare to act in front of Frederick the same way he did in front of the other four generals. Frederick had an outstanding talent as well as a known background. Every intelligent person knew that making an enemy of such a person wouldn''t end well.


    The fourth general then told Frederick everything that had happened there, starting from the appearance of the first group of soldiers.


    Frederick''s frown got bigger as he listened more. He couldn''t help but curse his luck again as he understood the entire matter from the soldiers'' point of view.


    Frederick understood that the soldiers weren''t wrong in their actions so far. But when Frederick remembered his elder warning, he felt the soldiers were at fault.


    There was one fundamentalw that governed the Multiverse. Rules were made by those who had bigger fists, while the same rules were broken by those with evenrger fists.


    Frederick didn''t know the background of the non-demon, but from the solemn warning of his elder, he understood that it directly came from the city lord. The city lord was the person who had made the rules, so it would mean nothing if someone on his level broke them.


    "Why does your face look terrible?" The fourth general asked as he saw the ugly face of his fellow general. At the same time, a bad feeling pervaded his heart. He couldn''t help but look at the non-demon to gauge something from his expressions.


    But the non-demon''s face had maintained the expressionless face since the start. Even Frederick''s arrival did nothing to change it. From how Frederick treated the case, it was evident that Frederick knew about the non-demon. But from how the non-demon was acting, it didn''t seem like he knew Frederick.


    Frederick knowing the non-demon, while the non-demon has no idea of Frederick, could only mean one thing when Frederick''s cruel personality taken into consideration.


    ''The non-demon muste from a giant background.'' The fourth general thought in his heart since this was the only reason he could find behind Frederick''s abnormal behavior.


    Frederick''s face turned bitter when he heard the fourth general''s question.


    ''Should I tell him?'' Frederick asked in his heart since exining the identity of the non-demon seemed to be the only way to solve the issue before anything drastic could happen.


    Since Frederick made his decision, his voice rang into the heads of the five generals.


    "Listen carefully. I will only tell it once. The non-demon in front of us doesn''te from an ordinary background."


    The fourth general made a knowing expression since it was the conjecture he had understood. Unaware of the things going on in the fourth general''s head, Frederick continued.


    "I wanted a property deep into the seventeenth street, so a few days ago, I found that someone had bought it. I went to the administration to find who got guts to buy a property I have my eyes upon...." Frederick told everything to the five generals right from the start.<sub> </sub>


    In the end, the generals had bitter faces. Even in their dreams, they had never expected toe across someone from such a great background.


    At this time, the generals even forgot about the street dyed red from their fellow race members'' blood.


    ***


    Aakesh had been standing still, waiting for the decision of the soldiers. If Aakesh wanted, he would have left for the store, but he didn''t do it.


    Aakesh wanted the issue to end here and not to waste more time than required. And also, if he left for the store, he would be safe, but at the same time, he would be the city''s enemy.


    He could leave safely inside the store, but there was no point of a store''s existence if no customer came. Once he became the enemy of the city, either he or the city rulers could exist. If both of them lived, he would have to stay in the store, while the city would prohibit anyone from entering the store.


    In the Sacred dimension, the power gap between even one sub-levels was unimaginable for many to match, let alone cross one whole level or even higher.


    If the city sent even one Divine Lord to act as the blockade between the store and the citizens, no one would dare to fight back against the city and be customers of his store.


    At the same time, Aakesh could also take the initiative and destroy the city administration using the one offensive system''s help he had. But Aakesh felt that using it was not worth the result.


    It had only been two days since Aakesh and the store ascended. If he had to use the system''s help even to solve such minor issues, then there was no value in his ascending.


    As for why Aakesh didn''t interrupt the discussion or ask them to hurry, he didn''t think it was required at this stage.


    What Aakesh had done today would result in him bing a terrifying figure in the eyes of the citizens.


    There were negligible chances that any customer woulde to his store today after the scene. Since things were like this, Aakesh decided not to hurry the soldiers.


    He also understood their point of view, so time was the best concession he could make for the soldiers.


    If it were the Aakesh of the Primal dimension, he would have hurried to end this issue. But after remembering that his useless y with Punta provided him no benefit, and in the end, he was also found out to be the killer, Aakesh decided to calmly solve the issue unless the situation demanded violence.


    ***


    "What should we do?" The first general to arrive on the scene asked. He could see the unhappy eyes of his fellow generals toward him.


    ''I was only doing my duty,'' The first general cursed in his heart as he never expected a situation to y out like this. He didn''t dare to utter his thoughts since he didn''t want to make the already unhappy generals mad.

 Chapter 826 Discussion Between The Generals(End)

    Chapter 826: Discussion between the Generals(End)


    The first general cursed his luck, seeing the unhappy eyes of the other generals.


    He knew that he had brought them to the pit, so he didn''t dare to make them mad in anger.


    The first general wouldn''t find it wrong if the other generals sacrificed him to get out of trouble with the non-demon.


    The first general knew he was only doing his duty, but he also knew another fact. Power decided the side of good and evil.


    Many evil deeds were done in the guise of good just because the doers were influential. The first general had himself seen this from his eyes.


    They once caught a non-demon who had his items stolen. The one who should have been arrested was the Thorrron member who did this. But things went a different way since they lived in Thorr city.


    The non-demon was arrested and then executed for ming Thorron for stealing his items. No one in the city found the judgment to be wrong. They instead celebrated it as good. The first general was also one of those who celebrated.


    If that non-demon had a background like the blue-skinned non-demon had one, then things would have been different.


    Since the first general knew these things, he epted his fault for calling these generals and forcing them into a troubling situation.


    "What should we do?" The first general asked with a fake smile spread across his face.


    The other generals looked at Frederick immediately since he was the one who had the idea about the non-demon''s gigantic background.


    Frederick couldn''t help but frown and curse under his breath about the uselessness of these generals. First, they threw him into a pit they had created, and now they also wanted him to get everyone out of it.


    "Do what! We should apologize and let the non-demon leave," Frederick still responded. Since he had already fallen into a pit, there was no way he wasn''t going to think of ways to get out of it.


    "Apologize for what. We never did any wrong in the first ce-"


    The second general muttered in anger after hearing Frederick''s response, but his voice came to a sudden halt as he saw the unhappy eyes of the generals ring at him.


    The second general took a deep breath and responded with a straight refusal to apologize. It was true that he was afraid of the non-demon''s background, but his pride would never let him apologize for some mistake he didn''tmit.


    p p p!


    A wave of pping rang in the area, breaking the tense atmosphere between the generals. The five generals frowned since Frederick was the one who was pping.


    "How noble of you!" Frederick sneered as he looked at the second general.


    The second general suddenly had a bad feeling as he saw the smile on Frederick''s face. The next moment, when he heard what Frederick said next, he felt his mind exploding.


    "Since the general doesn''t want to apologize, why don''t we give his head to the non-demon and put the me on his head," Frederick suddenly stated.


    Gulp gulp gulp!


    As if Frederick had used bewitching magic, the four generals couldn''t help but gulp their throats as they looked at the second general.


    The second general backed two steps, seeing the eyes of his fellow generals.


    "HAVE YOU GONE MAD?" The second general angrily yelled as he looked at Frederick.


    The sudden yell on the street caused everyone to look at the generals, including Aakesh and the soldiers.<sub> </sub>


    Aakesh ignored it while the soldiers and other people on the street began to discuss the meaning behind the sudden yelling of one of the generals.


    Frederick''s eyes turned into slits as he looked at the second general. He didn''t hide his killing intent and aimed at the general.


    "Enough!" The fourth general suddenly interrupted. He suddenly waved his hands, and the killing intent aiming at the second general dissipated like a cloud.


    The fourth general, the one with the highest cultivation and the oldest, decided to put his foot down and solve the infighting between the generals.


    Even though he didn''t want to offend Frederick due to his background, it still didn''t mean he would let Frederick harm another general in his presence.


    "No one needs to apologize to the non-demon," The fourth general spoke, his voice directly aimed at Frederick.


    Even he found the notion of apologizing to a non-demon foolish when they haven''t even done anything.


    ''Let the city forces at least start, and then we will think about apologizing,'' The general thought in his heart. His face outside remained calm as he took the leadership of the group.


    Frederick wanted to interrupt, but then he didn''t as the fourth general gave him the side eye. Frederick understood his status wouldn''t work well here, so he shut up and let the fourth general speak his mind.


    "Since neither the city guards nor the non-demon had attacked each other, let the issuee to an end with this."


    "At the same time, the city guard had gotten humiliated in front of the city''s citizens," The fourth general stated as he gestured toward the street that had now turned overcrowded. Everyone wanted to see the city guards humiliating the non-demon.


    "You will ask the non-demon about the reason behind his actions," The general suddenly pointed at the first general and ordered.


    There was a calm in his eyes, as if the first general refused, a storm would erupt.


    The first general felt chilled after he heard the fourth general, but he nodded after seeing the calm eyes of the general.


    "It doesn''t matter what his reason was and whether you find it satisfying or not. Once you hear the reason, you will tell the non-demon to return to his store," The fourth general added.


    The general thought of this way as it would give some leeway to the city guards.


    If the reason were suitable, the city guards would announce the non-demon to be correct in his actions and even reward him for killing a bunch of goons.


    If there were no reason, the city guard would have to face the brunt of the citizen''s wrath and questions.


    But this way, the city guards at least had a fifty percent chance of regaining the dignity they have lost today due to their actions.


    Everyone''s eyes lightened up as they heard the fourth general. They weren''t children, so they could also understand the logic behind the fourth general''s response.


    Every general then looked at the first general. Their eyes were calm, but they couldn''t hide the nervousness beneath the calm.


    Until now, they had only thought of doing things their way while not considering the reaction of the non-demon.


    Whether the situation would turn bright or hellish depended upon the non-demon''s response to the first general''s question.


    ***


    A/N: Did I stretch the chapters?


    Sorry if I did. I just lost myself in it.

 Chapter 827 Talking With The Non-Demon!

    Chapter 827: Talking with the Non-Demon!


    The first general took a deep breath as all the other generals looked at him. He understood the me on his shoulders.


    He knew what happened next would decide their survival. The non-demon was only an early Divine Transformation, so killing him was no big task for them. Even if he were some Multiverse-defying talent, the non-demon wouldn''t survive once all of the generals attacked.


    They were more worried about what the gigantic background behind the non-demon would do once they killed him. At the same time, the first general and others were also jealous in their hearts. They couldn''t help but rece the non-demon''s position with themselves in their imaginations.


    Since reality worked differently than imagination, the first general returned to reality and focused on the task ahead of him.


    "I will do it," The first general stated in response to the calm yet nervous eyes of the generals.


    The first general knew he had no choice here, but he still spoke it to make him feel better in his heart, at least.


    The other generals could see through what the first general meant, but they were in no mood to y with him, so they nodded their heads while the fourth general told the first general to do it immediately. There was no point in wasting any time. They had no idea of things going on inside the head of the non-demon, but they themselves wanted to leave this area as soon as possible. The pressure of the non-demon''s background was bing too much for them to bear.


    Seeing the hurried expressions of the generals after the fourth general''s order, the first general took a deep breath and decided to bring an end to this matter once and for all.


    It all started due to him, so he would also be the one to end it. Even though it was forced on him, he coaxed his heart to believe that he was being magnanimous here.


    ***


    Since Aakesh had made his decision to end this matter today, he stood patiently at the same spot without interfering in the discussion of the group leaders.


    Aakesh had sensed several unfriendly nces toward him, not only from the soldiers but also from the random people on the street.


    Aakesh also found the store''s only customer looking at him with a nervous expression.


    When Favan noticed the store owner was the sole attacker, he was nervous at first. But when he saw one of the goons melting into a pool of blood just from a casual nce, his heart gained confidence.


    Then when he saw the store owner killing the second inmand of the organization as if he was nothing but an ant, his heart became sure that he wouldn''t need to stay in fear of Garoun and his goons anymore.


    Then he saw the arrival of the guards. Favan didn''t worry about the soldiers since he could guess the oue. Even an ordinary citizen of the city knew that rules only applied to those who were weak. Rules were meant to be broken for the strong or those with strong backgrounds. It was also the reason behind many cultivators struggling to increase their cultivation. With strength, they would gain privileges that they could only dream of earlier.


    Then Favan heard the heart-rending screams echoing from the building. His heart felt a pleasure like never before at that time.<sub> </sub>


    Favan felt nothing even though a non-demon killed members of his race. In fact, his gaze grew excited. At the same time, he prayed for the same power in his heart.


    But as Favan saw the number of soldiers increasing on the street with passing moments, his heart couldn''t stay calm anymore.


    Favan didn''t care about what happened with the store owner, but he didn''t want the store to close down due to today. When Favan saw Frederick arriving on the scene, his heart turned cold since he was also a citizen here and knew about the character of Frederick.


    But then something unexpected happened. Frederick acted differently than his known personality.


    The Frederick, Favan knew, would charge at the store owner without waiting for a reason, crippling him in the process.


    But the scene went differently, and Favan''s heart gained some hope for the survival of the store owner. At the same time, he also prayed in his heart that even if the store owner died, nothing should happen to the store.


    ***


    Aakesh, who was waiting patiently, suddenly saw the generals dispersing. Aakesh expressionlessly stared at the general with the highest cultivation.


    The fourth general felt like he was stared at by a crazy beast when the non-demon looked at him, but he calmed the waves rising in his heart as the first general took a step forward in the direction of the non-demon.


    Aakesh also looked in the direction of the first group leader approaching him.


    Even though Aakesh''s face remained expressionless, seeing the approach of one of the group leaders, he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. From the way the group leader was approaching him, Aakesh understood that the other party had no intentions of fighting.


    Aakesh wasn''t worried about the battle, but since it would mean him losing the only offensive help he had traded with the system, he truly felt relieved. Not even having all the citizens of the Kingdom was worth losing that help, let alone destroying a city.


    Since Aakesh managed the store, he was a businessman. Nothing is worse for a businessman than going into a trade knowing it would be a loss from the start.


    While Aakesh was celebrating in his heart, the first general cursed in his heart as he felt ufortable. He couldn''t find anything by looking at the non-demon''s face.


    Since when had he faced such humiliation since he became a general? Despite the ufortable feeling, he forced it into his heart since he knew his purpose. At the same time, he felt worried since the non-demon''s side looked to be the winning side even before the battle had begun.


    ''Damn it! I will kill that bastard today,'' The first general thought in his heart as he remembered the soldier that informed him about the situation.


    If not for the information, he would have been rxing while someone else would have been in his ce.

 Chapter 828 Win And Loss!

    Chapter 828: Win and Loss!


    "What''s your name?" The first general asked as he reached the non-demon. His tone neither respectful nor disrespectful.


    The people on the street couldn''t help but widen their eyes as they never expected the general to be this considerate when talking to a criminal, and a non-demon at that.


    "You bastard, where did your usual haughtiness go?" Someone on the street suddenly shouted.


    "They are so arrogant when they talk to us, but look at him talking to the criminal that way."


    ..." Why don''t you marry the females in your family to the non-demon?"


    In no time, the people''s words took a nasty turn.


    The first general, already feeling ufortable with the non-demon''s approach, exploded in anger as he fully released his aura.


    The people on the street couldn''t help but cough blood as a sudden pressure attacked them.


    "If even a wordes out of their mouths, tie that bastard and beat them. Only stop when one more hit would result in their death," The first general turned around and ordered the soldiers under him.


    For a moment, the soldier and the people were taken aback by the order, but when the soldiers looked at the cruel eyes of their leader, they surrounded the street right away.


    In the crowd, many were outraged by the sudden order, and one even dared to go against it.


    The soldiers, not daring to refuse the general''s order, reprimanded the man and beat him as the general had ordered.


    "You bastards, just because you can''t do anything to that non-demon, you are hitting us," The man cried indignantly, but soon the sound of screams devoured his abuses.


    The soldiers were also feeling ufortable due to not being able to do anything to the non-demon, so they also vented their anger. The soldiers specifically avoided vitals to increase the number of hits they couldnd on the man.


    When the people on the street saw the scene, they shuddered due to fright. Many even ran away.


    The other generals calmly looked at the ongoing scene. Even they ordered their soldiers to do the same since they couldn''t take any risks. If the first general did something that he shouldn''t in a fit of anger, everything would crash, and the oue would be the same they were dreading and trying to stop it from turning into reality.


    ***


    Aakesh, being in close proximity to the general, also felt some pressure on him. But the first general knew his limits at the moment, so soon the pressure turned into a breeze and only affected the people on the street.


    As for the consequences of his order, the first general didn''t care about it. His survival was at stake here, and he wasn''t going to ruin it just because of a few useless people.


    The general even thought of killing all the people, but he controlled his anger since it would mean a sure death punishment from the city administration.


    ***<sub> </sub>


    "What''s your name?" The first general asked again while his tone remained the same as earlier.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded.


    If it were before, Aakesh would have ignored the question. But when he heard the order, he decided not to be too difficult. He understood the consequences of the order since he had learned about the city administration.


    Unaware that his order was going to make things less difficult for him, the first general extended his hand and introduced himself.


    "I am Ricky, one of the generals."


    "Look, we don''t want to make things difficult for you, but you have to understand us as well," Ricky, the first general began to speak immediately. He wanted to bring an end to this situation as soon as possible. Talking with the non-demon felt like he was talking to some senior who could crush him with only a finger.


    In reality, Aakesh was older than Ricky. Even if his forgotten past life was excluded, he had still lived for more than eighty thousand years, while Ricky was only around thirty thousand years old. As for the strength, Ricky felt it due to the vast difference between their bloodline.


    Since the strength gap between the two parties hadn''t reached where Aakesh didn''t even have a chance of survival, the bloodline difference was as clear as day. If there were to be a Divine Lord in ce of Ricky, they would have felt nothing due to their vast power difference.


    Even the weakest Divine Lord had a strength of around a thousand Sacred units, which was impossible for the current Aakesh to match.


    Forcing the feeling down his heart, Ricky continued to speak, "It''s our duty to guard the city, and we can''t allow you to go unchallenged even if you know the city lord."


    "We also understand that since your background is something that has direct contact with the city lord, so if you have a reason for your actions, state it," Ricky stated.


    The people on the street had their eyes widen into shock as they finally understood the reason behind the soldier''s actions. The majority of the people had a knowing expression, even though they were scoffing at the generals on the inside.


    Favan, who was also on the street, couldn''t help but scoff after hearing the general. He had been inside Panagea. For not even a moment, Favan epted that the city lord was capable enough to have connections with the store owner''s unfathomable background. Favan believed the store owner had onlye here for enjoyment and had nothing to do with the city lord.


    Aakesh was surprised when he heard about the general speaking about his connection to the city lord. He didn''t know of any such association. But he didn''t refuse the general and continued to listen.


    In the end, Aakesh''s eyes lightened up when he heard the general asking for a reason behind his actions. Aakesh understood that the generals wanted to give both of them a way.


    Even though the people on the street had knowing expressions after they heard the general, Aakesh could sense what the people felt inside. If Aakesh gave a sufficient reason, not only the citizens would cheer for him, but he would also gain the friendship of the city guards.


    Ricky''s eyes were nervous as he waited for Aakesh''s response. He believed he had already stated his intentions. Now, he could only hope for Aakesh to be a reasonable person and not make things difficult for him.


    Aakesh stated his reason behind killing Garoun and his goons. The reason he had for doing this was different than the soldiers.


    Aakesh had learned that Garoun''s father was a Divine Lord, so he would surely have arge amount of wealth.


    Aakesh wanted a portion of that to soothe his angry heart for leaving the store and killing Garoun. Aakesh couldn''t help but feel ufortable after having such thoughts.


    But since he wasn''t at wrong, Aakesh told the soldiers about Garoun''s father and how he wantedpensation.

 Chapter 829 Return!

    Chapter 829: Return!


    "It''s great that you asked. I want you to tell Garoun''s father topensate for what his son did, or he should start counting hisst days," Aakesh expressionlessly told Ricky.


    Aakesh didn''t mean what he said since he was never going to attack Garoun''s father for Garoun''s actions. He only said it because it was the easiest way to ask forpensation. Aakesh wasn''t going to waste his time hunting a few underlings of Garoun''s father to show his might.


    Since the generals wanted his friendship, they could have it after using their power to bring Aakeshpensation.


    Ricky couldn''t help but be dumbfounded when he heard Aakesh''s threatening a Divine Lord level cultivator. At the same time, he also heaved a sigh of relief in his heart since countless of him weren''t able to defeat the weakest Divine Lord. He was also thankful to the fourth general and Frederick since they were the most knowledgeable of the generals present on the street.


    "We will tell him," Ricky didn''t even need to look at the other generals for an answer. Believing in his power, he promised Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t speak anything in response, but he only nodded his head. He then turned around and left without giving Ricky any chance to speak.


    Ricky couldn''t help but look dumbfoundedly at Aakesh''s back as he left in the midst of conversations. He then turned around and looked at the other generals, only to see them sighing with relief.


    They felt grateful that the non-demon left before making any serious trouble for them. The pressure they were bearing since learning about the non-demon from Frederick was too much for them to handle despite their high cultivation levels.


    ***


    Since there was no point in standing there anymore after the general''s promise, Aakesh decided to leave. What he was most worried about was getting forced to use the sole system''s offensive help. But now that the issue was sorted, and he had also killed the plotter, Aakesh left for the store with a smile on his face. After a travel of a few minutes, Aakesh reached the store. Aakesh unlocked the door and entered.


    It would take at least a few hours for the news to travel all around the street. The store owners around the store had no idea about what Aakesh had done. They only looked at Aakesh with a mixture of pity and gloating.


    Since Aakesh didn''t expect any new customers today after what he had done, he closed his eyes after sitting on hisfortable chair.


    ***


    "What does the store specialize in?" One of the generals suddenly asked after Aakesh left. They still hadn''t left the scene and began to discuss the non-demon.


    Now that Aakesh was no longer here, they talked freely as if all the weight from their shoulders had disappeared.


    Except for Frederick, no general on the scene knew about the store. Only after Aakesh told them his reason behind the massacre here did they find that the non-demon managed a store.


    Since Frederick was the only one here who had any information about the non-demon from the start, the generals looked at him to know the answer.


    Frederick only smiled wryly in response to the stares aimed at him. He honestly told them that he hadn''t been to the non-demon''s store due to his elder''s warning. Like others, Frederick also wanted to stay as far away as possible from the disaster.<sub> </sub>


    "Should we check out the store?" The fifth general to arrive on the scene chimed in. The other generals immediately looked at him as if they were looking at an idiot.


    The fifth general did a fake cough, but at the same time, he also added the goal of visiting the store to his mind to do list.


    All the other generals also chose to check out the store once, but they decided to do itter, not today or tomorrow.


    "What about thepensation from the Divine Lord?" Ricky suddenly spoke. The atmosphere around the general suddenly turned awkward since they were trying to ignore it.


    Going to a Divine Lord cultivator and telling him to givepensation to their son''s killer was no less than suicide. None of the generals present on the scene had the guts to do it.


    "Since you promised the non-demon, you do it," The second general replied, and without waiting for Ricky''s response, he turned his face away. Even he knew the reaction he had made was absurd and impossible.


    Ricky wanted to respond, but seeing the general''s reaction, no words came out of his mouth. Ricky only dumbfoundedly looked at him.


    "I will talk to my elder about it," Frederick responded since he was the only one in the group here to have a direct connection with a Divine Lord.


    Garoun''s father was only an early Divine Lord, but he had been at that stage for several thousand years, so his power was nothing to scoff at. At the same time, Garoun was the only son.


    The generals couldn''t help but feel a chill since they had only been focusing on the non-demon from the start. Only now did they focus on the hunted side.


    Even if Garoun''s background wasn''t as massive as the non-demon''s but for the general, both parties were the sides they couldn''t even dream of offending.


    Even Frederick, who had a direct connection with a Divine Lord, wouldn''t dare to attack Garoun since Garoun''s father was a Divine Lord, not some far rtive.


    ***


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair, unaware of the struggle between the generals due to his asking forpensation from a Divine Lord.


    A few hours after Aakesh returned to the store, the store saw a second shadow. Unfortunately for the store and Aakesh, it was a familiar shadow but not a new one.


    Hearing the sound of familiar footsteps, Aakesh opened his eyes and focused on the direction. An injured man approached Aakesh with an enthusiastic expression. It was none other than Favan.


    The head injury Favan had received from the goons this morning hadn''t healed, and he got even more injured when Ricky released his pressure fully. It wasn''t any severe injury, but it would still take some time for him to return to perfect shape if no healing medicine was taken.

 Chapter 830 Closing The Store!

    Chapter 830: Closing the Store!


    "Congrattions, store owner," Favan enthusiastically greeted Aakesh as he reached the store. His tone had never been more respectful than at this moment.


    Aakesh only stared at Favan in response. Favan''s smile turned awkward, but he still added.


    The next moment, Favan shared the information he knew about Garoun''s father with Aakesh. The image of Aakesh had turned even taller in his heart when Favan overheard Aakesh asking forpensation from Garoun''s father. It was entirely out of his expectations.


    Favan believed Aakesh''s background to be unfathomable for even the likes of the city leader, so he never expected someone from that extensive background to ask forpensation.


    Favan thought Aakesh wanted to humiliate the Divine Lord father and desired to remove him to further cement his status in the city.


    If Aakesh knew what Favan was thinking, he would only smile. Aakesh didn''t care about Garoun''s father''s existence, nor did he have any grand ns to cement his status by killing a Divine Lord. His aim was straightforward, and he only wanted Sacred stones from Garoun''s father.


    Aakesh seemed disinterested in hearing about Garoun''s father, so when he got bored, he told Favan to stop.


    Favan took the refusal to know about Garoun''s father as another of the store owner''s grand ns, so he bowed and left the store.


    After Favan came out of the store, his face turned disappointed. He had a goal of sharing Garoun''s information with Aakesh.


    The thing hecked the most was Sacred stones to continuously grow into arge fish in Panagea. Earlier, he had gotten a lesser Sacred stone from the store owner, which was worth hundreds of usual lesser Sacred stones. He hoped to get one more from the store owner. But since the store owner had his own n, Favan didn''t get one.


    ***


    After Favan left, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation session.


    Time continued to move by, ignoring the storm going on in Thorr city. In the blink of an eye, several hours had passed.


    Around an hour was left before sunset when the silence in the store suddenly broke down. Out of nowhere, a door emerged, floating in mid-air, and soon after, stairs connecting it to the floor made of stones appeared.


    The door opened with a click, and a furry creature stepped out of the door. It was none other than Lily.


    Lily''s eyes looked to be filled with grave tension, but when her eyes fell on the smiling Aakesh, her eyes lightened up as he jumped up on Aakesh''s head aftering down the stairs.


    "What happened to you?" Aakesh had noticed grave eyes of Lily, so he gently asked.


    "Hmph, that bastard betrayed me," Lily scowled as her temper red after Aakesh asked.


    "Didn''t we see it from the start?" Aakesh smiled.


    Lily had been in control of the territory for hundreds of years, so in those hundred years, she hade across many subordinates.


    One such subordinate was Gary. Gary was linked to a Kingdom of the past. He had his goals when he joined Lily. The difference in strength between both parties wasn''t much since they were of the same goal.


    After learning about Gary''s past, Aakesh had warned Lily about the betrayal. At this moment, Gary provided a boost of help to Lily, so she went ahead.<sub> </sub>


    Today was finally the day when Gary showed his true colors and betrayed Lily. His betrayal came with arge cost, so Lily was in a bad mood all day.


    Now that she was in front of Aakesh, the feeling she had been hiding in his heart all day came out.


    Aakesh didn''t stop Lily and let her vent as time continued to pass.


    Thorr city and a few nearby cities embraced darkness as the sun finally set and brought the day to an end.


    Meanwhile, the store that had today made asting impression on Thorrons closed its doors as well. Thorr city was active at night as they were in the day, so many store owners were still seated inside their stores.


    When Aakesh closed the door to the store, they heaved sighs of relief since they had been feeling a mountain in their hearts after learning about the massacre that had been yed out on the eastern seventeenth street.


    ***


    Unaware of the storm going in the hearts of the people on the seventeenth street, Aakesh connected thetch and closed the door, bringing an end to another unfruitful day for the store.


    Aakesh then looked at the quest screen. The number of customers yet left was still ten, while the time left had turned five from six days.


    Aakesh turned around and looked at Lily, who finally had a normal expression since an hour of venting worked for her mind.


    The next moment, they disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily chose her only training environment and pressed the switch. The next moment, the space cracked open and formed a portal that sucked her inside.


    After Lily left, Aakesh went to the weapon section and randomly picked one. Aakesh had closed his senses, so he also didn''t know what weapon he had chosen. He would only find it in the training area.


    Aakesh then chose his training environment and pressed the switch. The simr phenomena as earlier urred once again and sucked him inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the familiar battle arena, with a regr blue screen popping out in front of him.


    Aakesh ignored the blue screen and focused on the weapon he had chosen today. It was a pair of gloves that amplified Aakesh''s physical power.


    Aakesh then returned his focus to the blue screen and tapped on his usual choice.


    The next moment, Aakesh heard a cry aimed at him.


    As he turned around, Aakesh''s sight came across his opponent for the day. It was a humanoid creature, one-fourth the size of Aakesh, and it had three pairs of hands. Each hand carried a sword of simr stature.


    Time continued to pass by, and the silence in the selection area suddenly broke down as a portal emerged, and Aakesh stepped out of it.


    More time passed by, and Thorr city weed the first ray of light. With it, a store on the seventeenth street opened its door.

 Chapter 831 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 831: A New Day for the Store(1)


    Thorr city weed its first ray of sunlight, dispersing the darkness spread across it.


    On seventeenth street, a store had recently opened. It had only one customer, but it was the most famous spot on seventeenth street. Only yesterday, the store owner of that store hadmitted murders of around thirty Thorrons, creating a terrifying image for him and the store in the hearts of the people.


    That store also opened its door, matching the first ray of sunlight. Many Thorrons around the street were leaving since they had been here for an entire day & night cycle. Now, someone else will take their ce and manage the store for the day.


    At the same time, there were also stores like Aakesh''s: they only worked till sunset. Not many people could afford workers for their stores to have it operate day & night.


    At this moment, almost all the store and stall owners or workers had learned about what Aakesh did yesterday. They felt a mixture of expressions toward him. Some were jealous because of his talent and background; some hated him for killing someone of their own race, while some felt grateful toward him since Garoun and his goons had acted against them at some point in time.


    Uncaring about others'' reactions toward him and his store, Aakesh opened the gate to the store from the inside. There was no crowd waiting outside to enter, but today, at least the store got a customer right from its opening.


    Since there were no goons stopping Favan today, he reached the store at its opening time and personally witnessed the store owner opening the door.


    Aakesh took only one nce at Favan. He then turned around and went to his chair while Favan followed Aakesh with a mixture of respectful and excited expressions.


    "Greetings, senior," Favan greeted Aakesh. He changed the way he referred to Aakesh. It sounded absurd to have ate Divine Transformation referring to an early Divine Transformation as a senior. But those who were there yesterday wouldn''t find it ridiculous. They saw from their own eyes how Aakesh, an early Divine Transformation, casually killed ate Divine Transformation level cultivator.


    Aakesh only nodded in response. Not making Aakesh wait long, Favan requested his purchase.


    The next moment, he pulled out thirty-five lesser Sacred stones from the bulging pouch tied to his waist. The bag turned empty after Favan took the amount out since he learned his lesson after yesterday''s scuffle with Garoun''s goons.


    Aakesh''s face showed no reaction as he waved his hands. The next moment, all the stones disappeared from the store, while Aakesh told Favan to go ahead and enter Panagea.


    After expressing his gratitude to Aakesh with excitement, Favan moved toward the portal room. The aura around him subtly began to change as he drew nearer to the room.


    The route Favan had taken toplete his quest was still fresh in his mind. Favan was sure that today would be the day when he aplished the goal of the mission and unlocked energy use. As he recalled, his aura started to match that of someone who was cruel to both themselves and others because the procedure would remain the same as yesterday.<sub> </sub>


    As for Aakesh, he looked in the direction of the door. He closed his eyes and started the first of several rxation sessions after noticing the terrified faces of those moving in front of the store''s gate. Aakesh made the decision not to stress over whether or not the store would have customers today because it was entirely dependent on luck.


    ***


    "HOW DARE YOU?" A roar filled with killing intent rang in the area.


    The surrounding was an open area filled with a garden of flowers. The current scene looked terrifying as the flowers began to wither while a giant man raged in anger.


    The man was none other than Garoun''s father, who had only gotten information about his son getting killed by some non-demon store owner.


    Garoun was the only child and had gained his notoriety from his father. The father was the same when he was young. Since Garoun was the only child, he had been pampered from birth. Buttely, the rtions between father and son haven''t been well due to Garoun''s mother being terribly ill. If there was someone whom the father pampered more than Garoun was his wife. The wife was the sole reason behind the man''s personality change. Unlike many Divine Lords, the father never married again as he felt it would not only be unfair to the wife but also to his love for her.


    Garoun''s father was already stressed with his wife being ill; he couldn''t handle more worry due to his son. So for the past few months, he rarely contacted his son after seeing Garoun''s indifference toward his mother''s illness.


    The flower garden was solely cultivated for his wife, so he would spend some time here every day to calm his heart.


    Today was the same as usual. First, the father went to check on his wife. His heart felt unbearable pain whenever he saw his wife in pain, but since destiny had willed it, he had no other choice. He tried everything in his power to treat his wife, but unfortunately, hisrge amount of wealth was nothing but a drop of the ocean required for the treatment.


    After sitting with his wife for a few hours, the father returned to the garden. He then began to reminisce about his happy moments with his wife.


    In the Sacred dimension, there was no age limit, making the possibility of eternal love present. The father felt his love to be such with his wife.


    Garoun was only a few thousand years old, but his parents had been married for several hundred thousand years. Garoun was a result of a lot of hard work.


    As the father thought about Garoun, he felt a wave of rage passing through his body. Only he knew how much he and his wife had struggled to have him. But now that his mother was ill, he didn''t feel it worth checking on him when she pampered Garoun so much.


    "That bastard! The next time he asks for money, I am going to break his hands and legs," The father muttered in anger, remembering his useless son.

 Chapter 832 A New Day For The Store(2)

    Chapter 832: A New Day for the Store(2)


    Kacha kacha kacha!


    While the father was cursing his useless son for not even having enough empathy to check on his mother, he suddenly heard a round of footstepsing from outside.


    The father''s face turned calm as hemunicated with the guards to let the people inside.


    The guard couldn''t see what people their master was talking about, but since they were only Divine Transformation, it was expected that they wouldn''t be able to see as far as their masters.


    Not long after, the guard noticed a group of people approaching the residence.


    The guard understood these must be the people his master mentioned, so he respectfully opened the gate and told them to enter.


    There were seven people in the group. If Aakesh or Favan were here, he would have recognized the six of them. These six were the same generals that were on the scene when Aakesh rampaged.


    As for the seventh, the man was almost twice the size of Frederick. The thorn pattern between his brows was the darkest in the seven of them. There was an aura of majesty around the man as he stepped. The man was none other than Frederick''s Divine Lord elder.


    Since Frederick was the only one who had connections with a Divine Lord cultivator, the other generals depended upon him to ask for help.


    Frederick also knew what was at stake here, so he immediately contacted his elder and shared everything that happened there with him.


    When the elder learned about the non-demon asking forpensation from Garoun''s father, hemended Aakesh thrice.


    The elder didn''t like Garoun''s father since he was one of the Thorrons who chased Garoun''s mother before she had gotten married to Garoun''s father. She was one of the most beautiful Thorrons in the city.


    As Frederick''s elder was approaching closer to the garden, a beaming smile was spread across his face.


    The generals, on the other hand, were terrified since the fourth general knew about the enmity between Frederick''s elder and Garoun''s father. If they knew it earlier, they would have never tried to ask Frederick for help. Instead, they would have quit and left the city. Frederick felt the same. He prayed in his heart that his elder wouldn''t try to make fun of Garoun''s father here, or the situation would be troublesome for him.


    Nothing would happen to the elder since there wasn''t much power difference between him and Garoun''s father. But the same wasn''t the case for the generals.


    Even the fourth general, who was on the threshold of achieving the Divine Lord cultivation, was nothing but a slightly more powerful bug in front of Garoun''s father.


    While praying in their hearts that the situation would go as they wanted, they reached the garden.


    The generals stopped since Garoun''s father didn''t wee them, while Frederick''s elder casually stepped into the garden.


    "How is Elera?"


    For the first time, Frederick''s elder face turned grave as he asked. The elder already had a harem of several wives, but he still couldn''t forget Elera, Garoun''s mother.


    "Same as usual," The father replied out of habit.


    "Garos, my offer still stands," The elder added, his face still maintaining a grave expression.


    Garos, Garoun''s father, only scoffed in response to the elder. If not for the elder''s background, he would have long tried to kill him.


    The grave expression on the elder''s face suddenly turned into a beaming smile, creating a bad feeling in Garos''s heart.<sub> </sub>


    "Have you talked to Garoun these days?" The elder asked with a broad smile stered on his face.


    The feeling got intense as Garos heard the question.


    "What do you mean by it, Sergen?" Garos asked in an unfriendly tone.


    At the same time, Garos tried to contact his son, whom he hadn''t talked to in the past several days.


    His heart sank when he failed to contact his son. His eyes turned ferocious as he looked at Sergen.


    "I apologize! I have bad news for you. Garoun is no longer alive in this world!"


    With the same broad smile, Sergen announced.


    Garos felt thunder exploding in his head as he couldn''t help but take a step backward to stabilize himself.


    The generals standing at the edge of the garden''s entry had frightened faces as the worst happened. They couldn''t overhear the conversation, but seeing the expressions of both parties, things seemed to be going south.


    "Do you want to know who is the killer?"


    Sergen asked Garos with the same wide smile, not giving him enough time to process the tragic news.


    Garos felt irritated and angry at Sergen. He wanted to break those teeth of his, but he controlled himself.


    Garos was already going through a terrible situation due to his wife''s illness. He didn''t want to do something in anger that would further harm Elera.


    Garos stared at Sergen with calm anger in his eyes, and Sergen got his answer.


    "On the seventeenth street, a non-demon had recently bought a piece ofnd. He had opened some store on thatnd."


    "Your son tried to plot against the store since he didn''t like the man."


    "Haha, he attempted to bite more than he could chew. The non-demon killed him for acting against the store."


    "Haha, you know the funny thing, the non-demon was only an early Divine Transformation, yet he killed your son," Sergen told Garos what he had learned from Frederick. While telling the story, he couldn''t help butugh.


    Garos felt his whole body shaking in anger. The more he listened, the angrier he became.


    "HOW DARE YOU?" In the end, Garos finally exploded and charged toward Sergen.


    Sergen seemed to ignore Garos'' charge. When Garos was only an inch away from Sergen, a transparent barrier appeared around Sergen.


    Garos, who was on the verge of hitting Sergen, took his punch back at thest moment. Garos was horrified as the transparent barrier around Sergen gave him a feeling of suffocation.


    Sergen''s eyes turned disappointed as he wanted Garos to hit him. Being from arge background had both benefits as well as disadvantages.


    Since Garos was one of the Divine Lords in the good books of the city lord, Sergen couldn''t act on him before Garos did, or he would have to answer to the city lord.

 Chapter 833 A New Day For The Store(3)

    Chapter 833: A New Day for the Store(3)


    Sergen still couldn''t ept the fact that Elera chose Garos over him, despite Sergen''s more remarkable talent and background.


    Sergen was several thousand years younger than Garos. And yet, Garos was only an early Divine Lord, although he had reached intermediate Divine Lord level cultivation not long ago.


    Today was the first time he revealed his cultivation to the outside world. The generals weren''t able to tell the difference due to their low levels, but the same wasn''t the case for Garos.


    Garos sensed the breakthrough due to the suffocating feeling from the transparent barrier. As the cultivation levels increased, the difference between the sub-levels grew as well.


    The strength difference between a Divine Transformation level cultivator and a Divine Being level cultivator was almost the same as the average difference between an early and an intermediate Divine Lord.


    Those extremely talented geniuses could close the gap, but they were only a few, but unfortunately for Garos, he wasn''t one of them.


    Sergen lost his interest after seeing Garos controlling himself sessfully. His face turned cold since he never liked Garos in the first ce.


    "I have an additional piece of news for you."


    "The non-demon your son offended is someone who has direct rtions with the Lord. It''s even greater than what I have with the Lord."


    "The non-demon has asked you to paypensation to him for the act your sonmitted."


    Sergen suddenly turned around and looked at the generals.


    The generals felt a bad feeling rising in their hearts, and the next moment, their feelings turned out to be correct.


    "Youe here and tell the exact words spoken by the non-demon," Sergen randomly pointed at the general and ordered.


    The general in question miraculously was Ricky, who was in direct contact with the non-demon at that point.


    Since Ricky had just a few moments ago witnessed Garoun''s father charging at Frederick''s elder, he felt as though his heart was sinking further and further into the depths of hell. Now, the elder wanted him to speak the exact words. If it was not a death knell, Ricky had no idea what was.


    Still, Ricky had no other choice as the elder was staring at him with an indifferent expression.


    The other generals were sympathetic toward Ricky, but at the same time, they breathed sighs of relief at the fact that they had not gotten selected. Someone had to take the fall here, and it was best that they weren''t there.


    Ricky could feel what was going on in the hearts of the generals, but he was in no mood to care about it. He took a deep breath and was about to step into the garden.


    Ricky''s movements came to a sudden halt before he couldnd his right foot as a terrifying killing intent directed at him. Ricky did not doubt that if he stepped on his foot, he would die.<sub> </sub>


    "Speak from there!"


    The next moment, Ricky heard a clear order in his ears. He felt as if the voice hade straight out of hell since his body trembled in fright. He immediately took his half-step back and moved even further away from the other generals.


    "It''s great that you asked. I want you to tell Garoun''s father topensate for what his son did, or he should start counting hisst days," It was as if Ricky was a mechanical lifeform; Ricky repeated the exact words spoken by the non-demon to him before he left.


    Rage already bubbling deep in Garos''s heart exploded for a second time as Garos screamed at the sky.


    The flowers, already in terrible shape due to the terrifying aura surrounding Garos, faced even further degradation as the ground began to tremble. Cracks began to appear on the ground, and flower petals began to fly as if a storm had appeared.


    The generals only felt an explosion-like sound ringing in their ears. The next moment, their veins ruptured and exploded, taking away their ability to hear. Even without ears, they could listen to it by using their divine sense, but they weren''t idiot enough to use it in the current situation. In fact, they felt grateful that their ears ruptured before causing any serious issues for them.


    Sergen didn''t seem to care what was going on with the generals, even if Frederick was there. Frederick wasn''t his immediate rtive but a far rtive due to his father. Sergen only had a good rtionship with Frederick due to his talent.


    Since Frederick''s life seemed to be in no danger, Sergen didn''t act. As for other generals, what happened with them had nothing to do with him. He only agreed toe here because he wanted to see the misery of Garos in the first ce.


    His face remained cold on the outside, but he was enjoying Garos'' frustration.


    Garos finally calmed down as his eyes looked at the destroyed garden. His heart felt more pain as he had many memories with Elera here.


    For someone of his level, it wasn''t much to create an even better garden, but it wouldn''t be the one where he spent time with Elera.


    "You can leave," Garos''s voice had turned hoarse due to screaming as he told Sergen.


    "Oh!" Sergen got taken aback by Garos'' response as he never expected Garos to be in this much control after hearing the news of Garoun''s death.


    Sergen wanted Garos to charge at the non-demon in retaliation and get killed in the process. Elera would be left alone then. Garos, whom she chose over him, died, would give more pleasure to Sergen''s heart than even getting Elera in his harem.


    Garos seemed to be unaffected by Sergen''s reaction as he disappeared from the garden. Sergen felt a wave of rage in his heart as he could sense where Garos had gone.


    The next moment, Sergen also disappeared from the garden, leaving only the six generals standing at the edge of the garden''s entrance.


    After both Garoun''s father and Frederick''s elder left the scene, the generals, including Frederick, crashed to the ground and gasped for breath. Thest few moments were so intense for them that they found yesterday''s events to be nothing but child''s y.


    "I am alive! We are alive!" One of the generals mumbled as he looked at his hands with a shocked expression.

 Chapter 834 A New Day For The Store(4)

    Chapter 834: A New Day for the Store(4)


    Unaware of what was going on with the generals, Garos appeared in his room.


    The room was several hundred square meters in size, yet it looked overcrowded. The room was filled with expensive female itemsid around randomly.


    Arge bed that could easily amodate several Vurrons like Garos simultaneously was in the room''s center.


    On the bed, a woman currentlyy there sleeping. Her eyelids would move from time to time. Her entire body was covered in a sheet, except for her face and one of her hands.


    Her hands were currently held by Garos. He gently held her hand as he was seated on the chair right next to the bed.


    His heart felt unbearable pain whenever Elera''s eyelids moved since it urred due to pain.


    There was a forty-eight hour cycle of day and night in Thorr city. In that time cycle, Elera would only stay conscious for around two hours. That time was also shrinking due to the illness bing severe.


    Garos spoke tremblingly, "Our son is dead. Dead," and tears followed his words.


    "I am sorry for being a useless person," Garos cried as heid his head on Elera''s visible hands.


    "It''s all my punishment for what I did seven hundred thousand years ago," He cried even louder as he muttered.


    Garos couldn''t help but remember the atrocities he hadmitted before he met Elera.


    Some timeter, Garos'' eyes turned red as he stopped crying. His face took a ruthless turn as he nced at Elera in pain.


    "I hate you!"


    Garos spitefully muttered as he threw Elera''s hands away.


    "If not for you, I would have never be like this," Garos added as he pushed his hands toward Elera''s throat.


    When his hands were about to grab her throat, he suddenly took them back and stumbled two steps backward in shock.


    The next moment, another round of tears began to fall as he regretted his actions. It wasn''t the first time, Garos tried something like this.


    Garos hated himself for being this weak as Elera was dying, and he could do nothing to save her. In his lowest moment, he would always attempt this. But then the memories he had spent with her would appear in his mind, and he would regret his actions.


    Garo''s voice became resolute as he turned around and left the room rather than approaching. "I will save you," he said.


    When Garos left, a drop of tear streamed through Elera''s left cheek. She not only heard about the news of her son''s death but also saw her husband at his lowest.


    ''Forgive me!'' No one knew better than Elera how much Garos had changed himself for her without saying a single word.<sub> </sub>


    The only reason she was able to struggle to survive was solely due to Garos. If not for him, she would have long lost the will to live, and his body would have given up to the illness.


    Unaware of the thoughts going on in his wife''s head, Garos left the building with a n forming in his head.


    He heard from Sergen that his son''s killer was someone from a great background. Since the non-demon wantedpensation, he would give him one.


    Garos had tried everything on his own to save Elera, but he had failed every time due to his insignificant wealth.


    Since Garos couldn''t save his wife on his own, he would take others'' help. He would offer himself aspensation.


    If his ving his life was the only chance of Elera''s survival, he would dly do it. Even Sergen offered Garos such a choice.


    If he wanted wealth to save Elera, Sergen was willing to do it. But for it, he wanted Garos to hand his freedom over to Sergen. At the same time, he would leave Elera after it.


    Garos would have willingly done it if someone else had offered such a proposal to Garos. But Garos would never do it if the other party was Sergen.


    Once he became a ve to Sergen, he wouldn''t be able to stop Sergen from acting against Elera. At the same time, he was sure that Sergen would use Garos to take action against Elera. Instead of having her end up in this predicament, Garos would prefer to see them both die.


    Garos would sell himself to the non-demon and ask for Elera''s treatment in return. If the non-demon refused, he would kill the non-demon. It would help him appease his son''s soul in hell.


    When Garos left his house, he left with a mission. He had already decided that he would return with the news of Elera''s treatment, or he would not return at all.


    Garos was confident that after killing the non-demon, the people behind the non-demon would act against him.


    His face maintained a determined expression as he rushed in the store''s direction.


    After traveling for a few hours, Garos finally reached the seventeenth street. Garos first went to the ce where his son used to act as a goon leader.


    His eyes couldn''t help but turn red as he sensed nothing that could prove Garoun once lived here. Garos trembled as he could see the street dyed red from his underlings.


    ''Just how much hatred you had for my son topletely erase his existence?'' Garos frustratingly asked in his heart.


    Garos stood at the spot for a few minutes as he recollected the memories of his son. Before Eleta fell ill, they would usuallye here to meet him.


    Elera tried everything to change the personality of her son, but she failed and instead alienated him from her. If Garos had his way, he would have locked Garoun for centuries to set him on the right path and not let himmit the same mistakes he did in the past. But Elera''s motherly instincts turned his every attempt futile.


    Garos eyes turned even more determined to do for what he had left his house. The non-demon was his son''s killer, but he would rather save his wife than take revenge for his son. There was no limit to his love for Garoun, but his affections for Elera rendered whatever desire he had for vengeance against those who wronged Garoun futile.


    Garos took ast look at the building and then proceeded in the direction of the store.

 Chapter 835 Garos And Aakesh!

    Chapter 836: Garos and Aakesh!


    At the entrance to the store, Garos was standing. Even though Garos had already made up his mind, Garos couldn''t help but reflect on his choice.


    For some reason, Garos couldn''t see anything inside the store despite its doors being open. Garos tried to look inside, but the attempt failed, and only a blurry scene weed Garos'' sight.


    Garos tried to force his divine sense into the store, but all of a sudden, he felt like he was in great danger. Garos''s entire body became wet with sweat as he stopped his attempt.


    Garos couldn''t help but gasp for breath, as the feeling he felt a moment ago was even more intense than what he had experienced when he had met the city lord in the past.


    Garos was getting more and more scared as he thought about the non-demon. Garos'' original n was to either sell himself to the non-demon or, if that didn''t work, to kill the non-demon and avenge his son in some way.


    But only from the door, he felt the undefeatable background of the non-demon. If he couldn''t even force his divine sense inside without the fear of extreme danger, how was he even going to kill the non-demon if the non-demon had no interest in taking Garos?


    But since Garos had no choice left, he decided to enter the store. Elera was on the verge of dying, and Garoun was already dead. He had nothing more to lose, so what was even the point of being afraid now? Since he had decided he would either return to his wife with a way to treat her or he wouldn''t return at all, Garos took a deep breath andnded his first step on the three steps connecting the store to the road.


    Aakesh, who had been rxing with closed eyes, opened his eyes when he heard the sound of footsteps.


    As he opened his eyes, his sight came across a Thorron more than twice his size entering the store. Even though the man looked terrifying, his steps were slow, and his eyes carried a mixture of caution and determination.


    Garo''s footsteps finallynded on the store''s floor, and the view inside the store became visible to him. His footsteps couldn''t help bute to a sudden halt as he found the non-demon staring at him while he was seatedfortably in his chair.


    Garos took another deep breath as a wave of pressure attacked his heart, being in direct sight of the non-demon.


    It was psychological pressure due to Garos having things to do here. As for the strength gap, Garos was sure that it would only take Garos a single strike to end the non-demon''s life.


    But for some reason, his intuition warned him against even having thoughts of killing the non-demon. Trusting his gut feeling, Garos blocked the idea from even forming.


    Garos then raised his left foot, and afternding, he was entirely inside the store. Since Garos was in no mood to check the store, he immediately rushed toward Aakesh.


    Rushing would be an overestimation, as it took Garos several seconds to cover the distance of several feet from the door to the non-demon store owner.


    Unaware of the thoughts of the newly arrived Thorron, Aakesh was in discussion with the system.


    "Hey, system, what''s his cultivation level?"


    [Host, the Thorron is an early Divine Lord!]


    The system immediately answered in its mechanical and emotionless voice.


    After hearing about the cultivation level of the Thorron, Aakesh already had an idea about the identity of the Thorron. His heart couldn''t help but be excited, thinking about what was going to happen next.


    When Aakesh told Ricky about thepensation, he didn''t expect much. But now that the man was here, Aakesh couldn''t help but think of how much he should take from the man.


    "Hey, system, how much do you think I should ask for?" Aakesh suddenly asked the system.


    Aakesh had already gotten ten purer lesser Sacred stones from the system forpleting the quest, so he had already earned more than he had spent.


    [Host, the system suggests you don''t do this! You are a store owner, so you need to maintain character!]


    Hearing the system''s response, Aakesh only scoffed. And at that time, Garos had reached Aakesh.


    Aakesh looked at Garos, and Garos looked at him. This scene continued for a while.


    Aakesh''s eyes carried nothing but indifference, while Garos''s eyes had a mixture of expressions.


    Garos didn''t know how to start, while Aakesh didn''t feel much interested to be the one to start. He wantedpensation, and Aakesh needed to be the dominant party right from the start.


    The silence in the store meant nothing to Aakesh since the store currently had no customers waiting. But the same couldn''t be said for Garos.<sub> </sub>


    The more seconds passed, the louder and quicker Garos''s heartbeat became. It was nothing less than mental torture.


    As expected, Garos was the first to give up and speak, "How should I address you?"


    Garos respectfully asked, as he couldn''t refer to the non-demon as a non-demon. After asking the question, Garos cursed himself, since there was no point in asking it. The non-demon was also the store manager. He could have simply referred to the non-demon as such.


    But since the arrow had already left the bow, there was no point in thinking about it. At least it gave Garos some courage to speak.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied expressionlessly. His eyes still stared indifferently at the man.


    Before, Aakesh was only 99 percent sure that Thorron was Garoun''s father. Now, he was 100 percent sure.


    A Divine Lord cultivator would never behave so nervously in front of an early Divine Lord. Aakesh wasn''t sure why the man acted so nervously, but since it was only better for him, he didn''t waste his time thinking over it.


    "Store owner, I am Garos, Garoun''s father," Garos introduced.


    Despite knowing the non-demon''s name, Garos didn''t dare refer to him by his name since what he was going to ask next wouldn''t look good if he addressed Aakesh by his name.


    "You already know about your son''s actions," Aakesh''s eyes remained the same as usual as he said.


    Garos didn''t know how to respond as he couldn''t sense whether this was a question or a statement. But whatever it was, Garos didn''t dare waste time.


    It''s also my fault because I''ve always treated my son like a spoiled child.


    "Please ept my apology!"


    Garos bowed, his head being in a straight line with his waist. If someone were here, they would scream in fright since a Divine Lord cultivator was not only bowing so much to an early Divine Transformation level cultivator, but tears were also streaming.


    Uncaring of the tears flowing down the man''s face, Aakesh remained cold.


    "You don''t need to apologize for your son''s actions." Apologies mean nothing. The generals must have already told you about what I want," Aakesh responded expressionlessly.


    Aakesh decided to avoid the formalities and get right to the point after sensing there was something off about the man. The man looked to be defeated, but the man''s son had still died. Such actions by a dead son''s father toward their killer didn''t make much sense. If Aakesh wanted an apology, he would have already told Ricky.


    There was a difference between an apology andpensation. Apology meant epting the fact, whilepensation didn''t mean anything like this. Payingpensation didn''t mean the end of hatred, but the majority of apologies meant such a thing.


    Aakesh didn''t care about the hatred of Garos since he was safe inside the store from the likes of Garos, and his talent for cultivating was also second to none.


    Garos''s action seemed to suggest Garos had another purpose foring here, so without wasting time, Aakesh told him toe to a certain point.


    Garos had already expected these things when he bowed to apologize while tears began falling. But he couldn''t control himself. He wasn''t crying because of Garoun''s death but because of his weakness. He used to be someone who didn''t care even if millions of people, including one of his stepmothers, died at his hands, but now he was attempting to sell himself so that his wife could live.


    Garos had been living in stress since Elera had gotten ill with the damn illness, but Garoun''s death broke whatever will he had. Garos felt that he had never been this low in his life.


    After taking a few deep breaths, Garos straightened up and felt a calm return to his stressed heart. His eyes no longer disyed a variety of emotions; instead, only one emotion¡ªdetermination¡ªremained there.


    "What are you expecting from thepensation?" Garos asked. His voice was calmer than ever.


    ***


    A/N: Only one chapter today. I have some personal work to do.


    I have added today''s chapter to the list of the minimum seven chapters for mass release to make up for it. I will release eight chapters.


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 Chapter ?836 Garos and Aakesh(2)

    Chapter 836: Garos and Aakesh(2)


    "What do you want inpensation?" Garos asked, his aura entirely different from earlier.


    "One-fourth of your total wealth," Aakesh remained expressionless as before.


    Garos, who was ready to make his offer, couldn''t help but take a deep breath after hearing Aakesh. He didn''t expect Aakesh to demand this much.


    The wealth of a Divine Lord was nothing to scoff at. Even asking a Divine Lord cultivator for money was ridiculous, but the amount asked for was even more ridiculous.


    "What if I gave you an even better thing?" Garos asked suddenly.


    Aakesh didn''t say anything in response but only looked at Garos, waiting for his response.


    "Store owner, I have an offer for you! Would you like to listen?" Garos replied, his aura remaining the same.


    Garos didn''t want to slight Aakesh by revealing the offer without first getting his opinion.


    Aakesh remained the same as before, expressionlessly looking at Garos. Garos received his response.


    He suddenly knelt down, his face touching the hard floor. His voice was as determined as before, and then he stated his offer.


    "Store owner, I am ready to work for you. In ce of it, I only want one thing."


    Aakesh finally understood why he had gotten a bad feeling from this man bowing and crying. It would be a lie if he said that he had expected it.


    The reaction from Garos was totally unexpected, so much so that he didn''t speak right away.


    Garos, kneeling on the ground, had his back wet with sweat. The longer Aakesh stayed silent, the more pressure he felt. Since he had already made his offer, there was no going back.


    Not going back wasn''t a concern for Garos, but the thought that Aakesh might not be interested in his offer frightened Garos more. But since he had already made the offer, he continued handling the pressure and didn''t move his body at all.


    Aakesh seemed uninterested, as Garos had feared, when he suddenly asked the system to make the man stand.


    Suddenly, an invisible energy acted on Garos. No matter what Garos tried, his body operated on its own, and he stood up. He willed himself to kneel again, but his body refused to act.


    Garos''s face turned pale as he felt himself simr to a bug in the presence of that invisible energy. As the fear of the energy took over his heart, the aura of determination he had been putting out around himself broke down.


    "I have no interest in taking anyone under my wing. Aakesh''s words remained direct as he spoke, and they were followed by the phrase "at least not you."


    Garos''s body trembled as he heard Aakesh''s voice in his ears. Even though there was no emotion in Aakesh''s voice, Garos had the illusion of hearing disdain in the store owner''s tone.


    "Why?" Garos''s voice had turned hoarse as he struggled to look into Aakesh''s eyes and asked. There, he saw nothing but the usual indifference toward him.


    At that time, Garos didn''t even need to hear the response, and a helpless smile spread across his face.


    When he saw the worst possible oue standing in front of him, a tear formed in the corner of his right eye. He felt a pain simr to what he would feel every time he would look at his dying wife.


    The non-demon had refused to take him even before hearing his request. He also couldn''t kill the non-demon. Only the invisible energy was enough to make him freeze; how would he even kill the non-demon in the presence of the owner of the energy?


    At that moment, Garos didn''t even know what he was going to do next. The voice of the store owner rang in his ears again.


    "I already told you what I want inpensation."


    Aakesh closed his mouth after the sentence. He didn''t even threaten Garos with the consequences if he failed to offer it.


    When Aakesh had asked for one-fourth of Garos'' total wealth, he didn''t expect that he would offer him what he said. He expected Garos to either try to bargain or charge out of the store. But Aakesh mostly believed that bargaining would be the most probable oue, but the scene developed outside of Aakesh''s expectations.


    Why would he even need a worker in the first ce? The system was already there for him. Only an idiot would consider someone like Garos when the system was on the other side. And from what Garos said, Aakesh became sure that Garos had something that wasn''t possible to deal with at his level.


    Firstly, Aakesh did not need a servant. Even if he somehow miraculously decided to go with the offer, he would get a Divine Lord while paying for something that forced the Divine Lord to sell itself. Even an ordinary person would be able to tell that the deal would most probably result in a loss.


    "What if I don''t give you what you want?" Garos seemed to reach his lowest point as his eyes turned red, and he coldly asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh seemed unaffected by Garos'' reaction. He was in the store, where even a titled god would die if they dared to attack Aakesh, let alone a Divine Lord cultivator.


    "It''s up to you. I had already made my point clear when I told Ricky," Aakesh responded.


    Garos remembered what he had heard from the general. If he didn''t pay thepensation, he should count his days.


    Remembering the point, Garos began tough out loud. Theughter was more of a vent for Garos, as it was mixed with several emotions like helplessness, mockery, hatred, and anger.


    "All right, go ahead. I am here, kill me!" Garos yelled out, and he fixed his gaze on Aakesh and stoppedughing.


    Garos didn''t even wait for Aakesh to respond as he began rambling about his life.


    The story was brutal and tragic, but not for Garos. The number of people he had killed in his life was enough for arge city''s poption.


    His story began with his birth about how his mother had died at the hands of his father. His father then married one of the female Thorrons he had once liked. Garos didn''t like the situation. Since he couldn''t kill his father, he killed the girl, who was his stepmother at the time.

 Chapter 837 Garos And Aakesh(End)

    Chapter 838: Garos and Aakesh(End)


    Aakesh, who seemed to have all the time in the world, had no interest in listening to Garos''s ramble. His voice turned cold as he told Garos either to pay thepensation or leave the store.


    Garos, who had only started, stopped immediately. Invisible energy began to manifest along with the store owner''s voice.


    Garos had a feeling that if he dared to speak, his mouth would be shut down by force, like thest time when his body acted on its own and made him stand.


    "I will offer you everything if you can treat my wife," Garos, desperate like never before, yelled.


    Aakesh finally got his answer to why the man was acting so defeated and not angry with his son''s killer.


    But since Aakesh didn''t have any interest in learning about the man''s life, he remained expressionless.


    "The store will begin to sell pills in the near future, so your wife might have a chance of treatment," Aakesh replied. First, Aakesh was going to ignore the man, but then he sensed a trade from the man.


    The store was in its early stages, so Aakesh needed to work hard to get some customers.


    Garos suddenly felt a thundercloud explode in his mind when he heard the store owner''s statement. His movements stopped while his eyes went as wide as possible before bursting out.


    "Can your pills treat Maleros?" Garos asked in a hurried voice.


    Maleros was one of the many illnesses spread across the Sacred dimension. It wasn''t untreatable, but its treatment cost was so high that it was also termed as terminal.


    Maleros was an illness caused by an imbnce of blood and Sacred energy. In this disease, the body begins to absorb Sacred energy more than it could handle, resulting in the inner organs slowly dying.


    The only way to treat it was to have the excess Sacred energy forced out of the body, and then healing pills would help restart the shut-down organs. Since only those cultivators titled god could somehow control the Sacred energy, only they could do the treatment.


    Asking a True God for treatment wasn''t cheap. The Kingdom Garos belonged to had only three True Gods in its midst, and Garos had tried to ask one of them through the city lord.


    The price asked by that True God was something that terrified even the city lord, let alone him, who was not even the wealthiest Divine Lord in the city.


    Aakesh had heard about the illness since it was caused by a rare item spread across the Sacred dimension. Aakesh wasn''t sure whether the pills in the first batch would be able to treat Maleros, so he asked the system.


    <o>,m "Yes," Aakesh said expressionlessly to Garos after hearing the system''s answer.</o>


    As if Garos had gotten a lifesaving treatment, his face turned ruddy. The next moment, his entire body began to tremble.


    An ufortable feeling attacked Garos as a storm of energy erupted inside the store.


    The system acted immediately and forced the energy storm to a single spot. Unaware of what was happening, Garos'' eyes turned closed as his body began to make a popping sound.


    The next moment, a seed the size of an almond escaped Garos'' body and began to float midair without any support.<sub> </sub>


    The space around the store trembled as the almond seed began to expand at a rapid rate. Only after the seed had reached the size of a tennis ball did the process of expansion stop.


    The energy storm began to slow down while the appearance of the seed started to descend. In no time, it returned to where it belonged.


    The energy storm suddenly grew even fiercer, but as if it were the struggle before dying, it slowly began to disappear.


    Aakesh stayed in his chair as he watched the scene. Today had been no less than incredulous for him.


    First, Garoun''s father came to pay hispensation. He then offered to sell himself. After Aakesh''s refusal, the man began to act crazy, and now he was going through a breakthrough.


    Aakesh recognized the seed that had suddenly appeared in the middle of the breakthrough. It wasn''t an ordinary item, but a world that held living beings. Since Aakesh was only equivalent to an early Divine Transformation level cultivator, he couldn''t sew through the seed without the system''s help.


    Since things were like this, Aakesh didn''t see it. If someone were to be able to see through the seed, they would see the world growing in its size. People going through natural disasters, while new species taking birth.


    As the energy stormpletely died, Garos opened his eyes. There was astonishment in his eyes, as he never expected his day to turn out like this.


    Garos had been stuck at this level for the past several thousand years. For the past several months, Garos hadn''t even meditated due to not having enough time. He spent all his day either looking at Elera or worrying about her.


    Now that he heard from the store owner that his wife could be treated, all the tension in his heart melted. All the umtions he had made in the past several thousand years acted and forced him past the line. He was now an intermediate Divine Lord.


    There was noparison between his past and his current self.


    Garos believed he could battle tens of the past him at the same time.


    After waking up, Garos felt that he was waking up after a deep sleep of thousands of years. Garos had never felt thisfortable before.


    Garos suddenly released his energy and cut his finger. When the pain attacked him, his eyes turned moist.


    Since Garos wasn''t sure whether it was an illusion or not, he did this.


    Garos forced himself not to cry this time, so no tears flowed. He had already cried enough. It was now time to celebrate.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Garos''s voice seemed to have regained the majesty of the past as he thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded expressionlessly. He didn''t expect just asking forpensation to turn out to be these kinds of scenes.


    But since things had already progressed and Aakesh didn''t face any losses, he stopped thinking about it. Now he only wanted Garos to pay his share of thepensation.


    If Aakesh wasn''t very enthusiastic about thepensation earlier, now if Garos refused, Aakesh would turn his words into truth.

 Chapter ?838 A New Day for the Store(5)

    Chapter 838: A New Day for the Store(5)


    "Thank you, store owner!" Garos thanked Aakesh. His aura entirely different from earlier. His tone was not only sincere, but it also sounded confident.


    Aakesh seemed as expressionless as before and only stared at Garos in response.


    "Store owner, how long will it take for your store to begin selling pills?" Garos ignored Aakesh''s stare and asked. His tone neitherpliant nor discourteous. But if someone were to be here, they would be shocked since this tone meant treating the other person as a peer at the same level. In the majority''s eyes, how could an early Divine Transformation and an intermediate Divine Lord be equal?


    "Tomorrow if things work out for the best, or it could also take several days," Aakesh replied since it was a question rted to the store.


    Garos didn''t speak right away but heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. From the way things were going on with Elera, she only had a few more months left to live. Since it wouldn''t take months for the pills to arrive, it meant Elera had a chance of survival.


    Garos didn''t fail at what he had set out to achieve. He promised Elera that he would cure her, and now he would return with it. As for Garoun''s revenge, Garos decided to end things with only a memorial ceremony for Garoun. There was no way he could now even think of killing the store owner.


    The store owner already had stronger people around him, so it was impossible for him. Even if he had the ability, he wouldn''t do it since Elera finally found a way to return to her usual self.


    "Store owner, I will return tomorrow to check on the status of the pill," Garos excitedly said, as he wanted to return to Elera as soon as possible and share this piece of news with her.


    "No need toe! Unless you pay the askedpensation, you will be blocked from buying anything from the store," Aakesh responded expressionlessly.


    Since Aakesh wasn''t strong enough to subdue Garos without the system''s help, the point ofpensation was pushed back. But Aakesh had another power; he was the store owner. As a store owner, he had the authority to block someone.


    The system was fair for every customer, but that didn''t stop Aakesh from announcing it to Garos. Garoun had plotted against the store, and there were bound to be consequences for him and his family. Garoun was already dead, and as for other family members, the system didn''t care if Aakesh wanted to block them.


    Garos, who wanted to leave the store in a hurry, suddenly stopped. Garos''s face lost all of its excitement, as though a bucket of cold ice water had been dumped on it when he had just felt a warm temperature after braving the freezing cold.


    (A/N: Thank god, I am not Garos(<_>))


    Garos looked in shock at Aakesh and then cursed himself in his heart. He had forgotten this point in the excitement of the breakthrough and the treatment.


    Garos hurriedly attempted to coax the store owner, only to find that there was no way other than paying thepensation.


    Since things had evolved to such a point, Garos decided to be brave and pay what the store owner asked of him.


    Divine Lords could use their inner world to store items, so they didn''t need space rings.


    The next moment, a list appeared in Garos'' hands. It was a list of the wealth he had.


    Garos had used one of his own creations to handle his ounts, and he had only gotten the list from the man.


    Garos took a deep breath as he felt a pang in his heart. The next moment, he acted bravely and handed the list to Aakesh.


    "Store owner, this is my total wealth," Garos said. "You can select what you want from it," he added. The next moment, a wave of weakness hit his heart, and he almost stumbled. But Garos controlled himself and didn''t take the list back.


    Aakesh seemed to have no interest in the list, as he didn''t extend his hands to grab it. At that moment, Garos was dumbfounded since he couldn''t guess just what the store owner wanted from him.


    Garos didn''t have to stay like that for long, as the next moment, the store owner opened his mouth and said, "I have no interest in what items you own. Calcte your total worth in Sacred stones, and then give one-fourth of that to me,"


    Hearing the store owner''s demand, Garos felt a wave of relief surround his heart. Since he didn''t want to lie, he sincerely added everything he owned to that list.


    There were many items that held extraordinary value in his heart, but for the sake of Elera, he decided to be brave even if the store owner took them.


    Now that he heard the store owner''s demand, all the weight from his shoulders disappeared. The most painless item to get for the likes of him was Sacred stones.


    The next moment, he waved his hands, and a mountain of stones appeared in the store''s hall.


    Aakesh only took a nce at it and found the total value of these stones to be several ordinary Sacred stones.


    "Store owner, these are all stones I have. After calcting my wealth in Sacred stones, I still owe you this sum."


    "I will return the sum to you as soon as I am able to liquidate my wealth," Garos stated as he looked at the mountain of Sacred stones.


    Aakesh nodded and waved his hands. The next moment, the mountain of stones disappeared from the store''s hall and appeared in the system''s space.


    Garos couldn''t help but be shocked when he saw the scene. He couldn''t sense a space ring on the store owner, and yet he witnessed the Sacred stones disappearing into a different space.


    Garos would have epted it if he had sensed the emergence of that invisible energy, but he had sensed nothing. From what Garos could feel, he was confident that it was Aakesh who did everything.


    Since Garos didn''t want to offend Aakesh, he didn''t dare ask Aakesh about it. But the image of Aakesh had grown even taller in his heart. At the same time, his heart also became calm, thinking that someone like Aakesh would never lie about the effects of the future pill.

 Chapter 839 A New Day For The Store(6)

    Chapter 839: A New Day for the Store(6)


    Calming his pounding heart, Garos took a deep breath. His heart became calm as he became sure about the pill''s credibility while his face regained its excited expression.


    "You have seven days to pay the rest of thepensation," Aakesh stated. Aakesh added expressionlessly, "If you fail to do it, then the amount you have paid today will get wasted, and you will have to pay the total amount again."


    "Can I enter the store in those seven days?" Garos asked since liquidating the remaining sum was bound to take time. Garos didn''t want to stay outside due to the remaining amount he owed while the store would have begun its sale of the pills.


    "Yes, you will not be blocked from today as long as you pay the remaining amount in the next seven days," Aakesh replied.


    "I don''t like rule breakers, so stay on the time limit," Aakesh suddenly added.


    Even though Aakesh had alreadyid out the consequences of beingte, he still warned Garos to stay on time. At the same time, Aakesh hoped in his heart for Garos to bete; that way, he would earn more. But he had to keep his status in mind, so he gave Garos seven days to pay the remaining amount since he couldn''t look like a greedy merchant.


    "I will keep that in mind," Garos answered.


    On the outside, Garos'' face showed nothing but excitement, but on the inside, he was raging after hearing the ruleid out by the store owner.


    ''It''s not like I owe you money, then why the rules?'' Garos wanted to scream it in the face of Aakesh, but he controlled himself before he could make the situation troublesome.


    Aakesh could somewhat sense things going on in Garos''s head, but he didn''t care. Garos also had some faults in the way the scenes yed with the store. "Don''t bite more than the teeth can chew" was a fundamental survival t that Garos should have taught his son when he was a child.


    The hurry to return to his wife reappeared in Garos''s heart, but this time he controlled himself.


    Garos finally focused on the part where Aakesh was a store owner and the store sold products. Since the store was going to have pills that could treat a disease like Maleros in the future, it must have great products in the current timeline as well.


    ? "Store owner, what product does the store currently sell?" Garos asked.


    "The store currently only has one product, a virtual world," Aakesh answered expressionlessly, and then began to share the introduction to Panagea.


    On the outside, Aakesh stayed expressionless, while on the inside, his heart was crying tears of joy. It was his fourth day here, while for the store owner, it was his third day. And yet, he had only received one customer. Garos was only the second person to set foot in his store in those three days. ''Was he finally going to have the second customer?'' Aakesh cried in his heart.


    Garos, who was only curious about the products sold by the store at first, stood frozen on the spot as he learned about Panagea.


    ''How could a store sell an item like this at first and then pills that could treat Maleros?'' Garos found his worldview shattered like never before.


    After the introduction came to an end, Garos couldn''t control his curiosity and asked about the product sequence.


    Aakesh didn''t answer the question since it had nothing to do with the functioning of the store. He instead told Garos the price he needed to pay to enter Panagea.


    After hearing the price, Garos heaved a sigh of relief. He had saved a hundred lesser Sacred stones in his inner world and did not give up every penny to Aakesh.


    Garos then fell into a bind as he didn''t know whether to return to Elera and share the information about the pill with her or enter Panagea and check out this fascinating world.


    Just like Favan, Garos found Panagea to be a product that was at those rumored higher levels, although he didn''t even know the name of those grades.


    He also began to doubt the story about the city lord having a connection with Aakesh. Someone who could sell an item like Panagea to the public without fearing the strong wasn''t someone whom the city lord could even meet, let alone have direct connections.<sub> </sub>


    After a few seconds, Garos decided to enter Panagea, and then he would share the information about both the pill and Panagea with Elera. Believing that Elera must be unconscious, he paid the sum to Aakesh and proceeded toward the portal room.


    Three virtual portals weed Garos when he entered the portal room. One of them was grayed out, while the other two looked like a sky filled with countless shiny stars.


    Aakesh had already exined the difference to Garos, but since he couldn''t satisfy his curiosity, he first went to the grayed out virtual portal and touched it. The phenomenon of getting sucked didn''t appear, so he then went to the next one. As told by Aakesh, when he had only touched the portal with the tip of his finger, a suction force emerged, and he got sucked inside into an unfamiliar world.


    ***


    Unaware of what Garos was doing, Aakesh called out the quest screen after Garos entered the portal room.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission objective: Sell products to ten customers,


    Requirement: You had four products in the Primal dimension, three of which are unlocked. Only the Panagea is currently active. Sell three Panagea hours or more to ten customers,


    Time limit: Five Days,


    Customers: 1/10,


    Time left: Six days,


    Mission reward: Activation of the other three products,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    Aakesh''s eyes shined with joy as he finally saw the change in the customer section.


    "Nine more to go," Aakesh mumbled as he waved his hands. The next moment, light particles began to move away from the screen, and not long after, the screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back again.


    Time flew by, and finally, the portal room had a movement. Favan''s six hours wereplete, so the system forced him out.


    His eyes contained a mix of tiredness and excitement since he had finallypleted his quest. The effort took a great mental toll on him, but the feeling of manipting energy made everything worth the effort.


    As Favan was leaving, his eyes fell on the virtual portal in the center. It was grayed out. Favan felt a wave of disappointment in his heart since he wasn''t the only Panagea customer of the store anymore.


    ***


    A/N: Did you like this arc?


    There was nothing special about it, but these chapters took more time than usual. I would sit with an outline in my mind, but when I began typing, another idea will emerge, forcing me to start again.


    It might not be the best, but I liked it. I hope, you also liked the way it yed.


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 840 Favan’s Thoughts!

    Chapter 840: Favan''s Thoughts!


    "Already!" Favan eximed as he saw the grayed virtual portal.


    Favan wanted to be Panagea''s only customer for a few days so he could get a big jump on hispetitors. But his dreams crashed. He knew the day woulde, but it came earlier than he wanted.


    When Favan learned about Panagea, he was sure that it would be a new battleground and breeder of talents. He only hoped to start big.


    At the same time, his heart felt some relief too. He hadpleted his quest, and now he could finally level up. Even if it was only a day''s head start, it was still one.


    Rather than dwell on the disappointment, Favan turned around to leave the store since what happened inside the store was beyond his control.


    Favan found the store owner rxing on his chair with closed eyes. He didn''t disturb Aakesh but left the store as a n had begun to form in his head.


    Favan wasn''t aware of the identity of the second Panagea customer, so he wasn''t sure about the wealth. But Favan wasn''t an idiot. Someone who coulde to the store when the entire seventeenth street was filled with yesterday''s stories would never be an ordinary customer. Most probably, the second customer was wealthier than him.


    If Favan wanted to continue growing in Panagea, he needed wealth. The loan he had taken from the bank was only enough for around twenty-five days.


    Favan already had ns to earn money after those twenty-five days, but after the sudden emergence of the second customer, Favan had no choice but to act before time.


    After leaving the store, Favan didn''t go in the direction of his store but chose the opposite direction.


    After traveling for around two hours on his feet, Favan finally reached his destination. His face looked tired since he had traveled more than a thousand miles continuously.


    He currently stood in front of a sky-high building made of concrete. It was in the shape of a pyramid, and the width decreased with the increase in height. Yet the highest point was around a few thousand square meters.


    After regaining some energy, Favan proceeded in that direction. When he was only at the gate, he felt an energy barrier obstructing him from going any further.


    Favan suddenly took a button out of his chest pocket. The energy barrier suddenly acted as the button left Favan''s hands.


    The button began to rotate at an unprecedented rate. The barrier around the button began to dissolve at a rapid rate.


    The button only stopped when it had made a holerge enough for Favan to enter. The button left the barrier and flew back to him.


    Favan put the button back in his chest pocket and entered the barrier. The hole in the barrier precisely matched the size of Favan. If someone else were to attempt to enter, they would get blocked.


    The building was one of the famous points of Thorr city, and it was also his heavenly encounter. The button he used to enter was alone enough to sell for hundreds of ordinary Sacred stones, but since it was linked to him through his soul, Favan couldn''t sell it.


    This building was one of the branches of an organization spread across the. Even the King of his Kingdom had to give a face to the head of the branch, despite him only being a peak Divine Lord.<sub> </sub>


    In the past, Favan''s parents used to work here as low-level members. His father had once gotten a chance to participate in an attack orchestrated by the organization on a ruin found in a different Kingdom. His father made sufficient merit that day and died in the action.


    Topensate for the loss, the organization gave the button to his immediate family member. Favan had a brother, so Favan had to defeat his brother to get it.


    The button allowed Favan to enter the building, and his n depended on it. Without wasting any time, Favan went to the ce where his mother''s quarters were.


    Favan didn''t have good rtions with his mother since even his mother wanted the button, but since the organization only allowed one of the two sons to have it, the mother favored her younger son to have it. It was easy to manipte him, while Favan had been a rebel right from his childhood.


    The mother''s rank wasn''t higher, so without the button, she wasn''t able to leave the building. If her younger son had gotten it, she would have linked the button with her soul rather than his, while the outside world would think that the younger son had it. There were many benefits associated with the button for the members of the organization.


    Since Favan was neither talented enough to join the organization nor did he get his mother''s referral to enter, after winning the button, he could only use it as an entry and exit token.


    Knock knock knock!


    Favan knocked on the doors of the quarter where his mother lived.


    Favan seemed to be patient as he waited. After he got no response from the inside, even after several seconds, Favan knocked again.


    No response came this time either. Favan thought his mother was currently outside, so he began to wait at the door.


    Several minutes passed in silence when a different sound than Favan''s breathing finally rang in the area.


    Favan turned around and saw his mother approaching. The mother''s face instantly turned ugly as she saw Favan standing at her door, while a smile spread across Favan''s face.


    The mother didn''t say anything and unlocked the door. The smile never disappeared from Favan''s face as he followed his mother inside.


    "What do you want?" The mother asked coldly.


    "I have a proposal for you," Favan stated directly, as he disliked talking to his mother as well. He wanted to leave as early as possible afterpleting his work.


    "What offer?"


    "Don''t you want this button?" Favan replied as he took out the button and then waved it in front of his mother.


    The mother''s face turned uglier as past memories flooded her mind as soon as her eyes fell on the button.


    This was the result of her love''s sacrifice, and now a son, which neither of them wanted, had it.

 Chapter 841 Close For The Day!

    Chapter 841: Close for the Day!


    Unaware of what ns Favan was making for his continued sustenance in the store, Aakesh continued rxing on his chair, and time continued to move.


    The portal room suddenly saw the movement as the grayed portal in the center suddenly became a sky filled with stars, and a white light appeared in the room.


    When the light disappeared, a silhouette of Garos presented itself. A look of unwillingness marred Garos'' eyes since he wanted to stay there for a longer time.


    He had gotten a quest that was proving too much for him. He even faced death today.


    Garos never thought he would die and revive. But he still wanted to enter that damned ce, as the benefits were too great to care about, even if an actual death was one of the consequences.


    Since he wanted to continue, he hurriedly left the portal room and went to Aakesh.


    Aakesh, who was rxing, opened his eyes after sensing the sound of footsteps approaching him.


    As soon as Aakesh saw Garos, he knew what he wanted. There was only one reason why customers approached Aakesh after their stay in Panagea was over. The hurried expression in Garos'' eyes seemed to prove Aakesh''s conjecture.


    As Aakesh expected, Garos asked for an extension of Panagea''s time. As usual, Aakesh refused with a straight no while at the same time pointing at the no-argument rule on the rule board.


    Garos got stumped, as he had no idea what to say after looking at the rule. He didn''t know what the store owner would consider arguments, so he thought letting go of them was the best option. He then unwillingly shoved the thought of entering Panagea today into the deepest corner of his heart.


    "Thank you, store owner! I will return tomorrow."


    Garos thanked Aakesh and left the store in a hurry since there was nothing else to do, and he was also feeling guilty about choosing Panagea over his wife at that time.


    Garos didn''t spend much time thinking over it since he would have repeated his choice if he were to get into the same problem again.


    After Garos returned to his house, he got the shock of his life. Elera had turned several times worse than today''s morning.


    When Garos looked at her, he found her to be awake. She also looked at him after she heard him.


    A wave of relief passed through her heart as she fell unconscious the next moment. She had been forcing herself to stay awake for the entire day. She wanted to see the face of her husband. Now that she saw it, all the pain she had been forcing into her heart attacked her at once.


    Garos felt a pang in his heart as he saw Elera in such a condition. The happy mood he had been carrying with him on his journey quickly turned to sadness.


    He first apologized to Elera for making her worry since he had a sense of what had transpired here.


    He then went to Elera, gave her a light kiss on the lips, and then whispered about the pill into her ears. Garos then sat with Elera for around an hour.<sub> </sub>


    Since his shoulders carried arge debt of Sacred stones, he left her house after giving another kiss to an unconscious Elera, this time on her forehead.


    ***


    Favan had an excited mood as he came down to the exit of the building. His mother was following him. She had a mixture of positive and negative expressions.


    "Next time, I will return, and you will be able to have a button," Garos stated as he took onest look at his mother.


    The mother nodded, not worrying about lies in her son''s words since Favan had taken an oath. If he failed to stand by his words, crippling of his cultivation would be the least harsh punishment. As a mother, she felt ufortable forcing her son to take an oath like this, but the amount of money he was borrowing from her made her see sense.


    Because Favan''s mother couldn''t leave the building without the button, he promised to buy one for her. To do that, she needed to loan him her savings.


    The savings umted by her parents in these years were more than enough to let Favan not worry about money for a few years.


    Since Favan''s mother was a member of the organization, she had two choices to get the button. First, make contributionsrge enough to get promoted and be a mid-tier member. She would then automatically get the button. Second, she could buy it.


    The button cost seven hundred and fifty ordinary Sacred stones, while the mother only had savings of around fifteen ordinary Sacred stones after working for several millennia. Earning the amount was going to be a huge task. The mother would not have acquired the amount in her lifetime if she didn''t have immortality.


    Using her mother''s inability to makerge contributions and theck of her savings, Favan decided to risk everything on his loan.


    Favan could feel that Panagea was going to be a game changer for his destiny, and life was the only valuable thing he had that was worth risking.


    Favan then used the button again and left the same way he had entered. The mother didn''t leave right away but looked at the blurry silhouette of her son through the barrier.


    Even though she didn''t like Favan, she was still his mother. She only hoped that Favan wouldn''t die pursuing whatever he was seeking.


    A few secondster, when the blurry silhouette entirely disappeared, she also turned around and returned to her quarters.


    Since the store had finally set its foot in the Sacred dimension, it was poised to create a sea of blood and storm in the lives of the inhabitants. Many destinies were set to be changed, while many fortunate events were bound to be nothing but tragedies.


    It was all set for the future, not today. The store was empty except for Aakesh''s presence in the present scene.


    The time continued to fly as hour after hour passed.


    When only around an hour remained before sunset, Lily exited Panagea and returned to the store.


    The entire day, up until the sun''s setting, the store didn''t see a second new customer.

 Chapter 842 The Strongest Elf Race!

    Chapter 841: The Strongest Elf Race!


    The sun set down on Thorr city, bringing the darkness back. The world remained the same for many people as it continued to operate simrly.


    Many stores shut their door down and announced the end of the day. It included one famous store on seventeenth street as well.


    The quest had finally begun today, but it was still far away frompletion. Aakesh stood up from his chair, went to the door, and closed it, bringing an end to another unfruitful day.


    There were still four days left after today, so Aakesh wasn''t much worried about the quest. The required customer limit wasn''t very high, so Aakesh believed the store toplete the mission one day before.


    After closing the store, Aakesh turned around and looked at Lily. The next moment, both of them disappeared from the store''s hall and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily took onest nce at Aakesh and then disappeared from the selection area after choosing her usual training environment.


    Aakesh turned to his left as he closed his senses. He then went to the weapons section and picked one.


    Aakesh then went to his right and pressed the switch after choosing the training environment. The next moment, space cracked open in the shape of a portal and sucked Aakesh inside.


    Aakesh''s senses got unlocked after appearing here, so he found what his weapon was for today''s battle. It was a weapon that Aakesh had used the most since the moment he had opened his eyes, bow.


    Aftering to the Sacred dimension, Aakesh had decided to start the weapon selection. Even though he had only used the bow several days ago in the Primal dimension, he still randomly chose it today.


    The next moment, a familiar blue screen popped out of nowhere in front of him.


    Aakesh had been seeing this screen for the past several centuries, and his body had already be ustomed to it. Aakesh didn''t even had to think when his hands acted. He chose to start the fight from the first round rather than going to his yesterday''sst stage of the battle.


    The next moment, a transparent light washed over the entire area and the familiar battle arena presented itself to Aakesh.


    At the same time, Aakesh also sensed another living being on the stage. He slightly turned to his right and caught sight of his opponent for today''s round. Aakesh couldn''t help but be surprised when he saw his opponent.


    It was a humanoid being with skin as dark as space. There were shining dots spread across the body as if it were a living space itself. Two pairs of eyes with arrow like eyebrows gave the creature a terrifying look.


    The creature''s eyes had ck sclera, but in ce of pupils, different colored stars were there. Each eye had a distinctly shapedary body.


    Two pointy ears sharp enough to pierce even the toughest of skins weed Aakesh''s sight. Silky ck hair flowing like a waterfall adorned the creature.<sub> </sub>


    As soon as Aakesh saw the creature, the creature''s race''s specifics popped into his head.


    It was simple to distinguish the creature group thanks to its pointed ears and nose. It was the most powerful of the various groups that made up the Elves. This creature belonged to a race known as Cosmic Elves.


    Cosmic Elves were the first group of creatures created by the Primordial World Tree. Thebined amount of time taken by the World Tree to create all the other Elves groups of races wasn''t even one percent of what it took the World Tree to create Cosmic Elves.


    Across the Multiverse, the Cosmic Elves had a title that was spread among the knowledgeable, The Protector of the World Tree. The World Tree created this race solely to act as its guardians.


    Elves were known for their beauty across the Multiverse, but the Cosmic Elves were an exception to that. Their features were terrifying and overwhelming, entirely opposite to the delicate looking Elves.


    The Cosmic Elves were also the only group of Elves that had directmunication with the World Tree after it sent all of its creation out to spread across the three dimensions.


    The Cosmic Elves were so terrifying because each Cosmic Elf was born with a bow made of the branches of World Tree. The Cosmic Elves only gave birth every trillion years since the World Tree nurtured them. The Cosmic Elves were unable to procreate since their sole reason for existence was to protect the World Tree in case of any harm.


    The World Tree''s efforts for the Cosmic Elves bore fruit, as the first three Cosmic Elves had already surpassed the strength of the World Tree, while the fourth was on the verge of doing it.


    As a result of the birth of Cosmic Elves, the strength and status of the World Tree had significantly expanded in the third dimension.


    The World Tree was already an overlord-level creature, so for it to have three creatures even stronger than it working under it was a strong power in the third dimension.


    The Cosmic Elves were also known as the most skilled archers born in the Multiverse after the Devas. Even Arjuna, whom even Aakesh respected due to his archery, was only equal to the leader of the Cosmic Elves in archery skills.


    Aakesh had randomly gotten the bow for today''s battle, and his opponent for the day also turned out to be a member of the race of most skilled archers. Now it was what Aakesh called a heavenly encounter.


    Aakesh stood at the peak of archery like his other talents in the Primal dimension, but the same wasn''t the case in the Sacred dimension.


    To have his first archery battle with a Cosmic Elf was no less than a gift from the sky for Aakesh. Aakesh''s blood boiled with excitement since archery was his favorite system of battle.


    While Aakesh''s gaze grew hot thinking about the battle, the Cosmic Elf, on the other hand, looked at Aakesh with narrowed eyes.


    ''Mother''s branch!'' The Cosmic Elf thought as she identified the material used to construct her adversary''s bow.


    Her gaze grew serious as both opponents had the same weapon level. All that would matter in the battle would be how skillfully they both used their archery skills.

 Chapter 843 The Battle Between Archers(1)

    Chapter 843: The Battle between Archers(1)


    [Ding!]


    The sound of the bell rang in the arena and announced the start of the battle.


    Both the opponents didn''t seem to be in a hurry to attack as they were both gauging the level of their adversary''s skills.


    Even though the Cosmic Elf was a peak archery race, the current-level Elf was nothing more than a bug in front of Aakesh. It wouldn''t take any effort from Aakesh to end this stage of the battle in a single strike. But Aakesh had other thoughts. It had been a very long time since he had wanted to battle with this much enthusiasm.


    At the same time, Aakesh could also see that, for the first time, the opponent had the same level of weaponry as he held. He wasn''t sure whether the opponent had the same skills as him, but if it was true, Aakesh couldn''t be any more excited.


    "I will give you three attacks. If your arrow can even reach the radius of one meter around me, I will give you another three rounds," Aakesh suddenly had an idea and he announced.


    The Cosmic Elf''s eyes grew solemn as she could sense what the other side wanted to do. At the same time, there was also a hint of hope in her heart.


    Standing at the peak of archery also had its disadvantages. Except for Arjuna, no other creature hade even close to challenging them in the archery domain. The Devas were stronger than them, but they were so powerful that the Cosmic Elves were even less than an ant inparison to them.


    The Cosmic Elf also wanted to feel the joy of archery, and only an even-sided battle could do it. Hoping that her adversary would at least have her enjoy even a short fight, she epted Aakesh''s condition.


    At the same time, she didn''t like Aakesh acting this way with her, so she suddenly said, "If you let me enjoy a battle, I will tell you my name."


    Even though the appearance was overwhelming, the voice was simr to other Elves, gentle and soft-spoken.


    Aakesh only nodded and gestured to the Elf to start the battle.


    The Elf got into her position right away. The lower pair of eyes that were earlier closed suddenly opened. She aimed the bow at Aakesh using her right hand while stretching the bowstring using her left hand.


    She only stopped when the string touched her ears. The next moment, light from the sky began to dim as they started to join the bow to form an arrow.


    Since Aakesh had given her three rounds of attack, she used her strongest right from the start.


    First, the tail formed, then the shaft, and finally, at the end, an arrowhead shaped like a star appeared.


    Soon after the creation of the arrow, the light returned to normal in the battle arena, and she let go of the string.


    Whoosh!


    The arrow left the bow and approached Aakesh, tearing through the air.<sub> </sub>


    Aakesh seemed to not care about the arrow, but when the arrow was just a cm away frompleting the distance of one meter between Aakesh and the arrow, Aakesh casually stretched the bowstring and let go of it.


    The stretching distance wasn''t even half the finger, but suddenly the arrow at the edge of the radius began to disintegrate.


    The Elf''s eyes grew solemn while her heart pounded louder as she could see that Aakesh hadn''t even used a calcble amount of strength, but the wave released from the string went in a straight line and shed with the arrow. It showed Aakesh''s control of his strength and release.


    The Elf grew excited thinking about what Aakesh''s level would be when he fought at his full strength and skill set. Would he then be able to make her feel the joy of the battle? Her gaze grew hot as she looked at Aakesh.


    Aakesh sensed the sudden change in the Elf''s eyes. He understood its meaning since he had the same gaze as when Aakesh found that he would be able to battle to his heart''s contentment.


    Since the first arrow didn''t do anything, the Elf got ready to shoot another one. She used the same skill as thest time, but this time, she used her right hand when she held the string. Her archery skills were almost simr irrespective of what hand she used, but the right hand had a slight edge due to her being able to add more strength into the string.


    Whoosh!


    This time the arrow flew slightly faster than thest time, but the result remained the same.


    Aakesh looked frozen all the time, but when the arrow was only one cm away from his said limit, he released the string.


    The Elf''s eyes narrowed as Aakesh used the same amount of strength as thest time. Even if she were to calcte it in terms of septillions, the numerical value of the power would remain unchanged.


    Her arrow had slightly more power, but the oue was still the same. As soon as Aakesh let go of the string, the arrow began disintegrating and vanished in no time.


    The Elf could sense that even though the power used and the stretching distance were the same, there was a change in the release. But her level wasn''t high enough to find the difference between the changes.


    Time flew by, and all three of her shots faced the same result.


    Aakesh decided to make his move, and as he had been doing for the past three times, he casually stretched the bowstring and then let go of it the next moment.


    The stretching distance and the power used remained the same for all four times. Only the way Aakesh released the arrow changed. The Elf couldn''t sense the change due to her low level, but her gaze grew hotter with every sh.


    Puchi!


    For the fourth time, when Aakesh repeated the same thing, the Elf got ready to defend, but before she could do anything, something pierced through the center of the area between her four eyebrows.


    She lost her consciousness immediately, and her body crashed into the ground. It was an instant death as the invisible projectile pierced through her brain.

 Chapter 844 A Battle Between Archers(2)

    Chapter 844: A Battle between Archers(2)


    As the Elf crashed to the ground after her brain got pierced by the wind, the round resulted in a win for Aakesh.


    A wave of blue light passed over the battlefield, and soon, everything froze as if even time had stopped moving.


    The familiar blue screen popped in front of Aakesh, and simr to previous times, his hand acted before he even needed to think.


    The next moment, everything returned to normal as the light disappeared. With it, the arena returned to normal.


    Unlike otherbatants, the Elf didn''t seem to be angry that she had died due to the limit on her power level. She instead felt excited. Her gaze toward Aakesh was the same as a hunter''s gaze toward its prey.


    Not long after, the bell rang, announcing the start of the second stage.


    Simr to thest time, Aakesh announced his intentions to the Elf. He gave her three strikes with the same condition of one meter.


    Time flew by.


    The result this time was the same as thest time, as Aakesh still didn''t use an arrow. This time also, Aakesh used the wave released from the string''s release to kill the Elf.


    Time continued to fly, and the number of rounds also grew linearly.


    Until the twenty-third round, Aakesh maintained the same stretching distance with some variation in his strength and release of the string.


    Still, not a single arrow breached the radius of one meter around Aakesh. After that, Aakesh''s stretching distance increased, almost reaching enough distance for a palm to pass through the gap between the string and the bow.


    In the fifty-seventh round, Aakesh fully released the string for the first time. Even until then, he hadn''t used a single arrow.


    As the Elf''s strength grew with each round, her gaze toward Aakesh became hotter. Even though the battle continued to be one-sided in Aakesh''s favor, she still enjoyed it since her skills were being put to full use.


    At the same time, she was also seeing Aakesh''s limit in archery. Without the arrow, Aakesh had been skillfully using his release techniques to win until now.


    The Elf had a feeling that once Aakesh reached the same level as what her actual body had, she would be no match for Aakesh when it came to archery.


    Instead of feeling down about this conjecture of hers, she grew excited. The Cosmic Elves wanted a challenger for their archery to grow as well.


    The leader of the Cosmic Elves had one in Arjuna, but the other members didn''t have one. Arjuna was too strong for them to learn anything, and others were too weak for them to even use their full strength and skills.


    In the fifty-ninth round, Aakesh finally used an arrow. He only used it once, and that was to kill the Elf.


    The use of the arrows became a regr urrence after that round.


    The Elf wasn''t the only one getting excited by the battle. Aakesh felt the same. Aakesh could sense that winning the same number of matches he had won with the spear or a pair of gloves was almost impossible.


    The Elf was the toughest opponent Aakesh had faced in training since he began. Even the second most challenging opponent ording to Aakesh wasn''t even one-tenth of what Aakesh was facing today.


    As the number of rounds increased, the strength difference between the two parties started to decrease.


    Even though Aakesh only used an arrow for the first time in the fifty-ninth round, he was forced to use his first skill in the sixty-third round, only five stagester.


    When the battle reached the seventy-fourth round, Aakesh had begun to regrly use skills.


    It didn''t mean that the battle was challenging. The contest continued to be one-sided, but since Aakesh continued with his initiative to hand the Elf three first strikes, it made the battle longer than it should have been in the first ce.


    ng ng ng!


    ng ng ng!<sub> </sub>


    Sounds of metallic shes rang in the area as Aakesh''s arrows shed with the Elf''s shots.


    It was the third strike by the Elf, after which Aakesh would strike.


    Since breaching the radius of one meter around Aakesh would result in Aakesh giving the three strikes to the Elf, she used her ultimate skill avable to her at this round.


    The arrowhead was in the shape of a spherical device, which released further arrows.


    In the time it took for the arrow to reach half the distance between Aakesh and the Elf, there were already thousands of arrows following it.


    Since there were so many arrows, if even one seeded in breaching the one-meter radius, it would be the Elf''s win.


    Unlike the previous times, Aakesh didn''t wait for the arrows to reach him. This time, he took the initiative earlier.


    Aakesh''s shooting rate was even higher than the rate at which the Elf''s arrow released arrows.


    When the arrow was only one meter away from the breaching mark, Aakesh used a skill.


    As the stretching came to a stop after it touched the bridge of Aakesh''s nose, an arrow began to take shape, starting from its tail.


    In no time, an arrow, straight like a rod, with a zigzag pattern like a thunder strike at the arrowhead position, appeared.


    BOOM!


    Aakesh released the string, and the arrow left the bow. As if thunder had struck, the arrow made such a sound while flying through the air.


    When the Elf''s shot was only 90 cm away from the breaching mark, Aakesh''s arrow collided with it.


    The Elf''s face changed, but then it returned to normal.


    As she had expected, the zigzag arrowhead grew into arge purple thunderbolt. It destroyed the arrow in no time, and it still had power left, so it flew toward its next target, the Elf.


    The Elf wasn''t going to die without fighting, so she began to shoot arrow after arrow to consume the power of the thunder strike.


    But suddenly, an arrow rain also appeared from the other side.


    The arrow rain did nothing but clear the path for the thunder strike to hit its target.


    A smile spread across the Elf''s face as she saw the thunder approaching her.


    ? Boom!


    Not long after, the thunder strike crashed onto the Elf, creating arge mushroom cloud.


    When the dust from the arena settled down, a pit with a depth of a few hundred meters weed Aakesh''s sight.


    Aakesh didn''t even have to check his result as a blue light covered the arena, announcing the eighty-sixth straight victory for Aakesh.


    Aakesh could sense that the strength of the Elf was growing severalfold with each passing round.


    When the blue screen appeared in front of Aakesh, he tapped on the screen to go to the eighty-seventh round.


    His eyes were calm, but whoever looked at them would easily be able to tell that it wasn''t the usual calm but the calm before the storm.

 Chapter 845 A Battle Between Archers(End)

    Chapter 845: A Battle between Archers(End)


    Following the disappearance of the blue light, the battle arena was undamaged.


    [Ding!]


    The bell rang not long after, announcing the start of the eighty-seventh round.


    The battle arena had grown after thest round like it usually did. It was now as vast as a continent. If the current level Cosmic Elf were to be ced in the Sacred dimension, her strength would be equivalent to an average intermediate Divine Transformation level cultivator. So even thisrge arena was nothing in front of them. It took even less the one-tenth of a second for the skill arrow to reach one end from the other.


    "You have three strikes. If you seed in breaching the 90 cm radius around me, you will get those chances again," Aakesh announced at the start of the battle likest time.


    This time, Aakesh decreased the breaching mark by ten cm since Aakesh could sense that the strength of the current Elf had grown tenfold, if not more whenpared with thest round Cosmic Elf.


    Aakesh''s strength was still overwhelming whenpared with the Elf, but since Aakesh wanted to test his skills, he decided to decide on the breaching limit based only on his skill.


    Aakesh perceived that the Elf would be able to breach the meter mark only in the first shot. Aakesh was never one to underestimate his opponent and overestimate himself, so he announced, considering all the factors.


    The Elf''s eyes finally saw an expression other than enthusiasm. She felt joy since Aakesh''s announcement meant that her skills were forcing Aakesh to fight. The result may be one-sided, but neither party cared about it. They only wanted to fight and enjoy the thrill that archery brought.


    Since the bell had already rung, the battle could be started anytime.


    The Elf aimed her bow toward Aakesh as she stretched the bowstring. This time, the Elf didn''t use any skilled arrows but ordinary energy arrows.


    Whoosh!


    The arrow flew, tearing through the air. The distance between Aakesh and the Elf was around a few hundred miles. Still, it took even less than a second to cross that mark and reach Aakesh.


    Aakesh was already ready with his shot, as when the arrow was only a few meters away from the breaching mark, he shot one.


    ng!


    A loud metallic sound rang as sparks emerged in the area after the two arrowheads shed with each other.


    Both arrows seemed to want to defeat the other at all costs, so the sh continued for a while. In the end, Aakesh''s arrow came out on top.


    After killing the Elf''s arrow, it flew toward the owner. She seemed to not care at all about the shot, as when it reached her, she casually grabbed it as if she were plucking some flowers.


    The next moment, the arrow turned to ashes in her hands.


    Time continued to pass by as Aakesh''s wait for a full-fledged battle with the Elf approached closer.


    [Ding!]


    As the ring announcing the ny-seventh contest rang in the area, the battle both parties had been hoping for finally arrived.


    Both Aakesh and the Elf''s strengths reached equal levels. Whether there was a difference between their archery skills or not, it would show in this battle.<sub> </sub>


    Aakesh didn''t give the three strikes to the Elf this time. In fact, he took the initiative as he aimed his bow toward the Elf and fired a shot.


    The Elf had expected this situation to arrive, but since she had gotten used to being the one to take initiative, she also took a shot at the same time.


    BOOM!


    The battle between the two parties began with an explosion. The sound hadn''t even subsided when another explosion rocked the sky.


    The battleground for the stage had already reached a mid-level world size. The length between one side and the other end was greater than several hundred thousand miles, while the two opponents stood at a distance of seventy thousand miles. And yet, several arrows of them had shed when not even a second had passed.


    These weren''t the skill arrows, but the usual energy arrows. Yet when they shed, the consequent explosion was intense enough to destroy gxies.


    (A/N: The gxies of the Primal dimension. In the Sacred dimension, these wouldn''t even be enough to destroy an area simr to the store''s area.)


    The explosions continued to rock the sky as both sides released one arrow after another.


    The sh wasn''t of the same intensity, as Aakesh was never one to allow his opponent to settle down in an equal battle.


    Sometimes he increased the strength, while sometimes he released the arrow differently.


    But the Elf''s archery skills were finally proving themselves in an equal battle. No matter what variation Aakesh used, the Elf would match it, resulting in an explosion.


    The scene looked right out of a dream as the sky was filled with different lights from explosions.


    The wind, which was already moving at a rate of eighty million miles per hour, had grown even further due to the constant explosions.


    Both parties seemed to be unaffected by the change in the wind''s movement as they continued doing what they were doing.


    They even forgot the count of how many times they had shed when the wind finally began to affect them.


    The battleground wasn''t going to be simple, as it also increased the challenge faced by Aakesh.


    Every shot needed to be controlled as it coulde to bite him back as the wind began to move in the opposite direction.


    The only fortunate thing in this case was his unlimited endurance. Due to the wind''s movement, Aakesh was using almost three times the strength he was using earlier. In the meantime, the Elf''s difficulties had waned.


    The way things were going, Aakesh was confident that the battle would go on for centuries before the other party got tired.


    The Elf also felt the same. She wanted to defeat Aakesh at his peak, so they gave up on this childish sh and began to use skill arrows.


    Time continued to fly without anyone stopping it.


    The Elf''s gaze was both hot and tired. Both sides seemed to be at their limits in terms of what kind of archery genius they could summon.

 Chapter 846 (1) The Truth Of The Contest!

    Chapter 846: The Truth of the Contest!


    Both parties seemed to be at the limits of what they could bring out from their current archery skills.


    Still, no party wanted to give up on the victory, so the battle continued past its time.


    The turn of the chanted arrows followed the skill arrows. Aakesh had two chantment arrows avable to him at this level, while the Elf had three.


    The Elf seemed to be at an advantage, but two of the skill arrows Aakesh had, were almost equal to the weakest chanted arrows, so Aakesh didn''t let the Elfe out on top of the battle.


    More time passed, and the battle finally reached its end.


    Aakesh used a chanted arrow. To match him, the Elf did the same. Unfortunately for the Elf, she couldn''t move during the arrow''s operational time, while Aakesh was able to for the one he used.


    If it had been earlier, the Elf would have easily defended against the arrow, but at that time, her energy and mental strength were both at their lowest.


    The Elf had no choice but to see the arrowe at her while the two chanted arrows shed in the sky.


    The space cracked, and thends disintegrated. The scene was like doomsday, but Aakesh was thest standing man, while the Elf only had half her body left.


    It was the longest as well as most challenging battle Aakesh had faced with someone of his own level. Even though he won in the end, his condition wasn''t good.


    The Elf had pushed him to his limits. If not for his unlimited endurance, the winner of the battle might have changed.


    But since the characteristics were part of the contest, Aakesh stopped thinking about them. He instead enjoyed the excitement of the battle.


    The Elf was still alive, but not very far from death. Her body was wracked by waves of unbearable pain, and she saw death approaching. The pain seemed to have no effect on the Elf as her eyes shone with joy.


    She had enjoyed the battle to her heart''s content. As a result of losing to her opponent on an equal ying field, she felt a slight disappointment in her heart. At the same time, there was also an unprecedented shine in her eyes since she had seen that there were still ways to grow further.


    She decided to train even harder after returning to reality.


    ''So, it was the truth after all,'' the Elf thought as she breathed herst.


    The next moment, the world turned dark for her as she found herself in a dark space where there was nothing but her.


    Some days ago,


    "Eh!, Why do I feel someone is calling me?" A female voice filled with surprise rang in the area.


    The World Tree housed all the Cosmic Elves, depending on their level. The poption of the Cosmic Elves was only around several thousand since the death rate for the Cosmic Elf was higher due to the World Tree''s extensive demand.


    Each Cosmic Elf, who had lived for more than a hundred years, had a rank in its race.


    The World Tree had countless branches. As one ascended higher, not only did the purity of the elements increase, but so did the amount of life energy.


    If a person who was about to die were to take a deep breath at the very tip of the World Tree, all of their wounds would instantly heal.


    The Cosmic Elf in question was ranked three thousandths on the leaderboard, so she got the branch number corresponding to her rank from the top, while the leader of the Cosmic Elves lived on the topmost branch.


    The Elf was training as the annual rankingpetition was approaching closer. The rewards provided by the World Tree were enough to cause greed in higher-level cultivators in the third dimension, let alone these Cosmic Elves.<sub> </sub>


    The Elf had been at the three thousandth position for the past seventy-eight years. She wanted to break her curse of freezing at the same spot, so she worked harder than usual.


    After every six hours of training, the Elf would give herself a window of a minute for rest. When she was rxing at that moment, the Elf suddenly sensed someone calling to her.


    The Elf tried to find the source of the calling, and when she did, she couldn''t help but freeze on the spot.


    The elf discovered the calling to being directly from her heart. She thought she had created some kind of heart demon, but for some reason, her intuition warned her against ignoring the calling.


    After the minute window passed, the Elf emptied her mind and returned to her training.


    When the next rest window came, the calling reappeared. This time, it was more intense than ever.


    ''It''s your opportunity!''


    ''It''s your opportunity!''


    ''It''s your opportunity!''


    A voice began ringing in her heart without stopping. With every passing moment, the call became more intense.


    With lots of effort, she somehow passed the window. As her training time arrived, the call automatically disappeared, and she returned to her training.


    The Elf dreaded when her next rest window arrived, and as expected, it appeared more intense than ever.


    This time, the Elf gave in to the call and epted it. After she epted the call, nothing happened, and things returned to normal.


    (A/N: This was happening in the third dimension when Aakesh was in the Primal dimension. The time difference is 1:1,000,000.)


    The Elf didn''t forget about the calling, but the days returned to normal. Then today, while training, the call appeared.


    This time it was more of a non-refusable summons. It gave the elf a window of three moments to prepare, and when it passed, she disappeared from her house.


    The moment she disappeared, the topmost branch had a sudden movement. Two new silhouettes appeared, while two were already there.


    Of the four, three were females, while only one was male.


    The open space had arge table with four chairs. One chair was ced on one side, while the other three chairs were on the other side.


    On the sole chair, a woman with blurry features sat. The man sat on the center chair on the other side while the remaining two females grabbed the remaining two chairs.


    The man seated in the center was none other than the leader of the Cosmic Elves, while the woman seated solely on the other side was the spirit of the World Tree.


    ***


    When Aakesh tapped on the window to start the ny-eighth battle, the dark space around the Elf suddenly broke down, and the next moment, she appeared on the stage for the next round of battle.


    The Elf was significantly more powerful than she was in the previous round as a direct result of the removal of a number of additional barriers to her strength.

 Chapter 847 (2) Situation Reversal!

    Chapter 847: Situation Reversal!


    As the space around the Elf disintegrated, she found herself back on the stage. Her eyes fell on her adversary, and she could already sense the power gap between them.


    Aakesh''s strength would be constant from the start. It only depended on him in terms of what level of force he wanted to use.


    When the duopeted in the previous round, they were both on equal footing, but Aakesh ultimately prevailed. But this time, the Elf was several times stronger than Aakesh, while he was at the same level.


    [Ding!]


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the ny-eighth stage.


    Aakesh wanted to take the initiative, so he got ready to take the first shot when he suddenly stopped as he found the Elf approaching him.


    "Now that our roles have reversed, I will give you three strikes."


    "If you seed in breaching the 90 cm mark, I will give you two shots, and if even then you seed, I will give you one shot. I will ept defeat for this round if you sessfully breach the mark even at that stage." The Elf announced. Her conditions were even stricter than Aakesh''s.


    When Aakesh announced his conditions, he didn''t allow him to ept defeat, but if Aakesh seeded in breaching the 90 cm mark three times in at most six shots, he would automatically win the battle.


    The conditions had reversed. Earlier, Aakesh was the one giving free strikes to his opponent, but now the opponent was doing it.


    Aakesh didn''t ept the condition right away since he wanted to make sure that it was the only way he could defeat the Elf. Aakesh discovered the answer as he startedparing this round to the previous one and observing the Elf''s improvement. He wouldn''t be able to defeat her in a straight fight.


    After finding his answer, Aakesh made his choice and epted Aakesh''s condition.


    Suddenly the aura around him changed. He didn''t speak anything, but the Elf got the answer. She suddenly teleported back to her spot and got in position to face the attack.


    BOOM!


    The sky rumbled as Aakesh released the arrow. Thunderclouds began to appear, and in no time, it started raining. Each raindrop was like an arrow in itself as it created a pit wherever it hit the ground.


    In no time, the untouched arena had turned into ruins. Since Aakesh got three strikes, he needed to use them well.


    In this round, Aakesh had three chanting arrows. But since he wanted to increase his chances of breaching that 90 cm mark, he used a non-chanting skill.


    While the sky was raining arrows in the form of raindrops, the arrow flew toward the Elf, tearing through the air.


    The distance between the two parties was around a hundred thousand miles, but the distance seemed to be nothing, as even in less than a blink of an eye, the arrow was a few meters away from the breaching mark.


    Since the rain followed the arrow, the Elf finally came into contact with the downpour. The ny cm breaching mark was in all directions, so in no time, countless raindrops were only a few cm away from the breaching mark.<sub> </sub>


    Suddenly the aura around the Elf changed as even the wind began to move backward, slightly slowing the downpour. The Elf suddenly raised her bow, aiming at the arrow.


    She seemed to be unaffected by the raindrops that were about to breach the said mark. An arrow formed in no time when the Elf stretched the bowstring.


    The arrowhead was in the shape of a burning me, and as the Elf let go of the string, the space of a thousand miles around her melted like butter. Aakesh''s shot and countless raindrops faced the same result.


    The next moment, the Elf was the only one standing in a radius of a thousand miles. It seemed as if she were floating since there was nothing below her feet.


    Aakesh seemed to not care about the oue as it was expected. There was no way Aakesh was going to seed in his first attempt when the Elf had announced the condition so proudly.


    Aakesh got ready for his second strike. As he stretched the bowstring, the sky began to rumble louder and louder.


    When it was time for the arrow to form, seven arrows appeared at once, and they were the same as thest one Aakesh had used.


    One strike meant one shot, and it was up to Aakesh how many arrows he could release in that one shot.


    When the Elf saw the seven arrows forming one after another, she couldn''t help but raise her eyes in surprise. The burden on the soul for using seven of these arrows couldn''t be exined in words.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh''s three chances came to an end.


    As the result presented itself, Aakesh felt a slight disappointment. But he soon stopped thinking about it since there was no point brooding over it. Only one thing would help him train and surpass his limits.


    "It''s my turn," The Elf announced as the three strikes hade to an end.


    The Elf thought of using the same technique Aakesh had used in earlier stages to kill her, but she found herself too weak to achieve that at the ny-eighth round. She would most likely be able to do it in the one-hundredth round.


    The Elf already knew the rules that once the participant died, the battle would end. She felt a slight sense of jealousy toward Aakesh since not many would get the same treatment as him when it came to training.


    The Elf wasn''t going to be lenient toward Aakesh, so she decided to end the battle in a single strike. But before that, she hadn''t forgotten her promise.


    The Elf had promised Aakesh that if he made her enjoy the battle of archery, she would tell him her name.


    She had actually enjoyed the ny-seventh battle, so before making her shot, her gentle voice rang in Aakesh''s ears.


    "I am Selena!"


    Soon after hearing the voice, Aakesh saw an arrow with a force that had never been seen before approaching him.


    Aakesh used whatever he could at that moment to defend. He somehow seeded, but not long after, another arrow came and took his life.

 Chapter 848 (3) A Big Surprise!!!

    Chapter 848: A Big Surprise!!!


    As Aakesh got his head pierced, the world around him turned dark.


    When the light returned, he felt a strong suction force trying to suck him inside. As Aakesh freed himself, he appeared in the selection area the next moment.


    The voice of the Elf still lingered in his head.


    "Hey, system, was that a living participant?" As it was the first time he had heard a participant''s name, Aakesh asked the system.


    [Yes, Host, Selena is the three thousandth ranked Cosmic Elf in the ranking of the Cosmic Elves!]


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the system''s response. At the same time, he became excited about the future.


    It was the first time Aakesh faced off against a living participant in the battle round.


    Selena didn''t know that if she had seeded in shaking off the call for the third time, the call would have disappeared.


    Selena wasn''t the first to be approached by the system in this way to help battle against Aakesh. She was only the first to fail the three callings.


    Selena had great talent, but her willpower wasn''t strong, so she became the first living person to battle Aakesh in the virtual training area.


    It didn''t mean that the number of creatures Aakesh met in his training were dead. They were still alive, but what Aakesh faced was their energy signature left at some point in time.


    Aakesh then asked the system some more questions. After he got all his answers, he looked straight ahead and saw Lily sitting on her chair, waiting for him.


    Even though Aakesh had only fought ny-eight rounds today, which was less than the number of stages he had crossed in two days, the time taken today was still more.


    A smile spread across Aakesh''s face as he forgot about training and approached Lily. He sat on his chair and then began to share their day''s experiences.


    Lily mostly talked about the betrayal she had received yesterday and what she had done to catch the traitor, while Aakesh spoke about his training.


    As their discussion came to an end, a white light covered the duo. The next moment, they appeared in the store''s hall. Not long after, Aakesh''s chair also returned, while Lily''s chair was ced in the system''s space.


    Lily then summoned the door and left for Panagea through her exclusive virtual portal.


    Aakesh''s smile disappeared after she left. He then turned around and proceeded in the direction of the portal room.


    Aakesh''s ss was on the verge of upgrading. It was a few days'' worth of events away from the limit, or it could also happen if he were toe across a heaven-defying event.


    Since there was no leaderboard currently avable, Aakesh went straight to the closest virtual portal. He touched it with only the tip of his finger, and the next moment, a suction force stronger than anything appeared and sucked him inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in a room. Since Aakesh had been in that city for the past several years, he had booked a room in an inn for himself.


    Whenever he was inside the city when the system''s alert arrived, he would return to the booked room and exit Panagea.<sub> </sub>


    It was currently nighttime in Radeon City. This ce followed a thirty-hour day and night cycle from the sunrise to the next day''s sunrise, seventeen-hour days, while the remaining thirteen hours were dark.


    From looking at the clock ced in the room, Aakesh found the time to be 23:43. There were around six hours left before sunrise.


    At this time of the night, the market wouldn''t be very active.


    Since the night''s darkness was the best time to hide the mor of the pleasure, the casinos were mostly busy at this time in the city.


    Watching over an event in which a participant won money even at the casino would result in Aakesh gaining some experience. Since this was the best Aakesh could get at this time, he proceeded in that direction.


    The casino street was around a few miles away from the inn in which Aakesh lived, so it only took him a few seconds to cover that distance.


    The street housing casinos broughtrge wealth to the city administration since the taxes levied on the winners were high.


    Aakesh didn''t need to travel this distance since he could easily cover this area while seated in his inn room.


    But since there were chances that the event could suddenly activate and Aakesh might lose the event, he traveled.


    As Aakesh stood at one end of the street, he activated the skill, Universal Eye.


    The next moment, a real-time 3D projection of every living thing present in the radius of eleven yojanas appeared in front of Aakesh.


    This area wasrge enough to cover one-hundredth of the city, but when the next screen appeared, the space on the screen turned smaller.


    The skill Fortune Eye covered the entire casino street. Aakesh couldn''t see the fortune lines of every person on the screen since there were many cultivators, who were grayed out due to the skill Universal Eye''s limit.


    There weren''t many people active on the screen since mostly the rich came to these streets. Only they were able to earn enough for Aakesh to gain anything by witnessing the event. The powerful were usually wealthy, so Aakesh couldn''t watch their fate lines.


    Aakesh chose the one with the most golden lines on the screen and began watching over the events that were happening.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh continued to feel his ss getting closer to its upgrade from watching over the people earning money.


    Aakesh''s level had been stuck at one level for a long time due to his fully focusing on upgrading his ss. Even though these events weren''t worth much, the quantity equaled the quality.


    There was only around an hour left before sunrise when suddenly Aakesh''s eyes flew wide open in surprise.


    After watching the man earn money, Aakesh reactivated the skill Fortune Eye to find another candidate.


    The next moment, a golden screen covering a radius of one yojana around Aakesh appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh was looking over the fate lines of the people present across the street when he suddenly came across a cluster of golden lines connected to a man.

 Chapter 849 (4) Never Seen Before Situation!

    Chapter 849: Never Seen Before Situation!


    Aakesh found a man with a cluster of golden lines. It was a scene Aakesh had never seen before, even though he had been entering Panagea for more than a thousand years.


    Only the golden lines weren''t excessive, but the same was true for the red lines. There were also many ck lines, but they weren''t in the same quantity as the golden and red lines.


    (A/N: Gold represents luck; red defines danger; ck represents death.)


    Aakesh didn''t even think for a second and chose the person on the screen to be his next candidate.


    The candidate in question was a man, and he belonged to one of the races of Demons.


    The man was the guard of the casino, seven stores away from Aakesh. Since the Demons were known for their tough bodies and lived here inrge numbers, the stores usually hired them for security jobs.


    The man was almost twice as tall as Aakesh, while he was wide enough to cover Aakesh with only his thighs.


    The man had dark skin, but there were red spots randomly spread across his body. It was the unique feature of the Red-spotted Demons.


    The Red-spotted Demons were the group with the maximum number of demons in these areas. In fact, they even had a city of their own.


    Since the man was a guard, his duty wouldn''t end till sunrise. Aakesh had no choice but to wait for the sun to rise and for the man to start whatever his fate had nned.


    Time flew by, and the sun finally rose in Radeon City. The city had three suns in total. Not all of them were in sync, so a few minutester, all three suns were shining splendidly across the area.


    (A/N: Panagea is asrge as the third dimension, if not more. There are different ces with different time zones, sun, and moon.)


    The casinos began closing down since the day was too bright to show the mor of money.


    "Let''s meet if fate destines," The guard''s friend said, as it was thest day of the Red-spotted Demon''s job, acting as the guard of this casino.


    The Red-spotted Demon nodded and couldn''t help but sigh in reminiscence since he had been working here for more than a century. And the time to leave had finally arrived.


    The Red-spotted Demon already knew this day woulde since he hadn''t migrated to this city for pleasure, but he had work to do.


    The Red-spotted Demon then took half of his savings out of his space ring and gave it to the fellow guard.


    They had been friends from the start, and the guard had helped the Red-spotted Demon in the early stages. The demon wasn''t going to return, and what he was doing would change his destiny, so he didn''t need much money.


    Since anything could happen, he preserved half his savings while giving the other half to his friend as thanks for all the support he had given him.


    Before the friend could say no, the demon left the area. The friend''s eyes were moist but since his friend was the one who gave it, he took it and ced it in his space ring. He then turned to look at his friend''s back, only to notice that the demon was already gone.


    The Red-spotted Demon was several levels below Aakesh, so he was unaware that someone was following him.


    The Red-spotted Demon seemed to be in a hurry as he rushed toward the exit of the city.


    Aakesh silently followed the man, as the man''s destiny might upgrade his ss only today.<sub> </sub>


    Time flew by, and the demon finally reached the gate.


    As hard as it was to enter the city, the difficulty to exit was simr.


    When the demon told the guards to let him leave, they first checked his ID. Only when the guards found that there was no problem with the demon did they let him leave.


    Not long after the demon left, it was Aakesh''s turn.


    Since the demon was outside the gate, Aakesh was following the demon''s actions through the screen only visible to him.


    "Show your Id!"


    The guard coldly asked, and Aakesh handed his ID over to the guard.


    The guard then ordered his subordinates to check whether there were anyw enforcementints against the owner of the ID or not.


    After finding out everything was fine and Aakesh wasn''t a criminal escaping Radeon city, the guard let him leave.


    "Your ID will be deactivated, if you don''t return to the city in the next seven days," The guard warned Aakesh, and then finally let him leave.


    Radeon City was a prosperous city since it was only second to the capital of the ros Kingdom. Every day, millions of people waited in lines to enter the city. Since the resources weren''t unlimited, the administration had set a limited number of IDs for those who didn''t own any property in the city.


    Each ID was worth tens of thousands of great Soul stones, so every spot was valuable.


    Aakesh didn''t care much about the ID since his goal foring here was to help his ss upgrade. If it happened today, he wouldn''t even return.


    Since he had been focusing on his ss all these years, his level had stagnated. Once it became a Mythical grade, Aakesh would throw himself into leveling.


    The few minutes of waiting at the gate had expanded the distance between Aakesh and the Red-spotted demon by several hundred miles.


    The Red-spotted demon appeared to be in a rush as if turningte would cause him to miss something important. Aakesh also increased his speed since once the distance between them grew to more than a thousand miles, Aakesh wouldn''t be able to follow the demon''s movements through the screen.


    One second passed, two seconds passed, three seconds passed, and just like that twenty-six minutes had passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh currently stood on a branch as hepletely hid his presence. Not very far from Aakesh, the Red-spotted demon was doing some kind of ritual.


    He had burned seven sticks of incense, which smelled like blood. At the same time, there was an altar half the size of the demon. On the altar, there were fiendish patterns, that seemed to tell a story.


    The Red-spotted demon was taking a bunch of items out of his space ring and was setting them in a specific pattern. He seemed to have practiced this a lot, as his hands never made any useless movements.


    After cing a bunch of different items, representing various types of fiends imprinted on the altar, the demon began taking out several vials from his space ring.


    Each vial contained a different creature''s blood. Even Aakesh''s eyes narrowed when he saw one of the vials.

 Chapter 850 (5) A Mysterious Ritual!

    Chapter 850: A Mysterious Ritual!


    Aakesh couldn''t help but raise his eyes in surprise when his sight fell on one of the vials just taken out by the Red-spotted Demon.


    The demon had taken out a few hundred vials in total, with each vial containing the blood of a different creature. It was only a drop of blood in each bottle.


    What made Aakesh surprised was the vial containing the gray drop of blood. From the blood, Aakesh got the sense that it belonged to a Demon, but that wasn''t what made Aakesh surprised.


    It was the energy leaking from the drop of blood. Aakesh was sure that this drop of blood came from a Divine level Demon.


    In Panagea, those from Level 100 to Level 250 were considered legendary lifeforms; those from 250 to 500 were Mythical lifeforms; and those who had crossed Level 500 were called Divine lifeforms.


    The experience required to level up grew ten times, starting from Level 100, so it could be seen just from that how difficult it was to reach Level 500. The more difficult it was, the more strength the cultivator gained.


    The initial price alone would be enough for someone to own generational wealth if that drop of blood were sold in the market. Meanwhile, many state wars would be outssed by the fights the drop would cause.


    Aakesh activated the skill Energy Overseer, and when he looked at the drop of blood again. He felt a change. The energy still looked to be from a Divine level lifeform, but there was a difference in purity. The drop of blood looked to be diluted by about one-hundredth.


    Even then, the energy leaking from the drop of blood was enough to create tears in the space around the vial. The Red-spotted Demon was trembling as he ced the vial on the altar with a lot of struggle.


    It had only taken the demon less than a second due to the expensive material used in making of the vial, but still, his hand was bloodied as his veins had ruptured.


    As he took his hands back, the injury began to heal at an unprecedented rate. When the demon took another vial of blood out of his space ring, the wounds had entirely disappeared, and things had returned to normal.


    After matching the number of vials to the number of imprinted fiends on the altar, the demon took a knife out from his space ring.


    As the knife came out, the space seemed to burn. Gritting his teeth, the demon began to cut his fingers one by one.


    The demon wanted to scream as the knife not only cut his finger but also his soul, but he controlled himself, and what came out was only a groan.


    A bucket of blood poured into the imprinted fiend as he took medicine out of his space ring and ate it.


    Color returned to his face as his cut finger regenerated, while the soul injury had also healed.<sub> </sub>


    Aakesh, on the other hand, had his curiosity piqued. The medicine used by the demon was something that only the rich could afford. From the way the ritual was going, Aakesh was sure that cutting one finger was only the start.


    As Aakesh had expected, a few secondster, the Red-spotted Demon repeated the process. He cut his finger and sacrificed it to another imprinted fiend. The demon then took another medicine out and devoured it.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    The demon continued to cut his finger and sacrifice it to the imprinted fiends on the altar one by one, and then he would devour the medicine.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be shocked since the number of medicines he had eaten would cost trillions of great Soul stones. Even Aakesh hadn''t seen that kind of wealth up to this point.


    In exchange terms, one great Soul stone was equal to a billion ordinary Soul stones, whereas one ordinary Soul stone was equal to one million low Soul stones.


    Aakesh couldn''t fathom where this demon acquired so much wealth to spend on such a ritual. Keep in mind that it was only the cost of medicines. The materials the demon had used at the ritual''s beginning were also rare and expensive.


    At the same time, Aakesh''s heart grew excited as well. The way things were going on, it seemed nothing short of once a million years event. Aakesh could only imagine what rewards he would get from witnessing this event. He was sure about only one thing, if the demon didn''t die, his ss would be Mythical today.


    Only one fiend was left to sacrifice on the altar. It was also the fiend that had received the diluted blood.


    The demon''s eyes suddenly turned solemn, as this time, instead of cutting his finger, he aimed the knife at his heart.


    The Red-spotted Demons had their hearts in their throats. The size of the heart didn''t do justice to the size of the creatures, but nature had always been mystical. It made the impossible possible.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned grave since if something happened to the demon, it didn''t matter what the result of the ritual would be. He would gain nothing from witnessing the event after the candidate''s death.


    Aakesh wanted to intervene, but intervening at this point meant the failure of the ritual. It was also not what Aakesh wanted. If the demon survived and the ritual failed, he would still get nothing since the golden fate lines were surely connected to the sess of the ritual.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but activate the skills Universal Eye and Fortune Eye after that. The next moment, a projection appeared in front of him.


    As Aakesh looked at the demon''s fate lines, he found a unique scene. The number of ck lines had grown severalfold, while the number of golden lines was the same as earlier. What made Aakesh surprised was theck of red lines. There wasn''t even a single red fate line connected to the demon. It only meant one thing: either the demon would survive and win great, or the demon would die. There was no in-between at this stage.


    Aakesh gained no confidence after looking at the projection, so believing in the demon''s judgment, he stared at the demon, pushing the knife into his heart.

 Chapter 851 (6) No Title!

    Chapter 851: No Title!


    Puchi!


    A piercing sound rang in the silence of the forest as the demon pierced his heart with the knife.


    "ARGH!"


    This time, the demon couldn''t stop himself from screaming as the pain was unbearable. The knife not only crushed his heart; it was also burning his soul.


    As the demon took the knife out, it was covered in his blood.


    The demon then threw the knife at the altar.


    Chi chi chi!


    The altar finally started to move, and a burning sound rang through the area. The demon hurriedly took a bunch of materials out of his space ring and devoured them in no time.


    This time, the injury didn''t heal entirely, as the knife had burned his source of life. It was just that he got some relief from the unbearable pain attacking him.


    Some colors returned to the demon''s face as he focused on the altar. Aakesh, who still hadn''t deactivated the skills, could still see the same number of ck fate lines connected to the demon.


    Aakesh continued to look at the scene, and at the same time, he got ready to intervene at any time. Now that the ritual had finally begun to show results, Aakesh''s full focus was on the safety of the demon.


    Gurgle gurgle gurgle!


    As the vials of blood started to slowly and one by one start to vanish from the altar, a strange noise rang out in the area.


    After the drop of blood would disappear, there would be cracks on the imprinted fiend that had received the sacrifice. Following the blood devouring, the demon''s material began to slowly melt into the imprinted fiend.


    A few minutester, all the imprinted fiends had received the sacrifice, except for the one who got the diluted blood, and the demon''s heart blood as the sacrifice.


    The altar had now cracked into several cracks. Some were wide, while some were shallow. But there was one thing simr to every crack: it released an evil feeling.


    Even Aakesh, who seemed to not care what other people did, was turned off by the auraing from the many cracks.


    Even though Aakesh felt repulsed, the thought of stopping the demon never entered Aakesh''s heart. He didn''t care about the chaos the ritual might cause in Panagea.


    The sole fiend imprint that hadn''t cracked was still in the midst of devouring the diluted blood. Aakesh could see a strange scene urring.


    The demon''s heart blood was pulling the diluted blood to it while the material was also melting into it. Aakesh looked at the demon in a new light. Even with blood that had been diluted, it was not an easy task to win the battle. At this point, even Aakesh was unsure if his drop of blood would win.


    In the end, a brand-new material was produced when the previous three materials gotbined. The fiend''s devouring speed suddenly grew as if it were the thing it was waiting for.


    Crack!<sub> </sub>


    Cracking sounds began to ring in the area as the altar started to shake at an unprecedented rate, while the evil aura leaking from it also grew disproportionately.


    The Red-spotted Demon had an unexinable smile on his face as he looked at the altar. He had been preparing for this opportunity for several thousand years, and finally, today was the day when he would seed and change his destiny.


    CRACK!


    Suddenly the altar cracked in two, and dense ck smoke began to rise. If someone were to look closely, they would see silhouettes of the imprinted fiends on the altar through the smoke.


    Aakesh felt a sense of familiarity when he looked at the smoke. He realized he had seen this scene before. Suddenly, his mouth flew wide open in shock as he found where he got the sense of familiarity.


    When Aakesh had entered Panagea for the first time, an Angel had weed him and shared with him the basic history of the world.


    How due to the darkness hidden in the ten Emperor''s heart, a terrifying creature had taken birth. In the end, the Emperors failed to defeat the entity they created, and they had no choice but to seal the creature.


    The adventurers needed to find the inheritances ced by the Emperor and then defeat the entity, thebined efforts of the Emperors couldn''t.


    In that scene, Aakesh had also seen some background on the war between Vritrasura and the Ten Emperors. The fiends Aakesh saw in the ck smoke were the same as many of the fiends he saw in the war.


    The system had said in straight words that Aakesh wasn''t to get the Emperor''s inheritance or join Vritrasura since he had an advantage no other adventurers had. Since the ritual was rted to Vritrasura in some way, Aakesh could no longer intervene even if the demon reached on the verge of death.


    At the same time, Aakesh couldn''t help but scoff at the foolish behavior of the demon. It was known to everyone that Vritrasura wanted theplete extinction of lifeforms in Panagea. Providing assistance to Vritrasura was the same as ensuring one''s own demise.


    But since these had nothing to do with Aakesh, he stopped thinking about them. He now only focused on the ritual. He wanted the demon to seed so his ss could get upgraded today.


    Eerie waves ofughter rang in the area as the smoke became denser. The smoke reached twice the height of the demon, but for some reason, it stopped growing any further.


    BOOM!


    Suddenly a loud explosion rang in the area as the two pieces of altar exploded into a cloud. It then joined the smoke, making it darker and denser.


    The Red-spotted Demon, suddenly kneeled down with utmost sincerity. His face touched the ground.


    The ck smoke began to gather into a shape. Since Aakesh was here from the start, he found the form of the smoke to be simr to the fiend that had received the diluted blood in sacrifice.


    "Hehe! So long!"


    A voiceced with evil rang in the area the next moment. If there were someone here, they would have melted just from hearing the voice.


    Even Aakesh felt ufortable when he heard the voice. It seemed as if countless screeches were attacking him at the same time.


    As Aakesh was looking at the smoke, he suddenly found the figure formed by the smoke looking in his direction. The next moment, Aakesh''s eyes shed with the fiend''s eyes.

 Chapter 852 (7) Reason!

    Chapter 852: Reason!


    Aakesh was looking at the fiend made of smoke when suddenly the fiend looked back at Aakesh.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned nk for a moment as if his soul had left his body. Aakesh''s entire body had turned wet with sweat.


    When the colors in his eyes came back, a grave expression that had never been seen before appeared.


    When the two being''s eyes have shed, Aakesh felt the same as others felt when they were in his presence. It was as if the fiend was a superior being, while Aakesh was nothing but a child waiting to get defeated.


    If Aakesh didn''t have unlimited intelligence, his sea of consciousness would have exploded into smithereens, instantly killing him. Aakesh also had the system to protect him, but since his source of life wasn''t in danger, the system never intervened.


    There was a hint of surprise in the fiend''s eyes when it saw Aakesh being perfectly fine. The next moment, a hideous grin adorned the creature''s face.


    "Outsider, it''s great to see you."


    The next moment, a charming voice rang directly in Aakesh''s head. The fiend acted as if it hadn''t just almost killed Aakesh.


    It wasn''t the fiend''s fault since it was Level 999. Even though it was sealed with its master, the leaking strength was still something that could kill Aakesh in an instant.


    Aakesh didn''t respond but only stared at the fiend with the same grave expression. Aakesh was in a difficult position at that moment since the power gap between the two parties was like heaven and earth. Even escape was impossible, let alone survival.


    "I am not going to hurt you. You see, I am just an immaterial body. Since you can survive looking me directly in the eye, you are in no danger."


    She spoke as if the fiend could see what was happening with Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t trust the fiend fully, but since there was nothing he could do in this situation to survive, he responded, "It''s great to see you as well."


    The Red-spotted Demon, kneeling, suddenly trembled as he heard a second voice. Still, since the fiend hadn''t talked to him, he continued kneeling while thinking of ways to save himself. Someone who coulde here without his presence being known was bound to be a dangerous person.


    At the same time, Aakesh also prepared for thest resort. If thingspletely turned south, he would exit Panagea. It would result in Aakesh''s waiting over the event turning to nothing, but Aakesh would survive without paying the penalty of death.


    "Outsider, I will wait for you when master destroys this damn seal," the fiend suddenly said as she returned her focus to the Red-spotted Demon that had summoned her.


    "What is it that you wish for?" The fiend''s voice was entirely different than what she used tomunicate with Aakesh. It sounded like a bunch of voices mixing together, turning the voice horrible.


    The Red-spotted Demon, raised his head as he looked at the fiend. He still didn''t dare to look into the eyes.


    What the Red-spotted Demon was doing was an effort taken by his family over the past several million years.<sub> </sub>


    Every three million years, therees a time when seventy-seven stars form a fiendish constetion over a spot in Panagea. Depending on their sacrifices, people could summon fiends and ask for a wish at that time.


    This was the knowledge the Red-spotted Demon''s grandfather had gotten in one of the ruins during his journey. The knowledge also revealed the location of the next seven appearances of the fiendish constetion.


    More than 90 percent of the items used by the demon in today''s sacrifice came from ruin, including the diluted blood and the knife.


    The grandfather died during one of his ruin''s travels, so he never came to see the arrival of the fiendish constetion. The demon became the next torchbearer to search for the sacrifices.


    It had taken him and his family several thousand years to find the remaining items for the sacrifice. It was now time for the demon to reap the fruits born by the efforts of his family and the mysterious ruin creator.


    Aakesh focused on the demon, as his wish would determine his rewards from the Watcher ss.


    "Master fiend, I wish for the knowledge to reach Divine," The red-spotted demon respectfully asked.


    In Panagea, Level 100 to Level 500 could simply be reached by gaining XPs. But once someone reached the threshold of bing a Divine Lifeform, it took more than gaining XP to evolve into Divine.


    "Granted!"


    The fiend announced majestically as she made a gesture of tapping three times with smoke fingers in the air an inch away from the demon''s head. The next moment, the knowledge required to evolve into a Divine lifeform after reaching Level 500 appeared in the demon''s head.


    "The wish you have requested is worth two-thirds of the sacrifices; you may make another wish."


    The demon''s mouth flew wide open in shock as he heard the fiend. The wish he had made wasn''t only for him; it was also the goal of his family. His family hadn''t seen a Divine being since their inception.


    His great-great-grandfather had been stuck at Level 495 for hundreds of millions of years. If he learned about this, he would regain the spark to level up and might be the first Divine lifeform in their family.


    (A/N: Should I quantify the lifespan in Panagea?)


    His family''s obligation ended with obtaining the knowledge. No one in his family knew that there would be another wish, not on the level of knowledge, but still, it was extremely precious.


    The demon began to think of things he could ask for. The first thing that came to his mind was his level. But after thinking about it for a while, he decided against it.


    Once his power level grew, his family would undoubtedly know. Even though he had done a great service to the family by getting the knowledge, it would still put him in a bad light. Since he would lose the family''s trust, he would have no future prospects.


    He could also betray the family, but he wasn''t an idiot. Even his father would begin to hunt him once the knowledge of his betrayal became public. The demon was the one who did the ritual, but it was an effort by the entire family.

 Chapter 853 (8) Ill Wait For You!

    Chapter 853: "I''ll wait for you!"


    The fiend seemed to have limited time as she ordered the demon to make his wish in the next thirty seconds.


    The demon''s face turned ugly, as this was a life-changing moment for him, but he only had thirty seconds to make his choice. At the same time, he knew his limits, so he didn''t speak but began to think hard about what to wish for.


    "You can wish for a skill," Aakesh, who wanted the demon to gain as much as possible, gave a suggestion.


    The demon seemed to think of something else, but when he heard the stranger, he found it to be the best choice.


    He could also ask for cultivation art, but since the knowledge to evolve had already taken two-thirds of the sacrifice, the level of the cultivation art would probably be the same as what his family currently had.


    "I have made my decision. I want the best offensive skill I can get for my race and talent," Since there wasn''t enough time to choose what skills the demon wanted, he used the fiend to make a choice for him.


    The knowledge found by his grandfather clearly stated that the fiend couldn''t do anything harmful to the summoner, so the demon decided to trust the fiend to make a choice.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation as he heard the demon''s wish. At the same time, he felt the fiend grin at him. He was unable to determine the fiend''s motives or what it desired from him. Aakesh could see that the fiend had no ill intentions toward him, even though the adventurer''s primary goal in Panagea was to bring an end to Vritrasura and his minions.


    "ording to the contribution you have left after the knowledge, these two skills are the most suitable for your race and talent," As if the fiend already knew what the demon was going to ask for, right after the demon stopped, she responded.


    The next moment, a golden window appeared in front of the demon. Since it was only visible to him, even Aakesh couldn''t see it.


    But since both skills were suitable for the demon, Aakesh had already done his part. No matter what he chose, he would gain splendid rewards.


    [Name: World Destruction Palm!


    Requirement: Demon race, Level 250+,


    Ability: A skill purely focused on destruction. It has ten levels.


    First level: Palm half the size of actual palm,


    Second level: Palm the same size as actual palm¡­,]


    Finally, there was a scene in which a Demon race member used the skill to destroy an area the size of a continent.


    As the skill level increased, the size of the palm and the number of palms the demon could release also increased. At the tenth level, the demon would be able to release eleven palms, with each being several thousand miles in size.


    When the demon looked at the skill, he decided to get it, but since there were two skills, he couldn''t just leave the screen without checking another one.


    As he read the details, he wanted to smash his head into the ground. The dilemma of what skill to choose reappeared.


    [Name: Instant Punch,


    Requirements: Demon race, Level 250+, knowledge of space,


    Ability: The skill created by thebination of space and destruction. It has ten levels¡­,]


    The second skill was no weaker than the first one. It allowed the demon to pick an enemy, and once the enemy was in the range of the skill, no matter where the demon punched, the enemy couldn''t dodge and had to face it.<sub> </sub>


    At the end of the screen, a scene yed where a demon punched in the air, while seated in his house, and in the next scene, the enemy was hit by the punch. In no time, it destroyed the enemy.


    Both the skills were purely offense based, as they both contained an element of destruction.


    The demon could sense that the end of the ritual was approaching, so he tried to hurry his mind into making a choice.


    The demon liked both skills, but when he put himself in the user''s shoes, he found the World Destruction Palm to be more suitable. He was one of the beings who liked to fight in the open.


    Since this was what he felt, without wasting any time, he tapped on the screen, representing the World destruction Palm.


    "Let''s meet once I get released. I''ll wait for you!"


    Suddenly, the same charming voice rang in Aakesh''s head as the silhouette of the fiend began to fade.


    In less than a blink of an eye, a barren area of a few square meters and the demon were gone.


    The demon finally saw the stranger. His eyes turned solemn as he sensed that there was no way for him to defeat the adventurer.


    Aakesh seemed to sense the demon''s fears, so he turned around and left the area.


    He hade here for a different purpose, and since it wasplete, it was time for him to leave.


    The reason Aakesh left was that he noticed that he didn''t get any rewards even after the fiend disappeared. It only meant one thing: only when the demon safely left the area, would the system consider it to be a fortunate event.


    So Aakesh left, not making the demon''s fear grow.


    The demon was surprised at the adventurer''s sudden departure without asking any questions, but soon he lost himself in the excitement of what he had gained today.


    The demon couldn''t help but stop himself from using the skill.


    The next moment, he raised his hands and activated the skill, and soon a projection of a palm half his size appeared above the hand.


    Boom!


    As the demon made the gesture of his palm falling to the ground, the projection followed and crashed to the ground, resulting in a loud explosion-like sound.


    The hit spot was covered in a dust cloud a few meters in height. The demon couldn''t wait to check the damage his skill had caused, he took a deep breath and then exhaled.


    As if a storm had arrived, the dust cloud vanished, and the scene on the ground presented itself.


    The barrennd had now turned into a pit in the form of a palm. As the demon stepped forward to take a look, he guessed the depth to be at least a hundred meters.


    Although it wasn''t his most destructive skill at the time, the demon''s eyes heated up as he realized that because the palm was so small at first level, it would allow him to concentrate his destruction in a small area, killing cultivators of his level.


    The demon wanted to test more, but he remembered what he had done. If someone found he had made contact with a fiend, even his family would be at risk of extinction, let alone him.


    His family had been waiting for this knowledge for millions of years, so he had to share it with them as early as possible. The demon chose the direction toward his hometown and hurried.

 Chapter 854 Conditions Fulfilled!

    Chapter 854: Conditions Fulfilled!


    Aakesh had chosen a random direction to leave since there was no point in going back to the city. Once his ss upgraded to Mythical grade, he would totally focus on leveling inside Panagea.


    Aakesh would have begun searching for the Emperor''s inheritance if the system hadn''t asked him not to interfere with the main storyline of Panagea.


    Aakesh had only traveled a few hundred miles when automatic alerts began ringing inside his head.


    Aakesh jumped on one of the trees and focused on the rewards he had received from his ss.


    For watching over the ritual and the demon''s fulfilled wishes, Aakesh got a level increment as well as arge quantity of XP.


    Since Aakesh had been stagnating at his level for several years now, the reward was what Aakesh needed.


    The next moment, he called his status screen since it had been a long time since he had checked it.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Mythical,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 295,


    HP: 91,000/91,000,


    Energy: 91,000/91,000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 4,761 (+10),


    Agility: 4,761 (+10),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh''s level had grown from Level 294 to Level 295, and he had even reached the limit since he also gained arge amount of XP.


    Aakesh was at most a day away from achieving Level 296; he would most likely achieve it today. Aakesh hadn''t gained any level in the past several decades, and now he was close to gaining two levels in a single day.


    Aakesh then removed his focus from the status screen, as this was not the most desirable thing to him.


    [Adventurer, witnessing thest event has pushed your experience past the limit of the Legendary grade!]


    [You have now be eligible to take a test for the ss upgrade!]


    [Adventurer, do you want to participate in the ss upgrade quest?]


    A smile spread across Aakesh''s face as he heard thetest alert. He had finally crossed the threshold of the legendary grade.


    Aakesh was already aware that there would be a ss upgrade quest since it was a unique ss. He would need toplete the mission objective for every upgrade. The higher the upgrade level, the more difficult the requirements for the quest would be.


    Aakesh hadn''te this far to give up at the end, so he answered with a yes to the system''s alert.


    [Adventurer, you have chosen to partake in the ss upgrade quest!]


    [Prepare for teleportation to the quest''s location!]


    [Teleporting in 10,9,8,...,2,1!]


    When the system''s rm reached one, a white light appeared and surrounded Aakesh.


    The next moment, both Aakesh and the white light disappeared from that spot.


    Aakesh''s status screen, which had been still floating, also vanished after Aakesh left, waiting for its owner to call it back.


    After the teleportation was sessful, Aakesh found himself in a market full of buzz. It was nighttime here. The streets were wider than usual, and yet they were overcrowded.


    Lanterns could be seen floating in the air. It seemed the people here were celebrating their festivals.


    Boom!<sub> </sub>


    A few miles away from where Aakesh was, there was an explosion. The joyous mood that had spread in the market turned into panic as people began to run.


    [Adventurer, the quest for you is to select ten beings in the market to watch over. If even one of the ten beings you pick dies in the uing war, you will lose the quest.]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing golden fonts appeared in front of Aakesh.


    The quest was the same as what Aakesh had faced getting the ss, but Aakesh could sense that the difficulty this time was going to be several folds higher.


    As Aakesh was thinking, another screen appeared in front of him.


    This time, the screen contained the criteria required by Aakesh when he chose the ten candidates.


    When Aakesh read all the conditions, he understood that it was a pit he had to willingly throw himself into. When all the conditions were considered at the same time, it meant Aakesh needed to choose ten people who would fight on the front.


    Thest time, Aakesh had intervened in the battle since the other side was only mortals. But this time, the situation was different.


    If Aakesh interfered, the war would get bigger and bigger with higher-level people joining. In the end, the situation for the chosen candidate would turn even more dangerous than it would have been without Aakesh''s interference.


    Simr to thest time, the enemy in the war was a race of beastmen.


    ording to the conditions put forth by the quest, Aakesh began searching for ten candidates.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    The situation was worsening as Aakesh had heard at least seven sts in the vicinity during his stay here. Aakesh still hadn''t found a single candidate as he needed to be careful.


    Aakesh couldn''t be casual like thest time. He had no thoughts of interference after getting the system''s warning.


    Even one death would result in the quest''s failure, and Aakesh didn''t want to see what would happen to his efforts once he failed the quest. He cautiously began searching for his candidates.


    He suddenly came across a middle-aged man, rushing toward the danger, searching for his daughter.


    The others thought the man to be crazy, but not Aakesh. His eyes shone since he got his first candidate.


    Even though everyone here was only mortal, from the way the man was moving, Aakesh was sure that the man must be in the defense profession.


    In the middle of the screams, Aakesh found a few more candidates for his quest. Aakesh now only needed three more candidates, and then he would have all ten candidates required.


    The seven candidates found by Aakesh were the best he had seen in all the people, while in those seven, the middle-aged man Aakesh found first seemed to be on another level.


    Time flew by, and after searching for several minutes, Aakesh finally found all his ten candidates.


    As Aakesh selected all his ten candidates, loud rms began ring around the city as if everything depended on Aakesh choosing his candidates.


    [City people, those barbarians have attacked us once again. How long are we going to see our people dying?]


    [We may be weaker than the enemy when ites to strength or numbers, but they are nowhere as strong as us when ites to protecting our children.]


    [Keeping the future of our children in mind, the city administration has decided to wage ast war against the barbarians.]


    [The war is mandatory for everyone, beginning at age thirteen. Deserters would be executed with their families.]


    [We would eithere out of this alive and would have secured the future of our loved ones, or this would be the end of us!]


    [Enough is Enough!]


    An announcement from the city lord reced the ring rms. Many citizens felt their blood boiling in anger when they remembered the number of people the city had lost due to the beastmen''s attacks.


    While there were many who lost all their colors in fright since the announcement clearly showed that it would be either the end of them or the end of the beastmen.


    Many who had been living lives of luxury protested against the announcement but when executions urred, everyone willingly joined the war. The war at least gave them a chance of survival, whereas speaking against the war meant certain death. It was clear as to what was the better choice.


    Since all ten candidates selected by Aakesh were rted to the city''s defense, they joined the war together.


    The announcements continue to ring, and an hourter, the army filled with young blood left the city.


    It was an idiot strategy to fight in the open when the other party was not only superior in strength but also numbers. But the city army had no choice.


    Even though the beastmen were the stronger party, they didn''t attack the city directly. They instead bombed the city from time to time. They wanted to y with the city people as a hunter yed with his prey.


    The city administration also knew this, so with the army in the front, they sent fifty of their best soldiers to assassinate the beastmen. Of those fifty soldiers, one was the middle-aged man chosen by Aakesh.


    The quest had be even more difficult for Aakesh as the survival chances of the middle-aged man had decreased by several times.


    Aakesh could now only hope for the best. He put the intervening option back on the table when he heard about the operation. Aakesh wouldn''t let the quest fail at any cost.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter today.


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 Chapter 855 Quest(1)

    Chapter 855: Quest(1)


    The war began with a bang, as when the army from the city was marching, they suddenly found the army of Beastmen waiting for them.


    The weapons shed, heads got cut, bodies got split, blood dyed the ground, and the battle began.


    The group of fifty best soldiers from the city got another mission, and they silently entered the Beastmen''s stronghold.


    The Beastmen lived in a group with five kinds of species, making their group bigger and having arger pool of talent for their army.


    Of the five groups, the weakest was the Ratmen when it came to solo battles, but theirbined numbers were around one-third of the Beastmen, so they had the highest voice in the group. They were the primary reason for attacking the city. The Ratmen multiplied at an unprecedented rate, so their demands for resources were high.


    Since the groups had to live in harmony, or their strength would end up decreasing, the ratmen had no other choice but to set their sights on the city people. As for the other four groups, they epted since conquering the city would also benefit them.


    The fifty soldiers separated themselves into five groups of ten to increase their chances of assassinating the higher-ups while decreasing their rate of failure.


    The middle-aged man was in the group chosen to assassinate the higher-ups of the Ratmen.


    This group faced the maximum difficulty due to the number of Ratmen that were still in the camp. The others knew it as well, so they decided to join the group once they hadpleted their respective missions. If they failed, then there was nothing to worry about since they would be dead.


    The middle-aged man remembered his wife and two children as he followed the other to the Ratmen''s camp.


    ***


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he silently looked at the scenes going on in front of him. The middle-aged man was the one most likely to die out of the ten chosen candidates, so he had followed him.


    After reaching here, he found that the chances of the middle-aged man dying had grown even further since he was in the most difficult group. Aakesh got ready to intervene at any time as he silently watched the scene y out.


    ***


    The group of ten soldiers seeded in entering the Ratmen''s camp without alerting anyone. Everyone''s faces were covered in disgust as they observed the pile of trash and excrement spread throughout the area.


    Ignoring the disgusting smell, they silently continued toward the main camp.


    Thins had a habit of going against the n, and the same happened with the group. One of the Ratman found their traces, but fortunately, the group found them before anything troubling could ur.


    The group silenced the Ratman before it could inform others about their arrival. The weakness of the Ratmen benefited the group in this situation as the middle-aged man aplished the killing alone in less than a second.<sub> </sub>


    After a while of passing through disgusting smells, the group finally reached the main camp. Their faces were tense, as it wasn''t easy. They had faced dozens of battles during that time.


    Since they needed to end the battle before others could find it, the group couldn''t save or hide their strength. They were at their full power all the time, and it had taken a toll on them both physically and mentally. When they finally reached the time, their eyes looked tired.


    But since giving up wasn''t an option here, forcing themselves to go over the limit, the group silently charged into the camp.


    The smell turned even more disgusting as they entered the main camp. The group''s eyes turned red from anger as they could see their fellow people''s sullied corpses.


    One in the group finally lost it as he crazily charged inside. Others'' faces turned pale as they couldn''t silently kill anymore. At the same time, they also felt the same as their fellow groupmate who had crazily charged.


    The middle-aged man''s face turned ugly, as he never expected the scene to y out like this. It was his family that he wanted to return to, but now his life was in danger because of a fool.


    The main camp turned chaotic in no time after the group''s arrival became known. It was easy to defeat the Ratman one-on-one, but their numbers were enough to overwhelm anyone.


    The middle-aged man was a sword user, so he crazily cut the Ratman. In no time, the few square feet of the area around the man had turned into a no go zone for the Ratman.


    The Ratman grew afraid, but suddenly a roar rang in the area, and a Ratman twice the size as usual charged toward the man.


    The man''s face grew solemn as he could see the next battle wasn''t going to be easy. But what he saw next made his mental strength fall even further, as another Ratman of the same size wasing at him.


    The man didn''t have the choice of giving up as he had his family waiting for him. His eyes turned crazy as instead of waiting for the Ratman toe at him, he charged at it.


    It was as if the man had be a god of war, his strength at that time was on another level. As he shed his first swing, the Ratman brought his w to defend, and at the same time, it used its tail to attack the middle-aged man.


    The second Ratman was also close to reaching the middle-aged man, so if he failed to kill the Ratman here, his situation would turn precarious.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he broke three tiny branches from the nearby tree.


    The middle-aged man, ignoring the tail, threw hisplete strength into the sh.


    The Ratman''s body was soon split in half as the sword sliced through its ws like tofu. At the same time, the tail had also reached the man.


    Fortunately for the man, it didn''t seed in causing arge wound. Gritting his teeth through the pain, he crazily charged at the second Ratman, who had also pounced at the man.


    The sh seemed to be on the side of the Ratman when an item suddenly came flying at the Ratman and knocked it backward.

 Chapter 856 Quest(End)

    Chapter 856: Quest(End)


    Thud!


    As the Ratman pounced, while the middle-aged man shed, something came flying toward the Ratman and knocked it backward.


    The middle-aged man looked since it was a Ratman thrown at the Ratman. When the man turned to look in the direction of the thrower, he found it was none other than the man who had crazily charged, forcing their n to halt.


    The middle-aged man found himself trembling in anger as he saw the man in a terrible situation. Numerous bitten wounds were spread across the man''s body.


    The man had an apologizing smile as he lip-synced something and then crashed to the ground, bing the first casualty of the group.


    It wasn''t tough for the middle-aged man to understand what the man had said.


    "When you return alive, tell my mother: I am sorry for yesterday''s argument."


    The middle-aged man felt his entire body trembling in rage and hatred. His grip on his sword became so tight that it began to hurt him. As if the pain didn''t affect him, the middle-aged man charged toward the man''s corpse.


    Several Ratmen were tearing the corpse apart as they wanted to vent their anger. The middle-aged man randomly shed, and with each sh, one or two Ratman got split.


    The battle became gorier with each passing second while the group began to grow slow in their movements.


    A Ratman came pouncing at the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man had grownpletely insane due to rage, so he didn''t care about the Ratman and shed at another one.


    The Ratman had a winning smile on its face as it could see itself biting the man''s damn head off the next moment when it suddenly sensed extreme danger to its life.


    As soon as the sense of danger arrived, the world around the Ratman became dark, while a bloody rain poured on the middle-aged man.


    The middle-aged man regained some of his sanity back as arge quantity of blood poured over him.


    What the middle-aged man saw next sent chills down his spine. All the Ratmen around him had turned into blood clouds. What made the man frightened was the cause of all of this.


    A twig that could be broken even if only a slight pressure was added was turning the Ratmen into a blood cloud.


    "WHO DARES?"


    Suddenly, the stars shining in the sky disappeared asplete darkness engulfed the camp. At the same time, a voice filled with nothing but cruelty rang in the area.


    The group of soldiers fighting across the camps and on the battlefield couldn''t help but stop in their actions.


    "D-de-demo-demonic cr-creature!" The middle-aged man trembled as he shouted in fear. It took him a while to evenplete the word.


    The humans and the beastmen were only mortals. They were unable to manipte energy, but they knew about the world of energy users.


    The beasts that could use energy were titled by them as demonic creatures. Their existence had been recorded in the history of the city. Whenever a demonic creature would appear, the poption would at least dwindle by half.<sub> </sub>


    The group of soldiers wasn''t the only ones to stop in fright, but the beastmen were the same.


    Aakesh''s face turned grave as he sensed the birth of several auras hidden earlier.


    Time passed, and in no time, the number of demonic creatures had grown to outnumber thebined number of humans and beastmen.


    Even Aakesh felt worried as the level of the creatures also began to grow exponentially. In less than a second, a Level 10 creature had grown to Level 50.


    Aakesh''s level was Level 295, and Aakesh found several of the beasts with simr levels to him. Aakesh also found a few beasts with higher levels than him.


    Aakesh''s face turned solemn when he saw a Level 300 beast in the middle of the beast group. Aakesh wasn''t sure whether he could fight with a Level 300 beast or not since his level had only increased today, and he was still to check how much his strength had grown after an increase of ten units in strength and agility.


    As Aakesh was looking at the Level 300 beast, it was also looking at Aakesh. The Level 300 beast in question was a boar with diamond-like horns, and its tail had lengthy dark spikes at the tip: they seemed to create a burning sound whenever it touched the ground.


    Time flew by, and the battle between Aakesh and the boar began.


    For Aakesh to seed in the quest, not even one of the ten candidates could die. The system clearly stated that these people would fight in the front, but that was before Aakesh''s interference.


    There were no rules once Aakesh intervened. It didn''t matter what Aakesh did, but none of the ten could die.


    At the same time, the Level 300 boar took all of Aakesh''s attention, so it was difficult for Aakesh to focus on the ten candidates. Even his life was at stake here, let alone that of those ten candidates.


    To solve the conundrum, Aakesh used the others as a shield for the ten candidates. The n seemed to work in the early phases, but the number of beasts was too high to depend on that.


    Aakesh had no choice other than to direct some of his attention toward the ten candidates, putting his life in danger.


    The boar turned crazier the longer Aakesh survived, so numerous injuries had spread across Aakesh''s body.


    The difficulty level of the ten candidates'' survival had almost be impossible at that time, but Aakesh didn''t regret his interference. If not for his interference, the middle-aged man would have died due to his recklessness.


    The injuries on Aakesh''s body grew while the candidates'' situation got precarious. A terrible situation had risen as one of the candidates was on the verge of getting bitten in half. At that time, Aakesh had taken a direct hit from the boar, resulting in a hole in his stomach to defend the candidate. Aakesh''s effort seeded, but the injury was catastrophic.


    Aakesh seemed to see no end to the battle, as the difficulty was only growing. Aakesh had been slightly conservative as his energy units were depleting at an unprecedented rate. Since the battle only seemed to be more difficult, Aakesh decided to go all the way in and used half of his remaining energy stocks in the next attack.


    It was one of the many skills Aakesh had gained in the Panagea over these thousand years. Since the skill Apocalyptic st was nerfed in Panagea due to its high-level destruction, it wasn''t Aakesh''s strongest skill in Panagea.


    The next moment, a beam began to rise on the tip of his sword. Every sh made by Aakesh would result in a sh attack after that.


    After two-thirds of the remaining energy was spent on the attack, the boar was finally killed.


    After the death of the boar, the difficulty was reduced severalfold as Aakesh seeded in not letting any of the ten die until the end.

 Chapter 857 Mythical Grade Class!

    Chapter 857: Mythical Grade ss!


    After killing the boar, Aakesh only had a portion of his energy left, but the following situation turned out better than he had hoped.


    After the death of the boar, the beasts around the area grew terrified of Aakesh, and at the same time, as if they had gotten free of mind control, many beasts began to escape.


    Aakesh killed a few beasts of his level in order to make the already scared beasts even more terrified because it didn''t make sense not to take advantage of the situation.


    The conflict, which had been going on for approximately an hour, came to an abrupt end as the beasts began to flee as quickly as they possibly could.


    Aakesh was still focused on the ten candidates, as it was thest phase of the quest, and he didn''t want to fail at this juncture.


    As thest beast left the area, Aakesh heaved a sigh of relief. His efforts had borne fruit. At one point, the quest had turned too challenging for even Aakesh toplete, but the numerous injuries ranging in intensity from minor to severe showed the hard work he poured into it.


    After the beast left, only death could be seen on the battleground. More than ny percent of the people on both sides had died. It also brought an end to the conflict between the humans and the beastmen.


    The Beastmen were originallyposed of five distinct groups, but only three remained after the Ratmen and Hyenamen were wiped out during the battle.


    Since these camps were the closest at the beginning of the onught, they were the first line in the battle, and the beasts crushed it with ease.


    The middle-aged man had a tragic face as he also lost his wife in the battle. He then looked at the stranger who had turned the war into his yground.


    The middle-aged man couldn''t even count how many times he hade close to his demise in the war with the beasts, but every time he was only a step away from death, the blue-skinned stranger would pull him back.


    The middle-aged man wasn''t the only one to think so; the other nine candidates had the same feeling. They hadplicated expressions, as they had seen the blue-skinned stranger not acting helpfully toward others, but whenever they would be in danger, the stranger, even at the cost of injuries, would snatch them out of death''s jaws.


    They wanted to ask the stranger the reason behind his actions, but then suddenly a white light engulfed the man in front of their eyes.


    When the light disappeared, the man also vanished with it. The ten candidates looked at each other, with each of them having a myriad of expressions.


    The middle-aged man suddenly crashed to the ground, as he had overexerted himself. Since none of them knew why the stranger helped them and went to such an extent to save them, the ten of them would be best friends, and this would continue till their deaths.


    ***


    As Aakesh reappeared in the jungle, he stopped thinking about the battle and focused on what was next.


    [Ding!]


    [Adventurer, your chosen ten candidates have sessfully survived to the end. You have fulfilled the mission''s condition.]


    [Your ss is being upgraded to Mythical Grade! ]


    [Upgrading in 3,2,1!]


    [Your ss Watcher sessfully upgraded into Mythical grade! Please check the ss details for further information! ]


    [Congrattions, Adventurer!]


    [You have be the first adventurer to own a Mythical grade ss in Panagea!]


    [The system calcting your rewards!]


    [Error! Adventurer not eligible for rewards!]


    The next moment, a flurry of notifications began to ring in Aakesh''s head as he hadpleted the quest.


    Aakesh had no time to think about it as suddenly invisible energy descended from the sky and began to melt into him. Afortable feeling spread all over his body as he could sense himself getting stronger.<sub> </sub>


    After the process ended, Aakesh returned his focus to the several alerts.


    When he heard thest alert, his lips almost twitched, as the system would remind him of this every time he gained any first achievement.


    Aakesh didn''t waste much time pondering over the alerts, as he had better things to do.


    Aakesh called his status as he wanted to see how much his stats had grown due to the upgrade of the ss.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Mythical,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 295,


    HP: 113,596/191,000,


    Energy: 106,021/191,000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 5,261 (+500),


    Agility: 5,261 (+500),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh looked surprised as he saw the amount of growth he had with the upgrade in his ss.


    His HP and energy had more than doubled, as he got a whooping 100,000 units growth. After the growth, what was now a serious condition turned into a minor one, as he now had more than half his HP left.


    The same was the case with energy. Aakesh''s energy stocks were on the verge of emptying as he only had a few thousand units left, but now that number had turned into a massive stockpile.


    The surprise didn''t decrease but only increased when Aakesh''s eyes fell on the attributes section. His intelligence and endurance had been infinite from the start, so there was no worry there. But his strength and agility had grown by 500 units at once. It was more than one-tenth of his total attributes before the ss upgrade.


    Aakesh could feel that if he were to return to the war, it wouldn''t be difficult for him to kill the boar without even getting injured. Aakesh even had doubts that he would be able to one-shot the boar with these attributes.


    It wasn''t the end of the surprise, as future growth had be easy for Aakesh as well after this upgrade. A legendary ss gave an increase of ten units after every level up. (Forty units in total.) The ss Watcher did the same, but now that it had upgraded to the Mythical level, it would now give an increase of twenty-five units, while for HP and energy, the amount would grow to 1000 units every level-up.

 Chapter 858 Skills And Upgrades!

    Chapter 858: Skills and Upgrades!


    Aakesh didn''t make the status screen disappear since the skills were still left to check. Instead, he tapped on the ss section, and the next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the newly-upgraded ss appeared in front of him.


    [ss: Watcher,


    Details: The world of Panagea selects a creature to watch over all the beings residing in the world, and that being gets the title, ''The Watcher''.


    Level: Mythical,


    Current Ability: The Watcher can watch over all the details of the being 1000 Yojana(1 Yojana= 8 miles) around them¡­]


    Before the upgrade, Aakesh used to gain ten percent of the reward after witnessing a fortunate event. After the upgrade, that number had grown to fifteen percent.


    It sounded less, but keep in mind that Aakesh''s current level and the level when Aakesh got the ss had a greater chasm than heaven and earth. Even a one percent increase would now result in a greater gain.


    In fact, if Aakesh had an eleven percent increase before today, he would have gained two levels from witnessing the ritual and the wishes.


    Aakesh''s range of watching over the beings had also grown by hundred times, but since Aakesh never found himself interested enough to see what the others were doing, the increase meant nothing much to him.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the ss screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back. Aakesh then returned his focus to the status screen and his skills.


    When Aakesh had first gotten the ss, his skills had automatically seen an upgrade. The same was the case here, as he noticed several of his skills shining splendidly on the status screen.


    The first skill was Wolfbane. It was the first skill Aakesh had ever received in Panagea. He had been awarded it as a bonus prize forpleting his first quest with remarkable sess.


    Aakesh noticed the skill was also one of those, shining brighter than usual on the status screen, so Aakesh tapped on it.


    The next moment, an additional blue screen containing the details of the skill appeared in front of him.


    [Skill name: Wolfbane,


    Level: Level 3,


    Ability: It gives the user a psychological edge over the wolves. No mental effect of wolves below Level 300 would ur on the user, and simrly, the wolves below Level 250 will fear the user, wolves below Level 300 have only a minimal effect, and wolves between Level 301 and 310 may or may not get affected by the user,


    Condition of growth: Train the skill to perfection.]


    The skill, Wolfbane, had automatically gotten upgraded even though the condition for the growth was to train it. Aakesh hadn''t used the skill at all since he had outgrown it quite a long time ago.


    After upgrading to Level 3, the skill saw exponential growth as the level cap grew to Level 300.


    "Finally worthy of the first reward," Aakesh murmured as the skill could finallye to his use. The level cap was 300. Even though Aakesh had defeated a Level 300 creature, Aakesh didn''t get cocky for even a moment, thinking that he would be able to kill every Level 300 after today.


    Aakesh would most likely seed in killing Level 300 after today, but the adventurers weren''t the only ones to have a ss. Mythical grade sses were rare, but Aakesh had stille across a few creatures who had one.


    The skill Wolfbane only affected wolves, but it was still okay, as it would be years, if not decades before Aakesh reached Level 300.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it since these were things forter. He returned his focus to the status screen.


    Aakesh then tapped on the next skill shining on the screen after making Wolfbane''s details disappear.


    The next moment, a new blue window containing the details of the skill appeared in front of him.


    [Skill name: Ability-Learning,


    Ability: It allows the user to copy the witnessed skills of being weaker or defeated by the owner. The user can now use the copied skill a hundred times,<sub> </sub>


    Level: Level 3,


    Condition of the growth: Finding the Level 4 knowledge,


    Copied skill: Sword-Projection, Elephant-Projection, Sword-sh¡­.]


    The condition of growth seemed not to matter for the skills, as despite it being something different, the upgrade of the ss forcefully made its level increase. It was the ability of a unique ss, so Aakesh''s strength grew several times what it could be seen on the outside.


    It has been a long time since Aakesh used the skill since he had used his quota of three skills quite earlier.


    At the same time, Level 3 seemed to be arge jump, as the number of three uses had grown to a hundred after the upgrade.


    "Another good upgrade," Aakesh murmured, as he liked the skill and had many practical copied skills.


    Aakesh then returned his focus to the status screen and tapped on another skill. Time continued to fly by and Aakesh found all his skills that had levels being upgraded after the ss upgrade.


    It was now finally time for Aakesh to check the ss-rted skills, so he tapped on the first one.


    The next moment, its details appeared on a new screen.


    [Skill name: Universal Eye,


    Ability: It''s a skill unique to the ss, Watcher. It allows the owner of the skill to select any being in the area of 100 Yojanas around them, and then they can watch over any actions, with the person being unaware,


    Level: Level 2,


    Condition of the growth: Upgrade of the ss Watcher to Divine,


    Restriction: The level of the watched being shouldn''t exceed the level of the owner by more than fifteen levels.]


    The skill''s range had grown tenfold, and the level restrictions had also risen. In the past, Aakesh would see those who exceeded his level by ten levels in gray on the projection screen. Now that difference had grown to fifteen levels.


    Aakesh was now a Level 295, so even a Level increase was worth years of effort, so Aakesh could now see several times more beings. It would help Aakesh get greater rewards from witnessing the fortunate event due to high power levels.


    Aakesh then tapped on the most important skill to gain rewards.


    [Skill name: Fortune-Eye,


    Ability: It allows the user to see the fate line of the being in the area of 10 Yojana around him,


    Level: Level 2,


    Condition for growth: Upgrade of the ss Watcher to Divine,


    Restriction: The level of the selected being shouldn''t exceed the level of the owner by more than fifteen levels,


    Warning: What is shown may not give the expected result since the number of fate lines can change anytime.]


    Simr to the previous skill, Aakesh''s range to check fate lines had also grown tenfold after the ss upgrade.


    ***


    A/N: This chapter took more words than I expected!


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 859 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 859: A New Day for the Store(1)


    After checking Fortune Eye, Aakesh moved on to check the other upgraded skills.


    Time flew by.


    Once Aakesh had checked all his upgraded skills, he still had hours left before sunrise in Thorr city.


    Since it had been a long time since Aakesh had gained some XP from quests or hunting, he proceeded deeper into the forest to have a sessful hunt.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise in Thorr city!]


    In the midst of a battle with a Level 298 beast, Aakesh heard the system''s alert.


    The next strike became a death strike as Aakesh activated one of his offensive skills and vaporized the beast.


    Since Aakesh wasn''t doing any significant tasks, there was no point in him staying here any longer.


    The next moment, a white light engulfed Aakesh. When the light disappeared, Aakesh also vanished with it.


    ***


    The sun rose in Thorr city, announcing the start of a new day. With it, a store also opened its door.


    Favan hadn''t slept since yesterday as he was busy making ns on how to continue whatever edge he had won over others due to his earlier start in Panagea. He still stood right at the gate when the sun rose.


    Aakesh turned around and went back to his chair, while Favan followed him.


    "Hello, store owner," Favan respectfully greeted Aakesh and then requested his order.


    Due to his deal with his mother, Favan had secured financial assetsrge enough for him not to worry about money issues for the next year, so he had a certain aura of confidence around him.


    Aakesh only nodded and waved his hands. The next moment, the Sacred stones taken out by Aakesh disappeared from the store''s hall and appeared in the system space.


    Favan thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the portal room.


    Aakesh took a look at the door, and after seeing no customer approaching, he closed his eyes and began the first of his several rxation sessions.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh heard footsteps approaching him, so he opened his eyes.


    "Hello, store owner," Garos greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh only nodded expressionlessly and waited for Garos toe to his purpose.


    Garos had a hint of disappointment in his eyes as he could neither see a pill counter nor did he notice another room in the store.


    The store owner had said that the pills could arrive even the next day, but the probability didn''t work in his favor.<sub> </sub>


    Garos became hurried after seeing the state of his wife yesterday and wanted her to take the pill as early as possible. As a result of yesterday''s situation, the illness has worsened.


    "Store owner, has the pill arrived today?" Garos still asked Aakesh. He had no confidence in his heart, but Garos hoped for an unexpected situation.


    "No," Aakesh answered expressionlessly.


    Garos stood silent for a few seconds and calmed his heart. He then took out a mountain of lesser and ordinary Sacred stones from his inner space.


    Garos had liquefied half of his remaining assets. It was more than enough for Garos to pay the remainingpensation amount, and at the same time, he held enough Sacred stones to continue to enter Panagea and buy pills.


    Garos then paid thirty-five lesser Sacred stones to Aakesh and went toward the portal room. He had already talked with Elera about it when she regained consciousness for an hour yesterday night.


    As Garos was leaving, a question suddenly popped into his head. He didn''t stop himself, as he stopped in his steps, turned around, and asked the question to Aakesh.


    "Store owner, can an unconscious person enter Panagea?"


    There was a slight hint of trembling in Garos''s voice as he asked.


    Aakesh understood this question was rted to the person who had Maleros. It was the first time someone had asked Aakesh about this. Aakesh had thought about this issue in the Primal dimension, so at that time, he had asked the system.


    Since he already knew, Aakesh didn''t need to ask the system.


    "If you''re talking about the person who has Maleros, then they can enter Panagea," Aakesh answered.


    During the Maleros disease, it was the body that got affected by the disease. The soul stayed untouched until the extreme disease stage.


    What customers needed to enter Panagea was a conscious soul. Maleros didn''t usually affect the soul until the body was still active.


    Aakesh didn''t know about the condition of the Maleros patient, so he asked Garos.


    After Aakesh learned she would wake up every day, Aakesh told Garos that Elera could enter Panagea. Even though the time was decreasing every day, her soul was still untouched by the wild Sacred energy. It was just that her condition was slowly approaching that level.


    Once Elera fell into aa, the wild Sacred energy would have touched her soul. At that time, she would be unable to enter Panagea.


    As Garos heard Aakesh''s confirmation, energy erupted like never before inside him.


    Garos didn''t turn around to enter the portal room, but he charged out of the store.


    The other store owners and passersby only felt a quick wind passing through them, as their eyes weren''t strong enough to see Garos run at full speed.


    Aakesh understood what Garos wanted to do. In fact, he liked it. His quest was still trailing and needed nine new customers in a span of four days, including today. The more customers he had the better for him and the store.


    As Garos was rushing back to his house, he was unaware that this action by him put him one step closer to having the pill for his wife.


    It took Garos around thirty minutes in total to leave the store and then return. The time could have been reduced, but Garos controlled his speed during the return journey due to Elera''s frail body.


    Garos didn''t waste any time after returning to the store, as he paid another thirty-five lesser Sacred stones and went to the portal room while gently carrying Elera in his hands.


    (A/N: I hope readers will not need to ask why Garos didn''t keep Elera in his inner space.)

 Chapter 860 A New Day For The Store(2)

    Chapter 860: A New Day for the Store(2)


    Aakesh didn''t care about Garos'' reaction as he waved his hands, and the system space stored another thirty-five lesser Sacred stones.


    Aakesh then took a second look at the door, and after seeing no shadow approaching the store, he closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    After reaching the portal room, Garos saw two shining portals. Garos then gently grabbed Elera''s left hand and made it touch the portal.


    The next instant, Elera got sucked inside by a suction force that was much stronger than anything Garos could muster to resist.


    At that moment, Garos felt his internals attempting to leave his body, but nothing of the sort happened, and he was fine.


    A hurried and excited look appeared on Garos'' face as he touched the only empty portal with the tip of his finger.


    The next moment, Garos appeared in the same spot he had left on before exiting Panagea. His face still contained a mixture of hurry and excitement as he rushed to the spot where he had spawned inside Panagea for the first time.


    When Garos reached there, his heart swelled with a joy he had never before felt, and his eyes had be moist. He saw Elera standing there with a confused expression.


    "Elera!" Garos called out to her.


    Elera had no idea how she got here. Since Elera stayed unconscious all the time, she had lost her sense of time. She had no idea how long it had been since shest talked to Garos.


    Elera thought for a moment that she was in a dream. But then she remembered that her illness didn''t allow her to have pain-free dreams. She felt like there was nothing wrong with her. She got more confused, and then an Angel, a higher-level being, appeared behind her and showed her the story of this world.


    The things Elera saw should have shaken her, but for some reason, she felt it was normal. As for whether Garos had a hand in it, Elera didn''t believe it. If Garos could do something like this, he would have long treated Elera. At the same time, Elera felt some familiarity when she looked around her. She had no idea about the sense of familiarity, but she felt as if she had been here before.


    Elera was confusedly looking around when she heard a familiar voice. The voice came like a bolt, freezing her on the spot.


    She slowly turned around and saw Garos running toward her. Now that she looked around her, she finally remembered the source of familiarity.


    Thest time she had talked with Garos, Garos was rambling about some Panagea. The descriptions he gave matched the surroundings.


    "You are here," Garos excitedly mumbled as he grabbed Elera into his embrace after reaching her.


    Elera''s sight turned blurry as tears began forming suddenly. She tightened her hands around Garos as it had been a long time since they hugged each other like this.


    Even though Elera would gain consciousness from time to time, her body was in no condition to move. The bed had been her spot for the past several months.


    At that moment, both partners wanted to melt into each other. They hoped for time to freeze for eternity.


    ''I don''t care if I even die after this!''


    Garos thought in his heart, as he had been waiting for this for the past several months.<sub> </sub>


    Neither of them spoke a word as they tightly hugged each other. Elera was the first to break the silence as suddenly, out of nowhere, a blue screen popped out in front of him.


    "I also got the quest you spoke of," Elera said as she pointed toward the screen.


    Since the screen was only visible to the adventurers it was there for, Garos only saw empty air at the end of Elera''s pointing.


    "Forget about it," Garos responded.


    It had only been several months since Elera got the illness, but for Garos, it was no less than billions and trillions of years.


    Elera understood what Garos wanted from his eyes. She had the same thoughts.


    Since both of them wanted the same thing, Garos grabbed her by her waist and hurried toward the forest.


    The city here had no inn where they could stay, so the duo decided to lose themselves in their bodily pleasures in the jungle.


    Garos''s quest deadline was approaching, while Elera hadn''t even read the quest, but neither of them cared about it. They decided to give each other whatever time they had left in Panagea.


    The next moment, moans began to ring in the outer parts of the jungle.


    ***


    Aakesh was still sleeping, unaware of the scenes going on inside the Panagea. He had his eyes closed as he was rxing when he suddenly heard the sound of footstepsing from the door.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and saw a familiar Thorron standing at the door.


    ***


    The Thorron had no idea that Aakesh could see them as he stood at the door of the store. It was none other than Ricky, the first general to arrive on the scene when Aakesh began his killing.


    Ricky had been curious about the non-demon''s store since he found out about Aakesh''s background.


    When Ricky reached the store, there was still hesitation in his heart since he didn''t know what Aakesh felt toward him. What if Aakesh had a personal guard, and then Aakesh ordered the guard to kill him? Ricky would be able to do nothing if something like this urred in the store.


    In the end, Ricky''s curiosity won over the fear in his heart as he looked up at the door. A surprised expression appeared on his face as he saw the open gate, but when he tried to see inside, a blurry wall stopped him.


    Ricky knew his strength, so he didn''t try to push his sense inside. He then took a deep breath and entered the store.


    As Ricky set foot on the floor, he could feel that the material used on the floor was valuable and familiar, but he couldn''t put his finger on its information.


    Ricky then stopped looking at the floor and looked straight ahead. His eyes then fell on Aakesh, looking at him expressionlessly.

 Chapter 861 A New Day For The Store(3)

    Chapter 861: A New Day for the Store(3)


    Ricky found the stone used in the floor familiar, but since he couldn''t put his finger on it, he stopped thinking about it.


    He looked straight ahead only to find the non-demon looking back at him with the same expression of indifference.


    Ricky gulped as he sensed that he wouldn''t be able to leave the store if the non-demon didn''t want him to. Taking a deep breath, he proceeded forward. Since he had already entered the store, there was no point in wasting time.


    "Hello, Aakesh!"


    "This is your store," Ricky said. He couldn''t hide the nervousness in his voice.


    Aakesh didn''t speak anything in response but only nodded his head.


    Ricky felt himself standing in front of a beast that wanted to go for the kill, but he had no weapon to defend himself. Since he thought such, he hurriedly asked Aakesh about the store products.


    "The store only has one product at the moment...." Not caring about what was going on in Ricky''s head, Aakesh exined about Panagea.


    A wondrous expression appeared on Ricky''s face as he heard about Panagea. He had heard of legendary products that could help in training without fear of death, but here, a different world was on the other side, with its own sets of rules.


    ''Only those above ''True God'' can give birth to this kind of world,'' Ricky thought in his heart after learning about Panagea. Even while thinking about the level of True God, he maintained respect.


    Ricky believed the Panagea to be a cultivator''s inner world since these worlds had their own rules, while the cultivator could do anything they wanted with those worlds.


    "How do I enter this Panagea?" Ricky asked. He had forgotten all the nervousness he had been carrying in his heart. Now, he wanted to make a good impression on Aakesh since he wanted the figure behind Panagea to notice him.


    "You can''t."


    "There are only three virtual portals, and they are all taken," Aakesh responded expressionlessly.


    When Ricky heard Aakesh''s first sentence, he felt ufortable, believing that Aakesh had no interest in letting him enter due to the conflict. But when he listened to the following sentence, his heart calmed down.


    ''Thanks, Demon Lords, I didn''t act irrationally and listened,'' Ricky thought, heaving a sigh of relief in his heart as he was about to apologize for believing something that wasn''t true.


    "When will it get free?" Ricky asked. Unknown to him, his tone contained respect.


    Aakesh gave the specific time after calcting how long Favan had been inside Panagea.


    Ricky nodded and began to think of his next set of auctions. It was still hours away, so Ricky could return at that time and then enter Panagea. But then a thought urred to him: what if someone else came and booked Panagea, forcing him to wait even longer?


    Considering his doubt, Ricky decided to wait inside the store for time to pass. He would just call his subordinates and order them to patrol without him.


    As for telling the soldiers about Panagea, Ricky didn''t have the idea. Like many, Ricky wanted him to have as littlepetition as possible from other customers.<sub> </sub>


    "Store owner, can I wait here till that time?" Ricky asked Aakesh because if it wasn''t allowed, there was no point in thinking about it.


    Aakesh didn''t say anything but nodded his head. The next moment, he closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions since there was nothing left to introduce to Ricky.


    Ricky stood dumbfounded for a moment after seeing Aakesh''s reaction. He then sighed and went to the corner near the portal room, where he waited for his turn.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in a sh.


    Ricky silently waited for his turn to arrive while Aakesh wasfortably rxing on his chair. Suddenly the silence inside the store broke as the sound of footsteps rang.


    Ricky stayed unaffected as he couldn''t hear the sound due to the store''s effect. The same wasn''t the case for Aakesh. He opened his eyes and looked at the door to find a customer standing at the gate of the store.


    It was also a familiar face since it was one of the generals present on the scene. The general in question had the same expression as Ricky when he had reached the store.


    More time flew by, and two hours passed in a sh.


    Two people were standing silently in the store''s hall, waiting for their turn to arrive, while Aakesh was rxing on his chair.


    The familiar scene repeated itself as the sound of footsteps woke Aakesh up from his rxation session. When Aakesh looked at the source of the sound, he found another familiar person entering the store.


    It wasn''t that Aakesh disliked it. In fact, Aakesh wanted it more. Around half the deadline for the quest had already passed, and he still hadn''t fulfilled half the number of customers, even if he included the two new customers waiting for their turn to arrive.


    More time flew by, and the six hours of Panagea''s stay for Favan were over. The system forced him out, and as he appeared, his face turned ugly as he found both the remaining portals grayed out.


    ''Damn it, another one has found about Panagea,'' Favan cursed in his heart.


    Favan then took a deep breath to calm his angry heart and left the portal room. When he exited, his face turned ugly as he found four people waiting inside the store.


    While Favan was looking at the four neers, the four generals were also looking at Favan.


    Since Favan was a nobody, the generals didn''t recognize him, but Favan did as he was also present on the scene.


    When Favan found all four waiting customers to be generals, his heart turned cold.


    ''Did I hit myself with an axe?'' Favan thought in his heart.


    Favan had wanted to use Aakesh''s background to remove Garoun since he was stopping him from entering Panagea.


    The n worked, as Garoun died, and there was no one left to threaten Favan. But at the same time, that n made more people aware of the store.


    If Favan''s n helped himself, it also backfired as it made the store more popr. It was negatively famous, but that was still bound to attract some customers.

 Chapter 862 A New Day For The Store(4)

    Chapter 862: A New Day for the Store(4)


    Since Favan had entered Panagea before them, the generals imprinted his face in their memories.


    Favan didn''t dare to keep eye contact with the generals any longer as he moved his eyes away. Favan then hurriedly left the store. Since Aakesh was rxing with closed eyes, Favan didn''t disturb him.


    After Favan left, one of the three virtual portals became vacant. Ricky was the first in line, so he entered the portal room since he had already paid thirty-five lesser Sacred stones to Aakesh.


    After entering the room, Ricky''s eyes fell on the three virtual portals ced inside the room. They were equal in size, while there was an equal distance between them.


    Two portals were grayed out, so Ricky didn''t look at them. He instead looked at the portal, which looked like a sky filled with countless shiny stars.


    Ricky wanted to use his divine sense to check the portal, but he controlled himself as the pressure released by the virtual portal was already heavy and majestic. Ricky had no intention to force himself into a terrible situation due to his curiosity.


    Ricky then touched the portal, and the next moment, a mighty suction force appeared and sucked him into a new world.


    ***


    Ricky had a wondrous face as he looked around him. The strength he felt was far below what it actually was.


    As Ricky looked around, his face grew excited as well as terrified. He found himself in a city filled with Copranos.


    Copranos was a famous race in the Sacred dimension due to its powerful strength. Copranos were creatures that walked on six legs, and they had three pairs of eyes.


    Each leg was like a sharp w that could tear space and time in itself, while the three pairs of red eyes gave the creature an even more terrifying appearance.


    As Ricky looked around, he could sense that he was the weakest here. Even the smallest Copranos he could see looked to be several times stronger than him.


    Ricky didn''t feel wrong as Nos city was a high-level city belonging to the Copranos Kingdom. It wasn''t the capital city, but it was only second to that.


    Even though Nos wasn''t the capital city, its strength wasn''t any weaker than the capital. The reason it couldn''t be the capital was the inhabitants of Nos City.


    The inhabitants of Nos City didn''t like any people other than their own race. Not liking was a small word, as there had been many instances of the Copranos hunting other race members who had lived here for more than five days.


    The Copranos were a bunch of cruel, territorial creatures. But since their strength worked in their favor, no one dared to mess with Nos City. In fact, there was a rumor spread around here that the King of the Copranos Kingdom and his family spent more time in Nos City than the capital city.


    Ricky didn''t know anything about this story, but he still had a bad feeling after appearing there. Ricky had read about the Copranos'' behavior in the Sacred dimension. If they were anything like that here, then Ricky wasn''t safe here.


    As Ricky was looking around, the Copranos were also looking at him. Their expressions were the same as what the Thorrons had when Aakesh was traveling in the city. But here, there was an addition of savage in those eyes.


    Ricky felt chilled as he saw the savage expression in those red eyes. Ricky was only cursing his bad luck when he suddenly got nudged by someone from behind.


    ***<sub> </sub>


    After witnessing the introduction to the world and the war, Ricky appeared back at the same spot with a surprised expression on his face.


    After watching the introduction, Ricky forgot about his thought of Panagea being someone''s inner world. The creatures and their strength he saw in the war were not possible for any Sacred dimension''s cultivator.


    Soon, Ricky stopped thinking about the war as a red screen had popped out in front of him with his first quest.


    When Ricky read the quest, his eyes almost popped out in shock and fright.


    [Adventurer, your entry into Nos city couldn''te at any better time.


    Four days ago, a member of your race was traveling through the city when some Copranos child captured him.


    As the Copranos don''t let anyone other than their own race members stay in Nos city for more than five days...,]


    Ricky cursed his luck once again, as he not only appeared in Copranos'' territory, but the quest also wanted him to fight Copranos and save someone of his race.


    Ricky immediately thought of not participating in the quest, but as time passed, his heart calmed down. He focused on the quest screen.


    It was Copranos'' child that had kidnapped the man, and Ricky also had the ability of unlimited revival.


    ''Why am I being afraid?'' Ricky thought in his heart. Since he couldn''t die here, there was no point in fearing the Copranos'' child.


    It seemed Ricky thought more than he should have and became overconfident about the quest. Since he couldn''t die here, he decided to be open and save his fellow Vurron.


    The quest''s reward clearly stated that the more quickly he saved the Vurron, the better his reward would be.


    Ricky couldn''t be any more wrong, as when he went to save the Vurron, he got the beating of his life.


    It was five Copranos children who kidnapped the Vurron. When Ricky reached there, he saw the bloody Vurron crying in pain while the other Copranos child enjoyed the scene.


    (A/N: Copranos aren''t evil. It''s just their personality is cruel.)


    When Ricky reached there, he grabbed the attention of all five children. After that, a beating and torture began as Ricky found himself inplete control of those children.


    Only when Ricky forcefully bit one of the children did they kill him.


    Ricky had an ugly smile as he appeared in the revival area. He first cursed himself for bing so overconfident just because he couldn''t die here. Thirty seconds passed like that.


    Ricky hurriedly fled after respawning at the same spot where he had died.


    While Ricky was struggling in Panagea, the six hours of Garos and Elera in Panagea were over, and the system forced them out.

 Chapter 863 A New Day For The Store(End)

    Chapter 863: A New Day for the Store(End)


    The system forced Garos and Elera out as their six hours were over in Panagea.


    As Garos came out, he saw the unconscious Elera on the floor. He felt a pang in his heart after seeing her in this condition again.


    Garos rushed to Elera and gently picked her up. His eyes contained hope and excitement. He hoped for the store to have pills, and he felt excited because he could meet Elera, who was perfectly healthy, during the six hours in Panagea.


    Garos exited the room, as he couldn''t just carry Elera all day. She needed to rest in afortable spot.


    When Garos popped out of the room, he found three people waiting not far from the door. He found them familiar but didn''t waste his time thinking about them. He then looked toward the store owner.


    After seeing that the store owner was rxing with closed eyes on his chair, Garos didn''t disturb Aakesh and left the store.


    The three generals waiting for their turn in Panagea to arrive had shocked faces as they found Garos exiting the portal room. They then looked at each other, only to see that they all felt the same.


    ''What absurdity is this?'' One of the generals thought in his heart that Aakesh was the killer of Garoun, and Garos was Garoun''s father.


    "


    What kind of father would patronize the business owned by the person who murdered his son?


    Since two of the three virtual portals had turned empty after Garos and Elera left, the two generals stopped thinking about it and charged into the portal room as if they were going to a battle.


    The remaining general silently stood there as he still had to wait for more than five hours for his turn to arrive. Since he had nothing to do currently, he began to think of random things like Aakesh''s background or how muchpensation Garos paid to Aakesh.


    Time flew by, and around an hour passed in a sh.


    As usual, Aakesh was rxing on his chair with his eyes closed due to not having any customers when he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps at the store''s gate.


    Since every customer at this point was very valuable, Aakesh opened his eyes and looked in that direction.


    Another familiar face weed his sight as the person stood at the gate, looking at the store while frowning. It was none other than the fourth general, the Thorron with the highest cultivation present that day.


    Jemiah had a frown on his face as he looked at the store''s gate. He could see with his naked eyes that the store''s gates were open, but when he tried to see the content inside, he felt a blurry wall blocking his sight.


    Jemiah had heard of arrays that could block the sight and hearing of outsiders, but those were rather expensive. He didn''t think he woulde across one in a store here.


    Still, those arrays couldn''t block him from checking what was going on inside, as he was only one step away from reaching the Divine Lord.


    Jemiah decided to give it a try as he attempted to push his senses inside. Suddenly a headache attacked him, and he immediately took his senses back.


    It didn''t even happen for one-tenth of a second, and yet Jemiah had a bead of sweat forming over his forehead. The moment was instantaneous, but it was still enough to force Jemiah into the gates of death.


    Jemiah let out a big sigh of relief because it was just a questioning feeling and not a forceful intrusion. He didn''t even dare to imagine the consequences of forcefully intruding into the store.<sub> </sub>


    The status of the store and the non-demon rose further in Jemiah''s heart after that. As he took a deep breath, he raised his right foot and stepped into the store.


    Jemiah''s sight caught the familiar non-demon staring at him with his usual expression from that day. And when Jemiah tried to look around because he didn''t want to look straight toward Aakesh, he found a familiar sight in the store.


    Seeing Jemiah look at him, the general nodded to greet Jemiah. Jemiah did the same and moved his eyes back to the store owner. He didn''t directly look at Aakesh, but at the chair.


    Since Jemiah was already here, there was no point in greeting the non-demon.


    "So this is the store you own," Jemiah said as he reached Aakesh. His tone was neutral. Even though he was terrified of Aakesh and his background, he couldn''t bring himself to respect Aakesh because of his low cultivation level.


    Aakesh noticed that the general was not directly looking at him. He didn''t care about what was going on in the general''s head, so he simply nodded in response.


    "Oh, look at me; I forgot to introduce myself," Jemiah suddenly said with an apology smile.


    "I am Jemiah, one of the generals in Thorr city defense."


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh said tly.


    Jemiah then wasted time further talking about random things rted to Aakesh and himself, and when he saw Aakesh''splete disinterest in anything unrted to the store, he finally asked Aakesh about the store''s products.


    Time flew by, and after a few minutes, Jemiah also stood at the corner near the portal room, waiting for his turn to arrive.


    After Jemiah joined the corner after paying his fee of thirty-five lesser Sacred stones, Aakesh called out the quest screen.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest only visible to him appeared in front of him.


    [Mission objective: Sell products to ten customers,


    Requirement: You had four products in the Primal dimension, three of which are unlocked. Only the Panagea is currently active. Sell three Panagea hours or more to ten customers,


    Time limit: Four Days,


    Customers: 5/10,


    Time left: Six days,


    Mission reward: Activation of the other three products,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    Aakesh nodded as he looked at the screen. Since the system didn''t count the two generals who were still waiting to enter Panagea, the store had five customers. After counting the two generals, the store was only three customers away from achieving the condition.

 Chapter 864 The Quest(1)

    Chapter 864: The Quest(1)


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the quest screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    Time continued to fly, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Ricky''s six hours in Panagea were up, so the system forced him out.


    Ricky had a crying face as he turned around and looked at the virtual portal. The beating he had received in Panagea from the group of children was still fresh in his memory.


    What was more aggravating was that the group of children could only be considered newborns, and they yed him like he would y a newborn.


    After returning to the real world, his original strength returned. Since he couldn''t beat them in Panagea, he took sce in the fact that it wasn''t his authentic strength.


    "I will show hell to those bastards tomorrow," Ricky vowed with gritted teeth as he remembered that tomorrow was thest day for the quest. His ability to use energy depended on the result, so he couldn''t becent.


    ''I will go train in the time chamber,'' Ricky thought, as it was the only way for him to train his strength in several hours.


    The time chamber was a chamber where time could be manipted for training. It belonged to a top organization that had branches spread across the entire Sacred dimension. It was very famous and expensive.


    Because there weren''t enough people with the fortune to cover the organization''s costs, the time chamber in Thorr City was only rudimentary. Five times the original time was the maximum that Thorr City''s time maniption could reach. And even that cost an outrageous amount in Sacred stones.


    Another thing was missing from the time chamber in Thorr city; the cultivators could only train physically in the chamber.


    At the same time, the time spent in the chamber was equal to going through that time, so the body would have aged. But since the people in the Sacred dimension were Immortal, they didn''t have to care about them reaching their lifespan. They only needed enough money to train for as long as they desired.


    Ricky needed to train his physical skills since he couldn''t use any energy in Panagea. Training in the time chamber was Ricky''s best bet to ensure his sess in the quest.


    Since Ricky had made his decision, he didn''t waste any time and exited the portal room. Aftering out, he came face to face with Jemiah.


    Ricky nodded to greet Jemiah. Jemiah repeated the same gesture. Jemiah wanted to stop Ricky and ask him about Panagea, but Ricky left in a hurry even before Jemiah could speak.


    Jemiah could feel that there was something wrong with Ricky, as his aura seemed to be turbulent. His curiosity over Panagea became even more intense. He then turned around to talk to the general about it when he found nothing but empty air in that ce.


    Jemiah smiled wryly as the general had already left for Panagea.


    More time flew by as six hours passed for the two generals inside Panagea. Even though they entered at the same time, the duo decided to go their own ways in Panagea.


    Since both of them had entered at the same time, the system forced them to exit simultaneously as well.


    As the two generals appeared in the portal room, they looked at each other. A wondrous expression had adorned their faces, but since none of them wanted to say anything about their quest, they didn''t say anything and left the portal room.


    As Jemiah saw two generalsing out of the door one after another, he decided to ask them about the Panagea, but simr to Ricky: they seemed to be in a hurry as they left after greeting Jemiah.


    Jemiah didn''t stand there on ceremony after he was left alone, but he proceeded toward the portal room since it was finally his turn.<sub> </sub>


    After Jemiah entered the portal room, Aakesh became the only soul to be present in the store''s hall. He continued rxing with closed eyes.


    Around an hour had passed in the blink of an eye when Aakesh opened his eyes after sensing the sound of footsteps.


    As he looked at the door, he found thest general out of the six standing at the door.


    Frederick frowned as he got a familiar feeling when he stood at the store''s entrance. He remembered how he had knocked several times in a row when this building had appeared out of nowhere in thend he liked.


    Now he got the same feeling, as he neither saw anything nor did he hear any voiceing from outside. But since Frederick wasn''t as daring as Jemiah, he didn''t dare have his senses enter; he instead stepped inside.


    Frederick''s eyes caught Aakesh''s eyes looking at him with an indifferent expression. Frederick moved his eyes immediately and proceeded in the direction of the chair.


    After learning about Panagea, Frederick couldn''t stop himself as he paid thirty-five lesser Sacred stones to Aakesh and entered Panagea. Unlike the other generals, Frederick''s luck was better as he didn''t have to wait for hours and he got his turn immediately.


    "Two more to go," Aakesh mumbled after Frederick entered Panagea.


    ***


    While Aakesh was waiting for two more customers to arrive in his store, a strange scene was happening in one corner of Thorr city.


    Seventh street was the most prosperous street in Thorr city. It also held the popr time chamber.


    In front of the building, two people stumbled across each other and both of them looked as shell-shocked as the other.


    "Why are you here?"


    ''Damn it, why did he have toe right now?''


    The man asked while at the same time he thought in his heart.


    The second man in question had the same reaction. These two were none other than the two generals that left the store around an hour ago.


    Beforepleting a quest, adventurers wouldn''t be able to manipte energy, so they wouldn''t be able to use skills. Since things were like this, they would need to depend on physicalbat methods if they wanted toplete quests.


    Those who had a bit of money and were knowledgeable would think of a time chamber to learn some physicalbat methods.


    The two generals then began to share their ordeal of what they had gone through in Panagea in just six hours.


    Both of them seemed to be great friends as they shared their bruises. The duo then went their separate ways after talking some more.


    The generals were going to be here for eternity, but the quest wasn''t. It had a deadline, and neither of them wanted to fail their first mission.


    The sun''s setting signaled the end of the day and the start of the night. And with it, a store closed its doors.

 Chapter 865 Training And Panagea!

    Chapter 865: Training and Panagea!


    As the sun set, Aakesh closed the doors of the store, announcing an end to a somewhat fruitful day for the store.


    It was now time for training, and both Aakesh and Lily disappeared from the store''s hall and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily chose her usual training environment and left, while Aakesh went to the weapon section to pick his weapon for the day and then left.


    As Aakesh found himself in familiar surroundings, a regr blue screen popped in front of him.


    Aakesh reflexively tapped on the screen, choosing to start from the first round.


    Today, he had gotten the il for the battle while his opponent was a creature several times asrge as him.


    The creature was green all over, with a C-like horn on its head. It only had a single vertical eye, with ck sclera and green pupils, the same color as the creature''s skin.


    [Ding!]


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Aakesh made the first move as he casually waved the il. The striking head flew toward the creature and hit it right in the center of its face.


    The battle ended as soon as it began, as that casual strike turned the creature''s head into a blood mist, resulting in instant death.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    A striking head, appearing to be the same size as a football ground, crashed into the creature, resulting in a scream escaping from its destroyed mouth.


    In the cracks of the battle arena, Aakesh continued to hit the same spot one after another, stopping only when there was nothing left but blood in ce of the creature.


    Aakesh won another battle, but this didn''te easily, as Aakesh''s injuries showed. A deep gash extending from his left shoulder to his waist created a gory sight.


    The next moment, a green light covered Aakesh, and the numerous injuries spread across Aakesh''s body healed in no time. At the same time, a blue light shrouded the arena.


    Suddenly everything stopped as if time had stopped existing, and soon, a blue screen popped in front of him.


    Aakesh tapped on the screen, choosing to start the one-hundred-and-sixteenth round of battle. It was the highest stage that Aakesh had gotten to so far, but Aakesh had to give his opponent credit as well.


    The opponent for today''s battle seemed to have less talent than the other opponents he usually faced in training. At the same time, the il also countered the creature.


    [Ding!]


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the 117th round of battle.


    The creature, spanning tens of miles, looked down at Aakesh as it made its move.


    Aakesh didn''t wait for the attack toe and jumped as high as he could by forcing energy into his legs.


    In no time, Aakesh reached the same height as the creature. Aakesh spun the striking head as he waved the rod.


    The creature seemed to have anticipated the attack, so soon after it saw the striking head approaching it, it opened its mouth and let out a scream.


    The striking head seemed to stop for a second, but it continued to fly toward the creature. But when it reached the creature, it only shed with empty air.<sub> </sub>


    Aakesh''s face turned solemn as he sensed extreme danger to his life. He attempted to pull the striking head back, but before he could, he felt something piercing through his heart.


    As he looked down, a big see-through hole weed Aakesh''s sight.


    Thud!


    The next moment, the surroundings turned dark, and Aakesh crashed to the ground with a loud sound.


    If Aakesh had even a little life left after the hit, the crash had taken it away, as the quick fall turned Aakesh into a mangled mess.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, there was no pain, as he was long dead. The creature roared in triumph as it finally killed its opponent, seeing his mangled body lying on the ground. It wanted to charge at the corpse, but some invisible energy warned it against it.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the entire arena. As soon as it disappeared, the battle arena returned to its undamaged state and was once again silent.


    Aakesh appeared in the selection area after his death.


    Lily wasn''t here as there was still time left before her training ended, so Aakesh chose another training environment and left.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in a sh.


    "Only two more customers," Aakesh said, smiling as he told Lily about the quest.


    Anything that affected Aakesh also affected her, so she showed interest in the quests from time to time.


    The duo then talked for a few more minutes, and after that, they stood up and returned to the store''s hall.


    As usual, Lily summoned the room and went to Pangea. After Lily left, Aakesh also proceeded toward the portal room.


    ***


    Aakesh appeared in the same spot where he had left Panagea. After a long time, Aakesh didn''t have to worry about his ss. His only focus was to level up.


    Since Aakesh was already in a forest and hadn''t used the skill Wolfbane until now, he decided today was the day.


    Time flew by, and fourteen hours passed in a sh.


    Aakesh had used the skill to its full extent as he emptied one of the wolves'' colonies. It wasn''t without reward, as Aakesh was only a day away from leveling up.


    There were still several hours left before sunrise, so if Aakesh wanted, he could level up only today. But Aakesh decided against it.


    In the Sacred dimension, he could cultivate on his own using the purer lesser Sacred stones. Aakesh had decided to put meditation on the back burner until he upgraded his ss.


    Since the ss Watcher was now Mythical, the time to meditate had arrived.


    The next moment, Aakesh returned to a safe area since he was currently present in the massacre area. If some extra powerful beast had arrived here, he would have died for nothing. After finding a safe ce, Aakesh exited Panagea.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared in the portal room.


    Aakesh then summoned the pouch carrying the purer lesser Sacred stones. He took out the one he had used on his first day here and began to meditate.

 Chapter 866 Fear!

    Chapter 866: Fear!


    There was no sense of time while Aakesh meditated, as he lost himself wholly in that feeling.


    As the energy leaking from the stone melted into Aakesh, he felt afortable feeling wash over his body.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise in Thorr City!]


    The system''s emotionless voice broke Aakesh out of his meditation as it informed him.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and looked at the Sacred stone floating near the area between his eyebrows. Aakesh could see that it had shrunkpared to yesterday.


    The next moment, a blue screen telling Aakesh about his progress through the meditation appeared.


    "Hey, system, only inform me about my progress whenever my absorption rate increases," Aakesh told the system, and he waved his hands.


    [Yes, Host!]


    The next moment, the blue screen disappeared, and Aakesh stood up from his meditation.


    Time flew by, and the sun rose on Thorr City. With it, the darkness returned to its hiding ce while biding its time.


    At the same time, the store on Seventeenth Street also opened its door.


    It had only been a few days since the killing by the store owner, so the fear was still fresh in the minds of the people on 17th Street.


    At the same time, curiosity had also risen in the people''s hearts as the store owner was a non-demon. Who would know better about the Demon than the Demon themselves?


    Thorrons were one of the branches of the Demon race, so the arrogance of being from the Demon race was also engraved in their bones. How could they digest the fact that a non-demon killed several demons in front of everyone, and there were no consequences for that? They didn''t care who was right or wrong; they only cared about why the non-demon was still alive.


    Due to this question about the non-demon store owner, many people became interested in knowing about the store owner. If he was still alive, it could only mean two things; either his background was terrifying, or he was someone who was strong himself.


    The rumors about the non-demon''s links with the city lord had already spread across Seventeenth Street. But no one took them seriously in the early phases, as the inhabitants believed that the city lord would never have any contact with non-demons. But after seeing the city not act against him, the people began to believe what they heard.


    When Aakesh opened the door to his store, he found a figure waiting there.


    It was none other than Favan. After Aakesh returned to his chair, Favan also followed inside.


    Favan first greeted Aakesh and then paid for his entry to Panagea today. Aakesh took the money, and Favan left.


    Favan had only reached the door of the portal room when he heard footsteps inside the store.


    Favan believed the owners of the footsteps to be hispetitors, so he stopped and turned around to take a look at them.


    He froze in his steps when he found out the identity of the person. It wasn''t one person, but two. But one of them was carried by the other, so only the sound of a single person''s footsteps had risen.<sub> </sub>


    ''What is he doing here?'' Favan pondered in his heart.


    Favan didn''t let any emotion show on his face, but inside he was shell-shocked since the man was none other than Garoun''s father.


    Even in his dream, Favan didn''t expect Garoun''s father to be visiting this store. There was a doubt in his heart that it was the first time the father hade here, but when he saw how familiarly the father went to the store owner, his heart turned cold.


    When Favan had told Aakesh about Garoun''s plotting against the store, he had taken the Divine Lord''s father''s reaction into ount.


    Favan had hoped for the Divine Lord''s father to end the same way his son did, in the hands of the store owner. But the father''s bing a customer of the store subverted his expectations.


    From the way the father talked to the store owner, it didn''t seem like there was any enmity between them. But Favan''s safety had depended on it.


    The store owner had the capability and background to end the father''s life, but he himself was only ate Divine Transformation level cultivator.


    Although his mother was a member of a high-level organization, she was only a low-level member. The organization would never care for what happened to Favan.


    Although the father learned of his son''s death, he was powerless to do anything to the store owner, which showed the owner''s terrifying capability. But once the father even caught a whiff of him being the whistleblower that resulted in Garoun''s death, Favan didn''t even dare imagine what would happen to him.


    Although only the store owner knew about him being the whistleblower, nobody knew what could happen in the future.


    Favan didn''t enter Panagea right away but waited for the man and his unconscious partner to enter first.


    Garos find it surprising that the man in front of them stopped, but since he didn''t care much, he stopped thinking about it and entered the portal room.


    Favan heaved a sigh of relief as Garoun''s father entered the room. When Garoun''s father looked at him, he felt a heavy pressure attacking him.


    Fortunately for him, the pressure in Panagea helped him stay calm, so no expression showed on his face.


    Favan then hurriedly approached Aakesh. Aakesh was going to close his eyes, but he sensed Favan''s approach, so he didn''t and looked at him.


    Favan couldn''t hold his calm expression any longer, so his terrified face showed itself in front of Aakesh.


    "I won''t tell on you," Aakesh suddenly stated expressionlessly.


    Even before Favan could say anything, Aakesh understood what he wanted to say.


    Favan was the one who had told him about Garoun trying to sabotage the store, and Garos was Garoun''s father.


    Even though Garos couldn''t take revenge on Aakesh, he could kill Favan to feel better.


    Aakesh wasn''t the one to speak needlessly, but he still told Favan as his information had helped the store establish itself in the eyes of others. Aakesh wasn''t going to harm someone who helped the store.


    Favan felt a wave of relief pass over his body after he heard Aakesh. The respect for Aakesh grew even deeper in his heart.

 Chapter 867 A New Customer(1)

    Chapter 867: A New Customer(1)


    Favan heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Aakesh''s words. He then thanked Aakesh and turned around in the direction of the portal room.


    Only a few minutes had passed after Favan''s entry into Panagea when Aakesh opened his eyes. He saw Ricky hurrying into the store.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Ricky requested, and he began to take out the required sum from his space ring.


    Ricky hade this early as he didn''t want to wait for hours like yesterday, but a few secondster, he had to face disappointment as the three virtual portals had already be filled with customers.


    After leaving the store yesterday, Ricky went to the time chamber to train. He had spent arge chunk of his savings on training.


    His fighting techniques had slightly improved, as he couldn''t just turn into a battle god in the span of a day.


    "Store owners, what if I reserve my seat by paying double and then return at the exit time of the first group?" Ricky suddenly said and looked toward Aakesh with hopeful eyes.


    Aakesh drenched his hopes with a bucket of cool water as he tly refused. Aakesh stated that he would need to wait here if he wanted to reserve his seat.


    Ricky had no choice but to go to the corner from yesterday since he didn''t believe that Aakesh would change his answer.


    After Ricky went to the corner, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    The session didn''t continue for long, and only around a minute after Ricky went to the corner, Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps at the store''s gate.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and looked at the door, only to be slightly surprised and excited. An unfamiliar man stood at the gate of the store, questioningly looking at the door.


    Finally, an unfamiliar customer was going to step into the store after Favan. It was a Thorron as well. In this city, finding a non-demon was as challenging as finding a needle among haystacks.


    The Thorron seemed to be reserved as he stood at the gate for a few seconds. Myriads of expressions passed through the man''s face in that short time.


    ***


    Rodrick was a peak Divine Transformation level cultivator, on the verge of a breakthrough to the Divine Being level.


    Rodrick''s family operated a restaurant chain across Thorr City. Rodrick was one of the sons in the fight for the top position in the family.


    Rodrick''s restaurant''s branch on Seventeenth Street was not far from the non-demon''s store. He was also one of those who heard about the killings of a bunch of Thorrons by a non-demon in daylight while the soldiers could do nothing but stand.


    Rodrick also wanted the non-demon to pay for the killings of Thorron with his death, like the majority of Thorrons on Seventeenth Street.


    Since Rodrick was in a fight for the family head''s position, he also wanted to use the non-demon for his benefit. Someone who could tell the soldiers what to do would never face thew.


    Rodrick decided to capitalize on the non-demon''s terrifying background to further his goals.


    Rodrick wasn''t like the majority of Vurrons in the five cities. Due to his family''s wealth, he traveled the Kingdom. He had seen the power, wealth, and knowledge gaps between the races. The Vurrons were a mediocre race that only stood out due to two people, the city lords of Thorr City and Corr City. If anything happened to these two, the Vurrons would copse and be just like other races.


    Rodrick didn''t limit his ns to a single city, but he dreamed of having a branch of his restaurant in every city across the Kingdom, then the world, and then the Sacred dimension. To further his dreams, he needed help.


    The city lord stood aloof, so Rodrick would never be able to have a face-to-face conversation with him. Rodrick knew no one other, but all of that changed after he learned about the non-demon''s actions and the reaction of the defense corps.


    Rodrick was a man of his word, so he decided to meet the non-demon as early as possible. But now that Rodrick was here, he couldn''t raise his foot to step into the store.


    ''What do I even have that would make the non-demon interested in working with me?'' Rodrick thought and thought, but he didn''t get any answer. Even he refused to work with someone like him when Rodrick put himself in the shoes of the non-demon.


    Business always took ce between equals, and Rodrick couldn''t find any factor that could help him stand on the same pedestal as the non-demon.<sub> </sub>


    Since Rodrick couldn''t get an answer to his question, the thought of turning around and leaving emerged in his heart, but even that he couldn''t do.


    ''I have been waiting for an opportunity for years now, and when I see a window, I want to leave it,'' Rodrick thought in his heart, and a helpless smile crept across his face.


    ''I at least need to talk with the non-demon. I can''t just turn around and leave,'' Rodrick thought, bing determined to talk to the non-demon.


    This thought gave thest push to Rodrick as he raised his foot and stepped into the store.


    Ricky, who had been waiting at one corner, raised his face and looked in the direction of the sound. After finding that it wasn''t someone he knew, he returned back to his meditation.


    Rodrick also caught sight of Ricky. He recognized Ricky since Rodrick hade across Ricky many times during his patrol.


    Rodrick couldn''t help but feel disdain toward Ricky, as not only the soldiers could do nothing against the non-demon, but now a general was sitting inside the store. At the same time, a curiosity also rose in his heart about what was the thing that could make a general wait.


    Rodrick moved his eyes away from Ricky and began to look around, and then his sight finally came across the non-demon''s indifferent eyes.


    Rodrick''s heart skipped a beat as he saw those eyes. He then took a deep breath and approached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner! I am Rodrick," Rodrick greeted and introduced himself. The respect in his tone was the same as how a cultivator treats other cultivators.


    Aakesh answered expressionlessly, "I am Aakesh."


    "I run a restaurant here; if you have time, you shoulde," Rodrick invited Aakesh with a smile.


    Aakesh only nodded in response as if his words were expensive. Rodrick stood there awkwardly for a few seconds after that since he didn''t expect silence in response to his invitation.


    ''A yes or no wouldn''t have taken many words,'' Rodrick thought in his heart, but he didn''t say it out loud and maintained the smile on his face.


    "Store owner, what product does this store sell?" Rodrick wasn''t going to bring his ns in the first meeting since he needed to at least have some kind of friendship with Aakesh before that. And what better way to make friends with a store owner other than by buying their products? Rodrick thought the same. Since he had nothing of value to bring to Aakesh, he would try to make friends with him.


    Aakesh was waiting for this question, so he began to introduce the world of Panagea to another customer.


    Rodrick was only being curious when he asked about the product, but at the end of the introduction, his mouth was wide open enough to push a man''s head through it.


    Rodrick had never expected him toe across such a product in Thorr City. During his travels in Gotaon City, Rodrick came across an item that had the same capability as Panagea.


    It was an illusion array that when someone entered, they would find themselves in a new world. There they could train and grow stronger without the fear of death. But even there, a death resulted in the weakening of mental power. It took time for the mental power to restore itself to its peak again.


    But from what Aakesh said, Panagea had no such weakness. It was just like their world, but in Panagea, he could revive no matter how many times he died without any effects on his body. The only thing that he needed to pay was money, and everything would be fine.


    Rodrick wanted to use Aakesh''s terrifying background to increase the footprints of his restaurant, but after hearing about Panagea, he gave up on it.


    Someone who could bring a product like Panagea to the masses would be someone with whom the current Rodrick could never trade or be friends. But Panagea could help him grow stronger, and then he could do the things he wanted on his own.


    Rodrick seemed to see himself in a future where he had be one of the strongest and wealthiest men in the Sacred dimension. Every word of his could change countless destinies.


    A few minutester, Ricky gotpany as Rodrick meditated not far from him, waiting for his turn to arrive.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


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 Chapter 868 A New Customer(2)

    Chapter 868: A New Customer(2)


    Not long after Rodrick, another customer stepped foot in the store. But this time, it was a familiar customer, one of the generals who had already been to the store.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The six hours for Favan, Garos, and Elera were still some time away from ending, but the number of waiting customers had already reached seven.


    All customers from the Sacred dimension were simultaneously present either in the store''s hall or in Panagea at that time.


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair with closed eyes when he excitedly opened them as he heard the sound of footsteps emerging from the door.


    As the store was only one customer away from achieving the target set by the system, if the next one became a customer, then the store would grow even more tomorrow.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and looked at the female Thorron standing at the door.


    ***


    Richa was one of the generals in the city''s army. The area under her patrol was different than Seventeenth Street.


    One of the soldiers in her group was married. Her husband belonged to Jemiah''s group, so he also witnessed the scenes of the non-demon being unfazed by the generals.


    The soldier told his wife, and the wife shared this piece of information with her group. Richa also found out about the situation this way.


    Richa came from a noble background, as her family was only second to the city lord''s family in Thorr City. She was outraged to learn that the non-demon had killed Thorrons indiscriminately in front of everyone.


    Richa was one of the people who didn''t care about the non-demon''s background, but what she cared was about providing justice to the dead. Richa heard about the reason the non-demon had given for killing several Thorrons, but she didn''t believe it.


    She took a few days'' breaks from her work and began to search for whether the reason was correct or not. Richa had thought that it would take some time to find the truth, but it only took her half an hour to find out that Garoun had in fact plotted against the non-demon''s store.


    No matter whom she asked on Seventeenth Street, they told her about the threat from Garoun''s goons.


    After finding out that Aakesh wasn''t the first to attack, Richa decided to return to work. She wasn''t like others who had a prejudice against non-demons. She wanted to make a fair society where no one''s status would matter.


    But for some reason, a voice from her heart asked her to at least check the non-demon''s store since someone from a powerful background wouldn''t sell measly items.


    Richa didn''t kill the voice and decided to check on the store. Now that she was in front of the store''s gate, she felt that it was their of an extremely powerful being.


    Richa couldn''t see or hear anything about what was going on inside the store, but that didn''t surprise her as much as others. Even her room had the same array. It wasn''t as powerful as what was in the store, but still, it was there.


    Richa wasn''t one to back off. Now that she hade here, she needed to check out the store for herself. As for her being in danger, Richa didn''t feel it to be true.


    If the store were dangerous, the city lord would have surely acted and thrown the non-demon out of the city.


    Richa then took a deep breath and stepped inside the store. Her footsteps broke the silence inside the store.


    Richa found the stones used as the floor to be familiar, but she couldn''t put her fingers on it. She didn''t waste her time thinking about it and gave up.


    Her eyes then began to wander around the store. Every inch of the store gave her a feeling of pricelessness.


    Richa''s eyes also caught the generals meditating in one corner of the store. Except for one, Richa recognized everyone in that group.


    Richa didn''t go to disturb them, but she looked at the blue-skinned non-demon. Richa found that the non-demon was also looking at her, but he moved his eyes away only after a single nce.


    Richa felt chilled when she saw those indifferent eyes. Richa had never seen this expression in anyone''s eye, let alone a store owner.


    Richa didn''t waste her time, standing there, remembering those eyes. She proceeded forward in the non-demon''s direction, as she had also grown curious about the store product that could make a general like Jemiah sit here.


    Richa had only reached Aakesh when she heard the sound of footstepsing from the direction of the room. Richa turned around and stood shocked as she recognized the man stepping out of the room.


    "Uncle Garos," Richa couldn''t help but call out in surprise.


    Garos also stopped in his steps as he looked in the direction of the sound.


    "Richa, what are you doing here?"


    Garos asked as he approached her. Rodrick and Ricky''s turn had arrived after Garos and Elera left, so they rushed into the room.


    When Garos left Panagea, the noise woke up the other generals, who were meditating on the scene. They recognized Richa since she was not only a general but also came from a noble background in Thorr City. After seeing that she was talking to Garos, the generals didn''t interrupt and returned to their meditations.<sub> </sub>


    "How did you find out about this store?" Garos asked when he reached Richa.


    Garos had met Richa a few times because Garos was friendly with Richa''s father. Richa lived quite far from Seventeenth Street, so seeing Richa in the store came as a surprise to Aakesh.


    Even Garos lived far away, but only due to the death of his son was he able to find out about the store. Garos didn''t think Richa knew about Garoun''s death or his rtion to him since they had never met each other.


    Richa honestly began to share about how she came here. Garos couldn''t help but feel warm in his heart after learning that Richa came here to ask for justice. Even though she didn''t know Garoun, Garoun was still one of the deceased in that situation.


    Richa noticed the change in Garos''s emotions. She couldn''t help but grow confused, as she didn''t know what happened. Garos didn''t tell her the truth about his rtionship with Garoun.


    After sharing her reason, Richa asked Garos why Elera was unconscious, and he was carrying her.


    Garos only smiled in response to Richa''s question and asked her to get it from the store owner.


    Garos didn''t stand there long, as he needed to ce Elera on herfortable bed.


    A few minutester, Richa also joined the waiting group.


    Around a minute after Richa began her meditation, the system forced Favan out of the Panagea.


    He looked agitated as he hurriedly left the portal room and the store.


    The general, whose turn had arrived, didn''t waste a moment and rushed inside the portal room.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in silence.


    The system forced the general out after his time in Panagea was over. Themotion caused by his exit from the portal room made Richa open her eyes.


    The next moment, she closed her eyes with dejection since there were still many people left before her turn arrived. More time flew by, and Richa''s turn finally arrived.


    When Richa entered the portal room, only one more person was left to enter Panagea. It was also a new customer, who hade to the store after a lot of mental struggle. After Richa entered the portal, Aakesh alsopleted the quest.


    Only a few minutes after Richa left, thest customer got his turn.


    In the Sacred dimension, the virtual portal was filled for the first time for all four rounds when the man stepped into the Panagea.


    More time flew by, and when only around an hour was left before sunset, a door appeared in the store''s hall out of nowhere.


    Click!


    Not long after, the door opened with a clicking sound, and soon after, Lily stepped out of it.


    There was a gloomy aura surrounding Lily when she was stepping down the stairs, but when she saw Aakesh smiling at her, the gloom disappeared. After reaching the floor, Lily jumped on Aakesh''s head and made herselffortable on his head.


    Aakesh smiled and began ying with Lily. He didn''t ask why she was gloomy since Lily would share that with him after the training.


    Time flew by, and the sun set down. With it, themps lit up across the city.


    Not long after, two teleportations urred in the store, one after another. It was Frederick and Richa after him.


    Both of them greeted each other with a smile and then without wasting any time, they made their way outside


    Time flew by.


    After thest customer left, Aakesh closed the store''s door, bringing an end to a fruitful day for the store.


    ***


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 Chapter 869 Reward!!!

    Chapter 869: Reward!!!


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the mission objective: Sell product to ten customers!]


    [Mission Reward: Activation of the other three products, sessfully given!]


    [Host, please check the specific destination for the products.]


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed the entirety of the store. Aakesh could see the inside expanding at an unprecedented rate.


    When the process ended, a counter appeared in the store''s hall, and two new rooms also appeared.


    Both the rooms had locked doors, but Aakesh could sense that he only needed to touch the doors, and they would automatically unlock.


    Rather than approaching the doors immediately, Aakesh walked over to the newly-installed counter.


    A single row of pills with five shelves had appeared, and right below each bracket, the detail of that pill was written.


    Simr to the Primal dimension, the pills had three grades at each level, starting from the lowest level, titled ''lesser''.


    The lesser-level pills affected cultivators in stages varying from early Divine Transformation to peak Divine Being. Some first-grade lesser pills with top-notch quality even worked for Divine Lord level cultivators.


    All five newly emerged pills were of lesser level, but due to their top-notch quality, they could work for early and intermediate Divine Lords as well.


    Aakesh didn''t waste any time and began to read the details of the newly emerged pills.


    First-grade lesser body healing pill: The pill can heal minor injuries up to peak Divine Being, while it would only work for Divine Lords if taken inrge numbers. It costs 10 lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser mental healing pill: The pill can heal minor mental traumas up to peak Divine Being. It would only work for Divine Lords when taken inrge numbers. It cost 15 lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser soul healing pill: The pill can heal minor soul injuries up to peak Divine Being. It would only work for Divine Lords when taken inrge numbers. It cost 25 lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser energy meditation pill: It helps the user in their meditation up to peak Divine Being. This pill didn''t work for Divine Lords. It cost 10 lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser energy purification pill: It helps the user purify the impurities mixed in their energy up to peak Divine Being. This pill doesn''t work for Divine Lords. It cost 50 lesser Sacred stones.


    Aakesh read the details of all five pills. The descriptions were the same as what he had gotten in the Primal dimension, except for the lesser energy purification pill.


    There was a reason the system told Aakesh to cultivate using purer lesser Sacred stones.


    The Sacred energy seeped everywhere and wasn''t 100% pure. It was also the reason for the slow cultivation in the Sacred dimension, as the body needed to eliminate as many impurities as possible. It didn''t matter in the early phases, but if the energy contained in the cultivator''s body wasn''t ny percent pure, achieving the True God level was impossible.


    The purification process was challenging, so the pill was also the most expensive of the bunch.


    The lesser energy purification pill was also the item that was going to treat Elera. Maleros was a disease caused by an overload of energy.


    As the pill began to purify the energy, it discarded impurities, reducing energy overload significantly. Once taken in sufficient numbers, only the pure energy would remain in Elera''s body. It would result in her diagnosis.


    But since it was only a lesser level pill, Elera would need to eat several of them, and it would also only purify energy up to eighty percent. It was already the best rate avable on the market, as the best pharmacy in Thorr City only sold pills worth sixty percent purity. To go higher than that, the pill level would need to be higher, and the cost would also grow exponentially.


    Aakesh''s store was already selling lesser pills with eighty percent purity, so Aakesh could sense the storm the pill would cause in the future. Thorr City was only a low-level area in the Sacred dimension, with the vast majority of its poption not even reaching Divine Being. It was the perfect ce for the item to explode.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it as he didn''t need to waste his time over it unnecessarily.


    He then turned around and looked at the two unlocked rooms.


    The three rooms were in a straight line, and the closest was the portal room. Walking past that were the two rooms, one after another.


    In the Sacred dimension, the space inside the store wasn''t unlimited like in the Primal dimension. This phase of the store was set to grow from weak to strong, so as the store grew and Aakeshpleted more quests, the space would expand as well.


    The unavability of the space was the primary reason behind Aakesh not thinking of setting his annual event here, or it would have also been a great way for the store to promote itself.


    "How boring!"


    Lilymented, seated on Aakesh''s head. Aakesh only smiled and ruffled her smooth fur. He walked past the portal room and stood in front of the first locked room.


    Since Aakesh could feel that he only needed to touch the handle and the door would automatically unlock, he didn''t waste any time and touched it.


    Click!


    A clicking sound rang in the area as the door opened backward, and soon after, they disappeared as if the door was Aakesh''s imagination.


    Aakesh entered the room and came across the familiar sight of pirs and weapon counters.


    The interior was simr to what the store had in the Primal dimension, but as the space here wasn''t unlimited, there were only five columns present in the room.


    The columns were made in a way that they formed a circle, while the counters ced near the pirs acted as doors for entry.


    Since there were only five pirs, the store could only sell five weapons. The five pirs were swords, spears, bows, sabers, and des. These were the five most popr weapons in Thorr City and the area around it.


    Only the spear and bow were different among the five, while three could get categorized into one category.


    A simr ssification system was prevalent for weapons as well as pills.


    The lowest titled level of the weapon in the Sacred dimension was Lesser as well.


    Unlike the three grades of pills, the weapon had four sub-levels. Ordinary, Medium, Top, Peak.


    Cultivators at the Divine Transformation level could only use ordinary and medium-lesser level weapons, while cultivators at the Divine Being level could use the remaining two groups.


    The five counters that were set up next to the five pirs were big and had several shelves, but only one shelf had weapons on it. The shelf was partitioned into four, referring to the four sub-levels of the weapons.


    Aakesh didn''t check the weapons immediately but ced his focus on the five pirs. These were simrly made of the bones of Space Bone Dragon.


    Each pir contained infinite space for training the user in their weapons.


    The difficulty level for cultivators in the training area was simr to what it was in the Primal dimension: trivial, normal, moderate, difficult, Immortal, Gods & Demons. But in the Sacred dimension, there was a seventh addition to the difficulty level: Primordial.


    Since currently, the weapons were only present for those of Divine Transformation to Divine Being, the Primordial level difficulty wasn''t active. It didn''t look like it would be any time soon.


    ording to the system, it was impossible to reduce those from the third dimension''s strength to an extent where those below the levels above True God could even bear the presence of the Primordial, let alone fight.


    The highest cultivation level in the entire Kingdom was only True God, so the store was still far from achieving a stage where it would begin selling products to those above that level.


    Only the six remaining difficulty levels were active, but the time difference wasn''t as outrageous as what it was in the Primal dimension.


    In the Primal dimension, the time inside the Gods & Demons levels difficulty training area flowed a thousand times faster than the actual time flow. It was not possible in the Sacred dimension. The cost wasn''t worth spending. The system wasn''t here for charity. It only invested in things where it could get its investment back.


    The time flow inside the Gods & Demons levels difficulty flew ten times as faster, while in the Immortal level, the time flow rate decreased to only twice the rate as the actual world.


    At the same time, the system didn''t set this time to be permanent. It told Aakesh that there were quests that would help Aakesh unlock a higher time flow rate.


    After the weapons, it was now time for Aakesh to check thest room. As the products here matched what Aakesh sold in the Primal dimension, so he didn''t have to guess what the product was. It was cultivation arts.


    ***


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 Chapter 870 Rules!!!

    Chapter 870: Rules!!!


    Aakesh touched the lock of the next room, and simr to what happened thest time, the door got unlocked automatically.


    Aakesh stepped forward and entered the room.


    The room had simr aesthetics to the weapons room, but there were no pirs present. Countless murals adorned the walls, giving the room a graceful yet ancient appearance.


    Aakesh ignored the murals for now and focused on his primary purpose for entering the room.


    Aakesh''s eyes then fell on the shelves lying in the middle of the room.


    There were five shelves ced there, with a distance of one meter between each of them.


    The five shelves represented the five types of cultivation arts in the Sacred dimension.


    The five types of cultivation arts were: Lesser, Higher, Supreme, King, and Emperor, with the Lesser grade being the lowest and the Emperor grade being the highest.


    The material used in the making of the shelf was the same as what was used in the Primal dimension: Aruval. But the material here was of a higher grade.


    Even if the energy released by the cultivation arts was of the lowest lesser grade, it was still too much for the Aruval of the Primal Dimension to bear. And the higher the level of the cultivation arts, the stronger the energy leaking from them became.


    In the Primal dimension, only the energy leaking could be seen from Legendary, Mythical, and Immortal grade cultivation arts. But that wasn''t the case here; even at the lowest level, he could see a higher quantity outflow.


    A cultivator reading a book was imprinted on each of the five shelves.


    Even though there were five shelves present in the room, four shelves gave a feeling of emptiness to Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t have to think of a reason for feeling this way. The system had been conservative in the Sacred dimension, as the third phase was supposed to y out in sequence from low to high.


    Aakesh went toward the only shelf that didn''t give him the feeling of emptiness: the Lesser Grade cultivation arts.


    The shelf reached Aakesh''s thigh, so he had to slightly bend down to take out a cultivation art from it.


    The next moment, a page simr to what it looked like in the Primal dimension was in Aakesh''s hands.


    [Name- The Mountain and Sea Art,


    Grade- Lesser grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In the Mountain and Sea Art, the cultivator uses Qi to have the strength of a mountain in their fist while having the agility of crossing the sea in a single jump.


    Users: Divine Transformation & Divine Being.


    Price: 500 ordinary Sacred stones.]


    When Aakesh read the details of the cultivation art, he raised his eyes in surprise.


    The Mountain and Sea Art was the same cultivation art that Aakesh had randomly gotten on his first try in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it and focused on the details.


    In the Sacred dimension, the power system was different, but the levels had the same names. Simr to the Primal dimension, this art focused on the Qi here as well.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but grow surprised when he read the price of the cultivation art. Even a Lesser Grade cultivation art like this cost several hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Keep in mind that the currency wasn''t depreciated as much in the Sacred dimension as it was in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh remembered that the same Mortal grade''s cultivation art cost fifty ordinary Primal stones. But here the cost for the lowest level cultivation art had grown by ten times.


    Aakesh then took out a few other cultivation arts, and as usual, their price was in a simr range. The most expensive even crossed the mark of a thousand ordinary Sacred stones, while the cheapest found by Aakesh was around four hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    (A/N: Ordinary= 1000 lesser!)


    Aakesh had expected the cultivation art to rage as it did in the Primal dimension after he got it. But after seeing the price of the cultivation arts, his hope dashed like someone pouring cold water on fire. It would not only douse the fire but also release a slight chill.


    The vast majority in Thorr City hadn''t evene across an ordinary Sacred stone; forget about them being able to take out hundreds of ordinary stones.


    Even Garos, a Divine Lord, wasn''t that rich. The total wealth Aakesh received inpensation from him was around one hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    The cultivation arts were bound to rage but in a wealthier city. Aakesh didn''t see a future for the cultivation arts in Thorr City anytime in the future.


    "Hey, system, why are cultivation arts this expensive?" Aakesh asked the system.


    From what Aakesh had learned, the Sacred dimension didn''t have problems with cultivation like the Primal dimension. The only reason Aakesh could think of the arts being expensive was the conservative characters of the inhabitants of the Primal dimension.


    Knowledge in the Sacred dimension wasn''t as open as it was in the Primal dimension.


    Even in the Primal dimension, cultivation arts were linked to specific families, and they didn''t share it with anyone other than family members: the scene seemed to be even stricter in the Sacred dimension.


    Aakesh''s conjecture turned out to be correct as the system''s response matched what he thought.


    The knowledge''s value in the Sacred dimension was several times higher than what it was in the Primal dimension, and it was all due to a war that urred countless years ago.


    The war Vritrasura waged had engulfed all three dimensions. The Sacred dimension also bore brunt of that war. The casualty estimated in the war was around three-fourths of the total poption.


    Those who remained became conservative with their knowledge. The poption still hadn''t gotten over the blow it was dealt countless years ago.


    Aakesh didn''t care about the history since he had nothing to do with it. The cultivation arts were bound to explode, even if it didn''t happen in the near future, but it would happen. And once it happened, there would be no taking back.


    "Hey, system, is the preview option still active?" Aakesh suddenly asked the system.


    [Yes, Host!]


    [Themission rates for the preview sales are the same as what you gain from other products!]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but shake his head in disappointment. In the Primal dimension, he was the sole owner of the purchases made in the preview sales since it was his suggestion to the store in the first ce,


    But now that feature had disappeared. Aakesh had expected it, but he still felt some disappointment.


    Since there was only one level of cultivation arts avable for sale, starting tomorrow, the system told Aakesh the price.


    One percent of the total price would be deducted once any customer bought the preview feature. Its rules were the same as earlier.


    The preview sales weren''t refundable. If the customer bought the same cultivation art that they used the preview feature on, they would only need to pay the remaining ny-nine percent of the sum. If they bought another one, the preview cost would be the store''s property.


    The rules set for purchase were almost simr to the Primal dimension.


    For the pills, the customer could only buy three pills of a specific category in a day.


    For the weapons, each customer could only buy one weapon every month.


    For the cultivation arts, each customer could only buy a single cultivation art in their lives of all five levels.


    For the training area, customers could enter the trivial, normal, moderate, and difficult level training areas as many times as they would want to. For the Immortal level difficulty, each customer could only enter for one hour every day. For the Gods & Demons level training area, the limit would grow to one hour per week.


    The time limits between uses weren''t set by the system to be very high for two reasons. First, the time flow rate wasn''t as high as it was in the Primal dimension, and the other reason was that the physiques of the cultivator of the Sacred dimension weren''t weak like the Primal one.


    For the sale of the products, the rule was identical.


    The system didn''t prohibit the sales of pills and weapons to customers for making a profit in secret. Once found, the system would cklist that customer.


    But for the cultivation arts, the system strictly forbade the sale of them.


    The system would actively monitor every sale of cultivation art, and once it found someone breaking the rule, the store would not only snatch the cultivation art back but also cklist them.


    ***


    A/N: From tomorrow, the book would return to its usual schedule of two chapters a day.


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 Chapter 871 Unique Creatures!

    Chapter 871: Unique Creatures!


    Since Aakesh had checked all the new products, it was time for him to enter the training area.


    The next moment, both Aakesh and Lily disappeared from the store.


    Lily''s face didn''t look good, but when she looked at Aakesh''s face, she could only sigh and choose her usual training environment.


    Aakesh only smiled after seeing Lily''s antics. The next moment, he went to the weapons section and picked up a weapon randomly.


    After choosing his training ground and pressing the switch, Aakesh appeared in the familiar battleground.


    Aakesh then decided to check his weapon and found it to be a saber.


    The next moment, the regr blue screen popped out in front of Aakesh. Aakesh reflexively tapped on the screen and chose to start from the first round.


    Not long after, a wave of blue light washed over the battle arena, and when it disappeared, a new being had emerged on the stage.


    The creature roared at Aakesh in anger as its eyes contained nothing but cruelty.


    The creature in question had a human head but the torso of a Lion, while the body, starting from the neck to the waist, was of Gori.


    The head was human, but the features weren''t. There were two pairs of eyes, with one being simr to a human, while the other was Lion''s eyes.


    The creature thumped its chest and roared at Aakesh, provoking him.


    Aakesh recognized the race of the creature since it was a unique creature in the Multiverse.


    Unique creatures were those whose number never exceeded one at any point in time. But unlike other unique creatures, the being in front of Aakesh wasn''t a Primordial or someone with high-level blood.


    The creature''s race was Lizee, and it existed in the Sacred dimension. The highest power level reached by this race is the mid-levels of cultivation. Unlike other unique creatures, its strength wasn''t something worth registering in the annals of history.


    Aakesh wasn''t disappointed after seeing Lizee as his next opponent. Lizee had its ownbat technique, so it would at least give some challenge to Aakesh.


    Ding!


    The next moment, the bell announcing the start of the first round rang in the area.


    The Lizee roared and charged at Aakesh, but it had only raised one of its feet when its body got vertically sliced into two pieces.


    The battle ended as soon as it had begun. Despite cutting the Lizee in two, the saber in Aakesh''s hands seemed to be as clean as ever.


    Time flew by.


    p!


    The Lizee tried to catch Aakesh''s saber, but its attempts were no less than suicide. Aakesh slightly turned the saber, and the next moment, it cleanly cut the creature''s hand into two.


    Aakesh didn''t stop there and kept the saber going, only to stop when it touched the hard surface of the arena.


    Another battle, another victory for Aakesh. Soon after, the familiar blue screen popped out in front of him, asking him whether he wanted to proceed to the one-hundredth level, retry this level, or go to a different stage.


    Aakesh''s hands reflexively acted and chose to start the one-hundredth round of battle.


    Ding!


    Soon after, the familiar bell sound rang and announced the start of the one-hundredth battle.


    Time was like a continuous stream as it continued to flow, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Thud!


    A punch came Aakesh''s way, knocking him several miles backward. Aakesh stabilized himself before he could fall and charged at the Lizee, pushing energy into his feet.


    The Lizee suddenly thumped its chest and roared at the sky.


    Aakesh felt his ears bleeding under that roar, but Aakesh had no time to waste on it as the sky was falling.


    As if the roar had the power to summon the sky, Aakesh could see the gap between the arena and the sky decreasing. At the same time, the pressureing on him from the ground also increased.


    The sky and the ground wanted to crush Aakesh between them, but he wasn''t going to wait for his death.


    Aakesh suddenly stopped his charge. His eyes turned cold as he let go of the saber.


    Click!


    The saber made a clicking sound after its tip touched the battle arena''s surface, but then something unexpected happened as it continued to fall. Not long after, only the saber''s handle remained on the surface.


    At that time, the gap between the sky and Aakesh was almost equal to Aakesh''s height. The Lizee, who was several times taller than Aakesh, seemed unaffected by the falling sky.


    The surface suddenly started to change as the saber''s handle began to melt. Giant sabers with the same appearance as the one Aakesh owned began to sprout from the ground.


    The sky seemed to be nothing but paper in front of those rising sabers, as wherever they passed through the sky, the space crashed down.


    ? It was Aakesh''s ultimate saber skill for this round, the Saber World.


    In no time, countless gigantic sabers had appeared all around the arena. In their presence, even the air seemed to turn as sharp as the saber. Wherever it touched the Lizee, a wave of blood would fall through.


    Aakesh wasn''t any good as the air didn''t distinguish between friend and foe. Aakesh, whose movements were obstructed due to the falling sky, couldn''t move away from the des.


    Only near the des would he be able to stand freely without the crushing pressure from the ground and the sky.


    The winner of this battle now seemed to depend on who would be able to preserve their life the longest. Aakesh seemed to have unlimited endurance, so even the blood loss didn''t affect him much.


    Time flew by, and a few seconds passed by.


    The Saber World didn''t seem to end any time soon, as it all depended on Aakesh''s energy capacity. Aakesh didn''t have to worry about it as his capacity wasrge enough to handle the activation of The Saber World for years, let alone several seconds.


    The Lizee had sensed that if it didn''t do anything, it would be the one to end up dead. The creature burned its blood, erupting with a force stronger than ever.

 Chapter 872 Gloomy Lily!

    Chapter 872: Gloomy Lily!


    As the Lizee burned its blood, the entire arena turned so hot that even the air began to boil.


    The numerous injuries caused by the air seemed to disappear at that moment as the sky rumbled, its falling speed growing severalfold.


    Aakesh could see the creature shriveling due to the loss of blood, but not for long, as he heard a crack.


    ? When Aakesh looked up, he saw the giant saber cracking from its tip. They kept crumbling under the weight of the ground and the sky, and the pressure on them grew, increasing the crumbling speed.


    The Lizee had shrunk to one-fourth of its total size, while the ck fur spread across its body had turned gray. But Lizee didn''t seem to care about that. Its eyes contained bloodlust and excitement as it charged toward Aakesh.


    It seemed to throw everything it had into the punch, aimed at Aakesh''s head.


    Aakesh, already bearing the brunt of the sky and the ground, tried to defend himself, but he failed.


    The Lizee''s punch hit Aakesh, exploding his upper body into a blood cloud. It was an instant death as when Aakesh opened his eyes, he found himself on the exit portal.


    Aakesh stepped out of the portal and didn''t find Lily waiting there for him. After calcting the time, Aakesh found that there were still several minutes left before Lily''s training came to an end, so he decided to enter another training area and sharpen his saber skills.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye. As Aakesh came out of the training arena, he sighted Lily waiting there for him.


    A gentle smile spread across Aakesh''s face as he went to his chair and sat down.


    "Why were you gloomy?" Aakesh asked as he sat down. He had seen Lily being gloomy when she came out of the room.


    Lily didn''t hide anything from Aakesh and told him everything. The betrayal of one of her subordinates didn''t end with one man.


    Today, she had found that several of her best soldiers had also betrayed her. It wasn''t the end, the first friends made by Lily other than Aakesh were the wolf cubs.


    Even though their talent was average, Lily had spent too much on them since they were her friends. She didn''t want to see a time when only she would be left, and the wolves would be dead of old age.


    The squadron that betrayed Lily was headed by one such wolf follower. The soldier''s betrayal cost Lily her friend, who lost its life trying to fight the soldiers.


    When Aakesh heard Lily, he could only sigh with frustration. Aakesh had told Lily about the wolf cubs not being able to match her talent and that someday she would have to give up on them. It would be better for both her and the wolves.


    She had started with five wolf cubs, and now only one was left in her care. Two of them died of old age; one died in battle, and the fourth one died today trying to fight the soldiers.


    Lily''s voice almost broke down when she talked about the death of the wolf.


    Aakesh didn''t disturb Lily and let her vent herself.


    "Aakesh, what should I do?" Lily suddenly looked at Aakesh and asked.


    In normal times, Aakesh would have refused to interfere with Lily''s actions but today, Aakesh couldn''t bring himself to say no to Lily.


    "Do you want revenge, or do you want the stability of your territory?" After a sigh, Aakesh asked Lily.


    "Revenge!" Lily didn''t even take a moment to respond. The death of the wolf had broken her mental strength. Now, she couldn''t bring herself to care for the territory. She wanted revenge; she wanted to vent her anger; the five wolves were both her friends and followers. They were only second to Aakesh in her heart.


    It didn''t matter to Lily whether they were a part of a virtual world or not. What mattered to her was that she loved them like her siblings.


    After hearing Lily''s response, Aakesh smiled since he had expected such an answer from her.


    "Fine, I will help you once," Aakesh told Lily.


    Before Lily could celebrate, Aakesh added his condition, "I will help you, but after this, you can''t ask me for revenge. You have to take responsibility for your actions. Second, your training time would increase by ten minutes after tomorrow."


    Lily nodded, as she was willing to ept any condition put forth by Aakesh if he helped her kill those who took the wolf away from her. Lily would onlye to regret epting Aakesh''s second condition in the future.


    "In three months, I will be able to reach your territory. Wait until then," Aakesh told Lily. He decided this time to personally intervene since the mental blow taken by Lily after the wolf''s death had angered him as well.


    Lily could only nod, as Aakesh wasn''t omnipotent in Panagea. The system was, but it wouldn''t interfere with the lives of its inhabitants unless Aakesh paid a great price.


    Lily knew that if it were for her, Aakesh would be willing to pay any price to the system, but she didn''t want him to do that.


    The duo then discussed a few more things, and soon their traditional discussion came to an end.


    The next moment, Lily and Aakesh disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the store''s hall.


    Lily then summoned the doors to the room and left for Panagea.


    After Lily left, Aakesh''s face turned cold as he turned around and proceeded toward the portal room.


    Now that he had promised Lily that he would help her, Aakesh needed to reach Lily''s territory in three months.


    After appearing in Panagea, Aakesh decided to travel to the nearest city. He had Lily''s territory coordinates, so he needed a map.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh couldn''t get theplete map, so he only bought the one that could take him the closest to Lily''s territory coordinates.


    Aakesh didn''t just travel, he also killed and leveled up during his travel.


    When around eight hours were left before sunrise, Aakesh reappeared in the store''s hall for his meditation session.

 Chapter 873 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 873: A New Day for the Store(1)


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]


    The system''s alert woke Aakesh from his meditation.


    As Aakesh opened his eyes, he didn''t see the usual blue screen showing his progress. Aakesh didn''t have to think about it since he had asked the system only to show him progress once his absorption rate improved or he reached the limit of the cultivation sub-level.


    The purer lesser Sacred stones still hadn''tpletely dissolved. Looking at it, Aakesh believed that he could meditate for two more days with the remaining energy in the stone.


    Time flew by, and the sun rose in Thorr City.


    As the first ray of light pierced through the cover of darkness, it had no choice but to disappear.


    On Seventeenth Street, a store slowly gaining prominence also opened its door, announcing the start of a new day.


    Favan''s eyes grew excited and hurried as the store''s door opened. He was still the only one waiting for the store to open.


    Aakesh hadn''t even turned around when a loud sound rang at the store''s gate. It was none other than Garos and the unconscious Elera.


    Aakesh had no change in his expression as he turned around and went to his chair while Favan and Garos followed him and entered the store.


    Favan stayed cautious all this while, as the man next to him was a Divine Lord. Garos seemed to sense Favan''s fright, but since he didn''t feel interested enough to check on Favan, Garos ignored him and entered.


    The first question Garos wanted to ask Aakesh was whether the pills the store owner talked about had arrived or not. But after looking at the store, Garos got his answer even without asking.


    A counter had appeared not far from the chair and the square box. Garos could see the silhouettes of pills through the ss counter.


    While Favan, who only entered a moment after Garos, seemed to stand in shock as he found the store to be different from yesterday.


    Yesterday, the store only had one room, but today, not only a new counter but two new rooms also emerged. A sense of curiosity rose in Favan''s heart to find out what the other two rooms held.


    Garos soon regained his calm and rushed at Aakesh.


    "Store owner, what pill can treat Elera?" Garos asked, his voice not hiding the mixture of concern and excitement.


    Aakesh, who had only sat on his chair, looked at Garos and told him about the energy purification pill.


    "Store owner, how many pills do you think would be able to treat Elera perfectly?" Garos asked, longing to see Elera standing.


    "Around one hundred and eighty for all the symptoms of Maleros to disappear," Aakesh answered afterparing Elera''s stage of disease with the value of the lesser energy purification pill.


    If it were one grade higher, the number of pills taken by Elera for treatment would have decreased exponentially to two digits.


    "Store owner, how much does one pill cost?" Garos then asked the most crucial question. If the pill''s cost was higher than he could afford, then there was no point in waiting over it and growing excited over the prospect of Elera standing again.


    "Fifty lesser Sacred stones."


    Garos'' heart heaved a sigh of relief after hearing about the pill''s cost. His heart couldn''t take failure at this stage. Earlier, he was trying to treat Elera, and even then, he had reached a mental stage where he was willing to end everything. Garos couldn''t even imagine what would happen to him if somehow the pill became out of reach despite being only a few steps away from him. But now, Garos didn''t have to worry about it. The cost wasn''t out of his reach.


    Garos then began calcting the stones he currently had with him. After a moment, Garos found the liquid assets under his control to be around a hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    One pill cost fifty lesser Sacred stones, and Elera needed one hundred and eighty of them, so Garos needed nine ordinary Sacred stones to make the purchase.


    Garos carried all his liquid assets with him, so he had the full amount with him and could buy all 180 pills at any time. Garos'' breathing got rough as he was only some time away from seeing a fully healed Elera.


    "Store owner, I want all one hundred and eighty of them," Garos said with a hint of hurry in his voice. He then began to take out the stones from his inner world.


    The next moment, Garos'' hands came to a sudden stop as he froze in his actions after hearing what Aakesh said next.


    "One customer can only buy three pills from each category in one day," Aakesh tly answered, uncaring of the emotions going on in Garos'' head.


    At that moment, Garos didn''t know what to say. Garos felt as if someone had thrown him underground from the sky. A hint of rage for Aakesh also grew in his heart. But when he looked into those indifferent eyes, all anger disappeared as if someone had poured a cold basin of water on his head.


    "Store owner, can''t you-"


    "The store''s rules would change for no one, irrespective of the situation," Garos wanted to plead, but Aakesh interrupted his plea midway and tly told him.


    After hearing the straight refusal, Garos lost all hope for buying all one hundred and eighty pills today, but then something suddenly clicked in his head.


    ''The store owner talked about a limit of three pills per customer in one day. There was no mention of a limit on the number of customers. What if I ask others to buy pills for me?'' Garos thought in his heart.


    ''This makes sense,'' Garos added after finding the n feasible.


    Since Garos wasn''t sure whether the store owner would allow it or not, so he asked the store owner about it. After reaching this stage, Garos had no interest in ruining anything over without knowing the rules.


    "You can do it," Aakesh responded, as Garos'' idea didn''t break any store rules. It wasn''t also the first time in the store. In the Primal dimension, the store hade across many customers who used this strategy to secure the number of supplies.

 Chapter 874 A New Day For The Store(2)

    Chapter 874: A New Day for the Store(2)


    "You can do it," Aakesh told Garos.


    "But you can''t use these pills to make profits. If any pill bought by you or your underlings is found to be sold to others, you will get permanently banned from this store," Aakesh added without giving any time to Garos to celebrate.


    ''Only an idiot would do this and offend the store,'' Garos thought in his heart after hearing Aakesh''s warning.


    "Store owner, I know my limits," Garos replied honestly.


    At the same time, Garos celebrated Aakesh''s response in his heart. He could now buy 180 pills and treat Elera on the same day. All the pain she had gone through in the past several months would end from today.


    Since the store owner had epted, he now needed to find people to buy the pills for him. Garos didn''t know whether bribing the people would be considered selling the pills, so he decided to use his own underlings.


    Several hundreds of people worked under him, so there was nock of people who could buy the pills for him.


    At the same time, Garos was also disappointed. The poption of sentient beings in his inner world was around a few million. But he couldn''t bring them out, nor could he store the people of the Sacred dimension in his inner world.


    The inhabitants of the inner world would explode into blood clouds as soon as they were taken out, while his inner world would copse if he even tried to store an early Divine Transformation in it.


    "Store owner, can I leave Elera in the store?" Garos respectfully asked Aakesh.


    From this moment on, Aakesh had actually be a respectful figure in his heart. Garos no longer bore any negative emotions toward Aakesh, even if Aakesh killed Garoun. Since Elera could now stand, nothing else mattered to him.


    Garos needed to rush to order his subordinates toe to this store. If he took Elera with him, he would need to be gentle, which in turn would increase his travel time.


    "Yes," Aakesh replied expressionlessly. There was no point in refusing since Elera was a customer.


    Garos thanked Aakesh and then gently ced Elera on the floor. Garos wanted to take afortable bed out of his inner world, but Aakesh refused. Even though the stone was hard, it gave no ufortable feeling to the sitter, so Garos didn''t take Elera with him.


    Garos then thanked Aakesh once again and left the store in a hurry. In those few minutes of his time, Garos didn''t even notice the two new rooms in the store.


    Favan had clearly noticed the two new rooms since the pills didn''t take all his attention. After Garos left the store, Favan proceeded and approached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner," As usual, Favan first respectfully greeted Aakesh and then asked about the change in the store.


    "From today, the number of products in the store had grown to four."


    "First, Panagea, which you already know about. Second, pills¡­, Third, weapons and training area¡­, Fourth, cultivation arts¡­," Aakesh introduced the three new products to Favan one by one.


    Favan had already epted Aakesh as someone from those top backgrounds, so he didn''t feel surprised by the addition of these new products. But even then, the sale of cultivation arts truly shocked him.


    The cultivation arts were best-kept secret not only by the top families but even by low-level cultivators across the Sacred dimension. The one Favan owned was given to him by his father.


    The cultivators in the Sacred dimension could cultivate even without cultivation arts, but that took countless more years, and the growth stopped at the peak of the Divine Being. At the same time, there were a few races that were born with the knowledge of cultivation, so they had their own cultivation arts specific to them. Even then, those were hidden from the world.


    Knowledge of the cultivation arts was required to reach the Divine Lord. The one Favan had was only of a Lesser level, so it stopped at the peak of the Divine being, but even then, it had helped Favan greatly. It was only due to the cultivation art that he even reached thete Divine Transformation this early in his age.


    After learning about the cultivation arts, Favan decided to check them out. But before that, he needed to stay in Panagea for six hours. Favan had seen the rising number of customers in the store. Even the highest-grade cultivation arts brought no value to Favan whenpared with Panagea.


    Since Favan didn''t want to wait six hours for his entry, he paid thirty-five lesser Sacred stones to Aakesh and went to Panagea. He would check the other products aftering out.


    Aakesh''s lips twitched in frustration at seeing Favan go directly to Panagea without checking other products first.


    Whenever a new product arrived in the store, it also brought a quest with it. But the activation of the mission had a condition, the first sale.


    Only after the first sale did the quest appear before Aakesh with its requirements. At the same time, the first sale would never get counted in the mission requirements. So it didn''t matter howrge or small the initial sale of the product was.


    Aakesh wanted Favan to be the one to aplish the first sale since Garos was going to make arge sale, and he didn''t want it to be only a trigger.


    Since Favan left, Aakesh could only wait for another customer toe andplete the first sale before Garos.


    A few minutes had passed after Favan left for Panagea. Aakesh was rxing on his chair with closed eyes while the unconscious Elera stayed in one corner of the store, unaware of what was going on around her.


    Suddenly, Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from the store''s gate. He immediately opened his eyes and looked in that direction. He found an unfamiliar face standing at the door.


    A new customer in the store this early morning, when only a few days had passed for the store, surprised Aakesh. But since the more customers, the better for Aakesh and the store, he stopped thinking about it and waited for the new customer to make a sale and activate the quest.

 Chapter 875 A New Day For The Store(3)

    Chapter 875: A New Day for the Store(3)


    Ashley belonged to the Vurron race, but the pattern in the area between her eyebrows clearly stated that she wasn''t a Thorron.


    A pattern of a gray cone adorned her already beautiful face by the standards of the Vurrons. She belonged to the subspecies Corron. Corrons were also the mightiest and wealthiest sub-group of Vurrons.


    Even in the sub-group of Corrons, Ashley had a significant background. Her father was the city lord of Corr City, the mightiest Vurron in the Kingdom. Only the city lord of Thorr City came close to the strength of Ashley''s father.


    Due to living like a princess all her life, Ashley had grown arrogant to the extent that she even killed strangers if she didn''t like their face or their way of walking.


    The Corr City''s lord doted on his daughter, but he still had a limit due to his position. Since he couldn''t punish his daughter, he ordered Ashley to travel to the other four of Vurron''s cities. At the same time, the father ordered that if even a single killing happened by her hands, she would get imprisoned for seven million years, which was several times her and the father''sbined lifespan.


    Ashley knew her father was adamant when he ordered the punishment, so without making any fuss, she epted it. Since Thorr City was next to Corr City in power and wealth, Thorr City was her first destination.


    It wasn''t easy to control her arrogant personality, so she hade across several conflicts even though not even a week had passed since her journey began. But the pressure of the punishment stayed above her head, so she didn''t go excessively far and kill those with whom she argued.


    Last night, she found her way onto Seventeenth Street. Since the story of Aakesh killing the Thorrons had spread to every corner of the street, Ashley also got to hear it. A sense of curiosity rose for the non-demon in her heart, so she decided to check the store and the store owner.


    Late at night, she reached there and knocked on the store''s door but got no response from the inside. She was on the verge of ring up when someone from the nearby store kindly warned her about the cruel tendency of the store owner.


    At this point, Aakesh''s strength and background had be legendary in the hearts of those who listened to the situations of others. Every mouth left the story with exaggeration, so now the non-demon''s strength was only second to the city lord in Thorr City.


    Ashley didn''t believe the rumors about the non-demon''s exaggerated strength, but she still backed down in case they turned out to be true. She had an early Divine Lord level cultivation, so she didn''t need protection when her father ordered her to travel through the four cities.


    The stranger also told her about the store''s opening time since that was the time for the night store managers to leave. Ashley gave some money to the stranger and left the area.


    ***


    Ashley stood at the door and tried to look inside since she couldn''t ept the fact that she was unable to see or hear anything going on inside the store.


    Thud!


    The next moment, a warning came from the system to stop. Since Ashley''s senses were intrusive, invisible energy appeared and knocked her several meters backward.


    It was just that the system had controlled its strength, so Ashley didn''t get knocked too far or get any severe injuries. Ashley couldn''t help but look at the store in shock, as she was an early Divine Lord.


    ''Maybe the rumors about the strength of the non-demon are true after all,'' Ashley thought in her heart as she believed the non-demon to be the reason behind this reaction. At the same time, she also grew angry, as she didn''t think her actions warranted such a reaction. She only tried to look inside at what was going on without entering. Ashley didn''t intrude on the personal life of the non-demon.


    Ashley was arrogant but not stupid. If someone could knock her down so easily without her even realizing it, the strength gap between the two parties was not something she could easily bridge.


    Ashley understood this, so she quickly pushed the thought of asking for an exnation back into her heart. She would do it once her father was here. She would then punish the non-demon for doing this.


    Ashley then took a deep breath as a fake smile emerged on her face. She stood up and patted her clothes, ignoring the weird and terrified looks of the passersby.


    ***


    Aakesh saw everything happening outside the store. His face was weird since he could see through the thoughts of the female Corron.


    Since she hadn''t done anything that could be considered harming the store or breaking the rules, Aakesh didn''t care about it and waited for her to enter the store.


    ***


    Ashley took a deep breath at the store''s gate and only then took a step inside. The view in front of her changed as she finally could see what was going on inside the store.


    She couldn''t help but look below as she felt the solid ground beneath her feet. Whenever she walked, the ground beneath her would tremble if she didn''t control her energies.


    When Ashley entered the store, she had pushed half her energy into her legs, so she could move back at the spur of the moment and then run.


    The ground shouldn''t have been able to stand it, but when she looked at the floor, she understood why nothing happened, and at the same time, a shocked expression appeared on her face.


    "ETERNITY STONE!" Ashley couldn''t help but exim loudly in shock.


    The rarity of the Eternity Stone wasn''t something that people of Ashley''s level could know, but her luck was such that she hade across another Eternity Stone.


    Ashley''s father, the city lord of Corr City, was one of those who personally knew the King of the Kingdom. During one such meeting with the King and her father, Ashley had also tagged along.


    At that moment, the King had shown her the Eternity Stone, which was only the size of her nail, and proudly boasted about it.


    Ashley fell silent after her outburst, as she didn''t know what to feel at that moment.


    The King of her Kingdom, a True God, proudly boasted about the Eternity Stone when it was only the size of her nail, and here, in front of her, the entire store''s floor wasden with the Eternity Stone.


    ''How can there be so much difference between people?'' Ashley wondered in her heart.


    Ashley had noticed her father''s envious expression when the King had boasted about the tiny piece of stone at that time.


    At the same time, a hint of greed also rose in Ashley''s heart as she thought about telling her father and the King about the presence of the Eternity Stone. But at that moment, her eyes came across the indifferent eyes of the store owner.


    Ashley couldn''t help but feel a chill crawling down her spine as she thought it was a warning and threat from the non-demon.


    Aakesh, unaware of his casual stare at the girl that had resulted in her misunderstanding, took back his eyes.


    Ashley heaved a sigh of relief when Aakesh looked the other way. At the same time, she pushed her greed for the Eternity Stone somewhere deep in her heart. As for forgetting about it, Ashley wasn''t one to easily let go of something she thought of or desired.


    It would be seen in the future whether she would seed or change herself.


    Ashley then looked around the store, only to feel another surprise in her heart. The space inside the store clearly didn''t match the building area of the store. The inside space was more than double the outside space.


    Ashley was aware of the space expansion arrays, but they were too expensive. Even the King could barely afford the lowest-grade array that only doubled the space after earning taxes for millions of years.


    Ashley found the space expansion array inconsequential inparison to the entire floor covered by the Eternity Stone. It was easy for her to digest its appearance.


    She then focused on the three rooms and the counter. Just like from the door, she couldn''t sense what was inside the three rooms. Ashley was in no mood to repeat her mistake of forcing her senses inside the rooms, so she stopped and approached the non-demon after taking a single nce at the pill counter.


    "Are you the non-demon that killed several Thorrons a few days ago?" Ashley asked. Ashley wanted not to sound arrogant, but due to living arrogantly for so long, her tone had reflexively turned haughty.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter! My younger sister got bitten by a dog, so I need to take her to the clinic.


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 Chapter 876 A New Day For The Store(4)

    Chapter 876: A New Day for the Store(4)


    "Are you the non-demon that killed Thorrons a few days ago?" Ashley asked. Her tone sounded haughty, even though she wanted the opposite.


    Fortunately for her, Aakesh was never one to care about the other side''s tone unless there was a harmful motive behind it.


    Aakesh didn''t speak but only nodded in response to the female Corron''s question.


    Ashley seemed to have heard her tone and had grown solemn, but after seeing the non-demon store owner unaffected by it, she heaved a sigh of relief.


    "Don''t mind my tone. It has been such always," Ashley didn''t want to see whether the non-demon would get offended, so she tly stated.


    This time, Aakesh didn''t even nod and only looked at the girl, waiting for her to ask about the store products.


    At that time, the sound of footsteps rang in Aakesh''s ears. He nced toward the door and took it back after seeing that it was a familiar face. It all happened so fast that Ashley didn''t even notice.


    Ashley felt offended after seeing the store owner ignoring her even though she showed herself lower by revealing her tone''s reason. But since there was nothing she could do, she pushed it back into her heart and introduced herself.


    "Store owner, I am Ashley."


    "I am Aakesh."


    "Aakesh, what products does the store sells? I can see the pills but not what is beyond those three rooms," Ashley said while pointing at the counter and then at the three rooms. At the same time, a fake smile adorned her face.


    "That room is the portal room: there you can enter another world and go on several adventures¡­."


    "That room is the weapons room: There you can buy weapons of Lesser grade for now, and also there is a training area. You could train there with Lesser grade weapons."


    "That room holds Lesser level cultivation arts."


    Except for Panagea, Aakesh gave a basic introduction about the other two rooms.


    Ashley froze on the spot as she learned about Panagea. She wanted to interrupt and ask Aakesh for more, but when she tried, she couldn''t speak, as if she didn''t prefer any interruption to the introduction of Panagea.


    "Aakesh, what do you mean by the difference in strength between Panagea and the Sacred dimension?" Now that the introduction was over, the reluctance to speak disappeared from her heart, and she asked.


    "The power level in Panagea is different from what you see in the Sacred dimension."


    "In the Sacred dimension, the cultivation level starts with Divine Transformation and ends with @#!$!. But in Panagea, the power starts from an ordinary mortal to the peak level of the third dimension."


    "So even the strongest of the Sacred dimension isn''t able to create any storm in Panagea," Aakesh was patient with questions rted to the store and its products, so Aakesh exined to Ashley.


    Ashley felt a thundercloud exploding in her heart as her eyes and mouth flew wide open after hearing Aakesh.


    "Are you sure; this isn''t a joke?" Ashley couldn''t help but ask in shock as what she heard was too much for her to believe.


    Ashley was arrogant, but she still knew about her insignificance in the Sacred dimension. She knew that her father, who was the mightiest man of the Vurrons race, was nothing but dust whenpared with the actual powerhouses of the Sacred dimension.


    And here, the store owner talked about the mightiest of the Sacred dimension not being able to create any storm in Panagea with a calm expressionless face, as if he himself didn''t hear the absurdity in his statement.


    "I never joke about the store''s products," Aakesh responded. He would usually reply with silence to these questions, but he wanted Ashley to initiate the quest for him, so he didn''t ignore it this time.


    "If this isn''t some joke then what is this?"


    "You tell me that the mightiest of the Sacred dimension isn''t able to create any storm in Panagea, a world with its own rules, and you expect me to believe you?"


    "Even if what you speak about Panagea is the truth, then what are you even doing in this backward area of this backward? You should be living in those areas where the mighties gather."


    "No, even that isn''t enough to do justice to your status. You should be living in the higher dimension," Ashley erupted as if a bomb had exploded in her head.


    It wasn''t the first time Aakesh came across such a scene from his customers. In fact, the number of people with simr reactions to Ashley had reached such an extent that this scene had be regr in Aakesh''s eyes.


    "The store never exaggerates its products."


    "If you don''t receive what the product''s introduction stated, you are bound to get ten thousand times the price you inverted in the store in return," Aakesh didn''t attempt to exin in grand words and simply told her about thepensation rate.


    The prospect of getting your money back if the product wasn''t up to what it stated was the best response to the shocked new customers.


    As expected, it worked on Ashley as well. Her doubts got reduced to an extent since ten thousand times return wasn''t a small amount. If she invested one lesser Sacred stone, she would get ten ordinary lesser Sacred stones in return if she found the store owner to be lying. Even for her wealthy family, this rate ofpensation was unheard of.


    "So, what''s the cost of entering this world?" Ashley asked, pushing herself for hearing an outrageous amount since any world that had such a grand exnation wouldn''t be cheap.


    "Five lesser Sacred stones per entry and another five lesser Sacred stones for an hour''s stay."


    "HUH!" Ashley eximed in shock after hearing the price.


    "Why is the price this low? It must be because of your highpensation-" Ashley suddenly stopped speaking. Her face turned white as she thought she was thinking in her heart, but she didn''t expect to be uttering those words loudly.


    ''How can you act this way? Even if the non-demon lies, he is still stronger and wealthier than you. Why do you have to always go out of your way to offend others?'' She wondered in her heart, not knowing what to do.

 Chapter 877 A New Day For The Store(5)

    Chapter 877: A New Day for the Store(5)


    "The store sets the product''s price to make the trade fair and unbiased," Aakesh seemed unaffected by Ashley''s reaction.


    Ashley couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief, thinking that she was fortunate that the store owner wasn''t like her. At that moment, Ashley had a stumped reaction as she asked herself why she was insulting herself in her heart. It isn''t as though Ashley didn''t know about her overbearing personality. She knew it and still did it because she liked it. What was there to insult oneself about your likes?


    Ashley seemed to have started a monologue in her heart at that time, which she stopped not long after, remembering that she was in the store.


    "Sorry, Aakesh, I didn''t mean to suspect your store''s policy." Ashely apologized, as she didn''t want to let any bad feelings stay in Aakesh''s heart after learning about Panagea. Even though she was doubtful about the grand introduction, some part of her heart still believed that what Aakesh said was the truth.


    ''The best way to make sure that the store owner doesn''t dislike you is to buy products from the store. If they didn''t turn out to be what was introduced by Aakesh, then I will make him apologize for making me doubt myself and also get the ten thousand timespensation.''


    A smile spread across Ashley''s face as she thought about her next action. She seemed to have thought of a n where she wouldn''t lose no matter what side the result came out.


    "Aakesh, tell me more about the pills," Ashley asked.


    To make a purchase, Ashley chose the pills for two reasons. First, the pill''s cost was cheaper whenpared with weapons and the cultivation arts. Even though there was apensation rate in case things went the other way, there were still chances that the store owner would refuse to hand over thepensation. She didn''t want to see thetter happen, so even if it did, she would only lose a few lesser Sacred stones.


    Aakesh heard what he was waiting for, so without wasting any time, he began to read the details of the pills currently avable in the store.


    "First-grade lesser body healing pill: The pill can heal minor injuries up to peak Divine Being, while it would only work for Divine Lords if taken inrge numbers. It costs 10 lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser mental healing pill: The pill can heal minor mental traumas up to peak Divine Being. It would only work for Divine Lords when taken inrge numbers. It cost 15 lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser soul healing pill: The pill can heal minor soul injuries up to peak Divine Being. It would only work for the Divine Lords when taken inrge numbers. It cost 25 lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser energy meditation pill: It helps the user in their meditation up to peak Divine Being. This pill didn''t work for Divine Lords. It cost 10 lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser energy purification pill: It helps the user purify the impurities mixed in their energy up to peak Divine Being. This pill doesn''t work for Divine Lords. It cost 50 lesser Sacred stones."


    Aakesh introduced all five pills in one breath and then looked at Ashley, waiting for her to take her pick and buy them.


    Ashley, who had only asked about the pills, considering the worst situation, stood frozen once again after hearing about the pills, especially thest one.


    Ashley had used energy purification pills since they were necessary if she wanted to reach the Divine Lord. Even though the pill currently sold by Aakesh didn''t work for her, the low price still surprised her.


    Even the worst kind of lesser purification pill went around fifty lesser Sacred stones. And here, she could get the first grade at that price.


    As for the other pills, they didn''t interest her that much.


    "I want a hundred energy purification pills," Ashley said after considering the number of stones she could take out at once.


    Time flew by, and Ashley finally bought three energy purification pills after Aakesh bluntly refused.


    Now that the pill sale was over, Ashley decided to test Panagea and its truth. There were still weapons and the cultivation art room left, but she decided to check itter since they were of the Lesser grade and useless to her.


    The next moment, Ashley paid thirty-five lesser Sacred stones to Aakesh and went toward the portal room after Aakesh exined to her the process to enter.


    As soon as Ashley left, Ricky approached Aakesh, asking about the new products.


    Since Ricky wasn''t a Divine Lord, all three new products would help him. Aakeh first told him about the pills.


    Ricky wasn''t rich like Ashley, so he only carried a few ordinary stones with him all the time, and even that was more than half of his wealth after he splurged arge chunk of it in the time chamber for physical training for the quest.


    Ricky wanted to buy three pills from all categories, but his wealth stopped him from making any troublesome decisions.


    In the end, Ricky decided to buy two body-healing pills and one mental and soul-healing pill. From the pills, his bill came to sixty lesser Sacred stones, which was almost what he would spend on him to enter Panagea for two days.


    Ricky decided to save for energy meditation and energy purification pills since his financial health didn''t allow him to buy them at the moment.


    Since Ricky couldn''t even buy three pills from each category, he decided against buying weapons or cultivation arts. He instead paid the sum for Panagea and went toward the portal room, filling the spot for all three portals.


    Ricky made the same decision as the two former Panagea customers to examine weapons and cultivation arts after leaving Panagea.


    Only a few minutes had gone by after Ricky entered Panagea, and Garos came rushing inside the store. He first looked at his wife. After seeing that there was no change in how he left her, he heaved a sigh of relief.


    Several secondster, Garos joined his wife in the corner after learning that all three of Panagea''s spots had been filled.

 Chapter 878 A New Day For The Store(6)

    Chapter 878: A New Day for the Store(6)


    [Ding!]


    [Congrattions, Host, for selling your first pill in the Sacred dimension. 5% of the selling cost of the product has been submitted to your inventory. You can use that money on anything.]


    [Host, please see your screen for the first quest in the Sacred dimension.]


    [Mission objective: Sell pills of every type to ten customers,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully made the first sale of the pills. Now, its time for you to do your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Time limit: Seven Days,


    Mission reward: Five new types of Lesser level pills,


    Failure punishment: Two of the five pill types would randomly disappear, and the salesmission will get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    [Quest Progress:


    Body healing pill: 1/10,


    Mental healing pill: 1/10,


    Soul healing pill: 1/10,


    Meditation pill: 0/10,


    Energy purification pill: 0/10.]


    Soon after Ashley made her sale, Ricky arrived, so Aakesh didn''t get the chance to listen to the system alerts. Now that Ricky had gone for Panagea and Garos had joined the waiting corner, Aakesh had enough free time to check the notifications.


    The alerts were usual, so Aakesh didn''t waste much time on them and focused on the blue screen disyed in front of him.


    Aakesh raised his eyes in surprise after reading the quest''s details since the mission requirement exclusively referred to the pills. Aakesh had expected a quest with the target of sales of all four products to appear, simr to the way things used to ur in the Primal dimension.


    Even though things didn''t go the way Aakesh expected, a silent part of his heart still heaved a sigh of relief.


    If the expected quest arrived, it would also set a target for the sale of cultivation arts in the requirement. Aakesh didn''t believe that the cultivation arts would sell in high numbers at this stage in Thorr City.


    "Hey, system, has the way of generating quests changed in the Sacred dimension?" Aakesh still asked the system, trying to make sure whether it was a one-time phenomenon or a change in the way the system worked.


    [Yes, Host!]


    [From now on, the system would generate a quest for every product exclusively once the requirement of its first sale got fulfilled.]


    This does not imply that the collective system quests have vanished. To get new products, achieving the requirement set by the collective quests is the only way.]


    [Host, you haven''t achieved the requirement for the generation of the collective quest!]


    In no time, the system responded in its usual automatic and emotionless voice.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation since the system responded with more knowledge than Aakesh asked for, removing the chances of Aakesh asking another question.


    Aakesh didn''t focus much on the unfulfilled requirement for the collective quest since he was aware of it.


    The requirement to generate a product specific quest was making the first sale, so simrly, the condition to activate the collective quest was to make the first sale of all the store products at least once.


    "Then why hasn''t the quest for Panagea been activated again?" Aakesh asked as he suddenly thought of the product specific quests.


    [Host, the requirement to activate the second product specific quest hadn''t been fulfilled!]


    "What is the requirement?"


    [The sale of thirty-six Panagea hours!]


    Aakesh nodded. The requirement was half the day''s sales for the activation of the second product specific quest.


    Even though the first quest had nothing to do with virtual portal rewards, the condition toplete it was still exclusive to Panagea, so the system considered it the first product specific mission.


    After all of it, Aakesh returned his focus to the second screen floating in front of him. It showed the quest''s progress.


    Even though Aakesh only checked the quest now, it didn''t mean it hadn''t already begun.


    After seeing the progress, Aakesh nodded. Since Ricky bought three types of pills, the system calcted him as one customer for the ones he bought.


    Aakesh didn''t worry about the seven days deadline since the energy purification requirement would be achieved today when Garos''s underlings arrived.


    Aakesh believed that the store would fulfill the requirement way before the quest''s deadline. Now he had to see how quickly it would happen. Since there was no bonus reward, it didn''t matter, but it still felt good toplete it before the deadline.


    Aakesh then waved his right hand, and soon after, light particles started to move away from the screen, resulting in their disappearance, waiting for Aakesh to call them back.


    ''Eh! Why am I waiting? Shouldn''t I check out the two new products?'' Garos, amused, thought to himself.


    He no longer had to carry any mental baggage now that he only had to wait for his underlings to arrive, and then Elera would wake up. He finally noticed the two new rooms, but in the disappointment of waiting for Panagea, he wasted several seconds there.


    Aakesh, who was going to close his eyes to rx, stopped his actions as he sensed an approach. As Aakesh turned around, he noticed Garosing toward him.


    "Store owner, what are the two new products?" Garos respectfully asked, immediately stating his intention.


    Aakesh didn''t waste any time and introduced the remaining products to Garos.


    Aakesh now needed to make the first sale for every product to get its quest, and then all products to get a collective mission so that the store could get new products.


    First, Aakesh introduced the weapons and the training area to Garos, and after that, it was the turn of the cultivation arts.


    Garos couldn''t help but get disappointed after learning that the store only sold Lesser level weapons, which were of no use to him since he already had the Higher level weapon.


    (A/N: The lowest level is titled "Lesser," and one level above it is "Higher." For the levels above it, the story would slowly exin.)


    The same was the case for the pills, but since they had the ones required to treat Elera, Garos wasn''t disappointed. Garos''s disappointment became bigger after learning about the training area.


    But it still wasn''t enough for what he felt after learning that the store had cultivation arts, but simr to the other two products, it was only Lesser level. At that time, Garos almost felt like dying from the ufortable feeling in his heart.


    Garos wanted to ask Aakesh whether he hated Divine Lords. Except for Panagea, which was the first store product, the remaining three products were of no use to Garos.


    "Store owner, is there something that I can use?" Garos asked sarcastically.


    "Yes, you can use the training area with the Lesser Level weapons. You can also use the cultivation arts to re-cultivate and be even stronger than before. The first three types of pills would still work on you if taken inrge numbers," Aakesh understood Garos'' feelings, but since he wanted to make the first sale, he ignored the sarcasm and stated.


    Garos could only stand frozen on the spot after hearing Aakesh. If not for Aakesh''s superior background and the invincible, immeasurable protector, Garos would have charged and grabbed Aakesh. But Garos knew his limits, so he calmed himself down and went toward the weapons room after thanking Aakesh.


    "At least you can have a great weapon," Garos first went to his wife and gently picked her up. After that, he went to the weapons room, carrying Elera in his embrace.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    ***


    Garos''s jaw almost dropped to the ground after entering the weapon''s room. The countless murals engraved on the wall, the luxurious pills, and the counter carrying five types of weapons.


    Staring at the murals, Garos could sense that they were extraordinary. But Garos couldn''t put his finger on the unusual factor rted to the murals. He could see that these paintings told a story.


    Elera and Garos were spear users, so he looked at the mural depicting a spear.


    The first mural Garos found himself attracted to was a battle between a spear user against an opponent several times its size.


    Garos'' mouth turned into an "O" shape as he followed the mural and found the spear user, killing the gigantic opponent in a single strike, while the enemy''s attack didn''t even reach the initial stage.


    Garos then looked at several more of them. The more Garos looked, the more he found himself insignificant whenpared to those spear users. Unfortunately for Garos, he failed to gain any epiphanies from those paintings. He could only look at them and wonder about their superiority.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter for the day. In the next update, I will announce the details of the mass release in December.


    Since a new product will be avable before the end of this year, I decided to leave it up to you, my readers.


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 Chapter 879 A New Day For The Store(7)

    Chapter 879: A New Day for the Store(7)


    Garos looked at a few more murals and then returned his focus to the room.


    There were five columns, creating a circle in the center of the room. Each column referred to a different type of weapon.


    After noticing the one referring to the spear, Garos proceeded toward it while Elera was still in his embrace.


    Since Elera was unconscious, she couldn''t pick a weapon for herself. Garos was aware of what Elera feltfortable with, so he found no issue in choosing the spear for her. Even if Elera didn''t like the spear in the end, she could just buy another one.


    Elera''s cultivation level was peak Divine Being, so she could use the peak Lesser level spear.


    Garos went to the partition, referring to the peak Lesser spear, and extended his hands. Garos could see it as a space treasure, as the counter''s size didn''t make sense for holding spears or other weapons.


    Aakesh had also informed Garos that he could only see the weapon after taking it from the shelf.


    In no time, Garos found a spear in his hands. He didn''t waste any time and took it out.


    The next moment, a seventeen-foot spear appeared in his hands. Garos''s height was around twenty feet, while Elera''s was eighteen feet, so the spear was only a foot shorter than Elera''s.


    Garos''s interest in the spear dimmed as both he and his wife liked spears slightly taller than themselves since their physical prowess allowed them.


    But still, Garos didn''t put the spear back immediately but focused on the blue projected screen floating next to the spear.


    [Item: Unnamed Spear


    Grade: Peak Lesser


    Requirement:te and peak Divine Being cultivation


    Ability: A spear made of a mixture of cold iron and steel. Its durability and flexibility allow the spear user to be flexible in their attacks.


    Price; Twenty-eight ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Cold iron wasn''t an iron put in cold temperature, but it only had the name. It was one of the mostmonly found materials on the Garos lived in. Even Thorr City had a small mine of cold iron.


    Even the description of the spear didn''t pique Garos'' interest, so he returned it to the shelf without even looking at the price.


    Garos then took out another spear from the shelf. It was twenty feet tall this time, with a bulky spearhead. Its shaft was ck with silver lines, giving it a regal appearance. The spearhead was also a mixture of ck and silver, with a slight tint of red on the tip.


    When Garos looked at the red tip, a wondrous expression appeared on his face as he recognized it. To make sure he was correct, he looked at the blue screen.


    [Item: Unnamed Spear


    Grade: Peak Lesser


    Requirement:te and peak Divine Being cultivation


    Ability: A spear made of a mixture of dark and silver ingots. Its durability and flexibility allow the spear user to be flexible in their attacks. It also contains a 10-thousandth portion of the diluted blood of an intermediate Divine Lord beast, giving it an extra prating ability.


    Price; Fifty ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Garos'' eyes lit up after reading the details. Garos also recognized the beast since he had seen one in the past with the same aura as the blood.


    This time, Garos decided to look at the price, and when he did, he couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air.


    "Fifty ordinary stones!" Garos eximed in surprise since the weapon he used had only cost him eighty ordinary Sacred stones.


    The priceparison didn''t make sense as every level of growth transcended the weapon to greater heights. It was also the reason why Garos didn''t think that he would find a Lesser level spear better inparison to his, despite finding the store and the store owner unfathomable.


    Garos wasn''t wrong in his conjecture, as the store didn''t have a Lesser weapon greater in capability than what Garos personally used. Even the most expensive spear in the store fell short in power despite its higher price.


    Still, the price of the spear in Garos'' hands made sense. Even though the drop of blood used in it was diluted, it still belonged to a Divine Lord level creature.


    Garos fell in love with the spear due to the drop of blood, but since he didn''t know whether Elera would have the same reaction or not, Garos had no idea what to do. He couldn''t spend fifty ordinary Sacred stones on something that his wife might like.


    ''Fuck it! Even if she doesn''t like it, I will keep it,'' Garos thought after a pause, not being able to give up on the spear.


    As Garos made up his mind, he didn''t waste a moment and hurriedly exited the weapons room.


    "Store owner, she wants this," Garos respectfully told Aakesh as he showed the spear.


    Since there was a limit and Garos wasn''t sure when the higher level weapon might appear in the store, he decided to exhaust the monthly limit of his wife''s weapon purchase.


    Aakesh didn''t care about what was going on inside Garos'' mind since it had nothing to do with him and the store. Aakesh looked at the spear, and soon, the details of it appeared in his mind.


    "You need to pay fifty ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh said expressionlessly.


    Garos was already aware of the price, so he had already begun to take out the stones from his space.


    The store didn''t allow a conversion rate, so Garos needed to pay with only ordinary Sacred stones.


    Soon after, fifty shining stones appeared in the store. Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the stone disappeared from the store''s hall and appeared in the system space.


    Not long after, the system told Aakesh that the amount was correct. Aakesh then informed Garos about his wife''s ownership of the spear.


    Garos then left for the weapons room as he decided to check the training area using the newly-bought spear. After buying it, Garos forgot that it was for Elera.


    Since the training area urred in a different space, Garos gently put Elera in the corner that had now be a waiting corner and then went to the weapons room.

 Chapter 880 Successive Quests!!!

    Chapter 880: Sessive Quests!!!


    Despite Garos'' sale, the quest did not appear in front of Aakesh. Aakesh didn''t worry about it since he knew why it hadn''t been activated.


    Because the two products were linked, the store needed to sell both weapons and training areas. It was also why Aakesh had told Garos that he could enter the training area with a Lesser level spear. Aakesh knew Garos wouldn''t be able to stop him from entering the training area since he would buy the spear he liked and would want to test it.


    As Aakesh had expected after buying the spear, Garos asked Aakesh about the training area.


    Aakesh had already told Garos about the difficulty level in the training area; now only the price was left.


    "Trivial level difficulty costs five lesser Sacred stones per hour."


    "Normal level difficulty costs ten lesser Sacred stones per hour."


    "Moderate level difficulty costs twenty-five lesser Sacred stones per hour."


    "Difficult level difficulty costs fifty lesser Sacred stones per hour."


    "Immortal level difficulty costs two hundred fifty lesser Sacred stones per hour."


    "Gods and Demons level difficulty costs one ordinary sacred stone per hour," Aakesh exined the prices for the six avable difficulties in the training area.


    The differences between the difficulties of the training area were already known to Garos, so after pausing for a moment, Garos made his decision.


    "Store owner, book me one hour of Gods & Demons level difficulty," Garos respectfully told Aakesh.


    The Gods & Demons level difficulty offered ten times the time flow, and Garos had also splurged a lot on the spear, so he wanted the best.


    Garos then paid the one ordinary Sacred stone and went toward the weapons room.


    At the same time, several alerts bombarded Aakesh''s head.


    After Garos left, Aakesh focused his attention on them.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on the first sale of the weapons and the training area! Themission for the sale of the spear has been transferred to you.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully sold the spear and the training area for the first time. Now, its time for you to do your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 10,


    Number of customers or training hours: 10 customers/50 training hours*,


    Days required: Seven days,


    Mission reward: Seven new weapon types addition,


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of the training area and the salesmission will get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    *- (50 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 10 Immortal training hours = 5 Gods and Demons training hours.)


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the alerts. Aakesh didn''t even ponder over themission topic since Aakesh gave up on the training area''smission several centuries ago after making the deal with the system.


    (A/N: The condition was not only for the Primal dimension but the Multiverse.)


    Aakesh then focused on the blue screen floating in front of him. The wording of the quest was simr to the pill''s mission objective.


    The requirements were also the same, except for the addition of the training area in the weapon''s quest.


    The deadline was also set at seven days. After reading the quest''s details, Aakesh didn''t think that the quest would go on for long. The weapons were the slowest to take off in the Primal dimension, but the same wouldn''t be the case here.


    The battles in the Sacred dimension were more frequent and brutal than in the Primal dimension. Aakesh even believed that the weapon''s sale target would bepleted before the pills.


    As for the training area, Aakesh either needed ten customers or fifty training hours. There was a blinking sign next to the hours'' details, so when Aakesh followed it, he found the breakdown of the training hours'' sales target.


    Aakesh had heard about the poprity of the time chamber in Thorr City, so he didn''t believe that it would take long for the store to achieve its target.


    Aakesh then waved his hands and soon the quest screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    Not long after the quest screen disappeared, Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps. When he turned around, Aakesh found it to be a familiar face.


    ***


    While Aakesh was looking at the quest screen, Garos was freaking out in the training area.


    Since Garos was an intermediate Divine Lord, he thought of suppressing his strength and then fighting.


    When Garos appeared in the space inside the training area, he found his strength suppressed to peak Divine Being.


    The next moment, a screen asking him to choose opponents for him appeared in front of him.


    The screen contained an ordinary race from the mightiest known race in the Sacred dimension.


    If not for the effect of the Gods & Demons level training area, Garos would have screamed in shock after seeing all the races.


    Believing in his level and strength, Garos chose the Four-armed Demon.


    The Four-armed Demon was one of the top races in the Demon''s group of races. As its name suggested, the creature had four hands. Its skin was dark green from top to bottom, while its eyes were without pupils. Only ck sclera was there.


    After choosing the opponent, it was time for him to choose the environment. Garos decided to go with random.


    Garos thought of taking it easy from the start, so he decided to start at fifty percent of his strength.


    Garos couldn''t be any more foolish, as soon after the choice was over, Garos found himself in an open space, where only vast grasnds weed his sight no matter where he looked.


    Not long after, the Four-armed Demon appeared a few meters away from Garos, releasing a bit of bloodline pressure.


    Soon the battle began, and Garos found arge hole in his chest, not even knowing how it happened.


    ***


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 Chapter 881 The Experience Of The Training Area

    Chapter 881: The Experience of the Training Area!


    Garos didn''t even see how he died, as not long after the battle began, he found himself back in the selection area with the same screen in front of him.


    Garos would have freaked out in fright and shock if not for the calming effect in the Gods & Demons level training area.


    All the overconfidence Garos had seemed to vanish at that moment, as he didn''t dare look toward the higher-level races in the Sacred dimension.


    ''I am fine with defeating opponents of my own race,'' Garos thought as he chose Vurrons as his next opponent.


    Even though there were five sub-groups in the Vurron race, there wasn''t much difference between their genealogy and talent. The only thing that distinguished them was the pattern between their eyebrows.


    But still, the system gave him the choice of choosing the selected sub-group for him to battle against.


    Garos'' mouth turned wide open in surprise after seeing the list in front of him. But soon, the calming effect acted, and Garos'' face and mind turned calm.


    In front of him was a screen containing more than ten subgroups of Vurron. There were some subgroups that had gone extinct in the past due to them not being able to catch up or due to the infighting between the Vurrons. But there were some subgroups that even Garos didn''t know about.


    Garos remembered their names and decided to check on them after leaving the store.


    As for his opponent, Garos chose Thorrons since he himself was one.


    The next moment, a new window asking him to choose the environment for the battle appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh decided to go with the open expanse as it was the leastplicated environment.


    The next moment, the surroundings in front of Garos changed like a blur, and soon after, he found himself back in the unending expanse.


    Soon after, his opponent for this round also appeared a few meters away from him. Garos couldn''t help but marvel at the appearance of the opponent since it was the exact copy of him. It was as if Garos was looking at himself in a mirror.


    Ding!


    Soon the bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Garos didn''t want to die like thest time, so he got ready to attack, but suddenly a cracking sound rang in his ears. Before he could check its origin, he found the world around him darkening, and soon after, he found himself back in the selection area.


    ''I will-''


    ''Eh! What happened?'' Garos wondered in surprise. Just moments ago, he was thinking of fighting back, and now he was here.


    "Damn it! I died again," Garos cursed. At first, his sentence was filled with frustration, but by the end, it had be monotonous, as if nothing could influence Garos.


    Time flew by, and around an hour passed inside the training area.


    Thest hour felt like an eternity to Garos since he even forgot the count of how many times he had died. Garos knew that if not for the calming effect on him, his mind would have broken itself, turning him into a crazy person in reality.


    It was not like Garos didn''t improve in the past hour. When Garos came here, he couldn''t even catch the movements of his opponent and died on the first strike.


    Dying in the first strike was still happening, but now at least Garos could catch the movement of his opponent and didn''t die without even knowing how.


    If Garos were to talk of this aplishment outside to those who didn''t know about the training area, he would be aughing stock since he was still dying at the first strike. But after dying so many times, Garos felt proud of being at least able to see how he got butchered.


    Garos found himself back in the familiar selection area after dying once again in an instant strike.


    He didn''t waste any time and chose Thorron as his opponent, and as for the environment, it was random.


    No matter what environment Garos chose, the result was always the same, instant kill.


    "I will survive the first strike," Garos vowed as another battle began.


    Garos brought his spear to his chest, moving it whenever he wanted.


    Garos could see the opponenting at him, he got ready and attempted to push the spear forward.


    The next moment, a familiar yet heartbreaking scene urred. The opponent pushed the spear forward like an arrow.


    Garos'' spear seemed to be made of paper as the opponent''s weapon passed through it, destroying it from the inside, and soon it was upon to pierce through Garos'' heart.


    ''I can defend it,'' Garos screamed in his heart as he tried to move away from the iing spear.


    The next moment, Garos found himself back in the selection area. Garos'' face was calm as ever since he had stopped getting frustrated over his death after dying thousands of times.


    More time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Time inside the Gods & Demons level training area flew ten times as fast as it did in reality, so Garos still had around three hours left with him in this training.


    ng!


    A shing sound rang on the battlefield. It was like a piece of heavenly music in Garos'' ears as he finally seeded in deflecting the first strike from the opponent.


    The excitement didn''tst long as the opponent, without wasting any time, released another attack even quicker than before, and the result was Garos returning to the selection area.


    Soon another battle began after Garos made his choice. This time, instead of defending, Garos attacked, ignoring the spearhead approaching him at a rapid speed.


    The opponent seemed unfazed by the approaching spear as he casually lowered the tip of his spear.


    The bottom of the opponent''s spear shaft collided with Garos'' spear, while the opponent''s spearhead cut Garos in two, starting from slightly below his chest.


    It wasn''t an instant death like earlier since his head and heart were both intact, but Garos seemed to hate this result more than his death.


    After deflecting Garos'' spear, the opponent charged at him, and his spear pierced through his head, ending his misery.

 Chapter 882 Squirming In Pain!

    Chapter 882: Squirming in Pain!


    Time flew by, and the ten hours of training came to an end.


    The next moment, Garos found him forced out of the space. The golden barrier around him cracked open as his body no longer needed protection.


    Garos could sense that there was some improvement in his spear skills, but it was so minor that he didn''t feel he could do what he couldn''t do before entering the training area.


    (A/N: The growth in the Sacred dimension wouldn''t be as exaggerated as the Primal dimension since Gods & Demons are from the Sacred dimension in the first ce.)


    Garos left the weapons room with a smiling face as even a small growth was still a growth worth celebrating.


    His footsteps halted, and then a mixture of excitement and rush appeared on Garos'' face as he saw one of his subordinates waiting in the store.


    "Where are the others?" Garos hurriedly asked after reaching the man.


    "Master, they are waiting outside," The subordinate respectively said and then told him about what happened when they came here.


    Garos lived in Thorr city, but the distance between his house and the store was several thousand miles. Even the weakest subordinate was an intermediate Divine Transformation, so it would take several hours for Garos'' subordinates to reach the store.


    To solve that issue, Garos picked sixty of his strongest subordinates and gave them extra money for transportation. Due to the city being vast, transportation was well developed in Thorr City.


    It took the subordinates around an hour to reach the store using the beast cart.


    Garos had told the unerlings to be extremely respectful of the store owner and had also warned them if anyone of them offended the store owner, Garos would kill that person.


    So after reaching the store, the subordinates followed inside one by one.


    After seeing so many people entering the store at once, Aakesh understood that they were Garos'' subordinates and were there to buy the pills.


    Since there were sixty of them, the store became overcrowded. The space inside the store wasn''t endless like it was in the Primal dimension.


    So to make the store feel the same as before, Aakesh called one of the subordinates and told him that he would be the only one waiting inside the store while the others would wait outside the store.


    Remembering his master''s warning, the subordinate did as told and asked the others to leave.


    ***


    "You did well by following the order without asking any questions," Garosplimented his subordinate.


    "Go ahead and call them one by one," Garos added as he understood why the store owner had given such an order.


    The subordinate grew excited at his master''s praise since there would be rewardster.


    Since the voice couldn''t travel outside the store, the man went outside and asked the closest subordinate to enter the store.


    Garos excitedly went to his wife. There was a familiar face sitting there. When the man saw Garos approaching, his face turned pale from fright, but Garos ignored the man and left after gently picking Elera up.


    The first subordinate soon cautiously entered the store. The man first searched for his master. After finding him near the store owner, the man gathered some courage and went toward them.


    The subordinate bowed and greeted Garos and then the store owner.


    "Store owner, three energy purification pills," The subordinate said as his master told him.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair, went to the counter, and picked out three energy purification pills.


    "One hundred and fifty lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh said expressionlessly as the pills flew into the subordinates'' hands.


    Garos had already taken the required amount of lesser Sacred stones out, so he pushed one part toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and soon the part disappeared from the store.


    Aakesh didn''t return to the chair as more people were waiting to buy the pills.


    Garos told his subordinates to wait outside after he took the pills from him.


    The process repeated itself, as after the man left, the second subordinate came and asked for three energy purification pills.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Garos'' breathing was ragged as he pushed thest portion of one hundred and fifty lesser Sacred stones toward Aakesh.


    Something seemed to have exploded in his heart after Aakesh began to return to his chair.


    "Return with the others and tell them to prepare a banquet tonight," Garos said quickly to his subordinate.


    The subordinates bowed respectfully toward Garos, Elera, and Aakesh. The man then left the store since he had a banquet to prepare, and it was a time-consuming task.


    "Thank you, store owner," Garos said before heading to the waiting area without waiting for Aakesh''s reaction.


    Garos had already asked Aakesh whether the intake of so many pills would hurt Elera. Aakesh had told Garos that it wouldn''t hurt as long as there was a fixed duration of thirty seconds between each pill. At the same time, the patient would also groan in pain as her bodily senses returned slowly to her, resulting in excruciating pain.


    Garos could do nothing about the pain since it was internal pain. Sense-Blocking pills would harm Elera more than help, so there was no way he could give one to her.


    Hardening his heart, Garos sat down on the floor, with Elera sleeping on hisp. He took the first pill out of his inner world and gently pushed it into her mouth.


    Time flew by, and around an hour passed in a sh.


    Elera, who still hadn''t woken up, was squirming in pain on the ground as the pill slowly pushed the harmful energy out of her body. Her internal organs that had stopped working were also activating slowly, which took the pain intensity to another level.


    Garos felt as if someone was twisting a knife inside his heart when he saw Elera squirming on the floor. But since he knew it was better for Elera, he hardened his face and continued waiting for thirty seconds to pass.


    Soon, the deadline of thirty seconds passed, and Garos pushed another pill with a hardened face.


    More time flew by, and Elera had eaten 175 pills. She still wasn''t awake, but her body was only one step away from reaching its peak.


    ***


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 Chapter 883 Ashley Corrino!

    Chapter 883: Ashley Corrino!


    As Garos fed the one hundred and seventy-eighth pill to Elera, her squirming became more turbulent, and for the first time, her eyelids slightly moved.


    After thirty seconds, he gave Elera the 179th pill, which caused her to act out even more violently.


    Garos had to hold Elera tightly, or she would have broken many of her bones after waving up and down in pain. At the same time, a bucket of blood came out of her body as it shriveled up.


    But as if something miraculous were happening, Elera''s body returned to its peak once again, and the eyelid''s movement had be turbulent.


    The blood looked cker than red as it had impurities mixed in it. When the blood was about to stain the store''s floor, an unnoticed pressure intervened and turned the blood into nothing.


    Garos also wanted to act, but since the system took action, he turned his focus on his wife. With every passing second, Elera''s movements were bing more random. Many times, Garos believed that Elera''s bone would reshape itself, such was the way her body was testing its flexibility.


    The thirty-second wait between the pills soon passed. Garos took a deep breath and looked at thest pill in his hand. He then gently fed it to Elera.


    If Garos had taken the treatment slowly with Elera from the start, she would have woken up after the fiftieth pill. But since it was a consecutive process, the body had no extra energy to focus on waking up. It had to concentrate everything on utilizing the pill''s effects as best it could.


    As he fed thest pill to Elera, a sudden force erupted from her body, throwing him backward. Garos thought he would have gotten severely hurt by the sudden force had his cultivation not advanced to the intermediate Divine Lord.


    Garos lost all control of her body as she began floating up. Soon, a white light covered Elera.


    Garos couldn''t help but stand stunned since he knew what was happening. Elera was breaking through to the next level, the Divine Lord.


    It was an evolution of life once someone advanced to Divine Lord from the peak Divine Being. From the early Divine Lord, the cultivator''s inner world would begin to transform into a world where life was sustainable.


    Garos became excited as it had only been a few days since he advanced, and now his wife was also advancing to a higher level.


    It seemed Garos had celebrated too soon since the white light surrounding Elera suddenly began to fluctuate, and in no time, it dimmed.


    Soon after the light disappeared, Elera crashed toward the floor, but Garos was already there and caught her before she could touch the ground.


    A disappointed expression covered his face as the breakthrough wasn''t sessful. It stopped right before the energy could take thest step and step into the domain of the Divine Lords.


    Elera''s eyelids moved as her hands shook. Garos forgot about the breakthrough failure at that moment, as Elera was about to wake up.


    The seconds felt like an eternity to Garos as he anxiously waited for Elera to open his eyes and talk with him.


    Garos'' wait didn''t disappoint him as Elera finally opened her eyes and saw the light where her body wasn''t sick after a long time.


    At first, the view around her wasn''t clear to her since it had been a long time since she could see things with her full sight.


    Soon her eyes fully opened, the sight becamepletely clear, and Garos'' face came into her view.


    "Why am I here? Didn''t I leave while doing the quest?" Elera asked as she remembered herst position before exiting Panagea to be far from Garos.


    Garos'' eyes turned moist, and a gentle smile spread across his face as he said, "You are not in Panagea, but this is reality. You aren''t ill anymore." Garos'' voice broke from time to time, but he didn''t stop andplete the sentence.


    Elera thought Garos was joking with her when suddenly her eyes widened in shock as she sensed her actual strength flowing through her body. She wasn''t weak, but she found her energy to be even stronger than in the past.


    Time flew by, and a few more hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    After Elera''s treatment, they began conversing with each other in joy, as it had been a long time since they had nothing to worry about anymore. As for Garoun''s death, the duo had epted it since there was nothing they could do to avenge their son. Instead, they decided to try for another child after Elera became a Divine Lord since she was only one step away from achieving it.


    While in their conversation, the six hours of Favan came to an end. There were already six people waiting for their turn.


    Since it was Elera''s or Garos'' turn, Garos asked Elera to enter first since she was close to achieving her first quest, while he had already done it. There were only a few minutes to wait after that.


    Elera epted her husband''s statement and entered the portal room, while Favan entered the weapons room since he had alreadypleted his stay in Panagea for today.


    A few more minutes passed, and Ashley got forced out of Panagea as her six hours came to an end. She wanted to request an extension from the store owner as she came out of the room.


    She had only taken a step outside of the room when she felt a blur pass next to her. As she turned around and looked, she saw the man touching the portal and entering Panagea.


    Ashley then looked at the line of people waiting to enter Panagea. As she realized she wouldn''t get her turn, even if the store owner agreed to extend her Panagea''s time, she shook her head in disappointment.


    "Ashley Corrino!"


    As Ashley decided to check the cultivation arts room, she suddenly heard someone calling her name.


    When she turned around, she found everyone in the waiting crowd looking at her with shocked expressions.


    Every Vurron, irrespective of their sub-groups knew what the Corrino surname represented. It belonged to the mightiest Vurron.

 Chapter 884 Another Quest!

    Chapter 884: Another Quest!


    "You know me?" Ashley asked in a haughty tone as she looked at Richa.


    Richa shrank back after seeing those arrogant eyes of Ashley since there was not only a background difference between them but also strength.


    Richa was only a peak Divine Being, while Ashley had been at the Divine Lord level for hundreds of years.


    Ashley seemed to have sensed her overbearing voice and eyes, so she slightly calmed them down and asked another question, "How do you know my name?"


    Richa took a deep breath as the pressure in those eyes dimmed to some extent. "I saw you when I went with my father to Corrino''s pce."


    Ashley nodded, as many families of Vurrons usually came to her father for his guidance. There was some infighting between the Vurrons'' subgroups, but at the end of the day, Ashley''s father was the strength on which the Vurrons depended.


    "Which family do youe from?" Ashley asked as she thought of something at that moment.


    "The Thorrotons!" Richa replied, her voice slightly gaining confidence. Even though Richa was a Vurron like no other, she still had to follow the hierarchy established among the Vurrons. If she didn''t want to, she would have to be stronger than others to establish the system she wanted. But since she was only one of the Vurrons, she had no choice but to keep up with the hierarchy.


    Ashley recognized the name as it was only second to Thorrinos in Thorr City.


    "Meet me at the Anglodasian Restaurant in the evening," Ashley said, and then, without waiting for Richa''s response or even asking for her name, she turned around and proceeded toward the cultivation arts room.


    Richa couldn''t help but smile wryly and think, ''Did I call a disaster to myself?''


    Ashley Corrino had asked her to meet her, so she had no choice but to do so. Ashley''s overbearing personality had been evident to Richa from firsthand experience.


    At the same time, she also got curious about whether Ashley would buy cultivation art from the store. She hadn''t been only waiting for her turn all this while; she had already checked the weapons room and the cultivation arts room. Even the cheapest one she came across was too much for herself to bear without using the financial prowess of the Thorrontons.


    The same was the case for other customers waiting as they looked at the backside of Ashley as she haughtily proceeded toward the cultivation arts room.


    Only around a minute had passed after Ashley entered the art room when there was another movement inside the portal room.


    Ricky''s six hours inside Panagea came to an end, and the system forced him out. He staggeringly walked out of the room, as today had been great for Garos. He not only leveled up twice but also found some news about sses in Panagea.


    Ricky''s gaze was drawn to the people waiting outside as he exited the room. Ricky recognized all of them as he nodded in the direction of Jemiah and Richa to greet them first, and then he looked toward other generals and Rodrick, who was a restaurant owner.


    After Ricky, it was the turn of Jemiah, as he came earlier than usual today.


    Ricky didn''t leave the store but went toward the weapons room since he had postponed it after exiting Panagea.


    Not long after Jemiah got to Panagea, Aakesh opened his eyes. At the same time, he got a couple of automated alerts.


    [Ding!]


    [Congrattions, Host, on meeting the requirement of 36 Panagea hour sales in a single day! Themission for the sale has been transferred to you.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Sell Panagea hours,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully achieved the requirement of 36 Panagea hours of sales in a day. Now, its time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 450 Hours,


    Days required: Seven days,


    Mission reward: Seven new virtual portals addition,


    Failure Punishment: The loss of one virtual portal and the salesmission will get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    After Jemiah entered Panagea, the payment received by the system became equal to 36 hours of sales in Panagea, so the quest activated itself.


    Unlike the previous two quests, this one didn''t ask him to have a specific number of customers. Instead, it desired that the store sell a certain number of Panagea hours.


    The store operated for twenty-four hours since it was daytime in Thorr City. Since there were three portals, the store could sell a maximum of 72 hours a day.


    To achieve the target of 450 Panagea hours, Aakesh needed the portals to be filled for all seven days. There was no way Aakesh couldplete the quest earlier than the deadline, like the other missions had a chance.


    Even though there were almost zero percentage chances that Aakesh would fail the quests, as he already had enough customers to fill the portals for all four rounds, he still disliked the mission.


    "Hey, system, will today count as a day in the quest?" Aakesh asked the system abruptly because, if today were to be counted, the store''s sess rate had slightly decreased.


    Counting today''s remaining 36 hours, the store only had 468 hours left on the other side.


    The system didn''t respond, but a new blue screen popped up in front of Aakesh the next moment.


    [Quest progress:


    Panagea hours: 36/450,


    Deadline: Six days.]


    The system had counted the thirty-six hours of sale as well since the quest rted to Panagea hours were different.


    It was also the reason Aakesh didn''t receive a customer quest for Panagea. It would have been nearly impossible to meet the requirement, even if it had only been to acquire five new Panagea customers.


    The system knew Panagea''s poprity, and unlike other products, virtual portals weren''t unlimited in number. Those who were already here weren''t going to give space to the neers to enter Panagea, leaving the quest up to fate and not to the store or the store owner.


    ***


    A/N: Don''t forget to check out my new novel, MMORPG: Myth Online.


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 Chapter 885 Closing For The Day!

    Chapter 885: Closing for the Day!


    A few minutes earlier,


    Ashley entered the cultivation arts room after leaving Panagea. She already had a weapon of choice, and it had helped her a lot, so she had no ns to change it. As for the training area, Ashley decided to wait for when it arrived for Higher level weapons.


    Ashley''s eyes shined as the aesthetics of the room pleased her. She had lived in wealth since she was young, so she had seen the beauty all around her.


    Her eyes fell on the murals painted across the wall. Each mural had one thing inmon; it was a book.


    After looking at a few murals, Ashley returned her focus to the counter ced in the center of the room.


    There were five counters ced there, but four of them were empty, and only one had content inside it.


    Ashley didn''t think much about the empty shelves. She could feel that the material used to make the shelf was something valuable simr to the stones used on the floor, but since she had never seen anything like it, she didn''t recognize it.


    Ashley didn''t waste time pondering over the material as she extended her right hand and stretched it inside the shelf, referring to the Lesser level cultivation arts.


    Lesser level cultivation arts could only help cultivate up to the peak Divine Being, and since she had already reached the Divine Lord level, the arts here were of no help to her. But it didn''t mean the cultivation arts were useless.


    At the end of the day, the cultivation arts were an amalgamation of knowledge and concepts. Excess knowledge of concepts never harmed someone; it only helped.


    Hoping that the cultivation arts here would help her see through some different concepts and epiphanies, increasing her umtion of concepts, Ashley took her hand out when she sensed it grabbing over something.


    The next moment, she found her hand carrying a page when they came out.


    Ashley raised her eyes in surprise as she didn''t expect the store to sell a page. If it were other stores, Ashley would have expected them to hide the true products and only show the title to the customer. But her expectations for this store had risen after experiencing Panagea.


    "Guess the cultivation arts are too big to reveal even for this store," Ashley humorously mumbled as she focused on the contents on the page in her hand.


    [Title: The Art of Shocking the World


    Level: Lesser


    Power System: Magic


    User; Early tote Divine Transformation


    Details: The cultivation art deals with mana. It deals with the element of shockwaves.


    Price: 480 ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Ashley''s eyes twitched after reading the content on the page. She knew about the element of shockwaves. It was one of the different types of the Element of Speed.


    In fact, she had even heard about this cultivation art. A group of her father''s protectors cultivated this art, so her family had it in treasuries.


    Ashley sighed after discovering the recognizable cultivation art, "The first one I find is already in my possession."


    At the same time, she was also surprised by the extravagant name of the cultivation art since the one in her family''s treasury was simply called "Shockwaves Art."


    ''I must ask the store owner about this,'' Ashley thought since the art''s names weren''t random they had a reason for it.


    After Ashley came to the price section, her eyes bulged out in shock. She had seen the effect of the cultivation art, and it was nothing of the sort to fetch around five hundred ordinary Sacred stones. If Ashley had to put a price, she would ce it around two hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Ashley didn''t dare look at the page any longer since it was giving a headache to her. She then put it back and took another page out.


    [Title: The Art of ying the World


    Level: Lesser


    Power System: Magic


    User; Early tote Divine Transformation


    Details: The cultivation art deals with mana. It deals with the element of foolishness.


    Price: 500 ordinary Sacred stones.]


    "Er!" Ashley couldn''t help but exim in shock after reading the content. It was the same type of cultivation art as earlier, but it dealt with the element of foolishness, rather than the element of shockwaves.


    But Ashley had a different reaction after calming down since this was the first time she hade across a cultivation art that dealt with the element of foolishness. The element of foolishness was one of the types of the Element of Mockery.


    The Element of Mockery was one of the rare elements spread across the Multiverse, not only in the Sacred dimension.


    Since Ashley had nevere across this element, she didn''t know anything about it except for its rarity. She then looked at the price and couldn''t help but be disappointed, since it cost 500 ordinary Sacred stones.


    She didn''t bring that kind of wealth with her, and even if she had, she wouldn''t have been able to spend it on art. A budget of five hundred ordinary Sacred stones wasn''t something even her family could splurge on at any given moment.


    She returned the page to the shelf and took out another cultivation art.


    Time flew by, and just like that, several hours had passed.


    Garos''s six hours were over, so the system forced him out of Panagea. As he exited, his eyes fell on Elera, who was waiting for him.


    A gentle smile spread across Garos and Elera''s faces as they saw each other. The situation of several months wasn''t going to end with only a few hours of conversation.


    Elera and Garos then went to Aakesh. After the treatment, both were too busy to care about Aakesh, as they couldn''t let go of each other. Now that they hade out of Panagea, it was time for Elera to thank Aakesh.


    Elera was initially ufortable with Aakesh, as she should be. The man killed her only son after all.


    But sometimes things had to be epted as they were; the same was the case for Elera. She had no choice but to give up on her ns to kill the store owner for revenge. Garos yed a crucial role in it, as he nudged her toward Aakesh and asked her to thank him.


    Aakesh wasn''t aware of the conversation between the duo of husband and wife, but even if he were, he wouldn''t care much.


    If the pair attempted to plot against him, they faced only one fate. So Aakesh left the decision to them about what they wanted to do.


    Garos knew this, so after Elera woke up, he tried to make the hostility in her heart disappear. A mother''s love for her son wasn''t something that could be exined in words. The fact that the store sold the products that treated her didn''t make the hatred go away.


    But he wanted it to slowly disappear, as he didn''t want to get embroiled in the conflict between Elera and the store owner. He could already see the oue with his own eyes, but if it came to Elera standing against the store owner, he would have no choice but to stand by her side since his love for her was more passionate than the fear of death and the background behind the store owner.


    Fortunately for Garos, Elera was an intelligent woman and knew her limits. She understood why her husband was trying it this way. Even though she couldn''t stop hating the store owner, it didn''t mean she would n against him. Elera decided to live with her hatred, as she had seen how Garos had been living miserably due to not being wealthy enough to treat her since the start.


    "Thank you, store owner," Elera thanked Aakesh. Her tone clearly showed her feelings toward Aakesh. She wanted to add respect, but ultimately, what came out of her mouth was a cold tone.


    Aakesh wasn''t one to care about the tone of his customers, so he only nodded in response to her thanks.


    Garos, on the other hand, was sweating through his back while clenching his fist, creating cracking sounds, as he didn''t want Elera to die right after the treatment. His grip on his fist lessened after Elera didn''t say anything that might offend Aakesh.


    After thanking Aakesh, Elera turned around and looked at Garos. Garos understood the underlying meaning in her eyes. Garos then thanked Aakesh and left the store with Elera.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Frederick''s six hours in Panagea wereplete, and the system forced him out.


    When he came out, he found no soul other than the store owner and the cat perched atop the store owner''s head.


    He then said his goodbyes to the store owner and hurriedly left the store.


    After Frederick left, Aakesh stood up from his chair and went to the gate,


    Outside, a nket of darkness had covered the sky. The eighteen moons were already there, trying to fend off the darkness, but their effect seemed to be nothing more than a trickle.


    ***


    A/N: Only one chapter today! I had a wedding to attend and it was also a Sunday, so I figured why not.

 Chapter 886 Katanaean(1)

    Chapter 886: Katanaean(1)


    After Frederick left, Aakesh closed the door, bringing an end to a fruitful day for the store.


    The next moment, both of them disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily only nced at Aakesh and then went toward her usual training area.


    After Lily left, Aakesh went to the weapons section and picked up one for today''s battle. He then went to his right, chose his usual training environment, and pressed the switch.


    The next moment, the space around him cracked, turning into a portal, and sucked Aakesh inside.


    When the light returned to Aakesh''s eyes, he found himself in the familiar battle arena.


    Soon after, a familiar blue screen popped out in front of him. Aakesh didn''t choose his options right away but looked at his weapon. He nodded since it was the sword. Aakesh then tapped on the blue window to begin the first stage.


    The next moment, a blue light engulfed the arena, and when it disappeared, a second person hade with it on the stage.


    As Aakesh saw the creature, he raised his eyes in surprise.


    The creature in front of Aakesh was a race that had long gone extinct in the multiverse. It was a race born in the third dimension.


    The creature in front of him belonged to the race Katanaean. Katanaeans had a humanoid physique with elongated arms and fingers. They were of average human height, with their skin a mixture of blue and purple. The same was thebination of their eyes.


    One eye had purple sclera and blue pupil, while the other had blue sclera and purple pupil.


    If someone looked at their bodies they would get the feeling of agility and flexibility. It was a race born to be an overlord of swords.


    The race had a natural affinity with swordy, and they spent all their life either battling or training. They not only had their physique made for swords, but their keen intellect was also high, giving them mastery over many difficult sword arts.


    They were a formidable race of creatures that had the capability to stand at the top of the Multiverse with Devas and the other remaining top fifty races. But s, they died before they could achieve the top fifty title.


    (A/N: When I say top races, it isn''t just a simple rank, but there are benefits for it. As for who judges the ranks of the races, it is one of the Devas. I will introduce what benefits are there for top-ranked racester in the future.)


    Why they got extinct was their obsession with the swords. The reproduction in the race wasn''t any good, and they felt the training to be more worth their efforts than bearing children. So the race had a low poption.


    In the historical conquest of Vritrasura, all the Katanaean were killed since they refused to join Vritrasura. And since their numbers were low, no progeny of their race survived the ordeal.


    The swords Katanaens used weren''t made of valuable materials, but it was made of spine bones. Katanaeans were born with excessive spine bones at their birth, and they would use that excess bones to create swords for themselves. The sword would then grow with them as their level and experience in swordy increased.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but feel his blood boil in excitement at the scope of battling a Katanaen, a race known for its swordy.


    At the same time, Aakesh was also surprised. Thest time he got the bow for the battle, his opponent turned out to be a Cosmic Elf, a race known for their peak archery skills. Today he got a sword, and he got Katanaean.


    "Hey, system, are you manipting the appearance of opponents?" Aakesh asked the system to satisfy his curiosity.


    [No, Host! It''s your luck that is helping you get things you want.]


    Aakesh didn''t ask any more questions, as luck was an ethereal concept for even someone like him.


    Now that Aakesh remembers it, his luck seemed to be off the charts in thest few days. He found an event that pushed him forward by a level in Panagea, Cosmic Elf, and now the Katanaean. Aakesh could only hope that his luck remained high when its time for the newest store product to arrive.


    Panagea was also the case of his incredible luck in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh then looked at the sword used by his opponent.


    The sword in the Katanaean was a truly fearsome sight to behold. It was made entirely of violet bones, intricately carved and polished to a glossy finish. The hilt was adorned with intricate patterns of battles, and the de itself glowed with a faint violet light.


    The sword was slightly curved, giving it a deadly and graceful appearance.


    Overall, the sword was a weapon of great beauty and power, and it was sure to strike fear into the hearts of those who faced it in battle.


    But for Aakesh, it raised the intensity of battling. He then looked at his sword, a fearsome weapon that even the darkness fretted about.


    [Ding!]


    As Aakesh was feeling excited thinking about the battle, the bell rang and announced the start of the fight.


    The Katanaean, who had been standing on the stage with his eyes closed, finally opened them. Its movements were like a blur as it disappeared from its spot and charged at Aakesh.


    Aakesh seemed to be unfazed by the opponent''s movement. The power difference between the two parties was so vast that even with the heaven-defying sword skills, the Katanaean had no chance to change the oue.


    When the Katanaean was only a step away from Aakesh, he finally looked at his sword.


    His movement seemed to be in slow motion as he raised his sword and casually brought it down.


    The next moment, an illusion of the Katanaean and the arena splitting into two appeared. Aakesh hadn''t used the amount of strength that could damage the arena, so things were fine on its side, but not the Katanaean.


    The Katanaean, who had been casual about the battle since the start, had a shine in its eyes when the invisible de, created from the sword''s casual sh, split it into two.

 Chapter 887 Katanaean(End)

    Chapter 887: Katanaean(End)


    Aakesh''s eyes didn''t move at all during the sh, and the battle was over just as quickly as it had started. After the fight came to an end, a blue light covered the entire arena.


    When the blue light disappeared, the Katanaean reappeared in the arena. This time, its eyes weren''t closed, and it stared at Aakesh with an excited expression as if it had found a toy.


    The Katanaeans were so obsessed with swords that once they found someone capable enough to give them the thrill of a sword battle, they turned into monsters.


    "What race do you belong to?" The Katanaean asked Aakesh, as it wanted to know the race of its opponent.


    The Katanaeans were a proud race that didn''t even submit in the face of an undefeatable enemy like Vritrasura. Arrogance was engrained in their bones, so the Katanaens'' tone contained no hint of a civil conversation but was more like an order.


    Aakesh ignored the Katanaean since the current Katanaean wasn''t enough to demand answers from him. Aakesh was a being even more egoistic and arrogant than Kantanaeans.


    After receiving no response from Aakesh, the Katanaean, instead of getting angry,ughed out loud as it liked this version of Aakesh more.


    Many saw arrogance as a negative emotion, but the Katanaean didn''t believe it. I felt it was natural. Being arrogant about one''s own strength was a natural thing to do.


    Ding!


    The Katanaeans wanted to ask again, but the sound of the bell interrupted it before it could speak.


    The second round saw Aakesh taking the initiative to attack. Even less than a percent of his strength allowed him to overpower the Katanaean, so hended the first blow.


    The Katanaean, however, was not deterred after seeing Aakesh charging at it. Rather, it smiled and charged at the same time. Its movement seemed to be a graceful dance around Aakesh, its swords shing in the violet light as it sought an opening.


    Aakesh remained unfazed by the Katanaeans as when his blownded, it directly pierced through the creature''s heart. Aakesh didn''t stop as he flicked his sword up.


    The next moment, a small blood cloud erupted as everything above the Katanaean''s heart exploded.


    The Katanaean seemed to have awakened the bloodthirst of a sword battle in Aakesh, so he was no longer gentle or casual with his strikes.


    (A/N: Aakesh isn''t a kind character. He just doesn''t like cruel battles since it''s a waste of time, but his tendency tomit violence is always possible, as in these battles with the Katanaean. Swords duels are associated with the cruelty of mankind, so I decided to let Aakesh go wild.)


    As time flew by, the number of battles increased. The result remained the same, a cruel death for the Katanaean.


    With each strike, Aakesh not only went for the kill but also for the most painful and cruel oue.


    Only in the sixty-third round of battle did the Katanaean seed in defending the first strike, but the second strike came even quicker and harsher than the first one, as the Katanaean''s head got cut into countless little pieces.


    The battle raged on for ny-eight rounds, with Aakesh one-sidedly massacring the Katanaean every round.


    But in the ny-eighth round, things changed. The Katanaean''s movements became even more graceful and precise, and it began to anticipate Aakesh''s attacks. Aakesh found himself on the defensive for the first time, but before it could make him struggle Aakesh decided to end this battle and go for a stronger Katanaean.


    Aakesh raised his sword and made three shes at once. When all three shedbined, ck light in the shape of a triangle the size of a football appeared in front of Aakesh''s chest.


    Aakesh then made the gesture of piercing through the center of the triangle.


    The next moment, the entire arena began to crack as sword cuts of different intensities spread everywhere.


    In no time, both the Katanaean and the arena turned into a mess. Pieces that couldn''t be seen anymore by naked eyes covered the ruined arena, which had now turned violet.


    It was the ultimate skill avable to Aakesh in this round. If someone were to look clearly at every piece scattered around the now-ruined arena, they would find it in the shape of a triangle with a hole in between, the same pattern as what Aakesh had formed.


    Time flew by, and the ny-ninth round began. It was another win for Aakesh. It didn''te as easy as the ny-eighth round, but still, it didn''t prove a lot of struggle for Aakesh.


    When the battle ended, the arena had turned violet once again, and Aakesh had a few shallow injuries on his chest.


    The Katanaean hade closest to winning when its sword seeded in reaching Aakesh''s chest, but Aakesh didn''t let the creature go any further, and he won the battle in the end.


    The hundredth round was a grueling test in a cruel battle for both warriors. Both of them fought with everything they had, their swords shing and shing in a blur of motion. Their movements had long exceeded the speed of light, so they all seemed to be all over the arena in different positions at different times. Only the sound of their sh proved that they were even battling.


    In the end, Aakesh''s strength and unlimited endurance won out, and he managed tond thest blow that brought the Katanaean to its end.


    At that time, the arena was nowhere to be found, as even the space had turned into nothingness. If not for the light glowing from the sword, the entire space would be simr to a void.


    Aakesh''s skin had turned bluer as blood continuously flew from the numerous injuries spread across his body.


    The most severe was the disappearance of arge chunk of meat from his neck.


    In the one hundred and first round, the Katanaean fought with unprecedented vigor. At that point, the roles of Aakesh and the creature had been reversed. Its swords seemed to blur, and Aakesh found himself unable to defend himself.


    Soon after the battle began, the Katanaean disarmed him by cutting the sword arm with its first strike. Aakesh attempted to call the sword to his left hand when that arm fell to the ground.


    In no time, Aakesh''s body had fallen to the ground in different parts.

 Chapter 888 Panagea(1)

    Chapter 888: Panagea(1)


    When the light returned to Aakesh''s eyes, he found himself standing in front of a space crack. When Aakesh stepped through it, he returned to the selection area.


    There was still some time left before Lily''s training with the Epochal Felines came to an end, so Aakesh decided to go for another training session.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    The silence inside the selection area broke as a space crack emerged out of nowhere.


    Soon after, Lily stepped out of it. She first looked at the usual seating spot. When she didn''t find Aakesh, she asked the system to summon the chairs.


    More time flew by, and Aakesh stepped out of the space crack afterpleting the training.


    As it had been a tradition, Aakesh went to the chair and sat on it. The duo then began sharing their experiences with each other. The majority of the time went to Lily since she still hadn''t gotten over the wolf''s death.


    As their conversation came to an end, the duo disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the store''s hall. Lily summoned the door and then left not long after for Panagea.


    After Lily left, Aakesh''s face turned expressionless as usual, and he then proceeded toward the portal room.


    Since there was no rank board currently present for Panagea''s adventurer due to theirck of number, only an empty wall weed Aakesh''s sight.


    Aakesh then touched the nearest portal using the tip of his finger. The next moment, a suction force stronger than he could fight against appeared and sucked him inside to a different world.


    When the light returned to Aakesh''s eyes, he found himself in the safe spot he had chosen for himself before departing Panagea yesterday.


    Roar!


    What Aakesh had expected to be a safe ce didn''t turn out to be one, as when he suddenly appeared here, his movements alerted the beast sleeping next to him.


    Aakesh looked at the beast, and it was the Wood Leopard. Its level was below Level 290, so Aakesh ignored the beast and left the area, proceeding his journey toward Lily''s territory.


    The Wood Leopard heaved a sigh of relief after Aakesh left, as it could sense the overwhelming power from the other party. It then looked at the safe spot for a few seconds and then, without wasting any time, left in a different direction than Aakesh. It was fortunate that Aakesh didn''t kill it, but the same wouldn''t be the case for every higher-level creature. It needed to find an even more secure ce to rest.


    Unaware of the leopard''s actions, Aakesh crossed a distance of a few hundred miles in those few seconds.


    After traveling several thousand miles, Aakesh''s journey came to a stop. He sensed life signatures not very far from him.


    The same was the case for the other party, as not long after Aakesh stopped, a group of beasts surrounded Aakesh.


    It was a group of Green Lizards. Each of them was almost double in size whenpared to Aakesh.


    There were about thirty Lizards in the group, with levels ranging from 280 to 300.


    Only the leader of the group was at Level 300, while the others were below that.


    Aakesh didn''t fear Level 300 anymore. In fact, he weed them. Aakesh was only slightly away from another level up, so the more Level 300 creatures that came across him, the better for him.


    Aakesh soon unsheathed the sword from its sheath, tied on his back, and charged at the Level 300 Lizard.


    Roar!


    The leader roared and ordered all its followers to pounce on Aakesh, while it also lunged back at him, with its ws having nails sharper than swords.


    ng!


    As the sword collided with the lizard''s nails, a metallic sound rang out, but soon the sound of roaring in pain drowned out the metallic sound.


    The sword in Aakesh''s hand cut through the leader''s sharp ws as if it were nothing but a weak piece of paper.


    Aakesh''s swords didn''t stop right away and continued toward the creature''s heart, ignoring the other lizard''s pounce.


    The leader felt fear for the first time in its life as it saw the sword approaching its heart. It wanted to escape from the area, but when it tried, a hand shorter than its hand suddenly came across its head and stopped its momentum.


    As Aakesh forced the Level 300 lizard to a fixed spot, his sword easily went through the creature''s heart. The leader coughed up green blood, but it was still alive, as its species could survive for hours even without a heart.


    Aakesh then finally focused on the underlings, who seemed only one step away from tearing him into pieces.


    Aakesh''s eyes remained cold as the sword in his hands showed its dance to the world. With every sh and swing, a body part flew into the air.


    In no time, a gory scene covered a range of several hundred meters around Aakesh, as the already green ground had turned greener from the mucus-like green blood.


    The leader had already lost its will to escape or live after seeing the cruel ughter of its underlings, so when Aakesh approached it, it had a relieved expression in his eyes.


    It didn''t feel hatred toward Aakesh since this was thew of the world. If Aakesh were the weaker party, the ground would have turned blue instead of green.


    The memory of its birth passed through the creature''s head at that moment, and soon after, the world around it turned dark after Aakesh cut its head and split it into two.


    The Green Lizards were known for their tenacious vitality, so Aakesh had no choice but to split the creature into two.


    Aakesh seemed to have no reaction to the gory scene caused by him since it wasn''t the first, and it wasn''t going to be thest.


    The next moment, a wave offortable energy spread across his body as his XP grew, and he reached even closer to the level-up.


    As Aakesh''s habit was, he didn''t even look at the scene caused by him and continued forward, hoping to get a few more Level 300 beasts so that he could level up before he returned to the store for meditation.

 Chapter 889 Panagea(2)

    Chapter 889: Panagea(2)


    Aakesh didn''te across any beasts for the next few thousand miles. It was expected since it was the territory of the Level 300 Green Lizard.


    Even though Aakesh made the killing seem easy, it was due to Aakesh''s overwhelming strength and not because the Green Lizard was weak.


    Aakesh suddenly came to a stop, and his face turned grave as a breath washed over him. Aakesh felt chills crawling down his spine when that breath washed over him.


    It was the breath of a creature that had overwhelming power over Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t make any casual movements and let the breath disappear first. Until now, Aakesh had never died in Panagea, so he wanted to let this streak continue until the end.


    Aakesh only hoped this creature would not have any ideas about a weak creature like him.


    A few secondster, the breathpletely disappeared. As Aakesh had hoped, the creature showed no interest in him.


    Aakesh heaved a sigh of relief and continued his journey. Aakesh''s speed turned slow and careful after that.


    It took him only a few seconds to cover a distance of several hundred miles, but after the appearance of the breath, the duration to cover the same distance grew to a minute.


    Aakesh had only covered around two thousand miles after the sudden appearance of the terrifying sense when he stopped again.


    Aakesh could sense a group of beings approaching in his direction at a rapid rate.


    A bad feeling crept over Aakesh''s heart as the sudden appearance of the breath and then these fellows charging in his direction didn''t seem normal.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, before he could change his direction, the other group sighted him.


    "Madam, there is a stranger a few miles away from us. Should we ignore him or kill him before that damn thing chases us?" One person in the group went to the person in the center and respectfully asked.


    "Capture the stranger and use it as a lure to get that damn thing away from us," A gentle female voice that could soothe the minds of even the insane came out of the person in the center''s mouth.


    The next moment, two people separated from the group and charged toward Aakesh even more quickly.


    Aakesh knew he had mistakenly gotten involved in something big.


    Since things were going awry, Aakesh unsheathed the sword and charged at the attackers.


    Both the attackers on the other side were Level 300, so Aakesh made an easy y of them. It only took him two swings to end the battle.


    Aakesh then remembered the breaths of the people in the group. After finding the highest in the group to be only Level 301, Aakesh stopped worrying about them and charged at the group.


    The person in the center didn''t even expect in her dreams to see what she saw on the other side.


    ''I need to end this. Leaving an enemy like this alive woulde back to bite me even harder than that damn thing,'' The woman thought in her heart, and she ordered all her guards topletely focus on the man, and forget about the thing that was chasing them.


    The woman seemed to have made an undefeatable enemy as Aakesh was not only strong but also an adventurer with the ability of unlimited revival. It was just that Aakesh had asked the system to hide the signs of his being an adventurer. Since he wasn''t allowed to interfere with the quests of Panagea, there was no need for him to show himself as an adventurer.


    Aakesh had also heard from the worm about the desires of powerful creatures toward the adventurers because of their ability to touch faith energy, so Aakesh thought of hiding it.


    This hiding also turned the situation troublesome for Aakesh since the woman would have never dared to use a Level 296 adventurer as a lure, making an even more terrifying enemy.


    The battle wasn''t showy, as Aakesh went straight for the kill. With every sh of his sword, a head flew in the air.


    Only the Level 301 man was a challenge, but even he failed to stop Aakesh''s ughter and died in the end.


    After killing everyone in the group, Aakesh rushed at the hooded woman.


    Aakesh could see through the hood easily, and a beautiful face weed his sight. The woman appeared graceful and lovely with silver hair, blue eyes, and an otherworldly face.


    If there were others in ce of Aakesh, they might have even let go of the woman after seeing her beauty, but unfortunately for the woman, the concept of beauty didn''t work for Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t even try to ask any questions and swung his sword, aiming to cut off thedy''s head.


    "Eh!"


    Aakesh couldn''t help but frown as his sword stopped at the tip of her neck and refused to move any further.


    "You can''t kill me." The woman smiled after seeing Aakesh''s failed attempt to kill her.


    The frown on Aakesh''s face deepened as what thedy said turned out to be correct. After activating the skill, Energy Overseer, Aakesh could see a cluster of light blocking his sword from moving any further.


    Aakesh then decided to see whether the cluster of light or his sword was quicker as he randomly shed at different portions.


    But the result was the same. Whenever the sword was about to cut the woman, a cluster of light would appear and block the sword.


    The situation was not only for single and physical attacks but also when Aakesh used a barrage of bullets or other magical skills, the cluster of light would defend the woman.


    "I already told you, you can''t kill me. If you want to kill me, your speed and attack power should be stronger than a Level 450 being," The woman told Aakesh in her otherworldly, gentle voice.


    Aakesh also stopped his experiment. He had unlimited endurance but not unlimited energy.


    "I can''t kill you, but I can capture you and mentally torture you," Aakesh wasn''t one to let go of someone that tried to kill him, so he said in his ever-present cold voice.


    The woman said nothing but only smiled in response to Aakesh.


    The next moment, suddenly a pair of red eyes opened behind her and stared at Aakesh.


    Aakesh felt a wave of fear wash over him as he could see his death in those cold, red eyes.


    ***


    A/N: I have received manyments about the training and Panagea chapters.


    So from now on, I have decided to write two training chapters and two to three Panagea chapters per ten-twenty store chapters. What do you think of this? Should I continue the way it has been going on since the start?

 Chapter 890 Panagea(End)

    Chapter 890: Panagea(End)


    Aakesh felt himself sinking into a puddle as the pair of red eyes locked on him.


    "We will meet again." The woman suddenly interjected, breaking the pressure on Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t say anything but only looked at the woman with a grave face.


    The pair of eyes behind the woman appeared to have gained some order as it looked at Aakesh one more time before fading into obscurity.


    "Who are you?" Aakesh asked, his voice colder than ice.


    "I will tell you when we meet again." The woman smiled. The next moment, she began to fade at a rapid rate.


    The fading process suddenly came to an end as a key seemed to emerge out of the space ring, blocking the process.


    The smile on the woman''s face remained as usual, and she threw the key toward Aakesh. After that, she faded into obscurity in no time.


    Aakesh reflexively caught the key. The next moment, his face turned ugly as he felt the previous terrifying breath lock on him as soon as he touched it.


    ***


    Several thousand miles away from where Aakesh currently was, a destructive battle was happening between two gigantic creatures.


    On one side of the battle was a creature a few hundred meters in size. It looked like a wolf. If Aakesh were here, he would have recognized the beast as the Obsidian Wolf, one of the ruling sses of the wolf group. The seven pairs of obsidian eyes were the unique identifiers of the creature.


    The creature on the other side was nearly as tall as the Obsidian Wolf. The creature looked weird, as its skin seemed liquid from the outside. Anyone who looked at the creature would feel that liquid was floating in the air.


    Its skin was dark red, and it had enormous hands and a gigantic pair of dark wings. If Aakesh were here, he would have recognized it as well. It was Jtar, a creature belonging to the Demon group. Simr to the Obsidian Wolf, Jtar was also one of the ruling sses of the Demon groups.


    "We don''t need to fight anymore," The Obsidian Wolf suddenly backed away and told the Jtar.


    Before the Jtar could understand what was happening, it suddenly turned to its right and sensed the presence of the key.


    Ignoring the wolf backing away, Jtar charged in the direction of the key.


    ***


    Not even a second had passed after getting locked down by the familiar, terrifying breath, and Aakesh found its owner appearing in front of him.


    The Jtar had a weird expression after it appeared. It never expected someone weak like Aakesh to be holding the key.


    The creature was certain that even if it breathed, it would be enough to kill the stranger in front of it.


    Aakesh understood that the key in his hands was the source of this troublesome situation. At the same time, he needed to think of ways to solve the issue.


    "A woman (omission) handed me the key and suddenly disappeared," Aakesh decided to initiate the conversation before the Jtar took action. He didn''t forget to reveal the appearance of the woman, so the Jtar would at least trust his words.


    The title, Myrioglot, worked in Panagea as well since thenguage here was the same as what was spoken outside, so he also activated the title.


    Since the title "Myrioglot" didn''t refer to offensive or defensive skills, it had no limits. After Jtar heard Aakesh speaking in its native tongue, a slight hint of friendship toward Aakesh appeared in its heart. There was another reason for it. Thenguage of the ruling ss of Demons was extra confidential as it revealed hints of history, so only those fully trusted by Jtars would know the native tongue of Jtars. Even other ruling demon groups didn''t know thenguage.


    The Jtar had thought of killing Aakesh and taking the key away, but after the nativenguage affected its heart, the idea of killing the stranger disappeared from its mind.


    "You did good by telling me the truth," The Jtar responded. Its tone was friendly.


    But before Aakesh could heave a sigh of relief, its tone turned stern as it ordered, "Now hand over the key."


    Aakesh didn''t waste any time and handed the key over to the Jtar. He was curious about what the key represented, but since there was no way for him to get the key, he gave up on the idea.


    It would be a lie if Aakesh said that he didn''t want the key, even if he somehow tasted his first death in Panagea. But Aakesh was confident that he wouldn''t even die if he wanted to in the presence of the Jtar.


    Aakesh was unable to pinpoint the actual level of the Jtar, but he was confident it was above Level 400. As for whether the creature was a Divine level lifeform, Aakesh didn''t believe it.


    The Jtar couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief as the key returned to him. It then looked at Aakesh, pondering over something.


    "Aren''t you curious about what this key represents?" A knowing smile appeared on Jtar''s face, and it asked Aakesh.


    "No!"


    "Not even a little bit," The creature was taken aback by the immediate answer from Aakesh.


    Aakesh was no fool to not think about what was going on in the Jtar''s head. Aakesh could sense a thread trying to bind him to the key.


    Aakesh would have happily let the thread bind him to the key if he didn''t have to reach Lily in the next three months, but now that wasn''t possible.


    "NO!"


    "Not even a tiny bit?"


    "NO!"


    "Not even an infinitesimal bit?"


    "NO!"


    The next moment, aedic scene started ying out in the area as the Jtar wanted Aakesh to say he was interested in the key, but Aakesh was resolute with his answer.


    "I promise I won''t kill you or capture you, even if you have an interest in it," The creature asked for thest time. It expected Aakesh to respond positively this time since beings of his level couldn''t make promises on a whim; they needed to see it through to the end.


    "NO!"


    Time flew by, and after a round of conversation with the Jtar, it finally let Aakesh leave.


    Aakesh breathed a sigh of relief when he noticed the creature''s presence had disappeared.


    ''Why was he so interested in binding me with the key?'' As he continued on his journey, Aakesh reflected on his heart.


    Aakesh soon stopped thinking about it since he had already given up on it, and Aakesh wasn''t one to ponder over the past. At the same time, a target emerged in Aakesh''s heart.


    The woman had dared to kill Aakesh, so there was no way he was going to let her survive.


    He would begin his hunt for thedy once his strength had reached a sufficient level.


    ***


    "Damn it! If not for this damn key''s rules, I would have forcefully grabbed that man and made him do the thing," The Jtar mumbled in frustration.


    The key wasn''t an ordinary item, as it was a key to one of the ruins left by one of the ten Emperors.


    The key gave a single attempt to whoever had it. The Jtar had already used it. Before it went into the ruin, it was just a normal demon, not a Jtar.


    The creature won a blood vial left by a high-ranking Jtar, and here it was. The vial''s effect was still active because the potion''s level was 500.


    Aakesh was right in his conjectures, as the Jtar was currently Level 428, way below Level 500.


    Aftering out of the ruin, it had taken him several thousand years to find the key again. It had a rule that whoever was fated with it could only enter the ruin.


    Aakesh had a fate with the key because he obtained it without even knowing about it. It was the reason; the Jtar wanted Aakesh to learn about the key so he wouldn''t be able to stop himself from entering the ruin.


    As for the friendliness toward Aakesh for knowing the native tongue, it meant nothing inparison to the gain from the ruin. But since there was still some friendship and it couldn''t force Aakesh to enter, it let Aakesh leave.


    ***


    What the Jtar didn''t know that if Aakesh had found it to be a ruin rted to the ten Emperors, he would have never entered it.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The obstruction caused by the woman and the Jtar stopped Aakesh from increasing his level, as he didn''te across many Level 300 beasts after that.


    The time to leave arrived for Aakesh, and he returned to the store''s hall for meditation.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter for today. The situation might continue up to the tenth as it is a family wedding. I may even go absent, so I am asking for leave.


    The number of chapters I miss in these days; I would make up for them in the mass release!

 Chapter 891 A New Day!

    Chapter 891: A New Day!


    As the time set for Panagea by Aakesh came to an end, the system alerted Aakesh about it.


    Since there was nothing that might make Aakesh extend his Panagea''s time, he disappeared from the Panagea and appeared in the store''s hall.


    The next moment, he sat down on the floor and took out the used purer lesser Sacred stone. He then started his meditation process.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]


    Aakesh opened his eyes after the system''s alert. The blue screen hadn''t appeared since Aakesh''s absorption rate showed no improvement.


    Aakesh stood up from his spot and ced the remaining purer lesser Sacred stone in the system''s space. He then summoned the door to his room.


    The next moment, a door emerged midair in the store''s hall, and not long after, stairs connecting the door to the floor appeared.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in a sh.


    The closed door opened with a clicking sound, and soon after, Aakesh stepped out of it.


    Only a few seconds remained before sunrise, but the light of dawn had already started appearing.


    Soon the time passed, and the first clear ray of light pierced through the darkness covering Thorr City and the few cities around it.


    On the, the sun rose at a rapid rate, so in only a few seconds, the cover of darkness had entirely receded into hiding, waiting for its time to arrive.


    When the sun rose, a store on Seventeenth Street opened its door, announcing the start of another day for the store.


    Unlike the usual days, today there was a crowd of four people waiting outside the store.


    As soon as the store opened and Aakesh turned around, all four customers rushed inside the store.


    Of the four customers, the first three to enter the store were suddenly shrouded in golden transparent lights, making them different from thest customer.


    The four customers were Favan, Garos, Elera, and Frederick.


    Since Frederick was thest toe here yesterday and waited for a long time, he decided to wait early today and enter the store at its opening time.


    Favan looked in frustration and surprise at the three customers shrouded in transparent golden light. He didn''t have to think about the reason for its appearance.


    ''Damn it!'' Favan cursed in his heart since he had been the first to enter Panagea since the store opened. Now that streak had broken after he wasn''t in the group of three.


    Frederick couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief after finding him as one of the three customers.


    Time flew by, and several seconds passed in the blink of an eye.


    Not even a minute had passed since the store''s opening when another customer rushed into the store.


    A disappointed expression covered the customer''s face as he already noticed a man waiting in the corner. It was none other than Ricky, who had also arrived earlier than usual.


    Ricky also went to the waiting corner since he didn''t have enough wealth to buy pills, weapons, or the training area. Buying cultivation arts appeared not even in his dreams.


    More time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    It had been three hours since the store opened for the day.


    The store, which usually had only two or three people waiting, today had eight people waiting for their turn to arrive in Panagea.


    Aakesh was currently looking at two screens only visible to him.


    [Mission objective: Sell pills of every type to ten customers,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully made the first sale of the pills. Now, its time for you to do your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Time limit: Six Days,


    Mission reward: Five new types of Lesser level pills,


    Failure punishment: Two of the five pill types would randomly disappear, and the salesmission would get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    [Quest Progress:


    Body healing pill: 7/10,


    Mental healing pill: 7/10,


    Soul healing pill: 7/10,


    Meditation pill: 3/10,


    Energy purification pill: 10/10.]


    Aakesh nodded as he read the progress made in the quest.


    It was only yesterday that he got the quest, and the store had already achieved more than fifty percent of more than half of the requirements, while the energy purification pills had already been sold to ten customers.


    The progress exceeded Aakesh''s expectations, as almost all of the store''s customers up until now showed interest in the pills.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon after, the two screens faded into disappearance.


    Aakesh didn''t check the weapons or Panagea''s quest since there was nothing to see there.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions, while the eight people waiting for their turn to arrive were lost in their meditation.


    Around one hour had passed after Aakesh began his rxation session in silence. He suddenly opened his eyes as he heard footsteps approaching him.


    Aakesh opened his eyes, and when he looked in the direction of the sound, he found her to be Ashley. She wasing out of the cultivation arts room.


    "Store owner, I want to buy cultivation art," Ashley said. Her tone still sounded haughty, but it could be seen that she was trying to make it respectful.


    "Where is the art?" Aakesh asked as there was nothing in the hands of Ashley.


    The next moment, Ashley''s face turned awkward. "I couldn''t find the one I wanted," She added with an awkward smile.


    Yesterday, when Ashley checked out the cultivation arts, she had given up on them after looking at the high prices.


    But after leaving the store, she contacted her father and told him about the cultivation art.


    Even her father''s face changed in shock after learning about the sale of cultivation arts. He wanted to know the source of the sale, but unfortunately, his daughter refused to share any information about the source.


    Since he couldn''t just force her daughter to share something she didn''t want, he decided to let Ashley be in control and sent the required amount for the purchase. The father also found the price to be expensive, but he also knew that knowledge was priceless.


    There were banks spread across the Kingdom and the, so transferring money wasn''t a huge task.


    Ashley would havee early in the morning, but she had to wait for the banks to open and debit the amount. Even her status as the daughter of Corr City''s lord didn''t allow her to take advantage of her position.


    The organization behind the banks was spread across the Sacred dimension, so it didn''t even give a face to the Kings, let alone some city lord''s daughter.


    "Which one do you want?" Aakesh asked. Even he didn''t know the total number of cultivation arts in the infinite space inside the shelf.


    "The Art of ying the World!" Ashley responded immediately.


    It was the first time she hade across an item rted to the Element of Mockery, so she couldn''t let the art get out of her mind.


    Aakesh nodded and thenmunicated with the system about it.


    Aakesh then told Ashley to go ahead and take the cultivation art off the shelf. The system wasn''t going to bring the cultivation art to Aakesh and Ashley.


    ***


    "You need to pay five hundred ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh told her expressionlessly.


    Ashley nodded, and soon after, a mountain of stones appeared inside the store''s hall.


    After getting the cultivation art, Ashley even forgot about Panagea and left the store. She decided only to focus on the cultivation art for today.


    As for Aakesh, he was busy hearing the system alerts.


    [Ding!]


    [Congrattions, Host, for selling the first cultivation art in the Sacred dimension. 5% of the selling cost of the product has been submitted to your inventory. You can use that money on anything.]


    [Host, please see your screen for the first quest in the Sacred dimension.]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of a new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission objective: Sell cultivation arts to four customers,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully made the first sale of the cultivation art. Now, it''s time for you to do your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Time limit: One month,


    Mission reward: A hundred purer lesser Sacred stones,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    Aakesh focused on the quest screen after hearing the alerts.


    The quest in front of Aakesh was different in all categories: requirement, deadline, reward, and punishment.


    The deadline for the quest had grown to one month, while the other quests had only seven days. But since the difficulty of the quest was also high due to the expensive price of the cultivation art, the longer deadline made sense.


    The reward for the quest was mary, not an increase in products. It also made sense since the system couldn''t just introduce the higher level of cultivation arts by only selling four cultivation arts.

 Chapter 892 Sudden Gain!

    Chapter 892: Sudden Gain!


    After reading the quest details, Aakesh waved his hands. The next moment, the screen faded into disappearance.


    Since Aakesh had nothing to do, he closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    Time flew by, and soon the first group''s six-hour stay in Panagea ended. The system forced them out one by one, and in no time, all the virtual portals turned vacant.


    But soon after Garos, Elera, and Frederick exited the portal in the span of a second, the three customers whose turn hade rushed inside the portal room. In no time, all three virtual portals were filled by adventurers.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, the store in the Primal dimension haspleted the achievement of selling products worth one-time the value of the Primal dimension!]


    [The system has transferred one purer ordinary Sacred stone into your system space to congratte you on the achievement!]


    [Host, please see the quest screen for your next mission!]


    The next moment, a blue screen adorned with golden borders appeared in front of him, and soon, regal fonts in gold began emerging slowly.


    Around a minuteter, all the content that should have been there appeared, and the further emergence stopped.


    [Title: Unprecedented Achievement!


    Details: Host, the store in the Primal dimension had achieved the condition of unlocking a series of store quests rted to the sale amount by surpassing the total worth of the sales whenpared with the value of the Primal dimension


    Requirement: It isn''t the end but only the beginning. Now that the store has made revenue worth more than the value of the Primal dimension; let''s increase that value to ten times the value of the dimension


    Time limit: Unlimited


    Mission Reward: Ten purer ordinary Sacred stones


    Failure Punishment: None.]


    Aakesh was rxing with his eyes closed when the mechanical voice of the system suddenly rang in his head, breaking his resting session.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be surprised after hearing the information revealed by the system.


    Even though it had only been around a week since Aakesh and the store had settled in the Sacred dimension, technically more than two decades had passed in the Primal dimension.


    Aakesh then concentrated on the unexpected reward he received: a purer ordinary sacred stone.


    The value that lesser and ordinary Sacred stones brought was entirely different, despite the fact that there was only a level difference between them, particrly concerning the purer types of stones.


    One purer lesser stone was equivalent to five hundred usual stones, but for the ordinary stone, the conversion rate entirely changed.


    Ten thousand usual ordinary stones were equivalent to a single purer ordinary stone. It was also the exchange rate between ordinary and higher level stones.


    After calcting the high value of the reward he received, Aakesh focused on the screen in front of him.


    It was the first time Aakesh saw a quest screen with golden borders. But since it was an unprecedented achievement, it made sense.


    The sudden achievement activated a series of quests for the store, and the one in front of Aakesh was the first in line.


    It would be a lie if Aakesh said that he wasn''t surprised by the quest''s requirement. As for why he felt such, it was because he expected the quest''s condition to make revenue worth the total value of the Sacred dimension.


    But what the quest wanted him to do was make revenue worth ten times the total value of the Primal dimension.


    Since it had nothing to do with the store in the Sacred dimension, Aakesh lost the majority of his interest in it.


    Jonnah was now entirely responsible for entirely handling the store. There was no way for Aakesh to contact Jonnah for now, so there was no point in worrying about the quest. Aakesh believed letting Jonnah act the way he was currently doing was the best choice, and the store would someday achieve the target.


    As for how long it would take, Aakesh couldn''t guess the exact amount of time. But what he approximated was a few thousand years.


    Since there was no deadline or failure punishment, Aakesh didn''t need to worry about anything. The only thing he needed to do was wait for the reward to arrive in his pocket.


    It would be thousand of years for the Primal dimension, but not for him. It would only be a few years here.


    ***


    [One million supreme Primal stones have been transferred to your ount. You can deduct that amount using your employee card anytime you want.]


    "Er!"


    Jonnah was tending to the customer in front of him when the familiar store owner''s voice rang in his head.


    When Aakesh left for the Sacred dimension, Jonnah became worried since he would have to handle hundreds of billions of customers daily in the store alone. But when Jonnah returned to the store after his departure, he heard the store owner''s voice in his head.


    It was the system that took over as the store owner after Aakesh ascended. Even though Aakesh settled in the Sacred dimension, it didn''t mean that the store here had left Aajkesh''s control. To maintain the control of Aakesh over the store, the system moduled its voice as Aakesh and began to give instructions to Jonnah as Aakesh used to do before his ascendance.


    "What happened to you, Jonnah?" The customer asked after finding Jonnah suddenly eximing.


    "It''s nothing," Jonnah smiled as he returned his focus to the store.


    Only after the line in front of him turned empty did Jonnahmunicate with the voice in his head.


    The amount of one million supreme Primal stones was not insignificant, even though Jonnah''s sry had been increasing every year.


    Jonnah asked the voice about the reason for the reward, and when he heard it, his mouth and eyes flew wide open in shock.


    At the same time, Jonnah became excited since the store achieved this achievement while he was working there. Jonnah was sincerely grateful to the store since it had changed its life.


    Jonnah had the same level of respect for the store as he did for his mother.


    Soon Jonnah returned to his work as another customer arrived in front of him. A smile spread across his face as he tended to the customer. Jonnah didn''t have the capability of Aakesh to remember every face and name, but he still tried to remember as many faces and names as possible.


    ***


    Thorr City was only one of the cities in the Fawkes Kingdom. The Fawkes Kingdom has been ruling over its territory for several million years now. Even though it hadn''t seeded in winning any new territory over the past several million years, it had also not lost even an inch of its territory despite being at war with its neighbors all the time.


    All the living in the Sacred dimension were eternal, so they were more fierce toward expanding their Kingdom than in the Primal dimension.


    Eternal lives were possible due to thews of the dimension. But at the same time, the difficulty of eternal glory was also several times greater than in the Primal dimension. Simr was the desire of the rulers in their pursuit.


    "What have I hired you for?" Jamie roared in anger as he heard a piece of news that had almost been forgotten by the people of the Fawkes Kingdom.


    Jamie was none other than one of the two True Gods in the Fawkes Kingdom; he was also the current King of the Kingdom.


    Jamie had just received a piece of news that Roatar Town had been captured by the soldiers of the Ronar Kingdom.


    With this, the Kingdom had lost its territory for the first time in the past several million years. If Jamie''s father got to know about it, Jamie would be in huge trouble, so he was roaring in anger at his soldiers.


    Jamie and his father were the only two True Gods in the Kingdom. Jamie was only an early True God, while his father was close to reaching the intermediate sub-level.


    Despite reaching the same cultivation level as his father, Jamie was frightened of his father since he had seen the cruelty of his father personally.


    The territory the Fawkes Kingdom now held was the fruit of the previous King''s blood and sweat.


    The father had ambitions of expanding further, but that had put pressure on the coffers of the Kingdom, so Jamie became the next King.


    Jamie was the opposite of his father''s character. He had no ambitions of expansion, so the Kingdom enjoyed internal peace and growth for several million years.


    Even though Jamie didn''t like expansion, that didn''t mean others wouldn''t want to capture the territories controlled by the Fawkes Kingdom.


    Jamie had sufficiently invested in the Kingdom''s defense, so the Kingdom didn''t lose even an inch of territory in the past several millions of years. It was also the reason the previous King gave free rein to his son.


    ***


    A/N: The book will return to its usual schedule of two chapters every day starting tomorrow.


    Now the mass release on the 19th will include at least ten chapters. If you want more, follow the goal.


    Thanks for understanding and supporting the book!

 Chapter 893 The Mystery Purchase!

    Chapter 893: The Mystery Purchase!


    As Jamie roared in anger, the army chief trembled in fright.


    "Your majesty, the enemy had almost ten times the number of our soldiers. We only found out about losing the territory when the enemy sent the corpses of our soldiers." The chief stated.


    Even though he was terrified of the wrath of the King, he had no choice but to state the truth honestly, or his condition would be no better than that of those dead soldiers once the King found out about him hiding some information.


    Jamie''s anger grew even further after hearing the army chief. Not only did the Kingdom lose somends, but it also found out about the news only after the enemy told them. What could be more humiliating than this for Jamie, who had inverted a swathe of money to increase the defenses?


    Jamie wanted to rush and tear the army chief into pieces to calm himself down, but he controlled himself since doing that couldn''t change the result.


    The next moment, his voice turned cold as he looked at the army chief and ordered, "Before my fatheres to find out about this, I want that town to assimte back into our territory."


    "If you can''t do it in the next seven days, then I shall im your head as punishment."


    The army chief couldn''t help but shudder after hearing the cold words. The army chief was the closest to the True God level in the entire kingdom, and yet the difference between him and Jamie was like an adult and a newborn. The oue depended on the personality of the adult.


    "I will do it," the chief promised Jamie, bowing. There was no other option if he wanted to save his life.


    Jamie didn''t respond but waved his hands, gesturing for the army chief to leave and make his ns.


    After the chief left, Jamie fell into a state of deep reflection on the situation. He couldn''t help but shudder, thinking about what his father would do once he found out about the loss.


    Jamie feared not for his life but for the stability of the Kingdom. Many noble families in the kingdom still regarded the previous King as the highest authority, and Jamie knew them all. They were all once his father''s underlings who had created their own families after the establishment of the Kingdom. Once his father made a decision tounch a war, those families would agree immediately.


    "Your majesty, the city lord of Thorr City is requesting your audience!"


    While Jamie was thinking about the situation, suddenly one of the guards stationed at the pce came and informed him.


    Jamie pushed the situation to the back of his mind for the moment and allowed Thorr City lord to meet him. The guard hurriedly left, and not long after, the city lord came with him.


    As the previous King established the Kingdom, many of the noble families were settled by him and were his lifelong supporters. Even after Jamie got the throne, he only got control over those noble families only in name. Jamie knew that, and even then, he couldn''t act on them since that would anger his father.


    To counter the influence of his father over the Kingdom, Jamie also started cultivating his faction.


    The Vurrons were one such group of people who belonged to Jamie''s faction due to the city lord of Corr City being a good friend of Jamie. Also, Vurrons had been living here even before the birth of the Fawkes Kingdom, so the previous King didn''t have the same loyalty as other noble families from Vurrons.


    "Greetings, your majesty," The city lord respectfully greeted Jamie after entering the throne hall while the guard left the room.


    "What brings you here, Alfred?" Jamie asked the city lord.


    Alfred was the name of the city lord. He looked the same as other Thorrons, but his build was almost three times the size of an ordinary Divine Lord Thorron.


    "Your majesty, I havee here to ry something," Alfred respectfully said.


    "What is it?" Jamie couldn''t help but get curious, so he asked.


    "Your majesty, we have sold the territory you have told us to the non-demon you wanted to," Alfred responded, informing Jamie about thend bought by Aakesh.


    The other inhabitants of Thorr City believed that Aakesh got thend because of his connection to the city lord. Alfred, on the other hand, didn''t even know about Aakesh.


    Alfred only learned about Aakesh after he learned about the deaths of Garos'' sons. After researching him, Alfred found out that thend had been sold in no one''s name.


    After Alfred summoned the administrator responsible for binding thend to the buyer''s name, he found out that since it was an order right from the top, the administrator sold thend without making any hassle.


    Even the city lord of Corr City couldn''t get someone to buynd without Alfred''s knowing, so Alfred could only think of one person behind all of this. Aftering to this conjecture, he came rushing to the capital city.


    After hearing Alfred, Jamie couldn''t help but be confused. As far as he was aware, Thorr City would not allow non-demons to live there, and his view regarding the non-demons was the same.


    Jamie summoned the head administrator of the city since he couldn''t take this as a light-hearted matter.


    Only a few minutester, the head administrator arrived. Jamie told Alfred to repeat the same tithing as he had done a few minutes earlier.


    Alfred was surprised at first after seeing the King''s reaction, but then his face turned solemn. Even the King was unaware of the non-demon''s background and his settlement in Thorr City.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    In the throne hall, Jamie was sitting on his throne while six to seven people of different demon groups were standing with their heads lowered. Alfred was one of them. Despite searching all the records, the Kingdom''s administration failed to find anything about the non-demon. It was as if the non-demon appeared out of thin air in Thorr City.


    ''Who made this purchase?'' Alfred thought about it in his heart since it all happened in the city he controlled.

 Chapter 894 An Undefeatable Challenge!

    Chapter 894: An Undefeatable Challenge!


    The sudden appearance of the non-demon and his subsequent loss of the territory caused Jamie''s face to be solemn.


    Jamie would have immediately attacked the non-demon if a different Demon group didn''t control the Ronar Kingdom.


    "How can someone buy territory in your city, and you don''t even try to check it with the Kingdom''s administration?" Jamie looked at Alfred and angrily reprimanded him.


    Alfred didn''t know what to say at that moment. He came here to learn about the rtionship between the non-demon and the king and thus make a good impression on the non-demon.


    "Get to the bottom of that non-demon''s background," Jamie demanded.


    Jamie didn''t wait for Alfred''s response and pushed his hands forward. The next moment, a wind appeared and pushed Alfred right outside of the royal pce.


    Alfred''s face turned sour as he realized he was being humiliated. At the same time, he was also worried about what this would entail for the rtionship between Corr City''s lord and the King.


    Every Vurron had enjoyed a stabilized atmosphere due to the Corr City''s lord. Alfred didn''t want to disrupt that.


    As Alfred turned around to leave, a problem attacked him. Should he use the portal to travel to Thorr City or not?


    The journey using the portal would take only a few moments, but the cost would be expensive. Alfred was someone who liked having money and not wasting it on unnecessary things.


    ''Since Jamie didn''t ask for a specific timeline, I should travel to the city on foot.'' Jamie concluded after standing there for several seconds.


    The distance between Thorr City and the capital city was several billion miles, so it would take him around three days to travel that distance if he ran at full speed. No passenger vehicle covered thatrge distance, so Jamie could either travel by foot or by the travel portal.


    Alfred made up his mind to travel by foot and charged in the direction of Thorr City. Jamie, who could see Alfred, couldn''t help but sigh in frustration and irritation as he was well aware of Alfred''s stingy character


    ***


    Unaware of the storm he had caused in the royal pce, Aakesh was rxingfortably in his chair.


    Not even half a day had passed in the store, and all the virtual portals had already been booked for the day.


    Aakesh was rxing when he heard a sounding from the store''s door, so he opened his eyes and turned around in that direction.


    "Should I go or not?" The man standing at the store''s door mumbled in confusion.


    ***


    Jacques came from a wealthy family in Thorr City. His family had been controlling half the pharmaceutical needs of the city.


    Jacques wanted his stores to not only control Thorr City but also the other four Vurron cities. He had been working toward that goal for the past thousands of years.


    Yesterday he was invited to a banquet organized by Garos since he was good friends with Garos and Elera was his cousin. The reason for the celebration was a mystery, so only after reaching there did Jacques find out the reason.


    Jacques had always been someone who was obsessed with his goals, so he never really cared about his family''s conditions.


    Only after reaching the banquet, Jacques found out about his nephew''s death, his cousin''s illness and sessful treatment.


    Garos and Elera kept mum about how they seeded in treatment since everyone knew how deadly and expensive Maleros was.


    Since Jacques had good rtions with both the husband and wife, he seeded in finding about the secret of their treatment.


    After learning that a pill was the reason behind Elera''s treatment, at first, Jacques was shocked, but soon, the shock turned into a solemn face.


    Jacques had always been trying to make his pharmacy stores the only contender in all five Vurron cities. The sudden emergence of this store in Thorr city could put an end to his ambitions, so how could he not be solemn.


    At first, Jacques thought of killing the non-demon and his store, but after learning about the background and the other products, Jacques couldn''t help but smile wryly.


    Jacques couldn''t believe that an unbeatable challenger could derail the goal he had worked so hard to achieve for several thousand years.


    Jacques left the banquet early due to his ufortable feelings. Yesterday, Jacques destroyed many of his expensive and rare items.


    After the morning arrived, the ufortable feeling only grew stronger. Since Jacques could do nothing to stop that feeling, he decided to check out the store, which would prove to be an unbeatable challenge for him.


    ***


    Jacques couldn''t help but pause as he approached the store''s front door. He had already known about the background of the store owner.


    Jacques also found out that the non-demon was behind the killing of his nephew, yet his friend, who was stronger than him, could do nothing to the store owner. What would he even do after reaching the store?


    ''I must face the challenge head on!'' Jacques decided in his heart. But while thinking about it was simple, putting it into action was not. His foot stayed in the same position, not moving any further.


    Time flew by, and several seconds passed in the blink of an eye while Jacques stood frozen in ce all this time.


    Aakesh, who had opened his eyes after hearing the sound of a footstep, also moved his gaze away because he had grown tired of staring at the man who had been standing in the same spot for several seconds.


    More time flew by, and Jacques still couldn''t move himself.


    He''d already decided on a reason to go into the store. He would buy the pills from here and then experiment on them to create an even better version of energy purification pills. Since the store could do it, he and his group could do it as well.


    But Jacques still couldn''t gather enough courage to enter the store. It had been around three minutes since he had been standing here.


    Sigh!


    Jacques suddenly sighed and turned around to leave since he needed to first gather some courage.


    ''I will return tomorrow,'' Jacques vowed as he left. His steps weren''t stable at all as he proceeded.

 Chapter 895 Bumper Gain!

    Chapter 895: Bumper Gain!


    Aakesh closed his eyes, beginning another rxation session after Jacques left only from the store''s door.


    Time flew by, and around two hours had passed in the blink of an eye.


    The store hadn''t gotten any customers in the past hours, so Aakesh''s rxation session had persisted until now. As Aakesh heard a sounding from the store''s gate, he opened his eyes and looked in that direction.


    The next moment, Aakesh''s sight came across a Thorron standing at the gate on the verge of entering the store.


    ***


    Due to the street''s poprity as a market and the fact that its residents were generally wealthier than those in most other areas of Thorr City, Seventeenth Street was home to several gangs.


    These gangs conducted themselves in a way that suggested they were the neighborhood''s top dogs. Their survival was through protection money, and others on Seventeenth Street hired them for security.


    Of those several gangs, one was the Blue Darts, and Bretton was the leader.


    Blue Dart was one of the top gangs on Seventeenth Street due to Bretton being a Divine Being level cultivator. Not only that, but Bretton also came from a wealthy family since his grandfather was one of the personal guards of the city lord.


    Bretton had used his grandfather''s status quite well in his favor and established himself as one of the top dogs, if not the overlord, on Seventeenth Street. Since his family background was also terrifying, thew enforcement department could do nothing against Bretton unless he didn''t go as far asmitting tortures, rapes, and massacres.


    Garoun also came from a Divine Lord background, so Bretton had a friendly rtionship with him.


    Bretton had been outside the city for the past few months, so he only found out about Garoun''s death today. If he had been here, he would have at least tried to use his grandfather''s name to solve the issue.


    After finding out about Garoun''s death at the hands of a non-demon, Bretton got angry and wanted to kill the non-demon using his own hands. But after he learned about the response of the soldiers and the rumors spreading across the street, the anger turned into curiosity.


    The rtionship between Garoun and Bretton was friendly. But it wasn''t so close that he would make an enemy of someone whom even the generals didn''t dare attack despite having the city administration''s support.


    Bretton wouldn''t do that for his own brother, let alone Garoun, so after learning about the non-demon, Bretton came rushing to the store to check whether the rumors about the non-demon had any substance.


    ***


    Bretton felt strange about not being able to see or hear anything going on inside the store as he stood at the gate. But since Bretton had heard about arrays or different items with that function, he didn''t waste much of his time standing there and stepped inside the store.


    As soon as he entered inside, sound returned to his ears, and he could finally see the store''s interior. He looked straight ahead and saw the blue-skinned non-demon sitting on his chair, staring at him without emotion.


    Bretton gave a formal nod to the blue-skinned man when Bretton recognized that he was the store owner. Beforeing here, Bretton had learned all the public information about the non-demon on Seventeenth Street.


    Bretton then looked around him. He could feel that the material used here was expensive. Bretton didn''t recognize the stones used in the flooring or the wood used in the counter, so he stopped thinking about it.


    "Hello, store owner," Bretton formally greeted Aakesh after he approached him.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to his greetings and looked at him, waiting for him to ask about the store''s products.


    "I am Bretton. I have heard a lot about you."


    "I am Aakesh." Aakesh nodded and introduced himself as well.


    "What products does this store of yours sell?" Bretton didn''t ask immediately but after a pause of a few seconds.


    The reason for the pause was that Bretton was thinking of joking with Aakesh and mentioning Gauron as his friend. But after thinking, Bretton decided to forget it since he couldn''t guess the oue of his action.


    "The store currently sells four products."


    "First are the pills. The store only sells Lesser level pills for now, and there are only five types in that... "


    "Second is Panagea. It is a different world, where you can enter using the virtual portal...."


    "Third is the weapons and training area. The store only sells Lesser level weapons for now, and there are only five types of weapons avable in the store. A training area is a ce specifically for weapon training...."


    "Fourth is the cultivation arts. The store only had Lesser level cultivation arts for sale at the moment."


    Aakesh introduced all four products currently avable in the store to Bretton one by one.


    "All of the Panagea spots had already been filled, so you''ll have to wait until tomorrow if you want to enter it," Aakesh continued, not waiting for Bretton to recover from the introduction.


    Bretton, who had been thinking about entering Panagea, couldn''t help but stand dumbfounded as he heard the store owner''s second statement. An image of six people waiting at a corner appeared in his head.


    Bretton finally understood what product these people were waiting for.


    "How do I increase my chance of entering Panagea tomorrow?" Bretton asked as he caught the word "chance" in the store owner''s statement.


    "Come early at the time when the store opens," Aakesh expressionlessly replied. Coming early in the morning was the only way to get a fixed spot in Panagea for the day, while getting a spot at other times of the day was based on luck.


    If Bretton hade yesterday at this time, he would have gotten a spot in thest group of entries, but today, even if he had arrived two hours earlier, Bretton still would have failed to get the entry, like right now.


    Bretton nodded and thanked Aakesh for the information. He decided toe tomorrow at the time of the store''s opening.


    Even though Bretton didn''t get an entry into Panagea, it didn''t mean he was going to leave. Simr to Panagea, the weapons and training area also interested him.


    "What types of weapons does this store sell?" Bretton asked.


    In the introduction, Aakesh hadn''t talked about what kinds of weapons the store sold, so Bretton wanted to make sure that the store had the weapon he wanted, lest he got another response like Panagea once he went to the weapons room.


    "Swords, Spears, des, Sabers, Bows!"


    Bretton heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that the store sold des since it was the signature weapon of his and the Blue Dart''s members.


    "Can I get a mass order of the same des?" Bretton suddenly asked after a pause. Since the store sold des, Bretton decided to let his team members have weapons as well.


    Even someone like Bretton couldn''t afford to grant the same weapon to his underlings, so he asked Aakesh about the mass-produced des of the same quality and type.


    "Yes, you can select any de you like and buy as many of that type as you want, but with one condition: you need to have the same number of people as the number of des to buy that from the store. One customer''s weapon purchase is limited to one sale per month," Aakesh replied.


    Even though Aakesh was expressionless on the outside, his heart had different emotions. If Bretton bought more than nine weapons, the store would fulfill one of the two requirements of the weapons quest.


    Bretton nodded after hearing Aakesh. He then thanked Aakesh and proceeded toward the weapons room.


    Bretton was also interested in the training area, but before that, he needed to find des since the one he currently used had tears and cracks all over it. Bretton hadn''t been outside the city these past few months for a vacation. But he had instead gone to inspect an ancient city''s ruin since his grandfather had ordered him. These past few months had been as brutal as they had been rewarding for him. He wanted to give a de to each of his sixteen subordinates for the same reason.


    After entering the weapons room, Bretton''s eyes fell on the murals spread across all four sides of the wall. As he moved his eyes and caught sight of a mural rted to the weapon de, Bretton felt a rumble in his head and froze.


    The next moment, Bretton found himself in unfamiliar surroundings other than the weapons room or any ce he had ever been to.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter! I have gotten sick due to the change in temperature here. Since there will also be a mass release on December 19, I''ll try my best to recover and return to the usual updates.


    Sorry once again! Thanks for your support! It helps a lot with these body conditions.

 Chapter 896 Bretton’s Vow!

    Chapter 896: Bretton''s Vow!


    As Bretton''s eyes fell on the mural rted to the de, he found himself in a different ce.


    In front of him, there was a battle going on between two sides of several thousand soldiers. Suddenly, a man with a de made his move against the other side.


    The man''s movements were so quick that in no time, the opponent was cut into pieces, while not even a hint of blood was present on the de. It was only the beginning, as the man began to cut soldiers like he was cutting vegetables. Wherever he passed, a blood rain would follow him.


    Bretton felt a mix of emotions going through his heart as he witnessed the scene of the massacre.


    As the man alone decimated the entire army, the vision came to an end, and Bretton found himself back in the weapons room.


    At that moment, Bretton''s entire back was wet with sweat while beads of perspiration flew smoothly down his forehead.


    ''WHAT WAS THAT?'' Bretton screamed in his heart with fear as the scene of the blood rain was still present in his mind.


    It took some time for him to slow his heartbeat and calm down. After calming himself, Bretton slowly moved his eyes toward the murals on the wall.


    Even though he was frightened by what he saw there, he wanted to watch more at the same time. Bretton could feel that he had learned something after witnessing the massacre without any offensive spells, but only through the skillful use of the quick de.


    The next moment, the murals of the scene he had seen a few moments earlier appeared in his eyes. But this time, things remained normal, and he stayed there.


    Bretton didn''t give up and moved toward the next mural rted to the de. Things went unexpectedly as nothing of such sort happened. Bretton saw the painting on the wall. He could only feel that the mural was extraordinary and nothing more than that.


    Bretton tried a few more times, finding other murals, but the scenes repeated themselves. Nothing like the first time happened, and he could only see the murals from the store.


    Bretton took a deep breath as he gave up on trying to check more murals. He then turned around and exited the weapons room.


    Bretton still wanted weapons, but he also wanted to understand the murals because Aakesh hadn''t talked to him about them when Aakesh introduced him to the weapons.


    "Store owner, what''s with the murals painted on the walls? After seeing the first mural about des, I found myself in a different ce, witnessing the scenes on the mural from my point of view. I tried again with other murals, but nothing of the sort happened."


    Bretton spoke in one breath without wasting any time and then went on to share the scene with Aakesh.


    Aakesh, who had opened his eyes after sensing Bretton''s approach, answered, "These murals are a bonus for the talented users of the weapons. They are limited to one to every customer in their lifetime. Since you are more skilled with the quick de than most of yourpetitors, you were able to see one of the quick de''s applications in action."


    "What''s the level of the weapon and the skill?" Bretton asked after a pause. He finally understood why he failed to get any extraordinary feelings from the murals that weren''t rted to the quick de and why he only found himself immersed in one mural.


    "Since the store only sells Lesser level weapons, the murals are limited to Lesser level weapons and the peak skillset any cultivator could learn at this level."


    Bretton felt an explosion in his head after he heard Aakesh. "Was that the skill of a Divine Being cultivator? How can that be?" Bretton mumbled in a daze.


    The statement from Aakesh showed Bretton a world he had never seen before. After hearing Aakesh, Bretton couldn''t help but put himself in the man''s position as he sliced his enemies like vegetables without the use of any spell and only his de.


    Bretton''s breathing got rough but soon calmed down as Aakesh''s subsequent words put cold water over his head.


    "The mural showed the absolute limit of what any Divine Being cultivator could achieve with the quick de, but it doesn''t mean you would be able to if you saw it."


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    After conversing with Aakesh about the murals, Bretton returned to the weapons room.


    After returning, Bretton looked again at the mural of the man cutting the soldiers from another side. ''I will be in your ce one day!'' Bretton vowed in his heart.


    Aakesh had told him that was the absolute peak of what a Divine Being level cultivator could achieve, so he was going to achieve that. From that moment on, Bretton pushed the goal of bing a Divine Lord deep into his heart. Until he reached that stage, he wouldn''t try to break through. Since the lifespan was unlimited in the Sacred dimension, there was no point in worrying about dying due to low levels. Also, Aakesh had told him that a peak Divine Being level cultivator with that skill set could even defeat an early Divine Lord, which is unheard of for the people in the Kingdom.


    Bretton made a promise to himself and then turned to the five columns that represented the five different kinds of weapons the shop sold. Simr to his experience in the store''s hall, Bretton could feel that the materials used here were expensive and valuable, but since he couldn''t recognize them, he lost interest in them.


    Bretton then found the pir referring to the de and proceeded in that direction.


    There were four sections referring to the de on the shelf. Since Bretton was only an intermediate Divine Being, he could either use the Top grade de or go below for ordinary and medium.


    Bretton had no interest in going for a lower grade, so he reached the third section and tried to take a de out.


    The next moment, Bretton found his hands holding a weapon, so he took it out. Soon after, his sight was greeted by a de that measured thirty inches.

 Chapter 897 Complete!

    Chapter 897: Complete!


    Bretton had been trying to find a good de for himself for about ten minutes.


    Bretton reached inside the third section with his right hand, hoping to find the one he wanted. The next moment, Bretton found his hand on something, so he hurriedly took it out.


    The next moment, a majestic battle de that seemed to change color with the light appeared in his hands. Bretton''s hand felt like it was sinking, as the weight of the de was no joke.


    Bretton added some more strength to his right hand, and only then did he lose the feeling of sinking. Bretton''s pupils seemed to turn into hearts as they greeted the sight of the de.


    The hilt of the de was made of deep, dark wood and encrusted with glittering jewels, giving it an air of grandeur. With a wickedly sharp edge that seemed to radiate otherworldly power, the de was long and thin. Despite its delicate appearance, it was incredibly strong and capable of delivering devastating blows, as the aura leaking from it and its weight showed.


    Bretton couldn''t move his eyes away from the de, so after a lot of mental struggle, he moved them and focused on the blue screen detailing the de.


    [Name: Unnamed de


    Grade: Top


    Level: Lesser


    Requirement: Early and Intermediate Divine Being


    Details: A de made of Feyiron, a rare material used in sharp weapons. Its sharpness and durability help it withstand the toughest of battles


    Price: One hundred Twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Bretton couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air as he read the details and the price of the de, especially the price.


    Forget Top Lesser weapons- even a peak Lesser weapon didn''t reach such a high cost. It was possible to purchase some of the higher-level weapons for less than one hundred twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    ''Should I buy it?'' Bretton couldn''t help but hesitate in his actions, as the price was too much to pay. It would take arge chunk of his life savings.


    ''Fuck it! It''s made of Feyiron- when would I ever get the chance to own a weapon made of such a rare material?" It didn''t take long for Bretton toe to his decision, as he couldn''t part with the de. The material used in its creation also helped him make a choice.


    Feyiron was a rare metal used in sharp weapons due to its sharpness and durability. ording to the details, Feyiron was a longsting material created by nature to withstand a fierce battle.


    Even his grandfather, who was one of the personal guards of the city lord, didn''t have a weapon made of Feyiron. Bretton couldn''t help but imagine the scene of him telling the grandfather about the de.


    Bretton was a user of the quick de, so buying such a heavy de for himself was no less than a stupid decision. But Bretton thought otherwise. He would use the same weapon to reach the absolute peak of his skills.


    Whether the vow and stubbornness about the de would stall Bretton or not was up to the future and the amount of hard work he was willing to put in.


    Since Bretton had acquired a weapon for himself, it was time for him to find suitable des for his underlings. Even though the de selected by Bretton was going to absorb arge chunk of his savings, Bretton was much more pleased than before. He reached toward the middle section to find a suitable de, while earlier, he was going to buy an ordinary Lesser level de for his underlings.


    Around a minuteter, Bretton found a suitable de for his underlings.


    [Name: Unnamed de


    Grade: Medium


    Level: Lesser


    Requirement:te and peak Divine Transformation


    Details: A de made of a mixture of cold iron and steel. Its durability and sharpness allow the user to be flexible in their attacks.


    Price: One ordinary Sacred stone.]


    Bretton decided to go with this de because it was worth the price.


    The next moment, Bretton exited the weapons room with the two des in his hands.


    "Store owner, I want this one for myself." Bretton then pushed the de toward Aakesh and made a request.


    Aakesh nodded and then stated the price of the de. Bretton took out the required amount from his space ring and handed it to Aakesh.


    Unless bought, the weapons or any other item from the store couldn''t be ced in the space ring, so after the sale wasplete, Bretton ced the de inside the ring.


    Since there was a limit of one weapon sale per person, Aakesh told Bretton to put the second de back into the counter. As for his underlings, when they woulde, they would only take out that de.


    Bretton nodded and left the store to call his underlings. Since he was inside the store, his underlings weren''t far from the destination. In only a few seconds, Bretton found them and then told them about the de.


    Since all his sixteen underlings were eitherte or at peak Divine Transformation, the middle Lesser level de was the best pick for them.


    Time flew by, and several minutester, all of his underlings had bought the de chosen by Bretton, taking another sixteen ordinary Sacred stones from his savings.


    After the sale of the de wasplete, Bretton decided to enter the training area since it was the best ce suitable for weapons training.


    Bretton then learned about the prices for the different difficulties in the training area. Soon after, Bretton came to his decision and chose the difficult level of difficulty. He could still afford the Immortal or Gods & Demons level of difficulty, but these two difficulties posed an entry limit. Bretton wanted to train for as long as possible, so he decided to enter the next hardest level.


    The difficult level of difficulty cost fifty lesser Sacred stones, so Bretton booked the next ten hours for himself. He also purchased one hour of normal level difficulty for all his sixteen underlings, costing him another one hundred sixty lesser Sacred stones.


    Unlike Panagea, the training area has no limit on the number of people due to the infinite space inside the pirs, so all seventeen people entered the training area one after another.


    The same wasn''t the case for the weapons room, as it was now overcrowded due to the golden energy barrier surrounding the seventeen people.

 Chapter 898 Quest Complete!

    Chapter 898: Quest Complete!


    As Bretton and his underlings entered the weapons room, it became overcrowded. Fortunately for them, the space inside the pirs was infinite, so it didn''t matter how many of them entered at once.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, had a smile spread across his face after Bretton made the purchase. He only expected Bretton to buy weapons, but in the end, he also bought training areas for his underlings,pleting both requirements set by the system for the weapon''s quest.


    Soon after all seventeen participants entered the training area, automated alerts began ringing in his head.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the quest objective: Sell weapons and training area to ten customers!]


    [The "mission reward: Seven new types of weapons" will be given after the store''s closing.]


    [Please see the following screen for your second quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the second weapon''s quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Details: With the purchase from Bretton and his underlings, the store had fulfilled the previous criteria of the quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1000,


    Number of customers or training hours: 1000 customers/5000 training hours*,


    Days required: One Month,


    Mission reward: Avability of Higher level weapons for sale and training,


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of seven types of weapons and the salesmission will turn to zero at the eligible product''s sale for the next three years.]


    *- (5000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 1000 Immortal training hours = 500 Gods and Demons training hours.)


    Aakesh heard all the alerts and soon focused on the blue screen in front of him.


    There was an addition of a new section on the screen: Mission Sequence. Aakesh only took a look at it and then continued reading further.


    Aakesh moved quickly toward other sections, his eyes only stopping when they reached the requirements.


    The new requirements for the second quest were a hundred times more demanding than the previous ones for weapons and the training area. Aakesh didn''t fret much since this kind of jump in criteria was expected by the system.


    Aakesh then proceeded further and saw the deadline. The deadline had also increased to one month, making Aakesh breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. While the deadlines only increased slightly, the system''s quest conditions multiplied severalfold, making the mission even more difficult. It wasn''t the case in this condition. Aakesh thought that it was the initial grace shown to him by the system.


    Once the store got to a certain level of stability in the city, the system would go back to its crazy rules.


    Aakesh then read the quest rewards provided by the system, and he nodded in appreciation when he saw them. The store already had a few Divine Lord customers, so the earlier the items arrived for them, the better for the store.


    Aakesh only took a casual nce at the punishment since he didn''t care much about it unless the punishment was rted to his well-being. Simr to past quests, the punishment was mary.


    Aakesh''s eyes then fell on the training area''s requirement. In the training area, the system always provided a requirement choice: customers or training hours.


    The same was the case here as well. Aakesh needed to have a thousand customers for training areas or sell five thousand training hours. There was a further breakdown in that. If he sold one thousand Immortal level difficulty training hours or five hundred Gods & Demons level training hours, the store would still fulfill the training area''s requirement.


    A thousand customers sounded like a lot, but Aakesh didn''t believe that the store wouldn''t be able to achieve that in a month. For Aakesh, the low-level poption was both an advantage and a disadvantage.


    A disadvantage because it would take a long time for him toplete quests rted to an expensive product like cultivation arts. An advantage because their sheer number would help him have arge base of customers for the weapons/Pills/Panagea.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and soon after, the quest screen disappeared.


    Since no customer was waiting for him to tend to them, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    Time flew by, and soon an hour had passed in a sh.


    A golden light had filled the overcrowded weapons room as a bunch of people were standing around the pir referring to the de with a golden transparent barrier covering them.


    The silence had permeated every corner of the room, but at that moment, the golden barrier around sixteen of the seventeen people began to crack, and soon itpletely disintegrated.


    The majority of the sixteen had disappointed expressions as they wanted to stay for longer, but a sudden arrival of an invisible and unbeatable force had thrown them out when their hour wasplete.


    If it were any other store, these sixteen Thorrons would have made a racket in front of the store owner, but they had also heard about the rumors of how the non-demon store owner killed the men of Garoun with only a nce. At the same time, Bretton had also warned them against acting as they deemed fit in the store.


    The sixteen were disappointed, but they didn''t cause any chaos and began to leave the weapons room, following one another.


    Ten lesser Sacred stones were arge sum for people like them who were ustomed to enjoying their lives. At night, they would spend whatever money they had made during the day on prostitutes. They lived a carefree life since they didn''t tend to their families. They had been enjoying this lifestyle for as long as they could remember, and only today did they slightly regret it.


    As for why they regretted it only today, the feeling of battling without any fear of death and realistic pain and blood simted their hearts.


    If they had even saved a few stones of what they earned, then they wouldn''t have to leave the store disappointed. But s, there was no medicine for past regrets. It was now up to them whether they would change their lifestyle for the store.

 Chapter 899 A Strange Scene!

    Chapter 899: A Strange Scene!


    More time flew by, and soon it was time for the third group to enter Panagea.


    The system forced the three adventurers of the second group out as their six hours inside Panagea wereplete. Favan''s face looked cold as he came out of the room. He then casually nodded toward one of the generals waiting at the corner and left the store without disturbing Aakesh.


    Soon after all three adventurers were out of the portal room, the following three didn''t waste any time and rushed inside the room.


    Time flew by.


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the store''s door. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, only to find a new face entering the store.


    The woman''s steps were slightly trembling as she found the non-demon store owner looking at her with an indifferent face. Her heart skipped a beat, but soon she calmed herself down, remembering the reason for her arrival.


    "Hello, store owner," The woman respectfully greeted Aakesh once she had reached him. She couldn''t hide the tension going through her mind or the heart in her voice.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her greetings and continued looking at her, waiting for her to ask the important question.


    An awkward smile passed through the woman''s face, but she hid it soon after. She then took a deep breath and introduced herself, "Store owner, I am Dandalia. My father operates the store two buildings away."


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded.


    "Store owner, please save my father," Dandalia suddenly bowed up to her waist and asked. Her words, trembling in either fright or pain.


    "I only sell products here," Uninterested in Dandalia''s words, Aakesh stated expressionlessly.


    Dandalia couldn''t help but stumble two steps backward after hearing Aakesh''s blunt refusal. She hade here with a lot of struggle in her heart. Even in her veins flew the blood of Demons, how could she bow to a non-demon? But since her father''s life was at stake, she came running here.


    Dandalia had heard about how Aakesh had killed Garoun and his underlings, and then the soldiers on the scene could do nothing to him because of his background. Dandalia also wanted to ask for help from Aakesh, hoping for him to be sympathetic to her cause.


    But her expectations and hopes were dashed as Aakesh didn''t even ask what was wrong with her father before his straight refusal.


    "Store owner, you are my only hope. Please help my father," Dandalia still didn''t give up as she kneeled down and pleaded once again.


    Aakesh''s eyes remained as indifferent as ever as he refused again, and at the same time, he also told her that if she pleaded again, she would be thrown out of the store.


    Dandalia''s face turned pale after hearing Aakesh''s cruel words. A helpless smile appeared on her face, as her heart had somewhat expected it, but for the slight hope of saving her father, she hade running here.


    Did Dandalia regret kneeling to a non-demon even though he refused to help her? No!


    Even if time were to turn back, she would still do the same for the tiny hope in her heart. Her father''s well-being was more important to her than the arrogance of the Demons.


    "You have three minutes. You can ask them at that time," Aakesh suddenly said.


    Aakesh didn''t care about whether Dandalia and her father lived or died, but since the store was new, he decided to help her a bit.


    As for how he would help her, it depended on Dandalia whether she could make any of the three remaining customers in the waiting corner help her.


    Dandalia grabbed a straw of hope as she stood up and looked at the three meditating customers.


    The system employed a silent effect on the store owner, so no one other than the store owner and the customer would be able to hear the content of their conversation. The system didn''t employ any visibility blockers. But since the three remaining customers were meditating, none of them saw what was going on with Dandalia.


    Dandalia hurriedly rushed to the waiting corner and approached the three customers. The customers were meditating, but they opened their eyes when they heard the sound of footsteps close to them.


    Dandalia appeared in their sight as they opened their eyes. Dandalia then shared her ordeal with them, pleading for their help.


    Since Aakesh had only given her three minutes, Dandalia stated her issue in simple words and didn''t waste any time on formalities.


    The three heard Dandalia''s pleading, but they seemed to have no interest in helping her. Thorr City wasn''t a heavenly pce for the citizens. Despite the strictws and strong city lord, the atmosphere was still cruel.


    Dandalia saw no hope in the three customers'' eyes; instead, she saw them frowning and disgusted, as if she were some dirty person who had wasted their time. Her heart turned cold, but since there was still a minute left in the three minutes given to her, she turned desperate and directly used the name of Aakesh.


    "The store owner sent me to ask you for help!"


    As soon as this sentence fell into the three customers'' ears, the frown and disgust in their eyes disappeared in a sh.


    "Okay, I will help you," Jemiah suddenly said before any of the other two customers could speak.


    Dandalia''s heart heaved a sigh of relief, but soon it turned cold and dumbfounded. The two remaining customers who were earlier frowning and disgusted by her: now had disappointed faces since they couldn''t help her in ce of Jemiah.


    "Let''s go," Jemiah stood up and told Dandalia.


    As they crossed Aakesh, Jemiah stopped as he had to ask Aakesh first, while Dandalia began looking at the ground since she had no idea how the store owner would react to her statement.


    "Your turn is safe," Before Jemiah could ask, Aakesh spoke. It was his way of helping Dandalia. He heard what Dandalia said in her plea and also the point of using his name, but Aakesh didn''t care. He had told her it was up to her to make them help her, and she did. Unless her content was harmful to the store, him, or Lily, he didn''t care.


    Dandalia didn''t dare to look up and left the store, while Jemiah followed her.

 Chapter 900 Threat!

    Chapter 900: Threat!


    It didn''t take long for Jemiah to return to the store, as the issue wasn''t serious for someone of his level. Following him, Dandalia and a male Thorron, who had his head injured, also appeared in the store.


    After leaving the store, Jemiah learned the actual content said by Dandalia, as she couldn''t hide it for long before spouting it.


    Dandalia, her parents, and her younger brother all managed the store on Seventeenth Street since they depended on the ie it provided. Although they didn''t lead luxurious lives, they could still be said to have had better-than-average lives.


    While Dandalia''s parents had saved a lot for the store, the father took a loan because they were still short on some money. As people said, taking a loan was easy, but paying it back wasn''t.


    The interest rate was twenty-five percent, so it didn''t take long for the amount to double and then grow further at an outrageous rate. The family had already paid more than they had borrowed, but the amount in front of them didn''t seem toe to an end.


    Since the business was good, the family was able to pay the installments on time every month, but recently the trade had been in a slump for some reason, so the family got their installmentte.


    Payingte installments arrived with a warning, as goons came to the store and ransacked it. While breaking into the store, one of the female goons'' eyes fell on Dandalia''s younger brother. As a result, she became enchanted by him.


    Then a predictable story followed, and the father became the damsel in distress. Since Dandalia had no idea what the female goon would do to her brother or what the other goons would do to the father, she had no choice but to turn to Aakesh for assistance.


    For Jemiah, who was on the verge of breaking through to the Divine Lord, solving the issue wasn''t any trouble. He didn''t even need to sully his hands. Jemiah only released his cultivation pressure, and the goons began kneeling on the floor.


    As for the installments, Jemiah didn''t interfere since the family had borrowed loans; it was up to them to pay the total amount. Jemiah also warned the goons not to repeat this endeavor.


    ***


    "Thank you for letting general Jemiah leave to help us," Dandalia thanked Aakesh as Jemiah told her that if Aakesh hadn''t told him about his spot being safe, he wouldn''t havee outside to help her.


    The father also followed suit and bowed toward Aakesh. As one of the many who gloated when Garoun threatened everyone with consequences if they entered the store, fear could not be hidden from the man''s eyes.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to the bowing, unaware of the thoughts going on inside the man''s head.


    Dandalia then bought one body healing pill from the store. Spending ten lesser Sacred stones when there was a sword of debt floating over her head took some guts for Dandalia. But after seeing the injuries spread across her father''s body, she paid the amount and took the pill from Aakesh''s hands.


    Dandalia''s father felt a pang in his heart as he saw those ten stones go from his daughter''s grasp, but at the same time, his heart also felt warm. He and his wife had taught their daughter the right things.


    The pair of father and daughter hurried out of the store after Aakesh received a second bow from them.


    After Dandalia left, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    The six hours for the third group of customers were over, so the system forced them out. With nothing more than a few seconds, all three grayed-out portals began shining with splendor.


    The three customers meditating in the corner opened their eyes as they heard the sounds of peopleing out of the portal room.


    Since all three in the exiting group were generals, they nodded their heads in greeting and then left the store. The three remaining customers didn''t waste any time and also rushed inside the room.


    Soon after, thest six hours of the day for the store began. Aakesh had also opened his eyes once he heard the sound of the third group leaving the store, but he soon closed them as none of the three showed any interest in the other three products and left the store.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the store''s entrance. As he opened his eyes and looked in that direction, he found a new customer entering the store.


    "Hello, store owner!" Like every other customer, the newest entry in the store also greeted Aakesh.


    "Oh, pills!" Before waiting for Aakesh''s response, the customer eximed in surprise as his eyes fell on the pill counter.


    "What types of pills are these?"


    Aakesh didn''t let the customer wait and soon introduced all five pills to the customer. The customer nodded after the introduction of each pill.


    "Give me three of each!" The customer requested. Aakesh had already exined the limit on pill purchases.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair, went to the counter, and took three pills of each category one by one.


    After he had taken all the pills out, Aakesh pushed them toward the man and added, "You need to pay three hundred thirty lesser Sacred stones."


    The customer nodded and then took out the required amount from his space ring. He then handed it to Aakesh.


    After getting the pills, the customer seemed to be in a hurry as he ced the pill in his space ring and turned around to leave the store without asking about other store products.


    Aakesh returned to his seat as he saw the man leaving the store, but the man suddenly stopped, turned around, and stated, "If these pills are as good as you say, then I will return tomorrow with new customers, but if the quality isn''t satisfying, I will return with my guards to destroy this store."


    After saying that, the man didn''t wait for even a moment and hurriedly left the store. Aakesh closed his eyes, ignoring the threat in the man''s voice.

 Chapter 901 Closing For The Day!

    Chapter 901: Closing for the Day!


    Ignoring the man''s threat, Aakesh closed his eyes, starting another, and probably hisst, rxation session for the day.


    Time flew by, and hours passed like a sh while Aakesh''s eyes remained the same.


    For the first time in hours, there was a movement in Aakesh''s eyelids as soon as a door appeared, floating in mid-air in the store''s hall.


    Click!


    Not long after, the door opened with a clicking sound as a furry white creature rushed out of the room and stepped down the stairs.


    When Lily was at thest step, she made a jump and directly appeared above Aakesh''s hair, her favorite resting ce.


    Lily''s mood seemed to be better than it had been these past few days, so a broad and gentle smile spread across Aakesh''s face. He gently ruffled her fur while Lily squinted her eyes in enjoyment.


    Aakesh didn''t ask Lily about it as they already had time for that. He only yed with her to pass that moment, and what felt like only seconds to them, an hour passed.


    At that time, the sun had set on Thorr and the nearby cities. The darkness had gathered itself back, shrouding the city in a cover. The light sent by the moons didn''t seem to make the darkness fearful; instead, it gave it a sense of beauty.


    More time flew by, and finally, the six hours of the fourth group in Panagea were over, so the system forced them out by their entry sequence.


    In no time, the grayed-out portals came to life and began shining in the presence of the starry space.


    The customers greeted Aakesh and Lily as they saw both of them ying. It was the first time that Jemiah had seen this scene since he usually got his turn early in the day. Only one of the three had departed the store not long after the sunset, so he had seen the bizarre scene of the terrifying non-demon ying with a furry creature.


    The behavior of Aakesh when he was with Lily was opposite to what it was with others, so the scene always felt shocking no matter how many times others looked at it.


    Soon after all the customers had left and only Aakesh and Lily remained in the store, Aakesh stood up from his chair, went to the gate, and closed it, bringing an end to a fruitful day for the store.


    Aakesh didn''t leave for the training immediately, as he was waiting for something. And only a moment had passed when an alert rang inside the store.


    [Host, the weapons room had been updated with seven new types of weapons!]


    "Youpleted the weapon''s quest this early?" Lily couldn''t help but ask in surprise, as it was only the second day and the quest was already over.


    Since it had be a tradition for them to talk about what they had learned after training, Aakesh told Lily about all of his store quests.


    Aakesh smiled and told Lily that they would talk about itter. He then proceeded toward the weapons room.


    As soon as Aakesh entered the room, he could see that the space inside the room had expanded. Before, there wasn''t enough room for twelve pirs with weapon counters to be in the same room at the same time.


    After the expansion, the room still had enough space to hold around fifty people, even with the twelve columns and those weapon counters.


    Simrly, the wall had expanded, as had the number of murals on it. Aakesh didn''t check the murals since he decided to wait for two more levels of weapons to be avable in the store.


    After taking a casual look around the wall, Aakesh focused on the pirs. Earlier, there were five pirs; the five were arranged in a circle. It had now disappeared.


    In the weapons room, four pirs joined together to form the inner circle, while the eight remaining pirs formed anotherrge circle covering the inner circle.


    Aakesh first checked the four inner pirs. They referred to swords, spears, bows, and maces.


    Mace was one of the new seven types of additions to the store, but only after its arrival had it taken one of the spots in the inner circle.


    The pattern of the outer and inner circles wasn''t random. The weapons in the inner circle are typically more in demand than the ones in the outer circle, and the store also sold a wider variety of them.


    Maces were also much more popr in Thorr City, but the five weapons avable at the start were moremonly used, so the mace wasn''t one of them at the time. But now, the system''s criteria had outgrown the city and reached the Kingdom, so these four were currently the most popr in the Kingdom.


    After the inner circle, Aakesh returned to the outer circle. The eight pirs referred to sabers, des, axes, hammers, ils, rapiers, scythes, and javelins.


    After seeing all the weapons, Aakesh turned around and left the room.


    The next moment, Aakesh disappeared from the store''s hall and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily jumped from Aakesh''s head and went to the right corner. She already had a training environment fixed for her, so she pressed the switch.


    The next moment, the space around her started to crack, and in no time, it took the shape of a portal. A suction force suddenly emerged from the crack and sucked Lily inside.


    The smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared as he went to the left corner and picked his weapon for the day after closing all his senses except for direction.


    After he had chosen his weapon, Aakesh turned around and went to the right corner, pressing the switch after selecting his environment.


    Not long after, Aakesh''s senses activated themselves, and he found himself in the familiar battle arena.


    Time flew by, and soon, Aakesh''s training came to an end as he died for the first time. The next moment, he appeared back in the selection hall.


    Time was like a stream as it continuously flowed; hours after hours passed in a sh.


    After Panagea, Aakesh returned to the store for meditation. His meditation also came to an end as the system informed him about the approaching sunrise.

 Chapter 902 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 902: A New Day for the Store(1)


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]


    Aakesh was meditating when the system''s mechanical voice rang inside the store''s hall.


    The next moment, Aakesh opened his eyes since it was time to end the meditation. As usual, his eyes flew to his right to see whether the blue screen had appeared. Only empty air was there, so Aakesh stood up from the floor and ced the stone back into the system''s space.


    Time flew by, and the sun rose on Thorr and the nearby cities.


    As the first ray of light dispersed the cover of darkness around the city, the store opened its door, announcing the start of another day for the store.


    As Aakesh opened the store''s gate, he saw a group of people already waiting there.


    Aakesh didn''t let them wait any longer, and he turned around and went to his chair while the group charged inside the store.


    As soon as the first three customers walked into the store, they were surrounded by a transparent golden light. Those who entered after them didn''t feel any such phenomena.


    An excited look appeared on Favan''s face as he saw himself being shrouded in golden lights. Yesterday, he had failed to be among the first three customers, so he had to wait six hours for his turn.


    He didn''t think it was a big deal to wait for six hours, but the people who waited with him put pressure on Favan. They were generals, and because of what he did, they were aware of the store. The fear that someday the truth of his snitching on Garoun would reveal itself, and then Garoun''s father would kill him for revenge.


    Even though the store owner had promised him, he couldn''t bring himself to forget about it since his life was at stake here. He wouldn''t have been this fearful earlier, but since his life had been going well in Panagea, he could sense a brighter future for him in Thorr City.


    Those individuals who had led miserable lives were more terrified of death than anything else when they realized there was a chance for a better future. Favan was one such man.


    Today, a group of seven people had been outside the store, waiting for the store to open.


    The four customers not shrouded by the golden light were Bretton, Elera, Frederick, and Ashley. The first three customers were Favan, Garos, and Jemiah.


    "What''s with this golden light covering only three of them?" Bretton couldn''t help but ask since it was his first time seeing it, and he was also unaware of the number of virtual portals avable in the store. He hade this early in the morning after what Aakesh had told him yesterday.


    Ashley, Frederick, and Elera already knew what the golden lights meant since two of the three were in that position yesterday. As for Ashley, she knew about the number of virtual portals.


    Aakesh sat down on his chair and got into afortable position. He then expressionlessly told Bretton what the golden light meant.


    "Not again," Bretton cursed under his breath since he would have to wait for six hours despiteing this early.


    Aakesh heard Bretton, but he ignored it. He instead looked at the three people who were covered by golden lights.


    "Hello, store owner," Favan greeted Aakesh as he became the first to approach him.


    After receiving the usual response from Aakesh, Favan added, "Panagea for six hours," and then he started taking the necessary amount of money out of his space ring.


    Jemiah went to talk to Aakesh shortly after Favan did so because he, too, was eager to get into Panagea as soon as possible.


    Garos looked at Elera as a sense of struggle passed through his eyes.


    "Enter since it''s your turn. It''s not like I am going anywhere." Elera understood what was going on inside Garos'' head, so she spirituallymunicated with him.


    Garos, who had been struggling with whether to enter Panagea alone or give his turn to someone else and then enter Panagea with the second group, felt his heart lighter after hearing his wife''s voice.


    Garos didn''t struggle anymore, as he also approached Aakesh and requested him about Panagea. The next moment, he took out thirty-five lesser Sacred stones from his inner world and handed them to Aakesh.


    Before leaving for the portal room, Garos turned around and looked at his wife. He seemed to have said something to her using spiritualmunication and then went toward the portal room.


    The issue of Panagea hadn''t been sorted at all after the first group left since there were still four people waiting for their turn, and only three virtual portals were there.


    Aakesh understood what was going through the four people''s heads, so the next moment, a simr golden light covered three of them while only Frederick was left.


    Aakesh didn''t even need to say anything, and the four people found out who would enter the second group.


    "Store owner, six hours of difficult level training area," Bretton approached Aakesh after finding out he was one of the three people in the second group.


    The next moment, he took out three hundred lesser Sacred stones from his space ring and handed them to Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands as the mountain of stones disappeared from the store and appeared in the system space. After Aakesh got the information from the system that the payment was correct, Aakesh responded, "You can enter the training area!"


    "Thank you, store owner," Bretton thanked Aakesh, and then he proceeded toward the weapons room.


    Except for Ashley, the other two customers also went toward the training area since they were both Divine Being level cultivators.


    Frederick chose the moderate level difficulty, while Elera chose the difficult level difficulty, bringing another four hundred fifty lesser Sacred stones for the store. Garos had suggested this to Elera when he left for Panagea.


    As for Ashley, she decided to check out more cultivation arts. Even though she had already exhausted the limit of one cultivation art per person for life for one level of arts, she still liked to see different varieties of cultivation arts.

 Chapter 903 A New Day For The Store(2)

    Chapter 903: A New Day for the Store(2)


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed since the store opened its operations for the day.


    There were currently three people waiting in the corner. They were in addition to the already four customers.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxingfortably on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the store''s door. He then opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    It was a familiar face since it was the man who had threatened Aakesh with the destruction of the store if the pills bought by the man didn''t perform as Aakesh had exined.


    There was an unexinable gleam in the man''s eyes as he stepped into the store.


    At that time, Ashley came out of the cultivation arts room because she couldn''t read any more cultivation arts that she couldn''t buy. Ashley''s sight also fell on the man entering the store.


    "Alric!" Ashley called out to the man when she recognized him.


    Alric, the man, moved in the direction of the voice after recognizing it. He couldn''t help but raise his eyes in surprise when he saw Ashley.


    Ashley and Alric had been friends for a long time since they both came from affluent backgrounds. Ashley belonged to the Corrino family, the ruling family of Corr City. Meanwhile, Alric belonged to the Thorrino family, the ruling family of Thorr City. Simr to Ashley, Alric''s father was also the city lord of Thorr City.


    "Ashley, what are you doing here?" Alric couldn''t help but ask his friend since he knew how arrogant she was.


    "Is this your first time entering the store?" Ashley asked Alric. If it weren''t the first time for Alric, he would have never asked the question. But at the same time, Ashley could see from the way Alric acted in the store; he was familiar.


    "No, I only found this store yesterday," Alric answered.


    ***


    Alfred had seven sons in total, and Alric was the fourth. Alric''s aptitude in cultivation wasn''t high, but to make up for that, the multiverse gave him a great talent in pharmacy.


    Alric was already more than seven thousand years old, and his cultivation was only that of an intermediate Divine Being. It was low for his family since even his youngest brother was ate Divine Being, despite there being a few thousand years gap between them.


    Due to his low talent in cultivation or the stingy character of his father, he failed to gain recognition of his father.


    Since his young years, Alric worked hard because producing pills was a money-burning endeavor. His father, Alfred, only helped him early, but once the expenditure crossed several ordinary Sacred stones a week, Alfred left Alric on his own to earn money. He would spend everything he made on pills, and the cycle would continue. Making money was easy for a pharmacist with his talent, but Alric seemed to be indifferent to luxury.


    He only earned enough to invest back into pills, so he had always been dirt poor inparison to other pharmacists.


    Yesterday, he hade around Seventeenth Street on business. The store was midway to his destination, so when he reached here, the thought of checking the store appeared in Alric''s heart for some reason.


    Alric didn''t stop himself and let his intuition guide him, so when he entered the store, he found out about the pills. Alric thought these pills must be the reason for his heart''s calling, so he didn''t show interest in anything else and left the store.


    As for the threat at the end, it was nothing but big words. Alric didn''t even go to his destination after leaving the store.


    Alric booked a room to spend the night and began to study the pills. Out of the five, except for the soul healing pills, Alric could make all others at a sess rate of forty percent, which was considered high for pharmacists at his level.


    As time passed, Alric''s shock grew since he failed to see anything in the pills. Forget soul healing pills; he couldn''t even study the meditation pills, where he had a sess rate of fifty percent.


    Hours passed in the blink of an eye as Alric tried to study the pills, but the result remained the same. Once he tried to break down the pill, all its energy dissipated. Alric had no choice but to give up on studying the pills. At the same time, Alric decided to check the store once again.


    Alric still hadn''t consumed a pill to ascertain its effects because he had destroyed every pill in his effort to learn more about them.


    ***


    Ashley only smiled after hearing about Alric''s actions. She had been friends with Alric due to his pills, so she knew how talented he was and how obsessive Alric was with the pills.


    "After you buy your pills, ask the store owner about other products," Ashley said vaguely, and then she went to the waiting area, joining others in meditation.


    Ashley couldn''t bring herself to study more cultivation arts since her heart had already reached the limit of what it could bear to give up. The training area was for Lesser level weapons, so it also wasn''t for her.


    Alric only nodded and then approached Aakesh, who wasfortably rxing on his chair.


    "Sorry for the threat yesterday, store owner!" Alric first apologized to Aakesh. Alric had begun to respect Aakesh after he failed to crack the secret of the pills.


    ***


    "Three pills of each category," Alric requested and began to take out the required sum from his space ring.


    Aakesh nodded and got up from his chair. He then went to the counter and took out the required pills.


    "You need to pay three hundred thirty lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced expressionlessly, ignoring the mountains of stones in front of him.


    Alric''s lips twitched as he pushed the already-taken-out amount toward Aakesh.


    Soon, Alric had all his pills in his hands as he ced them into his space ring. Alric then turned around to leave the store, as he wanted to taste the pills and see what difference there was between the ones he made and the ones he bought from this store.


    ''Ask the store owner about other products after buying your pills!'' The statement rang in Alric''s head as he raised his right foot to leave the store.

 Chapter 904 A New Day For The Store(3)

    Chapter 904: A New Day for the Store(3)


    Alric turned back as Ashley''s vague statement appeared in his head.


    "Store owner, what other products does the store have?" Alric asked as his eyes swept across the three open rooms.


    Aakesh, who was going to close his eyes, stopped as Alric suddenly turned around.


    "Apart from pills, the store also sells weapons..." Aakesh introduced all three store products to Alric in one breath.


    When Aakesh was discussing weapons, Alric didn''t seem to be all that interested, but when the conversation turned to Panagea, he gave it his full attention.


    "Can I learn about different types of pills in Panagea?" Alric couldn''t help but ask in a hurry soon after Aakesh concluded the introduction.


    "Yes, you can learn about all types of pills. Even those who have now disappeared in the Sacred dimension," Aakesh replied.


    Alric''s breathing got rough when he heard about the now-disappeared pill forms.


    "How can I enter Panagea?" Alric asked since he couldn''t control himself at that moment. He had always been obsessive about pills and their understanding, so now that a mountain of knowledge awaited him in a new world, waiting turned out to be a difficult task for him.


    Aakesh then told him how to enter Panagea and the cost associated with it. At the same time, Aakesh also told him about the waiting line and the limit of six hours for entry.


    Alric couldn''t help but frown after hearing that he would have to wait more than fifteen hours if he wanted to enter Panagea. Even waiting a moment looked tougher for him after learning about the knowledge waiting for him, let alone several hours.


    "Can I return when my turnes?" Alric asked after a pause. Waiting would be tough for him, but if he had his pills to study with: it would at least be easy.


    "No! Once you leave the store''s door, your turn will be null. You would have to stay in the store if you want to save your turn," Aakesh answered bluntly.


    ***


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed since Alric entered the store.


    Alric was currently in the cultivation arts room looking for a suitable cultivation art. Since Alric had no choice but to wait in the store if he wanted to secure his spot, he had to stay here.


    At the same time, Aakesh also saw the prospect of selling cultivation art to Alric, so Aakesh took the initiative and suggested it to Alric.


    Alric''s aptitude in cultivation was poorer than average, so even with his better talent in alchemy, he couldn''t achieve much.


    Many pills demanded sufficient cultivation levels, and from the way Alric was going, it was certain that he would never be able to be a Divine Lord. Without bing a Divine Lord, his career in alchemy would end with Lesser level pills.


    Alric also knew this, but since there was nothing he could do, he had to ept it. It was also the reason that Alric became excited about Panagea. It gave him a way to achieve more than what his natural talent dictated for him.


    The store sold cultivation arts from every field of knowledge, so it also sold those arts that could help Alric. Alric wasn''t the first to have a poor aptitude for cultivation and a great talent for alchemy. There were countless others like him.


    In the past, out of those countless people who had a life full of mediocrity destined for their future, one exceptional man rose. The man became a legend as he not only reached the peak of the Sacred Dimension but also ascended to the Third Dimension, while in alchemy, he was one of the five greatest alchemists to take birth in the Sacred Dimension.


    That man created the first cultivation art in the history of the Sacred dimension that used his great talent in alchemy to cultivate. After that man, several others rose and wrote their tales of legend.


    The store sold all those cultivation arts, so Aakesh told Alric about it. As for how to find it, it all depended on Alric''s luck.


    It had been several minutes since Alric began his search for a suitable cultivation art, but he had yet toe across even one of the arts that dealt with cultivators like him.


    Since Alric had all the time with him, he didn''t stop and continued searching for one.


    Time flew by, and three hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    A gleam shone in Alric''s eyes as he finally found the first cultivation art that dealt with cultivators like him.


    [Name- The Art of Creating the World,


    Grade- Lesser grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In the Art of Creating the World, the cultivator uses the Alchemy Qi to create the world, simr to how they create pills.


    Users: Divine Transformation and Divine Being.


    Price: 700 ordinary Sacred stones.]


    As Alric read the details, his face glowed with excitement, but as soon as his eyes read the price of the art, all excitement disappeared in a sh, and an aura of gloom appeared beside it.


    "I finally found one, only to not be able to afford it," Alric mumbled in frustration, but he still didn''t give up on the art and put it on the top of the shelf.


    Alric then began to search for other arts. Cultivation arts were always going to be expensive, so there was no point pondering over that fact.


    Alric needed to find as many arts rted to alchemy and cultivation as he could and then buy the best of the bunch.


    As for the money, if he couldn''t afford it, he would borrow it from his brothers.


    Time flew by, and six hours had passed since the store opened.


    As their stay came to an end, the system forced Garos, Jemiah, and Favan to follow their entry sequence.


    Simr was the case in the weapons room, as only seconds after Garos got forced out, the golden light around Bretton began to disappear.


    In only a matter of several seconds, the golden energy barrier surrounding all three customers had disappeared.


    Bretton was already inside Panagea, while Elera became thest in the second group to enter Panagea.


    Alric also discovered another cultivation technique for himself at that time.

 Chapter 905 A New Day For The Store(4)

    Chapter 905: A New Day for the Store(4)


    [Name- The Art of Alchemy Cultivation


    Grade- Lesser grade


    Type: All Power systems


    Details: This cultivation art helps those with a poor aptitude for cultivation but a great talent for alchemy.


    Requirement: Expert Level talent in Alchemy


    Users: Divine Transformation and Divine Being


    Price: 1950 ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Alric''s soul left his body for a moment as he read the details of the cultivation art in front of him.


    It was none other than Yao Shi, the person who rose from obscurity to fame in the Sacred dimension.


    Yao Shi was one of the legendary characters in the history of the Sacred Dimension, and people had been looking for his inheritance for countless years. Only the various notes left by the man had created hundreds of other cultivators who had begun in the same manner as Yao Shi.


    Alric couldn''t help but release a helpless smile as he read the requirement for cultivating the art: an Expert-level talent in alchemy.


    In the Sacred Dimension, talent was graded on several levels, starting from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert, Master, Legendary, and Sacred.


    Yao Shi possessed legendary-level alchemy ability, whereas only four cultivators had been born in the Sacred Dimension with Sacred-level alchemy ability. Those four and Yao Shi were the five greatest alchemists to take birth in the Sacred Dimension, with Yao Shi being the fifth due to his slightly poorer talent than the other four.


    Expert-level talent came right in between all seven grades of talent, so having this requirement for future cultivators made sense. He had only reached the Advanced level, which was unfortunate for him. His qualifications didn''t meet the requirement.


    Having Advanced-level talent in alchemy wasn''t a minor thing, as there were only six or seven people with aptitude like him in Thorr City. While there was only one person with Expert-level talent in alchemy in the entire Kingdom, that man was the royal alchemist.


    There might not even be one Expert-level talent born out of hundreds of millions of Advanced-level abilities. But when Alric reached the price section, he couldn''t help but chuckle humorlessly.


    "Not possible to afford!" Alric mumbled as he put the art back on the shelf, not cing it at the top like the first one.


    Even his father wouldn''t have that much liquidity, let alone his brothers. At the same time, Alric also had a goal in mind.


    Once he had enough stones, he would buy the art. Even though his talent didn''t meet the requirement, the knowledge written in it was still more valuable than anything. He would certainly benefit from the actual art if only notes could help so many cultivators.


    Then, Alric started looking for a different cultivation art that he could qualify for or somehow afford.


    While Alric was finding a cultivation art for himself, the store weed a new customer.


    The man qualified as a new customer only because he had never been inside the store before today. It was none other than Jacques, who couldn''t gather enough courage to enter the store yesterday.


    After hearing the sound of footsteps, Aakesh turned in the direction of the store''s door. When he found the man to be Jacques, Aakesh attentively looked at him, thinking about whether the man would enter the store today.


    The scene didn''t go like yesterday, as the man didn''t waste any time outside and immediately stepped into the store after reaching the door.


    ***


    Jacques''s heart skipped a beat as he saw the blue-skinned non-demon looking at him. He was not particrly surprised by the store''s grandeur because Garos and Elera had previously told him about the shop and its owner.


    After not being able to enter the store yesterday, Jacques went to Garos and Elera for the solution. There, the couple solved Jacques'' doubts about the store.


    After learning that the store owner stayed peaceful and didn''t get violent, Jacques''s heart got sufficient courage to enter the store. Although Jacques hardened his heart, he felt a pressure forming on him when he saw those indifferent eyes.


    Jacques took a deep breath and tried to smile as he approached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner! I am Jacques." Jacques respectfully greeted Aakesh and extended his hands for a handshake. Jacques''s tone was continuously trembling as if the store owner would eat him at any time.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded, and he only nced at the extended hand but didn''t extend his own hands.


    Jacques didn''t have any choice but to take back his hands. At the same time, he did a fake cough, using the same extended hand to cover his face.


    "Store owner, can you tell me more about the pills?" Jacques removed the awkwardness from his face with a smile and asked. Despite a slight tremble in his tone, he maintained respect.


    Aakesh''s face remained as expressionless as ever, and he introduced all five pills in one breath. Since Jacques had asked more about the pills, he must already be aware of their names. So Aakesh didn''t hide anything and shared all the information with Jacques, like how an energy meditation pill could allow early and intermediate cultivators to meditate for twelve hours, while the result would be ten hours forte and peak Divine Transformation level cultivators.


    The more Jacques heard, the more shocked he became in his heart. The price of the pills in this store was steeper than in other stores, barring the energy purification pill. But once their effects became known, the high cost didn''t seem to matter.


    Jacques would have no issue even if Aakesh sold the energy meditation pill to him at twenty lesser Sacred stones, the double price.


    "Is there a limit to the sales, or can customers buy as many pills as they desire?" Jacques asked after calming down.


    "A customer can only buy three pills from each category."


    ''Finally something normal!'' Jacques heaved a sigh of relief, as selling limited pills with these effects made sense.


    "Store owner, how many pills do you have in total?" Jacques asked as he decided to buy all the avable pills. After learning the effects of the pill, if there was still some hope left forpetition between his pharmacy and the store: it all disappeared. Now Jacques became certain that he had lost the battle for monopoly over the city.


    The only saving grace for Jacques was that not everyone could buy pills at this steep rate, so his business would still bring in revenue.

 Chapter 906 (1) A New Day For The Store(5)

    Chapter 906: A New Day for the Store(5)


    "Store owner, what''s the total amount of pills you can sell?" Jacques asked.


    Since the store would take the high-end market, Jacques needed to make his product''s efficiency better so he could snatch some consumers to his side. For the research, the more pills he could buy, the better for him.


    "There is no limit! You bring as many customers as you can, and the store will sell the required amount to them."


    Jacques''s jaw almost dropped to the ground as he just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that things were in order here. But now that conjecture has disappeared. What the store owner said meant that there were unlimited pills avable in the store.


    "Even if I bring a hundred thousand customers, will you be able to sell three pills of each category to them?" Jacques couldn''t believe Aakesh, so he asked again to make sure.


    "Even if you brought a billion of them, nobody would leave without product," Aakesh replied tly.


    Aakesh could see the prospect of Jacquespleting the pill quest, so he tried harder than he usually did in this conversation.


    "So why do you limit sales of three pills to a single customer?" Jacques couldn''t help but ask.


    Limiting the sale made sense when the supply was lower than the demand. But ording to what the store owner said, the stock was unlimited. In that case, restricting the number of pill sales didn''t make any sense to Jacques at all.


    "You don''t need to know that," Aakesh replied. His tone was as indifferent as ever.


    Jacques also closed his mouth, fearing further speaking would offend the store owner.


    "If I need to buy more, I need to bring different people to the store," Jacques asked after pausing for a few seconds.


    Jacques had gone through a lot of mental turmoil to get here, so he wasn''t going to leave the store without having enough pills in his possession.


    "Yes!" Aakesh answered immediately since it was what he was waiting for.


    "Thank you, store owner! I''ll return with those people," Jacques said as he turned to leave. He wanted to get his hands on the pills as soon as possible, so after leaving the store, he went toward his friend''s residence on Seventeenth Street.


    After Jacques left, Aakesh called out the quest screen since he wanted to see just how far he was from fulfilling all the requirements.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing all the details of the quest appeared in front of him. Soon after, a new smaller screen containing the progress emerged.


    [Mission objective: Sell pills of every type to ten customers,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully made the first sale of the pills. Now, its time for you to do your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Time limit: Five Days,


    Mission reward: Five new types of Lesser level pills,


    Failure punishment: Two of the five pill types would randomly disappear, and the salesmission would get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    [Quest Progress:


    Body healing pill: 8/10,


    Mental healing pill: 8/10,


    Soul healing pill: 8/10,


    Meditation pill: 4/10,


    Energy purification pill: 10/10.]


    Aakesh nodded as he read the progress on the screen. Except for the meditation pill, the other requirement was that they were either close to achieving the limit or had already done it.


    Even if Jacques hadn''te, Aakesh still would havepleted the quest, but the arrival of Jacques hurried the mission toward its end at least a day or two earlier than it should have originally taken.


    Time flew by, and around thirty minutester, Jacques re-entered the store with a long line of people following him.


    "Don''t make the store overcrowded. Let them enter one by one!" Aakesh ordered, as in no time more than half the space inside the store had been filled with the people Jacques had brought.


    The people following Jacques stopped, then turned around and began leaving the store.


    Jacques was the first one to approach the store owner and request the pills. Soon after, he took the required sum out of his space ring.


    "You need to pay three hundred thirty lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced, ignoring the stones taken out by Jacques.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon the stones disappeared into the system space. The system then informed Aakesh about the correct payment. Aakesh told Jacques about the sale, and Jacques then ced the fifteen pills he had just bought in his space ring.


    Jacques then called the only man waiting inside the store. The man''s steps were slightly trembling, as he was only an early Divine Transformation level cultivator. Since the man worked on Seventeenth Street, he also heard rumors regarding the non-demon store owner.


    Jacques could do nothing since his condition was the same as the man''s yesterday.


    "St¡­store owner, th¡­three pills pills of ea¡­each cat-categ-category," The man requested the words that Jacques had taught him. His speech was slurring since standing in front of the non-demon was putting pressure on him on another level.


    Aakesh was standing near the counter so he readily took three pills belonging to each category out one by one.


    Time flew by, and soon more than fifty people had bought pills from the store.


    "You need to pay three hundred thirty lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced onest time as he returned to his chair this time. The man in front of Aakesh was thest underling Jacques had brought.


    Jacques had already taken out the amount, so he pushed it toward Aakesh.


    Not long after, Aakesh informed Jacques about the sale''spletion. He ced the pills in his space ring.


    ''These must be enough,'' Jacques thought as he counted the number of pills he had bought today.


    Including the fifty-seven underlings he brought, Jacques had 174 pills in each category. It was a great number for research. To buy these pills, Jacques had also spent more than neen ordinary Sacred stones, which wasn''t a trivial amount of money for anyone in Thorr City.


    "Thank you, store owner," Jacques thanked Aakesh and turned around to leave the store.


    If he needed more pills, he coulde here anytime, so there was no need to worry about quantity for research.

 Chapter 907 (2) A New Quest!

    Chapter 907: A New Quest!


    After the sixth sale in the group wasplete, several mechanical alerts bombarded Aakesh''s head. But since he was busy at that time, he ignored them.


    Now that Aakesh was free after Jacques left, he finally focused on those alerts.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the quest objective: Sell pills to ten customers!]


    [The "mission reward: Five new types of Lesser level pills" will be given after the store''s closing.]


    [Please see the following screen for your second quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the second pill''s quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    Objective: Sell Pills to,


    Details: With the purchase from Jacques and his underlings, the store had fulfilled all the previous criteria of the quest. Since we are just getting started, now is not the time to celebrate. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of pills you need to sell: 10,000 (each category),


    Days required: One Month,


    Mission reward: Avability of Higher-level Pills,


    Failure Punishment: The random disappearance of five types of pills and the salesmission will turn to zero at the eligible product''s sale for the next three years.]


    Aakesh heard all the alerts and soon focused on the blue screen in front of him. While he was reading, out of nowhere, a new screen containing the progress of the second quest emerged on top of the quest screen.


    [Quest Progress:


    Body healing pill: 156/10,000


    Mental healing pill: 156/10,000


    Soul healing pill: 156/10,000


    Meditation pill: 156/10,000


    Energy purification pill: 156/10,000--------]


    Aakesh ignored the progress screen and focused on the quest screen.


    Simr to the weapons quest, the pill mission also had a sequence section. Aakesh skimmed past the details and focused on the requirement.


    Unlike the pill''s first quest, the mission here required Aakesh to sell a specific number of pills: 10,000 of each category. The mission has a deadline of one month, simr to the second weapon''s quest.


    The first quest would reward the store with five new Lesser level pills, so now the number of pills sold in the store would be ten. Since the requirement wanted Aakesh to sell 10,000 pills of each category, the store would need to sell 100,000 pills in total, which wasn''t a small sum in one month.


    On average, Aakesh needed to sell more than three hundred pills of each category every day if he needed toplete the quest, and even then, it would take the mission to thest day of the deadline.


    After considering this factor, Aakesh became confident that the pill''s quest was going to be more challenging toplete than the weapons or even the cultivation arts.


    Since there was no point worrying about the quest only on its first day, Aakesh stopped thinking about it. One day could change the dynamics of the mission, so no one knew what would happen this month. It was better to leave it up to the future and continue doing things as usual.


    Since the reward and the failure punishment were predictable, Aakesh only nced over them. They offered the same things as the second quest for the weapon.


    Aakesh then focused on the progress screen. The bottom half of the screen was fuzzy.


    Aakesh didn''t have to think about the reason behind the fuzzy screen. It was because the store still hadn''t received its five types of inventory. Once the store closed and the system added the five new types, the screen would return to normal.


    The pill questpleted all its requirements once the sixth sale was made, so the following pill sales were added to the progress screen. It went simr to how things had gone for the weapon''s quest.


    When Bretton and his underlings paid for the training area, as soon as the eighth person entered: the quest becameplete. The second mission''s progress screen became updated with the additional eight people.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon after, both screens faded into nothingness, waiting for Aakesh to call them back.


    The screens had only disappeared when a new round of system alerts rang inside Aakesh''s head.


    Aakesh became confused at first but soon, the confusion turned into excitement.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, the store haspleted the requirement of activating the first collective quest!]


    [Host, please see the quest screen for your mission!]


    The next moment, a bigger blue screen containing the details of the first collective quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Objective: Sell the store products


    Details: Afterpleting two of the four products'' quests, the store has unlocked the first collective quest. Please work hard and make the store more popr,


    Requirement: Sale of all store products:


    Pills: 10,000,


    Weapons: 100,


    Training area: 1000 hours*


    Panagea: 1000 hours,


    Cultivation arts; 6,


    Deadline: 1 month,


    Reward: A New store product,


    Failure Punishment: Zeromission for ten years.]


    *(1000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 200 Immortal training hours = 100 Gods and Demons training hours.)


    Aakesh focused on the quest screen with an excited face as this came unexpectedly. The system didn''t tell Aakesh the requirements of the collective quest, so it was a big surprise to him.


    Aakesh soon read all the requirements for the quest. Ifpared with the pills or the weapon''s second quest, the difficulty was certainly less. But the quest also dealt with four products, so it made sense.


    Except for the cultivation art requirement, Aakesh was confident he would meet all the other conditions. The sale of cultivation art didn''t depend on him but on the people''s wealth.


    He couldn''t just make money appear out of thin air for the customers to buy the arts, no matter how effective a salesman he became.


    The system had already told Aakesh that the new products can only be achieved bypleting the collective quests, so when Aakesh read the reward section, he wasn''t that surprised.


    As for the failure punishment, Aakesh only skimmed past it. Failure was not an option for him or the store when a new product was at stake.


    "Hey, system, will the new products appear on the store in Primal Dimension as well?" Aakesh suddenly asked the system.

 Chapter 908 (3) A New Day For The Store(6)

    Chapter 908: A New Day for the Store(6)


    "Hey, system, will the new product appear in the Primal Dimension as well?" Aakesh asked as curiosity rose in his heart about it.


    [Yes, Host!]


    The system''s precise response rang in Aakesh''s head the next moment.


    Aakesh didn''t ask any further questions and waved his hands. The next moment, light particles began to move away from the quest screen, turning it invisible in no time.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    All the customers had already appeared for Panagea, so when a new customer arrived and showed interest in Panagea, the man had no choice but to leave and return tomorrow to check whether he would be able to get entry.


    "Hey, system, what''s the point of quests if, even at the store''s best, they would go to thest day?" Aakesh couldn''t resist asking.


    The Panagea''s quest wanted Aakesh to sell four hundred and fifty Panagea hours in seven days. Even if the store were to be filled with customers all day, it would only seed in fulfilling the requirement on the seventh day.


    Aakesh received only silence in response to this question since it wasn''t the first time he had asked the system about it. Whenever a new customer entered the store and then had to leave because of insufficient spots in Panagea, Aakesh would ask the question.


    When Aakesh first asked this question, the system had responded that, due to the low number of virtual portals and short deadline, it was the only way to make the quest challenging for the store owner.


    At that time, Aakesh had sarcastically remarked, "I guess the challenge is how long can the store owner persist with the boring quest."


    Since asking the question was enough for Aakesh to vent his frustration, he asked, and then his heart turned lighter. Aakesh then closed his eyes once again, initiating another rxation session.


    Time flew by, and around two hours had passed in the blink of an eye.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The sound of footsteps rang in Aakesh''s ears, breaking him from his rxation session. Aakesh didn''t feel irritated, but in fact, he liked the sound of footsteps since it meant the arrival of a new customer.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in the direction of the store''s gate. His eyes then fell on the man.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be surprised since it was the first demon group other than Vurron that he had seen since he appeared here in the Sacred Dimension.


    At the store''s gate stood a man seven meters tall, with wheatish skin and ripped muscles. The man seemed to be nothing less than a pir. Even Aakesh, who looked muscr, felt like a child inparison to the man.


    Aakesh recognized the man''s race from his unique features. The man only had one eye, and it was ck on white. But on the ck pupils, there was a pattern of a triangle present.


    The man belonged to the race Triangr-Eyed Demon. The name of the race was simr to its unique feature.


    Simr to Vurron, the Triangr-Eyed Demon was an average race in the Demon group. But whenpared with the Vurrons, the Triangr-Eyed Demons were a notch above them.


    Vurrons didn''t have a True God in their race, while the Triangr-Eyed Demon not only had a True God in their midst, but their ruler was a cultivator who was one level higher in cultivation than the True God.


    ***


    Joator was expelled from the Triangr-Eyed Demon race because of a crime. Joator''s father had a high status in the race since he was one of the only few True Gods in the race.


    Having a True God for a father meant a life of luxury for Joator, and he lived an extravagant life like that. But everything changed around a hundred years ago.


    Around a hundred years ago, the Triangr-Eyed Demons were in a ferocious war with their neighboring Kingdom. Joator, who lived a secure life away from the war due to his father''s prestige, fell in love with a member of the enemy race.


    Falling in love with the enemy race didn''t result in Joator''s expulsion from the group, but the woman he fell in love with was the root cause.


    Joator thought he was in love, but the reality was that he was honey-trapped. Fortunately for him, his father found out about all of it before Joator shared something that he shouldn''t have shared, but things had still reached an irreversible point at that time.


    Joator''s actions would have resulted in execution, but since his father pleaded for his case in front of the King, the result was only expulsion. Joator was the only child, so his father couldn''t let him die. The father''s chances of having children after attaining the True God level had almostpletely vanished, so Joator was likely his only remaining option to extend the family line.


    Fortunately for the father, things didn''t reach a stage where saving his son was impossible. If Joator had said something significant that could have changed the course of the war, even having a True God for a father wouldn''t have saved him.


    Since that was all the father could do, Joator had no choice but to leave the Kingdom. His father chose the Fawkes Kingdom as the next stop on his journey because Jamie''s father, the previous King, had a cordial rtionship with Joator''s father.


    Joator had been living in the Fawkes Kingdom since that time. Getting expelled from the n showed Joator the reality of the world, so his arrogance disappeared, and he became serious about cultivation. Joator''s talent wasn''t bad since he was ate Divine Being level cultivator when his age was only around a thousand years old.


    Fortunately for him, his father would still send him some resources every year. It was nowhere near what he used to live on before the events happened, but whenpared with the people of Thorr City or even the Kingdom, it was arge amount.


    The father spent one Higher Sacred stone every year, which wasn''t even the total wealth of many Divine Lords in the Kingdom, and Joator received that amount annually.


    Joator had also be more conservative when it came to spending after that event, so his total wealth had reached astonishing levels in the past several years.


    ***


    A/N: The first loaded customer for the store(wink!).

 Chapter 909 (4) A New Day For The Store(7)

    Chapter 909: A New Day for the Store(7)


    Joator stood at the store''s gate as he pondered over whether to enter or not. Joator had been living in the Fawkes Kingdom for the past several years. In those years, he had lived mainly in the capital city.


    Joator, however, had decided to tour the Kingdom in recent years because his cultivation had reached a ceiling. He couldn''t seem to gain any inspiration.


    Joator had been in Thorr City for the past few days, and today he was traveling around Seventeenth Street. While traveling, Joator saw the store, and for some reason, his intuition gave him warning signals toward it. At the same time, his heart also wanted to enter the store, as if there was something very dear to it inside the store.


    Joator reached the store''s door while thinking about what to do, and now he began pondering over what to pick; his intuition, which warned him, or his heart, which wanted him to go inside.


    It had been a long time since he felt this intuition, but since he had a talisman created by his father with him, Joator decided to enter the store. The talisman would release the full power of his father''s attack, and it would be enough to destroy this entire city, let alone a store in it.


    As for not being able to see or hear anything going on inside the store, Joator didn''t focus much on it. He had seen it in the Triangr-Eyed Demon King''s pce.


    As Joator''s right footnded inside the store, he felt his surroundings change. Joator abruptly sensed a threat to himself and was forced to take a cold breath of air.


    The triangle in the Triangr-Eyed Demons wasn''t random. It made them more sensitive to the Sacred energy than many other races.


    The Triangr-Eyed Demon race had great potential even when they were ced in the Sacred Dimension as a whole, but if the triangle was a blessing, it was also a shackle.


    Once any Triangr-Eyed Demon reached the level above the True God in cultivation, a triangr shackle would be ced on them. If the members of the race wanted to cultivate further, they would need to break that shackle. But since the existence of the race, only one cultivator above True God level had taken birth in it, and that cultivator had failed to break the shackles ced on him by the triangle. It was all in the public library, so every member of the race knew these things.


    The feeling went as quickly as it had appeared, but for Joator, who was sensitive to energy, even that fleeting moment was like an eternity, as all the hair on his body had risen at that moment, while the triangr pattern in his eye had also begun lightening up.


    Aakesh sensed the sudden change in Joator, but he didn''t care since he was already aware of the sensitivity of the Triangr-Eyed Demons.


    It was the system''s energy. It wasn''t aimed at Joator since if it were fully aimed at him, he would have turned into a blood mist from failing to bear that pressure. After Joator entered, the energy of the system passed by him because it had permeated every nook and cranny of the shop. Joator only noticed a momentary sense of danger because the energy was neither friendly nor hostile.


    It took several seconds for Joator to calm down, as that fleeting moment was the most terrifying sensation he had ever experienced. He didn''t feel this way even when he was in the presence of the King.


    ***


    "I''ll go check some weapons," Joator said cheerfully to Aakesh.


    After calming down, Joator approached Aakesh and learned about all the store''s products. Like the majority of the customers, he also wanted to enter Panagea, but since all the spots were full.


    After learning about Panagea, Joator was particrly excited about the weapons and the cultivation arts. His cultivation had hit the ceiling for the past ten years, so he felt the store would help him breach that ceiling.


    At the same time, Joator also understood why his heart gave him such strong signals about entering the store.


    Joator had saved a lot these past years, so he didn''t worry about his wealth not being enough. Aakesh decided to let loose all the money he had amassed in the past several years.


    Joator had already bought three pills belonging to each category. He wanted to buy more meditation and energy purification pills, but unfortunately for him, the store owner refused to remove the limit even when he doubled the price. At that time, the store owner had only pointed toward the rule board.


    Joator would have tried asking the store owner again and again for more pills, despite the rule board, but that fleeting moment of danger when he stepped into the store stopped him from going on such adventures.


    Since the pills were done, Joator left for the weapons room. His face was glowing with excitement as he couldn''t wait to see what surprises the store would give him.


    As Joator entered the weapons room, his eyes and mouth flew wide open in shock at the grandness of the room. The white pirs, devoid of any dust particles, gave the room a regal look. The several murals on the white wall added further charm to the room.


    Joator couldn''t move his eyes away from the murals. He tried to see what was extraordinary about these paintings but failed to sense anything.


    Joator began searching for the murals rted to his weapon, as he used a mace in battle. Joator used to be a sword user, but he stopped that day when he killed the woman who had honey-trapped him using his sword. After that day, whenever he used the sword, he saw him killing the woman he once loved. It became no less than a painful torture for him, so he gave up on swordsmanship after that/


    He then became a mace user since his talent for it was only second to the sword. His talent for the mace was lesser than his talent for the sword, but since he had an eternity ahead of him, he didn''t care about it.


    Joator eventually found the mace-rted mural and focused solely on that.

 Chapter 910 (5) A New Day For The Store(End)

    Chapter 910: A New Day for the Store(End)


    Joator found the murals showing different techniques for mace. His eyes turned sharp as he focused solely on them.


    The feeling of extraordinariness he got from Mace''s murals was several times higher than what he felt from other murals. But simr to his experience with those murals, the feelingsted after sensing the increased extraordinariness.


    Joator tried to look at other murals, but things remained the same. After Joator had spent more than ten minutes searching for what made these murals so extraordinary, he finally stopped since he was only wasting his time.


    Joator then moved his eyes and focused on the pirs. There were twelve pirs in the room, and they had formed two circles, onerger and one smaller, covering half of the area of the outer circle.


    Joator didn''t even need to find which pir corrted to the mace. His mind immediately conjured up the idea of mace''s pir being inside the inner circle when he thought of its location.


    Joator was surprised at first, but soon his face turned calm. He felt that this sudden addition was nothing more than a cheap trick, given what he had observed in the store and what he had learned about Panagea.


    Joator then went to the pir since his enthusiasm for the weapon had grown after the murals. He soon found the pir and the shelf attached to it.


    There were four sections in it, and since Aakesh had already told Joator about it, he didn''t need to think. Since Joator''s cultivation had reached thete Divine Being, he could use the peak Lesser weapon.


    Joator also knew this, so he extended his right hand and ced it inside the fourth section. The shelf''s size didn''t make sense for storing several maces, let alone partitions. But since the concept of space expansion wasn''t hidden, no one focused much on it.


    Not even a second had passed when Joator suddenly felt a physical item in his hands. Without wasting any time, Joator took it out. The next moment, a mace presented itself to him.


    The mace looked to be made of dull, grey metal that seemed to be almost alive, with veins of glowing energy pulsing beneath its surface. It had arge, glowing crystal perched atop its head, which was covered in a series of intricate, swirling patterns and seemed to pulse with energy. A series of thin, flexible vines were wrapped around the handle to give the user a firm grip and enable easy use of the mace.


    Joator nodded in appreciation since the mace felt heavy, and his intuition told him it was a good weapon. He then looked at the screen attached to it.


    Joator read the details and didn''t seem impressed with the materials used in its making, so he ced the mace back inside the shelf''s fourth partition and began to look for another one.


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed.


    Joator had seen tens of maces in that time. He had found several he liked, but he continued since none of them gave him the feeling that it was the perfect weapon for him.


    Joator pushed his hand inside for the umpteenth time and soon took out another mace.


    The mace was made of a deep, dark wood that seemed to absorb light rather than reflect it. The head of the mace was carved into the shape of a fierce, snarling beast with glowing red eyes and sharp, metallic teeth. The handle was wrapped in a series of intricate, swirling runes that seemed to dance and shift as the mace was wielded.


    Joator''s heart skipped a beat as his eyes fell on the mace. At that moment, the feeling of satisfaction he had been longing for appeared.


    Joator then looked at the blue screen attached to it. Even though he had made up his mind to buy the mace, he still wanted to see whether this choice was better or not.


    [Item: Unnamed Mace


    Grade: Peak Lesser


    Requirement: Late and Peak Divine Being cultivation


    Ability: A mace made of the Midnight Oak and one-millionth diluted blood of a Shadow Fiend.


    Price; Seven hundred ordinary Sacred stones.]


    The shock in Joator''s heart only grew stronger after reading the detail on the screen. There wasn''t much written on the screen, only the name of the materials. It was still enough for Joator.


    The Midnight Oak was a rare material spread across the Sacred Dimension. It was mainly used in weapons due to its resilience. As for the Shadow Fiend, the less said, the better.


    The Fiend race belonged to the Hell cluster, and they were on a simr footing as Demons in the Multiverse. Joator didn''t even know what level the race of Shadow Fiend was, but his heart was ready toe out of his body due to the shock.


    Finally, Joator''s eyes fell on the price section, and they almost popped out after reading seven hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    It was true that Joator had a lot of money whenpared with the people of Thorr City and the Fawkes Kingdom. But it didn''t mean that he would throw it away.


    In fact, the mace taken out by Joator was one of the three most expensive maces in the store at this grade, so if he waited and tried, he might get an even better and more expensive mace.


    The shock over the high price onlysted for a second since the mace contained the blood of Shadow Fiend. It was only diluted, but still, it was of a high-level cultivator.


    The mace had already won over Joator. The price failed to dim that feeling, so Joator decided to buy it.


    Joator could sense a hint of difort when he handled the mace, so he hurriedly left the room to purchase it. For some reason, Joator knew that once the mace was his, the ufortable feeling would entirely disappear.


    ***


    "You need to pay seven hundred ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh announced as the details of the mace appeared in his mind.


    "Store owner, do you have change for one Higher Sacred stone?" Joator asked since he didn''t have seven hundred ordinary Sacred stones in total. He only had four hundred of them, while there were around eight thousand lesser Sacred stones.

 Chapter 911 (6) Activation!

    Chapter 911: Activation!


    "Store owner, can I pay one higher Sacred stone since I don''t have enough ordinary Sacred stones?" Joator asked after checking the content inside his space ring.


    Even the total value of the ordinary and lesser stones didn''t reach the price of the mace.


    Aakesh didn''t respond immediately but went to the system regarding it.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions for satisfying the hidden condition: Customer paying in ''hIgher'' or even higher currency denomination!]


    Aakesh experienced a familiar scene as the system''s mechanical and emotionless voice rang inside his head.


    The next moment, the square box next to the chair was suddenly enveloped in a golden light.


    When the light vanished, the card machine that resembled the one in the Primal Dimension suddenly materialized in front of Aakesh and Joator.


    Joator looked on in surprise at all this. He had only asked about paying in a higher denomination of currency, but things seemed to have taken some strange turns due to that.


    Joator looked at the machine, expecting a sudden appearance of a new product. He didn''t ask the store owner but waited for Aakesh to answer his question first.


    "Yes, you can exchange Higher Sacred stones with either ordinary or lesser Sacred stones!"


    Joator was going to pay, but his hands suddenly stopped after hearing what Aakesh said next.


    "The exchange rate isn''t avable for every customer in the store. Only the customers who own the store cards are applicable."


    "There are three kinds of store cards avable in the store: the Higher Store Card, the Supreme Store Card, and the Ultimate Store Card."


    "To own that card, the store charges a one-time fee. For a Higher Store Card, the fee is one higher Sacred stone. Since it''s the lowest tier of the card, it only offers unlimited space for carrying Sacred stones, irrespective of their type."


    "To own Supreme Store Card, the one-time fee is one supreme Sacred stone. Like the previous tier card, it alsoes with unlimited space for stones. In addition to that, it also allowsmunication with other card owners. The calling would work everywhere except for very few areas in the Sacred Dimension."


    "For the Ultimate Store Card, the one-time fee is one ultimate Sacred stone. It has all the abilities of thest two cards. In addition to that, the calling function has been enhanced. Only three ces are outside of its range. There is another ability; it allows the user to teleport within a fixed range."


    Aakesh exined the function of the cards one after another.


    The hidden tiers of stones above the higher level were supreme and ultimate. One supreme stone was equivalent to one hundred thousand higher Sacred stones, while one ultimate stone was equal to one million supreme Sacred stones.


    Joator listened in shock, as it was the first time he hade across the term "Ultimate." He knew that there was another tier of stones above the supreme level, but not even his father or the Triangr-Eyes Demon King knew about it, so how could he know its title?


    At the same time, he was also shocked at the abilities of the store cards, especially the charges. Even the lowest of the three tiers required one higher Sacred stone. Keep in mind that not more than two or three people in the entire Fawkes Kingdom could take this amount out.


    "Is this the only way to exchange stones?" Joator couldn''t help but frown and ask. It wasn''t a small amount that he could splurge on things that might not help him in battle or in survival.


    "Yes! In addition to that, you can only use the exchanged stones in the store since your card will store the remaining amount," Aakesh replied expressionlessly.


    Joator couldn''t help but stand dumbfounded after hearing Aakesh. Not only did the card need one higher Sacred stone to buy, but the exchanged stones could also be spent only in this store. It was equivalent to making profits from the store from all sides.


    Joator couldn''t help but smile wryly as the store''s attraction was so intense that customers would happily buy these cards with all their disadvantages. Joator was also one of those customers, and since he needed the mace, he decided to go for it.


    If there was no Panagea in the store, Joator would have left the store and returned with the required stones. But since there was Panagea in the store, Joator was going to be a regr customer. Since he would have to spend money in the store, there was no loss in having the card''s sale exclusive to the store.


    "Give me one Higher Store Card," Joator said after a pause. Soon after, he took out the stone from his space ring.


    The stone shone even brighter than ordinary stone, and it was smaller in size, while its shape wasn''t spherical like lesser and ordinary Sacred stones. Instead, it was elliptical.


    Joator''s heart felt a pang as he extended the stone toward Aakesh.


    Ignoring the look of heartbreak on Joator''s face, Aakesh grabbed the higher Sacred stone. He then turned toward the card machine.


    The design of the machine was simr to how it was in the Primal Dimension, except for the name of the tiers.


    Aakesh then threw the stone into the ck-hole-like pattern on the right side, and soon the stone disappeared. Aakesh then pressed the switch, denoting the Higher Store Card, ced on the left side with two other options.


    Not even a second had passed when a card flew into Aakesh''s hands from the corner on the right.


    Since it was the first time even Aakesh had seen the card in the Sacred Dimension, he focused on it.


    The card was rectangr with curved edges on all four sides. It was entirely blue in color, with the name of the store written on the top side while the bottom side was nk.


    Slightly below the title, there was a tiny needle, and right below it, there was a see-through hole. The hole wasn''t evenrge enough for the narrow needle to pass through.


    Even though Aakesh already knew the function of the needle and the see-through miniature hole, a piece of information about it still appeared in his head.

 Chapter 912 (7) A Tough Battle!

    Chapter 912: A Tough Battle!


    Joator looked in surprise at the card in Aakesh''s hands. He could feel that the material used in it was extraordinary. Joator wanted to sense the material, but the store owner didn''t immediately hand him the card; instead, he was also looking at it as if it were the first time for him too.


    Joatorughed at this thought since how could the store owner see his own product for the first time? He stopped thinking about it and waited for the store owner to hand the card over to him.


    Joator''s wait didn''tst long, as Aakesh soon handed him the card.


    A chilly sensation spread throughout Joator''s body as he grabbed the card. Fortunately for him, it wasn''t harmful; it only had an unpleasant feeling.


    "ce your hand on the needle, and the card will automatically take a drop of your blood," Aakesh suddenly added expressionlessly.


    Joator couldn''t help but stop and look at Aakesh in surprise. Only a high-level treasure needed a drop of blood since once these treasures were linked to a user, they would never be owned by others.


    "It is an artifact," Joator asked Aakesh as he looked at the needle. A prickling sensation attacked him when he tried to stare at the needle for more than a second.


    "Ouch!" Joator couldn''t help but groan and touch the area between his eyebrows as he felt that area getting pricked by a needle.


    "Don''t look at the needle! It''s only there for your activation. Once the card gets linked to you, it will disappear." Aakesh cautioned Joator, ignoring his question.


    Joator had already learned his lesson, so he hurriedly moved his eyes away from the needle and focused on the card.


    The card seemed to be metallic, but when his hands stroked it, he felt like he was touching something soft.


    "What material is used in its making?" Joator couldn''t help but ask as he felt the card in his hands to be indestructible.


    "You don''t need to know that," Aakesh replied, taking Joator by surprise.


    Up to this point, Aakesh would answer all of his questions. For the unanswered questions, Aakesh would ignore them, but it was the first for Aakesh to reply in such a way.


    Still, Joator gave up on knowing the material since the store owner didn''t seem interested in telling him. He looked at the fonts and could feel a grand aura leaking from them.


    Joator then stopped searching every corner of the card since he failed to see anything that made the card special. His eyes then once again fell on the needle.


    Joator didn''t continuously stare at it, but he ced his index finger on it.


    The next moment, Joator couldn''t help but groan as an unbearable pain attacked him. The pain seemed to directlye from his soul, so his head had turned wet with sweat.


    Fortunately for him, the pain seemed to disappear as quickly as it had arrived.


    The next moment, an incredulous scene urred. As Aakesh had said, the needle seemed to have disappeared right after taking the blood. The blood drop didn''t disappear, but it slowly seeped into the see-through hole.


    The blood didn''t drop on the ground, but it seemed to flow to every corner of the card from that hole.


    Not long after, a red huepletely surrounded the card, and when it disappeared, the blue card in Joator''s hands had turned light red.


    At the same time, a feeling that the card was his organ also appeared in Joator''s heart. Not long after, all the information rted to the card emerged like a memory in his head.


    Joator understood the function of the card. It not only allowed him to store his stones, but it also allowed him to enter Panagea without taking permission from the store owner.


    (A/N: For the pills and weapons: it would activateter in the story since there are only a few customers.)


    Joator tried to test the storage function of the card as he stored half of the stones he had in the card.


    Joator had done this randomly, not keeping the value of the stones in mind. But soon after, Joator stopped, and the exact value of the stones appeared in his mind in form of an electronic voice.


    "It has a spirit?" Joator couldn''t help but ask Aakesh.


    ***


    "You need to pay seven hundred ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh announced after the issue of exchange was solved.


    A smile appeared on Joator''s face as he couldn''t help but ask Aakesh about the discount for card users. The card strategy wasn''t new, as many stores employed it. But in the other stores, there was some discount associated with the card, but this store seemed to not employ that tactic.


    "The store only charges what the total value of the product is," Aakesh responded expressionlessly.


    Joator got his answer, so he answered yes to the voice in his head.


    The next moment, Joator got an alert about seven hundred ordinary stones disappearing from his wealth and what was left after the purchase on his card.


    Aakesh also got an alert from the system at that time, informing him about the amount getting credited.


    Since the sale wasplete, Aakesh informed Joator about it.


    Joator cheerfully grabbed the mace, and as he had expected, the feeling of difort that had been guing him earlier disappeared. Now that he held the mace, he felt that he had been using it for years, but not for the first time.


    Joator had spent more than he had in thest few years today, but his spree hadn''te to an end. There was another product waiting for him in the store.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Joator thanked Aakesh and then turned around and headed toward the cultivation arts room.


    Looking at Joator''s destination, Aakesh hoped that Joator would buy cultivation art. With one more sale, he would need to sell one less cultivation art for both the art''s quest and the collective quest.


    ***


    The Sacred Dimension was several times more vast than the Primal Dimension. In fact, it was so vast that, barring a few beings, no one could even travel that much even though they had an eternity of time.


    ng! ng! ng!


    A battle for life was happening on one of the countlesss in the Sacred Dimension.

 Chapter 913 A Familiar Scene!

    Chapter 913: A Familiar Scene!


    Before the arrival of the store, Maria''s life was on the verge of ending. Only a dim future awaited her, but everything changed that day.


    The day she found that store, her destiny changed entirely. Getting her revenge was only the start. In only the next several hundred years, she would reach the peak of cultivation in the Primal Dimension from a measly Soul Formation level cultivation.


    It wasn''t enough, as she would also go on to create an overlord-level organization in the Primal dimension. Everything started with that store and the store owner.


    Her liking for the store owner turned into love, which then turned into reverence. Even a cult member wouldn''t be as fanatic as she was about the store owner.


    Maria got many offers from different male and female cultivators, but she couldn''t bring herself to like anyone. Even though the feeling for Aakesh was not love anymore, she still wanted to live with that.


    Her life was going well in the Primal dimension as she had an organization, and she was also the top-ranked on the leaderboard. But everything changed in her life again as the store owner suddenly left for the Sacred Dimension.


    At that moment, Maria also decided to ascend since her faith wanted her to. Only a few years after Aakesh left, Maria also attempted the tribtion, passing it with ease.


    Maria knew this journey was going to be difficult as when she ascended she would start from zero again.


    ***


    The highest cultivation level on the was only peak Divine Lord. When Maria ascended, she appeared in Grouter Town, one of the towns under ckwood Province, and in the Ktor Kingdom.


    The loose organizations of the Sacred dimension preferred cultivators who had ascended from lower dimensions over the local cultivators. The only reason for it was the fighting experience.


    Those ascended cultivators had fought all their life to reach this stage, so they were usually better than local Divine Transformation cultivators.


    After Maria''s ascension, she also joined one such organization, Justrapox. Justrapox was the leading organization of Grouter Town since the organization''s leader was also the Townhead.


    Grouter Town was only a low-level town as the highest level in the town was only peak Divine Transformation and that too there was only one person of that level, the Townhead.


    Maria didn''t want to join the organization but she had no other choice since joining the organization was the only way to get her hands over the cultivation art.


    Without any cultivation art, she would be stuck at this level for an unknown amount of time. Maria didn''t ascend only to adventure across the Sacred Dimension but she also wanted to reach the store.


    If her level were low, she wouldn''t be able to reach the store and see the store owner again.


    ***


    It hadn''t been long since Maria joined the organization, as it had only been several days since her ascension.


    If things weren''t going the way she wanted, then it was also not troubling her, so Maria didn''t face any issues till now.


    However, the silent times didn''tst long, and on the fifth day of Maria''s ascension, the Townhead''s son saw her.


    Maria''s face wasn''t otherwordly, but it was still beautiful. The son proposed to Maria, expecting a yes in response since his father was none other than the Townhead.


    The son didn''t feel attracted to Maria because of her beauty but because of her race. Since Maria was a human, someone from a different race, it turned the heat on for the Townhead''s son.


    When the offer hade Maria''s way, she had somewhat expected what her refusal would cause. But despite that, Maria refused since she already had Aakesh in her heart.


    As Maria had expected, the refusal worsened the situation as the Townhead''s son got angry and attempted to force himself on Maria.


    That attempt seemed to remind her of the worst phase of her life, and she fought back. Since both the son and Maria were at the early Divine Transformation level, Maria overpowered the man.


    Getting overpowered by Maria resulted in the man turning insane from rage. Maria had held her hands since the consequences of killing the man would be too dire for her. It was unfair, but after living for more than a thousand years, Maria understood the ways of the world.


    After the man turned insane, Maria had no choice but to go for the kill. At that time, it was either the man''s life or hers. She chose her, as anyone else would, and killed the man.


    After killing the man, Maria left the town since she needed to hide before the Townhead found out about his son''s death.


    Around seven hours after Maria left, the Townhead found out about his son''s death.


    In anger, the Townhead sent a group of early Divine Transformation cultivators, led by an intermediate Divine Transformation, to chase Maria.


    Maria''s chase didn''tst long in the pursuit of the group, as around three hours after the group left, they found signs of Maria.


    The group then began to follow the signs left by Maria, unaware that a pair of eyes were looking at them.


    ***


    Since Maria was not only the head of an organization but also the top adventurer on the leaderboard, she had to deal with a wide variety of situations in Panagea. The scenes here were one of the many she had gone through.


    The group was too strong for her to fight back, even if she were to take the intermediate Divine Transformation level cultivator out of the situation.


    Maria''s eyes were calm as she saw the group follow the signs she had deliberately left to mislead them. Maria could only hope that the group would not sense anything wrong.


    If they discovered that Maria had left the signs on purpose, she would only have two options if she wanted to survive this situation. First, she needed to flee to a location where neither the group nor the Towhead could locate her. Second, kill this group and then leave after ending all her troubles here.

 Chapter 914 Blinding Light!

    Chapter 914: Blinding Light!


    Leaving the area sounded easier than killing the group, but it wasn''t. If Maria chose the first option, even a little mistake would bring her down. Simrly, the second option was not any less challenging.


    No matter what option she chose, her life would be at stake.


    Maria''s eyes suddenly turned cold as she couldn''t live the life that she was living in the Primal Dimension before the store''s arrival. She was tired of hiding from other people.


    "If death is what awaits me on the other side, then let it be my first challenge to death," Maria calmly mumbled, as she had already decided to fight back.


    Even though she had decided to fight back, it didn''t mean she would charge at the group like this. There was a difference between fighting and sacrificing.


    Maria needed to separate the group if she wanted to survive and kill her pursuers.


    Since the intermediate Divine Transformation was impossible for her to defeat, she left him out. She would fight the other early Divine Transformation level cultivators and then run.


    Only if she had a foolproof chance of killing the intermediate Divine Transformation would she take a chance.


    ***


    As the group was following the trail left by the killer, the man leading the group frowned. He could feel that things weren''t as they were shown to the world.


    No one running would leave such clear footmarks on the ground unless they were an idiot or weak. Maria was neither weak nor an idiot.


    "Senior, the footmarks seemed to have disappeared suddenly."


    The leader found his conjecture to be true after one of the men in front called back.


    The man''s expression grimaced even more, but all of a sudden, he felt threatened. He hurriedly turned to his left when he heard a group of footsteps rushing toward him.


    Roar!


    Soon, a bestial roar filled with killing intent rang through the area.


    The man''s face turned grave as he soon caught the sight of a beast tide rushing toward him.


    "How is it possible for a beast tide to exist here?" One of the men in the group eximed in shock.


    These areas were only hours away from the town, so these areas were regrly cleared of beasts.


    The leader suddenly caught something in the corner of his eye, and when he focused on that, he found a young human female sitting on a tree.


    Before the man could say anything, he suddenly saw the woman take something out of the bulging pouch and throw it at him.


    The man''s face turned graver as the item looked like a ck stone. When the man saw the beast and the stone, his heart turned cold.


    A few meters in front of him, the ck stone crashed, and soon, a puddle of grey liquid flew from it.


    The beasts already rampaging in the beast tide turned entirely insane at that moment, as the smell of the cracked eggs filled their nostrils.


    Maria''s eyes were cold as she looked at all of it happening.


    The cultivators could only ascend with growth-type weapons, and since Maria was the leader of an organization and also had arge amount of wealth, she was never short of growth-type weapons.


    Some she had exchanged from Panagea to bring with her to the Sacred dimension; some she had bought from the store.


    The space ring she wore was also a growth-type item, and one that was made by the store owner, so it also came with her.


    Maria had been hiding all of this from others since it was necessary for her survival.


    The egg she had grabbed was the work of one of the items she had exchanged from Panagea for the price of a few hundred billion supreme Primal stones.


    ***


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed as the battle became gorier with each passing moment.


    Whoosh! Puchi!


    The sound of an arrow tearing through the air rang in the jungle and soon after, the sound of it piercing through the skin engulfed it.


    Thud!


    The man fell to the ground as the arrow passed right through his brain.


    The man, leading the group, looked with anger at all of this happening, but he could do nothing to change it.


    In addition to the excessive number of beasts, the human woman was also taking advantage of the conflict.


    It wasn''t like she was unscathed as the beast rampaged everywhere. Her entire body was covered in blood.


    "Argh!" The man screamed as he angrily attacked the beast in front of him.


    His punches were no less than weapons as they crushed the beast''s head into a pulp.


    Maria was gasping for breath as she had already overexerted herself. She had assumed that the beast tide would be sufficient to change the circumstances in her favor. But she couldn''t be any more wrong as one-third of the group was still alive, and the man leading the group also looked uninjured from the outside.


    A wry smile covered her face as the bow in her hands fell to the ground. Her energy stocks were empty. Forget shooting arrows; she couldn''t even continue standing and fell to the ground.


    ''Is this the end?'' Maria thought in her heart as she looked at the clear blue sky. As she saw the numerous beasts surrounding her, closing in on her, the pleasant memories she shared with her parents shed before her eyes.


    "I hope I have made you proud," Maria muttered as the face of Aakesh shed before her eyes.


    As she closed her eyes, suddenly a warm feeling passed through her entire body. As if the desert had found its oasis, every pore of her body celebrated that warm energy.


    At the same time, Maria could feel the space ring she had hidden in the pouch burning up.


    ''What''s going on?'' Maria thought as the beast closing in on her suddenly stopped as a blinding light emerged around Maria.


    Maria frowned and looked at the space ring since the space ring was made by the store owner. She couldn''t let anything happen to it.


    Maria hurriedly pushed her senses inside the ring and finally found the item behind the ruckus. An expression of excitement appeared on Maria''s face when she saw the item.


    ***


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 Chapter 915 An Unexpected Effect!

    Chapter 915: An Unexpected Effect!


    Maria looked shocked as she found the store card behind the sudden emergence of the blinding light.


    Maria didn''t want anything to happen to the space ring, so she hurriedly took out the card.


    The battle on the other side had alsoe to a halt as the blinding light took everyone''s attention. It was majestic because only light existed within a few meters of it.


    Maria heaved a sigh of relief as the space ring returned to normal after she took the card out. The warm sensation that had been giving her body''s cells energy ended at the same time.


    While Maria didn''t reach her peak, she did recover at least 10% of her total energy reserves.


    The card began to float in the air as the light released from it began to expand at an outrageous rate.


    In no time, the area of a few hundred meters around Maria had turned into a bright zone.


    The group''s leader had a grave face as he looked at the card. He could sense an extreme sense of danger from it.


    The leader didn''t look left or right and hurriedly left the area as he thought of the card to be some explosive device. The threatening and majestic energy leaking from the light further added to the conjecture, and he left without caring for the life of the remaining group members.


    The beats also had the same reaction as they also began running around, forgetting about the battle.


    Maria, on the other hand, remained on the ground as a new piece of information appeared in her head.


    The blinding light suddenly began to dim down, and soon after, the projection of a building appeared in ce of it.


    As the projection in front of her resembled the store in the Primal Dimension, Maria''s heart almost skipped a beat.


    ''If you enter through the projection, you will reach the store.''


    The next moment, a piece of information appeared in her head. Maria grew excited, but not long after, another statement rang in her mind.


    "Your location is too far from the maximum limit of the card, so you could only reach that distance. From there on, you will have to travel to the store on your own."


    Maria, who had reached heaven straight from on the verge of death, returned back to the earth after hearing the second statement.


    The beast around the projection had begun to calm down as they focused on it. No matter what the level of the beast was, they could sense that the projection in front of them was something that could change their destiny.


    One of the beasts charged toward the projection; its eyes had turned red from greed, but the next moment, the beast simply passed through the projection.


    Maria''s heart had almoste out of her mouth as she saw the beast charging at the projection, but the next moment, she heaved a sigh of relief as the beast didn''t teleport.


    Maria understood that only she could transfer using the projection, so before the group of pursuers sensed that nothing was wrong, she needed to leave.


    As soon as Maria made up her mind, she hurriedly stood up and charged toward the projection. It was only one step away from her, but still, she felt as if she was crossing several thousand miles at that moment.


    A sudden sense of danger attacked Maria, but she was in no mood to turn around, and her hands finally touched what should be the projection.


    A spear came rushing through the spot where Maria was a moment before, but now there was nothing but empty air. Maria and the projection both vanished from the scene.


    ***


    Maria gasped for breath as she found herself in an unfamiliar area. She took a cautious look around, only to discover that she was in the middle of nowhere.


    There was still a look of relief on Maria''s face, as she was only moments away from death a few moments earlier. Even though this was the middle of nowhere, she was still alive.


    She had aplex expression in her eyes as well because the store had once again saved her.


    Curiel, The Fawkes Kingdom, Thorr City, Seventeenth Street!''


    "7,128,973,982,827 light years from your current location!"


    Before Maria couldpletely understand the turn of events, the familiar mechanical voice rang in her head.


    Maria understood the meaning of both messages. The first message must be the location of the store in the Sacred dimension, while the second one told her the distance between her and the store.


    Maria felt a sense of helplessness when she saw the distance between her and the store. She didn''t even dare imagine how long it would take her to cover the distance if she started right now.


    Several seconds passed as Maria stood still, without making any movement. A sound of a sigh rang through the area as Maria finally moved.


    ''Let''s find some civilization first,'' Maria thought in her heart since she couldn''t just stand here and waste time thinking about how far she was from the store.


    ***


    Maria wasn''t the only one who felt a reaction from the store card after the card machine activated in the Sacred dimension. All the customers who were in the Sacred dimension originally or had ascended felt this reaction from the card.


    ***


    Gxy Aurora was one of the countless gxies spread across the Sacred dimension. It was one of many, but it still stood out in the entire dimension since it was the home of one of the top races of the Sacred dimension, the Sun Elves.


    Gxy Aurora was full of sparkling, golden stars that shimmered in the vast expanse of space.


    Gxy Aurora was one of the many strongholds of the Sun Elves, but since this was the ce where the royal family lived, it was more extraordinary than others.


    Although the gxy Aurora wasrger than other gxies and covered several quadrillion light years, it was only home to eleven habitables, and the remaining stars were all golden in color.


    Elysium was one of those ces among those elevens.


    Elysium was home to only a few hundred people. Out of those few hundred people, the majority were servants or guards, while only one royal family member lived there.


    ***


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    Sounds of continuous metallic shes rang in the area as arrow after arrow shed with each other.


    William and Elle were battling each other. William''s level was lower than Elle, so she controlled her strength to his level, and then they both tested the limits of their avable strength.


    It had been several days since William and Elle returned to the Sacred dimension. Only several days had passed, but the duo missed the store as if they hadn''t entered Panagea for several thousand years now.


    When William left for the Primal dimension, he was only a child, but staying there for several centuries helped him mature. While his cultivation stagnated all this time because he was in a lower dimension, his strength grew by leaps and bounds.


    William was already the most talented Sun Elf in the race after Asquith, so the store only added to his talent.


    The Sun Elves were one of the top races of the Sacred Dimension, so its strength was no joke. Even a newborn in the race had cultivation above the Divine Lord level.


    William, who was the most talented member of the race after the founder, was born with a cultivation level exceeding the True God cultivation level.


    Above True God, the next level was Lesser God, above it was Higher God, and above it was Supreme God.


    William was born with an early Higher God level cultivation, while the majority of the royal members were born with an early True God level cultivation.


    William had returned to the n as he had his family''s legacy in front of him. So William would spend the entire day learning n knowledge and race-exclusive skills, while at night, he would train in archery with Elle.


    Elle had won thest victory in the bet made by both of them in the Primal dimension, so William was preparing for the time when the store arrived in the Sacred dimension.


    Tonight was their usual battle as Elle reduced her cultivation to intermediate Higher God, matching William''s cultivation level, and they battled. They only battled with their skills.


    Elle''s cultivation had long surpassed even the Supreme God level, so despite reducing her cultivation to match William''s, he didn''t seem to match her. Despite that, Elle didn''t take it easy since she could see William improving with every battle. She was aspetitive as William, so she didn''t want to lose to him at a simr cultivation level.


    ***


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    The Sun Elves have appeared in the story, and we will also be seeing some old customers in the next few chapters!


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 Chapter 916 The Sun Elves!

    Chapter 916: The Sun Elves!


    A battle of archery was taking ce between the siblings, and Elle seemed to have the upper hand in the fight.


    Whoosh! ng!


    William released the bowstring, and soon an arrow flew toward the iing arrow, stopping it before it could breach the safety range set in the battle.


    William nocked another arrow and took the second shot since the first arrow wasn''t able topletely stop Elle''s shot.


    Without waiting for William to exhale in satisfaction, Elle released another arrow. Despite being on the same cultivation level, Elle''s hand movements were quicker and more stable than William''s. Every shot she released had more strength than William''s arrow.


    Whoosh!


    Elle''s arrow pierced through William''s arrow as if what it was facing wasn''t a metal arrow but a paper arrow.


    William couldn''t let the arrow breach the safety range since it would mean another loss. He took another shot. This time, he released an energy arrow instead of the metal one.


    The metal used in the arrow was resilient, but it seemed to be a piece of butter in front of the energy arrow. Elle only smiled after seeing William give up on the metal arrows. She nocked another arrow and shot.


    She had only released the bowstring when she felt a sudden movement in her inner world.


    The same was the case for William as they both stopped at the same time and focused on the item behind the ruckus.


    William was an intermediate Higher God, so the inner world he had was almost equal to the size of thergest in the Primal Dimension, barring Visteerna. At the same time, life had already evolved to a higher stage in the world. They could cultivate, with their cultivation level reaching the equivalent of early Divine Transformation.


    Cultivators above the Higher God level were an army in themselves since the inhabitants of their inner world''s cultivation began to match the initial level of the Sacred Dimension.


    If William wanted, he could even let the peak cultivators of his inner world appear in the Sacred Dimension, and they wouldn''t die and could start cultivating like the cultivators of the Primal Dimension.


    William found the reason behind the ruckus to be his treasury, so he entered his senses inside it.


    William had a wondrous expression as he found the store card to be the source behind the ruckus.


    William didn''t take the card out immediately but looked at Elle, who also had the same reaction as him.


    They both smiled and nodded, and then simultaneously took the card out of their respective inner worlds.


    The card appeared surrounded by blinding lights in the real world. The light seemed to not affect cultivators like William and Elle, so they peered through the light effortlessly, and saw the store card slowly dissolving into an ethereal substance.


    The ethereal substance was recognized by both William and Elle because it was a unique substance used to set coordinates for world portals.


    World portals were devices that allowed cultivators to travel from one world to the next. It was the upgraded version of the travel portal.


    If the travel portal were considered iron, then the world portal would be mithril since the distance between the worlds inside the Sacred dimension usually went up to tens of thousands of lightyears.


    It was a short distance for those who stood at the peak of cultivation in the Sacred Dimension, but for others, it was a distance that might take years, even for someone of William''s cultivation.


    As the cardpletely dissolved into an ethereal substance, soon it began to take shape of the front of the store.


    Both William and Elle grew excited. Before leaving, they had asked the store owner about returning to the Sacred Dimension, and at that time, the store owner told them he would do it in the next few years.


    It was years in the Primal Dimension, but in the Sacred Dimension, it would only be days, so the siblings didn''t have to wait for long.


    Soon, two projections of the storefront appeared in the practice area.


    At the same time, a voice telling them to pass through the projection to reach the store appeared in their minds.


    In light of their confidence in Aakesh''s personality, the pair chose to proceed. But they had only taken their first step when another message appeared in their minds, and it wasn''t what they wanted to hear.


    [Customer William, your cultivation has exceeded the limit of what the gate could bear, so you can''t pass through it!]


    Elle also heard the same message in her mind.


    Even though it was a store product, it was still a product that originated in the Primal Dimension. It could only allow cultivators up to intermediate Divine Transformation to pass through the gate.


    Both Elle and William looked heartbroken after hearing the news.


    As William and Elle''s cultivation went beyond what the card could handle, the projection started to fade away since there was no point in it still being there.


    In no time, it disappeared entirely. William tried to check the area for the card, but he didn''t find it anywhere.


    Curiel, The Fawkes Kingdom, Thorr City, Seventeenth Street!''


    ''5,672,871,982,042,871,017,128,973,982,827 light years from your current location!''


    Smiles returned to William and Elle''s faces as they suddenly heard the current address of the store in the Sacred Dimension.


    Even though the duo had no idea where Curial was, they were after all the members of the Sun Elves, a top race of the Sacred Dimension. Using their many resources, the Sun Elves'' intelligence department would find out where it was.


    But then the distance between them and the store also appeared in their heads. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by the vast distance in the message, the smiles on both of their faces grew even wider.


    Before knowing the distance, they needed to search for the, like searching for a particr soil particle in a vast desert. But now they knew the exact distance of the dust, so they only needed to travel that far to find it.


    Now William and Elle only needed to tell their underlings the distance, and they would find everything for them.

 Chapter 917 The VoidBorn!

    Chapter 917: The VoidBorn!


    William was the next in line to be crowned as the head of the Asquith family and the Sun Elves, so he was the sole owner of the Elysium, where his father once lived.


    Once William became the head of the Asquith family, the Elysium would be ownerless until William had a son. While William would transfer to the at the center of the gxy, Aurora Prime, it was not only the capital city of the Asquith family but also of the Sun Elf race.


    Aurora Prime was also one of the most importants in the Sacred Dimension, as countless beings of countless races and species went to and from it.


    At the center of the Aurora Prime, a pce spanning millions of miles stood in its full majesty. The pce was home to the current head of the Asquith family and his wives.


    When Andrew suddenly felt an energy that shouldn''t be thereing from the direction of the Elysium, he was still in the middle of a casual conversation with another Sun Elf.


    Andrew''s eyes effortlessly swept the Aurora Prime and then the Elysium before settling on the scene with William, Elle, and the projection.


    A gleam passed through Andrew''s eyes as he recognized the projection. Even though the guards Elle had left with in the past were selected by her, they still were a part of the Sun Elves.


    As long as someone belonged to the Sun Elves, there was no higher authority than Andrew for them, even the parents were second to Andrew. Only Asquith, the founder of the race, had more prestige than the head of the race.


    The followers had shared everything with Andrew after they returned to the Sacred Dimension once it was time for William to focus on the race''s legacy.


    The information also contained the knowledge of the store''s appearance from both outside and inside, so Andrew found the description of the store in the information, matching the projection he saw in the practice area.


    Andrew then moved his eyes away since it wasn''t harmful to his children, especially William. The man conversing with Andrew also had noticed, but since Andrew was checking the source of the interruption, he only waited on the side.


    Even when Andrew returned to normal, he didn''t dare to check since it was the direction of the young master''s. He only respectfully asked Andrew about it.


    Andrew told him to ignore it, so he did.


    At the same time, Andrew''s voice also rang in the heads of the guards stationed on Elysium.


    The guards had also sensed the sudden arrival of the energy, and they were going to check on it when the voice of Andrew rang in their heads and they stopped.


    ***


    William and Elle looked excited as they now had the exact distance and location of the store''s branch in the Sacred Dimension.


    Elysium was filled with high-level cultivators due to Williams''s status, so he only called out to his butler when the butler appeared in the practice area.


    "Young master!"


    "Master Elle!"


    The butler respectfully bowed to William and Elle first and then asked for the reason behind his summoning.


    "Grandpa, how many times have I told you not to call me young master," William had a helpless tone to his voice as heined.


    The butler only smiled, while his eyes turned gentler when he looked at William. The butler was once also from the direct family, as he was the uncle of Andrew. His talent in cultivation wasn''t as good as Andrew''s or his father''s, so his cultivation stopped one level before reaching peak cultivation level.


    Since the man had been stuck at that level for hundreds of millions of years, he had stopped cultivating and lost any hope of ascending to the third dimension, so he joined the direct family as the butler to the next head of the Asquith family.


    "I called you because I want you to find a ce for me," William then stated his purpose.


    "What ce, young master?"


    William then revealed the precise location of the shop and the distance to the butler. The butler nodded and promised William to find the ce as soon as possible.


    The butler then asked for leave and disappeared from the practice area since he wouldn''t personally find the location, but the intelligence department would.


    "Let''s hope we find it quickly," Elle on the side said after the butler left.


    William nodded in response to her, as he also wanted to enter Panagea and the Gods & Demons level training area.


    "Let''s resume our battle from where we left off!" William said since they had nothing else to do at that moment.


    Even though William and Elle had already epted their future marriage and were even in love, the family rules clearly stated that the rtionship would remain strictly between siblings until the heir was not crowned as the head of the family. Since disobeying the family''s rules meant being cast out and having their bloodline wiped out, the duo naturally behaved themselves.


    Both William and Elle had thought that it would take some hours, if not days, before they could get the information, but they found they had underestimated the intelligence department.


    Only a few minutes had passed when the butler appeared in the practice area with the information about the location.


    Both William and Elle looked at each other and saw the surprise in their eyes. But soon that surprise turned into excitement as they heard the butler talking about the location.


    Curiel was one of the millions ofs in the Obscura gxy. Obscura was one of the gxies under the control of the VoidBorn race.


    The VoidBorn race is almost on the same level as the Sun Elves. They weren''t as strong as the Sun Elves, but they had a strength that could create irreversible damage for the Sun Elves if they desired to attack.


    Traveling to the Obscura Gxy would take around three days, as it would take three hundred and seventeen world portals. Further from that, it would take around a week, as the Curiel doesn''t have a world portal.


    There was further information about the Fawkes Kingdom in detail.


    With the door to the store once again open, William and Elle exchanged delighted nces.

 Chapter 918 Customer From The Primal Dimension!

    Chapter 918: Customer from the Primal Dimension!


    Richard was one of the store''s customers who ascended before the store owner.


    It had been a few months since he had set foot in this higher dimension. Richard''s luck was great as he ascended to the same territory controlled by his fellow race.


    Richard belonged to a Demon race in the Primal Dimension and the Sacred Dimension, and that race controlled a city.


    The city fell in the Ronar Kingdom, and as Richard''s heavenly luck would have it, the Ronar Kingdom was the neighboring Kingdom to the Fawkes Kingdom, the store''s home. Unfortunately for Richard, he was unaware of that fact.


    When he was ascending, the Supreme Store Card also came with him. Since he couldn''t afford something like a space ring, he always kept the card in his pockets since that was the safest ce.


    Richard was meditating as usual when he suddenly felt his pocket burning up.


    Richard threw the pocket away from him in a hurry, as he didn''t know what was going on. Richard decided to run away, as he felt that something had reacted and was going to explode. He had only taken two steps when his face turned ugly as he remembered that the pocket also housed the store card.


    Richard couldn''t let anything happen to the card because it was his only chance of ever finding the store in the Sacred Dimension.


    Calming himself down, Richard charged at the pocket. He hurriedly spilled all the items.


    The next moment, a wondrous expression appeared on his face as he found the card to be the source of heat. All the items fell to the ground when he spilled them, except for the card. It began to float up, only stopping when it had reached his chest.


    As he looked at the card, surrounded by a blinding light, Richard looked both worried and excited. He had no idea what was happening. At that moment, he only prayed in his heart that nothing would happen to the card since when he tried to touch it, a burning pain attacked him, forcing him to give up on it.


    Time flew by, and soon the blinding light turned into a projection of the storefront.


    Richard''s breathing got rough, and his heart began beating quicker when he heard the message after the appearance of the projection.


    There was a gleam in his eyes as he made up his mind to go through the gate.


    Richard was already an Immortal when he discovered the store in the Primal Dimension, so it didn''t benefit him as much as it did low-level cultivators. Now Richard was also like a low-level cultivator, so the benefits he would gain here would be several times what he gained when he was at the peak of his cultivation in the Primal Dimension.


    Richard raised his feet and stepped through the projection. The next instant, he felt his body tearing apart and then recovering as a strange sensation attacked him. Fortunately for him, the feeling didn''tst long.


    When the light returned to his eyes, he found himself in unfamiliar surroundings with a building in front of him.


    In the Sacred Dimension, the store''s front looked entirely different from how it did in the Primal Dimension. In the Primal Dimension, whenever someone looked at the store, they could feel majesty oozing out of it, but there was no such case here. The building looked as ordinary as the nearby buildings.


    If not for the store''s name inrge golden fonts, Richard wouldn''t have believed this ordinary building to be the store.


    Richard had appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the street and was also a different species of demon, so a crowd had gathered around him. Even though demons weren''t as prejudiced toward other demons as they were toward non-demons, they still didn''t like other demons appearing in their territory.


    Richard ignored the nces of the people around him as he entirely focused on the building in front of him.


    Richard understood that this time his status wasn''t the same as it was in the Primal Dimension. Even though the store owner treated him the same way as the store owner treated a low-level cultivator, he now had no financial capability to speak. Richard was now the same as the other cultivators, who had no money and could only live with Panagea in the store.


    Richard took a deep breath and then proceeded forward. A smile spread across his face as he came across the same array that stopped him from seeing or hearing anything that happened inside the store.


    ***


    After Joator left for the cultivation arts room, Aakesh closed his eyes. Only a few minutes had passed when he heard footstepsing from the door.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in the direction of the door, and he was surprised when he saw a familiar face after a long time.


    Although Aakesh was aware that the store card would serve as a locator for the previous store customers, he never anticipated that a cultivator would be so close to the range of the store. Only a heavenly fortune could exin that luck.


    As Richard entered the store, he came across the indifferent sight of the store owner. Richard couldn''t help butugh out loud as past memories of the store shed in his eyes.


    "Store owner, remember me?" Richard grinningly asked.


    "Yes, Richard," Aakesh replied expressionlessly. Aakesh would usually only nod to questions like this but since Richard was the first customer from the Primal Dimension, Aakesh decided to speak.


    "It''s great that you remember my name," Richard''s grin got wider.


    "How are you, store owner?"


    Aakesh only nodded in response this time.


    "Did you return only today?" Richard asked another question.


    "Around a week ago."


    It was now the turn of Richard to get surprised since he thought that his card became active only today because the store owner only returned today to the Sacred Dimension.


    Richard then asked a few more questions about the Primal Dimension and the store there. Aakesh answered a few words while nodding in response to others.


    "So, store owner, what products does the store sell here?" Richard asked since he knew the store owner didn''t like to chat much with others.

 Chapter 919 Richard’s Plea!

    Chapter 919: Richard''s Plea!


    "For now, the products avable in the store are the same as what they were in the Primal Dimension."


    "First are the pills. The store only sells Lesser level pills for now, and they are:


    First-grade lesser body healing pill: The pill can heal minor injuries for cultivators up to peak Divine Being, while it would only work for Divine Lords if taken inrge numbers. It costs 10 lesser Sacred stones¡­"


    "Second is the weapon. Simr to the pills, the store only sells Lesser level weapons for now. There are only twelve types of weapons avable for now: swords, sabers¡­. There is also the training area. It is also only for the Lesser weapons, and their difficulties are the same as what the store had in the Primal Dimension."


    "Third is Panagea. You already know about it. The entrance fee is five lesser sacred stones, and there is a five lesser sacred stone hourly fee. The time rate for Panagea and the store is the same, so there are no different rates like the Primal Dimension."


    "Fourth is the cultivation art. The store only sells Lesser grade cultivation arts for now." Aakesh concluded the introduction of all four products.


    Richard didn''t look as surprised as other customers after hearing the introduction since he had already gone through that phase in the Primal Dimension.


    But when he learned the price of the product, a helpless smile spread across his face. It had only been around two months since he had ascended to the Sacred Dimension, so his wealth was in dire straits.


    Richard''s earnings weren''t even enough for his cultivation, let alone spending on the store.


    The prices were as high as usual, but now he was not like Immortal Richard anymore. The only reason he still had weapons was because he had bought growth-type weapons from the store, but now he didn''t even have enough to enter the training area.


    Richard suddenly remembered something, and his heart regained some hope.


    "Store owner, can the wealth I have in Panagea be exchanged for Sacred stones?" Richard asked. Before ascending the Primal Dimension, his level was high in Panagea, so he had quite a sum saved as an adventurer.


    Since Richard was already wealthy in the Primal Dimension, he didn''t need to exchange soul stones for Primal stones. But since he was now dirt poor, that wealth gave him some hope.


    "Yes! The exchange rate is the same as usual, five thousand percent," Aakesh answered.


    "Store owner, what is the conversion rate between Soul stones and Sacred stones?" Richard asked, hoping to get arge sum.


    In the Primal Dimension, even the lowest Soul stone was equal to one supreme Primal stone, so many customers who couldn''t even afford to cultivate grew wealthy enough to leave generational wealth.


    Aakesh didn''t answer immediately but asked the system about the conversion rate. After he had his answer, Aakesh announced, "Ten thousand medium Soul stones are equivalent to one lesser Sacred stone."


    Richard felt a chill in his heart as he heard the conversion rate. If one lesser Sacred stone was worth ten thousand medium Soul stones, it didn''t mean, Richard would get the Sacred stone at the same rate. Before exchanging, he needed to pay a fee of five thousand percent.


    So after that fee was added to the picture, one lesser Sacred stone became equal to five million medium Soul stones.


    All hopes of getting rich were dashed after Richard calcted the amount he would be able to take out. Richard wanted to curse the store and the store owner for their ck hearts, but since he knew his limits, he controlled himself.


    Richard began taking deep breaths since something was better than nothing, and the exchange of currency was an additional benefit to the customers. Even without it, Panagea was as desirable to the customers as ever.


    "Store owner, how can I take them out?" Richard smiled and asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh could see that it was a forceful smile, but he didn''t care. The system had set the exchange rate, and he didn''t have enough authority to change it. As for whether he would change it once his control was sufficient, it was best left to the future.


    "You can''t for now. You need to own the store card if you want to exchange things out of Panagea without being inside the world," Aakesh replied expressionlessly.


    Richard''s face turned ugly, as he only had seven lesser Sacred stones with him. It wasn''t even enough to enter Panagea.


    Without exchanging the sum from Panagea, there were zero chances of Richard entering Panagea anytime in the near future.


    Since Aakesh was his only hope to solve this issue, Richard shared the problem with him.


    Aakesh also understood, so he didn''t reply immediately but went to the system since exchanging waspletely in the domain of the system.


    "Hey, system, Richard is correct. Many customers wouldn''t have sufficient money in their hands to enter Panagea, let alone buy cards. Since the money collected by adventurers in Panagea is theirs, we shouldn''t restrict them by the rule of having the card," Aakesh stated since he agreed with Richard''s issue.


    There would be many customers like him in the future. The value of the Sacred stones here was several times higher than the value of the Primal stones in the Primal Dimension, so it wouldn''t be easy to earn.


    Even someone like Favan, who had lived for centuries, only had around a hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    Neither the store nor the customer should wait this long to take their own money out.


    [Host, what do you suggest? After all, exchanging items from Panagea without entering was after all one of the benefits of the Store Card!]


    "We should restrict that benefit to other items, but for the exchange of money, we should only limit it to the store. As long as any customer is in the store, they could exchange their Panagea''s wealth for the Sacred stones or other currencies."


    [Host, the system has epted your suggestion. From now on, Panagea''s customers can take out their wealth in the form of the real world''s currency as long as they are in the store!]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation since it was what he liked about the system. The system wasn''t rigid, and whenever Aakesh gave good suggestions, the system would ept them.


    ***


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 Chapter 920 A Tragic News!

    Chapter 920: A Tragic News!


    "You can exchange currency from here, but if you want to take out other items, you need to enter Panagea or own any of the three store cards," Aakesh told Richard after talking with the system.


    Richard heaved a relieved sigh after hearing Aakesh. "Thank you, store owner," Richard hurriedly told him with a respectful bow.


    Aakesh didn''t speak in response and gestured to Richard to get on with it.


    Richard took a deep breath and summoned the window. The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of him.


    The screen was rectangr in shape, with a line dividing it into two sections. The right section contained information about his wealth in Soul stones, while the left part asked Richard for the amount he wanted to debit out.


    Richard already had an amount in mind, so he thought of it in his head. The next moment, that sum appeared on the left part of the screen. At the same time, a golden button also appeared below the sum.


    Richard already knew what to do, so he tapped the golden button. The next moment, the screen dissolved, and a small portal the size of a football took its ce.


    Not long after, the portal began to throw out stones. The stones didn''t fall to the ground, but they started floating next to Richard.


    Richard patiently waited, and soon a sum of eight hundred lesser Sacred stones came out of the portal.


    It was the ny-nine percent wealth of Richard in Panagea. Since Richard wasn''t going to give up on Panagea, he didn''t take out the total and left some for unannounced emergencies.


    Eight hundred lesser Sacred stones wasn''t arge sum whenpared with the store prices. If he only entered Panagea and ignored other store products, he would still have to spend thirty-five lesser Sacred stones every day.


    But still, it would help Richard at least settle for more than two weeks, so it was better than having to wait for some days to enter Panagea.


    As for how Richard would sustain himself, he would have to think hard about that.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Richard once again thanked Aakesh as he ced the sum in his pouch.


    "I will return tomorrow, store owner," Richard said and turned to leave. Richard could see the people already waiting for Panagea, and Aakesh had already told him that there were only three virtual portals currently avable in the store.


    Richard had long gotten used to it. In the Primal Dimension, thepetition was between millions of customers; inparison to that, this queue was nothing.


    Richard decided to return early tomorrow at sunrise and fight for Panagea''s spot. He also needed to find a residence for himself since he couldn''t just go back to his previous city. That was neither something he wanted nor could afford.


    Aakesh only nodded since he could see that Richard didn''t have enough wealth to splurge on other products.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes since no other previous customer from the Primal Dimension had teleported to the store. Only Richard''s good fortune allowed him to stay within the teleportation limit.


    ***


    sha was one of the earliest customers of the store due to her granddaughter Lenna finding the store in its early days. It helped sha at least have a meaningful rtionship with Aakesh by having to enter the store when there weren''t long lines waiting.


    Before ascending, she had even conversed with Aakesh about it, and he was one of the primary reasons behind her ascendance.


    After ascending, entering the store was not a possibility, but Aakesh had told her that he would also ascend in the near future. So even if Aakesh ascended a thousand yearster, she would only have to wait a year in the Sacred Dimension.


    sha came from a race that was already settled in the Sacred Dimension. So not long after ascending, she found her way back to the n of Moonlight Elves.


    Moonlight Elves were a branch of the Moon Elves, simr to how Sunlight Elves were a branch race of the Sun Elves.


    The Sun Elves and the Moon Elves stood on the same pedal in the Sacred Dimension, as they were the only two Elf races to be top races.


    sha learned after ascending that her husband, who had long since ascended, had died in a battle, which shattered her. The fact that she would finally meet her husband after such a long time contributed significantly to her decision to ascend, so when she learned of his passing, she was traumatized.


    Since the husband had made valuable contributions and died in a battle with the enemy race for the Moon Elves, the Moonlight Elves took great care of sha, who was the closest rtive to the husband. The race gave her several valuable resources that no other ascended Moonlight Elf could even hope to receive after ascending.


    Unfortunately, sha was in no mental state to cultivate, so the resources only got stored in her space ring.


    Like that, days had passed, and sha had given up on everything. She would stay in a closed room all day, looking at the weapon left by her dead husband.


    sha always believed that life and death were nothing but rules, so after cultivating and living for so long, she wouldn''t lose herselfpletely if someone she knew died. But her thoughts were proven wrong. She was living fine knowing that her husband was alive and well in the Sacred Dimension, even though the two couldn''t converse for hundreds of thousands of years.


    The state sha was in was no different than that time since she still wouldn''t be able to talk to him. sha tried to coax her heart with this statement several times, but the loss of hope that she would never be able to do that in the future shattered her.


    Today was like every other day since she got the news. sha still looked beautiful as ever due to her features. Her body had be thin, and her eyes had sunken while there was no light in them. They looked the same as a dead person.


    The inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension could live for eternity, but they weren''t invulnerable. If the body didn''t get nutrients, it would die. It would take a longer time, but it would happen.

 Chapter 921 A Burning Hope!

    Chapter 921: A Burning Hope!


    sha was stroking the bow left by his dead husband when a sudden blinding light emerged in the room.


    sha ignored it since nothing could matter to her now. The light continued to expand while its intensity grew.


    sha continued to be herself, gazing at and petting the bow in her hands with a pair of dead eyes.


    ''The First Store is on the other side of the gate. You can reach the store if you enter through it!''


    sha suddenly had a violent movement in her eyes as she heard the message in her head.


    The revival wasn''t an impossible task in the Sacred Dimension, but the cost paid for it was so high that even the peak cultivator wouldn''t dare to do it unless necessary.


    Every life in the Sacred Dimension was Immortal, so reviving an Immortal life didn''te at a low cost.


    There were only two peak cultivators in the Moon Elf race, while the highest cultivator in the Sacred Dimension was only an early Supreme God.


    (A/N: The peak cultivators in the Sacred Dimension would be few in number, not like the Primal Dimension, where even one top organization had millions of Immortals.)


    The head of the Moon Elf or the second peak cultivator would never revive sha''s husband. Even though he died after fulfilling a significant deed for the race, it was still nothingpared to the price the peak cultivators would have to pay if they wanted to revive him.


    Only if sha''s husband had saved the Moon Elves from extinction would his contribution be valuable enough for the two peak cultivators to pay the price.


    ***


    sha turned around after hearing the message to see the storefront projected there in all its splendor.


    ''The store owner would surely be able to revive him!'' As she recalled the store owner, sha had a thought in her heart. A hint of light appeared in those dead eyes after the thought.


    However, as soon as she remembered the indifferent nature of the store owner, the fleeting hope that had briefly appeared in those eyes faded once more. The store owner would never help her revive her husband, even if she paid him, let alone in the present case, where she couldn''t afford to pay the price.


    ''Even if the store owner doesn''t help you, the store can help you be strong enough to revive him,'' sha had another thought as many faces of cultivators who weren''t even eligible to reach Void Forging level, but had reached Immortality, shed past her eyes.


    ''Yes, only you can help yourself!'' Confidence rose in her heart.


    She had personally experienced the benefits of Panagea and the training area in the store. They could help her reach a level where she would either be strong enough to resurrect her husband or would be able to pay the price to other cultivators to revive him.


    sha, who had been living like a dead person for the past several days, woke up for the first time as she thought of the store and its products.


    It wasn''t easy for her to stand back up after the shock in only a few moments, but such was the effect the store yed on its customers. Since the store arrived in the Primal Dimension, it had changed many destinies. sha was also one of them.


    sha was already a peak Immortal when Lenna found out about the store and told her. But at that time, she was one of the many Immortals in the Primal Dimension.


    But when sha ascended, her strength was second to none in the Primal Dimension. Some could stand with her at that level, but none could defeat her.


    Only several centuries in the store took her to the one from many of the Immortals. It was behind sha having enough confidence in the store.


    sha''s back straightened up as she took onest look at the bow in her hands. She stroked it onest time and then put it in her space ring.


    "I will see you the day he holds it!" sha muttered with a determined voice. Her voice was rough and hoarse since she hadn''t spoken for several days and had only cried.


    sha then looked around the room, only to see items left by her husband spread across the room. She ced them one by one in his space ring while muttering the same sentence after every item.


    The projection stayed intact in the room as there was no time limit to its existence.


    Since sha was going to the store, she needed to have enough wealth to sustain herself. The resources sent by the Moonlight Elves were enough for her to use for years, so money wasn''t an issue.


    Due to the tragic news, she had shut herself in the room and hadn''t talked with any other members, so she didn''t have a good rtionship with anyone.


    Since there was nothing else left for her to do, sha decided to step through the projection.


    As if the projection was waiting for sha to make up her mind, a new message shed in her head.


    ''The distance between you and the store is beyond the teleportation limit. You will appear at the edge of the limit, and you will have to travel on your own from that point.''


    sha''s raised foot hadn''t even fallen to the ground when she froze. The next moment, a wry smile appeared on her face since things had gone entirely different than she had hoped for a moment earlier.


    Time flew by, and the projection in the room began to disintegrate.


    sha decided against going through the projection and then traveling from that point on her own.


    It was extremely dangerous since she was only an early Divine Transformation level cultivator.


    Soon after the projection disintegrated, two new messages appeared in her head.


    Curiel, The Fawkes Kingdom, Thorr City, Seventeenth Street!''


    ''42,871,017,128,973,982,827 light years from your current location!''


    sha thanked her for her judgment in deciding against traveling on her own after learning the distance between her and the store.


    sha needed other ways to reach the store; if she took off on her own, she didn''t even dare imagine how much wealth it would cost and how much time it would take to gather that wealth.


    A n began to form in sha''s head as she thought about how to travel to the store.

 Chapter 922 Richard And Ricardo!

    Chapter 922: Richard and Ricardo!


    Unaware of the storm the activation of the card machine had caused in the Sacred Dimension, Aakesh was rxing on his chair.


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed in a sh.


    Joator was busy finding a suitable cultivation art for him while Aakesh was rxing.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh suddenly heard a round of footstepsing from the door, so he opened his eyes and looked in that direction. He was greeted by an unknown face.


    ***


    Ricardo was in charge of the hotel on Seventeenth Street that belonged to his family.


    Ricardo''s hotel was one of the many that operated day and night. Ricardo managed it at night, while his elder brother managed it during the day.


    Since Ricardo worked at night, the store was closed. He had heard a lot about the store owner, so he wanted to check it out for himself.


    Ricardo wasn''t like other Vurrons, as he celebrated Aakesh''s killing of Garoun and his underlings. A few years ago, Ricardo had also gotten into a conflict with Garoun, and since his father wasn''t a Divine Lord like Garoun, Ricardo was the one to take significant losses. From that day on, Garoun had be the most hated figure in Ricardo''s life.


    Since that day, Ricardo had thought of visiting the store, but his father had intervened and told him not to. Ricardo had no choice but to ept his father''s words since he was the family patriarch.


    Ricardo had continued epting his father''s words, but everything changed a few minutes earlier.


    Today, Ricardo chose the day shift since his brother had some other tasks to do. Ricardo was rxing in his office when the hotel receptionist hurried over to him and inquired about a new client.


    The customer belonged to the Gutayar race, one of the groups of Demons. The customer being a Gutayar was an issue since Gutayars were native to the Ronar Kingdom.


    The general public didn''t know about the sudden conflict between the two Kingdoms, but everyone knew that the rtionship between the two Kingdoms had never been good. No one from either side would travel to the other side unless they were on a diplomatic mission, so the hotel receptionist didn''t know what to do when he saw a Gutayar customer asking for a room.


    When Ricardo heard about the Gutayar customer, he ordered his receptionist to bring the man to his office.


    Since the man was only an early Divine Transformation while even the receptionist was an intermediate Divine Transformation, Ricardo didn''t fear for his safety. Even if the receptionist lost, he still had himself, a Divine Transformation level cultivator at the pinnacle of his abilities.


    The Gutayar in question was none other than Richard, who had been struggling to find a room to stay in due to his descent from the Ronar Kingdom.


    This hotel wasn''t the first one he came across, so Richard had already gotten numb from rejection.


    Richard didn''t cause chaos after the receptionist told him to go and meet the boss. First, he was only an early Divine Transformation level cultivator, and second, he was in the hostile Kingdom. If he somehow fell into the unkind eyes of the natives, his result would be no better. As for the storeing to his rescue, Richard had no such grand hopes in his heart.


    "Why are you here?" Ricardo asked in a stringent tone as soon as the Gutayar entered the room.


    If the Gutayar were a spy and Ricardo gave shelter to him, even he wouldn''t be left alone by the Kingdom''sw enforcement.


    "I came here for a store," Richard sincerely answered. Since the store was in public and not open to a few, there was no point in hiding it.


    "What store?"


    "The First Store, owned by the non-demon," Richard answered. His tone had turned respectful when he referred to Aakesh as the "non-demon."


    "Oh!" A sense of curiosity rose in Ricardo''s heart as he had been hoping to enter that store. "What does the store have that forced you toe this far?" He asked, not hiding the curiosity on his face.


    Richard didn''t hide anything and informed Ricardo about the store''s products. As for the history, he didn''t feel it was his ce, so he kept that part in his heart.


    "Really, a world where not only can I earn money but also grow strong without any fear of death!" Ricardo eximed in shock after learning about Panagea.


    Richard nodded in response to Ricardo since it was his first time talking with the hotel''s boss. The other hotels straightaway refused him the rooms. If Richard wanted to stay, he needed a room since he couldn''t remain homeless in a hostile country.


    "How did you find out about the store?" Ricardo suddenly asked. It didn''t make sense that someone from another Kingdom knew about the store, and an ascender at that.


    A thought about the store owner also being an ascender rose in his mind, but he soon pushed the idea into oblivion since it didn''t make any sense.


    "I had an artifact that called me," Richard replied. He wasn''t lying since the supreme store card brought him here.


    Time flew by.


    "You can live here, but remember that if your story doesn''t match with the actual store products, then I will hand you over tow enforcement," Ricardo warned, as the responses from Richard helped him make up his mind to check out the store.


    Richard couldn''t help but heave a relieved sigh after hearing Ricardo. The significant step of finding the settlement wasplete.


    Staying in the hotel cost one lesser Sacred stone per room, so Richard handed thirty lesser Sacred stones to Richard, booking the room for thirty days.


    ***


    After hearing Richard''s responses, Ricardo was here, standing at the entrance of the store.


    As he raised his foot to step inside the store, his father''s warning came to his mind. Ricardo took a deep breath and stepped inside, ignoring the warning.


    If what Richard said was the truth, then he had done a great deed for not only himself but also his family bying to the store.


    Soon after Ricardo''s footnded in the store, his surroundings changed, and he found himself inside the building.

 Chapter 923 The Way Of The Celestial Metal!

    Chapter 923: The Way of the Celestial Metal!


    Ricardo looked around in surprise after entering the store. Looking around, he could tell that the materials used were expensive, but due to hisck of knowledge, he couldn''t recognize any of them.


    The blue-skinned non-demon about whom he had heard rumors, as well as the man about whom Richard''s tone changed to one of respect whenever he made mention, caught Ricardo''s attention next.


    A smile spread across Ricardo''s face, and he approached Aakesh.


    "Thank you for killing Garoun and his underlings!" Ricardo bowed and thanked Aakesh. His tone was sincere since his hatred for Garoun was second to none.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to the man''s greeting since he didn''t care about the rtionship between the man and Garoun.


    "Hello, store owner. I am Ricardo. I manage¡­" Ricardo finally greeted Aakesh after standing up, introducing himself and his hotel.


    "I am Aakesh," As usual, Aakesh responded with his name in response to the customer''s introduction.


    "What store products do you sell, store owner?" Ricardo asked. Even though he was already aware of all four products, thanks to Richard, he still inquired since it was better to hear directly from the source.


    Aakesh, who had been waiting for the question, introduced all four products in a single breath.


    ''He didn''t lie,'' Ricardo thought in his heart as his suspicions about Richard lessened. At the same time, he also grew excited since the effect of Panagea was no less than heaven-defying.


    The store also sold cultivation arts, which his family desperately needed. Even without a cultivation art, cultivators could reach the peak of Divine Being, but that was the end of their journey.


    Ricardo and his family experienced a simr situation. His father was an early Divine Being level cultivator, while Ricardo and his elder brother were both at the peak of Divine Transformation. Ricardo was more than 100,000 years old, while his father was almost half a million years older, so it didn''te easy for them.


    In those years, the family had amassed some wealth due to theirrge numbers and hotel chains, but since there was no market for cultivation arts, the family was unable to acquire one.


    After learning that Richard was right when he talked about the cultivation arts, Ricardo grew excited since it could mean the end of their family''s wait of so many years.


    Ricardo first asked about Panagea. Ricardo decided to investigate cultivation arts after learning that all of the spots for Panagea were taken for the day.


    If he found one suitable and within the range of family savings, then nothing could be better than that.


    Ricardo thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the cultivation arts room.


    After Ricardo left, there was a gleam in Aakesh''s eyes as he hoped for Ricardo to buy the cultivation art. Joator was already inside the room, looking for a suitable cultivation art, and if Ricardo also found one, the store would beone cultivation art shy of reaching the requirements set by the art quest.


    (A/N: Alric had already left the store after finding a cultivation art he could afford.)


    ***


    After Ricardo entered the room, he came across another customer. A look of shock appeared on Ricardo''s face as he felt a hint of pressureing from his bloodline in the presence of that man.


    Ricardo had learned about several of the groups in the Demon race, so he recognized the man in front of him.


    After taking a deep breath, Ricardo was about to greet the man when he abruptly stopped, after Ricardo noticed his disgruntled expression.


    Ricardo dismissed that thought and moved toward the shelf in search of a cultivation art.


    In thest several hundred thousand years, Ricardo''s father had saved around five hundred ordinary Sacred stones, so keeping that in mind, he began to search for a cultivation art.


    Joator''s issue was different. He had been in this room for quite some time now, but he still had toe across a cultivation art that could excite him.


    More time flew by, and the disgruntled Joator finally had a change of expression.


    [Name- The Way of the Celestial Metal


    Grade- Lesser grade


    Type: All Power systems


    Details: This cultivation art centers around the element of metal, using it to refine and sharpen the cultivator''s spiritual energy and cultivate to higher levels.


    Users: Divine Transformation and Divine Being


    Price: 1000 ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Joator looked in surprise at the floating window in front of him.


    His heart skipped a beat when his eyes fell on the price section; it was way expensive, to say the least.


    But the reason Joator was drawn to this cultivation art was because the one he originally used was this as well.


    Joator decided to check the art''s details using the preview option first. Since the price was so high, it must have something that is valuable.


    The next moment, ten ordinary Sacred stones disappeared from his Higher Store Card since the preview cost was one percent of the total price.


    The next moment, light particles started gathering in front of Joator.


    Joator looked at the second person in the room, who seemed to have not noticed the change.


    Joator returned his focus back to the phenomenon of light particles.


    In a matter of a few seconds, the light particles gathered together, forming a virtual book.


    Time flew by. Joator had a jaw dropping expression on his face since theplexity and details in the cultivation art were several times more than the one he owned. Joator didn''t even think ofparing the two since it would be an insult to the one in front of him.


    Joator didn''t even need to read half the book to make his decision. But since he didn''t want to stop, he still continued till thest page.


    He was beaming when he got to the end because he knew the transformation the cultivation art would bring about in him. At the same time, he was also disappointed since if he had this one instead of the one his father owned, then he would have been on the verge of reaching the Divine Lord.


    Joator cheerfullyleft the art room toplete his purchase, while Ricardo was left alone in the room, searching for a suitable cultivation art.


    ***


    A/N: Merry Christmas to the readers celebrating Christmas over different parts of the world.


    These festivals bring everyone together, so celebrate and enjoy with your family!

 Chapter 924 Pride And Satisfaction!

    Chapter 924: Pride and Satisfaction!


    Joator left the cultivation arts room since he had already found the one he wanted. His face lit up with a broad grin as he reflected on the pleasant surprises he had found today at the shop.


    "Store owner, I want this cultivation art," Joator announced as he approached Aakesh.


    Aakesh looked at the virtual book floating next to Joator. Joator caught Aakesh looking at the book that was invisible to the second man in the room. But since it was Aakesh''s store, it made sense that he could see the text.


    Aakesh was unaware of what was going on in Joator''s head, as all the details of the cultivation art had appeared in his mind.


    Since Joator had already paid for the preview, Aakesh informed him, "You need to pay nine hundred and ny ordinary Sacred stones."


    The next moment, the mechanical message asking whether he wanted to make the sale appeared in Joator''s head since more than sufficient funds were stored in the space inside the card.


    Joator responded with "yes" in his head, and the next moment, a message telling him about the deduction appeared in his mind.


    "It is yours now," Aakesh announced after the system informed him about the sessful payment.


    The next moment, the virtual book before Joator began materializing into reality. In no time, a physical book appeared in the hands of Joator.


    Joator stroked the book as he opened its first page. Finding the same content he had read in the cultivation arts room, he heaved a sigh of relief.


    Joator thanked Aakesh for his help and turned around to leave the shop.


    Joator had still not gone to the training area, but at that moment, he wanted to rush to his house as soon as possible since he needed to meditate and check the difference between his previous cultivation art and the one he purchased.


    After Joator left the store, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions since there was no new customer in sight- and it was unknown how long Ricardo would take before he came out of the cultivation arts room.


    Time flew by, and around an hour passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh wasfortably rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps. He opened his eyes and turned around in the direction of the sound. It was none other than Ricardo, who wasing out of the store with a page in his hands.


    "Store owner, I want to buy this," Ricardo said as he handed over the page to Aakesh.


    Aakesh looked at the page, and the next moment, all the details of the cultivation art, including its cost, appeared in Aakesh''s head.


    Aakesh was going to tell the price Ricardo needed to pay, but he stopped when he heard Ricardo''s next statement.


    "Store owner, can you hold this for some time? I will go and bring the required amount," Ricardo respectfully requested. Several members of his family had umted family savings, so the father, the patriarch, controlled the money.


    Ricardo needed to go to his father and tell him about it.


    "Sure! But you need toe in the next half an hour," Aakesh responded expressionlessly, giving Ricardo a time limit.


    Then without waiting for Ricardo to leave, Aakesh ced the paper on the top of the card machine and closed his eyes, beginning another round of rxation sessions.


    Ricardo bowed and then hurriedly left the store since he had a fixed time.


    For Ricardo toplete the sale early, Aakesh set up the duration.


    ***


    "What the fuck are you talking about?" Ricardo''s father looked at his son in anger.


    It was operational hotel time, so Ricardo should have been in his office. But he came running here, asking for four hundred and fifty ordinary Sacred stones because he found a cultivation art. The father didn''t believe Ricardo at all. He had been trying to find a cultivation art for so many years, but he had yet toe across information about it, let alone the art.


    "I am telling you that I found the cultivation art our family had been hoping for so many years," Ricardo said. "You need to give me the amount quickly since I only had ten minutes left before the deadline given by the store owner came to an end."


    Ricardo didn''t know what would happen to him if he breached the time limit set by the store owner, but he was in no mood to test it.


    A round of arguments began between the father and the son after Ricardo told him about going to the non-demon''s store. In the end, the father had no choice but to give the money, as Ricardo had be so desperate that his tone almost sounded like begging.


    But before giving the money, the father also warned Ricardo that if what he said was a lie, then the consequences would be too dire for Ricardo to ept. It wasn''t a small sum since it was ny percent of the savings umted in the past several hundred thousand years.


    ***


    "You need to pay four hundred fifty ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh stated after Ricardo returned.


    "Store owner, here," Ricardo said, gasping for breath as he reached the store a few seconds before the deadline came to an end.


    ***


    An excited expression covered Ricardo''s face as he looked at the book in his hands. The family''s wait for hundreds of thousands of years finally came to an end, and he was the one behind it.


    Ricardo didn''t waste any time and rushed back toward the house since he wanted to show his father the book.


    ***


    "You didn''t lie!" The father eximed in shock as he took the book from his son''s hands.


    The father''s hands were trembling as he stroked the book. The view had be misty as the father was on the verge of shedding some tears.


    The wait for this moment had been long and hard since saving that many stones weren''t easy at all. Even many Divine Lords wouldn''t boast this many Sacred stones, but he saved it.


    Ricardo was smiling as he saw his father''s emotions tumbling out. A feeling of pride and satisfaction appeared in his heart, looking at those trembling hands.

 Chapter 925 Closing For The Day!

    Chapter 925: Closing for the Day!


    After Ricardo left, Aakesh returned to another rxation session.


    Time flew by, and thest six hours for the store began as the fourth group of customers entered Panagea.


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the store''s door.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned around in that direction. An unfamiliar face greeted Aakesh''s sight.


    It was a female Thorron. The woman only hesitated once she was at the gate and then she stepped inside.


    A smile appeared on her face as she caught sight of the store owner looking at her.


    The woman then looked around the store. A brilliant smile covered her face as she liked the aesthetics of the store''s interior.


    From the outside, the building looked nothing but ordinary except for the store''s title inrge regal golden fonts. Even someone who had no idea of the material could see that the material used in the store was expensive.


    "Hello, store owner," The woman greeted Aakesh after approaching him.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the greetings and then waited for the woman to ask the question.


    As expected, the woman next asked about the store products.


    Like a parrot, Aakesh introduced all four products to the woman in one breath. At the same time, he also told her about theck of spots in Panagea.


    The woman was disappointed to find out about Panagea. She then left the store after buying three body, mental, and soul healing pills.


    ***


    After the King''s order, Alfred left for Thorr City because he needed to find out the truth behind the mysterious purchase and the buyer.


    Due to his stingy personality, Alfred decided to walk on his feet since nothing would change in two days.


    Alfred''s journey was fine at the start, but when the night dawned, his troubles began. There were only two True Gods in the Fawkes Kingdom, but there were more than several tens of thousands of Divine Lords, and out of them, several hundred were peak Divine Lords.


    Not every peak Divine Lord in the Fawkes Kingdom was a city lord, and many were the leader of gangs or sects.


    During his journey, Alfred came across one such gang operated by a peak Divine Lord.


    Alfred could fight to the extreme, but he couldn''t give up on money, so a devastating battle began between Alfred and the gang leader.


    Alfred came out on top of the battle, and one gang became extinct that day, but the victory didn''te easy.


    Alfred''s body had umted several injuries, with one being severe. There was a deep gash on his waist.


    A new day began after that battle, but the injury was still severe, despite the high healing rate of a Divine Lord cultivator.


    ***


    "How many times have I told you this personality of yours would kill you one day," A male voice rang behind Alfred as he was resting inside a cave.


    The injuries he had gotten after the battle had forced Alfred to halt his journey since his inner organs had tumbled out of that deep gash yesterday.


    Alfred wanted to smile, but he couldn''t even do so due to the pain as he turned his face slightly.


    "You are finally here. I thought I wouldn''t even get to see you." A weak voice rang in the neer''s head, as even speaking felt like a lot of effort for Alfred.


    The neer was the city lord of Corr City, the mightiest Vurron, Asher Corrino.


    Asher could only shake his head in helplessness as he heard his friend''s voice.


    "If you had sent me the message earlier, I would havee earlier," Asher replied as he checked the injuries.


    Alfred had already sealed the gash, so there was no more blooding out of it, but his face had turned pale due to extreme blood loss.


    Alfred only sent the message to Asher a few hours ago, so Asher came rushing here since Asher and Alfred were the two cornerstones carrying the Vurron race. If anything happened to any of them, the race would regress in status.


    In the Fawkes Kingdom, there were no conflicts between cities on the outside, but even when two people of the same race live adjacently, there are bound to be conflicts. And here, the conflict was between different races. They all desired for the other to fail while they prospered.


    "I talked with his majesty," Asher said as he gave a healing pill to Alfred.


    "What did he say?" Alfred asked spiritually.


    ***


    "Let''s go to that store and check who that mysterious buyer is. I will pay for your travel," Asher said after Alfred began feeling better. Even in this situation, Alfred wasn''t willing to spend money on travel portals.


    Alfred weakly nodded his head. It was only his money that he was stingy with. If others wanted to spend money on him, he would wee them.


    Asher could only smile wryly, seeing his friend''s behavior.


    After about an hour, Alfred and Asher showed up at the travel portal in Thorr City.


    When they saw Alfred and Asher, the guards posted around the intersection were in shock. They could see that Alfred was injured, as his steps weren''t steady.


    The head of the guards saluted both of them and asked if Alfred or Asher wanted him to do anything.


    As for the reason behind Alfred''s injury, the guard didn''t dare ask. He knew he shouldn''t mind things that were above his pay grade.


    Alfred and Asher then left toward the store.


    "Should we go tomorrow morning?" Asher mumbled as the sun had set. Neither of them knew whether the store would be open at this time or not.


    "Let''s at least check the store," Alfred responded.


    Asher nodded, and then both followed toward the destination.


    Since Alfred had checked the location of the purchasednd when he heard about Aakesh, he was already aware of its directions.


    Around a few minutester, Alfred and Asher reached the store. It would have taken less time, if not for the aftereffects of Alfred''s injury.


    As they stood in front of the store, they found that the store''s door was closed.


    They both looked at each other, not knowing what to do next.

 Chapter 926 Reward!

    Chapter 926: Reward!


    Alfred and Asher stood in front of the building and looked at the closed door with disappointed faces.


    Knocking on the door with their status would be beneath them, so they didn''t know what to do.


    While Alfred and Asher were looking at the store with pondering faces, a crowd had gathered around them, with several people bowing.


    The store owners or workers who were leaving after sunset also came there, wanting to know what could bring the city lord to this ce.


    "Should wee back tomorrow?" Asher asked. They weren''t sure about the non-demon''s status, so making an enemy out of him without knowing him would be a foolish idea.


    "Yes, let''se back tomorrow!"


    Alfred replied. He had the same thoughts as Asher, whereas he was even more ufortable about the non-demon since the store was in his city.


    ***


    Unaware of what was going on outside the store, Aakesh was currently in conversation with the system.


    Aakesh hadpleted the pill quest this morning, so it was now time for the rewards to get distributed.


    A blue light suddenly covered the pill counter. It disappeared as quickly as it had arrived.


    Aakesh looked at the pill counter, only to find five additional shelves on the first row.


    Aakesh didn''t waste any time and began to read the details of the newly obtained pills.


    First-grade lesser Body Strengthening Pill: The pill helps increase the cultivator''s physical strength and endurance. Only those with early Divine Transformation to peak Divine Being level cultivations can use it. It costs twenty lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser Spirit Enhancement Pill: The pill helps the cultivator enhance the effects of their spiritual energy, allowing them to achieve better results in cultivation or other endeavors. It can only be used by those with early Divine Transformation to peak Divine Being level cultivations. It costs twenty-five lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser Energy Replenishing Pill: The pill helps replenish the cultivator''s energy reserves. Only those with early Divine Transformation to peak Divine Being level cultivations can use it. It costs twenty lesser Sacred stones.


    Third-level lesser Spirit Concealment Pill: The pill assists the cultivator in concealing and hiding their own spiritual energy. It only works for Divine Transformation level cultivators. It costs twenty-five lesser Sacred stones.


    Second-grade lesser Spirit Concealment Pill: It works for early and intermediate Divine Being level cultivators. It costs fifty lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser Spirit Concealment Pill: It works forte and peak Divine Being level cultivators. The price is 75 lesser Sacred stones.


    Third-grade lesser Mind Expansion Pill: The pill helps to expand the cultivator''s mind and increase their cognitive abilities, such as memory, analytical skills, and creativity. It only works for five seconds. It only functions for cultivation at the Divine Transformation and Divine Being levels. It costs fifty lesser Sacred stones.


    Second-grade lesser Mind Expansion Pill: It works for fifteen seconds. It costs hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    First-grade lesser Mind Expansion Pill: It works for thirty seconds. It costs two hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    Aakesh read the details of all five newly-obtained pills. The pill types were different from the ones he had gotten used to selling in the Primal Dimension.


    On top of that, two out of the five newly obtained pills had varieties, depending on their grades.


    Aakesh wouldn''t have to worry about the five pill categories not being marketable in the Sacred Dimension because they were all well-known there.


    Aakesh then moved his eyes away from the pills. The next moment, he and Lily disappeared from the store''s hall and appeared in the selection arena.


    Lily jumped down Aakesh''s head and went to the section in the right direction. She selected her usual training environment and then pressed the switch.


    After Lily left for her training, Aakesh went to the weapon section, closing all his senses. The next moment, he randomly picked up a weapon. Aakesh then turned around and went to the switch. Selecting his usual training ground, Aakesh pressed the switch.


    The next moment, the space around him cracked open, forming a portal. It then sucked Aakesh inside, and when light returned to Aakesh''s eyes, he found him standing in the battle arena.


    Not long after, a familiar blue screen popped out in front of Aakesh. Aakesh didn''t immediately tap on it, but he looked at his hands to see the weapon he had chosen for the day.


    It was a battle axe. It was a fearsome weapon as it was half the size of Aakesh, with its sharp edges threatening to cut the space itself.


    It had a sharp, double-edged de forged from the bones of a Dragon. Its handle was made of the polished ivory of a celestial unicorn, which was filled with powerful energy that made the axe even stronger.


    Aakesh''s grip on the battle axe tightened as he casually swung it. The next moment, the blue screen that was only a projection got cleaved into two.


    In no time, the blue screen restored itself, and nothing happened to the arena covered in white light.


    Aakesh then tapped the usual option on the screen. The next moment, it and the white light covering the arena disappeared while a breath of life other than his emerged on the stage.


    Aakesh turned in that direction and found his opponent for the day. Aakesh had read about all the existing races at that time when he was doing the quest, so as soon as he saw his opponent, the details of the creature emerged in his head.


    It was a minotaur--a half-man, half-bull creature. It wasn''t a crossbreed race between humans and bulls, but it originated even earlier than humans in the Multiverse. The Minotaurs were famous for their terrifying physical strength and brutalbat styles.


    The Minotaur roared at Aakesh as soon as it saw him. Its eyes contained nothing but cruelty when they looked at Aakesh.


    Aakesh ignored the provocation in those eyes as he waited for the bell to ring and the battle to begin.


    Ding!


    Aakesh and the Minotaur didn''t have to wait long as the bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Aakesh and the Minotaur made the first move at the same time. Using its gigantic horns, it charged toward Aakesh while Aakesh simply moved with the battle axe.

 Chapter 927 Training And Panagea!

    Chapter 927: Training and Panagea!


    Although the Minotaur appeared to be gaining the upper hand in the battle, a clear red line appeared as the battle axe struck it.


    Crash! Crash!


    The next moment, sessive crashing sounds rang in the area as the Minotaur was cleaved in two and its piecesnded on the stage.


    Before internal organs and blood could sully the ground, a white light covered the entire arena while the familiar blue screen popped out again in front of Aakesh.


    Aakesh chose his usual option, and then both the screen and white light disappeared.


    Roar!


    The Minotaur roared as soon as it came alive. The anger in its eyes couldn''t be hidden. Minotaurs hated nothing more than losing, so the brutality in its eyes was on another level in this round.


    However, merely being angry and actually winning the battle were two different things. As soon as the bell rang and the second battle began, the Minotaur was once again cleaved into two equal pieces from head to toe.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh activated one of the skills avable to him for this round ofbat.


    Aakesh transferred his energy to the axe, and the next moment, the area between the sharp des began to glow red. It wasn''t blood red, but fire red.


    BOOM!


    As the battle axe shed with the Minotaur, a loud explosion echoed in the battle arena. When the dust subsided, there was no sign of the Minotaur left.


    With it, Aakesh won the ny-sixth round of battle. It was the first battle in which Aakesh received an injury today. The skill used by Aakesh was titled "Battle Fury."


    The next moment, a white light covered the entire arena, while the familiar blue screen popped out in front of Aakesh, asking him whether he wanted to go to the next stage, repeat the same round, or go to some other already cleared stage.


    Without needing to consider it, Aakesh tapped on the following stage.


    Time flew by, and several more minutes passed in a sh.


    Aakesh was currently battling the Minotaur in the hundredth round. He was finally getting some challenge from the Minotaur.


    The Minotaur turned on its ultimate ability, "Horn Blitz," realizing there was no chance of winning this battle.


    The Minotaur then began transferring energy onto its horns, which started to glow blue in the next instant. It then charged forward, with the blue light growing in intensity.


    Aakesh couldn''t let himself get hit with those horns. It wouldn''t kill him, but it would cause severe injuries. Aakesh also activated the skill "Battle Fury."


    BOOM!


    A loud boom rang in the area as the axe shed with the horns, creating a gigantic dust cloud. Aakesh had no choice but to take a step back as the air was burning.


    Roar!


    A roar rang through the area as the Minotaur was still alive. Its injuries were severe, but not caring about them, it charged at Aakesh onest time.


    Aakesh''s eyes were cold as he raised the axe in the air and then brought it down, using two-thirds of his power.


    The Minotaur was split in half the next second, along with half of the arena.


    Time flew by, and the bell rang, announcing the start of the 117th battle.


    It was Aakesh''s best with all weapons since he had stopped at the 116th round with the spear. Aakesh was best at swords, but his opponent that day was a Katanaean. It was the toughest battle Aakesh had to face that day.


    Aakesh felt that his chances of winning this battle were fifty-fifty, so as soon as the bell rang, Aakesh made his move. He used 100% of his power right from the start.


    The Minotaur also charged at Aakesh since it could see that its strength had surpassed Aakesh''s.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in a sh.


    Every time Aakesh and the Minotaur fought, it seemed as though the end of the world was near because both opponents exerted all of their strength.


    The battle was rife with brutality, as blue blood covered Aakesh and red blood dyed the Minotaur. But still, there was no change in their movements as they shed again and again.


    Roar! Roar!


    Both Aakesh and the Minotaur roared at the sky as they activated their ultimate skill at the same time.


    The Minotaur''s eyes turned red, and its horn grew and started to glow blood red, giving off a powerful and destructive aura. The Minotaur then charged at Aakesh. The skill was titled "Rage of Minotaurs."


    Aakesh had also used "Celestial Judgement," the best skill he could use at that point in the battle.


    Aakesh channeled the energy stored in the handle, causing it to emit a ck, destructive aura. It looked like the end of the world as even the space around the axe began to crack in fear of the aura.


    As the Minotaur approached, Aakesh waved his axe.


    ng!


    A shing sound rang in the area as the axe and the horns shed with each other. Even sound seemed to have disappeared at that moment as the ck light and blood-red light began to devour each other. The space around the sh disintegrated into nothingness.


    There wasplete silence as the two lights collided, as if the sound itself was anxious to ur. In the end, only half of Aakesh''s body was left in the void. The entire battle arena had disappeared.


    Aakesh''s eyes were calm. as if his injuries didn''t affect him. The next moment, a green light covered him while a white light covered the entire arena, announcing another victory for Aakesh.


    ***


    The silence in the selection area broke down as a space crack emerged, and soon after, Aakesh stepped out of it.


    Since there wasn''t much time left before Lily''s training ended, Aakesh requested the system for his and Lily''s chairs. Aakesh then began to wait for her toe out.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, the time set by you for Panagea hase to an end!]


    As Aakesh was proceeding toward his destination, the system''s emotionless voice informed Aakesh.


    ***


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 Chapter 928 First-Grade Lesser Mind Expansion Pill(1)

    Chapter 928: First-grade lesser Mind Expansion Pill(1)


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]


    Aakesh was meditating when the emotionless voice of the system woke him up.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and then inhaled and exhaled a deep breath.


    Aakesh then stood up from the mat and summoned the door to his room. After he entered the room, the door automatically closed, and the meditation mat disappeared from the floor.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Click!


    With a clicking sound, the door of Aakesh''s room opened, and soon after, he stepped outside and down the stairs.


    ***


    As the sun rose in Thorr and nearby cities, the cover of darkness began to fade away, and soon only brightness was left.


    Slide!


    A sound rang in a small area on Seventeenth Street as Aakesh opened the store''s door, announcing the start of a new day for it.


    There was a group of people already waiting outside the store, so without making them dy any longer, Aakesh turned around and went to his chair while the group followed him inside.


    As soon as the first three people stepped inside the store, a transparent, golden light covered them. Excited expressions appeared on the trio''s faces since they wouldn''t have to wait and would be able to enter Panagea in the first group.


    While those who missed the chance to enter Panagea in the first group had disappointed faces, there were seven of them.


    If none of them came for other products, three groups had already been filled for Panagea shortly after the store opened.


    The three people chosen in the first group were Favan, Jemiah, and Ashley. The constituents of the group were ever-changing.


    "Hello, store owner!" Favan respectfully greeted Aakesh after approaching him.


    His eyes fell on the card machine ced next to the chair. Favan had already left the store when Joator arrived, so this was the first time he saw it.


    The machine was already there before today, but it looked like a closed box, which wasn''t the case today.


    Favan politely questioned Aakesh about it, assuming it was a new product.


    "It isn''t a store product¡­."


    Aakesh then exined the work of the card machine to Favan. Favan''s soul almost left his body once he heard the Higher Store Card being the lowest of the three. Favan wanted to stop Aakesh from speaking further, as it was too much for his heart to bear. But since interrupting Aakesh would most likely offend him, Favan had no choice but to listen to the entire introduction.


    Favan''s shoulders had sunk after hearing about the supreme and ultimate grade of stones. But at least it was a new piece of knowledge he learned; he gained something.


    Favan didn''t want to stand here anymore and look at the card machine, so he requested Aakesh for Panagea and then proceeded toward the portal room after paying thirty-five lesser Sacred stones.


    After Favan left, Ashley came forward. Jemiah also wanted to go ahead, but after seeing Ashley, he stopped and let Ashley go first. Not only did she have a better family background than him, but her cultivation level also surpassed his.


    Like Favan, Ashley also looked at the card machine and made the same assumption. Aakesh then repeated the introduction of the card machine.


    Ashley''s reaction wasn''t as exaggerated as Favan''s, but she still fell silent. It was also the first for Ashley to hear about the ultimate Sacred stones. She knew that there was a supreme grade of Sacred stone, even though neither she nor her father had seen it, but she didn''t know about thest and highest grade of stones.


    Since Ashley''s wealth didn''t reach as high as even half of the higher Sacred stone, she couldn''t afford it. She also left after paying for Panagea.


    The scene repeated itself as Jemiah asked the same question, and Aakesh answered in simr words. Jemiah had been in the army for so long, so even if there was turmoil going on inside his head, his face would remain calm. But after hearing about the three store cards, he also had the same shocked reaction as others.


    ***


    "You need to pay 35 lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh said expressionlessly to Jemiah.


    Jemiah had a weird face since he still hadn''t calmed down after learning about the cards and their cost. He then took the amount out of his space ring and handed it to Aakesh.


    ***


    After the first group of customers left for Panagea, the transparent golden light returned and covered another three. They were Garos, Elera, and Ricky.


    The four remaining people had disappointed faces as they went to the waiting corner with the three-second group adventurers.


    As they were leaving, Garos'' eyes fell on the pill counter. Garos noticed that there were more shelves than usual. As Garos counted them, he found that the number of shelves had doubled.


    Since the pills from the store help treat Elera, Garos would look at the pill counter every day. It was his way to feel grateful toward the store.


    Garos suddenly turned around and approached Aakesh, while Elera wanted to stop Garos, seeing the sudden reaction. But after seeing him going toward the store owner, she took her hands back and decided to wait for him at the waiting corner.


    "Store owner, what new pills did you get?" Garos smilingly asked Aakesh.


    "None of them are for you. Do you still want to know about them?"


    Aakesh asked for confirmation. It would prevent him from continuing because none of the five recently acquired pills could be used by cultivators who were at the Divine Lord level.


    When Garos heard Aakesh, he was slightly disappointed, but he soon calmed down and requested that Aakesh share the introduction. He was a Divine Lord, but Elera hadn''t reached that level, so if there was something good in the five pills, it could help her.


    "The store now has five new types of pills."


    "First-grade lesser Body Strengthening Pill: The pill helps increase the cultivator''s physical strength and endurance¡­,"


    Aakesh then told Garos about the pills and their varieties.


    When the turn for the Mind Expansion Pill arrived, a smile spread across Garos'' face. Elera''s cultivation was on the verge of reaching the Divine Lord; it would help her.

 Chapter 929 First-Grade Lesser Mind Expansion Pill(2)

    Chapter 929: First-grade lesser Mind Expansion Pill(2)


    "Store owner, can the first-grade lesser Mind Expansion Pill help someone who is on the verge of breaking through to the Divine Lord?"


    Garos wanted to be sure before making a purchase because the pill wasn''t inexpensive. It cost two hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    "Yes," Aakesh replied.


    During the thirty-second effect of the pill, the mind would be devoid of any thoughts. The chances of gaining epiphany would also increase. If Elera was lucky, she could even gain epiphany only after eating one pill and then breaking the boundary that stopped her from proceeding.


    Garos'' eyes contained joy after hearing Aakesh, and at that time, his eyes fell on the card machine.


    Like the previous three customers, Garos made the same assumption and asked Aakesh about it.


    ***


    ? "You need to pay six hundred lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh said after taking three pills out from the tenth shelf.


    Garos'' face contained no smile as he took out the Sacred stones from his inner world and handed them over to Aakesh.


    ***


    "Why is your face looking weird?" Elera asked Garos with a surprised tone after he came to the waiting corner.


    A wry smile appeared on Garos'' face as he told Elera about the three store cards. "Every time Ie here, I see how minuscule I am," Garos added humorlessly.


    Elera was too shocked to care about Garos'' reaction at that moment.


    Customers were not particrly shocked by the high cost of the cards. What astounded them was the ability of the store to have a product that was so expensive. Somewhere in their hearts, they were also grateful that the store owner opened his store here and not in some high-level wealthy area.


    Soon after Garos calmed down, he told Elera about the Mind Expansion Pills and handed them over.


    Elera looked shocked and excited as she took the pills from her husband''s hands. For the cultivators of Thorr City, the Divine Lord level was like the sky. Until they reached that level, they were living as lower strata of society.


    "Should I take it here?" Elera asked Aakesh as she couldn''t wait, but at the same time, she had no idea how the store owner would respond if she somehow achieved the breakthrough.


    "I had my breakthrough here. The store owner didn''t seem to have any issue with that," Garos replied since he could see what was going on inside the head of his wife.


    Elera then didn''t waste any second and gently ced the pill in her mouth. It melted immediately, and soon it reached her brain.


    A cooling sensation washed over her as her eyes turned calm, and she began meditating.


    Thirty seconds passed in a sh. Elera opened her eyes, and there was disappointment in them.


    She missed thefortable feeling that the pill was producing, and in addition, she didn''t cross the line.


    Elera didn''t immediately eat the second pill. She took several deep breaths as she rxed her body. Even though the pill would clear and calm the mind, that didn''t mean rxing before was a bad idea.


    Around a minuteter, Elera took the second pill and ced it in her mouth. Simr to the first pill, it melted immediately, and soon a cooling sensation washed through her. Her mind was clear like never before. Only the thought of seeing the line stopping her from breaking through remained in her mind.


    Thirty seconds were neither long nor short for a cultivator. As the pill''s effect disappeared, Elera''s eyes opened.


    The disappointment was there, but clearly, something had changed. A smile had also spread across Elera''s face.


    Elera then again repeated the process of rxing herself, and again a minuteter, she ced the third pill in her mouth.


    ***


    "You need to pay six hundred lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh said to Elera after taking three pills from the tenth shelf.


    Elera nodded before moving the already-taken stones in Aakesh''s direction.


    "Thank you, store owner," Elera thanked Aakesh and then turned around toward the waiting corner. Her tone sounded unnatural, but since Aakesh didn''t care, he didn''t think about it.


    Even though Elera failed to break through to the next level, the first three Mind Expansion Pills helped her see the boundary stopping her from going ahead. For the Divine Being cultivators, the attainment of the Divine Lord represented a sublimation of life.


    It was also a sublimation of energy because the inner world of the Divine Lord cultivators would be fit to give life to living things.


    ***


    Elera sat down in her meditative posture and rxed her mind and body. She took several deep breaths after that. Garos didn''t interrupt her even once and only silently watched her.


    After Elera felt that her mindset had reached the level she wanted, she took the first of the three pills and ced it in her mouth.


    BOOM!


    Elera felt a boom in her head as the pill''s effect began working. She had already seen the boundary stopping her, so soon after the pill worked, she attacked that boundary.


    Seeing the boundary was easy, but breaking it wasn''t. Out of a thousand peak Divine Being cultivators, not even one might achieve the Divine Lord level, so it wasn''t an easy effort.


    Time flew by, and soon it was the turn of thest pill.


    Elera took longer to begin the process this time, as it was thest pill for today and also because her mental strength wasn''t at its peak.


    As Elera ced the pill in her mouth, it melted into energy and flew toward her brain. The next moment, a cooling sensation washed over her body.


    Only three of the thirty seconds had passed when the aura around Elera changed. Even Garos, who was sitting next to her, felt a cool breeze pecking at him. An excited expression covered his face as Elera gained an epiphany.


    Her chances of breaking through to the next level were now almost 100 percent.


    Garos'' expression changed abruptly as he felt the cold air pecking him vanish.


    The system acted quickly after Elera gained her epiphany so as not to bother other customers. At that moment, Elera was in another space, while in her mind, an unprecedented wave of energy was flowing toward the wall like a raging tide.


    ***


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 Chapter 930 First-Grade Mind Expansion Pill(End)

    Chapter 930: First-grade Mind Expansion Pill(End)


    Elera was calm as that unprecedented wave of energy charged at the boundary wall.


    BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!


    As the wave repeatedly crashed against the wall, loud explosions could be heard in her head.


    Even though the wall stopping Elera from breaking through seemed only a line in front of the energy wave, despite so many crashes, the line had only dimmed slightly.


    Elera''s face remained serene as she created the wave once more and crashed into the wall.


    Time flew by, and around twenty seconds passed in a sh.


    Crack!


    A soft cracking sound rang in Elera''s head as the wave finally seeded in damaging the wall.


    There was a surge of energy in Elera''s momentumpared to thest time, and an enormous wave of energy soon formed and crashed into the wall.


    BOOM!


    As the wave seeded in destroying that wall, an abrupt loud explosion-like sound resounded in the area. The next moment, a wave of Sacred energy came from the environment and melted into Elera.


    Elera''s body began to change at a rapid rate, and the inner world came out. It was in the form of a spherical core the size of a fingernail.


    The inner world became the center of attraction at that moment, as a vortex formed above it.


    The endless Sacred energy in the store got sucked in at an unprecedented rate as the spherical core began to rotate.


    The faster its rotation became, the higher the rate of absorption. At that moment, only that spherical core seemed to exist in the world.


    The spherical core was also expanding, and only in a few seconds, it had grown to the size of a tennis ball.


    ***


    Aakesh, who had closed his eyes to rx, opened his eyes and looked at the spherical core.


    He was only an early Divine Transformation level cultivator, so he shouldn''t have been able to see directly into the inner world rotating at such a quick rate. But the system acted and removed all the pressure acting on Aakesh.


    Aakesh could see with his own eyes the change in the space inside the spherical core. In the inner world, all that was present were destroyedndscapes and space cracks. But as the vortex was sucking in the Sacred energy, it was slowly changing.


    First, the space cracks healed as the space became stable. The energy then began to treat thendscapes.


    Mountains and oceans formed, and soon ordinary trees began sprouting. In less than a second, the sprout became a giant tree, but the next second, it dried out, bing the food of the new tree.


    The process repeated again and again, and only in a few minutes had the entire world been transformed. If it was a shithole before the breakthrough, it now became afortable and inhabitable ce.


    As Aakesh was witnessing the change in the inner world, he saw Elera appear in the middle of the world. It was her consciousness, not her physical form.


    During the breakthrough, every cultivator had the opportunity to change the world by their standards.


    Elera was like a God; she only waved her hands, and the ocean below her feet dried out. The next moment, structures began to form. In only a short period, a small town appeared in the deserted ocean.


    Then Elera waved her hands once more, filling the deserted ocean with water as the town was submerged.


    The rotation speed slowed down as the breakthrough wasing to an end. It would take some time before any sentient lifeform took birth, and after that, the inner world would be the same as any world in the Primal Dimension without cultivators.


    Aakesh moved his eyes away from the spherical core, as there was nothing left for him to watch. He then closed his eyes and began his rxation session.


    Garos''s eyes were glued to Elera with concern, as he didn''t want anything to happen to her.


    As the rotation speed of the spherical core slowed down, Garos'' tension lessened. Soon after, the rotation rate slowed to the point where even a mortal could count the rotations.


    The spherical core then returned to Elera, where another round of energy surge urred. Soon, the process came to an end, and Elera became a full-fledged Divine Lord.


    After the core melted into Elera, Garos heaved a sigh of relief, and a joyous expression appeared on his face.


    ***


    "Congrattions, you are a Divine Lord from now on," Garos congratted Elera right after she opened her eyes.


    Elera was overjoyed as she jumped into Garos'' embrace. "I am a Divine Lord!" Elera eximed in excitement, as it was difficult for her to believe.


    Only a few days earlier, she was on the verge of death. But today, she was not only perfectly healthy, but her cultivation had also grown to a new level.


    Garos was simrly excited and delighted, so he had the same reaction.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed in a sh.


    Nine people were waiting for Panagea at the corner near the portal room, while Aakesh was rxing in his chair with his eyes closed.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from the door, so he opened his eyes and looked in that direction. It wasn''t an unfamiliar face, but it was Alric.


    "Hello, store owner," Alric greeted Aakesh after entering the store.


    Aakesh nodded in response as usual while Alric''s eyes fell on the card machine ced next to the chair. Like other customers, he assumed it to be a new product and asked about it.


    Aakesh then introduced the three cards to Alric. Alric calmed down easily after learning that he could afford neither of them. He then asked about Panagea.


    Alric''s face was filled with disappointment after learning that all the spots had already been taken.


    Since there was no spot left in Panagea, Alric decided to leave the store after buying pills.


    "Store owner, give me three pills from all five categories each," Alric requested of Aakesh as he began to take out three hundred thirty lesser Sacred stones from his space ring.


    "There are five new additions to the pill categories," Aakesh informed Alric.


    Alric''s hands stopped as he raised his head and looked at Aakesh in surprise.

 Chapter 931 Fear And Shock(1)

    Chapter 931: Fear and Shock(1)


    "What are they?" Alric asked excitedly as his obsession with the pills woke him up.


    "First-grade lesser Body Strengthening Pills¡­," Aakesh''s tone remained as indifferent as ever, and he soon introduced all five new pills to Alric.


    Alric''s face changed after learning about the Mind Expansion Pill. It was a rare item that many famous alchemists couldn''t create.


    "Store owner, are the three sale limits restricted by the grade or the pill?" Alric suddenly asked Aakesh.


    Alric had already decided to buy all of them since it would help him. Alric hoped for the sale limit to be by grade, as it would mean he could buy three of each grade for thest two pills. If the sale limit were for the pills, he would have no choice but to buy one of each of the three grades.


    "The limit is for grades," Aakesh answered, bringing a look of excitement onto Alric''s face.


    "Store owner, give me three pills from each category," Alric requested of Aakesh, with a lively smile spreading across his face.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair and went to the pill counter. From the shelves, he started pulling three pills at a time. The process continued up to the eighth shelf.


    When Aakesh reached the ninth and tenth shelves, he took three pills from each shelf three times.


    "You need to pay two thousand and twenty-five lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced expressionlessly.


    Alric had also counted the price, so he had already taken out the stones from his space ring. He then pushed the mountain of lesser Sacred stones toward Aakesh.


    It was better to pay with two ordinary Sacred stones, but Aakesh refused the sale, saying that you need to own any of three store cards for paying in higher or lower denominations than the actual cost. Fortunately for Alric, he carried a higher number of lesser Sacred stones.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and soon the mountain of stones disappeared from the store. After Aakesh got the alert from the system that the payment was correct, he pushed the twenty-plus pills toward Alric.


    Alric took a look at each of the pills before cing them inside the space ring. It wasn''t that he mistrusted the store owner; he just liked to check them out.


    Once Alric had ced all the pills in his space ring, he thanked Aakesh with a slight bow.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to his thanks, and at that time, Aakesh heard the sound of two different footstepsing from the door. After Alric turned around to leave, Aakesh looked in the direction of the door and found two men stepping inside the store.


    As Alric was leaving, he also saw the two people entering the store. His footsteps suddenly halted since he recognized both of them.


    Two men who had just entered the store halted as well when they saw Alric.


    The two men were none other than Alfred, the Thorr City Lord, and Asher, the Corr City Lord. After finding the store closed yesterday, the duo returned to check on Aakesh today.


    "Alric!"


    "Father!"


    Two different voices simultaneously rang in the store as Alfred and Alric called out to the other person.


    "What are you doing here?" Alfred''s tone was stern as he asked Alric. He had been worrying about the non-demon since the King ordered him to find more information, and here his son was a customer of the store.


    "I came here to buy pills," Alric replied in a weak voice as his gaze turned to the floor.


    Asher, on the other hand, focused on the blue-skinned non-demon. He raised his eyes in surprise since he didn''t recognize the race of the man.


    But then his jaw dropped, and his eyes popped wide open as he stared at the ground. He had seen the stone in Jaimie''s hands. It was a tiny piece, but Jaimie introduced it as if it were the most valuable item in his hands. But here, he was seeing a store''s floor iid with the Eternal Stone.


    "Tell me more about the store." Asher interrupted the conversation between the father and son and asked Alric.


    Hearing the solemn tone in Asher''s voice, Alfred fell silent and waited for Alric to answer.


    Without hiding anything, Alric shared everything from how he found the store, and the pills he bought.


    "Does this store also sell cultivation arts?" Asher suddenly asked Alric.


    Asher remembered that a few days ago, his daughter Ashley asked him for money to buy a cultivation art. No matter how hard Asher tried, she didn''t give up on the source of the art, so he had no choice but to give up in the end.


    Asher recalled the incident because Alric mentioned meeting Ashley here while talking about the store.


    "Yes!" Alric replied immediately.


    "This girl!" Asher couldn''t help but mumble in surprise with a wry smile.


    ***


    Aakesh could hear the conversation between the trio. But since the store wasn''t bing overcrowded due to those three, Aakesh didn''t interrupt and silently waited for the man toe to him.


    ***


    Alfred and Asher looked at each other with a mixture of shock and fright in their eyes. They were shocked because the store products had outrageous effects, while they were also frightened because someone like Aakesh had appeared in their territory.


    Looking at Aakesh, they could see that he was only an early Divine Transformation level cultivator, and it would take nothing more than a casual strike from them to end the man''s life. But at the same time, their intuition warned them against acting. It was as if their deaths were unavoidable if they attempted to harm the man.


    ***


    "Store owner, why did you open your store here? It must be easy for someone like you to open your store in higher-level territories," Alfred asked. His tone contained a hint of enmity.


    Even though there were benefits to the store appearing here, for the ruling ss it was an extremely dangerous position. If someday Aakesh chose to conquer thisnd and kill all Vurrons, they would be able to do nothing.


    As for the King''s order about the non-demon, Alfred and Asher had already forgotten about it. Just from hearing the introduction, they could see that the Fawkes Kingdom was insignificant in front of the store.

 Chapter 932 Fear And Shock(End)

    Chapter 932: Fear and Shock(End)


    "Why did you choose Thorr City for your store?" Alfred asked, and he couldn''t hide the hostility in his voice.


    Aakesh didn''t answer immediately but looked at Alfred. Even though the cultivation difference between the two parties was like the difference between heaven and earth, in the presence of those eyes, Alfred still found himself to be nothing.


    Alfred was surprised to feel this way since it was Aakesh''s background that frightened him, not Aakesh himself.


    Aakesh could understand what was going on inside Alfred''s head when he asked the question. The Sacred Dimension wasn''t like the Primal Dimension. Since every life was eternal here, the fear of death wasn''t as prevalent as in the Primal Dimension. Wars were frequent here, as the higher the cultivation level, the greater the demand for resources, and that resulted in cruelty all around the Dimension.


    "You don''t need to know that." Even though Aakesh understood Alfred''s worries, it didn''t mean that he cared about them.


    The system chose thend for the store, so he had nothing to do with it.


    Alfred and Asher got stumbled at Aakesh''s curt response. They were angry, but they calmed down soon and didn''t attempt to attack Aakesh. The feeling of extreme danger was still present in their hearts.


    "You lost ownership over thend the moment you epted the money. You don''t have to worry about me being interested in your territory."


    Aakesh continued, "If I were, you would already be dead." His tone remained as expressionless as ever.


    Aakesh didn''t want to have a conflict with the ruling ss unless it was necessary, like the Primal Dimension. The store was only in its early phases. If the fear of him snatching Thorr City remained in Alfred''s heart, he could do many things without directly going against Aakesh, which would slow down the store''s growth.


    Many customers who had already established themselves as regrs or those who intended to enter the store would postpone their ns out of respect for Alfred if the general public only knew that Alfred had a problem with the store owner. He was well-liked in Thorr City. He wasn''t like Pinto, who was cruel to his subjects.


    Aakesh couldn''t just depend on the Primal Dimension''s customers and a few who dared to go against Alfred for the growth of his store.


    It was the reason Aakesh told Alfred straight out that he had no interest in his territory. If despite that, Alfred wanted to fear Aakesh and spoil the growth of the store, then Aakesh would have no choice but to take matters into his own hands and end the rule. It would slow down the growth of the store for a few months or years, but in the long run, things would go back to normal.


    Alfred and Asher looked at each other after hearing Aakesh. They could see anger and helplessness. Asher was also frightened by Aakesh, as Thorr was only next to Corr City in wealth and power, and it also bore arge poption of Vurrons.


    "I ept that you have no interest in this city, but when your products are so high-level, shouldn''t you choose a ce where you can get the most advantage from them rather than here, where only a few can afford the store products?" Alfred took a deep breath and asked Aakesh.


    ***


    "The store is an opportunity given to our race; do we really want to give it up?" Asher asked Alfred.


    The two didn''t immediately leave the store after speaking with Aakesh; instead, they started to reflect on their fears.


    The store had both advantages and disadvantages for the city and Vurrons. They were destined for failure in history if they only paid attention to the negative aspects.


    To make the fear go away, the duo began to ponder over the advantages of the store to them and Vurrons.


    The store''s most wonderful advantage to them was its potential to help the race evolve to higher levels.


    Alfred and Asher knew that it wouldn''t take long before the store became extremely popr and people from all over the began visiting it regrly. The arrival of so many people would turn Thorr City into an economic powerhouse.


    As the duo began to ponder over the advantages, they found that the benefits outweighed the disadvantages by arge margin.


    The owner of the store stealing their control over the race was the only negative aspect of the store for them. It was true that Alfred and Asher wanted their race to grow strong and reach the top of the food cycle one day, but they also wanted to be in control. Power fascinated every man, and they were no strangers to it.


    ***


    "Should we report to his majesty about the store?" Alfred asked Asher. They were both friends, but in terms of authority, Asher had the lead since he was the strongest Vurron.


    Asher fell silent after the question. As the duo pondered over the store''s advantages, they could see that one-day Vurrons would have their own Kingdom or even an Empire. Since the King could also see it, he would probably seize control of Thorr City if he learned about the store.


    Once the King decided to do this, they would never be able to do anything about it.


    ***


    "Store owner, would you help the city if it''s getting attacked?" Alfred approached Aakesh once again and asked. There was still hostility in his voice, but it was lesser than in the previous conversation.


    Asher failed to see an answer to the dilemma of whether to inform the King about the store, so Alfred decided to ask Aakesh in case the King decided to seize control of Thorr City.


    "I won''t interfere in the administration of the city unless it affects the store or its customers."


    ***


    "We should inform the King before he sends one of his envoys to find more," Alfred and Asher decided to leave the store after not getting the answer they wanted from Aakesh.


    Since the store owner had refused to help in case the King tried to seize control, they had no choice but to tell the King about the store, before Jaimie found it on himself. At that time, it would be termed as betrayal, and getting on the bad side of a True God level cultivator would never end well for them or their race.


    "What should we do if his majesty tried to seize control of the city?" Alfred asked Asher.


    "We should inform his majesty in a way that he thinks the store supports us," Asher could only think of this.


    Even if the King believed that the store supported the city administration, it didn''t mean, he wouldn''t seize control of the city. But it would lessen the chances of Jaimie doing this, so Asher decided to take the risk.


    As for the store owner''s response, once he found out about this, they could only hope that he wouldn''t take offense. The situation for Thorr City was like being between rock and a hard ce now. If they wanted toe out, they needed to take risks. If they failed, they would lose everything, but if they seeded, it would be the start of a legendary journey for the Vurrons.


    ***


    Unaware of what Asher and Alfred were going to do, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    The journey in the Sacred Dimension had been peaceful until now whenpared with the Primal Dimension, and Aakesh wanted things to continue this way.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The sound of footsteps rang at the store''s door, opening Aakesh''s eyes.


    Aakesh turned in that direction and found an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" La smiled and greeted Aakesh.


    "I am La." "My father told me about the store, so I am here." "How did you end up in Thorr City?" "Are you liking the ce?"


    In less than a few seconds, La bombarded Aakesh with more questions than he had been asked by other customers till now.


    La still didn''t seem to stop speaking. It was as if she were a chattering machine that, once turned on, would only stop once its battery was dead.


    "Why aren''t you speaking, store owner?" "Do you not like me?" "Am I ugly?"


    Suddenly the situation took a different turn as La began to question herself after seeing Aakesh not speak.


    Finally, a few minutester, La stopped speaking as her energy finally reached its end.


    "I am Aakesh." Aakesh had a habit of telling his name once someone told him theirs, so Aakesh introduced himself after La stopped chattering.


    Aakesh''s response was like an energy boost as another round of chattering began in the store.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter! Family function!


    Tomorrow, I might take a day off as it''s thest day of the year. But it''s not certain, so if I did, it''s my leave application.


    There will be a time skip of several days starting tomorrow, which will introduce many characters as well as the new product in the uing chapters.

 Chapter 933 The Fifth Product(1)

    Chapter 933: The Fifth Product(1)


    It has been around a month since Aakesh settled with the store in the Sacred Dimension.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea hours,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 450 Panagea hours. Now, its time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 240 Hours every day for continuous fifteen days


    Mission reward: Twenty-five new virtual portals addition,


    Failure Punishment: Loss of five virtual portals and the salesmission will get reduced to 0.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    [Quest Progress: 14/15 Days,]


    Aakesh was looking at Panagea''s quest screen, seeing his progress.


    All thirteen virtual portals had already been booked for the first group, while around twenty people were waiting in the waiting corner.


    After Aakeshpleted the first Panagea quest, the system rewarded the store with ten additional virtual portals. For the first few days, there was not a single customer who missed their entry into Panagea for the day. But things changed slowly, as nowadays many customers missed their entry into Panagea, like in the early days. It was disappointing for the customers, but for Aakesh, it meant that the store was popr.


    It had been less than ten minutes since Aakesh opened the store for the day, and he was already close to achieving the two hundred forty Panagea hours mark.


    From tomorrow, the number of portals would grow to around four times the current number, so it will again reduce the disappointment of many customers who can''t enter the store early due to various reasons.


    Aakesh then waved his hands and soon the quest screen disappeared into nothingness.


    Aakesh then looked at the door, after finding no shadow approaching the store, Aakesh called out another quest screen.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing all the details of the quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Sell the store products


    Details: Afterpleting two of the four products'' quests, the store has unlocked the first collective quest. Please work hard and make the store more popr,


    Requirement: Sale of all store products:


    Pills: 10,000,


    Weapons: 100,


    Training area: 1000 hours*


    Panagea: 1000 hours,


    Cultivation arts: 6,


    Deadline: 1 month,


    Reward: A New store product,


    Failure Punishment: Zeromission for ten years.]


    [Quest Progress:


    Time: 6/30


    Pills: 10,000/10,000,


    Weapons: 100/100,


    Training area: 1000 hours*/1000,


    Panagea: 1000 hours/1000 hours,


    Cultivation arts: 5/6.]


    Aakesh frowned as he focused on the quest''s progress screen. Around ten days ago, the storepleted all the requirements except for the cultivation arts. From that day onward, it had been stuck at 5.


    There were still six days left, so Aakesh could only hope that another wealthy customer with the ability to purchase cultivation arts would appear in the store.


    Aakesh had anticipated that the arrival of Alfred and Asher would break the dam and draw many Divine Lords to the store. But the benefits of their entry into the store weren''t as great as Aakesh had anticipated.


    No new Divine Lord had approached the store since their entry into it, and even they had been missing since that day.


    Aakesh didn''t care whether they were safe or not, but not getting benefits from their store entry disappointed him to a great extent.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it and waved his hands. The next moment, the quest screen exploded into light particles, waiting for him to call them back.


    ***


    "If not for Father, we would have already reached the store," Williamined in frustration as he was on his way toward the store with Elle.


    William and Elle learned about the store several days ago. They even calcted the distance, and it would have taken them around eight days to reach the store.


    But after Adam, their father, found out about it, he ordered David to first learn one of the Sun Elf''s exclusive skills, and only then would he be allowed to go to the store.


    William clearly didn''t like his father''s order, but he had no choice other than to follow them if he wanted to go to the store, so he learned the skill, and they left around seven days ago.


    Today, they would be able to reach the Fawkes Kingdom, and from there, it was a flying distance for them even if they didn''t use the travel portal.


    In the Sacred Dimension, only cultivators equal to or above True God could float, and since both William and Elle were ranks above that level, it would take them only around an hour to reach Thorr City from the capital city.


    William and Elle weren''t alone, as there was a group of ten Sun Elves behind them. William had a special status, so Adam couldn''t let him travel without security. It wasn''t the Primal Dimension, where his strength was at the top level.


    The guards following him were so strong that their aura alone was enough to destroy Curiele.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the door.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned to look, only to discover a different Demon race member and an unfamiliar face.


    The unfamiliar face was full of smiles as he stepped inside the store. The smile on the man''s face froze, and a solemn expression reced it when he looked around the store.


    His mouth turned into a giant O when he saw the floor. Since he had both seen and touched the stone, the man knew what it was.


    The man''s name was Jarad, and he had a special status in the Fawkes Kingdom. His father was Jaimie, the King of the Fawkes Kingdom. Not only that, Jarad was in the lead for the next ruler.


    Jarad came here to the store on his father''s order. When Alfred and Asher informed Jaimie about the store, Jarad was busy with cultivation.


    Jarad only finished his cultivation today, so he was here. Not long after Jarad entered the store, Alfred and Asher followed suit.


    Their bodies had gotten skinnierpared to thest time they came to the store. Life had been hard for them since the King found out about the store.

 Chapter 934 The Fifth Product(2)

    Chapter 934: The Fifth Product(2)


    Alfred and Asher knew that once Jaimie found out about the store''s products and the store owner''s unwillingness to interfere with the city''s administration, the King''s greed wouldn''t allow him to let Thorr City live free.


    Whenpared to his father, Jaimie was a more gentle king, but he also loved power, and because of the store''s presence, Thorr City would present a challenge to Jaimie''s rule. Jaimie didn''t want the situation to get any worse under his rule since the Ronar Kingdom had already taken over one of the Kingdom''s controlled towns.


    Jaimie needed something that would not only quench his father''s anger once he found out about the territory loss, but he also wanted something that would force the father to acknowledge him.


    Alfred and Asher hoped that they would make the King believe that the store owner was on their side, which would make the King not act against the city to take control of it.


    After learning about the store, the first thought that came to his mind was to eliminate the store owner. But once he heard about the store''s products, the dangerous thought disappeared, and in its ce, the idea of taking advantage emerged in his heart.


    Jaimie chose to send his oldest son to investigate the store because he wasn''t a fool to think Asher was telling the truth. Jarad was in cultivation, so he forced the Vurron duo to stay in the royal pce.


    ***


    "How did he get control of this much Eternal Stone in the first ce?" Jarad couldn''t help but mumble, looking at the floor.


    A dangerous thought of stealing emerged in his heart, but he soon vanquished it. He hadn''t lived for so long to lose himself in his greed.


    The Eternal Stones were valuable--extremely valuable. Someone in control of it wouldn''t be someone that he could mess with.


    His father owned only a tiny piece, even though he was a True God, so the family behind the non-demon must be some terrifying figure.


    Even if someone told Jarad that this non-demon had legendary strength and cultivation and was a member of the top races of the Sacred Dimension, Jarad wouldn''t be skeptical.


    "Hello, store owner!" Jarad greeted Aakesh as he approached him.


    "I am Jarad. The next in line to be the King of this great Kingdom," Jarad introduced himself. His pride could be clearly heard in his voice when he talked about the Kingdom.


    "I am Aakesh." Aakesh gave his usual introduction.


    For a moment, Jarad forgot what to say next, as he expected at least a little respect from the store owner after he revealed his introduction.


    ***


    "Store owner, do you have any ns to move into the capital city?" Jarad asked after learning about the store''s products.


    Jarad had already learned about the store''s products from Alfred and Asher, but hearing them directly from the source was clearly better. From talking with the store owner, he didn''t feel that the owner supported Alfred''s continued control over the city. But since he couldn''t be sure, he tried to take his chances by inviting the store.


    "For your store, the Kingdom would give you the best piece ofnd without any cost.." Jarad didn''t stop and began to share the benefits if Aakesh chose to move into the capital city.


    ***


    "I like peace, and I hope the situation will continue," Aakesh suddenly stated, taking Jarad by surprise.


    ''Does he really support these Vurrons?'' Jarad wondered in his heart since he understood that it was a warning from the store owner.


    Aakesh understood Jarad''s reason foring here after hearing his questions. Aakesh didn''t care who took over the city as long as he and his store operated peacefully. So Aakesh warned Jarad about not disturbing the peace.


    Aakesh''s context was that even if Jarad wanted to take control of Thorr City, he should do it in a way that wouldn''t affect the store and its customers, while Jarad thought differently. From the warning, he understood that the store owner was warning him and his father that he wouldn''t like the Kingdom meddling with the city.


    ***


    Jarad, Alfred, and Asher left the store after Jarad''s conversation with the store owner. The trio wanted to enter Panagea, but since they would need to wait for several hours and Jaimie had ordered them to return to the Kingdom right after the talks, the trio had to leave the store.


    Since there was a barrier surrounding the store owner and the customer, so Alfred and Asher didn''t hear a single word in the conversation.


    Their faces were tense since this conversation would decide their fate. They would perish should Jaimie decide to seize power in the city. Jaimie wouldn''t leave them alive, waiting for revenge. If Jaimie decided against it, it would begin a new era for the Vurrons.


    Jarad''s face turned ugly as soon as he stepped out of the store. Asher''s heart skipped a beat after seeing that ugly expression, but soon it turned into joy. Alfred had the same reaction.


    Jarad''s eyes turned cold when he saw the joy on the faces of the duo. Asher and Alfred hurriedly hid their smiles since they didn''t want to make enemies in the Kingdom.


    Although Jarad was only an intermediate Divine Lord, his father and grandfather were both True Gods.


    Jarad didn''t say anything and silently proceeded toward the portal junction. Alfred and Asher followed him while conversing spiritually.


    ''Did the store owner support us?'' Alfred asked with a mix of confusion and joy.


    ''His dead expression can only mean this,'' Asher replied with a burst of raucousughter.


    ***


    As Aakesh returned to his rxation session, he was unaware of the situation his misunderstood warning had caused.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from the door. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. A familiar face weed his sight as his expression turned weird.


    It was La, the chatterbox. Since La didn''t break any rules, Aakesh couldn''t throw her out, otherwise, he would have done it long ago.


    Once La began speaking, she wouldn''t stop till she had shared her entire day''s experience with him.


    ***


    "What do you want to buy?" Aakesh asked after La''s mouth stopped uttering words.

 Chapter 935 The Fifth Product(3)

    Chapter 935: The Fifth Product(3)


    "What do you want to buy?" Aakesh asked La after the chatterbox finally stopped.


    "Three Energy Meditation pills and six hours of Panagea," La smiled and requested.


    "You need to pay sixty-five lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh responded, and then he went to the pill counter after standing up from the chair.


    La had already taken out the sum since it was her daily product since she became a store customer.


    Soon after La left, Aakesh focused on the alerts ringing in his head after the purchase wasplete.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on fulfilling the mission objective: Sell Pills.]


    [The "mission reward: Higher Level Pills" will be given after the store''s closing.]


    [Please see the following screen for your third quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the third pill''s quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Sequence: Third


    Objective: Sell Pills,


    Detail: With La''s purchase, the store had met all of the previous sales requirements for the quest. Since we are just getting started, now is not the time to celebrate. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of pills you need to sell: 1,000,000 (each category),


    Days required: 360 Days,


    Mission reward: Ten new pill types addition in both Higher and Lesser grades,


    Failure Punishment: The random disappearance of seven types of pills and the salesmission will turn to 0.5& at the eligible product''s sale for the next three years.]


    Aakesh heard all the alerts and soon focused on the blue screen in front of him. While he was reading, out of nowhere, a new screen containing the progress of the second quest emerged on top of the quest screen.


    Half the screen was blurry since the store still hadn''t unlocked the Higher level of sales.


    Aakesh didn''t focus much on the screen since he hadn''t sold any extra pills after the quest''spletion.


    The quest''s requirement had grown a thousand times, like thest time, as he needed to sell a million pills of each category.


    Since the store would also have Higher grade pills starting tomorrow, Aakesh would need the store to sell many pills. With an increase in difficulty, the quest''s deadline had also grown, but it wasn''t as exaggerated as a thousand times.


    The deadline had grown from one month to one year. Aakesh believed that it was more than enough time since pills were in high demand.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon both screens faded into obscurity, waiting for Aakesh to call them back.


    Aakesh then turned to look at the door. Since he didn''t find anyone approaching the store within a range of a few hundred meters, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The sound of footsteps rang outside the door, breaking Aakesh out of his rxation session.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction, only to find the first non-demon other than him.


    It wasn''t a familiar face, so it wasn''t a customer from the Primal Dimension.


    ***


    Judiaah was a member of the Valtor race. The Valtor race was one of the many races spread across the Sacred Dimension.


    The Valtor race members had a humanoid physique, with their heights varying from three feet to five feet. They had pale skin, green eyes, and dark brown hair. Their limbs were longerpared to the other body parts, making them more agile than many of the races.


    Judiaah was four feet tall--taller than the average Valtors but shorter than his siblings. Judiaah came from one of the royal ns of the Valtors.


    The royal family members in the race were taller than average Valtors, so Judiaah, only being of average height, wasn''t well-liked in the family.


    If not for Judiaah''s extremely powerful mother, he would have most probably been banished from the family.


    Judiaah came from a different Universe in the Sacred Dimension. The Universe was controlled by his family, the Arboria family.


    Judiaah''s father was one of the thirteen Emperors of the Valtor race, whose cultivation reached the Supreme God level. Judiaah''s mother was only second to the father in strength in the Arboria Family, so Judiaah had lived his entire life in luxury.


    He wasn''t well-liked by his siblings, but he didn''t care since he was the only child of his mother, and she doted on him.


    Judiaah didn''t get his parents'' talent or height, but his mother loved him all the time and made sure he lived like a rich person. He had to get things he liked at any cost.


    One such thing was a growth-type sword he heard about in one of the ruins on Gargot.


    Judiaah left with his guards in search of the sword, and he finally found it. But the situation turned out to be more challenging than he had expected. The five True God guards and one Lesser God guard that came with him died in the end, trying to protect him while a space storm engulfed Judiaah.


    He neither got the sword nor got to his pce safely. The space storm threw him to an unknown ce.


    ***


    He was hurled to Thorr City by the space storm. Judiaah had read a lot, but even then he hadn''t heard of Curiele, so he was frustrated.


    The people here looked at him with disgust, and he had the same reaction as he saw them. Although he was only ate Divine Being, even after being born with early Divine Being level cultivation, both his parents being Supreme Gods, the people here hadn''t even heard about that cultivation level.


    Due to both parties not liking each other, there were bound to be conflicts. Thankfully for Thorr City, the space storm threw Judiaah close to the store, so he couldn''t get into more than one or two conflicts.


    Despite his low-level cultivation, Judiaah wasn''t worried about himself. He still had some talismans left with him that could save him. It was just that the space storm came so suddenly that he didn''t get to use those talismans to save himself.


    "This store gives me a different feeling!" Judiaah mumbled as he stood in front of the store.


    "Master, this store has a special story," the Vurron next to Judiaah respectfully responded.


    This unfortunate soul had the misfortune ofing into conflict with Judiaah and would now have to live out his days as Judiaah''s ve. Judiaah had lived a life of luxury, but that didn''t mean he wasn''t intelligent.


    Judiaah was arrogant and egomaniacal, but he also knew that he needed the help of natives in an unfamiliar area. So instead of killing the man like he used to do in his Universe, Judiaah signed a master-ve agreement.


    "Go ahead!"


    "Master, the store owner here is also a non-demon li-"


    "Argh!"


    The man suddenly screamed in pain, as when he referred to Judiaah as a non-demon, his tone had turned disgusted. From when a ve could refer to his master in a disgusting tone in his presence, so Judiaah pressed on the Vurron''s left foot and crushed it.


    Aakesh saw all of this happen with his own eyes, and he also heard the conversation between Valtor and Vurron, so he didn''t care. Aakesh instead waited for the man to enter inside. Aakesh could tell the Valtor was a spoiled rich kid based on the way he spoke and his body''s actions.


    ***


    Judiaah stared at the Vurron, his tone cold: "If you refer to me this way again, my hands will go straight for your neck the next time."


    The Vurron forgot the pain as a chilling sensation attacked him. The man then didn''t dare refer to Judiaah as a non-demon. It wasn''t a conscious action from the man''s side. Bing disgusted with the non-demons was ingrained in their bloodline, so those who couldn''t control themselves were bound to a terrible fate in the presence of the strong, just like the man.


    The conflict between Judiaah and the man also began because of it. The Vurron tried to taunt Judiaah, and his fate was there for everyone to see.


    The people on the street moved their eyes away when they saw the way Judiaah treated one of their own, but the memory of Aakesh''s killings was still fresh in their minds, so no one dared toe forward.


    The Vurron then shared the rumors that had spread about Aakesh in Seventeenth Street and Thorr City.


    A glint shone in Judiaah''s eyes after he heard about Aakesh''s actions. ''Is he someone like me?'' He couldn''t help but wonder.


    Judiaah decided to control himself once he entered the shop, although he still didn''t put Aakesh in his eyes. There were no issues with being extra cautious with someone from a strange background.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


    I still owe you three chapters from thest month. The debt only rises, so let''s have a mass release this month as well. The chapter goals are the same asst time.


    on January 15th, at least seven chapters.


    Happy New Year! Let''s hope we reach closer to or achieve our dreams this year.

 Chapter 936 The Fifth Product(4)

    Chapter 936: The Fifth Product(4)


    Judiaah proceeded toward the store with his sole subordinate following him.


    Judiaah didn''t feel much when he found the invisible barrier interrupting him from seeing or hearing things inside the store. His cultivation level was lower, so he didn''t even try to force his sense inside.


    His face was calm as his right footnded in the store. The next moment, the surroundings changed as Judiaah found himself in an aesthetically pleasing room.


    Judiaah''s eyesnded on the floor as he felt the hard ground beneath him. The next moment, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets as Judiaah recognized the item.


    The floor beneath the crown of the Arboria family was made of the Eternal Stone. The Arboria family only owned that much.


    Judiaah had no choice but to raise the store owner''s status in his heart. Someone who could afford this quantity of Eternal Stones couldn''te from a low-level family.


    Judiaah then turned around, and his eyes fell on the blue-skinned manfortably seated on his chair. It didn''t bother Judiaah that he didn''t recognize the race of the store owner because there were countless races in the Sacred Dimension, and many of the most prominent races preferred to live closed off from the outer world.


    "Hello, store owner," Judiaah said and approached Aakesh.


    His tone wasn''t respectful, but there was no looking down in his voice. Judiaah chose to treat Aakesh as someone equal to his level.


    Aakesh responded to Judiaah with a silent nod and waited for him to ask the most important question.


    Judiaah also stood there, waiting for the store owner to greet him back, but the greetings never came. After seeing Aakesh treat him the same way he treated others, a tiny vein on his forehead protruded.


    Judiaah took a deep breath and calmed that popped vein down. After a pause, he introduced himself: "I am Judiaah Arboria, one of the seven princes of the Arboria Family."


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded with the usual answer.


    Aakesh had also heard of the Arboria Family since it was one of the thirteen families of the Valtors. When Aakesh learned about the races after waking up, the system also shared some major facts about the races with him.


    These thirteen families are the only significant information the system shared during the Valtors introduction because Valtors weren''t even a mid-tier race and had never been blessed with a cultivator above Supreme God.


    ***


    "What store products are currently avable in the store?" Judiaah asked, after giving up on getting anything other than an indifferent expression from the store owner.


    Judiaah even thought that it was a feature of the store owner that he was born with such an expression.


    After Judiaah asked the most significant question, Aakesh became a machine and introduced all four products in a single breath.


    "What do you mean by saying that adventurers in Panagea..." Judiaah''s obsession with valuable things came out of nowhere, and he started to ask Aakesh a lot of questions about Panagea.


    ***


    "Can you sell me the portal?" Judiaah suddenly asked.


    "Only the things I introduced are for sale," Aakesh replied expressionlessly.


    "At least tell me a price?" Judiaah asked again. He wanted the virtual portal for himself.


    "You can''t afford it," Aakesh replied, indifferently staring at Judiaah.


    Judiaah wanted to speak, but his mouth suddenly stopped as Aakesh pointed at the rule board.


    "Arguments with the store owner can lead to a permanent ban from the store!"


    Judiaah''s lips twitched as he read the rule. Judiaah was angry with Aakesh for treating him like this, but he calmed himself down.


    First, he didn''t know whether the talisman left by his mother would help him in this situation, and second, even if it did, Judiaah didn''t think that Aakesh was someone he and his family could offend.


    The power hierarchy was such that he treated those beneath him indifferently, while those above him treated him as such.


    Judiaah''s face had be awkward after Aakesh''sst remark, so he tried to remove it by looking here and there. His eyes then fell on the square box ced next to the chair.


    From what he saw, the pill was in the store''s hall while the other three products were in those open rooms, so Aakesh hadn''t introduced him to it.


    "What''s this?" Judiaah asked, forgetting about his awkwardness.


    It was true that Judiaah didn''t like Aakesh''s tone, but it was also correct that he wanted the store''s products as well, especially Pangea. Its effects were heaven-defying, and he wanted to benefit from them.


    "It''s a card machine. The store has three variants of cards avable: Higher Store Card, Supreme Store Card, Ultimate Store Card..."


    Aakesh introduced the three cards and their benefits to Judiaah. Judiaah looked surprised at Aakesh as if understanding why Aakesh didn''t introduce the cards to him.


    Aakesh could understand what was going on in Judiaah''s head, but since he didn''t feel the need to exin, he didn''t speak and waited for Judiaah to buy one.


    Since Judiaah didn''te from a top race, affording or even seeing an ultimate Sacred stone wasn''t a possibility. There was a lesser probability of him affording a supreme Sacred stone as well, but there were some chances.


    Even though one supreme Sacred stone was worth a hundred thousand higher Sacred stones, it made sense that someone from a n with Supreme Gods could afford it; after all, higher Sacred stones were the usual currency between True Gods. But that wasn''t the case. Every supreme Sacred stone mine had a 0.000000000000000000000000001% chance of giving birth to an ultimate Sacred stone. Even that chance was too much for the top races to leave supreme mines in the control of races such as Valtors.


    The Valtors could have trillions of higher Sacred stones in theirbined treasury, but finding even a few supreme Sacred stones would be a rarity.


    After Aakesh introduced all three store cards, he waited for Judiaah to make his choice.


    ''I can''t use that supreme stone only to buy a card!'' With a supreme Sacred stone in his possession, Judiaah had a thought in his heart.


    It was his mother''s gift to him when he was born. It had caused a storm in the family, but his mother didn''t care since it was her own wealth.

 Chapter 937 The Fifth Product(5)

    Chapter 937: The Fifth Product(5)


    That supreme Sacred stone was the greatest possession of Judiaah, so he couldn''t just spend it on a card.


    After thinking for several seconds, Judiaah decided to buy the Higher Store Card. No matter what, the supreme Sacred stone was too valuable to spend on only a store card.


    "Give me one Higher Store Card," Judiaah requested, as the next moment, a higher Sacred stone appeared in his hands.


    Judiaah didn''t carry a space ring since only the best of the space rings could bear supreme Sacred stones inside, and the cost of the product was too much to buy. Judiaah instead had an artificial world.


    The artificial world was a space item made of a world core. Its inside space wasn''t as stable as the space rings that could hold supreme Sacred stones, so it was cheap.


    Judiaah then handed over the stone to Aakesh. He had around a few thousand of these stones, so Judiaah wasn''t worried about whether it would be a loss.


    Aakesh took the stone, threw it into the pattern, and then pressed the switch referring to Higher Store Card.


    A few secondster, a card flew from the card machine right into Aakesh''s hands. Since Aakesh had already seen one, he handed it to Judiaah.


    "Use the needle to prick your skin, and one drop of your blood will bind this card to you," Aakesh then instructed Judiaah.


    Judiaah looked at the card, and when he failed to find anything, he gave up/ Judiaah was only a low-level cultivator, so he didn''t feel any issues with not being able to find any peculiarity.


    As Judiaah repeated the instructions given to him by Aakesh, sometimeter, a wheatish card appeared in his hands.


    The next moment, a card appeared in his consciousness and informed him about the uses of the card.


    Judiaah''s jaw almost dropped when he heard that the infinite space inside the card could even hold ultimate Sacred stones, let alone supreme Sacred stones.


    "Store owner, can this card hold supreme Sacred stone?" Judiaah didn''t believe the voice in his head so he asked Aakesh.


    The space rings that could hold supreme Sacred stones usually went for tens of thousands of higher Sacred stones, and here he had bought a card with the cost of a single higher Sacred stone, and it could even hold the ultimate Sacred stone. How could Judiaah believe it?


    ***


    Since there were still spots left in Panagea, Judiaah decided to book one for himself as well. And since he was satisfied with his purchase of the Higher Store Card, Judiaah decided to let Kora enter as well. Kora was the name of the Thorron, whom Judiaah made his ve.


    Since there were several hours left before his turn came, Judiaah decided to check the weapons room. A sword was the cause of his falling here.


    After learning about the store products, Judiaah didn''t know whether to thank the space storm.


    Kora was left in the waiting corner, and Judiaah went toward the weapons room.


    Judiaah had no talent in any weapon, so he didn''t care what he used.


    After entering the weapons room, his eyes rounded up as they saw the luxurious room. Even the throne room in his n felt like an eyesore in front of it.


    As Judiaah was looking around the room, his eyes fell on the murals.


    Judiaah looked at several of the murals, and after getting bored, he moved his eyes away. Like many customers, Judiaah felt nothing extraordinary from the murals. For him, they were nothing but paintings of powerful weapon skills.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed in a sh.


    Judiaah had immersed himself in buying weapons, while in the store''s hall, thirty-eight people were waiting in the corner for their turn into Panagea. Aakesh wasfortably seated on his chair with his eyes closed.


    Kora looked troubled as he hadn''t seen a shadow of Judiaah since he entered the room. The ve agreement had turned him loyal to Judiaah, so he felt worried. The store''s inside felt like a beast''s jaw to him, so his eyes were directed toward the weapon''s room.


    Kora''s eyes suddenly shone as he saw Judiaahing out of the room and turning in his direction.


    ***


    After exiting the weapons room, Judiaah found Kora and called him.


    As Judiaah was looking for weapons, he was also thinking about his situation.


    After Judiaah stored the supreme Sacred stone in the space inside the store card, he began to believe that Aakesh wasn''t exaggerating about the store''s products.


    The weapons hardened his beliefs since he came across many weapons that forced him to buy them despite their not being of the growth type.


    Since things were looking bright for the future, the thought of staying here for a long time took ce in his heart. Judiaah even wanted to call his mother and tell her about the store, but there was no way for him to contact her.


    First, he needed to find out where Curiele was and how far he was from his Universe.


    These things meant that he would need to live here, so Judiaah decided to train Kora. Kora was someone out of his race and didn''t have the qualifications to be the servant of the prince of the Arboria Family. But Judiaah understood that he needed to make do with what he had.


    Judiaah wouldn''t have even put the leader of the city in his eyes before finding out about the store and its products. But now things have changed. He had no idea of what the behavior of the store owner was toward the city administration.


    Judiaah couldn''t be brazen and force the Thorrons to be his ves anymore. Now that Kora had be a ve and there was no going back, Judiaah decided to use him to do things here. There was no breaking away from the ve agreement, so he didn''t need to worry about Kora''s loyalty.


    A good weapon for any cultivator was first, so Judiaah called Kora to choose a weapon of his liking. Judiaah had enough money to arm a Divine Transformation cultivator.


    ***


    Time flew by, and several minutester, Judiaah and Kora came out of the weapons room.


    Both of them had cheerful faces as they looked at their respective weapons.

 Chapter 938 The Fifth Product(6)

    Chapter 938: The Fifth Product(6)


    Judiaah stepped out of the weapons room, with Kora following him one step behind. They both had cheerful expressions as they held their respective weapons.


    Kora bought a spear since he used spears, while Judiaah bought a bow since he found it to be the most appealing weapon in the room. If not for the store restricting the sale of a weapon to one sale per customer per month, Juidiaah would have bought one from all the sections.


    "Store owner, I want this bow," Judiaah requested Aakesh, showing the bow to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nced at the bow. The next moment, all its details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay seven thousand ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh told Judiaah.


    The bow Judiaah chose was the most expensive item in the store across all currently avable categories, despite it not even being peak Lesser grade.


    The bow Judiaah was holding was a beautiful work of art made from rare and expensive materials. Despite its impable appearance, it didn''t satisfy the price asked by the store.


    What made the bow expensive was the skill embedded in it. There was a top-tier rare skill added to the bow.


    Judiaah had already read about the price, so he wasn''t surprised after hearing such a high price. Since Judiaah now owned a card, an automatic message appeared in his head, asking whether he wanted to pay the store directly from the card.


    Judiaah chose yes, and the store deducted seven thousand stones from his store card. Judiaah soon heard another message informing him about the sessful payment.


    Aakesh also heard the system''s voice in his head, and then he told Judiaah about the sale''spletion.


    Judiaah nodded and ced the bow in his artificial world. He then pushed Kora ahead.


    Kora also chose an expensive spear in the avable category since Judiaah wasn''t concerned about money once he decided to groom Kora as his subordinate.


    Judiaah used his store card to make the payment, and Kora bought the sword he wanted. In the next instant, the store card had another eightymon Sacred stones taken out of it.


    After the weapon''s purchase was sessful, Judiaah chose the cultivation arts room as his next target.


    Judiaah didn''t need to worry about himself since he already had one from his family, but Kora didn''t have one. Since Judiaah would never share his family''s cultivation art with Kora, he decided to buy him one.


    After Judiaah and Kora entered the cultivation arts room, Aakesh closed his eyes, hoping that Judiaah would make the sale. The quest had been stuck at one level for the past several days, and the earlier the requirements were fulfilled, the better for the store and him.


    ***


    "See if you like any cultivation arts," Judiaah indifferently ordered Kora.


    Without waiting for Kora''s response, Judiaah also delved into the shelf. Since there was still some time left before his Panagea''s turn, he could spend some time here, checking cultivation arts.


    Kora eximed in shock after hearing Judiaah. Getting the sword worth eighty ordinary stones was already like a dream for him, but now the good times weren''ting to an end. He could even buy cultivation arts, which stopped many cultivators from ever achieving the Divine Lord level.


    "Is it a tragedy or a fortune for me to be his ve?" Kora couldn''t help but mumble in a soft voice as he stared at Judiaah, studying a page he had taken out of the shelf.


    Kora then took a deep breath and also extended his hands toward the inner shelf.


    Time flew by, and around forty-seven minutes passed in a sh.


    "Master, what do you think about this?" Kora asked Judiaah for the umpteenth time after taking out another cultivation art.


    Kora had lived his entire life in poverty. He didn''t even know who his parents were as they had thrown him after his birth. So he did not understand what cultivation art was better for him. Since things were like this, Kora decided to take Judiaah''s suggestion.


    At first, Judiaah was angry with Kora for disturbing him, but as time passed, he became numb and began checking the cultivation art taken out by Kora without any issue.


    After Kora gave him another cultivation art, Judiaah ced the one in his hands on the top of the shelf and took the page from Kora''s hands.


    Kora''s eyes suddenly gotrger as he read a familiar title on the page.


    "How could this be?" Judiaah couldn''t help but scream in shock after finding that the cultivation art taken out by Kora was the same as his family-owned art.


    Judiaah couldn''t understand how the store could sell their family cultivation arts when the family had never released it to the outer world.


    For a moment, the thought that someone from the royal family had betrayed the Arboria family appeared in his head, but he soon vanquished that thought.


    It wasn''t that someone leaked it outside; no one could do it. When any member of the royal family obtained the cultivation art, all members were required to sign a contract in the presence of Cosmos Contract Beast.


    There were many stories of cultivators trying to kill the Cosmos Contract Beast to remove the chains, but there had been no sessful example of such.


    Once an agreement was sealed in front of the Cosmos Contract Beast, which many people believed to be from a different dimension than this one, there were no chances of it ever being broken.


    Kora was taken aback by the sudden scream of Judiaah. He couldn''t help but take two steps back and look down at the ground, as the memory of getting his foot crushed was still evident in his mind.


    Everyone in the store would have heard it if not for the barrier in each room preventing any sound from entering inside or leaving outside.


    Judiaah made surprisingly long strides for such a small man out of the cultivation art room with the page in his hand. His face looked red as he wanted an answer from the store owner.


    "Store owner, how can you have my family''s cultivation art if we have never revealed it to the outer world?" Judiaah asked Aakesh while his breathing was rough from anger.

 Chapter 939 The Fifth Product(7)

    Chapter 939: The Fifth Product(7)


    "Store owner, give me an exnation as to why your store has my family''s cultivation art if we have never revealed it to the outer world?" Judiaah asked and coldly stared at Aakesh, waiting for a satisfying answer.


    Aakesh''s eyes were calm as a familiar scene repeated itself in front of his eyes. In the Primal Dimension, he had met several such customers, asking him why the store had their secret cultivation arts.


    "You don''t need to know," Aakesh responded in the same sentence he did to other customers.


    Judiaah couldn''t help but stumble in surprise after hearing Aakesh. Even in his dreams, he didn''t think that the store owner would answer such a question.


    "Because it''s my family''s cultivation arts, and I need to know why you have it?" Judiaah wasn''t going to let go this time. Cultivation arts were not only a way to cultivate, but they were also the key to the rise of any family or cultivator. How could Judiaah let the key to his family''s rise stay in other hands?


    "Even then, you don''t need to know. The store never steals things from others," Aakesh replied calmly, and then, before waiting for Judiaah''s reply, he pointed at the rule board.


    Judiaah''s words got stuck in his throat as he saw Aakesh pointing at the rule board. Judiaah took a deep breath, as he couldn''t get thrown out of the store until his mother was here.


    "Since the store didn''t steal it, does it mean that you bought it from someone from our family?" Judiaah asked after a pause. When he focused on the store owner''sst sentence, he found that Aakesh talked about the cultivation art not being stolen from their family.


    Aakesh nodded, and then, without waiting for Judiaah''s response, he closed his eyes, beginning another of his rxation sessions.


    Judiaah''s lips twitched after seeing Aakesh. He couldn''t believe someone could act this indifferently toward others.


    Judiaah wanted to speak, but this time he didn''t. Judiaah didn''t want to see whether Aakesh would throw him out of the store, so he lowered his head and turned around toward the cultivation arts room.


    ''We''ll see if you still act this way when my mother arrives?'' Judiaah murmured in his heart.


    ***


    "Ignore other cultivation arts and only tell me if you find any of these cultivation arts," Judiaah ordered Kora.


    Since the store had the cultivation art of the Arboria family, it must also have the cultivation art of the other twelve families. In Valtors, the Arboria family was only fourth in terms of strength, so the other three families had better cultivation arts.


    Kora didn''t dare neglect Judiaah''s order and began searching for the arts Judiaah wanted. When Kora pulled one out, he immediately put it back and pulled another one since it wasn''t one of the three arts Judiaah had mentioned.


    Judiaah, on the other hand, began to read the family art. He chose the preview option because the page about the cultivation art only gave him basic information. Shortly after, a virtual book that was only visible to him appeared in his hands.


    When Judiaah opened the first page, he found the content to be simr. There were some changes, but he couldn''t pinpoint them because he hadn''t read the art in a long time.


    ''Is it a different art?'' Judiaah reflected after turning to the second page. The feeling of the content being slightly different grew on the second page.


    Judiaah pulled the original book from his artificial world to quench his curiosity.


    Aakesh then returned to the first page and matched the diagram built in both books. Judiaah''s eyes widened as he saw there were many changes in the store''s art. Even someone like him who had low talent in cultivation could see that the diagram in the virtual book was more detailed and showed many more things.


    As Judiaah matched the pages, the shock only got bigger. In the end, Judiaah was only left with turning pages in the virtual book, as the original text reached itsst page after the twenty-eighth page.


    "Stop the search!" Judiaah suddenly ordered Kora.


    The virtual book not only provided a thorough exnation of the cultivation process but it was also improved upon the original. Judiaah lost his interest in finding other family''s cultivation arts after this. He would buy this one and focus on cultivation. His talent was low, and on top of that, he also wasted time. Judiaah would rather sleep than cultivate. He decided to give a try to the new art.


    Time flew by, and around an hourter, Judiaah stepped out of the room with Kora following him.


    Kora had a page in his hands, while Judiaah had a virtual book floating next to him.


    As Aakesh heard the sound, he opened his eyes and looked toward the cultivation art room.


    "I am sorry, store owner!" Judiaah apologized to Aakesh with a slight bow as he finally knew that the cultivation art in the store only had the same name, but their abilities were entirely different.


    Only nodding, Aakesh cast a quick nce at the floating virtual book next to Judiaah. The next moment, all the details of the cultivation arts appeared in his head.


    "Store owner, I need to buy this one." Judiaah had already expected to get no word from Aakesh, so he immediately requested.


    "You need to pay six hundred ny-three ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh announced since Judiaah had already paid seven ordinary stones through the preview purchase.


    ***


    After purchasing one cultivation art for the two of them, Judiaah decided to enter the training hour since there were still several hours left for their turn toe in Panagea.


    Judiaah made the payment for six hours each at the difficult level difficulty for the two of them and proceeded toward the weapon room, with Kora following him one step behind.


    ***


    [Ding!]


    [Host, Congrattions onpleting the "Mission objective: Sell the Store Products" sessfully!]


    [The "Mission reward: A New Store Product" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    Aakesh began feeling optimistic about the uing sunset when he heard the system''s monotone voice in his mind.


    Time flew by, and it was finally the time for thest group of customers to enter Panagea.

 Chapter 940 The Fifth Product(8)

    Chapter 940: The Fifth Product(8)


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxingfortably in his chair when he heard a sounding from outside the door.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned around, and an unfamiliar face appeared in his sight.


    The customer was female and belonged to the Moon Elf race. It was a beautifuldy, as all Elves were. Her hair matched the moon in color: it was gray with a faint hint of brown. It was a unique trait of pure Moon Elves. Others had gray hair with no brown touch.


    The moment she walked into the store, the system alerted Aakesh to the woman''s cultivation level.


    Aakesh had asked the system to alert him whenever a customer above True God level stepped into the store.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but raise his eyes in surprise as the Elf in front of him was a Peak Supreme God.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" The woman seemed to have a motive in mind as she came straight to Aakesh, ignoring the surroundings.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the woman''s greetings and waited for her reason foring here.


    The store had no product other than Panagea that could tend to even Divine Lords, let alone Supreme Gods. On top of that, spots in Panagea had already been booked for the day. Aakesh also thought that the woman had a purpose foring here and knew about the products.


    Aakesh''s conjecture turned out to be correct as the woman asked, "Is this store from the Primal Dimension?"


    "Yes!" Aakesh replied since Aakesh already had an exnation for the woman knowing about the store''s ascension.


    "So, you are the Dragon Reborn!" The woman''s tone suddenly turned respectful and she bowed to her waist.


    Aakesh was taken aback by the sudden reversal of the situation. At the same time, his lips twitched as the exnation in his mind turned out to be correct.


    Only three people in the Primal Dimension considered him the Dragon Reborn, and out of those three, one had ascended years before Aakesh''s ascension after having a conversation with him.


    "No! I am not a Dragon!" Aakesh responded expressionlessly. He didn''t want to have the same conversation about him being a Dragon again.


    "But your store is from the Primal Dimension?" The woman stood up in surprise.


    ***


    When sha found out about the store working in the Sacred Dimension, it gave her hope that her husband could be brought back to life. sha needed toe up with a peaceful way to get to the store because the distance between her and it was too great for her even to consider traveling at her low cultivation level.


    As there was a rule of only the male being in charge of the Asquith family, there was a simr rule in the Ay family. The Ay family was the top family of the Moon Elves and the direct descendants of Ay, the first Moon Elf from the Primordial World Tree.


    In the Ay family, only the daughters could im the throne and rule over the family and the Moon Elves.


    Ayana presided over the current generation of Moon Elves. The royal family used the family name as the prefix. Ana was the real name, while Ay was the family name.


    Ayana had seven daughters and three sons. Out of the seven daughters, only one would be the next Emperor of the Moon Elves, while the three brothers would be her consort to procreate the future generation and keep the bloodline pure.


    Ay and Asquith were born at the same time, so both of them had simr personalities with different genders. Asquith and Ay had established the rules while seated next to one another, so the rules were simr.


    Out of the seven sisters, Ayina and Ayah were currently leading for the high chair, and Ayriel, the youngest, was already out of contention in others'' minds since her talent was poor whenpared with both Ayina and Ayah.


    But Ayriel wanted the throne because she liked to be in control, and her not bing the ruler would mean that she would be out of the direct family. She would still have Ay in her name, but the advantages that came with the name wouldn''t be hers.


    These personalities of the seven sisters were public, as Ayriel didn''t hide her dislike for Ayina and Ayah. Due to this trait of hers, Ayana and Ayriel had a strained rtionship.


    Since sha needed to reach the store, she needed the help of someone who had power, and while thinking of her target, the name Ayriel rang in sha''s head.


    Despite her character, Ayriel was still from the Ay family, and until there was a new Emperor, her status in the Moon Elves would only be secondary to that of Ayana, the present Emperor.


    sha had seen with her own eyes how the store had changed the destinies of its customers, so she decided to use that factor to make Ayriel help her reach the store.


    From that day on, sha began to search for ways to contact Ayriel. Her work paid off sooner than she thought it would because one of Ayriel''s subordinates was in town.


    Using that subordinate, sha reached Ayriel.


    "I was told you had some news for me," The projection of Ayriel asked after sha told Ayriel''s subordinate to conduct a meeting.


    Ayriel couldn''t meet everyone, so she left a projection amulet with every subordinate of hers so that she wouldn''t miss some event because of her absence.


    "Greetings, your majesty!" sha bowed and respectfully greeted Ayriel.


    Before telling Ayriel, sha wanted to make a contract with her since there were chances that after learning about the store, Ayriel would kill her not to let the news of the store be revealed to other sisters.


    Ayriel frowned when she heard about the contract. sha''s status was even lower than that of a civilian Moon Elf since she was only from a branch race. Ayriel''s subordinate also grew angry after seeing sha wanting to make a contract with Ayriel.


    sha was under tremendous pressure at that time, but she didn''t budge and stood fixated on the contract before revealing the news.


    In the end, Ayriel agreed to sign the contract when even after being on the verge of death, sha refused to reveal the news.

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    Chapter 941: The Fifth Product(9)


    "Your conviction has won me over," Ayriel suddenly said, and the pressure on sha dissipated.


    Every vein in her body had already burst at that point as a result of the subordinate''s pressure.


    Despite going through unbearable pain, sha smiled after getting Ayriel''s answer. Ayriel then looked at the subordinate.


    ? The subordinate got her answer as she stepped forward, and the next moment, a burst of green light emerged from her palm. The next second, sha''s wounds werepletely healed.


    ***


    "Are you speaking the truth?" Ayriel asked in shock after learning about Panagea and the training area.


    ***


    "Go and check whether what she said is the truth or not?" Ayriel then looked at her subordinate and ordered.


    "Yes, your majesty," The subordinate bowed, and soon the projection of Ayriel disappeared.


    Because the subordinate was a Supreme God, many people in her inner world had already attained Divine Transformation. So she ced sha in her inner world and left for her journey to the store.


    ***


    "sha told me that you are the Dragon Reborn?" Ladriel asked again.


    During the journey, she and sha talked about the store in the Primal Dimension, so she also learned about sha''s belief that Aakesh was the rebirth or incarnation of a Dragon.


    ***


    After seeing Aakesh no longer responding to the Dragon''s question, Ladriel stopped asking and then focused on the store''s products.


    ***


    "Thank you, honorable Dragon!" Ladriel respectfully bowed after learning what she should have from Aakesh about the store.


    After learning that each word sha said was correct, she also believed in sha''s belief and took Aakesh''s refusal as someone trying to stay away from attention.


    ***


    After leaving the store, Ladriel took a space jump and reached the depth of the forest in Thorr City.


    Whoosh!


    The next moment, sha appeared in Thorr City with a sound. Ladriel ignored sha and then took a circr amulet from her inner world.


    Ladriel ced the amulet on the ground and fed it one drop of her blood. Using the blood, Ladriel then made a strange pattern on the circle.


    The next moment, the blood began to evaporate, or so it seemed at first. But in no time, dense elemental particles began gathering around the circr amulet.


    The elements weren''t that dense in the city, so it took a while for them to gather. Once the grouping wasplete, the particles coalesced into a projection of Ayriel.


    Both Ladriel and sha bowed right away when they saw the projection appear.


    Each circr amulet contained some spirit of Ayriel, so even if she were doing something else in reality, people would be able to converse with her as if she were there.


    As for the pattern and blood, it was to make sure that only her subordinates could contact her, even if they found the circr amulet.


    "Your majesty, each word said by this Moonlight Elf was correct. There is indeed a store with heavenly products like Panagea and the training area..."


    Ladriel shared with Ayriel all the information she had gleaned about the shop and the store owner.


    "Good!"


    "Since you didn''t lie to me, I will do things the way you wanted in the contract," Ayrile turned around and told sha.


    A smile spread across sha''s face, and she clenched her fists tightly since she had finally taken the first step toward her goal of reviving her husband. The way was long, but she was ready to face whatever challenges she might face.


    In the contract, sha had asked for safety and wealth. The security was from Ayriel, directly or indirectly, as there were many examples of subordinates doing the bidding of their masters without even the master directly interfering.


    As for wealth, sha asked for a hundred supreme Sacred stones. sha wanted more, but Ayriel refused. A hundred supreme Sacred stones weren''t much for Ayriel, who had a wealth of several hundred ultimate Sacred stones, but it was her bottom line for this trade.


    "Wait for me, I will be there in seven days," Ayriel then turned around and ordered Ladriel.


    Without waiting for their response, the projection disintegrated into elementary particles.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Sacred Dimension,


    A woman with an ethereal beauty opened her eyes from meditation. She was none other than Ayriel.


    After the conversation between her projection and Ladriel wasplete, a new piece of memory appeared in her head.


    A smile spread across the woman''s face after finding out the store was real. She needed a chance to prove that she was superior to her sisters, and the store was that.


    "Ayina and Ayah, start counting yourst days." A cruel grin spread across Ayriel''s face, and she mumbled.


    There were none in the world that she hated more than Ayina and Ayah, and it wasn''t due to them being closer to the throne.


    For the outside world, Ayina and Ayah were challengers. But she had seen with her own eyes that they weren''t challengers. Ayah was the true contender, while Ayina was her supporter.


    Remembering her two sisters brought back painful memories of that terrible day, and her cruel grin faded.


    In a sh, that ethereal face transformed into a hideous one, and the agonizing face became an agonizing scream. The flesh on her face was slowly dissolving.


    "Ayriel, please calm down," Ayriel''s guard, her closest friend, came rushing to her after hearing her scream.


    The guard took out a pill and forcibly fed Ayriel. The dissolving stopped, and the skin began to return while Ayriel fell unconscious.


    The guard clenched her fists in anger, knowing who was responsible for this, but she could do nothing to stop it. Despite her mighty strength, she was nothing but a mere dog for the Ay family, and if she attempted to interfere in their personal lives, her end would be terrible.


    The guard then gently picked Ayriel up and ced her on her bed. At that time, Ayriel''s skin had regained its ethereality.


    "Forgive this servant of yours for not being able to save you," The guard bowed and then disappeared from the room.


    At that time, a drop of tear trickled through one of Ayriel''s unconscious eyes.


    ***


    "s! A horrible fate, but the time for nature to take what belonged to it is not far!" A voice rang in the darkness of the void, but no one was there to hear it.

 Chapter 942 The Fifth Product(10)

    Chapter 942: The Fifth Product(10)


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he suddenly heard the sound of footstepsing from the door. He opened his eyes and turned toward the entrance, finding an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    It was a male Thorron. As if about to enter a dangerous area, the man''s forehead was covered in beads of sweat while his face was solemn.


    The man suddenly stopped as he looked straight and found the non-demon store owner to be directly looking at him.


    ***


    The man''s name was Fick, and he was also a general in the city''s army. Fick was stationed at 14th Street, so he wasn''t aware of the store.


    But everything changed this morning. While Fick was doing his patrol with his group, a Thorron from Seventeenth Street was caught by him trying to murder someone.


    The man was only an intermediate Divine Being, while Fick was a peak Divine Being, so it was easy for him to put a stop to the man.


    Murders weren''t widespread on 14th Street, as thew enforcement head of this street was one of the mightiest in the army. It was only because that man was a native here that he didn''t transfer to more powerful areas in the city. It was only the third case of murder that Fick hade across.


    Since it was a rare murder case, Fick took his time and tried to learn the motive behind the man''s actions. From the conversation with the man, Fick found out about the non-demon and his actions.


    How a non-demon killed Garoun and his underlings, and the generals standing there could do nothing to stop him. The man further added that he had seen the generals taking bribes from the non-demon, so he ran here. The man he was attempting to murder was one of the people sent by the generals to silence him.


    While hearing the story, Fick couldn''t help but frown. Many things said by the man didn''t make any sense, and the man was most probably lying.


    In the end, the man was captured, while Fick decided to pay a visit to the non-demon. The man might be lying, but there was no issue with checking the things for himself, except for wasting some time on this monotonous job, where he could neither kill nor use his authority due to the fear of the enforcement head.


    Fick didn''t like his mundane life, and when he saw the murder attempt, a tinge of excitement appeared in his heart. Trying to have a sense of adventure, Fick wanted to know about the non-demon and his actions.


    ***


    When Fick entered the store, he was fully concentrated and ready to fight at a moment''s notice or even escape if the situation turned out to be more difficult. He wanted an adventure, but he didn''t want to die. It was the reason that he didn''t join the Kingdom''s army to fight on the border, as deaths regrly happened there despite there being a treaty between the Fawkes and the Ronar Kingdom.


    Fick''s brows furrowed even further when he saw the blue-skinned non-demon. After reaching Seventeenth Stree, Fick learned about the store owner from many different Thorrons, and each said onemon thing about the non-demon.


    "The non-demon fears no one!"


    ''Only an early Divine Transformation?'' Fick was shocked after seeing Aakesh''s cultivation level. His cultivation level was so low that Fick didn''t even have to use his senses.


    "Hey!" Fick said as he approached Aakesh.


    Fick took the words said by the people here seriously, so his tone was calm. The thought of leaving the store had appeared in his head when he was at the store''s gate, but for some reason, his heart wanted him to enter the store, so here he was.


    Even if the non-demon had a terrifying background, what has that got to do with him? He had always been wise about his actions. Despite working in the city''s army for centuries, his personality was unknown to everyone.


    "I am Fick. I''ve heard a lot about you while I''ve been here, so I''m here," Fick grinned.


    "I am Aakesh."


    "Ah, a man of few words," Fick said after Aakesh''s short response.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as he waited for Fick toe to the primary questions.


    ''There is no point in trying to make friends with the man. He looks down on us,'' Fick thought after seeing Aakesh''s indifferent eyes.


    Fick then stopped his antics and directly asked about the store. The people here had told Fick how strong and influential the crowds were at the store.


    Aakesh was waiting for this question, so without trying to save any words, Aakesh introduced all four store products and their fundamental functions.


    "Tell me more about Panagea," Fick said, his voice hoarse as he asked Aakesh immediately after he concluded.


    Fick finally realized why, deep down, he had wanted to go into the store.


    Aakesh then introduced Panagea in all its glory, but when Fick''s excitement reached its peak, Aakesh doused a bucket of cold water on it after informing him about theck of spots in Panagea.


    Fick looked at Aakesh in stupefaction and requested if Aakesh could make some ways for him to enter Panagea.


    In the end, Aakesh had to point at the rule board to stop Fick from making further requests despite his refusal.


    Fick wanted to request once again, but a voice came from his heart warning him against doing it. He decided to trust his heart like thest time and stopped his requests.


    Since the spots in Panagea were filled, the second product in the line was the training area.


    Even for someone like him, paying one ordinary Sacred stone for only an hour of training was too much, so Fick chose the Immortal level difficulty training area.


    It was still steep, but Fick decided to trust his judgment and left for the weapons room after paying two hundred and fifty lesser Sacred stones.


    [Ding!]


    Soon after Fick stepped into the infinite space inside the training area, several mechanical alerts bombarded Aakesh''s head.


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission objective: Sell Weapons and Training Area hours" sessfully!]


    [The "Mission Reward: Avability for Higher level weapons for sale" will be given after the store''s closing!]

 Chapter 943 The Fifth Product(11)

    Chapter 943: The Fifth Product(11)


    [The "Mission Reward: Avability for Higher level weapons for sale" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    [Please see the following screen for your second quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the second weapon''s quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Sequence: Third


    Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Details: With the purchase from Fick, the store had fulfilled all requirements for thest quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 10,000,000,


    Number of customers or training hours: 20,000,000 training hours*,


    Days required: 360 Days,


    Mission reward: Avability of fifteen new weapon types for sale and training,


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of seven types of weapons at random and the salesmission will turn to 0.5 at the eligible product''s sale for the next three years.]


    *- (20,000,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 4,000,000 Immortal training hours = 1,000,000 Gods and Demons training hours.)


    Aakesh was surprised, as it had been a long time since he had checked the weapon''s quest, and it was alreadyplete.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but call up the quest progress screen for the previous quest, and as he had expected, the quest wasplete due to Immortal-level training hours.


    For this, Aakesh had to thank Jemiah and the other generals. Every other day, the generals would bring the soldiers in their group to train at the Immortal level training area.


    As for the weapons requirement, the store fulfilled it through a mass sale of weapons. One of the groups bought more than 1,000 swords or spears, satisfying the requirement by themselves.


    The group''s owner was also one of the regr customers of the store.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the next moment, the quest progress screen faded into disappearance forever since its use was over. Aakesh then focused on the blue window in front of him.


    The difficulty of the quest had grown severalfold this time as the system now wanted the store to sell ten million weapons, which was a ten thousand percent growth, evenrger than what the quest in pill saw.


    The requirement for training hours had also grown. At the same time, Aakesh noticed that the requirement for the number of customers had disappeared.


    "Hey, system, is the disappearance permanent or temporary?" Aakesh asked the system since he remembered that in thest quest of the store in the Primal Dimension, both the number of customers and the sale of training hours were present without choice. The store had fulfilled both requirements.


    [Host, it''s permanent!]


    [Simr to Panagea''s quest, the system would only release training hours requirements!]


    Aakesh nodded and then returned his focus to the quest screen. Simr to the pill''s quest, the deadline for the mission had grown from one month to 360 days.


    Aakesh then focused on the quest''s rewards. He had already expected that the third quest wouldn''t reward an even higher level of the weapon, so Aakesh wasn''t surprised after seeing the section.


    Aakesh only took a nce at the failure punishment, and after seeing that it wasn''t anything dangerous like locking up a store, he lost interest.


    The screen then faded into disappearance as Aakesh waved his hands, leaving it waiting for him to call it back.


    After thinking about today since the morning, Aakesh couldn''t help but smile. Since he moved to the Sacred Dimension, today had been the best day for the store.


    The storepleted four quests today: Panagea, Pill, Weapon, and Collective.


    At the same time, Aakesh had also met the requirement for the next collective quest, since three of the four second series quests were done. However, since the store still hadn''t gotten the reward for the first mission, he couldn''t call up the window just yet. He would have to wait for the sunset.


    Since there was only one more second series quest left, Aakesh decided to check his progress there.


    The next thing he knew, he was looking at a blue screen with all the information about the cultivation arts quest.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    Mission objective: Sell cultivation arts,


    Requirement: After the sale from Gargi, the store has fulfilled the requirements set by the system. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product


    Sale:10


    Time limit: Three months,


    Mission reward: Higher level cultivation arts,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 0.5% of the product''s price for three years.]


    [Progress:


    Sale: 3/10,


    Time: 78/90.]


    Aakesh nodded after seeing the progress screen. The mission was still far away from reaching its objective, so Aakesh waved his hands. The next moment, both screens disappeared.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes and began another rxed session while time passed by.


    After an hour, Fick stepped out of the weapons room with a smile. He then bought one first-grade lesser Mind Expansion Pill and left the store, deciding toe back early tomorrow morning and get a spot in Panagea.


    Time flew by, and when only around an hour was left before the sunset, a door appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the store''s hall.


    More time passed, and when there were only 20 minutes left before the final group exited Panagea and Aakesh closed the shop, and a new customer entered.


    It was a customer unaware of the store''s products firsthand, so Aakesh got to see the same shocking and disappointed expressions he had gotten used to since opening the store.


    The customer then left after buying three body and mental healing pills.


    Finally, the sun sank on Thorr and its nearby cities, making the darkness return and cover the sky over Thorr City like a nket.


    Soon after, the six hours for the final group of thirteen customers in Panagea wereplete, so the system forced them out one by one.


    ***


    After only Aakesh and Lily were left in the store, Aakesh closed the store''s door, bringing an end to a fruitful day for the store.


    When Aakesh turned around, he had excitement written all over his face.

 Chapter 944 The Fifth Product(12)

    Chapter 944: The Fifth Product(12)


    Aakesh closed the door to his store, bringing an end to an abundant day for the store.


    [Host, the Higher level pills have been sessfully rewarded!]


    [Host, the Higher level weapons have been sessfully rewarded!]


    [Host, 25 virtual portals have been sessfully rewarded!]


    As soon as Aakesh turned around, the system''s autonomous and emotionless voice rang inside his head.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the pill counter, the weapon room, and the portal room.


    Since Aakesh was closest to the pill, Aakesh decided to check it out.


    After Aakesh took a step forward, the blue light engulfing the pill counter disappeared, and a new row with ten shelves appeared there.


    Aakesh reached there and focused on the details of the ten pills of the Higher level.


    (1.) Third-grade higher Body Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor injuries up to peak Divine Lord, while it will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It costs one ordinary Sacred stone.


    Second-grade higher Body Healing Pill: the pill can heal minor injuries up to intermediate True God. It costs ten ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Body Healing Pill: the pill can heal minor injuries forte and peak True Gods. It costs twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will result in the breakdown of all body cells if eaten by cultivators below the Divine Lord.


    (2.) Third-grade higher Mental Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor mental traumas up to peak Divine Lord. It will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It costs 5 ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Mental Healing Pill: the pill can heal minor mental traumas up to intermediate True God. It costs twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Mental Healing Pill: the pill can heal minor mental traumas forte and peak True Gods. It costs fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    (3.) Third-grade higher Soul Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor soul injuries up to peak Divine Lord. It will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It cost 10 ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Soul Healing Pill: the pill can heal minor soul injuries up to intermediate True God. It costs fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Soul Healing Pill: the pill can heal minor soul injuries forte and peak True Gods. It costs a hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    (4.) Third-grade higher Energy Meditation Pill: It helps the user in their meditation up to peak Divine Lord. It cost one ordinary Sacred stone.


    Second-grade higher Energy Meditation Pill: It helps early and intermediate True Gods. It cost ten ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Energy Meditation Pill: It helps thete and peak True Gods. It cost fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    5.) Third-grade higher Energy Purification Pill: It helps the user purify the impurities mixed in their energy up to peak Divine Lord. It cost twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Energy Purification Pill: It helps early and intermediate True Gods. It cost fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Energy Purification Pill: It helpste and peak True Gods. It cost one hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    (6.) Third-grade higher Body Strengthening Pill: The pill helps increase the cultivator''s physical strength and endurance. It helps only cultivators between early and peak Divine Lords. It costs ten ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade Body Strengthening Pill: It works for early and intermediate True Gods. It costs twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade Body Strengthening Pill: It works forte and peak True Gods. It costs fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    (7.) Third-grade higher Spirit Enhancement Pill: The pill helps the cultivator enhance the effects of their spiritual energy, allowing them to achieve better results in cultivation or other endeavors. It can only be used by those with early Divine Lord to peak Divine Lord level cultivations. It costs twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade Spirit Enhancement Pill: It works for early and intermediate True Gods. It costs fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade Body Strengthening Pill: It works forte and peak True Gods. It costs one hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    (8.) Third-grade higher Energy Replenishing Pill: The pill helps replenish the cultivator''s energy reserves. Only those with Divine Lord cultivations can use it. It costs twenty ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade Energy Replenishing Pill: It works for early and intermediate True Gods. It costs one hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade Energy Replenishing Pill: It works forte and peak True Gods. It costs two hundred fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    (9.) Third-level higher Spirit Concealment Pill: The pill assists the cultivator in concealing and hiding their own spiritual energy. It only works for Divine Lord level cultivators. It costs twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Spirit Concealment Pill: It works for early and intermediate True God level cultivators. It costs two hundred fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Spirit Concealment Pill: It works forte and peak True God level cultivators. The price is twenty-five hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    (10.) Third-grade higher Mind Expansion Pill: The pill helps to expand the cultivator''s mind and increase their cognitive abilities, such as memory, analytical skills, and creativity. It only works for three seconds. It functions for Divine Lord to peak True God cultivations. It costs fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Mind Expansion Pill: It works for five seconds. It costs five hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Mind Expansion Pill: It works for fifteen seconds. It costs one higher Sacred stone.


    Aakesh read all the details of the newly obtained pills. This time, each pill had three grades avable for sale since Higher level pills could work for both Divine Lord and True God level cultivators. Since the energy and strength difference between the two levels was like heaven and earth, they couldn''t use the same grade of pills for themselves.


    All types of third-grade pills, excluding the Mind Expansion Pill, referred to Divine Lords, whereas the first and second grades referred to True Gods.


    Aakesh remembered the prices of all ten pills and their grades and decided to move to the next product.


    From tomorrow, the Divine Lord cultivators would also have their level-specific items to purchase.


    After the pills, Aakesh went to the portal room since it was the closest.


    As Aakesh entered the room, he found that the inside space had grown by several folds. Then, a familiar item caught his eye.

 Chapter 945 The Fifth Product(13)

    Chapter 945: The Fifth Product(13)


    After Aakesh entered the portal room, he found that the inside space had grown by a hundred timespared to before the store''s closing.


    If the portal room was an almond before the arrival of new portals, it was now afortable house for a family of four or five.


    Aakesh stopped in his tracks suddenly as he found a familiar item. The leaderboard wall had appeared on the Sacred Dimension.


    There was currently no name on the leaderboard, as no customer had entered Panagea since its appearance. Starting tomorrow, the leaderboard will reflect the adventurer''s ranks, and rewards will be given ording to the positions.


    The rewards from the leaderboard in the Sacred Dimension weren''t simr to what they were in the Primal Dimension.


    Any adventurer staying in the top position for a continuous week without dropping even once would receive an exchange opportunity.


    The exchange opportunity meant that the customer would be able to take the item out without paying the 5,000 percent exchange rate.


    Even Aakesh was surprised by this prize since there was no limit on grade exchange on the item. It could be an ordinary needle or it could also be a Chaos-level weapon.


    The prize seemed exaggerated for only staying at the top for one week, but when Aakesh heard the next line from the system, he understood things.


    Even though there was no limit on grade exchange on items, there was a time limit. The customer could only exchange items for a week starting from the day they earned them.


    For the second position, the reward was three extra Panagea hours, while for the third position, there was no reward.


    Simrly, if an adventure stayed at the top for a month without any drops, they would win an exchange opportunity with an expiry date of two weeks, while they would also get three extra Panagea hours.


    The second position would win five extra Panagea hours, and the third ce would win one extra hour.


    If the rank stayed for one year, the reward would be an exchange opportunity with an expiration date of one month. As the years grew, the expiry date of the exchange opportunity also grew.


    "Hey, system, would the customers from the Primal Dimension be considered on the leaderboard?" Aakesh asked the system after checking the rewards list for a million years.


    If the system allowed Primal Dimension customers, there would be no fight between them since many of the ascending customers were above Level 200, which would take years, if not several decades, for the people here.


    [Host, the ranked list is only for customers from the Sacred Dimension! The customers who have entered the store in the Primal Dimension wouldn''t be considered on this list!]


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the system''s response since the customers from the Primal Dimension had an undue advantage.


    ***


    "Did you feel it?" William suddenly asked Elle. They were now only a few minutes away from the Fawkes Kingdom.


    "Yes, I felt like I have lost something extremely advantageous," Elle replied with a frown.


    A moment earlier, her intuition told her that she had lost something significant due to her hurry.


    Only after reaching the store would William and Elle find out about the item they lost.


    Since they entered the store in the Primal Dimension for the first time, they wouldn''t be eligible for the leaderboard rewards despite being natives of the Sacred Dimension.


    ***


    Aakesh then left the room. There were now two leaderboards in the portal room.


    One was for the Panagea customers here, while the other was for the old customers. There were no rewards for that leaderboard, but at least they will know their rank.


    After the portal room, the next was the weapons room since Aakesh hadpleted the weapon''s quest as well.


    The space inside the weapons room had also grown, but it wasn''t as exaggerated as the portal room.


    The number of murals on the walls had almost quadrupled, if not more. A new row with four partitions had been added adjacent to the column.


    There were four grades of Higher level weapons as well. Low, Middle, High, and Top.


    Low and Middle Higher level weapons were for early and intermediate, andte and peak Divine Lords respectively. While the High and Top were for early and intermediate,te and peak, True God cultivators, respectively.


    Aakesh suddenly picked out a weapon from the Top level section.


    Despite being an early Divine Transformation level cultivator, Aakesh felt no trouble using the Top level weapon, only used byte and peak True Gods.


    Aakesh then read the details of the weapon and then ced it back. Aakesh then focused on the training area.


    The rules and limits were the same as the Lesser level for the Higher level weapons, only the cost had changed.


    "Trivial level difficulty costs fifty lesser Sacred stones per hour."


    "Normal level difficulty costs one hundred lesser Sacred stones per hour."


    "Moderate level difficulty costs five hundred lesser Sacred stones per hour."


    "Difficult level difficulty costs one ordinary Sacred stone per hour."


    "Immortal level difficulty costs ten ordinary Sacred stones per hour."


    "Gods and Demons level difficulty costs twenty-five ordinary sacred stones per hour."


    The Primordial level difficulty had still not activated due to the weapon and its cultivator''s strength not being able to bear even the weakest aura of the weakest Primordial being.


    Aakesh then left the weapons room. Lily had been silently sitting on Aakesh''s head since she got bored after reading the pill''s information.


    "Let''s see what the new product is!" Aakesh suddenly eximed in excitement as he summoned the new product.


    Lily also woke up from her boredom and excitedly looked at the roulette.


    "Do you want to do it?" Aakesh suddenly asked with a smile upon seeing Lily''s enthusiasm about the new product.


    "No, I did it thest time," Lily refused immediately since she was the one whose luck had brought cultivation arts to the store.


    Aakesh didn''t ask again and focused on the gigantic roulette in front of him.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, these two chapters have been nothing but an info dump. Tomorrow, the store will wee its fifth product.


    Be sure toment on what you think it is!


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 946 The Fifth Product(14)

    Chapter 946: The Fifth Product(14)


    Aakesh looked at the gigantic roulette; it had numerous products written on it. Even Aakesh found the roulette to be all-epassing, and he couldn''t see the entire wheel at once.


    There were several blocks of different colors, each representing a different product. Several blocks even had a question mark on them. Aakesh also saw one with seven question marks, which was the first for him.


    Aakesh didn''t have to ask the system about it since he knew that the higher the number of question marks, the more dangerous and valuable the item was.


    [Host, roll it whenever you''re ready.]


    The system''s familiar voice rang in Aakesh''s head. Aakesh nodded and thought about rotating the roulette.


    The next moment, the giant roulette started spinning with unimaginable speed. At one point, even Aakesh felt dizzy looking at the wheel. But as every second passed, the spinning rate began to decrease. After a few seconds, the roulette came to a stop, with its hand pointing at a red block representing three question marks.


    The next moment, light particles began to move away from the roulette. The particles didn''t disappear into their surroundings, but they began to gather to form a square box the size of a tennis ball.


    A few secondster, a box made of elements appeared in the store and fell into Aakesh''s hands. The box alone was worth more than half the Sacred Dimension.


    Aakesh ignored it since the box wasn''t his. It would disappear after Aakesh took the item stored inside it.


    Click!


    With a clicking sound, the box opened as Aakesh transferred his aura. The next thing he knew, he was staring at a key that couldn''t look more ordinary.


    It was like a needle but with some patterns engraved on it. Aakesh gently took the key out of the box, and the next moment, the multi-colored box in his hands melted into the surroundings.


    Aakesh''s veins bulged out as he took the key. The next moment, an invisible force acted and helped Aakesh carry the key.


    If Aakesh threw the key to the ground, its weight would directly crack Fawkes and several nearby kingdoms.


    Aakesh focused on the store and found a new locked room next to the cultivation arts room. The space inside the store had also expanded, and now it could carry around two hundred customers at once without feeling overcrowded.


    Aakesh and Lily were both excited as they proceeded toward the locked room. As Aakesh approached closer, the key in his hands began to budge, and the patterns engraved on it started glowing. In response to it, the locked door also made the sound of getting pulled as if it wanted to touch the key.


    "Open it!" When they arrived, Lily rushed Aakesh.


    Aakesh couldn''t help butugh out loud after seeing Lily in such a hurry. He then pressed the needle-like key into the hole specifically ced on the door.


    The next moment, the light around the glowing patterns began to expand, and in no time, it covered the entire gate. The process didn''t disappear right away, but Aakesh had to wait a while.


    Finally, the light slowly began to dim, and when it disappearedpletely, the door was nowhere to be found. Aakesh didn''t care about it as he stepped inside the room.


    The next moment, a room filled with murals appeared in his sight. Aakesh couldn''t help but take a deep breath as he looked at the scene in front of him.


    The murals spread across all four directions on the wall weren''t telling a story like those in the weapons room, but they showed stationary creatures.


    Aakesh was looking at the nearest mural when he noticed his surroundings hadpletely changed.


    In front of him stood a gigantic creature spread across billions and billions of miles. The mere breath of it was enough to kill Aakesh countless times.


    Aakesh''s face grew solemn as he suddenly found the beast looking at him. Aakesh couldn''t even see the entire face of the beast at once, as its one eye alone was bigger than anything he hade across till now.


    Aakesh could see curiosity in those eyes for a moment, but it suddenly turned into yfulness. Before Aakesh could understand what had happened, he found himself back in the new room.


    After seeing the creature in its entirety on the mural, Aakesh identified its race. After seeing it, he understood why he had felt so ufortable in the beast''s presence. The creature in the mural was exclusive to the third dimension.


    Aakesh didn''t dare look at other murals since his current level wasn''t enough to even stand in their presence without the system''s help.


    Aakesh''s eyes then fell into the center of the room, and a column weed his sight.


    The column was blue, even darker than Aakesh''s skin. There was a screen-like device attached to the pir, and on it, there were nine sections.


    Since the device wasn''t currently active, all the partitions were cked out.


    Before Aakesh could concentrate on the button below the screen, he suddenly felt a movementing from the system''s space.


    "What happened?" Lily also noticed the movement as Aakesh allowed her to link with the system space to store her things.


    "Is he alright?" Lily couldn''t help but ask in concern as she found the source behind the disturbance to be a box.


    It was the box that Vritrasura had given to Aakesh for saving his daughter. Inside the space, there was a boundless space, and in that space, there was ake filled with Soul Water. Thatke nourished one gigantic egg ced in its center.


    The egg was the source of the sudden disturbance. Lily had already considered the Chaos Whale inside the egg to be her younger sibling, so she became extremely worried when she saw the egg react for the first time.


    Even Aakesh had the same reaction, but soon he heard a voice he had never heard before in his head. It was a child-like voice, but at the same time, it felt as if the voice came from a being that had lived for an uncountable amount of time.


    ***


    A/N; You guys have probably guessed the new product. I hope you haven''t forgotten the egg before this chapter.

 Chapter 947 The Fifth Product(End)

    Chapter 947: The Fifth Product(End)


    "You don''t need to worry. He is fine. We finally have a way to bring him into this world," Aakesh told Lily. His voice was slightly shaking as the Chaos Whale was his family, and he finally had a chance to hatch.


    "Really!" Lily''s eyes widened in surprise, and soon it turned into joy as she began jumping on Aakesh''s head.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but smile when he saw how excited Lily was. Aakesh then took the box out of the system''s space.


    "Hey, system, do your magic," Aakesh requested the system.


    [Host, the process would take three years toplete!]


    "We have been waiting for hundreds of years; what are three years inparison?" Aakesh smilingly responded as he pushed the box toward the column.


    The next moment, an invisible force acted on the box, and it slowly began to disintegrate. It was a waste of valuable resources, but without the box, Aakesh couldn''t carry the Soul Water, and without it, the egg would die, so Aakesh didn''t care much about the box''s destruction.


    Suddenly, argeke spread across thousands of meters appeared in the room. It felt like the end of the world as it submerged everything, but soon the system acted and began topress the Soul Water.


    Around a few minutester, every drop of Soul Water melted into the egg. It was extremely dangerous for the unhatched creature inside the egg to take Soul Water in such arge quantity at once, but there was a golden light surrounding him, protecting him from damage.


    This time, Aakesh felt a pang in his heart as the Soul Water disappeared. Even he, who had seen several valuable materials, found the item to be extremely valuable. A single drop of Soul Water was worth more than thebined value of the Primal and Sacred dimensions.


    But since the item would help the whale hatch, Aakesh stopped thinking about it. Even if he had to sacrifice items of a thousandfold value, he would still do it.


    At that time, only the egg was left floating in the room. The column that had been silent suddenly began to budge as apartment the size of an almond appeared an inch left of the screen.


    There was an exaggerated size difference between the egg and thepartment, but as the egg flew toward it, thepartment seemed to be gigantic when the egg was stored there.


    The next moment, thepartment closed, and Aakesh would be able to take out the egg three yearster.


    "Activate the Device!" Aakesh requested the system as it was now time for him to check the new product.


    The new and fifth product of the store was the Beast Summoner. As its name suggested, the device would summon beasts for the customers.


    After Aakesh''smand, the screen on the column lightened up, and soon fonts began to appear on it, introducing the device.


    The column in front of Aakesh only referred to Divine Transformation to Divine Lord cultivator beasts.


    After the introduction ended, each of the nine partitions on the screen had one unique beast, and after a regr interval of one minute, the beasts on the screen would change into another.


    The button beneath it was for the customers. When they would press the button, one of the nine partitions would light up, and it would then begin rotating.


    After five seconds exactly, the rotation of the square light woulde to stop, and the nine partitions would disappear. In ce of it, a beast would appear on the screen.


    If the customer wanted, they could take the beast out and buy it. If the customer wasn''t satisfied, they could press the button again to repeat the process.


    In addition to beast summoning, the device also offered the hatching of eggs. If any customer had an egg of the creature they wanted to hatch, they could use the device''s service to hatch them after paying the required amount of money.


    Aakesh used the same service to hatch his Chaos Whale. Since he was the store owner, he didn''t have to pay anything, but the cost was expensive, to say the least.


    For eggs with cultivations between early and peak Divine Transformation, the hatching would cost a sum of fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    For eggs with cultivations between early and peak Divine Being, the hatching would cost a sum of five thousand ordinary Sacred stones.


    For eggs with cultivations between early and peak Divine Lord, the hatching would cost a sum of one hundred higher Sacred stones.


    Because the hatching ability was associated with the column, the store did not treat those eggs above True God levels.


    Unlike the Chaos Whale''s egg, the store wouldn''t take time to hatch the egg. Once the egg was added to thepartment, the customer would be able to get it one minuteter.


    For the beast summon, the device had two settings. The first was random, where there was no level setting, and even an early Divine Transformation cultivator could summon a peak Divine Lord beast, depending on their fortune. The second was targeted, where the customer could set the limit of cultivation for their summon.


    The prices of the beasts depended on their cultivation and quality. For quality judgment, the system categorized them into seven types: lesser, ordinary, higher, supreme, legendary, divine, and ultimate. Lesser was the lowest, while Ultimate was the highest.


    The cost was determined primarily by quality rather than cultivation. For example, an early Divine Transformation beast with Ultimate quality was several times more expensive than a peak Divine Lord beast with Supreme Quality.


    The quality decided the limit of the beast''s cultivation. If properly nurtured, those with ultimate quality at the start of Divine Transformation could even reach cultivation levels higher than those of Supreme Gods.


    The beasts summoned by the device were extremely expensive, as the beasts had an advantage. Panagea didn''t allow customers to take their weapons inside, but it would not restrict beasts bought from the device.


    So if someone got a high-quality beast, they could use it in Panagea to gain several advantages.


    The three question marks for the product were no exaggeration. It could dominate every existing power system.


    ***


    A/N: The settings for the beasts are simr to many other beast summoning/taming novels. I hope you will like the future chapters, as I have been waiting for this product toe out.

 Chapter 948 The Second Collective Quest!

    Chapter 948: The Second Collective Quest!


    Aakesh decided to check the device first, so he pressed the switch after activating the random mode.


    The next moment, light began to rotate at an unimaginable rate, stopping after five seconds had passed.


    At that moment, a beast appeared on the screen, and soon after, a card materialized out of thin air and flew into Aakesh''s hands.


    Aakesh grabbed the card. It was silver in color, while golden fonts introduced the beast on the screen.


    Getting a three question mark product seemed to exhaust all the good luck Aakesh had, as the creature on the screen was an early Divine Transformation and of lesser quality.


    Aakesh only wanted to test the device and not take out the beast for himself since he was fine with having Lily and the Chaos Whale as his family members for now.


    Aakesh then decided to return the card, and an inch right of the screen, a space in the shape of a card opened up. The empty slot took the card.


    The creature was a Wild Squirrel with no skills. Since Aakesh was satisfied with the product, he decided to leave the room. There were already some alerts waiting for him to check.


    [Host, please see the next screen for the third quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the third Panagea quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Third


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea hours,


    Description: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 240 Panagea hours for fifteen consecutive days,


    Requirement: Now, its time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 960 Hours every day for continuous thirty days


    Mission reward: One Hundred new virtual portals addition,


    Duration: 45 Days.


    Failure Punishment: Loss of fifteen virtual portals and the salesmission will get reduced to 0.5% of the product''s price for seven years.]


    (A/N: I had mistakenly used 50 products as the reward! I have now edited the chapter and used the actual figure of 25. Sorry for the trouble!)


    Aakesh focused on the screen in front of him. Because of thest increase of twenty-five virtual portals, there were almost fifty portals in total. It was more than a double growth; simrly, the quest''s difficulty had grown by even more folds.


    The store needed to sell 960 hours of Panagea every day toplete the quest in thirty straight days. To do it, the store required that it sell forty virtual portals for each group. It didn''t seem difficult, so Aakesh stopped worrying about it and focused on the reward section.


    Aakesh nodded after seeing the reward. He only cast a quick nce at the punishment section and then waved his hands. The quest screen then faded into obscurity, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    [Host, please see the following screen for the quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    Mission Objective: Sell the store products


    Details: Afterpleting three of the four products'' second series quests, the store has unlocked the second collective quest. Please work hard and make the store more popr,


    Requirement: Sale of all store products


    Pills: 10,000,000,


    Weapons: 1,000,000


    Training area: 1,000,000 hours*


    Panagea: 100,000 hours,


    Cultivation arts: 15,


    Beasts: 5,000,


    Deadline: 360 days,


    Reward: Ten purer higher Sacred stones and a chance to upgrade any of the five products,


    Failure Punishment: Zeromission for twenty-five years.]


    *(100,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 20,000 Immortal training hours = 10,000 Gods and Demons training hours.)


    It wasn''t the end, and soon after the screen disappeared, a new screen appeared in front of Aakesh with a system alert.


    It wasn''t something that Aakesh hadn''t expected, so he wasn''t surprised. Aakesh then focused on the screen and began to read what the second collective quest wanted.


    The sale requirements of pills, weapons, and training hours had grown by thousand times, while the Panagea''s hour had increased by 100 times. Fortunately for Aakesh, the cultivation art didn''t see such growth, it had only grown 2.5 times the first quest''s criteria.


    Since there was now a fifth product in the store, there was another requirement. The system wanted the store to sell 5000 beasts; egg-hatching ability wasn''t taken into consideration.


    The hatching property of the device was only an extra, so it wasn''t a product like the training area. Aakesh would still get hismission from it, but it wouldn''t be considered in quests, no matter howrge or small a sale the store made.


    Aakesh then saw the deadline, and it was as he had expected, 360 days. Aakesh''s eyes then fell on the most significant rewards section.


    Aakesh was slightly disappointed when he saw that the reward wasn''t a new product, but he had expected it. The store didn''t release products in a small span, so only the third or fourth collective quest will reward with a new product.


    Still, the reward was great, as Aakesh would not only get ten purer higher Sacred stones, but he would also get a chance to update any of the five products.


    Aakesh didn''t have to ask the system what the product update meant since he had already done it once in the Primal Dimension when the options of different time flow rates emerged.


    Aakesh then took a quick nce at the punishment section and waved his hands. The next moment, the quest screen faded.


    ***


    "Let''s go!" Aakesh stated that it was now time for their training.


    Lily scrunched her nose in dissatisfaction, but she didn''t say anything, and the next moment, the duo disappeared from the store''s hall and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily chose her usual training environment and pressed the switch. The next moment, she found herself in the familiar environment after the space crack sucked her inside.


    After Lily left, Aakesh''s face turned calm as he deactivated all his senses except for direction and then went to the weapons section.


    Soon, Aakesh found himself back in the familiar arena with a blue screen floating in front of him.

 Chapter 949 Store In The Primal Dimension!

    Chapter 949: Store in the Primal Dimension!


    [The store will wee its fifth product after the store''s closing. Wait for its introduction before leaving the store!]


    While Aakesh was checking the Beast Summoner device in the Sacred Dimension, it was still day in Kakot, and Jonnah was busy doing the sales when he suddenly heard an alert in the store owner''s voice.


    Jonnah had long be familiar with this voice appearing in his head and giving him instructions, but he still couldn''t control himself this time and jumped in shock after hearing the contents.


    "What happened? Are you alright?" The customer purchasing the cultivation art asked, seeing the sudden reaction of Jonnah.


    It had been a few hundred years since the mysterious store owner returned to the Sacred Dimension, giving control of the store to Jonnah.


    The store was packed with customers, many of whom had never even seen the owner.


    Jonnah hadn''t been living an easy life, as even a single moment of relief while being in the store was an impossible task. His cultivation of Immortality helped him stay fresh, but unlike Aakesh, he didn''t have unlimited intelligence. Most he could focus on three tasks at the same time before bing mentally tired.


    At the same time, Jonnah had also grown bored with hearing the same sentence over and over again from the customers. Due to the store and the store owner''s prestige, no one dared to harm him, so his life had be monotonous.


    All day he would tend to the store; he would then return to his house, have some sessions with his wife, and then sleep. His day was like this without any change. After Aakesh left, there was no possibility of taking a vacation either. Only the three event days were the days where he could have some reprieve.


    It was fine at first, but as the days turned into years, years turned into decades, and then decades turned into centuries, Jonnah became frustrated. If the benefits from the store weren''t good, he would have long given up on it.


    He could either ascend or die to get released, so if Jonnah wanted, he could ascend anytime. The benefits from the shop and the house that were provided to him as an employee benefit had long since allowed his cultivation to surpass peak Immortality.


    The sudden alert not only added some fuel to his boring life as the new product in the store would mean new stories for the customers, and he would get to see them from the front seat.


    "Nothing!" Jonnah smiled and replied to the customer.


    The smile hade after a long time on his face as there was a sense of new scenes waiting for him. At the same time, Jonnah decided to ascend to the Sacred Dimension once the day became routine after the introduction of this new product.


    Time flew by, and the sunset on the Anga and the ten other continents in Visteerna.


    Since it was time for the store to close, Jonnah stood up from his chair and told the customers in the weapons and cultivation arts room to leave.


    A few minutester, only he was left in the store. Jonnah approached the store''s door and then closed it, bringing an end to one of the many fruitful days for the store.


    When Jonnah turned around, one of the unlocked rooms in the store made a movement. He didn''t waste his time standing here and approached the door.


    The next moment, a white light covered the unlocked door, and when the light disappeared, the door also left with it.


    Jonnah took a step and entered inside, where he saw the column connected to both the ground and the roof. It was as if the column was supporting both heaven and earth.


    The next moment, all the information about the device appeared in his head.


    Given that he was also a member of the Beast race, Jonnah exhibited surprise. He took a step forward and touched the column. The next moment, a warm sensation washed over him as if the column were his true home.


    Jonnah then turned around and found countless murals spread across the wall, showing different creatures from different beast groups.


    In those countless murals, Jonnah found the one referring to the Paltry Bear. He couldn''t help but look surprised, as it was him painted on the wall.


    Jonnah couldn''t help but feel proud, thinking he had achieved everything when he saw himself on the store''s wall. He was unaware that a drop of tear had fallen through one of his eyes.


    Time flew by, and Jonnah left the store with a proud expression and moist eyes. Today was going to be the day he would never forget since he finally saw the fruit of his life.


    ***


    Unaware of what Jonnah was going through, Aakesh was currently battling in the arena.


    Aakesh had the kama in his hands while he was battling a humanoid gigantic creature with four pairs of hands, and three pairs of legs in a straight line.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh finally got defeated in the 117th round, and he appeared in the selection area.


    Since there was still some time left before Lily''s training came to an end, Aakesh decided to enter another training environment and train until Lily''s training was over.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    The silence in the selection area came to a sudden stop as a space crack emerged, and soon after Aakesh stepped out of it.


    A smile spread across Aakesh''s face as he saw Lily waiting for him. Aakesh went to his chair, and there began another of his and Lily''s traditional conversations after the training.


    After their conversation came to an end, both of them disappeared from there and appeared in the store''s hall. Lily summoned the door to the room while Aakesh waited for her to leave.


    After Lily left, the smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared, and it turned into its usual emotionless feature. Aakesh then stepped forward toward the portal room.


    His eyes then fell on the two empty leaderboard tables. Aakesh then touched the nearest portal, and a force stronger than anything he could handle sucked him inside.


    ***


    A/N: I wanted to ask you whether the story and its progression are better or the same in the Sacred Dimension. Please doment!


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 950 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 950: A New Day for the Store(1)


    [Host, the time for Meditation is about to begin!]


    Aakesh was traveling toward his destination when the system''s voice rang in his head. Since Aakesh didn''t have any prominent affairs to attend to, he disappeared from Panagea and appeared in the portal room.


    Aakesh then stepped out of the portal room, and his meditation mat was already there waiting for him.


    Since Aakesh had exhausted one lesser stonepletely yesterday, he took out a new one and began to meditate.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]


    The system''s automatic, emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh''s head, breaking him away from his meditation.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and habitually looked to his left. The next moment, a surprised expression appeared on his face as he found a rectangr blue window waiting for him.


    [Your absorption rate has improved by 0.3%!]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation since this was his first absorption improvement in the Sacred Dimension. Aakesh didn''t waste much of his time celebrating over it and waved his hands since the sun was about to rise on Thorr City.


    Aakesh first ced the stone back in its ce and summoned the door to his room. Not long after, stairs connecting the gate to the floor also emerged.


    Click!


    Time flew by, and Aakesh came down from his room as the door opened with a clicking sound.


    It was still around three minutes before sunrise, so Aakesh sat down on his chair, waiting for the sun to rise.


    Soon, three minutes passed, and the sun rose on Thorr and nearby cities. As its first ray of light pierced through the darkness shrouding the city, people began to leave their houses for work.


    On Seventeenth Street, there was a store that had only been here for less than a month, but its customers were already rich and powerful. Their numbers weren''t that high, but it was still a dreaded and mysterious store in the minds of people working in other stores on the street.


    With the first ray of sunlight touching the sky, the store also opened its door, announcing the start of a new day.


    As usual, Aakesh found a group of customers waiting outside the store. After he opened the store, smiles erupted on all their faces. At the same time, there was also a slight tension evident on everyone''s faces.


    There were around thirty-six people in the group, of whom one was a new face and the others were regrs.


    Aakesh didn''t let the group wait outside as he turned around and returned to his seat. The thirty-plus customers entered the store like a tide, trying to be the first to step inside.


    In no time, all thirty-six customers were inside the store. Their faces were tense for a moment, but they soon turned wondrous as they saw the change around them.


    The inside space had expanded several times as the feeling of crowding was nowhere to be seen. At the same time, there was an additional room in the store. It was like a blinding golden light in the darkness of the night, so everyone noticed it.


    As their eyes wandered, the customers noticed an additional row at the pill counter with the same ten shelves.


    Those who were alone thought to themselves, while those who came with others began to discuss the changes under their breath.


    "Why are the golden lights not covering the first thirteen customers?" One of the customers suddenly asked in surprise, as no one had noticed it because of the changes inside the store.


    When others heard it, they also became surprised, but soon it turned into excitement. When this situationst urred, the number of virtual portals in the store had grown, so how could they not be excited by it?


    Favan became the first customer to approach Aakesh, as he had his mind set on Panagea from day one. Favan wanted to achieve something in Panagea, and since he also couldn''t afford to spend money on other products, he rarely showed interest in other products.


    "Hello, store owner!" Favan greeted Aakesh respectfully, as his habit had be aftering regrly to the store since he came here first.


    Aakesh simply nodded in response. Favan already knew it, so he immediately asked whether the number of virtual portals had grown or not.


    "Yes, twenty-five virtual portals have been added. Now, there are forty-eight portals in the store," Aakesh replied expressionlessly.


    Favan then paid his thirty-five lesser Sacred stones and left for Panagea, as he couldn''t help but feel bad whenever there was a product in the store; he couldn''t afford it. To solve this feeling, Favan decided not to ask about any other product until he had money in his hands.


    Aakesh stored the money in the system space and told Favan to go ahead.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Favan thanked Aakesh with a slight bow and then left for the portal room.


    There was already a customer waiting behind Favan, so soon after he left, the customer approached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner!" Ricky greeted Aakesh.


    Like Favan, Ricky asked about the addition of virtual portals in the portal room. After getting a satisfying answer, Ricky finally asked about the new product.


    Aakesh had been waiting for this, so he introduced the beast summoner device to Ricky in a single breath.


    Ricky listened to Aakesh withplete focus, but when the topic of price arrived, he lost his focus.


    ''Another product that will empty my savings,'' Ricky thought in his head, and soon after the introduction came to an end, he paid thirty-five lesser Sacred stones to Aakesh and went toward the portal room.


    After Ricky, it was Jemiah''s turn. He showed interest in the beast''s summoner device as well since it would mean external help. Jemiah had money to spend, so he could try to find a suitable beast for himself. But since Panagea was the most significant, Jemiah decided to take a look at it after exiting Panagea.


    Jemiah wasn''t the only one, as after learning about the beast summoner device, all the customers chose to enter Panagea first and then take a look at the new product, pills, and weapons.

 Chapter 951 A New Day For The Store(2)

    Chapter 951: A New Day for the Store(2)


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when the first group of customers left for Panagea. Aakesh suddenly heard the sound of footstepsing from the door, so he opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    A familiar face greeted his sight; it was Alric, Alfred''s son. Since the day Alfred and Asher came to the store for the first time, Alric hadn''te to the store as well.


    Today was his entry after days in the store. Alric''s face looked slightly pale as if he hadn''t slept for several days.


    Alric also understood the value of the store and the disaster it might bring to Thorr City after his conversation with his father. So before leaving for the Kingdom, Alfred ordered Alric not to return to the store until he returned from there.


    Alric couldn''t disregard his father''s words as he was not only his father but also the leader of Thorrons, so despite not wanting to, Alric didn''te to the store.


    Only yesterday did his father return with good news, so Alric was finally free to visit the store again.


    As for why Alric hadn''t slept these past days, he was giving all his time to study the pills bought from the store. No matter how hard or what he tried, whenever Alric tried to unravel the pill, he couldn''t stop it from turning into useless powder.


    Alric wasn''t one to give up, so he had been spending all his time on this. The number of failures grew while the number of samples decreased, so now that he was free to return to the store, he rushed back.


    "Hello, store owner!" Alric greeted Aakesh with weakness evident in his voice.


    "I want all pills," Alric asked since he wanted to sleep after returning. Now that his source of samples was stable, he didn''t need to worry about theck of them.


    "Don''t you want to know about the Higher level pills?"


    Alric''s hands suddenly froze after he heard Aakesh''s question. Out of nowhere, energy filled his body as his eyes brightened, and he looked at the pill counter.


    The brightness in his eyes grew even further after seeing the second row at the counter.


    "Please introduce the pills, store owner!" Alric requested Aakesh, forgetting about his sleep.


    Aakesh had asked for this reaction, so now that he had gotten it, Aakesh began introducing the pills to Alric.


    "(1.) Third-grade higher Body Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor injuries up to peak Divine Lord, while it will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It costs one ordinary Sacred stone.


    Second-grade higher Body Healing Pill: the pill can heal minor injuries up to intermediate True God. It costs ten ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Body Healing Pill: the pill can heal minor injuries forte and peak True Gods. It costs twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones...,"


    Aakesh soon introduced all ten Higher level pills and their grades to Aakesh with their effects.


    A mixture of expressions would appear on Alric''s face after hearing every pill introduction.


    When Aakesh concluded, there was a mixture of disappointment and excitement covering his face: excited since he would get to check Higher level pills, but disappointed because he wouldn''t be able to afford many pills.


    Alric then fell into a conundrum as to what pills to buy since he couldn''t exhaust all his savings here. His miserly father would never help him, so he needed to be frugal and extravagant at the same time.


    "Store owner, give me one Third-grade higher Body Healing Pill, Third-grade higher Mental Healing Pill, Third-grade higher Energy Meditation Pill, and three pills each of all Lesser level pills," Alric made his decision after a while and requested Aakesh.


    "You need to pay seven ordinary Sacred stones and two thousand twenty-five lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly told him the price of the pills.


    Alric had already taken out the stones from his space ring and pushed them toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the stones disappeared from the store and appeared in the system''s space. After Aakesh got the alert that the payment was correct, he pushed all the pills toward Alric. He could now store the pills in his space ring.


    After buying the pills, Alric didn''t stay in the store for long and left. Aakesh closed his eyes and started another of his rxation sessions.


    Only a few minutes had passed after Alric''s departure when Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned around; a group of unfamiliar faces weed his sight.


    Aakesh waited for the people to enter, but they suddenly stopped at the door and began discussing on their own. The barrier didn''t stop Aakesh from hearing or seeing what was going on outside, so the content of their conversations came to his ears.


    ***


    "Is this the store?" The most muscr man in the group asked his friend.


    They were a vagrant group of cultivators that sustained their lifestyle and cultivation by hunting wild beasts or other things. The group wasn''t solely made up of Thorrons, but there were only two Thorrons in the group. There were three Corrons as well, and the group leader was not from any of the five Vurron species but rather from another Demon group.


    If Favan was here, he would have recognized one of the two Thorrons in the group.


    "That''s what people tell me," Gerard responded with clenched teeth.


    One of the two Thorrons in the group was Gerard, who also happened to be the one Favan would recognize. The group also stopped here for Gerard.


    It had been several years since Gerard met his younger brother, so he requested for the leader toe to the city. But aftering here, Gerard found that his brother was no more.


    Gerard would have epted his brother''s death if not for finding out that he was brutally killed by a non-demon in daylight in the presence of hundreds of Thorrons.


    Now Gerard wanted revenge, and since Gerard had been part of the team for several centuries, the team leader epted Gerard''s plea.


    A smile spread across the leader''s face as he nodded and gestured for Gerard to enter the store.

 Chapter 952 Signing The Contract!

    Chapter 952: Signing the Contract!


    A cruel expression was on Gerard''s face as he entered the store. The leader and other members followed behind him.


    "Wait!"


    The leader suddenly called out to Gerard after seeing him approach Aakesh.


    Gerard turned around in confusion and waited for the leader to tell him why he stopped him.


    The leader didn''t say anything but approached Aakesh. "Hello, store owner," he greeted Aakesh.


    Gerard couldn''t hear the conversation between the leader and the store owner, but for some reason, a bad feeling emerged in his heart when he saw the smile on the leader''s face.


    ***


    Aakesh just nodded when the man said hello and waited for him to exin why he was in the store. Aakesh had already heard the conversation between the group. It wasn''t enough to express their purpose, but from what Aakesh heard, the group wanted to make trouble for him.


    "Store owner! I am Angir, a follower of master Joator," Angir introduced himself.


    Gerard believed Angir had agreed to enter the city after he asked him to, but he was mistaken. Angir came here because he was summoned by Joator here.


    No one in the group knew, but Joator was the actual leader of the group, and the group did what was ordered by Joator since Angir was his subordinate.


    Angir yed along with Gerard''s ways since he thought of using him to gain a favor from Joator. Joator had told him about the store, and it was also the reason behind his summons to the city.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied in response.


    "I am here to bring you one of the people who wish to harm you, store owner." The smile on Angir''s face suddenly widened as he turned around and pointed at Gerard.


    Gerard felt a chill run down his spine when he suddenly saw the leader turning around and pointing at him. The other people in the group also looked surprised, as even they weren''t aware of what Angir wanted to do.


    Aakesh took a quick nce at Gerard and moved his eyes away. Gerrard was only an early Divine Being cultivator, and from what his strength was, Aakesh felt that even without the system''s help, he would easily kill the man.


    A man whom Joator respected couldn''t have an easygoing personality, so Gerard had anticipated a carefree response from Aakesh.


    "Store owner, do you want me to handle the situation?" Angir asked. If he helped the store owner, that would be assisting Joator.


    "No!" Aakesh replied expressionlessly.


    Aakesh didn''t care about Gerard''s revenge or Angir''s ns. He only cared about the store, so he asked Angir if he was in the store to buy something or not.


    Angir frowned when he heard Aakesh''s direct answer, but since he couldn''tin, he politely asked Aakesh to tell him about the store''s products.


    While Aakesh and Angir were talking, Gerard was feeling ufortable all over his body.


    The feeling grew as Angir turned around and approached the group. The earlier smile was no longer present on his face.


    "Don''t even dare think of revenge if you want to live!" Angir bluntly told Gerard.


    Angir didn''t even wait for his response before he began to share what he had learned from Aakesh about the store''s products.


    Since Aakesh didn''t care about Gerard, how could Angir gain anything, even if he killed Gerard, from the store owner or Joator? So Angir decided to forget about it.


    Gerard wanted to ask Angir after his sharpmand, but before he could, Angir began introducing the store''s products. Gerard soon immersed himself in the introduction and stopped thinking about avenging his brother.


    The rtionship between them wasn''t even that deep in the first ce, or so Gerard thought in his heart to remove the anger over the brother''s death.


    "What do you guys think?" Angir then looked at his team members and asked.


    ***


    "Store owner, give us six spots for Panagea," Angir requested Aakesh, and then he took around two hundred lesser Sacred stones out of his space ring.


    Angir thought of removing Gerard from the team, but after Gerard promised that he wouldn''t let his feelings get in the way, Angir decided to continue with the same group.


    Gerard''s eyes had aplex look when he looked at Aakesh, but since he wanted to live, he moved his eyes away and proceeded toward the portal room while looking at the floor all the way.


    Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions, waiting for the first customer of the beast summoner device to appear.


    Time flew by, and around an hour after the store''s opening, all the virtual portal spots were filled for the first group.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation since it was a good start for Panagea''s quest.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he suddenly heard the sound of footstepsing from the store''s door.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and found a duo entering the store. The duo was familiar since they were none other than Alfred and Asher.


    Their meeting with the King bore them fruit, as the misunderstood warning from Aakesh made the King dispose of any thoughts regarding Thorr City.


    At the same time, both Alfred and Asher had to sign a contract with a number of requirements:


    (1.) Vurrons wouldn''t try to do things that are directly or indirectly harmful to the ruling ss and the stability of the Kingdom


    (2.) The Kingdom would have its army garrisoned in Thorr City. The Kingdom and the City will each pay to maintain the garrison with a ratio of 50:50


    (3.) Thorr City will pay twenty-five percent of its total revenue to the Kingdom''s treasury every year.


    Alfred and Asher knew they had to sign the contract, even though it had some harsh terms. If they didn''t, Vurrons would be an enemy of the Fawkes Kingdom.


    The Kingdom wouldn''ty its hand on Thorr City, but the other four cities would be at the mercy of Jaimie, so Alfred and Asher signed the contract.


    Jaimie added a use stating that the agreement wouldst for 10,000 years in order to avoid upsetting the two too much. The contract would only be valid for ten thousand years, and if, after ten thousand years, the duo were in a position to challenge the Kingdom, they could dere independence.


    Ten thousand years sounded like nothing whenpared with the Fawkes Kingdom rule of a few million years, but both parties knew that the store had the potential to change things at a rapid rate.


    It was Vurron''s great fortune that the store owner chose one of their cities as its location, but Jaimie also wanted to benefit from it.


    Both parties happily signed the contract, not talking or thinking about what would happen ten thousand yearster.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!"


    "Hello, store owner!"


    Alfred and Asher greeted Aakesh respectfully. Aakesh only nodded in response to their greetings.


    Today, the duo looked different than their early entries into the store, as now they were excited about the future, while earlier they were fearful and shocked about it.


    The duo could see the changes in the store from yesterday, so Alfred asked Aakesh about it.


    In response to their question, Aakesh introduced the store''s products to them.


    Aakesh began with the pills, introducing both Lesser and Higher level pills with their effects and prices. After the pills, it was the turn of the weapons, and soon Aakesh introduced all five store products to Alfred.


    Alfred''s face looked weird after Aakesh concluded.


    ''How can these products be so expensive?'' Alfredined in his heart as he focused more on the prices than the effects.


    "Store owner, give me one third-grade higher Mind Expansion Pill," Alfred requested with a painful expression on his face.


    Aakesh didn''t care about Alfred''s expression as he stood up from his chair and went to the pill counter. He then took the pill from the tenth shelf in the second row.


    "You need to pay fifty ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh announced expressionlessly.


    As Alfred pulled out the sacred stones one at a time, the pain on his face grew even worse. When Alfred had taken fifty stones out, he counted them three times to make sure that there was not a single stone more.


    Even Aakesh''s lips twitched, seeing the scene in front of him. Asher, who couldn''t hear the conversation but saw the things going on between the store owner and the customer, wanted to punch Alfred in the face after seeing his antics.


    A bit hoarse, Alfred said, "Here," and pushed the stones in Aakesh''s direction.


    ''Am I taking a debt from you?'' Aakesh couldn''t help but think after seeing Alfred''s facial expressions.


    Alfred had made his sale for the day, so he turned around and moved away, letting Asher approach the store owner.


    "Store owner, don''t mind him! He had been like this since young," Asher said with an awkward face.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one Chapter!

 Chapter 953 Beast Summoner Device(1)

    Chapter 953: Beast Summoner Device(1)


    "Store owner, what new product did the store get?" Asher asked, as there was an additional room in the store today.


    The appearance of a room overnight was the least shocking thing about the store, so he didn''t think much about it.


    "Beast Summoner. It allows you to summon a beast ranging from Divine Transformation to Divine Lord level... Aakesh introduced the device to Asher, including its hatching ability.


    Asher nodded in astonishment after hearing about the device.


    "Can the beast have bloodlines of any rank, or will it only have low-level bloodlines?" Asher suddenly asked.


    The Beast group of races outnumbers every race in the Multiverse. The group included both elite creatures and those who were incapable of cultivating at all.


    "If your fortune is great, you can even get a Dragon," Aakesh responded expressionlessly, making Asher suck a deep breath of air.


    The Dragons had now be a unique race of their own, but in the beginning, they were also part of the beast group. Many top races consider themselves unique now, but they started as a group of beasts.


    The beast summoner device would summon every such race with ties to the beast group, regardless of where they were in the current timeline.


    "Don''t get your hopes too high; the cultivation level of even the weakest Dragon would exceed True God, so you can''t summon it for now," Aakesh suddenly added before Asher got his hopes higher than the sky.


    Asher only smiled after hearing Aakesh and decided to give it a try, as spots in Panagea were full.


    "Store owner, I will like to give it a try," Asher requested Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and told Asher how to do the summoning process. Pressing the button wasn''t free, but in the case of the beasts, Aakesh decided to take the payment in the end, whether the customer bought the beast or not.


    ***


    Asher and Alfred stood in front of the column. They couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air, feeling the majestic column standing in front of them.


    Asher took a deep breath as he looked at the screen. On it, there were diagrams of nine different beasts in nine sections, and he recognized none of them.


    Aakesh had already told Asher about the two systems of summoning. Asher decided to go with targeted summoning, where he chose the cultivation of the beats to vary from early to peak Divine Lord.


    The summoning wasn''t free, as the first press cost ten lesser Sacred stones.


    Asher took a deep breath and pressed the switch. The next moment, the square light covering the section began to move at an unprecedented rate.


    Exactly five secondster, the rotation stopped, and light particles began to gather on the screen. In less than a second, the diagram of the beast presented itself on it.


    Soon after, a card materialized out of thin air and flew into Asher''s hands.


    The card contained the details of the beast on the screen, including its price. The depiction of the beast on the screen took up half of the card''s space.


    It was a Giant Scorpion with a massive stinger, a thick tail, and sharp ws.


    [Name: Giant Scorpion


    Type: Beast


    Race: Scorpion


    Quality: Ordinary


    Element: Poison


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    Ability: Venomous Sting: deals additional damage to the same-level opponent and has a 25% chance to poison it, causing them to lose arge chunk of their health.


    Card Description: It is a formidable creature with a venomous sting that can kill its prey in seconds. It is feared by many but also sought after by those who seek to harness its power. This giant scorpion card can be used to summon a powerful monster on the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage and poisoning your opponent. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before your mighty scorpion.


    Price: One hundred seventy-five higher Sacred stones.]


    Asher read the details of the scorpion on the card. He didn''t feel impressed by it, so Asher decided to use the device once again.


    The sale of the beasts wasn''t unlimited. Each customer could buy only one beast per pir.


    The store would have four pirs in total in the future, so each customer could only buy four beasts in total, so the choice couldn''t be made in a hurry.


    Aakesh had already told him the process of returning the card, so Asher approached the column and ced the card in the card-shapedpartment one inch right of the screen.


    The cost for each summon would grow ten times, so this round would cost Asher a hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    Asher pressed the button, and soon the square light began rotating. On top of the screen, 1 appeared, signifying that it was one additional round than the first one.


    Five secondster, a beast presented itself on the screen. Not long after, a card appeared near the column and flew into Asher''s hands.


    Asher recognized the beast on the screen as a Gazelleon, a mixed breed between a male Lion and a female Gazelle. It wasn''t a very popr race, so Asher didn''t seem very impressed with it, but since it was a sale item in the store, he focused on the card in his hands.


    It was a creature with a lion-like body and a gazelle head; it had sharp teeth and ws, and it was in a fast sprinting pose.


    [Name: Mutant Gazelleon


    ? Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Speed


    Cultivation: Late Divine Lord


    Ability: Sprint - increase the Gazelleon''s speed by 150% while allowing it to use other attack skills at the same time.


    Card Description: The Mutant Gazelleon is a fierce predator known for its speed and agility. It can outrun most of its prey at the same cultivation level, and its sharp ws and teeth make it a formidable hunter. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage and outrunning your opponent''s monsters. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before your speedy Gazelleon.


    Price: Four hundred higher Sacred stones.]


    Asher was surprised when he read the details on the card, as the details of the beast went beyond his expectations.


    Forget everything, its cultivation alone waste Divine Lord, while its quality was Higher. Asher now needed to make a decision.

 Chapter 954 Beast Summoner Device(2)

    Chapter 954: Beast Summoner Device(2)


    Asher now needed to decide whether he wanted to buy the beast. Its price was steep, but it was still below Asher''s limit.


    Asher decided to use eighty percent of his life savings after learning about the device if it could get him an excellent beast for him and the Corr City.


    Alfred didn''t interrupt Asher as he was busy fighting a dilemma in his heart. He hated nothing more than spending money, but seeing the card in Asher''s hands, even he was itching to go for a beast.


    Asher couldn''t make up his mind whether to purchase the Mutant Gazelleon or not, so he decided to give it up since there weren''t enough reasons in his heart to support the purchase.


    Asher then ced the card in itspartment and pressed the switch to activate another round of summoning.


    The next moment, the 1 at the top of the screen turned into a 2, while the square light began to rotate at a rapid rate. This round cost Asher one ordinary Sacred stone, but he didn''t worry about it.


    Exactly five secondster, the rotation stopped, and soon after, a beast presented itself on the screen.


    Asher didn''t recognize the beast on the screen as it was his first time seeing it. An eager expression appeared on his face as the card flew into his hands.


    The top half of the card covered the illustration of the beast. It was a wyvern-like creature, but it had a bird''s beak and the sharp talons of a hawk. At the same time, the talons were on fire.


    [Name: Aviern


    Type: Beast


    Race: Avian


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Fire


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    Special ability:


    Fire Cultivation - Aviern can cultivate its fire attribute, increasing its fire damage by 50%.


    pping of the me - Aviern can fly at incredible speeds and make sudden turns, making it impossible to hit with ranged attacks.


    Immtion - Aviern can engulf itself in mes, reducing all iing damage by 50% and dealing fire damage to all nearby opponents.


    Card Description: The Aviern is a fierce creature, known for its swift and deadly aerial attacks. Its sharp talons and beak make it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of causing havoc and disaster. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before your deadly Aviern.


    Price: Three hundred fifty higher Sacred stones.]


    Asher''s eyes shone as he read the details of the creature on the card. The first two beasts he summoned only had one ability, while the Aviern had three of them.


    When Asher looked at the price, he couldn''t help but take a deep breath. The Mutant Gazelleon had a price difference of only fifty higher Sacred stones despite being ate Divine Lord and having the same Higher quality.


    While the Giant Scorpion''s quality was only one level lower, the price difference between them was the same as its actual cost.


    "What do you think?" Asher asked Alfred. He had decided to buy it, but before doing so, he wanted to get the opinion of his friend.


    "Don''t fret over the price, and tell me what you think about the beast," Asher further added, as how could he not know what Alfred would think first?


    As he prepared to tell Asher that it was too expensive, Alfred suddenly stopped.


    "It''s a great purchase," Alfred answered after a pause. He wanted to think of ways to change Asher''s opinion, but he couldn''t.


    They didn''t know much about what quality implied, but they still understood that the higher the quality, the better the prospects of the beast were.


    Asher smiled after hearing his friend''s opinion. He decided to purchase the Aviern.


    "Do you want to give it a try?" Asher suddenly asked Alfred.


    Alfred had been intently looking at the card since the first round of summoning, so Asher could sense Alfred''s desire to own a beast.


    Alfred fell into a pause after hearing his friend''s question. He had been fighting the dilemma in his heart since Asher summoned the Giant Scorpion.


    "Fuck it! Let''s be extravagant here," Alfred announced with a helpless sigh.


    Asher didn''t speak anything but only looked at his friend. A slightly painful expression appeared on Alfred''s face as he approached the column.


    The two on top of the screen had disappeared since it was now someone else''s turn.


    Asher pressed the switch, and soon the square light began to rotate at an unprecedented rate.


    Alfred had chosen the random system for summoning, so the beast could be anything from early Divine Transformation to peak Divine Lord.


    Soon, five seconds passed, and a creature appeared on the screen, blinding both Alfred and Asher''s eyes.


    A card then suddenly appeared out of thin air and sailed into Alfred''s hands.


    An image of a creature with metal ws and metal spikes on its back appeared at the top half of the card. It had a metal shield around its body, and it was merging with a golden metal.


    [Name: Metigro


    Type: Beast


    Race: Elements


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Metal


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Ability:


    Metal ws: Metigro can increase the damage of its w attacks by 150% due to its metal attribute.


    Metal Roar: Metigro can release a deafening roar that deals 200% mental damage to all nearby opponents.


    Metal Shield: Metigro can create a metallic shield around its body, absorbing up to 500% damage.


    Sprint: Metigro can increase its speed by 250%, allowing it to outrun most opponents and make surprise attacks.


    Metal Fusion: Metigro can merge with nearby metal objects, increasing its attack and defense by 500%. (this ability can only be used once a day)


    Card Description: The Metigro is a fierce creature known for its sharp metal ws and devastating metal roar. Its metal attribute makes it a formidable opponent in battle, able to increase its attack and defense and create a metallic shield around its body. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of changing thendscape of the area.


    Price: Five supreme Sacred stones.]


    Both Asher and Alfred stood dumbfounded in the room as they read the beast''s details on the card. They were stuck in the quality section.


    Aakesh had told them that the Ultimate quality was the highest quality the beast could have.

 Chapter 955 A New Day For The Store(3)

    Chapter 955: A New Day for the Store(3)


    "Ultimate!"


    "Ultimate!"


    Both Alfred and Asher eximed in shock at the same time.


    The next moment, Asher''s lips twitched as he couldn''t get a single beast above Higher quality, and Alfred got the highest level of quality possible only on his first try.


    ''Am I the son of fortune?'' Alfred thought in his heart as his eyes finally moved below the quality section.


    His eyes grew wider and wider as he read further on the card, and when his eyes finally reached thest section, they were on the verge of popping out.


    Alfred couldn''t help but rub his eyes if he saw things wrong, but despite that, the price of the beast stayed at five supreme Sacred stones. The next moment, his shoulders sank in disappointment.


    After reading the details on the card, Alfred had made up his mind to buy it, but after seeing the price, he didn''t know what to say.


    Even the entire value of the Vurrons since their birth wasn''t equal to five supreme Sacred stones, so taking that amount out was impossible for Alfred. Even Jaimie wouldn''t be able to take the amount.


    Even Asher felt the same disappointment after reading the price on the card. Even though the Metigro was only an early Divine Transformation, its quality would make sure that the beast would reach a higher level than any Vurrons had ever achieved. It would be another item that could defend the Vurrons even if the store owner refused to intervene.


    "Give another try," Asher tapped on Alfred''s head and said.


    Since Alfred''s fortune was heaven-defying, Asher wanted to take advantage of that to get a suitable beast for the Vurron''s safety.


    Alfred''s face turned painful immediately. Asher''s lips twitched as he responded, "I will pay for it, you try."


    The painful face immediately disappeared as Alfred went ahead and ced the card in itspartment. He then took a deep breath and pushed the switch.


    The next moment, on the top of the screen, "1" appeared while a square light began to rotate, covering each section on the screen.


    The rotation halted after exactly five seconds, and a creature suddenly appeared on the screen.


    It was a majestic creature with the head of a lion, but its head was demonic. The head had three pairs of eyes, simr to those of a lion. Its lion''s mane shone golden, as if it could even rece the sun.


    The next moment, a card flew into Alfred''s hands.


    [Name: Illusionary Sphinx


    Type: Beast


    Race: Demon


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Illusion


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Transformation


    Special ability:


    Illusionary ws: The Illusionary Sphinx can create illusory ws that deal excessive damage to the opponent.


    Mirage Roar: The Illusionary Sphinx can release a roar that creates a mirage, causing the opponent to miss its attack.


    Phantom Shield: The Illusionary Sphinx can create an illusory shield around its body, absorbing damage.


    Invisibility: The Illusionary Sphinx can be and make its master invisible, making it impossible for the opponent to hit it.


    Dreamscape: The Illusionary Sphinx can transport itself and the opponent''s monster into a dreamscape, causing confusion and disorientation for one turn. (this ability can only be used once per day)


    Card Description: The Illusionary Sphinx is a mysterious creature known for its ability to create powerful illusions. Its illusion attribute makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of deceiving, confusing, and vanquishing your opponents. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before your powerful Illusionary Sphinx.


    Price: 7 supreme Sacred stones.]


    "WHAT!"


    Even someone like Asher lost his calm when he read the quality section on the card.


    Getting one Ultimate quality beast was luck, but even the second round of summoning led to such a result.


    "Are you someone else?" Asher couldn''t help but ask Alfred. If Alfred''s fortune was so great, then why didn''t it help Thorrons and Vurrons rise in stature? Forget the race''s advancement; even Alfred wasn''t the mightiest in the race.


    Even Alfred had the same question in his mind. Howe his fortune was so great, but he had yet toe across a powerful creature''s inheritance?


    This time, Alfred didn''t even check the price of the beast. It would be more costly than the Metigro as the cultivation level of the Illusionary Sphinx was higher by three sub-levels.


    "Should I give it another try?" Alfred suddenly turned around and asked Asher.


    Asher''s lips twitched after seeing Alfred''s face. He understood why Alfred asked such a question.


    "Sure," Asher said after heaving a helpless sigh.


    Alfred nodded and proceeded with a hint of excitement and anticipation in his eyes. Since he wasn''t spending money on the summoning round and yet pressed the button, he felt nothing but great.


    Alfred then repeated the previous process and soon after pressed the switch.


    The next moment, on top of the screen, "2" appeared, and five secondster, a beast presented itself on the screen.


    On the screen was a wolf, with deep gray, thick, and shaggy fur. It had piercing yellow eyes as if it woulde out of the screen any time and fight Alfred.


    The next moment, a card containing the details of the wolf flew into Aakesh''s hands.


    [Name: Dire Wolf


    Type: Beast


    Race: Wolf


    Quality: Lesser


    Element: Sound


    Cultivation: Late Divine Being


    Ability: Howl of the Pack: Dire Wolf can call upon its pack to join the battle, summoning two additional Dire Wolf minions to fight by its side.


    The Dire Wolf is a fierce and powerful predator that is known for the way it hunts and works as a pack. Its sound attributes allow it to move swiftly and strike with deadly precision without alerting enemies. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage and calling upon its pack to join the battle. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Dire Wolf pack.


    Price: Seven thousand seven hundred seventy-seven ordinary Sacred stones.]


    "How can there be so much difference?" Alfredined as he summoned a Lesser quality beast.


    The previous two turns gave him an ultimate quality beast, and instead of quality slowly decreasing, it immediately went to the lowest possible level.

 Chapter 956 A New Day For The Store(4)

    Chapter 956: A New Day for the Store(4)


    Asher didn''t check his friend''s card this time as he couldn''t handle another high-quality beast, while he got none. But when he suddenly heard Alfredin, Asher went ahead and checked the card and almost stumbled.


    "Is my luck over even before it could help me," Alfred mumbled and decided to check another round of summoning.


    Alfred didn''t even look at Asher and ced the card in thepartment one inch right to the screen while raising his hand to press the button.


    Alfred''s hand was only an inch away from the button when he remembered that this round of summoning would cost him ten ordinary Sacred stones.


    Alfred suddenly turned around and looked at Asher, waiting for him to say yes.


    If not for them being in the store, Asher would have punched Alfred for his antics, but since he also got curious to see what Alfred would summon this time, Asher agreed to pay another ten ordinary Sacred stones for his friend.


    Tap!


    RUMBLE! RUMBLE!... rumble!


    The number 2 changed to 3 on the screen, while the square light began rotating at a rapid rate.


    Soon five seconds passed, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    If Aakesh were here, he would have gotten surprised since the creature on the screen was one of the rarest creatures not only in the Sacred Dimension but also in the Multiverse.


    It was the Moonbeam Cow. There were only one hundred and eight thousand of these creatures in existence at one time in the entire Multiverse.


    Of these 108,000 cows, only around a few hundred were in the Sacred Dimension, while all others were in the third Dimension.


    The Moonbeam Cow was a majestic creature with pure white and silver fur that shimmered in the light. Their fur was thick and soft, and they had long, curved horns that gleamed in the light. Their eyes were a deep blue, and they seemed to sparkle like the stars. The Moonbeam Cows had a crescent moon shape on their forehead that glowed softly in the darkness. They had a calm and peaceful demeanor, and they moved with a grace and elegance that was mesmerizing to behold. They were also gigantic. Even a newborn of this species was tens of meters tall and broad.


    Alfred and Asher felt calm while only looking at the screen. As the card flew into Alfred''s hands, he focused on the content on it.


    [Name: Moonbeam Cow


    Type: Beast


    Race: Cow


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Light, Healing


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Special ability:


    Lunar Healing - Moonbeam Cow can call upon the power of the moon to heal all friends.


    Lunar Shield - Moonbeam Cow can create a barrier of lunar energy around itself and its master.


    Moonbeam - Moonbeam Cow can call upon the power of the moon to increase the speed and uracy of its master on the battlefield by 250%.


    Lunar Serenade - Moonbeam Cow can sing a soothing song that puts everyone hearing it to sleep, restoring their health and removing any negative effects.


    Lunar Blessing - Moonbeam Cow can bless all friends on the battlefield, increasing their attack and defense by 500% for one turn.


    Lunar Empowerment - Moonbeam Cow can empower its master on the battlefield, increasing their energy rate by 50%.


    Card Description: The Moonbeam Cows are a peaceful and gentle species of cow, known for their ability to heal with the power of the moon. Their healing attribute makes them a valuable addition. This card can be used to summon a powerful support monster on the battlefield, capable of keeping you alive and thriving in battle. Use it wisely, and watch as you thrive under the support of the Moonbeam Cows.


    Price: Five thousand supreme Sacred stones]


    Alfred and Asher had no words to say now.


    Alfred was thinking about whether his luck was great or if it was a curse. He was getting beasts of ultimate quality, but he could never afford them. Asher, on the other hand, was thinking, ''why did Alfred''s luck fluctuate so much?''


    "Should we speak to the store owner about it?" Asher suddenly asked.


    Alfred nodded, even he wanted to know why his summoning rate was so high.


    ***


    "Oh, you summoned Moonbeam Cow?" Even Aakesh was surprised when he heard Alfred''s question.


    Moonbeam cows are extremely significant creatures due to their supporting skills. Although they had an attacking skill when they were created, they were such gentle creatures that there had never been a case of them using it; as a result, no Moonbeam cows were now born with attacking skills.


    "Hey, system, why is Alfred''s luck fluctuating so much?" Aakesh asked the system.


    There were bound to be cases where customers would summon beasts they couldn''t afford, but summoning three ultimate beasts out of four rounds was an oddity. The summoning rate of even a legendary beast was one-billionth. Only extreme fortune could change those odds, but someone with that much luck wouldn''t only be a peak Divine Lord despite living for millions of years.


    [Host, the customer, Alfred, has been marked by an extremely strong creature. Its luck had affected his fortune!]


    "Does it have anything to do with our store?" Aakesh asked.


    [Yes, Host!]


    [The karma of the creature marking Alfred links it with the store!]


    "Can it affect our store or harm me?" Aakesh suddenly remembered the three seconds rule, so he asked the system.


    After hearing the system, Aakesh heaved a sigh of relief. The creature that marked Alfred was someone from the Sacred Dimension, not the Third Dimension, so there were no chances of it harming the store or him while he was inside.


    "Why don''t you show yourself?"


    Alfred and Asher were waiting for Aakesh''s response when Aakesh suddenly looked at Alfred and calmly asked.


    Alfred and Asher were confused since they didn''t understand what Aakesh meant, but suddenly, a wave of headache attacked Alfred as his body began trembling.


    Soon, a strange aura appeared around Alfred, causing Asher to take two steps back in shock and fright.


    There was a weird smile on Alfred''s face while his eyes had turned dark like the entrance of an abyss.


    "How interesting, you found me!" Even Alfred''s voice had changed as he spoke.


    ***


    A/N: How many of you still remember the three-second rule?

 Chapter 957 A New Day For The Store(5)

    Chapter 957: A New Day for the Store(5)


    "How interesting that you found me despite your low cultivation!" An unfamiliar voice came out of Alfred''s mouth.


    "Why did you mark him?" Aakesh asked. His voice contained no respect at all for the man.


    "Do you want me to leave him?" The man asked instead of answering Aakesh.


    "It''s up to you and him to decide that. I only want you to release him whenever he is inside the store. Your aura is affecting his luck," Aakesh answered immediately.


    Aakesh couldn''t just let Alfred summon an ultimate quality beast at every turn. It would be nothing but a waste of money for Alfred, as he would never be able to afford the beast, but he would still have to pay for pressing the switch.


    "What if I don''t do that?" The man asked with a hint of curiosity.


    It was only the man''s projection, so even if there were something dangerous, his actual body would still be fine. But the man still wanted to know what gave Aakesh the courage to challenge a Sacred Emperor.


    Above the Supreme God cultivation level was the Sacred King level, and even above that was the Sacred Emperor level.


    Each Sacred Emperor cultivator had an army of Supreme Gods, as their inner world could give birth to cultivators of that level, while their personal strength would be enough to cause destruction just with their presence alone.


    "Then your original body won''t be allowed in the store, and possessing Alfred in the store would be against the rules," Aakesh said with no emotion.


    At the same time, a new rule appeared on the rule board.


    "Possessions aren''t allowed inside the store."


    "What if you and I make a deal?" The man suddenly said.


    The store was the driving force behind his decision to mark Alfred. The man''s name was Gagan, and he specialized in divinity.


    While divining about him, the stars led him to Thorr City and the store. His actual body was very far from the city.


    The divinity only led him to the store but not its directions, so once he lost the way, even he wouldn''t know how long it would take him to find it. So Gagan had no choice but to expend a part of his cultivation and mark Alfred before he reached the store.


    Since marking Alfred reduced his cultivation by ten thousand years, Gagan didn''t want to give up on this body easily. Lifespan wasn''t valuable in the Sacred Dimension due to immortality, so the cost required for divining was usually cultivation years.


    "No," Aakesh bluntly said, without even having the intention to listen to the man''s offer.


    "But I need this mark to know the directions," The man suddenly replied in a hurry as powerful energy began to act on Alfred, trying to remove Gagan''s mark.


    Aakesh finally understood the reason behind the situation. There were countless skills in the Multiverse, so there were bound to be weird ones.


    "You don''t worry about that," Aakesh suddenly said, and the aura around Alfred began to return to normal.


    ***


    "NO!" A man traveling in the void suddenly screamed in anger.


    It was none other than Gagan, who had just found his mark on Thorr City disappearing. The next moment, the conversation with Aakesh emerged in his head as a piece of memory.


    Gagan''s eyes turned slightly red from anger as he found Aakesh to be the source behind the ruining of his hard work and losing ten thousand cultivation years.


    But suddenly, a smile appeared on his face as a new memory appeared in his head, telling him the exact distance and direction of the store from where he was.


    ***


    Since the man was a customer and a wealthy one at that, how could Aakesh leave him to rely on fate? The system was going to remove the mark, but Aakesh instead told the system to mark the area where the store was, so Gagan would be able to find the exact distance and direction.


    Alfred also returned to normal. His eyes were blurry at first as if he had been sleeping for years. His reactions were also slower.


    "What happened to me?" Alfred asked as he looked around. He had no idea of what had happened moments ago. There was no memory of the moment as if the time had stopped when he asked Aakesh about his insane luck, and the time had only begun flowing right now.


    Asher had an ugly face as he shared everything with Alfred. In the end, both of them looked at each other with ugly expressions.


    "Store owner, has that honorable sir left my body?" Alfred asked with a weird face. It was a mixture ofughing and crying.


    Alfred wanted to curse the man behind all of this, but not knowing whether the man was still there, he didn''t dare to disrespect him.


    "Yes, you don''t need to worry," Aakesh replied, and without waiting for Alfred''s response, he closed his eyes, beginning another of his rxation sessions.


    Alfred heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Aakesh. The store owner wouldn''t lie, as it wouldn''t benefit him. If the store owner wanted to harm him, he would have never told him about the possession.


    Since the store owner had closed his eyes, it meant he didn''t want Alfred and Asher to disturb him.


    "Let''s check it inside," Alfred suddenly said while pointing at the fourth room.


    Since everything started with the beast''s summoning device, Alfred wanted to clear his doubts by the same.


    Alfred didn''t even ask Asher for the money this time, even though his heart bled just thinking about spending a hundred ordinary stones.


    As Alfred pressed the button on top of the screen, "3" turned into "4", and the square light began to rotate in a clockwise motion at an unprecedented speed.


    Exactly five secondster, the rotation stopped as a beast appeared on the screen.


    Soon, a card flew into Alfred''s hands. His hands were slightly trembling as he focused on the content.


    Alfred''s eyes straightaway went to the quality section. Seeing "ordinary" written there, Alfred couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief.


    The next moment, his expression turned into disappointment as it was finally a beast he could afford, but its quality was nowhere near the level he wanted.

 Chapter 958 A New Day For The Store(6)

    Chapter 958: A New Day for the Store(6)


    The store owner had told Alfred that the price for summoning the beast didn''t reset to zero.


    It didn''t matter when Alfred tried, but the next round of summoning would require him to pay a thousand ordinary stones right from the start.


    As for Asher, he wasn''t eligible anymore since he had already chosen the beast.


    Even Asher felt that it would be too much, so he told Alfred to make the purchase in the future. The store''s appearance in Thorr City would lead to an economic boom in the city, and since Alfred was the city leader, he would be the biggest beneficiary of that rise.


    Asher was confident there woulde a day when a thousand ordinary Sacred stones and one lesser Sacred stone would mean the same thing to them.


    Alfred realized this as well, so he inserted the card into thepartment one inch right to the screen and exited the device room with Asher.


    Asher and Alfred both approached Aakesh since they needed to pay their share.


    Getting the beast from the device wasn''t the end, as the owner needed to tame the beast and then sign a contract with it.


    Even if the store had all of the pirs and an early Divine Transformation obtained a peak Sacred Dimension level beast, they wouldn''t be able to own it because they couldn''t tame it.


    To ensure that the cultivators only received beasts they could tame, it was also the driving force behind the creation of two systems for summoning.


    The taming battle could only be started by the store owner, and a contract would be made between the store and the customer, with the store taking the lead. Since Aakesh was the store owner, the agreement couldn''t take ce without his presence.


    ***


    Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps approaching him, so he opened his eyes and turned in that direction. Alfred and Asher were nearing him.


    Aakesh didn''t have to think of a reason, as Asher had a card in his hands with a tinge of excitement on his face.


    "Store owner, I want to start the taming battle," Asher said. He tried to hide his excitement, but he clearly failed.


    The beast chosen by Asher was the Aviern, and its cultivation was the early Divine Lord. It should have been easy for the contract to take ce due to therge gap in cultivation, but things weren''t as they appeared.


    To tame the Aviern, Asher needed to defeat the beast at the same cultivation level. It was easy to summon a desired beast and have enough financial wealth to buy it, but it wasn''t easy to take the beast home.


    It was also the reason why the system only wanted Aakesh to sell five thousand beasts in 360 days. It wasn''t because of the cost, but because it was difficult to purchase. It was a three-question-marked product for a reason.


    Aakesh nodded as he took the card from Asher''s hands. Aakesh then turned around the card, and there was a small pattern of the store''s building on it.


    Aakesh tapped on it twice and then handed over the card to Asher.


    When Asher took the card, he suddenly found his surroundings changing as he found himself floating in the air while Aviern was staring at him.


    It took a while for Asher to adjust himself, as this was his first time floating in the air. Since he had to battle a creature like the Aviern in the air, in its domain, he needed more than just readiness.


    Soon the battle began as the Aviern charged at Asher. Both sides'' cultivation levels were early Divine Lord, but the Aviern was faster, appearing in front of Asher in no time.


    Its ws engulfed in mes were like the setting of the sun as it fell on Asher. Asher wasn''t someone who stood at the peak of Vurrons for no reason. His sword easily deflected the attack, demonstrating his talent.


    It was only the start, as a destructive battle began between the duo.


    The battle dragged on indefinitely because no party was aware of the passage of time. Asher finally won the battle as his strike took whatever energy Aviern had and knocked it unconscious with numerous bloody injuries spread across its body.


    Asher wasn''t any better, as bones could be seen through many of his injuries, and his body was shaking as it had lost too much blood.


    A smile spread across his face when he suddenly found his surroundings changing. The next thing he knew, he was back in the store, the card still in his head.


    A surprised expression appeared on his face as he asked Alfred how long he had been gone.


    "Hmm, I didn''t see you going anywhere. You just took the card from the store owner''s hands," Alfred answered.


    Asher''s conjecture turned out to be correct. Even though there was no way to judge time in his battle with the Aviern, he still believed that days must have passed.


    Asher then asked Aakesh and finally got his answer.


    "There is no time in the taming battle. Even if you fought for years, no time would have passed inside the store," Aakesh answered.


    The consciousnesses of the customer and the beast fought in a system-controlled area, so there were no chances of death or injury for either the beast or the customer.


    The next moment, the store pattern on the back of the card lightened up.


    "Drop your blood," Aakesh told Asher, as it was now time to sign the contract.


    Asher did as he was told, and soon, he found a new consciousness in his sea of consciousness. It was in the shape of the creature on the card.


    The card in Asher''s hands began to slowly change as the content on it began to disappear while the illustration of the Aviern started to expand, and soon it covered the entire card front.


    The store-building pattern on the back dimmed and returned to normal as the beast now belonged to Asher. It wasn''t a master-servant contract. The customer had more power over the beast, but they couldn''t force the beast to attempt suicide. It would be a breach of the agreement and would result in annulment.

 Chapter 959 A New Day For The Store(7)

    Chapter 959: A New Day for the Store(7)


    "You need to pay three hundred fifty higher Sacred stones and one ordinary Sacred stone," Aakesh announced since only payment was left for Asher to takeplete ownership of the Aviern.


    Asher nodded and then began to take the stones out of his inner world. After taking the precise amount out, he pushed them toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the Sacred stones disappeared from the store and appeared in the system space.


    After the system informed Aakesh about the correct payment, Aakesh told Asher about the sale''spletion.


    Cry!


    A beast''s cry rang inside Asher''s consciousness as soon as the sale wasplete.


    The consciousness that looked like the Aviern began toe to life. It was only the outline earlier, but now it was a living beast.


    The card in Asher''s hands disappeared from his hands and appeared in his sea of consciousness.


    It charged at it and quickly melted into it as soon as Aviern saw the card.


    The card would now live in Asher''s sea of consciousness, and the Aviern would live in the space inside the card.


    The environment inside the card was specially designed to suit the respective beast, making it the ideal ce for the beast bought from the store to live.


    Asher tried to enter the space inside the card, but he got blocked as only the beast was allowed.


    "Thank you, store owner," Asher thanked Aakesh and then left the queue.


    It was now Alfred''s turn. Even though he hadn''t bought any beast, he still needed to pay the summoning cost.


    "You need to pay one hundred and eleven ordinary Sacred stones and one hundred and ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced expressionlessly as the system informed him about Alfred''s summoning details.


    Alfred felt a pang in his heart as he paid the amount. Alfred couldn''t help but curse the being who marked him, as without him, he wouldn''t have to pay one hundred ordinary stones just to check.


    Alfred and Asher then paid thirty-five lesser Sacred stones each for Panagea and began to wait for their turn to arrive in Panagea.


    The store now had items for Divine Lord level cultivators, but Asher had already spent a lot, so he didn''t need to see any more things that might force him to buy. As for Alfred, he was in a foul mood to check weapons or other products.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair with his eyes closed when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the outside, approaching the store.


    Aakesh opened his eyes, and familiar faces weed his sight.


    This group of people gathered arge crowd surrounding them just with their presence alone.


    These people were none other than William, Elle, and their retinue.


    William and Elle had faces filled with excitement as they looked at the store from the outside.


    The building in the Sacred Dimension looked smaller than it did in the Primal Dimension. They then looked at each other, and both of them had the same expression of rush.


    The duo wanted to enter the store as soon as possible and meet the store owner.


    Even though arge group of Vurrons had surrounded these strangers, none of them dared to approach them. Even a novice Divine Transformation cultivator could sense dangerous energy from this group of strangers.


    None in the group recognized the race of these strangers, but they knew that it wasn''t something they could hope to achieve. A feeling of inferiority engulfed many hearts only by seeing the beautiful appearances of these people.


    "Young master, is this the store that alerted even our Ancestor?" William''s butler asked since Adam ordered the butler to follow William and Elle.


    ***


    William''s eyes shone as he entered the store. The familiar sense of danger, despite his standing here with his true strength and not the limited cultivation, didn''t alert him; instead, it made him smile, as it was the store.


    A bright smile appeared on his face as he saw the familiar and mysterious store owner looking at them with those same indifferent eyes.


    "How are you, store owner?" Willian asked and then greeted him with a slight bow.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to the greetings. There were around nine people in William''s group, and William''s cultivation was the lowest, while the strongest was the Sacred Monarch.


    It was a level above the Sacred Emperor, and above the Sacred Monarch was the level of the Sacred Creator, the top cultivation level of the Sacred Dimension. There was another cultivation level, the Dimensional Throne, but that level was impossible for the cultivators of the Sacred Dimension to achieve.


    There were only eleven Dimensional Thrones in the Sacred Dimension, and they were none other than the eleven Void Beasts.


    William''s butler also greeted Aakesh. Since his master had greeted Aakesh, it made no sense that he didn''t. The other retinue members also followed suit.


    Each of them was aware of what the sudden disappearance of William had caused in the Asquith family, so none of them was unaware of Aakesh and the store. In fact, Adam chose the best possible retinue members for William and Elle so none of them would attempt a mistake, offending Aakesh in the end.


    Adam also wanted to check out the store for himself, but as he was a peak Sacred Creator, Panagea didn''t interest him that much. For him, the training area was the best product, but since he wasn''t sure whether the store had products catering to his level of cultivators, Adam decided to wait before confirming things.


    ***


    "Are the products the same or different?" William asked after sharing some pleasantries with Aakesh.


    "They are the same, but there is none except Pangea that caters to you or other members of your group," Aakesh replied expressionlessly.


    Though he wore a disappointed look, William asked Aakesh to introduce the other product because he wasn''t aware of it.


    These products didn''t cater to William and his group, but that didn''t mean they couldn''t buy them. If the new product turned out to be exceptional, William would buy it. Money was thest thing he needed to worry about since he was the heir of the Asquith Family.

 Chapter 960 A New Day For The Store(8)

    Chapter 960: A New Day for the Store(8)


    "Do you only want to know about the new product, or should I introduce all five?" Aakesh asked.


    As days passed, Aakesh began to like his work, so he didn''t feel it tiresome to introduce the store''s products or keep them minimal.


    "All five," Elle replied.


    There were bound to be changes in the product after the store''s ascension, so it was better for them to know about all the store items.


    "Pills are the first product. Only Lesser and Higher level pills are avable in the store right now. For both grades, ten pills each are avable:


    (1.) First-grade lesser body healing pill: The pill can heal minor injuries up to peak Divine Being, while it would only work for Divine Lords if taken inrge numbers. It costs 10 lesser Sacred stones¡­"


    "Weapons are the second item. Simr to Pils, the store only sells Lesser and Higher level weapons. Twelve categories of weapons are currently avable in the store¡­"


    .


    .


    "The fifth product is the Beast Summoner Device. As its name implies, it''s a device used for summoning beasts¡­" Aakesh soon introduced all five products to the store and the basic information regarding them.


    "Store owner, does the Primordial Level Training Area not exist here?" William suddenly asked Aakesh. It was not only his question but also his father''s.


    Adam had asked William to inform him if there is Primordial level training avable since there was a Gods & Demons level in the Primal Dimension.


    Aakesh expected this question from those who had knowledge of dimensions and were also customers in the Primal Dimension, so he informed William about the criteria for activating the training area.


    William nodded after learning the reason since it made sense. The power difference between the weakest third Dimension cultivator and the peak Sacred Creator was greater than the power difference between a peak Sacred Creator and an ordinary mortal from the Primal Dimension. Even if there was a chance that an ordinary mortal cultivator could kill a peak Sacred Creator, there was no chance of that case repeating itself in a battle between a peak Sacred Creator and the weakest Primordial cultivator.


    ***


    "Store owner, what does the quality here exactly imply?"


    "If a Divine Transformation beast can achieve the Supreme God level with ultimate quality, does that mean a Divine Being beast will achieve one level higher than the Supreme God with ultimate quality?"


    Elle asked after the conversation between the trio went to the Beast Summoner Device. It would be a lie if William and Elle said that they weren''t interested in the beasts. It was an additional helper not only in reality but also for Panagea.


    "Yes!"


    "If a Divine Transformation beast with ultimate quality advances to Divine Being, its quality will be reduced by one level. It will now have Divine Quality. It will continue to advance till its quality bes ordinary."


    "At the ordinary level, only a few of the beasts will be able to advance. As for lesser quality, the chances of advancement had be zero."


    "Store owner, is it certain that they will advance, or are there some conditions?" Elle asked as she became immersed in the topic.


    "The beasts bought by the store are the same as cultivators. An ultimate quality beast will certainly advance to True God level, but above that, it would depend on the materials it consumes and its training," Aakesh answered.


    "Are there no chances that a Divine Transformation beast with ultimate quality will ever surpass the Supreme God level?" Elle asked immediately after hearing the answer.


    From the rule, the store owner suggested, a Divine Transformation beast with ultimate quality would reach Higher God at ordinary quality. At that grade, there were no certain advancements, but there were chances. As for when the beast reached the Supreme God, their grade would be lesser, taking away all chances of advancement.


    For the people of Thorr City or this, even a Supreme God was a level they had never heard of, but for William and Elle, it was nothing. Elle''s cultivation waste Sacred King, while William''s cultivation was intermediate Higher God.


    Elle asked only about Divine Transformation beasts because she wanted a beast of such a level since they would start from zero.


    "There will be ways to increase the quality in the future," Aakesh answered.


    With each pir unlocked, the system would unlock a new feature for the device, just like hatching. The system would add the quality evolution function when the second column, which represents the beasts of True God to Supreme God level, would activate, and the beast evolution function would follow when the store added the third pir.


    Elle had no more questions left about the current device, so she decided to stop.


    "Store owner, tell us about the card," William requested Aakesh. Since Elle had gotten her answers, it was now time for him.


    Aakesh nodded and then introduced the three cards and their functions.


    "Why are the functions weaker in the Sacred Dimension?" William asked as the Supreme Store Card in the Primal Dimension allowed the card owner to teleport to the store from any corner of the Dimension.


    It wasn''t the case here, as there were some restrictions on teleportations, and unlike the Primal Dimension, the customers could only mark two destinations for teleportations to and from the store.


    "The product isn''t worth the cost," Aakesh instantly replied.


    The system could still make cards that would allow customers to teleport from any corner of the Sacred Dimension to the store, but its cost wasn''t worth trying for the store.


    The system only engaged in fair trade and created a card that an ultimate Sacred stone could help with. There were ways to do it by increasing the card''s cost, and the system had even consulted Aakesh about creating a limited number of cards that would allow all corner teleportations at a higher cost. Aakesh decided against it, as one denomination for one card was a great policy, and they wanted to continue with that.


    William became dumbfounded after hearing Aakesh.


    ''Is that what one ultimate Sacred stone can achieve?'' He couldn''t help but wonder in his heart.


    ***


    A/N: I hope the readers, who thought that the system''s power had grown weaker, are satisfied with this exnation!


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 961 The Ultimate Store Card!

    Chapter 961: The Ultimate Store Card!


    ''Is that what one ultimate Sacred stone can achieve?'' William couldn''t help but think after hearing Aakesh''s response.


    It was true that what the Ultimate Store Card offered was less valuable than what the Supreme Store Card sold in the Primal Dimension, but only when they were bothpared. If not for that, the card still offered much more than its value.


    William couldn''t hold back his curiosity, so he decided to ask Aakesh about it.


    "Yes, the store cards'' abilities are what their cost offers," Aakesh agreed. As for how the store did it, Aakesh wasn''t going to answer, and William also knew that.


    ? This technology alone was worth more than the value of many top races. No one could stop any race from bing the Dimension''s sole rulers if they gained control of such high energy conversion technology.


    Elle then suddenly whispered in William''s ears about the beasts. They could see seven people waiting at one corner of the store, so they understood that the spots in Panagea weren''t avable.


    William nodded and requested nine Ultimate Store cards. He then took out nine ultimate Sacred stones from a space ring. Even though his cultivation was intermediate Higher God, his inner world couldn''t handle the presence of the ultimate Sacred stones. He needed to store them in a space ring.


    Elle''s inner world could store these stones, but her wealth was no match for William, despite being thousands of years older than him.


    William''s daily allowance was greater than Elle''s annual ie from businesses under her control. When it came to their heirs, the Asquith family made nopromises on expenses.


    Aakesh only nodded and began to repeat the process. He only stopped when there were nine cards in his hands. Aakesh then handed these nine glowing cards to William.


    The difference between the Higher and Ultimate Store cards was like the difference between heaven and earth. They were simr in size and shape, but the ultimate card''s thickness had grown to the point where it felt almost metallic; however, because of its high degree of sticity, it could be bent if desired.


    The card front was golden in color, with dark-blue bordering. The bordering wasn''t simple, as there were patterns of the store''s building engraved on it.


    Even someone like William couldn''t find the number of patterns engraved on the border. The store''s name covered one-fourth of the card''s golden-painted front. The fonts were the same as what the system used on the storefront.


    Below the store''s name was a zigzag pattern engraved in dark blue, simr to the border and Aakesh''s skin.


    A ck hole expanding pattern could be seen below the zigzag, and a blurry silhouette could be seen inside. Below it was the tiny needle, and slightly below it was the see-through hole.


    William gently took the card from Aakesh''s hands and then distributed it to the people in his group.


    Even though all of them were already aware of Aakesh''s knowledge of the Ancient Draconguage, they still couldn''t help but be shocked when they saw thenguage. Especially the butler, as he was also once a member of the royal family; his education was up to standards, so he knew more than William and Elle.


    Even in the Ancient Draconguage, there were three time spans. The oldest was the Antiquity; the second-oldest was the Primordial; and the third was the Ancient. But since the knowledge of the Antiquity and Primordial Draconic had disappeared from the minds of many Dragons, let alone other races such as Elves there became one category of the Ancient Draconic.


    The Asquith Family only had a basic knowledge of those two forgottennguages, so when the butler saw the pattern: his eyes expanded violently. The feeling he got from the zigzag pattern was that it was rted to the Primordial Draconguage.


    The butler couldn''t help but look at Aakesh in astonishment. At the same time, he decided to tell Adam about it right after returning.


    William and Elle weren''t aware of the thoughts going on inside the butler''s head, but they still noticed the sudden change in his eyes. William asked concernedly, bringing a gentle smile to the butler''s face.


    "Young master, you will find it when the time has arrived." The butler spoke with a gentle smile. He had reached out to pat William''s shoulders, but it suddenly stopped because of the vast status gap between the two of them.


    William smiled at the butler''s actions, but he still went and touched his shoulder with the butler''s palm.


    The butler wanted to snatch his hands back, but William suddenly grabbed them. The cultivation difference between the two was such that even a slight leak of destructive aura from the butler would be enough to kill William countless times. But the butler could only smile helplessly as the actions went forward.


    The guards, standing behind the butler, smiled after seeing their young master''s action. They prayed in their hearts for William to stay this way, as he was still only a child and his actions were innocent.


    Even though William and Elle were aware of how to link with the store card, Aakesh still told them as there were new faces in the group.


    The guards immediately looked at William, and only when he nodded did theymit the act.


    Even though none of the guards were from the direct family, their bloodlines were pure since the family mostly hired only those with pure bloodlines.


    The already-golden cards began to glow even brighter when the pure blood of the Sun Elves engulfed them.


    Time flew by, and several seconds passed in the blink of an eye.


    All nine of them linked sessfully with the card. The blurry silhouette in the ck hole pattern had now taken on the same shape as the card''s owner.


    The card only allowed two locations to be marked, so all of them marked Elysium as the first point. As for the second, it was important, so there was no hurry.


    William turned around and looked at his butler and the staff. He ordered the group to tell his father that the training area wasn''t currently avable. The ability of Ultimate Store Card allowed them to teleport directly from Elysium to the store, so they didn''t need to worry about finding a suitable living ce anymore.

 Chapter 962 Elles Determination!

    Chapter 962: Elle''s Determination!


    The butler and the guards nodded. Since the store was safer than even their houses, from what they could sense, there was no longer any need to protect William and Elle. The way of returning had be simple for them as they only needed to activate the teleport function and they would be in their houses.


    The butler and the guards respectfully bowed to William and Elle first before paying respect to Aakesh.


    The moment they turned on the card''s teleport feature, a white light engulfed them. The light disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, seven of the nine people''s group had also disappeared.


    William and Elle then turned around and told Aakesh about their willingness to check on the beasts. As for Panagea, now that they owned store cards, they didn''t need to tell Aakesh about it.


    The duo only needed to think of it, and the system would deduct the cost, saving their spots for Panagea.


    ***


    [Name: Ghost Basilisk


    Type: Beast


    Race: Snake


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Illusion


    Cultivation: Late Divine Transformation


    Special ability:


    Ghostly Slip - Ghost Basilisk can turn invisible and move through solid objects, allowing it to avoid all attacks for one turn.


    Illusionary Venom - Ghost Basilisk can create an illusory venom that poisons the opponent''s dream, eroding their sanity(Use cautiously as there are fifty percent chances of the attack affecting the master as well) (If the opponent had a suitable spiritual defense, the master would face the brunt of the attack) (Can only be used once every three days)


    Spectral Roar - Ghost Basilisk can release a roar that creates a spectral illusion, miying the opponent''s direction


    Phantom Shield - Ghost Basilisk can create an illusory shield around itself and the master''s body, absorbing one sub-level higher damage.


    Haunting Presence - Ghost Basilisk can create a haunting presence that intimidates the opponent, lowering their attack power by 25% for two strikes.


    Card Description: The Ghost Basilisk is a mysterious and deadly creature known for its arsenal of attacks. Its illusion attribute allows it to strike with deadly precision and avoid all attacks. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage and avoiding all attacks. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Ghost Basilisk.


    Price: Ny-five thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    On the card, there was a beautiful yet terrifying beast illustration. It was a transparent creature with only the faint outline of its body visible. It had a long, slender body with venomous fangs and a pair of yellow eyes that seemed to glow in the darkness.


    It was a Ghost Basilisk, one of the species of the snake group of beasts. They were enormous predators in their respective regions.


    Since Elle showed more interest in beasts than William, she became the first to activate the summoning round. Her fortune was great since she was not only born into a top race but also into the top family of that race.


    She was fortunate enough to receive a legendary beast on her first try, and that too from a predatory race well-known throughout the Sacred Dimension.


    Even though the store owner had said that there would be chances of upgrading the quality of the beasts, Elle still wanted an ultimate quality beast for her. She could sense that things weren''t as rosy as they looked on the outside.


    If the store could upgrade the quality of the beasts in the future, wouldn''t that mean a loss for those who would splurgerge amounts of money on buying top-quality beasts? There must be some situation here. She would only find it once the product was here, so she needed to wait.


    Even though the beast in her hand was great, especially with the skill "Illusionary Venom," which was an extremely rare illusionary skill in venomous species, she still decided to return it, as she would stop at nothing short of an ultimate quality beast.


    Her wealth wasn''t close to William''s, but it was only less whenpared to his.


    Elle then ced the card in thepartment, and it disappeared immediately.


    Elle then pressed the switch below the screen. On top of the screen, "1" appeared while the square light box began to rotate at an unprecedented speed.


    Five seconds passed in no time as a beast appeared on the screen, and not long after, a card flew into her hands.


    Elle had no change in her facial expressions as it was only a legendary quality beast. She then returned the card and pressed the switch for the third time. This round would cost her one ordinary Sacred stone. But since for her, there was no difference between ordinary and lesser stones, she didn''t care.


    Soon, five seconds passed, and finally, there was a change in the quality of the beast. Elle''s face turned disappointed as there was a decrease in quality. The card in her hand referred to a supreme-quality Great Sphinx.


    Elle didn''t even spend time reading its details; she returned it.


    The next round of summoning cost her ten ordinary stones; then it turned to a hundred, and soon it touched the thousand figure. Elle didn''t care, as this amount meant nothing to her.


    Finally, the cost of summoning touched one higher Sacred stone. Elle still had the same face as the new card flew into her hands.


    A disappointed expression appeared on her face as the quality was still not ultimate but divine.


    William stood next to Elle while he waited for her to summon the beast she wanted. At the same time, he was thinking of calling his other sisters here as well. He liked Elle more, but his feelings for the other sisters were still unconditional.


    Time flew by, and finally, the cost of summoning touched ten thousand higher Sacred stones, more than the cost of many beasts.


    Elle still had an uncaring face, as she had already vowed to stop at nothing till she got the ultimate quality beast. She looked at the screen, and soon, a card stating the illustration and the details of the beast flew into her hands.


    Elle''s eyes expanded violently as she looked at the card.


    Quality: Ultimate


    ***


    A/N: Today was mass release day, but I had forgotten about it (awkward face). I only remembered today because of the rm.


    Sorry! Let''s fix a date in February for the mass release with a minimum of ten chapters! Comment, what date should we do it?

 Chapter 963 Calling(1)

    Chapter 963: Calling(1)


    [Name: Sky Serpent


    Type: Beast


    Race: Snake


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Poison


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristic: Immunity


    Description: Any poison two sub-levels higher than it couldn''t harm it


    Ability:


    Venomous Bite - Sky Serpent can bite the opponent, dealing additional damage and poisoning them.


    Flight - Sky Serpent can fly and move through the air, allowing it to avoid all ground-based attacks.


    Poisonous Cloud - Sky Serpent can release a cloud of poisonous gas that deals excessive damage to its opponent.


    Venomous Tail - Sky Serpent can whip its tail at the opponent''s monster, dealing damage and poisoning them.


    Sky Shield - Sky Serpent can create a shield of poisonous energy.


    Toxic Rain - Sky Serpent can call upon the skies to rain down poisonous droplets, dealing additional damage to its opponents.


    Card Description: The Sky Serpent is a powerful and deadly creature known for its ability to fly and move through the air, as well as its venomous attacks. Its poison attribute allows it to deal massive damage and poison the opponent''s monsters. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage, poisoning the opponent''s monsters, and avoiding all ground-based attacks. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Sky Serpent.


    Price: Six hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    The Sky Serpent was a majestic and deadly creature; it was a gigantic snake with a long and slender body, and it had blue and purple scales that shimmered in the sunlight. It had a pair of translucent purple wings that allowed it to fly and move through the air effortlessly and quickly. Its venomous fangs were elongated, and its eyes were yellow, giving it a terrifying appearance. Its long tail was tipped with a venomous stinger that could be used to whip its opponents. The Sky Serpent was a creature of great power and beauty thatmanded respect and fear from all who saw it.


    Elle''s eyes shone with excitement as she read the card details. Not only was it an ultimate quality beast, but also one from a powerful race.


    The Sky Serpent had an additional detail that no other beast summoned by her had until now. It had an immunity characteristic.


    The Sky Serpents were called "King of Poisons" in the Sacred Dimension for nothing. Not only were they an extremely venomous species, but a rare few of them even had the "Immunity" characteristic.


    When Elle saw the price quoted for the beast, she found nothing wrong with it. Even if the creature only had one skill, she still would have been satisfied with the cost because of the rare "Immunity" characteristics.


    She excitedly showed the card to William, who had been silently waiting for Elle to find the card she desired.


    William read the details and nodded with a smile, as he also liked the beast.


    "Do you want to give it a try?" Elle asked William after she had found the beast she needed.


    William''s luck was even better than Elle''s since he had a ruling destiny awaiting him. There was a chance that William could find a beast that was even better than the Sky Serpent. Elle wanted him to try it even though he wasn''t particrly interested in keeping a beast as a pet.


    "Wouldn''t me having a beast cause problems?" William asked Elle.


    William was next in line to be the ruler of the Asquith Family and the Sun Elves. With his luck, he''d most likely get a beast from a powerful bloodline.


    His having a member of a powerful bloodline as a pet might offend the race of the beast, causing a problem between the Sun Elves and another strong race. William didn''t want to see that oue be a reality. Since once he bought the pet, it would be like family, and William would do anything to protect his family members.


    "Why don''t you think of it as having a rtionship with another powerful bloodline race due to the pet?" Elle considered this situation from a different perspective.


    Elle knew her brother. He would never treat the beast as a pet; it would be a pet only in name. The beast might even prove to be a greater-than-ever bond between a powerful race and the Sun Elves.


    William didn''t immediately agree but spent some time pondering over what decision to make. Time flew by, and after a few minutes of discussion between him and Elle, he decided to give it a try.


    William mostly agreed because of Elle''s persuasion, so he promised her that he would activate the summoning switch at most three times. If he found one suitable beast in that time frame, he would buy it. If he didn''t, then fate didn''t want him to have a beast pet.


    Elle didn''t have a problem with it, so she stepped aside and let William take his turn.


    Since someone else''s turn had arrived, the number "10" on top of the screen disappeared.


    William took a deep breath and pressed the switch, not thinking about the quality of the beast at all. William had left everything to fate for this situation, so whatever urred, he would be satisfied with it.


    Soon, five seconds passed, and a beast''s image appeared on the screen. Not long after, a card flew into William''s hands.


    William didn''t have to check the card to see the race of the beast on the screen as he recognized it. It was a member of the Basilisk group, simr to how Elle''s first summon had turned out.


    It wasn''t Ghost Basilisk, but Shadow Basilisk, a higher-level bloodline than the former.


    The start was good, as the Shadow Basilisk was of divine quality. William wasn''t like Elle, who only wanted the ultimate quality beast, but he wanted one suitable for him.


    Since William didn''t like the Shadow Basilisk, he ced the card in itspartment and then pressed the switch, activating the second round of summoning.


    The next moment, "1" appeared on the top of the screen while a square light box began to rotate at an unprecedented speed.


    Five secondster, the rotation stopped as a beast appeared on the screen.


    William and Elle couldn''t help but take a deep breath and look at the screen with a hint of nostalgia on their faces.

 Chapter 964 Calling(End)

    Chapter 964: Calling(End)


    Unconsciously, a drop of tear fell through William''s left eye as he looked at the screen.


    It wasn''t that he had ever seen the beast, but for some reason, his bloodline cried out in grief after seeing it. Elle looked at her brother with concern as her face turned solemn and her heart grew soft.


    It wasn''t that her bloodline wasn''t crying in grief, calling for the beast, but William, being a male and closer to Asquith than she was, couldn''t control his emotions.


    "Why do I feel my heart hurting?" William cried out hoarsely, and at the same time, a card flew into his hands.


    Elle tapped on William''s shoulders and then shared the story of the beast on the screen with him. William wasn''t aware of everything rted to the Asquith Family and their ancestor, so he hadn''t seen or read about the beast, but Elle was, as her education wasplete.


    The Primordial World Tree created the various elf species that are present in the three dimensions. The Elves were well aware that their primogenitors interbred to give rise to the numerous Elf species that exist today or had sunk in the vast river of time.


    At their inception, the first group of Elves didn''t only mate with other Elves but also with members of other races. As their beauty stood on its own, many other races liked them.


    Asquith, the founder of the Sun Elves, also mated with many other races. As there were mating, there were bound to be the birth of children. Asquith gave birth to two distinct races, the Sun Elves, and the Suleon.


    The race Suleon was born with a sessful mating between Asquith and a female creature from the Lion group of beasts.


    Since Asquith only had these two creations to call his own, both races rose during his control in the Sacred Dimension.


    Unfortunately for Asquith, the birth of Suleon was an extremely rare phenomenon, as no second Suleon ever gave birth again. But since the inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension were immortal, neither Asquith nor his son worried about their future progeny.


    The Suleon only needed to work hard, and even if he seeded once, he would have a second member of the Suleon race.


    Things continued this way until that brutal war happened that shook the three dimensions. Even Asquith was no match for the raging army of Vritrasura, let alone the Suleon son.


    Asquith had the grace of the Primordial World Tree, so he got saved, but his son didn''t have the blessings of the World Tree. The son died, and hence one of the two progenies of Asquith died and became a race that could have but couldn''t.


    As the Suleon was the child of Asquith and a member of a powerful bloodline from the beast group, he took the physique of his mother and the golden eyes of his father. The Suleon was also considered a beast in the eyes of the system, and William summoned it.


    As William heard the story from Elle''s mouth, one tear became a river stream. William couldn''t help but clutch his heart as he was going through unbearable mental pain.


    Elle''s face grew grave as she saw William''s bloodline getting out of control. She needed to do something, or else she didn''t even dare imagine what would happen.


    Elle''s bloodline purity was lesser than William''s due to Asquith''s blessing, so when she tried to control his bloodline using her higher strength, even her bloodlineshed out against her.


    The image of the store owner appeared in Elle''s mind as she stabilized herself.


    ***


    Aakesh opened his eyes after hearing the sound of hurried footsteps. As he turned in that direction, Aakesh found Elle running toward him with an ugly and frightened face.


    ***


    "Hey, system, why aren''t you acting?" Aakesh asked the system after hearing Elle.


    The system would never let any harme to its customers in the store unless they died afterpleting their lifespan. It didn''t make sense that William''s condition was so troubling and yet the system didn''t care.


    It wasn''t just a minor issue; the raging of the bloodline was a very dangerous situation that, in most cases, could even result in death and the crippling of cultivation.


    [Host, the customer''s bloodline is going through a churn. If the system acts, it will stop that churn, and the system doesn''t want to take a customer''s fortune away from them.]


    "Are there any chances that he could die?" Aakesh asked the system as he believed that there were only ten percent chances of seeding when the situation was this troubling.


    [Yes, Host! There are ny-eight percent chances that the customer might fail to control the bloodline in time and it would result in the bursting of the body.]


    [Host, do you want the system to act?]


    The system, instead of making the decision, left it to Aakesh. Aakesh was the store owner, and he needed to make such judgments that could affect the lives of its customers.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately answer the system but first went with Elle to see William.


    The veins in William''s body had protruded and were on the verge of exploding as he writhed in agony. Aakesh frowned, seeing the scene in front of him.


    His eyes then fell onto the screen. It was truly a beautiful and majestic beast.


    William seemed to be conscious of his surroundings as he struggled to look at Elle.


    Aakesh stepped forward and bent down, whispering in William''s ears. Elle wanted to hear what Aakesh was saying, but there seemed to be an invisible barrier stopping her. And if she tried to go against it, there would be a bacsh.


    "I''ll go with your decision," Aakesh calmly said out loud after he told William the situation he was going through.


    There was a two percent chance of William seeding, and it was toorge a chance to give up on, so Aakesh wanted to hear William''s opinion.


    William struggled to speak, but no words came out of his mouth. Still, Aakesh got his response.


    ***


    A/N: Should I stop introducing the beasts in such detail, or should I keep doing so? The situation wouldn''t continue for long, but since it''s a new product, I am doing it.

 Chapter 965 The Grief Of Losing!

    Chapter 965: The Grief of Losing!


    Aakesh got what William wanted from the determination in his eyes, so it was now up to William to ovee the challenge.


    At the same time, Aakesh asked the system to oversee the situation and not let William die or be crippled.


    The system wouldn''t help William ovee the challenge, but if the situation were bound to fail, the system would act and forcefully overpower the blood. It would stop William from dying or bing crippled, but it wasn''t like there was no cost attached to it. Even if the system acted, the internal injuries due to the violent rampage of the bloodline would be so severe that William would be bedridden for tens of thousands of years, if not centuries.


    Aakesh had already told William about it. If William wanted, he would be saved without any bacsh right now, but if he chose to go ahead, he would either seed or be bedridden for years.


    "Store owne-"


    "Argh!"


    Elle wanted to ask what was happening to William when her voice got stuck in her throat, and she heard a painful scream.


    Elle had always prided herself on having self-control, but even she couldn''t control herself as the scream was like a knife cutting through her heart. Her eyes turned moist as she rushed at him.


    Elle had only taken one step when arge hand grabbed her and pushed her back, stopping her from going any further.


    "Why are you stopping me?" Elle angrily asked Aakesh. Her eyes held no respect for Aakesh this time.


    "He had made his decision," Aakesh expressionlessly responded and then turned around to leave the room.


    It might take moments but also hours for William''s struggle, and Aakesh wasn''t going to stand there during all that.


    Aakesh had already done the best he could do as the store owner, but now things were left to William''s fate. Either he woulde as even stronger or be bedridden.


    Elle wanted to speak, but suddenly she heard another painful scream as William squirmed in pain on the floor.


    "How can he make his decision in this situation?" Elleined, but her eyes were still directed at William.


    Aakesh didn''t care and had already left the room.


    Since Aakesh had left, the thought of going ahead emerged in her head, but soon after, loud bells began ringing in Elle''s head, warning her not to take the step forward. Elle didn''t dare test her intuition, and her heart grew heavy.


    The system had created a transparent, invisible barrier around William. It doesn''t matter who it is; if anyone attempted to step inside the marked area, the system would consider that person as William''s enemy and take action against them.


    ***


    "What is this?" William mumbled as he found himself in an unfamiliar area.


    "Ugh!" William suddenly groaned in pain as he looked at his body.


    The next moment, the memory of what happened in the room shed through her eyes. He finally understood why he felt an unbearable wave of pain attacking him.


    Suddenly, the aura in William''s surroundings fluctuated as a creature stepped out of the newly-emerged portal.


    William''s face grew shocked as the figure was none other than Asquith, the founder of the Sun Elves. William seemed to be here and not here at the same time as suddenly a wave of enemies appeared out of nowhere and charged at Asquith while passing through him as if he were a projection.


    ''It''s bloodline memory,'' William suddenly thought. Some memories were so significant that they branded themselves into the DNA of the creature, without even wanting to, and the memory in front of William was one such collection.


    It was the memory of Asquith seeing his son''s corpse for the first time and the aftermath that entailed.


    Asquith was in bad shape as he fought hordes of creatures. There were more than billions of creatures, ranging from Divine Transformation to Sacred Monarchs in the army, while Asquith was also ate Sacred Monarch.


    Since there was a creature like the Primordial World Tree standing behind Asquith, no cultivator of the Sacred Creator took part in the onught.


    Being a direct descendant of the World Tree showed the difference between him and the army. Despite them outnumbering Asquith by an enormous number, Asquith fought with his all and even survived at the end, as he stood alone in several mountains of corpses and gore.


    Asquith stood there gasping for breath when suddenly a projectile came flying at him.


    Asquith effortlessly dodged the projectile and focused on the creature that threw it at him.


    A cackle of eerieughter suddenly sounded in the area as a gigantic creature flew above Asquith. Asquith''s face became solemn as he realized the creature flying above was from Vritrasura''s direct army, not a subordinate faction.


    The creature in the air floated for some time but soon left, its eerieughter still echoing in the area.


    Asquith finally had the time to check what the creature threw at him. As he saw it, Asquith froze, and soon his body began trembling.


    Asquith was someone who was seen as having a calm and cold personality, but his scream the next moment broke that image.


    The body of Asquith''s son was lying in a terrible state on the ground in front of him. Many parts of his body were missing, and there were teeth marks around them.


    It was as if Asquith''s leg had given up; he fell to the ground. At that moment, a drop of tears formed and streaked through his cheeks.


    The ce where the drop of tears fell has now turned into a forbidden area in the Sacred Dimension for creatures below the Sacred Creator level. Not only did a lot of different kinds of creatures fall there, but a father''s sadness turned into a scary ghost creature.


    That ghost creature has long since died, as it attacked someone it shouldn''t have, but the area is still deste and hasn''t seen any signs of life for the past countless years.


    William''s eyes became moist as he saw the crying Asquith.


    William finally got the answer to why the presence of Suleon wasn''t public knowledge for the Sun Elves and why there wasn''t a memorial for Suleon.


    Asquith grabbed the corpse and turned it into ash, and then disintegrated it further, erasing any proof of the Suleon''s body.


    Asquith suddenly turned around and looked at William with cold eyes.


    William felt a chill crawling down his spine as his body began trembling from fright.


    Asquith''s eyes went back to normal just as his cultivation level began to decrease at a rate that had never been seen before.


    ***


    In the third dimension,


    Asquith was meditating when he suddenly opened his eyes in surprise. A grieving expression appeared in his eyes as the memory of his son shed through them. But the next moment, it returned to normal as he pricked his skin, and a drop of blood fell.


    The blood didn''t fall to the ground, but it turned into a cluster of light particles as it began to disappear slowly.


    Asquith then closed his eyes and returned to his meditation.


    It wasn''t the first time Asquith had done this. He created a test to honor his son because the loss of his son had affected him deeply.


    Whenever any Sun Elf would hear about the Suleon, there would be a chance of their bloodline awakening.


    It wasn''t as harsh as what William faced, but when his eyes saw the Suleon itself on the screen, the grief in the bloodline exploded and forced William to the edge of death.


    ***


    The cultivation power of Asquith in the memory started to decrease at a never-before-seen rate as the bloodpletely vanished in the third dimension.


    It only stopped when it reached the intermediate Higher God. The Asquith in the memory then exploded as his blood spread across the entire area.


    Not a single drop of blood touched William, as if someone were manually controlling it.


    As the drop of blood touched the corpses on the ground, they began to mutate at a rapid rate. It wasn''t the end, as they began to stand up. Their eyes were lifeless as they stared at William.


    "Survive the battle or die!"


    The next moment, a statement appeared in his head.


    William''s bloodline had gone so deep into the memory that the test had be a life & death challenge for him.


    The drop of blood wasn''t there to test William; it was only there to unlock the memory test.


    Soon, creatures with levels varying from early Divine Transformation to peak Higher God appeared in the area.


    ***


    Around three minutes passed as Elle stood fixed on one spot, not taking her eyes off him for even a moment.


    There was finally a change in the room as a golden light with a mixture of ck engulfed William.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter today!


    Thanks for supporting the book!


    Pleasement on what date in February I should do a mass release!

 Chapter 966 The Suleon!

    Chapter 966: The Suleon!


    Elle stood in the room with her eyes fixed on William when suddenly, a golden light engulfed him. It was not long before dark lines also began to gather in the golden light.


    Elle felt a shudder when she looked at those ck lines. She felt nothing but death from it.


    Her face grew uglier as the number of ck lines slowly increased.


    ***


    There wasn''t a single body part left in his body that wasn''t injured, but he didn''t give up and continued to fight.


    Aakesh had told him that his safety was a surety, but William didn''t want to give up. It was an opportunity for him to grow even further, and he couldn''t give up on that.


    William struggled and fought with the horde of hideous beasts. His cultivation was intermediate Higher God, but there were hundreds of peak Higher Gods in the flock, let alone tens of thousands of Higher Gods.


    William''s chances of winning were dimming slowly as the numbers seemed endless, but his energy wasn''t.


    William wanted to survive and ovee the challenge, so his struggles got even more violent. Lower level cultivators in the group were in the back. They couldn''t injure William, but their attacks did what they were there for.


    If one mosquito bit him, he wouldn''t care much, but when hundreds of thousands of mosquitoes bit him, he was in trouble.


    Time flew by, and William began to fall behind while the number of ck lines began to increase surrounding him.


    The system was prepared to rescue William once the ck lines covered eighty percent of his body.


    Time flew by. William suddenly crashed to the ground with no energy left in his body. His eyes had turned nk as his surroundings had be blurry.


    There was a mixture of negative emotions on his face as he lost. He wanted to raise his hands and look at them, but he found a horde already there trying to rip it out.


    Seeing the scene, William felt nothing as the already dying embers in his eyes began to further dim.


    William could see his deathing and knew it was time for the store owner to rescue him, but suddenly, out of nowhere, a blinding light emerged in the sky.


    The horde of beasts began to cry out in pain as the presence of light alone was enough to burn them.


    ''It must be the store owner.'' It was thest thought in William''s mind when he lost consciousness.


    ***


    Elle''s face had lost all its color as the number of ck lines had reached an exaggerated amount. She could sense William''s uing death. She didn''t want to give up on William as he was the next ruler of the Asquith Family. Nothing could happen to William, or the consequences would be too dire for the Sun Elves.


    The fear of the barrier around William wasn''t enough to stop her anymore as the thought of saving William became dominant. She charged at him when suddenly she was forced to close her eyes as a blinding light appeared out of nowhere and surrounded William.


    If Elle could see the scene in front of her, she would see that the light was slowly eating away the ck lines surrounding William.


    It took less than a second for the ck lines to disappear entirely, and after it, the light also disappeared. What was left was only the golden light.


    An aura of Sacredness emanated from the golden light as Elle felt warm in its presence. She opened her eyes, and the scene in front of her made her astonished.


    Inside the cover of the golden light, William was growing. His height was getting taller, ears and nose sharper, his hair further brightening.


    In a span of a tenth of a second, William''s hair grew tall enough to touch his foot but then suddenly began to fall off and dissolved into the golden light. William became bald in no time, but his hair started to grow again.


    This process continued for several minutes, and William''s body entirely changed.


    ***


    William''s eyelids moved, and soon after, his eyes opened. Elle''s face weed his sight.


    William felt his face wet as he saw Elle''s tears dripping like an ocean. William wanted to say something, but his face suddenly changed, and a shocked expression appeared.


    Elle was taken aback by the sudden change in William, so she hurriedly asked him the reason.


    William ignored Elle and instead checked his body. The shock on his face grew further as she found her cultivation, touching the peak of the Supreme God and being only one step away from bing the Sacred King.


    "How is it possible!" William eximed in shock, as from what he remembered, he had died in his memory and failed the test. So he didn''t understand how he could get the results a winner would get.


    William''s bloodline had grown to the same level as Asquith''s son.


    "What happened?" Elle suddenly grabbed William''s face and asked.


    "EH!" Elle couldn''t help but exim in surprise as his bloodline suddenly trembled when William looked at her.


    William was in no mood to care about Elle at that moment as he forced himself to remember hisst moments in the memory.


    He was on the verge of death when suddenly a blinding light emerged in the sky, and soon after, he lost consciousness due to mental and physical tiredness.


    William clenched his head as he tried to remember the blinding light in the sky.


    "Argh!" An unbearable wave of headache attacked William as his eyes began to bleed out. William persisted, as he could feel himself getting close to seeing the actual appearance of the light.


    Elle wanted to stop William, but as soon as she tried, her bloodline trembled again, forcing her to take a step back.


    Elle had no choice but to go to the store owner, as only he could help her. Today had been no less than a rollercoaster of mental torture for her.


    William didn''t care what Elle was going through as he attempted to see the light. Several veins on his forehead exploded, and his eyes were on the verge of exploding when he finally saw the being behind the light.


    "The Suleon!" William eximed in shock.

 Chapter 967 Card Details!

    Chapter 967: Card Details!


    "The Suleon!" William eximed in shock as the face behind the light was the same as Asquith''s son.


    There was a gentle smile on Suleon''s face as he looked at Asquith.


    William wanted to chat with the Suleon and thank him for saving him, but before he could, he suddenly found the memory had disappeared from his head, and instead, a new piece of memory had appeared in his head.


    When William read the contents of the memory, he finally understood why he still got the rewards despite failing the test.


    There were two ways to pass the test. One was to kill all the creatures and be the survivor; the second was to gain the appreciation of the Suleon.


    Asquith''s blood was the key to the test, but what formed the trial was the blood of the Suleon. The memory he saw of Asquith turning Suleon''s corpse into ash was fake, as using his son''s blood, he formed the test.


    The Suleon was dead, but Asquith used valuable material to let the Suleon''s blood gain some spirituality.


    William failed the test, but he gained Suleon''s appearance, so he won in another way. Winning the Suleon''s appreciation came with other benefits as the Suleon''s bloodline purified William''s blood simr to his level, the son of Asquith.


    ***


    Asquith was meditating in the third dimension when a drop of tear streamed down his cheek. Before it could leave his face, there was no energy left in it.


    The next moment, a relieved smile appeared on Asquith''s face as William''s bloodline reached the same purity level as his son''s.


    William was his descendant from several generationster, so the rtionship between them was only so-so, but things have changed since this moment. Now, in the veins of William, Suleon''s blood flowed.


    ***


    William felt exceptionally grateful to the Suleon as he bowed toward the empty air, thinking of the Suleon in front of him.


    At that moment, Elle came rushing into the room with Aakesh. A smile appeared on William''s face as he stepped forward and thanked Aakesh.


    Before Elle could say anything, William grabbed her hands and told her everything.


    Elle finally heaved a sigh of relief while Aakesh had already left since he had no interest in listening to William''s story.


    "How can you take this decision on your own?" Elle asked angrily. Now that William was safe, it was time for him to exin his actions.


    William smiled since he could see from Elle''s face how worried she was for him.


    "Can you sense my cultivation?" William suddenly asked.


    Elle understood what William wanted to do, but she still went ahead with it and tried to sense his cultivation. The next moment, a wondrous expression appeared on her face.


    It wasn''t that she sensed that William''s cultivation had grown from intermediate Higher God to peak Supreme God; she couldn''t sense his cultivation at all.


    "Why can''t I see your cultivation?" Elle confusedly asked.


    ''Has his cultivation grown more than mine?'' The thought emerged in Elle''s head, but soon she brushed it aside. The gap between the two cultivations was more than two levels, so how could it be possible?


    William smiled and then told her his cultivation level and why she couldn''t sense it, making Elle''s jaw almost drop to the ground.


    William''s bloodline had developed into one that was far stronger and purer than Elle''s blood, concealing his cultivation behind his bloodline''s extreme level. Forget about her; even their father, a peak Sacred Creator, was unable to detect William''s cultivation.


    ***


    [Name: Suleon


    Type: Beast


    Race: Suleon


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Golden Fire, Light, & Physique


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristic: Sr Physique: Suleon''s physique is enhanced by the power of the sun, giving it increased endurance and resilience, making it immune to all negative effects of its level


    Ability:


    Golden Roar - Suleon can unleash a powerful roar that deals spiritual damage to all opponents and burns their consciousness.


    Sr ze - Suleon can unleash a powerful st of golden fire, dealing damage to the opponent and burning them.


    Radiant Shield - Suleon can create a shield of radiant light, absorbing up to two sub-level of higher damage.


    Sr Charge - Suleon can charge at the opponent, dealing damage and increasing its own attack by 50%.


    Sun''s Blessing - Suleon can bless all friends on the battlefield, increasing their attack and defense by 150% for one turn.


    Golden Mane - Suleon''s golden mane radiates a powerful light, blinding the opponent and lowering their uracy by 25%.


    Card Description: The Suleon is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attributes of golden fire, light, and physique make it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage and providing support for the team. Use it wisely, and watch as it causes mayhem on the battlefield.


    Price: Nine hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    The Suleon was a majestic and powerful creature. It was a lion with a golden mane that shined like the sun. Its body was covered in golden fur that gave it a warm and radiant appearance. Its eyes were a bright yellow color, and they seemed to glow in the sunlight. It had a long tail that was tipped with a golden tuft of fur. The Suleon was a creature of great beauty and power.


    As the Suleon originated from Asquith, the first Sun Elf, it got his distinct sharp ears feature.


    Since things had returned to normal, William finally focused on the card in his hands. It was like an indestructible item, as William, in his pain, had tried to tear it out but couldn''t even bend it.


    William nodded in appreciation after he read the card details, and to say the least, he was impressed by it.


    Golden Fire was one of the types of fire element, but it was superior. The majority of the cultivators would rather have control of the Golden Fire than the primary fire element.


    The Golden Fire had an advantage over other types of fire in that it was almost indestructible. It was extremely difficult for cultivators of the same level or even one level higher to put out once they were caught by it.


    Along with the Golden Fire, the Suleon had two other elements, making it a powerful creature.

 Chapter 968 Gold And Black(1)

    Chapter 968: Gold and ck(1)


    The Suleon in the card also had a single characteristic, like the Sky Serpent.


    Suleon had a sr physique, and that was the reason behind it being stronger in the presence of the sun. Not only did his strength double, but his skill abilities also grew at the same rate. At the same time, it also allowed Suleon to be free of any negative effects that came from one sub-level higher cultivator or any item.


    William was honestly impressed by the card. There was another reason for his excitement as well. Since the Suleon had nothing to do with top-level races in the Sacred Dimension, having it as a pet wouldn''t be a problem anymore.


    The Suleon''s mother had long ascended with Asquith while her race had gone extinct in that war.


    "Let''splete the purchase," William smiled and told Elle.


    Elle nodded and left the room with William. Even though the duo already had an Ultimate Store Card, they needed to request the store owner buy the beast first since only he could initiate the contract.


    "Store owner, we want these."


    "Please, initiate the taming battle," William said as he and Elle handed over the card to Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t have to guess who got what card, as the system was there to inform him, but since he had already seen the Suleon as the cause behind William''s increase in strength, even the system didn''t need to tell him.


    Since Elle was the first to get the Sky Serpent, Aakesh tapped twice on the storefront pattern on the card''s back and then handed it to Elle.


    Aakesh then repeated the process for William and handed the card to him.


    As soon as Elle grabbed the card, she felt her surroundings changing, and the next moment, she appeared in a swamp with poisonous miasma spread across the sky.


    Since the cultivator''s strength would match the cultivation of the beast, Elle''s cultivation had been reduced to an early Divine Transformation level.


    The Sky Serpent had cold eyes filled with brutality as it looked at Elle.


    Hiss!


    A hissing sound rang in the area as the Sky Serpent disappeared from its spot and appeared right above Elle''s head.


    Elle''s face was calm as she easily dodged the bite that came her way. But before she could think of attacking, a tail came her way, aiming to strike her down.


    The Sky Serpent wasn''t stingy with its skills, as in less than a second, it had used two of them.


    Elle''s body reflexes and brain reaction had also reduced to match her cultivation, so she could only let the "Venomous Tail" hit her.


    The poisonous miasma was slowly spreading across every corner of the swamp. Since the Sky Serpent was immune to this level of poison, it battled Ellefortably in its domain.


    Elle wasn''t with her weapons, but that didn''t mean she was weak. If she were to be categorized in the "beast" category, her quality would also be ultimate, so how could she let herself lose to another ultimate-quality beast?


    Chhiss! Chhiss! Chhiss!


    Elle''s golden eyes suddenly began glowing like the sun in the dark as the poisonous miasma around her began to make noise.


    The Sky Serpent wanted toe close to her and attack, but before it could, a bright object appeared in the sky.


    The cover of poisonous miasma around the swamp and the sky disappeared as the presence of the sun was too much for it to bear. Elle''s race wasn''t called the Sun Elves for no reason.


    The Sky Serpent felt extreme danger as it saw the sun in the sky falling down toward it.


    Hiss!


    The Sky Serpent roared in anger as it, instead of backing down, charged at it, activating the skill "Sky Shield."


    Elle understood that this area was the serpent''s yground, so she needed to end the battle quickly and not be overconfident. As her cultivation was only an early Divine Transformation, and cultivators below the True God level couldn''t float in the sky, she couldn''t follow the serpent, but that didn''t mean she had no other ways to attack.


    The Sky Serpent charging at the sun, suddenly stopped in its tracks as the bright object began to dim at an unprecedented rate. Before the serpent could understand what had happened, something hit it from behind.


    "Sr ze" was a racial skill for the Sun Elves, and Elle used it to her benefit.


    Thud!


    The serpent crashed into the swamp. It still had some life left, but Elle didn''t give it any time to stand as she released another skill and ended the life of the creature with an explosion.


    The creature couldn''t be any dead as Elle felt her surroundings changing, and soon she returned to the store.


    A shocked expression appeared in her eyes as she found William stepping forward to take the card from Aakesh''s hands.


    The battle between her and the Sky Serpent didn''t go on for hours, but it stillsted several minutes, and after appearing here, she felt there was no change in time at all, due to her knowledge of the element of time.


    ***


    As William grabbed the card, he also found his surroundings changing. The next moment, he appeared in a vast grasnd with the sun at its peak, and in front of him was the Suleon staring at him.


    The Suleon''s eyes were cold and held nothing but cruelty as it looked at William. Even William felt chilled by that expression.


    In the presence of the sun, Suleon''s strength and skill power doubled, but since William was also a Sun Elf, he also had some blessings from it.


    Roar!


    A roar rang in the area as the Suleon charged at William. It rushed in a straight line, confident in its strength.


    William had seen the Suleon''s strength with his own eyes, so he didn''t underestimate the creature and got ready to defend and attack.


    William moved his body to the right, but before he could attack, a w came his way and struck his chest, creating deep gashes.


    William''s face turned pale as he was thrown back. Before he could evennd, the Suleon appeared right above him and swiped its w.


    Willian had seen the strength, so he couldn''t let it hit him again.

 Chapter 969 Gold And Black(2)

    Chapter 969: Gold and ck(2)


    William had already seen the w''s sharpness, so he couldn''t let it hit him.


    William activated a defensive skill he had learned in Panagea as a transparent silver barrier surrounded him.


    The barrier attempted to put up a fight, but suddenly, the Suleon''s w got engulfed in golden fire, burning the barrier to ashes in no time.


    The skill had already stopped the Suleon for a moment, and it was enough for William, as the ws engulfed in mes only shed at empty air.


    The deep gash on William''s chest could be seen healing with the naked eye. If it were the William before the memory test, the battle would have been almost impossible for him to win, but that wasn''t the case anymore.


    Evolving the bloodline provided many benefits to William. Even though his cultivation level had seen a reduction and reached an early Divine Transformation to match the Suleon, the skill he gained from it was still there for him to use.


    Keep in mind that William passed the test after getting Suleon''s appreciation and also gaining his blood. With it also came skills exclusive to the Suleon.


    ROAR!


    As Wiliamnded, the Suleon charged at him, but suddenly, Wiliam roared at the creature.


    The creature scoffed at that, but suddenly, a wave of unbearable pain attacked it as if its soul was on fire.


    It didn''t take long for the creature to douse the fire, but it gave William enough time to prepare a killing strike.


    William''s eyes began glowing. His left eye was golden, while his right eye had turned ck.


    The next moment, a ball half gold and half ck appeared above his head.


    The creature felt close to the golden side of the ball, but the ck side gave it shudders.


    The creature immediately activated the skill, "Radiant Shield." The next moment, an opaque white barrier surrounded it.


    William''s eyes held no emotions at that time as the ball above his head released an energy beam.


    Boom!


    As the golden side of the beam collided with the opaque barrier, it resulted in an explosion, but when the ck side collided, it began to eat the barrier.


    Suddenly, a golden fire engulfed the barrier, and with it, the energy beam.


    The golden fire didn''t only vanquish objects; it also burned elements.


    Chhiss!


    As the ck side and the golden fire shed, the sound of pouring cold water on a hot surface rang in the area.


    William''s right eye suddenly began to bleed. If Elle was here, she would have stopped William as there were some ck lines in his pure golden blood.


    Time flew by, and the Suleon became the first to lose, and soon after, William fell as well, as his body had lost all of its blood.


    ? William''s eyes finally had a change as he only found about his condition now. Fortunately for him, the beast was the first to fall, so it was William''s victory.


    The next moment, William lost consciousness, and after an unknown amount of time, his eyes opened.


    An astonished expression appeared on William''s face as he found himself still in the gesture of grabbing the card.


    "Store owner, what''s the time difference between the store and the taming area?" William heard the question going through his head.


    He looked at Aakesh as he also wanted to know. The battle between the Suleon and him had gone for at least an hour from what William felt. Whereas not even a second had passed in the store.


    ***


    "Pour a single drop of your blood," Aakesh told the duo, initiating the third phase of the beast buying.


    The duo nodded and pricked their fingers using the needle that had emerged on the card.


    Time flew by, and the third phase wasplete. Now, only paying the cost was left, and after it, the beast will be theirs.


    "You need to pay six hundred supreme Sacred stones, eleven thousand one hundred eleven higher Sacred stones, one thousand one hundred eleven ordinary Sacred stones, and one hundred ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced.


    The next moment, a familiar alert rang in her head, asking her whether she wanted to pay the amount.


    Elle thought "yes" and the next moment, the required amount got deducted from her store card.


    The familiar process repeated itself as Aakesh told William the cost.


    William had to pay more as the Suleon was three hundred supreme Sacred stones more expensive than the Sky Serpent.


    Soon after, the payment wasplete, and the duo had bought their first beasts.


    Since William and Elle wanted to enter Panagea, they couldn''t just leave the store after the sale wasplete.


    Since there were still hours left before the spots would turn vacant, William and Elle decided to enter the training area.


    Even though the level of the training area was only up to Higher grade weapons, they didn''t underestimate it.


    The duo had seen from their own eyes how difficult it was to beat opponents in the game, irrespective of the cultivation level.


    To enter the training area, the duo needed to buy a weapon first, as none of the weapons in their storage was Higher or Lesser grade.


    The duo then thanked Aakesh and went to the weapons room to buy a weapon of their liking and then train in the Gods & Demons level training area.


    ***


    "Hey, system, why haven''t I still gotten the beast quest?" Aakesh asked the system after he got free time.


    Any item''s mission would activate after the first sale, but here, the store had alreadypleted three sales and yet there was no alert of the quest''s activation.


    [Host, the quest''s activation condition had grown.]


    [Since the Beast Summoner Device is the fifth product in the store, the store needs to sell five beasts to activate the quest.]


    Aakesh nodded and then asked another question, "Did the quest''s activation requirement follow the serial number of the product from now on?"


    [Yes, Host!]


    ***


    Since both William and Elle were bow users, they needed the best weapon avable in the store in the Higher grade.


    There were simr items in the store, but for every weapon and its grade, there was a unique item.


    William and Elle were aware of it, so each of them wanted to be the first to find it.


    Time flew by, and around half an hour passed.


    Both of them failed to find the unique bow, so they gave up and bought the one they found next, leaving its quality up to the fate.

 Chapter 970 Turn To Ash!

    Chapter 970: Turn to Ash!


    Despite spending half an hour looking, the duo failed to find the unique bow, so they gave up on it, deciding to buy the next bow they came across.


    Fortunately for the duo, both had great luck, so the weapon they found was top-ss.


    Sincepleting the weapon''s sale required informing Aakesh, the duo left the room and went to Aakesh.


    ***


    After the weapon''s sale wasplete, the duo paid for the Gods & Demons level training area each and went to the room.


    Before entering the infinite space inside the column, William stopped and looked at Elle.


    "Let''s begin our bet from where we stopped," William announced, and then, without waiting for Elle''s response, he pricked his finger using the needle on the column.


    The next moment, a golden, transparent energy barrier surrounded his physical body, and his consciousness entered the infinite space.


    Elle only smiled after hearing William. The next moment, her eyes turned confident as she repeated the process of entering the training area.


    Since the bet was between their battle with the Sun Elves, both of them chose the Sun Elf as their opponent. Since the training area depended upon the level of the weapon and not the cultivator, William''s opponent was also a peak Supreme God with the top Higher-level bow in their hands.


    ***


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The first group of people to enter Panagea finally had their six hourspleted, so the system forced them out one by one.


    The next moment, several white lights appeared in the portal room, and when they disappeared, there were customers in their ce.


    One of the customers on the list was Favan. His eyes then fell on the leaderboard section as Aakesh informed the customers about it when they asked about the changes.


    Favan''s eyes almost popped out when he saw the list. His name was at the top, as his efforts over the past several days weren''t wasted, but then the second list greeted his sight, with only one name in it.


    Richard: Level 234


    The others also noticed the sudden change in Favan''s reaction, so they also followed his line of sight and came across the adventurer''s name and his level.


    All of them had the same over-the-top reaction, as they all knew the difficulty of leveling up in Panagea. Favan, in fact, was at the top of the other list, having reached Level 108. While here, there was someone even above Level 200.


    It took no time for the others to find Richard''s identity in the group of thirty-plus people.


    Richard had his back wet from sweat as he became the center of attraction in the group. His level in Panagea was above Level 200, several levels higher than other adventurers, but here in reality, he was only an early Divine Transformation level cultivator, while the weakest in the other group was still above his level.


    Richard''s face turned ugly. Even though he was safest in the store, he would have to leave it after some time, and at that time, he would be a weak creature, that could be stepped on by many in the group on the other side.


    "How did you reach this high level and why is your name on the other list?" One in the group asked as he could sense things weren''t what they seemed at first nce. Richard''s level was above Level 200, while his name was on the other list, so there were some issues with that, and the man wanted to know them.


    Richard didn''t want to answer, but when he remembered that he was too weak in front of the people in the group when outside the store, he dashed all the courage in his heart and honestly answered about the store''s ascension.


    "Do you think we are all fools to believe that someone from the Primal Dimension will have these products?" One man in the group questioned.


    Before Richard could answer, he heard the sound of footsteps entering the room. When he looked in that direction, he found it to be none other than the store owner. ***


    Aakesh was rxingfortably on his chair when the system''s emotionless voice rang in his head, informing him about the group of customers not leaving the store.


    "Why are you not leaving when your turns are over?" Aakesh''s voice contained no emotions when he asked. His indifferent voice chilled everyone in the room, irrespective of their cultivation levels.


    Favan then shared everything that had passed in the room in thest several seconds.


    "So?" Aakesh asked when Favan asked him if his background wasn''t someone who knew the city lord, but he was an ascender from the Primal Dimension.


    Aakesh then, without waiting for the group''s response, told them to leave the room so a new batch could enter Panagea.


    ***


    Aakesh returned to the rxation session when the group of people finally left the store.


    ***


    "So, you are a customer from the Primal Dimension?" Richard wanted to leave the store in hurry, fearing for his safety.


    Richard had only taken a step outside the store when a voice rang in his ears. He froze in his steps as he turned around.


    Soon, some more people in the group came out and surrounded Richard.


    "We don''t have any ill intentions," Garos exined after seeing Richard''s pale and frightened face.


    What did it matter whether the store owner was someone with arge background? He still had the store, and the feeling of certain death was still there. So even if the store owner was an ascender, things were still the same for them.


    Richard didn''t believe Garos''s words right away, but he still calmed himself down. He epted that he was weak in this situation if the store owner didn''t intervene.


    "What do you want from me?" Richard asked. He had lived at the peak of the Primal Dimension for years, soposed majesty came naturally to him.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on the chair with his eyes closed when the sound of footsteps rang in his ears.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and looked in that direction, finding an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    "Hello, store owner. I am rk," The man seemed to have a goal in mind as he came straight to Aakesh without wasting any time while looking around the store.


    "I am Aakesh."


    "Store owner, I want to buy three first-grade lesser Mind Expansion Pills," The man stated and then began to take out the respective sum from his space ring.


    Aakesh nodded as he stood up and went to the pill counter. He took three pills from the tenth shelf on the first row and returned to his chair.


    "You need to pay six hundred lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced.


    The customer was already aware of the prices, so he had already taken out the respective sum. The man then pushed it toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and soon after, the mountain of stones disappeared into the system''s space. Not long after, an alert rang in Aakesh''s head, informing him about the sale''spletion.


    The man thanked Aakesh and immediately left the store as if he was in a hurry.


    Only three seconds at most had passed when the sound of footsteps rang in Aakesh''s ears once again. He opened his eyes and looked in that direction, and another unfamiliar face greeted his sight.


    Simr to thest man, this one had no interest in anything other than the store owner. The man first greeted Aakesh, introduced him, and then requested three Mind Expansion Pills.


    Since the store''s sale was sessful, Aakesh didn''t care about the man and the reasons for his action.


    But soon, even Aakesh became curious, as in a few minutes, Aakesh sold three Mind Expansion Pills several times.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh finally found the reason behind the situation, as finally, the master entered the store.


    It wasn''t a non-demon, but a Demon from another group, several notches higher than the Vurron species. In fact, the bloodline difference between the Vurrons and the man''s race was like the difference between an Emperor and a peasant.


    "How did you make it?" The man had a dumbfounded face as he immediately approached Aakesh and asked.


    The man was going to grab Aakesh and then ask, but a sudden danger attacking him stopped him.


    The man had ashes in his hands, and it wasn''t difficult for Aakesh to recognize them. The man must have tried to check theposition of the pill as its effects were way beyond anything avable at the same level in the market. Unfortunately for the man, he couldn''t break the system''s protection, so once he tried to forcefully separate the pill into its recipe, it turned into ash.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter! I am going to be busy in the uing ten days since it''s my sister''s wedding, and there are many rituals so it will be a long celebration and work.


    I will try to release two chapters a day, but I might fail some days to upload even a single chapter. Sorry for the situation!


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 971 The Black-Spotted Demon(1)

    ? Chapter 971: The ck-Spotted Demon(1)


    "How did you make it?" The man asked Aakesh with a surprised face.


    "You don''t need to know that." Aakesh''s face remained the same as ever, and he responded.


    It wasn''t the first time he''de across this question, as many ardent pill makers had attempted to extract the recipe from the pills.


    The man looked dumbfounded upon hearing the answer. It was expected, but still, after seeing the store owner''s cultivation level, the man thought that the answer could be different.


    While the store owner was an early Divine Transformation, his cultivation was the peak Divine Lord.


    Even though there was a sense of extreme danger surrounding the store owner, the man didn''t believe that the store owner would stay there all the time.


    The man was Joshua, and he was from the Emperor race, as his species had an Empire of its own on Curiele, with the Emperor being a peak Higher God. His race was the ck-Spotted Demon. As its name suggested, the members of this race had ck spots all over their bodies, while their skin tone was light red.


    Joshua had onlye here today, and he came across a customer with a Mind Expansion Pill, so he found out about the store. Since the pill''s effect interested him, he wanted to pry out the recipe from the pill itself.


    Unfortunately for him, every attempt failed, and the pill turned into ash.


    The money he spent was nothing much, so he wasn''t worried, but his continuous failure stumped him, so Joshua had no choice but to enter the store by himself.


    Joshua was the youngest son of the Emperor, so he wasn''t worried about the store or the store owner, as his father''s teacher was from the VoidBorn race. So people always steered clear of Joshua, as his father was even more overbearing than Joshua.


    It was Joshua''s confidence in not being interested in the store owner''s background, so he had decided to be overbearing when inside the store. Unfortunately for him, an extreme sense of foreboding attacked him when he thought of grabbing the blue-skinned store owner by his neck.


    If Joshua had tried to learn about the store owner and the store, he must have learned that the store owner lived inside the store. So, the response wouldn''t have been shocking for him.


    "Why not?" Joshua didn''t want to ept his failure, so he asked. His arrogance had hardened rather than softened.


    Some people were born arrogant and didn''t like others to say no to them; Joshua was one such being. So, hearing no from Aakesh made him more interested in knowing the answer.


    "Do you want to know about the store''s product? If not, you need to leave." Aakesh seemed disinterested in responding, so he stated.


    Joshua was taken aback by the sudden bluntness, but only if he knew about the store owner. Joshua wanted to fly out in rage, but suddenly that sense of foreboding danger appeared again, warning him.


    Joshua thought to leave, but the slight curiosity about the store''s products stopped him.


    "Go ahead, tell me," Joshua, not wanting to back down, replied, as if he were doing Aakesh a favor by knowing the store''s products.


    Fortunately for him, the customer''s tone didn''t matter much to Aakesh, so he then introduced all five products and their basic effects to Joshua in a single breath.


    In the end, Joshua''s face was weird as the products in the store stumped him.


    "Can you exin Panagea and the Beast Summoner Device to me once again?" Joshua asked. This time, his tone had softened. There was still arrogance, but his tone wasn''t as harsh as before.


    "Panagea is a virtual world, where customers...,"


    "Hatch the egg," Aakesh exined both products in detail.


    "Can you hatch this egg as well?" Aakesh''s exnation had only concluded when Joshua asked in anticipation as he took an egg out of his space ring.


    Because the egg belonged to a creature from the Sacred Dimension, his inner world at the Divine Lord cultivation level couldn''t hold it. So, Joshua had to keep the egg in his space ring.


    Aakesh looked at the egg and nodded since it belonged to a creature of Divine Being level, and the hatching service was active for eggs up to peak Divine Lord level.


    A wide smile spread across Joshua''s face as he had been holding this egg for tens of thousands of years and had yet to seed in hatching it.


    The egg was his reward from the city''s ruin, which he traveled to a long time ago. Since the ruin was high-level, Joshua had been trying to hatch it. Finally, his search came to an end while searching for something else.


    The hatching of the egg demanded that the store owner personally take action, as only he could activate the hatching pad in the column.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair and went toward the room while Joshua followed him with a tinge of anticipation and excitement in his voice.


    There wasn''t a limit to the number of eggs that could get stored in the hatchingpartment, so Aakesh didn''t have to take out the Chaos Whale''s egg from the container.


    Aakeshpleted the process, and now they have to wait for thirty seconds.


    Aakesh stood there silently. With every second that passed, the anticipation in Joshua''s voice grew.


    Ding!


    These thirty seconds felt like a day to Joshua, but they finally passed, and a bell rang in the room.


    The next moment, the hatch opened on its own, and inside was the egg that Aakesh had just ced.


    The anticipation in Joshua''s eyes turned to worry as the egg was still an egg.


    Fortunately for him, Aakesh didn''t let him stay worried for long, as Aakesh took out the egg and handed it to Joshua. What Aakesh said next made all Joshua''s worries disappear.


    "You need to feed the egg a single drop of your blood, and then the egg will hatch."


    Joshua wasn''t immediately on board with it because he believed that one drop of blood could be used to annihte an entire race, let alone him if there was something dangerous in the egg. But for some reason, his intuition told him that there was nothing harmful about it.

 Chapter 972 The Black-Spotted Demon(2)

    Chapter 972: The ck-Spotted Demon(2)


    Aakesh saw Joshua''s hesitation, but since he didn''t care, he turned and left the room. Even if Joshua didn''t feed the egg his blood, he would still have to pay the hatching cost, so there was nothing to worry about.


    Joshua fell into a dilemma as his heart was asking him to do what the store owner said, but his mind was warning him not to be too quick in making his decision.


    The next moment, a surprised expression appeared on his face after he found that the store owner had disappeared from the room. Since he couldn''t make a decision, Joshua decided to have a conversation with the store owner.


    ***


    Joshua wanted to ask Aakesh when he suddenly saw Aakesh pointing his finger at the board. He followed Aakesh''s finger and found the rule, "The customer is safe inside the store!"


    As if the statement were medicine, the feeling of danger disappeared from his heart.


    Joshua didn''t waste a second and fed a drop of his blood to the egg.


    As his ck blood fell on the egg, a blue light engulfed the egg. In no time, the egg turned into a transparent item as a creature coiled around itself.


    Joshua found his breathing bing rough, his eyes almost popping out in astonishment as he recognized the creature.


    "Shadow Basilisk!" Joshua couldn''t help but exim in shock.


    Joshua wanted to scream in joy, but suddenly the egg began to turn into light particles, and soon after, a card appeared in his hands.


    Joshua felt the weight of the card in his hands as the front contained the illustration of the beast and its details.


    Name: Shadow Basilisk


    Type: Beast


    Race: Serpent


    Rarity: Legendary


    Attribute: Darkness


    Cultivation: Early Divine Being


    Ability: Shadow Slip: The Shadow Basilisk can move through shadows and darkness, allowing it to avoid all attacks


    Card Description: The Shadow Basilisk is a mysterious and deadly creature known for its ability to move through shadows and darkness. Its dark attribute allows it to strike with deadly precision and avoid all attacks. Its venom can cause blindness and temporary invisibility. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage and avoiding all attacks. Use it wisely.]


    The Shadow Basilisk was a deadly predatory species in the Sacred Dimension. It had venomous fangs and ck eyes that seemed to devour all light; its body was long and slender. It could move through shadows and darkness, bing nearly invisible in the dark. Its body was covered with hard, ck scales that absorbed light and made it look menacing.


    In the illustration, the basilisk had its eyes closed since it was only a newborn. Even though the Shadow Basilisk in Joshua''s hands was of legendary quality, it only had one skill, and that too was defensive.


    It was a talent that all Shadow Basilisks inherited from birth.


    The Shadow Basilisks were creatures that were known for their terrifying killing abilities, so how could Joshua not be excited when the egg hatched into one?


    "The card will dissolve when you want to bring the creature out," Aakesh suddenly announced.


    The card wasn''t for eggs hatched by the system, so it would dissolve, and the owner of the egg had to create space for the beast.


    Joshua nodded, as he already had a living ring with it. It was an item containing inhabitable space inside it.


    Joshua purchased a livable space for whatever creature the egg gave birth to because he had been nning to hatch the egg ever since he received it.


    "Can I bring the creature out?" Joshua asked Aakesh. The earlier arrogance in his voice was nowhere to be found this time.


    If it were the earlier Joshua, he would have immediately brought the basilisk out, not caring for the store owner''s reaction.


    Aakesh nodded and gave his permission since the newborn Shadow Basilisk would only be a few meters long, and after the quests gotpleted, the space inside the store had expanded.


    Joshua nodded and then thought in his mind to bring the creature out of the card.


    The next moment, the card in his hands exploded into light, and soon it began to gather in the form of a basilisk.


    It wasn''t long before the light particlesbined to form the creature Shadow Basilisk.


    Joshua couldn''t control himself as he rushed at the creature and grabbed it.


    The next moment, its cold and brutal eyes opened. It appeared as though the creature was waiting for Joshua to touch it.


    As soon as the creature felt Joshua''s touch, the gruesome emotion in its eyes slightly subsided. Joshua was like its mother, but soon those eyes turned into its usual brutal expression.


    ***


    "Thank you, store owner," Joshua said gratefully as the arrival of the Shadow Basilisk lifted his spirits after a string of failures to obtain a recipe from the pill.


    Since the Shadow Basilisk was a creature that had hatched from the egg brought by the customer from outside, it couldn''t be taken to Panagea like the beasts summoned from the device.


    Joshua ced it in his new home and entered the portal room, as there were some vacant virtual portals left in the room.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when the sound of footsteps from outside the store opened his eyes. Aakesh turned in that direction and found an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    It was a male Vurron who hade to the store after gathering enough courage.


    His steps weren''t stable, as the rumors around the mysterious store owner had be too terrifying. Every person that shared the story of that day''s killings would add their own version, and so there were many stories that were spread across Seventeenth Street, each more terrifying than thest.


    The man looked around with a slightly frightened face as he tried to make sense of what was around him. The man didn''t recognize the stones used in floors, but he could sense that these were expensive materials.


    "Hello, store owner," The man greeted Aakesh. His voice trembled after seeing those indifferent eyes of the store owner looking directly at him.


    Aakesh nodded and waited for the man to ask about the store''s products, which he did after some time.

 Chapter 973 Husband And Wife!

    Chapter 973: Husband and Wife!


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair with his eyes closed when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. Aakesh opened his eyes and turned around in that direction, and an unfamiliar face greeted his sight.


    It wasn''t a Thorron or Corron, but another Vurron group, Firorron. This group had the same features as other vurrons, but they had a pattern of a still fire engraved in the area between their brows.


    The man had a surprised expression as he entered the store. His footsteps were steady at first, but as soon as he saw the indifferent eyes of the store owner, they slightly faltered. The man seemed to be calm andposed, so it didn''t take long for him to regain his steps.


    Aakesh didn''t look at the man for long as he moved his eyes away. The man then began to look around the store, seeing what made it so special.


    The man''s name was ris, and he was the son-inw of the city lord of Fire City.


    The Fire city lord only had daughters, so the status of the son-inw in the city was on the same footing as the son in other Vurron cities.


    ris was traveling with his wife all across the five Vurron cities, celebrating his ten thousandth anniversary, when he heard about the store.


    The store owner and his story interested ris so much that he immediately hurried to the store while his wife was still on her way toward the store.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," ris greeted Aakesh with a neutral tone. His cultivation was thete Divine Lord, while the store owner was only an early Divine Transformation, so that was the best way he could talk to the store owner.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the man''s greeting and waited for the man to ask about the store''s products.


    ris didn''t know much about the store owner''s personality since most of the storytellers were those who had heard the story of that day from others'' mouths and were not there, so there were various illustrations of Aakesh''s personality. Some deemed him demonic, some called him cold, and some even termed him a messiah, as he had killed those who troubled the people.


    ris didn''t mind Aakesh''s silent response since he was one who didn''t care about such things.


    "I am ris Fireson..." ris then introduced himself and shared some basic information about himself. Fireson was the family name of the city lord.


    As per usual, Aakesh answered, "I am Aakesh."


    "What products are avable in the store?" ris finally asked the question Aakesh had been waiting for since he came here.


    "There are five products avable in the store.


    "First are pills. The store currently sells only Lesser and Higher level..."


    "..., you can get the beast," Aakesh concluded the introduction of all five products avable in the store.


    ris had a shocked face as he heard about the products one after another. Especially, Panagea.


    "Do you mean, we could even reach the rumored peak of the Sacred Dimension in Panagea and then we could exchange our cultivation just by paying money?'' ric''s eyes were wide open as he asked Aakesh.


    "You can even reach the level of the third dimension if you have the ability," Aakesh indifferently responded.


    "How much does it cost?" ris asked as he was immersed in its effect so much that he didn''t even hear the cost.


    "One entry costs five lesser Sacred stones, while every hour stay cost another five lesser stones, while you can stay at most for six hours," Aakesh answered.


    "It''s this cheap!" ris couldn''t help but exim in astonishment.


    "The store sets the price to be fair for both the customers and the store owner."


    "Can I enter Panagea now?" ris asked as he wanted to see Panagea for himself before thinking about other store products.


    "No, you''ll have to wait for forty-seven minutes," Aakesh answered as all the virtual portals were filled at the moment.


    ***


    Around a few minutes after ris entered the store, his wife also stepped inside, and she was clearly angry with ris.


    Aakesh then saw the meek ris, as he didn''t dare to look into his wife''s eyes till she got her fill of reprimanding him for leaving so suddenly.


    After that, ris introduced all five products to his wife, who made the same expression as he did when he heard about the products.


    "Were you waiting for me to enter Panagea?" The wife''s tone turned gentle as she asked.


    She knew her husband''s personality since he had been like this since he was young. Whenever he found something that felt interesting to him, he would ignore other people around him andpletely immerse himself in it. So his not entering Panagea came surprising to her.


    ris smiled wryly and told his wife about the waiting time. The gentle face turned into a scowl and she responded, "Why did I even expect it from you?"


    ***


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    There was around an hour left before the sunset when a door appeared out of nowhere in the store''s hall, and soon Lily stepped out of it, in the midst of Aakesh introducing the store products. The sudden emergence surprised the new customer talking to Aakesh.


    "A cat?" The man mumbled in surprise as he wasn''t aware of the actual race of Lily.


    Lily ignored the customer and jumped on Aakesh''s head, waiting for the sunset.


    "Store owner, what''s the race of it?" The customer asked, clearly curious about it.


    He believed the race to be high since someone like the store owner had it.


    Aakesh ignored the man''s question and began from where he had stopped the introduction.


    The man smiled wryly, but didn''t interrupt Aakesh and heard about the store''s products.


    Since there was less than an hour left before sunset, Aakesh informed the man about there not being a spot in the virtual portal, making the man disappointed.


    "I''ll go and check the Beast Summoner Device," The man respectfully informed Aakesh and then turned in the direction of the room.


    The man had only taken a step forward when he suddenly stopped and turned around, "Can I summon a beast like her?"


    The man truly liked Lily, so he wanted to know whether he could also have a beast like her or not.


    Lilu frowned upon hearing the man''s question, but since she didn''t want Aakesh to reprimand her, she silently stayed.


    "Not right now," Aakesh replied. Since the question was rted to the store, he had to answer. Lily was no longer an Epochal Feline but a perfect hybrid, but since the system added Epochal Feline, he could get it.


    The Epochal Felines were also a top-level race in the Multiverse since only one of them was born every Epoch, so it would be a long time before the system started selling them as beasts.


    Aakesh had also asked the system about his bloodline, and at that time, the system clearly told him that his bloodline had nothing to do with beasts.


    The man was disappointed upon hearing Aakesh. After hearing the product''s introduction, the man had already decided to be a regr customer, so there will be chances in the future.


    "Hmph, he wants an Epochal Feline," Lily ridiculed the man after he left.


    Aakesh only smiled upon hearing Lily and began to y with her.


    ***


    The man''s name was Daryn, and since he came from a wealthy family from the capital of the Fawkes Kingdom, he chose to start from a beast of his level, the Divine Lord.


    Daryn had decided to go for six summons, so when he reached the column, he took a deep breath and pushed the button.


    The next moment, a square light covered one of the nine sections and began to rotate.


    In no time, five seconds passed, and a beast never seen by Daryn appeared on the screen.


    Soon after, a card appeared out of nowhere and flew into Daryn''s hands.


    An anticipated expression appeared on his face as he wanted to know what beast he summoned.


    [Name: Green Harrow


    Type: Beast


    Race: Treant


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Wood


    Cultivation: Late Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Poisonous Thorns - Green Harrow can release a barrage of poisonous thorns that deals damage to the opponent and poisons them for fifteen seconds.


    Card Description: The Green Harrow is a powerful and deadly creature, associated with the forces of nature. Its attribute of wood makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage and providing support for the team. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Green Harrow.


    Price: Eight hundred fifty higher Sacred stones.]


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. These few days would be random like this.


    I will like to apologize in advance.

 Chapter 974 The Green Harrow!

    Chapter 974: The Green Harrow!


    Daryn''s eyes widened in astonishment as he read the details on the card.


    The Green Harrow was a mid-sized creature. It looked like a tree trunk with several branches growing out of it. Its branches were covered in sharp thorns. It acted as both offense and defense for the creature.


    It was the first time Dyran came across the Green Harrow, but the quality of the creature made him curious. The store owner had already told him the seven qualities of the beast avable in the store.


    Its price at 850 higher Sacred stones was steep, but it was something Dyran could take out to buy it.


    A beast of such quality at this level had the chance of evolving into a True God. Daryn knew what could happen with a True God level creature in his pocket since he was from the capital of the Fawkes Kingdom.


    Since it was only his first summon, there was a slight hesitation in Dyran''s heart about whether to make the sale or not.


    Seconds turned into minutes, and Dyran finally decided to buy the beast.


    Since the decision had been made, Dyran didn''t waste a second and rushed out of the room with the card in his hands.


    "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle," Dyran asked, as Aakesh had already informed him about the process of buying the beasts from the store.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from Dyran''s hands. He then did his magic as he tapped twice on the storefront''s pattern at the back of the card and handed it to Dyran.


    Dyran''s face was solemn, as the result of his uing battle would decide whether he would be able to take it from the store.


    As soon as Dyran''s hands came in contact with the card, his surroundings changed, and he found himself in a dense jungle with a creature looking like the Green Harrow in the card''s illustration standing some distance away from him.


    Dyran felt awe toward the creature as he came face-to-face with it. The thorns that looked cute in the card''s illustration now looked like brutal murder weapons. Even seeing them sent a chill down Dyran''s spine.


    The creature had no face to speak of, so there was no way for Dyran to judge its emotions, but at that time, Dyran didn''t need it as there was an excessively dense murderous aura around it.


    The creature made the first move, and the next thing he knew, one of its thorny branches mmed into him like a whip.


    Dyran couldn''t even see the attacking as he cried out in pain the next moment.


    It was only the start, and Dyran had already gotten injured. His face turned grave since if he lost, he would fail to buy the Green Harrow, and he didn''t want that to happen.


    Dyran bit his teeth and tried to ignore the pain as he charged at the creature. His fist had a red glow around it. Dyran wasn''t at a disadvantage without weapons, as he was a fist user in reality.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Whip! Crash!


    A branch came crashing down on the already bloodied Dyran, throwing him several meters backward.


    The creature got ready to release its next attack, but it didn''t have to as Dyran never stood up after crashing on the ground.


    Dyran didn''t die, but he had no more energy left to stand up, as there wasn''t a single spot in his body that hadn''t turned blue from the poison released by the Harrow.


    It was the end, as Dyran found himself back in the store. The next moment, the card in his hands turned into light and exploded, with light particles traveling to the device''s room.


    A disappointed expression spread around Dyran''s face as he saw the scene of the card disappearing.


    Lily had a mocking smile on her face as she saw the scene. If not for Aakesh telling her not to mock the customers, she would have done it.


    ***


    "Unless you left the store with a beast, you can summon them," Aakesh answered after Dyran wanted to know whether he was eligible to buy the beast from the store any longer.


    A relieved expression appeared on Dyran''s face as he didn''t want to give up on a beast after learning about it. A helper with undying loyalty was extremely important to everyone.


    Before Dyran could celebrate, he heard Aakesh''s second sentence, "Initiating the taming battle isn''t free. You would need to pay one percent of the total cost of the Green Harrow."


    Dyran got stumped at first as a sum of around eight higher Sacred stones wasn''t cheap for even the likes of him. But since Dyran would have to pay the cost whether he summoned another time or not, it wasn''t a tough decision to make for him.


    Dyran then thanked Aakesh and turned in the direction of the room.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Name: Dark Gnoll


    Type: Beast


    Race: Gnoll


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Darkness


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Darkness Strike - Dark Gnoll can strike the opponent''s monster with a dark energy bomb, dealing massive damage.


    Shadow Shield - Dark Gnoll can create a shield of shadow energy, absorbing the damage.


    Card Description: The Dark Gnoll is a powerful and deadly creature, associated with the forces of darkness. Its attribute of darkness makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage and providing support for the team. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Dark Gnoll.


    Price: Eight hundred higher Sacred stones.]


    The Dark Gnoll was a hyena-like creature with ck fur, giving it a sinister appearance.


    It was Dyran''s fifth summon, including the failed one, and he finally got another beast with above Ordinary quality.


    Since Dyran was already close to the number of summoning rounds set by him, he didn''t take much time to decide between buying it.


    ***


    A joyous smile spread around Dyran''s face as he returned victorious in the battle against the Dark Gnoll.


    "Feed it a drop of your blood and sign the contract," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Dyran.


    Dyran nodded and immediately did it, and soon the time for the payment arrived.


    "You need to pay Eight hundred eight higher Sacred stones, six thousand one hundred and eleven ordinary Sacred stones, and one hundred and ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced.


    Dyran had already begun to take out the sum, and soon it was out. He then hurriedly pushed the mountain of stones toward Aakesh since he wanted to summon the beast as quickly as possible.


    Aakesh didn''t let Dyran wait for long. Soon after he got an alert from the system about the amount being correct, Aakesh informed Dyran about the sale''spletion.


    Time flew by, and the sun finally set down on Thorr and its nearby cities, giving Darkness a reprieve as it slowly covered the area under its umbre.


    Five more minutes passed, and finally, the store turned empty as the system forced the customers out of Panagea.


    ***


    "Let''s go," Aakesh announced, and the next moment, both he and Lily disappeared from the store''s hall and appeared in the selection arena.


    Lilly jumped down from Aakesh''s head and left for her usual training environment. After she left, Aakesh''s face turned indifferent as he shut down all his senses except for direction.


    Aakesh then went to the weapons section and picked one out randomly from the arsenal for today''s battles.


    Aakesh then went to his right, pressing the switch, after choosing the usual training.


    The next moment, the space around him cracked and soon formed a portal. Soon, a suction force more potent than anything Aakesh could hope to fight back appeared and sucked him inside.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    The silence in the selection area broke down as a portal emerged out of nowhere and soon Aakesh stepped out of it.


    There was still some time left before Lily''s training for the day came to an end, so Aakesh decided to hone his archery skills further.


    After picking the bow and selecting the training environment, Aakesh appeared in the archery area.


    In front of him stood a moving bullseye, while the wind in the area was changing directions randomly.


    Time flew by, and soon it was time for Aakesh to enter Panagea.


    Since the leaderboard had be active, Aakesh focused on it. The current leaderboard only stored fifty names, and there was one for each on it since there were more than fifty Panagea customers.


    On the second leaderboard, there were only three names, with William taking the lead and Richard at the third rank.


    Aakesh then touched the nearest portal using only the tip of his finger, and the next moment, he was sucked inside and appeared at the same spot in Panagea he had left yesterday.

 Chapter 975 The Swapnamadhu!

    Chapter 975: The Swapnamadhu!


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared on the spot he had exited Panagea the day before.


    Aakesh had been traveling in Panagea for the past month since he needed to reach Lily, and he was only slightly short of half the journey.


    Aakesh jumped down the tree after sighting no beasts around him.


    Aakesh had been cautious these past few days since he had caught sight of a Level 310 beast''s corpse, and he had been trying to avoid whoever caused that.


    Aakesh had only traveled for a few miles when he heard a roar filled with angering from his left.


    He would have ignored it, but fate had something else in mind. The next moment, the roar suddenly stopped, and not long after, a bloody smell permeated the area.


    Aakesh had only taken a step back when he sensed a danger to his life.


    Aakesh hurriedly moved to his right, and the next moment, a projectile passed right where his heart was a moment earlier.


    If not for Aakesh''s great eyesight, he wouldn''t have even seen the projectile passing through the air.


    It wasn''t a non-living item, but a living creature. It was Venom Wasp. It was one of the wasp species, and extremely poisonous at that.


    A frown appeared on Aakesh''s face as the Venom Wasp was a bred creature and needed others'' help to sustain themselves, so if one of it was here, then there were several of it, and there was also one master behind it.


    Aakesh looked around him for the source behind the wasp when he suddenly sensed a familiar danger.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned cold as he saw a group of wasps flowing toward him.


    Aakesh grabbed the hilt of his sword and took it out of the scabbard tied to his back.


    sh! sh! sh!


    Aakesh didn''t wait for the wasps to fly to him, but he reached it before. His sword came down on the wasps like the hands of God as it shed several of them into two symmetric pieces.


    Aakesh seemed to have touched some ho''s nest, and the next moment, the sky was covered with Venom Wasps.


    There were at least tens of thousands of them, and even the weakest of them was Level 200, while there was one Level 300.


    The Level 300 wasp was extremely dangerous for even wasp as its poison would be enough to instantly kill Aakesh.


    Aakesh understood there was no point in holding back, so the next moment, a bow appeared in his hands.


    Aakesh targeted the Level 300 wasp and aimed the bow toward it.


    As Aakesh began to stretch the bowstring, an outline of the arrow started to appear, and when the string touched Aakesh''s right ear, there was aplete arrow nocked on it.


    The arrow wasn''t ordinary, as it had an arrowhead in the pattern of an active me; and it was blue in color.


    Whoosh!


    The arrow flew, tearing through the air and whistling, as Aakesh left his grip on the bowstring.


    Chhiss!


    As the arrow struck the Level 300 wasp, a blue me engulfed the creature, creating a burning sound.


    The wasp wasn''t to die without harming Aakesh, so it shot its sting at the end of its life.


    Aakesh had already expected the wasp to fight back, so he had already prepared for the attack.


    He left the string, and the arrow nocked on the bow, flew tearing through the air.


    BOOM!


    As the arrow and the sting shed, an explosion urred, creating a venomous cloud.


    As if the cloud was alive, it tried to engulf Aakesh, but his sword cut through it as if it wasn''t air.


    The cold in Aakesh''s eyes further deepened, as the sword didn''te unscathed out of the sh. Some of it had been corroded, diminishing its sharpness and power by several folds.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    After the death of the Level 300 wasp, the battle was more like a massacre, as every arrow shot by him killed a few Venom Wasps.


    As Aakesh was killing, he noticed something wrong as the number of wasps wasn''t diminishing no matter how many he killed, but fortunately for him, there was none above Level 300 in the picture.


    Aakesh was like a machine, as he shot one after another and finally a change in the sky happened.


    The wasps crazily attacking him, seemed to finally sense the horror of Aakesh''s arrows, so they began to randomly escape.


    A frown appeared on Aakesh''s face since if someone was controlling the wasps, they shouldn''t be this out of control in the mid of battle, and if no one was controlling them, then why did they even attack him in such numbers?


    Even though Aakesh was thinking like this, his arrows didn''t stop. The moment these wasps attempted to attack him, they became an enemy, and Aakesh wouldn''t stop till he killed all of them.


    The wasps seemed to turn crazier with each passing moment, and Aakesh finally found what was wrong with them.


    It wasn''t that someone was not controlling them, but there was no Venom Wasp here in the first ce.


    Of the tens of thousands of wasps flying crazily in the sky, there was one that was different from the others.


    It was also a wasp, but a rare species at that. It was the Swapnamadhu, an extremely rare wasp species in the Multiverse.


    The Swapnamadhu was the first Wasp species to exist in the Multiverse and one of the first races to exist after Devas.


    There had been even less than a hundred of them in existence since their birth. It controlled the element of the Dream.


    The wasp in front of Aakesh wasn''t even Level 250, and yet its mastery of the Dream was there for Aakesh to see.


    It had reached such an extent that it created so many Venom wasps and a Level 300 one at that.


    Despite being several levels higher than it, he still fell into the illusion and failed to see the correct picture.


    Cry!


    The next moment, a cry rang in Aakesh''s head.


    Since Aakesh knew thenguage of Swapnamadhus, he understood it; it was a plea for help.


    Aakesh didn''t care for the rarity of the creature. The moment it attacked him, it sealed its death.


    The wasps in the sky turned even crazier while the Swapnamadhu cried even more.


    "I will give you a drop of Madhu."


    The statement suddenly rang inside Aakesh''s head.


    Aakesh''s actions didn''t stop, but a reply rang inside the creature''s head.


    "Three drops!"


    The Swapnamadhu was only a child, so itined about Aakesh opening his wolf mouth.


    The intensity of Aakesh''s attacks increased, making the creature cry even more.


    Time flew by, and the battle between Aakesh and the Swapnamadhu finally came to an end, as both parties agreed to a deal of two drops of Madhu.


    Madhu was a rare item, only found in the Swapnamadhus. Even a single drop of it was so valuable that it was enough to have a slight mastery of the element of the Dream.


    Two drops of it would be enough to let Aakesh gain one basic skill rted to Dream, so he agreed to the trade.


    The element of Dream was on the simr levels of Chaos, as every sentient living being dreamt, and there were countless beings in existence.


    The Swapnamadhus could only create a drop of Madhu every century. They also needed them to further enhance their control over the Dream element.


    The Swapnamadhu in battle with Aakesh was only four centuries old, so it had only created four drops in total, and it had already fed on two of them.


    ***


    [Host, your meditation time is about to arrive!]


    Aakesh was traveling when the system''s emotionless voice rang inside Aakesh''s head.


    Since Aakesh had nothing major stopping him in Panagea, Aakesh first found himself a safe ce and then thought of exiting.


    The next moment, a white light covered him, and when it disappeared, Aakesh had also left Panagea.


    Since Aakesh had asked the system not to ce his name on the leaderboard, he wasn''t there.


    Aakesh then left the portal room, and there was already his cultivation mat waiting for him.


    Aakesh''s absorption rate has slightly grown today, so when he began his meditation, he could sense the change.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The sun finally rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, announcing the start of the day. At the same time, a store also opened its door, with a group of people already there waiting for it.


    ***


    A/N: This random upload schedule will only continue for a few more days. Sorry for the trouble.


    The mass release date has been set on 9 February 2023. There would at least be ten chapters. I will announce the goals on 1 February.


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 976 Bistrid(1)

    Chapter 976: Bistrid(1)


    With the sun rising on Thorr and the nearby cities, the store opened its door, announcing the start of a new day.


    As Aakesh stood at the gate, the familiar sight of a group of people already there greeted his eye.


    All of them were familiar faces. Aakesh didn''t let them wait long and turned around to return to the store.


    Despite forty-eight virtual portals in the store and forty people in the group, they hurriedly entered the store like a raging tide.


    In no time, the store''s gate turned empty, and all the customers were inside.


    "Hello, store owner," Favan respectfully greeted Aakesh as he became the first to reach him.


    Then the familiar routine followed, and Favan left after paying thirty-five lesser Sacred stones.


    Customers approached Aakesh one by one and left for the portal room after paying for it, and soon, only Aakesh was left inside the store.


    Not even five minutes had passed since the store''s opening when an unfamiliar face greeted Aakesh''s sight.


    ***


    Bistrid belonged to the Wheat-Spotted Demon race. The race''s name was such because of wheatish spots spread all over their bodies.


    There were many different types of spotted demons, and Wheat-spotted Demons stood at the top of that list with only one other race.


    The curiele was under the control of the Gxy Obscura. Obscura was in the authority of the Voidborn race. Since the Voidborns stood at the same level as the Sun Elves, they had several universes in their control, and Gxy Obscura was only one such gxy of the countless ones they controlled.


    The Voidborns didn''t have enough manpower to control all those gxies, so many of them were distributed to their subordinate races. The Wheat-Spotted Demon was one such race, and it regted seven gxies in total, with Obscura one of them.


    Anyone below the Supreme God level couldn''t control a gxy, so it showed the Wheat-Spotted Demon''s power by having six Supreme God cultivators, with one of them being peak, while two of them werete.


    Bistrid''s family was the supreme authority of the Wheat-Spotted Demons as his family contributed five of the seven Supreme Gods, with the peak Supreme God at the helm of the race being Bistrid''s great-grandfather.


    Bistrid''s cultivation wasn''t low either, as he was a True God level cultivator, with his sub-level being intermediate. Bistrid was less than fifty thousand years old, and he had already achieved such cultivation, so his family paid particr attention to him.


    The arrival of Willian and Elle wasn''t silent as they were from a race that stood on the same pedestal as the Voidborns.


    The Wheat-Spotted Demons began finding the reason for their entry into this gxy as soon as Williamnded here. The Obscura gxy wasn''t even top three of the gxies they controlled, but it was at the sixth rank, with only Narrower at thest position.


    It only took around a day for the demons to find the reason behind the Sun Elves'' entry into the gxy, and it was the store in front of Bistrid.


    Since Bistrid was stationed in the Obscura gxy and had a high status in the race, the Supreme God in control sent him here.


    Bistrid''s face was darker than the night, but the spots around his eyes were wheatish. The other body followed the same color pattern, but the number of marks increased around his chest. He stood naked in front of the store as there was no concept of clothes in their race.


    The Wheat-Spotted Demons were a race suited for magic, so they weren''t great fighters like other Demon groups, but their talent in magic was such that; they were born with an invisible elementary armor around them for protection. It was also the reason behind them not having any concept of clothes like other races.


    Bistrid''s face was cold as he had given up on his emotions long ago due to a particr trauma years ago. That trauma was also the cause of his reaching where he was today.


    Bistrid''s senses warned him against entering the store since he could feel an unbeatable opponent on the other side of the door. Since Bistrid wasn''t one to stop over the death''s fear, he raised his right foot and stepped inside.


    The next moment, the surroundings around him changed as the barrier restricting him from seeing or hearing anything going on inside the store stopped.


    Bistrid''s eyes fell on the blue-skinned man sitting on the chair, looking straight at him.


    Even Bistrid, who had this cold face for thousands of years, couldn''t help but change his face when he saw those indifferent eyes.


    ''Pride or Arrogance?'' The question emerged in Bistrid''s head as he sensed the reason behind those indifferent eyes.


    Bistrid''s eyelids suddenly trembled in shock as his sight came across the floor. How could he not recognize the stone used in the flooring? He had seen one with his own eyes when he went with his great-grandfather to meet the Voidborn controlling the universe in which gxy Obscura.


    Still, Bistrid didn''t forget the reason for hising here as he approached Aakesh and asked, "How do you know the heir of the Sun Elves?"


    Aakesh only stared at the man and didn''t answer. Bistrid waited for a moment, but seeing Aakesh not responding, he repeated the question.


    Bistrid could sense an extreme danger around him if he dared to cause a stir here, so he maintained his calm.


    "I am Bistrid, the officer sent by thew enforcement corps to find out the reason behind the Sun Elves'' entry."


    "It would be best if you answered all my questions honestly," Bistrid said. He introduced himself and his position, hoping for Aakesh to answer.


    Bistrid wasn''t one to give up on his duty when facing someone undefeatable, so if Aakesh still didn''t respond, he would force him. Some might call it suicide, but for him, it was his personality.


    "I am Aakesh."


    As words finally began toe out of Aakesh''s mouth, a slight wave of relief washed over Bistrid. Even though he would go as far as facing an undefeatable opponent for his duty, it didn''t mean he didn''t fear death.


    But soon, the relieved feeling got stuck as Aakesh stopped after telling his name.

 Chapter 977 Bistrid(2)

    Chapter 977: Bistrid(2)


    Bistrid didn''t know what to feel at that moment. Since he was here to find out about the store, he needed answers.


    If Aakesh weren''t going to answer, then he would make him, ignoring the prices he needed to pay.


    Bistrid''s face turned cold as the aura around him suddenly changed, bing full of majesty.


    "As living under the umbre of the Voidborns-"


    Bistrid was going to use his authority when his voice suddenly came to a stop as he saw the emergence of a slightly golden light from the corner of his eyes.


    The light took all of Bistrid''s attention, and when it disappeared, two familiar faces appeared in the store. It was none other than William and Elle who were the ones responsible for pushing the Wheat-Spotted Demons into action.


    William and Elle were countless times stronger than Bistrid, so when he tried to look into their eyes, he felt an explosion happen in his head, and he almost stumbled. If not for the system acting immediately, Bistrid would have turned into a mindless fool.


    William and Elle were surprised by the situation because whenever they came into the store, their auras were always in control.


    ***


    "So, you came here to find out about us," William mumbled after hearing Bistrid''s reasoning.


    It was all Bistrid''s doing. His aura wasn''t in control when William and Elle suddenly appeared in the store, so when he mistakenly looked into William''s eyes, there was a subconscious counterattack from the other party, almost exploding his sea of consciousness.


    Since neither of the two parties acted intentionally, the system didn''t punish either.


    Bistrid nodded, not daring to look at William''s face anymore. Aakesh was from an unknown background, so Bistrid didn''t fear him much, but William was on an entirely different level.


    William was someone whom not even their master race, the Volidborns, would dare offend, so how could he?


    Time flew by.


    William and Elle didn''t waste much time on Bistrid''s situation, as there were spots empty in Panagea. They told Bistrid not to worry about them being here and left for the portal room.


    "Do you want to know about the store''s products?"


    "If you don''t, you can leave." Aakesh finally spoke another word to Bistrid.


    Bistrid didn''t immediately answer since he didn''t know what to do. He couldn''t just leave because the Sun Elf duo told him not to worry about their presence.


    Since the Sun Elves were now here, the Wheat-Spotted Demons needed to report them to the Voidborn, and if the reportcked even the basic things about the elves, like their purpose, they would be in serious trouble.


    Aakesh didn''t have all day to waste on Bistrid, so he was going to give him thest minute inside the store. When there were around fifteen seconds left, Bistrid finally came to his decision.


    Bistrid understood what was wrong with his and the family''s thought process. Since the Sun Elves were in the equation, they became the dominant topic. But things should never have been like this. From the start, the store should have been the research topic.


    Something that could force the heir of the Asquith family toe to a ce like this could never be an ordinary ce.


    "Store owner, I want to know about the store''s products," Bistrid asked. The store needed to be in focus, and Bistrid would now make a report on the store and send it to the Voidborns.


    Aakesh finally heard a question rted to the store and its products from Bistrid, so he didn''t treat his words as treasure any longer and introduced all five store products.


    Bistrid, who had been only interested in knowing about the store due to the report, found himself dumbfounded at the end. The concept of Panagea wasn''t new, as anyone above the Lesser God level could do it.


    Cultivators after the Lesser God would begin to have multiple worlds. Because thew of those worlds was entirely under their control, many Lesser Gods used them to train their descendants.


    But the magnitude of Panagea''s territory was what truly astounded him. In addition to high-level beings from the Sacred Dimension, the store owner mentioned that there were also creatures from the Third Dimension present.


    Bistrid, who only wanted to send a report to the Voidborns, was now genuinely interested in checking out the products for himself, so he asked about Panagea. Fortunately for him, there were spots avable, so he paid thirty-five lesser Sacred stones to Aakesh and proceeded toward the portal room.


    ***


    After entering the Panagea, William summoned the Suleon inside. The next moment, a blue light appeared in front of him, and when it disappeared, the majestic Suleon took its ce.


    The beasts that were bought from the shop could go to Panagea with the adventurers, but there were some rules with this.


    The beasts, like the adventurers, didn''t have unlimited resurrections inside Panagea. They had a limited number of revivals; that was one hundred and eight.


    After the one hundred and eighth death of the beast, the adventurer would be forbidden to use that beast in Panagea. There were ways to increase the number of revivals for the creatures, but they were dangerous and extremely valuable.


    Even though the beast''s cultivation level would start at the Divine Transformation level in the Sacred Dimension, which was above Level 250 in Panagea, that didn''t mean the beasts would start at Level 250.


    They would begin at Level 0, just like the customers in the Primal Dimension, and they would also have to finish the first quest to gain the ability to level up. But there was an advantage the beasts had that the customers from the Primal Dimension didn''t have. The pet in Panagea wouldn''t need cultivation arts or quests to cultivate up to Level 100. However, they would be able to gain experience as soon as they finished the first quest, which would make their journey to Level 100 simpler than that of those customers.


    As the beast would have its master adventurer with it, the first quests for every pet would be extremely difficult to finish sessfully, while the number of revivals would still decrease even if they died once.


    ***


    A/N: Thanks for supporting my leave! I am very grateful to all of you!


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 978 The First Quest!

    Chapter 978: The First Quest!


    Since the Suleon would have William''s help toplete the first quest, its difficulty had grown as well. William was a level 200+ adventurer, so the requirement would consider that.


    Things went like that as William looked at the quest screen in front of him. He had a frown on his face.


    The screen detailed the first quest. It wanted the Suleon to be the overlord of the Francia Forest. It was the territory of the Crazed Boars. These creatures were gigantic in shape and got angry.


    Their strength was for everyone to see, as the Francia Forest was a forbidden zone for any being below Level 235. Unfortunately for William, he was only Level 234, so it was a simr zone for him since there was not only a Level 235 Crazed Boar in the forest but also tens and hundreds of thousands of other level boars.


    The more William looked at the screen, the more frustrated he became, so he waved his hands, and the screen disappeared.


    "Only if there was no time limit," William muttered helplessly, as the quest wanted the Suleon to be the overlord of the forest in seven days.


    If there were no time limit, William would have increased his level to a satisfying level and then begun the quest. In seven days, forget achieving a sufficient power level; even bing Level 235 seemed impossible.


    Since Suleon had gotten the quest yesterday, now only six more days were left, and even then, he could only stay for six hours each day.


    Since failing the first quest would result in an even more difficult mission, William knew he needed toplete it at any cost. If only the first mission were like this, then he could only imagine what the Suleon would get after failing it.


    The rule of only getting three first quests was active for the beasts like other adventurers.


    William was currently a few hundred miles away from the Francia Forest so he decided to travel there. He didn''t have much time to waste.


    On his way, William talked with the Suleon, telling it some instructions. Once they entered the forest, William wouldn''t be able to take back the card unless theypleted the quest or failed it, and at the same time, it only had a limited number of lives, so William tried his best.


    It didn''t take long for William to cross such a distance as he currently stood at the entrance of the forest. There were already shining blobs of light directed at William with myriads of expressions. But one thing wasmon in all those eyes, the excitement of someone entering the forest.


    "Don''t forget what I told you," William sternly told the Suleon.


    The Suleon nodded. Since it was only a newborn, its size was small, and there was an innocent aura around it.


    William then took a deep breath and stepped inside, with the Suleon following him.


    William''s steps hadn''t evenpletelynded inside the forest when something came charging at him.


    William''s fighting skills were no joke, as he had learned them from a better version of the Sun Elves in the training area.


    A bow engraved with several patterns appeared in his hands as he stretched the bowstring and took a shot.


    The boar charging at him was even lower than Level 200, so he didn''t even need an arrow. Just the wind released from the string was enough to crush the boar into a pulp.


    It was only the start, as tens of boars had charged at William. His eyes remained calm as he shot one arrow after another, none missing the target and crushing their brains straight down, killing them instantly.


    The Suleon stayed hiding behind William, as it was nothing but a child waiting to get hunted in the presence of those boars.


    Soon, only William and the Suleon were left standing in the area, with a gory scene spreading across the forest''s entry point.


    William didn''t stay there for long, as the smell of blood had grown heavy, and it would now summon strong boars to the scene.


    Since the Suleon wasn''t even a Level 1 creature, it couldn''t run quick enough, so William carried it and ran in the direction that gave him the least dangerous sensation.


    The Francia Forest was dense and in a vast area spread across thousands of miles. Still, the number of Crazed Boars William came across in only a few minutes was sufficient for the total battles in a year.


    William finally came across a difficult opponent as his sight weed a sole boar sleeping below the shadow of the tree.


    His face turned grave since the boar in front of him was also a Level 234 creature. William could only curse his luck foring across such a beast so early in his travels.


    The boar,fortably sleeping on the ground, smelled William and the Suleon''s body odor, but it was unlike other Crazed Boars. It wanted toze around, so it ignored him, but when William reached a range of five hundred meters around it, it had no choice but to stand up.


    The boar roared in anger as it charged at William. Its spear-like teeth glowed brightly as a cover surrounded the creature. Wherever the creature passed, the ground beneath it had turned into a burnt site.


    William''s face was grave as he stretched the string. As the string was getting stretched, an outline of an arrow was appearing.


    When the arrow wasplete, William released it, and soon, the shot flew toward the creature, tearing through the air.


    There was a golden glow around the arrow, and soon it shed with the boar.


    Boom!


    An explosion rang out in the area, but soon its sound was devoured by the sound of an army of arrows flying through the air.


    Time flew by, and finally, the battle between the creature and William came to an end.


    William''s arsenal of arrows trumped the overbearing strength of the Crazed Boar. Soon, it was time for William to return to the Sacred Dimension, as a hostile force began to act on him.


    Fortunately for him, he could take the Suleon back with him to reality, or he would have long failed the quest.


    The next moment, a white light surrounded him, and soon after, he found himself back in the familiar portal room.

 Chapter 979 A New Function!

    Chapter 979: A New Function!


    Around a few minutes after the system forced William and Elle out of Panage as their six-hour stay was over, it also forced Bistrid out.


    Since the entry limit in the Gods & Demons level training area was one entry per week, William and Elle left the store, hoping the next day would arrive early.


    ***


    Bistrid wanted to stay in Panagea for some more time as he was very close topleting his first quest, but unfortunately for him, the store owner refused.


    Even though Bistrid''s stay in Panagea was over, it didn''t mean he was going to leave the store. He wanted to check out the beasts sold by the store as well.


    So, Bistrid found out some of the things he wanted to know about the product and then went to the room.


    ***


    [Name: Gray Ettin


    Type: Beast


    Race: Ogre


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Physique


    Cultivation: Early Divine Being


    Ability:


    Rock Wall - The Gray Ettin can create a wall of rocks to protect itself and its allies.


    Earth Spike - The Gray Ettin can summon spikes made of earth to attack its enemies.


    Seismic Charge - The Gray Ettin can build up energy and unleash a powerful shockwave that causes damage to all enemies in its vicinity.


    Card Description: The formidable Gray Ettin is a force to be reckoned with, with its sturdy build and massive muscles. This two-headed creature boasts a rock-hard defense, making it an excellent tank in battle. With this card, you can bring a powerful monster onto the battlefield. This monster can do a lot of damage and help the team. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Gray Ettin.


    Price: Forty-eight thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    Bistrid read the beast''s details on the card.


    The Gray Ettin was a gigantic creature that had two heads. Its bulky muscles and thick hide gave it a formidable appearance. The two heads each had their own distinct characteristics. One on the card looked like a gentle soul, while the other looked like a raging maniac. Its fur was grayish in color, showing its formidable and weathered look.


    Bistrid read the details curiously since it was the first time he hade across such a creature. He had learned about the qualities of the beasts from the store owner, so he looked surprised even for someone calm like him since the beats were of supreme quality.


    Since Bistrid had chosen the random summoning system, the beast in his hands was an early Divine Being level creature.


    Things looked jolly until his eyes reached the price section. He couldn''t help but take a deep breath when he saw it.


    The amount of 48 000 higher Sacred stones was too much for Bistrid. He didn''t have that much money, even if he wanted to spend it.


    Bistrid could ask his father, who was a Lesser God, for help, but for that, he would have to leave the store, and he didn''t even know what would happen once the Voidborns found out about the store.


    ''What should I do?'' Bistrid had a calm personality, so he soon calmed down and began to ponder over the current situation.


    It didn''t take long for Bistrid toe to his decision, and he left the room with the card in his hands.


    "Store owner, can you keep this? I am going to prepare the funds," Bistrid had his usual cold face when he requested Aakesh.


    "Are you going to sell something or ask for money from someone?" Aakesh, instead of staying silent as usual, suddenly asked.


    After hearing Bistrid''s request, Aakesh suddenly had an idea.


    "Sell," Bistrid became confused, but he still answered.


    At the same time, Aakesh was in conversation with Bistrid, he was also talking with the system.


    "Hey, system, what do you think about adding a new function to our store cards?"


    [Host, what are you thinking?]


    "Why don''t we add a pawn function to all three store cards?"


    Aakesh thought of it as there were many customers who didn''t have enough money but had items on their hands. If the store began to pawn its items, the customers would be freer to spend further, increasing the product''s sales in the store.


    [Host, the system can''t create stones.]


    "The store would restrict the money earned from items to only the store," Aakesh replied since he had already thought of all the things he needed to worry about for the function.


    [Host, the items bought by the system would get wasted, so it will be a loss-making function.]


    "We won''t buy the item, but we will give a fixed amount of stones at a fixed interest rate," Aakesh answered since neither he nor the system would have any use for the items sold by other customers.


    The system wouldn''t sell used items in the store, and Aakesh wouldn''t use them.


    [Okay, Host!]


    The system epted Aakesh''s suggestion, and the next moment, every store card owner got an alert about it in their hands, irrespective of their location.


    [Host, since you have suggested it, yourmission for profits made from this function would be 50%.]


    Aakesh nodded since he also needed money. The more he earned, the more purer stones he would have for meditation.


    ***


    "If you want to pawn one or multiple items, you can also do it in the store," Aakesh informed Bistrid.


    Bistrid, who was about to hand over the beast card to Aakesh, suddenly stopped.


    Bistrid had a valuable item with him that would grant him the remaining value for buying the Gray Ettin, so he decided to go for it.


    Bistrid already had a ce in mind, but now that the store owner informed him about the store also being one of those ces, he immediately made the decision to do it here.


    "The store wouldn''t buy your item but would give you the loan you require with a fixed interest rate."


    "If you want to avail this feature, you will have to buy any of the three store cards avable..." Aakesh then introduced all three store cards to Bistrid.


    Bistrid didn''t waste any time beforeing to his decision of buying the store card since one higher Sacred stone wasn''t that big of a sum.

 Chapter 980 Interest Rates!

    Chapter 980: Interest Rates!


    Aakesh then announced the rules to Bistrid.


    Since the store didn''t need weapons put on by the customers, there was a policy of the customers taking them back after paying the amount.


    The interest rate for the loan amount was fixed at one lesser Sacred stone per day, irrespective of the amount borrowed by the customer.


    The customer could only borrow the amount as store credit and could only spend it in the store.


    The customer would have to set a fixed timeline for returning the amount. If the customer failed to follow the timeline, the store would permanently block him. The blocking wouldn''te easy, as the store would first have to retrieve its debt, and it could be a torturous task for many if they wouldn''t have the required wealth.


    "So, what item do you want to pawn in the store?" Since Aakesh informed Bistrid of all the rules, he decided to begin the transaction.


    Bistrid nodded and then took out a sword from his inner world. It had a few cracks on it, but the dried blood on it leaked a terrifying aura.


    Aakesh grabbed the sword, and the next moment, all the details about it appeared in his mind. The system being the informant.


    "You can get a maximum sum of twenty-seven thousand, five hundred neen higher Sacred stones, eight thousand four hundred eight ordinary Sacred stones, and six hundred seventy-two lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced the amount Bistrid could borrow after putting the sword.


    Bistrid nodded since the number was closer to what he had expected after the store owner informed him about the borrowing being only eighty percent of the price of the item.


    "How much do you want to borrow?" Aakesh then asked after Bistrid was satisfied with the price.


    "Twenty-five thousand higher Sacred stones," Bistrid answered immediately. He needed around twenty thousand stones, but since the borrowing limit was higher, he borrowed extra for emergencies.


    "What do you want to be the tenure of your debt?" Aakesh asked, leaving the tenurepletely up to the customer.


    "Can I set it to anything?" Bistrid asked, clearly surprised by Aakesh.


    If he could select any term, wouldn''t that mean he wouldn''t have to worry about paying if he set the tenure at hundreds of billions of years?


    "Yes, you can even set the tenure as one nanosecond, or you can even set it as a trillion years, but keep in mind that you will have to pay the debt before the end of the tenure."


    "The longer you set the tenure, the higher the interest earned by the store, and simrly, the punishment of failure would be high as well." Aakesh understood what was going through Bistrid''s head, so he stated the warning.


    Bistrid stopped the wild thoughts in his head and pondered over the tenure he wanted to set. The amount wasn''t so small that he could set the timeline to be a few months or years, but it also wasn''t so big that he would want the tenure to be several centuries or millennials.


    "Let''s set it at twenty-five years," Bistrid answered after thinking about it.


    "Your interest rate would be 9000 lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh informed.


    (1 year= 360 Days.)


    "You could pay the interest daily, weekly, monthly, annually, or all of it at once, using your store card," Aakesh further added.


    "Are you ready to sign the contract?" Aakesh asked, and out of nowhere, a page made of some strange material emerged in his hands.


    Bistrid nodded, and the next moment, characters began to appear on the page, and soon, the entire contract was printed. Aakesh pushed it toward Bistrid while the sword in his hands disappeared into the system''s space.


    Bistrid read the entire contract, and after finding nothing wrong with it, he signed it using a drop of his blood.


    The next moment, the contract exploded into light particles as it melted into the store card he had bought.


    As soon as the process ended, an alert rang inside Bistrid''s head, informing him of the transfer of twenty-five thousand higher Sacred stones.


    Even though Bistrid had lost his emotions after the tragic event in the past, he still couldn''t stop himself from getting excited after finding that he could buy the Gray Ettin.


    Since Bistrid now had theplete payment, he pushed the card toward Aakesh and asked him to initiate the taming battle.


    Having money was only the first step, so Bistrid''s face turned calm as he prepared himself for the next phase.


    Aakesh took the card from Bistrid''s hands and then tapped on the pattern at the back. After doing it, he handed the card to Bistrid.


    After getting the card, Bistrid suddenly found his surroundings changing, and the next moment, he found himself in a grasnd with a creature simr to what he saw on the card in front of him.


    As the Gray Ettin''s two heads had their own personalities, one of them was friendly and called out to Bistrid, while the other cruelly roared at him.


    Bistrid''s strength had reduced to early Divine Lord to match the creature, so he didn''t take it easy, and took the initiative.


    The friendly head seemed to have be shocked by Bistrid''s unruly behavior as it opened its mouth and screamed profanities in itsnguage. Fortunately for Bistrid, he didn''t know Ettin''s native tongue.


    The battle between the two seemed to have begun as each of them came to blows. Bistrid seemed to dismiss the idea that Wheat-Spotted Demons were weak in frontalbat as his fist battled the Ettin.


    The battle took a gory turn in no time, as blood seemed to flow like it was nothing from the numerous injuries on both sides.


    Time flew by, and the battle continued. There was no point of time in the area, so none of them knew how long they had been fighting for, but since neither of them wanted to lose, they persisted.


    None of the two sides now had sufficient energy to release any skill, so they fought with simplebat, their will to win pushing them forward.


    More time flew by, and finally, the Ettin crashed to the ground. Bistrid''s shape was no better, but he gritted his teeth and didn''t let him fall, using his hands as his support.

 Chapter 981 Difficulty!

    Chapter 981: Difficulty!


    The Gray Ettin still wasn''t dead, but when it saw Bistrid still not on the ground like it, despite him having more severe injuries, it gave up and took itsst breath, making Bistrid the victor.


    The beasts fighting the customers were well aware of the oue of the battle, and in order to avoid bing someone''s pet, they fought until theirst breath. Bistrid''s strength and resolve seemed to have won over the Ettin, so despite both of them being equally close to death, it gave up.


    The next moment, Bistrid found himself back in the store, with not even a moment passing in the time he was inside.


    Time flew by, and Bistrid finally got the card.


    Since Bistrid wanted to check out the Ettin, he hurriedly left the store. Aakesh, on the other hand, was reeling with the alerts going on inside his head.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on the fifth sale of the beasts in the Beast Summoning Device! Themission for the sale of the Gray Ettin has been transferred to you.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Sell Beasts,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully sold five beasts to customers. Now, its time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Number of beasts you need to sell: 1000,


    Time Limit: 360 Days


    Mission reward: Twenty-five purer higher Sacred stones,


    Failure Punishment: The salesmission will get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for thirty years.]


    Aakesh looked at the screen, showing him the first quest in the beast''s sequence.


    The quest''s content was simr to what it was for other first quests, but the difficulty here was clearly higher. Aakesh needed to sell one thousand beasts in 360 days, which didn''t seem like a lot when there was already a collective quest requiring him to sell five thousand beasts in the same duration. But the issue was that it was only the first in the sequence, and with eachpletion, the requirements grew severalfold.


    The reward for the quest was mary, which Aakesh had expected since not every mission would allow him to increase the number of columns, so it wasn''t that bad. As for the punishment, Aakesh only took a quick nce at it. Since there was already a collective quest with an even greater number of sales requirements, there was no point in thinking of a failure.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon after, the quest screen faded into disappearance.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes, waiting for customers to enter his store. The spots inside Panagea were already full, so things for Panagea were going as well as they always had.


    ***


    "Your majesty!" Ladriel knelt in front of Ayriel.


    After learning about the store, Ayriel rushed here, and finally, she was in Thorr City.


    "Where is the store?" Ayriel asked. Her voice seemed calm, but her eyes betrayed her.


    ***


    "You have done good," Ayriel said to the kneeling girl.


    It was none other than sha. Now that Ayriel was here, the time for her to return to the store had finally arrived.


    "Here are your hundred supreme sacred stones," Ayriel said as she tossed a space ring at sha.


    sha hurriedly caught the ring, a joyous expression in his eyes.


    She clenched the ring and vowed to bring her husband back once again.


    Ayriel didn''t care about sha and began to learn things from Ladriel. Ladriel honestly shared everything she had learned from sha about the store in the Primal Dimension and what he had learned from the city''s inhabitants.


    "Do you think he can help me?" Ayriel suddenly asked.


    "Your majesty, you can''t involve others in family issues. It would anger your mother," Ladriel''s face changed as she pleaded.


    Ayriel couldn''t help butugh after hearing Ladriel. There was both anger and guilt mixed in thatugh. However, Ladriel said those things to ensure her safety, so Ayriel patted her on the shoulder and told her she was only thinking.


    Ladriel heaved a sigh of relief, seeing that her master wasn''t serious. The matter with Ayriel would either be the ending of the Moon Elves in the Sacred Dimension, or it could also be a new beginning, so if she brought any strangers to it, her end wouldn''t be better.


    "Let''s go," Ayriel ordered and then left in the direction told by Ladriel.


    sha was only an early Divine Transformation, so it would take her hours to travel to the store. Since Ladriel had begun to like sha''s character, she grabbed him and disappeared from the spot.


    The next moment, she appeared outside the store with Ayriel already there.


    Ayriel didn''t immediately enter the store but stood there, unknown to everyone what thoughts were going on in her head at that time.


    Ladriel didn''t dare disturb Ayriel and stood silently. The same was the case for sha, as she was afraid of Ayriel.


    sha had lived for millions of years in the Primal Dimension, so she had seen many personalities. Ayriel, despite having unbeatable strength over her, was still like a child inparison to her age.


    Whenever sha saw Ayriel, she would get the feeling of looking at a raging destroyer that wanted to bring everything to its ruin, and it always chilled her.


    "Do you think he would do to me what that Dragon did to our ancestor?" Ayriel suddenly asked without looking back. There was no hint of reverence in Ayriel''s voice like in other Elvish races.


    Ladriel''s face suddenly changed, looking ugly. The next moment, she clenched her head as an unbearable wave of pain began to attack her. A memory that was sealed inside her head ages ago was slowlying out.


    Even sha was taken aback by the tone of Ayriel. Her face became unfriendly as she clearly didn''t like the tone in Ayriel''s voice. If not for her minuscule strength inparison, she would have attacked Ayriel.


    Ayriel suddenly turned around and smiled at sha with a ridiculous smile, as if looking at a fool.


    Ayriel was unaware that at that time, a pair of eyes were looking at her with inconceivable expressions.


    ***


    A/N: I guess the time for some Dragon''s action is near.

 Chapter 982 The Limitless Physique!

    Chapter 982: The Limitless Physique!


    "You have yet to grow," Ayriel mocked sha and then looked at Ladriel, who now looked pale with fright.


    "If you want, I can seal that memory back," Ayriel said, as Ladriel had been with her for as long as she could remember.


    Ladriel answered through clenched teeth, "I am fine, your majesty."


    "Why do you treat Dragon with such disregard?" sha gritted her teeth and asked Ayriel.


    Ayriel only looked at sha and didn''t respond. She then turned around and looked at the store. The next moment, she raised her right foot and stepped forward in the store''s direction.


    sha stood frozen, and her entire body became wet with sweat. The stare from Ayriel was the most dangerous sensation she had felt in her life.


    "Don''t talk about Dragons in front of her," Ladriel''s voice rang inside sha''s head. It sounded weak.


    sha could also sense the change in Ladriel''s tone this time when she referred to Dragons. She had seen with her own eyes how respectful Ladriel was in front of Aakesh when she became sure of his identity.


    ''What have I involved myself in?" sha couldn''t help but think. Her faith in the Dragons was pure without any blemish, so she understood their strength. Her current state was not safe enough for her to deal with anything having to do with them. She wanted to revive her husband, so she needed to stay out of trouble as much as possible.


    While thinking, she followed Ayriel, who was now at the gate of the store.


    Ayriel''s steps didn''t pause, and she entered the store.


    ***


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes to find a group of three people standing outside, and one of them was a familiar face, sha.


    ***


    After entering the store, Ayriel ignored the surroundings and looked at the blue-skinned store owner, who was supposed to be a Dragon.


    Her eyelids violently trembled as a dangerous sensation engulfed her heart.


    ''He isn''t a Dragon!'' She screamed in her heart.


    Ayriel''s affinity with the Dragons was even greater than that of many of the first Elves. It was as if she was born for Dragons.


    It was also the reason she knew what no other Moon Elf knew about their ancestor.


    The system acted immediately and cut off the sensation attacking Ayriel.


    Aakesh also seemed to know that something had changed quickly because his bloodline turned violent. It was the first time his bloodline had reacted, so he looked at Ayriel curiously, wanting to know what caused such a violent reaction.


    "Hey, system, what just happened?" Aakesh enquired of the system because no one knew more about him than it.


    Although Aakesh was expecting to hear "No sufficient Authority," things ended up being different.


    [Host, the girl has the physique of Devas!]


    Since Devas had the Limitless physique, Aakesh raised his eyes in surprise. It made their growth unlimited. Other than Devas, only one being ever had this physique, Vritrasura, which almostid ruin to the three dimensions if not for Deva''s interference.


    Now, there was a second person with that physique other than Devas. Aakesh finally understood why his bloodline suddenly turned violent.


    The Moon Elf in front of Aakesh wasn''t aware of her physique, or she would have kept it under control. When she looked at him, her body subconsciously tried to suppress his blood, creating a violent response in his bloodline.


    Soon after Ayriel, Ladriel, and sha entered the store as well. Ladriel hurried to Ayriel as she sensed the sudden change around her.


    "Are you fine, your majesty?" Ladriel asked with a concerned face.


    A wry smile spread across Ayriel''s face, and instead of answering Ladriel, she turned around to look at sha and stated, "He is no Dragon!"


    "He is something even more terrifying," Ayriel further added, but she said it so quietly that none of the other two heard it.


    Aakesh was the exception since he had the system''s help. Aakesh wasn''t interested in hearing others'' conversations, but Ayriel wasn''t.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" After the shocking conversation with Ayriel, sha approached Aakesh and respectfully greeted him.


    "Hello, you are quick," Aakesh answered. sha was one of the earlier customers of the store, so Aakesh didn''t respond with his silent nod.


    sha was only an early Divine Transformation, so Aakesh didn''t expect her to reach the store this early. William and Elle were top creatures, so for them, it was easy, while for Richard, it was his luck. sha, on the other hand, had reached the store.


    "I see a new product," sha smiled as she pointed at the fourth unlocked room.


    Even though Ayriel said Aakesh wasn''t a Dragon, the respect sha had for Aakesh was still the same, which seemed surprising to her.


    Aakesh nodded and then introduced the Beast Summoner Device to her. sha looked surprised at the end of the introduction.


    "Can I even get a Dragon as a pet?" sha asked the first question that rang in her mind.


    "Not right now," Aakesh replied.


    sha nodded in excitement. Since Aakesh said they weren''t avable right now, that meant they would be avable in the future.


    "Tell me about the store cards. Are their abilities the same as in the Primal Dimension, or did some things change?" sha said while pointing at the card machine.


    From the moment sha started talking with Aakesh, she seemed to revert to her usual personality, and her heavy heart finally lost some weight.


    "There are three store cards avable in the store:


    Higher Store Card...," Aakesh soon introduced all three store cards to sha.


    Like William and Elle, sha also asked about the weakening of the card''s abilities, and soon, she got the same answer as them.


    Since sha only had supreme Sacred stones with her, she couldn''t buy the Ultimate Store Card, and at the same time, 100 stones were her total wealth. It might be a waste of money to spend one hundredth of it on only a card.


    Even though one hundred supreme Sacred stones sounded great, considering their purchasing power in the Sacred Dimension, sha knew better than others that no amount of money was enough in the store.

 Chapter 983 Sudden Change!

    Chapter 983: Sudden Change!


    sha thought like that, but her heart didn''t ept it, so she went ahead with buying the Supreme Store Card. She could attest that no item purchased from the store was useless.


    sha then took out one supreme Sacred stone from the space ring and handed it to Aakesh.


    Ayriel and Ladriel, who couldn''t hear anything from the conversation between Aakesh and sha, were surprised to see sha handing over a supreme stone.


    During the conversation with sha and Ladriel about Aakesh not being the Dragon, Ayriel told sha to go first since she was familiar with the store owner''s character. The dangerous sensation was still evident in her memory, so she wanted to make sure before talking with the blue-skinned man of an unknown race.


    ***


    After getting the stone from sha, Aakeshpleted the process, and soon after, a card flew into his hands.


    Time flew by, and sha linked herself to the card. She also found the new function of the loans and the interest rate.


    She then stopped thinking about it and looked toward the group of around ten people waiting in the store. Her face turned disappointed since their being here meant no spots were avable in Panagea.


    "Aakesh, can I meet Lenna and others in Panagea from here?" sha suddenly asked.


    Even though she hadn''t lived for long in the Sacred Dimension, several centuries had already passed in the Primal Dimension.


    "Yes," Aakesh responded.


    sha grew excited at the prospect of seeing her son and granddaughter. At the same time, her heart also grew heavy since if she met them; they would surely ask about her husband.


    "Tell me about the pills," sha requested since the products were new in the Sacred Dimension. Since she had time before entering Panagea, it would be better for her to learn about other store products as well.


    "The store currently sells two grades of pills; Lesser and Higher,"


    "In the Lesser grade, the store has ten pills types avable, and they are:


    First-grade lesser body healing pill: The pill can heal minor injuries up to peak Divine Being, while it would only work for Divine Lords if taken inrge numbers. It costs ten lesser Sacred stones..."


    Aakesh introduced all the pills avable in the store.


    Since sha was only an early Divine Transformation, she could only use the Lesser grade of pills. sha bought three of each since they were valuable to her.


    After the pills, it was time for a suitable cultivation method.


    sha thanked Aakesh and then went toward the cultivation art room.


    ***


    After sha left, Aakesh looked at Ayriel.


    Ayriel took a deep breath and stepped forward. Ladriel wanted to follow her, but she stopped her and soon reached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner," Ayriel greeted Aakesh. Her tone was neutral.


    ***


    "Why didn''t you correct her when she referred to you as a Dragon?" Ayriel suddenly asked Aakesh.


    "I corrected her, but she termed it as me being modest," Aakesh answered since he had this conversation with sha many times.


    Ayriel nodded and then talked about the dangerous sensation engulfing her heart when she saw Aakesh.


    Ayriel seemed to be a chatterbox as Aakesh gave her a feeling of trust. Ayriel didn''t know how to feel about this sudden change, so she let herself flow with what her intuition told her.


    "You will find out in time," Aakesh replied in the Moon Elves'' native tongue.


    Ayriel, being the carrier of the Limitless Physique, picked up Aakesh''s curiosity, so he used his title to make a good conversation with her.


    Time flew by, and soon, Aakesh seemed to have be one of Ayriel''s friends, as she even joked with him once.


    "Aakesh, why did you open your store here?" Ayriel asked. After talking with Aakesh, she started referring to him by his name.


    "Some things don''t have an answer," Aakesh responded.


    "Will you be willing to move the store to the Elf''s capital?" Ayriel didn''t persist on the question and instead offered Aakesh to move the store.


    ***


    "These are the products sold by the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction of all five store products avable.


    There was no product in the store other than Panagea to match Ayriel''s cultivation level, so she wanted to enter Panagea. Unfortunately for her, there were no spots avable in the portal room.


    Since things were like this, Ayriel decided to go for the Beast Summoner Device since its abilities were also top-notch.


    But before that, she bought an Ultimate Store Card for herself and Ladriel.


    "Let''s see if I find a beast of my liking," Ayriel said and proceeded toward the room. Ladriel also followed her since Ladriel had heard about the store''s products from sha.


    ***


    Unlike Elle, Ayriel didn''t desire an early Divine Lord beast with ultimate quality. Instead, sha chose a beast in the Divine Lord range. When it came to quality, she wouldn''t ept less than ultimate quality, or if she came across a beast with a lower grade that caught her attention.


    Ayriel reached the room, and her eyes fell on the murals of countless beasts painted on the wall all around the room. Some were gigantic, some were ugly, and some were cute. But one thing wasmon among them; they were all top predators.


    Ayriel reached the pir and looked at the screen, which had images of nine different beasts in nine sections. She recognized seven of them, while Ladriel''s situation was even worse, as she only identified three of the nine.


    Ayriel then took a deep breath and pressed the switch. Ayriel''s luck had been abysmal since her birth, so she didn''t expect to get a heaven-defying beast on her first try.


    The next moment, the square light on the screen began to rotate at an unprecedented rate, and exactly five secondster, it stopped as a beast appeared on the screen.


    Soon after, a card flew to her hands. The next moment, Ayriel''s face turned slightly disappointed, but soon it returned to calm.


    Ladriel, standing a step behind Ayriel, noticed the expression change. But she could only sigh.


    Ayriel ced the card in thepartment right of the screen and pressed the button again.


    The next moment, "1" appeared on top of the screen, and the rotation started.

 Chapter 984 A Secret No One Knows!

    Chapter 984: A Secret No One Knows!


    "1" appeared on top of the screen, and soon after, the square light began rotating, covering every section.


    Five seconds passed in the blink of an eye as the rotation came to a stop and a creature appeared on the screen.


    Ayriel recognized the creature''s race, so she didn''t feel that enthusiastic about the beast. The next moment, a card flew into her hands, and as she had expected, it was another low-quality beast.


    Ayriel then repeated the process of returning the card and pressed the switch again, as "2" appeared on the top of the screen.


    Time flew by, and the "2" at the top of the screen had now turned into a "7."


    The square light began to rotate at a rapid rate, and soon it stopped as five seconds passed.


    The next moment, a creature appeared on the screen, and soon after, a card flew into Ayriel''s hands.


    Ayriel didn''t recognize the race of the beast on the screen, so she had some hope in her heart about its quality, but when she read the details on the card, she faced another disappointment.


    The beast on the card was only of higher quality.


    More time flew by, and "7" on the screen turned into "13."


    This round of summoning had cost Ayriel one hundred supreme Sacred stones, but she seemed unfazed as she looked at the screen, hoping to get her desired beast on it.


    Five seconds passed, and the rotation on the screen came to a stop. The next moment, a beast appeared on the screen.


    Ayriel''s eyes widened in surprise and fright as she saw the beast. She recognized it since it was the past overlord of the Sacred Dimension, now extinct, the Chaotic Wyrm.


    The next moment, a card emerged out of nowhere and flew into her hands.


    Ayriel''s hands shook slightly, but she calmed herself down and focused on the details.


    [Name: Chaotic Wyrm


    Type: Beast


    Race: Wyrm


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Physique, Fire, Poison, Space, Chaos


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Inferno Breath: A powerful st of fire that causes massive damage to anything in its path.


    Chaotic Barrier: A shield of chaotic energy that protects the Chaotic Wyrm from all physical attacks.


    Vortex Summoning: The Chaotic Wyrm can summon a vortex of chaotic energy, sucking everything in its vicinity into a chaotic maelstrom.


    Shadow Step: The Chaotic Wyrm can teleport short distances, disappearing into shadows and reappearing elsewhere.


    Chaotic Touch: A touch from the Chaotic Wyrm causes its target to be consumed by chaotic energy, rendering them powerless.


    Noxious Cloud: The Chaotic Wyrm can create a cloud of toxic gas that poisons and blinds its enemies.


    Unpredictable Frenzy: When pushed to the brink of its limits, the Chaotic Wyrm goes into an unpredictable frenzy,shing out with its ws and tail in a disy of raw power.


    Card Description: The formidable Chaotic Wyrm is a force to be reckoned with, with its overwhelming strength and elemental control. This creature boasts several killing skills, making it a ruthless killer in battle. With this card, you can bring a powerful monster onto the battlefield. This monster can do a lot of damage and help the team. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Chaotic Wyrm.


    Price: Nine hundred ny-nine thousand, nine hundred ny-nine Supreme Sacred stones.]


    The card almost fell off Ayriel''s hands when she read the details. She couldn''t help but take a deep breath to calm her heart.


    The Chaotic Wyrm on the card''s illustration was a massive serpentine dragon with shimmering scales that seemed to match the environment. Its eyes were a piercing red, and its body was adorned with razor-sharp horns and spikes. Its wings looked tattered and ragged, but just from looking at them, no one would doubt that it wouldn''t be able to fly like an arrow.


    Ladriel also looked shocked as she saw the beast on the screen. The next moment, a helpless smile spread across her face as the Chaotic Wyrm came with a lot of baggage in the Sacred Dimension.


    Ladriel knew of Ayriel''s character, so she understood that Ayriel would buy the beast and would try to tame it, irrespective of what enemies the Chaotic Wyrm had.


    Several billion years ago, the race that ruled the Sacred Dimension was the Chaotic Wyrm. Its rule spanned countless years, but it fell that day and faced a tragedy as that was thest time a Chaotic Wyrm was seen. Till today, the Chaotic Wyrms were extinct in the Sacred Dimension.


    If people found out that Ayriel had a Chaotic Wyrm as a pet, it would not only kill her but also bring an end to the Moon Elves.


    The current overlord race of the Sacred Dimension wouldn''t like to see an alive Chaotic Wyrm.


    Ladriel wanted to talk about it with Ayriel before she made her decision, but her hands froze as she saw a cruel grin spread across Ayriel''s face. That grin sent chills down Ladriel''s spine, so much so that she had to take several steps back.


    Ayriel noticed Ladriel''s reaction, but she didn''t care. Her eyes remained focused on the illustration on the card.


    Chaotic Wyrms were members of the Dragon race as well, but their bloodline wasn''t that pure to be called Dragon since they were products of the Dragon''s lustful nature with other races.


    The Chaotic Wyrm was the son of the Hydra and a very powerful Dragon from the third dimension, so it had control over many elements existing in the Multiverse.


    The Chaotic Wyrm on the card was only a newborn, but it already had so many elements under its control. The element of Chaos was a gift from its Dragon father.


    "A Dragon will help me get my revenge," Ayriel mumbled as she looked intently at the card.


    Ayriel could finally start her ns for taking over the Moon Elves.


    At that moment, Ladriel could sense the uing bloody turmoil in the Moon Elf.


    Others didn''t know that, but Ayriel and her trusted subordinates knew that the ancestor of the Ay family, the first Moon Elf, had died, freeing the n from the rules she had set. The day Ayriel would sit on the throne wasn''t far off. Since Ladriel trusted Ayriel, she vowed in her heart once again that she would be there to see her sit on that throne.


    A smile appeared on Ayriel''s face as she saw Ladriel kneeling in front of her.


    ***


    "Please initiate the taming battle," Ayriel requested, handing the card to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded, and he couldn''t help but be surprised when he saw the beast on the card.


    "Are you sure you want this beast to be your pet?" Aakesh asked Ayriel.


    "Yes," Ayriel thought Aakesh asked this question to every customer to make sure, so she nodded.


    Aakesh said nothing because he wasn''t there to make decisions for others and tapped twice on the back of the card.


    As for why Aakesh asked Ayriel when he hadn''t asked other customers, it had to do with her physique and the Chaotic Wyrm.


    The Chaotic Wyrm''s Dragon father was not just any ordinary person; he was the ruler of the Dragon race during the reign of Vritrasura. It had another identity; it and Vritrasura were best friends, and it was also the first to plead allegiance to him when the war began that year.


    Aakesh sensed that fate was at work here, as someone with the same physique as Vritrasura would receive a pet from that Dragon''s bloodline.


    Was the Multiverse going through that phase again? Aakesh didn''t care much about it. He only cared about the store and knowing his past.


    ***


    Ayriel grabbed the card from Aakesh''s hands and soon found herself in unfamiliar surroundings.


    She was floating in the air, and her cultivation had dropped to the highest level of Divine Lord. There was no ground below, no matter how deep she tried to see, while there was a giant crack in the sky. An energy that knew nothing but destruction slightly permeated every corner of the endless area, and that crack was its origin.


    Ayriel''s face grew solemn as she recognized the energy. It was Chaos energy, one of the top energies of the Multiverse.


    Suddenly, Ayriel found a shadow covering her. When she looked in the sky, a gigantic creature, spanning over a hundred meters floated there, while its eyes were aimed at her.


    A grin spread across Ayriel''s face as she spread her hands, wanting to capture the creature in her embrace.


    The creature was taken aback by the sudden reaction from the intruder, so it roared and released angry winds.


    Ayriel seemed unfazed as the angry wind attempted to knock her down.


    Suddenly, the wind around the area began to crazily flow as something deep seemed to awaken inside Ayriel.


    The Chaotic Wyrm in the sky stopped roaring as its eyes turned solemnly. The next moment, a familiar sensation came from Ayriel.


    The creature didn''t understand what was going on, so it attempted to attack Ayriel.


    It opened its mouth wide open, as an energy ball began to gather at the tip of its mouth. Ayriel, who was standing several hundred meters away from it, also sensed an unbearable wave of heat emerging from the ball.


    The next moment, an energy beam came rushing toward Ayriel, trying to vaporize her into nothingness. Ayriel wasn''t going to let herself get hit, so she disappeared from the spot and appeared right above the creature.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. I am in a hospital because my friend got into an ident.


    Don''t forget about the mass release on February 10. Show your support!


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 Chapter 985 “Am I In Danger?�

    Chapter 985: "Am I in Danger?"


    Ayriel''s hands were like the strike of a thunderbolt as they mmed on the creature''s head, throwing it down.


    Its wings fluttered as it floated up immediately. The Chaotic Wyrm''s eyes seemed to glow redder, and it charged at Ayriel.


    Even though Ayriel was only a peak Divine Lord at the moment, the skills she had in her arsenal were not only great in numbers but also in quality.


    A silver, transparent barrier suddenly covered the creature as Ayriel snapped her fingers. The next moment, a silver me emerged at the tip of her finger.


    It automatically flew from Ayriel''s hands and toward the barrier.


    The Chaotic Wyrm sensed extreme danger, so it raised its ws and attacked the barrier.


    Cracks began to emerge and spread, but unfortunately, the barrier still survived. The silver me flew inside the barrier and engulfed the creature before it couldunch another attack.


    Cry!


    The wyrm cried out in pain as an unbearable wave of pain attacked it.


    The creature''s rage knew no bounds at that moment as it summoned a vortex filled with chaotic energy, devouring not only the silver me but also the damaged barrier.


    The energy in the air slightly thinned out, but Ayriel had no time to ponder over it. The wyrm suddenly disappeared from its spot and appeared behind Ayriel.


    Ayriel''s eyes trembled violently as the creature used the Shadow Step by creating its shadow using the sun in the sky.


    Its ws came smashing toward Ayriel. Ayriel had nothing in mind other than to dodge the strike.


    The creature''s ws were engulfed in chaotic energy. It was another skill of the Chaotic Wyrms, Chaotic Touch.


    Ayriel seeded in dodging, but the next moment, she stood gawking there in shock as she saw the scene in front of her.


    The area where she was a moment earlier had now turned into a void, bringing an overflow of chaotic energy into the surroundings.


    The chaotic energy wasn''t weightless, but it was one of the heaviest substances in the Multiverse. Ayriel''s veins began to pop out as if someone was pressing her beneath a giant mountain.


    The Chaotic Wyrm''s condition was no better, as it also couldn''t handle so much chaotic energy in the surroundings at once. The only saving grace for it was that it had a better physique than Ayriel and also had a slight control over the element of Chaos.


    The wyrm could see it getting into an advantageous situation when suddenly the space around Ayriel began to crack.


    The next moment, a horrible aura that made even the wyrm kneel began to permeate the area, and Ayriel was the source.


    Ayriel''s eyes had turned pitch ck while her back began to straighten up. The weight of the Chaotic energy didn''t seem to matter anymore, and an indifferent expression spread across her face.


    The Chaotic Wyrm couldn''t even dare to look directly at Ayriel, for it believed it would be its death.


    Ayriel calmly stepped forward in the air and proceeded toward the wyrm. She seemed to be unconscious and blind as she stepped right into the void.


    The void should have devoured Ayriel, but instead, it weed her. The aura emanating from her turned even more terrifying as several cracks appeared all over the area.


    When Ayriel was only one step away from the wyrm, it suddenly kneeled, asking for mercy.


    Ayriel''s eyes seemed to have no emotion as they stared at the creature. She then raised her hands and brought them down. At the same time, a me darker than even the abyss appeared in her hands.


    The creature seemed to be like a piece of paper in front of the me, as it took even less than one-billionth of a second to turn the wyrm into nothingness.


    ***


    Ayriel''s entire back was wet with sweat as she found herself back in the store. She looked confused and shocked since herst memory was her veins almost bursting under the pressure of the chaotic energy.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, looked surprised at Ayriel.


    Ayriel''s cultivation wasn''t enough to awaken the Limitless physique, as even the lowest cultivation level required was the mid-phase of the third dimension.


    If Ayriel had been able to remember the scene, she would have known that she exploded into a blood cloud soon after the death of the creature.


    "What happened?" Ayriel asked. For some reason, her intuition told her that Aakesh knew the answer.


    Aakesh''s face returned to its usual indifference as he told Ayriel about the scene of overwhelming power. The Chaotic Wyrms were already creatures that stood at the top of the food chain, so killing one of them in less than a billionth of a second while being at the same level of cultivation was nothing but a disy of overwhelming power.


    "Why did it happen to me? Has someone very powerful taken shelter in my body?" Ayriel frowned.


    Ayriel knew that she didn''t have such overwhelming power, so she could only ce it on someone extremely powerful who was taking shelter in her body.


    "Only you are the reason behind this, others have nothing to do with your overwhelming power."


    "You only need to know that you have something that might terrorize the entire Multiverse, so you should discover it on your own rather than hear it from me," Aakesh stated.


    Vritrasura was born in the third dimension and to rulers of the Asura race, so he already had suitable cultivation to wake up the physique. Ayriel, on the other hand, would die instantly, if even one percent of her physique woke up.


    Aakesh wanted to see how far Ayriel would go and if she would face the same end as Vritrasura.


    As for the Multiverse, Aakesh didn''t worry about it. The Devas were the born protectors of the Multiverse; it was their duty to keep it safe, not his.


    Ayriel wanted to ask Aakesh, but when she saw that he seemed to be in no mood to answer the question, she stopped.


    "Please answer this; am I in danger?" Ayriel asked after a pause of several seconds.


    Aakesh didn''t respond to the question, but instead, diverted the topic by informing Ayriel about what she needed to do to sign the taming contract with the Chaotic Wyrm.

 Chapter 986 Mahisasura!

    Chapter 986: Mahisasura!


    "You need to pour a drop of your blood..." Instead of answering Ayriel''s question, Aakesh responded with the third step.


    Aakesh never lied to the customers, so he wasn''t going to answer the questions he himself didn''t know the answers to. Whether Ayriel''s safety was in danger was up to the Devas and those top powerhouses of the third dimension.


    He was only an early Divine Transformation cultivator, so he knew his capabilities.


    Ayriel''s face turned gloomy after she got no answers from Aakesh.


    Soon, it turned into aplex expression as Ayriel didn''t know what to feel regarding Aakesh. If she had nevere to the store, she would have lived in ignorance about her life. And now that she was here, the ignorance was gone, and she had be aware of something that might end her.


    Ayriel then soon calmed down as she couldn''t worry about what would happen in the future, or if it would destroy her.


    She had a goal of snatching the top seat of the Moon Elves from her mother, so nothing could take precedence over it.


    As she thought like this, she used the needle present on the card and pricked her hand.


    ***


    Somewhere in the third dimension,


    A pair of eyes suddenly opened, lighting up the darkness prevalent around the area.


    The pair of eyes alone were several timesrger than a. As for the creature, it was without end.


    "Has it finally arrived?" A voice filled with antiquity rang in the area.


    The next moment, the creature disappeared from the area and went somewhere.


    ***


    "I hope we will get your answer this time. I am waiting to see what you will choose. Or will it be like thest time?"


    ***


    In the Asura race royal pce,


    ? The royal pce was no less than a gxy in itself as it spanned over billions of lightyears, and yet, every corner of it wasid with valuable Eternal Stone.


    "Uncle, you must be able to find it." A man seated on the throne asked.


    The man seemed to be at the center of the world as if he were the source of the light itself. His skin was whiter than the clouds, while his eyes were ck like the abyss. His red hair seemed to be hot enough to burn even the Multiverse.


    The man was none other than Bali, the current ruler of the Asura race.


    While the man seated on the other side was even more terrifying than Bali, for it was no other than Vritrasura.


    "No, even I cannot sense it," Vritrasura seemed to have no respect for the Asura Monarch and answered.


    Bali didn''t mind his uncle''s tone since Vritrasura was countless times stronger than him.


    If not for his father and Vritrasura having excellent rtions, Bali didn''t doubt that Vritrasura would snatch the throne from him and hand it to his daughter.


    "How can you not know? After all, you are also the owner of that physique." A third voice rang inside the room as a man, even more outstanding than Bali, appeared out of nowhere.


    The man was Bali''s father, Mahisasura. He was the previous monarch of the Asura race, and one at the time of that war.


    Mahisasura was second in strength to Vritrasura, so he also had no opponent in the Multiverse other than Devas.


    Mahisasura was the reason the Asuras retained their second rank in the Multiverse despite Vritrasura bing an enemy of every living member in the three dimensions.


    "Is that the way to talk to your elder brother?" A smile emerged on Vritrasura''s face as he stared at his younger brother.


    Mahisasura wanted to say something, but that stare put pressure on him. He couldn''t help but step forward, touch Vritrasura''s feet, and greet him.


    The pressure on Mahisasura disappeared while Bali stepped forward and touched his feet.


    "How can you be so detached from the world and yet punish me for not touching your feet?" Mahisasura helplessly uttered.


    "What has my detachment from the world got to do with etiquette?" Vritrasura answered as he snapped his fingers.


    The next moment, a chair emerged out of nowhere and fell directly in front of Mahisasura.


    "So, are you seriously not able to sense the owner, or is this another one of your ploys?" Mahisasura asked after sitting down.


    "Despite seeing my strength, you underestimate the physique," Vritrasura replied.


    He then, without waiting for Mahisasura or Bali''s response, added, "These physiques are directly created by the Multiverse, so not even the Devas, other than those monstrous 11, could sense the owner of the physique."


    "Not even Devas!" Both Mahisasura and Bali eximed in surprise.


    "Have you met any of those eleven Devas?" Bali suddenly asked.


    Every top creature in the third dimension knew that even all the Devas weren''t equally strong. Strength was also an issue among them, particrly the eleven Devas.


    Even all the other created Devasbined couldn''t defeat a finger of even the weakest of the eleven Devas, let alone "Him," the ruler of the Multiverse and the first creation.


    "No," Even Vritrasura''s face turned solemn when he talked of those eleven Devas.


    "But I have met someone who has met them," Vritrasura added, making Bali and Mahisasura more curious.


    Who could be the other person that met those eleven Devas, despite Vritrasura being the strongest being to ever exist after the Devas?


    Bali wanted to ask Vritrasura, but before he could, Vritrasura disappeared from the room, while a sentence with a chuckle rang in the room.


    "Start preparing! A war even more cruel and destructive than thest isn''t far away!!"


    Their eyelids trembled as Mahisasura and Bali looked at each other.


    None of them could even imagine anything more destructive than thest war.


    ***


    All across the third dimension, creatures who had been in deep sleep for the past countless years were waking up. None of them were able to find the source behind their waking up, but all of them could sense the uing turmoil across the Multiverse.


    ***


    The moment, Ayriel''s physique woke up, a pair of eyes opened in the Primal Dimension.


    ***


    A/N: We will talk about the Limitless Physique in more detail in the future. The time for it to be public hasn''t yet arrived.


    Not to let minds go wild, Aakesh isn''t the owner of the Limitless Physique.

 Chapter 987 Memories!

    Chapter 987: Memories!


    A pair of eyes opened in the Primal Dimension, and they looked directly toward the store.


    The wall barricading the two dimensions seemed to be transparent, as nothing obstructed the sight, and it directly fell on Ayriel.


    Sigh!


    The owner of the eyes sighed and then closed his eyes after taking one quick nce at Aakesh.


    ***


    Unaware of being sighted by a Deva, Aakesh told Ayriel what to do in the next step.


    Since Ayriel couldn''t waste her time worrying about what would happen in the future, she pricked her fingers using the needle on the card.


    The next moment, she felt unbearable pain, but fortunately for her, it disappeared as quickly as it had arrived.


    Light the same color as her blood engulfed the card as her blood fell upon it.


    Time flew by, and all three steps of signing the contract wereplete. Now, it was time for the payment.


    "You need to pay 1,000,110 supreme Sacred stones, 11,111 higher Sacred stones, 1,111 ordinary Sacred stones, and one hundred ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly announced the cost. The total price was more than one ultimate Sacred stone.


    The next moment, an alert asking her whether she wanted to pay appeared in her head. Ayriel nodded, and then soon, the payment got deducted.


    Soon after, an alert notifying him of the sessful payment rang in Aakesh''s head. He then informed Ayriel about it, and soon, the connection between her and the card grew as the system dropped the restriction of not letting it go outside the store.


    "Do you also want a beast?" Ayriel turned around and asked Ladriel.


    Since Ayriel had decided only to focus on her goal of bing the ruler of the Moon Elves, her mood got better.


    And since Ladriel was one of her most trusted subordinates, she should help her get one beast for herself.


    "Yes, your majesty," Ladriel nodded since she wasn''t one to hide what she wanted, and she was also shameless enough to let Ayriel buy it for her.


    Ayriel nodded and stated, "You can buy the beast of your liking. I will pay for the beast, but you will have to pay for the summoning rounds."


    "Thank you, your Majesty," Ladriel thanked with a respectful bow as she proceeded toward the room.


    Ayriel, on the other hand, chose the direction of the cultivation arts room since there was nothing else for her to do.


    ***


    "There are so many!" sha eximed in appreciation as she read the cultivation arts one after another.


    sha already had one in mind, so she would only read the name and put it back inside the counter.


    As sha was searching, she heard the sound of footsteps entering the room. Since there was no one other than her in the room, the sound was particrly loud in her ears.


    As sha turned around and saw who it was, she hurriedly turned around and returned to the counter.


    Unlike other store products, the cultivation arts weren''t avable for cultivators above Divine Being, so Ayriel only came to pass the extra time here.


    At the same time, she also wanted to see if she would find an amazing treasure amid all of this.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and looked in that direction, only to find a familiar face.


    ***


    "Eh! I am getting a familiar sensation from this ce," The man uttered as he stood in front of the door.


    Around the man was a gathered crowd, as the man was eye-catching. To put it mildly, he was enormous. He was around thirty meters tall, with his shoulders spanning over six meters.


    The building in front of the man looked small, but for some reason, the feeling was the opposite for whoever looked at it.


    A few other people, who looked asrge as the man,nded on the ground.


    The crowd, instead of staying any longer, left the scene. When there was only one, it was eye-catching, but now that there are a few of them, it turned into a terrifying scene.


    "Why did you stop here, father?" A man, only slightly shorter than the man in the center, stepped forward and asked.


    The voice seemed to be rumbling as everyone on the street around the group closed their ears.


    The man didn''t answer but suddenly reduced his size to match the store''s door. The others in the group became shocked at the scene in front of them since their father consistently ridiculed members of his tribe whenever they reduced their size. He felt it was demeaning to their bloodline not to stay at their original size.


    The man ignored his children''s reaction and stepped forward. Soon, he was in front of the door.


    The familiar sensation grew more intense, but the man couldn''t recognize the reason.


    The man then took a deep breath and entered the store. His eyes suddenly trembled as they fell on the man seated in the chair.


    "Am I dead again?" The man asked loudly, alerting the people waiting in the store for Panagea.


    "No, you haven''t died, Gregory," A familiar voice rang in the man''s ears.


    "Store owner, are you real or am I dreaming?" Gregory eximed in excitement as his past memories shed before him.


    How could Gregory forget the store and the store owner as it changed his lifepletely?


    ***


    "This is a Genius Reincarnation pill. If you eat this pill, you''ll reincarnate into one of the higher worlds, and you''ll have a body talent, even greater than heavenly chosen."


    "This is a faith embryo. It has gathered the faith of a trillion people for a trillion years. If you buy it, you will be an Immortal creature in one fell swoop."


    "This is the Strongest pill. If you eat it, you will immediately be the strongest of your native Universe."


    ***


    "If you want to break the contract, you only need to kill the Cosmos Contract Beast, and you will be free and wouldn''t have to pay the seventy-five universe cores in the next twenty-five years."


    ***


    One after another, memories shed through Gregory''s eyes as he remembered how he hade here at the lowest moment of his life.


    ***


    "What happened to Father?" The eldest in the group dumbfoundedly asked.


    "How can our father do this when he beat mest time I did it?" One in the groupined as she remembered the scene where Gregory beat her for reducing her size.


    "Let''s go inside and check it out!" The eldest in the group announced and then reduced his size.


    ***


    After all of them entered the store, they saw the scene of their father standing frozen while a blue-skinned man was seated on a chair.


    When they saw the man, their eyes expanded in shock as they recognized him.


    The blue-skinned man was none other than the man in the statue at the center of their Empire.


    Gregory wasn''t a nobody in the Sacred Dimension, but he was an Emperor in control of a vast territory in another Universe, and his cultivation level was Sacred Emperor.


    Gregory had seven children in total, with three of them being male and four being female.


    All seven of his children had already surpassed the True God level, while the strongest of them was an intermediate Higher God.


    ***


    Suddenly, a tear streamed down Gregory''s cheeks as he saw Aakesh.


    It didn''t take long for that single drop of tear to be rain. When Gregory came to the store, he was only a young man going through the worst phase of his life. Then everything changed when he bought that product from the store.


    After bing strong, Gregory tried everything he could to find the store. Forget the shop; he couldn''t find a single clue about it anywhere in the Primal Dimension, no matter how thorough his search was.


    If not for his strength, even he would have treated the store as a dream.


    He wanted to thank the store owner for changing his destiny and say that he would always be grateful to him.


    "If not for you and the store, I would have died that day without getting my revenge or achieving anything. Thank you, store owner!" Gregory bowed and thanked Aakesh.


    Gregory''s children looked at the scene in shock, as they could never have guessed that their father had so many emotions.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but smile after hearing Gregory. Even though Aakesh had spent over a thousand years in the Primal Dimension with many customers in the second phase, he would always feel closer to those few hundred customers he had acquired over the course of eighty-one thousand years in the first phase.


    Since Aakesh had nothing to do there, he watched every scene of those customers'' lives till they ascended to the Sacred Dimension.


    "You did everything on your own. You don''t need to thank me. You bought a product from my store, and you paid for it. It was a fair trade," Aakesh responded.


    "Only if you could put yourself in my shoes would you know what you and the store have done for me," Gregory stated as he chuckled.


    ***


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 Chapter 988 Gregory(1)

    Chapter 988: Gregory(1)


    Gregory finally noticed his surroundings and couldn''t help but be surprised when he saw a group of people already there inside the store.


    "Store owner, the store looks different," Gregorymented after he reached Aakesh.


    "We have changed the way we deal with customers," Aakesh responded in his usual tone.


    Gregory nodded and then began to converse about himself with Aakesh, including how he tried to find the store only to be rewarded with failure.


    ***


    Gregory was a member of the Giant race, but that wasn''t always the case.


    Thousands of years ago, in the Primal Dimension, Gregory belonged to a Demon race, Faratul. It was a low-tier race, with the strongest cultivator of the group only reaching Soul Formation.


    When Gregory was around thirty-five years old, he and his family were attacked by a group of other Demon races, bing a casualty of the war.


    That war made the Faratul extinct, but it seemed Gregory still had many things left to do, so instead of dying, he found himself in front of a store in the center of the darkness.


    There, he saw the store owner for the first time. And then, the myriads of products that could turn the entire Primal Dimension into anarchy like never before.


    Gregory himself got introduced to twenty-plus products, and in the end, he chose the egg of a Giant while needing to pay seventy-five Universal cores over the span of twenty-five years.


    The egg of a Giant wasn''t literal but an artificial item made from the pure blood of a Giant. Giant was arge group of races, so the bloodline Gregory got, belonged to the Ether Giants.


    The Ether Giants were a race that had long disappeared from thendscape of the Primal Dimension when Gregory got the item. It was a powerful race that took birth not long after the creation of the Primal Dimension, and as their name suggested, they were in control of a powerful energy called Ether.


    Ether was a powerful energy that was free from the bounds of the elements, as its owner could turn it into fire as well as water.


    The Ether Giants'' immediate ascent to a dominant league was made possible by having control of the Ether. And in less than a few million years, the race disappeared from the Primal Dimension as they ascended to the Sacred Dimension.


    ***


    Gregory had to give up on his race, Faratul, as he melted his soul into the item. It was an extremely painful process, as a new body was born right from the first cell.


    It took around three years to finish the process of body creation. When it wasplete, Gregory was directly born with Void Condensation level cultivation--a level that no member of his extinct race had ever reached.


    Gregory''s vengeance was simple and quick because the Faratul race''s enemies were only led by a Nascent Soul cultivator.


    Due to the lustful nature of the Giants, Gregory would have lost himself in pleasure and lust afterpleting his revenge, but the timer in his head kept him sane.


    Time flew by, and Gregory had paid seventy-five Universal cores by the end of the twenty-fourth year, making the timer in his head disappear.


    After that, it was Gregory all over the Primal Dimension. He became the Heavenly Monarch at the age of seventy-nine years, bing an Immortal. When he was about ny-six, his cultivation passed the threshold of the Primal Dimension, bringing on the Primal Tribtion.


    It wasn''t tough for Gregory to pass the tribtion, as when he ascended, there was no one in the Primal Dimension that was a match for him in solobat.


    ***


    After Gregory ascended to the Sacred Dimension, he was alone, but it didn''t take long for him to be found by the Ether Giants already present there.


    The Ether Giants weren''t a top race there like they were in the Primal Dimension, but still, they were strong and had good numbers.


    The leader of the Ether Giants was a Sacred Emperor, allowing them to have a stable foothold in the Sacred Dimension.


    As Gregory''s bloodline was as pure as the first Ether Giant, his talent was off the charts, especially with all the skills and Ether Giant could have in his arsenal.


    The leader of the Ether Giants had no son, but only three daughters, so he married all three to Gregory, making him the next in line to be the Emperor of the Ether Empire.


    It didn''t take Gregory long to gain the loyalty of other families in the Empire and when he finally became a Sacred Emperor, he was handed over the throne of the Empire while his father-inw closed himself in meditation to seek ways to go beyond his cultivation.


    Gregory''s cultivation speed was as quick as that of the chosen ones, as it took him only around eighty years to reach the level where he was today. After he became the Sacred Emperor, his growth finally slowed down.


    For someone like Gregory, who had a quick growth rate, the sudden slowdown affected him. So to calm himself down, he grabbed his seven children and began to travel across the Sacred Dimension.


    Gregory had been out for more than a year now. He had no ns to enter the atmosphere on Curiele, but when he was above it, a force of attraction that he couldn''t define brought him here in front of the store.


    ***


    "Store owner, where is Lily?" Although he had been here for some time, Gregory asked abruptly when he failed to spot Lily.


    Gregory could still vividly recall Lily because he had never experienced the same level of terror in front of someone else as he had in front of her and her destructive nature.


    "She''s in Panagea," Aakesh replied.


    "What''s Panagea?" Gregory asked curiously. Something that could hold someone like Lily could never be an easy ce.


    Even though Gregory was already a store customer, he was simr to those new customers in that he had never heard of the products currently avable in the store. As for whether he would have the same reaction as those new customers, it wasn''t a sure thing since when he became a store customer, the value and abilities of the product at that time were something else.

 Chapter 989 Gregory(2)

    Chapter 989: Gregory(2)


    "Store owner, what products does the store sell now?" Gregory asked. Since he hade back to the store, there was no way he was going to leave it without buying any product. Thest thing he needed to worry about was money.


    "The store currently sells five products: Pills, Panagea, Weapons, Cultivation Arts, and Beasts."


    "For the pills, the store is only selling two grades of them for now; Lesser and Higher.


    In the Lesser grade, there are ten types of pills avable¡­"


    "Panagea is a virtual world that allows the customers to start fresh with boundless opportunities¡­"


    "Simr to the pills, the store only sells Lesser and Higher grade weapons for now. There are currently¡­"


    "In addition to weapons, there are also training areas associated with it, allowing the customers to increase their weapon skills¡­"


    "The store only sells Lesser Cultivation arts for now¡­"


    "The fifth andst product, for now, are the beasts. The beasts¡­"


    Aakesh introduced all five products to Gregory in a single breath.


    As expected, Gregory didn''t have the same response as other new customers. In fact, he looked disappointed.


    "Did you stop selling items like Faith Embryo or The Strongest Pill?" Gregory asked in a dejected manner.


    "Yes, the store will now operate like this."


    Gregory looked disappointed, but he didn''t leave the store since it would never sell something useless.


    He turned around and saw his children looking at him. His children had promising talents, but they were nowhere close to his, so he wanted them to benefit from the store.


    "Store owner, please tell me more about the beasts?" Gregory asked since the beasts interested him more than other products avable in the store.


    The beasts would be an additional helper withplete loyalty. There was already a profession like the beast tamer in the Multiverse, but how could that profession match the value of the beasts sold by the store?


    Gregory bought an item for seventy-five Universal cores. But now that he had reached this level, he believed that even seventy-five million Universal cores would be cheap inparison to the benefits provided by the item to him.


    Aakesh nodded and then told them all about the Beast Summoner Device, including how it could hatch eggs.


    Gregory was disappointed to learn that the highest level of the hatching could only be Divine Lord because he possessed a creature''s egg that was at least a Higher God.


    "Store owner, I will go to check the beasts," Gregory respectfully said.


    He then didn''t move until Aakesh nodded. Gregory didn''t immediately leave for the room pointed out by Aakesh, but he first went to his children.


    "Father, what''s going on?" Sarah asked. She was the third child and the eldest daughter, so she was the one most adored by Gregory.


    A smile spread across Gregory''s face as he introduced the store''s products to his children. Unlike him, they looked shocked after hearing about Panagea and its abilities.


    Gregory looked amused when he saw the expressions his children were making. ''Only if you had seen the products I saw when I came here,'' he thought in his heart. Every product at that time was capable enough to change the powerndscape of the Primal Dimension, and that it did with several customers.


    After the group''s conversation wasplete, Gregory proceeded toward the rooms with the children following him.


    ***


    As the group entered the room one by one, a wondrous expression spread across their faces. The countless murals depicting countless beasts of different races stood out. It was as if they were really looking at them.


    ***


    [Name: Purple Chimera


    Type: Beast


    Race: Chimera


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Lightning


    Cultivation: Late Divine Being


    Characteristic: Lightning Immunity


    Details: The Purple Chimera is immune to all lightning damage and can even absorb it to recharge its own energy. (Only up to sub-level above its level.)


    Ability:


    Lightning Strike - The Purple Chimera can call forth bolts of lightning to strike its enemies, dealing massive damage.


    Lightning Storm- The Chimera can create a lightning storm thatsts for several rounds, dealing damage to all enemies within range.


    Speed of Lightning - The Chimera is incredibly fast and agile, able to dodge and move quickly in battle.


    Chain Lightning - The chimera can call forth a chain of lightning bolts to attack multiple enemies at once.


    Card Description: Summon the power of the thunder with the Purple Chimera. This beast is a force to be reckoned with, capable of calling forth bolts of lightning to strike down its enemies. Its speed and agility make it a formidable opponent, and its immunity to electric damage makes it even more dangerous. Unleash the power of the Purple Chimera in battle and watch your enemies fall.


    Price: Four hundred seventy-five Supreme Sacred stones.]


    Gregory read the details of the beast on the card in his hands. It wasn''t the first time he came across the beast, so he knew about its strength.


    Having a ram''s body, a horse''s head, vulture-like wings, and a snake''s tail, the Purple Chimera was a huge, fearsome creature. Its fur was a brilliant shade of purple, reflecting the lightning that it wielded. Its wings were powerful, allowing it to fly with ease, and they sparked with lightning whenever it became angry or excited. Its eyes were a bright blue, shining with the same power that it channeled through its body.


    It was a divine quality beast, only one short of the top-ranked ultimate quality, but Gregory immediately fell in love with the beast, so he decided to go ahead with it.


    It was only his third summon, so even if he were to go ahead with another round, it would only cost him ten ordinary Sacred stones, which was no amount even to consider for him.


    Gregory called his eldest son, who was also the oldest of the seven, forward and gave the order, "Grant,e ahead and begin your summoning."


    Grant epted his father''s orders and approached the column. Excitement like never before filled his face since he was eager to know about the beast he would summon.


    He wanted the ultimate quality beast, but even if he didn''t get one, he would be okay with a divine quality beast like his father.

 Chapter 990 Comparison!

    Chapter 990: Comparison!


    [Name: Night Harpy


    Type: Beast


    Race: Avian


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Shadow


    Cultivation: Late Divine Being


    Ability:


    Shadow Stealth: The Night Harpy can be invisible in the shadows, allowing it to approach its prey unnoticed.


    Talon Strike: The Night Harpy''s sharp talons are coated in a toxic poison, which can paralyze its enemies and make them vulnerable to attack.


    Night Vision: The Night Harpy can see inplete darkness, giving it a distinct advantage over other creatures.


    Sonic Screech: The Night Harpy can let out an ear-piercing scream that can stun its enemies, leaving them vulnerable to attack.


    Shadow Evasion: The Night Harpy can quickly dart in and out of the shadows, making it difficult for its enemies to hit it with physical attacks.


    Card Description: The Night Harpy is a formidable creature that thrives in the darkness. Its shadow abilities make it nearly invisible to enemies, allowing it to strike from the shadows with deadly precision. Unleash the power of the Night Harpy in battle and watch your enemies fall.


    Price: Four hundred Supreme Sacred stones.]


    Ladriel remembered the card''s details as she approached Aakesh.


    The Night Harpy was a dark, bird-like creature belonging to the Harpy family. It had the body of a bird with wings that spanned up to 10 meters in length, while its upper body resembled that of a humanoid female. It had long, sharp talons and a beak, making it a fierce hunter. Its feathers were a deep, shimmering ck, and at night, they gave off a soft glow. Its eyes glowed red and emitted an eerie light, making it even more terrifying to behold.


    It was Ladriel''s first summons, but she fell in love with the beast on the card, so she decided to buy it. The humanoid female had the features of a beautiful girl, so Ladriel didn''t think twice.


    Time flew by, and soon the contract between Ladriel and the Night Harpy wasplete. The battle wasn''t easy, but Ladriel trumped the other party in the end and tamed it.


    Ladriel then proceeded toward the cultivation arts room since Ayriel was there and she had promised to pay for the beast. Ladriel didn''t feel any shame in asking Ayriel for money since the less she spent her own money, the more she would have in emergencies.


    Ladriel wouldn''t have cared much before about emergencies, but after Ayriel tamed the Chaotic Wyrm and her ambitions to the throne gained new fuel, Ladriel needed to care for such things, not only for herself but also to help Ayriel. Having more money was never an issue.


    ***


    While Ladriel, Ayriel, and sha were in the training room, Grant was hoping to find a suitable beast for himself.


    Grant tapped the button to summon the beast. The square light started to rotate at an unprecedented rate the next instant, and "4" changed to "5" at the top of the screen.


    Five seconds passed in no time, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    Enthusiasm appeared on Grant''s face since the beast on the screen was new to him. Even Gregory looked curious.


    Soon after, a card flew into Grant''s hands. After he read the details on the card, a disgruntled expression appeared on his face since the beast was of the lowest quality.


    Time flew by, and finally it was the turn of the youngest in the group.


    Since every child wanted to summon an ultimate quality beast, Gregory made a new rule: the children would have to pay for the summoning cost since Grant''s case bit his hands.


    Grant found an ultimate quality beast, but that summoning round alone cost him a hundred supreme Sacred stones, one-fourth of the total cost of the Purple Chimera.


    The youngest child was a girl, and she was only twelve years old, so she was the one with the least savings. But since she was the youngest, the other siblings decided to pool money for her for the summoning cost.


    On the top of the screen, "2" turned to "3" after she pressed the button.


    Exactly five secondster, a beast appeared on the screen, surprising the group.


    [Name: Blue Chimera


    Type: Beast


    Race: Chimera


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Ice


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristic: Ice Immunity


    Details: The Blue Chimera is immune to all ice damage and can even absorb it to recharge its own energy. (Only up to sub-level above its level.)


    Ability:


    Frostbite - A powerful st of ice that can freeze the opponent.


    Cryo-Armor - Creates a protective shield of ice around the Chimera, increasing its defense.


    Winter Wind - A tornado of cold air that damages and slows down opponents.


    Icy Fangs - Razor-sharp fangs that can cut through the toughest of armor, dealing massive damage.


    Chilling Touch - Touch that drains the warmth from the opponent, leaving them vulnerable to further attacks.


    cial Movement - The Chimera can move at incredible speeds, leaving a trail of ice behind it.


    Frozen Domain - The Chimera can create a frozen area, reducing the speed and damage of its enemies.


    Card Description: Summon the power of the ice with the Blue Chimera. This beast is a force to be reckoned with, capable of calling ice to strike down its enemies. Its speed and agility make it a formidable opponent, and its immunity to ice damage makes it even more dangerous. Unleash the power of the Blue Chimera in battle and watch your enemies fall.


    Price: Ny-nine thousand Supreme Sacred stones.]


    Gregory read the details as Suri handed him the card after it appeared in her hands.


    Gregory''s lips twitched since he got a divine quality chimera while his daughter got an ultimate quality one. Between Purple and Blue Chimera, Purple Chimera was more powerful and popr due to having control over the destructive element of lightning.


    Here, a single level of quality difference changed the power structure. The Purple Chimera, despite being in Divine Being cultivation, only had four skills, while the Blue Chimera had seven skills when it was only in early Divine Transformation cultivation.


    Gregory didn''t even dare topare the price difference between the two as his heart had enough. But at the same time, he was sincerely happy for his daughter since having an ultimate quality Blue Chimera would add to her safety in the future after its cultivation grew.

 Chapter 991 Sudden Dilemma!

    Chapter 991: Sudden Dilemma!


    The Blue Chimera had an additional advantage as it was a beautiful creature.


    It had the body of a tiger, the wings of an eagle, a dragon-like tail covered in ice crystals, and the head of a lion. Its fur was bright white with a hint of blue, and its eyes were piercing ice blue.


    It was stunning as well as looking majestic. Gregory''s daughters were jealous of Suri for having such a beast. If not for the store''s policy of the beast belonging to the summoner alone, the girls would have even initiated a battle for the Blue Chimera.


    "Do you want it?" Gregory asked Suri while his eyes softened.


    Gregory understood why Suri handed him the card. The Blue Chimera cost ny-nine thousand supreme Sacred stones, and since it was a lot of money, she didn''t want to force her father to buy it.


    Suri didn''t look into her father''s eyes as she shook her head, but her struggle was there for everyone to see. After all, she was only a child.


    "You don''t have to worry about the money. If you want it, I will buy it for you," Gregoryughed as he stroked Suri''s head.


    "Why are you acting shy when Father promised to buy it for us?" One of the sons nudged Suri.


    ***


    After Gregory and his seven children summoned a beast of their liking, they exited the room.


    As Gregory exited the room, at the same time, Ayriel also left the Cultivation Arts room.


    Their eyes shed, stopping Gregory in his tracks. Ayriel responded in a simr manner.


    Even though the Ether Giants were only a race with a Sacred Emperor as its head, they were famous in the Sacred Dimension for their strength.


    "Your highness, Ayriel!"


    "Gregory, the Emperor of Ether Giants!"


    Both of them eximed in surprise. Ayriel came to the store because of sha, but why did Gregorye to the store?


    It didn''t take long for Ayriel to find the answer since Gregory was also an ascender.


    But ording to what sha said, the store was only around a thousand years old, so how could Gregory, who came up decades ago, be aware of the store?


    "So, you''re also a store customer?" Gregory said as he approached Ayriel with a smile.


    The Ether Giants had good rtions with the Moon Elves, so there was direct contact between them and the powerhouses of the Moon Elves. In fact, the Ether Giants were supporters of another princess, Ayina.


    Thinking about them being supporters of princess Ayina, Gregory''s face turned weird since Ayriel''s dislike for his sisters, Ayina and Ayah, was public knowledge to those who knew anything about the Moon Elves.


    "Does Ayina know about the store?" Ayriel asked.


    "No, I only found out about it today," Gregory honestly responded, as he didn''t want to strain the rtionship between Ether Giants and Moon Elves.


    "Are you going to tell her about it?" A smile suddenly spread across her face, and Ayriel asked.


    Gregory fell into deep thought when he heard the question. Now that Ayriel had seen him here, if he didn''t tell Ayina about the store, and once it became public knowledge, it would fracture the rtionship between Ether Giants and Moon Elves, and Ayina was a vengeful character.


    Even with the store product''s help, the Ether Giants wouldn''t be able to save themselves if Ayina turned vengefully on them.


    But from what Gregory could gather, Ayriel clearly didn''t want him to tell Ayina about the store. Gregory was now trapped between a rock and a hard ce. No matter what direction he chose, his answer here would change the rtionship between the Ether Giants and the Moon Elves.


    Even though Ayina had greater power and support in the Moon Elf camp, Ayriel was also a princess. If she wanted to harm Ether Giants, she would only have to ask her personal guard to take action. As for the consequences, how would Ayana, the ruler of the Moon Elves, choose the Ether Giants over her daughter once they died?


    The smile on Ayriel''s face turned wider upon seeing Gregory perplexed. Grant''s face turned red when he saw a smiling Ayriel.


    "I will go ahead with your idea, your highness," Gregory suddenly bowed and responded.


    "Should I take it as you leaving Ayina''s camp?" Ayriel grinned and asked. Since she hade to the store, she had found many dangerous things, but at the same time, she was also one step closer to her goal, so her mood was joyful.


    "The Ether Giants and I are loyal to her highness, Ayina, and we n to stay that way," Gregory gritted his teeth and answered.


    What should have been a joyful moment for him was turning into a nightmare. Gregory didn''t want to offend Ayriel, but at the same time, he needed to be upfront with her since people of their level had many ways to find out the truth.


    Even if he wanted to leave the camp of Ayina, he would never dare say it out loud, not even in front of Ayina''s enemies.


    "But, since Moon Elves have always stood behind the Ether Giants, I will consider your opinion above mine," Gregory added immediately.


    The smile on Ayriel''s face disappeared with these two sentences since Gregory showed his loyalty toward Ayina as well as respect for Ayriel.


    "Do whatever you want to do," Ayriel said and then left.


    Gregory couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief when Ayriel left. Grant was clearly disappointed because he had hoped to spend more time seeing Ayriel''s endearing smile.


    Gregory noticed his son''s expression. He only red at him and didn''t say anything.


    The Elves were very particr about their bloodline, so even if Ayriel somehow fell in love with Grant, the union between them still wasn''t possible. And if Ayriel found out about Grant''s thoughts, he would be in extreme danger, so Gregory warned his son with that re.


    ***


    After leaving Gregory, Ayriel approached Aakesh. She discovered the cultivation art the Ay family used while looking through the cultivation arts.


    Instead of being surprised by the store selling the cultivation art, a question emerged in her head, so she left the room to ask Aakesh.


    ***


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 Chapter 992 Punishment!

    Chapter 992: Punishment!


    "Aakesh, is the Lunar Moon Art also avable in the store?" Ayriel asked Aakesh.


    While looking around the cultivation arts, she came across Lunar Arts, which was the family art of the Ay family. So, Ayriel couldn''t help but think of the Lunar Moon Art.


    It was the cultivation art of Ay, the first Moon Elf. Since Ay''s death, the Lunar Moon Art had vanished from the Multiverse, as every first elf was born with a cultivation art in their minds.


    "No, the store only has cultivation arts that have more than three users," Aakesh replied. Since Ay was the only user of the Lunar Moon Art, there was no information about it avable in the Multiverse.


    Even the World Tree, the mother of the Elves, didn''t know much about the cultivation arts.


    Ayriel couldn''t help but be disappointed upon hearing Aakesh''s response. The hope of her using the Lunar Moon Art had crumbled before it could even take root.


    "The Lunar Art avable in the store is better than the one you use to cultivate, so even that could help you," Aakesh added. It has been quite a long time since something interested Aakesh as much as Ayriel, so he suggested.


    "I saw that," Ayriel replied since she used the preview option to check the store''s Lunar Arts.


    Since there were only Lesser grade cultivation arts avable in the store, the concept of the Lesser Lunar Art wasn''t veryplex. It would take no effort from her side to mix it into her original art.


    But since Ayriel wanted the Lunar Moon Art, she didn''t put much focus on it. Ayriel decided to purchase the Lunar Art now that she couldn''t buy it. It wouldn''t make much of a difference in her cultivation since she was already a Sacred Emperor, but even a tiny difference for people of her level was outstanding.


    Ayriel then thanked Aakesh and turned around to proceed toward the room, while Gregory took her ce.


    "Store owner, I want to initiate the taming battle for me and my children," Gregory respectfully requested, as he began to hand over the eight cards to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took them one by one; he then tapped twice on the pattern on the card''s back and gave them to Gregory and his children.


    The members began to battle as they took the card in their hands.


    Since the time inside the taming battle was frozen, it didn''t even take a moment for the group to return to the store.


    Some of them had joyful smiles, while others looked sad.


    Gregory couldn''t help but be disappointed when he saw that four out of his seven children failed to tame the beasts they had summoned. Suri was one of the four, but since she was very young, her defeat didn''t disappoint Gregory as much as Grant''s loss.


    "It seems I have given you too much freedom," Gregory coldly reprimanded his children.


    Gregory had the purest bloodline of the Ether Giants, so his direct children shouldn''t have been this weak, but the reality was the opposite.


    The four who failed to win shuddered since they had seen the sternness of their father.


    "I want another chance."


    When Grant tried to start the taming battle again because he wasn''t happy with the oue, he realized that the card had vanished from his possession.


    "Those who fail today will train for ten years in the time chamber," Gregory, who seemed unconcerned about his children at the time, announced, making the children shudder.


    Suri''s eyes became moist as she didn''t want to train for years without any chance to y. Gregory''s eyes remained cold as usual as he wiped away her tears and then warned her not to cry again.


    Gregory understood that he was being cruel to his children, but that''s what the world was. It wasn''t some kind of paradise. Every action had consequences, and the action-taker had to bear the brunt.


    "You will train for fifty years," Gregory''s voice turned colder after he looked at his eldest son and announced.


    Grant wanted to say something, but he didn''t dare, and instead, he nodded, epting the punishment.


    ***


    "You need to pay Twelve thousand, seven hundred, eighty supreme Sacred stones..." Aakesh expressionlessly announced the price.


    Even though four of the eight in the group failed to tame the beast, they would still have to pay the summoning cost and a fine for initiating the taming battle.


    The amount got deducted from the Ultimate Store Card Gregory bought for himself.


    Gregory wanted to enter Panagea, but the high failure rate incensed him, so he left the store with his children. Those who won the taming battle would train with their beast to increase their familiarity, while those who failed would begin their punishment.


    As for Panagea, Gregory would return tomorrow. Since he had the Ultimate Store card, he didn''t need to travel; Gregory only needed to think, and he would be inside the store.


    ***


    Aakesh was rxing on the chair with his eyes closed when he heard the sound of footsteps. It didn''te from the outside but from the inside. Ayriel, Ladriel, and sha wereing toward him.


    Aakesh didn''t need to think for their reason, as all three of them had a page in their hands.


    All three had chosen their cultivation arts, and as things would have naturally yed out, it was the Lunar Art.


    If Ayriel wanted, she could have stopped Ladriel or sha from buying the family cultivation art, but since Ladriel was her trusted underling, she didn''t stop her. As for sha, she was also now in her camp. After leaving the store, Ayriel decided to make Elena swear an oath of loyalty to her.


    Since Ayriel was the one with the highest status, she was the first to approach Aakesh and request the sale.


    Aakesh took a look at the virtual book floating near Ayriel, and all the details of the cultivation art emerged in his head.


    "You need to pay nine hundred ny ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh told Ayriel since she had already paid the one percent cost at the preview option.


    Time flew by, and soon the sale for all three cultivation arts was over. Ayriel and Ladriel decided to meditate to pass the waiting time while sha chose to enter the weapon room.

 Chapter 993 A New Quest!

    Chapter 993: A New Quest!


    sha ascended with a growth weapon. She didn''t need to buy one from the store. But since the store''s products have always offered more value than the cost, she decided to check bows.


    As for Aakesh, he was weed with the flurry of system messages.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on the sale of the cultivation arts, fulfilling the requirement of the second sequence quest! Themission for the sale has been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission reward: Higher Cultivation Arts" would be transferred after the store''s closing.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Third


    Mission objective: Sell cultivation arts,


    Requirement: After the sale from Ladriel, the store has fulfilled the requirements set by the system. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product


    Sale:250


    Time limit: 360 Days


    Mission reward: Ten purer, higher Sacred stones,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 0% for the cultivation arts for twenty-five years.]


    [Progress:


    Sale: 1/250,


    Time: 360/360.]


    Aakesh focused on the screen in front of him and read the quest''s details. The cultivation art was the only product in the store that didn''t tend to cultivators above Divine Being, but that would change from tomorrow.


    Aakesh then focused on the requirement. The second sequence wanted him to sell ten art, but this one wanted him to sell 250. In numerical terms, it was a small growth whenpared with other product quests, but in difficulty terms, it was more than a thousandfold growth.


    While the duration for the previous quest was 90, here, it had only grown four times, making the duration a year.


    Aakesh didn''t worry much since as the store grew, the number of wealthy people would grow as well. And once someone saw the cultivation arts, they would want to buy them.


    The store had enough time, so Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the quest screen slowly faded into disappearance.


    Aakesh decided to check his other quests that were running concurrently because there was no new customer in sight.


    Time flew by, and at the end, Aakesh summoned the screen for the second collective quest.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    Mission Objective: Sell the store products


    Details: Afterpleting three of the four products'' second series quests, the store has unlocked the second collective quest. Please work hard and make the store more popr,


    Requirement: Sale of all store products


    Pills: 10,000,000,


    Weapons: 1,000,000


    Training area: 1,000,000 hours*


    Panagea: 100,000 hours,


    Cultivation arts: 15,


    Beasts: 5,000,


    Deadline: 360 days,


    Reward: Ten purer higher Sacred stones and a chance to upgrade any of the five products,


    Failure Punishment: Zeromission for twenty-five years.]


    [Quest progress:


    Time: 358/360,


    Pills: 379/10,000,000,


    Weapons: 18/1,000,000,


    Training area: 163/1,000,000,


    Panagea: 1583/100,000,


    Cultivation arts: 4/15,


    Beasts: 13/5000.]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation when he saw the progress made by the quest. It had only been more than one day, and the store had already opened a number for all products.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon after, the quest screen disappeared.


    ***


    Time flew by, and enough spots opened up in Panagea for the Moon Elf group to enter.


    Soon, all the spots in Panagea got filled, and it was now time for the queue to join again for the fourth group.


    The closest quest to the store was Panagea, requiring the store to sell 960 hours every day for fifteen continuous days. Yesterday, the store achieved the number, and the way things were going, it wouldfortably cross the number today as well.


    Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours, and a few hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the door. He opened his eyes and found an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    It was a Thorron who was an ordinary resident of Thorr City. The boy''s name was Ransh, and he was the son of one of the store owners on Seventeenth Street. He was only eighteen this year, which was very young for Vurrons.


    Ransh''s steps weren''t stable at all when he entered the store. Who on Seventeenth Street hadn''t heard about Aakesh and his killings?


    When Ransh saw the notorious blue-skinned non-demon store owner looking at him, his face turned ugly. It looked like he would cry the next moment.


    ***


    "We shouldn''t have done it," A female Thorron spoke out of concern as the silhouette of Ransh disappeared.


    "Hmph, he shouldn''t have epted the dare then," Another in the group scoffed, but an expression of concern was visible on his face.


    Ransh was ying with his friends when one of them dared him to enter the store and buy something.


    Since the one who started all this was a female and Ransh''s crush, he immediately epted the dare.


    "It will be on you if anything happens to Ransh," One of the girls suddenly turned around and warned the girl who dared Ransh.


    The girl, in response, scoffed, but her face had also turned ugly.


    "You are only saying it because you like him," Another guy who had a crush on the girl retorted.


    ***


    Aakesh didn''t show any expression on the outside, but inside, he was feeling weird as he heard the childish conversation of the group outside.


    ''Am I some evil entity?'' Aakesh thought.


    Ransh, who couldn''t hear anything from the outside, had frozen in his steps with a crying face after getting looked at by the notorious store owner.


    Aakesh had no choice but to act after Ransh seemed to have frozen.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and Ransh flew to him, only stopping one foot away from him.


    Ransh''s face turned even worse, and his eyes turned moist. Aakesh wasn''t that bored to see a child cry, so he took the initiative and asked whether he wanted to hear about the store''s products.


    ***


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 Chapter 994 (1) Aakesh’s Gift!

    Chapter 994: Aakesh''s Gift!


    "Do you want to know about the store''s products?" Aakesh asked before the boy began crying.


    After hearing Aakesh, Ransh began to return to calm as the fear he had for Aakesh started to recede since Aakesh had activated the title, Myrioglot.


    "Yes!" Ransh answered while nodding his head.


    Seeing that the title had done its work, Aakesh began introducing the five store products to Ransh.


    "The store sells five products in total¡­


    "... These are the products."


    Aakesh finished talking about all five store items and any extra abilities they had.


    Due to his young age, Ransh wasn''t that aware of the world around him and couldn''t sense the value of the store''s products. But he still knew about the money, and when he found that even the cheapest item costs more than one lesser Sacred stone, his face turned disappointed.


    The dare was to enter the store and buy any product. Ransh was only able toplete one of them due to ack of financial capability.


    An embarrassed expression appeared on Ransh''s face, and he apologized to Aakesh, telling him, "Sorry, senior store owner, I don''t have enough money."


    "No worries," Aakesh responded since he had already expected the oue. How could a child have that much wealth?


    Ransh once again apologized and then left the store. Before leaving the store, Ransh waved his hands, gesturing "bye," and exited.


    When they noticed Ransh leaving the store, Ransh''s group of friends exhaled in relief. The girl who had given the dare was the first to step forward and apologize to Ransh for putting him in harm''s way.


    When Ransh saw his crush apologize to him, his face turned shy, so he pretended to be unfazed as he told them about his experiences. Clearly, not talking about him being on the verge of crying.


    Everyone''s eyes widened as Ransh talked about conversing with the notorious store owner.


    "Everything is so expensive there," Ranshmented, referring to the high product prices.


    Aakesh''s lips twitched when he heard Ransh''s courageous facade in front of his friends. He then waved his hands and closed his eyes to begin another of his rxation sessions.


    While outside the store, the group of children was intently listening to Ransh talk about his experiences with the store owner. When the next moment, something flew into each of their hands.


    The children were taken aback by the sudden situation as they all waved their hands to throw whatever flew. But as if the item were stuck in their hands, they couldn''t throw it.


    "What is this?" Ransh asked as he turned around and looked at the store.


    Due to the title, Myrioglot, Aakesh had be a friendly figure in Ransh''s mind, or he would have never dared to brag in front of his friends.


    None of the children could recognize what it was. It was a spherical item, the same size as a lesser Sacred stone, but it wasn''t one as it didn''t shine.


    Since none of them knew, they decided to ask someone knowledgeable. Ransh had be the de facto leader of the group at that moment, as he was the first to step forward while the entire group followed him.


    ***


    "Uncle Weiver, do you know what it is?" Ransh asked his father''s friend since Weiver was the nearest to the store, and no one wanted to enter Aakesh''s store.


    Weiver took a casual nce at the spherical stone, but soon, it turned into a dumbfounded one.


    "Where did you find it?" A hint of greed appeared on Weiver''s face as he asked Ransh. At the same time, he extended his hands to grab that stone from Ransh''s hands.


    These were all children, who were seventeen-eighteen, so they didn''t mistrust Weiver''s intentions.


    (A/N: In Earth''s terms, they are nine-ten years old but with slightly more intelligence.)


    The same thing happened when Weiver tried to take the stone out of Ransh''s hands.


    "Uncle, you are hurting me," Ransh cried out as not being able to take the stone made Weiver add strength.


    Ransh''s cry awoke Weiver out of his trance as his face turned ugly.


    ? "I am sorry," Waiver apologized as he took his hands back.


    "Where did all of you get it?" Waiver asked again as he saw all six in the group having the stone stuck in their hands.


    Ransh then told Weiver about his store''s experience and how it automatically flew into their hands.


    When Weiver heard that these stones had to do with the notorious non-demon store owner, his greed vanished in a spoof. He had no intention of inviting the wrath of that killer on him.


    "You guys are all very lucky!" Waivermented with an envious face.


    "These aren''t ordinary stones, but a rare item called an Element Stone."


    "What''s an Element Stone, Uncle Weiver?"


    "It helps cultivators enhance their element maniption ability." Weiver then exined what an Element Stone was to the group of children.


    None of the children understood what Weiver said, but they understood one thing: that it was valuable.


    "How much will it sell for, Uncle Weiver?" One of the children suddenly asked.


    Waiver''s lips twitched when he heard the question. "More than you can imagine," He responded.


    ''Perhaps the non-demon attached the Element Stone to the children to prevent them from selling it.'' Weiver pondered in his heart.


    ***


    During his journey to the Conspiracy Continent, Aakesh came across many such valuable items, and since he liked the group of children, he gifted them with Element Stones.


    It was a valuable item, irrespective of the dimension, as enhancing the ability of element maniption helped everyone.


    The Element Stone given by Aakesh was only the lowest grade, but its value was still several higher Sacred stones. If the children knew about the price, they would have asked for money.


    These children were unknown now, but in the future, they would be known figures across the Sacred Dimension, spreading the names of Thorrons and Vurrons.


    ***


    Uncaring of what his gift would cause in the future, Aakesh was rxingfortably on his chair.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Suddenly, the sound of footsteps came from outside the store, making Aakesh open his eyes.


    Aakesh looked in the direction of the gate and found an unfamiliar face entering the store.

 Chapter 995 (2) Fidel!

    Chapter 995: Fidel!


    Aakesh was rxing when the sound of footstepsing from outside woke him up.


    It was an unfamiliar face that entered the store. It was a Demon, but not from any of the Vurron species.


    The man belonged to the Draugr race, a White Draugr precisely. The man stood three meters tall with a fearsome physique. Its body seemed to be covered in frost, as its skin was a ghostly white color. It only had one eye, and that was icy blue, chilling anyone looking at it.


    The White Draugr seemed to be a high-level cultivator, as when he was outside, even the space around him was freezing.


    The man entered the store without stopping. His eyes surveyed the store''s inside.


    The man seemed to be dumbfounded when he found the quantity of Eternal Stone on the floor.


    The man''s eyes then fell on the store owner. He took a step forward and approached him.


    "You are the store owner," The man said.


    The man''s voice didn''t match his fearsome appearance as it was high-pitch, like a screech.


    Aakesh didn''t care about the man''s voice and nodded in response to the question.


    "Tell me about the store''s products," The man said. His tone neutral.


    Aakesh nodded and then introduced all the store''s products to the man.


    "Hmm, the products in your store are outstanding to listen to," The manplimented him after the introduction was over.


    "I am Fidel," The man then introduced himself.


    "I am Aakesh."


    "Hmm, Aakesh, a good name." Fidelplimented. It seemed as if he had a habit ofplimenting everything.


    "Can you sense my cultivation?" Fidel asked.


    "No."


    "Oh, still sittingposedly in front of me is good," Fidelplimented again.


    "My cultivation is at peak Sacred Monarch, so tell me what current products are best for me right now," Fidel asked.


    "Panagea and Training area," Aakesh responded immediately.


    "Good, why not beasts?" Fidel asked.


    "Many cultivators in your inner world must have already crossed the Supreme God level, so you don''t need another helper unless it is high level."


    "Panagea, on the other hand, takes you to a new world starting from zero, so your cultivation doesn''t matter there."


    "The training area is best since it allows you to see your limit in weapon skills," Aakesh answered.


    "Good, I like your answer," Fidelplimented again.


    "Why haven''t you introduced me to that?" Fidel suddenly asked while pointing at the card machine.


    "It''s not a store product, but a privilege option."


    Aakesh then introduced the three store cards to Fidel, making himpliment Aakesh once again.


    "Give me one Ultimate Store Card," Fidel said as he took an ultimate Sacred stone out of his inner world.


    Time flew by.


    Fidel was looking at the white card with slight blue tints. He then transferred one-fourth of his wealth to the card, which was a lot considering his cultivation level.


    "Should I enter the Gods & Demons training area or the Immortal training area?"


    "Only the Gods & Demons level training area would have an effect on you," Aakesh responded.


    "Then give me one hour for the Lesser grade weapon," Fidel said.


    The next moment, the purchase wasplete, and then Aakesh informed Fidel of the process to enter the training area.


    Fidel didn''t say anything and left for the weapons room immediately.


    Aakesh returned to his rxation session since Fidel wouldn''t be out for an hour while there was no new customer in his sight.


    Time flew by, and around five minutes had passed.


    Aakesh was rxing, and he heard the sound of footsteps once again.


    When Aakesh turned in that direction, he found a group of people entering the store.


    There were around thirty people in the group, and all of them were of the White Draugr race.


    "Did you see him?" The man leading the group approached Aakesh after entering the store and asked while showing the projection of Fidel.


    "Why do you want to know?" Aakesh didn''t sense anything dangerous from the group toward Fidel, so he asked.


    The man was taken aback by Aakesh''s question since he never expected an early Divine Transformation level cultivator to have such guts.


    But since the man was concerned about Fidel, he responded, "He is my father, and he has left because of the uing fight between him and my mother."


    "Hey, system, are they telling the truth?" Aakesh asked the system since he couldn''t trust the group enough to tell them about Fidel.


    [Yes, Host! The man is speaking the truth!]


    "He''lle out in an hour," After hearing the system''s response, Aakesh informed the son.


    ***


    "So, what products are avable in the store?" The son asked after his search for Fidel was over.


    Aakesh then introduced all products to the man in one breath. The son had a simr reaction as his father and asked about what products are suitable for him.


    The man''s cultivation was nothing less to scoff about, as he was an early Sacred Monarch.


    Aakesh gave the same answer to Fidel again, and he got the same answer.


    The son seemed to be an exact copy of his father, but without giving apliment after every sentence.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Since the son wanted to meet his father, he didn''t enter the training area and waited for Fidel.


    ***


    After an hour wasplete, the system forced Fidel out of the training area.


    Fidel''s cultivation was too high to see any changes in his skills, but when consciousness returned to his body, his face had turned cheerful.


    "Aakesh didn''t lie to me when he told me that the training area would show me my limits," Fidel mumbled as the memory of the past several hours shed in his head.


    Fidel wasn''t someone who had cultivated his way up with pills or expensive cultivation arts, but he had done it by battling, so his weapon skills were better than many of his peers.


    It also showed inside the training area up to the third-level opponent, but after that, the challenging fight started. From the fourth level on, it was a massacre, as even till the end, he failed to achieve victory over that opponent.


    Absorbing the several battles, Fidel turned around and left the room.

 Chapter 996 (3) Interesting Conversation!

    Chapter 996: Interesting Conversation!


    Trying to absorb the numerous battles Fidel fought inside the training area, he left the weapons room.


    Fidel had only just left the room when he froze in his steps as he found a familiar face waiting there for him.


    Fidel hurriedly turned around to enter the weapons room, but before he could, a voice rang in his ears.


    "Father, you know me. I will wait for you here for as long as it takes."


    Fidel stopped, and a helpless expression appeared on his face. The next moment, it turned into a smile, and Fidel approached his son.


    "You betrayed me," Fidelined when he was near Aakesh.


    "I couldn''t just throw my customers away," Aakesh retorted expressionlessly.


    "Good, that''s how a store owner should be," Fidelplemented Aakesh and then reached his son.


    "Why are you forcing me to do this?" A helpless expression reappeared on Fidel''s face, and he asked his son, Fred.


    "I am not forcing you to do this. It was you who promised mother," Fred responded.


    "Hmm, I was a fool to promise your mother," Fidel ridiculed himself.


    "Are you sure you want Mother to listen to this?" A smile suddenly appeared on Fred''s face, and he asked.


    Fidel, who was going to use an even more obscene word to define himself, froze. His head moved like a machine as he surveyed the store.


    Only after finding out that his wife wasn''t here did he exhale a sigh of relief.


    "You sure have be her when ites to your personality," Fidelined.


    "Are you sure you want me to fight her? She wouldn''t like the oue," Fidel''s chuckled.


    A mocking expression appeared on Fred''s face as he rebutted, "When was thest time you won over her in a battle?"


    "The time you were bo-" Fidel wanted to respond, but he stopped midway as he saw Fred''s face bing awkward.


    Cough! "I meant when she was pregnant with you," Fidel responded to remove the awkwardness.


    "Aren''t you too proud to defeat a pregnant woman?" Fred mocked.


    ***


    Aakesh, who was listening to the conversation between the father and son, couldn''t help but look at them weirdly. He wanted to close his eyes and rx, but the conversation was bing more interesting with every sentence.


    ***


    "You sure have got big words for a loser!" Fidel was going to rebut his son when a familiar voice rang in his ears.


    Fidel trembled as if he had been electrocuted. If eyes could kill, Fred would have been killed millions of times at that moment.


    White Draugr, a female, then appeared in the store beside Fred.


    "So, you have chosen your mother over me; good, good, good," Fidel angrily responded.


    The female White Draugr''s cultivation was at Supreme God level when she appeared, but soon it grew and reached peak Sacred Monarch in no time.


    ***


    Fidel and Riddley were childhood sweethearts. Fidel was the son of the leader of White Draugr, while Riddley was the daughter of the army chief, so even their parents supported them.


    Both Fidel and Riddley liked to battle, so they once made a promise to battle every thousand years. None of them tried to break the promise, as the battle went on for millions of years without any issue.


    But things began to change after the birth of Fred. As if Fred were the key blocking Riddley from winning after his birth, Ridley''s strength grew severalfold.


    Before that, the battle was equal between the two, with both winning the same number of battles, but from that moment on, he hadn''t won a single battle against Riddley.


    Fred was now seven million years old, and they had fought over seven thousand battles in that time, with Riddley leading the way with all victories.


    Fidel got bored of losing so many times without seeing any chance of victory, so he left the Universe yesterday.


    Fidel was trying to find a suitable hiding ce for himself when he came across the store. But unfortunately for him, Ridley had already anticipated her husband doing the same. She asked her son to follow Fidel while she entered his inner world by limiting her cultivation to the Supreme God.


    ***


    "You think too much of yourself. Why would I run from battle with you?" Fidel said when he saw Riddley in the store.


    Before waiting for her response, Fidel used the Ultimate Store Card to teleport while leaving a message, "I will wait for you there!"


    Riddley was going to follow Fidel, but Fred stopped her, warning her against teleporting.


    Riddley stopped and finally noticed the web of danger around the store, giving her a surprise.


    "How can an early Divine Transformation run this store?" Riddley asked out loud while looking at Aakesh.


    ***


    The thousand-year battle was the next day, so after finding the store to be extraordinary, Riddley asked Aakesh about the store''s products.


    Simr to Fred and Fidel, Riddley had the same reaction and questions, but unlike Fidel, Riddley was cold toward others.


    Since they didn''t need to look for Fidel anymore, she and her son went to the Gods & Demons level training area.


    Around fifteen minutes had passed when a white light appeared out of nowhere in the store, and when it disappeared, Fidel emerged.


    Aakesh was rxing, but the teleportation woke him up.


    "Did they leave the store?" Fidel asked Aakesh since he was actually waiting for Riddley at their battle site.


    "No, they have gone to the Gods & Demons level training area."


    "Are there seats avable in Panagea?" Fidel asked after getting over the disappointment of his wife bing even stronger.


    "No, but there will be one three hourster," Aakesh replied.


    "What''s the growth rate of the beast from the store?" Fidel asked since he wanted to enter Panagea after Aakesh had suggested it with the training area. The training area satisfied him better than he had anticipated, so he desired to check out Panagea as well.


    "For the ultimate quality beast, it might only take days for them to reach peak Divine Lord from early Divine Transformation if they get sufficient resources."


    "The True God level is a threshold, so crossing it would be tough, but once passed, it would be easier to reach higher levels," Aakesh answered immediately.


    The ultimate quality beasts were the best of the best the Sacred Dimension had to offer.

 Chapter 997 (4) The Issue!

    Chapter 997: The Issue!


    "The quality will decrease with crossing every level, so how long will it take an early Divine Transformation beast with ultimate quality to reach the Higher God level with the best resources?" Fidel asked.


    "Three years if the beast crosses the threshold of the True God in less than three months," Aakesh replied after thinking about the question.


    "Good, it''s a great growth rate for even a top race." Fidel nodded in appreciation.


    "Since you don''t seem to lie, I will trust you," Fidel added. He then turned around and went toward the room at the end.


    ***


    [Name: Shadow Hunter


    Type: Beast


    Race: Hunter


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Shadow


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristic: Stealth


    Details: The Shadow Hunter has the passive ability to remain undetected and unseen by others unless it chooses to reveal itself (Only up to the peak sub-level of its cultivation level.)


    Ability:


    Shadow Step: The Shadow Hunter can disappear into the shadows, reappearing in any location within its line of sight.


    Shadow Strike: The Shadow Hunter can unleash a powerful attack from the shadows, striking its target with deadly uracy.


    Shadow Shield: The Shadow Hunter can create a barrier of shadows to protect itself and its allies.


    Shadow Eye: The Shadow Hunter can see through the shadows, allowing it to spot hidden enemies and traps.


    Shadow Summon: The Shadow Hunter can summon shadows to its aid, increasing its strength in battle.


    Shadow Flight: The Shadow Hunter can fly silently through the night sky, evading detection and surprise attacking its enemies.


    Shadow Curse: The Shadow Hunter can curse its enemies, weakening them and making them vulnerable to its attacks.


    Card Description: Summon the power of stealth with the Shadow Hunter. This beast is a force to be reckoned with, capable of manipting shadow in different ways to strike down its enemies without them even knowing their opponent. Its speed and agility make it a formidable opponent, and its stealth characteristics make it even more dangerous. Unleash the power of the Shadow Hunter in the dark and watch your enemies fall.


    Price: Ten thousand Supreme Sacred stones.]


    Fidel smiled upon seeing the detail of the beast on the card.


    The Shadow Hunter was a sinister-looking creature with a sleek and muscr body. It was covered in ck fur with glowing red eyes, making it easily blend in with the shadows. Its body was elongated, with long arms and sharp ws, making it perfect for hunting and climbing. Its wings were like an owl''s, allowing it to glide silently through the night sky.


    Fidel was aware of the hunter group of races in the beast pantheon. He didn''t know much about their status in the third dimension, but here, this group was one of the ruling races in the beast group.


    Even in that group, the Shadow Hunters had their own standing, as only one other Hunter group was more powerful than them.


    What made Fidel more surprised was characteristic of the Shadow Hunter. Stealth was an ability that every Shadow Hunter had since they were silent killers and mainly worked as assassins in the Sacred Dimension. But stealth as a passive ability was rare in the race.


    There had been only three known cases of Shadow Hunters being born with stealth as their passive ability, so the beast in Fidel''s hands was extremely rare.


    Fidel then found himself in a difficult situation because if the Hunter group learned about the beast, they would do whatever it took to bring it into their camps. Even though the Draugr group was no weaker than the Hunter group of races, if not stronger, the Hunters had the support of the behemoth beast pantheon behind them.


    Even though the demon pantheon, which stood on an equal footing with the pantheon of beasts, included Draugrs, the Demons were too divided to aid Draugrs.


    "Should I raise it silently?" Draugr thought. But the next moment, he shook his head since all top races had devices to find their bloodlines due to their low fertility rate. If Shadow Hunter appeared in the Sacred Dimension, it wouldn''t take long for the Hunters to sense their bloodline.


    "Let''s ask the store owner. He is intelligent," Fidel mumbled and left the device''s room with the card.


    ***


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    "Aakesh, would the Hunters be able to sense its bloodline if I took it out?" Fidel asked directly, handing over the card to Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately answer but first looked at the card. When he saw the passive stealth ability, he understood why Fidel was worried about the Hunters.


    "Yes, they will be able to sense its bloodline since it is extremely pure," Aakesh replied, as all the ultimate quality beasts in the store had extremely pure bloodlines.


    A disappointed expression appeared on Fidel''s face since he would now have to keep the possibility of racial war in mind while deciding to initiate the taming battle.


    "Is there a way to mask its bloodline from others?" Fidel asked, hoping to get a positive answer.


    "There is, but it will be detrimental to the beast. So I wouldn''t allow that."


    Fidel''s face showed joy when he heard the first part of the sentence, but when he listened to the next, his face turned gloomy.


    "As for the issue with the Shadow Hunters, you don''t have to worry about them taking the beast from you. When you sign the contract, one of the conditions is that it will always remain loyal to you unless you do something that could harm the beast," Aakesh added since he could see why Fidel was struggling.


    If Fidel were some nobody from the Draugr race, he wouldn''t have cared about it, but he wasn''t some nobody. His father was the head of the White Draugr, and he was the next in line for that position, so he needed to take the security of his race into consideration with every decision.


    "But what if the Shadow Hunters force me to break the contract by using some dirty tactics?" Fidel asked. If the Shadow Hunters used the power of the Hunter group to send an emissary to ask for the beast, then what would Fidel do?

 Chapter 998 (5) Similar!

    Chapter 998: Simr!


    "The Shadow Hunter will always be loyal to me, but what if the Hunters force me to break the contract?" Fidel asked.


    "The Cosmos Contract Beast is in charge of the contract, so it can''t be broken by force," Aakesh said, which surprised Fidel.


    Fidel exhaled a sigh of relief. Even the outsiders were bound by contracts overseen by the Cosmos Contract Beast. Only the signer, acting of their own free will, could renege on the agreement. Others would be considered to be harming the trade if they made forceful attempts, and the overseer would punish them.


    Since things were like this, Fidel didn''t need to worry about the Hunters anymore.


    Fidel thanked and praised Aakesh, saying, "You do things best."


    "Since I don''t need to worry about the Hunters anymore, initiate the taming battle," Fidel requested.


    Aakesh nodded, and since he already had the card in his hands, he tapped twice on the pattern. He then returned the card to Fidel.


    As soon as Fidel touched the card, he found his surroundings changing, and soon he appeared in a vast area, with the sun in the sky and arge shadow forming behind him.


    It doesn''t matter for how long Fidel battled inside the taming area, as time was frozen inside. Soon after he grabbed the card, he returned to the store.


    A smile spread across his face as the battle went his way. Since the Shadow Hunter was an early Divine Transformation and Fidel''s level had also regressed to that level, the creature was invisible to him. As its characteristic stated, Fidel''s level at least needed to be early Divine Being to see it.


    The battle was difficult, but Fidel seeded in the end, trumping his opponent. He was a peak Sacred Monarch, so what condition hadn''t he seen in his life?


    Fidel then followed the next steps, and soon the beast was his to summon.


    Fidel couldn''t control his excitement, despite being so old, because of all the difficult situations due to the Shadow Hunter.


    The next moment, he activated the card, and a beast appeared inside the store. The Shadow Hunter wasn''t veryrge, like many other top predators. Since the one summoned by Fidel was only a newborn, it was around the size of a puppy.


    When it opened its eyes for the first time, there was nothing but coldness in them. But the next moment, a hint of gentleness appeared in them as the pair of eyes stared at Fidel.


    Fidel smiled upon seeing the beast. He then returned it to the space inside the card.


    Since Aakesh was an early Divine Transformation, he couldn''t see the beast, but as the system was there, its characteristic meant nothing.


    Time flew by.


    The system made Riddley and Fred leave after their allotted hour was up.


    The mother and son pair were discussing their battles as they left the room and came across Fidel sitting there.


    "You are back,'' Riddleymented, approaching him.


    Fidel nodded and then told his wife and son about the Shadow Hunter. Riddley had the same reaction as Fidel when she learned about its characteristic.


    "Tell me, you didn''t tame it," Riddley interrupted Fidel and asked with her eyes wide open. At the same time, a bad feeling engulfed her heart, and soon she understood the source of that feeling when Fidel summoned the creature for them.


    Before Riddley could overreact, Fidel told her about the contract, calming her down.


    "You should also get one," Fidel suggested to his family.


    ***


    [Name: Shadow King Wyrm


    Type: Beast


    Race: Wyrm


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Shadow


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Ability:


    Shadow Strike - The Shadow King Wyrmunches a dark energy st at its target, causing massive damage.


    Shadow Shift - The Shadow King Wyrm can move between shadows, making it nearly impossible to hit.


    Shadow Binding - The Shadow King Wyrm can immobilize its target with a wave of dark energy, making them vulnerable to attack.


    Shadow Armor - The Shadow King Wyrm can generate a powerful armor of darkness that protects it from all forms of attack.


    Shadow Domination - The Shadow King Wyrm can control its enemies, forcing them to do its bidding.


    Shadow Summoning - The Shadow King Wyrm can summon other dark creatures to aid in battle.


    Shadow Nova - The Shadow King Wyrm unleashes a massive explosion of dark energy, causing massive damage to all nearby enemies.


    Card Description: The Shadow King Wyrm is a fearsome predator, with the power to control the shadows and wield dark energy. Its massive size and powerful abilities make it a formidable opponent, and its ability to control other creatures only adds to its strength. With its nearly imprable armor and devastating attacks, the Shadow King Wyrm is a force to be reckoned with. Unleash the power of the Shadow King Wyrm and watch your enemies fall.


    Price: Eight thousand Supreme Sacred stones.]


    "Do our family has something with Shadow element?" Riddley couldn''t help but ask out loud when she also summoned an ultimate quality beast with a shadow element.


    Simr to Fidel, it was her first summon. For people of her level, these beasts didn''t add much value, so getting any beast other than one of ultimate quality was a rare issue for them.


    Shadow King Wyrm was from the other group, and as it had the word "King" in its name, its ability was there. Between a Shadow Hunter and a Shadow King Wyrm, the wyrm would alwayse out on top, but in the case of Fidel and Riddley, the situation was slightly different.


    The Shadow Hunter summoned by Fidel had the passive stealth ability, while the one with Riddley had no such characteristic. It showed on the price set by the store. There was a massive gap of two thousand supreme stones between them.


    Riddley then turned around only to see the gloating face of her husband. She couldn''t help but be frustrated with him.


    "Go ahead, summon a beast without characteristic since you are your mother''s son," Fidel mocked Fred since he didn''t have the guts to say these words directly to Riddley.


    A vein popped out in her forehead, but she controlled herself and said, "Summon a beast that will beat your father for seven thousand times straight since you are my son."

 Chapter 999 (6) Close For The Day!

    Chapter 999: Close for the Day!


    "Summon a beast that will beat someone seven thousand times straight since you are my son."


    The gloating expression disappeared as Fidel had no words to rebuke Riddley.


    As Fred pushed the button, the expressions of both Fidel and Riddley turned solemn, as they both wanted Fred to summon a beast stronger than them.


    Five seconds passed in no time, and soon a beast appeared on the screen.


    The next moment, a card emerged out of nowhere and flew to Fred''s hands.


    Fred recognized the beast on the screen, so he focused on the card with some expectations.


    [Name: Ice Queen


    Type: Beast


    Race: Elemental


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Ice


    Characteristic: Regal


    Details: The creature is the queen of ice element, so in a range of hundred meters, any ice attack would follow its order rather than the user (Only up to one sub-level above its level)


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Ability:


    Frostbite: Ice Queen''s bite can freeze her enemies and cause them to suffer frostbite.


    Ice Wave: Ice Queen can create a wave of ice that damages and slows down enemies.


    Frozen Heart: Ice Queen can freeze the hearts of her enemies, making them unable to move or attack.


    Arctic Wind: Ice Queen can create a gust of chilly wind that knocks back enemies and decreases their uracy.


    Ice Shield: Ice Queen can create a shield of ice that protects her and her allies from physical and magical attacks.


    cial Nova: Ice Queen can create a st of ice that damages enemies in an area and leaves a trail of ice behind, slowing them down.


    Winter''s Embrace: Ice Queen''s presence enhances the defense of her allies, making them more resilient against attacks.


    Card Description: The Ice Queen is a regal and powerful beast thatmands the power of ice. With her fearsome abilities, she can freeze and slow down her enemies, while also protecting herself and her allies with her ice shield. Whether you''re facing a horde of enemies or a single, powerful foe, the Ice Queen is the perfectpanion for any warrior who seeks victory. Unleash the power of the Ice Queen and watch your enemies fall.


    Price: Twenty-five thousand Supreme Sacred stones.]


    Fred''s hands trembled as he passed the card to his mother after reading its content. Ridley had the same surprising reaction when she read it.


    Fidel also extended his hands, thinking the card woulde to him, but no such thing happened. Riddley returned the card to Fred.


    "Isn''t it the Ice Queen, which my foolish son fell in love with?" Fidel suddenlymented.


    The Ice Queen was a top group of elementals, and there was only one in the entire Sacred Dimension. If Fred were to seed in taming it, it would only be the second Ice Queen.


    Fred''s white face turned red from his father''sments. Once Fred had seen the Ice Queen, and from that moment, he had fallen for her. It was also the reason that, despite being several million years old, he hadn''t married anyone.


    Riddley, on the other hand, exhaled a sigh of relief that it wasn''t another shadow element beast. The White Draugr were ice-element creatures, so having a closer affinity with such beasts made sense, not with the shadow element.


    "When will we get our grandchildren?" Fidel suddenly went ahead and whispered in his son''s ears.


    Fred''s already red face became awkward, while Riddley''s frustration had reached its peak with her husband.


    "Remember, tomorrow is our battle!" A chilly voice rang in Fidel''s ears, making him shudder.


    Time flew by, and finally, enough spots in Panagea opened up for Fidel and his family to enter Panagea.


    More time flew by, and when there was around an hour left before the sunset, a door appeared midair inside the store, and soon after, Lily stepped out of it.


    Lily seemed to be in a great mood after a long time as she jumped on Aakesh''s head after stepping down the stairs.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Not long after Lily appeared in the store, Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from outside.


    Aakesh and Lily looked in that direction and found an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    It was a Vurron, who seemed to have heard about the store from somewhere, so he came here.


    "Hello, store owner!" The man respectfully greeted Aakesh immediately.


    Aakesh nodded to the man''s greetings and waited for him to ask the question.


    "Store owner, I want two first-grade lesser soul healing pills,'' The man already seemed to be aware of the store''s products, so he requested.


    Aakesh nodded, stood up from the chair, and went to the pill counter. He then took two pills out from the third shelf in the first row. He then returned to his chair.


    "You need to pay fifty lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh told the man.


    The man already seemed to be aware of the price, so he took out the amount.


    The man seemed to only carry fifty stones as he took everything out. He then counted it and pushed toward the store owner after finding the number was correct.


    Even though the man tried to stay calm when Aakesh pushed the pills toward him, his breathing became rough, and his eyes slightly moistened.


    "You will be alright." The man muttered in a slow voice, with it slightly trembling.


    "Thank you, store owner!" The man thanked Aakesh and hurriedly left the store as if he couldn''t waste even a moment.


    Aakesh and Lily didn''t care much about the man''s ordeals, so they both began to y with each other while passing the time till sunset.


    Not long after the man left, another new customer came to the store. Since it was thiste, and less than an hour left before sunset, the man failed to enter Panagea, despite there being one vacant virtual portal.


    The man promised toe tomorrow to enter Panagea and then left the store, having either no interest in other store''s products or not having enough financial ability to show interest in them.


    Time flew by, and the sun finally set on Thorr and nearby cities, bringing a wave of darkness with it.


    ***


    A/N: Tomorrow, I will release only one chapter, the 1000th.


    As chapter 500 made clear that it wasn''t Aakesh''s first time in the Multiverse, the 1000th special will also deal with one of his other past lives.


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 1000 1000th Special!

    Chapter 1000: 1000th Special!


    "Ugh! Whe...re is thi...s?" A man, clutching his head, asked while looking around him.


    The man felt that his head would explode, so his face looked unsightly. The man had unusual features, as his skin was dark blue.


    The man found himself in the middle of nowhere. He tried to stand up and walk, but his body didn''t have any energy left to aplish the task.


    "What''s my name?" The man asked himself. His speech had be smooth without any stuttering this time.


    The man had no choice but to keep lying in this unknown area as his body gathered energy. Even though the man knew nothing about himself or this ce, he knew one thing that to gather energy, he needed food, and the only thing in his sight around the area was empty air.


    Rumble!


    A voice emerged in the man''s stomach as he tried to see any hope of survival. Since the man couldn''t stand, he dragged himself to the ground.


    Fortunately for him, the ground was clean without any rocks, while it was muddy, so only his clothes got dirty, and he received no injuries.


    The man''s speed seemed to grow at a quick pace as if his body was slowly getting filled with energy.


    Whatever was happening was outside of what the man understood, so it was also surprising for him. After an unknown amount of time, he had an intuition that he would be able to stand and walk.


    The man gave an attempt and couldn''t help but be shocked after finding that it worked.


    "What is going on?" The man mumbled in surprise, but at the same time, he kept walking ahead.


    At first, the man''s steps weren''t steady at all, as if it was his first time walking, but as time passed, the steps became stable, and soon speed also became quick. If it took the man several seconds to cover a distance of ten meters, now it only took him three seconds, and soon it turned into two.


    His walking became a sprinting, while at the same time, his body was gathering energy instead of losing. If the man could see air, he would see that the air was thinning, and simrly, the energy stocks in his body were growing.


    "My name is Aakesh!" The man suddenly stopped as a message appeared in his head.


    The man stood frozen in the area as suddenly an influx of memory appeared in his head, forcing him to scream in pain.


    "Lily!" Aakesh screamed in pain as the face of his daughter shed past his eyes.


    "Halie, Mother!" Aakesh murmured some other names as the memory and faces became clear.


    "NO!" Aakesh couldn''t help but crashed to the ground as he screamed toward the sky.


    ***


    Aakesh finally calmed down after the hysteria and finally looked at him.


    His strength from the memory seemed to have disappeared, and he had be an ordinary person, while the area around him was also devoid of Primal energy.


    "Is this reincarnation?" Aakesh asked while looking up at the sky.


    Time flew by, and after calming down, Aakesh finally exited the area and came across civilization.


    The first reaction the people had when they saw him was fear, and soon he found himself in a prison, while people with a strange weapon that shot a small metal projectile caught him.


    Aakesh found that he could overpower those people with his strength, but the strange weapon gave him a sense of danger, so he didn''t resist the arrest.


    Aakesh didn''t have a watch to know the time, but he believed a few hours had passed after his arrest when a group of people wearing white coats over their various types of clothes came to visit him.


    Since it was all new for Aakesh, he was curious about the group of people. But he suddenly sensed a danger, as a man with a weapon evenrger than that strange weapon shot him.


    Aakesh felt he was dying as his consciousness around the world was slowly disappearing.


    Time flew by, and after an unknown amount of time, Aakesh found his consciousness returning.


    Aakesh tried to look at himself but found that he couldn''t move his body at all, as if something had tied him. He could only look up at a metallic roof.


    ***


    "Is he an alien?" Aakesh could hear the conversation of the people in the room, discussing him.


    Suddenly Aakesh found that it wasn''t a room, but a vehicle, as he suddenly felt the entire room shaking.


    ***


    "Eh! You are awake!" A female white coat member eximed in surprise when she saw Aakesh''s eyes open.


    "Damn it! How could they be so careless with the dose?" The woman murmured, cursing someone.


    "Where are you taking me?"


    The woman almost jumped in surprise when she heard Aakesh speak. From the information she obtained from the police, there was a suspicion that the man was mute since he hadn''t said a single word even when he was roughed up in an attempt to arrest him.


    The woman soon returned to calm, as in her profession, a flustered expression wasn''t good.


    "Who are you?" The woman asked.


    "I am Aakesh."


    "From where did youe?"


    "I don''t know."


    .


    .


    .


    "Where are you taking me?" Aakesh asked again after answering all the woman''s questions.


    "You don''t want to know," The woman looked at him with pity when she said this.


    ***


    In Montana, the Turan''s strongest nation, there was a researchb that had made its presence invisible to the world for the past three years.


    Only higher-level officials in Montana and theb knew that they were working on an extremely confidential and significant project.


    Purple House, the resident of the president of Montana,


    "What is the progress?" The president asked the man, who was dressed in a formal coat.


    "We are only one step away frompleting the project, Super Soldier," The man answered with a respectful face.


    "Good, don''t worry about the funding! I want the project to be done before the election due in three months," The president responded, satisfied with the man''s answer.


    "Thank you, sir, president, for your generous support. We will try our best," The man respectfully thanked.


    "Do we know anything about the man or is it still a mystery?" The president''s face turned solemn when he asked.


    Three years ago, the Turan was taken aback by the sudden emergence of a blue-skinned human. The man had disappeared soon after his appearance, but the rumors around him had already reached an exaggerated amount.


    "We know nothing of the man''s past or how he came to be, but we have found a pigment that we haven''t found in any other race. We have named it the super pigment, and it assimtes with every race, but controlling it seemed to be difficult, so we have been researching how to control the super pigment from going on a rampage and destroying everything."


    ***


    "How are you, today?" Natasha asked.


    Natasha was the same person thatmunicated with Aakesh on the bus. Since except for her, Aakesh had never spoken to anyone else, she was posted as his caretaker.


    It had been three years, and the researcher had done all kinds of things to him, but Aakesh had never said a word since that journey. He didn''t even cry in pain.


    Aakesh''s behavior shocked the researchers since every day, he had to give up three pints of blood. Aakesh''s body seemed to be from fantasy as no matter what injury, the researchers caused, it would heal in no time. It was also the reason that Aakesh looked even better than he had looked beforeing here.


    At that time, Aakesh''s skin had grown so tough that even a bullet couldn''t pierce it. Just taking the blood out was a lot of struggle for the researchers.


    Natasha pity-faced Aakesh as she used the specially-made injection to extract blood.


    "I am sorry," Natasha apologized after the container was filled to the brim. In no time, the injury caused by the injection disappeared, leaving no mark of its proof.


    ***


    ''What''s the point of existing like this?'' As he looked up at the roof, Aakesh reflected. He had been wanting to die to meet his family in the afterlife, but at the same time, he wanted to survive for his family.


    Years had passed in that conundrum, and Aakesh had devolved into nothing more than an experiment subject.


    If Aakesh wanted, he could break free, but the motivation to do such a thing wasn''t there.


    Time flew by, and three more months passed.


    In the president''s pce, the president was reprimanding theb head since there had been no breakthrough in the research and the election was already close.


    "Begin the human experimentation!" The president cruelly ordered.


    ***


    "Sir, how can we do this? It''s murder," After theb head ordered the start of human experiments, one of the researchersined.


    "Use him as the first experiment!" Theb head''s face coldly ordered the guards.


    The other researcher shirked their necks back after the order, no longer wanting toin.


    ***


    "PLEASE, DON''T DO THIS!"


    "ARGH!"


    "BOOM!"


    Screams rang in Aakesh''s ears as he stared nkly at the roof. It didn''t seem to affect him at all.


    As time passed, the number of screams grew, while the hearts of the researchers grew cold as every subject exploded as soon as their blood came into contact with the super pigment.


    When Natasha came to take Aakesh''s blood, her eyes were red. This time, she didn''t speak and left after collecting the blood.


    Aakesh didn''t seem to care as he continued his nk stare.


    Time flew by, and several more days passed.


    Natasha''s eyes looked cold as she came to the room today. She had a chainsaw in her hands.


    "If you die, everything will return to normal. "People wouldn''t have to die any longer," Natasha said as tears began to streak down her cheeks.


    She closed the gate so the sound of the chainsaw wouldn''t attract the guards. She pushed the string, activating the machine.


    She had already seen enough humans die in the past several days; her mind couldn''t take any more deaths. Natasha pitied Aakesh for such a fate, but at the same time, she also med him for peacefully taking everything when he clearly had the strength to riot and destroy theb.


    "Please!" Natasha cried since she couldn''t bear the thought of cutting Aakesh with the chainsaw.


    "Please, fight back!"


    "Why aren''t you fighting?" Natashained while tears continuously streamed down her cheeks.


    Aakesh''s nk eyes reacted as Natasha''s plea evoked the dying memory in his mind. How he wanted to fight back and rescue his family.


    ***


    Natasha couldn''t hold back anymore as she was about to fall, but Aakesh''srge hand came and grabbed the running chainsaw.


    The specially-made chainsaw appeared to be nothing more than ordinary metal as it broke apart with a casual grip.


    "Why do you want me to fight back?" The voice that Natasha seemed to have forgotten rang in her ears once again.


    "They are killing everyone to make more like you," Natasha responded after getting over the shock.


    "Aren''t you one of them?"


    "I am and I have no regrets, even if you kill me."


    "Are you sure?" Aakesh asked while the aura around him suddenly changed.


    Natasha looked frightened at Aakesh, but she still nodded, as even if he spared her, she wouldn''t be able to live after the blood her hands contained.


    Aakesh suddenly extended his hands, passing them directly through her heart.


    A stream of blood escaped Natasha''s mouth, but at the same time, a relieved smile also appeared.


    A flow of energy like never before seemed to pass through Aakesh''s body, enhancing it even further. Even the ground beneath him began to sink as it couldn''t bear Aakesh''s weight.


    Aakesh seemed to go on a rampage after that, as he needed to fulfill Natasha''s words.


    ***


    "NO!" Aakesh screamed in anger as he came out and saw one of the researchers injecting the super pigment into a ten-year-old girl''s body.


    At that moment, time seemed to have slowed down as Aakesh crossed the barrier of sound and reached the girl. But despite that, he waste.


    Even a tiny bit of the pigment was extremely dangerous, and not long after, the girl exploded like other subjects.


    At that moment, Aakesh seemed to see Lily in that girl. When she exploded, something seemed to have exploded in his heart.


    Aakesh became a cold-blooded machine after that as he massacred everyone in the researchb after the girl''s death.


    Even after killing everyone, Aakesh''s anger only grew, so he turned his eyes toward innocents.


    In less than a day, he massacred seven cities in Montana, forcing governments from all around the world to convene an emergency meeting.


    "You bastard, look at what you have unleashed upon the world," One of the nation''s presidents abused Montana''s president soon after the meeting got connected.


    The president of Montana wanted to retort, but when he saw the angry faces of all the heads of state, he calmed himself down and asked permission to use the Destruction Bomb.


    The Destruction Bomb was the epitome of human scientific achievements on Turan.


    There were only three bombs in the world, and since every nation had some role to y in their creation, no nation could use them without every other nation''s agreement.


    No head of state disagreed, so starting with Montana''s president, every head of state uttered an alphabet or a number, and soon the code wasplete.


    The code was sent to the special authority responsible for the bombs, and soon after, a missile flew in Aakesh''s direction.


    ***


    Aakesh was on his rampage when he suddenly sensed extreme danger to his life. He looked up at the sky, and his eyes easily peered over the cover of clouds.


    He could see a rocket flying toward him. If he wanted, he could escape, but he didn''t want to and weed the rocket.


    Boom!


    With the explosion, another few million citizens died, but fortunately for the Turan, Aakesh was one of them.


    That day became the downfall of humanity, aster that day, the core of the exploded, killing every living being across the.


    ***


    Somewhere unknown,


    "Another failure!" A voice rang in the darkness.


    "What a disappointment to act like mortals and lose himself in revenge!"


    "Don''t include the past. He will die without even finding his purpose."


    "Let''s see if this time he will seed or not, or will it be another failure!"


    ***


    "Whe...re is thi...s?" Aakesh spoke in a slurred voice as he opened his eyes into a closed space.


    ***


    A/N: We have touched the milestone of a thousand chapters! I am very grateful to all the readers who have supported this book.


    Thank you very much!

 Chapter 1001 Reward!

    Chapter 1001: Reward!


    As the sun set and the store turned empty, Aakesh stood up from his chair and closed the gate, bringing an end to a productive day for the store.


    [Host, the reward has been provided. Please check!]


    The next moment, the system''s emotionless, mechanical voice rang inside his head, informing him.


    Aakesh smiled and then proceeded toward the room. Earlier, there were four empty shelves inside the room, but that situation had now changed. Now, two of them were filled to the brim with different types of cultivation arts, while three were empty.


    Aakesh went to the newly restocked shelf and pulled out one cultivation art.


    [Name- The Mountain and Sea Art,


    Grade- Higher grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In the Mountain and Sea Art, the cultivator uses Qi to have the strength of a mountain in their fist while having the agility of crossing the sea in a single jump.


    Users: Divine Lord and True God.


    Price: 500 higher Sacred stones.]


    Aakesh didn''t seem surprised when he saw the Mountain and Sea Art. He had already gotten ustomed to the art being it when he checked it.


    Aakesh then summoned the virtual book associated with the cultivation art and read some of its contents. Even though Aakesh''s cultivation was low, he could still understand much of the concept, courtesy of the system telling him vast knowledge about the world.


    Aakesh then ced the page back inside the shelf, and the virtual book disappeared in no time.


    "Let''s go!" Aakesh said after exiting the room and stepping into the hall.


    The next moment, a white light covered him and Lily, who was sitting on his head.


    The light disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, Aakesh and Lily also entered the selection area.


    Lily jumped from his head and went to her usual training environment. Aakesh went to the weapon section and closed all his senses. He then randomly picked up a weapon from the area.


    After he had the weapon, Aakesh went to the selection section and pressed the switch while selecting the training environment.


    The next moment, the space around him cracked into a portal and sucked him inside.


    All senses returned to Aakesh as he found himself in the familiar battle arena, with a blue screen popping out in front of him.


    Aakesh first looked at the weapon in his hands. It was a Halberd.


    The Halberd looked majestic and terrifying at the same time. The de was made from a ck metal that was produced when a Dragon''s heart was forged. Its edges gleamed with sharp, ethereal light, announcing to the world that it could cut through even space.


    The halberd''s shaft was forged from a collection of rare and precious metals. It glistened like gold and made the weapon look more stately. At its pinnacle, the shaft was crowned with a gleaming gem.


    All in all, the weapon looked terrifying and majestic at the same time.


    Since it was not Aakesh''s first time using the halberd, he focused on the blue screen in front of him.


    His fingers reflexively acted as he tapped on to start the battle from the first round. The next moment, the screen disappeared while a blue light covered the entire arena.


    The following moment, when the light disappeared, it brought a second creature to the arena.


    Aakesh looked at the creature and smiled since today''s battle was going to be interesting.


    Nefarious, a powerful member of the Demon race, was his opponent today. The creature''s skin was jet ck, its eyes were zing red, and it sported a single, massive curved horn on its forehead. It was armed with a spear as well. The spear was glowing red like its eyes, creating an eerie atmosphere around it.


    The Nefarious looked at Aakesh with a grin while its eyes had an unusual glow as if Aakesh was its prey. Aakesh didn''t care about that and waited for the battle to begin.


    BELL!


    The next moment, a ringing sound rang in the area, announcing the start of the battle for the day.


    The sound hadn''t even subsided when Aakesh disappeared from his spot and appeared right above the Nefarious with the halberd shing at it.


    The creature''s eyes glowed briefly before going dark, and its body fell to the ground, shed in half vertically.


    As for Aakesh, he reappeared in his previous spot, and finally, the sound of the bellpletely disappeared.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the entire arena while the familiar blue screen popped out in front of him.


    Aakesh didn''t waste any time and tapped to start the next round, and soon after, the familiar process repeated itself.


    When the light disappeared, the Nefarious appeared in the arena. The previous grin was nowhere to be seen on its face, and a brutal expression had taken its ce. Its eyes contained anger, and soon, the familiar bell sound rang in the arena.


    The oue repeated itself, as when the echo of the bellpletely disappeared, the opponent had died too, announcing another victory for Aakesh.


    The Nefarious was a top race of fighters, but unfortunately, the power gap between the current level it and Aakesh were such that no amount of skill, weapon, or talent could help them survive against Aakesh, let alone win or kill him.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    The battle continued to end instantly until the sixty-eighth round. In the sixty-ninth round, the Nefarious finally seeded in forcing Aakesh to release more of his strength, and he died in the second strike.


    In the seventy-eighth round, the battle ended with the first strike with improved strength.


    Till the eighty-ninth round, Aakesh easily won over the opponent, and the opponent could only survive one or two strikes.


    In the nieth round, the Nefarious was able to defend itself from the strike without getting injured for the first time.


    In the ny-sixth round, the Nefarious, for the first time,nded a strike on Aakesh.


    In the ny-eight round, the Nefarious, for the first time, seeded in injuring Aakesh, It was even smaller than a cut, but still, it was the first blood drawn by the Nefarious.


    In the one-hundredth round, the Nefarious seeded in forcing Aakesh to release two-thirds of his strength. In the 107th round, the Nefarious managed to critically wound Aakesh with its spear.


    The one hundred and tenth round was going on, with Aakesh and the Nefarious fighting it out.


    The level still hadn''t reached the point where Aakesh would be forced out to reveal his full strength, so he fought calmly.


    The Nefarious, on the other hand, fought violently, as every loss was a shame on its race, and it wanted to win as quickly as possible.


    Suddenly, the creature activated its ultimate skill, as it could see the previous results repeating if the battle continued.


    The red-glowing spear seemed to glow even brighter while a whistling sound was ringing in the arena. It was a shrill sound; if anyone with weak mental strength were to hear it, they would lose themselves.


    Since the opponent was using its ultimate skill, Aakesh also had to use one, or he might get injured from the attack.


    The next moment, he transferred energy to the halberd, and the gem atop the shaft started glowing, and soon it exploded into a burst of radiant light. Aakesh then swung the weapon in a wide arc, releasing a barrage of destructive white energy, tearing through the arena, and charging at the Nefarious.


    At the same time, the Nefarious swung its spear too, releasing a wave of red light.


    The scene looked to be an apocalypse as the wave of red and white light shed.


    Even though the skill used by the Nefarious was its ultimate skill for the round, and the one used by Aakesh was only one of many, the white light seemed to be superior of the two.


    The Nefarious didn''t want to give up, so it pierced the spear right in its chest and swung the spear once again, with drops of jet-ck blood melting into the red light, giving it and unprecedented momentum.


    The Nefarious seemed to grow weak after that, as its body shook, but when it saw the red light finally eating out the white light, a grin spread across its face.


    But the next moment, the grin on its face froze as it found the world turning upside down.


    The red energy seemed to grow out of control as it began to raze everything in its path.


    Aakesh swung the halberd once again, enforcing the white light.


    When the red light disappeared from the arena, a blue light covered the entire battlefield, announcing another victory for Aakesh.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. It''s my mother''s birthday.


    The mass release will be rescheduled to next Saturday, 18 February, with me adding another two chapters, making it a seven-chapter release.

 Chapter 1002 Conversation!

    Chapter 1002: Conversation!


    A blue light covered the arena, freezing everything, and soon after, a screen popped out in front of Aakesh.


    Aakesh tapped on the first option, going for the next round. The next moment, the blue light receded, and with it, the arena started to return to its undamaged condition. When the light had disappeared entirely, a battle arena several timesrger and sturdier than thest one appeared in Aakesh''s sight.


    At the same time, the Nefarious also appeared several miles away from him. It had no expression on its face as it waited for the battle to begin.


    Time flew by, and battles continued to happen.


    There wasn''t a single spot in Aakesh''s body that wasn''t injured. His eyes were cold as he activated the ultimate skill avable to him in the one hundred and eighteenth round.


    Aakesh channeled half of his remaining energy into the halberd, making it glow like a supernova. The gem embedded at the top seemed to be the brightest source of light at that moment. The next moment, the situation turnedpletely different as the light around the halberd disappeared as if the previous scene were nothing but an illusion.


    Aakesh then swung his halberd from left to right, releasing the wave of the previous light. It flew toward the Nefarious, obliterating everything in its path.


    The Nefarious also activated its ultimate skill, but all its attempts turned futile as the light wave crushed the Nefarious into nothingness, and when its work was done, it disappeared. Aakesh couldn''t help but stumble as activating the skill took a heavy toll.


    The next moment, a green light covered Aakesh, healing him, while a blue light covered the arena.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Whoosh!


    The silence in the selection area suddenly broke as the space cracked and formed a portal. Not long after, Aakesh stepped out of it after losing the one hundred and neenth battle with the Nefarious.


    Since there was still some time left before Lily''s training was over, Aakesh decided to enter another training environment and pass the remaining time there.


    Time flew by; the silent selection area saw a sudden turbulence as the space cracked down, forming a portal to another ce.


    It was Lily who stepped out of it. After finding that Aakesh wasn''t there, she asked the system for her and Aakesh''s chairs.


    The next moment, two chairs positioned in front of each other appeared in the area. Lily went to hers and sat on it, waiting for Aakesh to exit.


    Lily''s wait didn''t continue for long, as around a few minutester, the selection area saw familiar movements, and soon after, Aakesh stepped out of the portal.


    Aakesh''s cold face turned into a smiling one when he saw Lily already there, waiting for him. He then went to his chair andfortably sat on it.


    "You seemed extra happy today," Aakeshmented since he could see that Lily''s mood had been joyful since she had exited the Panagea.


    No matter what, she would always give her an eye before entering the training, but today, she was smiling while entering, so things must have been extremely good for her to act like this.


    Lily''s already smiling face saw an even more wide smile when she heard Aakesh. She then began to share her day in Panagea with Aakesh.


    ***


    After leaving the store yesterday, Lily entered Panagea in the same spot she had left a few hours before.


    Due to several circumstances in the past, her territory became independent, and she was happily ruling over it. But everything changed around a month ago when one of her trusted subordinates turned out to be a betrayer and killed one of her wolf friends. From that moment on, Lily''s mood had been downtrodden, and it also showed in the eyes of others as the ruler''s mood affected everyone in their territory.


    As usual, Lily began her meeting with the various subordinates to discuss the day-to-day affairs when the meeting was disturbed by a messenger.


    "Your majesty, we have urgent news."


    The messenger was terrified to deliver the message during the meeting but the content was such that he couldn''t wait longer, or his punishment would be extremely painful. His expression showed his fear, angering Lily further. But since she was a ruler, she calmed herself and asked the man to share the news.


    "Your Majesty, we have found an eyewitness who has seen the betrayer!"


    The message was like a thunderstrike exploding in her head as she charged toward the messenger and grabbed him.


    The messenger became even more terrified, but he remained calm, knowing that any error in this situation would result in his death.


    "Exin in detail!" Lily ordered. Her voice showed her hurriedness.


    At that moment, one of the eleven other subordinates in the room looked ugly, but before others could see her, she masked her emotions and matched every other subordinate''s expression, an expression of hurry and revenge.


    "Your majesty, we have notified every intelligence organization around the area to find information rted to the betrayer. Today, one eyewitness came, iming that he had seen the betrayer, but he refuses to tell us anything," The messenger exined in a single breath.


    "Take me to the man," Lily said, throwing the man.


    Instead of getting angry, the messenger exhaled a sigh of relief after getting free from Lily''s grip and then hurriedly proceeded toward the room. Lily followed the man while the eleven subordinates in the room followed her.


    ***


    "Where did you see the betrayer?" Lily asked the man.


    It was a middle-aged man from one of the demonic races. The man''s eyes glowed when he saw Lily enter the room.


    Lily suddenly felt danger when she saw the look in the man''s eyes. Her intuition turned out to be correct, as the man began to expand like a balloon whileughing hysterically.


    Lily''s eyes suddenly turned cold as she swiped her ws at the man, ripping him into several pieces. Despite it, the man seemed to be alive, as the hystericalughter was still ringing in the room.


    Instead of getting angry, a smile spread across Lily''s face since she didn''t see the situation as someone attempting to assassinate her but as a witnessing to her to give her some proof.

 Chapter 1003 Name!

    Chapter 1003: Name!


    "Hehe, let me show you what happens when the weak conspire against the strong!" A cruel grin spread across Lily''s face as she grabbed something immaterial floating above the ripped corpse.


    The hystericalughter seemed to stop at that moment, and instead, it turned into a plea for help.


    When Lily regained her territory, one of the suggestions Aakesh had given her was to buy some soul-capturing skills, and today, it came to benefit her.


    Lily then turned around, only to see eleven of her subordinates looking at her with concern.


    Except for Lily and her wolf friends, no one knew that Lily couldn''t die inside Panagea and could revive unendingly. And Lily hadn''t perished since she entered here, so it remained a secret. For the subordinates, the situation would be seriously troubling if anything happened to her since it was she who bought the freedom of the territory. If anything happened to her, thend would be snatched back by the King.


    "Show him some love," Lily coldly ordered one of her subordinates as she ced the soul into a ss container and handed it to the man.


    The man respectfully took the ss container and left the room with intense excitement on his face since he would get to torture the soul.


    The man was from the bear race of the beast group, and he liked to torture.


    ***


    "What have you found?" Lily asked coldly as she approached the bear''s residence.


    "Your majesty, there seems to be a mechanism restricting him from speaking about his past and the organization," The bear respectfully answered.


    Lily''s eyes turned cruel as she went forward and grabbed the soul that was on the verge of fading away.


    How could Lily let the soul fade this easily when it could show her what was behind the deaths of her friends? She used medium soul stones and added enough energy to return the soul to where it was clearly visible to everyone.


    "Aakesh will being here in the next two months; he must know some ways to solve the situation, so don''t let it die till then," Lily ordered.


    The bear''s face turned solemn when he heard Lily mention Aakesh. Aakesh was like a legendary figure in the hearts of the subordinates since Lily didn''t hide that she took Aakesh''s help to reach wherever she was. Only Lily and her wolf friends have seen Aakesh.


    Lily''s rtionship with Aakesh seemed to be intimate, while whenever the name of Aakesh woulde, the wolves would grow terrified.


    "Yes, your majesty! I will guard it with my life." The bear solemnly responded to Lily''s order.


    The soul was conscious, so when it heard that it had gained some time of reprieve, it couldn''t help but exhale a sigh of relief. But the next moment, it grew pale after hearing what Lily said next.


    "No need to let it live pleasantly till that time. Torture it and extract as many words as possible without alerting the restriction."


    Lily''s voice rang in the residence after she had already left.


    A smile spread across the bear''s face when he heard his master, and the next moment, he immersed himself in the joy of torture.


    ***


    "So, you are this happy by just finding a soul!" Aakesh smiled upon hearing about Lily''s experience.


    "Yes, it''s better than having nothing to show even after a month has passed since the death," Lily responded.


    "How was your day?" Lily asked since her sharing session was over, and it was now Aakesh''s turn.


    After Lily left yesterday, Aakesh also entered Panagea, so he started with it and shared his experience there.


    After Panagea, Aakesh told Lily about the store.


    "Oh, Gregory was here," Lily said, nodding in surprise since she remembered him. When there was nothing for them to do, both she and Aakesh would watch the lives of the customers for years until a new customer arrived with a new adventure.


    Aakesh nodded and then told her about Gregory and his family and the beasts he bought.


    "His children aren''t that talented for the purity of his bloodline," Lilymented after finding that four of his seven children failed to tame their beasts.


    Aakesh also nodded and found it surprising, but since he didn''t care much, he didn''t attempt to find out the reason behind it.


    After Gregory left, Aakesh told Lily about the kids, and she couldn''t help but grow angry when she heard that Aakesh had given them gifts.


    "Where is my gift?" Lily extended her hands and demanded.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but do a facepalm as to how could he not have expected Lily to react such when she would find out about him giving away gifts.


    "What do you want?" Aakesh asked with a helpless smile.


    The smile on Lily''s face widened as she opened her mouth, "I want you to let me choose the name of the whale!"


    "Sure, you can, but it wouldn''t be whaley, like you call him," Aakesh epted immediately.


    "Damn it!" Lily frowned after hearing Aakesh''s condition since she had the same name in mind.


    "Since my name is Lily, how about we name him L," Lilymented after a slight pause.


    A vein popped out in Aakesh''s forehead, and he told Lily to take time to think of a name since there were still three years left.


    "Why did you name me Lily?" Lily couldn''t help but scoff.


    "You can name me after the first name that popped into your head, but I can''t name him L," Lilyined, clearly not happy with Aakesh shooting down the second name.


    Aakesh only smiled at Lily for throwing such tantrums. To ruffle her even more, Aakesh further joked about her name.


    Time flew by, and the traditional meeting between Aakesh and Lily came to an end.


    The next moment, Aakesh and Lily disappeared from the selection area and appeared in the store''s hall. Aakesh''s chair followed them while the system stored Lily''s chair in the system''s space.


    Lily then went to Panagea as she summoned the door to their room.


    After Lily left, Aakesh''s face returned to its usual expressionless state, and he went toward the portal room.


    Time flew by, and the sun was about to rise in Thorr and nearby cities.


    Aakesh opened his eyes from the meditation after the system''s alert.

 Chapter 1004 New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 1004: New Day for the Store(1)


    Aakesh was meditating when the system''s emotionless, mechanical voice rang in his head, informing him about the approaching sunrise.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and stood up from the mat. Since Aakesh''s absorption rate had only seen improvement yesterday, he didn''t look to his left like usual today.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh stepped down the stairs to the store''s hall.


    The sun was only a few seconds away from rising, as its silhouette had presented itself to the world. As it rose, the cover of the darkness around Thorr and nearby cities began to disappear slowly, and people weed light into their lives, starting another day.


    At the same time, the mysterious store with a notoriously rumored store owner opened the store''s door and weed the new day.


    Aakesh was greeted by the sight of a small crowd of people outside the store. He didn''t let them wait for long and returned to his chair while the people in the crowd followed inside like a raging tide.


    There were forty-eight virtual portals currently avable in the store, and since there were forty-nine people in the crowd, barring one, everyone else was covered in golden light after stepping inside the store.


    Derrick couldn''t help but look at the scene in front of him with surprise and disappointment since he was the only one not able to enter Panagea in the first group. It was his first timeing here this early, and even then, he would have to wait six hours to enter. At the same time, he couldn''t leave the store anymore, as leaving here would mean he would have to join the queue again.


    Derrick took a deep breath and went to the waiting corner while the others in the group went toward Panagea. The card ownership here wasn''t as high as in the Primal Dimension, so almost all the customers came to him and left for Panagea after paying thirty-five lesser Sacred stones.


    After everyone left, only Aakesh and Derrick were left alone in the store. Derrick was a new customer to the store since it had only been a few days since he came here.


    Derrick was a Corron, one of the Vurron species, and he had a good friendship with Ashley, so he came to know about it. Derrick felt pride for having someone as loyal as Ashley, but heter found out that Ashley did it because of her father, Asher, the head of Corrons.


    After finding the advancement the store could bring in the lives of the customers, Alfred and Asher decided to make the best talents of the Vurrons aware of the store. Derrick was one such, so Asher told his daughter to inform him.


    Derrick was someone who easily got bored, so it hadn''t been long before Derrick came to Aakesh and paid for the difficult level training area for Higher grade weapons.


    Derrick was a mace user, so he found the pir andmitted the process required to enter. The next moment, a golden light covered his body and his eyes turned nk after his consciousness left his body and entered the unlimited space inside the training area.


    In the difficult level training area, the time flow inside the space was the same as the store, and also not many races were avable for selection.


    After entering, a window asking Derrick to choose his opponent appeared in front of him. Even though there weren''t top races of the Sacred Dimension in the list, there were still countless races.


    Since Derrick didn''t want to waste all of his time in selecting opponents, he chose the Vurrons as his opponent and Corrons in Vurrons. As for the environment, he chose it to be an open grasnd where the wind blows slightly.


    The next moment, Derrick appeared in the vast grasnd, with his opponent standing not far from him. Simr to him, the opponent had a mace with a simr appearance to his.


    The training area didn''t waste time, so soon after, the battle began. Both Derrick and the opponent charged at each other.


    ng! ng! ng!


    Loud metal shing sounds continuously rang in the area as the maces shed with each other. The opponent seemed to be the superior of the two as its mace came with more strength and was also quicker, but the difference wasn''t that exaggerated to defeat Derrick only in a few shes.


    Derrick had bought the training area for six hours, so he battled the opponent without worrying about time.


    Even though the difference between the strength wasn''t exaggerated, there was still some, so as time flew by, it began to show in the battle. Earlier, Derrick was only getting pushed back by a few inches, but as Derrick began to grow exhausted, his strength decreased, pushing him further back.


    Since it was a vast open grasnd, there was no wall that could signify a dead end.


    BOOM!


    A loud noise rang in the area after the opponent''s mace connected with Derrick''s head. The next moment, it exploded like a watermelon while his headless body crashed to the ground.


    ***


    While Derrick was fighting in the training area, Aakesh weed an unfamiliar face to the store.


    Since there was no one in sight, Aakesh had closed his eyes to rx, but around two minutes after Derrick left for training, he heard the sound of footstepsing from the outside.


    When Aakesh opened his eyes, he found it to be an unfamiliar face and a non-demon at that.


    The non-demon creature stepped into the store with a curious expression. Soon after entering it noticed Aakesh looking at it, so it nodded toward him and then began to look around the store.


    Like other customers, its eyes also fell on the ground and raised its eyes in surprise when it recognized the stone. It couldn''t help but lean down and knock on it, using its fingers.


    After finding it to be authentic, it raised its head and looked at Aakesh in shock.


    "Is all of it real?" The next moment, a voice rang in Aakesh''s head. Thenguage used was the same as Thorron''s native tongue. Either the creature learned it after living here or learned it after reading through someone''s memories.


    Aakesh nodded, and its eyes grew wide open in shock.

 Chapter 1005 New Day For The Store(2)

    Chapter 1005: New Day for the Store(2)


    Aakesh recognized the race of the non-demon creature in the store.


    The creature was a humanoid with a physique like Thorrons, but it wasn''t its real appearance.


    Behind that facade stood a terrifying yet overly beautiful creature. It was arge eight-legged spider, with its lower body covered in a grey mottled, ghostly aura. But above the waist, things became entirely different.


    A graceful figure with ethereal beauty stood atop that grotesque lower body. Its beauty was almost on the same level as the Elves. Its eyes were glowing blue, and it had silver hairs that seemed to sometimes fluctuate between reality and illusion.


    It was a Spectral Spider, one of the arachnid groups of the beast races, and a ruler race at that.


    The Spectral Spider couldn''t speak, so they onlymunicated spiritually. Even if the creature didn''t know the native tongue of Thorrons, Aakesh still would have been able tomunicate since he knew the tongue of the Spectral Spiders.


    When it saw Aakesh nodding, its eyes trembled violently. The next moment, a seductive smile spread across its face, and it asked, "Can you sell me some?"


    "No, the store doesn''t sell Eternal Stones," Aakesh responded.


    Since it was a store, there were no limits to question when it came to selling, so Aakesh didn''t give the silent treatment to the spider.


    The Spectral Spider was taken aback by Aakesh''s reaction to its smile, but since it could sense extremely dangerous sensations from the store, it didn''t repeat the question.


    The creature then approached Aakesh and asked, "What products do the store sell then?"


    Since it was the most significant question for every new customer, Aakesh didn''t let the creature wait and started the introduction of the store products.


    "The store currently sells five products in total. The first is pills...,"


    Aakesh introduced all five products in a single breath. The creature looked astonished after the end of the introduction of all five products, especially the Beast Summoner Device.


    Since it also came from the beast group, a question about whether the Spectral Spiders were there appeared in its heart.


    "I will like to check the Beast Summoner Device," The creature requested.


    Aakesh didn''t stop it, told it the process of how to summon, and then pointed toward the room.


    ? The spider thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the room with its steady steps. But when it was only a single step away from the door, it suddenly grew dizzy and crashed to the floor.


    The system immediately acted, and before it could touch the floor, an invisible force acted and allowed it to stand straight. But at that time, it had fallen unconscious.


    "Hey, system, what should we do with her?" Aakesh asked the system as the invisible energy brought the spider to him.


    Since Aakesh could see that the creature was female, he referred to it as her.


    [Host, since the customer had fallen unconscious inside the store, it''s your duty to make the decision.]


    The system pushed all the work to Aakesh and only waited for him to make the decision.


    "What''s her cultivation?" Aakesh asked the system since he couldn''t check the spider''s cultivation.


    [Late Supreme God!]


    "First, check what has happened with her?" Since the system had pushed all the work to him, he would make it follow its order.


    The next moment, a blue glow covered the spider''s entire body. When it disappeared, the system informed Aakesh about the reason.


    [Host, she is pregnant and the egg has started to form, so it absorbed energy, forcing the customer to fall unconscious due tock of energy.]


    "Since it isn''t anything serious, transfer some energy to her so that she can regain her consciousness," Aakesh ordered.


    The system could also transfer enough energy for the egg to form fully, but since there were very slight chances of the energy harming the egg, Aakesh didn''t ask the system to do it.


    ***


    "Thank you, store owner!" The spider thanked Aakesh soon after she regained the consciousness, and then without waiting for Aakesh''s response, she took out several stones from her inner world and began to absorb its energy.


    The spider''s face was joyous since she was finally going to be a mother. She had been trying for the child for so long, and her attempts finally bore fruit.


    Around a few minutester, the spider finally stopped absorbing Sacred energy since the egg had now formed.


    "Thank you, store owner!" The spider once again thanked Aakesh since if not for him, there might have been dangerous situations around the egg if it didn''t get enough energy to absorb after its creation.


    Not long after the process was over, an egg the size of a football appeared in the spider''s hands. As the spider gazed at the egg, her gaze turned loving.


    She then gently ced the egg inside her inner world, where it would be under her constant supervision.


    ***


    "Store owner, I am Lina!" The spider introduced itself after everything was over.


    "I am Aakesh."


    "How much will my treatment cost?" Lina asked since she could see that the store owner was only an early Divine Transformation. It must have been the source behind the extreme danger that acted.


    Lina couldn''t repay the favor granted by the store owner since the child was more important than anything in the world to her, so she wanted to pay for the treatment so that her heart would feel calm.


    Aakesh didn''t speak anything and pointed at one of the rules on the rule board.


    A smile spread across Lina''s face as she read the rule about the store where every customer was safe.


    "If you need my help at all, then tell me, and I will be there immediately" Since Lina couldn''t return the favor marily, Lina promised Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t refuse this time since who knew when he would need help from someone outside the store, so he nodded and epted the promise.


    Lina smiled widely upon seeing Aakesh''s nod, making her beauty stand out. If not for her grotesque grey eight-legs, the Spectral Spiders might have been the top three beautiful races of the Sacred Dimension.


    Lina then exchanged some more words with Aakesh. She then turned around and proceeded toward the beast''s room.

 Chapter 1006 Surprise!

    Chapter 1006: Surprise!


    Lina thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the beast''s room.


    ***


    Lina''s eyes widened in surprise when she saw the numerous beasts painted on the wall. She tried to find Spectral Spiders, and several minutester, she finally saw one.


    Lina''s eyes trembled in shock as the Spectral Spider on the wall was the same as the current ruler of the race. Spectral Spiders were a top race, but it wasn''t always that way. Around three hundred million years ago, the Spectral Spiders had their first Sacred Creator level cultivator, and that was the current leader of the Spectral Spiders as well as the representative of the spider group in the beast''s top table.


    Lina bowed to the life-like mural of their leader and then finally focused on the column. The store also had the hatching function, but Lina decided against it for her child. She wanted it to have a natural birth, and that would take three years, which wasn''t a long time for people of the Sacred Dimension.


    ***


    Lina focused on the screen and saw the nine beasts inhabiting each section. She recognized two of them, but the other seven were unfamiliar to her.


    "Let it be a Spectral Spider!" Lina mumbled and then pressed the switch.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate at a rapid rate and continued for five seconds.


    Soon after, a beast appeared on the screen. Lina''s face became disappointed since it wasn''t a Spectral Spider but an unknown race.


    Not long after, a card emerged out of nowhere and flew into her hands. Even though Lina was disappointed, it was only her first try, so she didn''t brood over it for a long time and focused on the card in her hands.


    [Name: Shadow


    Type: Beast


    Race: Elemental


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Shadow


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Ability:


    Night Vision: The Shadow Stalker can see perfectly in the dark, allowing it to hunt even when its prey cannot see.


    Shadow Binding: The Shadow Stalker can weave a web of shadows that immobilizes its opponents, leaving them helpless and vulnerable.


    Shadow Sneak: The Shadow Stalker can move through the shadows without making a sound, allowing it to stalk its prey unnoticed.


    Card Description: The Shadow Stalker...


    Price: Eleven thousand, five hundred higher Sacred stones.]


    It was an elemental creature, which was strong by their nature, but since its quality was only higher, Lina lost much of her interest in it. She didn''t even read the card description. She looked at the price and then hurriedly went toward the column and ced the card in its slit.


    Time flew by.


    There was a four on top of the screen, and when Lina pressed the switch again, it turned into five while the square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed.


    Exactly five secondster, the rotation stopped, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    Lina''s eyes expanded in astonishment and joy since she had been waiting for this moment. Not long after, the creation of the card took ce, and it flew into her hands.


    Lina didn''t waste a second and immersed herself in the content on the card.


    [Name: Spectral Spider


    Type: Beast


    Race: Spider


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Soul, Illusion


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Deceptive Beauty


    Detail: The Spectral Spider''s upper body is stunningly beautiful, able to mesmerize and deceive its enemies, making them vulnerable to its attacks. (Only works on same level cultivator* with a very minute chance of working on a sub-level higher cultivator**)


    Ability:


    Spectral Web: The Spectral Spider can spin a web of pure energy that ensnares its enemies, rendering them unable to move.


    Soul Drain: The Spectral Spider can drain the life force of its enemies, stealing their soul energy to increase its own power.


    Spectral Charm: The Spectral Spider can charm its enemies, making them see it as a beautiful and trustworthy ally.


    Soul Link: The Spectral Spider can link its soul with that of its master, increasing their connection and allowing for shared control over its abilities.


    Phantom Bite: The Spectral Spider creates an illusionary bite that deals massive damage to its enemies.


    Mirrored Shell: The Spectral Spider creates a mirror-like shell of illusions, deflecting enemy attacks and confusing them with its illusions.


    Card Description: The Spectral Spider is a fearsome creature, both terrifying and beautiful. Its illusions and mind-altering abilities make it a formidable opponent. With its characteristic and devastating skills, the Spectral Spiders is a force to be reckoned with. Unleash the power of the Spectral Spider and watch your enemies fall.


    Price: Twenty-three thousand supreme Sacred stones.


    *-> The ability has chances of failure depending on the mental strength of the cultivator.


    **-> If the spider''s cultivation is at the peak of level, the chances of it working on one sub-level higher cultivator is zero.]


    Lina''s mouth flew wide open in astonishment after reading the beast''s details.


    "I am no match for it at all if it were to be at my cultivation level," Lina mumbled in admiration since the number of skills it had only at the Divine Transformation level showed her strength in theter phase.


    The characteristic Deceptive Beauty was something every Spectral Spider was born with, so it wasn''t that rare, but the element of Illusions was a rarity in newborns.


    The Spectral Spiders were most proficient in the element of Soul and Illusion, but they were born with the Soul element, while the illusion was something they learned when they grew.


    When Lina read the price, she found it to be steep, but after seeing the skills once again, she made up her mind toplete the purchase.


    The skill Soul Link was something that was enormously significant to her since it allowed Lina to share the abilities of the Spectral Spider in the card. She could only imagine what skills the spider would learn in the future, so even if the cost of the beast exceeded eighty percent of her total savings, Lina didn''t find it to be an issue anymore.


    Lina then left the room and approached the store owner. Selecting the beast was only the start she also needed to defeat it if she wanted it.


    "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle!" Lina respectfully requested Aakesh and handed the card to him.


    Aakesh nodded after taking the card, and he then tapped twice on the pattern at the card''s back.

 Chapter 1007 New Customer!

    Chapter 1007: New Customer!


    Time flew by, and Lina decided to leave the store after making the purchase.


    The battle with the Spectral Spider was the toughest fight she had ever faced, but in the end, she proved to be the better party and seeded in taming the creature.


    Lina bought the Supreme Store Card toplete the payment, bing one of the few card owners.


    Lina wanted to check Panagea for herself, but she also wanted to share the news of the child with their father, so she decided toe back tomorrow.


    After Lina left, the store returned to silence as there weren''t that many customers in the store except for Aakesh. There were only seven, and they were meditating in the waiting corner to pass the time before the first group exited.


    Time flew by, and it had been an hour since the store opened.


    The forty-eight spots for the first group had already been filled in the morning, while the second group also had all its spots filled a moment ago.


    Aakesh closed his eyes to continue his rxation session, but only a few seconds passed when Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and looked in the gate''s direction, finding an unfamiliar face standing at the door with a pondering face. Simr to the majority of the customers, it was also a Thorron.


    ***


    "Should I go inside?" Weiver mumbled since he wasn''t sure of his decision to enter the store.


    Weiver was the person that told Ransh and his group of friends about the Element Stone. He also helped them absorb it since the more time the stone stayed in public, the more dangerous the situation would be for the children.


    Weiver also wanted the stone for himself, but after testing, he found that he couldn''t take it. He would need to cut the hands of the children, but he was neither that cruel to harm his friend''s son, and he was also afraid of the store owner.


    The store owner was already famous in Seventeenth Street for his notoriety, and who knew if it was a trap set by the owner to kill some more and still remain civil in the eyes of the leaders. After all, the story of him killing Garon and his underlings because they acted against his store had be known to everyone on Seventeenth Street.


    "Since I''vee here, let''s enter," Weiver gritted his teeth and stepped inside.


    The next moment, the view in front of him changed. Weiver''s face was slightly pale after he felt that he was entering the mouth of some beast.


    But since Weiver was already here, he took a deep breath to calm himself down and looked around the store. His eyes then fell on the notorious blue-skinned store owner, looking at him with an expressionless face.


    Aakesh wasn''t a bad-looking guy, and his dark blue skin added to his charm, making him even more mysterious, so there were rarely people that felt terrified by looking at his face.


    Weiver took a deep breath and then approached the store owner. When he looked around, he could feel a sense of novelty from around the store, but his knowledge wasn''t that deep to be aware of things, so he gave up on it.


    Weiver was a greedy individual, but he also knew his limits, and that was also the reason, he had survived till now with rarely making any enemies.


    "Hello, store owner," Weiver greeted Aakesh with there being a slight tremble in his voice.


    ***


    "Store owner, why did you give Element Stones to the group of children? If someone with a wrong mindset saw it, wouldn''t that put them in danger?" Weiver gritted his teeth and asked.


    Weiver wasn''t that concerned about the group of children, but he asked because he wanted to know what was going through this killer''s mind.


    "Don''t put your nose in things that have nothing to do with you," Aakesh directly replied, seeing through the man''s intentions of asking the question.


    "Store owner, tell me about the store products?" Weiver asked after calming down and forgetting about the Element Stone and the children immediately. It was as if it was some other person who asked the question.


    ***


    Aakesh randomly gave the stones to the children as gifts, but that didn''t mean he didn''t prepare for the situation where they could be put in danger.


    First, the stones could only be absorbed by the children it was attached to, and second, if anyone tried to harm the children, the stones would release a wave of invisible energy, destroying the attacker.


    But since Weiver had nothing to do with those children, Aakesh didn''t exin it to him.


    ***


    "The store currently sells five products in total¡­"


    "... First-grade lesser soul healing pill: The pill can heal minor soul injuries up to peak Divine Being. It would only work for Divine Lords when taken inrge numbers. It cost 25 lesser Sacred stones¡­"


    Aakesh introduced all five products to Weiver.


    Weiver had a smiling face as he found a product that he needed but wasn''t able to afford it.


    "Store owner, I want one lesser soul healing pill," Weiver requested Aakesh, and he began to take out the required amount from the pouch tied to his waist.


    Aakesh nodded and stood up from his chair. Soon after, he came with the requested pill in his hands.


    Weiver counted the amount again, and after finding that it was perfect, he pushed the stones toward Aakesh while Aakesh handed the pill to Weiver.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Weiver thanked Aakesh as he put the pill in his pouch. There was already a special fment surrounding it, so Weiver didn''t need to worry about the medicinal effect leaking.


    Weiver then turned around and left the store as he was in a hurry to feed the pill to his father, who had been in aa due to a soul injury for a long time.


    Soul healing pills were avable on the market, but they were expensive, and their effects weren''t that highpared to the price.


    Twenty-five lesser Sacred stones were no less than a steep amount for Weiver, but for some reason, his intuition told him to trust the store and buy the pill, so he followed the feeling and purchased it.

 Chapter 1008 A New Face!

    Chapter 1008: A New Face!


    After Weiver left, Aakesh closed his eyes since there were no new customers in sight.


    Time flew by, and soon two hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The crowd waiting for their turn to arrive in Panagea grew to more than ny, falling only two short of filling the spots for both the second and third groups.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the outside. He opened his eyes, looked in that direction, and found an unfamiliar face entering the store. It was a demon, but not someone from any of the Vurron groups.


    ***


    Trish was a member of the Teranas, a race of demons that stood on the same level as the Vurrons.


    The Teranas controlled six cities in the Fawkes Kingdom, just one more than the Vurrons. Unlike the Vurrons, the Teranas weren''t divided into five groups; a single family controlled all the cities.


    Trish was the daughter of the current head of the family as well as the leader of one of the six cities under Teranas.


    Since the city controlled by Trish bordered the cities controlled by Vurrons, it was somewhat typical for her to travel there and see the growth there.


    As it was one of Trish''s travels, she came to Thorr City, and simrly, she came to Seventeenth Street.


    When she came here, the most popr topic of conversation she came across was the non-demon man and his store. Even though it was the notoriety that made the store owner famous, there were so many versions of stories that even Trish became interested in checking it out for herself, so she was here.


    When Trish reached the store, she also noticed the abnormality of not being able to see or hear anything going on inside the store. But since Trish was aware of such arrays, she didn''t focus much on it and stepped inside.


    The next moment, the view in front of her changed, and the store''s insides presented itself. Trish''s eyes shone in astonishment as she felt the novelty of the store.


    Like other customers, her eyes also fell on the floor. Trish couldn''t help but grow confused as when she saw the floor, she found the material to be familiar but couldn''t put her fingers on its actual name.


    Trish tried for some time, but when she repeatedly failed to recognize it, she gave up on it and instead focused on the store owner in front of her.


    The Teranas were blue creatures simr to Aakesh, but their body shapes were different. It was a humanoid creature, but Teranas had three pairs of eyes and three pairs of hands while having only a single pair of legs.


    Each of the six eyes had eyebrows, and instead of hair, there was a crystal-like substance there.


    A red glow appeared on Trish''s blue cheeks when she saw Aakesh looking directly at her. She couldn''t help but turn her head down as her heart began to beat quicker and louder.


    Trish took a deep breath, as she didn''t expect to lose her calm just by seeing someone''s face, and soon she calmed down.


    Her cheeks were still red, but now things weren''t so abnormal that she couldn''t even directly look at Aakesh''s face.


    ***


    Aakesh noticed the sudden strange reaction of the new face, but since it wasn''t the first time he had faced such things, he didn''t care much.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Trish finally seeded in saying a greeting without stuttering.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her greetings and then waited for her to ask the question.


    Time flew by, and Trish finally asked the question about the store''s products.


    "The store currently sells five products in total. They are pills, weapons, cultivation arts, beasts, and Panagea."


    "In the pills, the store only has the Lesser and Higher grade avable..."


    "... in the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction of all five products sold by the store.


    After Aakesh began the introduction, the majority of Trish''s concentration was on his face, but as time passed, she finally focused on the store''s products.


    Trish''s cultivation was at the peak of the Divine Lord, like all the city lords, so the store had the required products. Like most customers, Trish''s first question after the introduction was about Panagea.


    Aakesh then answered all of her questions, clearing up any confusion she had about Panagea, and finally informed her about the Panagea queue. The least she needed to wait for was nine hours if she wanted to enter Panagea.


    Since Trish had nothing important to do in the meantime, she decided to reserve one of thest two spots avable in the third group.


    After reserving the spot, she turned her attention to other products. Every item sold by the store was suitable for her cultivation, so she didn''t need to feel disappointed over the store not having the product.


    Trish already had a weapon, and since she was satisfied with it, it was the first item she crossed off the list. The training area was a great ce to start, but before that, she heard about a rare pill.


    "Store owner, give me three third-grade higher spirit enhancement pills," Trish requested.


    "You need to pay seventy-five ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly announced the price and pushed the pills toward her. Trish had already taken the amount, so she moved the stones toward him.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the stones disappeared from the store and appeared in the system space.


    [Host, the amount is correct!]


    "Your sale isplete," Aakesh announced after hearing the system''s alert.


    Spirit enhancement pills were rare and expensive due to the rarity of the materials used in them, so Trish first decided to buy them.


    In the race of Teranas, Trish had the highest hope of bing a True God, surpassing every ancestor of the race, so her status was extremely significant. Trish''s talent also didn''t disappoint the family, as she was already a peak Divine Lord.


    The primary blockade stopping her from crossing the threshold was her soul, so spirit enhancement pills were important to her.


    Trish didn''t directly eat them but waited to leave the store first. She then focused on other store products.

 Chapter 1009 Look Down!

    Chapter 1009: Look Down!


    After the purchase of the pills was sessful, she gently ced them inside her space ring. She then turned her attention to other products.


    ? The Mind Expansion Pill also interested her, but she decided to hold the sale until the limit of the Divine Lord was still in her sight. Once she felt that she was on the border between the True God and the Divine lord, she would buy it.


    Since there were no other pills that interested Trish much, she stopped thinking about them and focused on the next product. The training area was already on her list, but she felt that she should check other products, so it was at the end.


    Now only cultivation arts and the beasts were left for her to check. The cultivation art was clearly significant, but more than that, for some reason her heart wanted to check the beasts.


    Trish decided to trust her intuition and asked about the Beast Summoner Device. After Aakesh satisfied her curiosity, she thanked Aakesh and then left for the beast room.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Trish pressed the switch, activating another round of summoning. The square light started rotating at an unprecedented rate, and the four at the top of the screen changed to a five.


    Time flew by, and the rotation stopped as a beast that Trish was only seeing for the first time appeared in front of her.


    Not long after, a card emerged out of thin air and flew into her hands. Trish''s eyes were filled with anticipation as she focused on the content on the card.


    [Name: Storm Roc


    Type: Beast


    Race: Spider


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Wind, Thunder


    Cultivation: Late Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Thunderp - With a mighty beat of its wings, the Storm Roc can create a shockwave that stuns enemies and damages structures.


    Lightning Strike - The Storm Roc can summon a bolt of lightning to strike a single target, causing massive damage.


    Hurricane Winds - The Roc can create powerful winds that can knock enemies off their feet and cause structures to copse.


    Card Description: The Storm Roc is a formidable creature with fearsome strength. Its control over wind and thunder makes it a formidable opponent. Unleash the power of the Storm Roc and watch your enemies fall below its mighty strength.


    Price: Twenty-seven thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    On the screen was a massive bird with a wingspan of several meters. Its feathers were dark gray with streaks of purple running across them. Its beak was long and curved, perfect for tearing its opponents apart. Its eyes were piercing yellow with nothing but brutality in them.


    Trish couldn''t help but grow astonished after she read the details of the beast. Its quality was higher, so it had a chance to be a True God once it had sufficient resources. Its price was extremely steep at twenty-seven thousand higher stones, but its cultivation was also alreadyte Divine Lord.


    Twenty-seven thousand higher Sacred stones was a substantial amount even if there was a Divine Lord level cultivator on the other side, but since Trish had a good feeling when she held the card in her hands, and she also had trust in the store due to Panagea, she decided to go ahead with her feelings andplete the sale.


    If her feelings turned out to be wrong, she would take a massive loss as the amount was truly great, but when Aakesh''s face shed past her head, she stopped thinking about failures.


    ***


    Unaware of his face making the deal, Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction, finding Trish to be the source behind the sound.


    "Store owner, initiate the taming battle!" Trish took a deep breath and requested Aakesh. At the same time, giving the card to him.


    ***


    Boom!


    An explosive sound rang in the area as Fidel released his aura. At the same time, a creature also appeared next to him.


    In front of Fidel stood an enormous wyrm, and atop it was Riddley. The wyrm''s eyes contained a hint of fear when it looked at the Shadow Hunter on the ground, but when it saw its master, who was clearly stronger than Fidel, its eyes contained a gloating expression as it looked down on its opponent.


    The Shadow Hunter couldn''t help but growl in anger when it saw the gloating expression in the Wyrm''s eyes. It was clearly stronger than the other party, but due to its master, it had to take things lying down from a weaker creature.


    Fidel couldn''t help but frown when he saw the disappointing expression in the Shadow Hunter''s eyes. At that moment, he wanted to kick the damn creature, but he controlled himself, knowing that it would turn out to be a big help to him in the future if he wanted to defeat his wife.


    "Damn you Wyrm, do you want me to take your eyes out," Fidel red at the Wyrm and threatened.


    The wyrm lost itsposure when it heard Fidel, as there was no match between their strengths. But at that moment, a gentle, warm feeling flowed through its veins as Riddley gently rubbed its head.


    "Do you want to get beaten?" Riddley coldly said when she looked at her husband.


    "Why so much nonsense? Let''s start the battle!"


    At that moment, Fred appeared out of nowhere and spoke up, bringing the attention of his parents to him. Soon after, two chairs appeared in the middle of the air; Fred sat on one while on the next, a card materialized, and a beautiful creature appeared. She sat on the next one.


    When Fidel saw the scene, he raised a thumbs up in his son''s direction, while a helpless expression appeared on Riddley''s face as she had expected Fred to fall head over heels again for the Ice Queen since the moment she saw the card.


    The smile on Fred''s face froze when he saw his father''s actions. While the Ice Queen next to him had a respectful expression since both Fidel and Riddley were stronger than her.


    ***


    "Be ready for another beating!" When Riddley made a fist-shaped motion with her hands and said, Fidel felt a chill run down his spine.

 Chapter 1010 Beasts Sales!

    Chapter 1010: Beast''s Sales!


    "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle," Trish requested Aakesh and gently passed the card to him.


    Aakesh took the card and initiated the process by tapping twice on the pattern. He then returned the card to her.


    Time flew by, and after what felt like hours, Trish finally seeded in trumping her opponent and winning the contest.


    The next moment, she found herself back in the store. A shocked expression appeared on her face when she noticed that no time had passed in reality.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned that way, finding a group of unfamiliar faces proceeding in the store''s direction. At the back, he finally noticed one familiar face.


    ***


    "Is this the store?"


    The group belonged to the Wheat-Spotted Demons, and they hade here after learning about the store from Bistrid. There were six people in the group, with the weakest being Bistrid and the strongest being a Higher God.


    Bistrid respectfully nodded in response to his father''s question.


    The Higher God level cultivator was Bistrid''s uncle, and his face was solemn while looking at the store.


    "What are you thinking, brother?" Bistrid''s father asked his elder brother.


    "Control your actions, and don''t do anything that might offend the store owner," The elder brother ignored the question and insteadmanded the group.


    Bistrid had already been inside the store, so he didn''t find anything wrong with his uncle''s statement but instead supported it.


    "Let''s go!" Bester ordered and proceeded ahead. The group didn''t dare to ignore Bester''s order and followed.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner! I am Bester." Bester greeted Aakesh and then introduced himself.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied in his usual manner.


    "I would like to check the beasts sold by the store," Bester said, as he had already learned about the store''s products from Bistrid.


    Bistrid had a disappointed expression after he saw the number of people waiting for their turn to arrive.


    ***


    [Name: Ghost Wolf


    Type: Beast


    Race: Wolf


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Spirit


    Cultivation: peak Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Phantom Pack - The Ghost Wolf can summon a pack of ghostly wolves to fight alongside it, overwhelming its enemies with sheer numbers.


    Spirit Howl - The Ghost Wolf releases a howl that disorients and weakens its enemies.


    Ethereal Shield - The Ghost Wolf can create a shield of ghostly energy that protects it and its allies from harm.


    Haunt - The Ghost Wolf can mark an enemy, causing them to be haunted by ghostly visions that distract and damage them.


    Soul Leech - The Ghost Wolf can drain the life force of its enemies and use it to heal itself.


    Card Description: The Ghost Wolf is a terrifying predator, feared by all who encounter it. Its translucent body and glowing eyes make it appear otherworldly, and its razor-sharp ws and teeth can make quick work of even the toughest opponents. Unleash the power of the Ghost Wolf and watch your enemies fall beneath its mighty strength.


    Price: Seven thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Bester was looking at the card in his hands. It was a creature Bester had only heard rumors of during one of his travels.


    The Ghost Wolf was a creature that seemed to exist in both reality and the spirit worlds at the same time. It had a translucent body, and its fur was faded white. Its eyes were glowing blue and seemed to peer through the souls of the living.


    The beast on the card was of legendary quality. If a Divine Transformation beast with ultimate quality reaches the Divine Lord level, its quality reverts to legendary, but the beast only costs seven thousand supreme sacred stones, whereas ultimate quality beasts cost more on average at the Divine Transformation level.


    The price difference was due to the skill system. A Divine Transformation beast with ultimate quality usually came with seven skills, and when it would reach the Divine Lord level, the number of skills would also grow, while a Divine Lord beast with the legendary quality only had five skills.


    When Bester saw the price, he froze. The next moment, a wave of disappointment washed over him, as he couldn''t afford it. Even if he spent all of his life savings, he would still not be able to afford half the sale price.


    "Uncle Bester, are you worried about not having enough money?" Bistrid asked after seeing the reaction made by his uncle.


    Yesterday, Bistrid had gone through the same conundrum, so when he saw his uncle this way, he understood the issue.


    Bistrid then told Bester about the loan option from the store. When Bistrid concluded, he couldn''t help but be surprised as he didn''t find the expression he wanted to see on his uncle''s face.


    Bester had a helpless smile spread across his face even when he learned that the store could loan him an amount. The store needed an item to be kept as leverage, and he had no item that could even cover half the total cost, let alone more than seven thousand supreme Sacred stones.


    "You don''t have to worry about me," Bester patted his nephew''s shoulders and returned the card.


    Time flew by, and Bester finally found a beast he could afford, and his fortune also helped him since it was also a Ghost Wolf.


    [Name: Ghost Wolf


    Type: Beast


    Race: Wolf


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Spirit


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Phantom Pack - The Ghost Wolf can summon a pack of ghostly wolves to fight alongside it, overwhelming its enemies with sheer numbers.


    Spirit Howl - The Ghost Wolf releases a howl that disorients and weakens its enemies.


    Ethereal Shield - The Ghost Wolf can create a shield of ghostly energy that protects it and its allies from harm.


    Card Description: The Ghost Wolf is a terrifying predator, feared by all who encounter it. Its translucent body and glowing eyes make it appear otherworldly, and its razor-sharp ws and teeth can make quick work of even the toughest opponents. Unleash the power of the Ghost Wolf and watch your enemies fall beneath its mighty strength.


    Price: Three hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Unfortunately for Bester, this Ghost Wolf didn''t have the skill "Soul Leech," but since there were chances that it might awaken the skill and its cost was within an affordable range, Bester decided toplete the sale.


    After Bester, it was the turn of Bisthal, the father of Bistrid.


    ***


    [Name: Birch Dryad


    Type: Beast


    Race: Treekin


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Wood


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Healing Touch: The Birch Dryad has the ability to heal wounds and diseases by touching the affected area with her wooden fingers.


    Nature''s Blessing: The Birch Dryad increases the strength and abilities of allies within their proximity.


    The Birch Dryad can create armor made of wood to protect herself from physical attacks.


    Card Description: The Birch Dryad can create armor made of wood to protect herself from physical attacks. With theirmand over nature, they are a valuable ally to any team.


    Price: Four hundred fifty supreme Sacred stones.]


    Bisthal looked excited after reading the card details. The Birch Dryads were a peaceful race. The beings of this race were all female, with great beauty. They were tall and slender, with skin as white as a birch. Their hair was made of green leaves that cascaded like a stream down their backs.


    Even though the card in Bistha''s hands didn''t have any offensive skills and was also more expensive than the supreme quality Ghost Wolf, Bisthal found himself interested in it. The skill, "Nature''s Blessing," was a rare one that not every dryad could learn.


    "Brother, do you have four hundred supreme Sacred stones?" Bisthal looked at Bester and asked.


    ***


    "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle," Bester requested Aakesh, with his group members following him.


    Bisthal and Bistrid stood at the back. Bistrid already had the beast, while Bisthal had an ugly face because he couldn''t buy the Birch Dryad. Bester only had five hundred supreme Sacred stones with him, and he was going to spend three-fifths on the beast he wanted, so he didn''t have the required amount.


    ***


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Every sh between Fidel and Riddley, broke the space, creating an explosion. Fidel had an ugly expression while Riddley looked calm as the battle between them was going on.


    The Shadow King Wyrm and the Shadow Hunter couldn''t stand the pressure released by their masters, so they became audience members.


    "Hehe, my master is ying with your master," The wyrmmented as the battle went on.


    The Shadow Hunter didn''t say anything in response but only looked at the battle. The more it went on, the more disappointed he became with its master.


    The battle between Fidel and Riddley was like a fight between an adult and a child. The child tried everything with their full strength while the adult yed with it.


    Time flew by, and the expected result of the battle arrived as one of Riddley''s punches knocked out Fidel.


    ***


    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!


    Following the activation of their separate Ultimate Store Cards, Fidel, Ridley, and Fred teleported into the store one after another.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter! Tomorrow is a big festival, so there might be no chapters, but it''s not certain.


    As for Sunday, there is the mass release of seven chapters.


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 1011 A New Customer!

    Chapter 1011: A New Customer!


    After the battle between the duo of husband and wife was over, they stored their beasts in the card, and the next moment, they teleported to the store using the Ultimate Store Card.


    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!


    Three white lights appeared out of nowhere in the store''s hall, and when they disappeared, Fidel appeared with his family.


    Fidel''s condition didn''t look good, as several body parts were swollen. Ridley''s hands were swollen too. The condition of the bet was that they couldn''t treat any injury other than life-threatening, so it was up to natural healing. It would take days for the swelling to subside because both sides exerted powerful energies.


    ***


    "Hello, Aakesh. You look as good as yesterday," Fidel greeted Aakesh.


    ***


    Fidel, Fred, and Riddley only had three products avable to them, Panagea, training areas, and beasts. They had already bought beasts, so they would have to wait for the second pir to appear and activate if they wanted another one. They had already entered the Gods & Demons level training area, so they now needed to pass another week before they could enter it. Only Panagea was left, but even then, the waiting line was long, and they would have to wait several hours.


    But since leaving the store would take their turn away, the family had no choice but to wait for hours.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    The six-hour stay of the first group was over in Panagea, so the system forced them out one by one, depending on their entry sequence.


    It was now the turn of the second group to enter Panagea when William and Elle, who were in the first group, saw a familiar face.


    "sha!" Both of them called out simultaneously.


    sha, who was in a hurry, turned around after hearing a familiar voice. She turned around and couldn''t help but be surprised when she saw who it was.


    "William, Elle!"


    Since they were from the Elf group, there were asional conversations between them.


    But since sha was gettingte for her entry into Panagea, she simply greeted the duo and entered the room.


    William and Elle had nothing else to do in the store, so they activated their store card, and the next moment, a white light covered them.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction to find an unfamiliar face proceeding toward the store.


    ***


    It was a female of a different demon race, the High Legs Demon. As the name suggested, the creatures had long legs. One-sixth of their body was made up of the upper body, and the remaining five-sixths were just legs.


    The female in question was around four meters tall, with her leg proportions being more than three meters tall. Her name was Ruby.


    Ruby, a peak Divine Being cultivator, belonged to one of the trading organizations dispersed throughout the Curiele. Only three days had passed since she arrived at her posting in Thorr City. Since today was a holiday, she was traveling around the city.


    Ruby''s luck seemed to be great, as just on her first trip inside the city, she selected Seventeenth Street as her target and discovered the store.


    When she found the store, there was a hint of excitement in her eyes. The array blocking the outsider''s senses was high-tech, and even the headquarters of her organization, which was run by Higher Gods, didn''t have such a system.


    Controlling her curiosity, Ruby proceeded ahead and stepped inside the store.


    Her eyes expanded wide as she saw the novelty of the store. It looked like a typical building from the outside, but from the inside, it was otherworldly.


    Ruby wasn''t from an ordinary background. Her family was behind the organization, and since her father was the current leader of the organization, she had an easy posting in Thorr City for training.


    Due toing from such a brilliant background, her knowledge regarding things was eptable, so she recognized the Eternal Stone when she saw the floor.


    "Such arge quantity!" Her mouth flew wide open in shock as she saw the entire floor being embedded with the Eternal Stone.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" After readjusting to reality and briefly calming down from the shock she had experienced from the moment she stepped inside the store, Ruby greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh gave his usual response to greetings as he nodded.


    "I am Ruby, a member of the Dice Association," Ruby introduced herself and also named the organization standing behind her.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh introduced himself in his usual style.


    ***


    "Store owner, how did you get Eternal Stone in such arge quantity?" Ruby asked.


    "If you have a stable source, the Dice Association would be willing to trade with you," Ruby added further.


    Aakesh''s indifferent expression remained the same as ever, as he didn''t even feel the need to respond to such a question.


    Ruby''s face was serious when she asked the question, but as time passed, her face turned red and awkward from the stare and no response.


    The Dice Association was a trading association controlled by her family, so she had also learned the fundamentals of the trade from her family. After finding the stones in such arge quantity and of such outstanding quality, she knew if she could make a deal with Aakesh, it would propel the association toward glory like never before.


    But after getting no response from Aakesh, she understood that the other party had no intention of conducting the trade with her.


    Ruby felt anger surge in her heart as she found it insulting for Aakesh not to even respond, but she soon calmed down, as losing to rage was the worst thing a trader couldmit. From the way the store looked, it seemed toe from a considerable background. Ruby knew she couldn''t afford to offend someone like Aakesh. It was neither good for her nor the organization or her family.


    "Store owner, what does the store sell?" Ruby calmed down as a smile appeared on her face, and she asked. The smile seemed genuine, as good acting was necessary for a trader.


    "The store currently sells five products..." Aakesh had been waiting for the question to arrive, so he introduced all five products in a single breath.

 Chapter 1012 Goal!

    Chapter 1012: Goal!


    Aakesh introduced all five store products to Ruby, further shocking her.


    Ruby finally understood why Aakesh seemed uninterested in doing business with the Dice Association. The products the store had obviouslye from a top-level organization, and the Dice Association stood no chance against it.


    The store gave her a new goal since she wanted the Dice Association to reach the level of the organization behind the store. At the same time, she also doused the rage in her heart and epted the situation calmly.


    "Store owner, give me three first-grade lesser Mind Expansion Pills," Ruby requested. She wanted more pills, but Aakesh refused to sell even a single more than the limit, and when Ruby still tried to persuade, he pointed toward the rule board, shutting her up.


    She was a peak Divine Being and was on the verge of bing a Divine Lord, so the effect of the pills excited her.


    Aakesh nodded and got up from his chair. He went to the pill counter and took three pills from thest shelf in the first row.


    Soon, Aakesh returned to his chair with three pills in his hands.


    "You need to pay six hundred lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced and pushed the pills toward Ruby.


    Ruby took the amount from her space ring and pushed it toward Aakesh. He waved his hands, and soon, the stones disappeared from the store and appeared in the system''s space.


    After the pills, Ruby asked Aakesh about Panagea. The next instant, when she learned there was a long line of people and hours of waiting, her face was filled with disappointment.


    Since today was her day off, Ruby had nothing else to do, so she decided to enter Panagea and check what the store owner said about it.


    Since there were hours of waiting in front of her, Ruby decided to check other products to spend that time. Both cultivation arts and beasts interested her, so she fell into a dilemma about whom to choose next. The sheer knowledge she could get from the cultivation arts was incalcble. As for the beasts, it meant a loyal partner with mighty strength.


    It took some time for Ruby toe to her decision, and in the end, she chose to go for the beast first. She already had a cultivation art of her own, so it wasn''t like she was in dire need of it.


    Ruby then asked Aakesh a few questions about the Beast Summoner Device. When she got the information she needed, she thanked Aakesh and headed toward the room containing the device.


    When she walked into the room, her eyes went straight to the many murals of beasts on the walls. Ruby felt immersed in it, as they looked more like living creatures than only paintings.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in a sh.


    Ruby spent all that time looking at the murals. While she was looking at them, a new customer entered the room and left after buying a beast. It also made Ruby more familiar with the process.


    Ruby looked at her space ring to figure out how much money she had before she started the summoning.


    "One supreme stone and seventy thousand higher Sacred stones!" Ruby mumbled the total wealth she had.


    The first round of summoning cost ten lesser stones, while the next round would grow ten times, and it would continue, so Ruby first made a n of how many summonings were her limit.


    ''Let''s forget about the supreme Sacred stone.


    I have seventy thousand higher Sacred stones, so I can go for eleven rounds of summoning, but that will take more than twenty percent of the amount, so if I get an expensive beast, I won''t be able to afford it.


    Let''s limit the number of summonings to ten.


    If I have to activate all ten rounds, It will cost me 1111 higher Sacred stones and more than one thousand ordinary Sacred stones...''


    Ruby thought about the situation. Since she came from a trading background, she could never do things without being aware of the costs.


    "Let''s do 10 and stop at that," Ruby mumbled under her breath since she found it to be the best choice.


    Aftering to a decision, Ruby didn''t waste any time and pressed the switch on the pir.


    The square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed, and soon five seconds had passed. The next moment, a beast appeared on the screen.


    When Ruby saw the beast, she frowned since she recognized it, and it wasn''t a very high-level creature.


    The next moment, a card emerged out of thin air and flew into her hands. After reading the details on the card, Ruby squinted and put the card back into its slit.


    Even though Ruby had decided to go for ten rounds of summoning, she still became disappointed. If she had gotten a desirable beast in this round, she would have saved more than a thousand higher Sacred stones.


    Ruby then took a deep breath and calmed her heart. She then pressed the switch again, beginning another round of summoning.


    On top of the screen, "1" appeared while the square light began to rotate.


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed since Ruby started her summon rounds.


    The square light was currently rotating, while there was a "6" on top of the screen.


    It was Ruby''s seventh round, and finally, the one that would start charging in higher stones, so she hoped to get a desirable creature in this round at least.


    Five seconds passed in the blink of an eye as the rotation came to a stop, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    Ruby didn''t get too excited even though the beast on the screen was unfamiliar to her since she had already seen two unfamiliar creatures of ordinary quality.


    Ruby waited for the card to appear, and the wait didn''tst long as soon it flew into her hands.


    Ruby couldn''t hide the anticipation in her heart when she looked at the card, but the next moment, she became dumbfounded, and soon, it turned into an ugly expression.


    Ruby would have thrown the card if she hadn''t known how to control her emotions because it was a wolf species, a rare species at that, but it was only a lesser quality beast.


    ***


    A/N: Happy Mahashivratri to every reader!


    May Mahadev bless everyone!

 Chapter 1013 (1) Qi Roc!

    Chapter 1013: Qi Roc!


    Ruby''s face had an ugly expression; despite getting a rare species, she only got a lesser quality beast. She then took a deep breath and suppressed the frustration in her heart.


    She went ahead and ced the card in the slit right of the screen and then returned her focus to the screen.


    The square light began to rotate at an unprecedented rate while there was a "7" on top of the screen.


    Five seconds passed, and the rotation stopped. A beast never seen by Ruby then appeared on the screen.


    As Ruby gazed at the screen, she saw a flying creature that belonged to the Roc group, but it had features that were new to her. Since Rocs belonged to a strong group in the beast''s group, her eyes were filled with anticipation this time.


    Not long after, a card appeared out of thin air and flew into her hands.


    Ruby seemed eager as she grabbed the card even before it could reach her, and then, without wasting even a moment, she stared at the details.


    [Name: Qi Roc


    Type: Beast


    Race: Roc


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Wood


    Cultivation: Early Divine Being


    Ability:


    Qi Healing: The Qi Roc can use its Qi energy to heal itself and others.


    Qi sh: The Qi Roc uses its sharp talons to sh through the air, creating a wave of pure Qi energy that cuts through anything in its path.


    Qi st: The Qi Roc can unleash a powerful st of Qi energy from its beak, causing massive damage to anything in its way.


    Card Description: The Qi Roc is a top creature that uses Qi energy to unleash devastating attacks and defend itself from harm. With its sharp talons and beak, it can cut through anything in its path, while its wings allow it to fly at incredible speeds. Summon it onto the battlefield and see your opponent fall.


    Price: Sixty-five thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    The Qi Roc on the screen looked like other Rocs. It had ck feathers that had a metallic sheen. Its eyes gleamed with golden light, radiating danger toward anyone who faced it.


    Ruby''s eyes expanded when she saw the quality. Everything stopped at that moment, as she finally had the quality she wanted.


    Time flew by, and she finally reached the price section. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the cost of the creature, but when shepared the skills, she found it to be an eptable amount.


    "I choose you!" Ruby said as she looked at the card.


    A smile spread across her face as she turned around and left the room.


    ***


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair with his eyes closed when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.


    "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle," Ruby requested Aakesh immediately.


    Aakesh nodded as he took the card from the girl''s hands and initiated the process after tapping twice on the back of the card on the storefront''s pattern.


    As soon as Ruby grabbed the card from Aakesh''s hands, she found the view in front of her changing.


    She was on the ground, while above her the Qi Roc with a wingspan of fifty meters was floating, and its eyes were aimed at her.


    In the Sacred Dimension, there were different power systems, but the level names were the same for all levels. Ruby didn''t belong to the Qi system. She belonged to the system of warriors, and she couldn''t use the abundant Qi prevalent in the environment.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in a sh.


    "Store owner, give me one Higher Store Card," Ruby requested Aakesh after learning about the three store cards avable in the store. At the same time, she pushed the stone toward him.


    She only had one supreme Sacred stone, and she would never spend it on a card, so she decided to go for the Higher Store Card.


    Aakesh nodded as he took the stone from her hands and threw it into the ck hole pattern on the card machine. Time flew by, and a card appeared in Aakesh''s hands after the entire process was over.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair. He opened his eyes after he heard the sound of footsteps. He turned in that way and saw a new customer entering the store.


    ***


    Turin belonged to the Vurron race, and after hearing about the store from one of his good friends, he was here.


    His eyes remained pensive since he also heard about the notorious character of the store owner from the people on Seventeenth Street aftering here. His steps struggled for a moment, but trusting his friend, they became stable, and he stepped inside.


    The next moment, the view in front of Turin changed as the array blocking his senses stopped working on him. He couldn''t help but look around twice after seeing the store''s novelty.


    "Hello, store owner!" Turin greeted Aakesh. It wasn''t tough for him to find the man as his features had be famous on Seventeenth Street.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to the man''s greeting and waited for him to ask about the store''s products.


    Aakesh didn''t have to wait or waste time chatting, as the next question asked Turin was about the store''s products.


    "The store currently sells five products: Pills, Panagea, Weapons, Cultivation Arts, and beasts..."


    Aakesh had answered this question so many times that he didn''t even need to think anymore before answering, and he introduced all five products in one breath.


    Turin had heard about the products from his friend, and he still couldn''t stop himself from bing shocked.


    "Store owner, give me three pills each of every lesser level pill and every third-grade higher level pill," Turin requested after the introduction.


    Aakesh nodded and got up from his chair. He then went to the pill counter and took the pills out one by one, totaling forty-two lesser level pills and thirty higher level pills.


    Aakesh returned to his chair and pushed the pills toward Turin, while also informing him of the total price.


    Turin had already taken the amount out and he pushed it toward Aakesh.


    After the sale of pills wasplete, Turin didn''t leave the store, but he went toward the cultivation arts room since there was a long wait for his turn to arrive in Panagea.

 Chapter 1014 (2) A Familiar Face!

    Chapter 1014: A Familiar Face!


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on the chair with his eyes closed when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction, only to find a familiar face entering the store.


    It wasn''t a familiar face from the Sacred Dimension but from the Primal Dimension.


    It was none other than Eris, the first Titan to step foot into the Sacred Dimension.


    Eris had excitement written all over his face as he stood in front of the store.


    Eris belonged to the Titan race, and this race once ruled the third dimension. It was only after the war with the Asuras that their conditions regressed to such an extent. Despite that, the blood flowing in their veins was of the ruler race.


    It might have been years since Eris ascended in the Primal Dimension, but only weeks had passed in the Sacred Dimension.


    Like other ascenders, Eris also started at the Divine Transformation level when he came here. But since the blood flowing in his veins belonged to the Titan race, and it was also extremely pure, in less than a day, Eris''s cultivation grew from early Divine Transformation to peak Divine Lord. It was even quicker than the ultimate quality beasts in the store.


    It then took him three days to breach the threshold between the Divine Lord and the True God. From there, his growth again became exaggerated, as he was now a peak Supreme God level cultivator, and only a step away from bing a Sacred King.


    Since the bloodline belonged to the third dimension, his growth rate would continue till he reached the peak of the Sacred Dimension.


    ***


    As Eris stepped inside the store, his eyes fell on the familiar face seated on the chair with the familiar set of expressions.


    "Hello, store owner. It feels good to see you," Eris greeted Aakesh as he approached Aakesh without wasting time looking around.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to Eris''s greetings. A wide smile spread across Eris''s face when he came across the regr situation of the store in the Primal Dimension.


    "Thank you, store owner! The Titans will forever be grateful to you."


    Eris suddenly bowed and respectfully thanked Aakesh. His head was almost touching the ground. If his legs weren''t straight, it would have been almost kneeling.


    Only Eris knew what the curse of staying in the Primal Dimension for eternity entailed for the Titans.


    The Primal Dimension was an inhabitable ce for the Titans, and if they wanted to live in luxury, they could do that. But there were Hygars, who would attack any sighted Titans. Then there was the life where they knew about the higher dimensions, and their talentpeted with the top races of the Multiverse, and yet they had to live in the Primal Dimension like sheep. It was a cursed life, and the store finally freed them of their curse after countless years.


    The curse of not being able to reproduce still existed since Eris noticed that his body can''t form the sperms to procreate with another Titan or another race.


    But now that the Titans had trumped the challenge of ascending with the help of the store, Eris believed that they would simrly be able to reproduce in the future. How long it would take didn''t matter. They were born with eternal life. Time was their least of worries.


    ***


    Aakesh understood why Eris was thanking him, so he nodded in response to his sincere thanks.


    ***


    "Store owner, I see an extra room," Erismented after the greetings between the two were over.


    Aakesh nodded and then informed him about the Beast Summoner Device. If it was some other customer, Aakesh would have introduced other products in detail, but since Eris was already a peak Supreme God, the store didn''t have any products other than Panagea and beasts for him.


    "Are Hygars also avable on the list?" Eris asked after learning about the beasts.


    Hygars were the result of the rtionship between the Primordial Garuda and the Primordial Hydra. Even though these two were unique existences of their own in the Multiverse, they ruled over the domain of the beast groups in the third dimension, so Hygars were also considered beasts.


    "Yes," Aakesh responded.


    The Hygars also came from the third dimension, but since their bloodline wasn''t as high as even one percent of their parents, they were on the beast''s list.


    Eris clenched his fist upon learning about them being there. Living for so long under such conditions had made Eris mature, but he still couldn''t stop himself from having a Hygar pet. It was his way of saying farewell to life in the Primal Dimension.


    ***


    In the Primal Dimension,


    "Store manager, I want to exchange my cultivation from Panagea to reality," Erica smilingly told Jonnah.


    The next moment, a screen appeared in front of Erica. It contained a list of items she owned in Panagea, including her wealth.


    At the end of the list was her cultivation. She had reached Level 250 yesterday, but since she needed money to exchange it, she came today after taking loans from other Titans.


    The required amount disappeared from her Supreme Card the next moment while a new card appeared in her hands.


    There was nothing but Level 250 and the storefront''s pattern published on the card.


    "Thank you for your services!" Erica thanked Jonnah since today would be thest time she would see him here.


    Erica then turned around and left the store. At the same time, shemunicated with her Titan members about the sale''spletion.


    The next moment, Erica disappeared and appeared in the same spot where Eris ascended years ago. Not long after, several white lights appeared, and when the light disappeared, various Titans had taken its ce.


    "Are you ready to face the tribtion?" Erica''s friend asked as she showed everyone the card.


    A smile appeared on Erica''s face as she looked at the faces of the Titans present there. Except for those who were inside Panagea, every other Titan was there.


    There wasn''t even a hint of nervousness in her eyes, but they only contained excitement about what would happen in the Sacred Dimension, and she would also get to see her brother after so many years.


    The next moment, she tore the card, and a blue light covered Erica.

 Chapter 1015 (3) Titan And Hygar!

    Chapter 1015: Titan and Hygar!


    Unaware of his sister ascending right at that moment in the Primal Dimension, Eris stepped inside the device''s room.


    His eyes surveyed the room after entering. His face showed no change when he saw the life-like murals spread across the walls.


    His eyes then fell on the pir at the center of the room. There were countless races in the beast group, so it wasn''t certain that Eris would be able to find the one he wanted before running out of money.


    Eris was a Titan, so he had a lot of wealth umted over these years. Whatever Primal stones he had, he spent in the Primal Dimension to pay for exchanging the cultivation. But at the same time, Eris had many items left over from his stay in the third dimension.


    These items were worth nothing in the third dimension, but in the Primal and Sacred Dimension, they were items of incalcble worth.


    Eris sold one such item to have a sufficient amount beforeing to the store since he found out about it through the card he had bought in the Primal Dimension.


    That item was a random knife he had there, and it brought a wealth of thirty ultimate Sacred stones to him. If Eris wanted, he could have earned a few more stones by throwing the knife at an auction, but since he felt satisfied with that amount, he decided toplete the sale.


    (A/N: For those readers who might think that if he had a knife from the third dimension, why didn''t he use it in the Primal Dimension? The rules there didn''t allow its existence. In the Sacred Dimension, it is like a top weapon, so it went for such arge amount.)


    ***


    Eris pressed the switch, and the square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed, and soon five seconds passed in a sh.


    The rotation stopped, and a beast appeared on the screen. Eris didn''t show much interest in it as it wasn''t a Hygar.


    But since it was a product from the store, he still read the details on the card that flew into his hands the next moment.


    It was a divine quality beast from the Ettin group of races. Eris only read the top few sections. He then decided to return the card. He went to thepartment to the right of the screen and ced the card there.


    [Name: Hygar


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mixed


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Fire, Poison, Thunder, Space


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Regeneration


    Details: The Hygar can regenerate itself from even drop of a blood


    Ability:


    Fire Breath: The Hygar unleashes a powerful stream of mes from its six serpent heads, dealing massive damage to enemies in front of it.


    Poison Fangs: The serpent heads of the Hygar strike with venomous fangs, dealing poison damage and inflicting a debuff on enemies that reduces their movement speed and attack power.


    Warp Strike: The Hygar disappears in a burst of light, reappearing behind a target enemy and striking them with all six serpent heads simultaneously, dealing massive damage and teleporting the beast to safety.


    Warp Shield: The Hygar creates a protective shield that warps space around the beast, making it invulnerable to attacks for a short period of time.


    Venom Nova: The Hygar releases a massive cloud of poisonous gas that poisons and damages all nearby enemies.


    me Cyclone: The Hygar creates a raging whirlwind of fire that damages all enemies caught in its path.


    Corrosive Acid: The Hygar Sprays a powerful acid from all six serpent heads, corroding and melting anything in its path.


    Card Description: The Hygar is a unique creature descended from two powerful Primordial creatures. Its control over many elements makes it a formidable opponent. Its myriad skills make it a terrifying creature to make an enemy off. Summon it onto the battlefield and see your opponent fall.


    Price: Nine thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    When there was "14" on top of the screen, Eris finally got the beast he had been wanting since he entered the room, a Hygar.


    On the screen was a six-headed Hygar, like the one he saw in the Primal Dimension, but only four of their eyes were opened, which was an oddity since every Immortal level Hygar had all six pairs of its eyes opened.


    Eris decided to ask Aakesh about it since he was going to leave the room anyway.


    ***


    "Store owner, why do only four of its heads have opened eyes?" Eris asked Aakesh.


    "Its bloodline purity is the same as the first Hygar, so at this cultivation level, it can only open the eyes of its four heads," Aakesh responded.


    "At what cultivation will it open its fifth and sixth pair of eyes?" Eris asked after a pause.


    Even though Eris chose to keep a Hygar as a pet to ease his suffering during those torturous years in the Primal Dimension, it would still be hispanion and would be fiercely devoted to him. So the better the talent and bloodline, the more favorable the situation for Eris.


    "It will open its fifth pair of eyes after reaching True God, while the sixth head will open its eyes at the Sacred King level," Aakesh answered after asking the system about it.


    "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle!" Eris requested immediately since he had no more questions left.


    Aakesh nodded as he took the card from Eris''s hands and did what he needed to do as the store owner. He then returned the card to Eris.


    ***


    Eris found himself in a swamp after grabbing the card. A creature spanning several hundred meters stood in front of him.


    Hiss! Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!


    The four serpent heads hissed at once when they saw Eris.


    Eris found his cultivation regressing to early Divine Transformation to match the Hygar. Eris had lived the majority of his life with his cultivation stuck at the Immortal level, so it wasn''t as ufortable for him as other store customers.


    Soon, the battle between the two began. The Hygars were able to match their leads over the Titans due to their cultivation and numbers, but here, the Hygar was no match for Eris, as it didn''t take long for Eris to suppress the Hygar and win the battle.

 Chapter 1016 (4) Clark!

    Chapter 1016: rk!


    The battle between the Hygar and Eris didn''t go on for long, as Erisfortably defeated the creature without even exerting his full strength.


    Eris found himself returning to the store after the battle was over. He sensed that there was no change in time from when he left for the battle, but since he was inside the store, he epted it.


    After the taming battle, Erispleted the next process, and soon after, only paying for the Hygar was left.


    "You need to pay ten thousand, one hundred and eleven supreme Sacred stones, eleven thousand..." Eris received the price quote from Aakesh.


    The summoning of the Hygar alone had cost more than a thousand supreme Sacred stones for Eris, but now that he had it, he found the price to be worth it.


    Eris then asked Aakesh about the store cards since he could see the card machine next to Aakesh.


    After the introduction was over, Eris didn''t waste a single second and bought the Ultimate Store Card.


    [Do you want to pay 10,111 supreme Sacred stone...]


    A familiar mechanical voice rang inside Eris''s head after hepleted the process of binding the store card.


    Eris nodded, and soon, one of his ultimate Sacred stones got divided into supreme stones, and the payment wasplete. After that, Eris heard a voice in his head telling him how much bnce was left on the card.


    ***


    It had been around fifteen hours since the store had opened for the day. All the spots for Panagea had already been filled as forty-eight customers waited for the third group to exit so they could enter.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction, finding an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" The man greeted Aakesh immediately after entering the store. Only then, he looked around and surveyed the store''s insides.


    The man was neither a Vurron nor a demon; he was from another group of races altogether.


    His name was rk, and he belonged to the Shallow-Skinned Dwarf, a race in the Dwarf group.


    Simr to Dwarves, the man was short in stature but bulkier than even the Vurrons. rk maintained a weapon shop in Thorr City for the Dwarf Organization, a weapons trading organization run by the Dwarf groups spread across the Sacred Dimension.


    rk was a Dwarf that was obsessed with weapons, so he didn''t care what was going on outside the store and immersed himself all day and night in weapons. But this morning, one customer who arrived in his store was also a customer of this store.


    From that customer, rk learned about the store and the myriad of weapons it sold. How could rk take the customer''sints about the store''s weapon being better than his, so he was here?


    ***


    ''Seems like arge background!'' rk looked around the shop, then thought to himself.


    It seemed to have doused the burning fire in his heart about the store''s weapon being superior to his. The Dwarf Organization was also arge organization in the Sacred Dimension, but how could they invest much in a ce like this gxy, let alone Thorr City?


    "Do you also sell weapons?" rk asked.


    Aakesh nodded and then told rk about the weapons sold in the store. rk thanked Aakesh and then went to the weapons room, not caring about other products.


    ***


    rk''s eyes widened in shock when he entered the room. If the store''s inside was like a hut, then the weapons room was like a pce. He looked around in amazement at the murals detailing fight scenes with the weapons avable in the store.


    rk didn''t waste much of his time looking around the murals and proceeded toward the pirs and the weapon counters near them.


    rk was best at making spears, so he went to the counter that sold spears. rk could handle weapons of the low Higher level because of his intermediate Divine Lord cultivation.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    rk lost himself in studying the spears; the more he looked at them, the more he wanted to continue.


    [Name: Unknown Spear


    Grade: Higher


    Level: Low


    Detail: A spearhead made from the heart of a dying ice wolf, the shaft made of its bones,


    Price: Three thousand ordinary Sacred stones.]


    A screen floated near the blue ice spear in rk''s hands. Even though the summary was extremely simple, its abilities weren''t. rk could feel the chill creeping into his bones when he touched the spear.


    rk then looked at every inch of the spear, and soon, he ced it back inside the counter. He then put his hands back and took out another spear.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him. He opened his eyes and found it was the Dwarfing toward him with a spear several times its size.


    "I want this one," rk requested.


    Aakesh nodded and nced at the spear. The next moment, all the details of the spear appeared in his mind.


    It was a gray spear, the same skin color as rk. Its shaft was made of the mixture of bones of several creatures, turning into an stic as well as durable shaft.


    "You need to pay seven thousand ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh announced.


    Despite being only an intermediate Divine Lord, rk had umted arge amount of wealth due to selling weapons. The next moment, rk took the required stones out and pushed toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and soon the mountain of stones disappeared from the store.


    The next moment, a notification rang in his head, informing him of the amount being correct.


    "The sale isplete. The spear is yours," Aakesh expressionlessly announced.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Not long after rk left, another new customer graced the store.


    Aakesh introduced all store products to the customer after he asked about them, and since all the spots in Panagea were full, the man left after buying three third-grade spirit enhancement pills.


    Time flew by, and the six hours for the third group were over, so the system forced them out one by one, depending on their entry sequence.

 Chapter 1017 (5) The Predos!

    Chapter 1017: The Predos!


    When there was only about an hour left before dusk, a door suddenly materialized and startled the customer talking to Aakesh.


    Click!


    A creature asrge as an adult Vurron emerged from the room as the door clicked open. As it stepped down the stairs, its size began to reduce, and when its feet touched the floor, its size was less than a human palm.


    Lily jumped on Aakesh''s head, not caring about the customer''s reaction. Aakesh smiled and returned his focus to the customer in front of him.


    "After pills, weapons, panagea, and the cultivation arts, the store sells beasts.


    There are various types of beasts avable in the store. It will depend on your luck as to what race you summon from the Beast Summoner Device.


    The first round of summoning is ten lesser Sacred stones, and every following round''s cost will go up by ten times¡­"


    As he had done with the other four products before Lily''s abrupt entrance cut off the conversation, Aakesh introduced the Beast Summoner Device.


    The man forgot about Lily and focused wholeheartedly on the introduction. The man was a non-demon Lesser God level cultivator whose luck made him discover the store.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," The man requested Aakesh, only to face disappointment after learning that the spots were already filled and it was thest group to enter Panagea.


    Since the man was a Lesser God, pills, weapons, and cultivation arts currently sold by the store were of no use to him. Only the Beast Summoner Device was left, as it would give him a loyal pet.


    "Store owner, I will try my luck on the beast summoning," The man told Aakesh.


    In response, Aakesh pointed at the room and told the man about the process of summoning and then returning the card.


    "Thank you, store owner," The man thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the room.


    ***


    [Name: Shadow Wolf


    Type: Beast


    Race: Wolf


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Shadow


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Shadow Mimicry


    Details: The wolf can blend into shadows bing like its opponent, mimicking their attacks and body movements(Only up to opponents of its level)


    Ability:


    Shadow Veil: The Shadow Wolf can cover itself using the shadow to make itself invisible from enemies.


    Shadow Step: The Shadow Wolf can teleport using the shadows of its opponent as its coordinates.


    Shadow Control: The Shadow Wolf can control the shadows of its opponents to attack them.


    Shadow st: The Shadow Wolf can unleash a powerful st of shadow energy, creating a wide area of damage.


    Card Description: The Shadow Wolf is a formidable creature with strong attacks that can kill its prey in seconds. It is feared by many but also sought after by those who seek to harness its power. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to your opponent. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before your mighty Shadow Wolf.


    Price: Ten supreme Sacred stones.]


    The man looked at the card in his hands in surprise. It was only his first attempt at summoning, and he summoned a legendary quality Shadow Wolf.


    The Shadow Wolf was a rare species in the wolf''s group, as these creatures weren''t naturally born but were the result of mutations in a few Dark Wolf cubs. They weren''t as strong as the Dark Wolf, but the ferocity of the Shadow Wolf was second to none in the wolf group.


    The man decided to buy the creature since he liked the skills it had.


    Seconds turned into minutes; minutes turned into an hour, and just like that, the hour before the sunset passed in a sh.


    The system forced the fourth group of customers out one by one, depending on their entry sequence.


    Soon, only Aakesh and Lily were left alone in the store.


    ***


    "Let''s go!" Aakeshmented after closing the door, bringing an end to the day for the store.


    The next moment, a blue light covered Aakesh and Lily. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and with it, Aakesh and Lily also disappeared from the store.


    Lily jumped down from Aakesh''s head upon appearing in the selection area. Her mood from yesterday''s events still seemed to be good, as she didn''t make any faces and went to the training area.


    After Lily left, Aakesh closed all his senses, went to the weapons section, and randomly picked one. He then went to the right section, chose the usual training area, and pressed the switch.


    The next moment, the space around him cracked open and formed a portal, which immediately sucked him inside without giving him any chance to fight back.


    ***


    Aakesh had selected a Warhammer for today, while his opponent was from a powerful demon race, the Predos.


    The Predos people were one of the ruling races of the demons in the Sacred Dimension. The Predos were thin creatures with broad chests. There was a hole at the center of their upper body.


    The Predos only had one eye and a pair of grey wings that seemed like bones. Their eye was without a pupil, as the entirety of it was grey like the wings.


    Ding!


    Ro-


    As the bell announcing the start of the battle rang, the Predos roared toward Aakesh, but its roar came to a sudden halt as Aakesh crushed it to ash with a single hit from the Warhammer.


    The battle ended as quickly as it began, and the regr blue screen popped out in front of Aakesh again.


    Aakesh tapped on the screen and chose to fight the second round.


    The Predos''s veins had popped out in anger after it appeared in the arena for the second round. If eyes could kill, Aakesh would have already died.


    Ding!


    The bell rang again, and simr to thest round, the battle ended even before the ringing sound could subside.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh and the Predos''s battle reached the one-hundredth round.


    Roar!


    The Predos roared and charged at Aakesh with a gray ball of energy floating above it.


    Aakesh also brought the Warhammer and swung it at the creature''s head.


    Boom!


    The grey ball of energy suddenly came between the Predos''s head and the Warhammer and exploded with a touch.

 Chapter 1018 (6) Status Panel!

    Chapter 1018: Status Panel!


    The gray ball exploded right aftering in contact with the Warhammer, throwing both the Predos and Aakesh backward.


    Aakesh stabilized himself immediately and charged at the Predos, swinging the Warhammer.


    This time, there was no skill stopping the weapon, and it struck the Predos''s head, exploding it like a watermelon.


    Aakesh had slight injuries across his body, so a green light covered him the next moment while a blue light covered the arena.


    Time flew by, and it was the one hundred and neenth round between Aakesh and the Predos.


    Both Aakesh and Predos looked in terrible situations, as there was a deep gash on Aakesh''s chest, and his left shoulder was hanging by a thread. The Predos''s condition was simr in that its wings were not there, while his bones were visible at numerous spots across the body.


    Argh!


    The Predos roared and released its ultimate attack. The hole in its upper body began to gather energy, and soon an energy ball the size of the hole appeared an inch away from it.


    Aakesh also activated the ultimate skill avable for this round since whoever won the sh of the ultimate skills would win this round.


    Aakesh raised the Warhammer in the air in a straight line above his head. There seemed to be a glow emerging from the weapon, and Aakesh brought it down. Its posture was straight.


    Boom!


    The next moment, the arena seemed to be rubber as its surface began to move like a sea wave. Beneath that wavy surface was a white light.


    The wave and the energy beam shed, creating a sonic boom that spread across the entire arena, destroying everything in its way.


    Even Aakesh wasn''t any better as he lost his left shoulder in the attack, while the Predos''s condition was even worse as half of its lower body had disappeared.


    This amount of pain seemed to have no effect on Aakesh as he charged at the Predos.


    Before another round of sonic boom could hit him, he took a jump andnded directly above the creature. His right hand was in terrible condition, as bones could be seen breaking under the pressure from the naked eye. Aakesh''s eyes remained as cold as ever as the Warhammer came down and struck the creature.


    The Warhammer fell from Aakesh''s head at that point as his bones were crushed into dust, but Aakesh didn''t care as soon as a green light covered him while the blue light covered the entire arena.


    The battle was harsher than many of the fights Aakesh had faced in his life till that point, but he stumped his opponent as usual and became the victor.


    ***


    The silence inside the selection area broke down as a space portal emerged and threw Aakesh out. The one hundred and twentieth round of battle was one-sided and instant. The Predos treated Aakesh the exact way he had treated it in the beginning levels.


    There was still some time left before Lily''s training came to an end, but Aakesh decided not to enter any other training area but to check his status panel since it had been a long time.


    The next moment, Aakesh called out the status, and soon after, a dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of him. Golden fonts then began emerging on it, and in no time, it had all the details there.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 2)+,


    Level: Level 8(initial),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 53.989 Sacred Units, (+0.011)


    Agility: 51.848 Sacred Units, (+0.016)


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 25,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning, Apocalyptic st....


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 1,


    Current status: Young.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation after seeing the growth he had made in the past month of training. Because one sacred unit was equal to one billion Primal units, Aakesh gained more than ten million Primal units in both strength and agility. It was faster than his growth in the Primal Dimension.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon the screen faded away.


    Since Aakesh decided not to enter another training area, he requested the system for his and Lily''s chairs.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    The silence inside the selection area broke down as a space portal emerged, and Lily stepped out of it. A smile spread across her face when she saw Aakesh waiting for her.


    "How was your day?" Aakesh asked Lily after she sat in her chair.


    Lily nodded and then shared her day''s experience with Aakesh. After Lily, it was Aakesh''s turn, so he also told Lily about what went on inside Panagea and then the store.


    Time flew by, and the traditional conversation session between the two concluded. The next moment, Aakesh and Lily disappeared from their chairs, while the chairs followed them right away, and a wave of silence engulfed the selection area.


    ***


    After Lily left for Panagea, Aakesh''s smiling face turned expressionless, and he proceeded toward the portal room.


    As was his habit, his eyes fell on the leaderboard right after entering the room. There were changes in ranking, but the top three were the same as yesterday.


    The leaderboard for the customers from the Primal Dimension also saw a change as someone took the top rank. It was Eris; he was the only one on the list to achieve Level 250.


    Aakesh then turned his focus to the portal as he touched the nearest one with the tip of his finger.


    The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything he could face appeared and sucked him inside without him even being able to put up a fight.


    ***


    On a tree in Panagea, a white light suddenly appeared, and when it disappeared, it brought a person. It was Aakesh himself, who showed up in the same location that he had chosen before leaving Panagea yesterday.


    Aakesh had been traveling for more than a month since he promised to reach Lily''s territory in three months.


    Aakesh then jumped down from the tree and continued on his journey to his destination. While on his way, Aakesh didn''t forget to hunt creatures, so he could continue maintaining his XP earning rate.

 Chapter 1019 (7) A New Day For The Store!

    Chapter 1019: A New Day for the Store!


    [Host, your meditation time has arrived!]


    Aakesh was in the midst of a battle when the alert from the system rang in his head. He ignored it for the moment and maintained his focus on the fight.


    Aakesh''s opponent was a Level 302 creature, so the battle wasn''t easy. It was a beast with quick reflexes, so whenever Aakesh shed his sword, the creature would seed in dodging.


    Level 302 was the limit of what Aakesh could fight in Panagea for the moment, but some creatures were overwhelmingly strong at their levels, and the beast in front of Aakesh was one such, so the battle continued going downhill for him.


    Whoosh!


    Aakesh dodged the w swipe and shot an arrow toward the creature.


    The arrow was too quick for the creature to dodge even with its reflexes, so the next moment, a gray light covered its hands as it used them for protection.


    The arrow had done what Aakesh wanted it to do¡ªcreate some time for him. Aakesh jumped ahead with the sword in his hands and shed at its head.


    The creature skillfully dodged the strike, but unfortunately for it, Aakesh had expected it to dodge in the first ce.


    Puchi!


    A knife was already waiting for the creature''s head, where it moved. The knife cut through its head like butter.


    The sudden situation caused the creature to grow into a frenzy, but someone fighting with rage was never Aakesh''s opponent. Aakesh no longer had to use the bow or knife and only fought with the sword.


    Aakesh cut a different area of the creature with each strike, causing a fresh wound. As time passed, the creature''s movement began to dull, while the rage only grew instead of slowing.


    Time flew by, and the battle finally came to an end as the ground beneath Aakesh''s feet turned green from blood.


    Because of his infinite endurance and intelligence, Aakesh felt nothing despite being in such a tiring battle for hours.


    Since the alert sounded an hour ago, Aakesh found a safe ce and then exited Pangea.


    ***


    [Host, the sun is about to rise in Panagea!]


    Aakesh was meditating when the system''s voice rang in his head. He got up from the mat after opening his eyes. Aakesh then ced the purer, lesser Sacred stone in the system space and called for the door to his room.


    ***


    The sun rose on Thorr and nearby cities, dispersing the cover of darkness.


    Aakesh opened the door of the store with the first ray of sunlight touching the ground. The familiar crowd weed his sight outside the store.


    Aakesh didn''t let them wait any longer, turned around, and returned to his chair while the crowd entered the store in a hurry.


    When the first forty-eight customers entered inside, a golden, transparent light covered the group. Those who weren''t in the group had their faces turned down in disappointment since they would have to wait six hours to enter Panagea.


    ***


    [Name: Steel Sparrow


    Type: Beast


    Race: Sparrow


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Metal


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Ancestor''s Blessing


    Details: The Steel Sparrow invokes the power of its ancestors, granting itself increased speed and agility, as well as protection from attacks


    Ability:


    Sonic Screech - The Steel Sparrow emits a deafening screech that disorients and damages nearby enemies.


    Blinding sh - The Steel Sparrow emits a bright sh of light, temporarily blinding all enemies within range


    Feathered Fury - The Steel Sparrow goes into a frenzied rage, attacking all enemies within range with lightning-fast strikes from its talons and beak.


    Steel Shield - The Steel Sparrow generates a powerful shield made of steel that protects itself and its allies from attacks.


    Feather Shuriken - The Steel Sparrow plucks out a few of its metallic feathers and throws them at enemies, dealing damage.


    Card Description: The Steel Sparrow is a powerful beast known for its sharp ws and metallic wings. Its Metal element gives it the ability to deal heavy damage to enemies, while its quick movements make it difficult to hit. With its powerful attacks and durable body, the Steel Sparrow is a valuable asset to any summoner''s arsenal.


    Price: One hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Serine looked at the card''s details with excitement. Serine''s cultivation waste Higher God, and she learned about the store from her good friend, Lina.


    Like Lina, Serine also belonged to the Beast group of races, but she wasn''t a Spectral Spider. She instead belonged to the falcon group of birds.


    Looking at the card, Serine fell in love with it and decided to buy it. The sparrows were on a lower life level than the falcons in the group of flying beasts, but the Steel Sparrow was one of the royal beasts of the sparrow group.


    Serine, who came from a normal group of falcons, couldn''tin about the low life level of the Steel Sparrow, as the beast in her hands was even more valuable in the royal ss due to its characteristics of the Ancestor''s Blessing.


    The cost of one hundred supreme Sacred stones was steep for Serine, but since she liked the beast, she would buy it.


    ***


    "The store currently sells five products in total: pills, weapons¡­" Aakesh was introducing the store''s products to a new customer.


    "I want to enter Panagea," The man requested after the introduction of the store''s products.


    "You will need to wait around ten hours," Aakesh responded while pointing at the sixty plus people waiting for their turn to arrive in Panagea.


    The man nodded and decided to join the queue. There were hours of waiting, but unfortunately for the man, his financial capability didn''t allow him to show interest in other products.


    Not long after the man left, Serine exited the room and approached Aakesh with a card in her hands.


    Aakesh also sensed her, so he didn''t begin his rxation session but waited for her.


    Time flew by, and after what felt like an eternity to Serine, she returned back to the store.


    Her eyes looked downtrodden as she failed to win the battle against the Steel Sparrow. The next moment, the card in her hands disappeared.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside. He opened his eyes and found them to be familiar faces.


    ***


    A/N: Thanks for the Support!

 Chapter 1020 Nightless Day!

    Chapter 1020: Nightless Day!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, finding familiar faces entering the store.


    It was none other than Alfred and Asher, the city lords of Thorr and Corr, respectively. Despite wanting to be regrs at the store, they were failing at their task since the arrival of the store had increased their workload extensively for a few months.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!"


    "Hello, store owner!"


    Alfred and Asher greeted Aakesh simultaneously after they approached him. Aakesh nodded in response to their greetings and waited for them to state their reasons foring here.


    Since Alfred and Asher came to Aakesh at the same time, their purpose was different than buying store products.


    "Store owner, we came to invite you," Alfred said, taking an invitation card out of his space ring.


    Aakesh took the card and focused on it. It was a rectangr card made up of the skin of none other than Vurron.


    From what Aakesh could sense, it was the skin of Alfred. He didn''t think much of it and read the content on the card.


    [Dear store owner,


    The entire Vurron race wees you to grace the asion on the Nightless Day!]


    "Store owner, the Nightless Day is the founding day of Vurrons..." Alfred exined without Aakesh having to ask what the day meant.


    The Nightless Day was as its name indicated; there was no night on that day. Every ten thousand years, the stars would align in such a way that the sun wouldn''t set on Thorr and the other Vurron cities.


    It was also the day when the first Vurron was born, so every ten thousand years, the five city lords gathered around and grandly celebrated the Nightless Day for the entire forty-eight hours.


    Since the Nightless Day was a month away, Alfred and Asher came to invite Aakesh to grace the asion.


    Earlier, the Nightless Day was celebrated in Corr City since Asher was the leader of Vurrons, but this time, Thorr City would hold the festival. The store''s presence in the city was the primary reason behind the decision-making.


    "Will youe, store owner?" Asher asked. Even though Thorr City was hosting the celebration, Asher was still the one leading it.


    "No," Aakesh replied, as he had no interest in the festival.


    Alfred and Asher became disappointed as the King was alsoing, so seeing Aakesh attend the function would further solidify his view of the store owner being close to them.


    "Store owner, that day would be the holiday of the entire city. From the poorest to the richest in Vurrons, no one would work that day."


    "Store owner, will it be possible for you to close the store that day?" Alfred respectfully inquired about Aakesh.


    The Nightless Day was a tradition that every Vurron followed. If the store were to open, the Vurron customers would be more interested in Panagea than following the traditional scenes.


    It was also the primary reason for them toe here. Even if Aakesh didn''t want to close the store, they could do nothing, but they still wanted to try, hoping for the best situation.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately answer Alfred since the festival gave Aakesh an idea.


    "Hey, system, what do you think about organizing a contest on the Nightless Day?"


    [Host, what are you thinking?]


    "In the Primal Dimension, the annual events yed arge role in the store bing popr with the masses all around the Bisan Kingdom and its nearby areas.


    We can''t announce an event of that scale because of space issues, but what if we organize a singlepetition?"


    [Host, whatpetition are you thinking of?]


    "I am thinking of organizing apetition for beast owners where their beasts would fight," Aakesh answered.


    [Host, please see the next screen for your quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of Aakesh, containing the details of a newly created quest at his suggestion.


    Mission Objective: Organize a Competition,


    Requirement: On the Nightless Day, when all the Vurrons will be celebrating their founding day, the store will organize apetition to poprize the store and the product, Beast Summoner Device,


    Number of Contestants: 32,


    Number of Attendees: 500,


    Mission Reward: None,


    Failure Punishment: Deduction of 100 purer, lesser Sacred stones.


    The system took Aakesh''s suggestion right away and even made him a quest with some requirements.


    Even though it was a system quest, there were no rewards, only a failure punishment. Since it was Aakesh''s suggestion and the system''s execution of the event, he didn''t care much about the failure.


    The requirement for contestants was tight, but Aakesh believed that the number of attendees would overwhelmingly surpass the count of five hundred.


    Aakesh then thought of the screen disappearing, and soon it returned to nothingness, waiting for Aakesh to call it back again.


    ***


    "No, I won''t close the store," Aakesh expressionlessly told Alfred.


    Alfred and Asher looked at each other and could see the disappointment in it since they could do nothing to pressure Aakesh to close the store. These moments made them feel anger at their helpless condition. Even though the store''s presence here was a boon for Vurrons, it was also a terrible situation for them at the same time. The store and the store owner would always be out of their control and wouldn''t follow any of the rules they made.


    Both of them heaved helpless sighs and decided to leave since they needed to prepare for the event.


    "The shop will hold a beast summonerspetition on the Nightless Day." Aakesh then shared his n with Alfred and Asher, making the duo stop.


    In no time, the disappointment on their faces turned into excitement, as even though the store owner wouldn''t close the store, the contest would make the event more popr than ever.


    There was a hint of disappointment on Alfred''s face since he hadn''t gotten a beast until now, and if he wanted, he didn''t have enough money to do the summon, let alone buy a beast.


    "Store owner, will the store be able to hold this many people?" Asher asked. Since there was a storepetition, he would announce it to the public. Not everyone would be able toe, but there would at least be a crowd of several thousand.

 Chapter 1021 Complete!

    Chapter 1021: Complete!


    "The store will only seat a thousand people at most," Aakesh answered.


    Even though there would be many people wanting to watch the contest, Aakesh could only amodate as many people as the store could handle.


    "Store owner, will you be avable to organize the contest in an arena? All the money earned from tickets will be yours," Alfred suggested. His tone was filled with pain when he talked about Aakesh having ownership of all money earned from the audience.


    "No, the contest will be held inside the store," Aakesh answered.


    ***


    "What should we do?" Alfred asked while they were on their way back to their house.


    "What can we do?" Asher replied with a helpless smile.


    "Let''s try to reach the store, so we will be in those thousand," Asher added since the store owner left the seating to fate. Whoever came first would be the owner of the seat that day.


    ***


    Time was like a river that never stopped. Seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, hours turned into a day, and just like that, several days passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Mission Sequence: Third


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea hours,


    Description: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 240 Panagea hours for fifteen consecutive days,


    Requirement: Now, its time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 960 Hours every day for continuous thirty days


    Mission reward: One Hundred new virtual portals addition,


    Duration: 45 Days.


    Failure Punishment: Loss of fifteen virtual portals and the salesmission will get reduced to 0.5% of the product''s price for seven years.]


    [Quest Progress:


    30/30 Days.]


    Aakesh looked at the screen in front of him and found that the store hadpleted the third series of Panagea quests.


    Tonight, the number of virtual portals in the store would grow by more than double.


    The announcement of thepetition days ago turned the beasts into a heated topic and a product. Whoever was hesitating before the announcement bought a suitable beast for themselves to participate in the contest.


    When Aakesh received the quest, he thought that gathering thirty-two participants would be a challenging task, but from that day on, the store had sold more than fifty beasts to various customers from all over the dimension. And it was when there were many customers who failed to tame beasts and couldn''t offer to do the summoning again.


    It shouldn''t have been like this without the announcement of the rewards, but the stories of Richard from the annual events in the Primal Dimension did the magic. Even people like William, Elle, and Ayriel showed their willingness to win the contest.


    The number was only growing as when the Panagea''s screen disappeared, Aakesh found a customer approaching him with a card in his hands.


    Time flew by, and another day passed.


    The sun rose, dispersing the cloud of darkness over Thorr and its nearby cities.


    The festive environment around the store was visible to everyone as Nightless Day was only days away. The announcement of the contest from the store made many notorious rumors about Aakesh disappear from the minds of people on Seventeenth Street.


    Aakesh opened the door of the store, starting another day in the Sacred Dimension.


    As usual, arge group of people was waiting outside the store. When they noticed the door opening, their faces lit up with broad smiles.


    Aakesh didn''t let them wait any longer, turned around, and returned to his chair while the customers entered the store like a raging tide.


    There were around ny people in the group. When they didn''t see the golden light covering forty-eight of them, they were surprised at first, but then it turned into joy since it could mean only one thing.


    ***


    Aakesh was left alone in the store after the other ny customers entered Panagea.


    Since there were no new customers in his sight, Aakesh focused on the alerts he had received after the first customer entered Panagea.


    [Host, please see the next screen for the fourth quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the fourth Panagea quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Four


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea hours,


    Description: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 960 Panagea hours for thirty consecutive days,


    Requirement: Now, its time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 2960 Hours every day for continuous sixty days


    Mission reward: Five Hundred new virtual portals addition,


    Duration: 90 Days.


    Failure Punishment: Loss of fifty virtual portals and the salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for fifteen years.]


    Aakesh looked at the fourth quest in the series of Panagea''s missions. The requirement was as expected by Aakesh, so he waved his hands, and soon the screen disappeared from his view.


    ***


    [Name: Gray-Striped Tiger


    Type: Beast


    Race: Tiger


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Earth


    Cultivation: Early Divine Being


    Characteristics: Terraform


    Details: The Gray-Striped Tiger can manipte the earth around it, creating new terrain or changing existing terrain in a range of fifty meters to its advantage(its range increases with cultivation level)


    Ability:


    Stone ws: The Gray-Striped Tiger can harden its ws to be as strong as stone, making them deadly weapons inbat.


    Earth Armor: The Gray-Striped Tiger can create a protective armor of earth around itself, making it nearly invulnerable to attacks.


    Earthshaking Roar: The Gray-Striped Tiger can unleash a powerful roar that sends shockwaves through the ground, damaging everything in its path.


    Card Description: The Gray-striped Tiger is a force to be reckoned with. Its agility and keen senses make it a skilled hunter, while its powerful attacks can take down even the strongest of foes. With its powerful attacks and durable body, the Gray-Striped Tiger is a valuable asset to any summoner''s arsenal.


    Price: Six thousand five hundred higher Sacred stones.]


    Dora was a new customer who only found out about the store today due to her luck. She looked at the card in appreciation and decided to buy the beast since she herself was from the Tiger group and knew about the strength of the Gray-Striped Tigers firsthand.

 Chapter 1022 The Second Customer!

    Chapter 1022: The Second Customer!


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    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. An unfamiliar face was entering the store.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Derby greeted Aakesh after approaching him.


    Derby was a non-demon who found the store due to one of the missions he was doing for the Gerard Family.


    The Gerard Family was an organization created by a demon named Gerard. It''s one of the leading organizations in the nearby Universes, with Gerard being a cultivator at Sacred King level.


    Derby was the team leader of one of the teams, and his level was peak Divine Lord.


    Frocks was a nearby city to Thorr, and it was also the mission location for Derby. Since the mission was a long duration of hundred years, and Derby was on his off, he was traveling around the area, and one such travel brought him to the store.


    ***


    Aakesh only nodded in response to Derby''s greetings and waited for him to ask the important question.


    Derby didn''t make Aakesh wait for long as he next introduced himself and then asked, "Store owner, what products are avable in the store?"


    "The store currently sells five products. They are pills, panagea¡­


    ¡­ are avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction in a single breath.


    Derby became more and more surprised as the introduction went on about the store''s products. Especially Panagea. Gerard, the founder of the Gerard Family, also controlled one such technology that allowed people to enter a new world and train.


    But the difference between Panagea and that item was likeparing a dwarf with an active Universe. It was no more than dust.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Derby requested Aakesh.


    Gerard strictly controlled the item, so entering the world was difficult and expensive. In his ten thousand year tenure with the organization, Derby had only ever participated in that training once.


    "You can''t right now.


    You will need to wait for five hours before someone exits Panagea and frees up a spot," Aakesh responded.


    When Derby heard the first sentence, he froze in shock, thinking that the store owner didn''t want him to enter, but when he listened to the following sentence, he understood that it was nothing serious. Derby also finally understood why six people were waiting in the store.


    ***


    "Thank you, store owner!" Derby thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the beast''s room.


    Since no empty spots were avable in Panagea, he decided to take a chance in the Beast Summoner Device.


    ***


    [Name: Silver-Striped Tiger


    Type: Beast


    Race: Tiger


    Quality: Ordinary


    Element: Space


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Space Warp: The Silver-Striped Tiger can surround itself withyers of space, not letting attacks reach it or its allies.


    Space Jump: The Silver-Striped Tiger can jump from one fixed coordinate to other.


    Card Description: The Silver-striped Tiger is a force to be reckoned with. Its agility and keen senses make it a skilled hunter, while its maniption of space makes it a troubling opponent. With its Space Warp and Space Jump, the Silver-Striped Tiger is a valuable asset to any summoner''s arsenal.


    Price: Seven thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    Derby set the summon to be targeted and set it at Divine Lord level. Derby looked at the card in his hands. It was only his first summon.


    When Derby saw the beast, he was excited since he recognized the Silver-Striped Beast. But when he saw the quality section, his face became gloomy.


    The Silver-Striped Tigers were top predators due to their control over the element of space. But the card in his hands didn''t have any attacking skills. One was defensive, while the other was movement.


    If Derby still had thoughts of buying the beast, they disappeared when he saw the price. Seven thousand higher Sacred stones was an enormous amount for Derby; even if he had that many stones, he wasn''t going to spend it on the Silver-Striped Tiger, even with its name.


    Derby then returned the card to itspartment and decided to activate another round of summoning.


    Time flew by, and this was the fourth summons. It would cost Derby ten ordinary Sacred stones, so he hoped to get a suitable beast.


    [Name: Lava Bear


    Type: Beast


    Race: Bear


    Quality: Lesser


    Element: Magma


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Inferno Roar: Roars loudly, unleashing a wave of heat that deals fire damage to all enemies in its path.


    Molten ws: Sharpens its ws withva, dealing extra fire damage with its attacks.


    me Body: Covers itself in mes, increasing its defense and dealing fire damage to anyone who attacks it.


    Card Description: The Lava Bear is a powerful and fearsome beast, with devastating fire-based attacks and high defense. Its appearance alone is enough to intimidate most foes, and it is not to be taken lightly. The Lava Beast is a valuable asset to any summoner''s arsenal.


    Price: Three hundred higher Sacred stones.]


    When Derby saw the Lava Bear on the screen, his eyes were filled with anticipation and he hurriedly looked at the card after it flew into his hands.


    Its quality was only lesser, but Derby still felt satisfied with it as a peak Divine Lord was a top-levelbat power in these areas.


    His chances of bing a True God were zero, so having a peak Divine Lord partner like Lava Bear was positive. And unlike the Silver-Striped Tiger, the Lava Bear had offensive skills.


    When he saw the price of the bear, Derby''s eyes shook ferociously. Because he would be dirt poor if he decided to purchase it, he felt his heart tighten.


    Derby lived on the verge of death due to the tasks he epted, so he had made enough in his career of ten thousand years.


    ''What shall I do?'' Derby wondered in his heart. He liked the Lava Bear for its skills, and the leader Gerard also had a Lava Bear pet, so it added to his decision.


    "Fuck it! Let''s take risks!" Derby mumbled as he decided to buy the Lava Bear.


    Since Derby didn''t have this many stones with him, he decided to sell all assets he had and acquire the amount.


    ***


    "Store owner, will you please hold this card? I will return with money," Derby requested Aakesh, and he extended his card-holding hands toward him.


    "If you need money, the store also offers the option of a loan¡­" Without Derby asking, Aakesh exined about the loan function to Derby.


    ***


    Derby took every item out and showed it to Aakesh, so Aakesh could tell him how much loan could the store offer.


    Aakesh surveyed every item in the cluster of hundreds of different treasures. Some were useless and wouldn''t even fetch one ordinary Sacred stone, while some were valuable.


    Aakesh''s eyes suddenly stopped at one item in the midst of the heap of random items. He carefully studied it since he found it familiar, and soon he remembered the information.


    "Where did you get it?" Aakesh asked Derby, showing him a rusted te.


    "It''s my loot," Derby replied with a confused expression.


    "This item can fetch you a loan of three supreme Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly announced, freezing Derby in shock.


    Derby looked at Aakesh with his mouth and eyes wide open, as he couldn''t believe what Aakesh said. Derby knew the material used in the creation of the rusted te and knew it was valuable, so he kept it, despite its bad condition. But Derby didn''t believe that it would fetch him a hundred higher Sacred stones, let alone more than one supreme Sacred stone.


    "The material is worth only ten higher Sacred stones, but what makes this item extraordinary is the rune embedded at the corner."


    Aakesh understood what Derby was thinking, so he pointed at the te and the rune.


    Derby focused on the rune and could sense that it was something extraordinary. But it was so small that no one would find it if not for extreme concentration.


    Derby couldn''t help but respect Aakesh after that, as even if he lied to him and didn''t tell him about the rune, Derby would have never known since it was his first time seeing the rune, and from the price quoted by the store owner, it could be said that it was even more expensive since the store wouldn''t offer the total sum of the item as the loan.


    ***


    Since the te was giving Derby enough leverage, he kept it as the only leverage. He was thinking of taking two supreme Sacred stones as the amount, as it wouldpletely change his life. He would never have to care about going for such dangerous tasks.


    But after the warning and punishment of not paying, he only took an amount of three hundred higher Sacred stones, the amount he needed to buy the beast.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


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 Chapter 1023 The Galdari And Sylvanor(1)

    Chapter 1023: The Galdari and Sylvanor(1)


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    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    An unfamiliar face weed Aakesh''s sight, and the new customer entered the store.


    Aakesh''s eyes contained a hint of surprise when he saw the creature since it was his first timeing across them, despite them being a top race.


    The being was a member of the Sylvanor race, which was present in all three dimensions. The Sylvanors were tall and slender, with long, graceful limbs. They had skin the color of dark brown and hair that shimmered in the sunlight. Their eyes were light brown, while in the area between their brows was the pattern of a tree with vibrant leaves.


    It was the first time Aakesh had seen them other than on the quest because Sylvanor was a closed race, and they didn''t like tomunicate with the outer world. The knowledge of the world toward the Sylvanor was even less than the knowledge of many unique solo creatures.


    The Sylvanor who entered the store was a man. The Sylvanor were peaceful and calm creatures, so they always had smiles on their faces. But the case with the customer was the opposite. His face looked terrible, and there were numerous injuries spread across his body.


    Since even a newborn Sylvanor was born with True God cultivation, the store didn''t have any medicine for the customer.


    Aakesh sensed that the man''s purpose behind entering the store was other than requesting treatment, so he waited for the man to approach him.


    "Can you please give me cover?" The man asked. His cultivation was peak Supreme God, but his voice contained no hint of looking down on Aakesh, and it was a request. From the way the man looked, it was sure that if Aakesh refused, the man would leave the store.


    Aakesh didn''t say anything in response but pointed at the rule board. The man looked confused, but when he saw the rule Aakesh was pointing at, a wave of relief passed through his body, and he crashed down to the ground.


    The system immediately acted and stopped him before his body could touch the floor, and might make the numerous injuries even more severe.


    Aakesh looked expressionlessly at the man since this was a store and not some sort of protection camp. Aakesh didn''t refuse the man since he could be a customer, but now that the man had fallen unconscious inside the store, he needed to save him.


    Before Aakesh could decide what to do next, he heard another round of footsteps approaching the store.


    ***


    Orek''s eyes were cold when he entered the store. But as he stepped inside, his face changed as if he had entered a new world with its own rules.


    Orek could feel himself to be in an extremely dangerous situation, and when he tried to find its source, he found every corner of the store was the source. His expression turned ugly when he saw his enemy, Elwynn, unconscious inside the store.


    Orek belonged to the Galdari race. Like Sylvarons, the Galdari was a top race, and they lived in ghettos, closed off from the world.


    Like every Galdari, Orek was three meters tall. He had thick arms, broad, muscr shoulders, and powerful legs. His hair was ck with gray streaks, and his skin was a light gray color. His eyes were a grayish-ck color.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be curious when he saw the Galdari. Both Sylvanor and Galdari were races that had peaceful and calm personalities. There isn''t any instance of them going to war ever.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be interested in what could force these two members of a peaceful race to battle it out.


    Orek also had injuries spread across his body, but he was clearly in better shape than Elwynn. Both of them had the same level of cultivation, so it clearly showed that Orek was the better fighter of the two.


    ***


    "Please don''t shelter him," Orek approached Aakesh and requested.


    The dangerous sensation from the store was the primary reason behind his request, and also his personality, which didn''t want to involve a third party in the controversy.


    Simr to the Sylvanor, Aakesh didn''t say anything but pointed at the rule board.


    Orek became disappointed when he saw the rule about the safety of the people inside the store.


    "Does that mean you won''t try to protect him once outside the store?" Orek asked after epting the fact that he couldn''t harm Elwynn inside the store unless he wanted to go against his personality, which was impossible.


    Aakesh nodded since what happened outside the store had nothing to do with him. He didn''t like to involve himself in situations that had nothing to do with him or the store, even if the other party was the store''s customer.


    "Aren''t you both peaceful creatures? Why would you battle?" Aakesh asked, as his interest in knowing what caused such changes in these two peaceful creatures won over his usual indifferent personality.


    Orek''s face turned grave when he looked at Aakesh again. A hint of cautiousness appeared on his face as he took two steps back.


    "Did greed cause you two to battle it out?" Aakesh became even more surprised by Galdari''s reaction. In addition to being peaceful, these two races were also known for their indifference toward other''s possessions.


    "If greed is the reason for you two to battle then the item should be able to help both of you. That guy is a forest dweller, while you are a mountain dweller, so there are only a few things that could cause greed in the two of you."


    "Even in those few things, many things wouldn''t make you forego your peaceful personalities and battle it out, so it could be only one thing, Heartwood Stone," Aakesh ignored Orek''s changing expressions and stated.


    In the end, Orek''s expression had turned ugly, as what Aakesh had guessed was the same thing that happened.


    Both Sylvanor and Galdari lived in different universes, but as fate would have it, Orek and Elwynn were at the same location, and both of them found the Heartwood Stone at the same time, forcing them to battle.

 Chapter 1024 The Galdari And Sylvanor(2)

    Chapter 1024: The Galdari and Sylvanor(2)


    "Where did you even find the Heartwood Stone?" Aakesh asked, not caring about Galdari''s expression.


    The Heartwood Stone was an extremely rare product that was one of the natural creations of the Multiverse. The stone had the ability to endow the forest or mountain with a powerful spirit that would elerate the growth of the Galdari or Sylvanor, depending on who owned it.


    There are only a few written sources of the presence of the Heartwood Stone, so even Aakesh was surprised by the luck of these two toe across such an item.


    Orek looked shocked and frightened by Aakesh''s knowledge. With just one reaction, heid out the entire situation that had yed out between him and Elwynn.


    Despite being such powerful races that had Sacred Creators at their helm, neither of the two races had a Heartwood Stone in the Sacred Dimension.


    Both of them found the stones at the same time, so neither of them could im ownership. If any of the others had found it first and taken it, then the situation would have never reached this stage. Even if it was Elwynn who took the stone, Orek would have epted the fact.


    But since both of them found it at the same time, fate couldn''t choose a winner between the two races. So now, it was their duty to select the winner.


    The battle location for the two is trillions of light years away from the store, but their battle was so destructive that itpletely broke the fabric of space and caused a space storm. The space storm then brought the two here, where they met the store owner.


    The Heartwood Stone was currently in two pieces, and both Orek and Elwynn had one part, so neither of them had the full stone.


    After hearing Aakesh''s question, Orek decided to leave the store and run away, as he didn''t want to let the stone fall into other people''s hands.


    Since Elwynn was lying unconscious in the store, Aakesh already had Elwynn''s half of the stone under his control.


    Aakesh didn''t expect Orek to try to run away from the store right after his question, but since the Heartwood Stone excited him, he wanted it.


    Since Aakesh was a store owner, he needed to be fair to both parties, himself and the seller. But first, if he wanted to do the deal, he needed to stop Orek from leaving.


    Since it was what Aakesh wanted, not the system, the system only acted after Aakesh requested.


    [Host, you can''t use force to make them part of the deal. The system wouldn''t help you!]


    At the same time, the system warned Aakesh. Aakesh nodded since he had never thought of forcing the sale.


    He only wanted the Heartwood stone, as it was extremely rare in the Multiverse. He wasn''t like the Galdari and Sylvanor in that he needed it to elerate his growth.


    "Why are you in such a hurry?" Aakesh said as Orek found himself out of control and returned to Aakesh, only stopping one meter away from him.


    Aakesh then requested the system to heal Elwynn. Since what Aakesh asked was within the bounds of the rules set for the store, the system acted, and a green light covered the unconscious Elwynn.


    ***


    "What do you guys think about trading the Heartwood Stone with me?" Aakesh asked. His face wasn''t indifferent, but there was a faint smile since he was making a deal.


    Both Elwynn and Orek looked at each other. They were cold to one another, but anyone could also see the helplessness in their eyes.


    Elwynn was grateful to Aakesh for healing him. He wouldn''t even think twice even if Aakesh wanted him to give up his life for the favor, but the Heartwood Stone was something more valuable than his life or even the leader of the Sylvanors.


    "I am not here to force the deal on you. Our trade will be fair, and the contract will be signed in the presence of the Cosmos Contract Beast," Aakesh stated since before beginning the trade, he wanted the other side to calm down. He had no intention of being unfair just because of a Heartwood Stone.


    "Both of you had half of the Heartwood Stone, so the deal will include both of you. Let''s begin," Aakesh added since he didn''t have all day to spend on it. He was only doing it because there was no new customer in sight.


    "You are a forest dweller, so I will trade with you items that will help you. If you want, we can also trade items that will help your entire race, like the stone.


    It''s up to you to choose which way you want to go."


    Given that he was the first of the two to enter the shop, Aakesh turned to face Elwynn and said.


    The Heartwood Stone was an auxiliary item that contributed most to the collective rather than the individual, so Aakesh gave both options to Elwynn. He then turned around and gave the same choice to Orek.


    Orek and Elwynn weren''t interested in being part of the trade, but since they had no choice, they decided to go ahead. The dangerous feeling that made Orek''s body out of his control was still fresh.


    "Items that will help Sylvanors!"


    "Items that will help Galdari!"


    Elwynn and Orek responded, choosing items that would help their race, rather than the items that would help them personally.


    Orek and Elwynn had no trust in Aakesh taking out some actually useful items, but when he took out the first item for the trade, Elwynn''s eyes widened in shock.


    He finally believed that when Aakesh said he wanted the trade to be fair, he was speaking the truth.


    If the value of the Heartwood Stone was one ultimate stone, that didn''t mean that half of the stone was worth five hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.


    The Heartwood stone in half was nothing more than a worthless stone, but since both the parts were currently avable, it increased the value of both sides.


    Time flew by, and the trade waspleted. Both Orek and Elwynn were extremely satisfied with their sides.


    After the trade, the enmity between the two also disappeared, and smiles spread across their faces.

 Chapter 1025 The Nightingale Crow!

    Chapter 1025: The Nightingale Crow!


    Orek and Elwynn were both satisfied with the trade. They both got an item that would help their race.


    After the trade wasplete, the duo didn''t leave the store immediately. Since the store owner''s sincerity in the transaction satisfied them, they decided to learn about the store''s products.


    "Store owner, what products does your store sell?" Elwynn asked after putting the traded item in his inner world.


    Orek, who had the same intention, also ced the item in his inner world and looked at Aakesh, waiting for him to introduce it.


    Aakesh didn''t let the duo wait and began the introduction, "The store currently sells five items..."


    In no time, Aakesh introduced the basic introduction of all five products.


    Orek and Elwynn looked surprised after Aakesh stopped speaking. They then put the doubts they had about the products. Aakesh patiently cleared every doubt the duo had about the store''s products.


    At the same time, Aakesh also informed them about theck of spots in Panagea and the waiting time if they wanted to enter.


    Sylvanor and Galdari weren''t creatures that liked thebat, so the option of training area was immediately out of their choice.


    Now, no other product was left in the store for them to check up on, so Elwynn decided to go to the beast''s room. While Orek had a change of heart after he found that the store only tended to lower-level cultivators, and he decided to go to the training area.


    ***


    [Name: Nightingale Crow


    Type: Beast


    Race: Crow


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Wind, Sound


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Sacrifice of the Nightingale


    Details: It''s a passive ability that allows the Nightingale Crow to heal others by giving up on its vitality


    Ability:


    Feather Storm - The Nightingale Crow can release a flurry of sharp feathers in all directions, dealing damage to all nearby enemies.


    Wind Shield - The Nightingale Crow can create a shield of wind around itself, reducing iing damage and deflecting projectiles.


    Healing Song - The Nightingale Crow can sing a soothing melody that restores health to allies in its range.


    Tailwind - The Nightingale Crow can create a strong tailwind, boosting the speed of nearby allies and allowing them to move faster.


    Sonic Scream - The Nightingale Crow can release a deafening sonic scream, dealing damage and stunning enemies.


    Wind''s Blessing - The Nightingale Crow can bless allies with the power of the wind, increasing their speed, agility, and evasion.


    Zephyr Summoning: The Nightingale Crow can summon a powerful wind elemental, known as Zephyr.


    Song of Melody: The Nightingale Crow emits a soothing melody that heals allies'' mental wounds and boosts their morale.


    Sonic Resonance: Amplifies the Nightingale Crow''s sonic abilities, causing them to resonate with the environment and create powerful shockwaves.


    Card Description: The Nightingale Crow is a majestic creature that can control the power of the wind and sound. Its powerful wind- and sound-based abilities make it a formidable opponent, and it can even summon a Wind Elemental to fight alongside it. With its graceful movements and powerful attacks, the Nightingale Crow is a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.


    Price: One ultimate Sacred stone and five hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Elwynn looked at the card in his hands with surprise. It was an ultimate quality peak Divine Lord Nightingale Crow.


    The Nightingale Crow is a top-level creature in the Sacred Dimension, known for its strength. If Elwynn were topare Sylvanors with the Nightingale Crows, it wouldn''t take Elwynn even a moment to choose the crows as the winners.


    On the card, half of it was an illustration of the creature. The creature was arge, sleek bird with iridescent ck feathers that shimmered in the sunlight. It could fly quickly and easily through the forest because its wings were long and pointed. Its eyes were a piercing golden color that glinted in the dark, giving it an eerie and mysterious appearance.


    ***


    Elwynn, who could be considered wealthy, had his face change when he saw the price of the creature. It was clear from the Nightingale Crow''s ultimate quality at Divine Lord cultivation that it would eventually be able to reach the Sacred Emperor level.


    But it wasn''t what made the creature so expensive. It was its characteristic "Sacrifice of the Nightingale."


    ***


    "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle," Elwynn requested Aakesh. He got the Nightingale Crow at only his third turn, so the summoning cost wasn''t that high, but since he had already found the suitable creature, there was no point in wasting time over summoning another beast.


    Aakesh took the card from Elwynn''s hands, and when he saw the beast on the card, even he became surprised. Getting an ultimate quality beast at the Divine Transformation level was countless times easier than getting one at the Divine Lord level. If Aakesh remembered, it was also the first Divine Lord beast with ultimate quality that went to the second phase.


    (A/N: Alfred also got Divine Lord Moonbeam Cow, but he wasn''t able to afford them to initiate the taming battle in the first ce.)


    ***


    Elwynn couldn''t help but want to crash on the ground as he returned to reality after the battle. If time existed in that ce, then the fight between the two went on for days. Even in the end, neither of the two parties was able to triumph over the other. Elwynn prevailed because the Nightingale Crow was the first to run out of energy.


    ***


    "You need to pay one ultimate and five hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones," Aakesh announced after the contract was established between the two.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but feel joyful in his heart since it was his biggestmission sale since he came to the Sacred Dimension. Aakesh had more than enough purer Sacred stones to cultivate without worrying for now, but he knew as his levels grew, his demands would also grow exaggeratedly.


    Aakesh made more than fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones from the deal, which wasn''t the total wealth of many of the races in the Sacred Dimension.


    Time flew by, and Orek''s hour inside the training area was over, so the system forced him out.


    He seemed surprised after the training since he learned many things today, but when he came out of the room, his eyes expanded in shock after finding Elwynn ying with a Nightingale Crow.

 Chapter 1026 The Rocky Mountain Bear!

    Chapter 1026: The Rocky Mountain Bear!


    Orek couldn''t help but freeze in shock when he saw Elwynn ying with a Nightingale Crow.


    The Nightingale Crow looked joyful as it yed with its new partner. Its voice was soothing to hear, so none of the nearby customersined.


    Elwynn had a wide smile stered over his face as he felt more and morefortable with the crow.


    Orek, who was looking down on the Beast Summoner Device earlier, due to his high cultivation, had a change of heart. The Nightingale Crow came from a top race that was at the top, despite there only being a few hundred of them.


    Orek also decided to enter the room and search for a beast. Since he already knew about the process, Orek didn''t disturb Aakesh, who was rxing, and he went to the room.


    When Orek entered the room, his eyes fell on the vast room with countless murals of different beasts painted on the walls. His face turned into a wow shape, as Galdaris were also very proficient in mural painting.


    The Galdaris used this technique to leave their legacies to their descendants, so when Orek saw the lifelike murals on the walls, he couldn''t help but stop andpliment the store.


    Orek forgot the flow of time when looking at the beast. He only returned to reality when his eyes fell on a weird creature he had never seen before. It sent chills down his spine, so it broke his immersion in the murals.


    Orek didn''t focus on the murals again, as if the beast woulde alive and attack him. He then turned his focus to the pir.


    ***


    [Name: Rocky Mountain Bear


    Type: Beast


    Race: Bear


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Earth


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Mountain Guardian


    Details: The bear can absorb and convert energy in the mountain into a protective barrier of crystalline material that surrounds it, making it impervious to most physical and magical attacks. It can also be used as a material to form powerful armor.


    Ability:


    Earthquake: The Rocky Mountain Bear can summon a powerful earthquake that can cause the ground to shake and rocks to fall, damaging any foes in its vicinity.


    Boulder Throw: The Rocky Mountain Bear can lift and hurlrge boulders at its enemies, dealing heavy damage.


    Rock Armor: The Rocky Mountain Bear can create ayer of hardened rock around its body, providing a strong defensive barrier against attacks.


    Stone Skin - The Rocky Mountain Bear can turn its hide to stone to be more resistant to damage.


    Mountain Roar: The Rocky Mountain Bear can let out a deafening roar that can stun and intimidate foes, making them easier to attack.


    Tremor Sense: The Rocky Mountain Bear can sense vibrations in the ground, allowing it to detect the presence of enemies or hidden traps.


    Avnche: The Rocky Mountain Bear can trigger an avnche, causing a mass of snow and ice toe crashing down on its enemies.


    Ground Pound: The Rocky Mountain Bear can m its massive paws into the ground, creating shockwaves that can knock enemies off their feet.


    Earth Elemental: The Rocky Mountain Bear can tap into the power of the earth element, granting it enhanced strength and durability.


    Card Description: The Rocky Mountain Bears are formidable foes, feared by all. With their powerful earth-based abilities, they can control the very mountains they call home. Their thick fur and tough hide make them difficult to damage, and their sharp ws and powerful jaws can easily tear apart any foe that crosses their path.


    Price: One ultimate Sacred stone and five hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Aakesh looked surprised when he saw the beast on Orek''s card. He couldn''t help but take a look at Elwynn, ying with the Nightingale Crow.


    The Rocky Mountain Bear was also the top beast group in the Sacred Dimension. The Rocky Mountain Bear was arge and imposing beast, standing over seven feet tall right from its birth and weighing up to a thousand tons. Its deep brown fur was thick and woolly, and its paws were massive, armed with sharp ws that could tear through the flesh and bones of strong creatures with ease, like cutting through butter.


    The strength difference between the Galdaris and the Rocky Mountain Bears was the same as the difference the Sylvanors had with the Nightingale Crows.


    ''What fate brings them together?'' Aakesh couldn''t help but wonder when he saw the price being exact as what the Nightingale Crow cost Elwynn.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want one Ultimate Store Card," Orek requested after learning the introduction of the store cards.


    He then took one ultimate stone out of his inner world and handed it to Aakesh. Aakehs took the item andpleted the process required.


    Not long after, a card appeared in his hands, and he handed it to Orek.


    Soon after, a gray card was visible in Orek''s hands after hepleted the binding process.


    Orek then transferred three ultimate Sacred stones: twenty percent of his wealth, to the card and then paid for the Rocky Mountain Bear using it.


    After Aakesh got the alert about the sessful payment, he informed Orek about the deal''spletion.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Orek thanked Aakesh and then went toward the waiting corner.


    Since the Divine Lord Rocky Mountain Bear was like a newborn, Orek summoned it. The next moment, a seven feet tall, massive creature appeared in the store.


    Time flew by, and soon the days passed in a sh.


    It was one hour before the sunset when a door suddenly emerged out of nowhere in mid-air, and soon Lily stepped out of it.


    Aakesh was tending to a customer at that moment, interrupting the conversation.


    Time flew by, and the sunset brought a wave of darkness around Thorr and nearby cities.


    Even though the night had begun, the city looked brighter than it did on a day as the lighting was spread across the city, not leaving even a corner in the dark.


    The city didn''t want to have a single dark spot when it weed the Nightless Day tomorrow, so it splurged extensively on illuminating even the forests.


    Since the shop would be hosting a beast summonerspetition tomorrow, Aakesh informed Lily that she would not enter Panagea today.

 Chapter 1027 Nightless Day!

    Chapter 1027: Nightless Day!


    The sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities. There was an electric and festive atmosphere all around the city.


    The city looked crowded today as Vurrons from all walks of life thronged into the city to celebrate their founding day.


    There was a store that would open its door when the sun would rise, but today there was neither a crowd waiting outside nor did the store open its door.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Even though it was only the beginning of the day, firecrackers had started to go off and make the atmosphere even more electric. Today was the Nightless Day, when Vurrons would celebrate, forgetting about their personal issues. Today was the day solely reserved to thank their primogenitors.


    The citizens of Thorr City were more joyful since the ceremony would take ce in Thorr City for the first time. Not everyone was aware of the reason for the location change, but those who were were grateful to the store.


    ***


    The ceremony for the day usually began around six hours after sunrise, but today the situation was different.


    People were rushing toward the pce of the Thorrino Family as the ceremony was only an hour away.


    "Why is the celebration happening this early?" Some were traveling toward the pce, but some were already there as they traveled during the night.


    "Eh! You don''t know that." A Thorron eximed after hearing the question from the man next to him as if it were public knowledge.


    The man who mumbled the question couldn''t help but frown when he saw the looking down face of the man next to him. But since he wanted to know the answer, he asked the man to share it.


    The man was from Seventeenth Street, so he knew about the event organized by that mysterious store owner, so he informed his neighbor about it. At the same time, he talked in a tone as if he was the brain behind the timing change.


    Other people around the two men also heard the response, so they flocked to him and asked the man about the store. Changing the timing of ceremonies that had been going on for years took more than an ordinary force to influence the ruling ss.


    The man''s face froze when people asked him about the store since he also knew nothing about it. He didn''t have enough courage to enter the store.


    But since his knowledge was certainly better than that of these newbies, he talked about the store owner''s massacre and the number of people entering the store.


    Time flew by, and an hour passed in the blink of an eye.


    The number of people who flocked around the pce exceeded several tens of millions, to say the least. It had be overcrowded, and people were grinding, but yet there was no hint of stopping them.


    The location of the ceremony was the garden of the Thorrino Family. It was several hundred miles, and one-third of that area was set aside for the ceremony, which is why there were so many people there.


    In that one-third of the area was an altar that was eleven miles wide and one hundred and eight miles tall. It was like a skyscraper in itself, but at the top, there was a me burning.


    The burning me was the belief of the Vurrons. They believed that as long as the me burned, the Vurrons would exist. If it were to go out, that would be the end of the Vurrons.


    Even though the ceremony was taking ce in Thorr City, the man conducting it was Asher.


    Whoosh!


    Suddenly, a man appeared high in the sky, looking down at everyone.


    The next moment, irrespective of cultivation or group, everyone in the crowd kneeled or tried to kneel in the space they could.


    The man was none other than Jamie, the King of the Fawkes Kingdom.


    Jamie looked at the burning me at the top of the altar. He frowned when he saw the me burning with an intensity like never before, but he soon masked it and descended to the tform made specially for him.


    Arge chair was ced in the center of the tform, with several smaller chairs arranged around it. Jamie stepped forward and sat on it. All of the smaller chairs were quickly filled with various Vurron leaders and themander of the garrison that would station itself in Thorr City as per the contract between the Vurrons and the Fawkes Kingdom.


    Asher soon appeared on the tform and greeted Jamie. After getting permission to start the ceremony, Asher thanked Jamie and then proceeded toward the altar.


    Asher then began to climb the altar. His climb was steady but slow as during the climb, he was nothing but an ordinary man. All his strength was locked by him.


    Even though Asher had be an ordinary cultivator, his ordinary physical strength was still nothing to scoff at, as in around an hour, he climbed the total distance and reached the top of the altar.


    Soon, he found himself in front of the actively burning me. Asher breathed a sigh of relief and smiled in joy when he saw the intensity of the me. It was clearly higher than in past ceremonies.


    Climbing the altar was only the first step. The second step was to feed the me with blood.


    The next moment, Asher cut his finger, and soon drops of blood continuously fell on the me, giving it a slight red hue.


    Usually, Asher''s injury would heal immediately, but this time, it didn''t, and blood continuously dropped on the me.


    Asher couldn''t stop until the me had its fill, so he persisted.


    Time flew by, and an hour had passed. Asher''s face had turned pale, as the me was still hungry and continuously feeding on his blood.


    The me had now turnedpletely red, while a bloody aura emanated from it. At the same time, its intensity was growing.


    Weakness began to hit Asher as he couldn''t use any blood-replenishing item during the ceremony.


    The thought that the me would feed on all of his blood appeared in his heart, chilling him, but soon he calmed down. He didn''t care even if he died from the loss of blood; the ceremony must go on.

 Chapter 1028 The Ceremony!

    Chapter 1028: The Ceremony!


    As Asher was getting weaker with time, Alfred looked tense. He didn''t want anything to happen to Asher, as he was the pir behind the Vurrons.


    There was a contract between Vurrons and the Fawkes Kingdom, but not with other races. The Kingdom couldn''t directly or indirectly harm them. But if the neighboring races attacked them, there were ways to see the destruction of Vurrons as well as maintain the contract.


    Jamie''s eyes flickered when he saw Asher''s condition. He also thought of the same thing Alfred had going on in his head. It would also help him test the extent of the store owner''s support for the Vurrons.


    Time flew by, and ten minutes passed in a sh.


    Thud!


    Asher crashed down as the me finally stopped feeding on his blood. At that moment, the me had grown to several meters in size, and its burning intensity had reached an extent where even the altar was melting.


    It looked as if the me would go out of control, but suddenly, a mysterious phenomenon happened, and the fire started to recede on its own. Its color started to change back to orange, and the bloody glow around it went away.


    Asher gathered whatever strength he could and prostrated himself in front of the me.


    His eyes contained reverence for his ancestors. At the same time, the people down the altar, including Alfred and other Vurron leaders, also kneeled in reverence to the me.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Asher then stood up, and firecrackers began to go off, glowing even in the day while the people in the crowd cheered as the ceremony came to its conclusion.


    ***


    "Thank you for gracing us with your presence, your majesty!" Asher thanked Jamie after eating blood-replenishing medicines.


    Jamie nodded and congratted Asher for going through another sessful ceremony.


    "You should stop feeding blood to the me," Jamie then suddenly said, surprising Asher and all the other Vurron leaders nearby.


    Neither of them liked Jamie telling them what to do with their ceremony, but this was a world that only cared about strength, so Asher respectfully asked Jamie, "Why do you say so, your majesty?"


    The garrisonmander frowned after hearing Asher.


    "When his majesty says something, do you need to know the answer," Gorand scoffed, clearly angry with Asher and the Vurrons.


    Jamie smiled and stopped Gorand from continuing further. He added, "Gorand, when will you learn that people''s traditions are more important to them than their lives? Since you will being here, I don''t want to hear anyints regarding this attitude of yours against the Vurron''s traditions."


    "Thank you for reprimanding me. I will keep that in mind, your majesty!" Gorand bowed and apologized. When he raised his head and looked at Asher and the Vurrons, his eyes were like snakes, as if he wanted to kill them immediately.


    "The fire is turning into a life of its own, and it nearly got out of control today. As your fortune grows, simrly, the hunger of the me will increase. The more blood it feeds on, the more powerful and evil the spirit of the me will be."


    "If in the next ceremony, you can''t be True God, then you will die due to loss of blood, while the spirit will grow out of control," Jamie stated.


    Asher and the other Vurron leaders had a change of expression when they heard Jamie. Asher, in particr. His face turned ugly since he also noticed that during the feeding.


    "Your Majesty, is there a way to stop the spirit from forming?" Asher bowed and asked.


    Alfred and others were shocked to see the reaction from Asher, as they thought that Jamie was exaggerating. But from the way Asher acted, it became certain that whatever Jamie said was correct.


    "Be a True God and tame the spirit!" Jamie replied.


    Even though he didn''t like the Vurrons after they disyed rebellion through the contract, Jamie was still being honest with them. He wanted friendly rtions with the Vurrons until he was sure that the store owner wouldn''t attack them if he targeted the Vurrons.


    "Thank you-"


    Asher was going to thank Jamie, but he suddenly stopped and looked into the sky. Jamie''s face changed as well, and he also turned around.


    The next moment, a man appeared, floating in the air. His eyes contained the vicissitudes and cruelties of life.


    "Father!" Jamie was taken aback when he realized the man floating in the air was none other than his father, the previous king of the Fawkes Kingdom.


    Only True Gods and above level cultivators could fly in the sky without any external help.


    Jerome looked down at his son on the tform. His eyes contained a hint of anger as he descended down.


    The next moment, a wave of pressure attacked Jamie, throwing him backward. The condition of others on the stage was even more terrible, as they were forced to kneel while their veins were on the verge of exploding.


    "How dare you hide this from me?" Jerome roared in anger as he stared at his son.


    Jamie''s expression was ugly, as it didn''t take him long to guess why his father was here and how he found out about it.


    "Father-"


    "Shut up!" Jamie wanted to speak, but Jerome cut his sentence midway.


    Jerome then looked at the kneeling Asher. He extended his hands, grabbed him by the head, and picked him up.


    "So, you want to secede from the Fawkes Kingdom?"


    "Do you even know how much your ancestor pleaded with me to retain these five cities?" Jerome growled.


    The Fawkes Kingdom was his child, and he couldn''t let it be divided by anyone. His anger knew no bounds when he found out about the contract, and he came rushing here.


    Jamie''s face changed when he saw his father''s expression.


    ''Let him do it, and when the store owner acts, I will be free of his control,'' The thought rang in Jamie''s head, but he soon stopped letting his mind go wild.


    If anything happened to Jerome, it wouldn''t take a day for the neighboring Kingdom to attack the Fawkes Kingdom and change the ruler.


    Jamie gritted his teeth and called out to Jerome while fighting the pressure from him at the same time.


    Jamie sprinted to his father''s side, yelling, "You can''t harm him."

 Chapter 1029 Beginning!

    Chapter 1029: Beginning!


    "You can''t harm him!" Jamie cried out and charged toward his father.


    Jerome, who was about to break Asher''s neck, stopped and looked in surprise at his son.


    The pause was enough for Jamie to reach Jerome, so he appeared before him. Jamie then told his father about the store and why there was a contract.


    "A mere store gave you so much fright that you agreed to give up part of your territory," Jerome growled.


    Nheless, his grip on Asher''s neck had loosened, providing him with some relief.


    A weak smile appeared on Jamie''s face, and he told about the few customers of the store. Jerome''s expression turned ugly when he found out that the store had customers from races mightier than his.


    ***


    Aakesh had postponed the event till the end of the ceremony, as Asher and Alfred had requested.


    Around an hour after the event was over, Aakesh woke up from his meditation. He smiled when he saw Lily meditating next to him.


    Aakesh rubbed her head, waking her up. She opened her eyes and became disappointed when she didn''t see a screen showing her improvement.


    Aakesh only smiled after seeing such antics from her and stood up. The next moment, the door to his room appeared, floating in mid-air, and soon after, the stairs connecting it to the floor also emerged.


    After a while, Aakesh and Lily returned to the store, looking the same as ever. He then looked at the store and waved his hands.


    The next moment, the system did its magic, and in no time, the entire hall became empty, null of any item. At the same time, the open rooms also had locked doors.


    There was a tform several feet higher than the store''s floor at the end of the hall. On top of it, there were two chairs, one for Aakesh and the other for Lily.


    Next, Aakesh turned his sight toward the door while Lily went to her chair.


    He opened the door of the store since it was time for thepetition to begin. As he looked outside, he found a crowd already waiting there.


    Aakesh found Asher and Alfred in the crowd, but Asher''s condition didn''t look good, as if he were extremely tired. Besides the duo, there were two new faces that weren''t Vurrons. When one of the two looked at him, he had enmity deeply hidden in his eyes.


    Aakesh didn''t care about them and turned around, emptying the door to wee the customers.


    The next moment, the crowd of people entered the store like a raging tide, and in no time, the store became overcrowded, while many people in the street became disappointed since they couldn''t enter the store.


    The number of people was a thousand, as Aakesh had put out the number. Outside the store, the number of people was more than what was inside the store. Aakesh even found many of the beast''s owners outside, trying to enter.


    Aakesh then looked at the crowd inside the store and found the number of non-beast owners higher than he wanted. Still, he had received more than the quest required.


    But this way, many of the customers who specifically bought beasts would be left alone, so Aakesh decided to make a deal with the system.


    "Hey, system, what''s the cost of temporary space expansion?" Aakesh asked.


    [Host, nomission for one year will double the space for a day.]


    [Nomission for two years will expand the space by five times for a day.]


    [Nomission for three years will expand the space by fifteen times.]


    .


    .


    .


    [Host, nomission for ten years will expand the space by a thousand times.]


    As the years grew, simrly, so did the expansion rate. Aakesh and the system both knew that as time passed, the store would be more popr and hence attract more customers, earning him moremission. It was the reason why a year''s worth of reducedmission only doubled the avable space, but ten years'' worth of reducedmission multiplied that number by a whopping thousand.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately answer but began to think about what to choose. He couldn''t pick more as it would affect his cultivation, and at the same time, he couldn''t choose less because it would affect the number of attendees and participants.


    "Hey, system, take my five yearsmission and expand the space by a hundred times," Aakesh requested the system.


    Aakesh believed he had enough purer Sacred stones until he reached the Divine Lord. Even though Aakesh''s talent in cultivation was second to none, his cultivation was a long process. Some less talented people would surpass him in cultivation speed.


    Aakesh believed he would be able to enter the Divine Lord or would be at peak Divine Being, so he wouldn''t have to worry about his cultivation resources till that time.


    [Host, the store''s space is expanding by hundred times!]


    The next moment, a white light covered the entire store''s hall. The people already present in the hall had shocked expressions as they saw the gap between the people increasing.


    It took no longer than a second to expand the space by 100 times. The people looked in shock and awe at the blue-skinned man on the tform.


    The people outside the store who had given up on entering heard a call telling them to enter the store. The closest person followed that call and entered.


    The others who were about to leave stopped after seeing the situation, and soon, they tried to enter one by one as well. Soon, the street turned empty as everyone was inside.


    In no time, the people inside the store crossed the mark of five thousand and stopped a few people short of crossing the halfway mark of six thousand.


    It wasn''t even six percent of the empty space, so the store looked empty. But since people were still entering, the number was increasing.


    Aakesh decided to announce thepetition and its rules after reaching a certain number of people since this change had cost him an enormous amount of money.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in a sh.


    When the number of customers crossed the mark of twenty-five thousand, Aakesh decided to begin. All the beast owners had entered the shop, except for a few.

 Chapter 1030 The Rules Of The Game!

    Chapter 1030: The Rules of the Game!


    Aakesh suddenly waved his hands, and a plethora of chairs appeared in the store. They seemed chaotic as people were standing randomly in the store.


    As everyone began to sit down, the chairs arranged themselves into rows. Soon after, all more than 25,000 people were sitting in neat rows.


    Each row contained a hundred chairs, so there were more than two hundred and fifty rows, while the rest was empty space.


    People inside the store had sensed the beginning, so they became silent and looked at the blue-skinned man on the tform. Their eyes were attentive, not wishing to miss a single word.


    Jerome, who was in the first row, the courtesy of entering and sitting one of the earliest, had an ugly expression. Jerome believed in conquering, so unlike Jamie, he didn''t care what improvements the store would bring to the Fawkes Kingdom.


    Jerome was only obsessed with winning, but now that he was inside the store, he lost all hope of winning against the store and the store owner. The casual expansion of the store''s space was something that he could never seem to match, let alone the strong people he saw in the crowd.


    Jerome knew he came from a backward area, so he didn''t know about higher cultivation levels, but he could still sense who was more powerful than him. In the crowd, Jerome saw at least ten people who made him give up any hope of survival.


    Aakesh didn''t care about the thoughts going through the minds of the people seated below the tform. He stood up from his chair, bringing a wave of silence.


    "Wee to the firstpetition. Today, we will see the battles between the beasts while their owners will support them," Aakesha announced to the public.


    People were about to p, but Aakesh didn''t stop and continued, "The beasts sold by the storee in three levels, Divine Transformation, Divine Being, and Divine Lord."


    "We can''t have apetition between a Divine Transformation and a Divine Being or a Divine Lord, as that will be absurd."


    "Since there are three cultivation levels of the beast, there will be threepetitions, each referring to a different cultivation level."


    "The entry fee for all three will be the same, so those who have ten ordinary Sacred stones and have bought beasts from the store and want to participate, raise your hands," Aakesh announced and then waited.


    The people understood the information, and soon hands were raised from different rows.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and all the people who had raised their hands disappeared from their chairs and appeared on the tform not long after.


    On the tform, three rows of people appeared. The first one referred to the owners of the Divine Transformation level beasts, while thest one was for the Divine Lord level beasts.


    Aakesh counted the number of participants to be 129, of which 63 were in the Divine Transformation row; the Divine Lord row had 42 participants, while the second row, referring to the Divine Being cultivation level, had the lowest number of participants, 24.


    "Even at the same cultivation level, not all beasts have equal sub-levels. Some are early, while some are intermediate, so to make thepetition equal, the cultivation level of the beasts will be set at the early sub-level of their cultivation level.


    But since there are also beasts that might have been bought at an early Divine Transformation level, and now they are at an intermediate orte Divine Transformation level, and they have learned a new skill due to their growth, all the skills the beasts have will be with them in the battle.


    Only the effect of the skill will match their cultivation level," Aakesh announced the rules.


    Aakesh wanted fairpetition, so he tried to set the rules as equally as possible. As for the quality of the beast, Aakesh didn''t want to interfere with that. The people who had higher quality beasts and more skills also paid more to buy them. So, the rules made by the store helped the weaker beasts.


    More than the beasts, thispetition challenged the beast owners more, as they would be the supporters behind the scenes. The support wasn''t in the battle but in telling the beast how to fight and what skills to use at what time.


    When the participants digested the rules, some were excited while others were depressed, but since the rules didn''t treat the strong badly, they epted them.


    "Even though the entry price for all three cultivation levels is the same, the rewards can''t be simr," Aakesh began speaking again.


    The battle of the Divine Lord beasts was tougher since the number of skills both parties had grew. Even the lowest-quality beast at that level would have three skills. So, Aakesh decided to set the rewards differently for the three cultivation levels.


    "The winner of the Divine Lord beast battles will receive a free summon, a hatching coupon up to True God, and three Panagea hours."


    "The runner-up will receive a hatching coupon up to Divine Lord and three Panagea hours."


    "The third-ranked participant will receive three Panagea hours."


    "The winner of the Divine Being beast battles will receive a free summon, a hatching coupon up to Divine Lord, and three Panagea hours."


    "The runner-up will receive three Panagea hours."


    "The third-ranked participant will receive two Panagea hours."


    "The winner of the Divine Transformation beast battles will receive a free summon and three Panagea hours."


    "The runner-up will receive two Panagea hours."


    "The third-ranked participant will receive one Panagea hour."


    Aakesh announced the rewards for all three rounds of battles. He decided to reward the top three since it was the first event. He wanted to do it as he did in the Primal Dimension.


    The winner of each of the three levels received a free summon, which didn''t sound like a lot, but the store customers knew how valuable it was. The summoning cost grew ten times with every summon, and the reward clearly didn''t make only the first summon free.


    Those who were wealthy and could go after fifteen rounds of summoning could save ultimate Sacred stones if they used the opportunity wisely.

 Chapter 1031 First Battle!

    Chapter 1031: First Battle!


    Aakesh announced the rewards for all three rounds ofpetitions. He then waved his hands, and soon after, the space around the tform began to crack open, forming a portal.


    "Enter!" Aakesh ordered the group of participants to the ground.


    The participants nodded and entered the portal one by one. The next moment, every one of them found themselves in an arena, sitting on a chair.


    There were three rows of chairs in the arena, the closest to the ground being for Divine Transformation, while the top row rted to Divine Lord beast owners.


    Inside the store, a screen, appeared for every ten customers, so that no one would miss any action.


    The next moment, the screen lightened up, and the scene of the arena appeared in front of them.


    ***


    The Divine Transformation beasts would be the first to participate in thepetition.


    There were sixty-three participants in the Divine Transformation group, so the system created a table of them and randomly matched them with other participants. Since only 31 battle opponents could be formed, one received a bye, passing to the next round because of their luck.


    The next moment, a projection appeared in the arena, providing a random number starting at 1 and ending at 63 to the participants. The number appeared above the participant''s head, floating virtually.


    The next moment, the battle opponents appeared on the screen, starting with the first battle and ending with the sole participant who would pass to the next round without a fight.


    The first battle was between numbers 37 and 53, while the participant who passed the round due to their luck was number 23.


    The number 23 participant seated in the arena was sha. The next moment, a silver light covered her, signifying that she had passed the first round.


    sha smiled and thanked the store owner in her mind.


    It was now time for the first battle between numbers 37 and 53. The next moment, a white light covered these participants, and they appeared on the ground.


    The participants took out the beast cards they owned and soon summoned them.


    The next moment, two new beasts appeared in the arena. Many in the crowd saw them for the first time.


    Thepetition was one way to promote the beasts as well, so the next moment, on the screen, the details of the beast appeared for the crowd in the store to see.


    [Name: Gray Harrow


    Type: Beast


    Race: Treant


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Shadow


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Hunter''s Instinct


    Details: The Gray Harrow has an innate sense of its prey''s weaknesses, allowing it to strike with deadly uracy.


    Ability:


    Ghostly Howl- The Gray Harrow''s howl can summon ghostly creatures to fight alongside it, making it a formidable opponent even againstrger groups.


    Shadowstep - The Gray Harrow can move from one shadow to another, instantly appearing behind its target and catching them off guard.


    Invisibility - The Gray Harrow can blend into its surroundings, bing invisible to the naked eye.


    Roar of Terror - The Gray Harrow can unleash a bone-chilling roar that strikes fear into the hearts of its enemies, causing them to flee.


    Card Description: The Gray Harrow is a powerful and deadly creature, associated with the forces of nature. Its attribute of shadow makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to opponents. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Gray Harrow.


    Price: Seven thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    On the screen was the Gray Harrow. Its body wasposed entirely of a gnarled and twisted mass of gray-brown wood, with bark that seemed to ripple and writhe like a living thing. Its limbs were thick and sturdy, with massive roots that extended deep into the ground to anchor it in ce right after it appeared on the battlefield.


    Many in the crowd gasped upon seeing the details of the Gray Harrow. Since they didn''t know anything about the difference in quality, the most shocking factor for them was the price of the beast.


    Five seconds after the Gray Harrow''s detail, the screen showed details of the second beast in the battle.


    It was an ordinary quality, Dreaded Bat, with two skills in its arsenal. The people still gasped in shock as it still cost more than what they could afford.


    Ding!


    A bell rang in the participant''s ears, announcing the start of the battle.


    Matthew owned the Gray Harrow, while David owned the Dreaded Bat. David''s expression was ugly as it got feedback from its beast that the opponent is very strong.


    Since giving up was never an option, David gritted his teeth and ordered his beast right after the bell rang.


    "Charge!" Themand was spiritual, so the other party won''t listen to it.


    "Use the Roar of Terror!" Matthewmanded.


    Roar!


    The Gray Harrow followed the order and roared, stopping the Dreaded Bat''s charge midway. The beast wasn''t restricted from making a move unless their owner ordered them. So before Matthew could give his second order, the Gray Harrow activated the Shadow Step, and the next moment, it emerged directly behind the Dreaded Bat from its shadow.


    The Dreaded Bat felt a chill crawling down its spine, so it immediately turned around and screamed. The voice was eerie, like the voice of a wraith.


    The Graty Harrow''s branch stopped for a moment, but the next moment, its sharp branch continued ahead and pierced through the bat''s eyes, soon crushing its brain.


    The Gray Harrow has the characteristic, Hunter''s instincts, so its strikes were deadly. David''s face turned pale when he saw the corpse of the Dreaded Bat. Aakesh had already informed the participants that the beast wouldn''t die, or David would have gone crazy from the scene in front of him.


    The next moment, the Dreaded Bat in the arena exploded into light particles, and soon the particles gathered to form the card, which flew into David''s hands.


    Matthew looked surprised at the scene in front of him, and soon he smiled wryly, as he wouldn''t be able tomand the Gray Harrow to end the battle this swiftly.


    ***


    The crowd in the store had shocked expressions as they saw the battle. It ended soon after it began, but it showed the capability of the beasts bought from the store.


    ***


    [Name: Dreadful Chimera


    Type: Beast


    Race: Chimera


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Fire, Poison


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Combination


    Details: The Dreadful Chimera has the ability tobine its skills to create devastating attacks.


    Ability:


    Fire Breath: The Dreadful Chimera unleashes a torrent of mes from its lion head, scorching everything in its path.


    Poison Tail: The serpent tail of the Dreadful Chimera is coated in a deadly poison that can incapacitate even the toughest of foes.


    Poison Mist: The Dreadful Chimera exhales a cloud of poisonous mist that can incapacitate an entire group of enemies.


    Firestorm: The Dreadful Chimera unleashes a fiery storm, raining down mes on its enemies.


    zing Inferno: The Dreadful Chimera unleashes a powerful st of mes from all three of its heads, incinerating everything in its path.


    Card Description: The Dreadful Chimera is a powerful and deadly creature. Its elements of fire and poison make it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponents. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Dreadful Chimera.


    Price: Three supreme Sacred stones.]


    It was the sixth battle in the first round, and as usual, the detail of the beasts appeared on the screen for the crowd to see. On the screen was a terrifying and monstrous creature with the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle, and the tail of a serpent. Its head is that of a lion, and it has one other, smaller head, that of a serpent. Its body was covered in dark, scaly skin that seemed to shimmer in the light. The creature stood on four powerful legs, each tipped with razor-sharp ws, on the battlefield.


    Many in the crowd shuddered as they saw the beast. Fortunately for them, the beast wasn''t in front of them, or many would have run from the area.


    Despite getting used to seeing higher prices, the people in the crowd couldn''t help but suck a cold breath when they saw the cost of the Dreadful Chimera. It was in the supreme Sacred stones, a title they had never heard of, so the shock was even greater.


    The opponent of the Dreadful Chimera was no less formidable, as it was the Shadow Hunter, belonging to Fidel. When its details appeared on the screen, many in the crowd couldn''t close their mouths for several seconds.


    Both creatures were top predator species, but the Shadow Hunter was the stronger party, as a single roar from it was enough to force the Dreadful Chimera to kneel.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


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 Chapter 1032 Competition(1)

    Chapter 1032: Competition(1)


    The Shadow Hunter stared at the Dreadful Chimera with menacing eyes.


    Fidel didn''t even have tomand, and the Shadow Hunter made its first move.


    Roar!


    As soon as the bell rang, a roar rang through the area. The Dreadful Chimera''s menacing re turned into a frightened expression as its legs began trembling.


    The next moment, the Shadow Hunter disappeared from its spot and appeared right above the Dreadful Chimera.


    The chimera gathered its courage and got ready to defend itself against the attack, but it suddenly disappeared and appeared right next to it. The hunter''s speed was too quick for the chimera to catch.


    The hunter struck the creature, creating a bloody injury. The chimera growled in pain as it opened its mouth and activated the skill "Fire Breath."


    The hunter seemed uncaring of the uing attack as it used its quick speed andnded another attack.


    The chimera ignored the pain and stabilized the skill, which had grown out of control due to the attack.


    Whoosh!


    The chimera released the skill, and the hunter dodged it skillfully. It thennded another strike.


    The chimera began growing crazier, but at that time, its owner''s voice rang in its head, cooling it down.


    "Use poison mist!"


    The chimera followed the order, and the next moment, its body pores opened, releasing a purple mist around the area.


    In no time, the entire arena was covered in mist. An invisible energy wall seemed to be there, blocking any mist particles from reaching the seated participants.


    Fidel sensed the sudden change in the chimera''s mindset, so he also decided to give somemands to the hunter.


    "Let me fight!"


    The Shadow Hunters were a race of fighters, so when it sensed its owner''s intentions, it made a request.


    Fidel epted the request and stood by, watching the battle. He had two reasons for epting. First, it was a hassle to order the hunter, and the second was that the Shadow Hunter hadn''t used any abilities till now. It hadn''t even used the characteristics that allowed it to be hidden from opponents of the same level unless it wanted to reveal itself.


    Time flew by, and the battle went on. It was the first battle that went on for more than one minute, entertaining the people in the arena.


    The Shadow Hunter still hadn''t used any abilities, but it seemed to be bored now. It expected more from the Dreadful Chimera, so its actions were extremely cruel.


    The next moment, the hunter disappeared into the shadows and appeared next to the chimera. The chimera had expected it, so it released the zing Inferno.


    The hunter seemed uncaring of the uing attack, and it raised its hand. It activated the skill Shadow Strike and struck the creature, ripping it into several pieces, while a dark shield appeared around the hunter, stopping the raging inferno around it.


    The Dreadful Chimera exploded into light particles, and soon the particles gathered to form the card. The Shadow Hunter returned to its owner, and soon it also turned into a card and flew into Fidel''s hands.


    The next moment, a white light covered Fidel, and he soon appeared in the seating area with a silver light covering him. A red light engulfed the losing beast owner, and soon the man found himself on the tform.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and then the man disappeared from the tform and appeared on his chair, where he had been seated before participating.


    The next moment, therge projection above the battlefield had a change, as new numbers appeared on them.


    It was the seventh battle, and it was going to be between numbers 46 and 61.


    The next moment, a white light covered the participants, referring to those numbers, and soon, they appeared on the battlefield.


    The opponents then activated their cards, and in no time, two imposing beasts appeared on the battlefield.


    Roar! Roar!


    They roared at each other while their eyes contained nothing but cruelty toward one another since they were here for the battle.


    Inside the store, the screen showed the beast''s details of participant number 46 since his number was earlier.


    [Name: Ethereal Elephant


    Type: Beast


    Race: Elephant


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Spirit


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Astral Projection


    Details: The Ethereal Elephant can project a spectral image of itself to another location, allowing it to scout ahead or distract its enemies. (The range depends on its cultivation)


    Ability:


    Spirit st: The Ethereal Elephant can release a st of spirit energy from its trunk, dealing heavy damage to its opponents.


    Ethereal Form: The Ethereal Elephant can turn itself and its rider incorporeal, allowing them to phase through solid objects and move at incredible speeds.


    Aura of Calm: The Ethereal Elephant emits an aura of calm that can soothe the emotions of those around it, making them more peaceful and cooperative.


    Trample: The Ethereal Elephant can charge at high speeds toward its opponents, using its massive size to crush them underfoot.


    Vanish: The Ethereal Elephant can vanish from sight and sound, bing invisible and silent to those around it.


    Spirit Shield: The Ethereal Elephant can create a shield of spirit energy around itself and its rider, protecting them from physical and magical attacks.


    Spectral Trunk: The Ethereal Elephant can extend its trunk to incredible lengths, allowing it to grab and manipte objects from a distance.


    Card Description: The Ethereal Elephant is a powerful and deadly creature. Its attribute of spirit makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponents. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Ethereal Elephant.


    Price: Nine Thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    On the screen was a majestic and awe-inspiring creature. It appeared as a shimmering, translucent figure. Its body was massive and muscr, reaching a body size of ten meters. Its skin appeared to be made of a soft, iridescent mist, with swirling patterns of light that rippled across its form. Its eyes glowed with a bright, piercing silver light, and its long trunk was both strong and nimble, able to grasp and manipte objects with ease.


    The people who hadn''t even gotten over thest battle received another shock from the scene in front of them.

 Chapter 1033 Competition(2)

    Chapter 1033: Competition(2)


    After the details of the Ethereal Elephant disappeared from the screen, the details of another gigantic beast appeared on the screen.


    It was also an ultimate quality creature like the elephant, making the store''s customers get excited about the next battle.


    Since it was the first ultimate versus ultimate battle, even other participants were excited. They couldn''t see the details of the beast like the crowd inside the store, but they could feel the difference.


    The feeling they got from the Shadow Hunter was the same as what they were getting from their two current opponents on the battlefield.


    Fidel, who was shrouded in silver light, looked at one of the opponents with quite an intensity. He prayed for that opponent to win, as it was none other than his wife, Ridley.


    Riddley had be like an uncrossable moat for him, so he wanted the Shadow Hunter to avenge him and beat the Shadow King Wyrm.


    Riddley''s eyes were majestic as she saw the Ethereal Elephant. Her eyes then fell on the owner of the creature and found him to be only a Supreme God.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the seventh round.


    The Shadow King Wyrm immediately took flight and looked down on the Ethereal Elephant. The wyrm''s eyes had a hint of ridicule, as it liked to make fun of its opponents.


    The elephant raised its trunk and trumpeted, clearly provoked by the attitude of the wyrm. The next moment, it raised its front feet and hit the ground, shaking the entire battlefield. Even the sky shook at the anger of the elephant.


    The wyrm shook slightly, but it controlled its flight, and the ridicule in its eyes got even bigger.


    Snort!


    The wyrm thought of chiding its opponent further when he heard a familiar snort. Its face changed, and soon its eyes returned to normal, bing serious for the battle.


    "Use Shadow Domination!"


    Amand rang in the wyrm''s head. Riddley decided to end the battle quickly, as it wasn''t in her advantage to let the battle go on for long.


    ROAR!


    The Shadow King Wyrm roared in majesty, and its eyes turnedpletely dark. At that moment, the wyrm seemed to be a God on the battlefield, as even the air around it began to flow in reverse, aiding its movement.


    The elephant''s eyes turned nk, but it regained itsposure quickly. The Ethereal Elephant was also a ruler race of the beast group, so how could it let itself do the bidding of others?


    "Use Spirit st!"


    The elephant followed themand of its owner, and soon, an ethereal energy ball began to gather at the center of the tip of its tusks.


    The energy ball seemed to be the same as its skin, made of iridescent mist.


    "Use Shadow Shift¡­"


    Riddley gave the next set of instructions to the wyrm, and the wyrm followed them.


    It suddenly disappeared into its shadows, and the next moment, the elephant''s shadows turned into the wyrm''s shadows.


    The elephant sensed the sudden change, and it released the st at its shadow.


    The wyrm''s shadow suddenly disappeared from the ground, and it appeared in front of the elephant, which was impossible given the way the sun was, but the creature didn''t have the title of Shadow King for no reason.


    The next moment, several ck energy lines began to emerge from the shadow and then began to tie themselves around the elephant.


    "Use Trample!"


    The elephant struggled and made a charge, hitting the shadow underneath it. The shadow seemed toe alive as it attempted to dodge, but being in such close proximity to the elephant came with its disadvantages.


    Roar!


    The next moment, a roar rang out in the area as the number of ck lines suddenly grew severalfold. The shadow beneath the elephant grew dim.


    The elephant tried to struggle to free itself from the binding, but the sheer number of lines made its attempts futile.


    Suddenly, the shadow disappeared as the Shadow King Wyrm appeared right above the elephant.


    It then opened its mouth, and a dark energy ball began to gather at the tip.


    The energy ball suddenly exploded, releasing a beam of high destructive capability.


    "Use Ethereal Form!"


    The elephant immediately activated the skill; the next moment, the ck lines binding it began to pass through it, while the beam had the same result.


    But the beam was clearly not an ordinary shadow attack, as it harmed the elephant even in its ethereal form.


    Roar!


    The elephant roared in pain, as when it deactivated the skill, there was a see-through hole, leaking blood.


    The elephant''s eyes turned red from pain and anger.


    "Use Aura of Calm!"


    At that moment, the voice of its owner rang in its head, taking it back from the brink of sanity. The elephant activated the skill, and soon its mind returned to calm.


    Riddley frowned upon seeing her tactic fail. Since neither party knew anything about the skills of the other party, the battle wasn''t going to be easy.


    "Use Shadow Summoning, and then use Shadow Nova to end the battle at the right time!"


    Riddley''s voice rang in the wyrm''s head. Its eyes were also solemn since the battle had gone on for longer than it wanted. It clearly couldn''t defeat its opponent in the same time as the Shadow Hunter did, even though it wasn''t seriously fighting.


    As for the level of the opponent, such things didn''t matter to it. As long as its strength was stronger, it should win.


    Following themands from its owner, it activated the skill, "Shadow Summoning." The next moment, its energy storage began to dim as a portal emerged above its head.


    The next moment, a creature, whose appearance couldn''t be seen clearly stepped out of the portal. It was a flying creature, so it activated a long-range attacking skill, using its flight to benefit itself.


    "Use Spectral Trunk!" The elephant''s owner''s eyes turned solemn, and hemanded.


    The next moment, the trunk of the elephant turned ghostly, and it began to extend. Soon it shed with theing skill, destroying it, and then it hit the creature in the sky.


    Boom!


    The dark creature crashed to the ground, and it was an instant kill.


    Boom!


    Another sound of explosion rang in the area as a wave of Dark Energy swept the battlefield, including the elephant.

 Chapter 1034 Competition(3)

    Chapter 1034: Competition(3)


    BOOM!


    A loud explosion rang in the area as a wave of dark energy surged across the battle arena. Before the Ethereal Elephant could think of defending, it got swept. It tried to activate the skill, Ethereal Form, and dodge as much as possible, but all its efforts turned futile.


    The next moment, the Ethereal Elephant exploded into light particles, and soon it turned into a card. It then flew into its owner''s hands. The man looked disappointed.


    The Ethereal Elephant had a characteristic, while the Shadow King Wyrm didn''t, but unfortunately for the man, the characteristic of the elephant was useless in this situation.


    The crowd inside the store cheered after the battle was over since it was an equal battle, and till thest attack, no one knew the winner.


    When Riddley showed up in her seat with a silver light surrounding her, Fidel, who was also seated in the arena, grinned in relief. He wanted to defeat her using his own hands, and the Shadow Hunter also wanted the same thing since it had seen the mocking attitude of the Shadow King Wyrm whenever they were with their owners.


    Since there were sixty-two participants in the first round, with sha already passing due to not having an opponent, the round continued.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed since thepetition began.


    Only thest battle was left, as the known numbers appeared on the screen.


    The next moment, a white light covered Fred, and soon, he found himself in the arena. He first looked at his opponent. His face turned serious since the opponent was a Sacred King. He must also have a quality beast.


    Fred then summoned his beast, the Ice Queen. The next moment, a storm of snow erupted in the arena, and chill pervaded every corner as the Ice Queen stepped on the stage.


    The chill was nothing for the two beast owners, as they were both high-level cultivators.


    Daniel, Fred''s opponent, also took out his card and summoned the beast.


    The next moment, a storm erupted in the area as a gigantic creature stepped onto the stage.


    Inside the store, the details of Daniel''s beast appeared on the screen for the crowd to see.


    [Name: Golden Behemoth


    Type: Beast


    Race: Behemoth


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Earth, Metal


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Invulnerability


    Details: The Golden Behemoth can turn its fur into solid gold, making it invulnerable to all physical and magical attacks for a short time. (The time depends on its cultivation)


    Ability:


    Earth Tremor - The Golden Behemoth creates a tremor in the ground, causing its opponents to lose their footing.


    Golden Aura - The Golden Behemoth surrounds itself with a golden aura that heals any injuries it may have sustained.


    Tectonic Shift - The Golden Behemoth shifts the earth beneath its opponents, causing them to lose their bnce.


    Behemoth Rampage - The Golden Behemoth goes into a frenzy, smashing and stomping everything in its path.


    Golden Shower - The Golden Behemoth unleashes a shower of golden particles that can blind and disorient its opponents.


    Behemoth Charge - The Golden Behemoth charges forward with incredible speed, smashing through anything in its path.


    Furious Stomp - The Golden Behemoth channels its immense strength into a single devastating attack, causing a destructive shockwave.


    Card Description: The Golden Behemoth is a powerful and deadly creature. Its attributes of earth and golden metal make it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponents. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Golden Behemoth.


    Price: Ten thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    On the screen, the Golden Behemoth was a massive creature with shimmering golden scales that seemed to reflect the sun''s rays. Its body was heavily muscled, and it stood at fifty meters. Its eyes were a piercing gray color, and its massive jaws were lined with razor-sharp teeth. Its presence alone sent chills down the spines of the crowd inside the store.


    With their teeth chattering, the crowd inside the shop peered at the screen at the terrifying sight.


    The size and appearance difference between the two opponents was like heaven and earth. If the Ice Queen was like a maiden, then the Golden Behemonth was like a Demon King.


    ***


    Fred looked solemnly at his opponent beast. He then looked at the Ice Queen, and when he saw the confidence in them, he calmed down.


    Ding!


    Soon, the bell rang and announced the start of thest battle of the first round.


    The Ice Queen was like an Emperor as it stared at its opponent. The Golden Behemoth was also a race of rulers, so it charged at the Ice Queen, with both hands forming a fist.


    The behemoth''s movement suddenly became lethargic as a chill crept under its bones. When the fist reached the Ice Queen, it hadpletely stopped.


    Roar!


    The behemoth suddenly roared in anger as it didn''t like this situation. The next moment, a golden glow surrounded its fist.


    The golden glow battled with the chill, giving a moment of relief to the behemoth. The Ice Queen looked the same as ever as she raised her hands and brought a shield made of ice around her.


    Boom!


    The ice shield was like a simple block of wood, as the punch effortlessly destroyed it.


    The behemoth gloated upon seeing the shield break so smoothly, but the next moment, it froze as the chill emanating from the shield fought against the golden glow, making it tremble.


    The Ice Queen then suddenly activated her characteristic, Regal. The next moment, an area of a hundred meters around the Ice Queen turned into an icy world.


    The Ice Queen had cold eyes as she activated the skill Frozen Heart. The next moment, the behemoth''s eyes turned nk, and its fighting intent dissipated entirely.


    Daniel frowned upon seeing the Golden Behemoth like this, so he made his firstmand.


    "Activate the characteristic, Invulnerability, and back down of the range!"


    The nk eyes saw a light as a roar rang in the area. The next moment, a golden glow entirely surrounded the behemoth, making the chill invalid.


    The behemoth then rushed out of range, as the invulnerability status was only there for five seconds.

 Chapter 1035 Competition(4)

    Chapter 1035: Competition(4)


    The Ice Queen looked surprised when it saw its skill being nullified in the presence of the golden glow. It then noticed that the golden aura was thinning, so it chased.


    But Regal wasn''t an unlimited trait, so the Ice Queen had no choice but to turn it off when the behemoth put enough distance between them.


    The battle was only beginning, so the Golden Behemoth roared when it was at the end of the battle arena. It looked at Daniel with disappointment, as it didn''t expect him to tell it to escape.


    Daniel smiled wryly upon seeing the eyes of the Golden Behemoth. But since it was a battle and anything could happen, he ignored it and gave anothermand.


    The Golden Behemoth also understood the importance of the battle, so it stopped sulking and did asmanded.


    The next moment, hints of gold appeared in the sky. Fred looked at the sky with solemn eyes, and he also made his firstmand.


    The Ice Queen didn''t refuse themand and activated the skill, Winter''s Embrace. The next moment, the temperature dropped to zero, turning it chilly. The defenses of the Ice Queen grew to a new height, and it activated the skill Ice Shield.


    The next moment, a thick wall made of ice appeared around the Ice Queen.


    The hint of gold in the sky became clear. It was a meteor made of gold. If it appeared in the mortal world, it would change their fate, but the gold had no value here, and there were several meteors with diameters of ten and more than ten meters in the sky.


    Boom!


    The first meteor crashed on the ground, creating a loud explosion. The Ice Shield around the Ice Queen remained undamaged, and then the second meteor crashed a few meters away from thest location, creating another pit.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    The meteors crashed after one another, destroying the battle arena, but the ice shield around the Ice Queen saw no damage. It didn''t let any meteor directly hit it, and the shockwave created from the crash wasn''t enough to damage the shield. Inside the shield, the temperature had reached a dangerous level. If the Golden Behemoth were to be present, it would have frozen not only its body but also its soul.


    The crowd inside the store couldn''t understand what was going on as the Golden Behemoth stood silently without doing anything while the Ice Queen was defending against the meteor shower.


    ***


    The Ice Queen suddenly sensed danger, and it looked at the behemoth, only to see a smile in its eyes.


    Before the Ice Queen could decode what was going on, thest meteor hit. It was thergest and also extremely close to the queen, but it dodged in time, or so it thought.


    When the Ice Queen thought it had traveled enough distance, it found thend beneath it moving with her.


    Boom!


    The next moment, the meteor hit right above her, cracking the ice shield. The Ice Queen immediately reinforced the shield, but the meteor was too strong for it to bear even then.


    Roar!


    At that moment, the Golden Behemoth roared and jumped into the arena, causing tremors all across the battle arena.


    The tremor further intensified the damage to the shield.


    "Forget defense! Use offense to match offense!"


    Fred ordered as he grew calm. He wouldn''t let the Ice Queen lose its first battle.


    The Ice Queen epted themand and activated the skill, Ice Wave.


    The already low temperature around her further reinforced the skill as a wave of ice emerged and began to fight back against the meteor, slowly freezing it.


    Roar!


    The Golden Behemoth roared again and punched the ground, increasing the intensity of the tremors.


    The ice shield around the Ice Queen disintegrated entirely, and the tremors hit the queen, shaking its footing.


    ***


    "Who do you think will win?" Lily asked Aakesh as they were also watching the battle.


    Aakesh didn''t reply but only smiled. Lily scoffed after seeing such a reaction from Aakesh.


    Her eyes then fell on the crowd, intently watching the battle.


    "Should I make bets with them?" Lily asked Aakesh since she was getting bored with only watching battles.


    "No-"


    Aakesh was about to refuse, "Only in the final of all three groups," but then changed his mind and responded. There was no issue with betting as it wouldn''t harm the store.


    ***


    In the battle arena, the battle between the Ice Queen and the Golden Behemoth had been going on for several minutes now. Both sides look exhausted, as every attack was a killing strike from each of them.


    "Use Furious Stomp!"


    "Use cial Nova!"


    Daniel and Fred gavemands to their beasts, respectively, since the battle couldn''t go on any longer, or one of the two would lose by sheer exhaustion, and neither party wanted that.


    A golden aura materialized around the behemoth and began to flow like smoke; it then all came to the creature''s legs. While the scene around the Ice Queen looked different. The temperature around her instantly dropped to absolute zero, and then the elements of ice began toe together, forming a wave of ice.


    The battle arena shook as the behemoth stomped, creating a destructive shockwave. The ground cracked open as if the end of the world hade.


    The wave of ice also sted and struck the behemoth.


    BOOM!


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area as the st first turned the behemoth into an ice sculpture, and then it exploded.


    The Ice Queen''s condition was no better as the rubble of stones attacked her, crushing her lower body.


    Fred felt a pang in his heart as he saw the scene. He wanted to rush and heal the Ice Queen, but there was an invisible wall blocking him.


    Daniel had a disappointed smile, but soon it turned into a smile as this battle taught him many things about the Golden Behemoth.


    The next moment, the ice particles, not visible to the naked eye, turned into light particles and gathered to form the card, which flew into Daniel''s hands.


    The Ice Queen won the victory as it was still alive and not dead. The next moment, it also turned into a card and flew into Fred''s hands.

 Chapter 1036 A Rare Mutant!

    Chapter 1036: A Rare Mutant!


    The next moment, a white light covered Fred, and soon after, he found himself back in the seating area with thirty-one other participants shrouded in a silver light.


    The next moment, the number floating above everyone''s head disappeared, and soon, a new set of numbers starting from 1 and ending at 32 appeared.


    Because the second round had an even number of participants, there would be no shas in this round.


    The next second, the projection above the arena of battle came back with a new random set of matches. The first battle in the second round was going to be between numbers 7 and 23.


    The next moment, white light covered the two participants, and soon they found themselves in the battle arena.


    The two opponents summoned their beasts, and not long after, the bell rang, announcing the start of the first battle in the second round.


    Time flew by, and around thirty minutes had gone by since the second round began.


    On the projection above the battle arena, appeared the numbers 3 and 19. The next moment, a white light covered the participants, referring to these numbers, and they appeared on the ground.


    sha took a deep breath, as it was going to be her first battle in thepetition. Her opponent was someone who had handsomely won his victory in thest round, so sha knew the battle wasn''t going to be easy for her.


    sha then summoned the beast, and the next moment, her card exploded into light particles, forming the beast.


    Inside the store, the screen showed the details of the majestic beast on the screen.


    [Name: White Vermillion Bird


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Fire


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Ressurection


    Details: The White Vermillion Bird has the ability to self-revive once per battle. When it is defeated, it will burst into mes and be reborn from the ashes, fully healed and with a 50% boost to its attack power.


    Ability:


    Firestorm - The White Vermillion Bird summons a raging firestorm that engulfs all enemies within a certain range, dealing massive damage.


    Phoenix''s Cry - The bird lets out a piercing cry that restores the health of all allies within range and boosts their attack power for a short time.


    me Burst - The bird unleashes a burst of mes from its wings, damaging all enemies in front of it and stunning them.


    zing Talons - The bird charges forward with its talons aze, dealing massive damage to the enemy and setting them on fire.


    Phoenix''s Grace - The White Vermillion Bird''s feathers glow with white light, restoring its health and granting itself temporary invincibility.


    Card Description: The White Vermillion Bird is a powerful and deadly creature. Its attribute of fire makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponents and providing support to its teammates. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the White Vermillion Bird.


    Price: Ten supreme Sacred stones.]


    The crowd widened its eyes in shock when they saw the details on the screen. After looking at fifty-plus beast cards and beasts in each category, they understood the basic price gap between the qualities of the beasts.


    It was the first time for the crowd to see a supreme quality beast costing ten supreme Sacred stones, since before that the highest beast out of the five and six they saw was around eighty thousand higher Sacred stones. But since their knowledge about the beast sold by the store was nothing, they didn''t think much about it and focused on the screen.


    On the screen stood a majestic creature. The White Vermilion Bird was arge bird with fiery red and white plumage. Its feathers were a brilliant white on its underbelly and wings, with a bright crimson red on its back, head, and tail. The feathers on its wings were long and sleek, and when it spread them out, they looked like a brilliant me.


    The White Vermillion Bird was only of supreme quality despite having the bloodline of a phoenix due to a failed mix. It was a mutant race when a female White Tiger and a male Vermillion Bird mated.


    The White Tiger was in itself a Primordial race, while the Vermillion Bird was a direct descendant of the Phoenix race.


    Hygars were also a failed race, but since they traced their bloodline to the Primordial Garuda and the Primordial Hydra, they were still able to qualify as an ultimate quality beast. But the White Vermillion Bird was the result of the interspecies mating of two Sacred Creators.


    The father''s blood dominated the bloodline of the son, making it a fire element user, but even then, it failed to learn all the skills. The two skills on the card were the only ones it could learn from its bloodline, making it a weaker member of the race. The trait wasn''t particrly unique because it was, to some extent, shared by all creatures with a somewhat pure lineage to Phoenix.


    (Only in terms of beasts descending from the Phoenix''s bloodline.)


    But since, due to these skills, it was still very strong at its cultivation rate, sha chose it, despite paying a fortune for ten supreme Sacred stones.


    ***


    After appearing in the arena, the bird pecked its owners'' cheeks gently. It then looked at its opponent and released a piercing cry.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, and the battle began.


    "Make me proud!" sha gave a simplemand to the bird, as it was the bird''s first battle, and she wanted it to do things on its own here.


    Cry!


    The White Vermillion Bird cried and charged. Its wings were straight like a ruler as it tore the wind apart.


    The next moment, me engulfed the bird''s wings as it reached its opponent in no time.


    Around a minuteter, the battle came to an end, with the White Vermillion Bird being the winner.


    The battle was handsomely won by it as it dominated its opponent, not giving it any chance to fight back. If not for the opponent''s strong defense, the bird would have won in half time to what it took now.


    sha had a wide smile spread across her face when the beast returned to the card and flew into her hands.

 Chapter 1037 The Top Four!

    Chapter 1037: The Top Four!


    A white light covered sha, and soon she found herself in the seating arena with a golden light shrouding her.


    It was only one of the battles, so it continued, and soon, the thirty-second battle of the second round ended.


    A white light covered William, and soon he found herself in the seating area.


    After the second round was over, only sixteen participants were left, fighting for the top three in the Divine Transformation stage.


    The number atop each participant''s head disappeared, and soon, numbers starting from 1 to 16 appeared, randomly given to the participants.


    The golden light shrouding them also disappeared since no one was a winner in this round until now.


    Therge projection above the battle arena changed as the set of matches appeared on it, starting with the battle between numbers 5 and 16.


    The next moment, a white light covered participants numbers 5 and 16. They then found themselves in the arena.


    Since this was the third round and each beast had already faced two battles, except for the White Vermillion Bird, the participant had already begun to make strategies for how to fight against what beast.


    The two opponents for the first round were miraculously the weakest of the sixteen. Whether it was intentional, no one knew.


    It was time for Gordon and Daralo to fight back. They summoned their beasts, and the next moment, the beasts on two sides appeared.


    [Name: Frost Serpent


    Type: Beast


    Race: Serpent


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Ice


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Ability:


    Frozen Bite: The Frost Serpent sinks its teeth into its target, freezing them in ce and causing damage over time.


    Ice Breath: The Frost Serpent exhales a st of freezing air, creating a spherical-shaped area of effect that damages and slows enemies caught in its path.


    cial Armor: The Frost Serpent encases itself in ayer of ice, increasing its defense and reflecting a part of the damage at the attacker.


    Card Description: The Frost Serpent is a powerful and deadly creature. Its attribute of ice makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponents. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Frost Serpent.


    Price: Seven hundred higher Sacred stones.]


    The details of the beats continued to appear on the screen for the crowd to see since new attendees were entering the store continuously. At that moment, there were more than forty thousand people in the crowd, while when it began, the number was around twenty-five thousand.


    Around five secondster, the details of the next beast appeared on the screen.


    [Name: Ember Wolf


    Type: Beast


    Race: Wolf


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Ember


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Ability:


    me Breath: The Ember Wolf can breathe out a stream of scorching mes that can incinerate almost anything in its path.


    Ember Shield: The Ember Wolf can generate a protective shield made entirely of embers, which can stop iing attacks.


    ze Run: The Ember Wolf can run at incredible speeds while leaving a trail of mes behind it, burning everything in its path.


    Card Description: The Ember Wolf is a powerful and deadly creature. Its attribute of fire makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponents. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Ember Wolf.


    Price: Seven hundred fifty higher Sacred stones.]


    The element of ember was thebination of wood and fire, but the Ember Wolf was unable to take advantage of these two powerful elements, so it was only a weak beast.


    Howl! Hiss!


    Chhiss!


    The temperature around the Ember Wolf was high, while on the side of the Frost Serpent, it was the opposite. So when the air came in contact with each other, it made a sound and formed vapors.


    Ding!


    The bell rang and announced the start of the first battle in the third round.


    The Ember Wolf activated the ze Run and pounced at the serpent. The Frost Serpent also took the initiative and pounced toward its opponent after activating Frozen Bite.


    The serpent''s teeth were glowing silver, and even the air around it was freezing.


    Between the Frost Serpent and the Ember Wolf, the wolf was quicker by several levels, so it easily dodged the attack and struck the serpent with a me Breath.


    Chhiss!


    An explosion of vapor urred as the fire came into contact with the cold blue skin of the serpent.


    Time flew by, and the battle went on.


    The Frost Serpent had two attacking skills, but the Ember Wolf''s quick movement frustrated it. The battle between the two finally came to an end as the Ember Wolf bit the serpent''s head and activated me Breath.


    Even though the Ember Wolf was the originator of the attack, its internal organs also melted in that heat. The case of the serpent was even worse, as its head melted, killing it.


    Daralo didn''t look happy with his victory as the victory came at arge cost. If somehow the Frost Serpent had survived this attack, it would have won.


    Time flew by, and all sixteen battles of the third round passed one by one without any stoppage.


    It was now time for the fourth round, and only eight people were left at this stage of thepetition for the Divine Transformation Beasts.


    Time flew by, and the fourth round also came to an end with Elle gaining victory over sha.


    sha was disappointed with her loss, but when she saw the winners of this round, she knew she had no chance of continuing further even if she passed the stage.


    The top four for the Divine Transformation stage were finally here, and they were William, Elle, Fidel, and Riddley.


    Fred had a good opponent in Ice Queen, but unfortunately, he fought William in the fourth round. The Ice Queen was strong, but she was still behind the Suleon when it came tobat capability and the brilliant support of William.


    The projection above the arena changed as the battle for the fifth round appeared.


    Fidel vs. Riddley was the first battle, and William vs. Elle was the second battle.

 Chapter 1038 Disappointment!

    Chapter 1038: Disappointment!


    The projection above the area changed as the battles for the fifth round were announced.


    The first battle was between numbers 1 and 4, and they were Fred and Riddley.


    The next moment, a white light covered Fidel and Riddley, and not long after, they appeared in the arena.


    Fidel grinned when he saw his opponent, as he had been waiting for this. Riddley''s face was expressionless when she saw her husband''s grin.


    The next moment, they summoned their respective beasts. Soon after, the Shadow Hunter and the Shadow Wyrm King appeared by their owners'' sides.


    The Shadow Hunter grinned when it saw its opponent. The Shadow King Wyrm was about to roar at its opponent like usual, but its voice got stuck when it saw the opponent.


    Inside the store, the details of the two beasts appeared on the screen one after another.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle for the final.


    The Shadow Hunter suddenly disappeared from its spot while the Shadow King Wyrm fluttered its wings and took flight.


    In no time, it was hundreds of meters above the ground. There was a drop of sweat on the area above its left eye as it had sensed extreme danger at the moment of flight.


    Tsk!


    The Shadow Hunter clicked its teeth, frustrated with itself for missing the attack by an inch.


    The Shadow Hunter could also fly due to the skill Shadow Flight, but it was no match for the Shadow King Wyrm when it came to fighting mid-air as its superiority in aerial battle was proven.


    It was also the reason behind the Shadow King Wyrm, increasing the gap between it and the ground by a mile in no time.


    It then opened its mouth and released the skill Shadow Breath, learned by it in thest battle in the fourth round.


    The next moment, a beam of destructive shadow energy came racing toward the Shadow Hunter, trying to destroy it. The hunter raised its ws like hands and swiped at the beam.


    The next moment, even the energy beam got cut into three lines like a hot knife passing through the butter.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Three rounds of explosions rang out in the area as parts of the beam exploded. The Shadow Hunter was too quick to get entangled with the shockwaves, so its movement was calm.


    The Shadow Hunter then suddenly opened its mouth and roared, terrifying the hearts of the people in the crowd. Even the air seemed to feel the pressure as it turned heavy, trying to knock down the Shadow King Wyrm.


    The Shadow Hunter learned this skill during thest month of training with Fidel, and it was called the Roar of Domination.


    The Shadow King Wyrm was aware of the skill since they usually trained at the same spot, and their owners didn''t hide these things from each other. Only when it came to battle or topics rted to it were the husband and wifepetitive, but at other times, it was a cringe sight for the beasts and Fred to see.


    The Shadow King Wyrm had tried to bully the Shadow Hunter, using the superior strength of its master, so the rtionship between the two wasn''t thatpatible.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes had passed since the battle began.


    The grin on Fidel''s face disappeared, and a frustrated expression took its ce as the Shadow Hunter had yet to win over its opponent.


    When the Shadow Hunter saw the same amount of disappointment in Fidel''s eyes as it felt when Fidel was getting beaten by Riddley, its veins popped out.


    ''I am dominating my opponent; you lost the battle in only a few strikes,'' The hunter screamed out in its heart, but since there was no time to concentrate on other things, it stopped thinking about it.


    It also found its efforts not worth its strength, as it had given itself only three minutes to defeat the Shadow King Wyrm. But here more than three minutes had already passed, and the battle''s end was nowhere in sight.


    Riddley smiled upon seeing Fidel standing there in frustration. Before the battle, Fidel had bragged to her about how the Shadow Hunter had a characteristic while the Shadow King Wyrm didn''t.


    "Let''s end this! We won''t get to hear the end of it if this battle proceeds further," Fidel said to the Shadow Hunter.


    The Shadow Hunter nodded, since only by handsomely defeating the Shadow King Wyrm could it tame down its arrogance.


    The next moment, it disappeared from the Shadow King Wyrm''s view after activati9ng its characteristics. It then activated the skill Shadow Eye.


    The next moment, the weakness of the Shadow King Wyrm appeared in its sight. It then activated the skill, Shadow Flight.


    The Shadow King Wyrm felt a palpitation in its heart, so it fluttered its wings one more time, and directly five hundred meters.


    The palpitations still didn''t disappear, so they continued flying. Only after reaching a distance of thirty-five miles from the ground did that danger disappear.


    The Shadow King Wyrm was about to look down with a hint of ridicule in its eyes when the sense of danger returned.


    Its flight continued, and it crossed a distance of fifty meters from the ground. The Shadow King Wyrm finally struggled. Even though it was a powerful beast, its cultivation wasn''t enough to stay under this pressure for long.


    (A/N: I know, the higher the aptitude, the less the pressure due to a decrease in air mass, but the environment in thepetition is the opposite to stop flying beasts from reaching an extremely high distance and providing an undue advantage.)


    The condition of the Shadow Hunter was even more terrible, as its physique wasn''t equal to that of the Shadow King Wyrm when it came to handling the air pressure.


    Since it was the only way to defeat the opponent''s turtle attitude, the Shadow Hunter was willing to bear the pain.


    The next moment, it activated the Shadow Curse. The wyrm suddenly felt a new force in its body trying to weaken it.


    Time flew by, and the wyrm finally lost the battle as its wing''s strength failed to maintain this height in the air.


    Boom!


    The wyrm crashed to the ground, with the Shadow Hunter following behind.

 Chapter 1039 Battle For The Top!

    Chapter 1039: Battle for the Top!


    Falling from that height caused severe damage to both parties. But since one was voluntary and the second was forced to fall, the Shadow King Wyrm was clearly the one with the most injuries.


    One of its wings seemed to be broken, as the wyrm couldn''t even move it without roaring in pain.


    Riddley looked at Fidel in surprise since when he became so daring to win. The Shadow Hunter strugglingly stood up and struck the wyrm.


    Its ws were engulfed in dark light, and it shed. The wyrm instinctively defended itself, but it was like a paper.


    Time flew by, and around thirty secondster, the battle finally came to an end.


    The Shadow Hunter stood dumbfounded as the wyrm exploded into light particles. The hunter had thought that a defeat from him would tame the wyrm''s arrogance to some extent. But it found that it was kidding itself when it had the thought.


    At thest moment, the wyrm''s eyes were filled with pride and also had a hint of mockery toward the hunter.


    The hunter then looked at its owner and saw the same expression in his eyes while looking toward Riddley. And Riddley looked at her husband the same way it did toward its opponent.


    The Shadow Hunter couldn''t help but mull over how great it would have been if she were his owner rather than Fidel.


    The Shadow King Wyrm was a copy of Fidel, while his character matched Riddley''s. It was as if fate was ying games with them.


    The next moment, the light particles gathered together to form the card, which flew into Riddley''s hands.


    Not long after, a white light covered her. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and with it, Riddley also left the arena.


    She found herself back in the seating area, but there was a red light surrounding her. Since there were three rewards, she had another battle left with whoever would lose in the next fight.


    ***


    On the projection above the arena, the numbers for the next battle appeared.


    The following moment, William and Elle appeared in the arena to fight for the second spot in the finals.


    William summoned the beast, and the next moment, the Suleon emerged in the arena. At the same time, Elle''s beast also appeared.


    Inside the store, the details of the two beasts appeared on the screen one after another.


    [Name: Sky Serpent


    Type: Beast


    Race: Snake


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Poison


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    ¡­


    Price: Six thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    [Name: Suleon


    Type: Beast


    Race: Suleon


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Golden Fire, Light, & Physique


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    ¡­


    Price: Ny thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Those who were new in the crowd gasped in shock when they read the details and the cost of the beasts. They couldn''t even believe that something could cost this much.


    ***


    Ding!


    The bell rang in the arena, announcing the start of the battle.


    Roar!


    The Suleon roared at its opponent and charged at it. It was apetitive beast and loved tobat, so it didn''t show any mercy to its opponent despite Elle being friends with it.


    The Sky Serpent knew firsthand the frighteningbat power of the Suleon, so it didn''t dare to face the attack directly. At that moment, Elle''smands also came.


    The next moment, a shade spread across the arena as purple clouds appeared in the sky. It then took the sky and swam in the purple cloud since it was its yground.


    Elle knew how dangerous the Suleon was in the presence of the sun, so she first decided to cut off direct contact between the sun and the ground.


    The Suleon released a human-like scoff at its opponent''s tactics.


    Roar!


    It released a roar, shaking every Divine Transformation cultivator in the store other than Aakesh and Lily.


    Hiss!


    The Sky Serpent cried out in pain since it wasn''t a simple roar. At that moment, its consciousness was burning.


    Elle frowned andmanded another set of instructions to her beast.


    The rate at which the cloud released poisonous mist increased unprecedentedly, and at the same time, it started raining.


    Every drop of rain was no less than a dangerous acid, as wherever the raindrop fell, it melted the ground.


    Even for the Suleon, dodging countless drops of rain wasn''t possible, so it tried to fight the attack head-on.


    It opened its mouth, and the next moment, a radiant energy bomb started to form at the tip. In no time, it had grown to the same size as the Suleon''s head.


    The Suleon then released its control, and the bomb flew toward its opponent, tearing through the air.


    The Sky Serpent, trying to douse the fire in its consciousness, hurriedly moved away.


    BOOM!


    The Suleon had no intention to attack the serpent in the first ce. The explosion and its shockwave cleared the poisonous cloud. As the sunlight fell on the Suleon, every pore in its body cheered while the raindrops began to disintegrate when it was near its skin.


    The Suleon''s already bright yellow eyes glowed even further as the heat around the area began to grow at a crazy rate. Even the phenomenon of the air boiling appeared.


    Hiss!


    The Sky Serpent cried out in pain as the golden fire burning its consciousness seemed to grow in intensity after the sudden change in the Suleon.


    The Suleon then added some force to its feet and took a jump, directly appearing above the Sky Serpent. Its hands were like the hands of God as they shed.


    Cry!


    The Sky Serpent cried out in pain, as even without the ability to manipte golden fire, the Suleon was still a powerful beast due to its extremely strong Sr Physique.


    The Suleon then opened its mouth and released a radiant beam. It pieced through the Sky Serpent''s head in no time, incinerating its brain.


    The next moment, the Sky Serpent exploded into light particles, and not long after, it flew into Elle''s hands.


    Elle seemed disappointed with theplete dominance of the Suleon in the battle, but since this battle showed many weaknesses of the Sky Serpent, it wasn''t aplete loss.


    Elle smiled and wished the best of luck to William as he returned to the seating area with a dark-golden light covering him.

 Chapter 1040 Betting!

    Chapter 1040: Betting!


    William appeared in the seating area with a dark-golden light engulfing him.


    Elle was still standing in the battle arena, and the next moment, a white light covered Riddley.


    Soon after, Riddley appeared in the arena. It was now time for the battle for the third rank for the Divine Transformation beasts.


    The two opponents summoned their beasts.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. The Sky Serpent made the first move as it decided to go full offensive right away.


    The Sky Serpent and the Shadow King Wyrm were both strong beasts. The Sky Serpent had the characteristic of Immunity, but unfortunately, it was useless in the present scene.


    The battle between the two went on for several hours, and it finally ended with a victor.


    The Shadow King Wyrmy on the ground, gasping for breath and trying to forget the wave of pain attacking it while the Sky Serpent exploded into light particles.


    Elle was disappointed with the loss, but her opponent was better, so she epted the defeat and decided to train the Sky Serpent in more efficient ways.


    The next moment, a red light covered Elle, and soon after, he found herself back on the tform.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and soon after, she returned to her seat. While in the arena, Riddley returned to the seating area with a silver light surrounding her.


    The winners of the contests had another advantage in that they would see the battles of the higher-level beasts firsthand, not on the screen.


    The projection above the arena suddenly changed, and soon after, the faces of Fidel and William appeared on it.


    What was surprising was that beneath the faces of the participants, there was a strange number written. Beneath William''s face, there was 1.19 written, while beneath Fidel was 3.73.


    The other participants didn''t have to think for long as the information about the unknown numbers appeared in their minds.


    Fidel''s eyes popped out in shock when he found the difference between the two numbers. These were the betting chances of the participants winning the battle.


    From the way the numbers looked, it was clear that William was favored over him to win the battle, and it was by arge margin. It was as if it were a battle between a giant and a minnow.


    ***


    Since it was Lily''s suggestion, Aakesh decided to give her a chance to exin it. After all, Lily was his pet. She needed to do things like this.


    Lily jumped down from her chair. Her size was already equal to Aakesh''s, so she looked at the crowd and told the people about the numbers on the screen.


    "You have three minutes; ce your bets," Lily announced, and then she returned to her chair.


    "Are you betting?" Lily asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh smiled and refused since he had no interest in betting. Even if he won, he would be the payee, so what did it matter?


    Lily scoffed and then ced her bets. Lily had umted arge amount of wealth in Panagea, so she didn''t need to ask Aakesh for money to ce bets.


    She bet one hundred ordinary Sacred stones on William. The crowd also got busy, and they began to prepare their bets.


    A piece of paper appeared in everyone''s hands. They needed to write down on the paper who they were betting on and how much. Betting on both participants was allowed, so many in the store tried to be conservative and bet on both parties in a way that no matter who lost, they wouldn''t be at a loss.


    ***


    Almost every beast owner had store cards, so the participants also made their bets while seated in the area.


    Time flew by, and finally, a white light covered William and Fidel. The next moment, they appeared in the battle arena.


    William didn''t make any bets since he didn''t like them. Fidel, on the other hand, made arge bet on William. Even if Fidel lost the contest, he would still make great money from the deal.


    Fidel was a long-lived cultivator, so he had also heard about the Suleon''s existence in the past. He had read about its terrible strength.


    The next moment, the opponents summoned their beasts, and soon after, the Shadow Hunter and the Suleon appeared on their owners'' sides.


    Growl! Roar!


    The Shadow Hunter growled to intimidate its opponent while the Suleon roared toward the hunter.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the finals for the Divine Transformation beast''s round.


    Roar!


    The Suleon roared and charged, activating the skill Sr Charge. Its strength got a boost of 50 percent as it shed at the Shadow Hunter.


    The Shadow Hunter used its quick agility and dodged the attack, but the Suleon was also quick on its feet, so it attacked again.


    The Shadow Hunter roared and disappeared from the arena, activating Stealth.


    The Suleon stayed calm, and the next moment, its eyes started glowing even brighter. The Suleon seemed to lose control of its shadow, and its silhouette appeared.


    The Suleon activated the Sr ze, and the next moment, a st of golden fire flew toward the hunter.


    The Shadow Hunter knew the terrible attribute of the golden fire, so it used Shadow Step and appeared in a different ce.


    Roar!


    The Shadow Hunter suddenly roared and its eyes turned darker than the night. The next moment, the space around it cracked open, and soon several creatures made of darkness stepped out.


    Sr energy usually cut the Dark energy, but not this time, as the dark creatures looked real unlike other rounds of battles of other shadow creatures.


    The Shadow Hunter''s eyes were bleeding, and after the number of dark creature stepping out reached ten, it finally stopped.


    It then activated, Stealth, and disappeared from the Suleon''s view. Fidel looked at the Suleon, waiting for its next attack.


    The Shadow Hunter had used its essence in thest attack to enhance the portal and the abilities of the beasts, and that was the only reason, there were ten dark creatures with clear silhouettes.


    The Shadow Hunter needed to heal, so it left the battle to the dark creatures. All ten creatures were early Divine Transformations like it and the Suleon, so it wouldn''t be forced to leave midway.

 Chapter 1041 Winner!

    Chapter 1041: Winner!


    The Suleon ignored the disappearance of the Shadow Hunter and focused on the ten strange-looking dark creatures surrounding it.


    It didn''t back down but charged forward, activating Sr Charge and increasing its attack by 50%.


    The Suleon shed at the nearest opponent, cutting it in two. It roared, unleashing the Golden Roar. The dark creatures stopped for a moment, but then they howled in pain. Instead of defeating their momentum, it seemed to give them fuel. The creatures howled, giving up on their survival and attacking the Suleon with everything they had.


    The Suleon didn''t let that one moment of opportunity go to waste and activated Sr ze. The next moment, a st of golden fire engulfed the arena, burning everything in its path.


    Cry! Cry! Cry!


    The dark creatures cried out in pain even louder as the fire burned them. The next moment, something strange happened as these dark creatures began to melt.


    In no time, an eerie, ck pool appeared wherever the dark creatures were, and then, all nine pools began to gather, forming arge pool.


    The Suleon activated another Sr ze, burning that pool into ashes, but at thest moment, something strange happened. The Shadow Hunter appeared and the ck liquid melted into it, turning it even more terrifying.


    Before the golden fire could engulf the hunter, it disappeared from the spot and appeared right behind the Suleon. It unleashed the Shadow Strike, striking the Suleon with great precision.


    The Suleon sensed extreme danger, but it didn''t lose itsposure. It instead activated the Radiant Shield.


    The strike contained whatever energy the Shadow Hunter had gained from the sacrifice of the dark creatures, so the shield cracked in no time. But at that time, the Suleon had activated the Sun''s Blessing, increasing its defense by 250%.


    In addition to the blessing, its physique was already strong, so it survived the attack, and only a deep gash appeared.


    The injury was severe, but its healing rate was abnormally fast due to the active blessing from the sun, but at that moment, strange ck granules emerged and tried to slow the healing.


    Roar!


    The Suleon roared in pain, as it was the first injury it had received since it opened its eyes. William''s eyes grew cold when he saw the injury, as the Suleon was not only his beast but also, in a sense, his ancestor.


    William knew that he wouldn''t be able to match the experience of its opponent when it came to strategies, but he knew one thing, in the face of overwhelming power, no amount of skills or strategies could change the oue.


    The Suleon roared at the sky, its eyes glowing even brighter. At that moment, the sun seemed to feel the emotions of the Suleon as its rays became quicker and hotter.


    It was as if the sun was raining fire at that moment, and the Suleon was a God in the midst of all that. The Suleon added some force to its feet and pounced at the Shadow Hunter. Its body was engulfed in golden fire.


    The Shadow Hunter wanted to dodge, but it found that it wasn''t quick enough, so it hurriedly created a barrier of shadows around itself, using its Shadow Shield ability to protect itself from Suleon''s attack.


    The Suleon roared, using his Golden Roar. A wave of golden fire engulfed the hunter''s consciousness, burning it from within. The hunter''s movement became sluggish for a moment, but it seemed to sense the danger from the Suleon, so it immediately calmed down.


    The Suleon smashed at the Shadow Hunter, breaking its shield and knocking it backward. The hunter, already in extreme pain due to the fire in its sea of consciousness, cried out. But at the same time, it knew the value of the battle, so it activated Shadow Curse, weakening the Suleon and making it vulnerable to its attacks.


    Roar!


    The Suleon sensed the weakening of its energy, so it roared and activated the skill, Sun''s Blessing, again. The skill wasn''t without cost, as it consumed great energy.


    Even though it hadn''t been long since the battle began between the two, both parties had shed countless times and used energy as if it were a neverending sea.


    The Suleon charged while the Shadow Hunter flew into the sky, activating Shadow Flight.


    The hunter in the air seemed to make no change for the Suleon. It slightly bent down and added energy to its paws. The next moment, it flew into the sky like a spring.


    The Suleon''s awareness was so high that even during the jump, its movements were under control. Its ws smashed the hunter, knocking it to the ground.


    Urgh!


    The Shadow Hunter groaned in pain, but before it could stand up, the Suleon alsonded.


    Roar!


    The Suleon roared and then bit the hunter''s heads off, ending the battle in a brutal, bestial way.


    Roar!


    The Suleon spat the hunter''s head aside and roared again at the sky.


    At that moment, there was still life left in the Shadow Hunter, and its eyes moved. But that soon came to an end as the Suleon crushed the head into a pulp.


    The next moment, the Shadow Hunter''s headless corpse and the crushed head exploded into light particles, and soon after, it turned into a card and flew into Fidel''s hands.


    Fidel''s eyes were cold when he looked at Suleon and William since crushing the head was clearly out of line.


    William was a Sun Elf, and Elves were famous for their pride, so William ignored Fidel and focused on the Suleon.


    When the Suleon turned into a card and flew into William''s hands, William looked at Fidel andplimented him for the fantastic battle.


    Fidel''s eyes were cold, but he still nodded and congratted William for his victory.


    At that moment, several people celebrated inside the store, while others were heartbroken.


    Even though the betting odds were on the extreme side for both parties, many people, believing in luck and Fidel, bet on him.


    ***


    Fidel and William appeared in the seating area. A golden light surrounded Fidel, while a dark-golden cover shrouded William, showing the top three on the stage.


    Since the battle between Fred and Riddley was over, they returned to their lovey-dovey avatars and waited for the next round to begin while holding each other''s hands.

 Chapter 1042 Second Stage(1)

    Chapter 1042: Second Stage(1)


    "How much did you win?" Riddley asked Fidel.


    How could she not know how her husband was? She was sure that Fidel had bet on William to win the battle.


    A wide smile appeared on Fidel''s face, and he responded, "Neen ultimate Sacred stones."


    Riddley couldn''t help but look at her husband dumbfoundedly as the amount bet by him was an enormous sum.


    ***


    "How are you going to pay the sum?" Lily asked Aakesh.


    "From the betting amount," Aakesh responded. At this stage, the winning amount was more than the amount collected from the betting, but Aakesh was certain that this situation wouldn''tst for long.


    Those who had won in this round would try to win more and bet big, while those who had lost but still had enough money would try to make up for the loss. Aakesh was sure that at the end of thest battle in thepetition, the store would be in profit.


    ***


    The projection above the arena changed, as it was now time for the Divine Being beasts to battle.


    The number of participants participating in this stage was 24, the least of the three. The next moment, a random number starting at 1 and ending at 24 appeared above all participants.


    The projection above the arena showed the battles for the first round in this stage. The first set of opponents were the numbers 21 and 23.


    The next moment, a white light covered these two participants, and they appeared in the arena.


    The battles in the Divine Transformation stage helped the future participants a lot since many of them were fighting with beasts for the first time. The creative strategies and the implementations taught many things to the participants in the Divine Being and Divine Lord stages.


    ***


    The two participants summoned their beasts to start the battle. One was Ruby, who owned Qi Roc, while the other one was Farly, and her beast was Mist Crow.


    The people in the crowd became excited to see the details of the beasts they had never seen before.


    The screen didn''t disappoint them, and soon the details of the beasts appeared on the screen, one after another, with a gap of five seconds.


    [Name: Mist Crow


    Type: Beast


    Race: Crow


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Water


    Cultivation: Early Divine Being


    Characteristic: Mist Step


    Details: The Mist Crow can teleport short distances by disappearing into the mist and reappearing in a new location, allowing it to quickly evade attacks or move across the battlefield. (Range depends on its cultivation.)


    Ability:


    Water st: The Mist Crow can shoot a st of pressurized water from its beak, knocking back enemies and dealing moderate damage.


    Soothing Mist: The Mist Crow releases a calming mist that heals allies and itself as well as removes negative status effects.


    Shower Cloud: The Mist Crow summons a cloud that follows it, creating mist, striking enemies with sharp raindrops, and reducing their uracy.


    Card Description: The Mist Crow is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attribute of water makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage and providing support for the team. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Mist Crow.


    Price: Seventy-eight thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    The Mist Crow was a beautiful bird with dark blue feathers that appeared to glow like water droplets in the sun. Its eyes were a bright, piercing blue, and its beak and talons were a dark gray. The Mist Crow was slightlyrger than a regr crow, with a wingspan of 2.5 feet.


    (A/N: For the Qi Roc, please read chapter 1013.)


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the first battle at this stage.


    Since both sides were birds, they took flight in the sky. The Qi Roc was thrice the size of the Mist Crow, so it showed its momentum and cried a piercing roar.


    The Mist Crow activated Shower Cloud, covering the sky with misty clouds. It was the crow''s yground, so its movement became more smooth and quick.


    Cry!


    Boom!


    The Qi Roc was a strong attacking beast, and it showed that right from the start. It shed its talons, activating Qi sh.


    The next moment, pure Qi energy appeared in the sky and flew toward the Mist Crow.


    It was pure energy, so its movement was extremely quick. At that moment, the mist in the air helped the Mist Crow as it disappeared from its spot and appeared in a different area in the air.


    "Qi st!"


    The Qi Roc opened its mouth, and the next moment, a st of Qi swept across the arena, destroying whatever mist was in the air.


    Time flew by, and it had been around a minute since the battle between the two began.


    Neither of the two parties was able to gainplete dominance over the other, so the battle was still equal.


    More time flew by, and after what felt like hours but was only a few minutes, the Qi Roc shed at the Mist Crow from behind.


    At that moment, the Mist Crow had no energy left to dodge or use Mist Step, so it could only face the attack. The Qi sh was an extremely sharp skill, and it cut the crow into two clean pieces, ending the battle.


    The two pieces of the crow exploded into light particles, which soon gathered to form the card.


    Ruby won the first battle and became the first participant to step into the next round. The next moment, a white light covered her, while a red light covered Farly.


    Time flew by, and one battle after another happened. Some were one-sided withplete dominance, while others were where thepetition was equal, and with that, the first round came to an end.


    There were twelve participants left for the next round, and all of them were shrouded in silver lights. The projection above the arena changed once again, as a new set of numbers floated above the participants and their matches appeared on the projection.


    The first battle in the second round was between numbers 3 and 11. The next moment, they appeared in the arena, ready to battle and pass on to the next round.

 Chapter 1043 Second Stage(End)

    Chapter 1043: Second Stage(End)


    It was now thest battle of the second round, and thest two participants were numbered 7 and 12.


    The next moment, a white light covered them, and they appeared in the arena.


    The two participants summoned their beasts, and soon after, their details appeared on the screen for the crowd to see.


    [Name: Silver Pigeon


    Type: Beast


    Race: Pigeon


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Light & Darkness


    Cultivation: Early Divine Being


    Characteristic: Clones


    Details: The Silver Pigeon can separate itself into two bodies. (The cultivation of the two bodies will be the same as its original cultivation)


    Ability:


    Light Burst: The Silver Pigeon creates a powerful burst of light, blinding its enemies and causing them to temporarily lose their sense of direction.


    Dark Burst: The Silver Pigeon creates a powerful burst of darkness, causing its enemies to be plunged intoplete darkness, making it difficult for them to see and attack.


    Wing sh: The Silver Pigeon uses its wings to sh at its enemies, causing damage with each strike.


    Shadow Dance: The Silver Pigeon moves with incredible speed and agility, making it difficult for enemies tond a hit.


    Radiant Shield: The Silver Pigeon creates a shield of light that protects it from iing attacks.


    Umbral Cloak: The Silver Pigeon cloaks itself in darkness, making it difficult for enemies to see and attack.


    Shadow Strike: The Silver Pigeon strikes its enemies with a burst of darkness, causing them to be weakened and disoriented.


    Radiant Heal: The Silver Pigeon uses its light element to heal its wounds and those of its allies.


    Card Description: The Silver Pigeon is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attributes of light and darkness make it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Silver Pigeon.


    Price: Seven thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    It was one of the dark horses of this round, as itpletely dominated the first battle, and won in less than thirty seconds.


    The Silver Pigeon was a beautiful creature that had silver feathers that seemed to shimmer in the light. Its eyes were pitch ck as if they were the direct source of the abyss. Its body was sleek, allowing it to fly at incredible speeds, and its wingspan was extremely wide, making it gigantic in the sky. When it spread its wings, they shimmered with a strange light, creating an otherworldly glow.


    The battle began and simr to thest round, it dominated the battle, winning in less than thirty seconds.


    Time flew by, and soon it was time for the third round to start. There were six participants left for this round, so if the round proceeded with one-on-one disqualification, then three participants would be left, and they would automatically be the top three.


    The system followed the procedure, and soon thepetition had its top three for the Divine Being beasts.


    Since there were three participants, new rounds of battles were announced in the round-robin format.


    Each participant would battle against the other, and then depending on the result, the winner would be announced.


    It began with the owner of the Silver Pigeon facing off against the Shadow Stalker. The battle wasn''t one-sided like the pigeon''sst battles, but the result was the same.


    The Shadow Stalker then lost its second battle, leaving thest battle to be the final battle. Whoever won it would have won two of the three, making them the winner, so another round of betting began.


    This time, both opponents were simr in strength, so the betting draws were on almost simr lines, with a difference of some decimal units.


    Carl, the owner of the Silver Pigeon, got odds of 1.79, while Bratty, the second opponent, got a draw of 2.01.


    ***


    [Name: Tyranny Beagle


    Type: Beast


    Race: Dog


    Quality: Ordinary


    Element: Destruction


    Cultivation: Early Divine Being


    Characteristic: Destructive Call


    Details: The Tyranny Beagle, when at the losing end, summons the incarnation of destruction, rampaging across the battlefield.


    Ability:


    Obliteration Bite - The Tyranny Beagle''s jaws can crush even the strongest of materials, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake.


    Annihtion Strike - The beast''s final and most devastating attack. It charges up a massive amount of energy and releases it in a single, explosive strike. Anything caught in the st is utterly annihted.


    Devastating Roar - A deafening roar that shakes the earth and causes destruction in its wake.


    Card Description: The Tyranny Beagle is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attribute of destruction makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Tyranny Beagle.


    Price: Eighty-seven thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    The Tyranny Beagle was only an ordinary-quality beast, but its skill arsenal was so terrifying that it reached the finals, defeating even an ultimate-quality beast in the third round.


    The Tyranny Beagle was a massive hound with ck fur and red eyes that glowed with an inner fire. Its muscr frame exuded an aura of raw power and menace. Its razor-sharp ws and teeth glistened in the arena.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the next battle.


    Roar!


    The beast roared, stunning the Silver Pigeon, and charged at it. Its movements were extremely quick, and it reached the pigeon in no time.


    It was the skill it learned in the battle against the Shadow Stalker. The details only showed the abilities the beasts owned when they left the store, so the screen didn''t contain the specific skill.


    The Silver Pigeon sensed an extreme danger, so it moved its wings and flew to the sky.


    Time flew by, and more than five minutes had passed since the battle began.


    The Tyranny Beagle reached the Silver Pigeon and bit its head off, using Obliteration Bite. At that moment, even the Radiant Shield came to no help, and the Tyranny Beagle became the victor.


    A joyous smile spread across Bratty''s face, and he couldn''t help but jump in excitement. The Tyranny Beagle sensed its owner''s emotions and returned to him.


    What was a terrifying beast a moment earlier; turned into a loving dog as it jumped on Bratty and began to lick his face.

 Chapter 1044 Third Stage!

    Chapter 1044: Third Stage!


    Batty became the winner of thest battle, shocking the crowd.


    The next moment, Carl and Batte appeared in the seating area with a golden and dark-golden light shrouding them, respectively.


    Many in the crowd were disappointed with the result since the betting amount on Carl had surpassed that on Batty by arge margin.


    Even though the odds were so close, the crowd still believed in the quality of the beasts. The Tyranny Beagle was only an ordinary-quality beast, while the Silver Pigeon was an ultimate-quality beast. The battle between Carl and Batty showed the difference between the beast owners.


    Batty used the Tyranny Beagle perfectly, surpassing the Silver Pigeon. He wouldn''t win in a battle with Carl as the level difference between the two was extremely wide, but here he won.


    ***


    "It''s finally the time for the best round," Lily mumbled as she had been waiting for the Divine Lord beasts to battle it out.


    ***


    The projection above the arena changed as the number of participants for the third stage appeared on it. At this point, there were 42 people taking part, so the system gave each of them a random number from 1 to 42.


    ***


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle for participants numbers 28 and 35.


    The participant summoned their beasts, and soon, creatures unknown to the majority of the crowd appeared on the screen.


    As usual, the details of the beasts appeared on the screen for the people in the crowd to see.


    [Name: Golden Marten


    Type: Beast


    Race: Weasel


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Metal


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Treasure Hunter


    Details: The Golden Marten can locate hidden treasures and precious metals within a certain range using its heightened senses.


    Ability:


    Metal ws: The Golden Marten''s ws be as sharp as steel, allowing it to slice through metal and other materials with ease.


    Golden Aura: The Golden Marten emits a powerful aura of golden energy, increasing its attack power and defense against physical attacks.


    Metal Storm: The Golden Marten summons a powerful storm of metal shards, dealing heavy damage to its enemies.


    Metal Armor: The Golden Marten''s fur bes as hard as metal, providing a strong defense against physical attacks.


    Card Description: The Golden Marten is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attribute of metal makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Golden Marten.


    Price: One hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    The Golden Marten had a sleek, slender body covered in glowing golden fur, with a pointed face and sharp ws. Its eyes were bright green, and its long tail was bushy. It was a cute beast, and its cuteness was there for everyone to see.


    The Golden Marten''s owner was Gobbar, while his opponent was Ladriel, Ayriel''s trusted subordinate.


    Even Ayriel looked at the Golden Marten with eager eyes, as she couldn''t wait to hug the creature. The Elves were proud, but they also liked beautiful things, and the Golden Marten was one.


    Ladriel''s beast was Night Harpy. When she bought the beast from the store, it was only ate Divine Being, so the card details showed that on the screen.


    But since Ladriel first promoted the beast to Divine Lord, she couldn''t participate in the Divine Being stage.


    Even though Ladriel didn''t want to injure the Golden Marten because its fur was extremely beautiful, she still ordered the Night Harpy to go ahead and win the battle.


    The Night Harpy was annoyed with the Golden Marten since it clearly didn''t like the attention Ladriel gave it.


    The Night Harpy activated Shadow Stealth and disappeared in the eyes of the marten.


    Squeal!


    The Golden Marten squealed and activated Metal Armor. It only looked appealing in appearance, and it was extremely ferocious. It was as if the Multiverse wanted to hide its ferocity, so it got such a beautiful, cute appearance.


    ng!


    The next moment, the sound of metallic sh rang in the areas the Talon Strike shed with the armor.


    Time flew by and the battle between the two continued. The Night Harpy was a bird, and creatures like the Golden Marten were usually prey of strong birds in the sky, so it tried to use that to its advantage.


    It seemed that Gobbar had trained the marten well, so whenever the Night Harpy tried to pick it up, it would hide in the several pits he had created for itself.


    Every time the Night Harpy would face disappointment, it gave up on that.


    ***


    Screech!


    A terrifying screech rang in the area, drumming in the marten''s ears as the Night Harpy activated Sonic Screech while circling above it in the air.


    The Night Harpy was slowly gaining the upper hand in the battle as its flight helped it a lot.


    The Golden Marten had the Metal Storm, a powerful skill, but the Night Harpy was like a master in the sky as it effortlessly dodged the shardsing at it.


    As time passed, the Golden Marten started to be exhausted, while the Night Harpy was still filled with energy.


    The marten''s characteristics provided no help to it in a battle, so finally, it crashed on the ground, with a Shadow st from the harpy.


    The battle went on for more than seven minutes before the winner appeared.


    Ladriel''s heart felt a pang when it saw the beautiful fur disintegrating due to the st. But as winning the battle was most important, she smiled when the harpy brought her victory.


    Screech!


    The Night Harpy screeched in the sky, showing off its victory. The next moment, it turned into a card and flew into Ladriel''s hands.


    Not long after, a white light covered Ladriel while a red light covered Gobbar. Gobbar''s expression didn''t look good since he wanted to win.


    The next moment, he appeared on the tform. He bowed toward Aakesh, and soon after, he appeared in his seat after Aakesh waved his hands.


    Gobbar thought of leaving the store, but since the uing battles could teach him so much, he decided to stay and looked at the screen established for his row.

 Chapter 1045 Third Round!

    Chapter 1045: Third Round!


    There were twenty-one battles in the first round of the stage, and one after another fight happened. The results were sometimes one-sided, while other times, thepetition was equal, with no winner to be found until thest strike.


    It was now time for the seventeenth battle, with the number of participants being 19 and 40.


    The two opponents were familiar. A wry smile spread across their faces since they were rtives.


    The two members were Bisthal and Bester, the brother duo of the Wheat-Spottted Demon race.


    Even though Bester was Bisthal''s brother, he wanted to defeat him, so his eyes were solemn, and he summoned the beast. Bester also summoned the beast.


    The next moment, two beasts appeared in the arena, and soon after, their details appeared on the screen one after another for the crowd to see.


    [Name: Birch Dryad


    Type: Beast


    Race: Treekin


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Wood


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


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    Price: Four hundred fifty supreme Sacred stones.]


    [Name: Ghost Wolf


    Type: Beast


    Race: Wolf


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Spirit


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    ¡­


    Price: Three hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Bisthal was the owner of the Birch Dryad, while Bester''s beast was the Ghost Wolf.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Howl!


    The Ghost Wolf howled, activating Spirit Howl. The Birch Dryad''s movements stopped and became disoriented.


    The Ghost Wolf used that window to its advantage and pounced. Its movements were quick, and it reached the opponent in no time.


    The Birch Dryad immediately activated Armor. The next moment, wooden elements in the sky gathered and formed a shield, stopping the Ghost Wolf.


    Howl!


    The Ghost Wolf howled once again, but this time, the Birch Dryad had already prepared for it. It activated Healing Touch.


    The Birch Dryad didn''t have an attacking skill, so it could only use the wooden element to create thorns and branches connected to her beautiful green hair.


    The wolf used its quick movement to dodge the barrage of branchesing at it, but the numbers overwhelmed it, so it had no choice but to activate Ethereal Shield.


    Time flew by, and it was another long battle that went on for more than five minutes.


    Even without any attacking skill, its tough defense helped the dryad.


    Howl!


    The Ghost Wolf howled, looking at the sky. The next moment, a pack of seven wolves appeared in the arena. It was the best skill in the wolf''s arsenal, but at the same time, its energy demand was outrageous.


    Since the battle wasn''t going anywhere, Bester decided to take the risk and end the fight.


    If it were earlier, the Birch Dryad would at least have some chances to fight back against so many wolves, but not now. The sheer number of wolves overwhelmed the dryad, ending the battle for Bisthal in thispetition.


    The ghost wolves summoned slowly faded into disappearance while the Ghost Wolf crashed to the ground, as only these few seconds exhausted the majority of her remaining energy.


    Bisthal congratted Bester before a red light engulfed him, and a white light covered Bester.


    Time flew by, and soon all twenty-one battles for the first round were over.


    All the winners were covered in silver lights in the seating area.


    The light covering all the participants disappeared, and a new set of numbers, starting from 1 and ending at 21, were assigned to all the participants.


    Since the number of participants wasn''t even, one number automatically passed to the next round.


    The next moment, "17" appeared on the projection above the battlefield.


    Participant number 17 became excited, as he would have to fight one less battle now.


    Some looked at the man with envy, while others didn''t care. They knew that it was only the early stages, and passing to the next round without fighting didn''t make much of a difference in the top three ranks.


    The projection changed once again, showing the ten sets of battles for the second round.


    The participants who got the chance to grace the arena for the first battle were numbers 2 and 19.


    A white light covered these participants as they appeared on the battlefield, each vying for a spot in the third round.


    The participants summoned their beasts, and soon the bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    One was the Gray Fox, while the other was the Silver Manticore. The battles between the two were cruel and bloody, with neither of the two willing to give up on the battle.


    The fight between the two went on for more than ten minutes. Finally, the victor was decided in a cruel, bestial way as the Manticore ripped the Gray Fox apart, ending its life.


    Not long after that, the Manticore also fell, taking itsst breath, but since the Gray Fox was the first to die, the Manticore and its owner became the winners.


    Time flew by, and one after another battle happened in the second round.


    After the round was over, there were eleven participants left, and as it was another odd set of parties, one contestant automatically passed to the third round.


    The seventeenth participant wasn''t lucky anymore as he had to battle in this round, while the number seven participant, Ayriel, became the one to step onto the next stage.


    When the participants saw that it was Ayriel who had been selected, almost all of them breathed a sigh of relief. Ayriel and her Chaotic Wyrm hadpletely decimated their opponent in bothst rounds.


    ***


    The third round finally began with the battle between participants numbers 6 and 11.


    ***


    [Name: Purple Scorpicon


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Thunder, Poison


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristic: Immunity,


    Details: The Purple Scorpicon is immune to all poison and the negative effects brought by it. (Only up to its cultivation level.)


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    Cost: Five hundred seventy-five supreme Sacred stones.]


    The Purple Scorpicon was arge and menacing creature. It was a scorpion, but with the head of a lion with a purple mane. Its venomous stings seemed to be shrouded in purple thunder. Its eyes were glowing green with a hint of purple.


    The Purple Scorpicon''s opponent was a strong beast, the Nightingale Crow.


    Ding!


    The battle began, and soon after, it also came to an end with the Nightingale Crow''s victory.

 Chapter 1046 Fourth Round!

    Chapter 1046: Fourth Round!


    It was the third round of battle, and it was time for thest battle.


    The next moment, a white light covered the two participants, and soon they appeared in the battle arena.


    The two participants summoned their beasts, and soon after, two beasts appeared on the sides of their owners, respectively.


    As usual, the screen inside the store showed the details of the beasts fighting in this battle.


    [Name: Dreary


    Type: Beast


    Race: Dreary


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Physique


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Strong Bones


    Details: Dreary''s bones be extremely hard, providing it with even greater resistance to physical damage.


    Ability:


    Irond Defense: Dreary''s feathers be incredibly tough, providing it with additional defense against physical attacks.


    Earthquake: Dreary ms into the ground with tremendous force, causing the earth to shake and damaging all enemies in the area.


    Rampage: Dreary goes into a frenzied state, attacking all enemies within range with incredible speed and power.


    Card Description: The Dreary is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attribute of physique makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Dreary.


    Price: One hundred seventy-five supreme Sacred stones.]


    The Dreary was arge bird with a wingspan of ten meters. Its feathers were a dull gray color. Its beak was curved and sharp, and its eyes were brown.


    Standing opposite it was another bird species, the Storm Roc.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. Trish immediately made her move andmanded Storm Roc to use Thunderp.


    The Storm Roc beat its wings, and a shockwave originated from it, charging toward the Dreary.


    The Dreary didn''t dare take the attack head-on despite its strong physique since the attack had a hint of thunder, and thunder''s destructive capability was nothing to joke about.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two continued.


    The battle was no less than cruel and bloody as the Dreary was a physique-oriented beast, and it needed to fight head-on with its opponent.


    Its grayish feather had turned brown from all its blood, and the Storm Roc was also in no good condition.


    More time flew by, and the battle finally arrived at itsst phase.


    The Dreary activated Rampage. Its brown eyes began turning dark brown while its body began expanding.


    The next moment, its speed and strength were on another level. The Dreary then charged at the Storm Roc, tearing through the sky.


    The Storm Roc saw that it would be thest attack, so it also charged with thunder covering it.


    The Storm Roc was a beast that manipted wind and thunder, so thebination of its powers was no joke.


    The next moment, the air around the roc turned into a thunder zone, attacking the Dreary.


    Screech!


    The Storm Roc screeched and gave everything in its next attack as a ray of purple thunderbolt smashed into the Dreary.


    At the same time, the Dreary crashed into the Storm Roc with whatever energy it had left.


    Boom!


    The shing force from the Dreary knocked the Storm Roc, sending it crashing into the boundaries of the battlefield.


    Trish and Seron looked at their respective beasts with looks of concern, as neither of them was left in good condition after thest attack.


    When the dust cloud subsided, the condition of the Storm Roc presented itself. Half its head had disappeared, and there was no breath left in it.


    As for the Dreary, its charred corpse was lying in a pit below their shing spot.


    It was the first time that both beasts died at the same time since the start of thepetition.


    ***


    "The Storm Roc won," Lilymented after the battle was over.


    Aakesh nodded as the Dreary was the first to lose its breath. After the thunderstrike, the Dreary was only one step away from death, and after the sh, thatst breath had also disappeared. The Storm Roc was alive at that time. Even though it died two secondster, it didn''t matter.


    ***


    What Lily hadmented showed on the projection as number 4, and Trish became the participant to pass the third round and step into the fourth round, while Seron''s journey came to an end.


    A white light covered Trish, while a red light covered Seron.


    With the appearance of Trish in the seating area, the third round came to an end. There were ten battles in this round, and Ayriel automatically passed.


    There were now six participants left at this stage, and the next moment, they were randomly assigned numbers starting from 1 to 6.


    The three sets of battles appeared on the projection. The first fight was between participants 1 and 4, the second was between 3 and 5, and the third was between 2 and 6.


    When the six participants saw the list of contestants, they looked surprised.


    At this stage of the game, there were three clear contenders for the winner, Ayriel, Orek, and Elwynn.


    And the sets were designed for this round in such a way that these three faced three different opponents. No one would believe that this wasn''t intentional, but it wasn''t, as Aakesh also wanted to consider the luck of the participants in their favor.


    The first battle was between Trish and Ayriel.


    The next moment, a white light covered these two participants, and they appeared on the battlefield.


    The two participants summoned their beasts, and soon, two beasts appeared on the tform.


    Roar!


    The Chaotic Wyrm roared at the Storm Roc, making it kneel even before the battle began.


    Trish''s expression turned ugly, but since she could do nothing, she epted it.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the first battle in the fourth round.


    The Chaotic Wyrm made the first move and appeared above the Storm Roc. Its ws smashed at the Roc.


    The Storm Roc used Hurricane Winds, trying to push the Chaotic Wyrm back. But it did nothing as the w kepting without any stoppage.


    Boom!


    The w smashed the Storm Roc to the ground, creating an explosion of dust.


    The Storm Roc tried to stand up, but before it could, a mouthrger than its head appeared and bit it off, ending its life.

 Chapter 1047 The Top Three!

    Chapter 1047: The Top Three!


    Trish felt a knife pierce through her heart, but since the death wasn''t permanent, she soon calmed down.


    The next moment, the headless corpse, and the head exploded into light particles, soon forming a card, which flew to Trish''s hands.


    ***


    The two opponents for the second battle in the fourth round appeared in the battle arena. On one side stood Elwynn, while on the other side was Gregor.


    Elwynn and Gregor summoned their beasts, and soon they appeared in the arena.


    ***


    [Name: Cergon


    Type: Beast


    Race: Hybrid


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Darkness


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Creation


    Details: The Cergon can use the element of darkness around it to create a cover of darkness around itself.


    Ability:


    Hades'' Breath: Cergon can breathe a cloud of dark, poisonous gas from its three mouths, which can paralyze or even kill its enemies.


    Disorientating Roar: Cergon can unleash a deafening roar that stuns and disorients its enemies.


    Dark Regeneration: Cergon can absorb the darkness around it to heal its wounds.


    Dark Shield: Cergon can create a shield of darkness around itself, which can absorb or deflect attacks from its enemies.


    Petrifying Gaze: Cergon can use the petrifying gaze to turn its enemies to stone.


    Card Description: The Cergon is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attribute of Dark makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Cergon.


    Price: Seven hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Gregor''s beast''s details appeared on the screen for the crowd to see.


    The Cergon was a hybrid created between a Cerberus and a Gorgon. It had the terrifying body of a Cerberus and only one head, that of a Gorgon. Its body was covered in thick, ck fur. Its eyes glowed red, and its tongue flickered like a serpent. It was a fearsome beast, standing at ten meters.


    In front of it, the Nightingale Crow seemed a child, but not even a single person in the crowd believed that the Nightingale Crow would lose, and that included Gregor, the master of the Cergon as well.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Roar!


    The Cergon roared and activated its characteristics, creating a cover of darkness around itself. Dark Regeneration showed its actual effect in the night, but with its characteristics, the Cergon was battle-ready anytime.


    Caw!


    The Nightingale Crow cawed and finally made its move. Elwynn had a painful expression on his face as he didn''t like the deaths of beasts, but the Nightingale Crow was the opposite in character. It enjoyed the battle and wanted to win overwhelmingly.


    The Nightingale Crow activated Feather Storm, and the next moment, a barrage of ck feathers attacked the Cergon.


    The Cergon used the Petrifying Gaze and petrified the feathers that could damage it.


    Caw!


    The Nightingale Crow cawed loudly and charged. The Cergon tried to petrify the wings and activated Petrifying Gaze again.


    The next moment, a gray cover started appearing on the crow''s wings. It didn''t seem to affect the Nightingale Crow, as it immediately disintegrated, not obstructing its movements for even a moment.


    The next moment, the battle came to an end as the crow took away the head of the Cergon and threw it at another side of the battle arena.


    ***


    It was now time for thest of the trio to battle, as he appeared in the arena with his opponent.


    Due to Ayriel and Elwynn ending their battle in less than ten seconds, there was pressure on Orek. Even though Orek didn''t care about it, the people in the crowd did.


    The two participants called forth their beasts, and soon, one by one, details about them showed up on the screen.


    [Name: Bustard Fox


    Type: Beast


    Race: Fox


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Wind


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Wind Whistle


    Details: The Bustard Fox emits a high-pitched whistle that can disorient enemies and has a chance to summon another Bustard Fox to its aid. (The cultivation level of the aid can only be one sub-level higher than the fox.)


    Ability:


    Whirlwind Strike - The Bustard Fox unleashes a flurry of wind-enhanced attacks on its target, dealing damage and knocking them back.


    Hurricane Roar - The Bustard Fox unleashes a powerful roar that creates a massive whirlwind, damaging enemies and pulling them toward the center of the vortex.


    Tempest Illusion - The Bustard Fox creates a powerful gust of wind that envelops its target, creating a disorienting illusion that can confuse and stun them.


    Sky Dance - The Bustard Fox performs a graceful dance, creating gusts of wind that lift it off the ground and allow it to attack from above.


    Swift Movement - The Bustard Fox uses its wind maniption to boost its speed, allowing it to quickly flee from danger or catch up to fleeing prey.


    Card Description: The Bustard Fox is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attribute of wind makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Bustard Fox.


    Price: Nine hundred ny supreme Sacred stones.]


    Many in the crowd pped when the details of the Bustard Fox appeared on the screen, as it was an extremely beautiful creature.


    It was a sleek and slender creature. It had light-brown fur with white patches on the area around its eyes, underbelly, and paws. Its eyes were light-green.


    ***


    Ding!


    The battle began, and immediately the Bustard Fox activated Wind Whistle. Since the summoning wasn''t sure, its first try failed. It then used Swift Movement, turning blurry as it moved at a quick speed.


    Whistle! Whistle! Whistle!


    Rocky Mountain Bears were terrifying creatures, but they weren''t fast. At the same time, it also seemed that the bear was enjoying the chase with the fox since it had several skills in its arsenal that would stop the fox.


    One of the whistles finally worked, and a vortex formed. Soon after, an intermediate Divine Lord Bustard Fox stepped out of the vortex.


    Bark!


    The Bustard Fox barked and charged at the Rocky Mountain Bear, with the original finally stopping and activating Tempest Illusion.

 Chapter 1048 Last Three Battles(1)

    Chapter 1048: Last Three Battles(1)


    The Early and Intermediate Divine Lord Bustard Foxes charged at the Rocky Mountain Bear.


    Even though one of the foxes had higher cultivation, it made no difference in the battle. The Rocky Mountain Bear was like an undefeated champion of war as it crushed the intermediate Divine Lord Bustard Fox.


    At that time, Orek alsomanded the bear to stop his ying time and end the battle.


    The bear didn''t refuse its owner''smand and activated Earthquake. The next moment, thend beneath the fox''s feet began shaking, and the earth devoured it in no time.


    The Bustard Fox struggled with all its might to escape the clutches of the earth. Unfortunately for it, its strength wascking, and all its attempts failed. In the end, only its corpse was left mangled due to the debris from the earth.


    The next moment, the mangled corpse exploded into light particles, which soon gathered to form a card, which flew into its owner''s hands.


    Roar!


    The Rocky Mountain Bear let out a victorious roar and returned to its owner''s side. Orek and the bear looked like buddies due to theirrge sizes.


    Orek tapped on the bear''s shoulder, and soon after, the bear turned into a card and flew into his hands.


    The next moment, a white light covered Orek, and soon after, he appeared in the seating area.


    Only three participants were left fighting for the top position, and the top three for thepetition also appeared.


    The next moment, numbers between 1 and 3 got assigned to Ayriel, Elwynn, and Orek.


    Since there were three participants, like in the second stage, there would be three battles, with each participant facing the other two, and whoever woulde out on top of that after the end would be crowned as the winner, and henceforth.


    The projection above the area changed as the three sets of battles appeared on the projection. They were: 1 vs. 3, 2 vs. 3, and 1 vs. 2.


    The number 1 was assigned to Ayriel, 2 to Orek, and 3 to Elwynn.


    ***


    Ayriel and Elwynn appeared on the tform to start the first of thest three battles.


    ***


    "Allowing betting for the final battle doesn''t make any sense here," Lily said after the top three for thest stage appeared.


    "So, do you want to start betting now?" Aakesh smiled and asked. Like many others, Lily also lost the bet in the second stage when she bet on the Silver Pigeon.


    "Yes," Lily nodded.


    Lily believed that this way, the number of bets would increase as there would be several odds in the battles.


    Aakesh nodded and agreed with Lily''s suggestion. Since Aakesh was the man behind the event, the decisionpletely depended on him.


    ***


    Even though both Ayriel and Elwynn had been in the arena for a few minutes, the battle still hadn''t begun, as betting odds appeared on the projection.


    There were six betting odds, starting with the battle between Ayriel and Elwynn and ending with the odds of participants bing winners.


    In Ayriel vs. Elwynn, the betting odds for both sides didn''t have much difference. Ayriel''s odds were 1.08, while Elwynn''s odds were 1.13.


    For the second battle between Orek and Elwynn, the odds for Orek were 1.07, and for Elwynn, it was 1.08. For thest fight between Ayriel and Orek, the odds for Ayriel were 1.12, and for Orek, they were 1.07.


    In the end, there were odds for the top positions of the participants. For Ayriel bing the winner, the odds were 1.11; for Elwynn, the odds were 1.21; and for Orek, the odds were 1.09.


    The betting odds showed Orek at the top of the three participants, and then Lily gave them five minutes to make their respective bets.


    ***


    "Who are you betting on?" Geoff asked his friend as he saw the betting odds on the screen.


    "The winning margin is low no matter who we bet on unless we bet arge amount," Torto replied as he focused on the screen.


    Geoff also nodded and focused on the screen, as he was currently in a loss, while Torto was in profit, so he thought of following his friend.


    There were many discussions like those between Geoff and Torto in the crowd since those who were losing wanted to make up for it while those who had profited wanted to earn more.


    And soon, just like that, the time limit of five minutes ended.


    The paper in front of people in the crowd disappeared. Those who had bet during the time had their bets written on the paper, while those who failed, were disqualified from betting.


    ***


    Lily smiled after seeing the number of bets made by the people. The betting amount wasn''t very high since the majority of the bets were in lesser Sacred stones, but the sheer amount of them would create a gigantic mountain of stones if taken out together.


    "At least make a token bet," Lily said to Aakesh, as he didn''t make any bets this round either.


    Aakesh could only helplessly sigh and make the token bet. As for who he bet on, that was a secret for Lily.


    Lily scoffed when Aakesh hid whom he bet on. She only wanted to see Aakesh betting because whoever he bet on would be the winner.


    Aakesh also knew why Lily wanted him to bet, so he kept it a secret.


    "Give me some hints on who could be the winner," Lily requested, making a cute face.


    Sigh!


    Aakesh helplessly sighed once again and whispered something in Lily''s ears.


    When Lily saw Aakesh giving her hints, her face brightened up but then she heard what Aakesh said, "The winner has an ultimate quality beast."


    Hmph!


    Lily scoffed and moved her face away, not wanting to look at the smile on Aakesh''s face anymore.


    ***


    The participants could also make a bet, but neither of the three made one since they didn''t like quantifying their strengths.


    Ayriel and Elwynn were already present in the battle arena, and soon they summoned their beasts.


    The cards exploded to form the two creatures on their owners'' respective sides.


    Roar! Caw!


    The Chaotic Wyrm and the Nightingale Crow were both top species, so they roared to wee each other.


    The Chaotic Wyrm was an overlord race of the Sacred Dimension at one time, but Nightingale Crow had also been a ruling race of the beast groups since its creation.


    Inside the store, the details of the two beasts appeared on the screen one after another.


    [Name: Chaotic Wyrm


    Type: Beast


    Race: Wyrm


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Physique, Fire, Poison, Space, Chaos


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    ...


    Price: Nine hundred ny-nine thousand, nine hundred ny-nine Supreme Sacred stones.]


    [Name: Nightingale Crow


    Type: Beast


    Race: Crow


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Wind, Sound


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Sacrifice of the Nightingale


    Details: It''s a passive ability that allows the Nightingale Crow to heal others by giving up on its vitality


    ...


    Price: One ultimate Sacred stone and five hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    ***


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the first battle.


    The Chaotic Wyrm was an early Divine Lord already, but the Nightingale Crow was a peak Divine Lord, so its cultivation dropped too early, with all its nine skills avable in the arsenal.


    Despite not having a characteristic, and being only at an early level, the Chaotic Wyrm was still only some hundred supreme Sacred stones, cheaper than the peak level Nightingale Crow.


    The people sitting in the crowd were filled with excitement as the two ultimate quality beasts, the Nightingale Crow and the Chaotic Wyrm, stood facing each other.


    The crowd was eager to see the oue of the battle, as there were many bets on the result of the battle as well as the fact that these two creatures were formidable and there would be nock of fighting when they battled.


    Whoosh! Roar!


    The Nightingale Crow spread its wings, creating a gust of wind that shook the arena, while the Chaotic Wyrm let out a deafening roar, causing the ground to tremble.


    The Nightingale Crow took to the air, flying above the arena. The Chaotic Wyrm followed as it was also an aerial creature, and it charged forward.


    The wyrm used Inferno Breath, releasing a powerful st of fire, aiming to engulf the crow. The crow quickly dodged the attack as its speed immediately elerated in the air.


    Roar!


    The wyrm let out a loud roar and used the same skill again, forcing the crow to dodge again. The crow wanted to retaliate, but whenever it would dodge one st of fire, another woulde, aiming to engulf it.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter and tomorrow might also be only one chapter.


    Happy Holi to all the readers. May this festival of colors bring joy and color to your life!


    Please enjoy the day! Have a great festival!


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 Chapter 1049 Last Three Battles(2)

    Chapter 1049: Last Three Battles(2)


    The Nightingale Crow knew it couldn''t let the battle continue at this rate. Both it and the Chaotic Wyrm were powerful creatures, and endurance was thest thing they needed to worry about in a battle of attrition in this arena.


    The crow knew it needed to attack, and for that, it needed to stop the wyrm from sting continuously Infernal Breath.


    The crow decided not to dodge this time but face the attack head-on and then attack the wyrm.


    Since it made the decision, it did exactly. When another Infernal Breath came its way, aiming to engulf it and burn it to a crisp, the crow activated Wind Shield and passed through the st of fire.


    As the crow had thought, the shield stood no chance against the powerful st of fire, but it did what it wanted from the attack.


    This time, before the Chaotic Wyrm could release another Infernal Breath, the Nightingale Crow activated Feather Storm, releasing a flurry of sharp feathers in all directions.


    The Chaotic Wyrm had to let go of the Infernal Breath and defend itself. It brought its wings, and it curled in the sky.


    The feathers crashed on it one after another, but as if what stood in front of them was an indestructible wall, the sharp feathers failed to make any dent.


    At that time, the Nightingale Crow used Healing Song and healed whatever injuries it had received during the Infernal Breath.


    The Nightingale Crow knew that if it let the Chaotic Wyrm defend then the previous situation would repeat itself once it attacks, so it attacked with Sonic Scream.


    The wyrm''s movement became disoriented for a moment, and that was enough for a few feathers to hit it, causing injuries.


    Roar!


    The injury seemed to anger the wyrm, and it let go of its defensive posture. It looked at the crow and let out a deafening roar, charging at the crow.


    A smirk seemed to appear on the crow''s face as its n of using the wyrm''s arrogance was sessful.


    Ayriel frowned when she saw the Chaotic Wyrm making a mistake in anger, but she didn''t stop it and instead gave it amand.


    Roar!


    Ayriel''s support seemed to fuel the wyrm''s anger and strength as it let out another deafening roar.


    The Nightingale Crow activated Sonic Resonance and then Sonic Scream, increasing the effects of the skill by several times. The wyrm felt its head explode from the scream, but it persisted and continued ahead.


    When the wyrm finally reached the crow, it activated Chaotic Touch, aiming to drain vitality from the crow, but the crow was already ready for it. It used Tailwind and sessfully dodged the attack.


    CAW!


    The Nightingale Crow made a safe distance between the two using high flight speed from Tailwind. It then let out a cry as a wind vortex appeared above its head.


    The next moment, a wind elemental creature, Zephyr, stepped out of the vortex. Its eyes held no emotions when it looked at the Chaotic Wyrm.


    The Nightingale Crow activated Wind''s Blessing, and suddenly, Zephyr had anotheryer of wind elements around it.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two continued for a while. At first, the Chaotic Wyrm was leading, but then the crow became the upper-handed opponent.


    Zephyr, a named elemental, was extremely strong and was extremelypatible with the crow. They attacked the wyrm in tandem, not only frustrating it but also seriously injuring it.


    The more injuries the wyrm received, the angrier it became and the crazier its attacks became.


    ***


    Suddenly, a vortex appeared in the arena, affecting the entire battlefield. A maelstrom seemed to form as the suction force from the vortex was extremely strong, and at the same time, the air around it began to turn heavy.


    Zephyr, enjoying the battle with the Wind''s Blessing, was hit the hardest by the vortex as its position wasn''t very far. The crow tried to save Zephyr, but the energy permeating from the vortex gave a life-threatening sensation, so it had no choice but to back away.


    It seemed Zephyr would lose, but suddenly, the Chaotic Wyrm seemed to go into a frenzy. Its eyes turned red, while its body slightly expanded. Its speed grew like never before as it pounced at Zephyr.


    It ripped Zephyr apart in no time, while the vortex was its yground, as it was a creature that loved the element of chaos.


    The Nightingale Crow was taken aback by the sudden reaction of the wyrm, but it immediately tightened its defenses. Unfortunately for it, the Chaotic Wyrm was at its most powerful during its Unpredictable Frenzy state.


    The skill was named as such because this state wasn''t under the control of the wyrm. It needed to grow angry and face injuries, and only then could it activate the skill.


    When the wyrm became angrier at first, it was what Ayriel hadmanded.


    "umte anger till thest moment. Then activate the Chaotic Vortex, and when they are fighting against it, unleash all your anger, activating Unpredictable Frenzy."


    ***


    The Chaotic Wyrm was like a different beast in that state as it destroyed its foe and the battlefield.


    The Nightingale Crow was no match for the Chaotic Wyrm, so it died cruelly in the end, ending the first battle.


    The crow''s broken and mangled body exploded into light particles, turned into a card, and flowed into Elwynn''s hands.


    The Chaotic Wyrm was still in its frenzied state when it tried to attack Elwynn, but Ayriel took control of it and sent it back to the card.


    The next moment, a white light covered Ayriel and Elwynn, and then they appeared in the seating area.


    Elwynn''s mood didn''t seem to be good, as he didn''t like the battle and the cruelty the Chaotic Wyrm unleashed on the Nightingale Crow.


    If not for his pacifist personality, he would have attacked the Chaotic Wyrm when outside the store. As for Ayriel''s race, Sylvanors didn''t fear Moon Elves.


    Ayriel was unaware of the thoughts going through Elwynn''s head. Even if she knew, she wouldn''t have cared as she liked the Chaotic Wyrm for its cruel personality.


    Neither the store cared for Elwynn''s state of mind as it was now time for the second battle.

 Chapter 1050 Winner!

    Chapter 1050: Winner!


    [Name: Rocky Mountain Bear


    Type: Beast


    Race: Bear


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Earth


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Mountain Guardian


    Details: The bear can absorb and convert energy in the mountain into a protective barrier of crystalline material that surrounds it, making it impervious to most physical and magical attacks. It can also be used as a material to form powerful armor.


    ¡­


    Price: One ultimate Sacred stone and five hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    The details of the Rocky Mountain Bear and the Nightingale Crow appeared on the screen one after another for the crowd to see.


    Ding!


    Not long after, the bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Roar! Caw!


    The Rocky Mountain Bear roared at its opponent, trying to intimidate it, while the Nightingale Crow cried out as it wanted to avenge its loss from thest battle.


    The crowd seemed more excited than ever as thest battle opened their eyes, and it was now time for another contest between ultimate quality beasts.


    If not for Aakesh''s presence there, the scene would have turned into a loud ruckus due to the people''s interest in the beasts. Many people were cheering as if they were fighting in the arena.


    ***


    The Nightingale Crow took the initiative this time as it propelled itself toward the bear, using Tailwind. When it reached it, it activated Feather Storm, releasing a barrage of sharp feathers.


    The bear wasn''t very far from the crow, so defending was the only option left for it. It wanted to face off the storm of sharp feathers with its skin, but Orekmanded it to use a skill.


    Orek wanted to cover his head and scream in frustration, as the bear was like an adventurer that only wanted to y and show off its strength.


    The bear activated Stone Skin and charged at the crow. Its already heavy body turned even heavier, and it shook the ground with every step it took.


    ng! ng! ng!


    The sound of metallic shes rang in the arena as the feathers and the skin shed. The bear was slow, but it finally reached the crow and mmed its paw.


    Screech!


    The crow used Tailwind, dodged the attack, and activated Sonic Scream.


    The bear became stunned and stopped in its tracks. The crow used that window to activate another Feather Storm.


    Roar!


    The bear shook off the stun and roared in anger. It then smashed its paws to the ground, bringing a shockwave and raging the ground. The Nightingale Crow was in the sky, but it still shook from the sudden movement of the earth.


    But the effects weren''t that great. The bear looked at the crow and then at the destroyed ground. It then bent down and picked up a boulder about half its size.


    The boulder seemed to be weighing a few tons, to say the least, but in the bear''s hands, it seemed to be nothing.


    The bear hurled it, and before it had even reached the crow, the bear picked up another boulder, even bigger than before.


    The bear was slow when it came to movement speed, but when it came to throwing, the projectile flew, tearing through the air.


    The Nightingale Crow tried to dodge those it could, but for those it couldn''t, it activated Wind Shield.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the bear and the crow had now gone on for half an hour.


    Simr to the battle between the wyrm and the crow, one side didn''t dominate the fight. Sometimes, it was the crow that used its superior agility and flying to attack the bear, and sometimes, it was the bear that used its tough defenses and myriad attacking skills to attack.


    It was finally time for thest sh as the bear activated the Earth Elemental, increasing its durability and strength, while the crow activated Sonic Resonance.


    Since Zephyr had already died once, the crow couldn''t summon it anymore. It wasn''t due to the cooldown but because of low energy capacity. Zephyr was a named elemental, and its summoning took arge toll on the summoner.


    Boom!


    The bear bent down, adding energy to its feet, creating an explosion of dust in the already ruined ground. Its jump took it more than a mile in the air in a single leap, but it still wasn''t even close to the crow.


    At that moment, the bear suddenly broke one part of its skin and hurled it at the crow.


    Orek had a pained expression when the bear used the attack, as it was the Mountain Guardian characteristic of the bear. It could help in creating armor. Its production was a long process, and whatever the bear had created in these days in a rich earth element environment was used in the attack.


    Even Elwynn''s eyes twitched, as it was an extremely expensive attack.


    ***


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle between Ayriel and Orek.


    It was thest of the three battles, and also the ultimate one. Whoever would win it, would go on to be the winner of the Divine Lord Beastpetition, while the loser would gain the second position.


    The bear''sst attack pierced through the crow''s head, ending its life and making Orek victorious.


    Whoever won this battle between Orek and Ayriel would have two wins, while Elwynn had already ended up in third ce with zero wins.


    Roar! Roar!


    Both opponents weed each other with a roar.


    The arena had already returned to its undamaged condition. The Chaotic Wyrm didn''t take the flight to the air but decided to fight the bear. Its physique was no less dominating than the bear, so it wanted to dominate it in the ground.


    Time flew by, and around five minutester, the wyrm took its flight to the air.


    It had a very strong physique, but the bear was very good at protecting itself, so it couldn''t beat it in a physique fight.


    The wyrm activated the Noxious Cloud, turning the entire arena into a hub of toxic gas. It not only slowly drained the life of the bear, but it also blinded it.


    Time flew by. Both opponents were in terrible shape, with numerous injuries spread across their bodies.


    The wyrm activated Chaotic Vortex and then Shadow Step. It appeared behind the bear. Its ws grabbed the bear and threw it into the vortex.

 Chapter 1051 End!

    Chapter 1051: End!


    The Chaotic Wyrm grabbed the Rocky Mountain Bear by its head and threw it into the vortex.


    It took every ounce of strength from the wyrm as the bear was at its heaviest state, but it seeded.


    The bear tried to fight back the vortex, but in its presence, the bear''s struggle was simr to pouring a bucket of water on a raging forest fire. The vortex made of chaos slowly sucked the bear in, and in the end, only the vortex was left.


    With that, the battle came to an end, and soon after, a card flew into Orek''s hands.


    Orek''s expression was disappointed, but at the same time, he understood why the Chaotic Wyrm ruled the Sacred Dimension at one point. Despite having a higher number of skills and a tougher defense, the wyrm defeated its opponent. It wasn''t an overwhelming victory, but a loss was a loss, and a win was a win.


    The next moment, a white light covered the two participants, and they disappeared from the battlefield.


    This time, they didn''t appear in the seating area, and they found themselves on the tform with seven other people. These nine were the top three from the three beastspetitions.


    They were standing in three rows. Each row referred to a stage of thepetition, with the first row rting to the Divine Transformationpetition and following the sequence thereafter.


    Since thepetition was over and the winners were here, it was time to present the rewards.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair and approached the participants. But before handing over the rewards, Aakesh had another task left.


    He turned toward the crowd since it was now time for him to calcte the money from betting. When Aakesh epted Lily''s request, the system came up with two proposals.


    First, the system would pay if the store lost money and takeplete ownership if the store was profitable. The second was that Aakesh would pay if there were any losses, and if he didn''t have that much money in his hands, he could borrow it from the system, but he would have to pay an annualpound interest of five percent on that amount. If the store won in the second case, then Aakesh would be theplete owner of all the money.


    Aakesh decided to go with the second option, as he believed he could make money from this venture without having to bet. Even if he betrge and won against the store, he would still have to pay from his pocket as the system restricted him to betting a limited amount of stones. The deal wouldn''t make sense if Aakesh was free to bet whatever amount he wanted.


    Right after the battle between Ayriel and Orek was over, the calction of winning and losing appeared in Aakesh''s head in the form of memory.


    Aakesh had expected people to refuse to pay at the end, and then he would use them as an example, but it seemed people were honest, as those who lost bets sincerely came forward and paid their sum.


    In no time, a gigantic mountain of stones formed on the tform. The average citizen of the city looked enviously at that mountain, but those who were knowledgeable knew that this amount was nothing in front of what the store was rewarding the winners with.


    Those who won their bets directly received the difference. Those customers who had cards directly received the amount on their cards, while for those who didn''t own cards, Aakesh called them to the stage one by one and handed them their winning amount.


    It took around an hour toplete the process, and in the end, Aakesh decided to let this be the only one with betting. His winnings weren''t that great, and it took a lot of time.


    After the process was over, Aakesh finally focused on the winners of the three rounds.


    Aakesh approached the row, referring to the Divine Transformation beasts. First, there was Riddley, then Fidel, and at the end, there was William, thepetition''s winner.


    A card appeared in Aakesh''s hands, and he passed it to Riddley, the third-ranked participant; one extra hour in Panagea.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh finally reached thest row of the top threepetitors in the Divine Lord Beastpetition.


    Aakesh handed a card to Elwynn: Three extra hours in Panagea. He then gave another card to Orek: three extra hours in Panagea and a coupon for hatching up to Divine Lord eggs. Aakesh then reached Ayriel and gave her the card for the winner.


    The other cards were simply silver in color, but the card for the three winners was golden with blue borders.


    Since Ayriel was the winner, she received one free spin, a hatching coupon up to True God level eggs, and three extra hours in Panagea.


    The card in the ranked participant''s hands had their rewards written. Those who had only one reward would lose their card after they imed it. Those who had more than one reward would lose their card after they imed all of them. There was no time limit on iming the rewards, and they could do it whenever they wanted, even if it was billions of yearster.


    After Aakesh handed over the rewards, he waved his hands, and the next moment, these participants appeared in their seats.


    Thepetition had gone on for several hours, but since today was the Nightless Day, there were no signs of the sun setting down.


    "Thepetition is over. The store will operate normally from tomorrow," Aakesh announced since there was nothing left for the people to continue their stay here.


    The people were disappointed to leave the store, but since they could do nothing, they began to leave one by one. In the end, only four people were left in the store: Asher, Alfred, the current King, Jamie, and the previous King, Jerome.


    Jamie and Jerome wanted to meet Aakesh, but since Aakesh didn''t care, he told them toe back tomorrow if they wanted to meet him.


    Jerome became angry with the blunt attitude of Aakesh, but since he could do nothing, he silently left the store.


    "Hey, system, remove the temporary expansion effect," Aakesh requested after only he and Lily were left in the store.

 Chapter 1052 Reaction!

    Chapter 1052: Reaction!


    "Hey, system, remove the temporary expansion effect," Aakesh requested of the system since there was no longer any need for the effect to continue.


    The next moment, a blue light swept over the store''s insides, and in no time, the store returned to normal.


    Aakesh then waved his hands: the tform disappeared, and the pill counter appeared with the rule board.


    ***


    While the store was busy returning to normal, the people outside the store were still shell-shocked by what they saw.


    Forget the battle, just the ability to let the beasts battle to their full potential without any fear of death was something unimaginable to the likes of the majority in Thorr City.


    "I still can''t believe that I saw thatpetition without paying anything," Furor eximed.


    "You are right. It''s iprehensible, and here we were treating the store owner as some evil, notorious personality," Roran replied, nodding to his friend.


    Furor and Roran were only two of the several people having such thoughts.


    "How much did you win?" Furor suddenly asked since Roran went to the tform to receive the difference amount while Furor went there to pay.


    A wide smile spread across Roran''s face when he heard his friend. He didn''t reply to the question, but the smile on his face exined that he had won big.


    ***


    Favan was gasping for breath as he finally returned to his house. After leaving the store, he ran at full speed and didn''t stop for even a moment till he reached home.


    As for why Favan acted like this, the bulging pouch tied to his waist was the reason.


    Favan untied the pouch and then emptied its content on his bed. The next moment, a mountain of shining stones appeared, blinding his eyes.


    An awestruck expression was visible on his face. It suddenly turned solemn, and he turned around.


    After seeing that the door to his house was locked, he breathed a sigh of relief. The wondrous expression reappeared after he returned his focus to the mountain of stones.


    There were more than a thousand people in the crowd who bet, and out of them, Favan was the only one who won on all his bets.


    Many also won on all bets, but they bet on both sides, ying conservatively, but that wasn''t the case for Favan.


    He made a sessful bet on William and then never stopped being correct.


    On William, he bet five hundred lesser Sacred stones, a chunk of his worth.


    The gain from William awarded him ny-five stones. The win from the bet seemed to awaken the risky side of Favan.


    In the second final battle, Favan bet his entire wealth, only keeping a week''s worth of stones for entry into Panagea. He bet all his savings on Bratty, going with his gut feeling.


    Bratty had the betting odds of 2.01, rewarding Favan with more than what he bet.


    At that time, Favan had be wealthier than ever. For the third stage, after the betting odds came, Favan became even riskier.


    He divided thebined sum of his winnings and the wealth he had into four parts and then equally distributed it among the four bets.


    At that time, Favan had taken a risk he could never take back, and he finally understood it when the battle between Ayriel and Elwynn began.


    The consequences of losing the bet eventually hit him, making him restless.


    Fortunately for him, his heavenly luck only seemed to be starting, and he won one bet after another.


    In the end, he was the only one on the list to bet on all battles and win all of them without being conservative in betting.


    His heart was beating like a rumbling cloud when he saw the wealth of several ordinary Sacred stones.


    If not for the loan from his mother, he would have had to stop entering Panagea long ago. But now he wouldn''t need to worry about it anymore. Just the amount he earned from today''spetition was enough for him to enter Panagea for years without any worries.


    Favan couldn''t help but be even more grateful toward the store and more respectful toward the store owner.


    Before knowing about the store, he was only a street vendor who didn''t have enough to cultivate, but after learning about the store, he was growing stronger every day through Panagea.


    Favan''s level in Panagea was nothing inparison to his actual strength in the Sacred Dimension, but there, he was not only leveling up but also earning at a faster rate than he ever could in the Sacred Dimension.


    ***


    "How are you?" Riddley asked Fidel after returning.


    Even though Fidel was acting fine, Riddley could see that he wasn''t since the battle between William and him.


    Fidel wasn''t one to lose his mind over a battle loss, or he would have long be serious after losing to her thousands of times.


    A wry smile appeared on Fidel''s face as the scene of the Suleon crushing the Shadow Hunter''s head repeatedly shed in his head.


    Fidel would have stopped thinking about it, but he sensed the Shadow Hunter''s condition. It was also affecting him.


    ***


    "If you care about dignity, then be stronger," Riddley reprimanded the Shadow Hunter for acting like this.


    "Now, stop brooding and act like a strong creature should," Riddley added and then left the room.


    The Shadow King Wyrm had its entire back wet with sweat as Riddley left it in the room with the Shadow Hunter alone when it was feeling down.


    The wyrm still remembered the mocking expression it had made toward the hunter after losing.


    The Shadow Hunter also remembered it, so after only the two of them were left in the room, it looked at the wyrm.


    A grin spread across the hunter''s face as it slowly proceeded toward the wyrm.


    The wyrm took steps back in fright, but soon, it found the wall blocking its way.


    The wyrm could break the wall and leave, but it found its owner to be even more dangerous than the Shadow Hunter, so it willingly stepped forward.


    The Shadow Hunter vowed to get stronger and beat the Suleon one day while punching the wyrm and venting its anger.


    The hunter''s mood got better and better as the venting was also for all the wyrms bullying him in front of Riddley.

 Chapter 1053 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 1053: A New Day for the Store(1)


    [Host, the sun is about to rise in Thorr City!]


    The system''s timely alert woke Aakesh up from his meditation. He opened his eyes and stood up.


    After ending thepetition yesterday, Aakesh yed with Lily for an hour, then they did their usual training, and after that, Lily went to Panagea.


    Time flew by, and the time for the sunrise arrived. Since yesterday was the Nightless Day, the sun hadn''t set, so there was no sunrise this morning.


    Aakesh opened the door to his store, and a crowd waiting for the store to open greeted his sight.


    The crowd''s eyes lit up when the store opened. Aakesh didn''t let them wait for long and turned around, returning to his chair.


    The crowd outside the store entered the store like a raging tide.


    The phenomenon of golden light covering customers appeared as their numbers exceeded the number of virtual portals avable in the story by a mark.


    There were 37 people left after all 148 customers entered Panagea afterpleting their payments the way they would.


    Out of the remaining thirty-seven, a few went toward the training area, while some went toward the cultivation arts room.


    Aakesh was going to close his eyes when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the door. He turned around in that direction and found a familiar face.


    The face was familiar, but the customer was new, as the man was one of the attendees at yesterday''spetition.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Borat respectfully greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and waited for the man to ask about the store''s products. Borat didn''t disappoint Aakesh; the next question he asked was to introduce the store''s products.


    "The store currently sells five products...


    Aakesh introduced all five products and their basic information to Borat in a single breath.


    Borat had already seen thepetition yesterday, so he knew about the beasts, but learning that there was something like Panagea in the store surprised him.


    Borat primarily came here to attempt to buy a beast, but after learning about Panagea, he wanted to enter that world and experience it for himself.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Borat requested, and then he started to take the required sum out of his space ring.


    The next moment, Borat''s hand movement froze after he heard Aakesh.


    Borat didn''t feel disappointed since waiting for some hours wasn''t a big deal to him. He thanked Aakesh and then bombarded him with questions rted to beasts. Since there was waiting time for Panagea, Borat decided to see if he could buy a beast in his range.


    ***


    [Name: Green Ferret


    Type: Beast


    Race: Ferret


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Poison


    Cultivation: Early Divine Being


    Ability:


    Venomous Bite - The Green Ferret''s bite is venomous and can incapacitate its prey or deter predators.


    w sh - The Green Ferret''s sharp ws can deliver a powerful sh attack, causing significant damage to its prey or predators.


    Evasion - The Green Ferret can use its agility to dodge attacks from predators or quickly move out of the way.


    Poison Spray - In addition to its venomous bite, the Green Ferret can spray a cloud of poison that can disorient and weaken its prey or predators.


    Card Description: The Green Ferret is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attribute of poison makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Green Ferret.


    Price: Seven thousand eight hundred higher Sacred stones.]


    Borat read the details published on the card in his hands.


    On the card illustration, there was a furry creature. It had bright green fur that seemed soft to touch. Its eyes wererge and bright green, matching its fur.


    It was Borat''s third summon, and he finally found a beast he liked and could afford at the same time.


    Borat came from a wealthy family, so he could gather the sum of ten thousand ordinary Sacred stones.


    Since Borat had made up his mind he didn''t waste a single moment in the room and left it.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want to initiate the taming battle," Borat requested Aakesh, extending the card to him.


    Aakesh grabbed the card, took a single look at the beast, and then tapped on the storefront pattern on the back of the card.


    ***


    Borat had an excited smile spread across his face as he won over the Green Ferret in the battle. He could now buy the beast and take it out.


    It didn''t take long for him toplete the next remaining steps, and in the end, he finally had ownership of the Green Ferret.


    "Thank you, store owner," Borat thanked Aakesh and then went toward the waiting corner to wait for Panagea.


    Aakesh closed his eyes as there were no new customers in his sight,


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    It wasn''t very long before Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. The next moment, a group of familiar faces entered the store.


    The group wasposed of both regr and new customers, and they were none other than the duo of Asher and Alfred and the King pair.


    Jerome and Jamie were behind, while Alfred and Asher were leading the group. Asher and Alfred''s expressions didn''t look good, as Jerome and Jamie had been here since yesterday.


    Every moment Jerome spent in Thorr City was like an emotional ordeal for Asher and Alfred. No one knew when Jerome would explode, harming them and the Vurrons. It kept the duo on edge at all times.


    "Hello, store owner!"


    "Hello, store owner!"


    Alfred and Asher greeted Aakesh, respectively. Their respect for Aakesh had grown even further after yesterday''spetition.


    Thepetition was an eye-opener for them, and after watching it, whatever fears the duo had about Aakesh dissipated. They understood that the gap between them and Aakesh was wider than the chasm between heaven and earth. Aakesh would never have any interest in the territories of Vurrons.


    Jamie and Jerome also came forward and greeted Aakesh. From Jamie, Aakesh sensed a mixture of different emotions, while from Jerome, he only sensed anger.

 Chapter 1054 A New Day For The Store(2)

    Chapter 1054: A New Day for the Store(2)


    "Hello, store owner!" Jerome greeted Aakesh. His tone couldn''t hide the anger hidden in his heart toward Aakesh.


    Even though Jerome was frightened of Aakesh due to the people he saw and the beast''s battles, his heart couldn''t ept the loss of territory due to Aakesh.


    The conquest of territories was the result of his hard work. He lost countless men of his race to reach where he was today. How could he ept everything changing just because of Aakesh?


    If Aakesh knew why Jerome was angry, he would haveughed at him. After all, everything began with a misunderstanding of Aakesh''s statement.


    ***


    "Store owner, do you have any ns to open another branch in the capital city?" Jamie asked Aakesh.


    Jamie could see Jerome, struggling to keep his emotions under control, so he decided to chime in. He didn''t want to see the consequences of his father doing something he shouldn''t have in his anger.


    "No," Aakesh replied.


    Jamie was disappointed in his heart, but he soon calmed down. Even though the store was in Thorr City, it was still under the Fawkes Kingdom''s control for the next ten thousand years.


    No one knew where the Fawkes Kingdom would be in that many years, as it wasn''t a short duration for even the immortal citizens of the Sacred Dimension. It would have been trouble if the store owner refused them entry to the store, but since no such thing existed, Jamie knew he had to be calm and slowly grow himself and his people.


    Jerome also understood why his son was doing this, so he stayed silent at the back.


    ***


    Even though Jerome was angry with the store, it didn''t mean that he didn''t like the store''s products.


    After watching yesterday''s battle, Jerome also wanted a beast for himself. But before that, they wanted to enter Panagea.


    Asher and Alfred had already told them about all five store products avable, so they didn''t need an introduction from Aakesh.


    "You will need to wait for five hours and forty minutes," Aakesh informed Jamie, making him disappointed.


    Jamie then went to his father and informed him about theck of empty spots avable in portals.


    Jerome harrumphed and then asked about the beasts. He was angry with his son also, as he signed the contract with the Vurrons without even telling him.


    ***


    Jerome entered the beast''s room, with Jamie following one step behind. As for Asher and Alfred, they joined the queue for the second group in Panagea.


    Jerome took the lead in summoning, as he went directly toward the pir, without looking around the room.


    Jerome pressed the button, starting his summoning round.


    The square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed and stopped after the five seconds were over.


    A beast known to Jerome then appeared on the screen, and soon after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands.


    Jerome knew the beast, so he immediately went to the quality section. After seeing that it was only an ordinary quality beast, Jerome didn''t waste time looking at its skills and ced the card in the returning section.


    He then pressed the switch again. The square light began to rotate while "1" appeared on top of the screen.


    Simr to thest time, it was another beast of ordinary quality but even weaker than the previous one.


    Since Jerome''s state of mind wasn''t great due to the circumstances, it became even worse, making him more irritable.


    At that time, Jamie silently took two steps back, not daring to meet Jerome''s eyes at that moment.


    Time flew by, and Jerome was closer to exploding when he pressed the switch again.


    The next moment, the four on top of the screen turned into five while the square light began to rotate at a quick rate.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast never before seen by Jerome appeared on the screen.


    Jerome''s eyes were cold when the card flew into his hands. He immediately focused on the quality section.


    When he saw that it was supreme, his eyes lit up, and he finally moved his eyes up, looking at the beast''s name.


    [Name: White-Spotted Mosquito


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Metal


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Metal sh: The White-spotted Mosquito can use its sharp ws to sh through metal objects and armor, dealing heavy damage to its enemies.


    Heat st: The White-spotted Mosquito can focus the heat generated by its metallic body into a concentrated st, dealing heavy damage to its opponent.


    Metal Reflect: The White-Spotted Mosquito can create a shield made of metal around it. It would reflect half the damage at the attacker.


    Metallic Glide: The White-Spotted Mosquito can use its metallic body to glide effortlessly through the air for a short period.


    Card Description: The White-Spotted Mosquito is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attribute of metal makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the White-Spotted Mosquito.


    Price: Thirty-five thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    Jerome read the details of the White-Spotted Mosquito on the card.


    It was a mutant creature born from the corpse of a metal elemental creature. It was a giant insect, measuring twenty feet. Its body, wings, and legs were all made of metal, making it a resilient beast. It had one white spot on each of its slightly golden wings, hence its name, White-Spotted Mosquito.


    Jerome didn''t care about the appearance of the beast but only about its quality and skills. Its quality was supreme, so he achieved his first requirement, and then the skills were also to his liking, so the beast ticked all the boxes for Jerome.


    Jerome didn''t need to summon anymore, so he turned around and told Jamie to do the summoning.


    Thirty-five thousand higher Sacred stones was a considerable sum for Jerome. But since he was a ruler of a territory, he could take that amount from his umted wealth over several million years.


    When Jamie reached the pir, he also set some requirements, and they were the same as his father''s.

 Chapter 1055 A New Day For The Store(3)

    Chapter 1055: A New Day for the Store(3)


    Jamie pressed the button, and the summoning began.


    Five secondster, the square light''s rotation stopped, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    ***


    [Name: Red Fawkes


    Type: Beast


    Race: Fawkes


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Sharpness


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Flight Stamina


    Details: The Red Fawkes can fly for months without stopping


    Ability:


    Feather de: The Red Fawkes canunch its feathers at high speeds, using them as projectiles to slice through enemies.


    Talon Strike: The Red Fawkes'' talons are also sharp, allowing it to grab and hold onto prey with ease. It can also use its talons to deliver devastating strikes to enemies.


    Razor Wing: The Red Fawkes can focus its energy on its wings, causing its sharp feathers to be even sharper and more dangerous. It helps in flying quicker as well as increasing the attack''s potency.


    Feather sh: The Red Fawkes can sacrifice its feathers by using them as des, dealing heavy damage to the opponent.


    Card Description: The Red Fawkes is a majestic and powerful creature. Its attribute of sharpness makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Red Fawkes.


    Price: Seventy-eight thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    Jamie looked at the card in surprise since the Fawkes Kingdom was named after the Fawkes species of a bird group. When Jerome was young, he had seen a battle of Red Fawkes. In that battle, the Red Fawkes won, and that battle impressed Jerome so much that when he established his territory, he named it the Fawkes Kingdom.


    On the card illustration was a bird with vibrant red feathers covering its entire body. The feathers on its wings and tail were sharp like des, glimmering in the light. Its beak was gray, while its eye was bright yellow, glowing like the sun in the sky.


    When Jamie looked at the price of the beast, his heart skipped a beat. It was an enormous amount and more than two times as expensive as the White-Spotted Mosquito, despite them being of simr quality.


    "Don''t fret over it, buy it!"


    Jamie was thinking of whether to splurge that big amount on a beast, as even the Kingdom would be in bad shape after the sale, but then suddenly, his father ordered from behind.


    Jamie turned around and looked at his father. Jerome wasn''t as angry as before since he was extremely content with the White-Spotted Mosquito.


    "The Red Fawkes is our ruling symbol, and now the Fawkes Kingdom will actually have one," Jerome responded, understanding Jamie''s confusion.


    The sum of the White-Spotted Mosquito and the Red Fawkes exceeded the conversion value of one supreme Sacred stone. It was an amount that could shake the foothold of the Fawkes Kingdom.


    The usual Jerome wouldn''t have agreed to spend thatrge amount on two peak Divine Lord powers, but after yesterday''s battle, he knew that these beasts might change the power structure of the Kingdom.


    Jerome was angry with the store and the store owner, but at the same time, he knew what advantages he could gain from the store''s presence.


    ***


    "Store owner, we want to initiate the taming battle," Jamie requested Aakesh as he passed over his and his father''s cards to Aakesh.


    ***


    Screech!


    Jamie summoned the beast; the next moment, his card turned into a Red Fawkes. The creature screeched, announcing its arrival in the world.


    A smile spread across Jamie''s face, and Jerome also looked better when they saw the Red Fawkes.


    Since the duo had been here for more than a day, they decided to leave for the capital city and not enter Panagea.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    The next moment, an unfamiliar face weed his sight. It was neither a Vurron nor a demon.


    Aakesh rarely got non-demon customers, so it was another rare customer.


    ***


    "What''s so special about this ce?" Varney muttered in surprise as he stood in front of the store.


    Varney belonged to a race called Fresot. It was a mid-tier race in the Sacred Dimension with a Supreme God reigning over it, and Varney was the great-grandson of the ruler of the Fresots.


    Fresots were humanoid creatures. They weren''t very tall, with their height ranging from 5 to 8 feet. They were muscr, with skin that was a dark shade of brown. They had rough ridges and deep furrows running all over their body, giving them an unattractive and rough appearance.


    Fresots were simr to Dwarves, as they were also mainly involved in the repair and creation of items. Unlike Dwarves, the Fresots did these things for fun, and this situation created a lot of goodwill for them in low-level races as they didn''t charge a penny for their items.


    There was a saying in low-levels, ''With Fresot, all their worries for weapons are gone.''


    ***


    Varney was ten thousand years old this year, and ording to the tradition of the Fresots, they needed to leave their house and travel for one hundred years outside to learn about the world and cultivate.


    Fresot''s main gxy was also in this Universe controlled by the Voidwalkers, and luckily for him, he chose the Curiele as his destination.


    Even on Curiele, there are tens of Kingdoms and a few Empires, so coincidentally, Varney chose to begin with the Fawkes Kingdom.


    Thebination of several coincidences brought Varney to the store.


    Varney''s eyes were wide open as he stood in front of the store. It was a secret but known to the powerful of the Sacred Dimension that Fresots was born with the talent of Energy Empathy.


    Energy Empathy was a rare talent that was found in very few people, and the race of Fresot was one such group. It was a talent that allowed the Fresot to feel closer to energy, and when Varney stood in front of the store, he could feel extremely strong energy inside it.


    Energy Empathy was the driving force behind their charitable personalities. Every item, when repaired or created, used energy prevalent in the dimension, and no one was closer to that energy than the repairer or creator. This way, Fresots continued leveling up while also creating positive impressions around the world.


    ***


    Varney entered the store and looked around with wide eyes. The energy prevalent at every corner of the store gave him a sensation like never before.


    Two voices were going on in his head at that time. One asked him to try to use his talent to influence the energy inside the store, while the second voice told him not to do it because the owner of the energy was a danger.


    Varney calmed down, choosing the second voice as he wanted to live. He was only ten thousand years old this year. He wanted to surpass his great-grandfather and be the ruler of Fresots.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Varney greeted Aakesh, still looking around the store with his corner eyes.


    Aakesh nodded and waited for the man to ask about the store''s products.


    "Store owner, what product does the store sell?"


    ***


    "Wow!" Varney said in surprise as he looked at the sword in his hands. It was a silver sword with a ck handle and several gemstones embedded in the handle.


    Varney didn''tpliment the sword''s beauty but its ability as he was looking at the screen in front of him.


    "I will have gained a lot if I can prepare this level of an item," Varney mumbled.


    The better the quality of the item was, the more it influenced the energy, so the better the gains for the creator.


    If Dwarves had the talent, they would have long been one of the top races of the Multiverse, but unfortunately for them, they couldn''t see the energy influence.


    Fresot had the talent, but their skills in the creation and repairing of items were nothingpared to the Dwarves, or they wouldn''t have only reached Supreme God.


    ***


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The six hours stay for the first group was over, so the system forced them out one by one, depending on their entry sequence.


    Those waiting for the second group had their eyes lit. They rushed into the room like a tide. As they touched the portal, a suction force emerged and sucked them into another world, one by one.


    The virtual portals for the third group had already gotten booked, while only thest three spots were left in the fourth group.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair as no customers were approaching him when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the door.


    Aakesh opened his eyes, and when he turned, he saw an unfamiliar face stepping inside the store.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


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 Chapter 1056 A New Day For The Store(4)

    Chapter 1056: A New Day for the Store(4)


    "How can you do this?" Lyraia cried out in pain as she saw the most horrible scene in her life.


    In front of her stood the man she dearly loved, while on the ground were the corpses of the people she called friends.


    The man had a smile spread across his face, giving him a cruel appearance when there were still blood drops on his face.


    The man looked at Lyraia, crying in pain. It gave him pleasure like never before as he charged and grabbed Lyraia''s head.


    He couldn''t help but lick her face. Lyraia was in shock, as everything happening in front of her was like her worst nightmare.


    "Now, this is what I want to eat," The man suddenly spoke, and the next moment, he turned into a puddle.


    The next moment, a creature without any distinct features slowly appeared out of the puddle.


    "You are not Kaelor!" Lyraia finally came around and yelled in shock.


    Hehe!


    A burst of eerieughter rang in the area as the creature finally formed itself. It was a weird-looking creature, as its figure was disjointed. Hands were where the head should have been, and legs were zig-zag. All in all, the creature was something Lyraia had never seen before. At the same time, a cold chill crept into her bones when she looked at the creature as if it were the personification of evil itself.


    "What did you do to Kaelor?" Lyraia tried to fight back as she pounced on the creature, pushing her fear deep into her heart.


    Hehe!


    The creature eerilyughed and casually shed his weird ws. The next moment, Lyraia stopped as she saw the creature getting bigger. At the same time, a wave of pain hit her.


    Lyraia looked down and saw a part of the area below her chest and above the waist disappear.


    Lyraia''s face turned white from all the pain, but she gritted her teeth and stared at the creature in front of her.


    Lyraia was going to attempt to attack once again when she saw the creature''s expression change from fun to fear.


    The next moment, a dreamy light covered Lyraia while a male voice rang in the area at the same time, "Why do you have to ruin the peace?"


    The man''s tone was filled with helplessness. The next moment, Lyraia saw a scene she would never forget.


    ARGH!


    A white light covered the weird creature, making it scream in pain. Just from the scream, Lyraia could feel the pain felt by the creature.


    It didn''t go on for long, as in less than a second, the creature disappeared from the world by turning into ash.


    A pained expression appeared on Lyraia''s face as her body was regrowing, while at the same time, the corpse of Kaelor appeared on the ground.


    Lyraia felt as though several hot knives were piercing her heart when she saw the expression on Kaelor''s face. It was like Kaelor saw a horror he could never even imagine.


    "You have involved yourself in a terrible fate." The familiar man''s voice rang again. Lyraia wanted to look around and thank the man, but before she could, she found herself losing consciousness.


    "Let your destination be decided by fate!"


    It was thest sentence Lyraia heard before she fell into darkness.


    ***


    "Where am I?" Lyraia frowned after she woke up from her sleep after an unknown amount of time.


    She looked around and found herself in a forest. Her frown deepened as the energy in the environment was even worse than many of the ruins she had traveled to.


    Lyraia''s face suddenly changed as the memory of what happened before she fell unconscious returned. Her eyes widened, turning red, and she let out a heartbreaking cry, shaking the forest.


    After an unknown amount of time, Lyraia calmed down. Her eyes were turning like those of an emotionally dead person. She stood up and looked around.


    Since her cultivation exceeded that of True God, she could fly. Lyraia tried to fly, but the next moment, she crashed into the ground. She tried again, and the result was the same.


    After trying several times, Lyraia finally noticed that her cultivation had regressed to Divine Lord. Her expression showed no change as if it didn''t matter to her at all.


    Lyraia stopped trying, turned around, and left the forest, walking ahead.


    She was like a dead person, as she kept walking without stopping for several days. During her walk, she came across a group of bandits, led by a peak Divine Lord.


    Even though her cultivation had regressed to that of an early Divine Lord, before waking up, she was still a peak Supreme God, so it was easy for her to annihte that group.


    Lyraia used to be kind, but at that time, her hands were like devils as she cruelly butchered the group, striking fear in the hearts of the evil bandits.


    At the same time, she cut the head of the leader, used his intestine, and made a thread, wearing it as a gand, striking fear into the hearts of others wherever she walked. No one dared to stop her or even try to talk to her, and her steps continued.


    Lyraia didn''t have any destination in her mind, so she was randomly walking.


    Just like that, she had walked for tens of thousands of miles. She finally entered Thorr City.


    Lyraia entered from the main gate. The guards at the gate were so frightened when they saw her engulfed in blood while a man''s head was being worn by her as a gand, they didn''t even dare to stop her.


    Just the head alone released an unbearable pressure. They couldn''t even dare to imagine the strength of the non-demon woman.


    At that time, Jerome and Jamie were leaving the city. Their eyes also fell on Lyraia. Jerome''s eyes expanded violently, and his expression turned ugly.


    Jamie noticed the violent change in his father''s expression, so he asked him.


    Jerome didn''t say anything but grabbed Jamie and increased his flying speed to the maximum.


    Lyraia had no idea that her presence had frightened two True Gods to escape, and she continued her walking.


    Since Lyraia didn''t disturb anyone, the guards were relieved, as they didn''t want to fight her and die an unjust death.

 Chapter 1057 A New Day For The Store(5)

    Chapter 1057: A New Day for the Store(5)


    "Father, why are we running away from her?" Jamie asked after his father finally left his hands.


    Even in front of the store, Jerome wasn''t acting this frightened, so Jamie was extremely curious about the reason behind his father''s sudden actions.


    Jerome''s expression was ugly when he heard his son''s question.


    "That is Lyraia, ''The Cruel Widow''," Jerome replied, his expression turning grave.


    Jamie was still surprised since it was his first time hearing such a title.


    Jerome didn''t want to speak about Lyraia, but seeing that she was inside the territory of the Fawkes Kingdom, it was better to share the story with his son so he wouldn''t bring danger to the Kingdom.


    "There is a story behind Lyraia getting the title of The Cruel Widow"


    Jerome began to share Lyraia''s story with his son. When Jerome was three thousand years old, he was a peak Divine Being at that time.


    Before conquering the territory, Jerome led a group, and those members were the current noble families in the Kingdom.


    During one of Jerome''s trips to the ruins, he and his group found him in a special ruin. It had a space node that forcefully teleported the entire group to a special ce countless lightyears away.


    The ruin was the ce where Jerome came across the murals of Lyraia, seeing the deaths of her friends at the hands of her lover, and then she found that her lover was already dead.


    Jamie didn''t feel anything different when he heard the story up to this point, as it was extremelymon in the cultivation world. It was easier to find cruel stories than kind ones. But as the story progressed, Jamie''s face turned paler and paler.


    When all of it happened, Lyraia was a cultivator at the peak of the Sacred Dimension, and so was Kaelor, her lover. They both came from the Aurelian race.


    The Aurelian race was one of the top races of the Sacred Dimension at that time. There were two species in the race, and both had a Sacred Creator leading them.


    (A/N: Jerome doesn''t know the cultivation level names. I am writing it to lessen theplexities.)


    One camp was led by Lyraia, while the other camp was led by Kaelor. Since both Lyraia and Kaelor were lovers, the rtionship between the two camps was extremely good, making them stand among the top races of the Sacred Dimension.


    But after that event, everything changed. Someone helped Lyraia survive the event and teleported her randomly.


    When she woke up from her consciousness, Lyraia found that her cultivation had regressed to that of a Sacred Monarch. The memory of the event made her cruel, and she went on a rampage.


    The Aurelian race had to bear the consequences of Lyraia''s actions, as shemitted a massacre, putting the Aurelian race almost on the verge of extinction.


    At that time, she had massacred the camp she belonged to, the Lyralians, while not even touching Kaelor''s camp, the Kaelians.


    After the massacre, Lyraia disappeared, and no one knew where she had gone. Several billion yearster, she returned.


    At that time, the camp she belonged to had already be extinct, while only Kaelians were left for the Aurelian race.


    The sudden appearance of Lyraia spooked the Kaelians. At that time, her cultivation had regressed to Sacred Emperor.


    Spooked by Lyraia''s emergence and not willing to face the same oue as the Lyralians, the Kaelians attacked Lyraia, with their two Sacred Monarchs leading the attacks.


    After the war, the Aurelians ultimately became extinct, leaving Lyraia. After the end of the Aurelians, Lyraia disappeared again.


    From time to time, Lyraia would appear again, her cultivation regressing by one level while her memories of the events faded. And every time she would reappear, she wouldmit a massacre.


    ***


    Jamie''s expression was ugly, matching Jerome''s expression. The emergence of Lyraia in these areas brought them closer to extinction than ever.


    Suddenly, the image of Aakesh emerged in Jamie''s head.


    "I am sure the store would manage it well," Jamie muttered, but her voice contained no confidence.


    ***


    Unaware of the legend, Lyraia had created around the Sacred Dimension, she kept walking with no direction in her mind.


    Lyraia''s footsteps paused for the first time, and she raised her head up. The next moment, an ordinary-looking building appeared in front of her.


    A curious expression spread across her emotionless face as she seemed to sense an unexinable feeling from the building. She couldn''t put her hands on what it was, but the building made her stop.


    ***


    Aakesh opened his eyes, and when he turned, he saw an unfamiliar face stepping inside the store.


    It was an unfamiliar face, but Aakesh still recognized who it was from the appearance of the entree.


    It was Lyraia, thest Aurelian, the cruel widow, and many other titles in the Sacred Dimension.


    The Aurelian race became extinct countless years ago, so many forgot their features, but how could Aakesh, who read about them during the quest?


    The Aurelians were a tall race. Their skin was wheatish with a shimmering golden hue, while their eyes glowed yellow like a bright light.


    Lyraia, who had now regressed from a Sacred Creator to a Divine Lord, still carried the beauty of her old days.


    Aakesh also saw the severed head worn by her using the intestines of the man.


    Lyraia''s eyes fell on Aakesh as soon as she entered the store. A confused expression spread across her face. She found his figure familiar, but she couldn''t remember meeting him at all.


    ***


    "What is this?" "Who are you?"...


    Lyraia approached Aakesh and asked him several questions. Her voice was hoarse since she hadn''t spoken this long for countless years now.


    "It is The First Store, and I am the store owner," Aakesh answered two questions, ignoring all other questions.


    "Why do I feel you are familiar?" Lyraia asked, surprising Aakesh.


    From what he read, the event causing Lyraia to be like this happened several Epoches ago. He only opened his eyes around eighty years ago if he considered the time difference of the Sacred Dimension, so how could she know him?


    Aakesh grew curious, and instead of answering, he asked, "How do you find me familiar?"


    ***


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 Chapter 1058 A New Day For The Store(6)

    Chapter 1058: A New Day for the Store(6)


    "Why do you find me familiar?" Aakesh asked, bing curious by the Aurelian''s question.


    Lyraia got stumped and paused for a moment before responding, "I don''t know, but I feel like I have met you before."


    Aakesh stopped asking questions since Lyraia had a curse upon her, forcing her to regress after every waking up from her forced unconsciousness, and the memory would also fade.


    Only if the curse could be solved would there be a chance of her memory returning. Aakesh wanted to help Lyraia if she could answer him, but unfortunately for him, the cost to pay for the system''s help wouldn''t be worth it.


    "Hey, system, what will be the cost if I want to restore her memory?" Aakesh decided to ask to satiate his curiosity.


    [Host, the curse on her is from a lifeform of the third dimension. If you want to erase the curse, you need to pay¡­]


    When Aakesh heard the amount, the idea of asking for the system''s help disappeared from his head.


    "Tell me, why do I feel you are familiar?" Lyraia asked. As she tried to ponder over Aakesh''s questions, the emotions pushed deep in her heart attempted to push their way out.


    Lyraia grabbed her head and crazily tousled her hair.


    Aakesh requested the system since if Lyraia tried to act in this situation, the system would kill her, and Aakesh didn''t want to let that happen.


    Since the cost required by the system was extremely high, he decided to do it on his own in the future. To do that, Lyraia needed to survive.


    After every return of consciousness, the staying awake time would lessen. Thest time Lyraia woke up, her cultivation was True God; she stayed awake for three years.


    The awake duration followed a pattern as the time regressed one-tenth after every reawakening. So, it could be calcted that Lyraia would stay awake for three months and several days this time.


    ***


    The system acted and calmed the emotional turmoil going on in Lyraia''s heart.


    "Do you want to know about the store''s products?" Aakesh asked before Lyraia again lost herself in one of her turmoils.


    Lyraia was confused, but she still nodded since she was feeling better than before entering the store. Her eyes were still as emotionally dead as ever.


    "The store currently sells five products.


    The first is pills. The store currently sells lesser and higher level pills, catering to cultivators from Divine Transformation to True God¡­


    Aakesh soon introduced all five store products to Lyraia. Since her cultivation had regressed, she was now avable for every store product currently avable in the store.


    ***


    Lyraia''s cognition still worked, so she understood the value of the products. She lost interest in pills, weapons, and cultivation arts since they were of no use to her. She could do nothing to increase her cultivation; such was the curse, and it would only disappear when she had regressed to a mortal and then died.


    After removing the three products, only two more were left: Panagea and the Beasts.


    Panagea could be of use to her as she could spend her time there without worrying about her emotions getting out of control. The beasts had no particr value to her since she would lose her unconsciousness after some time.


    "Aakesh, I wanted to enter Panagea," Lyraia said, taking out a mountain of Sacred stones from her ring.


    The wealth taken out by Lyraia would shake even many wealthy families, as the mountain taken out by her contained a few ultimate Sacred stones.


    "You can''t. All the spots in Panagea are filled in the current and next groups. You will need to wait¡­"


    ***


    Lyraia stood out in front of the pir in the beast''s room. Since Lyraia had nock of wealth, Aakesh suggested she buy a beast.


    There were various types of beasts in the Sacred Dimension, and there were some that would help her rein in her emotions till she was awake. As for what would happen after losing consciousness, she could tell the beast to start its family. After all, the contract would be valid for eternity.


    Lyraia epted Aakesh''s suggestion, as the familiar feeling from Aakesh made her feel close to him.


    ***


    The next moment, Lyraia pressed the switch, beginning the summoning.


    Five seconds passed, and a beast appeared on the screen. Lyraia didn''t recognize it and soon saw the details on the card.


    It was a new species born during herst sleep, so she didn''t recognize it. She looked at the card and decided to return it as it was not what she was searching for.


    Lyraia didn''t care about the quality of the beasts, so she felt nothing when she saw the inferior in the quality section.


    [Name: Serenity Butterfly


    Type: Beast


    Race: Butterfly


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Spirit, Illusion


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Soothing Aura


    Details: This passive skill allows the Serenity Butterfly to emit a gentle aura, calming the emotional turmoils. (Only up to the same level cultivator.)


    Ability:


    Melodic Song - The Serenity Faerie can use their wings to create a soft, melodic sound that calms the emotions of those around them.


    Nature''s Fury - The Serenity Faerie can channel the power of nature to create devastating attacks, dealing heavy damage to its opponents.


    Illusory des - The Serenity Faerie can create illusions of sharp des that can damage enemies and stun them.


    Barrier - The Serenity Faerie can create a protective barrier around themselves or allies, shielding them from harm.


    Soundwave - The Serenity Faerie can emit a powerful soundwave that can damage its opponents.


    Mirage - The Serenity Faerie can create a mirage that appears as an alternative reality.


    Card Description: The Serenity Butterfly is a beautiful and powerful creature. Its attributes of spirit and illusion make it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent and supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Serenity Butterfly.


    Price: Three thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    After spending a lot of money, Lyraia finally found the beast she had been looking for after following Aakesh''s suggestion. In her hands was the card, illustrating an extremely beautiful creature.

 Chapter 1059 A New Day For The Store(7)

    Chapter 1059: A New Day for the Store(7)


    On the card, the upper half was filled with the butterfly''s illustration.


    It was a stunningly beautiful creature. It wasn''t very big; it had slender limbs and an elegant form. Its skin was a softvender with iridescent patterns that glowed in the dark. Its wings were its most striking feature. It was an borate span with moving membranes that acted as a prism to reflect the light. Its eyes wererge and luminous. All in all, it was one of the most beautiful, vibrant creatures not only in the Sacred Dimension but also in the Multiverse.


    It would melt even the cruelest of hearts, but Lyraia''s eyes remained as dead as ever when she saw the card. After finding it was the one Aakesh had suggested to her, she turned around and left the room.


    ***


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, to find it was none other than Lyraia.


    ***


    "Aakesh, I want this one," Lyraia said and pushed the card toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from her hands. Aakesh took a look at the beast and then tapped twice on the storefront''s pattern at the back of the card.


    "You need to kill it, or you can also make it submit to you without fighting if you have the capability," Aakesh stated and returned the card to Lyraia.


    Lyraia didn''t say anything and took the card. The next moment, the view in front of her changed, and she found herself in an unfamiliar area.


    ***


    At that moment, Lyraia stood in a lush, verdant forest, with the sound of a gentle stream running not far from her. There were flowers of every color and shape all over thendscape, giving off a pleasant smell. Sunlight filtered through the oval-shaped leaves, adding further to the beauty of the area.


    The area was serene, and at that moment, a butterfly the size of a few inches came down and began flying above Lyraia.


    Aakesh told Lyraia to kill the Serenity Butterfly to tame it, so she immediately got ready. Her hands turned golden, and she punched the butterfly.


    The Serenity Butterfly didn''t run away. Instead, it activated Melodic Song, pping its wings and creating a soft, melodic sound.


    The soothing Aura and Melodic Song had the same effects, but the Melodic Song was clearly better as it instantly worked while the Soothing Aura gradually worked, slowly calming down the user.


    Lyraia''s hands stopped for a moment, but the emotions forced inside her heart were so high that the skill''s effect broke down in less than a moment, and the punch continued forward.


    The Serenity Butterfly didn''t make any moves and let the punch hit it. The next moment, the butterfly exploded into a blood cloud while the serene area around Lyraia broke down.


    ***


    Aakesh nodded as he had expected this from the Serenity Butterfly. It was one of the rare creatures that were both beautiful and kind at the same time. Seeing so much rage and different negative emotions in Lyraia, the butterfly immediately decided to choose it as its owner.


    Even the Melodic Song it used wasn''t to defend but to calm the raging emotions in Lyraia''s heart.


    Lyraia didn''t care that much and asked Aakesh what to do next.


    ***


    "You need to pay one hundred three thousand supreme Sacred stones..." Aakesh outlined the price Lyraia had to pay toplete thest step and own the Serenity Butterfly.


    The Serenity Butterfly only cost three thousand, and more than one hundred thousand was the summoning cost since it was the seventeenth round of summoning when Lyraia got it.


    Lyraia didn''t care and again took out a mountain of stones from her space ring.


    Aakesh then suggested that Lyraia buy an Ultimate Store Card. It was as if Aakesh were some lost rtive; whatever Aakesh said, Lyraia immediately agreed with. Aakesh became even more curious. Was it all her imagination? Or was he so close to her that she trusted him so much despite the memory not being there?


    These were all the questions to which Aakesh would find answers in the future, so he stopped thinking about them. He then told Lyraia to store her Sacred stones inside the card.


    After that, Aakesh wouldn''t need to see a mountain of stones every time; he would ask for payment. The required sum got deducted from her store card the next moment, and soon after, the system informed Aakesh about the sessful payment.


    ***


    Since Lyraia had nothing to do and Aakesh told her to wait if she wanted to enter Panage, she decided to follow it. In the waiting corner, she was seating with the gand of a severed head still present there, while the beautiful Serenity Butterfly was flying round and round above her, releasing Soothing Aura.


    Aakesh was introducing the store''s products to a new customer when another customer entered the store and looked around in awe.


    As Aakesh was busy in conversation with a customer, the man decided to look around until that time. His eyes then fell on Lyraia, who was looking up at the roof without blinking even once.


    The man''s eyes expanded into slits when he saw the head. He immediately turned around and left the store.


    ***


    "We need to stop our n," Fricky announced with an ugly expression.


    In front of him sat several beings from different demon races. Fricky belonged to a bandit group, and he recognized the severed head to be one of his rival bandit groups.


    Fricky had ns to loot a vige near Thorr City, but when he saw the head, he mistook Lyraia for a bandit hunter. So he went back to his temporary base and told everyone that he was no longer going to loot and rampage around Thorr City.


    The people of Truana vige were unaware that a misunderstanding saved many of their vige members'' lives and dignity.


    ***


    Aakesh didn''t care after the new customer suddenly left the store and returned to his rxation session after the customer left for the beast''s room.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in the direction of the sound of footsteps. He found it to be an unfamiliar face.


    ***


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 Chapter 1060 Long-Awaited Revenge!

    Chapter 1060: Long-Awaited Revenge!


    Since the store owner returned to the Sacred Dimension and left the store to Jonnah in the Primal Dimension, centuries have passed.


    The store tended to more than a trillion customers every day, making it the most popr attraction in the Primal Dimension. Cultivators ranging from the first level to the highest level graced the store, and it treated everyone equally.


    In its more than a millennia of existence, the store had changed the destinies of many figures spread across the Primal Dimension, disrupting the power structure prevalent there before the store''s emergence.


    Before the store''s appearance, humans were only a mid-tier race, but the presence of the store in human territory propelled the humans to be one of the top races, with the ranks of several peak Immortals in the Bisan Empire.


    The store''s customers also included void beasts and more than two-thirds of the Immortals spread across the Primal Dimension. One such out of those trillions of customers was a female, Ca.


    Ca was only a girl when she found the store. At that time, she was running from her enemies, and at the same time, she wanted revenge for what happened to her parents and the Empire.


    Ca wanted to avenge the fall of Avith and take them back to their former glory.


    ***


    Ca had now been the store''s customer for more than a millennium. When she came, she was only a Tao Manifestation level cultivator and only 26 years old. But now, more than 1400 yearster, she was a peak Heavenly Monarch, and the traces of age could be seen in her unique eyes.


    "Mother, do you want to do this?" Farracky asked his mother, clearly not in favor of Ca initiating a war on her enemies at that time.


    Ca''s eyes held disappointment when she looked at her eldest son. She then looked at her other children. They had the same reaction as Farracky when she announced her intentions to finally avenge the deaths of her family and the Empire.


    Ca''s eyes lit up when she saw her youngest son. He had the same excitement as she had for finally being able toplete her revenge.


    "Truloc, tell me what you think?" Ca asked her youngest son.


    Farracky frowned when he saw his mother asking for answers from the youngest when he clearly was the eldest child and the next in line to the top position after Ca. But he stayed silent since he didn''t want to offend his mother.


    Ca noticed her son''s actions but ignored them and focused on her youngest son.


    Truloc became stumped by her mother''s sudden question. But he took a deep breath and responded, "Maa, I think you should do it. We need to avenge Grandpa and Grandma."


    A smile spread across Ca''s face when she heard the answer. She then called him. Truloc nodded and went forward, reaching his mother.


    "Why do you think I gave birth to your siblings and you?" Ca suddenly asked Truloc.


    "Because¡­ you love us?" Truloc was confused by the sudden question, but he still answered.


    "No!"


    Ca bluntly responded, shocking all the children. But without giving them too much time to absorb the news, she added, "I gave birth to you because I am thest blood of the royal family of Avith. When I will reinstall my Empire, I want another line of Avith to rule and spread their glory to the world."


    Farracky didn''t seem surprised by his mother''s answer, but hearing it directly from her mouth was still ufortable.


    "To reinstall the Empire, I will need to destroy my enemies. Since only you supported my decision to start the war, I proim you to be the first Emperor of the new Avith Empire," Ca announced, shocking the children and other people in the room.


    Farracky''s expression turned ugly. He wanted to say something, but before he could, a wave of pressure hit him and forced him to kneel.


    "Show your allegiance to the new ruler!" Ca''s tone was majestic as she ordered.


    Farracky wanted to say something, but the pressure attacking him suddenly grew, exploding veins on his face.


    Farracky gritted his teeth, bore the pain, and announced his allegiance to Truloc, vowing by the name of his cultivation.


    ***


    Crash! Crash! Crash!


    "Damn it! How could she do this to me?" Farracky cursed in anger and destroyed the things in his residence.


    "Calm yourself," Farracky''s wife pleaded, seeing her husband in such a condition.


    "How can I calm down? That woman took everything that should have belonged to me and handed it on a tter to that bastard child of hers," Farracky growled.


    Truloc and Farracky had different fathers. In fact, most of Ca''s children had different fathers.


    "Why don''t you request that she take some more time to think over her decision?" The wife suggested.


    "You don''t know her. She is a damn stubborn woman," Farrackyined and broke anotherexpensive table in the room.


    "Are you angry, my son?" Suddenly, the familiar voice rang in the room, shocking Farracky and his wife.


    Farracky turned around and found his mother standing at the door. When he saw her, the memory of his humiliation moments ago shed in his eyes.


    "What are you doing here?" Farracky asked, with not even a little bit of respect in his tone.


    Farracky''s wife stepped forward and stood side by side with her husband, showing her stance if there were to be a fight.


    Ca didn''t seem to care about the tone in her son''s voice. Her steps were casual as she entered the room and sat on the only perfectly-fine chair.


    "Since you are my firstborn, I will forgive you for cursing me and calling your brother a bastard. Now,e and sit here." Ca''s tone was gentle like any mother''s, and she tapped on the other side of the sofa, calling him to sit.


    Farracky was filled with rage, but he still knew that if he dared to refuse his mother at that moment, the consequences would be too dire for him to face.


    Farracky sat down, and Ca waved her hands. The next moment, an invisible energy appeared and pushed his wife out of the room.


    Thud!


    The door of the room closed, and Ca stated, "Now, let''s be honest with each other!"


    ***


    A/N: The second chapter wouldeter in the day, and I will also upload a third chapter to make up for the one less chapter a few days ago.

 Chapter 1061 War!

    Chapter 1061: War!


    "Now, let''s be honest with each other," Ca smiled and said.


    Farracky was confused at first, but soon his expression turned into horror when he heard what his mother said next.


    "Why did you betray me?" Ca asked. The smile disappeared from her face, and her single eye turned cold.


    "What are you talking about?" Farracky masked the horrified expression and asked, clearly hurt by his mother''s statement.


    Ca extended her right hand and sped it into a fist.


    Argh!


    Farracky screamed in pain as his right hand exploded into a blood cloud. He looked up and saw no gentleness in his mother''s eyes as she repeated the question.


    Farracky greeted his teeth and still responded with the same response. Ca stayed silent and then repeated the same process. The next moment, an invisible pressure struck Farracky, and his right arm exploded.


    "I have already gotten all my answers from Grilock, so you don''t need to act," Ca said, and then without waiting for Farracky''s response, she repeated the same process.


    This time, nothing exploded, but a heavy pressure engulfed Farracky, crushing the sofa beneath him and also knocking him down.


    ***


    As Ca left the room, Farracky''s wife rushed into the room, only to see the mangled corpse of her husband.


    She wanted to say something, but before she could, an invisible pressure appeared and crushed her to death.


    Ca''s eyes showed sadness as she left the room. There was nothing that coulde between her and her revenge, even if it was her children.


    Ca had already nned to ascend after her revenge, and she was going to put Farracky as the new ruler. But unfortunately, her son didn''t trust her and betrayed her, joining the enemy''s side.


    ***


    rm! rm! rm!


    rm bells were ringing inside the Ditsac Empire as armies marched in their territory.


    "Damn it, that bitch hase," The Emperor growled in anger. He had led the assault on Avith, so he remembered her.


    The man wanted to kill Ca before she became too big, but unfortunately, he could do nothing to her in the store. When Ca was weak, they couldn''t find her location as she used the supreme card toe and leave the store, but once the Bisan Kingdom became big and turned into an Empire, she took her residence in its territory.


    The Ditsac Empire tried to assassinate Ca secretly, and their attempts failed poorly. As for openly attacking Ca, it was impossible as it would mean waging war on the Bisan Empire.


    ***


    "If you want war, war it is," The Emperor growled as he personally joined the defense.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Both he and Ca were peak Immortal, but since he had been the one for more time, he directly attacked Ca, hoping to end the battle.


    Ca''s silver eye were filled with cruelty as she saw the maning at her. She took out her sword and charged back.


    Boom! Crack!


    A loud explosion sound rang, and the space around them cracked as two peak Heavenly Monarch shed.


    Ca was known for her lightning-fast attacks, and she showed in the battle why were they famous. Her sword was even faster than the light as it struck Shane.


    Like Ca, Shane was also a customer of the store. He became one muchter, but he still was able to enter the Gods & Demons level training area several times. His battle techniques and skills were also top-notch.


    Like Ca, Shane was also a sword user. Ca had the agility factor in her attacks while Shane has the strength factor. With every swing of his sword, the space exploded, devouring many of Ca''s soldiers.


    The two enemies continued to exchange blows. Their battle was the personification of the beauty of a battle, as everyone stopped fighting and looked at them in awe.


    Ca darted in and out, striking with quick, precise strikes, while Shane countered with massive, bone-crushing blows. Shane became more and more frustrated as the battle went on since, despite being a peak Immortal for hundreds of thousands of years, a girl who became Immortal, a few centuries ago was matching him in a battle. It was no less than a humiliation for him.


    Suddenly, the sword in his hands expanded and grew to a hundred times its size. Even the space around the sword failed to bear its weight. Shane''s eyes were cold, and he brought the sword down.


    Ca didn''t dare to take the strike head-on and immediately pushed back. The sword seemed to follow her as no matter where she went: she was right below the most optimum range of the sword.


    Ca also activated a skill as her swing rate grew at an unprecedented rate. In less than a second, it was like Ca was using hundreds of swords simultaneously.


    The space was continuously cracking and trying to restore itself as both the skills shed with each other.


    A streak of blood flew through Ca''s mouth as the pressure from getting struck by the sword was too much to bear.


    Shane smiled upon seeing him on the top at the sh, but soon, his smile froze. Ca refused to give up, and the number of swords around her reached a terrifying number of ten thousand.


    It still wasn''t the end as the number kept growing while Shane''s sword began cracking due to the assault of repeated strikes at a few fixed positions.


    Boom!


    Around five minutes into the sh, Shane''s sword finally gave up and exploded into shards, flowing randomly on the battlefield.


    Time flew by, and the battle between Ca and Shane finally came to an end.


    Ca stood gasping for breath after she cut Shane''s head off. The battle was still far from over as the Ditsac Empire had multiple peak Immortals in their midst, and all of them were store customers.


    Time flew by, and several dayster, the battle finally came to an end with Ca cutting thest peak Immortal in the enemy''s camp. After that, it was the beginning of a massacre as she killed everyst of the royal line in the Ditsac Empire.


    She was going to continue to hunt and make the enemies extinct, but the Void beasts intervened as she had already caused too much damage to the Primal Dimension. She stopped after that since she didn''t want to battle Void beasts.

 Chapter 1062 (3) Shocking The Primal Dimension!!

    Chapter 1062: Shocking the Primal Dimension!!


    The war between Avith and the Distac Empire should have been the most shocking news of the Primal Dimension, but at that time, a piece of news that shocked everyone, including the Void beasts, appeared.


    Before returning to the higher dimension, Aakesh had ced his inheritances randomly in the Primal Dimension. There were seven orbs randomly ced, containing his wealth inheritance.


    Hundreds of years had passed since Aakesh left, but the search for the orbs had only grown with time rather than diminishing.


    A few days after the war between Avith and the Ditsac Empire was over, with Ca winning, news that the first of the seven inheritors had been found rang in the Primal Dimension.


    ***


    p¨£§ád¨£ §«?¦Í¨º1,§ã¨°§® Ryan belonged to the race Triscon, one of the ordinary races in the Primal Dimension, with its highest cultivator being a Soul Formation and only one cultivator at that level.


    "Let''s see, where will you run now, you little bastard?" A man announced with a cruel smile while Ryan looked frightened. He had nowhere to run as a solid wall blocked him.


    Seeing Ryan''s struggle, the smile on the man''s face turned wider as he yfully stepped forward. Ryan''s expression turned ugly, and his body started to tremble.


    The man reached Ryan and grabbed hold of his head. The smile on the man''s scarred face turned wider, making it even more terrifying.


    "How dare you touch my brother?" At that time, a female voice filled with anger rang. A lustful expression appeared on the man''s face when he turned around.


    Ryan''s elder sister was ring at the man. Her eyes showed concern and then rage when she saw her younger brother''s situation.


    "Hehe, I am only talking some sense to him." The man responded and then smashed Ryan''s head into the wall.


    The sister''s heart skipped a beat while her expression turned ugly. Fortunately, the man hadn''t used much of his strength, so it was only a small injury.


    But for a child like Ryan, it was enough, and he fell unconscious.


    The man then left Ryan and left the area, whistling.


    "I wille back a weekter. If you don''t make the decision, I want to hear that; my hands may use more strength." The man whispered into the sister''s ears and left.


    The sister''s expression was ugly and full of helplessness. Her eyes turned moist as she stepped forward and picked up her younger brother. Seeing him in such a condition due to herck of strength was like knives piercing her heart.


    She then left the area with Ryan, while the bystanders could only sigh because they could do nothing. The man not only had higher cultivation and could easily kill them, but he also was the brother-inw of the rulers of Triscon.


    At that time, no one was aware of what today was going to change for them or the Primal Dimension. In the spot on the wall where the man smashed Ryan''s head, his blood seeped through the cement.


    It was as if something was attracting the blood; nothing in its way mattered, and it continued to seep deeper and deeper, and there it was: a spherical orb silently ced.


    It was as if the blood were a living organism, and it could sense what opportunitiesy for him in the orb; it crazily tried to reach it.


    And finally, the blood touched the orb. The next moment, the orb began to glow brighter, and brighter, and soon it disappeared.


    At the same time, Ryan also disappeared, shocking her sister.


    ***


    "Where am I?" Ryan asked as he woke up. He found his surroundings to be unfamiliar, as he was currently in a jungle.


    ***


    WOW!


    Ryan was only a child, so when he saw the gigantic blue pce, his mouth widened in shock.


    In the pce, a pair of eyes opened as they sensed the arrival of someone.


    "I need to enter this pce," Ryan mumbled as a new piece of information shed in his head.


    The world inside the orb flew a thousand times faster than the Primal Dimension, so even though only some centuries had passed there, hundreds of thousands of years had passed here.


    There were seven orbs left by Aakesh, and Ryan was the first one to enter this orb.


    Ryan was a child, but he still knew that entering an unknown ce was dangerous, but then he remembered the way his sister was getting treated and how she was being ckmailed using his safety. He wanted to protect her sister and not let her cry anymore.


    It was a child''s determination, and he entered the pce.


    The pce was spread over hundreds of miles, so Ryan was no less than an ant inside it.


    Ryan didn''t know where to go, but fortunately for him, he didn''t have to stay confused for long. Suddenly, a light shed, and a cute white cat appeared in front of him, floating in mid-air.


    Ryan''s eyes widened in surprise, and he extended his hands to touch the cat. The spirit cat was yful, as it only moved when Ryan''s hands were about to touch it.


    Time flew by, and Ryan got all the information from the cat about the danger in this ce. When Ryan heard that there were treasures inside the rooms, his eyes lit up.


    "My sister wouldn''t have to listen to that bastard anymore," Ryan said and stepped forward. He didn''t care what dangers were in front of him. He only had one goal, to protect his sister.


    Aakesh had expected people who hadn''t even begun cultivating toe across the orb, so he had designed the dynamic tests in such a way that everyone would face the same difficulty in clearing it, irrespective of their cultivation or strength.


    After crossing three traps, Ryan finally reached the first room. There was another test waiting for him inside, and once he cleared it, he would be able to take one item out, depending on his clearing result.


    ***


    Ryan became the first inheritor of Aakesh''s wealth, shocking the Primal Dimension, while a few dayster, Ca ascended sessfully, leaving the newly-reinstalled Avith Empire to her son, Truloc.


    ***


    A/N: If you want to read Ryan''s journey, doment! Since Ryan clearing the inheritance wouldn''t have much impact, I only wrote one chapter.


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 Chapter 1063 The Store!

    Chapter 1063: The Store!


    After achieving what she wanted, Ca decided to ascend. Like other store customers, she seeded with good records.


    After an unknown amount of time, Ca opened her eyes, and she found herself in an unfamiliar area. She felt her strength had grown severalfold, but at the same time, she also sensed just how weak she was here.


    Before Ca could focus much on her cultivation, the Store Card, which she bought with her in case she needed to find the store, brightened up and turned hot.


    In no time, she felt as if she were holding a sun, so she took it out of her growth-level space ring. The next moment, the card exploded and formed a projection of the store''s front.


    At the same time, a message appeared in her head. A wide smile spread across Ca''s face after she found that she would appear in front of the store once she passed the projection.


    Ca didn''t waste any time and stepped forward. The next moment, a dreamy light covered her. Before she could understand what was going on, the world around her turned into the same light.


    It happened as quickly as it ended, but when the light disappeared, Ca found herself in a new location. In front of her stood an ordinary building, entirely different from the mysterious store in the Primal Dimension. But since she found the familiar feeling from the building, the smile on her face expanded, and she stepped forward.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. The next moment, a familiar face weed his sight.


    The smile on Ca''s face continued, and she entered the store. When she found the store owner, her eyes lit up, and a respectful smile appeared on her face.


    She respectfully bowed, greeting Aakesh. She then looked around and found the interior to bepletely different from the exterior of the building.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner. It feels great to see you again," Ca greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her greetings, and soon, Ca asked about the store''s products.


    For Ca, the beasts weren''t new, as they had been there for more than a century in the Primal Dimension. In fact, Ca had also bought one, but the beasts in the Primal Dimension worked differently.


    In the Primal Dimension, the store sold products for every cultivation level, so its initial level was fixed at the early sub-level of what cultivation the beast was. What Ca bought was an early Immortal, and it failed to reach the peak Immortal, so it didn''t ascend with her. Ca instead asked it to protect the Empire till she returned.


    ***


    After Aakesh introduced the difference between all the store''s products in the Sacred and Primal Dimensions, Ca became excited and disappointed at the same time.


    It would be great for her to find the store at the lowest level, as her growth would be stable due to store products, but at the same time, she didn''t have the wealth she carried in the Primal Dimension.


    Fortunately for her, she could exchange her currency from Panagea, but even then, it was a small amount that could only allow her to enter Panagea for several days at most.


    A new challenge and struggle began for Ca after the ascension. She wasn''t distraught by that, but it further motivated her to work hard, as she hade here after achieving whatever she wanted in the Primal Dimension. So in the Sacred Dimension, whatever gain she made would be a bonus.


    Since there were no spots left in Panagea, Ca said her goodbyes to Aakesh and decided to return tomorrow morning. The longer she stayed in the store, the more she would want to spend the already meager wealth she had.


    After Ca left, Aakesh closed his eyes and returned to his rxation session.


    Time flew by, and soon several hours passed in a sh.


    The sun set on Thorr and its nearby cities. The cover of darkness began to spread slowly.


    Aakesh closed the door, bringing an end to another fruitful day at the store.


    "Let''s go!"


    Aakesh announced, and the next moment, a white light covered him and Lily. Soon after, they found themselves in the selection area.


    Lily jumped down Aakesh''s head and went to her usual training environment. Aakesh shut all of his senses off, picked up a weapon at random, chose his training area, and then a portal-like space crack quickly sucked him into it.


    Aakesh activated his senses, and soon the weapon he had carried for the day presented itself.


    It was a ive. Its elongated de was made of the bones of a Bulging Parrot, no less sharp and durable than a sword. Its long handle was made of the bones of a Doratic, a creature whose bones were both durable and flexible. On the bones were beautiful, mysterious patterns engraved, while the connected area between the two had different gemstones engraved in them.


    After looking at his weapon, Aakesh focused on the blue screen in front of him. He then tapped on to start the battle, and not long after, his opponent for today''s battle appeared in the arena.


    His opponent for today''s battle was a member of the Thyrgad race. These were humanoid creatures, ranging from fifteen meters to tens of miles.


    Aakesh''s opponent was around twenty meters in size. It had a muscr build and tough, deep-brown, scaly skin. Its hands and legs were long, with three fingers and three toes each.


    The most unique feature about them was their head. It had a long, pointed head, resembling a halberd. It had abination of green sclera and brown vertical pupils.


    ***


    Ding!


    Soon, the bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Aakesh didn''t waste any time and made his move, cutting the Thyrgad into two clean pieces.


    The battle ended before it began, and soon it was the one hundred twenty-third battle.


    Aakesh was in a tough situation, as his upper body was only an inch away from falling. Aakesh persisted andnded thest strike.


    A red light emerged from the ive and crushed the Thyrgad, ensuring another victory for him.


    Aakesh soon returned to the selection area as the opponent won the 124th battle.

 Chapter 1064 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 1064: A New Day for the Store(1)


    After losing the battle, Aakesh appeared in the selection area. Since there wasn''t much time left in Lily''s training, Aakesh decided to wait for her.


    Time flew by, and suddenly, the silence inside the area broke as a portal appeared, and Lily stepped out of it.


    A smile spread across Lily''s face when she saw Aakesh waiting for her. She then went to her chair and sat down, beginning another of their traditional conversations.


    ***


    "Another assassination happened," Lily stated, beginning the conversation.


    "Who was it?" Aakesh asked.


    "Fickley!"


    "Have you discovered the traitor''s identity?" Aakesh asked. Fickley was one of the council members of the group directly controlled by Lily.


    A wide smile spread on Lily''s face as she raised her hand and pointed at herself.


    "Oh, did you have any proof of her betrayal?" Aakesh seemed surprised and asked. Lily had never before made such a significant choice without consulting him.


    "I had doubts over her actions," Lily responded. She clearly couldn''t prove Fickley to be the traitor.


    "I just wanted to alert the real traitor," Lily then added with a smile.


    "Ah, my daughter has gotten smarter," A proud expression appeared on Aakesh''s face, and then he made the gesture of wiping his eyes.


    Lily couldn''t help but squirm when she saw the cringe actions of Aakesh.


    Lily then further told Aakesh about her day and what actions made her suspicious of Fickley, and when her turn was over, Aakesh shared his experience for the day.


    "What do you think about me gettingte to reach you in Panagea?" The session was about toe to an end when Aakesh suddenly popped the question.


    Lily looked in surprise at Aakesh since he never went back on what he told her. At the same time, she also became curious about what could make Aakesh extend his journey duration.


    "I have found a special pce¡­"


    Aakesh responded, igniting curiosity in Lily''s heart.


    Something that could make Aakesh interested was rarely anything ordinary.


    Lily didn''t ept Aakesh''s request immediately, and soon the conversation between them came to an end.


    The next moment, Aakesh and Lily appeared in the store''s hall.


    ***


    "I will answer tomorrow," Lily told Aakesh before stepping up the stairs.


    Aakesh smiled upon hearing Lily''s answer, and soon it turned into his usual indifference after Lily disappeared into the room.


    Time flew by, and days passed in the blink of an eye.


    Several dayster,


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the door. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction where he was greeted by an unfamiliar face.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Giri greeted Aakesh after approaching him.


    Giri was a True God level cultivator, with her being the King of one of the neighboring Kingdoms to the Fawkes Kingdom.


    As time passed, the store''s poprity grew exponentially, not only with people outside of Thorr City but also with those from neighboring Kingdoms.


    Since Giri had already found out all the information in the public domain about the mysterious store owner, she was extremely respectful, despite having greater strength and higher cultivation.


    "I am Giri, the King of the Glorious Sparrow Kingdom," She introduced herself.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied with his usual response to any introduction.


    "Store owner, what products are sold in the store?" Giri asked. Even though she already knew about the products since it had be extremelymon knowledge among the spies, she still asked, as it was the most harmless way tomunicate with the mysterious, non-demon store owner.


    "The store currently sells five products. They are pills, weapons, cultivation arts, Panagea, and beasts¡­"


    Aakesh introduced all five products to Giri in a single breath. Despite knowing about it before the introduction, Giri was still surprised to hear it directly from Aakesh''s mouth.


    ***


    Giri wanted to enter Panagea, but unfortunately, all the spots were booked for the third and fourth groups while the second group was currently inside Panagea.


    All the products catered to True God level cultivators, so Giri had a choice here. But since the most consequential product in the store was Beasts, she decided to check it out.


    Giri had learned about how Jamie''s fortunes had changed after getting a Red Fawkes. It was only a Divine Lord, but it was sure to be a True God, and for the Kingdoms on Curiel, an additional True God meant a severalfold jump in power.


    Thinking like this, Giri went to the beast''s room. There were already three people in the room, so Giri silently went and joined the queue. Around thirty minutester, it was finally Giri''s turn, while behind her, two people were waiting.


    Giri pressed the switch, beginning her round of summoning.


    Time flew by, and at the fourth summon, a familiar beast appeared on the screen. Not long after, a card emerged out of thin air and flew into her hands.


    As sales increased, the system added a blurry effect to the card to conceal the beast''s details from other customers. Only the summoner was able to see the details.


    [Name: Bister Sparrow


    Type: Beast


    Race: Sparrow


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Wood


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    Ability:


    Bark Skin: Bister Sparrow hardens its skin with the essence of burnt wood, reducing the damage taken from physical attacks.


    Wild Growth: Bister Sparrow triggers the rapid growth of surrounding trees and vegetation.


    Forest Guardian: Bister Sparrow calls upon the spirits of the forest to aid in battle.


    Root Bind: Bister Sparrow creates roots from the ground to bind and immobilize the enemy, reducing their speed and leaving them vulnerable to attacks.


    Card Description: The Bister Sparrow is a beautiful and powerful creature. Its attribute of wood makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Bister Sparrow.


    Price: Thirteen thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    The Bister Sparrow was a small sparrow species with soft brownish-yellow feathers that resembled the color of burnt wood. They had sharp green eyes, and their wings had a faint green hue.


    Giri smiled after seeing the illustration and details on the card. She really liked it.

 Chapter 1065 Complete!

    Chapter 1065: Complete!


    Giri really liked the Bister Sparrow. Even though its quality was only higher, it was still sure to breach the threshold and be a True God level creature.


    After making her decision, Giri immediately turned around and left the room, with the customer behind her getting his turn toplete the summon.


    When Giri exited the room, she found Aakesh in conversation with another customer, so she joined the queue and began to wait for her turn to arrive.


    The wait didn''t continue for long, and a few minutester, it was Giri''s turn.


    "Store owner, I want to initiate the taming battle," Giri requested Aakesh and passed over the card to him.


    Aakesh took the card, tapped twice on the storefront''s pattern at its back, and returned it to Giri.


    After what felt like hours to Giri, she won the battle against the Bister Sparrow and returned to the store. Like others, she also felt surprised by the time flow.


    ***


    "You need to pay 13,000 higher, eleven ordinary, and one hundred ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced after only the payment step was left.


    Giri nodded, and soon after, the payment got deducted from her store card. A smile spread across her face, and she then left for the weapons room, trying to find a suitable recement for her slightly-damaged sword.


    ***


    After the sale wasplete, system alerts bombarded Aakesh''s head in its mechanical, emotionless voice.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on the sale of the thousandth beast in the Beast Summoning Device! Themission for the sale of the Bister Sparrow has been transferred to you.]


    [The mission reward: Twenty-five purer higher Sacred stones, has been transferred to the system space.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Second,


    Mission Objective: Sell Beasts,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully sold one thousand beasts to customers. Now is not the time to bezy, but it''s time to increase your part further and make more customers interested in the product,


    Number of beasts you need to sell: 1,000,000,


    Time Limit: 3600 Days


    Mission reward: Unlock of True God, Lesser God, Higher God, and Supreme God beasts,


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of ten random beast species from the summoning selection and nomission for three years for the beast sales.]


    Aakesh looked at the screen in front of him and read the quest''s details.


    As Aakesh had expected, the difficulty of the beast quest grew. The first objective required him to sell a thousand beasts in 360 days.


    Aakeshpleted it with ease, and that had to do with the event on the Nightless Day. Before that, the beast''s sales were ordinary, and only a few bought them. But the emergence of thepetition pushed many customers over the edge of their conundrums, and they bought it.


    Thepetition showed the strength of the beasts sold by the store. So after it was over, their poprity grew even further. So much so that on thepetition day, Aakesh wouldn''t have even reached the one-fourth mark, but only in around a month after the event, the store sold more than eight hundred beasts, fulfilling the requirement with Giri''s purchase.


    It was only the second quest in the beast''s sequence, and the system already wanted the store to sell a million in 3600 days. The requirement had grown by a thousand times, but the deadline had only grown by ten times.


    When Aakesh looked at the reward, Aakesh stopped pondering over the difficulty as it was eptable. Once the store fulfilled the requirements, the store would unlock a higher level of beasts, further increasing the sale volume as many already beast owners would be eligible to make the second purchase.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it when needed.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the door. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. An unfamiliar face weed his sight.


    ***


    Tira looked surprised as she stood in front of the ordinary building. Despite being a Lesser God, she couldn''t see what was going on inside the building.


    It surprised her that despite this area being backward, there was still someone who could afford to ce such an array. Even the top organizations wouldn''t splurge like this, so she became curious and stepped forward.


    The next moment, her eyes almost popped out as she saw the inside. It was like a different world altogether.


    Tira recognized the Eternal Stone, as her father''s master had one. But that was only the size of a room; here, there was Eternal Stone as far as the eyes could see.


    Tira''s eyes then fell on the blue-skinned store owner. Her eyes grew wide as she didn''t recognize Aakesh''s race. Even though she was only a Lesser God, the amount of knowledge she possessed could even put Supreme Gods to shame.


    Tira''s talent in cultivation wasn''t that bright, so she had only reached an intermediate Lesser God, despite being three billion years old. Tira didn''t have an ordinary background, as his father served a Sacred Monarch, while he himself was a Sacred King.


    Since her talent in cultivation wasn''t that bright, she spent her time reading about the Sacred Dimension and the Multiverse. So her knowledge was high, and she rarely came across a race she didn''t know about. It made sense if there was a race staying in secret, but here, Aakesh was doing business in public, so how could he be from a hidden race?


    The curiosity about the store further grew in Tira''s heart. She stepped forward and approached him.


    Thest time Tira had a breakthrough was two billion and seven hundred million years ago, so this long period of no progress had tamed down her character. Before that, she was extremely arrogant, as she was the only child of a Sacred King father and a Supreme God mother.


    "Hello, are you the store owner?" Tira asked. Her tone contained no respect for Aakesh, but at the same time, it also had no disdain for him, despite his cultivation being only an early Divine Transformation.

 Chapter 1066 Tira!

    Chapter 1066: Tira!


    "Hello, are you the store owner?" Tira smilingly asked.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to her question and then waited for the girl to ask the most significant question.


    Tira came from the race Reson, a top-level mid-tier race in the Sacred Dimension with a peak Sacred King as its ruler. It wasn''t Tira''s father but her maternal grandfather.


    Reson was a humanoid race with more than average appearances. They had dark skin, and they were tall and slender. Their beautiful eyes made their appearance stand out more. The Reson had two pairs of eyes, with one pair being abination of the ck sclera and gray pupil, while the second pair was abination of the silver sclera and gold pupil.


    "What is your race? Are you a mutation between the Grimolders and Torrats?" Tira asked, not minding Aakesh''s silent reaction.


    Grimolders were the creatures that matched Aakesh''s features best, as they were also blue-skinned humanoid beings, while Torrats were also blue-skinned, but their ck hair and ck eyes were the same as Aakesh''s, while Grimolders had the same blue hair and blue pair of eyes.


    "No," Aakesh responded, not replying with silence as he didn''t want to let the Reson girl associate him with the mid-tier races Grimolders and Torrats.


    Aakesh''s race was a secret for him, but he knew it was a top race, not a mid-tier race. The bloodline of Epochal Feline, a strong creature in the Multiverse, evolved due to the pressure from his bloodline and created the hybrid bloodline of Lily. How could he belong to the creatures of the Sacred Dimension?


    Tira nodded upon hearing Aakesh''s answer. She didn''t ask more, as she could clearly infer from Aakesh''s tone that he had no idea about his race. And no matter how hard Aakesh tried to hide it, he couldn''t hide the slight disdain in his voice when he replied. Living for a long time had its own benefits, so Tira understood that there was no point in asking Aakesh further.


    It felt ufortable to her not to know about Aakesh''s race, but she had learned patience, so she knew how to control herself.


    ***


    "Aakesh, tell me about the store''s products," Tira asked, gettingfortable with Aakesh.


    "The store currently sells five products..."


    Aakesh was waiting for the question, so he introduced all five store products to her.


    There were many creatures of the same cultivation as Tira, who had lived for trillions and septillions of years in the Sacred Dimension, and with them, Tira''s age couldn''t even bepared. But what made Tira different was that she was a Lesser God with influential parents, and arge base of knowledge in their arsenal. But despite that, she couldn''t hide her surprise at the end of the introduction.


    Panagea was something that was not new to her since many top organizations had a world like Panagea to train their members, but the scale at which Panagea operated was unimaginable.


    There was a reason the cultivators at the peak of cultivation were called Sacred Creators. Their inner world had reached the level of the Sacred Dimension, naming them creators. Their inner world operated at the same level as the dimension, making them the best training ground since, unlike the rules of the Sacred Dimension, the Sacred Creators could control thews of their inner world.


    But even the inner world of the Sacred Creator felt pale inparison to Panagea. Just the presence of a Dragon alone made the Panagea more valuable.


    ***


    "I want to enter Panagea," Tira told Aakesh after getting over the shock.


    "You can''t. All the spots for today had been already booked," Aakesh replied while pointing at the 296 people waiting in the corner for their turn to arrive.


    Tira, instead of feeling disappointed, breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that there were only so many spots was aforting feeling. She didn''t even dare to imagine the horror of what would happen if the store had tens of billions of such portals.


    The race Reson was subservient to one of the top races of the Sacred Dimension, as they were the branch of that race due to one mutation caused in one of Tira''s maternal ancestors, creating another race.


    Tira and her family were extremely loyal to that race since her father was the follower of the next in line to be the ruler of that race. She didn''t want to see anotherpetitor rise to fight for the top.


    Unfortunately for her, she was unaware of what the future held for the store and the Sacred Dimension.


    "What''s the range of the beasts sold by your store?" Tira then asked since there were other products as interesting as Panagea.


    "All the races of the Sacred Dimension, even the Feraliths," Aakesh responded, freezing Tira in shock.


    The Feraliths had a special rtionship with Tira, as Resons were descended from the Feraliths. The Feraliths were a beastly group of races and one of the ruling races at the top table.


    Resons were an extreme mutation among the Feraliths, erasing any connection between the two groups. That was the reason the Resons weren''t considered a beast race.


    The difference between a beast and a non-beast race was the way of cultivating. Beasts could cultivate even without cultivation arts, as their physique was a channel for energy. It would be slow, but unlike non-beast races, they wouldn''t stop at peak Divine Being without cultivation. It was also how the system categorized the beast''s species, irrespective of whether the creatures became independent from the beast group.


    Despite the erasure of any connection between the two races, making Resons another group of races, the rtions between the two never became indifferent.


    The mutated Feralith that was the first Reson was the younger brother of the ruler of the Feralith at that time. It was a mystery what caused the sudden mutation, but since the rtions between the two brothers were extremely good, the Reson became the subservient race of the Feralith.


    ***


    Tira stood in front of the pir in the beast summoning room. Learning that even the Feralith was here made Tira want to summon it. She wanted to reveal the mystery of how Reson came to be entirely different from Feraliths despite the first Reson descending from the ruler of Feralith at that time.


    ***


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 Chapter 1067 Change In Fortune(1)

    Chapter 1067: Change in Fortune(1)


    Tira stood in front of the pir in the beast summoning room. She then went ahead and pressed the switch.


    The square light began to rotate at a quick rate, and soon¡ªfive secondster¡ªa beast appeared on the screen.


    As Tira''s knowledge was vast, she recognized the beast and couldn''t help but be disappointed. It was a member of the low-level beast race.


    She still waited for the card to make her judgment. After finding the beast''s quality to be only ordinary, she stepped forward and ced the card in itspartment. She then returned and pressed the button again.


    The next moment, "1" appeared on top of the screen while the square light covering a beast in each of the nine sections began rotating.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes had passed. Tira pressed the button for the ninth time, beginning the ninth round of summoning.


    Five secondster, a familiar beast appeared on the screen, taking her breath away.


    It was none other than Feralith, her ancestral race. Not long after, a card appeared out of nowhere and flew into her hands, describing the details of the beast.


    [Name: Feralith


    Type: Beast


    Race: Feralith


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Earth


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Nature Grasp


    Details: The Feralith, using the element of earth, summon stone elementals, aiding it in battle. (The cultivation of the helper will be one sub-level lower, and the number of the elementals depends upon the beast''s cultivation.)


    Nr. of current summons: 3


    Ability:


    Stone Skin: The Feralith can harden its skin to be nearly invulnerable to attacks, making it a formidable tank in battle.


    Feral Roar: The Feralith can let out a terrifying roar that can stun and intimidate enemies, giving them an advantage in battle.


    Ground Pound: The Feralith can jump into the air ande crashing down, creating a shockwave and causing heavy damage to the enemies.


    Earthquake Wave: The Feralith can create a wave of energy that travels through the ground, damaging enemies and knocking them off their feet.


    Feral Fury: The Feralith enters a frenzied state, increasing its attack speed and damage output for a short time.


    Quicksand Travel: The Feralith can create a pit of quicksand under the feet of their opponents, making it difficult for them to move and slowing them down while it can teleport to anywhere in the range.


    Card Description: The Feralith is a formidable creature. Its attribute of earth makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Feralith.


    Price: Two hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Tira''s eyes widened in surprise when she read the details on the card. It wasn''t the ultimate quality she hoped for, but fortunately for her, the Fearalith had the ability Nature Grasp. It was an extremely powerful ability, as the number of summons grew exponentially after reaching the Supreme God level.


    Nature Grasp had a significant role to y in the domination of the Feraliths. A Sacred Creator Feralith could summon an army of elementals, with their cultivation ranging from Sacred King to Sacred Creator.


    On the first half of the card was an illustration of a roaring Feralith. They had a tall, muscr build covered in dark fur. Their skin was a deep shade of earthy brown, and their eyes were abination of the silver sclera and golden color. They had sharp ws and teeth, and their fur was matted and unkempt. Anyone looking at them would say only one word regarding their appearance: vicious.


    The two pairs of eyes were a new phenomenon in Reson after the sudden mutation, and the original Feraliths only had one pair of eyes.


    ***


    The price of the Feralith was steep, but it was still within bearable range for Tira, as she hadn''t lived for so long for nothing. She had umted vast wealth.


    "Aakesh, initiate the taming battle," Tira requested Aakesh and handed over the card to him.


    ***


    After taking the card from Aakesh''s hands, Tira found her surroundings changing, and soon she found herself in a rugged, mountainous terrain with deep ravines.


    Roar!


    The next moment, a roar rang in the area. Tira turned in that direction and saw the Feralith staring at her with menace filled in its eyes.


    Tira''s cultivation had dropped to peak Divine Lord, matching the beast''s. At the same level, a Feralith was several times stronger than a Reson, as the mutation resulted in the Reson''s strength weakening. But Tira didn''t seem to care, as she had the support of her long-living memory of different skills.


    Feralith were earth element exclusive beasts, but Resons didn''t have a fixed attribute. Due to being stuck at the same level for more than two billion years, Tira learned many skills belonging to different elements.


    ***


    The Feralith pounced at Tira, aiming to rip her apart in shreds, using its sharp ws. Tira had calmly written all over her face as when the Feralith was only one step away from her, she took a step back, effortlessly dodging the w.


    Roar!


    The Feralith didn''t like Tira backing away, so it roared, trying to provoke her not to run, and shed again.


    She didn''t care about the provocation as she effortlessly dodged, no matter how much the Feralith roared or what skills it used. Tira also attacked from time to time.


    She had a vast amount of knowledge, but she didn''t have the body to support that knowledge, so the results weren''t what she wanted to see. But still, the Feralith was falling into trouble slowly due to its aggressive attacks, not considering the energy use.


    Time flew by, and after what felt like an eternity, Tira finally found her opportunity to use one of the strongest attacking skills she could use at this level.


    Tira formed some hand seals as shards of light began to appear around her. Soon after, there were crystalline shards around her. There were only seven of them, as that was her limit. One more, and she might fall unconscious due to the heavy burden.


    Tira gritted her teeth, ignoring the headache due to controlling seven shards at the same time, and pushed them toward the Feralith.

 Chapter 1068 Change In Fortune(2)

    Chapter 1068: Change in Fortune(2)


    Puchi! Puchi!


    The crystalline shards pierced through the Feralith''s skin like a hot knife cutting through butter.


    Howl!


    The Feralith cried out in pain as the seven shards hit seven different parts. The Feralith still had vitality left due to its tenacious physique as it attempted to charge at Tira and grab it.


    Tira gasped for clear breath, backing away.


    Thud!


    The situation didn''t continue for long, and the Feralith fell into its blood pool.


    Tira stopped backing away. A smile spread across her face as she saw her victory.


    The next moment, Tira found herself back in the store, a wide smile spreading across her face.


    Soon, the smile froze as she felt the flow of time. Sometimes, the more people know, the worse they be when surprised.


    Tira knew the strength of the time. Increasing and decreasing the flow of time was nothing whenpared with stopping the flow of time, and that''s what happened in the store.


    Time was like a raging river, where the flow rate could be manipted depending on different abilities, but stopping it was like facing the full strength of that river. Even a Sacred Creator would think twice before trying to do it.


    But then Tira remembered about Panagea. Earlier, she had doubts about the authenticity of Aakesh''s ims, but after knowing that even time could be stopped, she believed what he introduced, and then, inparison to Panagea, preventing the time flow seemed like nothing to talk about.


    Time flew by, and soon all the steps werepleted, and Tira became the owner of the Feralith.


    "Thank you, Aakesh," Tira thanked Aakesh as the required sum got deducted from her Supreme Store Card. She still referred to Aakesh by his name, but now, there was a slight hint of respect toward him when she talked.


    ***


    Afterpleting the beast''s purchase, Tira didn''t leave the store. She had been traveling for millions of years across the lower-ranked areas in the Sacred Dimensions. So now when she saw a chance to change her fortune, how could she be casual about it?


    After the beasts, she went toward the cultivation arts room to search for one for herself as well as the Feralith. Traveling across many areas, Tira had also umted a few cultivation arts, but since the store''s ability impressed her, she decided to see if there could be changes in her fortune.


    ***


    In the cultivation arts room, there were already people present. They ignored Tira and kept looking for suitable art.


    The cultivation arts sales in the store weren''t as high as other products, making it the slowest item to sell, but the customer''s interest in it was high. Many didn''t even buy any art, but only looked at them, and then left the store.


    Tira was a Lesser God, but the cultivation arts in the store were only for cultivators up to the True God level. Still, she didn''t worry. Tira would even risk starting again if she found a suitable cultivation art for herself.


    She also joined other customers in searching for a suitable cultivation art. She extended her hands inside the second shelf, and when she pulled it out, there was a page in her hands.


    [Name- The Mountain and Sea Art,


    Grade- Higher grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In the Mountain and Sea Art, the cultivator uses Qi to have the strength of a mountain in their fist while having the agility of crossing the sea in a single jump.


    Users: Divine Lord & True God


    Price: 500 higher Sacred stones.]


    Tira looked at the details on the page and then immediately returned it to the shelf.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed. In that time, Tira had looked at more than fifty different cultivation arts. She was astounded by the sheer number of arts. She also found the cultivation art her family used in the lot.


    More time flew by, and around three hours after Tira entered the room, she finally found a cultivation art that made her skip her heartbeat.


    [Name- Thousand Blossoms Art,


    Grade- Higher grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In Thousand Blossoms Art, the cultivator uses Qi to cultivate and improves energy, the divine, and the body.


    Users: Divine Lord & True God


    Price: Seventy-five supreme Sacred stones.]


    Tira didn''t even think twice before selecting the preview option for the cultivation art, even though it would cost her 75 thousand higher Sacred stones if she didn''t like it.


    But Tira had no such doubts in her heart since she knew Thousand Blossoms Art. It was an art that had long vanished from the Sacred Dimension, as it was used by a long-extinct species in the war against Vritrasura.


    The next moment, light particles began to gather, and soon they formed a book in front of her. It was only visible to her, as seen from the non-reaction of the customers around her.


    Her eyes contained anticipation as she opened the book, and the first page came into her sight.


    On the first page was the title of the art, and beneath it were three beautiful orchids, each made of several petals. When she looked at the drawing, she felt as if she was in the middle of a rain of petals.


    She soon returned to reality, as the illusion didn''tst for long due to her cultivation. She then turned around to the next page and saw the content written on it.


    The Thousand Blossoms Art was based on the idea that a petal represented a different aspect of cultivation, mainly focusing on only three aspects, inner energy, spiritual energy, and physical energy.


    Inner energy corresponded to Qi; Spiritual energy corresponded to Soul; and Physical energy defined the physique of the cultivator. These three factors were the most prominent aspects of cultivation, and the growth of all three was a necessary requirement for the cultivators to grow.


    The cultivator would first form a petal corresponding to each of the three aspects, and when it hadpletely formed in the sea of consciousness, the cultivator would repeat the process to cultivate another petal.


    The page contained more details, and as Tira turned the page, she came around to the exercises required to cultivate the petals. When the reading was over, Tira made her decision to buy the Thousand Blossoms Art.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry for thete upload. My work overwhelmed me. Tomorrow''s update will also bete and after that, the book will return to its update schedule.

 Chapter 1069 The Fortis Empire!

    Chapter 1069: The Fortis Empire!


    "Aakesh, I want this cultivation art." Tira requested Aakesh and handed him the page.


    Aakesh nodded and looked at the page. He could also see a virtual book floating around Tira. The next moment, all the details of the art appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay seventy-four supreme and twenty-five thousand higher Sacred stones," Aakesh said expressionlessly after the one percent deduction that Tira had already made.


    Tira nodded, and the next moment, the payment got deducted from her Supreme Store Card.


    "The cultivation art is yours now," Aakesh stated after getting the mechanical alert of a sessful payment.


    The next moment, the page disappeared, while the virtual book began to materialize and soon became physical.


    "You can''t sell it or use it for mary purposes," Aakesh warned Tira after the sale. The cultivation arts bought from the store couldn''t be used to earn credits or any family currency by the user.


    ***


    After buying the Thousand Blossoms Art, Tira decided to leave the store and return the next day. She wanted to check the weapons and the training area, but the urge to implement the processes detailed in the cultivation art won over that. As for the cultivation art for the beast, she couldn''t buy it. The store didn''t sell cultivation art to beasts purchased from the store since it would mean the owner had an additional cultivation art.


    The area around Thorr City wasn''t very good for cultivation, so Tira immediately left for the most resource-rich area on the, the Fortis Empire.


    The Kingdom and an Empire were separated by a single, wide chasm. On the Curiel, the True God ruled the Kingdom, whereas the Lesser God ruled an Empire.


    The Fortis Empire was the most powerful force on the, with two Lesser Gods and seven True Gods in its midst. After leaving the store, Tira immediately went there.


    Tira''s cultivation was only an intermediate Lesser God, while the ruler of the Fortis Empire was a peak Lesser God. But since she knew the man, Tira didn''t have to worry about him.


    ***


    "Tira, what are you doing here?" Emperor Custack personally came to wee Tira when he found out about her presence.


    Even though he had higher cultivation, he knew about Resons due to his connections with the Wheat-Spotted Demons.


    So, he didn''t dare act arrogantly against the granddaughter of Reson''s ruler. At the same time, he also personally knew her. Around a few hundred years ago, Tira hade to meet them and even lived with the royal family for a few days, learning about their culture.


    "I need a silent ce to cultivate," Tira didn''t beat around the bush and immediately stated her purpose foring here.


    Custack didn''t dare neglect Tira and took her to his personal cultivation site. It was the most energy-abundant area on the.


    Custack wanted to exchange a few pointers with Tira like in the past, but she was in a hurry, so she thanked Custack and asked him to leave her alone for some time.


    Custack had no choice but to leave. At the same time, he ordered his chefs to prepare the best dishes and announced a banquet event, ordering the guards to invite the seven True Gods and their talented direct descendants.


    ***


    After Custack left, Tira began to take some items out of her inner world. Since there were many items her inner world couldn''t hold, she also carried a space ring. The next moment, a mountain of valuable items appeared in the cave.


    Tira didn''t waste any time and began to set an array. After it wasplete, the area where she was became isted from the real world. Unless a Supreme God intervened, no one would know what was happening here.


    After setting up the istion array, she set up another one to increase the already abundant energy in the atmosphere. The next moment, three supreme Sacred stones turned into dust while an energy vortex appeared in the area. In no time, the cave became several times richer in energy.


    Tira then took a deep breath and sat on the ground in a meditative pose. She closed her eyes, and not long after, her inner world came out of her body and began to rotate.


    The abundant energy in the area, instead of enhancing the world, slowly began to corrode it. A pained expression appeared on Tira''s face as a wave of excruciating pain hit her.


    The inner world was the core of the cultivators in the Sacred Dimension, so any damage to it was equal to damaging the cultivation. Since she had already taken out all the valuable items, Tira didn''t have to worry about the destruction of the inner world.


    As for the lives inside the world, she had grown indifferent to it.


    Time flew by, and around an hour after, the inner world stopped rotating, and in ce of it was left a damaged core, while Tira had her veins popped out.


    At that moment, Tira had destroyed her foundation. She was no longer a Lesser God. At that time, she was even weaker than an early Divine Transformation cultivator.


    The process had only started, as it was now time to follow through on the concepts detailed in the Thousand Blossoms Art.


    The next moment, the book lying on the pile of her treasure, suddenly floated up and its pages began to turn automatically. Soon, it stopped on the second page, detailing the movements required to cultivate the petal.


    Time flew by, and after what felt like an eternity of excruciating torture, a petal finally formed in her sea of consciousness. It was a petal signifying energy since after the damage to her inner world, she had lost any source of energy.


    Time flew by, and soon, Tira formed the other two petals. The next moment, an energy vortex appeared above her head and began to absorb the energy from the surroundings.


    Tira''s face slowly rxed as the pain became bearable, and soon it disappeared. It was now time for thest step to initiate her cultivation using cultivation art. If she failed, it would all be for naught, and her inner world would explode, taking away her life with it.


    Tira took a deep breath and decided to begin. There was no turning back now.

 Chapter 1070 Result!

    Chapter 1070: Result!


    Thest step was to match the frequency of the petals with her inner world to begin her cultivation. Without the inner world, cultivation was impossible in the Sacred Dimension.


    Countless beings had tried to find a way to cultivate without the inner world as it was a time-consuming cultivation, but no one had seeded as it went against the rules of the Multiverse.


    The damaged inner world started rotating again, drawing energy from the surroundings. Tira took a deep breath as the first petal materialized into reality from her sea of consciousness.


    The petal was vibrating while the inner world was rotating, so the two had different types of movement. It wasn''t easy tobine them.


    Tira''s energy became the coupling force connecting the world and the petal. Each second was precious, so she couldn''t lose her concentration.


    Tira kept her focus, and after what felt like an eternity, thebination finally happened. The petal disappeared from the real world and appeared at the center of the inner world in the sky.


    With two petals still remaining, Tira grinned wryly. But since there was no going back from this situation, she gritted her teeth and began the nextbination.


    Time flew by, and several hours had passed.


    Tira fell to the ground, gasping for breath, with a hint of joy on her face as she finally seeded inbining the three petals with the inner world.


    At that moment, there were three petals in the sky at the center of her inner world. There was a projection of a beautiful orchid above each petal.


    The next moment, a wave of tiredness hit Tira. Her eyelids turned heavy. She didn''t stop herself and fell asleep.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Not long after Tira left the store, Aakesh had to open his eyes after hearing the sound of footstepsing from outside the door.


    It was an unfamiliar face, greeting his sight.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Judith greeted Aakesh after approaching him. Her eyes were filled with awe toward the store owner since she had listened to too many versions of the story about Aakesh around Seventeenth Street. Some deemed him a notoriously cruel man, while some deemed him a hero for organizing thepetition.


    Aakesh nodded in response and then waited for the girl toe to the most significant question for a new customer.


    "Store owner, how long did it take you to defeat the Sun Elves?" Judith asked, her eyes expanding due to the anticipation.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be dumbfounded when he heard the question.


    "Why don''t I remember defeating the Sun Elves?" Aakesh asked. He would have usually stayed silent when hearing such a question, but for some reason, he found the situation interesting.


    "Store owner, you don''t have to be modest. Ransh told me everything about how you were fed up with the Sun Elves'' arrogance, and then you beat them hard," Judith replied. Her eyes shone with stars as if she were there watching the scene herself.


    "Oh, Ransh told you," Aakesh stated. The boy, who had cried in the store before bing brave after leaving, came to mind.


    Aakesh found the scene interesting, so he told Judith to bring Ransh with her when she came next to the store. He didn''t expect her to jump in joy and immediately left the store to fetch Ransh.


    Aakesh then forgot about the situation and returned to his rxation session.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Around a few minutes had passed when Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, finding a familiar face entering the store.


    ***


    "How are you, store owner?" Garos greeted Aakesh.


    Garos was one of the earliest customers of the store in the Sacred Dimension. For the past fifteen days, he had been traveling with his wife, Elera. It was a tough decision for them to leave Panagea and travel, but since the duo wanted to prepare for another child, they decided to travel to calm their hearts.


    "Store owner, I am here with good news." A wide smile spread across Garos''s face as he took out a box of sweets from his inner world.


    "My wife is pregnant," Garos immediately added, pushing the box toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh looked at the box and then at the anticipated face of Garos, and then he shook his head. Garos didn''t mind Aakesh''s reaction, but only smiled and then put the box back into his inner world.


    "Congrattions," Aakesh still said as it was good news nheless for Garos. The next moment, he snapped his fingers, and a box appeared in his hands.


    "Here, give it to the mother when the child''s heart is formed," Aakesh said expressionlessly, handing the box to Garos.


    Garos'' fingers trembled since the past memory shed in his head for no reason. He still grabbed the box and left after thanking the store.


    ***


    "The store owner gave me this box to give to you when the heart is formed," Garos told Elera, handing her the box.


    "What is it?" Elera asked and opened the box. The next moment, a blinding light engulfed the room. Since both the husband and wife were Divine Lord cultivators, it had no effect on them, and their eyes peered through the light and fell on the item in the box.


    The next moment, their eyes widened in surprise as they recognized the item. They looked at each other, and they could see the shock in their eyes.


    In the box was a small bottle filled with a glowing liquid. Below it was a page, containing the details of the item.


    The duo recognized the item, but to make sure, they still read the content of the page, detailing the liquid.


    Reading "Nucleus Potion" on the page made their breathing rough as they thought correctly. The nucleus potion was a rare item used by mothers to enhance the cultivation talent of their newborns.


    Even if Garos and Elera sold all the wealth umted by their families for generations, they wouldn''t be able to afford a sip of the liquid, and here was a small bottle filled with it.


    Elera and Garos thanked Aakesh in their hearts for such a valuable gift for their uing child. Even though Aakesh didn''t care about Elera''s hatred toward him, it slightly diminished in her heart.

 Chapter 1071 Unfamiliar Yet Familiar!

    Chapter 1071: Unfamiliar yet Familiar!


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when Garos left, but not long after, he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    He opened his eyes and turned in that direction; an unfamiliar face greeted his sight.


    It was a non-demon and a strong cultivator at that. Even though the face was unfamiliar, its aura wasn''t. It didn''t take long for Aakesh to find the source of familiarity.


    Aakesh remembered that months ago, Alfred hade to him with theint that he was either getting an ultimate quality beast or an inferior quality beast. At that time, Aakesh had found the source of his fortune to be a strong cultivator who possessed Alfred. The aura leaking from the man was the same as that person.


    ***


    A smile spread across Gagan''s face as he stood in front of the store. After a long search and trip, he found the store.


    Even though Gagan was excited to see why fate had pointed him toward the store, there was still a mix of a grave in that expression. The memory of his mark getting erased effortlessly by the store was still fresh in his mind.


    Calming down, Gagan stepped forward and soon entered the store. The surroundings around him changed.


    A surprised expression appeared on his face when he saw the plethora of Eternal Stone used as a floor in the store. He soon calmed down, and his eyes finally fell on the blue-skinned store owner.


    The same eyes filled with indifference greeted his sight. Gagan took a deep breath and approached Aakesh.


    If others knew that Gagan was a Sacred Emperor and yet he was acting like this, many would mock him. But as the saying was, the more people knew, the more terrified of power they became. The same was the condition of Gagan.


    ***


    Gagan belonged to the race of Astrolings. The Astrolings were creatures that primarily focused on astrology. These creatures were taller, but they were very thin. Their skin was the same as the moonlight. Their hair was ck with streaks of moon-like hair, while their eyes were bright yellow, which seemed to epass a star in each pupil.


    The Astrolings was a top race that had dealt with many events. Yet they had maintained their position due to their vast knowledge of the stars and fate.


    The Astroling''s fertility was extremely low, so their numbers weren''t that high, but even then, the vast majority of their poption was above the Supreme God level in cultivation. At the same time, they were also very arrogant, but since the two Sacred Creators stood behind them, no one dared to take action against them.


    Gagan was also arrogant, but the scene of that day made him know that the store wasn''t something he could act arrogantly against, so he was in his most peaceful state of mind.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Gagan greeted Aakesh. The excitement of getting to know what fate had in store for him currently surpassed all his fears of being behind the store.


    Aakesh only nodded in response and waited for the man to ask the question.


    Gagan almost exploded after seeing Aakesh''s silent response, but he controlled himself, thinking of the being behind the store. He didn''t want to find himself on the store''s cklist or, worse, pass away before finding out why he came across this store.


    ***


    "The store currently sells five products¡­" Aakesh began the introduction of the products after Gagan finally asked about them.


    When the introduction ended, Gagan looked surprised since the products of the store didn''t impress him that much. Panagea impressed others, but not him. Astrolings'' cultivation levels would automatically grow with time as they continuously tried to study the stars and fate. He wasn''t an adventurous guy, so it held no value for him.


    Cultivation arts, weapons, and pills were very low level for him to use, so they also held no value for him. After excluding them, only the beast was left.


    Gagan trusted his divinings, so he decided to check the beasts sold by the store.


    "Store owner, what kind of beasts rted to astrology are avable to summon?" Gagan asked since he had decided to summon the beast.


    Aakesh answered his questions one by one, and after all his doubts rted to the beasts were satisfied, he decided to begin the summoning.


    ***


    Gagan''s eyes expanded violently when he saw a beast on the murals painted across the walls. It was a tortoise, and on its shell was a pattern of stars as if it were the creation of the world.


    Gagan couldn''t help but sigh as the beast on the mural wasn''t currently avable. It was a Star-Spotted Tortoise, a creature of the third dimension and a very strong one at that.


    Gagan then studied a few more beasts painted in the murals since he had nowhere to go. The more he saw, the more heartbroken he became at the fact that he couldn''t summon the majority of them.


    Sensing the disappointment rising in his heart, Gagan decided to end the sightseeing project and chose to begin the summoning.


    ***


    [Name: Starry Lynx


    Type: Beast


    Race: Lynx


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Stars


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Zodiacal Fury


    Details: The Starry Lynx can channel the power of the zodiac signs and unleash a barrage of attacks, each corresponding to a different sign.


    Nr. of current Zodiacs channel: 3(Cancer, Pisces, Sagittarius)


    Ability:


    Starry Vision: The Starry Lynx can see things beyond the visible spectrum, such as the movements of celestial bodies or the auras of living beings.


    Starburst: The Starry Lynx can release a burst of starlight that permanently blinds enemies and deals heavy damage.


    Cosmic Connection: The Starry Lynx can establish a telepathic link with a star, allowing it tomunicate with the world''s will.


    Celestial Shield: The Starry Lynx can create a protective shield using the power of the stars, blocking attacks and deflecting harmful energies.


    Astral Projection: The Starry Lynx can enter a meditative state and project its consciousness to other ces, observing events from afar and gathering information.


    Star Blessing: The Starry Lynx can draw power from the stars and bestow blessings on allies, enhancing their divinity abilities and healing their wounds.


    Card Description: The Starry Lynx is a formidable creature. Its attribute of stars makes it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Starry Lynx.


    Price: Twenty-seven thousand, three hundred fifty supreme Sacred stones.]


    Gagan looked at the beast card in his hands. It was his first summon. It wasn''t of the ultimate quality he had expected, but it was a good beast.


    The Starry Lynx was a stunning beast. It had a sleek, white fur coat adorned with silver and gold star patterns. Its eyes were a bright, piercing blue, and its long, pointed ears were tipped with silver.


    It was only his first summon, so Gagan wasn''t sure whether he wanted the beast or not.


    "Since I can''t be sure, let''s do the summoning again," Gagan mumbled after fighting over whether to choose the Starry Lynx.


    Gagan then went to thepartment ced right of the screen and set the card there. He then returned and pressed the switch, beginning the second round of summoning.


    The square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed, and soon, five secondster, a beast appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card emerged out of thin air and flew into his hands. It was an ultimate qualityte Divine Being beast since Gagan had set the summoning system to random.


    A few secondster, Gagan returned the card since he didn''t like it. He didn''t even have to fight in his heart whether he wanted it or not.


    Time flew by, and it was finally the seventh round of summoning. The square light was rotating at an unprecedented speed, while there was a 6 at top of the screen.


    Five seconds passed in the blink of an eye, and soon a beast appeared on the screen.


    It was the same Starry Lynx. Gagan had already made his decision after seeing the beast, and when he saw the details on the card, he became sure of it.


    [...


    Quality: Ultimate,


    ¡­


    Nr. of current zodiac channels: 5(Cancer, Pisces, Sagittarius, Taurus, Capricorn)


    ¡­


    7. Cosmic Insight: The Starry Lynx can sense the alignment and movements of the stars ands, providing insight into future events.


    8.ary Alignment: The Starry Lynx can use its powers to align thes, creating powerful astrological effects.


    9. Star Map: The Starry Lynx can create a detailed map of the night sky, showing the location ofs, stars, and other celestial bodies.


    ¡­


    Cost: Seven hundred Eighty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. I will make it up for it before the end of the week.


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 Chapter 1072 The Starry Lynx!

    Chapter 1072: The Starry Lynx!


    "9. Star Map: The Starry Lynx can create a detailed map of the night sky, showing the location ofs, stars, and other celestial bodies."


    Gagan focused on the skill with his mouth wide open in shock. A map of the stars was an essential necessity when it came to divining, so the skill was heavenly for any astrologer.


    Even though the Astrolings were born to do astrology as their talent was, even they didn''t have the skill. Catching the direction and location of each star was an extremely tough task due to the pressure of fate.


    Gagan could even use the skill to create Star Maps and then sell them to other astrologers. The skill alone was enough to force Gagan to buy the beast.


    The value of the skill could be seen from the jump in the price of the beast from divine to ultimate quality. It was almost a twenty-fold jump.


    Gagan finally understood how the store would influence his fate. If he won the taming battle, the Starry Lynx would be like a golden goose to him.


    The price for the beast was steep, and it would take arge chunk of Gagan''s savings, but he didn''t feel anything about the price, and it yed no role in his decision.


    With a wide smile, Gagan turned around and left the room.


    After exiting the room, Gagan immediately proceeded in Aakesh''s direction with the beast card tightly grabbed in his right hand.


    Gagan had to wait since there was already a customer talking to Aakesh. The waiting was like torture to him, but he controlled himself and silently waited.


    Around a few minutester, his turn finally arrived.


    "I want to initiate the taming battle," Gagan requested hurriedly and passed the card to Aakesh.


    A hint of pain appeared on his face when Aakesh took the card, and his hand turned empty. Gagan couldn''t help but smile at himself for acting such just because of a beast.


    Not long after Aakesh did what he needed to do, the card returned to his hands. As soon as he touched the card, he found himself in an unfamiliar setting beneath a starry sky.


    Time flew by, and Gagan returned to the store, only to feel shocked at the time flow. He looked at Aakesh with his mouth wide open and asked about the time to make sure it wasn''t an illusion.


    "Yes, the taming battle happens in a different space-time. No time change urs in reality," Aakesh replied, making Gagan''s jaw almost drop to the ground.


    ***


    Gagan smiled like a child as his blood bonded with the Starry Lynx in the card. Now, only one more step remained, and the beast would be his.


    "You need to pay seven hundred eighty thousand supreme, one higher, eleven hundred eleven ordinary, and one hundred ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh announced expressionlessly.


    Comparing to the beast, the cost of summoning was nothing since he got the beast of his choice in the seventh round.


    After announcing the price, Aakesh introduced the store cards to Gagan, further surprising him. If he had an item with such an ability to travel through space, he would have appeared in the store months ago.


    Usually, Sacred Emperors were rich, but since he had not been doing divinity for others, he had lost his source of ie, and whatever his savings were, they sustained his cultivation. So making a sale of one ultimate Sacred stone for a card wasn''t a decision he could take at that moment.


    Gagan was sure to make money from the Star Maps, so he vowed to buy the Ultimate Store Card shortly. It would be the first result of his changing destiny.


    ***


    p¦Á§ád¦Á §«?¦Í¨º|,§ã¨°§® [Do you want to pay seven hundred ¡­ stones?]


    The mechanical alert rang inside Gagan''s head after the binding with the store card wasplete. Gagan didn''t waste a single moment and immediately responded positively.


    The next moment, there was another alert in his head, informing him of the sessful deduction, while Aakesh got the notification of a sessful payment.


    Aakesh was the owner of the five percentmission; he would have made arge fortune from the sale. But since he had foregone hismission for the next few years due to the temporary space expansion device, he earned nothing.


    "The beast is yours to summon," Aakesh informed Gagan after the alert.


    The already wide smile on Gagan''s face turned wider and he couldn''t help but giggle like a child who was excited to see his most-liked toy.


    The next moment, Gagan summoned the beast, and soon after, a stunning Starry Lynx appeared in the store.


    Its eyes were closed at first. First, its nose moved, smelling the area. When it found the familiar smell of Gagan, it opened its eyes.


    Its bright, piercing blue eyes innocently blinked at Gagan. Gagan couldn''t control himself and pounced on the creature.


    The Starry Lynx didn''t dare to dodge; it let Gagan pick it up. It then surveyed the area around it. Its eyes fell on Aakesh.


    It immediately moved his eyes away, not daring to look at those eyes. As the Starry Lynx was a creature proficient in reading stars, when it looked at Aakesh, it saw nothing of the sort, as if Aakesh were beyond fate''s control.


    The creature''s reaction surprised Gagan, giving birth to curiosity about Aakesh''s identity in his heart. He decided to see if he could divine anything about Aakesh after leaving.


    Since there was nothing else left for him to check out in the store, Gagan decided to depart. He would have given Panagea a try, but unfortunately, all the portal spots were filled.


    Gagan decided to return to the store in the future after earning enough to buy an ultimate Store Card. And if then, there were spots avable; he would enter Panagea.


    After Gagan left, Aakesh closed his eyes since there were no approaching customers in sight.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Only a few minutes had passed when Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, only to find familiar faces.


    It was none other than Judith, who hade earlier, and Aakesh had asked her to bring Ransh to the store because of the stories he was spreading about him.

 Chapter 1073 Reason!

    p¦Á§ád¦Á-¨¾?¦Í¨º|¡¤§ã¨®§® Chapter 1073: Reason!


    Aakesh remained expressionless on the outside, but on the inside, he couldn''t help but smile when he saw the expression on Ransh''s face change from anger to fear.


    At the same time, he could also see Ransh''s swollen cheeks. Even though Judith was smiling, she tightly held Ransh''s hands. It seemed like there was force involved.


    How could she not bring Ransh and let him run when her idol, the store owner, had asked her?


    "Store owner, I brought Ransh," Judith stated with a look of asking forpliments from Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded, and Judith''s cheeks swelled in pride. She finally let go of Ransh''s hands and then exined whatever happened after she left the store to bring Ransh.


    Judith understood that whatever she heard was wrong about Aakesh, but her respect for Aakesh grew even further in her heart as he didn''t ept the ims. She soon found Ransh with a bunch of his friends.


    It was a group of seven, and when they saw Judithing toward them from afar, four of them ran away. Ransh was also one of the runnings.


    Judith immediately chased Ransh, and in that chase, her hands mistakenly acted and pinched his cheeks, swelling them.


    "Why were you running away from me?" Judith asked, letting go of his cheeks.


    Ransh had tears forming in his eyes as the pinching wasn''t afortable feeling.


    "I was going home," Ransh replied with a hint of anger in his voice.


    ***


    After hearing the story of how Ransh confessed, faking the story, and other things, Judith stopped speaking.


    "Why did you tell her I battled Sun Elves?" Aakesh asked Ransh.


    Ransh''s face was pale from fright, and his legs were trembling.


    ''Is this myst day?'' The fearful thought appeared in his head, making the moment worse.


    "Please don''t kill me," Ransh immediately kneeled and apologized, surprising Aakesh.


    The next moment, an invisible energy acted and pushed Ransh above.


    "I won''t kill you. Why did you lie?" Aakesh asked. At the same time, a calming energy acted on Ransh, calming him.


    Ransh soon calmed down, and tears stopped running from his eyes. He wiped his tears, looked at Aakesh, and then began, "Master Senior, during the event..."


    Aakesh understood what was going on after listening to the story. During thepetition, many people came to watch. Along with William and Elle, a few Sun Elves also came. They acted arrogantly with the Vurrons and pissed off these children. But when the store owner spoke, their arrogance disappeared, and they stopped speaking and sat on their respective seats.


    ***


    "Master Senior, please ept me as your student," Ransh suddenly kneeled and requested.


    Judith was surprised by Ransh''s movement, but she also repeated the same, kneeling and asking Aakesh to take her as his student.


    Aakesh looked dumbfounded by the sudden change in the situation. He could understand Ransh''s request, but Judith was a Divine Being cultivator, even higher than his cultivation.


    ***


    Ransh and Judith stood outside the store with disappointment written all over their faces. Aakesh bluntly refused their requests and told them to leave the store.


    "I will make master senior ept me as a disciple," Judith looked at Ransh and vowed. Her referring way to Aakesh also changed.


    Ransh only scoffed and vowed the same in his head. Whether they would be able to aplish their vows was up to the future, but this moment would change their destinies and would be the defining moment for the birth of two powerful cultivators.


    ***


    After Ransh and Judith left the store, Aakesh forgot about them and closed his eyes, waiting for a customer.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed.


    The six-hour stay of the customers in the second group was over, so the system forced them out one by one.


    In no time, the number of people waiting for their turn dropped from 296 to 148 at the waiting corner.


    While the customers of the second group were leaving the store, a new customer approached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner," Dorton greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the customer''s greeting and waited for the man to ask about the store''s products.


    "I am Dorton, the prince of the Gortrega Empire," Dorton introduced himself.


    The Gortrega Empire was one of the few Empires on the Curiel. It was headed by an intermediate Lesser God.


    The royal family of the Gortrega Empire belonged to the Feritick race. The Feritick was a demonic race, tracing their ancestry to a very powerful race in the Demon group.


    The ancestors of Feriticks were cast out of the race a long time ago, but still, their background was the greatest on the.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded with his usual introduction response.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Dorton asked after learning about the store''s products.


    "You can''t. All the spots inside Panagea are booked," Aakesh responded while pointing at the 148 customers waiting for their turn to arrive in Panagea.


    After Panagea was out of the way, Dorton decided to focus on other stores'' products. He was a peak Divine Lord on the verge of crossing the barrier of the True God, so the store had products avable for someone of his level.


    The first product other than Panagea, that came to Dorton''s mind was the higher mind expansion pill.


    ***


    "You need to pay three higher Sacred stones," Aakesh stated expressionlessly while handing over three first-grade higher pills to Dorton.


    Dorton nodded and immediately pushed the three stones, which he had already taken out, toward Aakesh.


    After buying the pills, Dorton left the store since he wanted to see whether he could cross the barrier with the help of the pills.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    Customers continued to enter the store at irregr intervals while sales continued without stopping. The store''s poprity kept growing at a rapid rate with every passing day.


    The store became the center of envy for all the other store owners on Seventeenth Street, but the expression of enthusiasm for using the product surpassed that envy.


    Just like that, it had been a year since the store appeared in the Sacred Dimension. A year was a very short duration, considering the immortal lifespan of the cultivators in the Sacred Dimension, but the growth of the cultivators was visible due to the products.

 Chapter 1074 Quests(1)

    Chapter 1074: Quests(1)


    The sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, forcing the cover of darkness to hide and disappear.


    At that moment, the store on Seventeenth Street also opened its door to customers, while arge number of people stood on the street outside, making it overcrowded.


    ***


    The familiar, overcrowded street greeted Aakesh''s sight after he opened the door. He didn''t let them wait any longer and immediately turned around, returning to his chair.


    The next moment, the people thronged the store like a tide. Their number crossed the 500 mark.


    In no time, the street turned empty, while the store owners of other stores looked on in envy at the scene.


    The store''s arrival hadpletely changed the dynamics of Seventeenth Street. Earlier, it was one of the busiest and biggest markets, but now it had be thergest market by the sheer number of stones spent here every day in the entire Kingdom, and the single store was the cause behind it. It all happened in one year.


    For the inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension, one year was a short duration in their lives, but after the arrival of the store even one day became valuable. The other store owners felt jealous of the store''s poprity, but at the same time, they also felt helpless for not being able to enter the store easily. There were thousands of daily customers for the store, and simrly, there were thousands of stories.


    ***


    Aakesh returned to his chair while the customers entered the store like a tide. When every customer appeared inside the store, a golden light separated many of them.


    There were only 648 virtual portals in the store, while the number of current customers was 739, so the first 648 customers to enter the store were shrouded in golden light, while the remaining 91 customers looked in disappointment at the scene.


    Out of the 648 customers, those who owned cards went to the portal room. Those who didn''t own any of the three formed a queue, and they proceeded toward the room after paying the sum of thirty-five lesser Sacred stones each.


    Around an hourter, the second and third group spots for Panagea were filled, while there were only around a hundred spots left for the fourth group.


    Since there were no customers approaching him, Aakesh decided to check his Panagea quest.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Five


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea hours,


    Description: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 2960 Panagea hours for sixty consecutive days,


    Requirement: Now, its time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 12,960 hours every day for continuous Two hundred forty days


    Mission reward: Twenty-Five Hundred new virtual portals addition,


    Duration: 300 Days.


    Failure Punishment: Loss of two hundred fifty virtual portals and the salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for fifty years.]


    [Quest Progress:


    Days: 240/240.]


    Aakesh looked at the screen and nodded, as the store had already met the requirement of having a total of 12,960 hours for the day. Tonight, the number of virtual portals would again increase, further increasing the number of customers.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon after, the screen faded into disappearance, waiting for Aakesh to call it back once again.<novelsnext>please visit </novelsnext>


    Today was bound to be special for the store, as it would most likelyplete the majority of the ongoing quests at the moment.


    After Panagea''s quest, Aakesh called the quest screen for pills.


    The next moment, a screen detailing the quest''s details and progress appeared in front of him.


    ¡­


    [Quest Progress:


    1. Lesser Body Healing Pill: 1,000,000/1,000,000,]


    2. Lesser Mental Healing Pill: 1,000,000/1,000,000,


    ¡­


    17: Higher Spirit Enhancement Pill: 999,991/1,000,000,


    ¡­


    20. Higher Mind Expansion Pill: 1,000,000/1,000,000.]


    Aakesh looked at the screen in front of him. The store was only nine higher Spirit Enhancement Pills away frompleting the quest, and it would most likely be met today.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon the screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back.


    Aakesh was going to look at another product''s quest screen, but then he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store, so he stopped and turned in that direction.


    The number of new customers entering the store was growing every day, and simrly, the number of non-demons in that group was also increasing.


    The presence of so many non-demons in the city due to the store became a point of criticism for the citizens, and they showed their ire to Alfred, the ruler of Thorr City. There was even a fight a few months ago between a non-demon and a group of Vurrons.


    But before the scene could turn dangerous, the newly installed police arrived on the scene and solved the issue. The Demons didn''t like other races, and it wasn''t a hidden fact, so Alfred created this new department of police to maintain their watch over the city all the time.


    For someone like Alfred, it was extremely painful since the move came with arge cost, but he had to do it before any unsolvable situation arose and the Vurrons created a disaster for themselves.


    At the same time, Alfred also knew that this was a sensitive issue, so he didn''t allow the police to solve the situation with raw power. Alfred wanted the Thorrons and other Vurron species to amodate themselves and grow strong.


    All the time, only the Vurrons weren''t at fault. Sometimes, the situation arose due to the arrogance of the non-demon.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" The man greeted Aakesh. His mouth and eyes were still wide open due to the shock he received from the store''s luxury.


    Aakesh nodded, and then soon, it was time for him to introduce the products.


    "The store currently sells five products¡­"


    Aakesh introduced all five store products in a single breath, further increasing the shock factor for the customer.


    After learning that he would need to wait for Panagea, the man left for the weapons room since it was his primary purpose foring here.

 Chapter 1075 Quests(2)

    Chapter 1075: Quests(2)


    Time flew by, and soon the man came out of the weapons room with a Higher grade sword in his hands.


    [Ding!]


    Soon after the manpleted the purchase of the sword, several mechanical alerts bombarded Aakesh''s head.


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission objective: Sell Weapons and Training Area hours" sessfully!]


    [The "Mission Reward: Avability of fifteen new weapon types for sale and training" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    [Please see the following screen for your fourth weapon''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the fourth weapon''s quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Sequence: Fourth


    Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Details: With the purchase from Forick, the store had fulfilled all requirements for thest quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,


    Number of customers or training hours: 2,000,000,000 training hours*,


    Days required: 3600 Days,


    Mission reward: Avability for King level weapons for sale,


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of ten types of weapons at random, and the salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for fifty years.]


    *- (2,000,000,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 400,000,000 Immortal training hours = 100,000,000 Gods and Demons training hours.)


    A smile spread across his face after hearing the alerts. There was no topic ofmission this time, as Aakesh had currently given up on it.


    Aakesh looked at the screen, nodding in appreciation after the man left for the training area.


    As Aakesh had expected, another quest fulfilled its requirement today, He focused on the requirement for the fourth in the series of weapon missions.


    As Aakesh had expected, the requirement had grown by severalfold for both the weapons and the training area. As for the duration, it had only increased by ten times.


    Aakesh then focused on the reward section. Completing the fourth quest would award him with King level weapons. In the sacred dimension, the items were graded into five categories:


    1. Lesser grade, referring to Divine Transformation and Divine Being Cultivators.


    2. Higher grade, referring to Divine Lord and True God Cultivators,


    3. King grade, referring to Lesser, Higher, and Supreme God Cultivators,


    4. Emperor grade, referring to Sacred King, Sacred Emperor, and Sacred Monarch Cultivators,


    5. Ultimate grade, referring to Sacred Creator cultivators.


    There was also a Dimensional Throne level for the Void Beasts, but there was no characterization for the weapons they used as it was born with them, and other than the eleven void beasts, no one else had them in the Sacred Dimension.


    Aakesh then took a casual nce at the failure punishment and then waved his hands. The next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back again.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the door. He opened his eyes, turned in that direction, and found an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    ***


    Gerrick had a smile on his face as he entered the store. His vertical eyes turned into slits when he saw the Eternal Stone on the ground, but soon, they returned to calm while the smile remained on his face.<novelsnext>please visit </novelsnext>


    His sight then fell on the blue-skinned store owner, about whom he had heard a lot. Gerrick hade to the store after his wife suggested it, and he already had a product in his mind.


    "Hello, store owner," Gerrick greeted Aakesh with a hint of respect in his tone.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want to buy beasts," Gerrick immediately stated his purpose after the introduction.


    Aakesh nodded and then introduced the Beast Summoner Device to him.


    ***


    Gerrick stood in front of the pir. There was a nine written on top of the screen.


    Gerrick took a deep breath and pressed the switch, turning the number to ten, and starting the eleventh summoning round.


    Five seconds soon passed, and the next moment, a beautiful beast appeared on the screen. Gerrick''s eyes lit up as he saw the beast he was looking for.


    Not long after, a card emerged out of thin air and flew into his hands. Gerrick immediately grabbed the card and focused on the content.


    [Name: Gentle Swan


    Type: Beast


    Race: Swan


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Soul


    Cultivation: Intermediate Divine Being


    Ability:


    Soul Song: The Gentle Swan sings a beautiful melody that heals and restores the spiritual power of allies, increasing their strength and boosting their morale.


    Soul st: The Gentle Swan unleashes a powerful st of soul energy, causing heavy damage to enemies.


    Soul Shield: The Gentle Swan creates a shield of soul energy that blocks all iing attacks, providing a strong defensive barrier for itself and its allies.


    Soul Blink: The Gentle Swan can teleport short distances using soul energy, appearing and disappearing in a blink of an eye.


    Soul Link: The Gentle Swan establishes a soul link with an ally, enhancing their abilities and allowing them to share the Swan''s power.


    Soul Vision: The Gentle Swan can see the souls of all living beings, allowing it to detect enemies and hidden objects.


    Card Description: The majestic Gentle Swan is a powerful ally in any battle, with its soul-based abilities providing a versatile range of offensive and defensive options. Its healing and support skills make it a valuable addition to any team, while its offensive skills can deal significant damage to enemies. Use this card wisely to leverage the power of the Gentle Swan and gain the upper hand in battle.


    Price: Six thousand Supreme Sacred stones.]


    The Gentle Swan is a beautiful creature that lived in groups in secrecy. They were very rare to see in the Sacred Dimension. Once they were found, it would create a battle situation since its ability to enhance the spirit of cultivators was very much needed.


    ***


    "You need to pay six thousand supreme, eleven thousand one hundred eleven higher..." Aakesh stated the price of the beast after all the steps to tame the beasts were over.


    ***


    Gerrick nodded and soon after, the required sum disappeared from the Supreme Store Card, he had just bought.


    ***


    [Ding!]

 Chapter 1076 Quests(End)

    Chapter 1076: Quests(End)


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission objective: Sell Beasts" sessfully!]


    [The "Mission Reward: Twenty-five purer higher Sacred stones" has been given!]


    [Please see the following screen for your second beast''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the second beast''s quest appeared before him.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    Mission Objective: Sell Beasts,


    Requirement: With the purchase from Gerrick, the store had fulfilled all requirements for thest quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product,


    Number of beasts you need to sell: 10,000,000,


    Time Limit: 3600 Days


    Mission reward: Pir for True God, Lesser God, Higher God, Supreme God Beasts unlocked,


    Failure Punishment: The salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for fifty years.]


    Soon after the sale wasplete, several mechanical alerts bombarded Aakesh''s head, continuing the momentum of the quest''spletion.


    Aakesh focused on the screen and read what the system wanted from him for the mission. The sale requirement had grown a thousand times, while the time had grown ten times.*


    It was a difficult task as it was a unique product, and cultivators could only buy one for their lives until the arrival of the second pir. It also showed in the quest, as months ago, the store hadpleted around half of the requirements, but slowly, the sale rate dropped, and it finally reached the thousandth sale today.


    After looking at the reward, Aakesh nodded in appreciation. He then took a casual nce at the failure punishment and waved his hands. The next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back again.


    Time flew by, and six hours had passed since the store opened its doors for the day. The system began to force customers out of Panagea, depending on their entry sequences. In no time, all six hundred-plus grayed-out portals turned bright.


    After the customers came out of the room, the customers surrounded by golden light in the waiting corner entered the store and disappeared into Panagea by finding their nearest virtual portal.


    Aakesh was going to return to his rxation session after the first group left the store, but he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He turned in that direction and found a group of people approaching the store.


    The majority of the people in the group were familiar faces, but the man in the lead was an unfamiliar face.


    ***


    Jossic was the leader of the Gredant organization, one of the organizations having a branch in Corr City. Jossic was a peak Divine Lord that descended from the ruling family of the organization. He was proving his capabilities by leading the group.


    The Gredant organization had a few of its members as the store''s customers. They learned about the store from thepetition months ago, as they hade here to participate in the ceremony on Nightless Day.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!"


    "Hello, store owner!"


    ¡­


    The group greeted Aakesh one after another, and then they stepped back, leaving Jossic at the front.


    Jossic was from the race Gredanis, a race in the Demon group of races. Gredanis was an upper mid-tier race, with several Supreme Gods in its ranks. The ruling family, the Gredants, was the only family to have Sacred Kings in its ranks, so its status as the ruling family was cemented for the race and the organization.


    Jossic was around three thousand years old this year, which was a young age, considering the maturity of the Gredanis, so childishness was still visible on his face. At the same time, he was a direct descendant of the Sacred King, so his personality was arrogant and unbearable.


    The group behind Jossic had tense faces as they didn''t want to see Jossic offend the store owner. Jossic might survive due to his status, but no one would save them.


    It was also the reason why they didn''t inform Jossic about the store, despiteing here regrly. One of the men in the group was shrunk since he was the reason behind Jossic finding the store, and others in the group clearly showed their anger toward the man.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Jossic greeted Aakesh with a smile on his face.


    The smile was unnatural and forced; it was visible to Aakesh. At the same time, the restraint in Jossic''s tone could also be heard by him. Since Aakesh didn''t care about such things, he ignored it and nodded in response to the boy''s greeting.


    Jossic''s wheatish face slightly turned red from Aakesh''s silent response, but he controlled himself and asked about the store''s products while gritting his teeth, "Store owner, what products does the store sell?"


    Why was Jossic acting like this? It had to do with his Supreme God uncle. His uncle, Tiram, was a regr customer of the store. When Jossic found out about the store, he went to his uncle andined about the members of the organization hiding it from him.


    Tiram was sent with Jossic to protect him, and only these two people knew about it in Corr City.


    After Jossic went toin to his uncle, Tiram refused to let him go to the store, but after his countless pleadings, Tiram''s heart melted, and he allowed it. But at the same time, he had set one condition for it, Jossic couldn''t act like himself. No matter what, he wouldn''t raise his voice or try to order the store owner.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want a beast," Jossic asked Aakesh after learning about the store''s products.


    Jossic wanted to enter Panagea. He almost red in rage after finding out that the spots were filled and he couldn''t enter. But his uncle''s scary face and ruthless tone were like a bucket of cold water whenever he thought of going against the condition.


    ***<novelsnext>please visit </novelsnext>


    Jossic stood in front of the pir. His face was excited as he wanted to get an amazing beast and he tapped on the button.


    The next moment, the square light started rotating, and five secondster, a beast appeared on the screen.


    [Name: Fiery Snake


    Type: Beast


    Race: Snake


    Quality: Supreme


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Being


    ¡­


    Cost: Seventeen thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    Jossic smiled widely after getting a beast to his liking in the first round itself.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in a sh.


    "You need to pay seven hundred ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh stated expressionlessly and pushed ahead a couple of pills toward the man.


    "Thank you, store owner," The man thanked Aakesh after paying the required sum and then left the store while Aakesh had a couple of mechanical alerts bombarding his head.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission objective: Sell Pills" sessfully!]


    [The "Mission Reward: Ten new pill types addition in both Higher and Lesser grades" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    [Please see the following screen for your fourth pill''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the fourth pill''s quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Fourth


    Objective: Sell Pills,


    Detail: With La''s purchase, the store had met all of the previous sales requirements for the quest. Since we are just getting started, now is not the time to celebrate. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of pills you need to sell: 100,000,000 (each category),


    Days required: 3600 Days,


    Mission reward: King grade pills,


    Failure Punishment: The random disappearance of ten types of pills and the salesmission will turn to 0 at the eligible product''s sale for the next fifty years.]


    Aakesh heard all the alerts and soon focused on the blue screen in front of him. The quest''s requirement had grown severalfold since the mission wanted him to sell these many pills for each category.


    After the reward, the number of categories for sale would grow to forty, as ten new types of pills would be added to each lesser and higher grade. Keeping in mind that change, the store will need to sell a total of 4 billion pills, and he only had ten years to do it.


    The reward was as expected, and he only took a casual nce at the punishment section.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon both screens faded into obscurity, waiting for Aakesh to call them back.


    Aakesh then turned to look at the door. Since he didn''t find anyone approaching the store within a range of a few hundred meters, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    Time flew by, and a few more hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. A customer was approaching him with a page in their hands.


    "Store owner, I want this one." The woman respectfully informed Aakesh while handing the page to him.


    Aakesh took the page and looked at it. The next moment, all its details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay four hundred fifty higher Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly stated, informing the price.


    The woman nodded and immediately took out the required amount from her space ring. Her face showed pain for spending this much, but when the book appeared in her hand, only excitement and anticipation for the future were left in her eyes.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, Congrattions onpleting the "Mission objective: Sell the Store Products" sessfully!]


    [The "Mission reward: Ten purer, higher Sacred stones and a chance to upgrade any of the five products" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    Aakesh heard the alert of the second collective quest''spletion with the sessful sale.


    ***


    A/N: I have changed the beast requirement from a thousand to ten thousand(Beast''s Quest) and the cultivation arts requirement from 15 to 150(Collective Quest). I am sorry for making the mistake in the first ce.


    Only one chapter. I owe you two chapters now, and I will make up for it on Sunday with a four-chapter release.

 Chapter 1077 A New Customer!

    Chapter 1077: A New Customer!


    [The "Mission reward: Ten purer, higher Sacred stones and a chance to upgrade any of the five products" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    Aakesh heard the alerts ringing in his head as the 150th sale for the cultivation art wasplete. With that, the second quest wasplete.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be excited, anticipating what product would be upgraded tonight.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, finding an unfamiliar face approaching the store.


    ***


    Xynal belonged to the race Fretari. It was a non-demon race, falling only one step short of bing a top-tier race in the Sacred Dimension. Its current ruler was the peak Sacred Monarch, and once he stepped onto the Sacred Creator level, Fretaris would also be one of the top races of the dimension.


    The Fretaris were a humanoid race with heights varying from five feet to several hundred feet. They were bulky in appearance, with two pairs of hands. Their skin was a mix of gray and gold; their eyes were white with ck pupils, and their hair was ck.


    Fretaris were average-looking creatures, but Xn clearly stood out in the group, as his presence alone warranted the attention of many female Vurrons on the street. A sly grin spread across Xn''s face as he waved his hands toward the girls, clearly liking their attention.


    "Why don''t you meet me when Ie out?" Xn''s eyes lit up as he found a girl he liked in the group, so he went toward her and whispered in her ears.


    The girl''s face turned hot being in such proximity to Xn, but at that moment, a broad hand patted her back, resulting in all her fantasies disappearing just like that.


    The girl covered her face and immediately ran back to the store, while her father red at Xn.


    Xn ignored the ring father and left with a smile on his face. He finally reached the store''s stairs.


    The people on the street also began to return to their work as the scene of seeing strange creatures wasn''t a rare oddity anymore.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Xn addressed Aakesh with a gentle bow.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the man''s greeting and waited for him to ask the question about the store''s products.


    "Store owner, I am Xn, and Garian is my teacher," Xn introduced himself.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied in his usual response to a customer''s introduction. He remembered Garian. He was a regr customer at the store for the past few months, and his cultivation also wasn''t low.


    "Store owner, I want to buy the beasts," Xn requested Aakesh since he hade here for the beast.


    It was a mission from Garian for him to find a beast. He didn''t know why Garian wanted that, but since Garian and his father were best friends, and Garian would never want the bad for Xn, he didn''t ask any questions and immediately left for the store ording to the direction given by his teacher.


    It took him around a month toe here, but since Xn was a patient guy, he didn''t feel any irritation.<novelsnext>please visit </novelsnext>


    Aakesh nodded and then introduced the Beast Summoner Device to him, with some most-asked answers.


    Xn, who was only here to finish the mission given to him by Garian, became stumped by what he heard from the store owner.


    ***


    Xn stood in front of the pir after taking his time looking over the beast''s murals painted on the room''s walls. His eyes shone with excitement when he pressed the button, beginning the summoning round.


    The square light began to rotate, and soon, its rotation speed surpassed the cognition of Xn. Soon, five seconds passed, and miraculously, the rotation slowly came to a halt, with a beast appearing on the screen.


    Xn recognized the beast, and not long after, a card containing its details emerged out of nowhere and flew into his hands. Even though Xn decided not to go ahead with the beast, he still read the content on the card.


    After reading the details there was no change in his heart, he went to the returnpartment and ced the card there. He then returned to the screen and pressed the button.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    If it were before, Xn would have left the store with the first beast he summoned, but after learning about the product from the store owner, he decided to go for the best one. Money wasn''t an issue at all, as he came from a family of Sacred Emperors. It wasn''t the ruling family, but still having a Sacred Emperor at the helm made them one of the top families of the race.


    ***


    While Xn was going through the summoning in the store, in a part of the Sacred Dimension, a battle was going on.


    "Hehe, where will you run now?" The man called out with a cruel grin, looking at the female escaping for her life.


    The female was none other than Maria, who had been searching for ways to travel to the store for the past year. Her eyes showed despair as she ran for her life.


    She didn''t want to die, and even if it was her end, she wanted to see Aakesh''s face for onest time.


    But it seemed fate had something else nned for her, as suddenly, a bullet pierced through her left knee, unstabilizing her posture.


    She crashed to the ground, with her face roughly hitting the ground.


    Hehe!


    The man eerilyughed as he casually approached Maria. He couldn''t help but lick his eyes when he saw the helpless Maria, struggling to escape.


    Heat seemed to rise from his lower body as he grabbed Maria and picked her up.


    Spit!


    Maria was someone that had lived the first half of her life in tragedy, so this was nothing for her. The only regret she had was that she failed to find the store and see Aakesh for onest time.


    The man frowned when he saw Maria''s mind wandering somewhere else, even though her life was in his hands.

 Chapter 1078 Maria!

    Chapter 1078: Maria!


    The man roared in anger as he attempted to push Maria down to the ground, but his movements came to a sudden stop.


    Pop!


    Maria, who was reminiscing about Aakesh in herst moments, suddenly felt a warm liquid ssh across her face. The next moment, the man''s grip on her loosened, and she crashed to the ground.


    She raised her head in surprise, ignoring the pain. The next moment, two figures greeted her.


    One was unfamiliar, but the second was familiar. Maria uttered some words, but the mental fatigue hit her, and she fell unconscious.


    "What the fuck?" One of the two figures cursed when she saw Maria losing consciousness. The second one''s eyes widened in surprise as she realized what the woman had said before falling unconscious.


    The next moment, her eyes showed excitement as she rushed to Maria and picked her up.


    "She recognizes ancestor," the creature said as a green wave engulfed Maria.


    These two were none other than Aakesh''s old friends, Katrina, and Autumn.


    While Autumn was an Epochal Feline and received her name from Lily, Katrina was a member of the Kindeva race who Aakesh met on the Conspiracy Continent.


    When Maria saw Autumn, the memory of Lily with Aakesh shed in her heart, prompting her to utter "Lily."


    Katrina, who was disappointed with Maria''s weak strength, also became excited. She didn''t care about Lily, but Aakesh was another topic. She didn''t have feelings for him, but in her mind, Aakesh was extremely important to her, as only because of him did she get to exit that world, and now she was free to travel in the vast Multiverse.


    After leaving the conspiracy continent, both Autumn and Katrina had since surpassed the strength limit of the Primal Dimension and were forced to ascend to the Sacred Dimension.


    After ascending, Autumn''s strength automatically reached the peak of True God, while Katrina''s reached the peak of Supreme God.


    Unlike the Conspiracy Continent, the duo wasn''t at the peak of the Sacred Dimension, so they knew they needed to be cautious. Especially Autumn. She wasn''t supposed to exist because the Epochal Felines went extinct a long time ago. She was an extremely rare creature that everyone wanted.


    Katrina was aware of this as well, and since she and Autumn had be friends as a result of the training session, she decided to travel with her.


    The duo didn''t know when Aakesh would ascend with Lily, so they had been randomly traveling for the past two years. Autumn''s cultivation was at the peak of Higher God, while Katrina''s was intermediate Sacred King, as these two beings were top creatures of the Multiverse, and their talent was top-notch. If not for theck of resources, their power would have grown even higher.


    To sustain themselves, the duo became pirates and stole from whoever they found to be wealthy and weaker than them.


    Today was supposed to be different, as the duo was looking for their next hunt. Then they came across the scene of the man chasing Maria.


    The duo would have ignored the scene as the man was too weak to be their prey, while they didn''t care about the woman. But as today was supposed to be different, the duo sensed a familiar aura from the woman, surprising both Katrina and Autumn and resulting in them taking action.


    ***


    The green light engulfing Maria disappeared, and not long after, she woke up feeling better than ever.


    "LILY!" Maria screamed as she sat up straight.<novelsnext>please visit </novelsnext>


    "Are you one of the store customers?" Autumn asked, masking her excitement over finally finding a source of her ancestor.


    "You aren''t Lily. Who-"


    "I am sorry. Thanks for saving me," Maria entirely changed her tone as she noticed her mistake, and immediately thanked the duo for saving her.


    Katrina was standing at the back, and her eyes were calm, but somewhere deep in them was a wave rising, as she would get to meet Aakesh after a long time.


    For her only around two years had passed by, but for Aakesh, at least several centuries had passed, so she counted that time.


    ***


    "Did you ascend earlier than Aakesh?" Katrina couldn''t help but interrupt the conversation between Autumn and Maria as she got bored.


    "No, the store owner returned earlier than me," Maria responded with an unfriendly tone, clearly not impressed with the familiarity with which Katrina referred to Aakesh.


    A crescent smile seemed to form on Katrina''s face when she saw Maria''s bravado.


    "Do you have any idea of where the store is?" Autumn knew a taunt wasing, so she immediately chimed in and asked.


    Autumn didn''t want to see Maria suffer because she recognized Lily''s name. She knew Aakesh, and since Maria knew Lily''s name, that meant Aakesh knew Maria well enough.


    Katrina''s eyes lit up in anticipation as she waited for Maria''s answer. Maria, on the other hand, felt a chill crawling down her spine, as she felt like, if she didn''t answer positively, Katrina would eat her.


    But at the same time, she saw a source of returning to the store in the duo, so she didn''t hide the information and told them about the card. Maria didn''t tell the exact location as she didn''t want to test what would happen once the duo got what they wanted.


    Maria was extremely thankful to Autumn and Katrina for saving her, but her feelings to reach the store were clearly greater than that.


    ***


    "We finally found you," The duo was going to leave with Maria when a group of people surrounded them.


    "And here, I was worrying about money," Autumnmented and licked her lips. The group had clearly be her prey.


    The man, leading the group, frowned since Katrina''s cultivation was lower than his by one sub-level. And at the Sacred King level, even a gap of one sub-level is extremely wide moat to cross.


    Unfortunately for the man, Katrina was extremely strong and had the level breaking talent.


    Before the man could order to attack, Katrina charged. Her twin horns glowed as a horrible pressure began to form.


    The next moment, an energy beam struck one of the man''s heart in the group, incinerating it, resulting in an instant death.


    Several minutester, only corpses in different conditions were left on the ground, while Katrina was calcting the loot.

 Chapter 1079 Xylan’s Vow!

    Chapter 1079: Xn''s Vow!


    It was the thirteenth round of summoning as Xn pressed the switch, aiming for a beast of his liking.


    The square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed, and five secondster, it slowed down.


    The next moment, a beast appeared on the screen, and not long after that, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands.


    Xn didn''t recognize the beast, so his anticipation to get a desired beast grew higher and he focused on the card in his hands.


    [Name: Terror Lion


    Type: Beast


    Race: Lion


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Darkness, Illusion, Fear


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Savage Fury


    Details: The Terror Lion is a beast with a ferocious appetite for destruction. At its peak anger, it explodes with an unprecedented amount of power, causing heavy damage and destruction.


    Ability:


    Roar of Terror: The Terror Lion can unleash a deafening roar that causes its enemies to flee in terror, leaving them vulnerable to attacks.


    Terrifying ws: The Terror Lion''s ws are razor-sharp and imbued with the power of fear, making its attacks more lethal and terrifying.


    Frightening Presence: The Terror Lion''s mere presence is enough to strike fear into the hearts of its enemies, making them hesitate and falter in battle.


    Darkness Shield: The Terror Lion can create a shield of darkness that absorbs attacks and returns them with amplified force.


    Horror''s Bite: The Terror Lion''s bite is filled with the power of fear, causing its enemies to suffer from horrifying visions and nightmares.


    Shadow Step: The Terror Lion can disappear into the shadows, reappearing in any location within its line of sight.


    Phantom Blitz: The creature can create multiple illusory copies of itself to confuse and disorient its opponents.


    Death Fangs: The Terror Lion''s fangs can pierce through the toughest of armors and deal lethal damage to enemies.


    Abyssal st: Unleashes a powerful st of dark energy that ravages thend and destroys anything in its path.


    Card Description: The Terror Lion is a force to be reckoned with. Its attributes of darkness, illusion, and fear make it a formidable opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage and defending against attacks. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents tremble before the might of the Terror Lion.


    Price: Nine hundred ny-nine thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Xn''s eyes lit up in astonishment as he knew he had found the beast he had been looking for.


    On the upper half of the card was an illustration of the majestic, terrifying Terror Lion.


    It was a huge, ferocious lion. It appeared to eat up the light around it with its ck fur. Its eyes were a vicious shade of green. Its mane was darker than the abyss itself, and it was in a roaring posture. Just by looking at the creature, many would lose their sanity due to fear.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Xn decided to go ahead with the sale as soon as he saw the element section. The Terror Lion wasn''t the first ultimate quality beast in his summoning, but it was the first to win over his heart.


    The element of emotions was extremely rare in the Multiverse, so it came as a huge surprise to Xn when he saw fear in the element section.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want this," Xn requested Aakesh, pushing the card toward him.


    Aakesh took the card, tapped twice at the pattern at the back of the card, and returned it to Xn.


    Xn soon found himself in a different setting with the Terror Lion in front of him. It wouldn''t be a lie if Xn said that he wasn''t feeling frightened while standing against the Terror Lion.


    Time flew by, and after what felt like an eternity to Xn, the battle came to an end.


    Xn took hisst breath with disappointment, while the Terror Lion let out a deafening roar at the sky after its victory.


    ***


    When Xn returned to the store, his entire back became wet with sweat as the battle with the Terror Lion was bloody and full of fear. Xn was disappointed with his loss, but he also understood that his strength wasn''t a match for the Terror Lion at the same stage.


    The next moment, the card in his hands disappeared as he had failed to pass the second step.


    "You need to pay ten thousand and one supreme, eleven thousand... Sacred stones," Aakesh announced expressionlessly.


    Failing the taming battle came at a cost, as it was priced at one percent of the total cost of the beast. As the Terror line was almost close to one ultimate Sacred stone, even the failing cost reached higher than many of the ultimate quality beasts sold by the store.


    Even for Xn, it wasn''t a small sum, but he gritted his teeth and paid the sum.


    The next moment, he took out one ultimate Sacred stone from his space ring and bought an Ultimate Store Card.


    ***


    [Do you want to pay ten thousand and one¡­ Sacred stones?]


    An alert rang in Xn''s head after the binding process with the store card wasplete. Xn responded positively, and the next moment, the required amount got deducted from the wealth he had stored in his card.


    Soon after, an alert informing Xn of the remaining bnce rang in his head.


    ***


    "Store owner, can I resummon the Terror Lion, or will I have to start again randomly?" Xn asked Aakesh after he paid the due.


    Xn hadn''t given up on the Terror Lion after his defeat. In fact, he had be even more adamant about owning it.


    "You havepleted the thirteenth round of summoning, so when you return to summon, it will be the fourteenth round. If you want the same beast as thest round, where you lost the taming battle, you need to inform me. You will not have to go to the summoning pir.


    But remember, it will be considered the next round of summoning, and it will cost you a hundred supreme Sacred stones," Aakesh responded, clearing Xn''s doubts.


    "Thank you, store owner," Xn nodded and thanked Aakesh.


    After a month of training, he would return to the store. If he lost again, he would train and return again. He would keep doing it until he seeded, and the Terror Lion became his.

 Chapter 1080 The Arcane Stillness!

    Chapter 1080: The Arcane Stillness!


    Xn made his vow, and the next moment, he disappeared from the store, using the teleport function of the card to appear at the selected coordinates.


    After Xn left, Aakesh closed his eyes, beginning another of his rxation sessions since no new customer was in sight.


    Time flew by, and a few hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    "... these are the products avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the product''s introduction.


    The woman stood in shock and awe after learning about the products. She hade here only for pills, but now she wanted more.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Diena requested, like the majority of the new customers.


    ***


    "Store owner, I will return tomorrow," Diena stated after learning that there were no spots left in Panagea. The beast was out of her reach, and she already had a weapon and cultivation arts, so she decided to return tomorrow morning to find a spot.


    Aakesh nodded, and then Diena left after thanking Aakesh. He didn''t close his eyes since another new customer took Diena''s spot immediately.


    "Hello, store owner," The man greeted Aakesh after his turn arrived.


    The man stepped only a moment short of Diena inside the store, so he had to wait for his turn for the past few minutes.


    The man came to the store after his friend suggested it to him, so he was already aware of the store''s products, but since hearing all those shocking things right from the owner''s mouth was better, he still asked, "Store owner, tell me about the store products."


    "The store currently sells five products¡­


    ¡­ these are the products," Aakesh concluded the introduction in a single breath. The man was surprised despite already knowing about the products.


    He then asked to go to the cultivation arts room since that was his purpose in the first ce. He was already aware that the spots in Panagea were filled, so he didn''t waste any time asking about that.


    The man then asked a few more questions about the cultivation arts, and after he felt satisfied, he thanked Aakesh and went toward the art room.


    ***


    [Name- The Arcane Stillness,


    Grade- Higher grade,


    Type: Magic system,


    Details: In The Arcane Stillness, the mage uses mana to cultivate and improve their power level.


    Users: Divine Lord & True God


    Price: Eighty supreme Sacred stones.]


    The man was looking at the screen in front of him. A wide smile spread across his face as he found the one he had been looking for tens of millions of years.


    The man''s name was Ren, a Supreme God mage. He learned about the Arcane Stillness from a Sacred Emperor mage''s ruin.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    In that ruin, Ren only found Lesser grade art, so he had been searching for the Higher grade art. Ren had already made up his mind to restart his cultivation ording to the Arcane Stillness, but he couldn''t just give up his efforts of millions of years only to never find the Higher grade Arcane Stillness and be stuck at the Divine Being mage level for eternity.


    Even though Higher grade art only took him up to the True God mage level, now that he knew about the store, he had a stable channel for the art.


    Ren didn''t even have to take the preview option, and he decided to leave the store, but suddenly an idea emerged in his mind, so he turned around.


    He immediately went to the first shelf and decided to take the lesser grade Arcane Stillness. Since Ren already had one version of the art, he didn''t have to waste time and found the Arcane Stillness on his first attempt.


    [Name- The Arcane Stillness,


    Grade- Lesser grade,


    Type: Magic system,


    Details: In The Arcane Stillness, the mage uses mana to cultivate and improve their power level.


    Users: Divine Transformation & Divine Being


    Price: Nine hundred ordinary Sacred stones.]


    This time, Ren decided to buy the preview option but to do that, he needed the store card. So he immediately exited the room and purchased the Supreme Store Card.


    Time flew by, and Ren had his jaw dropped to the ground as he closed the book. The content difference between the art he found and the one in the store was like heaven and earth.


    At the same time, Ren also found a hidden danger in the meditation art. He couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief since if he had meditated using the Arcane Stillness from the ruin, he would have lost his mind and be the puppet of whomsoever left the art in that ruin.


    The Arcane Stillness was an art that provided all round improvement while being better than even single attribute-focused meditation arts when it came to the rate of improvement.


    ***


    "Thank you, store owner!" Ren thanked Aakesh after putting the two cultivation arts in a secure space inside his inner world.


    He couldn''t even imagine what would have happened to him if he hadn''t thought of buying the lesser-grade art as well. To thank Aakesh and the store, he even decided to pay more than the cost, but the store owner refused.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh. When only around an hour was left before the sunset, a door appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the store. Not long after, stairs connecting the door to the stone floor emerged.


    Click!


    With a clicking sound, the door opened, and a beautiful, furry creature stepped out of the door. Her eyes lit up when she saw Aakesh, and Aakesh smiled upon seeing Lily.


    Lily immediately rushed down the stairs and jumped upon Aakesh''s head, cuddling herself in his hair bun, her favorite spot to rx.


    At that time, a customer stepped out of the weapons room with the weapon of his choice, so when he saw Lily and Aakesh smiling, he was surprised. Aakesh was known for his indifference to emotions, so it was a shocking scene for anyone who saw it.


    "Store owner, I want this mace," The man requested with a smile, hoping for there to be a discount since Aakesh seemed to be in a good mood.


    Soon after, he left the store with abination of disappointment and excitement as he had the mace he needed, and he didn''t get the discount.

 Chapter 1081 Rewards(1)

    Chapter 1081: Rewards(1)


    Time flew by, and the sunset brought a wave of darkness over Thorr and its nearby cities.


    Soon after, the system forced the customers out of Panagea as their six-hour stay was over. Not long after, only Aakesh and Lily were left in the store.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair, went to the door, and closed it, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, ten new types of lesser and higher level pills have been sessfully rewarded!]


    [Host, fifteen new types of lesser and higher level weapons have been sessfully rewarded!]


    [Host, Twenty-five hundred new virtual portals have been sessfully rewarded!]


    As soon as Aakesh turned around, the system''s autonomous and emotionless voice rang inside his head.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the pill counter, the weapons room, and the portal room. It disappeared as quickly as it had arrived.


    The store''s space expanded after the light disappeared as the pill counter becamerger to amodate twenty shelves in the two rows of pills avable.


    Since Aakesh was closest to the pill, he decided to check it first. He then stepped forward and reached the pill counter.


    Since the types were added to both the lesser and higher grades, Aakesh started with the lesser grade pills first.


    (1.) First-grade lesser Blood Cleansing Pill: This pill is used to cleanse the blood of impurities and improve cirction. It costs fifty lesser Sacred stones.


    (2.) First-grade lesser Body Cleansing Pill: This pill purifies the body of toxins and impurities, allowing cultivators to improve their health and energy levels. It costs twenty-five lesser Sacred stones.


    (3.) First-grade lesser Vision Enhancing Pill: The pills allow the user to enhance their vision, seeing through illusions and perceiving hidden secrets. It costs one hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    Warning: It only works for secrets below Divine Being. Excessive eating of the pill can cause eye veins to explode.


    (4.) First-grade lesser Blood Explosion Pill: The pill allows the user to go too berserk mode, increasing their strength twofold. It costs hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    (5.) First-grade lesser Spirit Cleansing Pill: This pill purifies a cultivator''s spiritual energy and removes any negative or impure influences that may be hindering their progress. It costs hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    ¡­


    (16.) Third-grade higher Blood Essence Pill: This pill enhances the blood essence within a cultivator''s body, which is necessary for cultivating certain types of techniques and abilities. It only works for cultivators of Divine Lord cultivation. It costs twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Blood Essence Pill: It works for early and intermediate True Gods. It costs fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Blood Essence Pill: It works forte and peak True Gods. It costs one hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will result in the breakdown of all body cells if eaten by cultivators below the Divine Lord.


    (17.) Third-grade higher Beast Transformation Pill: This pill allows cultivators to temporarily transform their body into that of a powerful beast, enhancing theirbat capabilities. It only works for Divine Lord cultivators. It costs fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Beast Transformation Pill: It works for early and intermediate True God cultivators. It cost seventy-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Beast Transformation Pill: It works forte and peak True God cultivators. It cost one hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    (18.) Third-grade higher Deep Sleep Pill: This pill induces deep and restful sleep, allowing cultivators to recover their energy and mental strength. It only works for cultivators of Divine Lord cultivation. It costs twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Deep Sleep Pill: It works for early and intermediate True God cultivators. It cost seventy-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Deep Sleep Pill: It works forte and peak True God cultivators. It cost one hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    (19.) Third-grade higher Eternal Youth Pill: This pill grants cultivators eternal youth and vitality, slowing down the aging process and allowing them to live longer. It only works for cultivators at Divine Lord cultivation. It costs five hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Eternal Youth Pill: It works for early and intermediate True God cultivators. It cost one thousand ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Eternal Youth Pill: It works forte and peak True God cultivators. It cost five thousand ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: Only for one-time use. It will¡­<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    (20.) Third-grade higher Blood Replenishing Pill: This pill replenishes a cultivator''s blood, allowing for faster recovery from injuries and greater physical strength. It only works for cultivators of Divine Lord cultivation. It costs twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Blood Replenishing Pill: It works for early and intermediate True God cultivators. It cost seventy-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Blood Replenishing Pill: It works forte and peak True God cultivators. It cost one hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    Aakesh read the details of all the newly-obtained pills. Simr tost time, all higher grade pills had three sub-grades avable for sale. Fortunately for him, the store counted it all to be one, or the requirement of selling one hundred million pills of each category would have turned humongous and almost impossible.


    There was even an eternal youth pill. Inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension had eternal lifespans, but they still aged. It was extremely slow, but it still existed.


    Aakesh expected it to be like a hot potato for the store, even though only one of it can be sold to a user, irrespective of their cultivation.


    Aakesh remembered the details and price of all the pills and moved away since there were still many things waiting for him to check out in the store.


    Aakesh''s next destination was the weapons room. After the storepleted the third series of weapons quests, the system awarded the store with fifteen new types of weapons, depending on their poprity. This time, the store considered the poprity of the entire and not just the Fawkes Kingdom.


    Aakesh entered the room, and as usual, the space inside the room had grown severalfold from before the quest''s rewards. The additional murals added further to the beauty of the store.


    If the earlier space could hold fifty customers, after the rewards, it would be no problem to hold a thousand people; such was the growth in the space. It made sense since earlier there were only twelve types of weapons, but after the quest''s rewards, there were more than twice as many, so the space requirement also grew exponentially.


    There were now twenty-seven types of weapons avable in the store to sell. A single circle of pirs would take up too much space, so the circr patterns changed.


    The deepest inner circle consisted of three columns, signifying swords, spears, and bows.


    The second inner circle consisted of six columns, and the weapons were maces, sabers, des, axes, hammers, and ils.


    The third andst circle consisted of eighteen pirs, and the weapons were rapiers, halberds scythes, javelins, chakrams, darts, shuriken, fans, boomerangs¡­ nunchaku.


    After seeing all the new weapons, Aakesh exited the room and went toward the portal room.


    After Aakesh entered the portal room, he found that the inside space had grown severalfoldpared to before the store''s closing.


    If the portal room was an almond before the arrival of new portals, it became afortable vi for arge family of twenty to thirty people.


    The portals had grown from around six hundred to three thousand plus, so the space was bound to expand at an unprecedented rate. Aakesh took a nce at the rows and rows of virtual portals ced in the room in a sequence. The entire scene was filled with order; not even a single portal was out of ce.


    There were changes in the leaderboard as well. Earlier, only up to a hundred people were ranked, but now that had grown to five hundred. There were also changes in rewards for longer staying at the top.


    For a customer staying at the top position on the Sacred Dimension''s leaderboard for a decade, they would receive one exchange opportunity with an expiry date of three years and ten extra Panagea hours, and so forth.


    Aakesh then turned around and left the room. He stood in the store''s hall.


    The store alsopleted the beast''s quest, but the rewards for it were only mary, so there was no change in the Beast summoning room.


    There was one more reward left, and Aakesh called the system for it.


    "Hey, system, it''s time for the reward from the second collective quest."


    Even Lily, who was rxing in her favorite spot, stood up, as she didn''t want to miss what woulde next.


    [Yes, Host!]


    The system''s voice rang in Aakesh''s ears, and soon after, a roulette, considering six sections appeared in front of him.


    Of the six sections, five were rted to the store''s products, and they were blue in color, while the sixth section was red in color, with a question mark on it.


    ***


    A/N: Only one chapter!


    I want to hear your suggestions before selecting a product for an update, so only one chapter.


    Comment what product should be updated and what the update should be.


    Comment, Comment, Comment!

 Chapter 1082 Update List(2)

    Chapter 1082: Update List(2)


    On the roulette, there were six sections. They were:


    (1.) Upgrade in Panagea*


    (2.) Upgrade in the pills**


    (3.) Upgrade in training area***


    (4.) Upgrade in cultivation arts****


    (5.) Upgrade in Beast Summoning Device****


    (6.) A question mark******


    [* Panagea currently has a time flow rate simr to what flows in the Sacred dimension. After the upgrade, the customers will be able to enjoy a higher time flow after paying the respective cost.


    ** Currently, the store has only twenty types of pills avable in lesser and higher grades. After this upgrade, the store would start selling every type of pill avable in the Sacred dimension.


    *** After the training area upgrade, there would be time flow types in the Gods & Demons and Immortal training areas, and hence the changes in charges, depending on the benefit it would provide to the customers.


    **** Currently, the store only offers a preview option that allows the customers to read the art before buying, giving them further confidence in the product. After the upgrade, the store will activate the function of the cultivation simtor, allowing the customers to see how to cultivate for better results.


    ***** After the beast summoning device''s update, the card will have an additional function of training, allowing the beast to fight and train by itself with a virtually created opponent system.


    ****** The question mark refers to getting none of the above product updates, but some random reward from the system.]


    Aakesh read the six sections out loud. He didn''t feel surprised about the sixth section since the quest reward clearly stated that there was a chance of a product upgrade.


    Unlike thest time, Aakesh didn''t have the choice to choose which product to upgrade, but it all depended on his luck.


    Even though it all depended on luck, Aakesh still decided to check out the details in summary.


    "Hey, system, show me the update details of the products," Aakesh requested the system, and not long after, screen after screen appeared in front of him, following the sequence in the roulette.


    [Panagea Update:


    Time flow rate simr to the Sacred dimension: 5 lesser Sacred stones entry cost; 5 lesser Sacred stones per hour stay cost, with only six Sacred hours per day.


    Maximum Sacred hours avable: 2 Sacred hours.


    Time flow rate 1.5 times the Sacred dimension: 10 lesser Sacred stones entry cost; 10 lesser Sacred stones per hour stay cost*.


    Maximum Sacred hours avable: 3 Sacred hours.


    Time flow rate two times the Sacred dimension: 25 lesser Sacred stones entry cost; 25 lesser Sacred stones per hour stay cost*.


    Maximum Sacred hours avable: 4 Sacred hours.


    Time flow rate 2.5 times the Sacred dimension: 50 lesser Sacred stones entry cost; 50 lesser Sacred stones per hour stay cost*.


    Maximum Sacred hours avable: 5 Sacred hours.


    Time flow rate three times the Sacred dimension: 75 lesser Sacred stones entry cost; 75 lesser Sacred stones per hour stay cost*.


    Maximum Sacred hours avable: 6 Sacred hours.


    [* The hour cost would depend on the hours in Panagea, not the Sacred dimension.]]


    It was familiar to what Aakesh received in Panagea''s update in the Primal dimension, so after taking a concentrated look at it, Aakesh focused on the next screen.


    [Training area Update:


    The Immortal level training area has a time flow rate of two times that of the Sacred dimension.


    After the update,


    Time flow rate two times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: one hundred ordinary Sacred stones,


    Time flow rate five times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: one thousand ordinary Sacred stones,


    Time flow rate ten times to the Primal dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: five thousand ordinary Sacred stones,


    Time flow rate fifteen times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: ten higher Sacred stones,


    Time flow rate twenty times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: fifty higher Sacred stones.


    The Gods & Demons level training area has a time flow rate of ten times that of the Sacred dimension.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    After the update,


    Time flow rate ten times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: one higher Sacred stone,


    Time flow rate fifteen times to the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: one hundred higher Sacred stones,


    Time flow rate twenty times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: five hundred higher Sacred stones,


    Time flow rate thirty times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: one thousand higher Sacred stones,


    Time flow rate fifty times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: five thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    Aakesh nodded after reading the details on the screen. He then waved his hands and focused on the next screen.


    [Cultivation arts Update:


    The customer could use the cultivation simtor to observe the energy flow from a distance or have a first-person experience of it.


    Third-party cost: five percent of the cultivation art''s price,


    First-person view cost: ten percent of the cultivation art''s price.


    Note: The cost won''t be deducted from the cost of cultivation art like the preview option. It''s a bonus feature.]


    ¡­


    [Beast Update:


    The beast owners could update their cards after paying a fixed sum. The update would allow the beasts to train with an opponent of their choice at their desired cultivation.


    Types:


    Divine Transformation Beast card: 1000 higher Sacred stones*


    Divine Being Beast card: 10,000 higher Sacred stones,


    Divine Lord Beast card: one supreme Sacred stone.


    Beast race pack:


    Three-race pack: 1000 higher Sacred stones***,


    Ten race pack: Ten thousand supreme Sacred stones,


    Hundred race pack: Ten supreme Sacred stones,


    One thousand race pack: 1000 supreme Sacred stones.


    * The beast in the card will be able to train with their virtual copy of all qualities and cultivation up to peak Divine Lord.


    ** The race pack allows the beast owners to choose the opponent of their desired race, limited to a pool of ten thousand races.


    Note: The race pack is permanent, but Beast card update will be charged at every level and not a one-time purchase.]


    [Reward pool:


    One hundred purer higher Sacred stones


    Ten thousand purer higher Sacred stones


    One purer supreme Sacred stones


    ¡­


    One purer ultimate Sacred stones


    ¡­


    Store Assistant card


    Ultimate Defense card


    Beast Egg.]


    Aakesh''s eyes widened when he saw the prize pool of the sixth section. There were many items that were severalfold more valuable than the product''s update.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but feel distraught over having such a valuable pool of rewards and yet receiving only one.

 Chapter 1083 The Third Collective Quest(3)

    Chapter 1083: The Third Collective Quest(3)


    Aakesh felt disappointed over having to get only one of the lot, but since these things were out of his control, he stopped thinking about it.


    Aakesh then went ahead and pushed the roulette wheel upward, starting it. But before doing it, he asked Lily about it. Since Lily refused, he decided to do it without wasting any time.


    In no time, its rotation speed grew to an unprecedented rate. Soon, it became still as its rotation speed surpassed the cognition of Aakesh.


    "Stop!" Aakeshmanded, and soon after, the wheel began to slow down.


    Time flew by, and after a few seconds, the wheel came to a stop.


    Aakesh''s breath got stuck as he focused on the roulette in front of him. When he saw the oue, Aakesh nodded since it wasn''t a mary reward but a product update.


    The pointer stopped at Panagea. The next moment, a white light covered the portal room.


    It disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, but Aakesh could still feel the slight change in the aura around the virtual portals as the time flow rate in the Sacred Dimension grew to match the original flow rate of the Sacred and Primal dimensions.


    Now, when 1000 hours passed in Panagea in the Primal Dimension, one hour passed in Panagea in the Sacred Dimension. While earlier, it was 18,000:1.


    The roulette slowly faded into disappearance while Aakesh stood in the store''s hall. Before Aakesh could decide what to do next, several mechanical, emotionless alerts bombarded his head.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, please see the following screen for your sixth Panagea''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared before him.


    [Mission Sequence: Six


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea hours,


    Description: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 12,960 Panagea hours for consecutive two hundred forty days,


    Requirement: Now, it''s time for you to increase your contribution further and make even more customers interested in the product.


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 150,000 hours every day for continuous five hundred days


    Mission reward: Ten thousand new virtual portals addition,


    Duration: 600 Days.


    Failure Punishment: Loss of six hundred virtual portals and the salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for hundred years.]


    Aakesh looked at the screen in front of him and read the details on it. He couldn''t help but smile wryly when he read the requirements of the system.


    There were currently 3,148 virtual portals in the store, and even if the store were to sell all twenty-four hours of the day for every portal, it would only be equal to 75,552 Panagea hours. On the other hand, the system wanted him to sell 150,000 hours every day for five hundred consecutive days, or around twice the possible hours.


    Aakesh knew it had to do with the newly updated time flow rate. It was also the reason the system waited until this time to activate the sixth mission sequence.


    Aakesh then took a look at the reward, and after a nce at the punishment, he waved his hands. The next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back once again.


    Aakesh didn''t worry about the requirement since Panagea was a product that was equally affordable as well as popr. The numbers would automaticallye, growing the poprity of the item. Due to the increased time flow rate, Aakesh would have seventy-two Panagea hours in a day, and it was more than enough toplete the quest with ease.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on fulfilling the requirement of having four of the five product quests being newly generated.]


    [Host, please see the following screen for the third collective quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    [Mission Sequence: Third


    Mission Objective: Sell the store products


    Details: After unlocking four of the five products'' quests, the store has unlocked the third collective quest. Please work hard and make the store more popr,


    Requirement: Sale of all store products


    Pills: 1,000,000,000,


    Weapons: 100,000,000


    Training area: 100,000,000 hours*


    Panagea: 100,000,000 hours,


    Cultivation arts: 15,000,


    Beasts: 500,000,


    Deadline: 3600 days,


    Reward: The sixth product,


    Failure Punishment: Zeromission for fifty years.]


    *(100,000,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 20,000,000 Immortal training hours = 10,000,000 Gods and Demons training hours.)


    It wasn''t the end, and soon after the screen disappeared, a new screen appeared in front of Aakesh with a system alert.


    It wasn''t something that Aakesh hadn''t expected, so he wasn''t surprised. Aakesh then focused on the screen and began to read what the third collective quest wanted.


    The sale requirements for pills had grown by a thousand times, while the requirements for weapons, training hours, Panagea''s hours, beasts, and cultivation arts had increased by a hundred times.


    The deadline, as expected, had only grown by ten times, bing 3600 days.


    As his eyes fell on the reward section, Aakesh''s disagreement with the quest disappeared, and he nodded in appreciation. He and the other store customers wouldn''t have to wait very long for the next product.


    Aakesh then took a quick nce at the punishment section and waved his hands. The next moment, the quest screen faded.


    ***


    "Let''s go!" Aakesh stated. Since there was nothing else left to do in the store for Aakesh, he decided to begin the day''s training session.


    Lily scrunched her nose in dissatisfaction, but she still didn''t refuse, and the next moment, both of them disappeared from the store''s hall, appearing in the selection area.


    Lily chose her usual training environment and pressed the switch. The next moment, she found herself in the familiar environment after the space crack sucked her inside.


    After Lily left, Aakesh''s face turned indifferent as usual, and he deactivated all his senses except for direction. He then went to the weapons section.


    After picking a weapon randomly, Aakesh went to the other side and chose his usual training ground.


    The next moment, the space around him cracked, forming a space portal, and soon it sucked him inside.


    ***


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]

 Chapter 1084 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 1084: A New Day for the Store(1)


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]


    Aakesh was meditating inside the store when the system''s voice rang in his ears.


    Aakesh ignored the alert and continued to meditate. The system didn''t alert again as it knew why Aakesh was extending the session.


    It had been a year since Aakesh ascended to the Sacred Dimension with the store, and for that entire year, he had been stuck at early Divine Transformation cultivation.


    Today seemed to be different as Aakesh was on the border of crossing to the next sub-level.


    Time flew by, and after several minutes, the purer lesser Sacred stone in his hands turned into ashes while a new one took its ce. Aakesh continued his posture as if nothing mattered to him.


    A cover of wind started to form around Aakesh, and its intensity grew with every passing second. After a minute, it reached the limit.


    At that moment, if someone knowledgeable were to be inside and see the scene, they would be shell-shocked. The reaction generated from the elements by Aakesh didn''t match his cultivation level at all. Many would be surprised if even Divine Lord cultivators warranted such a phenomenon.


    Boom!


    Suddenly, a loud sound rang inside the store. The blocking array stopped the sound from traveling outside to the people standing outside the door with surprised faces.


    It was the second day since the arrival of the store that the store didn''t open its door after sunrise. The first time, it was the event, but there was no such situation nned today.


    While inside the store, Aakesh was stepping beyond the early sub-level. A blue light covered his body. It disappeared as quickly as it arrived, and not long after, Aakesh opened his eyes.


    Anyone looking into his eyes at that time would feel their souls getting devoured.


    Aakesh had an indifferent expression as he looked to his right. As expected, the screen weed his sight, informing him about his improved absorption rate.


    "Status!" Aakesh called out.


    The next moment, a dark blue opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 2)+,


    Level: Level 8(intermediate),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 67.909 Sacred Units, (+14)


    Agility: 62.848 Sacred Units, (+11)


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 31,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning, Apocalyptic st¡­.


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 1,


    Current status: Young.


    Aakesh looked at the screen in front of him. His level had changed from initial Level 8 to intermediate Level 8, while his strength and agility had grown by more than ten Sacred units.


    It was only a sub-level growth, and yet, he gained more than what the majority of the cultivators gained in two sub-level breakthroughs.


    [Host, the customers are waiting outside for the store to open!]


    The system''s voice rang in Aakesh''s ears, waking him up from his thought process. Aakesh nodded and stood up from the mat.


    The next moment, the mat disappeared from the store while Aakesh went to his room. Not long after, he came out of the room and stepped down the stairs.


    ***


    As expected, arge crowd of customers was waiting outside the store when Aakesh opened the door. Today, the crowd wasrger than ever.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    It wasn''t due to more new faces, but due to the store gettingte in opening the door.


    Aakesh didn''t let the customers wait anymore and turned around, returning to his chair. The customers entered the store like a tide as thepetition for the virtual portals was extremely intense.


    The next moment, all the customers stood in awe inside the store as they could see the changes with their own eyes. The space inside the store had grown to amodate more than twenty thousand people.


    Such expansion in the store''s hall had to do with Panagea. Since there were more than three thousand portals, there were bound to be more than nine thousand people waiting at once at one point in the future, so the system didn''t wait for Aakesh toin about it.


    The customers also noticed therger pill counter. Finally, they noticed that none of them were covered in golden lights, increasing their excitement.


    Not being covered in golden light only meant one thing: the number of virtual portals was higher than the number of customers.


    The customers who owned cards were going toward the portal room when Aakesh raised his hands, bringing them to halt.


    From today on, Panagea would begin to have a faster time flow rate than the Sacred Dimension, so Aakesh needed to introduce it to the customers and the new costs associated with it.


    "The time flow rate inside Panagea had grown to three times the flow rate of the Sacred Dimension.


    Keeping it in mind, the Panagea hours for the customers and their prices have changed.


    For those customers who want to continue with the same six-hour routine, they would only be out for two hours in the Sacred Dimension while the prices would remain the same.


    For the customers, who want to enjoy a longer stay; for the 1.5x time stay, the customers will be able to stay in Panagea for nine hours, and three Sacred hours. The costs for it are 10 lesser Sacred stones entry cost; 25 lesser Sacred stones per hour stay cost.


    ¡­


    For the 3x times stay, the maximum Sacred hours are six, and the costs are 75 lesser Sacred stones entry cost; 100 lesser Sacred stones per hour stay cost."


    Aakesh introduced the new prices to the store customers. The customers from the Primal Dimension weren''t surprised since they were already used to it.


    Many in the crowd felt disgruntled by the fact that the time flow rate had changed. They would stay inside for the same six hours, but the exit duration for them would grow, increasing the difficulty of the quests or the situations around them.


    They wereining, but none of them dared to voice it out to Aakesh.


    Aakesh also understood the things going through the customer''s head, but manipting the time flow rate individually for each adventurer was an arduous task and not worth the cost of the system. The ideology the store followed was to make a profit; Aakesh was not here to impress the customers. Respect or other feelings was only the by-product.


    ***


    "Store owner, tell me about the new pills," Alric requested Aakesh, forgetting about Panagea.


    He entered Panagea to learn more knowledge about pill making as well as the vast resources avable there to practice. But when several types of new pills stood in front of him, he decided to forget about Panagea and focus on the pills.


    "There are ten new types of pills avable in the store;


    (1.) First-grade lesser Blood Cleansing Pill: This pill is used to cleanse the blood of impurities and improve cirction. It costs fifty lesser Sacred stones.


    ¡­


    First-grade higher Blood Replenishing Pill: It works forte and peak True God cultivators. It cost one hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    These are the new pills avable in the store," Aakesh introduced the pills to Alric.


    Instead of responding to Aakesh, Alric entered the space inside his space ring through the divine sense. The next moment, his total wealth appeared in front of him.


    Alric couldn''t help but grow disappointed when he found out that buying three of each category would cost him almost all of his wealth.


    "Store owner, give me three of first-grade lesser blood cleansing pills, first-grade lesser body cleansing pills¡­ pill," Alric requested after a long pause.


    Aakesh nodded and soon brought thirty-nine pills out from the pill counter. Thirty of them were lesser grade, three each, while ten of them were higher grade, each third-grade higher pill. Alric didn''t buy the eternal youth pill as even a third-grade version of it cost five hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    ***


    "You need to pay three hundred ordinary and two thousand one hundred twenty-five lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh stated the total price.


    Alric''s expression was disappointed as he failed to get the eternal youth pill due to his weak financial capability, but since he was getting so many new pills to research, he soon calmed down and immediately paid.


    Since Alric didn''t have the store card, he needed to pay the exact sum. Fortunately, he had the correct currency, so he paid.


    "The pills are yours," Aakesh announced after getting an alert of the amount being correct from the system.


    After the pill''s purchase, Alric paid for Panagea and proceeded toward the room. Alric chose the 1.5x time option and paid one hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter, and for getting it sote. The office work overwhelmed me and since I didn''t want to miss any day this month, I could only write one.


    I have also made some changes in the Panagea section in Chapter 1082, so be sure to read it again.

 Chapter 1085 A New Day For The Store(2)

    Chapter 1085: A New Day for the Store(2)


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Irving greeted Aakesh. His tone was respectful since he hade here after learning about it from someone else.


    Aakesh nodded as usual and waited for the man to ask the vital question.


    Irving didn''t waste Aakesh''s time and asked about the store''s products.


    "The store currently sells five products; pills, weapons, cultivation arts, beasts, and Panagea.


    For the pills, there are only lesser and higher grades of pills avable, with twenty different types of them. They are:


    (1.) First-grade lesser Blood Cleansing Pill: This pill is used to cleanse the blood of impurities and improve cirction. It costs fifty lesser Sacred stones.


    ¡­


    ¡­ these are the store''s products," Aakesh concluded, introducing all five products in a single breath.


    Irving stood there astonished in surprise. At the same time, he was excited since hising here after splurging arge sum of money wasn''t worthless.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Irving requested immediately after calming down.


    Aakesh nodded and then introduced the different price structures for different time stays.


    "I want the 1.5x time stay," Irving responded after a pause. Coming here had cost him arge amount, so he wanted to be conservative in his spending.


    It didn''t mean that he didn''t trust Aakesh''s product enough. The man who told him about the store was his father, so even if Irving didn''t trust Aakesh, he still trusted his father.


    It was just that not every great product brought advantages to the user. Sometimes, it became the bane of the user, so Irving decided to be conservative and only chose the second option.


    "You need to pay 100 lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh stated since there were more than enough spots empty in the portal room for now.


    Irving nodded and took out the required stones from his inner world. He then pushed the small mountain of lesser Sacred stones toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the stones disappeared from the store, appearing in the system''s space.


    Aakesh then heard the alert of the amount being correct in his head. He then informed Irving of the same, further telling him about the process to enter Panagea.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Irving thanked Aakesh and immediately proceeded toward the portal room.


    Not much time had passed after Irving left for the Panagea when there was a sudden movement in the store.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and soon saw a ball of white light appearing in the store, and soon it took the shape of a living creature''s silhouette.


    The white light disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and a customer stood in its ce.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Hello, store owner!" Ayriel approached and greeted Aakesh.


    Ayriel was the Moon Elf princess and a regr at the store, but for the past month, her arrivals had been random, and whenever she came, there would be an aura of gloom around her.


    Whenever Aakesh saw her, he became more interested in what was going on with her, as the aura of gloom grew with every new arrival. Aakesh wouldn''t have cared much about it if it were another customer, but here, the owner of Limitless Physique was on the other side.


    Aakesh didn''t want the rise of another Vritrasura in the Multiverse since it would most likely affect his store due to Ayriel being a customer.


    The card informed Ayriel of the empty portal, so Ayriel was going to proceed toward the portal room when she saw Aakesh taking the initiation in the conversation, stopping her from moving.


    ***


    "Where did she go?" A cold voice rang out in the space as Ayriel suddenly disappeared.


    The voice owner''s eyes suddenly fell on Ladriel. Her eyes were cold as she gestured for Ladriel toe forward.


    Ladriel''s legs were trembling, but she didn''t dare refuse the person on the other side, as she was none other than Ayana, the ruler of the Moon Elves, and Ayriel''s mother.


    "Master majesty!" Ladriel immediately kneeled after stopping two meters away from Ayana.


    Ayana''s eyes were cold as she looked at Ladriel. At that moment, Ladriel felt a mountain of pressure acting on her.


    Her entire body was wet with sweat, making her look steamy, but her face said differently. Her veins had popped out, and they were on the verge of exploding.


    Ladriel gritted her teeth and kept persisting with the pressure.


    "You are good," Ayana suddenly spoke, and the pressure acting on Ladriel disappeared as if it were never there.


    Ladriel breathed a relieved sigh, as she had almost felt the embrace of death when her heart suddenly grew cold at what Ayana said next.


    "From this moment on, you will serve me as one of my attendants!"


    Ayana''s voice was like the statement of the heavens, as she didn''t wait for Ladriel''s reaction, and she then disappeared from the area.


    Ladriel just kept kneeling, and teardrops began to form around her eyes. An adult crying was always a weird scene, but Ladriel didn''t care as she was concerned about Ayriel.


    After Ayriel got the Chaotic Wyrm, Ladriel believed it to be a good step in Ayriel''s revenge and a fortunate event. But everything changed in the past month. Ayana suddenly showed intentions of ascending to the Primordial Dimension.


    Ayana''s intention to ascend meant one thing for all her daughters. It was now time to fight for the next ruler''s position. Ayina and Ayah were leading that race, so they first wanted to remove all otherpetitions before they fought against each other for that position.


    Killing siblings was prohibited, so neither Ayina nor Ayah could use the strong support behind them to remove Ayriel from their way. But they could use that support to pressure Ayriel to back away.


    Since the month began, Ayriel''s fortune had been turning worse as one by one her supporters began to leave her and join others.


    If anyone were to ask who would be the next ruler, the Moon Elves would be confused between Ayina and Ayah. Whatever support Ayriel had was slowly dwindling.


    Today was another disappointing day for Ayriel and her camp in thest month.

 Chapter 1086 The Cause Of Hatred!

    Chapter 1086: The Cause of Hatred!


    Today brought an even bigger disappointment to Ayriel''s slowly dwindling camp.


    One of the top three supporting races of Ayriel took their hands back and instead joined Ayah''s camp, shocking everyone in the Moon Elves.


    It was shocking because the supporting race''s ruler''s daughter was good friends with Ayriel, so the betrayal was even more heartbreaking.


    Ayriel was never a patient character, but still, she somehow maintained her calm until today due to her knowledge of the store. But today''s betrayal went past her limit, causing a mental breakdown.


    Ayriel''s mental breakdown became a trigger event, forcing her to cause a tragedy. She went on a rampage to get over the shock, destroying many structures.


    Ayina and Ayah would havepleted what they wanted if it were not for Ayana''s sudden intervention. It was no secret to the elites of the Moon Elves that Ayana favored Ayina to take over her spot for the next ruler seat, so her action today surprised everyone.


    After stopping Ayriel, Ayana summoned her. Ayriel refused to meet her mother and disappeared from the, which brought Ayana to her residence.


    Only Ladriel knew where Ayriel was, as only two of them were aware of the store. Not even Ayriel''s most trusted subordinate knew about the store.


    ***


    "Why did Maa support Ayriel?" Ayina mumbled in shock, as she still couldn''t get over the shock of today''s action.


    Ayah had the same pondering face as she had the same surprised feeling over what caused the day''s events. There was a hint of gloating as well since Ayana''s support for Ayriel over Ayina could signal a change in her support for Ayina. But at the same time, it was also a cause for concern since Ayana''s support was the most prominent factor in the contest.


    If Ayriel had Ayana''s support, then they could say goodbye to backhanded means and would have to fight fair and square.


    Ayina and Ayah didn''t fear Ayriel due to her superior talent. But she didn''t want to take any chances. Ayah couldn''t allow the chair to fall into another sister''s hands, as she already loved Aymac, one of her brothers and the future consort of whoever would be the ruler of the Moon Elves.


    Only the ruler of the Moon Elf was allowed to have a rtionship with her brothers. The other sisters had to leave the family.


    Aymac also loved Ayah, but that didn''t matter since the son''s status among the Moon Elves was simr to the daughter''s position among the Sun Elves. Ayah was even ready to give up her bloodline if it meant marrying Aymac and spending eternity with him. But unfortunately for her, the only fate Aymac had was to either marry the next ruler of the Moon Elves or die; there was no in-between.


    Ayina could sense the expression going on inside Ayah''s head since the story of Aymac and Ayah wasn''t hidden from anyone in the family. If not for the death penalty, Ayah would have long since consummated her rtionship with Aymac.


    But Ayina had no time to worry over such things, as she couldn''t let Ayriel be the next ruler. Ayriel hated her and Ayah so much that she would immediately capture and torture them after gaining the throne, bypassing the rules. Ayina didn''t care much about Ayah''s life, but she cared about hers.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    She always got the chills whenever she thought about that moment and Ayriel''s expressionless stare. She had aparable, if not greater, role to y in that, after all.


    ***


    Years ago, on the Moonshine,


    "How can you say that?" Ayah asked in shock.


    Ayah''s love for Aymac was unconditional, or so she thought until a moment earlier. In front of her stood an extremely handsome Moon Elf, and it was none other than Aymac, the boy of her dreams.


    "Yes, I can''t lie anymore. I don''t like you. I like Ayriel," Aymac added, gritting his teeth.


    He couldn''t take anymore. He was younger than Ayah, and they had the same pair of parents. Since his young years, he had been close to Ayah. But only when he grew mature did he find out that Ayah had marked him as her future husband and had deeply fallen in love with him.


    In the Moon Elves, it was extremely umon to fall in love before the heir selection. Getting married to siblings was more of a convenience for the Moon Elves since having pure-blood children was mandatory and not a choice.


    Since Ayah was his elder sister and there was nothing wrong with it due to the rules of marriage, Aymac''s words fell on deaf ears with his father. As for Ayana, their mother, she didn''t show any interest in the situation.


    Ayana was one of the coldest rulers in the history of the Moon Elves. If not for thepetition between the next generation of heirs, she wouldn''t even have had any children after Ayina and Aygru, the eldest children of the generation.


    The father, on the other hand, supported this, as he also wanted Ayah to be the next ruler. It was a forced marriage between him and Ayana, and it stayed that way. It was only that the two times he had sex with her, both times he got her pregnant, he would have never had two children with her.


    Aymac also epted it and slowly began to develop feelings for Ayah, but everything changed for him when he saw Ayriel for the first time.


    Ayriel was younger than him, and Ayana didn''t allow the children to meet each other until their education wasplete, so when Aymac saw Ayriel, she was already a young maiden.


    Ayriel, on the other hand, showed no interest in Aymac. She was a bubbly girl who liked all her siblings, and she was also the only daughter who had no interest in the throne at all.


    ***


    Ayah couldn''t take the news of Aymac liking Ayriel well, resulting in hatred for Ayriel in her heart. When Ayina learned about this, she proposed taking revenge on Ayriel to Ayah, and mad with anger, Ayah epted the option.


    Later, the situation became so bloody and gory that a bubbly girl like Ayriel became cold toward her siblings and vowed revenge on her sister and the Moon Elves.

 Chapter 1087 Old Customer!

    Chapter 1087: Old Customer!


    After stopping Ayriel, Aakesh showed interest in her life, shocking her. Still, Ayriel didn''t hide many things except for her motives, and she told Aakesh about what had been going on between the siblings for the past month.


    "Store owner, will you support me?" Ayriel asked suddenly after concluding her experiences.


    Support doesn''t only mean the support of subordinate groups but also allies. Ayriel knew nothing about the store owner''s race, but she knew one thing Aakesh was someone bigger than the Moon Elves.


    Aakesh''s apparent interest in her life was a significant reason for Ayriel''s question, so her eyes were filled with anticipation.


    "No, I don''t involve myself in royal struggles," Aakesh immediately refused. He only cared about what was going on with Ayriel because of her physique. It didn''t mean that he supported her side.


    Ayriel, who had a burning hope in her heart, became disappointed by Aakesh''s straight refusal. But soon, she calmed down as it was more of an expected oue.


    ***


    While Ayriel and Aakesh were having a conversation inside the store, a scene was ying out on Moonshine.


    "I vow to remain loyal to master majesty for eternity!" Ladriel vowed under the eyes of Ayana''s guards.


    Ladriel''s eyes showed struggle since she hadn''t even informed Ayriel about it. Ladriel thought of doing it, but before she could, the group of guards surrounded her and ordered her to take the vow of loyalty.


    Ladriel owned the Ultimate Store Card, so if she wanted, she could teleport to the store or any other chosen coordinate at any time. But Ladriel knew one thing¡ªshe wasn''t Ayriel.


    If she dared to refuse the guards, only death awaited her on the other side. Since the situation was like this, Ladriel had no choice but to follow the vow, and soon it wasplete.


    The next moment, the cold eyes of all the guards changed, and from this moment on, Ladriel was one of them. There were seven Moon Elves in the group, but then six of them teleported, leaving only one Moon Elf with Ladriel.


    "Your cultivation is very low¡­"


    The next moment, the guard exined Ladriel''s duties to her. Due to her low cultivation, her status was that of an assistant to one of the assistants to the head guard.


    After exining Ladriel''s duty, the guard left. The next moment, Ladriel''s expression turned ugly. She thought that Ayana wanted something from her, and that''s why she took her away from Ayriel, but things turned out to bepletely different.


    Ladriel thought of Ayriel''s reaction and couldn''t help but grow tense when suddenly a past memory shed in her head.


    The memory was rted to sha and how, despite only being an early Divine Transformation, she stood in front of Ayriel and signed the contract.


    Ladriel knew that if Ayriel found out about her intentions to use the store to bargain with Ayana, she would explode in anger and even kill her for betrayal. But Ladriel knew it was the only way she could support Ayriel. Even if she died doing it, so what? She would seed in her task of helping Ayriel get closer to her goal.


    Meeting Ayana wasn''t easy, but as soon as she told the guards that it had to do with Ayriel, no one stopped her, and she immediately found herself in front of Ayana.


    Ayana looked at her with cold eyes as she surveyed her body. Ladriel felt herself standing bare in front of Ayana with no secret of hers. She had even emptied her mind, as she couldn''t let anything about the store spill out in her thoughts.


    "Master majesty!" Ladriel kneeled with her face touching the ground.


    Ayana nodded and waved her hands. The next moment, an invisible energy appeared around Ladriel and covered her.


    At that moment, Ladriel felt countless needles pricking her skin. She even felt blood spilling out, but when she looked at herself, there was no sign of injury, only the feeling of needles piercing through every part of her body.


    "What deal do you want to make with me?" Ayana''s voice was cold as she asked.


    Ayana hadn''t lived that long for nothing. She knew everything that was happening with her daughters, but it was just that she didn''t care about it. The only reason she supported Ayina for the next top position was because of her devious character. She didn''t care about what kind of havoc she would unleash on the race.


    If there was someone who hated Moon Elves, it was Ayana. If not for the rules blocking her from taking drastic measures, she would have long turned all this prosperity into a tragedy.


    ***


    Unaware of the currents going on in the Sacred Dimension due to the pair of mothers and daughters, the inhabitants lived as usual.


    ***


    ng! ng! ng!


    Sounds of metallic shes rang in the area as two opponents faced each other.


    "I WILL KILL YOU!" One of the opponents roared as his hands expanded and he shed, cutting through the sound.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The other side''s eyes were filled with yfulness while a cruel grin spread across the man''s face. He brought his sword and immediately destroyed the momentum of his opponent.


    The first man gritted his teeth. It was a humanoid creature with a towering physique. The man''s eyes were red from anger, and his facial expression showed hatred for the opponent.


    Hartol didn''t seem to care about his opponent as he shed again. His sword was like themand of Gods. With every sh, he created a new injury on his opponent''s body.


    "YOU EVIL BASTARD!" The opponent suddenly growled. This time, his entire body expanded like a balloon while heavy pressure began to permeate the space.


    Hartol''s yful eyes turned solemn, and soon they turned into a mixture of disgust and anger.


    The sword in his hand became so quick that at the same time, tens of thousands of afterimages appeared.


    The man looked at the scene in front of him with misery, and soon, the world around him turned dark.


    At hisst moment, he remembered his happy family.


    Hartol couldn''t help but spit at the pool of blood spreading around him. The next moment, a smile spread across his face, and he took a deep breath.


    The smell of blood filling the air was like a panacea to him as his cheeks turned rosy and his eyes showed an expression of fullness.


    After a few seconds, Hartol turned around, randomly chose a direction, and decided to proceed in it.


    Hartol was from the Primal Dimension and ascended after the improvement in the training area. His ascendance was normal like others, but something happened when a higher being gave him unprecedented power.


    The power didn''te without a cost, as his character turned bloodthirsty. If he didn''tmit a few hundred people every day, his head would start aching.


    Curiel; Fawkes Kingdom; Thorr City; Seventeenth Street!"


    Hartol suddenly mumbled as a new piece of information appeared in his head out of nowhere.


    Hartol didn''t have to think long about what was behind the information. The moment he received the power, he knew that the being wanted him to act against the store owner.


    Hartol stopped in his ways and decided to follow the direction. But before that, his eyes fell on the vige in front of him.


    A few hourster, there was not even a single living soul left in the vige. What was left were only the corpses, the destruction, and the smell of blood lingering in the air.


    ***


    "Store owner, I will go to Panagea," Ayriel said after the conversation between the two was over.


    Aakesh nodded and closed his eyes, returning to his rxation session.


    Ayriel didn''t waste any time and went toward the portal room. She chose the 3x stay since 35 lesser Sacred stones or 1425 lesser stones didn''t mean anything to her.


    ***


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. A duo stood outside the store, with one of them being a familiar face.


    The other was unfamiliar, but Aakesh''s face showed a slight change since the system just informed him that the second Moon Elf was a peak Sacred Creator. The duo was none other than Ayana and Ladriel. Soon, Aakesh''s face returned to normal; he had seen creatures of the Primordial Dimension, and a Sacred Creator meant nothing in front of them.


    Ayana raised her eyes in surprise as she stood in front of the store. Ladriel stood behind her, her face expressionless.


    Ladriel failed to make any deal with Ayana as her mental barriers were nothing in front of Ayana, and she uttered everything smoothly. Ladriel couldn''t help but feel shame when she remembered sha''s struggle.


    "So, this is the store that gave my daughter the confidence," Ayana mumbled, curling her lips in a smile.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


    With today, I owe you four chapters. I will do a mass release in the next month. I will announce the date and goals on 1 April.


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 1088 Ayana!

    Chapter 1088: Ayana!


    Ayana stood in front of the store, with Ladriel one step behind her. The Curiel wasn''t very far from the range of her teleportation, so it didn''t take much effort on Ayana''s side to reach the store.


    Ladriel''s expression was ugly since things had gone differently than she expected. Her eyes were also filled with guilt since telling Ayana about the store was a betrayal of Ayriel.


    ***


    "You are the store owner," Ayana said after she approached Aakesh.


    She also felt wondrous about the quantity of the Eternal Stone and the dangerous sensation permeating every corner of the store.


    Her tone didn''t contain respect, but at the same time, it also didn''t hold disdain toward Aakesh, which was rare for her. Ayana could feel that the store owner wasn''t a simpleton, but things were vaster than she could anticipate, so she spoke neutrally.


    Aakesh looked at Ayana and nodded, giving her the same silent response as other store customers.


    "Tell me about the store''s products," Ayana asked. She had learned everything about the store and its products from Ladriel but still asked.


    "The store sells five products. They are pills, weapons, cultivation arts, beasts, and Panagea¡­"


    Aakesh introduced all five products to Ayana in a single breath, without stopping.


    "How much will a single virtual portal cost?" Ayana immediately asked, not acting surprised like other customers.


    "Only the products I told you are for sale," Aakesh directly refused.


    ***


    Ayana didn''t like Aakesh at all because there was not even a little bit of respect in his tone. His eyes made her feel inferior, and the feeling was extremely ufortable for her despite knowing that Aakesh was, at the very least, from a far more prominent background.


    Since things were like this, she asked a random question about the beasts and then proceeded toward the room.


    Ladriel, who had been standing silently in the store, went forward and approached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner!" Ladriel greeted Aakesh since she had be one of the regrs of the store. The longer she stayed in Panagea, the more awed she became of Panagea, the store, and the store owner.


    ***


    Ayana stood in front of the pir in the room. On the screen on the pir were nine sections, each illustrating a different beast.


    Ayana raised her eyes in surprise after she failed to recognize one of the beasts. She had been perched at the top of the Sacred Dimension for several years. The knowledge under her control was endless, so her understanding of the dimension, races, and many other things had be deeper and vaster than an ocean. Not recognizing two creatures in a row was the first for her.


    Soon, the images on the screen changed, and another nine beasts took their ce. Ayana recognized all of them this time, but when it was the third change, her eyes almost popped out as she didn''t identify any of the nine beasts in the nine sections.


    Ayana couldn''t help but wait for another round of change, as she couldn''t bring herself to summon a beast. Time flew by, and after she saw consecutive ten turns where she recognized all nine beasts on all nine sections, she decided to start the summoning round.


    Ayana set the summoning system to be a random system since she didn''t care about the cultivation of the beast.


    As she pressed the button, the square light around the section began to rotate, and the process continued for five seconds.


    As the rotation stopped, a familiar beast appeared on the screen. Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hands.


    Ayana raised her eyes in surprise as she found out that a casual nce wasn''t enough to cover the entire content on the card.


    It was an ultimate quality peak Divine Lord beast. Ayana didn''t like the creature much, so she went ahead and ced it in the returnpartment.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes had passed.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    On top of the screen, a golden 17 glowed brightly, and the square light rotated. The number was golden in color, as from this round on, each summoning would cost in ultimate Sacred stones.


    Ayana had no change of expression since, for the beings of her cultivation, Sacred stones were dispensable. Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beautiful, furry creature appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card containing its details emerged and flew into her hands.


    Name: Fisantigo


    Type: Beast


    Race: Avian


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Illusion, Fire


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Phantom Summon


    Details: The Fisentigo can create an army of illusory creatures that can overwhelm opponents.


    Nr. of current Summons: 100,


    Cultivation limit: Peak Divine Being.


    Ability:


    ¡­


    Price: Nine hundred eighty thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    Ayana studied the details on the card, and she still didn''t like it. She was aspiring for a creature she knew nothing about, so her heart automatically rejected the beast whenever she found it familiar.


    Ayana then ced the card in the returnpartment, and pressed the switch again, beginning the neenth round of summoning.


    The golden 17 turned into 18 and glowed even more brightly.


    ***


    "Urgh!" Ayriel groaned in pain as she attempted to stand up.


    After entering Panagea, Ayriel decided to hunt creatures to vent her pent-up frustration, but Ayriel found herself on the other end after a while.


    Ayriel messed with a Level 126 creature, the same level as her, but onlyter did she find out that it was a trap.


    The creature was a Level 180 parasite, famous for its illusion capabilities. What Ayriel saw was a Level 126 White Lion on his way to hunt, but the reality was that a Level 180 ugly, freakishly terrifying worm was waiting for her.


    Things wouldn''t have been bad if the creature had instantly killed her using its overwhelming power, but the worm had to y with its hunt because it liked Ayriel for some reason. It wanted to give her a slow death.


    Ayriel didn''t even summon the Chaotic Wyrm to battle since it was a losing battle and the beasts had limited lives inside Panagea, unlike the adventurers.


    The worm squirmed as it slowly tightened its grip on Ayriel. Its stinking saliva drooped all over her. Her expression was ugly as she saw death approaching and was able to do nothing.

 Chapter 1089 Dinony!

    Chapter 1089: Dinony!


    Roar!


    Ayriel could see her death approaching her when suddenly a roar rang in the area. The next moment, a terrifying scene took ce in front of her eyes as a creature so gigantic that she couldn''t evenprehend one toe of it appeared out of nowhere and crushed both her and the worm into a paste.


    The next moment, Ayriel found herself in the resting ce to spend the cooldown of thirty seconds after every death.


    Rumble!


    Her heart was beating crazily like a thunder strike as she couldn''t forget the memory of the scene. At that moment, she had even forgotten that she was inside Panagea and would revive, but instead, she felt like she would really die.


    Ayriel failed to see what the beast was due to its humongous size, but she knew one thing it would take an extremely long time if she ever reached that level to defeat it.


    Soon, thirty seconds passed in a sh, and it was time to revive. The next moment, a white light covered her, and she reappeared in the same ce she died.


    Ayriel knew reviving at the same spot was suicide, but even a random position revival had a range, and from the sheer size of the creature, Ayriel wasn''t safe at all after a resurrection, so she decided to revive at the same spot.


    When Ayriel found herself back, her jaw flew wide open as what she saw in front of her was nothing but darkness. But as she had the Dark Vision, she could see the scene, and it was pure destruction. As far as she could see, everything was razed. If someone were to appear here for the first time, they would feel that it was always like this.


    Ayriel found herself in a pit with no end in sight. Her legs began to tremble as out of nowhere fear engulfed her heart.


    Ayriel''s heartbeat reached its limit and was on the verge of exploding, while thend beneath her feet felt soft to the touch. If not for Ayriel''s dark vision, she would have thought she was standing on someone''s body in the deep darkness.


    Suddenly, in that cover of darkness, a spherical glowing ball appeared out of nowhere. When Ayriel saw that, she stood frozen in shock, as the glowing ball was an eye, and behind it was a creature.


    The creature wasn''t as gigantic as what Ayriel saw first, but it was still enormous. Just the eyes alone wererge enough to make a house feel like an ant.


    Ayriel didn''t recognize the beast, but the pressure emanating from it told her that it was someone she had no chance against.


    The creature blinked its eyes in surprise when it saw Ayriel. The next moment, its glow grew even more intense, blinding Ayriel.


    Ayriel found her pupils exploding as she couldn''t stop herself from seeing the blinding glow. The next moment, the world around her turned dark. The fear engulfing her grew to a never before height as she stood blindly in front of an overwhelmingly powerful creature.


    Ayriel wanted to curse her luck out loud since nothing had been going well for her for the past month but the fear of the creature forced her to stay silent.


    The creature had an amused expression when he saw Ayriel''s reaction. It felt like it had found some toy as it extended its hands toward Ayriel.


    Ayriel, unaware of theing hand, stood blindly, hoping for a miracle or an instant death if the creature had terrible ns for her.


    ***


    Unaware of what Ayriel had gone through in Panagea, Ayana began the twenty-first round of summoning.


    The square light began to rotate, and five secondster, it came to a stop with a creature appearing on the screen.


    A surprised expression appeared on Ayriel''s face as she finally saw the unfamiliar beast. Not long after, the card appeared out of nowhere and flew into her hands.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    [Name: Dinony


    Type: Beast


    Race: Dinosaur


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Earth, Fire, Water, Wind, Lightning, Ice


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Undying Soul


    Details: The Dinony is a creature that can revive if even a small portion of its soul is undamaged.


    Ability:


    Inferno: The Dinony can conjure a raging inferno by manipting the fire element, burning enemies to a crisp, and reducing their defenses, causing heavy damage and destruction.


    Gravity Copse: The Dinony can manipte the earth''s gravity to create a crushing force that can crush enemies to a pulp.


    Frozen Breath: The Dinony can unleash a freezing st of ice by manipting the ice element, causing heavy damage and destruction.


    Thunderous Roar: The Dinony can unleash a powerful roar that creates shockwaves and disorients enemies, stunning them for a short duration.


    Lightning Bolt: The Dinony can unleash a bolt of lightning, wreaking havoc on enemies, and causing massive damage and destruction.


    Defensive Shield: The Dinony can create a protective shield using the defensive power of the elements, blocking attacks and deflecting harmful energies.


    Freezing Storm: The Dinony can unleash a chilly storm, encasing its opponent into ice, and slowing their movements.


    Unleash the Fury: The Dinony can tap into its primal rage, increasing its strength, speed, and endurance at the cost of its rational mind.


    Supernova: The Dinony canbine all the elements at its disposal to unleash a massive explosion that can wipe out everything in its radius.


    Card Description: The Dinony is a beast of unimaginable power, capable of controlling multiple elements and unleashing devastating attacks. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of obliterating entire armies with a single st. Use it wisely, and watch your enemies tremble before the might of the Dinony.


    Price: Ten ultimate and Nine Hundred Thousand supreme Sacred Stones.]


    On the top half of the card was the beast''s illustration. It was a fearsome, gigantic, monstrous dinosaur-like beast. Its unbreakable scales were dark green with some shades of brown. Its massive jaws were filled with razor-sharp teeth, while its eyes glowed with an eerie, orange light. It also had a pair of bat-like wings with sharp, pointy tips at the ends on each side.


    Ayana liked the creature and what she saw on the card, so she decided to buy it.

 Chapter 1090 Ayriel’s Fortune!

    Chapter 1090: Ayriel''s Fortune!


    Unaware of the approaching hand, Ayriel stood still in fear of the terrifying, gigantic creature.


    Roar!


    Suddenly, a roar rang in the area, piercing through the darkness. The next moment, a warm light covered Ayriel.


    Before she could understand what was happening, light returned to her eyes as all her injuries healed.


    When Ayriel saw the scene in front of her, she stood shell-shocked as she was no longer in the pit, but what weed her sight was a beautiful forest.


    The forest was a sprawling wilderness, stretching out as far as the eye could see. The trees towered above, their canopies creating a natural ceiling that filtered the sunlight into dotted patches.


    Ayriel looked down and found it to be stable ground. She looked around, only to see a simr sight. At the same time, a pleasant smell permeated every corner of the area.


    Ayriel''s cheeks began to turn red as the smell made her drunk. Her steps began to shake as she couldn''t stand straight.


    Ayriel bit her tongue to calm her down and then pinched her nose to stop her from breathing. Sometimeter, sense returned to her. But Ayriel noticed that it wouldn''t be long before she would need to breathe, so she rushed forward, aiming to leave the forest.


    The forest was endless in all senses, as even after running for what felt like an hour to her, she couldn''t find any exit. Ayriel could no longer continue to close her nose, so she opened her mouth and inhaled a big swoop of air, solving the breathing issue, but what it caused was her cheeks to turn red like a tomato.


    Her movements became slow as she looked around. Ayriel wanted to bite her lip to retain some calm, but her eyelids began to turn heavy, and before she could, her eyes closed.


    Thud!


    The next moment, she crashed to the ground, creating a loud sound. Not long after, the sound of snoring was the only sound left in the serene environment.


    ***


    "What disappointment!"


    Somewhere in thisrge swath of the area was a pce. The voice rang inside the central hall of the pce.


    In front of the creature was a screen ying the scene of Ayriel sleeping on the ground, with her snores continuously ringing.


    "I told you, she isn''t worth saving!" The other creature sitting on the other side responded with a harrumph.


    If Ayriel were here, she would have recognized the speaking creature from its toes, as it was none other than the humongous creature that crushed the worm and her with its sudden appearance.


    "Hmph, do I need to listen to your suggestions to see who is worth saving or not?"<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The man sitting in the center scoffed. Beneath the creature''s feet was the same gigantic creature that found Ayriel to be its ything. Currently, it was kneeling with its lower body nowhere in sight and blood continuously dropping from the injury.


    Except for the creature in the center, there were ten other creatures in the hall, and none dared to refute the man since it was the strongest in the group.


    It has been several thousand years in Panagea since the adventurers first set foot on the ce. Every adventurer entering Panagea learned about the ten Chaos level lifeforms, termed as Emperors, and their inheritance waiting for a suitable inheritor.


    Thend Ayriel was in was one of the inheritance grounds of Emperor Bhna and a prominent one at that. The top item waiting for its inheritor in this ground was a peak Divine level item that even Level 1000 would fight to the death to have. And the man sitting in the center of the table was one of the few Level 1000 creatures in Panagea, while the other ten were creatures with levels varying from Level 950 to 999.


    The Level 1000 creature was named Satyaki, the son of Emperor Bhna. Why the son of the Emperor chose to guard a Divine grade item rather than the Chaos grade item at the main inheritance ground was a mystery in the eyes of the other ten guards.


    Satyaki''s eyes were calm as he looked at the screen. His heart was beating with excitement as he could see that Ayriel was no ordinary Moon Elf. He didn''t put any focus on her being an adventurer, but he had something else on his mind.


    Satyaki wanted to help Ayriel cross the hurdle of the forest, but unfortunately, he wasn''t allowed to help those participating to be inheritors, consciously or unconsciously.


    ***


    If Ayriel knew she was at the inheritance ground of an Emperor, she would have done everything not to let her fall drunk, even if it meant dying countless times.


    ***


    Time flew by, and after several hours, Ayriel''s fingers moved as she was slowly waking up. Her cheeks were still rosy from the drunk smell, but she immediately closed her mouth and covered her nose after waking up.


    She tried to stand up, but her legs were like jelly, so she immediately crashed to the ground.


    The ground wasn''t hard, so she dragged herself to a tree and stood up, using it as support.


    Before Ayriel could take another step, a suction force stronger than anything she could fight against appeared and sucked her inside. For the creatures on the screen, a white light covered Ayriel.


    Satyaki immediately made his move. He disappeared from the central hall and appeared right beside the white light. He extended his hands to catch the light and see its origin source, but his hands passed through nothing, and with the disappearance of the white light, Ayriel also disappeared.


    Satyaki''s eyes showed disappointment, and the next moment, he returned to his chair in the central hall. It all happened so fast that the screen and the other ten creatures failed to witness it.


    ***


    Ayriel found himself back in the portal room, standing in front of the virtual portal. She couldn''t help but be disappointed after remembering what she had gone through in Panagea.


    She didn''t achieve anything in Panagea despite staying for eighteen hours inside. Ayriel then stopped thinking about it and decided to focus on her current challenges.


    She turned around and proceeded toward the exit. When she stepped out, her feet froze as she saw her mother inside the store.

 Chapter 1091 Ayriel And Ayana!

    Chapter 1091: Ayriel and Ayana!


    After Ayriel exited the room, she froze in her steps as she saw a familiar figureing out of another room.


    After finding a suitable beast, Ayana left the room to buy the Dinony. A smile spread across her face when she saw her daughter leaving the other room at the same time.


    She changed her direction and approached Ayriel.


    Ayriel, when she saw Ayana approaching her, finally came around. She couldn''t help but look around, and when she saw Ladriel hiding her eyes from her, her heart sank.


    Even in her dreams, Ayriel didn''t expect Ladriel to betray her after what she had done for her. It should have broken her mentally, but for some reason, her face turned calm, and she looked at her mother, who now stood in front of her.


    "Aren''t you even going to greet your mother?" Ayana yfully asked.


    "Greetings, ruler mother!" Ayriel''s face was calm like still water, and she bowed, greeting Ayana.


    "So, this store gave you the courage to fight against your sisters," Ayana casuallymented, ignoring the calm expression on her daughter''s face.


    Ayriel raised her head and stared at her mother with no intention of answering her.


    "Don''t look at your mother like that," Ayana suddenly patted Ayriel''s shoulder. She then bent ahead and whispered, "If we were not in the store, I would have punished you."


    "But since I am very happy, I will forgive you," Ayana added.


    Ayriel''s eyes fell on the card in her mother''s hands. She couldn''t help but be curious about what could make her cold-hearted mother happy.


    "Why did you force Ladriel?" Ayriel''s curiosity failed to get the better of her, and she asked. Her tone was colder than ever.


    "Do I need to answer you for my actions?" Ayana scoffed and then turned around, not caring about the unsightly expression on Ayriel''s face.


    Ayriel then looked at Ladriel, and a guilty expression appeared on her face. If not for her, Ladriel would have never been part of this. If not for her giving more than Ladriel could handle, she wouldn''t have been standing here.


    When Ladriel saw the guilty face made by Ayriel, she felt a hot knife squirming in her heart. She had never felt such pain, and a bloody tear automatically fell.


    Suddenly, the system acted, and a blue light covered Ladriel, shocking both Ayriel, and Ayana.


    The blood teardrop was the umtion of whatever Ladriel had, so if the system hadn''t intervened in time, Ladriel would have most probably died. The store took pride in ensuring no harm to the customers, so the system stood by its words.


    ***


    "Aakesh, I want this one," Ayana said, pushing the card toward him.


    She didn''t like Aakesh at all, so the sooner the conversation between them was over, the better she was.


    Aakesh didn''t care about what was going through Ayana''s head as he took the card. When he saw the beast on the card, he nodded in surprise.


    In every quality grade, there were top beasts, and the Dinony was one of the top three beasts in the ultimate quality for the current three cultivations avable.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The Dinony was a unique creature that lived countless years ago in the Sacred Dimension. When it was alive, none dared stand in its way. Even by being alone, itpeted with thebined might of races in strength. But one day, the Dinony suddenly disappeared, never to appear again.


    Many powerful beings thought that the mysterious Void Beasts were to me for the Dinony''s sudden disappearance. But it had remained a mystery till now; unlike the Void Beasts in the Primal Dimension, the Void Beasts in the Sacred Dimension didn''t keep contact with the races. They never interfered, no matter what went inside the dimension, unless it could cause severe damage to the dimension.


    Aakesh tapped twice on the storefront pattern at the back of the card and handed it to Ayana.


    Ayana took the card, and soon she found herself in a different space and time. Her cultivation began to drop, and soon it stopped at peak Divine Lord, the same as the Dinony.


    Ayana''s face lit up with a grin when she saw the Dinony on the other side of the area. She licked her lips as a cruel expression spread across her face.


    Ayana didn''t even give enough time for the Dinony to roar, and she made her move. Except for close guards, no one knew how Ayana fought since those who saw it were her opponents, and they were dead.


    Ayana was a brutal fighter who liked to fight in closebat. Her right hand turned into a fist, and it mmed on the creature''s head like a hammer.


    The gigantic Dinony, standing at twenty meters, scoffed at seeing such a short creature attacking it. It also brought her ws forward.


    Thud!


    The next moment, a wondrous scene urred. At thest moment, a silver glow surrounded her fist as it mmed on theing w.


    The result of the sh was one-sided as the Dinony''s ws not only exploded upon the sh but the gigantic creature was also thrown backward.


    Ayana brought her hands toward her face and licked the blood of the Dinony, provoking the creature.


    Growl!


    The Dinony growled as a ball of fire began to form at the tip of its mouth. Ayana scoffed, seeing that scene. She added some strength to her foot and jumped.


    The next moment, she appeared right above Dinony''s head. She then shut the creature''s mouth.


    Boom!


    The unformed ball of fire exploded in the Dinony''s mouth, taking away a huge chunk of its jaws. The Dinony wanted to roar, but a punch came its way, knocking it backward.


    Before it could stabilize its posture, another fist came and hit its jaw. The next moment, whatever survived the explosion, exploded, and the teeth turned into dust.


    It wasn''t the end as Ayana punched one after another, not giving a moment of reprieve to the Dinony. Soon after, the Dinony had turned into a gory mess on the ground.


    Ayana still didn''t stop, as the Dinony had the Undying Soul. Time flew by, and after an hour of a one-sided beating, thest part of Dinony''s soul disappeared, making Ayana the winner of the battle.


    ***


    A/N: The Mass release will take ce on 28th April, with at least ten chapters. For every 100 GT, there will be an extra chapter.

 Chapter 1092 Disappointment!

    Chapter 1092: Disappointment!


    As thest of Dinony''s soul disappeared, he diedpletely, making Ayana the winner of the battle.


    The next moment, Ayana found herself back inside the store. Her face turned solemn as she found the time difference.


    She couldn''t help but take another look at Aakesh. Even if Dinony was an ultimate quality, now extinct beast, it still was no match to the feat the store achieved.


    The Sacred Creators stood at the peak of the Sacred Dimension. Just manipting the time flow of their existence was extremely difficult, let alone doing it without them even noticing it.


    Ayana still didn''t like Aakesh, but there was now a tone of solemnity in her heart around him. The more powerful they became, the more knowledge they had, and the more they felt awed by the changes around them.


    "Spill a drop of your blood on the card¡­"


    Aakesh ignored the changing expressions on Ayana''s face and informed her after finding that she was the winner of the taming battle.


    Ayana nodded and took a deep breath to calm her heart and mind. Soon after, she repeated the further process as told by the store owner.


    Soon, only thest step was left. "You need to pay eleven hundred twenty-one ultimate¡­ one hundred and ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh stated the cost.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but feel a slight disappointment in his heart since he wouldn''t be able to take his humongous 5%mission from this sale.


    The Dinony only cost ten ultimate and nine hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones. The remaining was the summoning cost since Ayana got the beast of her liking on the 21st round of summoning.


    Ayana had already bought the card because she liked the teleportation function of the Ultimate Store Card. She wanted to see how a card worth only one ultimate stone could have a teleport range greater than a peak Sacred Creator like her.


    The next moment, an alert asking whether to proceed with the payment rang in Ayana''s head.


    ***


    After the payment wasplete, Ayana became the owner of the Dinony. There were still many empty virtual portals in the store, so if she wanted, she could enter.


    But Ayana had something else on her mind. After making the purchase, she used the teleportation function of the store card and disappeared from the store. But before that, she looked at her daughter and Ladriel,manding them to meet her.


    After Ayana left, Ayriel and Ladriel were left alone in the store. Ladriel shrank herself not to meet Ayriel.


    Ayriel saw Ladriel''s actions. She then also disappeared from the store, as there was no longer any hiding from her mother. Ladriel also followed and left the store using her store card.


    ***


    "I free you from mymand. You can return to Ayriel," Ayana ordered with a majestic tone.


    Ladriel and Ayriel raised their heads in surprise, but then Ayana waved her hands, and Ladriel disappeared from the hall, leaving only Ayriel and Ayana there.


    "Why do you hate the Moon Elves when what happened to you were personal actions?" Ayana was sitting on her throne with her left arm holding her chin while her right hand was ying with the beast card she bought minutes ago.


    "I don''t hate the Moon Elves. I hate the Ay family," Ayriel replied. She decided not to hide anything, as there was no point.


    Ladriel knew many things about her, and Ayana must also know them after today, so she didn''t want to continue hiding anymore.


    "The Ay family is the Moon Elves, and the Moon Elves are the Ay family."


    Ayana''s voice was cold as she responded.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    A chilly pressure emanated from her, attacking Ayriel, but Ayriel greeted her teeth and kept herself short of kneeling.


    Ayana smirked, seeing Ayriel resisting her pressure. She suddenly flicked the empty air.


    The next moment, a storm erupted and attacked Ayriel. Ayriel couldn''t hold on anymore and fell to the floor.


    It wasn''t the end, as the magical effect on her face began to disappear slowly. In the end, only a ruined face was left.


    Ayana flinched for a moment when she saw Ayriel struggling in pain, but the next moment, her heart hardened, and the magical effectpletely disappeared.


    Argh!


    Ayriel screamed as a wave of unbearable pain hit her.


    "Is your face worth more than the Ay family?" Ayana''s voice coldly rang in Ayriel''s ears, chilling her heart.


    At that moment, she seemed to feel herself standing in front of not her mother but a monster that would devour him at any time.


    Ayriel always thought of her as someone who could persist in anything after the torture she went through at the hands of her sister, but today she found that she was as weak as she was that day.


    The fear of death, which she had believed herself to be losing, appeared with a bang.


    "No¡­no¡­no¡­"


    Ayriel repeatedly cried out as she couldn''t bear the fear anymore.


    The cold expression on Ayana''s face suddenly turned into disappointment.


    Ayriel, who thought herself to be on the ground, found herself standing on the ground, with everything she went through the past few moments being nothing more than an illusion.


    "Who gave you the courage to even think of fighting the Ay family with this weak strength?" Ayana asked and stood up from her throne.


    She slowly approached Ayriel. Her every step was like a hammer hitting Ayriel''s heart, so her face grew paler with every step.


    "Do you still want revenge against the Ay Family?" Ayana reached Ayriel and asked while raising her chin.


    Ayriel wanted to say yes, but she couldn''t muster the courage to utter these words.


    "No!" After a long bout of struggle, Ayriel finally responded. At that moment, she seemed to lose all of her strength.


    If not for Ayana holding her chin, she would have crashed to the ground like jelly.


    "What a disappointment?"


    "And here, I thought, Ay would have chosen some great talent for her inheritance," Ayana added, shaking her head in disappointment.


    Boom!


    Ayriel, who had lost all her strength, seemed to gain something as thunder exploded in her head. She raised her head and looked at her mother with pure shock.


    Only she was privy to her being an inheritor of Ay. Not even Ladriel knew anything about it.

 Chapter 1093 A New Customer!

    Chapter 1093: A New Customer!


    "How did you know it?" Ayriel asked in shock.


    The next moment, that shock turned into fear. Even a loving mother might harm her children if the inheritance of someone like Ay was at stake, let alone Ayana, who was cold-hearted, and her children''s safety didn''t matter to her.


    An amused expression appeared on Ayana''s face when she saw the sudden changing expression on her daughter''s face.


    "Who killed Ay?" Ayana ignored Ayriel''s question and instead asked.


    At that moment, a grieved expression appeared on her face since she sincerely felt sad about Ay''s death. After all, she was the source of her bloodline.


    "Dragon of Dread!" Ayriel replied after a long pause. It was her first time seeing her mother acting like this, so she couldn''t stop herself from answering.


    "DRAGON OF DREAD!" Ayana said the name, gritting her teeth in anger.


    But soon, the anger turned into helplessness. Even if she knew the Dragon of Dread to be the source of her ancestor''s death, what could she do about it?


    Dragons were one of the top creatures of the Multiverse, and especially those who had titles, stood at the peak of the Primordial Dimension.


    ***


    Primordial Dimension,


    In the darkness of the void, an eyerger than a opened, and soon thousands of such eyes opened. There was a hint of confusion in all of them.


    Soon the confusion disappeared as they looked in the direction of the Sacred Dimension.


    The owner of the eyes wanted to peer through the transparent wall blocking the two dimensions, but only a blurry surrounding could be seen.


    Roar!


    The owner of the eyes let out a roar filled with anger as it never expected it to fail to even peer through the wall of the Sacred Dimension.


    The creature was none other than the Dragon of Dread, who killed Ay.


    When Ayriel and Ayana uttered the title with negative feelings toward it, the Dragon noticed.


    How could the Dragon know that it failed to find Ayriel and Ayana because of Ayriel''s physique? The physique also had an anti-divination ability that only Devas could break, or Vritrasura had long found Ayriel.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. The next moment, an unfamiliar face greeted his sight.


    The new customer then entered the store. It was a male customer belonging to a non-demon race.


    The man had a mixture of surprised and excited expressions on his face since he came here by sheer luck.


    The man''s name was Jerine, and he belonged to the Jistins.


    The Jistins was a mid-tier race in the Sacred Dimension, with their ruler being a Supreme God. These creatures had humanoid physiques. Their hair was blue, while their eyes were slightly golden. These creatures had an above-average appearance.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Jerine was the son of the current ruler of the Jistins and the younger brother of the next heir. He was going to be one million years old in the next three days, so he decided to celebrate it with his wife, kids, and grandkids.


    Things were going great, but then a sudden mishap happened. The travel portals were very stable since any mistake in space coordinates could cause the traveler to be lost for countless years or even find themselves in dangerous situations.


    The failure rate of the travel portal was one in one septillion, but Jerine''s fate had something else in mind as when he stepped into the portal, there was a malfunction.


    When he stepped out of the portal, he should have been in Gretan City, a popr tourist destination in the Sacred Dimension. But things weren''t as what Jerine wanted. He stepped into Thorr City, a ce he had never heard of in his life.


    What was even more shocking was that he couldn''t return to Fustic, even though that portal sent him here.


    What should have been a misfortune for Jerine because he found himself in demon territory turned out to be a fortunate event when he found out about the store.


    Wherever he passed, he heard people talking about the store. At the same time, none of the Vurrons behaved rudely with him, even though he was a non-demon.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Jerine greeted Aakesh with a wide smile spread across his face.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the greetings and waited for the man to ask for an introduction.


    "I am Jerine, the son of Juron, the younger brother of Jerome, the husband of Hi, the father of Jilin, Jerry, Hogan, and the grandfather of Jim, Herrick, Gudina, and Ketin," Jerine introduced himself in his special way.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied with his usual response, not caring about the weird way of introduction.


    Jerine then began to talk about Jistins.


    "Store owner, what products are sold by the store?" Jerine finally asked after a long introduction about himself, his race, territory, and neighboring races.


    "The store currently sells five products¡­"


    Aakesh was waiting for the question, so he soon began to answer and then introduced all five products and their basic details in a single breath.


    Jerine just stood there in shock,prehending what he had heard from the store owner''s mouth.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Jerine excitedly requested Aakesh after getting a satisfying number of answers about Panagea.


    Since there were spots avable in Panagea, Jerine didn''t have to wait or go for another product.


    "You need to pay fourteen hundred twenty-five lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh stated since Jerine chose the 3x stay.


    Jerine nodded, and the next moment, he took out one ordinary Sacred stone and twenty-five lesser stones from his inner world.


    "You need to pay in the exact denomination as told," Aakesh told Jerine before he could push the stones toward him.


    "If you want to pay in different denominations, then you need to have the store cards¡­" Aakesh added and then exined the three store cards to Jerine.


    Jerine was surprised by the rule since rarely did anyone refuse payment by a higher denomination of currency. But since the store was extraordinary and different from others, he stopped thinking about it.


    The next moment, he asked for a Supreme Store Card, pushing one supreme Sacred stone toward Aakesh.

 Chapter 1094 Kaunis!

    Chapter 1094: Kaunis!


    After learning about the store cards, Jerine decided to buy the Supreme Store Card since being the son of the ruler came with a lot of privileges.


    ***


    After the binding wasplete, Jerine added his wealth to the infinite storage inside the card, and soon the payment of 1425 lesser Sacred stones was made.


    "Thank you, store owner," Jerine thanked Aakesh, and he then proceeded toward the portal room.


    When Jerine entered the room, he couldn''t help but take a deep breath when he saw the river of virtual portals. The space inside the room wasrger than the hall.


    Jerine found the virtual portal that still had stars lit up and then touched it. The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything he could confront appeared and sucked him inside.


    ***


    The next moment, light returned to Jerine''s eyes as he found himself in unfamiliar surroundings. Before Jerine could look around, he found that his strength had dropped to an exaggerated level.


    He didn''t worry about it since the store owner had already told him about it and the first quest.


    Having calmed down after losing so much strength, he decided to look around. But then again, a creature more beautiful than anything he had ever seen appeared behind him and took him somewhere else.


    Time flew by, and after the introduction of the lore of Panagea was over, Jerine returned to where he had spawned after entering Panagea.


    Jerine stood there shell-shocked as she savored what he saw and learned moments earlier. He noticed that the shock factor wasn''t as high as it should be since the war he saw was more brutal than anything he had seen or read about. People of his cultivation weren''t even strong enough to be considered cannon fodder in the war.


    Jerine noticed that abnormality, but he could do nothing. Soon after, Jerine stopped thinking about the war and only focused on the Emperor''s inheritances.


    He soon even stopped thinking about it as a walking sound rang in his ears. Jerine turned around and saw a beautiful beinge toward him.


    Jerine''s breathing became rough as the being approaching him was a race Jerine had never seen or heard about, but for some reason, he was getting attracted to the person.


    Jerine suddenly bit his tongue to calm himself down as his wife''s image shed past in his head.


    The female approaching Jerine stopped and raised her eyes in surprise when she saw the adventurer breaking her charm. The next moment, an appreciative smile spread across her face, and she soon reached him.


    The female belonged to the race Kaunis, which was now extinct in the real world. When they existed, the Kaunis was a beautiful raceposed entirely of women. Kaunis females could procreate on their own, so they were also a closed race.


    It was the reason behind Jerine''s not knowing about them, even though they were once the most beautiful race in the Sacred Dimension.


    What made the Kaunis extinct was Lyraial, which was only known to very few people across the dimension.


    ***


    "Adventurer, wee to Lumisade!" Kaisa weed Jerine.


    Kaisa was the daughter of Ilona, the city head of Lumisade. The rumors of adventures had been growing every year in Panagea, so as soon as the alert of an adventurer appearing in nearby areas appeared, Kaisa decided to wee them personally.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Jerine''s breaking her charm improved his image in Kaisa''s eyes, so her tone contained appreciation for Jerine.


    "Hello, I am Jerine, the son of..." Jerine responded with his usual way of introduction.


    ***


    While Jerine was waiting for his first quest to activate, the store weed a new customer.


    "Hello, store owner," Helma greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the greeting and looked at her, waiting for the question.


    ***


    A few days ago,


    "What are you even talking about?" Helma roared in rage.


    "Why are you angry at me? I didn''t betray you, your son did," The man standing in front of Helma replied, raising his hands in the air as if surrendering.


    Helma belonged to the race Hostic, a mid-tier race belonging to the Demon group and living in the same gxy as the Curiel.


    They had humanoid physiques, but they stood at ten feet. Their shoulders were broader than those of many Demon races, irrespective of the gender of the members.


    The Hostics had dark, rough skin with slight bumps at fixed positions. They had one pair of hands and legs, and they had two pairs of eyes. The upper pair was abination of white and ck, while the lower pair was abination of ck and red. They also had a pair of small, curved horns situated right below their forehead.


    Hostics lived on Dornia, which was one level above Curiel.


    The highest cultivation level on Curiel was peak Lesser God, belonging to the Emperor of the Fortis Empire. In Dornia, the highest cultivation was the peak Higher God, and it was Helma, the matriarch of the Hostics.


    Hostics were a matriarchal society, and they lived like a n. But since they had the highest level of cultivators, the Hostics were the overlords of Dornia.


    As the Hostics were a matriarchal society, only females could take the n head position. Helma''s son, Gerain, was the eldest of twenty-seven children, and he was also the one with the best talent and highest cultivation level.


    Considering these factors, Geraim wanted to be the next ruler of Hostics, but unfortunately, it wasn''t possible due to the nature of the majority of the n members.


    Since things were like this and Gerain didn''t want to give up on the top seat, he took a drastic measure, taking the help of Pangad, the second-strongest race in Dornia.


    The man currently standing in front of Helma was none other than the crown prince of the Pangad Empire.


    Gerain joining the Pangads was better for them as his actions could help them change the power structure of Dornia. Unfortunately for Gerain, he wouldn''t have even thought in his dreams that Vusca, the crown prince of the Pangad Empire, was a lover of his mother.


    And Vusca was even willing to betray his race for his love, terming all ns of Gerain futile.


    "Now, how are you going to pay me for the piece of information I brought you?" Vusca asked, staring at Helma with his lust-filled eyes.

 Chapter 1095 Helma And Gerain!

    Chapter 1095: Helma and Gerain!


    "How are you going to pay me for the piece of information I brought you?" Vusca asked, his eyes unceremoniously surveying Helma''s body.


    Helma raised her eyes in anger, and a wave of pressure hit Vusca.


    "I am sorry; I was just joking with you." Vusca immediately apologized.


    Helma returned to normal and stopped the pressure. Vusca extended her hands and stretched, feeling freedom. He then went ahead and sat on the chair next to Helma.


    "How could he do this?" Helma mumbled, remembering what her son had done. It was true that Hostics followed a matriarchal power system, but she wasn''t going to waste the potential of Gerain. He was even more talented than her.


    Gerain was the only Hostic who had a chance of surpassing the Higher God level one day, but this sudden betrayal hurt Helma. She cared about the future of Hostics, but she couldn''t ept a traitor in her own family.


    Helma decided to punish her son, but before that, she looked at Vusca.


    "Meet me three nightster," Helma informed Vusca. The next moment, she waved her hands, and a wave pushed Vusca out of the room.


    Vusca smiled wryly, but when imagining what would happen three nightster, a smile spread across his face. He then left the ce, not letting anyone else find out about the romantic rtionship between him and Helma.


    After Vusca left, Helma summoned Gerain. Since Gerain wasn''t in the city, Helma had to wait for a while before he rushed back to the city.


    ***


    "Greetings, mother!" Gerain respectfully bowed and greeted Helma.


    Gerain could sense the weird atmosphere in the room, as other than him and Helma, all three Higher Gods in the n were present in the room. They also didn''t know anything about why Helma suddenly summoned them, so they stood silent and waited for her to announce her purpose.


    Helma responded with a smile to Gerain''s greeting. She then gestured for him to sit on his chair.


    "All of us know that since the beginning, Hostics has followed the matriarchal system.


    Even though it has been trillions of years since we have followed the system, it hasn''t betrayed us. But today, the need has arisen for the system to change.


    As all of us know, my eldest son, Gerain, is the most talented Hostic to take birth in thest billions of years. Having the best cultivation talent doesn''t equate to a great talent in administration, but how would we know if we don''t test him¡­"


    Gerain couldn''t help but clench his fist in excitement as soon as he heard his mother talking about the system in the n.


    There were three Higher Gods in the n other than Helma. Two were Helma''s family members, her mother, and grandmother, the previous matriarchs of the n, while the third one came from a different family.


    The three Higher Gods looked shocked by what Helma was saying. The one from outside the family appreciated what Helma was saying, while the other two showed anger on their faces for Helma even daring to think of changing the system.


    "What are you-" The grandmother chimed in, but Helma shot her a look, and she immediately stopped.


    Before Gerain, Helma was the most talented Hostic and the only peak Higher God in the n and on the Dornia.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Helma then continued, "My son deserves to be the next ruler of Hostics."


    "In fact, he is so much passionate about it that he didn''t even think twice about the consequences before joining the Pangads¡­"


    Suddenly, Helma''s tone took a turn, shocking all three Higher Gods and Gerain.


    ''Damn it!'' Gerain cursed in anger in his heart, but outside, he showed a shocked and hurt face as if he couldn''t ept his own mother would doubt him.


    Hm scoffed after seeing Gerain''s reaction. She couldn''t help but feel a wave of anger passing through every corner of her body.


    She announced this meeting to give Gerain onest chance. At the end of the day, she was his mother and couldn''t punish him since Gerain had always been the favorite of all her children.


    But seeing Gerain act like this, all her emotions exploded, and the next moment, a wave of pressure hit the room.


    The three Higher Gods were thrown out of the room, while Gerain was forced to kneel on the ground with several of his veins exploding.


    If Helma hadn''t controlled her energy, Gerain would have entirely exploded.


    "Are you still not epting what you did?" Helma coldly asked.


    Gerain shivered in fright; he raised his head, and when he saw nothing but coldness in Helma''s eyes, he understood that there was no point in hiding anything anymore. Helma had already made her decision to end him.


    "Heh! What a brilliant mother?" Gerain provoked Helma because he knew her mother''s character. He didn''t want to get tortured. Since Helma knew everything, it was better if it was an instant death.


    Helma didn''t say anything in response but raised her index finger, and the next moment, an energy beam formed and pierced through Gerain''s head.


    ARGH!


    The next moment, a scream filled with an unimaginable amount of pain rang in the nearby area, shaking whoever heard it.


    Even Helma trembled after seeing her son in such conditions, but she gritted her teeth and maintained her cold expression.


    Time flew by, and after what felt like an eternity of torture, Gerain confessed to his actions. He also informed her of those who took part in this with him. It turned out that the grandmother was also taking part in this.


    Helma couldn''t help but grow cold when she remembered how her grandmother was the first to shoot her mouth when she made up the idea of rejecting the matriarchal system.


    Helma couldn''t bring herself to kill her son using her own hands, so she instead, crippled him and put him in prison. As for the grandmother, she was executed publicly.


    Three nightster, when Vusca returned to her room, Helma forgot about everything and indulged in the pleasures of the body. At that time, Vusca informed Helma about the rumors about the store.


    Helma had a strong feeling about the store, so the next morning she left alone, and here she was inside the store.

 Chapter 1096 Unseen Variant!

    Chapter 1096: Unseen Variant!


    "Store owner, tell me about the store''s products," Helma asked after doing her introduction.


    She learned about the store from Vusca. Even though he only mentioned a rumor, for some reason, as soon as she heard it, her heart pushed her to reach the store. Following her gut feeling, she arrived at the store and liked what she saw.


    "The store currently sells five products: pills, weapons, cultivation arts, beasts, and Panagea.


    For the pills, the store only sells two levels, lesser and higher¡­"


    Aakesh introduced all five products and provided introductory details about them to Helma.


    Helma nodded in surprise since she didn''t get disappointment in return for her rushed decision.


    As Helma was a Higher God level cultivator, three of the five products were useless for her. Even then, the two usable products felt like a lot, so she didn''t feel disappointed over her miss.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Helma requested since she wanted to check Panagea as soon as possible.


    Aakesh nodded and then informed her about the price difference for different stay hours.


    Time flew by, and Helma proceeded toward the portal room after paying the sum of 1425 lesser Sacred stones.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    A few minutes after Helma left, Aakesh was awoken by the sound of a new customer''s footsteps.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want three pills of each lesser grade and one pill of each higher grade and its subgrades," The man requested Aakesh after learning about the store''s products.


    The man hade here to buy the pills after discovering them, and he wasn''t disappointed with the details he learned from the store owner.


    The price difference between lesser-grade pills wasn''t that high since sometimes the pills sold by the store were cheaper than the market rate. But the same couldn''t be said for higher level pills. The price difference between the store and the outside market was evident since the store''s price was more.


    Aakesh nodded and got up from his chair. Aakesh then went to the pill counters and, following the request, took out pills totaling 66 lesser-grade pills and sixty higher-grade pills.


    "You need to pay three¡­" Aakesh stated the price.


    ***


    After paying the price, the man stored all the pills in his inner world and turned around to leave.


    The man liked Panagea, but today he only wanted to study pills.


    Time flew by, and hours passed.


    After Jerine''s six hours wereplete in the store, the system forced him out of Panagea. He looked disappointed since he was close topleting his second quest.


    Jerine decided to request an extension from Aakesh, but soon he was left with disappointment, as the store owner bluntly refused, and when he tried to request it a second time, Aakesh pointed him toward the rule board.


    For fear of getting barred, Jerine stopped asking about the extension in Panagea.


    Jerine''s cultivation was at thete stage of the Higher God, with him on the verge of reaching the peak sub-level. So, the majority of the products weren''t avable to him.


    He could go and check out the cultivation arts or training area, but he was satisfied with his current art, and as for the second, Jerine decided to do itter, but before that, he needed to check out the beasts from the Beast Summoner Device.


    It was true that beasts were only from Divine Transformation to Divine Lord level, which meant nothing for people of his cultivation. But what made the beasts sold by the store special was theirplete loyalty and talent in cultivation, and they could also be used in Panagea.


    ***<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    After entering the room, Jerine had to wait for his turn since there were already three people ahead of him.


    Time flew by.


    Jerine stood in front of the pir with him, not knowing any of the nine beasts on the screen.


    Excited to learn about the beast he had in his luck, Jerine pressed the switch, beginning the first round of summoning.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and soon after, a beast appeared on the screen. Not long after that, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands.


    Jerine didn''t like the beast on the card, so he stepped forward and ced the card inside the returnpartment. He then pressed the switch again.


    ''1'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes had passed. At that moment, there was a small queue of two people waiting behind Jerine for their turn.


    Jerine took a deep breath and pressed the switch. The next moment, ''7'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast appeared on the screen. Jerine raised his eyes in surprise since it was the first time for him to see such a variant of a beast race he knew.


    He grew excited about the beast and its details. Soon after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands.


    [Name: Mutated Possum


    Type: Beast


    Race: Possum


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Poison, Metal


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Mutation Aura


    Details: The Mutated Possum can emit an aura that creates a chance of causing mutations in nearby nts and animals in long-term proximity.


    Ability:


    Toxic Bite: The Mutated Possum can secrete venom from its fangs, which paralyzes its prey.


    Metallic Tail: The Mutated Possum has a strong, flexible tail that it can convert into the metal to attack.


    Poisonous st: The Mutated Possum can release a concentrated st of poisonous energy, causing heavy, poisonous damage to its opponent.


    Metal Fangs: The Mutated Possum can convert its teeth into metal and bite its opponent, causing heavy damage.


    Venomous ws: The Mutated Possum can imbue its ws with powerful poisons, causing heavy damage and a chance of crippling its opponents.


    Iron Skin: The Mutated Possum can harden its skin to be as tough as iron, making it nearly invulnerable to physical attacks.


    Card Description: The Mutated Possum is a rare and valuable creature with unique abilities and traits. Their mutations give them an edge in survival and make them formidable opponents in battle. Use this card to summon a Mutated Possum onto the battlefield and witness its incredible abilities firsthand.


    Price: eighty-seven thousand higher Sacred Stones.]

 Chapter 1097 Familiar Faces!

    Chapter 1097: Familiar Faces!


    Jerine looked at the card in his hands with surprise written all over his face. It was the first legendary quality beast he received in eight rounds of summoning.


    On the top half of the card was an illustration of the beast.


    As its name suggested, it was a mutated creature from the race of possums. The possums only had the element of metal, but the Mutated Possum had an additional element of poison under its control.


    Its appearance was simr to other possums with a slight distinction. The Mutated Possum''s fur was slightly golden, and it shimmered in the sunlight, while its pair of eyes were deep purple, just like the poisoning sign on a skin.


    Jerine felt some doubts about buying it once he saw its cost, but its characteristic [Mutation Aura] made up for the price.


    Mutation could be both harmful and favorable, but if kept under control, it was a great feature to have. What made Jerine confident was that the [Mutation Aura] worked for both nts and animals.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want this!" Jerine requested Aakesh, pushing the card toward him.


    Aakesh nodded, took the card,pleted the process of tapping twice, and returned the card to Jerine.


    As soon as he grabbed the card, Jerine found himself in unfamiliar surroundings.


    Even though Jerine fought with the possum for hours, when he returned to the store, no time had passed.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    When the store was around one hour away from the sunset, a door appeared in mid-air inside the store''s hall, and soon after the door opened, Lily stepped out of it.


    Aakesh was in conversation with a customer at that time, so he smiled once and then returned to the new customer, ignoring his look of shock at the scene.


    After stepping down the stairs, Lily jumped on Aakesh''s head, waiting for the store to close, and until then, she fell asleep in her mostfortable ce.


    The sunset finally arrived, and with it, the store closed its door, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    "Let''s go!" Aakesh called out, and the next moment, both he and Lily disappeared from the store, appearing in the selection area.


    Lily still looked as disgruntled as ever when the space crack sucked her inside. Aakesh also repeated the same process, and soon after, a portal-like space crack also sucked him.


    Time was like a river that continued to flow. Seconds turned into a minute, minutes turned into an hour, hours turned into a day, and just like that, a few days passed in the blink of an eye.


    "Store owner, I want this," Rounic requested, pushing the page toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh only took a casual nce at the page, and the next moment, all the details about it appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay seven hundred seventy-seven higher Sacred stone," Aakesh stated the price of the cultivation art.


    Rounic nodded as the automatic alert asking him about the payment rang in his head.


    Rounic was a peak Divine Being who was about to step into the Divine Lord level. Regarding the cultivation art he used, Rounic found a better, improved version in the store, so he decided to buy the higher-grade art from the store when he reached the limit of his cultivation.


    Now that he had reached his limit, he did what he had decided. Even though it cost him a lot, there was no sadness about that on his face. What was on his face was only excitement for him being able to cultivate using the better version of higher-grade cultivation art.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "The art is yours now," Aakesh informed as the alert of sessful payment rang in his ears.


    The next moment, light particles began to gather together, and soon after, they formed a virtual book. It materialized into reality and flew into Rounic''s hands after that.


    The one percent preview cost that was deducted from the total amount was the same-day offer.


    If customers chose the preview cost but didn''t buy the cultivation art the same day, they would have to pay the total price and forget what they read in the art. They would only remember the content after purchasing the same art.


    The same happened with Rounic, as the memory of that day flooded his mind after he opened the book. After finding the exact content he had seen that day, he thanked the store owner and left the store to cultivate immediately.


    Aakesh didn''t care what Rounic was feeling as he focused on the automatic, emotionless alerts bombarding his head.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on the sale of the cultivation arts, fulfilling the requirement of the third sequence quest!]


    [The "Mission reward: Ten purer, higher Sacred stones" has been transferred to the system space.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Fourth


    Mission objective: Sell cultivation arts,


    Requirement: After the sale from Rounic, the store has fulfilled the requirements set by the system. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product


    Sale: 25,000


    Time limit: 3600 days


    Mission reward: King level cultivation arts,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 0% for the cultivation arts for hundred years for the product.]


    Aakesh focused on the screen in front of him and read the fourth cultivation art quest''s details. He skimmed past the upper section and then looked at the requirement and the time limit.


    The requirement had grown by a hundred times, while the time limit had only grown by ten. Aakesh didn''t worry about it since ten years was a lot for the store to achieve in terms of wealthy customers.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the quest screen slowly faded into the disappearance, waiting for him to call it back.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes and returned to another of his rxation sessions.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Not a long time had passed when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction. The next moment, familiar faces greeted his sight.

 Chapter 1098 Meeting!

    Chapter 1098: Meeting!


    As the sound of footsteps from outside the store rang in Aakesh''s ears, he opened his eyes and turned around. The next moment, familiar faces greeted his sight, as the people outside the store were Katrina, Autumn, and Maria.


    ***


    Katrina had a broad smile stered over her face as she stepped forward and entered the store.


    Katrina already had an alluring beauty, so she looked even more gorgeous when she smiled. Unfortunately, these things did not affect Aakesh, but Aakesh still smiled.


    His rtionship with Katrina and Autumn wasn''t just a business deal. In some senses, it was that of a trainer and apprentice. After all, Aakesh had trained for centuries with these two on the Conspiracy Continent.


    Autumn and Maria followed her inside the store. Maria couldn''t help but frown when she saw Katrina acting so friendly with Aakesh, and when her eyes fell on the familiar blue-skinned man, whom she revered like a God in her heart, her eyes turned moist.


    The gap between her ascending and finding the store wasn''t long, but the struggle she had to persist in on her way to the store was a real challenge.


    Maria believed that as long as she could see Aakesh every day, her fortunes were bright. She still controlled herself and didn''t approach Aakesh like Katrina.


    Autumn, on the other hand, tried to look for Lily. When she didn''t find her anywhere in the store, she couldn''t help but grow disappointed. But since she was also one of the trainers of Aakesh on the Conspiracy Continent, she also approached Aakesh.


    ***


    "You are still as weak asst time," Katrinained as she grabbed Aakesh''s hands.


    Aakesh''s lips twitched, but he didn''t refuse, as Katrina was one of the people who could make such ament to him.


    "Let''s battle!" Katrina added as she wanted to see how much progress Aakesh had made during these past thousand years.


    From Maria, the duo learned about the store, and when Aakesh ascended, Katrina was excited to see his growth. Aakesh was the most terrifying talent she had ever seen in her life.


    "After the store closes," Aakesh didn''t refuse since Katrina was a good opponent to battle with. He also wanted to see how he fared against Katrina.


    "Is ancestor in Panagea?" Autumn suddenly chimed in and asked.


    "Yes," Aakesh replied.


    ***


    "Hello, senior! It''s wonderful to see you again." Maria greeted Aakesh after Katrina and Autumn finally left Aakesh.


    "Yes, wee to the store in the Sacred Dimension," Aakesh responded, making Maria the first customer to be weed by him.


    The store treated every customer as equal, giving them no advantage over others, but Aakesh could treat them differently. Maria was the first customer of the store in the second phase, so she had a different status in his heart.


    Maria''s cheeks reddened when she heard Aakesh. She then bowed and then thanked Aakesh for the indirect rescue due to the card.


    Katrina couldn''t help standing silently at the back, so she re-approached Aakesh. Then, she heard Maria narrating her rescue since Aakesh didn''t block her.


    In response, Katrina also shared how she met Maria on the road. When Aakesh heard the story, he couldn''t help but look at Maria sympathetically.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but think about just what Maria had done to have such terrible luck that she hade across so many sexual predators trying to harm her. She wasn''t that beautiful at all. Even though Aakesh didn''t care about the beauty standards, Maria wouldn''t even qualify to be on the list if he did.


    (A/N: Don''t think about me.)


    Maria couldn''t help but look down at the ground after seeing Aakesh''s sympathetic expression. But at the same time, she felt great that Aakesh didn''t treat her as indifferently as others did.


    "I also want a chair," Katrina got bored standing, so sheined.


    Aakesh humorously smiled as Katrina was the same as ever. She was stronger than many, but her personality was yful.


    Aakesh didn''tin about it. If she were a serious character, he would have been in serious trouble during his journey on the Conspiracy Continent.


    Aakesh didn''t refuse Katrina and requested the system for the chair. The next moment, light particles began to gather, and soon they formed two chairs not far from Aakesh.


    Aakesh then gestured for Katrina and Autumn to sit down, as they were his trainers, and they deserved respect, even though he only called for it after Katrina''sint.


    He then suddenly remembered something and looked at Maria.


    "You can now exchange your wealth from Panagea into Sacred stones without using store cards or entering Panagea," Aakesh informed Maria, as she wouldn''t have enough money in her pockets to be a store customer.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Ten thousand medium Soul stones are equivalent to one lesser Sacred stone," Aakesh added.


    Maria couldn''t help but smile after hearing Aakesh. The worry about money didn''t appear in her head when she was far from the store, but after seeing Aakesh and talking to him, she began worrying about it.


    As Aakesh had expected, her wealth wasn''t enough to allow her to enter Panagea for six hours, using 1x stay. Maria would have taken centuries, if not thousands of years, to reach the store if it hadn''t been for Katrina and Autumn.


    Considering the exchange cost, it would cost her five million medium soul stones to exchange them for one lesser Sacred stone, but Maria didn''t worry much about it since she had arge fortune stored in Panagea. Before ascending, she was the leader of the Skylord organization.


    It started with only adventurers in Panagea, but it became a big organization in the Primal Dimensions as well after many Immortals and other cultivation-level cultivators joined them, hoping to take the first-yer advantage of the Skylord in Panagea.


    Maria then thought about exchanging, and the next moment, a blue screen popped out in front of her.


    The screen was rectangr in shape, with a line dividing it into two sections. The right section contained information about her wealth in Soul stones, while the left part asked Maria for the amount she wanted to debit.


    Maria already had an amount in mind, so she thought of it in her head. The next moment, that sum appeared on the left part of the screen. At the same time, a golden button also appeared below the sum, containing how much would be deducted.


    Maria then tapped on the screen since her foundation in Panagea was still there. She might have disbanded the organization before ascending, but it would take no time to create another one.


    Ten thousand middle soul stones equaled one lesser Sacred stone, but one top soul stone equaled ten thousand ordinary Sacred stones.


    Maria had a total of around one billion top soul stones, so she converted them all, keeping all her medium and low soul stones.


    The next moment, a gigantic mountain of two billion, forty million, four thousand, and seventy-six ordinary Sacred stones appeared inside the store.


    Maria didn''t have to count the stones, as she couldn''t even imagine in her dreams that the store would cheat her.


    The next moment, all the stone was devoured by the space inside her space ring. It was the same space ring that Aakesh had made her.


    Just in one moment, Maria became wealthier than the majority of the people in Thorr City, even though she still had thirty percent of her wealth left to exchange in Panagea.


    Soon after, a conundrum rose since Maria couldn''t gather enough lesser Sacred stones to enter Panagea and couldn''t bring one higher stone to buy the Higher Store Card.


    Aakesh didn''t break the conversion rule for Maria, as the rules were the same for everybody.


    At that time, Katrina came off as a big help as she offered to give Maria a higher Sacred stone. But to do that, Maria needed to pay twenty thousand ordinary stones, or twice the conversion rate.


    "So, what do you say?" Katrina asked, not even trying to hide the gloating expression on her face.


    Aakesh didn''t try to involve himself in such a situation, so he silently waited.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Maria smilingly requested.


    At the end, she had no choice but to ept Katrina''s offer. But it seemed that Katrina had gained some conscience; she only took one ordinary Sacred stone extra and returned the remaining 9999 stones.


    ***


    Maria proceeded toward the portal room after paying 1425 lesser Sacred stones for her eighteen-hour Panagea stay.


    "You don''t want to test the store''s products?" Aakesh asked since Katrina and Autumn had shown no interest in learning about the store''s products.


    ***


    A/N; Sorry, only one chapter due to personal work.


    The store will have a new product in the near future, soment on what product you think should be the sixth one.


    Your choices are:


    1. Talisman


    2. Treasures


    3. Skills


    Thanks for supporting the book! Don''t forget toment with your choice!

 Chapter 1099 A New Customer!

    Chapter 1099: A New Customer!


    "You don''t want to check the store''s products?" Aakesh asked, seeing Katrina and Autumn showing no interest whatsoever in learning about the store.


    "You even want to earn money from us?" Katrina sneered.


    Aakesh stopped asking since that was his purpose in the first ce. No matter what kind of rtionship he had with them, he couldn''t allow them to use the store''s products for free; only his pets had that distinction.


    Katrina couldn''t help but smile upon seeing Aakesh getting silenced. Autumn didn''t chime in as she was waiting for Lily to exit Panagea.


    Since there were no new customers approaching him, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another rxation session.


    Katrina and Autumn had also been traveling straight for days, so they also closed their eyes and immediately fell asleep.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, finding an unfamiliar face standing outside the store with a pondering face.


    ***


    ''Is this really the store Lin Ren informed me about?'' Xi Lun thought in his heart.


    Xi Lun was an ascender from the Primal Dimension but wasn''t a store customer. He ascended long before there was a store. In fact, he had been in the Sacred Dimension for several million years now.


    As for Lin Ren, he was none other than the Emperor of the Xirin Empire when Aakesh managed the store in Kakot.


    Xi Lun was the Emperor of the Xirin Empire once, even before Lin Ren''s seventh-generation ancestor was born.


    The Xirin Empire had an item that allowed the previous Emperors tomunicate with the current Emperor, keeping them in the loop with the information.


    During one suchmunication seven months ago, Lin Ren suddenly brought up the topic of the store and the store owner''s return to the Sacred Dimension.


    From that moment on, Xi Lun began to search for the store, and after splurging a lot, he finally found it, using the help of a diviner.


    Xi Lun took a deep breath and stepped forward. As soon as his right footnded inside the store, his surroundings changed, and he found himself inside the store, unblocked from the sound and sight blockage.


    Lin Ren had shared Aakesh''s appearance with Xi Lun, so it wasn''t difficult to find him, but Lin Ren had informed him that the store owner had an indifferent character and didn''t allow anyone else to sit on a chair. But in front of him were two extra chairs, and each had two beautifuldies sitting on it.


    Xi Lun took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it since he didn''t want toe across as someone irritating in only the first meeting.


    His eyes fell on the Eternal Stone, and whatever doubt he had about the store disappeared. Lin Ren talked about the luxury in the store, so only a store with an unlimited quantity of Ashamba used in flooring could have a floor covered with Eternal Stones.


    "Hello, store owner!" Xi Lun greeted Aakesh.


    Xi Lun''s cultivation waste Supreme God, so he didn''t bow, but his tone was nheless respectful.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the man''s greeting and waited for him to ask the most important question.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Store owner, I am Xi Lun. Lin Ren rmended the store," Xi Lun introduced.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied in his usual response to an introduction. He remembered Lin Ren like he knew each store customer he had tended to since the start.


    ***


    "... these are the store products," Aakesh introduced and shared basic details about all five products in a single breath.


    "Store owner, what races of top beasts are avable in the Beast Summoner Device?" Xi Lun asked since he had a particr interest in the beasts sold by the store.


    From what Lin Ren told him, the beasts sold by the store are even more talented than the actual creatures. At the same time, Arjuna, the founder of the Xirin Empire, also had an extremely talented pet.


    Replicating the legend of Arjuna was impossible for any other Xirin Emperor, but they could still follow the way he was.


    The beasts yed arge role in Xi Lun trying to find the store, and splurging his wealth.


    "All the top races of the Primal and Sacred Dimension are avable to summon, but you would have to wait if you want beasts from the Primordial Dimension," Aakesh answered.


    "Do the top races from the Sacred Dimension include extinct races as well?" Xi Lun asked. He already had the name of the beast he wanted in his mind.


    "Yes, all creatures who were once part of the beast group in the Sacred Dimension are in the pool of summon.


    Even if they are extinct or those creatures now form their own race outside the beast group, they will be avable for summoning."


    Xi Lun nodded with a wide smile and then asked a few more questions, and when he found that he was satisfied to the brim and ready to begin the summoning, he thanked, "Thank you, store owner! I will go check the Beast Summoner Device."


    ***


    While Xi Lun was conversing with Aakesh, something amazing was happening in the Primal Dimension.


    "Jonnah, I want to initiate the taming battle," Ryan requested, pushing the card toward Jonnah.


    Ryan held a special status in the Primal Dimension since he was the first and the only inheritor of one of Aakesh''s seven inheritances, which he had left before returning to the higher dimension.


    Only in a few years, Ryan became a known character, and his strength was there for all to see, further increasing the chaos to search for Aakesh''s remaining six inheritance orbs.


    Despite bing an inheritor, Ryan didn''t enter the store until today.


    Now that he had reached the peak of Immortality and was the strongest cultivator below the Void Beasts in the Primal Dimension, he found himself worthy enough to set foot inside the store owned by his master.


    Even Jonnah had to treat Ryan respectfully since he was an indirect student of Aakesh.


    Jonnaj grabbed the card, nodded in appreciation when he saw the beast, and then tapped twice on the storefront pattern at the back of the card.


    Jonnah returned the card, and soon Ryan found himself in an unfamiliar environment.

 Chapter 1100 Warrior Peacock!

    Chapter 1100: Warrior Peacock!


    Ryan found himself in an unfamiliar environment. He didn''t act surprised since he had already learned about all the phases of buying a beast from the store.


    Kee-ow! Kee-ow! Kee-ow!


    The opponent''s beast let out its distinctive cry, attracting Ryan''s attention.


    In front of Ryan stood a beast known for its beauty and ferocity. It was a beast known across not only the Primal Dimension but the Multiverse. The race gave birth to a cultivator that went on to achieve the title of God of War.


    It was none other than the Warrior Peacock race, which once stood at the bottom rung in the beast group, but with the emergence of Kartikeya, it grew to have a powerful status across the Multiverse.


    The Warrior Peacock was a magnificent and imposing creature with rainbowy, metallic feathers that shimmered in the light. Its body was a mix of fiery orange and deep, earthy browns, with ents of electric blue and vibrant green. Its head was adorned with a crown of golden feathers that curled gracefully over its head, and its eyes were a piercing yellow that seemed to glow like a burning fire.


    Ryan couldn''t help but think of the details he read on the card when he summoned it on his first try.


    [Name: Warrior Peacock


    Type: Beast


    Race: Peacock


    Quality: Ultimate


    Elements: Fire, Metal, Earth, Air, Water, Wood, Thunder


    Cultivation: Peak Beast Monarch(peak Immortal)


    Characteristics: Royal Presence


    Details: While in battle, the Warrior Peacock''s presence boosts the morale and confidence of its allies, increasing their attack power and defense capabilities. At the same time, it saps the willpower of its enemies, weakening their attacks and causing them to hesitate. Additionally, the Warrior Peacock gains a boost to its own physical and magical abilities, enhancing itsbat prowess.


    Ability:


    Thunderous Roar: The Warrior Peacock can unleash a deafening roar, creating a powerful shockwave of thunder that damages enemies and stuns them.


    me Strike: The Warrior Peacock can summon mes from the depths of the earth and unleash them upon its enemies, causing massive damage.


    Metallic Fury: The Warrior Peacock can transmute its feathers into deadly weapons, striking enemies with razor-sharp des or piercing them with sharp spears.


    Earthen Tremor: The Warrior Peacock can stomp the ground, causing a massive earthquake that shakes the earth, causing heavy damage and a chance of stunning its opponents.


    Air st: The Warrior Peacock can summon powerful gusts of wind that can knock enemies off their feet or propel them through the air.


    Torrential Wave: The Warrior Peacock can summon massive waves that can sweep enemies away or flood entire areas.


    Wooden Barricade: The Warrior Peacock can summon a wall of dense forest, blocking iing attacks or trapping enemies.


    Thunderp: The Warrior Peacock can unleash a deafening thunderp, stunning enemies and causing massive damage.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Blossoming de: The Warrior Peacock can summon a massive tree that sprouts from the ground, growing a sword made of wood that can cut through anything.


    Card Description: The Warrior Peacock is a legendary creature, feared and respected throughout the world. Its ability to manipte several elements makes it a formidable opponent in battle, capable of unleashing devastating attacks. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Warrior Peacock.


    Price: Eleven quintillion supreme Primal stones.]


    (A/N: What do you guys think about the abilities? It took me a while to search for them and then give them to the Peacock as Ryan, and it would y a significant role in the future.)


    Remembering the skills of the Warrior Peacock, Ryan knew that it was going to be a tough opponent if he allowed it to run free, but he had no such thoughts.


    Ryan extended his hands, and an energy ball began to form as the fire element filled in the surroundings. The area was element rich, giving the ultimate environment for the peacock to unleash its full potential, but simrly, for Ryan, it was a good environment.


    As the red energy ball reached the size of a tennis ball, Ryan released it.


    KEE-AW!


    The peacock let out a deafening roar, activating the skill [Thunderous Roar].


    When Ryan heard the roar, his eyes turned unfocused for a moment, but he immediately retained his sanity and controlled the energy ball, stopping it from crashing on the ground.


    Boom!


    As Ryan controlled the energy ball to crash on the peacock, a loud explosion and an enormous dust cloud appeared.


    The peacock was no newbie warrior. It activated [Wooden Barrier] to defend itself and then charged at Ryan, activating [me Strike], [Metallic Fury], and [Torrential Wave], one after another, covering Ryan in skills.


    Ryan''s eyes were calm as he raised his hands and activated [Primal Shield]. The next moment, an invisible barrier appeared around him and shed with one skill after another.


    The consecutive strikes of so many destructive spells one after another took a toll on him, but the shield seeded in defending him.


    When the shield finally crashed, Ryan was nowhere to be found.


    The Warrior Peacock was preparing its ultimate skill [Blossoming de], but it suddenly sensed an extreme danger to its life.


    It immediately looked up and saw Ryan descending atop it with arge red energy ball in his hand.


    Whatever skills Ryan had were the gift of Aakesh, and Aakesh had prepared skills, taking inspiration from the ones he had learned in Panagea or received from the system. They weren''t as powerful as the ones from the system, but they were still destructive enough to trump many attacking skills.


    [Fire st] was the skill inspired by [Apocalyptic st], Aakesh''s favorite and strongest skill, making it a top-notch destructive skill.


    BOOM!


    A loud explosion urred as [Fire st] hit the Warrior Peacock. Unfortunately for Ryan, he wasn''t immune to damage like Aakesh was from the [Apocalyptic st], so the shockwave burnt him as well.


    The damage taken by the peacock was extremely high, but it seeded in securing its vitals, so it could still fight. The Warrior in its name was for no reason; it was a mutation inspired by the legend of Kartikeya.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two continued, with Ryan finally trumping his opponent, forcing it to acknowledge him.

 Chapter 1101 Ryan And The Peacock(1)

    Chapter 1101: Ryan and the Peacock(1)


    Ryan finally trumped the Warrior Peacock, making it acknowledge his strength and willingly give up on the battle.


    The next moment, before Ryan could evenprehend, he was back in the store, with him holding the beast''s card.


    Jonnah also got the alert about the sessful battle and congratted Ryan. Unlike Aakesh, Jonnah couldn''t see the fight and only knew the result after it was over.


    Ryan had a smile on his face as he nodded, epting the congrattions. Jonnah then told him about the third step.


    Time flew by, and soon it was time for the payment.


    As Ryan had received one-seventh of Aakesh''s wealth, he was the wealthiest being of the Primal Dimension by arge margin over the second richest race, the Hygars.


    Even then, the price of the Warrior Peacock was something that he couldn''t pay in the blink of an eye. It was a sizeable portion of his wealth.


    But since Ryan liked the beast, and it was also the best beast to be offered by the store in the Primal Dimension, he paid the required sum with a smile.


    After the sale wasplete, Ryan thanked Jonnah and left the store with the card.


    After leaving the store, Ryan went to his sister, who was now a ruler with her own territory. Ryan''s determination to protect his sister kept him focused, and he won the whole inheritance of Aakesh.


    Aftering out, Ryan killed all the Triscon members who belonged to the ruler''s camp, eliminating more than two-thirds of the poption of Triscon.


    What was left after the purge were the people who had nothing to do with the ruler or the torture her sister went through. Ryan himself was a Triscon, and with the death of the ruler, it had no leader; Ryan took that ce.


    No one dared toin since Ryan had be a terrifying being just in the span of a week. Except for Ryan and his sister, no one knew what had caused the change.


    But soon after, a shocking piece of news shocked the entire dimension, and Ryan became the most popr cultivator in the Primal Dimension. As for who announced the news, it was Jonnah, the store manager.


    At that time, Ryan''s cultivation was Tao Seed. But when a peak Immortal tried to attack him to snatch the inheritance, and when Ryan came out unscathed from the attack and the immortal disappeared from the world, his poprity reached new heights, and none dared to attack him again.


    Using that fear and poprity, Ryan took the Triscons to new heights. Even though Ryan won Aakesh''s inheritance, he still couldn''t change the bloodline talent of the Triscons, so to solve the issue for the future when he would ascend, Ryan chose 108 Triscons and splurged valuable resources on them.


    The pce, the items, and the skills weren''t the only gain Ryan had from the inheritance. The Namascus tribe and the valuable resources they controlled were the biggest gain after the skills.


    Using the resources they had stored, Ryan formed an army of 108 peak Immortals, with the best skills and weapons, making them a potent force.


    Ryan''s sister became the new Emperor, while her husband, one of the 108 Triscons chosen by Ryan, became the army chief. This way, Ryan and his family controlled all the significant departments so that even when he ascended, no second camp would rise to take what he had won over his sister''s descendants.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    ***


    A gentle smile spread across Ryan''s face when he saw his sister resting on thefortable bed. There was a visible bulge in her stomach as she was pregnant with her first child.


    Ryan stepped forward and gently stroked her sister''s stomach. His eyes turned moist. Whenever he was with his sister, Ryan was at his weakest. Even though he had long left the terrible days past him, he still couldn''t remove those days from his memory.


    "Your majesty, you are here."


    Suddenly, a voice filled with respect rang in the room as a handsome man entered.


    Ryan''s face turned cold as he turned his head around and nodded toward the man. The man was none other than his brother-inw.


    Ryan''s sister smiled as she gestured for her husband to sit on the other side. As for Ryan''s cold reaction, she could do nothing.


    In the past, Ryan had almost killed her soon-to-be husband as he didn''t like his sister having a rtionship with a soldier chosen by him. But his love for her sister triumphed over his disgust for their rtionship, and he epted them.


    Even though Ryan epted the rtionship, he never liked his brother-inw.


    The man smiled helplessly, as even though it had been centuries since he and the sister married, Ryan still treated him coldly. He still went ahead and sat down.


    Even though Ryan treated him coldly, he never acted against him, or he would have never been eligible to be the army chief.


    "When are you due?" The gentle face returned, and Ryan asked his sister, stoking the bulge and feeling his unborn nephew/niece.


    It had been thirty years since the sister had be pregnant, and for thest seven years, she had been on bed rest, unable to walk.


    A sad smile appeared across the sister''s face since Ryan had been waiting for his nephew/niece to be born, and then he would ascend.


    She didn''t want her brother to ascend, as he would be a nobody there, and she didn''t want to see her brother go through the same things they went through once again.


    Ryan could only sigh when he saw the expression on his sister''s face. He felt he had done enough to give his sister a life of luxury for as long as she lived, and now it was time for him to meet his teacher.


    Ryan''s sister wasn''t Immortal, as she exhausted all her potential and stopped at peak of Tao Pce. She even reached that level after consuming countless immortal level resources.


    She wouldn''t live for eternity, but the resources she had consumed would allow her to live for several trillion years, and that was more than enough for anyone.


    Ryan was just waiting for her nephew/niece to be born, and after the child''s crowning, he would ascend.

 Chapter 1102 Ryan And The Peacock(2)

    Chapter 1102: Ryan and the Peacock(2)


    "Eh!" Ryan suddenly eximed in shock as he felt a movement in her sister''s stomach.


    The sister and her husband had the same reaction, as they also sensed a burst of energy.


    ARGH!


    She roared in pain as her stomach suddenly began to expand while an unbearable wave of pain attacked her.


    Ryan''s expression grew unsightly as seeing his sister in pain triggered past trauma. He gritted his teeth and coldly ordered his brother-inw to immediately bring the royal doctor.


    The man didn''t want to leave his wife, but when he saw the budding anger on Ryan''s face, he immediately nodded and disappeared from the room.


    Only three secondster, he returned to the room, grabbing the royal doctor by his cor.


    The royal doctor was taken aback by the sudden situation. A moment ago, he was half-naked on his bed with his wife.


    Whateverints he had disappeared when he saw Ryan standing in the room. The doctor forgot everything and focused on the patient.


    A warm green erupted from his hands and engulfed Ryan''s sister. She slowly calmed down, and soon she fell unconscious.


    The bulge kept growing at a rapid rate, and soon it had grown to the same size as the bed. Ryan''s sister had be just one part of the bulge and not the source anymore.


    Ryan''s expression was ugly as he considered terminating the newborn to save his sister. But he controlled himself and didn''t do any rash things before hearing the doctor''s view.


    After a few minutes, when the bulge had grown to cover half the room and the veins had started to stretch to their limits, it finally stopped.


    The royal doctor took his hands back, and the green light around the sister disappeared. His face had a relieved smile since the danger had passed. If anything had happened to the sister, the doctor didn''t even dare imagine the consequences.


    Ryan''s brutality was known to the people, and his brother-inw was no less brutal.


    "Your majesty!"


    "Sir, chiel!"


    The doctor greeted Ryan and the husband one by one with a respectful bow.


    "Congrattions. Your majesty, sir chief, her majesty is about to give birth." The doctor immediately added before those cold eyes froze him.


    Ryan''s expression rxed, and he breathed a sigh of relief. The husband couldn''t help but stumble and heave a relieved sigh as the worst had passed.


    If anything happened to her and his unborn child, he didn''t even know how he would survive.


    He then turned around, and his eyes almost popped out as he saw a gentle look in Ryan''s eyes for him for the first time.


    Time flew by, and soon hours passed.


    The doctor had his entire back wet with sweat while his heart was crazily beating. Every second was like an eternity for him. Whenever Ryan would look at him, he would almost explode in tension.


    His heart finally rxed as a baby''s cry rang in the room. The bulge slowly began to decrease, and soon it returned to normal while there were two crying newborns floating in the air.


    The royal doctor immediately went ahead and gently picked up the twins. He then went to Ryan, as Ryan''s status was the highest in the family and the Empire.


    But Ryan stopped the doctor and gestured for him to take the baby to their father first.


    ***


    Ryan''s sister had twins, one nephew, and one niece. As Ryan''s sister had eaten a lot of valuable and energy-filled resources, the siblings were born with extremely high talent, while their cultivation was Void Condensation.


    The brother and sister could speak from their birth, while their intellect was that of a five year old child.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Uncle Ryan, why do you hate my father?" Grisha asked Ryan at their naming ceremony.


    "You will know when Gianna would get married," Ryan replied, pinching Grisha''s nose.


    Ryan''s sister couldn''t help but smile while her husband awkwardly rubbed his nose.


    Grisha pouted, trying to run away from Ryan. Gianna, who was running around, chasing the Warrior Peacock, stopped and asked, "Uncle Ryan, what is marriage, and why will I do it?"


    ***


    "Are you sure you want to battle me?" Oxen asked Ryan.


    Afterpleting whatever duties he had left in the Primal Dimension, Ryan decided to ascend, but before that, he wanted to fight against the Void Beasts.


    Ryan alone was no match for a Void Beast, but with the help of the Warrior Peacock, he wanted to see his chances.


    "Yes,"


    Kee-aw!


    Ryan responded, and with him, the Warrior Peacock also let out a cry.


    "Let''s do this," Oxen responded. If it were anyone else, Oxen would have ignored it, but it was Ryan, Aakesh''s indirect student.


    Ryan and the peacock made their moves in response, as the peacock activated [me Strike] and Ryan activated [Thuder Bullet].


    Roar!


    Oxen let out a deafening roar in response, and it was enough to nullify the attack power of his opponent.


    Since he had agreed to battle, Oxen wasn''t going to show any mercy. He stomped his hoof in the space and charged.


    Ryan immediately activated the [Primal Shield] and the peacock, [Wooden Barrier].


    The defensive attacks were like a wall of paper blocking a sea wave. The shield exploded as Oxen mmed into Ryan. The peacock was slightly better as Oxen focused more on Ryan, but it still took the brunt of the attack.


    Ryan was knocked hundreds of miles backward, with space cracking along him. When he stopped, his chest had sunk, and he coughed up blood.


    Time flew by, and after around two minutes, Ryan gave up. The battle was overwhelmingly won by Oxen.


    "Thank you, senior!" Ryan thanked Oxen for the battle. His voice was weak since it would take days for him to recover from this.


    "Kee kee¡­ kee-aw!" The Warrior Peacock also thanked Oxen, and at the same time, made a provocative gesture.


    Oxen couldn''t help butugh, and he responded, "I''ll be waiting for your challenge."


    The next moment, a white light covered him, and he disappeared.


    "Kee-aw!" The Warrior Peacock informed Ryan and then snuggled into him.


    "Yes, we will defeat him one day," Ryan smiled and stroked the peacock''s head.


    ***


    Xi Lu got his turn and was ready to start the summoning.


    ***


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 Chapter 1103 The White Lagoon!

    Chapter 1103: The White Lagoon!


    Xi Lu stood in front of the pir, ready to begin the summoning round.


    Like many customers, he didn''t recognize many of the beasts present on the screen. He then took a deep breath and pressed the switch. He set the summoning system as a random summon, leaving the cultivation of the beast to his luck.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed. Five seconds passed in the blink of an eye, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    Xi Lu didn''t recognize the beast, so he became excited, anticipating what qualities the beast had. But Xi Lu was only left with disappointment when he read the details on the card.


    The beast was of higher quality, while its cultivation was thete Divine Lord. Xi Lu was somewhat fine with quality if the beasts had skills, but unfortunately, the reality was different.


    Not only was its quality lower than he wanted but also the skills it had were basic. Xi Lu finally understood why he didn''t recognize the beast. It wasn''t that they were rare, but the truth was that they were extremely weak.


    Xi Lu then ced the card into the returnpartment and pressed the switch again.


    The next moment, "1" appeared on the top of the screen while the square light began to rotate.


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed.


    After returning the card for the seventh time, Xi Lu again pressed the switch, starting the eighth round of summoning.


    Even though the number of summons was lower, it had been more than half an hour since Xi Lu began the summoning, and there were already four customers behind him, waiting for their turn.


    The reason for the dy was Xi Lu''s indecision about whether to select the beast he got in the fourth round of summoning. It was a supreme quality beast with the cultivation of the peak Divine Lord.


    ***


    [Name: White Lagoon


    Type: Beast


    Race: Lagoon


    Quality: Legendary


    Elements: Water


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Being


    Characteristics: Healing Waters


    Details: The White Lagoon secretes a blue substance that can heal the wounds and ailments of living beings. This substance can also purify water and cleanse toxins.


    Ability:


    Oceanic Surge: White Lagoon unleashes a powerful wave of water that knocks back enemies and deals heavy damage.


    Whirlpool: The White Lagoon can create a swirling vortex that can suck its opponents down into the world''s depths.


    Ice Storm: The White Lagoon can freeze water instantly, creating a storm of ice and snow that can immobilize enemies and freeze entirendscapes.


    Bubble Shield: The White Lagoon can create a protective shield of bubbles that can deflect iing attacks and reduce their impact.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Pearl Barrier: White Lagoon creates a shimmering pearl-like shield that blocks iing attacks and reflects them back at the enemy.


    Oceanic Harmony: White Lagoon harmonizes with the sea, enhancing its elemental abilities and granting a boost in speed and agility.


    Card Description: The White Lagoon is a formidable creature. Its attribute of water makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the White Lagoon.


    Price: One hundred supreme Sacred stones.


    ¡­]


    Xi Lu read the details published on the card of the beast he got in his ninth round of summoning.


    On the top half of the card was the beast''s illustration, and it was a stunningly beautiful creature.


    It had a sleek and graceful body that sparkled in the sunlight. Its skin was a spotless shade of white, almost rainbowy, and was covered in intricate, swirling patterns that appeared to glow softly in the darkness. Its eyes were a piercing blue and seemed to shimmer with mystical energy. On its back, it had arge pair of majestic wings with a translucent quality that allowed the light to shine through them, creating a stunning effect.


    From its first appearance, no one would be able to believe that the creature was a violent beast.


    White Lagoons were rare in the Sacred Dimension, as they were once one of the top races of the Sacred Dimension. Even though the White Lagoons were stunning, beautiful creatures, they were simrly extremely violent.


    The White Lagoons were aquatic creatures, and at one time, there was no opponent for them in the vast oceans of the countless vast worlds in the dimension. But their violent tendency created several wars for them, and it resulted in their number slowly diminishing.


    Now they had dropped so low in numbers that even a sighting would be considered a rare event.


    Xi Lu couldn''t help but be excited over imagining the scene of him ruling the ocean with the help of the White Lagoon.


    Xi Lu soon returned to reality when he read the note at the bottom of the card.


    [Note; The White Lagoon is extremely violent. Even if bound by a loyalty contract, once its anger surpassed the limit, it would attack its owner, ignoring the punishment use of the contract.]


    The system didn''t interfere with the native personalities of the beasts, as those personalities made the beasts as they were. The White Lagoons became the overlords of the ocean due to their violent personalities.


    If they were as serene as their appearance, the White Lagoon would have long gone extinct due to their characteristics [Healing Waters].


    Xi Lu also understood this, so he didn''t focus much on the note and just kept it in his mind, remembering not to let the situation turn bad again in the future.


    Xi Lu made up his mind to buy the beast, so he turned around and left the room. Soon after Xi Lu left, the second in line reached the pir.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want this," Xi Lu requested of Aakesh, passing over the card to him.


    Aakesh took a quick nce at the card, tapped twice on the storefront pattern on the back of the card, and then returned it.


    Since no customer was approaching him and there were no new customers in sight outside the store, Aakesh decided to watch the battle between Xi Lu and the Water Lagoon.


    ***


    After Xi Lu took the card, he discovered himself standing in an unfamiliar environment.

 Chapter 1104 Xi Lu Vs. White Lagoon!

    Chapter 1104: Xi Lu vs. White Lagoon!


    As soon as he grabbed the card, Xi Lu found himself in a different location.


    He stood atop the ocean, an invisible force stopping him from falling into the water. In the sky, the sun was shining, creating a beautiful scene.


    Eeeyaah!


    Right at that moment, a beautiful cry rang out in the area as the water moved, and a creature twice the size of Xi Lu jumped out of the ocean.


    It was none other than the White Lagoon. It fluttered its wings, floating in the air; its piercing blue eyes stared at Xi Lu.


    Xi Lu felt his heart almost melt from seeing the creature, but the aura filled with brutality around the White Lagoon made him know that the reality wasn''t what it looked like outside.


    Xi Lu also noticed his cultivation had dropped to peak Divine Being, matching that of the White Lagoon.


    Soon, Xi Lu grew solemn. The White Lagoon was a good fighter with a high capacity for violence, and the environment around him added further to its strength.


    Xi Lu understood that the battle wasn''t going to be easy. In fact, he wouldn''t be surprised if it went on to be the hardest battle he would ever face.


    Xi Lu took a deep breath, turning himself into his perfect mindset before the battle.


    Xi Lu had the intuition that he wouldn''t be able to step on water after the battle began, so he also prepared for that. Fighting the Water Lagoon inside the water was no less than suicide for him.


    Eeeyaah!


    The White Lagoon cried and made its move as soon as the battle began. Its eyes were still beautiful and innocent, but its actions were entirely different.


    The White Lagoon smashed its ws at Xi Lu, who lost his footing above water.


    Xi Lu was a talented human cultivator, or he would have never been able to pass the tests left by Arjuna and be the Emperor of the Xirin Empire.


    Xi Lu majored in fire and space, so using the element of space, he isted the water so that he would be in a different space and the water would be in a different space.


    The istion mattered nothing to the White Lagoon as its w came smashing down on Xi Lu.


    His eyes were calm as he raised his hands and punched, shing directly with the w.


    The next moment, a ball of red fire engulfed his fist and mmed onto the w. The result wasn''t what Xi Lu wanted to see, as the White Lagoon seemed unfazed by the attack. But fortunately for him, it had done what Xi Lu wanted most. It stopped the assault.


    Xi Lu attacked immediately after, as arge fireball appeared right above thegoon and smashed into it.


    Eeeyaah!


    The attack made thegoon angry, adding oil to its violent side. The creature let out an angry roar and shed with the fireball with its body.


    The next moment, the White Lagoon came out unscathed from the attack. Xi Lu didn''t seem to be surprised since if only this were enough to damage thegoon, then there was no point in him worrying much about the fight.


    The White Lagoon thought differently. Even though it came out unscathed from the attack, its anger grew further. Its eyes were still as blue as ever, but now there was a tint of red appearing.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The White Lagoon charged at Xi Lu, and several whirlpools were surrounding him at the same time.


    A wave of suction pressure attacked him, trying to suck him inside the whirlpool and suffocate him. Xi Lu focused on those who were extremely dangerous if let loose and isted them using [Space Dissection].


    The whirlpools were still active, but they were in a different space, so they didn''t try to suck Xi Lu inside any longer.


    At that time, the White Lagoon had reached Xi Lu, so it attacked.


    Before Xi Lu could think of ways to defend himself from therge w, aiming to burst his head, arge wave of water rose in the ocean not far from him.


    Boom!


    Xi Lu decided to take a risk as the fireball he had just created exploded, throwing him backward.


    The White Lagoon''s ws smashed through the smoke while Xi Lu was hundreds of meters away from the attack.


    At the same time, the wave smashed, giving birth to new waves and making the ocean turbulent. The White Lagoon was unconcerned despite being at the center of the wave crash.


    EEEYAAH!


    The White Lagoon let out a majestic roar and jumped out of the wave. It floated in the air, its wings fluttering.


    Its blue eyes searched for its opponents. It suddenly sensed danger and immediately turned around. There was Xi Lu in the air, with a giant fireball in the shape of a lotus above his hands.


    BOOM!


    Xi Lu smashed thegoon with the fire lotus, creating a loud explosion in the air.


    But before he could celebrate, a wave of heat hit him, scalding him. It wasn''t the end, as when the smoke cloud subsided, the White Lagoon had a ball of fire in its hands and a transparent shield around it.


    It was [Pearl Barrier]. The skill allowed thegoon to return the attack, but it also had an additional ability that gave thegoon the power to choose when to reflect and not immediately after receiving the skill.


    Time flew by, and several days had passed since the battle had begun.


    None of the two parties thought twice, even if they had to use an attack that would harm them as well as their opponent.


    The White Lagoon''s blue eyes had turned red and raged on the battlefield.


    "If you survive this attack, I will give up," Xi Lu announced and activated his ultimate attack [World Disorientation].


    The next second, the ocean and the sky swapped ces. Veins began to pop out all over Xi Lu''s body as his physique couldn''t bear the energy required for the skill.


    The White Lagoon found itself next to the sun, with arge gravitational force attacking it. The White Lagoon tried to run away, but it was only going closer to the sun.


    Time flew by.


    Xi Lu returned to the store, with a wide smile stered on his face.

 Chapter 1105 A New Customer?

    Chapter 1105: A New Customer?


    "You need to pay 100 supreme, 111 higher... Sacred stones," Aakesh stated the price after all other steps wereplete.


    Xi Lu nodded and then got the sum deducted from his Supreme Store Card.


    After the payment wasplete, Xi Lu asked about Panagea, and finding there were empty spots, he left for the portal room after paying 1425 lesser Sacred stones.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes, turned around, and looked in that direction. An unfamiliar face greeted his sight.


    The man was looking around in surprise and then at the store. The man could feel the environment to be elementally poor, but the building in front of him gave a different feeling.


    Nicron was an early Lesser God that had recently passed the True God level and stepped into a new level.


    Nicron belonged to the race, Gerastan, a non-demon race found in the Hell cluster of the Multiverse.


    Hell and Heaven were a group of universes that were spread across the Multiverse and followed a different set of rules than the dimension. Hell was an area that favored elements on the dark side, while heaven favored elements on the light side.


    The Hell was very far from Curiel, so someone of Nicron''s cultivation should have never been here, but during a battle, a sudden elemental storm erupted, rupturing the barrier of space.


    The rupturing was so powerful that it even broke the rules of the Multiverse and threw many beings out of hell in the dimension where their cluster was located.


    Nicron was only one of the countless creatures thrown out, and as his luck would have it, he found himself in Thorr City near the store.


    Even though Nicron was a non-demon, none in the crowd felt anything negative about him, even in their minds. The amount of dark energy around him was crazy, and like many of the royal Demon groups, the people instead feared him.


    ***


    Nicron stepped into the store, and his eyes fell on the blue-skinned man seated on the chair. His eyes then fell on Katrina, sleeping on a chair.


    His eyes almost popped out of their sockets as he found it hard to stand straight.


    Katrina had an irritated face as she opened her eyes. Since she hade here, she had felt stares toward her, but this time, it was too intense for her to forgive its owner.


    Katrina looked at Nicron, and Nicron immediately kneeled on the ground.


    Nicron didn''t know who Katrina was, but he recognized her race, Kindeva. The Kindevas were one of the ruling races of the entire Hell cluster, so every being living in hell recognized the race.


    Hell and Heaven operated on their own rules because they were created by two Devas, so Anubis, who created Hell, was the de facto ruler of Hell, while Zeus, who created Heaven, was the ruler of Heaven.


    But since these two were Devas and had no interest in ruling over creatures of lower dimensions, other races were put in charge of hell and heaven.


    Kindeva was one of the seven races put in charge of hell, so their status there was extraordinary.


    She raised her eyes in surprise when she saw the reaction from the man. She then looked at Aakesh, waiting for him to exin what was going on.


    "You didn''t even try to learn about your race?" Aakesh couldn''t help but ask, not expecting Katrina to even try to learn about Kindevas.


    "I am not a Kindeva; I am someone created by ''Him''," Katrina replied. A solemn and respectful expression appeared on her face when she mentioned Vritrasura.


    She was not like Autumn, who wanted to learn about or cared about her race.


    Aakesh didn''t ask any further questions and told Katrina about Kindeva''s status in hell. It was easy for Aakesh to sense his new customer was from hell, as his aura was simr to that of beings from hell.


    "Interesting, so you are telling me that my race, Kindeva, is one of the seven ruling races of Hell, and our word is infallible?" A smile spread across Katrina''s face.


    "Yes."


    "Then, I am going to Hell after this," Katrinamented, devising ns for what she could do when inside hell.


    Nircon, unaware of who his presence had unleashed on hell, kept on kneeling, waiting for Katrina to ask him to stand up.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Nicron greeted Aakesh after getting permission to talk from Katrina.


    The more Katrina saw Nicron, the more excited she became about Hell. Katrina lived in chaos, and now that it was visible, she wanted it to be as bigger as possible.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    ***


    "... these are the store products," Aakesh concluded the introduction of all five store products.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Nicron requested, simr to many other customers'' reactions after learning about the store''s products.


    "You will need to wait for one hour," Aakesh answered since all three thousand portals were filled at that moment.


    Since there were different stay hours, there were no longer any groups of customers in Panagea. Some stayed for two store hours, while some stayed for three store hours, and some stayed for more.


    Nicron became disappointed after hearing Aakesh, but since he needed to only wait for an hour, he calmed down. Anyway, he was going to be far from Hell for a long time, or so Nicron thought.


    Suddenly, he felt a suction force pulling him out of nowhere. The force was almost negligible, but Nicron could feel it.


    Even Aakesh felt the same, and he didn''t have to ask the system about it.


    As the elemental storm ruptured the space and rules of Hell, it threw many inhabitants randomly across the three dimensions. But after all, Hell and Heaven were creations of the mighty Devas.


    The rules had begun to restore themselves, and now it was summoning all its inhabitants to restore the bnce.


    Nicron also understood this. His face fell as he really wanted to enter Panagea, but at the same time, he couldn''t refuse the summoning.


    There was a reason that not many beings from hell were seen outside their cluster when the outside world was so vast. The dimension''s rules rejected them since thew engraved in their bones was made by an opposing force.


    Nicron was only an early Lesser God, and there was no way he could fight against the dimension''s rules. The lowest cultivation level he needed for that was Sacred King. There was also an item to stop the dimension from rejecting him, but unfortunately, Nicron didn''t own that item.


    Nicrom suddenly grew horrified as he felt the suction force lessen. He looked up and met the eyes of the store owner.


    "How can this be?" Nicron eximed, his jaw almost dropping to the ground.


    "If you don''t have the item to stop the rejection, I suggest you leave the store," Aakesh didn''t care about Nicron''s reaction and made a suggestion.


    The system was removing the summoning force, and once it waspletely removed, Nicron would have to travel to Hell on his own. Until that time, he would need to face the world''s rejection.


    Inside the store, the world''s rules wouldn''t act against him, but neither the system nor Aakesh had any interest in allowing Nicron to stay in the store under their protection.


    ***


    "Thank you, store owner!" Nicron thanked Aakesh since he had decided to leave the store and return to hell.


    "Your Majesty, this servant bids you farewell!" Nicron then knelt toward Katrina.


    After Katrina told him to leave, Nicron stood, turned around, and left the store.


    Katrina couldn''t help but smile once again, thinking of ways to make the lives of Hell''s inhabitants chaotic.


    ***


    After Nicron left the store, the force that was on the verge of disappearance returned with a bang, and immediately, a white light covered Nicron.


    When the light left, Nicron also left the Sacred dimension with it.


    When Nicron''s vision became clear, he found himself back in Hell, but he was in a different location.


    His face grew pale from fright as he was in a burn zone. Nicron had a painful expression as his skin was scalded and slowly melting in front of his eyes.


    The area was open without any hint of vegetation, and Nicron could see very far. Several miles from him, there was a throne made of skeletons in the middle of nowhere. On it, there was a creature sitting with its eyes closed.


    "Royal Infernal!" Nicronmented with a gloomy expression.


    He couldn''t help but think about what had happened to him in less than an hour. He had just learned about the store and its products and was filled with hope for the future; now he stood face to face with death.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


    It has been a long time since the book received more than 200 power stones, so I will release one bonus chapter tomorrow.


    Comment, Comment, Comment!

 Chapter 1106 An Old Customer!

    Chapter 1106: An Old Customer!


    "Royal Infernal!" Nicron eximed with a gloomy face when he saw the creature on the throne.


    The Royal Infernals were notorious for their cruelty and for living in groups. Seeing a solitary Royal Infernal was a rare and dangerous sight.


    Rarely did the Royal Infernals live alone, and most of the time, the reason for that was their cruelty, which reached a stage where even the Royal Infernals began to condemn it and stay as far away as possible from the being.


    The Royal Infernal was a mid-tier race in the Hell cluster of the Primal Dimension, but that changed in the Sacred Dimension. They were one of the top races in Hell, with one or two Sacred Creators in their ranks.


    The man seated on the throne sensed a presence inside his domain, so he opened his eyes. His dark eyes stared at Nicron.


    Nicron immediately knelt, not daring to look into the eyes of the creature and die unjustly. There were nill chance of him surviving this ordeal, but Nicron wanted to do everything to return to his hometown and then one day to the store.


    The man was going to crush Nicron like a fly, but suddenly, there was a violent reaction in his eyes.


    He suddenly stood up from his throne and took a step forward. The next moment, he was in front of the kneeling Necron.


    Nicron felt a wave of heat rush at him, further burning his already burned body parts.


    Nicron didn''t dare to look up and kept kneeling, hoping to receive mercy from the man.


    "Why do I sense a familiar sensation from you?" The man asked, his voice hoarse as if he hadn''t spoken for a long time.


    This burn zone wasn''t his choice of ce, but he was banished here by the strongman of the Infernal royalty due to his actions.


    "Did you meet a blue-skinned man and a white cat?" The man asked, his tone lower and clearer than before.


    The infernal was none other than George, one of the store customers in the first phase of the store. He had grown strong enough to ascend and then even reach the Sacred King level, but there was still nothing but awe and fear for the store owner and Lily.


    George would never forget the grace the store showed him. Even though he paid for what he bought, it meant nothing inparison to what he received.


    Nicron finally saw the hope of survival as he understood what the man was talking about.


    Nicron kept kneeling and shared what he encountered in the store.


    Sigh!


    George heaved a deep sigh as he reminisced about those days. At the same time, he also grew surprised by the store''s change in way of tending to customers.


    "Here is your reward," George stated, and then bit his finger.


    Nicron''s breathing turned rough as his body reflexively stood up and sucked the blood from George''s injury.


    What Nicron sucked wasn''t even one-millionth of a drop of blood, but it was still more valuable than anything.


    Nicron, who had gray skin beforeing here, saw changes with his naked eyes. Dark spots were appearing across his body, the same color as the blood. At the same time, the aura around him was turning crueler and more brutal.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    His eyes were turning redder while his body was expanding. A few minutester, the process came to an end.


    At that moment, Nicron had reached the peak of the Lesser God, while his body had added half of his original height. Nicron knew he had mutated and be the first of his kind in Gerastan since getting the pure blood of a powerful Royal Infernal was an unheard event.


    Nicron was only celebrating when he suddenly felt a wide hand grabbing his head.


    Before Nicron could understand what was happening, a wave of unbearable pain attacked him, and in no time, he fell unconscious.


    After an unknown amount of time, Nicron opened his eyes. His face was pale from fright as he immediately looked around.


    He found himself in the same burn zone, but there was no longer any throne or the Royal Infernal.


    Nicron couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief and thanked the Lord he prayed to for getting him out alive despite an encounter with a solitary Royal Infernal. At the same time, the awe for the store owner and the store also grew in his heart since if not for it, he might have be one of the skeletons on the throne.


    ***


    "Why are you here before your punishment is over?" Farrago coldly asked


    Farrago was the Royal Infernal that banished George to the burn zone for the atrocity hemitted against a group of Royal Infernals.


    "I want to leave Hell." George didn''t waste any time and came straight to his purpose.


    After learning about the store, he wanted to reach there as soon as possible.


    The sudden demand from George caught Farrago off guard. Even when he was being banished, George didn''t ask to be banished outside of Hell since others didn''t like creatures from Hell.


    Nicron was only a low-level cultivator, so no one focused on him, but if a Sacred King creature from Hell stepped into the dimension, the strong cultivators wouldn''t allow his presence.


    "Are you sure?" Farrago asked since he had no problem with George''s demand. In fact, it was better for him.


    Once George left Hell, he would be far away from other Infernals. As for what happened to him outside, what had that got to do with Farrago? George was an ascender. It was just that his bloodline is extremely pure, alerting the Sacred Creator ruler of the Infernals, so he was added to the race.


    "Yes."


    "Fine!


    Since you are willingly choosing to leave Hell, your punishment of living in the burn zone for eight hundred years had been shortened to eighty years outside Hell.


    "If you survive during the punishment duration, you are allowed to return to the race and live freely," Farrago announced.


    George didn''t care about returning to Hell, so he disregarded everything he heard after ''Fine''.


    ***


    Unaware of the things going on in Hell, Aakesh weed a new customer to the store after waking up from the sound of his footsteps.

 Chapter 1107 Tantar And Buntar!

    Chapter 1107: Tantar and Buntar!


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Hearing the sound of footstepsing from outside the store, Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction, finding an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    "Hello, store owner! How are you, store owner?" The man greeted Aakesh respectfully after approaching him.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the greetings and waited for the man to ask the question.


    "Store owner, I am Tantar, the son of Buntar," The man named Tantar introduced himself.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied with his usual response. He recognized Buntar since he was one of the store''s regr customers for the past few months.


    "Store owner, my father is dead," Tantar suddenly announced.


    ***


    Tantar belonged to the race Green-Spotted Demon. It was one of the races in the Demon group, known for the three distinct green spots on their bodies.


    The three spots on their bodies were around their eyes and the single, curved horn they had above their forehead. Their skin tone was deep brown, and they hadrge physiques.


    The Green-Spotted Demons were an upper medium race in the Demon group, and they had only recently reached that level, with them having their first Sacred King, and that was none other than Buntar, and the store had a role to y in that.


    Three months ago, Buntar bought a divine quality Despair Sparrow from the store. At that time, Buntar was a peak Supreme God, having been at that level for seven hundred million years.


    Buntar had lost all hope of going any further, but one of the skills of the Despair Sparrow gave him an epiphany, and three weekster, he crossed the barrier, bing the first-ever Sacred King in the Green-Spotted Demon race.


    Tantar was a child Buntar had in histe years when he stopped having the hope of proceeding further, and even then he reached the peak of Higher God in less than ten million years, surpassing his father by arge margin.


    The rtionship between the father and son duo was tight, so Buntar talked about the store right after finding it. But since Tantar was preparing to enter a ruin with a group of other demons, he postponed his journey to the store.


    The group sessfully entered the ruin and even gained many valuable materials. But at thest stage, a problem arose.


    When Tantar and his friends were in thest phase, a sudden space storm attacked them, separating them from each other.


    Tantar thought he had surveyed the ruin, but then he found out how wrong he was as the space storm threw him into an unknown area of the ruin.


    Since Tantar was a peak Higher God, he couldn''t act cowardly and hide, so he decided to solve the issue on his own.


    At first, Tantar received one sess after another, boosting his confidence, but when he was fighting against a horde of Sertars, a race of evil creatures, he almost died.


    From that point on, if he wanted to go ahead, he needed to cross the horde of Sertars. As for going back, there was no path, as he found his way back blocked by an invisible wall.


    It wasn''t enough, as every hour, one Sertar woulde and attack him. If he killed it, two Sertars would attack him the next hour.


    It was as if someone were ying a terrible game with him, but since there was no choice, he kept fighting.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    When only one day had passed, the number of Sertar had grown to terrible and the battle was bing difficult to win.


    At that time, if Tantar wanted to survive, he only had one choice left, ask for help from his father.


    Tantar persisted for a while, but when the number of Sertars reached a level that made him sense his doom, he called for help.


    The help came, but it was only the start of the nightmare and not the end.


    As Buntar was a Sacred King, it was easy for him to find Tartar. When he finally found his son, he found the situation to be worse than he had thought.


    The leader of the Sertars was also a Sacred King, and when it sensed Buntar, it gave up on ying with its prey and attacked.


    Buntar fought hard but turned out to be the weaker in the battle and died in the end. But before getting killed, he forced his son out of the ruin, saving him.


    ***


    Aakesh nodded after hearing Tantar, but his expression was as indifferent as ever.


    "Store owner, I want a Despair Sparrow," Tantar directly addressed his purpose and requested.


    When Tantar told Aakesh about Buntar''s death, he didn''t want the store owner to avenge him or pity Tantar. He came here for the Despair Sparrow.


    As the Despair Sparrow yed arge role in Buntar''s breakthrough, he became very fond of it. The one owned by Buntar also died in the ruin with him.


    The Despair Sparrow forcefully summoned itself even when Buntar had no intention to do it since a Divine Being creature appearing in a fight of the Sacred Kings was no less than certain death.


    Tantar wanted revenge for both his father and the Despair Sparrow, so he wanted to buy one for him as well.


    "It depends on your luck," Aakesh replied.


    Tantar had never summoned the Despair Sparrow, and he couldn''t have it as his choice in summoning. What Buntar summoned had nothing to do with Tantar''s summoning.


    "I understand," Tantar responded. Since his father had informed him that once the store owner said something, there was no way to change it, he stopped his request.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Tantar thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the beast''s room.


    After Tantar left, Aakesh heaved a deep sigh, hoping Buntar to reincarnate and have a great next life, and closed his eyes, beginning another of his rxation session.


    When Tantar entered the room, there were already three people inside the room, so he joined the queue and began waiting for his turn.


    Several minutester, his turn finally arrived. When he saw the beasts on the nine sections, his heart fluctuated, thinking of having one of the three he liked.


    But Tantar took a deep breath and pushed the switch, only the thought of having the Despair Sparrow remained in his head.

 Chapter 1108 [BONUS] Close For The Day!

    Chapter 1108: Close for the Day!


    Tantar had an exhausted face as he pressed the switch for the thirteenth time. It was hisst summoning since the next one would cost him hundred supreme Sacred stones.


    The square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed, and five secondster, the rotation stopped and a beast appeared on the screen.


    Tantar had lost all its hope, but like a phoenix, it rose from ashes when he saw the beast on the screen. It was none other than the Despair Sparrow.


    There was a slight difference between the beast on the screen and the one his father had, but Tantar was confident that it was a Despair Sparrow.


    Not long after, the card formed and flew into his hands. At that moment, Tantar finally knew why there was a slight difference between the two beasts.


    [Name: Despair Sparrow


    Type: Beast


    Race: Sparrow


    Quality: Legendary


    Elements: Darkness


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Aura of Despair


    Details: The Despair Sparrow emits an aura of despair, causing its opponents to be overwhelmed with a sense of hopelessness and despair.


    Ability:


    Shadow Strike: The Despair Sparrow can summon a swarm of shadowy birds to attack enemies from multiple angles, overwhelming them with swift and powerful strikes.


    Shadow ws: The Despair Sparrow''s ws are imbued with darkness, allowing it to slice through its opponents, causing heavy damage.


    Shadow Cloak: The Despair Sparrow can create a cloak of shadows around itself, making it invisible and hard to detect.


    Shadow Mirror: The Despair Sparrow can turn its feathers into a mirror, reflecting the iing damage at its opponents.


    Dark Nova: The Despair Sparrow channels the power of darkness, unleashing a massive explosion, dealing massive damage to all opponents within range.


    ckout: The Despair Sparrow can extinguish all sources of light, plunging the surroundings intoplete darkness and causing its opponents to suffer from confusion.


    Card Description: The Despair Sparrow is a formidable creature. Its attribute of darkness makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Despair Sparrow.


    Price: Nine hundred ny-five supreme Sacred stones.]


    The characteristic was exclusive to the royal side of the Despair Sparrow, and hence the beast on the card had a crown on its head made of dark feathers.


    The Despair Sparrow was a small bird with pitch-ck feathers that seemed to devour light around it. Its beady eyes were a bright red color, which contrasted sharply with its feathers. Just by looking at it, others would feel sad.


    The Despair Sparrow descended from the Dark Sparrow, and it was the result of a mutation in a female Dark Sparrow.


    Several billion years ago, a Sacred Emperor level Dark Sparrow was pregnant with her child. At that time, the Dark Sparrows were at war with another Sparrow group, the Light Sparrow.


    During that war, the husband of the Dark Sparrow died fighting against the Light Sparrow. It caused such despair to the female Dark Sparrow that she went mad.


    It wasn''t long before she died, but before that, she gave birth to her child. It looked the same as other Dark Sparrows, but its bright red eyes were different, referring to the madness of its mother.


    When the child was born, whoever looked at it felt despair and helplessness. And that''s why the child became a new mutant race, termed the Despair Sparrow.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The [Aura of Despair] was a characteristic that only the direct descendants of the first Despair Sparrow had, so it became a sign of royalty, and only those sparrows had the crown.


    ***


    "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle," Tantar requested Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the card, casually nced at the beast, and then tapped twice on the storefront pattern at the back of the card.


    ***


    Sigh!


    Tantar heaved a disappointed sigh as he failed to defeat the Despair Sparrow or make it acknowledge him.


    The next moment, the card in his hands slowly faded into disappearance while Aakesh stated the amount of money he needed to pay.


    He paid an additional sum since there was also a cost for the failed taming battle.


    Tantar thanked the store owner and then left the store. He didn''t even ask about Panagea since his mindset wasn''t correct.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    When there was around an hour left before the sunset, a door appeared mid-air in the hall, waking up Autumn and Katrina.


    Autumn grew excited as Lily stood beyond the door. She stood up from her chair and waited for Lily to step out.


    Click!


    With a clicking sound, the door opened, and Lily stepped out of the room.


    When Lily saw Autumn, she didn''t recognize her due to the disguise. But soon after, a smile spread across her face as she sensed the familiar bloodline sensation from her, and seeing Katrina on the next chair made her sure of her answer. Autumn had yed arge role in her meeting Aakesh on the Conspiracy Continent, so she was grateful to her.


    Her rtionship with Katrina wasn''t that great, but since she had also trained her, she didn''t hate her.


    "Ancestor!" Autumn bowed down after Lily stepped down the stairs.


    Lily didn''t decrease her body size as she didn''t want to act like a child in front of someone who called her ancestor. She then patted Autumn''s shoulder, epting her greeting.


    "Look at how she is trying to act like an adult," Katrina suddenlymented, making Aakesh smile.


    Hmph!


    Lily scoffed in response to Katrina and then asked the system for her chair in her mind.


    Autumn and Lily then began to converse; Autumn was the one who mostly spoke, sharing her experiences.


    Time flew by, and the sunset arrived, bringing a cover of darkness above Thorr and nearby cities.


    With it, the time for the store to close also arrived.


    Aakesh went to the rooms and told the customers to leave ande tomorrow to continue their purchases. Those inside Panagea were forced out by the system after their stay hours wereplete. After they exited the room and the store, only Aakesh, Lily, Autumn, and Katrina were left inside the store.


    ***


    A/N: Thanks for the power stones!!!

 Chapter 1109 Bet!

    Chapter 1109: Bet!


    Aakesh stepped forward and closed the door, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    Autumn and Katrina were still present in the store since Aakesh and Lily were going to show their growth over these years to them.


    "Let''s go!"


    Aakeshmented, and the next moment, a white light covered all four of them. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and with it, they had also vanished.


    ***


    Katrina and Autumn looked sophisticated when they saw the selection area. Just the weapons alone were enough to blind their eyes.


    The weapons here were made from the best material avable in the Multiverse, and even Autumn and Katrina wouldn''t be able to handle their power at the fully unlocked stage.


    "Just who is your family?" Katrina asked in shock.


    She believed that whatever Aakesh was going through had to do with his family, and since they were training him, he didn''t remember anything about his past.


    "No one wants to know it more than I," Aakesh chuckled.


    Aakesh then proceeded forward at the switch. Finding the environment he needed the most at that moment, he pushed the button.


    The next moment, a space crack formed in the shape of a portal.


    "Let''s go!" Aakeshmented and then stepped inside the portal.


    Aakesh even let Lily not train today, so she was extremely excited and followed Aakesh.


    Katrina took onest look at the weapon section, sighed with helplessness, and then stepped into the portal after Autumn.


    When the teleportation wasplete, they found themselves in a vast, rocky terrain. It wasn''t uneven, as the mountains were located at regr intervals.


    It was simr to the terrain Aakesh had trained on with Autumn and Katrina in the Conspiracy Continent.


    "Let''s battle!"


    Rumble!


    Aakesh called out, and suddenly a battle stage formed out of nowhere with the same surface as the ground and with him at the center of the stage.


    The battle stage was vast, to say the least, as it spanned over one hundred and eight kilometers from one end to another on all four sides.


    Aakesh also liked battles, so he decided to be the first. As for who his opponent was out of the two, he didn''t care.


    Katrina, a battle genius like Aakesh, took the challenge and jumped on the stage, standing only a few meters away from him.


    "Let me see how much you have grown over these years," Katrinamented, and the next moment, her cultivation level dropped to intermediate Divine Transformation, the same level as Aakesh.


    Ding!


    With no source of direction, a bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. Lily and Autumn sat down on their chairs, ready to enjoy the fight.


    "Do you want to bet at what cultivation level Katrina will win against Aakesh?" Lily suddenly asked Autumn.


    Autumn liked the proposal, so she responded, "What are we betting on?"<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "If you win, I will let you meet other Epochal Felines after the battles, and if I win, you will be my servant for three years," Lily answered.


    "I agree." Autumn epted the bet, responding after a long pause.


    "Aakesh will lose to Katrina at peak Divine Transformation level," Autumn added.


    "The bet is on," Lily replied with a smile.


    ***


    Unaware of the bet between Autumn and Lily, Aakesh and Katrina readied for the battle.


    As soon as the bell rang, Aakesh pounced ahead. His speed quick enough to create afterimages.


    Katrina raised her hands and grabbed when Aakesh was close to her. The next moment, her hands passed through empty air, touching nothing.


    Suddenly, a grave sense of danger engulfed Katrina. She immediately turned to her left and saw Aakesh looking coldly at her with an energy ball in his hands.


    Even though she saw the attacking, she could do nothing to stop or dodge it due to Aakesh''s quick actions.


    BOOM!


    As the energy ball mmed into her, a loud explosion rang in the area, creating cracks on the battle stage.


    Arge dust cloud erupted, blocking the vision of everyone. When it subsided, the scene on the stage presented itself to Aakesh and the duo, who were watching the battle.


    Katrina was nowhere in sight on the battle stage, as if her existence were nothing but an illusion.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the area on the stage where cracks had appeared, and around a hundred meters away from him, a white light appeared.


    The light disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and when it left, Katrina appeared on the stage. She had a shocked expression on her face as only a second had passed in the battle, and she was already dead.


    She had a horrified expression as she looked at Aakesh, but soon it calmed down. Katrina had long known what a monster Aakesh was. Even earlier, defeating Aakesh at the same level was impossible, but it wasn''t such an overwhelming, instant victory for him. She understood that Aakesh had grown so much stronger than she had expected.


    Katrina''s cultivation dropped once again, but this time, it stopped at peak Divine Transformation.


    Katrina could already see an overwhelming victory for Aakesh at thete Divine Transformation, so she didn''t waste her time fighting at that level.


    Ding!


    The bell rang once again, announcing the start of the second battle.


    Aakesh had a calm and indifferent expression on his face, and he made his move. His hands had turned into a fist, and he punched.


    Boom!


    Katrina punched back in response. Their fists shed, resulting in an explosion.


    Aakesh stayed at the same spot, not even moving an inch, while Katrina was thrown back more than a meter, with some of her skin torn in her fist.


    Autumn had a worried expression when she saw the result of the first sh. She had bet for Katrina to win at this level.


    Autumn didn''t care about the punishment, as even without the bet, she would smilingly be subordinate to Lily; after all, she had given her her name. What she cared about was the reward if she won.


    She wasn''t like Katrina, who had no interest in her race. Autumn was the opposite, as she wanted to meet her family. She had already lived a long enough solitary life; now she wanted to live with a family.

 Chapter 1110 Battles!

    Chapter 1110: Battles!


    Katrina looked at the result of the sh in surprise, but at the same time, she attacked back.


    A red glow appeared around her hands as she mmed them into the battle stage.


    Sensing a sudden danger to his life, Aakesh jumped, and the ground beneath his feet exploded in the next moment.


    Using the force from the shockwave of the explosion, Aakesh threw himself forward, an energy ball appearing in his head.


    The situation of the first battle didn''t repeat itself, as a ck energy barrier surrounded Katrina.


    Aakesh mmed the energy ball into the barrier, not caring about his proximity to the explosion since he was immune to the damage from its shockwave.


    Boom! Crack!


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang out in the area, knocking Katrina hundreds of meters back.


    Hernding was so hard that the sound of her bones cracking rang in the area. She looked shocked but stood up and attacked, ignoring the pain.


    The bones were restoring themselves, and when Katrina reached Aakesh, there was no sign of her bone damage. Only the damage received by the energy ball stayed since it had the element of negation, slowing down the healing rate.


    Three energy balls of red, white, and ck colors respectively floated around her right hand. Aakesh didn''t let the attack hit him since it was one of the strongest attacks Katrina had.


    The next moment, he activated [Counter Shield]. The three energy balls mmed onto the invisible, transparent energy barrier around Aakesh.


    Katrina suddenly took a step back and covered herself in a ck energy barrier.


    Boom!


    The energy balls exploded as soon as they touched, and the shield around Aakesh started cracking. But before that, it reflected the attack on its creator.


    As the shockwave mmed onto the shield, it again threw Katrina backward. This time, she stabilized her posture,ndingfortably on the ground.


    But before she could think of attacking next, Aakesh appeared behind her. There were bloodstains around his upper chest as the energy barrier around her had cracked open, but it was only a minor wound and healed in no time.


    Aakesh let go of his limits and activated [Apocalyptic st].


    The space couldn''t handle the pressure of the energy ball, and it began to crack, soon its shards started raining down.


    Katrina looked horrified as she readied herself to defend, but when the energy ball left Aakesh''s hands, she already understood the result of the battle.


    The pressure from the skill finally revealed itself when Aakesh freed it from his control. The space within a range of ten meterspletely disintegrated. The battle stage was slowly disintegrating into nothingness.


    It sounded slow, but it all happened in less than one-ten-thousandth of a second. As if Katrina were a thin wooden wall blocking the firestorm, the st vaporized her existence on the battleground.


    Aakesh stood in the middle of the st, unfazed. It was as if he were an omnipotent creature. Everything around him was disappearing from its existence, while he didn''t have a slight damage.


    Lily''s mouth opened wide, and her eyes glistened like stars as she saw the scene in front of her. Aakesh looked exceptionally cool at that moment.


    Time flew by, and soon the storm of destruction stopped.


    Aakesh stood in the middle of a mile-long pit with an endless depth. His eyes were as indifferent as ever. When he saw Lily jumping on her chairs, there was finally a change in his expression, and a gentle smile spread across his face.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the damaged portion of the battle stage, and not long after, Katrina also appeared on the stage.


    "Thank ''Him'', I didn''t make an enemy of you," Katrina honestlymented after her revival.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh''s growth rate had be even more exaggerated in her eyes. She even thought that his growth rate would increase with his increased strength rather than slow down.


    Katrina couldn''t help but imagine the chaos Aakesh would cause one day in the Multiverse, and her lips curved up in a sly grin.


    She took a step forward and appeared next to Aakesh.


    "When you be the strongest, marry me," Katrina grabbed Aakesh''s hands and seductively whispered in his ears.


    Aakesh''s gentle smile froze on his face as he turned his head around, and his lips almost touched hers.


    "Don''t be in such a hurry," Katrina suddenly let go of Aakesh andmented as if he were the one taking advantage of her.


    Lily''s eyes turned cruel when she saw the scene ying on the stage. Autumn suddenly felt a chill breeze. She turned around, and a wry smile appeared on her face when she saw Lily''s puffed-up cheeks in anger and her cold eyes.


    ***


    "You have made me proud," Katrinamented, seeing Aakesh in no mood to continue the joke.


    "You are truly the one," She further added as her cultivation level dropped to early Divine Being.


    "Let''s begin!"


    Ding!


    The bell rang after Katrina''sment.


    Since from this battle, the challenge would truly begin, Aakesh readied himself to face whatever came.


    Katrina was a cruel character, and Aakesh knew that. Losing to him despite having higher cultivation must have taken a toll on her, so she would use more than she would have usually used in the battle to win.


    Katrina pounced before the sound of the bell had even reached the ears of Lily and Autumn. There were five energy balls of different colors around her right hand while her eyes were cold.


    Aakesh activated [Counter Shield] and prepared to counterattack immediately.


    Boom!


    The sound of explosion rang as the energy balls shed with the invisible, transparent energy barrier.


    The shield immediately reflected the attack. Katrina''s expression was unfazed as her hands tore through the attack.


    There was a ck glow around her hands, and she swiped them at Aakesh.


    Aakesh was no longer there as he appeared behind Katrina and punched, aiming to cause a severe injury.


    Katrina seemed to have grown extremely powerful at that cultivation, as she immediately stopped her attack and skillfully attacked Aakesh to defend against his punch.


    Boom!


    The sh created a sound boom, knocking both parties backward. Aakesh stabilizing his footing, charged forward, a group of energy balls around him.


    ***


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 Chapter 1111 Plans!

    Chapter 1111: ns!


    Aakesh charged forward with several energy balls around him. Katrina was ready to defend and attack as her horns began to glow and a ck energy barrier appeared around her.


    BOOM!


    A loud explosion rang in the area as a dreamy beam originated from the spot between the horns and shed with the energy balls.


    Aakesh immediately covered himself with [Counter Shield]. The next moment, the resulting shockwave from the explosion engulfed both opponents.


    The shields around Aakesh and Katrina were nothing more than a paper shield in front of the shockwave, and it crashed immediately. Aakesh and Katrina were knocked back at the edge of the battle stage.


    It took a lot of effort from the twobatants to stop themselves since getting out of the battle stage meant a loss.


    Time flew by, and the battle continued between the two for several minutes.


    "I guess I am not bad either," Katrinamented and jumped. Energy balls of different colors appeared around her and bombarded the injured Aakesh on the ground.


    Boom! Boom!


    Aakesh activated [Counter Shield], and the next moment, an invisible, transparent energy barrier appeared around Aakesh.


    Boom! Boom!


    The energy balls bombarded the shield one after another. Whatever it could reflect, it attacked, but soon it cracked and made Aakesh defenseless, facing the explosions directly.


    A red energy ball hit Aakesh''s head, and the next moment, it exploded.


    Thud!


    Aakesh crashed to the ground with half his face vaporized from the attack.


    Katrina gasped for breath as she descended to the ground. There was a wide smile spread across her face as she finally defeated Aakesh. It was at a higher cultivation level than him, but if it were another early Divine Being, the result would have been different.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the entire battle stage since this battle was too destructive, and there were cracks and deep pits all over the stage.


    At the same time, a green light covered Aakesh. When the light disappeared, Aakesh returned to his perfect condition.


    "Great battle!" Katrinamented, and she appeared in the seating area. There were only two chairs there.


    Katrina found Lily looking at her with various expressions in her eyes. If eyes could kill, Katrina would have died countless times in that span.


    "You are next," Katrina ignored Lily and told Autumn.


    Autumn nodded and was ready to open her mouth when Lily stopped her.


    "I want to fight you."


    Lily stared at Katrina and issued the challenge after a long re.


    "I will pass," A sly grin spread across Katrina''s face, and she responded.


    Time flew by, and one battle after another passed.


    Autumn failed to defeat Aakesh at the early Divine Being level like Katrina, but at the intermediate Divine Being cultivation level, she handsomely won the fight.


    The battle between Katrina and Lily was the most interesting since Lily seeded in defeating Katrina at thete Divine Transformation level, the same level as her.


    Even though Lily faced defeat against peak Divine Transformation Katrina, she didn''t forget to chide Katrina for losing at the same cultivation level.


    The battle between Autumn and Lily was boring since both sides kept their hands gentle, not thinking of harming the other party. Lily still won in the end, and she lost to Autumn when her cultivation was the early Divine Being.


    At that time, more than an hour had passed since the four of them came here.


    Since the battle was over, Aakesh requested the system, and the next moment, they returned to the selection area.


    Aakesh then summoned the chairs, and he and Lily began to discuss their experiences with Autumn and Katrina joining them.


    Lily didn''t hide her enmity with Katrina, and Katrina simrly didn''t let go of a chance to mock Lily.


    In the end, the traditional discussion came to an end.


    All four of them were going to return to the store when Lily suddenly stopped and asked Autumn, "Do you want to meet other Epochal Felines?"


    "But I lost the bet," Autumn responded, surprised by Lily''s question.


    "Forget about the bet; do you want to meet them?" Lily asked.


    Aakesh had a smile on his face as he saw the interaction between the two. Lily was younger than Autumn, but Autumn treating her as an ancestor led to Lily sincerely treating Autumn as her descendant.


    Autumn responded with a confident "yes," as she had anticipated this very moment ever since she first learned of the existence of other Epochal Felines.


    Lily smiled and then looked at Aakesh, hoping for him to allow her to take Autumn to the training environment.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh gently smiled and then nodded while ruffling her fur. Lily tried to fight back against it, but her eyes told a different story.


    After getting permission from Aakesh, she grabbed Autumn and took her to the selection switch.


    Lily was going to switch when she suddenly heard what Katrina said.


    "It looks like only the two of us are left!"


    Lily stopped and turned her head, ring at Katrina.


    ***


    After Lily and Autumn went to meet other Epochal Felines, Aakesh and Katrina returned to the store''s hall.


    "What ns do you have for the future?" Aakesh asked since he wasn''t going to let Katrina and Autumn stay in the store.


    "Why are you in such a hurry to throw us out?" Katrina asked as a pained expression appeared on her face.


    Aakesh''s expression remained the same, already ustomed to her personality.


    "Autumn is clearly not going to leave your daughter alone, so I guess I will have to ask her before making any decisions," Katrina stated after seeing Aakesh in no mood to continue the joke.


    Katrina and Autumn had now be best friends, so Katrina had no interest in leaving Autumn alone. After learning about Kindeva''s status in Hell, she had ns to travel there, but it waster in the future.


    Aakesh didn''t ask anything else and only cleared some doubts Katrina had about the meeting between him and Vritrasura.


    Time flew by, and around half an hourter, Lily and Autumn returned to the store''s hall.


    Autumn had an over-the-moon expression as her long goal of meeting her kin was realized today.


    "You are still here," Lilymented when she saw Katrina sitting on the chair and looking at her with a yful expression.


    "Yes, I was asking what qualities I need to impress my future daughter," Katrina replied with augh.


    Hiss!


    Lily''s good mood went to dump, and she hissed at Katrina.


    "Don''t make such jokes with her," Aakesh chided Katrina, bringing a smile to Lily''s face.


    ***


    "What do we do now that you have met your ancestor?" Katrina asked Autumn after the banter between Lily and her came to an end.


    Autumn didn''t immediately respond but looked at Lily. Then after a long pause, she answered, "I lost the bet to ancestor. I need to be her subordinate for a hundred years."


    "So, does that mean you are not going to leave her for the next hundred years?"


    "Yes, I willplete the conditions of the bet," Autumn stated. Even though the bet only had a punishment of three years, for what Lily did despite winning the wager, she increased the punishment to one hundred years.


    "I will meet you in Hell after a hundred years," Autumn added since she had noticed the expressions on Katrina''s face when she found out about Kindevas in Hell.


    "So you want me-"


    "I know you want to stay together like the past year, but I can''t allow me to stop you from doing what you most want at the moment," Autumn cut Katrina''s sentence midway and stated.


    "I don''t want to hear what you feel. Since you will stay for a hundred years, I will stay here with you," Katrina had a miffed expression as she responded.


    "Let''s go and find a ce for us to stay," Katrina announced, then looked at Aakesh and the gate.


    Aakesh nodded and opened the gate, shocking the people on the street. After sunset, the doors remained closed.


    Favan, who had rented a nearby building as both his store and residence near the store, looked surprised as he was tending to a customer.


    Then he understood as he saw twodiesing out of the store. He became curious about their identity since he had learned from his friend that these two received the privilege of sitting on a chair.


    Favan then left his customers and fawningly approached the twodies of unknown race. Favan knew he was taking a risk by approaching them, but he felt if he had good rtions with the twodies, there would only be benefits.


    "May I humbly inquire as to your request, esteemeddies?" Favan inquired, his tone courteous and respectful.


    A smile spread across Katrina''s face when she saw Favan''s face. It didn''t take her any time to understand that the stranger''s words were because of theiring out of the store at this hour.


    ***


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 Chapter 1112 Bloodline Projection!

    Chapter 1112: Bloodline Projection!


    After Katrina and Autumn left the store, Aakesh closed the doors, ignoring the interaction between Favan and them.


    Lily summoned the door, as it was time for her to enter Pangea, and she had already been out for a long time.


    Click!


    With a clicking sound, the door closed after Lily entered the room.


    Aakesh''s smile disappeared, and his expression turned indifferent as he proceeded toward the portal room.


    As usual, after entering the room, his eyes fell on the leaderboards for the customers in the Sacred Dimension and those from the Primal Dimension.


    After entering Panagea in the store, Maria regained her spot as the highest-level adventurer on the leaderboard. There was a wide gap of twenty levels between the first and second ranks.


    Aakesh then moved his eyes away since there had been no major changes in the rankings of the adventurers in the past few weeks.


    Aakesh then stepped forward and touched the nearest portal with just the tip of his right index finger. The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything he could fight against appeared and sucked him inside the familiar world of Panagea.


    After the suction, Aakesh found himself at the same spot he had left yesterday.


    During the past year, Aakesh had been continuous in his pursuits, so he had gained a few levels.


    Several months ago, Aakesh found himself near an interesting phenomenon, so he asked Lily whether he could postpone his arrival time.


    Lily had epted it and even decided to join him. Aakesh had no problem with it since this way he would spend several hours with Lily rather than only a few hours.


    The impressive phenomenon that dyed Aakesh''s journey was the quest he received after killing a Level 302 creature.


    The beast was from the race Disantis, now an extinct demonic race from the Multiverse. When Disantis'' members were alive, the race ruled the Demon group with their overwhelming strength.


    It all changed with the birth of a powerful cultivator, now the ruler of the strongest race in the Demon group.


    They might have be extinct in the Multiverse, but they were alive and well inside Panagea.


    When Aakesh killed the Level 302 Disantis members, he found himself cursed by an invisible, powerful force.


    That curse generated a quest for him and showed the way to remove it, or he would be a runaway cultivator, hiding from the Disantis or their subordinate races.


    Disantis had a Level 950 creature as its ruler, so Aakesh took the quest seriously. The system wouldn''t help him inside Panagea.


    Also, the quest was too good for him to miss, as it rewarded him a gain of five levels.


    The quest wanted him to find one of the settlements of the Disantis race members. The settlement was extraordinary since there was a peak divine grade item hidden in the ground where the settlement was located.


    The quest wanted him to eliminate the members of the settlement and find the item. There was a warning associated with the quest that the item was valuable, and Aakesh needed to leave it there for its inheritor.


    If he took the item with him anywhere outside the range of 100 meters from the location where it would be found, there would be a punishment, executing him every time, till his level had reduced to zero.


    Even without the item, the quest was desirable to Aakesh, as it awarded him five levels. There were also other awards, as everything other than the required item was his.


    Aakesh had be curious about what could cause the situation to turn out like this, so he decided to y along with it and asked Lily to postpone his arrival time.


    Lilyter joined him, and after a search of several months, they finally found the bunker.


    Lily then left as a problem urred in her territory, demanding her attention. She had no interest in leaving, but Aakesh pressured her to. He knew just how emotionally attached Lily was to her territory, and he didn''t want to see her like she was after the death of her wolf friend.


    After months of persistence, Aakesh finally reached thest step of the quest. He killed everyone in the settlement around a month ago, and since then, he had been searching for the location of the item.


    Aakesh thought that Disantis had some knowledge about the item, and that''s why they had stationed several of their Level 300 race members. Butter, he found that they knew nothing about the item. In fact, the members stationed here were rebels from the Disantis, so instead of bing enemies with the race, he helped them by eliminating some of their rebel camps.


    ***


    "I have finally found you," Aakeshmented as he reached the location where the item was buried.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh took the shovel he had found in the settlement from his space ring. With the shovel in hand, Aakesh began to dig into the earth. As soon as he broke through the topsoil, a sudden, intense pressure erupted from the ground, attacking him with intense force.


    Aakesh seemed unfazed by that kind of pressure as his movements remained as free as usual and he continued to dig. As the shovel went deeper, the pressure intensity grew proportionately.


    When Aakesh had dug around thirty meters, the pressure attacking him finally had some sess. His movements slowed down, but he continued.


    When Aakesh was at the fifty-meter range, the pressure had grown so intense that even forcing the shovel down was a tough nut to crack.


    Aakesh''s movements had slowed down, but he didn''t stop. Time flew by, and seven hours had passed since Aakesh reached the fifty-meter range.


    It took him around an hour to reach that level, but in seven hours, he only dug three meters.


    ng! Boom!


    Aakesh''s veins had popped out as he pushed the shovel in. The next moment, it hit a barrier. Aakesh suddenly sensed an extreme danger to his life, so he activated the several defensive skills he had and covered himself with a thick energy barrier.


    As the explosion rang, the soil beneath Aakesh''s feet disappeared, and he began to sink at a dangerous rate.


    In only a few seconds, Aakesh had traveled an uncontrolled descent of several thousand miles.


    Even the shields around him had begun to crack as the pressure around him continued to grow. There wasn''t a single vein in his body that hadn''t popped out and was on the verge of exploding.


    Aakesh gritted his teeth and tried to control his descent. Aakesh received failure as a result since the descent only grew quicker. It was as if there was a ck hole attempting to suck him inside.


    Aakesh''s thoughts turned out to be correct, as Aakesh finally saw a light after a long, uncontrolled descent of around three million miles. At that moment, several of his body parts had exploded while others were on the verge of exploding.


    When Aakesh saw the light, the pressure reached its peak; his heart reached its limit and was on the verge of exploding.


    Aakesh had no interest in dying this way and failing all his efforts over the past months, so he released everything he could and fell unconscious.


    When he had reached his limit, Aakesh released whatever strength his bloodline had. His already tired body couldn''t handle that kind of energy rush, and he fell unconscious while the projection of a never-ending being appeared. The figure in the projection wasn''t clear but was extremely blurry.


    As the being in the projection looked at the gigantic ck hole, it exploded, engulfing Aakesh in its midst.


    Aakesh''s injuries had begun to heal at a rapid rate, and in no time, he looked as good as ever. His consciousness began to return, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself fine with no signs of injury while he was in and made of nothing but dreamy light.


    Aakesh had a confused expression on his face as he didn''t understand what just happened. Thest he remembered, he released whatever energy his bloodline was, and the next memory was of him here.


    "Hey, system, what just happened?" Aakesh couldn''t help but ask the system since he had a feeling that he had achieved something wondrous.


    [Host, you unlocked the bloodline projection!]


    The system''s voice rang in his ears, surprising Aakesh.


    Aakesh knew what the bloodline projection meant, so he tried to do it again, only to find he was unable to do it.


    [Host, your body isn''t able to bear that kind of energy rush!]


    The system took the initiative and exined before Aakesh would ask any question.


    Aakesh nodded and thought of making his doubts about this stage clearter with the system since he was in an unknown area, and anything could happen here.


    ***


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 Chapter 1113 Search!

    Chapter 1113: Search!


    Aakesh was currently standing in an unknown area, so he decided to ask the system about his bloodline projection stageter and focused on what was ahead of him.


    As far as his eyes could see, Aakesh only saw a dreamy light made of all existing shades. There was not a single living or non-living thing around him. Only he and the surface made of light were there.


    Aakesh took a deep breath and stepped forward, hoping not to fall like thest time.


    The next moment, he found the surface beneath him stable, so Aakesh continued walking.


    When Aakesh took the one hundred and eighth step, there were finally changes around him. The dreamy light began to recede at a rapid rate around him.


    A few secondster, Aakesh found himself inplete darkness, with even his other senses not able to work. Aakesh had already be ustomed to that state since he had trained in these circumstances in his early training years.


    Aakesh stood there silent, not trusting himself to make any movement since he had also lost his source of direction.


    Time flew by, and after what felt like an eternity, Aakesh suddenly turned around, or at least that is what he attempted to do, and shed with his sword.


    Aakesh couldn''t be sure if that were what he did or if he even seeded in taking the sword out of his space ring, but trusting his intuition, he continued the steps. The next moment, the sh struck the creature, but Aakesh didn''t feel it.


    Argh!


    A painful cry rang not long after, but Aakesh didn''t hear it. The ugly, terrifying creature in the darkness had a deep gash spread across its chest.


    Its eyes turned brutal when they again saw Aakesh. It didn''t believe the stranger would seed again, so it fluttered its wings and silently flew toward Aakesh. Its sharp ws were poised to rip off his head.


    Aakesh felt the same danger again, but this time it wasing from above him.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately act but waited for the danger to reach its peak state. It wasn''t long before Aakesh took action. Hemitted what he believed to be piercing with the sword in his hands.


    The next moment, the sword went through the pincers and then the head, crushing the creature''s brain.


    Aakesh''s senses began to return, and soon he found a creature and its blood about to fall on him.


    Aakesh immediately moved away, not daring to let his dhoti get dirty.


    Soon, all his senses had returned, and the darkness around him had disappeared. Aakesh was back on the path made of dreamy light.


    Aakesh turned around to look at the creature but didn''t find it there. Instead of the corpse, there was a red rock the size of an almond.


    Aakesh felt his body bing hungry as soon as he saw the rock, shocking him. Aakesh had unlimited endurance, so his body never got tired and was always full of energy, so feeling hungry was impossible for someone like him.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh bent down and picked the item up, and when he saw the pattern on the stone, he understood what had caused him to feel hungry. To be precise, it wasn''t he who felt hungry; it was his blood that desired the stone.


    The stone was an ordinary item, but the pattern on it was an array that helped in the growth of the purity of the bloodline. Aakesh already had a bloodline of 100% purity, so it held no value for him, but the desire to eat was instinctive.


    Aakesh''s hunger soon disappeared as he forcefully pushed it down. Aakesh knew that it was he who was the master, not his blood, so he couldn''t let it dictate things.


    Still, the stone was valuable and could sell for a lot, so Aakesh ced it in the space ring and continued his journey.


    This time, nothing strange happened for a while, and Aakesh traveled a distance of several miles in only a few seconds.


    The street was straight, but after Aakesh crossed the mark of eleven miles, he found a turn. As everything was simr, Aakesh only found it when he reached the edge.


    Aakesh now had two ways he could choose from. He didn''t waste much of his time, and continued with the straight road, trusting his intuition.


    Time flew by, and after several challenges, Aakesh finally reached the end of the road. There was nothing but a dark wall blocking his way from going forward.


    Aakesh sensed a grave danger when he thought of tearing the wall down and going ahead, so he didn''t act immediately and tried to find anything different than the usual around him.


    It was like finding a tiny needle in a haystack of several miles since everything, wherever Aakesh looked, was simr in appearance. It was all dreamy light.


    Aakesh knew that it wasn''t going to be easy, so he continued searching for a way, and after around an hour, he finally found the first different thing.


    Aakesh felt there were more, so he continued, and around five hourster, he had found one hundred and eight different patterns not conforming to the structure.


    When the patterns were alone, Aakesh didn''t understand what they meant, as it was something he had never seen. So Aakesh doubted that these were small strokes of a full pattern, giving him the motivation to search more.


    And when Aakesh finally found the one hundred and eighth pattern, his doubts turned out to be correct.


    The sequence of finding the strokes wasn''t correct, but the vast knowledge stored in Aakesh''s memory was such that it didn''t take him any time to follow the correct sequence andplete the pattern.


    When the pattern wasplete, the dark wall ahead of him had cracks spread across it, and from the gaps, the same dreamy light began to glow out.


    Aakesh, hoping not to find the identical path made of dreamy light ahead of him, silently waited for the wall to disintegrate.


    The process was slow, but as it continued, the image ahead of him became clear.


    When it ended, the wall hadn''t cracked open or disintegrated, but a pattern had formed on the wall made up of random strokes. Aakesh understood his task and stepped forward.

 Chapter 1114 Confirmed Suspicion!

    Chapter 1114: Confirmed Suspicion!


    The pattern was incorrect, and Aakesh needed to assign the strokes in the correct way toplete the font.


    Aakesh already had an idea of what item was ahead of him, and he was disappointed in not being able to take it out for himself.


    Time flew by, and soon Aakesh assigned the strokes sequentially, forming theplete pattern.


    A sudden glow erupted, forcing Aakesh to close his eyes. When he opened them, Aakesh found himself in a different area with arge pce in front of him.


    The pce stretched out before Aakesh like an endless expanse of stars. Even from the entrance gate, he could feel the majesty of the structure standing in front of him, making him look as tiny as an ant.


    The door was closed, and Aakesh was fully confident that he didn''t have enough strength to budge the gate, let alone push it open. But Aakesh didn''t worry, as he already knew how to open it.


    There was an emptypartment in the middle of the gate. There was a brush, and ink made of an extremely valuable substance was ced inside it.


    The pattern Aakesh found andpleted in the dreamy path and the design Aakeshpleted on the dark wall werepatible with each other. When they would getbined, a new pattern would take form, and Aakesh needed to make that on thepartment.


    Aakesh couldn''t fly, as only beings above Level 500 could fly inside Panagea. But Aakesh had an item with him that could help him float up, so he took it out and equipped himself.


    The next moment, a pair of silver mechanical wings fluttered, and Aakesh flew up at a rapid rate. As Aakesh went higher, the pressure on him grew.


    The pressure was the mechanism to stop anyone from flying into the pce, but since Aakesh''s destination was thepartment, it was in a bearable range.


    After a few minutes, and covering a distance of seven hundred miles, Aakesh reached thepartment.


    Thepartment wasrger than the current space inside the store, so Aakesh ced the wings back in his space ring since it was an expensive item, and he found it after a lot of searches.


    The brush was at least five times the size of Aakesh, while the ink bottle was evenrger, showing that whoever nned all of this didn''t expect someone of Aakesh''s stature toplete the process.


    Aakesh went ahead and picked up the brush. Every strand of the brush was made of stars, so its weight was unimaginably heavy. Aakesh''s veins had popped out, but he seeded in picking it up, and after a few seconds, he became ustomed to the weight. The veins became normal.


    The scene looked weird as Aakesh had an item several timesrger than him in his hands.


    After his body got ustomed to the weight, there were no issues. Then Aakesh jumped on top of the ink bottle and dipped the brush into the liquid.


    The weight of the brush suddenly grew to a dangerous level, almost falling out of Aakesh''s hands.


    Aakesh kept dipping the brush and picking it up, and after he felt his body had grown ustomed to the weight, he stopped. While painting the pattern, Aakesh couldn''t make any mistakes, so he made sure that his body would be able to handle the weight and not make any mistakes while painting the strokes.


    Since his body had now grown ustomed to the weight of the brush filled with blue ink, he was ready. Aakesh dipped the brush in ink and raised it to draw the pattern.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    As he drew the first stroke, the ink on the brush had dried out. There were more than seven hundred strokes in thebined pattern, so just dipping the brush in ink and taking it out was a heavily tiring task. Fortunately for Aakesh, he had unlimited endurance and couldn''t get tired.


    Time flew by, and it took around an hour toplete six hundred of the seven hundred and eight strokes. Aakesh then noticed a strange phenomenon; when he dipped the brush in ink and picked it out, he found the weight had slightly increased.


    It wasn''t an issuepared to the overall weight, but Aakesh understood that the task was going to be even more challenging.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh''s rate of drawing the strokes slowed down. When Aakesh reached the six hundred and ny-seventh stroke, he took several seconds just to pick up the brush.


    There was also another issue; if left for more than five seconds, the strokes drawn started to fade randomly.


    Aakesh took it as his exercise as he slowly ustomed himself to the weight and continued drawing the pattern. He had to draw several strokes twice or more, but he was calm andposed, not losing his concentration.


    Aakesh finally reached the seven hundred and eight strokes,pleting the pattern.


    The next moment, the pattern glowed out, and the light engulfed Aakesh. When the light disappeared, neither Aakesh nor the pattern was there. The ink bottle had reached the same quantity it had before Aakesh began, while the brush looked as if it had never been dipped in ink.


    ***


    When the light returned to Aakesh''s eyes, he found himself inside the pce, with the gigantic gate behind him. It was still closed.


    Aakesh had seen many majestic structures, but the pce in front of him stood out. Aakesh rarely felt awed by things, and the pce was one such thing.


    The pce before him was both breathtaking and intimidating. Its towering walls seemed to stretch endlessly as if they wanted to touch the Devas. The sheer size of it was enough to make Aakesh feel humble.


    There were endless, intricate carvings etched onto the wall, sharing the story of the Emperor who once lived there. The pce wasn''t a ruin; it was the living ce of the Emperor, the Emperor who won the battle of the ten Emperors, the Mighty Sudas.


    The patterns Aakesh drew meant creation and destruction, respectively. When both patterns werebined, they formed a new letter, representing rebirth.


    As it was the pce of an Emperor, it radiated power from every inch of its endless structure.


    [Host, the time for your meditation is about to arrive!]


    ***


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 Chapter 1115 Questions!

    Chapter 1115: Questions!


    [Host, the time for your meditation is about to arrive!]


    As Aakesh stared at the magnificent structure towering over him, the system''s emotionless, mechanical voice rang in his head.


    Aakesh nodded and then disappeared from Panagea. The next moment, he appeared in the store''s hall.


    Aakesh had already reached the building, so there was no hurry for Aakesh to break the timetable set by him.


    After appearing in the store, Aakesh didn''t immediately sit down, beginning his meditation. Earlier in Panagea, Aakesh had unlocked a new level of power and had countless questions regarding it.


    Aakesh knew about the bloodline projection state since he had heard about many popr creatures in the Multiverse.


    The Bloodline Projection was the second stage in the bloodline evolution, and its activation meant the awakening of the bloodline. There was another step above it, called Bloodline Incarnation, and there were very few creatures able to reach the stage other than the Devas, and irrespectively of the race, the beings at the third and final stage were overlords of the third dimension.


    In the Sacred Dimension, there was no creature with enough bloodline strength to activate the stage. In fact, the eleven Void Beasts were the only creatures in the Sacred Dimension to reach the Bloodline Projection state.


    Despite knowing everything about the state, Aakesh was like a curious child at that moment and asked his first question, "Hey, system, what strength do I require to unlock the state before dying?"


    Aakesh''s strength in Panagea was higher than what he had in reality, so since Aakesh wasn''t strong enough to unlock the state, there was no way for him to do it in reality.


    [Host, the Sacred King is the least cultivation you need to activate the Bloodline Projection for one-millionth of a second. Topletely control it, you need to reach @#!##$!$!!# level.]


    The system''s voice rang in the store, informing Aakesh. He didn''t seem surprised at first, but when he heard the second sentence, his eyes almost popped out.


    The cultivation level required for him to control the Bloodline Projection state was the peak cultivation of the third dimension.


    "Hey, system, can you show me the scene of the projection?" Aakesh requested after getting answers to some of his questions.


    [Host, you can''t bear it!]


    The system''s response rang in his head. Just the mere presence of the projection turned the gigantic ck hole into nothing, so Aakesh stood no chance against it.


    Aakesh could take the help of the system to protect him, but his authority wasn''t high enough to protect him from himself since the system was there to serve the real him.


    Aakesh understood, but he still wanted to watch the scene, so he requested the system show him the dimmed version of the projection.


    The next moment, an even blurrier scene than what it had looked during Aakesh''s activating the state appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh only took a nce, and his eyes exploded. The system immediately acted, and the scene disappeared.


    Aakesh''s eyes began to restore themselves, and in no time, Aakesh was the same as ever. A smile spread across his face since he was satisfied with what he saw.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Even without the dimmer version, the projection was too blurry to see the enormous, endless creature in it, so Aakesh didn''t feel anything about it. Why Aakesh smiled was because of the sense of familiarity.


    Aakesh had never felt that feeling before. Even though Lily had half his bloodline, even then he didn''t feel that sense of familiarity with her. With her, it was more like a rtionship between a descendant and an ancestor. But with the projection, he felt as if he was seeing himself.


    The Bloodline Projection state wasn''t the same creature, but it was the ancestor who had the purest bloodline. If Lily activated the state, she would still see the same projection as what Aakesh saw.


    "Does it mean I have no ancestor and I am the first of my race, or does it mean that there is no one with more pure bloodline than me?" Aakesh couldn''t help but mumble.


    [Host, keeppleting the quests, and you will one day find who you are!]


    The system took the initiative and told Aakesh as if it was consoling him, but since there was no emotion in the voice, it felt like a statement.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the system''s statement and stopped thinking about the projection.


    "Hey, system, how far am I frompleting the requirements established for the second store upgrade quest?" Aakesh asked the system since the best way to improve his authority was to upgrade the store and his level.


    Aakesh wanted to experience the projection again, but he didn''t have the masochistic personality to see it when his eyes would explode every time.


    The system couldn''t reveal the requirements, but it could tell Aakesh how close he was or how far he was frompleting the requirements, so Aakesh''s question was not breaking any rules.


    [Host, you are at thest set of requirements!]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation in response since he was close to unlocking the store upgrade quest.


    Aakesh then didn''t ask any questions and summoned his mat from the system.


    The mat appeared on the floor, and Aakesh sat down in a meditative pose with his left leg on his right thigh, his right leg on his left thigh, and his hands on the knees. While a purer, lesser Sacred stone was floating an inch above the area between his eyebrows in mid-air.


    His body automatically began to absorb energy from the stone, so he closed his eyes and began the meditation.


    Around an hourter, the stone had exhausted all its energy, so it disintegrated into nothingness. Aakesh didn''t open his eyes and took another purer, lesser Sacred stone out from the pouch and returned to the meditation, cing it in its ce.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    [Host, the sun is about to arrive on Thorr and nearby cities!]


    Aakesh was meditating when the system''s emotionless, mechanical alert rang in his ears.


    Aakesh opened his eyes, ced the stone back in the pouch, and stood up. The meditative mat disappeared from the store''s hall, waiting for him to request it again.

 Chapter 1116 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 1116: A New Day for the Store(1)


    As the sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, the First Store opened its door.


    When Aakesh opened the door, as usual, he saw arge crowd of customers waiting outside the store. He could see waves of smiles appearing on everyone''s faces in the crowd.


    Aakesh didn''t let them wait any longer outside, so he turned around and returned to the chair while the customers thronged inside the store like an uncontroble tide.


    There were more than two thousand people in the group, so after they entered, the street turned empty while the store had some of its areas filled.


    There were 3148 virtual portals inside the store, but there were only 2781 customers, so there was no need for the golden light to surround them. Yesterday, there were only 2236 customers after the store''s opening, so there was clearly a rise in the number of customers for Panagea.


    Those who had any of the three store cards directly went toward the portal room, while those who didn''t have any formed a queue in front of Aakesh.


    Maria, standing in the first spot, was an exception since she joined the line even though she had the Higher Store Card.


    "Hello, senior!" Maria respectfully greeted Aakesh with a bow upon reaching him.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her greetings. She then didn''t say anything and left the queue, walking toward the portal room.


    Maria had greeted Aakesh every day inside the store since her second day inside the store, and she wasn''t going to break it today as well.


    ***


    Yesterday in Thorr City,


    Maria came to the store with Katrina and Autumn, but after her Panagea stay was over, she saw Katrina and Autumn seated on chairs and sleeping at that time.


    Maria was jealous seeing Katrina rxedly sleeping on a chair near Aakesh, but she understood there was a difference between them. She didn''t know what kind of rtionship Aakesh had with Katrina, but she was confident that it was nothing romantic, and that was enough for her to live in peace with it.


    Now that Maria hade here and had enough wealth to continue her stay in Panagea, and there was an additional product, she decided to give it a try.


    She didn''t disturb Aakesh and went toward the beast''s room. Maria also needed to buy cultivation art but decided to do it after the beast purchase.


    The Beast Summoner Device appeared in the store after her ascension, so she was seeing the pir for the first time.


    When she entered the room, there were already a few people in line, waiting for their turn. She silently joined it and waited.


    After several minutes, it was finally her turn. On the screen in front of her, there were nine sections, and each disyed a beast.


    Maria was surprised to see her recognize all nine of them since she had seen them in her territory in Panagea.


    Maria then thought of Aakesh, took a deep breath, and pushed the switch.


    The square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed, and soon after five seconds, it stopped while a beautiful and familiar beast appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into her hands. Maria focused on it, not daring to miss a single detail.


    [Name: Sky Owl


    Type: Beast


    Race: Owl<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Quality: Supreme


    Elements: Air


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Divine Insight


    Details: The Sky Owl can perceive and understand the essence of all things. It can see through illusions, predict enemy movements, and even read the thoughts of others.


    Ability:


    Winged Strike: The Sky Owl can deliver a powerful aerial strike, using its wings to generate a shockwave that deals damage to enemies in a wide area.


    Gale Force: The Sky Owl can summon a powerful gust of wind, pushing back enemies and disrupting their movements.


    Feather Flurry: The Sky Owl can unleash a flurry of feathers, blinding and disorienting enemies.


    Air Shield: The Sky Owl can create a shield of swirling winds, blocking attacks and deflecting projectiles.


    Card Description: The Sky Owl is a formidable creature. Its attribute of air makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Sky Owl.


    Price: Seven thousand five hundred fifty higher Sacred stones.]


    The illustration of the Sky Owl was there on the top half of the card. It was a magnificent creature with soft, fluffy feathers of white and blue, simr to the clouds and sky. Itsrge eyes were bright gold, glowing with inner light, and full of curiosity. Its wings were expansive, covered in shiny blue-green feathers that shimmered in the light.


    Maria recognized the beast since it was one of the most popr creatures in her territory, and she even wanted one as her pet. Unfortunately for her, her level wasn''t high enough to make the settlement her tributary and tame the Sky Owls, but now she had a chance to make it happen.


    Her desire to own one as a pet and its characteristic [Divine Insight] helped Maria make her decision. And also, she had gotten the pet after imagining Aakesh, so there couldn''t be anything wrong with it.


    Since things were like this, she turned around and left the room.


    ***


    Maria seeded in defeating the Sky Owl in the taming battle, and afterpleting the remaining steps, she became its owner. After that, she went to the cultivation arts room and bought one Lesser grade art that supported the elements she had learned in the Primal Dimension.


    When shepleted the sale, there was nothing left in the store for her. Her cultivation was only an early Divine Transformation, so her strength wasn''t something that gave her confidence outside the store.


    The only thing going on for her was enough wealth stored in the card. Since things were like this, Maria decided to follow things as she had done in the Primal Dimension.


    After leaving the store, she bought herself a residence in a nearby building from the store.


    ***


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 Chapter 1117 A New Day For The Store(2)

    Chapter 1117: A New Day for the Store(2)


    All customers who didn''t own any of the three cards paid for their stay in Panagea, depending on their hourly stay, and left for the portal room.


    Soon, only Aakesh was left alone inside the store''s hall. Not even a minute had passed since Aakesh closed his eyes and the sound of footsteps rang in his ears.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction, only to find familiar faces entering the store.


    They were two people, and they were none other than Katrina and Autumn.


    Autumn was in disguise as a humanoid white-skinned creature, while Katrina looked like her original appearance. Katrina had a grin on her face while Autumn looked calm.


    "It seems you have too many devoted fans," Katrinamented as soon as she stepped inside the store.


    Yesterday, after leaving the store, they met Favan. To impress Aakesh, Favan requested that she and Autumn stay at his residence.


    There were only two rooms on the first floor above the store he operated, so he had to give up both of them. But since Katrina and Autumn were Aakesh''s friends, he was more than willing to stay in the store ufortably.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to Katrina''sment since these were fans of the store''s products.


    "Now introduce us to the store''s products," Katrina asked. Seeing Aakesh''s silent response to herment, she stopped whatever she had nned.


    Katrina and Autumn already knew about the store''s products since they were there yesterday when Aakesh was introducing them to Maria.


    "The store currently has five products. They are pills, weapons, cultivation arts, beasts, and Panagea.


    There are two grades of pills currently avable in the store, lesser and higher. For both grades, the store has twenty types of pills avable. They are:


    ¡­


    Panagea is the name of a virtual world that customers get transported to. They will start from zero, and there will be many adventures. Panagea is a vast world¡­" Aakesh concluded the introduction of all five store products.


    "Wow!" Katrina eximed in awe; her mouth and eyes widening.


    "Store owner, how can you own so many products of such value despite being so weak?" Katrina asked, her eyes shining.


    ***


    After Katrina''s banter with Aakesh was over due to Aakesh''s non-interest in continuing it, she became serious and began to ask about the store''s products.


    "If we don''t have enough money, will you lend some to us?" Katrina asked, grabbing Aakesh''s hands. Her tone was helpless as if she were extremely poor.


    "If I have the amount, I will lend it to you," Aakesh responded. He had been gaining nomission since the event, so his wealth was very low in number. Since Katrina and Autumn were good friends with him and he trusted them, he was willing to lend them money.


    "If you don''t have enough money, I will suggest you the borrow option from the store¡­"<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh then exined the borrow function of the card to Katrina and Autumn. He was willing to lend them money, but that didn''t mean he wouldn''t suggest them the option.


    Katrina nodded and then proceeded toward the beast room, with Autumn following her.


    But before leaving, they bought the Supreme Store Card since the borrow function was only active for the card users.


    Katrina was only joking when she asked Aakesh to lend her the money, but hearing him ept it so easily, she stopped joking with him and decided to do itter.


    It was only early in the morning, so there were no customers inside the beast room when Katrina and Autumn entered the room.


    They then looked at the numerous beast murals engraved on the wall across the room. Autumn''s smile turned wider when she found the Epochal Feline on the wall. The reason for it being so wide was because the beast''s illustration was simr to how Lily looked.


    Katrina also tried to find several of the creatures'' underlings she had on the Conspiracy Continent. Katrina acted cruel and indifferent on the continent, but she still liked some of her subordinates.


    After finding the ones who belonged to the beast race on the wall, her eyes turned emotional. But soon, they returned to calm as she was now outside the Conspiracy Continent, and her part as a ruler was over.


    "Do you want to do it first?" Katrina asked Autumn, breaking her away from staring at the Epochal Feline mural.


    Katrina had already stopped thinking about Autumn''s obsession with her ancestor since she had gotten bored of joking about it.


    "Sure," Autumn responded since there were no issues with her going first.


    She knew Katrina''s response to her obsession with Lily but found nothing wrong with it. In fact, she felt proud of it. As for why she had such a close rtionship with Lily, it had to do with her naming her. Even though she referred to Lily as her ancestor, she thought of her as her parent.


    Katrina nodded and then gestured for Autumn to do it. Autumn nodded and then went toward the Beast Summoner Pir.


    When Autumn reached the pir, the five seconds were over, so the beasts in nine sections were reced by another group.


    Autumn recognized seven of them since she had seen them on the Conspiracy Continent.


    The Conspiracy Continent was also a hub for several extinct races, and most of them were from the Sacred Dimension, and in that, the majority were from the beast group, so she knew many beast races.


    After reaching the pir, Autumn took a deep breath and pressed the button. She hoped to get an Epochal Feline, but the store owner had already refused, so she only hoped for a good beast to be her summoning.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    She had set the summoning as random since only quality mattered to her, not cultivation.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hands.


    She recognized the beast, so she found the data on the card familiar.


    Autumn belonged to the race Epochal Feline, which was exclusive to the third dimension and was an extinct race while also being the primogenitor of all feline races, so having any quality lower than ultimate was impossible for her.

 Chapter 1118 A New Day For The Store(3)

    Chapter 1118: A New Day for the Store(3)


    Due to the circumstances surrounding her, summoning any beast with a quality lower than ultimate was impossible for her.


    As things went, the beast on the card had the ultimate quality. It was a peak Divine Lord beast, but Autumn didn''t like what she saw in its skill section and characteristics, so she ced the card in the returnpartment.


    Katrina also agreed with Autumn''s choice, but since she didn''t want to influence her decision in any way, she stayed silent.


    Autumn then pressed the switch again. The next moment, 1 appeared on top of the screen while the square light began to rotate at a rapid rate.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and soon, a familiar beast appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into her hands.


    [Name: Kyshindor


    Type: Beast


    Race: Kyshindor


    Quality: Ultimate


    Elements: Earth


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Unbreakable Will


    Details: The Kyshindor is known for its indomitable willpower. Once cornered to its limits, its cultivation grows by one sub-level.


    Side-effect: Coma for one month


    Ability:


    Earthquake: The Kyshindor can cause a massive earthquake, creating massive shockwaves that knock enemies off their feet.


    Rockslide: The Kyshindor can create a massive rockslide, burying enemies in boulders and debris.


    Stone Armor: The Kyshindor can create a protective armor made of unbreakable stone, greatly enhancing its defense.


    Mighty Roar: The Kyshindor can unleash a roar that can stun and disorient enemies.


    Soul of the Earth: The Kyshindor can connect with the earth and draw upon its power, enhancing their abilities and healing their wounds.


    Meteor Strike: The Kyshindor summons a meteor from the sky and directs it to crash into enemies, causing massive damage to its opponents.


    Nature''s Fury: The Kyshindor calls upon the furious forces of nature to strike down enemies with earthquakes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters.


    Strength Avatar: The Kyshindor transforms into a towering behemoth, increasing its size and strength severalfold in exchange for agility and defense.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Nature''s Blessing: The Kyshindor calls upon the power of nature, healing its wounds and boosting its strength.


    Card Description: The Kyshindor is a formidable creature. Its attribute of earth makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Kyshindor.


    Price: One ultimate five hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Autumn nodded after finding the detail on the card familiar. She was excited about the Kyshindor because it was one of the rulers on the Conspiracy Continent, and it was stronger than her by arge margin.


    On the top half of the card, there was an illustration of the Kyshindor. It was arge, muscr creature with razor-sharp teeth. Even a newborn Kyshindor stood at a hundred meters in size, and from what Autumn believed, the Kyshindor chosen by her would be around five hundred meters in height, making it an enormous creature despite its low cultivation. It had dark, rough fur covering its body. It was a ck shade, and its eyes were glowing red, giving it a menacing appearance.


    The Kyshindor were a race that had now gone extinct in the Sacred Dimension, while only those who had ascended to the Primordial Dimension were now alive, and even then, only two of their members were alive, making it a race on the brink of extinction in the Multiverse.


    Why the Kyshindors went extinct had to do with their war against the Chaotic Wyrm race. These two races were once the overlords of the beast group. It was before the Chaotic Wyrms became the rulers of the Sacred Dimension.


    As these two were the top overlords, there was alwayspetition between the two races to trump the other and grab the throne of the beast group.


    The Chaotic Wyrms and Kyshindors both had low fertility rates, so every member of the race was significant. Due to this, killing even a single creature from either race would turn into a full-fledged war, so both races were in control of the war.


    But everything changed once the son of the Chaotic Wyrm''s ruler joined the war. That son wouldter on be the ruler of the Chaotic Wyrm, so his talent was extraordinary.


    The son was known for his uncontroble temper, and in one of his such tempers, he cruelly killed three Kyshindors, beginning the war.


    The battle was only controble at the start, but soon it turned into an uncontroble one that only ended with the death of the Kyshindors, making the Chaotic Wyrms the ruler of the beast group. But still contending with the Chaotic Wyrms for several millennia showed their strength.


    Autumn liked the beast, so she decided to buy it. After she had made her choice, she asked for Katrina''s opinion.


    Katrina also liked the Kyshindor, so she agreed with Autumn''s decision to choose it as her pet. As for failing the taming battle, the thought never entered their minds. Autumn was a top creature from the beast group, and the level of the bloodline yed arge role in the beast''s hierarchy.


    Since Katrina also responded positively to her choice, whatever doubts she had in her mind about the beast disappeared.


    "Now, it''s your turn," Autumnmented, moving away from the pir.


    Katrina had an even higher fate than Autumn since she belonged to a race that descended from two of the top three races in the Multiverse. Kindeva was only in the top 50, but no one doubted their power since if any member of the race ever had a mutation on any side of the bloodline, their talent would reach the peak of the Multiverse like the members of Asuras and Yakshas.


    Katrina already had a beast in her mind from the choices avable to her, so she thought of it and pressed the switch.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate, and five seconds passed in a sh. A beast familiar to her appeared on the screen.


    ***


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 Chapter 1119 A New Day For The Store(4)

    Chapter 1119: A New Day for the Store(4)


    [Name: Dream Creator


    Type: Beast


    Race: Elemental


    Quality: Ultimate


    Elements: Dream, Illusion, Spirit


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Dream Realm


    Details: The Dream Creator has a pocket dimension made entirely of dream energy. Allies can rest and recover within this realm, shielded from the outside world.


    Area: 100 square meters


    Ability:


    Dream Walker: The Dream Creator can enter the dreams of others and can use this ability tomunicate with others through their dreams.


    Dream Weaver: The Dream Creator can influence reality with dreams of itself or other cultivators.


    Illusory Reality: The Dream Creator can create illusions that are indistinguishable from reality, fooling even the most perceptive of individuals.


    Nightmare Induction: The Dream Creator can induce powerful nightmares in its enemies, causing them to suffer physical and psychological harm.


    Spiritual Projection: The Dream Creator can project its spirit into the dreams of others, allowing it to influence and control their dreams.


    Mind Warp - The Dream Creator can warp the minds of its enemies, causing them to forget their own identities and be delusional.


    Dream Merge - The Dream Creator can merge its dreams with the dreams of others, creating powerful shared experiences.


    Spirit Binding - The Dream Creator can bind the spirits of its enemies, trapping them in illusions and preventing them from escaping.


    Phantom Mirage: The Dream Creator can create a mirage of itself that appears to be solid and real. The mirage can interact with the physical world and even attack enemies.


    Spiritual Empowerment: The Dream Creator can empower itself and its allies with spiritual energy, boosting their immunity toward illusions and other spiritual attacks.


    Illusionary Mirror: The Dream Creator can create an illusionary mirror that reflects iing attacks back at the attacker.


    Card Description: The Dream Creator is a formidable creature. Its attributes of dream, illusion, and spirit make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Dream Creator.


    Price: Fourteen ultimate nine hundred ny-nine thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Katrina looked at the card''s details with surprise. The beast was unrecognizable to her.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    On the top half of the card, there was an illustration of the Dream Creator, and unlike other cards, it wasn''t still; the figure moved.


    The Dream Creator was a fantastical being that appeared as a humanoid figure made of moving colors and light. Its body seemed to be made of mist or clouds, and its movements were graceful and fluid. Its eyes were deep and hypnotic, with the color changing depending on its mood. It had a serene presence that immediately captured the attention of those around it.


    The Dream Creator was a unique creature that had only one of them in the Multiverse, just like Devas. The beast was naturally born countless years ago in the Sacred Dimension.


    It hadn''t died but had ascended to the Primordial Dimension and was currently a creature in the top bracket of all creatures.


    The Dream Creator was also the second-ranked best beast avable at this stage of summoning in the store.


    When Katrina began the summoning, she had another beast in mind, but now that she had read the details on the card, the desired beast felt like a waste inparison to the Dream Creator.


    Its price was steep, but the skills it had made more than enough for it. Katrina didn''t have that kind of wealth to buy the beast, so she didn''t immediately decide. She instead turned around and passed the card to Autumn, asking for her opinion.


    Autumn also didn''t recognize the beast, but when she read the skills it had, she couldn''t help but feel jealous of Katrina for summoning the Dream Creator. Since they were friends, the emotion of jealousy didn''tst long, and she gave her honest opinion.


    "I think you should take it."


    "I want to take it, but the cost is too much," Katrina responded with a helpless sigh. Her usual joking expression was nowhere to be seen.


    "You can pawn an item for it. I think the Dream Creator is worth any of the items you have," Autumn answered.


    During their stay in the Conspiracy Continent, these two were rulers of a vast swathe ofnds, so they had gathered arge amount of wealth during that time. Whatever was not worth more, they left inside the continent while the one they found to be extremely valuable was brought out by them.


    The resources they brought out were extremely valuable by the standards of the Sacred Dimension, so they had been patient and hadn''t taken anything out unless they found Sacred Creators chasing behind them. There was also the reason they didn''t find anything valuable enough to take the risk.


    But the Kyshindor and the Dream Creator were worth exchanging those resources.


    Autumn''s response removed whatever little doubts she had about buying the Dream Creator, and Katrina chose to proceed with the sale.


    Since both of them got their respective beasts in early summoning rounds, not even five minutes had passed since the duo entered the room.


    Autumn and Katrina then left the room and found Aakesh in discussion with a new customer while there were three more people in line.


    Beforepleting the sale, the customers couldn''t summon the beasts, so they were disappointed and joined the line. Aakesh didn''t break any rules, even for them, so they didn''t directly approach him.


    ***


    "... These are the five products avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction of the store''s products, surprising the man.


    The man wasn''t alone here; the three people behind him were his sons. The man learned about the store from his friend in Thorr City, so he came here to see it with his sons.


    Now that he was here and found everything he heard from his friend to be urate, he was shocked and awed, and the ability of the items finally dawned on him.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea." The man requested. The reality of his financial situation also dawned on him, and he didn''t like what he saw. Except for Panagea and some of the pills, he and his family could afford nothing else from the store.

 Chapter 1120 A New Day For The Store(5)

    Chapter 1120: A New Day for the Store(5)


    The man paid 140 lesser Sacred stones to Aakesh, thirty-five stones each for him and his three children''s 1x stay in Panagea.


    After the payment wasplete, the man and his three children left for the portal room. It was finally the turn of Autumn and Katrina.


    "What do you think about it?" Katrina asked for Aakesh''s opinion, handing him the Dream Creator and the Kyshindor''s cards.


    Aakesh took the cards from her hands and took a look at the beast on the card. He couldn''t help but raise his eyes in surprise when he saw the Dream Creator.


    The Kyshindor was a powerful creature, but there were several beasts of simr strength. The Dream Creator was a different being inparison.


    There was only one Dream Creator in the Multiverse, and after Katrina bought it, there would be two of them. What was even more surprising was that the store also only had one Dream Creator in the pool of beasts avable for sale, so Katrina would be the first and only buyer of the creature.


    But that wasn''t the thing that caught Aakesh off guard.


    A Scared Creator like Ayana only got the third-ranked Dinony, but that wasn''t surprising to him. In front of Katrina, Ayana''s fate didn''t even stand a chance.


    Katrina getting the Dream Creator was a shocking situation for him. Katrina''s fate was high enough to get the best beast avable at this stage of summoning, but she only got the second-ranked one.


    "Hey, system, what kind of luck and fate are required for the first-ranked beast?" Aakesh couldn''t stop himself from asking the system about it.


    [Host, the first-ranked beast for sale, is only reserved for the strongest cultivator of the Sacred Dimension, excluding the Void Beasts.]


    The system''s emotionless, mechanical voice rang in Aakesh''s ears, surprising him.


    With the system''s response, another question rose in Aakesh''s mind.


    "But the title of the strongest isn''t fixed. Is it on a time basis; whoever came first to the store would summon the first-ranked beast?"


    Since the strongest could change with time, wouldn''t that mean the number of the first-ranked beast would grow with every new strongest being in the dimension?


    [Host, only the strongest of the Sacred Dimension could summon the first-ranked beast, but there is no certainty that it would be sessfully summoned. Only those who would have fate with the beast would seed.]


    ***


    "The Dream Creator is the best you could get at this level," Aakesh answered Katrina after clearing up his confusion with the system.


    "The Kyshindor suits you," He added, responding to Autumn.


    Both Autumn and Katrina had a higher cultivation level and more experience than him, but neither of them dared underestimate Aakesh due to his vast knowledge and the fact that he was the store owner.


    "Do you want to initiate the taming battle?" Aakesh inquired.


    "What are the chances of my and her victories against the two beasts?" Katrina didn''t answer but asked Aakesh.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    There was a taming battle, and getting defeated by Aakesh had made Katrina calm enough not to underestimate anyone, especially when a creature like the Dream Creator was on the other side.


    "Against the Kyshindor, you both have a 100% chance of victory. Against the Dream Creator, you have a 98% chance, and Autumn has a 93% chance," Aakesh parroted what he heard from the system.


    "Oh, there''s a 2% chance of defeat," Katrina and Autumn were both surprised to hear it.


    It wasn''t a hidden fact that Katrina was more talented and a better fighter than Autumn, so her 7% chances of losing against the Dream Creator weren''t as shocking as Katrina''s 2% odds.


    "Yes, thebination of [Phantom Mirage] and [Spiritual Empowerment] can prove to be a challenge," Aakesh answered. This time, he didn''t have to ask the system. When Katrina asked, he began to think of the skills the Dream Creator had.


    "I am ready," Katrina and Autumn said, nodding to begin the battle.


    Aakesh nodded and tapped twice on the storefront pattern on the back of the card. He then returned the cards to their prospective owners.


    As they grabbed their respective cards, their surroundings changed, and they each found themselves in a different environment, perfectly tailored to the two beasts'' abilities.


    Autumn returned back to the store not long after as her battle ended even before it began. Just the pressure from her bloodline alone was enough to make the Kyshindor give up on whatever will it had. But at that moment, its characteristics, [Unbreakable Will] became active, taking it to the peak of the peak Divine Lord, as the skill couldn''t break the barrier between the two levels.


    Even then, it was nothing, and Autumn ended the battle with one hit, winning it. Whether the beast was going to surrender, Autumn didn''t know since she had acted immediately after its characteristics became active.


    As no time flowed in the taming battle when Autumn returned, Katrina had also woken up.


    Katrina''s battle wasn''t as easy as Autumn''s. Even though there was only a 2% chance of her defeat, Katrina took the battle seriously since she couldn''t lose to anyone other than Aakesh at the same cultivation.


    She had used her strongest skill right from the start as a beam attacked the Dream Creator. The creature used [Illusionary Mirror] to defend itself and reflected the attack.


    Some of the attack power was reflected, but the mirror also broke down, unable to handle the energy, striking the Dream Creator.


    Unfortunately for Katrina, that remaining energy wasn''t enough to end the battle. The Dream Creator then activated [Phantom Mirage], and it and its clone attacked her at the same time.


    It took a single strike from Katrina to end the clone''s life, but the [Dream Realm] characteristics and the abundance of dream element energy allowed it to restore the clone in no time.


    As Aakesh had told her, thebination of the [Phantom Mirage] and [Spiritual Empowerment] challenged Katrina, but already being aware of it helped her make ns for it, and the battle ended soon after, making her the victor.


    ***


    A/N: From now on, only important characters will get the detailed screen for their beasts, or if I somehow find something interesting, then I will also write the screen. It looks like word padding but takes more time and effort.


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 Chapter 1121 A New Day For The Store(End)

    Chapter 1121: A New Day for the Store(End)


    "You need to pay one ultimate, five hundred thousand supreme, and one hundred ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Autumn since she was the first toplete the contract steps.


    "You need to pay fourteen ultimate, nine hundred and ny-nine thousand supreme, and ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Katrina since she was not far behind Autumn.


    Neither of the two had the required sum in their hands, but they didn''t worry since they already had a way out toplete the sale.


    "You will need to borrow from the store toplete the sale," Aakesh added since he didn''t wave that much wealth even if the duo asked him for help.


    Katrina smiled and then took out three items from her inner world.


    The three items taken out by Katrina were the three most valuable materials she owned, while Autumn stood silent, waiting for Katrina toplete the trade first.


    Aakesh checked the three items one by one and gave Katrina the amount she could borrow if she pawned them.


    The first item was not an item but a metal resource. It was around a gram of Septon. Septon was a metal resource used in spears and other long-range weapon handles in the Primordial Dimensions. Septon increased the durability and flexibility of the handle. It was a valuable resource, so the system put its price at three ultimate, seven hundred forty-eight supreme, ny-thousand higher, six thousand, four hundred seven ordinary, and thirty lesser Sacred stones.


    When Katrina heard the price, she wasn''t surprised since the price was in her expected range. Aakesh then moved on to the second product she took out.


    It was the egg of a dead creature, but inside therva, there was a silver shine. The silver shine belonged to a powerful creature from the Primordial Dimension. The silver shine was kind of like a speck of dust left by the fluttering of the Sensual Flemingo, a rare event. The dust was an enhancing item that engraved powerful attributes on weapons or even living beings. The system quoted the price of the silver shine as seven ultimate, nine hundred forty supreme, ny-thousand higher, six thousand, four hundred seven ordinary, and thirty lesser Sacred stones.


    The third item was the most valuable material Katrina had, and it was also the only hope left for her. Even thebination of the other two items couldn''t provide her with the amount she needed to buy the Dream Creator.


    The third item was a gray liquid drop kept in a vial. There was a sense of majesty and terror leaking from that gray drop, as it was the blood of Jamini, the daughter of Vritrasura. When any single ruler joined the council, they would be awarded a drop of blood from Jamini, and it was extremely valuable.


    Even Aakesh was surprised by the blood. Unfortunately, the blood had no aura of Vritrasura, or its value would have grown severalfold.


    Still, since it belonged to his direct descendant, it held a high worth. The system quoted its price as seventy ultimate, seven hundred forty-eight supreme, ny-thousand higher, six thousand, four hundred seven ordinary, and thirty lesser Sacred stones.


    Katrina couldn''t help but clench her fist in excitement when she heard the loan amount. She knew the blood was valuable, but she didn''t know it was this valuable.


    The gray drop of blood wasn''t even an essence drop. It was an ordinary blood drop that leaked after a tiny injury. But if Katrina knew about Vritrasura and Jamini being his daughter, she would have fought with Aakesh for quoting him this price.


    "So what amount do you want to borrow?" Aakesh asked, pushing the Septon and the Silver Shine toward Katrina since there was no point in pawning them.


    Katrina didn''t immediately answer but began to think. Even the minimum she needed to borrow was arge amount.


    "Will there be higher level beasts in the future in the store?" Katrina asked Aakesh.


    "Yes, in the future, there will be another beast pir."


    "How long in the future?" Katrina asked.


    "Less than a decade," Aakesh answered since he was currently doing the quest that would award him the new pir.


    "What do you think the price point will be for an ultimate quality Supreme God beast?" Katrina asked, already thinking of the future.


    "The price point will explode since there will be some beasts from the Primordial Dimension in the pool, so even the weakest of them will go for hundreds of ultimate stones if not thousands," Aakesh responded after consulting with the system.


    When Katrina heard the answer, whatever doubts she had in her mind disappeared. She was thinking of how many stones to borrow, taking another summon in her mind for the future. But now that she knew even if she got the whole amount, it would be difficult for her to afford, she stopped thinking about the future and focused on the present.


    "I will take twenty ultimate Sacred stones," Katrina informed Aakesh after making her decision.


    "What tenure do you want for the loan?" Aakesh inquired.


    "Can I choose as many years as I want?" She asked.


    "There is a fixed interest rate of one lesser Sacred stone for every day until the tenurees to an end, so think about it," Aakesh stated instead of answering.


    Knowing Katrina, he was sure that she would take a long tenure, not worry about the payment, and leave it to the future.


    Katrina, who was going to say twenty trillion years, stopped since she understood why Aakesh reminded her.


    "What tenure do you think is best for me?" Katrina asked Aakesh. She found thinking of a suitable tenure to be a frustrating task, as whatever year she chose, she would find it short, so she decided to take Aakesh''s opinion since it was his store.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Anything between seven thousand years and one hundred thousand years," Aakesh answered after a pause.


    Katrina stared at Aakesh for some time after hearing his answer. She was thinking of one million years, and even then, she found it to be short.


    "Ten thousand years," Katrina replied after a long pause since she trusted Aakesh and stopped overthinking.


    "Your interest rate would be 3,600,000 lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh informed.


    (1 year= 360 Days.)


    "You could pay the interest daily, weekly, monthly, annually, or all of it at once, using your store card," Aakesh further added.


    "Are you ready to sign the contract?" Aakesh asked, and out of nowhere, a page made of some strange material emerged in his hands.


    Katrina nodded, and the next moment, characters began to appear on the page, and soon, the entire contract was printed. Aakesh pushed it toward Katrina while the vial containing the drop of blood, floating in the air, disappeared into the system''s space.


    Katrina trusted Aakesh since he had saved her, so she didn''t read the contract and directly signed it using a drop of her blood.


    The next moment, the contract exploded into light particles, which melted into the Supreme Store Card she had bought earlier.


    [Twenty ultimate Sacred stones have been transferred to your card.]


    The system''s alert rang in her ears, informing her about the sessful transfer.


    ***


    "Upgrade it to the Ultimate Store Card," Katrina asked Aakesh after the sale of the Dream Creator wasplete.


    The teleportation function of the card was extremely valuable, and it could save her life in a precarious situation, so now that she had the money, she spent it.


    Since the borrowed stones couldn''t be taken out of the card, Aakesh simply threw it into the ckhole pattern while a mechanical alert rang in Katrina''s ears, informing her of the deduction of one ultimate stone.


    Aakesh nodded, and not long after, the process wasplete.


    After Katrina, it was now the turn of Autumn. She didn''t need that many stones, nor did she have any product on the level of the gray blood.


    She took out seven materials, almost all of the valuable resources she had. Since the Kyshindor didn''t cost that much, she pawned her most valuable item and gained five ultimate Sacred stones.


    Like Katrina, Autumn also upgraded her store card.


    After the sale wasplete and since there were still empty spots avable in Panagea, the duo proceeded toward the portal room, paying for the 3x stay.


    After the duo left, Aakesh closed his eyes and returned to his rxation session.


    ***


    "Are you ready?" Ryan asked the Warrior Peacock since he had been waiting for it to grow its cultivation deep and stable enough to start the ascending tribtion.


    "Yes," Greg, the Warrior Peacock, answered.


    "Let''s do this," Ryanmented and then released all his energy, summoning the tribtion cloud. Greg did the same some distance away from him.


    Ryan and Greg both passed through the tribtion and ascended, not creating any surprising situations. Her sister, nephew, and nieces bid him farewell, gazing at the sky.


    ***


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 Chapter 1122 Changes In The Card!

    Chapter 1122: Changes in the Card!


    Ugh!


    Ryan groaned as he opened his eyes. He was lying down in unfamiliar surroundings.


    Ryan then remembered where he was, and he immediately checked beside him. After finding the beast card there, he heaved a sigh of relief.


    The beast card looked the same, but Ryan could feel that things were different. When he looked at the back of the card, he found the difference.


    The storefront pattern had transformed. Earlier, it was like how the store looked from outside in the Primal Dimension, but an ordinary appearance had taken its ce after the change.


    There were also changes in the details of the beast since it was now a Divine beast and not just an Immortal of the Primal Dimension.


    [Name: Warrior Peacock


    Type: Beast


    Race: Peacock


    Quality: Supreme


    Elements: Fire, Metal, Earth, Air, Water, Wood, Thunder, Light


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Royal Presence


    ¡­


    10. Radiant Burst: The Warrior Peacock can emit a blinding burst of light that can heal itself and its allies and also removes negative status effects.


    11. Terraforming Torrent: The Warrior Peacock channels earth, water, and wood to create a massive torrent of mud and debris that reshapes the battlefield.


    12. Cyclonic Catastrophe: The Warrior Peacock harnesses the power of air, metal, and thunder to create a massive cyclone of destruction. This attack can tear through defenses, dealing heavy damage.


    13. Ironwood Shield: The Warrior Peacock creates a massive energy barrier around itself and its allies, made of metal and wood, imbued with earth and water elements to form an imprable defense.


    ¡­


    Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Warrior Peacock.]


    Ryan read the new details that had emerged on the card. He couldn''t help but raise his eyes in surprise when he saw the quality section. It was an ultimate quality beast, but after ascendance, it had dropped to supreme. Ryan had no idea why that happened since he never thought of asking Jonnah about it. He still had many changes to read, so he calmed down and moved his eyes down.


    Earlier, the Warrior Peacock had seven elements under its control, and after the sessful ascendance and evolution of its lifeform, a new element of light joined the pool, making it eight.


    Ryan knew nothing about the cultivation titles, so he finally knew the name when he read it in the cultivation section. Its characteristics remained the same.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Ryan finally reached the most significant part. Before the ascendance, the Warrior Peacock had nine skills in total, and that number had grown to thirteen with four new skills added.


    Ryan also saw the healing skill that the Warrior Peacock didn''t have earlier, making him excited.


    Ryan was only reading the skills when suddenly he felt a hot rush of energying from the sphere.


    The sphere orb left by Aakesh for the inheritance was a blood-linked item, so it also ascended to the Sacred Dimension with Ryan.


    With the sphere orb, the Namascus tribe also came with him, but unfortunately for them, the rule set by Aakesh that when anyone of them reached Immortality, they would be able to leave the world wouldn''t work anymore. The pressure permeating around every corner of the Sacred Dimension was enough to make them explode immediately, so unless Ryan upgraded the orb, the Namascus tribe was locked up inside the world without them even being aware of it.


    The sphere orb was a sentient item due to the presence of the spirit cat, so Ryan immediately found the source of the hot energy, and it was the Supreme Store card he had bought from the store.


    The spirit cat told Ryan to take out the card or it would harm the spherical orb, so Ryan did as he was told.


    The next moment, a wave of heat struck him, making him ufortable. Fortunately for him, the feeling didn''tst long, and a new message rang in his head.


    Ryan''s breathing turned rough since the message had to do with the store and Aakesh, his teacher.


    The next moment, the card exploded, and a projection of the storefront appeared in front of him.


    Ryan couldn''t help but be disappointed when he found that he was too far from the store to cross that distance using the projection. The distance covered by the projection was only 2 percent of the total distance; he had to do the remaining 98 percent by himself.


    The projection wouldn''t continue forever, so a warning rang in Ryan''s ears, asking him to choose whether to travel through the projection.


    Ryan decided to do it since he was too weak in the Sacred Dimension and the projection covering two percent of the total distance without danger in any way and less than a second of travel time was an opportunity.


    ***


    [Host, one of your seven inheritors has ascended to the Sacred Dimension!]


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair as there were no customers around him when the system''s voice rang in his head.


    Aakesh wasn''t aware of Ryan bing the inheritor of his one-seventh wealth. Aakesh had asked the system only to inform him about it when the inheritor would ascend, so the system didn''t tell him.


    Aakesh didn''t open his eyes while a screen started ying in Aakesh''s head. The screen yed Ryan''s adventure in the spherical orb and all the tests he passed to be the first inheritor.


    Aakesh nodded after the show was over. Ryan clearlycked the talent Aakesh wanted from his inheritor, but destiny was kind of a talent too, so he epted it.


    Aakesh had no ns to take disciples from his inheritors, but still, a rtionship had been formed between the two parties, so Aakesh took Ryan seriously.


    "Hey, system, how far is he from the store?" Aakesh asked the system since Ryan must have a store card.


    [Host, the distance between the store is 143,76¡­ light years.]


    Aakesh nodded. He thought of teleporting Ryan to the store, but Ryan was very far away, and to ask the system, he would have to pay the price. Sinceing here would be a challenge, Aakesh decided not to help Ryan. He also decided to award Ryan when he would finally reach the store.

 Chapter 1123 Anger!

    Chapter 1123: Anger!


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    Katrina and Autumn were forced out of the system after their stay of eighteen Panagaea hours wasplete. Like every other customer from the Sacred Dimension, they started at level 100, with their levels locked until theypleted the first quest.


    Since there was no sense of permanent death or serious injury in Panagea, Katrina and Autumn chose to start their game at different ces and not at the same spot.


    Autumn had another reason to do that since she needed to serve Lily for 100 years after her bet loss. She also knew that Katrina and Lily didn''t have a good rtionship due to their personalities, so she couldn''t let Katrinae with her and spoil her adventure inside Panagea.


    Aakesh had to request the system let Autumn start at a ce near Lily''s territory, but even then, it would take months for Autumn to travel.


    As for why there wasn''t direct teleportation to Lily''s territory, it wasn''t free.


    After they were forced out, the duo shared their adventures as they exited the portal room.


    Katrina didn''t leave the store but approached Aakesh, waking him up. She then asked for the chair, and she and Autumn continued their experience-sharing process.


    Katrina also involved Aakesh and asked him for help at a few points.


    Time flew by, and the day was about to be over. When there were only a few minutes left before the sunset, a door appeared out of nowhere in mid-air, and not long after, Lily stepped out of it.


    Her mood didn''t seem to look good when she came out. Katrina noticed it and was about toment when Aakesh stopped her.


    Katrina had no choice but to stop when she saw direct intervention from Aakesh. She scoffed and stopped looking at Lily.


    Lily didn''t even care about Katrina and directly jumped on Aakesh''s head. She then curled up on his bun, with an aura of gloom all around her.


    "What happened?" Since there was no new customer in sight, he asked.


    Lily responded in a very soft voice, her tone filled with heartbreak.


    Her tone was soft, but for Aakesh, the volume was as high as he needed. He couldn''t help but frown when he heard what he said.


    The cause of Lily''s bad mood was a gue that suddenly urred in her territory and killed several of her trusted subordinates.


    A gue killing such high-level beings couldn''t be natural, so it was definitely caused by someone.


    "Is it the same party as thest time?" Aakesh asked.


    Lily''s psyche was strong since she belonged to a powerful race and had lived for so long, but in front of Aakesh, she would turn into a child, so her eyes turned moist while she nodded.


    Aakesh felt arge wave of rage charge through every corner of his body when he sensed the moist eyes. Even Katrina and Autumn, sitting next to him, were taken aback by the sudden rush of killing intent.


    Even though it wasn''t aimed at them, and their cultivation was also undefeatable for Aakesh, they still felt their entire body shudder in fright as if the being sitting behind them was some prehistoric beast that understood nothing but brutality.


    Lily also noticed the sudden fluctuation in Aakesh''s mood, so she also calmed down. At the same time, the system also acted and restricted that aura to the limited area around Aakesh.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "What do you want to do?" Aakesh asked, his voice as cold as the deepest part of hell.


    "I want to raze them to the ground and kill everyst of them," Lily replied, revealing the brutality hidden in her bones.


    Aakesh nodded since he had the same thing in mind. Lily was his bottom line. He didn''t care how people acted, talked, or even what they did unless it had nothing to do with Lily.


    Making Lily almost cry was the death penalty in Aakesh''s eyes, and there was noing back from it. Aakesh thought of leaving the pce in Panagea and rushing to Lily to end this menace as soon as possible.


    "I want to do it with my own hands," Lily suddenly stated, aware of what was going through Aakesh''s mind.


    Lily knew Aakesh was currently at a ce he found extremely interesting. There were only very few things that could make Aakesh feel such, so she didn''t want him to leave that ce and rush to her. She also wanted to avenge her subordinates and friends on her own.


    She couldn''t ask Aakesh for help whenever she found herself in trouble. She could never be a conqueror if she continued like this.


    Lily didn''t know how long she would be able to continue with that mindset, but she knew she had to start somewhere, and that moment was her initiation point.


    Time flew by, and the sunset arrived on Thorr and its nearby cities. With it, the light was forced to hide, while a cover of darkness engulfed the sky.


    It was also time for the store to close, so Aakesh stood up from his chair and informed the remaining customers in weapons, cultivation arts, and the beast''s room to leave ande back tomorrow.


    "Can I train with the ancestor?" Autumn asked Aakesh after only four of them were left in the store.


    "No!" Aakesh replied bluntly since the training was only avable for Aakesh and his pets. Allowing Katrina and Autumn to enter the selection area once was stretching his authority. The system didn''t allow any more entries for them in the near future.


    Autumn was disappointed to hear it from Aakesh since she wanted to help Lily against her enemy as one of her loyal soldiers.


    Aakesh also knew what was going on in Autumn''s head, but unfortunately, his current authority only allowed him to take a selected few in the selection area and the environments.


    ***


    Aakesh closed the door, and only he and Lily were left in the store.


    "Let''s go!" Aakeshmented, and the next moment, a white light covered the two of them.


    Lily didn''t make any discontented face when she pushed the button, but a hint of determination was spread across her face.


    Aakesh was also sucked inside by the space crack after he chose the training environment, not long after Lily.


    ***


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 Chapter 1124 The Palace(1)

    Chapter 1124: The Pce(1)


    Time flew by, and both Lily and Aakesh were sitting in their chairs.


    Aakesh didn''t have his usual smile on his face while Lily was detailing the scene and how things yed out in her territory. Lily''s voice shook slightly at first, but soon it turned calm and cold like ice.


    "Are you sure you don''t want me there?" Aakesh asked after Lily stopped talking.


    "Yes, I am sure," Lily replied. At first, her voice didn''t sound confident at all, but by the end, it was filled with determination.


    Aakesh nodded, epting Lily''s opinion. He wanted to help Lily and also vent some of his anger. But he also wanted Lily to grow and be strong on her own; otherwise, there was no point in him giving uprgemissions to the system over allowing Lily to be a native as well as have the revival characteristics of an adventurer.


    They then talked for some more time, and after that, they disappeared from the selection area and returned to the store''s hall.


    Lily summoned the door to the room, and not long after, stairs connecting it to the floor emerged. Lily nodded toward Aakesh and then stepped up the stairs.


    With a sound, the door automatically closed after Lily stepped inside the room. The next moment, it and the stairs disappeared, waiting for either of them to call it back.


    Aakesh''s calm face turned indifferent as he turned around and proceeded toward the portal room. After entering the room, as usual, his eyes fell on the two leaderboards. Seeing that there was no change in rankings from yesterday, he moved his eyes away and went toward the nearest virtual portal.


    It looked beautiful as countless stars shone like a gxy. Aakesh then touched it using just the tip of his finger, and the next moment, he was sucked inside Panagea while the shining stars turned gray, announcing that the portal was filled.


    After entering Panagea, Aakesh was surprised to find that the location he had left yesterday had changed.


    Yesterday, he had unlocked the door and was in front of the endless majestic pce, but now, he found himself standing in front of the closed door.


    It was the first time his logging out had influenced his position in Panagea. He then asked the system about it.


    [Host, exiting Panagea means vanishing from herepletely so higher level beings wouldn''t capture adventurers using their soul''s presence.]


    Aakesh understood what the system meant. Since he logged out yesterday, his presence vanished from the pce, and so his unlocking the door also turned into nothing.


    If Aakesh had known this earlier, he would have stayed until he had aplished his goals in this location, but given how things had turned out, he didn''t feel disappointed.


    He took the wings out and repeated the process from yesterday.


    Aakesh''s body had be somewhat ustomed to the pressure and weight of the ink and brush, so it didn''t take him that long to form the pattern of rebirth.


    Aakesh found the process to be worth it as his strength and agility had grown when he checked his status panel.


    As the pattern becameplete, a blinding light appeared. Aakesh had no choice but to close his eyes, and when the surroundings had returned to normal, he opened them.


    Simr to yesterday, Aakesh found himself in front of the pce with the closed door behind him.


    The majesty and beauty of the pce awed Aakesh like yesterday, and he took a step forward. His right foot had only justnded on the valuable pavement made of Eternal Stones when suddenly a wave of intense pressure hit him.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh would have almost exploded into a blood cloud immediately if not for the pattern he drew on the gate, which appeared in front of him and faced the pressure head-on.


    Aakesh took another step, and the pressure attacking him grew, causing cracks in the pattern. He could see cracks appearing, and then they restored themselves.


    Aakesh heaved a sigh of relief that each stroke hepleted was perfect. If there were even a slight imperfection in the stroke, it would have be a matchstick that would have burnt the entire box into ashes.


    With every step, the pressure increased, and with it, the number and length of cracks. But every time, they would restore themselves, making Aakesh steer clear of the pressure and explode into a blood cloud.


    The pavement was several thousand miles long, and as Aakesh approached the pce, the awe in his eyes grew.


    Finally, after crossing the distance of 11,000 miles, Aakesh reached the entry gate of the pce. The pattern around him remained the same as ever as the pressure attacking him disappeared.


    The pattern then suddenly exploded and melted into Aakesh.


    [Level up!]


    The next moment, an alert rang in Aakesh''s ears, surprising him. The quest already had a reward of five levels. He could only imagine what kind of rewards were waiting for him to gain since only the first step rewarded him with a level.


    Aakesh then took a deep breath and decided to step inside.


    Boom! Boom!


    Aakesh had only taken a step forward when a booming sound rang in the area.


    He looked up and found two gigantic armored creatures descending at a rapid rate.


    THUD! THUD!


    It didn''t take long for them tond, and the resulting force from it created an airwave that attacked Aakesh, attempting to knock him backward.


    Even though Aakesh was standing in front of a storm of airwaves, he forced his foot to the ground and wasn''t thrown back.


    The two armored, gigantic creatures raised their eyes in surprise when they saw Aakesh standing without moving even an inch.


    The two creatures were made of stones and weren''t natural creatures, but puppets. Yet, Aakesh didn''t dare underestimate them. He could feel the strength hidden in the two puppets.


    "Halt, creature!"


    One of the puppets spoke and then raised the spear in its hand.


    Aakesh seemed unfazed even though the spear only stopped a millimeter away from his throat. One slight movement from the puppet or him and his throat would be crushed, killing him instantly.


    His eyes turned cold, and he stared at the puppet in response, chilling the two puppets despite their higher strength.

 Chapter 1125 The Palace(2)

    Chapter 1125: The Pce(2)


    The spear raised his hair, which made Aakesh feel ufortable. He didn''t like being threatened by anyone, even if they were stronger than him. His indifferent expression turned cold as he stared at the puppet.


    The puppets weren''t living beings and were Level 500, around two hundred levels above Aakesh, and yet when they were faced with the stare, the fear engraved in their hearts toward their master kicked in. The puppet immediately stabilized since Aakesh was no match for them. He couldn''t even scratch them or survive against them, let alone kill them.


    "Creature, what connects the past to the future?"


    The puppet didn''t move its spear away and asked. To go ahead and enter the pce without having to fight the two Level 500 puppet guards, he needed to answer their puzzles.


    "Bloodline," Aakesh immediately replied, since bloodline connected an ancestor from the past to their descendants in the future.


    The puppet nodded and moved his spears away, but before Aakesh could celebrate, he suddenly found the pressure around him growing while he was bound to the spot, with him unable to move even slightly.


    Aakesh found his knees slowly sinking to the ground while the second puppet opened its mouth and asked the second puzzle.


    "Creature, what''s a force that moves the world, and yet it has no physical, energetic, or spiritual form?"


    "Power," Simr to thest time, Aakesh responded immediately.


    The pressure attacking Aakesh disappeared as his answer was correct. There was nothing more significant than power, despite it not having any kind of form.


    The first puppet then asked for another puzzle, and soon time flew by. Every question they asked, Aakesh gave an immediate and correct answer to it.


    After an hour, when the two puppets had asked tens of thousands of puzzles in total and yet failed to receive an incorrect answer, they stopped since they no longer had any questions left.


    Crack! Crack!


    The next moment, the puppet started to crack, and in no time, they expanded to cover every corner of their rocky body.


    "Creature, you have made us free!"


    "Creature, you have made us free!"


    The two puppets suddenly spoke simultaneously, and there was a hint of gratitude in their voice.


    The next moment, the two puppets exploded into dust while a simr item dripped from the two puppets on the ground.


    Aakesh bent down and picked it up. It was a vial containing a drop of white liquid. Aakesh''s face grew solemn as a wave of pressure that he couldn''t bear emanated from it and attacked him.


    Before the pressure could harm Aakesh, the vial in his hands that was made of valuable material lightened up, and the pressure disappeared as if it had never been there in the first ce. All of it was Aakesh''s illusion.


    Aakesh''s vast knowledge made him know the item at a single nce. He also understood why the puppet said what it said at the end.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The white drop of liquid was pure soul energy that was in such high concentration that it looked liquid. Aakesh had received two of them, and even one of them was almost equal to a Divine grade item.


    The soul energy was made of living souls, and the puppet must be the original owner of the soul energy that was bound into the puppet by whoever created it.


    Aakesh didn''t believe Sudas would do it since beings at Level 500 were no less than ants. They deserved not even the slightest attention from him.


    Still, it was Aakesh''s gain, so he wasn''tining. A single vial in his hands could help cultivators between the Sacred King and Sacred Monarch levels increase their soul power in the Sacred Dimension, so Aakesh had another item to trade if he ever needed anything there.


    As for the 5,000 percent exchange rate, Aakesh was immune to it since he was the store owner.


    The scene of pressure attacking him repeated when Aakesh picked the second vial from the ground, but the end was the same as earlier.


    Aakesh now had no armored puppet stopping him from entering the pce, so he raised his right foot and stepped forward.


    No second puppet group appeared and Aakesh finally reached the touching range of the entrance of the pce. The pce was endless, and so was the entrance, but fortunately for him, it was opened, and didn''t need another test to pass.


    Aakesh believed the puzzles from the puppets were the real test. What Aakesh didn''t know was that there were only five puzzles, and only those who answered all five of them correctly would enter the pce.


    But there was a hidden condition that there was no limit to how many puzzles the puppets could ask if the answering time for five correct puzzles didn''t exceed 60 seconds.


    Every correct answer from the entree would loosen the binding on the soul energy of the puppet, slowly freeing them.


    Since Aakesh answered five correct puzzles in less than thirty seconds, he activated the hidden condition.


    The puppets also saw their way to finally attain freedom, so they asked every single puzzle they were left with their master, and finally, when thest puzzle was answered, their restraintspletely loosened, freeing their souls. After the hidden condition''s activation, the only restriction was that they could only ask for as many puzzles as possible in 24 hours. Even their master didn''t believe that someone like Aakesh, who would have such vast knowledge and unlimited intelligence, could solve all the puzzles in around an hour.


    Aakesh raised his foot and finally stepped inside the pce. He felt like he was passing through an invisible membrane when his footnded on the ground.


    Aakesh didn''t even have to enterpletely when a white light covered him, and the next moment, he disappeared from the entrance.


    The pce was endless and spanned over countless light years. It was a universe in itself since Sudas, at his time, was a giant humanoid being who towered over one hundred and eight lightyears.


    If Aakesh were to wander around the pce, it would take him tens of thousands of years, if not millions of years, to cover every corner of the pce. There was a sentient spirit in the pce, so when Aakesh entered the pce, it teleported him to the ce he came here for.


    ***


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 Chapter 1126 The Palace(3)

    Chapter 1126: The Pce(3)


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a room made for giants.


    The room was enormous, to say the least. Aakesh stood at the entrance of the room and despite his strength and physique, he wasn''t able to see the end of the room.


    There was no gate, but an open curved entry point. Aakesh was like an ant in front of it.


    Aakesh raised his right foot and stepped inside the room. A simr feeling of passing through a wet membrane appeared after his footnded on the floor, made of Kashamba, the wood used in the flooring of the store in the Primal Dimension.


    Aakesh looked up and saw a roof, tens of thousands of meters up. From entering the room, Aakesh became certain that this room was one of the rooms that Sudas never entered.


    When Aakesh witnessed the war of the ten Emperors and then the battle with Vritrasura, he noticed that Sudas always stayed at his original, enormous body size. The others were the same in personal battles, but during the soldiers'' war, they had reduced their size to a few miles, while Sudas didn''t. From that, Aakesh could guess that Sudas didn''t like manipting his body size.


    The room in which Aakesh was, was gigantic, but it was not even enough to let Sudas'' toe enter.


    There were gigantic spherical pirs supporting the room. From what Aakesh could see, they were installed at a regr distance of one hundred miles, while one square pir had a surface area of one sq. Miles.


    The pirs weren''t in but had murals painted on them, and it was in the same font as what Aakesh used to enter the pce.


    Aakesh didn''t show much interest in the murals since they detailed the military aplishments of the female warrior the room belonged to. From what Aakesh could make out, the room belonged to the granddaughter of Sudas since in the war, his granddaughter was the only female warrior in the direct family.


    This time there were no tests or pressures attacking him, and it didn''t take long for Aakesh to cross half the distance.


    Aakesh showed no interest in the room, but when he saw the eleven hundredth pir, he couldn''t help but stop.


    Unlike other square pirs in the room, it was painted dark gold, and the murals on it were more detailed as Sudas was present in the mural.


    The mural depicted a handsome, gigantic man gently looking at the newborn in his hands, and the baby wasughing. At the forehead of the baby, there was a hexagonal crystal glowing.


    Even in the mural, the crystal seemed to exist in reality and glow. Aakesh had no choice but to move his eyes away from the crystal as his eyes began to pain from looking at it for not even a moment.


    Aakesh understood it was the item he was looking for. Even though Aakesh didn''t look at it for long, he found a smallpartment on top of the crystal.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    From the shape of thepartment, Aakesh understood what was needed to go to the next step.


    Aakesh took an item out of his space ring. It was a square stone, cut clean around all its corners. It was an item Aakesh found while digging for the item.


    The stone was made of valuable material, so Aakesh knew it was an important item. He now knew what it was needed for.


    Even though Aakesh had the item, it wasn''t any easy. The hexagonal crystal was around one hundred miles up, and to ce the square rock, he would need to be adjacent to the crystal. At the same time, the square stone was trying to run from his hands.


    Aakesh needed to ustom himself to the crystal, so he began slowly climbing up the pir. He had the wing to directly take the flight to the crystal, but his intuition warned him against it as if something terrible would happen if he went ahead with it.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, there was no pressure from the crystal, so climbing wasn''t that hard. But when he was only ten miles away from the crystal, the square rock in his hands turned hot, and its force also grew exponentially. It was as if it were a living creature and didn''t want to meet the crystal.


    Also, the stinging sensation from the crystal was growing. Even if Aakesh closed his eyes, the pain continued. But as Aakesh''s body slowly grew ustomed to the stinging, he slowly climbed upward.


    After around an hour of struggle, Aakesh finally reached the crystal. At that time, it took everything from Aakesh just to keep it on his hold. His hand seemed to be mutted as the rock was slowly grinding away at his finger bones.


    Pushing forward with all his strength, Aakesh left the square rock when his hands touched the crystal. It was as if the rock had gained a new lease on life; it attempted to run away. But before it could, a wave of attraction force emerged from the crystal, and the rock was embedded into thepartment, forming the crystal.


    Aakesh''s hands were also healing as the muscle was regenerating. It didn''t take long for his hands to be injury free.


    As the crystal wasplete, the mural materialized into reality and glowed in a blinding light. Before Aakesh could even think, the light engulfed him.


    The light disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and with it, Aakesh also vanished from the room. At the same time, the dark gold pir had turned in with no murals.


    ***


    After the sudden materialization of the hexagonal crystal, Aakesh found himself in a different environment. A moment ago, he was in an enormous room, but after the sudden situation, he found himself in a beautiful garden with a stunning cover of flowers all around him.


    There was a pleasant fragrance in the air. It made even Aakesh feel good. Aakesh recognized the smell and couldn''t help but nod his head in appreciation.


    The owner flower of the fragrance was one of the many valuable resources that had gone extinct due to the war waged by Vritrasura. It didn''t take long for Aakesh to find the flower in the middle of the flower''s ocean.

 Chapter 1127 The Palace(End)

    Chapter 1127: The Pce(End)


    In the middle of the flower ocean, there was a beautiful one-hundred-and-eight-petal flower. Each petal of the flower was a different color, while the middle portion was dark golden.


    Aakesh stepped forward and approached the flower. He minded his steps and didn''t step on any of the flowers.


    It didn''t take long for Aakesh to reach there. He bent down and touched the dark-golden portion. He got soft and squishy feedback from the touch.


    Aakesh raised his eyes in surprise since the flower was mature. It was Handolia, an extinct flower used in a potent physique potion.


    At birth, the dark-golden portion would be hard and rough, but as it matured, it would grow soft and reach the state that Aakesh felt from the flower.


    The physique potion was for Primordials, so if Aakesh took it out, it might even cause a dimensional war for it.


    "It said it doesn''t like what you are thinking about it!"


    A gentle, female voice rang in Aakesh''s ears. His hair across his body rose as the voice was right beside it.


    He immediately turned around and found nothing and no one there. Aakesh frowned, but he suddenly turned around, and there it was a gorgeous woman stroking the Handolia.


    The woman in front of Aakesh looked the same as what Aakesh saw at the scene of the war, as it was none other than Sudas'' granddaughter.


    He couldn''t help but raise his eyes in surprise since the woman had the same aura as Sudas, but the strength was very low. Aakesh believed that even a single flick was enough to end its life.


    As soon as Aakesh thought that, the woman turned around and looked at him.


    "It told me what you are thinking," The womanmented and then stood up, picking up the entire flower out from the ground.


    The flower was like a living pet, as its petals danced in the air whenever the woman''s beautiful hands stroked it.


    "What race are you from?" The woman looked at Aakesh up and down with an inquiring gaze and asked.


    "I don''t know," Aakesh replied.


    He then looked at the woman up and down and asked, "You are neither dead nor alive, and this isn''t either a remnant spirit state or even an evil ghost. How did you achieve this state?"


    "You don''t look at ady like that." The woman said and vanished from Aakesh''s eyes with the flower.


    Aakesh turned around to his left and saw the emergence of a table and chair. On one chair, the woman was already sitting while the flower was in herp. The second empty chair was waiting for him.


    Aakesh raised his right foot, and when itnded, he was right next to the chair. He then sat down on the chair and looked at the woman, waiting for an answer.


    There was rarely a situation when Aakesh didn''t know anything, so he was interested in getting an answer from the woman.


    "It tells me you really want to know the answer," The woman, instead of answering,mented, while continuing to stroke the flower. Its petals danced wildly, enjoying the love.


    Aakesh indifferently stared at the flower in response, as he didn''t like the flower reading his thoughts. The dancing petals suddenly froze, and as if the flower were a baby, it began to shake like a crying baby.


    "You made it cry." The woman responded and then started calming the flower down.


    Aakesh didn''t care since what he wanted to do was achieved, and the flower didn''t try to look through his thoughts again. It was a top Divine grade resource in Panagea, but since it had no fighting power, it was weak as a baby in front of Aakesh.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Time flew by, and Aakesh stayed there silently, waiting for the woman.


    Aakesh believed that it was thest phase of the quest, so he didn''t want to hurry the woman and do something that would make all his efforts to this point worthless.


    The flower finally calmed down, and just like a baby, it fell asleep after crying as its petal sunk down upon the dark-golden portion.


    The woman then looked at Aakesh, and the next moment, a wide smile spread across her face.


    "Do you know why my grandfather gave me the [@!#!## crystal]?" The woman suddenly asked.


    (A/N: The name will be revealed when its owner appears in Panagea, and it is a character that has already been introduced and had a special rtionship with Aakesh.)


    Aakesh shook his head instead of wasting words on wrong guesses.


    The woman smiled, and then instead of answering, she untied the button on her blouse.


    The scene seemed to mean nothing to the two people as Aakesh indifferently looked at what the woman wanted to show him.


    When the blouse was fully unbuttoned, her breasts were exposed. Aakesh stared at them, but the breasts meant nothing to him. What Aakesh focused on were the two nipples.


    On the nipples, there was a strange symbol engraved. When Aakesh read it, a thunderbolt exploded in his head since it was one of the strokes of a font of thenguage spoken by Devas.


    Even that wasn''t what shocked Aakesh. When the symbols werebined, their meaning was the real reason for the surprise. It meant theing of a blue-skinned man who would either return the world to nothingness or be the cause of its survival.


    "I was born with it," The womanmented upon seeing the change in expression of the blue-skinned man.


    Aakesh seemed to be engrossed in the symbol. Even though the woman didn''t mind showing it to Aakesh, she still felt ufortable after a while facing Aakesh''s continuous stare. After all, it was her breasts.


    If not for Aakesh''s pupils not moving even a little bit from the symbol, the woman would have thought Aakesh was being a pervert.


    She finally buttoned her blouse, closed the window, and forced Aakesh to wake up from his trance.


    "Did you like what you saw?" The woman suddenly asked, trying to lighten the mood from the sudden awkwardness in her heart.


    "No," Aakesh responded immediately, surprising the woman, but as Aakesh''s response continued, she calmed down.


    ***


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 Chapter 1128 Questions!

    Chapter 1128: Questions!


    "Did your grandfather, Emperor Sudas, ever inform you why your nipples became the spot for the statement?" Aakesh asked.


    From the prophecy point of view, everything was extremely important, and simrly, there was a reason that the woman''s nipples were chosen as the spot for the prophecy or whatever it was.


    The woman had already informed Aakesh that she was born with the symbol, so it was clearly not her grandfather''s doing.


    "No! He also failed to realize what it implied." The woman responded, not thinking about the awkwardness anymore.


    Aakesh nodded and began to think of what could be the reason behind the situation.


    He knew what the nipples symbolized. It symbolized vitality and life since it was the source of food for a newborn baby.


    But Aakesh was thinking about what it had to do with him since he was clearly the blue-skinned man who was foretold.


    Even though there were many blue-skinned creatures in the Multiverse, and the prophecy didn''t mention the race or the features of the man, but only the skin of his color, Aakesh wasn''t being overconfident when he ced himself as that man. The omen talked about the blue-skinned man being the bringer of doom or the messiah of safety, and if there was someone who could do it, it was Aakesh.


    "Hey, system, what do I interpret from the prophecy?" Aakesh decided to consult the only being more knowledgeable than him whom he could contact at any time.


    [Host, you are the blue-skinned man, and the nipples represent the essence of life.]


    "I can also guess that; how are the two of us linked?" Aakesh inquired with a frown.


    [Host, Insufficient authority!]


    The mostmon response from the system rang in his head whenever he asked any question rted to himself.


    "What store level do I need to know how her nipples and mying are rted?" Aakesh asked, hoping for a clear answer, so he could set his goal.


    [Level 4!]


    ***


    After not having insufficient authority to take the help of the system and getting some of his answers, Aakesh returned his focus to the woman.


    "Do you think I am that blue-skinned man?" Aakesh asked, looking indifferently at the woman.


    "Naah, you are too weak," The woman didn''t even take one moment and responded.


    Aakesh didn''t mind her underestimating him, and he then asked a few more questions.


    "How do I get the crystal?" Aakesh finally asked the question about the item.


    "You need to pass the test I will give you."


    Aakesh didn''t reply in response and only nodded his head, showing his readiness to start the test.


    The woman smiled and the next moment, a white light covered the two of them.


    When the surroundings became normal, Aakesh found himself in a different area. It was still the garden, but it was the opposite of what Aakesh came from a moment ago.


    Instead of flowers, stinky bones and rotten flesh were spread around as far as Aakesh could see.


    The woman''s dress had also changed. Earlier, she had worn white, adding to her already graceful, ethereal presence. But at that moment, she looked like she hade straight from a horror book.


    Her entire skin had turned dark, and three-fourths of her face was bitten, with the other one-fourth being thebination of some clear flesh around her right eye, her lower lip, and the flesh below.


    At the same time, her strength had also grown severalfold. Earlier, Aakesh thought that one flick from him would be enough to end the woman''s life, but that feeling had changed. He felt as if he were a small lizard, and standing in front of him was a tiger that could crush him with a casual p.


    Fortunately for him, the woman was not his opponent, as she exined what the test was to get the crystal.


    In the middle of the rotten garden, a square rock was buried, the same as what Aakesh embedded in the crystal''s mural. Aakesh needed to find the square rock first, and then with its help, he would be able to find the crystal as well.


    As for how to find it, it was up to Aakesh. But before beginning the search, the woman warned Aakesh that there were high dangers around the garden.


    Aakesh nodded and then took a step forward. The woman standing behind Aakesh sneered as if it were a different person altogether.


    There was a hint of yfulness in her right eye as if she was waiting for Aakesh to drown in a sea of danger.


    ***


    As Aakesh''s right footnded, a horrible stench attacked his nose. He looked down, only to find himself on the ground filled with rotten flesh.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The ground tried to sink Aakesh, but his steps were stable as he took a step forward. It was tough as an ocean of flesh jumped out with Aakesh, increasing the weight of his steps.


    After around a hundred steps, Aakesh finally saw the end of the flesh. Suddenly, before he could take another step, a sense of danger hit him.


    Aakesh didn''t look left or right and jumped. The next moment, the flesh beneath his feet was sucked inside by a force that appeared out of nowhere.


    Even seeing the scene was terrible mental torture, but it didn''t affect Aakesh at all as he used the force from the jump to push him forward.


    When hended on the ground, he was outside the fleshden ground.


    The next moment, Aakesh couldn''t help but frown as when hended, he saw bonesing together and forming a dragon-like creature.


    Aakesh couldn''t let themplete the formation since he could see that there was danger involved in the situation. He took his sword out and charged, shing at the half-formed skeleton.


    ng!


    A loud shing sound rang as the sword hit the bone. Aakesh felt like hitting a tough metal, so he added strength, and his sword cut through the bones of the creature.


    The situation stopped before turning dangerous, or so Aakesh thought; instead of staying on the ground, the cleaved bones joined together and formed several snake-like creatures.


    They were small in size, but they hadrge numbers. The snake-like skeletons rushed at Aakesh with their full might.


    Some of therger ones stayed behind and opened their mouths, preparing an attack.


    If the skeleton knew that Aakesh had fought several times more numbers at once, they would have thought of a different strategy against him rather than overwhelming him. His every movement was like a dance in the middle of the battlefield.


    Whenever a white light shed, many of the snake-like skeletons would be cut into several pieces. To stop them from regenerating, Aakesh had added the element of corrosion to his sh.


    Whenever a skeleton would be cut, it would slowly dissolve into liquid and then into ashes, disappearing from the battlefield.


    Aakesh''s movement continued, and even before therger snake-like skeletons could release their attack, Aakesh had reached them.


    There were seven of them, and it only took seven quick shes to end. Aakesh suddenly sensed a danger to his life, so he jumped back.


    BOOM!


    At the spot where Aakesh stood a moment ago, a loud explosion urred, and a bat-like gigantic skeleton creature jumped out.


    Instead of feeling the threat, Aakesh nodded since one of the eye holes of the creature had the square rock he had been looking for.


    ***


    "Damn it!" The woman cursed when she saw the emergence of the bat-like creature.


    It was supposed to enter the y veryte, and till then, Aakesh would have gone through several challenges. Some might have even killed him and forced him to revive.


    But due to the bat-like creature getting excited by Aakesh''s quick movement, it appeared in an attempt to battle Aakesh and see who was quicker of the two.


    It was due to the square rock as it was a sentient material, and the woman could do nothing to change it.


    ***


    The battle between the creature and Aakesh began. It wasn''t as easy as earlier, even though the creature was below the level range that Aakesh could easily defeat.


    It all had to do with its high agility. It took some time, but in the end, Aakesh came out as the winner of the battle by cutting the creature into two and grabbing the square rock before it could run far away.


    As Aakesh grabbed the square rock, the environment around him changed, and he found himself back in the beautiful garden, and in front of him was the woman with her gently stroking Handolia.


    ***


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 Chapter 1129 Excitement!!!

    Chapter 1129: Excitement!!!


    After grabbing the square rock, Aakesh found himself back in the garden with the woman sitting on the chair and gently stroking the sleeping Handolia.


    The woman smiled when she saw the square rock, unlike the dark version of her. She thenmented, "Now that you have found the square rock: search for the crystal. It is hidden here somewhere."


    Time flew by, and after several hours passed in a sh, Aakesh finally discovered the crystal. It wasn''t an easy task, as the crystal was buried miles deep in the garden, and he needed to find it without harming even an inch of it, so the process was intensely slow.


    Taking the crystal out was a challenge as Aakesh couldn''t use his hands, but he had to use his divine senses to pick it up. At the same time, he needed to fight back the repulsion force of the square rock since it seemed to have no interest in returning to the crystal.


    Fortunately for him, there was no pressure or eye-tearing sensation from the crystal. In the end, when the crystal appeared, his hands were in even worse shape than they were during the mural''s situation.


    The hexagonal crystal was red in color with a purple hue around it. There was an empty space with the same dimensions as the square rock in the middle of the crystal.


    Aakesh pushed through the force and ced the stone perfectly in thepartment. There was no attraction force from the crystal, so Aakesh had to do all of it on his own.


    When the process wasplete, the purple hue around the crystal exploded, turning into a blinding light. Aakesh had no choice but to let go of the item.


    The woman appeared behind Aakesh and stared at the scene as if the blinding light didn''t matter to her. She couldn''t help but grow emotional after seeing theplete formation of the crystal. It was an item created by her grandfather, and it had stayed in a detached state since the war.


    Even though she was here, the woman could no longer control the square rock or the crystal, and neither did she have the strength to tame their movement.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, only opened his eyes when the entire process wasplete. When he saw the crystal, he couldn''t help but raise his eyes in surprise since the appearance of the mural was different.


    Aakesh then turned around and saw the woman looking at the crystal with the same expression.


    When Aakesh raised his hand to grab the newly formed red crystal with a purple-gold hue around it, with an addition of intricate murals engraved on it, the crystal flew away. Aakesh became faster, but it was still out of his reach.


    The crystal then flew toward the woman, its previous owner. The woman had the same experience as it dodged her head, rotated three times around her, and then it disappeared from both of their eyes.


    "It told me that it feels disappointed that you aren''tpatible with it," The woman didn''t seem that surprised by the crystal''s action. She then informed Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded since he already knew beforeing here that he wouldn''t be able to own the item. He just didn''t know that he wouldn''t even be able to touch it.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    To return to the room, Aakesh only needed to think, but he conversed with the woman for some time, trying to know how the woman had achieved a state where she was neither dead nor alive, nor undead, nor a spirit.


    Unfortunately, Aakesh''s attempts failed, and he didn''t get to know the answer. The woman assured him that his question would be answered at their next meeting. As for when it would happen or whether it would ur, it was all best left to the future.


    ***


    After everything wasplete, Aakesh stood at the endless gate of the endless pce towering behind him. Aakesh had a smile on his face as he received one petal from the Handolia and many other valuable resources that he didn''t need but could sell for more in case he needed money to buy things he desired.


    To exit the pce, Aakesh needed to reverse draw the pattern. He did it without breaking any sweat, and the next moment, he found himself back at the ce where he started digging.


    At the same time, a warm feeling washed over his body, strengthening his skin, bones, spirit, and every other body function.


    Aakesh decided to call his status panel since it had been a long time. The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Mythical,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 304,


    HP: 208,248/210,000,


    Energy: 209,021/210,000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 6,186 (+925),


    Agility: 6,170 (+909),


    Intelligence: -0-,<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    With the five-level gain at once, Aakesh finally crossed the three-hundred-level mark. Aakesh nodded in appreciation seeing his other details.


    He then waved his hands, and the next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back again.


    Time flew by, and soon it was Aakesh''s turn to return to the store since it was meditation time.


    Time was like a stream that ran continuously without any interference from others. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, hours turned into days, days turned into weeks, and just like that, it had been more than three years since Aakesh ascended and opened the store in the Sacred Dimension.


    As the sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, the cover of darkness disappeared, and citizens weed a new day.


    Aakesh opened the door to his store as usual at sunrise, and as expected, the familiar scene of thousands of people waiting outside greeted him.


    Aakesh turned around and returned to his chair, while the crowd entered the store like a raging tide. Everyone wanted to be the first to enter, but none dared to push someone outside of their way as they didn''t want to get blocked from the store.


    It took even less than the time it took to open the door to turn the street empty.


    There were more than fifteen thousand people in the group of customers inside the store. The next moment, a golden light covered 13148 of them, while the remaining were without any.


    Those who joined the 13148 people were excited, while those who didn''t went to the waiting corner to wait for their turn in Panagea.


    Those who owned cards went directly to the portal room, while those who didn''t own any of the three formed a line and joined the queue.


    After Aakesh was left alone on his chair while the waiting customers had joined the waiting queue, he summoned the quest screen.


    The next moment, several blue screens containing all his active quests appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Seven


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea Hours,


    Description: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 150,000 Panagea hours for consecutive two hundred forty days,


    Requirement: Now, it''s time for you to increase your contribution further and make even more customers interested in the product.


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 650,000 hours every day for continuous five thousand days,


    Mission reward: Twenty-five thousand new virtual portals addition,


    Duration: 5500 days,


    Failure Punishment: Loss of one thousand virtual portals, and the salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for five hundred years.]


    ¡­


    Aakesh looked at all his quests and their progress one after another. Seeing that there was no issue with the way things were going on, Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the screens disappeared one after another, depending on their sequence.


    Aakesh wasn''t alone today in the store, but he also had Lily with him. Lily had an excited expression all over her face as she couldn''t wait for the sunset to arrive and for Aakesh to close the store.


    Today was the day when the full three years would pass since the arrival of the Beast Summoner Device, and also the day the hatching of the Chaos Whale would ur.


    Lily''s territory in Panagea was going through turbulence since thest year due to radical actions taken by her. But today nothing mattered to her since today her sibling would be born.


    Aakesh also had the same expression, but he didn''t show it on the outside like Lily and kept his usual indifferent face.


    ***


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 Chapter 1130 A Familiar Face!

    Chapter 1130: A Familiar Face!


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh had his eyes closed when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. The next moment, he was greeted by a familiar face.


    The face was different than what Aakesh had seen, but he easily remembered the man. The man was none other than George, one of the customers in the first phase of the store.


    George belonged to the Royal Infernal after he bought the Hellfire Embryo from the store, but strong creatures from Hell like him were attacked on sight due to the cruel nature of the inhabitants. George stood in the guise of a human, and his appearance was what an adult George would have looked like if he had aged and never died by his father''s sword.


    George benefited from one of the skills he had received from the Embryo, so even a Sacred Creator had a tough time finding faults with his disguise unless the other party was Aakesh or the system.


    George took a deep breath and stepped inside the store. His eyes were slightly moist, unfitting of his cruel character.


    George wanted to stay strong, but as he reached closer to the store, his past memories of his human life shed in front of his eyes.


    When he met the store, there was a small poor-looking cottage in the middle of nowhere, but now, the store was in the middle of civilization. George noticed people looking at him weirdly for one moment, and then they would return to their business with envy written all over their faces.


    George ignored all those nces and finally stepped inside the store. The view in front of him changed, and a chair and the familiar blue-skinned man sitting there greeted his sight.


    George''s eyes almost shed a tear, but he controlled himself and smiled at the man. His eyes then fell on the little furry white creature sitting atop the man, and all the past terror in his heart rushed out.


    George was a strong cultivator and had a better mindset, so he immediately calmed down. The hiss from Lily still echoed in his mind, but the fear was no longer there.


    Lily, who was busy dreaming about what the whale would look like and its name, also noticed George when he looked at her.


    The familiar memory of the weak, terrified boy shed past her head. She raised her ws and made the gesture of calling the man forward.


    George also calmed down and proceeded forward. The store''s luxuriousness mattered nothing in George''s eyespared to what he had seen during his earlier entry to the store.


    The store looked better outside and inside, but the items kept on the shelf at that time were more valuable for him than what he was currently seeing.


    "Hello, senior Aakesh!"


    "Hello, senior Lily!"


    George respectfully greeted Aakesh and Lily, following with a waist bow.


    "Do you now know how cats speak?" Lily joked in response since the conversation was still fresh in her mind.


    Other than training, Aakesh and Lily spent their time watching over the customer''s life in the first phase, so there was a more familiar connection between Aakesh and Lily and the hundred or so customers.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    ***


    "... these are the five products avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction.


    It was what George learned from the man, but he wanted to hear it directly from Aakesh, so he asked him about the products.


    After the introduction was over, there were only two products readily avable to him for use.


    "Senior, tell me more about Panagea," George asked.


    When he came here, his confidence was the same as it was years ago when he had died by his father''s sword, but as time passed, his confidence grew since he was no longer that weak George. Now, he was a Royal Infernal that had its own standing in the race, and his strength wasn''t low.


    "Before telling you about Panagea, you can''t enter for the moment¡­"


    Aakesh started by telling George about the filled virtual portal spots, and then he introduced Panagea with more details like the price for different stay groups, the exchange rate, and many other things.


    George was disappointed to learn that there were no spots avable in Panagea, but since the wait wasn''t that long due to different stay groups, he soon calmed down.


    The beast was thest product left for him in the store. Even though only beasts ranging from early Divine Transformation to peak Divine Lord were avable for sale, they held more value due to their talent and thepletely loyal partners they were.


    "Senior, tell me about the different quality levels of beasts and how they differ from their counterparts in the world outside the store." George respectfully inquired.


    "The beasts sold by the store have seven quality levels, starting with inferior and ending with ultimate¡­" Aakesh introduced the Beast Summoner Device in detail.


    George then asked a few more questions, and after getting his satisfaction, he respectfully thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the beast''s room.


    When George left, another customer took his ce. During the time he and Aakesh conversed, three new customers entered the store.


    When George entered the room, the countless murals engraved on all the walls inside the room weed him.


    He also saw the pir standing in the middle of the room, and he could feel the grandness of it. But before beginning the summoning round, George decided to take a look around the murals and see the beasts he recognized so that he would have a list of beasts in his mind for the summoning.


    The summoned beast from the device was random and based on luck, but having a beast on the mind yed a role as well since every action from the man changed the luck. Sometimes, even the people with the best luck have their luck turn worse because they desire an item.


    George recognized many of the beasts on the walls, but the majority of them were unknown. He couldn''t help but curse himself for not trying to learn things and fighting all day.


    Around a minuteter, a new customer entered the room. The man took a single nce at George, and then he approached the pir.

 Chapter 1131 List Of Beasts!

    Chapter 1131: List of Beasts!


    George''s anger red up when he saw someone begin their summoning when he was already in the room. He vented all his fury in his head since he didn''t want to lose his life over anger.


    After fifteen minutes, George had a list of beasts in his mind. He went to the pir, and since there was no one else there, he pressed the button, beginning the summoning round.


    He set the system to random since Divine Transformation or Divine Lord didn''t matter to him. For him, they were both weak beasts.


    The square light began to rotate at a rapid rate soon after the button was pressed, and exactly five secondster, a beast appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card appeared out of thin air and flew into George''s hands.


    George didn''t like what he saw on the card, so he went ahead and ced it in the returnpartment. He then returned to the screen and pressed the button again.


    The next moment, "1" appeared on top of the screen, and the familiar process of rotation urred.


    Time flew by, and George went through six summoning rounds. In all seven rounds, he received an ultimate quality beast ranging from early Divine Transformation to early Divine Being, but he didn''t like any of the ones he saw.


    It was finally the time of the seventh summoning as "6" appeared on top of the screen while the square light began to rotate at a rapid rate.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast appeared on the screen. It was one of the beasts on the list, so George grew excited to see what its details would be.


    He didn''t have to wait for long as a card formed out of thin air and flew into his hands.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    [Name: Hellfire Cerberus


    Type: Beast


    Race: Cerberus


    Quality: Ultimate


    Elements: Fire, Darkness


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Three-headed Hound of Hell


    Details: A projection of a three-headed hound appears behind the creature, and when it roars, it can devour souls and unleash devastating attacks with its ws and fangs.


    Area: 25 square meters


    Ability:


    Inferno Breath: The Hellfire Cerberus can release a stream of fire that can incinerate anything in its path.

 Chapter 1132 Ayriel’s Decision!

    Chapter 1132: Ayriel''s Decision!


    George''s bloodline cried as the Kindeva woman looked at him. Every pore of his body was urging him to bow.


    George tried to fight through it, but as time passed, he found his struggle was in vain. His body was slowly bending.


    Suddenly a grin appeared on the woman''s face, and before he could understand, the bloodline pressure attacking him disappeared as if it were never there.


    The woman then moved her face away and closed her eyes while he stood there for a moment.


    Since whatever happened inside the store wasn''t intentional, nor could it cause danger to George or Katrina, the system didn''t act.


    After a few seconds, George calmed down. The bloodline pressure no longer affected him. He took a step forward, approaching Aakesh.


    No new customer was talking with Aakesh, so he didn''t have to wait and immediately reached Aakesh.


    "Senior, I want to tame this beast," George requested. It wasn''t immediate, as he nced at the woman, thinking of asking Aakesh about her identity, but he decided against it and stated his purpose to the store owner.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from George''s hands. He took a quick nce at the beast and then tapped twice on the storefront pattern at the back of the card.


    As the process usually goes, George found himself in a different ce after Aakesh returned the card.


    George himself was a creature that thrived in an area where the concentration of fire and darkness elements was abundant, so like the majority of the customers, the environment benefited him instead of creating an advantage for the beast.


    There was no way of measuring time in the battle area, so after an unknown amount of time had passed, George trumped over his opponent, winning the battle.


    Soon after, he found himself back in the store''s hall with his hand still stretched and the card in his hands. George couldn''t help but raise his eyes in astonishment when he found that no time had flowed inside the store while he was battling the Hellfire Cerberus.


    George soon returned to calm since these features meant nothing to the store or the store owner.


    Time flew by.


    "You need to pay fifty-five thousand¡­ Sacred stones," Aakesh informed George since only the payment step was left before he became the owner of the Hellfire Cerberus.


    George nodded and then took out the required stones from his inner world and pushed them toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the mountain of stones disappeared from the store and appeared in the system''s space.


    [Host, the amount is correct!]


    The system''s voice rang in Aakesh''s head. "The payment isplete. The beast is yours to summon," Aakesh announced.


    "Thank you, senior!" George thanked the store owner. He didn''t leave but stood there for a while.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The idea of asking questions about the Kindeva woman rose in his heart, but he would shoot them every time since, from the way the woman was sitting on the chair next to the store owner, it meant that the rtionship between Aakesh and the woman wasn''t ordinary.


    There was another woman on the chair who looked to be in disguise, but he felt nothing to fret over from her, so he didn''t focus on her.


    Katrina noticed the cautious nce of the man, so she had no choice but to open her eyes. When George saw those crystal clear eyes up close, his heartbeat instinctively grew.


    George panicked and controlled his heartbeat immediately, not wanting to offend the Kindeva woman.


    There was a reason that, despite being from Hell, the woman was in her true guise as a Kindeva member, and yet no one tried to attempt anything against her. If he tried that, things would be different.


    "Your majesty!" George nodded toward Katrina with a respectful tone.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed.


    Katrina asked George about Hell since George was stronger than thest creature from Hell.


    Even though George didn''t know much about Hell due to his indifference to knowledge, he still knew more than that man and cleared some of Katrina''s doubts about it.


    Even though around two years had passed since Katrina decided to travel to Hell and use her power to cause some chaos, the n was still active. She was only waiting for Autumn to fulfill the bet.


    After the conversation between the two was over, George went to the waiting corner, waiting for his turn for Panagea.


    ***


    While the scenes were ying in the store, a different situation was going on inside Panagea.


    Ayriel found herself in a terrible situation several years ago. She saw a gigantic beast, whose arrival changed the entire situation. She found herself in a vast garden, with its end nowhere in sight.


    At the same time, traveling in the garden was also difficult since even a single breath would make her drunk.


    Years had passed, and Ayriel was still in the garden, with no gains made in level or wealth over the past years.


    Ayriel and Ayana''s rtionship had never been worse than it had been for the past few years, and different terrible situations were also ying around. It was as if someone was ying a cruel joke on her. Many times, Ayriel would find herself questioning whether it was time to give up on Pangea as years went by, but she was still stuck in a range of a few miles.


    If it were Ayriel from before the store, she would have given up on something like Panagea, but from Aakesh, she came to know about the hidden danger around her. Even though she didn''t know what it was, it was still better than living in the dark, not knowing the trouble.


    Considering the risks, Ayriel decided to continue with her stay in Panagea. At the same time, she also gave up on leaving the garden. Instead, she decided to devote all eighteen hours of her stay to building immunity against the fragrance that permeated every corner of the garden.


    It was tough at first since she would be drunk and then fall asleep for hours, but as time passed, her capacity grew and the time she stayed sane increased.


    After years of devoting eighteen hours every day for thest three years in Panagea, Ayriel finally built up enough immunity to at least survey the area.

 Chapter 1133 A New Customer?

    Chapter 1133: A New Customer?


    Building up enough immunity to travel in the range of several miles without bing drunk made Ayriel decide to restart her ns to leave the garden.


    Ayriel knew it would be a long process, so she didn''t think of forcing herself over the limit.


    The garden looked the same at every corner, no matter how long Ayriel traveled. Ayriel failed to see any life other than herself on her journey, and slowly the drunk feeling started to surpass her cognition.


    Ayriel decided to end her travels there. She found a safe ce and sat down, breathing in the fragrance.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on the chair with his eyes closed when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    He opened his eyes, turned in that direction, and found a new face approaching the store.


    ***


    Ishtan belonged to the race Greater Ferricky, a race in the Demon group.


    As the inhabitants of the race looked, Ishtan had red skin, except for the skin around the third eye, which was ck. Ishtan''s build was averagepared to other members of the race, as he stood at ten feet with his broad shoulders. On his back, an axe was tied, and a bloody smell emanated from the de as it was still dripping in green blood.


    Ishtan had several scars on his face, including the spot where his third eye should have been. Greater Ferricky''s third eye was a valuable material due to its usage in different kinds of illusion-dispelling potions.


    The third eye was a valuable body part for the Greater Ferricky as well, due to its ability to see through illusions. Ishtan''s third eye wasn''t taken out by someone else, but he took it out and sold it for good money.


    Ishtan stepped inside the store with green drops of blood dripping from the axe de on the ground. As soon as he entered the store, no drop fell again, as an invisible force would act and vaporize the blood drop.


    Ishtan looked around the shop, marveling at the luxury of the store. His eyes then fell on the two sleeping beauties on the chair.


    Ishtan raised his eyes in astonishment since he was taken aback by their beauty. He couldn''t help but think how great it would be if he were able to enjoy both of them at once.


    Ishtan decided to ask the twodiester and focused on the blue-skinned man for whom he came here.


    "Are you the store owner?" Ishtan asked. His voice was not courteous at all.


    Lily, rxing on Aakesh''s bun, opened her eyes. Her eyes turned sharp as she looked at the man.


    Ishtan noticed Lily, but he scoffed when he found her cultivation level to be nothing.


    Katrina and Aututmn also woke up from their sleep and looked at the new customer. Their expressions immediately changed when they saw the pattern on the man''s chest pocket.


    The pattern on the shirt was a bird with metallic wings diving downward while a group of hands tried to catch the bird. It belonged to a top organization of the Sacred Dimension, with a few Sacred Monarchs controlling it.


    Katrina and Autumn got into a fight with one team of the organization when they were out to hunt for money. They sessfully won against the team, but then a stronger team arrived, and they had no choice but to run away.


    Unaware of the thoughts going on inside Katrina and Autumn''s heads, Aakesh nodded in response to the man''s question.


    The man''s cultivation was Sacred King, but Aakesh didn''t care even if the man had some evil ns since he was invincible inside the store.


    "There is a parcel for you," Ishtan nodded and took out a box from his inner world.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The box was engraved with different beautiful patterns, making it look beautiful.


    Lily was taken aback by the man''s response since she expected the man to be an enemy from the way he acted.


    After handing over the box to Aakesh, Ishtan looked at Katrina and Autumn on the chair.


    He then ignored Aakesh and stepped toward them.


    "Beauties, may I know your names?" Ishtan asked. His tone was entirely opposite of what it was before when in front of Aakesh.


    Ishtan tried to smile as wide as possible, making him look terrifying due to all the scars on his face.


    "Look at me, how foolish I am being."


    "Here, this is for you two beautifuldies," Ishtan suddenly hit his head, and then he took out two beautiful flower bouquets from his inner world.


    Katrina took the bouquet as a smile spread across her face, while Autumn ignored it.


    Katrina stood up from her chair, went to the man, and whispered something in his ears, raising hairs all over his body.


    Ishtan gulped and nodded. Katrina smiled and then told the man to leave the store.


    Ishtan turned around and walked toward the exit with slow steps. He would turn back and look at Katrina from time to time, and then he would gulp hard.


    "What did you say to him?" Lily couldn''t contain her curiosity and asked.


    A wide grin spread across Katrina''s face, and she added, "Children shouldn''t know about the matters of adults."


    Hiss!


    Lily, who was ready to hear an answer, hissed in anger toward Katrina in response.


    She then calmed down and jumped off Aakesh''s head, wanting to open the box.


    The box was square in shape, the same size as Aakesh''s head. The intricate patterns engraved all around it were expensive. There was a lock attached to the handle.


    Lily''s ws appeared as she struck the lock. The lock was cut open like paper, and its lower half fell down. Before it could touch the ground, an invisible pressure acted and turned the part into ashes.


    Lily took out the upper half of the handle, and it was also met with the same fate as its lower counterpart.


    Lily then unlocked the hatch, and the box opened. Their eyes fell on the content, shocking Lily, Autumn, and Katrina.


    ***


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 Chapter 1134 New Quest!

    Chapter 1134: New Quest!


    Aakesh didn''t stop Lily from opening the box, and soon it was opened.


    Aakesh was curious about who sent him the parcel, so he also focused on the content.


    The next moment, Lily''s hair was raised all over her body as her anger soared like never before.


    Katrina and Autumn were shocked to see what was inside the box.


    Aakesh was the only one who was calm. He extended his right hand and picked out the item.


    The item was familiar to all four of them, and it was a head. The head didn''t belong to a person, but it was made up in the same form as Aakesh.


    It was as if they were looking at Aakesh himself. The made-up head had a terrified expression as if he had seen something terrible and was afraid.


    Lily raised her head and looked at the gate. She suddenly charged since the man had only left a few moments ago.


    Unfortunately for her, her attempts turned out to be futile as arge hand grabbed her. It was none other than Aakesh.


    She looked angrily at Aakesh for stopping her. Aakesh''s expression was calm, as he didn''t say anything and focused on the made-up head.


    Lily sullenly returned back to her spot. Her eyes then fell on the piece of paperid at the bottom of the box.


    Lily took the paper out, unfolded it, and read the content on it.


    [I aming for you and the store!]


    The content on the paper was a simple warning from whoever sent the box.


    Aakesh noticed the paper, but he kept his focus on the made-up head.


    Aakesh smelled a familiar scent from the head, and it didn''t take long for him to recognize who it was.


    Aakesh remembered that there was a customer who arrived in the store while it was still in the Primal Dimension. The customer availed the benefit of the store''s products for only one day, as only after a single Gods & Demons level training session, the man reached the limit and had to ascend.


    Aakesh remembered that before ascending, a weird scene had urred when the man had looked at him with a greedy expression.


    From what he remembered, the man''s name was Hartol.


    [Hey, system, is this got to do with that organization?]


    Aakesh asked the system since it had happened not long after he had hunted down an organization that was trying to intrude into the store on someone''s order.


    [Host, please see the screen for your next quest!]


    Instead of a response, the system''s mechanical, emotionless alert rang in his ears.


    The next moment, a blue screen only visible to him appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Objective: Spoil the n


    Details: Your possession of a valuable item had made you an enemy of a strong organization. You foiled their ns to intrude on the store by exterminating the organization in the Primal Dimension, but for the Sacred Dimension they have nned an even more sinister situation for you,


    Requirement: Kill the Pawn in the next thirty thousand years without the system''s help


    Information: The pawn is too strong for you to defeat currently.


    System''s help: Materialization of a single weapon of your liking<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Mission reward: Increase of one sub-level, upgrade of [Apocalyptic st], and one offensive and one defensive skill,


    Failure Punishment: Decrease of a level and the store''s shutdown for three thousand years.]


    Aakesh looked at the screen in front of him. He wasn''t surprised by the system''s requirement of doing it without the system''s help since thest time, he also fought the entire Nielle organization on his own, with only some benefits from the system.


    When Aakesh looked at the reward section, he became even more motivated to defeat Haltor in less than thirty thousand years.


    Apocalyptic st had be his signature skill, so its upgrade was a wee step. He found it to be more valuable than the reward of one new offensive and defensive skill each.


    Aakesh took a quick nce at the failure punishment and waved his hands. The next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back.


    Aakesh returned his focus to the made-up head and crushed it into dust.


    The next moment, an invisible pressure erupted, attacking the dust and the box. In no time, they disintegrated into nothingness.


    Aakesh then looked at Lily, looking at the note in her hands with deep anger.


    Aakesh took the paper away from her and stroked her fur while a tiny ck energy ball erupted from the tip of his finger and engulfed the piece of paper.


    Aakesh continued stroking her, trying to calm her down.


    ***


    A few minutes ago,


    After hearing some desired things from one of the beauties, Ishtan left the store in a blissful mood. He decided to wait outside the store for the woman.


    Ishtan had no idea about what was in the box. Suddenly, a tingling sensation appeared in his head, shocking Ishtan.


    Ishtan was a Sacred King, so it wasn''t an ordinary thing. Ishtan panicked, trying to understand what was happening.


    Before he could understand, a ck hole the size of a particle of sand emerged out of his inner world and engulfed himpletely.


    It all happened so fast that for the people outside the street, the man looked like he had teleported.


    While in reality, the man had died and his soul was devoured by the ck hole.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Sacred Dimension,


    Hartol licked his lips, satisfied with the taste of Ishtan''s soul.


    Hartol was an executive in the organization, so he chose a strong cultivator to deliver to show Aakesh his strength.


    The moment the organization chose Ishtan to be the delivery man, he had signed his death guarantee. Hartol wasn''t going to let someone like Ishtan live who could be tracked down to find him.


    Hartol wanted to hunt Aakesh but on his terms. He desired to get him when Aakesh least expected, and Ishtan was only the start.


    ***


    "Do you need us to fight?" Katrina was the first to break the silence after a while.


    She and Autumn owed a debt to Aakesh, so she wanted to help him. It would be nothing inparison to what Aakesh did for them, but it would be a start.


    "No!" Aakesh smiled and replied.

 Chapter 1135 Punishment!

    Chapter 1135: Punishment!


    "No," Aakesh said, refusing to take help from Katrina.


    Even though the quest didn''t talk about him seeking the help of others, Aakesh didn''t want to. Aakesh didn''t enjoy killing, but that didn''t mean he wouldn''t.


    The moment Hartol nned to kill Aakesh, he became Aakesh''s enemy, and Aakesh had no mercy for his enemies; only death was their fate.


    Lily calmed down after Aakesh promised to tell her what the things were, and things returned to normal.


    Time flew by, and it had been two hours since the store opened its doors for the day.


    Many store customers couldn''t afford an extended stay, so they chose the 1x entry and stayed inside Panagea for six hours, as they did before the update to the product.


    More than half of the portals became vacant as customers left the portal room one by one.


    Katrina and Autumn were one of therge group of people waiting to enter Panagea, so they proceeded toward the room.


    In no time, there were only a few hundred people left in the waiting corner. Since there were no new customers approaching him, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    Lily, sitting on Aakesh''s hair bun, didn''t seem to be excited anymore. She was only thinking about what to do with the being who sent the parcel once she found him.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Multiverse,


    "Was this your n?" A figure seated on a throne in the dark asked.


    "Naah, I have nothing to do with it. It''s all his doing," A reply came in response from the empty space. The voice had a hint of a lively tone to it.


    "You don''t need to lie to me," The figure on the thronemented. The next moment, a screen appeared and yed out the scene of a sudden attraction force appearing and melting into the cultivator, increasing his strength by leaps and bounds.


    "She warned youst time," The figure further added.


    The voice in the dark fell silent as hearing her, he couldn''t help but remember the past scenes.


    "I have kept my promise," The figure in the darkmented.


    The being on the throne only shook his head since his friend was stubborn, and once he had set his eyes upon something, he wouldn''t stop till he got it.


    The being on the throne could see the future turning grim for his friends, but he could do nothing to stop the man due to her order.


    "You are not to step out of the &$(^@)_ for the next three thousand years!"


    Suddenly, a female voice filled with chill rang in the area, making the man in the dark shudder.


    The man wanted to say something, but suddenly a door opened and sucked him inside, not giving him a chance to fight back.


    "My lord!"


    The man seated on the throne suddenly stood out and kneeled in the direction of the voice.


    There stood a woman with a blurry figure, staring at the screen. She sighed and then disappeared from there, leaving the man and the screen.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Just what have you put us into?" The man mumbled as he stood up and sat down on his throne.


    Soon after, only silence was left in the area as the man closed his eyes, leaving nothing but darkness.


    ***


    In the deep space of the Sacred Dimension,


    An endless creature sleeping in the void suddenly jerked, destroying several gxies around it instantly.


    A pair of eyesrger than the universe opened up, and they were filled with terror as if something unprecedented was going to happen, and it wasn''t good for the dimension.


    The creature was one of the eleven Void Beasts of the Sacred Dimension and the only creature to receive the title of Dimension Throne. The enormous pair of eyes turned around and looked to the left.


    The Void Beasts were omniscient in the Sacred Dimension. There was no restriction, no illusion that could block their eyes.


    But the more the beast looked, the greater the terror became in its eyes, as it could see nothing. It could only sense there was something in it that caused it to suddenly awaken, but its omniscient ability failed at this juncture.


    ***


    Harlot, who was celebrating the taste of Ishtan''s soul, suddenly frowned and looked to his right. His heart palpitated as if there was something terrible looking at him.


    But he soon calmed down as the feeling slowly diminished. There was still a frown on his face, but for some reason, the terror he felt a moment ago was no longer there.


    Hartol believed his sudden gain from three months ago to be the cause of this, so trusting in the power, he stopped thinking about it.


    Three months ago, Hartol was busy in a ruin, fighting against a beast. He was on the losing end and was thinking of escaping from the scene.


    Right at that time, a miracle had urred as a red ball of light, the size of a tennis ball, appeared out of nowhere and melted into him.


    Hartol felt a warm feeling rush through his body at that moment, making him stronger. When the process ended, his cultivation was the same as before, but his inherent strength had grown by leaps and bounds.


    Hartol was losing against the beast, but after the absorption, he killed the creature with a single punch.


    Even though Hartol''s strength grew, a side effect also increased with it. Since his ascension, Hartol knew that whoever gave him the power wanted him to harm the store owner.


    After the absorption, the feeling of harming the store owner grew in intensity like never before. At first, Hartol tried to push it deep down in his heart and try to solve the issue with more kills, but the situation was different, unlike before, when he could calm his heart down with cruel ughters.


    The more Hartol tried to push the feeling back, the more the intensity grew. And the more Hartol tried to think of ways to harm Aakesh, the greater his strength growth rate became.


    ***


    Unaware of things going on, Aakesh was rxing in his chair with his eyes closed in the store.


    ***


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 Chapter 1136 A New Customer!

    Chapter 1136: A New Customer!


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    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, an unfamiliar face greeting his sight.


    ***


    "I finally reached here," Greton mumbled as he looked at the ordinary building in front of him. It was the same as how the store looked ording to the description of his younger brother.


    Greton belonged to the Destryan, a race in the beast group. The Destryans were humanoid creatures in the beast group and had a closer rtionship with the ape group, but the Destryans differedpletely from them in appearance.


    Greton was an enormous humanoid being, standing at seventeen feet. His shoulders, biceps, and legs were broad enough to hide a well-built human behind him. Except for his face, there was not a single body part that was left untouched by silver fur, with a tint of ck at the top, giving it a majestic appearance. The Destryans had three pairs of eyes, with pupils varying in color for every pair.


    The upper pair of eyes had red sclera with silver pupils; the middle pair of eyes had abination of gray sclera and red pupils; and the bottom set had ck sclera and golden pupils.


    Greton''s younger brother, Feltin, was a regr customer at the store for the past year. From Feltin, Greton learned about the store.


    It wasn''t that Feltin immediately informed Greton about the store, but it was only around a month ago when he found out about it, and even that was due to Feltin owing him a favor.


    Greton had noticed the change in his younger brother over the past years, so right after learning about the store, he left his n and came running. Destryan wasn''t an ordinary or a mid-tier race, it was one of the top hundred races of the beast group, with it having given birth to one Sacred Creator since its creation.


    Greton and Feltin descended from the only Sacred Creator of the Destryan race, so their status wasn''t ordinary in the n. At that moment, the Destryan was ruled by ate Sacred Monarch since the Sacred Creator Destryan had ascended to the Primordial Dimension a long time ago.


    It was just that the cultivator was immensely talented and strong; the resources gathered by him over his stay in the Sacred Dimension set the foundation of the race so strong that it was one of the top hundred races of the Beast Group despite only having a single Sacred Monarch in the race.


    Greton was the elder son of the ruler, and he was next in line to be the ruler of the race, so his status was even higher than Feltin''s.


    Destryans were majestic-looking creatures, and being the crown prince of the race, Greton looked great. While he stood there looking at the store, he was greeted by many eyes looking at him with envy.


    Greton took a step forward since he hadn''te here just for looking at the building. Even though Feltin didn''t inform him of the store''s products, the change in his strength in just a year was proof enough to show that the store wasn''t anything ordinary. Greton didn''t care about the sense-blocking array at the gate of the store since even he had one established at his pce.


    As Greton stepped inside the store, the scene in front of him changed, and the luxurious appearance of the store spread out.


    Greton''s eyes fell on the entire floor made of Eternal stone, as far as his eyes could see. He looked in surprise since this luxury was out of his expectation. At the same time, anticipation for the store product grew in his heart since any store that would use Eternal Stone for flooring wouldn''t sell ordinary products.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    His eyes fell on the four open rooms, the blue-skinned store owner sitting on his chair, and a pill counter behind him.


    Greton also noticed a white, furry little creature on the store owner''s bun. His heart suddenly palpitated, and his bloodline boiled.


    Greton frowned since the reaction from his body could mean only one thing. The white, furry little creature had an even purer and stronger bloodline than him.


    "Epochal Feline!" Greton suddenly eximed out loud as Lily looked back at Greton, showing his appearance.


    Greton came from the beast group of races and a top race at that, so his knowledge regarding the top beast races was prominent. Epochal Feline was a great beast since it was not only a top predator, but many of the current top races descended from it.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Greton greeted Aakesh and looked at his head from time to time.


    Greton had many questions regarding Lily, but he couldn''t ask them as she showed no interest in them, and the store owner clearly seemed to agree with her.


    Since there was no way to get his answers, Greton decided to focus on what was ahead of him, the store and its products. At the same time, Greton also decided to ask Feltin why he didn''t talk about the Epochal Feline since its presence was great news worth celebrating for the beast group. The group needed someone to take them to the top of the Sacred Dimension, like in the time of the Chaotic Wyrms.


    Greton didn''t know that Feltin had no idea about Lily''s existence. He came early in the morning and left during the day, while Lily returned to the store before sunset and left for Panagea after her training. Not many store customers were even aware of her existence.


    Aakesh responded with a nod in response to the greeting, as he did with every customer.


    "I am Greton¡­"


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh expressionlessly introduced himself in response to Greton''srge introduction about him and his family.


    "Store owner, what products are avable in the store?" Greton asked after taking a quick look at Lily sitting atop Aakesh''s head.


    Lily didn''t appreciate Greton looking at her. Even though there was nothing negative about his look¡ªhis eyes were only filled with curiosity and a slight hint of excitement¡ªshe still didn''t like it.


    Aakesh also noticed it, but since the man had asked about the store product, Aakesh began the introduction of the five avable products at that time.

 Chapter 1137 Reason For Growth!

    Chapter 1137: Reason for Growth!


    "... these are the five products currently avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the product''s introduction.


    Greton stood there with a shocked expression. He had even forgotten about Lily. He also finally understood what was causing the sudden growth of Feltin over the past year.


    Even though he and Feltin were blood siblings and not step-brothers, the rtionship between them wasn''t that good. There was no hatred either, but since Greton was the next ruler in line and Feltin also wanted to be one, the affinity they had was negative.


    Destryans were beasts, but they were weapon users, unlike many in the beast group. Feltin and Greton were both battleaxe users, as was their father.


    Greton wasn''t chosen to be the crown prince because he was the eldest, but because of his talent with the battleaxe. His father didn''t consider any other weapon to be a killing weapon. For him, the battleaxe was the greatest weapon to be created, and since Greton was well-versed in that, he was chosen as the next crown prince.


    But during thest year, there has been growth in Feltin''s battleaxe-manship. It was still nothingpared to what Greton was capable of, but his father had started to catch the growth in his younger brother.


    If not for the tremendous karmic debt Feltin owed to Greton, Greton would have never known about the store from Feltin''s mouth.


    Now that Greton knew about the training area and the role it yed for Feltin, Greton was excited to see what his younger brother''s reaction would be when they both fought in the future. Greton was confident in his talent for battleaxe-manship since his father believed him to be the sessor of the only Sacred Creator of the Destryans, and he was also obsessed with it.


    "Store owner, tell me more about the training area," Greton respectfully asked.


    He no longer looked at Lily since there was nothing more than the battleaxe.


    "There are seven levels of training areas, trivial, normal, moderate, difficult, Immortal, Gods & Demons, and Primordial.


    "The Primordial level is currently blocked for the user¡­"


    Aakesh exined the training area in detail, solving all the doubts Greton had in his mind about the training area.


    "Store owner, is the one hour per seven days for the Gods & Demons level training area valid for all or for only those with weak mental strength?" Greton asked.


    The Gods & Demons level training area was clearly more valuable than the othersbined, so if there wasn''t a limit of training one hour every seven weeks for everyone, Greton was confident in his mental strength to do it several times a day.


    "The entry limit is fixed for all," Aakesh answered. Greton was an intermediate Sacred Emperor, so for someone of his caliber to enter the Gods & Demons level training area for Lesser and Higher grade weapons for the entire day wasn''t a tough task. Unfortunately for Greton, the system made the rules keeping the cultivators of that level in mind, so there was no change in the rules.


    "Okay, I have another question.


    "I can understand customers can only enter the Gods & Demons training area only once every week, but I wanted to ask whether the entry was uniform for all levels or was it specific for weapon grades?" Greton inquired.


    "Uniformly for all levels," Aakesh answered. It wasn''t the first time someone asked him such a question, so he immediately replied. Since Greton could think of such a scenario, the system could also think of the situation.


    Greton didn''t seem much disappointed after hearing the answer since he had expected an answer of such sort.


    "Store owner, can I enter the Immortal level training area after the Gods & Demons?" Greton asked another question.


    Both levels of difficulty had an entry limit, so Greton asked.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "No!" Aakesh replied immediately as another familiar question was thrown at him.


    Sigh!


    Greton could only sigh upon hearing Aakesh. Since he had no choice but to choose between either entering the Immortal or the Gods & Demons level difficulty, the choice wasn''t tough for him.


    "Store owner, I want to enter the Gods & Demons level training area for the Higher grade battleaxe," Greton requested.


    "You need to pay one higher Sacred stone," Aakesh expressionlessly stated the price.


    Greton nodded, took one stone out from his inner world, and handed it to Aakesh.


    "To enter the area¡­" After the payment wasplete, Aakesh exined the entry process to Greton.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Greton thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the room pointed at by Aakesh.


    When Greton entered the room, his sight was greeted by the ten-plus pirs set up beautifully and several customers inside the room, trying to find a weapon.


    But what took Greton''s breath away were the murals rted to the battleaxe. There was nothing new about the concept used in the attacks in the painting, but Greton couldn''t help but marvel at the ingenuity of whoever designed the attacks.


    Greton couldn''t move his eyes away from the murals, and the more he watched, the more he felt like falling deep into them. Even though the concepts used in the attacks were known to Greton, as the murals moved closer to the pir representing the battleaxe, the shock in his heart grew.


    Greton couldn''t help but think of himself as an inferior being to whoever was the attack creator since he couldn''t match it.


    The murals were endless, so Greton had to forcefully move his eyes away from them.


    Greton had a higher grade battleaxe, so he didn''t need to buy one. He proceeded toward the pir.


    Greton found a few customers covered in golden light around the different pirs. Since the store owner had already told him the process, he wasn''t ignorant and knew that these customers were training in the infinite space inside the pirs.


    Aware of the process, Greton touched the needle with the tip of his finger. The next moment, a pain that came right from the soul appeared. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.


    The next moment, Greton''s eyes turned nk, and a golden, transparent barrier surrounded his body, keeping it safe from other customers.


    ***


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 Chapter 1138 Memory Return!

    Chapter 1138: Memory Return!


    After Gerton left for the weapons room, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another rxation session.


    While in the Primal Dimension,


    It had been more than three thousand years since the store owner left for the Sacred Dimension, leaving Jonnah as the store manager.


    Three thousand years was a long time for several events to take ce, but one thing remained constant, the power growth speed of the Bisan Empire.


    Brinda Bisan was a legendary character that created a tiny Kingdom ced in one of the worst corners of the Anga continent and formed it into an Empire, the strongest force of the Primal Dimension.


    Despite doing it, Brinda never got an appreciation for achieving such a humongous task. The store became the center of attention.


    Things began to change after Brinda ascended. She left Glenn Bisan as her next heir, the second Emperor of the Bisan Empire.


    After bing Emperor, Glenn''s first order was to form a statue of Brinda at the center of the capital city, Kakot. It was a gigantic statue, and when it was installed, the event saw great beings from all over the dimension.


    Glenn had carved his own legacy, as the heirs trained by him were the most talented cultivators of the generation. Glenn and his heirs put humans at the top of the food chain, just like in Arjuna''s time.


    Before ascending, Brinda had made Glenn vow that he would only leave the throne after finding a suitable heir, so since then, he had been selecting the best of the Bisan''s descendants.


    Simr to Brinda, Glenn didn''t marry and have any children of his own, so the heirs chosen by him were his nephews.


    Unlike Brinda, Glenn chose seven nephews to be his heirs. That day was bound to be an extraordinary one since there was an event going on in the Empire between the seven chosen heirs.


    Whoever would win the battle would be the third Emperor of the Bisan Empire, while the remaining six would have to make a vow of loyalty toward him.


    Glenn wasn''t in a hurry to find the next Emperor, but everything changed several years ago.


    Glenn had always been aware of the system and how he had forgotten something that was extremely important to him. Several years ago, that changed as the memories of his past life bombarded his head.


    Glenn remembered ir, the love of his life. He remembered the struggles he went through with her and the tragedies he had to face because of her. Glenn remembered Tormod, ir''s father. He remembered how he killed ir.


    Glenn finally remembered everything, and from that moment on, the Bisan Empire and its safety became nothing to him. Still, he had a vow that he needed to find an heir before ascending, and he also couldn''t take any actions that would negatively affect the Kingdom despite knowing about it, so he decided to end this as soon as possible.


    Glenn was grateful to Brinda and the entire Bisan family, but his love for ir and hatred for Tormod surpassed everything.


    The battle of the heirs began with immense fanfare. Several Emperors graced the event with their presence and watched the battle with interest.


    The battle of the seven heirs started where the beginning of the Bisan Kingdom had truly happened: at the tower won by Brinda.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The battle was interesting, and finally, there was a winner, and it was Brendar, the eldest of the generations in the family. He won handsomely won over his cousins and gained the crown from Glenn.


    Glenn couldn''t immediately attempt ascension after crowning Brendar the next Emperor. There were still some duties left of him.


    ***


    "Is this the end!" Brinda groaned, lying on the ground in her blood.


    She looked at the starry sky. It should have been a beautiful scene, but that night was filled with terror, so it caused nothing but fear.


    Brinda had ascended to the Sacred Dimension before the store owner. She never got over the fact that no one appreciated her effort in the formation of the Empire.


    Brinda was neither naive nor arrogant enough to believe that the store didn''t y any role in that. She knew if not for the store, the Bisan Kingdom would have continued its decline under her arrogant father. She only wanted a slightpliment from someone that she was also important in the change.


    Brinda''s eyelids started to turn heavy as a wave of drowsiness hit her. Brinda knew she couldn''t let herself fall unconscious or she might never awaken, so she bit her lip, trying to stay awake.


    Compared to the pain from the deep gash on her chest, the lip pain was more like a sting, so it yed no effect. The drowsiness grew, and her past memories started to sh in front of her eyes.


    "Only if you haven''t left me, grandfather," Brinda mumbled, as the person she respected the most was her grandfather. He was also the person she hated the most.


    Brinda never told anyone that she always felt disgusted by Punta''s action of running away and hiding for life after learning that the store owner killed his son Pinto.


    Slowly, her life force began to leave her body, weakening her. Her eyelids finally drooped down.


    Roar!


    A roar suddenly rang in the area as a gigantic beast stepped out, smelling the blood. Its eyes were red as it looked at the unconscious Brinda between life and death.


    It roared once again and pounced on the body. Suddenly a flickering energy barrier appeared around her, trying to defend Brinda.


    The barrier was fickle, as it couldn''t even survive the presence and cracked down. But the beast suddenly stopped. A confused light appeared in its eyes as it felt a familiar sensation from the body on the ground.


    The beast suddenly sensed other beasts approaching the area, so it grabbed the unconscious Brinda and then left the area with her in its mouth.


    When other beasts reached the area, they found only pools of blood there, angering them.


    ***


    Unaware of the developments taking ce around different store customers, Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in the direction of the gate. An unfamiliar face with a pondering expression standing not very far from the store gate weed his sight.

 Chapter 1139 Once A Top Race!

    Chapter 1139: Once a Top Race!


    "Should I enter the store?" The man asked with a pondering face as he stood in front of the ordinary building with the First Store written in bold letters.


    The man was Visca, a human, who mistakenly came here.


    Humanity was a race that was once one of the top races, but currently, it was an upper mid-tier race since the strongest human in the Sacred Dimension was only the Sacred Emperor.


    There were several territories in different parts of the Sacred Dimension under human control, but everyone in the dimension knew about the Farren.


    The reason for its fame was that the Farren housed the humans when they were one of the top races, with the Sacred Creators leading them. At that time, Arjuna was the Sacred Creator, and he had established a human organization that was headquartered in Farren.


    After Arjuna ascended to the Primordial Dimension, humanity retained its spot for some time, but due to theck of a character like Arjuna, it started to fall.


    The power difference in the Sacred Dimension wasn''t that wide when it came to the peak Sacred Creators. It wasn''t that some were weak and some were strong, like immortals in the Primal Dimension. But things were entirely different. Every Sacred Creator was undefeatable by other Sacred Creators due to their overwhelming strength.


    During Arjuna''s time, he was one of the strongest, if not the strongest cultivator below the Void Beasts in the Sacred Dimension, so after Arjuna ascended, other Sacred Creators looked at Farren as a treasure ground.


    During one such treasure hunt, an item appeared that forced two Sacred Creators to battle, and the aftereffect of that fight turned the beautiful, Farren, into ruin.


    Whatever scope humanity had left to retain its spot once again disappeared after the end of Farren. But then, several billions of yearster, a ray of light erupted from the, visible to everyone in that Universe.


    The ray of light turned out to be an item left by Arjuna. It was a sentient item that would awaken after there would be no Sacred Monarch left in the human race.


    The ray of light again caused a frenzy among the top cultivators in the dimension, forcing them to adventure. Soon, it was found that the ruin had be a training ground for humans. Any other race member would be killed as soon as they entered.


    Visca was one of the many humans who had been training in the ruin since he was only a child. He had begun there when he was thete Divine Lord, and now he had exited it after bing a Supreme God.


    Visca didn''t leave the ruin for the store, but any human could only stay inside the ruin for eleven million years, and Visca had exhausted his stay. Since Visca had saved a lot of merit points during his stay of eleven million years, he was able to exchange them for an opportunity.


    Visca couldn''t help but remember the scene beforeing here.


    Every human could exchange for items before leaving the ruin using the merit points they had. When it was Visca''s turn, he was left with a simr choice. A screen had appeared in front of him, considering the number of merit points he had.


    As his points were high due to a fortunate event years ago, he had quite a lot of choices in front of him.


    At the top of the screen was the first ranked item, and he could exchange by paying three thousand merit points. Each merit point was equivalent to an ultimate Sacred stone. If not for that fortunate event, Visca would also be like others, having one or two merit points left at the time of leaving.


    Visca had a total of three thousand seventy-nine merit points, so if he chose the opportunity, it would cost him the majority of his wealth.


    Visca was in a conundrum, but soon he decided to take the risk since these kinds of choices determined the fate of the man.


    The next moment, the merit points at the left of the screen disappeared to seventy-nine, while the list disappeared. The screen started to separate like a puzzle, and soon, it took the form of a virtual scroll.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Visca had to do nothing as the scroll soon opened. The scroll was nk at first, but soon golden fonts started appearing, forming a sentence.


    [The First Store!


    Be cautious, for it could also be your doom!]


    ***


    Visca stood in front of the store. He was pondering since the scroll termed this store as his opportunity, but it also said that it might cause his doom.


    "Damn it, did I spend all my merit points for hesitation," Visca cursed himself for acting like a coward.


    Visca had to pay an additional thirty merit points to travel here, so in total, it cost him three thousand thirty merit points. Visca converted the remaining forty-nine merit points into ultimate Sacred stones since he wasing to the store and it would cost him money.


    Visca gritted his teeth and stepped forward. He would only know whether it would be an opportunity or doom by stepping inside the store.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Visca greeted Aakesh. His tone was courteous since the store owner could also cause his doom, so he wanted to steer clear ofmitting any mistake due to his attitude.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the man''s greeting and stared, waiting for the man to ask the question.


    The man didn''t keep Aakesh waiting for long and asked about the store''s products.


    "The store currently sells five products, and they are pills, weapons, cultivation arts, beasts, and Panagea¡­"


    Aakesh introduced the five store products and their basic details.


    Visca finally understood what was the opportunity the scroll talked about. As soon as the store owner said Panagea, a feeling of joy like never before erupted in his heart.


    It was the first time Visca had heard Panagea, so the reaction only meant one thing. There was an opportunity that might change his life waiting for him.


    ***


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 Chapter 1140 Falling In Love!

    Chapter 1140: Falling in Love!


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Visca requested. After learning about Panagea, his body''s natural response made it abundantly clear that this was the chance the scroll had described.


    "You can''t; the spots are all filled; you will have to wait for some time," Aakesh responded, pointing at the five thousand plus people waiting at the waiting corner beside the portal room.


    Visca felt a slight disappointment, but soon he calmed down since the wait wasn''t that long. He also had nothing to do. He was alone in this world, so he had all the time.


    Since the wait time was obvious, Visca decided to check out other products. After Panagea, the second product that interested him was the beasts.


    "Store owner, tell me more about the Beast Owner Device." Visca requested.


    Aakesh nodded and soon introduced the device in detail. At the end, Visca had made up his mind to check the product, so he thanked Aakesh and then went toward the portal room.


    Aakesh pointed toward the beast room, and Visca left after thanking him once again.


    When Visca entered the room, he found a line of nine people already in the room, with the woman at the front looking at the card in her hands.


    Visca didn''t dare act rowdy and join the queue, waiting for his turn. Visca found that he wasn''t even the strongest. The man at the sixth spot in the line had higher cultivation than him. If that man silently joined the queue, who was he to use his strength?


    Visca started looking at the beast murals painted across the wall to pass the time. The more of them he looked at, the more desirous he became of wanting a powerful beast.


    Time flew by, and after several minutes, it was finally his turn. At that time, the queue had grown bigger, with almost fifteen people behind him waiting for their turn.


    Visca took a deep breath and looked at the nine beasts on the screen. A smile spread across his face as one of the nine beasts was one of the beasts on the list of beasts he wanted.


    He then pressed the switch, starting the summoning round. The next moment, the square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed.


    Time flew by, and it was now time for the fifth summon. As Visca pressed the switch again, ''4'' appeared on top of the screen while the square light began to rotate.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast appeared on the screen. The beast was unfamiliar to him, so it was not on his list. Visca felt slightly disappointed by not getting one from the list, but his face changed as soon as the card flew to his hands, and he read the content on it.


    [Name: Bearded Butterfly


    Type: Beast


    Race: Butterfly


    Quality: Ultimate


    Elements: Nature


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Butterfly Effect<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Details: The Bearded Butterfly can manipte its surroundings by causing tiny changes that ripple out into significant effects, such as creating a gust of wind that can topple a tree or causing a flower to bloom instantly.


    Area: 250 square meters


    Ability:


    Flower Dance: The Bearded Butterfly can create an illusionary dance of flowers that mesmerizes enemies, causing them to be immobilized and vulnerable.


    Poisoned Wings: The Bearded Butterfly ps its wings, sending out a cloud of poisonous spores that deal damage over time to enemies within range.


    Crystal Flutter: The Bearded Butterfly releases a barrage of crystalline shards from its wings, piercing through enemies and dealing both physical and magical damage.


    Sr re: The Bearded Butterfly channels the power of the sun, unleashing a powerful beam of light from its wings that deals heavy fire damage to enemies in its path.


    Flower Fury: The Bearded Butterfly unleashes a burst of energy from its body, causing flowers to bloom all around it. These flowers release a wave of magical energy that damages enemies within range.


    Nature''s Blessing: The Bearded Butterfly can imbue its allies with the power of nature, enhancing their abilities and healing their wounds.


    Mystic Wings: The Bearded Butterfly''s wings glow with a mystical light, creating a barrier that absorbs iing attacks and heals any wounds it has sustained.


    Card Description: The Bearded Butterfly is a formidable, stunning creature. Its attribute of nature makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Bearded Butterfly.


    Price: Ny-eight thousand five hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Visca had never seen the Bearded Butterfly in his life. As soon as his eyes fell on it, he fell in love with it. Just to move down from the illustration was a tough ask for him.


    The Bearded Butterfly was a gorgeously stunning creature. It wasn''t a small creature like other butterflies. Its wingspan was one meter, and it was a deep shade of blue with green stripes along the edge. It was covered in dense, fluffy fur with shades of orange and ck. Its most striking feature was its beard. It was a bright, fiery red color and hung down from its chin in long, thick clumps. Its eyes wererge and blue, like its wings.


    Visca decided to buy the beast as soon as he saw it, and its abilities made him even more certain of that. Even though it wasn''t on his list, Visca wasn''t some omniscient being that knew every beast race. Its characteristics [Butterfly Effect] were a great ability to have. It was uncontroble but its effects could change the entire scenario in different circumstances.


    A wide smile spread across Visca''s face as he turned around and left the beast room with the card in his hands.


    Visca was a wealthy man at the moment, so its steep price meant nothing to him.


    "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle," Visca requested Aakesh, passing the beast card to him.


    His heart felt pained when the cards left his hands. Aakesh ignored Visca''s reaction, took a quick nce at the card, and then tapped twice on the storefront pattern at the back of the card. He then returned it to Visca.


    ***


    A/N: Whoever gets a beast introduction will be an important character in the story.

 Chapter 1141 Feeling Bored!

    Chapter 1141: Feeling Bored!


    Visca returned to the waiting corner after he seeded in taming the Bearded Butterfly by defeating it. His wait didn''tst long, as only a few minutes after he went, time for many of the customers in Panagea was over, and the system forced them out one by one.


    Fortunately for Visca, he was one of thest customers on the list of entries, so he made the cut.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    It had been around twelve hours since the store opened for the day. There had been an inflow of more than a hundred thousand people of different races during that time.


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair; Lily was rxing on his head, her mood didn''t seem good due to the early morning events. There were two chairs near Aakesh, and Katrina and Autumn were sitting there.


    Except for their Panagea time, they would spend their day sitting inside the store, either sleeping or talking with Aakesh.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store. Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    Katrina was getting bored, so when Aakesh raised his head up, she also turned toward the door. Unfortunately for her, Aakesh didn''t ept her request to remove the sense-blocking array''s restriction on her. So she would follow Aakesh''s movement.


    ***


    Harley entered the store, which she had heard a lot about from one of her subordinates. She belonged to the race of Gregar.


    Gregar was a race of only females. It was a mid-tier race, but its influence was no less than a top race due to its members.


    The race was all female, so its members mated with different races. When any Gregar gave birth to a female, they were all Gregar, with no hint of the father''s bloodline. When they gave birth to a boy, it contained all of his father''s bloodline with no hint of Gegar in it.


    Gegar''s ruler was only a peak Sacred King, but the race had the support of several Sacred Creators due to their rtionship with a Gregar member. One of the Sacred Creators was even born to a Gregar mother, increasing their stability further.


    Harley was a Gregar, but unlike other Gregars, she chose against marrying someone of a powerful race, despite being one of the most beautiful Gregars in the current generation.


    To stay independent of that, Harley used the help of her father, who was a Sacred Creator. Even though her blood had nothing to do with the father, the man still treated Harley as his daughter.


    Harley was unable to gain any assets since her Sacred Creator father came from a top race that had been in existence for countless years. Despite his being a Sacred Creator, there were some rules he couldn''t break. One of the rules was that any ancestral property could only be given to a blood heir. Due to the strange characteristics of Gregar''s bloodline, Harley lost that opportunity.


    Still, her father helped her a lot by using his personal assets. Thergest thing her father did for her was establish an organization for her in a resource-filled universe.


    Even though the man didn''t publicly proim Harley as his daughter, still having a Sacred Creator as her father created a secure ground for her to expand. No one wanted to risk testing whether the father adored his daughter.


    One of the top subordinates in her organization was a regr customer of the store, so Harley learned about the store from her.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    It wasn''t that she only learned it recently. Her subordinate, ra, had been a regr at the store for the past two years, and Harley learned about it on the first day she came to the store.


    It was just that ra was famous for her exaggerated statements, so Harley didn''t believe ra. Like her, every member of the organization was from the Gregar race, so there was a tight bond between everyone. Neither ra treated Harley as her boss, nor did Harley treat ra as her subordinate.


    She only believed ra earlier in the day when ra battled in the century event organized by the organization every hundred years, showing the absolute growth she had made over the past two years.


    Harley had no choice but to believe it since she saw it with her own eyes. Even Harley didn''t dare think of what would happen if there was a battle between her and ra.


    ***


    Harley entered the store and her eyes fell on the blue-skinned man she had heard from ra. Her eyes rose up in surprise as she found ra to be underestimating Aakesh when she talked about how great his appearance was.


    A smile spread across her face, but soon it froze when she saw the woman not far from the store owner, looking at her with a sly grin on her face.


    Harley didn''t focus on the grin but on the face. Harley had always been confident about her appearance, and it also yed arge role in her choosing to act alone rather than use her beauty to get a powerful cultivator to fall in love with her. But as she saw Katrina, she couldn''t help but feel ashamed about thinking of herself as beautiful in the first ce.


    She soon calmed down, and the smile reappeared as she stepped forward and approached the store owner.


    "Hello, store owner!" She greeted Aakesh in her gentle, soothing voice.


    "Hello, mydy!" Harley then turned toward Katrina and greeted her as well.


    ***


    "Aakesh, tell me about the store products," Harley requested, her referring way to Aakesh changing after learning his name.


    Aakesh didn''t care about the way someone referred to him unless it was extremely demeaning to him, Lily or the store, so he didn''t care about how Harley referred to him and began, "The store currently sells five products, and they are pills, weapons¡­"


    He soon introduced all five products and their basic details. Harley was already aware of the details since she learned them from Ca beforeing here, but it felt good to hear them directly from Aakesh.


    ***


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 Chapter 1142 Instinctive Hatred!

    Chapter 1142: Instinctive Hatred!


    "... These are the store products avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction.


    Harley nodded since it was simr to what she heard from her friend Ca.


    "Store owner, I want to enter the training area," Harley requested Aakesh. Her cultivation was onlyte True God, so she didn''t have to settle for a lower level weapon area.


    "There are seven types of training area¡­" Aakesh then introduced the training area in detail.


    "I want to enter the Gods & Demons difficulty level training area for a higher grade sword," Harley requested Aakesh, and she then took out the required sum of one higher Sacred stone from her expensive space ring.


    "You need to pay one higher Sacred stone," Aakesh still informed andpleted his duty. He then waved his hand.


    The next moment, the stone disappeared from the store and appeared in the system''s space.


    "You can enter the training area. To enter¡­" Aakesh exined the entry process to Harley.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Harley thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the weapons room.


    As she entered the room, a sword given to her by her father at her breakthrough into the True God appeared in her right hand. It was a peak Higher grade sword made from extremely valuable materials, costing more than many low-level King grade items.


    Her eyes then fell on the countless murals painted across the walls of the room. Her eyes grew big when they fell on a particr mural depicting a sword attack.


    In the mural, a female warrior was swinging her sword in such a way that it seemed still, but whenever it passed anyone, it would be cut into countless tiny pieces.


    Harley''s breathing became rough, and she wasn''t able to move away from the murals.


    Time flew by. Every second was like a heavy mountain getting ced on her. Her entire back was wet with sweat. Her eyes had be terrified, as if she were the one facing that attack.


    After three seconds, energy returned to Harley''s beautiful face. Her face looked terrified while relieved. She couldn''t help but look at herself, and when she found that there was not a single body part missing, she took a deep breath.


    She looked at the sword in her hands, and for some reason, the thought of trying the move on the mural appeared in her mind.


    Harley was going to try it, but suddenly her warning bells started ringing, forcing her to give up on that.


    After things had returned to calm, Harley dared to look at other murals. The same feeling of terror or experience of the attack didn''t appear.


    Harley had no choice but to give up on it and look at the pir representing the sword in the innermost circle of columns.


    Before leaving, she looked again at the female sword warrior mural, but things remained normal. Harley took a deep breath and finally reached the pir.


    Aakesh had already informed her of ways to enter the infinite space inside the pirs, so she touched the tiny needle ced slightly below the sword pattern on the column.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The needle pierced through her skin as if it were nothing, and the next moment, an unbearable pain appeared in her mind, shaking her heart. Fortunately for her, it disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.


    The needle wasced with her blood, while the tiny wound on the tip of her finger also healed.


    The next moment, a golden, transparent barrier surrounded her while her eyes turned nk.


    Following the pain, Harley looked around her and found herself in an unfamiliar ce with a blue screen in front of her.


    On the screen were the races she could choose for the battle. It had all the existing races of the Sacred Dimension, with the exception of the Void Beasts.


    Harley wasn''t confused about which race to choose since her father came from a race of good swordsmen, Talwyr. Harley thought of the race in her mind, and the next moment, an illustration of an average race member appeared on the screen.


    Harley chose that as herpetitor for the battle, and soon it was time for her to choose her environment. She chose a random setting as she didn''t want to waste time on it and wanted the battle to begin as soon as possible.


    The next moment, a white light covered Harley, and soon she found herself in a ruined city with severely damaged buildings all around her. The environment was terrible, to say the least. Half the city was raining, and from the smell, it didn''t look like ordinary water.


    And when she saw the building slowly melting where the rain was the densest, she understood it was an extremely potent acidic rain.


    To check whether she would be able to handle the rain, she reached the nearest open building and punched. The next moment, her expression turned ugly. Her strike failed to put even a dent in the wall. The buildings were extremely sturdy, and since even they couldn''t handle the acidity of the rain, it only meant that she would face an even more horrible fate if she tried to enter the rain.


    While Harley was testing the sturdiness of her building, her opponent also appeared. It was a female Talwyr with simr facial proportions as Harley. The opponent appeared on top of a building right at the edge of the rain.


    She was looking down at Harley when Harley looked up. Their eyes shed, and Harley frowned. An instinctive hatred erupted in her heart for the Talwyr since she had the same appearance as her.


    Ding!


    Suddenly, a bell that had no direction rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Harley got ready to attack when she suddenly found the Talwyr appearing right in front of her with her sword shing at her.


    ''Dodge!'' It was thest thought in her heart as the sword shed past her, splitting her in two.


    The opponent ced the sword back in its sheath with not even a hint of blood on the de.


    ***


    After her instant death, Harley was faced with a simr choice of choosing her opponent. She was stubborn, and her instinctive hatred didn''t allow her to choose any other opponent, so she selected Talwyr again for the battle. The environment was simrly random.


    The next moment, a white light engulfed her.

 Chapter 1143 Battle!

    Chapter 1143: Battle!


    The next moment, Harley found herself in different surroundings. She was in an open desert, with the sand beneath her feet trying to suck her in.


    Not long after, her opponent appeared, and she looked the same as ever.


    Harley wanted to attack this time, so she got in her striking pose even before the start of the battle.


    Ding!


    The familiar sound of the bell rang in the area, announcing the start of the second battle.


    Harley immediately charged toward her opponent, but she had only crossed a short distance when a wave of pain hit her.


    Harley looked down and found a swording out of her heart. A wry smile spread across her face as her eyes turned nk, and she crashed to the ground.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    The Gods & Demons level training area allowed a time flow rate of ten times as the outer world, so Harley only had ten hours for training, and out of that, seven hours had already passed.


    After dying again for the umpteenth time, Harley reappeared in the initial area with the screen in front of her.


    Harley instinctively chose Talwyr as her opponent, and the environment was set at random. There was a hint of determination in her eyes since thest battle was extremely close.


    The next moment, a white light covered her, and she found herself in a different environment.


    Harley looked around and took a deep breath since she was in a garden of flowers. Not long after, not far from her, her opponent also appeared.


    Ding!


    The directionless bell rang, and the battle began.


    Harley made her move. Her sword shed at the opponent, aiming to take her head in the first sh.


    Instead of defending, the Talwyr attacked with a straight thrust, aiming for the weakest point in her sh.


    Time flew by, and one minute passed in a sh.


    The battle was still continuing as Harley survived a minute for the first time. The environment looked tragic yet beautiful, as many flowers were wet with either Harley''s or Talwyr''s blood.


    Harley looked in serious trouble since she forced the Talwyr on edge for the first time. Harley thought she was close to victory, only to find that the Talwyr was even stronger than she was expecting.


    She currently had to hop as her left leg was cut clean with silver blood drops continuously raining on the ruined flowers on the ground.


    Harley gritted her teeth and attacked since it would be herst attack. She added whatever she had to the attack and shed.


    The next moment, Harley''s eyes widened in shock, and soon a beautiful smile spread across her face. She didn''t seed in the attack but saw a basic version of the still-fast-moving sword.


    The next moment, the world turned dark for her as she died again. But this time, she wasn''t disappointed or angry. If her tiny pieces were to gather, a beautiful smile would grace everyone''s sight.


    Time flew by, and soon the remaining time for her training was over.


    Harley''s eyes became normal as the golden barrier around her disappeared. A wide smile spread across her face as she looked at the sword in her hand.


    It looked the same as it did before entering the training area. The numerous battles inside the area had no effect on it.


    At the end of the room, there was a b ced where customers could test their weapon strength. Harley wanted to do the same, so she proceeded toward it.


    There were already a few people ahead of her, so she had to wait for some time. Finally, her turn arrived.


    Harley''s eyes turned sharp and she attacked. The air around her sword started to vibrate as the sword began to move up and down. The movement could be clearly seen as Harley wasn''t proficient in the attack and she struck the b.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The next moment, the b lit up, and soon after, the power of the attack appeared in bold golden letters.


    "Early True God!"


    Slightly beneath the level, there was a straight line denoting percentage, and on it, there was 63%.


    Harley couldn''t help but grow excited when she saw the attack power.


    She had only learned the basics now, and the attack had already reached the early True God level and was even nearing the intermediate sub-level.


    ***


    Since Panagea had no spots left for Harley, she decided to try her luck with the Beast Summoner Device. Having a Sacred Creator father and an organization in a resource-rich area had certain advantages. One such benefit was wealth, and Harley didn''tck it. She had a wealth of triple-digit ultimate Sacred stones. Most of it belonged to the organization, but since her father didn''t care how she spent the money, she had no worries.


    Harley currently stood in front of the beast pir as after waiting for several minutes, it was finally her turn.


    Harley took a deep breath and pressed the switch. She already had a beast in her mind. Her father had a strong and beautiful pet, and she wanted the beast of that race.


    Five seconds passed, and soon after, a beast appeared on the screen.


    Harley was slightly disappointed when it wasn''t the one she wanted, but soon she calmed down. As her eyes fell on the card, her disappointment grew since it was only a Higher grade Divine Lord beast.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed.


    It was the thirteenth round of summoning for Harley as she pressed the switch.


    "12" appeared on top of the screen and the square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed.


    Five seconds passed in a sh and a beast unknown to Harley appeared on the screen.


    Harley no longer felt disappointed and as the card appeared in her hands, she focused on it.


    [Name: Gerardique


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Legendary


    Elements: Fire, Air, Earth


    Cultivation: Early Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Dance of Destruction


    ¡­


    Price: Seventeen hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Time flew by, and the sun was about to set on Thorr and nearby cities.


    ***


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 Chapter 1144 A New Family Member(1)

    Chapter 1144: A New Family Member(1)


    The sunset over Thorr and its nearby cities allowed the darkness to rise again. A wave of darkness spread across the cities at a rapid rate.


    With the sunset, the store''s closing time also arrived. Lily and Aakesh were both excited since they were about to meet a new family member.


    Katrina and Autumn stood up from their chairs to leave the store since the store would close, and they weren''t allowed to stay.


    They were still living at Favan''s residence, but with their help, the building had grown, so Favan no longer had to sleep in the store. He had his floor. The upper two floors belonged to Katrina and Autumn, and Favan wasn''t allowed to enter. Favan also epted the order since he could do nothing even if the two people snatched the house. He was grateful to have his own room.


    Katrina and Autumn left the store, and soon the two chairs ced for them disappeared.


    Aakesh then stood up from his chair and went to the weapons room. There were several customers inside the room, so Aakesh informed them it was time to leave. As for those who were covered in golden light, he didn''t disturb them and left for the next room.


    Soon after informing all the customers inside the store, Aakesh returned to his chair and waited for the store to turn empty.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed.


    "Good Night, store owner!" The man wished Aakesh and then left the store, leaving Aakesh and Lily only inside the store.


    Aakesh went ahead and closed the door, bringing an end to a fruitful day for the store.


    He then turned toward the beast room, but before he could step forward, Lily''s childlike voice rang in his ears.


    "Now tell me what it was?" Lily asked. The birth of Chaos Whale was immensely important to her but not more than anything rted to Aakesh''s security.


    It didn''t matter whether Aakesh was strong enough to handle the danger; she only cared about someone attempting to harm Aakesh.


    A wry smile spread across Aakesh''s face, and then he exined the story of Hartol to him.


    "That damn organization! I will rip them apart when I find them," Lily angrily cursed as she looked at the screen in front of her.


    Aakesh gently stroked Lily''s head whilementing, "Don''t worry, this is more like a gift for me."


    Aakesh didn''t care about Hartol. It didn''t matter what the guy had nned for him. Aakesh believed that in the face of overwhelming strength, nothing mattered.


    His actual enemies were the organization that was doing this to get that item. At that time, Aakesh didn''t know who they were, but he would someday, and when he would, he would go on a rampage. Hartol was just a stumbling block for him that would allow him to gain rewards once crossed.


    Aakesh then said some more things and finally calmed Lily down.


    "What is this face when you will be meeting your brother for the first time?" Aakeshmented and proceeded toward the beast room, gently grabbing Lily by her head.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    When Lily heard about the birth of the Chaos Whale, she decided to let go of all her tensions at that moment, and a wide, anticipated smile spread across her face.


    "The name is what we have decided," Lilymented as they reached the pir.


    Aakesh nodded and then focused on the hatchingpartment in the pir.


    Aakesh extended his hands and grabbed the single item that was there. He then retracted his hands, and the next moment, an egg appeared in his hand. At first, it was only the size of a tennis ball, but it began to expand at a rapid rate.


    In no time, it reached the same height as the pir. Aakesh looked tiny inparison to the egg, but he was still in perfect control of the egg.


    If someone else were to try to pick the egg up, they wouldn''t even seed in budging the egg, let alone picking it up. It weighed more than thebined mass of several universes. It was the system''s help that made Aakesh sustain himself without turning into a pile of blood below the egg.


    [Host, put the egg on the ground and pour your blood at the tip!]


    The space was temporarily expanded to hold the egg, and the next moment, the system''s mechanical, emotionless voice rang in the room.


    Aakesh nodded and gently put the egg on the ground. There was no need to be gentle, as the eggshell was durable enough to take a hit from a Sacred Creator and yet receive no dent. But since it was Aakesh''s child, he treated it gently.


    The next moment, Aakesh jumped up, with Lily tightly holding onto Aakesh''s hair. Invisible energy acted as a tform for Aakesh as he appeared above the egg.


    A tiny needle like dark energy appeared at the tip of his fingers, and using that, he shed his palms. It was as if a hot knife was passing through butter; there was no resistance from his skin.


    Aakesh had a smile spread across his face as the blue, dense liquid flew over the egg like a wave. In no time, the blue blood had covered the entire egg.


    The process had yet to stop since it was only the beginning. As the first wave of blood covered the egg without leaving even a tiny bit of space, the egg rumbled and devoured the blood in its entirety.


    It was now time for the second wave. A single wave took seven liters of Aakesh''s blood.


    Time flew by, and on the fifth wave, Aakesh finally felt drained. It was still very far from ending, so Aakesh continued. The feeling wasn''t very intense, so Aakesh continued


    Aakesh couldn''t even use any blood-replenishing item since it would add slight toxicity to his blood, and he didn''t want the egg to eat that blood.


    Aakesh''s body started shaking as the twenty-first wave began. His deep blue skin was turning lighter. Lily gritted her teeth and kept watching the process.


    As the twenty-fourth wave arrived, Aakesh started losing his strength at a rapid rate.


    Aakesh persisted, and when the twenty-ninth wave arrived, the system had to hold Aakesh''s hands still.

 Chapter 1145 A New Family Member(2)

    Chapter 1145: A New Family Member(2)


    Aakesh''s body began to shrink at a rapid rate, and soon he looked as if someone had covered his skeleton with skin.


    It still wasn''t the end, as his bones started to shrink. The egg was now feeding directly feeding from the bone marrow.


    When the forty-ninth wave arrived, a glow began to appear around the egg.


    When the fifty-first wave arrived, the absorption abruptly stopped. The blood wave disappeared into thin air while Aakesh began to return to his peak health at a rapid rate. In less than a minute, Aakesh returned to his peak.


    Rumble!


    The next moment, a rumble rang in the store, causing a loud, visible sound wave to appear.


    The system acted and restricted it to the egg since the sound was the heartbeat of the creature inside the egg. It could cause severe destruction to the outside world, so the system had no other choice.


    The egg belonged to a Chaos Whale, the water overlord of the Primordial Dimension, and it wasn''t an ordinary race member but a royal member. The creature taking birth from the egg would at least be a powerful warrior in the Primordial Dimension, let alone the Sacred Dimension.


    Time flew by, and with each passing second, the sound of the heartbeat and the light around the egg grew.


    Fortunately, Aakesh had the system''s help, so he and Lily were able to see inside the light. He and Lily had an excited smile spread across their face since they could feel a familiar sensation from the egg. Half of Lily''s bloodline was from Aakesh, so she could sense Aakesh''s bloodline from the egg.


    Inside the light was a gigantic, endless heart that seemed to dwarf the entire universe in which the store was currently located, and it was loudly beating. With every beat, a ray of light would erupt from the heart and join it, forming a new tendon, vein, or other body part.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed. Aakesh was halfway to his Panagea hours, while inside the light only the structure around the heart had appeared.


    From the way things were going on, it seemed as if it would take decades for the creature to form. But then a miraculous scene urred. All the blood Aakesh had fed the egg appeared above the heart like a wave and crashed into it.


    In front of the sheer size of the heart, the blood wave meant nothing, but as it crashed, the heart began to expand crazily.


    The sound of the heartbeat grew exceptionally loud. The system had no choice but to protect Aakesh and Lily''s ears.


    Around an hour more passed. In an hour, more than seventy percent of the creature had formed.


    Half of its body was filled with muscle, while the other was only skeletal. With every passing second, new muscles appeared.


    The creature inside the whale was several timesrger than an average Chaos Whale despite only being a newborn. Aakesh believed it had to do with the mutant characteristics of the egg.


    Time flew by, and another hour passed in a sh.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The creature had nowpletely formed, but its eyes were closed.


    Inside the light was the mutant Chaos Whale. It was bigger in size than an average Chaos Whale. If it were to appear in the Sacred Dimension, it would be bigger than the size of several universes. It was only that the system hadpressed the image of the whale, or Aakesh and Lily wouldn''t have even seen an eye with their sight.


    The creature inside the light had a t head with a U-shaped rostrum and arge, wide mouth. It had two blowholes on top of its head used to expel chaotic energy. It had a long streamlined body that was ck like an abyss, while there were a few dark red spots at regr distance. On the area between its eyes, there was an arch-like structure, and at its tip, there was an iprehensible pattern engraved.


    It might be iprehensible for others, but not for Aakesh. He recognized the pattern''s meaning right away, and it meant ''One who should never be Born!''


    Aakesh couldn''t help but raise his eyes in surprise as he read the meaning. Chaos Whales were the water overlord creatures, and above them only stood the Devas.


    "Is he cursed by the Devas," Aakesh mumbled since if the whale was cursed by the Devas, it meant things were going to take an ugly turn.


    Devas were very peaceful and stayed out of matters unrted to their race. If even then they cursed, Aakesh couldn''t even imagine what had happened.


    ''Is that a conspiracy of Vritrasura?'' Aakesh couldn''t help but think since the egg was a gift he received from Vritrasura.


    "Hey, system, is the egg cursed by Devas?" Aakesh had the system with him, so he decided to ask about it.


    [Yes, Host!]


    The next moment, he heard what he didn''t want to hear. Aakesh felt disdain at other races, but Devas were something even he felt awed by. The Devas were the true favored children of the Multiverse with enough buffs to never fall out of their power.


    "Hey, system, how did you offset the curse left by the Devas and hatched it?" Aakesh asked since it made no sense.


    [Host, the curse had disappeared. The pattern is just a remnant of that curse!]


    Suddenly, a horrible idea emerged in Aakesh''s head as he looked up. It was as if Aakesh could see beyond the ceiling of the store, even the dimension, and could see Vritrasuraughing, sitting on a throne.


    Aakesh kept the idea to himself. He didn''t even ask the system about it and returned his focus to the creature inside the light.


    It didn''t matter whether the curse was removed. The moment he decided to hatch the Chaos Whale, it had be a part of his family, and he didn''t care even if Devas stood against him.


    Time flew by, and another two hours passed.


    The light started to recede as the creature began to grow smaller. Ten minutester, the whale had grown to the size of Aakesh, and it was still dropping in size.


    When it reached Lily''s size, the reduction stopped. Its eyes were still closed, but its eyelids finally made a slight movement. Aakesh and Lily''s excitement reached its peak at that time.

 Chapter 1146 A New Family Member (3)

    Chapter 1146: A New Family Member (3)


    As the creature grew to Lily''s size, its eyelids finally moved. Aakesh and Lily had hurried expressions spread across their faces as they intently stared at the creature floating in the air.


    The slight movement continued for a while, and suddenly its eyelids slid over, revealing its innocent, abyss-like eyes.


    The view of the creature was blurry, but only for a short time. It soon turned into a clear picture.


    Hum!


    The newborn chaos whale opened its mouth and made a sound.


    An excited expression spread across Aakesh''s face as he went ahead and gently grabbed the whale. The arch with the pattern was still there, but it was so small that it would only be sighted if closely looked at.


    Aakesh gently stroked the t head of the whale. The creature closed his eyes, enjoying the touch from Aakesh.


    After opening its eyes, it found Aakesh to be its closest rtive, so it immediately got attached to him. The same was true for Lily as the whale''s eyes moved and looked at the white, furry creature on top of Aakesh''s head.


    A smile appeared on Lily''s face as she jumped onto Aakesh''s hands and touched the creature with her tiny hands.


    She then looked at Aakesh with an obvious meaning in her eyes. Aakesh nodded and smiled upon looking at her.


    "Your name is Khaval," Aakesh announced the name of the whale decided by him and Lily.


    "Do you like it?" Lily asked, looking expectantly at the whale.


    The whale couldn''t speak anynguage other than its nativenguage, but since Aakesh and Lily already knew the tongue, they had no problemmunicating with the creature.


    Hum!


    The whale opened its mouth and responded, clearly liking the name.


    The smile on Lily''s face turned even wider as she hugged the creature. Aakesh smiled upon seeing Lily''s excitement.


    He then left Lily to y with Khaval, while he focused on a different issue.


    "Hey, system, show me my system panel," Aakesh requested the system.


    The next moment, a dark blue, opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it. In no time, a screen containing all his details stood in front of him.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 2),


    Level: Level 8 (intermediate),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 69.809 Sacred Units, (+1.900)


    Agility: 62.858 Sacred Units, (+1.010)


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 31,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning, Apocalyptic st¡­.


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 2,


    Aakesh took a quick nce at his details and looked at thest section for the pets. As expected, the number of pets had grown from 1 to 2.


    Aakesh then tapped on the section, and soon after, two new screens, containing the details of Lily and Khavar, respectively, appeared one after another.


    Pet status:


    Name: Lily,


    Gender: Female,


    Race: Perfect Hybrid (Epochal Feline, [@#$#@$])


    Owner: Aakesh,


    Bloodline: Undefined (Purity: Undefined),


    Level: Level 8 (peak),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 60.329 Sacred Units,


    Agility: 64.168 Sacred Units,


    Intelligence: 47.978 Sacred Units,


    Stamina: 63.698 Sacred Units,


    Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether, Wood, Thunder, Metal, Sound, Light, Dark, Time, Space, Destruction, Sharpness, Devour, Physique, Negation, Creation, Undefined*,


    Skills: Time Shield, Time Healing, Fire Meteor, Anima, Mahima, Garima, Laghima...Time Discement.


    *-> Undefined here means that this number of elements wouldn''t be the end. As Lily grows in strength and bloodline, the number of elements she can control will also increase.


    Aakesh took a quick nce at Lily''s status and then focused on the screen for Khaval.


    Name: Khaval,


    Gender: Male,


    Race: Hybrid (90% Chaos Whale, 10% [@#$#@$])


    Owner: Aakesh,<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Bloodline: Undefined (Purity: Undefined),


    Level: Level 8 (early),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 48.329 Sacred Units,


    Agility: 50.168 Sacred Units,


    Intelligence: 37.978 Sacred Units,


    Stamina: 43.698 Sacred Units,


    Elements: Chaos, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether, Wood, Thunder, Metal, Sound, Light, Dark, Undefined**,


    Skills: Anima, Mahima, Garima, Laghima,... Chaotic Bomb.


    **-> Undefined here means that this number of elements wouldn''t be the end. As Khaval grows in strength and bloodline, the number of elements he can control will also increase.


    Aakesh nodded upon reading the details on the screen. As he had expected, Khaval''s cultivation had been suppressed to early Divine Transformation since allowing him to retain his original cultivation would damn the Sacred Dimension.


    Chaos Whales were usually only born with control over the element of chaos, but since Khaval had ten percent of Aakesh''s bloodline, he already had control over several other elements.


    Since the creature''s status was simr to what Aakesh expected, he nodded in appreciation and waved his hands.


    The next moment, the three blue screens disappeared one after another, starting with Khaval. Aakesh then returned his focus to the two members ying in the store.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but have a wide smile when he saw Khaval running away while Lily was chasing him.


    Aakesh didn''t disturb them and let them y since it had been a long time since he had seen Lily in such a vibrant mood.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    The two children finally grew tired after ying, so they found Aakesh and jumped on him. Lily, as usual, took his head, and when Khaval tried to follow Lily, she pped him away.


    Aakesh didn''t try to take a side in their fight and let the two children handle the situation.


    Khaval was a Chaos Whale, and the element of chaos had a certain influence on the member''s characteristics. Their behavior was random.


    Khaval didn''t like Lily not letting him go to Aakesh''s head, so first heined to Aakesh about her.


    When he saw Aakesh staying away from the fight, Khaval suddenly attacked Lily.


    Aakesh finally had to intervene since Lily was stronger, and if there was a fight, Khaval would be the one to get injured.


    "You can sit here with me," Lily suddenlymented, allowing Khaval to sit there.


    Aakesh sensed a bad ploy from Lily, so he tried to stop Khaval, but sensing his victory, Khaval jumped on Aakesh''s head and then his bun.


    "No fighting!" Aakesh decided to let the two do whatever they wanted and closed his eyes, beginning his meditation after warning the two.


    As Aakesh has suspected, Lily had no good intentions when she allowed Khaval to sit with her. She was the eldest of the two, so how could she let Khaval get away with trying to attack her?


    But she also didn''t want to hurt Khaval since he was her younger brother and was only new here, so instead of trying something bad, she hugged Khaval after struggling with what to do.


    Khaval reciprocated the hug with his fins, and they closed their eyes.


    Time flew by, and the sun was about to rise on Thorr and its nearby cities.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise!]


    The system informed Aakesh in its usual mechanical, emotionless voice.


    Aakesh opened his eyes, and a gentle smile spread across his face when he sensed what was going on at the top of his bun.


    The duo had tightly hugged each other while they were sleeping.


    Since Khaval was a newborn, he needed sleep, so Aakesh didn''t disturb the two and let them be.


    ***


    "How did he do it?" Vritrasura eximed in surprise as he suddenly felt an intense pulse passing through his body.


    The pulse passing through his body could only mean one thing, the egg he had given to Aakesh had hatched.


    Vritrasura tried to peer through the dimensional ceiling and look at the store, but suddenly a terrible feeling engulfed his heart. Vritrasura trembled and stopped.


    There were only Devas that could cause such palpitations in his heart, so he understood the warning and didn''t dare look at the store and Aakesh.


    "Let''s hope all your efforts won''t backfire," Vritrasuramented, looking upward.


    There was no reaction to what he said, so he scoffed and closed his eyes, returning to energy cultivation. There was no end to cultivation for someone with his physique.


    ***


    The sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, forcing the darkness to recede while a cover of light shrouded the city.


    Inside the store, Aakesh was going to open the door when he sensed movement from above. Khaval was still sleeping but Lily had woken up.


    Lily''s chaotic nature couldn''t allow her to let Khaval sleep this peacefully, so she poked one of the two blowholes on top of his head.


    The two blowholes were sensitive areas for the Chaos Whales, so Khaval immediately opened his eyes.


    Hum!


    When he saw it was Lily, he angrily hummed,ining to Aakesh.


    Aakesh could only smile helplessly at Lily''s antics. He then grabbed both of them and brought them down to his hands.


    Lily was on his right hand, while Khaval was on his left hand since their size was even smaller than his palm.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


    Khaval is the short form of Khaos and Vale, two characters from differentnguages.


    The goals for increased chapters are the same as ever for the mass release on 11 May.


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 Chapter 1147 The Sixth Product(1)

    Chapter 1147: The Sixth Product(1)


    The time was like a continuous stream that had no mountains blocking it. It kept flowing, and time kept passing.


    Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, hours turned into days, days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months, months turned into years, and just like that, several years passed in the blink of an eye.


    As the sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, the most popr building in the city also opened its doors to customers.


    Aakesh stood at the gate, and as usual, arge crowd of customers weed his sight, so much so that the range of several hundred meters was filled with people who wanted to enter the store.


    As Aakesh opened the doors, a hint of excitement spread across their faces. Aakesh didn''t let them wait for long, turned around, and returned to his chair.


    As the customers flooded the store like a raging tide, the first 13,148 customers to step foot inside the store were shrouded in golden light, while the remaining fifty thousand plus customers were left behind.


    The customers who weren''t covered in golden light couldn''t help but be disappointed, while the case for those inside the golden light was the opposite.


    Out of the 13,148 customers, those who own the cards, barring a few, went toward the portal room, while the remaining joined the queue to pay Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner!" Maria respectfully greeted Aakesh, as she was the first in line.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her greetings. She then turned around and left for the portal room since she owned a Higher Store Card.


    Time flew by, and soon the queue to enter Panagea was clean.


    Autumn and Katrina failed to get their spots in the first group, so they went to Aakesh and soon sat down on their respective chairs. The other store customers had already gotten used to their presence, so they no longer felt surprised by the fact that the store owner treated someone else with an indifferent response.


    "Ah, I miss Khaval," Katrina suddenlymented since she and Khaval had be good friends in the past few years.


    Aakesh nodded since he also missed Khaval, but justst night, Khaval also asked to enter Panagea, so after paying arge sum of hismission to the system, Aakesh got an extra virtual portal for Khaval.


    Aakesh''s room now had two virtual portals that would be filled the entire day.


    Aakesh wasn''t worried about Khaval''s safety since he had a different character than Lily. Khaval was more like him, indifferent toward others but close to his family. Khaval would know what to do and at what time. Even though he was only a newborn, considering the lifespan of Chaos Whales, his emotional and logical intelligence was very high.


    "He had his ambitions like Lily," Aakesh responded and focused on the customers waiting in line.


    Katrina scoffed and closed her eyes, sleeping to pass the time. Autumn, on the other hand, had a pondering face as she was thinking about the events in Panagea.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed since Aakesh had opened the store for the day.


    [Ding!]


    Aakesh was currently tending to a new customer when suddenly the system''s alert rang in his ears. Aakesh ignored it for the moment and kept his focus on the customer.


    "Yes, Panagea has different prices for different stay hours," Aakesh answered the man since like the majority of the new customers, the man was interested in Panagea.


    Aakesh then informed the man of the prices of the different stay hours and also informed him about theck of spots to enter Panagea for the moment while pointing at the waiting corner.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    ***


    After the man left, Aakesh returned his focus to the system''s alerts since no customers were approaching him.


    The next moment, several mechanical, emotionless alerts bombarded his head.


    Ding!


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission Objective: Sell Weapons and Training Area Hours" sessfully! Themission for the sale has been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission Reward: Avability for King Level Weapons and Training Areas for Sale" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    [Please see the following screen for your fifth weapon''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the fifth weapon''s quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Sequence: Fifth


    Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Details: With the purchase from Garry, the store has fulfilled all requirements for thest quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Number of customers or training hours: 2,000,000,000,000 training hours*,


    Days required: 36000 Days,


    Mission reward: Avability of fifty new types of weapons types for sale and training,


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of ten types of weapons at random, and the salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for five hundred years.]


    *- (2,000,000,000,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 400,000,000,000 Immortal training hours = 100,000,000,000 Gods and Demons training hours = 1,000,000 Primordial training hours.)


    A smile spread across his face after hearing the alerts. Aakesh looked at the screen, nodding in appreciation since it had been years since Aakesh heard those alerts ringing in his ears.


    Aakesh focused on the screen, and as he had expected, the difficulty had grown by thousand times while the deadline had only grown by ten times.


    Aakesh''s smile turned wider when he looked at the screen depicting the different requirements of the training hours. The Primordial level training area had finally be avable, andpared to the other requirements, it was nothing. Even the lowest requirement hours were 100 billion hours for the Gods & Demons level training area, while the store only needed toplete 1 million Primordial training hours toplete the hour''s requirement.


    From that, it could be shown that there was bound to be difficulty in selling it. As for what the difficulty would be, Aakesh would know after the store''s closing since only then would it be avable in the store.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon after, the screen containing the quest disappeared, waiting for him to call it back.

 Chapter 1148 The Sixth Product(2)

    Chapter 1148: The Sixth Product(2)


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store toward the store. He opened his eyes and turned toward it, finding an unfamiliar face approaching the store.


    It was a male customer, who looked to be an ordinary resident of Thorr City. The man stopped a few steps away from the door and looked toward it with a conflicted face.


    Aakesh waited for the man to enter the store and didn''t close his eyes. As the store grew in poprity, the status of the people entering it also increased.


    Vurrons weren''t even a mid-tier power in the Fawkes Kingdom before the arrival of the store, so confidence wasn''t that high among the majority of the people. It was simr to how they treated Aakesh with disdain and disgust when he was traveling through the streets of the city on his first day, but as soon as Aakesh massacred that gang, he became a fearful figure in the eyes of the people.


    Aakesh knew this, so he understood that the man might not even enter the store, but since for him, every customer was equal, he patiently waited.


    But since he had free time, Aakesh decided to check the progress of the third collective quest since it would reward the store with a new product.


    As Aakesh called for the quest, the next moment, two blue screens containing the quest''s details and its progress in golden fonts appeared in front of him. It was only visible to Aakesh.


    [Mission Sequence: Third


    Mission Objective: Sell the store products


    Details: After unlocking four of the five products'' quests, the store has unlocked the third collective quest. Please work hard and make the store more popr,


    Requirement: Sale of all store products


    Pills: 1,000,000,000,


    Weapons: 100,000,000


    Training area: 100,000,000 hours*


    Panagea: 100,000,000 hours,


    Cultivation arts: 15,000,


    Beasts: 500,000,


    Deadline: 3600 days,


    Reward: The sixth product,


    Failure Punishment: Zeromission for fifty years.]


    *(100,000,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 20,000,000 Immortal training hours = 10,000,000 Gods and Demons training hours.)


    [Quest Progress:


    Time: 2900/3600 Days,


    Pills: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Weapons: 100,000,000/100,000,000,


    Training area: 100,000,000 hours*/100,000,000 hours


    Panagea: 100,000,000 hours/100,000,000 hours,


    Cultivation arts: 14,998/15,000,<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Beasts: 500,000/500,000.]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, seeing the progress the store had made for the quest. There were still around two years left before the deadline to end, but the store was already close to fulfilling all the requirements.


    Aakesh didn''t dare take a gamble that today would be the day for the store toplete the quest since his hands had been burned several times whenever it came to the unfulfilled requirements rted to cultivation arts.


    Aakesh could only hope that the quest wouldn''t continue for long, despite only being short of two cultivation arts sales toplete the quest.


    Aakesh''s mood was better, and seeing that he was so close topleting the collective quest, Aakesh decided to take a look at his other quests currently going on.


    Before Aakesh could summon the quest screens, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store. Aakesh turned his head and found that the man had finally gathered enough courage to enter the store.


    Aakesh stopped the summon and instead waved his hands. The next moment, the quest screen disappeared while the man entered the store.


    The man had a slightly frightened face when he saw Aakesh and therge crowd of people waiting at the waiting corner. He immediately bowed respectfully when he found that one of the customers was Alfred, Asher, and other Vurron group leaders. Even though they didn''t see the man, he still needed to follow the etiquette.


    Seeing his race leaders in the store gave him a slight confidence boost. He then took a deep breath and approached the store owner.


    At first, his feet were slightly trembling as if he were going to his death, but remembering the purpose that forced him to enter the store, his steps somewhat turned stable, and he approached Aakesh.


    "He¡­hello, st¡­store owm¡­owmer!" The man greeted Aakesh, slurring.


    "He¡­ hello, store owner," Remembering his mistake in pronunciation, the man greeted him again.


    Aakesh''s indifferent expression didn''t help the man, so even though he was acting stable, he wanted nothing more than to run from the store.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want three lesser grade mental healing pills." The man requested Aakesh after finally calming down andpleting the sentence without slurring for the first time.


    Aakesh nodded and stood up from the chair. He then went to the pills counter and took three pills out from the second shelf in the first row, and then returned to his chair.


    The three pills the man asked for were in his hands, and he pushed them toward the man, adding, "You need to pay forty-five lesser Sacred stones."


    The man respectfully, yet with trembling hands, took the pills from his left hand while pushing the stones toward Aakesh with his right hand.


    ***


    As the man was leaving the store afterpleting the sale, he suddenly remembered something. The same conflicted face reappeared, but soon it turned into determination as he turned around and returned to Aakesh.


    "Store owner, how much does the lesser Vision Enhancing Pill cost?" The man asked after gathering his courage.


    "one hundred lesser Sacred stones."


    "Give me three," The man requested it, gritting his teeth since that was all his wealth.


    If the pills weren''t necessary for his next entry into ruin, the man wouldn''t have tried to buy them.


    The man then left the store after his sale wasplete. As soon as he stepped out of the store, the man breathed a sigh of relief, as if a heavy weight had disappeared from his shoulders.


    The man turned around and looked at the store once, hoping to enter again one day when he would have enough wealth.


    The man then turned around and left the store, being the envy of those who knew him and saw himing out of the store.


    ***


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 Chapter 1149 The Sixth Product(3)

    Chapter 1149: The Sixth Product(3)


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he suddenly heard the sound of several mechanical alerts bombarding his head.


    Since there were no customers approaching him at that moment, Aakesh focused on the alerts.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission Objective: Sell Pills" sessfully! The salemission has been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission Reward: King Grade Pills" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    [Please see the following screen for your fifth pill''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the fifth pill''s quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Fifth


    Objective: Sell pills,


    Detail: With Benington''s purchase, the store had met all of the previous sales requirements for the fourth pill quest. Since we are just getting started, now is not the time to celebrate. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of pills you need to sell: 100,000,000,000 (each category),


    Days required: 36,000 days,


    Mission reward: Ten new pill types addition in all Lesser, Higher, and King grades,


    Failure Punishment: The random disappearance of ten types of pills and the salesmission will turn to 0 at the eligible product''s sale for the next one hundred fifty years.]


    Aakesh heard all the alerts and soon focused on the blue screen in front of him. The quest''s requirements had grown a thousandfold, and the mission wanted the store to sell 100 billion pills for each category.


    After the reward today, the number of pills avable for sale would go to sixty, with twenty types each in all three grades. Keeping in mind that change, the store would need to sell a total of 6 trillion pills, which was 1500 times more than the fourth quest, whereas the deadline to do it had only grown by ten times to a hundred years.


    Aakesh didn''t worry much about the high requirement since the store was growing at a higher rate than the quest''s conditions. He then looked at the reward section, and as expected, it was the addition of new pill types, not a new grade of pills.


    Aakesh only took a casual nce at the failure punishment and waved his hands. The next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back again.


    Aakesh remembered that he had more quests running at that moment, and since there were no customers approaching from either outside the store or inside, so he decided to check them.


    The next moment, screen after screen of active quests appeared in front of him.


    The screens rted to the third collective quest, the recently generated pill, and the weapon''s quest disappeared, leaving Aakesh with screens rted to the beast, cultivation art, Panagea''s mission screen, and their progress screens.


    Aakesh first focused on the Panagea screen and found that the store was doing well. The quest was several years away frompletion, but with the way the customers were entering Panagea, Aakesh believed that there would be no issue with him losing any day since the requirement was 150,000 Panagea hours for five thousand consecutive days.


    After Panagea, Aakesh focused on the cultivation arts quest screen.


    [Mission Sequence: Fourth


    Mission objective: Sell cultivation arts,<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Requirement: After the sale from Rounic, the store has fulfilled the requirements set by the system. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product


    Sale: 25,000


    Time limit: 3600 days


    Mission reward: King level cultivation arts,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 0% for the cultivation arts for hundred years for the product.]


    [Quest Progress:


    Sale: 14,729/25,000,


    Time: 2832/3600.]


    The cultivation arts quest requirements were the most difficult to fulfill due to their extremely high prices, but since there were still more than two years left before the time limit came to an end, Aakesh didn''t worry much about the remaining sales.


    Aakesh was then going to look at the beast''s quest screen when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    Aakesh turned around and found that it was an unfamiliar face entering the store. Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, all the screens disappeared while the man approached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner," The man respectfully greeted Aakesh once he reached him.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the man''s greeting and waited for him to ask about the store''s products.


    "I am Gric, the son of Joc, and the grandson of Guc," The man introduced himself and his famous ancestors.


    Aakesh nodded since he had heard the name Guc. Guc was the primogenitor of the race Guc, a race in the demon group. It wasn''t a very strong race, but what made Guc famous enough to be considered an example in the system''s knowledge was his survival.


    Guc descended from a very powerful ruling race of demons that were now extinct. Guc was the son of the ruler of the race at that time, but suddenly a disaster erupted, making them extinct. Only Guc was able to survive, and that too due to a very powerful item he had gotten from ruin during his youth.


    Even though Guc survived, the powerful item was ruined while Guc''s cultivation dropped to Supreme God from Sacred Monarch, with him unable to grow in the future due to the aftereffects of that disaster.


    The disaster also altered Guc''s genes, making him a different race than his father; hence, he became the primogenitor of a new race, and since his name was Guc, he named the race Guc.


    Since Guc no longer had the ability to protect the remaining wealth left by his powerful father and other members of his race, he had to leave that and start from scratch.


    Joc was the son Guc had after that ident, making him the second member of the Guc race, but after giving birth to Joc, Guc''s cultivation receded again, and soon after he died.


    A simr thing happened with Joc, when Gric was born, Joc''s cultivation also started to recede, and soon he died, making Gric the only Guc in the Multiverse.


    Since there were two examples ahead of him, Gric couldn''t have children.


    ***


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied, with his usual response to any introduction.

 Chapter 1150 The Sixth Product(4)

    Chapter 1150: The Sixth Product(4)


    "Store owner, tell me about the store products," Gric requested Aakesh.


    Gric hade to the store after hearing a rumor about it from an intelligence organization he had gone to. Gric was a peak True God, in dire need of resources to get a breakthrough to the Lesser God, so he would go to intelligence organizations to learn about recently gained events. During one such trip, he found out about the store, and here he was to check it.


    "The store currently sells five products. They are, pills, weapons, beasts, cultivation arts, and Panagea¡­


    ¡­ these are the five products." Aakesh introduced all five products and their basic details.


    Simr to other customers, Gric became interested in Panagea and asked about it.


    "... you can''t enter Panagea for now; you will need to wait," Aakesh answered the questions Gric had, and at the end, he also informed him about theck of spots while pointing at the thousands of people waiting at the waiting corner for their turn in Panagea.


    ***


    Since Gric couldn''t enter Panagea, he decided to give the Beast Summoner Device a try. Once Aakesh had satisfied all his doubts, Gric thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the beast room.


    When Gric entered the room, his eyes fell on the long line in front of the pir, waiting for their turn. At the start of the line, Gric could see a woman filled with excitement on her face while she was looking at her card,


    Not long after Gric entered the room, the woman turned around and left the room, muttering in her nativenguage. Grimalc didn''t understand what the woman said, but from her expression, it was clear that those weren''t bad words.


    While waiting in line for his turn, Gric looked at the murals spread across the wall. He felt awed by looking at those creatures, and time passed for him.


    Gric''s turn finally arrived and he stood in front of the pir with several people behind him.


    His eyes fell on the nine beasts in nine sections on the screen. He had seen all nine beasts on the mural, so he nodded.


    Gric then took a deep breath and pressed the switch. The next moment, the square light began to rotate at an unprecedented speed, and soon five secondster, a beast familiar to Gric appeared on the screen.


    Gric had chosen targeted summons for Divine Transformation beasts since his wealth didn''t allow him to go for beasts with quality higher than Supreme for Divine Being or Divine Lord level.


    Not long after the rotation came to an end, a card appeared out of nowhere and flew into his hands. Gric was already familiar with the beast, so when he read the details, he wasn''t very surprised. It wasn''t what he wanted, so Gric ced the card into the returnpartment and pressed the switch, beginning the second round of summon.


    Time flew by.


    Gric took a deep breath and pressed the switch. It was thest summoning try he had decided tomit since anymore, and he would have to pay in higher Sacred stones.


    ''5'' appeared on top of the screen while the square light began to rotate at a rapid rate.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast unfamiliar to Gric appeared on the screen. Gric''s expression fluctuated toward excitement, but he soon calmed down and grabbed the card that flew to him.


    [Name: Dearan


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Wood<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Blossoming Blessing


    Details: Dearan blesses allies with the power of nature, enhancing their strength, speed, and endurance.


    Ability:


    Petal Storm: The Dearan creates a fierce storm of razor-sharp petals, shredding everything in its path and dealing heavy damage to enemies.


    Thorn Barrier: The Dearan creates a barrier of thorns, protecting itself and its allies from iing attacks and reflecting some of the damage back to its opponents.


    Flower Dance: The Dearan summons a field of blooming flowers, boosting the morale of itself and its allies and restoring their health and energy.


    Nature''s Wrath: The Dearan calls upon the power of nature, unleashing a devastating quake that damages and stuns enemies.


    Card Description: The Dearan is a formidable creature. Its attribute of wood makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Dearan.


    Price: Seven thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained the beast''s illustration. The Dearan was a tall and slender creature. Her body was covered in delicate and colorful petals that seemed to shift in hue and intensity based on her mood. Her arms were long and graceful, while her fingers had delicate, pointed tips that could extend into razor-sharp thorns when needed. Her hair was made up of delicate, wispy tendrils that floated around her head like a halo, and her bright green eyes glowed with a warm light.


    Gric liked what he read on the card, so he decided to make the purchase. Its price was steep, but its supporting skills added to the cost, so Gric had no qualms about the purchase.


    ***


    "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle," Gric requested Aakesh, pushing the card toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the card,pleted the usual process, and returned it to Gric.


    ***


    "Your sale isplete; the Dearan is yours to summon," Aakesh informed Gric after getting alert of sessful payment from the system.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Gric thanked Aakesh.


    There were still many hours left before his turn arrived in Panagea, but since Gric didn''t want to give up on that, he decided to look at the training area.


    Since the sale of the Dearan cost him a good amount of money, Gric chose for Difficult level training area, paying for ten hours since he was ten hours away from getting his turn in Panagea.


    [Ding!]


    As Gric left, the system''s alerts started ringing in Aakesh''s ears.


    ***


    A/N: Tomorrow I might miss the day since I will be attending my college reunion party. I will try to write the chapters, but if I fail I am sorry in advance.


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 Chapter 1151 The Sixth Product(5)

    Chapter 1151: The Sixth Product(5)


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission Objective: Sell Beasts" sessfully! The salemission has been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission Reward: Pir for True God, Lesser God, Higher God, Supreme God Beasts Unlocked" has been given!]


    [Please see the following screen for your third beast''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the third beast''s quest appeared before him.


    [Mission Sequence: Third


    Mission Objective: Sell Beasts,


    Requirement: With the purchase from Gric, the store has fulfilled all requirements for thest quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product,


    Number of beasts you need to sell: 10,000,000,000,


    Time Limit: 36,000 Days


    Mission reward: One pir upgrade,


    Failure Punishment: The salesmission will be reduced to 0% of the product''s price for one hundred and fifty years.]


    Soon after the sale wasplete, several mechanical alerts bombarded Aakesh''s head, continuing the momentum of the quest''spletion.


    Aakesh focused on the screen and read what the system wanted from him for the mission. The sale requirement had grown a thousand times, while the time limit had grown ten times.


    It was a difficult task as it was a unique product, and cultivators could only buy one for their lives. But since after today, the store would have the pir for beasts ranging from True God to Supreme God activated, more customers would be able to buy one more beast for themselves.


    He then returned his focus to the screen. After looking at the reward, Aakesh nodded in appreciation. The prize was better than he had expected. Aakesh was aware that not every mission could award him higher cultivation beasts, so he had expected to see a financial reward simr to what he had received from the first of the Beast series.


    But he instead got the one pir upgrade. It was an essential reward since it would enhance the effect of the pirs and add another ability for the customers to employ from the store with only money as the cost.


    Aakesh then took a casual nce at the failure punishment and waved his hands. The next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back again.


    Aakesh was going to close his eyes and rx when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.


    Aakesh turned in that direction and found a customering toward him from the cultivation arts room with a page in their hands.


    Aakesh remembered that he was only two cultivation art sales short ofpleting the third collective quest, so he hoped for the man to be here to purchase.


    "Store owner, I want to buy this," Aakesh wasn''t faced with disappointment as the man approached him and requested, handing him the page.


    Aakesh took the page and took a quick nce at it. The next moment, all its details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay eight hundred ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh informed the man.


    The man was already aware of the price as there was a mountain of stones beside him even before Aakesh''s information.


    ***


    "Only, one more left!" Aakesh mumbled after the man left with the fully materialized cultivation art.


    ***


    p¦Ánd¦Á---no¦Í?1,§ão§® Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, only to find an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    It was a female customer and a stunning one at that. The newly entered customer belonged to the race of Star Elf, an Elf race that stood in the same position as the Sun and Moon Elf in the Sacred Dimension.


    Star Elves had light brown skins, with their hair varying from deep brown to ck. These creatures were tall figures, and irrespective of gender, there was a feminine aura to everyone in Star Elf since it was a race like Moon Elf that descended from a female Elf progenitor.


    Simr to other Elf species, the Star Elf also had the unique features of a sharp, pointy nose and ears. The Star Elves had the same pair of pupils as their hair color, which varied between deep brown and ck.


    Simran looked around the store as she entered, and soon her eyes fell on the blue-skinned man seated on the chair. Simran nodded since it was where she had wanted to go.


    The ruling family of the Star Elf was the Dhanishta family, based on Dhanishta, the primogenitor of the Star Elves.


    Simran was one of the current generation princes of the royal family. The Star Elves weren''t open to the world like the Moon and Sun Elves. Neither were their rules strict like theirs.


    The Dhanishta family could have a male as well as a female ruler. The number of female rulers surpassed the number of male rulers due to females having a closer affinity with the inheritance left by Dhanishta for the family. But still, there had been instances of a male reaching that top spot and bing the ruler of the Star Elves, unlike the Sun Elves, where only a male descendant could be the ruler, or the Moon Elves, where only a female descendant could be the ruler.


    In fact, the current ruler of the Star Elf was a male, Nakshatra Dhanishta, the strongest Star Elf after Dhanishta herself in the history of the race. Simran was one of the hundreds of children of Nakshatra.


    The Dhanishta family also followed an incestuous rule, like the Ay and Astrid families. If a female became the ruler, all her brothers would be her consort, while all her sisters would be free to start their own branch families so as not to increase the burden of resources on the head family. But unlike the Ay and Astrid families, the Dhanishta family didn''t enforce the incestuous rule on all opposite-gender siblings.


    In Nakshatra''s case, when he became ruler of the Star Elves, he had around five thousand sisters, since the Star Elves followed a time-fixed rule. One ruler will have to rule for aplete Epoch, and that amount of time was enough to have several thousand children, even for a race with low fertility like the Star Elves. It was also the reason that the Star Elves had the lowest number of rulers of all the Elf races in the Sacred Dimension.


    Even though Nakshatra had around five thousand sisters, he only chose seven of them, who were her blood sisters and shared the same father with his mother. The remaining sisters were allowed to either start their own branch families or join the guards.


    Nakshatra had several hundred children, and his record was the lowest number of children during his rule, as his reign was about to end, and thepetition for the next ruler was about to start among the Star Elves.


    Simran was only the youngest of the lot, with her cultivation only being that of a Sacred Emperor, while several of her brothers and sisters were already close to achieving the Sacred Creator level. Whoever reached that level first would be the biggest contender for the next ruler''s position.


    Nakshatra had seven wives, and except for one, every other wife had given him children in double digits. Simran was the only child who was the sole child of her mother, so she had a slight advantage over many of her siblings. It was also the reason that, despite being the youngest, she was already a Sacred Empeor when the majority of her siblings weren''t even Sacred Kings.


    To at least have a chance at fighting for the top spot, Simran and her mother spent a lot of money to hire an astrologer.


    From that astrologer, Simran found an opportunity for herself. ording to the astrologer, he saw an ordinary building and a blurry blue-skinned man as her opportunity to have a chance for the position.


    Considering that prediction, Simran started searching for the store, and after three years of searching across the dimension with the help of her mother, she was finally able to find the store.


    ***


    Simran had a surprised expression as she looked around the store and saw the endless Eternal Stone used in the flooring. Her confidence in the prediction grew in her heart since it had cost her and her mother a fortune.


    "Hello, store owner!" Simran greeted Aakesh in her gentle, soothing voice.


    Aakesh only nodded in response as usual and waited for Simran to ask the question.


    "I am Simran Dhanishta." Simran extended her hands, introducing herself.


    Aakesh looked at the hand and then responded, "I am Aakesh." He didn''t extend his hands for the handshake.


    An awkward expression appeared on Simran''s face since it was the first time that she had faced something like that, but she didn''t focus much on it since she was here to find her opportunity.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter.


    The mass release is going as nned on 11 May.


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 Chapter 1152 The Sixth Product(6)

    Chapter 1152: The Sixth Product(6)


    "... These are the five products avable in the store for now," Aakesh concluded the basic introduction of the store products.


    Simran stood there surprised since she hadn''t heard of anything that would change her destiny suddenly. Panagea was a great product, but from the store owner''s words, it could be inferred that she would have to start from a point way below her actual cultivation level.


    Simran wanted to surpass her siblings when her father would have to relinquish the throne and ascend to the Primordial Dimension.


    But since the astrologer was one with several correct predictions, Simran understood that there was an opportunity, but she was unable to see what it was.


    It only meant one thing, she needed to work harder than she had expected beforeing here. Simran had no issues with it since the top seat of the Star Elves was at stake.


    "Store owner, I will enter Panagea," Simran requested since Panagea was the product to start with if she wanted to find her opportunity.


    "You can''t. All the spots for Panagea are filled; you will need to wait for several hours," Aakesh answered, pointing at therge number of people deep in meditation, waiting for their turn in Panagea.


    Simran was disappointed to learn that, but since she could enterter in the day, the disappointment vanished.


    Other than Panagea, there were four products. Pills sold in the store did not help her, as they were only up to higher grades. The same was the case for weapons. The training area could help her somewhat. The cultivation arts were useless to her since she was satisfied with the art left by Dhanishta for the Dhanishta family.


    Simran was then stuck between the beasts and the training area. After a pause, she chose to give the beast a try first.


    Simr to the pills and weapons, the summoned beats would be no help to her. But if she found a beast with a great bloodline, it would be a perfect helper for her in the future.


    "Store owner, tell me more about the beasts?" Simran requested Aakesh.


    ***


    ''I hope I get it,'' Simran thought in her mind while looking at one of the beasts on the murals.


    After Aakesh had cleared all her doubts about the beast summoning, Simran immediately came to the room. Since there were already around ten people ahead of her, she had to join the queue and wait for her turn.


    While waiting for her turn, Simran started to look around at the countless beast murals painted across the wall. While looking around, she came across a painting of a stunning bird.


    The murals were so lifelike that Simran seemed to see the beast as if it were alive.


    Simran didn''t recognize the beast, but only the aura from its mural convinced her that it was a powerful beast.


    Time flew by, and it was finally the turn of Simran. She looked at the nine different beasts in the nine sections. She didn''t recognize eight of them.


    Since Simran entered the store, she hade to realize just how little she knew about the Multiverse.


    Simran then took a deep breath and pressed the button while thinking of that stunning, majestic bird.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast unknown to Simran appeared on the screen. It wasn''t the bird Simran wanted, so she was slightly disappointed. But since she knew nothing about the beast on the screen, she waited for the card to make her judgment.


    Not long after, a card appeared out of thin air and flew into her hands.


    When Simran read the details, she was amazed by what she saw. It was a peak Divine Lord beast with ultimate quality. But still, Simran didn''t seem to feel that she wanted the beast, so she decided to go with her gut feeling and ced the card into the returnpartment.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    She then returned to the main screen and pressed the switch, beginning the second round of summoning.


    Five seconds passed in the blink of an eye, and soon after, a stunning beast appeared on the screen.


    It wasn''t the bird beast Simran wanted, but it was nheless a majestically beautiful beast.


    Not long after, the card appeared out of nowhere and flew into her hands.


    [Name: Silver Swan


    Type: Beast


    Race: Swan


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Water, Illusion


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Master of Knowledge


    Details: The Silver Swan is a majestic and graceful beast with mastery over the forgotten knowledge of the Multiverse. When in confusion, it releases an aura, boosting the memory of itself, making it remember forgotten knowledge.


    Ability:


    p¦Ánd¦Á---no¦Í?1,§ão§® Hydrost: The Silver Swan can unleash a powerful st of water from its beak, dealing massive damage to enemies and washing away any impurities in the air.


    Purify: The Silver Swan can purify any body of water it touches, removing all toxins and impurities and restoring it to its natural state.


    Song of Serenity: The Silver Swan can sing a beautiful melody that can calm the minds of those who hear it, making them more receptive to suggestions or orders.


    Water Shield: The Silver Swan can create a protective shield of water, blocking attacks and deflecting harmful energies.


    Fountain of Youth: The Silver Swan can create a fountain of water that has powerful healing properties, restoring the health of all who drink from it.


    Silver Feather: The Silver Swan can shoot a barrage of sharp, silver feathers from its wings, slicing through enemies with ease.


    Silver Mist: The Silver Swan creates a silver mist that can cloak allies and hide them from enemies.


    Mirror Image: The Silver Swan can create an illusory double that mimics its movements and attacks, confusing and distracting enemies.


    Card Description: The Silver Swan is a formidable creature. Its attribute of water makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Silver Swan.


    Price: Nine hundred forty-nine thousand nine hundred forty-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    Simran read the details on the card with an astonished face. It had attacking, defensive, and strong supporting skills, making it a splendid beast to own.

 Chapter 1153 The Sixth Product(7)

    Chapter 1153: The Sixth Product(7)


    The Silver Swan had all-around abilities, including all its attacking, defensive, and supporting skills. But what added most to it were its characteristics [Master of Knowledge].


    Simran didn''t know anything about the Silver Swan before today. But if she knew, she would know that Silver and Gold Swan were beasts with high knowledge of the Multiverse.


    Gold Swan was a Primordial creature, while Silver Swan was a beast of the Sacred Dimension.


    Silver Swan no longer existed as thest of it had ascended to the Primordial Dimension and evolved into Gold Swan countless years ago.


    Silver Swans were born with vast knowledge of the Multiverse, but unfortunately for them, they didn''t remember everything.


    The characteristics [Master of Knowledge] was a vital ability that allowed them to remember the forgotten knowledge, as its detail stated. The characteristic was extremely rare in Silver and Gold Swans, making it an even more extraordinary skill.


    ***


    "Store owner, initiate the taming battle," Simran requested to Aakesh, passing over the Silver Swan''s beast card to him.


    Aakesh took the card from her hands and quickly nced at the beast. Aakesh then tapped twice at the storefront pattern on the back of the card.


    ***


    Simran found herself in a different environment as soon as she took the card from Aakesh''s hands.


    She found her cultivation dropping to peak Divine Lord. She already knew about it from Aakesh, so she didn''t find the situation surprising.


    At that moment, she stood in a vast grasnd with small ponds randomly spread across the entire area.


    Simran couldn''t help but take a deep breath, looking at the breathtaking surroundings. She was only looking around when suddenly there was a movement in one of the ponds not very far from her.


    The next moment, a stunning creature jumped out of the water and appeared high in the sky, looking down on Simran. It was none other than the Silver Swan, her opponent and the beast she wanted to tame.


    It was a magnificent creature, standing tall and proud with a regal bearing. Its feathers were a shimmering silver-white color, with hints of blue and purple as the sun shined on them. Its wings were expansive, allowing it to stand gracefully in the air, and its long, slender neck was adorned with a delicate, thin silver chain that sparkled in the sunlight. Its eyes were a bright, piercing blue, and its beak was sharp and hooked, ready to defend itself if needed.


    The delicate silver chain around its neck was an item that could cause wars across races and was only found on the Silver Swans with the characteristics [Master of Knowledge].


    The number of joints in the chain was equal to the quality of the knowledge it could remember using the characteristics.


    The Silver Swan was a proud creature, and disdain could be seen in its piercing blue eyes as it looked down on Simran.


    Simran didn''t like the look in those eyes, so there was another motive for her to defeat the swan other than taming it.


    Ding!


    Out of nowhere, a bell suddenly rang in the area, announcing the start of the battle.


    The Silver Swan immediately swooped down, its beak ready to pierce through Simran.


    In response to that, Simran raised her hands, and the next moment, white dots started to gather around them.


    The Silver Swan swooping down seemed to be attracted by the light even though it wanted to change its direction.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The next moment, the Silver Swan found its beak being tightened by the plethora of white lights. It tried to move away from Simran, but its attempts were futile.


    ***


    Simran returned to the store after defeating the Silver Swan in the battle and bing its master.


    The battle wasn''t that difficult for Simran since she was extremely talented when it came tobat. The Silver Swan was powerful, but with the same level of cultivation as Simran, it stood no chance against her.


    ***


    "You need to pay nine hundred forty-nine thousand nine hundred forty-nine supreme, and one hundred ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Simran.


    Simran nodded and took one ultimate Sacred stone out. Seeing that, Aakesh introduced the three store cards to Simran.


    After listening to all the details, Simran chose to buy the Ultimate Store Card. Before the card, she needed to find a ce for her to stay since traveling to and fro from the store wasn''t possible every day. The teleportation ability of the card helped her with that.


    ***


    "The beast is yours from now on," Aakesh informed Simran after the alert from the system.


    "Thank you, store owner," Simran thanked Aakesh with a beautiful smile spread across her face.


    "Store owner, I want to enter the Gods & Demons level training area for higher grade spear," Simran requested, not caring about an indifferent response to her thanks from the store owner.


    "You need to pay one higher Sacred stone," Aakesh told Simran and then exined to her the way to enter the training area.


    Simran paid for the training area with her store card. She then thanked Aakesh and proceeded toward the weapons room.


    After Simran left, Aakesh looked around, and when he saw that there were no customers approaching him either from the rooms inside the store or new customers outside the store, Aakesh closed his eyes and returned to another of his rxation sessions.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    It was an unfamiliar face entering the store, but the man stopped before the building.


    "What is this feeling?" The man mumbled as he looked at the building in front of him.


    The gates were open, but he couldn''t see or hear anything going on inside the store. Since it wasn''t the first time he had seen the sense-blocking array, he didn''t feel surprised about it.


    When his eyes fell on the gigantic front board, the man couldn''t help but take a step back as a powerful yet invisible energy erupted, aiming at him.


    The man''s back had turned wet from sweat, his face had lost all blood, his lips had turned dry, and his legs were slightly trembling when he looked at the building again.


    ***


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 Chapter 1154 The Sixth Product(8)

    Chapter 1154: The Sixth Product(8)


    The man looked horrified as he felt a wave of undefeatable energy attack him soon after he looked at the store''s front board.


    The next moment, his expression turned ugly since things happened because of his inability to control his ability.


    The man was Johan, from the Enersensia race. Enersensia was an extremely powerful race, but it didn''t have the numbers to be considered even a big group, let alone a race.


    Only seven Enersensia existed in the Multiverse, with three of them in the Primordial Dimension and the remaining four in the Sacred Dimension. Not many people knew about the Enersensia, as the members of the race weren''t a group. Every single one of them lived differently and had no rtionship with the second Enersensia.


    Johan was the seventh Enersensia to take birth in the Multiverse. These beings had no parents, as they were born from nature. It was rare for an Enersensia to meet another one of its race due to their low numbers.


    Even though they were born from nature, every one of them had a simr appearance, which made it easy to identify them as Enersensia for those who knew about the race.


    As all Enersensia looked the same, Johan also had the same appearance as them. Johan had a humanoid physique, with an average height of seven feet. His skin was green with silver straight lines across his body. He only had a single eye and no eyebrow. It was a horizontal eye with a green sclera and a silver pupil. In the center of the pupil, there was a golden hue, and that golden hue distinguished Enersensia from other races having a simrbination of skin and eye color.


    The golden hue in the center of the pupil wasn''t only there for a unique feature, but it was a powerful ability.


    The golden hue allowed the Enersensia members to see through energy patterns. It was the reason behind Johan getting overwhelmed by the front board since it contained the system''s energy signatures, and when Johan stared at it, the energy felt slightly threatened as someone tried to reveal it, resulting in the counterattack.


    Fortunately, the energy wasn''t dangerous, and it was only there for warning, or Johan would have exploded due to the pressure from it.


    Enersensia members could control the golden hue, but since Johan was young, he couldn''t restrain it, hence attracting the counterattack.


    Johan looked at the front board since he had never expected someone to leave such a powerful energy signature just for a board. He learned his lesson, so Johan closed his eyes and decided to travel inside the store with his senses. He didn''t dare imagine what would happen if his eyes fell on an even more dangerous energy signature.


    Johan then took a deep breath and stepped inside the store with his eyes closed. Beings of his cultivation didn''t need their eyes to see, so the view in front of him was as clear as what his eyes would show.


    Johan couldn''t help but be grateful that he had closed his eye. The golden hue also made the Enersensia members sensitive to energy, and all of Johan''s senses had been dangerously tingling since he stepped inside the store.


    Aakesh knew about Enersensia, so when he saw the man entering the store with his eyes closed, he immediately figured out why the man did so. Even Aakesh felt that it was a great choice.


    Even though there wasplete protection inside the store, his golden hue''s ability would be taken as a threat since every corner of the store was filled with the system''s energy signature. The system wouldn''t take kindly to someone trying to learn the signature, whether it happened consciously or not.


    "Hello, store owner!" Johan greeted Aakesh since he immediately approached him. Johan didn''t dare to look around for any little mistake, and he might die from the counterattack of whoever left their energy signature around the store.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Johan knew it wasn''t the store owner since the store owner was only at peak Divine Transformation while the energy inside the building seemed endless and undefeatable.


    "I am Johan."


    "I am Aakesh."


    "Store owner, tell me about the store''s products," Johan requested.


    Johan had no friends or family to learn about the store from. He came across the store, luckily.


    Enersensia was extremely popr among powerful beings in the dimension due to their sensitivity to energy. One of Johan''s customers belonged to the VoidBorn, and from that man, he learned about the store, so he came here to check it out since, ording to the man, the store had products that could change the status quo of the dimension.


    Now that he was here, Johan understood that the man had told him about the store because he wanted to take advantage of his ability to reveal the being behind the store.


    Johan remembered the man and decided to calcte the debt when the time was right.


    "The store currently sells five products¡­" Unaware of the thoughts going through Johan''s head, Aakesh introduced the product and shared basic details about it with Johan.


    Johan continuously nodded during the introduction.


    Johan''s cultivation waste Supreme God, so four of the five products weren''t directly for him. Only Panagea was left, so he decided to ask about it more.


    ¦Ñ¦Á§ád¦Á---n?¦Ía| §ãom After Aakesh had answered all his questions regarding Panagea, Johan wanted to enter. Unfortunately for him, there were no spots avable any longer for the day, and he would need toe back the next day if he wanted to enter Panagea.


    Johan was faced with disappointment and intently wanted to enter Panagea due to what he was against before stepping inside the store, but he was left with no choice.


    He couldn''t try to use his strength since Jonah was confident that he would be the one to die if he tried anything funny, so he had no choice but to peacefully follow whatever the store owner said, even when Johan could erase Aakesh with just a single snap from the face of the world.


    Still, Johan didn''t want to leave the store empty-handed, so he decided to give a try on the beast section a try.


    Unfortunately for Jonah, his luck was up to no good; he lost to the beast he had chosen after getting it on his tenth try.

 Chapter 1155 The Sixth Product(9)

    Chapter 1155: The Sixth Product(9)


    Johan decided against going for the extra summoning after losing his battle. He paid the summoning fee and the fine.


    Johan understood that what he was weakest at was hisbat talent. Enersensia members weren''t very good at fighting, despite their sensitivity to energy.


    There was a product that helped improvebat for the customer, so Johan decided to go to the training area.


    Johan didn''t choose the Immortal or Gods & Demons level training area despite having more than enough wealth. He instead decided to start at the first level of difficulty and then stop at the Immortal level training area. He would return the next day to continue.


    Anything below the primordial level training area could be bought using the store card, so Johan decided to buy a Supreme Store Card for himself.


    Afterpleting the process, Aakesh returned the unlinked card to Johan and also exined to him what to do.


    Johan did as told by Aakesh, and the next moment, he pricked his finger using the tiny needle engraved on the card.


    Time flew by, and soon a green card with a silver hue around it appeared in Johan''s hands.


    ***


    Johan wasn''t a weapon user, but he was primarily an energy user that used the skills in his arsenal to fight. Against a beast with skills and better fighting sense, Johan stood no chance, and the same happened to him during the fight with the beast in the taming battle.


    Jonah decided to start with the basics, and he needed a weapon for doing that. Since Johan wasn''t a weapon user, the first doubt that appeared in front of him was what weapon he should choose for himself.


    After a long window of consideration, Johan decided to go with the sword. Considering his physique and agility, the sword was a better fit for him than other weapons.


    Johan proceeded forward and reached the pir signifying the sword in the inner circle. He noticed the murals spread across the wall, but since he found nothing special in them, he moved his eyes away and decided against spending his time looking at the paintings.


    Johan went for the Lesser Section and the early sub-level at that. He put his hands inside the shelf, and the next moment, he held a sword in his hand after he took it out.


    It was an ordinary de with nothing extraordinary attached to it, so Johan immediately returned it and soon took out another sword.


    Time flew by, and just finding a suitable sword took him a few minutes, but his efforts were worthwhile since he finally found a sword he found to be suitable for him.


    It was a green de with a silver handle. The primary reason that made Johan feel attracted to the sword was its color pattern since it matched his color.


    The sword wasn''t only color as it was one of the best swords avable at that level inside the store. It cost Johan seven hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Johan paid for the sword using his store card and then decided to begin his training.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Since he wanted to start from the beginning, Johan selected Trivial level difficulty for the first hour of training.


    Johan thenpleted the process of entering the infinite space inside the training area, and the next moment, a golden, transparent barrier covered his body while his consciousness was inside the pir.


    Afterpleting the process, Johan found himself in a dark area with a blue screen in front of him, asking him to choose the opponent for his battle.


    Jonah decided against any opponent and left things to his fate. He chose the random setting for both his opponent and the environment.


    The next moment, a white light covered him, and when he found himself back on the surface, Johan saw he was surrounded by gigantic trees. Johan suddenly found himself feeling warm, so he looked up, and the next moment, his eyes expanded violently as a fire had engulfed one of the tree''s upper branches.


    The fire didn''t seem like it would stop anytime soon. Fortunately for Johan, the tree seemed slightly resistant to fire, so it seemed that it would spread slowly.


    Johan then returned his sight to the ground and found his opponent waiting there for him. It was a human swordsman, ready to attack at a moment''s notice.


    Johan got ready to battle, and not long after, the directionless bell rang, announcing the start of the fight.


    The human opponent charged toward Johan and shed with his early lesser sword.


    It was the first time for Johan to carry the sword, so his grip was funny on it, but he still seeded in bringing his sword to defend against the attack.


    The result of the sh was on the human side, as the sh forced Johan to take a step back. The opponent shed again with even quicker speed.


    This time, Johan failed to bring his sword to defend himself, but he still saved his head from being taken off. Johan groaned in pain as he tried to attack the opponent.


    Johan''s grip on his sword wasn''t stable at all as the opponent disarmed him and shed, aiming at Johan''s neck.


    From the way the battle went, it could be inferred that neither of the two knew how to use a sword efficiently. But since the opponent was clearly better than Johan, Johan lost the first battle.


    He had only booked for one hour, so when it was over, the system forced him out of the training area.


    There was no time variation, so Johan had only trained for one hour inside the training area. Even though he lost all his battles and died, he at least learned how to hold the sword.


    The battles showed just how amateur Johan was when it came to the use of the sword, so Johan stopped his n of entering every level training area for one hour. He instead chose to enter the Trivial level again and decided to keep doing it until he learned how to have a stable grip on his sword.


    Time flew by, and during his third run to the Trivial level training area, Johan finally learned how to hold the sword so that the opponent wouldn''t be able to disarm him easily.

 Chapter 1156 The Sixth Product(10)

    Chapter 1156: The Sixth Product(10)


    Universe Inea, Supercluster Gring, Gxy Tua, Yahwah,


    "Father, we have found the energy you have been looking for."


    In the darkness of the night, a voice broke the silence around the area.


    The next moment, light erupted in the room as a pair of sun-like eyes opened. The eyes stared at the man standing in the area with a wide, respectful smile.


    "Where is it?" A hoarse voice, as if the owner of the eyes hadn''t spoken for years, rang in the area.


    "Universe Gregat, Supercluster Uwach, Gxy Sentiel, Curiel, The Fawkes Kingdom, Thorr City, Seventeenth Street!"


    Suddenly, the entire area began to shake at a rapid rate. The ground cracked open, the sky began to be torn apart, and the cause of all of it was the owner of the eyes.


    The Yahwah was nothing but the shell of the man and no one else lived there, so when he tried to stand up, the started to break down.


    The son stood there with a triumphant smile since there was a reward waiting for him.


    Soon, the man presented himself in his entirety. It was a gigantic man standing at thirty thousand miles.


    The next moment, the man started to drop in size, and soon it stopped falling after stabilizing at eleven feet.


    It was a handsome man who looked to be in his prime. The man was a specimen that could be called perfect from his appearance, as everything in his body was perfectly proportional, as if he were not a living creature but a statue.


    e¦Áglesn?¦Íel His skin was deep blue, simr to Aakesh''s, but his eyes had red sclera and ck pupils. The man''s hair was half ck, half red, matching the same pattern as his eyes. There was a hint of devilish tone in those ck pupils that seemed to attract everything toward the man.


    The man was naked at first, but soon, elements started to gather around him, and not long after, they formed a deep blue robe around him.


    The son had the same features as his father and carried the same devilish appearance, but he was no match for his father.


    "How did you find it?" The man asked, sitting on a chair that had formed from the now-destroyed Yahwah.


    "We used the help of an Enersensia," Mohan responded, and he sat on the chair that appeared for him after his father sat down.


    "Did you check the building yourself?" Amar asked, his hands making random strokes across the air.


    "No, the Enersensia exploded into a blood cloud, and I immediately came to tell you about the store," Mohan answered, reciprocating with the same random gestures through the air.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The next moment, wherever their hands touched, light waves began to appear, and in no time, aplete rune had taken form.


    The one generated by the Mohan was the receiver rune, while the one generated by Amar was the giver.


    An excitement like never before spread across Mohan''s face as he waited for the two runes to connect.


    Amar fell silent after hearing his son''s response, but soon after, he tapped on his forehead, and the next moment, a straight line of white snake-like light appeared on the tip of his finger.


    Amar then pushed the light onto the giver''s rune, and it started glowing intensely. He then let go of his control over the rune.


    The next moment, the rune charged toward Mohan. To be precise, the receiver rune was rushing in the air to his left.


    The next moment, the giver and receiver runes collided, creating a silent explosion. A wave of rainbowy light erupted as a result, and it charged toward Mohan, engulfing him in it.


    Mohan had a mixture of anticipation and excitement written all over his face as he closed his eyes and savored the feeling of the rainbowy light melting into him.


    While Mohan was going through the process, Amar''s eyes were filled with reminiscence of the past.


    Amar belonged to the race Kadhin, but he was originally an ordinary Ferret on one of the low-levels in the Primal Dimension.


    While he was a ferret, Amar lived a treacherous life as a ve to a powerful human. He was tortured every day; he wouldn''t get enough food to eat and was forced to mate because he was rare and in demand.


    He wouldn''t even get to see his children, and they would be taken aback. Amar finally seeded in escaping from the clutches of the evil human, but as he was on his way, he was crushed by a vehicle, killing him.


    Amar didn''t feel sad about his death; instead, he felt relieved since he was finally free of that treacherous life. But then everything changed as he found himself in a dark ce with a shabby hut in front of him.


    Amar still remembered the first time he saw that blue-skinned store owner. His first impression of the store owner was how good it would be if he looked like him, and it also yed a major role in what products he would buyter in the store.


    After entering the hut, he was face to face with a white, furry creature that seemed to be a predator. Amar couldn''t help but feel jealous when he saw the bond between the store owner and that furry creature. Amar wondered why he couldn''t have that with his owner while he was alive.


    But soon after, he was taken aback by the actual truth of the world when he came across items with abilities he had never heard of.


    "Which of these products can make me look like you, store owner?" Amar still remembered the first question he had asked after learning about the ten store products taken out by the store owner for him.


    "You can''t look like me, but if you want my skin color, I have some products." The store owner had responded to his question with a smile, while the white, furry creature had be angry with him for even daring to think of looking like the store owner.


    Amar still reminisced about the scene since that question from him made the store owner take out a product that wasn''t originally on the list. If not for that question, Amar wouldn''t have been here.

 Chapter 1157 The Sixth Product(11)

    Chapter 1157: The Sixth Product(11)


    Since Amar wanted to look like Aakesh, he had asked for the product that would make him look like Aakesh, and then Aakesh had brought the item that brought Amar to where he stood.


    "This is the pure blood essence of Kadhin. If you transnt it, you''ll reincarnate as a Kadhin member, and they have the same deep blue skin as me¡­"


    Amar still remembered the bottle with a single drop of blue blood with a mixture of red and ck hue around it.


    At that time, Amar didn''t know much about the Kadhin race members and bought it just because of its appearance. It was extremely costly so Amar was taking a risk by going with the purchase. One small mistake and he would be tortured for eternity, but since he had already lived a life of torture, he didn''t fear it.


    It was onlyter that Amar came to know that the torture from non-payment of the items was something that couldn''t be borne by anyone, but fortunately for him, his risk paid off. In addition to their skin color, like Aakesh, Kadhin was a powerful race that was born to control time.


    Kadhins were extremely rare in the Multiverse with their numbers even less than five, including Amar.


    Amar paid the cost of the blood essence and was freed of his debt, and then he ascended to the Sacred Dimension. His power, instead of bing useless, became even more potent after his ascension.


    When he was only at Divine Transformation, he could manipte the time flow rate in the range of one sq. meter around him by 1.03 times. As his cultivation grew, so did the range, and the maniption rate also grew.


    As Kadhin''s bloodline was extremely powerful and rted to time, his cultivation rate was slow, but with the help of time flow maniption, he grew his level faster than many.


    When Amar reached the Sacred King level, he could manipte the time up to ten times in the range of a lightyear, without interfering with the element concentration. If he were to forget about the element concentration, he could manipte the time flow rate up to three hundred times in the range of a million lightyears.


    Other than Amar, there was another Kadhin in the Sacred Dimension, and as Amar''s luck would be, it was a female Kadhin, Jyoti.


    Amarter married Jyoti, and had Mohan with her, growing the number of Kadhins by one.


    After the birth of Mohan, Amar no longer had any goals left, so he announced his search for the energy signature he had felt from the store once.


    Several years had passed since then, and Amar fell into sleep, announcing a reward for whoever found it. Mohan finally found the store he had been looking for.


    Amar was a peak Sacred Emperor who could step into the Sacred Monarch state anytime.


    Amar finally returned to reality since he would be going to the store. The situation with Mohan had alsoe to an end.


    Mohan''s jaw dropped after learning what he obtained from his father as a reward. When he looked at his father, a smile spread across his face. If not for Mohan being an adult, he would have pounced on Amar and hugged him.


    The reward he received from his father for finding the store was a key skill that only Amar had. Not even his mother, Jyoti, could get that skill from his father.


    "Don''t disappoint me!" Amar had a wide smile spread across his face as hemented upon seeing Mohan''s reaction.


    Then, without waiting for Mohan''s response, Amar disappeared from his chair, while whatever remained of the started to disintegrate.


    Mohan smiled, looking in the direction his father left, and then he also disappeared from the.


    In no time, whatever remained of that disappeared, and what reced it was the darkness of space.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    ***


    Unaware of another familiar customer from the pasting to his store, Aakesh was rxing in the store.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh had to open his eyes as he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He turned his head around and saw an unfamiliar face entering the store.


    It was a female customer that belonged to the Corrons, one of the Vurrons subspecies.


    Her eyes darted around the store with curiosity written all over her face. She jumped on her feet when she looked and saw Aakesh looking back at her.


    The next moment, her cheeks turned red as she bowed toward the man. She had heard about the store owner, so it wasn''t hard for her to recognize the man on the chair as the store owner.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner. I am Yinny," The girl greeted Aakesh with a beautiful smile spread across her face.


    Yinny was a young Corron who hade to the store, leaving behind her parents in the market, after learning about the stories around the store.


    She had a bubbly nature, and it showed in the way she talked with Aakesh and asked many questions.


    Seeing Yinny, Aakesh remembered L, a Thorron who never seemed to shut up once she started speaking. Unfortunately, she died in an ident, so she couldn''te to the store any longer.


    Hearing the endless chattering, Aakesh felt it was L''s spirit inside Yinny.


    "Why do you think my papa says don''t talk to other strangers?" Yinny asked another of her countless questions.


    Aakesh silently stayed in his chair while Yinny kept chattering. Since there were no new customers entering the store or no customers approaching him from other rooms, he didn''t tell her to leave.


    "Found you," Suddenly, a male voice filled with a relieved sigh rang in the store.


    Yinny turned around and saw that it was her father. She then looked at Aakesh and ran toward her father.


    The father came here rushing after learning that Yinny had gone in the store''s direction.


    "Store owner, I am sorry for my daughter''s rudeness," The father bowed and apologized to Aakesh since he knew how much his daughter talked.


    Yinny puffed her cheeks in anger when she heard her father. She wanted toin, but the father looked at her and made the gesture of putting a finger on lips.


    The man then left with her daughter after buying a pill to coax the angry Yinny.

 Chapter 1158 The Sixth Product(12)

    Chapter 1158: The Sixth Product(12)


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, finding an unfamiliar faceing toward the store.


    It was Fedina, a female cultivator from the Deramac race. Deramacs belonged to the Demon group of races and were a mid-tier race.


    Fedina was the current head of Deramac and its only peak Lesser God level cultivator.


    Fedina looked as Deramacs did: a humanoid appearance with a bulky physique. Her skin was deep red, like other Deramacs. She had two pairs of hands and a pair of legs. Her eyes were abination of white sclera and ck pupils.


    Fedina came to the store after learning about it from one of her sons, who hade to know about it from his friends.


    Fedina would have ignored it, but something happened that forced her to take a chance and find the store.


    A few days ago, Fedina received a shocking piece of news about the loss of one of her advisors. Deramacs had one peak Lesser God and two early Lesser God cultivators.


    The two early Lesser God cultivators were her advisors, second only to her in the race hierarchy, and also a power center for the race.


    Fedinater learned that the enemy race had killed her advisor, provoking Deramacs to start the war. The enemy race had conspired, and the ruler personally intervened, killing the advisor.


    After learning that information, Fedina was left with two choices: either go to war or ept the loss and move on.


    epting the loss and moving on wasn''t possible at all. The remaining early Lesser God was the lover of the now-deceased advisor, forcing Fedina to make a choice. Even Fedina didn''t want to give up on the revenge of her advisor since she was like a daughter to her.


    Fedina was preparing to employ the same tactic as the enemies and assassinate the early Lesser Gods in the enemy camp, but then she heard a horrible rumor.


    The enemies didn''t be enemies with Deramacs and attack because of the extra Lesser God in the camp, but due to a powerful race acting as their support.


    The territory the Deramacs controlled had something that interested the powerful race. But since Deramacs were nothing to take action against, they supported their enemy race.


    The information about the store came as an oasis for Fedina in a hot desert. After learning about the powerful race acting against them, Fedina had no choice but to give up on their territory since that race had Supreme Gods in double digits in their camp. Even one was enough to raze the Deramacs, so it was impossible for Fedina to fight against such a race.


    Fedina also anticipated that there would be a full-frontal assault on the Deramacs since no one would leave their enemies alive.


    The store became extremely important in that case since it allowed Fedina to see an opportunity where the Deramacs could rise again.


    ***


    Fedina stood in front of the building while several hundred of the Deramacs chosen by her toe with her were staying in an inn.


    Fedina didn''t believe that the enemies wouldn''t find such movements made by her, so she decided to take the risk of bing the first to step out in the open since she had the highest probability of surviving out of all the Deramacs in Thorr City.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Fortunately for Fedina, nothing of the sort she expected happened, and she safely reached the building. Fedina no longer feared for her safety since she had learned about the store owner and the store''s customers from the citizens.


    ***


    Fedina took a deep breath and stepped inside the store. The next moment, the view in front of her changed, and she found herself getting released from the sense-blocking array.


    Her eyes then fell on the blue-skinned man seated on the chair. After hearing so much about Aakesh from the citizens, it was easy for Fedina to recognize him.


    Fedina had only taken a step forward when she saw arge number of people stepping out of one of the rooms, and the people that were meditating a moment earlier now had hurried expressions.


    Soon things returned to calm as the peopleing out of the room left the store after bowing toward the store owner, barring some of them.


    The next moment, Fedina saw a pair of chairs appear near the store owner as two beautiful women sat down. Fedina had heard about the only two people that were allowed to sit on chairs inside the store, so she recognized them.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Fedina greeted Aakesh. There was a slight hesitation in her voice, but she controlled herself and uttered it clearly without slurring.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to her greetings, while Katrina looked at Fedina, waiting to have some entertainment since the day was far from over.


    "I am Fedina." She then introduced herself.


    "I am Aakesh."


    "Store owner, do you know about Geratic crystals?" Fedina asked since it was Geratic crystals that brought the powerful race''s attention to Deramacs, forcing them to run.


    It was the first time Aakesh to hear a question like this from a customer at the start. Even though it had nothing to do with the store''s products, Aakesh still decided to answer since Fedina might use them to borrow from the store.


    "Yes, Geratic crystals are used in weapons to make them more energy sensitive," Aakesh responded.


    "How much will ten kilograms of Geratic crystals sell for?" Fedina asked since before escaping, she dug up however much she could.


    Aakesh was surprised since Geratic crystals were expensive due to their uses. Aakesh didn''t know the exact value of the crystals, so he asked the system.


    "It depends on the purity of the crystals. If their purity is between 3 and 7%, one gram will sell for one ordinary Sacred stone. If the purity is between 10 and 15%, one gram will sell for ten ordinary Sacred stones


    ¡­


    "If the purity is between 99 and 100%, one gram will sell for thirty supreme Sacred stones."


    Aakesh shared the price of the Geratic crystals ording to what he learned from the system.

 Chapter 1159 The Sixth Product(13)

    Chapter 1159: The Sixth Product(13)


    Fedina''s entire back was wet with sweat when she heard the price of the item. In low purity rates, the cost wasn''t that high, but at higher purities, the price grew exponentially.


    Fedina couldn''t help but imagine a hanging sword over her neck since the amount in her hands wasn''t a small amount. She also understood she was wrong in her assessment that it was due to Deramacs low strength that they didn''t intervene.


    After learning about the prices, she realized that the race didn''t want to alert anyone of their peers or more powerful races, so they took an indirect approach.


    The tingling feeling about how she found out about the race''s actions also disappeared. Most probably, the race itself sent someone to inform her of that.


    As for whether she made an enemy of the race by digging such arge amount, that was unknown. At that moment, her eyes fell on the store owner.


    She was no one that could be killed at any time, but the store owner was someone different. If she sold the Geratic crystals to the store owner, those people wouldn''t dare take action against him.


    "Store owner, will you buy ten kilograms of Geratic crystal?" Fedina asked.


    "No, I only sell products," Aakesh immediately answered.


    "But you can borrow using the Geratic crystals," Aakesh added since he had expected a situation like this to rise after Fedina asked the question.


    Fedina was disappointed with Aakesh''s answer, but soon after hearing the second statement, her eyes glowed up.


    What she wanted to do was take her hands away from the Geratic crystals. It didn''t matter whether it was a sale or a loan. What mattered was that Geratic crystals were in control of the store owner.


    "Store owner, I will like to borrow the Geratic crystals," Fedina requested since she wanted to remove those crystals as soon as possible after learning about their value.


    "The borrowing amount will not be the same as the price of the item. It will be sixty to eighty percent, depending on the item. To borrow, you need to own any of the three store cards¡­" Aakesh then exined the borrowing process to her as well as the three store cards in detail.


    "Store owner, I will have one Higher Store Card," Fedina requested, taking one higher Sacred stone out.


    eaglesnov?1,§ão§® Aakesh took the stone,pleted the process, and secondster, there was a red card in Fedina''s hands.


    "Show me the Geratic crystals," Aakesh ordered to check the purity of the crystals and how much they were worth.


    Fedina nodded and took out a ball the size of an almond. It might seem small, but it took an entire day to dig up that amount for Fedina.


    She then handed over the crystal to Aakesh. Aakesh took a casual nce at the crystals, and soon, its details appeared like an opened scroll to him.


    "It has different purity rates," Aakeshmented. He then added, asking, "Do you want to cut it into different shapes depending on the purity, or do you want to tell me the price?"


    "Store owner cut it into different shapes depending on the purity," Fedina responded since the more time it stayed together like that, its purity would decrease, resulting in a decrease in cost.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "It will cost you ten ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh informed.


    After Fedina nodded and paid for it, the next moment an invisible pressure erupted and cut the ball into four shapes.


    "4.812 kg of Geratic crystal is 94.1% pure; 2.917 kg is 97.3% pure; and 2.271 kg is 99% pure," Aakesh informed, shocking Fedina.


    Katrina, who was getting bored, also looked in surprise at Fedina. ording to the purity rate, it was a valuable item. How could a Lesser God with such shabby stability achieve all of this? A grin spread across Katrina''s face.


    Fedina, who was reveling in the shock of having such pure Geratic crystals, felt chills running down her spine when she saw Katrina''s grin.


    Aakesh also noticed it, so he turned around and looked at Katrina.


    "I was only thinking," Katrina scoffed, forgetting about her ns to make Fedina reveal the source of such pure Geratic crystals.


    Even Aakesh was surprised by Fedina having Geratic crystals with his kind of purity in suchrge numbers. Even if Katrina acted, she would act outside the store which had nothing to do with him or the store, but since the deal happened in his presence, he wasn''t going to let harme to Fedina.


    "You can borrow one hundred seventeen thousand supreme Sacred stones using the Geratic crystals as your leverage," Aakesh then turned toward Fedina and informed her.


    Fedina found her breathing stuck when she heard the amount she could borrow. Her total wealth wasn''t even ten percent of that amount.


    The thought of taking the whole amount appeared in her head, but she also remembered that she needed to pay the total amount back plus the interest of one lesser Sacred stone every day for the tenure.


    ***


    "You will need to pay an interest of one hundred eighty million lesser Sacred stones plus the eighty thousand supreme Sacred stones you borrowed in the next five hundred thousand years," Aakesh informed Fedina and handed the contract to her.


    Fedina took the contract and studied it. After finding that there was nothing wrong with it, she looked up to see the store owner''s reaction to her checking the contract in front of him. When she saw the same indifferent face, she breathed a sigh of relief and signed the contact with her blood.


    The next moment, a mechanical alert rang in Fedina''s head, informing her of the transfer of eighty thousand supreme Sacred stones as credit. It was true that she couldn''t use it anywhere else, but the money she had outside of it was enough for her to sustain herself and the Deramac she brought with her for centuries without any issue.


    The next moment, she upgraded her Higher Store Card to a Supreme Card, and after that, she asked about the store products.


    ***


    A/N: Tomorrow, there will be the mass release of ten chapters as announced.


    Thanks for supporting the book; I am really grateful.

 Chapter 1160 (1) The Sixth Product(14)

    Chapter 1160: The Sixth Product(14)


    Fidena was already aware of the store''s products, but hearing them directly from Aakesh assured her of her decision even more.


    Like the majority of the customers, she wanted to go to Panagea but was left with disappointment at the end since all the spots for the Panagea were filled for the day.


    There were other products, and she wanted to buy them for the Deramac she brought here, but since there was a limit, she decided toe back tomorrow early morning with all Deramac and hope for everyone to get a spot in Panagea.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Fedina then thanked Aakesh and turned around to leave.


    "She is clearly trying to push the Geratic crystals on you," Katrinamented after Fidena left.


    "I know, but what does it matter? It''s not like I care where she got the crystals," Aakesh responded with a smile.


    "What if she stole them, and the original owner of the crystals came here to ask for them back?" Katrina asked, but the next moment, a smile spread across her face. It wasn''t as if she didn''t know Aakesh.


    There was also the fact that the contract signed between the lender and borrower made a clear distinction, as one of the uses to borrow money was that there needed to beplete ownership of the item.


    Complete ownership of the item didn''t mean that it excluded snatched items. As long as none of the other people rted to that item weren''t alive in the case of snatching, the customer was theplete owner. The store wasn''t a court to distribute punishment or rewards for the actions of the customers.


    "Why didn''t you let me ask her where she got the item? Don''t you know how poor I am?" Katrina thenined, remembering her mistake.


    Aakesh only smiled in response to Katrina''s statement and then closed his eyes.


    Seeing Aakesh ignore her, Katrina scoffed and also closed her eyes.


    ***


    "Did she run away?" The man, seated on a chair, asked.


    It was a tall man that looked like a small mountain even when sitting. The man belonged to Feralics, the race that conspired against Darmac.


    "Yes, your majesty, the woman has left with her best talents of the race," The man, kneeling in front of the chair, answered.


    "Your majesty¡­"


    The man wanted to speak but struggled to inform the King of Feralics.


    Derit saw the hesitation and fear in the man''s eyes, so he gestured for the man to speak without fear.


    "Your majesty, that woman dug out some of the Geratic crystal before running away," The man looked upward after informing Derit, but he couldn''t help but be surprised when he saw a smile appear on Derit''s face instead of anger.


    "She didn''t disappoint me. Now, she would live in fear of me, whether I woulde to her to take the crystals back," Deritughed andmented.


    "How much did she take in total?" Derit asked, the smile continuing on his face.


    "Around ten kilograms."


    The smile on Derit''s face froze; his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.


    ***<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    The next moment, a familiar face entering the store greeted his sight.


    "Hello, store owner," Francis greeted Aakesh with a respectful smile.


    Francis was a customer that entered the store on its fourth year, and he was also one of the few to win an event rted to the Divine Lord Beast contest.


    He was a regr at the store, but he had stoppeding to the store in the past year.


    Francis was a peak Higher God cultivator when he came to the store. Around a year ago, Francis was devoured by a space storm due to his misfortune.


    It also came as a fortune for Francis as the space storm took Francis to ruin.


    The ruin belonged to one of the settlements left by the now-extinct Chaotic Wyrms.


    Fortunately for Francis, it was a settlement for one of the weaker branch families of the Chaotic Wyrms.


    e¦Áglesn?¦Íel To leave the ruin, Francis had to clear the hurdles and find the exit point. It was a lot of struggle, as only in the first challenge Francis almost died due to one mistake he made.


    Francis had to sacrifice the beast he bought from the store to save himself. Francis didn''t want to do that, but when the Silver Sparrow saw the situation, it willingly chose to sacrifice itself to save him.


    The sacrifice came as a rude shock to Francis, who had been sailing positively since he entered the store.


    After the first challenge, Francis became extremely cautious, and every step he took was after he waspletely confident.


    After the death of the beast, the card hadn''t disappeared, so Francis held a slight hope in his heart that the store would help him revive the beast.


    What could have taken him weeks to clear took him months, and after a long hustle of several months, Francis seeded in finding the ruin''s exit.


    Things weren''t over for him since he needed to find the store aftering out since he had no idea where the exit had brought him or how far it was from the store.


    It took him around a year to clear the ruin and find the store, but finally, he was here.


    ***


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to Francis'' greeting. Aakesh didn''t even need to see the card to realize that Francis'' Silver Sparrow was dead. The system informed Aakesh as soon as Francis stepped inside the store.


    The respectful smile on Francis'' face disappeared, and a solemn expression took its ce as he took the card out.


    After the death of the Silver Sparrow, the beast''s illustration from the card had disappeared, and a nk space reced it.


    "Store owner, is there a way to revive the beast?" Francis asked. It was taking everything mentally for him to stop himself from breaking down while speaking.


    After the question was over, Francis felt heavy, as if someone had ced countless mountains on his chest, when he looked at Aakesh, waiting for an answer.

 Chapter 1161 (2) The Sixth Product(15)

    Chapter 1161: The Sixth Product(15)


    Francis looked at Aakesh with hope filled eyes, hoping to hear what he wanted.


    "No," Aakesh responded, dashing whatever hope Francis had.


    "It might not be possible presently, but it might be possible in the future," Aakesh then added since he wasn''t aware of what abilities the beast card would unlock with every new pir or what would happen if an upgrade urred.


    "Store owner, do you have an idea when it might happen?" Francis regained some hope and asked.


    "No, there is no fixed time," Aakesh answered. The store would get a new Beast Summoning Pir today, so there will be a new ability unlocked. But Aakesh didn''t believe that it would have anything to do with the revival of the beast. If it were to happen, it would most probably happen with an upgrade reward.


    ***


    After not finding the answer he wanted, Francis left the store since he wasn''t feeling right to ask for any other product.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, finding a new face approaching the store.


    ***


    Winston belonged to the race Dried-Spotted Demons, a race in the demon group. As its name suggested, the members of this race had dried skin spots spread across their bodies.


    The Dried-Spotted Demons were an upper-mid-tier race, with one Sacred King as its ruler, and Winston was the grandnephew of the sole Sacred King Dried-Spotted Demon.


    Winston looked simr to how others of his race looked. He stood tall at fifteen feet, having a muscled body. His skin was light green with gray, dried spots randomly spread across his body. He had one pair of hands and legs. He had two pairs of eyes with the samebination of ck sclera and gray pupils.


    Winston''s mother was the niece of the current ruler of the Dried-Spotted Demon, while his maternal grandfather was the elder brother of the leader.


    Winston''s maternal grandfather was the ruler of the Dried-Spotted Demon around a decade earlier, but things suddenly changed as the younger brother seeded in a breakthrough and became the first ever Sacred King for the race.


    With it came the relinquishment of the top seat, despite Winston''s grandfather not wanting to. The rtionship between the two brothers was good, but things immediately changed after the breakthrough.


    The younger brother wanted to be the new leader once he became a Sacred King. There was no fight between the two brothers since the power difference between them had grown like the sky and earth.


    Winston''s grandfather couldn''t ept him losing the throne, so he left for cultivation and announced to his immediate family that he would only return once he also became the Sacred King.


    Winston''s father was a high official in the race''s administration, but since he had a direct rtionship with the previous ruler, he was also forced out of power.


    Winston, who lived a luxurious life without any worry, found his life changing overnight. It wasn''t the end as Winston also began to get persecuted by other Dried-Spotted Demons.


    Except for directly killing his elder brother''s family, the younger brother pushed the family to the edge.


    Winston was the only grandson, so his family pinned all their hopes on him.


    Winston''s talent wasn''t bad, but to grow strong he needed resources and cultivation arts.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The hidden wealth kept by his grandfather was enough to sustain Winston''s cultivation up to peak Lesser God, but cultivation arts stumped him.


    Winston was currently at peak Divine Lord, waiting to get a cultivation art to achieve a breakthrough to True God since the race''s cultivation arts were in control of the younger brother''s family and there were zero chances of him getting one from them.


    So Winston started to search for opportunities to get cultivation art. His fortunes weren''t great at first, but his search bore fruit, as after searching for years, he finally learned about the store.


    ***


    Winston took a deep breath and stepped inside the store. The next moment, the view in front of him changed, and he found himself faced with the luxurious store''s interior.


    Winston didn''t know much about the store other than that it sold cultivation arts, so when he saw around him, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets in shock.


    His eyes then fell on the blue-skinned man sitting on a chair and two other beautiful females sitting on two other chairs.


    Winston knew at least something about the store owner''s features, so he recognized Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner!" Winston stepped forward and greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to Winston''s greetings, waiting for him to ask about the store''s products.


    "Store owner, are cultivation arts avable for sale here?" Winston asked, directly referring to his purpose.


    "Yes, there are Lesser and Higher grades of cultivation arts avable in the store," Aakesh answered.


    Winston breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Aakesh''s answer. His search didn''t turn futile, and he finally found a source to get a cultivation art.


    Winston also found himself lucky since Higher grade cultivation arts worked for Divine Lord cultivators trying to be True Gods.


    "Thank you, store owner," Winston thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the cultivation arts room, pointed out by Aakesh.


    After Winston left, Aakesh closed his eyes and started another of his rxation sessions.


    He hoped for Winston to find a suitable cultivation art since he was only one art sale short ofpleting the requirements for the third collective quest.


    ***


    When Winston entered the room, he found several people inside the room, either reading from a page or taking art out of the two shelves.


    Winston went to the shelf for the Higher grade cultivation arts. He then extended his hands and reached inside the shelf. When he took his hand back, there was a page in his hand.


    Winston read the details of the cultivation art. He didn''t like what he read, so he returned the card back to the shelf and took out another page.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    While Winston was trying to find a suitable cultivation art for himself, Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.

 Chapter 1162 (3) The Sixth Product(16)

    Chapter 1162: The Sixth Product(16)


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction, finding another of the many new customers entering the store for the day.


    It was a male customer who belonged to the Thorron race. Martin had a smile on his face as he stepped inside the store.


    Martin was the son of the current army chief of Thorr City. He had been outside the city for the past century. He only returned to the city that morning.


    Martin was an adventurer who liked to travel and see the world, so he had ns to leave the city the next day, but he heard about the store from his mother.


    The world inside Panagea sounded like an adventure without the fear of death, so Martin decided to check it out for himself before making any decision on whether to go on an adventure or stay in the city.


    "Hello, store owner. I am Martin," Martin nonchntly greeted Aakesh.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied with his usual response to an introduction.


    "Store owner, tell me more about Panagea," Martin asked. His mother had repeatedly told him how to act in front of the store owner and how the store owner acted, so he didn''t try to speak bluntly like he usually did and kept his questions straight to the topic.


    "The Panagea is a virtual world with its own set of rules and power levels¡­" Aakesh then exined Panagea in detail to Martin.


    Martin heard the same things he had heard from his mother, so his belief in them grew. The thought that his mother only told him such things to stop him from leaving disappeared.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," Martin said, taking out the price required to enter for 3x stay.


    "You can''t; all the spots are filled."


    The next moment, Aakesh broke Martin''s hopes by informing him about theck of spots to enter Panagea.


    ***


    Martin left the store since he didn''t like any other product other than Panagea before trying it. He left after deciding toe early the next morning to secure his spot since the day was far from over, and all the spots for the day had already been filled.


    Martin''s entry and exit were like a drop in the ocean; it only made a slight movement, and then things returned to normal without it having any effect.


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    It was Winston who wasing toward Aakesh with a page in his hands while his face was filled with excitement.


    "Store owner, I want this cultivation art," Winston requested. Excitement and joy couldn''t be hidden in his voice.


    The cultivation art chosen by him was the one he and the other main family of the Dried-Spotted Demons originally used. At first, he was taken aback by it being there inside the store. For a moment, he thought that someone had betrayed the Dried-Spotted Demons and sold the art to the store, but heter found that he was entirely mistaken. By a wide margin, the store''s version was superior to the original. It was as ifparing rocks and sapphires.


    The price of the cultivation art was higher than the range he had in mind, but seeing the improvement, he decided to push himself for the sale, and in the end, his mind was made.


    ***


    Aakesh took the page from Winston''s hands and nced at it. The next moment, all of its details appeared in his head.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "You need to pay six hundred seventy higher Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Winston.


    Winston nodded and then began to take out the required sum from his space ring. It was more than ny percent of the total wealth Winston had brought with him, so after the amount was taken out, the space inside the ring had almost be empty.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the stones disappeared from the store''s hall.


    The next moment, an alert informing Aakesh that the amount was correct rang in his head.


    "The cultivation art is yours from now on," Aakesh informed Winston as the page disappeared while a physical book started to materialize out of nowhere.


    "You can''t use the cultivation art to earn any kind of mary gain," Aakesh then warned after the book had entirely appeared.


    Winston felt chills running down his spine when he heard the warning. Even though Aakesh was only at peak Divine Transformation while he was peak Divine Lord, Winston still felt as if Aakesh was a beast while he was someone back against the wall with no way to escape.


    ***


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission Objective: Sell the Store Products" sessfully!]


    [The "Mission Reward: The Sixth Product" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but smile when he heard the sound of alerts ringing in his ears.


    "Why are you smiling so widely?" Katrina was looking around when she noticed Aakesh smiling.


    Aakesh rarely showed emotions on his face inside the store, but here he was smiling, so it meant something great had happened.


    "The products will be getting upgraded tonight, and there will be a new product to choose from tomorrow," Aakesh didn''t hide from Katrina and told her.


    Katrina nodded when she heard Aakesh. Aakesh only smiled when it was rted to Lily, Khaval, or the store, so she had expected something like this.


    "What will be the sixth product?" Katrina asked as she became curious.


    "You will know tomorrow," Aakesh answered with a smile, and then his face returned to his usual indifference as if smiling cost him money.


    "I hope the sixth product is an item that can heal the injuries of the heart," Katrina scoffingly joked, then stopped asking.


    Time flew by, and it had been twenty hours since the store opened for the day.


    Aakesh wanted the four hours to pass instantly so as to see what new product he would get after the store''s closing.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh then heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store, so he stopped thinking about what would happen after the store''s closing and focused on what was ahead of him.

 Chapter 1163 (4) The Sixth Product(17)

    Chapter 1163: The Sixth Product(17)


    Aakesh turned around and found a new face approaching the store.


    Jarun belonged to the race of Feadican, a beast race that walked on eight feet horizontally. Feadican belonged to the group of arthropods.


    Their head was like a spear, sharp and pointed. These creatures only had a single eye and two straight horns. Jarun''s appearance caused a scene on the market, but soon everyone calmed down since Jarun wasn''t the first weird-looking creature to appear here for the store.


    Jarun''s single eye looked at the building in front of him with no care for what others on the street felt about him.


    Jarun''s eyes looked different than those of other Feadicans since Jarun''s eyes had been mutated since birth. A Feadican had a yellow sclera and a ck vertical pupil. In the case of Jarun, his eye was abination of three colors.


    Jarun''s eyes had a ck sclera and a strange pupilbination. He had both vertical and horizontal segments, making it a cross. The vertical portion was silver, while the horizontal portion was golden. And the portion where they met each other was ck, the same as Sclera.


    Jarun didn''t know what caused such a mutation to ur in his eyes, but due to it, he had be a valuable member of the Feadicans. His parents were ordinary Feadicans, with average strength.


    The mutation had enhanced Jarun''s talent like no other Feadican. If not for the close bond between every single Feadican living in the same colony, the ruler of the Feadican might have either made Jarun sign a vow of loyalty or he would have been killed.


    Jarun was less than ten thousand years old, and he was already a peak Supreme God, only one level short of the rulers of the Feadicans.


    Jarun came to the store after dreaming about its coordinates. Since Jarun was young, he would randomly dream and see events that could be beneficial to him.


    The random fortune dream ability had allowed Jarun to grow powerful rapidly while keeping the foothold stable.


    Following his experience with the dreams he had had, Jarun came to the store, following the coordinates he found in his dream.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Jarun greeted Aakesh immediately after entering the store.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response and waited for the question to be asked.


    Jarun didn''t disappoint Aakesh, and he straight away came to his purpose, not spending time on introductions or random questions.


    "Store owner, tell me about the store products," Jarun requested Aakesh.


    "The store currently has five products for sale. They are pills, weapons¡­


    ¡­


    "These are the products avable in the store."


    Aakesh introduced the products and their basic details in a single breath.


    After learning about the products, Jarun understood why he dreamed of the store. The store was like a cluster of opportunities waiting for him to cash out and be powerful.


    Like the majority of the customers, Jarun wanted to enter Panagea. But soon after, he was left with disappointment since the store owner informed him of theck of spots avable to enter.


    After Panagea, the second product that came to his mind was the beasts. Jarun himself belonged to a beast race, so he wanted to see what the difference was between the beasts sold by the store and the ones in nature. Even if there were differences, he could learn from them and be stronger.


    As for what beast he wanted, Jarun already had the answer in mind. He wanted no other beast than a Feadican. Jarun was immensely proud of the race he was born into and desired to take it to the top of the beast groups and then the Sacred Dimension.


    "Thank you, store owner," Jarun thanked Aakesh after satisfying his curiosities rted to the Beast Summoner Device. Since he no longer had any questions left, he proceeded toward the beast''s room.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    ***


    When Jarun entered the beast room, there were already a few people inside the room, so Jarun had to wait for a while to get his turn.


    To pass that time, he looked at the murals painted across the walls around the room. Jarun tried to search for a Faedican on the wall, but he failed to find one.


    Jarun didn''t be disappointed with not finding a Faedican mural on the wall, instead, it motivated him to work even harder for the growth of the Faedicans and take them to the peak of the Sacred Dimension.


    Jarun''s turn finally arrived, and he couldn''t help but be surprised as he saw a Faedican on one of the nine sections. It looked the same as the current ruler of the Faedicans.


    A smile spread across Jarun''s face as he readied himself to start the summoning.


    Time flew by, and soon, a beast card appeared out of nowhere and flew to his hands.


    [Name: Faedican


    Type: Beast


    Race: Arthropod


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Earth, Crystal


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Invincible Exoskeleton


    Details: The Feadican possesses a tough exoskeleton. It can exchange its blood to increase the hardness of the exoskeleton, making it immune to physical and magical attacks.


    Ability:


    Crystal Shell: The Feadican can create a crystal shell around themselves, enhancing their defense and reflecting harmful energies back at their enemies.


    Boulder Bash: The Feadican canunch themselves at an enemy like a boulder, dealing heavy impact damage.


    Crystal Growth: The Feadican can cause crystals to grow from the ground, trapping enemies and dealing damage over time.


    Mineral Detection: The Feadican can sense the presence of precious minerals and gems, allowing them to locate hidden treasures and evade dangers.


    Crystal Rain: Feadican can cause a rain of crystal shards to fall from the sky, damaging enemies and creating a dangerous terrain.


    Earth Golem: Feadican can summon an earth golem made out of crystal and earth to fight alongside it in battle.


    Earth Meld: Feadican can meld itself into the earth, bing invisible and impervious to damage for a short period of time.


    Card Description: The Faedican is a formidable creature. Its attributes of earth and crystal make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Faedican.


    Price: Six thousand supreme Sacred stones.]

 Chapter 1164 (5) The Sixth Product(18)

    Chapter 1164: The Sixth Product(18)


    On his first try, Jarun summoned the Faedican, but it was a supreme quality early Divine Lord beast. On the second try, he summoned a beast from another race with divine quality, and finally, on his third summon, Jarun seeded in getting an ultimate quality Faedican.


    Jarun''s eyes popped open when he read the details on the card. He couldn''t help but look at himself with suspicion, as even he wasn''t born with so many skills. What shocked Jarun even more was characteristic of the beast.


    [Invincible Exoskeleton] was a characteristic that very few of the arthropod species members had. There was none in the Faedican race who had that, but the beast in his card had one.


    Jarun''s eyes glowed in excitement as he not only got the Faedican at the ultimate quality but got a version that he didn''t even imagine.


    Jarun then excitedly left the line and exited the room, approaching the store owner.


    Jarun had to get in line, as there were already three customers in line near the store owner.


    After several seconds, it was Jarun''s turn. "Store owner, please initiate the taming battle," Jarun requested Aakesh, pushing the card toward him.


    Aakesh epted the card, took a quick look at the beast, tapped twice on the storefront pattern at the back of the card, and returned it to Jarun.


    The next moment, Jarun found himself in familiar surroundings. It was simr to the colony where he and other Faedicans lived, but here it was better.


    He was in a vast underground cave with crystals embedded in the wall here and there. The concentration of the earth element was abundant there.


    Jarun felt as if he hade home. He took a deep breath and began to crawl across the cave.


    Suddenly, he came across a narrow path in the cave, and soon after, a head popped out of the path. Jarun stopped crawling across the wall and got ready to battle.


    When the Faedican opponent saw it was one of his own, the affinity attribute toward members of its race kicked in.


    Buzz!


    Still, it was a taming battle, so there needed to be one winner. The opponent told Jarun to give up and ept the beast as his master.


    Jarun was never going to ept that, so the battle began. Both Jarun and the opponent found the area to be their yground, so they could fully unleash their potential.


    The battle between the two raged on for hours, then turned into days, but the battle continued. The crystals embedded in the walls across the cave acted as their food and energy source.


    After an unknown amount of time, the battle finally came to an end with Jarun winning over the beast. Jarun won based on sheer luck since he unlocked one of the abilities rted to his eyes that allowed him to defeat the beast.


    Even though weeks had passed during his battle with the beast, when Jarun''s consciousness returned to the store, he found that no time had passed at all inside the store, further shocking him about the store and the store owner.


    ***


    "You need to pay six thousand supreme, one ordinary, and one hundred ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Jarun after he hadpleted all the steps, and only paying was left.


    Aakesh didn''t stop and then introduced the store cards to Jarun since this was the time when many of the beast owners bought store cards.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Jarun also bought a Supreme Store Card and paid the required sum, making the Faedican from the store his own.


    ***


    "Store owner, do you know anything about this mutation?" Jarun asked.


    After the beasts, there was no product that was very useful to him, so he decided to take a chance and ask the store owner about his mutation.


    Aakesh knew the reason for Jarun''s mutation, but since there was a customer behind him, he didn''t tell him and asked him to leave the line.


    Jarun had no choice but to leave the queue, and another customer took his ce. He then turned around and left the store.


    If Jarun had waited for a while for Aakesh to get free, Aakesh might have told him the answer, but since Jarun didn''t know it, he decided to leave.


    The inflow and outflow of customers continued throughout the day, and soon, there was only around an hour left before sunset.


    Suddenly, a door popped up in the store in mid-air. The next moment, the door opened, and Khaval walked out.


    Khaval walked using his tail flukes as feet. He soon reached the floor and jumped on Aakesh''s head, adding force to its flukes.


    A few minutester, the door reappeared, and this time, Lily walked out of it.


    When Lily saw Khaval was already there on Aakesh''s bun, and was making funny gestures toward her, she angrily scoffed.


    Aakesh only smiled seeing such antics by the two of them. He didn''t have much time to focus on the duo as a new customer stepped foot inside the store.


    It was a citizen of Thorr city and hade here after learning about the mental healing pills.


    "Store owner, give me three lesser mental healing pills, three lesser soul healing pills, and three lesser spirit enhancement pills," The man requested. He hade here only to buy mental healing pills, but after learning the various categories, he bought more of them.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair, went to the counter, and picked out the required pills from the shelves.


    "You need to pay one hundred ny-five lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh informed the man, pushing the pills toward him.


    ***


    The sunset arrived on Thorr and nearby cities. The light was forced to hide from the darkness and its cover had shrouded the cities.


    With the sunset, the time to close the store also arrived. Autumn and Katrina left the store after ying with Khaval, and Aakesh went to the rooms one by one, telling the customers to leave ande the next day to continue their shopping.


    Time flew by, and soon after, only Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval were left in the store. Aakesh went forward and shut the door, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.

 Chapter 1165 (6) The Sixth Product(19)

    Chapter 1165: The Sixth Product(19)


    Aakesh closed the door to his store, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, the King level pills have been sessfully rewarded!]


    [Host, the King level weapons have been sessfully rewarded!]


    [Host, the second Beast Summoning Pir has been sessfully rewarded!]


    As soon as Aakesh turned around, the system''s mechanical, emotionless voice informing him of all the rewards for the quest rang inside his head.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the pill counter, the weapon room, and the beast room. This time, the intensity was higher than before, and it also took longer.


    Since Aakesh was closest to the pill counter, he decided to check it out. It was Khaval''s first time seeing the updates happening in the store, so his eyes were glowing with excitement while Lily had a bored expression since she had seen many of such scenes.


    After Aakesh took a step forward, the blue light engulfing the pill counter disappeared, and a new row with twenty shelves appeared there.


    Aakesh reached the counter and focused on the details of the twenty new pills of the King level.


    (1.) Third-grade King Body Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor injuries up to peak Lesser God, and it will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It costs one higher Sacred stone.


    Second-grade King Body Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor injuries up to peak Higher God. It costs ten higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Body Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor injuries up to peak Supreme God. It costs twenty-five higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will result in the breakdown of all body cells if eaten by cultivators below the Lesser God.


    (2.) Third-grade King Mental Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor mental traumas up to peak Lesser God. It will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It costs 5 higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Mental Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor mental traumas up to peak Higher God. It costs twenty-five higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Mental Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor mental traumas up to peak Supreme God. It costs fifty higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    (3.) Third-grade King Soul Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor soul injuries up to peak Lesser God. It will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It cost 10 higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Soul Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor soul injuries up to peak Higher God. It costs fifty higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Soul Healing Pill: The pill can heal minor soul injuries up to peak Supreme God. It costs a hundred higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    (4.) Third-grade King Energy Meditation Pill: It helps the user in their meditation up to peak Lesser God. It cost one higher Sacred stone.


    Second-grade King Energy Meditation Pill: It helps cultivators up to peak Higher God. It cost ten higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Energy Meditation Pill: It helps cultivators up to peak Supreme God. It cost fifty higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    5.) Third-grade King Energy Purification Pill: It helps the user purify the impurities mixed in their energy up to peak Lesser God. It cost twenty-five higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Energy Purification Pill: It helps cultivators up to peak Higher God. It cost fifty higher Sacred stones.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    First-grade King Energy Purification Pill: It helps cultivators up to peak Supreme God. It cost one hundred higher Sacred stones.


    (6.) Third-grade King Body Strengthening Pill: The pill helps increase the cultivator''s physical strength and endurance. It helps only cultivators up to peak Lesser Gods. It costs ten higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade Body Strengthening Pill: It works for cultivators up to peak Higher God. It costs twenty-five higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade Body Strengthening Pill: It works up to peak Supreme God. It costs fifty higher Sacred stones.


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    (16.) Third-grade King Blood Essence Pill: This pill enhances the blood essence within a cultivator''s body, which is necessary for cultivating certain types of techniques and abilities. It only works for cultivators up to peak Lesser God cultivation. It costs twenty-five higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Blood Essence Pill: It works for cultivators up to peak Higher God. It costs fifty higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Blood Essence Pill: It works cultivators up to peak Supreme God. It costs one hundred higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    (17.) Third-grade King Beast Transformation Pill: This pill allows cultivators to temporarily transform their body into that of a powerful beast, enhancing theirbat capabilities. It only works for cultivators up to Lesser God cultivation. It costs fifty higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Beast Transformation Pill: It works for cultivators up to peak Higher God. It cost one hundred higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Beast Transformation Pill: It works for cultivators up to peak Supreme God. It cost two hundred higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    (18.) Third-grade King Deep Sleep Pill: This pill induces deep and restful sleep, allowing cultivators to recover their energy and mental strength. It only works for cultivators up to peak Lesser God cultivation. It costs twenty-five higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Deep Sleep Pill: It works for cultivators up to peak Higher God. It cost seventy-five higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Deep Sleep Pill: It works for cultivators up to peak Supreme God. It cost one hundred fifty higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    (19.) Third-grade King Eternal Youth Pill: This pill grants cultivators eternal youth and vitality, slowing down the aging process and allowing them to live longer. It only works for cultivators at Lesser God cultivation. It costs five hundred higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Eternal Youth Pill: It works for cultivators at Higher God cultivation. It cost twenty-five hundred higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Eternal Youth Pill: It works for cultivators at Supreme God cultivation. It cost ten thousand higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: Only for one-time use. It will¡­


    (20.) Third-grade King Blood Replenishing Pill: This pill replenishes a cultivator''s blood, allowing for faster recovery from injuries and greater physical strength. It only works for cultivators up to peak Lesser God cultivation. It costs one hundred higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Blood Replenishing Pill: It works for cultivators up to peak Higher God cultivation. It cost two hundred fifty higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Blood Replenishing Pill: It works for cultivators up to peak Supreme God cultivation. It cost one thousand higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    ***


    A/N: Sorry for the entire chapter filled with an info dump, but it was necessary.

 Chapter 1166 (7) The Sixth Product(20)

    Chapter 1166: The Sixth Product(20)


    Aakesh read the details of all the newly obtained pills. Each pill had three grades avable for sale, simr to the Higher grade pills. King level pills worked for cultivators from Lesser God to peak Supreme God cultivators. Since the energy and strength differences between the three levels were like heaven and earth, they couldn''t use the same grade of pills for themselves.


    All types of third-grade pills, excluding the Mind Expansion Pill, referred to Lesser Gods; the second-grade referred to Higher Gods; and the first-grade pills were for Supreme God cultivators.


    Since Aakesh had remembered the prices of all twenty pills and their grades, he decided to move to the next product.


    From the next day, the cultivators between Lesser God and Supreme God would also have their level-specific items to purchase.


    After the pills, the next product for Aakesh to check was the weapons, so he turned around and proceeded toward that room, with Lily and Khaval sitting rxedly on his head. Khaval no longer had the excitement evident on his face. His and Lily''s faces dered the same expressions, boring.


    As Aakesh entered the room, he found that the inside space had grown by several folds since after the addition of the King grade weapons, the store would have more customers entering the room either to buy weapons or train.


    The number of murals on the wall had also grown since the higher the strength, the more concepts and their uses existed for the weapons.


    A new row with three partitions had been added adjacent to every pir in the room.


    King grade weapons were divided into three sub-grades. They were Beginner, Advanced, and Master.


    Beginner King grade weapons were for cultivators of the Lesser God level; Advanced King grade weapons were for Higher God cultivators; and Master King grade weapons were for Supreme God cultivators.


    Aakesh approached the pir, representing the bow. He then reached into the Advanced partition and took out a bow.


    His cultivation was only peak Divine Transformation, but the courtesy of the system allowed him to pick any level of items.


    Aakesh then read the details of the bow and returned it to itspartment. Aakesh then focused on the training area.


    The rules and limits were the same as the Lesser level for the King grade weapons, only the cost had changed. There was an exception to it since the Primordial training area had also be active at that level.


    Aakesh then focused on the blue screen in front of him, detailing the cost of the different levels difficulties for the King grade training area.


    "Trivial level difficulty costs one higher Sacred stone per hour."


    "Normal level difficulty costs ten higher Sacred stones per hour."


    "Moderate level difficulty costs twenty-five higher Sacred stones per hour."


    "Difficult level difficulty costs one hundred higher Sacred stones per hour."


    "Immortal level difficulty costs five hundred higher Sacred stones per hour."<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Gods and Demons level difficulty costs five thousand higher sacred stones per hour."


    "Primordial level difficulty costs one supreme Sacred stone per hour."


    As Aakesh had expected, the costs had grown severalfold for the training area. The power and energy difference between True and Lesser God, or Divine Being and Divine Lord was like a wide chasm that could never be covered, so even the trivial level difficulty cost one higher Sacred stone per hour.


    The entry limit for the training area was the same as usual. One hour per day for the Immortal level, one hour per week for the Gods & Demons level. But now that the Primordial level was active, it also had an entry limit.


    A customer can only enter the Primordial level training area once every year, making it the most restricted. There were other rules for entering the training area as well.


    Only cultivators at Supreme God cultivation were eligible to enter the training area since only they could handle not exploding in front of even a sliver of the power of the Primordial creatures. It further restricted the store''s sale range to only one level of customers. Even then, the number of creatures from the Primordial Dimension was limited, and none of the top creatures like Garuda, Hydra, World Tree, etc., or any member of the top hundred races were on the selection list.


    Aakesh also understood why the training hour requirement for the Primordial level training area was so low whenpared to other requirements.


    The time flow rate for the Primordial level training area was twenty times the rate of the outside world. It was only double the Gods & Demons level area.


    Since Aakesh had seen the growth and checked the prices, it was time for him to go to the next product.


    Aakesh then turned around and left the weapons room. His next destination was the beast room since only three productspleted the quests today.


    Khaval showed some interest this time as he was also born with the help of the hatching function of the pir.


    When Aakesh entered the room, he found that the space inside had grown a hundredfold. There were now two pirs inside the room and they were at the two corners of the room.


    As the space grew, the number of murals on the wall across the room also saw a severalfold increase. Aakesh was looking around when he caught sight of the Thousand-Eyes Crocodile, a creature from the Primordial Dimension.


    "Hey, system, are the beasts from the Primal Dimension avable now?" Aakesh asked the system since the murals were only of beasts of the Sacred Dimension before the rewards.


    [Yes, Host, there are three beasts from the Primordial Dimension in the lot.]


    "Three beasts or three beast species?"


    [Three beasts at the ultimate quality!]


    Aakesh nodded upon hearing the system''s response. He then stopped asking any questions and focused on the room in front of him.


    The two pirs looked the same as ever, but now, there was a separatepartment at the center of the room, attached to the wall.


    As soon as Aakesh looked at it, its details appeared in his head.

 Chapter 1167 (8) The Sixth Product(21)

    Chapter 1167: The Sixth Product(21)


    Aakesh looked at the square box in the center of the room, and soon its details appeared in his head.


    Summoning was only the first step in buying the beasts from the store. The customer needed to approach the store owner toplete the following steps.


    At first, things were fine, but now that the product had be popr, the number of customers had grown exponentially.


    It was not possible for Aakesh to initiate the taming process for everyone, so the square box was there to deal with that.


    After getting the beast of their liking, the customer would ce their card in thepartment on the square box and would ce their hand on the handpartment. The handpartment had a size maniption array, so irrespective of the hand size, the customer''s hands would fit the hand section.


    The square box would then initiate the taming battle. Once the customer seeded, the disy on the box would light up, showing the content of the contract.


    After that, those customers who had cards would be able to pay directly without approaching the store owner, with the exception of ultimate quality beasts, where only Aakesh wouldplete the transaction.


    In case of failure in the taming battle, a newpartment would open, and the customer would have to pay the summoning cost and the one percent fine. It was for those who didn''t have cards.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation since the square box lightened his workload.


    Aakesh then focused on the two pirs. They looked the same as ever, with only one difference marking the two.


    The Beast Summoning Pir rted to the beasts varying between Divine Transformation and Divine Lord, had a ''1'' pattern in golden colors. Simrly, the other pir had ''2'' engraved in golden colors, marking the difference between the two.


    Aakesh then stepped forward and proceeded toward the second pir since he already knew everything about the first device.


    When Aakesh reached the pir, he found a ck screen with simr nine sections. The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of him, detailing the new ability the pir had unlocked.


    The first pir had an additional ability to hatch beast eggs, and the second pir added another ability rted to the beasts, and it was a much-needed one. It was the healing.


    From now on, the customers could bring their injured beasts to the store, and they would be healed. The ability was only for the beast sold by the store.


    It didn''t matter what kind of injury; the pir would heal the beast in no time. Unfortunately, it didn''t work for dead beasts.


    The cost for the treatment wasn''t fixed since the store couldn''t treat lightly injured beasts or severely injured beasts at identical prices.


    At the same time, the hatching ability had also opened up for beast eggs up to Supreme God cultivations.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    For eggs with cultivations between early and peak Lesser Gods, the hatching would cost a sum of fifty supreme Sacred stones.


    For eggs with cultivations between early and peak Divine Being, the hatching would cost a sum of five hundred supreme Sacred stones.


    For eggs with cultivations between early and peak Divine Lord, the hatching would cost a sum of ten thousand supreme Sacred stones.


    The hatching ability was associated with the columns, so it only went to the highest level of beasts avable for sale. The cost of hatching seemed nothing inparison to the cost of the beasts sold by the store as even an ultimate quality Divine Transformation beast went for hundred to thousands of supreme Sacred stones, and the hatching cost for a Supreme God beast was ten thousand supreme stones.


    But since the cost to hatch was lower, the time to hatch had grown. Depending on the beast, the hatching could take ce anywhere between instantly to a year. The system understood that keeping high prices for hatching would be short of unnecessary for the store as that way, the customer would rather go for beasts from the store and not splurge a lot of money on hatching the beasts.


    What added even more to the ability was that the hatching would work on dead eggs as well on the condition that the embryo had died for less than one thousand years.


    Since hatching was an ability, the system didn''t want to keep it only as an adornment. Aakesh also understood that, so he didn''t ask the system about the cost disparity.


    Aakesh then focused on the summoning attribute of the pir since it was the most important; the other abilities were around it.


    The quality levels were the same as ever, and the cost of the beast simrly depended on them. It grew exponentially as the quality grew.


    "Activate the Device!" Aakesh called out since the screen was ck.


    After Aakesh''smand, the screen on the column lightened up, and soon fonts began to appear on it, introducing the device. The introduction was familiar to Aakesh since he had seen itst time as well.


    After the introduction ended, each of the nine partitions on the screen had one beast appear on them, and after a regr interval of one minute, the beasts on the screen would change into another.


    Aakesh then tapped the button beneath the screen, choosing the random summoning system. The next moment, the square screen started to rotate and the process continued for five seconds, and a new beast appeared on the screen.


    After the arrival of the second pir, the rotation time of the first pir had dropped to three seconds, making it quicker for the customers.


    Not long after the beast appeared on the screen, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands.


    Aakesh had recognized the beast as soon as he saw it on the screen, so there was nothing that was out of his expectation.


    Thest time, Aakesh had tried the summon after the product''s activation, he had gotten a lesser quality beast. His luck seemed to have gotten better from thest time, but not much as the beast was of ordinary quality.


    Aakesh only smiled and then ced the card in the returnpartment. The next moment, the card disappeared from the pir, and the beast returned to the space inside the pir.

 Chapter 1168 (9) The Sixth Product(22)

    Chapter 1168: The Sixth Product(22)


    After returning the card, Aakesh turned around and left the room. The time to get the sixth product had finally arrived.


    Lily''s boring expression disappeared since the summoning of the product was the most fun thing to do in the store. Khaval simrly requested since it would be the first new product summoning in front of him.


    "Let''s see what the sixth product will be!" Aakesh eximed in excitement and called for the giant roulette for the summoning.


    The system agreed, and the next moment, a gigantic roulette that had no ends appeared in front of him.


    From the beast''s summoning, Aakesh could understand that his fortunes weren''t great. But still, he didn''t worry since he wasn''t going to be the one to start the roulette.


    "Do you want to do it?" Aakesh gently picked up Khaval, brought him in front of him, and asked.


    When Khaval heard Aakesh, his eyes started glowing like stars while he started to nod like a pecking chicken.


    When Lily saw Aakesh asking Khaval, she felt jealous for a moment, but she soon calmed down since she had done it before, and there was no point in feeling jealous when it was her brother on the other side. And also, Lily was confident that Aakesh loved her more than Khaval, so the topic of jealousy disappeared.


    Aakesh smiled when he saw that Lily didn''tment on him choosing Khaval over her. He gently patted her head with his other hand.


    Lily squinted her eyes in pleasure, liking what Aakesh was doing.


    They then focused on the giant roulette in front of them. It had numerous products written on it as usual. Aakesh found the roulette to be all-epassing and couldn''t see the entire wheel at once.


    There were several blocks of different colors, each representing a different product. Several blocks even had a question mark on them. Aakesh also saw one with nine question marks, which was a first for him. Aakesh remembered that thest time, there was a block with seven question marks.


    Since only the system knew what was behind the question marks and wouldn''t tell him what it was, Aakesh stopped thinking about it.


    Since the higher the question marks, the more dangerous and valuable the product would be for the store, Aakesh hoped to get it as his reward.


    [Host, roll the roulette whenever you are ready!]


    The system''s familiar voice rang in Aakesh''s head. Aakesh nodded and told Khaval to speak about rotating the roulette when he feels.


    "Rotate!" Khavalmented after taking a deep breath. Even though Khaval was only a child who wasn''t even ten years old, his emotional maturity was high, so he understood what a new product meant for the store.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The next moment, the giant roulette started spinning with unimaginable speed. At one point, Aakesh and others felt dizzy while looking at the wheel. But as time passed, the spinning rate began to decrease. After a few seconds, the roulette came to aplete stop, with its hand pointing at a block featuring the product.


    The next moment, light particles began to move away from the roulette. The particles didn''t disappear into their surroundings, but they began to gather to form a square box the size of a tennis ball.


    A few secondster, a box made of elements appeared in the store and fell into Aakesh''s hands. The box alone was worth more than half the Sacred Dimension.


    Click!


    With a clicking sound, the box opened after Aakesh transferred his aura. The next thing he knew, he was staring at a beautiful key that couldn''t look any better.


    It was like a needle but with some patterns engraved on it. Aakesh gently took the key out of the box, and the next moment, the multi-colored box in his hands melted into the surroundings.


    Aakesh focused on the patterns engraved on the key, and they were the pattern of a fireball exploding and embers released from it falling on people on the ground. It was the same pattern as what the selected block had.


    It wasn''t a question mark product, so Aakesh wasn''t in doubt and needed to wait to open the door. The sixth product Aakesh got for the store were skills.


    When Khaval saw that it wasn''t a question mark product, its eyes slightly dimmed. Aakesh noticed it, so he patted Khaval''s t, shiny head. Lily also noticed it, so she jumped from Aakesh''s head to his hands and hugged Khaval.


    Aakesh smiled upon seeing the two acting like this, and he returned his focus to the key.


    Aakesh then sensed a slight movement in the store, so he turned around and found a newly unlocked room waiting there for him to open. It found its position next to the beast room.


    At the same time, the space inside the store had also expanded. It wasn''t increment on the simr lines of the rooms, but earlier, the store could handle two hundred thousand people in the hall, but after the increase, it could hold more than five hundred thousand people without feeling overcrowded, and seven thousand people if filled to the brim.


    Thest time, the key was too heavy for Aakesh to maintain his hold, and the system had to act, but the scene didn''t repeat this time. He felt no weight at all from the key.


    "Don''t worry, the product unlocked is a great and much-needed product. It will immensely help the store and me," Aakesh told Khaval since he didn''t want to open the door to the new room when Khaval was upset.


    Aakesh and Lily then talked more. Lily also shared her experience of getting the cultivation art. It was simrly a no-question-mark product, but the poprity it brought to the store exceeded even Aakesh''s expectations.


    After a talk of a few minutes, Khaval stopped sulking about not getting a question mark product and disappointing Aakesh. Hearing stories from Lily and Aakesh gave him a feeling of optimism, so a hint of excitement spread across his face.


    Since things were solved, Aakesh proceeded toward the unlocked room. As Aakesh approached closer, the key in his hands began to budge, and the patterns engraved on it started glowing. In response to it, the locked door also made the sound of getting pulled as if it wanted to touch the key.

 Chapter 1169 (10) The Sixth Product(End)

    Chapter 1169: The Sixth Product(End)


    "Open it!" Lily and Khaval rushed Aakesh after reaching the door.


    Aakeshughed, seeing the two in a hurry, but since he was also in a hurry, he didn''t waste any time and pressed the key into the keyhole ced on the door.


    Aakesh then let go of the key. The next moment, the glow around the key started to expand and soon it covered the entire gate. The process didn''t disappear right away, but Aakesh had to wait a while.


    Finally, the light slowly began to dim, and when it disappearedpletely, the door was nowhere to be found. Aakesh didn''t care about it and stepped inside the room.


    The next moment, arge room filled with murals greeted his sight. No matter where Aakesh looked, there were paintings describing the effect of a skill.


    As Aakesh was looking at one of the murals, he found his surroundings changing. The next moment, he was in the air engulfed in a white glow.


    Aakesh''s body was out of his control as he suddenly started to descend, and the glow around him began to intensify.


    Not long after, he crashed to the ground, causing a loud explosion, destroying whatever was there in the range of hundred meters.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, he was only experiencing it virtually. There was no pain involved in it.


    The next moment, Aakesh returned to the store. He didn''t look at any more murals and focused on what was in the room.


    There were seven counters in the room, ced at a fixed distance of several yards from one another. The seven counters referred to seven cultivation levels, starting from Divine Transformation to Supreme Gods.


    Each of the seven counters had five rows, defining the five types of skills. From the row at the bottom to the top, they determined: Offensive, Defensive, Movement, Supporting, and Combination.


    These types were simple to exin as their name suggested. Any skill that had its sole purpose of attacking and causing destruction was an offensive skill. To defend, defensive skills. The movement type skills helped enhance the user''s movement abilities. The supporting types skills were those that didn''t directly help in any of the three upper types, like healing, buffs, debuffs, and many more. Thebination type skills were those that draw on more than one type of skill to achieve their effects.


    It wasn''t the end of separation, as every row had seven shelves, referring to the seven levels of skills.


    The levels were: Novice, Advanced, Expert, Master, King, Emperor, and God.


    Any customer could buy any of the seven levels of the skills, but the higher the level, the pricier it would be, and the more difficult it would be to master.


    Other than the counter, there was also a pir embedded into the wall at the end of the room, making it look like a semi-pir.


    There was apartment in the pir that could hold a card and above it there was a small screen that was currently ck. It was an Experience Device.


    The customers could experience the effect of the skill after paying one percent of the total cost of the skill, irrespective of its level and type.


    Aakesh stepped forward and approached the counter for the Divine Transformation users. Aakesh reached his hands into the supporting type skills row and the seventh shelf, and when he took his hand out, there was a card in his hand.


    Aakesh focused on the card and read the details of the skill.


    One-fourth of the card front was covered in an image, while the remaining three-fourths contained the detail of the skill.


    [Name: Healing Touch


    Type: Supporting


    Level: God<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Able to restore limbs and regenerate organs; cure diseases and ailments; heal multiple people at once.


    Description: The user channels healing energy into their hands, allowing them to heal wounds and injuries with a touch. It will only work on Divine Transformation users.


    Price: Four hundred ordinary Sacred stones.]


    As the skill name suggested, on the image, there was a hand glowing in bright light.


    Aakesh nodded and then went to the semi-pir. He then ced the card in the specifiedpartment.


    Since Aakesh was the store owner, he didn''t need to pay anything. The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a different ce.


    He was in a room, with three patients lying in front of him.


    One bed contained a patient with his legs and hands amputated. There was a hole in his upper body, indicating that his lungs were taken out.


    The second bed contained an ill patient, who seemed to die of a terminal disease.


    The third bed contained a patient having both injury and illness affecting him.


    The next moment, Aakesh''s body acted on its own and he raised his hands.


    The next moment, a bright glow appeared around his hand and soon started to engulf the first patient. His limbs could be seen regenerating through the naked eye.


    Around a few minutester, the man had returned to his peak. He then stood up from the bed, thanked Aakesh, and left the room.


    Aakesh''s body then repeated the same for the other two patients, and not long after, Aakesh was left alone in the room.


    It wasn''t the end as Aakesh\s legs moved on their own and he left the room. The next moment, a scene of several injured people and people infected with illnesses due to infections or other reasons was being brought toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh raised his hands on their own, and the next moment, a bright glow appeared around both his hands.


    The bright glow then started to seep into the injured and ill [patients. This time, it took some time for the treatment, but in the end, everyone was perfectly healed.


    With that, the experience came to an end, and Aakesh returned to the store. As Aakesh had expected, no time had passed while he was experiencing the skill.


    It wasn''t the end, as the next moment, the screen lit up.


    ***


    A/N: With this chapter, the mass release of ten chapters isplete. Thanks for supporting the book. If you think of details to add to the product,ment. Searching and creating new skills would be hard, so if you have some ideas about skills, doment. If I like them, I will write them into the story.


    A special thanks to c for the Pizza gift; it means a lot to me.


    Thank you for reading the book!


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 Chapter 1170 Another Costly Product?

    Chapter 1170: Another Costly Product?


    After Aakesh''s consciousness returned to the store, the screen on the semi-pir lit up, and content started to appear on it.


    [Skill- Healing Touch


    Level: God


    Cultivator: peak Divine Transformation


    Compatibility: 100%


    Training Time: Instant.]


    The screen detailed Aakesh''spatibility with the skill and how long it would take him to perfectly learn it.


    The skills sold by the store were different from other products. It didn''t have an instant effect, and it required talent. Compatibility was the measure of talent. The higher thepatibility, the shorter the time for perfectly learning the skill.


    "Hey, system, has my stats got to do with the benefits of being a store owner of it have everything to do with me?" Aakesh suddenly asked the system as the question erupted in his head when he saw perfectpatibility and instant training.


    [Host, the skills learning time andpatibility have to do with you not your title!]


    Aakesh nodded since he had learned from the system that his physique waspatible with every element in existence, making him stronger than many. The system didn''t inform Aakesh what physique he belonged to; neither was it the Master Element Physique, a physique that waspatible with all elements, and only one Deva had it since the birth of the Multiverse on top of the Limitless Physique.


    That Deva was none other than the Lord of the Multiverse, the only Deva with direct contact with the consciousness of the Multiverse.


    Aakesh nodded after listening to the system''s response. He heard what he had expected, so he no longer asked any questions and focused on the screen.


    Since things were perfectly normal, he took the card out of thepartment, walked back to the counter, and returned the card.


    Aakesh then took out another card and repeated the process. The result was the same, but Aakesh noticed that the price was high for the higher-level skill cards.


    The Healing Touch cost four hundred ordinary Sacred stones when it was only for the Divine Transformation level, and it was more than the price of many Lesser grade cultivation arts.


    Aakesh didn''t want to receive another product like the Cultivation Arts that was valuable and in demand, but due to their prices, they weren''t getting sold as much as he would have liked.


    After Aakesh checked the lower level of cards, he stopped thinking like that. Only King, Emperor. and God level cards were exponentially expensive, while those below them were affordable.


    The majority of the citizens of Thorr City could buy Novice level cards. After experiencing God level cards, the effect of Novice level skills was like the difference between shooting from a rifle and a water gun.


    The novice level Healing Touch could neither help regenerate nor treat illnesses. It could only alleviate the pain. As for multiple healing, only the skill above King level had that ability.


    Since there was nothing more to see, Aakesh turned around and left the room with Khaval and Lily on his head.


    After the opening of the skill room, there were six products avable in the store. To activate the third collective quest, the store had toplete four of the five active product quests.


    To activate the fourth collective quest, the store needed toplete two more product quests, fulfilling the requirement of five of six product quests.


    Since there was nothing left for Aakesh to check in the store, Aakesh decided to start the training.


    "Let''s go!"


    Aakeshmented, and the next moment, a white light covered the three of them. The light disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and with it, Aakesh had also vanished.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in the selection area, and Lily and Khaval jumped down from their head to the ground.


    Lily had the Epochal Felines to train with, and simrly, Khaval had the Chaos Whales to train with. Khaval''s point of view toward training was different than Lily''s and somewhat matched Aakesh''s, so he liked to enter the training area.


    Lily didn''t like training, but since the situation several years ago, she stopped cribbing about training and would go sincerely there.


    After Lily and Khaval had left for their usual training area, Aakesh deactivated all his senses except direction and went toward the weapon section.


    Aakesh got his random weapon for the day, went to the switch, chose the training environment, and pressed the switch.


    The next moment, the space started to crack around him, soon taking the form of a portal. Not long after, a suction force stronger than anything Aakesh could handle erupted from it and sucked him inside.


    Aakesh''s senses activated on their own as Aakesh found himself in the familiar arena, where he had been training for several years now. Aakesh looked at his hand and found his favorite weapon, a bow for today''s battle.


    Thest time Aakesh fought with the bow, he had won around 200 rounds. Aakesh wanted to see how much he would win this time or if it would be a simr result.


    Aakesh then reflexively tapped on the blue screen, choosing to start the battle from the first round.


    The following moment, a blue light covered the arena, and it disappeared soon after.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Roar!


    An angry roar rang on the battlefield as Aakesh''s opponent appeared. It was a chimera creature that looked to be a mixture of several demon races. The creature had a humanoid physique and towered over Aakesh. It had seven pairs of hands, and each hand had a Warhammer. Its skin was dark blue, slightly lighter than Aakesh, while it had two pairs of fearsome red eyes.


    Ding!


    The familiar sound of the bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Aakesh aimed his bow at the creature''s head. He grabbed the bow with his right hand and the string with his left hand. He then began to pull the string back. Aakesh stopped soon after; the distance between the bow and string wasn''t even the size of the smallest finger.


    BOOM!


    Aakesh still released the bowstring, and the next moment, a loud sound erupted on the scene. Waves could be seen materializing into reality as they charged toward the chimera creature.


    The chimera creature didn''t even see the attacking, as in its sight, it saw Aakesh with his bow still in his right hand.


    The next moment, the sound wave hit the creature, and in no time, not even its ashes remained as it was disintegrated from reality itself.


    The next moment, the familiar blue light appeared, and not long after, the small screen popped out once again.


    Aakesh''s hands reflexively worked since he had been training here for several centuries now if considered the time when he was in the Primal Dimension.


    The opponent returned perfectly fine after Aakesh started the second round. It had a dumbfounded reaction, as it didn''t even see how it died. But soon, it roared toward Aakesh, provoking him.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the second battle.


    The next moment, a familiar scene repeated itself as the chimera creature immediately disintegrated from reality itself.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two continued.


    As Aakesh was growing stronger, the number of battles he could win was also increasing. But that didn''t mean that Aakesh was staying in the training area longer than usual.


    As his strength was growing, the winning battle durations were also dropping exponentially.


    Ding!


    The familiar sound of the bell rang, announcing the start of the one hundred fifteenth battle against the chimera creature.


    Roar!


    The creature roared and charged toward Aakesh, with all fourteen of its war hammersing down on Aakesh.


    Aakesh''s expression was calm as he aimed his bow toward the opponent. He stretched the string using his left hand and kept at it, only stopping when it touched his ear.


    At the same time, an outline of an arrow started to emerge, beginning from its tail. In no time, an entire arrow appeared nocked on the bow.


    The arrow couldn''t look any more ordinary as Aakesh released the bowstring.


    Whoosh!


    The next moment, the arrow left the bow and flew toward the creature, tearing through the air.


    It was the first time of the day that Aakesh released an arrow to kill other than through the sound and force of the release of the string.


    The chimera creature only saw something approaching it, but soon after, it froze in the air.


    Thud!


    The next moment, the creature crashed to the ground, making a loud sound, while arge hole could be seen in its chest from behind.


    A blue light erupted around the arena, engulfing everything in its path. Not long after, the familiar screen popped out in front of Aakesh, asking whether he wanted to proceed linearly to the next level, go back to previous levels, or go to any level between 117 and 203.


    Aakesh chose to go to the 116th round linearly, and soon the arena returned to its perfect condition, with the chimera creature alsoing back to life with no sign of injuries.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!

 Chapter 1171 Training And Panagea(1)

    Chapter 1171: Training and Panagea(1)


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the one hundred eighty-fifth battle.


    Roar!


    The chimera creature roared and charged at Aakesh. At that moment, the creature''s height had grown tenfoldpared to what it looked like in the first stage. At the same time, the creature now had eight pairs of hands.


    The newly generated hands also had weapons, but they weren''t Warhammer. The two newly generated hands had two gigantic swords, with the handle alone being taller than Aakesh.


    The two swords came shing at Aakesh.


    Aakesh was calm as he aimed the bow toward the creature. When the string touched his ear, he stopped stretching it and released the generated arrow.


    Whoosh!


    The arrow flew, tearing through the air at the opponent.


    ng!


    The next moment, a loud nging sound rang as the arrow shed with one of the Warhammers.


    The next moment, another arrow came, and then another one.


    In no time, Aakesh turned the chimera creature into a porcupine. But it wasn''t the end.


    Roar!


    The chimera creature roared in anger, and the next moment, the countless arrows that pierced through every body part began to melt. In no time, it turned into vapor and disappeared.


    The injury signs were still visible, but the chimera creature felt no pain. The fourteen Warhammers carried by it started to glow, while its hands began tobine.


    Soon after, only three out of sixteen hands remained. Two were carrying swords, while one carried the gigantic Warhammer.


    Aakesh sensed a slight danger from the Warhammer, so he attacked.


    As he stretched the string, the arrow started to appear, beginning with its tail feathers.


    The arrow shaft was square-shaped, while the arrowhead was like a zigzag kunai. On the tip of it, there was a tiny me that seemed like it would disappear with even a slight air blow.


    Whoosh!


    As Aakesh released the bowstring, the arrow flew toward the creature, tearing through the air.


    At that time, the chimera creature also threw the gigantic Warhammer at Aakesh.


    Boom!


    The next moment, a loud, booming sound rang on the battlefield as the two weapons shed in mid-air.


    At the same time, the chimera creature pounced on Aakesh with its two swords shing down at him.


    The next moment, Aakesh shot a flurry of arrows, re-turning the chimera creature into a porcupine.


    The result of the sh in the air also started to appear. The arrow seemed like a streak of hair in front of the Warhammer, but the result of the sh went differently.


    The arrow was not only pushing back the Warhammer, but it was also damaging it.


    Boom!


    Soon after, the arrow passed through the Warhammer, and in the wake of it, it exploded, and only dust remained in the air while the arrow flew toward its opponent.


    Puchi!


    What other ordinary arrows failed to do, the attacking arrow pierced through the creature''s skin like it was nothing.


    Thud!<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The creature crashed to the ground with a loud sound, and its eyes turned nk, while in ce of its chest, only arge hole remained.


    The next moment, a blue light washed over the entire arena.


    Time flew by, and soon it was time for the two hundredth battle.


    The battle was still going overwhelmingly on Aakesh''s side, so Aakesh had some interest in knowing how much he would be pushed to fight in the 200th round.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    The creature''s hands had now grown by two more pairs, totaling ten pairs of hands. Seven pairs carried warhammers, while the remaining three pairs carried swords.


    The chimera creature''s strength had grown severalfold, as had its agility and reaction speed.


    The creature didn''t charge toward Aakesh like in earlier battles, and it instead began the battle with a skill.


    As it swung the warhammers, waves of lights started to appear around the weapon.


    The next moment, a wave of light charged at Aakesh, trying to engulf him.


    Aakesh shot arrow after arrow and turned the attack to nothing while also shooting arrows to attack the creature.


    The creature had expected Aakesh to get over the attack, but it had already prepared for its second attack.


    It shed its swords. The next moment, sharp waves charged at Aakesh.


    The result was the same as thest time, but suddenly the creature appeared right behind Aakesh and smashed its Warhammer.


    The scene looked like Aakesh would be crushed in the weight of the Warhammer, but nothing of such sort happened. Aakesh casually brought his bow, blocking the Warhammer, and also shooting an arrow.


    The arrow wasn''t ordinary, as its arrowhead was cylindrical like a hammer.


    Boom!


    The next moment, the creature''s Warhammer exploded into dust, and simr was the fate of the arrow.


    The chimera creature seemed to have anticipated the result, so it wasn''t much of a surprise. It immediately attacked again, this time, using the collective weight of all Warhammers.


    At the same time, its veins had popped out, releasing whatever strength it had in the smash.


    Aakesh''s eyes grew cold as the attack caused his senses to tingle. He aimed his bow at the flurry of Warhammersing toward him and released the bowstring.


    The arrow was a skill he had gained in earlier rounds.


    The next moment, a wave of energy erupted as Aakesh released the string, the arrow flying toward the creature.


    The space seemed unable to bear the pressure leaking from the arrow, and it began to crack in its path.


    The chimera creature''s eyes violently expanded and a sense of life-threatening danger attacked its body, making a chill crawl down its spine.


    BOOM!


    The next moment, the arrow exploded, sending shockwaves toward the Warhammers.


    The chimera creature was knocked back with eight of its hands vaporizing from the attack.


    Time flew by, and it was time for the two hundred fourth battle.


    With the win in thest round, Aakesh crossed his best record, winning the 202nd round with a sword.


    Thest battle was tough to win, but Aakesh won in the end with some injuries across his body.


    Aakesh''s eyes were cold as he looked at his opponent. The battle was going to be challenging, to say the least, since just from standing there, the chimera creature made Aakesh''s senses tingle.

 Chapter 1172 Training And Panagea(2)

    Chapter 1172: Training and Panagea(2)


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the 204th battle.


    Ready to win the 204th round for the first time and break his record, Aakesh shot a cloud of arrows.


    The chimera creature had eleven pairs of hands, with four of them carrying swords.


    The creature''s eyes showed excitement as it looked at the cloud of arrows approaching it.


    ng!


    It added some energy to its legs and jumped, taking the attack head-on.


    The arrows weren''t simple, as they were not only inrge numbers, but each of them weighed hundreds of thousands of kilograms.


    As the sword shed with the arrow, it looked more like the sh of two mountains.


    Time flew by, and the battle had reached its peak. He initiated the ultimate skill avable to him at that stage of the battle, a chanted arrow.


    Aakesh aimed his bow at the sky. He grabbed the bow with his left hand and the string with his right hand.


    Aakesh then started to stretch the string, only stopping once it touched his nose.


    The next moment, a wave of pressure started to form around the string as the arrow began to take shape, starting from the tail feathers.


    The tail feather was ck like an abyss, while the shaft it was connected to was golden, giving it a majestic appearance. The shaft was entirely golden in color.


    As the arrowhead began to take shape, the pressure also grew at a dangerous rate.


    The arrowhead was entirely ck, even darker than the darkness, and it had golden patterns engraved in it.


    Boom!


    A booming sound rang as Aakesh released the string. It alerted the chimera creature, who also began to prepare for its ultimate attack.


    As the arrow flew, two new arrows appeared beside it. It had the same color formation as the one at the center, but the pattern engraved on the arrowhead was different for all three.


    No new arrows appeared, and the three arrows began to glow. The one in the center had a purple glow, the one on the right was red, and the one on the left had a white glow, but each of the three had a tint of gold.


    The three glows then began tobine while the arrow still flew separately. After thebination wasplete, the arrow on the left disappeared, the arrow on the right turned into ck fire, and the one in the center turned into a golden thunderstrike.


    The golden thunderstrike, and ck fire began tobine.


    While things were going in the air, Aakesh was chanting a mantra as the arrow was chanted-arrow.


    "... Tvam Gustaw Uttamam¡­"


    The chanting wasn''t there for the attack, but it was there to defend Aakesh from the effects of the ck fire and golden thunderstrike.


    As the fire and thunderbined, the pressure attacking Aakesh began to grow at a rapid rate.


    At that time, the chant acted as a shield as an invisible energy, stopping the pressure from turning Aakesh into mincemeat.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    At that moment, the sound of booming sounds started to ring as the chimera creature was also ready with its ultimate attack.


    Its body had expanded terribly, while the remaining weapons, including the damaged ones from the battle, started to melt into it, forming armor around the creature.


    When the armor hadpletely taken its shape, it pushed forward. At the same time, a ck thunderstrike that looked like a golden me from time to time came down on it.


    The creature punched at the attack, and in no time, its hands hadpletely disappeared.


    In that state, its healing rate was extremely high. The hand instantly healed itself.


    Time flew by, and the sh continued.


    Aakesh''s eyes dimmed down, his consciousness disappearing. The next moment, the world around Aakesh turned dark.


    When the light returned to his eyes, he found himself back in the selection area.


    The battle for the 204th round was long and challenging, but in the end, the chimera creature won, winning the sh of the ultimate skills.


    Since there wasn''t much time left before Lily and Khaval would return from their training, Aakesh decided not to start another training and wait for them.


    Time flew by, and soon the silence in the selection area was broken as a space crack emerged, and Lily stepped out of it.


    A smile spread across her face when she saw Aakesh waiting for her. There was a new addition to their family, so the tradition had also evolved to include Khaval as well.


    While waiting for Khaval, Aakesh decided to spend his time ying with Lily.


    After Khaval returned from the training, the trio began their conversations about their experience in Panagea and the store.


    Time flew by, and soon it was time to end the conversation.


    The next moment, Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval returned to the store. Lily then summoned the door to their room.


    Lily and Khaval stepped up the stairs and entered the room. The door automatically closed after their entry.


    Aakesh''s face returned to his usual indifference after Lily and Khaval left. He turned around and proceeded toward the portal room.


    As his habit had be, Aakesh''s eyes fell on the leaderboard. There wasn''t much change in the rankings, so Aakesh stopped looking at them and focused on what was ahead of him.


    Aakesh then proceeded toward the nearest virtual portal and touched it with just the tip of his finger.


    The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything he could fight against appeared and sucked him inside. The shining stars turned gray, signifying that the spot was taken.


    Aakesh returned to the same spot he had left the day before, inside Panagea. Aakesh was currently adventuring, so he continued forward, battling the creatures to level up.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, the time for your meditation has arrived!]


    Aakesh was in a battle when he heard the system''s mechanical, emotionless alert informing him.


    Aakesh ignored the alert and continued his battle. He finally seeded in shing the creature''s head.


    Aakesh then decided to return to the store since he was at a critical phase in his cultivation.


    The next moment, a white light covered him, and he soon disappeared from Panagea, returning to the store.

 Chapter 1173 Growth In Power!

    Chapter 1173: Growth in Power!


    Aakesh returned to the store, exiting Panagea. He turned around and left the portal room.


    His meditation mat was already there, waiting for him. Aakesh sat down on it, his left foot on his right knee and his right foot on his left knee. His fingers were open, with his hands touching the palm. His hands touched the knees, respectively.


    At the same time, there was a pure lesser Sacred stone an inch away from the area between his eyebrows, floating mid-air.


    Aakesh then took a deep breath and closed his eyes. It had been around a year since Aakesh reached the peak of the Divine Transformation. Going by the average rate, he shouldn''t have reached the limit of the Divine Transformation only in one year, but Aakesh''s absorption rate had grown, making the time shorter.


    As Aakesh closed his eyes, his breathing became regr, and the Sacred stone began to leak its energy. Everything was fed back to Aakesh.


    As time passed, Aakesh''s absorption rate seemed to improve, and the stone started to lose its energy rapidly. It didn''t take long, and the stone turned into ash after exhausting all its energy. The system immediately acted, and the next moment, a new pure lesser Sacred stone reced it.


    Time kept flowing, and the stone kept losing its energy. Aakesh seemed to have be a devourer at that time as his body kept absorbing the energy at a rapid rate. It wasn''t Aakesh actual absorption rate, but it was only due to his body trying to absorb everything since there was a wall blocking its path ahead.


    The difference between Divine Transformation and Divine Being cultivators wasn''t that much other than the fact that the inner world of Divine Being cultivators was more stable.


    As Aakesh approached closer to the wall, his inner world came out of his body and started to rotate around the Sacred stone.


    The rate at which the stone was losing its energy grew, and soon it was time for another new stone to appear.


    As the inner world absorbed energy, its rotating speed grew, as did its size.


    Time flew by, and after absorbing around thirty lesser Sacred stones in total, the breakthrough finally came to an end. The inner world returned to Aakesh while the aura around him started to grow.


    It didn''t take long for it to reach its peak. Aakesh''s muscles began to tighten while his body slightly grew. The process finally came to an end.


    At that time, Aakesh''s height had grown by an inch, while his build had also grown by half an inch. His skin color remained dark blue as usual. For a moment, his eyes seemed to devour everything, but things returned to calm, and his face took on his signature indifferent look.


    Aakesh looked at himself, seeing his growth. Aakesh could feel an energy rush flowing through his body. His strength had grown well after the breakthrough, and it was visible from the way he felt.


    Aakesh called his status panel to check what growth he had made after the breakthrough.


    The next moment, a dark blue, opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 2),


    Level: Level 9 (early),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 99.999 Sacred Units, (+30.190)


    Agility: 90.758 Sacred Units, (+27.900)<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 31,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning, Apocalyptic st¡­.


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 2,


    As Aakesh looked at his screen, his details appeared. His level had turned to Level 9 since it was what the Divine Being level was, while his strength and agility had gained good numbers from thest time he saw them.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back. Aakesh''s cultivation was still in low leagues, so there wasn''t much to see.


    Aakesh then closed his eyes and returned to meditation since the sun was still far from rising in Thorr City.


    The next moment, only the sound of breathing remained in the store.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]


    The system''s alert rang inside the store, waking Aakesh up from his meditation.


    Aakesh slowly opened his eyes, and as he had expected, a blue screen was weing him. Since his cultivation had grown and passed one level, his absorption rate was bound to grow.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, seeing the growth he had made, and then waved his hands, standing up.


    The next moment, the small screen disappeared, and after Aakesh left the mat, it also disappeared, ready to return when it was Aakesh''s next meditation.


    Aakesh then stored the stone with a slight amount of energy still remaining for use in the system space and summoned the door to his room.


    Time flew by, and only around a minute was left for the sun to rise. It had begun to show an orange tint in the sky.


    There were already tens of thousands of people waiting outside the store, making crows, waiting for the sun to rise and for the store owner to open the door.


    Since everyone knew that only the first 13,148 customers could enter Panagea, none wanted to be behind in the group. Those who were the earliest to arrive had already covered the area around the store.


    The orange tint in the sky started to grow, and soon the first ray of light appeared, piercing through the cover of darkness engulfing the city.


    It was only the start, and soon darkness was forced to hide, and light took its ce, announcing the beginning of the day for the citizens of Thorr and its nearby cities.


    Arge number of people in the crowd immediately grew excited as the first ray of sunlight appeared, and soon they saw the scene they wanted to see.


    The store owner opened the door and was greeted with the sight of tens of thousands of people looking at him excitedly.


    Aakesh had already gotten used to the scene since the number was in billions in the Primal Dimension, not tens of thousands.

 Chapter 1174 First Day After The Sixth Product(1)

    Chapter 1174: First Day after the Sixth Product(1)


    Aakesh didn''t let the people wait any longer, turned around, and returned to his chair.


    Therge number of people flooded the store, hoping to be in the first group. When they stepped inside the store, they were greeted with shock.


    Seeing anything inside the store from the outside was impossible due to the powerful sense-blocking array, so the customers didn''t feel anything was different. But now that they entered inside, they found that the space inside the store had grown severalfold, and there was also a new room.


    The next moment, people excitedly looked around them, and when they saw the number of people surrounded by golden lights was still 13,148, they couldn''t help but be disappointed.


    Every time there was such a change in the store, the number of virtual portals also grew, but nothing of the sort happened that day.


    "The store will have six products starting today.


    "The new product is skills, and cultivators ranging from Divine Transformation to Supreme God can buy them. Simrly, the pills, beasts, and weapons will also now be avable for cultivators up to Supreme God," Aakesh announced while seated on his chair.


    Since the majority of the people arriving that early in the morning were regr customers, they already knew about the store''s products. Not to let himself get swarmed by answering all, Aakesh introduced the sixth product and also talked about the upgrade of the previous products.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Maria greeted Aakesh. She then turned around and left the queue, proceeding toward the portal room.


    Maria was only ate Divine Transformation level cultivator, so she was fine with whatever the earlier level of products was. She was also interested in skills, but there was no product with more significance to her than Panagea. And since she was in the first group, she decided to enter Panagea first and thenter check out the new product.


    After Maria left, another customer took her ce. It was Hnd, one of the regr customers of the store.


    "Hello, store owner!" Hond greeted Aakesh.


    "Store owner, six hours in Panagea," Hond immediately requested. Since he had been a regr, he already knew that Aakesh had no reaction to greetings from store customers.


    Hond then took out thirty-five lesser Sacred stones from his space ring and handed them to Aakesh.


    "You can enter now," Aakesh informed Hond after the purchase wasplete.


    Hond then thanked Aakesh and proceeded toward the portal room. After he left, Favan took his ce.


    "Store owner, what is this new product?" Favan asked after greeting Aakesh.


    "If you want to know, give up your Panagea spot and wait," Aakesh responded.


    Aakesh couldn''t introduce skills or other upgrades before the first group had entered Panagea. There were several customers in the first group behind Favan in line, and it wouldpletely mess up the schedule of Panagea entries.


    Favan decided to go to Panagea first and then learn about the products, so he thanked Aakesh and proceeded toward the portal room.


    Time flew by, and soon all the spots in the portal room were taken, while those customers who had to wait decided to check out the newly obtained products and upgrades.


    ***<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Around ten minutes had passed since the store opened its doors for the day.


    "Hello, store owner!" A new customer finally reached Aakesh, and he respectfully greeted him.


    Aakesh silently nodded and waited for the customer to ask about the store''s products.


    The customer didn''t disappoint Aakesh and immediately came to his purpose, not wasting any time on the introduction or other questions, "Store owner, tell me about the store products."


    "The store currently sells six products, and they are Pills, Weapons, Beasts, Cultivation Arts, Panagea, and Skills.


    "There are three grades of pills, Lesser, Higher, and King grade avable for sale, and each category has thirty pills with various uses¡­


    "Simr to the pills, weapons are also avable to King grades¡­


    ¡­


    "The skills are avable for cultivators from Divine Transformation to Supreme God. There are five types of skills avable for sale, and there are seven levels of each type avable for each cultivation level¡­" Aakesh concluded the introduction of all the store''s products in a single breath.


    Since the man was here to see thepetition to be in the first group to enter Panagea, he didn''t ask about it and focused on other products.


    The man was a True God level cultivator, so the store had all the products avable for him. The man asked for some pills and then left the line, walking toward the weapons room.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was in conversation with a customer when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. Aakesh didn''t look at it since it was familiar.


    Not long after, Katrina and Autumn stepped inside the store. Katrina and Autumn usually came to the store early in the morning to get their spots in Panagea, but they werete by several minutes for the day.


    Katrina and Autumn didn''t look surprised when they saw the change inside the store. They had already learned from Aakesh the previous day that there was going to be a new product.


    They noticed the new room in the store. Their eyes then fell on Aakesh talking with a customer. Autumn looked disgruntled when she saw therge number of people waiting for their turn in Panagea.


    Autumn was working for Lily, so she was posted in her territory. She wanted to stay in Panagea every day if it was possible to help Lily, but since it wasn''t possible, she liked to enter Panagea early in the day.


    Katrina could only helplessly sigh when she noticed Autumn''s expression, but she could do nothing. They werete for a reason, despite Katrina being extremely curious about the new product.


    If possible, Katrina wanted help from Aakesh, but unfortunately for her, Aakesh was too weak to help her outside the store. And there was also the fact that she and Autumn were already indebted to Aakesh, so they decided not to involve him in it.


    Katrina then stopped thinking about the trouble and focused on what was ahead of her. She and Autumn then stepped forward, approaching Aakesh. She wanted to learn about the new product directly from Aakesh.


    ***


    A/N: Comment, Comment, Comment!!!

 Chapter 1175 First Day After The Sixth Product(2)

    Chapter 1175: First Day after the Sixth Product(2)


    "Yes, the skills belong to all possible elements in the Sacred Dimension," Aakesh answered to the man, interested in skills.


    The man nodded and asked another question, "Can I, as a wood element user, buy a water element skill and use it?"


    "Yes, you can buy skills of any element, but I will suggest you not do it.


    "There are no restrictions on the element''s choice, but you will have to learn the skill yourself. If you choose a powerful skill that belongs to a different element, that might harm you more than help you," Aakesh answered.


    "Are there limits on the sale of skills like pills and other products?" The man had decided to see the pills, so he asked onest question.


    "Yes, you can only buy skills at your cultivation level or below it. In addition to that, you can only buy one skill from one level for all seven levels and five types," Aakesh answered.


    The man nodded in appreciation. The sale restriction for the skills wasn''t as tough as other products.


    There was no rule that enforced that customers could only buy one skill of different levels, so in total, any customer could buy seven different skills from each type for a cultivation level.


    "Thank you, store owner," The man thanked Aakesh and proceeded toward the skills room.


    Another man took the customer''s ce and began to ask questions about the products.


    Autumn and Katrina didn''t disturb Aakesh and sat down on their chairs, which had automatically appeared.


    ***


    Landon had a surprised expression when he entered the skills room. He looked around and found the walls painted with different murals across the wall, like in other rooms.


    Landon wasn''t alone, but there were many like him in the room. Some were looking at the murals and feeling awe; some were near counters, trying to find a suitable skill; and some were at the semi-pir at the end of the screen.


    From Aakesh, Landon had learned what the semi-pir did, so he wasn''t surprised by the short queue since the feature wasn''t free. Only those who had found their skills or had the money to enjoy were ying with it.


    Landon''s cultivation was peak Divine Being, on the verge of stepping into Divine Lord, so he went toward the counter for that cultivation level.


    There were four more people with him at the counter. When they noticed him, they only gave him a quick nce and returned to the shelf.


    The store owner had told Landon that the customers could think of what element skills they wanted, and they would only get skills from that element when they reached the shelf.


    After Aakesh''s suggestion, Landon didn''t try to y with other element skills and thought of the wood element. The next moment, he reached into the bottom row for Attack type skills and Novice shelf.


    When he took his hands out, there was a card in his hands detailing the skill.


    Landon focused on the card and found it to be a good attacking skill. Landon then had an idea, so he returned the card and reached into the Advanced shelf, thinking of the same skill.


    When he took his hands out, there was a card detailing the same skill, but its level had grown. There wasn''t much difference in the power of the two skills, but the one from the Advanced shelf was better.


    Landon then tried the remaining five levels as well. As the level of the skill grew, its attack power also increased. Simr was the rise in its price.


    Landon then returned to the Novice shelf and reached it again. When he took his hands out, there was a card in his hands.


    Time flew by, and Landon kept trying to find a good skill for himself. Finally, after several tries, he found the one he felt was the one for him.


    Landon looked at the card and read its details.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    [Name: Wooden Shower


    Type: Attack


    Level: Novice


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Being


    Effect: Rain of sharp wooden shards


    Description: The user channels the wooden element''s energy, allowing them to create a rain of sharp wooden shards in a range of ten meters.


    Price: Eighty lesser Sacred stones.]


    On top of one-fourth of the card, there was an illustration of the skill. In it, wooden shards were raining down, dealing damage to the ground.


    Landon decided to pick [Wooden Shower], so his eyes turned toward the semi-pir. The screen there would tell him hispatibility and the training time, so he proceeded forward and joined the queue.


    People were leaving instantly when their turn arrived since no matter how long they stayed in the experience, no time had passed in reality.


    Landon got his turn only after a few seconds of waiting. It cost one percent of the total price of the skill and since Landon could take a hit of 1 lesser Sacred stone, he didn''t worry about it.


    Landon then ced the card in its specificpartment, and the next moment, he found himself in a different environment.


    At that moment, Landon was in a battle with a group of people slowly charging at him.


    Landon''s body moved on its own and channeled the wooden element energy in his body. The next moment, the range of ten meters around him turned into a wood storm as sharp wooden shards repeatedly crashed to the ground, hitting the people surrounding him.


    It didn''t take long, and only corpses and pools of blood remained when the rain came to an end. Landon had a shocked face as he experienced the skill.


    The Landon on the scene wasn''t immune to the wooden shards raining down. Many also came at him, but whenever anyone woulde close to him, a familiar scene would ur. The wooden shard would turn into elemental energy.


    Landon couldn''t help but be surprised since doing it was immensely tough.


    The next moment, Landon found himself back in the store while the screen lightened up.


    [Skill: Wooden Shower


    Level: Novice


    Cultivator: peak Divine Being


    Compatibility: 82%


    Training Time: Three Months.]


    Landon looked at the screen in front of him, detailing hispatibility with the skill.


    The information seemed to be imprinted into the minds of the users, so Landon left the queue.

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    Chapter 1175: First Day after the Sixth Product(3)


    "Three Months!" Landon mumbled, looking at the training time.


    Three months wasn''t a very long time, as sometimes, an entire meditation session spanned over the years, and the cultivators of the Sacred Dimension had endless lifespans. Time was thest thing anyone worried about.


    Landon felt the details were fine, so he made the decision to buy the skill. He then returned to the counter.


    Landon''s primary requirement was a good defensive skill since he had none to use, while for attacking, he had three of them.


    Landon was also ready to splurge on it, so reaching the second row from the bottom, Landon reached into the Master shelf. When he brought his hands out, there was a card in his hands.


    Landon didn''t find the skill to his liking, so he gave it another try and reached again.


    [Name: Verdant Shield


    Type: Defense


    Level: Master


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Being


    Effect: Protective barrier of resilient wood


    Description: The user taps into the essence of the wood element, summoning a protective shield made of resilient and sturdy wood. The shield forms a spherical barrier with a diameter of one meter. Immune to wooden attacks up to peak Divine Being level.


    Price: Fifty ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Landon nodded in appreciation when he read the details of the skill. When Landon read thest line of the skill, his eyes erupted in joy.


    He suddenly had an idea, and he went to the pir again. Soon, after a wait of some seconds, his turn arrived.


    The customers could also experience the activation of two skills at once, so he ced both [Wooden Shower] and [Verdant Shield] into the specificpartment.


    The next moment, Landon found himself back in the area, surrounded by people charging at him. There was a change this time, as the people not only charged but also attacked with long-range skills rted to the wood element.


    Landon''s body acted on its own, activating [Verdant Shield] and then soon after [Wooden Shower]. The next moment, a spherical barrier of trees appeared around Landon, while the sky in the range of ten meters also began to rain wooden shards.


    As the [Verdant Shield] was immune to wooden attacks below peak Divine Being, the wooden shards raining on it did no damage, and the same was the case for the attacks from the people.


    Soon after, Landon was left with no injuries, while all around him, corpses were spread across the ground, lying in a pool of their blood.


    The next moment, Landon returned to the store, and the screen lightened up. The information on the screen was imprinted into the minds of the users with a single nce, not letting a long queue form in front of the semi-pir.


    Landon also left the spot and focused on the details he saw on the screen.


    [Skill 1: Wooden Shower


    Level: Novice


    Cultivator: Peak Divine Being


    Compatibility: 82%


    Training Time: 45 Days<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Skill 2: Verdant Shield


    Level: Master


    Cultivator: Peak Divine Being


    Compatibility: 80%


    Training Time: Seven Months.]


    He found that the training time for [Wooden Shower] had been reduced to half the original time with the help of the [Verdant Shield.] Everything else remained the same for the first skill.


    For the second skill, Landon''spatibility had dropped, while simrly, the training time was seven months. He didn''t fret over thepatibility since anything above 70% was great ording to the store owner.


    Landon was fine with what he read, so he decided to make the purchase. Landon didn''t have more money to buy skills of other types or levels, so Landon turned around and left the room with the two cards in his hands.


    Since only one card could be bought from a level, Landon could no longer purchase Novice level attacking skills and Master level defensive skills in the Divine Being cultivation.


    When Landon exited the room, he found a line in front of the store owner, so he went there and joined it. It hadn''t been that long since he left for the room


    It didn''t take long for Landon''s turn to arrive, and he reached the store owner.


    "Store owner, I want these two skills," Landon requested, pushing the two skill cards toward him.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from his hands. He then nced at it, and the next moment, its details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay fifty ordinary and one hundred thirty-two lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed, returning the two cards.


    Landon nodded since he had already calcted the cost. Experiencing [Verdant Shield] cost him fifty lesser Sacred stones. Since Landon wasn''t disappointed with that purchase, he happily took the amount out of his space ring and pushed it toward the store owner.


    "You need to pay in the denominations as told if you don''t have a store card," Aakesh informed Landon since he had paid fifty-one ordinary and thirty-two lesser Sacred stones.


    Landon nodded, clearly not expecting to hear it. Since he could do nothing but follow the store owner''s words, he took one ordinary stone back and reced it with one hundred lesser stones.


    "Your sale isplete," Aakesh informed Landon after he got the alert from the system.


    The next moment, the two cards in Landon''s hands suddenly glowed blue. The light disappeared as quickly as it had arrived. Landon focused on it and found out that the details had disappeared; only the skill''s name was left on the card, while in the center at the back of the card was the storefront pattern.


    "You need to ce the card on the area between your eyebrows and channel your energy to absorb the knowledge of the skill," Aakesh informed Landon.


    "Thank you, store owner." Landon thanked Aakesh and then did as told.


    He started with [Wooden Shower] and ced it on the area between his eyebrows.


    As he channeled his energy, the card exploded into light particles and seeped into the spot between the brows.


    The next moment, Landon hadplete knowledge of how to execute the skill. He only needed to practice slowly, and then he would haveplete control over the skill.


    Landon then repeated the process for the second skill. Soon, he hadpleted the process.


    "Thank you, store owner." Landon thanked Aakesh and then turned around to leave since whatever wealth he brought with him was spent.

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    Chapter 1177: First Day after the Sixth Product(4)


    After Landon left, there was already another customer taking his ce.


    "Hello, store owner!" The man respectfully greeted Aakesh. It was a new customer who hade here after learning about it from his friend.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to the man''s greeting and waited for him to ask the question.


    "I am Vinit¡­" The man introduced himself.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied with his usual response to an introduction.


    Vinit belonged to the race Kabostic, an upper-tier race in the Demon group. Kasbotic had several Sacred Kings in their camps, a few Sacred Emperors, and one Sacred Monarch, the ruler of the race.


    Vinit looked like other Kabostics. His skin was deep red with a slight orange tone. He was like a humanoid mountain since even the average height of Kabostics was twenty-five feet. His hair was ck and stood straight like needles. He had only one eye, and in ce of his other eye, there was only a scar. His eye was abination of ck sclera and red pupil with a hint of orange in the iris that looked like a burning me.


    Vinit traced his lineage to the ruler since the ruler was his great-great-grandfather. Unfortunately for him, his bloodline had branched out of the direct family due to his grandfather''s actions in the past.


    His grandfather was in line to be the heir of the ruler, but he suddenly disappeared, and when he was found, it was found that the man had betrayed the Kabostics for a girl, leaving Vinit''s grandmother in shock. That event made Vinit''s grandfather a ck spot in the direct family, so Vinit''s grandmother and father were forced out of the family.


    If not for Vinit''s great-grandmother''s close rtionship with his father, their fate would have been even worse. With the help of resources from his grandmother, the father became a Sacred King and created a mercenary organization, so Vinit''s family livedfortably after that.


    But to be a Sacred Emperor, the father had no scope left since even his grandmother couldn''t help him get the cultivation art.


    Vinit had received the talent of his grandfather, so his cultivation was outstanding for his age. He was already a Supreme God at less than five thousand years old.


    Due to Vinit''s talent, the ruler of the Kabostics had shown interest in him. But bitten by his grandfather''s actions, Vinit needed to prove that he wasn''t like his grandfather; only then would he even be considered back in the family.


    Vinit wanted to join back the family since he had seen how his grandmother became after the betrayal of his grandfather. He wanted her to regain the same dignity she once had.


    ***


    "Store owner, tell me about the store products," Vinit requested Aakesh. He had heard good things about the store from his friends and was here to check it out.


    There was apetitioning that would be personally attended by the ruler of Kabostics, and Vinit was one of the contestants in the Supreme God cultivator contest. Winning thepetition wouldn''t bring him back into the family immediately, but he wanted to perform in a way that the ruler would at least remember his battles.


    "The store currently sells six products¡­" After Aakesh heard the question he had been waiting for, he introduced all six products and their basic details in a single breath.


    "Store owner, tell me more about the training area," Vinit requested.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "There are seven difficulty levels of training area avable for twenty-seven types of weapons¡­" Aakesh exined the training area difficulties and their levels in detail.


    "What would you say is the difference between the Primordial and the Gods & Demons level training areas when ites to growth?"


    "The Primordial level training area will be more taxing to the cultivator since the battles would be more difficult there, but simrly the growth rate would be astonishing since you can improve the concept at a rapid rate¡­"


    "Thank you for answering all my doubts. I want to enter the Primordial level training area for Master King Grade sword," Vinit requested with a wide smile.


    "You need to pay one supreme Sacred stone," Aakesh expressionlessly informed.


    Vinit nodded and took the stone out. Aakesh then exined the process for entering the training area.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Vinit thanked Aakesh and then left for the weapons room.


    His eyes showed determination since he would not stop until he got the first rank in thepetition three hundred years in the future.


    After Vinit entered the room, his eyes fell first on the murals painted across the wall. Since he was a sword user, he searched for one, and it didn''t take long for him to find it.


    The next moment, Vinit''s jaw almost dropped to the ground as he saw the scene on the wall. The more he looked at murals, the more awed he became, and simrly, the feeling of disdain for his skill also grew.


    Even though the disdain for his own skills grew in his heart, for some reason, it didn''t overwhelm him; instead, it gave rise to motivation for achieving the same level of skillset.


    Vinit then took a deep breath and took his eyes off the murals. The pir for the sword was in the inner circle, so Vinit proceeded in that direction.


    Vinit already had a Master King Grade sword, so he didn''t need to buy one from the store. He then carried out the instructions given by the store owner.


    The next moment, his eyes turned dull while a transparent golden light barrier engulfed him.


    Vinit then found himself in a white area with a blue screen in front of him. The entire space, as far as his eyes could see, was filled with white.


    Vinit focused on the screen in front of him. It contained the opponents he could choose for his opponent.


    The screen also contained creatures from the Primal and Sacred dimensions. Vinit thought of the Primordial dimension, and the next moment, the inhabitants of the Primordial dimension appeared on the screen.


    Vinit was taken aback by the number of creatures, and since he couldn''t choose one, he decided to go with the random option. For the environment, Vinit chose an area filled with burning ponds randomly spread across the area.

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    Chapter 1178: First Day after the Sixth Product(5)


    After choosing the environment, Vinit tapped on the screen. The next moment, Vinit found himself in a familiar environment.


    The ground beneath his feet was red and seemed to boil, while there was no moisture in the air all around as pond after pond filled with burning mes were randomly spread across the area.


    For others, the environment might be ufortable, but for Vinit, it was the desired environment. A look of pleasure appeared on his face as he took a deep breath and inhaled the hot air.


    Suddenly a wave of pressure hit him as his opponent for the battle appeared not very far from a pond. Vinit''s eyes expanded in horror when he saw the being.


    His legs started to tremble as his heart cried for him to run away. Right at that moment, a wave of invisible energy hit him. The next moment, his heart and mind became serene. It was as if he had be entirely a different person.


    Vinit then focused on the creature in front of him. It was a humanoid creature that wasn''t even half his size. It was also a skinny creature, as its bones seemed to outline themselves.


    The being only had one vertical eye, and that too was without any pupil. It waspletely white. Bone spurs also came out from its back, forming the outline of a wing.


    Even though its eye was only white, for some reason, Vinit could see what the creature was feeling, and it chilled him to his core. If not for the invisible pressure allowing him to stay serene, he would have run away immediately.


    Ding!


    Suddenly, the bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. In his serene mind, Vinit got ready to attack, but suddenly he found himself back in the selection area.


    The invisible energy acting on Vinit disappeared there, so his face turned pale, losing all blood. It was as if he would die anytime; such was the horror on his face.


    ''Will I really be able to gain anything from here?'' Vinit couldn''t help but think in his heart since his experience with the creature clearly showed that he was too weak.


    Since backing down was no option, and he also didn''t need to fear death, Vinit was determined to fight again.


    Vinit had no idea what the race of the creature was, but when he looked at the screen, he found the creature to be there, and below its appearance, there was the name of the race, Haddisrong.


    Vinit remembered the name of the race and tapped on it. As for the environment, Vinit decided to go with the same.


    The next moment, he reappeared in the area, and soon the opponent also appeared.


    Not long after, Vinti found himself back in the selection area with no knowledge of how he died.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The time flow rate for the Primordial level training area was twenty times the outside flow rate, so Vinit had twenty hours to train, and then he would need a year toe back here.


    For the first two hours, the result remained the same. Vinit died immediately after the bell rang, without him even knowing how he died. The result remained the same in the third hour as well, but he was able to at least see a slight blur.


    In the seventh hour, Vinit finally saw how he died. He still failed to clearly see the Haddisronging at him, but he followed the blur approaching him and then shed his head.


    Vinit found his reaction speed to be growing as well. In the eighth hour, he could do nothing and die, but for the first time, his hands moved in the ninth hour. It was a little movement, not even a micrometer, and the result remained the same. But since anything was better, Vinit celebrated it.


    In the tenth hour, the movement he could make grew and reached an mm; in the eleventh hour, it advanced slightly greater than an mm; and in the sixteenth hour, the movement grew to one cm.


    In the neenth hour, Vinit''s sword finally made a difference as he seeded in hitting the opponent''s sword with its handle. But the result remained the same, and Vinit died in a single strike.


    In the twentieth hour, Vinit could finally follow the movement of the opponent clearly, but his brain reaction was too slow to do anything, so he still died in the end.


    And just like that, his twenty-hour of training came to an end.


    In the weapons room,


    Vinit''s nk eyes returned to color as he returned to the store after his training duration was over. Vinit was disappointed and angry at first since he couldn''t evennd an attack during the battles, but suddenly his eyes and mouth flew wide open.


    "What is this?" Vinit mumbled as he found his eyes to be quicker than usual. There was no way to test it since no one would attack him here, but Vinit was confident that his eye reaction speed had grown tremendously.


    Vinit wanted to be sure of it, so he needed someone of his cultivation to attack him. For that, he needed to go out of the store. So he immediately turned around and left the store, deciding to return after confirming his conjectures.


    When he came out of the room, Vinit found Aakesh in conversation with a customer. He was going to say hello but decided against it since he was in a rush to test his confidence.


    Aakesh noticed Vinit leaving the store in a hurry, but he didn''t care, and he was also in conversation with a customer, so he kept his focus there.


    ***


    After leaving the store, Vinit immediately went to the junction. If he were to travel on his own, it would take him days toe and go. Traveling from the portal there was expensive since only one portal in the entire universe was connected to the terminal he wanted to go to, and it would take him four changes to reach only there. But since there was no other way, Vinit decided to do it.


    ***


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 Chapter 1179 First Day After The Sixth Product(6)

    Chapter 1179: First Day after the Sixth Product(6)


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store. It hadn''t even been a minute since Aakesh started his first of many rxation sessions.


    Since Aakesh could never grow tired, it didn''t matter to him. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, his eyes falling on a new faceing toward the store.


    ***


    Farhan belonged to the race Rotten Demon, a top group in the Demon group of races. The race had the rotten in their name due to the rotting attribute of the race.


    Farhan looked like other Rotten Demons. He had a humanoid build with a height of around six feet, which was smallpared to other demon races. But since strength wasn''t the primary attribute of the group, they had smaller builds. He had pale skin and two pairs of hands. There was not a shred of hair on any body part. Farhan hadn''t worn anything as well, so his privates were revealed in public.


    It had to do with the rotten attributes of the race. Anything the members of the race touched was vaporized. So, no one in the race wore any clothes, even if they could control rotting.


    The rotting attribute of the race also worked on their mindset, making Rotten Demons one of the evilest races in the Demon group. Farhan bested even many members of his race when it came to evil deeds.


    His purpose foring here was to snatch the store from the store owner. Farhan was a mercenary, and he had received a mission from a powerful man to snatch the store.


    Beforeing here, Farhan had researched the store and the store owner, so he knew things were extremely difficult and life-threatening. But Farhan didn''t fear any of it since he had an item that stored a piece of his soul that had nothing to do with him. Even if he died here, he would still survive. It was just that he needed to start again.


    The price to pay was extremely high, but the man behind the mission had also offered arge sum. If Farhan seeded, he would receive the full sum, and even if he failed, he would still get 80% of the sum.


    Farhan stepped forward, thinking of ways to increase the chances of his mission. When Farhan reached the door, all his senses started to tingle, warning him against attempting the mission.


    Despite all the preparation he had made, Farhan thought of giving up for a moment. But suddenly, something seemed to explode in his mind, making him feel calm, and all the fear of the store disappeared.


    Farhan then stepped inside the store, the view in front of him changing to the store''s hall. His eyes fell on the blue-skinned man, his target for the mission.


    The fear oozing from his intuition overwhelmed him once again, but the phenomenon repeated itself, and all the fear vanished as if everything were a figment of his imagination.


    Farhan thanked the man in his heart. If not for that man, he would have given up on the mission immediately after that terrifying feeling.


    Aakesh immediately noticed there was something wrong with the man''s intention. Aakesh asked about the cultivation of the man and found that it was the peak of the Sacred King.


    Aakesh could do nothing to anyone with such a cultivation level. But he was inside the store, and there, even the Sacred Creator level cultivators had to tread cautiously, let alone a peak Sacred King.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh didn''t worry about himself or the store and looked at the man, waiting to know what was the man going to do.


    Farhan proceeded forward, the item given by the man, fighting the fear of whatever was inside the store. He finally reached the man and greeted him, extending his hands for a handshake.


    Aakesh only looked at the hand and didn''t return the gesture. Farhan frowned, getting rejected by Aakesh, but since he was here for a mission, he suddenly bent forward and his hand charged, aiming to grab Aakesh''s throat.


    Katrina and Autumn, rxing on the next chair, woke up and looked in shock at the scene ying out in front of them.


    Farhan could see his hands reach the blue-skinned man''s throat, and then he imagined him crushing the throat andpleting the mission. Katrina immediately charged to defend Aakesh, but the next moment, a miraculous scene yed out.


    Farhan''s hands began to disintegrate at a rapid rate, and soon he was left with no hands. If it were not for Aakes telling the system to let the man survive, he would have already been dead.


    Aakesh''s indifferent expression changed into a cold one as he stood from his chair. He then went to the man and grabbed him by the throat.


    Farnham tried to free himself or even use the rotting attribute to turn Aakesh into ashes, but he found that nothing of the sort happened. At that moment, Farhan had no power. Even an ordinary creature would be able to kill him.


    But what terrified Farhan even more were the cold eyes of the blue-skinned man. Farhan felt he was a brutal guy, but now that he looked at those pair of ck eyes, he found himself to beughable.


    ''I still have that option left.'' Farhan breathed a sigh of relief, remembering that his survival wasn''t at stake here.


    "Oh, you still believe that thing would help you survive!"


    The next moment, Farhan''s face was drained of all his blood when he heard the blue-skinned man.


    At that moment, the item left by the man also stopped working, making all the fear erupt at once.


    ARGH!


    Farhan screamed as the fear engulfed his heart, but only his mouth moved, and no voice came out of it.


    The next moment, Farhan turned silent as he found his soul getting sucked in by the pair of cold eyes.


    Aakesh threw the man away, and even before his body could touch the ground, it disintegrated into nothingness.


    Farhan wasn''t dead, but his soul was still alive. But if he had a choice, he would have chosen to die since he was going through agony in a different ce with no hope left.

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    Chapter 1180: First Day after the Sixth Product(7)


    After Farhan''s body disappeared, Aakesh returned to his chair. He then looked at Katrina and Autumn, who had charged toward the man to defend him.


    Aakesh thanked them. Even though he was safe, they still tried to rescue him.


    "Oh, I had forgotten just how cold you can be," Katrinamented with a smile. She also felt chilled by the sudden cold avatar of Aakesh a moment earlier.


    ***


    While Aakesh was conversing with Katrina and Autumn, something else was going on in one of thes in the Sacred Dimension,


    "Haha, he is dead!" Hartolughed out loud after receiving the signal that Farhan had died.


    "Spread the news that Farhan was killed unfairly to his father," Hartol then told the man.


    Farhan was never his target for the mission. He wanted to involve Farhan''s father, Jiaan, a Sacred Creator cultivator and the ruler of Rotten Demons.


    Hartol understood that he would also be swept across the crossfire since fooling a Sacred Creator level cultivator was impossible, but what Hartol wanted was to have the doubt take a spot in the father''s head.


    Familial love was something that trumped all rationality, and Hartol was banking on that factor.


    The man nodded and then left the room. Hartol then began to think of another n to harass Aakesh and make hime out of the store.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing inside the store when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. The next moment, an unfamiliar face greeted his sight.


    Marcy belonged to the race Hibistar, a race in the beast group, and she was the ruler of the race, a Sacred Emperor level cultivator.


    Hibistar was a race that was on the verge of extinction due to its extremely low fertility rates. Including Marcy, there were even fewer than fifty Hibistars left in the Multiverse.


    Marcy came to the store after learning about the beasts from her friend Tira, one of the regrs in the store. Since there were very low chances of Hibistars getting pregnant, Marcy decided to buy one from the race, adding to the number of beings.


    Hibistars were stunningly beautiful creatures. Marcy being the ruler of the race had the best features in the race.


    She was a humanoid with a tall, slender body. Her skin was milk-white with not even a small blemish. She didn''t have fingers, but petals in ce of them. The same was the case for the legs. Her hair was like a stream of beautiful brown leaves. Her eyes followed thebination of the white sclera and silver pupils with a hint of golden iris.


    Marcy entered the store, and soon she saw the blue-skinned man sitting on the chair.


    ''Wouldn''t it be great if he and I had sex?'' The thought appeared immediately in her heart as soon as her eyes fell on Aakesh.


    Hibistars were only concerned with the low number of their race members, so sex was a topic that was the most prevalent thought in their brains. Since Marcy was a female and Aakesh was a male, she thought of it.


    Marcy didn''t feel awkward for having the thought since it wasn''t her first time. She had tried mating with people outside of her race, but she was left with disappointment in the end, as even then she failed to be pregnant.


    "Hello, store owner," Marcy greeted Aakesh after taking a deep breath and removing the thoughts.


    Aakesh silently nodded and waited for her to ask the question.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Marcy didn''t disappoint Aakesh and directly came to her purpose. Since she had more interest in getting a Hibistar, she directly asked about the Beast Summoner Device.


    Since Marcy had a single product in her mind, Aakesh exined the product in detail.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Thanking Aakesh, Marcy left for the beast room in a hurry.


    ***


    [Name: Hibistar


    Type: Beast


    Race: Hibistar


    Quality: Supreme


    Element: Floral


    Cultivation: Early Lesser God


    Characteristics: Floral Bloom


    Details: The Hibistar possesses the unique ability to manipte and control the power of flowers. They have an innate connection with nature and can bring forth the beauty and strength of various blossoms.


    Ability:


    1.) Petal Dance: The Hibistar can perform a mesmerizing dance, releasing a flurry of vibrant flower petals that can slice through enemies and cause damage over time.


    2.) Pollen Infusion: The Hibistar can release a cloud of pollen infused with various effects. This pollen can induce sleep and confusion.


    3.) Thorn Whip: The Hibistar can summon sharp and thorny vines from the ground, entangling and immobilizing enemies. The thorns can also inflict piercing damage.


    4.) Scent of Tranquility: The Hibistar emits a soothing aroma that can calm aggressive creatures and ease tensions in their surroundings.


    ...


    12.) Blossom Aura: The Hibistar can emanate an aura of vibrant and enchanting flower petals. This aura provides healing and regeneration to allies within its range while weakening and damaging enemies.


    Card Description: The Hibistar is a formidable creature. Its attributes of floral make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Hibistar.


    Price: Eight hundred thousand eight hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Marcy looked at the card and read its details. Since Marcy only wanted Hibistars to add the number to her race, she decided to go for a Lesser God since the higher the cultivation, the lower the fertility rates became.


    Every customer could get one beast from each pir. Marcy had already gotten a supreme quality Divine Lord Hibistar, so it was her second Hibistar.


    Marcy thought of waiting for a higher quality, but upon seeing the price, she decided against it. There were forty-six members in her race, if she included herself, then 47. Marcy wanted everyone toe to the store and buy Hibistar, so she neededrge wealth at her disposal since buying the beast wasn''t the end, the race also needed to tend to them.


    Aakesh had already told her about the next process, so she went and joined the line for the square box at the end of the room. There was only one person ahead of her, so she got her turn shortly after.

 Chapter 1181 First Day After The Sixth Product(8)

    Chapter 1181: First Day after the Sixth Product(8)


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    While Marcy was waiting for her turn in the beast room, Aakesh was rxing in his chair. The next moment, he was woken up by the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    He turned in that direction and found a new face entering the store. It was a female belonging to the Niggesti, a race in the Demon Group.


    Cyan was the daughter of the traitor of the Niggesti. The Niggesti were a race that lived in close-knit societies, and incest was extremelymon there. In fact, the majority of the children were born to siblings.


    Cyan''s father became a traitor to the race by marrying his daughter, making Cyan''s mother her sibling as well as her mother. That was forbidden, so Cyan''s father and mother were executed publicly, and since Cyan was only a child, she was allowed to live.


    Living without parents and the stigma of having traitorous parents were too much for Cyan to handle, so she attempted to run away. But unfortunately for her, she found that whatever life she lived with other Niggestis was several times better than what she had to endure after running away, so she returned to the race.


    After that event, Cyan became indifferent to the taunts and mocking of other Niggestis and worked hard on herself. Her efforts weren''t without results, as she won seven millennia contests in a row, matching the second-highest number of consecutive wins. One more victory, and she would be in the top spot. But it was easier said than done since the ruler of the race was personally going to intervene in the rules of the contest.


    The greater the streak of victories, the greater the desire to defeat the contestant by other participants. Since one more win would ce Cyan in the same spot as the legendary ruler of the race, no one wanted a traitor''s daughter to im that ce.


    Cyan was around three hundred thousand years old and had reached peak Supreme God cultivation in all that time. In the past three hundred thousand years, Cyan had made only one friend, and even that friend was from outside the race.


    Since Cyan wanted to win the millennium contest and take her streak to eight, she was thinking of ways to defeat whatever came her way, so she also asked for help from her friend, and from that friend, she came to know about the store.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Cyan greeted Aakesh respectfully.


    Niggesti wasn''t a good looking race due to their incestual tendencies, and in that group, Cyan''s appearance was way below average.


    Her skin was deep gray, like other Niggesti. Her eyes were abination of gray sclera and ck pupils. She was neither tall nor slender. Her facial positions were slightly different, making her look hideouspared to other Niggesti, let alone other races.


    Cyan was ready to see the disgust in the eyes of the store owner since she had gotten used to it from everyone, but when Aakesh looked at her, she saw nothing.


    It might be bad for others, but for Cyan, who had seen the people looking at her with disgust, the indifference was a big upgrade, so her tone had turned even more respectful when she asked about the store products.


    Cyan had already learned about it from her friend, but she found that there was an additional room, so she asked for aplete introduction.


    "The store currently sells six products¡­


    " For the pills, the store only has pills up to King grade, and every grade has thirty pills of different functions¡­


    ¡­


    "... These are the current store products avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction of all six store products in a single breath.


    Cyan nodded after the introduction was over. Beforeing here, she found that the training area was the best option for her to grow stronger. Aftering to the store, she found that she could also buy skills, increasing her arsenal of attacks and defenses for thepetition.


    "Store owner, tell me more about the skills," Cyan requested Aakesh.


    Aakesh then answered whatever doubts Cyan had about the product, and when she was satisfied, she thanked Aakesh.


    After thanking Aakesh, Cyan left the line and proceeded toward the skill room. When she entered the room, she found countless murals painted across the wall, depicting different skills.


    Cyan was an Earth and Metal user, so after learning that she could only buy one skill from one level, she decided to go for the Metal element for attacking skills and the Earth element for defensive skills. As for other types, Cyan decided against that since having a great number of skills could harm her instead of benefiting her.


    Cyan was a peak Supreme God cultivator, and as luck would have it, the store had skills up to the Supreme God level, so she went to thest counter.


    She decided to start by finding an attacking skill first. Since the higher the level of skill, the longer it would take for the user topletely learn it, Cyan decided to go for a lower-level attacking skill.


    The next moment, she reached into the Master level shelf in the bottom row. When she took her hands out, there was a card in her hand.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The upper fourth of the card contained the scenery of the skill, while the lower three-fourths contained the details. Cyan first focused on the details since she wasn''t one for shy skills.


    [Name: Seraphic Iron Tempest


    Type: Attack


    Level: Master


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes a devastating storm of Seraphic metal projectiles


    Description: The user harnesses the immense power of the metal element, invoking a cataclysmic tempest of seraphic metal projectiles. With a mere thought, the air around them transforms into a raging vortex of gleaming metallic shards imbued with the destructive force of a Seraphic forge. The storm of projectiles engulfs a vast area, epassing a radius of one kilometer. The seraphic metal shards rain down upon the targeted area, obliterating everything in their path.


    Price: Two hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Cyan nodded in surprise since she didn''t expect herself to get a powerful skill right on her first attempt.


    Seraphic metals were a powerful form of metal element known for their sharpness and armor-piercing abilities. It wasn''t the most powerful sub-element, but its destructive strength could be in the top five of all metal sub-elements.


    Since Cyan was happy with the attacking skill she had gotten, she decided to continue her luck and give it a try for defensive skill immediately.


    The next moment, she reached into the second row from the bottom. Her direction was the master shelf, and when she took her hand out, it held a card.


    [Name: Terra Divine Barrier


    Type: Defense


    Level: Master


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Imprable barrier of earth and energy


    Description: The cultivator harnesses the profound essence of the earth element, manifesting an impregnable shield known as the Terra Divine Barrier. This defensive skillbines the solidity of the earth with the mastery of energy maniption, creating an unparalleled defense against all three physical, magical, and spiritual attacks. The Terra Divine Barrier envelops the cultivator and their surroundings within a colossal dome of reinforced earth and energy. This barrier extends up to a radius of fifty meters, forming an imprable shield.


    Price: Seven hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    This time, Cyan didn''t receive a skill right away, but she had to return and take out the card several times. But finally, on her tenth attempt, she got the skill she liked immediately.


    Its price was steep, but seeing its ability made Cyan determined to buy it. She then looked at the semi-pir ced at the end of the room. There was a long line of several people, but it was quick.


    Cyan didn''t immediately walk in that direction but stopped to think. Experiencing the skill required one percent of the total cost of the skill.


    Cyan then took a deep breath and decided to give it a try. Since she was already spending nine hundred supreme Sacred stones, she could ept spending nine stones more.


    After a few seconds, Cyan got her turn. More than one card can be experienced at one time, but Cyan wanted to do it solo, so she only ced the [Seraphic Metal Tempest] on thepartment and held the other one in his hand.


    The next moment, Cyan found herself in an unfamiliar environment, surrounded by arge army of bloodthirsty creatures. Cyan couldn''t help but shudder in fear as she saw their expressions and the bloodlust in the environment.


    The next moment, her body acted on its own and raised her hands toward the sky. She began to channel the metal element, and a tempest began to form around her. It spread like crazy and engulfed an area of one kilometer in no time. The next moment, a scene Cyan couldn''t even imagine yed out as the creatures were mangled to their deaths instantly in the mighty storm of seraphic metal.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!

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    Chapter 1182: First Day after the Sixth Product(9)


    Cyan didn''t know what to feel when she saw the destruction around her. She felt excited to have a skill with such power, but at the same time, she was also scared of what she saw.


    The excitement won over the scared expression soon after she imagined the faces of those who had mistreated her in ce of the mangled corpses.


    The next moment, she found herself back in the store. It was now her turn to experience the second skill.


    She put the [Terra Divine Barrier] in the cardpartment, and the next moment, she found herself in different surroundings.


    The next moment, Cyan''s hair stood all over her body when she looked around.


    As far as her eyes could see, she found enemies ready to attack her at any time.


    The next moment, whatever weapon they had, they threw it at her. At the same time, the sky was also lit up by various attacking skills.


    Cyan felt a chill crawling up her bones, but suddenly her body acted on its own. Soon after, the barrier formed around her and shed with the countless attacks.


    One after another, skills crashed onto the barrier, but it stayed undamaged. Cyan was terrified by the flurry of attacks, but as the barrier continued to be intact without any damage, her heart calmed down.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want these two," Cyan requested of Aakesh, passing over the two cards to him.


    Aakesh took the card, and after taking a quick look at it, he returned it to her.


    "You need to pay nine hundred nine supreme Sacred stones," Aakesh informed.


    Cyan nodded and then took the sum out, passing it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the stones disappeared from the store and appeared in the system space.


    Aakesh then informed Cyan about the process of absorbing the skill''s knowledge.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    It was time for the customers who entered Panagea in the first group for a 3x stay to leave. The system forced them out one by one.


    As the spots became empty, other people, waiting for their turn, excitedly walked into the room.


    The group of customers leaving the portal room consisted of the most powerful customers in the store, including Ayriel, William, and many other high-level cultivators from top races in the Sacred Dimension.


    Ayriel had been stuck in that garden for years now, and from what she could infer, it was still several Sacred years away. But fortunately for her, she had found that the ce she was stuck in was extraordinary, so she was no longer in a hurry to leave it. She wanted to pass the challenge with flying colors and impress the mysterious being, who came to her and exined some truths about the extraordinariness of the situation.


    Aftering out of the portal room, she decided to learn about the new store product, and for that, she went to Aakesh.


    "Really!" Ayriel eximed in surprise. She approached Aakesh to learn about skills, and she learned about the upgrade in the Beast Room.


    The Chaotic Wyrm she bought from the store was now a Lesser God level cultivator, so it couldn''tpete in the annual event organized by the store. But now that beasts with higher cultivation were avable in the store, it was inevitable that the store would havepetition for higher level beasts as well.


    There was also the fact that Ayriel could now purchase another beast from the store. She was also excited to see what beast she would get for her second pet.


    After calming down, Ayriel thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the beast room. After Ayriel left the line, another customer from the first group took her ce.


    When Ayriel entered the room, she found that the space had grown severalfold and that there was now an additional pir in the room. The first pir had a long line of customers, while the second pir only had a few of them, which was better for Ayriel since that was her goal.


    Ayriel joined the queue for her turn on the second pir. It didn''t take very long for her to get her turn. As she stood in front of the pir, she took a deep breath and pressed the switch, setting the summoning system as targeted for Supreme God beasts.


    The rotation began, and five secondster, a familiar beast appeared on the screen.


    A smile spread across her face, but soon it turned into a jaw-dropping expression.


    [Name: Chaotic Wyrm


    Type: Beast


    Race: Wyrm


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Chaos


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    Characteristic: Chaos Dominion


    Details: The Chaotic Wyrm establishes its dominion over the chaotic realm, allowing it to draw upon unlimited chaotic energy. It grants the creature an endless supply of energy no matter where it is, making it an unstoppable force on the battlefield.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Ability:


    1.) Chaotic Barrier: A shield of chaotic energy that protects the Chaotic Wyrm from all physical attacks.


    2.) Vortex Summoning: The Chaotic Wyrm can summon a vortex of chaotic energy, sucking everything in its vicinity into a chaotic maelstrom.


    3.) Warp Step: The Chaotic Wyrm can momentarily shift into the chaotic realm, allowing it to teleport in any direction.


    ...


    9.) Chaotic Breath: The Chaotic Wyrm can unleash a devastating breath of pure chaotic energy, causing destruction and chaos in its wake. The energy will disintegrate and scatter anything it touches.


    10.) Sense of Discord: The Chaotic Wyrm creates a chaotic aura that distorts reality and causes confusion and disarray among enemies.


    11.) Reality Sunder: The Chaotic Wyrm can tear through the fabric of reality, creating unstable rifts that lead to chaotic space.


    ...


    21.) Chaotic Form: The Chaotic Wyrm can temporarily assume a more powerful form, enhancing its strength, speed, and resistance to all kinds of damage.


    Card Description: The formidable Chaotic Wyrm is a force to be reckoned with its overwhelming strength and elemental control. This creature boasts several killing skills, making it a ruthless killer in battle. With this card, you can bring a powerful monster onto the battlefield. This monster can do a lot of damage and help the team. Use it wisely, and watch as your opponents fall before the power of the Chaotic Wyrm.


    Price: Ny thousand nine hundred nine ultimate Sacred stones.]


    She got the ultimate quality Chaotic Wyrm on her first try. She didn''t expect to receive an ultimate quality Supreme God Chaotic Wyrm since there was a vast difference between a Divine Transformation and Supreme God cultivation. The greater the cultivation, the harder it was to proceed further.


    When she saw the details of the card, she couldn''t help but stare at the card in astonishment.


    The first Chaotic Wyrm had several elements, but the one she just summoned had only one element control ability.


    It also had a characteristic unlike thest one, and that was an extremely valuable ability. It allowed the Chaotic Wyrm to have an endless supply of chaos energy.


    Ayriel then read the skills it had, and simrly, there were powerful ones, especially [Reality Sunder] and [Chaotic Form].


    Ayriel liked the Chaotic Wyrm, so she decided to go ahead with the purchase after finding skills better than she expected in her second beast.


    Customers no longer had to approach the store owner toplete the next steps, so she went toward the square device in the room.


    There was already a queue there, so she had to wait for some time. After some time, she finally got her turn.


    The next moment, she ced the card in the cardpartment and her hand in the hand section.


    Suddenly, Ayriel found herself in slightly familiar surroundings with her cultivation, dropping to the early Supreme God.


    The environment looked somewhat the same as thest time she came here to battle the Chaotic Wyrm.


    Roar!


    The next moment, Ayriel heard an angry roar originating from one of the countless space fractures in the surroundings. Before Ayriel could pinpoint the fracture, another roar rang, and its origin was a different space fracture.


    The next moment, a gigantic head came out of one of the fractures and stared at Ayriel. The eyes held no second emotion other than brutality.


    Ayriel was ready to battle as a fire seemed to have erupted in her heart, seeing the beast.


    Roar!


    The creature hadn''t even fullye out of the fracture when it suddenly released a Chaos st.


    The next moment, arge ball of energy, disintegrating the space around it, flew at Ayriel.


    Ayriel attacked back with one of her skills.


    Ding!


    Suddenly, the bell rang, and the two attacks dissipated. Only after the bell rang would the battle begin, so the previous attacks had no value.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


    The book will return to its original update rate tomorrow. I will also try to make up for the two chapters I''ve missed in theing days.


    Thanks for reading the book!


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 Chapter 1183 First Day After The Sixth Product(10)

    Chapter 1183: First Day after the Sixth Product(10)


    The Chaotic Wyrm fully came out of the space fracture. It was a gigantic creature. Ayriel couldn''t even be considered an antpared to the beast.


    Roar!


    A roar rang in the area, shaking Ayriel. At the same time, Ayriel found her senses changing randomly. She had read the details on the card, so she was aware of the skill used by the Chaotic Wyrm.


    She immediately activated the calming skill, and soon her senses returned to normal. Ayriel then took a step forward, the world beneath her shaking.


    Time flew by, and the battle continued.


    Seeing no other choice, the Chaotic Wyrm activated [Chaotis Form]. The next moment, the space fractures around the area began to expand while chaos energy flowed at a rapid rate.


    Already gigantic, the Chaotic Wyrm began to expand rapidly. Its horns started to curve further, and thorns started to appear on them. Its ws were sharpening, and its pair of wings became thicker.


    The next moment, it appeared in its most terrible form. The space around the beast was shaking just from its presence.


    The first Chaotic Wyrm bought by Ayriel had the skill [Unpredictable Frenzy], which made the Chaotic Wyrm go crazy, increasing its strength and other factors, but in that state, the beast wasn''t sane, and it manically acted.


    But during the active Chaotic Form, it increased not only the beast''s strength but also its thinking ability, making it even more dangerous.


    ROAR!


    The Chaotic Wyrm let out a roar, destroying the space. But the restoration rate was no less weak and returned to its previous condition immediately.


    Ayriel''s senses were tingling dangerously after she saw the state of the Chaotic Wyrm. She felt as if she were a baby while a beast was standing in front of her, ready to tear her apart.


    But right at that moment, something seemed to have awoken in her heart. The tension on her face turned into a cruel grin as if the Chaotic Wyrm was the hunt, not the other way.


    The next moment, a horrible pressure began to leak from her while her eyes started to turn darker. An aura could be seen forming around her, making her seem like an evil creature.


    The Chaotic Wyrm''s eyes turned solemn when it saw the situation ahead. It believed that once it had activated the [Chaotic Form], the battle would entirely be one-sided in its favor. But looking at the scene in front, the beast had an ominous premonition.


    It knew that it needed to end the battle in the next strike, or things would turn immensely dangerous for it.


    The next moment, it released the most destructive attack in its strongest form, activating [Chaotic Breath]. The pressure around Ayriel seemed to be suppressed by the wave of energy charging at her.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    But Ayriel seemed disinterested in the attacking her way. Her eyes had turnedpletely ck, and a dark aura had materialized into reality and surrounded her. She finally looked in front of her and saw the attack.


    Unfortunately, she waste if she had any n to solve the attack, and the energy beam hit her.


    The entire space in an area of several hundred miles turned into a void when the attack''s effect dissipated. The system acted, and soon the space was restored to its previous condition.


    Ayriel was nowhere to be found as the Chaotic Wyrm tried to look for her. When it failed, it heaved a sigh of relief. But it suddenly felt something on its head.


    When it looked at who it was, its expression turned frightened since it was none other than Ayriel.


    The Ayriel at that moment was entirely different from the Ayriel the Chaotic Wyrm was battling against. It was as if someone else had taken her ce.


    There was a cruel grin spread across her face as she stroked the creature''s horn. It was a sensitive body part so the beast felt ufortable, but the next moment, it wished for the ufortable feeling to return as a wave of unbearable pain hit it.


    The cause of its pain was its curved horns, that were snapped out by Ayriel. Ayriel was looking at the horn like a child looks at a new toy.


    She then looked down and saw the Chaotic Wyrm iling out, but it seemed to have no effect on her. She then looked at the horn and then at the creature.


    The cruel grin on her face turned wider as she suddenly pierced the beast''s eyes using the two horns. Her movement was so precise that the two curved horns touched their tip in the inner side of the skull, and which was only slightly far away from the brain.


    Cry!


    The Chaotic Wyrm cried out in pain. It wasn''t physical pain simply as every attack caused by Ayriel contained a spiritual element, making the pain unbearable.


    The Chaotic Wyrm had thought that it would defeat Ayriel after activating [Chaotic Form], but unfortunately for it, it had no choice left but to give up on the battle, epting Ayriel to be the leader.


    Ayriel was going to attack again when she suddenly sensed a force trying to throw her out. Ayriel scoffed, trying to stay in and enjoy some more actions with the beast, but the next moment, she found that her efforts meant nothing when the system wanted to force her out.


    Her loss against the invisible force seemed to have enraged the unconscious, as she growled and did everything to stop her from getting thrown out.


    The pressure around her turned horrible, and even the air particles turned to ash. Still, her efforts were futile, as she was sessfully thrown out of the taming battle.


    As soon as her consciousness returned to the store, the system was ready to act immediately if Ayriel tried to act out uncontrobly. But nothing of that sort happened, and when Ayriel returned to the store, she was as normal as she was before initiating the taming battle, with no memories of what happened after the Chaotic Wyrm activated [Chaotic Form].


    Before Ayriel could focus on what happened, she suddenly felt a prickling sensation, and the next moment, a pain attacked her. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared while the screen on the device lit up.

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    Chapter 1184: First Day after the Sixth Product(11)


    On the screen, the content of the contract appeared. It was the same as what it was for the first beast, and it was already signed, and the pricking sensation was due to that.


    Ayriel nodded and then took out the card and her hands since the steps were over. Now, only payment was left.


    Since the beast summoned by her had the ultimate quality, she needed to approach Aakesh toplete the sale.


    Ayriel then left the line and proceeded toward the exit. When she exited the room, she found a long line in front of the store owner.


    The first person in line hadpleted their conversation and wasing toward her side. Ayriel knew who the man was since it was none other than William, the heir of the Asquith family.


    There wasn''t any animosity between the Sun and Moon Elves, so the rtionship between them wasn''t troubled. William and Ayriel nodded toward each other with smiles when they crossed each other in the store hall.


    Ayriel then met another Sun Elf, Elle, William''s sister. The nodding returned since Elle was also the princess of the Asquith family.


    William had gotten the Suleon as his first beast, and it had further increased his status in the family when he was already second in line to the throne.


    When William learned that there were beasts up to peak Supreme God avable for sale, he immediately came to get one for him.


    After entering the room, he found that there was a small line in front of the second pir. Without wasting any time, he joined the pir and began the wait for his turn. Elle soon joined him, taking the spot behind her.


    Since Elle had gone first during their first beast summons, William decided to be the first to do the summoning the second time, and that had arrived.


    Time flew by, and around two minutester, William reached the pir. He took a deep breath and pressed the switch, beginning the first round of summoning.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate at an unprecedented rate, and soon five seconds passed. A beast familiar to William appeared on the screen.


    He had gotten the Suleon on his first try during the first summon, so he was hoping to get a beast on his first summon this time as well.


    William was slightly disappointed when he saw the beast on the screen, and soon when the card appeared, it didn''t help his disappointment.


    William didn''t get what he wanted, so he returned the card to the returnpartment and pressed the switch again.


    The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square-light-covered screen began to rotate.


    The summoning cost for the second pir wasn''t the same as the first pir. The first summoning cost one higher Sacred stone, with its price growing ten times with every summon.


    The same result repeated itself the next time, as he got another beast that he didn''t like. The beasts were of ultimate quality, but since he didn''t get confidence from them, he couldn''t bring himself to buy any of the two.


    William then pressed the switch again, starting the third round of summoning. Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast appeared on the screen. Simr to thest two times, it was a familiar beast. But William no longer had the disappointed expression he had before the sale; instead, his eyes glowed with excitement.


    Not long after, the beast card appeared out of nowhere and flew into his hands. William focused all his attention on the card and read the details.


    [Name: Sr Horse<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Type: Beast


    Race: Horse


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Light, Sunfire


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    Characteristics: Sr Ascendancy


    Details: When activating the characteristics, the Sr Horse gains a significant boost to all its stats, including increased attack power, speed, defense, and magical resistance. Additionally, its skills be enhanced, dealing even more devastating damage and having heightened effects.


    Ability:


    1.) Sr re: The Sr Horse emits a blinding burst of sr energy, engulfing enemies in a brilliant explosion of light.


    2.) Celestial Charge: The Sr Horse charges forward with unparalleled speed and strength, trampling enemies in its path.


    3.) Radiant Shield: The Sr Horse creates a protective shield of pure light, absorbing iing damage and reflecting it at attackers.


    ...


    9.) Daybreak Speed: The Sr Horse taps into the energy of the rising sun, granting it incredible speed and agility.


    10.) Sr Healing: The Sr Horse has the ability to channel sr energy to heal itself and its allies. This skill restores their health and rejuvenates their strength.


    11.) Sunfire Breath: The Sr Horse exhales a stream of scorching sr mes, engulfing enemies in a ze of fire and destruction. This skill inflicts continuous burn damage on the survivors.


    ...


    21.) Dawn''s Blessing: The Sr Horse harnesses the first rays of the sun, bestowing blessings upon its allies. The skill restores health, removes negative status effects, and boosts morale, revitalizing the fighting spirit.


    Card Description: The Sr Horse is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of light and sunfire make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Sr Horse.


    Price: Eighty thousand nine hundred ny-nine ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The Sr Horse was a stunningly majestic creature. It stood tall and proud, with a muscr build and a regal posture. Its coat was a radiant golden color, shimmering and glimmering like the sun. Wisps of luminous light, resembling fiery rays of sunlight, bathed its mane and tail. Its eyes were deep pools of golden light, oozing majesty and strength. A majestic sun pattern was engraved on its forehead, symbolizing its divine connection to the sun.


    Since it had an affinity with the sun, William began to like the beast. When he read the details on the card, he wasn''t disappointed.


    The second beast he had summoned had an extremely powerful skill several times better than any in the arsenal of the Sr Horse, but William''s intuition wanted him to buy the Sr Horse rather than that beast.

 Chapter 1185 First Day After The Sixth Product(12)

    Chapter 1185: First Day after the Sixth Product(12)


    William turned around and looked at Elle since the Sr Horse was her favorite beast, and she wanted to summon one for her.


    Since only the customer in front of the pir could see the beast on the screen or read the card''s details, Elle had no idea about the beast William had summoned.


    When William turned around and looked at her, she was confused, but suddenly, when he handed her the beast card, her face turned astonished.


    "Should I initiate the taming battle?" William asked. His intuition told him that the Sr Horse was an opportunity for him, but he couldn''t get the beast if Elle didn''t want it. There was a pact between the two that they wouldn''t own simr beasts, so if William initiated the taming battle and won the fight, he would be the owner of the Sr Horse. As for Elle, she would have no choice but to give up on the Sr Horse, her favorite beast.


    William didn''t want any kind of sourness to get into his rtionship with her.


    Elle was taken aback by the beast for a moment, but when she heard the question, she came around.


    "Yes, you have summoned it," Elle answered with a smile. No beast was more important to her than William. She was satisfied with him asking before initiating the taming battle.


    William nodded with a smile when he heard Elle''s answer. He then left the queue since he had gotten the beast.


    William didn''t immediately go to the device toplete the next steps, but he waited for Elle to summon the beast of her liking.


    Elle''s fortune and fate weren''t that significant whenpared to William, so it was difficult to get an ultimate quality Supreme God beast for her. Elle also knew that, so she wasn''t determined to get only an ultimate quality beast like thest time. His focus was rather to get a suitable beast and even if it was Legendary quality she was fine with it.


    Thinking like that, Elle pressed the switch. The next moment, the square light screen started to rotate at an unprecedented rate and kept at it for the next five seconds. The following moment, a beast familiar to Elle appeared on the screen.


    Elle didn''t make a judgment and waited for the card. Not long after, the beast card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hands. After reading the details, Elle made her decision.


    She went to the returnpartment and ced the card there. She then returned to the main screen, pressed the switch again, and began the second round of summoning.


    The next moment, ''1'' appeared on the screen, and the familiar scene yed out. Five secondster, another familiar beast appeared on the screen.


    Time flew by, and several seconds passed in the blink of an eye.


    Elle took a deep breath and pressed the switch again, starting the eighth round of summoning.


    The next moment, ''7'' appeared on the screen, and the square light started to rotate. After the rotation stopped, a beast appeared on the screen, and not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hands.


    Elle was faced with the same disappointment when he got a supreme quality with the cultivation of the peak Supreme God beast, but she didn''t reject the beast immediately and kept reading the details.


    Her expression of disappointment was constant as she read the characteristics and then the skills. She had no choice but to take a deep breath to calm her mind since so many failures flustered her.


    Right at that moment, a gentle patting came on her shoulder. She turned around and found it to be William. William had a smile on his face as he told her that no need to get disappointed.


    What William said wouldn''t mean much, but at that time, Elle needed that exact catalyst to calm her flustered mind. She then took a deep breath and pressed the switch again.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and the next moment, a beast with unfamiliar features to Elle appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hands. Elle''s expression was calm and she focused on the card in her hands, reading the details of the beast.


    [Name: Crestacin


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Water


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Aquatic Dominion


    Details: The Crestacin establishes its dominion over the vast oceans, allowing it to draw upon unlimited water elemental energy. It grants the creature an endless supply of energy in a limited range near the marked territory, making it an unstoppable force on the battlefield.


    Ability:


    1.) Aqua Shield: The Crestacin creates a protective barrier of swirling water around itself, effectively deflecting iing attacks and providing enhanced defense.


    2.) Tidal Surge: The Crestacin summons a massive tidal wave, crashing down upon opponents with incredible force, causing immense damage and a potential drowning effect.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    3.) Whirlpool Mastery: The Crestacin summons a powerful whirlpool that engulfs enemies, trapping them in a vortex of swirling water and rendering them immobile.


    ...


    9.) Torrential Roar: The Crestacin emits a thunderous roar that echoes across the ocean, instilling fear in enemies and disorienting their senses.


    10.) Aqua Healing: The Crestacin possesses the ability to channel healing energies through its touch, restoring vitality and rejuvenating wounds.


    11.) Oceanic Song: The Crestacin utilizes its melodic and enchanting voice to calm turbulent waters, restore tranquility, and pacify hostile creatures.


    ...


    17.) Ocean''s Embrace: The Crestacin channels the essence of the vast ocean, enveloping it in a protective aura that enhances its abilities and increases its resilience.


    18.) Aquagenesis: The Crestacin generates water molecules at an astonishing rate, replenishing its energy and revitalizing its abilities in the midst ofbat.


    Card Description: The Crestacin is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attribute of water makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Crestacin.


    Price: Seven hundred ny-nine ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The upper one-third of the card contained the illustration of the beast. It was a beast that Elle had never heard of. When she asked William about it, he had the same reaction.


    Nheless, the beast was majestic in appearance. It looked like a dolphin and had shimmering blue scales that reflected light. Its eyes were piercing brown, oozing with nobility and wisdom. Atop its head, it had a crown-like structure simr to scales. Around its body, a glow could be seen continuously emanating.


    Elle decided to ask Aakesh about the beast. Since it wasn''t an ultimate quality creature, she could directlyplete the sale. But William had summoned an ultimate quality beast, so he needed to go to Aakesh toplete the sale, so she decided to do it then.


    Elle excitedly left the queue and followed William to the line in front of the device.


    Time flew by, and soon it was William''s turn. He ced the card in thepartment and his hand in the respective section.


    The next moment, William found himself in a hot environment. In the sky, there were several suns, and the number was continuously growing as one kept rising after another.


    The first ray of sunlight was extremely beneficial to the Sr Horse, so William understood the reason for the rising suns.


    Neigh!


    Suddenly, a neigh sounded in the area as a graceful creature walked in the sky. William looked up and the creature looked down.


    Since William could also fly, he floated and soon reached the same height as the Sr Horse.


    The Horse didn''t appreciate William standing at the same level as it, so it cried out in anger and stomped in the air, shaking the world.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. The Sr Horse made its move, releasing [Sunfire Breath]. William had a calm expression as he skillfully bypassed the attacking his way and charged.


    There was an easy way to defeat the Sr Horse, and that was to sit on it and tire it out. William decided to go that way since it was better than getting injured in a battle with the Sr Horse.


    William was confident of winning against the Sr Horse, but not confident of winning it handsomely without any injury.


    William, pushing force into his legs, jumped, and the next moment, he was atop the Sr Horse, with its mane acting as the reins.


    It wasn''t easy since it was more humiliating to the Sr Horse than death. The battle then began.


    Time flew by, and days passed in a sh.


    After what seemed like an eternity, William finally seeded in subduing the horse, but it wasn''t as painless as he expected. Since subduing meant victory, the Sr Horse was his beast from that moment on.


    Time flew by, and after Elle hadpleted the purchase, they left the room since William needed the help of Aakesh toplete thest step.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter! I owe you three chapters today. I will try to make up for it before the end of theing week.


    Thanks for reading and supporting the book!

 Chapter 1186 A Tragic Figure!

    Chapter 1186: A Tragic Figure!


    "Hello, store owner!" Ciri greeted Aakesh after finally getting her turn.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her greetings and waited for her to ask the question.


    Ciri belonged to the Chunsitan race. It was an upper tier race in the Sacred Dimension, with the race having several Sacred Emperors and a few Sacred Monarchs in its ranks. Unfortunately for the race, it had failed to give birth to a Sacred Creator despite its ruler being a peak Sacred Monarch for trillions of years.


    The race, Chunsitan, was going through its worst situation as the race was currently at war with another race for ownership of the Ultimate Sacred Stone Mine. The battle didn''t seem like it would end any sooner and involved the top leadership of the two races.


    Ciri''s father was one of the few Sacred Monarchs in the race, and unfortunately for the man, he was also the first Sacred Monarch to die in the battle.


    Ciri had no choice but to escape the main with her mother. After the death of her father, many coveted the materials left by him. Even though the race was at war, there were still greedy people left in the race, trying to take advantage of the war for themselves.


    So Ciri was left with no choice. Since leaving wasn''t easy, she left everything there except the hard cash.


    Even then, Ciri had gotten caught by the group since she and her mother were also the assets the group was looking for. The females of the Chunsitan race were extremely beautiful, and known for their beauty across dimensions. At the same time, the males of the race were hideous in appearance, making them one of the ugliest creatures of the Sacred Dimension. It was as if nature had added extra beauty to the female of the race, taking it away from the male.


    The unequal situation would have led to a terrible situation, but the males of the race were extremely talented whenpared to the females, and at the same time, for every hundred females, one male was born.


    The race had a poption of a few million, and only several thousand of them were male. But one thing wasmon, each male was a high-level cultivator, with none of the females in the race even reaching the Sacred Emperor level.


    Her situation had almost developed into humiliation. If not for her mother sacrificing herself and fighting a lone battle, Ciri would have either died or be a ve to be sold to the enemy race.


    Several years passed after that situation, and Ciri was finally able to venture out of her hiding ce. She had no idea whether her mother was alive or what happened to the Chunsitans in the war, but she had only one thought in her mind, she wanted revenge, and that too from both races.


    Ciri wasn''t hot-headed so she could analyze the situation. She understood the talent difference between the two genders. There were seven males and two females in the group that came to stop and capture her.


    She could kill the two females, but for her, defeating the males was an almost impossible task. Even at the same level of cultivation, tens of female Chunsitans were no match for one male Chunsitan.


    She needed someone''s help, and Ciri left on her journey to search for a helper. In her way, Ciri fell in love and had children with the guy. She began to forget the past and focus on the future. She knew that she was demeaning her mother''s sacrifice by forgetting about what happened with them, but whenever she would look at her happy children, she would forget everything. Things were going well, but then tragedy struck her again. Her husband and children were caught in a space storm, never returning from it.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Ciri tried searching for them, but it was even harder than searching for a needle in a haystack since the dimension was extremely vast.


    All the happy memories she had created with her children came crashing down, and the two tragic memories ovepped.


    Around a million years have passed since then and her search for them was still active. Ciri had be a cold figure. She alsoter came to know that the Chunsitans lost the war and that one of the members of the group behind all the tragedies was the son of the new ruler of the Chunsitans, making her revenge even more difficult.


    Ciri had been searching for an opportunity to have her revenge or find her children, but she had been only getting failure. Her cultivation talent was so bad that she had only progressed by two sub-levels in all the past years.


    When she escaped, she was an intermediate Lesser God, but now she was a peak Lesser God. The only thing going well for her was her wealth. She had left with nothing but the Sacred stones left by her father. The total value she had with her was a few thousand ultimate Sacred stones.


    ***


    Just by looking at Ciri, Aakesh could sense the tragedies she had faced in her life. Ciri was extremely beautiful, as every female of her race was, but time and tragedies had affected her appearance, making it average.


    Even an average appearance was great to look at, butpared to her original appearance, Ciri looked like dust.


    Ciri wanted to smile, but she couldn''t even smile without it looking like a forced smile.


    "Store owner, tell me about the store products," Ciri requested Aakesh. Her tone was neutral, as if nothing in the world could make her feel positive any longer.


    Aakesh didn''t care about the past of the customers, so he had no interest in learning about Ciri''s history or why she had be like that.


    After hearing the question, Aakesh began the introduction and soon concluded it in a single breath.


    Ciri''s eyes showed some expression after hearing about the products, but soon the dead expression reced it, her face returning to normal.


    Ciri hade to the store due to her luck since she was going around one after another, searching for her husband and children. During her search in a different city in the Fawkes Kingdom, she learned about the store from passersby.

 Chapter 1187 Feeling Sympathy!

    Chapter 1187: Feeling Sympathy!


    "Store owner, is the progress inside Panagea rted to my actual cultivation talent?" Ciri asked. She had been unable to increase her speed of search due to her low cultivation.


    "No, your talent has nothing to do with your growth in Panagea. You only need toplete quests or hunt to continue leveling up," Aakesh answered.


    The dead expression in her eyes disappeared as her eyes lit up, but it suddenly returned when she heard what Aakesh said next.


    "But leveling inside Panagea is tougher than the real world."


    Ciri became disappointed upon hearing it, but she soon calmed down since she had already been through her worst. She could only go up, and there was no going down from where she stood.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want to enter Pangea," Ciri asked Aakesh after getting some more answers. Since talent didn''t matter inside Panagea except for fighting talent, and hard work was the exceptional factor, Ciri was willing to work harder than anyone else to grow.


    The next moment, she was faced with disappointment upon learning that the spots inside the portal room had been filled for the day. She needed toe the next morning if she wanted to enter.


    Since Panagea was out of the equation, Ciri began to ponder what product to choose next.


    Getting beasts would be a great feature since they wouldn''tck talent like her. But when she asked Aakesh, the beautiful female sitting near him suggested Ciri not do it.


    ording to the beautifuldy from the strange race, there was less than a one percent chance of her seeding against any powerful beast at the same level.


    Even though Aakesh would lose themission from the fine, Aakesh suggested the same when Ciri came to him to confirm what Katrina said.


    Aakesh was taken aback by Katrina''s willingness to lend a hand to a stranger, but he didn''t dwell on the matter and waste his time.


    "You should go for the training area. It will help you develop your fighting talent," Katrina suggested to Ciri.


    For some reason, Katrina felt extreme sympathy for Ciri, making her take the initiative to help her.


    After hearing the female''s suggestion, Ciri asked Aakesh about the training area, and in the end, she decided to go ahead with the purchase.


    "Store owner, the Normal level of difficulty for the Beginner King grade sword for the entire day," Ciri asked. She had chosen it after the beautiful female suggested it.


    She was extremely weak when it came to fighting, so there was no point in her going to higher difficulty. The chances of growth were high in them, but for that, she needed at least to have a basic sense of fighting, which shecked. It was something she couldn''t clear despite her resolve due to the downsides of the female bloodline.


    The training area had an extraordinary effect that could make even an untalented cultivator into a good fighter with their respective weapon, so Ciri decided to do it for the entire day. At the same time, she also made a vow to keep doing it till she became a good fighter. Time was something no one in the Sacred Dimensioncked.


    The store was seventeen hours and thirteen minutes away from the sunset, so Aakesh booked Ciri for seventeen hours.


    "You need to pay one hundred and seventy higher Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Ciri. He then exined the process of entering the training area.


    "Thank you, senior!" Ciri thanked the beautiful woman.


    Katrina nodded in response to her thanks. Ciri then turned and left the queue, proceeding toward the weapons room.


    Right after Ciri left, another customer took her ce. Aakesh had be extremely busy that day since the number of customers had grown by a great margin from the previous day.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh didn''t know the reason behind the sudden boost, but the more customers, the better for him and the store, so he didn''tin and began to answer the store-rted questions of the next customer.


    ***


    After leaving Aakesh, Ciri proceeded to the weapons room. When she entered the room, she was greeted by the pirs and murals across the room.


    Her eyes had determination since she finally had hope for her search and revenge. She could no longer go with that dead expression.


    She didn''t have any interest in the murals or the pirs, so she immediately found the sword pir and pricked her finger using the tiny needle embedded in the pir.


    The next moment, she found herself in a white space with no end in sight. After she had made her choice, Ciri found herself in a vast desert with a rough wind blowing in the area.


    Not long after, her opponent appeared. It was a hideous humanoid being with yellow skin and ck, swollen spots. The skin near the eyes had sunk, with bones being visible. There was a big belly protruding and shaking from just breathing. The creature had no lips, and its dirty teeth were visible to everyone. The being was none other than a male Chunsitan.


    Since her primary opponent was a male Chunsitan, Ciri chose him as her opponent. As for the environment, it was random.


    Ding!


    The bell with no direction rang and announced the start of the battle.


    Ciri, filled with rage, charged forward. The opponent slyly grinned, making his hideous appearance look even more terrible, and charged. The creature''s belly was shaking left and right as if it were a piece of paper.


    ng!


    There was a nging sound as the twobatants'' swords met. As a result, Ciri was flung back several meters by the impact of the collision.


    Ugh!


    The sand beneath her feet was hot, so it immediately scalded her open skin in the back, making Ciri groan in pain.


    The opponent''s smile turned evil, and he pounced on Ciri. The incident surprised Ciri as the previous memory suddenly came to mind.


    Her sword froze, and when the opponent reached her, he shed, ending Ciri''s life.


    The next moment, Ciri found herself back in the selection area, and she gasped for clear breath.


    ***


    While Ciri was going through battles in the training area, Ayriel finally got her turn and reached Aakesh.


    "Store owner, pleaseplete the sale," Ayriel requested, pushing the beast card toward him.


    ***


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 Chapter 1188 Aakesh’s Warning!

    Chapter 1188: Aakesh''s Warning!


    Aakesh took the card from Ayriel''s hands and took a quick nce at the beast on the card. Aakesh couldn''t help but be surprised when he saw the Chaotic Wyrm there.


    Aakesh wouldn''t have cared much if it was someone else and they got the same beast, but the other side was Ayriel, the owner of the Limitless Physique.


    Getting the same beast twice showed that the Chaotic Wyrms had a destiny with Ayriel. Aakesh couldn''t help but wonder if Ayriel would cause the Chaotic Wyrms to appear again in the Multiverse, or were the things rted to the Dragon that was linked to Vritrasura?


    Aakesh didn''t waste much of his time thinking over it since those things would happen in the future.


    "You need to pay Ny thousand nine hundred nine ultimate and one higher Sacred stone," Aakesh informed Ayriel.


    The next moment, an alert rang in her head, asking her whether she wanted to pay through the store card. Ayriel responded yes in her head, and the next moment, the respective amount got deducted from the stones stored inside her Ultimate Store Card.


    "Store owner, the same thing happened again," Ayriel said after the purchase wasplete.


    Aakesh immediately understood what Ayriel was referring to. The next moment, he closed his eyes and went through the entire battle sequence between Ayriel and the Chaotic Wyrm.


    It all urred in a sh, so not even a second had passed, and Aakesh had watched the entire battle.


    Aakesh saw that the unconscious physique hibernating inside her had gotten even stronger and could release more power. It had nothing to do with the cultivation levels being different in the two battles.


    Aakesh could sense that the physique''s control over Ayriel''s body had gotten stronger, making it seem that it was due to the increase in cultivation.


    "You are treading on a dangerous path here. You aren''t ready for it, so keep your nerves calm and don''t let your mental state be stressed all the time," Aakesh warned and then suggested Ayriel in the following statement. He could understand Ayriel''s motive for talking about her awakening with Aakesh.


    Ayriel was scared of whatever was inside her, and whatever it was, she couldn''t handle it.


    After hearing Aakesh, Ayriel became even more scared since the past several years had gone terribly for her. Even though she had be someone who was liked by her mother in the eyes of others, in reality, the rtionship between Ayana and her had never been so cold.


    Ayriel did not doubt that, if not for the slight consideration that she was her daughter, Ayana would have killed her that day. Whenever she would remember that conversation, her mother''s cold eyes would sh in her head, making her feel chilled to her bones.


    Aakesh cared about Ayriel since she held the power to destroy everything in her hands. If Ayriel went wrong, Aakesh would have had no customers left toe to the store, so he didn''t want to let her awaken. She would die, but at the same time, her uncontrolled awakening would wreck the dimension, leaving only the Sacred Creator and a few of the Sacred Monarchs alive.


    There was also the way of killing Ayriel and ending things before they began, but Aakesh never acted unless he was provoked, so he didn''t even think of killing Ayriel. There was also the fact that she was the owner of Limitless Physique. Aakesh didn''t know what the reaction of the Devas or even the consciousness of the Multiverse would be if he harmed Ayriel since there were no examples to show the result.


    "Thank you, store owner," Ayriel left the line and then the store after thanking Aakesh.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    As soon as Ayriel left the line, Aakesh forgot about her and focused on the next customer taking her ce.


    Katrina, who was sitting on the chair, looked at Ayriel with curiosity since she had been curious about what caused Aakesh to pay special attention to her since she had heard their conversation. She had tried to ask Aakesh, but he had never answered.


    Since most of the customers in the line were those who were there toplete the purchase, the rate at which the queue decreased was fine.


    Soon, it was William''s turn. William was one of the customers who also had a special destiny, but he was nowhere near the level of what Ayriel''s future held, so Aakeshd didn''t pay any attention to him.


    "Store owner, pleaseplete the purchase," William requested with a sincere smile, pushing over the card to him.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from his hand. He then immediately returned the card to him, as the price appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay Eighty thousand nine hundred ny-nine ultimate and one hundred eleven higher Sacred stones," Aakesh informed.


    Soon, the payment was over, and the beast was William''s to summon.


    William didn''t immediately leave the queue but turned around and looked at Elle. The next moment, she took a step forward, standing in the same line as him.


    The store didn''t allow the customers to listen to the conversation between the store owner and the customer in front. But there was an option where, if the customers were familiar, they could converse with Aakesh at the same time, not worrying about the block.


    "Store owner, can you tell us about Crestacin?" Elle requested Aakesh, showing him her beast card.


    Aakesh was surprised at first when he only saw the legendary quality but then stopped thinking about it. Every second, the fate of the majority changed; some received better, while some were left with worse due to the reaction of their actions.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately answer but looked at the line behind William and Elle.


    "Stay there; you can ask me when I be free," Aakesh expressionlessly stated since there were still ten-plus people waiting for their turn. Aakesh had no interest in keeping them waiting.


    Willian and Elle nodded and then moved out of the queue, waiting for Aakesh to get free from customers.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh was finally free from the customers in front of him. He then looked at William and Elle. The next moment, they approached him with smiles on their faces.

 Chapter 1189 A New Customer!

    Chapter 1189: A New Customer!


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    As William and Elle approached Aakesh, he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. Aakesh looked in that direction and found an unfamiliar faceing toward the store.


    It was a new customer, so it was a surety that the man would approach him. But since Aakesh had told William and Elle that he would answer them once he got free, he wouldn''t break his word.


    "Store owner, can you tell us about Crestacin?" Elle repeated the question once she and William reached Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and then told them the details about the Crestacin.


    Crestacin was now an extinct race from the Sacred Dimension, and in the Primordial Dimension, the number of the race was in three digits.


    It was a race that was the founder of many marine races in the Primal and Sacred Dimensions, with it being one of the overlords of the ocean at one time in the past. But for some reason, the race''s fertility began to dwindle at a rapid rate, and soon the race lost its reproduction ability.


    It wasn''t the end, as only the female and male Crestacin couldn''t reproduce, but female Crestacin of other races could still reproduce.


    It was the end of the pure-blooded Crestacins, soon making them a minority. Many other races enjoyed the fruit of their mating, with female Crestacins having powerful descendants.


    The female Crestacins became trophy creatures for the oceanic races. As the number of Crestacins dwindled, other marine races started to covet their territory, causing a war between the Crestacins and many other oceanic races.


    The Crestacins had the upper hand in the war since, despite their low number, they were still powerful, but things began to change when other overlord races also participated in the war against the Crestacins.


    Soon, it was Crestacins against the entire ocean, and despite their strong power, they fell against the brutal assault.


    The Crestacins were forced to hide from the world, but soon a cmity struck them as the Crestacins began to die one after another without any reason, making them extinct.


    All of that happened countless years ago, even several Epochs before the Vritrasura''s assault on the three dimensions.


    The death of Crestacins had to do with Dragons of the Primordial Dimension, as the Crestacin was cursed to death. If not for a powerful being from the Primordial Dimension taking Crestacin under her wings, they would have even died in the Primordial Dimension, making thempletely extinct. Aakesh didn''t tell Elle about the curse since the knowledge was too dangerous for someone of her level.


    Elle stood astounded after learning the history of the Crestacins. She didn''t know that the race had such a majestic past. Even their race didn''t have Sun Elves in three digits in the Primordial Dimension.


    "Thank you, store owner," Elle thanked Aakesh. Whatever hidden disgruntlement Elle had in her heart for getting only a legendary quality beast had disappeared after learning the truth. She now anticipated what Crestacin would bring her.


    "Store owner, has the Primordial level training area be active?" William asked.


    Aakesh nodded and then exined the respective training area in detail to the duo. William and Elle''s eyes glowed since they had been waiting for this moment.


    Elle''s cultivation level was higher than that of the peak Supreme God, so it was a lower level for her, while William was a Supreme God, so he was suitable for it. But she had experienced the Gods & Demons level training area, so she knew how tough it was going to be even to survive in the Primordial level training area.


    The duo then paid for their stay in the training area for an hour. After thanking Aakesh, they proceeded toward the weapon''s room in a hurry.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    They had their bet going on when they were in the Primal Dimension, so the time had now arrived for the bet to resume.


    Even the races from the Sacred or Primal Dimension became immensely powerful in higher difficulty, so the opponent was the same as earlier, a Sun Elf.


    Since it was their first time entering the training area, the two bet on who would be the first to win their first battle. Whoever would be the loser would have to give a rare item to the winner.


    After William and Elle left, the new customer took their ce.


    "Hello, store owner," The man greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to the greeting and waited for the question.


    "I am Ranir¡­" The man disappointed Aakesh and introduced himself in detail.


    From the tone of the man''s voice, it could be inferred that he was narcissistic and liked to boast about himself.


    The man had no less than ten titles for himself in his introduction.


    Finally, the introduction came to an end. In response, Aakesh replied, "I am Aakesh."


    The man didn''t like Aakesh''s not taking him seriously, but since he had been warned to be respectful and not do anything disrespectful to offend the store owner, he hid his anger and asked about the store''s products.


    "The store currently sells six products¡­" Aakesh was waiting for the question, so he soon introduced all six products and their basic details.


    Ranir nodded after finding that what his father had told him was the same thing, except for the skills.


    Ranir''s primary purpose foring to the store was Panagea, so he asked about it. His father was one of the customers at the store, and he had gotten a valuable item inside Panagea.


    Ranir came from a powerful race, and his standing in the race was higher than his father''s. The two didn''t have a good rtionship and were enemies. If not for his father needing his help, the father might not have even told Ranir about the store.


    The item cost a lot when exchanged due to the high exchange rate, but even then, its value was still higher.


    Ranir also wanted the item, so he came here to enter Panagea. He could have killed his father and gotten the item, but the item was blood linked to the father and could never be owned by him even after his death.


    Ranir knew that his father only gained the confidence toe to him for help and also reveal the item due to Ranir''s inability to snatch it from him.


    ***


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 Chapter 1190 Rare Soul!

    Chapter 1190: Rare Soul!


    "The spots for the day are filled; you need toe tomorrow morning if you want to enter Panagea," Aakesh answered Ranir when he asked to enter Panagea.


    Ranir was disappointed to learn about it, but he calmed down, understanding the reason behind the long line of people in the store.


    Since Panagea was out of the question, Ranir focused on the next product. His cultivation was peak Sacred King, and on the verge of stepping into Sacred Emperor, so there was no product that tended to his cultivation.


    Pills and weapons held no value to her since using them didn''t benefit him; instead, it wasted his money. There was also the cultivation art, but it was only avable to True God level cultivators, so there was no point in wasting his time there.


    Considering these factors, there were only the training area, beasts, and skills left, and they were somewhat usable for him.


    Ranir decided to start with the beast since it was the most valuable of the three products. He then asked Aakesh about it.


    After Ranir had gotten satisfied with Aakesh''s answers, he nodded and left for the beast room.


    After Ranir left, Aakesh was free since no new customer wasing toward the store, or any customer inside the store was approaching him from other product rooms. Aakesh closed his eyes and began the rxation session.


    ***


    When Ranir entered the beast room, he was greeted with the sight of beast murals and two pirs. Both pirs had lines in front of them. Especially on the left pir, the customer line was several times longer than the one in front of the second column.


    Since Ranir hade here after asking questions about the beast room, he understood the difference between the two columns.


    It was better for Ranir that he didn''t get stuck in a long queue, so he proceeded forward and joined the line. Ranir wanted to reach the pir immediately, throwing the people ahead of him away, but he controlled himself and didn''t do anything that might harm him rather than benefit him.


    Since there were only three people ahead of Ranir, it didn''t take long for him to get his turn. When he reached the pir, his eyes fell on the screen and the nine beasts in their respective sections.


    Ranir''s eyes glowed when he saw the one in the leftmost corner in the bottom row. It was a powerful beast, and hoping to get it, Ranir pressed the button, starting the first round of summoning.


    Ranir had learned from the store owner that the quality of the beast depended on the luck of the summoner, and Ranir was confident in his fortune.


    Even though he was only a Sacred King, and that wasn''t enough to get an ultimate quality Supreme God beast, what made it somewhat possible was his teacher.


    Ranir''s teacher was a Sacred Creator, the ruler of the race Fentan, his native race. At the same time, his wife was also the daughter of another Sacred Creator, who was one of his teacher''s friends.


    Ranir believed his fortune to be great since he was directly linked to a Sacred Creator, but even if that wasn''t enough, his soul did the work for him.


    Ranir''s soul was an exceptionally rare type of soul in the Multiverse, and it was the only reason that he had progressed so fast, reaching peak Sacred King while being less than three thousand years of age and having be the personal disciple of a Sacred Creator level cultivator.


    As he pressed the button, the summoning began. The square light started to rotate, and soon after, it had reached a speed that was impossible to see with the naked eye.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and the rotation came to an end. The next moment, a beast appeared on the screen.


    Ranir''s face fell when he saw the beast on the screen. It was familiar to him and wasn''t a beast he would wish to have.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Ranir caught the card and took a nce at the quality section. It was a legendary beast, but it was a timid beast in reality. Ranir wanted to tear the card, but he controlled himself and ced the card into the returnpartment.


    Time flew by, and Ranir pressed the switch again, initiating the seventh round of summoning.


    Ranir''s eyes bulged as he wanted to see an ultimate quality beast. He had gotten either divine or legendary in his previous summons, but since he couldn''t bring himself to feel satisfied below the ultimate quality, he returned the cards.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands. Ranir caught it and went straight to the quality section. When he saw it was an ultimate quality beast, he focused on other details on the card.


    [Name: Spirit Worm


    Type: Beast


    Race: Parasite


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Spirit


    Cultivation: Intermediate Supreme God


    Characteristics: Spirit Link


    Details: The Spirit Worm establishes a telepathic link with other willing sentient beings at the same cultivation level. It allows the worm to use one random ability of its allies in the battle.


    Number of links: 7


    Ability:


    1.) Soul Drain: The Spirit Worm absorbs the life force and essence of its opponents, replenishing its energy and weakening the enemy in the process.


    2.) Astral Projection: The Spirit Worm projects its incorporeal form into the astral ne, allowing it to traverse through barriers and observe its surroundings undetected.


    3.) Spirit Burst: The Spirit Worm releases a burst of spirit energy capable of disorienting enemies and disrupting magical energies.


    ...


    20.) Spirit Merge: The Spirit Worm temporarily merges with a willing ally, enhancing their abilities and granting them ess to its powers.


    Card Description: The Spirit Worm is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attribute of spirit makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Spirit Worm.


    Price: Seven thousand one hundred forty-nine ultimate Sacred stones.]

 Chapter 1191 Returning To The Store!

    Chapter 1191: Returning to the Store!


    Ranir felt a wave of joy rush through every corner of his body when he read the details on the card.


    The Spirit Worm was a parasite that looked like any other worm, but its skin was transparent with only its small eyes being visible in reality.


    Ranir had a rare type of soul, so getting a beast like the Spirit Worm with so many skills rted to the spirit was a blessing for him. On top of that, it was also an ultimate quality beast.


    The skill [Spirit Merge] allowed the worm to merge with any willing cultivator and enhance their power. Ranir already had many skills that enhanced his soul attacks. When he merged with the Spirit Worm, Ranir couldn''t help but imagine just how much growth his skills would have in terms of their effects.


    Ranir soon returned to reality since the skill only worked for the same or lower cultivation. For the higher level cultivators, the merger might harm them instead of proving beneficial.


    There was also the characteristics, [Spirit Link]. It allowed the worm to link itself to its allies, and then it could use one of their skills in battle, further increasing the skill number in its arsenal.


    And since the allies and the Spirit Worm would be linked, it could use any element skill avable to the cultivators.


    Ranir then left the line and proceeded toward the square device since he needed toplete some more steps to gain control over the beast.


    ***


    While Ranir was waiting for his turn in line, William was fighting a Sun Elf that had be extremely strong.


    Event William underestimated the strength difference between a Sun Elf in the Gods & Demons level and the Primordial level training area. The time flow difference was only twice, but the power difference was like the heaven and the earth.


    William didn''t even see how he died in the first battle against the Sun Elf. The result remained the same for uing battles.


    In the Primal Dimension, the time difference was thousand times whenpared to reality. In the Sacred Dimension, the Primordial level training area only had twenty times the flow rate, and even then, William felt that he had died more times there than he had died in the first hundred hours of his first ever training in the store.


    Only in the third hour did William see the arrowing toward him. But the result remained the same, and William kept dying instantly. William couldn''t even find a way to survive the first strike, let alone kill or even defeat the opponent. If not for the serene effect of the system, William would have exited the training to calm his pounding heart.


    Like William, Elle wasn''t also in great condition. She was also dying in the first strike with her not even being able to aim the bow.


    But unlike William, Elle became more excited about the next fight after every death. Elle''s weakness in archery was her slow hands whenpared to her other siblings.


    She could see herself improving in the battle against the Sun Elf. It was extremely slow and slight, but for someone of her cultivation level, even a minute growth was like forcing through an unbreakable wall.


    ***<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    While William and Elle were going through their first training in the Primordial level difficulty, one customer was returning to the store after leaving in the morning.


    It was none other than Vinit, who hade back after checking his growth. As he had expected, his sight had be better and quicker.


    When he returned to the store, he asked about the skills since they were also the products that would help him immensely in the battles.


    After learning what was there to learn about the product, Vinit thanked Aakesh and walked toward the skill room. He came across Ranir, and that made him stop.


    Ranir also stopped when he saw Vinit. The Kabostics were a race that had the support of Fentan, so Vinit had seen Ranir since Ranir was the most talked about being in the circles of the races that had rtions with Fentans.


    Vinit immediately bowed since Ranir was way higher in status than him. Ranir looked coldly at Vinti bowing, with no intention to release him.


    Ranir didn''t personally know Vinit and hade in contact with him only once when he stayed at the royal pce of the Kabostics for one day. There wasn''t any contact between them. He didn''t like those who were proud, and Vinit was one such character, so he felt disdain toward him.


    Ranir then left toward the store owner, leaving Vinit on his own, continuing to bow.


    Vinit''s face was calm, but there was a bubbling rage in his heart. He still controlled himself and kept at that posture.


    Vinit was safe in the store, but outside the store, no one woulde to save him. Even if the ruler of the Kabostics somehow decided to protect him, he wouldn''t be able to do anything. There were several races like Kabostics under the support of Fentan


    Vinit only stood up when Ranir had left for the weapons room. When he stood up, his eyes showed nothing but coldness. Soon, his eyes returned to calm. He wasn''t a fool to have petty dreams of revenge on someone like Ranir.


    Anger would only harm him, so he calmed down and pushed the issue deep into his heart, only to appear when he might be strong enough to do something to Ranir.


    Vinit then proceeded forward and entered the skill room. The next moment, the scenes of the murals and counters spread across the room at a fixed interval greeted his sights.


    Vinit was a Supreme God, so he proceeded toward the counter referring to that cultivation. He was a magma user, so he bent down and reached inside the bottom row, thinking about what element he wanted the skill of.


    The next moment, he took his hand out, and it contained an offensive skill rted to the magma element. Vinit didn''t like what he read, so he reached again and put the card back. When he took his hands out, there was another skill card.


    Not finding it to be suitable as well, Vinit repeated the process and kept at it until he didn''t find a skill that was suitable for him.


    ***


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 Chapter 1192 Molten Resurgence!

    Chapter 1192: Molten Resurgence!


    [Name: Inferno Eruption


    Type: Attack


    Level: Master


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes an eruption of molten magma


    Description: The user taps into the primal power of magma, summoning a devastating force. With a focused release of energy, the surrounding terrain transforms into a seething cauldron of molten rock and scorchingva.


    It engulfs a substantial area, spanning a radius of up to one hundred miles.


    Price: One hundred fifty supreme Sacred stones.]


    Vinit read the details of the skill he had just taken out. His eyes shined in excitement, as the skill was what he was looking for.


    He had a limited number of skills, but the majority of them were single-user attacking skills. He didn''t have something like the Inferno Eruption, which covered arge range of destruction.


    Since Vinit liked the skill, he decided to make the purchase. The cost was slightly steep, but it was within his range.


    A customer could only buy one skill from one level of a counter, so Vinit could no longer look for master-level attacking skills.


    Vinit wanted to buy some more skills, so he reached inside the master level shelf in the supporting type skills row. The next moment, when he took his hands out, there was a skill card in his hands.


    Simr to thest time, he didn''t get a suitable skill on his first try. He kept at it, and soon after, he summoned a skill he liked.


    [Name: Molten Resurgence


    Type: Support


    Level: Master


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Empowers the user with enhanced abilities through the mastery of the magma element


    Description: The user taps into thetent potential of the magma element, granting themselves a surge of power and enhancing their magma-rted abilities.


    However, the utilization of Molten Resurgencees with its limitations. The skill can only be activated for a limited duration, up to a maximum of three minutes, depending on the user''s cultivation level and stamina. Exceeding this duration may result in excessive strain and potential bacsh.


    Price: Six hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    Vinit read the details on the card with excitement, but it all disappeared when he reached thest section.


    The skill cost more than six hundred supreme Sacred stones, and it was stretching his budget like never before.


    Vinti wanted to buy the skill, but he couldn''t splurge everything on one skill, so after a long thought, he returned the card. It wasn''t the end, and the next moment, he reached into the expert-level shelf.


    The store allowed the customers to get the skills taken out by the customers from different shelves, and Vinit took out the expert level [Molten Resurgence].


    [Name: Molten Resurgence<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Type: Support


    Level: Expert


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Empowers the user with enhanced abilities through the mastery of the magma element


    Description: The user taps into thetent potential of the magma element, granting themselves a surge of power and slightly enhancing their magma-rted abilities.


    However, the utilization of Molten Resurgencees with its limitations. The skill can only be activated for a limited duration, up to a maximum of 90 seconds, depending on the user''s cultivation level and stamina. Exceeding this duration may result in bacsh from the body.


    Price: One hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    When Vinit read the card, he first went to the price section and saw that it had dropped by more than half. He then went to read the other details.


    There was a clear change in the effects of the skill. The master level skill''s description showed that it enhanced magma-rted ability, while in the expert level skill, the word slight was added before the enhancement. It was understandable, so Vinit didn''t focus much on that.


    The duration to keep the skill active had dropped by half to 90 seconds, while at the same time, the cost of exceeding that duration had increased. The master level skill detailed a potential bacsh, whereas the expert level skill had no presence of the word potential, meaning it was certain to have a bacsh if it exceeded the duration of ny seconds.


    But since the skill''s effects were worth the effort, Vinit decided to go ahead with the purchase. He would try not to exceed the duration, and once he had proved himself to the ruler and taken back into the main family, he would buy the higher level [Molten Resurgence] from the store.


    Vinit had purchased two skills, but since hecked any movement skills, he decided to buy one more if he found one suitable and within his budget.


    As usual, he reached inside the fourth shelf in the third row. The next moment, when he brought his hand out, it held a skill card.


    The familiar scene didn''t repeat itself, and Vinit got a skill he liked on his first try.


    [Name: Inferno Glide


    Type: Movement


    Level: Master


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Swift and agile movement through maniption of magma element


    Description: Inferno Glide harnesses the dynamic properties of the magma element to grant the user exceptional speed and agility in movement. By merging with the essence of moltenva, the user gains the ability to traverse the battlefield with unparalleled swiftness and fluidity.


    The duration of Inferno Glide is limited to a maximum of five minutes, depending on the user''s mastery of the skill and stamina.


    Price: Two hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    Vinit liked the skill. The price caused him a dilemma again, but since the movement type skill was more necessary to him than a supporting skill, he decided to go ahead with the purchase and stretch his budget.


    Since Vinit had made his choice, it was time for him toplete the purchase. His eyes fell on the semi-pir at the end of the room and the line in front of it. He knew about the pir and its work, so he wasn''t surprised by the line.


    ''Do I want to experience the skill?'' Vinit thought in his head.


    He got an immediate answer from his heart, and it wanted him to experience the skill before buying it. The three skills would cost him a total of more than five hundred supreme Sacred stones, so it was a big purchase. Spending another few supreme Sacred stones made no difference whatsoever to the cost.

 Chapter 1193 Purchase!

    Chapter 1193: Purchase!


    After making his decision, Vinit proceeded toward the semi-pir.


    There was already a line there, so Vinit had to wait for his turn. Since the skill experienced made no difference to the time flow in the store, the customers kept leaving the line immediately afterpleting the experience, and other customers took the spot.


    The time flew, and soon, it was Vinit''s turn to experience the skill.


    He had three skills cards, belonging to offensive, supporting, and movement types respectively. These could be experienced together, but Vinit felt that experiencing the skill alone was a better choice for him.


    Following his decision, Vinit decided to do that, starting with the offensive skill.


    The next moment, he ced the [Inferno Eruption] card into thepartment.


    The next moment, his eyes turned nk, and when light returned to them, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment.


    He was on an open battlefield, with the ground dyed red from the blood of the countless corpses spread there.


    Vinit then saw arge swath of creatures charging at him. He couldn''t help but feel a chill crawl down his spine, seeing so many creaturesing toward him with killing intent.


    While he was feeling differently, his body acted differently. He wasn''t in control of his body as he bent down and put his hands on the ground.


    Boom!


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang as the ground cracked and ruptured and an enormous column of superheated magma burst forth, apanied by intense heat and billowing volcanic ash. The eruption engulfed everything in its path, leaving nothing but destruction and devastation in its wake.


    The molten projectiles and searingva streams rained down relentlessly, incinerating and melting through any obstacles or defenses of the creatures who survived the sudden assault of the burst. Just the scorching heat generated by Inferno Eruption was capable of melting even the most resilient metals and reducing structures to ruins.


    When the attack''s effect ended, Vinit was taken aback by the scene in front of him. The devastating attack left the area of a hundred miles transformed into a hazardous and treacherousndscape, rendered uninhabitable by the infernal aftermath of the eruption.


    Vinit felt excited about what he would be able to do with the skill, and the next moment, he found himself back in the store.


    Vinit couldn''t help but wipe the sweat across his forehead, remembering the skill''s effect.


    The next moment, he ced his attention on the square screen as the training details appeared on the screen.


    [Skill: Inferno Eruption


    Level: Master


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 74%


    Training Time: Six Months.]


    Vinit breathed a sigh of relief when he read the training details. He had expected a duration of a few years, so when he saw it was only six months, he was excited by it.


    It was only the start, and soon Vinit ced the movement skill card in the selectedpartment.


    Time flew by, and it was time for Vinit to test hisst skill. He ced the expert level [Molten Resurgence] into the cardpartment.


    The next moment, he found himself in unfamiliar surroundings, ready to experience the skill.


    He was present on arge battlefield with hills and burning forests all around. The next moment, his body acted on its own and activated the skill.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Following that, Vinit''s body was enveloped in a radiant aura of molten energy, emanating a scorching heat. Vinit felt an energy rush inside his body, increasing his strength.


    The next moment, his body acted on its own, and his legs moved, rushing deep into the jungle. Vinit could feel the growth in his agility while in that state.


    After rushing deep into the jungle, Vinit stopped, and in front of him stood a creature, who was shocked by his appearance at first, but soon after, the creature calmed down and pounced on him.


    Vinit suddenly raised his hands and activated Inferno st, a skill he knew. The next moment, arge ball of magma erupted from his hand and charged toward the creature.


    Boom!


    The next moment, an explosion rang as the creature was engulfed in a hot st. When the skill''s effects disappeared, only ashes were left on the ground.


    Time flew by, and after extinguishing every enemy in the jungle and hills, Vinit returned to the store.


    He focused on the square screen immediately since he found that he didn''t make a mistake choosing [Molten Resurgence] despite its harsh bacsh condition.


    [Skill: Molten Resurgence


    Level: Expert


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 68%


    Training Time: Two years and seven months.]


    ***


    After experiencing the skills, it was time toplete the purchase and own them. When Vinit exited the skill room, he found a customer in conversation with Aakesh, so he joined the line and waited for his turn.


    There was only one customer, so it didn''t take long for his turn to arrive.


    "Store owner, I want these skills," Vinit requested, handing over the three skill cards to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the card and nced at it. The next moment, its details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay six hundred fifty-four supreme and fifty thousand higher Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Vinit, returning the card to him.


    Vinit nodded and then began to take out the sum. His heart felt pained since he was spending most of his wealth on the three skills, but soon he calmed down as he determined himself. The skill''s effects he had seen in the experience area added more firmness to his decision.


    Soon, he formed a giant mountain of stones, and after he found that the count was correct, he pushed the mountain of stones toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and waved his hand. The next moment, the giant mountain disappeared from the store.


    [Host, the customer has spent three hundred higher Sacred stones in ordinary and lesser Sacred stones!]


    The next moment, a message from the system rang in his head, and not long after, the stones appeared in the store.


    Aakesh informed Ranir of the reason, and since he had no higher stones, he had to purchase a store card toplete the purchase with what he had.


    Since Ranir only had around a hundred supreme sacred stones left with him, he bought a Higher Store Card.

 Chapter 1194 The First Quest!

    Chapter 1194: The First Quest!


    After the purchase of the Higher Store Card wasplete, Aakesh returned all the stones to Vinit.


    Vinit then ced the stones in the unlimited space inside the store card and soon after paid the required sum after the alert.


    "These skills are yours," Aakesh informed Vinit after getting the notification for the sessful payment from the system. He then added and exined the process of absorbing the skill.


    Vinit thanked Aakesh and then left the line since he wanted to absorb the skill at his residence. He would only return to the store after he had been taken back into the family by the ruler.


    [Ding!]


    Soon after Vinit left, the sound of notifications rang in his ears. Aakesh was going to check on it when he suddenly heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    Aakesh decided to check the screenter and focus on the customer entering the store.


    It was a man who belonged to the Furin race, one of the races inhabiting the Fawkes Kingdom.


    The Furins were of higher standing than the Vurrons, as the Furons had ten cities under their control and simrly many peak Divine Lords.


    The man''s name was Inves, the strongest of the Furin. He had heard about the store from one of the other city rulers, so he came here to check out the store and its products.


    The Vurrons were at the peak of their lives due to the mysterious store''s presence in their territory. Many races that were earlier enemies with them were extending hands of friendship toward them, taking the initiative. Furins had neither enmity nor friendship with Vurrons, but since the store was in their territory, Inves decided to reach out to the leadership and at least introduce themselves.


    Beforeing to the store, he had gone to the residence of Alfred, the ruler of Thorr City. He had met there with the other four rulers as well, with Asher taking the lead in the group.


    The talks went by peacefully since Inves was also only a peak Divine Lord level cultivator at the end of the day. But after talking with them, Inves found out that the leadership of the Vurrons wasn''t as excited as he had hoped to see.


    It would be a lie if he didn''t want any of the ten cities under the control of the Furins to be chosen by that mysterious store. Either the store yed no role whatsoever in helping the Vurrons, or the Vurrons'' leadership had gotten bored of meeting so many rulers.


    Inves wasn''t that sure of the way the story in Thorr City went, but whatever route it went, Inves was certain of one thing. He needed to have good rtions with the leadership.


    Even if the store didn''t help the Vurrons, there was no certainty that if the Vurrons ever reached the verge of a full-blown war engulfing the city, the mysterious store owner wouldn''t take action.


    After his talks with the leadership were sessful, he gained permission to let the Furins open an embassy in Thorr City. It came at a heavy cost, but since the only demand from the other side was Sacred stones, Inves was filled with relief. Paying with Sacred stones was easier than paying with valuable items.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner!" Inves greeted Aakesh. He was surprised at first by finding the store owner only to be an early Divine Being cultivator, but then he calmed down upon remembering the names of the customers who had higher cultivation levels than him, as told by his friend.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to the greeting and waited for the man to ask the question.


    Inves then introduced himself and also introduced the Furins in small detail.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded with his usual reply to every customer introduction.


    "Store owner, tell me about the store''s products," Inves then asked.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh was waiting for the question, so he immediately began the introduction, and soon after, he concluded the introduction of all six products with their basic details.


    Beforeing here, Inves had done his research, so he was already aware of the products. But aftering to the store, he found that there was a new product in the store.


    After the introduction was over, Inves stood there in astonishment. Despite already knowing about the store''s products, he still felt iprehensible about learning the product''s details directly from the store owner.


    Like the majority of the customers, Inves showed the most interest in Panagea, but not long after, he was left disappointed after learning that there were no spots left for him.


    Since he couldn''t enter Panagea, Inves turned his focus to other products. His cultivation was peak Divine Lord, so all six products in the store were usable for him.


    The Mind Expansion Pill was a valuable and needed product, but Inves wasn''t confident that he had touched the wall of True God cultivation, so he halted that purchase.


    There were weapons and cultivation arts usable for him, but he decided to go for the beast first.


    After making his decision, Inves asked about the beast in detail, and once he was satisfied, he left for the beast''s room after thanking Aakesh.


    After Inves left, Aakesh brought his focus to the alerts, and the next moment, several alerts bombarded his head.


    Ding!


    [Host, congrattions on the sale of the skills! Themission for the sale of the skills by Vinit has been transferred to you.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: First


    Mission Objective: Sell Skills,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully sold three of the five types of skills in five of the seven counters to the customers. Now, its time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Number of Skills you need to sell: 10,000*,


    Time Limit: 360 Days


    Mission reward: One hundred purer higher Sacred stones,


    Failure Punishment: The salesmission will get reduced to 2.5% of the product''s price for fifty years.]


    *(10,000 Novice, Advanced, Expert, Master skills = 2,000 King level = 1,000 Emperor level = 500 God level skills.)


    Aakesh looked at the screen, showing him the first quest in the skill sequence.

 Chapter 1195 Inves Beast Summoning!

    Chapter 1195: Inves'' Beast Summoning!


    Aakesh read the details on the screen. The requirement for the quest was on simr lines to the training area, with sales requirements depending on the level of skills.


    Aakeah found that the requirements weren''t difficult toplete, but since it was the first quest in the long line of quests, it was understandable. 360 days were more than enough to sell ten thousand skills.


    It was only the first day of the skill as a product in the store, and it had already sold in two digits when the day was still far from over.


    Not every product can be like the beast, where one customer could only buy one beast from one pir.


    Aakesh then looked at the reward section. It was expected that it was only a mary reward, so he wasn''t much surprised.


    Aakesh then took a quick nce at the failure punishment. That didn''t matter much to him, so after he had read the details, he waved his hands.


    The next moment, the quest screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back.


    Since no new customers wereing toward the store nor was any customer approaching him from any of the rooms, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    While Aakesh was rxing in the store, Inves was in the queue, waiting for his turn.


    There were still more than ten people ahead of him, so he was bound to wait for more time. He started looking at the murals on the walls to pass the time.


    Inves found the beasts to be mighty and formidable, but he already knew that the higher the quality and strength of the beast, the more expensive it was, so he didn''t hold any hope for getting any beast from top bloodlines.


    Inves only hoped to get a beast that was suitable for someone of his level.


    Time passed by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Inves got his turn and stood in front of the pir, with the nine beasts in nine different sections shing on the screen.


    Inves took a deep breath. Hoping to get a suitable beast, he pressed the button.


    Rumble!


    The next moment, a slow rumble-like sound rang as the square light started to rotate. Five secondster, the rotation stopped, and a beast familiar to Inves appeared on the screen.


    Inves felt slightly disappointed since the beast on the screen wasn''t clearly the one he wanted. But soon after, he calmed down since it was only his first try.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands. The details on the card didn''t help him at all, and the feeling stayed constant.


    Inves then went to the returnpartment and put the card there. He then returned to the screen and pressed the switch, beginning the second round of summoning.


    Time flew by.


    Inves pressed the switch, starting the sixth round of summoning.


    The next moment, ''5'' appeared on the screen, and the square light started to rotate, creating a rumble-like sound.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and a familiar beast appeared on the screen.


    Even though it was familiar like thest summoning, Inves wasn''t disappointed like thest time.


    Not long after, a rectangr card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hand. Inves was excited about the beast, so he was particrly anticipating the details on the card.


    [Name: Wind Wolf


    Type: Beast<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Race: Wolf


    Element: Wind


    Quality: Supreme


    Cultivation: Intermediate Divine Being


    Characteristics: Zephyr''s Grace


    Details: The Wind Wolf blesses itself and its allies, enhancing their agility and reflexes, and enabling them to be quicker.


    Ability:


    1.) Tempest Howl: The Wind Wolf lets loose a mighty howl that calls upon the winds to create a localized storm, striking enemies with gusts of wind and impairing their vision.


    2.) Wind''s Whisper: The Wind Wolf channels the whispers of the wind to gain insight into the environment, sensing hidden dangers and detecting the presence of nearby enemies.


    3.) Galeforce Roar: The Wind Wolf unleashes a powerful roar that creates a gust of wind, knocking back enemies and causing temporary disorientation.


    4.) Whirlwind Fury: Conjures a swirling vortex of wind around itself, deflecting iing projectiles and protecting against magical attacks.


    5.) Windde sh: Infuses its ws with the power of the wind, delivering swift and precise shes that can cut through solid objects and opponents alike.


    Card Description: The Wind Wolf is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attribute of wind makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Wind Wolf.


    Price: Nine thousand nine hundred higher Sacred stones.]


    After reading the details, Inves'' excitement only grew.


    Wind Wolves were low-level wolves in the Wolf group, but they were one of the quickest at the same level, not only in the Wolf group but also in other races.


    What worked for him more than anything to make his decision was the characteristics. Zephyr was a powerful wind elemental creature. His grace or blessings were extremely rare, and the Wind Wolf was one such beast.


    Since Inves had made his decision, he left the queue with a smile; his destination being the square device.


    There was a queue there, so Inves needed to wait for some time.


    Inves soon got his turn. He took a deep breath since getting the beast was only the first step. He then ced the card in its respectivepartment and his hand on the hand section.


    The next moment, Inves found himself in a vast open grasnd with his cultivation dropped to intermediate Divine Being. Inves couldn''t help but inhale a breath of fresh air, as the environment was intoxicating.


    Howl!


    Not long after, a howl rang in the area, bringing Inves'' attention back to the area.


    Inves turned in the direction of the howl and found the Wind Wolf there, ring at him, gnashing its sharp canine teeth.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two continued for a while. Inves finally seeded in winning the battle and sessfullypleted the second step.


    ***


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 Chapter 1196 Reminiscing The Past!

    Chapter 1196: Reminiscing the Past!


    "Finally!" Katrinamented as it was finally time for her and Autumn to enter Panagea.


    They came to the storete today due to some personal reasons, so they couldn''t get spots to enter in the first group or even the second and third groups of 1x stay customers.


    Autumn also nodded since she had already gottente to report to Lily in Panagea. They immediately stood up from their chairs and proceeded toward the portal room.


    Soon after they left, the two chairs disappeared from the store, emptying the space.


    "Hello, store owner," The new customer greeted Aakesh as it was finally his turn to talk with the store owner.


    The man belonged to the Sinstan, a mid-tier race in the demon group. His name was Fens, and he learned about the store from one of his friends.


    Frens was an intermediate True God level cultivator, and the friend that told him about the store was Jerome, the previous King of the Fawkes Kingdom. It was a different matter that Frens had to pay arge sum to get that information out of his mouth.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the man''s greeting and waited for the man to ask about the store''s products.


    Frens didn''t disappoint Aakesh and asked about the store''s products. But since he was already aware of the store''s products, he didn''t ask about all the products but Panagea.


    Aakesh exined all the questions Frens had rted to Panagea, and at the end, he also informed Frens about theck of spots.


    ''That bastard!'' Frens cursed Jerome, as Jerome had told him that the store was new, so the spots in Panagea were usually empty.


    It was also the reason that Frens had hurried to the store since he wanted to enter Pangea that day itself.


    Frens then calmed down and stopped thinking about it since Jerome was clearly ying a joke on him.


    Since Panagea was out of the way, it was time for the next product, Beast.


    After getting all the answers he wanted, Frens thanked Aakesh and then went toward the beast room.


    After Frens left, another customer took his spot, so Aakesh focused on that customer.


    "Store owner, I want these," Inves requested, handing the two skill cards to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded, took the card, and looked at it. The next moment, all its basic details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay two hundred ny -four higher Sacred stones," Aakesh informed, returning the two cards to him.


    Inves nodded and began to take out the required sum from his space ring. Inves had bought two defensive skills, one of Master level and the other of King level, so the cost was steep for the two of them despite it only being for Divine Lord cultivators.


    Inves was satisfied with the price, so he didn''tin and pushed the small mountain of stones toward Aakesh once he had taken out the required amount.


    The next moment, Aakesh waved his hands, and the stones disappeared into the system space.


    After the amount was found to be correct, the system notified Aakesh, and in response, Aakesh informed Inves. He then also exined the process of absorbing the two skills.


    "Thanks, store owner!" Inves thanked Aakesh and then left the queue. Since he had already purchased a weapon and had also been in the Gods & Demons level training area, Inves had no product avable to choose from. He decided to return the next morning so that he would get a Panagea spot.


    After Inves left, another customer waiting toplete the weapon purchase took his ce.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    It had been fifteen hours since the store opened its doors to customers. The day went better than the past few days, showing exponential growth that even surprised Aakesh.


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard a slight stir in the store. He didn''t open his eyes since he had already gotten used to it. Whenever one group exited Panagea and left the portal room, those kinds of scenes would y out.


    Katrina and Autumn were also part of the group exiting the portal room, so they approached Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t even have to request the system, as their chairs appeared out of thin air. Katrina stretched her arms and sat down on her chair. Autumn also followed suit. There was a slight hesitation in her movement.


    Katrina noticed it, so she immediately shook her head. Autumn heaved a helpless sigh and sat down on her chair.


    Aakesh also noticed that he had to open his eyes once a customer approached him. He didn''t give much thought to it since if Katrina and Autumn needed his help, they would tell him.


    The new customer greeted Aakesh like the other customers. Not to disappoint Aakesh, the man immediately asked about the store''s products, not wasting any time on the self-introduction and other questions.


    "The store currently sells six products. They are pills, weapons, beasts, cultivation arts, skills, and Panagea¡­" Aakesh introduced the products and their basic details to the man.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Time flew by, and another hour passed in the blink of an eye.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing in his chair when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, only toe across a familiar face.


    It wasn''t a regr customer at the store, but one from a different dimension altogether. To be precise, a customer from the first phase of the store.


    Aakesh remembered the name of the being since the customer in question was one of the most fortunate customers ever, and he also took a tremendous risk in the product''s choice. It was none other than Amar, who died in a vehicle ident before finding himself in front of the hut in the darkness of the void.


    ***


    Amar stood in front of the building, as told by his son. He couldn''t help but take a deep breath of air.


    As he took a step forward, he hesitated for a while, remembering the blue-skinned man and the furry, white creature, whom he was once jealous of. Amar had achieved more than what he desired even in his dream, but when he came to the store, he was at his lowest, so he returned to that weak creature he once was, standing in front of the building.


    Amar then took a deep breath andpleted his step. Soon after he reached the stairs made of three steps. Amar didn''t hesitate and stepped up, and soon, he stood in front of the door.


    One step forward, and he would be inside the store. Amar took a deep breath and stepped inside. The next moment, the view around him changed as he found himself in the store''s hall.


    Amar froze as his eyes met with the blue-skinned man, who changed his destiny from a creature that died in an ident to a creature that he had be.


    "Which of these products can make me look like you, store owner?"


    "You can''t look like me, but if you want my skin color, I have some products."


    "This is the pure blood essence of Kadhin. If you transnt it, you''ll reincarnate as a Kadhin member, and they have the same deep blue skin as me."


    Amar couldn''t help but reminisce over the conversation with Aakesh again.


    As he remembered those days, his eyes slightly turned moist. Amar couldn''t help butugh and wipe out his eyes.


    He then took a step forward and approached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner, remember me?" Amar greeted Aakesh, and without waiting for any response, he bowed down to his waist.


    The scene would shock anybody, as Amar was a powerful cultivator, and to bow in front of a Divine Being cultivator would find it humiliating.


    Even Katrina was surprised to see the bow. She could feel the strength the man had.


    "Of course, I remember every customer of the store, Amar," Aakesh responded with a smile.


    "It seems your goal to look like me is going well," Aakeshmented. He also remembered Amar''s intention behind buying the pure blood essence of Kadhin.


    Amar couldn''t help but smile like a child when he heard thement.


    "I am still far from achieving that goal, senior," Amar responded, pointing at his red and ck eyes.


    "Where is Master Lily?" Amar asked after he didn''t see Lily in the store.


    When he hade earlier, Lily wouldn''t leave Aakesh''s side for even a moment, so not seeing her in the store was kind of weird.


    "She is in Panagea; she will return around sunset," Aakesh replied.


    "Panagea?" Amar mumbled since it was the first time he had heard that name.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


    I owe you four chapters after today''s miss.


    I will upload two extra chapters on 29 and 30 May, making four uploads in a day on the two dates.


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 Chapter 1197 Amar And His Beast(1)

    Chapter 1197: Amar and his Beast(1)


    "Panagea?" Amar mumbled since he had never heard of any such popr ce in the Sacred Dimension.


    "It''s one of the store products," Aakesh responded.


    Amar nodded and took a look around himself. After entering the store, he immediately approached Aakesh, so he didn''t look around.


    He could see the open rooms and the long line of people meditating in one corner of one of the rooms.


    "Why did you change the way you sell, senior?" Amar asked since the way the store worked was entirely different from what it did when he first came to the store.


    Aakesh only smiled and didn''t say a word in response. Amar understood that Aakesh didn''t feel the need to answer, so he stopped asking any questions about the past.


    "Senior, tell me about the store''s products," Amar requested Aakesh since he needed toe out of the past and focus on the present as well.


    The store had helped him when he was at his lowest, so he would always be grateful to the store and the owner.


    Aakesh was waiting for that question from Amar, so he opened his mouth and introduced all six store products avable in the store as well as their basic details.


    When it was the turn of Panagea, Aakesh exined slightly more since Amar had been interested in it moments earlier.


    Amar finally understood what Panagea Lily had gone to. He nodded in appreciation since even though the store had changed the way it worked, there were still products avable that could change the destiny of the beings.


    Amar then asked a few more questions about Panagea. But he didn''t ask to enter since he could see the crowd of people meditating in the store.


    There was only Panagea that was different from other products. After asking enough questions about Panagea, Amar asked about the beast.


    He hade to the store after a long search, so he couldn''t leave without buying anything. Panagea was out of the question due to the spots being filled.


    Pills, weapons, cultivation arts, and skills were useless to him since his cultivation was higher. Beasts were also a product that required low cultivation for him, but it was different. He didn''t need to use that on himself and waste it.


    Aakesh answered all the doubts Amar had. In the end, when Amar was satisfied with all the answers, he thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the beast room, pointed out by Aakesh.


    Whenever Amar was in a good mood, he would sing a song from his past life. He was in a good mood at that moment, so when he left Aakesh, he began to sing the familiar song. It was in a low voice, so no one other than him could hear it.


    "You seemed to have affected the man deeply," Katrinamented after Amar left the queue.


    Katrina had seen many customers in the store, but none were more sincerely grateful to Aakesh than Amar. Katrina was curious to know just what he did to make Amar feel this way toward Aakesh.


    ***


    After entering the room, the sight of two pirs and different sizes of lines greeted Amar''s eyes. Since he hade here after learning everything from the customer''s point of view, he understood what the two different lines inferred.


    Amar joined the big line in the first pir since a customer could buy one beast from one pir for life. Since there were two devices, Amar could summon two beasts, and he was going to do that.


    The line was long, so it took time for his turn to arrive. When Amar was still ten spots away from reaching the device, the customers in the second line had changed from what he had seen when he entered the room.


    To pass the time, Amar looked at the beasts on the murals. Amar recognized many, while there were also many that he had never seen.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Due to his element of time, he had experienced more years than others had at the same time flow rate. It also meant his knowledge was deeper than many at simr cultivation levels in the Sacred Dimension.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Amar reached the device after a wait of several minutes. When he reached there, the one minute interval had passed, and the nine different beasts had appeared in the sections.


    Amar recognized none of them, but he didn''t feel much surprised since he had already gotten used to not knowing everything.


    Amar then pressed the button, setting the summoning system as the targeted summoning at the Divine Lord level.


    Rumble!


    A loud sound only audible to him rang as the square light covering the sections began to rotate. Soon, its speed had reached a rate where even Amar could see nothing.


    As the five seconds passed, the rotation came to a stop, and the beast appeared on the screen.


    When Amar saw the beast, he was surprised because he didn''t recognize it. He didn''t make his judgment but waited for the card to appear.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands. Amar focused on the details published in it.


    It was a peak Divine Lord beast with the ultimate quality. It was expected, so Amar didn''t feel much excitement about that.


    Amar read the characteristics and skills the beast had. In the end, Amar didn''t feel satisfied with the beast, so he went to the returnpartment and ced the card there.


    Amar had high expectations of the store, so he wasn''t going to settle for less when it came to the beast. The wealth was the least of his problem since he had umted lot of wealth during his conquering spree.


    Amar then pressed the button again, and soon the summoning process started.


    Five secondster, a familiar beast appeared on the screen.


    Amar''s eyes shone slightly, but soon they had returned to normal as he waited for the card.


    Amar''s wait ended immediately as the card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands. Amar''s guess was correct when he read the name of the beast on the card. He then focused on it since the creature had long gone extinct in the Multiverse.


    [Name: Samaghari


    Type: Beast


    Race: Squirrel


    Element: Time


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord

 Chapter 1198 Amar And His Beast(2)

    Chapter 1198: Amar and his Beast(2)


    After getting the beast he wanted, Amar left the line and joined the smaller line in front of the second device. He wouldplete the step for both beasts once he had gotten them.


    Amar''s wait for his second beast didn''tst long, and soon he stood in front of the device.


    Amar looked at the card in his hand and then pressed the button, hoping to get the same beast at a higher level as well.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and the rotation came to a stop. Amar looked at the screen for the beast, and soon his eyes went bigger and shone since it was the same beast, Samaghari.


    Not long after, its card formed out of thin air and flew into his hands. He caught it and focused on the details in it.


    [Name: Samaghari


    Type: Beast


    Race: Squirrel


    Element: Time


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Chronos''s Blessing


    Details: The Samaghari temporarily gainsplete control over time, allowing it to manipte it in any way desired, rewinding, elerating, or stopping time at will in a fixed range.


    Range: one hundred miles.


    Ability:


    1.) Time Loop: The Samaghari traps a target or an area in a repeating time loop, forcing them to relive the same moments over and over again.


    2.) Time Snare: The Samaghari casts a time-infused trap that ensnares enemies, freezing them in a momentary time loop and leaving them vulnerable to attacks.


    3.) Time Dtion: The Samaghari slows down time for a specific target, reducing their movement speed and reaction time, making them easier to hit and dodge their attacks.


    4.) Time Shield: The Samaghari erects a protective barrier that can temporarily slow down or deflect iing attacks, providing a quick window of opportunity for counterattacks.


    ***


    11.) Time Lock: The Samaghari temporarily freezes a target in a fixed area in time, rendering them immobile and unable to act.


    12.) Time Bomb: The Samaghari nts an explosive on an enemy or a target location, which detonates after a set time, dealing massive damage to all nearby.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    ***


    20.) Time Regeneration: The Samaghari maniptes time to elerate healing, allowing it and its nearby allies to rapidly recover from injuries.


    21.) Time Disruption: The Samaghari creates a localized disruption in the time-space continuum, causing a chaotic surge of temporal energy that damages and disorients enemies.


    Card Description: The Samaghari is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attribute of time makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Samaghari.


    Price: Fourteen thousand nine hundred ny-nine ultimate Sacred stones.]


    Simr tost time, the Samaghari was an ultimate quality beast.


    The Samaghari were a race that had gone extinct during the Vritrasura''s war on the Multiverse. These were small creatures that were born due to an event where Chronos, a strong Primordial beast, mated with a royal squirrel, giving birth to Samaghari.


    Since they were Chronos'' descendants, their bloodline was deemed powerful. But unfortunately for these creatures, they were doomed right from their birth.


    Not long after their birth, Vrutrasura rose andunched the war in three dimensions. The Samaghiri''s mother was a weak creature, so their bloodline was diluted to the extreme, making them the creatures of the Sacred Dimension.


    In the Sacred Dimension, the Samaghari were strong due to the first batch of them having the blessings of Chronos. At the same time, they had also gained good fertility from their mother, so the siblings started to mate, soon giving birth to several Samaghiri.


    But then the first batch found that there was an issue with the second batch. The Samagharis had mated together, so their bloodline should have been on the same level as theirs, but they found that the second generation''s blood was more diluted.


    The same repeated itself, and soon, when it was the turn of the seventh generation, they left any semnce of Chronos''s blood in them, making them ordinary squirrels but stronger than them.


    So despite having good fertility, the race couldn''t grow at the rate they wanted. But in six generations, there were more than a thousand Samaghiris, so they started to dominate in the Sacred Dimension with their strength and abilities rted to time.


    But their dominance didn''tst long. The Samaghiri''s skin was a rare item that enhanced the effect of anything rted to time, so Vritrasura''s armymander in the Sacred Dimension ordered it, and soon, every Samaghir was dead.


    When Chronos learned about it, there was a battle between him and Vritrasura. Vritrasura won the battle handsomely, but Chronos escaped before he could get killed.


    Amar was excited about the Samaghir since he was also a cultivator rted to time. The characteristic [Chronos'' Blessings] was a rare and extremely valuable ability that would immensely help Amar


    Amar then left the line and joined the queue for the square device. The wait didn''tst long, and he reached the device.


    He first ced the peak Divine Lord Samaghir''s beast card into the cardpartment while cing his right hand onto the hand section. The next moment, he found himself in different surroundings.


    The battle didn''tst long, and soon Amar had handsomely won over his opponent, making the beast willingly ept defeat. Amar thenpleted the following steps after returning to the store.


    Since the beast was of ultimate quality, he needed toplete the sale with the store owner. But since there was another beast to tame, he ced the second card in the cardpartment.


    The next moment, Amar found himself in a different environment, with his cultivation dropping to peak Supreme God. He stood in the center of a ruined city. But through his naked eyes, he could see time flowing backward and the ruins turning into the majestic structures they once were. Suddenly, the time flow changed, and instead of rewinding, it began to elerate.


    Amar took a deep breath since the abundance of temporal energy opened every pore of his body. If this was the Samaghir''s yground, the same was the case for Amar, who was a member of the Kadhin race and thrived in such an environment.

 Chapter 1199 Amar And His Beast(3)

    Chapter 1199: Amar and his Beast(3)


    Muk-Muk!


    Suddenly, a sound rang in the area, taking Amar''s attention away from the ruins that had now transformed into a budding city.


    Amar turned around, and his eyes fell on the creature who was going to be his opponent. On top of one of the buildings that was changing at a quicker rate than other structures stood the Samaghir.


    It didn''t seem like arge creature. Even if it stood on its two feet, its height would be around one meter.


    It looked like any squirrel, but its fur was a blend of shimmering silver and blue. It seemed to ripple and shift like time, giving the creature a mystical aura. Its eyes were a piercing shade of deep purple, shining with a mysterious glow. The pair of eyes carried the wisdom of age as if they had witnessed countless moments through time. On its back, there were a pair of small, transparent wings that seemed to change color from time to time.


    The wings weren''t to help the Samaghir fly, but they enabled the creature to steer through the temporal energy with ease. On its forehead, there was an engraved pattern that seemed to move. It was in the form of an hourss filled with golden sand, with purple borders for the ss, the same as its eyes.


    The golden sand gracefully flowed through the hourss, smoothly transitioning into the next chamber. As the sand steadily umted, the ss would undergo a transformative shift.


    All in all, the Samaghir was a mystical creature. The Samaghir Amar earlier fought didn''t have the characteristic Chronos'' Blessing, so the battle was easy, and simrly, the character of the Samaghir was slightly tamed.


    But at the second battle, things were different. The Samaghir looked at Amar with disdain. The reason for disdain was Chronos'' Blessing. Amar was also a member of a race rted to time, like the Samaghirs. Chronos was the strongest cultivator of time below the Devas, and since the Samaghirs had his blood, the Samaghir was extremely arrogant toward Amar.


    Amar only smiled, seeing the arrogance and disdain in the creature''s eyes. He waited for the bell to ring, and his wait didn''tst long.


    As the directionless bell rang, Amar made his move. A strange aura had engulfed Amar when he reached the creature.


    Amar then punched. The squirrel could sense danger from the uing punch, so it immediately activated [Time Shield].


    The punch slowed down in the eyes of the creature, but Amar suddenly smiled, and the speed of the punch exploded.


    The next moment, it struck the Samaghir, throwing it hundreds of meters away. The squirrel had a well-built base to fall without facing any injury, so using that, the creature safelynded on the ground.


    It then immediately activated [Time Lock] in a range of a hundred meters around it, rendering Amar immobile, who had charged at the creature to attack again.


    The temporal energy in the area began to go wild as Amar summoned as much as he could to break free from the hold of the lock. The Samaghir had chosen the range of 100 meters to lock the time because here it could freely control the energy while still having a safe distance from the opponent.


    The Samaghir wasn''t going to let that moment of reprieve go to waste, as it activated [Time Bomb], and soon it had covered the diameter of fifty meters around Amar into a bomb field that would explode like a chain reaction due to the consecutive scheduling.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Amar finally seeded in breaking free from the lock, but he had only taken a step forward when ''Boom!''


    A loud st rang out, forcing Amar to back out. But it was only the start, as soon as Amar found himself in a garden of explosions.


    He had no choice but to activate his defensive skills. He raised both his hands as the time around him began to elerate. The explosion immediately reached its peak, and soon it started to die out.


    Not long after, Amar came out of the explosion with only small burn injuries that immediately healed.


    Amar no longer had a smile since he understood that he had underestimated the Samaghir. He became serious as his eyes turned cold, and the ck portion seemed to grow in size.


    The Samaghir was already ready for its next attack. It opened its mouth and released a st of temporal energy.


    Amar tried to dodge the attack, but he soon found that he had returned to the same spot while the attack hade closer.


    Amar understood he was stuck in a time loop when he returned to the same spot. He no longer tried to dodge the attack but faced it head-on.


    At that moment, the temporal energy in the area became wild as it was getting absorbed at a rapid rate by Amar. A transparent armor seemed to form around him.


    The armor hadn''tpletely transformed when the attack''s speed suddenly exploded and struck the half-formed armor.


    Thud!


    Amar was knocked hundreds of miles away by the force of the attack, but he was unscathed with the armor keeping away the damage.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two continued. Sometimes, the Samaghir would have the upper hand, while sometimes it would be Amar.


    Since both the creatures belonged to the time element, they knew that time was flowing around them. To others, it may feel like an unknown amount of time, but the two knew that it had been seven years since they had been battling to win.


    Exhaustion was thest thing the two needed to worry about since the abundance of temporal energy allowed them to elerate their energy-storing capability, making them go from exhausted to energy-abundant in a few moments.


    The battle between the two wasing to an end as they prepared for theirst attack. Amar was standing at three hundred thousand miles, his actual body size, while he was covered in armor made of temporal energy. He carried a gigantic sword made of the same energy. It weighed so much that he needed to carry it with both hands.


    On the other side, the Samaghir had a crown atop its head, while a transparent cape made of temporal energy surrounded it.

 Chapter 1200 Amar And His Beast(4)

    Chapter 1200: Amar and his Beast(4)


    Amar and the Samaghir were ready for theirst attack. Whoever won the sh would be the winner of the battle.


    In front of the gigantic Amar, the squirrel that wasn''t even one meter in size felt like nothing. But the aura around the two matched each other.


    Growl!


    Both opponents growled and pounced at each other. It seemed like the end of the world as the gigantic sword came down on the Samaghir.


    The crown atop the beast''s head started to glow as a transparent spear began to form around the Samaghir.


    BOOM!


    A world-ending explosion rang in the area as the spear and sword shed with each other. The fabric of space-time broke at that moment as the temporal energy in the surrounding turned still.


    The next moment, the energy turned wild since time was untamable, and only Devas could tame it. Instead of calming the explosion, the burst of temporal energy acted like a positive catalyst and increased the intensity.


    As far as the eyes could see, the surrounding area had turned into nothingness, but through the naked eyes, space-time reconstructed itself, forming a majestic city.


    It was a battle between the space inside the taming contest and the explosion released by the sh between Amar and the Samaghir''s attack. Amar''s armor saved him, while Samaghir''s cape rescued it.


    The creature used the characteristic [Chronos''s Blessings] perfectly, as whenever any force woulde near it, it would either rewind the time to move away or elerate the time to make that attack reach its end.


    But the two of them underestimated the result of the sh of their attacks, as Amar''s armor started to show cracks while the cape around the Samaghir began to fade out.


    Unfortunately for them, they couldn''t influence the temporal energy in their surroundings to help them. Amar''s condition was worse than that of the Samaghir since the characteristics allowed it to have mastery over time, while Amar had no such ability.


    Despite its characteristics, the beast could only influence enough temporal energy to rescue itself. Amar could see that he was on the losing end, so he decided to go all in.


    Either he woulde out victorious or a loser. There was no rescue from that.


    Whatever remained of his armor and the sword, he charged with that. The explosion attacked him, burning his skin, but before that, he had thrown his sword at the Samaghir.


    Amar''s hand vessels exploded as he added whatever there was to his strength to throw the sword.


    The Samaghir saw the attack, so it attempted to influence whatever it could to defend against the uing strike. The next moment, the sword began to rust and crumple from its tip as the time around it began to elerate.


    Amar''s body was on the verge ofpletely breaking down as the armor had lost whatever defense it had and entirely faded.


    Amar gritted his teeth, trying to survive as long as possible since whoever died first would be the loser.


    The beast had a helpless smile on its face as the sword was too big for it to defend against it and the explosion at the same time. The next moment, the sword went past it, shing it in two.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Before its death, it tried to look at Amar, its opponent. Its eyes then turned nk.


    Amar breathed a sigh of relief, and soon he was turned into ashes. The explosion and the space-time reconstruction kept battling as if a loop had formed in the area.


    ***


    Amar inhaled arge breath as he found himself back in the store. He couldn''t help but smile as the familiar pain attacked him.


    The next moment, the screen on the device lit up, showing the content of the contract.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want toplete the purchase," Amar requested Aakesh, passing over the two beast cards to him.


    Aakesh nodded and took the cards from his hands. As Aakesh took a look at the card, the payment details emerged in his head.


    "You need to pay fourteen thousand nine hundred ny-nine ultimate¡­ Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Amar,bining the two beasts'' costs with the summoning price.


    Amar was going to pay with a mountain of ultimate Sacred stones, but before that, Aakesh stopped him and introduced him to the three Store cards.


    Amar immediately bought the Ulitmate Store Card and soonpleted his blood bond with it. Hepleted the purchase and left the store, thinking of returning the next morning to enter Panagea.


    After Amar left, Aakesh was met with another customer, and this was a regr customer who wanted toplete the purchase of a skill.


    After the sale wasplete, the man thanked Aakesh and left the store. Since there were no customers either approaching from outside the store or reaching him from any of the store rooms, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another of his rxation sessions.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The rxation session didn''tst long, as only a few secondster, Aakesh found a customer approaching him from the weapon rooms.


    As Aakesh waspleting the deal, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching from outside the store. Since Aakesh was in the middle of a sale, he didn''t look at who it was and focused on the man.


    After the customer left, he finally looked at who it was. It was a new face that had stopped at the outside stairs of the store with a pondering face.


    Aakesh waited for the man to make his decision and enter the store. But for some reason after looking at the store''s door for around a minute, the man suddenly shook his head and turned around to leave.


    Before the man could evenplete his step, his body suddenly froze as he again turned around. Aakesh could see the change in the man''s eyes. Earlier it was piercing blue, but after the strange movement, it had turned ck.


    At the same time, the man''s expression had turned confident. The man then stepped up the stairs, and when he was about to enter the store, a look of struggle appeared on his face.


    It didn''t take long for the struggling expression to disappear and a confident countenance to take its ce.

 Chapter 1201 (1) The Menteals!

    Chapter 1201: The Menteals!


    Aakesh recognized the reason for the change in the man''s expression and his struggle. It wasn''t someone taking control of the man''s body; the man belonged to the Menteal race.


    The Menteal was one of the top races in the Sacred Dimension, with several Sacred Emperors and Sacred Monarchs but not a single Sacred Creator.


    The Menteals had humanoid physiques with short statures. Even the tallest member of the race was only five feet. Their skin was grayish-white. The members of this race had different features, as some were born with three pairs of hands while others were born with two pairs of hands. What made them identify each other was the pattern engraved between their brows.


    It was an oval pattern with several random lines drawn in it. It was ck in color. The same was the case with the man. When his eyes were blue, the pattern was ck, but when the eye pupils turned ck, the pattern turned piercing blue.


    The Menteals didn''t belong to any group of races, and they had special conditions. Every Menteal was born with two personalities; one was born with an excellentprehension of knowledge, while the other was born with superiorbat sense.


    With these two personalities, the Menteal should have dominated the Sacred Dimension, but there was an immensely harmful drawback to their personalities. The two essences hated each other to the core.


    Due to the inherent hatred between the two personalities, the Menteal could never utilize their superior talent over others. Not many knew why Menteals couldn''t work on their issues and solve them, but Aakesh knew it.


    The Menteal wasn''t a natural born race in the Multiverse, but a creature that was created by a Deva to get an answer.


    The reason for the Menteal''s creation was that the Deva wanted to see who would win between an excellentprehension of all knowledge and talent and superiorbat sense. So, the Menteals could never solve that issue since there was no clear winner between the two.


    It was also the reason that the Menteals had no Sacred Creator in their ranks despite having around the same number of Sacred Monarchs as any other overlord races of the Sacred Dimension.


    The personality with the blue eyes represented excellentprehension of knowledge, while the ck eyes represented superiorbat sense.


    Since the personality with the ck eyes sensed something valuable to it, it used all its power to shut down theprehension personality for some time.


    The man then entered the store with a confident expression. Due to their two personalities, the Menteals only cared either for new knowledge or fighting, so the luxuriance in the store didn''t affect the man a bit.


    "Hey, there!" The man greeted casually.


    Aakesh only silently nodded in response.


    "I am Abel, what about you?"


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded with his usual reply.


    "Okay, Aakesh, tell me, what is it that forced me to take drastic action and use all the strength that I''ve gathered for years to break the contract ande out?" Abel asked.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The two personalities in Abel had a fixed time foring out, so one wouldn''t pop out randomly, putting him in danger. Abel''sbative character broke the deal, so he had to use all the strength he had gathered over the past tens of thousands of years to shut down the other personality and forcefully rece it.


    Aakesh understood what Abel wanted to ask, so he exined the training area to him.


    "Give me one Primordial level training area for a sword," Abel asked. His cultivation was Supreme God, so he met the conditions to enter the training area.


    "You need to pay one supreme Sacred stone," Aakesh informed.


    Abel nodded and paid out the sum. Aakesh then exined the process of entering the training area.


    "What bother? Why don''t you just put a gate here, so customers can directly enter the area," Abelined since he couldn''t bother with so much talking from Aakesh.


    Abel then thanked Aakesh and proceeded toward the weapons room, when he suddenly stopped and turned around.


    "Do you have a product that can help someone learn new knowledge," Aakesh nodded and then introduced skills and cultivation arts to the man.


    Abel had his nose turned sour upon finding out that there were products avable in the store for his other personality.


    "I must never let that guy enter the store," Abel mumbled as he turned around and went toward the weapons room.


    The conversation between Aakesh and Abel would not be avable to the second personality. Abel didn''t want to see a case where it would grow, so he decided to keep the memory of the two products'' knowledge out.


    Abel didn''t care whether hiding it would slow his cultivation. He only cared about fighting and humiliating the second personality. Everything other than those two didn''t matter to him.


    ''If not for Deva''s grace, this race would have turned extinct long ago,'' Aakesh couldn''t help but think in his heart when he heard the murmur.


    Since Deva had created Menteal for an experiment, Deva had rewarded Menteal with grace. The grace allowed Menteal''s luck to stay constant, and whoever would kill them would have to face bad luck. It enabled them to have no tragedies as their fortunes remained bnced, and none dared to have bad luck on their side.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it since Menteal''s situation had nothing to do with him. Whether they survived or became extinct, things would stay the same for the store.


    Aakesh instead closed his eyes, starting another rxation session. This time, the session continued for ten minutes without any interruption, and then, it was interrupted by the sound of footsteps from outside the store.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction, looking at the face approaching the store. It was a new face, but it was a citizen of Thorr City since it was a Thorron. There was a slight look of fear that every new Thorron customer had whening to the store.


    The killings Aakesh hadmitted when he had recently ascended to the Sacred Dimension with the store have be legendary events in the eyes of the citizens. It only became more and more exaggerated over time.

 Chapter 1202 (2) Closing For The Day!

    Chapter 1202: Closing for the Day!


    Over time, the story had only be exaggerated, so the fear of the store owner had only grown in the minds of the citizens. The annualpetition organized by the store only added to the fire, making the myth of Aakesh even stronger, seeing the powerful facespeting against each other.


    Aakesh had already gotten used to seeing the hesitation in the eyes of the customers, so he waited for the man to enter the store.


    While Aakesh was waiting, a fantastical scene urred in the Primordial Dimension.


    "MY BLOOD!" A loud roar rang in the vast grasnd, shaking the fabric of space and time.


    A beast that hadn''t opened its eyes for countless years now opened his eyes and roared toward the sky. The beast was gigantic, with its end nowhere in sight.


    If Vritrasura were to be here, he would have recognized the beast as the one he defeated countless years ago. The beast was none other than Chronos, the master of time below the Devas.


    Chronos was still healing from the battle with Vritrasura, but he suddenly sensed his bloodline, making him awake. Chronos then grew confused as he remembered that the Samaghir had died.


    It tried to look past the edge bordering the Sacred and the Primordial Dimension to search for the source of the feeling, but suddenly it began to shudder.


    "You have woken up!" A casual, yful tone rang in Chronos''s ears.


    Chronos could never forget the owner of the voice since that person was responsible for him being here. Despite years of passing, and even with the extra help of time, he had yet to recover even two-thirds of his strength.


    Whenever Chronos remembered that battle, he would feel a chill crawl down his spine. He and Vritrasura were both of the same cultivation levels, but the power difference between the two was more expansive than the sky and the earth.


    Chronos immediately tried to run away but suddenly found the space around him freezing. He tried to use the time element to slow down the space freeze, but instead of slowing down, it elerated.


    ''Who can be even better than me in time maniption?'' Chronos was shocked, as he thought in his heart.


    The next moment, a being stepped into the scene. It was a figure Chronos would never forget in his life. It was none other than Vritrasura.


    "So, you were hiding here," Vritrasuramented with a yful tone.


    "How are you alive?" Chronos gave up on escaping and calmed down immediately. Since Vritrasura had appeared, there were no chances left of leaving. He then calmly asked since even though he was sleeping, he was still up to date with the important news in the Multiverse.


    "You don''t need to know that. Come with me," Vritrasuraughed and said.


    Without waiting for Chronos'' response, he took a step in the air and soon disappeared into the void. Chronos didn''t know what was going on, but his body acted on its own, shocking him.


    Chronos found that Vritrasura had grown even stronger than thest time they had fought.


    ***


    "What do you think? You want to join me?" Vritrasura asked with a smile.


    "Do I have a choice?" Chronos asked with a wry smile. After learning of Vritrasura''s n, there was no way Vritrasura was leaving him alive if he didn''t join Vritrasura''s side.


    "Yes, people always have a choice," Vritrasura answered. Adding, "It''s just that with choiceses their reaction."


    "Even if I wanted, I can''t kill you, so it''s up to you whether to join me or not," Seeing the silent Chronos, Vritrasura added after a pause.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Chronos looked up in shock at Vritrasura. "Does that mean, if I say no, you won''t harm me?" He asked.


    "No, I won''t do anything of that sort. I am a changed man."


    Chronos couldn''t help but curse in his head since the n suggested by Vrutrasura was even more brutal than what he hadstmitted.


    "I didn''t say I have changed for the better," Vritrasuraughed, seeing through Chronos''s thoughts.


    "No, I won''t join your side," Chronos answered after a long pause. Chronos didn''t try to escape after his answer since he understood the pointlessness of that action.


    Vritrasura nodded and then waved his hands. The next moment, Chronos disappeared, leaving him standing there alone.


    "Why did you let him leave after spilling your n?" A familiar voice rang as a woman stepped out of the darkness. It was none other than Vritrasura''s daughter that Aakesh freed in the Conspiracy Continent.


    Vritrasura''s eyes turned gentle as he looked at the woman. He then replied with a smile, "What makes you think that they aren''t aware of my ns?"


    The woman had no answer to her father''s question since there was only one group that was stronger than his father, the Devas, and there was no limit to their power.


    "Is it worth it?" The woman asked, looking at the pattern imprinted on her body.


    "Yes, there is nothing in this world that could make me think otherwise," Vritrasura stated with a smile. His eyes were filled with resolve.


    "You are just a bunch of rule-following beings with no mind of your own," Vritrasura mocked, his eyes passing over the roof and looking at the sky.


    The sky seemed to sneer at Vritrasura''s jeer as a purple light shed in the clouds.


    ***


    Unaware of what was going on in the Primordial Dimension, Aakesh was in conversation with a customer.


    Time flew by, and when there was around one hour left before sunset, a door appeared in mid-air in the store.


    As the door opened, a furry, white creature stepped out of it. Not long after, the door reappeared, and this time, Khaval stepped out of the door.


    Khaval didn''t look happy when he saw Lily already waiting on Aakesh''s bun. While Lily looked the opposite, with a jubnt smile.


    Time flew by, and the sunset arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities. The cover of darkness engulfed the cities.


    After every customer had left the store, Aakesh proceeded forward and closed the doors, bringing an end to a fruitful day for the store.


    ***


    A/N: I have revealed a major plot point in the story with this chapter. If you can interpret it, good; if not, keep reading the story.


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 Chapter 1203 Battle!

    Chapter 1203: Battle!


    The sunset arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities, bringing the cover of darkness. Soon, the store turned empty, with only the exceptions of Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval.


    "Let''s go!" Aakeshmented after closing the store''s door.


    The next moment, he and the other two disappeared from the store''s hall, appearing in the selection area.


    Khaval and Lily jumped down from his head, ready to go to their training. Soon, only Aakesh was left standing there alone.


    The smile on his face disappeared, and he closed all his senses. He went to the weapon counter and picked up one. He then went to the selection switch, and soon the newly-emerged space crack sucked him inside.


    Aakesh''s senses returned, and he found himself in the familiar arena with the regr blue pop-up screen floating in front of him.


    Aakesh brought his attention to the weapon in his hand. It was a spear. Aakesh casualty swung it, and his body had gotten ustomed to the weapon.


    He then focused on the blue screen and tapped on the regr option. The next moment, a blue light covered the entire arena.


    When the light disappeared, his opponent was waiting for him, standing only a hundred meters from him.


    It was a humanoid creature of the same height as Aakesh. It belonged to the Gregorant, a race in the demon group, but not in the Sacred Dimension. It was a creature of the Primordial Dimension.


    The creature was humanoid but looked nothing like them. His face wasn''t at the top but right above his waist, and it was inverted, with the mouth at the top and the eyes at the bottom.


    The Gregorant had three eyes in straight lines, with each having a different pupil. The one on the right had a red pupil in the pattern of a horizontal half-moon; the one on the right had a gray pupil in the pattern of a vertical half-moon. The one in the center had a full golden moon, but there seemed to be a second silver sphere superimposed on that, making it seem different.


    Growl!


    The creature growled after he saw Aakesh standing on the other side. The next moment, all three of its eyes closed.


    Ding!


    The familiar sound of the bell rang in the arena, announcing the start of the battle. Aakesh immediately made his move, charging at the opponent.


    The eye in the center opened, and soon a blinding light emerged from it. But before the light could do anything, Aakesh appeared right in front of the creature. His spear pierced the creature''s heart, which was ced where the head should have been.


    It was like shing with unbreakable metal, but even the slight strength from Aakesh pierced through it like a hot knife passing through butter.


    Thud!


    The next moment, the creature copsed, his heart exploding. The battle ended as soon as it had begun.


    Aakesh had returned to his spot with not even a single wet spot on the spearhead.


    Soon, a blue light washed over the arena, freezing the time. The usual pop-up screen appeared with the same choices. Aakesh''s fingers reflexively tapped on the screen to go to the next stage, and soon, the arena appeared as new as ever, with the creature also appearing.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two continued.


    Since Aakesh''s strength had grown after the sessful breakthrough from peak Divine Transformation to Divine Being, it was inevitable that Aakesh would break the record he had set the day before with the bow.


    As the battle continued, the opponent finally seeded in surviving the first attack, but to reach that point, he had to face more than ny battles.


    In the one hundred and seventh battle, the opponent seeded innding a hit on Aakesh for the first time. It wasn''t even enough to be called a minuscule injury, but nheless, it was a hit.


    The battle continued, and finally, in the one hundred thirty-first battle, the opponent seeded innding a strike that could be considered a big cut, but no blood came out as it healed in no time.


    In the one hundred seventy-eighth battle, the fight continued for more than twenty rounds for the first time. It was aplete domination by Aakesh, but still, it was the lengthiest battle between the two until that point.


    In the one hundred and ny-ninth round, Aakesh released more than three-fourths of his strength, making the battle the longest as well as the most destructive.


    Time passed by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    It was finally time for the 204th round of battle. It was the record made by Aakesh.


    Aakesh released eighty-five percent of his strength in the battle, and after around a minute, the battle came to an end with Aakesh bing the victor. It wasplete dominance from Aakesh''s side.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the 218th round of battle.


    The opponent opened its left eye first, and the next moment, countless horizontal half-moon-like structures wereing down on Aakesh.


    Aakesh''s eyes were cold as he jumped and shed with the gigantic moon shower. As his spear shed with the half-moon, the result was only destruction.


    BOOM!


    As Aakesh was going to sh with another half-moon, a loud explosion suddenly rang beside him, throwing Aakesh off bnce.


    Aakesh was knocked back to the ground, but he stabilized himself during thending and did not let any serious harme to him.


    Aakesh looked at the creature and found that the number of superimposed full-moons in the center eye had gone down by one.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    There was a cruel grin stered over the creature''s face as the center eyes suddenly blinked, and there was another explosion beside Aakesh.


    Aakesh was ready and activated [Counter Shield] immediately. The transparent barrier not only stopped the damage but also threw it back at the creature with amplification.


    Right at that moment, the arena started to crack from gravity as the gigantic half-moons in the sky were closer to the surface.


    Aakesh looked into the sky and threw the spear, aiming at the half-moon in thest.


    Whoosh!


    The next moment, the spear flew through the air.


    BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!


    Consecutive explosions started to ring as the spear destroyed the half-moon one after another, forming a chain of fireworks.


    Not long after, the sky was clear, and the left eye of the creature exploded with thest half-moon exploding in the sky. Before Aakesh could celebrate, the gravity around him started to grow at a dangerous rate.


    At first, Aakesh felt nothing, but as it reached ten thousand times, he felt himself slightly sinking. Still, it was nothing much, so Aakesh looked in the sky and found a gigantic vertical half-moon in the sky, looking down on him.


    While the gravity around Aakesh was growing, the opposite was happening for the opponent. The creature found his movement skyrocketing as the gravitational force turned optimal for him.


    Whoosh!


    Like an arrow, the Gregorant came flying at him, tearing through the air. Aakesh felt his body finally turning heavy enough to make his movement extremely hard, but Aakesh overpowered the bounds of the force as he released his energy.


    Aakesh ignored the Gregorant, focusing on the vertical half-moon in the sky.


    A golden glow started to form around the spearhead, and in no time, it engulfed the spearhead in its entirety. It wasn''t the end, as another golden flow began to develop, but darker. As the color of the glow turned darker, simrly, the space around the spear became fragile.


    At one time, the glow had be so dark that it looked simply ck, but those with sharp eyes would be able to catch the slight golden intensity.


    The Gregorant had also reached Aakesh. It punched, with a silver glow around the punch.


    Aakesh''s eyes were cold as he turned toward the punch. But since Aakesh already had his move nned, the punch hit nothing but the air.


    Aakesh, adding force to his legs, took a jump, soon reaching close to the vertical half-moon.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Suddenly, a flurry of explosions rang out as the Gregorant blinked its center eye repeatedly. With every blink, there was a new st, and simrly, the golden moon began to get clear.


    Aakesh had the Counter Shield around him, but the sheer number of explosions began to take a toll on its defense.


    Aakesh''s eyes were filled with nothing but chill as if he had gone past the concept of emotions at that moment. He carried his spear with his right hand behind his shoulder, and after adding as much energy as he could at that moment, he brought it forward.


    Aakesh''s strength was no joke at that moment, as the intense gravitational force bearing on him failed to do anything to stop the onught, and the next moment, the spear shed with the vertical half-moon.


    BOOM!


    An explosion louder than ever in the battle rang as the force from the st knocked Aakesh downward.


    Roar!


    The Gregorant let out a painful roar as his right eye exploded.


    Aakesh didn''t stabilize himself but used the force from the explosion to push him toward the Gregorant.


    He was like an uncontrolled bird as he crashed on the Gregorant, his spear piercing through the creature''s head.


    The next moment, the heart exploded like a watermelon, but as the bits and pieces came toward Aakesh, an invisible force acted and stopped him from getting sullied by the blood.


    Time flew by, and soon, Aakesh reached his battle limit after the breakthrough.


    In the 223rd round, the battle went for fifteen rounds, but it wasplete domination by the Gregorant, and soon, Aakesh died, making a new record for himself to break.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in the selection area. A smile spread across his face as he found Lily and Khaval waiting for him.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. I had fallen ill, so I missed the day yesterday.


    I owe you five chapters now. I will make up for them in the next week.


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 Chapter 1204 The Tradition Continues!

    Chapter 1204: The Tradition Continues!


    After dying, Aakesh returned to the selection area. A gentle smile spread across his face after he saw Lily and Khaval sitting on their chairs and waiting for him.


    His chair was already there, so Aakesh reached there and sat on it. After that, the traditional conversation between the three began, with Khaval starting with his experience.


    After Khaval, it was Lily''s turn, and then Aakesh at thest spot. Soon, it was time for the conversation to end since there was nothing new left to share.


    "Let''s go!" Aakesh announced it, and the next moment, they disappeared from the selection area.


    A white light shed inside the store. It disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval also appeared.


    Not long after, the door to their room appeared in mid-air in the store. Khaval and Lily proceeded toward the room after saying their daily farewells to him.


    Thud!


    The door automatically closed after they had entered, and soon, it and the stairs faded, waiting to get summoned back. The gentle smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared and was reced by the usual indifference.


    Aakesh then proceeded toward the portal room. As his habit had be, his eyes fell on the two leaderboards.


    There was a single change, as there was a new entry into the first leaderboard. It had been the same for the rankings for the customers from the Primal Dimension since they were above Level 200 creatures, and it was lengthy and tough to level up there.


    Aakesh then moved his eyes away from the leaderboard and touched the nearest portal using only the tip of his finger. The next moment, a force stronger than anything Aakesh could bear appeared and sucked him inside. Not long after, the countless shining dots in the portal turned gray.


    Aakesh found himself on the spot he had left before exiting Panagea the day before.


    Aakesh was going to leave the spot and continue his hunt when a wave of pressure appeared out of nowhere. The source of it was close, so Aakesh turned in that direction, and his eyes fell on a powerful creature.


    It was a lioness, and Aakesh found his body freezing from the pressure as the creature''s eyes were filled with brutality when they looked at him.


    Aakesh understood the reason for the creature''s anger toward him, and it wasn''t anger but a way of protection.


    Aakesh could sense a life about to be born in the area, so Aakesh knew if he took even one step forward or backward, the creature would pounce on him.


    The lioness was above Level 350, so there was no way for him to survive if there was a battle. Considering that situation, Aakesh called out to the lioness. At the same time, he also got ready to attack.


    The creature was powerful, but that didn''t mean he would take defeat lying down.


    Roar!


    Aakesh called out to the lioness, clearing his intention of not harming her and her child.


    Given that it was a rare species in the Lion group of races, the lioness seemed perplexed by Aakesh.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The lioness didn''t expect toe across someone who knew her tongue while preparing for childbirth. Even then, there were seven tongues in the group, and Aakesh used the precise one she spoke.


    "How do you know my native tongue?" The lioness asked.


    But before she could wait for Aakesh''s response, a wave of pain hit her. She immediately looked at Aakesh, her eyes alert and ready to attack him at a moment''s notice.


    During childbirth, the lioness would grow extremely weak, so she didn''t want to see her child in danger at that moment.


    "Don''t worry about me? I am leaving," Aakesh responded and then left.


    If it were another moment, the lioness wouldn''t have let Aakesh go, but since the moment demanded such, she instead felt relieved by Aakesh''s leaving.


    ***


    Even though it had only been half a day in the Sacred Dimension since Aakesh opened the store for the first time after the arrival of the skills, in the Primal Dimension, around a year had already passed.


    "I don''t want to do this anymore," Jonnahined, as he had gotten bored of tending to so many customers. It was a luxury job, and many would die to do it in his ce, but it had been several thousand years now since he had been doing this.


    Jonnah wasn''t like Aakesh, who had unlimited intelligence and endurance and never got physically or mentally tired. Jonnah would be drained of all his strength at the end of the day.


    It was a secure job with no chances of harm, but he was already a peak Immortal with his strength in the top five in the Primal Dimension.


    Since Aakesh wasn''t there to talk with him, Jonnah left the store afterining as usual. His residence was right next to the store, so he reached there in no time. Going to the store anding to the house while drained of strength had be his everyday routine.


    Today, Jonnah seemed to think more about it, as he felt he had postponed the decision for a long time. But before conveying it to whatever was there in the store, he decided to tell his family about it.


    ***


    "... I don''t want to do it anymore. What do you think?" Jonnah asked his wife after a passage why he didn''t want to do the job any longer.


    "I will support you in whatever decision you make," The wife replied. Since Jonnah had won the contest and be the store''s manager, the family had seen nothing but affluence.


    The people who wouldn''t even look at them would tread carefully in their presence; such has the status of Jonnah and his family be due to the post.


    It would be a lie if the wife said she didn''t like the authority and all the benefits, but she also knew that Jonnah had already done more than enough.


    The family was his primary motivation for entering thepetition, and it was what kept him going.


    But after staying as the store manager for several thousand years, Jonnah''s family had reached an otherworldly status with string cultivators in their ranks. They no longer needed the protection of the store to survive.

 Chapter 1205 Decision!

    Chapter 1205: Decision!


    Jonnah''s job had put him and his family into the dimensional map, so they no longer needed the store''s protection to survive. Since Jonnah had done more than anyone ever imagined, it was time to do what he wanted next.


    Jonnah smiled upon hearing his wife''s answer. He couldn''t stop himself, grabbed her into an embrace, and tightly kissed her. Soon after, despite the tiredness, Jonnah seemed to gain strength and impressed his wife.


    The time passed with neither of the two sleeping and soon it was nearing sunrise.


    Jonnah immediately went to take a bath since he couldn''t go to the store without taking one.


    ***


    [Host, immediate alert!]


    [Jonnah wants to resign from his duties. It''s time to find a new store assistant for the store in the Primal Dimension!]


    Aakesh had only killed a Level 310 beast when the system''s mechanical and emotionless voice rang in his ears.


    Aakesh didn''t feel surprised since the day was bound toe. Not everyone had unlimited intelligence and endurance to stay physically and mentally charged all the time.


    "Okay, tell him; it would be his seven-day notice. On the seventh day, he needs to organize an event and select a new store assistant," Aakesh informed the system.


    Since he was the store owner, the system couldn''t ept or reject Jonnah''s resignation on its own.


    ***


    After getting the message from the store owner, the system informed Jonnah, and soon, Jonnah started to prepare for the event, announcing it to the entire dimension and shocking everyone.


    It would be a lie if Jonnah said that he wasn''t biased and didn''t want one of his children to take the spot. But unfortunately for him, he had no role to y in the selection of the assistant.


    On the streets of Kakot, there was joy permeating every corner since today would be the day the store would hire an assistant. No one was disappointed or saddened by Jonnah''s departure other than his family and friends, as everyone wanted that post.


    As the time for the event neared, the area around the store was already filled with people.


    There was a relieved and joyous expression on Jonnah''s face as he opened the door to the store. He had already gotten used to the fact that he would be ascending, and now he was basking in the joy of getting free from all the stress.


    The store seemed organized, but the sheer number of customers made sure that no organized system could help the store manager.


    Soon, the chairs inside the store were filled with trillions of people. Every single citizen of the Bisan Empire was inside the store, and yet the store seemed empty as ever.


    On the tform, Jonnah sat on his chair, waiting for the set time to arrive. Jonnah''s descendants were also going to participate in the event, so he cheered for them.


    Soon, the set time arrived, and Jonnah stood up from his chair.


    "Wee, everyone. We will be getting our new store manager today."<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "I am grateful for bearing with me all these years¡­" Jonnah started the note with his farewell speech.


    p! p! p!


    At the end of the speech, a loud pping sound echoed in the store. Jonnah could see that the people in the crowd were highly excited to see him leave.


    Jonnah didn''t mind because he would feel the same if he were at their ce. His family''s status was proof of what getting associated with the store could bring to others.


    Jonnah then raised his hands, and the pping came to a stop. He then announced the format of thepetition.


    Since too many people were participating in the contest, the store put a fee of one inferior Primal stone as the participation fee, and Jonnah was earning one percent of it as the organizer.


    Since the contest was designed in such a way that it had the same level of difficulty for everyone, irrespective of their talent, background, or strength, every single person in the store contested.


    The store earned a considerable amount just from the participation fee, and simrly, Jonnah.


    A crack-like portal was behind Jonnah, ready to devour anyone who approached it. Beyond it was a separate space where every participant would be stripped of their knowledge, talent, and cultivation. They would start with a nk te.


    The contest was a battle arena, but not a simple one. After entering thepetition, the contestant would have a month to train. Then all the contestants would be thrown into an arena together.


    Once the number of deaths had reached one-fourth of the total, the battle woulde to an end. Then there would be a year of training.


    After that, the contestant would be thrown into the arena again, but this time, it would continue till only half of the remaining ones were left.


    With every arena, the time for training will grow, and simrly, the elimination quota. The training wasn''t simple weapon training; it was a life-and-death battle with weapons and skills waiting as rewards.


    Since every contestant would start with the same level of talent and strength, the effort would decide who would stand till the end and be the new store manager.


    There were no rules of battle. Anything went; whether it was evil or beastly didn''t matter. Only the victors mattered.


    Still, no one in the crowd flinched and was ready to participate. Jonnah looked at the crowd, took a deep breath, and the next moment, all the participants disappeared from their chairs and appeared on the tform.


    It looked like a miracle as the tform, which was not that big, carried so many people and yet didn''t feel overcrowded. But since that was nothing inparison to the reputation of the store, neither of them had a question about it.


    Jonnah then announced the start of the contest as the participants stepped inside the portal one after another.


    The screens reserved for the watchers lit up, but there was not a single being to see them as everyone had decided to participate.


    ***


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 Chapter 1206 New Store Assistant(1)

    Chapter 1206: New Store Assistant(1)


    The innumerable participants found themselves in different locations alone. The cultivation level of the customers varied from those who couldn''t cultivate to peak Immortals.


    Lily was one such participant. She belonged to the Human race and was born long after the mysterious store owner returned to the Sacred Dimension. Her name was based on the mysterious furry creature who stayed with the store owner.


    After entering the crack-like portal, she found herself in a small vige with a high level of affluence.


    There were only a few hundred people in the vige, but each of them was extremely strong, and the area was filled with different kinds of resources.


    The participants entered the contest with no past knowledge, talent, or cultivation, so Lily''s power level was like a nk te.


    As per the store manager, the vige would be her training area for a month, and then she would have to face off against the innumerable participants to proceed ahead.


    The month of training wasn''t simple training, as could be seen from the affluence and the resources in the vige. Lily had nock of resources, but the time wascking.


    She only had one month left, and she needed to choose one thing and focus on that to proceed further and even win thepetition.


    "Hello, stranger!" As Lily was traveling around the vige, she suddenly heard someone calling out to her.


    Lily stopped in her steps and turned around. A human male was approaching her with a smile.


    Lily felt chill as from the smile, the man''s intention didn''t seem to be any good. She tried to walk away, but suddenly she found herself frozen while the man''s speed grew, with the eerie smile on his face widened.


    Soon after, the man reached her. Lily immediately attacked with whatever minuscule strength she had.


    The man was stumped for a moment, but he soon came around and caught Lily''s punch.


    "Why are you attacking me?" The man seemed shell-shocked by Lily''s reaction, so he asked.


    "Why wouldn''t she? Have you seen your face?"


    A jeering voice came from the front as a man walked out of the corner of one street with a mocking smile on his face.


    The first man''s lips twitched while a vein popped out on his forehead as he looked at the approaching man. He then turned to Lily and looked at her with a questioning expression.


    Lily immediately moved her head down and started looking at the road, her face red from embarrassment. She understood she had mistaken the man for someone with evil intentions due to his eerie smile.


    The vein on the man''s forehead got even bigger when he noticed Lily''s reaction. He then left Lily''s hands and walked out.


    When he saw the girl, the thought of training her appeared in his head, so he approached her. Now that he had seen the exaggerated reaction due to his disfigured appearance, he felt repulsed by Lily.


    The second man walked out to Lily and looked at her with an expression of interest.


    "Garip doesn''t take kindly to those who mock his appearance," The manmented with augh.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "You are good. Despite being a weak creature, you still attacked and tried to fight," Bazir added with a smile. Then, without asking for Lily''s reaction, he grabbed her forehead.


    The next moment, Lily felt a warm energy passing through her body. Still, she immediately acted and tried to move away.


    But she didn''t have to, as the man let go of her forehead immediately. A curious expression appeared on the man''s face as he looked at Lily.


    "You are just like a nk te," Bazirmented, clearly interested in Lily.


    "Do you want to train?" He asked.


    Lily, who had been silent all that moment, looked up with a glint in her eyes and nodded like a chicken. Lily thought of the sequence ying out in front of her as some kind of training event.


    What she didn''t know was that she was correct in identifying that it was an opening sequence, but some got chosen by Garip while others did the same as Lily and were offered by Bazir. There were also some who refused Bazir and would have another opportunity.


    Bazir smiled when he saw the attentive reaction from the girl, and hence, the month of training began.


    The intensity of the training entirely depended on the disciple since the trainers were powerful beings who couldn''t get tired over years, let alone months.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, hours turned into days, and so a month had passed in the blink of an eye.


    Lily seemed nervous as the day of the first contest of the many arrived. The trainers were also aware of the arena but only thought of it as a contest organized by the Kingdom.


    "With your effort, you will have no difficulty passing the first round," Bazirmented after seeing Lily''s tense appearance.


    Lily nodded, but she still couldn''t control her emotions well. The prize at stake was too much. If she lost, she might regret it for her entire life, turning her life upside down.


    Bazir''s face suddenly turned solemn as heavy pressure appeared in the training room. Not long after, a door appeared out of nowhere. It was already open, and beyond it was only darkness.


    Lily looked at Bazir and thanked him for the training. She then took a deep breath and walked forward, soon stepping into the door.


    Bazir''s face was solemn and respectful; he didn''t even move. When Lily stepped inside, the doors closed, and in no time, itpletely faded.


    "She will win," Bazir murmured with an anxious expression like never before. Since he also wanted Lily to survive. She was a good disciple and didn''t want her to die in the first round.


    ***


    After stepping into the door, Lily found herself in a jungle, with no one in sight.


    She didn''t have to look for someone, as the rules of the battle appeared in her head. There were only two rules; the first was teaming up, and the second was that there were no rules.


    Participants could choose not to fight if their friends were on the other side, but they couldn''t form a group since it would be dangerous for other participants.

 Chapter 1207 New Store Assistant(2)

    Chapter 1207: New Store Assistant(2)


    The oue of thebat depended on the two participants. There was no giving up in the battle, so it was also cruel, as the fight would only end once one of the two had died, making the second one the winner.


    There was the cycle of day and night, with the daysting ten hours and the nightsting six hours. The arena would continue until one-fourth of the total participants had died, and there was no time limit.


    Other than participants, there were also other challenges and rewards, so some cowardly participants wouldn''t keep hiding and extend the contest time.


    Lily took a deep breath and walked in her left direction, choosing it randomly. The first thing she needed to do was find a weapon.


    It didn''t take long for her to find a suitable rock. She then formed it into a sharp de after putting several hours'' worth of effort into it.


    The jungle was vast and filled with dangerous terrain, so participants were dying every moment. But the sheer number of participants made it certain that the contest would keep going on for years at that rate.


    Time flew by, and three months had passed since the battle arena began.


    At that time, Lily had entirely changed. There was no semnce of civility as she was naked, with only the area below the waist covered.


    There were countless scars spread across her body. Some were still fresh and oozing blood.


    The jungle was filled with resources. It only depended on the participants, so if someone got lucky, they could even find an herb that would allow them to survive even if their heart or head were crushed, giving them a new life.


    Lily groaned in pain as she tended to her injuries. Not far from her, there was the corpse of the participant she had killed not long before.


    Howl!


    Suddenly, wolf howls rang, alerting Lily.


    Her expression seemed irritated, as she had been fighting continuously since she came here. She was only surviving on a couple of hours of sleep every day, and some days, she couldn''t even get to sleep as there were wild beasts around her, and she needed to stay cautious and awake.


    Lily immediately doused the fire and spread the powder stored in her pouch.


    It was a powder that removed all odor from the area where it was spread, and it was one of the rewards from her hunt for a hyena pack.


    Howl! Howl!


    The wolf howls kept ringing the entire night, and Lily had to spread the powder every hour.


    She became frustrated when she saw the dwindling powder, but the reward at the stake calmed her down.


    Time flew by, and soon more than a decade had passed since the battle arena began.


    Lily was searching for a participant when suddenly a relieved smile spread across her face.


    The number of deaths had finally reached one-fourth of the total number of participants, so the first round hade to an end.


    The next moment, a green light covered Lily, and soon all the fresh or old injuries healed while the scars disappeared.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Not long after, the door that had brought her here appeared. Lily didn''t immediately leave, but she first went and covered her chest with arge leaf. She then stepped inside the door, and soon she was back in the training room.


    Bazir was already there, waiting for her. Even Garip was there. His mood didn''t seem good when he saw Lily''s return.


    Even though decades had passed, Garip still hadn''t forgotten that humiliating experience.


    Garip''s mood turned even worse when he saw the knife carried by Lily.


    Lily didn''t care what Garip was thinking and immediately went to her teacher. Bazir snapped his fingers, and the next moment, Lily waspletely dressed in her usual attire.


    "Rest, our training is going to be even harsher from tomorrow," Bazir didn''t ask Lily what she experienced in the first round, but he warned.


    Lily nodded with a smile since there was the second round a yearter.


    Time flew by, and several hundred years had passed since the contest began. The remaining participants had entirely changed in those years.


    Some were even stronger in the contest world than they were in reality. Lily had survived all these years, and she had also grown stronger.


    She had killed more people in the contest than she had killed in total in reality over the past several centuries.


    An armored Lily and Bazir stood in the room as the time for the fifth round arrived. Even though the number of participants was dwindling, the time it took for a round to bepleted was growing as every contestant was exponentially growing in strength.


    The fifth round was going to ur after a century of training, so it was bound to be more challenging and brutal than the others.


    "I will be waiting for you," Bazir said as the door appeared.


    Lily smilingly nodded and then stepped inside the door with a confident countenance. She had strong weapons, tough armor, powerful skills, and the confidence to win.


    As she stepped inside the door, she found herself in the familiar jungle, but the danger had clearly grown. Not even a minute had passed when Lily came across a pack of wild wolves.


    They immediately pounced on her, and the battle began. Lily was the victor, as her strength wasn''t anything like it was in the first round.


    She then began to float up to survey the area around her. The sky was the best ce to find targets.


    Less than a trillion participants would be participating for the first time in the fifth round. It was a high number of contestants, but considering the participants in the first round, it was nothing.


    After killing the wolves, she stored their corpses in her space ring since she would need to eat. It was one of the rewards she received during one of the challenges before the third round.


    At that time, she had stored a lot of material in the space ring that would help her with the battle, but when she stepped into the arena, the ring was empty. Only one weapon, armor, could be taken to the battle.


    ***


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 Chapter 1208 New Store Assistant(3)

    Chapter 1208: New Store Assistant(3)


    The total number of participants participating in the fifth round was 938 billion, and the battle would continue until that number had dropped to ten percent of it.


    It was a long round since every participant was more powerful than in previous stages by arge margin.


    Seventy years had passed since the fifth round of battles began. Lily was tending to her injuries in a cave.


    Her expression seemed scary, as half the skin on her face had burned off, and her bones were softer. As Lily tried to smear a healing paste, she couldn''t help but take a deep breath and groan in pain.


    The healing paste acted quickly, and the bones started to return to their usual hardness. Soon after, the muscle and skin began regenerating.


    crunch! crunch! crunch!


    The sudden soft sound alerted Lily, as it was someone walking on dead branches on the ground.


    Lily stopped smearing the paste and got ready for the battle. She didn''t want to get stuck in the cave and only receive attacks, so she immediately left it and proceeded in the direction of the sound.


    Whoosh!


    Suddenly, an arrow flew toward her, tearing through the air.


    ng!


    Lily''s reflexes were quick, so she immediately brought her de and knocked the arrow away.


    Around an hourter, Lily returned to the cave with more injuries. Her face seemed excited, making it look scary and hideous.


    After returning to the cave, she didn''t restart the healing but took out an item from her space ring.


    It was a circle disk. As soon as she touched it, the disc''s detail emerged in her head.


    When Lily learned it, she couldn''t help but smile, making her feel pain, but she didn''t care.


    The next moment, she transferred some of her energy to the disc, and soon it lit up, engulfed in bright golden light.


    It was like a sun had appeared in the cave, but Lily didn''t worry about being sighted by others. The next moment, the light began to expand, and Lily was the controller.


    The rate at which Light expanded was extremely slow, but after covering an area of a hundred sq. meters around him in a square shape, it stopped growing any further.


    The next moment, the light began to solidify, and soon after, it materialized into a hard surface.


    It was like a transparent wall around the edge of the area. While inside it, a room with various training equipment appeared.


    The square disc was one of the items gained by the now-dead participant during one of his hunting. The item allowed for the creation of an isted square area of one hundred square meters.


    The isted space was specifically designed for the participant, so they could not only train but also recover from any injury there. It wasn''t active for an unlimited duration, but only for three years, and it could only be used three times.


    Lily''s fortune was great that the man had only used it twice, leaving thest use for her.


    Lily was inside the isted space and even without the healing paste, her injuries were healing at a rapid rate.


    Time flew by, and a day passed.


    Lily''s injuries hadpletely healed, so she was ready for training.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    She immediately activated thebat function, and not long after, a puppet with simr features appeared before her.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing, uncaring of what it brought into others'' lives.


    A century had passed since the fifth round began, and it was still going on.


    Lily alone had killed a few million participants, ending their lives, and there were many like her.


    One such participant was Xaran, a being from the Hygar race.


    Xaran was one of the many customers who had been attending the store since the store owner was there.


    Xaran was already a peak Immortal, but since he had no intentions of ascending, he stayed in the Primal Dimension.


    He had killed several millions of participants in thest century, ending their journey in the contest.


    Xaran was looking for another one of his hunts when he came across a human girl, and soon the battle began between the two.


    Thebat was destructive, to say the least, as both parties were extremely strong. Once the battle began, one death was the result, so the battle continued for days.


    Xaran''s opponent was none other than Lily. During the three years of training, her knife skills had truly grown.


    Lily was reaching her limit, so she decided to use her ultimate attack.


    Suddenly, heavy pressure appeared in the area, stopping both Xaran and Lily.


    Not long after, the familiar door appeared, ready to take them back.


    The death quota waspleted, so the fifth round hade to an end.


    Both Lily and Xaran breathed sighs of relief since the battle was time-consuming and mentally draining.


    "Let''s battle again!" Xaranmented and then stepped inside the gate. The next moment, he and the gate both disappeared.


    Even though Xaran wasn''t there, Lily still nodded her head, ready to face him in the next round. She then took a step forward and walked into the gate.


    On the other side, Bazir was waiting for her. Several centuries had passed, but he looked the same as ever. Lily still couldn''t estimate just how strong Bazir was at his full strength.


    After the fifth round, the participants would get a training break of one hundred and fifty years.


    The next day, the training restarted. Since there was no mental calming feature, many participants had grown frustrated with the continuous battle and training. It included Lily in the earlier rounds, but as she progressed, she found her motivation, and no longer felt frustrated with the repeating scenes.


    Time flew by, and one hundred fifty years passed in the blink of an eye.


    Lily and Bazir were standing in front of the open door. Both of them seemed confident that Lily would survive the sixth round, so they were smiling.


    Lily wasn''t being overconfident, but she had gained a skill that allowed her to feel confident. She no longer worried about the battle with Xaran if it urred in the sixth round.


    ***


    "I am waiting to get to battle you again," Xaran muttered as he stepped inside the gate.

 Chapter 1209 New Store Assistant(4)

    Chapter 1209: New Store Assistant(4)


    There were more than ny billion participants participating in the sixth round, and out of these, only one percent would survive, so this round was bound to be more brutal than previous stages.


    After Lily stepped inside the gate, she found herself back in the familiar jungle. Her luck wasn''t that great as she directly spawned into a hyena camp.


    As soon as she appeared, more than 100 powerful hyenas attacked her.


    Lily seemed casual as she took a step forward and shed with the closest hyena. The next moment, her knife shed through the creature like a hot knife cruising through butter.


    Lily then attacked another creature. Her quick hand movements created mirrored images around the numerous shes.


    Around a minuteter, the killing finally came to a stop, with Lily massacring the hyenas without even a single hitnding on her body.


    Lily didn''t seem to care for her body drenched in warm hyena blood. She snapped her fingers, and the next moment, her body began getting warm.


    Not long after, her body had be so hot that the blood spread across her body vaporized, not leaving even a tiny spot.


    Lily then walked forward, ready to see what the hyena camp would bring him. Not long after, she found the item.


    The details of the item disappointed her, as it had the power to allow its user to fly. But for Lily, who already had a skill with a simr ability, the item was useless to her.


    Still, since it could benefit others, she stored it in her space ring and left the area in search of a suitable residence for herself. The participants were stronger and quicker than thest time, so the sixth round was bound to go on for years.


    Lily needed to have a safe residence so that she would be able to return to it.


    Time flew by, and the battles between billions of participants continued with gore and brutality. Since there were no rules, anything went in the battle.


    Only because the store was organizing the contest, no participant dared to humiliate other participants sexually, but they went full brutal in the battle. Some participants even ate the losers.


    One hundred and seventeen years had passed since the sixth round began. Lily and Xaran had yet toe across each other on stage.


    sh!


    Lily shed, taking the head of the participant.


    The next moment, a heavy pressure dawned on the area as the familiar door appeared in the area.


    Lily wiped the blood from her face since she couldn''t vaporize it. Her condition didn''t seem to be good, as her armor was cracked open, with even her inner organs visible.


    As the door appeared, Lily couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief and crash to the ground. The next moment, a green light engulfed her, and soon after, she was entirely restored to her peak.


    Her armor was still covered with numerous cracks, but Lily didn''t worry since the seventh round would begin after two hundred years.


    When Lily stepped through the gate, she found Bazir, as usual, waiting for her.


    Lily smiled when she noticed the relieved smile on Bazir''s face. She then went to Bazir and greeted him.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    As usual, Bazir left after telling Lily to get ready for even harsher training, not asking how the battle went.


    Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, hours turned into days, and days into years, and in a sh, several centuries had passed.


    Lily was ready with Bazir. Neither of the two looked calm since the battle beyond the gate would be herst.


    It was the tenth round, and only one participant would be left at the end of it out of less than one thousand participants.


    "I have taught you everything I can. Now, don''t disappoint me," Bazir said and patted Lily''s head.


    Lily nodded and promised Bazir that she wouldn''t disappoint him. She then nodded and took a step forward.


    As she was about to step inside the store, she turned around to look at her teacher. She found Garip and his son also in the room.


    Garip''s son seemed to be in love with Lily, so he was the most emotional of all. Garip also no longer felt enmity toward Lily for her mocking of him.


    Lily had spent around a millennium in the vige, so she had made up to Garip about that experience, and Garip had also helped Lily in the past.


    She then turned back and stepped inside the gate. There was no return to the vige at that point. She would either return to the store as the winner or as someone who lost.


    Beyond the gate, arge arena weed her. It was no longer the jungle but an open concrete field that was spread across tens of thousands of miles.


    Lily could even see some of the participants on the stage.


    Ding!


    The bell rang with no direction of origin, starting thest round of battles.


    There were only battles in that round; there were no rewards or healing herbs like in previous rounds. After three battles, the participants would be automatically healed of all injuries, excluding the severed body parts. It all depended on the participant as to how far they would go.


    Since every participant started at the same level, the strength difference between the contestants wasn''t that great.


    As the bell rang, Lily charged at her nearest contestant. There was no hiding in the open concrete field.


    Soon, she shed with the contestant. The battle began as one participant after another shed with each other.


    Time flew by, and soon it was time for thest battle of the contest. Lily and Xaran stood on two sides of the battle.


    Xaran''s expression didn''t seem good, as Lily had won her third battle before the fight with him, so she was healed and filled with energy, but it would be his third battle, so he was exhausted.


    "You yed well," Xaranmented with a wry smile. Lily timely used her battles, with thest battle with Xaran being after healing.


    The battle then began, and as expected, it came to an end with Lily''s victory. It was one-sided since Lily was strong, and defeating an exhausted Xaran wasn''t that hard for her.

 Chapter 1210 New Store Assistant(End)

    Chapter 1210: New Store Assistant(End)


    As Lily struck the killing blow to Xaran, he crashed to the ground, with light dwindling from his eyes.


    His eyes were filled with a mixture of helplessness and appreciation. He felt helpless because he hade so far and then lost, while at the same time, he also appreciated the effort put in by Lily.


    Every participant was at the same starting line with the same talent, so Lily won because of her efforts, and it was to be celebrated.


    The next moment, light entirely disappeared from Xaran''s eyes, and he was dead.


    Lily jumped up in excitement as she saw Xaran''s corpse. She couldn''t help but anticipate what her future held for her after the contest.


    The next moment, a blue light covered her. It disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, Lily had also vanished from the arena that was filled with gigantic cracks and pits.


    Lily found herself back in the store, standing on the tform, while there was a sea of people sitting on their chairs, looking at her with envy.


    "Congrattions!" Jonnah congratted Lily as he stood up from his chair.


    Lily nodded with an excited smile. Jonnah then turned around and looked at the crowd, announcing the end of the contest.


    People then began to leave the store, and not long after, only Lily and Jonnah were left in the store.


    The inside space had returned to normal, while all the chairs, screens, and the tform had disappeared.


    "Wee to The First Store!" Jonnah weed Lily.


    "Thank you for the opportunity." Lily bowed and thanked Jonnah.


    "It''s all because of your efforts. No need to thank me," Jonnah replied with a smile, gesturing for Lily to stand up.


    "Winning thepetition has allowed you to have the position of the store''s assistant. But the post isn''t permanent. Anything you do that''s outside the bounds of rules set by the store, you would need to leave the post," The smile on Jonnah''s face disappeared and he expressionlessly told Lily.


    "The store has no affiliation with any race or being. For the store, each and every customer is equal. Now that you have be a part of the store''s workforce, the only rtionship you''ll have with the beasts is that your ancestors are from that group."


    "You can''t show your biases toward people who have hatred for you or the beast races."


    "You can''t use the title of store assistant for personal use or vendettas."


    "Any enmity you have with anyone, you need to forget it. You represent the store from now on, not your family or the Paltry Bear race."


    "Remember these rules. There are no chances here. You fail once, and you''re out," Jonnah added.


    That was the same wee Jonnah had gotten from Aakesh, so Jonnah was reliving the memory. It was just that he stood in the position of the store owner at that moment.


    "I understand. I will not let anythinge between me and my duty as the store''s assistant," Lily respectfully responded.


    Jonnah nodded with appreciation, seeing Lily''s response. But since the thing hadn''te to an end, he continued.


    "The store won''t treat you badly. How many immediate members do you have in your family?" Jonnah asked.


    "Seven, my parents, and five siblings," Lily was confused at first, but she still responded.


    Jonnah nodded, and the next moment, seven cards formed out of thin air in his hands.


    "Give these cards to your family, and they will be protected from all attacks equal to or below peak Immortal levels," Jonnah exined to her.


    "Thank you, senior," Lily thanked and gently took the cards.


    Lily didn''te from a top human family, but her father was only a peak Void Forging level cultivator. She was the first in her family to be a Tao Seed level cultivator.


    It wasn''t the end; the next moment, another seven cards appeared in Jonnah''s hands.


    The cards were different from the earlier group as they were blood-red in color. At the same time, Lily felt her heart skip a beat from fright when she looked at the cards.


    "These are three-time use cards. No one below the Void Beasts in the Primal Dimension would be able to survive it once any one of them released the attack sealed in it," Jonnah announced, shocking Lily.


    Lily wanted to thank Jonnah, but before she could, Jonnah began speaking. She stopped and focused on that.


    "Your family members can''t use the protection from attacks to harm others, neither can they use these attack cards to attack someone innocent or to conquer a territory. These are simply for their protection, so you won''t have to worry about them when being in the store or getting manipted by others.


    "You would have to take responsibility if anything untoward happened," Jonnah warned Lily.


    Lily nodded with solemnity as she looked at the fourteen cards in her hands.


    "I will keep that in mind, senior!" She then responded, patting her chest.


    Jonnah nodded and asked, "Are you ready to sign the contract?"


    Lily nodded immediately. She had struggled for more than a millennium in the contest only for that moment.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Okay, let''s sign it," Jonnah responded. The smile returned on his face.


    The next moment, the space around Jonnah began to crack like ss. Jonnah seemed unfazed by it, while Lily looked shocked.


    In no time, the cracks in the space stabilized as it took the shape of a spherical portal.


    "CAW!"


    The next moment, a bird''s cry rang in the store as a silver paper flew out from the portal into Jonnah''s hands.


    A familiar sensation came over Jonnah as he held the silver paper in his hands. It was the same piece he had signed the contract on after bing the store''s assistant.


    "You can read the details and sign the contract," Jonnah informed Lily, handing over the skin piece to her.


    Lily respectfully took the skin. She felt the smooth texture of the skin. She could see that it was something expensive.


    Lily then stopped thinking about the novelty of the skin and focused on its content.


    There was no limit to the time Lily could work in the store since it all depended on her. There were two ways by which she could leave the job. First was her death, as it would automatically result in her leaving the job. The second was if she decided to ascend.


    Since there was nothing extra to what Jonnah informed her earlier, she decided to sign the contract.


    Argh!"


    Suddenly, a soul-pricking pain attacked Lily, and she couldn''t help but scream. The sound of her screams hadn''t even subsided when she suddenly felt the space inside the store be turbulent.


    With a pained face, Lily turned in the direction of the turbulence and found a sudden arrival of a creature.


    Everything in the store came to a halt at that moment. It was as if only that single eye was there and nothing else could exist in front of it.


    The eye first looked at Jonnah. He immediately looked down, not daring to look at it directly.


    The eye then moved its sight away and focused on the being, who was the reason behind its summons.


    As Lily became the center of focus in the eye, she felt herself turning into an ordinary mortal and standing naked in a snowstorm. Her entire body was trembling from fright.


    There was only one feeling echoing in her heart at that time, inferiority. She wanted to prostrate in front of the eye and give up everything, but before she could do it, Jonnah''s voice rang in her ears, telling her to sign the contract, and the eye was only there to oversee the contract.


    Gritting her teeth, Lily returned her focus to the contract and signed it, bearing through the unbearable, soul-tearing pain attacking her.


    The next moment, her name and soul signature appeared on the contract. She then received a familiar sensation emanating from it.


    As the contract process came to an end, the eye took ast nce at Lily and then disappeared into the void.


    The next moment, the store regained its calm, and Jonnah asked for the silver skin back. Lily nodded and returned it to him.


    "Don''t break the rules, or you will meet that eye again, but it won''t be peaceful," Jonnah told Lily with a grin as he took the contract back.


    Lily couldn''t help but shudder, thinking about the eye. When it was peaceful, she couldn''t bear looking at it. She didn''t even dare imagine what the consequences would be if the eye had an ulterior motive.


    Jonnah then took a look at the contract, and soon after, it turned into streams of light particles as it flew toward the top of the store. This process was only visible to Jonnah. Lily only saw the contract disappear.


    "Wee to The First Store!"


    The next moment, a voice Lily had never heard rang in her ears. It was none other than Aakesh who weed Lily after the system informed him of Lily''s winning the contest.


    Jonnah then put the residency choice in front of Lily, as Aakesh had done years ago. Since Jonnah had quit his job, he and his family had to leave the residence.


    "Senior, I will take the store-provided house," Lily immediately answered. Who didn''t know about the residence next to the store? Now that Lily had the opportunity to live there, how could she give it up?


    Jonnah nodded, and the next moment, a dark blue card appeared in his hand. He then handed it to Lily.


    "It will be your employee card¡­" Jonnah then exined the details of the card.


    Using the tiny needle on the card, Lily pricked her fingers as said by Jonnah, and soon she had linked her blood with the card.


    The next moment, the details of the employee card appeared in her head.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter.


    I owe you six chapters. I will make up for it in the next week.


    Thanks for reading the book!

 Chapter 1211 The Second Skill Quest!

    Chapter 1211: The Second Skill Quest!


    "1. The assistant would get protection from the store for themselves and their immediate family members,


    2. Their monthly pay will be 99,999 supreme Primal stones,


    3. They would get 50 free Panagea hours every month. If they had any hours left after the end of the month, they would get added to the next month''s tally.


    4. They would get three pills of any category free in a month,


    5. They would get a growth weapon corresponding to their cultivation levels,


    6. The assistant would be able to select a cultivation art of their like for them,


    7. They would be the second to know of any new product after the store owner,


    8. As the number of products increases, their benefits will see growth."


    As Lily held the card, the benefits of her employment in the store rang in her ears. These were the exact benefits Jonnah had gotten from the store.


    Before Lily became the assistant, Jonnah earned a monthly sry of 999,999 supreme Primal stones. He would have to give up on earning thatrge amount every month, but he wasn''t sad about it. In fact, he was excited about what the future held for him.


    "You will act as the store''s assistant from tomorrow on," Jonnah informed Lily.


    She nodded with a wide smile, excited about what the next day would bring her. It wasn''t the end, as Jonnah added, "You can check at your residence."


    "Thank you, senior." Lily thanked Jonnah and then left for the residence next to the store.


    He and his family had already vacated the residence the morning before the contest, so Lily didn''t need to wait to move into the house.


    After Lily left, Jonnah also took ast look at the store and then left. After he walked out, the store''s door automatically closed.


    Jonnah had decided to ascend the same night, so he went to his family, who now lived in the wealthiest street in Kakot, the capital of the Bisan Empire.


    ***


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr and its nearby cities!]


    As Aakesh was meditating, the system''s voice rang in his ears. He opened his eyes and turned to his left.


    Not finding any screen, he stood up. The next moment, he summoned the door to his room.


    ***


    The sun rose in Thorr and its nearby cities, forcing the darkness to hide.


    Swoosh!


    A sound rang as the door slid open, causing excitement in the eyes of therge crowd in front of the store.


    Aakesh didn''t let those people wait any longer and turned around, returning to his chair.


    The people on the street thronged to the store like a raging tide. The next moment, the street brimming with people turned into an empty street with a few people here and there.


    As the customers entered the store, a golden light covered the first 13,148 customers as they stepped inside. Those who weren''t quick enough to get shrouded felt disappointed, but not for long, and they soon returned to smiling.


    Those customers who owned cards immediately went toward the portal room, while those who didn''t: formed a queue in front of Aakesh to pay for their entry into Panagea.


    Time flew by, and soon it had been six hours since the store opened its doors for the day.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Store owner, I want toplete the purchase," A customer approached Aakesh and requested.


    Aakesh nodded and took the skill cards from the man''s hand. There were three of them in total, and the man was a new customer.


    "You need to pay two thousand four hundred twenty-four higher Sacred stones," Aakesh informed the man.


    The man nodded and then took the required sum out of his inner world. He then pushed it toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the stones disappeared from the store.


    Not long after, an alert that the amount was correct rang in Aakesh''s head.


    "These cards are yours¡­" Aakesh then informed the man of the sessful sale and exined the process of absorbing the knowledge.


    "Thank you, store owner!" The man thanked Aakesh and then left toward the beast''s room.


    Ding!


    After the man left, several mechanical, emotionless alerts bombarded Aakesh''s head. Since another customer was taking the man''s ce, Aakesh decided to focus on itter.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in a sh. Aakesh finally got freedom from customers approaching him from any of the rooms or outside the store.


    Aakesh then focused on the alerts he had heard minutes earlier, and the next moment, the familiar notification rang in his ears.


    Ding!


    [Host, congrattions on the sale of the skills! Themission for the sale of the skills by Zandar has been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission reward:One hundred purer higher Sacred stones had been transferred to the system space.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the second quest in the skill series appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    Mission Objective: Sell Skills,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully sold ten thousand types of Novice, Advanced, Expert, and Master level skills to the customers. Now, its time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Number of Skills you need to sell: 10,000,000*,


    Time Limit: 3600 Days


    Mission reward: One thousand purer higher Sacred stones,


    Failure Punishment: The salesmission will get reduced to 1.5% of the product''s price for one hundred years.]


    *(10,000,000 Novice, Advanced, Expert, Master skills = 2,000,000 King level = 1,000,000 Emperor level = 500,000 God level skills.)


    Aakesh looked at the screen, showing him the second quest in the skill sequence.


    It was only the second day for the skills in the store, and the store had alreadypleted the first quest. It was even beyond Aakesh''s expectations.


    The sales for skills ranging from King to God level were extremely low, but the bottom four levels were selling at a rapid rate since their cost wasn''t that high.


    The requirement for the second quest had grown a thousandfold, while the time limit had only grown by ten times. It followed the pattern as usual, so Aakesh wasn''t very surprised by it.

 Chapter 1212 A New Day!

    Chapter 1212: A New Day!


    [...


    Mission Reward: One thousand purer higher Sacred stones,


    ¡­]


    What surprised Aakesh in the quest was the reward section, as it was a mary reward simr to the first quest.


    "Hey, system, why is the reward for the quest going against the pattern?" Aakesh asked the system since he didn''t need to spend his time thinking about it when he had the system.


    The system quests in the Sacred Dimension had always followed a pattern where one quest awarded mary rewards, while the next one awarded either a higher level product or an upgrade for the item.


    [Host, the cultivation level of the product is already high, either for an upgrade or a higher level item. Only the second quest in the series can''t fill that requirement.]


    Aakesh got what he had somewhat expected of an answer from the system. He didn''t ask any more questions and waved his hand.


    The next moment, the quest screen turned into light particles and disappeared.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes formed hours, and hoursbined to create a day, and just like that, around a year had passed in a sh.


    "Store owner, I want to purchase this," The new customer requested Aakesh, pushing the page toward him.


    Aakesh had already seen a virtual book floating next to the man, so he already had the details of the cultivation art in his head.


    Since the cultivation arts could only be bought from the store owner, the man had toe to Aakesh despite owning a Higher Store Card.


    "You need to pay six thousand nine hundred thirty ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed the man.


    The man nodded, and soon he received an alert about the payment. When he epted it, the required amount got deducted from the card, while Aakesh got a notification from the system, informing him of the sessful payment.


    "The cultivation art is yours from now on," Aakesh informed the man, and soon after, the virtual book began to materialize into reality.


    In no time, the book appeared in reality and flew into the man''s hands. He then thanked Aakesh and left toward the store''s exit. The man wanted to immediately hurry and cultivate the way as discussed in the store. Since all the spots for Panagea had already been filled, it wasn''t that tough for him to leave.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on the sale of the cultivation arts, fulfilling the requirement of the fourth sequence quest!]


    [The "Mission reward: King level cultivation arts" would be transferred after the store''s closing.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the new quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Fifth


    Mission objective: Sell cultivation arts,


    Requirement: After the sale from Furingas, the store has fulfilled the requirements set by the system. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product


    Sale: 2,500,000


    Time limit: 36000 days<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Mission reward: Five thousand purer, higher Sacred stones,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 0% for the cultivation arts for two hundred fifty years for the product.]


    Right after the man left, Aakesh was bombarded with several mechanical alerts. Since there were no customers near him, he decided to focus on the screen in front of him.


    Thepletion of the cultivation art quest was special, as with itspletion, the store was only short of one more requirement to activate the fourth collective quest.


    He either needed to activate the fifth series in the skill quest or wait until the Panagea mission wasplete toplete the requirement of five out of six quests.


    Even though the Panagea quest was the seventh in the series, it wasn''t included in the requirement. It was because the time difference between the required quests couldn''t be higher than five years, while the Panagea mission had already been running for more than five years, so only the next mission could be counted in the requirement.


    Skills were popr, while the Panagea quest was still a few years away frompletion. Aakesh wasn''t sure which would ur first since the store was close topleting the second skill quest.


    Since there were no customers around, Aakesh decided to check just how far the store was frompleting the second quest.


    The next moment, the screen for the cultivation art''s quest disappeared, while two new screens took its ce.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    ¡­


    *(10,000,000 Novice, Advanced, Expert, Master skills = 2,000,000 King level = 1,000,000 Emperor level = 500,000 God level skills.)]


    [Quest Progress:


    Novice¡­: 8,824,639/10,000,000


    King: 42,713/2,000,000


    Emperor: 18,930/1,000,000


    God: 864/500,000.]


    "A month at most," Aakesh muttered after looking at the screen. Skills were as popr as ever, but since there was a limit on one skill per level per type for life, their sales were slowly dropping day by day.


    Its sale reached the peak when it sold more than three hundred thousand different types of skills in the bottom four grades in a single day.


    But the way the momentum was going, Aakesh was confident that it would touch the ten million mark in the next month.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon the screens disappeared, waiting for him to summon them back.


    Time flew by, and it had been eight hours since the store opened its doors for the day.


    It was time for many customers to leave Panagea, and the system forced them out. Katrina and Autumn were also on that list since they entered with the second group two hours after the first group''s entry.


    They approached Aakesh, and their chairs were waiting for them. Since Aakesh was in a conversation with another customer, the duo took their respective seats and didn''t interrupt him.


    Aakesh waspleting the sale of a skill card, and after the trade wasplete, Aakesh informed the woman.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Since there was no customer around him after the woman left, Aakesh was going to rx when he stopped after hearing the sound of footsteps approaching the store.

 Chapter 1213 A New Customer!

    Chapter 1213: A New Customer!


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in the direction of the store. The next moment, an unfamiliar face greeted him.


    Outside the store stood a man, looking at the building with a mixed expression.


    "Should I enter?" Magnus mumbled.


    Magnus belonged to the race Gorkins, a member of the Demon group. To be precise, one of the overlords of the Demon Group


    Gorkins was a race with a high number of Sacred Creators since the race was bound to the Sacred Dimension. Despite having a high number of Sacred Creators, the Gorkins weren''t the strongest of the dimension, and it was all due to the inherent weakness of the race.


    Gorkins couldn''t stay awake for long. After every ten years, the members of the race would fall into a deep sleep, only awakening after a thousand years. Due to that, they lived in a closed society.


    The Gorkins automatically cultivated even in a deep sleep, so their cultivation wasn''t affected by


    That. But once any member of the race reached the Sacred Creator level, their cultivation would stop growing, while at the same time, the duration of sleep would increase.


    Other Gorkins were able to stay awake for ten years, then in a deep sleep for one thousand years, but for the Sacred Creator Gorkins, they would only stay awake for three years, while the sleeping duration would be ten thousand years. It was an inherent weakness the race was born with, and nothing could help the group ovee that. So despite having the highest number of Sacred Creators, the group couldn''t be the most dominant force in the dimension and couldn''t ascend to the Primordial Dimension.


    But the high number of Sacred Creators in the race had ensured the safety of the descendants of the Gorkins. As they would sleep more than stay awake, there weren''t that many members in the race, and there were also those who had survived several epochs in the group.


    Since the number was low, the members of the race were overprotective toward each other, ensuring a close-knit society where everyone treated each other like they were blood-rted. Only the Sacred Creator of the race had the freedom to leave society and travel outside.


    But since Magnus wasn''t a Sacred Creator level cultivator, it was extremely tough for him to leave ande here.


    The reason Magnus came here was an epiphany he gained in his deep sleep. In a deep sleep, Magnus shouldn''t have seen a dream or gained inspiration, but it happened to him the previous day.


    It also made him wake up before the fixed thousand year cycle. It was extraordinarily umon in the Gorkins that someone woke up before the fixed limit. Before Magnus, there had been only six known instances of something like that. What followed after that was a secret only known to the Sacred Creators.


    Since Magnus had gained an epiphany about the store and woke up before the set time, he decided to check it out.


    But after that, followed the struggle to leave the ande to the store.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    It was filled with struggle, but after putting in a lot of effort, he seeded in leaving the. Magnus knew he had no time since when the awake leaders found out about his disappearance, they woulde here searching for him.


    "Let''s see what you bring!" Magnus muttered and took a deep breath. He then stepped forward, soon stepping inside the store.


    As the Gorkins lived in close-knit societies and theirck of staying consciousness for a long time, their knowledge of the outer world wasn''t that high. Simr was the case with Magnus; he didn''t even recognize many of the races he came across on his journey.


    The same was the case with the stone flooring of the store. Magnus found it familiar but couldn''t put his finger on what it was. He then stopped thinking about it and focused on the blue-skinned store owner.


    In his epiphany, Magnus had only seen the building and its directions, so it was his first time seeing the blue-skinned store owner.


    Two more people were sitting on the chairs next to Aakesh, but Magnus became confident with only one nce that the blue-skinned man was the store owner.


    He then walked forward, ignoring the novelty of the store. He looked like other Gorkins did. Extremely tall, with broad shoulders, pale skin, a standing nose, and a pair of eyes with abination of gray sclera and ck pupils. These features weremon with many races, and what made Gorkins unique from others was their hair.


    The Gorkin''s hair color was ck, but what made it unique was that it stood like needles, and the tip was blood red as if it was dipped in blood.


    "Hello, store owner!" Gorkin greeted Aakesh. He could see that Aakesh''s cultivation was only an early Divine Being, but believing that Aakesh was hiding the actual cultivation from others, Magnus used a respectful tone.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to the man''s greetings, as usual. He was slightly surprised by Gorkin''s appearance in the store when the man wasn''t a Sacred Creator, but he didn''t waste time thinking over it.


    "Store owner, I am Magnus. I had an epiphany about the store in my deep sleep. Why is that?"


    Magnus decided to ask Aakesh directly what made him have the epiphany. Since Aakesh owned the store, there was no better person to learn about just what influenced him to have that inspiration.


    Aakesh nodded since the system had told him that some customers who have great fates woulde to know about the store in their dreams or by other iprehensible means.


    "There is something in the store that holds the power to change your fate. It''s the element of fate working to bring you to the store," Aakesh responded.


    "As for what holds power to change your fate, only you can find out on your own," Aakesh added before Magnus asked him for the item that might help him.


    Even Aakesh didn''t know that; only the system knew that. And Aakesh''s authority wasn''t that high to get an answer from the system about it.


    Magnus stopped the question he was about to ask since there was no point in after Aakesh''s second response.

 Chapter 1214 Search!

    Chapter 1214: Search!


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh replied to the introduction from Magnus.


    Magnus nodded, and then, after a pause, he requested, "Store owner, tell me about the store''s products."


    "The store currently sells six products. They are pills, weapons, cultivation arts, skills, beasts, and Panagea.


    "There are three grades of pills, Lesser, Higher, and King grade for sale, and each category has thirty pills with various uses¡­


    ¡­


    "... these are the products currently avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction of all six products with their basic details.


    Magnus stood there, thinking repeatedly about the six products. He felt that once he heard about the product, his gut would give him some kind of sensation to distinguish between the products, but he found himself feeling the same for all six products.


    And it was when the cultivation arts weren''t even avable for his cultivation. Those were only avable for cultivators, ranging from Divine Transformation to True God, while he was already ate Supreme God level cultivator.


    Since listening to the product didn''t help Magnus, he decided to check them one by one. The first in his line was the pills since the counter was visible to him.


    "Store owner, give me one pill from each type," Magnus requested.


    Since Magnus was aware that he wasing to a store, and a store that was in his epiphany, he hade with a great amount of wealth.


    Pills below First-grade King wouldn''t benefit him, but Magnus still ordered them. The cost for thebined Lesser and Higher level pills was negligible, so it didn''t affect him much.


    "You can only buy one First-grade Eternal Youth Pill in all three levels," Aakesh informed Magnus before standing to reach the counter.


    "Okay, give me one of all the other types," Magnus requested. He didn''t even care for the effect of the pill.


    He would stay in deep sleep most of the time, so whether he looked young or old didn''t matter.


    Aakesh nodded, stood up from his chair, and then went toward the pill counter.


    He then started to take out one pill from every shelf in all three rows and soon returned with several pills.


    Not long after, the sale wasplete. Magnus then stored the pills in his inner world.


    Magnus then asked Aakesh about Panagea, only to be disappointed as all the spots to enter had been filled for the entire day. He could only enter the next day.


    It was close to impossible for Magnus to return to the store the next day since the Gorkins would most certainly find out about his disappearance before then. And as luck would have it, one of the Sacred Creator Gorkins was awake at that moment.


    The disappointment didn''tst long. When Magnus asked Aakesh about it, he got a solution.


    The Ultimate Store Card sold in the store allowed the customers to teleport a long distance, ignoring the basic restrictions.


    Magnus'' luck was great that his was in the range of teleportation, so he could travel back and forth from his home to the store and then return without letting anyone know about his disappearance.


    But since the restrictions ced around his home were extremely high andplex, he wouldn''t be able to travel without alerting the other side.


    It was still better for Magnus, as the awakened Sacred Creator would fall into a deep sleep in the next year, and after that, it would take neen thousand years for the next Sacred Creator to awaken.


    Since there were still products left for him to check out, Magnus decided to think about itter and focus on what was in front of him.


    The next in line was the weapons and training area. Since Magnus was a Supreme God level cultivator, he met the condition to enter Primordial level difficulty.


    After learning enough detail about the weapons and training area, Magnus left for the weapons room.


    First, Magnus went to the mace section and started looking for a suitable one. After searching for some time, he finally found one that cost him a few thousand supreme Sacred stones.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Magnus paid for the mace using his store card and thenpleted the process to enter the training area.


    Time flew by, and Magnus stood in front of the second Beast Summoner Device.


    As Magnus pressed the switch, ''4'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate at a high speed.


    Five secondster, the rotation came to a stop, and a beast familiar to Magnus appeared on the screen. His eyes popped out in surprise since it was something unexpected for him.


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into his hands.


    [Name: Iridescent Bustard


    Type: Beast


    Race: Bustard


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Fire, Water, Air, Light


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    ...


    Ability:


    1.) me Jet: The Iridescent Bustard releases a concentrated stream of fire from its beak, engulfing enemies in scorching mes.


    2.) Aqua Burst: The Iridescent Bustard summons a torrent of water, drenching enemies and causing damage through the force of the impact.


    3.) Inferno Cyclone: The Iridescent Bustardbines fire and air elements to create a swirling cyclone of mes, engulfing enemies and inflicting continuous burning damage.


    4.) Ember Surge: The Iridescent Bustard conjures fiery embers that rain down upon enemies, causing widespread area-of-effect damage.


    ...


    12.) Aqua Veil: The Iridescent Bustard creates a protective barrier of water around itself, deflecting iing projectiles and reducing damage taken.


    13.) Radiant Ignition: The Iridescent Bustard emits a brilliant light from its plumage, blinding enemies and reducing their uracy.


    ...


    21.) Ephemeral Mist: The Iridescent Bustard dissolves into a cloud of mist, bing intangible and immune to physical attacks for a short duration.


    Card Description: The Iridescent Bustard is a formidable creature. Its attributes of fire, water, air, and light make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Iridescent Bustard.


    Price: Seventy-five thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    Magnus found his hands almost shaking when he read the characteristics on the card.


    ***


    A/N: I didn''t add the characteristics as I wasn''t satisfied with what I wrote. I will reveal it in the next chapter tomorrow.


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 Chapter 1215 Shock!

    Chapter 1215: Shock!


    [Name: Iridescent Bustard


    Type: Beast


    Race: Bustard


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Fire, Water, Air, Light


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    Characteristics: Harmonic Resurgence


    Details: The Iridescent Bustard creates a unique energy from thebination of all four elements, and that energy attunes with the surrounding environment and allies. Attuned energy can amplify the abilities and strengths of those around it.


    Effects: 1.) Serene Sanctuary: Creates a peaceful sanctuary amid chaos where it and the allies can findfort and rejuvenation, rapidly restoring their health and energy.


    2.) Resurrection: In dire situations, the Iridescent Bustard can unleash a burst of harmonious energy, reviving fallen allies and restoring them to full health. It only works for being one level lower than the cultivation level, and the death time shouldn''t exceed seven days.


    ¡­


    Price: Seventy-five thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The Iridescent Bustard was a mesmerizing sight to look at. With a regal and proud stance, it stood tall and majestic, reaching a height of several thousand feet. Its body was adorned with radiant plumage that shimmered and changed color in the light, reflecting shades of fiery orange, iridescent blue, and vibrant green. The red feathers at the crest of its head stood honorably, resembling a crown of mes. Its wings, spanning an enormous width, were a blend of blues and greens, reminiscent of the surface of a crystal-clearke in a forest.


    Magnus''s hands shook from shock as he held the card and read the effects of the characteristics on it.


    The Iridescent Bustard was a legendary creature descending directly from the Primordial Garuda, one of the strongest beings in the Multiverse after Devas.


    It was also the first child of Garuda, making the beast even more special. Since it was a direct descendant of Garuda, it should have been a top creature in the Primordial Dimension, but something happened that forced the only three Iridescent Bustards to descend into the Sacred Dimension.


    The race then proliferated in the Sacred Dimension, and with time they became not only the overlord of the Beast group but also the Sacred Dimension.


    But countless years ago, the Iridescent Bustards suddenly disappeared from the Sacred Dimension, never to be seen again. None knew where they went. And such was the legend made by them that even someone like Magnus, who lived in a closed society with not much knowledge of the outside world, still knew about them.


    After calming down, Magnus returned his focus to the skills. The skills weren''t that special, like the characteristics. They were only basic skills rted to the elements.


    He then came down to the price section, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He didn''t believe the cost at first, so he then looked at it again.


    "Seventy-five thousand ultimate Sacred stones! I will have several peak Supreme Gods in my control if I pay them one Ultimate Sacred Stone," Magnus mumbled in shock.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Ultimate Sacred stone was a rare currency with incalcble value. It might be equal to one million supreme Sacred stones in conversion rates, but no one would exchange at that amount even if a few hundred thousand supreme stones were added.


    Magnus didn''t know that he was fortunate that the skills on the cards weren''t that rare and powerful. More than 90 percent of the cost was due to the characteristics.


    Magnus wasn''t confident that he had even that kind of wealth, so he immediately went into the space inside the store card. Soon, Magnus was left disappointed.


    The amount he had brought with him was several thousand short of the price. With his eyes brimming with disappointment, Magnus took a deep, helpless sigh and then ced the card in the cardpartment.


    Magnus didn''t try to summon another beast any longer since he had already made up his mind to purchase the Iridescent Bustard. He then turned around and left the room. The summoning cost getting deducted from the card.


    Magnus hade here after getting an epiphany and he was now certain that the Iridescent Bustard was the cause behind it.


    The only issue was that it cost an extremely high number of stones, and Magnus had fallen short of that amount by arge margin.


    Magnus didn''t know whether he would stay awake for long or not since he had awoken earlier than intended. It was extremely tough for him to gather that amount.


    Considering that, Magnus was only left with one choice. After leaving the beast''s room, Magnus activated the store card.


    The next moment, a white light covered him. It disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, Magnus had also vanished.


    The next moment, Magnus found himself back in his cocoon. Since every Gorkin would fall into a deep sleep, there were custom cocoons made for everyone. They were immensely secure, as those were the creations of the Sacred Creators.


    Not even one-billionth of a second had passed when a heavy pressure suddenly descended on Magnus. He wasn''t surprised by it since he had expected it to happen the moment he activated the teleportation function of the store card.


    The pressure wasn''t kind to Magnus at all, as it knocked him to the ground. His face hit the surface directly. His cultivation as ate Supreme God seemed to mean nothing at that moment, as his face had no defense.


    His nose was crushed, his jaws had cracked open, and half of his teeth had fallen out.


    Magnus knew it was his punishment for attempting something like it. Not even a whole second had passed since Magnus returned to his cocoon, and Magnus was already severely injured.


    The next moment, the world around Magnus turned dark. When the light returned to his eyes, he found himself in an enormous space with only one person present.


    Magnus immediately knelt down with his head touching the ground since the man was none other than the only awake Sacred Creator in the race.


    "Why did you break the rule?" The man asked.


    Magnus tried to raise his head up to answer, but a heavy pressure descended and stopped him from doing it.


    "Father, I have a great piece of information," Magnus responded.


    Every Sacred Creator in the Gorkins was called father by the Gorkins who hadn''t touched that level.

 Chapter 1216 Law Curse!

    Chapter 1216: Law Curse!


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Unaware of the conversation transpiring between Magnus and the Sacred Creator, Aakesh was rxing in his chair. He heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store, so he opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    The next moment, an unfamiliar face greeted Aakesh''s sight. It was a female Turas, a race in the demon group.


    Turas were a mid-tier race in the Demon group with only a single Higher God.


    The femaleing toward the store was Gargi, the only Higher God in the race.


    Demon groups of races were known for many things, but what they weren''t known for is their appearances. On average, demon groups of races were below average looking in the Multiverse, with some of the worst-looking races in their midst.


    The race Turas was the exact opposite of that. Every member of the race had excellent features, so much so that they were put on the same level as Elves in appearance.


    The members of the race had light brown skin, a toned humanoid physique, and an average height of fifteen feet. These were basic features, but what made the Turas stand out were their eyes.


    The members of the Turas race had unique kinds of eyes. It was just a shimmery silver sclera with no pupils. It matched the silver hair of the members of the race.


    Gargi, being the leader of the Turas, was the most beautiful being in her race. As she was approaching the store, the people on the street stopped what they were doing and looked at Gargi with smiles.


    Gargi was used to that kind of attention, so she ignored the onlookers and finally reached the outside steps of the store.


    "The store can help you solve the problem!"


    Gargi took a deep breath as she remembered what she had heard from her friend beforeing here.


    Gargi then stepped forward and soon climbed the three steps. She then walked forward and stepped inside the store.


    The next moment, the view in front of her changed as the sense-blocking array removed its restrictions.


    Her eyes also fell on the blue-skinned man sitting on the chair and two other female beings sitting on other chairs.


    Since Gargi hade here on her friend''s rmendation, she recognized Aakesh as the store owner since he was the only blue-skinned of the three and a male.


    Gargi didn''t look around and approached Aakesh. "Hello, store owner!" She greeted him with a respectful tone.


    Aakesh only silently nodded in response to her greeting, as usual.


    Gargi didn''t waste any time or keep Aakesh answering other questions; she asked about the store''s products.


    "The store currently sells six products¡­" Aakesh was waiting for the request, so he concluded the introduction and the basic details of all six products in a single breath.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Gargi nodded since the store products were as her friend had told her. Her friend didn''t inform her about the store out of goodwill, but she had to splurge some wealth.


    There were no friends or enemies in the world; only benefits were the sole rtion binder.


    "Store owner¡­"


    Gargi then began to share her story. Aakesh didn''t disturb Gargi since he could see that the story yed a part in what Gargi would buy.


    Gargi was the leader of the Turas race and the only Higher God, so there was nopetition for the top position from anyone else. Simrly, the she stayed on was a low-level, but better than the Curiel on which the store was located.


    Gargi was not only the single Higher God in the Turas but also on the entire, so Turas were the overlords of their with all the valuable resources of the in their control.


    Life was going well and stable for the Turas since there was no danger from outside or inside. But things slowly began to change as the second Higher God was born on the.


    The leader of the race Jregas, who oncepeted with Turas, also seeded in achieving the breakthrough and became the second Higher God.


    With that, a new round ofpetition began on the. Being a Higher God for a longer time allowed Gargi to have higher strength than the opponent, but the difference wasn''t that wide that she would be able to win handsomely, let alone kill.


    Since she was still stronger, the expansion of the opponents stopped, but not even a year had passed when the third Higher God was born.


    Since Gargi had ruled the entire for years as the only Higher God, when the third Higher God was born, the second and thirdbined their forces and attacked the Turas.


    Gargi''s strength allowed the Turas toe out as the victor of the war, with the other two Higher Gods returning to cultivation for recovering from their injuries. The victory wasn''t without struggle.


    Even Gargi was injured in the battle and had to recover for years when a new piece of information rang that the fourth Higher God had appeared on the.


    Gargi could sense something awry in the situation, as one or two sessful breakthroughs can be understood, but not three in a span of three years. One and two can be coincidences, but not the third urrence.


    Gargi began to research the cause of the sudden emergence of Higher Gods when she came across the news of Turas getting cursed.


    The curse wasn''t due to other races; it was aw curse.


    Law curses were a type of curse that rarely appeared in the world, either due to bad luck, getting infected randomly, ormitting some frowned-upon act.


    If the curse was due to bad luck or getting randomly infected, there were chances of solving it, but if it was due tomitting some frowned upon act, then there was noing back.


    All the recorded instances of the curse had resulted in the extinction of the race.


    Fortunately for Gargi, thew curse acting on Turas was due to bad luck. As for what caused the race''s luck to drop so low, she didn''t know.


    The curse drained all of the race''s luck and passed it on to other creatures. It resulted in an increment of the Higher Gods in opposing races, pushing the Turas closer and closer to extinction.

 Chapter 1217 Suggestion!

    Chapter 1217: Suggestion!


    After finding the cause of the sudden rise of Higher Gods in other opponent races, Gargi went on a hunt for a solution. She knew she didn''t have much time with her.


    As soon as the two injured Higher Gods recovered, she would have to face thebined attack of three Higher Gods, and the result might not be the same that time.


    Gargi''s luck was great, as the first friend she went to gave her a solution. There was only one way to counter thew curse activated due to bad luck, gain enough fortune to trump the bad luck. But it was easier said than done. Luck was an iprehensible element that not even the overlords of the Sacred Dimension could control. She was only an early Higher God, so it was impossible for her.


    But then her friend suggested she visit the store and its products. Every action affected the fortune. If she could find a powerful item, that would influence the Turas positively, and simrly, if she encountered something troublesome, it would impact the group negatively.


    Aakesh nodded after hearing Gargi''s side. He was surprised since it was his first timeing across someone infected by thew curse.


    Gargi wasn''t the cause of it, or Aakesh would have known. It was easier to solve thew curse affecting a group than an individual. It was an extremely potent power, so when it was concentrated on an individual, it was so intense that it affected others around that person as well. When in a group, every member of that group took some portion, so it wasn''t concentrated.


    "You should buy a beast," Aakesh suggested to Gargi.


    Pills, skills, and weapons weren''t that influential to affect thew curse of a group since Gargi was only a Higher God. If the curse could give enough luck to create three Higher Gods, that it surely wasn''t something any of the three could cross at the same level.


    Panagea could influence Gargi and hence her race positively, but it was a long-term solution. Who knew whether Gargi and Turas would even survive until they gained enough fortune from Panagea?


    Cultivation arts were only up until the True Gods, so they were of no use to her. It only left Beast as the product. It was true that the highest level beast she could get would only be an early Higher God, but another sentient Higher God that knew how to use its power effectively could influence the fortune positively.


    After listening to Aakesh''s suggestion, Gargi started to ask questions rted to the beast. Once she had gotten her answers and was satisfied with them, she thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the room, as pointed out by Aakesh.


    After she left, Aakesh closed her eyes, beginning another of his rxation sessions since no customers were approaching him.


    When Gargi entered the room, she was awed by the countless murals painted on the wall. Since she was a Higher God, she went to the second device, which had a shorter queue than the first one.


    Gargi tried to recognize the beasts from their murals to pass the waiting time. She spectacrly failed at that, as except for the ones who had gained enormous fame in the Sacred Dimension, she didn''t recognize any of them.


    It made Gargi feel even more awed by the store. She had a sense that each beast painted on the walls came from top races for whom she and her race weren''t a match. Seeing so many of them motivated her to reach that stage one day herself.


    Time flew by, and it was finally Gargi''s turn to summon.


    She didn''t immediately begin but took several continuous deep breaths to calm herselfpletely. When she had achieved that state, it was then that she pressed the button.


    The next moment, the rotation began with a rumble, and soon five seconds had passed. The rotation had stopped, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    Gargi didn''t recognize the beast on the screen, which was a good sign for her. Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into her hands.


    She looked at the card and began to read the details on it. Since Gargi was inside the store, thew curse effect on her had stopped working.


    The system didn''t y with the fortune of the customers, but since thew curse was negatively affecting her, the system automatically acted, and Gargi''s luck returned to a spot where it should have been if not for the curse.


    Still, her fortunes weren''t that great, as the beast on the card was of the lowest quality. She stepped forward and returned the card. She then returned to the screen and pressed the button.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Since summoning wasn''t cheap, Gargi wished to get a suitable beast in that attempt.


    Time flew by.


    [Name: Gray Bull


    Type: Beast


    Race: Bull


    Quality: Higher


    Element: Earth


    Cultivation: Early Higher God


    Ability:


    1.) Herculean Charge: The Gray Bull charges forward with unstoppable force, trampling through obstacles and enemies in its path.


    2.) Stonehide Armor: The Gray Bull develops a thick and imprable stone-like hide, providing exceptional defense against physical and magical attacks.


    3.) Earthquake Stomp: The Gray Bull unleashes a stomp, causing the ground to shake and creating seismic shockwaves that damage and disorient enemies.


    4.) Iron Will: The Gray Bull temporarily enhances its own resistance to status ailments and negative effects, rendering it immune to debuffs.


    ...


    10.) Mighty Bull Charge: The Gray Bull executes a powerful charge, trampling through enemies and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.


    11.) Earthly Aura: The Gray Bull radiates an aura of earth energy, empowering allies with increased strength and durability.


    ...


    14.) Horn Thrust: The Gray Bull charges forward with its mighty horns, impaling and tossing aside any enemies in its way.


    Card Description: The Gray Bull is a formidable creature. Its attribute of earth makes it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Gray Bull.


    Price: Seven thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Gargi looked at the beast on the card she summoned on her third try.

 Chapter 1218 Familiar!

    Chapter 1218: Familiar!


    Gargi looked at the details of the Gray Bull. She was already familiar with the beast.


    After a long pause of silence, Gargi took a sigh and left the queue.


    The Gray Bull wasn''t her first choice, but what made her give up on going for the fourth summon was the price of the beast.


    If only a beast of higher quality could sell for seven thousand supreme Sacred stones, she didn''t dare imagine what the cost would be for the upper levels.


    If she hade to the store before the war, she would have gone for higher-level beasts, but the war with the two Higher Gods and races drained arge number of resources saved by the Turas over their rule on the.


    The Gray Bull wasn''t a weak creature. And since it was of higher quality, it at least had chances of passing that level and bing Supreme God, which Gargi no longer had.


    Reaching Higher God had drained all her talent, so she had been stuck at that level for thousands of years without seeing any improvement.


    It was also the reason Gargi was in a hurry to solve the curse. She wasn''t growing in her cultivation at all, so once any of the opponent''s Higher Gods grew in cultivation, she would lose everything. She was only strong because she was older.


    There was a line waiting at the square device, so it took time before it was her turn.


    When it was finally her turn, she took a deep breath and put the card in itspartment while cing her hand on the respective section.


    The next moment, Gargi found herself in a different location. She was in a vast grasnd, and not far from her, several cattle were grazing on the grass, peacefully enjoying their lives.


    They noticed Gargi''s presence but ignored her, except for one creature.


    When it saw Gargi, it stopped grazing on the grass and approached her, stopping at a distance of one hundred meters.


    Gargi understood it was her opponent since it was the only Gray Bull present in the area. All the others were cows from different groups.


    MOO!


    The Gray Bull menacingly red at Gargi and then roared toward the sky. It was an awe-inspiring creature, standing tall and mighty with a massive, muscr body. Its thick, fur-covered hide was a deep shade of gray. The powerful muscles rippled beneath its tough exterior, showcasing its immense strength. It possessed a pair ofrge, sharp horns that curved gracefully upwards from its head, gleaming with a metallic shine.


    Ding!


    The next moment, the bell with no known direction of origin rang, announcing the start of the taming battle.


    The Gray Bull immediately raised its upper hoofs in the air and then stomped with full might. The next moment, the ground beneath Gargi''s foot cracked open, throwing her off the mark.


    It wasn''t the end, as the bull pounced on her like a spring. While it was happening, the cows kept grazing ignoring all the ruckus around them.


    The battle between the two continued. The Gray Bull was brimming with strength, and so was Gargi.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The members of the Turas race were beautiful but also strong when it came to physical strength. Gargi and the Gray Bull were shing head-on as Gargi grabbed the bull''s horn trying to tame it.


    Time flew by, and as the battle continued, the beautiful grasnd turned into ruins. The cows grazing peacefully were no longer there, as they had run away from the battlefield after the Gray Bull''s order.


    Gargi was a better fighter than the Gray Bull, so it was showing in the battle. When the fight began, the Gray Bull was the one making moves, but as time passed, Gargi started to gain the upper hand. The time for thest strike finally arrived.


    Burning its blood, the Gray Bull activated [Mighty Bull Charge] while Gargi also used her ultimate skill.


    The Gray Bull rushed at Gargi like a ray of red light, and the same was the case with Gargi, but it wasn''t her charging; it was her skill.


    Boom!


    The next moment, the Gray Bull and the attack shed, creating a loud explosion sound and then dust clouds.


    Gargi coughed blood and crashed to the ground since the attack had taken its toll on her. The Gray Bull was in no better condition as it had been deeply injured by the sh.


    After a few seconds, the Gray Bull finally took itsst breath, and its piercing yellow eyes turned lifeless. When Gargi saw it, she heaved a sigh of relief.


    Gargi was excited about what the Gray Bull would bring her since she had seen it fighting. Her strength in the battle was the same as what was in reality, and still, the creature forced her to fight to such an extent.


    Gargi immediately decided to go to war with the Higher Gods after leaving the store. With her and the Gray Bull''sbined efforts, the opponents stood no chance against Turas.


    As Gargi was thinking, she found herself back inside the room. She had a smile on her face, which hade after a long time.


    Suddenly, a pricking pain attacked her, and her smile disappeared immediately. The screen on the device then lit up with the details of the contract.


    Since Gargi didn''t have any of the three store cards, she needed toplete the purchase from Aakesh. She then left the queue and walked in the direction of the room exit.


    When she stepped outside the room, she found a line of three people in front of Aakesh, so she joined it and waited for her turn.


    ***


    "... these are the store products currently avable in the store," Aakeshmented afterpleting the introduction of the store''s products for the man.


    The man stood there in surprise after the introduction was over. He still couldn''t believe his eyes. He hade to the store due to coincidences, as his sister lived in a neighboring city. When he came to meet his newly born nephew, he found out about the store from his sister.


    The man then asked for Panagea but was disappointed to learn about theck of spots. He then asked for weapons and proceeded in that direction.


    ***


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 Chapter 1219 Martin’s Intuition!

    Chapter 1219: Martin''s Intuition!


    Outside the store,


    The market was active as thousands of people thronged Seventeenth Street to do their shopping. From time to time, many would look at the store with envy and helplessness.


    Everyone in Thorr City was afraid of the mysterious store owner, but at the same time, they wanted to enter the store as well. Unfortunately, the products were expensive, so it stopped them, or the store would have an excess of a billion customers in the store.


    Suddenly, a white light shed one meter away from the store''s outside stairs, and soon after, two beings appeared.


    One of them had entered the store once, while the other looked at it with questioning eyes. The people on the street felt envy when they saw the duo appear in front of the store. But none dared to directly look at them since anyone who could teleport was a being they couldn''t even defeat in their dreams.


    "Hmm, I can sense the powerful energy flooding the building. It''s no doubt that you saw this in your dream," Martinmented while looking at the building.


    Magnus, standing next to Martin, stood there looking at the ground. His expression was calm, but he was jumping for joy in his heart.


    He didn''t have sufficient wealth toplete the purchase of the Iridescent Bustard, but he no longer had to worry about it since Martin had promised to pay the amount. Martin was the only awake Sacred Creator who agreed to check the store and pardon Magnus for his crime of leaving the.


    Magnus wanted to hurry inside the store, but he stayed calm since he didn''t want to show any disrespect to Martin.


    Martin also noticed the hurry on Magnus''s side, so he stopped looking at the building. He had already be aware of his inability to stand against the energy flooding the building. It caused Martin to be curious about the store as well.


    So he didn''t waste much time and stepped forward. Magnus respectfully followed behind, and soon the duo was inside the store.


    Martin''s eyes suddenly violently expanded as he looked around. He found that he had underestimated the influence of the invisible energy. After entering, he could finally feel some of it, and it was terrifying.


    Martin''s intuition repeatedly warned him against trying to act against the energy. It was a shocking discovery.


    The Sacred Creators from the Gorkin race weren''t as strong as the Sacred Creators of other races, but he was still one. Even if an elephant was the weakest of its race, it was still more powerful than other beasts. So the sense of danger was new to him. It helped Martin''s curiosity explode.


    Martin then looked at the blue-skinned man. He could see that the man was special and not some ordinary figure, but Martin was also certain that the man''s existence didn''t even affect him slightly at all. The energy was the only source of danger.


    "Just who is behind this store?" Martin muttered in a voice only he could hear.


    Aakesh also noticed Magnus returning to the store with an even more powerful Gorkin, and the system also automatically informed him about the neer''s cultivation. But since Aakesh was busy with a customer, he kept his focus on only that.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Martin wanted to talk with the blue-skinned store owner to get some idea about who was behind the store, but since there was a short line in front of the man, Martin decided against it.


    Since Martin already knew about the store''s products from Magnus, and Magnus also wanted to buy the Iridescent Bustard, Martin decided to go there first. He will converse with the store ownerter.


    Martin was clearly more knowledgeable than Magnus about the outside world and races, but he was still surprised by the sheer number of beast murals on the walls that he didn''t recognize.


    Magnus had already taken out the Iridescent Bustard card, so he only needed to think of the beast before activating the next summoning round. Aware of that, Magnus joined the queue at the second Beast Summoner Device.


    Martin didn''t join any queues and kept looking at the murals since it was a great opportunity to learn about the beast races he knew nothing about. Martin wouldn''t be able to know the names of the beasts, but his knowledge about their features would still be enriched.


    Martin also had no interest in summoning a beast for himself, as he would be going into another deep sleep in a year. He didn''t want the beast to stay locked up at his residence while he was sleeping for a million years.


    After a few minutes, Magnus got his turn for the summoning. Magnus took a deep breath, thought of the beast, and then pressed the button.


    The next moment, ''5'' appeared on top of the screen as the square light began to rotate at a rapid speed. Five seconds passed in a sh and the rotation stopped, with a familiar beast appearing on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into Magnus''s hand. He nodded after reading the details on the card. He heaved a relieved sigh when he saw [Harmonic Resurgnece] in the characteristics section.


    Magnus then turned around and left the queue. He didn''t immediately join the line for the square device toplete the following steps, but instead, he went to Martin.


    Magnus then respectfully handed the card to Martin. Martin didn''t even look at Magnus and took the card.


    Magnus had already informed Martin about the beast and why he wanted to buy it, so Martin didn''t see anything different on the card other than what Magnus had told him.


    Martin was also surprised by the resurrection effect of the characteristics since he himself knew how difficult and energy-draining it was to revive someone.


    There was only a death limit of seven days, but it was still something. What made Martin agree toplete the sale for Magnus was that once the beast grew to the level of a Sacred Emperor or Monarch, it would be able to revive Sacred Kings and Sacred Emperors. It would be almost like an unlimited army since there was no fixed limit on how many times someone can be resurrected.


    ***


    A/N: One more chapteringter!

 Chapter 1220 Urge!

    Chapter 1220: Urge!


    Martin returned the card to Magnus after reading the details on it.


    Even though Martin had already heard about the beast from Magnus, as he read the details on the card, the urge to buy one for himself appeared in his mind.


    Martin was a man of intuition, so once he had the urge, he decided to go through with it. As for Magnus, he went and joined the queue for the square device.


    After making his decision, Martin turned in the direction of the second pir and proceeded in that direction. There was no customer waiting there, so Martin immediately got his turn.


    He looked at the nine different beasts in nine sections on the screen. He recognized all of them and then pressed the switch.


    Martin felt like trying to see through the rotation, but an intense sense of danger appeared and forced him to abort that. He peacefully stayed there and waited.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and soon a beast appeared on the screen. Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into his hands.


    Martin was a Sacred Creator, so the chances for him to get a beast of quality that was lower than ultimate were less than the chances of a Divine Transformation from a low-level race cultivator getting an ultimate quality beast.


    Having ultimate quality at the Supreme God level didn''t make it certain that the beast would go on to reach the Sacred Creator level. What it made sure of was that if the beast ticked the right boxes, it would reach that level.


    Martin was already aware of the beast, so he looked at the details on the card. The next moment, there was a small movement in his eyes. It was only a slight expansion, so much so that not even someone standing next to him would notice. Something that could surprise him was bound to be extraordinary, and that was what Martin felt when he read the details of the beast.


    [Name: Ferocious Crocodile


    Type: Beast


    Race: Crocodile


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Earth, Water, Darkness


    Cultivation: peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Dominion of Darkness


    Details: The Ferocious Crocodile channels the essence of the elements of darkness, earth, and water, infusing a range around it with an insidious energy that corrupts and drains the life force of its victims and transfers it to it and its allies.


    Range: one hundred miles.


    Ability:


    1.) Venomous Bite: The Ferocious Crocodile''s bite carries a venomous toxin that spreads through the victim''s bloodstream, causing intense pain and paralysis.


    2.) Torrential Defense: The Ferocious Crocodile can create a powerful shield of water around itself, providing enhanced protection against physical and magical attacks.


    3.) Terror Roar: The Ferocious Crocodile emits a bone-chilling roar that sends waves of terror through its enemies, instilling fear, weakening their resolve, and leaving them vulnerable to further attacks.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    4.) Dark Assault: The Ferocious Crocodile can envelop its body in a dark, ethereal mist, granting it temporary invisibility and increased speed onnd and water.


    5.) Netherbite: The Ferocious Crocodile''s jaws are infused with dark energy, allowing it to deliver devastating bites that drain the vitality of its victims.


    ...


    16.) Terra Quake: The Ferocious Crocodile can summon forth powerful seismic tremors, causing the earth to rupture and fissures to form.


    17.) Vortex Devour: The Ferocious Crocodile can create a swirling vortex of water, drawing in nearby enemies and trapping them within.


    18.) Stone Armor: The Ferocious Crocodile can form a protective armor made of stones, increasing its defense and resilience against physical attacks.


    ...


    22.) Dominant Presence: The Ferocious Crocodile exudes an aura of dominance and power, inspiring fear and awe in those around it.


    Card Description: The Ferocious Crocodile is a formidable creature. Its attributes of earth, water, and darkness make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Ferocious Crocodile.


    Price: One hundred seventy-five thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The Ferocious Crocodile was a creature that called awe and fear from whoever stood in front of it. It was a gigantic creature spanning hundreds of miles. It possessed a muscr and streamlined body covered in thick, scaly armor. Its scales shone with a dark, lustrous sheen, ranging in color from deep green to shades of midnight ck. Its eyes were a piercing golden hue, radiating an intense and predatory stare that sent shivers down the spines of those who met its gaze. Its jaws were adorned with jagged spikes, enhancing its ferocious appearance. Intricate patterns covered its body.


    The Ferocious Crocodiles were one of the overlords of the Beast group, with only race on top of it. It was on the same level as the Gorkins considering their power level and influence on the Sacred Dimension.


    The reason Martin felt surprised by the beast was the element of darkness. The Ferocious Crocodiles were known for their mastery of the earth and water elements. It was never known for its dark abilities.


    "Is it the first Ferocious Crocodile?" Martin muttered as he suddenly remembered. There had only been one beast with the element of darkness, and it was the founder of the race.


    The beast won Martin''s heart with its history, and when he saw its characteristics, he became more confident in his decision. His eyes then followed through other sections and only stopped at the price.


    The skills were good, and there was nothing toin about, but the price was clearly high.


    An early Supreme God Iridescent Bustard cost seventy-five thousand stones while the peak Supreme God cost one hundred seventy-five thousand, an addition of one hundred thousand in ultimate currency.


    Martin then stopped thinking about it, as even if there had been an additional zero in the price section, he still would have bought the beast.


    The Sacred Creator''s inner world was abundant with resources, and the ultimate Sacred stone was one such resource, so it didn''t hold as much value as it did for the Sacred Monarch and cultivators below that level.


    Martin then left the device and joined the queue.


    Magnus was surprised by Martin suddenly standing behind him, joining the line. He couldn''t help but be curious about the beast chosen by Martin.


    ***


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 Chapter 1221 Familiar Faces!

    Chapter 1221: Familiar Faces!


    Martin noticed the curious expression in Magnus'' eyes, but he ignored it and waited for his turn to arrive.


    Since Magnus was one step ahead, he was the first to get his turn. Buying the beast was only the first step, and what was toe next was the most significant and difficult step, so before starting it, Magnus took a deep breath and calmed himself down.


    The next moment, he ced the card in the cardpartment and put his hands on the respective section. The next moment, Magnus found himself in a different environment.


    ***


    Aakesh saw Martin entering the beast room, but since there were customers in line, he didn''t focus on that. Soon after, all the customers had left the queue.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Only a minute had passed since Aakesh began his rxation session when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction. The next moment, a familiar face greeted his sight.


    Outside the store, there were two customers, and both of them were familiar to Aakesh. They were none other than George and Evelyn, two of the oldest customers of the store in the Primal Dimension.


    "We are finally here," Evelynmented with a reminiscing sigh as she looked at the building in front of her.


    George''s cultivation was intermediate Divine Lord while Evelyn''s cultivation was peak Divine Lord. It seemed impossible since Maria was still only at the Divine Transformation level.


    What made George and Evelyn reach such a high level was Panagea. They didn''t ascend earlier, but in the time of Primal Dimension, it had only been a few years since they left.


    After Maria ascended, she disbanded the Skylord organization, but since Evelyn was the second in charge, there were things still under her control.


    Using those assets, she grew her level and simrly helped George. Evelyn was also the only adventurer other than Aakesh to cross Level 310.


    Once the adventurers reached level 250 in Panagea, they could exchange that level of energy, which would automatically make them an early Divine Transformation.


    The levels between 250 and 265 refer to the Divine Transformation cultivators. The levels ranging from 266 to 285 were for Divine Being cultivators, while levels between 286 and 315 referred to Divine Lord cultivators.


    Since Evelyn was level 313, her cultivation in Sacred Dimension was equivalent to peak Divine Lord, but still far from reaching the bottleneck.


    Exchanging these power levels into reality didn''te at an easy cost due to the outrageous exchange rate. All the assets George and Evelyn had earned in Panagea over more than ten thousand years were exhausted. If they were to enter again, they would start with nothing, like a newbie adventurer, except their high power level.


    As George and Evelyn were looking at the store, they simultaneously turned to their left. Their direction was a building some distance away.


    George and Evelyn then looked at each other and saw the smile on their faces since they sensed familiar energying from that direction.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    George and Evelyn then walked in that direction since it had been several millennials since they saw each other.


    Inside her house, Maria was meditating when she sensed two powerful presences at her door. She didn''t have to worry about it, as a familiar pressure emanated from her.


    A smile immediately spread across her face as she came down the stairs and opened the door. The next moment, two familiar faces with whom she once shared a residence appeared in front of her.


    "Leader!"


    "Leader!"


    George and Evelyn called out and bowed immediately when they saw Maria on the other side of the door.


    When Evelyn gave Maria the suggestion to start the organization, Evelyn was a Heavenly Monarch, while Maria was only a Nascent Soul cultivator. But when Maria ascended, she had surpassed the two of them in strength by a long margin.


    At first, Evelyn yed an immense role in the continuity of the organization since Maria was a weak girl. But as Maria matured and got stronger, she took on more responsibility and started acting like the leader rather than just the title bearer.


    "I am no leader; you don''t need to call me that," Mariamented, calling the two of them inside.


    The residence wasn''t that big since she needed to be calctive when it came to expenses. It seemed slightly overcrowded when the three of them were present at the same time in the hall.


    It was a different building than the earlier one. As the store''s poprity grew, the same was true for the rent. Maria could no longer afford to live there due to the ns she had made, so she decided to move out into a smaller building that was slightly farther from the storepared to the previous residence.


    As for buying thend, the city administration had prohibited the sale of anynd in the range of ten miles around the store since there was a case of a powerful cultivator forcing a weak Thorron to sell hisnd. The buildings could be rented to earn money since the administration couldn''t bereft ordinary Thorrons of the affluence thend brought because it was close to the store.


    "You''ll always be our leader, Maria," Evelyn responded as the two embraced each other in a tight hug.


    Maria was slightly hesitant, unlike her usual demeanor with George and Evelyn.


    "You don''t need to feel guilty about disbanding the organization. I always knew that you would leave it once Aakesh returned to the higher dimension," Evelynmented since she could see what was making Maria feel hesitant.


    "Yes, we knew your reverence toward him. In fact, you exceeded our expectation of staying that long after Aakesh returned," George added. Living at the same residence made George and Evelyn closer to Maria, like siblings.


    "So, what''s going on with the store?" Evelyn asked Maria after a long conversation.


    ***


    Aakesh saw George and Evelyn suddenly turning around and leaving in a different direction. He didn''t have to think much since he knew where Maria lived.


    Maria would invite him from time to time to visit her residence for dinner. It was just that he showed no interest in it.

 Chapter 1222 Close For The Day!

    Chapter 1222: Close for the Day!


    "Store owner, I want toplete the sale," Magnus requested as he reached Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from his hands. As he took a look at the beast, the price appeared in his mind.


    "You need to pay seventy-five thousand ultimate and one supreme Sacred stone," Aakesh informed Magnus.


    The next moment, an alert about the payment appeared in his head. At the same time, the notification of an insufficient bnce also rang.


    Magnus looked at Martin, who was behind him since the store followed a queue, and Martin didn''t try to use his strength to take advantage of Magnus.


    Martin understood why Magnus was looking at him, so the next moment, a mountain of ultimate stones appeared in the store. Magnus couldn''t help but thank Martin immediately since Martin gave him the total amount, not the remaining sum.


    Magnus then stored the amount in the space inside his store card, and the next moment, the bnce appeared in his mind. The previous payment alert rang again in his head.


    Magnus epted the alert, and the next moment, the required amount disappeared from his bnce. Not long after, Aakesh informed him of hisplete ownership of the beast.


    Magnus didn''t dare stay there for long and immediately left the queue. There was still the skill product left for him to check, but since Martin was there and it was his turn, Magnus stayed there, waiting for his permission.


    "Give me one Ultimate Store Card," Martin asked, pushing one ultimate Sacred stone toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded, took the stone, and thenpleted the process of originating a store card. Not long after, a beautiful card flew out of the device into his hand.


    Aakesh handed the card to the man and also exined the process to bind the card by blood.


    Martin''s eyelids suddenly expanded as he saw the needle on the card. He then looked at Aakesh with the same shocked expression.


    "How can you not be affected by such a potent element of nihility?" Martin asked. He could see that the needle was not physical material but had materialized due to the intense concentration of the nihility element.


    Since there was such a pure and concentrated quantity, it was bound to cause issues. There was a reason the element of nihility was feared so much across the three dimensions. Nothing of any type could exist around it.


    "You don''t need to know that," Aakesh indifferently answered.


    The direct response from Aakesh surprised Martin. He could see that there was something extraordinary about Aakesh, but Aakesh was still a weakling that could be crushed anytime he wanted, and yet there was no sense of respect or fear in his eyes. If there were disdain in Aakesh''s eyes, Martin would''ve understood since there was a figure with unimaginable power behind him. But Aakesh looked at Martin as if he didn''t even matter, and it felt ufortable


    Martin didn''t make himself angry over it and calmed down. He was someone who had lived for too long, and such superficial things as respect or other emotions from others outside his race didn''t affect him. It was only that it happened on the spur of the moment.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "We can make a trade," Martin still didn''t give up on the answer since it was something that could positively influence his strength and the race.


    "Only the products are avable for sale," Aakesh answered, and then suddenly pointed at the rule board about not bargaining or arguing with the store owner.


    Martin stopped asking any questions once Aakesh pointed at the rule board. He then focused on the store card in his hands.


    He tried to study it, but nothing he tried worked, and all he got was a waste of time. But since the card would be with him forever, Martin didn''t feel disappointed. He then ced his finger on the tiny needle.


    He didn''t even have to push his finger, but the needle automatically pricked his skin. Martin felt an unbearable pain for that instant, but it disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.


    Martin then looked at his finger, and when he saw that it had healed, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had seen with his own eyes the dangerous effect of the element of nihility on an injury. It not only stopped any healing from happening, but it also kept aggravating the injury.


    He then surveyed his blood vessels, and only when he was confident of the absence of even a tiny hint of nihility element there did he stop.


    Others might feel the situation was a joke if they knew someone with peak cultivation was acting like that when even the Divine Transformation customer wouldn''t act like that, but that was the curse of strength and knowledge. The more the cultivators grew in strength and knowledge, the more they felt awe toward even the basicws of the Multiverse, let alone a supreme element like nihility.


    Martin didn''t have much time to think over that, as a light simr in color to his blood engulfed the card, and when it disappeared, the store card had taken on that color appearance.


    At the same time, Martin felt the card in his sea of consciousness. Giving a try, Martin looked at the card, but he was still met with failure, not understanding anything about the card.


    Martin then found a new piece of knowledge, informing him of the abilities of the store card. It was simr to what Martin had heard from Magnus, and once it was over, he passed the beast card to Aakesh.


    "Complete the purchase," Martin said, as he had primarily approached Aakesh toplete the sale.


    His battle with the Ferocious Crocodile wasn''t very challenging, as he was someone who was a Sacred Creator. Even though he had spent the majority of his life in deep sleep, he was still strong. Martin had a resounding victory in the fight.


    "You need to pay one hundred seventy-five thousand ultimate and one higher Sacred stone," Aakesh informed Martin as the cost appeared in his head.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The sunset arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities, and with it, the time to close the store likewise.


    ***


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 Chapter 1223 A Large City!

    Chapter 1223: A Large City!


    When only Aakesh, Khaval, and Lily were left in the store, Aakesh walked toward the door and then closed it, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, "Mission reward: King level cultivation arts" has been sessfully transferred. Please check the cultivation arts room!]


    The next moment, the system''s mechanical, emotionless alerts rang in the store. Lily, who was usually bored, also stood up on Aakesh''s head, as she was the one who had summoned the cultivation arts as a product for the store. As for Khaval, he stayed still, rxing himself.


    Aakesh then went toward the room and entered it. The next moment, arger room with additional murals painted on the wall greeted his sight.


    Since there were already five shelves in the room for different grades, there was no new addition to them, except for the fact that the third no longer gave a sense of emptiness.


    Aakesh could now sense energy flowing through the shelf as the arts referred to powerful cultivators and no longer were only for low-level cultivators. It was only Aakesh who could sense that without having any energy sensitivity characteristics.


    Aakesh then focused on the third shelf. Unlike the earlier two shelves, the third shelf had three rows.


    King grade cultivation art worked for cultivators ranging from Lesser God to Supreme God cultivators. Each level in itself was a challenging and significant breakthrough, so each power level needed a different level of cultivation arts.


    The bottom row on the shelf was titled [beginner] and was for the Lesser God cultivators. The one in the middle was titled [intermediate] and referred to Higher God cultivators. The one at the top was titled [advanced] and was for the Supreme God cultivators.


    Aakesh then bent down and took one cultivation art out from the bottom row. When Aakesh looked at the page, the art he had expected was there.


    [Name- The Mountain and Sea Art,


    Grade- Beginner King grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In the Mountain and Sea Art, the cultivator uses Qi to have the strength of a mountain in their fist while having the agility of crossing the sea in a single jump.


    Users: early to peak Lesser God


    Price: 5000 supreme Sacred stones.]


    Aakesh had gotten used to seeing the art every time he took one out, so he immediately went to the price section.


    "The price is as expensive as expected," Aakesh muttered when he saw ''5000 supreme Sacred stones'' in the price section.


    The art was for Lesser God cultivators, not even one of the better ones there, and yet it cost so much.


    Only those Lesser Gods who came from upper-mid-tier races or higher could afford to purchase at that price. Considering that, Aakesh believed that the difficulty of the cultivation art''s quest had only grown after the activation of the King grade.


    Aakesh still didn''tin since the system always charged a fair price for its products, and didn''t cheat the customers.


    Aakesh then put the art back in the bottom row and turned around to leave.


    "Let''s go!"


    As they came out of the room, Aakeshmented, and the next moment, a white light covered the three of them, and soon after, they disappeared from the store.


    Lily and Khaval went to their respective training, while Aakesh also went to his usual battle training.


    Aakesh got a mace as his weapon for the day, while his opponent was a magical attack user, with weak physical attributes. The initial rounds were over soon since Aakesh didn''t even need to use the usual strength he had in past battles.


    But as time passed and the number of battles grew, the effort put in by Aakesh also grew. In the two hundredth round, Aakesh usually won after a battle of a few rounds, but not that one. It went for several rounds as the magical capacity of the opponent was troublesome, and without using any skills, it was difficult to break the magical barrier.


    The battle was only slightly longer and not much more challenging, so the results stayed the same, and Aakesh kept winning. Finally, in the 238th round, Aakesh lost after fighting a hard battle.


    After his death, Aakesh reappeared in the selection area. The next moment, a smile erupted on his face as he saw Lily and Khaval there waiting for him.


    Aakesh''s chair was already there, so he went there and sat down on it. After that, the traditional conversation between the three of them.


    It started with Aakesh sharing his experience in the store for the day. After that, it was Khaval and finally Lily in the end.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Lily continued longer than Aakesh and Khavalbined because she was in the middle of a battle in Panagea.


    Since Lily had refused Aakesh''s help years ago due to a tragic event in her territory, Lily didn''t ask for Aakesh''s opinion, and neither did he offer any. He just silently listened to what Lily had to say.


    After Lily concluded her share, the conversation between the three ended. The next moment, a white light covered the three of them, and soon they had disappeared from the selection area.


    The next moment, they appeared in the store''s hall. Not long after, the door of the room appeared in mid-air in the store. The steps connecting the room to the hard stone floor emerged soon after.


    Lily and Khaval then climbed up the steps after saying their goodbyes to Aakesh. Aakesh stood there, looking at them leave with a gentle smile on his face.


    Thud!


    After Lily and Khaval entered the room, the doors automatically closed down, and soon after, the room''s entrance and the steps vanished, waiting for Aakesh to summon them back.


    The gentle smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared and was reced by his usual indifferent expression. He then turned around and walked toward the portal room.


    When he entered the room, his eyes fell on the two leaderboards as had be his habit. After seeing that there was no change, Aakesh moved his eyes away and went toward the closest virtual portal.


    As the tips of his right middle finger touched the portal, a suction force stronger than anything he could fight against appeared and sucked him inside. The next moment, the countless shiny dots that looked like stars in the sky turned gray, while Aakesh found himself at the same spot he had exited Panagea on the day before.


    In front of Aakesh, a silhouette of arge city could be seen, and he rushed in that direction.


    The city seemed close, but it was tens of thousands of miles away. It was just that the area around it was devoid of anything, so it could be seen so far away.


    "Please help us, senior!"


    Aakesh was traveling when he suddenly heard a plea for helping from another direction. Aakesh turned in that direction and saw a group of bandits surrounding a caravan of ten people around a hundred miles away from him.


    Aakesh was going to ignore the plea and continue on his journey when suddenly he felt a projectileing toward him at a dangerous speed.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned cold since the bandits were the source of the arrow. The bandits must have decided to loot Aakesh as well, unaware of the tragedy they had brought on themselves.


    Aakesh didn''t move away from the arrowing at his heart, but he took his bow out of the space ring.


    Aakesh aimed the bow at the shot and then released the string and the emerging arrow once the bowstring had touched his ears.


    The arrow flew, tearing through the air.


    It passed through the uing arrow as if it were a piece of paper. The shot didn''t stop there; it kept flying toward the enemy.


    It covered the distance of 100 miles instantly, and soon it had pierced through the bandit archer''s heart. Aakesh then took a few more shots, and soon everyone in the bandit group was dead.


    The man who had asked for Aakesh''s help was frightened and his face was drained of blood when he saw the instant massacre around him. He thought it was his number next, but fortunately for him, the great archer ignored them and continued his journey.


    The bunch in the caravan seemed to lose all their energy and crashed to the ground, breathing sighs of relief.


    ***


    Aakesh gained only a tiny amount of XP from the several kills, as only one bandit had a higher level than him, while all the others were low level.


    Aakesh then continued toward the city, and as he approached it closer, the shadow of the city became bigger.


    Aakesh came across many scenes of looting, and those who tried to loot him faced the same fate as the previous group of bandits. Aakesh could see the guards patrolling around the area, but theypletely ignored the scenes around them as if they were patrolling for something else.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


    I owe you seven chapters after today. For the next week, I will upload three chapters every day. Seven extra chapters in total, paying my debt.


    Thanks for bearing with me and supporting the book!

 Chapter 1224 Little Ghost Demon!

    Chapter 1224: Little Ghost Demon!


    Ignoring the gruesome scenes around him, Aakesh continued and soon reached the city. It was like a giant was looking down on Aakesh.


    The guards standing at the gate were looking coldly at everyone entering the city. Since there was no entry fee or search, Aakesh stepped inside the entrance.


    The next moment, the smell of blood wafted around his nose. Aakesh turned in that direction and saw a man tearing through a man''s limbs while the bystanders kept walking, ignoring the scene.


    "Hey, are you new to the city?" Aakesh was also going to walk when he found someone calling to him.


    Aakesh turned around in surprise and saw a boy standing there, smiling widely. The boy had suddenly appeared behind him without even noticing his presence.


    It was a short being that only came up to Aakesh''s waist, but it wasn''t a dwarf. The boy belonged to the Little Ghost Demon race, a rare race with exceedingly few numbers and extinct in the Primal and Sacred Dimensions.


    The boy had pale, wheatish skin with dark patches around his fingers. He had no legs and was floating in the air, while his private parts dangled in the air.


    After recognizing the race of the boy, Aakesh finally understood why he didn''t sense the boy''s presence. The Little Ghost Demons were one of the stealthiest races in the Multiverse.


    Aakesh knew nothing about the city he was in, so he decided to ask the boy about it.


    "What city is this?" Aakesh inquired.


    Even though Aakesh asked a question instead of answering, the boy got the answer to his question after Aakesh''s inquiry. But then a look of pity appeared on the boy''s face.


    "You came here without even knowing about it," the boymented with pity.


    "This is Unleavable City," The boy added.


    The city''s name was straightforward, so Aakesh understood what it meant. He also finally understood why he didn''t see any being leaving the city.


    "You see that person," The boymented, pointing at the man, who had just gotten his legs torn.


    "He tried to leave the city, and to punish him, the city sentenced his legs to get torn," He added. The boy''s tone contained no sympathy for the man; instead, there was a gloating expression on his face as if he liked what urred to the man.


    "Why does the city not allow the people to leave?" Aakesh asked, clearly curious about the reason.


    The city in front of him was one of the grandest cities he had seen in reality or in Panagea, and to do that, there needed to be a prosperous route for trading. But since the city didn''t allow anyone to leave, how could the city be thisrge and affluent?


    There was the smell of blood, but then there was also the emotion of joy on people''s faces as if they sincerely liked to live in the city.


    "No one knows. This has been going on for as far as the history of the city goes," The bow answered.


    Aakesh then asked a few more questions and then turned left after paying some tips to the boy.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    When Aakesh handed the Soul stones to the boy, a look of disgust appeared on the boy''s face, and he threw them on the ground.


    "Do you think I am some poor boy who needs to take money to help someone?" The boymented, and then, to shock Aakesh, he took out a mountain of Soul stones from his space ring.


    Aakesh didn''t expect such a violent reaction from the boy, but since he had already handed the Soul stones once, he let go of them. Whether the boy took it or threw it depended on him, and Aakesh didn''t care.


    As for the shocked expression, the boy wanted to generate it but never did. Aakesh had witnessed incredibly priceless items that not even countless Soul stones could purchase, so the stones in front of him were nothing.


    Since Aakesh had gathered the basic information about the city, he turned around and left. The boy stood there dumbfounded by Aakesh''s indifferent reaction to the Soul stones.


    "Oh, it seems someone good has entered the city," A voice rang in the boy''s ears.


    The boy squirmed when he heard the voice. He slowly turned his head, and when he saw the man, his face turned bloodless, even paler than his already incredibly pale skin.


    "Fath-" The boy called out, but before he could evenplete it, the man roughly grabbed him and left. The man took onest nce at Aakesh before leaving.


    ***


    As Aakesh entered deeper into the city, he found it bing grander and more affluent. At the same time, beings above Level 300 became normal. Aakesh even saw many Level 350+ beings of different races.


    Just to travel to every corner of the city would take months, but since thest thing Aakeshcked was time, he patiently traveled.


    As for the point of not being able to leave, Aakesh didn''t worry about it. The city had ignited curiosity in his heart, so now he wanted answers.


    Aakesh was traveling when he suddenly stopped and turned to his left. The next moment, he found a female creature staring at him while licking her lips.


    Suddenly, the woman starteding toward him.


    "Hero, what do you say about a night?" The woman called out when she saw Aakesh ignoring her and leaving.


    For a moment, she was stunned since it was the first time she had approached someone, and the other party rejected it.


    Aakesh ignored the call and kept walking, but he had no choice but to stop as the woman suddenly appeared ahead of him.


    The woman seemed angry at Aakesh''s ignoring her despite her calling out to him.


    "I will not charge you anything," The woman called out, coaxing herself to believe that money was the reason Aakesh ignored her.


    She had been in this profession for years. Whenever shecked money, she would present herself and then earn enough to livefortably for decades in a single night. It was when she was extremely particr about the guy, but Aakesh turned that situation upside down for her.


    Aakesh looked at the woman in surprise since her level was clearly lower than his, but she still appeared ahead of him.

 Chapter 1225 A New Day!

    Chapter 1225: A New Day!


    Aakesh looked in surprise at the woman. The woman felt a wave of rage bubbling in her heart as Aakesh still didn''t say yes when she offered herself for free. Aakesh looking at her in surprise didn''t help either.


    Aakesh then took a step forward, and soon he was in front of the woman.


    Aakesh believed that even if he were to run at his full speed, the woman would still be able to beat him. To put that to the test, Aakesh rushed right after approaching the woman.


    The woman followed behind, and as Aakesh had expected, the woman soon caught up to him and then ahead of him, stopping him.


    "Why are you running away from me?" Aakesh''s actions seemed to grow the attraction the woman had for him.


    As she appeared ahead of Aakesh, she grabbed Aakesh''s left hand.


    The next moment, her face turned pale from fright, and she reflexively let go of Aakesh''s hand when she saw the cold eyes. She felt as if she were being stared at by a beast with no chance of fighting back.


    ***


    "I am sorry for that again." The woman apologized for the umpteenth time.


    The cold eyes caused the disappearance of whatever attraction the woman had for Aakesh, and instead, it generated extreme fear. Since the woman didn''t want to lose her life over a stupid moment of lust, she apologized and requested that Aakesh have dinner in a great restaurant.


    Aakesh nodded in response to the apology and then turned around to leave. Aakesh needed to find that whether the woman was special to have such speed or whether it was due to the city.


    ***


    [Host, it''s time for your meditation!]


    Aakesh heard the system''s alert as he was traveling. Since it was only his first day in the city and there was nothing that needed him to overextend his stay, Aakesh decided to exit.


    But before exiting, Aakesh needed to find a safe spot since he couldn''t just exit or enter the street. It didn''t take long for Aakesh to find an alley, and then he was surprised to find the woman there.


    The woman awkwardly smiled when she saw Aakesh. There was a hint of fear in her eyes as well since that terrible feeling was still fresh in her mind.


    Since there was already someone, Aakesh couldn''t exit Panagea here. He then turned around to leave.


    "Wait!"


    The woman suddenly called out to Aakesh. He stopped and turned his head to look at the woman.


    "I am Diti. If you need my help, call me," The woman said, handing over a small square card to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the card from her hands, and as soon as he saw the content on it, the card exploded into a stream of light particles and disappeared, while at the same time, the content he saw was engraved in his mind.


    ***<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    A white light shed in the store''s hall. It disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, Aakesh also appeared.


    What happened in Panagea stayed in Panagea, so Aakesh didn''t think about it and sat down on his meditation mat, which was already there for him. He then took a pure lesser Sacred stone out of the system''s space and started his meditation.


    Time passed like a sh, and soon it was time for the meditation to end as the system informed Aakesh about the near sunrise.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and looked to his right. A small blue screen greeted his sight, informing him about the increased absorption rate.


    Seeing that, Aakesh nodded in appreciation and then stood up. As Aakesh went to his room, the meditation mat on the store disappeared, turning the store silent.


    The silence didn''tst long, as only a few minutester, the door opened, and Aakesh stepped out of it. The sunrise was still a few moments away, so Aakesh sat on his chair and passed that time.


    Time was consistently flowing, uncaring of what it brought into the lives of others. Years had passed in the blink of an eye.


    As the sun rose, the people standing on the street had their eyes lit up with excitement. They stood in front of the mysterious building that had changed many destinies.


    It had been years since the customers starteding to the store, but despite that, they felt excited every day whenever the sun rose and the time for the store to open arrived.


    The same was the case that day, as the store''s doors opened with a sliding sound not long after the first ray of light pierced through the cover of darkness.


    ***


    When Aakesh opened the doors of the store, arge crowd weed him as usual. He didn''t let them wait any longer, turned around, and returned to his chair.


    The two hundred thousand-plus customers entered the store like a raging tide, wanting to be the first to step inside. Even though everyone wanted to be ahead, none of them pushed each other and steered clear of causing any scene.


    In no time, the crowded street had turned empty while the store housed all of them.


    The first 13,148 people to step inside the store were shrouded in golden light, causing them to be jubnt. The remaining ones in the crowd had slightly disappointed expressions, but not those, who were covered in ck light.


    After being doused in ck light, they were unable to enter Panagea that day because all of the avable slots had already been taken.


    Many of the customers covered in ck light turned around and left the store since their only purpose foring to the store was Panagea.


    A few of the ones still there in the store had slight hopes, so they stayed back.


    The many customers entered the various rooms throughout the store, either to kill time or to make a purchase.


    The ones in the first group, who didn''t own any of the store cards, went to Aakesh to pay for their entry into Panagea.


    Evelyn and William were also in the group to enter Panagea in the first group, and they were second and third in line behind Maria.

 Chapter 1226 (1) Another Attempt!

    Chapter 1226: Another Attempt!


    Around two hours had passed since the store opened its doors for the day.


    Since no customer was approaching Aakesh, he called out the seventh Panagea''s quest screen as it was close topletion.


    The next moment, onerge and one small blue screen appeared in front of him, containing the details of the mission and its progress.


    [Mission Sequence: Seven


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea Hours,


    Description: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 150,000 Panagea hours for consecutive two hundred forty days,


    Requirement: Now, it''s time for you to increase your contribution further and make even more customers interested in the product.


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 650,000 hours every day for continuous five thousand days,


    Mission reward: Twenty-five thousand new virtual portals addition,


    Duration: 5500 days,


    Failure Punishment: Loss of one thousand virtual portals, and the salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for five hundred years.]


    [Mission Progress:


    Days: 5000/5000.]


    Aakesh looked at the screen and found that the store hadpleted the requirement of five thousand consecutive days. It meant that the store would now have more virtual portals for customers.


    The traffic for the store had been exponentially growing, so the new portals would greatly help many customers who were unable to be regr adventurers due to ack of spots.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The screens were still there when Aakesh heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. Aakesh turned in that direction and found an unfamiliar face approaching.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the two screens disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call them back.


    At that time, the man stepped inside the store, and his eyes immediately fell on Aakesh.


    Suddenly, an expression of fanaticism appeared in his eyes, and he charged toward Aakesh.


    The system was about to act, but Aakesh requested the system not to, so it stopped. Aakesh wanted to see what the man would do. Soon, the man reached Aakesh.


    The man didn''t attack Aakesh but began to mutter iprehensible sybles like a crazy maniac. It was indecipherable even for Aakesh. It wasn''t due to him not knowing it; it was because what the man said was actually incoherent.


    Aakesh recognized thenguage, but whatever the man said didn''t make any sense at all.


    Suddenly, Aakesh felt a chill crawling down his spine.


    ''Is it a curse?" Aakesh mumbled since new energy was forming around him. He could feel nothing but malice in it.


    Aakesh had remembered what the man said, so he also began to mutter the same iprehensible words. Instead of doing anything to the man, it started to multiply the malice in the alreadyrge pool of energy, giving birth to a crisis in Aakesh''s heart.


    The system could no longer care for Aakesh''s request and attacked.


    "Keep his memory intact," Aakesh requested the system, not stopping it from attacking the man.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The man began to slowly disintegrate, and soon nothing was left of him. Not long after, a piece of memory was added to Aakesh''s mind, showing him the life of the man.


    Aakesh frowned when he found that Hartol was nowhere present in the man''s memory. He also got theplete set of the indecipherable curse.


    Even Aakesh felt surprised by the man''s talent for curse-making. After reading the content, he understood that no matter who learned the curse, it would only help the man. Unfortunately for the man, he found himself in a ce he shouldn''t have been and attacked the store owner.


    Since there was no customer, Aakesh decided to check the quest he had gotten due to Hartol. The next moment, a blue screen containing details of the mission appeared.


    [Mission Objective: Spoil the n


    Details: Your possession of a valuable item had made you an enemy of a strong organization. You foiled their ns to intrude on the store by exterminating the organization in the Primal Dimension, but for the Sacred Dimension they have nned an even more sinister situation for you,


    Requirement: Kill the Pawn in the next thirty thousand years without the system''s help


    Information: The pawn is too strong for you to defeat currently.


    System''s help: Materialization of a single weapon of your liking


    Mission reward: Increase of one sub-level, upgrade of [Apocalyptic st], and one offensive and one defensive skill,


    Failure Punishment: Decrease of a level and the store''s shutdown for three thousand years.]


    Not even one-hundredth of the time had passed, but there had already been three attacks from Hartol. Aakesh had a feeling that it was only going to grow.


    Aakesh didn''t fret over that since he was invulnerable inside the store. He only cared about what was causing Hartol to act like that.


    Aakesh then stopped thinking about it since he could do nothing to Hartol at the moment. He then waved his hands, and the screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair for the past few minutes when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and turned in that direction. A customer who had only entered the store today wasing toward him with two skill cards in his right hand.


    "Store owner, I want these two skills," The man requested, handing the two skill cards to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the cards from the man''s hands. As he took a look at them, their details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay twenty-seven hundred twenty-seven higher Sacred stones," Aakesh informed the man.


    The skills chosen by the man were of Master and King grade for True God cultivators, so they were expensive.


    The man had already taken out the necessary amount because he was firsthand aware of the price. He then pushed the mountain of stones toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the stones disappeared from the store. The next moment, an alert informing him that the amount was correct rang in his ears.


    "The skills are yours¡­" Aakesh informed the man and also told him how to absorb the knowledge.


    [Ding!]


    Soon after the man left, several mechanical alerts bombarded Aakesh''s head.

 Chapter 1227 The Third Skill Quest!

    Chapter 1227: The Third Skill Quest!


    Aakesh ignored the alerts ringing in his head as there was a customer approaching from the skill room.


    "Aakesh I want to buy this," The man requested, pushing the skill card to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the card and looked at it. The next moment, the details of the skill appeared in his head, including the price.


    "You need to pay seventy thousand six hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones. 69,999 for the skill, while 700 for the experience cost," Aakesh informed the man.


    The skill chosen by the man was of God level, while it was of thebination type, the most expensive type of all five types.


    The man''s lips twitched when he heard the priceing out of Aakesh''s mouth, but soon he calmed down with a look of determination on his face.


    The man was Sen, a peak Higher God level cultivator from a race in the Demon group. Sen had found the skill after a lot of searching since he had been looking for it for tens of thousands of years.


    The same skill below the God level was avable in the store, but Sen decided directly to go for the God level. His determination for the skill was such that he was willing to spend more than seventy percent of his total wealth on it.


    Sen then took out the required sum, but he no longer felt any hesitation toward it. He then pushed the mountain of shining stones toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the stones disappeared from the store. Not long after, an alert informing Aakesh of there being an extra supreme stone in the mix rang in his ears.


    The next moment, the extra supreme Sacred stone appeared back in the store, and Aakesh returned it to Sen. Sen had willingly put in an extra stone, but Aakesh refused to take that.


    The next moment, the system alert notifying Aakesh of the sessful payment rang in his ears. Aakesh then informed Sen of the same and exined the way to absorb the skill.


    "Thank you, Aakesh." Sen thanked Aakesh and then left toward the exit. Sen wanted to absorb the knowledge stored in the skill in a safe ce, and there was none better than his residence, so he hurried in that direction.


    Since no customer was approaching him, Aakesh decided to focus on the notifications he had received earlier. The next moment, several mechanical alerts bombarded his head.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on the sale of the skills! Themission for the sale of the skills by Demitri has been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission reward: One thousand purer higher Sacred stones had been transferred to the system space.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your new quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the third quest in the skill series appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Third


    Mission Objective: Sell Skills,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully sold ten million types of Novice, Advanced, Expert, and Master level skills to the customers. Now, its time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Number of Skills you need to sell: 10,000,000,000*,


    Time Limit: 36,000 Days


    Mission reward: Ten thousand purer higher Sacred stones,


    Failure Punishment: The salesmission will get reduced to 1% of the product''s price for one hundred fifty years.]


    *(10,000,000,000 Novice, Advanced, Expert, Master skills = 2,000,000,000 King level = 1,000,000,000 Emperor level = 500,000,000 God level skills.)


    Soon after, a new blue screen, but smaller, containing the details of the progress, appeared on top of the mission screen.


    [Mission Progress:


    Time: 36,000/36,000


    Novice ¡­ Master: 0/10,000,000,000,


    King: 1/2,000,000,000,


    Emperor: 0/1,000,000,000,


    God: 1/500,000,000.]


    Aakesh focused on the first screen in front of him. As expected, the sale requirement had grown by a thousand times, while the requirement had multiplied by ten times.


    The reward for the third skill quest was still mary and had grown by ten times, the same as the time limit. Since Aakesh had already received an answer for getting consecutive mary rewards, he had already expected it.


    Aakesh only took a quick nce at the failure punishment and then focused on the second smaller screen.


    There had already been two sales. Since the quest wasplete after the sale of the Master level skill, the King level skill bought by Dimitri was also counted for the third skill quest.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the next moment, the two screens disappeared, waiting for him to call them back.


    Aakesh then looked outside the store and then around the rooms. Since it seemed like no customer was approaching him, Aakesh closed his eyes and began another rxation session.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The rxation sessionsted for five minutes, the longest of the day. Aakesh had to open his eyes when he heard the sound of footstepsing toward the store.


    Aakesh turned in that direction, and the next moment, an unfamiliar face greeted his sight. Aakesh couldn''t help but be surprised when he recognized the race of the being.


    A beautiful woman who seemed to be in her prime stood in front of the store. She belonged to the Khostic, one of the overlord races in the Sacred Dimension.


    The woman being from one of the overlord races wasn''t surprising to Aakesh, but what was surprising was seeing one.


    Khostics were a bunch of people who liked to live in their own world. They neither trespassed on someone else''s territory nor did they like others doing it to them. They were extremely possessive about their ce.


    The reason they were so possessive had to do with their numbers. There were only ny-seven Khostics in existence, and five of them were Sacred Creators, while the others ranged from Sacred King to Sacred Monarch.


    Not only did they have five Sacred Creators, but the strongest being below the Void Beasts was the ruler of the Khostics. At the same time, the ruler was also the most beautiful being in the Sacred Dimension.


    An ordinary being seeing a Khostic was rarer than bing a Sacred Creator such was their secrecy from the outside world.


    The woman outside the store was Stacy, a Sacred King level cultivator. As all the Khostics were extremely beautiful, Stacy was the same.


    She was a slim, gorgeous woman with gray skin. Her eyes were piercingly golden and seemed full of wisdom. There was a dotted pattern on the area between her brows. If you looked closely, a me could be seen burning in the pattern.


    Stacy looked at the store with a questioning look. She hadn''te here after learning about the store, but a space-time storm had brought her here.


    A space storm was a regr urrence around fragile space areas, but the space-time storm was an immensely rare phenomenon that had happened only twice.


    The case with Stacy was the third. As the name of the storm suggested, it devoured someone and then threw them out in a different time and space.


    The earlier two urrences had both urred with the space-time storm throwing the cultivators into the past. The case with Stacy was different, as she hade to the future.


    Stacy wasn''t of the nearby past, but it was of several epochs. She was in the middle of ruin when suddenly a space-time storm devoured everything, including her.


    It happened instantly, and it also felt like an eternity for Stacy. In the middle of the space-time storm, time stopped flowing.


    So even though the storm brought her into the future instantly, she felt like she had been there forever.


    To be precise, the storm brought her into this city only a few minutes ago.


    She was going to search for where the Khostics were, but she found a powerful energy in the city, so she came to the store.


    When she looked at the building, she found familiar energy, but at the same time, it was terrifying.


    Stacy tried to remember from where she was finding the energy familiar, but she failed.


    "It''s that guy," Stacy suddenlymented as she remembered the source of familiarity.


    There was a slight difference in the energy, but Stacy waspletely confident that it was from the same source.


    Stacy now had something to look forward to other than finding her, so she stepped forward and soon entered the store. Right after that, her eyes fell on the blue-skinned man sitting on the chair.


    "You look the same yet different," Stacymented as she approached Aakesh.


    The woman''s statement surprised Aakesh, prompting him to inquire, "Do you know me?"


    "I don''t know about you, but I knew someone who looked the same as you," Stacymented with an astonished face.


    She was astounded by the exact simrities between that guy and Aakesh, even though she could tell Aakesh was a different individual.


    Aakesh felt thunder rumbling in his head when he heard the woman. The woman knowing someone who looked like him meant that Aakesh could finally learn something about him or his race.


    Both were extremely important to him, so for the first time, Aakesh showed a hurried expression and asked, "Can you tell me about that person?"


    "He looked the same as you, but he used to smile a lot, unlike you," Stacymented.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter.


    I wasn''t satisfied with what I wrote since Aakesh would finally know something about his past life, so I will try to write better.


    Thank you for bearing with me and supporting the book!

 Chapter 1228 Stacy And Aakesh(1)

    Chapter 1228: Stacy and Aakesh(1)


    "Why don''t you want to marry him?" Logan asked his daughter, Stacy, with frustration and helplessness visible in his eyes.


    "I don''t like him," Stacy replied with a clear answer.


    Logan was the ruler of the Khostics, while Stacy was one of his three daughters and his favorite.


    The Khostics was a top race in the low tiers, with Logan being the only Sacred Monarch in the race. Even though Stacy was his favorite child and he had always spoiled her, he was no longer in the mood to let her reject the marriage.


    The proposal was from Gulgan, one of the top races with a Sacred Creator as the ruler. To be precise, Gurren was the guy to propose marriage and was next in line to be the ruler of Gulgan.


    Logan cared about Stacy''s choice to marry whomever she wanted, but the arrogance of members of the Gulgan race was known to races across the dimension.


    If Stacy somehow refused the proposal, it would lead to war between Khostics and Gulgans. And not even in their imagination did the Khostics stand a chance against the Gulgan.


    Stacy also understood why her father was frustrated. She would have epted the proposal if not for Gurren''s being a debased creature. She wasn''t the only one to get proposed to for marriage; her seven friends were also.


    Gurren had seen them together and had fallen for them. Out of the seven, three belonged to Khostics, while the remaining four were from other races.


    Neither of the seven friends had as considerable background as Stacy, so their parents epted. The result was that they became a part of Gurren''s harem, and Stacy had no interest in bing one.


    ***


    "Sir, we have been waiting for you," Gurren respectfully bowed as he weed the honorable guest, whom even his father treated respectfully.


    A dark blue-skinned man with what appeared to be wise eyes stood in front of Gurren. The man was none other than Aakesh, and it was one of his past lives.


    Aakesh smiled in response to Gurren''s greeting and stepped inside the room prepared for him.


    "You can leave now," Aakeshmented, and without waiting for Gurren''s response, he closed the door in his face.


    Gurren stood there frozen in shock, and soon after, his face turned red from anger. The people standing behind Gurren had their faces turned pale.


    They knew Gurren and how cruel he was. Since Gurren could do nothing for that honorable guest, he was going to vent his anger on them.


    "Follow me!"


    As expected, Gurren cruelly muttered and then left the area, with the people behind him following him.


    ***


    "What is her answer?" Gurren asked, wiping the blood from his hands.


    All around him were mutted corpses spread around. Someone was still alive and iling in pain. Gurren didn''t like the scene, so he raised his finger, and the next moment, a beam of energy flew from the tip of his finger and struck the man. The iling stopped, and the room returned to silence.


    Gurren then focused on the man standing in front of him. The man was his best friend as well as his younger brother.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The brother''s face showed difort; he clearly didn''t like the scene in the room, but he had known his brother''s cruel personality since he was young, so he had gotten used to seeing these scenes.


    "Brother, she still hadn''t said yes," The brother replied.


    Gurren ignored the difort on his brother''s face and left the room. When he was about to exit, he turned around and said, "Since she doesn''t like my peaceful proposal, show her what I can do."


    The younger brother stood there still, and then sometime after, he shook his head and left the room since he needed to follow his brother''s order.


    Not long after the brother left, a light shed in the room. It was Aakesh who had appeared.


    He frowned when he saw the scene around him. He then snapped his fingers, and the mutted corpses turned into ashes the next moment.


    "You should tame your son," Aakeshmented as he turned to his left.


    The next moment, a man with a face full of majesty appeared in that direction. It was Gray, the ruler of the Gulgans and the only Sacred Creator in the race''s existence.


    "Since when did you start caring for weaklings?" Graymented and took a step forward.


    The next moment, he was in front of Aakesh. He then extended his hands for a handshake.


    "I have never been kind, but that doesn''t mean I like someone torturing weaklings," Aakesh responded, extending his hand in response.


    The next moment, the two hands met and formed a tight handshake. It seemed to be a battle as neither of the two wanted to be the first to let go of the grip.


    A heavy pressure started to form, and not long after, everyone in the royal pce could feel it.


    "Forget it! You win. I can''t let my soldiers die," Graymented, releasing his grip on the handshake.


    The next moment, the heavy pressure disappeared as if it were never there.


    "You have gotten even stronger," Grayplimented Aakesh.


    "You are still the same," Aakesh responded.


    Gray''s lips twitched, and a vein popped out on his forehead, but he soon calmed down. Aakesh had always been like this.


    When Aakesh was only a Sacred Emperor, even the peak Sacred Monarchs were not able to defeat him. Now that he had reached the Sacred Monarch level, only Sacred Creators were a match for him, and even at that level, only some of the Sacred Creators were a match for him, not everyone.


    "Why did you call me?" Aakesh asked since he hade here after Gray''s invitation.


    Aakesh was someone who had ascended to the Sacred Dimension. His goal for that was to find out about his past.


    Aakesh had opened his eyes like that, not remembering his birth memories. He only had his strong cultivation talent with him, and it had allowed him to reach peak Immortal when he was only three hundred years old.


    He still wasn''t very old, as he was only one thousand three hundred years old and had already reached the Sacred Monarch level.

 Chapter 1229 Stacy And Aakesh(2)

    Chapter 1229: Stacy and Aakesh(2)


    "I have found the guy you had been looking for," Gray replied.


    An astonished and then joyous expression appeared on Aakesh''s face when he heard Gray. Aakesh started to like a girl when he was young, and she shared his feelings. In no time, the two had be a couple.


    Later, during one of their travels, Aakesh and the girl came across an Immortal cultivator who took a liking to her. It had caused a brutal battle scene, as Aakesh was only a Tao Manifestation level cultivator.


    There was no way for Aakesh to match the cultivator, but at the same time, Aakesh wasn''t going to let the man kidnap his lover. The girl couldn''t just ept the torture Aakesh was going through by continuing the fight, and the Immortal was just having fun when the man could instantly kill Aakesh.


    "NO!" The man suddenly screamed in anger as a blinding sh appeared where the woman was.


    Aakesh had the same reaction when he saw the sh appear beside him.


    BOOM!


    The next moment, a loud explosion erupted, causing the space to fracture. Aakesh was in such close proximity to the explosion that he was also in danger, but suddenly, a ck light covered him.


    Aakesh was familiar with what was going on, so drops of tears streaked down his cheek. The next moment, he had been teleported to a random ce in a range of several light years.


    ***


    Aakesh still reminisced about that scene every day. He had been trying to find the man ever since to have his revenge. But finding a man in the Primal and the Sacred Dimension was tougher than finding a needle in a haystack, so Aakesh was met with failure.


    Aakesh''s eyes had turned cold as he looked at Gray and asked him about the information.


    Such a violent response from Aakesh shocked Gray. For a moment, he felt as if he would die if he didn''t answer immediately.


    Gray was correct since Aakesh hated nothing more than that man, and it was the first time he had lost his cool since that day.


    At first, Gray wanted a favor from Aakesh, but he didn''t dare ask for it and immediately informed Aakesh about the man''s location.


    The next moment, a blue light covered Aakesh, and when it disappeared, Aakesh also vanished with it.


    ***


    "You are to stay here for the next three million years," Gray coldly ordered, banishing Gurren into a prison.


    Gurren stood in the hall with a shocked face since it came out of nowhere.


    "Why, father?"


    "You are not to call me father until you are released from the prison," Graymanded, and then, without waiting for a reaction from Gurren, Gray disappeared.


    Gurren stood there and soon crashed into the ground with a nk face. The inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension were immortal, but three million years were still long.


    ***<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "That''s how he saved me from that marriage and changed the destiny of the Khostics," Stacy informed Aakesh.


    Stacy then continued what she knew about Aakesh''s past life.


    ***


    After finding out about the man''s location, Aakesh immediately left for the destination.


    After some days of travel, Aakesh finally reached that location, only to find that the man was already dead. What greeted him there was the group that killed the man and others.


    The group was a bandit group, so when Aakesh appeared, they escaped immediately since Aakesh was a Sacred Monarch while the leader of the group was only a Supreme God.


    Aakesh stood there for years, unable to forgive himself for not being able to avenge her.


    If Aakesh wanted, he could ask his Sacred Creator friends to revive the man and thenplete his revenge, but that wouldn''t be his revenge.


    Aakesh only left the area after staying there for seventy-three years, the same duration as what he had spent with her.


    Aakesh wandered aimlessly for years, and then he came across a girl that looked somewhat simr to her. That girl was none other than Stacy.


    Stacy was only a Supreme God at that time, and Aakesh had helped her break through the barrier of the Sacred King.


    Stacy fell in love with Aakesh, but Aakesh never reciprocated her feelings. He left after helping her achieve the breakthrough.


    But since Stacy had fallen deeply in love, she started her search for him. During her search, she came across a ruin.


    That ruin belonged to a powerful Sacred Creator from the past. Itpletely altered her and the race''s destiny.


    There was an item that helped Logan pass through the barrier, and he became the first Sacred Creator in the history of the Khostics. At the same time, the abundant resources in the ruin would allow any race to thrive, so when Gray learned about it, he attacked the Khostics.


    Logan was no match for Gray and was seriously injured in a single strike. Since Stacy had be the inheritor of the ruin, she used that power to prevent anyone froming inside.


    With it, the Khostics closed themselves off from the real world forever. Only Stacy was able to leave without alerting the enemies outside, and she also wanted to keep searching for Aakesh, so she left, leaving the Khostics on their own inside the ruin.


    Her search for Aakesh continued for centuries. Forget finding him, she didn''t even find any small information about him. It was as if he had disappeared from the face of the Sacred Dimension.


    Stacy wasn''t going to give up, so she continued, but one day, she suddenly found herself starting to forget Aakesh.


    She tried to remember him, but as the days passed, her feelings for Aakesh started to fade, and soon she felt nothing for him. It was as if a higher power was influencing her. And not long after, shepletely forgot Aakesh and everything that had to do with her.


    Not knowing why she was out here while the other members of the race were living in a closed world, she began her return journey. During that journey, she met a guy, and soon they fell in love with each other.


    The couple finally found their way back home, and soon after, she was pregnant, and then she gave birth to a daughter, Freya.

 Chapter 1230 Stacy And Aakesh(3)

    Chapter 1230: Stacy and Aakesh(3)


    After having Freya, life continued for Stacy and the Khostics. The abundant resources in the ruin helped the Khostics grow at a rapid rate, but the same couldn''t be said for Stacy.


    For some reason, her cultivation had gotten stuck at peak Sacred King. No matter what resource she tried, there wasn''t even a slight energy gain.


    Just like that, thousands of years had passed.


    Freya was termed the most talented Khostic in the line, and as she grew, it only got better. While the mother was stagnant, the daughter was growing at a rapid rate.


    While the Khostics were growing, the Gulgans were only getting crazier in their attack. Fortunately for them, the protection of the ruin was as stable as ever, allowing them to live in peace.


    As Stacy''s cultivation stagnated, she started to grow frustrated easily. It even spoiled the rtionship between her and her husband.


    Recognizing that she must find a means to either find the reason behind her stagnant cultivation or solve it, she left the ruin.


    Stacy continued looking for a solution after leaving the closed world, and in doing so, she came across another ruin that an ascendant Sacred Creator had left behind.


    Hoping to get a cure, Stacy entered the ruin and never came out.


    Not long after she had entered the ruin, the rare urrence of the space-time storm happened, devouring the area in its entirety. Stacy was like a paper fighting the storm, so her efforts meant nothing, and she was thrown back into Thorr City in the present.


    ***


    Stacy''s eyes were moist and on the verge of crying as she saw Aakesh.


    Stacy had forgotten everything about Aakesh, but as she told the story to him, her memory started to return. The intimate feelings she had for him came rushing at her.


    At that moment, she wanted nothing but to run to Aakesh and ask him why he left her. But s, her fate was such that the man in front of her was only someone who looked like Aakesh but not him.


    On the other hand, Aakesh was disappointed as well as slightly happy after hearing about Stacy.


    He was disappointed because there was nothing in Stacy''s story that exined Aakesh''s past. He was happy because at least he found something about his past life, even though it wasn''t what he wanted.


    Aakesh didn''t disturb Stacy and let her calm herself down.


    After calming down, Stacy asked, "Are you his descendant?"


    "I don''t know," Aakesh sincerely replied.


    There were chances that what Stacy was talking about was one of his past lives, but at the same time, there could also be a possibility that the guy was Aakesh''s ancestor.


    The system didn''t respond when Aakesh asked, so he didn''t reject Stacy''s question.


    ***


    "Do you know the situation of Khostics?" Stacy asked after a long flurry of questions about Aakesh.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Aakesh rarely answered questions not rted to the store, but since Stacy was someone who had most probably interacted with one of his past lives, he answered all of her questions.


    Aakesh then exined the position of Khostics to Stacy.


    Stacy couldn''t help but stay there frozen in shock. When she left the ruin, the Khostics were a thriving race with arge poption. It might not be in the upper tier of top races, but it was still a strong race nheless.


    Aftering out of the storm, even though the Khostics had be one of the strongest races of the Sacred Dimension, but at the same time, they had also lost their number.


    Reproduction was never an issue for the Khostics, so their small number seemed suspicious. But when she asked Aakesh about it, she found the answer.


    Long after she had vanished, a powerful being, Vritrasura, had risen in the Primordial Dimension, and during the war, the Gulgans were on his side.


    The Gulgans had never forgotten about that ruin, so using the help of Vritrasura''s army in the Sacred Dimension, they won it over. The war was also the cause of fertility loss for the Khostics, as the leader of the Gulgans, Gray, ascended to the Primordial Dimension.


    Only someone from the Primordial Dimension could help the Khostics against that curse, but since they couldn''t gather that help, the number of Khostics stayed low for all those years.


    And once the number of Khostics dwindled below ny-five, the leader announcedplete closure from the outside world, with strict punishment for those who broke the rule.


    The leader of the Khostics was a familiar figure to Stacy, as it was none other than Freya, her daughter.


    After learning about Freya''s strength, Stacy was proud but also distraught about what happened with the Khostics.


    When Stacy entered the ruin, she never expected things to turn out differently than anything she could even imagine. She had no words to speak for some time.


    Aakesh let that go, but since there was a customer approaching him from one of the rooms, he asked Stacy to stand on the other side while he tended to the customer.


    Katrina and Autumn were also surprised by the way the event unfolded in front of their eyes. They wanted to know more, but they didn''t disturb Stacy and waited for her toe around.


    ***


    "Store owner, I wanted toplete the sale of this sword," The customer requested Aakesh, handing the sword in her hands to him.


    "You need to pay eight hundred forty-nine ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed the woman.


    The woman nodded and then took out the respective sum. Soon after, there was a small mountain of Sacred stones in the store. The next moment, the small mountain of stones disappeared from the store and appeared in the system''s space.


    After confirming that the amount was correct, an alert rang in Aakesh''s head. Aakesh then informed the woman of the same and returned the sword to her.


    "Thank you, store owner!" The woman thanked Aakesh and then left the store.


    Stacy was still there, reeling from the wonder of the events. The more she knew, the greater the shock was for her, and the reality of the knowledge was finally hitting her at the rate it should have.


    ***


    A/N: There is one more chapter toe around three hourster!

 Chapter 1231 Stacy And Aakesh(End)

    Chapter 1231: Stacy and Aakesh(End)


    "Is Logan, the previous ruler, still alive?" Stacy asked after a long pause.


    Her eyes had calmed downpletely as if she had be an entirely different person at that moment.


    "Yes," Aakesh answered.


    Logan was on the verge of dying, but Freya had saved him. If not for Freya''s outrageous strength, the Khostics would have be extinct in that war.


    "Can you help me reach my family?" Stacy asked.


    Since the Khostics had escaped from the ruin, Stacy was unaware of where they had gone. Aakesh was aware of so many things, so she hoped for him to know about those as well.


    The next moment, Stacy was faced with disappointment, as Aakesh had no idea where the Khostics were. Aakesh could ask for the system''s help, but that wasn''t going to be cheap.


    "Is there a way to inform Freya of my presence?" Stacy then asked.


    Since she couldn''t know where the Khostics were, she needed to bring Khostics to her. To do that, she only needed to let Freya be aware of her presence.


    Stacy was confident that Freya woulde rushing to meet her once she found out about her presence.


    "There might be, but you will have to wait for that," Aakesh answered.


    Since the store had Ayana, a powerful Sacred Creator as its customer, Aakesh believed that Ayana must know a way tomunicate with Freya, but since Ayana rarely came to the store, and it had been more than a decade since shest visited, there was also Ayriel, but it was clear that Ayriel didn''t like Ayana.


    The day was the most tragic for Stacy, despite surviving the storm. She met the man she once loved deeply enough to leave everything and then forget about him. Fate brought her to the man, but as if it were ying a cruel joke on her, the man was different. She also learned about the tragic fate of her race. In all that, she forgot about the man she married. She didn''t even care enough to ask Aakesh about his well-being.


    "Eh!"


    Stacy wasmenting the day when she suddenly eximed in surprise. Her cultivation had be stagnant for years and had been stuck at peak Sacred King, but for the first time in millennials, she finally sensed an increase in energy.


    She forgot everything at that moment and sat down on the ground. The system immediately acted and brought an invisible cover around her so as not to affect other customers of the store.


    The next moment, her breakthrough began. What should have taken her days, if not months, toplete the process only took her around an hour inside the store.


    When she opened her eyes, she was no longer a Sacred King but an early Sacred Emperor.


    Even though she had forgotten about Aakesh after a higher power influenced her to forget everything that was to do with Aakesh, including her feelings, it put an unconscious blockade in her heart.


    Till that blockade was there, Stacy could no longer progress in cultivation. Now that she finally saw Aakesh and as all the memories came rushing to her, that blockade disappeared.


    All the strength she had gatherers in all those stagnant years came rushing to her and broke the barrier, blocking her from stepping into the next level.


    As she opened her eyes, she immediately looked in the direction of Aakesh.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The past Aakesh was the helper who helped her pass through the barrier of the Supreme God and step into the Sacred Barrier while the present Aakesh became the reason behind her stagnant cultivation finally seeing the disappearance of the invisible blockade.


    At that moment, Stacy wished deeply in her heart for Aakesh to be the man of the past and smile at her. Unfortunately for her, that was different Aakesh, and the man in the store was different Aakesh. The smile never came, but Stacy contented herself remembering the smile of the past.


    Stacy also felt guilty for wishing Aakesh to return when she already had a husband, but her love for Aakesh won over her guilt. She decided to break off the marriage if her husband was alive when she returned to the race.


    While things were going through Stacy''s mind, Aakesh was in conversation with a new customer. To be precise, Aakesh was introducing the store''s products.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," The man requested after the introduction came to an end.


    "You can''t. The spots for the day have already been filled. You will need toe tomorrow," Aakesh replied.


    ***


    After the man left for the weapon''s room since he wanted to check the training area, another customer took his ce.


    Soon, Aakesh was freed, with customers in front of him. At that moment, Stacy approached him.


    "Thank you for helping me with the breakthrough," Stacy thanked Aakesh.


    There was a hint of hesitation in her voice, as she wanted to see Aakesh as someone different, but the exact face she had fallen in love with didn''t help her case. It resulted in her tone being slightly awkward.


    Aakesh understood why Stacy was acting like that. Even if he didn''t, he wouldn''t have cared.


    "Did Aakesh ever tell you why he was helping you?" Aakesh suddenly asked.


    ording to what Stacy told him, Aakesh had suddenly appeared in her life and helped her with the breakthrough, but then he had disappeared.


    (A/N: Aakesh''s past life will be exined in detail in the special chapter in the future like the previous two chapters.)


    "No," Stacy responded.


    Aakesh''s mysteriousness and charm yed an extensive role in her falling deeply for him. She had asked him multiple times why he helped her, but every time she got a gentle smile in response.


    ''Did he fall in love with her?'' Aakesh thought but soon after rejected the conjecture.


    If the reason behind helping Stacy had been love, Aakesh wouldn''t have disappeared. Aakesh knew himself; he would go to any extent for someone he cared about.


    If the guy were one of his past lives, he would have been the same. The only difference was the way the two behaved since their life experiences shaped their behavior, but their character was the same, and Aakesh needed no system''s answer to be confident of that.


    ***


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 Chapter 1232 Aakesh’s Suggestion!

    Chapter 1232: Aakesh''s Suggestion!


    "Tell me about the store''s products," Stacy asked after a long line of questions.


    Her tone was still confused when she talked with Aakesh, but she had now calmed down. It was tough to ept what had happened to her, but since there was nothing she could do to change that, she began to ept the reality.


    Since Aakesh was the store owner, she decided to check out the store''s products.


    "The store currently sells six products¡­


    "... these are the products avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction of the six products and their basic details.


    Stacy didn''t act as astonished as other customers since what had happened to her was the greatest shock she could face.


    ***


    Stacy entered the weapons room. Her cultivation had already surpassed the Supreme God level, the highest level for which items were avable, but Aakesh suggested she go to the Primordial level training area.


    Stacy needed to keep up with the times when it came to battle. She was the mother of the strongest being under the Void Beasts, so there was another reason for her to improve herself.


    In the Sacred Dimension, extensive knowledge of the past was lost due to the war, but for the top surviving races, the situation was the same. And since Stacy''spetition was with them not low-level races, her knowledge wasn''t that impressive.


    Aakesh had already told her the process to enter, so she went to the pir signifying the spear, and then ced the tip of her finger on the needle.


    Stacy noticed the countless murals spread across the wall, but she didn''t care enough to look at them. As her finger was on the needle, it pricked her skin, and a pain attacked her.


    The pain disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, while a golden, transparent energy barrier surrounded Stacy. At the same time, her eyes had turned nk as if she had lost her soul.


    The next moment, Stacy found herself in an area where there was nothing except light. Not long after, a blue screen popped out in front of him.


    Stacy decided to go with the random choice for both the opponent''s race and battle environment.


    The next moment, a white light covered her, and soon after, she found herself in a desert.


    At the same time, she found her mental state turning calm as if what had happened to her didn''t matter. The only thought in her mind at that moment was battle.


    Suddenly a sandstorm erupted, and a being appeared in its midst.


    When Stacy saw who it was, the intent to battle grew even further. Her opponent belonged to the Gulgans, the race she hated most due to what they did to the Khostics.


    The opponent had the same spear as she had, and its eyes were filled with nothing but cruelty.


    Ding!


    The next moment, a bell that came from all directions rang in Stacy''s ears, announcing the start of the battle.


    Both Stacy and the opponent made the move at the same time. As they pounced on each other, the opponent was quicker than Stacy by a long margin.


    It appeared in front of her, dodging her spear, and pierced through Stacy''s heart, ending the battle as soon as it began.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The world around Stacy turned dark, and the next moment, she found herself back in the area filled with white light with the screen in front of her.


    In the selection area, the calming effect of the training difficulty didn''t work, so the calm was over. But the death seemed to have helped Stacy, as she looked better than before entering the training area.


    This time, Stacy didn''t choose a random opponent but selected the Gulgan. Stacy sensed that putting all the anger on the Gulgans for whatever happened with her and the Khostics reduced the burden in her heart.


    As for the battle environment, it was still set at random. The next moment, the white light reappeared and took Stacy into a new environment.


    Stacy''s mind turnedpletely serene as she appeared in the vast grasnd, with her opponent standing not far from her.


    The expressions made by the two parties were simr to those of the first battle.


    Ding!


    The familiar sound of the bell rang, and the two pounced. The battle yed out exactly like thest time, as the opponent ended Stacy''s life with an instant first strike.


    Stacy returned to the selection area with all the tensions rushing back. Focusing everything on the Gulgans seemed to help Stacy, as the primary thought going through her head at that point was to beat the Gulgan opponent.


    The next moment, she repeated the process and found herself in another battle environment soon after.


    Time flew by, and hours had passed for Stacy since she entered the training area.


    The Primordial level difficulty had a time flow rate of twenty times, so Stacy had twenty hours of training.


    Half of that, ten hours, had passed, and Stacy had shown improvement in those hours.


    The result was still the same, with the opponent winning with overwhelming strength, but Stacy was finally able to move during the attack.


    Ding!


    ''I need to dodge the first strike!''


    The only thought going through Stacy''s head at that moment was not to die in the first strike. As the sound of the bell rang, the battle began.


    The two opponents pounced on each other. The Gulgan was still quicker than Stacy, and it appeared right in front of her.


    Stacy had gone through that moment so many times that she could predict where the opponent would attack. The only issue was whether her body would follow her thoughts at the same speed.


    As the spear came, tearing through the air to pierce her heart, Stacy tried to use her spear to deflect the attack. She seeded, but the result was the same.


    The opponent added strength to its hand, increasing the pushing speed. Instead of deflecting the opponent''s spear, she found her own spear embedded some distance away from her heart.


    The opponent''s spear came and crushed her heart, ending the battle with the first strike.


    Time flew by, and soon, only one hour was left before Stacy''s training came to an end.

 Chapter 1233 Akonos(1)

    Chapter 1233: Akonos(1)


    Ding!


    The bell rang for the umpteenth time, announcing the start of another battle.


    Stacy pushed as much strength as she could into her legs and threw herself forward. The opponent also came with the spear, ready to crush Stacy.


    When the opponent''s spear was about to touch Stacy, she moved slightly away from the spot. The next moment, the weapon passed through empty air.


    Using that chance, Stacy attacked. The opponent was several times quicker than her as it jerked its spear back and shed with Stacy''s attack.


    Stacy seemed to face a wall at that moment, but the sh didn''tst long as Stacy found the world around her turning dark.


    Even though Stacy died soon after the battle, it was the first ever battle where Stacy cleanly dodged the first strike, and the slight smile on her face showed that.


    The training did wonders for her, as before entering she could think nothing but of Aakesh and the Khostics, but after the countless battles, she could only think of battles, taking her mind away from all the troubles.


    Soon, the hour was over, and Stacy''s twenty hours wereplete. The next moment, the system forced Stacy out of the training area.


    Inside the weapons room, the golden, transparent energy barrier around Stacy began to fade, and color returned to her eyes as her consciousness returned to her body.


    Stacy could feel no energy improvement in herself, but she noticed that her movement speed had slightly grown, as had her body coordination. She still wasn''t even close to achieving the same body speed as thinking speed, but there was a visible improvement.


    Now that she was outside the training area and there was no battle against the opponent, reality rushed at her. The downtrodden expression returned, but soon she calmed down.


    The countless battles had helped her vent some of her frustration. To remove the remaining irritation, she needed to see her father and her daughter.


    Stacy then exited the room and approached Aakesh.


    At that moment, Aakesh was in conversation with a customer, so she joined the line like the other two customers and waited for her turn to arrive.


    The wait didn''tst long since the two of three customers were here toplete the sale and their situation was immediately solved.


    "How are you feeling?" Aakesh asked when he saw it was Stacy''s turn.


    Aakesh didn''t care about Stacy but since she was rted to his past, he treated him differently than he would treat other customers. It was only for personal conversation and not for the store''s products. Even Lily had to pay the same price as other customers if she wanted something from the store.


    "Feeling better than before," Stacy responded with a smile.


    The smile had some hints of awkwardness in it since Stacy could do nothing to stop the giddy feeling in her heart whenever she looked at Aakesh.


    "Do you know Lyraia?" After Stacy had left for the training area, Aakesh remembered Lyraia. She was the first customer who found Aakesh familiar, so he had decided to ask Stacy whether the two knew each other.


    "Yes, she was a very strong Aurelian," Stacy was confused by Aakesh''s question, but she still answered.


    Aakesh didn''t ask any more questions since Stacy''s answer showed that she didn''t personally know Lyraia but knew because of her fame and strength in the Sacred Dimension.


    ''Does she know the same version as Stacy?'' Aakesh thought in his heart since both the situation with Lyraia and Stacy happened long before the war waged by Vritrasura.


    ***


    After the training area, Stacy came to the beast room. This time, she looked at the beast murals and didn''t simply ignore them as she waited for her turn.


    Since there was only one customer ahead of her, it didn''t take long before her turn arrived.


    Stacy had several beasts in her mind for the summoning, and she pressed the button. The next moment, the square light began to rotate at a rapid rate. Five seconds passed in the blink of an eye as an unfamiliar beast appeared on the screen.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into Stacy''s hand.


    [Name: Akonos


    Type: Beast


    Race: Akonos


    Element: Space, Time


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Cosmic Union


    Details: The Akonos Beast can form a profound connection with one ally, merging their energies and forming an unbreakable bond. The union grants the chosen ally immense power and grants them ess to the Akonos Beast''s celestial abilities.


    Warning: It also links the life force. If one dies, the other also dies.


    Ability:


    1.) Temporal Shield: The Akonos can create a protective shield made of temporal energy, capable of slowing the attacks or returning them to their initial state.


    2.) Space Travel: The Akonos can effortlessly traverse through space, allowing it to teleport over long distances.


    3.) Astral Projection: The Akonos can project its consciousness into the astral ne, granting it the ability to observe events from a third-party perspective.


    4.) Spatial Barrier: The Akonos erect a barrier of condensed space around itself, providing a protective shield that reduces iing damage from all sources.


    5.) Temporal Lockdown: The Akonos can seal off time in a fixed area, preventing its enemies from escaping or reinforcements from entering.


    ...


    14.) Cosmic st: The Akonos unleashes a powerful beam of energy, destroying everything in its path.


    15.) Time Regression: The Akonos can rewind time for itself or its allies in a fixed range, undoing damage or returning to a previous state.


    ...


    22.) Dimensional Vortex: The Akonos summons a swirling vortex of spatial energy, sucking in nearby enemies and trapping them within a pocket dimension.


    23.) Akonos st: The Akonos unleashes a devastating beam of temporal and spatial energy, ripping through the fabric of space and time to deal massive damage to a single target.


    Card Description: The Akonos is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of space and time make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Akonos.


    Price: Two hundred fifty thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    ***


    A/N: Thank you, GreatDaoofspace for two Ice Cs. I am extremely grateful for that.


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 Chapter 1234 Akonos(2)

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    Chapter 1234: Akonos(2)


    Stacy looked at the beast card. On the card''s top half was an illustration of the beast.


    It was Stacy''s first time seeing that beast, and she felt nothing but awe when she looked at it.


    The Akonos looked awe-inspiring, to say the least. It had a humanoid physique, and it stood at an enormous height. Its white body was covered in shining armor, engraved with intricate patterns that resembled the stars in the sky. Its head was significantlyrger than it should have been for someone of that height. Its piercing blue eyes glowed with an otherworldly radiance. A majestic crown-like structure made of white bones with an ethereal hue around it adorned its forehead.


    From what Stacy could tell after looking at the beast, it looked more like a powerful demon than a beast. But since it had appeared from the Beast Summoner Device, it was a beast.


    The Akonos had appeared in the Sacred Dimension long after Stacy''s disappearance, so she had never seen the beast.


    The Akonos were the strongest beast race as well as the second-strongest race in the Sacred Dimension. These beasts'' mastery over the supreme elements of space and time strengthened their positions at the top of the table.


    The only reason the Akonos weren''t the strongest race in the Sacred Dimension had to do with theirck of numbers. There were only seven of them in existence, and all seven of them were Sacred Creators. To be more urate, there was only one family of Akonos beasts; one Akonos male, the patriarch, two wives, and four children. The Akonos patriarch prohibited incest, so there was never an eighth Akonos.


    As for reproducing with another race, they had tried and even seeded in impregnation, but the fetus never survived, failing their attempts.


    The Akonos had suddenly appeared in the Sacred Dimension, and since their appearance, they have been part of the top rung of races, never falling below the fifth position. And for the past several trillion years, they have been the second-strongest race.


    Stacy decided to ask Aakesh about the beast, but before that, she focused on the skills.


    [Cosmic Union] surprised Stacy since it allowed the owner to use every skill the Akonos had, and even the weakest skills rted to space and time were better than most of the elements. There was also the side effect of linking lifeforce, but that was a risk not worth considering when the benefits were immense.


    Stacy then read the following skills and finally reached thest skill. She couldn''t help but raise her eyes in surprise when she saw [Akonos st]. Having a skill named after itself showed the power of the beast, and the ability was just as dangerous. For Stacy, that was the most destructive skill she hade across.


    Since there was nothing else left to see and she also liked the beast, Stacy decided to buy it. Aakesh had already told her that summoning the beast was only the first step. The second step was the most significant, and it ultimately determined ownership.


    After reading the details on the screen, Stacy wasn''t very confident about defeating it and winning over the beast. But since there was no second way, she took a deep breath and joined the line.


    There was a line of ten-plus customers already waiting there, but since the battle was instantly over for the other customers, it didn''t take long before it was Stacy''s turn.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Stacy stood in front of the square device. She then looked at the beast on the card and then at herself.


    Sigh!


    Stacy wanted the beast, so she took a deep breath, ced the card in the cardpartment, and put her hand on the respective section.


    The next moment, a prickling pain attacked her. It was the same as what had appeared before entering the training area. Despite already experienced it once, Stacy still felt an unbearable feeling.


    The pain disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, while Stacy also found herself in a different environment.


    As Stacy looked around, she found herself standing deep in the void, with small trinkets of light above her. Stacy felt the surroundings familiar, as the concentration of elements here was the same as what she faced in the space-time storm.


    Even though things happened instantly, Stacy still found herself in the middle of the space-time storm. Being there had mutated her blood, taking it closer to the elements of space and time. Since it would take time for her physique and bloodline to fully adjust to the mutation, Stacy wasn''t thatfortable in the environment, but she was still several times better than she would have been without the influence of the storm.


    An ethereal mist began to form in front of her, taking her attention. Stacy felt wondrous looking at the scene, but soon after, that wonderful feeling turned into a terror that emerged deep in her heart.


    Not long after, the mist fully condensed, forming the silhouette of the beast she had seen on the card''s illustration.


    ***


    ROAR!


    The Akonos let out an angry roar as it opened its mouth. The next moment, an elemental storm erupted all around the area as the temporal and spatial energies began to condense. It soon took the shape of a ball, with the other half being white, while the second half was blue.


    The energy ball only kept growingrger andrger. In no time, it had reached the same size as tens of Stacy.


    Stacy had lost her left shoulder, and there was a deep gash in her chest, showing her pulsing heart. As she looked at the scene, she could sense her death approaching.


    Stacy couldn''t give up on the battle, so she decided to use an attack she hadn''t used in years. It was an attacking skill Aakesh had given her, but once she forgot everything about Aakesh, the same happened with the skill and its knowledge.


    After seeing and talking about Aakesh, the memory returned, and simr was the case with the skill''s knowledge. Even though Stacy wasn''t sure whether her body would be able to handle the power or even be able to activate it since she was in terrible condition, she had no other option but to try to use it.

 Chapter 1235 Akonos(3)

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    Chapter 1235: Akonos(3)


    Argh!


    Stacy groaned in pain, as trying to activate the skill was immensely painful for her.


    She gritted her teeth and pushed at it rather than stopping. The next moment, an invisible shockwave formed around her and began to expand.


    As it expanded, it was destroying the fabric of space and time around her, rendering the area devoid of the two elements.


    The Akonos finally released the skill as an energy beam generated from the energy ball and approached Stacy at a dangerous rate. The invisible shockwave around Stacy was the first to crash onto the skill.


    BOOM!


    A loud explosion rang in the area as energy powerful enough to destroy or even create emerged from the sh.


    The skill used by Stacy wasn''t shy at all. If not for the destruction it had caused to the surrounding area, no one would even know whether Stacy was using a skill. But the power generated from it was strong enough not only to face the [Akonos st] head-on but even push it backward.


    The skill didn''te without a small cost, as the gash around Stacy''s heart could be seen expanding. Her eyes had turned insanely red from all the pain, but she kept pushing herself.


    Even if she died, she would only die here, so she pushed herself to bear the pain.


    The Akonos felt fear for the first time when it saw the destruction caused by the enemy''s skill. It also pushed forward since, after the sh, only one would survive, and it wanted to be that one.


    Roar! BOOM!


    The Akonos let out a roar as it tried to throw everything it had at the attack, but its roaring sound was devoured by the continuous explosion ringing due to the sh between two skills.


    The environmental advantage it had was slowly dwindling as whatever the energy came into contact with, it annihted it.


    Aakesh had only one purpose behind giving Stacy the skill, and that was to kill whoever tried to harm her. It was a purely destructive skill that didn''t care for the user. He had created it himself after the death of his lover. As his cultivation grew, he polished the skill and made it even more destructive.


    Stacy''s body started to give up as it could no longer bear the toll of the skill. If not for the pain, she would have long lost consciousness.


    ARGH!


    Stacy released whatever she could at that moment, but her body couldn''t handle the pressure, and it immediately broke down. Her skin was the first to vaporize, followed by her inner organs, and then her bones. Soon after, nothing was left of her.


    The same happened to the surrounding area, and it was entirely disintegrated, returning to its primal state.


    The Akonos could only helplessly see the destruction devouring it as the invisible shockwave approached it and did to it what it had done to the surrounding area.


    Fortunately for the Akonos, Stacy died earlier than it, so it became the winner.


    Soon after releasing everything, Stacy found herself back in front of the square box.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The screen on the square box lit up immediately after, and ''Failure'' appeared on the screen, written inrge red words.


    Stacy wasn''t as disappointed as she had expected due to losing the battle. Instead, she saw hope for victory.


    If her body was in better shape, she would have ousted the beast and won the battle. Her eyes then fell on the cardpartment and found that the card had disappeared.


    She needed to summon the beast again if she wanted to reinitiate the taming battle. There was the option of surprising the beast with the skill right after the fight started, but it wasn''t suggested.


    The beast would always remember the taming battle, so it would only respect those against whom it lost fairly and squarely. If won by such tactics, the beast would never honor the owner, and the rtionship between the two would only be based on the contract.


    ***


    "Aakesh, do you know about Akonos?" Stacy asked after it was finally her turn to talk to Aakesh.


    "Yes, the Akonos is one of the overlords of the Sacred Dimension like the Khostics, but they are stronger than your race collectively¡­" Aakesh nodded and introduced the Akonos to Stacy.


    Stacy was surprised by the history of the Akonos. Only a few knew about the history of the Akonos and why they suddenly emerged.


    The Akonos are a race of the Primordial Dimension, but they were shunted to the Sacred Dimension due to one deedmitted by one of the two sons.


    That action resulted in Akonos bing an enemy with a powerful creature. The only reason the Akonos even survived was due to their creator.


    The Akonos wasn''t a natural-born race and were created by the youngest Deva at that time. Out of respect for the Deva, the powerful being didn''t exterminate the Akonos.


    But since the action demanded a punishment, the being banished them to the Sacred Dimension, with them never being able to return to the Primordial Dimension.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Stacy was in the skill room while Aakesh was rxing on his chair. The sound of footsteps approaching the store rang in Aakesh''s ears. In response, he opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    The next moment, a familiar face that Aakesh hadn''t seen for tens of thousands of years appeared in front of him. It was a customer during the first phase of the store, and to be precise, it was the first customer of the store since its inception.


    In front of the store''s building stood a beautiful woman, but the scar below her left eye sullied her appearance. It was none other than Vanya, who was ready to give up her body toplete the purchase.


    There was a gentle smile across her face as she looked at the building. If those who knew her saw her smiling, they would be shocked since Vanya''s personality was cold, and she was like a battle machine, willing to fight all the time.


    Vanya then looked at her hand as a holy light engulfed her hands. She then touched the scar below her left eye using the light, and itpletely healed.


    ***


    A/N: Thank you, GreatDaoofspace for the Pizza. I am extremely grateful for that.


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 Chapter 1236 Vanya(1)

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    Chapter 1236: Vanya(1)


    As Vanya touched the scar on her face with her glowing hand, the scar healed in no time, and her skin returned to its optimal condition.


    Vanya belonged to the Moonlight Elf in the Primal Dimension, so after ascending, she joined the Moonlight Elves directly under the control of the Moon Elves.


    As the Moonlight Elves were a branch race, the respect and treatment they received from the Moon Elves weren''t worth talking about. But Vanya was an exception to that rule. She had a meteoric rise right from the moment she stepped foot inside the Sacred Dimension.


    Vanya had bought the Holy Knight level of the system from the store, making her proficient in both healing and battling. Only a few years after her ascension, she was invited to join the Moon Elves, which only a few Moonlight Elves had gotten before her.


    The invitation was to indirectly join the family since Vanya had the bloodline of Moonlight Elves, which was immensely inferior to the blood of the Moon Elves. The treatment meted out to Vanya would be the same as any ordinary Moon Elves, meaning she was almost like royalty in the Moonlight Elf group.


    There was also the option to marry a Moon Elf, but Vanya decided against it. She liked the life she was living and didn''t want a partner, so she chose the option to join them with an ordinary treatment.


    Soon after joining the Moon Elves, she joined the army since she liked battling as an effect of the Holy Knight. She had be one of the uing stars of the Moon Elves and had even been referred to by Ayana as one of her guards.


    Unfortunately for Vanya, she failed to match the minimum cultivation requirement, so she wasn''t selected but still participated in thatpetition, and to be referred to the ruler was unprecedented praise for a Moonlight Elf.


    There were always battles urring between different races, either due to resources or for the enjoyment of the rulers, and Vanya liked just that. The more she fought, the faster she grew, so wherever the Moon Elves were fighting, Vanya was there.


    Early in the morning a few days ago, Vanya was in the midst of a battle, and it was going terribly for her due to an ambush attack from another enemy general. She would have lost or even died if not for one of her fellow generals from another race''s help.


    It was there that she came across the information about a mysterious store since the second general was a customer of the store.


    ***


    After healing all her visible scars, Vanya took a deep breath and stepped forward. Without the marks, the stunning beauty of a Moonlight Elf showed. Even the worst-looking Elf had an above-average appearance, whereas Vanya was already one of the most beautiful Elves due to the holy aura of her power system.


    As her beauty mesmerized those who were around her on the street, she finally reached the steps of the store. Before walking inside, she couldn''t help but remember thest time she hade here.


    That time, the store was in the middle of the void, and there was nothing but pitch darkness while the store looked like a broken hut from the outside.


    Vanya couldn''t help but feel slightly emotional as she remembered what her life was like before suddenly finding herself in front of the store''s building.


    She and her family were running to survive, but after the store, her destiny entirely changed. She not onlypleted her revenge but also made her father the Emperor of several universes.


    Vanya didn''t know what had happened to her parents after her ascension. But she never worried about them, as when she passed the tribtion, her father was already a peak Tao Pce cultivator, and many Immortals worked under him as part of the contract.


    It had been years since Vanya had found herself feeling such emotions, so she took a while to calm down. When she finally calmed down, she stepped up the stairs and then entered the store.


    The next moment, the view in front of her changed, and the sound inside the store rang in her ears. But Vanya didn''t care for any of that. She looked at the familiar face sitting on a chair, looking back at her.


    Even though Vanya had only reminisced about her past memories before entering the store, those memories still rushed through her head.


    ***


    "Hello, I am Aakesh, the store owner."<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Follow me!"


    ***


    "So, what do you want?"


    "I want my father to get healed," Vanya straightly responded.


    "Any healer can heal your father," Aakesh responded.


    "But, I don''t have money. Even if I get money somehow, no one will try to treat my father due to the king," Vanya answered while tears started pouring out of her eyes.


    "But you''ll have to pay here too," Aakesh argued.


    "I know, I''ll pay with my body," Vanya hoarsely replied, clenching her fist.


    ***


    "So, what is your decision?"


    "I want to buy the chip."


    ***


    "What was that, store owner?" Vanya ignored everything Aakesh said.


    "Oh, the eye, have you heard of Devas?" Aakesh casually asked.


    Vanya nodded in response. "That eye is a Deva. They manage the contracts around the Multiverse," He casually said.


    "De...va," Vanya responded slurringly.


    "Did I just see a Deva?" She eximed in a whisper.


    ***


    The memories rted to the store flooded through her brain instantly making her feel the emotions again. This time, it didn''t take long for Vanya to calm down.


    She took a deep breath and stepped forward, approaching Aakesh.


    Vanya noticed the two chairs next to Aakesh and the two beautiful women sitting there. From the one closest to Aakesh, Vanya felt danger, while the second gave her no such feeling.


    Since they were the only ones sitting on the chair in the store other than Aakesh, she didn''t stare at them for long so as not to offend them.


    She then focused on the store owner. She could tell the physical differences between Aakesh at that time and the one she was seeing in the store since his skin was darker and he had also gotten bulkier and taller. As for the aura around him, it was still as mysterious as ever.

 Chapter 1237 Vanya(2)

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    Chapter 1237: Vanya(2)


    "Hello, store owner," Vanya respectfully greeted Aakesh with a bow to her waist.


    "Hello, Vanya," Aakesh responded. Vanya was the first customer of the store, so everything began with her, and hence she deserved a response back more than other customers from the first phase.


    Vanya couldn''t help but smile when he heard the store owner know her name. It had been tens of thousands of years since she came to the store.


    "It feels great to see you again," Vanyamented. She then asked about the store''s products.


    She was never much of a talker after what happened to her in the Ithaviel Kingdom. As her strength grew, her character, instead of reverting to her past bubbly self, intensified even further. So she immediately came to her purpose after the sessful greeting and didn''t spend time talking about her experiences with Aakesh.


    The Holy Knight system belonged to the maze system and granted her fast growth; hence, she had reached the peak Supreme God stage but was still short of stepping into the next level.


    There were a few customers that came to the store thousands of years after her and had already stepped into the Sacred King stage, with two even stepping into the Sacred Emperor stage. Even if Vanya knew about that, she wouldn''t feel much disappointment. At the same level of cultivation, only a select few would be able tobat her without instantly losing.


    Her cultivation speed wasn''t the quickest, but her stability and fighting intuition were among the best due to the Holy Knight system.


    ***


    "The store currently sells six products. They are pills, weapons, beasts, skills, cultivation arts, and Panagea.


    "For the pill, the lesser, higher, and king grade pills are avable in thirty different types¡­


    ¡­


    "¡­ these are the products currently avable in the store," Aakesh introduced all six products and their basic details to Vanya.


    Beforeing here, Vanya wasn''t aware of the store''s products since after learning about the store, she had directly rushed here, not even thanking herrade for saving her.


    Vanya was the type who lived on battles since they were directly responsible for her growth, so the training area interested her more than other products.


    "Store owner, tell me more about the training area," Vanya requested Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and then exined the details of the training area and its difficulty levels in detail.


    Vanya wasn''t much surprised when she learned about the primordial level training area, unlike the majority of the customers. A product she had only bought for one hundred and eight supercluster cores was still working for her when even a product worth millions of times more in value wouldn''t evene close to the benefit of the Holy Knight chip. Vanya believed that when there was something like that in the store, it was the store that changed her destiny.


    "Store owner, I want to book one hour of Primordial level training area for the Master King grade sword," Vanya requested Aakesh.


    "You need to pay one supreme Sacred stone," Aakesh still went ahead with the price announcement even though Vanya had already taken the stone out.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The next moment, the stone disappeared from the store and appeared in the system''s space while Aakesh exined the entry process to Vanya.


    "Thank you, store owner," Vanya thanked Aakesh, turned around in the direction of the room pointed at by Aakesh, and walked forward.


    After Vanya left, another customer took her ce, and Aakesh got busy there.


    ***


    As Vanya stepped inside the room, her eyes fell on the countless murals painted across the wall. She couldn''t help but marvel at that scene since the murals contained skill concepts that were reachable yet far from the majority of the weapon users.


    Vanya''s eyes searched for the murals rted to swords, and since the pir rted to the sword was in the innermost circle, Vanya finally found it. Vanya was a firm believer in brutal strength.


    Looking at her physique, she may not seem like someone who focused on physical strength, but others would be in deep trouble if they battled her without thinking that.


    As Vanya was looking around the sword murals, her eyes finallynded on one where a sword user was using nothing but brutal strength to crush their opponent.


    Time seemed to have slowed down for her as she stood there nkly looking at that mural. In that painting, a creature belonging to a race Vanya had no idea about, used an enormous broadsword to sh an entire army.


    The move seemed simple to look at, but those who believed in strength swordsmanship would be able to tell how difficult it was to reach that stage. One less ounce of strength would cause the sh to stop in the middle, while one more would cause the sh to fail.


    Time flew by, and Vanya finally returned to her senses. Her body was wet with sweat as if she were the one facing that sh.


    Vanya tried to think of ways to survive the sh, but she didn''t even find a single chance of dodging the strike.


    New knowledge about that swordsmanship seemed to appear in her mind. She tried to catch that knowledge but was too slow to even look at it, let alone catch it.


    Even though Vanya learned nothing, she was still grateful that she got to see such a wonderful strike. Vanya then tried to feel the same feeling from other murals, but she failed.


    After a futile attempt for the umpteenth time, Vanya gave up on looking at the murals and returned her focus to the primary reason for her entering the room.


    Since she was close to the pir due to the murals, it only took a few more steps for her to reach it. The next moment, she ced her finger on the tiny needle, as the store owner had told her.


    The next moment, a prickling pain attacked her. It was nothing inparison to what she had faced when signing the contract, so she didn''t flinch. The following second, a transparent, golden energy barrier appeared around her body while her eyes turned nk.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry for no chapter yesterday. I will make up for it on top of the chapters I still owe to you. I will try my best to repay the debt before the end of the month.


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 Chapter 1238 Giving Up!

    Chapter 1238: Giving Up!


    The next moment, Vanya found herself in an area filled with light. No end was to be seen, no matter how far she looked.


    There was a screen in front of her, waiting for her to select her choice. Since Aakesh had already informed Vanya about the selection process, she immediately focused on the screen.


    Vanya had chosen the Primordial level of training, so she could choose creatures from the Primordial Dimension. Vanya didn''t know the names of the races that weren''t famous across the multiverse, so she went to that section and started to scroll.


    Since she was a sword user, Vanya hoped to find a race that had the proficient physique of a sword user. It didn''t take long for Vanya and she found her choice opponent for the battle. For the environment, Vanya chose an active battlefield.


    The next moment, Vanya found herself on a battlefield with beings fighting and dying. The battles were real, as she could sense the aura and even dodge one of the arrows that flew past her head.


    Instead of feeling vexed about the attacks from the people fighting in the area, Vanya felt at home. It was a suitable battleground for her where she could fully reveal her brutality.


    Suddenly, a beam of white light appeared a few miles away, taking Vanya''s attention. The light had disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, the opponent had revealed itself.


    Vanya felt her heart stop beating momentarily when the opponent stared back at her. From the image, the pressure of the opponent felt nothing, but as she stood in front of it in reality, ready to face it, even the unconscious pressure emanating from the opponent and the sword in its hand was suffocating.


    The next moment, the calming system acted, and Vanya''s heart returned to calm. Nothing except the battle mattered at that moment for her.


    The opponent was a humanoid creature with a tall and slender physique. The being had two pairs of eyes, which blinked simultaneously. Its skin was pitch ck while an aura of sharpness was spread around it.


    Ding!


    The bell rang in the area, announcing the start of the battle. Vanya was ready to face her opponent when she found her world turning upside down, and not long after the world around her had turned dark.


    If Vanya was able to see the scene at that moment, she would see countless tiny pieces of her body lying on the ground.


    As Vanya returned to the selection area, the calming system stopped working, and all the pressure she had felt from her opponent returned.


    Even though Vanya liked to battle against strong opponents since it allowed her to learn more than usual, she decided to give up on fighting the beings of the Primordial Dimension. Even though they were at the same level of cultivation and used the same sword, the horrible power difference between them was something she had never imagined since she gained control of the Holy Knight chip.


    It didn''t mean Vanya was giving up. She believed that her current version wasn''t ready to battle the beings from the Primordial Dimension. When she felt she was ready, the battle would then ur again.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Until she was ready, Vanya decided to battle beings from the Sacred Dimension. And her opponent was a Moonlight Elf since she wanted to start with opponents of her own race.


    Time flew by, and several hours had passed since Vanya''s training began.


    Despite choosing a Moonlight Elf as her opponent, the result stayed the same. Vanya was defeated with no hope every time.


    For the first few hours, Vanya didn''t even see how she died. Onlyter was she able to catch the opponent''s movement, but her reaction didn''t match her thought speed.


    Since Vanya believed in strength, her opponent defeated her in the same way. Every result was either her getting crushed or turning into countless tiny pieces.


    Time flew by, and soon the entire twenty hours had passed.


    As Vanya''s time inside the training area was over, the system forced her out. She wanted to train for longer since she was finally able to sh against two strikes before dying in the third strike. Unfortunately for her, there was no breaking the rules in the store unless the other side was Lily or Khaval.


    When Vanya''s consciousness returned to the store, she sensed a warm, familiar energy running through her body. Even though it was a phenomenon that happened every time she meditated, that feeling in the room was extraordinary. It was as if every cell in her body was thirsty, and they finally got to drink water.


    The feeling didn''tst long enough to be called a moment, but the impact it had on Vanya was entirely the opposite.


    Vanya then turned around and left the room, her direction being Aakesh. There were other products in the store as well.


    Since Vanya hade to the store after so long, she wasn''t going to leave the store without buying or checking every product.


    Since the training area was done, the next product in Vanya''s mind was Panagea, but unfortunately for her, when she asked Aakesh about it, she found that all the spots were taken, and she would need to return the next day.


    Since Vanya could do nothing there, she returned her focus to the next product, the pills that were nearest to her.


    Vanya decided to buy every first-grade King level pill avable in the store. Vanya wasn''t poor since she not only got a fixed amount of resources from the Ay family for being in the army, but she also gained twenty-five percent of whatever loot she or the soldiers under hermand earned.


    Aakesh fulfilled her order and then informed Vanya of the price. Vanya found herselfcking in the specific higher stone, so she bought an Ultimate Store Card after Aakesh informed her of the same.


    With the Ultimate Store Card in her possession, she no longer needed to worry about traveling to and fro from the battlefield to the store. It was steeper even for Vanya, but she still decided to go ahead with the sale since the teleportation was worth it. She then asked about the skills, and once she had her answers, she proceeded in that direction.

 Chapter 1239 Sharp Edge!

    Chapter 1239: Sharp Edge!


    [Name: Sharp Edge


    Type: Attacking


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Maniption and projection of razor-sharp edges


    Description: The user taps into the essence of sharpness, allowing them to control and project a variety of lethal, razor-sharp edges or add them to any item of their liking. The skill allows the owner to slice through barriers, spirit spells, and other defensive constructs, rendering them ineffective against its keen edge.


    Price: Four hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Vanya looked at the details of the skill. After entering the room, Vanya went to the counter for Supreme God level skills.


    Vanya belonged to the Holy Knight system in the mage ss, so she automatically had the element of healing. Simrly, she also had the elements of sharpness and strength.


    These weren''t primary elements but only basic material elements. These elements existed on their own like other elements in the multiverse, but a medium was necessary to use these material elements.


    Vanya decided to look for a skill rted to sharpness first, so she thought about it and reached directly into the God level shelf for an attacking skill.


    The next moment, she took out the skill [Sharp Edge]. She liked its effects, but unfortunately for her, the price was extremely steep.


    It was still way below her wealth, but she wasn''t going to spend that kind of wealth on a single skill. Considering that, she went to the second highest, Emperor level shelf.


    Vanya immediately went to the price section first. It was still expensive, but it was something she could ept spending on a skill, so she was satisfied with that.


    Now that the price was done, she decided to check the difference between the God level and the Emperor level [Sharp Edge].


    There was only a single difference between the two levels, as the God level allowed Vanya to turn into a de herself in an ultimate attack, while the Emperor level didn''t.


    Since it was only the first skill she had taken out, Vanya decided to see whether she would be able to find an even better skill.


    Unfortunately for her, Vanya failed to get any better skill than [Sharp Edge] in the sharpness element, so she decided to get the skill.


    She still needed to find skills rted to the element strength, so she reached into the King level shelf, thinking about that element. Since only one skill of one type could be bought from one level, Vanya needed to settle for King level skill.


    [Name: Mighty Valor


    Type: Attacking<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Level: King


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes the true potential of the sword, empowering the wielder with unparalleled strength


    Description: The user taps into the essence of strength, infusing it into the wielder and their sword. The wielder''s physical attributes are enhanced, granting them enhanced strength, speed, and reflexes.


    The prolonged use of Mighty de''s Valor requires considerable stamina and energy, and the excessive strain on the wielder''s body may lead to fatigue and decreased efficiency inbat.


    Price: Seven hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    As Vanya looked at the skill and its details, she found it to be precisely what she was looking for in the element of strength.


    She then looked at the price section and heaved a sigh of relief when she found it only to be seven hundred stones. For a skill like that, Vanya was willing to pay the price of God level [Sharp Edge].


    Since the skill was perfect for her, Vanya didn''t need to look for any more skills rted to the strength element. She instead reached into the God level shelf, and when she took her hands out, there was a card in her hand.


    It was God level [Mighty Valor], and when Vanya read the details, she found it to be even more suitable. It had all the characteristics of the King level skill, and on top of that, the God level had a super mode where the sword melted into the user, enhancing the user''s strength even further and turning the user themselves into a sword.


    At the same time, the prolonged use of the earlier ability only caused fatigue, and there was no decreased efficiency inbat. Vanya then looked at the price and almost stumbled two steps backward. It was five times the price of God level [Sharp Edge].


    Even though the price was so steep, Vanya was still considering whether to go ahead with the purchase or not since she wanted that super mode. After a long thought, Vanya decided against purchasing God level [Mighty Valor]. She still had cultivation arts and beasts to check. The cultivation art would most certainly be costly, and simr would be the case for beasts, so she needed to be in control.


    Since the situation was like that, she decided to buy Emperor and King level respectively. She didn''t need any more skills, so she decided to go to the semi-pir and experience the skills for herself.


    There was already a line there, so Vanya needed to wait. There were more than a hundred people ahead of her, but since the experiencested only for a second for the customers outside the experience area, around two minutester, it was Vanya''s turn.


    Vanya decided to experience the skill one by one and not together, so she first ced the [Sharp Edge] skill card into its specificpartment. The next moment, she found herself in a one-on-one battle with the fight at its peak.


    Vanya''s body acted on its own, and she activated the skill. The next moment, shimmering des started to appear around her. Her eyes were calm as the des melted into her sword.


    Her aura suddenly turned sharp, and the air started making hissing sounds. Vanya''s body, acting on its own, shed in a straight line.


    The sword was still far from the opponent, but as the sword shed, everything including space in a straight line of hundred meters was cut apart.


    The next moment, her opponent crashed into the ground with two symmetrical vertical parts. It wasn''t the end, and the next moment, the arena was cut in half, and then even the world.


    Vanya looked at the scene in front of her with a stunned expression since she didn''t expect the skill''s destruction to be at such intensity when she chose the skill for herself.

 Chapter 1240 Helplessness!

    Chapter 1240: Helplessness!


    The next moment, she found herself back in the store with the same stunned expression. Vanya couldn''t help but take a deep look at the skill card as she took it out of thepartment.


    The next moment, the screen on the pir lit up, showing the training time.


    [Skill: Sharp Edge


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivator: early to peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 91%


    Training Time: Six Months


    Vanya couldn''t help but take a deep breath when she saw herpatibility with the skill. ording to what the store owner had told her, anything above seventy percent was talent, while anything above 80% was extremely rare. Vanya had apatibility exceeding ny percent, and it was also the reason behind the short training tenure of six months to thoroughly learn the skill.


    After calming down, Vanya focused on the second skill card in her hand. She then ced it in its respective spot.


    The next moment, Vanya found herself in an unfamiliar environment. She was currently on a battlefield with gigantic creatures charging at her.


    For a moment, Vanya could feel her heartbeat rushing through the chart, but the next moment, her body acted on its own and activated the skill [Mighty Valor].


    As she activated the skill, the sword in her hand started to glow radiantly. The glow didn''t stop there but started to surround Vanya.


    Vanya could feel strength pulsating through her veins as the glow around her deepened. Vanya believed in herself not to lose at the same level, but at that moment, she could see her strength grow at a rapid rate. Even she was afraid to fight someone of her strength at that time.


    When the glow reached its peak, there was almost an opaque barrier around her. The next moment, it faded, entirely melting into Vanya.


    Vanya could feel her strength at a level where she couldn''t believe it to be, and her body acting on its own shed.


    Just the air force released from the sh cut apart several of the gigantic creatures around her. It was only the start, as there were hundreds of creatures of the same strength as the original Vanya.


    The ground beneath her feet was sinking, as her weight had also grown terrifyingly high in that state. It didn''t mean that she had gotten slow. In fact, Vanya was quicker than she ever was at that moment.


    Vanya pounced, cracking the ground beneath her feet. With every sh made by her, an opponent crashed to the ground in disfigurement.


    The battle finally reached itsst leg as there was only one opponent left, and it was the strongest Vanya had faced till that moment.


    Vanya found the energy flow in her body flowing crazily and gathering at her hands, holding the sword''s handle. Even the space around her started to crack as it could no longer bear that strength.


    Vanya finally shed the sword, and as it touched the opponent, instead of cutting it, it minced the creature into a pulp. As the sword''s tip touched the ground after the sessful attack, the ground in the range of hundreds of miles broke down, turning into arge pit. Only in the area where she was standing was there any ground with not even a hint of a crack.


    The exhausting side effect of the skill finally yed out as Vanya felt a wave of fatigue hit her.


    The next moment, Vanya returned to the store with her back wet with sweat. She believed that [Sharp Edge] had surprised her just enough, but [Mighty Valor''s] destruction was on a whole other level.


    The following second, the screen on the semi-pir lit up, showing the training details. Since the content was engraved on the customer''s mind once they looked at it, Vanya left the queue, and another customer took her spot.


    After leaving the queue, Vanya focused on the screen''s content.


    [Skill: Mighty Valor


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivator: early to peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 93%


    Training Time: Ten Years.]


    In the case of [Mighty Valor], Vanya''spatibility was even higher. After ny percent, even a slight increase inpatibility was a rare event, but she was two percent higher.


    Despite herpatibility being higher, the training time for the skill was a full ten years. Vanya didn''t feel much of a surprise over the long training years.


    Thest attack unleashed in the experience area was an extremely controlled strike. Despite there being such broad and intense destruction, the ground beneath her feet was safe from any damage at all and stood like a pir in thatrge pit spanning over hundreds of miles.


    Vanya took a deep breath and calmed her pounding heart after remembering the destruction. A decade wasn''t that long of a time in the Sacred Dimension, so she couldn''t wait to use that skin with such control in reality.


    Since the experience was done and Vanya didn''t need any new skills, she turned around and left the room, her direction being Aakesh''s.


    There was a small queue in front of Aakesh, so Vanya had to wait before her turn finally arrived.


    "Store owner, I want toplete the purchase," Vanya requested of Aakesh, passing the two skill cards to him.


    Aakesh nodded and took the two cards from her hands. As he looked at the card, the details appeared in his eyes.


    "You need to pay eleven hundred and eleven supreme Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed her, returning the two cards to her.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The next moment, a mechanical alert rang in her ears. As Vanya epted the notification, the respective amount disappeared from her card, and the alert about the remaining bnce rang in her head.


    Now cultivation arts and the Beast Summoner Device were the two products avable to Vanya to check for the day. She decided to go for the beast and then asked Aakesh different questions regarding it.


    Once Vanya had received sufficient answers, she thanked Aakesh and then proceeded toward the beast room.


    When Vanya entered the room, her eyes fell on the second pir and the few customers in front of it. She joined the queue, and to pass the waiting time, she looked around at the murals painted across the wall.


    From what the store owner had told her, she had given up on getting an Ultimate quality beast since the price was something she couldn''t take out, and she also didn''t have anything of enough value.


    If the store had acted like it did thest time she came, she could have bought the beast and then pay the cost in the fixed tenure, but nothing of the sort existed in the store anymore. The payment needed to bepleted immediately to buy.


    Thinking like that, Vanya finally reached the pir. Hoping for a suitable beast for her, Vanya set the summon to random and pressed the button.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate, and soon its speed grew quick enough to make Vanya feel dizzy. Five seconds passed in a sh, and the rotation came to an end.


    The next moment, a beast appeared on the screen, and not long after it, a card formed out of thin air and flew into Vanya''s hand.


    Vanya caught the card and focused on the details written on it.


    [Name: Revered Bull


    Type: Beast


    Race: Bull


    Element: Earth, Strength, Physique, Healing


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Cosmic Physique


    Details: When activated, the Revered Bull could manipte its size, weight, density, and many other factors to its advantage. All its injuries heal in that state. Its strength and agility grow several times.


    Warning: After the skill''s duration, the body bes mentally and physically exhausted and needs a decade of rest.


    Ability:


    1.) Earthquake Stomp: The Revered Bull can unleash a powerful stomp, causing the ground to shake and tremble, creating devastating shockwaves.


    2.) Herculean Strength: The Revered Bull possesses immense physical strength, allowing it to deliver bone-crushing blows and overpower even the most formidable opponents.


    3.) Earth''s Embrace: The Revered Bull can channel the energy of the earth, creating a protective barrier that shields itself and nearby allies from harm, reducing iing damage.


    4.) Ground Pound: The Revered Bull ms its hooves into the ground, generating shockwaves that disrupt enemy formations and stun them.


    5.) Vitality Aura: The Revered Bull emits a healing aura that rejuvenates allies within its vicinity, restoring their health and providing them with a temporary boost in vitality.


    ...


    14.) Devastating Horns: The Revered Bull charges forward with its mighty horns, impaling enemies, and causing a bleeding effect.


    15.) Resolute Defense: The Revered Bull adopts a defensive stance, bing nearly invulnerable to physical attacks for a short period.


    ...


    22.) Last Stand: When pushed to the brink of defeat, the Revered Bull enters a state of unwavering determination, gaining a massive boost in strength, speed, and resilience.


    Card Description: The Revered Bull is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of earth, strength, physique, and healing make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Revered Bull.


    Price: One hundred thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    When Vanya saw the quality section and found Ultimate there, she didn''t feel joyous. Instead, she felt a wave of helplessness engulf her.


    She didn''t want an ultimate quality beast since she would want it but wouldn''t be able to afford it. It was a terrible situation, and that exact situation yed out in front of her.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, I have been unable to upload chapters for the past few days. I am perfectly healthy, so the updates will return to their original rate. I promised to repay the owing chapters in the month, but that will no longer be possible, so I will upload the owed chapters next month. I have already lost count of how many chapters I owe you.


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 Chapter 1241 A New Customer!

    Chapter 1241: A New Customer!


    Vanya couldn''t help but helplessly sigh as she saw the details on the card. After seeing the quality section, she immediately went to the price section, and her eyes almost popped out of their sockets when she saw the six-figure digit in ultimate Sacred stones.


    Vanya didn''t even have a total of twenty ultimate stones, so there was no way for her to afford the beast. Vanya wanted to steer clear of looking at the skills, but she couldn''t stop herself and focused on them.


    The Revered Bull was depicted on the top portion of the beast card. It was a majestic creature, standing tall and proud with a muscr build. Its body was covered in shimmering golden fur that seemed to glow with sacred energy. The bull hadrge, powerful horns that curled gracefully upward, symbolizing its strength and authority. Its piercing silver eyes glowed with a serene and wise light. The Revered Bull possessed an aura of noble grandeur thatmands respect and awe.


    The tip of the bull''s horn was pitch ck, and on that portion, there was a pattern of stomping engraved in silver light.


    The majestic appearance of the creature won Vanya over, adding to her woes. She was a cultivator who depended on strength, but her physique was small, and she didn''t look formidable at all.


    On the other hand, the Revered Bull was exactly the one she was waiting for. It was a beast that had the elements of strength and physique, and its overwhelming stature further added to it.


    When Vanya read about the characteristics, she felt her heart sink. [Cosmic Physique] was a legendary physique that had been rarely seen in the Multiverse, and whoever was born with it had reached the peak of the Sacred Dimension and ascended to the Primordial.


    Even Vanya hoped for her to own it. She hoped for the store to have something rted to that when she found out about its presence. Unfortunately for her, the store had changed its way of selling as well as the items it had.


    After a long pause, she finally calmed down and then looked at the skills section. The skills weren''t very bad, so her desire to buy the beast only grew in her heart after that.


    ***


    Vanya left the beast''s room after cing the card in the returnpartment. Now that she had seen the Revered Bull, she couldn''t bring herself to pick another beast. Since things were like that, she decided to wait, and once she had the wealth, she would buy the beast.


    The summoning cost of one higher Sacred stone was paid by her from her store card. After leaving the room, she approached Aakesh since it was now time for her to ask questions about the cultivation arts.


    There was a small line of customers already waiting for their spots to reach Aakesh, so Vanya had to also wait for her turn. When her turn finally arrived, she asked Aakesh about the cultivation arts, and once she had gotten all her answers, she thanked Aakesh and left for the room.


    After Vanya left, another customer took her spot. It was a new customer and a powerful one at that.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The man belonged to Surjan, the strongest demon race in the Sacred Dimension and the third strongest race overall in the dimension.


    Surjan had been ruling the demon group for countless years. Even before the war, they had a glorious past. Surjan fought on the side of Vritrasura and still survived the onught after the war on Vritrasura''s supporters.


    They survived because they had connections to the Asuras, the second-strongest race in the Multiverse. The Surjan wasn''t a natural-born race but the result of an experiment done by one of the top Asura leaders.


    It had made other races wary of the Surjan before counterattacking them, fearing a bacsh from the Asuras, and that cautiousness allowed the Surjan to consolidate their power, and hence they have be the third strongest race in the Sacred Dimension.


    The difference between the top three races wasn''t as great as the difference between the top three races of the Multiverse.


    Devas were capable of annihting the Asuras in the blink of an eye, while Asuras were simrly capable of destroying the Yakshas. The difference between Asuras and Yakshas wasn''t as wide as the difference between Asuras and Devas, but it was wide enough for one race to win handsomely.


    In the Sacred Dimension, the situation was of no such sort. If there were ever to be a battle between the top three races, there would be a victor, but it would also lead to the majority of the power loss for the winning side.


    As for who ranked these races, it was the Void Beasts. The rulers of the top three races were called Paragons and was able tomunicate with the Void Beasts.


    It was simr to what the structure was in the Primal Dimension, but here, the Void Beasts only favored the top three races. Simrly, the Void Beasts of the Sacred Dimension were more brutal than the ones in the lower dimension. There were recorded histories of the Void Beast exterminating entire races.


    The man in front of Aakesh looked like other Surjan. He had a bulky physique, a tall height, dark violet skin, and a pair of curved horns right above his brows. His eyes were abination of ck sclera and red pupils. The wings made of bones were folded behind the man, but sharp spikes around them could still be seen due to theirrge size.


    There was a dark golden pattern engraved on the area between the two brows. The pattern was a font, and it belonged to thenguage of Asuras, meaning experiment. Every Surjan was born with the same pattern, showing their rtion to the Asuras.


    The Surjan didn''t feel dispirited by the fact that they were experiments. They were proud of it since they were born due to that in the first ce.


    The Surjan were the true bearers of the brutal characteristics of the demons. Numerous deep scars could be seen across the man''s body since Surjan members were one of the most battle-loving races of the Multiverse, simr to their creators, Asuras.


    Arrogance was present in the man''s eyes as he looked at Aakesh.

 Chapter 1242 Clarkson!

    Chapter 1242: rkson!


    The man''s name was rkson, and he came from a top family in Surjan. His seventh-generation ancestor was the army chief, while his grandfather was second inmand. What made rkson even more imminent was that he was the most liked descendant by his grandfather and ancestor.


    rkson''s cultivation was only Supreme God, or he would have already gotten an officer position since his ancestor had the power of directly appointing him to any officer post below third rank.


    Coming from a race like Surjan and then being in one of the top families of the race had made rkson arrogant, and that was visible in his eyes when he found Aakesh''s cultivation only to be Divine Being.


    "Tell me about the store products," rkson asked. He hade to the store by a stroke of luck.


    The universe in which the store was controlled by Voidborns, and the son of the current ruler of the Voidborns was rkson''s good friend.


    While traveling with his friend, rkson learned about the store from his Sacred Emperor protector.


    The universe was too small for Sacred Emperor cultivators to sense energies, and once the protector sensed invincible energy, he informed rkson about it.


    When rkson asked his friend about the energy, he found out about the store.


    Since the friend was busy, rkson alone came to the store with his protector, hiding in the dark.


    When rkson was inside the store, the protector had no choice but to appear in the open since once rkson stepped inside, he became invisible to the man. The man thought of pushing through the sense-blocking array, but that terrifying energy stopped him frommitting such an act.


    Since the protector was bound to rkson by his life, he didn''t dare to stay outside for long and followed inside as well.


    The next moment, the view in front of the man changed as the sense-blocking array stopped working on him. The man was Grant, and he couldn''t help but grow surprised by the luxury inside the store.


    rkson was too arrogant to notice his surroundings and see the abundance of Eternal stones used in flooring, but Grant focused on the surroundings first.


    His eyes then fell on the blue-skinned man sitting on the chair, but that wasn''t what attracted his attention. His eyes and mouth flew wide open as he saw the female sitting next to Aakesh.


    An urge to kneel appeared in his heart as his bloodline trembled. The difference between his and her cultivation was wider than the difference between the sky and the earth, so the urge was only fleeting and wasn''t that intense. It was still enough to shock Grant.


    Katrina, who was rxing, also woke up once she felt a stare directed at her. She looked in the direction of the stare and found a man looking at her with his eyes and mouth wide open.


    When Grant noticed Katrina''s stare, he calmed down and walked in her direction. Grant had no idea what the reason behind the sudden tremble in his bloodline was.


    Since Katrina was disguising herself as a powerful, beautiful female, not in her actual appearance, Grant had no idea that she belonged to a race descending from Asuras.


    ***


    Aakesh ignored the second Surjan in the store and introduced all six store products to the new customer.


    rkson also noticed Grant, and he also ignored it. After the introduction, rkson was astounded by the product''s specifics, particrly the Beast Summoner Device and the training area.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    He nevercked Cultivation arts and skills in his family, so there was not much interest in those products. Surjans had their own smiths, so the race had top weapons, and the same was the case for the pills.


    Panagea didn''t interest rkson as much as other products. He didn''t like to start over weak in a new world, so that product wasn''t for him. Since only two products were left after his consideration, it wasn''t that difficult to choose which product to choose first.


    Surjans loved battles, and rkson was no different, so he asked about the training area. When Aakehs started answering his questions, his eyes began to shine with excitement.


    The more he learned about the training area, the greater his excitement became to enter.


    "I want to enter the Primordial level training area," rkson couldn''t help but ask in a hurry since he wanted to experience that level of battle as soon as possible.


    "It will be one supreme Sacred stone," Aakesh responded since rkson met the cultivation criteria.


    After the payment wasplete, Aakesh told rkson how to enter the training area. He then pointed at the weapons room.


    rkson nodded in response and turned around to leave when he was stunned by the scene in front of him. Grant, who was known for his anti-social behavior, was trying to talk to the girl sitting next to the store owner.


    In all the excitement of the products and then the training area, rkson didn''t even notice Grant''s actions.


    rkson took a curious look at the woman, and then the same effect of bloodline trembling appeared for him. But it was clearly intenser for him since he was lower in cultivation than the woman.


    rkson wanted to know what caused the situation, but there was something more important to him than that. It was the training area. rkson walked toward the weapons room, giving a side eye to Grant and gesturing to him to investigate the reason.


    Grant could only helplessly smile as the woman refused to talk to him. Instead, she was enjoying his attempts to repeatedly request her identity, even though he was clearly stronger than the woman.


    ***


    After entering the infinite space inside the training area, rkson selected Akonos, the second strongest race in the Sacred Dimension.


    The thought of looking for Asura as an opponent or asking Aakesh about it never appeared in rkson''s head since it was sphemy against their creator, and every Surjan was a fanatic follower of the Asuras.


    rkson chose a random environment for his battle, and not long after, he found himself back in the selection area as he couldn''t even see the opponent''s attack.


    ***


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 Chapter 1243 Tears Of Joy!

    Chapter 1243: Tears of Joy!


    Grant had no choice but to give in to his repeated requests. Even though rkson had ordered him to find out about the woman, the woman seemed to have no interest in replying to him at all.


    If not for the invisible, powerful energy permeating every corner of the store, he would have tried to force out an answer.


    Grant was confident that what he was seeing in front of her was a disguise. But he didn''t dare to see through the disguise of the woman for the same reason, or he would have already found out why his bloodline trembled when he looked at her.


    Seeing the man stop, the grin on Katrina''s face turned even wider. While Aakesh didn''t interfere in their conversation as he was busy with a new customer.


    Since Grant could neither use force nor the woman seemed interested in answering, he decided to use greed to his advantage.


    "Why don''t you tell me about yourself, and I will give you what you wish for," Grant told Katrina.


    His cultivation was Sacred Emperor. It wasn''t the peak of the Sacred Dimension, but it was still at the top level, and his power wasn''t weak.


    Katrina only had Sacred King level cultivation, so he didn''t lie when he said that he would fulfill her wish.


    "I am listening," Katrina immediately responded, finally opening her mouth to utter any words.


    Grant heaved a relieved sigh in his heart since if he failed to gather any information before rkson returned, the consequences would be too dire for him.


    Surjans were a battle loving race as well as their hierarchy was invible. rkson had hundreds of siblings in his generation with some even of higher cultivation, but once he was acknowledged by his ancestor, he immediately became the leader of his generation, and other siblings of his are following him peacefully without even a squeak of betrayal.


    Grant himself was one of rkson''s grand uncles, but as rkson''s status had be higher after getting acknowledged, Grant had be his bodyguard and had no choice but to follow him.


    "What do you want?" Grant asked. He was confident that whatever Katrina would ask, he would be able to fulfill it.


    A wide smile spread across Katrina''s face, and it suddenly gave rise to a bad feeling in Grant''s heart.


    "What about one million ultimate Sacred stones?" Katrina innocently asked, but the wide, sly smile on her face gave her away.


    Grant almost choked on his words when he heard Katrina''s demand. Despite that, he didn''t refuse Katrina.


    One million ultimate stones was arge amount, but it was something he could take out easily, so he agreed to pay that.


    "I will pay you that, but you need to take an oath that you won''t lie," Grant said.


    There were ways to know whether the other side was lying or not, but for that, he would need to use energy, and it gave rise to an ominous feeling in his heart, so he decided to ask Katrina to take an oath.


    "You want to be my guarantor?" Katrina requested Aakesh, who had just gotten free from the customer.


    Grant agreed with Katrina''s proposal since the store and the store owner seemed entirely mysterious, and from the terrifying energy signature, there was no need for the other party to take advantage of him.


    Aakesh simply nodded in response to Katrina''s request. She smiled after seeing Aakesh agree with her.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Instead of telling you, I will show you what you want to know," Katrinamented, and then she took off her disguise.


    The next moment, a woman with devilish charm appeared in the store, causing Grant''s jaw to almost drop to the ground.


    "Kindeva!" Grant eximed in shock since he recognized the race.


    Being fanatic followers of Asuras, the Surjans taught everything known about Asuras to their young children.


    Since Kindeva were descended from the union of Asura and Yaksha, Surjans knew about them.


    The next moment, Grant crashed to the ground, kneeling toward Katrina. The power difference between the two was wide enough to epass everything, and yet Grant knelt in front of Katrina, not caring about his cultivation.


    Even Katrina was taken aback by such a strong reaction from Aakesh.


    She was already aware of what had caused the man to show such interest in knowing about her. The moment the man asked about her for the first time, she spiritually asked Aakesh, and then Aakesh told her about the connection between Surjans and Asuras.


    Katrina had to request for Grant to stand up, and when he did, his eyes were full of tears of joy.


    "Please forgive me, my lord, for acting that way in front of you," Grant asked for an apology with a respectful bow.


    The reaction from Grant was even stronger than the one from Hell, which was a huge surprise to Katrina.


    ***


    "My lord, here," Grant spoke and handed over a space ring to Katrina.


    Katrina wanted to refuse the ring as she was overwhelmed by the reaction from Grant, but therge amount won over her hesitation, and she took the space ring.


    The next moment, Katrina was dumbfounded when she sensed the content inside the space ring.


    She had asked for a million ultimate Sacred stones since she wanted a beast for herself and Autumn, but the amount inside the space ring was severalfold that.


    There were not only around a hundred million ultimate Sacred stones but there were also many valuable materials with a value even more than the stones.


    Katrina looked angrily at Aakesh and then returned the space ring to Grant.


    ¡¤?¦Èm Aakesh was surprised by the sudden reaction from Katrina and then he looked inside the space ring. He could only smile, as the reason for her anger was due to her behavioral change inside the store. If it was outside the store, she could take the total amount, but since Aakesh was the guarantor, she couldn''t take that many resources as it would be insulting to Aakesh.


    "You only need to pay the sum I asked for," Katrina remarked, pushing the ring back.


    Grant didn''t want to take the ring back since it was all he could offer but the repeated push from Katrina forced him to take it.

 Chapter 1244 Autumn And Katrina(1)

    Chapter 1244: Autumn and Katrina(1)


    After repeated ring pushing from Katrina, Grant had no choice but to take the space ring back. He then took the extra resource and handed the ring to Katrina.


    When Katrina found that there were no extra resources, she took the ring and thanked Grant.


    She and Autumn had been unable to buy a beast from the second pir since they couldn''t afford a top-quality beast. The arrival of Grant was a fortunate event for Katrina since she had finally gained a significant amount and could afford top beasts.


    "Now we can buy beasts," Katrina informed Autumn.


    Autumn was taken aback when she heard Katrina''s message. She looked at her in shock.


    "You don''t need to do that," Autumn immediately replied since beasts from the second pir were expensive, and she already owed too much to Katrina.


    "Did I ask for your opinion?" Katrina scoffed and cut off the conversation. Autumn tried to speak again, but Katrina ignored her.


    Katrina was waiting for Grant and rkson to leave before she and Autumn went to the beast room. Katrina also respected Asuras, and she wasn''t going to insult them by buying things in front of the giver, showing herck of wealth.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be surprised by the restraint shown by Katrina since how could he not know what was going on inside her head?


    ***


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing without stopping, and the twenty hours of training for rkson were over.


    The next moment, the system forced him out of the training area, and light returned to his eyes while the transparent, golden barrier surrounding him disappeared.


    rkson was disappointed with the exit since he wanted to stay there forever. The battle to this point had been entirely one-sided on the opponent''s side. The best result rkson had received before being forced out. He managed to survive three hits and even an attack.


    His attack didn''t connect, but his sword still reached the opponent before he got cut in half and died.


    rkson was feeling the difference between before entering the training area and after, and he found that there was a slight improvement. He felt his thoughts running faster and his reflexes getting slightly quicker. It was only a minute growth, but it was still one.


    When rkson exited the room, he remembered the bloodline tremble he had felt earlier. At that time, only theing battle mattered to him, but now that he hade outside of the training area, he could finally focus on that.


    Since rkson had ordered Grant to find out the cause, he immediately went to him. He was surprised when he saw the humble expression on Grant''s face.


    rkson had an idea why Grant was like that, but the idea seemed so ludicrous that he immediately threw it away.


    ***


    "My esteemed lord, would you kindly consider gracing our modest with your divine presence?" rkson humbly requested Katrina. His arrogant appearance nowhere to be seen.


    rkson''s reaction wasn''t as outrageous as Grant''s, but it waspletely opposite of what he was actually like in reality.


    Katrina could only smile wryly since after a lot of effort, she had stopped Grant from talking with her. She had no issues with conversation, but Grant''s humble manner caused her to feel ufortable since he was a Sacred Emperor.


    ***


    rkson stepped inside the beast room, with Grant following him. Katrina had refused his invitation, but since she had promised to visit his home, rkson''s mood was better.


    ¡¤?¦Èm When his ancestor found out about Katrina and how she woulde after rkson''s invitation, he would surely be happy and his status would further grow in the family.


    There was only a single customer in front of the second device, so rkson didn''t have to wait long. During the short waiting time, rkson discussed with Grant how to inform his grandpa and ancestor about Katrina.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    When it was finally rkson''s turn, he stopped talking and focused on what was ahead of him.


    After learning about the beast in detail, rkson wanted one. Since his cultivation was Supreme God, he didn''t need to start with low-level beast.


    Hoping for the beast he wanted, rkson pressed the button, activating the first summoning round.


    The next moment, the square light started to rotate around the nine sections, and kept at it for five seconds.


    rkson''s eyes shone in excitement when his eyes fell on the beast on the screen. It was only his first attempt, but it was the beast he wanted.


    [Name: Goliath Ironback


    Type: Beast


    Race: Gori


    Element: Earth, Wood, Metal


    Quality: Divine


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    Characteristics: Nature''s Dominion


    Details: The Goliath Ironback taps into the elemental powers of earth, wood, and metal to bless a number of its allies, enhancing their physical attributes by a hundredfold, fortifying their defenses by tenfold, and empowering theirbat prowess over a fixed range. One chosen ally can use the beast''s skills.


    Number of Allies: Six,


    Range: 1,000 sq. meters.,


    Ability:


    1.) Earthquake m: The Goliath Ironback ms its massive fists into the ground, causing seismic quakes that ravage the earth, devastating enemies in its vicinity.


    2.) Tough Shield: The Goliath Ironback summons a shield made of earth and metal, providing exceptional defense against both physical and magical attacks.


    3.) Rooted Resilience: The Goliath Ironback merges with the earth, gaining temporary invulnerability and bing immune to physical attacks.


    4.) Metal Storm: The Goliath Ironback summons metallic projectiles and hurls them at high velocity toward its enemies, piercing through armor and causing severe damage.


    5.) Natural Revitalization: The Goliath Ironback taps into the life force of surrounding nts and trees, rapidly regenerating its wounds and rejuvenating its energy.


    ...


    19.) Natural Fury: The Goliath Ironback calls upon the spirits of nature, empowering its attacks with the essence of wood, inflicting additional damage, and causing enemies to bleed.


    20.) Ground Steps: The Goliath Ironback sinks into the ground, bing one with thend, and travels at a quick speed.


    Card Description: The Goliath Ironback is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of earth, metal, and wood make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Goliath Ironback.


    Price: Three thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]

 Chapter 1245 Autumn And Katrina(2)

    Chapter 1245: Autumn and Katrina(2)


    rkson looked at the beast card with an excited expression since it was the beast he wanted.


    Goliath Ironbacks were one of the top beast races in the Beast Group. Due to their small poption and the presence of just one Sacred Creator in their camp since birth, they were unable topete with the other overlord races.


    rkson belonged to the Surjans and was one of the overlord races of not only the Demon Group but also the Sacred Dimension. The reason rkson wanted a Goliath Ironback had to do with their fighting talent.


    The Goliath Ironbacks were one of the best if not the bestbatant race in the Sacred Dimension and were the perfect match for Surjans, who relished battles and liked to fight powerful opponents.


    The upper half of the beast card contained an illustration of the Goliath Ironback. As its name suggested, it was a gigantic beast. It possessed a robust and muscr build that exuded power and strength. Its body was covered in a dense coat of dark gray fur, giving it a formidable and imposing presence. Its piercing eyes shone with a green hue, and battle intent was visible.


    The most striking feature of the Goliath Ironback was the metallic lines that ran along its body, resembling body armor.


    The Goliath Ironback was only of divine quality and not ultimate, but rkson decided to go ahead with the purchase. The characteristics [Nature''s Dominion] yed a significant role in his decision making.


    It wasn''t an exclusive ability of the Goliath Ironbacks, but many races had been known to possess it. Nheless, it was a rare ability that was only seen in very few Goliath Ironbacks and other creatures.


    Since rkson had made his decision, he didn''t waste any time and left the queue, walking toward the square device. There was arge line waiting for him.


    After rkson left, it was Grant''s turn. Grant also initiated the summoning, and five secondster, a beast appeared on the screen.


    Grant liked the beast he had summoned on his first try, so he also left the device and joined the queue toplete the following steps.


    The beast summoned by him was an ultimate quality while its cultivation was peak Supreme God, the highest avable cultivation in the store.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh had been rxing on his chair for several seconds when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction.


    The next moment, the sight of an unfamiliar being approaching the store greeted him. Aakesh silently waited for the man to enter the store and approach him.


    Before the man even entered the store, Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps approaching him from a room.


    Aakesh turned around and found it to be Vanyaing out of the cultivation arts room. She didn''t have a page in her hands since she couldn''t afford the cultivation art she wanted.


    The Holy Knight system had its own way of cultivating, but as Vanya progressed, she found its effects not to be simr to those in the Primal Dimension. After learning about the cultivation arts sold in the store, she had hoped toe across art that would positively influence the Holy Knight system.


    Vanya found the cultivation art she was looking for with even better effects, but unfortunately for her, she couldn''t afford it at all. Cultivation arts for Supreme God cultivators went for tens of thousands of ultimate Sacred stones, and that was an unaffordable sum for Vanya not only at that time but also for many years.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Vanya had checked all the products except for Panagea. Since the spots for it had been filled and Vanya no longer had anything to do in the store, she decided to leave. But before leaving, she came to Aakesh and thanked him.


    Since Vanya had the Ultimate Store Card, she no longer needed to worry about her travel. After thanking Aakesh, she activated the card, and the next moment, a white light engulfed her.


    The light disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, Vanya had also vanished. At that moment, the man finally stepped inside the store, and the inside view presented itself.


    The man looked in awe around the store. The building looked ordinary from the outside, but from the inside, it was the opposite.


    His eyes then fell on the blue-skinned man sittingfortably in his chair. Beside that chair, he could see another two chairs and both of the chairs were upied by the beautifuldies.


    The man then turned around and returned his focus to the store owner. The man hade here after learning about the store from his friend.


    "Hello, store owner," The man respectfully greeted Aakesh soon after approaching him.


    Aakehs silently nodded in response to the greetings and was waiting for the question to arrive.


    The man''s friend had already informed him of the store owner''s indifferent attitude and also warned the man to stay respectful toward Aakesh at all times.


    "Store owner, I want to buy a beast." The man requested. Since he hade here with a purpose, the man directly stated it.


    Aakesh nodded and then exined basic details about the Beast Summoner Device. In the end, he pointed toward the beast''s room.


    "Thank you, store owner," The man thanked Aakesh and then walked toward the beast''s room.


    At that time, rkson stepped out of the room, and not long after, Grant also followed.


    rkson then approached Aakesh, with Grant following him. As they wereing toward Aakesh, their expression suddenly turned humble when they passed Katrina.


    ***


    "You need to pay three thousand ultimate and one higher Sacred stone," Aakesh expressionlessly informed rkson, returning the beast card to him.


    rkson nodded and then paid three thousand and one ultimate stones. He wanted Aakesh to take the remaining change, but Aakesh pushed one stone toward rkson and asked him to pay one higher stone.


    rkson was taken aback by Aakesh''s refusal to take thatrge sum, but when he remembered Katrina''s identity and her sitting next to Aakesh, rkson understood how foolish he was being in his arrogance.


    After rkson, it was Grant''s turn toplete the payment.

 Chapter 1246 Autumn And Katrina(3)

    Chapter 1246: Autumn and Katrina(3)


    "My lord, we are leaving," Grant respectfully bowed as he activated the Ultimate Store Card after rkson. The next moment, he was gone from the store.


    Katrina''s eyes shone as she was waiting for that moment since she got hold of the sum of one million ultimate Sacred stones.


    She didn''t even wait for a moment and called for Autumn toe with him. Autumn smiled helplessly but still followed her.


    Autumn didn''t want to take advantage of Katrina again, but Katrina made her take a vow that she would buy the beast. Autumn had never been more thankful for meeting Lily.


    Before meeting Lily, Autumn had no name, and she was only one of the central rulers. If someone were to tell her that she and Katrina would be best of friends and as close as siblings one day, she would have scoffed at them, but the scenario yed exactly like that.


    Last time, Autumn was the first to summon the beast, but this time, Katrina took her ce.


    When they entered the room, there was no line in front of the second Beast Summoner Device, so Katrina immediately got her turn.


    As she reached the pir, she first looked at the nine beasts in nine different sections on the screen.


    Thest time, Katrina summoned the Dream Creator, one of the top two beasts avable for summoning at that stage.


    The beast hadn''t disappointed Katrina, and only in the past ten or so years had its cultivation level grown to peak True God, one entire level.


    Katrina wanted a powerful beast this time as well, so thinking of several beasts she had on her mind, she pressed the switch.


    The next moment, the square light started to rotate, and soon it reached an unprecedented speed. Five seconds passed in a sh, and the rotation came to a stop.


    The next moment, a beast unfamiliar to her appeared on the screen. Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hand.


    Katrina caught the card and immediately went to the quality section. Seeing that it was an ultimate quality beast, she heaved a sigh of relief and then focused on other details.


    A few secondster, Katrina ced the card in the returnpartment with disappointment written over her face. If someone else were to summon the beast, they would have been jubnt, but not Katrina.


    She came from the Kindeva race, a powerful race of the Primordial Dimension, and she knew her luck was great in the Sacred Dimension.


    Aakesh wasn''t very transparent with her when it came to the store''s products, but he told her more than others since they had been sitting together for the past several years.


    From Aakesh, she had already known about the Dream Creator being a top two beast, and she wanted her to get one such beast the second time as well.


    Katrina then returned to the screen and pressed the button, initiating the second round of summoning.


    The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light started to rotate.


    Time flew by, and Katrina had attempted six turns in total. She had gotten an ultimate quality beast all six times, but she wasn''t satisfied with what she saw.


    Katrina pressed the button, beginning the seventh round of summoning. She hoped to get a beast that time, as the summoning cost was exponentially growing with every attempt.


    The next moment, ''6'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light started to rotate. Five seconds passed in a sh, and another beast unfamiliar to her appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hand. She caught it and focused on the content.


    [Name: Three-Eyed Spirit


    Type: Beast<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Race: Spirit Beast


    Element: Spirit, Illusion, Charm, Luck, Life, Death


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    Characteristics: Parallel Domain


    Details: The Three-Eyed Spirit taps into the elemental powers of spirit, illusion, charm, luck, life, and death to shroud a fixed range. In the range, the enemies are attacked spiritually and are drained of their luck and vitality while its allies temporarily gain enemies vitality and fortune.


    Number of Allies: Ten,


    Range: 10,000 sq. meters.,


    Ability:


    1.) Life Drain: With a touch, the Three-Eyed Spirit can extract the life force of its opponents, weakening them and replenishing its own vitality.


    2.) Death''s Grasp: The Three-Eyed Spirit can momentarily channel the power of death, freezing enemies in ce and draining their life force.


    3.) Spirit''s Wrath: The Three-Eyed Spirit can channel the rage of vengeful spirits, inflicting spiritual damage upon enemies and weakening their defenses.


    4.) Death''s Embrace: In moments of great danger, the Three-Eyed Spirit can tap into the essence of death, bing invulnerable to any type of attack for a short period.


    5.) Death''s Whispers: The Three-Eyed Spirit can tap into the realm of the dead, hearing the whispers and guidance of departed souls. It gains insights and knowledge from the deceased.


    ...


    13.) Spirit''s Embrace: The Three-Eyed Spirit can surround itself with a protective aura of spirit energy, shielding it from harm and negating negative effects.


    14.) Charm of Resilience: The Three-Eyed Spirit possesses a charm that enhances the resilience and durability of allies, fortifying their physical and mental defenses.


    ...


    24.) Fortune''s Favor: The Three-Eyed Spirit can bestow a temporary blessing of good luck upon allies, increasing their chances of critical hits.


    25.) Illusory Shroud: By manipting the essence of illusion, the Three-Eyed Spirit can cloak itself in an ethereal mist, rendering itself invisible to any type of attack.


    Card Description: The Three-Eyed Spirit is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of spirit, illusion, dream, charm, life, and death make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Three-Eyed Spirit.


    Price: Four hundred fifty thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    ***


    A/N: I am looking for suggestions for what beast to give to Autumn. I want it to be on equal footing as the Three-Eyed Spirit and not like thest time when there was a clear difference between Katrina and Autumn''s beasts. Comment with your suggestions.


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 Chapter 1247 Katrina And Autumn(4)

    Chapter 1247: Katrina and Autumn(4)


    Katrina looked in surprise at the details on the card. When she reached the price section, her eyes almost popped out of their sockets.


    "Four hundred fifty thousand ultimate Sacred stones!" Katrina eximed in shock to make sure about the payment.


    The Three-Eyed Spirit was a beast entirely unfamiliar to Katrina. The upper half of the card contained the beast''s illustration.


    It was a majestic and awe-inspiring creature. There was an ethereal glow around the beast, adding mysteriousness and awe to it. It was a humanoid creature with a tall and slender physique. Its skin was covered in stunning silver fur that seemed to disappear and reappear like an illusion. As its name suggested, the creature had three eyes, with each having a differentbination.


    The three eyes were in a triangr formation, with the one at the top having abination of the purple sclera and blue pupil, representing the elements of illusion and spirit.


    The one on the lower left contained abination of the ck sclera and light green pupil, representing the elements of death and life.


    The one on the right contained abination of the crimson-red sclera and golden pupil, representing the elements of charm and luck.


    Its presence was further enhanced by the pair of translucent and iridescent feathery wings, which were translucent and iridescent, giving it a sacred aura. Combining all that factors, the Three-Eyed Spirit was a stunning creature to look at, and Katrina had rarelye across a creature more beautiful than that.


    Except for the price, Katrina liked everything about the beast. She was in a dilemma about whether to make the purchase or not.


    Since Katrina couldn''t make a decision, she turned to Autumn and asked her for her opinion on the beast while handing the card to her.


    Autumn had the same reaction as Katrina when she looked at the price section.


    "What do you think?" Katrina asked.


    Autumn didn''t immediately answer but read all the skills and their characteristics.


    "You should purchase it," Autumn responded after a long pause. She also gave her reasons for such an opinion.


    Autumn knew the price was steep, but considering the elements of the beast, she found the price to be worth it. The element of luck was something that only a very few beings in the multiverse could control.


    [Parallel Domain] was also a good ability to have. It couldpletely change the dynamics of the battle for whoever side it belonged to.


    After listening to Autumn''s opinion, she decided to let go of the hesitation holding her back and decided to buy the beast. Thebination of Dream Creator and Three-Eyed Spirit would help her immensely.


    Katrina then left the queue and stood on her right since Autumn had yet to summon her beast.


    "You don''t need to worry about the price," Katrina told Autumn before she initiated the summoning.


    Autumn sincerely smiled and then pressed the button. The square light started to rotate, and five secondster it stopped, with a beast appearing on the screen.


    It was a beast familiar to Autumn, and not long after she had gotten her confirmation with the card.


    Autumn didn''t like what she saw on the card, so she ced it into the returnpartment and began another round of summoning. Thest time she had summoned Kyshindor, a beast that had helped her a lot since then in Panagea.


    Autumn hoped to get another strong beast like that for herself. The price was the only issue holding her back from wishing for a powerful beast like the Three-Eyed Spirit.


    Even though Katrina was paying for the beast, it didn''t mean she wanted him to spend such arge amount on her. She couldn''t keep getting indebted to Katrina.


    Hoping for a powerful yet cheap beast to be summoned, Autumn pressed the button again, initiating the second round of summoning.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen while the square light began to rotate. Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast unfamiliar to her appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hand.


    [Name: Golden ucas


    Type: Beast


    Race: ucas


    Element: Water, Metal, Wind, Thunder, Fire


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    Characteristics: Vortex of Destruction


    Details: Combining all the elements under its control, the Golden ucas unleashes a vortex. It can absorb and amplify the energies of all nearby elements, making it grow stronger with every passing moment.


    Warning: It is only a short-term ability. Long durations will cause element exhaustion.


    Ability:


    1.) Celestial Roar: The Golden ucas emits a powerful roar, causing fear and confusion among its enemies.


    2.) Inferno Nova: The Golden ucas surrounds itself in a zing inferno, releasing a devastating explosion of fire that engulfs the surrounding area and incinerates anything in its path.


    3.) Stormcaller: The Golden ucas can summon and control powerful storms, unleashing torrential rains, gusts of wind, and lightning bolts at will.


    4.) Aqua Surge: The Golden ucas can summon mighty water currents, manipting them to attack its enemies or heal and rejuvenate itself.


    5.) Golden Aura: The Golden ucas possesses a radiant golden aura that enhances its abilities and provides a protective shield against spiritual attacks.


    ...


    13.) Tempest Fury: The Golden ucas creates a massive tornado, drawing in enemies and unleashing a whirlwind of destructive winds that tear through their defenses.


    14.) Chromatic Shield: The Golden ucas erects a shimmering shield that reflects iing elemental attacks, redirecting them back at the enemies.


    ...


    24.) Elemental Ascendance: The Golden ucas reaches the pinnacle of its power, ascending to a higher form where its elemental abilities are magnified, allowing it to unleash devastating attacks.


    25.) Eternal me: The Golden ucas taps into the eternal me within its core, enveloping itself in an aura of pure fire that burns with unstoppable intensity, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.


    Card Description: The Golden ucas is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of water, metal, wind, thunder, and fire make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Golden ucas.


    Price: Five hundred thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]

 Chapter 1248 Katrina And Autumn(End)

    Chapter 1248: Katrina and Autumn(End)


    Autumn''s heart almost skipped a beat when she saw the details on the card. The upper half of the card contained the beast''s illustration.


    The Golden ucas was a magnificent creature, standing tall at a height of several hundred feet and with a muscr build. Its body was adorned with golden scales that reflected the light, giving it a radiant appearance. It had a sleek and streamlined form, perfectly designed for swift and agile maneuvers through the air. Its eagle-like wings were expansive and covered in iridescent feathers that shone in a golden hue.


    Its head was adorned with a crown of golden horns that curled gracefully upward. Its piercing blue eyes could extend and see all around without even moving its head. There were intricate patterns engraved along its body, signifying its control over the elements of water, fire, etc. Sparks of lightning danced along its tail, further adding to its beauty.


    When Autumn''s eyes finally reached the price section, she almost stumbled.


    Katrina couldn''t help but be curious after seeing such a strong reaction from Autumn. She then walked forward and tried to look at the card in Autumn''s hands.


    The store restricted others from seeing the card details of other users, so Katrina only saw a blur.


    Autumn also came around and noticed Katrina, so she turned around and handed her the card, with the shock still visible on her face.


    Katrina took the card, and the next moment, her jaw almost dropped to the ground.


    The reason for Katrina''s shock was her familiarity with the creature. When she was on the Conspiracy Continent, she was on the council, and with her, there were six others.


    One of the council members looked exactly like the beast on the card, but there was a difference in skin color. The one she saw on the Continent was ck and blue while the one on the card was entirely golden.


    Time flew by, and seconds passed in a sh.


    Autumn didn''t want to purchase the beast despite wanting it due to its immensely high cost.


    It was half the sum Katrina had gotten from Grant. Katrina also noticed her strong refusal, but she calmed her down and made her ept the money.


    After strong persuasion from Katrina, Autumn also epted Katrina''s help. At the same time, she had also vowed to prepay ten times the amount to Katrina.


    The duo then walked toward the square device, with Katrina taking the lead.


    There was already a line in front of the device, so Katrina had to wait. The wait didn''tst long, and she finally had her turn.


    She put the card in the cardpartment and put her hands on the respective section. The next moment, Katrina found herself in unfamiliar surroundings.


    The battle went on for hours, but no time passed in the store. After bing the victor, Katrina''s consciousness returned to the store.


    The battle wasn''t easy at all, and it took everything from Katrina to win it.


    Katrina then left the queue for the device since Aakesh would receive the payment as it was an ultimate quality beast. She stood on one side since it was Autumn''s turn next.


    As Autumn stood in front of the device, her face was tense. Even if she failed the taming battle, she would still have to pay five thousand ultimate Sacred stones, which was still a thousand times bigger than her worth.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Autumn took a deep breath since these thoughts weren''t good for what was ahead of her. She then repeated the process of initiating the taming battle, and the next moment, she found herself in a different environment.


    The Golden ucas was abat beast with several attacking skills, and so the battle between her and the beast wasn''t easy.


    Autumn belonged to the Epochal Feline race, and she had skills engraved in her bloodline. As her level grew, her number of skills and their strength would grow as well. Her level hadn''t improved over the past few years, but her skill arsenal had increased due to Lily''s help inside Panagea.


    Autumn was the one with the weakest talent between her and Katrina since her bloodline wasn''t as pure as those strong Epochal Felines who were now dead.


    The battle was tough and bloody, to say the least, and after a lot of struggle, Autumn finally won over her opponent, winning the taming battle. At that moment, there was nothing but joy of victory in her head.


    The next moment, she returned to the store, and when she looked toward Katrina, there was a wide smile stered across her face.


    Katrina smiled back since she understood why Autumn was smiling so brightly. The duo then left the room and approached Aakesh since they needed toplete the purchase with Aakesh.


    ***


    "You have earned me good money," Aakeshmented after the payment wasplete.


    The total price paid by Katrina was more than nine hundred fifty thousand and since he gained a 5%mission over every sale, he earned around 9500 ultimate Sacred stones from the sale.


    Katrina scoffed upon listening to Aakesh and sat down on her chair. She then asked about the Three-Eyed Spirit since she knew nothing about the beast, and Aakesh was the most knowledgeable person Katrina had ever met.


    Aakesh nodded and introduced the two beasts to their owners. The second Beast Summoner Device had three beasts from the Primordial Dimension; the Three-Eyed Spirit and the Golden ucas were two of them.


    The Golden ucus was simply a destructive beast, knowing nothing but destruction. The Three-Eyed Spirit, on the other hand, was one of the most intelligent beasts with a myriad of skills.


    Despite that, the Golden ucus was expensive, and that had to do with its strength. It was a brawn-over-brain beast, but its strength was such that it didn''t need brains to fight. It defeated its opponents with its overwhelming power.


    Also, there was a type of ucus that only Golden ucus could evolve into, and that group was a strong power in the Primordial Dimension, unlike the Three-Eyed Spirit, and Golden ucas.


    ***


    The Thorr and nearby city dwellers said goodbye to the sun as night descended. With it, the store also closed its doors, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    ***


    A/N: The two beast''s histories will be exined properly in the future, as they will y an important role.


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 Chapter 1249 The Fourth Collective Quest!

    Chapter 1249: The Fourth Collective Quest!


    As the sunset arrived on Thorr and its nearby cities, Aakesh closed the store''s doors, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, the reward of twenty-five thousand virtual portals had been sent. Please check the portal room!]


    The next moment, Aakesh heard the alerts from the system. Aakesh nodded and then proceeded toward the porta room.


    As expected, the space inside the portal room had grown severalfold, with virtual portals ced in a fixed range from each other. Before the reward, there were 13,148 portals in the store, but after receiving the reward, it had grown to 48,148, almost four times.


    The store already had a customer base in the range of one hundred thousand at the opening time, and for them to enter Panagea at once was still not possible, but it would allow many more customers than before to enter.


    There wasn''t much change other than that, but not long after, a blue screen popped out in front of him, containing the details of the eighth Panagea quest in the series.


    [Mission Sequence: Eight


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea Hours,


    Description: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 650,000 Panagea hours for consecutive five thousand days.


    Requirement: Now, it''s time for you to increase your contribution further and make even more customers interested in the product.


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 2,500,000 hours every day for continuous fifty thousand days,


    Mission reward: One hundred thousand new virtual portals addition,


    Duration: 55,000 days,


    Failure Punishment: Loss of five thousand virtual portals, and the salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for five thousand years.]


    Aakesh focused on the screen in front of him. The selling hours requirement had grown by four times, and simr was the rate of increment in reward. The number of consecutive days required had risen by ten times, bing fifty thousand days, almost 150 years.


    The system also gave a buffer time of five thousand days to the store, which wasn''t much of a necessity for the store. The customer inflow to the store at that moment was enough to sell 2.5 million Panagea hours, let alone the growth of new customers.


    Aakesh only took a casual nce at the punishment section and then waved his hands. The next moment, the screen started fading, and soon after, it disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    As Aakesh stepped out of the room, he was bombarded with several notifications.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, the store has fulfilled the requirement of activating the fourth collective quest.]


    [Host, please see the screen in front of you for the quest.]


    Aakesh had been waiting for the store toplete the Panagea quest since it was stopping the fourth collective quest from activating. Now that it had been done, the requirement was fulfilled.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Fourth


    Mission Objective: Sell the store products


    Details: Afterpleting five of the six products'' quests, the store has unlocked the fourth collective quest. Please work hard and make the store more popr,<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Requirement: Sale of all store products


    Pills: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Weapons: 100,000,000,000,


    Training area: 100,000,000,000 hours*


    Panagea: 100,000,000,000 hours,


    Cultivation arts: 150,000,


    Beasts: 500,000,000


    Skills: 1,000,000,000


    Deadline: 36,000 days,


    Reward: Upgrade two products,


    Failure Punishment: Zeromission for one hundred years.]


    *(100,000,000,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 20,000,000,000 Immortal training hours = 10,000,000,000 Gods and Demons training hours = 100,000 Primordial training hours.)


    *(1,000,000,000 Novice, Advanced, Expert, Master skills = 200,000,000 King level = 100,000,000 Emperor level = 50,000,000 God level skills.)


    Aakesh looked at the screen in front of him and read the details written on it. Since there was the addition of the product skill in the store, there was an additional section in the quest.


    The requirement for every product sale had grown by one thousand times as the series followed. Aakesh immediately came down to the reward section and found that there was no mary reward. Instead, the system was awarding upgrades to two products.


    The reward was clearly better than expected since the money in his storage was only growing with every passing day the store was open.


    Aakesh then took a casual nce at the failure section and waved his hand. The next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    Lily and Khaval were sitting patiently on Aakesh''s head while things yed out in the store.


    ***


    "Do you think I care about your well-being?" Hartol scoffed as he pped the young man in front of him.


    "I am offering you the money you desperately need. If you take the job, it''s yours, and if you don''t, I will find someone else," Hartol added.


    After consecutive deaths due to his missions, cultivators from different organizations stopped epting Hartol''s mission.


    Things wouldn''t have been awful, but if Hartol spent a long period of time in peace without trying to harm the store, a wave of unbearable pain would ur, torturing him. At the same time, his strength also grew at an outrageous rate if he was thinking of ns to attack the store and Aakesh.


    Since no agents were taking on his mission, Hartol decided to choose those guys who urgently needed money. The young man in front of Hartol was one such person. The man''s daughter was cursed, and to solve that, the man needed arge sum.


    The man was a Sacred King, so his wealth wasn''t that bad, but the sum required was humongous, and he could only take out half the total sum.


    The man stood there with a swollen right cheek. The man was hesitating about whether to take the mission or not. He was willing to do everything to save her daughter, but when the choice arrived between her and his life: he couldn''t make an immediate decision.


    "I will do it, but you need to give the money first, and I will only act after three months," The man told Hartol after a long pause.

 Chapter 1250 The Second Store Upgrade Quest!

    Chapter 1250: The Second Store Upgrade Quest!


    Unaware of the scenes going on with Hartol, Aakesh focused on the alerts bombarding his head.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on fulfilling the requirement for activating the second store upgrade quest!]


    [Host, please see the following screen for the quest!]


    Aakesh remembered that thest time he had talked with the system about the second store upgrade quest, the system had informed him that he was close topleting the condition.


    Since the quest was activated right after the appearance of the fourth collective quest, it wouldn''t take a genius to know what the condition was.


    The next moment, a blue, opaque screen popped out in front of him. Lily and Khaval, who had not shown much interest in what was going on in the store, also became alert and focused on the screen that was now visible to them after Aakesh willed it.


    The two of them knew how much Aakesh was interested in knowing his past, and sincepleting the store upgrade quest was the only way to raise his authority and ask the system, they were also excited by it.


    The next moment, golden fonts started to appear slowly on the screen. In no time, the quest had fully emerged, and Aakesh focused on it.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    Mission Objective: Upgrade of the store to Level 3


    Requirement: After achieving the requirement set by the system for you, you have unlocked the second store upgrading quest. The store upgrading mission would not only help you increase your authority, but it would also unlock new functions for the store,


    Mission Detail: Host, the store''s name is ''The First Store''. As its name suggests, the goal of the store is to be the first store for every living being, irrespective of their situation. How could the store prove itself better than by changing the destiny of the customer and showing the benefits of the store to the world?


    Select one Divine Transformation level customer present in Thorr City and make them the ruler of a Kingdom without using your authority as the store owner but only with the help of the store''s products


    Duration: Thirty years,


    Mission Reward: Upgrade of Authority, an Assistant,...etc.


    Failure Punishment: None.]


    The second store upgrade quest was on simr lines to what the first mission wanted from him, but there was a difference in the requirements.


    During the first quest, he had to choose one of the top merchant families of the Sacred Dimension and then make them the exclusive customer of the store, persuading them to give up on their merchant business.


    Aakesh had seeded in that quest by making the Gupta family give up on their second-ranked merchant organization, and they became the customers of the store.


    The second quest, meanwhile, wanted him to choose an individual and then make that person the ruler of a Kingdom. Aakesh had avoided ying in games of conquering since he found it not worth his time.


    Even though the quest clearly stated that he needed to do it without using his authority as the store owner, and it could mean only one thing, he couldn''t let it be known to others. But still, it was an indirect way of delving into battles for territory.


    Unlike thest time, Aakesh had a limited amount of time to do that. He needed to choose a Divine Transformation cultivator and then make him a True God level cultivator in thirty years. There was also the condition of choosing a customer from Thorr City, so it also limited the talent of the users.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    There weren''t many in Thorr City who were talented and still at Divine Transformation level, and of those who were at that level, the majority of them wouldn''t be able to reach True God, the level to be a King, in thirty years.


    But when Aakesh saw the reward ''upgrade of authority'', he found any difficulty worth that.


    "Hey, system, can I choose Ransh?" Aakesh suddenly asked the system.


    Aakesh had gifted Ransh and his friends element stones, which enhanced their talents, and since they were only in their middle twenties, they were still at the Divine Transformation level.


    Ransh hadn''te to the store for a long time since she was in apetition to make Aakesh acknowledge him and make him his student with that girl.


    [No, Host!]


    [You have enhanced his talent using an outside product.]


    The system responded in an expected manner. If Aakesh could choose Ransh, the quest would be extremely easy. With Aakesh''s help, Ransh would be able to maximize his talent and forget thirty years; even twenty would be enough for him to reach the True God level and start his Kingdom.


    Since Aakesh could only choose from the customers, Aakesh decided to see the talent of the customers over the next month. There was no restriction on the race of the customers, so Aakesh''s option pool was significant.


    "Hey, system, can I marily help the customer?" Aakesh asked since the quest said no such thing.


    [No, Host!]


    Aakesh then asked a few more questions, and when he was satisfied and fully understood the quest, he waved his hands. The next moment, the mission screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back.


    Aakesh decided to make his ns on how to help the customer after selecting one.


    "Let''s go!" Aakesh announced.


    The next moment, he, Lily, and Khaval disappeared from the store''s hall and appeared in the selection area.


    Lily and Khaval went toward their respective race training, and once they had left, Aakesh closed his senses and went to the weapon section.


    Not long after, Aakesh found himself in familiar surroundings with a small blue screen popping out in front of him. Aakesh activated all his senses, and the view of the weapon emerged before him.


    He would be battling his opponents today with a sword. Aakesh then tapped on the blue screen, selecting the option of starting the first battle.


    The next moment, the screen disappeared while the arena presented itself. Aakesh looked ahead and found his opponent staring at him.


    ***


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 Chapter 1251 Training And Panagea(1)

    Chapter 1251: Training and Panagea(1)


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the first battle.


    Aakesh''s opponent for that day was a member of the Bharol race, a race in the beast group. The creatures of this race were on their four legs, with muscr and gigantic physiques.


    It is one of the mid-tier races in the Primordial Dimension. The race members were good in battle and were born with immunity to elemental attacks and a variety of elemental attacking skills. The reason the creatures were only mid-tier was because of their lifespan.


    Not every creature in the Primordial Dimension was Immortal like the beings of the Primal Dimension. Barring a few races and some unique figures, everyone had a lifespan, and it could only be increased with an increase in cultivation.


    Unfortunately for the Bharols, they could only live for thirty years without any increase in their cultivation. 30 years of time was too short to achieve the required cultivation to increase the lifespan for the majority of the members of the race. Due to that fact, there were very few powerful creatures in the race.


    Growl!


    The beast growled at Aakesh, and it attempted to pounce on him since the battle had begun. But time seemed to have frozen for it at that moment, as it found the world around itself turning dark.


    The immunity attribute of the Bharol had no advantage in its battle against Aakesh since he wasn''t using elemental attacks but pure physical strikes.


    Soon it was time for the second battle to start. The Bharol was cautious so as not to die like thest time, but the sound of the bell hadn''t even disappeared when its body was cut into symmetrical pieces.


    Time flew by, and Aakesh stood in front of the blue screen while time was frozen around him.


    The screen in front of him had choices about whether to step into the 200th level or go back to the previous one.


    Aakesh''s finger reflexively acted and tapped on the next round. The next moment, the blue light covering the arena disappeared while the beast appeared around ten miles away from him without any injury.


    The Bharol''s eyes looked solemn when they stared at Aakesh. Despite that being the 200th round, the beast found its strength to be nothing inparison to its opponent, who was like an ant in front of its size.


    Ding!


    The bell, with no direction of its origin, rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Aakesh and the beast made their moves at the same time. Aakesh was quicker than the other side, so he was the first to reach the opponent.


    His sword came shing down on its head. The beast immediately released an attack, throwing the sword away.


    Gaining some reprieve, the beast fell back and prepared for its next attack.


    Boom!


    The next moment, an explosion rang in the arena as Aakesh cut through the strike. The force from the explosion wasn''t able to push Aakesh back so he stood his ground.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    The beast had already prepared its attack, and it released it. The next moment, seven energy balls of different colors emerged around it, and then they flew at Aakesh, tearing through the air.


    The red energy ball seemed to burn the air, while the light blue energy ball chilled it. The seven energy balls containing different elements came rushing at Aakesh.


    Aakesh shed with the energy balls, and they exploded right after the first touch. A wave of hot energy rushed at Aakesh, trying to burn him.


    Aakesh''s eyes grew cold, and he rushed past the wave. The next moment, he was right above the beast.


    The beast''s eyes widened in shock as it sensed someone suddenly appearing above it. It tried to look upward, but before that, the sword came rushing down, ending its life and simrly ending the battle in another victory for Aakesh without using any skill.


    Time flew by, and with the sound of the bell, the 238th battle finally began.


    Aakesh was fighting against three Elemental creatures, with each having the same strength as the Bharol.


    The beast was restoring its energy since it took a lot of energy to summon these mixed Elemental creatures.


    Mixed Elemental creatures meant that these creatures weren''t bound to one element but could use more than one. At that stage, the beast''s limit was to summon three Elementals, with each being able to control two elements.


    One could use the elements of thunder and air to enhance its attack. The remaining two were of the same type, using the elements of air and fire.


    The battle was finally giving some challenge to Aakesh since the air further enhanced the destructive properties of both fire and thunder, making the attack even more dangerous.


    There was an easy way to end the battle by ending the life of the beast, but how would it be training if Aakesh chose the easy way?


    Thunder was not only a destructive element but also one of the quickest, and Aakesh decided to challenge that. Aakesh''s sword danced like a graceful dancer as its movement was quick and precise, aiming at the weakness of the strikes.


    The Elemental creatures didn''t grow tired, but only their energy capacity decreased. As the battle continued, Aakesh only got quicker, but the creatures were slowly dying out due to a loss of energy.


    Once their energy was exhausted, they disappeared. The beast had stored enough energy to release one of its powerful attacks, so it immediately got into posture.


    The next moment, a gigantic red energy ball started to form around its head while its body began shrinking. When the beast released the attack, its bones were visible from the outside, as if the beast had no muscles.


    Aakesh sensed a hint of danger from the red energy ball and attacked. His sword had a silvery glow as it came down on the energy ball.


    BOOM!


    The next moment, an apocalyptic st rang in the arena, and the dance of destruction yed out. The force of the explosion knocked Aakesh back as well, but he steadied his ground in no time and charged forward.


    Soon after that, the entire arena was covered in blue light, with a small blue screen popping out before Aakesh.

 Chapter 1252 Training And Panagea(2)

    Chapter 1252: Training and Panagea(2)


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the 256th battle. Aakesh and the beast were on equal footing at that round.


    Growl!


    The beast growled and charged. It flew like an arrow, immediately reaching Aakesh.


    Aakesh was already ready as he shed with the pounce, knocking the opponent back. The beast opened its mouth and released a flurry of small white energy balls.


    Wherever the energy ball touched, that spot turned into a small pit as if it was devoured. Aakesh skillfully dodged the strikes and then shed when he was above the beast.


    The beast roared, bringing a wall of earth around it.


    Thud!


    The next moment, a loud crashing sound rang as Aakesh''s sword impact broke the wall, but the beast was nowhere to be found.


    Aakesh immediately turned to his left and found the beast emerging out of the arena. A silver glow appeared around his sword, and he shed.


    The next moment, several sharp light des flew toward the opponent. The beast roared and swiped its ws.


    The next moment, air des appeared in the arena and shed with Aakesh''s attack. They exploded at the slightest touch, but the light des proved to be better as they survived the sh.


    The beast released another round of air des, and it immediately melted into the arena. The next moment, a swordced with a red glow passed through the area where its head was a moment earlier.


    Aakesh immediately shed again, trying to attack the beast, but it seeded in melting into the arena, and it was the arena that faced the strike.


    Boom!


    The air des and light des shed in the air, creating a loud explosion. Aakesh suddenly sensed extreme dangering from below him, and he jumped.


    The next moment, the arena in the range of three hundred miles turned into a pool ofva. Aakesh couldn''t float in the training area, so using the air, he pushed himself forward.


    Right at that moment, an enormous energy ball appeared out of nowhere and charged at Aakesh.


    Aakesh had no choice but to activate his defensive skill, and the next moment, a transparent barrier appeared around him.


    The enormous energy ball crashed onto the barrier and exploded.


    Aakesh could hear the sound of the cracks in the shield, but the attack also helped him. The force from the explosion pushed him forward, knocking him out of theva range.


    As Aakesh fell to the ground, he stabilized hisnding.


    Drip! Drop!


    The sound of something dropping rang as Aakesh''s back was severely injured from the explosion, and his blood continuously fell to the ground.


    His eyes turned extremely cold, and he raised his sword in the air. The next moment, a projection of a gigantic sword appeared above him.


    The beast, which was still beneath theva, sensed life-threatening danger. It immediately used whatever strength it had and leaped, reaching a distance of several miles in the air.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Aakesh brought down his sword, the projectioning down with it.


    The next moment, it shed with theva. The sh resulted in the entirevake vaporizing while a gigantic cut presented itself.


    The beast heaved a sigh of relief when it saw the result of the sh.


    Time flew by, and it was time to end the battle.


    Aakesh jumped, leaping hundreds of miles in the air. He grabbed the sword with both hands and raised it upward.


    The next moment, he turned upside down, with his foot upside down, while the head and the sword descended first. A blood-red glow started to form around the sword, and at the same time, a Dragom cry rang in the area.


    The next moment, Aakesh and the sword seemed to turn into a ck Dragon as he descended. The space around him started to shatter, unable to handle the pressure.


    The beast used its ultimate attack as the four Elemental creatures summoned by it melted into the beast, increasing its strength exponentially.


    Roar!


    The beast roared and released a ck energy ball. It looked like a ck hole, but it wasn''t devouring anything. The space seemed to be unable to handle the pressure as it cracked open wherever the ball passed.


    The next moment, Aakesh and the sword, what looked like a ck Dragon, and an enormous dark energy ball shed, creating an apocalypse-like scene in the sky.


    Even the sound waves disintegrated from the explosion, turning it into a silent st. Only destruction could be seen, with nothing able to exist at that moment.


    The st devoured the beast in no time, and it failed toe out alive, making Aakesh the victor of another round. The next moment, a blue light washed over, what looked like a void, and time seemed to freeze.


    In the middle of that was Aakesh, who was now shrouded in green light. His injuries were healing at a rapid rate, and in no time, he was perfectly fine with the familiar blue screen popping out in front of him.


    ***


    The silence inside the selection area broke down as a space crack emerged, and soon Aakesh stepped out of it. Aakesh lost the 257th battle, but it wasn''tpletely one-sided.


    Since Lily and Khaval were about to exit their respective training areas, Aakesh decided not to enter other training areas and waited for them.


    The wait didn''tst long, and Khaval was the first to exit, and not long after him, Lily also stepped out of the space crack.


    Aakesh had already asked the system for their chairs, so they sat down on their respective chairs. Following that, the conversation between the trio began.


    Khaval shared his experience first. Life hadn''t been much interesting for Khaval, as he was a low-level being in Panagea.


    Being rted to Aakesh, Khaval had to start at Level 0 in Panagea, not Level 100 like other customers from the Sacred Dimension.


    Lily''s life inside Panagea was entirely the opposite. She had been reeling from many troubles due to her territory. Since she wasn''t a ruler above Level 500, the conditions to just sustain thend were extremely difficult for her, forget adding new swathes ofnd.


    After Lily, Aakesh shared his experience for the day, and after that, the trio returned to the store.


    ***


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 Chapter 1253 Training And Panagea(End)

    Chapter 1253: Training and Panagea(End)


    After Lily and Khaval left for Panagea, Aakesh also walked in the direction of the portal room. As his habit had be, he turned to look at the leaderboard.


    There was a difference in the leaderboard and a massive one at that. Ayriel had suddenly be the first adventurer, jumping from 27th rank and breaking the consecutive yearly hold of the previous top-ranked adventurer.


    Aakesh moved his eyes away from the leaderboard and walked toward the closest portal. The next moment, he touched it using only the tip of his finger, and immediately, a suction force stronger than anything he could fight against emerged and sucked him inside.


    The next moment, all the countless shining stars turned gray while Aakesh appeared in the same spot where he had exited Panagea the day before.


    Aakesh had been staying in Unleavable City for several years now. When he hade here, he had believed that the city was gigantic enough for him to take months just to travel to every corner.


    But as Aakesh entered deeper into the city, he found it only growingrger. Aakesh also found the reason why those who entered the city couldn''t live with the help of Diti.


    The city was in a different space altogether, and it was soplex that Aakesh even failed to sense stepping into a different space when entering the city. When someone tried to leave the city, they were punished because every living thing there provided energy for the area to continue to function.


    The ground sucked in the energy of the citizens at a slow and continuous rate, keeping the space active. If it were to stop, the space would crash, annihting the entire city.


    It was impossible for Aakesh to leave as well since there were several Level 500+ beings inhibited in the city, and even they didn''t dare to leave because of the ruler of the city.


    The city and its rulers had existed for countless years, and things weren''t that way forever. Something happened one septillion years ago, making the ruler iste the city space. Several families had taken birth and died out since that event, but no one except for the ruler knew what caused it.


    Aakesh wanted to meet the ruler of the city, but it was impossible for him. The ruler hadn''t appeared in public for the past several billion years.


    It was not like life inside the city was boring. It was like a world in itself, with its own mountains, vast forests, and oceans. Aakesh could still increase his XP by hunting. At the same time, Aakesh was also actively using his ss Watcher to gain rewards.


    Since Aakesh would be staying indefinitely inside the city, he bought a small residence for himself where he could safely exit Panagea.


    After appearing inside Panagea, Aakesh stepped out of the room, looking the same as he did before leaving the day before.


    Aakesh''s destination was the Ender Forest since there were countless creatures around Level 300 at the edge of the forest. There were many other forests, but Aakesh was too weak to enter any of them, so he chose the Ender Forest.


    As Aakesh stepped out of his residence, he found the boy from the Little Ghost Demon race waiting there for him. The boy''s face didn''t look good, and when he saw Aakesh, hope seemed to have been ignited in his eyes.


    "I have a mission for you," The boy said.


    Aakesh would also take on different missions from time to time to make his stay in the city interesting and not nd.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, the time for your meditation has arrived!]


    Aakesh was in the midst of doing the mission when he heard the system''s emotionless, mechanical voice ringing in his ears.


    Aakesh decided to ignore that for the moment since he was at an important juncture of the mission.


    The mission he had received from the boy was to rescue a group of young children from a group of bandits. The city was so vast that without the continued presence of the ruler, several power points had emerged.


    The Lower sector was one such ce. That ce was filled with criminals, and since they were in cahoots with the local authority, bandit groups ruled the ce.


    Aakesh couldn''t postpone the mission since the bandits had threatened to kill the child that same day.


    The bandit group was filled with only Level 300 beings, so it shouldn''t have been that challenging for Aakesh.


    There was a concept called ''Blessing'' prevalent in the Unleavable City. As its name suggested, it enhanced the abilities of the creatures. Diti was faster than Aakesh despite having a lower power level due to her speed blessing.


    There were different kinds of blessings, and once a resident had stayed in the city for one thousand years, they became eligible for them. It was a gift from the system working in the city for continuous energy.


    It worked outrageously, not following the basic cultivationw at all. Even a Level 1 being could beat a Level 500 creature if he had the power blessing to a certain extent.


    The bandit group in front of Aakesh had one such user of blessing, and it was a troublesome stealth blessing.


    No matter how hard he tried, Aakesh failed to find the location of the bandits.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    What was even more outrageous was the fact that they could attack Aakesh since even Aakesh''s danger sense didn''t work. Even the skill [Energy Overseer] didn''t work, as if the bandits had no energy at all.


    Aakesh would have turned the entire ce into ruin, but that would harm the children and would result in mission failure, so Aakesh was patient.


    The blessing wasn''t endless and had a fixed duration as well as a cooldown, so Aakesh waited to find the weakest moment and then end the mission.


    Time flew by, and a few more hours passed.


    Aakesh kept patiently waiting, and soon his efforts bore fruit.


    The invisible cover blocking him from finding other bandits was slowlying off. Aakesh had kept the skill [Energy Overseer] activated all this while, and finally a signature appeared.


    He immediately acted and reached the spot. He still couldn''t see or sense what was there, so he didn''t attack since it could be one of the children.


    Aakesh extended his hands and tried to grab the source. His hands passed through empty air, but Aakesh had gotten his answer.


    As soon as Aakesh tried to grab the person, they tried to attack him.


    Aakesh could see a threatening energy signature forming at that spot. His eyes turned cold, and he shed.


    The next moment, the energy signature started dimming, and not long after, itpletely disappeared. The following moment, a crashing sound rang as a corpse cut in half crashed to the ground, with a blood pool forming.


    Aakesh had various skills in his arsenal that could destroy energy, and he used the help of one such skill.


    Time flew by, and soon the stealth was slowlying off. Aakesh had killed more than ten bandits during that time.


    ***


    Aakesh returned to the store afterpleting the mission. Since time flowed three times faster than reality inside Panagea, Aakesh had only missed two hours of his meditation time.


    Aakesh then immediately sat down and emptied his mind. The purer ordinary Sacred stone began to rotate mid-air just a few cm in front of the area between his brows, and Aakesh absorbed its energy.


    Aakesh was close to stepping into thete Divine Being, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The energy absorption rate increased exponentially all of a sudden, bing visible to the naked eye.


    The system acted on its own, as when the stone exhausted its energy, another one appeared in its ce. In no time, five stones turned into ashes, and the sixth was on the verge of doing the same.


    The aura around Aakesh suddenly grew turbulent, and a storm erupted in the store. The situation didn''t persist for long, and soon everything returned to normal.


    At that moment, the sixth stone turned into ashes while Aakesh opened his eyes. A smile spread across his face when he looked at himself since he had stepped into thete Divine Being level.


    Since the sun was still far from rising, Aakesh closed his eyes and returned to his meditation while a new stone took the ce of thest one.


    ***


    [Host, the sun is about to rise!]


    Aakesh opened his eyes after he heard the system''s alert ringing inside his head. He then turned to his right and saw a blue screen waiting there. It showed the increment in his energy absorption rate.


    Since Aakesh''s cultivation had grown, his energy absorption rate was bound to follow.


    ***


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 Chapter 1254 A New Day For The Store(1)

    Chapter 1254: A New Day for the Store(1)


    The sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, forcing the darkness to return. It was the beginning of a new life for many, while life yed out as usual for the residents of Seventeenth Street.


    Arge crowd of customers was standing in front of the mysterious store with a mysterious store owner. As the first ray of sunlight peered through the nket of darkness, the people''s eyes glowed with excitement, and the store opened its door.


    Aakesh was greeted by arge number of customers when he opened the doors. He didn''t let them wait any longer, turned around, and returned to his chair.


    The crowd thronged to the store like a raging tide since everyone was in apetition to enter Panagea.


    The next moment, astonished and excited expressions appeared on the customer''s faces. The number of golden lights engulfing the customers had grown by more than double.


    This phenomenon urred after a long time, but now that it had happened again, the customers were excited.


    Those who were quick enough to get a spot in the thirty-five thousand plus spots were jubnt, while the remaining were disappointed.


    Those who owned the store cards immediately went toward the portal room, while those who didn''t; formed a queue in front of Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner!" Maria respectfully greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to her greeting. With a bright smile on her face, she left the line and proceeded toward the portal room. She already had the store card; it was just her habit to greet Aakesh every day before entering Panagea.


    After Maria left, another customer took her ce. It was Favan. He then paid for Panagea and hurriedly proceeded toward the room.


    Favan was the first customer to enter the store in the Sacred Dimension. He had an early start over other customers in Panagea and wanted to keep at it for as long as possible.


    His lead over other customers stayed for years, but as the number of adventurers grew, he felt his lead shrinking, and now he was out of the top thirty, forget being in the top three.


    If it had been Favan before entering the store, he would have acted indignant for years due to that. When he entered the store, he believed himself to be a man of destiny.


    But as he saw one powerful cultivator after another enter the store, his outlook started to shift. His character became humble; he no longer treated himself as a man of destiny.


    It didn''t mean that he gave up on his goal of being the top adventurer in Panagea. He still aimed to be the top-ranked adventurer and worked hard for it.


    He touched the closest empty virtual portal, and the next moment, he was sucked inside, appearing in Panagea on the spot where he was a day before exiting Panagea.


    Favan had been busy learningbat over the past several months. Adventurers were immortal in Panagea since they could revive unlimitedly, and Favan also used that attribute toplete his quests.


    But as his level grew, he found that the unlimited revival only allowed him to live again, but it didn''t help him beat his opponents. As the power level increased, so did the strength.


    It no longer mattered how many times Favan revived from the dead in the middle of the battle. He was dead again the next moment.


    Favan understood his weakness when it came to fighting, so he decided to postpone increasing his levels and solely focus on learning how to fight efficiently.


    ***


    There were more than one hundred thousand customers that entered the store in the morning.


    38,148 of them went to Panagea. Of the remaining, some sat down, meditating, while others went toward other rooms.


    There was also a new customer in the group. When every first group customer had paid for their entry and left for Panagea, the man finally got his turn.


    "Hello, store owner," The man respectfully greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to the man''s greetings and waited for him to ask the question.


    The man wasn''t from any of the demon group of races but was a human who hade here after his friend informed him of the store.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Humanity was a race that was once one of the top races, but currently, it was an upper mid-tier race since the strongest human in the Sacred Dimension was only the Sacred Emperor.


    Ruwan came from the sson family, one of the few human families with a Sacred King level cultivator. Humanity was a race that was popr for its greedy trait.


    That trait had as much helped the race as it had brought them harm. Having a Sacred King level cultivator in the family made the ssons greedy for the territory of another human family.


    It resulted in war and an overwhelming victory for the ssons. Ruwan''s father was the Sacred King cultivator, while his mother was one of the ythings his father grabbed from the ruined family.


    Ruwan had grown up seeing the humiliation his mother had to live with every day. It resulted in his father bing the most hated figure in his heart.


    Ruwan wanted revenge for what his father did to his mother. To do that, he needed to be stronger. Ruwan''s father was cautious when it came to security, so all his children from the woman he captured and from different families were to be thrown out of the family once they became adults.


    Only the children he had from the sson females could fight for the throne. Ruwan was also thrown out of the family once he reached adulthood, and he had been trying to find ways to make himself stronger.


    After thousands of years, Ruwan was only a peak Divine Lord cultivator with no hope of stepping into the True God level, but a friend he madepletely changed his destiny.


    That friend gave him the cultivation art required for stepping to the True God level and treated him as family. After getting directions from the friend, he went to Farren, the training ground for humans left by Arjuna.


    Ruwan grew to the Higher God level but stopped growing any further, and in the end, he exhausted his eleven million years, so the ruin forced him out.


    Ruwan didn''t have enough merit points since he had been splurging on ways to grow his cultivation.


    After exiting the Farren, Ruwan went to meet his mother, only to find that she had been killed sometime after he was thrown out of the family. As for who killed his mother, it wasn''t tough to find. It was a popr scandal in the family.


    One of Ruwan''s older stepbrothers lusted after his mother and ended up forcing him on her. She put up a strong fight, which caused the guy to kill her.


    After learning about it, Ruwan flew into a blinding rage and rushed to attack the man. Ruwan almost died as a result of that.


    If not for his friending to save him, he would have been killed by his father. Only then did Ruwane to know the identity of the person, whom he called his friend.


    His friend was the son of the strongest human in the Sacred Dimension, resulting in Ruwan''s father backing out.


    What further angered Ruwan was that his father saved the guy when he should have been the one to punish the man formitting such an evil sin.


    That moment generated such hatred in Ruwan''s heart that he dered the sson family an irreparable enemy in his heart. He vowed to kill everyst member of the sson family that day, leaving only him as the sole blood rtive to that family.


    Ruwan wasn''t strong enough to kill his father, but the rage in his heart didn''t allow him to let his stepbrother live. In a blinding rage, he announced a challenge to the guy.


    Ruwan''s father epted it since he also wanted to eliminate Ruwan. He saw the hatred Ruwan carried for him in his eyes.


    With that person''s support, he couldn''t harm Ruwan, but if Ruwan was the one who challenged, that person could do nothing.


    Ruwan''s friend sighed helplessly when he heard of the challenge, but knowing his friend, it was expected. Even though he himself wanted to kill that bastard, due to his father''s order to stay away from human conflicts, he didn''t directly attack.


    Ruwan''s father epted the challenge in ce of his son, causing Ruwan to grow even more angry. But that time, Ruwan forcefully controlled himself and didn''t say anything unnecessary.


    ***


    "Store owner, please tell me about the skills," Ruwan requested since he was in desperate need of skills for the uing battle.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. I have typed this chapter on my phone. If you find any grammatical mistakes, pleasement. I will edit them.


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 Chapter 1255 A New Day For The Store(2)

    Chapter 1255: A New Day for the Store(2)


    "There are five types of skills and seven levels in all of them are avable for up to Supreme God cultivators¡­" Aakesh introduced the skills in detail to the man.


    Ruwan stood there, listening to Aakesh with focus. He then asked some more questions, and once he was satisfied with what he heard, he thanked Aakesh and then walked toward the room, as pointed out by the store owner.


    His friends had mysteriously told him about the store, and it was his suggestion that hee to the store and buy some skills. After listening to his friend''s suggestion, Ruwan believed that the store sold a top-notch skill that would help him win the challenge against his evil stepbrother.


    After listening to Aakesh, Ruwan understood that there wasn''t only one top-notch skill but countless of them for every element. It depended on what he could afford.


    (A/N: I mistakenly used the Emperor level for both Sharp Edge and Mighty Valor when customers can only buy one skill of one level for each type. I have corrected my mistake. Sorry for that.)


    As Ruwan entered the room, he came across the sight of several shelves and then different customers from different races near them. Some were reading the details on the card they held, while others were standing in front of the semi-pir.


    Since Aakesh had already informed him of the functions and workings of the room, he wasn''t surprised by the scene.


    Since Ruwan was of Higher God cultivation, he went toward the shelf representing the same level.


    There was a single customer beside him in front of that shelf. When Ruwan reached it, the man stopped looking at the card and then looked at him.


    The man then nodded toward Ruwan and returned to his card. Ruwan also nodded in response, but the man had already busied himself reading the skill''s details.


    Ruwan also brought his focus to the shelf. ording to the store owner, the higher the level went, the effects of the skills grew as well, as did the training time.


    The high price was an issue for Ruwan, as was the time since his challenge with his evil stepbrother was to happen seven yearster. Considering these factors, Ruwan decided to give up on God level skills and choose to start with Master level.


    Ruwan required good attacking, defensive, and supporting skills. After he challenged the brother, his father himself was training his evil stepbrother. Ruwan needed to win handsomely since it would be his first strike toward his goal of extinguishing the sson family.


    Ruwan was a multi-element user, with control of air, earth, and water.


    Air was the most suitable element when it came to offense, so Ruwan decided to pick an attacking skill for that element. He then reached for the shelf and pulled out a card.


    Ruwan read the details on the card with focus. In the end, he was slightly confused over whether to purchase the skill.


    Since there was confusion regarding the purchase, Ruwan chose to give up on that one and then reached for the shelf again.


    Time flew by, and after reaching for the seventeenth time, Ruwan finally took a skill card out that he fell in love with as soon as he saw its details.


    It wasn''t the end, and Ruwan reached the shelf again, but the next one, referring to the King level. He thenpared the Master and King level skills. It still wasn''t the end, and he went to the Emperor level section, taking the skill out.


    [Name: Annihtion Tempest


    Type: Attacking


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Higher God


    Effect: Unleashes an overwhelming storm of destructive force


    Description: The user taps into the boundless power of the air element, summoning a cataclysmic tempest of devastating force. The velocity and intensity of these aerial assaults make them nearly impossible to evade or withstand, as they obliterate even the sturdiest of fortifications and armor.


    The energy and concentration required tomand such an overwhelming tempest demand immense focus and may exhaust the user if kept activated for a long period of time.


    Price: Two hundred fifty supreme Sacred stones.]


    Ruwan''s eyes grew wide open as he read the details of the Emperor level [Annihtion Tempest]. Just from the item''s description, Ruwan could imagine the destruction it would cause on a battlefield once activated.


    Ruwan couldn''t help but imagine the scene of the storm slowly tearing apart his stepbrother. Imagining that scene, a cruel yet satisfied smile appeared on his face.


    Ruwan immediately returned to reality and frowned since it wasn''t good to lose himself in his imagination when the battle was yet to start. It would make him overconfident, and that was thest thing he needed.


    Since the skill was chosen, it was time for Ruwan to choose the level. The Emperor level had the most description as well as the least negative effect of all three for the user.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Ruwan had one ultimate Sacred stone with him, so it was more than enough to buy the Emperor level skill. The only thing that worried Ruwan was the training time.


    Before purchasing other types of skills, Ruwan decided to experience the skill and see the training time before making his choice.


    No matter when he went to experience the skill, the price would still be the same.


    Thinking like that, Ruwan held the skill for all three levels and walked toward the semi-pir.


    Since it was still early in the morning, there wasn''t a long line in front of the semi-pir. Ruwan got his turn only after a wait of several seconds.


    He decided to start with the Emperor level skill and put the card in its respective section. The next moment, Ruwan found himself in a different environment.


    In front of him stood arge army that was slowly surrounding him. The killing intent in the area was almost material as they coldly stared at Ruwan.


    Ruwan felt a chill crawling down his spine when he noticed those several stares. He wanted to run away, but his body didn''t listen to hismand and stood there while the army surrounded him.


    Ruwan cursed in his heart when he found himself acting like a coward, even though it was only an illusion.


    Ruwan tried to remember the scene of his father sheltering his evil stepbrother, and a wave of anger rushed through his body.


    Ruwan no longer felt afraid and looked at the scene in front of him. After the encirclement wasplete, the army charged at him with different weapons and skills.


    Ruwan''s body acted on its own and activated the [Annihtion Tempest]. The next moment, air in the range of three hundred meters turned into a raging storm. It wasn''t the end, but only the beginning.


    The storm soon turned into a gigantic cyclone, with its range growing severalfold. Ruwan could see the destruction the wind unleashed wherever it passed.


    The fear he felt from the soldiers was nothing inparison to what he felt looking at the scene in front of him. It was as if he were a God punishing mortals for sullying him.


    The soldiers on the scene tried to defend against the raging storm with energy and metal shields, but nothing seemed to work in front of the storm. It ripped apart everything it passed through.


    It was a cruel scene to watch, but it finally ended, with Ruwan being the sole survivor of that battle. As far as his eyes could see, he could see different body parts and blood dirtying the ground.


    Ruwan, who had gone through several battles, almost puked seeing that scene. But he controlled himself, and not long after, he was back in the store with hair erect all over his body whilerge beads of sweat streaked through his cheeks.


    The next moment, the screen on the semi-pir lit up, and soon after, the content began to appear on it.


    [Skill: Annihtion Tempest


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivator: early to peak Higher God


    Compatibility: 89%


    Training Time: Four Years.]


    Since the content on it was engraved into the minds of customers to make them immediately move, the same happened with Ruwan, and he moved to the side. Another customer took his ce.


    Ruwan then thought of the details he saw on the screen. Hispatibility with the air element was high, as was his skill.


    Ruwan had to thank Farren for his highpatibility since it happened due to a valuable material he had gotten there.


    The training time was long since his battle with his stepbrother was only seven years away, and the skill alone would take more than half of that time for him to learn. But the next moment, all disagreements disappeared from his mind after he remembered the destruction he saw and hair all over his body erected again.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. I was out of town due to work. I will return tonight, and updates will return to their usual quantity tomorrow. I have typed this chapter on my phone. If you find any grammatical mistakes, pleasement. I will edit them.


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 Chapter 1256 A New Day For The Store(3)

    Chapter 1256: A New Day for the Store(3)


    Four years of training time was more than half the seven years left in the challenge, so Ruwan was in a dilemma about whether to go for the Emperor level [Annihtion Tempest].


    Suddenly, all his doubts regarding the situation disappeared as Ruwan remembered his fear when he saw the destruction the skill had caused. The next moment, he stopped doubting his choice and went through with the sale.


    Since Ruwan needed more skills, he didn''t leave the room but returned to the counter for Higher God cultivators. He then returned the King and Master level skills to their respective shelves.


    Ruwan didn''t wish to have a second attacking skill, but he wanted a good defensive skill rted to the element of earth.


    Thinking like that, he reached for the second row since that contained defensive skills. Simr to his first experience, Ruwan decided to start with a master level skill.


    When he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in his hand. Ruwan focused on the content on it.


    Soon after, he was faced with disappointment as the skill wasn''t to his liking. He then returned the card and reached for the shelf again.


    Ruwan kept trying, and his efforts finally bore fruit on his twelfth attempt. He intently read the details on the card and found the skill to be worth buying and learning.


    Simr to thest time, Ruwan didn''t make his decision but went to the King level shelf and pulled out the skill card. The effect of the skill had grown, and its detail further impressed him.


    Ruwan then reached out to the Emperor level shelf and pulled out the same skill card.


    [Name: Resolute Fortress


    Type: Defensive


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Higher God


    Effect: Creates an impregnable fortress of earth and energy for defense


    Description: The user taps into the elemental essence of earth, erecting an imprable fortress of unparalleled defense. This skill summons an immense Fortressprised of solid earth and infused with powerful energy constructs, serving as the ultimate bastion against all forms of assault.


    The use of the Resolute Fortresses at a significant cost. The immense energy and concentration required to summon and maintain the fortress drain the user''s energy, and if kept for long durations, it drains vitality.


    Price: Five hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Ruwan''s eyes grew wide open as he read the details of the Emperor level [Resolute Fortress]. For the Emperor level skill, the usage hade down hugely, as for the lower level of the skill, vitality was the first thing to be drained, whereas, for the Emperor level, vitality only started if the skill was kept activated for a longer duration.


    There was also another addition to the skill, and that was the energy construct. The lower level skill simply consisted of a small earthen fortress defending him.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Ruwan couldn''t help but imagine what improvements would be there for the God level [Resolute Fortress]. Not stopping him, Ruwan reached for the shelf and pulled out the skill card.


    Ruwan''s jaw almost dropped to the ground when he read the skill''s details. The difference between the defensive capability of the God level and the Emperor level was wider than what it would be for the Novice and Emperor levels.


    For the God level [Resolute Fortress], the skill could not only summon a fortress and energy constructs, but the fortress was alive as it sentiently defended the user and kept summoning earthen puppets to die as a shield for the user.


    There wasn''t much difference between the side effects of the skill, as the exhaustion period had simply been extended by a few seconds.


    Ruwan wanted to buy the God level skill right at that moment without even experiencing it, but Ruwan controlled himself and didn''t lose in greed. Ruwan could buy it, but his most pressing moment was the challenge he was to face seven yearster.


    Ruwan''spatibility with the earth element wasn''t as great as the element of air, so he needed to buy a defensive skill that he would be able to use during his battle with his evil stepbrother.


    If an Emperor level skill rted to the element of air could take him four years to learn despite hispatibility being almost 90%, he didn''t even dare imagine what amount of time it would take him to learn the God level [Resolute Fortress].


    Considering those factors, Ruwan was stuck between King and Emperor levels of skill. He stood there, pondering what to choose.


    He could go to the experience area to find out, but his intuition told him that there was no point in doing that.


    The price of the [Resolute Fortress] was double that of the [Annihtion Tempest], so the former was bound to be moreplex than thetter. If the second one could take four years of training time, the former would at least take longer than that.


    Since he only had seven years left for the battle, time was of the essence. There was no point in buying a skill with better effects if he couldn''t use it in battle.


    Considering those factors, Ruwan came to his decision. With a helpless sigh, he returned the master, Emperor, and God level [Resolute Fortress] to their respective shelves.


    Since he had made his choice for the attacking and defensive types of skills, now only a supporting type skill was left.


    There were different effects of skills when it came to the supporting type. Ruwan was leaning toward healing more than a buff skill since he had no healing skills while he had one buff skill.


    For the healing type, Ruwan chose the water element he had control over. Thinking of the same, Ruwan reached for the respective row, and when he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in his hand.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    While Ruwan was searching for skills, Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store from the outside. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction, only to be greeted by an unfamiliar face heading toward the store.


    Aakesh waited for the man to enter, and soon after, the man stepped inside the store.


    The array blocking his sight and hearing stopped, and the scene inside the store presented itself to the man.

 Chapter 1257 A New Day For The Store(4)

    Chapter 1257: A New Day for the Store(4)


    As the man stepped inside the store, he was awed by the luxurious scene he saw inside. His eyes almost popped out in shock, seeing the Eternal Stones used as flooring as far as they could see.


    His eyes then fell on the blue-skinned store owner. The next moment, he raised his eyes in surprise since the cultivation of the store owner was only that of thete Divine Being.


    Even the dust of the Eternal Stone being in the hands of ate Divine Being cultivator was a travesty, let alone the vast quantity he saw inside the store.


    The man believed that the store owner was hiding his cultivation, so he thought of attempting to peer through the invisible energy wall. But the next moment, his intuition started warning him of an extreme danger.


    The man looked in shock around the store and found that the energy permeating every corner of the store was the source of the danger.


    The man didn''t attempt to look through the cultivation, not wanting to face the danger. He then walked forward and approached the store owner.


    The man was a peak Supreme God cultivator, who was about to step into the next level and get the Sacred title. He didn''te to the store at the suggestion of his friends or family; hising here was pure luck.


    The man''s name was Grim, and he was one of the top-level members of a merchant organization based on the Curiel. For the past few centuries, the branch earnings from the have been slowing at a consistent rate.


    The organization was left with no choice but to send one of its top-level members to check on what was causing so many losses.


    Grim found the reason behind the losses to be the branch head. The branch head was an avid gambler, and during one such outing, the head lost a lot of money, which he couldn''t pay back.


    To pay the sum, the branch head began to pay using the money that belonged to the branch. At first, the man was cautious and didn''t take out more than the minimum amount he could without alerting the higher-ups, but as the years passed, and no one from the head branch came to ask questions or pass an audit order, the man''s confidence rose.


    The man then began to gamble using the branch money, and the situation hade to this. Since the organization was spread across several Universes and millions of branches, the headquarters were bound to miss one branch, causing losses.


    Even the truth came out because of the sudden epiphany Grim had about checking the records of the branches based on the smalls.


    That epiphany became the reason Grim came to the store.


    "Hello, store owner. I am Grim," Grim respectfully greeted Aakesh and introduced himself.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded since he always replied whenever someone introduced themselves.


    Grim then introduced his background, in which case Aakehs only replied with silence.


    ***


    While Aakesh was introducing the store''s products and their basic details to Grim, Ruwan finally found a healing skill that he liked.


    Simr to thest time, he took out the King and Emperor levels of skill and thenpared their effects.


    [Name: Tide of Restoration


    Type: Supporting


    Level: Emperor<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Higher God


    Effect: Harnesses the essence of water for unparalleled healing and rejuvenation


    Description: The user taps into the ancient and boundless power of water, unleashing a torrential wave of healing and rejuvenation. This skill channels the life-giving properties of water to mend wounds, restore vitality, and rejuvenate the spirit. It also possesses the ability to cleanse and purify impurities, toxins, and curses.


    The magnitude of healing is influenced by the user''s cultivation level and the severity of the injuries or afflictions being treated.


    Price: Four hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    The Emperor-level skill had the additional effect of purifying, while the lower levels were simply for healing. The master level was only used for self-healing, while the higher levels allowed the user to use the healing effect on others.


    Ruwan was confident that he would not be able to fully learn the skill while adding [Annihtion Tempest] and [Resolute Fortress], so despite not wanting to, he gave up on the Emperor level [Tide of Restoration].


    Ruwan wasn''t fully confident about hispatibility and training time for the King level skill, so he decided to experience it, and if he could get time to train, he would purchase it.


    Since Ruwan now had all three of his skills selected and hadn''t experienced two of them, he turned around and joined the line standing in front of the semi-pir.


    The waiting time wasn''t as short as thest time since many customers hade to the room but still, it didn''t take long and he reached the pir.


    Ruwan decided to experience the [Resolute Fortress] first and ced the card in the cardpartment.


    The next moment, Ruwan found himself in a different environment. In front of him stood a towering creature, ready to attack.


    There was an abundance of energy forming at the tip of its gigantic mouth. Ruwan saw the attackpletely form. It took the shape of a gigantic spherical ball made of red dots.


    Standing hundreds of meters away from the attack, Ruwan could sense the air around him burning.


    Ruwan wasn''t afraid like thest time since the attack''s power was nothing inparison to what he saw during the [Annihtion Tempest].


    The next moment, his body acted on its own and activated the skill.


    Rumble!


    As Ruwan activated the skill, the ground began to tremble, creating a loud rumble. The earth''s elements started to gather together and materialize into reality. It soon took on the silhouette of a fortress, and it waspletely transparent at that stage.


    As more and more earth particles started to gather, the fortress''s size began to grow. In no time, it reached twice the height of Ruwan, but it still kept growing.


    ***


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 Chapter 1258 A New Day For The Store(5)

    Chapter 1258: A New Day for the Store(5)


    The fortress made of gray soil began to grow, and tall walls appeared around it. In no time, it had expanded to cover a range of one hundred meters while Ruwan was standing at the top center of the fortress, looking down at the scene ying out in front of him.


    The red energy ball finally crashed into the fortress, shaking the foundations of the world.


    Ruwan found the fortress disintegrating at a rapid rate in front of that attack. In no time, one-tenth of the structure''s front towering walls were reduced to ashes. At the same time, the intensity of the attack was also decreasing.


    At first, Ruwan felt his cheeks burning when the attack was only activated, but now that it was less than a hundred meters from him after shing with the outer walls of the fortress, the intensity wasn''t even worth the skill''s starting point.


    The attack finally died down, eating one-third of the fortress. Ruwan stood at the top center without even a slight burn mark, overlooking the attack''s disappearance.


    Ruwan marveled at the scene since the attack was clearly filled with destruction, but the fortress survived it without even harming fifty percent of its portion.


    The next moment, Ruwan''s consciousness returned back to the store while the screen on the semi-pir lit up, containing the training details.


    The content on the screen was immediately engraved in his mind. Since he had another skill to experience, Ruwan took out the [Resolute Fortress] card and put the [Tide of Restoration] in thepartment.


    The next moment, Ruwan found his environment changing. He was in the middle of a battle scene with his opponent shing at him.


    Ruwan thought that his body would dodge since it was out of control for him. But the next moment, a wave of strong pain hit him as Ruwan didn''t dodge the attack but instead rushed at the opponent like a suicide attack.


    He seeded in the attack, cutting his opponent in two symmetrical horizontal pieces, but at the same time, the enemy''s sword had shed his head.


    Fortunately for him, his cutting the opponent had slowed the momentum, so his head hadn''t fallen off. But the situation was not good at all.


    His head was hanging over a threat, and his eyes were losing their color as the spurt of blood oozed from the cut.


    Ruwan had never felt physical pain of such intensity, and he tried to scream. But it was only vented in his heart since the body was outside his control.


    Suddenly, a warm feeling rushed through his body after Ruwan activated the skill at thest moment.


    The next moment, a surge of blue water enveloped him. It was crystal clear, without even a trace of dirt.


    As the water surrounded Ruwan, his injuries began to heal at a rapid rate. The disintegrated muscle due to the sword cut could be seen growing up around his neck.


    Gritting his teeth, Ruwan put his head back straight, and soon after, it was attached back, looking like it was never cut off.


    ***


    [Skill: Resolute Fortress


    Level: King


    Cultivator: early to peak Higher God


    Compatibility: 63%


    Training Time: Two Years, Three Months.]


    Ruwan went through the training time details he had seen after the experience wasplete.


    As expected, hispatibility with the earthen element skill wasn''t as high as hispatibility with [Annihtion Tempest]. But since [Resolute Fortess] was a King level skill, it took him fifteen months to fully learn it.


    Ruwan didn''t immediately make his decision but focused on the screen for the King level [Tide of Restoration]. He was disappointed with the result since even though hispatibility with the water element was higher than the earth element, the skill took more than three years for him to fully learn.


    If things went that way, Ruwan could only learn one of the two skills, but he didn''t want to choose since both were necessary for him.


    He also had the master level [Tide of Restoration] card with him, so he thought of seeing the training time required for it.


    [Skill: Tide of Restoration


    Level: Master<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Cultivator: early to peak Higher God


    Compatibility: 68%


    Training Time: Five Months.]


    The Master level [Tide of Restoration] would take him five months to learn, and when it was added to the fifteen months requirement of the defensive skill, he would still have a couple of months left with him to learn to use the skill more effectively in a battle.


    It had helped Ruwan make his decision since if he were to buy the King level [Tide of Restoration], he wouldn''t be able to get enough time to train for even the Master level [Resolute Fortress] as he would have only one month left before the challenge.


    So seeing the training time required for the Master level healing skill made the job easy for Ruwan, and he made his decision.


    Since Ruwan had made his decision and he couldn''t buy any more skills, even if he wanted, he decided toplete the purchase. He then turned around and left the room.


    When Ruwan exited the room, he saw a small line of five customers standing in front of Aakesh, so he joined it and waited for his turn.


    While waiting, Ruwan was thinking of what should be his sequence of learning the skill. Since [Annihtion Tempest] was the most desired skill of the three for him, it was an easy choice to learn it first.


    Ruwan could ept fighting without learning [Resolute Fortess] and [Tide of Restoration], but after seeing the destruction, [Annihtion Tempest] was the most significant.


    ***


    "Can even extinct races of the Sacred Dimension be summoned from the device?" Grim asked Aakesh.


    He was interested in Panagea, but he had to wait for several hours to get his turn, so he showed his interest in what he felt was the second most popr product.


    "Yes, any race that has been associated with the beast group can be summoned. It doesn''t matter whether they have gone extinct." Aakesh replied with his usual indifferent face.


    Grim grew excited after hearing Aakesh''s response since it could help his wealth grow by severalfold.


    Grim was one of the top-level members of the organization, but he was neither strong nor talented enough to sit on the board.


    The board of the organization consisted of eleven cultivators. Out of the eleven seats, six were reserved for the founder family, while there was a switch between the remaining five seats.


    There were only two ways to be selected on that board. Either reach the Sacred Emperor cultivation or grow a profit of ten thousand ultimate Sacred stones in a year.


    Out of the five, only one was the Sacred Emperor, while the other four were those employees who had fulfilled the condition of the profit.


    The head of the organization was also a Sacred Emperor cultivator, and he was also the founder of the organization. What made Grim excited after hearing Aakesh''s response had to do with the founder.


    Several million years ago, the founder found the egg of a Melodious Nightingale, a beautiful bird known for its voice throughout the multiverse. That egg was thest of the creature and was an extremely rare item.


    When the egg hatched, a male nightingale was born from it, further exciting the founder since the male Nightingale sang while the female''s voices were ordinary. The founder has always been fond of music, so he taught several of his favorite melodies to the bird, and it made those songs even better with its heavenly voice.


    The founder liked the bird so much that he treated it even better than he treated his family. It was as if the bird was the son he never had.


    One of the founder''s sons was extremely jealous of the bird since his residence was taken from him and was gifted to the bird. In a moment of blinding rage and hatred, the son harmed the bird''s vocal cords since his father liked the bird for its singing.


    When the founder came to know of it, he grew in a blinding rage and executed the son for his deeds. It was the truth that the man liked the bird for its singing, but after living with it for several thousand years, he had grown attached to it.


    Despite its voice being gone, the founder treated the bird as he used to do earlier. The man had epted the bird''s injury, but the bird couldn''t, and itmitted suicide since it couldn''t live in a world where it couldn''t sing.


    The founder was heartbroken by the news and disappeared from the world for years after that. It waster known that the founder was looking for the Melodious Nightingale in the Sacred Dimension to fill the immense loss he had faced with the bird''s death.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter! I got so engrossed in the show I was watching that Ipletely forgot about time. Sorry.


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 Chapter 1259 A New Day For The Store(6)

    Chapter 1259: A New Day for the Store(6)


    "Store owner, wait for me," Grim suddenly said and then left the queue in a hurry.


    His direction was the store''s exit. As soon as he stepped out, he took out a small card-like device from his space ring.


    There was a single button on the card, and Grim pressed it. The next moment, a projected screen emerged from the button.


    There were some faces on the screen, and Grim tapped on one. His hand didn''t pass through the projection but sessfully tapped on the screen, making it seem as real as other screens.


    The card-like device was amunication device for the top-level members of the organization tomunicate with other members or even the people on the board.


    The face Grim had tapped on the projected screen belonged to his superior, who was on the board.


    "Did you find the source of the loss?"


    Not long after, the call was picked up, and a voice came from the other side since Grim had left to search for the reason behind the continuous loss over the past few centuries on Curiel.


    "Sir, I have even bigger news than that," Grim replied since his superior was the only way for him tomunicate with the founder.


    "Can you please ask the founder to talk with me?" Grim immediately asked.


    Grim''s request surprised his superior. The founder had been living in sce since that unfortunate event, and none other than the members of the board were allowed tomunicate with him, not even his other family members.


    "Why do you want to talk with the founder?" The superior questioned.


    It was one of the privileges of the top-level members of the organization tomunicate with the founder, but if the matter was something unimportant and angered the founder, the superior would be in trouble since he was the one who was the middle man in theirmunication.


    "Sir, I want to exchange my merit formunication." Grim had expected his superior to ask him about his motive, but Grim knew he couldn''t tell anyone other than the founder about the beast summoner device.


    Grim was confident of a bright future the moment he learned that even the Melodious Nightingale could be summoned, so he didn''t waste his time and directly exchanged his merit points.


    The superior had no choice but to ept Grim''s request without knowing his motive. He was also out of any trouble sincemunicating with the founder using merit was something uncontroble for the superior, so even if anything troubling happened, Grim would be solely responsible for it.


    The superior epted Grim''s request and told him to wait some time.


    Grim''s luck seemed to be working at full speed, as the waiting didn''tst long, and only after a few minutes, there was a response from the superior.


    The next moment, a new projected screen popped out in front of him. There was a number written on it, and it was changing every five seconds.


    Grim immediately cut the call with his superior and dialed the number he saw before it could change.


    Before the duration of five seconds passed, the call was connected. Not long after, the screen turned ck while the voice of the founder rang in Grim''s ears.


    "Greetings, Master!" Grim immediately greeted the founder since he was not only the head of the organization he worked for, but he was also the stronger of the two.


    "Why did you want to talk to me?" The founder ignored the greeting and asked. He was in no mood to have argemunication with anyone.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    "Master, I have good news for you."


    "I remember the heartbreak you felt when Master Garil died. From that day on, I have been searching hard for the bird."


    Grim''s face suddenly turned pale as he could sense the aura turning violent on the other side of the screen. He calmed his pounding heart and continued, trying to sell how hard he had worked to find a second Melodious Nightingale.


    In the end, he finally informed the founder about the Beast Summoner Device, and there was a cracking sound on the other side of the screen.


    The next moment, the screen lit up, and a handsome face presented itself on the screen.


    Grim felt himself falling into the deepest pit of hell as he came across the chilly eyes of the founder.


    "If there is any falsehood in what you said, I will extinguish your entire race and feed their hearts to you."


    Grim''s face turnedpletely pale when he heard the threat. For a moment, the doubt in the store owner''s words emerged in his head.


    He also cursed himself for losing himself in greed and informing the founder without even verifying the news. But now that he had done it, there was no point in acting afraid and worsening his chances.


    Grim vowed that whatever he said was the truth and also informed the man of the store''s address.


    As soon as the address wasplete, the projected screen in front of Grim disappeared, with the founder''s order ringing in his head.


    "Wait for me!"


    Grim epted the order and stood there, waiting for the founder toe to the store.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want to purchase these three skills," Ruwan respectfully told Aakesh and passed the three skill cards to him.


    Aakesh took a casual nce at the cards, and soon after, the details emerged in his head.


    "You need to pay two hundred..." Aakesh expressionlessly informed the man of the price.


    Ruwan nodded, took out one Ultimate stone from his space ring, and tried to hand it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh stopped the man and then told him about the conversion rate only being eligible for card owners.


    Ruwan nodded and bought one Higher Store Card since he had no supreme stone with him. Soon after his bonding wasplete, he stored the stone in the space inside the card andpleted the purchase.


    "The three skill cards are yours¡­" Aakesh informed Ruwan and also told him about the process to absorb the knowledge.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Ruwan thanked Aakesh and then walked toward the exit of the store.


    There were other products for him to check out, but Ruwan didn''t want to waste even a moment before the challenge.

 Chapter 1260 A New Day For The Store(7)

    Chapter 1260: A New Day for the Store(7)


    Grim believed that he would have to wait for hours before the founder came to the store, but only around an hour had passed when there was a sudden teleportation around Grim.


    Grim immediately bowed down since the aura belonged to the founder.


    Traveling hundreds of universes in an hour wasn''t an easy feat for a Sacred Emperor level cultivator, but the founder didn''t care about the energy at all.


    Hints of physical tiredness could be seen on the man''s face since passing through the void so many times could take a physical toll on the body.


    Ignoring his short breath and tiredness, the founder looked at the building in front of him.


    The founder was going to ask Grim some questions, but as he appeared here, the energy from the store made him somewhat believe what Grim had told him.


    The founder didn''t talk to Grim but casually nced at him with a threatening stare and then walked forward. Grim understood the motive behind the nce and felt himself turning into a puddle due to fear.


    Fortunately for him, it was only a feeling and didn''t be a reality. Only after the founder had stepped inside the store and his energy had disappeared did Grim breathe a sigh of relief.


    Grim followed him inside since he was also interested in the store''s products and wanted a beast for him as well.


    There was a small line in front of the store owner while the founder was looking around the inside.


    The founder had great talent when it came to business, and that was the reason behind his forming a big merchant organization.


    Grim then came to the founder and informed him of the Beast Summoner Device in detail. The founder intently listened since the Melodious Nightingale was at stake.


    ***


    Aakesh has noticed an unfamiliar face entering the store, but since he was in conversation with another new customer, he only took a quick nce at the man and returned his focus to the woman in front of him


    The founder belonged to the Vyan race, an upper-tier race with a Sacred Monarch at its helm. The founder''s name was Aapan, and he came from an ordinary family in the race.


    Aapan rose from that position to have his own Merchant organization, working through several Universes. His rtionship with the ruler of the Vyan race was also good, so there were no evil eyes toward his organization from other Sacred Kings.


    The members of the Vyan race had a below-average appearance, and Aapan was an exception to that with his sharp jaws, chiseled body, and ideal physique. What added further to his charm was the golden pattern of a star imprinted in the area between his brows.


    It wasn''t a unique feature of the Vyans, but Aapan was the sole Vyan with that pattern because of his mother. His mother was of a different race. The pattern was nothing special but only a beauty mark.


    ***


    "Do I need to get permission from that guy to summon the beast?" Aapan asked after listening to Grim.


    "No! Master, you can directly enter the room andplete the summoning," Grim answered. He could sense the urgency in the founder''s voice for the beast.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Aapan nodded, and then, without speaking any more words, he turned in the direction of the room and proceeded forward. Grim also followed the man since he wanted to be there in front of the founder when he summoned the beast.


    ***


    Aapan was standing in front of the second Beast Summoner Device when his turn to begin the summoning arrived.


    While waiting for his turn, Aapan looked at the various murals of different majestic beasts painted on the wall. Not for even a moment did the idea of summoning another of those various beasts appear in his mind.


    The only thought going through his mind was to summon the Melodious Nightingale.


    Thinking like that, Aapan pressed the button. The next moment, the square light began to rotate and kept doing so for the next five seconds.


    During the five seconds, Aapan prayed to see the Melodious Nightingale when it came to a stop.


    Unfortunately for him, he was met with disappointment when the rotation stopped. There was an unfamiliar beast on the screen, and not long after, its card emerged out of nowhere and flew into his hand.


    Aapan didn''t even look at the beast''s details and immediately ced it in the returnpartment.


    He then pressed the button again, initiating the second round of summoning. Five secondster, a simr scene yed out as a beast other than the bird appeared on the screen and Aapan had no interest in looking at its details.


    Time flew by, and seconds passed in a sh.


    Aapan pressed the button again. The next moment, ''8'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate.


    Five seconds passed in the blink of an eye and the rotation came to a stop. Aapan hadn''t lost any hope and wished to see the beast on the screen.


    The next moment, his eyes widened in joy when he saw the beast on the screen. It was none other than the Melodious Nightingale he had been praying for.


    Not long after, the beast card formed out of thin air, but Aapan was so immersed in the screen that he didn''t even see it. His eyes were moist, as he had been looking for the beast for thousands of years.


    During his search, he wanted nothing more than to go back in time and kill his son before he evenmitted the crime. Aapan hated everything associated with the boy, so much so that he hadn''t seen the boy''s mother since that event. He had been living in guilt since the bird''s suicide.


    Aapan wasn''t stupid enough not to know that the bird he summoned from the store would be different than the one he treated as his son. Aapan just wanted to apologize to the previous nightingale for failing to protect him.


    As the card automatically attached itself to his hand, Aapan finally returned to reality and looked at the card.


    ***


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 Chapter 1261 A New Day For The Store(8)

    Chapter 1261: A New Day for the Store(8)


    Aapan''s focus returned to reality, and he looked at the details on the card.


    [Name: Melodious Nightingale


    Type: Beast


    Race: Nightingale


    Element: Sound, Wind


    Quality: Legendary


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    Characteristics: Harmonic Transcendence


    Details: By harmonizing its sound waves with the elemental energies of wind, the Melodious Nightingale releases a soothing aura. The allies chosen by it get a boost in their abilities, while its opponent starts to lose consciousness in the range of the ability.


    Range: 100 miles.


    Ability:


    1.) Sonic Wave: The Melodious Nightingale can emit concentrated sound waves capable of shattering barriers and disorienting foes.


    2.) Melody of Mayhem: The Melodious Nightingale channels its power into a song, unleashing a torrent of destructive soundwaves, causing widespread damage and disruption.


    3.) Grating Fury: The Melodious Nightingale disrupts the world with a racket of dissonant notes, unleashing a barrage of sound and wind-based attacks and overwhelming enemies with a relentless assault.


    4.) Disoriented Echo: The Melodious Nightingale emits a piercing and disorienting sound that can immobilize and confuse enemies.


    5.) Sonic Burst: The Melodious Nightingale releases a concentrated st of sonic energy, creating a shockwave that causes destruction.


    ...


    11.) Thunderous Tempest: The Melodious Nightingale creates a whirlwind of sound and wind, creating a vortex of destruction, tearing at their defenses and inflicting continuous damage.


    12.) Gale Symphony: The Melodious Nightingale harmonizes with the wind, creating a symphony of cutting winds and fierce gusts,unching razor-sharp wind des and sts of air that sh through its opponents with deadly precision.


    ...


    18.) Serenade of Harmony: The Melodious Nightingale sings a harmonious melody that brings harmony and bnce to the battlefield. The melody boosts the morale and teamwork of allies, granting bonuses to their abilities.


    19.) Luby of Tranquility: The Melodious Nightingale sings a soothing luby that calms the minds of its allies, dispelling negative effects.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Card Description: The Melodious Nightingale is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of sound and wind make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Melodious Nightingale.


    Price: Four hundred ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast.


    The Melodious Nightingale was a creature of ethereal beauty, exuding an aura of grace. The thin and agile creature was adorned with soft feathers that shimmered in shades of iridescent blues and purples, like a starry night sky. Each feather of its body was engraved with delicate patterns that resembled musical notes, further adding to its allure. Its eyes were mesmerizing pools of sparkling sapphire, holding an alluring gaze. Its wings pped in perfect rhythm with the melodies it created. Adorning its head was a crown of vibrant plumage, resembling a crest of musical notes that danced along its elegant features.


    Aapan felt like losing himself again as he looked at the illustration. Aapan noticed the difference between the Melodious Nightingale he had and the one on the card.


    The former had the crown as well, but it wasn''t as vibrant as the one on the card. It was as if the one on the card was royalty, while the former was only a peasant.


    Aapan didn''t freeze like thest time and soon returned his focus to the card. He then studied the skills the beast had.


    The Melodious Nightingale had the melodious in its name, so it wasn''t difficult to understand that it was a beast rted to sound and had a heavenly voice. It wasn''t much of a fighter beast, but on the card, Aapan saw several skills rted tobat, and they were extremely destructive at that.


    Aapan couldn''t help but feel sad about it. It wasn''t due to the card, but Aapan felt tragic, thinking that if the former Melodious Nightingale had such attacking skills, it might have been alive and living with him.


    Time flew by, and Aapan stood there, repeating each detail over and over. Fortunately for him, there was no customer behind him, so they weren''t telling him to hurry up.


    Aapan wanted to buy the beast, but there was clearly a difference between the former and the one on the card. Aapan had a vast amount of knowledge when it came to the Melodious Nightingale.


    The beast on the card belonged to the royal ss of the race, while the egg he had found belonged to an ordinary Melodious Nightingale. It was also the reason no one tried to take it from him.


    The royal Melodious Nightingale had the ability [Harmonic Trasnscendence] as the one on the card. It was a famous supporting ability. When it was at its peak, it could almost double the power level of its allies.


    That kind of boost can turn a losing battle into a victory, and an overwhelming one at that. It was also the reason behind the extinction of the Melodious Nightingale race.


    Only the royals of the race had fighting skills, but they were preyed on due to their ability, leading them to their end. Without the protection of the royals, the ordinary Melodious Nightingales were useless, and they were hunted for their sapphire eyes since they could boost sound rted skills.


    "I will make your name rise in the world again," Aapan suddenly mumbled as he made his decision.


    Since after the death of the royals, the Melodious Nightingale had gone extinct, Aapan would use the beast from the store to recreate the race.


    After making his decision, Aapan no longer had any confusion; he turned and looked at Grim.


    Grim understood what the founder wanted from him, so he opened his mouth and exined the next steps after summoning the beast.


    After learning about the square device, Aapan turned around and went toward the device, joining the queue.


    Since the time was still in the taming battle, it didn''t take long for Aapan''s turn. When he reached the device, he took a deep breath.


    Aapan ced the card in itspartment and then put his hand on the respectivepartment. The next moment, Aapan found himself in a different environment, with his cultivation regressing to the early Supreme God.

 Chapter 1262 A New Day For The Store(9)

    Chapter 1262: A New Day for the Store(9)


    Aapan found himself in a forest surrounded by an ethereal mist. Aapan could feel the richness of wind and sound element particles in the area since he was a wind user.


    The air in the forest was filled with the sweet scent of flowers and the gentle sound of rustling leaves. As the sunlight filtered through the dense cover of trees, an enchanting glow appeared around the forest.


    "Twee-lee-lee." "Twee-lee-lee." "Twee-lee-lee."


    Aapan suddenly felt his hair rise as the familiar heavenly voice rang in his ears. His eyes turned moist, and he turned in the direction of the sound.


    He saw the bird sitting on one of the branches with its alluring sapphire eyes staring at him.


    Aapan felt himself returning to the old days and he wanted to hug the bird. The bird was confused by the reaction shown by its opponent.


    In every taming battle, the beast was aware of what was at stake if it lost, so it would fight with its full strength, not to lose its freedom, barring some cases where the opponent was too strong or there were some familiar feelings.


    The Melodious Nightingale was confident that there was no familiar sensationing from the man.


    Ding!


    The next moment, the bell, which had no direction of origin, rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    The bird had no thoughts of losing the battle or surrendering, despite the emotional reaction of the opponent.


    "Screech!"


    The next moment, it activated [Disoriented Echo], releasing a piercing sound.


    Aapan suddenly froze and clutched his head. The skill seemed to have worked for him more than the beast.


    Aapan returned to reality and understood that if he wanted to recreate the rise of the Melodious Nightingale, losing here was not an option.


    The disorienting effect of the skill didn''t work on Aapan, as his mental defenses were extremely tough to break. Aapan then took a step forward, and the next moment, he was in front of the bird in the air.


    Aapan shed through the wind, and the next moment, the air itself seemed to follow hismand, and it threatened to cut the bird in half.


    Cry!


    The bird immediately released [Grating Fury], causing invisible sound and air des to form and attack Aapan.


    Aapan seemed to act nonchnt, and he swept his hand. The next moment, all the des disintegrated.


    The Melodious Nightingale never expected Aapan to be such a terrible opponent in the span of a second.


    Aapan was now focused on his motive, so he immediately attacked. The wind around him and the bird turned crazy, and it started to attack the beast.


    The bird was itself a controller of the element of wind, but it seemed to make no difference in front of Aapan.


    Aapan was a talented figure who had risen from obscurity to be the founder of an organization. He was also several million years old, making him incredibly experienced when it came to battle.


    Aapan kept attacking, and the bird kept defending. It found its attack to be of no use at all as Aapan nonchntly defended them.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    The bird was left with no choice but to activate [Harmonic Transcendence]. It not only boosted its allies but also itself.


    The only issue was that it was an excessively energy-consuming ability. As the beast activated it, an ethereal glow suddenly appeared around it, while a melody seemed to have emerged from nowhere.


    The bird then opened its mouth, and the melody became even more intense. As it rang in Aapan''s ears, he found his eyelids turning heavy.


    Aapan was extremely worried at that time. It wasn''t due to the skill taking a toll on him.


    But what made him worry was that he wanted to listen to the melody and enjoy it.


    Aapan knew what to do and what not to do, so with a helpless sigh, he attacked.


    Aapan hadn''t used any of his powerful skills at that point, but he had to since the bird was at its peak and could no longer be beaten by ordinary skills.


    The next moment, a beautiful scene yed out in the area as Aapan summoned a tempest. The tempest was swift and was spinning gracefully. It looked like a dance of a beautiful elemental creature.


    The bird released [Thunderous Tempest] in response to the attack since it could feel danger.


    The next moment, a rough whirlwind appeared, which was inplete contrast to what Aapan had activated.


    Rumble!


    The next moment, the two attacks shed, creating a loud rumbling sound. At first, the bird''s skill seemed to win since it had a continuous damage effect, but as time passed, the gracefully spinning storm seemed to grow stronger while the bird''s attack was losing its momentum.


    The Melodious Nightingale released several skills after that, but the result was the same.


    The storm released by Aapan was slowly feeding onto the air element of the bird''s attack and enhancing its destructive capability.


    Time flew by, and several seconds passed in a sh. The storm finally grew to an extent where it immediately exhausted the [Melody of Mayhem] released by the bird, and then it shed with the bird.


    The oue went as Aapan had expected. The bird failed to put up any fight against the storm and was ripped apart.


    Aapan felt someone tearing through his heart with a knife when he witnessed the scene, but he didn''t stop the skill. Soon, the battle was over, with Aapan bing the victor.


    The next moment, Aapan''s consciousness returned to the store, and a smile formed on his face after a long time.


    The smile suddenly froze as a wave of unbearable pain hit him. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, but it took Aapan''s attention away.


    Aapan looked at his hand in thepartment since the pain originated there. He then pulled it out, looked at his palm, and found the tiny pricking injury healing.


    The situation didn''tst for long as the screen on the device lit up and took his attention away. It contained the contract.


    Except for the payment, all the steps wereplete, and the price wasn''t something Aapan couldn''t bear, being the leader of a Merchant organization working over several universes.


    ***


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 Chapter 1263 A New Day For The Store(10)

    Chapter 1263: A New Day for the Store(10)


    Since only the payment was left and Aapan needed toplete that with the store owner, he turned around and left the room. Grim stood there frozen for a moment since he thought that the founder would ask him to buy a beast in joy.


    Since nothing of that sort happened and Grim didn''t want to show his displeasure, he immediately calmed down and followed him behind.


    Aapan had to join the queue since there were three customers ahead of him. Aapan was in a hurry, but he could feel the invincible energy permeating every corner of the store. He didn''t dare act unruly and calmly joined the line.


    The wait didn''tst for a long time, as he reached Aakesh after a few minutes.


    "Hello!" Aapan greeted Aakesh. His tone was neutral since Aakesh was at a lower level than him.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to the man, as he usually did with customers.


    "I want toplete the purchase," Aapan said, pushing the beast card toward Aakesh. He was in a hurry, so he didn''t waste his time focusing on the store and having different conversations with the store manager.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from Aapan''s hands. As he took a look at it, the total purchase details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay 400 ultimate, 11,111 supreme, and 11,111 higher Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed the man.


    Since the summoning round had reached the ninth stage, the summoning cost was steep as well.


    Aapan nodded and then passed over a card to Aakesh.


    "The store only epts stones¡­" Aakesh informed the man and then introduced the store card system to him.


    The card taken out by man was a bank card that was dimensionally used in the Sacred Dimension due to its being under the control of the strongest race in the Sacred Dimension.


    Only cultivators above or equal to the Supreme God could open ounts in the bank.


    Aapan was taken aback by Aakesh''s response since the card he handed to Aakesh was a valuable item due to it being a VIP card, and it alone cost several ultimate Sacred stones.


    Aapan was then in a dilemma since he only carried the card with him wherever he went. He didn''t expect a store that could sell Supreme God beasts not to have a debit facility.


    Aapan suddenly turned around and looked at Grim. He then called Grim forward.


    Since anyone other than the store owner and the customer couldn''t hear the conversation going on between them, Grim had no idea why Aapan was calling him.


    "Go and take out 500 ultimate Sacred stones from the bank," Aapan ordered Grim, handing him the bank card.


    No bank on the Curiel could handle the payment, so Grim had to go to the bank in the gxy. It wasn''t the bank in question but a bank working under VoidBorn, and it couldplete the transaction.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Grim immediately followed the order and left for the gxy. It was a task that would take some minutes, so to pass the time, Aakesh began to learn about the store and its products.


    Time flew by, and Grim returned to the store after several minutes.


    At that time, Aapan was standing far from the store owner while the store owner was in conversation with someone else.


    Grim respectfully returned the bank card to Aapan and then took out a mountain of the ultimate Sacred stone from his space ring.


    ***


    "You have made me joyful. What do you want?" Aapan asked Grim after the payment wasplete. He had also bought the Ultimate Store Card from the store since Panagea interested him, and it would be easy to travel to and from the store.


    "Master, please don''t belittle me. I was only doing my duty," A sincere expression appeared on Grim''s face as he responded.


    Aapan didn''t respond but only looked at Grim. Grim couldn''t bear the pressure of that stare and immediately looked down on the ground.


    "You don''t need to act in front of me. I know the heart of a businessman who loves profit," Aapan stated after a long pause.


    How could Aapan not know that what Grim showed on the surface was only acting? If he sincerely wanted to do his duty, Grim would have never used his merit points to have one-on-one contact with him.


    Grim wanted to refute this since the scene ying out in front of him could also be a ploy from the founder to test him. But before he could utter a word, the founder cut his sentence off and added, "I don''t like repeating things."


    ***


    Grim entered the beast''s room after his conversation with Aapan.


    The founder was in too good a mood to be true, and he let himself be taken advantage of. Grim got valuable things from the trade, even better than he had expected.


    One was that he could buy a beast from the store, and the founder would pay for it. The second was that he was to be a board member once he stepped into the Sacred King level, a power level lower than the usual requirement of reaching the Sacred Emperor level.


    Grim had expected a mary prize from Aapan, but his being able to be a board member was an immensely fortunate event. That position came with a lot of power, and only the founder was in a higher position than the other board members.


    The board members not only got a fixed sry of three hundred ultimate Sacred stones per month but also received ownership of a. All ie taxes from the belonged solely to the member, not the organization.


    Grim had a wide smile spread across his face since his destiny hadpletely changed at that moment. He never hoped to step into the Sacred Emperor level since the strongest and most talented member of his race was stuck at thete Sacred King level for trillions of years with no hope of further breakthroughs.


    Grim was neither that much talented to surpass that level, nor was his talent in business such that he could make a profit of more than ten thousand ultimate Sacred stones in one year.

 Chapter 1264 A New Day For The Store(11)

    Chapter 1264: A New Day for the Store(11)


    Grim took several deep breaths to calm his pounding heart down from all the excitement.


    Even though he was on the border of stepping into the Sacred King level, it would still take him years, if not decades or centuries, so Grim returned to reality and focused on what was in front of him.


    There was already another customer in front of the second pir, so Grim stood there, waiting for his turn.


    Grim had no specific beast in his mind, but he only wanted one that was powerful.


    Hoping to get a powerful beast, Grim pressed the button. The next moment, the square light began to rotate, and five seconds passed in the blink of an eye.


    Not long after, a familiar beast appeared on the screen, and soon after that, a card formed out of thin air and flew into his hands.


    Grim was excited when he looked at the details, but as his eyes reached the quality section, he froze in shock.


    ''Did my trade with the founder exhaust all my fortune?'' Grim thought in his heart since the beast was of lesser quality, the lowest level.


    Grim couldn''t look beyond that section and soon ced the card in the returnpartment. He then returned to the screen and pressed the button again, initiating the second round of summoning.


    The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate.


    Time flew by.


    Grim pressed the button again. ''5'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate.


    Grim had failed to get a beast above lesser quality until that point. Grim had lost all his hope of getting a beast of higher quality since he believed that his luck was fully exhausted with his deal with the founder.


    Grim now only hoped for a good beast since having a Supreme God supporter was better than having nothing.


    Five seconds passed in the blink of an eye and the rotation came to a stop.


    The next moment, a familiar beast appeared on the screen. Not long after, the card formed and flew into his hand.


    Grim immediately went to the quality section, and the next moment, his eyes widened in joy since it was no longer lesser written there. He then focused on other details of the beast.


    [Name: Six-Tail Fox


    Type: Beast


    Race: Fox


    Element: Water, Earth, Air, Wood, Ether, Charm


    Quality: Ordinary


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    Characteristics: Elemental Sanctuary


    Details: The Six-Tail Fox creates a sanctuary of six elemental energy, providing its allies with a permanent boost to their magical abilities and resistance in a fixed range of the sanctuary.


    Warning: Once chosen, the location of the sanctuary can not be changed.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Range: 10 miles.


    Ability:


    1.) Cyclone Fury: The Six-Tail Fox summons a raging cyclone, spinning with immense speed and force, striking its opponents with powerful winds and debris.


    2.) Ethereal Veil: The Six-tail Fox can use the ethereal realm, making itself partially invisible or intangible, allowing it to evade attacks or pass through obstacles.


    3.) Terraquake: With a single stomp of its tail, the Six-tail Fox can shake the ground beneath its feet, causing tremors and upheavals, disorienting and damaging its opponents.


    4.) Tranquil Aura: The Six-tail Fox can emit a calming aura that pacifies aggressive foes and restores bnce to chaotic environments.


    5.) Charmweaver''s Embrace: The Six-tail Fox can create illusions, entangling its enemies in a web of enchantment, making them turn against each other.


    ...


    11.) Zephyr''s Wrath: The Six-tail Fox creates a vortex of wind and energy that engulfs enemies, tearing them apart with fierce gusts and razor-sharp debris.


    12.) Spirit Shroud: The Six-tail Fox can envelop itself in a luminous aura, making it immune to harmful status effects and negative energy-based attacks.


    ...


    16.) Aqua Torrent: The Six-tail Fox summons powerful water currents, creating torrents that can wash away enemies or provide healing and rejuvenation to itself and allies.


    17.) Nature''s Blessing: The Six-Tail Fox grants blessings upon allies, enhancing their elemental abilities, increasing their resilience, and granting them temporary mastery over one of its elements.


    Card Description: The Six-Tail Fox is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of sound and wind make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Six-Tail Fox.


    Price: One hundred fifty ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained the beast''s illustration.


    The Six-tail Fox was a stunning creature when it came to its appearance. Its elegant body was covered in lustrous, silken fur of pure white, radiating an ethereal glow. Its eyes Its jade eyes held wisdom and depth that seemed to pierce into the souls of those who met its gaze. The most striking feature of the Six-Tail Fox was its six tails, each representing a different element.


    The first was blue, signifying water. The second was deep brown, representing the element of earth. The third tail was of delicate silvery color, defining the element of air. The fourth was a vibrant green, symbolizing the wooden element. The fifth shimmered with an iridescent glow, representing ether. The sixth and final tail was a captivating tail with a blend of beautiful colors, defining the element of charm.


    Grim stood there, frozen in astonishment, when he read the details on the card. It wasn''t because it was bad; it was theplete opposite.


    The Six-tail Fox''s details were something that Grim hadn''t even expected when he saw the quality section. He would be more than willing to take the next step, even if the beast was of lesser quality.


    Grim knew about the beast as it was rted to the popr Primordial creature Nine-Tail Fox, a powerful creature that was unique, and yet stood at the top of the food chain with very few creatures.


    ***


    Grim wanted to scream in joy as his consciousness returned to the store after the taming battle. It was a tough battle, but Grim survived in the end and became the victor, making the beast his.


    ***


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 Chapter 1265 A New Day For The Store(12)

    Chapter 1265: A New Day for the Store(12)


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    Aakesh had only closed his eyes to rx a few seconds earlier when he was woken by the sound of footsteps approaching the store.


    He turned in that direction, and he found an unfamiliar faceing toward the store.


    Just a step before the stairs, the man stopped, looking at the store with a solemn look.


    Aakesh patiently waited for the man to enter when he sensed someone approaching him. He turned around and found it was Aapan, followed by Grim.


    Beasts below ultimate quality could be purchased without the help of the store owner, but since Grim had no card and that store card belonged to Aapan, the sale needed to take ce with Aakesh.


    ***


    Theodre stood in front of the store, looking at the building with a solemn expression.


    Theodre belonged to the Fardir, a race in the Demon group.


    Fardir wasn''t a top race but it was extremely popr across the Sacred Dimension. It had to do with the founder of the race, who was a Sacred Creator level cultivator.


    Having a Sacred Creator level cultivator made a race belong to the top tier, but it was not the case for Fardir. The reason for that was the average cultivation of the race.


    The average cultivation of Fardirs was Lesser God, with the second highest level in the race being a Supreme God level cultivator.


    It wasn''t that the ruler of the Fardirs was some extremely talented cultivator who broke the talent chain of the race and steppes into the Sacred Creator level. It was due to a fortunate event.


    Before that event, the ruler was a peak Supreme God level cultivator, but after that event, his cultivation grew at an outrageous rate, making the ruler reach the Sacred Creator level in the span of several years.


    That time wasn''t enough to even grow one level in cultivation for the majority of the talented people, but in that time, the ruler reached the Sacred Creator level.


    It wasn''t a positive breakthrough since the ruler''s strength was still at peak Supreme God level. Even a Sacred King could defeat the ruler in a one-on-one battle. But the ruler still had the inner world of the Sacred Creator, so no Sacred King dared to challenge and meet their death.


    Theodre was the son of the ruler of Fardirs and hence he was the second most powerful figure in the race.


    Even though Fardirs didn''t have powerful cultivators like other races controlled by Sacred Creators, Theodre''s father''s presence had given the Fardirs a positive andfortable boost.


    Despite that, none had seeded in breaching the Supreme God level and stepping into the Sacred King level. Theodre was already several billion years old, so he had also lost hope of growing his cultivation anymore.


    Since the lives of the inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension were eternal, Theodre was fine with his life the way it was going.


    His father''s inner world was a continuous source of revenue, filling the coffers of the race, and making him live the way he wanted without having to understand anything.


    But something happened two days ago that shook Theodre''s life.


    Two days ago,


    Theodre was ying with a group of girls in his room when his father suddenly summoned him. Theodre respected his father immensely since everything he had was due to his father. He immediately dressed up and went to meet his father.


    Theodre''s face turned pale as soon as he entered the room. There were already two more people other than his father present in the room.


    His father was in a terrible condition, to say the least. Fardirs were known for their bulky physique and bulging stomach, but what was lying on the bed was the opposite of that.


    Bones could be seen through naked eyes as if someone had covered the skeleton with a nket made of skin. Theodre immediately rushed to his father, who looked like he could die anytime.


    For the world, the father had gone through a fortunate event, but for the man, it was a curse and a terrible one at that.


    Theodre requested his father to reveal what happened during that event, but instead of a word response, he got a violent reaction from his father as if his request had made some unpleasant memory sh through the man''s head.


    It wasn''t Theodore''s first time requesting his father to tell him about the event, but the father would always reply with a smile.


    The next moment, Theodre''s eyes turned moist as he finally noticed the pain hidden in that smile of his father whenever he would request the story.


    "Forgive me for being so self-centered that I never noticed what you were going through even though it was in front of him," Theodre knelt and apologized as he broke down.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Theodre''s mother died when he was young during one of her ruin hunts. His father loved her so much that he never married another one or even had any other children.


    His father had always been standing as his support since even before he was the ruler.


    The man on the bed looked on the verge of death but his eyes were still filled with energy. His eyes turned moist as he saw his son crying like a baby on the ground.


    The man wanted to extend his hand and touch his son, but his body had be so weak that any movement from him would break him. It was the case of a strong spirit but a weak physique.


    ***


    Theodre looked at the store with a solemn expression on his face. He hade here on his father''s order.


    His father wasn''t going to die any time soon but he could no longer move. It was terrible news for Theodre since the man was his father and also the race would start to go on a down spiral once others found out about his father''s condition.


    It wasn''t easy toe on top, but it only took a small push to throw someone downward.


    The curse would keep affecting his father, slowly eating his body. Once his body was eaten and only the spirit was left, then the soul would face the same fate as the body, resulting in death one day.


    Theodre hade to the store after his father paid a lot of money to divine something that could change Theodre''s fortune.


    The father wasn''t worried about his death, but what worried him more was what would happen to Theodre once he died. Being the son of a dead Sacred Creator and only having a cultivation of the Supreme God was equivalent to death.


    Theodre would be hunted till he was alive for the wealth left by his dead father.


    The father didn''t want such fate to befall on his son so he spent arge swathe of his wealth to take the help of a Sacred Creator level diviner.


    That had brought Theodre to the store. His solemn expression was due to the wealth his father had spent on him.


    Theodre was spoiled by his father, making him arrogant and stubborn. But as soon as he saw his father in that condition, everything seemed to vanish in thin air. He had returned to his usual self as a disciplined son who would even throw himself into a well ofva if his father ordered.


    That past self was the only reason he came to the store since how could he not know what motive his father had behind hiring the diviner?


    "Father, I will heal you," Theodre vowed, and then he took a step forward, reaching the outside stairs.


    Theodre no longer looked solemn, but there was a fire of determination burning in his eyes.


    When his father did all that, he hoped for his son to grow to a stage where he would no longer need to worry about his safety. He never expected his son to be so motivated that his goal was only to heal him.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want toplete the purchase," Grim requested with a wide smile.


    Aakesh looked at the card he had received from Grim, and the next moment, the price details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay one hundred fifty¡­ Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed of the price, returning the beast card.


    Grim respectfully looked at the founder. The next moment, a mechanical alert simr to thest time when Aapan wanted toplete the purchase rang in his head.


    There was additional information, telling him about the payment not being for a product bought by him.


    After Aapan gave the go-ahead to the alert for the payment, an alert informing of the sessful payment rang in Aakesh''s head.


    "The beast is yours," Aakesh expressionlessly informed.


    Grim wanted to jump in joy like a child but he controlled himself and calmly thanked Aakesh while smiling.


    At that time, Theodre finally stepped inside the store.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter.


    Tomorrow, I will upload three chapters.

 Chapter 1266: A New Day for the Store(13)

    1266 A New Day for the Store(13)


    Chapter 1266: A New Day for the Store(13)


    Theodre''s eyes were burning with determination as he stepped inside the store. The next moment, the array blocking his view and hearing stopped.


    The luxurious interior appeared in front of him, and he then caught sight of three chairs. On one chair, a blue-skinned man was sitting. The other two chairs were upied by two beautiful females of some race he had no idea about.


    It wasn''t tough for Theodre to find out who was the store owner since only the blue-skinned man had a line of people in front of him, while none were there for the other two chairs.


    Theodre stepped forward and stood in the line, waiting for his turn to reach the store owner.


    Time flew by, and his wait finally ended.


    "Hello, store owner!" Theodre confidently greeted Aakesh. There was a mixture of emotions in his voice.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to the man''s greeting and waited for the guy to ask the question.


    Aakesh knew about Fardirs and also what prompted the sudden growth and curse of the ruler of the race.


    "Store owner, tell me about the store''s products," Theodre wasted no time and immediately asked for the introduction of the store''s products.


    "The store currently sells six products. They are pills, weapons, cultivation arts, skills, beasts, and Panagea¡­" Aakesh answered with an introduction of the six store products and their basic details.


    Hepleted the introduction in a single breath. Theodre patiently and intently listened to every word the store owner said. If he wanted to heal his father from a curse that not even a Sacred Creator like him could do anything about, he himself was required to grow stronger than his father.


    It was an impossible dream if someone were to hear Theodre''s thoughts. If someone could reach the Sacred Creator due to some goal of healing their family, there wouldn''t have been so few Sacred Creators in the Sacred Dimension. Having a lofty goal was one thing, but reaching it was another.


    Theodre knew the goal he had chosen for himself would be tougher than anything he could imagine, but he was prepared to work for it. The thought of giving up on his father or living for himself vanished the moment he saw his father in that condition.


    Theodre didn''t immediately speak after the introduction by the store owner wasplete. He instead began to think about what product was best for him.


    In the end, Theodre decided that every product was great for him other than Panagea. If it had been before seeing his father, Theodre would have shown more interest in Panagea since that was a new world with more abundant resources and where theck of his bloodline talent didn''t matter.


    Panagea was a product that could provide the most growth to any customer, but it was awfully slow. Once Theodre asked Aakesh about the power leveling system in Panagea, he was confident in his choice.


    Theodre then focused on the remaining five products. Since he was a Supreme God level cultivator, the store had the products for him.


    He was a peak Supreme God who had been stuck at that level for millions of years.


    Theodre didn''tck cultivation art or skills, but when he asked Aakesh about the product, he was tempted to check it out.


    The training area was a must visit product for him. What his father wanted for him and what he had vowed were along the same lines, so he wanted to show his growth to his father. There was no better way to show the growth than the increase inbat skills.


    Before entering the training area, Theodre decided to buy skills, cultivation arts, and a beast.


    He decided to proceed toward the skill room first. He then thanked the store owner and took the first step toward achieving his goal.


    When Theodre entered the room, he found seven counters in the room and several customers around them. He also saw the semi-pir having an extensive line of customers.


    Since Aakesh had efficiently introduced the process, Theodre didn''t need to waste his time pondering over what and how to do things.


    Since he was a Supreme God cultivator, Theodre decided to go for the same level of skills. He might havecked many things, but one thing he didn''tck was money.


    Being the only son of a Sacred Creator level cultivator in a race where the second highest cultivation level was only Supreme God, brought him arge amount of resources.


    Now that his father wanted him to grow strong before he died, he had already opened his coffers to him. Even though the father had spent arge percent of his wealth on the diviner, what was a small amount for a Sacred Creator need not be the same for a Supreme God.


    There were five types of skills avable in the store, and each type had seven levels, starting at Novice and ending at God level, which was the best and toughest to master.


    Theodre was a fire element user. Since he didn''tck money, he decided to buy one skill for each type at the God level.


    Making his decision, Theodre decided to start, and he reached thest shelf in the bottom row, representing the God level of attacking type skill.


    When Theodre pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in it. He immediately focused on the details written on it.


    The information on the card astounded him, but for some reason, his heart felt empty. He wanted to make the correct decision from now on, so he returned the card and pulled out another one.


    [Name: Inferno Obliteration


    Type: Attacking


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes an apocalyptic inferno of overwhelming destructive power


    Description: The user taps into the primal fury of fire, invoking an unstoppable cataclysm of scorching mes and relentless heat. This skill harnesses the boundless energy of fire to unleash an inferno of unparalleled destructive power on the battlefield.


    The utilization of the skilles at an immense cost. The strain on the user''s cultivation and energy reserves is significant, and it requires an extended period of recovery before it can be used again.


    Price: Two hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]

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    Chapter 1267: A New Day for the Store(14)


    The previous astonishment returned when Theodre looked at the details on the card, but he no longer felt any emptiness in his heart.


    Instead, he felt cheerful, as if every cell in his body was aware and wanted him to choose that skill.


    The details he saw on the skill didn''t disappoint his positive feelings, so again, trusting in his intuition, Theodre decided to go ahead and choose [Inferno Obliteration].


    The price of two hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones didn''t faze him one bit. Theodre didn''t immediately reach to pull out a defensive type skill, but he thought about whether to experience the skill after selecting it or do it in the end when he had all five types.


    The decision wasn''t tough to make when Theodre saw the queue around the device. He then reached for thest shelf in the second bottom row and soon pulled his hand out.


    His hand had a skill card representing the God level of defensive type skill. Neither the feeling of astonishment nor the feeling of emptiness urred at that time.


    After reading the details, Theodre decided to return the skill.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in a sh. Theodre reached for thest shelf for the hundredth time and pulled out a card.


    Theodre immediately focused on the details of the card and the double feeling of astonishment and cheering returned.


    [Name: Eternal Sanctuary of mes


    Type: Defensive


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Creates an impregnable sanctuary of evesting mes for ultimate defense


    Description: The user taps into the primal essence of fire to manifest an impervious sanctuary of evesting mes. This skill erects an imprable fortress of me and heat, shielding the user and their allies from all forms of harm.


    The usage of Eternal Sanctuary of mes requires substantial energy and concentration, as it draws upon the vast reserves of fire energy.


    Price: Four hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    The skill [Eternal Sanctuary of mes] was almost double the price of [Inferno Obliteration], showing its worth.


    Since he hade to the store after the sessful divining of a Sacred Creator level cultivator, Theodre trusted that the store was extraordinary, as were its products.


    Theodre noticed one thing between the two skills, and it was the immense usage of energy. He wasn''t someone who had vast reserves of energy, so he needed to be cautious before selecting the skills.


    Fortunately for Theodre, looking at the details on the card, he already had an idea of what type to want from a supporting type skill.


    Since these two skills required vast energy reserves, he needed a skill that would help him gather that energy quickly in the middle of a battle. Getting a skill that would permanently increase his energy reserves was an impossible task since that depended on the cultivation art.


    Theodre could also go for a route where he could restart his cultivation using a top quality cultivation art bought from the store, but after a long time of consideration, he gave up on that.


    The one he was currently using was brought by his father after a lot of effort. He couldn''t give up on that. The store owner had told him that there was the same cultivation art avable in the store.


    After that Theodre had decided to buy the better version so he could improve the one he was using while at the same time keeping that connection with his father.


    It was certain that the better version of the cultivation art would slightly increase his energy reserves, but the two skills he had chosen were already a ck hole for his energy.


    What Theodre didn''t know was that the skill''s side effects had been dumbed down due to it being a God level skill. For the King level [Inferno Obliteration], just after a single use, the user would be bedridden for days due to its violent energy flow.


    Theodre then returned his focus to what was ahead of him. He then reached again, but he no longer followed the sequence.


    From the bottom, the bottom row was attacking, then defensive, and then movement. What Theodre did was go for the next row, second from the top, representing the supporting type.


    When he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in his hand.


    Description: The user taps into the elemental essence of fire, enabling the user to gather and absorb 15:41


    an overwhelming influx of fire energy from the surrounding environment. This skill allows the user to It was a great healing skill, and Theodre had almost chosen it. But he controlled himself. He wanted to follow the things he had set for the God level skills.


    He could buy an Emperor level healing skillter.


    Taking a deep breath, Theodre returned the great skill and pulled his hand out with a new supporting type skill.


    It was again a healing skill, but Theodre didn''t even consider it as the first one was several-fold better than thetter.


    Time flew by, and Theodre kept at it continuously. Not long after, he passed the hundredth mark, but he had yet to see a skill that would help him increase his gathering energy rate.


    More time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Not seeing one skill of that type over more than five hundred turns almost made Theodre give up on that. But he took a deep breath and kept going. It wasn''t as if he was going through some pain. He only had to put the card back and take another out, and then keep at it until he got the thing he wanted.


    Theodre''s attempts finally bore fruit, as after a lot of pulling and reaching, he got a skill card that had the effect he wanted.


    [Name: Infernal Conventus


    Type: Supporting


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Harnesses and absorbs boundless fire energy from the environment


    Description: The user taps into the elemental essence of fire, enabling the user to gather and absorb an overwhelming influx of fire energy from the surrounding environment. This skill allows the user to be a conduit for the infernal energy, channeling and harnessing the unbridled power of fire.


    The user must carefully manage the influx of energy to prevent internalbustion or excessive strain on their cultivation.


    Price: Seven hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


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    Chapter 1268: A New Day for the Store(15)


    As soon as Theodre saw the skill, he immediately focused on the description section. As the skill''s effect was to gather fire energy quickly, there were bound to be side effects.


    Theodre heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the side effect was what he had expected and not something major.


    Theodre didn''t have to think twice about whether to choose the skill. Even though the price of the skill was the total sum of the former two skills, he didn''t care for that amount at all.


    Theodre then returned his focus to the counter in front of him. Now that he had found the supporting type skill, it was time to return to the sequence.


    He then reached into thest row of the third shelf, representing the God level of Movement type skill.


    When he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in his hand.


    Theodre''s jaw almost dropped in astonishment as he read the details of the skill. His heart was urging him to choose the skill immediately, but his mind asked him to wait.


    Theodre stood there in a dilemma for some time, but in the end, he decided to go with what his mind was saying.


    Theodre had been doing things based on his mind, so he chose to keep going that way.


    He then returned the card, and when he pulled his hand, there was a new skill card in his hand.


    He hadn''t been able to find a chosen skill in a few attempts, and the situation continued for that time as well.


    After several reaching and pulling out skill cards, Theodre finally found the skill he had been waiting for.


    [Name: zing Warp


    Type: Movement


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Transcendent teleportation through the maniption of fire


    Description: The user harnesses the elemental essence of fire to achieve unparalleled speed and agility in movement. This skill grants the user the ability to transcend physical limitations and teleport instantaneously through the maniption of fire energy.


    The use of the skill demands exceptional concentration and energy control, as it requires precision and focus. Repeated or excessive use of the skill may result in exhaustion.


    Price: Three hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Theodre looked in astonishment at the details on the card. It was an exceptionally powerful skill.


    It was known to the majority of the cultivators that every element had some facet of every element in existence.


    The skill pulled out by Theodre was one such skill. It contained the element of space and allowed the user to teleport through fire energy.


    Theodre returned his focus to the counter since he had received four of the five types.


    Theodre reached for the top shelf, representing thebination type.


    When he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in his hand. The situation seemed to be different than earlier, as when he looked at the details, he immediately fell in love with the skill.


    [Name: Resilient Embrace


    Type: Combination (Supporting and Defense)


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes a fusion of healing and defensive abilities through the embodiment of fire


    Description: The userbines the elemental forces of fire with the rejuvenating powers of healing and the imprable defenses of fire. This skill allows the user to embody the essence of fire, granting them unparalleled healing and defensive capabilities.


    The activation of the Resilient Embrace requires immense concentration, energy control, and deep attunement to the essence of fire.


    Price: Nine hundred ny-nine thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Theodre was somewhat hoping for a healing skill in addition to defense, and that was what the [Resilient Embrace] offered.


    It was the most expensive of the lot, but it was expected since it was thebination of two already expensive types.


    There were skills withbinations of more than two types, but Following that, Theodre had summoned all five types of skills. Now, experiencing them was left.


    since Theodre''s mind and heart both were in favor of the skill, he decided not to pull another skill and choose it.


    Following that, Theodre had summoned all five types of skills. Now, experiencing them was left.


    Theodre was like a heaven-sent customer for Aakesh since he would earn tens of thousands of ultimate stones from him inmission.


    Theodre joined the queue for the semi-pir, waiting for his turn.


    Even though only one second passed in the store while customers experienced the skill, the sheer number of them made the waiting time sufficient.


    Theodre had more than a thousand customers in front of him, so he had to wait for several minutes before he finally reached the semi-pir.


    Theodre had two choices left with him. The first was to experience the skills one by one, and the second was to experience thebined effect of the five skills.


    The price was the same for both choices. Fortunately for Theodre, money was the least worrying factor for him.


    Theodre decided to select both instead of choosing any of the two choices. He would first experience the skills one by one, and then he would also experience thebined effect of the skill.


    Theodre decided to experience the skill in the same sequence he had pulled them out, so he ced the [Inferno Obliteration] skill card into the respectivepartment.


    The next moment, Theodre found himself in a different environment.


    He stood in the middle of a battlefield with several enemies around him. They were ready to attack Theodre.


    Theodre felt chills crawling down his spine as he was met with those brutally chilling stares from his enemies. He would have immediately run away if his body had been under his control.


    The enemies started charging at him while he stood there still. Theodre began to panic, forgetting that it was only an experience at that moment.


    He screamed in his heart to escape the battlefield. As the enemies came nearer, the pressure on him simrly grew.


    At one moment, he felt as if the entire dimension was weighing on him, pushing him down.


    His body still hadn''t acted and stood still while the enemies were already in range of a mile from him.


    As soon as thest enemy entered in the range of one mile, Theodre acted and his body moved for the first time.

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    Chapter 1269: A New Day for the Store(16)


    Theodre''s hand moved, and the next moment, every pore in his body began to release me.


    In no time, Theodre waspletely engulfed in burning me, almost making him seem like a me elemental creature. Theodre felt no pain from all the fire around him.


    It was only the start, and the fire began to spread. Wherever it passed through, the ground had melted and turned intova. Its intensity didn''t decrease as it grew; instead, it was growing in intensity.


    At first, it was only affecting the spot where it passed, but not long after, the one meter distance ahead of it had turned intova.


    The raging fire soon engulfed everything within a radius of one mile around Theodre. At first, Theodre didn''t seem to be impressed by the scene in front of him since his enemies were still alive despite being engulfed in fire.


    But as time passed, his eyes began to turn solemn. The enemy was slowly melting into a puddle like ice melts when on fire. For a moment, Theodre heard screams in his ears.


    The skill wasn''t as shy as Theodre had expected when reading the details, but the destructiveness was on par with what he had hoped for, if not more. Even the souls of the enemies were obliterated from existence, taking away the enemy''s chances of revival even if a Sacred Creator were to take action.


    Finally, thest enemy also turned into ash, his existence disappearing from reality. Even the air around the radius was burning. With the final death, the skill''s use came to an end, and the fire began to recede. It was as if the scene was ying in reverse mode, and soon the fire disappeared through the same route it had emerged to attack.


    The next moment, Theodre felt a wave of exhaustion hit him. He almost crashed to the ground, but he had stabilized himself before that.


    Theodre felt extremely ufortable as if he had lost dear things.


    Theodre ignored that feeling and focused on the scene ahead of him. Even though the skill wasn''t shy at all, the destruction he saw was satisfying.


    Even theva wasn''t safe from the fire, and it had also vaporized, leaving nothing in the radius except for the spot where he was standing. As Theodre stretched his head to look at the pit, he couldn''t help but shudder.


    The pit had no end, and Theodre could see nothing but darkness. It was as if he were staring directly at the abyss.


    The next moment, Theodre''s consciousness returned to the store. His forehead had be wet with sweat.


    For a moment, Theodre felt his bulge had slightly reduced after the experience. But when he focused on it, he heaved a relieved sigh upon finding that to be nothing but an illusion.


    The stomach bulge was a source of pride for the Fardirs, and Theodre couldn''t let it reduce, or his father''s worry toward him would grow intensely.


    Thedore then returned his focus to the semi-pir in front of him. The next moment, the screen on it lit up, and soon content began to appear on it.


    It was immediately engraved into Theodre''s eyes as soon as he looked at it.


    [Skill: Inferno Obliteration


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 63%


    Training Time: Three thousand Years.]


    Theodre was taken aback by what he saw on the screen. It would take him not one or two centuries but three thousand years topletely master the skill.


    Theodre was worried about the training time once he decided to buy the God level skill for each type, and after looking at the content, he found his worry to be worth pondering over.


    Three thousand years was even less than a blink of an eye for someone like him who had lived for billions of years, but the situation was different than before.


    His father was on his deathbed, and time wasn''t something he could splurge on if he wanted to heal him.


    Suddenly, a wry smile spread across Theodre''s face, and he cursed himself in his head.


    Having a goal was impressive, but acting as if things were going to be in his control was an idiotic thought. The same was happening with Theodre. The moment he made a vow to heal his father, he began to act as if he would aplish it if he worked hard.


    Theodre understood at that moment that he was being arrogant in his thoughts, and he stopped acting as if it were within his reach.


    Theodre no longer worried about the training time and epted the content he saw on the screen.


    He then took out the card and put the [Eternal Sanctuary of mes] skill card into the respectivepartment, following the sequence.


    The next moment, he found himself returning to the same battlefield. The situation was different as the enemies were several times more than in the past, while there were also his supporters behind him, and they were on the verge of dying with no way to defend themselves from the attacks of the enemies.


    That information appeared in Theodre''s head as soon as he appeared in the environment. The next moment, the millions of enemies, ranging from True God to Supreme God level cultivators, attacked at the same time.


    The space around the area had crashed down as the attacks from the enemiesbined to form an even more terrifying strike.


    The fear felt by Theodre at that moment was something he had never experienced. The emotion of escape was overwhelming at that moment.


    Fortunately for him, his body was outside his control, and he could only see the scenes; otherwise, he would have given up on his supporters and run away.


    Theodre''s body acted as the attack reached his range. Cracking sounds began to emerge as the air around Theodre began to burn.


    The scene was different from hisst experience. Using the former skill, Theodre was the source of the fire energy, but at that moment, the environment around him was the source while he was the user who was channeling it.


    ***


    A/N: Thanks, GreatDaoofSpace for the Ice C. I am really grateful for it.


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 Chapter 1270 A New Day For The Store(17)

    Chapter 1270: A New Day for the Store(17)


    The air started burning, and fire began to emerge all around. In no time, it covered a range of hundred meters around him.


    The mes reached towering heights, forming an unbreakable wall to protect Theodre from the attack.


    Once oneyer wasplete, anotheryer began to reinforce it. In no time, 108yers of me had emerged, forming a protection wall between Theodre and his supporters and the attack.


    The next moment, the attack crashed into the wall, destroying the firstyer in no time.


    Soon after, the attack reached the tenthyer, but its intensity was still the same.


    When the attack reached the twentiethyer of the me wall, which seemed like a sanctuary, its intensity had reduced to a great extent.


    When it touched the thirtiethyer, the attack had almost disappeared. Before it could destroy the 32ndyer, the attack disappeared, exhausting its full power.


    It seemed things were over when the me walls suddenly began to wave like water. The next moment, oneyer after another began to disintegrate.


    Theodre felt an intense sense of danger, and the next moment, the attack emerged out of nowhere with its full intensity.


    Theodre felt his legs trembling in fear as the attack was about to reach him while only twenty or soyers were remaining between him and the attack.


    The next moment, a miracle urred as a hand appeared out of nowhere from the me and grabbed the attack. It was as if the hand belonged to an extremely powerful creature as it pinched the attack, destroying it instantly.


    Following that, the meyers began to crash, and soon Theodre and his supporters were left alive with not even a single scratch from the terrifying attack.


    Remembering that hand, Theodre felt a chill running down his spine. The next moment, Theodre''s consciousness returned to the store.


    Both the skills he had experienced; none of them were shy except for thest scene in [Eternal Sanctuary of mes]. The next moment, the screen on the pir lit up.


    Theodre immediately looked at the screen, hoping to see a different training duration.


    [Skill: Eternal Sanctuary of mes


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 58%


    Training Time: Eight thousand Years.]


    The next moment, disappointment was written all over his face as the skill demanded even more years forplete mastery of the skill.


    Theodre didn''t act worryingly like thest time and immediately calmed down. He was a talented creature in his race, but the skill didn''t care for that. He was only an average cultivator when it came to elementpatibility.


    Theodre then pulled out the card and ced another one, following the sequence.


    The next moment, he appeared on a battlefield. The next moment, a wave of exhaustion and energy scarcity hit him. His face was pale from the ufortable sensation.


    The same feeling he had felt after the usage of [Inferno Obliteration] had appeared at that time. On the other hand, his opponent seemed perfectly capable of attacking for a long time, but he was waiting for Theodre to restore himself.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    The next moment, Theodre activated [Infernal Conventus]. Following that, he was surrounded by a halo of zing mes, radiating intense heat.


    Theodre felt the heat, and soon it began to rush through his veins. Instead of feeling pain, Theodre felt the wave of a warm river flowing through his body.


    Time flew by, and soon the color had returned to Theodre''s face as the energy exhaustion feeling was no longer bothering him.


    Theodre was taken aback by the scene, as it took less than a minute for him to restore fifty percent of his energy capacity. He was a Supreme God level cultivator, so that amount of energy was nothing to scoff about.


    When the energy capacity crossed the sixty percent mark, Theodre began to feel slight pain. Theodre''s consciousness wanted to immediately stop, but his body wasn''t under his control.


    Fortunately for Theodre, his body reacted at that time and stopped the skill.


    The next moment, the halo of zing me surrounding him disappeared while he was ready to battle his opponent.


    Theodre''s body attacked while his consciousness had returned to the store, excited by the fast gathering speed.


    One minute seemed like a lot of time when it came to a battle between cultivators at Theodre''s level. Theodre wasn''t going to restore fifty percent of his energy capacity at one time, and he could still attack his opponent, so there were no issues. It was only in the experience area that Theodre stood still and showed the gathering rate of the skill once it was fully mastered.


    Theodre then focused on the screen, which contained his training duration.


    [Skill: Infernal Conventus


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 78%


    Training Time: Six thousand Years.]


    When Theodre saw hispatibility, his eyes shone in excitement since anything greater than seventy percent was a wee development, but he was only short of two percent from eighty percent.


    With an expression of excitement, Theodre''s eyes moved below and focused on the training time section. The next moment, his eyes drooped, but soon after, they returned to normal.


    Despite having such highpatibility, the training time for the skill was still double what it was for the [Inferno Obliteration] Skill. Theodre didn''t even dare imagine what would have happened if he had had lowpatibility.


    Since there was something to celebrate at that time, Theodre was slightly happier than in the previous two instances. He then returned his focus to the semi-pir.


    He pulled out the skill card and ced the next card. The next moment, he returned to the familiar scene.


    No matter how long the skill experience took, it was only one second in the store, so despite experiencing the skill for around an hour, only a few seconds had passed.


    Theodre''s consciousness was currently inside the experience area, experiencing thest of the five skills.


    Since it was abination type skill, it took longer than the previous skills. He was injured when he had appeared. He then had to heal as well as defend himself from the numerous attacks approaching him.


    Soon the experience was over, and Theodre''s consciousness returned to the store.

 Chapter 1271 The Combined Experience(18)

    Chapter 1271: The Combined Experience(18)


    As Theodre''s consciousness returned to the store, the screen on the semi-pir lit up, containing the training details of the skill.


    After a nce, the content on the screen was engraved in his mind.


    [Skill: Resilient Embrace


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 41%


    Training Time: Fifty thousand Years.]


    Theodre was taken aback by the content. Even though he had made himself understand that things wouldn''t happen in a hurry, he was still disappointed when he saw hispatibility with the skill only being around forty percent while the training time was fifty thousand years topletely master the skill. It was higher than thebined sum of the other four skills.


    For a moment, the thought of giving up on the skill and choosing another one emerged in his head, but with a deep sigh, Theodre decided against it.


    Theodre was aware that the skill was only for Supreme God level cultivators, but if the diviner was correct, he should at least be an early Sacred King in fifty thousand years. Will the skills be weak and unnecessary for him at that time?


    When Theodre remembered the scenes he had seen in the experience area, he scoffed at his thinking. The skills would be valuable at any level, as the higher the cultivation, the more the user would be able to unleash their effects.


    Theodre then returned his focus to the semi-pir. He had already experienced the skills one by one, but that wasn''t the end. He had already decided to experience the skills one by one and then theirbined effect.


    Since the former was over, it was time to focus on thetter.


    Theodre didn''t pull out the [Resilent Embrace] skill card but began to put the other four cards there. As he ced the fifth card in the cardpartment, his consciousness left the store.


    The next moment, Theodre found himself in a ruined city, with smoke rising from the burning buildings.


    He was hiding in a city with a deep gash around his chest. Theodre''s face turned pale as the pain from the injury hit him.


    Even though the customer couldn''t control their body in the experience session, they could still feel pain as their senses still worked.


    Theodre''s eyes were chilly, as if they were ready to kill, while his consciousness was in pain, trying to think of ways to escape.


    Theodre''s eyes moved, focusing on the deep gash on his chest. The next moment, he raised the tip of his finger. A tiny me ball emerged on the spot.


    Theodre then touched the gash with that finger. A burning pain immediately hit him, but soon that disappeared, as the injury on his chest could be seen healing through his naked eyes.


    Theodre had used Resilient Embrace, and since the customer hadplete mastery over the skill in the experience session, Theodre didn''t need to engulf himself fully in mes to heal his wounds.


    The injury had only healed on his chest when an extreme sense of danger attacked him. His face turned pale, and he looked up.


    The next moment, he saw a terrifying behemoth in the sky, looking down at him. Its eyes contained nothing but brutality.


    Roar!


    The behemoth roared after it found Theodre. The next moment, it opened its mouth and released an energy beam.


    Theodre immediately activated the defensive skill, facing the attack head-on. The next moment, his face turned pale as he found one behemoth after another appearing in the sky.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    As far as his eyes could see, there were behemoths in the sky, and every single one of them was staring at him.


    Theodre wanted to escape from the area, but he could only wait for the attack toe as he couldn''t control the body.


    As the attack was about to reach him, he immediately acted. The next moment, a pir of me emerged where he was.


    It disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, Theodre had also vanished.


    One of the behemoths suddenly roared in anger. After others followed its eyes, the numerous behemoths in the sky found their prey standing on a behemoth that was slowly melting due to Theodre''s activation of [Inferno Obliteration].


    Theodre activated [zing Warp] again and appeared on top of another behemoth.


    Before the first behemoth could fully melt and have its existence removed from the world, the second behemoth faced the same scene.


    Theodre was like a fish in the water as he jumped from one behemoth to another using the [zing Warp] and then killed them using the [Inferno Obliteration]. How could things be that easy to end?


    ROAR!


    A roar that seemed to ring from the dawn of time suddenly rang in Theodre''s ears, freezing him where he stood.


    The next moment, an eye the size of several behemoths in the sky opened up, sending chills down Theodre''s spine.


    Soon, the creature''s face appeared in Theodre''s sight. It was again a behemoth, but the size difference between the creature and other behemoths was even more prominent than the difference between an elephant and an ant.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The experience session for thebined skills was several times higher than thebined sum of single skills experiences. An entire story yed out, showing the effectiveness of the skill in different situations.


    Theodre had been injured numerous times, one time even dying, but he survived due to the fast healing of the skill.


    He had exhausted himself numerous times, but he was able to fight back using the gathering skill. His defenses were extremely strong due to the two skills. His attacks were potent.


    As the experience session came to an end with the clean up of the entire city, rescuing several of his supporters, Theodre''s consciousness returned to the store.


    Theodre was still immersed in the scenes he saw there, but the screen took his attention away when it lit up.


    [Skill: Infernal Conventus - Eternal Sanctuary of mes - Inferno Obliteration - zing Warp - Resilient Embrace


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 53%


    Training Time: Sixty thousand Years.]


    ***


    A/N: Theodre took more chapters and will still take more since he will be a vital character in the story.


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 Chapter 1272 Theodre’s Summoning(19)

    Chapter 1272: Theodre''s Summoning(19)


    Theodre moved out of the queue as the content on the screen was engraved in his mind. Another customer took his spot while Theodre focused on the content.


    He couldn''t help but be surprised by the content on the screen. It showed the sequence he needed to train skills and attainplete mastery.


    Theodre saw that if he followed the screen''s guidance, the training time would decrease by more than ten thousand yearspared to thebined sum of training years for all five skills.


    It wasn''t difficult for him to choose which way to go ahead. Even though Theodre was disappointed over the long duration of the training, the reduced years due to the sequence brought a smile to his face.


    He then left the skill room and went toward the store owner. Aakesh was in conversation with another customer, so he joined the line, waiting for his turn.


    His fortune seemed to be great as the conversation was in itsst phase when he joined the queue and he got his turn only in a few seconds.


    "Store owner, I want these five skills," Theodre requested, handing the five skill cards to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the cards. The next moment, the purchase detail appeared in his mind.


    "You need to pay two million, seven hundred twenty-five thousand, and nine hundred ny supreme Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Theodre.


    Theodre nodded, and then he took three ultimate Sacred stones out. Aakesh refused before he could push the stones and then informed him of the store''s policy about the conversion rate as well as introduced the three store cards to him.


    Theodre nodded, and instead of pushing three stones, he pushed one toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the stone. He then repeated the process, and not long after, a card flew into his hands from the device.


    Aakesh passed over the card to Theodre and informed him of what to do next.


    Following Aakesh''s instruction, Theodrepleted the blood binding of the Ultimate Store Card.


    Theodre then stored arge number of ultimate Sacred stones in the space inside the card.


    Soon after, an alert asking him about the payment rang in his head. Theodre responded with a yes, and soon the alert of the amount getting debited rang in his ears.


    "The skills are yours¡­" Aakesh informed Theodre after he heard the system''s alert of the sessful payment.


    After the skill purchase wasplete, Theodre decided to turn his attention to the next product, beasts.


    Theodre then asked Aakesh questions about the Beast Summoner Device. After Theodre was satisfied with the answers, he thanked Aakesh and then went toward the room.


    When he entered the room, the sight of numerous beast murals on the wall greeted his sight.


    There were two pirs in the room; one was for low-level beasts, while the second was for mid-level beasts.


    The one with low-level beasts had a long line of customers. Theodre focused on that and joined the queue.


    Since each customer could only buy one beast from one pir for life, Theodre decided to buy beasts from both of them.


    Time flew by, and around an hour passed in the blink of an eye.


    Theodre had summoned an ultimate quality Divine Lord beast, and he was joyous about it. He then joined the line of the second device.


    There were only two customers ahead of him, so he got his turn without much waiting, like the first device.


    Reaching the device, Theodre already had a beast in his mind, and he pressed the button.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate and kept at it for five seconds.


    After the rotation stopped, a beast appeared on the screen. The beast wasn''t the one he wanted, but since he wasn''t an omniscient being who had ultimate authority over the knowledge of other beast races, he focused and read the details on the card.


    The beast was of supreme quality, but it didn''t have the skills he desired, so Theodre decided to return the card.


    He pressed the button again. The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen as the square light rotation began.


    Five seconds passed in a sh. Theodre''s eyes lit up in joy as he saw the same beast he wanted.


    [Name: Infernal Cormorant


    Type: Beast


    Race: Cormorant


    Element: Fire, Shadow


    Quality: Legendary


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Characteristics: Infernal Ascendancy


    Details: The Infernal Cormorant taps into its true potential, unleashing a devastating surge of power that surpasses all limits. This ability grants it an immense boost in strength, speed, size, and destructive capabilities, making it an unstoppable force on the battlefield.


    Ability:


    1.) Infernal Gaze: The Infernal Cormorant''s eyes radiate a sinister glow, striking fear into the hearts of its enemies and exerting a hypnotic influence over them.


    2.) Inferno Burst: The Infernal Cormorant can unleash a powerful burst of mes in a concentrated area, causing immense destruction.


    3.) Infernal Tempest: The Infernal Cormorant can summon a raging inferno around itself, unleashing a swirling storm of fire and shadow that engulfs enemies, causing continuous damage over time.


    4.) Shadow Cloak: The Infernal Cormorant can summon a cloak of shadows that grants it enhanced defense and protection from magical attacks.


    5.) me Talons: The Infernal Cormorant''s talons are imbued with fire, delivering strikes that burn through armor and inflict devastating damage.


    ...


    11.) Fiery Wings: The Infernal Cormorant''s wings are engulfed in mes, allowing it to soar through the air with remarkable speed and agility.


    12.) Shadow Bind: The Infernal Cormorant creates tendrils of shadow that trap its enemies, restricting their movements and draining their strength.


    ...


    19.) Shadowy Annihtion: The Infernal Cormorant merges its mes and shadows into a devastating explosion, obliterating everything in its vicinity, leaving behind a scorched aftermath.


    20.) Chaotic mes: The Infernal Cormorant harnesses the destructive power of fire, conjuring and controlling intense mes that consume everything in their path.


    Card Description: The Infernal Cormorant is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of fire and shadow make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Infernal Cormorant.


    Price: Ten thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    Theodre wasn''t disappointed with what he saw on the card. Before summoning it, Theodre didn''t know about the Infernal Cormorant, but after he summoned it in the first device, he fell in love with it.


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. The Infernal Cormorant was a sight to behold. Its body was sleek and streamlined, adorned with glossy ck feathers that seemed to absorb light rather than reflect it. Its feathers were touched with flickering mes of crimson and orange as if the very essence of fire coursed through its veins.


    Its wings were a mixture of obsidian ck and fiery red, rippling and crackling with the intensity of mes. It was in a soaring format. As it soared through the air, it left behind trails of embers, and its wings created an ethereal glow that contrasted with the surrounding darkness. Its eyes were glowing with an otherworldly fire, burning with an intensity that reflected the power of the inferno.


    He didn''t even have to ponder over whether to purchase the beast. The quality was only legendary, but Theodre was satisfied with it.


    Even a legendary quality Supreme God beast would be able to step into the Sacred King level. He didn''t know anything about the beast other than its name, so he decided to ask the store owner about the beast.


    Theodre then walked toward the square device and joined the line.


    After a few minutes, he got his turn andpleted the steps ahead.


    Theodre found defeating the Divine Lord level Infernal Cormorant to be tougher than defeating the beast at the Supreme God level.


    It made Theodre understand the difference between the quality levels of the beast.


    Even though he spent days winning the taming battles, only a second passed in the store for each battle.


    The payment waspleted for the Supreme God beast since card owners could do that. But he had toplete the sale of the Divine Lord beast with the store owner since it was of ultimate quality.


    ***


    Aakesh was rxing on his chair since there were no customers around him. He heard the sound of footsteps approaching him, so he opened his eyes and found Theodre approaching him.


    "Store owner, pleaseplete the sale," Theodre requested, pushing the beast card toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the card, and the next moment, its details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay nine thousand four hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Theodre.


    ***


    "Store owner, please tell me about the Infernal Cormorant," Theodre requested Aakesh after the sale wasplete.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter!


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 Chapter 1273 Infernal Cormorant(20)

    Chapter 1273 Infernal Cormorant(20)


    Chapter 1273: Infernal Cormorant(20)


    "Store owner, please tell me about the Infernal Cormorant," Theodre requested Aakesh now that the purchase wasplete.


    Aakesh nodded and then informed him about the beast.


    The Infernal Cormorant was a beast of Hell. As its name suggested, the beast was associated with the Infernal race.


    The primogenitor of the Royal Infernal was killed in a battle against one of its enemies since brutality was a well-known feature of the creatures in hell.


    The death was brutal, to say the least, and the man''s blood seeped into the ground.


    Coincidentally, there was a Dark Cormorant''s egg buried in the ground. That was how the first Infernal Cormorant was born.


    Aakesh shared some more things about the beast, and Theodre intently listened to all of them.


    "Thank you, store owner," Theodre thanked Aakesh. He then turned his attention to the next product.


    Theodre then asked Aakesh about weapons and the training area.


    After being satisfied with all the answers, Theodre thanked Aakesh and then went toward the weapons room.


    Being directly rted to a Sacred Creator level cultivator made him have the best weapons avable. Theodre was a bow user, and he had several of them in top qualities.


    He went to the pir, representing the bow. He repeated the process as told by the store owner. Following that, his eyes turned nk, and a transparent golden screen surrounded him.


    Theodre found himself in an area filled with white light, and there was a blue screen in front of him for choosing the opponent''s race.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    While Theodre was training at Primordial level difficulty, Aakesh opened his eyes after hearing the sound of footsteps approaching the store.


    Aakesh turned his head around and sighted an unfamiliar face entering the store. It was a female customer who immediately approached him rather than looking around after entering the store.


    The woman belonged to the Sunkashtha race, a female only race. It was a female only race but also a race that couldn''t give birth to a child even after mating with a male from another race.


    Due to that, their numbers had been stuck at ten since their birth. They were only ten, but they were still a part of the top group as they had two Sacred Creator''s level cultivators, while the remaining members of the race varied between Sacred King and Sacred Monarch levels.


    They weren''t always in the top tier, but after the Devas, the Sunkashtha were the only race that had never lost a member. Devas were the strongest, and none could kill them, but what made Sunkashtha safe was the curse that was associated with their deaths.


    There were three types of races in the Multiverse. The first was the race created by the Multiverse''s consciousness. The second was the race created by powerful beings like Devas and other powerful members of different races. The third was the type that was born naturally with the flow of time due to a suitable atmosphere.


    Sunkashthas were the race that came into the first category, joining races like Devas that were created by the Multiverse''s consciousness.


    They were thest race to be created by the consciousness of the Multiverse. Unfortunately for them, they were also the weakest.


    But since they were weak and yet directly a part of that consciousness, one of the Devas took it upon themselves to protect the race. Since the Devas couldn''t participate in the mundane affairs of the three dimensions, they couldn''t personally intervene.


    So to save Sunkashtha, the Deva initiated a curse. Anyone who killed any of the Sunkashtha members would be infected by the extreme tribtion curse.


    It was a very potent yet weak curse at the same time. Anyone infected by the curse would have to face a life-and-death tribtion if there was even a slight increase in their energy levels. Even when Vritrasura was raging in the three dimensions, he didn''t dare to harm any of the Sunkashtha members.


    It was a potent curse, as getting a slight increase could happen anytime and might kill the infected. It was weak at the same time since it didn''t affect the likes of Theodre, who hadn''t seen any change in their energy levels over the past billions of years.


    Fortunately for the Sunkashtha members, they had grown strong enough not to get killed by those cultivators who had their cultivations stuck with no hope of any change.


    ***


    "Hello," The woman smiled and said.


    The members of the Sunkashtha were one of the most beautiful creatures in the Multiverse, only behind a few races. Even Katrina found her breathing bing rough when she saw the smile. Autumn had the same reaction.


    The only person who wasn''t at all affected by the smile was Aakesh, and he nodded in response to the greeting.


    The smile on the woman''s face turned even wider when she saw no reaction from Aakesh. She wasn''t looking for someone who didn''t respond to her or the other members'' beauty. It was just a rare sighting, so she was surprised.


    The members of the Sunkashtha could still have sex, but since reproduction wasn''t possible, they lost interest in that, bing one of the few races that didn''t mate.


    "I am Eziya," The woman then introduced herself.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded with his usual response to an introduction.


    Since there were only ten members in the race and they had a special background, Aakesh knew Eziya''s name. Eziya was the youngest member and also the only Sacred King in her race.


    Still, she was at the peak Sacred King level and about to step into the Sacred Emperor level.


    ***


    "I want to enter Panagea," Eziya said after listening to the introduction of the store''s products.


    Eziya didn''te to the store because she had a reason. She only found herself here by coincidence.


    As the Sunkashthas were the most secure race in the Sacred Dimension due to the curse, every member would take turns surveying the entire dimension. It was Eziya''s turn to enjoy herself traveling around the dimension, so she came here and found out about the store due to the different energy signatures.


    Being directly rted to consciousness had made them closer to the energy flowing in the Multiverse, so it wasn''t tough for them to find the oddity of the store.

 Chapter 1274 Sunkashtha(21)

    Chapter 1274 Sunkashtha(21)


    Chapter 1274: Sunkashtha(21)


    "The spots are filled for the day, so you will need toe tomorrow early morning," Aakesh answered and pointed at the long line of people meditating inside the store.


    Eziya didn''t feel disappointed but only nodded in response to that. She immediately forgot about that and turned her attention to the subsequent store product. Since her cultivation was Sacred King, the store had no other item other than Panagea that wasn''t low level for her.


    Eziya had no interest in the training area since she abhorred fighting. The Sunkashthas were a peaceful race that was disgusted with battles and wars.


    Her race was born with a cultivation art, so that wasn''t also a necessity. It brought her to the beast.


    Eziya then asked some questions about the beasts, and she asked more queries than many customersbined. Since all the questions were rted to the product, Aakesh patiently answered them one by one.


    "I will meet you with a beautiful beast," Eziya said with a beautiful smile like blooming flowers.


    She didn''t wait for Aakesh''s response and turned around, walking toward the beast''s room. She had already understood Aakesh''s indifferent personality.


    When she entered the room, she was greeted by the numerous murals painted on the walls around the room. She recognized many joined the line. When the customer ahead of her saw her face, the man''s face turned red. He recognized the race since the Sunkashtha beasts there since her knowledge was great.


    A few customers were waiting in front of the second pir, so she joined the line. When the customer ahead of her saw her face, the man''s face turned red. He recognized the race since the Sunkashtha was a popr race.


    He respectfully gestured for Eziya to take his turn, but Eziya refused with a smile.


    The man''s heart almost exploded with joy when he saw the smile. He didn''t dare look at her again for fear of losing control. He shrank down and waited for his turn.


    That few minutes of waiting were the worst torture the man had gone through in his life. He wanted to look at the woman behind her, but at the same time, he didn''t want to lose control and try to do something that would kill him.


    Eziya, standing behind the man, saw how challenging it was for the man to control himself. She had seen these scenes too many times. She had heard billions, if not trillions, of proposals from men and women of different races to have sex. At first, she epted some male proposals in the hope of being the lucky one, but after the result stayed the same for her like other members of her race, she ignored any other requests after that.


    Eziya thought the man was better than most because, at least, he had not asked her to sleep with him. She was unaware that the man did it because of the store. He had decided to wait for the woman outside the store. Seeing any Sunkashtha member was exceptionally umon, and even more so was the opportunity to sleep with one.


    After the man''s turn, it was Eziya''s. Eziya pressed the button, initiating the round of summonings.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate and kept doing so for the next five seconds. After it stopped, a beast appeared on the screen, surprising Eziya.


    The beast was familiar to Eziya, and that was the reason behind her surprise. She never expected her luck to summon that beast.


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into her hand. She focused on its content and began reading it.


    {Name: Chinocho


    Type: Beast


    Race: Chinocho


    Element: Life


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Revitalizing Elixir


    Details: The Chinocho can create an elixir imbued with its life force. When consumed, it grants temporary invigoration and enhanced physical and mental abilities to allies for a fixed duration.


    Warning: With every use, the effect of the Elixir diminishes for the user.


    Ability:


    1.) Immortal Vitality: The Chinocho possesses unparalleled vitality, being able to regenerate wounds and heal at an elerated rate, making it nearly indestructible.


    2.) Nurturing Aura: The Chinocho emanates a soothing and healing aura, replenishing the life force of nearby allies and elerating their recovery from injuries.


    3.) Divine Intervention: The Chinocho can invoke divine intervention, granting temporary invulnerability to itself and nearby allies, making them immune to all forms of damage for a short duration.


    4.) Guardian''s Embrace: The Chinocho can envelop allies within its protective wings, shielding them from harm and enhancing their defenses, making them nearly impervious to attacks.


    5.) Sacred Sanctuary: The Chinocho can create a sacred space of healing and rejuvenation, where allies experience elerated recovery and find sce from harmful effects.


    ...


    11.) Blessing of Resilience: The Chinocho bestows a blessing upon allies, increasing their resilience and grit, making them resistant to debuffs, and enhancing their endurance.


    12.) Resurrection Song: The Chinocho emits a melodic rhythm that can revive its fallen allies, restoring them to one-fourth of their health and imbuing them with enhanced defense for a short duration.


    ...


    24.) Soothing Breeze: The Chinocho can summon a gentle breeze that heals wounds and removes harmful ailments from allies, promoting overall well-being and restoring vitality.


    25.) Divine Unity: The Chinocho can merge its divine essence with its chosen ally, granting them an explosive boost in power, resilience, and ess to all of Chinocho''s abilities for a short duration.


    Card Description: The Chinocho possesses unrivaled defensive and supporting abilities. With its immortal vitality and imprable defenses: it protects itself and its allies from harm. This card allows the summoner to call upon the unparalleled defensive and supporting prowess of the Chinocho, turning the tide of battle in their favor. Harness the divine protection of Chinocho and ensure victory for yourself and your allies.


    Price: Eight hundred thousand ultimate Sacred stones.}


    The upper half of the card contained the illustration of the beast. The Chinocho was a majestic creature, radiating an aura of holiness. It was a regal creature that had the head of a lion, the wings of a phoenix, and the body of a swan. Its body was decorated with luminous feathers that shimmered with a golden hue, mirroring the purity and sanctity of its essence. Its mane flew like molten gold, cascading down its neck and shoulders in ethereal waves.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry for thete chapters!

 Chapter 1275 The Chinocho(22)

    Chapter 1275: The Chinocho(22)


    Eziya was surprised to see Chinocho on the card since it wasn''t a beast of the Sacred Dimension. The Chinocho were a race of creatures born in the Primordial Dimension.


    After learning about the summoning of the beast, Aakesh informed her that there were only three beasts of the Primordial Dimension. She never expected herself to summon one of the three, unaware that it was thest beast of the Primordial Dimension in the summoning pool.


    Katrina and Autumn had already summoned the other two beasts, and there was only one beast avable for each of the three races.


    The Chinocho was one of the few races in the multiverse to have no attacking skills. Nature awarded them outrageous vitality and defense topensate for that.


    Having no attacking skill deeply hurt the Chinochos, and they were at the lowest tier of races in the Primordial Dimension, with no hopes of rising above. The only reason they had survived until now was due to their tame, yful nature and majestic appearance. Many strong cultivators kept Chinochos as pets, giving protection to the race.


    Eziya was aware of the following steps if she needed to buy the beast, so she couldn''t help but be curious about what would happen in the taming battle.


    The Chinocho had no skill that would make her lose, and neither was she strong enough to harm the beast at the same level due to its vitality and defense.


    As for whether to go for another summoning, the thought never rose in her head. She detested fighting, so there was no need for her beast to have attacking skills. It was perfectly made for her, and she immediately made up her mind to buy it. Her curiosity was another reason for the immediate decision.


    She then left the device and joined the line waiting in front of the square device. After some time of waiting, her turn finally arrived.


    She ced the beast card in the cardpartment and her hand in the respective section. The next moment, she found herself in different surroundings, and her cultivation dropped to peak Supreme God, the same as the beast.


    As the Chinochos were tame creatures, they liked to live in a peaceful area. Even though the beast had the head of a lion, it was an herbivore. Its appearance was majestic, but its nature was like a cow.


    As far as Eziya''s eyes could see, she could see green grass ripe for grazing. There was a sweetness in the air as she took a breath. The sky was blue, with white clouds spreading. It wasn''t long after sunrise, so lights were reflecting through the dew drops in the grass. Just looking at that scene, Eziya felt serene, wanting to lie down.


    Eziya''s eyes then fell on the Chinocho peacefully grazing on the grass, not even looking at Eziya.


    Eziya took a step forward, and the beast finally noticed her. As soon as it saw her, its eyes turned cautious, but then the next moment, an amazing scene happened.


    Disregarding Eziya''s threat, it approached her instead of running away. Eziya didn''t expect the scene to y out like that.


    Eziya let down her guard as the beast stopped right in front of her and looked at her with its beautiful eyes, not blinking at all.


    Eziya thought of patting the beast when suddenly, the beast charged at her, knocking her down and taking Eziya by surprise.


    Eziya dumbfoundedly stood up and saw the Chinocho jumping around as if it had achieved something exceptional. Following that, the same scene yed out.


    This time, there was a smirking expression on the Chinocho''s face while Eziya stood there dumbfoundedly for some time, not knowing what to do.


    Both charges were yful, not causing even slight damage to her other than wetting her dress from falling into the wet grass.


    Eziya didn''t want to face the same situation three times, so she prepared herself. The next moment, she saw disdain in the beast''s eyes. It was as if the beast was looking down on her for expecting the beast to y out the same move.


    The next moment, the beast did the same, and Eziya again fell into its trap. That time, it wasughing at her for being so stupid.


    If it were any other cultivator, they would have gotten angry with the beast, but not Eziya. The smile on her face turned even wider as she pounced on the beast, trying to hug it.


    The beast immediately pped its phoenix-like wings, and in no time, it was high in the air. Eziya followed behind since cultivators above True God could fl. Her speed was no less quick than the beast''s, so she also reached it.


    The Chinocho couldn''t let itself fall into its opponent''s hands, as it could see a terrible fate would befall it, so it rushed away.


    The next moment, a game of running yed out in the sky. The beast ran from Eziya while she chased it.


    After hours of chasing, Eziya finally caught up with the beast, grabbing it by its mane.


    Eziya''s hands were soft, and she also hadn''t used much force, so the beast didn''t feel any pain from that. As it had expected, the next moment, a terrible fate befell it.


    Eziya began to y with its fur, irritating the beast. Its stomach area was sensitive to touch, so when Eziya rubbed it, the beast found it to be ticklish.


    At first, the beast tried to move away from Eziya, but unfortunately for it, Eziya was superior in strength between the two. At the same time, its skills were of no use to it since Eziya didn''t use any force at all, making it only feel ticklish but not painful.


    The beast looked pitifully at Eziya, trying to use its cute appearance to move away, but instead of releasing the beast, Eziya squished its face and beganughing.


    "Do you want it to stop?" The beast seemed to have given up on its life and stopped struggling when Eziya suddenly asked.


    The Chinocho didn''t even care for what Eziya was going to say next; it repeatedly nodded its head like a hen pecking on its food.

 Chapter 1276 Close For The Day(23)

    Chapter 1276: Close for the Day(23)


    "ept defeat and be my beast," Eziya stated with a beautiful smile.


    For a moment, even the beast felt its heart pounding, looking at the smile. The excitement that had appeared on its face after the previous question immediately disappeared the next moment after hearing Eziya''s condition. It immediately shook its head, showing its refusal to what Eziya said.


    Eziya didn''t say anything in response but increased the intensity of her rubbing and squishing. After some time, Eziya again asked the question, but the beast stayed silent and ignored her.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Eziya had repeated the same statement to the beast several times, but after the first time, the beastpletely ignored her.


    As for what Eziya was doing to the beast, the Chinocho seemed to have given up on everything. Its ears stopped down. Its eyes had turned nk, with no interest in living anymore.


    Even Eziya seemed to have no idea what to do next. The beast waspletely ignoring her and no longer struggling to get released from her grip.


    Eziya had thought the n would work, but now she was growing tired of squishing the beast''s face or rubbing its belly. An idea seemed to have suddenly formed in her head.


    "If you agree to ept defeat, I will stop and never do this with you," Eziya suddenly stated.


    It was herst attempt at that. She had no other idea how to defeat the beast. She could never break through the defense of the beast, so if it didn''t seed, she would ept defeat and lose the taming battle.


    The beast showed a reaction after hearing Eziya. It seemed to ponder over what Eziya said, making Eziya breathe a sigh of relief. Since the beast didn''t ignore her, it was a positive step.


    The Chinochos were yful creatures, so they liked to y. It was the reason behind it ying with Eziya at first. The chasing round was also fun for it, but what Eziya did next made it feel disappointed in her.


    When Eziya suddenly proposed the condition, the beast didn''t refuse because of its freedom. The Chinochos weren''t solitary creatures. They liked to live with others.


    The beast refused because it didn''t like what Eziya was doing with it and believed that she would keep doing it even after the battle.


    So once the beast heard the promise that Eziya would never attempt something like it, it began pondering. It still couldn''t trust Eziya after what she did, so it decided to refuse.


    But at the same time, it decided to give Eziya a try since it liked the ying session with her.


    Eziya was disappointed when she saw the headshake and was ready to give up when she heard a child-like voice ringing in her head.


    The beast was willing to give a shot to Eziya, and if she wanted, she would need to y with the beast and defeat it without attempting the petty tricks of rubbing its belly or squishing its face.


    ***


    Eziya''s consciousness returned to the store, and the next moment, a wide smile stered over her face.


    The smile immediately disappeared the next moment when she felt a prickly pain hit her. The next moment, the screen on the device lit up, and the details of the taming contract appeared.


    With a nce, the entire content on the screen was engraved in her mind. She then looked at the beast card, her smile reappearing.


    Tsk!


    The next moment, she made a clicking sound with a slight hint of frustration due to her promise of never rubbing the Chinocho''s belly or squishing its face.


    ***


    "Aakesh,plete the sale," Eziya asked, passing the card to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from her hands. As he nced at the beast on the card, he couldn''t help but be surprised and take a second look at Eziya.


    Aakesh never expected Eziya to summon a beast from the Primordial Dimension. Autumn and Katrina had their fates interlinked with him, so it was bound to be better than many, but he was not expecting Eziya to have that kind of luck.


    It was true that the Chinocho was a beast that had no attacking skills, but with the supporting skills it had, it would turn the tide in favor of its user, so there was a reason that it was the most expensive of the three beasts from the Primordial Dimension.


    A curiosity regarding Eziya seemed to rise in Aakesh''s heart since summoning a beast like the Chinocho couldn''t be only due to luck. Eziya seemed to have some interesting events ahead of her.


    Keep in mind, Eziya was the lowest ranked cultivator in her entire race. Since Sunkashtha couldn''t procreate, all ten of them were born at the same time.


    She was only the youngest by a difference of microseconds, so her talent wasn''t that great to have such a destiny.


    Even though Aakesh was quick to hide his expression, Eziya still caught sight of it. The smile on her face turned even wider since she herself had the same emotion toward Aakesh.


    Before entering the store, Eziya took it as some powerhouse passing their time, but now that she had seen a beast like the Chinocho, her expectations had grown immensely.


    Time would tell what the future held for Eziya.


    "You need to pay one higher and eight hundred thousand ultimate Sacred stones," Aakesh informed, returning the beast card to Eziya.


    Eziya paid for the beast using the card she bought after Aakesh introduced them to her.


    "See you tomorrow," Eziya said with a smile and then left the store.


    She had decided to be a regr at the store and also bring her sisters the next day.


    It was good for Aakesh since Eziya was one of the few customers he had a curiosity about.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The sunset arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair and told the remaining customers to leave and return the next day toplete their purchases.


    When only he, Lily, and Khaval were left alone in the store, he closed its doors, bringing an end to a fruitful day for the store.


    ***


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 Chapter 1277 Training And Panagea(1)

    Chapter 1277: Training and Panagea(1)


    "Let''s go!" Aakeshmented.


    The next instant, a white light enveloped him, Lily, and Khaval, who was sitting on his head. Following that, they disappeared from the store and found themselves in the selection area.


    Lily and Khaval went to the device, and after choosing their regr training area, they respectively pressed the button.


    After Lily and Khaval had left for their training, Aakesh went to the weapon section, deactivating his senses.


    He then repeated the same process he had been doing for centuries, and not long after, a space crack sucked him inside.


    Aakesh found himself in the arena with the blue screen popping out in front of him. After he reactivated his senses, he understood what weapon he had with touch.


    Weapons didn''t follow a sequence; they were random. Aakesh had received a bow for that day of training.


    He then tapped on the screen in front of him, choosing to start from the first round as usual. The next moment, a blue light washed over the entire arena, and his opponent for that day appeared.


    In front of him stood a member of the Baltun race. The Baltuns were humanoid creatures with tall and muscr physiques. Their skin was red, and they had a pair of curved horns on their heads. Their eyes were chilly red, showing their brutality.


    Baltuns were a strong race in the Primordial Dimension known for their strength and spear skills. These creatures were rted to the Asuras, as they were one of the lowest-ranked followers of the Asuras.


    Baltuns relished battles and the brutality in them, so when the creature saw Aakesh, it made the gesture of cutting his throat with a cruel grin spreading across its face. The spear in its hand alone was twice as thicker as Aakesh.


    Thud!


    It mmed the spear''s bottom into the ground, creating a loud sound.


    Ding!


    The bell rang in the area, announcing the start of the first round. The Baltun didn''t charge but brought its hand forward to throw its spear.


    Before it could evenplete its posture, it felt a huge gust of wind hit it. The next moment, the creature exploded into a blood cloud.


    Thud!


    The spear crashed to the ground with no one there to hold it.


    The next instant, a blue light washed over the entire arena. After that, the familiar blue screen popped out in front of him.


    Aakesh chose the same option he had been choosing for centuries. The next moment, the light disappeared, and the opponent emerged in the arena, perfectly healthy.


    Ding!


    Not long after, the bell rang, announcing the start of the second round. Aakesh acted the same as in the first round.


    He aimed his bow at the opponent and released the bowstring after pulling it for a short distance. The same result presented itself, and the creature exploded into a blood cloud with the spear crashing to the ground.


    Time flew by, and several minutes had already passed in the blink of an eye.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the 200th round. The creature charged at Aakesh while Aakesh pulled the bowstring, aiming the bow at the charging opponent.


    Before the Baltun hadpleted even one-thousandth of its dash, there was already an arrow nocked into the bow.


    Aakesh left his grip on the bowstring, and the arrow flew at the opponent, tearing through the air. The arrow had only just left when another shot was nocked into the bow.


    When the opponent was only half the distance away, more than five hundred arrows wereing at it.


    The Baltun seemed unaffected by the arrows, and it waved its spear like a fan. Just the force released from that swipe was enough to throw many arrows away.


    The battle had only begun between Aakesh and the Baltun. Both sides weapons repeatedly shed, with Aakesh being the superior of the two all the time.


    Time flew by, and several more minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the 251st battle.


    ng! ng! ng!


    Metallic shes sound repeatedly rang in the area as the Baltun''s gigantic hands shed with the arrows shot by Aakesh.


    In that round of battle, the size difference between the two opponents was wider than a continent and a particle of dust. Despite the size difference, Aakesh was proving to be the superior party of the two.


    251 rounds of battles had passed, but Aakesh was yet to receive a serious injury, let alone a life-threatening one. During the battles the previous day, Aakesh had received one serious deep gash in the 249th round.


    The opponent he faced today was stronger than the one he faced the previous day. He also used the sword, which he was the best at.


    It had to do with the weakness of Baltun''s opponent. They were extremely strong, as it wasn''t easy to be a follower of the Asuras. Even though they were at the lowest tiers, they were still better than the average power of the Primordial Dimension.


    The only thing restricting the Baltuns was their speed. If Aakesh had a closebat weapon, he would have received a severe injury, but not when he had a bow. He didn''t need to go close to the creature, and at the same time, he wasn''t letting it reach him.


    The battle was going on with full zeal, and it finally came to an end with one of Aakesh''s skill shots piercing through the creature''s heart, instantly killing him.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the 257th round. The previous day Aakesh had lost the round, so if he won it that day, he would make a new record.


    Aakesh seemed hopeful of that. The Baltun''s strength had already crossed the level he could handle, but its speed was still something that he could handle.


    The only thing Aakesh needed to beware of was staying far from the opponent and not letting its attack touch him.


    The Baltun was aware of its speed weakness and strength advantage, so it immediately attacked with a skill. The next moment, a ck glow appeared around the spearhead, devouring the light around it.


    Aakesh didn''t expect the creature to start with its ultimate skills, and Aakesh needed to act likewise.


    He aimed the bow at the creature and began to pull his strings.


    At the same time, he had begun his chant. Only an ultimate skill could sh with the skill released by the opponent. Aakesh wanted to first see how far he would be able to go without using his ultimate skill, but since the opponent was in a different mood, he had to reply likewise.


    "... Tuvam Gachham Tram¡­"


    As the chant progressed, a solemn aura engulfed the entirety of the arena, which covered a distance of several light years.


    At that time, the entire spear had been covered in a dark glow in the opponent''s hands.


    As the skill''s process came to an end, the opponent jumped upward and threw the spear. Space and time seemed to matter zilch in front of that raw power.


    "... Jyotima Ma Tamsorgayam," At that time, the chanting had alsoe to an end.


    The next moment, the light seemed to have entirely disappeared from the arena, turning the entire area into a pitch-ck surface. It was as if it were the avatar of nothingness, nothing seemed to exist. No sense worked for even Aakesh.


    At that moment, in the pitch-ck arena, a small ray of light seemed to have emerged.


    As soon as it emerged, the concept of existence seemed to have disappeared. Everything except Aakesh was slowly being erased from existence. It was slow yet quick.


    As its senses had stopped working, the Baltun didn''t even notice its hands had disappeared, and no amount of healing could bring them back. It was entirely erased from existence.


    At that time, whatever remained of the spear shed with that ray of light, forming a soundless, sightless, and senseless cataclysmic scene.


    Everything seemed to have disappeared, as there was nothing but pitch-ck darkness after the sh.


    After what seemed like an eternity yet a second, the space restored itself. Aakesh and the opponent reappeared, with the arena nowhere to be found. They were standing in the void.


    Aakesh''s left shoulder had entirely disappeared, with no hint of injury on the remaining body. The opponent was in even worse condition. Its entire body, except for its head, was nowhere to be seen.


    What was even more miraculous was that the creature was still alive with it looking fearfully at Aakesh. Aakesh didn''t need to act anymore as the color in its eyes was slowly dimming.


    What made the beast so frightened wasn''t Aakesh, but when the sh of the skills happened, it was able to see what the ray of light was.


    It wasn''t simply a ray of light; it was the tip of a finger. When the beast had seen it, the erasing speed had suddenly exploded, leaving only its head after the sh.


    After its eyespletely dimmed down, a blue light covered the arena, while a green light engulfed Aakesh.


    ***


    The silence in the selection area suddenly broke down as the space began to crack and took the shape of a portal. Not long after, Aakesh stepped out of it.


    Lily and Khaval still had some time left in their training, so Aakesh requested the system for their three chairs and then waited for his two favorite beings in the Multiverse.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter! Tomorrow, I will upload three chapters. I will make an announcement in the next few days about the remaining owed chapters.


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 Chapter 1278 Training And Panagea(2)

    Chapter 1278: Training and Panagea(2)


    Aakesh waited for Lily and Khaval to return from their respective training environments. The wait didn''tst long, and after a few minutes, a space crack like portal emerged, and Lily stepped out of it.


    A wide smile stered over her face when she saw Aakesh waiting for her. She immediately went to her chair and sat down, waiting for Khaval before their traditional conversation session began.


    Around a minute after Lily''s exit, the space crack appeared once again, and Khaval stepped out of it. He reacted simrly to Lily when he saw Aakesh and Lily waiting for him.


    After he sat down in his chair, the conversation session began between the three. Aakesh was the first to start, and he shared the exciting events he witnessed that day in the store.


    After Aakesh, it was Khaval''s turn. Being a low-level adventurer in Panagea, Khaval''s stories weren''t as grand as Lily''s, who controlled her own territory. Nothing new had happened in Panagea for him, so his experience ended quickly.


    It was Lily''s turn, and as usual, it took more time for her to share the day''s experience than the other two. Every day in Panagea was like a challenging adventure for her, so she had the most words to share that experience.


    After Lily concluded her day''s experience, the conversation came to an end. The next moment, a white light covered the three of them, including their chairs.


    Following that, they appeared in the store, with Aakesh''s chair returning to its usual spot. Lily then summoned the doors to her room.


    The next instant, a door appeared in mid-air, and soon after that, the steps connecting the door to the stone floor also emerged. Lily and Khaval left for the room, and once they had entered, the door automatically closed.


    The smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared, and his usual indifferent expression reced it. He then turned around and proceeded toward the portal room.


    His eyes first fell on the two leaderboards on the wall. There seemed to be no new change from the day before, so he moved his eyes away and walked toward the closest virtual portal.


    As he touched the portal with the tip of his finger, a suction force stronger than anything he could handle appeared and sucked him inside. The next moment, the countless shining dots on the device turned gray, representing the filled spot.


    As Aakesh appeared in Panagea, he opened his eyes in the room he had bought for himself. It wasn''t like Aakesh was sleeping, so he didn''t need to freshen up.


    Aakesh then jumped down from the bed and walked out of the room. His destination was the Ender Forest to hunt some creatures for some XP, then he would return to the market to find some gains using his ss.


    Aakesh hadn''t walked very far from his residence when he came across a familiar figure. When the figure caught sight of Aakesh, her face turned frightened.


    But in no time, it returned to calm as she approached Aakesh with a smile. It was none other than Diti, whom he had met on his first day in the Unleavable City.


    "Hello, senior! How are you?" Diti respectfully greeted Aakesh and asked for his wellbeing.


    Even though more than a decade had passed since the day she met Aakesh, the memory of that day was still fresh in her mind. The chilling feeling she had felt when stared at coldly by Aakesh was engraved deeply in her mind.


    Aakesh simply nodded in response to her greetings and looked behind her.


    Diti''s face turned red from awkwardness when she saw Aakesh looking behind her. Behind her was a man. She wascking funds, so she decided to make some money using her usual methods.


    Diti wanted to say something to diffuse the awkwardness, but Aakesh simply nodded toward her and left. He could sense the awkwardness, and since Diti had helped him a lot in finding information about the city, he didn''t want to make her ufortable.


    Diti smiled wryly when she saw Aakesh''s back. She then turned around, and her persona hadpletely changed. There was a seductive smile on her face, and her eyes were filled with lust.


    When the man saw Diti, he felt movement in his lower body. But he still controlled himself and asked Diti about the blue-skinned man.


    Even though it was only a one-night affair, no one would like to see the other person greeting someone of the opposite gender when he was going to pay a lot of money to spend the night with Diti.


    ***


    Unaware of the conversations between Diti and the man, Aakesh reached the Ender Forest.


    An enraged roar of animals greeted him as he entered the forest. Aakesh walked in that direction since the owner of the roar was a level 302 animal.


    When Aakesh walked half the distance, he saw a group of hunters fighting a pregnant bear. Aakesh understood their intentions but didn''t care, so he proceeded forward since his hunt was waiting for him.


    One of the hunters noticed him because of their improved vision blessing. He immediately informed his teammates about Aakesh.


    The bear they were hunting was a rare breed, and it had onlye this close to the border because of birth. They didn''t want to suddenly find themselves in a dangerous situation for the bear cub, so they told one of their archers to shoot the stranger.


    Aakesh could only heave a helpless sigh when he heard the sound of an arrow approaching him. The scene ying out in front of him wasn''t the first.


    Sometimes, thebination of greed and cautiousness makes a creature do something they never should''ve done in the first ce.


    Aakesh had a simple policy regarding those who attacked him, so the moment the archer attacked him, the group had guaranteed their death.


    Aakesh didn''t even need to approach them as he took his bow out, aimed at the arrow, and shot. The next moment, the released arrow flew, tearing through the air.


    It first ripped apart the enemy''s arrow, and then it pierced through the enemy''s throat. The force of the shot was so intense that the throat exploded, throwing the head away.


    Aakesh then shot some more arrows, eliminating every member of the group.

 Chapter 1279 Training And Panagea(3)

    Chapter 1279: Training and Panagea(3)


    Aakesh put his bow back into the space ring with no change in his expression. The pregnant bear mother was not only saved by Aakesh due to those hunters'' mistakes, but it also got food for its baby whenever it would be born.


    The mother bear couldn''t see that far as it didn''t have blessed vision. It only looked in the direction from which the arrows came, and its eyes contained gratefulness. Aakesh had already left the scene and was close to reaching the source of the roar.


    The sound of weapons shing rang in Aakesh''s ears when he was around two miles away from his destination. The sound of roars had turned even louder.


    For some reason, Aakesh suddenly thought of using the [Fortune Eye]. It was Aakesh''s intuition, so he immediately stopped and activated the [Universal Eye].


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the real-time 3D projection of everything in the radius of 100 yojanas around him appeared in front of him.


    Aakesh then activated [Fortune Eye]. The next moment, another screen, smaller than the former, appeared in front of him.


    It contained the projection in a radius of ten yojanas around him. That distance covered the source of the roar as well as the metallic shes.


    Aakesh could only see the fortunes of beings up to fifteen levels higher than him. Fortunately for him, the level of the beings was around the same level as his, so their fortune was visible to him.


    The skill considered every being worth watching over, so there were more than a hundred beings in the golden projection range.


    Aakesh noticed that except for the two figures, none had golden threads for their fate. ck fate lines dominated those creatures. It only meant one thing, they were in danger of dying.


    It was a real-time projection, so the number and colors of fate lines were changing every second.


    Suddenly, ten creatures in the projection had no fate lines other than ck. It meant certain death, and as expected, the next moment, these creatures disappeared from the projection.


    It was only the start as after those ten deaths, creatures began to disappear one after another. In no time, more than half of the total creatures had died.


    Instead of the number of deaths slowing down, it only grew. Only a minute since Aakesh activated the [Fortune Eye] had passed when every life in a radius of ten yojanas, except for two people, had disappeared from the projection.


    At the same time, the number of golden fate lines had seen explosive growth for both figures and it was still growing.


    When suddenly, intense pressure descended on the area. Even Aakesh''s face grew solemn as he bore the brunt of the pressure.


    The owner of that pressure was at least a Level 400 creature. The next moment, a change urred for the two survivors.


    The golden fate lines for one of them began to grow explosively, while the other saw their golden fate lines getting devoured by ck fate lines.


    Not long after, the number of ck fate lines surpassed thebined sum of red and golden fate lines for the said creature on the projection.


    While the other creature was glowing gold in the projection. The intensity of the pressure remained constant until it suddenly vanished as if it were nothing but Aakesh''s illusion.


    With the disappearance of the pressure, the creature had also disappeared, leaving only one person in the projected range of the [Fortune Eye].


    The survivor was glowing golden as if he had some heaven-shaking fortunate event waiting for him.


    Aakesh decided to follow the being when he suddenly found that the being had disappeared from his projection.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but frown since he was confident that thest survivor hadn''t died. It would take a world-destroying attack to kill someone with that many golden fate lines.


    He decided to check the area, and his frown deepened when he found nothing except for the corpses of the dead beasts littered here and there in terrible shapes.


    Aakesh walked two steps forward and looked at the ground since it was the spot from where thest survivor had suddenly disappeared.


    Aakesh was confident that the survivor was still alive because there was one fewer body than there should have been if the survivor had gotten killed.


    The next moment, Aakesh activated the [Energy Overseer]. Following that, Aakesh saw blinding red dots spread across the ground inrge quantities.


    In the midst of those countless red dots, Aakesh noticed some colorless energy dots.


    As Aakesh tried to activate those energy dots, the intense pressure he had felt a minute earlier reappeared.


    The next moment, the ground began to rumble. What was more surprising was that only the ground where Aakesh stood when he activated the energy dots was rumbling while the remaining was still and silent.


    Aakesh understood why he hadn''t heard the rumble despite only being two miles away from the source. He then returned to the spot.


    The next moment, a crack emerged in the ground, and following that, a gigantic gate appeared.


    Aakesh decided to test something, so he moved out of the spot, and the gate and crack became invisible to him.


    Even the skill, [Energy Overseer] failed to see anything. He tried to walk past, and he did it without obstruction.


    Only when he returned to the spot did the gate again be visible to him. The next moment, the gate opened. It was as if it was waiting for him to return to the respective spot.


    When the gate opened, Aakesh saw the same scenery that was behind the gate, but with the help of the skill, he found a membrane of colorless energy dots.


    Thest survivor must have left for the ce beyond the gate, and since Aakesh couldn''t get anything if he hadn''t selected the participant, he followed.


    The membrane was senseless, and Aakesh felt nothing when he passed through it.


    When he passed through it, Aakesh found himself in a dark, damp ce with stairs ahead of him, and they were going down.


    It was one of the smoothest teleportations Aakesh had experienced, so he was curious about the being who created the area.


    ***


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 Chapter 1280 Training And Panagea(4)

    Chapter 1280: Training and Panagea(4)


    Aakesh looked back and saw a wall blocking his sight. It meant Aakesh could only go forward and climb down the stairs.


    As Aakesh took a step forward, he found the ground slightly slippery. Aakesh controlled the momentum with which his footnded, and things went alright.


    Aakesh began climbing down the stairs and kept at it for some time. Aakesh had traveled more than a hundred miles, and since the stairs were simply moving downward, he had walked downward. He had yet to see anything other than the stairs.


    Aakesh didn''t stop and continued. After traveling for a few more hundred miles, Aakesh found himself on a t surface as far as his eyes could see.


    The ground was more slippery than earlier, but Aakesh had no issues with that. Aakesh had only walked ten steps forward when he heard the sound of footstepsing from the darkness.


    Tap! TaP! TAP!


    Aakesh stopped there and waited. As the owner of the footsteps approached closer, the sound grew louder.


    The sound of footsteps had turned extremely loud and didn''t match Aakesh''s sight. From what Aakesh heard, he believed the owner to be ten meters ahead of him, which was in his sighting range. Unfortunately, Aakesh didn''t see anything there.


    Aakesh activated [Energy Overseer], and he still saw nothing but a few energy dots. If anyone were there, they would have energy signatures, and the skill would immediately catch them.


    If the skill didn''t catch anything, that meant there was no one there. While Aakesh was testing, the sound of footsteps approached even closer.


    Suddenly, Aakesh turned to his left, and he saw a head appear there. A scary grin appeared on the face when it stared at Aakesh.


    Aakesh wasn''t someone to feel fear from those scenes, so he acted and extended his hand to capture the head. The head hadn''t expected Aakesh to be this brave and try to grab it. It wanted to run, but it was no match for Aakesh''s reaction speed.


    The next moment, the head was in Aakesh''s hand, and he looked indifferently at it.


    Instead of making Aakesh feel fear, the head felt chilly when it saw itself getting stared at by those eyes.


    The head tried to run away, but it was no match for Aakesh''s strength. If it could speak, it would''ve immediately pleaded, but unfortunately, that wasn''t possible.


    Its master didn''t want it to speak, so they had took out his vocal cord.


    Aakesh''s eyes were indifferent as he added some strength to his hand. The next moment, the head exploded like a watermelon, but not a single drop touched Aakesh''s skin. It was vaporized into nothingness before it could dirty Aakesh''s skin.


    After the explosion, there was a spherical core left in his hand. Aakesh brought it closer to his eye and found the pattern he was looking for.


    The head was an artificial creation that acted as a guard as well as a key. From the size of the pattern, Aakesh would need to grab a billion of these spherical cores before he could form aplete key.


    The sound of footsteps was still there, but now they were moving far away. At one point, it sounded exactly like the steps of someone passing Aakesh.


    When Aakesh turned around, he had found the wall blocking his sight and the sound of footsteps still going away.


    Since Aakesh had only entered, he didn''t know much about the area, so he decided to focus on the sound of the footsteps when he needed to. For the time being, he would press on. He still needed to find that guy and select him so that he could gain something from his ss.


    Aakesh walked forward, and he hadn''t evennded his foot when he felt a hint of danger. Aakesh looked down and found that the stairs had returned, which weren''t there a moment ago.


    If Aakesh hadn''t noticed, he would have stumbled and fallen down the stairs. Since the step could be slippier than before, Aakesh slowlynded on it.


    He then climbed down the stairs. His walk didn''t go on for hundreds of miles like thest time, but after around ten miles, he found himself on the t surface.


    The sound of footsteps returned, and the same phenomenon yed out. Aakesh still couldn''t see who or what it was. But not long after, a pair of heads appeared in the darkness.


    They seemed to be aware of what Aakesh had done to one of their friends; they stopped at a safe distance from him.


    Aakesh''s expression had no change as he flicked the spherical core in his hand, infusing it with energy.


    The next moment, the head closest to Aakesh exploded into a blood mist, and then the spherical core flew toward the second head.


    In no time, Aakesh had three spherical cores in his hand. One of the spherical cores melted into the other, while the third one remained still.


    Only finding the billion spherical cores wasn''t enough. The pattern designed for them followed a sequence. If Aakesh needed toplete the key, he would need to arrange the cores in a sequential way, and then they would begin merging in order.


    It was going to be tough for others, but not for Aakesh. With the merging of the two separations, Aakesh already had the key in his mind. He only needed to gather them. Arranging them in order was an easy task.


    Time flew by, and a few hours had passed in the blink of an eye. The number of heads followed a pattern. First, he came across one head, then two, and then four. Following the sequence, the number of heads doubled with each appearance.


    But when the number reached 1024, the number of heads became constant, and no matter how far he went, the number remained the same.


    After having a merged spherical core among around ten thousand different spherical cores, Aakesh walked forward toplete his journey.


    The sound of footsteps returned once again, and he still failed to see the owner. Not long after that, the 1024 heads appeared. They were in a circr formation and immediately attacked Aakesh, releasing screams.


    With each appearance, the strength of the head was growing as well.

 Chapter 1281 Training And Panagea(5)

    Chapter 1281: Training and Panagea(5)


    Screech!


    As the heads screamed, Aakesh froze. He immediately broke out of its effect and attacked the heads.


    It was a silent scream, and the sound had only rang in his head.


    Not long after, Aakesh had several spherical cores in his hand. Following the sequence of the pattern, Aakesh merged the cores and then put it and the remaining ones in his space ring.


    Aakesh hadn''t even gathered one-thousandth of the spherical cores, and the head''s spiritual screams had already reached such an extent.


    After the sound of the footsteps disappeared, Aakesh cautiously walked forward. As expected, the ground beneath his feet had turned into stairs.


    The way things were going, it was sure to take years before he could even gather the total number of spherical cores andplete the formation of the keys.


    Aakesh could only hope that things wouldn''t be this nd till he found all the spherical cores. At the same time, Aakesh believed that he had lost the opportunity to gain something from thest survivor''s fortune.


    He was only one-fourth of the day in Panagea, while the man would still be here.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    After Aakesh touched the mark of fifty thousand heads, he found there was a change in the stairs.


    Now, another way had opened for Aakesh to go forward.


    Aakesh decided to go down the newly emerged path since his danger sense didn''t activate.


    After walking for a thousand miles withouting across the t surface, Aakesh saw a ray of light appear in mid-air.


    As he walked forward, the ray of light grewrger. When he got close enough to look, he saw a window suspended in the air.


    It was in Aakesh''s jumping range, so he put energy into his feet and jumped. The next moment, he was standing at the edge of the window.


    He could only see a blinding light beyond the window, so he stepped in. The next moment, his body passed through a membrane.


    After walking past the window, Aakesh found himself back in the dark, swampy surface. The change was that he had a three-fork stairway in front of him.


    Aakesh chose the one on his right and walked forward. It seemed Aakesh had chosen the right one as after walking for a few hundred meters, Aakesh came across the t surface.


    The sound of footsteps returned. The heads also returned, but there was only one head.


    It screamed, and its intensity was severalfold higher than thebined screams of the previous urrence.


    Aakesh only froze for a moment, but he easily broke down from the effects and killed the head.


    The next moment, a mountain of spherical cores appeared on the ground. Aakesh found it to be around fifty thousand, the same number as he had gathered until that point.


    Aakesh then arranged the spherical cores in sequence, and soon after, he was left with a merged core and several thousand usual spherical cores.


    There was a straight path ahead of him, so he proceeded forward and kept at it for some time. The stairs went for several thousand miles before his feet touched the ground.


    The sound of footsteps returned, and they were louder than ever. At the same time, a number of heads also emerged out of the darkness.


    There were two of them, and each was stronger than thest time. Both heads screamed simultaneously.


    When Aakeshpleted the hunt, he found a mountain of spherical cores on the ground.


    Aakesh believed it would take him years toplete the key, but it seemed he was early in his judgment.


    ***


    [Host, the time for your meditation has arrived!]


    Aakesh was climbing down the stairs when the system''s emotionless, mechanical alert rang in his ears.


    Since it would take months, there was no need to be in a hurry. So Aakesh decided to exit Panagea and return to the store.


    If he was in the city, he would have returned to his residence, but in that damp area, he could do nothing of that sort, so he had to exist right there.


    The next moment, he disappeared from the Panagea, with silence returning to the stairs.


    Aakesh returned to the store with his meditation mat waiting for him on the floor.


    Aakesh sat down on the mat in the meditative pose and closed his eyes after taking out the purer, ordinary Sacred stones.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise in Thorr City.]


    The system informed Aakesh. He opened his eyes and exhaled a deep breath.


    ***


    The sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, and its first ray of light pierced through the nket of darkness.


    As the first ray of sunlight touched the ground, the store opened its door.


    Aakesh was greeted by arge crowd when he opened the door. Some looked excited for the reward they would receive in Panagea, while others had solemn faces due to things going on in Panagea.


    Aakesh didn''t let them wait any longer and moved away from the door. Therge crowd of customers entered the store like a raging tide.


    As the first 38,148 customers entered the store, they were shrouded in golden light. The remaining customers had disappointed expressions but soon calmed down and went their ways. Some went toward other rooms, while others sat down in the waiting corner, passing their time while meditating.


    Of the 38,148 customers who had the store cards, they immediately went toward the portal room, while those who didn''t have any formed the majority of the group.


    "Hello, senior!" Maria respectfully greeted Aakesh and then left the queue, walking toward the portal room.


    The second customer in line paid for his six Panagea hours of stay after greeting Aakesh. He then went toward the portal room with an excited expression, since good things were waiting for him in Panagea.


    After the man, it was Favan''s turn. He respectfully greeted Aakesh as usual.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, hours turned into days, and days turned into weeks. Just like that, three weeks passed in the blink of an eye.

 Chapter 1282 Soul Shatterer(1)

    Chapter 1282: Soul Shatterer(1)


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh had only closed his eyes to rx when he heard the sound of footstepsing toward the store.


    He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. An unfamiliar face entering the store greeted his sight.


    It was a male from the Lazarus race, a specie of the Demon group.


    Lazarus was one of the overlord races of the group, with only the strongest demon group above them in strength.


    Lazarus was a race that focused more on the spirit than the body, going against the majority power system of the demons.


    The creatures of the Lazarus race were tall and slender, with towering physiques. Even the shortest member of the race was thirty meters tall.


    Their skin was a transparent ck that seemed to devour as well as emit light. They had a pair of eyes with abination of ck sclera and gray pupils.


    Kernel was an extraordinary figure in the Lazarus race, with him being the descendant of a family that had given birth to three Sacred Creators other than the primogenitor of the Lazarus race, Lazarus, who had ascended to the Primordial Dimension.


    After Lazarus ascended, there was a civil war in the top three families. All three of them were directly rted to Lazarus. All sons and daughters of Lazarus were killed in the war, with the one with the lowest concentration of his bloodline being the sole survivor.


    That sole survivor became the second Sacred Creator of the Lazarus race and took it to the height where it currently stood. Kernel was born in the same line, with his grandfather being the third Sacred Creator.


    Since Kernel was one of the most talented members of his generation in the race, he was closest to bing the fourth Sacred Creator. Whether he would be one wasn''t sure since Kernel was only a peak Supreme God level cultivator at that point.


    Kernel''sing to the store wasn''t based on coincidence or luck; he hade here after finding all the public information avable about the store.


    Kernel stopped at the outside steps of the store and looked at the building. Kernel then took a deep breath and walked forward.


    As he stepped inside the store, the senses-restriction array stopped working for him, and the visuals inside the store appeared in his eyes.


    His eyes fell on the blue-skinned man sitting on the chair. Since Kernel hade here after learning all the public information avable about the store, he recognized him as the store owner.


    A smile spread across his face, and he walked forward and approached Aakesh.


    "Hello, store owner!" Kernel smilingly greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to the greeting and waited for the man to ask the question. Kernel didn''t let Aakesh dy for long, and he asked about the store''s products immediately after the introduction.


    Even though he was already aware of the products sold in the store, he still asked Aakesh about them since who could better exin the products than the store owner.


    "The store currently sells six products¡­


    "... these are the products currently avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the basic introduction of all products in a single breath.


    What Kernel heard from Aakesh was the same as what he had learned, so he brought his attention to the product he hade to the store for.


    Being one of the overlords in the demon group gave Lazarus a wide array of knowledge. That included skills, but for some reason, Kernel had never felt satisfied with the skills in his family. Since Lazarus followed a rare spirit type system, the skills they had were less than those of the majority of the demon races.


    There were other groups cultivating spirit skills, but for some reason, the members of Lazarus couldn''t use the skills of other races. It also showed the power of Lazarus. Only the skills he had left for his descendants allowed them to rise.


    To find a skill he could use, Kernel went on a hunt, and there he learned about the store from one of his subordinates. At first, he wasn''t confident in the store, but when he learned about the members of the store, he immediately rushed to the store.


    Kernel then asked different questions about the store. The first question he asked was about whether he would be able to use the skills from the store. He needed to be hundred percent confident before celebrating the store.


    After finding the good news, he asked different questions. His questions seemed to never end.


    Finally, after what felt like Aakesh had answered thousands of questions, Kernel thanked Aakesh and then went toward the skill room.


    When he entered the room, he was greeted by the sight of seven counters with five rows each and the semi-pir at the end.


    Since Kernel was a peak Supreme God, he was going to get the same level of skills. He had only entered that level, so he was centuries away from any breakthrough.


    Kernel believed that he would master the skills he bought from the store when the time for his breakthrough arrived.


    Kernel neithercked money nor time, so he immediately reached for the god level shelf in thest row.


    When he pulled his hand out, it had a card in it. Kernel read the details on it and immediately returned it.


    He already had the skill. The one he had was dumber than the one on the card, but it wasn''t one he really liked, so the upgrade didn''t interest him at all.


    He pulled his hand out again, containing a new skill card.


    Time flew by.


    Kernel pulled out a new skill card on his seventh attempt.


    [Name: Soul Shatterer


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes a devastating assault on the essence of the soul, fracturing the very core of existence


    Description: The user taps into the profound essence of the soul, unleashing an overwhelming assault on the fundamental fabric of existence. This skill delves into the deepest recesses of consciousness, targeting and fracturing the essence of the soul itself.


    The consequences of using this skill without precise control can result in severe headaches, or there is a chance of small damage to the user''s own soul.


    Price: Seven hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]

 Chapter 1283 Soul Sanctuary(2)

    Chapter 1283: Soul Sanctuary(2)


    Kernel read the details on the skill card. The soul was something that was durable yet fragile at the same time. It was the longest-lived part of the body, but it was also easily injured if someone knew about soul attacks.


    Without a soul, the body couldn''t exist, and its existence didn''t matter. The same was the case with the skill, as it shattered that same soul, erasing the existence of the enemy.


    Kernel liked the destructive capability of the skill, and he fell in love with it. At the end of the day, Lazarus'' members were also from the demon group. They also had the same taste for destruction as most demon races.


    Kernel read the side-effect of the skill, and it was something known to him. Spirit was one of the mostplicated elements in the Multiverse.


    If Kernel were to pull out Emperor level [Soul Shatterer], he would find the difference between the two skills.


    The God level skill had only a slim chance of causing damage to the soul if it wasn''t used with precise control. For the same level of mistake, the Emperor level skill had a sure chance of soul damage, with even a slight chance of a little fracture. Even a minuscule soul fracture was an extremely severe injury. It could not only affect the talent of the cultivator but also affect their cultivation.


    Kernel made up his mind to buy the skill. The price of seven hundred thousand skill stones didn''t affect him at all. It was an extremely minuscule amount for him.


    Since Kernel had now acquired one skill, he wasn''t satisfied with only one. He wanted several more attacking type skills of God''s level. But since Aakesh had already told him that a customer could only buy one skill for each level in each type, he couldn''t purchase any more skills.


    Kernel decided to buy another Emperor level attacking skill, but before that, he decided to purchase one god level skill of the other types. He already had a great movement skill for himself, and he didn''t want to change that. The other four types were different situations.


    Kernel reached into thest shelf in the second row and pulled his hand out. It held a skill card at that time.


    Kernel focused on the content on it. The upper one-third of the card contained a small illustration of the skill.


    In it, there were transparent dots of light enveloping a user. He didn''t like what he read and already had an even better defensive skill, so he returned the card.


    When he pulled his hand out again, there was a new skill card in it.


    That time, Kernel didn''t have to repeat the reaching and pulling several times. Only in his second attempt, he found a skill he liked.


    [Name: Soul Sanctuary


    Type: Defense


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Creates an impervious sanctuary that shields the user''s soul from harm


    Description: The user harnesses the profound essence of the soul to create an imprable fortress of spiritual protection. This skill forms a sanctuary that shields the user''s soul from all forms of harm, rendering them nearly invulnerable to soul-based attacks and spiritual assaults.


    The activation of Soul Sanctuary requires mastery over the element of the soul and precise control over spiritual energy. Maintaining the sanctuary demands a continuous focus, and the user must carefully manage their spiritual reserves to ensure its stability.


    Price: Eight hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    What made Kernel instantly fall in love with the skill was that it had no side effects at all. Every skill required concentration, and once used, it would exhaust the body. The only difference was that some only had little effects, while others had intense effects. But it happened for every skill, and [Soul Sanctuary] was also one.


    The skill''s defense capability wasn''t poor either, but Lazarus had seen better ones. Despite that, he couldn''t bring himself to go for another skill. His mind wanted to select the skill, but his heart wanted to continue his hunt and keep searching for a better one.


    Kernel decided to do what his mind said, and it wanted the skill, so his decision was made.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in a sh.


    After getting one skill each for attacking, defensive, and supporting types, Kernel reached into thest shelf of the top row, representing the God level skill ofbination type.


    Kernel had a skill that gave him a boost with the medley of attacking capabilities in his mind. Hoping to find one like that, he pulled his hand out.


    His hand contained a skill card, and he read the content on it. He wasn''t satisfied with the skill, so he returned it and went for another one.


    Time flew by, and Kernel pulled out the skill card for the twenty-fifth time.


    [Name: Soulforge Ignition


    Type: Combination (Supporting and Attack)


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Empowers the user with ster energies for enhanced attack and spiritual prowess


    Description: The userbines the profound essence of the soul with ster energies, creating an unparalleled boost to strength, agility, and spiritual defense. The skill enables the user to manifest ethereal weapons forged from ster energies. These weapons possess extraordinary spiritual cutting power, capable of slicing through defenses and disrupting the flow of spiritual energy within opponents.


    The activation of the skill requires a profound understanding of the element of the soul. The celestial empowerment ces a considerable strain on the user''s spiritual energy, demanding precise control to maintain the enhanced abilities and the ethereal weapons.


    Price: Seven ultimate Sacred stones.]


    Kernel read the details on the cards with a shocked face. Kernel was already a tall figure, so he could open his mouth widely enough to engulf a human in its entirety. But at that moment, it seemed he would devour an elephant with ease.


    The effect of the skill was something that was what he wanted but entirely went beyond his expectations.


    The price of seven ultimate Sacred stones showed the difference between [Soulforge Ignition] and other skills bought by him. Even then, he felt that the price didn''t do justice to what the skill offered.

 Chapter 1284 Soulforge Ignition(3)

    Chapter 1284: Soulforge Ignition(3)


    After Kernel had gotten the four god level skills of different types, he reached for the bottom row again.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Kernel wanted to buy some more attacking skills of Emperor and King level, and finding those took more time than he had anticipated.


    Since he now had bought the skills he desired, he turned his attention to the semi-pir at the end of the room. There was a long line of customers standing there. He also joined the queue and began waiting for his turn.


    It took one or two seconds for a new customer to take the first position, but the sheer number of customers made it so that he had to wait several minutes before his turn arrived.


    Kernel had already decided to experience the skills one by one, so he put the [Soul Shatterer] skill card into the cardpartment.


    The next moment, he found himself in a different environment. He was standing in an open arena made of concrete.


    In front of him stood a powerful creature. Kernel immediately recognized the race of the being since it was a powerful race based on spirit cultivation.


    The body in the arena was outside of Kernel''s control, so he patiently waited to see what he would do there. The opponent attacked, and not long after, Kernel also struck.


    A radiant glow appeared in his eyes. While that glow was there, the opponent''s spiritual body appeared in front of him with no defense.


    It needed either a touch or a gaze to attack. Since Kernel was far away from the opponent, touching was impossible.


    He gazed at the head of the creature, and the next moment, a wave of pain hit the opponent. It began to squirm and cry in pain.


    It was as if the opponent''s head had be ss; it started cracking. Not long after, it shattered into dust, and the opponent crashed to the ground with not even a slight injury to its physical body. It all happened so quickly that the opponent''s attack didn''t even reach him.


    Kernel couldn''t help but be excited when he saw how quickly the skill worked. The next moment, his consciousness returned to the store.


    Kernel found himself to be correct when he decided to buy the skill. The next moment, the screen on the semi-pir lit up, and the training content of the skill began to appear.


    As soon as he nced at it, the content on the screen was directly engraved in his head.


    [Skill: Soul Shatterer


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 78%


    Training Time: Seven hundred eighty-three Years.]


    Kernel couldn''t help but be surprised after seeing the training time. Kernel trusted his talent and was confident that it would take a few centuries at most for him to master all the skills he bought from the store.


    But only one skill broke that belief. Mastering attack type skills was quicker than defensive or supporting types due to thetter being moreplex in nature, so it was unavoidable that the following skills would take even more time for him to master thempletely.


    Kernel wasn''t an arrogant or stubborn figure, so he immediately calmed down and epted the training time. It wasn''t as if he could do something, so there was no reason for him to worry.


    He then pulled out the skill card and ced the next one in thepartment.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    The next moment, Kernel found himself back in the same open arena with the same opponent in front of him.


    The opponent struck as a colorless, spherical energy ball began to form at the tip of its finger. In no time, it had grown to the same size as its head, and it was still growing at a rapid rate.


    At the same time, the pressure on Kernel was also growing. It was spiritual pressure, so it was tougher to handle.


    Soon, the energy ball hadpletely formed, and at that time, it was half of Kernel''s size. Kernel felt an intense threat to his life while standing there.


    He wanted to use [Soul Shatterer] and kill his opponent, but unfortunately for him, his body was out of his control, and it was an experience session for another skill.


    Roar!


    The opponent loudly roared and released his control of the energy ball. It was purely spiritual energy, and it flew at Kernel.


    Kernel''s body finally acted. Kernel released the spiritual energy, and it began to converge around him.


    In no time, it formed an ethereal barrier not only around his physical body but also his consciousness. The next moment, he seemed to be a higher lifeform as a strong pressure permeated every corner of the space around him.


    The energy ball finally crashed into the ethereal barrier, releasing a soundless st.


    It was a collision of spiritual energies, but the destruction caused by it was no less than that of physical energies.


    The barrier around his body and consciousness stood still, facing the attack head-on. Cracks emerged on the barrier after a long time, but at that time, the attack was on itsst breath.


    Soon, the attackpletely dissipated, causing no physical or spiritual harm to Kernel.


    The next moment, Kernel''s consciousness returned to the store, and soon after, the screen on the semi-pir lit up once more.


    [Skill: Soul Sanctuary


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 76%


    Training Time: One thousand four hundred seven Years.]


    As Kernel had anticipated, the skill [Soul Sanctuary] would take more training time than the former. But it was still outside of his expectations to have almost doubled the time, despite thepatibility being lower by only two percent.


    Time flew by.


    The training time for the supporting skill was shorter than the [Soul Sanctuary] skill card but a few centuries longer than the [Soul Shatterer] skill card.


    Kernel then pulled out the card and ced the [Soulforge Ignition] skill card in the cardpartment.


    The next moment, Kernel found his consciousness in a different environment. Simr tost time, he couldn''t control his body at all. In front of him stood arge number of opponents from various races, while rampant destruction could be seen in the area.

 Chapter 1285 Soulforge Ignition(4)

    Chapter 1285: Soulforge Ignition(4)


    Arge army of powerful creatures from different races surrounded him.


    Each member of the enemy side looked bloodthirsty as if they wouldn''t settle for anything less than Kernel''s death.


    Kernel couldn''t help but feel a shudder in his spine when he saw so many bloodthirsty stares. He wanted to run away from the battle, but fortunately, his body was outside his control.


    It took some time, but Kernel finally calmed down. And as soon as he saw powerful attacksing at him, the calm immediately vanished, and the worry returned.


    Kernel''s body acted entirely opposite of what his consciousness was feeling. He was calmly looking at the scene ying out.


    When Kernel''s body felt it was time, he activated [Soulforge Ignition]. The next moment, out of nowhere, mes began to appear around him. The me was burning radiantly. Even if it were to rece the sun on a, the light would still be the same.


    The me was made of ster energies, and it was called the Ster me for the same reason. It was one of the top twenty mes in the Multiverse. It has myriads of abilities, and one of them was forging spiritual energies.


    At the same time, it also transferred some of its energy to its owner, buffing them.


    As the mepletely engulfed Kernel, he felt his strength grow severalfold. The same was true for his defense and agility. At the same time, his spiritual sight had received the most benefit. With just a nce, Kernel could see the weakness in the souls of opponents below the Supreme God level.


    He immediately put those boosted attributes to work and shed with the attacker approaching him. The members of Lazarus were never known for their physical strength, but at that moment, Kernel, a Lazarus member, killed a being with his punch, using nothing but physical power.


    Kernel didn''t lose control of his emotions and jumped into that battlefield. The enemy he killed was only a Higher God level cultivator, while he was a peak Supreme God cultivator. The punch worked against the weak enemy, but it would not work against an early Supreme God cultivator, let alone the three peak Supreme God cultivators at the back of the enemy camp.


    [Soulforge Ignition] wasn''t a skill that only buffed its user. Its most amazing ability was the forging of weapons made of spiritual energy.


    The me surrounding him gathered at the tip of his finger. At the same time, Kernel began to release spiritual energy.


    When the energy came in contact with the me, a slight burning pain hit Kernel, but since it was like a mosquito bite, he didn''t feel much.


    As the energy touched the me, it seemed to materialize into reality. But it was only an illusion. As Kernel released spiritual energy, he tried to mold it into a sword, and soon, there was a floating ethereal sword around him.


    Kernel felt a slight exhaustion with only one creation, but the sharpness of that ethereal sword made him confident enough to go for another sword.


    While forging the ethereal swords, Kernel was also dodging the opponent''s attacks using his quick agility.


    When Kernel had formed four ethereal swords, he stopped making another one. From what Kernel believed, he would be able to make two more before his energy reserves reached a dangerous level, but keeping the buff from the me active wasn''t an easy task. It demanded huge reserves of energy.


    Kernel attacked with two swords in his hands, while the other two were floating around him, working based on his mental control.


    Its sharpness was no less than the ultimate quality of a weapon, as it cut through its opponents as if it were a hot knife passing through butter.


    The ethereal swords not only cut through the physical body but also the spiritual body. It was an instant death or an unbearable wave of pain before dying for whoever was cut through the sword.


    While battling, Kernel didn''t forget to use the me to his advantage. It had a spiritual anguish effect, so Kernel would randomly release the me toward his enemies.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    It was an excruciating torture for whoever was burned by the me. It was so horrific that even Kernel''s consciousness was frightened of using it on someone.


    As the battle came to an end with Kernel cutting hisst enemy, he stumbled to the ground, gasping for a clear breath. Using the skill was both physically and mentally tiring.


    The boost to his attributes felt good. But since Kernel''s body had used the skill''s enhanced effect for a long time, when the skill was deactivated, his entire body was in pain.


    ***


    [Skill: Soulforge Ignition


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 61%


    Training Time: Twenty-two thousand eight hundred sixty-nine Years.]


    Kernel looked in shock at the training time for the skill. But he immediately calmed down. After witnessing the skill''s effects from his own eyes, Kernel wouldn''t feel the skill was demanding too much even if it were to take fifty thousand years.


    He then returned his focus to the cardpartment. Since he had bought attacking and defensive type skills belonging to Emperor and King levels, the experience session hadn''t ended for him.


    Time flew by, and once he had experienced all the skill cards, he turned around and left the room.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want these skill cards," Kernel requested, pushing eight skill cards toward him.


    Aakesh nodded and took the cards from his hands. As he nced at them, the details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay nine ultimate,..., Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Kernel. He then introduced the three store cards to him after he saw Kernel taking ten ultimate Sacred stones out toplete the payment.


    Kernel bought the Ultimate Store Card and then paid for the eight skills using that.


    "These skills are yours¡­" Aakesh informed Kernel after the system informed him of the sessful payment. He also told Kernel how to absorb the information in the skill card.


    Kernel had primarilye to the store for skills, so once he had bought those, his job was done. But after seeing the skills, he became interested in different store''s products as well.


    ***


    A/N: Thanks, Misha_Millkamp, for 36 Golden Tickets. I am really grateful for that.


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 Chapter 1286 Eerily Beautiful(5)

    Chapter 1286: Eerily Beautiful(5)


    Kernel became interested in other stores'' products after seeing the skills he bought. He then asked Aakesh about Panagea.


    Upon learning that the spots had already been filled for the day and he would need to return the next day to enter Panagea, he turned his attention to another product, and that was the beasts.


    "Store owner, are even the top races of beasts avable for summoning¡­"


    Kernel asked many questions rted to the Beast Summoner Device. Simr to thest time, his questions were neverending.


    But as everything had its end, his questions also stopped. Kernel then thanked Aakesh and walked toward the beast room, as pointed out by Aakesh.


    When Kernel entered the room, he was greeted by the numerous murals of different beasts painted across the walls around the room. Lazarus was a powerful race, so their knowledge regarding the races and other things wasn''t shallow.


    Being from the strongest family in the race, Kernel also learned many things about the Sacred Dimension and the Multiverse. Despite that, he failed to recognize the majority of the beasts on the wall.


    There were two pirs in the room, so he could summon two beasts. Kernel had no interest in a beast below the Supreme God level, so he decided to focus only on the second pir.


    There were already three customers ahead of the pir, so he joined the queue and waited for his turn. After a few minutes of waiting, Kernel finally reached the device.


    He had some beasts in his mind, so hoping for one of them to be summoned, he pressed the button.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate and kept doing so for five seconds. When it stopped, a beast familiar to Kernel appeared on the screen.


    Unfortunately for him, the beast wasn''t on his list. But not to be smallminded, he still focused on the card that flew to his hands not long after the summoning. It was a legendary quality beast.


    After reading the content on the card, Kernel wasn''t impressed by the beast. So he went forward and ced the card in the returnpartment.


    He then returned to the device and pressed the switch again.


    The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen while the familiar scene of rotation yed out. Five seconds passed in the blink of an eye, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    It was a familiar beast, but simr tost time, it wasn''t on his list. Instead of feeling disappointed, a hint of excitement appeared in Kernel''s eyes after seeing that beast.


    He couldn''t wait to get the card and read the content on it. Even though the wait between the summoning and card emergence was equal to nothing, Kernel still found it to be tiresome.


    The card finally emerged out of thin air and flew into his hands. He immediately focused on the content.


    [Name: Abyssal Butterfly


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Element: Darkness, Corruption, Spirit, Death


    Quality: Divine


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    Characteristics: Eternal Shadow


    Details: The Abyssal Butterfly taps into its true potential, bing one with the shadows, transcending time and space, and tapping into the ancient knowledge and power hidden within the depths of darkness. When activated, the beast gets a variety of skills to use for a fixed interval.


    Duration: 3 minutes.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Ability:


    1.) Corruption Aura: The Abyssal Butterfly exudes a malevolent aura of corruption, infecting the minds of its foes with dark thoughts and weakening their resolve.


    2.) Soul Reap: The Abyssal Butterfly can drain the spiritual force of its enemies, siphoning their essence to replenish its and its allies'' strength.


    3.) Death''s Embrace: The Abyssal Butterfly can summon the spirit of thest opponent it killed to assist in battle.


    4.) Abyssal Swirl: The Abyssal Butterfly can summon a vortex of dark energy, pulling foes into its depths and sapping their strength until they break free.


    5.) Haunting Melody: The Abyssal Butterfly emits a haunting melody that pierces the hearts of its enemies, inflicting mental anguish and weakening their spirit.


    ...


    11.) Dark Obliteration: The Abyssal Butterfly can unleash a devastating beam of pure darkness, obliterating everything in its path.


    12.) Abyssal Veil: The Abyssal Butterfly can create a barrier of swirling darkness that distorts space and time, deflecting attacks and disorienting opponents.


    ...


    19.) Netherweave Cage: The Abyssal Butterfly can create an intricate web of ethereal threads that ensnare enemies, making them immobile and vulnerable to attacks.


    20.) Veil of Ignorance: The Abyssal Butterfly can summon a veil of ignorance around the battlefield, causing its enemies to forget their alliances and turn them against each other.


    21.) Veil of Eternal Darkness: The Abyssal Butterfly can unleash a cataclysmic burst of darkness that shrouds the entire battlefield, inducing fear and despair in all who witness it and sapping their spiritual energy and life force.


    Card Description: The Abyssal Butterfly is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of darkness, corruption, spirit, and death make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Abyssal Butterfly.


    Price: Seventy thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    [A/N: It is my second favorite beast I have created for the story. Comment with your rankings for the beast that had appeared in the story till this point.]


    As he read the name of the beast and found it to be the same as what he knew, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his excitement was through the charts.


    The upper half of the card contained the beast''s illustration. The Abyssal Butterfly was a majestically stunning creature. As its name and elements suggested, it was a beast of darkness. It wasn''t a small creature like the majority of the butterfly species. It was a mid-sized creature, with its body size varying from 10 cm to tens of thousands of miles.


    Its body wasposed of wisps of shadow and mist. Its wings had intricate patterns that seemed to ripple with a stunning shine, shifting between shades of deep ck and shimmering silver. From its wingtips, spectral tendrils were extending, following like ghostly wisps that evoked a sense of eerie grace. Its deep ck eyes glowed with an otherworldly radiance, appearing as pools of inky darkness, reflecting the depth of the cosmos and the mysteries of the afterlife.


    The Abyssal Butterfly was an eerily beautiful creature, evoking fear and love at the same time.


    Kernel became more and more excited as he read the details on the card. Even though the beast was only of Divine quality, Kernel found it to be more to his liking than even an ultimate quality beast, even if that was on the list of beasts in his mind.


    The characteristic [Eternal Shadow] alone was worth more than anything. It was an exclusive skill of the Royal Abyssal Butterfly, and only two of them exist in the Multiverse. The third would be by Kernel''s side if he were to win the taming battle.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one short chapter. Dealing with some family issues.


    I will upload three chapters every day for the remaining days in the month of July from tomorrow. On August 1, I will announce the dates of the mass release for the month to clear some of my chapter debts.


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 Chapter 1287 Abyssal Butterfly(6)

    Chapter 1287: Abyssal Butterfly(6)


    As Kernel thought of the taming battle, he couldn''t help but grow solemn. An Abyssal Butterfly was already a solid and formidable creature, but with the addition of [Eternal Shadow], it bes a terrifying beast to fight against.


    Abyssal Butterfly was a creature of hell. It was an intense race with low numbers. As its race on the card suggested, the Abyssal Butterfly wasn''t an artificially or naturally created race. It had descended from a mighty race and had reached this level because of degeneration in the bloodline.


    Not every mutation resulted in positive growth for the race, and the same was the case with the Abyssal Butterfly.


    The creatures of this race descended because of an extremely rare mutation in the Death Butterfly. The element of corruption was the cause of the mutation.


    Death Butterfly was one of the top races in hell, with several of their members located in hell around the Primordial Dimension as well.


    Countless years ago, there was a Sacred Monarch level beast in the Death Butterfly. Heter became the first mutation and the first Abyssal Butterfly.


    What caused the mutation was never revealed by the top echelons of the Death Butterfly race, but their disgust with that mutation could be seen by the fact that the first Abyssal Butterfly was brutally killed by its own father.


    Several mutations followedter, and every mutation had the same result, death. Everything changed when the daughter of one of the top families in the race began mutating.


    Even though the family was in the same mind as other families about the execution of the mutated creatures, they couldn''t do the deed when someone in their own family got mutated.


    Hiding the mutation from other families, the father dropped his daughter far off where it wouldn''t be easy for the Death Butterflies to find her. That way, the girl became the first survivor of the Abyssal Butterfly and also the strongest one at that.


    Abyssal Butterflies couldn''t reproduce, so there were very few of them since it wasn''t easy for the mutated Death Butterflies to survive. Even one survival out of ten mutations was a tough task.


    Being a royal in the Abyssal Butterfly was determined by whether they had [Eternal Shadow].


    Kernel wasn''t afraid of the Death Butterfly since they were beings of Hell, and in the Sacred Dimension, only a few races can challenge Lazarus. What worried him the most was the reaction of the Abyssal Butterflies.


    As the survival rate of the Abyssal Butterflies was incredibly low, and so was their creation, they were excessively possessive toward other members of their race. They would go to any extent to get the Abyssal Butterfly from his hands.


    A few secondster, Kernel shook his head with a wry smile and stopped thinking about what the Abyssal Butterfly would do. Everything cameter after he won the taming battle.


    If he lost it, then there would never be a point where the Abyssal Butterflies would be enemies with him.


    Kernel didn''t even need to think twice about his decision and made up his mind to buy the Abyssal Butterfly. The price of seventy thousand ultimate Sacred stones was nothing inparison to the beast.


    Kernel then left the pir and joined the queue for the square device. It took a wait of several minutes for him to get his turn since there were many customers ahead of him.


    While waiting Kernel was thinking of different strategies for winning against the Abyssal Butterfly.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    When it was finally his turn, he ced the beast card in the cardpartment and his hand on its respective spot. The next moment, he found himself standing in a different environment.


    Kernel couldn''t help but shrink and shudder when he appeared there. He felt a chill seep down his spine.


    It wasn''t a cold chill but an eerie sensation that emerged due to the prevalence of the elements of death and corruption in the surroundings.


    The surroundings was the exactly opposite of what he sensed. He stood in the darkness of the night with the stars shining in the sky, creating a beautiful sight.


    Flicker!


    Kernel was taking in the contract between sight and senses when he heard the flickering of wings. He turned in that direction and saw the creature. It was as its illustration was on the beast card, but Kernel had underestimated the size of the creature.


    The Abyssal Butterfly floating in the sky with its wings moving at rapid speed was around a hundred meters in height, while its width was twice that. The tendrils atop its wingtips were around half of Kernel''s height.


    Kernel couldn''t help but marvel at the beauty of the beast when he saw it. The beast had an entirely different expression in its eyes. It was looking at Kernel as if it were a source of y for it¡ªa cruel y where it could torment Kernel any way it wanted.


    Ding!


    The bell that had no direction of origin rang and announced the start of the taming battle. The next moment, the shining dots in the sky began to dim one by one, and the intensity of the darkness grew.


    Darkness didn''t frighten Kernel since he was a creature that cultivated spirits. He could easily see in the dark without even opening his eyes.


    The next moment, its tendrils atop the wingtips moved, and a malevolent aura spread around the sky. It reached Kernel in no time, and he was also affected by it.


    ''Wouldn''t it be great if the Abyssal Butterfly could help me kill my cousin, erasing the onlypetitor in my generation?'' Kernel thought as he was immediately affected by [Corruption Aura].


    The thoughts that would get him executed if they were ever to be leaked to his father or other ancestors, passed through his head. Even Kernel didn''t expect him to have such thoughts.


    Kernel''s spirit was strong, so he soon came out of the effect, but that time was enough for him to know what he unknowingly thought. It didn''t affect Kernel as much as he had expected.


    Kernel was aware that every living being had dark thoughts, so there was no point feeling bad about them. What mattered was that he didn''t instinctively think of doing any of them.


    ***


    A/N: There will be two more chapters a few hourster.

 Chapter 1288 What To Do?(6)

    Chapter 1288: What to Do?(6)


    As Kernel came out of the effects of the aura, he attacked. His eyes began glowing blue as if the wave of a tsunami wasing.


    The Abyssal Butterfly knew it was an attack, so it didn''t want to look into his eyes. But there was a weird attraction, not allowing it to move its eyes, and it pushed toward it. When the Abyssal Butterfly looked into Kernel''s eye, it found the world around it changing. The next moment, it was in front of a gigantic ocean wave approaching it while a silent ocean was at its back.


    The wave wasing at it at full speed, aiming to throw it and drown it in the ocean. Suddenly, the tendrils atop its wingtips moved.


    Crack! Crack! Crack!


    The next moment, cracks began to emerge from the gigantic wave and the calm ocean at the back. In no time, the entire environment cracked into countless shards like ss. As soon as it came out of the illusion, it was attacked.


    Kernel knew he wouldn''t be able to force the creature to stay in that illusion for long enough to severely injure it, so it was only a distraction before his next attack.


    Kernel had five blue energies atop the tips of each of his right fingers. They looked like sharp needles that could pierce through even the sky. He then reached the beast and shed it.


    The Abyssal Butterfly had onlye out of the illusion, so it was extremely difficult for it to dodge the attack. It had no choice but to defend.


    Time flew by, and several hours had passed since the battle between Kernel and the Abyssal Butterfly began.


    Sometimes Kernel would be in the lead, and other times it would be the Abyssal Butterfly.


    Kernel was still saving his ultimate attack for the climax, and it woulde once the Abyssal Butterfly activated [Eternal Shadow].


    The characteristic was like a boost but of its own kind. It not only boosted the beast''s strength, but it also had a variety of skills that could be used during the activation.


    The most significant moment of the battle finally arrived as the Abyssal Butterfly felt the time to activate the [Eternal Shadow] had arrived.


    As the activation wasplete, a wave of darkness emerged from the wings of the beast and began to submerge the surroundings. In no time, the darkness had engulfed an area of ten thousand miles.


    That range became the Abyssal Butterfly''s yground. It could instantly teleport to any corner of that region, while Kernel would be bound by intense pressure if he wanted to move around.


    Kernel''s face had grown solemn, as despite fearing it so much, he had underestimated the effect of the characteristic.


    The next moment, a beautiful yet spine-chilling melody began ringing. As Kernel heard it, his ears began to bleed, and his body started to shake in fright.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    His eyes had turned horrified as if he had seen something terrible. It was only the beginning, as more time passed, the effect of the melody grew.


    The Abyssal Butterfly''s eyes were cold, as if nothing else mattered at that stage. It couldn''t let Kernel survive the phase because once the boost was deactivated, it would be in a weak condition, waiting to get subdued by the opponent.


    One of the abilities it gained during the activated state was Foresight. It allowed the Abyssal Butterfly to see the attacks of its opponents for five seconds in the future.


    Because of the Foresight ability, the beast knew Kernel would be able to free himself, so it immediately attacked. Wisps of tendril began to emerge from the ground and started to seep into Kernel, who was shaking with fright.


    As more and more tendrils seeped into his body, the effect of the pressure on Kernel grew. At first, his body was stable, but after the tendrils, it could be seen that his back was bent as if he were carrying something heavy.


    Time flew by, and Kernel''s consciousness returned to the store. His back and forehead were wet with sweat as he looked at the beast card.


    Kernel was not wrong in fearing the [Eternal Shadow]. What he had feared happened in the end. It was as if the battle hadpletely changed.


    The boost was active for three minutes, but it took less than a minute to defeat Kernel, and a brutal defeat at that.


    Kernel took a deep breath, with disappointment clearly evident in his eyes, when he saw the beast card fade from the cardpartment. The effects of the battle didn''te out with Kernel, so his condition was as stable as it was before entering the taming battle.


    The next moment, an alert about payment rang in his head. Since failing the taming battle had a cost of one percent of the beast''s price, Kernel needed to pay that.


    The store owner had already told him about it, so he wasn''t very surprised. He epted the alert, and the next moment, seventy ultimate and eleven higher Sacred stones were deducted from the stones in the card.


    Kernel then left the queue since other customers were waiting behind him. Once he left the line, he stopped and began thinking of what to do next.


    Seventy stones weren''t that big of a sum for him, so it didn''t affect him much. What made him fall into a dilemma was whether to summon another beast or wait to get strong enough to defeat the Abyssal Butterfly.


    Kernel then suddenly took out cards from his space ring, and when he looked at them, he had already gotten his answer.


    Kernel wanted to step into the Sacred King level as quickly as he could since it would be equivalent to reaching the Supreme God from the Divine Lord level.


    But the Abyssal Butterfly made him put a halt to that decision. He no longer wanted to step into the Sacred King level at that stage. What he needed was to learn the skills ande back to defeat the Abyssal Butterfly. After that, he would think of the breakthrough.


    Once Kernel thought like that, he felt it was the correct choice, so he immediately decided to implement it.

 Chapter 1289 (1)The Worth Of A Choice(7)

    Chapter 1289: The Worth of a Choice(7)


    Kernel understood that even if he stepped into the Sacred King level at that stage, he would be unable to defeat the Abyssal Butterfly. He couldn''t use his higher cultivation since the taming battle forced the cultivator''s cultivation to regress to match the level of the beasts.


    Kernel made up his mind to grow the foundation rather than the level. He also remembered the training area mentioned by the store owner. It could also help him grow stronger in battle.


    Kernel wasn''t a weapon user, but he could be one easily. His strong spirit made it so that hisprehension was great. To test that, Kernel left the room and went toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh was already in a conversation with a customer while a few more were waiting behind, so he joined the queue.


    ***


    Aakesh remembered that the second store upgrade quest had given him thirty years to make a customer the ruler of another Kingdom. To find a suitable candidate, Aakesh had given himself a month. So whenever a Divine Transformation level customer came to the store, Aakesh would check them for their talent.


    Aakesh currently had a few customers in mind, and all of them were from the Primal Dimension, but he was still waiting for the month to pass to select the best of the lot.


    The customer in front of Aakesh was one such since she was also a Divine Transformation level cultivator, and from the looks of it, her talent didn''t seem that bad.


    "... these are the store products currently avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction of the products and their basic details.


    "Thank you, store owner!" The young girl thanked Aakesh and then began to think over the store''s products.


    She was Laney, a member of the Gurotus race, a race in the Demon group, a royal race of the Ince Kingdom. Laney was the daughter of the King, and her talent was not only the best of her current generation in the family, but she was also the most talented member ever to be born in the Gurotus race.


    Since Laney hade of age and had stepped into the way of cultivation, the King ordered her to go to the store.


    "My father said that if I can''t make a decision, I should ask you. Can I ask you, store owner?" Laney respectfully asked.


    There was a mixture of sincerity and cunning in her eyes. She sincerely respected Aakesh, as the majority of those who knew about the store and its customers.


    Aakesh nodded since that was his duty as the store owner. In the first phase, he was the one to suggest the products to the customers.


    "Store owner, please suggest a cultivation art that would bepatible with me the most," Laney immediately asked with a respectful gaze.


    Since she had be an early Divine Transformation level cultivator, it was time for her to choose a cultivation art. Her family had one that allowed her to reach the True God level, but since Laney was the most talented member to be born in the Ince family, the father wanted to give a cultivation art from the store a try.


    Aakesh nodded and then took a look up and down at the young girl with his usual indifferent expression. Laney felt shy when she saw Aakesh looking up and down, but as Aakesh began to speak, she calmed down and focused on what he said.


    Every race was born with different energy points, so not every cultivation art can be suitable for everyone. Every art can be used by others, but for some, it would be painfully slow, while for others, the same art would make them have explosive growth.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Laney became a member of Gurtotus, had seventy-nine energy points in her body, and they formed an octagon covered by a sphere. All energy points were located in the area below the neck and above the waist.


    ***


    "Thank you, store owner!" Laney thanked Aakesh after he suggested her three cultivation arts.


    The reason Aakesh suggested her three arts, but not the best one, was because of the test. He wanted to test her to see whether she was qualified to be the candidate chosen by him.


    Each candidate he had chosen had great judgment, whether it was Maria, Evelyn, or Reed.


    Laney had no idea that her destiny depended on her choice. If she chose right, she might not stop at True God and go even further, but if her choice turned out to be wrong, she might be stuck at the same level as her father.


    Laney walked toward the cultivation art room with a smiling face, while another customer took her spot and asked about the store''s products.


    Since Aakesh had suggested the cultivation arts, when she reached into the shelf for the lesser level cultivation arts, she pulled out one of the three. She then repeated the same twice and had three lesser level cultivation arts in her hands.


    Laney began reading the cultivation art summaries one by one and started topare the three. It wasn''t easy topare the three and choose the one with the best benefit, or Aakesh wouldn''t have given her the test.


    While Laney wasparing the three cultivation arts, Aakesh was busy talking with customers.


    It was finally Kernel''s turn, and he immediately asked about the training area and weapons.


    Aakesh exined the product in detail. Aakesh also suggested a bow to Kernel as a weapon after he asked Aakesh.


    Kernel''s physique wasn''t that great to have a closebat fight with members of the races at the same level as his. His spiritual energy was also abundant, so he could more precisely control the shooting and releasing rates of arrows.


    A bow and arrow was the mostfortable weapon to master at the beginner''s stage. Kernel epted Aakesh''s suggestion and decided to do the same. Archery will also improve his precision and battle judgment.


    Kernel then thanked Aakesh and went toward the weapons room. He would first buy a weapon and then start in the training area from the first level of difficulty.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, I mistakenly scheduled the chapter for upload today. After I checked the app and didn''t see 1288 and 1289, I corrected the mistake. Sorry for the trouble!


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 Chapter 1290 Keeping Secret(8)

    Chapter 1290: Keeping Secret(8)


    "Thank you, store owner!" Kernel thanked Aakesh and walked toward the weapons room.


    As he entered the room, his eyes fell on the countless murals of different kinds of weapon uses painted across the wall. Kernel felt they were too real and marveled at them. It was just that, and then he went toward the inner circle, where the pir representing the Bow was waiting for her.


    Kernel was a Supreme God level cultivator, so he directly reached the shelf representing the Master King level.


    Time flew by, and once Kernel had found a weapon he liked, he paid for it using the store card. His eyes then fell on the pir representing the training area.


    Since Kernel would be using the bow for the first time, he decided to start with the trivial difficulty. As he reached the pir, he attempted the process as told by the store owner and put his finger on the tiny needle.


    The next moment, a prickling pain hit him, and following that, his eyes turned nk. A golden, transparent light surrounded him.


    The next moment, Kernel found himself in a white area with a blue screen in front of him. Kernel chose his own race as his opponent and a vast greenfield with a soothing breeze as the environment.


    He was only a beginner, so he didn''t want to put himself in a challenging position right away. The next moment, Kernel found himself in the surroundings he had chosen for himself, with his opponent standing in front of him.


    It was a Lazarus that had simr features as him, while the bow carried by the opponent was the exact one he had bought.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. Kernel hesitated for a moment on how to take the initiative with the bow while the opponent acted.


    The opponent was also a beginner in archery, so his movement was rough. However, it was a step up from Kernel.


    The opponent released his grip on the arrow. The next moment, it shot toward Kernel, tearing through the air.


    Kernel''s movements were flustered as he also struck. He released the bowstring earlier than he should''ve, and the arrow fell short of its opponent. While the same couldn''t be said for the opponent. His arrow wasn''t very quick or powerful, but it didn''t fall short of Kernel and instead hit him.


    Fortunately for Kernel, the opponent''s aim was off, and it only struck a few cm away from his heart.


    Time flew by, and the hour passed in the blink of an eye. For the trivial level of difficulty, the time flow rate in the training area was the same as what was outside, so the system forced him out.


    Kernel didn''t choose to extend his stay in the training area, as that hour was enough for him to learn the basics of archery. He could now shoot a still target in the range of fifty meters and a moving target in the range of twenty meters with an uracy of forty percent.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Kernel couldn''t help but thank Aakesh repeatedly in his mind. If not for Aakesh, he would''ve chosen the sword and never found his talent in archery.


    Kernel''s talent wasn''t heaven-shaking, but it was better than that of an average archer. When he came out, his eyes retained their colors while the golden barrier around him dissipated.


    Kernel could move to normal level difficulty, but he decided against it. Since he had decided to make his foundation so stable that no one would be able topete against him at the same level, he needed to be patient and thoughtful.


    Kernel decided to devour the concepts he learned in archery today and increase his uracy rates before going for the higher levels of difficulty. He would return to the store the next day and enter the trivial level again.


    After making up his mind, he turned around and left the room. Cultivation arts were still left for him to check, but he decided to check them once he initiated cultivating for the breakthrough. Until then, he would only focus on training his battle instincts and mastering the skills he had bought from the store.


    Once he exited the room, he looked at Aakesh. Since Aakesh already had customers in line for him, he decided against bidding him farewell before leaving. The next moment, he activated the store card, and a white light devoured him.


    The light disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, Kernel had also teleported to the coordinates chosen by him.


    His residence was outside the range of the store card, so he chose the safest and closest coordinates to his residence.


    Since Lazarus was one of the top races, they had numerous universes under their control. The coordinates chosen by Kernel were one such universe.


    Every universe under their control had a portal directly to the main of the race for the Lazarus members.


    After appearing at the coordinates, Kernel immediately went to the special portal. The guards standing around the portal were also the low ranking members of the race. Once they saw Kernel approaching, they respectfully saluted and bowed.


    Kernel epted their salutes and bows with a smile on his face and kept walking forward.


    "If anyone finds out about me being here, you are dead!"


    Once Kernel had walked away, the threat rang in the guard''s ears. Kernel wanted to keep the existence of the store secret from other members of his generation for as long as possible. He was the most likely to step into the Sacred Creator level after his grandfather in the family, but it wasn''t a guarantee.


    Kernel knew that once his other siblings heard about the store, the chances of the gulf narrowing between them would increase. It would take only a beast like the Abyssal Butterfly to close the gap, and Kernel couldn''t let it happen.


    ***


    Laney stood confused in the cultivation arts room with three pages in her hands. It had been an hour since she pulled the three arts out, but she hadn''t been able to make up her mind about which one to choose until now.

 Chapter 1291 What If I Do It?(9)

    Chapter 1291: What if I do it?(9)


    "I''ll choose you," Laney finally made up her mind and picked the cultivation art.


    Since she didn''t own the store card, she couldn''t use the preview option, and that''s why it was tough for her to choose which one was better.


    Aakesh would always tell the customers about the preview option and the requirement of buying the store card for it, but he didn''t do the same when it came to Laney. How would he test her judgment? Once the preview option was avable, Laney would be able to find the better one without much effort.


    Once she had made her decision, she put the other two pages back on the shelf. She then turned around and walked toward the exit with a wide, childish smile, unaware of the chances of the fate-changing moment ahead of her.


    When she exited the room, she found Aakesh in conversation with another customer. Aakesh also noticed her, but since his first duty was to treat each customer equally irrespective of their rtion to him, he only focused on the man in conversation with him.


    Laney silently joined the line and kept waiting for her turn. It would be a lie if she said that she was fully confident in her choice. She wasn''t aware of Aakesh''s ns, but what she was aware of was that the best cultivation art would propel her growth the fastest.


    Laney was only a young child, as her cultivation stated, but her wisdom was her greatest strength. She was easily able to read and understand the situation.


    Her waiting time finally ended, and she reached Aakesh. She then respectfully passed the page to Aakesh and requested, "Store owner, I want to buy this one."


    Aakesh took the page and saw that it was the best of the three cultivation arts. He then looked at Laney with his usual indifferent eyes and asked, "What made you choose this cultivation art over the other two?"


    "Store owner, I chose this one because of the energy pattern¡­" Laney stated her reasoning behind her choice.


    The more Aakesh heard, the more he smiled in his heart. It seemed he had found his candidate for the second store upgrade quest.


    Still, Aakesh wanted to wait for the entire month before making his decision, and Laney hadn''t given him that much confidence to make an early decision, but Laney had be one of the candidates.


    "Store owner, did I choose the right one?" Laney looked at Aakesh with big eyes and asked. Even though she was calm over her decision, she also knew that before the sale, she could change the art.


    "Yes, the one you have chosen will benefit you the most," Aakesh indifferently answered and then informed her of the price she needed to pay for the art.


    Laney nodded and then began to take out the sum of seven hundred ordinary Sacred stones. It took her a while to pay since she counted them a few times to make sure that the amount was correct.


    "The cultivation art is yours¡­" Aakesh informed.


    The next moment, light particles began to gather and soon took the silhouette of a book. Not long after that, it materialized into reality and fell into Laney''s hands.


    Laney grabbed the book and immediately opened it. She then closed the book once she saw the energy pattern diagram.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Laney thanked Aakesh. After putting the book in her space ring, she asked some questions about the beasts since it was the next product in her eyes.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    "Store owner, what beast do you think would be the best for me?" Laney asked once Aakesh had answered all her questions. Since that route helped her get the most optimal cultivation art, she decided to do the same for the beast summoning.


    "Yellow King, but you have almost zero chances of summoning it," Aakesh responded immediately.


    It was a random beast chosen by Aakesh, but that didn''t mean Aakesh was lying. If Laney could summon the Yellow King, her strength would grow by severalfold.


    The race Laney came from used the element of shadow, while the Yellow King was a light elemental creature. Not only that, it was one of the rarest creatures that could use the element of light and shadow at the same time.


    "What if I summon it?" The stubbornness of a child rose in Laney''s heart when she heard Aakesh''sment about zero chances.


    "I will tell you ways to defeat it," Aakesh immediately answered.


    He wasn''t joking about what he said since the response from Laney interested him.


    "I will see to it," Laney said with a proud smile, then walked toward the beast room.


    "That is the weapons room; turn right; that one is the beast room," Aakesh said when she saw Laney going in the wrong direction.


    When Laney heard Aakesh, her feet and the proud smile on her face froze, but the next moment, she harrumphed and kept walking in the same direction.


    Aakesh smiled when he saw Laney''s reaction and then returned his focus to the customer who took Laney''s spot.


    Laney kept walking, and soon she stood at the door of the weapon''s room. She didn''t enter the room but turned her head around. When Laney saw Aakesh busy in conversation with another customer, she turned around and dashed toward the beast room.


    She only stopped once she had entered the room. Aakesh couldn''t help but smile when he noticed that action from Laney. The customer in front of Aakesh was shocked by Aakesh''s sudden smile.


    He wanted to ask Aakesh about it but stopped once he saw the usual indifferent expression.


    ***


    When Laney entered the room, she took a breath of relief. She then looked around the room and was greeted with the sight of numerous murals of different beasts.


    Her eyes turned wide open in joy when she saw a stunning creature, but the next moment, her face turned pale when she saw a terrifyingly ugly beast.


    She then joined the queue in front of the first pir, and it was long, with more than a thousand customers ahead of her.


    Laney had no idea how the beast, the Yellow King, looked since she didn''t ask Aakesh about it. She repeatedly mumbled the beast''s name under her breath since she wanted to materialize her desire.

 Chapter 1292 (2) Hope(10)

    Chapter 1292: Hope(10)


    Laney kept repeating the name of the beast until it was her turn. When it was finally her turn, she took a deep breath and pressed the button as instructed by the store owner.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate at a quick rate and kept at it for three seconds.


    When the three seconds were over, the rotation stopped, and a beast appeared on the screen. It was unfamiliar to Laney, which wasn''t surprising due to her young age as well as living in this backwater area of the Universe.


    Not long after, a card appeared out of nowhere and flew into her hands. She excitedly grabbed it hard and immediately looked at the name of the beast, hoping it was the one she desired.


    [Name: Yellow King


    Type: Beast


    Race: Elemental


    Element: Light, Shadow, Wisdom


    Quality: Supreme


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Absolute Bnce


    Details: The Yellow King possesses the ability to maintain an absolute bnce between light, shadow, and wisdom. In this state, the beast''s strength, defenses, and agility grow twofold. It influences the minds and hearts of those around it. It inspires unity and cooperation among allies, instilling them with unwavering resolve and confidence in their abilities.


    Ability:


    1.) Illuminating Gaze: The Yellow King''s eyes shine with profound wisdom, able to perceive the true nature of things and discern the most intricate details of any situation.


    2.) Light''s Blessing: The Yellow King can bestow a blessing of light upon allies, enhancing their strength, agility, and intelligence.


    3.) Wisdom''s Insight: The Yellow King can share its wisdom with allies, offering them strategic counsel and enhancing their decision-making abilities.


    4.) Divine Light Burst: The Yellow King can release a burst of divine light, causing vast destruction and intense damage to its enemies.


    5.) Harmonious Destruction: The Yellow King can harmonize the elements of light and shadow, creating a perfect equilibrium; it then releases a burst of energy, leaving devastation in its path.


    Card Description: The Yellow King is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of light, shadow, and wisdom make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Yellow King.


    Price: Five thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    A higher power seemed to have materialized her desire, as the name on the card was none other than the Yellow King. It was the same beast about whom the store owner had said that she had almost zero chance of summoning it.


    She not only summoned it, but it was only her first try, making it even more special. Laney couldn''t help but be excited to see what reaction the store owner would have once she showed the beast card to him.


    The upper half of the beast card contained an illustration of the beast. It was a being that seemed to be entirely made of light dots, illuminating the area around it with a glow that devoured all shadows. Its pearly eyes shone with brilliance and reflected profound wisdom.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    On its head, there was a crown that was entirely different from its body. It was deep ck, with only its tip glowing like its body. It showed the beast''s mastery over the elements of light and shadow.


    ***


    Sigh!


    Laney sighed disappointedly and handed the beast card to Aakesh.


    As soon as Aakesh saw the beast card in her hands, he understood what Laney wanted to do. There was a difference between a beast card before the taming battle and after the taming battle. After the customer won the taming battle, the storefront pattern on the back of the card would dim.


    Aakesh was astounded by Laney at the same time because he knew what kind of beast Laney had acquired. When he looked at the card, it was what he expected, the Yellow King.


    "Did I shock you?" Laney sincerely asked, with her big eyes continuously blinking.


    Unfortunately for her, she received no response from Aakesh other than his usual indifferent eyes.


    After that, Laney lost all interest in having fun with the store owner and brought up Aakesh''s bet.


    Aakesh wasn''t going to back down on his words, so he shared the strategies for how to defeat the beast with Laney. Even though Laney got the beast due to her fortune, she would never be able to defeat it at the level she was at.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Laney thanked Aakesh and then turned around to walk toward the beast room.


    She joined the line in front of the square device, and after a wait of several minutes, it was finally her turn.


    Before putting the beast card, the strategiesid out by Aakesh shed in her head. It was easy to forget a few words, but Aakesh''s words seemed to have been imprinted in her head.


    She ced the beast card in the cardpartment and put her hands on the respective section. The next moment, she found herself standing in a different environment.


    When the bell rang, and the battle began, she yed it out exactly as Aakesh had told her. As time passed, her superiority over the beast showed, and finally, the battle came to an end with an overwhelming victory for Laney.


    The Yellow King was a powerful elemental creature, but in its early stages, it had more of a supporting background than an attacking or defensive one. It helped Aakesh make a foolproof winning strategy, and it worked.


    After the battle was over, Laney''s consciousness returned to the store, while the next moment a pricking pain hit her.


    She was immensely excited as she pulled out the beast card from thepartment, and the next moment, the smile on her face froze when she saw the price section.


    At the end of the day, she was still a child, and in all her excitement, she failed to look at the price of the beast.


    ***


    A/N: Thanks, GreatDaoofspace and Niys, for the Ice Cs. I am really grateful.


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 Chapter 1293 A New Customer(11)

    Chapter 1293: A New Customer(11)


    Laney couldn''t help but stand there frozen when she saw five thousand higher Sacred stones. The wealth she had brought with her was around a few hundred higher stones, which was way far from the amount she needed to pay.


    It was a high amount for her father as well, let alone her. The Ince Kingdom was a mid-tier Kingdom on the.


    She then left the room and went to the corner. Two members of her race were waiting there for her. They were the Divine Lord level guards sent by her father to protect her.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh had only closed his eyes for a few seconds when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He opened his eyes and turned in that direction. An unfamiliar face approaching the store greeted his sight.


    It was a female customer and she stepped inside the store.


    "Hello, store owner!"


    The woman didn''t look around the store and immediately approached Aakesh.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to the woman''s greeting and waited for her to ask the main question.


    The woman belonged to the Heristic race, a mid-tier race in the Sacred Dimension, with their leader being a peak Lesser God.


    It was an almost impossible task for someone of Heristic race to be here since their was numerous lightyears away from the Universe in which the store was located.


    Despite that, Elia was here, and it all had to do with her fortune.


    Elia''s face showed the struggle she had gone through toe to the store. What would have been a beautiful face and body turned into a scarred face and a thin body. Elia was thest living member of the Heristic race.


    Heristics lived in peace, but there was an event several centuries ago.


    The Heristics lived on a low-level as the overlords, but things began to change when a second Lesser God was born on the, giving birth to someone who could stand against the ruler of the Heristics for the overlord position.


    To solve the challenge, the ruler of the Heristics proposed a marriage alliance between the second Lesser God and his daughter. That daughter was none other than Elia.


    Elia''s opinion didn''t matter, but as luck would have it, the man agreed to ept the marriage alliance and also treated her favorably.


    Elia''s life reached its peak since her husband was a Lesser God and loved her deeply, as was her father. Being rted directly to the only two Lesser Gods made her authority on the only second to those two people.


    Life was going well for the as the marriage alliance brought forth a more stable power system for the, but good times have toe to an end, or how else would the people know what good and bad times were?


    The on which the Heristics were based was Gossal. Only a few figures in the dimension knew that thes were also living things. It was just that it was extremely rare for a to be sentient and have its own will.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Gossal became one of those rares, and once its will awakened, it was a blessing for every being living there. But with an awakened came greedy beings who wanted to retrieve its core.


    The world core of a living was highly stable and durable, allowing it to be one of the best materials to create a pocket space. Even the lowest level of the living world core would sell for a few thousand supreme Sacred stones.


    That kind of amount was enough to push even the Supreme Gods to work, and the same thing happened with the Gossal.


    A powerful Supreme God level cultivator attacked. The was newly awakened at that time, so it wasn''t strong enough to keep a Supreme God out of its barrier.


    Despite being newly awakened, its will was powerful enough to override the thinking of the two Lesser Gods. There was a brutal war for its survival, but a Supreme God was a Supreme God, and the battle was over not long after it began.


    The battle resulted in the deaths of a vast number of the''s inhabitants. Seeing no hope of its survival, the world''s will overruled every citizen''s will and forced them to self-destruct.


    The wanted the intruder to be severely injured for what the man did, and it had already epted its loss.


    At that time, one man seeded in restoring his will, and that person was none other than Elia''s husband. It was the love he had for Elia that forced him to overpower the world.


    It wasn''t easy, and he could only be there for several seconds, and to save his wife, he pleaded with the world''s will to let go of Elia.


    The world''s will had already grown insane, so it didn''t understand what the husband was saying, but instead, it grew angrier at the man for resisting.


    When the husband saw there was no hope of his wife being freed from the world''s control, he decided to self-destruct, not toward the enemy but toward the world.


    ***


    Whenever Elia remembered the scene of her husband exploding, her mind would go crazy. Even Elia didn''t know how she survived.


    When she woke up after the explosion, she found herself in a different ce and deeply injured all over her body. It took decades for her to return to health, and then she began the journey to return to Gossal.


    Her mind told her that her family was dead, but her heart had faint hopes and she wanted to see her son''s face. When she reached the location, the was nowhere to be found, and when she went to the nearby and searched for information, she found that there were no survivors from the event.


    ***


    Elia''s face had no smile, and she had no respect for Aakesh as she greeted him.


    Her emotions died out the day she found out that her family had died, and from that day on, she had been wandering across the dimension. There was only one thought keeping her alive, and that was vengeance for her husband, her son, and other family members.


    ***


    A/N: There will be more chapters a few hourster.

 Chapter 1294 Elia’s Struggles(12)

    Chapter 1294: Elia''s Struggles(12)


    "Store owner, tell me about the store products," Elia asked Aakesh.


    "The store currently sells six products¡­" Aakesh introduced the products and their basic details to the woman in no time.


    Elia''s cultivation was peak True God, so every product sold in the store was avable for her. The only issue was money, and hering from an extinct race didn''t help the case either.


    It had been several centuries since that war, and Elia had not only sustained herself but had also traveled an immense distance toe to the store. When the invasion happened, the store wasn''t open in the Primal Dimension, let alone the Sacred Dimension.


    Even after the restoration, she began her journey to the Curiele and Thorr City. What made it possible was an item in her hands.


    Elia had no idea what happened after the explosion since she had fallen unconscious. When she returned to her and lost whatever little hope she had of her family''s survival, she was ready to kill herself.


    At that time, Elia couldn''t even think in her dreams that she would be able to take revenge against the Supreme God intruder. She was only ate True God level cultivator, and her talent wasn''t even close to that of her father, who stopped growing after reaching the intermediate Lesser God level. There was no way for her even to be a Lesser God, let alone achieve enough strength to take revenge.


    That kind of hopelessness further pushed her to the brink, and she was ready to kill. It seemed the world didn''t want Elia to die at that moment, so when she was about to crush her own heart using her hands, a space storm happened and devoured her.


    When she opened her eyes, Elia found herself in an unfamiliar environment.


    At that moment, she was standing in the center of a room with seven chairs surrounding her. Each chair was ten times her size and had an inhabitant sitting over it.


    The seven beings sitting on the chair looked at her with surprised gazes, while Elia was terrified. But soon that terrified feeling turned into relief.


    She had already made up her mind to leave the world, so what did it matter whether she did the deed herself or if someone else killed her? In fact, Elia found someone else killing her to be better than self-killing.


    Seven chairs were arranged in a circle, with seven beings of different races sitting on them. Elia could see vibrant lifeforce emanating from every figure, but that was far from the truth.


    Each figure had rotted with time as if they had been sitting here for countless years, with their levels being the same at Sacred Creators.


    It was only the energy signatures left by their bodies that still had enough life force to be considered living beings.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Each of the seven energy signatures looked at each other after they scrutinized Elia. They were Sacred Creators when they were alive, so their sights were better than many.


    Elia had no talent to speak of that could allow her to be summoned here. The room was a ruin left by a powerful Sacred Creator that existed countless years ago, and the seven beings sitting on the chairs were that figure''s subordinates.


    The inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension were immortal and had endless lives, but that wasn''t the case for the seven subordinates.


    Their loyalty to their master was such that they used their life force to sustain this ruin. It also showed just how old the ruin was.


    Elia received a coin from that ruin, and that changed her destiny forever. That wasn''t any random coin but an Ultimate level artifact.


    Since Elia was only a True God level cultivator, she was unable to activate the artifact. The seven beings also knew that, so they decided to help her. They put enough energy in the coin, so that Elia had three coin flips, and each time she flipped, she would only have to part with one sub-level of her cultivation as the price.


    The coin could save her life, as it was rted to luck and could help her steer clear of some dangerous situations. The coin didn''t only answer yes or no, but it also exined slight things after every flip, as extra information would appear in the owner''s mind . The exnation only depended on the wording of the owner.


    Elia used her first free flip to determine if she would be sessful in exacting her vengeance. When the answer came back positive, she was ted and finally lost her will to kill herself. But at that time, she was suggested by the energy signatures to mind the wording of her questions, and that helped her during the second flip since it was there that she got the coordinates of the store.


    The third flip helped here here since it designed the best route for her to travel to the coordinates. The three flips also brought her cultivation to peak Divine Lord. Even though it was the best route, it was no easy feat because of her low cultivation. She came across many life-threatening situations, and the numerous scars spread across her face showed her struggle.


    That coin was the solution to all her money problems. Elia knew how important and valuable that coin was since only because of it, she was here and had hopes of revenge. But at the same time, she also knew that ultimate items could only be controlled by Sacred Creators, and she had already used the three flips she had gotten by the grace of the seven beings in that ruin.


    The coin was useless for her until she reached the Sacred Creator level, and she hadn''t be that arrogant to believe that she would reach that level. So the better option for her was to sell the coin to the store owner and use the money from it to elerate her growth.


    "Store owner, will you buy this coin?" Elia asked after the introduction was over and took out the coin she had received from the ruin.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, there were no chapters yesterday. I had written half the chapter, but midway, my mind nked and I couldn''t write any further. Sorry.


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 Chapter 1295: Crazy Amount(13)

    Chapter 1295: Crazy Amount(13)


    "Store owner, will you buy this coin?" Elia asked Aakesh, taking out the coin from her inner world.


    Even though it was an ultimate level item, it didn''t leak any energy, so even the inner world of a Divine Lord could hold the coin.


    Aakesh then informed Elia of the lending function of the store. She nodded after listening to the entire exnation and then bought the Higher Store Card since she couldn''t afford the other two levels.


    "Are you sure you want to use the lending function of the card?" Aakesh asked to make sure. Just from looking at the coin, he was confident that it was an extremely valuable item and would go for a lot of money.


    Since the borrowed amount could only be used for the store product, Aakesh confirmed before beginning the process.


    Elia understood why Aakesh was asking her. She didn''t immediately answer Aakesh. If she needed money outside the store, she wouldn''t be able to use the wealth stored in the card.


    But suddenly, a wry smile spread across Elia''s face as she stopped thinking about that factor. There was no reason for her to worry about what would happen outside the store. The coin had brought her here.


    "I am fully confident," Elia responded, and then she passed the coin to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the coin and looked at it. It wasn''t a casual nce since he couldn''t offer less or more for the item.


    Even Aakesh was surprised by the coin. He had learned about many items during his four quests, and he could find the exact value of the item.


    From looking at it, Aakesh could guess that the maker of the coin wasn''t an ordinary figure but one of the most talented cksmiths. At the same time, there was also the essence of the coin''s previous owner in it, making it even more valuable since the previous owner was a Sacred Creator level cultivator.


    Putting a price on an item like this was an extremely challenging task, but since it was Aakesh''s duty, he needed to do it.


    As he opened his mouth, Elia''s eyes twitched upon hearing that item. If she hadn''t lost her emotions, she might have even yelled in shock since the amount was extremely high.


    "How much do you want to borrow, and for how long?" Aakesh asked the woman.


    The amount quoted by Aakesh was enough to create a stable foundation for eternity for even an upper-tier race. She wasn''t going to borrow the entire amount since she would need to return it someday.


    "Store owner, I want to borrow fifty thousand ultimate Sacred stones for the tenure of thirty million years," Elia said after a long pause.


    It was a random amount chosen by Elia. It was an extremelyrge amount, but in front of the quoted amount, it was like a particle of dust in a desert.


    "Are you sure you want to borrow this amount? A beast of ultimate quality at Supreme God level could even go for hundreds of thousands of ultimate Sacred stones," Aakesh chimed in, giving Elia a hint.


    The amount quoted by Aakesh was crazily high, and it could help Elia very well, but the amount Elia chose to borrow mighte back to haunt her when she would see the price of the top-quality beast.


    At that moment, she would be unable to buy the beast, nor would she be able to borrow more money before repaying her debt.


    As for why Aakesh was confident that Elia would be able to reach a high level of cultivation despite the highest level ever reached in her race being intermediate Lesser God, it all had to do with that coin.


    Since Elia had received that coin, her destiny was bound to be grand.


    Elia also fell into a dilemma when she heard Aakesh. She could also imagine the future that Aakesh saw for her when she would be unable to afford top quality products. There was also the option of not going for the best products, but her primary reason for mortgaging the coin was to afford the best products.


    "Store owner, I want to borrow fifty million ultimate Sacred stones for the tenure of thirty billion years," Elia said after a long pause. Since Elia couldn''t decide on an amount, she multiplied the previously requested borrowed amount and the tenure by one thousand.


    Fifty million ultimate stones was an immenselyrge amount and could make the Sacred Monarch fight for it, so just thinking of that amount made Elia''s breath rough.


    "Are you sure?" Aakesh asked to confirm.


    When Elia nodded, Aakesh summoned the contract paper and handed it to Elia.


    Elia read the content on the contract. Since she didn''t find anything wrong with it, she signed it.


    The next moment, an alert of the sessful transfer of the fifty million ultimate Sacred stones rang in her head.


    "You can pay the interest daily, weekly, monthly, or annually using your store card¡­" Aakesh exined the return process.


    Since Elia had chosen a tenure of thirty billion years, and the day interest was a lesser Sacred stone, the interest amount was also a high number.


    Elia decided to do her first part and directly paid the entire interest amount.


    The next moment, the alert of deduction, and soon after that, the notification about the remaining debt, rang in Elia''s ears.


    Since Elia was no longer poor, she returned her thoughts to the store''s products she had heard about from Aakesh.


    She was a True God level cultivator, so the products weren''t that expensive at that stage for her.


    "Store owner I want first-grade¡­" Elia asked Aakesh.


    She ordered every usable pill except for the Eternal Beauty Pill since she wanted to restore her face that way until her revenge wasplete.


    That scarred face was proof of her struggles for revenge, and she couldn''t let it go. It was also the closest proof of her love for her dead family.


    Aakesh nodded and stood up from the chair. He then went to the pill counter and picked out pills from the second row, as Elia had asked.


    ***


    "The pills are yours to use," Aakesh informed Elia after he received the alert of sessful payment from the system.

 Chapter 1296: Next Product(14)

    Chapter 1296: Next Product(14)


    After the sale of the pills wasplete, Elia turned her attention to the next product. Since the store owner had given her the example of the high cost of the beast to increase the borrowed amount, Elia decided to focus on that.


    Elia asked the questions regarding the beasts she had in mind. Once the store owner had answered all her questions, she left the queue and proceeded toward the beast room.


    When Elia entered the room, the two beast pirs weed her sight. Since Aakesh had already exined to her the difference between the two pirs, she didn''t need to think about where to go.


    Her cultivation was only at the True God level, so even the beasts from the first pir weren''t low level for her, especially an ultimate quality peak Divine Lord beast.


    But Elia decided against that and chose to go to the second pir. She would rather splurge on a legendary quality True God beast than an ultimate quality Divine Lord beast.


    She then joined the queue in front of the second pir. There were six customers ahead of her, so after the wait of a few minutes, it was her turn.


    Elia had no respective beast in mind; she only wanted a beast capable of vast destruction.


    Elia then pressed the button. The next moment, the square light began to rotate and kept doing so for the next five seconds.


    When five seconds passed, the rotation came to a stop, and a beast appeared on the screen. Her knowledge regarding the different beast races wasn''t very high, so Elia didn''t make any judgments regarding the unfamiliar beast on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hands. She read the content on it.


    It was a divine quality True God level beast which was high-level, but its skills didn''t interest Elia. She needed a fighting beast, while the one in her hands was an allrounder, with more focus on attacking than other types.


    Elia wanted a pure attacking beast, not some all-rounder, so she went ahead and ced the card in the returnpartment.


    Elia then pressed the button again. The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen while the square light began to rotate.


    Time flew by, and around a minute passed in a sh.


    Elia pressed the button again, and ''9'' appeared on top of the screen, initiating the tenth round of summoning. At that point, Elia had even summoned an ultimate quality beast, but that one focused more on defense, which was out of Elia''s interest.


    Five seconds passed in the blink of an eye, and after that, a beast unfamiliar to her appeared on the screen. As the card formed out of thin air and flew into her hands, she caught it.


    {Name: Ferocious Tyrant


    Type: Beast


    Race: Tyrant


    Element: Fire, Strength


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early True God


    Characteristics: Endless Wrath


    Details: This extraordinary ability grants the beast an unlimited reservoir of rage and fury, allowing it to continuously grow in strength and power as the battle progresses. With each passing moment, the Ferocious Tyrant''s wrath intensifies, feeding off the chaos and destruction on the battlefield.


    Ability:


    1.) Erupting Fury: The Ferocious Tyrant can summon volcanic eruptions, causing geysers of moltenva to surge forth, engulfing its enemies in a river ofva.


    2.) Molten Armor: The Ferocious Tyrant can envelop itself in a coat of moltenva, rendering it impervious to physical attacks and causing damage to those who touch it.


    3.) Roar of Annihtion: The Ferocious Tyrant lets loose a deafening roar that sends shockwaves through the air, incapacitating enemies and rendering them vulnerable to follow-up attacks.


    4.) me Burst: The Ferocious Tyrant fires a burst of concentrated mes that targets its enemies, incinerating them upon contact and causing coteral damage to those nearby.


    5.) Firestorm: The Ferocious Tyrant summons a maelstrom of mes, creating a zing vortex that engulfs enemies and inflicts continuous damage.


    ...


    11.) Feral Onught: The Ferocious Tyrant enters a state of feral frenzy, increasing its speed and strength exponentially for a limited time, tearing through enemies with relentless aggression.


    12.) Eternal Inferno: The Ferocious Tyrant unleashes an eternal inferno, creating an unending ze that engulfs the battlefield, inflicting continuous damage to all who enter its domain.


    Card Description: The Ferocious Tyrant is a formidable, terrifying creature. Its attributes of fire and strength make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Ferocious Tyrant.


    Price: Five ultimate, five hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.}


    As she read the details on the card, Elia finally nodded since it was finally the beast she desperately wanted to summon.


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. It stood as a colossal and awe-inspiring sight, exuding an aura of primal power and unrestrained fury. Its form was that of a dragon, with scales that shone like moltenva. The fiery red and golden hues of its scales blended seamlessly.


    Its eyes burned with a ferocious re, piercing through the darkness like two orbs of a zing inferno, reflecting the mes of its inner fury. From its massive jaws, tendrils of smoke and embers originated, producing the sense of a burning volcano. Its immense wings were adorned with jagged edges, stretched wide, and were reminiscent of fiery tempests.


    From its tight and strong limbs, ws sharper than obsidian protruded. Its tail was adorned with spines that resembled molten rocks and swayed with controlled aggression


    Its body was adorned with ancient runes that glowed with a suppressive light. Theva that pulsed through its veins seemed to have etched the runes.


    The Ferocious Tyrant was destruction walking in the form of a beast, and that was exactly what Elia needed. When she read the variety of different attacking skills it had, she could imagine it battling.


    The characteristic the beast had added further to the charm of the Ferocious Tyrant in Elia''s eyes.


    Since Elia had summoned the beast she wanted, she left the pir with the card in her hand. Her direction was the square device, where she couldplete the following

 Chapter 1297 Endless Wrath(15)

    1297 Endless Wrath(15)


    Chapter 1297: Endless Wrath(15)


    There was already a long line of customers in front of the square device, and Elia joined it.


    The customer at the front would leave immediately, and another customer would then take their ce with the process repeating. But since the number of customers was on the higher end, Elia reached the device after waiting several minutes.


    Her eyes were as emotionless as usual, and he put the card in the cardpartment. The next moment, she ced her hand in the respective spot.


    The next moment, Elia found herself in a different environment, with her cultivation dropping to the early True God.


    Drops of sweat streaked across her forehead and cheeks as the temperature was high there. She was standing in a dark area with several active volcanoes around her.


    The growing quantity ofva from the several volcanoes helped in the further growth of the temperature.


    Roar!


    Suddenly, a loud roar rang in the area as a beast jumped out of the volcano several miles away from her.


    The beast was none other than the Ferocious Tyrant. After jumping out of theva, it stared at Elia with nothing but rage in its eyes.


    The Ferocious Tyrant and Elia were simr in a way, as Elia had no emotion other than rage and hate in her heart, while the beast only knew rage.


    Roar!


    The beast roared once again, enraged by Elia''s direct stare. If not for the bell starting the battle, it would have pounced on her to tear her apart.


    Ding!


    Fortunately, its wait didn''tst long, and the sound of the bell rang in the environment.


    The next moment, the beast charged at her, its mouth releasing wisps of me.


    Elia was no weakling, and she also charged forward. The battles she had faced over the past centuries had been too brutal for her, so she also knew how to fight, and since Elia didn''t have a good weapon at that time, she was a closebat fighter.


    Elia punched while the beast shed with its sharp ws.


    Elia slightly bent down as the w was quicker, taking away the power of her punch.


    Roar!


    The beast roared and attacked once again, with fire emerging around its ws.


    Its eyes focused on Elia since it didn''t want to see her dodging the strike once again.


    Elia waited for the attack to reach her, but just as it was about to touch her, she moved sideways and kicked.


    ng!


    Elia''s kick sessfullynded on the opponent, but what Elia wanted to see didn''t happen. It was as if Elia had hit an unbreakable wall; her legs swelled up, and pain hit her.


    The Ferocious Tyrant grew angrier than ever when it saw that its opponent was the first attacker of the two to hit. It roared angrily and charged.


    There were shockwaves in the air, and as they hit Elia, she froze. But her physique was strong enough to bear them, and she didn''t let herself get hit by theing attack.


    It was only the start, and as the battle progressed, the brutality hidden behind the rage of the twobatants started showing.


    It was a primitive battle as the Ferocious Tyrant ignored the skills it had and engaged Elia using its physical prowess.


    The number of injuries to Elia was growing at a rapid rate as she proved to be no match for the Ferocious Tyrant in a battle of physical prowess. Instead of using skills, it made Elia fight even more brutally.


    Her emotions had never been stable since that day, so it was easy for Elia to lose her sanity and battle with pure rage, not caring about her body.


    The same scene yed out in the battle, and Elia was covered in her blood while the opponent had small injuries.


    As the blood loss became severe and Elia began to lose her strength, she finally came around. The Ferocious Tyrant was a suitable beast for her, so she couldn''t let it win the taming battle.


    A dark glow surrounded her fist, and she punched the opponent. A crack appeared on the body of the beast where the strikended.


    Elia repeatedly punched the beast while the dark glow around her hand grew darker.


    When the beast began to bear the brunt of the skill and repeated waves of pain hit her, it became even angrier and unleashed another [Roar of Annihtion].


    Elia froze for a moment, but she soon returned and continued her attack. But that moment of reprieve was enough for the beast, and it moved away from Elia, her punch unable to hit it anymore.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    The next moment, the Ferocious Tyrant released a terrifying roar, and several volcanoes on the battlefield went off.


    Even though the volcanoes were already active and spittingva, that scene was no less than theing of an apocalypse.


    Gigantic smoke clouds appeared over the mouths of the volcanoes, and soon after, a storm of hot air hit her.


    Just the slight touch from the air made her skin slightly burn. She had no choice but to move away from the range.


    The attack wouldn''t kill her, but it would severely endanger her since the air was smoldering and was enough to cause serious burns.


    the tip of its mouth.


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    ck smoke, withva reaching Elia.


    Elia immediately took a flight since she had no interest in testing the heat of theva.


    The beast opened its mouth, and the next moment, a concentrated orange fireball began to form at the tip of its mouth.


    When the fireball had reached the size of a basketball, the beast released it.


    The attack seemed to be locked on Elia, and it followed her.


    Elia stopped running and decided to face the attack head-on. The next moment, a white glow appeared around her, and the fireball crashed into it.


    The white glow seemed to be a barrier, and it stopped the fireball from hitting Elia, but the beast suddenly released another one.


    BOOM! THUD!


    As the two fireballs shed, it resulted in an extremely loud explosion. The white glow was unable to handle the released force, and it threw Elia backward.


    After flying for several hundred meters, Elia''s crash finally came to a stop. She groaned in pain and then patted the dust on her dress, which was now burning.


    Elia felt her skin burning, so she had no choice but to throw the dress away. Except for her lower private part, everything was visible, but no one was there to see it.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two was only growing bloodier and gorier.


    Half of Elia''s face was burned, with her skull melting while she kept her fighting active.


    The beast was in the same condition as well, as several of its scales were torn out, oozing blood continuously.


    But the beast was clearly gaining the upper hand since the more time passed, the more rage it umted, and so its strength also grew.


    The same was the case with Elia, but she was overdrawing her energy while the beast was doing no such thing because of its characteristics, [Endless Wrath].


    The time for the battle to end was approaching close since Elia understood she couldn''t let it go for long, or she would be too exhausted to fight and would lose in the end.


    Elia''s eyes suddenly turned red, and smoke began to emerge from her body. It wasn''t due to the hot temperature in the environment, but she was burning her blood.


    At one point, her pupils disappeared, leaving nothing but red in her eyes while the ground beneath her feet was sinking.


    Argh!


    Elia''s voice became incoherent as she roared and pounced on the beast. The beast activated [Eternal Inferno] after sensing that whoever came on top after that round of shes would be the winner.


    The next moment, several gigantic walls of mes rose all around Elia, attacking her.


    Elia could no longer feel the pain, as she hadpletely lost her sanity to receive power. Her body was slowly melting, but ignoring that, she charged.


    Her speed had reached an unprecedented height at that time, as she immediately appeared in front of the beast and grabbed its head.


    Staring at the beast with her red eyes, Elia shoved it to the ground and kept at it until her body could no longer do it.


    BOOM!


    Suddenly, a loud explosion rang in the area, throwing Elia and the beast on two opposite sides.


    ***


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 Chapter 1298 Punishment(16)

    Chapter 1298: Punishment(16)


    The sudden explosion knocked the twobatants to opposite sides while arge cloud of magma and smoke erupted in the sky.


    When the smoke subsided, the current picture of the battle presented itself. Elia was lying with negligible parts of her body remaining, while the same was the case for the beast. But inparison between the two, the beast was the one that looked to be the victor of the battle.


    But if the battle only demanded physicality, then strong physical races would have been the only remaining races. It also required the will to fight and the tenacity to survive.


    Even though Elia was unable to fight any longer, she still couldn''t give up on the battle. Whatever remained of her eyelids were turning heavy, while her mouth could no longer make a sound due to her burnt throat. She tried to remember the scene of her husband self-exploding to make her aware and survive the onught.


    The next moment, a miraculous scene urred. Despite having no legs or hands to fight, a wave of pressure emanated from her, directing itself at the beast.


    The Ferocious Tyrant was a strong beast that knew nothing but rage. But when that pressure attacked, its eyes immediately disyed panic.


    The pressure didn''t make the beast feel heavy or suffocating; instead, it affected its brain to feel the pain Elia had gone through when she saw her husband dying, what Elia felt when she found out that no one in her family survived, the despair caused by the guilt when Elia found that she was alive whereas her young son, who had a lot to live for, was dead.


    That pain was something the beast had never felt, and it immediately broke it down. It was already extremely injured and was hanging by thest straw. It was on the verge of winning since it was clear that Elia would be the first to close her eyes and bid farewell to the taming world.


    But everything changed due to her tenacity to survive. Elia didn''t want to die, even if she knew it would have no effect on her real body. That tenacity gave birth to a new skill for her and also changed the oue of the battle.


    The beast could no longer bear the pain, and it crushed its own heart to let the pain go away. The next moment, the pain did go away, and the beast lost the taming battle.


    Elia''s emotions showed no fluctuation as a green light surrounded her.


    The next moment, her consciousness returned to the store, and soon after, an unbearable prickling pain hit her. Even though Elia had gone through too much, the pain still affected her.


    Fortunately for her, the pain went away as quickly as it hade, and the screen on the device lit up.


    When Elia looked at it, the content of it was engraved in her mind. There was nothing wrong with the contract. She then pulled her hand out and the beast card after that.


    Since the Ferocious Tyrant was of ultimate quality, she needed toplete the purchase with the store owner. Elia turned around and left the room.


    There was a small line of customers in front of the store owner, so she joined it and waited for her turn.


    At that moment, Aakesh was in conversation with Laney. Since Laney didn''t have the needed amount at that time, she asked her guards to go to her father and bring the required sum.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    After they returned with the sum, Laney returned to Aakesh.


    "Store owner, I want toplete the purchase," Laney respectfully requested, passing the beast card to him. She was grinning widely, and the pride couldn''t be hidden since she had done something that the store owner believed had almost zero chance.


    Aakesh nodded and took the beast card from Elia''s hands. The next moment, the details appeared in his mind.


    "You need to pay five thousand higher and ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Laney, returning the card to her.


    After passing the card, Laney had already taken out the sum since she only needed to add ten lesser stones to the sum brought by her guards.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the next moment, the mountain of stones disappeared from the store.


    "You are short of ten higher Sacred stones," Aakesh suddenly informed after hearing the system''s alert.


    Laney immediately frowned and looked at her guards, who were busy chatting with each other. They noticed Laney looking at them, and suddenly expressions of panic engulfed their faces.


    The two guards then looked at each other, and as if they already had a tacit understanding, the panic disappeared from their faces.


    Laney''s frown deepened when he saw the guards acting like that even when their mistake had been captured. She decided to focus on itter and took out ten higher Sacred stones from the money she had brought with her and handed them to Aakesh.


    "The beast is yours from now on," Aakesh informed Laney after hearing the system''s alert of sessful payment.


    Aakesh also caught the situation when he saw Laney suddenly looking at her guards after hearing about the stone shortage. But since it had nothing to do with him, he didn''t personally intervene.


    But at the same time, Laney had almost be his candidate for the second store upgrade quest, so Aakesh couldn''t let the two thieves go free. The next moment, an invisible force appeared and knocked them out, cklisting the two guards from the store for eternity.


    Aakesh didn''t give a serious punishment since it was up to Laney what to do with the two thieves.


    The two guards were stumped when they suddenly found them outside the store on the ground with their buttocks. It happened so fast that they didn''t even see what happened to them.


    The guards immediately stood up and walked toward the store, and when they were about to enter the store, a force even harder than before acted and threw them. That time, several bones in their lower body cracked upon the hard crash.


    After getting cklisted, the force knocking the criminals out would grow with every attempt, and at one point, it would reach such intensity that the criminal would explode into a blood cloud with just the touch of force.

 Chapter 1299 Can You Do It?(17)

    Chapter 1299: Can You do it?(17)


    Laney couldn''t help but be surprised by the scene in front of her. She then looked at Aakesh, and a big smile spread across her face.


    "Can I call you big brother?" Laney suddenly asked. Her big eyes were continuously blinking.


    Aakesh simply nodded in response to Laney while Laney jumped up in excitement.


    "Big brother, what do you think I should do with those two thieves?" Laney asked.


    "It''s up to you," Aakesh answered. He had already made up his mind not to interfere in what happened with the two guards outside the store. Laney and her father employed the two guards, so they should be the ones to handle it.


    Talking with Laney, Aakesh suddenly had an idea. He looked at Laney with his usual indifferent expression and said, "Do you want me to give you a test?"


    Laney was surprised by Aakesh''s question, but she still nodded after a pause of a few seconds.


    "What will be the reward?" Laney then asked, fully confident in herself after she summoned the Yellow King on her first try.


    "If you can cultivate the art to its first level in a week, I will give you a secret reward," Aakesh ignored the child-like excitement and confidence on Laney''s face and responded.


    Laney couldn''t help but harrumph when she heard the reward was a secret.


    The system had asked the candidate to be secret from others and only reveal it once they had captured territory and had be the ruler. But Aakesh didn''t worry about it when he talked of giving a reward to Laney.


    It wouldn''t be the first time he rewarded some customers randomly. There have been a few lucky customers in the past decade. Laney would be touted as such if others found out about it, so Aakesh had no reason to worry.


    "Can you do it?" Aakesh asked, ignoring the slight frustration on Laney''s face.


    "I will do it," Laney immediately answered; she then added, "Big brother, you just prepare my reward."


    Laney didn''t wait for a response from Aakesh and then proudly left the line, walking toward the exit of the store.


    Laney didn''t fear the two guards outside the store even though they were Divine Lord level cultivators. She was the daughter of a King, and beforeing here, her father had informed the administration of Thorr City. He didn''t have any demands, but he only warned the city lord not to let dangere her way.


    Laney''s father''s love for her was such that if anything happened to Laney, the man would immediately wage war on the Fawkes Kingdom, ignoring even the presence of the store.


    When Laney came out of the store, she found the two guards standing outside. Their stature wasn''t straight, and there were hints of pain on their faces. When they saw Laneying out, fawning smiles spread across their faces, and they immediately charged at her.


    Laney took two steps backward when she saw the guards charge. The guards seemed to have noticed their mistake, so they immediately stopped and bowed to apologize. The actions were simultaneous as if the two guards were puppets and some puppet master was controlling them.


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    It was finally Elia''s turn to reach the store owner. She asked toplete the purchase, passing the beast card to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card. With a casual nce, the details of the purchase appeared in his mind.


    "You need to pay five ultimate, six hundred eleven thousand one hundred ten supreme¡­ Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Elia.


    The next moment, an alert asking him whether she wanted to pay with the card rang in her head. When she responded positively, the alert of the debited amount and after that, a notification about the remaining bnce rang in her ears.


    After Aakesh heard about the sessful payment notification from the system, he informed Elia of the same.


    Elia simply nodded upon learning that the beast was her from that day. She then put the card in her inner world, as it could be put even in the inner world of a Divine Lord cultivator.


    She then focused on the next product in the store. Since she wanted revenge and battle talent was necessary for that. She had no battle talent to speak of, but she could somewhat close the gap with other geniuses using her hard work and experience.


    Attacking skills would help her a lot since they would improve her fighting, so that was the next product on her mind.


    Elia then asked several questions regarding the skills of Aakesh. Once Aakesh had answered all her questions, she left the queue and walked toward the skill room.


    Elia had many skills to use since her family was the overlord of the, but since their deaths, she had stopped using them. She had be more of a strength-type skill user.


    When Elia asked Aakesh about it, Aakesh suggested she try skills belonging to different elements and then experience them. It would help her find what element she was mostpatible with. Elia understood that she couldn''t defeat a Supreme God cultivator just by rage and throwing punches; she needed to improve her fighting senses and the skills in her arsenal.


    Even though it was helping the store since the experience session wasn''t cheap, Elia could see that Aakesh had no such intention when he gave her the suggestion. Even if the store owner had such intentions, Elia wouldn''t have cared.


    Elia borrowed such arge amount to improve herself, so there was no point in thinking of the waste when it came to finding the best for her.


    When Elia entered the room, she was greeted by the sight of several counters and customers thronging them. On the walls around the room, there were murals painted of different types of skills getting activated and their effects.


    Elia saw many strength-based skills as well. One mural showed a cultivator punching through the fabric of space and turning their opponent into mush from arge distance away.


    Elia returned her attention to the counters and walked toward the fourth one since it was for True God level cultivators.


    ***


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 Chapter 1300 Elia’s Experience(18)

    Chapter 1300: Elia''s Experience(18)


    Elia walked to the counter for the True God level cultivators since she was one. In her eyes, no row existed except for the bottom row since she only cared for attacking type skills.


    The store owner had told her that she would need to think of the element before reaching for the shelf desired by her, and she would pull out a skill of that level.


    Elia decided to start with the strength element skill since she had been using these types of skills over the past few centuries.


    Thinking of the element, Elia reached out to thest shelf in the bottom row, representing the God level. Since she didn''tck money, she didn''t think twice before immediately going for the highest level.


    When she pulled her hand out, there was a skill card in her hand. One-third of the card contained the illustration of the scene at the activation of the skill, while the bottom two-thirds contained its details.


    Elia had not taken much interest in how the skill looked when activated, so she immediately focused on the details.


    Her expression remained the same throughout the reading, and at the end, she returned the skill card, pulling a new one out.


    Time flew by, and finally, at her seventeenth attempt, she finally found a skill she could buy if she had greatpatibility with it.


    [Name: Giant''s Wrath


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes the unstoppable fury of a giant, obliterating all in its path


    Description: The user taps into the elemental essence of strength, summoning the boundless power of a giant. This skill enables the user to embody the unstoppable force of a giant, unleashing a devastating onught of overwhelming strength upon the battlefield.


    The activation of the skill demands profound mastery over the element of strength and precise control over the giant''s power. Long usage of the skill will require a period of recovery after the activation.


    Price: Eight thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    After reading the details of the skill, it was time to experience it since she wanted to know what element she was mostpatible with before initiating her purchase.


    It was a time-consuming process, but Elia was fine with it. She then turned around and walked toward the line standing in front of the semi-pir.


    After a wait of a few minutes, Elia reached the device. After she ced the card in the cardpartment, she found herself in a different environment.


    Elia stood in a battle arena with her opponent, ready to attack. The sizeparison between her and the opponent was likeparing an ant with an elephant.


    Her body reacted and activated the skill [Giant''s Wrath]. The next moment, a dreamy light surrounded her.


    Not long after that, a projection of a giant appeared behind her. The projection then exploded into light particles and began melting into Elia.


    Elia''s eyes were emotionless as her body slowly began to expand, taking the shape of the projection behind her.


    Her expanding speed was quicker than what a being could see with the naked eye. In no time, her stature had reached half that of her opponent, and it was still growing.


    As Elia was growing in size, her eyes were slowly turning red. The expansion finally came to a stop, and at that time, Elia was a few meters bigger than her opponent.


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    The next moment, Elia roared and jumped. Her gigantic body seemed to defy gravity, as she was still as quick as she was earlier.


    Elia had never been stronger than she was at that time, but her eyes stayed as emotionless as ever. She could feel an unprecedented strength in her body, and she punched.


    It was as if the space was ss; it cracked open. Just the force released from the punch alone was enough to destabilize the opponent.


    When the punch finally hit the opponent, a gory scene presented itself in the arena, with blood and brain matter spreading everywhere. Some of that fell on Elia''s face as well.


    Elia''s giant body acted on its own and licked the blood clean across her lips while her consciousness watched the scene with no fluctuation in her emotion.


    Despite the opponent''s death, Elia''s body didn''t stop and kept punching the corpse. There was a reason for adding ''Wrath'' to the skill''s name. It was a berserk transformation.


    When even the blood had disintegrated due to the repeated powerful punches and their terrible force, Elia stopped. Her consciousness then returned to the store.


    Her eyes immediately went to the screen on the device. The next moment, the screen lit up, and content appeared on it.


    [Skill: Giant''s Wrath


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak True God


    Compatibility: 68%


    Training Time: Seventy-eight Years.]


    The content was directly engraved in her head, so she left the queue and returned to the counter.


    Even though herpatibility with the skill wasn''t bad, she wanted to test herpatibility with many elements and then choose what skills to buy. At the end of the day, she could only buy one God-level attacking type skill, and she wanted the best.


    The next element in her mind after the strength was fire since she used to be a fire user before things took a tragic turn in her life. Thinking of the element, Elia reached out to thest shelf in the bottom row.


    When she pulled her hand out, there was a skill card in her hand. She immediately focused on the content of the card. As luck would have it, she got a skill to her liking on the first attempt itself.


    [Name: Cataclysmic Fire


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes an all-consuming fire of cataclysmic proportions


    Description: The user taps into the elemental essence of fire, summoning an all-consuming inferno of cataclysmic proportions. This skill channels the untamed fury of a raging firestorm, wreaking havoc on the battlefield and incinerating everything in its path.


    The activation of the skill requires exceptional mastery of the element of fire and precise control over its intensity. The strain on the user''s energy and cultivation can be substantial for prolonged usage of the skill.


    Price: Seven thousand four hundred ny-nine higher Sacred stones.]

 Chapter 1301 Elia’s Experience(19)

    Chapter 1301: Elia''s Experience(19)


    After getting the desired card, Elia walked toward the semi-pir. Simr to thest time, after waiting for a few minutes, it was Elia''s turn.


    She then put the card in the cardpartment, and the next moment, she found herself in a different environment.


    The scene looked straight from a horror scene, as there were tens of thousands of enemies encircling her, while mutted corpses were littered across the ground like sand particles in a desert.


    Even that scene wasn''t enough to make any change in Elia''s emotions. The next moment, her body acted and activated [Cataclysmic Fire].


    The following second, Elia was engulfed in scorching me, radiating an insane amount of heat, so much so that even the air seemed to be burning in its presence.


    It was only the start, as after engulfing Elia, it began to expand crazily, engulfing arge area in no time. The fire seemed to ignore the ground and charged toward the numerous enemies encircling the user.


    As it passed the enemy, the enemy melted into a pool of liquid, and in no time, even that was vaporized, erasing any proof of their existence. The fire kept growing crazily, and at first, it didn''t affect Elia.


    But as the intensity of the me grew, Elia also began to feel warm all over her body. At first, it was nothing, but with each passing moment of time, the intensity grew.


    At one point, it reached a situation where Elia found that she was passing through fire. There were no burn marks, but there was a slight difort.


    Elia''s consciousness understood why the warning contained details about the intensity. While Elia was feeling difort, the fire attacking her enemies was on another level. It vaporized an enemy into disappearance, even when it was a few inches away from the guy.


    Time flew by, and soon, the scene returned to calm. Except for Elia, there was no second life present there, and as for the proof of their existence, that had disappeared as well.


    The skill not only vaporized the enemies but also brought the same fate to the numerous corpses on the ground. Even though the corpses belonged to the people on her side as per the memory, the skill treated them equally.


    [Cataclysmic Fire] was a skill that couldn''t be used in the midst of battle despite its high destruction since the skill didn''t distinguish between ally and enemy. Everything in its range was the fire''s food. Even the user of the skill was in danger if the intensity reached extreme points.


    Except for the extreme points, Elia didn''t need to worry about the skill. She was on her own and didn''t care whether others died during the skill''s activation if her enemy also died.


    The next moment, Elia''s consciousness returned to the store. Her eyes immediately went to the screen on the device.


    The next moment, the screen lit up, and the content on it appeared.


    [Skill: Cataclysmic Fire


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak True God


    Compatibility: 43%


    Training Time: One hundred thirty-nine years and seven months.]


    Herpatibility with the skill was twenty-five percent shorter than what she had with the skill rted to the strength element. Thepatibility didn''t only affect the training time; it also affected the strength the user could unleash if fully mastered.


    A user with seventy-five percentpatibility but only half mastery of the skill would be able to bring out more power than a user who hadplete mastery of the skill but whosepatibility was only forty percent.


    Considering factors like that, Elia immediately rejected the fire element from her list of choices. Elia might have higherpatibility with some attacking fire-type skills, but it was a waste of time to work to find that skill since there were numerous skills rted to the fire element.


    It was better for Elia to put that time into searching for skills rted to another element and finding the bestpatibility percentage.


    Elia then returned to the counter and put the skill card back. When she pulled her hand out, there was a new skill card in her hands.


    Since Elia chose the water element after the fire element, the card belonged to the skill of a water element.


    [Name: Torrential Annihtion


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes an overwhelming torrent of water to annihte all in its path


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    ¡­


    [Name: Cataclysmic Earthquake


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes an earth-shattering cataclysm, obliterating the very foundation of the battlefield


    ¡­


    Price: Nine thousand one hundred forty-nine higher Sacred stones.]


    ¡­


    [Name: Metallic End


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes an unstoppable barrage of sharp metal projectiles


    ¡­


    Price: Six thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    ¡­


    [Name: Vengeful Wrath


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes an unrestrained storm of vengeful fury, transforming it into an unstoppable force of destruction


    ¡­


    Price: Thirteen thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    Time flew by, and Elia kept pulling out and experiencing the best offensive type skill she could find from the elements in her mind.


    Elia wasn''t stupid enough to do it for every known element since she or her race had no rtions with the elements of space or time, so she didn''t choose to pick out a skill from either of the two elements.


    Elia only thought of the primary elements or the elements she hade in contact with. She even tried to pull out a skill rted to the element of rage.


    Elia had found a good skill for that element, and when she experienced it, she even liked the power. But something different than what she believed happened. Herpatibility with the skill was less than twenty percent. It was horrendous, to say the least.


    It was the first time in the skill room since she began taking out the skill cards and experiencing them that she was taken aback by what transpired before her.


    ***


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 Chapter 1302 High Compatibility(20)

    Chapter 1302: High Compatibility(20)


    After the surprise, Elia returned to the counter and returned the card. She had already thought of an element in her mind for the next skill, so when she pulled out her hand, it held a skill card.


    As luck would have it, she got the desired card on her first attempt. She immediately focused on the content of the card.


    [Name: Malevolent Destion


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes a malicious force of pure hatred, inflicting devastation upon the adversary


    Description: The user taps into the dark and potent essence of hate, manifesting a vicious force that seeks to inflict utter devastation upon the adversary. This skill channels the intense hatred and malice within, unleashing an onught of hatred that engulfs the battlefield in a deste aura of maleficence.


    The use of Malevolent Destion demands a profound understanding and mastery of the element of hate. The strain on the user''s emotions and spiritual strength can be immense, and the hatred may affect the user''s psyche.


    Price: Neen thousand nine hundred ny-nine higher Sacred stones.]


    The element chosen by her was hate after the surprise she received for the [Vengeful Wrath]. She liked what she read on the card, so she turned around, went toward the semi-pir, and joined the line.


    After a few minutes of waiting, it was her turn. She put the skill card in the cardpartment, and the next moment, she found herself in a different environment.


    The scene in front of her was as brutal as it could get. There were a plethora of corpses of people with whom she was familiar. These were the faces she lost that day.


    Seeing them again here gave birth to a sad emotion in her mind, but the next moment, that emotion was reced by anger at what was happening to them.


    Those corpses joined to form a mountain, and on top of that mountain, one creature was sitting. That creature was biting the head of the first corpse on that mountain.


    When Elia saw that face, her mind switched. Fortunately for her, her body acted at the same time and activated [Malevolent Destion]. That corpse belonged to none other than her young son, because of whom she was still guilty of surviving.


    The next moment, a wave of darkness emanated from him and soon shrouded him. There was a chill in the air as the darkness spread. It seemed to be ethereal but was still able to influence reality.


    Elia''s eyes had turned red, and a hostile pressure began to form around her. Soon, hostile pressure emerged in the form of pitch-ck energy. It was the hatred Elia had umted in her heart, and when itpletely materialized into reality, it took the form of a torrent that would destroy the world.


    That torrent immediately attacked the creature. The creature had no choice but to tightly clutch its head, and it began iling as the pain became unbearable.


    All the vileness the creature had in its heart also materialized around it, but instead of going toward Elia, it melted into the already active attack and enhanced its effects.


    Screams that could shake the heart of even an evil creature continuously rang in the area, but Elia had no fluctuation in her heart. In fact, she seemed to enjoy the scene ying out in front of her. She couldn''t help but rece the beast with that intruder, and the enjoyment grew to another height.


    The skill wasn''t shy or instant, but it was extremely slow, and that was what made the skill''s effects terrifying. Even at the start, the torment was unbearable, and as time passed, it only grew in intensity.


    Time flew by, and the more Elia saw the creature crying in torment, the more she enjoyed it. The creature''s strength at that time didn''t help it; instead, it became a source of torture.


    The weaker the creature, the quicker it would die from that torment. Sometimes, even bing strong was harmful.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Everything muste to an end, so the creature''s torture also came to an end. Instead of enjoying the death of the beast, Elia found the scene to be disappointing since she wanted to see more of it.


    The prolonged usage of the skill had affected her emotions, but Elia didn''t care. Even if not for the effect, she would still be acting like that.


    The next moment, a white light surrounded her, and soon, her consciousness returned to the store.


    She immediately looked at the screen since she expected highpatibility for [Malevolent Destion].


    The next moment, the screen on the pir lit up, and the content appeared.


    [Skill: Malevolent Destion


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak True God


    Compatibility: 87%


    Training Time: Six years, six months, and six days.]


    Elia wasn''t faced with disappointment at that time, as herpatibility with the skill was extremely high. In fact, it was the highest percentage of all the skills she had experienced.


    Since things didn''t turn out differently, Elia nodded. She then returned to the counter. She now had two skills that had highpatibility, but she still hadn''t made her decision on what to buy.


    Elia then thought of the next element in her mind and reached for thest shelf at the bottom row. When she pulled her hand out, there was a skill card in it.


    She focused on its details and didn''t like what she read. She then returned the card, and when pulled her hand out, there was a new skill card in her hand, belonging to the same element.


    Time flew by, and finally, at her ninth attempt, Elia took out a skill she liked.


    [Name: Abyssal Eclipse


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes an abyssal eclipse that consumes all light and obliterates adversaries


    Description: The user taps into the profound essence of darkness, summoning an abyssal eclipse that swallows all light and brings forth the ultimate obliteration. This skill channels the unrestrained power of darkness, unleashing an assault that engulfs the battlefield in an eternal void of annihtion.


    The activation of Abyssal Eclipse Annihtion demands profound understanding and mastery over the element of darkness.


    Price: Twenty-four thousand nine hundred ny-nine higher Sacred stones.]

 Chapter 1303 The Chosen Skill(21)

    Chapter 1303: The Chosen Skill(21)


    Elia read the details on the card. She had chosen the element of darkness after the element of hate. Elia had seen during the activation of the [Malevolent Destion] that when it was activated, a wave of darkness emerged from her. She could infer that there was a rtionship between darkness and hate.


    Elia liked what she read on the card, so she followed the familiar routine of joining the queue in front of the semi-pir.


    When it was finally her turn, she ced the skill card in the cardpartment, and the next moment, she found herself in a different environment.


    She was in the middle of a battle arena while the sun was at its peak in the sky. The day was as bright as it could get. The opponent in front of her seemed to revel in the sunlight, as could be seen from the growing energy of the opponent.


    Elia''s consciousness was as emotionless as ever, and she waited for the body to activate the skill. The wait didn''tst very long, and the body acted.


    The next moment, a cloak appeared around her body, covering every inch. Following that, a wave of darkness began to emerge from the cloak. At first, it was extremely thin, but in no time, it had covered the range of tens of meters around him, and it was only growing over time.


    Wherever the darkness passed through, the light was devoured from existence. Even if Elia were to stop the skill, those areas wouldn''t see any light.


    The skill contained the devouring attribute of the darkness, so it consumed light and spread around the battle arena.


    The next moment, the entire battle arena was consumed by the wave of darkness, while Elia stood at the center of it with an unfazed reaction.


    Her opponent had a panicky face since the sun was still there and emanating light, but nothing could reach it. It couldn''t even sense if its fingers were there.


    The darkness was slowly consuming the opponent as well. It tried to defend against the darkness, but its efforts were of no avail. Nothing seemed to matter in front of the darkness, and it got devoured.


    The skill was quick and instant, so it all happened so quickly that the opponent couldn''t even attack.


    Soon, everything came to a standstill, and Elia stopped the skill. The next moment, the cloak shrouding her body faded, but the entire battle arena was still dark since the sunlight couldn''t peer through the all-consuming effect left by the darkness.


    Even when the skill was active, Elia could see things clearly. She saw the shriveled corpse of her opponent in the arena since its vitality was entirely consumed. At the same time, Elia felt nothing negative since the skill had no side effects, and its energy consumption wasn''t that high either.


    The next moment, a white light surrounded her. The all-consuming effect lingering in the area attacked at once to devour the light, but in front of that brilliance, the lingering energy was exhausted, and light finally returned to the arena. But Elia had long left the arena, so she wasn''t there to see it. A wave of silence had engulfed the entire area.


    ***


    After Elia''s consciousness returned to the store, she immediately focused on the screen on the semi-pir.


    [Skill: Abyssal Eclipse


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak True God


    Compatibility: 72%


    Training Time: Ten years and two months.]


    Herpatibility with the [Abyssal Eclipse] was also as high as Elia had expected, but it was still shorter than what she had with the [Malevolent Destion]. A decision seemed to have begun to form in her head, but before it could be engraved, Elia decided to make another attempt.


    It was herst attempt to experience a skill card, and for that, she chose the element of death.


    When she returned to the counter, she reached for thest shelf in the bottom row and pulled her hand out.


    The first attempt didn''t pull out the desired skill, so Elia attempted once again. Her luck was good, so she found the skill in only her second attempt.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    [Name: Requiem Annihtion


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes a cataclysmic requiem of death that annihtes all life in its range


    Description: The user taps into the profound essence of death, summoning a cataclysmic requiem that brings forth the ultimate annihtion of life itself. This skill channels the unrestrained power of death, unleashing an assault that leaves the battlefield devoid of all existence.


    The activation of Requiem Annihtion demands profound understanding and mastery over the element of death. The strain on the user''s spiritual strength can be immense, and the relentless contact with death may affect the user''s psyche.


    Price: Seventy-five thousand Sacred stones.]


    After finding the skill, Elia immediately joined the queue for the semi-pir. Once it was her turn, she did the familiar routine and soon found her consciousness in a different environment.


    She found herself on a battlefield with numerous enemies charging at her. Her body acted and activated the skill. The next moment, she was enveloped in spectral darkness. As the aura of death radiated from the darkness, it attacked the minds of the enemies.


    It instilled dread and despair into the hearts of the enemies and caused them to fall to the ground one by one. It was not only a spiritual attack but a physical one as well.


    The darkness invaded every being in the range of the skill and cut their vitality connection. It was an instant and peaceful death for the creature.


    In only a few moments, the numerous enemies who were roaring to attack had turned into corpses littered across the battlefield.


    It was the shortest experience session but the one that caused the most deaths. When Elia''s consciousness returned to the store, she immediately looked at the screen.


    [Skill: Requiem Annihtion


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak True God


    Compatibility: 68%


    Training Time: One hundred Seventy-five years.]


    Herpatibility with the skill was higher than many other skills she had taken out, but despite that, it required the most training time from her.


    It was finally time to make a decision on which skill to choose from those with the highestpatibility.


    ***


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 Chapter 1304 The Chosen Skill(22)

    Chapter 1304: The Chosen Skill(22)


    If Elia had a choice, she would have bought all four skills on the list, but unfortunately for her, she could only buy one skill of the attacking type at God''s level.


    The skill [Malevolent Destion] had the highestpatibility with her, so it shouldn''t have been a choice list, and a decision would have been made, but she really liked the skill belonging to the Death element as well.


    Sigh!


    Elia sighed and decided to go with [Malevolent Destion] in the end since she wanted the best for her to battle. As for the [Requiem Annihtion], she would buy it once she stepped into the Lesser God level.


    Since Elia hade that far, she wasn''t going to buy only one skill for herself. She then reached out for the Emperor level shelf, thinking of the element of strength.


    Time flew by, and Elia had bought three skills, including the God level [Malevolent Destion]. She had no interest in defensive or other types of skills, so she turned around and walked toward the room''s exit.


    When she stepped out of the room, she noticed a small line of customers in front of Aakesh. It shouldn''t be a rare sight to see customers in a store, but Elia suddenly had a violent reaction.


    Her eyes trembled violently in rage. She was about to pounce, but a sense of sudden life-threatening danger she had never felt before rang in her heart, stopping her from taking the rash decision.


    The customer talking to the store owner at that moment was none other than the guy who caused all the tragedies in her life. It was the same guy, because of whom she is still alive. If not for her hatred for the man, she wouldn''t have been able to bear all the pain.


    The next moment, a panicky expression appeared on her face. If the guy was rted to the store owner or the store in some way, wouldn''t her revenge be iplete?


    The store gave her a way to grow strong toplete her revenge. If that same store gave patronage to the guy she wanted to kill, wouldn''t it be an idiotic thought?


    ''No, it can''t be! The coin told me I will be able toplete my revenge with the help of the store.'' The next moment, Elia thought, shaking the uneasiness in her heart. Everything was happening because of the coin, and she fully trusted it.


    She then controlled her rage, but her eyes still couldn''t hide the hatred she had in her heart for the man.


    Aakesh also noticed the sudden aura of rage, but fortunately for Elia, she listened to herself and didn''t attempt any stupid things.


    It wasn''t difficult for Aakesh to know the reason behind Elia''s sudden reaction. When he was learning about the races, he also heard about the massacre of Elia''s race since it had happened thousands of years before he opened his eyes in the Primal Dimension.


    Aakesh didn''t care about the hatred between Elia and the man. It was their personal situation, and he wasn''t going to intervene.


    "You need to pay¡­" Aakesh told the man in front of him. The man was unaware that his enemy was in the store at the same time and would be his end in the future.


    The man smilingly nodded and paid for the pills he had brought. The man then asked about the beast, and once he had gotten all his answers, he thanked Aakesh and walked toward the room.


    Time flew by, and Elia reached Aakesh.


    "Store owner, pleaseplete the purchase," Elia asked, passing the three skill cards to him.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from her hand. As he looked at the card, the sale detail appeared in his head.


    Elia had experienced many cards creating extra ie for the store, so Aakesh smiled inwardly.


    "You need to pay twenty-three thousand¡­ Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Elia.


    Elia nodded, and the next moment, the required amount disappeared from the high wealth stored in her card. It wasn''t even worth a drop in the ocean.


    "The skill cards are yours¡­" Aakesh informed Elia and then exined the process of absorbing the information stored on the card.


    Elia didn''t waste a moment and immediately put the [Malevolent Destion] skill card near the area between her brows. The next moment, a huge influx of memory urred while the card slowly faded.


    She still didn''t leave Aakesh after she had absorbed the information inside all three skill cards, but she stood there hesitating whether to ask the question in her mind.


    In the end, she finally made up her mind and decided to ask the question.


    "Store owner, will you help the man in case of our conflict?" She was still as emotionless as ever, but there were turbulent waves of tension rising in her heart.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    She hadplete confidence in the coin but couldn''t leave things to fate. Fate only favored those who were willing to work for it.


    "The store doesn''t care for the personal lives of its customers as long as they remain outside the store," Aakesh stated.


    ***


    Elia walked toward the cultivation arts room after getting her answers. Her eyes were still as emotionless as they were before she entered the store, but there was a hint of glow that wasn''t there.


    She came from a race where the highest cultivation level reached by a cultivator was Lesser God, and once the deaths happened, the cultivation art above True God was lost.


    It was even more necessary than skills for Elia. As she stepped inside the room, the murals across the walls weed her sight.


    She also saw the three counters ced in the room. ording to what she learned from the store owner, the number of cultivation arts in the store was endless, and they were better than the ones circting in public.


    Elia could vanquish her cultivation and start from zero, but her heart was dead set against it. She knew she needed to choose the best cultivation art for her so as to enhance her growth, so she had no consideration for whether the art was the one her race used or not. But when it came to her cultivation levels, she considered it to be a connection to her race.


    Since Elia had already chosen to go that way, she would work for it. She was a True God level cultivator, so the best way for her would be to buy the King grade cultivation art.


    Elia instead went to the counter for the Higher level cultivation arts. She reasoned that she wanted to step into the True God level using a new cultivation art so her body would be used to it when she attempted to break through to the Lesser God.


    It wasn''t an easy task since her body followed a different energy pattern at the Divine Lord level than what it would follow at the True God level due to a new cultivation art from the store.


    There was a reason that Divine Lord and True God level cultivators were categorized into a single level for grades.


    Even though at the Divine Lord level, the cultivator''s inner world became stable, the world would be devoid of any energy, so any life, if born, would be ordinary. But at the True God level, the world starts to have energy, so cultivators start to rise in the inner world.


    When a cultivator steps into the Lesser God level, the energy in the inner world gets enhanced, and there are varieties of them. The number of energies could be limited to one as well. But not many cultivators attempted that since limiting energy in the world to a single type of energy would limit the growth of the inhabitants of the inner world.


    Elia didn''t care about the growth of the beings in the inner world. What she wanted was to absorb everything for herself, not for the inhabitants of the inner world.


    Since Elia had made her decision, she walked to the counter for the higher level. She then reached into the shelf, hoping to get a top-quality cultivation art.


    When she pulled her hand out, there was a page in her hand. She wasn''t much impressed with the details on the page, so she returned and pulled out a new cultivation art.


    Time flew by, and when it was her twenty-seventh attempt, she finally seemed to find a cultivation art she liked at first nce.


    [Name: The Embers of Inner me,


    Grade: Higher grade,


    Type: Magic system,


    Details: The Embers of Inner me is a unique cultivation art that delves deep into the realm of negative emotions, harnessing their power to fuel the cultivator''s strength and mastery over dark energies.


    Users: Divine Lord & True God


    Price: Eighty supreme Sacred stones.]


    ***


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 Chapter 1305 Cultivation Art(23)

    Chapter 1305: Cultivation Art(23)


    [Name: The Embers of Inner me,


    ¡­


    Details: The Embers of Inner me is a unique cultivation art that delves deep into the realm of negative emotions, harnessing their power to fuel the cultivator''s strength and mastery over dark energies.


    ...]


    Elia read the page in her hand. It only contained the basic introduction to cultivation art.


    Elia didn''t need to worry about money for a long time, so she chose to activate the preview option. The next moment, light dots started to gather in front of her, and in no time, a virtual book that was only visible to her fell into her hands.


    Elia opened the book, and the first page contained the energy flow pattern in the cultivation art.


    It was a cultivation art that used negative emotions like rage, hatred, and many others to cultivate. The founder of the art believed that negative emotions were a basic part of any being of any race.


    A being was an individual only if they had both positive and negative emotions. Since the founder believed so, he created the art, seeking to transform those emotions into fuel to propel growth. Several beings after that helped in the evolution of the art, taking it to where it stood today.


    But since the store only sold the best version of any cultivation art, the one in the store was the most enhanced, The Embers of Inner me art.


    As Elia flipped through the pages, the detail of the art presented itself. The first written line in the book detailed how to start cultivation.


    To begin cultivating in The Embers of Inner me, a practitioner needed to confront and acknowledge their negative emotions first without sumbing to their destructive nature. It was achieved through intense self-reflection and meditation, facing inner turmoil head-on, and learning to control its influence.


    It was an art that went against Elia''s mindset. She knew the negative emotions pulsing through her body, but at the same time, she had also sumbed to her destructive nature just so she could have her revenge one day.


    The page also detailed the process of meditation and self-reflection so as to help the user.


    As Elia read more and more, she found that the art was suitable for her. Even though the art wanted to harness the power of negative emotions to transform them into powerful energy to propel the user''s growth, it primarily focused on bnce.


    Negative emotions could only be harnessed to achieve something when positive emotions apanied them. Extreme anger makes someone rash and insane, but when that same emotion wasbined with wisdom, it became a terrifyingbination.


    The cultivation art wanted to achieve the same. Even though Elia wanted to have a bloody battle with her enemy to vent all that hatred, she still understood what was best for her.


    She didn''t have a great talent to speak of. The store would be able to help her grow stronger, but it was her rage and hatred that channeled her. The amount of hatred she had for the man was her golden key, and if she could use that, it was the best possible situation for her.


    Elia decided to buy The Embers of the Inner me, considering her situation. She still didn''t leave the store but went to the third counter for King level cultivation arts.


    There were three sub-levels of King grade cultivation art: Beginner, to cultivate to Lesser God level; intermediate, for Higher God; and advanced, for Supreme God.


    Elia then reached for the lowest row on the counter, and when she pulled her hand out, there was a page in it.


    Since Elia already had a lower grade in The Embers of Inner me, she pulled out the beginner King level of the art on her first try.


    [Name: The Embers of Inner me,


    Grade: Beginner King grade,<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Type: Magic system,


    Details: The Embers of Inner me is a unique cultivation art¡­


    Users: peak True God to peak Lesser God


    Price: Four thousand nine hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    Elia chose to buy the preview option for that one as well. When she began to read the content on it, she found many things to be iprehensible, but she didn''t force herself to understand them.


    She was a low level cultivator to understand those things. Once her level reached sufficient, the concepts would easily beprehensive to her.


    Elia decided against buying the cultivation art for Higher God and Supreme God since those levels were centuries away from her.


    After entering the True God level for the third time, Elia would stop cultivating. She would instead focus on the skills she had bought from the store. Once she had fully mastered all three skills, she would begin her cultivation.


    Since the decision had been made, Elia turned around and left the room with two pages in her hand.


    There were also two virtual books floating in front of her, but since they were only visible to her, no one noticed them.


    When she exited the room, there was no one in front of the store owner, and the store owner was about to close her eyes.


    Not wanting to wake him up from his rxing session, Elia hurried toward Aakesh.


    ***


    After finally finding no customer to talk to, Aakesh was about to close his eyes to begin his rxation session when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.


    He turned in that direction and found it to be Elia, with two Virtual books floating with her.


    With a single nce at the two books, the details of the cultivation art appeared in his head.


    "Store owner, I want these two cultivation arts," Elia asked Aakesh, passing the two pages to him.


    "You need to pay¡­" Aakesh expressionlessly informed, returning the two pages.


    Since Elia had chosen the same art as for whom she had paid the preview cost, she only needed to pay the remaining sum.


    "The cultivation arts are yours to use. You can''t use these arts for mary purposes of any kind," Aakesh informed Elia after hearing the alert from the system. He also added warning like he did for every customer who bought cultivation art from the store.


    Elia nodded, and the next moment, the two virtual books materialized into reality and fell into her hands.


    ***


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 Chapter 1306 Confusion(24)

    Chapter 1306: Confusion(24)


    After the purchase of the cultivation art wasplete, it was time to focus on the next product. Elia had alreadypleted the sale of beast, pills, skills, and cultivation art. The remaining products were Panagea and weapons.


    Since there were no spots avable in Panagea, it was out of Elia''s control to enter it. So the only product left for her to experience was the weapon and training area.


    Elia was someone who fought in closebat, and since weapons were expensive and her wealth was nothing before borrowing money from the store, she fought with her hands.


    Now that she had money, she decided to return to weapons. Elia was confused between a sword and a mace since these two were the best types of weapons for closebat.


    There were clear differences between the two since the former used its sharpness while thetter used its weight to crush the opponent.


    Thinking like that, Elia stepped inside the room. The next moment, several pirs and the numerous people thronging around them weed her sight. She also noticed the murals painted on the wall, belonging to different weapons and their concepts.


    As Elia was looking at the murals, she suddenly found herself being devoured by one of them. She wanted to stop herself, but her attempts turned out to be futile.


    The next moment, the view in front of her changed. At that moment, she was in the middle of a battle against an enemy whom she had never seen or knew anything about its race.


    In her hands, there was a mace, and it weighed an amount that was impossible for the original Elia to carry at that time. The next moment, something out of her expectations happened as she rushed toward the opponent at a quick speed.


    Time flew by, and after what felt like an eternity, lights returned to her eyes. Her eyes were as emotionless as ever while she found a new memory in her head.


    The memory disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, but Elia was confident that it had something to do with her experiencing the skill. The experience was based on abined concept of agility and strength.


    Even though Elia was unable to find the benefit of that experience, it had helped her do one thing. She no longer had any confusion regarding what weapon to choose.


    The experience clearly showed her her great talent for using the mace. But at the same time, it was also shocking to her. Mace wasn''t a rare weapon, so before the tragedy, she had tried to use it.


    At that time, her talent was found to be trash in every weapon except for the sword, where she was able to reach basic mastery of the weapon.


    But if her talent were trash, she wouldn''t be able to gain that experience. She hadn''t picked up a mace after that test, so it couldn''t be ater growth.


    Since she had no idea what happened, she attributed the reason for her growth to those seven beings she saw that day.


    Elia then walked toward the pir representing the mace. When she arrived there, she reached for the shelf for early True God cultivators.


    Since Elia would regress her cultivation to peak Divine Lord and step into the True God level again, she decided to buy her weapon keeping that in mind. She would stay at the early True God level for years, so it was best for her.


    As she reached into the shelf and pulled it out, there was a new mace in her hands. The next moment, a small blue screen, containing the details of the weapon appeared.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Time flew by, and Elia kept returning and pulling out a new weapon until she finally found a suitable one.


    [Item: Starforged Mace


    Grade: High Higher


    Requirement: early and intermediate True God cultivation


    Ability: A mace crafted from a mixture of valuable and rare materials found across the dimension. The mace embodies the essence of stars.


    Price: Seventy-four thousand nine hundred ny-nine higher Sacred stones.]


    The mace in Elia''s hands had stunning craftsmanship. It radiated an ethereal glow that seemed to draw upon the very essence of the stars. The shape of the head of the mace was like a zinget streaking through the night sky. Its metallic surface was engraved with intricate patterns of constetions and celestial beings in a mesmerizing dance across the dimension.


    At the heart of the mace, there was a glowing crystal that seemed to be a star in itself. The handle was crafted from Cometsteel Alloy, and its surface was etched with delicate patterns that looked to capture the essence ofet tails. It gleamed with an otherworldly radiance, adding to the beauty of the weapon. Its grip was made of the leather of a low-level Ster beast, a creature of the void.


    If not for the store''s effect, Elia wouldn''t be able to stand straight after holding the mace. Fortunately for her, the wielder of the mace felt no weight once the blood bond wasplete.


    At the same time, the Starforger Mace could grow in power if more materials were added to it. But since it didn''t grow in strength with the user''s increase in cultivation, it couldn''t be called a growth-type weapon.


    Its power showed in the price of the weapon, as despite only being a weapon for early and intermediate True God level cultivators, it cost around seventy-five thousand higher stones.


    Not many True Gods could take that amount out to buy the weapon. Fortunately for Elia, she didn''tck money at all at that moment.


    Since she had a store card, she didn''t need toplete the purchase with the store owner. She only had to think of buying, and the next moment, an alert asking her whether she wanted to pay rang in her head.


    After Elia gave a positive response to that, the required amount of stones disappeared from her huge wealth stored in the store card.


    After the payment wasplete, she went to the pir andpleted the process of entering the training area. The difficulty chosen by her was Difficult, so she directly paid with the store card without needing to go to the store owner.


    ***


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 Chapter 1307 An Old Customer(25)

    Chapter 1307: An Old Customer(25)


    "Hello, store owner!" Caskar respectfully greeted Aakesh.


    Caskar''s eyes showed clear emotion while greeting.


    "Hello, Caskar," Aakesh responded since Caskar was a customer from the first phase of the store.


    Caskar was the twenty-eighth customer in the store and the twenty-fourth to ascend into the Sacred Dimension.


    Caskar smiled upon hearing the familiar voice after so many years. He would reminisce about his memories in the store from time to time.


    His past wasn''t tragic like many customers, but it was a past of mediocrity. Caskar originally belonged to the Pursit, a low-tier race of demons. The highest cultivation reached in his race at that time was that of a Level 3 fire mage.


    Caskar''s destiny changed the day he suddenly found himself in front of an old hut in the middle of nowhere. He still vividly remembered the blue-skinned store owner and the furry, white creature with him.


    After learning about a myriad of shocking products that Caskar didn''t even know existed, he chose a system as the product. The system was for magic cultivation and dealt with five primary elements.


    It cost him an enormous amount, but now that he stood here, even if he were to pay thousands of times what he paid that day, the product would still be worth more than that kind of money.


    The system allowed Caskar to go from merely being a low-level fire mage on his to a state where he was a powerful user of all five primary elements and stood at the top of the food chain of the with only a few beings standing beside him while only the Void Beasts were above him.


    "After ascending to the Sacred Dimension, Caskar appeared in the territory of Feristirs, a top demon race. His talent was found to be excellent, so the guards recruited him.


    His talent and power showed, resulting in an explosion of poprity for the man. He went from guard to the army in the span of a few years.


    Caskar was also one of the very few creatures in the Sacred Dimension to go against an intermediate True God while only being an early True God. Caskar wasn''t able to defeat the opponent, but the opponent was also unable to defeat him, resulting in a tie, shocking many figures in the Feristir race.


    Because Caskar''s opponent came from a well-known family and had excellent talent, it was even more shocking. ording to many figures, It was a death knell for Caskar, since not many top figures wouldn''t want that oue to be public.


    But for Caskar, it was only the start of his journey. The guy he tied up with turned out to be a sincere member of the race. Instead of having bad feelings between the two, they became friends. Caskar would alsoter marry the sister of the guy, bing a family member.


    His inw''s family dealt with the intelligence section of the race, with his grandfather-inw being the director of the department. Caskar, being such a talented figure and also a family member, was assimted into the department.


    That department was the reason Caskar found out about the store. The Feristir race had a great rtionship with the Voidborns, so it was easy for the Feristir members to know about the store.


    Once he knew about the store and the features of the store owner, he became confident that it was the same store that changed his life, and he immediately came rushing to the store.


    After talking about several things, Caskar asked about the products.


    "There are currently six products avable in the store...


    "... these are the products avable," Aakesh concluded the introduction and basic details of the products in a single breath.


    Caskar''s cultivation was peak Higher God, on the verge of stepping into the next level. Every product in the store was avable to him.


    He first asked about Panagea, and after learning about theck of spots, he asked about the beast summoner device.


    Once he had learned enough of the details, he thanked Aakesh and went toward the room pointed out by the store owner.


    The square device and two pirs were the first things he saw when he entered the room.


    A long line thronged the first pir, while there were only a few people in front of the second device. The same was the case for the square device with a long line of customers.


    Caskar wanted to buy beasts from both pirs, but looking at the line, he decided to first get the beast of an equal cultivation level. He could summon the beast from the first pir at any time.


    Thinking like that, he went to the second pir and joined the line.


    While waiting for his turn to arrive, Caskar was thinking of the list of beasts he wanted to summon.


    Several minutester, it was Caskar''s turn. He took a deep breath and pressed the button, initiating the first round of summoning.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate. Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    It had only been around a century since Caskar ascended to the Sacred Dimension, so his knowledge wasn''t that high. The beast on the card was unfamiliar to him.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    When the card flew to his hand and he read the details, he found the beast not to be worth fighting the taming battle. Caskar returned the beast card and pressed the button again.


    The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate once again.


    ***


    [Name: Six-Faced Python


    Type: Beast


    Race: Snake


    Element: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Poison, Dark


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early Higher God


    Characteristics: Elemental Resilience


    Details: This unique ability allows the beast to absorb and manipte the elemental energies of the environment, making it impervious to attacks from all six elements: fire, water, earth, air, poison, and darkness. It also reflects the attack with 100 percent of the strike''s strength.


    Ability:


    1.) Inferno Fang: The Six-faced Python can unleash scorching mes from its fiery fangs, engulfing enemies in a zing inferno.


    2.) Tidal Torrent: Harnessing the force of water and air, the Six-Faced Python conjures a colossal tidal wave that crashes down upon its foes, flooding the battlefield.


    3.) Earthen Rampart: The Six-faced Python can manipte the earth beneath its coils, creating sturdy barriers for defense and impeding enemy movements.


    4.) Toxic Tempest: The Six-faced Python summons a whirlwind of toxic air, infused with deadly poison, that suffocates and poisons all opponents within its radius, leaving them weakened and vulnerable.


    5.) Venomous ze: The Six-faced Python exhales a torrent of venomous mes, engulfing enemies in a poisonous inferno that eats away at their health and corrodes their defenses.


    ...


    11.) Darkfire Whip: The Six-faced Python conjures a whip made of darkness and fire,shing it across the battlefield to strike enemies with a deadlybination of darkness and mes.


    12.) Poisonous Vortex: The Six-faced Python conjures a swirling vortex of poison, air, and darkness, trapping enemies and gradually draining their life force while disorienting their senses.


    ...


    19.) Infernal Deluge: The Six-faced Python calls upon a torrential downpour of scalding water mixed with fiery embers, creating a deadly deluge that burns and drowns its enemies simultaneously.


    20.) Elemental Cataclysm: The Six-faced Python unleashes a devastatingbination of fire, water, earth, air, poison, and darkness, creating a cataclysmic explosion that engulfs the entire battlefield and inflicts massive damage upon all enemies.


    Card Description: The Six-Faced Python is a formidable, terrifying creature. Its attributes of fire, water, earth, air, poison, and darkness make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Six-Faced Python.


    Price: Nine hundred ultimate, two hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained the beast''s illustration. It was a massive creature, with its massive form stretching across the horizon like an ancient guardian of the elements. Its scales shimmered with a variety of colors, representing one of its six elemental affinities. The scales shifted and changed, disying hues of fiery red for the fire, oceanic blue for the water, earthy brown for the earth, ethereal green for the air, purples for the poison, and deep ck for the darkness.


    Each of its six heads embodied a unique elemental characteristic, from the flickering mes of fire to the swirling torrents of water, the rocky resilience of earth, the gusts of air, the venomous fangs of poison, and the piercing gaze of darkness. The eyes of each head were mesmerizing orbs that exuded the essence of their respective elements, revealing a deep and ancient wisdom that transcended the boundaries of time and space.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. I was out with my friends. I don''t want to miss the day, so I wrote the chapter on my phone. Tomorrow, I will upload one extra chapter to make up for today.


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 Chapter 1308 Caskar And The Beast(26)

    Chapter 1308: Caskar and the Beast(26)


    Caskar read the details on the card with a focused expression. The Six-faced Python was one of the strongest races in the snake group and had a history far surpassing many of the top races of the Sacred Dimension.


    Since Caskar liked the skills he saw on the card, he decided to choose the beast as his summon. The characteristic [Elemental Resilience] was also a good ability. Even though it was only limited to the six elements the beast could control, these elements were standard across the popce of the dimension.


    The ability also allowed the beast to reflect the attack with a hundred percent power, which in itself was a rare ability. Reflecting any attack took some energy from the original strike, making the reflected attack have less power.


    Since the decision had been made, Caskar turned around and walked toward the square device. The customer behind him took his spot and initiated the summoning.


    Caskar had to wait several minutes since the number of people in the queue was high, so the small time required toplete the process wasn''t much of an advantage.


    When it was Caskar''s turn, he ced the card in the cardpartment while putting his right hand on the respective section. His eyes showed the amount of confidence he had in his ability to win the taming battle.


    The next moment, Caskar found his consciousness in a different environment. He was on a hard surface with a weird temperature. Sometimes it was warm, while the weather would suddenly be chilly sometimes. As far as his eyes could see, he saw a deste area.


    The next moment, the ground started to tremble as if something had woken below it. It didn''t take long for the reason behind the sudden situation, as the next moment, six heads of different colors popped out from the ground one after another.


    Soon after the head, it was the turn of the creature''s body. The scene looked weird when it appeared in itsplete form, with Caskar not even visible in front of the gigantic beast.


    Only one of its heads was enough to cover the sun in the sky. Its eyes seemed chilly as they immediately stared at the intruder.


    Hiss! Hiss!


    The six heads hissed at once with menacing res. Caskar stood there calm, unafraid of the beast. That seemed to have enraged the beast as it raised its tail and brought it down at a quick speed.


    Rumble!


    The next moment, the ground shook with even more intensity than the previous time, while a cloud of dust and rocks rose in the air.


    Ding!


    The next moment, the bell rang in the ears of both parties, and the battle had begun at that time.


    The beast took the initiative to attack and opened its mouth. The next moment, a spray of poison engulfed the area over a distance of thousands of miles.


    Caskar wasn''t immune to the poison, so he immediately snapped his fingers, and orange fire engulfed him. It didn''t hurt him at all.<novelsnext>I think you should take a look at </novelsnext>


    Chiss! Chiss!


    The next moment, a burning sound began ringing in the area as the me burned the poisonous air itself. The next moment, a fantastic scene yed out as the air caught fire, and soon the entire range in which poison particles were in the sky got engulfed in the fire.


    In no time, the poison in the sky was burned to nothingness. The fire seemed to be alive, and it tried to burn the beast. The beast opened its mouth and released a torrent of mist.


    The mist was thick enough to cause sight issues for the user. But the mist had other abilities as it doused the fire. It seemed like an impossible scene, but that''s exactly what yed out in Caskar''s eyes.


    Caskar was the master of five primary elements: fire, water, earth, air, and ether. Immediately, he attacked.


    A torrent of water emerged beneath his feet and propelled him toward the enemy, and there was a ball of orange me burning at an extremely high temperature in his hand.


    The beast spanned five thousand miles, so the distance between the two wasn''t short at all. Even to reach one head from another would take time, let alone closing the gap between him and the beast.


    The beast attacked, using that time to its advantage. It was agile and quick, so it suddenly pulled the head, referring to the element of poison, back and then pushed it. It acted like a spring, and the head rushed at Caskar with even quicker speed.


    Boom!


    The next moment, Caskar and the beast shed, resulting in a loud explosion. The force from the st pushed him back, but the beast was unaffected by it.


    While all this had happened, only a few seconds had passed since the battle between the two began.


    Time flew by, and both opponents showed their mastery over the elements. Caskar was already someone with great mastery of the five elements as well asrge energy storage due to the help of the system bought from the store.


    So the energy-rich environment further boosted his strength, as much as it worked for the Six-Faced Python.


    Even though the beast was immune to Caskar''s elemental attack other than the ether element, the ability [Elemental Resilience] demanded enormous energy and was extremely taxing to the body. At that state, the body would automatically absorb the energy in the environment, taxing the energy veins inside the beast''s body.


    Whenever Caskar would use an attack that was impossible to defend and would cause severe injury, the beast would activate its characteristics and defend. Fortunately for Caskar, he attacked while keeping the reflection attribute of the [Elemental Resilience] in mind every time he attacked, so he would already be out of range of the strike and easily dodge it.


    Time flew by, and the battle continued between the two at a quick rate. At first, the fight was quick and shy, but as time passed, things calmed down, and the two used their attacks wisely.


    The energy-rich area made it easy for them to fight for a longer time than usual, but Caskar was waiting for an opportune moment to arrive to win the battle.

 Chapter 1309 Past Memory(27)

    Chapter 1309: Past Memory(27)


    "Let''s end this!" Caskar yelled and rushed.


    There was a ze of fire around him, and the projection of a giant engulfed in mes was above him.


    The next moment, the projection changed, and the fire turned into water. The scene kept repeating for every element as Caskar reached the beast.


    The next moment, the five giants appeared at once and melted into one. The same phenomenon repeated itself in reality as the elements surrounding him melted, and then a dot appeared at the tip of his finger.


    Caskar then released the attack. The beast had also unleashed [Elemental Cataclysm].


    Boom!


    The next moment, the two attacks shed, but the attack released by Caskar began devouring the huge burst of energy the beast had unleashed.


    The Six-Faced Python wanted to use [Elemental Resilience] to defend against the attack, but the addition of the ether element had changed the property of the strike.


    The attack easily passed through the barrier and struck the beast. The dot seemed to be the seed of a ck hole as it suddenly erupted and devoured the beast in its entirety.


    Boom!


    The dot then exploded, creating a gigantic mushroom cloud, and utter destruction took ce in the area.


    The next moment, Caskar found himself back in the store, staring at the card in the cardpartment. A smile spread across his face since he had won the taming battle and made the beast his own.


    The smile suddenly froze, and a wave of piercing pain passed through Caskar''s body like a current, shaking him.


    The pain disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and the smile returned. The next moment, the screen on the device lit up, and the content of the contract appeared on it.


    Caskar trusted the store enough that he didn''t even read the content on the screen and left the queue toplete thest step. After he exited the room, he joined the line of several people in front of the store owner.


    After waiting for some time, it was his turn. He respectfully handed the beast card to Aakesh and requested, "Store owner, I want to buy this beast."


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from Caskar''s hand.


    "You need to pay nine hundred ultimate, two hundred fifty thousand supreme, and one hundred ten higher Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Caskar, returning the beast card.


    Since Caskar didn''t own a card and also didn''t have the amount in required stones, Aakesh informed him of the three store cards.


    Being a talented figure in the race made Caksar a slightly wealthy man, but at the end of the day, he was still someone from a different race, so his wealth wasn''t that high, considering the direct members of the race. The price of the beast was something that required more than half of his total wealth. But since it was a product from the store, Caskar didn''t care about it.


    After learning about the store cards, he bought one Ultimate Store Card for himself since it allowed him to leave ande as he wanted without worrying about the long travel time.


    After the purchase wasplete, Caskar focused on the next product. He already had a cultivation art given to him by the system, so he didn''t need one from the store. He also had a variety of different types of skills. But since skills had no limit to their quantity, Caskar decided to check them, and if he found something suitable, he would make the purchase.


    Once he made his decision, he asked some questions rted to the product. He then thanked Aakesh and walked toward the room.


    When he entered the room, he was greeted by the sight of the counters and the numerous murals painted across the walls. Caskar smiled upon seeing the murals. There was nothing in the store that could give him a greater shock than what he had received when he saw that beast during the contract.


    He still remembered thement made by the store owner with a cheeky smile.


    "I can tell you a way to break the contract."


    "You only have to kill the Cosmos Contract Beast, and you will no longer be bound by the contact."


    "Oh, you want to know its level. I will only tell you this that the beast is an avatar of a Deva."


    The shock Caskar received that day was enough for his lifetime. Every being in the multiverse, irrespective of their level and knowledge, knew of the existence of the Devas and their power.


    ***


    Caskar went to the counter for the skills for Higher God cultivators. He was a five-element user and was equally well versed in every one of them, so he didn''t think of only one element and reached the secondst shelf in the bottom row. It was for Emperor level attacking type skills.


    The first skill he pulled out belonged to the earth element, and he didn''t like what he read there, so he returned the card. The second time, his attempt resulted in a fire skill, and the result was the same as the previous time.


    After Caskar reached for the third time and pulled out a new skill, he finally found one he liked. It belonged to the air element, and Caskar focused on the content.


    [Name: Zephyr''s Wrath


    Type: Attack


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Higher God


    Effect: Unleashes a tempest of overwhelming power


    Description: The user taps into the majestic essence of air, summoning a celestial tempest of transcendent power. This skill harnesses the boundless energy of air, unleashing an ethereal assault that surpasses ordinary tempest attacks.


    The skill demands profound understanding and mastery of the element of air. The strain on the user''s spiritual strength can be immense, and the tempest may affect the user''s perception and focus.


    Price: Seventy thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    After reading the details on the card, Caskar decided to select it. The price was in his bearable range.


    He then reached for thest shelf in the bottom row and pulled out the same skill. He immediately returned the card since the skill''s price saw an exaggerated jump.


    ***


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 Chapter 1310 Great Help(28)

    Chapter 1310: Great Help(28)


    [Name: Titan''s Quake


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Higher God


    Effect: Unleashes a seismic onught that shatters the very foundations of the world


    Description: The user taps into the primal essence of earth, summoning a seismic onught that shatters the very foundations of the world. This skill channels the raw power of the earth, unleashing an assault that devastates the battlefield and leaves adversaries in ruins.


    The skill demands profound understanding and mastery of the element of earth. The strain on the user''s energy and focus can be immense, and the seismic upheaval may affect the user''s perception.


    Price: Three hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Caskar read the details of the newly pulled-out skill card. It was a God level skill and belonged to the element of earth.


    Caskar was interested in God level [Zephyr''s Wrath], but the price jumped exaggeratedly. He found the Emperor level skill to be enough. Since he could buy one skill of each type for every level, he decided to buy another skill at the God level.


    The destruction, as the detail said, impressed Caskar, so he decided it was the skill for him.


    It wasn''t the end, as there were still four more types of skills left for him to check out.


    Caskar then reached out to the second row from the bottom. Simr to the attacking type, he went for the Emperor level shelf.


    When he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in his hand. He read the content on it and wasn''t impressed by what was on there, so he returned the card and pulled out a new one.


    That time, his attempt worked, and a great defensive type skill card appeared in his hand.


    [Name: Aquatic Sanctuary


    Type: Defense


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Higher God


    Effect: Creates an impregnable sanctuary of water that shields against all forms of attacks


    Description: The user harnesses the unyielding essence of water to create an impregnable sanctuary that shields against all forms of harm. This skill forms a watery bastion that envelops the user, rendering them nearly invulnerable to attacks and providing unparalleled protection.


    The skill requires mastery over the element of water and precise control over the sanctuary''s dynamics. Maintaining the defense demands continuous focus, and the user must manage their energy reserves to ensure its stability.


    Price: Eighty-seven thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Caskar immediately made up his mind to buy the skill, but before that, he reached for thest shelf in the row and picked out the God level for the skill.


    When he read the details on it, he found it to be as impressive as the Emperor level skill, but for some reason, Caskar was more excited about the former skill level than thetter. Trusting in his intuitions, he returned the God level skill and pulled out a new defensive skill.


    That time, he summoned an earth rted defensive skill with an even more impressive ability, but the same feeling of non-excitement made him give up on that as well.


    Caskar kept trying to find a skill that excited him at first nce, like the Emperor level [Aquatic Sanctuary], and kept at it for a few minutes.


    After what felt like the thousandth attempt, Caskar pulled out a new skill card, and the familiar feeling of excitement returned.


    He immediately decided to purchase it. After the defensive type, there were still three types of skills left. Caskar followed the sequence, so he reached for the Emperor level shelf of the movement type.


    When he pulled his hand out, there was a new skill card rted to movement in his hands. He found the skill that excited him only on his first try, so he smiled. He then reached for thest shelf in the row since he needed to find a God level skill as well.


    Time flew by, and finding a desired skill took even more time than what it took for him to find the God level defensive type skill. But his attempts finally seeded, and he found what he was looking for.


    Caskar immediately focused on the content on the card after pulling it out.


    [Name: Torrential Surge Glide


    Type: Movement


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Higher God


    Effect: Creates a torrential surge of water for unparalleled speed and agility in movement


    Description: The user harnesses the dynamic essence of water to achieve unparalleled speed and agility in movement. This skill empowers the user to glide effortlessly on surges of water, propelling themselves across the terrain with extraordinary velocity.


    The skill demands a deep understanding of the element of water and precise control over its dynamic flow. Prolonged usage will drain the user''s energy reserves.


    Price: Eight hundred fifty thousand five hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    It was a water element skill different from the Emperor level air element skill. He liked the effect of the skill, and there were also no side effects from its usage other than energy exhaustion, which was mandatory for every skill.


    With that skill, Caskar had gathered six skills, two for each of the three types. Since two more types were left, his work was only half done.


    The next row referred to the supporting type skills, and Caskar reached for the Emperor level shelf, keeping the five elements in mind.


    After finding the desired Emperor level skill, Caskar went for the God level skill, and he found one only on his first attempt, unlike the previous situations.


    [Name: Ethereal Nexus


    Type: Supporting


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Higher God


    Effect: Establishes a transcendent nexus that empowers allies and harmonizes their abilities


    Description: The user harnesses the elusive essence of ether to create a transcendent nexus that empowers allies and harmonizes their abilities. This skill establishes a connection that amplifies their strengths and synchronizes their efforts for unparalleled synergy.


    The skill requires mastery over the element of ether and precise control over the nexus''s dynamics. Maintaining the nexus demands continuous focus and enormous energy, so the user must manage their energy reserves to ensure the nexus'' stability.


    Price: Three Ultimate two hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    It was a skill that would help Caskar a lot since he was part of a group in the intelligence organization.

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    Chapter 1311: Close for the Day(29)


    Once he found the God level skill for the supporting type, onlybination types of skills were left for him to check.


    Thebination skills didn''t refer to multi-element skills but multi-type skills, so simr to the previous times, thinking of the five elements, Caskar reached for the Emperor level shelf in the top row.


    The next moment, when he pulled his hand out, it held a skill card. After reading the content on it, he immediately returned the card and pulled out another one.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in a sh.


    Finding a Combination type skill took longer than other skills. It wasn''t due to Caskar not finding a suitable skill; it was due to him finding one great skill after another. He seemed to have fallen into a loop as when he pulled out a great skill, he would think that the next one would be even better. Once that turned out to be correct, Caskar fell into a trap.


    Caskar took a deep breath and decided to buy the next skill if its effects were to his liking. At the same time, he also moved onto the God level shelf.


    [Name: Inferno''s Ember


    Type: Combination (Attack, Defense, Movement)


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Higher God


    Effect: Harnesses the essence of fire for devastating attacks, imprable defense, and swift movement


    Description: The skill embodies the all-epassing power of fire, integrating its elemental forces into a tri-fold mastery of attack, defense, and movement. This skill grants the user unparalleled dominance on the battlefield through the versatile maniption of fire.


    1.) ze Strike (Attack): The user unleashes scorching waves of fire that incinerate adversaries on contact. The mes carry an intense heat that melts defenses and reduces opponents to ashes.


    2.) Immtion Barrier (Defense): The user conjures an imprable barrier of mes that forms a shield of protection against all forms of harm. The barrier radiates an aura of intense heat that neutralizes iing attacks, rendering them harmless against its fiery defenses.


    3.) Ember Dash (Movement): The user engulfs themselves in ethereal mes, enabling swift and agile movement. The mes propel the user with incredible speed, leaving behind a trail of scorched earth.


    The use of the skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of fire. The strain on the user''s energy can be considerable, requiring vignt management and restraint.


    Price: Twenty-five ultimate Sacred stones.]


    Caskar seemed to have found the best skill he had read about until that moment. It was abination of three types of skills and epassed attacking, defensive, and movement.


    When Caskar read the three uses of the skill depending on the situation, he found that each one was great and could stand on its own. Caskar somewhat believed that if he started with thebination type skill and found [Inferno''s Ember], he would have most probably stopped after only that skill.


    The next moment, his eyes and mouth flew wide open in shock when he saw the price of the skill. Twenty-five ultimate Sacred stones were enough to make Supreme Gods go crazy and fight to the death, and the skill was only for Higher God level cultivators.


    Caskar hesitated whether to buy the skill or not since it was extremely expensive. But then he remembered the system he purchased. That had seemed pricey to him as well, but from where he was standing at that moment, the store owner''s asking price seemed incredibly cheap.


    Twenty-five ultimate stones wasn''t a low amount for him, but once he thought of the store and his life, all his hesitation disappeared, and he decided to buy the skill.


    Since Caskar had decided against buying the Emperor level skill for thebination type, his purchase of the skills wasplete. It was time for him to experience them.


    Caskar joined the line in front of the semi-pir and waited for his turn. Since the number of people in the queue was high, it took him several minutes before he got his turn.


    Caskar decided to experience [Inferno''s Ember] first before other skills, so he put the card in the cardpartment.


    The next moment, his consciousness left the store, and he found himself in a different environment, with him being unable to control his body.


    Caskar stood on arge field with a vast army in front of him. The area around him was open, while the enemy side had suitable structures built to their advantage.


    Even Caskar, who had gone through so much, found the situation bone-chilling. The army seemed endless, and there was no cultivator lower than the Lesser God, as far as he could sense.


    Just the number of peak Higher Gods in that camp was enough to make him shudder.


    KONCH!


    Suddenly, from nowhere, a sound of conch rang, and the army began to push forward. There was a distance of around a thousand miles between the two camps, but that distance seemed to be a mere number in front of the vast army.


    In no time, they reached Caskar and began to surround him. Caskar couldn''t make his body move and could only helplessly look at the scene in front of him.


    Caskar''s body finally made its move. Scorching mes appeared around his entire body, but the mes around his hands were different and also the hottest.


    At that moment, Caskar''s speed reached its peak, and he charged at his opponent. The opponent couldn''t even see himing and was charred to ashes in no time.


    Suddenly, an attack came from the back. Caskar immediately released a barrier of mes around him.


    The skill was too seamless and easily switched between attack, defense, and movement.


    Caskar kept seamlessly switching between the three types while his massacre of his enemies went on.


    ***


    [Skill: Inferno''s Ember


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 93%


    Training Time: Seven thousand Years.]


    Caskar looked at the screen on the device after his experience session was over. Hispatibility with the skill was a ss apart as it crossed the ny percent mark. Despite that, the skill would take him seven thousand years topletely master. From it, it could be seen just howplex the skill was.


    Caskar didn''t find it surprising at all. Just the seamless switch between the attacking, defensive, and movement types of the skill would take a lot of years to master. For each type, the essence was different, so switching between the essences like it didn''t matter was a humongous task.


    At the same time, Caskar also smiled upon seeing his high percent ofpatibility with the skill.


    Caskar took a deep breath and pulled out the card. He then put [Zephyr''s Wrath] skill card in thepartment. He would follow the sequence in which he had pulled out the cards.


    Time flew by, and even though Caskar had spent hours experiencing the skill''s effects and their side effects, only nine seconds had passed in reality.


    ***


    After Caskarpleted the purchase of the skills, he thanked Aakesh and left the store using the teleporting ability of the Ultimate Store Card.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    The sunset arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities. With it, another fruitful day for the store also came to an end.


    ***


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 Chapter 1312 Training And Panagea(1)

    Chapter 1312: Training and Panagea(1)


    "Let''s go!"


    Aakesh called out to Lily and Khaval after closing the store''s door. The next moment, a white light covered the three of them, and they disappeared from the store.


    Lily and Khaval went to their respective training environments after appearing in the selection area. Once they had left, Aakesh closed all his senses, went to the weapon section, and randomly picked one.


    After he had selected the usual training environment and pressed the switch, the space around him cracked into the shape of a portal and sucked him inside.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in the familiar arena with the small blue screen in front of him. His senses had be active, so he became aware of the weapon for that day.


    It was a spear and looked as majestic as ever in Aakesh''s hands.


    ***


    Roar!


    The opponent for that day immediately roared after appearing in the arena. Aakesh''s opponent belonged to the Niris race. They were exclusive to the Primordial Dimension, with their strength at the upper-mid tier.


    The members of this race didn''t have humanoid physiques, but they walked on all fours. Niris weren''t part of the beast group but of the demon group.


    The beings of the race had a unique feature that made them different from all the races in the Multiverse. Niris''s had a single eye of a vertical shape. Their eyelids also went from left to right. It wasn''t what made the beast of the race unique since that type of eye system was present in numerous races across the Multiverse.


    What was different about the Niris were their pupils. The pupils were blood red, with a pattern of vertical infinity embedded in the center. The pattern wasn''tplete since the two symmetrical symbols were slightly far from each other, not touching.


    The vertical infinity represented the Niris connection to a unique beast of the Primordial Dimension. That beast stood at the same rank as creatures like Garuda and the World Tree. The race Niris was a creation that happened due to a mistake after the creature spilled one drop of its blood on the ground during a battle with another being of the same strength.


    That drop of blood resulted in the creation of the Niris. The only reason they weren''t able to break the mid was because that creature didn''t like the creation, so there was no support from that creature.


    Fortunately for the Niris, the creature also didn''t attack them, so they peacefully grew and reached that level. The vertical infinity wasn''t a mere pattern; it allowed the Niris to have a vast amount of energy since the creature had an unlimited energy reserve, just like Aakesh had unlimited endurance and intelligence.


    Niris didn''t have unlimited energy since their infinity wasn''tpletely joined.


    Niris'' were an angry race, so immediately after appearing, the opponent angrily roared at Aakesh.


    ***


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. Aakesh immediately thrust his spear forward.


    The shock released by that movement was enough to crush the opponent as if the being were swished between two gigantic mountains.


    The battle ended as soon as it began. The scene kept repeating for several rounds since the opponent was excruciatingly weak for Aakesh to attack using the spear.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the 200th battle.


    Aakesh and the Niris made their moves at the same time. The opponent pounced with a radiant glow surrounding it while Aakesh thrust his spear forward after a jump.


    The next moment, the two sides shed, resulting in a loud sound. Aakesh wasn''t using his full strength since he didn''t need to, and that was working for him.


    Even though the opponent was saved from any kind of injury after the first sh, he was the one to get pushed back. Aakesh stayed in the same position hended in after his jump.


    shes kept happening, and in the end, the opponent lost all his strength after Aakesh crushed his heart with a powerful pierce.


    Aakesh didn''t celebrate his win since the challenging round was yet toe.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the entire arena. Since Aakesh didn''t have any kind of injury, no green light appeared.


    Following that, the small blue screen popped out in front of him with the familiar choices. Aakesh''s finger reflexively acted and tapped on the option to start the 201st round.


    Time flew by, and several more minutes passed in a sh.


    ng! ng! ng!


    The repeated sound of metal shes rang in the area as Aakesh and the opponent shed in the 252nd round.


    It had been around a minute since the battle began. Aakesh was the one who was overwhelmingly at the top of the battle, but there was a wide cut on his hand.


    Aakesh decided to end the battle at once, so he raised the spear in the air and then brought it down, with its tail hitting the ground.


    The next moment, a wave of light emerged from the ground, and simultaneously, tremors also rose. The tremors disappeared as quickly as they had arrived, but the light escaping from the cracks after the tremor only grew in intensity.


    The light then began to gather at the tip of the spearhead, and the weight of the weapon began to grow crazily. In no time, the light at the tip had turned into a walnut.


    Just that tiny amount had more weight than several universesbined. The spear was weightless for Aakesh due to its ability, but not that skill.


    Aakesh still didn''t stop and let the light keep gathering. Once Aakesh found that the weight was enough to crush the opponent into instant death, he stopped.


    The opponent had also unleashed several attacks during that time. Due to having vast energy reserves, the man didn''t even try to save any and splurged on different powerful skills.


    Aakesh ignored theing attacks and jumped, pushing energy to his feet. In no time, Aakesh was several hundred miles in the air.


    The spear had be heavier than ever due to gravity, but that still seemed to be within his range, so he felt nothing.


    Aakesh then came down and shed with the opponent.

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    Chapter 1313: Training and Panagea(2)


    The oue of the sh went as Aakesh had expected. The opponent could only watch his death''s approach, and he got crushed to instant death in no time.


    A blue light covered the arena, and a green light engulfed him the next moment. His injuries healed in no time, while the cracks and damage in the arena also disappeared.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in a sh.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the 259th battle. It was a new record set by Aakesh since he had lost the 258th round the previous day.


    Roar!


    The opponent roared in anger after it appeared on stage. It was angrier than ever because its strength had clearly surpassed Aakesh in the 256th level itself, but it had yet to win against him.


    Immediately after the roar, it pounced on Aakesh, who also attacked.


    Boom!


    Just the resulting force from the first sh between the two was enough to cause an explosion. Cracks appeared on the ground while the two opponents were pushed back.


    Aakesh was pushed back farther than the Niris, but immediately after stabilizing himself, he charged, pushing strength to his feet.


    When Aakesh reached the opponent, he thrust his spear forward, but the man turned out to be the quicker of the two and grabbed the spearhead by his mouth.


    Aakesh didn''t try to take his spear back but raised it in the air, taking the opponent in the air as well. He then swung it and pushed it to the ground. The man released his grip on the spear, but how could Aakesh let an opportune moment to cause severe harm go?


    The spearhead suddenly glowed and began to vibrate. The man cried out in pain, and blood spilled out of his mouth.


    Time flew by, and the battle kept raging for several minutes.


    Everything muste to an end, and the same was the case for the battle.


    Aakesh and the opponent both released their ultimate attacks. The result of the sh led to the destruction of the space.


    When the effects had subsided, there was nothing but a void in ce of the arena. In that void, there was a creature standing, and unfortunately for Aakesh, it was a man.


    Aakesh failed to survive the resulting explosion and was vaporized from existence.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself back in the selection area, and ahead of him, there were three chairs arranged in a way so that everyone would get to pay full attention to both parties in front of them. Two of the three chairs were already filled, with the cute Lily taking one and the mighty Khaval taking the other.


    A gentle smile spread across Aakesh''s face when he saw his only two family members waiting for him. Lily and Khaval had the same reaction when they saw Aakesh finallye out.


    After Aakesh took his seat, the traditional session of conversation began between the two. Aakesh took the lead and shared his day''s happenings with the two. After Aakesh, it was Khaval''s turn. He also shared his experience for the day in Panagea.


    It was the same boring experience, and it was Lily''s turn. Both Aakesh and Khaval waited for Lily to share her experience since she was the only one going through an adventure.


    After Lily seeded in shing out the traitor, she disyed her brutal side, resulting in stability for her territory. Even then, she knew that it was only temporary and that the calm before the storm.


    Fortunately for her, the duration of the calm before the storm was a few centuries long. Lily knew her weakness was ack of strength, so to solve that, she decided to go on a ruin exploration trip with some of her followers.


    After Lily concluded her experience for the day, the group conversation came to an end.


    The next moment, a white light covered the three of them, including their chairs.


    The light disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, and with it, the three of them also vanished, and silence returned to the selection area.


    Aakesh, Lily, Khaval, and Aakesh''s chair returned to the store''s hall.


    The next moment, a door appeared midway in the air, and soon after it, the stair connecting the gate to the floor also emerged.


    Lily and Khaval then bid their byes to Aakesh and climbed up the steps since their virtual portals were inside the room. Once they entered the room, the door automatically closed, and not long after, it and the stair disappeared.


    The gentle smiling face turned into his usual indifferent expression, and Aakesh walked toward the portal room. As his habit had be, he looked at the two leaderboards. Finding nothing new on them, he moved his eyes away and touched the nearest portal with the tip of his finger.


    The next moment, Aakesh was sucked inside, and all the shining dots on the portal turned gray.


    Aakesh found himself back on the same damp surface after entering Panagea. For the past several days, Aakesh had been in this swamp to gather one billion spherical cores so as to form the key.


    Aakesh followed the same routine as in past days and kept killing heads to gather the spherical cores. With every walk, the strength of the heads was growing, so the battle duration was also seeing an increase.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Screech!


    An eerie scream rang in Aakesh''s ears, freezing him for a full two seconds. Fortunately for Aakesh, he had created a shield for him before stepping forward, so the head could only hit the barrier and not him.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise!]


    The system''s alert rang in Aakesh''s ears while he was in the midst of the battle. Aakesh ignored it and focused on his battle.


    Time flew by, and finally, the battle came to an end.


    Since there was no point in Aakesh going against his schedule to stay in Panagea and decrease meditation time, he decided to exit Panagea. The next moment, he found himself back in the store.


    ***


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 Chapter 1314 Selecting The Candidate(1)

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    Chapter 1314: Selecting the Candidate(1)


    [Host, the sun is about to rise!]


    The system''s alert rang inside Aakesh''s ears, and he opened his eyes. Out of habit, he looked to his left and was surprised to find a screen waiting there for him.


    Aakesh had asked the system only to inform him of the absorption rate if there was any progress. Thest time Aakesh saw the screen was only several days ago, so it was surprising to see a screen that quickly.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the screen disappeared. He then stood up and summoned the door to his room.


    Time flew by, and the sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities.


    As the first ray of sunlight peered through the cover of darkness, numerous people in front of a building on 17th Street smiled since it was time for the store to open its door.


    That day was bound to be different for Aakesh and the other inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension. The other inhabitants had no idea what was different, but since Aakesh was going to make the day different, he knew. He had set that day as the deadline for finding a qualified applicant for the second store upgrade quest, and whoever Aakesh chose would undoubtedly stand out in the future in the eyes of others.


    After opening the door, Aakesh was greeted with the sight of numerous customers standing outside the store. Their eyes suddenly shone in excitement when they saw Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t let them wait any longer and turned around, returning to his chair. It was an invitation, and the numerous customers thronged the store like a raging tide.


    In no time, the hundred thousand plus customers were inside the store, with some of them being lucky enough to get shrouded in golden light.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed since the day for the store began.


    Aakesh had gotten a moment without any customers, so he summoned the quest screen. The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the second store upgrade mission floated in front of him.


    The screen was only visible to him, so the customer approaching Aakesh didn''t notice it. The time required for the customer to reach him was more than enough for Aakesh to read the details again, so he immediately focused on the screen.


    [Mission Sequence: Second


    Mission Objective: Upgrade of the store to Level 3


    ¡­


    Mission Detail: Host, the store''s name is ''The First Store''. As its name suggests, the goal of the store is to be the first store for every living being, irrespective of their situation. How could the store prove itself better than by changing the destiny of the customer and showing the benefits of the store to the world?


    Select one Divine Transformation level customer present in Thorr City and make them the ruler of a Kingdom without using your authority as the store owner but only with the help of the store''s products


    Duration: Thirty years,


    Mission Reward: Upgrade of Authority, an Assistant,...etc.


    Failure Punishment: None.]


    One month had already passed in the required duration of thirty years, so Aakesh only had 359 months left.


    Since Aakesh''s selection should be a Divine Transformation customer present in Thorr City, and only someone above True God level could be strong enough to find a territory, the task wasn''t easy.


    It would have been easy if someone from any of the top-level races had be a resident of the city. Even half the required time would be enough for them to reach the True God level from the Divine Transformation level.


    At that moment, Laney was at the forefront of the candidates, but since Aakesh had given her a test, her future depended on that. Fortunately for Aakesh, Laney''s father was intelligent and had allowed Laney to live in Thorr City to help her stay within travel distance of the store. Aakesh also had a role to y in that since he could only choose someone residing in Thorr City. He had indirectly nudged Laney toward requesting her father stay in the city.


    If she had failed, even if she passed Aakesh''s test, she wouldn''t be eligible to be a candidate.


    The system didn''t care about how long the participant had resided there. It only considered that once Aakesh selected the candidate, they should be living in Thorr City. Aakesh used that in his favor to search for a suitable candidate.


    ***


    "Miss, why are you so tense?" Sili asked with a worried expression on her face.


    Sili was one of Laney''s maids, selected by Laney''s father to live with her in Thorr City. Sili asked the question because Laney had been acting weirdly since the previous night.


    Laney had been acting as if she was on the verge of losing something dear.


    "Leave me alone!" Instead of answering Sili, Laney coldly ordered her maid to leave the room.


    Sili wanted to stay since if anything happened to Laney, they would be the ones to bear the wrath of the King, but Laney''s words contained no chance of refusal. She had no choice but to leave the room.


    Once Sili left the room, Laney sat down, despondent. At that time, she should have been inside Panagea, but there was a test deadline waiting for her.


    Laney still remembered how proudly she had told the store owner, whom she called big brother, that she would pass his test like she summoned the Yellow King.


    The next moment, Laney took out the beast card and summoned the Yellow King. Laney tightly hugged it after the beast appeared, not knowing what face to show the store owner. She was only a child and didn''t want to meet her big brother with failure.


    Laney then took a deep breath and asked the Yellow King to help her boost her mind. Once her mind was cleared of all stresses, she took a deep breath and sat down in a meditative posture as detailed in the cultivation art.


    She was close yet very far from breaking through the first level of the cultivation art. Laney was well aware that such tasks could not bepleted in a hurry since it would prove detrimental to the cultivator.


    Laney then followed the steps as told in the cultivation art and began to channel her energy following the route.


    While Laney was trying her best to pass Aakesh''s test, he was busy in conversation with a new customer.


    "There are currently six products avable in the store. They are pills, weapons, beasts, cultivation arts, skills, and Panagea¡­" Aakesh introduced the six products and their basic details to the man once he asked the question.


    The man intently listened to every word said by Aakesh, and once Aakesh hadpleted the introduction, he immediately asked to enter Panagea like the majority of the new customers.


    "You can''t enter Panagea for the day. All the spots had already been booked for the day," Aakesh expressionlessly informed the man, pointing at therge number of customers sitting in the waiting corner.


    Aakesh wanted the Panagea quest to be over quickly so the number of portals would grow, but that was out of his control.


    The Panagea quest running at that time was more than a century away frompletion, so until that time, it would continue to be sold out in the first several minutes after the store''s opening.


    The man was disappointed to learn that and even tried to pay Aakesh double the amount so that he could enter Panagea.


    Fortunately for the man, Aakesh didn''t throw him out immediately and pointed at the rule board. The man understood Aakesh''s warning and didn''t repeat the same request.


    Since Panagea was out of the question, he focused on the next product. His cultivation was peak True God, and he was the crown prince of the ruling Kingdom on Curiel.


    The man then asked about the Beast Summoner Device since it was a product that impressed every living being irrespective of their level.


    Selling beasts was nothing new since top organizations were dealing in that business for countless years now. What made the beast from the store different was the quality of the beast.


    After learning about the beast, the man went to the beast''s room and joined the second pir.


    Even though he came from the ruling Kingdom of the, his wealth was nothing much since the was a backward one, devoid of top resources.


    To solve the money issue, the man decided only to purchase a True God beast for him.


    ***


    [Name: me Python


    Type: Beast


    Race: Snake


    Element: Fire


    Quality: Supreme


    Cultivation: Early True God


    Ability:


    me Fang: The me Python can unleash scorching mes from its fiery fangs, engulfing enemies in a zing fire.


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    Price: Five hundred forty-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    The man looked at the beast card in his hand and decided to buy the me Python, considering his wealth and the skills on the card.


    ***


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 Chapter 1315 Selecting The Candidate(2)

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    Chapter 1315: Selecting the Candidate(2)


    "Hello, store owner!" Gret greeted Aakesh after it was his turn to reach Aakesh.


    Gret was a new customer who came to the store for the first time. He had entered the store a few minutes ago, but due to different customers ahead of him, he needed to wait until that moment.


    Gret belonged to the Ralbor race, a race of the Demon group. The Ralbor were an upper-tier race, with their leader being a Sacred Emperor. The people of the race had humanoid physiques with tall and broad features.


    Even the smallest member of the race was several meters tall, with their shoulders exceeding a few meters. The Ralbors had two pairs of hands, and their dark green skin was rough like tree bark.


    Ralbor was not very high in the upper tier due to there being only one Sacred Emperor member. Gret was linked to the sole Sacred Emperor directly since the man was his father.


    Gret''s status in the family wasn''t very high due to hisck of talent, but at the end of the day, he was still a direct descendant of the ruler of the race, making his status supreme in the race.


    Gret''s rtionship with his father wasn''t good, and with time, it only deteriorated. The reason for it was ack of growth for the father as well as the ugly talent his son had. Those two factors contributed to the further deterioration of the rtionship. Fortunately for Gret, it hadn''t reached a state where even seeing him would frustrate the father.


    To be precise, it was the rtionship on the father''s side that was deteriorating. Gret still respected his father the most in the Sacred Dimension, even more than other Sacred Creators or even Void Beasts.


    Since Gret''s respect for his father was so high, the terrible rtionship he had with his father was like a sharp and rough knife embedded in his heart. Gret aspired to make his father proud and wanted him to be eager to proim to the world that he was his son.


    To help with his goal, Gret came to the store after learning about it from his friend, who was also a store customer. It wasn''t cheap to get the information, but it was all worth it when he listened to the store''s products.


    "Store owner, tell me about the store products," Gret immediately requested after Aakesh nodded in response to the greeting. Even though he hade here after learning about the store''s products, there was still a bit of hesitation in his heart. He needed to hear about the items directly from the store owner''s mouth to remove that hesitation.


    A wave of relief washed through Gret''s body when he heard the same thing he had heard from his friend. With that, a new wave of excitement also rose in his eyes.


    Gret wanted to enter Panagea since it was the only thing that didn''t require great talent to reach powerful heights. Unfortunately for him, there were no spots avable for him that day to enter Panagea.


    His cultivation was the intermediate Lesser God while he was already seventy million years old. There were many Divine Lords with a longer life than him, but they didn''t have the direct bloodline of a Sacred Emperor like Gret.


    Gret was the middle child and the one with the lowest cultivation out of all his siblings. His youngest brother, who was only around a million years old, was already a Higher God, while his eldest brother was a peak Supreme God level cultivator.


    Since things were like that, Gret decided to focus on the product that would help him grow further, other than Panagea. Skills, weapons, pills, and cultivation arts would help him gain some foothold, while the Beast Summoner Device would automatically lend him a helper.


    It didn''t mean that Gret only had an interest in beasts, but he decided to separate the two to determine where to assign more money. Even though his father was a Sacred Emperor, his wealth wasn''t that highpared to the direct descendants of other Sacred Emperors.


    Since a great beast would immediately enhance his power and status, Gret decided to put more of his money into it rather than trying to save more for other products.


    Since he had made his decision, Gret began to ask Aakesh about the beast.


    "Thank you, store owner!"


    Once Gret had gotten all his answers, he thanked Aakesh and then walked toward the room pointed out by the store owner. While walking in that direction, he was making a list of what beasts would be better for him if he were to summon them.


    ***


    "Why is this happening?" Laney mumbled in frustration after she failed again toplete the energy cycle as told by the cultivation art to go through the first level.


    Laney then took a deep breath and closed her eyes. There was no way she was stopping that day until she couldplete the cycle. She wouldn''t go and show her failure to her big brother.


    Ugh!


    Laney suddenly groaned and soon coughed blood as trying toplete the energy cycles repeatedly put immense strain on her body. It wasn''t simple blood, but it contained her essence.


    Instantly after coughing up the blood, her face turned pale, and a wave of weakness hit her.


    The Yellow King, silently waiting in the room, rushed to catch her as she was about to fall. The beast then gently put Laney on her bed and rushed out of the room.


    It immediately went to the maid and dragged her inside. When the maid saw Laney in that condition, her face turned pale from fright, and she rushed to her.


    The maid then immediately took out a pill and put it into Laney''s mouth. It was a pill brought from the store that helped in restoring blood. In only a few seconds, color returned to Laney''s face.


    The weakness was still there, but Laney could now stand on her own. She sat down on the bed and began to meditate, coughing up blood not long after.


    Laney didn''t fall but looked at her maid and asked for the blood replenishing pill. The maid worriedly handed over the pill. She wanted to stop Laney, but she couldn''t.


    ***


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 Chapter 1316 Selecting The Candidate(3)

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    Chapter 1316: Selecting the Candidate(3)


    While Laney was going through the repeated scenes of failing, coughing up blood, eating the blood replenishing pills, and then restarting, Gret reached his turn of summoning the beast.


    Gret hade directly to the second device. He chose to buy the beast first to enhance his power immediately, so there was no point in purchasing a low-level beast and waiting for it to grow.


    As for why Gret was in a hurry to enhance his power, it had to do with the uing meeting seven monthster. His family had a tradition of meeting every one hundred years, and no child could skip that meeting unless they were stranded in a ruin.


    During that meeting, the children would also show their growth over the past century to their parents. Gret couldn''t impress his father with the external help of a beast, but the same couldn''t be said for his mother.


    Even though he was the least favorite son of his father, the situation for his mother was the opposite. His father''s favorite wife was his mother.


    If Gret could impress his mother, he would be able to earn some more pocket money from her since she was the one responsible for the family''s finances.


    ***


    Gret took a deep breath and pressed the button. The next moment, the square light began to rotate and continued to rotate for five seconds.


    When five seconds passed, a beast familiar to Gret appeared on the screen. Gret wasn''t much enthusiastic about the beast and didn''t even read the details on the card.


    Immediately after the card flew to his hand, he ced it into the returnpartment and pressed the button again.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate while ''1'' appeared on top of the screen.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes had passed since Gret began his summoning.


    It wasn''t that he had attempted summoning in two digits. The next round of summoning would only be his sixth attempt. It took that long because he deliberately waited for some time before attempting the next round to gather some luck.


    When the waiting time was over, Gret pressed the button. The next moment, ''5'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate at a quick speed.


    Five seconds passed in a sh, and a beast familiar yet unfamiliar to him appeared on the screen. Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hand. He immediately focused on the content on it.


    [Name: Grayish Lynx Spider


    Type: Beast


    Race: Arachnid


    Element: Earth, Poison


    Quality: Legendary


    Cultivation: Early Lesser God


    Characteristics: Elemental Corruption


    Details: The Grayish Lynx Spider can corrupt the earth and poison elements in its surroundings, amplifying their potency to an extraordinary level. It empowers the beast''s attacks and abilities, making its earth-webbing more unbreakable and its venom more potent. It can also manipte the corrupted elements to create devastating elemental explosions.


    Ability:


    1.) Earthquake Assault: The Grayish Lynx Spider triggers a localized earthquake, forcing the ground to rupture, destroying the enemy.


    2.) Earth''s Embrace: The Grayish Lynx Spider melds with the Earth, bing invulnerable to attacks while regenerating its health.


    3.) Corrosive Venom: The Grayish Lynx Spider''s venom bes corrosive, eating away at the defenses of its target and causingsting harm.


    4.) Poisoned Shroud: The Grayish Lynx Spider envelops itself in a cloud of toxic mist, poisoning and weakening all who enter its vicinity.


    5.) Venomous Eruption: The Grayish Lynx Spider releases a burst of venomous energy, poisoning, and damaging enemies in a wide area.


    ...


    9.) Venomous Barrage: The Grayish Lynx Spider releases a barrage of venom-coated spikes from its abdomen, each spike carrying a potent dose of poison, inflicting venomous wounds and leaving them writhing in agony.


    10.) Earth''s Wrath: The Grayish Lynx Spider summons the earth''s raw power, causing massive stone pirs to erupt from the ground, crushing them under the weight of the earth''s fury.


    ...


    16.) Terra Annihtion: The Grayish Lynx Spider channels the earth''s raw power, causing the ground to tremble and upheave, unleashing a devastating shockwave that obliterates everything in its vicinity.


    17.) Poison Nova: The Grayish Lynx Spider releases a burst of corrosive poison, creating a deadly cloud that engulfs enemies and rapidly deteriorates their defenses and health.


    Card Description: The Grayish Lynx Spider is a formidable, terrifying creature. Its attributes of earth and poison make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Grayish Lynx Spider.


    Price: Ny ultimate, Seven hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. Its body exuded an air of predatory elegance. Itsrge and sleek form was covered in velvety gray fur, interspersed with darker markings that resembled the patterns of a lynx''s coat. Its eight legs were each adorned with sharp and intricate ws. Its body was segmented, with a slight hump on its thorax that gave it an imposing presence. Its amber-shade eyes had cruel emotions hidden beneath their intelligence.


    Gret was aware of the Lynx Spider, as it was a known race in the Arachnid and Beast groups, but what was unfamiliar to him was the pattern on the back of the beast.


    It seemed to be some archaic pattern he had never seen, so he didn''t understand what it meant. But his intuition told him that it would be good for him.


    Gret nodded after reading the content on the card. Legendary quality was the first for him, and he also liked what he saw on the card, so he decided to buy the beast. The only issue was the price. It was ny percent of what he had in total.


    Trusting in his intuition, Gret gritted his teeth and decided to pick the beast. The money woulde with it anyway if he seeded in impressing his mother.


    Gret then left the queue and walked toward the bigger queue in front of the square device, toplete the next steps.


    ***


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 Chapter 1317 Selecting The Candidate(4)

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    Chapter 1317: Selecting the Candidate(4)


    Cough!


    Laney coughed up blood again, and that time it turned out to be even more grave. Her entire body had shrunk at that moment, as if someone had dried her blood.


    The Yellow King rushed to her and grabbed her before her head hit the ground. She fell unconscious immediately.


    The beast grabbed one blood replenishing pill from the diminishing stock and pushed it into her mouth. The pill melted in her mouth, and a stream of warm energy rushed through her throat.


    Its destination was the bone marrow. The bone marrow immediately began creating essence at a rapid rate to restore the diminishing stock of blood. But before it couldplete the stock, the effects disappeared.


    Laney''s eyelids moved, but she still wasn''t strong enough to bear the blood loss and was still unconscious.


    Even though the pills from the store were purer than those from other stores, there were still impurities in them. Laney had eaten pills in double-digits, umting a harmful amount of toxins.


    The Yellow King didn''t immediately feed another pill to Laney, keeping that in mind. Since it was at a dangerous level, if the toxins grew further, it would be more detrimental to her than the blood-essence loss due to repeated failures.


    Once the contract between the beast and the customer was signed, the beast became a staunch loyalist of the being and only wanted what was best for its owner. So it could also sense the importance the day held for Laney.


    It didn''t want its owner to live in regret, so it gritted its teeth and fed her another pill.


    The familiar warm energy rushed to the bone marrow and helped her restore her lost essence. A few secondster, her eyelids moved, and not long after, she woke up.


    Laney immediately grabbed the Yellow King and hugged it while a wide smile spread across her face. Even though she had umted a harmful level of toxins in her body and had gone through so much blood loss and its effects, she found all of it worth it.


    Laney immediately let go of the beast and closed her eyes. She didn''t meditate, but her energy channels were working automatically.


    During her unconsciousness, Laney seemed to have gained an epiphany, and that was the reason behind the wide smile a moment earlier.


    The Yellow King could also feel the happy aura around Laney, so it sat down on the nearest chair and waited to hear the good news.


    ***


    Gret''s entire back was wet with sweat, and before he could let go of the stress in his mind, an unbearable pain hit him. He immediately looked at the source of the pain and found it to be his finger, which was pricked.


    Since the store owner had already told him about the following process after summoning the beast, Gret knew the pain had to do with the signing of the contract.


    Even though only a moment had passed since Gret came to the square device and signed the contract, several days had passed for him in the taming battle.


    The battle with the Grayish Lynx Spider was the toughest battle of his life. He would evenpare that battle to the pressure he would feel whenever he was in front of his father. It wasn''t a literal feeling, but the pressure he felt was the same.


    Even though Gret trumped the beast and won the taming battle, it wasn''t easy, and he almost died several times.


    Since the battle was that tough, the excitement that came after knowing that the beast would be his summon was also no less intense.


    After the wave of pain disappeared, a wide, excited smile spread across his face. He then looked at the screen on the device and read the content of the contract.


    After he read the contract, he turned around and left the queue since the payment for the beast was left, and he couldn''t wait for it to be done. Even though the price was something he was only able to afford after spending the majority of his total wealth, he didn''t care after the battle. He would do it even if he had to spend all his wealth.


    When he exited the room, Gret found a small line of couple customers in front of the store owner. He rushed there and joined it, waiting for his turn.


    After waiting several moments, it was his turn. He immediately handed the beast card and also ny-one ultimate Sacred stones.


    "You need to pay ny ultimate¡­ higher Sacred stones," Aakesh still expressionlessly informed of the total money Gret needed to pay.


    Aakesh then returned one ultimate stone to Gret and told him to pay in the respective stones as told. He also introduced the three store cards to him.


    Upon learning of the store card, Gret decided to buy one. He took one supreme Sacred stone out and asked for the Supreme Store Card.


    Gret only had three ultimate Sacred stones left after the purchase of the beast, and he couldn''t spend one on a store card. There were still products left for him to check in the store.


    ***


    "The beast is yours," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Gret after hearing the system''s alert about the sessful payment.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Gret respectfully thanked Aakesh and put the beast card in his inner world. He wanted to check out the beast and the pattern on its back in reality, but he controlled himself not to be in a hurry.


    The beast was too big to be summoned inside the store. If the store''s hall was empty, then it could be summoned, but not when more than half of the space was filled.


    Gret also couldn''t summon the beast in his inner world since it was a Lesser God, and his inner world wouldn''t be able to bear its presence. Gret couldn''t destroy his future just because he wanted to see the beast.


    Since the purchase of the beast was done and he only had a small amount of wealth left, Gret decided to focus on two products, skills and weapons. The training area was automatically a feature, so it was also on his left.


    Of the two, Gret decided to focus on the skill first, and he then asked Aakesh questions rted to it.


    After the store owner had answered all of Gret''s questions and he waspletely satisfied, he thanked Aakesh and then walked toward the skill room, as pointed out by the store owner.


    When he entered the room, arge number of customers, the seven counters, and the semi-pir at the center end of the room appeared in his sight. There were also numerous murals painted on the walls, showing different skills and their uses.


    Gret was a Lesser God level cultivator, so he walked toward the one representing that cultivation level. He wasn''t alone, and there were already a few people around that counter.


    Every single one of them seemed to be immersed in their own world when reading the skill or pulling it out, so they ignored Gret.


    In front of Gret, there were people who would touch each other when pulling out the skill cards, but nothing of the sort happened. It was as if every one of them was isted from the world; even when two people reached the same shelf simultaneously, they would stay far from each other.


    The store owner had already told him the process to pull out the skill card, Gret thought of the element he used and reached for the master level shelf at the bottom row.


    Price was an issue due to his low wealth, so Gret decided to start at a low level. If he found a skill that really impressed him, he would then go for the higher level of the respective skill.


    The next moment, when Gret pulled his hand out, it held a skill card. Gret immediately focused on the content of the card and began to read it.


    Gret''s race, Ralbor, was a demon race that used their strong physiques to fight. The members of the race used their proficiency in the element of metal to make their physiques more durable and their attacks more threatening.


    The skill card pulled out by Gret was also of the metal element. But when Gret had read the entire content, his eyes showed nothing. The skill''s effects were not very offensive, so he returned the card and pulled out another one.


    Time flew by, and the familiar process of pulling out a skill card and then returning it kept happening. Gret wasn''t going to settle for a skill he didn''t feelpletely content with, so he would not stop until he had found a great skill that would impress him enough to go for higher levels.


    His attempts didn''t fail him and he finally found one skill that impresed him.


    [Name: Metal Blitz Impact


    Type: Attack


    Level: Master


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Effect: Unleashes a relentless barrage of rapid, precise metal strikes at close range


    Description: The user channels the unyielding essence of metal, unleashing a ferocious onught of close-range strikes with the precision and force of a forging hammer.


    The skill puts immense strain on the user''s physical and mental durability.


    Price: Seventy thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter and also ate chapter. It was a weekend, and I fell asleep during the day. I will try to make up for it by posting an extra chapter tomorrow.


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 Chapter 1318 Selecting The Candidate(5)

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    Chapter 1318: Selecting the Candidate(5)


    Gret immediately reached for the King level shelf, and when he pulled his hand out, there was the upgraded version of the skill.


    He felt like going even further, and soon he had reached for the God level after having the same experience with the Emperor level skill.


    When he pulled his hand out, there was the God level [Metal Blitz Impact] skill card in his hand.


    [Name: Adamantine Blitz Impact


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Effect: Unleashes a relentless barrage of rapid, precise metal strikes at close range


    Description: The user channels the unyielding essence of metal, unleashing a ferocious onught of close-range strikes with the precision and force of a forging hammer. This skill transforms the user into a relentless whirlwind of metal, obliterating adversaries with each calcted blow.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of metal. Prolonged usage of the skill may require a period of recovery before using it again.


    Price: Nine thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Gret read the details on the skill and found the name had changed. The ''Metal'' in the lower level skills had turned into ''Adamantine,'' a higher form of the metal. Even though the destruction of the skill had taken on a new form with the change in the metal, the side-effect had gone down drastically instead of going on.


    Only prolonged usage of the skill could cause exhaustion, and even then, it wasn''t sure if he hadn''t used any other skill during that time.


    The price of the skill had also gone up drastically, and it was also an issue for Gret. One ultimate Sacred stone was equivalent to one million supreme Sacred stones, ording to the conversion rate of the store. It wasn''t even one percent of that sum, but aside from that, it was nevertheless a significant amount.


    Gret stood there thinking for some time, and after a pause of a few seconds, he had made his decision. The next moment, he put the Master, King, and Emperor level skills in their respective shelves, choosing to buy [Adamantine Blitz Impact].


    Gret decided to buy another attacking skill, but since he had already picked a God level skill and could only buy one, he chose to go for lower level skills, starting from the master level again.


    Once Gret had found his skill, he went for the King level and then the Emperor level. Gret didn''t choose to go for the God level since it would be unwise to mistrust his intuition about buying [Adamantine Blitz Impact].


    Gret then picked the Emperor level skill. He wanted to buy more attacking skills, but he controlled himself to stop. The store had quality products, so even if he bought a skill for every level, the question of quantity over quality would never arise. Gret needed to be wise.


    Instead of having several top-quality skills, it was better to have a few and master them. Having more wasn''t necessarily better than having a few, if those few were also top-quality products.


    Since Gret had made his decision, he didn''t ponder over the bottom row anymore and stepped up to the secondst row. Defensive skills were rarer and moreplex than attacking, so Gret was enthusiastic about what skills he would find there.


    Simr tost time, Gret began from the Master level shelf. Finding a skill didn''t take as much time as for what it took him to find [Metal Blitz Impact], and he found an impressive skill on his fourth attempt.


    He then upgraded the level, but when he read the Emperor level skill, he lost interest and returned to the Master level shelf, restarting his attempt. He found another impressive skill in his next attempt, and that time, he didn''t have to return, and his enthusiasm continued until the God level skill.


    [Name: Citadel Guard


    Type: Defense


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Effect: Erects an impervious citadel made of a mixture of metals that shields against all types of attacks


    Description: The user harnesses the unyielding essence of metal to create an impervious citadel that offers unparalleled defense against all forms of assault. This skill forges an unbreakable bastion of metal that envelops the user, rendering them virtually invulnerable to attacks.


    The activation of the Citadel Guard demands mastery over the element of metal and precise control over the citadel''s dynamics. Sustaining the fortress requires continuous focus, and the user must manage their energy reserves to maintain its stability.


    Price: Twelve thousand five hundred seventy-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    Gret read the details on the card, and his excitement for the skill only grew. The reason behind his excitement was that his father had the same skill.


    Even though the details he saw on the card were nothing inparison to what his father could do, the pce his father and mothers lived in wasn''t made by artisans but was the creation of his father using that skill.


    Gret was excited because he could see the same future for him when he bought the skill for higher cultivation.


    The skill also didn''t have a severe side-effect other than its enormous energy requirement, so Gret didn''t even need to think twice before deciding to pick it. As for the price, Gret took a nce at the section and ignored it. It was such a skill that, if it even cost him a few hundred thousand more supreme Sacred stones, he would still be willing to buy it.


    ***


    Laney took a deep breath and opened her eyes from her meditation. The smile returned to her face. When the Yellow King saw her waking up, it looked at her and spiritually asked whether she had seeded.


    Laney shook her head with a smile. Even though she failed toplete the energy pattern, unlike earlier, she hade very far and also didn''t throw up any blood.


    The epiphany resulted in several hours of her work disappearing. Laney then fell on her bed and soon fell into a deep sleep because of all the exhaustion umted by her body over the day. The energy cycle began working on its own.


    The Yellow King also returned to its seat and fell asleep.

 Chapter 1319 Selecting The Candidate(6)

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    Chapter 1319: Selecting the Candidate(6)


    After pulling out the [Citadel Guard], Gret looked for another defensive skill of lower levels. After doing it for several minutes, he stopped. Gret couldn''t find any skill impressive enough to go for higher levels and finally choose at the end.


    It wasn''t that there were terrible skills in the store. It had to do with Gret''s exclusive mindset. He wanted his second skill to be on par with the first one he picked, and it was easier to think about it than do it.


    Pulling out the skill cards also depended on luck, and his chances clearly weren''t working for him. The skill [Citadel Guard] wasn''t even in the top twenty of the skills avable for the Lesser God level cultivators, which wasn''t an upgrade of skills for low-level cultivators or a downgrade of skills for top level cultivators.


    Since things were like that, Gret decided to stop searching for another defensive type skill and move one row higher.


    He followed the same process as thest time, and after several attempts, he found a skill. He immediately went for the higher level skills and soon reached the God level shelf.


    The next moment, when he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in his hand, and he immediately focused on the content of it.


    [Name: Mithril Sprint


    Type: Movement


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Effect: Empowers the user with the fluidity and swiftness of mithril, enabling unparalleled movement


    Description: The user taps into the dynamic essence of metal to grant the user unparalleled movement capabilities. This skill channels the malleable properties of mithril, infusing the user with fluidity and swiftness akin to the legendary metal, enabling them to navigate the battlefield with astonishing agility.


    The activation of the Mithril Sprint Enigma demands profound understanding and control over the element of the metal. Prolonged usage of the skill puts strain on mental and physical faculties and will require a period of recovery before using it again.


    Price: Ten thousand nine hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    Mithril was a rare material known for its different uses in different situations. Whoever was the creator of the skill used the malleability of the metal to create a skill for movement.


    Mithril was only present in the God level skill. The lower-level skills used different metals to create the same result, but Mithril was the best of them to be used at the highest level.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Gret currently stood there reading the details of the skill card in his hand.


    [Name: Alloyed Hexforge


    Type: Supporting


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Effect: Imposes a debilitating hex that corrodes adversaries'' strengths and disrupts their abilities


    Description: The user harnesses the malevolent essence of metal to impose a debilitating hex upon adversaries. This skill channels the corrosive power of metal to weaken and disrupt their abilities, leaving them vulnerable and incapacitated.


    The activation of the skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of metal. Prolonged usage of the skill puts strain on mental faculties and will require a period of recovery before using it again.


    Price: Fifteen thousand nine hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    It was a God level skill of the supporting type. It took a longer time than other types to find a suitable skill because Gret wanted the debuff type of skill.


    The details he was reading on the card impressed him a lot, forcing him to make an immediate decision, irrespective of the high cost of the skill.


    ***


    While Gret was searching for his skills, Aakesh was greeted with the sight of a new customer entering the store when he was about to close his eyes to rx.


    As the number of customers was growing, the rxation time for Aakesh was simrly decreasing. Aakesh didn''t care about that since he couldn''t feel tired due to his unlimited endurance. Nevertheless, it was a peaceful moment, and Aakesh liked it.


    Aakesh was waiting for the second store upgrade quest to getpleted so he could hire an assistant for the store. It would also allow him to hire a second store assistant for the store in the Primal Dimension, but since he was in the Sacred Dimension, he cared for the single one more than the extra.


    ***


    Phily stopped at the door, looking at the building above him with a cautious expression.


    Phily was the ruler of a nearby Kingdom who hade here after relinquishing his throne and handing it to his eldest son.


    One day he announced his eldest son as the crown prince, and the next day he announced the son to be the second King, taking everyone by storm.


    The store yed a prominent role in Phily''s decision to give up his post, despite his eldest son only being a peak Divine Lord. Phily''s decision had made the wkas Kingdom the weakest Kingdom on Curiel.


    It was a shocking decision for everyone in the wkas Kingdom since Phily was the founder. The stories of Phily about how he rose from a poor family and how he became King was mandatory for every citizen of the Kingdom to know by mouth. That rule showed how much Phily loved his throne.


    What made Phily take that decision had to do with the dream he saw on the morning he announced the crown prince.


    In the dream, Phily was sitting on his throne, and a spear pierced his heart, pinning his body to the throne.


    Below the throne, there were the corpses of his family spread out in a humiliating way. As far as his eyes could see in that dream, he could see nothing but death.


    Then suddenly, a ray of light erupted out of nowhere from a very far distance.


    In no time, the light was above his Kingdom, and soon it was right above him on the throne.


    As the light shone on the throne, the spear pinning him there melted. The injuries on his body began to heal. The corpses seemed to have regained life and began waking up.


    After everything was restored to normal, things began to evolve, taking Phily and his Kingdom to new heights. Then the source of the light presented itself, and it was the building in front of which Phily stood.


    ***


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 Chapter 1320 Selecting The Candidate(7)

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    Chapter 1320: Selecting the Candidate(7)


    Phily looked cautiously at the building and stopped there for a while. After a long pause, he took a deep breath and stepped forward.


    Now that he had relinquished his throne, there was no question of hesitation any longer. He could only walk ahead, or the scene he saw in his dream might turn into reality.


    Phily was also afraid of the store since he had no idea why that horrible dream came to him. It could also be because of the store, but one thing he was confident of was that he didn''t want that situation to ur in reality.


    Phily belonged to the wkas race, a low-level race in the Demon group. As his story became popr, Phily was born in what used to be a different Kingdom. At that time, the wkas were a small race with only a few thousand members.


    Phily''s efforts and hard work took him to where he stood and also to the glory of the wkas race by having a Kingdom for their members.


    Phily finally stepped inside the store, and the view in front of him changed now that the array had stopped its restriction on him.


    His eyes then fell on the blue-skinned man. He recognized the man as the store owner since beforeing here, he had tried to find some information about the store from the city locals, and there was also the second reason that the blue-skinned man was the only person sitting on a chair in the entire store.


    Phily also looked around and wasn''t much awed by the store''s insides. It wasn''t that he wasn''t impressed with the luxury, but the dream took a predominant position in his heart, making him unable to enjoy the scenery.


    "Hello, store owner!" Phily respectfully greeted Aakesh. He could see that the cultivation of the store owner was lower than his own, but Phily didn''t believe it. He treated Aakesh as he would treat anyone of higher cultivation than him.


    ***


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh simply replied in response to Phily''s introduction. He then waited for the man to ask about the store''s products.


    Phily wanted to know about the store products since they would y a role in changing the scenes in the dream, but he believed the dream to be the primary focus.


    "Senior Aakesh, I saw a dream¡­" Phily then shared the scenes he saw in his dream with Aakesh.


    Aakesh could understand the reason behind Phily''s sharing the dream. Phily somewhat believed that it was primarily done by the store and the store owner to attract new customers.


    "The dream you saw is an omen of the uing tragedy; as for why you saw the store, it is your fortune," Aakesh simply responded, clearly not caring what he believed and thought.


    It wasn''t the first time the store hade to dream of someone, but it had happened very rarely, and the number of customers who had seen it was less than ten.


    Seeing the store in the dreams primarily meant that the person''s destiny was going for a wild ride, and the store would be able to help with it.


    The most prominent customer who came to the store after the dream was a guy in the Primal Dimension. When Aakesh ascended, the man was a Tao Manifestation level cultivator, while starting at a low level in a poor family.


    As for whether Phily would be able to have the same future, it depended on his work. He was the eighth customer in the long years of the store, and only two had seeded. The remaining five weren''t dead but were like ordinary customers due to their arrogance in believing that fortune had favored them.


    Aakesh didn''t tell Phily all of that since what would happen to Phily had nothing to do with him or the store.


    Phily was surprised by Aakesh''s response since he believed that the store owner would try to deny the belief and make him understand he was wrong. Once Phily woulde to know the identities of the store customers, he wouldugh at himself for that moment.


    He was taken aback by Aakesh''s response but even more so by the foreshadowing of the impending tragedy. Seeing omens wasn''t a rare situation since many top creatures would know beforehand about their deaths.


    Even though he had already epted the dream ande to the store, a wave of panic engulfed his heart when he heard it directly from the store owner.


    Sigh!


    "Store owner, tell me about the store''s products."


    Phily took a deep breath and requested. There were still hints of doubts in his heart regarding the store''s hand in the dream, but for some reason, his belief that the tragedy was sure toe had reached an extreme. Since he didn''t want that to happen, it was time for him to work hard and utilize the store to thwart that future.


    "The store currently has six products. They are pills, weapons, beasts, cultivation arts, skills, and Panagea.


    "There are three levels of pills avable for the customers in the store: Lesser, Higher, and King¡­


    "... These are the six products avable in the store," Aakesh concluded the introduction of the products with some basic details regarding each of them.


    Phily was an intermediate True God level cultivator, so every product in the store was avable for him; the only issue was money. Phily had found out that the products sold in the store were extremely expensive.


    Considering that, the most prominent product in his eyes was Panagea, he asked questions regarding it.


    Once he had gotten all his answers, Phily requested Aakesh for entering Panagea, but was left disappointed when he learned that all the spots for the day had been booked.


    Since Panagea was full, Phily decided to focus on the next product. Immediately, a name came to his mind, skills.


    The scene of him being pinned to the throne by a spear piercing his heart was still fresh in his mind. He wanted a defensive skill so he wouldn''t have to face that future.


    Phily then asked the questions regarding the product, and once he had obtained all his answers, he thanked Aakesh and walked toward the room.

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    Chapter 1321: Selecting the Candidate(8)


    After waiting for a while, Fret finally got his turn. He decided to follow the sequence and ced the [Adamantine Blitz Impact] skill card in the respectivepartment.


    The next moment, Gret found himself in a different environment. He found that even though he had a physical body, he couldn''t control it even to move any of his fingers. It was purely an experience session.


    In front of Gret stood a couple of figures surrounding him. Gret didn''t have a very strong personality due to all the taunts and mockeries he had faced from his siblings all his life.


    When he saw the figures looking at him with brutality visible in their eyes, Gret wanted to run. Unfortunately for him, his body was out of his control, and could do nothing.


    Gret''s consciousness was shaking in fright, looking at so many brutal stares targeted at him. The body, on the other hand, stood unfazed by those stares.


    Growl! Roar!


    Different kinds of sounds rang in the area as the enemies made their moves.


    Gret''s body also acted. The next moment, a wave of elemental light appeared, and in no time, it surrounded him.


    Soon, it took on the sheen of adamantine, while small, sharp projectiles began to form around him. The glow on his body grew in intensity, and simrly, the growth rate of the projectiles grew.


    Those projectiles were like parts of his body, and there was no difort in controlling them. When the enemies around him finally entered the range of the skill, the projectiles flew at them.


    It was as if a hot knife was cutting through butter. There was no restriction, and the projectiles easily pierced the enemies.


    Wherever the piercing would happen, that body part would explode. The range of piercing was small, but the sheer number of projectiles and their strength made sure of the vast damage it would cause to the enemies.


    After getting pierced through all the vital body parts, the first enemy finally died and formed arge blood pool. The others in the group ignored theirrade''s death and kept charging.


    They tried to use defenses, but in front of those quick and sharp projectiles, having or not having a defense was equal. Gret''s consciousness also stopped shaking when he saw the scene in front of him.


    In no time, a few of his enemies had died gruesome deaths, with their bodies not intact anymore.


    Time flew by, and the barrage of numerous projectiles continued. It only stopped when thest enemy was brutally killed.


    Looking at the gruesome scene in front of him, Gret took a deep breath. He thought in his mind whether it was the correct decision to pick the skill.


    Even though his siblings had mocked him all his life, he didn''t want his siblings to rece those gruesome corpses. At the end of the day, they were family, not enemies.


    While Gret was thinking, a white light surrounded him, and soon he found himself back in the store.


    Gret stopped thinking about his choice since it depended on the user''s ability to use the skill. The next moment, the screen on the semi-pir lit up and took his immediate attention.


    Gret looked at the screen and found the content on it to be immediately engraved in his mind, never to be forgotten.


    [Skill: Adamantine Blitz Impact


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Compatibility: 67%


    Training Time: Two thousand eight hundred sixty-nine years.]


    Gret was surprised by the training time taken by the skill since it was clearly out of what he expected. It would be more precise to say that Gret was thoroughly mistaken.


    Gret thought it would take him several months or a few years at most to learn all the skills, but he couldn''t be any more wrong. Just the first skill required him to spend around three millennials to master.


    Gret could only take a helpless sigh since it meant that he would have to wait for several meetings before he could show his talent. For someone like him, who had lived for millions of years, several thousand years wasn''t much to be worried about. It only meant that he would be able to thoroughly impress his siblings once he hadpletely mastered the skill.


    Gret then stopped thinking about what would happen in the future and returned to reality. He pulled out the skill card and ced the second attacking skill he had bought.


    Time flew by.


    Even though hours had passed for Gret, only a few seconds had passed in reality.


    Gret ced the [Mithril Sprint] skill card in the respectivepartment, and the next moment, he found himself in a different environment.


    Gret was in an area filled with active volcanoes on the verge of exploding. It should have been hot, but there was a chill in the area.


    Gret''s consciousness shuddered when he sensed the chill. It wasn''t a literal chill but a figurative one due to the extreme danger.


    A True God shouldn''t be worried about a volcano explosion since even if they were to be at the center of it, their body would feel nothing. But the situation turned dangerous when the volcanoes weren''t emitting standardva butvaced with potent elemental energy.


    Boom!


    Suddenly, an explosion rang, and a volcano at a distance of a few miles from Gret exploded, creating an enormous dust cloud and rain ofva.


    It seemed as if some chain reaction had started, and one after another, volcanoes began to explode.


    Gret''s consciousness could see his deathing, but at the important moment, the body acted and activated [Mithril Sprint].


    The next moment, a small elemental storm erupted around him, and the metal particles began to gather; soon they formed the metal mithril. The metal showed its fluid grace and speed as it bound itself to Gret''s feet.


    The next moment, when Gret took a step forward, his speed was at its quickest. He immediately increased the gap between him and the ocean ofva.


    Theva ocean was noughing matter; the more energycedva it umted, the wilder it became, and its speed increased.


    Time flew by, and after running a long distance, Gret finally stopped since he no longer needed to run and was safe from theva.


    ***


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 Chapter 1322 (1) Selecting The Candidate(9)

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    Chapter 1322: Selecting the Candidate(9)


    "I did it!" Laney suddenly jumped in joy, ignoring the dark, smelly liquid around her.


    The Yellow King noticed the racket and also woke up. When it saw Laney celebrating, it didn''t have to think of the reason that caused it. It then went to Laney and congratted her using spiritualmunication.


    Laney calmed down and finally noticed the stenching from her body. All the harmful toxins she seemed to have umted due to eating the Blood Replenishing pills like normal food seemed to have been secreted out.


    Laney was still an early Divine Transformation level cultivator and was months away from the breakthrough, but the cultivation art chosen by her was such that it had levels. Clearing each level added strength to the user, and the same happened with Laney when shepleted the energy cycle.


    She not only felt lighter due to the secretion of all impurities, but she also felt her strength had grown and her energy had also turned slightly purer.


    She then called out her maid and ordered her to throw the mat out and clean the room. Laney wanted to go to the store immediately and show her big brother that she didn''t fail his test, but she knew that a fresh bath was necessary.


    After giving orders to the maid, she went to the bathroom. One of the maids followed Laney since it was a necessary duty of the maids to help Laney take a bath.


    Laney also didn''t stop her maids. None of her maids were below the Divine Being level of cultivation, with the head maid being an early Divine Lord. They would not be put off by the stench emanating from her body.


    ***


    Phily entered the room and was greeted with the sight of murals, counters, a semi-pir, and numerous customers.


    Phily seemed to be in a rush since his heart was beating loudly for some reason. From the moment he remembered the pinned scene and thought of buying a defensive skill, he was acting like that. Phily understood that to calm down, he needed to find a suitable skill.


    He immediately went to the counter for True God level cultivators. Defensive type skills were stored on the second row from the bottom, so he immediately reached out to them.


    His destination was the master level shelf, and when he pulled his hand out, it had a new skill card.


    Philly was taken aback since in a hurry, he even forgot to think of an element before pulling out the skill. The one he pulled out belonged to the element of earth, which he wasn''t a user of, so it was unnecessary.


    Phily didn''t repeat the mistake and thought of the elements of fire and wind since he was a dual user, and he reached out to the shelf, hoping to get a suitable skill for any element.


    On his first try, Phily found a suitable defensive skill as he read the details on it.


    [Name: Zephyr Veil


    Type: Defense


    Level: Master


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Conjures an ethereal veil of wind that repels all forms of harm


    Description: The user channels the serene essence of wind to create an ethereal sanctuary that offers unparalleled defense against all forms of attack. This skill forms a protective cocoon of swirling winds that envelops the user, making them virtually impervious to attacks.


    It needs continuous focus. Once out of control, it would attack the user.


    Price: Nine hundred ny-nine higher Sacred stones.]


    Phily read the skill details and was impressed with it. Even though its side effects were grave as it would harm the channeler once out of control, Phily found it to be worth taking the risk.


    There were still three more levels for the skill, but Phily couldn''t afford them. Even though he was a King, he controlled one of the weakest Kingdoms on the Curiel due to being the sole True God in the Kingdom. Thend controlled by him was poor in resources, with only a very few Kingdoms able to match the poverty.


    But since there was no issue with checking the higher level of the skills, he began to pull them out.


    In no time, he had four skill cards of different levels in his hand. Phily thenpared the differences between the four levels.


    At the Emperor level, the name of the skill had changed, and ''Veil'' had turned into ''Sanctuary.'' Phily was disappointed that he couldn''t buy them. Just the Emperor level of skill was more than his wealth, let alone the God level, where even if he sold his Kingdom, he would still be unable to afford it.


    Even though the defensive ability of the skill had grown with the increase in level, the side effects had alsoe down. Emperor level [Zephyr Sanctuary] was an exception to that.


    There were severe side effects of the skill, even more dangerous than the master level skill, but Phily found it to be worthy of the abilities it brought. If he had money, he wouldn''t even think twice before choosing the Emperor level [Zephyr Embrace] for himself.


    Phily then reluctantly returned the skill cards, only keeping the master level [Zephyr Veil]. Any customer could only buy one skill for each level for each type at a cultivation level, so the master level sale wasplete for Phily.


    Even though he had acquired the skill, the fast heart-beating continued. It could only mean one thing, he still hadn''t felt secure enough to calm down.


    Since the master level skill was out of the question for him, Phily could either go for the King level or lower levels. If Phily splurged, he would be able to afford the King level, but unfortunately for him, he didn''t have that option.


    Now that he had relinquished the throne, there would certainly be eyes targeting the wkas Kingdom. It was true that he was alive, but his son would still have to deal with other Kings on his own. He could no longer interfere in that, or it would be useless for him to relinquish the throne.

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    Chapter 1323: Selecting the Candidate(10)


    To calm his heart down, Philly decided to buy another skill. Since purchasing King level skills was an extremely difficult task, considering his financial stability, he decided to go for lower level skills.


    Phily then reached for the expert level shelf, and when he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in his hand. As luck would have it, he got a suitable skill on his first attempt, and at that time, he summoned a fire element skill.


    [Name: Relentless Shield


    Type: Defense


    Level: Expert


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Summons an imprable shield of hot mes that guards against all assaults


    Description: The user taps into the relentless essence of fire to summon an imprable shield of searing mes, offering unparalleled defense against all forms of harm. The barrier''s mes neutralize and consume attacks, rendering both physical and elemental assaults ineffective against its fiery defenses.


    It needs continuous focus and enormous energy reserves.


    Price: Four hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    Phily read the details on the card with incredible focus. Even though the skill cost half of [Zephyr Veil] despite being a level lower, Phily found the [Relentless Shield] to be better than the former. In addition to its ability, the skill also had no side effects other than requiring focus and huge energy reserves, which was nothing to worry about.


    What made Phily feel even better was that his heartbeat was slowing down. It was still faster than standard, but it was to be expected. After all, he had seen a terrible omen representing the end of his Kingdom. He believed that things would return to normal over time.


    It was an immediate decision for Phily, and he chose to buy the skill card. Phily wanted to spare his wealth, so he immediately left the counter and walked toward the pir, not wanting to have the urge to buy other types of skills.


    Experiencing the skill cost one percent of the skill''s price, so Phily didn''t immediately decide on whether to go for the next step.


    Phily wasn''t that poor to worry about several hundred higher Sacred stones, but since things were dynamic and anything could happen anytime, Phily wanted to be cautious before spending any penny.


    Phily also had the purchase of the beast left, and it would cost him a lot. After a long pause, Phily decided to experience the two skills.


    What he wanted was to see hispatibility with the two skills and check how much time it would take for him to master the two skills.


    Thinking like that, Phily joined the long queue in front of the semi-pir. After a wait of several minutes, it was finally his turn.


    Phily first ced the [Zephyr Veil] skill card and the next moment, he found himself in a different environment, ready to experience the skill.


    Only a second had passed in the store when Phily''s consciousness returned to him. What he saw there impressed Phily, but he immediately focused on the screen, wanting to see his training time.


    The store didn''t make Phily wait for a long time, and immediately the screen lit up and content appeared on it.


    [Skill: Zephyr Veil


    Level: Master


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Compatibility: 78%


    Training Time: Two Years


    Phyl was surprised to find out his highpatibility with the skill, and it also allowed him to train for only two years and master the skill thoroughly. The result didn''t disappoint Phily; instead, it was a bonus.


    Even though Phily was a dual-element user, his connection with fire was several times greater than his affinity with the wind element. Phily''s talent was the greatest in the wkas race, but in the Sacred Dimension, it was nothing.


    So having apatibility of more than seventy percent was already a rare talent across the Multiverse, not only in the Sacred Dimension, whereas Phily''spatibility was only short of two percent of eighty percent, which would have made him one of the top talented wind element users, only below the heaven-chosen ones.


    So despite such a high percentage ofpatibility, why did Phily not be a prominent figure? He was someone who had lived for several million years. Someone with that talent should at least be a Supreme God after living that long.


    The truth was that Phily was never that much talented. What caused his talent to explode was the dream he saw that day.


    Aakesh''s authority wasn''t high enough to know how the store chose whom to reveal itself to in dreams or other ways. But if Aakesh had enough authority and could ask Aakesh, the system would tell him that it was not that the system chose him by a pattern, but what happened was that Phily chose the store, and the store revealed itself.


    And why was the system forced to reveal itself to Phily? That had to do with the dream. Phily didn''t even know a small percent of what was revealed to him in that dream. It wasn''t just a tragedy and then evolution.


    If he knew what happened, he would simply explode because of the value of the knowledge he would gather by simply following the scenes. So to survive, his body instinctively acted and closed his subconscious mind, making him unable to know what was happening.


    But just being able to receive that dream enhanced his talent to an extent where he could match the top talents of the dimension. As Phily made himself slowly aware of the dream, his strength, and knowledge would grow.


    If Aakesh knew the truth, he would take Phily seriously since only top creatures could do what happened with Phily, and his destiny had taken a new height. As for why it happened and only happened to Phily, it was up to Phily to find the reason, as he would slowly be aware of the real situation.


    Phily then stopped thinking aboutpatibility and ced the second skill card.


    When his experience session wasplete and he returned to the store, he looked at the screen. What he saw next on the screen made his jaw drop in shock.

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    Chapter 1324: Selecting the Candidate(11)


    [Skill: Relentless Shield


    Level: Master


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Compatibility: 91%


    Training Time: Two Days.]


    The screen that was in front of Phily surprised him. He couldn''t help but rub his eyes and then look at the screen again.


    Even though the content on the screen had already been engraved in his mind, it was something Phily couldn''t believe.


    After Phily found that he wasn''t in an illusion and the things in front of him were real, his jaw almost dropped to the ground.


    Phily also noticed there was something wrong going on with him. He could ept a 78%patibility, but seeing him have apatibility of more than ny percent was a joke. That kind ofpatibility made him stand on the same level as elemental creatures.


    Phily would rather believe that he was sleeping and that all of that was a dream than believe what he saw on the screen.


    Phily med the situation on the semi-pir and decided to experience the skill again.


    The next moment, his consciousness returned to the store. He immediately focused on the screen and shook in fright when he saw the same content there.


    Phily immediately tried to sense himself and find out if someone was hiding in his soul. Soon after, a wave of fear hit him. Philly''s intuition warned him there was something wrong with his subconscious, as he could feel something was hidden from him. He tried to find out what it was, but all his attempts turned out to be futile. He also had to stop as he got a reaction, and that was a sense of life-threatening danger.


    Phily had no idea what would happen to him if he continued trying to see through the hidden part, but he didn''t want to test that.


    There must be something that could cause such a change in him, and he could think of nothing other than the dream he saw two days ago.


    When he found nothing to solve the issue, Phily decided to push the thought deep in his heart. As for asking others for help, Phily didn''t trust anyone enough.


    Something that could make his talent explode so outrageously couldn''t be an ordinary item. Phily didn''t want to put his life in danger by bing a treasure in the eyes of the strong.


    Phily also heaved a sigh of relief that the store owner didn''t notice anything wrong. He then took several deep breaths and calmed his heart down.


    Phily then left the queue and walked toward the exit. As Phily was leaving, he almost crashed into a customer.


    Phily''s face turned pale, and he immediately hurried outside. When the man saw Phily in such a hurry, a cunning smile spread across the man''s face, but when he remembered where he was, the smile disappeared, and he stopped thinking about the man. He was not going to risk his entry into the store for a treasure whose worth he did not know.


    Phily noticed how weird he was acting but could do nothing to stop it. Everyone in the store seemed like a thief to him.


    While waiting for his turn toplete the sale, Phily acted like he was on the lookout. And as soon as it was his turn and he was greeted with that indifferent stare, he stopped acting weirdly. His heartpletely calmed down for some reason.


    Aakesh noticed the change in the man but didn''t care, so he ignored it. Aakesh couldn''t see the peculiarity in Phily''s body since he wasn''t in the habit of looking through the customer''s subconscious.


    Aakesh could easily do it without the customer''s knowledge with the help of the system, but since a task like that wasn''t befitting of a store owner, he didn''t try it.


    "Store owner, I want to buy these two skills," Phily requested of Aakesh, passing the two skill cards to him.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card. With a quick nce, the sale details appeared in his mind. Fortunately for Phily, the experience data was private, and Aakesh would only know after asking the system about it.


    "You need to pay one thousand five hundred and eighteen higher Sacred stones." Aakesh noticed that Phily had experienced the [Relentless Shield] twice but had the same uncaring response as earlier, and he expressionlessly informed Phily, returning the two cards to him.


    Phily breathed a sigh of relief when he found Aakesh didn''t notice his abnormally highpatibility with the skills. The concept of privacy was a joke in the world he lived in.


    He then took out the required sum from his space ring and handed it to Aakesh. Once the payment wasplete, Aakesh told him of the easy process of how to absorb the information inside the card.


    Even though Phily was afraid in his heart of what had caused that kind of change in him, Phily decided against leaving the store.


    Whatever the dream might be, one thing he was certain of was that the store would help him turn his destiny into a better path. He couldn''t lose that opportunity because he was afraid.


    Thinking like that, he asked questions rted to beasts from Aakesh since he also wanted to buy a beast for himself.


    Once Phily had gotten all his answers, he thanked Aakesh and walked toward the room as pointed out by Aakesh.


    The crowd in the beast room was smaller than the one in the skill room, but it was still a sizeable gathering.


    Numerous murals engraved across the walls in the room greeted his sight. Two majestic pirs were waiting for him. Since the store owner had already informed him of the details of the two pirs, he knew what pir was his target.


    Even though Phily had found that his talent had exploded, he needed it to be hidden. The outrageous explosion of talent for a several million-year-old character in a barren area would inevitably alert the figures from whom he wished to keep it hidden. So the situation of less money was going to be there for him for a while.


    Having considered that, Phily had no trouble making his decision.

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    Chapter 1325: Selecting the Candidate(12)


    It was an easy decision, and Phily decided to summon a beast from the first pir. Phily wasn''t in immediate need of a powerful helper, and he also couldn''t afford a True God beast, so he made his decision considering that.


    There was a long line in front of the first pir, and Phily also joined it. After a wait of around an hour, it was his turn.


    There were two systems of summoning, and Phily chose targeted summoning, selecting the beasts of Divine Transformation level since it would be cheaper. As for the quality, it depended on his luck.


    With a deep breath, he pressed the button. The next moment, the square light began to rotate.


    Three seconds passed in a sh, and soon after that, a beast unfamiliar to him appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into his hands. He immediately focused on the content, and the next moment, his eyes almost flew out of their sockets in shock.


    [Name: Golden Square Tortoise


    Type: Beast


    Race: Tortoise


    Element: Earth, Metal


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Earthen Resonance


    Details: The Golden Square Tortoise can create a harmonious resonance with the earth element. When in the presence of the Golden Square Tortoise, its allies experience a surge of vitality and strength, with their earth-based abilities amplified and enhanced. The resonating energy also provides a protective aura, shielding allies from harmful effects and bolstering their defenses.


    Ability:


    1.) Earth-Metal Devastation: The Golden Square Tortoise summons a colossal meteor made of earth and metal, hurling it toward enemies and causing a cataclysmic impact that devastates the battlefield.


    2.) Earth''s Embrace: The Golden Square Tortoise melds with the Earth, bing invulnerable to attacks while regenerating its health.


    3.) Golden Armor: The Golden Square Tortoise reinforces its golden shell with earth energy, rendering it virtually imprable to all forms of attack.


    4.) Earth''s Wrath: The Golden Square Tortoise channels the raw power of the earth, causing the ground to rupture and release torrents of earth energy.


    5.) Earthly Canon Fodder: The Golden Square Tortoise summons creatures made out of earth and metal from the depths of the earth, using them as meat shields against enemies.


    6.) Earthquake Tremor: The Golden Square Tortoise can unleash powerful shockwaves by channeling the earth''s energy through the ground, causing the earth to quake.


    7.) Gilded Aura: The Golden Square Tortoise emits a radiant aura of golden light, enhancing its strength and weakening enemies that draw near.


    8.) Gilded Blessing: The Golden Square Tortoise radiates a golden light that rejuvenates and heals allies, restoring their vitality and enhancing their strength.


    9.) Gilded Resurgence: The Golden Square Tortoise calls upon the earth to heal its wounds, recovering health and gaining temporary invulnerability.


    Card Description: The Golden Square Tortoise is a formidable, terrifying creature. Its attributes of earth and metal make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Golden Square Tortoise.


    Price: Seventy-four thousand, nine hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. The Golden Square Tortoise was a gigantic, majestic, and awe-inspiring creature. Its enormous form was covered in ayer of pure gold, shimmering under the sun''s rays and emitting a radiant aura. The golden hue around its shell was vibrant.


    Its square shell was intricately patterned with geometric designs, resembling the characteristics of rare gemstones. The edges of the shell were adorned with sharp and gleaming spikes made of solid metal.


    The beast''s head was adorned with a crown-like crest of golden spikes, emphasizing its status as a royal member of its race. Its eyes were a deep and prating shade of gray, reflecting its intelligence and the ancient knowledge it possessed. Its strong and muscr limbs were also ted with golden armor, giving it a fearsome and imposing presence.


    Phily never expected his luck to also explode like that. From what he heard from the store owner, an ultimate quality beast at the Divine Transformation level would be able to easily reach Higher God, and if there were sufficient resources, it would touch even the Supreme God level.


    Phily was a cultivator who had been stuck at the intermediate True God level for hundreds of thousands of years with no breakthrough in sight, so how could someone like him summon a beast capable of reaching the Supreme God level?


    Even then, Phily easily calmed down. Even though it seemed an impossible task, in front of his 91 percentpatibility with [Relenteless Shield], thetter seemed nothing.


    When Phily calmed down, a wave of disappointment engulfed his heart.


    "Sometimes, excessive luck can also disappoint," Phily couldn''t help but mumble under his breath.


    His fortune allowed him to summon an ultimate quality beast, but his financial capability made sure that even if he were to sell everything he owned, including his Kingdom, he wouldn''t be able to afford even one percent of the total cost of the beast.


    Phily was only feeling disappointed over the price of the beast when he suddenly sensed a new piece of information appearing in his head. For some reason, Phily immediately epted it as normal and didn''t think of it as a weird situation.


    The information was about the beast on the card. A moment earlier, the Golden Square Tortoise was an unfamiliar beast to him, but suddenly, he knew the beast as if he always knew it, and the earlier situation was abnormal.


    After learning about the beast, the disappointment in Phily''s heart grew further as the Golden Square Tortoise was the royal race of all tortoise species in the Sacred Dimension, while there were evolved forms of the beast in the Primordial Dimension as well.


    Since there was no way for Phily to afford the beast, he went to the returnpartment and ced the card there. He then returned to the device and pressed the button again, hoping to get a suitable beast.

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    Chapter 1326: Selecting the Candidate(13)


    After Phily pressed the button, the square light began to rotate and kept at it for three seconds.


    When the rotation was over, a beast unfamiliar to him appeared on the screen. Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hand. Philly immediately focused on the content on it and was taken aback by what he read.


    [Name: Golden Axolotl


    Type: Beast


    Race: Axolotl


    Element: Water, Light


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Eternal Radiance


    Details: The Golden Axolotl emits an eternal radiance that transcends time, filling the surroundings with a perpetual and divine glow. This radiant aura grants a constant healing and regenerative effect to all allies within its presence, ensuring their vitality is continuously replenished. It also enhances the Golden Axolotl''s own abilities, further empowering its water and light skills to outstanding levels of power.


    Ability:


    1.) Aqua Beam: The Golden Axolotl projects a concentrated stream of water infused with light energy, piercing through enemies and causing damage.


    2.) Defensive Barrier: The Golden Axolotl summons a protective barrier of thebination of water and light around itself and its allies, shielding them from harm and repelling attacks.


    3.) Healing Tide: The Golden Axolotl releases a wave of healing waters, restoring health and vitality to all allies it touches.


    4.) Luminous Glow: The Golden Axolotl emits a gentle and soothing light, illuminating its surroundings and captivating those who gaze upon it.


    5.) Sr Infusion: The Golden Axolotl can absorb sunlight and convert it into radiant energy, empowering its abilities and enhancing its glow.


    6.) Luminous Nova: The Golden Axolotl channels intense light energy into a concentrated sphere,unching it at enemies to unleash a blinding explosion upon impact.


    7.) Radiant Torrent: The Golden Axolotl unleashes a torrent of radiant water that engulfs enemies, slowing their movements and sapping their strength.


    8.) Illuminated Resurgence: The Golden Axolotl channels the power of light to revive fallen allies for a fixed period of time, granting them a second chance in battle.


    9.) Radiant Reflection: The Golden Axolotl creates mirrors of light around its body that redirect and amplify attacks back towards enemies withplete power.


    Card Description: The Golden Axolotl is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of water and light make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Golden Axolotl.


    Price: Sixty-four thousand, nine hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the stunning beast. Its body was sleek and streamlined, perfectly adapted to navigate the waters with grace and agility. Its skin shimmered with a golden hue, reflecting the sunlight and creating an otherworldly glow that could illuminate even the depths of the oceans. The golden scales on its body were arranged in intricate patterns, as if they had been delicately created by a skilled artist.


    The most striking feature of the Golden Axolotl was its head, adorned with bioluminescent gills that emitted soft and soothing light. Its tail was adorned with golden fments that trailed behind it, leaving a trail of golden light in its wake.


    It was another ultimate quality beast that Phily couldn''t afford at all.


    "How good it would have been if I had found a treasure trove beforeing to the store," Phily mumbled in disappointment. It was torture for him to summon beasts like that and be unable to afford them.


    Phily had felt the same when he was unable to afford the God level skills, but at least he could buy Master and Expert level skills. The situation wasn''t the same in the beast room. Quality can''t be targeted, and the summoning would only depend on the fate of the summoner.


    While Phily was thinking in disappointment, a new wave of memory regarding the details of the beast appeared in his mind. Simr tost time, Phily didn''t notice anything wrong and found it to be expected of him.


    Simr to the Golden Square Tortoise, the Golden Axolotl was also a royal species of its race.


    Phily couldn''t bear that kind of torture anymore, so he decided to leave the queue and put a stop to his ns to summon a beast. If he were ever to be able to afford them, then he would return to the room and buy beasts. Until then, it was farewell from Phily''s side.


    Thinking like that, Phily walked out of the room. Even though he hadn''t bought the beast, he still needed to pay the summoning cost. Since he had only attempted summoning twice, he only needed to pay one hundred and ten lesser Sacred stones, which was a minimal amount for him. Despite that, Phily felt heartbroken since that was wasteful spending in his eye.


    Phily never thought that even spending lesser Sacred stones would make him feel heartache, but reality didn''t follow the cognition of the people.


    There was a line waiting in front of the store owner, so he also joined it. Phily could go to the weapon room and see some weapons for himself, but he was no longer in the mood to check that.


    The emotional burden on him was incredibly heavy, and he felt things would break down if he saw something different that would change his cognition again.


    Phily silently waited for his turn, and after waiting for a few minutes, it was his turn.


    "Store owner, I want to pay the summoning cost," Phily requested.


    Aakesh nodded and then asked the system. The next moment, Phily''s purchase details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay one hundred ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Phily. Aakesh didn''t try to know what forced Phily to give up on only the second summoning since there could be many reasons, and he didn''t care.


    "Here," Phily responded, taking the required sum out.


    "Thank you, store owner," Phily thanked Aakesh and then turned around to leave.


    Aakesh focused on his next customer, but he suddenly nced at Phily''s back and found that the way Phily walked had changed.

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    Chapter 1327: Selecting the Candidate(14)


    Aakesh saw that the way Phily walked had changed.


    What surprised Aakesh even more was his intuition to suddenly nce at Phily walking. He would never look at customers walking away.


    His changed walk further added to the suspense regarding Phily.


    Phily was also leaving the store when he suddenly felt an urge in his heart to stop. He could feel there was something wrong with him, so he tried to ignore it.


    But ignoring the urge seemed like pouring water into the hot oil. The intensity of the urge heightened, and Phily could no longer walk away.


    Phily then turned around and looked at the store owner. He found the scene to be weird since the store owner was in conversation with other customers and not at all focusing on him.


    Phily felt that the store owner was the source of the sudden urge in his heart, so the scene seemed iprehensible.


    ***


    Even though Aakesh found an interest in Phily, it didn''t mean he would stop doing his duty as the store owner.


    Since he was in a conversation with a customer, Aakesh couldn''t just ignore the guy and call Phily back, so he requested the system to make Phily stop.


    ***


    Even in his dreams, Phily couldn''t guess that the change in the way he walked would get him caught by the store owner.


    After stopping in the store, he instinctively joined the queue in front of the store owner and waited for his turn.


    After a wait of a few minutes, his turn finally arrived. When he stood in front of the store owner, he was silent and simply looked at Aakesh.


    "What happened to you?" Aakesh surprised Phily and took the initiative to converse.


    A bad feeling rose in Phily''s heart, but the next moment, he suddenly calmed down.


    His eyes which were abination of gray and deep red suddenly turned into a differentbination of silver and gold.


    The aura around Phily changed in its entirety. He was a King, so he already had a majestic aura around him. But at that time, it had reached an intensity where it seemed as if Phily was the master of the entire world.


    "Why do I not know you?" A different majestic voice came out of Phily''s mouth when he spoke.


    Aakesh''s eyes remained as indifferent as ever when he looked at Phily.


    A staring contest began between the two, waiting for one to move his eyes away.


    After a long pause, Phily sighed and finally moved his eyes away.


    What was happening with Phily wasn''t a possession by a higher level being. If it was, Aakesh would have acted and asked the system to destroy the intruder since one of the store''s rules was theplete protection of its customers.


    "Can I request you to protect my host?" Phily asked, pointing at himself.


    At that time, the gold in Phily''s pupils and the regal aura around him had slightly dimmed.


    At the same time, there was also a hint of terror in the eyes. The staring contest wasn''t simply a staring contest but apetition of wills.


    The more Phily stared at those indifferent eyes, the more terror he felt in his heart. It was as if Aakesh''s eyes were a ck hole and it was devouring Phily''s soul.


    "No, I don''t involve myself in the lives of customers outside the store," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    The moment the change urred, Aakesh already knew what happened with Phily. It was an opportunity for which even the top races of the Sacred Dimension would go to brutal wars.


    From what Aakesh could see, the real Phily wasn''t aware of what had happened to him at all.


    "My host is scared of you," Phily suddenlymented with a smile. He didn''t feel anything wrong with what Aakesh said.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to thatment. He had already gotten used to the emotion of fear from other customers.


    The majority of his customers feared him, irrespective of their cultivation level. It wouldter turn into respect due to the change in their lives, but there would always be a facet of fear in their hearts for him.


    "Is it his luck that he got chosen by you or was it random?" Aakesh suddenly asked.


    "What kind of luck can make me choose someone like him?" Philymented with a smile.


    Aakesh nodded in response. He already had a sense that Phily was randomly chosen but he didn''t expect it to be bluntly honest.


    Aakesh and Phily then conversed for some time. Phily was the one who talked the most while Aakesh would speak ceremoniously.


    Phily also told Aakesh about the two beasts he summoned and how his host was unable to afford them.


    Talking with Phily, Aakesh suddenly had an idea. He immediately asked the system about it.


    Phily noticed the slight change in spiritual energy around the store, but didn''t say anything.


    Phily was wondering whether it was his bad luck that his host was born in such a backwater area, or his fortunes were so great that he came in contact with someone like Aakesh.


    Phily didn''t mean in sense with the store since it was an open store and anyone coulde inside the store ande in contact with Aakesh.


    Almost all of them who came to the store and were in contact with Aakesh believed that there was a strong figure behind Aakesh when they sensed the energy inside the store. But there were also a few minorities, who thought the opposite.


    They believed that Aakesh was the core, and Phily was one of them. Maria was also one of them, but she believed such due to her faith in Aakesh.


    The case with Phily was different. He knew things Maria might nevere in contact with. He could see an unprecedented situation the Multiverse would usher in due to the blue-skinned man in front of him.


    "I think it''s time for you to go. I want to talk to your host," Aakesh suddenlymented, breaking the thought process of Phily.


    Phily nodded since he also knew his host was only able to hold it because of the protection of the store, or Phily would have long exploded. It only happened for a minute.


    "I will see you when my Host gains some strength," Phily smiled andmented.


    The next moment, the regal aura around him began to dim, while his eyes began to return to their originalbination.


    Phily looked confused at the store owner since he didn''t remember anything about what happened in the past minute. Suddenly, the confusion in his eyespletely disappeared as if there was nothing wrong with what transpired in the store.


    "I saw that you were unable to buy the beasts you summoned¡­"


    While talking with Phily, Aakesh suddenly had an idea, and he asked the system about it. The system also found that idea to be doable, so it epted his suggestion.


    The idea Aakesh had was along the same lines as the lending function of the Store Card. In that system, a customer could pawn their valuable items and borrow a percentage of their value for a term they found suitable.


    That system helped store customers being able to afford store products, but it had a grave side effect. The customers who didn''t own any valuable items wouldn''t be able to use that function for their benefit.


    So Aakesh decided to take that function further and involve customers who had great fortunes but were poor at the moment when they came to the store.


    Aakesh''s idea was to allow every customer to have a mary limit fixed to their card, and they could borrow any amount within that limit.


    The mary limit was dynamic and would change every month since fortunes were constantly shifting. It could see an explosive increase and a simrly rapid decrease.


    But the two systems couldn''t bepared since one was pure lending while the other was an equal exchange with the benefit slightly tilting toward the store. Since the systems were different, the interest rates couldn''t be the same as well.


    There were five types of stones, so the system decided on five interest rates depending on the stone types. Paying one percent of interest for borrowing in lesser Sacred stones couldn''t bepared to the same interest rate in ultimate Stones. It was a difference between heaven and earth.


    ***


    A/N: Phily is a character on the same footing as Ryan, Maria, Lilith, etc., so we will slowly expand on what happened with him and how he would influence the story.


    Sorry for the mass release. I got an eye infection, so I couldn''t write any more chapters. Even this chapter is what I wrote yesterday and today.


    Once I recover, I will upload the remaining six chapters.


    I hope you guys understand.


    Thanks, c, for the Pizza, and GreatDaoofSpace, for the Ice C. I am really grateful for the support.


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    Chapter 1328: Selecting the Candidate(15)


    The system decided to set the interest rates differently for borrowings of different stone types. Aakesh added to it further and asked the system to vary the interest rate depending on the tenure as well.


    What Aakesh suggested wasn''t something new but amon type of system called credit cards when humans were ordinary races. But as their power grew, that system disappeared in the flow of time.


    For the lesser Sacred stones, the store set the maximum tenure for borrowing at one hundred years.


    For one year of tenure, the interest rate was fifteen percent. For ten years, it decreased to ten percent, and for anything above ten years, the interest rate dropped to five percent.


    The interest rate wasn''t simply on the total amount; it was an annual interest rate. There was no equal exchange in the system, so the interest rate was higher.


    For the ordinary Sacred stones, the store set the maximum tenure for borrowing at one thousand years.


    For ten years of tenure, the interest rate was five percent. It decreased to four percent for a hundred years, and the interest rate dropped to three percent for anything above a hundred years.


    For the higher Sacred stones, the store set the maximum tenure for borrowing at one hundred thousand years.


    For one hundred years of tenure, the interest rate was two percent. It decreased to one percent for ten thousand years, and the interest rate dropped to 0.5 percent for anything above ten thousand years.


    For the supreme Sacred stones, the store set the maximum tenure for borrowing at one hundred million years.


    For one million years of tenure, the interest rate was 0.5 percent. It decreased to 0.4 percent for ten million years, and the interest rate dropped to 0.3 percent for anything above ten million years.


    For the ultimate Sacred stones, the store didn''t set any maximum tenure for borrowing, but it set a limit on borrowing for a fixed period of time.


    Any customer who was fortunate enough to have a limit on ultimate Sacred stones could borrow a maximum of one million ultimate Sacred stones, irrespective of how high their limit went. The limit of one million stones was valid for a thousand years, so if a customer wanted to borrow more, depending on the limit set by the store, they would have to wait for that time to pass before asking for it.


    But the store still decided to set an interest rate depending on the duration of the borrowing. For ten million years of tenure, the interest rate was 0.1 percent. It decreased to 0.01 percent for one billion years, and the interest rate dropped to 0.001 percent for anything above one trillion years.


    The interest rate saw the most drastic decrease in ultimate stones depending on the tenure, but it was also the one with the most demanding borrowing currency. For instance, if a customer borrowed 1,000 ultimate stones for ten million years, the store would earn ten million stones in interest. However, if the same borrowing took ce for one billion years, despite paying only one-tenth of the interest, the store would make one hundred million ultimate stones, which is ten times the amount from the first borrowing.


    It was a pit for a customer who borrowed Ultimate Stones. Even Aakesh noticed the huge interest payment, so he wanted to increase the interest rate but make it a century interest rather than an annual interest. But the system rejected the proposal since it decided to maintain uniformity for the entire system.


    Since Aakesh''s authority hadn''t reached a stage where he could override the system''s permission and establish a product, he had to agree with the system.


    At the same time, the system also set a condition for the customers to use the credit system: the customer must have bought a product from the store to employ the service.


    At the same time, there would be a new card for the service since not everyone could afford the three store cards. Someone who could afford a Higher Store Card would rarely need to borrow lesser Sacred stones. The system also decided to make these cards free for customers.


    Since the cards were free, they would have no ability and would be ordinary.


    ***


    "So, do you want to employ the service and borrow?" Aakesh asked Phily after exining the credit system to him.


    Phily had already met the store''s requirement because he had purchased skill cards.


    Phily didn''t immediately respond but looked at Aakesh in fear. He didn''t remember his conversation with Aakesh, so he didn''t know that Aakesh already knew what was wrong.


    Phily couldn''t fully trust Aakesh, so there was a hint of killing intent in his eyes. But he immediately acted and erased it with a helpless smile on his face.


    Someone who could know his secret so easily wasn''t someone he could offend, and Phily didn''t want to die so soon. Aakesh noticed the killing intent but didn''t take any action since Phily immediately understood his mistake.


    Phily wanted to ask Aakesh about the forgotten memory, but after a deep breath, he decided against it. Since the store owner wasn''t speaking about his secret, he shouldn''t be an idiot and spout it. It was better for some issues to remain silent.


    Phily then calmed down and focused on the introduction by the store owner. He clearly wanted to buy the beast but was unable to afford it. It would be a lie if he said that he wasn''t interested in what Aakesh introduced.


    At the same time, he didn''t act like an idiot and immediately agreed with the store owner. He needed to be aware of everything before going ahead with it.


    "If I fail to pay the amount and I can''t afford it, how would you take it?" Phily asked.


    "The store doesn''t like unpaid debts, so if you fail to pay the principal amount and the interest in the tenure set by you, the store will use your soul as a ve until the store has recovered ten times the amount you owe to the store," Aakesh indifferently answered.


    Even though Aakesh was indifferent, Phily felt like he was being stared at by a prehistoric beast whom he couldn''t defeat no matter what he tried.

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    Chapter 1329: Selecting the Candidate(16)


    Phily calmed down since he had expected an answer like that from the store owner.


    "Senior, if I borrow the sum from the store and somehow die somewhere, will you recover the amount from my family?" It was the most prominent question in Phily''s mind. He did not want his loved ones to have to deal with the consequences of his borrowing money if an unfortunate ident urred. At the same time, the way he referred to Aakesh changed.


    "No, the contract is between the store and you. Your family has nothing to do with it," Aakesh replied. Phily heaved a sigh of relief, but he no longer did so when he heard what Aakesh said next.


    "Whenever you borrow any amount from the store, the store will keep an infinitesimal part of your soul. It will not affect your talent or cultivation in any way. If you die in an unfortunate ident before you havepletely repaid your debt, the store will use that soul portion to recover the debt."


    "So, in any way, the store will recover its debt," Phily responded with a helpless smile.


    Aakesh only nodded in response to Phily. The store was not a charity, and it only cared for its profits. Aakesh also felt the same, so he didn''t disagree with the system on how to recover its debts.


    Even if the system didn''t act, Aakesh would act to recover the debts since he would be earning a lot from it. Since it was Aakesh''s suggestion to the system, he didn''t earn only five percent of themission; he and the system shared fifty percent of the interest amount.


    Phily stood there silently, thinking about what to do. After a long pause, Phily took a deep breath since a decision had been made.


    "Senior, I would like to use that function," Phily requested.


    "I will remind you again that you can only use the borrowed amount inside the store. Do you still confirm your decision?" Aakesh asked. The store treated every customer equally and fairly, so Aakesh didn''t want to see any customer regret their decision.


    "Yes, senior, I confirm," Phily answered. There was no going back now that a decision had been made.


    Once Phily confirmed, Aakesh requested the system. The next moment, a blue light covered the square box. Even though Phily stood there, he was unable to see it.


    The square box grew taller, with a new section appearing in it. There was a switch and a thin-rectangr hole for the card to fly out.


    Aakesh pressed the switch, and the next moment, a card flew into his hand.


    It was a deep blue card, with a small screen on it. On the back of the card, there was the storefront pattern in gold.


    The card was ordinary in the sense that it had no abilities. But how could anything that originated from the store be ordinary?


    The same was the case with the card. It was an indestructible card and was also the only item that could be stored in the infinite space inside any of the three store cards other than Sacred stones.


    Aakesh then handed the card to Phily. Phily respectfully took it, and the next moment, the small screen on the card lit up.


    The screen on the card had three sections. The first section would show the mary limit of the customer. The second section would show the borrowed amount, while the third section would show the remaining amount.


    When the light disappeared, the limit on how much Phily could borrow appeared on the card.


    Phily''s eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he saw the amount on the card.


    "So, how much do you want to borrow?" Aakesh asked since the system informed him of Phily''s limit.


    The amount was lower than what Aakesh had expected, but since Phily was still very far from achieving even one percent of the benefit, it was understandable for his limit not to be very high.


    Aakesh and Phily''s thought processes were entirely different. Phily felt a mixture of emotions in his heart when he saw the limit.


    Aakesh had simply exined the function to him so he understood the immensity of his fortunes. It was a troubling as well as a joyful event.


    Joyful because he had great fortune, troubling because with great fortune came great danger. There was no free reward in the world.


    Phily''s limit at that time was one hundred ultimate Sacred stones, and it was an amount, Phily never imagined seeing.


    Phily took a deep breath and decided on the amount he needed to borrow.


    "Senior, I want to borrow one ultimate Sacred stone," Phily stated.


    Aakesh nodded and asked, "For how long do you want to borrow it?"


    Before Phily could answer, Aakesh added, "Think of the tenure carefully. You will be paying interest on that. There are no benefits such as early payment in the store."


    Aakesh cautioned Phily before he made his decision. If Phily chose an extremely long tenure, the interest he would need to pay would be extremely high.


    Phily nodded and responded, "Senior, I want to set the tenure for one thousand years."


    Even though the tenure was small, he would still need to pay one ultimate Sacred stone as an interest amount.


    Phily had another reason for taking that amount since the store owner hadn''tid out any rule where he couldn''t pay back the interest on the remaining amount. Phily decided to give him one thousand years, and if he still failed to get the stone despite the mysterious benefit he earned, he would pay it back using the Credit Card he already had.


    To make sure that there was something like that before signing the contract, Phily asked Aakesh about it. Aakesh nodded since he and the system had taken that into consideration when the system was finalized.


    Since the interest amounts would be high, Aakesh and the system had decided to let it be for the customers. It''s not like the store would make a loss anyway.


    The contract was signed between the two parties, and the remaining two sections on the screen on the card lit up after it. As Aakesh had said, Phily also felt an unbearable pain of his soul getting cut. But it was a fleeting moment.


    Once everything was done, Phily walked toward the beast room. He decided to give himself another try at summoning and see if he would still be able to get an ultimate quality beast.


    After a long wait, it was his turn. Hoping to see a powerful and expensive beast, he pressed the button.


    The next moment, ''2'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate. Three seconds passed in a sh, and an unfamiliar beast to Phily appeared on the screen.


    [Name: Golden Crown Whale


    Type: Beast


    Race: Whale


    Element: Water, Light


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: ***


    Ability:


    1.) Aquatic Sanctuary: The Golden Crown Whale creates a sacred sanctuary of water and light, providing allies withplete protection from all forms of harm.


    2.) Crown of Protection: The Golden Crown Whale projects a dome of light around itself and its allies, forming an imprable barrier that nullifies enemy magical and spiritual attacks.


    3.) Aquatic Rejuvenation: The Golden Crown Whale''s healing resonance bes a tidal wave of restoration, revitalizing allies and erasing all ailments.


    4.) Oceanic Fury: The Golden Crown Whale channels the wrath of the ocean, summoning a colossal tidal wave that engulfs enemies and leaves devastation in its wake.


    5.) Oceanic Wisdom: The Golden Crown Whale taps into the ocean''s boundless wisdom, granting allies prophetic insights and enabling them to foresee and counter enemy actions.


    6.) Radiant Nova: The Golden Crown Whale releases a blinding burst of light energy from its crown, disintegrating enemies and purifying their essence.


    7.) Crowned Domination: The Golden Crown Whale intensifies the glow of its crown to a blinding degree, creating a field of absolute light that immobilizes enemies and empowers allies.


    8.) Devouring Currents: The Golden Crown Whale maniptes the ocean''s currents to create a vortex of swirling water, entrapping enemies and drowning them in its depths.


    9.) Radiant Cataclysm: The Golden Crown Whale burns its blood and the element of light mixed in it, creating a radiant sphere. When the sphere explodes, a devastating wave of destruction spreads out in all directions.


    Card Description: The Golden Crown Whale is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of water and light make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Golden Crown Whale.


    Price: Eighty-four thousand, nine hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    Phily got another beast with Golden on their names, and he excitedly read the details on the card since he was no longer poor and unable to afford the beast.


    ***


    A/N: Characteristics will be revealed tomorrow. I need to create a better one for the beast as per the role it and its owner will y in the story.


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    Chapter 1330: Selecting the Candidate(17)


    [Name: Golden Crown Whale


    Type: Beast


    Race: Whale


    Element: Water, Light


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Tidal Ascension


    Details: The Golden Crown Whale taps into the celestial forces of water and light on an unprecedented level. It empowers the beast with absolute mastery over water currents, light maniption, and cosmic energies. In this state, the beast gains mastery over a specific set of skills.


    ¡­


    Price: Eighty-four thousand, nine hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. The Golden Crown Whale''s body glowed with a golden hue, and its scales reflected the sunlight in a shy disy of radiance. Its sheer size was awe-inspiring, dwarfing even a town able to settle hundreds of thousands of people.


    The most striking feature of the beast was its crown, a majestic array of luminous structures atop its head. Each tip emitted a radiant and enchanting light, casting a warm, soothing glow and illuminating the surrounding waters.


    Its eyes were pools of liquid gold, possessing an ancient and wise intelligence that seemed to gaze into the depths of the soul. Its powerful flippers were engraved with intricate patterns of designs, each scale representing the harmony between water and light elements.


    Phily took a deep breath when he held the card in his hand. The beast was the most stunning and awe-inspiring thing he had ever seen.


    It took a while for him to move his eyes away from the beast and focus on other sections. He slightly frowned when he read the name of the beast.


    It was his third attempt at summoning, and Phily had found one thingmon between the three summons. Each of the three beasts had ''Golden'' in their name.


    Golden in the name usually responded to royalty, and the two earlier beasts he summoned were also members of the royal race of their species.


    Even then the Golden Crown Whale was a special creature as a wave of memory appeared in his mind. Simr to the past two times, Phily failed to find anything wrong with the sudden addition of the memory.


    The situation with the Golden Crown Whale was different because there was only one of them in the Sacred Dimension. It was also the ruler of the waters in the Sacred Dimension as well as the King of every fish race, despite being the only member of the race.


    If Phily seeded in winning the taming battle, he would be able to own the second Golden Crown Whale.


    After calming down, he decided to follow through with the lower sections of the card. When he read the characteristics, he was taken aback.


    ording to what he knew, the characteristic [Tidal Ascension] was exclusive to the Radiant Crown Whale, a powerful race in the Primordial Dimension.


    Golden Crown Whale was an extreme downgrade of a cursed member of the Radiant Crown Whale. But since the race was already immensely strong, even the extreme downgrade made the Golden Crown Whale the ruling creature of the waters in the Sacred Dimension.


    If Phily seeded in winning the taming battle, he would have a Golden Crown Whale with the exclusive ability of the Radiant Crown Whale.


    But since the beast was in the Sacred Dimension, not every ability of the characteristics was avable to it.


    For some reason, Phily never doubted that he would lose, and at the same time, he didn''t feel anything wrong with the confidence in his heart.


    Phily then read the skills the beast had and paused at the price section. It took a while for him to move his eyes away from that section, and at that time, there was a wide smile on his face.


    The Golden Crown Whale was the most expensive of the three summons, but he was able to afford it. Even though it was a loan, the amount was still something not everyone could get.


    Phily didn''t notice at that time that he was slowly changing. When he learned about the loan, he frowned and was frightened, not knowing what was wrong with him. But at that time, he had not only epted the situation but begun to take pleasure in it. It was a sudden change in his emotions, but he was unaware of it.


    Since Phily liked the beast, he left the queue and walked toward the square device.


    He had to wait several minutes for his turn. When he reached it, he immediately put the card in the cardpartment and ced his hand on the respective section.


    The next moment, he found himself in a different environment. He was deep in the ocean, with darkness around him. His cultivation had dropped to early Divine Transformation.


    Suddenly, a blinding light emerged out of nowhere, and a storm erupted in the ocean around him.


    He couldn''t see the end of the beast that appeared before him. An urge to prostrate before the beast appeared in his mind, but suddenly a strong reaction erupted in his mind.


    Instead of kneeling in front of the beast, an urge to punish it appeared in his heart. In no time, the desire had grown more intense, and his eyes turned red.


    Growl!


    Phily growled at the beast, shaking it. With it, the ocean moved.


    Phily''s eyes turned redder while a golden aura began to appear around him. At the same time, cracks started to appear on his body.


    Phily could feel that there was something wrong with his body, but he couldn''t stop it anymore.


    The Golden Crown Whale felt an intense pressure appear on it. It didn''t like the feeling of someone else proving their majesty over it.


    It immediately decided to activate its characteristic, [Tidal Ascension]. Suddenly, it stopped, and its eyes widened in shock.


    Crack! Crack! Crack!


    The beast saw an unimaginable scene ying out in front of itself as cracks began to appear in its crown. It panicked, as the crown was the source of its life and dignity.


    It didn''t fear death, but dying by the cracking of the crown was uneptable. Even surrendering felt like a better choice for the beast.


    The beast''s panic reached an unprecedented height. At that time, it didn''t notice that Phily was in an even worse condition.

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    Chapter 1331: Selecting the Candidate(18)


    If it had noticed Phily''s condition, the Golden Crown Whale would have seen that it didn''t need to panic at all. Phily was in even more terrible shape and seemed on the verge of exploding into a blood cloud.


    Unfortunately for the beast, the feeling of shame if its crown cracked reached an extreme state. It immediately tried to prostrate in front of Phily and thought of surrendering.


    Boom!


    Right at that moment, there was a blood explosion, and even the darkness of the deep ocean couldn''t hide the red blood.


    The crown stopped further cracking, but the beast had an unsightly expression. If it had waited for even a microsecond, the situation would have turned differently.


    The moment the thought of surrendering appeared in its head, the battle was over. It no longer mattered that Phily had exploded and died.


    A confused expression appeared on Phily''s face as his consciousness returned to the store.


    Hiss!


    The next moment, an unbearable pricking pain attacked him. The confusion disappeared, and a pained expression appeared, but it immediately disappeared.


    Phily only remembered that he had the urge to kneel in the deep ocean, but he remembered nothing after that.


    But the confusion suddenly disappeared, and an excited expression appeared in his eyes. The appearance of the pain meant that he had won the taming battle.


    The next moment, the screen on the device lit up, and the content of the contract appeared on it.


    He nced at the screen and found nothing wrong with the content. He then turned around and left the device since thest step beforepleting the payment was still left. The beast was of ultimate quality, so he had toplete the final phase with the store owner.


    When Phily left the room, he noticed two extra chairs and two beautifuldies sitting on it near the store owner. Phily couldn''t help but suck in a breath of cold air, and a foolish smile appeared on his face after seeing the seductively beautiful woman next to Aakesh.


    The other woman was also beautiful, but the one closest to Aakesh was his type, so he had a greater reaction toward her.


    Suddenly, the foolish smile on his face froze when he saw the woman turning around and looking at him.


    Phily immediately moved his eyes away and took a deep breath, calming his heart. Someone who could sit with the store owner can''t be an ordinary figure.


    ***


    Katrina smiled when she saw Phily. A hint of disappointment appeared on her face when Phily gave up so easily. Phily wasn''t the first to look at her that way, and he certainly wouldn''t be thest.


    It was her only diversion for the rest of the day, aside from talking ***


    to Aakesh and Khaval.


    ***


    Fortunately for Phily, there was no one in front of the store owner, so he immediately coughed up the awkwardness and approached the store owner. At the same time, he kept his eyes away from the beautiful woman.


    Aakesh was only about to close his eyes, but when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him from the beast room, he stopped and waited for the customer.


    "Senior, I want toplete the purchase," Phily requested, passing the beast card to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card. When he nced at it, the purchase details appeared in his mind.


    "You need to pay eighty-four thousand¡­ Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Phily and returned the card to him.


    The next moment, an autonomous alert rang in Phily''s head.


    [Do you want to pay using the lending card?]


    Phily immediately nodded since that card was the only reason he was even able to buy the beast.


    [Eighty-four thousand¡­ Sacred stones have been deducted from the borrowed limit. The remaining amount is nine hundred and fifteen thousand¡­ Sacred stones.]


    The next moment, another alert rang in Phily''s head, and there were changes in the screen on the Lending Card as well.


    "The beast is yours from now on," Aakesh informed Phily after the Phily didn''t leave the store but walked toward the skill room. Due to ack of money, he was unable to buy skills and had to buy the system told him about the sessful payment.


    "Thank you, senior," Phily thanked Aakesh and then left the line. He still didn''t dare look at the woman.


    Phily didn''t leave the store but walked toward the skill room. Due to ack of money, he was unable to buy skills and had to buy the Master and Expert level skills.


    Now that he had wealth, he decided to purchase a suitable attacking skill for himself. As for upgrading the two defensive skills he bought, Phily decided against that. He had money, but it didn''t mean that he needed to spend it all.


    The two skills he bought were fine with him, so there was no need. And since hispatibility with the two skills was so high, he would be able to unleash the effects of each skill.


    After entering the room, Phily immediately walked in the direction of the required counter. He then reached into the God level shelf in the second row.


    When he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in it. Phily read the details and didn''t find it to his liking. So he returned it and pulled out another one.


    [Name: Tempest Cataclysm


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes a cataclysmic tempest that ravages adversaries with unimaginable force


    Description: The user harnesses the relentless essence of wind to unleash a cataclysmic tempest that devastates adversaries with unimaginable force. This skill conjures a tempest of unparalleled power, transforming the user into a harbinger of destruction and chaos.


    The strain on the user''s energy and focus can be substantial, requiring great endurance and vignce to maintain the cataclysmic tempest.


    Price: Eight hundred ny-nine thousand nine hundred ny-nine higher Sacred stones.]


    That time, Phily liked what he saw, so he decided to keep the skill.


    He then walked toward the semi-pir to experience the skill.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in a sh.


    The sunset arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities. After no one was left, it was time for Aakesh to close the door.


    When Aakesh was about to close the door, he stopped as he heard the sound of familiar footsteps approaching the store.


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    Chapter 1332 Selecting the Candidate(19)


    Chapter 1332: Selecting the Candidate(19)


    Aakesh stopped in his tracks when he heard the sound of familiar footsteps approaching the store.


    "Big brother, wait for me!"


    It was none other than Laney who made Aakesh stop. There was a triumphant smile on her face since she had been waiting for the moment for hours now.


    She wanted to see a shocked expression on Aakesh''s face. She would then proudly proim that she had passed the test.


    ***


    Aakesh was surprised to see Laney at that hour, but he immediately understood what she wanted to do.


    He didn''t close the door and waited for Laney.


    The triumphant smile on her face froze when Laney failed to find any change in Aakesh''s expression.


    She pouted in response but then stopped remembering Aakesh''s character.


    "Big brother, you gave me a test, and I have passed your test," Laney put her right hand on her hip, brushed her hair using her left hand, andmented like an adult figure.


    She stood there like that for a while, hoping to get a reaction from Aakesh. But since Aakesh had already understood what Laney wanted to do, how could he give her a reaction?


    Aakesh stood there silently, looking at her. Laney couldn''t continue the posture any longer and returned to normal.


    She then ran the energy flow using the first level pattern.


    ***


    Aakesh closed the door after Laney left. He didn''t immediately go to the selection area.


    "Will you choose her?" Lily asked since Aakesh had told her the importance of the day.


    "I think she is suitable for the quest," Khaval chimed in. The second store upgrade quest was immensely important to Aakesh, so it had a simr significance to him and Lily.


    Unlike Lily, Khaval''s race was still alive and thriving as the overlord of waters in the Primordial Dimension. Khaval was also rted to the founder of the race, but unlike Aakesh and Lily, he had no interest in his race at all.


    For Khaval, Aakesh and Lily were his sole family. Other than them, Katrina and Autumn were his friends.


    Aakesh smiled upon hearing Lily and Khaval take an interest in his quests.


    "Why do you think so?" Even though there was already a decision in his mind, he still asked the two for their opinion.


    The two then gave their opinions on who was most suitable for the quest, and it was a unanimous decision to choose Laney.


    Her passing the test given by Aakesh yed the most significant role in the decision.


    Laney didn''t know at the time that her destiny had entirely changed for the better. Unaware of that, Laney was pouting in her home.


    Aakesh had told her that when she passed the test, a reward would be waiting for her. But when she went to the store owner, there was a mysterious response from him.


    ***


    Lily and Khaval chose their respective training environments and pressed the switch one after another.


    The next moment, the two left the selection area. The gentle smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared, and an indifferent face took its ce.


    Aakesh then followed the repeated steps, and soon after, he found himself in the familiar battle arena.


    His senses became active, and he noticed his weapon for the day. It was a knife.


    Aakesh then instinctively tapped on the blue screen. The next moment, a wave of light washed over the arena.


    It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and with it, his opponent for the day had also emerged.


    Growl!


    The opponent for that day''s battle was a beast. When Aakesh saw it, he immediately recognized the beast''s race.


    It was Bhedulf, a race of the Primordial Dimension. It walked on six legs, with sharp teeth and a pair of curved, sharp horns.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the first battle.


    Aakesh immediately made his move and casually shed the knife in the air. The next moment, the beast was sliced into numerous symmetrical pieces.


    Before its blood could even touch the ground, blue light washed over the arena and froze everything.


    The familiar blue screen appeared in front of him, and he instinctively tapped on the next round.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in a sh.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the 218th round.


    Aakesh immediately made his move and rushed at the beast. The opponent did the same, but Aakesh was the quicker of the two.


    Aakesh shed his knife, but the beast immediately pulled itself back. Aakesh seemed to have expected the reaction from the beast, so he jerked his hand forward.


    The sh wasn''tplete, but it still hit the beast. It resulted in a small cut, but Aakesh had drawn the first blood. The battle kept on for a few more seconds, and then the beast''s sliced corpse appeared in the arena.


    ***


    The silence in the selection area was broken as a space crack emerged there, and the following moment, Aakesh stepped out of the crack.


    Lily and Khaval still weren''t there. There wasn''t much time left The next moment, they appeared, and Aakesh sat on his chair.


    It had been a while since Aakesh saw the two training, so he before their training would end, so Aakesh decided to wait for them. Aakesh then requested the system for his and their chairs. The next moment, they appeared, and Aakesh sat on his chair.


    It had been a while since Aakesh saw the two training, so he decided to do that. The next moment, a ck screen popped out in his head.


    Aakesh started with Lily, and she was in the midst of her battle with another Epochal Feline. Since the tragic event with her in Panagea, Lily stopped actingzily in her training. That event truly showed her the difference in her strength when Aakesh wasn''t there to help her.


    Aakesh watched the battle for a while and nodded in appreciation when he saw the growth she had made in her implementation of battle techniques.


    He then stopped looking at Lily''s training and focused on Khaval. Chaos Whales were not yful like Epochal Felines, so Khaval never had to go through what Lily did in her early days.


    Khaval was also strict with his training from day one. Being linked with Aakesh''s blood made his talent one of the top, like Lily''s, but since he was the youngest, he worked hard to catch up to Lily and Aakesh.


    At that time, Khaval was battling another Chaos Whale. The scene appeared to be incredible, as both beasts were at their original size. It seemed as if Universes were colliding whenever two attacks shed.


    Aakesh watched the battle for some more time and nodded in appreciation since there was a visible growth in Khaval''s technique since thest time Aakesh saw his training.


    Aakesh had to stop since a space crack emerged in the selection area, and Lily stepped out of it. She smiled when she saw Aakesh waiting for her.


    At that time, her height was an inch shorter than Aakesh''s. She then went and sat down in her chair.


    Since there was still some time before Khaval exited his training, ording to the battle Aakesh witnessed, he began to y with Lily to pass the time.


    Lily would try to run away from Aakesh, but he would catch her and rough up her beautiful furry hair every time. Lily would hiss from time to time, but she also enjoyed it since ytime like that was rare.


    When Khaval appeared in the selection area, Aakesh and Lily stopped. But since Khaval also wanted to y, they restarted and yed chase for a few minutes. They then sat down on their respective chairs and began sharing their experiences.


    Time flew by, and the traditional conversation session between the three came to an end.


    The next moment, the three of them appeared in the store''s hall. Lily and Khaval summoned the door to their room and then left for Panagea.


    When Aakesh was left alone in the store, the gentle smile on his face disappeared and he walked toward the portal room.


    As his habit had be, he looked at the two leaderboards. He nodded after finding one change in the ranking for the customers of the Sacred Dimension. Aakesh then moved his eyes away and touched the nearest portal using the tip of his finger.


    The next moment, a suction force stronger than anything he could even attempt to fight against, emerged from the virtual portal and devoured Aakesh. Following that, Aakesh found himself in the familiar damp area, trying to hunt for spherical cores.


    Aakesh then stepped down the stairs, continuing his hunt from where he had left the day before.


    Time flew by, and after what felt like a blink of an eye, Aakesh heard the alert of his meditation time from the system.


    Aakesh then exited Panagea and began his meditation. Since Aakesh''s absorption rate had improved the day before, he could feel the changes. Even though it was only a minor adjustment, Aakesh easily noticed it.


    ***


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    The remaining chapters of the mass release will be published on 26 August.


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    Chapter 1333: Second Store Upgrade Quest(1)


    The first ray of sunlight peered through the cover of darkness and brought the beginning of a new day for the store.


    What used to be Seventeenth Street had now been turned into First Street, with the City ruler buying all thend in that area.


    What caused that change was none other than the First Store. It had been more than two decades since the store set foot in Thorr City.


    Except for thend belonging to the store, the area within a radius of a few hundred square miles was owned by the Thorrino Family. It wasn''t emptynd, but except for the radius of a few hundred meters around the store, the remaining area was covered by a cluster of residences.


    Since the store had appeared in Thorr City, it had be a hub for the flow of customers from different races, including overlord races as well. Due to the store''s presence, none dared force the Thorrons to vacate theirnd.


    Alfred saw an opportunity in that situation and decided to form a cluster of residences in the area near the store. Because of the wide range of housing options, rents also varied widely.


    Aakesh could see the booming business of the Vurrons due to his store, and he also heardints from many customers about the high rent. The store had no policy to intervene in anything happening outside the store, and since Aakesh agreed with it, he ignored theints. It was up to the city and the customers to decide; he had no interest in being a part of it.


    High rent was an issue, but that was impossible to change. The number of customers from different races was so high that, despite there being residence clusters, the supply was falling short of demand.


    Only thergest Vis were avable in Thorr City because not many beings from top races needed to rent them. They could buy the Ultimate Store Card for their travels every day. But since the rents for those ranged in the thousands of ordinary Sacred stones, those who needed them couldn''t afford them.


    What was even more aggravating was the fact that those were simple houses. If not for the store, even a few thousand ordinary Sacred stones would be more than enough to buy the material required in all the residences.


    As soon as sunrise approached, every residence on First Street would turn empty, and they would gather in the open area around the store.


    When Aakesh opened the door, he was greeted with the usual sight of an immense crowd waiting for the store. He didn''t make them wait any longer and turned around, returning to his chair.


    The next moment, the crowd entered the store, turning the area empty again. When the customers saw that the number of customers covered in golden light was the same as the previous day, those who couldn''t get covered in golden light were disappointed.


    "Hello, store owner!" Maria greeted Aakesh as she immediately approached him after entering the store.


    Aakesh simply nodded in response to her greetings. Maria didn''t say anything else and left the queue, walking toward the portal room since she was one of the customers to enter Panagea in the first group.


    Time flew by, and several more customers passed.


    "Hello, Big Brother," Laney greeted Aakesh with a gentle smile and respectful expression.


    It had been more than a decade since she entered the store, and there were visible changes in herpared to when she entered the store.


    For the second store upgrade quest, Aakesh needed to create a ruler from a Divine Transformation customer, and due to different situations, Aakesh chose Laney for the task.


    Since it needed to be a secret from every being, not even a whiff of his decision was made public.


    Laney had also grown in the past decade, as when she entered, she was extremely yful with Aakesh. But as time passed, she grew out of that mindset and became a closed person. Except for her family, there was no one other than Aakesh with whom she would smile.


    "How is your cultivation growing?" Aakesh asked.


    Even though Laney wasn''t aware of what Aakesh had in store for her, she could sense the situation was different in how Aakesh treated herpared to how he talked with other customers. Aakesh''s indifferent personality was well known to those who had lived in Thorr City since the store''s arrival.


    But with her, Aakesh would give her pointers from time to time, and he would also suggest the optimal product to her.


    Laney had grown old enough to understand the rtionship between a man and a woman. But Laney never believed that Aakesh was into her. The same was the case for her. She respected Aakesh as her own elder brother in her heart.


    Not having any kind of romantic feeling made the rtionship between the two even more special. Laney was also sensible enough and didn''t speak of her different situation with others.


    Laney still remembered that Aakesh had promised her a reward if she seeded in passing his test. Laney had passed the test, but she never received any prize. At first, Laney was frustrated with it since she had worked extremely hard to pass the test and almost put her cultivation on line due to the level of toxins in her body reaching a dangerous level.


    But as Laney grew older and began to understand the situation more and more, she knew that the situation with Aakesh was the big reward he was talking about. She even thought that the store owner wanted to take her as his disciple, but then she stopped having that thought upon learning of Aakesh refusing Ransh.


    Ransh was someone who had be a popr figure over the past decade due to the generational talent he had. Laney was no match for his talent at all.


    ***


    "Big brother, I have passed the twenty-seventh level," Laney responded with a smile, and a big ball of light appeared in her hand.


    It wasn''t a simple ball of light, but inside it, there was an intricate energy pattern flowing, showing Laney''s sess.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, resulting in the smile on Laney''s face turning wider and more brilliant.

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    Chapter 1334: Second Store Upgrade Quest(2)


    Since there was a long line of customers waiting to enter Panagea behind Laney, Aakesh didn''t make her stand there for a long time. She left after paying for her 3x stay in Panagea.


    The system wanted Aakesh to create a ruler using the products in the store. Since Panagea was also a store product, Aakesh shared the names of some valuable items that could help her grow strong.


    At the same time, Aakesh was mindful of the fact that he couldn''t let Laney be a mindless ruler who would do nothing without his help. He was cautious in his advice and never tried to cross that line.


    It waspletely up to Laney how to get the items told to her by Aakesh. He also told her some dangerous ways to make money since it wasn''t free advice, and she would have to work for it.


    The money from Panagea had helped Laney stop asking her father for money. She was able to pay for Panagea every day using her own money.


    After leaving the line, she walked toward the portal room.


    Her eyes immediately fell on the leaderboard. Her eyes showed a hint of disappointment since her name wasn''t there. But in the next moment, a determined expression appeared in them.


    Laney was a decade shorter than those on the list, but with the slight help from Aakesh, she was catching up to them.


    Laney then moved her eyes away from the leaderboard and went to the nearest avable portal.


    There were lines after lines of virtual portals in the room, ced in a fixed pattern. After finding the one, she touched the shining dots.


    The next moment, she was devoured inside while the numerous shining dots on the device turned gray.


    ***


    When Laney appeared in Panagea, she found herself in a room.


    Since a decade had passed in the Sacred Dimension since she came to the store, three decades had passed in Panagea.


    Laney had started at Level 100 like other store customers of the Sacred Dimension, and in three decades, she had crossed the 160th level.


    Around 60 levels in three decades didn''t seem to be much, as it only averages slightly more than two levels every year, but the leveling system of Panagea was so difficult that it was quick progress considering other customers.


    ***


    Aftering down the stairs, Laney saw several figures waiting for her in the hallway. She asked the receptionist, "How long have they been waiting for me?"


    She was living in a motel since she was out of the city she teleported to after entering Panagea.


    Aakesh had given her some names for products that were extremely useful for her growth and also weren''t very rare. Finding information about them was difficult, but not impossible.


    Laney was currently in search of one such product, Ceru. It was an herb known for its energy purification ability.


    The store already had energy purification pills, but at the end of the day, they were pills made from a mixture of herbs and contained toxins. They couldn''tpare to the natural effect of a rare herb like Ceru.


    Natives were able to identify adventurers with ease, and Laney experienced the same.


    She had only entered the town for one day, and there were already quests for her. The guy sitting in the hall was one of those who wanted to team up with her toplete the quest.


    Sincepleting the quest was a way to increase her level, Laney didn''t outright refuse but listened to the details of the mission.


    At first, Laney was about to refuse the quest due to its rewards not matching up to the difficulty of the mission. But when she heard the location of the quest, she had a change of heart.


    The same location was her destination since thest sighting of Ceru in the area happened there. The team of natives wanted to use her infinite death ability toplete their mission, and she would use their numbers to defeat the challenge to reach the herb.


    "What do you think?" The man nervously asked after sharing the details. He wasn''t the only one, but there were already a couple of hunters behind him who also wanted Laney''s help.


    Laney didn''t immediately answer but began to negotiate her rewards for the quest. The hunter breathed a sigh of relief after not hearing an outright refusal.


    When Laney said she was ready to negotiate, the man was also ready and prepared himself to lose. Beforeing here, his boss had already told him the limit of the reward, and what he offered was only one-third of that.


    The strategy seemed idiotic since the team urgently needed the help of someone like Laney, but the man was greedy. Even if Laney refused, he wouldn''t be the first one. The boss wouldn''t take it on him. If Laney epted, he would be rich.


    A few minutester, he left the motel with an excited smile. He was prepared to give up four-fifths of what the boss''s limit was, but he never expected Laney to be a weak negotiator. Laney agreed to the mission, and the team would only have to pay thirty-five percent of the total reward¡ªfar less than the fifty-five percent the man''s boss had stated.


    Laney sneered after the man left. She purposefully decided to take the loss. She needed to use the team for her benefit. Even the 35 percent reward was a bonus. Her purpose foring here was only to find the herb.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    While Laney was inside Panagea, a figure approached the store.


    Since Aakesh was busy in conversation with another customer, he didn''t nce at the person approaching the store.


    The man stopped right at the stairs connecting the store to the road. He then took arge breath, and the next moment, a wide smile was stered on his face.


    He looked at the store as if he had returned home.


    ***


    A/N: The mass release has been shifted to 26 from 23 since there will be a festival on the 23rd and I won''t be able to give much time to the book.


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    Chapter 1335: Second Store Upgrade Quest(3)


    The man sucked a deep breath and smiled in delight at the stairs. His eyes showed a reminiscent and emotional feeling as if he had returned to his home.


    The man''s name was Sirish, and he belonged to the Xonaris race. The Xonaris held a special meaning in the lives of the inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension.


    Xonaris were the true Overlords of the Sacred Dimension, with them proiming their seat from the Chaotic Wyrm after destroying them into oblivion.


    Sirish acted reminiscently since he wasn''t originally a member of the Xonaris race. He was the second customer of the store in its first phase.


    Sirish didn''t have a tragic story, nor was he from an inferior background. Sirish originally belonged to the Ferronot race, one of the top-tier races in the Primal Dimension.


    Sirish''s father was an Immortal level cultivator and enjoyed all privileges before he found himself in front of the store in the void.


    Since Sirish was from a powerful race, he didn''t fear the price of the product in the store.


    When he reached the store, only then did Sirish find out the connection between Xonaris and Ferronot.


    Ferronot''s descended from a poor bloodline member of the Xonaris race.


    Since Xonaris was a strong race that defeated someone like Chaotic Wyrms and made them extinct from the dimension, even the descendants of that poor bloodline member formed a top-tier race in the Primal Dimension.


    Sirish, being a wealthy and talented figure, was greeted with several products. Even the worst product in the lot cost in Universal Cores and could turn the entire dimension into a brutal battleground.


    After finding his connection with the Xonaris race, Sirish decided to purchase the bloodline crystal. It was costly and needed thousands of Universal Cores.


    The crystal allowed him to evolve his bloodline into its original form, and soon it made Sirish''s blood purity reach the same level as that of the primogenitor of the Xonaris race.


    Since the store was the reason he found out that he was rted to a race like Xonaris, he became a fan of the store.


    Unlike other customers, he paid the sum immediately after leaving the store.


    ***


    "Hello, senior!" Sirish greeted Aakesh respectfully. He then put a fist on his chest and kneeled on one knee. It was the greatest form of respect for any Xonaris, so he immediately showed it to Aakesh.


    "Hello, Sirish," Aakesh responded, continuing the tradition of responding to greetings of old customers.


    "Senior, now that the store is open to all, why don''t you open one of its branches in Noris?" Sirish asked.


    Even thest time he came to the store, he had requested that Aakesh open the store in the capital of the Empire controlled by Ferrotons. But at that time, the store owner had refused him by saying that the store wasn''t open to everyone.


    Now that it was open to everyone, Sirish decided to try his luck again. Unfortunately for him, he still got refused. If it was someone else, Sirish might have felt angry after getting rejected more than once, but since it was the store owner on the other side, he only smiled.


    Aakesh was one of his most respected figures. He had to vite numerousws to get to the store, and disregarding even one of those rules would subject him to harsh penalties.


    Even though Sirish was deeply respected and liked in the Xonaris circle, the rules were still the same for him. Now that he had broken several at once, he could only imagine what his teacher would make him do.


    Sirish had been living a privileged life, so there were not many adventurous stories he had gone through. The riskiest thing he hadmitted was the tribtion of ascending to the Sacred Dimension. It didn''t mean that Sirish was a weak character with a strong bloodline and background. In fact, Sirish''s talent was phenomenal and could make many talented beings feel despair.


    What others took decades to learn, Sirish might learn in one day or even at a nce. Sirish and Aakesh then conversed for some time, and then he asked about the store''s products.


    Sirish found out about the store''s presence through luck. Xonaris was a closed-off race that lived in istion from the world. The reason the race lived in istion was due to the Void Beasts.


    After the war victory with the Chaotic Wyrm, the leader of the Xonaris at that time wanted to conquer every race that could challenge him. The leader at that time was so talented that when he proimed it to the dimension, none dared to refute him; such was his talent. He even surpassed the primogenitor of Xonaris in strength.


    The Void Beasts couldn''t let a single race be the power center of the Sacred Dimension, so they intervened. The leader didn''t like the intervention from the Void Beast and was arrogant enough to refuse. That was thest time the Void Beasts showed the difference between the strength of a Sacred Creator and a Dimensional Throne level being.


    Despite being the strongest cultivator in the entire dimension, the leader of Xonaris was no match for the Void Beast and was instantly killed. The Xonaris were forced to be isted from the outside world to save themselves. No race member at Sacred Monarch or Sacred Creator could leave the istion and walk into the outer world.


    The requirements were so strict that the restricted level cultivators would remain in istion even if all of their low level cultivators were killed.


    Since Xonaris had umted a lot of hatred in the hearts of other overlord races, every member outside the istion was killed. To solve that, the leader decided to stop any outflow of members.


    When Sirish ascended to the Sacred Dimension, he resulted in the deaths of several Sacred Monarchs in the Xonaris race.


    The moment Sirish ascended, his pure bloodline alerted all the nine Sacred Creators of the Xonaris. If anyone found him, Sirish was bound to be executed, so a group of Sacred Monarchs was ordered to cross the restriction and bring Sirish immediately to Xonaris'' world. It was a death mission, as every single one of them died, but theypleted their duty and brought Sirish.


    Being the strongest race in the Sacred Dimension, they couldn''tpletely cut off their contact with the outer world since they didn''t want to lose their top spot. To solve the issue, the Xonaris decided to organize a recruitment event every century where members of different races would be able to enter the isted world and join the selected members of the Xonaris as their servants. The servants would act as intelligence gatherers and be their master''s connection to the outside world.


    Sirish had participated in two events. During the first one, he wasn''t eligible to get a servant since it hadn''t been long since his ascension. During the recently concluded event, he was eligible, and luckily, he received a servant who was aware of the store.


    Despite knowing someone who knew about the store, Sirish didn''t try to learn about the store''s products before entering it. During his first entry into the store, he received a surprising piece of information about Ferronot''s connection to Xonaris. He wanted the introduction to be surprising, so he was like a nk sheet in front of Aakesh when he asked about the products.


    "There are currently six products avable in the store¡­" Aakesh began the introduction.


    Once Aakesh concluded the introduction, Sirish stood there with a weird expression. Forget shock; he didn''t even feel any change in his emotions after learning about the products.


    Since Aakesh had seen Sirish''s life from the moment he left the store until his ascension, he could understand what was going through Sirish''s mind. Those who hade to the store during its first phase would find the store to be mediocrepared to that time.


    It was understandable; even a single product in the store at that time was valuable enough to make even Immortal level cultivators fight for it.


    Sirish wasn''t someone who hid his feelings, so he clearly showed his disappointment to Aakesh byparing the two phases. But since he deeply respected Aakesh, his words weren''t blunt and contained respect for him. Aakesh only smiled in response and asked whether he wanted to buy any products.


    "Of course, I will buy it. Even though the store products are medioc-"


    "Even though the store products are weakpared to the past, they still belong to your store," Sirish responded, immediately softening his words when he found his mistake.


    Sirish immediately added, "Senior, I will buy a beast."


    Aakesh nodded and waited for Sirish to ask questions regarding the product.


    "What room is reserved for beasts?" Sirish asked.


    Aakesh pointed at the beast''s room. Sirish then thanked Aakesh and immediately left toward the beast room.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter due to office work. I will add today''s absent chapter to the total sum.


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    Chapter 1336: Second Store Upgrade Quest(4)


    Sirish thanked Aakesh and walked toward the beast''s room. When he walked in, the numerous murals painted across the wall weed his sight.


    It had only been around a century since he ascended to the Sacred Dimension, so his knowledge regarding the Primordial Dimension wasn''t very high.


    Except for a few beasts on the murals, Sirish didn''t recognize the majority.


    There were two pirs in front of him. He didn''t know anything, so an awkward expression spread across his face. He then turned around and walked out of the room.


    His speed was quick, and before any other customer could approach Aakesh, Sirish reached him.


    Aakesh had expected Sirish to immediately return, so he wasn''t surprised when he saw Sirish approaching him.


    His face had awkward expressions when he asked Aakesh about the two pirs he saw in the room.


    Aakesh answered all his questions, exining the Beast Summoner Device in detail.


    "Thank you, senior!" Sirish thanked Aakesh. Since he didn''t want to return to Aakesh again, he asked all the questions and got every minute detail about the product.


    ***


    Sirish stood in line at the first pir, waiting for his turn. He was an intermediate Sacred King level cultivator, so neither of the beasts from the two pirs was suitable for his partner at the time.


    Even though Sirish wasn''t as impressed with the store''s products as he was in the past, it was still a store owned by Aakesh at the end of the day. Nothing could be an ordinary item in the store.


    There was a long waiting line for the first pir, and Sirish patiently waited.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in a sh.


    Sirish stood in front of the second beast pir after getting an ultimate quality at the peak Divine Lord level beast from the first one.


    He believed in his great fortune, so he wasn''t too worried about the beast. He then pressed the button.


    The next moment, the square light began to rotate and kept at it for five seconds.


    When five seconds had passed, a beast appeared on the screen.


    Sirish nodded since he recognized it. Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hand.


    [Name: ck-Dotted Fossa


    Type: Beast


    Race: Fossa


    Element: Shadow, Nature


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Eclipse Dominion


    Details: The ck-Dotted Fossa''s unparalleled affinity with shadows and nature grants it the ability to harness the power of eclipses, transcending the boundaries between light and darkness. In the ability''s range, the beast and its allies are engulfed in dark light, protecting them from any type of attack and giving them a higher healing rate. The beast''s ability grow threefold in the range.


    Ability:


    1.) Shadowstrike Fury: The ck-Dotted Fossa channels the essence of shadow into its ws, delivering a rapid flurry of strikes that pierce through enemies'' defenses.


    2.) Umbral Torrent: The ck-Dotted Fossa conjures a torrent of darkness that engulfs enemies, draining their life force and transferring it to itself to restore its health and strength.


    3.) Shadow Veil of Protection: The ck-Dotted Fossa envelops allies in a protective cloak of shadows, granting them temporary invulnerability and immunity to the enemy''s magical attacks.


    4.) Ensnaring Vines: The ck-Dotted Fossa maniptes the nts around it to create thick and thorny vines that trap enemies, immobilizing them and dealing continuous damage over time.


    5.) Shadow Cloak: The ck-Dotted Fossa envelope itself in an imprable cloak of shadows, rendering it invulnerable to attacks for a short period.


    ...


    15.) Shadow Assault: The ck-Dotted Fossa teleports rapidly between shadows, attacking enemies from multiple angles with swift and precise strikes.


    16.) Shadow''s Embrace: The ck-Dotted Fossa envelops a wounded ally in a cocoon of shadow energy, granting them increased defense and gradually healing their injuries over time.


    ...


    20.) Verdant Wrath: The ck-Dotted Fossa taps into the primal rage of nature, causing nts in its vicinity to swell with power andsh out at enemies, dealing damage and growing stronger with their absorbed lifeforce.


    21.) Eclipse Fury: The ck-Dotted Fossa summons the darkness of an eclipse, channeling its energy into a devastating strike that engulfs enemies in shadows and inflicts enormous damage.


    Card Description: The ck-Dotted Fossa is a formidable, terrifying creature. Its attributes of shadow and nature make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the ck-Dotted Fossa.


    Price: Ny-nine thousand ultimate, nine hundred ny-nine thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. Its appearance was a harmonious blend of shadows and natural elements. Its sleek and agile form was suitable for its prowess as a predator, designed for stealthy movement and silent hunting.


    Its fur was a velvety blend of dark brown and lighter shades of gray, creating a shading that imitated the rtionship between light and darkness. Along its body, there were subtle patterns of ck dots that resembled the constetions of stars in a moonless night sky. These markings allowed it to seamlessly merge with the shadows.


    Its moonlit night eyes were piercing and intense, revealing its intelligence and keen awareness of its surroundings. Its ws were sharp and retractable, making them a lethal weapon for capturing prey and defending against threats. Its tail was long and twisted, swaying gracefully behind it.


    Fossa was a race with few members in the beast group, and there were no more than three different species in the race.


    Of the three species, the ck-Dotted Fossa was the only beast to have a Sacred Creator in the camp, making the ck-Dotted Fossas the leaders of the race.


    Even though ck-Dotted Fossa had only one Sacred Creator, making it nowhere near the top five races in the beast group, there was a reason Sirish wasn''t disappointed with summoning the beast.


    The ck-Dotted Fossas were a race of fierce beasts, and very rarely was any other race able to match the brutality and strength they were capable of at the same level.


    Sirish liked the beast even more when he read the characteristics section on the card. [Eclipse Dominion] was a rare skill avable to only one ck-Dotted Fossa. It wasn''t sure for even an ultimate quality beast of the Sacred Monarch level to step into the Sacred Creator level, so having the ability exclusive to the Sacred Creator didn''t excite him.


    Xonaris was a beast that majored in the elements of darkness and death, so [Eclipse Dominion] was an extremely suitable ability for him. If not for Xonaris being forced to live in istion, the leader of the race would have made the Sacred Creator ck-Dotted Fossa his pet for the ability.


    Since everything went in his favor, Sirish''s decision was made immediately. He then left the pir and walked toward the square device.


    After waiting for several minutes, it was finally his turn. He had two beasts to tame, so hepleted the process and initiated the taming battle with the peak Divine Lord beast.


    The next moment, his consciousness returned to the store. Sirish had no emotional change in his eyes since defeating a peak Divine Lord beast at the same level, irrespective of their quality, wasn''t something worth feeling pride over.


    Only the prickling pain affected him, but as it disappeared quickly, Sirish returned to calmness.


    The screen on the device had lit up, but Sirish didn''t even look at it. He respected Aakesh too much to doubt anything rted to the store.


    Sirish then pulled out the first card and ced the second one in thepartment. The second battle excited him since his opponent was a brutal predator.


    Soon after putting the card, he found himself in a different environment, with his cultivation dropping to peak Supreme God. There were different heights and sizes of trees around him.


    It was already nighttime, so the darkness was even more intense inside the jungle. It didn''t affect Sirish at all, but instead, he relished in it.


    Xonaris were known for their highpatibility with the element of darkness, so the abundant dark particles in the environment danced around him to wee him.


    Growl!


    Suddenly, a growl rang in the darkness of the jungle. Sirish immediately looked in that direction and found the beast.


    Its eyes couldn''t hide the brutal thoughts going on inside the beast''s mind once it saw its prey.


    Even though it was pitch ck all around the jungle and there was no light to create shadows, Sirish could still see the beast''s shadow behind it.


    Ding!


    The next moment, a bell that had no direction of origin rang and announced the start of the battle.


    Instead of attacking its enemy head-on, the beast melted into its shadows and then into the forest''s darkness, stealthily approaching him.


    Sirish seemed to stand there nkly, but he suddenly turned to his left, and a de made of darkness appeared in his hand.


    ***


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    Chapter 1337: Second Store Upgrade Quest(5)


    Swish!


    As Sirish shed with the dark des, the beast pulled back at a quick speed. While pulling back, it activated [Shadowstrike Fury]. Its ws became blurred, striking the air with an eerie speed. Shadows stretched and recoiled with each blow, and a series of strikes were aimed directly at Sirish.


    Sirish was no weak persimmon. He was also a warrior who controlled the element of darkness. He immediately melted into darkness, bing invisible.


    Sirish had be invisible in a true sense, as the strikes were met with empty air when they passed the area where Sirish was a moment earlier.


    A cruel grin spread across the beast''s face since he liked challenging prey more than weak prey. The more challenge its opponent provided, the better it would feel while tearing them apart.


    It wasn''t over yet, and the next second, Sirish appeared right behind the beast. His eyes had turned pitch ck, and there was a surge of darkness around him.


    The ck-Dotted Fossa felt a threat to its life for the first time from its opponent, and it was a feeling it hated more than anything.


    Growl!


    Its eyes turned redder, and it growled. Immediately, a cover of darkness appeared around it, ready to defend it from any attack.


    At the same time, it had also activated [Umbral Torrent]. The next moment, a torrent of darkness emerged and shrouded Sirish, trying to drain his life force.


    The surge of darkness around Sirish shed with the torrent of darkness, and they began to eat each other. The ck-Dotted Fossa''s intuition didn''t fail as the attack released by Sirish turned out to be superior of the two.


    The next moment, whatever remained of the attack shed with the barrier around the beast and failed to pierce through it.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in a sh. Before beginning the battle, Sirish believed that he would win with only some challenges. But now that he was in the midst of a fight with ck-Dotted Fossa, he found out that the stories about their ferocity weren''t made up. In fact, it underestimated the beast''s ability to battle and put more focus on its brutal characteristics as the reason for its formidable strength.


    It didn''t mean that Sirish wasn''t confident in his victory. Coming from the strongest race in the dimension had its perks, and the most significant factor was the vast knowledge of powerful abilities in their arsenal. Sirish hadn''t even used his top three abilities, so his confidence in his victory was still there with no hesitation at all.


    At that moment, the battlefield had transformed into a dance of shadows and elemental power as Sirish and the ck-Dotted Fossa engaged in a deadly ballet of strikes and dodges. The Fossa''s [Ensnaring Vines] wanted to trap Sirish, but he easily cut through the vines, staying unharmed.


    The battle kept on raging, and after the second hour of fighting, Sirish had a slight hesitation in his victory for the first time. Even though he hadn''t used his ultimate ability, the beast also hadn''t used [Eclipse Dominion].


    As the battle was reaching its end, the moonlight peered through the cover of darkness in the forest for the first time, casting an ethereal glow over the battlefield. With an angry roar that seemed to shake the sky, the beast activated [Eclipse Fury]. The next moment, an orb of sheer darkness formed, ready to destroy Sirish.


    Sirish''s eyes showed a solemn expression for the first time since he could sense extreme danger emanating from the sphere of darkness.


    It wasn''t the end from the beast''s side, as it wanted [Eclipse Fury] to be itsst attack. The next moment, a surge of darkness appeared around the beast, and it devoured the moonlight peering through the destroyed forest.


    The beast had activated [Eclipse Dominion] at that time. A dark light enveloped him while the entire forest was covered in darkness. The sphere of darkness suddenly began to grow and only stopped when it reached three times the size of what it originally was before the activation of [Eclipse Dominion].


    It didn''t only grow in size but also in intensity. The sound of cracking rang in the area as the space around the sphere was unable to handle the pressure being released from it.


    Sirish also understood he couldn''t hold back anymore. The next moment, he activated his ultimate ability.


    An eerie melody began to ring in the beast''s ears while the darkness around the forest was slowly disappearing. When death came, even the elements needed to be humble.


    At that moment, Sirish released an aura of death, which made the darkness surrounding him vanish.


    An armor that seemed to exist only in fantasy began to appear around him, while gigantic des created from the element of darkness appeared in his hands. His aura saw explosive growth at that time.


    When the armor waspletely formed, the aura of death around him began to spread. Whatever remained of the forest began to die at that time.


    The beast released the skill while Sirish pounced forward, ready to sh with the sphere.


    BOOM!


    The next moment, an explosion rang in the area with such intensity that the sound released from it was enough to destroy the fabric of space.


    The eardrums of both parties exploded due to the pressure, and yet they could hear the explosion. It was hammering their souls.


    Fortunately for the two, it was a lightless explosion, not affecting their sight.


    Crack!


    Suddenly cracks began to ring, and in no time, the space in the range of several thousand miles cracked open like cracked ss. Its shards began to fall to the ground, but before they could touch the ground, they turned into particles and disappeared.


    Sirish seemed to be in a terrible situation, as three-fourths of his face had melted, including his bones. The armor was nowhere in sight, and what remained of him was a melted Sirish.


    The beast had received injuries at the same level. A smile suddenly spread across the beast''s face as it looked at its opponent with whatever was left of it.


    Sirish didn''t make any move since his head was not in a position to look around.

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    Chapter 1338: Second Store Upgrade Quest(6)


    The beast had a smile on its face, but it suddenly froze, and its only remaining eye turned nk.


    The next moment, a green light covered Sirish, who was in no condition to know what was happening around him. But his heart was still beating, making him the survivor of the two.


    Following that, Sirish''s consciousness returned to the store, and before he could react to anything that happened in the battle, an unbearable prickling pain hit him.


    When it disappeared, the result and the way the result happened hit him. Sirish didn''t feel any joy at all, despite winning the battle.


    The ck-Dotted Foss was a strong opponent, but he never expected to expand everyst bit of himself and then win. It was nothing but an extreme disappointment.


    Sirish took a deep breath since the battle had deeply affected his mental strength. He didn''t have such a weak mental capacity that he would lose hope in himself, but it was a wake-up call for him.


    He was a member of the Xonaris race. Xonaris had been the strongest race of the Sacred Dimension for numerous years, even though they had been isted from the world due to the Void Beasts.


    To defeat a Void beast was an unattainable task for any inhabitant of the Sacred Dimension, and others could only strive for that second position. Sirish wanted himself to be the most powerful being below the Void Beast. To do that, he needed to match up with other Xonaris members and not struggle to win against a ck-Dotted Fossa.


    ***


    "Senior, pleaseplete the purchase," Sirish requested, passing the two beast cards to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the card, and the sale details appeared in his mind after a nce at the cards.


    "You need to pay One hundred thousand ultimate¡­. and ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Sirish.


    Aakesh didn''t stop but introduced the three store cards to Sirish after that. Sirish couldn''t help but be excited upon learning about the effects of the Ultimate Store Card.


    Coming out of the istion every day for the store was an impossible task, but the teleportation ability of the store card made it extremely easy for him.


    Even though he was a Sacred King level cultivator, if any strong member from any of the overlord races saw him, Sirish would be in extreme danger. Even though countless years had passed since the Void Beast punished the Xonaris race to live in istion for eternity, the fear the leader of the Xonaris had generated at that time in the hearts of other overlord races due to his Dimension conquering ambition was still alive in their hearts.


    Thest time a Xonaris member was seen outside of istion by any other race, the member did not end up well.


    At the same time, Sirish saw hope that the istion would end for other members of his race. If other members had the Ultimate Store Card, they could teleport directly to the store and simrly leave.


    Sirish asked Aakesh for the same and was left disappointed since the store cards could only be brought inside the store, and no one else could buy them for someone else.


    The thought of the Void Beast never appeared in Sirish''s mind since he believed the store owner to be a supreme figure and didn''t believe for a moment that the Void Beast would dare to trespass inside the store for Sacred Monarch and Sacred Creator Xonaris members.


    Since nothing could be done to solve the issue at that moment, Sirish decided to forget about it and focus on what was ahead of him.


    Sirish then bought an Ultimate Store Card for himself, and after he hadpleted the blood bonding, he paid for the two beasts.


    Sirish was only a Sacred King, but his wealth was higher than that of an ordinary Sacred Monarch. Even though the Xonaris race lived alone, they controlled multiple ultimate mines, which gave them a steady supply of ultimate Sacred stones.


    After the purchase of the beast was done, Sirish no longer acted as pridefully as earlier and asked about skills and training areas.


    He couldn''t ept himself struggling to that extent to win against the ck-Dotted Fossa. He decided to seek the help of the training area to solve that. Skill was only secondary since his race already had numerous powerful skills rted to the elements of darkness and death for different types.


    Even though the skills were his secondary interest, he didn''t underestimate them like he did with the ck-Dotted Fossa. The battle with the beast showed him that he could get a few more skills.


    The Xonaris race didn''t distinguish between its members. Every single member was allowed to exchange for every skill known to the race. The only criterion for that was Value Points.


    Every member of the rave was assigned value points monthly, depending on their cultivation. There were also different types of tasks avable to increase the points.


    Even Sirish, who received the best treatment from the race, wasn''t eligible to break that rule. He only got a higher number of value points than others due to his pure bloodline, as bonus points.


    The value points he had at that time weren''t enough to get the best skills since those would consume thousands of years'' worth of value points, while he had only been there for around a century.


    Since he was still far from that level, he decided to get skills from the store. After the beast, Siris was excited to know what kinds of skills he would buy from the store.


    ***


    [Name: Necrotic Sunder


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes a devastating wave of deathly energy that erases existence itself


    Description: The user taps into the inexorable essence of death to unleash a devastating wave of deathly energy that erases existence itself. This skill summons a force of unparalleled annihtion, transforming the user into a harbinger of ultimate destruction.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of death. The consequences of using this skill without precise control can result in injuries, or there is a chance of small damage to the user''s life force.


    Price: Nine hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Sirish read the information on the card that he was holding.

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    Chapter 1339: Second Store Upgrade Quest(7)


    When Sirish entered the room, he noticed the numerous murals painted across the wall. Different murals showed different skills in use.


    Sirish looked at a few of them and then focused his attention on the counters. His cultivation was early Sacred King, while the store only had items for up to Supreme God cultivators, so he had to drop one level and go for the Supreme God level skills.


    As for the level of the skills, Sirish decided to go for God level for each of the five types. If the store allowed, he wanted to buy two God level skills each for the two elements he controlled, but unfortunately, a customer could only buy one skill of one level for each type for each cultivation level.


    Sirish reached out to thest shelf in the bottom row, and when he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card in it.


    [Name: Necrotic Sunder


    ¡­


    Price: Nine hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Sirish read the details of the skill. It was an excellent skill and could unleash immense destruction when activated, but Sirish didn''t like it at all.


    Sirish was someone who favored closebat skills, whereas the skill card in his hand was an AoE skill, which wasn''t something he desired.


    He then returned the card and reached for another one. For some reason, Sirish kept getting skills from the death element, and the majority of those were AoE. He got a closebat skill, but that didn''t impress him at all.


    Time flew by, and Sirish finally pulled out a skill rted to the darkness element, and as luck would have it, it was the optimal skill Sirish was looking for.


    [Name: Abyssal Severance


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes a swift and devastating strike that severs both body and spirit


    Description: The user harnesses the consuming essence of darkness to unleash a swift and devastating strike that severs both the body and the spirit of a single enemy in closebat. This skill transforms the user into an embodiment of the abyss, delivering a strike that leaves adversaries shattered in body and soul.


    The skill demands enormous energy usage and continuous focus. Prolonged use of the skill could put the user to sleep and cause an extended recovery period.


    Price: Eight hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Sirish read the details with focus. He found that the price of the skill was one hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones fewer than the cost of [Necrotic Sunder]. It showed that the former skill was better than [Abyssal Severance], but Sirish felt no hesitation despite that.


    Now that his purchase for the God level attacking skill wasplete, he brought his focus to the second row from the bottom.


    He simrly reached for thest shelf, and when he pulled his hand out, there was a skill card.


    Sirish didn''t have to return the card since it was what he wanted, and it excited him even more than [Abyssal Severance].


    [Name: Umbral Sanctum


    Type: Defense


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Constructs an impregnable sanctum of darkness that shields against all forms of harm


    Description: The user harnesses the enigmatic essence of darkness to construct an impregnable sanctum that offers unparalleled defense against all forms of harm. This skill forms a protective enve of shadow that envelops the user, rendering them virtually invulnerable to attacks.


    The skill demands mastery over the element of darkness and precise control over the sanctum''s dynamics. Sustaining the skill requires continuous focus and considerable energy.


    Price: Nine hundred ny thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    It was of the darkness element, and the reason the skill excited him more was because the skill wasn''t new to him.


    When he was exchanging the skills from the Xonaris''s library, he saw [Umbral Sanctum] there.


    It was one of the most expensive skills for users in the cultivation range of Higher God to Sacred Emperor. Sirish wanted the skill, but unfortunately for him, he didn''t have the required value point.


    But the store helped him get the skill by paying in Sacred stones. There was noparison between Value Points and Sacred stones since thetter was replenishable and easily earned.


    It was an immediate decision for him, and it was now time for him to proceed to the next row, referring to movement type skills.


    He reached for thest shelf and then pulled his hand out. He read the details on the skill card.


    It was a skill rted to the element of darkness, but unlike thest two summonings, at that time, the skill wasn''t liked by Sirish. He immediately returned the card and pulled out another one.


    While Sirish was trying to find a desired movement type skill, Laney was going through her quest.


    When she epted the quest, her primary purpose for it was the Ceru herb. Unfortunately, things didn''t go her way, and when she reached there, she found out that someone had already obtained the herb.


    Her motive foring to the town was spoiled, so her mood turned irritated. It showed in the quest, as she almost got into a fight with the leader of thepanion group.


    "I understand that whatever reason you havee here for has failed, but you have to understand that you have epted the quest," The leader tried to make Laney understand.


    It wasn''t difficult for the leader to find out why Laney''s mood had turned irritated. It happened suddenly and in the area where thest sighting of the Ceru herb happened.


    Laney also knew that, but she was only a young girl, and it wasn''t easy for her to handle the failure of a several month long goal.


    She had almost ruined her future to pass the test given by Aakesh. Even though she thought she did it so that Aakesh wouldn''t be disappointed with her. As time passed, she understood that she hated failing.


    It wasn''t easy for her to ept that the Ceru herb was taken when she was close to it. As giving up on the quest was no longer an option, she repeatedly tried to calm herself down. The leader of the group also helped her with that.

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    Chapter 1340: Second Store Upgrade Quest(8)


    Sirish reached for thest shelf in the third row, and when he pulled his hand out, it held a skill card.


    As Sirish read the details on the card, his breath turned rough in excitement.


    [Name: Reaper''s Traverse


    Type: Movement


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Transcends mortal limitations, enabling instantaneous movement through the realms of death


    Description: The user harnesses the transcendent essence of death to grant the user unparalleled movement capabilities. This skill allows the user to transcend mortal boundaries and navigate the realms of death, enabling them to traverse vast distances instantly.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of death. The strain on the user''s energy and focus can be considerable, and it requires constant vignce while traversing through the realms of death.


    Price: One ultimate eight hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    [Reaper''s Traverse] was one of the ultimate movement skills for the death element in the Sacred Dimension. The realm of death wasn''t meant here as another realm. It meant that once the skill got activated, the user would turn into the death element and instantly teleport into the range of the skill.


    Xonaris also had the [Reaper''s Traverse] for exchange in the library, but it was one of the most expensive skills of all categories, with only a few skills requiring more Value points than it. In addition to that, the skill was only open to those members of the race who had reached the Supreme God level cultivation.


    Even though Sirish got the skill, he didn''t immediately decide what to do. The skill''s intense difficulty was known to everyone who knew about it. There had only been one known user of the skill, and that was the ruler, who not only surpassed the primogenitor of the race but also took the Xonaris to the peak of the dimension and then led to the istion of the race due to his ambitions.


    "How could I hesitate?" Sirish suddenly mumbled with a disappointed expression on his face.


    He was someone who had trumped the bloodline purity of the primogenitor when he was already in the Primal Dimension. If the ruler at that time could do it, why couldn''t he do the same?


    Theparison acted as a vtile element and helped Sirish make the decision.


    He then moved on to the next row and reached for thest shelf. Sirish pulled out a skill of dark element, which had a debuff property.


    Sirish wasn''t someone who liked to fight weaker versions of his opponents, so he rejected the skill and pulled out another one.


    Time flew by, and it took a while for him to find a supporting skill rted to the darkness element that boosted his strength unprecedentedly.


    Since he had bought one skill each for attack, defense, movement, and supporting type, only one more skill was left for him.


    Sirish then reached into the God level shelf of the top row and pulled out abination type skill belonging to the darkness element. He didn''t like what he saw, so he immediately returned it.


    Sirish then pulled out another one, and as luck would have it, he found a suitable skill at that time.


    [Name: Reaper''s Embrace


    Type: Combination (Support & Attack)


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Effect: Empowers the user with a dual aspect - bolstering their strength while delivering a devastating, soul-draining strike to a single enemy in closebat.


    Description: The user fuses the paradoxical essence of death to empower the user with a dual aspect of support and attack. This skill channels the nurturing and destructive facets of death, granting the user enhanced prowess while delivering a soul-draining strike that leaves adversaries shattered.


    1.) Reaper''s Resurgence: The user harnesses the nurturing essence of death to revitalize their own energy and vitality. The nurturing aspect bolsters the user''s strength, agility, and endurance, providing them with heightened strength and resistance against iing assaults.


    2.) Reaper''s Grasp: The user channels the relentless essence of death to deliver a soul-draining strike to a single adversary in closebat. The strike weakens the enemy''s resolve and body by ripping apart their spiritual essence. The stolen essence boosts the user''s strength and vitality, improvingbat abilities.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of death. The skill''s dual nature requires careful energy management and focus to bnce the nurturing and destructive aspects.


    Price: Eleven ultimate Sacred stones.]


    Sirish read the skill with excitement. Before that, [Reaper''s Traverse] was the favorite skill pulled out by him, but after the emergence of [Reaper''s Embrace], the situation had changed.


    The skill particrly excited him because the Xonaris library didn''t have it in the race''s vast arsenal of abilities. The price of the skill further added to his excitement.


    Sirish''s confidence in the store was such that he didn''t even nce at the contract between the beast and him. He firmly believed that the more expensive the product sold in the store, the more the customer would profit from the item.


    It was an immediate decision for him, and even if he had to return all four earlier summoned skills for [Reaper''s Embrace], he wouldn''t hesitate to do that.


    Since Sirish had summoned God level skills for all five types, he no longer needed to be there. The next moment, he walked away from the counter, his direction being the semi-pir, where there was already arge line of customers.


    Even though only several minutes had passed after Sirish began his summoning for a suitable God level movement type skill, more than an hour had passed in Panagea due to the threefold time flow there.


    Laney was still annoyed by her failure to get the herb, but he had stopped showing it on the outside and no longer contradicted the group. She had epted a low reward because of the herb, and now, even though she wanted to renegotiate it, it was no longer possible.


    If she didn''t want to receive the failure punishment from the Panagea system there was no giving up on the quest , so there was no meaning left in renegotiation. She could onlyplete the quest and begin her search for the next item.


    ***


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    Chapter 1341: Second Store Upgrade Quest(9)


    After waiting for a while, it was Sirish''s turn. He decided to follow the sequence in which he had pulled out the cards and then ced the [Abyssal Severance] skill card in the cardpartment.


    The next moment, Sirish found his consciousness in a different environment. He stood in a battle arena with the sun about to set. There was an abundance of the element of darkness in the atmosphere despite the area still being visible.


    In front of Sirish stood his opponent for the day. Sirish recognized the race of the man immediately, as it was none other than a member of Xonaris.


    Sirish found his body out of his control, and it wasn''t strange to him since Aakesh had already exined the basics of the experience session.


    The opponent attacked, and Sirish''s body acted at the same time. The next moment, a wave of darkness appeared around him. In no time, the area within a range of ten meters turned pitch ck with no senses working. It was simr to an abyss descending on the arena.


    Following that, the pitch-ck darkness suddenly began to recede. It was a slow but quick process. Sirish could see the darkness receding, but quicker than the blink of an eye, it hadpletely receded into his hand.


    Around his right hand, an intense, pitch-ck de appeared. There were tremors in the fabric of the space around the darkness.


    The next moment, the opponent reached Sirish. Sirish''s body instinctively acted, and his hands passed the opponent.


    Sirish''s consciousness couldn''t help but cry in exmation since he found that his hand was even faster than his thought speed. Since he hadn''t reached that stage, it was clear that the skill had contributed to a severalfold increase in agility.


    Even though his hands had gone through the opponent''s heart, the enemy was still standing and breathing. But it didn''t downy the result, as the opponent''s eyes had dimmed and soonpletely withered.


    It wasn''t the end, as after the spirit died, the opponent''s physical body slowly faded. In no time, the opponent had disappeared from the arena, with his body and spirit disappearing from the world.


    The skill attacked the spirit first and then the body, resulting inplete death, leaving no chance of a miraculous revival.


    The next moment, a white light passed in the arena, and after that, Sirish found his consciousness back inside the store.


    He was impressed with the experience, so he immediately focused on the screen on the semi-pir. Not long after, content started appearing on it, and it was immediately permanently engraved in his mind.


    [Skill: Abyssal Severance


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 76%


    Training Time: Eighteen thousand four hundred fifty-eight Years.]


    Sirish was surprised to find that hispatibility with the skill was less than 80 percent. Xonaris were known for their great control of the elements of darkness and death, with even an average member of the race having apatibility in the range of sixty percent.


    Sirish had the purest bloodline of the race, so hispatibility with the skill should be higher. But soon he stopped focusing much on that since the screen contained thepatibility with the skill.


    The concept of severance used in the skill wasn''t his forte, so it was expected to have lowerpatibility.


    The eighteen thousand years he saw on the screen were more than one hundred times as long as the time he had spent in the Sacred Dimension. Sirish didn''t think that he would have ascended to the Primordial Dimension in that amount of time, as even a small breakthrough after passing the Sacred Emperor level could take tens of thousands of years.


    Sirish then stopped thinking about the training time and returned his focus to what he was doing. He then pulled out the [Abyssal Severance] card and ced the [Umbral Sanctum] in ce of that.


    Sirish''s consciousness left the store and found him in a different environment. As far as his eyes could see, there was an ocean of enemies in front of him. Even the weakest of the bunch was a Lesser God level cultivator, while there were tens of thousands of creatures at the Supreme God level.


    It wasn''t the first time for Sirish to see an army like that, so he didn''t feel much shock at the scene in front of him.


    The next moment, the ocean of creatures roared, creating shocking damage just from the sound. Sirish''s body stood there unfazed by the quantity of the opponent.


    There was a hint of disdain in Sirish''s eyes when he looked at the leader of the enemy. The enemy leader was easily provoked by Sirish''s actions.


    It roared and ordered its subordinates to charge at Sirish with their strongest skills.


    Sirish remained unfazed, but at the same time, he activated [Umbral Sanctum]. The next moment, the element of darkness in the environment began to gather around him as if a vortex had opened there.


    The element of darkness didn''t gather to form a barrier around him, but it began to create a silhouette of a temple.


    It wasn''tpletely formed, and a blurry projection of the temple appeared behind him. Beads of sweat appeared on Sirish''s forehead since the skill had consumed enormous energy just to create the projection of the temple.


    When Sirish''s consciousness saw the blurry temple, an urge to kneel and pray appeared in his mind. It wasn''t a strong urge, so Sirish easily trumped it.


    At that time, the enemy and their attacks had reached him. Even though the projection was behind Sirish and there was nothing ahead of him to defend against, the attacks stopped a meter away from him. It was as if an invisible barrier was ced around him.


    It was not only in the front but also left and right. No matter how strong and how many attacks were unleashed by the enemies in all directions, the attacks failed to cross the invisible barrier of one meter around Sirish.


    Even the enemy''s bodies were thrown out when they tried to cross that range. It was as if the area rejected them.


    A sanctum was a private, sacred ce, and no one could break that. The same happened with Sirish''s enemies.


    The range of one meter around him in all directions was dered his sanctum, and no one could walk into it.


    When one hour passed, the enemies around him suddenly exploded, creating arge amount of destruction and gore.


    The sanctum around Sirish shook for the first time, but it was able to bear theplete assault, and Sirish survived without even a little scratch from injury.


    The sanctum finally began to fade, and soon, the area had returned to tranquility, and the projection had disappeared.


    At that time, Sirish looked thinner than ever since maintaining the skill for that long required a vast amount of energy.


    The next moment, a white light covered Sirish, and his consciousness returned to the store.


    Afterpleting the experience session, Sirish immediately focused on the screen.


    [Skill: Umbral Sanctum


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 79%


    Training Time: Fifteen thousand four hundred forty-seven years.]


    Time flew by. Even though more than an hour had passed in the experience session, only a few seconds had passed in reality.


    It was finally time for Sirish to experience the best skill he chose for himself, [Reaper''s Embrace].


    Sirish ced the skill card, and then his consciousness traveled to a different environment.


    Sirish was in the middle of an active battle where he seemed to be on the losing end while the opponent seemed overwhelmingly stronger.


    Sirish''s body had acted immediately as soon as the experience session began and activated [Reaper''s Embrace]. It was the only option for Sirish to survive and win.


    The next moment, an ethereal wave of darkness appeared around him. Following that, radiant light particles also appeared, making him the bncer of light and darkness.


    As the two elements appeared, the injury around his body began to heal, pulsing with new energy.


    Sirish''s consciousness couldn''t help but moan in pleasure, as the feeling was toofortable.


    Unlike his consciousness, his body didn''t lose itself in the illusion and activated [Reaper''s Resurgence], the supporting ability of the skill.


    The next moment, a deathly light washed over him, and his injuries began to heal at a visible rate. The enemy couldn''t just let all of it happen and lose the opportunity for victory it had gained from the opponent, so it also attacked.


    The supporting ability not only helped in faster recovery but also increased the user''s defense. Since Sirish didn''t have enough body capability to activate the attacking ability of the skill, he had no choice but to keep defending.


    His agility had also heightened, so he was quicker than before and dodged the attacks. But the opponent not only increased the intensity but also the number of strikes.


    Sirish kept defending and dodging, and once his body reached a state where it would be able to handle the attacking ability, he stopped.


    It was now time to put the attacking ability to use, and he did, activating [Reaper''s Grasp]. The next moment, a storm of deathly energy erupted, and being the source of it all, he had to bear the pressure entirely. The injuries that had healed began to open up and reach an even worse state.


    But a storm of deathly energy had gathered around his hand. Once it had reached its limit, Sirish attacked.

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    Chapter 1342: Second Store Upgrade Quest(10)


    Sirish acted and punched. The opponent wanted to dodge it, but space seemed to have frozen for him, and he couldn''t move.


    The opponent''s face turned pale as an instinctive fear gripped his heart as he looked at the cluster of deathly energy around the punch.


    Boom!


    An explosion like sound rang as the punch finally connected with its target.


    Thud!


    The next moment, the opponent crashed to the ground, creating a sound. Even though there was no hint of injury on the opponent''s body despite getting punched, the enemy couldn''t be any more dead.


    The deathly energy in the punch didn''t affect the body but the spirit.


    Sirish''s consciousness looked slightly frightened when he saw the oue of the attack. The killing punch was effective, but the rate at which the soul of the opponent disintegrated into nothingness was a shocking sight.


    The next moment, a white light covered him, and following that, he found his consciousness back inside the store. His eyes immediately went to the screen on the semi-pir, and as soon as content appeared on it, it was permanently engraved into his mind.


    [Skill: Reaper''s Embrace


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 83%


    Training Time: Seventy-eight thousand six hundred seventy-nine years.]


    Sirish was surprised to find out that despite hispatibility being the highest with the skill, it took the longest amount of time for him topletely master it.


    But when Sirish remembered how the skill yed out in the experience session, he didn''t find anything wrong with the long training time. At the same time, he also frowned since he was confident in himself to step into the Sacred Emperor in that amount of time. His confidence wasn''t unced since he was one of the rare cultivators in the Sacred Dimension to step into the Sacred King level in only around a hundred years.


    ''No need to worry. The skill will be useful at that time as well,'' Sirish thought in his heart since the cultivation art being for the Supreme God level didn''t mean that its effects wouldn''t be worth much when at higher cultivation levels.


    Sirish then stopped thinking about other things and returned his focus to what was ahead of him. He then pulled out the skill card and left the queue toplete the purchase.


    When he walked out of the room, there was already a small line of a few customers in front of Aakesh, so he joined it, waiting for his turn.


    ***


    Laney gasped for breath as she sat down to recover her energy after the quest. Her expression didn''t look good as there were numerous wounds spread across her body, and some of them weren''t small injuries.


    A group of seven people hade with her, but now there were only two left, and that included her.


    Cry!


    A man seemed to be crying, holding the hand of a woman. What was even more outrageous was that there was only the hand, and there was nothing else of the body left.


    "Stop crying!" Laney suddenly yelled in frustration. The quest''s difficulty had surpassed the worst-case scenario in Laney and the group''s minds, so the casualties were severe.


    The man stopped crying and looked at Laney with intense hostility.


    "If it were not for you, she would have been with me." The man cried out and charged.


    Laney felt rage bubbling in her heart since she was severely injured while helping the group, but here, thest survivor was ming her for the tragedy.


    Even though Laney felt angry, she could understand the man in front of her, so she didn''t retaliate offensively and simply bound the man to the nearby tree.


    "Do you want to keep crying or avenge your lover?" Laney suddenly said.


    The man was trying to charge forward in anger, but he suddenly stopped struggling. Some sanity seemed to return to his eyes.


    "How?" The man asked with a hoarse voice. Whenever he remembered the scene of the massacre, his body would begin trembling from fright.


    The reason the man was even angrier and more frustrated was because his wife sacrificed herself so he could run away when the opposite should have happened.


    "We will go back after we recover." Laney didn''t speak much and closed her eyes. Her injuries were serious, and she was extremely tired, so she needed some rest to recover.


    Laney also didn''t want to go inside and fight the beast, but the scene in front of her had somehow infected her. There were also the leader''sst words that made her make an illogical decision.


    Around an hour ago,


    "Leave with others; I will stop the beast until then." The leader called out to Laney and requested it since she was the strongest after him in the group.


    Laney was taken aback by the man''s sudden request. She instinctively responded, "If someone should stop the beast, it should be me. I have unlimited lives."


    When the leader heard Laney''s response, a gentle smile appeared on his face, and he said, "You are young and almost the same age as my daughter. I know you have unlimited lives, but how can I let you take that risk when I am here?"


    "Even though you have unlimited lives, I am sure it would hurt," The leader added and then immediately charged at the beast.


    Laney stood there frozen since when the man smiled, she seemed to see her father smiling at her.


    ***


    "Senior, I want toplete the purchase," Sirish requested, passing the five skill cards to him.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from his hands. With a single nce, the purchase details appeared in his mind.


    "You need to pay fifteen ultimate¡­ supreme Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Sirish.


    The next moment, an autonomous alert rang in Sirish''s head, asking him whether he wanted to pay using the store card.


    After he agreed to the payment, the amount was deducted, and soon after, an alert informing him of the sessful payment rang in Aakesh''s head.


    "The skills are yours from now on¡­" Aakesh informed Sirish and also told him how to absorb the knowledge stored inside the card.

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    Chapter 1343: Second Store Upgrade Quest(11)


    After he hadpleted the skill purchase, it was time for him to focus on the next product, which was the training area.


    Sirish was a sword user, and the best weapons he had were at the Sacred King level. Since the training area was only up to the Supreme God level, he needed to buy one from the store.


    But before that, he needed to be well-versed with the training area, so he asked questions regarding the product. Once he had gotten all his answers, he thanked Aakesh.


    "Senior, I want to book the Primordial level difficulty training area," Sirish requested. Since the training area from Immortal level difficulty could only be bought from the store owner, he requested that he wouldn''t have to return to the store owner after buying a sword.


    "You need to pay one supreme Sacred stone," Aakesh nodded and informed.


    After the payment wasplete, Aakesh informed Sirish of the process of how to enter.


    "Thank you, senior!" Sirish thanked Aakesh and then walked toward the weapons room.


    Sirish was greeted by the sight of different murals rted to different concepts of the weapons avable in the store.


    Sirish marveled at the murals but didn''t look at them for long and walked toward the inner pirs.


    After arriving near the counter for the sword, he immediately reached into the shelf.


    It didn''t take long for Sirish to find a top-notch sword made of valuable material. He then paid for it using the Ultimate Store Card.


    His direction was the pir after that. He repeated the process as told by Aakesh. Even though it was the third time Sirish got pricked by the needle and felt an unbearable pain, he still wasn''t ustomed to it.


    The pain due to the training area hurt less since it didn''t cut into the soul, but the pain was still unbearable.


    When the process wasplete, a transparent, golden barrier appeared around Sirish, protecting him from other customers. His eyes had turned nk as his consciousness left his body.


    Soon after the unbearable pain was over, Sirish found himself in a white space with a blue screen in front of him.


    Sirish had asked Aakesh about the difference between the members of the Sacred Dimension in the Gods & Demons level of difficulty and the Primordial level training area.


    Sirish was an arrogant character, but he wasn''t an idiot. Any creature of the Primordial Dimension was way stronger than him at the same level, and it would take a long time before he would be able to survive against them, let alone draw or even win.


    Sirish didn''t like pushing over the top when he had just struggled to win against the ck-Dotted Fossa at the same level of cultivation. Aakesh''s answer excited him since the members of the Sacred Dimension would grow exponentially stronger in all factorspared to their counterparts in the Gods & Demons level training area. But despite their exponential increase, they would be weaker than the creatures of the Primordial Dimension.


    Considering things like that, Sirish didn''t try to search for a creature from the Primordial Dimension but stayed limited to one from the Sacred Dimension.


    As for the race, he chose his own. Fighting against a better version of the Xonaris race could never be a loss since gains were sure. For the environment, he chose the random option. The next moment, a blue light washed over the white space.


    When things returned to normal, Sirish found himself in a desert with the sun at its peak. Even the air seemed to be burning at that temperature.


    Sirish felt ufortable since there wasn''t much content in the element of darkness in the surroundings, but since the opponent would also face the same condition, he didn''t worry for long.


    Suddenly, a sandstorm erupted, and when it died down, the opponent appeared in front of Sirish. Since Sirish had chosen the Xonaris race as his training partner, the opponent looked the same as Sirish, holding the same sword as him as well.


    Ding!


    A bell that had an unknown direction of origin suddenly rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Sirish was a good swordsman, so he immediately got into the posture, but before he had evenpleted half of it, Sirish found the world around him turning ck.


    Thud! Thud!


    The next moment, two symmetrical pieces of his body fell on two sides in the desert, wetting the sand with his blood. The temperature was so high that blood began to evaporate at a visible rate.


    The next moment, Sirish found himself back in white space. He was trying toplete the posture, but he suddenly grew confused when he found that he was in a different environment.


    Sirish didn''t panic or feel disappointed, but an excited expression appeared on his face since he had seen that he could get even stronger. At that moment, one of the greatest swordsmen to ever exist in the Sacred Dimension was born, but that was in the future.


    Back to the present, Sirish kept the same opponent, and as for the environment, it was still random.


    The next moment, Sirish found himself in the middle of a thriving city, with people all around him. But he could pass through the people as if he were a ghost. The same phenomenon didn''t repeat for the buildings, and he noticed that the structure was more durable than expected and would take a lot of strength to cut through it.


    The opponent appeared on top of a tall building and looked down on Sirish with cruelty in his eyes. Sirish calmly faced the opponent''s stare since the effect of the training area was active on him.


    Before the bell rang, Sirish got into the posture of attacking. What Sirish wanted to do was attack the opponent, not defend and survive the first strike.


    An expression of disdain appeared in the opponent''s eyes when he saw Sirish already getting into his posture.


    Ding!


    The next moment, the bell rang, announcing the start of the second battle.


    Sirish tried to jump and charge, but the next moment, he found himself back in the white space, facing the familiar blue screen.

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    Chapter 1344: Second Store Upgrade Quest(12)


    Sirish had the same expression of excitement as he chose the same options asst time. The next moment, he found himself in a different environment.


    The temperature was weird as there was the sun at its peak, but there was a chilly wind blowing across the area.


    The opponent also appeared not far from him with the same expression of cruelty.


    Time flew by, and three hours passed in the blink of an eye. The time flow rate inside the Primordial level of the training area was twenty times higher, so Sirish still had seventeen more hours left.


    The past three hours had been no less than mental torture for Sirish, as in his bid to attack first rather than defend, he had failed to survive the first strike and had been getting killed instantly.


    Even though Sirish had stopped counting how many times he had died, but evrytime he would appear in the white space, he would only grow more excited. It wasn''t that he was bing masochistic and liked the feeling of getting cut in two. He clearly saw himself reaching that state and even surpassing it.


    The only disappointment he had was that he would only be able to enjoy the training for twenty hours a year.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the first battle in the tenth hour.


    The battleground was a vast grasnd, and the sky was slightly orange as the sun was getting close to setting.


    Sirish and his opponent stood at a distance of a few miles from each other. The sound of the bell hadn''t even subsided, and the opponent made his move.


    Forcing some energy into his foot, he pounced, catching Sirish in the billionth of a second. The attack was the same as ever, but when the attack seemed to have seeded like the past countless battles, Sirish shed back.


    ng!


    The next moment, the sound of a metallic sh rang in the area, breaking the deafening silence. The opponent still had force left to unleash, so he attacked.


    The sh seemed to have taken everything from Sirish, so he was no longer able to do anything and was cut cleanly into two symmetrical vertical pieces from head to toe.


    Sirish wasn''t there to see the scene and had already returned to the white space. There was a wide smile spread across his face since it was the first time he had seeded in unleashing an attack. Even though it failed to hit the opponent, and the opponent brought the sword in time to defend against it, he had still seen an improvement from the past.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Ding!


    ng!


    As soon as the bell rang, the two opponents charged, and their swords shed with each other. To be precise, the enemy was the quicker of the two, but he defended against the attack as Sirish unleashed everything in that attack.


    Sirish didn''t just stand there to get cut again and pulled back. Whatever energy remained in his body, he transferred into his hand and then shed again.


    Soon, the twentieth hour passed and the system forced him out of the training area.


    The transparent, golden barrier around Sirish broke down, and light returned to his eyes. His eyes contained longing since he wanted to continue in the training area for more time.


    But the next moment, the longing for the training was reced by the joy of his gains. Sirish found a new knowledge appearing in his mind that was engraved permanently.


    ***


    While Sirish was relishing in the joy of his gains, Laney opened her eyes.


    It was time for her toplete her revenge since her exit was approaching, and only around two hours were left before she would be forced out of Panagea.


    The man had calmed down at that time and was also sitting in a meditative posture. He was still bound by an invisible chain that restricted him from moving away from the tree or releasing a skill.


    Even though Laney didn''t want to kill the man, that didn''t mean she trusted him to leave him free.


    The man also opened his eyes when he heard the sound of Laney standing up. He hadpletely calmed down, and there was no longer anger toward Laney in his eyes.


    "Please free me," The man requested.


    Laney nodded and snapped her fingers. The next moment, the invisible chain restricting him disappeared and returned to the bracelet in her right hand.


    The man stretched himself, ready to battle the beast. But before that, he gently put his wife''s hand into the space ring.


    Laney didn''t say anything when she saw the scene and instead walked forward. She was cautious and prepared for any attack from the man, but nothing of that sort happened, and the man followed her.


    After walking for a while, Laney and the man reached their, where they lost so many members. The man''s eyes turned red, but he controlled himself and didn''t lose himself in rage.


    "What do you want me to do?" The man asked Laney since she was the stronger of the two, and if there was a little hope of revenge, Laney was that chance.


    "I want you to act as bait," Laney directly stated her strategy.


    The man didn''t feel much of a surprise or feel bad about Laney asking him to be bait. The beast was strong and couldn''t be defeated in a frontal fight.


    "I am ready," The man responded, taking Laney by surprise.


    She had expected a little struggle from the man in response to her statement, but the immediate eptance made Laney feel ufortable.


    "If only I were stronger, they would still be alive," Laney murmured under her breath with a disappointed expression.


    Things could have gone differently, but the time for what if had long passed. The group leader and five members were already dead. Now the only thing she could do to avenge them was to kill the beast.


    Laney then told the man what he needed to do. The man simply listened to her and didn''t voice his opinion, agreeing with whatever Laney decided.

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    Chapter 1345: Second Store Upgrade Quest(13)


    "Please bury her where no one will disturb her if I don''te back," The man suddenly requested Laney when it was time to implement the n.


    Laney didn''t say any motivated words in response and took the wife''s hand from the man. She then ced it in her space ring.


    "It''s time," Laneymanded. The next moment, the man nodded and entered their while Laney began to prepare so that the beast could be killed instantly.


    Roar!


    Soon after entering their, the man was greeted with a roar from the beast. The man felt his legs shaking from fright, but remembering his wife''s condition, he calmed down and kept walking.


    Soon after, he came face to face with the beast. In front of him stood a weird-looking creature with a gigantic mouth without any lips. Its sharp canine teeth were visible. The man was thinner and smaller than even one tooth.


    The beast growled when it saw the man. Due to its gigantic body and the injuries from thest battle, it wasn''t easy for the beast to rush.


    But since the enemy was a weak creature in front of it, it simply opened its mouth, and a wave of energy began to form around it.


    Whoosh!


    Right at that time, an arrow flew, tearing through the air. Its direction was the wave of energy.


    Boom!


    As soon as the arrow touched the energy, it exploded, creating a shocking wave. Even though the man was far from the beast, he still had to bear the brunt of the explosion.


    The man was knocked back, while the beast also fell backward. It wasn''t dead, but the injury was severe.


    Roar!


    The beast roared in anger, and the scenes inside the mouth became visible to the outside world. Being the closest to the explosion, the inside of the beast was burned, with blood continuously flowing.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The sound of footsteps rang out as Laney also stepped out of the darkness. She used a unique arrow that would explode at the mere thought of the shooter. Laney had spent a lot of money on it for her safety.


    But since her enemy was unbeatable and Laney wanted revenge, she used the arrow.


    The beast wasn''t dead, so Laney approached it. She wasn''tpletely open and ready to pull away at a moment''s notice.


    The umted injuries from thest battle made things ufortable for the beast, and in addition to that, the injury in its mouth was more severe than other injuries. The beast saw the shooter approaching it, and its eyes contained nothing but brutality.


    Laney''s eyes simrly had chilly expressions, and she took out a talisman the size of a button. Her eyes showed hesitation when she looked at the talisman, but she forced herself to calm down and act.


    Her speed had reached its peak, and she pressed the button on the beast. She immediately pulled away as well.


    The next moment, lighting began emerging from the button. At first, it was only around the button, but it slowly began to grow.


    A burning smell appeared in the area, but the outside of the beast waspletely fine. The talisman was another expensive item she bought. It could ignore outer defenses and attack the inner organs with lightning.


    The beast kept crying and iling as the pain from its inner organs being charred by lighting became unbearable for her.


    When it had exhausted all its energy, it disintegrated into ashes. The beast was still alive and seemed to be away from life-threatening danger.


    Laney frowned since she had already spent two of her valuable items, and the beast was still alive.


    ''Do I need to use that?'' Laney couldn''t help but sigh in her heart as she thought.


    There was no going back from where Laney had taken the matter with the beast. Either the beast or she will survive this battle.


    Laney seemed hesitant about using that item, but since she was unable to think of another way to end the beast, she turned around and looked at the man.


    The man understood it was his time to act. What he was going to do only had less than a ten percent chance of survival, but avenging his wife and other members of the group was worth that risk.


    The man nodded and approached Laney. She immediately took out a scroll from her space ring.


    As she opened the scroll, intense heat crashed onto her like a whip. She gritted her teeth through the scorching heat andpletely opened the scroll.


    On it, there was a pattern. Laney then bit the tip of her finger and ced a drop of her blood into one of the two sections.


    Laney handed the scroll to the man. The man already knew what to do, so he also bit his finger and poured several drops of his blood onto the second section.


    The next moment, the pattern on the scroll lightened up to red, the same color as the man''s blood. The scroll disintegrated while the pattern was engraved on the back of his hand.


    The man gritted his teeth to bear through the process without making any sound. When the pattern was being engraved, the man felt as if there were tens of thousands of needles with hot tips pricking through the skin at the back of his hand.


    When the process wasplete, a wave of scorchingva passed through the man''s body, slowly charring him.


    "It''s time," Laneymanded, ignoring the pain the man had to face.


    The scroll used by Laney was an item that could be used as thest option, where even suicide seemed like a better option.


    The man nodded, and the next moment, he turned into a wave of fire. At first, the fire was tame, but soon it began to rage, and in no time, it had covered the entirety of their.


    Laney, who was standing not far from the man, was surprisingly fine without any effect from the raging me. The me didn''t burn the body, but it burned the blood of the user and the enemy.

 Chapter 1346 Second Store Upgrade Quest(14)

    Chapter 1346: Second Store Upgrade Quest(14)


    Roar! Argh!


    The man and the beast screamed in pain since their blood was being burned by the me. Laney looked at the scene in front of her with calm eyes.


    She had already told the man the risk he was going to take, so she didn''t feel any guilt over the scene. But she hoped for the man to break the odds and survive.


    "It''s time," Laney suddenly called out. The next moment, the me dimmed in a sh.


    Laney immediately charged forward with a knife in her hand. Her target was the beast.


    When she reached it, she immediately pierced through the eye of the beast. Laney felt as if she were cutting through an unbreakable material, but she pushed forward. No blood erupted from the injury for a while, but some finally came out.


    Laney kept shing the beast, ignoring the gory scene around her. Laney had never been that brutal, but thest sentence of the leader and that smile made her angry, and she vented all of that on the beast.


    Several meters from the beast and Laney, the man closed his eyes and bid farewell to the world. His eyes were teary as he seemed to see his wife weing him, ready to embrace him.


    The beast was in no condition to fight back at all, and it had long since fallen unconscious due to thebination of weakness and pain. Laney was taking her time and not going directly for the heart.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Gracin greeted Aakesh.


    Gracin was a new customer belonging to the Zirich, a race in the Demon group. He came to the store after learning about it from his sister, who was a regr at the store.


    "Store owner, I want to buy a beast." Gracin directly stated his purpose foring to the store.


    Aakesh nodded and then exined the beast''s product to him. Gracin already knew those things since he had heard them from his sister, but hearing them directly from Aakesh further boosted his confidence in the store.


    "Thank you, store owner," Gracin thanked Aakesh and then walked toward the room as pointed out by Aakesh.


    Since Gracin learned about the store and the beasts from his sister, he already had a beast in his mind.


    When Gracin walked into the room, the scene was the same as what was told by his sister. He couldn''t help but marvel at the numerous beast murals painted across the wall.


    Gracin''s cultivation was peak Lesser God, so he was eligible to summon from both pirs. But since he wanted a beast of his level, he went to the second pir.


    There were seven customers ahead of him, so he had to wait in line. While waiting, he passed his time, looking at the murals on the wall.


    The waiting time passed in the blink of an eye and he reached the device.


    Gracin took a deep breath and pressed the button, hoping to get the beast he had on his mind.


    The next moment, the square light began rotating around the nine sections and kept at it for five seconds.


    Following that, a beast known to Gracin appeared on the screen.


    It wasn''t the one he wanted, but the beast was not bad, so he anticipated its details.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands.


    As soon as Gracin began reading the content on it, he became disappointed. The beast was only of Higher quality, and it had no good skills that could impress him.


    Gracin then returned the card and pressed the button once again.


    The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen, and the familiar summoning process urred.


    Five secondster, a beast appeared on the screen, and following that, a card containing its details.


    Gracin returned the second beast as well since the details weren''t impressive.


    Time flew by, and Gracin pressed the button again.


    The next moment, ''5'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate.


    Gracin had yet to receive the beast he wanted, and the phenomenon repeated itself once again.


    Since every summoning had turned costly, he didn''t make a bad impression of the beast and waited for the card.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands. The disappointment didn''t return then, and he found the beast a great partner.


    [Name: Gray-Striped Leopard


    Type: Beast


    Race: Leopard


    Element: Earth, Shadow


    Quality: Supreme


    Cultivation: Intermediate Lesser God


    Characteristics: Feral Onught


    Details: The Gray-Striped Leopard possesses an insatiable hunger for battle, igniting its primal instincts tounch a relentless onught of attacks against its foes. When in the throes ofbat, its strikes be lightning-fast and devastatingly powerful.


    Ability:


    1.) Shadow Pounce: The Gray-Striped Leopard leaps from the shadows with lightning speed, dealing massive damage to its target and leaving foes disoriented.


    2.) Earth Tremor: The Gray-Striped Leopard creates a localized earthquake by channeling earth energy through its paws, disrupting enemy formations and causing confusion.


    3.) Primal Roar: The Gray-Striped Leopard unleashes a bone-chilling roar that sends tremors through the earth, intimidating enemies and weakening their resolve.


    4.) Phantom Ambush: The Gray-Striped Leopard projects multiple copies of itself into the shadows, confusing enemies and causing them to waste their attacks on decoys.


    5.) Veil of Shadows: The Gray-Striped Leopard conjures a swirling vortex of shadows that envelops allies, providing them with enhanced stealth and making them immune to detection spells.


    ...


    9.) Umbra Cloak: The Gray-Striped Leopard shrouds itself and its allies in a mantle of shadow, rendering thempletely invisible to enemies for a limited time.


    10.) Earth''s Resurgence: The Gray-Striped Leopard taps into the earth''s life force, rapidly healing itself and nearby allies while also purifying negative energies.


    ...


    15.) Tectonic Shift: The Gray-Striped Leopard channels earth energy through its body, creating a powerful shockwave that shatters the ground beneath enemies, causing enormous destruction.


    16.) Primal Instinct: The Gray-Striped Leopard''s instincts be heightened to an unprecedented level. It gains the ability to predict enemy movements and actions, granting it increased critical hit chance and uracy.


    Card Description: The Gray-Striped Leopard is a formidable, terrifying creature. Its attributes of shadow and earth make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent and supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Gray-Striped Leopard.


    Price: Three hundred ny-nine thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. The Gray-Striped Leopard''s sleek and muscr body was covered in a coat of velvety gray fur, adorned with distinct dark stripes that spanned its entire length. It added to its visual allure. The coloration of its fur created a striking contrast against its surroundings, allowing it to disappear into the shadows with ease. Its strong muscles rippled beneath its fur.


    Its eyes were its most captivating feature, gleaming like orbs of molten gold. They radiated an otherworldly intelligence and intensity, reflecting the feral spirit that burned within. The tip of its tail was adorned with a tuft of fur, serving as a visual cue to its emotions and intentions. Its whiskers were long and sensitive, aiding in its navigation through dark terrain and detecting even the slightest vibrations.


    Gracin read the details on the card. He really liked the beast, but when his eyes reached the price section, he couldn''t help but gulp empty air.


    After learning about the store, he already knew how expensive the products there were. The beast bought by her sister also cost tens of thousands of supreme Stones, but since the quality of his beast and its cultivation level was higher, it cost him more than three hundred thousand stones.


    Gracin couldn''t help but hesitate about whether toplete the purchase since it was more than seventy percent of his total wealth.


    After a long bout of hesitation, Gracin greeted his teeth and decided to go through with the purchase.


    ***


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing without any obstruction, and like that, fifteen more years had passed.


    It had been twenty-five years since the second store upgrade quest began, and Laney was chosen as a candidate.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry only one chapter. It isn''t that I don''t have chapters to upload. The same was the case yesterday. I had four chapters remaining toplete the mass-released chapters. The chapters rted to the Second Store Upgrade quest should focus on Laney and how Aakeshpletes the mission, but what I noticed is that I have focused more on other customers than her. I need only to focus on Laney and other side characters with limited reading time. I am refining what to do and how to progress the quest, so only one chapter


    The four chapters I owe you will be repaid before the end of this month, and they will only focus on Laney and the quest.


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 Chapter 1347 Second Store Upgrade Quest(15)

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    Chapter 1347: Second Store Upgrade Quest(15)


    Laney exhaled a deep breath and stood up, stretching her body. She had lost the naivety she had once disyed when visiting the store for the first time and reced it with maturity.


    Considering her age, she was only a teenager in her race, but the situations she had gone through in Panagea made her intelligence and wisdom no less than those of an adult.


    Her eyes had an excited glee since she finally stepped into the peak Divine Lord level. She didn''t just meet the expectations her father had of him; she surpassed them.


    "Laney, it''s time," The Yellow King suddenly appeared and said.


    Laney nodded and walked out of her room. Her maid was already waiting at the door with a new set of clothes.


    Laney had long given up the practice of allowing the maids to help her take a bath because she didn''t want her father to learn about the scars on her body.


    Laney not only adventured in Panagea but also trained hard in reality. The event with the beast was a tragedy that should have never happened if she were stronger, so she began to work even harder.


    Laney took the set of clothes and entered the bathroom. The Yellow King stood at the door, not letting any maid sneak in.


    Time flew by, and after everything was done, Laney stepped out of the residence. When she walked out, she saw many others like her walking out of their houses.


    Laney nodded toward her neighbors and walked in the direction of the store. The sky was still dark, and the sun had yet to rise. Laney and the people who came out of different residences were the store''s customers living in the rented residential clusters.


    Everyone was in apetition to enter Panagea, so all of them tried to be ahead of others.


    The sunrise arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities. As the first ray of light pierced through the cover of darkness, excited expressions appeared on the crowd''s faces, and they looked at the store''s closed door simultaneously.


    Whoosh!


    The next moment, a sliding sound rang, and the excitement in the eyes of the customers grew even further.


    After opening the store''s door, Aakesh was greeted with the familiar sight of arge crowd outside the store. He didn''t let them wait any longer and turned around, returning to his chair.


    After he walked away, the crowd on the street entered the store like a raging tide. No one tried to push anyone since it coulde under the umbre of harm and might cause severe repercussions.


    In no time, the overcrowded area around the store turned into an empty space, while the empty store was filled with customers.


    The familiar scene of golden lights covering a fixed number of customers appeared, and those who weren''t in that ambit were disappointed, but not for long, and went to the waiting corner.


    Those who owned store cards and were inside the golden lights walked toward the portal room. Maria, Laney, and a few others were exceptions to that, as they first came to Aakesh and left after greeting him.


    Laney was the one who had the longest conversation with Aakesh. Many customers had noticed that the store owner treated Laney differently than other customers. Many even thought that something was going on between Aakesh and Laney, making Laney a star for some time since everyone loved gossip.


    But the issue died on its own after a while since Aakesh never went out of the store, and neither was Laney allowed inside the store after sunset.


    Laney had a smile on her face as she walked toward the portal room. Hearing appreciation from her big brother made her feel good, and she was excited to continue her quest in Panagea.


    After entering the portal room, Laney''s lips curled into a beautiful smile when she saw her name in the top three on the ranking board. There were only a few levels of difference between her and the first position, and Laney was confident she could bridge that gap in the next three years.


    ***


    Laney appeared on the tree where he had exited Panagea the day before. Laney''s strength inside Panagea was weaker than her strength in reality, so it was always ufortable to see her strength regress.


    Laney then jumped down the tree with her knife already in her hand. The armor she wore at that time had a glowing gem embedded near her right palm.


    Laney tapped on it, and the next moment, a projection erupted from it.


    "The material Destrun can be found..." The one saying it was none other than Laney herself.


    Around a month ago, during the morning conversation with her big brother, he suggested she find Destrun. Destrun was a valuable material used in the making of weapons due to its smooth energy transfer capability.


    Destrun was rarely found in the Sacred Dimension, but its quantity was higher in Panagea. Aakesh had told her the specifications of the areas where the material could be found in abundance.


    If Laney found an abundant source of the material, she would not only be able to make a great weapon for herself in Panagea but also sell it for money to help her exchange some great things from Panagea to reality.


    Laney went there because it was the closest ce to her in her search for items that fit the environment''s requirements, ording to Aakesh.


    Even in Panagea, Destrun was a valuable item, so there was bound to be intensepetition.


    Laney had been here for a week at most and had already battled three teams. Aakesh''s help in getting great items at the right time and her hard work made her immensely powerful.


    Even the team of seven people at the same level as her was handled instantly by her. Her greatest feat of strength was surviving against a beast five levels higher than her.


    ***


    After the message wasplete, the projection disappeared. The gem dimmed down, and the existing cracks on it got slightly bigger. It would take a week in Panagea time for it to get charged so that she could listen again.


    Laney then took a deep breath and proceeded forward since she needed to find the material before others could.


    Laney hadn''t walked very far when she sensed several live presences a few miles ahead of her.


    At the same time, they also sensed her. Laney''s face grew slightly solemn since the other party was unlike the previous three teams she had faced over the past week.


    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!


    The next moment, the sound of something flying through the air rang, and soon after, Laney found himself surrounded by a group of nine people.


    Laney couldn''t help but frown since even the weakest of the nine was one level higher than her.


    "Oh, an adventurer! I''ve always wanted to kill an adventurer.


    "Since you can always revive, you would not mind, right?" One of the men suddenlymented, licking his lips.


    A hint of killing intent passed through Laney''s eyes as she looked at the owner of the voice. She was ready to attack, but before she could, someone had already attacked the man.


    "Forgive my friend; he has a habit of making bad jokes," The man, who seemed to be the leader of the nine, suddenly punched the former and apologized to Laney with a sincere expression.


    Laney looked at the leader, and her face grew solemn. While punching the man, he released a hint of his energy. The leader of the group was seven levels higher than her.


    Laney didn''t fear death since that wasn''t possible, but she feared the obstruction of the man. Laney had the intuition that she had a limited amount of time to reach the True God level of cultivation. There was no reason for her source of intuition, but for some reason, she had never felt anything that intensely.


    "Friend, we have no bad intentions toward you," The leader suddenly raised his hand and said.


    "If you have no bad intentions, then why have you surrounded me?" Laney coldly responded, pointing at the group surrounding him, cutting off her ways of escape.


    The leader only smiled in response to her question and then walked toward Laney.


    Even though Laney believed she had no chance against the man in front of her, she wasn''t going to give up on fighting and let the man go easy.


    The man stopped a few meters from her and extended his right hand for a handshake.


    "I am showing my intention to be your friend; now it''s up to you," The man smiled andmented.


    Laney didn''t move but stood there. The leader didn''t take his hand back but kept at it, ignoring the awkwardness in the air.


    Boom!


    Suddenly a loud explosion rocked the area, and both Laney and the leader were taken aback by the scene.


    Since the source of the explosion was near, and it was the man who had taunted Laney, they also faced the brunt of the explosion.


    The leader''s expression didn''t look good, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes as he looked at Laney, while Laney looked at the scene with a stupefied expression.


    Boom!


    Before the shock could even disappear, another explosion rocked another member of the team.


    The leader''s eyes breathed fire in anger. In no time, he had lost two of his team members. At the same time, he also grew cautious since Laney''s shocked expressions were too good to be considered acting.


    ***


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 Chapter 1348 Second Store Upgrade Quest(16)

    Chapter 1348: Second Store Upgrade Quest(16)


    A sense of danger suddenly hit Laney. Since the leader of the team was not very far from her, he also sensed it.


    The two immediately jumped on the other side. Not long after, a loud explosion rang in the area where the two were a moment earlier.


    A startling scene unfolded nearby after the dust cloud dissipated. There should have been a pit at the spot of the explosion, but the ground was fine without even a single crack.


    "Hehe!" Suddenly, yfulughter rang in the ears of Laney and the others.


    Laney didn''t have a very strong reaction, but the same couldn''t be said for the man. His eyes popped out in shock since he had gotten an idea of who was behind the explosions.


    Laney wasn''t alone in Panagea; she had a partner. Seeing that things were not looking good, she immediately took out a card and summoned the Yellow King.


    [Name: Yellow King


    Type: Beast


    Race: Elemental


    Element: Light, Shadow, Wisdom


    Quality: Ordinary


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Absolute Bnce


    Details: The Yellow King possesses the ability to maintain an absolute bnce between light, shadow, and wisdom. In this state, the beast''s strength, defenses, and agility grow twofold. It influences the minds and hearts of those around it. It inspires unity and cooperation among allies, instilling them with unwavering resolve and confidence in their abilities.


    Ability:


    1.) Illuminating Gaze: The Yellow King''s eyes shine with profound wisdom, able to perceive the true nature of things and discern the most intricate details of any situation.


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    6.) Light of rity: The Yellow King channels its wisdom to dispel confusion and debuffs from allies, restoring their focus and enhancing their mental resilience.


    7.) Shadows'' Embrace: The Yellow King melds with shadows to shield itself and allies from iing attacks, absorbing damage and reflecting it back at attackers.


    8.) Ephemeral Reflection: The Yellow King projects a mirage of itself and its partner, confusing enemies and redirecting a portion of iing damage back at them.


    9.) Divine Guidance: The Yellow King imparts its divine guidance to allies, enhancing their uracy and critical hit rate, allowing them to strike with unerring precision.


    Card Description: The Yellow King is a formidable, majestic creature¡­]


    The card contained the current details of the beast. The Yellow King reached peak Divine Lord even before Laney and had learned new skills.


    The newly learned skills were either of the supporting type or the defensive type. Laney had a bad feeling looking at the scene in front of her and that eerie, yfulughter.


    The leader was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the Yellow King. The Yellow King level wasn''t anything worth feeling threatened over, so the leader was surprised at Laney''s decision to summon it.


    As soon as the Yellow King appeared, theughter rang again. Laney looked at the beast, and it looked at her.


    The Yellow King understood what Laney wanted from it, so it immediately activated [Light of rity]. Only Laney was the target of the skill, so the next moment, the view in front of her changed.


    What was like a vibrant forest a moment earlier turned into a dead forest, with horror oozing from every corner of the area. Not far from Laney stood a weirdly ugly creature, looking at her with a hint of yfulness.


    Laney''s eyes jumped up in horror, while her body began to shudder as soon as she met those eyes of the creature. The smile on the creature''s face froze since it never expected someone to find it.


    The leader also noticed the sudden strong reaction from Laney, so he looked in the direction she was looking at. The leader saw nothing, but suddenly an idea seemed to have erupted in his mind.


    The next moment, a sword appeared in his hand, and he instantly shed, appearing at the spot.


    It seemed like his sword would pass through the empty air, but suddenly something seemed to stop it. A smile spread across the leader''s face, and the de of the sword began glowing red.


    "Do you know what makes this situation so horrific?"


    While shing, the leader suddenly turned around and asked Laney, who had a horrified expression.


    At that moment, Laney was going through a horror scene where her family and Aakesh were hunting her.


    The Yellow King also sensed the change in Laney, but sadly, it was too weak to help Laney fight the curse that the creature instinctively released when she looked directly into its eyes. It didn''t feel tense since it was confident in Laney''s ability.


    The leader could see that he would get no response from Laney since her condition was severe, but he still answered.


    "You see, the creature in front of us is a ghostly creature who can bind anyone in an instant illusion, and it can''t be defeated unless its real body is found." He added, while his sword had begun to cut through the creature, "What''s even more horrifying is that the creature is invisible and can''t be seen by ordinary eyes."


    The next moment, the sword cut the creature in two, ending its life.


    "Despite such fearsome strength, it is unable to bear my sword." The man couldn''t help butment with a sigh.


    The next moment, the illusion of the verdant forest disappeared, and a dead forest with rotten trees became a sight.


    The corpse of the creature also appeared, and the man immediately bent down and began to take its eyes.


    At that time, the curse on Laney had also slightly weakened, giving her a window to win. Laney didn''t let go of that chance and broke through the horror scenes, returning to reality.


    She could see the man trying to gouge the creature''s eyes, and when he looked around, he found the two men, who should have died in the explosion, were still alive. But their conditions didn''t seem fine; their faces were pale, and their bodies were thinner than before. It seemed that dying in illusion also cost something for the two men.


    Thud! Thud!


    Not long after, the two men crashed to the ground. The leader stopped his actions and looked at the two unconscious subordinates. He then shook his head and returned to his work.

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    Chapter 1349: Second Store Upgrade Quest(17)


    The other members of the team finally had time to calm down after all the shock, and they rushed at the two unconscious members of the team.


    The one who had the healing skills began to act, but the leader suddenly turned around and stated, "Don''t waste your time. They have already died. It was just the remaining spiritual energy in their body."


    The other members stopped upon hearing their leader. They didn''t feel anything wrong with the leader''s order for them to stop. Their team head wasn''t cold-hearted but deeply cared for his subordinates. If there were a way to save them, the leader would be thest to give up on them.


    Laney didn''t speak in between, and she decided to leave. But she had only taken a step forward when the leader suddenly stood up and blocked her.


    Laney''s eyes were cautious, and the Yellow King was also ready to attack to give Laney even a little chance to escape.


    The leader''s eyes were calm as he extended his hand and grabbed Laney''s hand. Laney was taken aback by the sudden situation. She immediately activated an attacking skill but suddenly stopped it when she felt her hands were wet.


    Laney looked at what was in her hand and was surprised to see that it was one of the eyes of the creature.


    "Since you helped me find the location of the creature and save my teammates, it is my thanks to you." The leader calmly stated this, and then, without waiting for any response from her, he walked toward the corpses of his subordinates.


    Laney took a nce at the back of the leader and seemed to see the slumped shoulder. She then nodded and left; her direction was the material''s location.


    "Feris didn''t have anyone, but Grisnil had a wife and two children. Sell it and give their share and my share to them." The leader reached the man who handled the finances of the group and ordered.


    The man wanted to say something but could only sigh, looking at the team leader. He was the one who had been with the team leader the longest, so how could he not see the sadness in the leader''s eyes hidden behind the calm?


    "I will do it, leader." The man responded with a bow, taking the remaining eye of the creature.


    The leader then nced at the two men lying on the ground with pale faces. "I havepleted your revenge," The manmented and then walked away.


    ***


    Unaware of the scenes ying out, Laney left the area at a quick pace. When the man gave the creature''s eye to her, she sensed the sincerity in his voice when he thanked her. He had given the creature''s eyes to her in front of everyone, so Laney didn''t know if any team members woulde after her.


    After running for hours, she finally reached the location. A dumbstruck expression appeared on her face when she saw the endless quantity of the Destrun.


    The Destrun was blue in color, and depending on its purity, the color darkened.


    There were mountains after mountains of Destruns in the area. Some of the mountains were solely made of dark blue, which almost looked like ck, showing their purity.


    But a frown suddenly appeared on her face as her thinking became clear and she was no longer greedy.


    Having that much Destrun despite its value and not very strong visible protection could only mean one thing: there was something wrong there. Laney immediately grew cautious and looked around, but no matter how she tried, she failed to see anything. She even used the Yellow King''s abilities, and the situation turned out to be nothing strange.


    Considering those factors, there were two situations. The first was that there was nothing amiss there, and it was all Laney''s imagination. The second was that Laney wasn''t strong enough to see the peculiarities of the area.


    Although Laney had the option of leaving the area, her efforts over the previous month would be in vain. At the same time, the second location, per the requirements of Destrun''s appearance, was very far away from her and would take years to travel there.


    "There are no gains without risks," Laney mumbled to herself to feel confident, and then she stepped inside the range of the first mountain of Destrun.


    The amount of Destrun in front of her was worth taking the risk of death. If she were to get hold of even one-fourth of the total material there, she would earn a windfall of money in the Sacred Dimension despite the outrageous exchange rate of five thousand percent.


    "Huh!" Laney suddenly eximed in surprise as the view in front of her immediately changed as soon as she stepped inside the range.


    The abundance of Destrun was still there. To be precise, the quantity had grown tenfold, making it endless. As far as her eyes could see, there was Destrun.


    But Laney noticed that at the bottom of every mountain, a beast unrecognizable to her was sleeping. The darker the color of the material, the stronger the beast guarding it.


    After sleeping inside, Laney found herself near a mountain of purest Destrun. As soon as she looked at the sleeping beast, her hair rose in fright.


    Forget the confidence of survival; Laney didn''t even believe that she would be able to survive for a second in front of the beast.


    Laney then began searching for a lighter color material, so she could defeat the beast and grab the material. As for whether the pattern was as she had guessed, she wasn''t confident, but things could only be found after trying.


    After searching for a while, she finally came across a beast that she felt was winnable.


    As soon as Laney stepped into the radius of a hundred meters around the mountain''s bottom, the beast suddenly woke up and looked at her. It immediately growled in anger toward Laney. It was understandable; no one liked someone interrupting their sleep.


    Laney also attacked, and the two shed. Her knife shed through the beast''s eyes, while the beast tried to rip Laney''s neck.


    Laney turned out to be the quicker and stronger of the two, so she seeded in the attack before the beast.

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    <h4>Chapter 1350 Second Store Upgrade Quest(18)</h4>


    Chapter 1350: Second Store Upgrade Quest(18)


    Her knife was about to sh the beast''s head, but a surprising situation suddenly yed out. The beast melted into the ground and then emerged from behind Laney.


    Laney''s knife passed through empty air. She immediately turned around and shed again.


    The same phenomenon repeated itself again, and the beast melted into the ground immediately, even though it was in the air.


    The phenomenon kept repeating, and Laney kept failing to hit the beast.


    Laney decided to give up on her knife and put it back. The next moment, her hand began to glow red, and she reached to grab the beast.


    The beast seemed to have melted once again, but suddenly, a surge of me emerged from the ground.


    The beast immediately emerged from the ground, and its skin seemed burned. Even though the beast melted, fire seemed to be its weakness.


    Laney used the element of fire to her advantage and finally seeded in damaging the beast. The battle looked like a clear victory for her, with the beast on the verge of death.


    One more attack and the beast would be dead. Laney struck, but suddenly, her body began to tremble in fright, freezing her actions.


    Laney looked around and found the beasts under every mountain waking up and staring at her. The beast whimpered and ran away while drops of blood continuously spilled on the ground.


    When the beast had moved out of her attacking range, the sense of fear disappeared, and the beasts around the mountains returned to their sleep.


    Laney understood that killing was an impossible task here. She had seen death up front when the beasts stared at her.


    Laney calmed herself down and took a deep breath. She then walked toward the material, a hammer appearing in her hand.


    The hammer was made of a special material since not every material could break Destrun. Before smashing into the mountain, Laney looked around her.


    She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the calm around the mountains. She then hit the material, and a huge chunk flew out.


    Laney immediately turned around and looked at the beasts. After finding that things were normal, Laney returned to her work and began to break Destrun into small chunks, which she then stored in her space ring.


    When Laney had stored one-third of Destrun on the mountain, she heard a familiar roar. She turned around and found the beast returning to battle.


    The battle began again, and since Laney knew its weakness, it ended in no time. Laney didn''t try to kill the beast like thest time, and no troubling situation arose.


    The beast ran away after finding out that Laney wasn''t trying to kill it. Laney then returned to her work and began to store the broken chunks of Destrun.


    When only one-third of the total Destrun was left in the mountain, the beast returned with a roar. Laney ignored the beast and walked away.


    The Destrun stored by her belonged to low purity, so filling her space ring with it when there were higher purity materials seemed a wasteful decision.


    The beast didn''t feel any shock or surprise or chase Laney, but instead, it sat down and returned to sleep. The next moment, a light appeared out of nowhere and covered the mountain.


    When the light disappeared, the mountain had regained its former density, shocking Laney. The scene in front of her signified that there was an endless quantity of Destrun there.


    Laney immediately looked inside her space ring and couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief when she found that Destrun was intact and hadn''t disappeared.


    After walking for a while, Laney found another beast she was capable of defeating. Knowing its weakness, she stepped into the range of the beast, and it immediately woke up.


    Growl!


    Growling, the beast pounced on her. Laney immediately activated one of her fire element skills and attacked.


    The next moment, a surprising scene yed out in front of her. Forget damaging the beast; the attack released by Laney seemed to enforce the defense and attack of the beast.


    The weakness of the former beast was a boost for the one facing her. Laney understood that every beast had a different type of ability, even though they looked identical.


    The next moment, the knife appeared in her hand, and she shed. The beast turned out to be quicker than her and dodged the sh.


    Time flew by, and the battle continued for a while. After a slight struggle, Laney seeded in overpowering the beast and stopped when it was time for the killing strike.


    The beast escaped the mountain immediately, leaving the enormous quantity of Destrun defenseless.


    The color of Destrun was slightly darker, showing its higher level of purity. Laney had to work harder than before to grab the amount.


    Laney had only grabbed one-fourth of the amount when the beast returned. Laney believed that she would be able to win again, so she jumped into the battle.


    Her efforts didn''t fail her, and she won again. When she had stored half of the total Destrun material, the beast returned. Laney was still in a condition to battle, but she decided against continuing there.


    She needed strength after leaving the area, and she needed to leave before she would be forced out of Panagea. Laney had no idea what would change the next time she returned to Panagea after exiting.


    Laney ignored the beast and walked away from the mountain. No matter which way she looked, as far as her eyes could see, there were mountain after mountain covered in a great deal of Destrun. It meant Laney couldn''t find her way out of there.


    Laney decided to walk in the same direction she hade from, and only after walking for a few hundred meters, she suddenly stopped. In front of her stood a mountain of purest Destrun, and simrly a beast on its bottom whom she was unable to defeat at that time, and also in the near future.


    The thing that shocked Laney was that she didn''t remember the mountain in her path while searching for a suitable mountain of Destrun. It could only mean one thing, she had lost her direction.


    Laney frowned since she was confident that she was traveling in the same direction Laney hade from, but it had been hours, and she had yet toe across a change in the mountains.


    If she thought in another way, there were two reasons for the scene in front of her. The first was that the mountains were interchangeable, and any mountain could be ced anywhere. The second was that the material and the beast guarding it were evolving in real-time, turning a low-level pure Destrun into a high-level pure material.


    No matter what the reason behind the situation, neither was eptable to Laney. She needed to leave before her time to exit Panagea arrived. In fact, the situation made her feel even more urgentlypelled to leave. If things could take such a turn when she was present, she didn''t even dare imagine what would happen.


    The second reason made her feel slightly afraid. If it were correct, there could also be a situation where the beast evolves in the middle of her battle. Wouldn''t she die unjustly if something like that happened?


    To find out what the reason behind the change was, she walked ahead. Not long after, her face turned pale from fright since the worst case had happened.


    It turned out that her two hypotheses for the situation were correct. Both of them, not just one.


    She saw a mountain disappear, and then another appeared there. She also saw a blue light engulfing one Destrun mountain, and soon after, the material and the beast had evolved.


    Laney was standing and thinking of a way to leave the area when the ground beneath her feet rumbled. The next moment, she was knocked back into the air and immediately crashed into the nearest mountain.


    Laney''s face turned pale as if someone had drained all her blood. The mountain she had crashed on was one of the purest Destrun in the area, and to guard it, the beast was simrly one of the strongest.


    Laney had not even a little bit of a chance of winning the battle, but a surprising situation yed out. Like her, the beast had a horrified expression.


    But the beast was looking ahead, while Laney was afraid of the beast.


    The beast had noticed Laney crashing into the mountain it was born to protect, but the situation in front of it demanded that it ignore the stranger.


    Howl! Howl! Howl!


    The beast suddenly howled, and following that, other beasts in the area also followed suit.


    ***


    A/N: Happy Raksha Bandhan to every person who celebrates it. May the bond you have with your sibling keep growing!


    Sorry, only one chapter! Because of the festival, I ran out of time to write the second chapter.


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 Chapter 1351 Second Store Upgrade Quest(19)

    <h4>Chapter 1351 Second Store Upgrade Quest(19)</h4>


    Chapter 1351: Second Store Upgrade Quest(19)


    The beast ignored Laney and looked at the sky, howling indignantly. It was only the start, as one beast after another began to howl, creating a loud sound.


    Laney''s ears had begun to bleed from the sound. She tried to cover her ears with her hand or even energy, but nothing seemed to slow down the effects of the sound.


    The next moment, a shocking scene yed out in front of Laney. The mountains began to float while the beast started to explode in a blue-blooded cloud. Laney was also on one of the mountains, so she was also floating alongside it.


    Laney didn''t even think of jumping, as the floatation wasn''t straightforward but affected the space. When Laney tried to look down, she found a space storm where the mountain was on the ground.


    Things have long gone out of Laney''s control, so she could only hope to survive the situation and leave. The next moment, the mountain turned still, no longer floating up.


    Laney''s eyes almost jumped out of their sockets as she saw a city appear in front of her. It had appeared suddenly and only became visible to her once the mountain stopped.


    The city was grand, to say the least. Laney had never seen anything like the city in front of her.


    Before Laney could get over the shock and calm down, an invisible force acted on her. Following that, Laney found herself being pushed toward the city.


    No matter how Laney tried, her body was outside her control, and soon after, she got pulled inside the city.


    The force was so strong that Laney felt like someone was tearing her apart. A wave offortable energy passed over her when the pulling sensation disappeared.


    Laney looked above and saw a clear blue sky with white clouds and beautiful birds flying. At that moment, she felt someone tugging at her. She looked behind her and saw a young boy smiling at her.


    Laney almost screamed in fright when she saw the boy. The boy looked ugly, to say the least. His head was bald with saggy skin like an old man, while his teeth were ck and several of them were missing.


    To be precise, the boy looked more like an old man than a young boy. The boy noticed the expression change in Laney when she turned around.


    The next moment, an expression of unfriendliness passed in his eyes, and he turned around to leave.


    Instead of feeling disappointed, Laney felt relieved. She was sensing danger from the person.


    The relieved expression on Laney''s face suddenly froze as the boy came back. But he wasn''t alone any longer, and there was an army of people behind him.


    Even though the boy was one of the ugliest living things Laney had seen, she had topliment him when she noticed the others behind him. They were even worse.


    Laney immediately turned around to run, but there was another army of hideous creaturesing toward her.


    "Freeze!"


    Suddenly, a cold voice rang in the area. Laney felt cold seeping into her bones as she shuddered, but the situation with the army of people was even more terrible.


    Ayer of ice had engulfed every creature, and soon after, they were broken, disappearing into the air.


    The boy who had tugged Laney at the beginning was the only survivor of the ordeal. His eyes were filled with anger, making Laney feel a slight fear, but she found that she wasn''t the target of the re.


    Following the direction in which the creature was looking, Laney looked up and saw a bird floating in the air. It stood in the air as if there were an invisible surface beneath its feet.


    The bird was white like unsullied snow, and its piercing blue eyes emanated a chill. Its appearance was theplete opposite. If the young boy looked hideously ugly, then the bird had a stunningly majestic appearance.


    If eyes could kill, the boy would have killed the bird countless times. In the end, the boy had no choice but to sigh in anger and then leave.


    As the boy was about to leave, he suddenly stopped and looked at Laney. The next moment, Laney felt a burning pain on the back of her hand.


    She looked at the burning spot and found a pattern engraved there while her skin was charred.


    The bird in the sky suddenly opened its mouth and released a blue fog. The blue fog engulfed Laney, and the burning pain disappeared. But the pattern was still there without any hint of disappearance.


    "That is a tracking mark. He has targeted you as his enemy."


    The bird noticed Laney alternately looking at the pattern and then at itself, so it informed her.


    "But I didn''t do anything," Laneyined. The hideous creature was stronger than even the strongest beast she met while looking for a suitable Destrun mountain. How could she triumph over the grotesque creature if she was unable to do so there?


    "Don''t act innocent. He wanted to wee you to the city, but you looked at him with disgust," The bird immediately made Laney aware of her mistake.


    The bird didn''t wait for Laney''s response, and it flew away, leaving Laney standing there. She couldn''t help but feel guilty upon hearing the bird.


    No one would like to be treated with disgust, especially when the other party is stronger. At that moment, Laney suddenly remembered that the boy was here to wee her.


    Why would he wee her to this city? She wanted to ask, but there was no one who would answer.


    To find out the cause, Laney walked forward. The area where she was was an open area with no structure or any living being in sight on the ground.


    After walking for a while, Laney finally came across a third living being. Laney wanted to ask her, but before she could, the figure spat on the ground and shooed her away.


    Laney''s eyes became awkward and angry, but she controlled herself and no longer disturbed the woman. She then walked ahead, and living beings becamemon, as did different structures.


    The grand city Laney had seen from the mountain revealed the tip of its grandeur.

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    Chapter 1352: Second Store Upgrade Quest(20)


    Laney tried to ask many people about the city, but everyone treated her with disdain. Her eyes had almost be teary since that was the first time she had been treated like that.


    Even a battle where there was a ny-nine percent chance of her death seemed like a better option to herpared to what she was going through at that moment.


    But since she didn''t know how to leave the city, she needed to bear with the situation.


    Time flew by, and after crossing another of the many streets, she suddenly came face to face with the boy again.


    Laney suddenly stopped and cautiously looked at the boy. Since the boy had put a tracking mark on her, he certainly had no good intentions.


    The others present froze as well and gawked enthusiastically at the scene in front of them.


    The boy suddenly raised his right foot forward and approached Laney. That step felt like someone was stepping on her heart, making Laney extremely ufortable.


    The boy ignored Laney''s expression of difort and kept walking. He only stopped a step away from Laney.


    The boy then raised his hand, and a dark glow appeared around it. Laney wanted to back away but found that the space around her had frozen, and she could no longer move.


    The boy suddenly floated up, stopping at the same height as her. He then made a pping gesture using the hand covered in glow.


    Laney couldn''t let herself be pped like that, as that was a humiliation she wasn''t able to bear. She tried to force herself to move backward, but the harder she tried, the tougher it became for her to move.


    She could feel the hand as it was about to hit her cheeks. She closed her eyes, filled with anger, but the feeling of getting pped never came.


    She cautiously opened her eyes and found the boy smiling at her. The next moment, the boy raised his hand and patted her head.


    Before Laney couldprehend what was going on, her hand suddenly began to burn. It was the pattern.


    Boom!


    The next moment, the sound of an explosion rang, and Laney grunted in pain as her hand exploded.


    "Haha, he did it again!"


    "The girl will never dare to look that way at anyone else from now on."


    Laney suddenly heard bursts ofughter ringing in his ears, and the pain had also disappeared.


    Laney focused on her hand and found that it was without any injury, and the pattern had also disappeared.


    When she looked up, she found a cloud above her, and it was in the shape of a clown.


    It didn''t take long for her to understand the situation after seeing the scene and hearing some of the conversations between the people there.


    The boy was still floating at her height and looking at her with a smile.


    "Sorry for my rudeness." Laney immediately apologized to the boy.


    The boy didn''t say anything and turned around to leave when he suddenly froze as a voice rang in his head.


    "You didn''t do the wee."


    The owner of the voice was familiar, and it was none other than the bird.


    The boy stopped and turned again, facing Laney.


    Since Laney didn''t hear the bird''s voice, she didn''t know why the boy turned. She was already surprised by the situation.


    She didn''t want to see herself getting into a sudden showdown with the boy, so she decided to greet him.


    But before she could, she felt an invisible force of repulsion acting on her while a light appeared around her.


    The next moment, she waspletely shrouded in a burst of light. The light disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and with it, Laney had also left Panagea.


    The eyes of the boy and the people in the area suddenly froze, but immediately after, they returned to calm and dispersed.


    ***


    The next moment, Laney found herself in the portal room, standing in front of the virtual portal.


    Laney had seen too much that day, so she took a deep breath to calm her pounding heart.


    She then summoned the exchange window and looked for Destrun. Since she hadn''t exchanged Destrun for money inside Panagea, she could only pay arge amount of money to bring Destrun out in reality.


    If Laney were to profit, she would have thought of exchanging Destrun by paying Sacred stones, but the price was clearly higher than the price at which it was sold in the Sacred Dimension.


    Laney was relieved to find out that Destrun was there without any change in its quantity. She then waved her hands, and the exchange window disappeared, waiting for her to call it back another time.


    Laney then turned around and walked out of the room. She had the thought of discussing what she went through that day with Aakesh, but she decided against it after some consideration. Aakesh had done more than enough for her in Panagea.


    After walking out of the room, she noticed that there was a small line of customers in front of Aakesh. She had her training for the day left, so she turned right and walked toward the weapons room.


    Since she already had a Higher Store Card, she didn''t need to talk to Aakesh to enter the training area below the Gods & Demons level of difficulty. Laney''s target for the day was Immortal level, so she could directly pay from the card.


    After walking inside the room, Laney was greeted with the familiar sight of numerous murals. She nced at the ones rted to knives and then walked in the direction of the pir.


    After reaching the pir, Laney repeated the process she had long grown familiar with. The next moment, a golden, transparent barrier shrouded her to protect her while her eyes dimmed since her consciousness had left her body and entered the infinite space inside the training area.


    After entering, Laney chose a random race and random environment, and soon her training with the knife began. Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Since the time flow inside the training area was faster, only an hour had passed in the store when Laney was forced out of the training area.

 Chapter 1353 Two Personalities(21)

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    Chapter 1353: Two Personalities(21)


    Time flew by, and a new morning had arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities. Laney rushed inside the store like other customers after Aakesh moved away from the door.


    Laney heaved a sigh of relief when she saw herself shrouded in golden light. She then joined the queue and waited for her turn to talk to Aakesh.


    Since Laney had many things to talk about, she was thest in line. After some waiting, it was finally her turn.


    "Hello, Big Brother," Laney respectfully greeted Aakesh with a wide smile.


    Aakesh nodded back to her with a smile, and then Laney told Aakesh about what happened with her the day before in Panagea.


    As soon as Aakesh heard about the mountains of Destrun, he understood that they were not natural but an artificial creation. After hearing about the city, his guess turned out to be correct.


    Destrun was used as an array to travel to the city. Since the world of Panagea was vast, he had no idea about the city or what it was, despite being in Panagea for several thousand years. There were examples, but there were so many that Aakesh decided not to waste time thinking about what was the correct option.


    When Aakesh heard about the hideous boy, he told Laney about the race. Laney couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief when she heard Aakesh.


    The boy''s race was Frekinot. Every member of the race was born with hideous features. As for personalities, there were only two.


    Either the Frekinots were pranksters, or they were vengeful creatures. The one Laney met belonged to a prankful personality, so the boy only yed a prank on her. If it were of the vengeful type, things wouldn''t have been fine for her.


    Aakesh also gave Laney some tips on how to use the boy to her advantage.


    "Thank you, Big Brother." Laney sincerely thanked Aakesh and was about to walk toward the portal room.


    The next moment, she had to stop as Aakesh called her and stated, "If you step into the True God level in the next three years, I will give you the prize you have been waiting for."


    With Aakesh''s help, Laney had reached a state where no early True God would be a match for her on the the moment she stepped into the True God level. Aakesh wanted Laney to conquer amazing territories under her control, and all of them were ruled by intermediate True Gods or higher level cultivators.


    Aakesh had a grand ambition for Laney, so he gave her the test.


    "I will do it," Laney simply responded. She had a feeling that she had limited time to step into the True God level if she didn''t want to miss an opportunity, and that had been proven today by what Aakesh said.


    Laney didn''t stand there any longer to speak some unnecessary words and walked toward the portal room.


    Since Laney hadn''t gained anything significant the day before in Panagea, there was no change in her rankings on the leaderboard. She then walked toward the only empty virtual portal in the room since she was thest to enter with the first group of customers.


    As she touched the portal, a suction force appeared and devoured her. The next moment, the stars on the virtual portal turned gray, matching the other machines in the room, and the silence returned.


    ***


    Laney suddenly found herself back in the same spot where she was forced out of Panagea the previous day. Her sudden appearance alerted the people on the street, but suddenly something happened, and the people acted as if things were standard.


    Not long after her appearance, the boy appeared on the street and approached her. Since time flew faster in Panagea, even though only a day had passed outside Panagea, three days had gone by for the people inside Panagea.


    "Where have you been? We have been waiting for you." The boy reprimanded Laney for disappearing for three days. He didn''t remember Laney''s disappearance in front of him at all.


    "I was busy with something," Laney simply responded with an apologetic smile.


    If it were a different situation, the boy would have tried to pry into what happened, but that time, the boy simply nodded as if there was nothing wrong with what Laney said.


    "Since you are here, let me wee you on behalf of all citizens." The boy stated finding nothing wrong with what he said. At that moment, he didn''t even think that Laney didn''t need the wee and introduction, even though she had been gone for three days. It was as if someone was influencing his mind to think differently than normal.


    "Hello, I am Rimiru, and on behalf of the citizens, I wee you to Fring City," Rimiru stated.


    Laney responded with a polite smile, and then the boy stated something that shocked Laney.


    The Fring City was set up by an extremely powerful being over a billion Panagea years ago. Fring City was only one of the cities in a series of 36 cities set up by that person.


    The Fring City and the other 35 cities were special since these cities only had citizens but no leaders. And no citizen of the area could be its head. The city would randomly summon a being, and then that person would have to go through a trial. If they seeded, the city would lose its freedom, and that person would be the leader, with every citizen, irrespective of their level, needing to be loyal to the new leader.


    Laney couldn''t help but suck in a breath of cold air since the city had a poption of a few million, and there were many beings several times stronger than her in the group.


    Rimiru then informed her of the power of the leader, as if bewitching Laney to partake in the trial.


    The more Laney heard, the more interested and impressed she became. Her eyes were burning with excitement, and she was ready to pass the trial.


    Aakesh had informed her of the three-year deadline that day, and the city would surely help her achieve that goal.


    After Rimiru informed Laney of all the good things about passing the trial, he stopped for a few seconds and then opened his mouth again.

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    Chapter 1354: Disadvantages(22)


    Even though Laney became more and more excited about the trial, she wasn''t an idiot for making her decision immediately. There must have been adversity for there to be a trial. And because there were so many benefits, the difficulty must be even higher.


    Rimiru couldn''t help but nod in appreciation, seeing Laney remain calm despite the situation. Laney wasn''t the first to be summoned inside the city. There had been two participants before her.


    Both the earlier participants immediately agreed to the trial without finding the negatives. One of the two participants died a gruesome death, while one became a citizen of the city, losing his freedom to leave the city or ever be the leader.


    "Once you ept the trial, you can not forfeit thepetition¡­" Rimiru opened his mouth and shared with Laney about the two participants.


    Once the trial was active, it wasn''t easy to be a resident of the city. Even that took a lot of hardship since the other result was death.


    After hearing about the negatives of participating in the trial, Rimiru asked for Laney''s answer.


    Laney didn''t immediately answer but stood there silently. What made her fret was the fact that once she epted the trial, she couldn''t leave the city at all.


    When Rimiru told Laney that his voice seemed to have be mechanical and time seemed to have frozen, meaning that once she epted the trial, she wouldn''t be able to leave Panagea.


    Laney had no issue with staying in Panagea continuously, but she was worried about whether the store would allow it. If the store didn''t, and she got forcefully pulled out, wouldn''t that cost her the trial since her life''s presence should never disappear from the city for even a second?


    When Laney was thinking that, a piece of information suddenly appeared in her head, astonishing her.


    The information was regarding the dilemma she was facing at that moment. ording to it, it was possible to stay in Panagea without leaving if the quest required her, but it wasn''t cheap.


    Since Laney stayed in Panagea, it would cost many customers over time not to be able to enter Panagea. There was also the fact that the store closed its doors at sunset, and she would still be inside Panagea, employing its services.


    Laney was unaware that Aakesh had been informed about the information before it appeared in her head. Only after Aakesh chose to agree with it did the system send information to Laney.


    Aakesh''s choice had nothing to do with Laney, who was the chosen applicant for the second store upgrade quest. He would still concur even if there was a different customer in her ce.


    The quest was an opportunity for the customers, and Aakesh didn''t want to take that away from them. Except for Lily, Laney was the second adventurer toe across a quest like that, where she was bound to stay in Panagea until shepleted the mission. Those kinds of missions were extremely rare and required immense fortune.


    As for the pricy cost associated with the quest, Aakesh could do nothing about it. Even though the store didn''t take away the opportunities gained by the customers, it didn''t give them for free.


    If Laney wanted to ept the trial and stay in Panagea, she would have to pay the usual 3x sum of 75 lesser Sacred stones for every Panagea hour, but that was only for the daytime. After the store closed, the cost to stay in Panagea would grow to five times the original cost, meaning Laney would have to pay 375 lesser stones every hour during the closing time.


    As for the entry cost of 75 lesser stones, it would stay the same, and Laney would have to pay it every day until the day she exited Panagea when her entry and exit became as normal as those of other store customers.


    If Laney agreed, she would have to pay 32,475 lesser Sacred stones every day. The sum wasn''t worth considering the wealth she had umted in Panagea, but she had no idea how much time it would take her to pass the trial.


    "Without risks, there are no great sesses," Laney suddenly mumbled under her breath as her decision was made.


    "I will ept the trial," Laney smilingly responded. Rimiru had expected a response like that since the reward was such that no one could stop themselves from taking risks.


    The next moment, Rimiru and other citizens on the street began pping for her, weing her decision. Even though Laney was weaker than many of them, none dared underestimate her.


    When the creator of the city formed Fring and the other 35 cities, she had designed the trial in a way that it would be fair for every participant, irrespective of their power level.


    Laney simply smiled in response to the pping from the people, unaware of the storm she had caused inside the store.


    The first group that entered the store, was shrouded in golden light. Following that every batch of 31,148 customers would be covered in silver light, showing that they were next in the line.


    The moment Laney epted the quest, the number of customers covered in silver light decreased to 31,147, making the 31,148th customer restless. He panicked and looked around him, not knowing what he did that forced him out of the group.


    The man immediately stood up from his meditation and walked toward the store owner. He was frustrated inside, but outside he smiled and joined the queue.


    After some time, it was his turn. He didn''t even have to ask the question when Aakesh opened his mouth and said, "To apologize for you and the others losing their turn to enter Panagea, the store would give you a free stay in Panagea for 18 Panagea hours."


    At the same time, the other customers who lost their spot heard the same message in their heads, shocking them.


    There was one customer, who wouldn''t be able to enter Panagea for the day, so he got a week''s free stay inside Panagea for six Sacred hours a day. It depended on his ability to get a spot and the store wouldn''t reserve a spot for him. Every free thing would bepensated by Aakesh''s pocket.

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    Chapter 1355: Beginning(23)


    After Laney epted the trial, she was graced with the ps of the people on the street.


    There was also a bird in the air, looking at the happening scenes. Its eyes were calm since its status in the city was higher than others.


    When the creator constructed the city, she assigned a guardian for every city, and the bird was the guardian of the Fring City.


    The guardian would be an observer of the trial and was also the only being that wouldn''t be a follower of whoeverpleted the tests and became the city lord.


    The bird pped its wings and soared into the sky, disappearing in no time. After the ps came to an end, the behavior of the citizens changed toward Lany. It was no longer weing or angry but pure indifference as if Laney''s existence didn''t matter to them.


    Only Rimiru was an exception to that and asked Laney to follow him. She simply nodded in response and followed the boy. She found the sudden change in emotions surprising but didn''t take it to heart. Her challenge was to pass the trial and win over the ruling position of the city. What the citizens had in their hearts for her was a useless fact to ponder over.


    After following Rimiru for a while, Laney came across a gigantic vacant field. Rimiru kept walking, and after his seventh step, he suddenly disappeared.


    Laney followed the same steps as Rimiru and also disappeared from the scene after her seventh step. The next moment, an enormous structure that looked like a fortress but was destroyed appeared in front of her.


    The ruined fortress had no end in Laney''s sight. She felt surprised by the extent of destruction the fortress had seen. There was not even a single spot of one meter without even a small crack. Anywhere Laney focused, she noticed the damage.


    What was even more surprising was that despite the fortress being so damaged, it gave her a feeling of majesty simr to a new one.


    Rimiru, who was only a step ahead of her, knelt down, paying obeisance to the fortress. The next moment, a phenomenon yed out as light particles began to gather.


    Their location was where Rimiru''s head would be if he were standing. After a wait of three minutes, the light particles stopped gathering, and a heptagon crystal appeared.


    Laney felt an intense urge to grab the crystal, but she controlled herself and stood her ground.


    Rimiru kept kneeling for eight more minutes, during which it took every ounce of Laney''s strength to make her stop from rushing to the crystal and grab it.


    When Rimiru stood up, he couldn''t help but nod in appreciation at Laney''s self-control. He then walked to the heptagon crystal and respectfully took it.


    Rimiru then turned around and walked to Laney with the crystal in his mind. Laney''s eyes turned red as she suddenly extended her hands to snatch the crystal from Rimiru.


    When her right hand was about to reach Rimiru, she suddenly bit her tongue, creating a spurt of blood, and forcefully grabbed her right hand using her left hand.


    Rimiru noticed Laney''s intense struggle. The more he saw, the more astonished he felt toward her. At the same time, a sense of excitement began to grow in his heart.


    The two participants that came before Laney were also able to control themselves for a while, but as soon as Rimiru went to them with the crystal, they tried to snatch it from him.


    After a long struggle, Laney finally seeded in defeating her urge. When she let go of her right hand, blood could be seen on the outside of the skin. The strength Laney had used to restrain herself resulted in her blood veins exploding and dense cracks in her bones.


    Since the injury didn''t contain any negative elements, it began to heal right away. In only a few seconds, the veins were restored, and the bone cracks disappeared.


    Rimiru then passed the crystal to Laney. Laney struggled for a moment but then decided to take it.


    What Laney thought didn''t happen after she epted the crystal. Since the urge to take the crystal was so strong, she believed there would be some changes after she held it in her own hands.


    Rimiru didn''t even have to exin what the crystal was since a new wave of memory appeared in her head. She felt a slight headache, but it was an instant phenomenon, and things returned to normal right away.


    The heptagon crystal was the key to the ruined fortress ahead of her. She only needed to feed the crystal blood, and it would be bound to her.


    Since Laney had epted the trial, there was no going back. She also didn''t have to fear any kind of negative influence on her in reality since what happened in Panagea didn''t affect reality unless exchanged.


    The next moment, she bit the tip of her finger, and her blood spilled onto the transparent heptagon crystal. As the red blood appeared, the crystal''s color began to change to match the blood.


    The blood absorption process only stopped when the crystal had devoured a few liters of her blood. And once the process had ended, the crystal hadpletely changed.


    Earlier, it was transparent, but after the process, it had turned into an opaque blood crystal. It looked as if it was dried blood.


    At the same time, Laney''s connection with the crystal had also reached the same state as it was with the Yellow King.


    On the front of the crystal, the name of the city was written, and below it Laney''s minor details.


    [City: Fring City


    Rank: 35,


    City Guardian: Chidi


    City Lord: None,


    Trial number: 3


    Participant: Laney


    Race: Gurotus


    Gender: Female


    Number of questspleted: 0


    Remaining quests: 10


    Bonus: None


    Weapon: None


    Companion: None¡­]


    The crystal contained many details about her. When Laney saw no weapon, she was confused since she was a knife user and she had several of them for her use.


    Laney asked Rimiru about it and found that no outside weapon or skill could be used during the trial. Everything usable needed to be earned during the trial.


    Laney nodded and returned her focus to the crystal.

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    Chapter 1356: The First Quest(24)


    As Laney''s eyes moved down the sections and read the details, she couldn''t help but jump in shock after hearing the number of quests remaining.


    It would take her ten quests to pass the trial and be the city lord. At the end of the crystal, her first quest was there.


    Her first quest was extremely simple, so simple that it astonished Laney. She looked at Rimiru, only to find that he had disappeared. She looked around, but there was no sign of him anywhere.


    Laney then stopped looking for him and focused on the crystal. The first quest had a simple requirement. It was to stand at the tallest point of the damaged fortress and channel the pattern imprinted there.


    Laney stopped worrying about the simplicity of the quest and walked forward. The tallest point of the fortress was only a few hundred meters from him, and Laney was cautious at every junction so that no sudden ident urred to her.


    Laney reached the tallest point without any trouble and also saw the pattern. She looked confused since the pattern was also very simple.


    She then stood on the required section and channeled the energy flow. The next moment, a storm of elemental particles appeared around her, and soon it turned into a vortex.


    Every elemental particle in Laney''s unseeable range was being devoured, while the pattern on the ground had begun to glow.


    In no time, the glow had reached a blinding level. Laney had no choice but to move her eyes away, but the light followed them.


    The next moment, the glow expanded and soon shrouded him. It wasn''t the end but only the beginning. The glow continued expanding and soon covered whatever Laney could see of the fortress.


    At that moment, Laney had no choice but to forcefully cut off her sense of sight since her eyes had begun to bleed. The channeling had also grown out of her control, and she no longer followed her instructions.


    Laney felt she had made some mistake and panicked, but she had no choice other than to wait.


    Time flew by, and Laney felt the surroundings calm down after what felt like an eternity. The next moment, when she opened her eyes, they almost jumped out of their sockets in shock.


    At that moment, Laney felt herself standing at a dangerous height, while the ground beneath her foot was onlyrge enough to amodate her. When she tried to look below, she felt nothing but an endless journey to the ground.


    Suddenly the thought of jumping appeared in her head. It was almost an instinct, but Laney controlled herself.


    She finally understood what the first quest wanted from her. It was to restore the castle but in a simple and efficient way.


    Laney then looked at the crystal in her hand and found that the details were unchanged. She frowned since she had already done what the crystal wanted from her.


    Since there were no changes, it could only mean that the first quest wasn''tplete yet.


    "Will it only beplete after jumping down?" Laney mumbled since there was no other way to go down.


    Laney had items to help her fly, but she found that her space ring had been locked, and she could do nothing to unlock it.


    Laney had no choice but to jump down if she didn''t want to keep standing there. Laney then took a deep breath and jumped.


    Laney kept falling. The wind was so strong that she was unable to open her eyes. It only added to the tension of the situation.


    At the same time, the velocity at which she was falling also grew, reaching a dangerous level in no time. The panic in her heart kept growing, and after what felt like an eternity, she found the wind slowing down.


    She tried to open her eyes and found that her falling velocity had slowed down. The surface had also started to be visible to her.


    As she got closer to the surface, her falling speed decreased, and she finallynded on the ground with no injury. Laney had no time to think of the adventure she had gone through when she saw what was ahead of her.


    In front of her stood an enormously astonishing fortress. It was one of the most stunning views Laney had ever witnessed.


    At the same time, the crystal on her hands glowed blood red, and soon there were changes.


    [...


    Number of questspleted: 1


    Remaining quests: 9


    Bonus: Flying Adventurer


    ¡­]


    Not only had the remaining number of quests decreased by one, but Laney had also received a bonus. When she tapped on it, a new screen jumped out in front of her.


    The skill was simple but worthwhile. Laney''s level hadn''t reached the point where she could fly in Panagea, but she no longer had to worry about it.


    The bonus allowed Laney to fly and safely descend to the ground, no matter what the height, without worrying about the strong wind. Laney immediately put it to the test since it would be her first flight without any items.


    As for how to fly, the information had automatically appeared in her head. As soon as she activated the skill, she hadplete mastery of it. She slowly floated up, and as the distance between her and the surface grew, her speed also increased.


    In no time, she had reached a height where the surface had started to be blurry. Even at that point, the tallest point of the fortress was nowhere in sight.


    The skill consumed energy, andrge amounts at that. Laney wanted to test the descent as well, so she kept flying up.


    The tallest point was still nowhere in sight, but Laney had exhausted her energy. The next moment, she stopped floating up but began to descend.


    Laney no longer had to close her eyes, worrying about the strong wind. She opened her hands like an eagle and enjoyed the moment since it had been a long time since she had that much fun.


    When she was only a mile away from the surface, her descent speed began to decrease, and she safelynded on the ground. Her eyes were filled with the joy of the moment.

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    Chapter 1357: The Second Quest(25)


    Everything muste to an end, and so was the case with the thrill of flying for the first time.


    Since the skill had devoured every bit of Laney''s energy, she felt ufortable. But the next moment, a wave offortable, warm energy flew through her veins, and every pore of her body cheered in excitement.


    In only a few seconds, her body, which was hungry for energy, was filled to the brim.


    Laney looked at the crystal, but there was still no mention of the second quest.


    Since the quest wasn''t appearing, it could mean two things. The first was that the required time hadn''t arrived, and the second was that Laney hadn''t met the condition.


    Unaware of what reason was correct since Laney had nothing to do, she decided to check out the enormous fortress in front of her.


    Just the pedestal to the fortress was over tens of miles, and at the end of it, a gigantic fountain awaited her.


    The fountain had no water to speak of, and when Laney saw the statue at its center, her eyes opened wide in shock.


    The statue was familiar to her since it was none other than her. Even she couldn''t imagine herself to be as majestic as she looked in the sculpture.


    Before the shock could get over, the heptagon crystal in her hand began to glow and burn.


    Laney couldn''t help but groan in pain and stare at her hand. The glow was blood red, and what was even more surprising was that the crystal was slowly melting.


    The longer the melting process went on, the more ufortable she felt. When one-fourth of the crystal was left, a charring smell began to emanate from her hand.


    Laney gritted her teeth and persisted through the pain, but at one point, it began to feel unbearable.


    Even though the charring smell kept growing in intensity, her hand remained normal with only a fixed ck spot, which was getting darker and darker.


    When only one-tenth of the crystal was left, the process became excruciatingly slow. Even a tiny disappearance took an hour, and the process only became longer and longer.


    After thirty hours of excruciating pain, the process finally came to a stop, giving her a moment of reprieve.


    Before she could breathe a sigh of relief, she suddenly felt a bump rise on the back of her right hand.


    Argh!


    Laney couldn''t help but cry in pain, but fortunately for her, the pain didn''tst for long.


    It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, but the intensity was such that it left a mark on her, making her forget her painful torture for hours.


    She immediately focused on the bump and found that it was no longer there. Instead, there was a heptagon pattern imprinted in pitch ck.


    At the center of the pattern was the fortress design in blood red.


    Laney suddenly heard the sound of water running, and as she looked at the fountain, she found that her statue had now changed.


    Earlier, she was standing with her eyes looking at the top. It seemed that the she in the statue could directly see the tip of the fortress.


    But after the change, the statue had now turned into her looking at the sky with her eyes peering at the fortress'' entrance.


    It didn''t seem as majestic as the one earlier, but she couldn''t help but feel more familiar and closer to the second change.


    Laney then suddenly had the thought of tapping on the pattern on her hand, and so she did. The next moment, a projection emerged from the pattern, and it kept growing. It only stopped when it had covered the entire range of Laney''s sight.


    It contained the same details as what the physical crystal did, and the details of the second quest had also appeared.


    When Laney read the details, she couldn''t help but be surprised. She finally saw the difficulty ofpleting the trial and became the city head.


    The quest also helped her find more details about the Fring and the other thirty-five cities. When she heard about the quest, she thought that the creator had constructed these cities in different locations.


    But ording to the second quest, all thirty-six cities were neighbors. To find these cities from the ground, the location was different for each city, but in the air, all 35 cities were established in an enormous circle.


    There were four circles, with one city at the center of them. The first circle contained three cities, the second circle five, the third nine, and the fourth ring consisted of the remaining 18 cities.


    The city at the center was the strongest and had the toughest trials. It was also the only city where the city heads of the other 35 metropolises couldpete to be the rulers of that one. Fring City was in the fourth circle and way weaker than the cities in the inner circles.


    The city that was closest to Fring was Gring City, which was three hundred thousand miles away and blocked by a forest full of beasts and one powerful enemy tribe. The second quest wanted Laney to create a channel between Fring and Gring for trade.


    Gring City also had no city head, so there would be no help from their side in the mission, and Laney needed toplete everything on her own.


    At the same time, Laney had a limited time of one year toplete the quest. Laney could only imagine the difficulty of the quests if the second had such a high level of difficulty.


    Unless shepleted the seventh mission, she wasn''t even eligible to be a resident of the city. Laney couldn''t help but want to meet the previous participant, who hadpleted seven quests.


    Laney didn''t want to miss anything, so she stopped her mind from wandering and focused on the projection. After Laney had read every word in the quest screen, a new page opened up in the projection. It contained the basicyout of the forest, providing some information to Laney.


    ***


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 Chapter 1358 A New Beast(26)

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    Chapter 1358: A New Beast(26)


    "Hello, store owner," Phily greeted Aakesh respectfully. Phily had be a regr customer of the store after finding out about it.


    But for the past few years, he hadn''t visited the store, and that changed that day. As Phily appeared in the store, his eyes contained excitement.


    Phily remembered that he had taken a loan to buy the beast from the store and had chosen one thousand years to pay it back. But only twenty-odd years had passed, and he was eligible to return it. Not only that, he had earned enough wealth to buy a True God level beast for himself.


    The Golden Crown Whale he bought was on the verge of stepping into the True God level, and since he had wealth, he decided to buy another one.


    Unlike the Golden Crown Whale, his cultivation had been stale at the intermediate True God, but he was doing it intentionally. He wanted to build his foundation before progressing, and he also feared the dream.


    Even though the dream had allowed him to reach a level where he was able to have the kind of money that he couldn''t even imagine in his dreams, he still feared for his safety. Phily knew the basic rule of business: if there was a trade, then there were both receiving and giving. Phily was only on the receiving end, unaware of what he would have to give.


    "Senior, I want to return my loan with interest," Phily respectfully said, passing over the credit card to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from his hands. His borrowing limit had grown outrageouslypared to what it was twenty-five years ago.


    The next moment, Aakesh tapped on the borrowed amount, and following that, an alert appeared in Phily''s head.


    After Phily epted the alert, two ultimate Sacred stones were deducted from his store card. At the same time, changes urred on the credit card.


    The section showing the borrowed and remaining amount turned nk, signifying that Phily had no debt. Aakesh then returned the card to its owner.


    Phily respectfully took the card and stored it inside the store card. He then thanked Aakesh and walked toward the beast''s room.


    From the next day on, he would focus on Panagea since he believed that the wealth he had in his hands at that moment was enough for him to no longer worry about it for a long time.


    When Phily walked into the room, he was greeted with the familiar sight of murals, two pirs, and a square device. The next time Phily came there, he was forced to choose the first pir, but he no longer had to worry about it.


    Considering the change in his situation, Phily couldn''t help but feel proud. At the same time, the fear of the dream also became stronger in his heart.


    ***


    Phily pressed the button, initiating the first round of summoning. The next moment, the square light began to rotate and kept doing so for five seconds.


    As the rotation stopped, a beast unfamiliar to him appeared on the screen. But as soon as his eyes fell on it, its details began to appear in his head, making the beast familiar, and simr to the past, he didn''t feel anything wrong with it.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hand.


    [Name: Golden Resurgent Falcon


    Type: Beast


    Race: Falcon


    Element: Light, Resurgence, Strength


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early True God


    Characteristics: Eternal Blessing


    Details: The Golden Resurgent Falcon ensures that its benevolent presence continues to bestow blessings upon allies throughout the battle. It can mark its allies, and the marked allies be immortal for a fixed duration. In that state, no attack can kill them as long as the Golden Resurgent Falcon is alive.


    Number of Allies: 3


    Duration: 15 minutes


    Ability:


    1.) Sunfire ze: The Golden Resurgent Falcon can engulf its talons in a zing aura of sunfire, striking enemies with searing precision and inflicting burning damage.


    2.) Sr Inferno: The Golden Resurgent Falcon unleashes a concentrated burst of sr mes; the Falcon engulfs a designated enemy in an unquenchable ze, causing continuous burning damage over time.


    3.) Sanctuary of Renewal: The Golden Resurgent Falcon erects a sanctuary that rapidly regenerates the health and energy of allies within its protective radius.


    4.) Radiant Aegis: The Golden Resurgent Falcon conjures a radiant shield of light that absorbs iing attacks and reflects a portion of the damage back at attackers.


    5.) Celestial Restoration: The Golden Resurgent Falcon can mend shattered armor and mend broken weapons, restoring the equipment of its allies to their pristine condition.


    ...


    11.) Celestial Empowerment: The Golden Resurgent Falcon can amplify allies'' abilities, granting them ess to heightened magical and physical prowess.


    12.) Divine Intervention: The Golden Resurgent Falcon''s presence invokes divine intervention, granting allies temporary invincibility and a surge of power when they face insurmountable odds.


    ...


    15.) Dawn''s Wrath: The Golden Resurgent Falcon summons the fury of the dawn, creating a dazzling explosion of light that blinds and damages all enemies within its radius.


    16.) Luminous Judgment: The Golden Resurgent Falcon channels the radiant power into a devastating beam of searing light, disintegrating enemies in its path and leaving behind a scorched battlefield.


    Card Description: The Golden Resurgent Falcon is a formidable, terrifying creature. Its attributes of light, resurgence, and strength make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Golden Resurgent Falcon.


    Price: Seven hundred ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the Golden Resurgent Falcon. It was a majestic and awe-inspiring creature, embodying the essence of divine radiance and strength. It possessed a regal and muscr physique, entuating itsmanding presence. Its feathers bathed in a glorious golden hue, resembling molten gold and shimmering with an ethereal shine. Each feather was adorned with intricate patterns that seemed to dance with radiant light, creating an enchanting disy of colors.


    Its talons, as sharp as daggers, sparkled with a fiery intensity, copying the power of the sun. The Golden Resurgent Falcon had a prating gaze, full of wisdom andpassion, that exuded a sense of resolve.

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    Chapter 1359: Majestic History(27)


    Phily felt surprised and excited reading the details on the beast card.


    The Golden Resurgent Falcon wasn''t just a royal race in the Falcon group. It was once the overlord of the beast group and also the most powerful race of the Sacred Dimension for a short time.


    It wasn''t that the Golden Resurgent Falcon lost power in a struggle with other overlord races, but their short-lived tenure as the most powerful race was only because every member of the race had ascended to the Primordial Dimension.


    If Phily won the taming battle, the Golden Resurgent Falcon would appear in the Sacred Dimension after a long time.


    Considering the majestic history of the beast, how could Phily not be excited about it? He then left the queue and walked toward the square device.


    ***


    While Phily was waiting for his taming battle, Laney was preparing for her second quest.


    Since Laney wasn''t eligible to use her own weapons and skills for theplete trial, she couldn''t do the quest only by herself, and the mission also didn''t have any such requirement.


    The creator had designed the trial in a way that would test not only the participant but also their leadership capability and how they lead the citizens of the city.


    The biggest challenge in creating a trade channel between the Fring and Gring was the Geronics Tribe. It was a tribe full of warriors belonging to a demon group.


    The tribe had around five thousand members, with even the weakest of them being above Level 100. As for the leader of the tribe, it was Level 200+.


    In a frontal fight, Laney stood no chance against the tribe since she wasn''t capable enough to defeat even the elites of the tribe, let alone win against the leader.


    To have a battle, she needed the help of citizens, so the first task in her hands was to find capable men. But there was an issue: Laney had no idea how to leave the forest andmunicate with the city''s people.


    Laney was worrying about the situation when she heard the sound of pping wings. She turned around and looked into the sky, noticing a bird flying toward her.


    The bird was familiar to her since it was the same bird she had met after entering the city.


    "It seems I havee at the right time." The birdmented upon seeing the worried expression on Laney''s face.


    "Are you worried about how to leave the fortress?" The bird then asked.


    Laney nodded in surprise since the bird knew what she was thinking.


    "Before worrying about those things, why don''t you check the fortress?" The bird suggested.


    "I will be your guide. Let''s go," It immediately added, not even waiting for Laney''s response.


    The bird then pped its wings and flew toward the fortress. Laney only looked surprised for a moment by the scene, but then she followed the bird.


    After walking for a while, an enormous gate appeared in front of her.


    The bird was flying at a hundred-meter height, and yet it was unable to pass through the air above the gate. It had an awkward expression. Despite being the city''s guardian, it had no control over the fortress.


    Laney noticed the bird''s awkward movement, but she herself wasn''t sure what to do next. It was not like she could push open the door in front of her.


    Laney didn''t have to worry for long, and the next moment, the pattern engraved at the back of her hand suddenly glowed.


    Rumble!


    The next moment, the ground beneath her feet rumbled. For a moment, Laney felt that the entire fortress was shaking.


    She didn''t focus on that much as the gigantic gate in front of her began to slowly open. Only a small gap had opened, but that was more than enough for Laney to pass through.


    At the same time, the air barrier stopping the bird also disappeared, and it flew inside the fortress from above the gate.


    Laney''s mouth widened in shock when she entered the fortress. She appeared in the same spot she had found herself in after entering the city.


    "The fortress is inside the city, but the city is also inside the fortress." The bird mumbled, seeing the shocked expression on Laney''s face.


    Laney couldn''t help but make a weird expression since what the bird said seemed more like useless words hidden in the guise of divine knowledge.


    ''What does that even mean?'' Laney couldn''t help but think in her heart.


    The bird didn''t say anything to solve Laney''s confusion, but it pped its wings and flew away.


    Laney stopped wasting her time on what the bird said and focused on what was ahead of her. Anyway, she could solve that puzzleter.


    She then walked forward, but the people she met were clearly different from what she had met before. At the same time, everyone respectfully bowed toward her whenever she passed them.


    ng! ng! ng!


    Laney suddenly stopped in her tracks when she heard the sound of metal shing. She turned in that direction and found a group of soldiers covered in armor approaching her.


    The sound was caused by the handrest hitting the waist metal. When the group of people was ten meters away from her, they stopped and respectfully bowed toward her.


    Laney nodded and then stood straight. There were nine members in the group. The next moment, a cool moment took ce.


    A soldier suddenly walked to the left and stood there, and then a soldier walked to the right and stood there. The same pattern followed four more times, and four soldiers stood on both sides. Only one man remained in the center.


    The man had a proud expression on his face as, instead of walking to the left or right like others in the group, he strode forward, approaching Laney.


    It was clearly a show-off moment, but Laney didn''t feel disdain or cringe since the man approaching her was more powerful than any being in Panagea she hade across. If Laney could get the man''s help, she would no longer have to worry about the second quest.


    If Laney knew the actual strength of the bird, she wouldn''t have made that conjecture, but the bird looked too ordinary for the power it held in the city.

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    Chapter 1360: Pagoda(28)


    "Wee to Fring Fortress, my Lady!" The man respectfully greeted Laney. He then extended his right hand, asking for Laney''s hand.


    Laney nodded and extended her hand. The man suddenly smiled and shook his head. He then pointed toward her right hand.


    Laney awkwardly took her left hand back and extended her right hand. The man gently held it and looked at the pattern on it.


    The man then let go of her hand and saluted her, with his left palm touching his chest and his right hand touching his forehead.


    Laney nodded in response, and then, without wasting any time, the man turned around and left the scene. Laney, who wanted to take the man''s help in the quest, stood there in surprise, watching the man''s back.


    Laney stood there for a while and then left the scene, taking a deep breath. As for her direction, it wasn''t random, but she was following the path shown in the pattern.


    Only after the man left did Laney notice the change in the pattern. A direction symbol had appeared on it, asking Laney to follow it. If not for the direction being opposite of where the man went, Laney would have thought that she was going to follow the man, and since she wasn''t quicker than him, she needed the help of directions.


    Laney had to walk for around an hour, and the pattern finally returned to normal. In front of her stood a pagoda consisting of nine floors. Laney felt a sense of closeness toward the structure, and it didn''t take long for her to find the source of the feeling.


    She felt the same connection to the pagoda that she did to the crystal when she linked it with her blood. The pattern at the back of her hand also glowed, showing that she had found the correct answer.


    Laney then walked toward the pagoda, soon reaching its gate. The door was closed, but unlike thest time, it didn''t open on its own.


    Laney had to put everything into her push to push the door open. When the gates opened, a dark inside greeted his sight.


    Laney took a deep breath and stepped inside.


    Thud!


    The next moment, a loud sound rang in her ears, and the darkness around her intensified. But it was only for a moment, and soon, me torches began to appear on their own, lighting up the room.


    Laney turned around and found the exit had disappeared. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves. The day had brought many changes for her, and everything had happened so quickly that her nerves were tensed all day.


    Laney understood that there was no point in being anxious when she had already epted the quest. But it was easier said than done. Laney didn''t fear death since there was no death in Panagea for the customers, but what tensed her was the time.


    She wouldn''t be able to leave Panagea as long as the trial was active, and she only had three years of time in the Sacred Dimension to reach the True God level.


    Laney took continuous deep breaths, and her nerves finally calmed down to some extent. She then focused on what was ahead of her.


    Even though Laney had entered the pagoda, she found herself standing at the edge of the forest with an invisible barrier blocking him from moving any further.


    What surprised Laney even more was the fact that the forest ahead of her was the same as the barrier between Fring and Gring City.


    ''Am I teleported to the forest?'' Laney couldn''t help but think in her head. But her confusion didn''tst long as a piece of information appeared in her head.


    The pagoda was specially made for the participants to prepare them for the quests. The creator knew the difficulty of the quests she created, so she tried to help the participants.


    Learning about it, Laney frowned instead of feeling excited. If the two participants still could not finish the trial with that kind of assistance from the creator, then the difficulty must have been extremely high.


    ***


    The forest ahead of her was a mini version of the forest where Laney needed toplete the quest. There were enemies spread across the forest she needed to hunt, and that would give her different rewards.


    If Laney wanted to ask for the help of the city''s soldier, she would need to collect a recruiting token. The token would be randomly found after the sessful killing of enemies inside the forest.


    Without the recruitment token, Laney wouldn''t be able to ask for their help and would have toplete the missions on her own.


    Laney walked forward, entering the forest. Her primary goal was to find as many recruitment tokens as possible.


    Since the leader of the Geronics tribe was a level 200+ being, there was no way Laney could defeat him, so she didn''t need a weapon or a skill for the second quest.


    A st of wind hit her face as her first stepnded inside the forest. She thought there was an enemy attack, but it was simply wind.


    Laney then walked inside the forest, and after walking for a while, she came across a settlement of Orcs. The settlement was small, with only around a hundred Orcs.


    It seemed more like one family than a group of families. When Laney saw them, they also saw her.


    Every life inside the forest was an enemy that Laney needed to hunt, and the same was the case with those living inside the forest.


    Whoever killed the participant would be eligible to be the city''s resident as well, and they could also allow five more people beside them to be residents.


    Since both parties had something to gain from each other, they attacked. Laney couldn''t use any weapon or any skill, so her weapon was her fist.


    The group charging at Laney consisted of even children Orcs. Laney felt no sympathy and attacked.


    As her punch collided with the closest Orc, the creature''s shoulder exploded, knocking him out.


    In no time, the battle came to an end. It was less of a fight and more of a massacre.


    Except for two children, who couldn''t even utterplete Orc words, everyone was dead.

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    Chapter 1361: Third Hand(29)


    Laney couldn''t bring herself to kill those two Orcs, so she left them alive.


    Not every hunt would result in loot, so even though Laney killed more than a hundred Orcs, she only gained five rewards from them.


    Unfortunately for Laney, she didn''t get even a single recruitment token. There was no skill or weapon in the loot, but simply fragments of a skill.


    Of the five fragments, three belonged to one skill, while the remaining belonged to another.


    Both the skills were of different quality and level. The one with the three fragments was of lower quality, yet she needed one hundred of them toplete a skill.


    For the second one, Laney needed a thousand of them since the skill was of better quality.


    From what Laney could make of the skills, she didn''t like any of them, but since anything was better when she didn''t have any skills, she decided to keep them.


    The pattern at the back of her hand also acted as space storage, so Laney stored the five fragments. She then walked forward, leaving the two children.


    When Laney had walked more than a mile, a being appeared where the settlement was before Laney''s massacre. The man looked at the two survivors, who were eating the remains of the corpses.


    A grin spread across the man''s face, and he extended his right hand. The next moment, the two children Orcs flew to his hand.


    A red glow emerged from the man''s hand and began to melt into the two Orcs. After a few seconds, the man released the two Orcs and disappeared from the scene.


    The two Orcs on the ground were slowly growing in size while sharp tips began to emerge around their hands.


    In no time, the two Orcs had grown taller than any past Orc in the group, and there was also an aura of evil around them.


    Their eyes seemed to have lost sanity when they turned in the direction Laney had left.


    The two Orcs seemed to have learned a new skill as they suddenly disappeared from the scene, turning into mes.


    Laney was cautiously moving forward when she suddenly sensed danger to her life. She didn''t dare mistrust her intuition and immediately jumped away.


    Boom!


    The next moment, an explosion urred where she stood a moment before, and from the explosion, two Orcs rose.


    Laney couldn''t help but be surprised since the two Orcs had the same aura as the two children Orcs she spared. But she couldn''t think of how the two children grew so strong in a span of only a few seconds.


    Before Laney could think of more, one of the two Orcs pounced on her. The other Orc also followed.


    Laney felt extreme danger from the two Orcs, but since there was no escape, she had no choice but to fight them head-on.


    Ugh!


    Laney couldn''t help but groan in pain as she felt her fist burning after the punch crashed into the Orc.


    When Laney looked at her fist, she found it had slightly ckened while her skin seemed softer. She then looked at the spot where her punchnded.


    Seeing that her punch resulted in heavy damage, Laney couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief.


    If she were about to just get burned without damaging the Orc, the situation would be too dire for her.


    Since the Orc could be damaged, Laney decided to ignore the pain and simply focus on the fight.


    With every strike that his punchnded, the pain grew while her skin began to melt.


    But after repeated punches, the battle finally came to an end. Laney had grown fully exhausted, but when she saw something emerging from both corpses, she no longer felt exhausted.


    What Laney was unaware of was that while Laney was battling the two Orcs, on the branch of a tree near her, a man was sitting and watching the battle with a smile.


    When the two Orcs got killed, a hint of yfulness shed in his eyes. He didn''t sit there for long and disappeared from the scene. While on the ground, Laney was jumping in excitement, forgetting about the burn injury and her exhaustion.


    Of the two items that fell from the two corpses, one was the most desired item, the recruitment token, while the second was a fragment of a skill.


    As Laney grabbed the token, a piece of information concerning the item appeared in her head.


    The recruitment token had different grades and the level of the recruited being depended upon that. There were seven different recruitment tokens, and the one gotten by Laney was a white recruitment token.


    The white recruitment token was the lowest level of the token and could only recruit between Levels 50 and 100.


    Getting a recruitment token didn''t mean that Laney was sure to recruit someone to help her. The token needed the willingness of both parties to sign the contract.


    Even though a talent between Level 50 and 100 wouldn''t provide much of a help to her in the quest, and since it was her first token, she was more excited.


    When Laney picked up the fragment, she was surprised by it. Even though it was a skill fragment, it wasn''t a single one but abination of a hundred fragments.


    It was the same skill that she had gained two fragments of, so she now only had eight hundred ny-eight fragments left to form theplete skill.


    "It seems the stronger the hunt, the better loot from them," Laney mumbled since she only got five fragments from more than one hundred Orcs, but from two Orcs she received a great reward.


    Laney didn''t immediately leave the scene but bent down and touched the corpses of the two Orcs. She frowned since she finally had the time to ponder over the situation.


    How could two children Orcs grow that strong in a span of a few minutes? Laney could sense a third hand in the scene.


    "Is it someone five levels higher than me?" Laney couldn''t help but think.


    Even though the inhabitants of the forest could kill the participant to gain residence in the city, there were rules for it.


    The space inside the pagoda was an artificial creation, and the first level contained beings between Level 1 and Level 250.


    Since Laney was only a Level 189 adventurer, wouldn''t she be amb waiting for ughter in front of the Level 250 figure?


    So there was a rule to save the participant. Anyone who was five levels above the participant could not attack the participant. It didn''t mean that a Level 300 being would easily be able to hunt everyone. The level of the being in the simtion quest depended upon the level of the participant.


    Laney looked around to see if someone was spying on her, but she found nothing. Laney took a deep breath, pushing the thought deep into her heart.


    She wasn''t going to forget about the external influence, but since her first priority was to get recruitment tokens rather than find out the identity, she decided to focus on that.


    Laney then left the two corpses and walked away from the scene.


    After walking for a while, Laney came across a battle scene between two Orc tribes. As soon as they sensed Laney, the fighting stopped, and they instead united against her.


    Laney''s burn injuries had healed, and new skin had reced the melted skin, so she was ready for the battle. Instead of giving the initiative to arge number of Orcs, Laney took the chance and charged.


    It was fortunate for Laney that she had learned hand-to-handbat, so even without a weapon, she wasn''t much worse against her opponents.


    Simr to the battle with the first settlement, it was less of a fight but a massacre. That time, Laney didn''t spare anyone in the camp and killed them regardless of age or condition.


    Laney then walked to the corpses and searched for her loot. After a long time, she picked up thest item.


    There were more than five hundred Orcs she had battled, and less than thirty of them rewarded her. Fortunately for her, there was a recruitment token. It was only a white token, but it made up for her effort in the massacre.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Laney''s hair suddenly rose in chills as she heard the sound of footsteps. The source was just behind her, hence the sudden tension.


    She turned around and found an Orc standing behind her. The Orc didn''t wait for Laney to say things but punched.


    Laney was taken aback by the sudden change of scene since the Orc was clearly five levels higher than her.


    ''Am I going to die?'' Laney couldn''t help but think in her heart, seeing the punching toward her.


    ***


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    Chapter 1362: Four Months(30)


    ''Am I going to die?'' The thought rang in her head, seeing the approaching punch.


    A wave of pressure hit her face, and the next moment, it suddenly disappeared. Following that, the pattern on her hand glowed, and a transparent barrier emerged from it. In no time, the barrier surrounded her, protecting her from any attack.


    When the punch crashed on the barrier, the Orc felt as if it hadnded on an unbreakable metal, breaking all its bones. It wasn''t the end, and a wave of energy emerged from the barrier, striking the barrier.


    The next moment, blood sshed on her face as the Orc exploded. The barrier seemed invisible at that moment.


    Laney also sensed an item but found herself unable to touch it. Since the Orc got killed due to the rule of the area, Laney wasn''t eligible for the loot.


    Some distance from her, the man looked at the scene with interest. When the barrier suddenly appeared, past memories shed in his eyes.


    He then took ast nce at Laney and left the scene.


    ***


    ng! ng! ng!


    The spear in Laney''s hand shed with the Orc''s shield as the two battled.


    The opponent was the strongest she had ever faced since she began training, so her face was solemn while battling.


    The opponent had an ugly expression since it had thought that killing Laney would be easy and that the residency permit was his to lose.


    Unfortunately for the Orc, Laney turned out to be equal in strength, if not stronger, despite being two levels lower than the creature.


    The battle between the two raged on for around an hour but finally ended with Laney''s victory when she seeded in piercing through the Orc''s heart.


    The next moment, an item fell out of the creature''s corpse. Laney excitedly bent down and picked up the item, ignoring the exhaustion and injuries across her body.


    The item was a recruitment token, and when Laney found that it wasn''t the white token, she couldn''t help but jump in excitement.


    The recruitment token in her hand was yellow in color, and it could recruit talent between Levels 100 and 150.


    The Yellow recruitment token was more valuable than several white tokens since even fifty Level 100 beings wouldn''t be able to provide her with the same help as one single Level 150 figure.


    It had been two weeks since Laney''s training began, and she had yet to find aplete skill. She had fragments of five skills, but they were useless withoutpletion, so their presence didn''t matter at all. The spear was the best gain after the Yello recruitment token she had had in the past two weeks.


    Laney only had a year toplete the second quest, so she had given herself six months to train, and then she would find the best talents in the next six months.


    After the Orc''s death on her first day, there were no strange situations around her, as if the third hand had given up. But Laney remained cautious since things could turn terrible at any time.


    If not for the outrageous energy and vitality recovery rate, Laney would have been in deep trouble after her battle with a powerful Orc settlement on her sixth day there.


    After the victory, Laney was so deeply injured that it would take years for her to recover if she were to only use the natural healing route. But even that kind of injury had fully healed in a few hours, making Laney ready to battle the next day.


    Thetest battle didn''t cause that much injury, so she was ready to battle in only a few months. Even though the training didn''t help her mentally and her mental stress was growing day by day, Laney knew she couldn''t rest at that moment. She would rest afterpleting the second quest in the trial.


    When her physical condition had reached an optimal level, she proceeded forward in search of another prey.


    Laney had stopped hunting small settlements since the Orcs were weak, and the reward wasn''t worth the effort. At the same time, Laney also noticed that after every killing, the aura around her was turning evil. It didn''t take long for her to understand since with every sessful killing by her hands, she was umting their resentment.


    Even though they were weak when the resentment reached a terrible height, it would negatively affect her progress, and she didn''t want to see that scene.


    After walking a few miles, Laney found her next prey. It was an Orc who was three levels higher than her. Laney wasn''t being overconfident, but her fighting talent was plenty enough to contend with beings like that.


    The Orc also sensed Laney''s presence and immediately attacked since she was too big of a treasure in the creature''s eyes.


    Laney fought back, with the spear instantly appearing in her hand, emerging from the space inside the pattern.


    The Orc ignored the spear and attempted to grab Laney''s head. She skillfully moved away from the attack, but that affected the attack''s target. The battle raged on between the two for a while and finally came to an end with Laney''s final strike.


    Thud!


    The next moment, the Orc''s headless corpse crashed to the ground, spurting blood. Laney couldn''t help but be disappointed when she failed to find any loot.


    Since it wasn''t the first time she hadn''t gotten loot after the killing, she calmed down in no time. She then sat down and fully recovered in the span of a few minutes.


    Laney then walked toward another hunt. Laney kept hunting and umting loot as time kept flowing.


    Four months had passed since Laney began her training, and there was a clear difference between Laney before the training and Laney at that time. The change was drastic, as Laney had bulked up, and there was a bloody aura around her, chilling for the weak-willed.


    The aura was nothing but resentment toward the Orcs she had killed, and it was slowly materializing. It negatively affected Laney as well, and she would feel unbearable pain from time to time.


    Continuous killing over the past four months had taken a huge mental toll on her, but she seemed nowhere close to stopping.

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    Chapter 1363: Beginning(31)


    The moon was hanging low in the night sky, casting a silver glow over the deste battlefield. Laney stood her ground, knives in both hands and stared at her formidable opponent: a Level 195 Orc.


    Even though it had only been four months since Laney began the training, she had already gained enough XP to cross the Level 190 mark. The Orc in front of her was her strongest opponent to date since it was five levels higher than her.


    Laney and the Orc locked eyes. The Orc grinned and charged. Laney was no coward; she also rushed forward. Laney moved like a shadow while the Orc''s heavy footsteps shook the ground with each stride.


    As the two sides shed, a shower of sparks rose from her knives. The Orc''s skin was no less than a powerful durable metal. Laney immediately unleashed the skill "Shadow Dance." It was a skill she had gained afterpleting one thousand fragments.


    With a graceful movement, she vanished into thin air, reappearing behind the Orc in an instant. The Orc swung its fists with thunderous force, but Laney''s agility allowed her to dodge the strike with ease.


    Laney retaliated with a flurry of shes, her knives gracefully dancing through the air. The Orc''s thick skin offered resistance, but Laney''s des finally found their mark, drawing thin streams of dark blood.


    It angered the Orc, and it suddenly roared in fury. Its body seemed to have expanded while its movement had grown quicker at the same time.


    Laney was caught off guard by the sudden, quick strike and was sent flying through the air, crashing into a cluster of destroyed trees. Intense pain hit her since many of her bones were broken by the harsh crash. Gritting her teeth against the pain, Laney pushed herself to her feet, her knives at the ready. She knew she couldn''t afford to let her guard down.


    With abination of determination and excitement in her eyes, Laney activated her next skill, "Whispering Gale."


    It was another skill gained by Laney over the past few months. In reality, Laney was a user of the wind and earth elements, but during the trial, that exclusivity didn''t seem to matter.


    Laney found that she was as capable with the shadow element as she was with the wind element.


    The next moment, a whirlwind of sharp, invisible des made of air surrounded her, forming a protective shield. She charged back into the fray, her knives shing and parrying with unparalleled precision.


    At first, her movements were slightly worse due to pain, but she seemed to have regained momentum in no time, and her body began to follow the rhythm as before.


    The battle raged on, and the ground beneath them churned into a chaotic mess of dirt and wood. Laney''s agility and quick thinking allowed her to dodge the Orc''s powerful strikes while her skills slowly chipped away at its formidable defenses. Heavy blood dripped from the Orc''s wounds, and frustration filled its eyes as it struggled tond a sufficient blow.


    Knowing that there was a gap of five levels between the two frustrated the Orc even more.


    Laney seized the opportunity in the moment of frustration, and with a final, powerful strike, she unleashed her ultimate skill, "Moonshadow Fury."


    It was a skill she had received afterpleting ten thousand fragments, and it was also the one she liked the most.


    The next moment, her knives began to crackle with dark energy as she danced around the Orc,nding a barrage of devastating blows. The Orc let out a deafening roar filled with humiliation and hatred before it crumbled to the ground in numerous pieces.


    Laney sat down on the ground, gasping for breath, as the skill was too demanding for her.


    The next moment, an excited expression appeared on her face when she found that there was loot and the battle wasn''t wasteful.


    As she bent down and picked up the item, she found it to be a talisman and extremely powerful at that.


    It was an attacking talisman that allowed its owner to release the destructive skill stored in it.


    The skill was immensely strong, and none below Level 200 could survive against it once released. It was more valuable than even a yellow recruitment token, so the excitement was clearly evident on her face.


    Laney then put the talisman back in the space inside the pattern. It was time for her to wait for recovery when she suddenly began to squirm in pain. Her eyes were open, and no sound came out of her mouth, but the movement of her body showed the intense pain she was going through at that moment.


    Since the resentment of a Level 195 Orc had joined, the effects had intensified. Laney kept struggling for a minute, but that felt more like years to her.


    When it came to an end, her face had turned pale. But she still stood up and walked forward to find her next prey.


    Time flew by, and two more months passed in the blink of an eye.


    Laney''s eyes contained excitement as she looked at the item in her hand. It was a red recruitment token, and using it, Laney could recruit one person between Levels 200 and 250.


    If Laney found a Level 250 being to help her, the second quest would be too easy for her, and it would also be her greatest gain from the six months.


    Laney''s level at that time was also on the verge of reaching Level 191. The XP she gained from hunting was several times higher than what she gained originally, so what would have normally taken her around a year, she reached that mark in two months.


    Since six months were over, it was time for her to exit the training. Leaving was a simple task since she only needed to tap three times on the pattern at the back of her hand.


    Laney tapped thrice, and the next moment, a white light surrounded her. She had no choice but to close her eyes as the light was blinding.


    When things returned to normal, she opened her eyes. She found herself standing in front of the nine-story pagoda with its door closed as usual.

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    Chapter 1364: Confusion and Shock(32)


    Laney stood there for a while in surprise since the aura of resentment didn''te with her. She smiled after finding that it had truly disappeared. The painful torture was extreme, so it was good that she wouldn''t have to go through that anymore.


    Six months had already passed, and she only had six more months left before the deadline of one year would end. There was no time to waste, so Laney turned around and walked away.


    After a few minutes of travel, she finally came across a second life other than her. She immediately went to the man and asked about the city.


    The man seemed to have expected Laney to ask him those questions, so he exined the details Laney didn''t even ask about.


    After listening to the man, Laney understood where she needed to go if she wanted to recruit someone.


    Following the directions given by the man, Laney walked and soon stooped in front of a gigantic tower. The structure in front of her was the battle arena, where the best talents of the city fought to entertain the citizens and earn money.


    "Stop!" Laney tried to enter the arena when the guard standing there stopped her.


    What was even more surprising was the level of the guard. It was Level 200.


    Laney stood and looked at the guard in confusion. The guard had a slight look of contempt in his eyes since he could see Laney''s level.


    "Do you have a death wish?" The guard asked. The next moment, the contempt in the man''s eyes grew intense, and he looked at Laney as if she were some inferior being.


    Laney didn''t like the contempt in the man''s eyes, and her eyes immediately turned cold.


    The guard couldn''t help but shudder for a second and then looked at Laney in anger since he couldn''t believe that someone 10 levels below him was able to make him back down.


    The guard was ready to fight, but he controlled himself when he saw who wasing toward the door. He immediately pushed Laney away, and a respectful expression spread across his face.


    The push surprised Laney, so she made an effort to remain steady. But stopping someone ten levels higher from pushing was easier said than done. She was easily pushed away.


    ''What the hell is going on?'' Laney couldn''t help but think in her heart since the man''s behavior was extremely weird.


    Arrogance was understandable for a powerful being, but acting like that against someone when the party was only a guard didn''t make any sense at all. It was even more surprising considering Laney''s identity.


    The man approaching the arena saw the scene, and instead of epting the guard''s bow, he walked toward Laney.


    "Do you have a death wish?" The man asked, shocking Laney.


    "Leave; this job isn''t for you if you can lose your mind with just this much negative aura." The man then looked at the guard and reprimanded him.


    The man''s words initially confused Laney because they were simr to what the guard had said, but when she heard the reprimand, her face changed.


    The man ignored Laney and snapped his fingers. The next moment, the guard disappeared from the spot.


    The man then returned his focus to Laney and repeated the earlier question.


    "What do you mean?" Laney asked in confusion. She could see that the man''s words contained no contempt.


    "You dare enter the arena with this much negative energy surrounding you. Do you want to get trampled on by the crowd?" The man asked, shocking Laney.


    "Can you see the aura of resentment around me?" Laney asked.


    "Yes, but it isn''t a simple resentment aura. It is a negative aura that turns others against you," The man replied.


    "If you don''t wish to die, stay away from areas with dense poptions." The man added, and then he turned, leaving in the direction of the tower.


    "Do you know of a way to solve it?" Laney asked in a hurry. She couldn''t even see the aura around herself; how would she even solve it on her own? She didn''t think twice before asking the man for help. The negative energy didn''t seem to have much of an impact on the man.


    The man stopped, but then he resumed walking, and his words rang in Laney''s ears.


    "You can not run from it. Only the quests aren''t trials, but this is also."


    Laney stood there still for a while since her ns to recruit from the tower turned out to be futile before she even began. The next moment, Laney had to leave as she found a man walking not far from her, turning in her direction anding toward her with a threatening expression.


    "Eh!" Laney suddenly stopped, remembering that the man she hade into contact with wasn''t affected by the negative energy at all. Since the man''s level was lower, Laney was able to see it.


    Laney immediately walked in that direction, hoping to find the man. She breathed a sigh of relief when she found that the man was still there.


    The man also sensed her approach and looked at her with a smile on his face.


    "Can you see the negative energy around me?" Laney immediately asked after reaching the man.


    ***


    It had been nine months since Laney''s second quest began, and she was finally ready to begin it.


    From the training, Laney had umted, two thousand white recruitment tokens, seven hundred yellow recruitment tokens, three green recruitment tokens, and one red recruitment token.


    It was easy for her to fill out the white and yellow recruitment tokens, but things were different for the green tokens.


    The green recruitment token allowed her to recruit figures between Levels 150 and 200, which would prove to be a great help in the second quest. She had gained only three tokens, so she wanted men above Level 195 for each of the three tokens. But that remained an imagination, and she only seeded in recruiting one Level 195, while for the other two, she had to stop at Level 183 and Level 186.


    Fortunately for her, she had seeded in recruiting for the red recruitment token, a Level 234 figure.

 Chapter 1365 Second Quest(33)

    Chapter 1365 Second Quest(33)


    Chapter 1365: Second Quest(33)


    The bird was flying in the air as it saw Laney and her group of recruits leaving for the forest. The journey was long, and it took her two weeks to step inside the forest.


    Since the forest was spread across more than a hundred thousand miles, it was enormous and would take time to search. She only had a few weeks and two months left before the deadline came to an end, so Laney decided to focus solely on the Geronics tribe.


    She would focus on the other beast groupster. Following the information from the city, Laney reached the range of the tribe in another week.


    Once the tribe sensed Laney''s arrival, a terrible battle began between the two camps. Neither the leader of the tribe nor the Level 234 being took action.


    The condition Laney had to ept to recruit a Level 234 man was that he would only fight the boss as long as he was the strongest in her camp.


    Laney had no intention of holding back since she wanted to end the quest as soon as possible and thenfortably sleep for a while to remove the mental exhaustion she had umted over the past several months.


    She also participated in the massacre, and when she killed the first enemy, the aura of resentment became visible to her again. It kept growing quickly since even those enemies who were killed by the recruit''s resentment also targeted her.


    ***


    Laney found herself surrounded on all sides, her back pressed against the cold stone walls of a narrow alley in the heart of what was once a bustling city. Her eyes darted from one enemy to another as they closed in. There were more than a hundred of them, with their levels varying from Level 150 to Level 195.


    Around a week had passed since the battle between Laney and the Geronics tribe began. Laney had a lower number of warriors on her side, but the quality was certainly higher than in the enemy camp.


    As Laney''s side won one battle after another, they finally pushed the tribe to their end, with the battle location turning to what was once their city. The Level 234 recruit was also near her, but he seemed to have no interest in the battle, even though Laney was the weaker one. Instead of helping her, he sat down on a tall building to enjoy the battle.


    Since Laney had epted the condition before recruiting the man, she could do nothing but ept the man''s behavior.


    As the enemies began to surround her, Laney unleashed [Shadow Dance] skill, vanishing from her current position. Laney reappeared behind one of the enemies, her obsidian knives striking like vipers. The next moment, the man crumpled to the ground, a look of anger frozen on his face.


    The remaining enemies kept surrounding her. The fury in their eyes grew further as they saw the corpse of theirrade. Laney''s agility allowed her to jump from one enemy to another, but after initial sess, their coordinated efforts became challenging to ovee. One of the enemies hurled a searing inferno at her, and she had to immediately counter with [Whispering Gale].


    With another graceful movement, Laney activated [Moonshadow Fury], her knives imbued with dark energy. She spun in a whirlwind of destruction, her des shing and shing. The enemies attempted to counter, but her speed and precision were unmatched. More than twenty enemies fell beneath her deadly assault, their weapons nging to the ground.


    The battle raged on, and the number of enemies kept decreasing. The Level 234 man watched the fight with a bored expression. With time, only two enemies remained, and they were also the strongest of the group.


    As the final two adversaries closed in, Laney summoned herst reserves of strength. She engaged them in a fierce dance of death. One of the enemiesunched a barrage of arcane missiles, but Laney''s [Whispering Gale] appeared timely and held firmly against the bombardment. She countered with a vicious strike, but the Level 195 foe intervened timely, rescuing hisrade from death.


    Laney''s energy stocks reached a dangerous level, and she had no choice but to think of escape as an option as well. But since she still had major chances of victory, she didn''t run away.


    The remaining energy could allow her to activate [Moonshadow Fury] once, but she decided against it. She activated [Shadow Dance], and it allowed her to move quickly. She retaliated with a calcted strike at one of the men. That time, the Level 195 enemy couldn''t intervene, and soon only one foe remained for Laney to defeat.


    But the odds seemed to have left her side and favored the enemy more. Suddenly, a sense of intense danger hit her.


    ng!


    The next moment, a shing sound rang in the area.


    "A leader acting so cowardly. Has the tribe lost all shame?" The Level 234 man took a jibe at the tribe leader.


    He was the one who acted promptly and defended Laney from a sudden strike by the tribe leader.


    A helpless sigh spread across the tribe leader''s face since he had lost the opportunity to kill the participant and win the battle. The next moment, the sigh froze on his face as his head flew away.


    The Level 195 man crashed to the ground, trembling in fright after getting stared at by a Level 234 figure.


    Laney stood there with her heart beating loudly since she seemed to have seen death when the sudden sense of danger hit her.


    ***


    After the tribe leader''s death, it was easy for Laney to proceedfortably. She didn''t kill everyst member of the tribe, but she assigned a new leader to the tribe.


    At the same time, she also signed a contract making the tribe the city''s tributary, and they would need to protect the trade channel between Fring and Gring City.


    It wasn''t an easy task, and took a lot of death and torture to aplish, but once it was done. Laney used the tribe''s help and emptied the forest of the beasts that could challenge the tribe''s supremacy andpletely secure the trade channel.


    With the trade channel secured, Laneypleted the second quest and also got its confirmation from the pattern at the back of her hand.

 Chapter 1366 Requirement(34)

    Chapter 1366 Requirement(34)


    Chapter 1366: Requirement(34)


    Toplete the second quest, Laney needed to reach the doors of Gring City. She would then need to return to Fring City without any casualties or battles along the way.


    Since Laney fulfilled the requirement, the pattern on the back of her hand confirmed that she hadpleted the quest.


    At the same time, a phenomenon yed out in front of her.


    The battle didn''t go overwhelmingly in Laney''s favor and came with great costs. When she left for the mission, she had 2734 people with her, but after itspletion, less than 500 remained.


    Of those 473 survivors, three hundred were those with yellow recruitment tokens, one hundred seventy-one with white recruitment tokens, and one with green and red recruitment tokens.


    The next moment, recruitment tokens began to fly out of the guards. Following that, all the white recruitment tokens disappeared; yellow recruitment tokens turned white; green turned yellow; and red turned green.


    At the same time, the people she had recruited were also freed from the contract. Laney would have to recruit them again.


    Before Laney could do anything ore out of shock, the Level 234 man spoke out.


    "Leave here immediately."


    Without the effect of the recruitment token, the negative effects due to the aura of resentment around her began to affect the lower level recruits.


    Because of the deaths during the second quest, resentment has grown. So the negative effects intensified even further.


    Laney immediately acted and left the scene while the recruitment tokens in the air flew into the space inside the pattern on their own.


    In her hurry, she didn''t even notice that the pattern was glowing. Only after reaching a safe distance, she decided to check the pattern, and as usual, her eyes fell on the glowing pattern.


    When Laney tapped on it, a familiar screen popped out in front of her. Her eyes jumped up in surprise after finding that there were visible changes in the bonus section.


    [...


    Bonus: Flying Adventurer, Inferno de


    ¡­]


    The reward for herpleting the second quest was an attacking skill, and she then tapped on it. As its name suggested, the user of the skill couldbine the sharpness of the de with the lethality of fire to create a single person attack.


    The reward wasn''t much considering the difficulty of the quest, but the devil in the detailsy in the usage of the skill.


    Since it was a bonus reward, the energy required for her to use [Inferno de] was less than ten percent of what it would usually demand. At the same time, its damage wasn''t nerfed.


    During the second quest, when Laney was surrounded by more than a hundred people, the difficulty would have been greatly reduced if she had the [Inferno de].


    In addition to its low energy requirement, the skill also added to Laney''s already great talent in Knife handling. Whenever the skill would be active, her skill would grow, helping her use the ability even better.


    Laney smiled upon seeing the reward. She then moved her eyes down and was met with disappointment after not finding the third quest.


    Laney then walked toward the pagoda and was surprised to find that the nine-story building was now eight-story. She was met with another wave of disappointment since the doors were locked and she couldn''t open them anymore.


    Laney understood that the third quest needed to be activated before entering the training in pagoda. It was just that Laney didn''t know when the mission would activate.


    Laney had a thought, so she went in search of Zoric to test it out for the reason behind the dy. Zoric was the Level 234 guy whom she had recruited for the second quest.


    ***


    The recruitment tokens didn''t benefit only the participant but also those recruited beings. If it didn''t work like that no one would join the participant, considering the difficulty of the quests and hence higher risks of death.


    Those who survived the second quest ushered in a new wave of growth after returning to the city.


    The ones with the white recruitment token were rewarded with money that would usually take them decades to earn. The ones with yellow tokens earned even more, and they were also rewarded with an increase in their levels. The sole survivor of the green token received money and three levels, while Zoric gained a small piece ofnd in his name as well as five levels.


    Considering the reward, Zoric treated Laney with a joyful expression. Buying thend in Fring City wasn''t possible unless the prize was from the quest. Even a single piece of grass inside the city was the property of whoever wouldplete the trial and be the city lord.


    But Zoric now had a small piece ofnd in his name, and even if Laney won the trial and became the city lord, she would be able to do nothing. It was just that Zoric couldn''t sell thend to anyone other than those who had gainednds due to joining the quests of the past two participants.


    "Do I need to sign another contract if I want to recruit you again?" Laney asked immediately upon finding him.


    "Yes, but I will no longer ask only to intervene against the leader. I will only intervene when I want," Zoric responded.


    Even though he had gained an expensive reward from the second quest, he wasn''t going to change his way of working. As for rejecting Laney and living in joy with whatever he had gained, that was impossible.


    Laney didn''t say anything in response to that but asked Zoric to help her. Zoric was going to refuse at first, but when he heard what kind of help Laney wanted from him, he epted.


    Laney thought that to activate the third quest, a merchant caravan should sessfully travel from Fring to Gring City.


    want to interact with more people.


    Laney believed that the concept of resentment was added to make Since the intensely negative aura surrounding Laney could harm her if it were to influence someone stronger than her, she didn''t want to interact with more people.


    Laney believed that the concept of resentment was added to make it difficult for participants to recruit talent for the quests.


    Since it was a personal favor and not much difficult or time-consuming task, Zoric epted Laney''s request. If Laney won the trial and became the city lord, that favor would be the greatest fortune in his life, and if Laney lost, he wouldn''t lose anything other than energy spent traveling some distance.


    Time flew by, and three months passed in the blink of an eye.


    Laney was training with her knife when she suddenly sensed a change in the pattern. She stopped her training and tapped on it. The next moment, the familiar screen appeared in front of her.


    As she had believed, the third quest was activated after a caravan sessfully traveled from Fring to Gring City andpleted the first-ever trade between the two cities.


    Laney''s eyes almost popped out in shock after reading the third quest. The difficulty had jumped severalfoldpared to the second mission.


    Time flew by, and years passed in the blink of an eye.


    Laney stood in front of the pagoda, which was now only three stories tall. It had been almost six years since Laney''s trial began, and in that span, she hadpleted seven quests.


    Laney had achieved the requirement to be a resident of the city, so if she didn''t want to continue any longer, she could give up on the trial and not die.


    But the issue of giving up on the trial never rose in her mind. Laney on that day was entirely different from Laney at the time when she began the trial.


    The changes she had gone through in that span were more drastic than her growth from a child to a teenager over twenty-five years.


    The aura of resentment had deeply affected her, so she could no longer smile, and her eyes were always gloomy.


    The reward for herpleting the fifth quest was an ability that allowed her to slowly refine the resentment and turn it into power. If not for that ability, Laney wouldn''t even dare enter the training ground.


    Inside the training ground, Laney would get waves of pain every three minutes before the ability, but after it, it had grown to three hours. But since the difficulty and the power level of the being had grown, the cooldown time of the pain hade down to one hour.


    Laney had also grown in strength over the years. If Laney could exit Panagea and check the ranking leaderboard, she would find herself at the first rank, with the second-ranked adventurer being several levels lower than her.


    Around two years had passed in the Sacred Dimension, and only in that time had Laney gained more than twenty levels, and the speed at which she gained levels was only growing. Due to that, she had be a source of envy for many.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. I am feeling slightly jittery, so I won''t be able to write the second chapter.


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 Chapter 1367 The Final Quest(35)

    Chapter 1367 The Final Quest(35)


    Chapter 1367: The Final Quest(35)


    [...Number of questspleted: 9


    Remaining quests: 1


    ¡­]


    Laney looked at the floating screen in front of her. Her eyes were calm as she saw that. The people behind her stood in awe.


    The next moment, a familiar phenomenon yed out in the area, as the ten thousand white recruitment tokenspletely disappeared, seven thousand yellow turned to white, three thousand green turned yellow, one thousand red turned green, two hundred orange turned red, fifty-six purple turned orange, and three gold turned purple.


    Laney calmly nodded toward the group of soldiers and then left the scene while the crowd hoped for Laney to appear soon for another quest.


    Since the next quest would be thest, and if shepleted it, she would be the city lord, those who would fight with her in the tenth mission would receive greater rewards than they had been receiving.


    Zoric, who was now only one of the soldiers, looked at Laney''s back with a grateful smile. When he joined Laney, he was the strongest, and Laney had to ept his conditions, but in years, the situation turned different, and he was also no longer a red recruit but an orange recruit since his level crossed Level 250.


    After walking away from the crowd, Laney walked toward the pagoda, which was now only a level building. After Laney hadpleted the seventh quest, she received a mission where a series followed.


    Since things were like that, the tenth mission was already active, and the pagoda''s door didn''t block her.


    At the same time, a phenomenon also yed around her. The space in the area was filled with cracks, as the aura of resentment around her had long surpassed the material level. It now looked like a devil was standing beside her.


    As Laney approached the door, the glowing pattern glowed even further, and the gates opened for her. The familiar scene of darkness weed her, and as soon as she entered the training, things became normal.


    It had been seven years since Laney''s trial began. The seventh and eighth quests only took her one year toplete, and it had to do with her great fortune. The three gold recruitment tokens were the greatest loot, and they helped her recruit three Level 400 beings.


    Considering the three-year test, Laney only had two more years left to reach the True God level. Laney wasn''t too worried about that since the trial had not only consolidated her cultivation but taken it to new heights. The only issue was that Laney needed to be there in the store when the timeline of three years passed. Quests after the fourth one stopped having any deadline. It all depended on the participant on when to attempt them.


    The three gold tokens had now turned purple and could only help recruit beings between Level 300 and 350; her advantages had dimmed for thest mission. The other issue was that thest quest, unlike other quests, put immense focus on the participant. The helpers were there, but Laney had tests that only she could pass.


    Thest quest was for her to reach the final city and open her embassy there. It seemed like a diplomatic quest, but it was not.


    To open the embassy, the noble families located in the main city would obstruct her, and everything was legal. The only advantage for her was that the leaders of those families wouldn''t intervene.


    As Laney appeared in the simtion training, she found herself in a bustling city with people all around her. Laney began to walk forward when a group of people suddenly surrounded her.


    Before Laney could say anything, they attacked. Laney''s personality had turned ruthless over the past few years, so she also attacked.


    Her two knives had long changed, and the ones currently in her hand had surpassed the ones she owned before the trail.


    Laney immediately activated [Inferno de] and attacked the closest guard. The next moment, the man was charred to ashes while Laney picked up the loot that had fallen. It was a yellow recruitment token.


    As soon as Laney attacked, the eyes of the people around her changed into ones of hostility. It was another factor that increased the difficulty of thest quest.


    The inhabitants of the main city would be hostile toward her. If it had been the Laney before entering the trial, she would have left the scene, but she was no longer that.


    The people around her ranged between Level 100 and 200, while Laney was Level 214. It was a bloody massacre, as when Laney left the scene, a burning smell had covered every inch of the area, while ashes were left on the ground, turning into a dark fog.


    Laney didn''t get a single loot from those passersby, but only from the five who had surrounded her.


    The loot contained two white recruitment tokens, one yellow recruitment token, and two fragments of a spear.


    Laney readied herself to leave the scene when a familiar pain suddenly struck her. She gritted her teeth and bore the pain. If the pain were to turn into an attack, it would be an instant kill for anyone below Level 200. But Laney gritted through that without uttering a word.


    Time flew by, and the pain persisted for one whole minute. When the torture came to an end, Laney''s body had turned pale, as if someone had drained her entire blood.


    The next moment, a storm of energy erupted around her, and it began to melt into Laney. Her body turned rosy. In no time, Laney reached her peak state.


    The fast recovery rate had to do with both the quick recovery rate in the training and also one skill she received as a reward. Laney still hadn''t checked the reward she had gotten afterpleting the ninth mission, so she tapped on the pattern.


    [...


    Bonus: Flying Adventurer, Inferno de,..., Enigma''s Embrace


    ¡­]


    Laney noticed a new skill in the bonus section. She then tapped on it, and soon after, a screen containing the details of the skill appeared in front of her.


    Laney''s calm eyes showed a change of emotion after a long time as soon as she read the details of the skill. It was perfectly tailored for the tenth quest.


    Knowing about the different rewards for the quest, Laney would have thought that the creator had designed the rewards to help in the quest. She had long met the second participant who gave up on the trial afterpleting the seventh quest, Laney learned many things, and they yed a major role in her clearing the fifth and sixth missions.


    The new skill was rted to the element of illusion and would help her make those who were at a lower level than her fall into an illusion where they would feel favorable toward her, no matter what kind of defense they had. With the skill, the issue of the masses turning hostile against her disappeared.


    Laney couldn''t help but thank her fortune since it had been helping herplete the quest at a rate the first and second participants couldn''t even dare.


    It had taken longer than a thousand years for the second participant to go from the fourth to the seventh quest, but she hadn''t even spent a decade and was already at thest quest.


    If not for the protection of the city''s residents, Laney believed that the second participant would kill her in jealousy.


    Laney then waved her hands, and the projected screen disappeared. She decided to put the skill to the test and soon walked deeper into the city.


    The entire city in the training had be hostile to her, so as soon as people saw her, they tried to attack her. If not for the skill, they would have been killed, but since it was the skill, they became favorable toward Laney, making them believe wholeheartedly that Laney was in the right while the city was wrong.


    The power of the skill astounded Laney. She was unable to find the limit, even though she had already put more than a hundred thousand people into the illusion. She did not even appear to be close to her limit. Since the skill was a bonus reward, its energy usage was minimal, so that was also helping her.


    Time flew by, and another year passed in a sh. When Laney exited the training, the aura of resentment around her had turned into a spiritual being that seemed to be waiting for its time before it could unleash thest strike and end Laney.


    The negative effects had increased to a new level, as anyone below Level 100 immediately turned insane as soon as they saw the spiritual being.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, one chapter. The jitteriness is still there.


    If I feel fine tomorrow, I will upload one extra chapter. On the 17th, I will make up for all the owed chapters. Thanks for supporting the book!


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 Chapter 1368 The Final Quest(36)

    Chapter 1368 The Final Quest(36)


    Chapter 1168: The Final Quest(36)


    The central city was several million miles away from Fring City, and it would easily take a few months for Laney to travel. Since there was only around a year left before the deadline for Aakesh''s test arrived, Laney felt that it was the right time to start her journey.


    An army of individuals that Laney had recruited stood behind her. The skill [Enigma''s Embrace] helped her bypass the adverse effects of the aura of resentment.


    It didn''t mean that weak beings were no longer affected, but Laney was able to put them under the illusion that nothing was wrong. Once they epted the recruitment token, the effect would automatically disappear.


    As for those who weren''t selected and yet were made to ignore the adverse effect, Laney could only pray for them.


    The illusion would only disappear once she had left the Fring City, so she wouldn''t be able to know what happened. Even if anything happened, Laney didn''t care. She only worried about whether that could affect her trial.


    Considering those factors, Laney ordered the recruits and began her march to the central city. Zoric stood beside her, as he was the most trusted one and second in authority to Laney in the army.


    ***


    "NO!"


    Screams filled with hatred rang in the area as the effect of the illusion died out. People were taken aback by how they looked at that moment.


    Justing in the presence of Laney had made them insane monsters. The illusion had kept the facade of sanity for themselves and everyone else, but once its effects ended, the truth revealed itself.


    The next moment, a heartbreaking scene yed out in the area as those insane monsters began to tear each other apart to vent their hatred. Laney kept walking, unaware of the situation inside the city.


    The bird also watched the scene calmly and flew away after taking a look at the direction in which Laney left.


    There was a punishment, but it was under the condition that Laney failed to pass the trial. Her actions in the city didn''t matter if shepleted thest quest sessfully. The creator of the cities wasn''t a kindhearted person who would care for the deaths inside the cities. Her intention behind creating the cities and the trials associated with them was to find an inheritor. As for the lost lives, it didn''t matter.


    ***


    After two months of travel, Laney finally reached thest barrier in her destination, the ocean. There was a bridge ahead of her. Laney and the recruits had to cross the bridge to get into the city.


    Swimming in the ocean wasn''t possible since even the weakest life there was Level 300. Laney had seven Level 300+ recruits, but that was nothingpared to the endless number of enemies in the ocean.


    Traveling on the bridge wasn''t an easy task since it would test the resolve of everyone walking on it. Laney didn''t worry about her but about the recruits.


    There were twenty-seven thousand beings, varying between Level 50 and Level 200. They could be the ones in trouble.


    Those 27,436 beings were the canon fodder for what Laney was going to do in the central city, so their survival was necessary for her.


    But since there was no other way, Laney had to stop worrying and begin the journey. She became the first to step foot on the bridge.


    The next moment, a hot wave of air hit her face, forcing her to close her eyes. When she opened them, she found herself back in her home.


    "It will be good for you, my princess," Laney''s father gently said.


    Laney pouted in anger since she didn''t want to go to some store in another Kingdom. It would be too much of a hassle for someone like her, who didn''t like working hard.


    "If you keep acting like that, I will be mad," Laney''s father sternly responded, seeing theck of reaction from his daughter.


    "What a disappointment," Laney eximed suddenly, and the innocence in her eyes faded, and a ruthless chill took its ce.


    The sudden response from his daughter surprised the father. "How dare you talk to your father like that?" At that moment, a third voice rang, and it belonged to Laney''s mother.


    Laney didn''t even look at her mother but only looked at her father, or whoever it was in his guise.


    "At first, I thought it was an illusion, so to live those moments, I acted as I would have during that time. But what a disappointment that it is no illusion!" Laney continued and stood up.


    The moment the man talked about getting angry, Laney understood it was no illusion. Her father would never say those words to her but would coax her further, and the same happened in reality when she refused to go to the store.


    The next moment, her power level suddenly exploded and reached peak Divine Lord from early Divine Transformation in less than a second.


    "You shouldn''t have disguised as my father. I don''t like it," A chill erupted in the area as Laney coldly uttered those words. She then took a step forward, reaching the creature in the next moment.


    The creature disguised as her father attempted to run away, but it seemed he was frozen. Laney''s hands, which seemed to move in slow motion, came to him and grabbed his throat.


    There was no hint of emotion in Laney''s eyes as she crushed the creature''s throat. The next moment, her hand turned ck as the creature turned into pitch-ck liquid and began to slip away from Laney''s hands.


    Laney didn''t act and kept looking on. When the creature thought that he had escaped, Laney acted.


    A red glow appeared around her hand, and the slippage stopped. No matter what the creature tried, it failed to slip out of Laney''s hands.


    "Did you think you would be able to escape after disguising as my father?" Laney coldlymented, and soon a wave of fire engulfed the beast.


    To Laney''s surprise, she had found that she was able to use the skills she owned in reality, and that was way stronger than Panagea''s version.


    After that, screams filled with pain and hatred rang out, and the source of all that was the creature.

 Chapter 1369 The Final Quest(37)

    <h4>Chapter 1369 The Final Quest(37)</h4>


    Chapter 1169: The Final Quest(37)


    Slowly, the creature began to fade out as water vaporized once the temperature was maintained at 100¡ã C.


    Laney thought that she would return to the bridge after the creature died out, but her thoughts turned out to be incorrect. There was also the question of what had happened since she stepped on the bridge, but that could only be answered once she left.


    The next moment, as far as her eyes could see, the entire area began to melt, and a wave of darkness engulfed her. It didn''t take long before the lights returned and took Laney by surprise.


    Laney found herself standing in front of the store. Her body couldn''t help but feel a chill crawling down her spine since she would nowe face to face with the store owner.


    She respected Aakesh, but there was also fear in it. Her steps faltered, but since there was no second way, she took a step forward and stepped inside the store.


    The next moment, the familiar blue-skinned store owner appeared in her sight. There was no one near the store owner, so he raised his head and looked at her.


    A broad smile that had appeared to have vanished from her face for the previous few years reappeared the next instant. She couldn''t help but rush to Aakesh.


    "How are you, Big Brother?" Laney respectfully asked.


    Aakesh simply smiled in response to her question and tapped Laney''s head. The next moment, Laney heard cracks ringing in her ears.


    In no time, the entire area cracked into shards and then faded, while she found herself back on the bridge.


    ***


    A smile spread across Aakesh''s face; he was currently in the middle of his training battle. As soon as the bridge test wanted to involve Aakesh, he became aware.


    The test would have broken immediately, but Aakesh waited for Laney to appear. She had worked hard for the trial, impressing Aakesh. If possible, Aakesh could easily help everyone in her camp pass the test, but since that would vite the quest''s rules, he simply left after tapping Laney''s head.


    ***


    Laney couldn''t help but cheer loudly andugh, venting all the frustration she had umted over the years. She was confident that the Aakesh in the test was an actual one.


    That simple tap from Aakesh was more than enough to motivate Laney even further for the trial. As she walked ahead, a new confidence seemed to have risen in her heart.


    But before moving away, she turned around and looked at the army of recruits. She then motivated them, taking Zoric and others by surprise.


    The smile on her face persisted throughout the speech, which infected the recruits, motivating them further.


    Getting motivated was easy, butpleting the task wasn''t easy. When Laney crossed the bridge and stood at the gates of the central city, she found more than five thousand white and yellow recruits.


    Laney only nodded and congratted the survivors, ignoring the casualties because she was in a good mood. Those who failed to take the first step were already dead since they became the food of the beasts in the ocean.


    Time flew by, and five months had passed since Laney reached the gates of the central city. She had already been far from the city for around three-fourths of the year.


    The joyful emotion of that day was nowhere to be seen on Laney''s face as she faced an encirclement of tens of thousands of people.


    Laney had long reached the limit of how many people she could put under the illusion, so if she wanted to leave, there was no way other than a massacre.


    Laney didn''t want to kill so many innocent people at once, but the quest was too significant for her to waste time on some ideal thoughts.


    A dark glow appeared around her knives as she readied to leave the scene when suddenly a wave of pressure hit her, knocking her backward.


    A pale expression appeared on her face as she looked at the source of the sudden pressure and was horrified to find a powerful being floating in the area. Only those above Level 500 could fly in Panagea naturally, and since the being in the air didn''t seem to be using any equipment, he was a Level 500+ being.


    At that moment, Laney lost all her confidence since levels 500 and above corrted to the power of those beings in the Primordial Dimension. Forgetpleting the quest; even surviving was impossible for Laney.


    The man descended and walked toward Laney while those in the crowd respectfully made way for him.


    Laney''s mood didn''t seem to be good since she had lost all confidence inpleting the quest. If she knew that a being above Level 500 would intervene, she would have never even begun the mission and would have epted to be a resident of the city, giving up on the trial.


    She could leave Panagea as long as the trial was over in any way. It was just that her influence as an adventurer would be limited to the Fring city in Panagea after that.


    The man slowly walked to Laney and stopped in front of her. He then bent down and roughly picked Laney up by her shoulder. She seemed to be a small toy in front of the towering figure of ten meters.


    "My lord, don''t you think it is too demeaning for you to act against someone weak like me," Laney couldn''t help but mock the man. Her mood wasn''t good, and she didn''t even think of controlling herself since she could revive anyway.


    She was nevertheless confident of stepping into the True God level once she exited Panagea. It was just that she would lose the city despite reaching thest step of the mission.


    The man simply smiled in response to Laney''s mocking, yet his behavior differed. The next moment, he threw Laney into the sky.


    The skill [Flying Adventurer] began working, but its effects seemed to have failed her as she began descending. Laney could see herself getting crushed to death whenever shended. She wanted to attempt thest struggle, wanting her to survive the crash.


    She gritted her teeth and pushed whatever she could to reactivate [Flying Adventurer]. The next moment, she began to lose her energy at a crazy rate.


    The man looked at all of it with a smile. But when the skill was reactivated, a surprised expression appeared on his face.


    The next moment, the man snapped his fingers. Following that, an opposite force acted on Laney, slowing her descent.


    Laney became confused by the situation and only got her answer afternding on the ground.


    The man had left the scene when Laneynded, but his voice lingered in the area, shocking Laney with its content.


    ording to the message, the man wasn''t there to kill Laney but to test her.


    Since her previous quest hade to such an odd conclusion, Laney could not help but stand there looking foolish. Just passing the man''s test was enough to pass the test.


    Laney then took repeated deep breaths to calm her heart. Even though it ended so oddly, she stillpleted thest quest, and in that way, she had passed the trial.

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    Chapter 1370: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(1)


    The next moment, a shocking scene yed out in front of her. The aura of resentment began to materialize into reality and soon took the shape of what Laney looked like in the shadow.


    The next moment, a pair of blood-red eyes that contained nothing but hatred opened. Laney felt a chill crawling down her spine after she came in contact with the stare.


    The next moment, the shadow version walked toward Laney. Laney felt an immense danger emanating from the creature. Laney wanted to walk away, but she found the space around her had frozen. The same was the case at the time, as all those around her looked like statues.


    Laney thought of attacking but found that her energy flow also got sealed, leaving her standing there without any defense.


    The eerie creature slowly but steadily walked toward Laney and stopped when both their heads touched.


    ARGH!


    Laney couldn''t help but scream in shock as a wave of pain hit her. The creature slowly began to melt into her, and simrly, the intensity of the pain attacking her grew.


    Sometimes, she would feel someone crushing her heart; sometimes, the pain looked like she was being burned alive. It didn''t take long for Laney to understand what was going on.


    At that moment, Laney was experiencing the suffering of those who had died because of her or the recruits.


    Laney had nothing but pain in her mind since it was slowly bing unbearable, but at that time, only one-fourth of the eerie creature had melted.


    Laney wanted to give up and fall unconscious so that she would no longer have to bear the pain, but her intuition warned her against it.


    When Laney had reached the limit of what she could bear, her eyelids began to turn heavy. It wasn''t simple tiredness but a tiredness that came directly from the soul. Once Laney closed her eyes, it was over since her soul wouldpletely exhaust its energy, disappearing from the world of Panagea.


    Laney didn''t want to give up yet, but her will to survive seemed futile against the pain unleashed by the creature. Her eyes were about to touch and close when suddenly a conversation rang in her head.


    "If you step into the True God level in the next three years, I will give you the prize you have been waiting for."


    The sentence suddenly rang in her head, making her unleash everything she owned at that moment. It wasn''t some special rtionship she had with Aakesh that forced things to turn out, but it was her destiny working in her favor. Laney could sense that once she passed the test, she would change her destiny forever.


    Even though Laney had long passed the threshold stage and could have a breakthrough to the True God level as soon as she wanted, her gut feeling warned her that she would lose a heaven-sent opportunity if she failed to survive the onught of resentment.


    The sentence said by Aakesh seemed to fill her with new energy, and Laney''s eyes fully opened. Not long after, the phenomenon of spirit exhaustion returned, but whenever she would be at her limit, she would try to remember the same sentence, and in no time, she would get filled with motivation to keep pushing forward.


    Time flew by, and the phenomenon kept going on for several hours.


    Laney''s entire body had shrunk by more than two-thirds, with her bones ready to tear through the skin and reveal themselves. The next moment, she exhaled a deep breath, and her eyes closed.


    Following that, a golden light seemed to appear in the sky of the central city, and it immediately descended, the destination being Laney''s unconscious body.


    As the golden light approached Laney, a light blue ball of energy invisible to everyone began to rise. If Laney were awake, she would have been able to see it and notice the faces of all those she killed over the years for the trial.


    The next moment, the golden light and the blue ball met each other. The two energies then began to melt into each other. With the golden light being the dominant one, it slowly absorbed the energy contained in the light blue energy ball.


    The next moment, a tint of light blue appeared around the golden light as it kept going for Laney.


    The golden light finally reached Laney and melted into her. Following that, a golden light with a light-blue tint shrouded her.


    Laney''s shrunken body could be seen restoring itself with the naked eye. In no time, Laney reached her peak condition, but the light shrouding her remained as intense as ever.


    After around an hour, the light finally began to dim, but it was still at an intense level. Laney''s power was continuously growing as she kept gaining XP.


    In an hour, Laney''s level grew from Level 214 to Level 234, and it was still growing. Another hour had passed and the golden light around her finally reached a state where Laney was visible through it without any ufortable vision.


    At that time, Laney''s level had reached Level 243, and as it was about to step into Level 244, the light finally disappeared. Laney was still unconscious, but every pore of her body oozed power.


    At that moment, the frozen time and space seemed to return to normal, and the people on the street rushed to her. As thest quest wasplete after she gained the acknowledgment of the powerful being, there was no hostility in the eyes of the citizens.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Suddenly, the sound of hurried footsteps rang in the area as Zoric brushed past the crowd and rushed to Laney. At that time, Zoric seemed to be in severe trouble, as his entire body was covered in blood with numerous injuries spread across his body.


    If Laney had received the acknowledgment a few secondster, Zoric would already be dead. He couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief when he found Laney to be in better condition than ever.


    Zoric also found that the aura of resentment around her had also disappeared, further surprising him. Since Zoric had gained so much from Laney, he was one of the most loyal recruits in Laney''s camp.

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    Chapter 1371: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(2)


    "Eh!" Laney couldn''t help but exim in her heart when she opened her eyes.


    She found herself in a hospital with a group of people surrounding her. As soon as she opened her eyes, the expressions of all the people around her turned respectful and joyful.


    They were sincerely happy for Laney''s awakening since she was the new leader of Fring City. Laney ignored those positive expressions and asked, "How long have I been unconscious?"


    Her voice was slightly trembling since there was an important meeting waiting for her, and she didn''t want to miss that due to being unconscious. As for why she didn''t get forced out of Panagea afterpleting thest quest and passing the trial as a whole, it had to do with the final step, where she would need to cut the pattern at the back of her hand and feed it to the statue. Only after that would she be the city lord and hence pass the trial.


    "For seven days, my lord!" It was Rimiru who spoke. His eyes no longer contained the expressions they had when Laney had entered the city several years ago. They also felt respect and sincerity toward her.


    Laney breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Rimiru since a heavy weight was lifted off her back. She was still more than two months away from the deadline, considering Panagea''s time, so she hadn''t lost that opportunity.


    Laney then jumped out of bed since her body was filled to the brim with energy. At the same time, the gloom surrounding her over the past few years seemed to have disappeared. The giddy innocence of her childhood took its ce.


    It shouldn''t have been that way since even if she removed the aura of resentment affecting her, she had gone against her usual ideals many times toplete the quests. Laney didn''t have to think long for the reason behind her feeling so bubbly.


    The memory of when she lost consciousness after bearing through the unbearable wave of pain shed in her eyes. The light blue ball showed the faces of those she or her recruits had killed.


    Everyone in that light blue ball had relieved expressions, and they seemed to empathize with Laney after she went through the pain they all had gone through due to her.


    Drip!


    Tears formed around her eyes, and soon after, a drop streaked through her cheeks and reached her jaw. Following that, whatever remained of it crashed to the ground, creating a loud sound and breaking the silence in the room.


    The sudden outburst of emotion surprised the people around her. They said nothing because they could feel the empathy the dead held for Laney. Others didn''t know that there was bound to be a serious reaction after that.


    Laney didn''t personally witness every battle her recruits went through since it wasn''t possible, or it would have taken several decades for her to do the same.


    The suffering she endured also included the agony of brutal assault and torture that Laney never ordered. The light blue ball confirmed the situation, as whoever''s face she saw also contained theirst death memory.


    It seemed incredulous to go through thest memories of millions of people, but she did, and it all happened in an instant. The reason she remained unconscious for seven days was due to her body absorbing the memory.


    Laney wasn''t some innocent being since she had the blood of millions on her hands. It didn''t matter whether they forgave her or not. Nothing could take away the deaths of those beings. Some deserved death, but there were many who didn''t. It was just that they were in the wrong ce and supported the wrong party, so they had to die.


    As the faces of those who assaulted the others appeared in her head, she clenched her fist. The others noticed the sudden change in Laney''s emotions but kept silent.


    It took around an hour for her to find every face thatmitted the deed and was still alive. She then turned around and looked at the crowd with calm eyes. It was easy for her to return to the chilly version of herself.


    Zoric was also there, so she called him closer. Zoric nodded and walked toward Laney.


    Laney didn''t say anything, but a glow of energy appeared in her hand, and she handed it to her.


    Zoric took the energy ball from her, and it immediately melted into him. The next moment, information flowed into his brain like blood flowing through his veins.


    All the faces she had caught appeared in Zoric''s head, with what they had done. Zoric didn''t feel anything wrong with that since the same must have happened with the recruits as well, but when he saw Laney''s expression, he didn''t say anything.


    Zoric simply nodded and then left the room since it was easy for him to know what Laney meant.


    It didn''t take very long before Zoric returned to the room and informed her of the sessful task.


    Laney stood up from her bed and walked to the window. She could see a group of people ranging from Level 50 to 150 standing there, unaware of what was going on.


    Laney took a simple nce at them and then looked at Zoric. Her eyes had never shown more brutality than at that moment.


    Zoric understood and disappeared from the room. The next thing Laney saw, the ground was littered with headless bodies, and blood had stained the grass red.


    At that moment, Laney seemed to hear a cracking sound, and soon after, she passed another level, stepping into Level 244.


    She noticed that Zoric didn''t like what she ordered, but she didn''t care. Before she was the city lord, she needed to follow the rules. But things had changed. She was the city lord now, and others would have to follow her ideals.


    The smile returned to Laney''s face as she looked at Rimiru and asked him to exin the city''s wealth to her.


    The next moment, the smile froze on her face since Rimiru said that she would need toplete thest step before gaining mastery over the city''s assets. Withoutpleting the steps, Laney had the authority of the city lord, but not fully.


    Zoric only followed her order because he was loyal to her.

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    Chapter 1372: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(3)


    Since Laney felt fine, she decided toplete thest step and take what was hers afterpleting the trial.


    No one other than Rimiru followed her to the main building in the fortress since only he and the bird had the authority. When Laney reached the statue, the bird also appeared, pping its wings.


    Its eyes were as calm as ever as it looked at the scene below it. Laney couldn''t help but feel surprised after she saw the bird.


    Before, she wasn''t aware of the bird''s status, but now that she looked at it, a piece of information containing the bird''s details appeared in her head.


    The bird was not a natural creature but an artificial creation. The city wasn''t simple, but it was an item belonging to a bigger artifact that contained all thirty-six cities.


    The bird was the item spirit of the part where Fring City was, so its status was no less than Laney''s. At the same time, the details of how to bring the spirit under her control also appeared in her head.


    To control the part spirit, Laney would need to defeat every city first and then also conquer the central city so that the item would be whole and the bird would turn into itsplete form.


    Laney nodded toward the bird, and the bird reciprocated with a nod as well. Even though it was someone out of Laney''s control, it was still the spirit of the city, and Laney was its equal.


    The bird kept its flight in the air and witnessed the scenes down below. Laney also didn''t waste much of her time and sliced the pattern. The next moment, her entire hand came out. But she didn''t feel any pain, and soon Laney''s hands had returned to normal as if there had been no injury in the first ce.


    When she cut the pattern, the things she had stored in the space inside the pattern got thrown out, and it began to glow blood red. It left Laney''s control on its own and flew toward the statue.


    At that moment, the statue seemed toe alive, and it extended its hand to touch the pattern.


    The pattern kept its route, and it had attached itself to the same spot as it had at the back of the statue''s right hand. It melted into the stone, looking like a naturally engraved pattern.


    At that moment, a rumble rang in Laney''s head, making her stumble. A rush of new information rang in her head, leaving her no choice but to clutch her head.


    There was no pain, but such a quick andrge rush of information overwhelmed her consciousness, making her feel ufortable. Fortunately for her, the process kept going for only a few moments, and things returned to normal.


    When Laney opened her eyes, she found the statue had changed once again. A structure with a regal seat was now in front of her, and Laney''s statue had sat on it as the pattern on the back of her band was glowing.


    Laney couldn''t help but smile upon seeing the statue. She seemed to sense the majesty of being the city lord.


    "How are you, Sheira?" Laney asked as she looked at the sky.


    The bird smiled in response to Laney''s question and nodded, swooping down to the ground. There was a special spot for her in the statue, and the bird sat on it.


    [In three hours, you would be forced out of Panagea!]


    Suddenly, a mechanical alert rang in Laney''s ears. Since the sun was about to rise in Panagea an hourter, Laney got an extension of three Panagea hours.


    Even though Fring was one of the lowest-ranked cities in all thirty-six cities designed by the creator, it was still worth more than anything Laney could imagine.


    Irrespective of the level of the beings in the city, no one can refuse her order. Those who did would lose the resident status of the city and would be forced to wander in the forests between the cities.


    The true horror of the forest between the cities was only revealed to Laney at that point. A Level 500 beast could easily be seen in the forest between the second and third circles.


    Even though Laney had crossed the forest and walked to the central city, she was no longer able to do so freely unless she reached Level 798, the level of the creature ruling the forest between the first circle and the central city.


    She had be a city lord but was still required to follow some rules.


    The first was that she wouldn''t directly or indirectly use her authority and the city''s resources for personal gains that might harm the city but benefit the ruler. The second was that she was the owner of every part of the city other than the parts that were rewarded to the recruits for helping herplete the quest. She could also rewardnd to her loyal followers, but there was a grading system, and she would need to follow that. She couldn''t just give vast swathes ofnd to anyone she wanted just because she was happy.


    The third rule was that she couldn''t reveal the location of the city to anyone unless she had conquered the entire artifact, meaning all thirty-six cities.


    The fourth rule required her not to leave the city for more than a thousand consecutive years.


    Except for the fourth rule, the other rules weren''t anything worth fretting over, so Laney wasn''t too worried about them.


    Even the fourth rule didn''t require her to worry too much. She was an adventurer, so she would most certainly leave the city and travel to gain levels andplete quests.


    Fring City was a high-level area that would make others jealous of her, but since she was the city lord, she was unable to do any quests there.


    There was a simple way of leveling up for the city lord, but for the adventurers who were immortal in Panagea, simply sitting and leveling up wasn''t something desirable. The immortal factor of Panagea was the most prominent reason behind other''s interest in Panagea since they could adventure and gain rewards without having to fear their death.


    Laney didn''t have to worry about the fourth rule because of her identity as an adventurer.


    The moment Laney became the city lord, an alert rang in her head.


    The alert contained simple yet shocking information. Laney could choose the fortress as her revival location. No matter where or what kind of danger she was in, if she died, she would have the choice of directly returning to the fortress.


    It seemed a heavy choice considering she would have to die to return, but the time duration was a thousand years, which was a long time for many things to happen. Laney didn''t think of herself as some overpowered character who wouldn''t die.


    She then brought her focus to the most significant part. How much wealth could she utilize for her personal use?


    Staying in Panagea for several years wasn''t cheap. The next moment, Laney''s jaw almost dropped in shock when she found the amount of cash the city treasury had.


    Laney expected to have weighty rules over the usage but found that they weren''t anything strict. There was a fixed emergency amount in case of war or other emergencies, and anything above that was for Laney to employ.


    At the same time, Laney also learned about the fixed sry of the city lord. The Fring City had been in existence for ten million years. To be precise, it was 10,132,874 years, and the wages of the city lord had been kept separate for all those years.


    Since there was no city lord before her, Laney automatically became the owner of all the umted sry, which had nothing to do with the treasury. It was purely hers, and she could do anything she wanted with it.


    The first rule said that she couldn''t use the resources of the city to create any disadvantageous situation for the city, or there would be punishment. But with the umted sry, she could even hire powerful beings to destroy the area, and she still wouldn''t be against the rules.


    When she calcted the amount, it wasn''t a small number at all, which excited Laney. But then she remembered the outrageous exchange rate and her excitement about bing wealthy slightly dimmed.


    Even then, the amount was clearly higher than the total wealth her entire race had umted, so nevertheless, it was a matter of celebration.


    Time flew by, and soon the limit of three hours, as told by the autonomous alert, arrived. She vanished the following instant as a white light engulfed her. It surprised Rimiru and Sheira. But soon, their eyes returned to calm as they turned around and left the fortress.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. Please let me know of any grammatical or story errors in the chapter as I wrote it in a hurry. I will check on them tomorrow. Sorry for the trouble.


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 Chapter 1373 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(4)

    <h4>Chapter 1373 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(4)</h4>


    Chapter 1373: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(4)


    Laney exhaled arge breath when she found herself back inside the portal room. In reality, around three years had passed since she began her trial.


    Three years was nothing worth considering whenpared to the timescale of the people of the Sacred Dimension, but for Laney, who wasn''t even fifty years old, it was definitely a known time gap for her and those who knew her.


    Laney''s eyes jumped in excitement as he looked at the leaderboard and found her name at the top rank. She couldn''t help but walk to the leaderboard and try to touch her name. Unfortunately for her, she wasn''t able to, and her hands simply passed through it.


    Laney then took repeated deep breaths, and finally, her pounding heart from excitement calmed down. She then turned around and left the room, only to be greeted by Aakesh, who was at the store''s door to bring forth a new day for the store.


    Aakesh had heard from the system as soon as Laney exited Panagea, so he wasn''t surprised to see her there. But since it was time for the store to open its doors, Aakesh ignored her for the moment and slid the gates open, announcing a new day for the store.


    The usualrge crowd greeted his sight as he looked ahead, and many of them had their eyes filled with different positive emotions; some were excited yet tense, while others were simply tense due to Panagea.


    Aakesh didn''t let them stand there and wait any longer, and he turned around, returning to his chair. As if the dam had been opened, the crowd outside the store thronged inside with fervor. In no time, the streets outside the store became devoid of people.


    Aakesh returned to his chair and sat down. Laney was going toe to him, but Aakesh stopped her since there would be customers entering Panagea, and he didn''t want to mess with the entry and exit schedule of the groups.


    The customers noticed an extra figure when they walked inside the store, and excited expressions spread across their faces. Laney had been inside Panagea over the past few years, so one spot was always filled, leaving several customers during the day to miss Panagea. But since Laney had exited, they no longer needed to worry about it.


    The strong reactions from people Laney didn''t even know surprised her. They were more excited for her return than she was for herself. She couldn''t help but smile wryly since it wasn''t tough to know what caused that kind of reaction from the customers.


    She simply smiled and stood there, waiting for the store owner to have some free time. Laney thought of reentering Panagea since she was already inside the store when the doors opened, so she should be covered in golden light. But that remained a dream. If Laney needed to enter Panagea, she would have to exit the store and then return since the store didn''t count her entry as an entry.


    Since things were like that, Laney decided to attempt her breakthrough and then return to the store the next day.


    The customers of the first group who owned any of the three store cards went toward the portal room, while those who didn''t form a queue began to pay cash.


    As the streak had been, Maria was the first in line. She greeted Aakesh and then walked toward the portal room.


    Maria stopped when she passed Laney. She could sense that the rtionship between Aakesh and Laney was different, but she didn''t feel jealous. In fact, it made her feel closer to Laney.


    She said some perfunctory words to Laney and then proceeded toward the portal room. Laney thanked Maria and returned her focus to the line, waiting for her turn.


    After a wait of a few hours, Laney finally received her turn.


    "Hello, Big brother, it''s great to see you after this long," Laney smilingly said. Even though her smile had returned and she was no longer gloomy, the happenings during the trial still made her slightly colder. The bubbly personality she always had whenever she talked with Aakesh was nowhere to be seen.


    Aakesh responded with a nod. Laney then shared some of her happenings with Aakesh, which he already knew.


    Over the past few years, whenever Aakesh got free time in the store, he would see how Laney was doing during the trial. If anyone was more desperate for Laney to seed than herself, it was Aakesh.


    There were no returns from failed store upgrade quests, as too much was at stake there. If Laney failed, he would lose whatever authority he gained afterpleting the first store upgrade mission, which wasn''t good for him at all.


    He admired Laney because of her achievements. He couldn''t provide personal benefits like items and other things to make Laney''s journey easier. If not for that, he would have most certainly rewarded her with a valuable item. Aakesh didn''t worry about it much since he decided to reward her with even better things once shepleted what Aakesh wanted: conquer a territory and start a new Kingdom.


    "You seem close to your breakthrough," Aakeshmented after stopping Laney from sharing everything she experienced during the trial.


    Laney frowned when she heard Aakesh. "Big brother, I feel that I have reached my limit and could break through any time," She trusted Aakesh, so she didn''t think Aakesh had made any mistakes.


    "You feel full, but if you attempt a breakthrough right away, there are thirty-five percent chances of your sess," Aakesh responded. It was true that Laney had reached the limit of the Divine Lord level, but it was more of a full te issue. The food on the te was on the verge of overflowing, so if Laney wanted to transfer the food onto a new and bigger te, she would have to be careful, as even a single grain of loss could turn into a flooding situation.


    What Laney needed to do was devour the energy even more sufficiently so that she would be able to transfer the grains in a single swoop without any loss.


    "Thank you, big brother!" Laney thanked Aakesh since, if not for him, she had made up her mind to attempt the breakthrough after leaving the store.

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    Chapter 1374 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(5)


    Chapter 1374: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(5)


    Laney left the store after thanking Aakesh. She fully trusted him, so she decided to postpone her attempts at a breakthrough until she had devoured energy at sufficient levels.


    ***


    "My daughter, you are back!" When Laney got back to her rented house, she received a surprise. A familiar figure was waiting for her, and it was none other than her father.


    "How did you know I would exit Panagea today?" Laney asked.


    An awkward smile spread across the father''s face as he heard his daughter. Laney''s jaw almost dropped in shock once she saw the reaction on her father''s face.


    "Don''t tell me; you have been here for days," Laney asked.


    Laney knew her father deeply loved her, and his love was one of the reasons she broke the situation at the bridge to enter the central city. But even she didn''t expect her father, who was so serious about his rule, to leave the Kingdom for days.


    "What is surprising about waiting for my daughter?" The father puffed his chest and responded, trying to hide his ears, which had be red with embarrassment.


    "I didn''t take you for someone who would say such cringe stuff." At that time, a third familiar voice rang in the house.


    A smile spread across Laney''s face as she turned around and saw her mothering toward her with a gentle smile. Laney immediately rushed but stopped as she couldn''t bring herself to act like a child again.


    Her mother saw the hesitation in her daughter''s eyes, and she frowned in response to that. The mother took the initiative and embraced Laney.


    "Now you feel hesitant about hugging your mother." The mother reprimanded her at the same time.


    The next moment, a gentle smile spread across her face as she patted her daughter''s head. At that moment, the mother felt her shoulder turning wet, and the sound of crying also rang in her ears.


    Laney had been working tirelessly to get through the trial without pausing even once, and when her mother hugged her, everything she had endured came out. It was apletely safe ce for her where she could let go of all the suffering she had gone through.


    Laney, who didn''t even think twice before killing so many people during the trial, was now bawling like a child. The father, who saw the scene from afar, clenched his fist.


    The father silently stood there and didn''t say anything about the past. He understood those things were natural, and only Laney could face them if she wanted to be something and not stop where he was.


    Laney was less than fifty years old and had already reached the peak Divine Lord cultivation level, whereas her father took more than five thousand years simply to step into the Divine Lord level. There was no talentparison between the father-daughter duo. Due to that, the father expected big things from Laney.


    The mother wanted to say things but was stopped by the father. Laney kept crying for hours on her mother''s shoulders while the mother and father silently went through that heartbreaking pain.


    Laney seemed to have returned to her childhood, as after crying for so long, she fell asleep.


    "Let''s go!" The father said after Laney had fallen asleep.


    The mother wanted to stay there for some more time with her daughter, but seeing the stern eyes of her husband, she couldn''t bring herself to say those words and left. Only with Laney was the father gentle. To others, he showed the majesty and aura of someone who came from nowhere and reached the throne.


    ***


    When Laney woke up, two days had passed since she left the store. She tried searching for her parents since she didn''t get to talk with them that day but found that they had left immediately after her crying.


    Laney simply smiled and then summoned the Yellow King. She hugged the beast since she missed it as well. Laney was unable to summon the beast due to restrictions from outside things put on her, but now that the trial was over and she was out, she could finally see the Yellow King.


    The Yellow King reciprocated her feelings strongly since there was no one closer to them than their partners, with whom they signed the contract.


    Laney then took a bath since it had been days. After the bath cleared her mind, she devoured the tasty food made by her maids. One of the things she missed over those years in Panagea was the food, so she ate more than usual.


    It was time for her to meditate after she had eaten to her heart''s content. Following what Aakesh had said, Laney didn''t meditate ording to the cultivation art but simply meditated to absorb the overflowing energy and knowledge.


    Around an hour had passed when Laney felt a tearing pain. She immediately stopped her meditation, and the pain disappeared.


    Aakesh had already informed her that absorbing the extra wouldn''t be easy. In normal senses, she had already touched the limit, and it showed in the chances of her sessful breakthrough.


    A chance of 35% sess only meant one sessful attempt in three, but it was an immensely high rate. The waiting time was absolutely worth it since absorbing that extra could bring added benefits to her when she stepped into the True God level.


    Laney didn''t have to worry about the approaching deadline of Aakesh''s test since she was confident in herself toplete everything in around a month. She would still have a few extra days left after that before the deadline ended.


    The meditation for the day hade to an end since there was no point in continuing through the pain. It would only harm her energy flow cycles.


    Time flew by, and a week passed in a sh.


    Laney inhaled arge breath and then exhaled it while energy particles around her danced in a fixed pattern. The process kept repeating itself several times, and as everything came to an end, the process also ended.


    Laney opened her eyes, and there seemed to be a burning me in the middle of her iris. It was only an illusion since it disappeared immediately.


    Laney had an excited expression since it was time for her to begin her breakthrough attempt.

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    Chapter 1375 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(6)


    Chapter 1375: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(6)


    To make sure Laney was correct in her assumptions, she decided to go to the store.


    Time flew by, and as Laney was returning to her residence, a broad smile was all over her face.


    Aakesh had confirmed that she had reached the limit, and the sess rate of her breakthrough had crossed the ny-eight percent mark. It was impossible to increase it further, so it was time for Laney to start her attempt.


    Laney returned to her residence, and she then left for the breakthrough arena. Breaking through to the True God wasn''t simr to how things went from Divine Being to Divine Lord. Cultivators needed to pass a tribtion since, from that moment on, their inner world could carry energy, and the inhabitants there could cultivate.


    The breakthrough arena was ater addition to Thorr City, and it forced Alfred to take heavy loans from other cities and Kingdoms. Many wanted to sponsor the creation of the arena, but Alfred and Asher decided against it after consideration.


    The city was earning well due to the influx of so many customers from outside the city, so they no longer had to worry about paying back the loan.


    A customer''s unexpected breakthrough a few years ago caused Alfred to develop the breakthrough arena. It wasn''t a new inspiration since the Fawkes and other Kingdoms had arenas of their own in their respective capital cities. At that time, the storeowner had protected the city inhabitants in the range. Alfred saw a new business opportunity in that. As the store grew older and more popr, people from all walks of life woulde, and it would be an immense addition to the city''s ie.


    The breakthrough arena was only suitable for True God''s breakthrough, but Alfred was confident that as time passed, the city would easily be able to upgrade the arena.


    Even though the breakthrough arena was expensive since it used expensive and valuable arrays to increase the element concentration in the area, Laney had no intention of keeping her breakthrough silent. After she reached the arena, the guards took her to her destination after she paid the required amount.


    The guard left Laney at a door since the breakthrough spot was beyond that door, and no one was allowed inside it other than the customers.


    Laney took a deep breath and sat down in a meditative position. As she inhaled, arge number of energy particles melted into her. The phenomenon kept repeating, and soon Laney''s eyes were closed. Her consciousness had fallen into a deep sleep.


    The trial had begun as she found herself in an illusion where she had be an Emperor and had reached the peak of her life. It didn''t take Laney long toe out of the illusion since her mental strength was clearly stronger than the tribtion required.


    The next moment, a heavy pressure descended on the area as a spherical core emerged out of Laney''s body and began to rotate at a quick speed. The more it spun, the heavier the pressure grew. At the same time, the spherical core was also erging.


    A vortex of energy appeared in the area as the spherical core devoured energy at a rapid rate. Time flew by, and soon, what was only the size of a fingernail had grown to the same size as her head.


    At the same time, dark clouds had begun to spread over the sky, and blue lightning rumbled from time to time. Finally, the first streak of thunder crashed onto Laney.


    Laney seemed immersed in her meditation, as the lightning didn''t even scratch her. As time passed, the sky grew darker, and the number of lightning strikes kept growing. At that time, there were numerous cracks spread across her body, as if she weren''t a living being but a stone.


    Despite numerous cracks spread across her body, not a single drop of blood spilled out of them. At the same time, the inner world, which had now grown to the same size as her upper body, remained unscathed. Whenever a lightning strike was about to hit it, a phenomenon would y out, and the lightning would hit Laney instead of the inner world.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye. It usually took days for the breakthrough to beplete, but most of that time was due to the first test of illusion.


    Laney broke it in less than an hour, so her breakthrough wouldn''tst as long as it did on average, but she also noticed the difference in lightning.


    From what Laney had read, blue lightning was what hit customers attempting the breakthrough. The same was the case with Laney, but she soon found out that the color of the lightning was growing darker, and the sensation of danger simrly grew.


    A few more hours passed, and Laney finally opened her eyes. She had a solemn look in them as she looked at the sky.


    The sky was no longer dark, and it was glowing red, while a snake made of red lightning was gracefully moving across the clouds. Whenever Laney saw the red lightning, she would feel an unvible pressure. Laney was no longer confident of a sessful breakthrough if the red lightning hit her since it was known for its extreme destructiveness.


    At the same time, Laney was confounded since it was the first time she had seen red lightning. Laney took a deep breath and prepared herself to defend, but the next moment, a scene she never expected yed out.


    The snake made of red lightning gracefully descended, but instead of striking Laney, it struck her inner world. Laney tried everything in her power to stop it. If it were her, there was a chance of survival, but if it were the inner world, the red lightning would destroy it.


    Laney had lost all her hope, and a helpless expression spread across her face when suddenly her inner world began to glow intensely red after shing with the lightning.


    It looked like the spherical core was exploding, but Laney found that it was slowly decreasing in size while the red lightning snake was slowly fading away.


    An excited expression spread across her face since it meant that the red lightning was blessing her inner world rather than attacking it.

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    Chapter 1376 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(7)


    Chapter 1376: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(7)


    Laney didn''t expect her inner world to be blessed at all¡ªforget it being blessed by red lightning. It was also the first time she found out that red lightning could also bless the inner world.


    As the red lightning began to fade away, Laney''s inner world was slowly decreasing in size, and at the same time, it was turning red from its usual gray color.


    Laney tried to peer through the wall and see what was going on inside her inner world but found the red light obstructing her. If she tried to force her way inside, things would turn dangerous for her.


    Laney no longer tried to attempt it and silently stood there. Before beginning the breakthrough, she never expected to sit back and let things proceed on their own.


    Time flew by, and one hour passed in the blink of an eye.


    The inner world had finally taken form, and it was no longer a spherical core but a zigzag-like lightning, while it was blood red in color and slightly lower in intensity whenpared to the red lightning snake.


    Laney had heard of different shapes of the inner world, so it wasn''t much of a surprise to her. What surprised her was that there were already lives forming inside the inner world.


    Stepping into the True God didn''t mean that the inner world would immediately have energy and the inhabitants inside it would be able to cultivate, but it was a slow, gradual process. For some, it took days; for others, the time grew to months; and for some, it grew to years, but Laney had never heard of an instant phenomenon.


    ***


    "Big Brother, I did it," Laney, filled with an excited smile, stated, releasing her energy at the True God level.


    Aakesh smiled in response since Laney didn''t disappoint him, and his choice didn''t turn out to be incorrect. Even though the quest was far fromplete since Laney needed to conquer a territory and be a King, Aakesh didn''t worry about it.


    The most difficult part of the quest was to find someone who would step into the True God level from the Divine Transformation level in less than thirty years. Conquering wasn''t much trouble for someone with that kind of talent.


    Laney then extended her hand and looked enthusiastically at Aakesh. Aakesh extended his hand in response, turning it into a fist and passing it to Laney.


    Laney was excited to see what it was that Aakesh had given her, but when he opened her hands, she found nothing but empty air. Laney was about toin when she suddenly discovered her surroundings were changing.


    She was no longer inside the store but in a vast garden. She turned to her left and found Aakesh standing there, while there was no one ahead of her.


    The next moment, she felt the ground beneath her sink. To be more precise, she was floating up at a quick rate.


    In no time, the ground beneath her had be blurry to her, and soon after, she could no longer see it. Laney wasn''t understanding what Aakesh meant by that, so she turned to her left but found he was nowhere to be seen.


    Laney was still floating up without stopping. It wasn''t visible to her, but a feeling.


    "You want me to be a King?" Laney asked after returning to the store. What she saw in the vision was something unimaginable, so the shock was still there on her face.


    "Yes, you need to conquer newnds and be a King."


    "Big Brother, my father is already a King. I am sure if I asked him, he would give the throne to me. Why do I need to im another territory?" Laney couldn''t help but ask after Aakesh''s response.


    "Because your destiny awaits it," Aakesh responded. He couldn''t just tell her to be a King so that his quest would beplete, so he randomly introduced destiny.


    Anything involving destiny was mysterious and easily believable. The same happened with Laney. Her eyes turned solemn when she heard Aakesh, and she immediately epted it.


    If Aakesh were to activate a skill like Fortune Eyes and see Laney''s fate lines before and after his response, he would be surprised to find out that the number of golden fate lines had grown outrageously in thetter situation.


    "I believe that you will be a great ruler¡­" Aakesh said some more sweet words to make Laney believe that conquering was a required option.


    Laney deeply respected Aakesh, so it wasn''t very hard for her to ept Aakesh''s statement about needing to be a King.


    The scenes she saw in that vision further added to her interests. The reward Aakesh talked about was something unimaginable to her. Unfortunately for her, she was too low level topletely understand the scale of it.


    Still, that slight window of opportunity was more than enough for the current Laney.


    "Since you want me to be a King, I will be one," Laney patted her chest and responded.


    "Should I conquer the Fawkes Kingdom?" Laney immediately asked, trying to make a joke with him.


    Since it was the evening after the store''s closing, Laney didn''t need to worry about wasting Aakesh''s time.


    "It''s up to you, but I suggest you avoid it. You aren''t strong enough to defeat the previous King, and it will take a few years for you to reach that state," Aakesh replied. He understood Laney''s joking mood, but he still seriously replied.


    ***


    "Will there be a reward if I be a King in the next two years?" Laney asked with an expectant gaze after Aakesh told her she needed to be a King in two years.


    Aakesh believed in doing the work before the deadline, so he asked Laney to do it in two years, and he still would have a few months left before the deadline.


    "Yes, once you be a King, I will reward you," Aakesh responded.


    "Will it be that opportunity again?" Laney expectantly asked.


    "No, something even better," Aakesh answered with a smile.


    It was unimaginable for Laney but not worth much for Aakesh, and what he was going to reward Laney at her coronation ceremony was countless times greater in value andpatibility.


    ***


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 Chapter 1377 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(8)

    Chapter 1377 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(8)


    Chapter 1377: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(8)


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr and its nearby cities!]


    The system''s alert rang inside Aakesh''s ears, waking him up from meditation. Aakesh looked to his left and found a screen waiting there for him.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation since the screen''s appearance inferred growth in his absorption rate. Aakesh was on the verge of another breakthrough, with him only needing a few meditations to step into thete Divine Lord.


    Laney, who came years after he ascended to the Sacred Dimension, had already stepped into the True God level, while he, who had started cultivating earlier, was still decades away from stepping into that stage. At the same time, the talent Aakesh had was like a burning sunpared to Laney''s aptitude, which was nothing but a small me in front of him.


    Despite that, Aakesh didn''t worry about it. Even though he was only an intermediate Divine Lord, he would have no issue dealing with the likes of Laney.


    He then stood up from his meditation mat, and it disappeared immediately after that. Aakesh summoned the door to his room to take a bath.


    When Aakesh came down from the stairs, the sun was about to rise. Behind him, the door and stairs disappeared, waiting for him or the other two to summon them back.


    Finally, after a wait of a few minutes, the first ray of sunlight broke through the cover of darkness. The darkness was forced to hide in no time, and light reced it in the other''s eyes, announcing the start of a new day.


    Aakesh walked to the door and slid it open. As usual, arge crowd of customers greeted his sight. He didn''t let them wait any longer and immediately returned to his chair. While the mass entered the store, emptying the street in no time.


    The familiar scenes yed out in the store as the first 31,148 customers to enter were shrouded in golden light. Those who weren''t the lucky ones were disappointed but then calmed down since they would get their entries.


    The situation of many in Panagea had changed, and it had deeply impacted their lives in reality. Many of the customers who lived terribly due to different circumstances now had a stable source of ie from Panagea and could live leisurely.


    ***


    The customers who owned any of the three store cards immediately walked toward the portal room, barring a few exceptions like Maria and Laney. Those who didn''t own any of the three cards formed a line in front of the store owner to pay for their stay in Panagea.


    Maria, being the first in line as usual, greeted Aakesh and then walked toward the portal room. Laney was seventh in line, so she also left after greeting Aakesh.


    The day was bound to be different for Laney since her breakthrough to the True God level had alerted many in the city and also caused some stir around her Kingdom. Before her, it was one of the weakest due to her father being the only one, but now that she had be a True God, and at that kind of age, her talent not only caused envy but also made them feel a sense of terror toward what she and her father would do next.


    But it wasn''t what made the day different for her. She was going to summon her second beast, and a True God at that. Her firepower was bound to grow explosively since, after the beast, she would also buy some skills.


    She wanted to purchase the beast first but had to enter Panagea since she needed money to do so. Even though the umted sry and money from the treasury were hers, she needed to im them if she wanted them in her name.


    Only the things in the control of the adventurers were allowed to be exchanged in reality, so she would first need to enter Panagea.


    It had been a few weeks since she had exited Panagea, and as the time flow in Panagea was even faster, more than two months had passed there.


    Laney couldn''t help but smile proudly when she saw that her name was still at the top of the list despite not entering Panagea for days. She then moved her eyes away and focused on the closest vacant virtual portal.


    As she touched the stars, a suction force stronger than anything she could handle appeared and devoured her inside, and the numerous shining stars turned gray, terming it as a filled portal.


    The next moment, Laney found herself in the same spot where she was forced out of Panagea days ago. She couldn''t help but take a deep breath as she saw the familiar, stunning fortress.


    Only a few seconds had passed since her emergence in Panagea, and the sound of a bird pping rang in her ears. Laney looked above and found Sheira descending.


    Laney smiled and waited. The bird went to its position on the statue and looked at Laney. It clearly didn''t like disappearance for that long when Laney had just taken the top seat, but for some reason, she found that it was required and didn''tin about it.


    "Are you ready to start as the city lord?" Sheira asked. Her voice was so soothing that it calmed all the tension Laney had at that moment.


    Greeting the bird, Laney nodded cheerfully and motioned for it to take her to her office.


    Sheira nodded and then flew toward the office inside the fortress. The main part of the Fring city was inside the fortress, while the city outside the fortress was for weaker citizens.


    The highest level in the city outside the fortress was Level 318, and that too was the level of the head soldier, who was tasked with protecting it from the enemy beasts and tribes.


    In the city inside the fortress, it wasn''t difficult to sight a Level 250+, while those above Level 300 were also inrge numbers. The highest level of any being in the city was Level 550, and that was Sheira. Below Sheira, the highest level was Level 483, and that was the man Laney had seen upon entering the inside city. In short, the elites of the Fring City gathered there.

 Chapter 1378 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(9)

    Chapter 1378 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(9)


    Chapter 1378: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(9)


    In ce of the pagoda where Laney trained for the quest, there was now a grand building, and that was Laney''s residence as well as her office.


    When Laney came to the door, Gerique was the first to greet her. Gerique was none other than the strongest being in the Fring City below Sheira.


    Gerique was not only the head of the army of the city, but he was also the protector of the city lord. Sheira disappeared after leaving Laney in Gerique''s care.


    Gerique took her inside the residence and told her about the different benefits of the house. Once Laney had gotten a tour of her residence, the time to sign the contract arrived.


    The terms of the contract were simple and ensured Gerique''s loyalty to the City Lord. Despite having a level almost twice as high as Laney''s, Gerique had no choice but to sign the contract with him as the second party while Laney was the leader.


    Once the contract was signed, the paper turned into light particles and melted into Gerique''s hand. Shortly after, Gerique''s right hand''s back disyed a pattern with the same shape as the contract paper.


    Since the Fring City had been in existence for more than a million years and had functioned all those years without any city lord, the work waiting for her was gigantic, to say the least.


    As the City Lord, her first duty was to assign different ministries to differentpetent parties, but since Laney''s primary purpose for entering Panagea that day was to im some money, she decided to focus on that.


    Ifpared to the money in terms of Sacred Dimension currencies, Laney earned a thousand ultimate Sacred stones every month. If she were to exchange all the umted sry, it would be a terrifying amount, but there was also the outrageous exchange rate of five thousand percent.


    She would have to own Soul stones equal to five thousand ultimate Sacred stones to bring one ultimate Sacred stone out. But since the time to umte the sum was immense, despite the outrageous exchange rate, she would be able to exchange arge amount of money.


    iming her sry was an easy task, so Laney imed her entire pay over the years, taking her wealth to an unprecedented height in no time.


    Laney''s task to enter Panagea was already done, so there was no point in her staying any longer. But Laney controlled herself since immediately disappearing from the city after taking the money wouldn''t look good on her. To solve that, Laney decided to survey the city''s functions.


    Laney hadn''t evenpleted one-tenth of the total survey when she found that her stay in Panagea hade to an end and the system had forced her out of Panagea.


    After walking out of the portal room, she looked at Aakesh. There was a long line of customers in front of him, so Laney decided to go directly to the beast room.


    The familiar sight greeted her when she stepped into the room. The number of customers inside the room was higher than it was several years ago. Even in front of the second pir which was usually filled with a few people, there was a line exceeding thirty customers.


    Since Laney had already purchased a beast from the first pir, her target at that time was the second pir.


    Laney joined the queue, and to pass the time, she looked around at the murals painted on the wall. Thest time, she had a beast in her mind due to Aakesh, but that wasn''t the case the second time.


    It wouldn''t be bad if Laney summoned another Yellow King, so she only hoped for the best beast to be summoned. Time flew by, and soon it was her time to begin the summoning.


    Laney took a deep breath and pressed the button. The next moment, the square light began to rotate at a rapid rate and kept at it for five seconds.


    Not long after, a beast appeared on the screen. Due to her focusing on training and Panagea, her knowledge regarding other races wasn''t that good. She didn''t recognize the beast on the screen.


    As the card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hands, she was enthusiastic to see what beast it was.


    [Name: Hanswan


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Element: Water, Air, Ice, Light, Sound


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early True God


    Characteristics: ***


    Ability:


    1.) Aqua Torrent: The Hanswan unleashes a torrent of water, flooding the battlefield and damaging enemies while creating a watery shield for allies.


    2.) Tempest sh: The Hanswan conjures a de made of condensed air and water, shing through enemies with a fierce, cutting gust.


    3.) cial Impact: The Hanswan summons a massive ice projectile, hurling it at a target and causing a freezing explosion on impact.


    4.) Mist Veil: The Hanswan shrouds itself in a thick mist, obscuring vision and making it harder for enemies to urately target or hit Hanswan.


    5.) Healing Rhapsody: The Hanswan sings a soothing melody that elerates natural healing, gradually restoring health to allies within its vicinity.


    6.) cial Embrace: The Hanswan summons an icy prison to encase foes, rendering them immobile and vulnerable to attacks.


    ...


    10.) Cryo Ward: The Hanswan generates a protective ice barrier that absorbs and negates a portion of iing damage, especially effective against fire-based attacks.


    11.) Tidal Wave Symphony: The Hanswan unleashes a devastating symphony of sound waves, creating a massive tidal wave that drowns enemies and washes away obstacles.


    12.) Elemental Cataclysm: The Hanswan gathers the energies of its five elemental affinities into a devastating cataclysmic attack. With a graceful sweep of its wings, it releases a colossal vortex of elemental power that engulfs the battlefield.


    Card Description: The Hanswan is a formidable, stunning creature. Its attributes of water, air, ice, light, and sound make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful beast onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Hanswan.


    Price: One thousand two hundred ultimate Sacred stones.]

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    Chapter 1379 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(10)


    Chapter 1379: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(10)


    Laney read the details of the card with astonishment, and the more she read, the more she liked the beast, especially when she read the characteristics and its details.


    [Name: Hanswan


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Element: Water, Air, Ice, Light, Sound


    Quality: Ultimate


    Cultivation: Early True God


    Characteristics: Elemental Nexus


    Details: The Hanswan possesses the ability to create an Elemental Nexus within a defined territory, marking it and its partner''s dominance over that area and granting unparalleled control over the elements within it. The Nexus acts as a focal point for the fusion and amplification of Hanswan''s elemental powers.


    ¡­


    Price: One thousand two hundred ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The characteristics [Elemental Nexus] were tailor-made for a territory, making Laney further believe in Aakesh''s words when he talked about bing a King being her destiny.


    The beast was no less stunning on top of its myriad of different types of abilities. The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the Hanswan.


    It had a graceful and slender body, just like a swan. Its feathers were pristine white as if no dust in the world could sully them. They had a soft shine, further adding to the beauty of the beast. Its eyes were a deep, crystalline blue, glowing with wisdom and serenity. Along its body and wings, there were intricate patterns that represented the different elements it controlled. Flowing water patterns, swirling winds, frosty ice crystals, radiant beams of light, and musical notes intertwined seamlessly among its feathers.


    In short, the Hanswan was a sight to behold. Its appearance further added to Laney''s interest in the bird.


    Since there were no words ofint Laney could think of, her decision to initiate the taming battle was instant. She then left the queue and walked toward the square device.


    Laney had enough wealth at that time that she didn''t even flinch when she saw the price of the beast.


    While waiting for her turn, Laney made some strategies regarding the taming battle in her mind. Time flew by, and her wait finally came to an end. It was time for her to tame the Hanswan.


    In a sense, it was her first traditional taming battle because she defeated the Yellow King with Aakesh''s assistance. Laney took a deep breath and ced the card in its respectivepartment while cing her hand where it was required.


    The next moment, Laney found her vision changing, and she was no longer in the store. She stood in a vast, serene grasnd withkes of different sizes. At the same time, the air made whistling sounds that further calmed the stress she had.


    The next moment, a bubbling sound rang in the area from one of thekes, and soon after, a swan emerged from underwater. Seeing the beast in reality was way more wondrous than seeing it in the card''s illustration.


    A gentle smile automatically spread across her face since just seeing the beast soothed her heart.


    Whistle!


    The next moment, a whistling sound rang in Laney''s ears as the Hanswan pped its wings and took flight. It then stopped midair and looked down at Laney.


    If it had been before, Laney would have worried about a beast in the air, but since she had reached the True God level, she could now fly in the Sacred Dimension.


    Her experience with flying during the trial helped her immediately master flying in the Sacred Dimension. She also took flight and stopped at the same height as the Hanswan.


    The Hanswan were gentle yet ferocious creatures. As long as others stayed away from its range of abilities, it would remain calm and peaceful. But if someone dared to trespass in their territory, the ferocious side hidden beneath its beautiful appearance would rush out.


    Growl! RING!


    The sound of the bell ringing drowned out the beast''s growl. The Hanswan didn''t mind the ringing since it had been waiting for it.


    It immediately attacked, activating [cial Impact]. The next moment, a massive ice projectile like a mountain emerged above it. It was immediately hurled at Laney.


    Laney tried to dodge it but found herself frozen when a melody rang in her ears. Laney acted on time, forcing herself to move away, and the gigantic ice projectile was met with empty air.


    When it crashed to the ground, a cloud of vapor and dust emerged, while Laney remained unscathed. Every customer had an advantage in the taming battle in that they knew about all the abilities of the beast they would be battling.


    In cases of extreme power differences, knowing or not knowing didn''t make much of a difference. But when the power difference between the two sides wasn''t very wide, that knowledge was immensely beneficial to the customers.


    Laney used that knowledge to her advantage and attacked. The next moment, a blue glow appeared around her, covering herpletely.


    In no time, the blue light melted into her, forming an armor. It was a great skill she had gained in Panagea and had exchanged for a terrifyingly high price.


    In no time, Laney had turned into a blue mecha warrior. Despite her being in the air, the ground right below her began to sink. It was a gravity-rted skill.


    On the ground, Laney was immensely heavy, but for her, she was light as a feather. She added some energy to her legs and pounced forward. The next moment, she flew toward the beast like a kite.


    A deep blue glow appeared around her armored hand, and she punched. Even before the punch could hit the Hanswan, it felt an intense weight hit it. The gravity beneath it had reached an outrageous height, trying to pull her down.


    Growl!


    The Hanswan growled, activating [Cryo Ward]. The next moment, the gravity affecting her slightly decreased in intensity, but at that time, Laney had reached it.


    Laney had predicted the movements made by the Hanswan when she would use the skill, so she had already prepared for everything.


    But as the saying goes, things and their implementations can be nned, but the result can not be. When Laney''s punch seemed to hit the beast, a strong fluctuation of energy suddenly appeared around it.

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    Chapter 1380 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(11)


    Chapter 1380: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(11)


    The fluctuations around the beast were so intense that Laney had no choice but to slow down her attack. It was all the time the beast needed to counterattack, and it did.


    Even though not even a minute had passed since the taming battle began, it had already reached itsst leg due to Laney forcing the Hanswan.


    It immediately activated [Elemental Cataclysm]. The next moment, the fluctuation around it became even more intense since [Elemental Nexus] had also been activated before.


    As the Hanswan pped its wings, a vortex filled with the destructive intent of the five elemental energies it controlled emerged. With every p, the vortex grew stronger.


    Laney had no choice but to move further and further since the sense of danger emanating from the vortex was too intense to take a risk.


    The patterns around Hanswan''s body began to dim as the vortex grew stronger.


    Laney had never expected Hanswan to take such a risk at the start of the battle, but it wasn''t a situation where Laney felt hopeless.


    Laney kept the armor active even though it ced a considerable strain on her energy, and at the same time, she activated a defensive skill.


    Laney was a dual elemental user, using the rare element of gravity with the element of metal. The metal ability was from her race, while Aakesh had a primary role to y in her getting the ability to manipte the element of gravity.


    Aakesh had informed her of three items that could help her master three different elements. She was able to control gravity because she only found the item rted to the element of gravity.


    The armor around her body began to strengthen as a tint of gold began to cover it. When the skill waspletely active, the armor around Laney looked vastly different than it had before.


    If the former armor could be considered prehistoric, then thetter could be called modern technology.


    These two skills were exchanged by Laney since they bothplement each other.


    Even though it may seem like a long time had passed, not even ten seconds had passed since Laney was forced to move back.


    The Hanswan''s pattern hadpletely dimmed at that time. If the attack on Laney''s failed to bring the result it wanted, then the beast would have lost the battle since it would no longer be able to use any energy for a period of time.


    The beastunched the attack, causing nothing but destruction in its wake as it moved. It seemed to be moving at a slow rate, but it reached Laney in no time.


    Laney was prepared to defend herself, but the attack struck her.


    BOOM!


    The next moment, a loud explosion rang in the area, shaking the ground in the range of a few hundred miles.


    Thud!


    The next moment, the Haswan crashed to the ground as it could no longer influence energy and its physical tiredness had reached a state where it couldn''t even p its wings to keep floating.


    Whoosh!


    At that time, Laney, who had been knocked several miles deep into the pit, pushed above, tearing through the air. The gravity maniption helped her at that time since she was no longer in her optimal condition.


    The armor around her body had several cracks spread around it, with blood seeping out of many cracks.


    The Hanswan''s eyes showed disappointment when they saw Laney approaching it. The Hanswan was a proud creature, so it wasn''t eptable to be bound by a contract with someone.


    Unfortunately for it, its pride didn''t help her as Laney brutally cut the beast''s neck, ending its life. Laney didn''t want to be brutal and kill the beast, but since it showed no interest in epting defeat, Laney had no other option left if she wanted to win the taming battle.


    As the beast died, Laney found her consciousness back inside the store. Before she could celebrate, a prickling pain hit her. She couldn''t help but hiss in pain, even though it was her second time going through it.


    Since the pain immediately disappeared, Laney didn''t feel ufortable for long, and the joy of winning against the beast finally set in her mind.


    A wide smile spread across her face as she looked at the glowing screen, showing the details of the contract between her and the beast.


    Since the beast was of ultimate quality, only the store owner couldplete thest step, so Laney pulled the beast card out and turned around to leave the room.


    When Laney walked out of the room, there were a number of people already there in line, waiting for their turn to reach Aakesh. Laney wanted to buy skill cards as well, but since it wasn''t possible to hold any product for more than an hour if unpaid, she needed toplete thest step first.


    Laney joined the line and waited for her turn. After the wait of a few minutes, it was her turn. She first greeted Aakesh and then handed him the beast card.


    "Big Brother, what do you think about it?" Laney respectfully asked.


    Even though Laney deeply liked the beast and had already won the taming battle, if Aakesh said that he didn''t like it, she wouldn''t think twice before returning it. Her trust in Aakesh was on the same footing as her trust in her father.


    Aakesh didn''t simply nce at the beast that time; he took a look at the card. Since the beast she bought would be a significant power boost to her, Aakesh took it seriously.


    Aakesh knew about the Hanswan race. Even though it looked like a swan, it wasn''t a simple swan, but a mutant, as its race said on the card.


    There had been only one Hanswan in existence in the Swan group, and that too died not long after its birth. The reason for it was that the original Hanswan had hexa-elemental control ability.


    The sixth element it controlled was decay, and it could notplement other elements, making the beast die out due to the element of decay suddenly bing out of control.

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    Chapter 1381 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(12)


    Chapter 1381: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(12)


    What led to the birth of the Hanswan wasn''t a surprise but a fully calcted task by all the Swan groups. The Swan group doesn''t have much say in the beast group, and it had a terrifying enemy in the form of another bird race.


    Since that enemy was the sub-group of a powerful race in the beast group, the Swans were left with no choice but to take a risk.


    Before the risk, the strongest member in the group was Rotten Swan, a Sacred Monarch level being and also the leader of the Swan group.


    After doing countless hours of research, the first Hanswan was finally born with the ability to control six elements. The element of decay directly came from the Rotten Swan, the strongest of the group.


    The Hanswan didn''t disappoint the Swans, and it became the first Sacred Creator of the race, making the Swan group no longer fear their former enemy.


    But unfortunately, when it seemed that the Swans had a strong leader, the elements became out of control, starting with the element of decay. It not only caused the death of the Hanswan but also caused numerous losses to the Swan group.


    After the tragedy, the Swan group no longer had a being in the Sacred group, with their leader being a peak Supreme God level creature. At the same time, a curse seemed to have affected the race as well. Whenever any of the Swan members reached the Sacred King level, a decaying curse began to affect them, ending only when the beast died.


    Laney couldn''t help but be shocked when she heard the story of Hanswan from Aakesh''s mouth. At the same time, she was terrified about the situation with the beast in her card going out of control.


    "You don''t need to worry about the Hanswan going out of control. It is no longer a defective creation," Aakesh expressionlessly said, understanding the thoughts going on inside Laney''s head.


    Laney nodded and immediately felt relieved since Aakesh''s assurance was more than enough. She then requested Aakesh toplete the purchase.


    "You need to pay one thousand two hundred ultimate and one higher Sacred stone," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Laney, returning the beast card.


    Laney nodded since she was immediately met with an alert ringing in her head.


    ***


    "The beast is yours from now on," Aakesh informed Laney after the system notified him of the sessful payment.


    Laney thanked Aakesh and then walked toward the skill room. Since it wasn''t her first time buying skills from the store, she already knew things she needed to know about the product.


    When Laney walked into the room, she was greeted with the familiar sight of numerous murals, seven counters, and the semi-pir. Simr to the beast room, the number of customers inside the skill room had grown as well.


    There were more than fifty customers alone on the counter for the True God level skills, whereas the number was exponentially higher for the counters for lower cultivations.


    Since Laney didn''tck money at the moment, she decided to go for God level skills of each type. Thest time she hade to the room was when she reached the Divine Lord cultivation level, and at that time, she didn''t have enough money to go for Emperor or God level skills.


    Laney could also go for an upgrade of the skills she had already purchased from the store, but Laney decided to leave that to luck. If she found a better skill, she would purchase it, and if the upgrade was better, she would buy it.


    Laney decided to start with the attacking type skills since the bottom row was for that type. She immediately reached for thest shelf in the bottom row when she arrived at the counter.


    The next moment, when she pulled her hand out, there was a skill card in it. It was an attacking skill rted to the element of metal. She read the details but didn''t like them much, so she returned the card and pulled a new one out.


    [Name: Graviton Vortex


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes a devastating gravitational vortex that crushes and disintegrates adversaries


    Description: The user taps into the fundamental essence of gravity to summon a cataclysmic gravitational vortex that obliterates adversaries with unstoppable force. This skill transforms the user into a harbinger of gravitational annihtion, unleashing a maelstrom of destructive energy.


    The activation of the skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of gravity. It ces a considerable strain on the user''s spiritual energy and physique, demanding precise control to maintain the skill.


    Price: Two hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    The skill was rted to the element of gravity and had the capability to cause intense destruction. It was what Laney required from an attacking skill, so an immediate decision had been formed in her mind. She would buy the [Graviton Vortex].


    It was only her second try, but Laney trusted her intuition and didn''t need any more skills to confirm her choice.


    Considering things like that, she moved to the next row belonging to defensive type skills. She reached for thest shelf in the row and pulled a skill card out.


    Laney read the details on the card and wasn''t impressed, so she returned it. Laney kept trying to grab a card she would like, but for the next several minutes, she failed in her attempt.


    [Name: Bastion Ward


    Type: Defense


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Constructs an impervious bastion of unyielding metal that shields against all forms of harm


    Description: The user channels the indomitable essence of metal to create an impervious bastion of unyielding metal that offers unparalleled defense against all forms of harm. This skill forms a protective barrier of imprable metal that envelops the user, rendering them virtually invulnerable to attacks.


    The activation of Bastion Ward demands mastery over the element of metal and precise control over the bastion''s dynamics.


    Price: Three hundred fifty supreme Sacred stones.]


    Laney finally found a skill that couldplement her favorite skill, the one she used to defeat the beast.

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    Chapter 1382 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(13)


    Chapter 1382: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(13)


    (A/N: Before starting the chapter, I want to add something to previous chapters. The ability to control gravity didn''t automatically transfer to Laney, but she had to spend a lot of money to exchange it in reality. Sorry if you thought differently. I failed to add that.)


    Laney read the details of [Bastion Ward] and nodded in appreciation since itplemented [Armored Gravity]. It was the skill that used thebination of gravity and metal to boost Laney''s power to a great extent.


    The reason [Bastion Ward]plimented the skill had to do with its dynamic barrier form. Laney could manipte the barrier formed around her into different shapes and at other ces, depending on the situation.


    [Bastion Ward] wasn''t the best skill summoned by her, but she found it to be more to her liking than others. Sometimes, those kinds of skills were better than those with overpowering abilities. Since the situation was like that, an immediate decision was made, and Laney picked up the skill.


    After selecting the skills of attacking and defensive types, it was time for Laney to move up thedder on the counter. The next type of skill waiting for her was the movement type.


    Laney immediately reached for thest shelf in the row and pulled out a new skill card.


    Laney read the card''s details but didn''t like them, so she immediately searched for another one, returning the former.


    Time flew by, and Laney finally pulled out a skill she liked on her seventeenth attempt.


    [Name: Graviton Propulsion


    Type: Movement


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Maniptes gravitational forces to achieve incredible speed and agility


    Description: The user harnesses the fundamental essence of gravity to manipte gravitational forces, enabling the user to achieve extraordinary speed and agility. This skill transforms the user into a master of gravitational propulsion, allowing them to traverse vast distances and swiftly evade adversaries.


    The activation of the skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of gravity.


    Price: Three hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Laney read the details of the card withplete focus. As its name suggested, the skill allowed Laney to propel herself at top speed, manipting the gravity around her.


    Considering the applications of gravity, the skill''s effects couldn''t be considered top-notch or something rare, but one of the answers anyone woulde up with when asked how to use gravity in movement.


    What made the skill so special for Laney to love was its energy usage and precise control of gravity to move. The skill didn''t demand too much energy, and at the same time, it didn''t affect the center of gravity for other parts of the body.


    Laney wanted to experience the control of gravity in that way, but she controlled herself since there were two more skills left for her to purchase.


    Since Laney loved the skill, there was no question of trying to summon other skills. She then moved upward and reached for thest shelf in the second topmost row.


    When he pulled her hand out, there was a card in it. Laney didn''t have to keep trying to find a suitable skill that time, and she summoned one on her first try.


    It was a supporting skill that furtherplimented [Armored Gravity] and also boosted her strength. Her decision speed for the skill was second only to [Bastion Ward].


    Since she had received two skillsplimenting [Armored Gravity], her strength was bound to explode once she mastered the skill. Laney couldn''t help but imagine the scenes of that moment. But she immediately returned to reality since buying the skills from the store didn''t mean that she would master them immediately.


    Before going for the skill, Laney was confident that she wouldn''t be able to master them during the test given by Aakesh to conquer a territory and be a King. She still purchased the skill since she was confident in her victory.


    Since Laney had purchased skills for attack, defense, support, and movement, only one type was left to buy. She immediately reached to thest shelf on the top row and pulled out a skill card.


    Laney''s fortune seemed to be great at that moment as the first skill she pulled out won her heart.


    [Name: Singrity Conflux


    Type: Combination (Support, Movement, and Attack)


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak True God


    Effect: Harnesses the gravitational spectrum to empower the user with enhanced abilities, swift movement, and a devastating gravitational strike against a single enemy in closebat.


    Description: The skill uses the mastery of gravitational maniption, fusing the versatile aspects of support, movement, and a devastating attack. It allows the user to harness the gravitational spectrum, empowering themselves to implement it in three ways.


    1.) Singrity Resurgence: The user maniptes gravity to create a localized singrity around themselves. This singrity replenishes their energy, revitalizes their body, and mends minor wounds, providing a momentary burst of support to enhance their overall capabilities.


    2.) Gravitational Glide: The user maniptes gravitational fields around them to glide smoothly and swiftly across the battlefield, evading attacks and positioning strategically. The gravitational shift allows for rapid changes in direction and graceful aerial movement.


    3.) Single Strike: The user concentrates an immense amount of gravitational force into a single, devastating strike. When this strike connects with the adversary, it releases a shockwave of gravitational energy, crushing and immobilizing the target momentarily.


    The activation of the skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of gravity. The energy required to seamlessly transition between aspects while managing energy usage might put a strain on the physical body of the user.


    Price: One thousand five hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Laney read the skill''s details with her eyes and mouth wide open from astonishment. Her favorite skill was [Armored Gravity], but she now had a contender for the title.


    Just the supporting aspect of the [Singrity Conflux] was more than enough to win her heart, but having three powerful effects embedded in a single skill made it even more desirable.


    The decision to buy the skill was even more immediate than the same decision for [Bastion Ward]. With that, Laney had bought all five types of skills. But things hadn''t ended since the experience session was still left.


    Since only the experience session was left for Laney, she left the skill counter and walked toward the semi-pir. The sheer number of customers in the line made it certain that Laney''s waiting time wouldn''t be short.


    Time flew by, and around an hour passed in the blink of an eye. Laney finally reached the semi-pir with the [Singruty Conflux] skill card in her hand.


    Laney decided to start with that skill and ced its card in the respectivepartment. The next moment, she found her consciousness in a body that looked like her, but she couldn''t control it.


    Since it wasn''t the first time Laney was experiencing a skill, she was already aware of it and didn''t feel ufortable.


    At that moment, Laney stood in the middle of an ongoing war with powerful fighters from both sides. Since Laney had recently seen a lot of dreadful wars due to her trial, she didn''t feel much, looking at the bloody scenes in front of her and staying calm.


    Her consciousness simply waited for the body to activate the skills so she could see how it felt and how it would affect reality.


    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!


    Laney''s consciousness was alert, so she immediately noticed the sound of something tearing through the air, with her being the target. As the arrows made of dangerous energy seemed to hit her, Laney suddenly slid past the shot with ease.


    The same thing happened with the other two arrows, and Laney was unscathed. It wasn''t much, but what wasing to her was the actual trouble. The next moment, the sky turned dark as numerous arrows covered it. At that moment, it seemed like Laney was at the center of the world, and every soul wanted to eliminate her.


    Laney''s body fully activated the movement aspect of the skill, and her movement reached new heights. Not only that, but her body had also turned more agile.


    Since the range of the skill only affected her, she couldn''t affect the arrowsing at her. She kept dodging one after another while the enemies kept shooting arrows.


    Finally, the number of shots crossed the dangerous mark and hit Laney. Her body immediately activated the supporting aspect of the skill, and a gray glow shrouded her.


    It not only treated the wounds caused by the few arrows that struck her, but it also increased the speed with which she dodged them or changed the position of her body in different situations.


    Laney''s consciousness felt the scene was too beautiful. It was as if she was watching a graceful dance.


    ***


    A/N: Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to everyone!


    May Prabhu bless all of you with prosperity and glory and solve all the troubles you have in your lives!


    Thank you for reading the book! I am grateful for your support.


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    Chapter 1383 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(14)


    Chapter 1383: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(14)


    As Laney evaded the arrows, her movements seemed like those of a graceful dancer. At the same time, whenever a shot seeded in injuring her, the gray light would engulf that spot, and the wound would heal in no time.


    While Laney was battling in her way, the soldiers behind her also charged at the enemy camp. The war, already bloody to its peak, reached another level as heads and different body parts flew across the ground, and the number of corpses grew at an outrageous rate.


    Laney wasn''t simply dodging the arrows while moving; they had a pattern of moving forward in the direction of the leader of the camp.


    The camp leader also noticed it, so he increased the intensity of the attacks. Several attacks also came Laney''s way, adding to her toil.


    Suddenly, the gray light shrouded her like never before, and her speed reached its peak. It seemed as if Laney was teleporting from one ce to another. The energy required to do such a task was extensive, and it showed on her face.


    After the sudden movement, Laney reached the camp leader. The next moment, her face turned pale as if drained of all her blood when she activated the attacking aspect of the skill.


    An intense surge of gravity appeared around her hand, forcing the space to crack like ss. The surge continued while gravity began topress into a single point.


    In no time, only a tiny dot remained in Laney''s hand while the space around her hadpletely shattered. Her feet had sunk to the ground as that miniature dot was the heaviest thing she held.


    The camp leader felt intense danger from the tiny dot, so he immediately activated as many defensive skills as he could. Laney could no longer hold the dot, so she also released it.


    The next moment, a scene no less terrifying than an apocalypse dawned on the area. As the dot shed with the first barrier, a shockwave emerged from it and turned whatever defenses the man had created into dust.


    The camp leader wanted to move away from the shockwave but found him unable to do it. At that time, he felt as if someone had ced the weight of the universe on his back. Forget moving; he was slowly sinking to the ground.


    The shockwave finally struck him in the following split second, destroying the man''s pricey, top-notch armor. It hit him, and he was instantly killed as he turned to nothingness.


    Laney found herself standing on cracked ground, gasping for a clear breath while gritting her teeth through the pain slowly spreading across her body. At that moment, she felt like all of her bones had cracked open, but when she saw the scene caused by the attack, every negative seemed to have disappeared.


    The next moment, she found herself back inside the store, staring at the screen. Laney was excited to see how long it would take her to master the skill. She had a number in mind and hoped it would be in that range.


    Laney didn''t have to wait, as immediately after the screen on the semi-pir lit up, the content of her training time appeared. As soon as it appeared, it got engraved into her head.


    [Skill: Singrity Conflux


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak True God


    Compatibility: 73%


    Training Time: Twenty-two years, seven months, and fifteen days.]


    Laney''s eyes jumped in shock as they immediately went to the training time section. The time she had thought it would take her to master the skill was in the range of one decade, but she found it to be more than two decades, which was years more than her expectations.


    ''Fortunately, mypatibility is 73%,'' Laney couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief seeing herpatibility with the skill. It was a win she would happily ept despite the longer training time than she expected.


    Since the experience session was done for [Singrity Conflux], Laney pulled out the skill card and ced another one. That time, it was [Bastion Ward].


    Time flew by, and even though hours had passed for Laney, only seconds had passed in reality. At that time, Laney was looking at the screen, reading the training time for [Graviton Vortex].


    [Skill: Graviton Vortex


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak True God


    Compatibility: 72%


    Training Time: Seven years, eleven months, and three days.]


    Even though herpatibility with the skill was only one percent less than what she had with [Singrity Conflux], the training time difference between the two was greater than one decade.


    Laney didn''t feel much surprised about it since thetter was certainly moreplex than the former since thetter had three aspects to it. Laney then pulled out the skill card and moved away from the queue. She had already bought five God level skills for her and also experienced them, so there was no need for her to stay there any longer.


    She turned around and walked out of the room, greeted with the sight of a rxing Aakesh. She thought of stopping for a while so that Aakesh could rx, but she didn''t need to do that since Aakesh suddenly opened his eyes and looked in her direction.


    A smile spread across Laney''s face, and she walked to him, not saying anything and only handing him the five skill cards.


    Aakesh took the skill cards from her and read their details. Since Laney had chosen suitable skills and there was no reason to add something of his, he returned the card to her with a nod.


    That nod from Aakesh was more valuable to Laney than any expressionless words spoken by Aakesh.


    Following the store''s set procedure, Laney then said, "Big Brother, I want to buy these five skills."


    "You need to pay two thousand¡­ supreme Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed, and the next moment, an autonomous alert rang in Laney''s head, asking her about paying from the store card.


    Laney chose to go ahead with the option, and soon after, another alert informing her of the remaining bnce rang in her head. While Aakesh heard an alert from the system about the sessful payment.


    "The cards are yours to learn now" Aakesh expressionlessly informed.

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    Chapter 1384 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(15)


    Chapter 1384: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(15)


    Since Laney had already purchased the skill cards before that day, Aakesh didn''t need to exin the process of absorbing the knowledge and simply informed her of thepletion of the sale.


    "Thank you, Big Brother! I want to train at the Gods & Demons level training area," Laney thanked Aakesh and then requested the next product.


    After the payment wasplete, she turned around and walked to the weapons room.


    Aakesh, who had only closed his eyes before Laney''s exit from the skill room, had another customer in line after Laney, so he immediately focused on that person.


    ***


    After entering the room, Laney immediately looked at the murals rted to the concept of knife usage in the battle. After finding no inspiration, as she had in the past, she immediately walked to the column.


    As she pricked the tiny needle with the tip of her finger, her eyes turned nk while a golden, unbreakable barrier surrounded her body.


    Laney''s consciousness found herself in the familiar white space with the usual blue screen waiting for her. Laney chose her race as an opponent for the training, and as for the environment, she set it at random.


    The next moment, a blue light washed over the area, and when the light disappeared, Laney found herself in a desert with chilly winds blowing on her face.


    If not for the calming effect of the system in the Gods & Demons level training area, Laney would have frowned since, despite her being a True God level cultivator, she still felt cold whenever the chilly wind touched her skin.


    Not long after, a burst of white light appeared in the desert, and when it disappeared, another version of her appeared around a few hundred meters from her.


    It wasn''t her first time entering the Gods & Demons level difficulty in the training area, so she knew the power gap. But since it was her first entry after stepping into the True God level, the situation for her was as to what it was when she entered the training area for the first time.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle and the training.


    Both sides made their moves at the same time, but Laney was the slower of the two. The opponent reached first and shed gracefully.


    Laney didn''t even see the sh and she was cut into three symmetrical pieces, ending her instantly.


    The next moment, Laney found herself back in the white area. Since she had set the opponent at the start to be fixed, the blue screen asking for her to choose the environment appeared.


    Laney no longer chose the random option, but a humid, rocky, mountainous area for her training for the day. The reason she chose it was because the target she chose for herself toplete Aakesh''s test lived in that kind of area.


    The next moment, Laney found herself in the rocky mountainous area, standing on the tip of a mountain around seven hundred meters tall.


    Not long after, her opponent also appeared. She was at the top of another mountain a few miles away from her.


    Ding!


    The familiar sound of the bell rang once again, and the two sides made their move.


    Despite there being a longer distance between the twopared to the first battle, the situation was the same. The opponent reached her in no time, and soon after, she returned to the white area.


    Since her choices were fixed, she found herself back in the rocky mountainous area, no longer at the top.


    The time flow difference between the outer world and the training area was ten times, so Laney had ten hours to train.


    Ten hours sounded like nothing, but when seen in the context of the battle difficulties, it seemed like an eternity.


    Laney kept returning to the rocky mountainous area after every death with the same calm face, having no other thoughts than the battle ahead of her. Just like that, six hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Laney returned to the familiar environment to face another battle. Her mind was calm while her eyes filled with battle intent.


    Ding!


    The familiar sound of the bell rang, and the two sides made their moves at the same time.


    Laney could see the shing at her, and she immediately parried the knife. But since she was a dual knife user before she could celebrate her first parry up until now, she turned headless, returning to the white area the next moment.


    It wasn''t her first time facing opponents in the Gods & Demons level training area, and she was no longer an average fighter due to the help of the training area, but it still took her six hours of endless battles to parry the first knife.


    Laney wasn''t disappointed with the result since reaching the True God level wasn''t just a simple breakthrough. It was the evolution of life to a greater height. There was a reason for the title of God to be attached to the cultivation level title starting at the True God level.


    It would take more time for her to win the first battle at the True God level whenpared to the same reach at lower cultivation levels.


    At the same time, the training area also tamed the arrogance she had umted in her heart after the sessfulpletion of the trial. She might or might not win against a True God, but if she underestimated them, she would certainly lose. It was also what prompted her to choose the humid, rocky, mountainous area to get used to.


    Time flew by, and more than three hours passed in a sh.


    ng! ng!


    Laney seeded in repelling the dual attack from her opponent, resulting in the sound of a metallic sh.


    The opponent seemed to have anticipated Laney sessfully evading the attacks, so it immediately backed away and shed once more.


    Laney dodged the first sh and tried to avoid the second, but the strength with which she controlled the knife wasckingpared to her opponent, and she was cut through the knife.


    She then found herself back in the white space but didn''t return to the rocky mountain. Instead, she found herself back in the store with the golden barrier around her slowly fading.

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    Chapter 1385 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(16)


    Chapter 1385: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(16)


    Time was a stream that kept flowing without any obstruction, and around nine months had passed for Laney since she stepped into the True God stage.


    Her cultivation hadn''t seen any change since the time was too short, but her strength had grown.


    ***


    It was sunset in Thorr and its nearby cities, so Aakesh was going to close the door but found Laney waiting at the door.


    Looking at Laney''s expression, Aakesh understood she was ready to move. Aakesh called her inside, and after talking with Laney, he turned out to be correct in what he thought.


    "Big Brother, I am going to conquer the Greyat Kingdom," Laney stated.


    Aakesh simply nodded. Laney knew more about the Greyat Kingdom than him since he wasn''t allowed to help in any way once Laney began her campaign.


    Aakesh simply wished her well on her campaign, and she then left for her journey.


    ***


    The Greyat Kingdom was the third Kingdom south of the Fawkes Kingdom. The Kingdom had two True Gods in its midst.


    The current King of the Greyat Kingdom was the first True God and had recently stepped into the intermediate True God level, while the second True God was the crown prince.


    Laney didn''tck inparison to the Kingdom since she also had the help of True God level Hanswan in her camp. After leaving the store, she immediately went to the travel junction.


    It didn''t take long for her to find a spot to travel to Fera, the capital city of the Greyat Kingdom.


    ***


    Laney didn''t hide her aura as she stepped out of the travel junction. Her eyes were calm while she looked across the scene with an expression of judgment.


    Fera City was established near the top of a gigantic mountain, while the entire Greyat Kingdom was spread across the mountain. Despite being near the top, the silhouette of a tall peak could be seen by any of the city''s residents.


    The sudden presence of a True God in the capital city alerted the royal pce, forcing the crown prince to appear in front of Laney.


    "What business does mydy have with the Greyat Kingdom?" Greis asked. His tone contained neither respect nor disrespect for Laney.


    Since Laney was a True God at the same level as him, he couldn''t disrespect her. At the same time, she was also an intruder who appeared without any information; she deserved no respect.


    Laney didn''t even have to answer Greis since one of the guards knew her. Laney wasn''t a nobody in the store, so those who had be regrs knew about her.


    The guard went respectfully to Greis and told him about Laney. Greis had heard about the store and had even gone there, but he hadn''t been to the store for the past two decades due to his father''s breakthrough.


    While his father was in meditation for the breakthrough, the son acted as the caretaker of the Kingdom. Once Greis found out about Laney''s poprity and deeds in the store, his tone turned slightly respectful.


    But since Laney''s sudden presence inside the Kingdom wasn''t something either he or his father desired, he asked Laney about the reason for her visit.


    "I am here to conquer this Kingdom," Laney replied, shocking those who heard her.


    For one moment, Greis thought he heard wrong, but when Laney suddenly made her move and grabbed him by the throat, he understood that he had heard things correctly.


    The Greyat Kingdom was located on a mountain, so its terrain was extremely harsh due to its rocky surroundings. What prompted Laney to choose the territory despite that was the resource-rich mountain top.


    No one from the Greyat Kingdom lived on the mountain''s summit since it had its own ecosystem with animals ranging from Divine Transformation to True God. Even the presence of Lesser God level beasts were rumored to be present there. Since the value of the resources wasn''t much considering the risk involved in iming them, no major Kingdom or Empire on the tried to conquer the peak.


    Laney, on the other hand, was different from them. She didn''t want her first territory to be mediocre, and at the same time, she couldn''t choose something strong since that would harm her more than help. The Greyat Kingdom and the unconquered peak above it were the perfect solutions to her problems, so she chose the Greyats as her target.


    What Laney didn''t know was that as soon as she stepped into Fera City, a creature suddenly looked down at the travel junction from the peak.


    ***


    "What are you doing?" Greis asked in shock as he tried to make Laney lose her grip.


    Laney was powerful but wasn''t that strong to instantly eliminate someone like Greis, who had been at the early True God level for tens of thousands of years.


    Gries seeded in making Laney let go of his throat, but before he could celebrate his freedom, a wave of unbearable pain hit him. The next moment, he fell unconscious. Laney then grabbed Greis and flew in the direction of the royal pce.


    Laney suddenly sensed extreme danger to her life, so she stopped and looked above her. The next moment, she saw a shocking scene as a gigantic mouth filled with sharp teeth bit down on her.


    Laney immediately pulled her down and threw the man in her hand. The next moment, she saw Greis getting ripped into numerous pieces and then devoured by the mouth. Not even a drop of blood fell.


    It wasn''t the end since she could sense that she was the target of the mouth. At the same time, an angry roar rang in Fera City, and a wave of intense pressure emerged, its source being the royal pce.


    Sheis, the King of the Greyat Kingdom, sensed the death of his son. As he released his aura in anger, earthquakes erupted in the city, causing mass destruction.


    Not long after, the sound of something tearing through the air rang and only stopped where Laney and the mouth were. Sheis''s eyes rained fire after he sensed the mouth to be the source of his son''s death. He noticed Laney but ignored her since she was only at an early True God level.

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    Chapter 1386 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(17)


    Chapter 1386: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(17)


    Sheis noticed Laney and the gigantic mouth where he sensed his son to best present before he got killed. His eyes rained fire after he found a portion of his son''s cloak stuck in one of the teeth of the mouth.


    Sheis was in no mood to talk to Laney since she was only an early True God and could prove no challenge. The gigantic mouth was the real deal since he sensed it to be equal in strength to him, if not stronger.


    The mouth ignored Sheis and focused on Laney. It suddenly growled and charged.


    Sheis harrumphed and attacked. A red beam of energy emerged from his right index finger and pierced through the mouth.


    The energy beam seemed to have done no damage to the beast as it kept charging toward Laney. Laney had a deep frown spread across her face since she had no idea why the mouth felt such enmity toward her.


    It was her first time seeing it. Neither had she brought anything extremely valuable that might force the mouth to be reckless and devour her.


    Right at that moment, Laney felt some mental fluctuations and found the Hanswan to be the source of them. Laney didn''t think she could defeat the mouth one-on-one, so she didn''t think twice and summoned the beast.


    The speed at which the mouth charged suddenly grew, and there were waves of angry growls targeted at the light. When the Hanswan fully emerged, the mouth no longer charged toward Laney, but the beast became its target.


    The Hanswan''s eyes showed cruelty when they saw the mouth. Laney knew about the history of the Hanswan from Aakesh''s mouth. But since the mouth in front of her had nothing to do with the past war of the swan group, she couldn''t understand what was going on.


    The mouth wasn''t simply a mouth, but a creature, Muhmas. It was a creature that could not exist on its own due to its weak spirit. The Muhmas in front of Laney were under the control of ate Lesser God beast from the Guisan race, who had been a lifelong enemy of the Swan group, making the situation unfavorable for her.


    It was just that the Muhmas''s physique could only unleash power up to the intermediate True God. If it were any higher, Laney would have instantly died in front of its attacks.


    Seeing the sudden emergence of the stranger beast, Sheis understood that Laney was a store customer. His attitude toward her changed. Unaware of what had transpired there, he walked to Laney and asked her for an exnation about the situation.


    Laney was no longer as straightforward as she was with Greis. The Hanwan was also a party that would help her in her battle against Sheis, and since the beast was currently battling that mouth, Laney needed to wait.


    Laney put the me for Greis'' death on the mouth and then charged toward it since the beast couldn''t defeat the mouth on its own.


    The Hanswan''s growth during the past several months had been quicker than the rate Laney had grown at, but since the Muhmas it battled were controlled by ate Lesser God level creature, it wasn''t able toe on top of its opponents.


    As soon as Laney joined the battle, it became easier for the two. Sheis also thought of joining, but his intuition was warning him that there was something wrong with the situation.


    Laney had believed that Sheis would join her in defeating the mouth but was surprised to find that instead ofing forward, Sheis had backed several miles away from the battlefield.


    The battle of creatures at the True God level had woken up every being in the city. Even though they were only battling in the air, the shockwaves released from their shes harmed the city''s structure.


    In no time, every building on the ground in the range of a mile around the battlefield had crashed to the ground, with the casualty count exceeding the five-digit mark.


    Thebination of Laney and the beast finally began to gain the upper hand over the opponent and started slowly injuring the creature.


    Laney wasn''t fighting to her full power since an even more significant battle was waiting for her after the battle with the mouth. The beast also didn''t unleash its ultimate attacks and kept bombarding it with its usual attacking skills.


    When victory seemed in sight, Laney activated [Graviton Vortex].


    The next moment, gravitational force surged around her, and heavy pressure appeared from her. Whatever remained until that time of the battle was crushed to a pulp due to the intense gravity affecting the area.


    As gravity surged around Laney, a vortex of immense mass and force formed. The destruction on the ground reached another height at that time.


    The mouth, being in close proximity to Laney, began to be pulled toward the vortex. Since it wasn''t very weak, it fought against it and seeded in trumping it. Unfortunately for it, Laney wasn''t alone.


    The beast acted and activated another of its skills, knocking the mouth toward the vortex. The vortex pulled the mouth because there was no longer enough time for it to resist.


    It wasn''t simply a pull, but a crushing. As the vortex pulled the mouth, its muscles were slowly being crushed. The same was true of its teeth.


    When victory seemed closer than ever, a change of scene urred.


    Roar!


    A roar filled with majesty rang in the area, and the vortex around Laney disappeared into a poof as if it never existed. Laney''s face turned pale, and she coughed up blood since the sudden crushing of the skill affected her.


    But that wasn''t what Laney focused on. Her face was filled with horror as she looked above and saw a pair of eyes filled with brutality and cruelty looking down on her.


    Suddenly, strong pressure rose from the owner of the eyes, forcing Laney to look down. At the same time, a will to give up on her life also rose in her heart.


    Laney gritted her teeth since giving up was never an option. She pushed against the pressure and raised her head, facing the beast.

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    Chapter 1387 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(18)


    Chapter 1387: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(18)


    Resisting the intense pressure emanating from the creature, Laney raised her head and looked above, capturing the sight of the creature.


    It was a humanoid creature that was several meters tall. It had hairs all over its body, while its three eyes, with abination of ck sclera and dark red pupils, stared at her with nothing but brutality.


    Laney got ready to defend herself, but the sudden change in the circumstances caught her off guard. The creature''s red pupils turned white, and the pressure it had been releasing vanished. Sanity seemed to have returned as the creature disappeared from the scene, and with it, her and Hanswan''sst opponent had also disappeared.


    Sheis, who was watching the scene from afar, was also surprised by the way the situation had yed out. Since he had been the King for thousands of years, he knew about the powerful creatures living at the peak of the mountain.


    He recognized the hairy creature that had suddenly appeared in the sky. It was the ruler of the peak and would descend from time to time. Whenever it would descend, the Kingdom would see arge number of deaths.


    But surprisingly, the creature appeared and left without killing anyone. Sheis couldn''t help but take a severe nce at the woman.


    Laney also came around to reality and immediatelymunicated with Hanswan. The Hanswan was closer to the hairy creature, so it had to face more pressure at that time.


    After finding nothing wrong with the Hanswan, Laney breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, there was a confused expression on her face. The intense brutality the creature had in its eyes was more than enough to warrant a life-threatening attack, but nothing of the sort happened. Instead, its eyes turned white, and it silently disappeared.


    ***


    "WHAT!"


    Laney eximed loudly in surprise after finding out that the hairy creature was the ruler of the peak. Since Sheis was also curious to know what caused the scene to y out like that, he didn''t hide the truth about the hairy creature.


    After the surprise of the situation dimmed down, Sheis finally focused on Laney and asked her reasons for being in the city and what happened with his son.


    "Why don''t you ask your son about it yourself?" Laney replied. All her worst fears hadn''te true during the battle with the beast, so she no longer had to worry about Sheis and his counterattacks.


    At the same time, Laney''s mood didn''t seem good due to what transpired with the hairy creature. She wanted to end the battle as soon as possible and then look for Aakesh to find some answers.


    ***


    "Why don''t you ask your son about it yourself?"


    The response rang like a thunderbolt in Sheis''s head, making him immediately pull away. Since he had emerged here, he had been feeling an ominous premonition.


    Laney''s response seemed to prove that, and without waiting for anything, he immediately flew away. Sheis wasn''t a coward but an immensely cautious figure.


    He didn''t treat Laney with contempt just because her cultivation was low. The situation that had yed out made him take her seriously and no longer think of her as just an early True God. The ominous premonition further added to the caution in his heart.


    He wanted to be fully assured of his protection, so he immediately returned to the protection array around the royal pce.


    ***


    Laney looked at the scene with a calm expression since she was aware of the extremely cautious personality of the King. Since she came to attack despite knowing that, it meant she was not afraid of the situation at all.


    She followed the direction in which Sheis had flown and soon stopped above the garden of the royal pce. A visible energy barrier greeted her sight when she looked down.


    Sheis was standing in the middle of the energy barrier. His eyes were raining fire as they looked at Laney. He not only lost his son, but he also had to return to protection to fight against her. It was humiliating, but for Sheis, his life was worth more than his pride. To solve the anger in his heart, he could only vent it on Laney once he had defeated her.


    Rumble!


    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!


    The next moment, a rumbling sound rang in the area as the ground shook from the march of the Kingdom''s army. At the same time, there were tens of thousands of arrows raining down on Laney.


    Laney didn''t take the army or the arrows seriously since the power difference between a True God level cultivator and cultivation levels below that couldn''t be equaled with quantity or weapons.


    Laney wanted to shed as little blood as possible before conquering the territory, so she didn''t use her attacks to repel the army. She simply released her pressure to an intensity where every being below her level was forced to be unconscious. Many peak Divine Lords were able to persevere through the pressure, but their bodies had turned pale due to fright.


    Laney didn''t dread killing, so to help those who survived, she released several beams of energy. In no time, those who proved their strength turned out to be unfortunate and were killed.


    Sheis couldn''t help but frown when he saw Laney not killing the people on the ground since the more deaths, the more negative energy he would umte. Still, since Laney killed several peak Divine Lords, the negative energy was only slightly below the desirable level.


    The next moment, a puppet appeared next to Sheis. The negative energy umted from the killing immediately rushed to the puppet as if it were some treat.


    Sheis felt slightly heartbroken when he saw the scene since the puppet was an extremely expensive item. Considering the toil Sheis had to go through to own the puppet, the anger toward Laney surged even higher, which seemed impossible before.


    The puppet, which was gray before, turned ck while a terrifying aura started to develop around it.


    Laney felt palpitations in her heart when she saw the puppet. She prepared to attack but before she could, she felt the world around her turning dark.


    The next moment, light returned to her eyes, and she found herself standing in what seemed to be a gory hell.


    There were mutted corpses strewn all across the area, while pools of fresh blood were here and there.


    Laney only scoffed when she saw the scene, and soon after, she found herself back in the garden.


    At that time, the puppet had been released from the protective shield and charged at Laney.


    Laney immediately manipted gravity around her, slowing the puppet down. The puppet slightly slowed down, but as if adapting to the change in gravity, its speed soon reached normal.


    The window where the puppet slowed was more than enough for Laney, and she released a powerful attack.


    The next moment, Laney''s jaws dropped in shock as she looked at the scene in front of her.


    She couldn''t help but rub her eyes to ept what she had seen. The attack released by her hit the puppet and even caused severe damage.


    But simr to thest time, the puppet adapted to the attack and instead of damaging the puppet, enhanced its abilities.


    "As long as you are an early True God, you can''t defeat the puppet," Sheis suddenlymented. His tone was chilly enough to freeze the air.


    Laney certainly didn''t believe Sheis, but soon she had toe to terms with what he had said.


    No matter what type of attack Laney used, the puppet would be damaged for a moment, but it would then adapt to the attack and use it to enhance itself.


    The only saving grace for Laney was that it was unable to use Laney''s attacks to attack her back.


    Laney was slowly growing frustrated and used her ultimate attack. The next moment, the puppet disintegratedpletely.


    But before Laney could focus on her actual opponent, she found that the puppet reappeared out of nowhere.


    "I told you, as long as you are an early True God, you will never be able to beat it," Sheismented, seeing the futile struggle put on by Laney.


    Laney disregarded what Sheis said since she noticed something after the re-emergence of the puppet despite getting destroyed.


    The negative aura around the puppet had dimmed in intensity. To test that theory, Laney used the attack once again.


    As she had expected, the negative aura around the puppet was dimming with every destruction.


    Sheis would never have thought that Laney was extremely sensitive to negative auras due to her experience in Panagea.


    The only worrying issue for Laney was energy, but she had splurged a lot over the past year, so she had a lot of energy replenishment pills from the store. Repeated bombardments of her ultimate skill finally resulted in the decimation of the puppet.


    After the puppet no longer emerged, Laney noticed that it took the same number of destruction as the number of beings she had killed in the army.


    ***


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    Chapter 1388 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(19)


    Chapter 1388: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(19)


    As the puppet disintegrated, Laney focused on Sheis, who was looking surprised inside the barrier.


    The destruction of the puppet surprised Sheis. He was dissatisfied with the oue, and Laney''sck of murders yed a big part in it.


    Every death of a peak Divine Lord resulted in one additional life for the puppet. If Laney had killed some more peak Divine Lords, then the result might have turned out differently.


    But since things had turned out that way, Sheis could do nothing much. The puppet wasn''t his only option to battle Laney.


    Sheis was confident in his strength since who could know his power better than himself? It was just because of his cautious personality that he was taking so much caution.


    While Laney was battling the puppet, he was preparing for the next attack.


    The next moment, the barrier around Sheis began to fade, and she kept at it until it had entirely disappeared. At the same time, a surge of energy appeared around him.


    The energy particles began to gather and soon formed the silhouette of a gigantic sword above his head. It was alternating between real and virtual, but slowly by slowly, it was turning real.


    When the de materialized into reality, Sheis''s body suddenly trembled. The sword descended and pierced Sheis''s heart instead of attacking Laney.


    Its tip was gigantic enough that Sheis seemed like an ant inparison to it. The next moment, the sword began to melt into liquid and soon formed an armor around Sheis.


    Sheis''s eyes turned pupilless while an intense surge of energy appeared in the area.


    An eerie aura began to emerge from Sheis, and a chilly feeling spread across the area.


    Laney couldn''t just let Sheis develop into his full power since she was here to win, not have an intense and engaging battle with Sheis.


    She struck, stopping Sheis''s strange transformation midway.


    Pupils returned to his eyes, and the aura dimmed, but the intense, eerie atmosphere immediately returned and grew to a new height. Laney suddenly felt an intense danger to her life, so she immediately pulled back.


    Before Laney could move to a safe distance, pitch-ck hands appeared out of nowhere and tried to grab her.


    Laney immediately activated one of her skills, and the sudden change in gravity slowed down the hand. Taking that moment of reprieve, Laney pulled back to a safe distance.


    Adapting to the sudden change in gravity, the hands moved ahead. Laney was ready to attack, but the hands suddenly returned and disappeared.


    At that moment, Sheis''s transformation wasplete. Pitch ck small, straight horns appeared on his forehead, while his skin had turned as dark as the night.


    A grin spread across Sheis''s face at the moment, and he disappeared from the spot. It was a transformation that boosted his agility, strength, and intelligence. The only cost of using the ability was blood, but Sheis wanted to end the battle with Laney as soon as possible. Losing just a bit of blood was worth the price of that.


    As Sheis disappeared from the spot, he appeared right behind Laney.


    ng!


    The next moment, a metallic sh rang in the area. The moment the hand disappeared, Laney''s intuition intensely warned her, so she immediately activated [Armored Gravity].


    ng! ng! ng!


    Repeated metallic shes rang as Sheis repeatedly struck Laney. Laney seemed to feel someone hammering her back with every strike, but the armor remained active without any crack.


    A dumbfounded expression appeared on Laney''s face since the attack power released by Sheis was something out of her expectations. It wasn''t an increase but ack of strength.


    "I have underestimated my own strength," Laney suddenlymented and turned around with a smile.


    Laney extended her hand and grabbed Sheis''s strike. Her eyes were as calm as the sea before the storm, and she crushed it.


    The increased gravity, in addition to Laney''s increased strength, propelled her power to a new height, crushing Sheis''s hand instantly.


    Argh!


    Sheis screamed in agony, but Laney seized him by the throat before the sound of his sobs subsided.


    Laney tried to snap Sheis''s head but found herself unable to as he wasn''t just going to let himself be beheaded.


    Sheis tried to move away and force Laney to release his grip but found his struggle to be futile. If Laney was unable to snap his head, he was also unable to force her to let go of him.


    The struggle between the two continued for a while. Sheis''s strength wasn''t as high as Laney had expected, but his endurance and defenses were better.


    Seeing no end to the charade, Laney let go of her grip and immediately punched.


    Before Sheis could celebrate his freedom, he was left with no choice but to defend against the attack. He tried to dodge, but Laney was exceptionally rapid. The change in gravity also helped his movement, which was slower than usual while Laney''s strike was quicker.


    Boom!


    A booming sound rang as Sheis was knocked back from the punch, destroying much of the structure in the range of a few hundred meters. The sh between the two kept on going, and the structures around them faced the brunt of the assault.


    Laney had prepared many things for the battle with the King, but as the battle went on, she began enjoying it. Unlike Panagea, her life was truly on the line in the battle against Sheis, which made her blood boil.


    Since there was nothing troubling from the opponent, Laney decided to keep fighting without taking the help of the items she had brought.


    Sheis became more and more shocked as the battle went on between the two. Sheis was originally an intermediate True God level cultivator, while in his transformation state, he was almost close to thete True God level.


    He initiated the transformation to put an end to the conflict as quickly as possible, but Laney''s strength far outstripped his expectations.


    Sheis had also bought a beast from the store, so he summoned it during the battle. In response to it, Laney also summoned the Hanswan. She also had the Yellow King, but since it was only a peak Divine Lord level beast, there was no point in it being there.


    As the two beasts emerged from their respective cards, a battle ensued between the two of them.


    The Gray Panther, one of the middle-tier feline races in the Sacred Dimension, was the beast that Sheis owned. Since the beast was a True God, the Hanswan had no advantage in flying over it.


    Since Laney and Sheis were busy in their own battles, neither of the two had any time to order their respective beasts. Unlike the fight between Laney and Sheis, the battle between the Gray Panther and the Hanswan wasn''t between opponents with equal strength.


    The Hanswan was an ultimate quality beast, while the Gray Panther was only of higher quality. Being in control of so many skills and having greater talent showed its advantage in the battle. It was one-sided, overwhelmingly in favor of the Hanswan.


    Sheis couldn''t help but grow angry when he saw the condition of the Gray Panther. The Hanswan hadn''t controlled its hands in the battle, so its brutality was visible.


    Growl!


    A beast like growl rang from Sheis''s mouth as he forgot the expense of his blood. The next moment, the two ck horns on his forehead grew in height while a terrible pressure emanated from his body.


    Sheis was cautious, but the umted frustration of losing his son, not being able to win against someone of lower cultivation level, and seeing the terrible death of his beast finally made him mad enough to say goodbye to his caution.


    Laney experienced a grave threat to her life from her adversary for the first time. She immediately took out a talisman from her inner world. It was an item brought out by her from Panage after paying arge cost of several hundred supreme Sacred stones.


    It was a defensive talisman since her intuition clearly warned her of the life-threatening danger. As she activated the item, a visible, thin white barrier appeared around her, covering the entirety of her, leaving no part of her body defenseless.


    Growl!


    Sheis growled and punched; his crushed hand had fully recovered at that time. A pitch-ck glow covered his hands as they shed with the thin barrier.


    The thin barrier stood unaffected by the attack, like a metal wall. The pitch-ck glow covering Sheis''s hand tried to seep into the barrier but was unable to since the talisman not only defended against physical but energy and spiritual attacks as well. If it were simply for physical defense, it wouldn''t have cost Laney so much.


    Sheis kept attacking the barrier, but all his attacks were futile. In just one minute, Sheis had lost ten percent of his blood, which was way higher than the total blood lost by him during his several minute long battle with Laney.


    Even though Sheis failed to cause any damage to Laney or that barrier in that one minute of time, the barrier around Laney began to fade away. It only had an active duration of one minute.


    Laney wasn''t left defenseless since while she was safe inside the barrier, she was preparing her next strike.


    ***

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    Chapter 1389 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(20)


    Chapter 1389: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(20)


    Boom!


    A loud explosion rang in the area, devastating everything in the range of a few hundred miles.


    It resulted in thousands of tragedies since many guards around the pce were unable to run from the st.


    Laney''s eyes were calm as she looked at the spot of the st. Her eyes jumped out in surprise when she found that Sheis was still alive.


    One minute of preparation for her ultimate attack should have been more than enough to kill Sheis, but he survived with serious injuries.


    At that time, the two horns on Sheis''s forehead had almost faded, while pupils returned to his eyes.


    Laney was about to deal the finishing blow when she suddenly stopped and looked to her left.


    Since neither of the two tried to hide their battle, it alerted every living being in the Kingdom, as well as some outsiders.


    One such outsider currently floated in the sky, looking at the scene with a calm expression.


    Laney immediately recognized the man since he was on the ranked leaderboard of adventurers in Panagea. At the same time, the man also recognized Laney.


    "What can I do for you?" Laney''s voice wasn''t courteous at all as she coldly asked.


    The man''s cultivation was peak True God, so there was no way for Laney to win against him. But she decided to look strong there since she hade so close to winning and didn''t want her ns to fail due to an outsider.


    Herit didn''t respond but took onest look at Laney and Sheis and then disappeared from the scene. Laney couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief after Herit left.


    She then returned her focus to Sheis, who had an ugly expression on his face.


    "Before you kill me, answer my one question." Sheis requested since he could no longer see a way out of the situation.


    "I didn''t have any agenda against you. It was just your luck that I chose this ce to establish a new Kingdom," Laney responded since she understood what Sheis wanted an answer for.


    Without wasting any more seconds, Laney reached forward and cut Sheis''s head with her knives.


    The next moment, a King who had ruled for tens of thousands of years met an end to his life. Killing Sheis wasn''t an end to the situation since just killing the King didn''t mean conquering thend.


    Even though Laney was a True God, rebellions were bound to happen. But since only the political part was left, Laney decided to solve it in days, not like the battle with Sheis and his son.


    She immediately descended into the sky and informed the entire Kingdom of their King''s death. At the same time, she also gave a deadline of three days for the inhabitants of the Kingdom to ept her position.


    Those who didn''t ept her as the ruler would be executed on the fourth day from the announcement, while on the fifth day, she would proim herself as the first King of the Fring Kingdom.


    Laney didn''t make any other moves that day and disappeared from the city, returning to Thorr City.


    As Laney slept, the entire was on the boil since it had been quite a long time for someone to conquer an already conquerednd and rece themselves as the King. Even Laney''s father was shocked to learn about it once the details of the killer arrived. He had no idea that Laney would go and conquer another territory when she already had one of her own.


    Laney''s father knew her talent and was grooming her to be the new King so that he could relieve his duties and focus on a breakthrough. But after what Laney did, the two Kingdoms were separated forever.


    There was no more merging of the two Kingdoms since his sons would no longer ept Laney''s im to the throne. The moment she established her own Kingdom, they became separate.


    The father immediately left his Kingdom to talk to Laney, but was stuck at the travel junction in Thorr City since there was arge queue of people around to check after the thundering news of the fall of one Kingdom.


    The father tried to contact Laney but was unable to since Laney was peacefully sleeping without a single worry in the world.


    ***


    A few hours earlier, when Laneynded the finishing blow,


    "It took her that long to win against a weak intermediate True God," Lily scoffed, looking at the scene ying out on the screen.


    Aakesh only smiled when he heard Lily. He also agreed with Lily''s opinion. Even though Laney might feel that the battle was easy, Aakesh didn''t.


    Sheis didn''t even have average strength at the intermediate True God level, so Aakesh expected the battle to y out overwhelmingly in favor of Laney.


    Despite that, the battle between the two went on for several minutes despite Laney using her full power.


    Khaval, who was also watching the scene, sitting on Aakesh''s head,mented, "She isn''t naturally talented. It was just that fortune favored her."


    If Aakeshpared talent to choose his candidate for the second store upgrade quest, Maria was the best option since she was very talented due to her vast and abundant adventure in Panagea.


    "Shepensated for herck of talent with hard work and perseverance," Aakeshmented, rubbing Khaval''s head.


    If not for her strong resolve, she would have never been able to pass the first test itself, even putting her life at risk.


    Despite killing Sheis and capturing his territory, the system did notment on the oue of the second quest.


    Aakesh didn''t ask the system about it since only after Laney''s coronation would the quest beplete, so he had to wait for a few more days before he could learn something more about his past.


    Lily and Khaval could feel Aakesh''s excitement over the quest result, so they were also excited.


    "What gift do you think I should give her on her coronation day?" Aakesh suddenly asked for the opinion of the two troublemakers.


    Even though he already had an item on his mind, he still decided to take Lily''s and Khaval''s opinions since things like that excited them more than anything, and there was nothing worth more than seeing them happy for Aakesh.


    "Hmph, why would you give her a gift?" Lily, being Lily, didn''t like Aakesh gifting Laney. At the same time, she couldn''t hide the smile that had appeared on her face after Aakesh''s question.


    Khaval wasn''t like Lily, so he seriously began thinking of gifts that Aakesh could give.


    "Did you ask to make us happy, or are you going to change your mind after our answer?" Lily asked after seeing Khaval being so serious, thinking about the answer.


    How could Lily not know what Aakesh meant when he asked the question? Even though she acted like a spoiled child in front of Aakesh, her wisdom was frighteningly high.


    Aakesh only smiled in response to Lily''s question, and she got her answer. She began to pester Aakesh for the thing in his mind.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing without any obstruction. Secondsbined to form minutes, minutesbined to create hours, and hours joined to form days. Just like that, it was the fourth day since Laney''s announcement.


    Laney had been sleeping for the past three days, having no contact with the outside world. Only on the fourth day, she met her father, and she immediately got frightened when she saw the expression of istion in his eyes.


    Laney immediately solved the issue with her father and also epted his reprimands. If there was a person Laney respected more than the store owner, it was her father. She could live with Aakesh looking at her as a failure, but she could not live with her father being angry and disappointed with her.


    Laney was no longer a child so she had understood the ramifications of her conquering another territory. Despite that, she went through with it.


    It wasn''t that she didn''t favor the territory under her family''s control, but she wanted to pass Aakesh''s test. She didn''t explicitly tell her father that she did what she did due to the store owner''s test, and she mended her rtionship with him before things turned worse.


    Her father had to ept Laney''s apology, but at the same time, he was happy that his daughter didn''t feel irritated with him trying to share his opinion. Power changed the dynamics of a rtionship, and after what Laney did three days ago, she had surpassed her father.


    If, despite that, Laney continued to behave in childlike ways with him, the father had no cause forint. At the end of the day, it was he who was the connection between Laney and her siblings. The family rtionship would only be positive if she had a good rtionship with him.


    At the same time, the father also acted smartly and didn''t try to tell Laney what to do. He simply congratted her for her victory since she would be dering herself as the Kingter that day.

 Chapter 1390 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(21)

    Chapter 1390 Breakthrough and New Beginnings(21)


    Chapter 1390: Breakthrough and New Beginnings(21)


    After her conversation with her father, Laney walked toward the store.


    When she reached the store, there was a small queue of six people in front of Aakesh while Katrina and Autumn were seated on two nearby chairs.


    Since Katrina and Autumn were also store customers, they had no idea about Laney being a candidate for the store''s quest. They only thought Aakesh liked the girl''s personality and slightly helped her.


    As for treatment, it was known that Aakesh had no bias at all when it came to any customer.


    Laney simply joined the queue and waited for her turn.


    After a few minutes of waiting, it was finally her turn. She immediately greeted Aakesh respectfully with a big smile.


    "Big brother, I am going to announce my kingship today," Laney stated with pride evident on her face.


    Aakesh nodded in response to Laney''s statement since he also knew about Laney''s announcement in the sky of the Kingdom after her victory.


    At the same time, Aakesh had alsoe across many customers over the past few days who asked him whether he had a hand in what Laney was doing.


    Aakesh simply ignored those kinds of questions. He no longer had to worry about customers knowing about his hand in Laney''s actions since the quest would bepleted the next day. Until then, the news of her victory would keep others focused.


    "Big brother, I want to invite you to my coronation," Laney stated with a gentle smile, and not long after, a decorated scroll appeared in her hands.


    Aakesh took the scroll and read the content on it. There was nothing special but a simple invitation.


    "I will note, but I will give you a gift after your ceremony," Aakesh replied, returning the scroll.


    Laney didn''t act surprised since she had expected Aakesh''s refusal. She only felt disappointed, but not for very long, and soon calmed down.


    Laney didn''t take the scroll back and turned around to leave. Aakesh simply shook his head, and the following moment, the decorated scroll disappeared from his hand.


    ***


    After leaving the store, Laney proceeded to the travel junction. She was taken aback by the knowledge that the travel portal inside the Kingdom was not active. It clearly showed what the elites of the Kingdom wanted.


    But since Laney had already announced her intentions of proiming herself as the King of the Fring Kingdom, she needed to travel.


    Considering the situation, whatever merciful thoughts she had in her heart regarding the citizens of the dead Kingdom vanished immediately. Since direct travel to the capital wasn''t possible, she chose to go to the nearby cities.


    Unfortunately for her, the travel portal for every city in the dead Kingdom was inactive, leaving her no choice but to travel to the neighboring Kingdom at the bottom of the mountain.


    The situation increased the amount of work she had to do and also caused anger in her heart.


    ***


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Loud explosions continuously rang in Festic City, one of the top three cities in the Kingdom.


    Laney was floating high in the air and could see the corpses of the rebels. Her eyes contained no mercy as she released another st.


    In no time, what was a major city turned into a ruin, with blood and body parts at every corner of the ce. Laney didn''t leave even a single survivor alive.


    Time was indispensable in the Sacred Dimension. Even if she took a ruined city, it would flourish in ten thousand years. If not ten thousand years, then millions of years.


    Laney already had the capital to create a glorious city and Kingdom anywhere she wanted on the.


    The Festic City wasn''t the first to face the brunt of her anger, but it was only one of the many on her way to the capital. Laney had taken no more than twenty to thirty lives during her victory, but the death toll on the day of the deration had long crossed the billion mark, and she seemed in no mood to stop at all.


    Not long after, Laney reached the Capital, and what weed her was a trapping array.


    Laney simply scoffed when she saw the tricks employed by the rebels. Since she was no longer worried about the destruction and loss of lives, she manipted gravity at arge range of distances, forcing the array nodes to crack.


    In no time, Laney had freed herself, while at the same time, hundreds of rebels ranging between different levels in Divine Lord were dead.


    It was only the start of the killing that would ensue in the capital. One after another, mountains of heads formed as the number of dead by Laney grew.


    In only a few hours since her entry into the Kingdom, more than ny percent of the total poption was dead.


    The entire Kingdom was filled with a negative aura, making Laney even crazier.


    A baby cry at that time suddenly woke Laney up. When she hade to the Kingdom, she had already epted the fact that there would be arge number of deaths, but the scene she saw in front of her shook her to her core.


    Laney took a deep breath to remove whatever frustration she had in her heart. She didn''t feel sad about the number of deaths, so there was no guilt or ufortable feeling.


    Laney then stopped further killing and manipted gravity to the extent that several mountains of heads exploded into blood clouds.


    When the cloud subsided, the entire capital looked red from all the blood.


    Laney then floated up in the sky and announced, "From today, I shall be the first King of the Fring Kingdom. I will be your shield whenever any enemy arrives. I shall be your friend, mother, and father¡­"


    She announced majestically, but unfortunately for her, no one cared what she was saying. The scenes on the ground were different than what Laney was proiming in the sky.


    Even though Laney announced her Kingship after the massacre, she had ideas to be a just king for her citizens. It wasn''t to apologize to those innocents who died under her fury, but she was originally like that.

 Chapter 1391: Coronation!

    Chapter 1391: Coronation!


    Since the next day would be her coronation, making her officially the King of the Fring Kingdom, Laney needed to do something about the city.


    Laney couldn''t just invite other guests into the city when it was blood red and ruined by all the destruction. She immediately went to the travel junction and activated the portal.


    Travel portals were the property of the Prasthiti Association, a top organization of the Sacred Dimension. The most the elites of the dead Kingdom could do is close the travel junction, making the portals inactive.


    After Laney opened the junction, the portals automatically turned active, and Laney immediately traveled to Thorr City. Her destination wasn''t the store but the city administration office.


    Alfred treated True Gods with simple respect after the store''s poprity, unlike what they would usually receive earlier. He had to wee Laney personally when she reached the office. Unlike other Kings or True Gods, Laney was someone who was known to be close to the store owner.


    The store and the store owner were the reason for his arrogance and growth; he wasn''t going to offend Laney or cause any trouble for him.


    "I want some workers¡­" Laney exined her purpose foring to the city administration.


    Alfred nodded after listening to Laney''s words and then left the room. He returned a few minutester, and with him were a bunch of different types of workers.


    Laney didn''t speak much and asked the bunch to follow her. But before she exited the room, she turned around and invited Alfred and Asher to her coronation ceremony.


    "Thanks for the invite, your majesty. It would be my fortune to see a momentous asion such as your coronation," Alfred responded with a wide smile.


    Laney was the top ranker on the adventurer list in the store, so many powerful cultivators wanted to make friends with her. Even though Alfred had gained an increase in respect and authority, he still couldn''t match up to Laney''s status. He sincerely liked Laney''s invitation.


    Laney didn''t hide the massacre shemitted or the vast destruction she caused and vasked her father for some help. The help wasn''t for opinions or money but for Laney didn''t say anything in response and left the room. She then took the group of thirteen people with her to Kross City, the name of the capital city of the Fring Kingdom.


    After ordering what the bunch needed to do, she traveled to her original Kingdom, informing her father about the sessful deration.


    Laney didn''t hide the massacre shemitted or the vast destruction she caused and asked her father for some help. The help wasn''t for opinions or money but for builders.


    Laney wanted the buildings in the Fring Kingdom to be simr to what they were in her native Kingdom since every race had its own touch to its architecture.


    Laney''s father was shocked to know about Laney''s killing, but when he learned about the blockade of travel junctions, he supported her decision. Anyway, he didn''t care about the number of people Laney killed, but whether it affected her mentally.


    Upon seeing that Laney was fine, the father didn''t say anything and simply agreed to her request.


    In the next hour, a group of people appeared, and when it was time to leave, the father followed Laney as well.


    "I am the best person when ites to architecture knowledge in the Kingdom," The father proudly dered and left, giving Laney no time to refuse.


    Laney simply smiled upon hearing her father and didn''t try to stop him.


    When she and the group returned to Kross City, the area around the royal pce had been cleaned of blood and ruins. The workers were working hard since Laney promised rich awards to all of them.


    Since he could finally see the damage his daughter''s strength had caused, Laney''s father looked at the scenes in shock. He couldn''t help but proudly reach for Laney and tap her shoulders, showing his appreciation.


    Laney smiled when she understood her father, but since it was time to work, she immediately stopped smiling and asked her father to oversee the building work.


    Laney had too many things to do, so her father epted her request. She then returned to the city and began to invite those whom she had known over the past few decades.


    Maria was one of the many to get an invitation from Laney. She wasn''t an unknown figure in the store since she was the top-ranked adventurer on the leaderboard for those customers who had ascended, making her the highest-ranked adventurer in Panagea after Aakesh.


    Time passed in the blink of an eye, and when the invitations finally concluded, it was deep in the night.


    Laney couldn''t rx for a moment since the next day would be her coronation, and in all that excitement, the time for her coronation finally arrived.


    Laney had chosen the time for her coronation when it was night in Thorr City but day in Kross City.


    She didn''t want her guests to miss her coronation due to the store since she wouldn''t go to that kind of ceremony if the store remained open at the same time.


    Amid the pping and cheers of her family members, Laney sat on the throne. It was an item exchanged from Panagea, so it looked out of the world and valuable in the eyes of others on the scene.


    There was a limited number of people from the native citizens of the past Kingdom since only the minority had any good feelings toward her. They only had good feelings toward her due to them being harshly treated servants of a now-dead powerful figure of the Kingdom.


    Laney didn''t mind theck of a native presence in the ceremony.


    There was no crown atop her head since Aakesh had told her that he would gift her a crown. Laney decided to choose that as her Kingdom''s crown, so the ceremony came to an end with her sitting on the throne while a g flew above the newly built royal pce exterior.


    It would take years to build a suitable structure, so her father and the builders only built the exterior of the pce. Even that would get demolished after the ceremony as thousands of workers would start their work on the new royal pce.


    The g of the Fring Kingdom contained the insignia of a statue. It was the same statue as what Laney had seen in Panagea.

 Chapter 1392: The Crown!

    Chapter 1392: The Crown!


    After the coronation ceremony came to an end, it was time for a banquet. Laney hadn''t tried to hold anything back and splurged money like water, so many of the guests were seeing things they couldn''t even imagine before that.


    The dishes consisted of rare fruits as well as the meat of rare creatures. Even Lesser Gods would drool in front of that kind of food, but it was present in an unlimited quantity.


    The banquet came to an end with a joyful and cheerful atmosphere. The guests began to leave one after another, and soon, only Laney and her family members were left at the venue.


    After some conversation, Laney was left alone on the scene. Since her mood was good, she ordered her maids to distribute the remaining food to the citizens of the Kingdom.


    After ordering, Laney also left the venue and walked toward the travel junction. As she walked, she saw the newly created buildings standing atop the ruins of the previous city. Laney couldn''t help but smile since it gave her the feeling of walking into her original Kingdom.


    Laney didn''t even sense when she reached her destination since she got immersed in the beauty of a city that was solely hers to control. She halted as she was about to enter the junction and turned around.


    She took a deep breath and vowed in her heart, "One day, Kross City will be one of the major cities of the entire Dimension."


    Laney then didn''t stand there any longer and turned around, walking into the junction.


    There were three small travel portals inside the junction, and other than a few guards, there was no second soul present there.


    Laney walked to the one that had the coordinates of the portal inside Thorr City and chose it. As the portal lit up, she strode inside.


    The next moment, when she exited, she was no longer in Kross City but Thorr City, a ce tens of millions of miles away from her Kingdom.


    After walking out of the travel junction, she took a flight, her destination being the store. Even though it was deep in the night and the store was closed, she still flew there because Aakesh had summoned her after the coronation ceremony.


    ***


    Considering the time of the night, Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval should have been in Panagea, but instead of there, they were waiting for Laney.


    The moment the coronation ceremony wasplete, the second store upgrade quest wasplete, but Aakesh had been holding back from checking the alerts. He decided to reward Laney first since the system had informed him that the process would be long and he most probably wouldn''t be able to open the store.


    Aakesh still had the watcher skill, so he was aware of Laney''s actions. When she reached the door, Aakesh walked to the gate and opened it for her since it could only be manually opened.


    "Big Brother, where is my gift?" Laney immediately called out upon entering the store.


    Lily and Khaval rolled their eyes when they heard Laney calling Aakesh ''Big Brother''. But since it wasn''t the first, it wasn''t something surprising. They just didn''t like someone referring so intimately to Aakesh other than them.


    Laney also noticed Lily and Khaval''s actions but ignored them since her entire focus at that moment was on the crown Aakesh would award her.


    Aakesh only smiled at seeing Laney in such a hurry, but he didn''t keep her waiting for long. Aakesh snapped his fingers, and the next moment, a crown, the same size Laney could wear, appeared in his right hand.


    Laney''s eyes jumped up in excitement when she saw the crown. Just by looking at it, Laney could feel that it was an extraordinary item, better than anything she could have imagined.


    Aakesh handed the crown to her and she gently, respectfully took it from his hands. A blue screen popped out in front of her, detailing the item. But at that moment, her entire focus was on the appearance of the item.


    It was a breathtaking masterpiece, unlike anything Laney had ever seen. The crown''s base was forged from an iridescent material unknown to her. It seemed to shine in an ethereal spectrum of colors whenever light touched it. The centerpiece of the crown was a massive gemstone. It was a radiant, multifaceted jewel unknown to her, simr to the metal used in the base''s creation. The gem''s core appeared to be an encapsted neb, with swirling gases and cosmic dust trapped within. Whenever light touched its surface, it refracted and scattered into a breathtaking scenery, creating a miniature gxy that seemed to spin within the gem.


    The intricate design of the crown''s structure included spiraling patterns that resembled the cosmic swirls of gxies. All in all, Laney immediately fell in love with Surrounding the gemstone were smaller gemstones, each cut and polished to perfection. Laney could see that even those smaller gemstones were immensely valuable materials.


    The intricate design of the crown''s structure included spiraling patterns that resembled the cosmic swirls of gxies. All in all, Laney immediately fell in love with the item.


    After a long pause, she finally returned to reality and woke up from her love of the crown. She then focused on the popped-up blue screen in front of her and read the details on it.


    {Product- The Crown of Ruler,


    Level- Top Higher Grade (Growth),


    Owner: Laney


    Territory: The Fring Kingdom


    Detail- A crown created by Aakesh using Eonic Meteorite, Neb Heart, Crestones, etc.


    Ability- (I) Enlightened Governance: When the crown is worn, it imbues the wearer with profound wisdom and insight, allowing for just and wise decisions. The wearer gains an enhanced ability to understandplex issues, foresee potential consequences, and devise effective strategies for the benefit of their realm and its people.


    (II) Charismatic Aura: The crown amplifies the wearer''s charisma and presence, captivating those around them. It instills confidence and respect in their subjects and allies, making it easier to garner support.


    (III) Tribute of Prosperity: The crown possesses the ability to subtly influence the prosperity of thend it governs. Crops flourish, economies prosper, and resources be more abundant.


    (IV) Resilient Dominion: In times of adversity or invasion, the crown fortifies the kingdom, making its structures and defenses virtually indestructible. Walls be imprable, armies gain resilience, and thend itself rises in defense of its ruler¡­}

 Chapter 1393 Rewards!

    Chapter 1393 Rewards!


    Chapter 1393: Rewards!


    The more Laney read about the details of the crown, the more shocked she became. The item had abilities in double digits, focusing on all aspects of the ruling territory as well as the ruler.


    The one that made Laney feel more excited and shocked was an ability rted to enlightenment.


    {...


    (VIII) Cosmic Ascension: It allows the wearer the power to transcend their mortal limitations and achieve a state of cosmic enlightenment. When activated, the wearer enters a meditative trance, during which their consciousness expands to epass the entire territory, with no hiding ce for anyw or concept. Even after returning from the state of cosmic ascension, the wearer retains a fraction of the knowledge and wisdom they gained.


    ¡­}


    The only disadvantage Laney faced from the crown was that it only worked inside the territory of the Fring Kingdom. Even then, being able to peer through everyw and concept was a reward greater than anything, let alone the other abilities of the item.


    "Thank you, Big Brother." Laney bowed and thanked Aakesh. Even in her dreams, she hadn''t imagined that Aakesh would give her something like that.


    "No need to thank me. You have earned it with your efforts." Aakesh smiled and responded, tapping Laney''s shoulder.


    Laney only smiled in response to Aakesh''s words since she hadn''t done anything that made her worthy of the crown. At the same time, she felt joy in her heart since Aakesh''s words clearly inferred that he believed in her.


    Aakesh and Laney conversed for some more time, and Laney then left the store, her destination being the travel junction.


    Since Laney had the Ultimate Store Card, it didn''t matter whether she lived in Thorr City or Kross City. The store was only one teleportation away from her.


    ***


    "She still doesn''t understand what the best ability of the crown is," Lilymented after Laney left.


    It was true that [Cosmic Ascension] was a top ability, but there was an even better one on the list of abilities.


    "It will take time. Laney isn''t as knowledgeable as you are," Aakesh responded with a smile.


    Khaval simply stayed silent, not sharing his opinion on the matter.


    "Hmph, just because Aakesh chose my suggestion, you haven''t been speaking," Lily scoffed, seeing Khaval not speaking.


    Khaval still didn''t say anything and only squinted his nose. The suggestion for the reward was the crown since both Aakesh and Lily chose that.


    Aakesh only smiled, seeing the two bickering. He then called out to the system.


    The next moment, continuous mechanical alerts rang in his ears. Lily and Khaval also stopped bickering since they also heard the notification.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the second Store Upgrading quest!]


    [Host, your rewards for the second quest have been sessfully rewarded!]


    An excited expression appeared on Aakesh''s face after he heard the familiar alert about the reward. It was another step in his journey toward solving the mystery of his identity and past. It had taken him tens of thousands of years just to take the first step, but only around a thousand years for the second one.


    As the reward stated, there was a new piece of memory in his head. If Aakesh''s memory was like abination of oceans, the respective memory seemed to be a continent surrounded byrge and powerful oceans. It didn''t matter how rough or how tall the ocean''s waves were; they would never be able to wet any part of the continent.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but grow nervous. Lily found the scene familiar while it was first for Khaval, seeing Aakesh have that kind of expression.


    Lily and Khaval knew the significance of the moment, so they stayed silent and didn''t disturb Aakesh. They simply waited for Aakesh to tell them.


    At that moment, Aakesh had his entire focus on the memory, so he ignored everything happening around him. After looking at that extraordinary piece of memory in his sea of memories for a long time, he finally decided to touch it.


    The next moment, he took a deep breath, filled with abination of nervousness and excitement, and he then mentally touched upon the piece of memory.


    Immediately after, Aakesh felt a heavy pressure descending on him, and he crashed to the ground, taking Lily and Khaval by surprise.


    The two rushed to Aakesh and were horrified to find that Aakesh had no signature of life. It was as if they were holding a dead person in their hand.


    "Hey, system, what is going on?" Laney angrily yelled.


    If not for the store blocking all kinds of sound, every life in Thorr City would have heard her.


    [Don''t worry. The host is perfectly fine. He is just in a different time and space, so his body contains no source of life.]


    The system gave a simple exnation and didn''t respond to any further questions from Lily or Khaval.


    Lily and Khaval breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the response. Even though Lily didn''t trust the system much, she still knew it would never try anything to harm Aakesh, so she stopped thinking the worst.


    At the same time, she was also worried about Khaval. Even though he was angry with her, he was still her younger brother, so she turned around and tightly embraced him so that he would stop worrying.


    The two simply hugged each other and waited for Aakesh to return.


    ***


    The moment Aakesh mentally touched upon the memory, a heavy pressure had not only descended on him but also on the many lifeforms spread across the Multiverse.


    One after another, pairs of eyes opened and were filled with confusion as they tried to find the source of the pressure, only to be disappointed when they failed to find anything.


    One of the many beings was Vritrasura, and he immediately peered through the wall separating the Sacred and the Primordial Dimension and then stopped at the store.


    A deep frown spread across his face, and he muttered something that not even the person sitting next to him could hear. There was a tone of helplessness in his voice, and soon after, he moved his eyes away from the store, returning to the Primordial Dimension.


    Vritrasura then didn''t say anything to the group of people in the ce but disappeared from there, with others having no idea of what had happened.

 Chapter 1394 Meeting!

    Chapter 1394 Meeting!


    Chapter 1394: Meeting!


    "Where am I?" Aakesh mumbled after suddenly finding himself in a dark ce when he mentally touched upon the newly added memory.


    He tried to look around, but nothing except darkness weed him. Aakesh stopped trying and waited. There must be a reason that he was there, so there was no point in wasting time.


    After what seemed like a long but brief period of time, tiny but precise rays of light started to pierce the darkness, as Aakesh had anticipated; in no time, the dark had disappeared in its totality, and Aakesh found himself standing on a small ind in the middle of an endless water body.


    Even though the ind was smaller than a dust particle, whenpared to the vastness of the water, it was nheless arge body. Aakesh couldn''t see the end of the ind from where he stood, so he decided to walk forward since he had a feeling that something was waiting for him at that end.


    No sense of time or space existed there, so Aakesh had no idea how long he was walking or how much distance he had covered in his travels.


    After an unknown amount of time had passed, Aakesh finally reached the end of the ind. Nothing was there. If he took an additional step, he would be entering the waters, but he stopped himself from doing that.


    Looking at the water, Aakesh could feel chills crawling down his spine. He understood that nothing great woulde out if he tried to enter the water.


    Despite not seeing anything there, Aakesh simply stood there like a statue. Aakesh trusted his instinct, so he kept waiting there.


    Time flew by, and an unknown amount of time passed.


    Since there was no concept of time, the moment was short and long for Aakesh at the same time.


    Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!


    Suddenly, a rumbling sound rang as the entire ind began shaking. Cracks began to emerge on the ground, and the ind started sinking. But at the position where Aakesh stood, not even a drop of water or any damage from the intense shaking reached it.


    The shaking intensity kept growing, and in reference to that, the ind''s sinking speed also increased. But as in the earlier situation, Aakesh remained fine despite all the trouble.


    After an unknown amount of time, the only piece ofnd left on the endless water body was thend where he was standing. Even if Aakesh moved an inch, he would touch the water; such was the gap.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face as usual since the moment he had been waiting for hadn''t arrived.


    Aakesh was waiting when his expression suddenly changed, and he turned to his left. The next moment, his face turned pale, as if drained of all his blood.


    Around an unknown distance away from him, a wave of unknown size had formed and was slowly descending.


    Even someone like Aakesh felt dread emanating from it. He was confident that if the wave touched him, he would be dead.


    But despite that, Aakesh didn''t make any movement and stood at his position like a statue while the wave kept descending. Finally, after an unknown time, the wave fell and hit the water.


    What was surprising was that the maximum range the wave could reach and cause damage was at the exact spot where thend began. Simr to thest situation, Aakesh remained out of harm without even doing anything.


    "How long are you going to test me?" Aakesh suddenlymented. His words had never been chillier than that moment.


    Aakesh had no idea where the person was, so he didn''t have a fixed direction to look at. He instead looked all around him while calling out to the person.


    When Aakesh called out, he didn''t expect to get an answer since the other party was clearly stronger than him. He was inside a memory and a sentient memory at that. If the said person could be so overwhelmingly powerful in memory, he didn''t even dare imagine how powerful the person would be in reality.


    "Just these two tests forced you to call me out." Unexpectedly, a response came from the owner.


    Aakesh felt a chill seeping into his bones since he could clearly hear the anger in the owner''s voice. It was as if Aakesh had immensely disappointed the person.


    The next moment, cracks began to appear in the space as an intense, horrendous pressure emerged in the area. Aakesh could sense familiarity from the pressure, but despite that, he was forced to look down.


    Aakesh''s blood revolted against the pressure, but for the first time, his bloodline revolt was crushed like an Immortal crushing a mortal. Aakesh had no choice but to look down since even death was no longer in his control.


    As the space kept cracking, the space shards joined together to form a blurry figure. As the formation wasplete, the pressure on Aakesh disappeared, and he could finally look up at the figure.


    As was his sensation with the bloodline projection, the same was his feeling toward the figure in the sky, but no matter what he tried, the figure remained blurry.


    "Am I going to see another disappointment?" The blurry figuremented. It wasn''t certain whether the figure was asking Aakesh or themselves, but when Aakesh heard the words, a painful expression spread across his face.


    Seeing Aakesh in pain, the figure in the sky sighed, and the pain attacking Aakesh disappeared.


    The blurry figure then snapped their fingers, and the next moment, the time and space changed.


    Aakesh found himself back in a familiar ce with gigantic beings sitting on their seats, looking down on him. Aakesh couldn''t see anything but blur, but he could clearly feel that those beings had questioning looks on their faces.


    "Oh, you seem to be better than your past life." A chuckle suddenly rang in Aakesh''s ears.


    Aakesh tried to look at the being who said it but could see nothing but blur and an endless golden halo around the being.


    As for talks about his past life, it didn''t affect him much since Aakesh had been aware of that fact for years now.


    "Will we see another disappointment, or will we finally get an answer this time?"


    Another beingmented, but the question wasn''t directed at Aakesh but at the other beings in the room.


    Aakesh couldn''t see their figures, but he could clearly feel the change in their expression after the question.


    "What is this disappointment that you talk about?" Aakesh wasn''t some coward, so he directly asked the person who had asked the question.


    "You are too young and weak to know your truth." The being who had chuckled earlier responded instead of the being who had asked the question.


    Other figures in the room seemed to agree with the response, so they also nodded their heads in response.


    "We are all waiting for you. Don''t disappoint us this time."


    Another being spoke and snapped their fingers. The next moment, the space and time changed, and Aakesh found himself back on the ind.


    The ind had returned to its previous situation without any cracks, while there was also another figure there waiting for him.


    It was the same blurry figure, but Aakesh no longer felt any anger from them.


    "Come and sit," The blurry figure called.


    The next moment, Aakesh''s body moved on its own, and he sat down on a chair. Following that, Aakesh eximed in surprise since the chair he sat on was his chair in the store.


    It wasn''t a simr material, but the exact chair. Aakesh recognized it since it had begun to have an aura of him after he had been sitting on it for tens of thousands of years.


    The blurry figure ignored Aakesh''s surprise and simply sat there silently. Aakesh had to be the initiator of the conversation, and he asked, "How much can you tell me about my past?"


    "You need to grow your authority by two more levels to know one thing about your past. You need to reach the ultimate level of authority to know your race." The blurry figure responded.


    "Two more levels just to know one thing about my past?" Aakesh couldn''t help but repeat the sentence since it was clearly outrageous.


    Aakesh understood that just by doing two store upgrade quests, he couldn''t get enough authority to know anything about his past, but toplete four things just to know one thing was certainly excessive, and Aakesh didn''t like it.


    "Yes, but you have gained enough authority to know one thing about the system." The blurry figure added, not caring about Aakesh''s reaction at all.


    It was as if Aakesh was getting treated the same way he treated others. If not for certain differences in the aura between the two, Aakesh would have believed that the blurry figure was none other than himself of the past.


    ***

 Chapter 1395 One Question!

    <h4>Chapter 1395 One Question!</h4>


    Chapter 1395: One Question!


    "You have gained enough authority to know one thing about the system," The figure responded.


    Aakesh, who was going to explode in anger after hearing the first word, calmed down immediately.


    The system was something Aakesh had been curious about since he heard its emotionless voice in his head for the first time. Whenever he would try to ask about its origin, he would get the answer that he had insufficient authority.


    Aakesh wondered whether to ask the question about the origin of the system. He was immensely curious about it since knowing about it was also a step in knowing his past.


    Aakesh wasn''t confident in his choice since he didn''t believe that the figure would give such an important answer at the time.


    "Can I ask any question about the system¡­" Aakesh shared his doubts with the figure.


    The figure understood what Aakesh was confused about, so they replied, "If I can''t answer the question, you can ask another."


    Aakesh nodded with a smile after hearing the figure. He didn''t want to lose his question over an unobtainable answer at the moment. Since Aakesh no longer had to worry about the failure, he asked, "What is the system''s origin?"


    The figure shook his head in response to Aakesh''s question. Aakesh didn''t feel much disappointed since he had expected it.


    "Tell me one thing about the system which is the greatest information you can share at the moment?" Aakesh immediately asked since he had readied himself for the next response in case of failure for the first query.


    Aakesh didn''t limit his question to a fixed detail about the system so he threw the ball in the figure''s court to tell him the highest level of information they could share.


    The figure seemed to be expecting such a response from Aakesh as if they werepletely familiar with Aakesh.


    They immediately responded, "The highest level of information you can know at the moment about the system is the basic information about its race."


    "The system is a member of the Yantra race and not a member at the same time. Its identity is the first Yantra member in the Multiverse," The figure added.


    Aakesh had imagined the system to have some strange background and not what it told him, but he didn''t expect it to be so grand.


    The Yantra race was one of the earlier known races of the Multiverse. The races earlier than their birth could be in only three digits, and yet here he heard that the system acting as his guide for the store was the primogenitor of the Yantra race.


    The Yantra race wasn''t created by Devas but was a natural-born race from the umtion of the energy left after the creation of several races before them.


    Aakesh was wondering about the response when he suddenly felt a repulsive force acting on him. The next moment, he was knocked back from the ind and fell into the ocean of water.


    ***


    Lily and Khaval stood up in surprise when they suddenly felt a movementing from Aakesh.


    The next moment, a storm of energy erupted from Aakesh and engulfed the store.


    The store''s door acted as a barrier of the store to the outer world, so no one in Thorr City felt anything.


    Aakesh''s cultivation seemed to be growing at an outrageous rate as he reached the peak of the Divine Lord and then stepped into the True God level.


    It was only the beginning, and in less than a second, his cultivation had jumped to the Supreme God. It still showed no signs of stopping and kept rising.


    It reached the peak of the Sacred Creator, and soon his energy level stepped into the Dimensional Throne level, the same power as the eleven Void Beasts, and the surge kept going on.


    After a time of surge, it came to a sudden stop as Aakesh''s energy level touched the cultivation energy limit barrier of the Sacred Dimension.


    Lily and Khaval looked in astonishment at the scene ying out in front of them. They asked the system about it but got no response from it other thanplete silence.


    The two understood there was something extraordinary going on, so they only focused on Aakesh. That kind of sudden surge of energy would''ve harmed Lily and Khaval, but an invisible barrier had appeared around them, protecting them from facing any sudden harm.


    While Lily and Khaval were focused on Aakesh, a storm was ying out outside the store.


    It had been a few minutes since the sun rose in Thorr and its nearby cities, but the store had yet to open its door.


    , Instead of bing smaller, the crowd had grown in numbers, but neither of them knew what was happening.


    Laney was also waiting for the store''s opening and was bombarded with questions from many in the crowd.


    Unfortunately for the crowd, Laney was as surprised as others.


    Time flew by, and the sun reached its peak. The crowd around the street had still not grown any smaller since the morning. If not for the administration reorganizing Seventeenth Street and keeping the store in mind, many shop owners would have been unable to open their shops for the day.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing without stopping. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours, and hours into days.


    It had been seventeen days since the store opened its door, but every morning, the crowd would return and stay there until sunset.


    The sudden cause behind the store''s closing shocked the customers and the ones taking the biggest hit from it were Alfred and Asher.


    ***


    A/N: The number of days I missed in the past two months was many times more than the total number of absences over the two years since I started writing the book.


    Whenever I tried to start writing, I would start feeling ill and then get bed rest for days. After a lot of physical and mental stress over thest several days, I am ready to restart updating. From tomorrow, the two chapters a day will return.


    Sorry for the new chapters you missed these days. I know I feel terrible when the author goes on a sudden break.


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 Chapter 1396 Sudden Closing!

    <h4>Chapter 1396 Sudden Closing!</h4>


    Chapter 1396: Sudden Closing!


    The sudden absence of the store had interrupted the lives of many. They had gotten ustomed to their daily affairs inside the store over the past several years.


    At the same time, they worried about their progress in Panagea. Panagea had be more than just a way of adventure since it could influence their cultivation and bring the resources they couldn''t afford to them in reality.


    But the ones who were most worried about the store were the duo of Alfred and Asher. The two had ced their hopes of the Vurrons on the store, so it was more than shocking for them to understand.


    When the store was open, the duo woulde from time to time since they were busy expanding the city to take as much advantage as possible from the store. But now that the store hadn''t opened its doors for several days, the duo woulde daily and stay there until sunset.


    After another day of disappointment, Alfred and Asher returned to Alfred''s residence. The two leaders of Vurron groups were discussing the store.


    "Do you think something bad has happened to the store owner?" Alfred couldn''t help but ask. It was not the first time he had asked such a question, and as usual, he only got silence in response to his question.


    ''What must have caused the store owner to close the store for so many days?''


    The two thought in their hearts since none could exin the cause behind the sudden closing of the store.


    The store had only closed for seventeen days. For the immortal beings of the Sacred Dimension, that number of days was nothing but a blink of an eye. But the store had made such an impression on them that despite it only being a few decades since the store''s presence in the dimension, the customers had gotten ustomed to it to the extent that they believed the store had been in their lives for a long time.


    The thought of the store owner being in cultivation didn''t evene to the minds of many since none believed that Aakesh''s actual cultivation was what he showed in reality. The things in the store were more than enough to propel it to an undefeatable powerhouse. In addition to that, the respect with which the strong beings from top races treated Aakesh further helped the customers disregard his cultivation.


    It included even those customers who have been regr to the store since they were in the Primal Dimension.


    Time flew by, and the customer''s wait seemed to have no end. It had been three months since the storest opened its doors.


    Despite the passing of months, the crowd outside the store didn''t grow shorter but only longer over the past several days.


    The worry inside Alfred and Asher''s hearts had reached new peaks, and in addition to that, the sudden invitation from the capital further propelled their fears.


    They had signed a contract with the Kingdom, so for ten thousand years, they were safe from any attack. But if the store never opened, it would be a death knell for them. The signing of the contract showed clearly that the Vurrons wanted to control a free territory of their own.


    The store allowed them to live in peace despite having traitorous thoughts, but if that support were to disappear, the Vurrons would either be extinct or ves to the nobles of the Kingdom.


    ***


    Lily and Khaval had been sitting at the same spot for the past few months, waiting for Aakesh to open his eyes.


    Since the sudden movement and the surge in his cultivation, neither Aakesh nor the system has shown any movement. The two couldn''t enter Panagea or the training area since the rooms were no longer open and were locked like they were when they opened in the Sacred Dimension.


    No matter how many times they tried to perform the summons, the door would not appear, so they couldn''t take unconscious Aakesh to lie down on his cozy bed.


    Lily had made up her mind to ask Aakesh to force the system to give up its control over the room or the system space assigned to Aakesh.


    While Lily and Khaval were waiting for Aakesh, Aakesh was in the depths of the ocean, looking horrifiedly at the scene in front of him.


    Even though three months had passed outside, it had only been a short time since Aakesh touched the new memory.


    The repulsive force threw him into the ocean, and he was powerless to stop himself. It was as if he was nothing but an ordinary person.


    Aakesh had sensed danger from the ocean when he suddenly appeared on the ind, and when he found himself inside it, he finally understood the source of that feeling.


    Aakesh''s sight was clear, so despite being inplete darkness, he could make sense of things around him.


    In front of him, there was a creature with no end in sight. Its eyes alone were far greater than anything Aakesh had ever seen.


    From that eye, Aakesh sensed utter destruction, but at the same time, a familiar feeling also originated from the being.


    Aakesh tried to capture theplete image of the creature, but for the first time in his life, since he had opened his eyes, he found his unlimited intelligence failing him.


    At the same time, a feeling Aakesh had never felt washed over him. Immediately, a word rang in his mind, utterly shocking him. The sensation washing over him was exhaustion, a feeling never felt by him due to his unlimited stamina.


    In no time, Aakesh had grown both mentally and physically tired. His eyelids began to turn heavy as the feeling of sleepiness hit him.


    The reward of the second store upgrade quest brought many firsts for him. Aakesh had slept before, but that was only to enjoy. The situation in the ocean was different.


    When Aakesh lost self-control, his eyelids closed, and he fell asleep. Just before he was about to go to sleep, Aakesh found a change in the creature''s eyes. That endless eye gave him a feeling of longing.


    The next moment, Aakesh opened his eyes and found himself back in the store.

 Chapter 1397 Opening His Eyes!

    <h4>Chapter 1397 Opening His Eyes!</h4>


    Chapter 1397: Opening His Eyes!


    As soon as Aakesh opened his eyes and his other senses returned, he was greeted with the sight of a crying pair of Lily and Khaval.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but forget everything at that moment, and he immediately embraced the two of them, coaxing them not to cry anymore.


    His actions didn''t work at all, and the two cried even louder. Aakesh stopped saying anything and silently patted the duo.


    [Congrattions, Host, your authority isn''t low anymore. It has been upgraded to Moderate!]


    At that time, the system''s emotionless alert rang inside the store. It was as if pouring oil on fire. Lily and Khaval grew even more distraught upon hearing the system''s voice.


    Lily and Khaval surprised Aakesh because he was unaware that the system had also stopped working while he was speaking with the figure.


    ***


    "Hey, system, what are the perks of moderate authority?" Aakesh called the system after Lily and Khaval calmed down.


    Aakesh learned that the system had also followed him into that conversation, so Aakesh thought about discussing the system''s partter.


    Aakesh had been bing more and more sincere when it came to his duty as the store owner over the past several decades. The meeting with the figure propelled him further since he wanted to know more about the system and about himself.


    [Host, having a Moderate level of authority allows you to have a ten percentmission on the product''s sale.]


    The system didn''t make Aakesh wait and soon informed him of the newly acquired benefits after his authority with the system increased.


    Hismission was five percent which had now grown to ten percent. It wasn''t the only perk enjoyed by him.


    Earlier, the system had no responsibility for protecting him unless he asked and paid for it. But after the increase in his authority, Aakesh''s protection level also increased.


    He no longer needed to worry about anyone below the Supreme God level. He would need to ask for the system''s help and pay ordingly if his enemy turned out to be of a higher cultivation level than the Supreme God.


    The cultivation level wasn''t constant, and it will grow with an increase in Aakesh''s cultivation. The sudden surge in Aakesh''s cultivation to the peak of the Sacred Dimension was false. As a result of being directly looked at by the beings in his memory, his cultivation increased. But after he returned to reality, the situation returned to normal, and his cultivation regressed to thete Divine Lord, his actual power level.


    In addition to his protection level, Aakesh also gained the authority to manipte the price of store products. It didn''t mean that Aakesh could raise the price of a pill to ten ultimate Sacred stones or decrease it to one inferior Sacred stone. There was a limit by which Aakesh could increase or decrease the price of the product.


    If Aakesh wanted to disregard that limit, he needed to increase his authority level. Aakesh wasn''t particrly interested in that perk since the system set the price equitably, and Aakesh had no interest in partaking in it. Nheless, it was a perk.


    Aakesh nodded after hearing the three benefits he had gained from the increase in his authority. He then suddenly looked up and asked the system, "What level of control do I have over you?"


    [Host, you need to increase your authority level to upper moderate to have some control over me.]


    The system truthfully responded. Aakesh nodded in appreciation with a smile.


    Knowing that the system was the primogenitor of the Yantra race and might originally be a distinct creature made things different. The primogenitor of the Yantra race was the sole being in the entire group to have emotions, so the system wasn''t as emotionless as it showed.


    Aakesh didn''t ask the system about it since his authority was clearly not high enough to delve very deeply into the system''s past.


    "Hey, system, give the control authority of the room to Aakesh and us," Lily said after Aakesh was silent for a while.


    Aakesh only looked at Lily and showed no special response to Lily''s request.


    The system didn''t reject Lily and immediately shared the authority of Aakesh''s room with him and the duo.


    Aplete transfer wasn''t possible since the room was a part of the store and hence part of the system. Aakesh''s authority wasn''t enough to have any control over the system, so it only shared the authority.


    Lily and Khaval felt nothing different from before, but Aakesh sensed some restriction on him breaking down.


    "How long has it been since I opened the store?" Aakesh asked about the system since things with his past were dealt with. There was no recent worry in sight.


    [Host, three years, four months, and seventeen days have passed since youst opened the store.]


    The system''s emotionless voice rang in Aakesh''s ears, surprising him.


    Even though it seemed Aakesh was in the memory for a long time, no time had passed since he did that. Everything happened in his mind and was quick, so not even a millionth of a second had passed.


    "How can the time difference be so exaggerated between the two situations?" Aakesh couldn''t help but ask. Even the time difference between the fourth dimension and the Sacred Dimension was one million times.


    [Host, you are mistaken in your analysis!]


    [It was not that everything happened quickly; you were unable to analyze the time there. The time flow in your memory was at the same rate as the Sacred Dimension.]


    Aakesh was taken aback by the system''s reaction, questioning how he could have processed the time in the memory so slowly. He then immediately calmed down, remembering the scene of his unlimited intelligence and stamina failing him as soon as he tried to see anything other than the eyes of the creature.


    The situation in his memory was clearly different from anything Aakesh had ever faced. He didn''t feel that small even when he came across Vritrasura, the strongest being below the Devas in the Sacred Dimension.


    "Do I really have something to do with Devas?" Aakesh couldn''t help but mumble under his breath.


    He then calmed down since he would eventually find out about his past as he wouldplete the store upgrading quests. He only needed to focus on the store, so he returned to reality.

 Chapter 1398 Joy and Excitement!

    <h4>Chapter 1398 Joy and Excitement!</h4>


    Chapter 1398: Joy and Excitement!


    More than three years had passed since the store opened its doors. That amount of time was nothing in the lives of the inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension, but for those who were regr to the store, not going to the store for even a single day was an unbelievable task.


    The sun was about to rise in Thorr and its nearby cities.


    Therge crowd of customers gathered in front of the building as usual, hoping for the store to open its doors.


    There was a pin-drop silence in the area as the first ray of sunlight peered through the cover of darkness.


    Right at that moment, a sound the crowd had forgotten rang in their ears, causing hair all around their bodies to rise. Excitement like never before appeared on their faces as they looked at the store''s door with broad smiles.


    A scene they had been hoping to ur more than anything yed out in front of their eyes at that moment, and the store owner finally appeared in front of them.


    Aakesh sensed the excitement and joy oozing from everyone in the crowd. He knew the store had be a part of their lives, so he didn''t make them wait any longer and moved out of the way, returning to his chair.


    The crowd rushed inside the store like a raging tide since they had been waiting for it for more than three years. Alfred and Asher were also part of the crowd, and they had tears of joy on their faces as they stepped inside the store.


    Because of what was at risk for their race, the past few years have proven to be incredibly difficult for them. Now that the store had opened, they could finally breathe in relief.


    At that moment, suddenly, a surge of energy appeared around Asher. The system immediately acted and isted Asher from those who were close to him.


    But the sudden situation still alerted many, making them focus on Asher.


    Before Asher could understand what was going on, his inner world rushed out of his body and became out of his control. An excited expression appeared on Alfred''s face since the sudden situation could only mean one thing.


    But soon, the situation calmed down and didn''t go the way Alfred and Asher had hoped. They thought that Asher was going to break through and step into the True God level, but nothing of that sort happened.


    Asher was still excited because the sudden situation had broken any barrier standing between True God and his cultivation level. He was now confident of stepping into the True God level. He only needed to umte energy and strengthen his foundation.


    The day brought two pleasant surprises to Alfred and Asher, so they were more cheerful than usual.


    As the situation due to Asher died out, customers returned to what was ahead of them. Those who were shrouded in golden light went to the portal room or the queue in front of Aakesh, depending on their situation.


    As the excitement about the store''s reopening died out, reality hit them. The store had been closed for three years, four months, and seventeen days, so many had been unable to enter Panagea during that time.


    The time flow inside Panagea was already faster than it was in the Sacred Dimension, so more than a decade had passed inside Panagea. The customers couldn''t even imagine what kind of developments would have urred inside Panagea at that time.


    Aakesh also understood the worry of the customers, so he stood up from his chair and announced, "During the time the store was closed, the Panagea was also inactive, so the situation inside the Panagea would be the same as what it was when youst exited the portal."


    ***


    "Hello, senior," Maria respectfully greeted Aakesh, as she was the first in the queue.


    Aakesh nodded in response to her greeting. Maria was always confident that the store would return, so she wasn''t worried about it. What had made her tense was Aakesh.


    Every day, she would worry about the safety of Aakesh. Now that he was perfectly fine and had returned, Maria had no more worries left. She then left the queue with a cheerful smile. She didn''t even try to ask Aakesh why he had disappeared for that long and simply stepped inside the portal room, which looked the same as it had looked when she had exited the room.


    Another customer took Maria''s spot once she left, and the first question she asked after a respectful greeting was about his sudden disappearance.


    Aakesh ignored the question, and Ashley got her response, so she no longer asked about it.


    One hour passed in the blink of an eye. Those who were ted to enter Panagea in other groups either went to other product rooms since new needs had risen for them due to the long absence, and those who simply came to the store for Panagea went to the waiting corner and began meditating, waiting for their turn.


    "Where have you been?" Katrina angrily asked Aakesh once the queue in front of him wasplete.


    "Something urgent hade up," Aakesh responded with a smile, not ignoring Katrina''s question as he did with other customers.


    "You should have told us if you were going to disappear," Katrina responded, still angry with Aakesh.


    She and Autumn knew about Aakesh more than others, so the sudden disappearance didn''t alert them as much as other customers, but once that period grew to months, they began to worry.


    The situation became even more intense since the duo were unable to find anything about what caused the situation.


    Aakesh only smiled and didn''t say anything. Since there was no customer out there who needed his help, he asked Katrina about the happenings during his absence.


    "Forget what happened during your disappearance. Even if you don''t think of us as your friends, we still think of you as one. How are you going to make up to us for the worry you caused us?" Katrina was in no mood to divert the topic.


    (A/N: Katrina doesn''t have any romantic feelings toward Aakesh.)


    Aakesh could only smile wryly in response to Katrina.

 Chapter 1399 Active Quests!

    <h4>Chapter 1399 Active Quests!</h4>


    Chapter 1399: Active Quests!


    Aakesh didn''t treat Katrina and Autumn differently than he treated other customers when it came to the store, and he acknowledged the fact that he was closer to the two than other customers, especially the rtionship between Autumn and Lily. They both sincerely treated each other as family, and since Lily was his family, he had a good impression of Autumn.


    As for Katrina, she was his teacher with Autumn during the continent exploration, and if Aakesh were to choose who he found better, it was an easy answer for him.


    "Even I didn''t think that it would take that long, so I didn''t tell you," Aakesh responded.


    "To make up for the worry I cause, how about doing one thing you want?" He added.


    Katrina''s eyes immediately shone when she heard the second part of the second statement. Her mouth curved into a sly grin as she asked, "Anything I want?"


    "Anything?" She repeated.


    Aakesh didn''t reply but simply stared at Katrina. In no time, her curled-up lips came down, and she scoffed, "At least, y with it for a while."


    "Is that what you want?" Aakesh asked.


    Katrina choked on her words and didn''t continue the joke with Aakesh. A serious expression appeared on her face, and she said, "We might need your help with something in the future¡­"


    Katrina and Autumn then shared the worry they had been dealing with for the past several years. At first, they didn''t want to take Aakesh''s help since he had already done them many favors, but to their utter disappointment, they were unable to handle the situation.


    "I would have helped you even if not for my promise," Aakesh responded after hearing about their situation.


    Aakesh didn''t lie since Lily was sure to step into the situation if she were to ever find out, and if Lily intervened, he would also.


    "Does that mean I can still ask you for one more thing?" Katrina immediately asked, seeing a fortunate situation in Aakesh''s response.


    "Not anymore," Aakesh responded with a smile.


    Aakesh''s smile acted as an infectious virus, and Katrina also smiled widely upon hearing Aakesh. She had only asked to lighten up the mood after the serious conversation.


    The conversation between Aakesh and Katrina came to an end as he suddenly looked at the door. Not long after, a customer stepped inside the store.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    As the first group stepped out of the portal room after their Panagea stay wasplete, Katrina and Autumn left for the portal room.


    Aakesh also gained some free time, so he decided to check his store quests.


    The next moment, a blue screen, containing the details of the eighth Panagea quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Eight


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea Hours,


    Description: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 650,000 Panagea hours for consecutive five thousand days.


    Requirement: Now, it''s time for you to increase your contribution further and make even more customers interested in the product.


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 2,500,000 hours every day for a continuous fifty thousand days,


    Mission reward: One hundred thousand new virtual portals addition,


    Duration: 55,000 days,


    Progress: 13,452/50,000


    Failure Punishment: Loss of five thousand virtual portals, and the salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for five thousand years.]


    Fortunately for Aakesh, the system didn''t count the days when the store was closed, so his quest was still active. If not, Aakesh would have failed his first quest and would have lost many virtual portals, which were already in short supply.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the quest screen disappeared. He then summoned another one, and not long after, a new blue screen appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Fourth


    Mission Objective: Sell Skills,


    Requirement: Host, the store has sessfully sold ten billion types of Novice, Advanced, Expert, and Master level skills to the customers. Now, it is time for you to increase your part and make more customers interested in the product,


    Number of Skills you need to sell: 100,000,000,000*,


    Time Limit: 50,000 Days


    Mission reward: Multiple elemental skills,


    Failure Punishment: The salesmission will be reduced to 1% of the product''s price for five hundred years.]


    *(100,000,000,000 Novice, Advanced, Expert, Master skills = 20,000,000,000 King level = 10,000,000,000 Emperor level = 5,000,000,000 God level skills.)


    Soon after, a new blue screen, smaller than the previous one, containing the details of the progress, appeared on top of the mission screen.


    [Mission Progress:


    Time: 8/50,000


    Novice ¡­ Master: 5,427,897/100,000,000,000,


    King: 95,412/20,000,000,000,


    Emperor: 1,247/10,000,000,000,


    God: 89/5,000,000,000.]


    Aakesh looked at the details of the fourth skill quest. The quest had only been activated a few days before thepletion of the second store upgrade mission, so not much was there to see on the screen.


    The quest was only in the early days, so slow progress was expected. The store needed to sell two million skills between novice and master levels just toplete the biggest requirement, and that too would happen on thest day. There was also the issue that one customer was only able to buy one skill of each level for their cultivation level, but that didn''t worry Aakesh much.


    The store''s products were such that the customer base of the store would keep growing, and it would only grow faster rather than stagnating at one point unless everyone in the Sacred Dimension became a store customer.


    If the store had been around for the past three years, the number of regrs might have been more than twice as high as it was at that moment.


    Since there was more than a century left before the deadline, Aakesh didn''t worry much about the result and waved his hands. The next moment, the two screens disappeared.


    There were still quests left for Aakesh to check their progress, but before Aakesh could summon the next one, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store.


    Aakesh stopped in his actions and looked at the door, and not long after, a new customer stepped inside the store with a curious expression on his face.

 Chapter 1400 A New Customer!

    <h4>Chapter 1400 A New Customer!</h4>


    Chapter 1400: A New Customer!


    Aakesh stared at the door and saw a new customer entering the store with a curious expression evident on his face.


    The man wasn''t from the nearby areas, as he didn''t belong to any race in the demon group. The man was instead a Gorfit.


    Gorfit was a humanoid race with three pairs of eyes, a pair of hands, and a pair of legs. Their skin was blood red, with different colors of dots spread across their bodies.


    The man entering the store had gray dots spread across his body, signifying his ability to manipte the element of earth. The three pairs of eyes had a simrbination of white sclera and blood-red eyes.


    The race''s members had great appearances, so the man entering the store also looked great, causing some female customers to take a second look at him.


    Ririk hadn''te here for the first time, but it was his first time entering the store. Before today, he hade here a few days ago when he had to returnter in the day due to the store being closed.


    At that time, Ririk had learned from others that the store had been like that for more than three years, so Ririk didn''t return after that.


    But earlier in the day, he suddenly had the urge to visit the store again. Since Ririk had no necessary work to do, he decided to visit once more.


    As his fortune would have it, he found the store to be open.


    After entering the store, Ririk immediately walked to Aakesh and greeted him, "Hello, store owner!"


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response to Ririk''s greeting and waited for him to ask about the store''s products.


    Ririk was already aware of the store''s products since he hade here after learning about them. It was not a fortunate or coincidental event.


    Ririk didn''t waste time asking about the store''s products and directly asked about the beast since that was his goal of visiting the store in the first ce.


    ***


    Ririk entered the beast''s room with an excited expression on his face. He enthusiastically looked at the endless murals of different beasts painted on all the walls around the room.


    As Aakesh had informed him about the two pirs and their differences, Ririk walked to the second one since his cultivation was thete Higher God.


    There were twelve people already there in the line, so Ririk had to wait for his turn. During that time, Ririk thought of the numerous beasts he desired to summon.


    Aakesh had told him that the summoning depended on the luck of the user. Sometimes, the customers would get the beast they had on their minds, while sometimes, another beast would be summoned.


    But since desire could y a role in luck, Ririk made a long list of beasts in his head.


    While thinking of the beasts, the time passed, and it was finally his turn.


    Ririk took a deep breath and pressed the button, initiating the first round of summoning.


    After he touched the button, the square boxes began to rotate and soon crossed the limit of Ririk''s visibility. The situation kept on for five seconds, and the rotation came to a stop.


    The next moment, a beast appeared on the screen. Ririk couldn''t help but slow his breath down since the beast was one of the beasts on his list.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands. He excitedly focused on the details, and his face immediately saw an opposite change.


    The high excitement he had felt after seeing one of the beasts on his list turned into utter disappointment after reading the details of the card.


    Ririk didn''t even go below the quality section, which showed inferior, the lowest quality avable for a beast. He then immediately went to the returnpartment and ced the card inside it.


    He then returned to the screen and pressed the button again. The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen, while the familiar phenomenon of rotation yed out for five seconds.


    As Ririk''s fortune would have it, the beast summoned in the second round was also one of the beasts on his list. Rirk expectantly focused on the beast card after it appeared, only to result in the same feeling of disappointment.


    It was another inferior quality beast. Ririk had no interest in a beast that could no longer grow, irrespective of what strength it had at that level.


    Ririk didn''te from a weak or middle tier race to care about short-term gains. He was the son of a Sacred Monarch, while his great-grandfather was a Sacred Creator, the ruler of the Gorfit race.


    ***


    After Ririk left for the beast room, Aakesh was going to return to his task of checking the quest''s progress, but he had to put a stop to it since a customer approached him from the weapons room.


    In no time, a small line had formed in front of him. After Aakesh finally tended to all the customers in the line, he could focus on the quests.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the pill''s quest appeared in front of him. Not long after, another screen popped out, containing the progress.


    [Mission Sequence: Fifth


    Objective: Sell Pills


    Detail: With Benington''s purchase, the store had met all of the previous sales requirements for the fourth pill quest. Since we are just getting started, now is not the time to celebrate. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of pills you need to sell: 100,000,000,000 (each category),


    Days required: 36,000 days,


    Mission reward: Ten new pill types addition in all Lesser, Higher, and King grades,


    Failure Punishment: The random disappearance of ten types of pills and the salesmission will turn to 0 at the eligible product''s sale for the next one hundred fifty years.]


    [Quest Progress:


    Lesser pills:


    First-grade lesser body healing pill: 100,000,000,000/100,000,000,000,


    First-grade lesser mental healing pill: 100,000,000,000/100,000,000,000,


    ¡­


    First-grade King Blood Replenishing Pill: 164,812,752/100,000,000,000.]

 Chapter 1401 Frustration!

    <h4>Chapter 1401 Frustration!</h4>


    Chapter 1401: Frustration!


    [...


    First-grade King Blood Replenishing Pill: 164,812,752/100,000,000,000.]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation after seeing the progress the store had made for the pill quest.


    The requirement of Lesser Pills was fulfilled for all twenty categories, while there were only a few categories left in the Higher grade, and they weren''t also very far from their limit.


    The only issue was the King grade pills. Since there were three categories for every pill, it was way below the average required to fulfill the condition.


    But since the quest had a deadline of one hundred years and only around one-third of it had passed, Aakesh had no reason to worry about the King grade pills.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon after that, the two blue screens disappeared. Before he could summon the screen of another mission, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.


    Aakesh turned in that direction and found a customering toward him with a page in their hand. Aakesh stopped thinking about the quest and focused on the customer.


    While inside the beast room, Ririk was fuming in anger. Controlling his frustration, he pressed the button once again.


    The next moment, ''7'' appeared on top of the screen while the square sections began to rotate. Five secondster, the rotation stopped, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    Ririk found it extremely tough to control himself at that moment, as the beast on the screen was another on his list. It was his eighth summon, and there hadn''t been a single situation where Ririk didn''t summon a beast from his list. It should have been a fortunate event for many to summon the beast they liked, but not for Ririk.


    Without any change, all the beasts he had summoned belonged to the same quality, inferior. Ririk almost gritted his teeth in anger when he looked at the quality section of the new card.


    Without fail, it was another beast of inferior quality. It was as if someone were ying a cruel joke on him.


    If not for the fear of the store, Ririk would have used everything in his power to ruin the store and the store owner. But since he could do nothing, he could only take repeated deep breaths to calm his heart.


    Being the direct descendant of a Sacred Monarch made him neverck wealth, so the cost of summoning, which had grown ten times with every round, didn''t affect him that much until that time. It was the same quality that was taking a mental toll on him.


    Ririk could give up on summoning today, but he didn''t want to. But at the same time, he also knew he couldn''t spend his stones wastefully. After a few more rounds, every summoning round would cost a fortune, even for him.


    Ririk took another deep breath and decided his next summoning would be thest for the day. He then pressed the button, and soon after, ''5'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square section began to rotate.


    Five seconds passed in a sh. Ririk''s stomach was in knots as he impatiently awaited the arrival of the beast.


    The next moment, a beast appeared on the screen, and for the first time, it wasn''t a beast on his list. Instead of feeling disappointed about it, Ririk jumped up in excitement.


    But as the card formed, he calmed down. When it flew to his hands, he didn''t immediately read the quality section but prayed to his ancestors.


    After he had calmed down, he brought his eyes to the quality section.


    "SUPREME!" Ririk yelled in joy after finding that it wasn''t another inferior quality beast.


    If it were before, Ririk would have felt disappointed at not getting ultimate quality, but his mental situation at that time was such that he would be happy with even a higher quality beast.


    Being happy with supreme quality was one thing, but being willing to buy it was another, so for the first time since Ririk began the summoning, he focused on the ability section.


    [Name: Gurstmossa


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Element: Earth, Metal


    Quality: Supreme


    Cultivation: Early Higher God


    Characteristics: Elemental Resonance


    Details: The Gurstmossa''s presence blends with the earth and metal in the environment, enhancing the durability and power of structures, armor, and weapons of allies within its vicinity. This resonant aura provides protection and reinforces the offensive capabilities of allies by fortifying their equipment with enhanced hardness and sharpness.


    Range: 100 miles


    Ability:


    1.) Magma Surge: The Gurstmossa channels molten metal and rocks through its ws,unching a searing projectile at its foes that explode upon impact, causing fiery havoc.


    2.) Shrapnel Burst: The Gurstmossa rips apart rocks and metals from the earth, transforming them into shrapnel projectiles it hurls at its enemies, dealing piercing damage.


    3.) Earthforge Shield: The Gurstmossa summons an earthen shield that absorbs iing damage and then releases it as a powerful counterattack against its assants.


    4.) Golemic Onught: Gurstmossa temporarily transforms into a living rock golem, bing virtually indestructible while gaining the power to deliver earth-shaking blows to its foes.


    5.) Petrifying Gaze: The Gurstmossa''s eyes emit a petrifying gaze that can temporarily immobilize foes, turning them into metallic statues.


    ...


    12.) Tectonic Ward: The Gurstmossa conjures a protective field of earth and metal, reducing iing damage for itself and nearby allies and mitigating status effects.


    13.) Stoneheart Endurance: The Gurstmossa draws upon the unyielding power of the earth to enhance its endurance and shrug off debilitating effects and status ailments.


    Card Description: The Gurstmossa is a formidable, majestic creature. Its attributes of earth and metal make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Akonos.


    Price: Three thousand three hundred seventy-nine ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. An exoskeleton of rock and metal covered its body, giving it a metallic sheen. The rocky ting that covered its body featured intricate, ancient patterns that were reminiscent of geological formations carved by centuries of natural processes.


    ***


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 Chapter 1402 A Race with a Prestigious Past!

    <h4>Chapter 1402 A Race with a Prestigious Past!</h4>


    Chapter 1402: A Race with a Prestigious Past!


    Ririk read the details on the card with excitement, and soon, he had read the entire content. It was time for him to make his decision.


    Ririk didn''t immediatelye to his decision but stood there for a while, thinking deeply about it.


    Time flew by, and hours had passed in a sh.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh had only gotten free a moment earlier when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store. He stopped summoning the quest screen and stared toward the door.


    The next moment, an unfamiliar face greeted his sight. It was a female customer, a member of the Friak race.


    The woman looked the same as the other members of the race. The members of the race were tall, averaging around ten meters. The woman was on the above-average side, and her height was more than twelve meters.


    Not only were the Friaks tall, but they had a sturdy build. The woman standing outside the store looked like a dark violet boulder. Her eyes had the unique feature of the Friak.


    Her pupils looked like thebination of seven pupils at once, and at the center of it, there was a pattern of a ck-maned lion.


    The Friak was a race with a long and prestigious history, despite not having a Sacred Creator at its helm. It was also a race that had no connection with a beast group despite having the pattern of a powerful creature.


    What made the Friak''s history prestigious was their connection with the Primordial Dimension. The pattern beast was a powerful creature in the Primordial Dimension and also the guardian of Friak.


    Only very few beings knew why Friak had a connection with that kind of strong creature, and Aakesh was one of them.


    The Friak''s primogenitor was the only being in the Sacred Dimension to ascend to the Primordial Dimension without reaching the Sacred Creator level.


    The warid by Vritrasura had caused utter destruction not only in the lives of the inhabitants but also in thews of the Sacred Dimension.


    Thew was constant and required cultivators to reach the peak of the Sacred Creator, then face the ascension trial and ascend to the Primordial Dimension.


    However, the damage from the war rendered thew ineffective for one nanosecond, during which time a space storm ate up the Friak''s primogenitor.


    The space storm immediately threw him into the Primordial Dimension, making him the only figure to ascend to the Primordial Dimension without even reaching the Sacred Creator level. The man''s name was Veras, and as his fortune would have it, the storm threw him into the city of the beast in the pattern.


    Veras was only a Sacred Emperor at that time, so surviving in the Primordial Dimension for even a second was impossible. His body and soul were both unable to handle the atmosphere of the dimension since the ascension trial molded cultivators into a suitable physique to survive the atmosphere of the dimension.


    Thews of the dimensions were emotionless and fixed, but at the same time, there was also sentience present there. Veras was a being of the Sacred Dimension, and his ascension to the higher dimension was the fault of thews, so the dimension had to take responsibility.


    But even for the incarnation of the dimension, it was an impossible task to help Veras survive the atmosphere. Forget thews of the Primordial Dimension; even low-tier beings of the Primordial Dimension were more than enough strong to destroy the incarnation.


    Since Veras fell into the territory of the beast in the pattern and it was a powerful race, the incarnation had a formidable task toplete. It couldn''t let Veras die, as it would affect the functioning of thews since his true soul would cause disturbance.


    The incarnation had no choice left but to make a deal with the beast of the pattern. No one knew what the deal was, but from that moment on, the beast became the guardian of the Friak.


    Even though every being was immortal in the Sacred Dimension, that wasn''t the case in the Primordial Dimension. The moment Veras stepped foot in the dimension, his lifespan became fixed.


    Unless he was able to progress in his cultivation, he would die after his lifespan came to an end.


    Unfortunately for Veras, the progress in cultivation was easier said than done. He was unable to step into the Sacred Creator level, let alone progress in his cultivation of the Primordial Dimension.


    The lowest ranked cultivators of the Primordial Dimension had a fixed lifespan of five hundred Primordial years, which came to five hundred thousand Sacred years.


    Veras died in the end due to ack of progress in cultivation, but as he had breathed the air of the Primordial Dimension, his body had slightly gotten ustomed to its energy, giving birth to talented descendants.


    Just breathing tiny energy from the Primordial Dimension was more than enough to have talented descendants that could step into the Sacred Creator level.


    Unfortunately for the members of the Friak race, it was only a luxury. In the history of the race, there had been three members who had stepped into the Sacred Creator level.


    It should have made the race into one of the top-tier races of the Sacred Dimension, but there was a restriction put on the members of the race from thews of the Sacred Dimension.


    Anytime a member of the Friak race stepped into the Sacred Creator level, they would lose the immortal characteristic of the inhabitants of the dimension. Their lifespan would be fixed at five hundred thousand Sacred years, the same as that of the first Friak.


    If someone seeded in reaching the peak of the Sacred Creator in five hundred thousand years and ascended, they would survive and live like other ascended cultivators in the higher dimension.


    But forget reaching the peak of the Sacred Creator in five hundred thousand years; reaching even intermediate Sacred Creator in that short time was enough to consider the cultivator a heaven-chosen talent.


    The fastest it had taken a cultivator from early Sacred Creator to peak Sacred Creator was three hundred million years, which was way higher than only five hundred thousand years.


    Due to the restriction, the members of the Friak race stopped cultivating at the peak of the Sacred Monarch.


    The woman in front of the store was one such member of the race who had stopped cultivating once her energy level reached the peak of the Sacred Monarch.


    Elosi looked at the building in front of her with a mixture of expressions. Hering here was nothing more than a coincidence.


    The Friaks had no more than a few thousand members in the race, and most of them were between the Supreme God and the Sacred Monarch. After any member touched the peak of the Sacred Monarch, they would begin a journey through the dimension and would travel as much as they could in five hundred thousand years.


    During those five hundred thousand years, they wouldn''t use any travel portal but would do it on their own. As for why they chose a fixed duration of five hundred thousand years for travel, it had an extraordinary meaning in their lives.


    Elosi had also been traveling for the past three hundred forty-six thousand and seven hundred years and hade to the store by coincidence.


    Elosi was going to enter the store when suddenly her face turned solemn. The next moment, she disappeared from the street.


    Aakesh, who saw the situation through his own eyes, moved his eyes away since the new customer had left even before entering the store. From the sudden reaction, it seemed something unusual had happened.


    Since Aakesh had gained a moment of reprieve, he decided to continue checking his quests. Pills, skills, and Panagea were done, and a few more products were left.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the fifth weapon''s quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Sequence: Fifth


    Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Details: With the purchase from Garry, the store has fulfilled all requirements for thest quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Number of customers or training hours: 2,000,000,000,000 training hours*,


    Days required: 36,000 Days,


    Mission reward: Avability of fifty new types of weapons types for sale and training,


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of ten types of weapons at random, and the salesmission will be reduced to 0% of the product''s price for five hundred years.]


    *- (2,000,000,000,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 400,000,000,000 Immortal training hours = 100,000,000,000 Gods and Demons training hours = 1,000,000 Primordial training hours.)


    Not long after, a smaller blue screen containing the details of the progress also popped out in front of Aakesh.

 Chapter 1403 Checking Progress(1)

    <h4>Chapter 1403 Checking Progress(1)</h4>


    Chapter 1403: Checking Progress(1)


    A blue screen containing the quest''s progress popped out before him.


    [Quest Progress:


    Weapons: 289,563,636,829 /1,000,000,000,000.


    Training Area:


    Trivial¡­ difficult hours: 879,563,636,829/2,000,000,000,000


    Immortal training hours: 38,563,636,829/400,000,000,000¡­]


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, reading the progress the store had made over these few decades.


    The quest was going well, so there was no need for Aakesh to worry about it.


    He then waved his hands and the two screens disappeared. Not long after, two new screens appeared in front of him since there was no customer to stop Aakesh from checking another quest.


    [Mission Sequence: Third


    Mission Objective: Sell Beasts,


    Requirement: With the purchase from Gric, the store has fulfilled all requirements for thest quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product,


    Number of beasts you need to sell: 10,000,000,000,


    Time Limit: 36,000 Days


    Mission reward: One pir upgrade,


    Failure Punishment: The salesmission will be reduced to 0% of the product''s price for one hundred and fifty years.]


    [Progress:


    Beast: 680,657,625/10,000,000,000


    Time: 14,108/36,000.]


    Looking at the progress screen, Aakesh frowned. Around four decades had passed, and the store had yet to fulfill even ten percent of thepletion requirement.


    It wasn''t difficult to see why the quest was progressing that slowly. One customer could only buy one beast from one pir, and since there were two pirs, they could only buy two at the moment. At the same time, they were expensive, so not every customer could afford to purchase one for themselves.


    As for those who could afford to purchase an army of them, they were limited by the store''s rule of limitation.


    Aakesh decided to stop worrying about the progress since there were still more than fifty decades left for the quest. He didn''t need to worry about it since anything could happen in those years.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the two screens immediately disappeared. Only one more product''s quest was left to check, but before Aakesh could do that, he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store.


    Aakesh stopped and looked in that direction, only to find a new customer approaching the store.


    The day had seen more than the usual inflow of new customers since the store had been closed for the past few years.


    If all those new customers who hade to the store over the past few closed years were toe together, the store''s customer base would easily jump by 60-70%.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner, I am Tirly." Tirly respectfully greeted Aakesh immediately after reaching him.


    Tirly was a native of Thorr City who had seen sess in recent times due to a sudden favorable situation.


    Tirly belonged to an average family, with the strongest cultivator in her family being her great-grandmother, and she was only a peak Divine Being level cultivator.


    Someone with her family background should have been unable to reach the store since she and her family lived on the outskirts of Thorr City.


    Seventeenth Street was immensely expensive for the people since the majority of the revenue for the city came from that area only.


    Not only was a district built around the store to help the customers have a residence to live in after their store schedule, but there was also a cavalcade of guards around the street.


    Anyone below the True God level needed to pay a fee if they wanted to enter Seventeenth Street. The fee was only ten inferior Sacred stones, but even that kind of amount was what a family could splurge in a month.


    Aakesh was aware of the charges. He didn''t ask the city to remove the option since that would be obstructing the city''s ability to gain some revenue but told them to make it a one-time charge. Once any being below the True God level paid it, they would never need to pay it again as long as they held the ID card they were handed after the payment.


    Tirly''s family wasn''t that poor, but the entry charges weren''t the only thing about the street. Even traveling was expensive.


    Tirly, who had only heard of the store, always imagined entering it one day but was unable due to mary reasons. But her fortunes changed three months ago.


    The energy concentration in the skies of Thorr City was growing day by day. It wasn''t due to the city''s administration but due to some customers.


    Even though the store had everything, the environment of Thorr City was unlivable for anyone above the True God level. It would require several times more effort to make any progress in that concentration than it would normally take.


    Since there was zero possibility of the store changing its location, a few customers decided to solve the energy concentration issue.


    It wasn''t a charity but a debt the Vurrons owed to them.


    Due to the increase in energy concentration in the area, the elemental growth andpatibility of Thorrons and other Vurrons have grown.


    Tirly had one of the worst talents in her family. Despite being older than fifty thousand years, she had yet to reach the peak of Divine Transformation.


    As her progress was going, she would be unable to touch the peak level anytime in the future.


    The energy concentration increment caused a situation that had never happened for Thorrons.


    Thorron or any Vurron race had no connection with the element of space at all. Tirly was the first one as the increment in energy caused her toe in contact with the element of space.


    Even though space was always there, it was in a fixed situation, so Tirly was never able to contact it.


    There were only a few dots of space elements, but those were more than enough to cause a mutation in Tirly''s life.


    When her body came in contact with the first space elemental particle, a vortex appeared around her and sucked her inside. The vortex wasn''t an energy surge but the portal to an ancient ruin.


    ***


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 Chapter 1404 Situation!

    <h4>Chapter 1404 Situation!</h4>


    Chapter 1404: Situation!


    The vortex wasn''t an energy surge but a space portal that sucked Tirly into a different location far away from Thorr City.


    Tirly felt her entire body breaking down when she opened her eyes. Just opening her eyes turned out to be a greater struggle, so she didn''t dare to stand up. She justy there, looking at the foggy sky above her.


    There was no sun or moon in the sky, and despite that, the visibility was up to par. At least that worked in Tirly''s favor. As she had lived in the backwaters of an area devoid of any resources or adventure, visibility was the sole thing stopping her from breaking down in fear.


    After an unknown amount of time, the pain across her body began to recede, and soon it disappeared. Tirly could finally make any movement without feeling her body breaking down.


    She sat up and finally saw the scenery around her. It wasn''t a terrifying scene, but the most beautiful thing Tirly had seen in her life.


    It was cloudy like the sky for the next hundred or so meters in every direction she looked, but the area she could see was a garden full of exotic nts.


    Since there was only a hundred meters of visible area, the number of flowers and herbs wasn''t very high, but one thing was familiar with all of them: Tirly couldn''t recognize any of them.


    After gaining some confidence, Tirly stood straight and walked to the nearest flower. She bent down to smell it, and the next moment, she felt like thunder rumbling in her head.


    She, who had been stuck atte Divine Transformation for years, began to have ideas she had never thought of, and her energy became turbulent.


    In only a few seconds, her energy level started growing, and she soon reached the peak of Divine Transformation. It wasn''t the end, as it kept increasing, only to forcefully stop when it was unable to breach the wall of the Divine Being level.


    Tirly stood there shell-shocked when the process ended. She then looked at the flower and was astonished to find out that the flower had disappeared.


    Tirly just stood there for a while, not knowing what to think of the situation. But she, who had lived her life in poverty andcked talent, couldn''t help butugh, imagining her future and looking at the resources in front of her.


    There was a second flower nearby, so she went to that, and she was about to pluck it gently when a wave of tiredness hit her, and she crashed to the ground, falling unconscious.


    When Tirly regained consciousness, she found herself back in her house. Her eyes grew bigger in shock and fear since returning to her house from that garden was like falling to hell from heaven. She couldn''t help but think of that experience as a novel dream.


    The next moment, Tirly calmed down when she noticed her cultivation. It was peak Divine Transformation, with her energy level abundant enough to help her even at the Divine Being level.


    Knock! Knock!


    The knocking sounding from outside her room suddenly caught her attention. Her face turned ugly as she opened the doors to her room and walked out.


    The next moment, a wave of anger passed through every pore of her body as she saw the familiar scene ying out in front of her.


    At the door of the house, there was a group of men threatening her father. It wasn''t new. Her family lived in a n structure where her great-grandmother was the matriarch of the n.


    She had several children of her own, so there were many branch families. Tirly and her father were also one of the distant branch families.


    The status difference between the main and branch families was like a deep chasm since the matriarch favored the main family, irrespective of who was to me. Tirly''s father was one of the guards at the n library and saw something he shouldn''t have seen.


    From that day on, every month, a group of men woulde to his house and demandpensation. Since the men were from the main family, the father could do nothing but acquiesce to their demands.


    Butpensation was only one part of the torture. His father''s job was soon taken, and he got transferred to a distant area far away from his family.


    The father had two choices at that moment: either ept the transfer and throw his family to the wolves or resign from the job and be poor.


    The choices weren''t easy, but since the father knew what fate would befall his daughter and wife, he resigned from the job. Unfortunately, his wife didn''t take that choice well.


    She left her husband and daughter, whichter turned out to be a prenned move by the wife. Tirly and her husband were left to fend for themselves after she epted an offer from one of the main family''s boys, who had taken a fancy to her.


    The move didn''t turn out to be good, as not long after her betrayal, the mother was transferred to an entertainment pavilion.


    Despite doing that much to the father, the main family didn''t stop, and the group of men still came every month. They were still increasing the amount month by month.


    Unfortunately for Tirly and her father, strength was the real power in the world. No matter how unfair the situation was, no one came to help them out of fear of offending the main family.


    The day should have been another day where his father would be threatened, and she would ignore it, but the novel experience she had changed the situation.


    Seeing her father being grabbed by the scruff of his neck, Tirly couldn''t control her anger and rushed to the group.


    As soon as she reached, she punched. There were eight men in the group, and their cultivation varied fromte to peak Divine Transformation.


    The man who had grabbed her father was thrown like a ragdoll, shocking everyone on the scene. Tirly herself was astonished by the scene, as she never imagined her strength to be that high.

 Chapter 1405 A Rare Physique!

    <h4>Chapter 1405 A Rare Physique!</h4>


    Chapter 1405: A Rare Physique!


    Tirly''s father was horrified when he saw the situation. He immediately rushed to his daughter and pushed her.


    The father was surprised to find that his strength was unable to even budge Tirly. She looked at her father''s actions but didn''t care. She immediately walked to the next man, and in no time, eight men were lying on the ground.


    Out of the eight, three were dead, and the other five were on the verge of death. The father was sitting on the ground, clutching his head.


    The crowd around the area had the same expression as the father. Even though Tirly was the one to do it all, everyone who saw the scene would have to face the anger of the main family.


    Tirly wasn''t disappointed by the scene since, in her long life, she had also been one of those people who ignored the pleas of the weak. Unless people themselves were to face the unfairness of the powerful, they gloated at other''s situations.


    At that moment, one hunched man approached Tirly and said, "You need to leave. They will never spare you."


    Tirly couldn''t help but feel terrible when she saw the man''s identity. The man was someone who had lived an even more terrible life than her father, and when the man was being tortured, she, like others, didn''t extend a helping hand to the man.


    The man simply smiled, and Tirly felt even more terrible.


    "If even a single hair of anyone in this area is damaged, I will raze this n to the ground." The man read the threat that Tirly had left.


    Haha!


    "Did you hear what your daughter said?" The man asked,ughing. His tone was slightly agitated because of the incredulity that someone would dare to threaten the royal family.


    Tirly had long disappeared from the area, and her direction was the main area of the city.


    The plentiful energy she had stored in her body was as abundant as ever, despite her spurging it extensively to escape.


    Time flew by, and once she felt that she had reached a safe distance and her body could no longer bear to move, she stopped for a rest.


    She immediately fell asleep since the day was both physically and mentally taxing on her. Not long after she fell asleep, she smelled a calming scent, taking away all of her exhaustion.


    Tirly opened her eyes and found herself back in the garden, not far from the second flower.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner, I am Tirly." Tirly respectfully greeted Aakesh immediately after reaching him.


    She had reached here after a lot of struggle, and it showed in the numerous injuries spread across her body. Her torn clothes didn''t help her situation and made her look even more pitiful.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded to Tirly in his usual manner. At the same time, he was surprised in his heart.


    Tirly''s physique was something that Aakesh had seen for the first time. In the Multiverse and its four dimensions, new worlds are born every second. Sometimes, the rate at which a new worldes into being is even higher than the number of new creatures.


    Sometimes, a special situation arose, as when a world came into existence, they attached themselves to a being who was born at the same time.


    The beings in that kind of situation are born with the Coordinate Physique, a rare physique that rarely urs in the Multiverse. The owners of the physique weren''t heavenly talents or very strong. Their only specialty was their ownership of the world.


    The worlds attached to the Coordinate Physique were only visible to their owner, and no second being could step into that world without the permission of the owner.


    Sometimes, the attached world was barren, so it didn''t make any difference, but sometimes it was abundant, like the case with Tirly.


    Even though she had ownership over the, her cultivation was weak, so she was unable to pierce through the foggy wall blocking her.


    Since she was the owner of the world, she was also the owner of the resources in it. If the truth about her having the Coordinate Physique were to get out, it would cause bloodshed among the middle-tier organizations to control her and the world''s resources.


    "Store owner, do you buy resources?" Tirly asked Aakesh. At first, she was slightly embarrassed since she was in such a terrible condition, but when she saw Aakesh not react to her, she calmed down.


    Tirly didn''t have any wealth to purchase store products, so selling the resources of the world was the only way for her to earn some money.


    "No, the store only sells products," Aakesh responded.


    Tirly''s shoulders slumped down since if the store didn''t buy the resources, Tirly would be unable to purchase anything from the store.


    "You can use those resources to borrow money from the store¡­" Aakesh could see that Tirly didn''t have money to buy the store''s products, so he exined the borrowing function inside the store.


    Tirly couldn''t help but calm down after hearing that there was a way to purchase products from the store, but a few minutester, she was left with disappointment.


    The resources she had with her were of a lower level and could only help cultivators below True God, so it didn''t help her as much as she had expected.


    There was another way to borrow, so Tirly tried to test that. Her father was still under the control of wolves, so she needed to save him and other people as soon as possible.


    "Store owner, I would like to check my credit limit," Tirly requested Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and tapped on the device. Not long after, a card appeared in his hand. He handed it to Tirly.


    Tirlypleted the required process, and soon her credit limit appeared on the screen.


    Tirly didn''t notice that the pattern on her neck was glowing, and the numbers on the screen were changing in real-time.


    After a second, a fixed number appeared on the screen, surprising her.


    Tirly pinched herself to make sure that the number she saw on the screen was correct. ording to the credit card, she could borrow up to seventy thousand supreme Sacred stones.


    The amount she could borrow using the resources wasn''t even worth one percent of the amount on the screen.

 Chapter 1406 Decision!

    <h4>Chapter 1406 Decision!</h4>


    Chapter 1406: Decision!


    There was a significant difference between the amount Tirly could borrow using her credit limit and using materials as leverage. However, it wasn''t easy to decide since the interest rate for both situations was vastly different.


    She stood there for a while, thinking about what way to go forward, and after some time, she finally made her decision, choosing to borrow from her credit limit.


    Tirly had many hopes for the store and its products, so she didn''t want to be limited by money. She would have to pay a higher interest rate, but that was worth the advantages the store''s products could offer.


    "Store owner, I would like to borrow from my credit limit," Tirly formally requested Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and informed her, "For the supreme Sacred stones, the maximum tenure for borrowing is one hundred million years.


    "For one million years of tenure, the interest rate is 0.5 percent. It decreases to 0.4 percent for ten million years, and the interest rate will drop to 0.3 percent for anything above ten million years." He added.


    Since Tirly''s credit limit was 70,000 supreme Sacred stones, Aakesh first informed her of the interest rates. Aakesh was going to continue with the interest rates on lower-level stones since it was up to Tirly how much she wanted to borrow.


    But before he could, Tirly opened her mouth and informed Aakesh, "Store owner, I want to borrow thirty thousand supreme stones for three hundred thousand years."


    Aakesh nodded and then warned as usual, "The borrowed stones can only be used in the store, so are you still willing to borrow them?"


    Tirly nodded, and the next moment, a contract appeared in Aakesh''s hands.


    Tirly couldn''t help but gasp for breath as an unbearable pain hit her when she signed the contract. But the pain was fleeting and disappeared as quickly as it had arrived.


    Tirly knew the cause of the pain since the store owner had told her that the store would carry an infinitesimal portion of the borrower''s soul.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Tirly thanked Aakesh with a relieved smile.


    Now that Tirly didn''t have to worry about money, her biggest worry was gone. She could finally focus on the store and its products.


    "Store owner, please tell me about the products," She requested Aakesh.


    "The store currently sells six products. They are pills, weapons, beasts, cultivation arts, skills, and Panagea¡­" Aakesh introduced the six products and their basic details.


    ***


    Tirly walked into the cultivation art room since that was the most necessary product she required at that moment. Her cultivation had been unable to progress due to her low foundation. Her energy was abundant, so she only needed concepts to help her ovee the barrier and step into the Divine Being.


    As for the family''s cultivation arts, none from the branch families were allowed to use cultivation arts since the matriarch level was only peak Divine Being, and she couldn''t let any challengers im her seat.


    There were counters waiting for her in the room, as well as numerous murals painted across the wall. Even though Tirly found the scene to be fascinating, she was also conscious of how valuable time was to her. Her father was under the control of her enemy. Even though she had left a threat, no one would care about it.


    Tirly immediately walked into the counter for lesser-grade cultivation arts. She then reached for the counter and pulled out a page.


    The next moment, her eyes widened in surprise since she had never seen anything like it; even that basic concept was extravagant knowledge for her.


    Tirly still controlled herself and didn''t choose the first one she came into contact with. She then returned to the page and pulled out another one. Just like that, one hour passed, and Tirly kept looking for another cultivation art.


    Since she had no knowledge to judge what was best for her, she trusted her intuition to do the work for her. And as she picked out one cultivation art after another, her knowledge storage was getting bigger.


    Time flew by,


    [Name- Cultivation to the Void,


    Grade- Lesser grade,


    Type: Qi-cultivation system,


    Details: In the Cultivation to the Void, the cultivator uses Qi to connect to the void and use that energy to cultivate.


    Users: Divine Transformation & Divine Being.


    Price: 30 supreme Sacred stones.]


    Tirly''s body made a sudden reaction as she held the page in her hand and read the summary of the art. It was as if her heart woulde out if she didn''t control it.


    The system immediately acted, and the feeling of attraction stopped. If not for its timely intervention, Tirly would have lost herself in the situation and might even have died.


    When everything came to an end, her face was pale with fright. She wanted to give up on the page immediately, but an intense feeling of reluctance hit her, stopping her from returning to the cultivation art.


    Tirly suddenly decided to have a preview of the cultivation art, and the amount was deducted from her Supreme Store Card. The next moment, a virtual book only visible to her appeared in front of her.


    She grabbed it as if it were real and began to read the content on it. The more she read, the more she felt as if there was nothing more valuable than the cultivation art for her.


    Time flew by, and after a long time of decision-making, Tirly finally decided to buy the cultivation art. The high price of the art had also yed a role in Tirly being so slow to make her decision.


    Thirty supreme Sacred stones weren''t a small sum, but the worth of many families in Thorr City. That kind of money was more than enough to livefortably for all their lives, but when Tirly remembered the situation with her father, she no longer hesitated.


    When Tirly exited the room, she immediately walked in the direction of the store owner and joined the already long queue in front of her.


    After a wait of several minutes, it was finally her turn. Since the preview cost was included in the total cost, Tirly only paid the remaining sum and made the art ''Cultivation to the Void'' her own.

 Chapter 1407 Checking Progress(2)

    <h4>Chapter 1407 Checking Progress(2)</h4>


    Chapter 1407: Checking Progress(2)


    After Tirly hadpleted her purchase, she asked about the beast. Once Aakesh''s answers had satisfied all her doubts, she went to the beast room.


    Another customer was waiting behind Tirly, so Aakesh didn''t get free after she left. A few minutester, Aakesh finally received a moment of reprieve as no new customer seemed to enter the store or any store customer approached him.


    Aakesh decided to check his remaining active quests, and the next moment, a screen containing the details of the fifth cultivation art quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Fifth


    Mission objective: Sell cultivation arts,


    Requirement: After the sale from Furingas, the store has fulfilled the requirements set by the system. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product


    Sale: 2,500,000


    Time limit: 36,000 days


    Mission reward: Five thousand purer, higher Sacred stones,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 0% for the product''s cultivation arts for two hundred fifty years.]


    [Progress:


    Sale: 1,852,713/2,500,000]


    Aakesh couldn''t help but nod in appreciation, seeing the progress since the sale of cultivation art. It had surpassed all his expectations. The earlier quests had seen slow progress and were always thest toplete their requirements, but not the fifth one.


    The disappointment upon seeing the slow progress in the beast quest disappeared. He then waved his hands, and the two screens disappeared.


    Aakesh didn''t sense any customer approaching the store or him, so he decided to keep going.


    The next moment, arge blue screen containing the details of the fourth collective quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Fourth


    Mission Objective: Sell the store products


    Details: Afterpleting five of the six products'' quests, the store has unlocked the fourth collective quest. Please work hard and make the store more popr,


    Requirement: Sale of all store products


    Pills: 1,000,000,000,000,


    Weapons: 100,000,000,000,


    Training area: 100,000,000,000 hours*


    Panagea: 100,000,000,000 hours,


    Cultivation arts: 150,000,


    Beasts: 500,000,000


    Skills: 1,000,000,000**


    Deadline: 36,000 days,


    Reward: Upgrade two products,


    Failure Punishment: Zeromission for one hundred years.]


    *(100,000,000,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 20,000,000,000 Immortal training hours = 10,000,000,000 Gods and Demons training hours = 100,000 Primordial training hours.)


    **(1,000,000,000 Novice, Advanced, Expert, Master skills = 200,000,000 King level = 100,000,000 Emperor level = 50,000,000 God level skills.)


    Not long after, another smaller blue screen containing the details of its progress popped out.


    [Progress:


    Pills: 1,000,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,000,


    Weapons: 100,000,000,000/100,000,000,000,


    Training area: 100,000,000,000/100,000,000,000 hours


    Panagea: 100,000,000,000/100,000,000,000 hours,


    Cultivation arts: 150,000/150,000,


    Beasts: 479,258,913/500,000,000,


    Skills: 1,000,000,000/1,000,000,000,


    Time: 13,452/50,000.]


    The progress was expected as Aakesh had checked the other product''s quest before checking the collective mission.


    Except for the beast, all other products had fulfilled their requirements. As soon as the Beast sales hit the target of five hundred million, two products would be upgraded to their better versions.


    Aakesh didn''t try to estimate the time it would take to fulfill the requirement since Aakesh had been wrong in his judgment many times.


    While Aakesh was checking the quest''s progress, Tirly was standing in line, waiting for her turn.


    Since the line for the first beast pir was long, the wait would usuallyst for several minutes to even an hour.


    Time flew by, and more than twenty minutes passed in a sh, and Tirly reached the front of the line.


    Her eyes contained a mixture of hope and enthusiasm as she pressed the button. Three secondster, a beast unknown to her appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into her hands. She immediately put all her concentration on the beast on the card.


    [Name: Verdant Matron


    Type: Beast


    Race: nt Beast


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Nature, Growth


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Ability:


    1.) Botanical Wisdom: The Verdant Matron possesses an innate understanding of nt life, using this knowledge to nurture and elerate the growth of different herbs and nt life.


    2.) Fertile Aura: The Verdant Matron emits a soothing aura that elerates the maturation of crops, nts, and natural resources within its vicinity, ensuring abundant harvests.


    3.) Floral Rejuvenation: Using its natural affinity with nt life, the Verdant Matron can heal wounds and restore vitality to allies, promoting recovery during battles.


    4.) Pollen Burst: The Verdant Matron releases a burst of energizing pollen, boosting the speed and agility of allies while causing mild disorientation to enemies.


    5.) Vine Whip: The Verdant Matron canmand its vines tosh out at enemies, delivering a series of swift and urate strikes.


    6.) Blooming Shield: The Verdant Matron forms a protective shieldposed of blooming flowers, reducing iing damage for itself and nearby allies.


    7.) Photosynthetic Fortitude: The Verdant Matron can harness sunlight to strengthen its own vitality and energy, providing a sustainable source of energy for both itself and nearby allies.


    Card Description: The Verdant Matron is the nurturing guardian of the botanical realm. Its nature and growth attributes make it a strong supporting force that aids in the growth and maturation of natural resources. This card allows the summoner to harness the nt beast''s abilities to cultivate abundant harvests, heal allies, and defend against adversaries.


    Price: Seven hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    Her eyes and mouth widened in astonishment as she read the details on the card. It was as if the store summoned the beast, especially for her, considering the situation she was in.


    Even though Tirly had an offensive beast in her mind before beginning the summoning, she couldn''t move her eyes away from the Verdant Matron at all. It was not only of divine quality, only one short of the highest grade, but it also had several skills that could help her fully utilize the world and its resources.

 Chapter 1408 The Verdant Matron!

    <h4>Chapter 1408 The Verdant Matron!</h4>


    Chapter 1408: The Verdant Matron!


    Tirly looked at the beast on the card with an astonished expression. It wasn''t what she wanted in the first ce, but there could be no other beast more suitable for her than the Verdant Matron.


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. Its appearance exuded an aura of natural splendor and vitality. The creature''s body was adorned with vibrant, intertwining vines and radiant blossoms, creating a harmonious blend of green and various blossoming flower hues. Its central body resembled a robust tree trunk, with bark-like patterns that seamlessly transitioned into cascading vines. The vines extended outward, forming a graceful and intricatework that weaved around the creature. Large, luminous flowers of different shapes and colors adorned its vines, casting a gentle glow that soaked the surroundings in a soft, ambient light.


    Tirly stood there in ponderation for a while since it wasn''t an easy decision. Even though the beast was suitable for her, her situation demanded a different creature. Her father was in the clutches of her n, and she needed to save him.


    After a long time of consideration, Tirly sighed and came to a decision. And once it was made, hints of determination appeared on her face.


    She then left the queue and walked toward the device at the end of the room. Verdant Matron was her choice since she decided to trust in herself. She was already at the peak of Divine Transformation and on the verge of stepping into the Divine Being level.


    It took some time for her to get her turn, and once she arrived in front of the device, she ced the card in the cardpartment and her hands in the respective section.


    The next moment, Tirly found herself in a different environment. She was in the midst of a garden filled with flowers that had already bloomed or were blooming at that moment. Her cultivation had also dropped to early Divine Transformation, matching the power level of the beast.


    Tirly didn''t feel shocked since she was aware of the phenomenon.


    A trace of intoxication appeared in her eyes as she took a breath and smelled the beautiful scent permeating every inch of the garden.


    Tirly didn''t have to work hard to find her opponent as at the center of the garden stood the Verdant Matron, helping in the growth of the flowers.


    The Verdant Matron stopped in its actions and stared at the intruder. These beasts were peaceful, but that was the condition as long as no one tried to step into their territory. The Verdant Matrons were immensely territorial since they considered every nt life in their territory to be their own.


    Ding!


    A bell that had no direction of origin suddenly rang in both their ears, announcing the start of the battle.


    The Verdant Matron was waiting for that moment, so it immediately activated [Vine Whip]. The next moment, several of its wines were charged to Tirly.


    Tirly found it difficult to dodge all of them, so she avoided those that could cause severe damage while trying to fight back with what she could.


    Even though the Verdant Matron had only one skill to fight back, Tirly''s condition was no good. She also had only one attacking skill, so there wasn''t any advantage there.


    After dodging all the vines, Tirly had the time to counterattack since the beast wasn''t very quick at activating its skills.


    Tirly immediately charged at the beast and punched. The next moment, her punch sessfully hit the beast, but instead of causing damage to the beast, Tirly groaned in pain. It was as if she had hit a block of iron.


    Since Tirly was only at the early Divine Transformation level, she needed to be meager in her use of skills. The Verdant Matron not only had a home-ground advantage, but its skills also tended to help vitality and energy, so Tirly was at an immense disadvantage there.


    At that time, the beast had activated another of its skills [Pollen Burst]. The next moment, Tirly found the world around her shaking. She gritted her teeth and bit her lips to regain her orientation.


    At that moment, a cluster of vines came at her.


    Argh!


    Tirly groaned in pain as one harsh hitnded on her, taking her skin away. She gritted her teeth and kept backing away. After reaching outside the range of the vine whips, she stopped and took a deep breath.


    At that moment, there were numerous injuries on her, and her already torn clothes had turned into nothing. A wave of embarrassment and anger hit her as she found herself naked standing there.


    It reminded her of the situation in her family every month. Winning against the Verdant Matron wasn''t a choice but a necessity for her. It wasn''t something she could give up on. She made up her mind to be suicidal in her approach since she could think of no other strategy at that point.


    Since her death would ur only within the confines of the taming battle, she cared only about winning.


    Growl!


    A beast-like growl escaped her mouth, and she charged. The next moment, a glow appeared around her punch, and she punched the beast.


    Unfortunately for her, the Verdant Matron seeded in activating its defensive skill in time, and what shed with Tirly''s punch wasn''t its body but a shield made of flowers.


    Tirly regained herposure after letting go of her fist and promptly punched again.


    In no time, Tirly had repeated the same move several times, and it hadn''te cheap. Her face had turned pale as if drained of blood.


    She had long lost her energy, so every sessive punch was taking the energy from her blood. Tirly didn''t care and kept at it.


    Tirly''s chance finally arrived as the flower shield dissipated. Whatever she could use into her punch, she poured and struck.


    The next moment, a loud cracking sound rang in the area as one after another crack emerged on the Verdant Matron''s body.


    Before Tirly could celebrate her sessful strike, the world around her began to turn dark.


    Thud!


    The next moment, she crashed onto the ground while the cracks in the beast''s body kept growing.

 Chapter 1409 Tirly’s Choice!

    <h4>Chapter 1409 Tirly¡¯s Choice!</h4>


    Chapter 1409: Tirly''s Choice!


    The next moment, Tirly opened her eyes and found herself back in the store, staring at the screen on the device.


    Her eyes were confused, but as things dawned on her, a question mark appeared on her face. She wanted to know the result of her throwing her life into that punch.


    The next moment, a wave of unbearable pain hit her. Tirly wanted to celebrate when she felt that pain, but it was so intense that there was no other thought in her head. Fortunately for her, it disappeared as quickly as it arrived, and a beaming smile immediately appeared on her face.


    Tirly hadn''t felt that happy even when she found herself in another world with rich resources, but at that moment, she smiled like never before.


    Winning against the Verdant Matron was all hers, not some luck or fate. She risked her life and got a reward.


    When Tirly crashed to the ground, she had died, but the Verdant Matron had died the moment it came into contact with the punch. It was an instant kill, so Tirly became the victor by being thest survivor of the two.


    The next moment, the screen on the device lit up, and the contract''s terms showed up on it. Tirly took a deep nce at it, and after finding nothing wrong with it, she heaved a sigh of relief.


    Only one more step was left for Tirly toplete. Since she had the Supreme Store Card and the beast wasn''t of ultimate quality, Tirly could pay directly. She did it using the credit card, and the next moment, the screen on the card changed, showing the difference after the payment.


    At the same time, she also felt whatever remaining restriction she had on the beast card disappear. It was hers from that moment, resulting in a wide smile spreading across her face.


    Tirly then moved away from the queue since numerous people were waiting behind her for their turn. As she was leaving, she stopped and turned around to look at the second beast pir.


    "I wille one day to summon you as well with my own money," Tirly mumbled with a hint of determination in her eyes.


    She didn''t stop there any longer and turned around, exiting the beast room.


    Tirly hadpleted purchases for two of the six products in the store. Since she still had considerable wealth left, the shopping spree was far from over.


    Her next destination was the skill room since the taming battle showed her the importance of having skills. If she had more skills, she mightn''t have needed to punch, using her life as an energy source.


    But before going to the skill room, she looked at the store owner. Aakesh seemed to be in the midst of a conversation with a customer, and there was a short queue of a few customers also waiting for their turn.


    Tirly decided to go to the skills room, but since she didn''t know what room it was, she walked into the weapons room. She decided to return to the room after purchasing the skills since she also needed a weapon and training.


    She didn''t enter another room at that time since only one unknown room was left. The room for Panagea was known to every customer since there was a long queue of people meditating around it, waiting for their turn.


    As she walked into the room, several counters for each cultivation level up to the Supreme God level appeared in her eyes. When she looked around, the numerous murals referring to different skills of different types appeared in her eyes.


    Tirly couldn''t help but feel wondrous when she saw them. It took a while for her to move her eyes away from them and finally focus on the counter.


    Customers could only buy skills for their cultivation level or lower, and since Tirly''s cultivation level was already the lowest possible, there was only one counter avable for her. She then walked in that direction. There were several customers already standing there, searching for the skills they desired.


    Some greeted Tirly in response to her greeting, while others ignored her as they were deeply immersed in the skill cards in their hands.


    In the basic introduction, the store owner had told her about the avable types of skills, so Tirly already had types in her mind, which were all five as long as she could afford them.


    Since every row had the type mentioned in the counter, it wasn''t difficult for Tirly to find where to start. She reached into the bottom row, hoping to get a suitable skill.


    As for the element, she thought of the space element. If Tirly hade to the skill room before the cultivation arts room, she would have thought of the usual element, but the art, [Cultivating to the Void] and the reaction caused by her body showed her that she had a special rtionship with the element of space.


    When Tirly pulled her hands out, there was a skill card in them.


    Since Tirly had reached the first shelf, the skill level was novice grade. She had decided to start at the lower level, and once she had found a suitable skill, she would go to the next grade.


    Customers could buy one skill for each grade in all the types, but Tirly had no thought of doing that. She wanted to buy one God level skill for each of the five types and then repeat the same when she stepped into the Divine Being level.


    Tirly read the details on the card, and she liked it, so she went to the next shelf and pulled out the same skill for advanced grade. She liked it as well, so she repeated the previous exercise and pulled out the expert grade skill.


    When Tirly read the details of the master grade skill, for some reason, she lost interest in the skill. She didn''t waste any time and immediately returned the card.


    Tirly knew she was being extremely picky, but it was what it was for her since she was willing to splurge money. Tirly restarted and reached out to the first shelf once again, pulling out a new novice grade attacking skill card.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry for another dyed mass release. Being absent for so long cost some thinking capability. I was unable to write chapters, as well as I had to make up for the absent days in my original job as well.


    As some sense of normalcy hit me, I will announce the date of mass release.


    Sorry once again.

 Chapter 1410 Spatial Rift Slash!

    <h4>Chapter 1410 Spatial Rift sh!</h4>


    Chapter 1410: Spatial Rift sh!


    Tirly reached thest shelf in the bottom row and pulled out the God level skill in the sequence. The next moment, Tirly''s mouth widened into a smile since she found herself a suitable skill with that series.


    [Name: Spatial Rift sh


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Maniptes the fabric of space to create rifts that disintegrate adversaries


    Description: The user taps into the essence of space to manipte the fabric of reality, creating rifts that lead to the destruction of adversaries. This skill transforms the user into a wielder of spatial chaos, unleashing destructive forces that defy conventional understanding.


    The consequences of using this skill without precise control can result in severe energy loss, or there is a chance of slight damage to the user''s own vitality.


    Price: Seven thousand ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Tirly read the details on the card and found nothing wrong with it, so her decision was made. Since the attacking skill was selected, it was time for Tirly to move upward into the defensive-type row.


    Tirly would follow the same pattern for all five types of skills, so she reached into the first shelf at the second row from the bottom. When she pulled her hand out, there was a defensive skill rted to the space element in her hand.


    Time flew by, and several minutes had passed in the blink of an eye.


    Tirly''s eyes suddenly lit up in excitement as she pulled a card from thest shelf in the second highest row.


    [Name: Spatial Mending Web


    Type: Supporting


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Harnesses the cosmic essence of space to create a healing web that restores vitality and mends wounds


    Description: The user taps into the cosmic essence of space to create a healing web that channels rejuvenating energies. This skill transforms the user into a cosmic healer, using the vast expanse of space to mend wounds and restore vitality.


    It demands profound understanding and control over the element of space. The strain on the user''s energy and focus can be significant, requiring high endurance and constant vignce to maintain the skill.


    Price: Nine thousand nine hundred ny-nine ordinary Sacred stones.]


    The skill was the best she had pulled out until now, and her eyes showed her excitement at that moment.


    She had pulled out four of the five types, leaving only one, so Tirly moved upward and reached into the first shelf in the top row.


    The next moment, she pulled out a new skill card of thebination type. She then immediately put it back as she didn''t like the aspect it focused on and pulled out a new skill card.


    Time flew by, and after a few minutes, Tirly excitedly reached into thest shelf in the top row, hoping to feel the same excitement as she had felt up until that moment.


    As she pulled out the card and read the details, the excitement in her eyes didn''t dim but grew.


    [Name: Spatial Convergence


    Type: Combination (Attack and Defense)


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to Peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Melds offensive and defensive spatial maniption to create a spatial convergence, simultaneously attacking adversaries and fortifying defenses


    Description: The user seamlesslybines the dual aspects of space maniption for both offense and defense. This skill allows the user to wield the cosmic essence of space to create a dynamic fusion of offensive spatial assaults and impregnable defensive fortifications.


    1.) Spatial Surge: The user maniptes the fabric of space to create disruptive dissonance surges. These surges target adversaries, causing spatial distortions that disorient and weaken them, disrupting their defenses and leaving them vulnerable to subsequent attacks.


    2.) Spatial Barrier: The user forms a spatial barrier through spatial maniption, creating a defensive shield. This barrier adapts to iing attacks, deflecting and absorbing assaults with unparalleled efficiency.


    It demands profound understanding and control over the element of space. The strain on the user''s energy and focus can be significant, requiring high endurance and constant vignce to maintain the skill.


    Price: Two higher, three thousand ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Tirly felt excited for two reasons as she looked at the skill card. The first was that she was getting such amazing skills to learn. The second was that if the skills at the Divine Transformation level had such effects, she couldn''t even imagine the effects of the skills at the higher cultivation level.


    What Tirly didn''t know was that there wasn''t much difference between a skill for the Supreme God level and the Divine Transformation level when it came to their effects. It was just that as the cultivation level of the skill grew, the effect it could have on the fabric of reality grew. So, even if Tirly were to get skills for the Supreme God cultivation level, she would still see the same names. The only type with differences in their abilities was thebination type since it was the mostplex of all five. Sometimes, abination skill had better attacking ability than purely offensive skills.


    Tirly then put the skill card with the four types she had summoned before. Her next direction was the experience device.


    Tirly''s mood was better since she got such amazing skills, and the price was lower than she had expected.


    There was already a long queue in front of the experience arena, and Tirly also joined it, waiting for her turn.


    Since the experience session for one skill onlysted one moment, the crowd was moving quickly, but the sheer number of people in the line made the waiting time exceed several minutes.


    When it was finally her turn, Tirly took a deep breath and ced the [Spatial Rift sh] card in the cardpartment, and the next moment, she found herself in a different environment.


    At that moment, she was in the middle of a battle, with a group of six people surrounding her. Tirly felt panicked being surrounded by so many people with killing intent aimed at her since she was still someone who had lived in the backwaters.


    As they surrounded her, her body moved on its own and activated [Spatial Rift sh]. The next moment, the space around her began to converge around her, causing several rifts to appear at once all around the area.

 Chapter 1411 Spatial Convergence!

    <h4>Chapter 1411 Spatial Convergence!</h4>


    Chapter 1411: Spatial Convergence!


    As the space converged around Tirly, numerous rifts appeared in the area, all materializing at once. Fear engulfed her heart, looking at the scene despite being the source of the scene.


    The next moment, the rifts spread across and engulfed the enemies. It took no time for the enemies to disintegrate into molecr levels and then nothingness.


    The next moment, the rifts began to disappear, and soon, peace returned to the scene. Tirly stood there with her consciousness shocked to her core.


    The battle ended as soon as the skill was activated. After the moment of shock, excitement appeared on Tirly''s face, but before she could fully experience the feeling, she found herself back in the room, starting at the semi-pir.


    Not long after, the screen on the semi-pir lit up, and content appeared on it, showing the training situation.


    [Skill: Spatial Rift sh


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Divine Transformation


    Compatibility: 68%


    Training Time: Three months and seven days.]


    With a simple nce, every word on the screen got engraved deeply into Tirly''s mind. She couldn''t help but feel joy when she saw thepatibility and the training time.


    Three months were nothing to master a skill entirely. Even though time was thest thing Tirly could afford, she also understood that she had no other choice. If not for her highpatibility with the skill, the training time could have been even longer.


    Tirly then took a deep breath and removed all thoughts other than the skill from her mind, and soon her heart turned calm. She then pulled out the skill card and ced another one.


    Time flew by, and a few seconds passed.


    Tirly pulled out the skill card and ced thest skill card in thepartment. The next moment, she found herself in a different environment.


    Tirly''s body was out of her control as usual, so even though her expression outside was cold, she was filled with a mixture of anticipation and excitement inside. [Spatial Convergence] was the most liked skill she pulled out, so she was most excited to experience it as well.


    As she looked around, she found herself in a troubling situation. A group of enemies had surrounded her, leaving her no way of escape. If she wanted to survive, she had no other choice but to battle and achieve victory.


    All the excitement Tirly had in her heart disappeared at that moment when she saw the number of people and the killing intent they had aimed at her.


    Crack!


    A cracking sound suddenly rang in the area, and the group began to close down on her. The coldness on Tirly''s face turned even colder, chilling the surroundings.


    The next moment, a group of attacks were unleashed on her. Her body immediately acted, activating [Spatial Barrier], the defensive aspect of thebination skill.


    The next moment, an invisible barrier appeared around her and was met with numerous attacks of different types.


    Tirly''s consciousness turned pale as she saw the sheer number of attacks. Tirly was confident that if she were to face these many attacks without the skill, she wouldn''t be able to and most probably would face a brutal death.


    But at that moment, she wasn''t without the skill. She hadpletely mastered the skill, and the barrier''s top-notch defense proved too much for the uing attacks.


    No matter what kind of attack crashed on the invisible barrier, none seeded in reaching Tirly. At the same time, the barrier was also adapting to the attacks, so the next time it faced the same attack, the energy required to maintain the barrier decreased.


    But the quantity of enemies was such that defending was simply impossible. If Tirly wanted to survive, she had no choice but to battle them head-on and snatch the victory.


    And as she had expected, the first crack rang in the barrier and reached Tirly. Fortunately for her, the intensity of the attack was immensely diminished, and it failed to cause even a scratch.


    Tirly understood she had reached the limit of the barrier, and it could no longer keep running, or she would be left with no energy even to walk, let alone activate [Space Surge], the attacking aspect of the skill.


    The next moment, she moved forward and charged at the nearby group, activating the skill. Since the skill could be used by numerous people, the next moment, the space around them was disrupted, causing surges.


    Those who were hit by it suddenly felt ufortable. Even though they were standing a few meters away from Tirly, they felt as if she was hundreds of miles away from them, with them having no hope of ever catching her.


    They even forgot to put up any defense as Tirly simply crushed their heads. Tirly''s consciousness felt horrified by the brutality she showed, while her body seemed unfazed by the scene. With every step, enemies fell with their heads in terrible shapes.


    Those who were away from the scene felt terror deep in their hearts, looking at the brutal massacre. They didn''t want to face the same fate, so even though Tirly was far from them, they activated whatever defensive skills they had. None of them tried to run.


    Even though defenses were put up by those at the back, it didn''t seem to matter when they entered the skill''s range after Tirly walked forward. As the spatial disorientation hit them, their minds turned nk for a moment, and their skills were also disrupted by the spatial surges.


    The same type of massacre continued. It all stopped when Tirly was left alone at the scene, with numerous headless corpses spread across the area.


    Tirly''s consciousness looked at the scene with horror, and at the same time, a sense of joy erupted in her heart as she imagined the corpses of the direct family instead of those at the scene.


    Tirly wanted tough and cry, but her body was out of her control, and not long after, she found herself back inside the store, staring at the dark screen on the semi-pir.


    The next moment, the screen lit up, and the training time appeared on it.


    [Skill: Spatial Convergence


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Divine Transformation


    Compatibility: 70%


    Training Time: One year, nine months, and twenty-eight days.]

 Chapter 1412 No Easy Way!

    <h4>Chapter 1412 No Easy Way!</h4>


    Chapter 1412: No Easy Way!


    Tirly walked into the weapons and training room after paying for the skills and their experience cost. Her face had a glow that she didn''t have when she entered the store.


    When Tirly entered the store, she only had her father''s safety on her mind, but as Tirly experienced the grandness inside the store, she saw a tremendous future waiting for her if she was willing to work for it.


    Nothing was more disheartening than not seeing a remarkable future despite working hard for it.


    Tirly not only wanted to save her father and achieve her revenge, but she also wanted to reach higher in the cultivation world so that she would never have to worry about her and her father''s safety.


    As she walked into the room, numerous murals painted across the wall greeted her sight. Tirly had lived her life in poverty, and since there was no weapon easier to make than a sword, she was also a sword user. Unfortunately for her, she had no talent in swordsmanship.


    Now that she had money to spare, she wanted what was best for her. There was an easy way to find whether she had talent in the weapon.


    Anytime a customer would pull out a weapon, they would sense a restriction on them. That restriction made it impossible for them to leave the store without paying, but at the same time, it also worked to share thepatibility of the customer.


    If someone who had talent in spear but pulled out a sword, unaware of their poor talent, the restriction they would feel on them would be heavier than what they would feel when touching the spear.


    The restriction wasn''t something heavy since it was up to the customer to what they wanted to buy for themselves, so it took time and concentration to feel the difference in restriction.


    The restriction didn''t work for the weapons of the same type, so as not to make itpletely obvious for the customers what sword out of all the ones on the counter was best for them. For one type, the restriction was the same, irrespective of the quality and level of the weapon.


    To find what weapon Tirly was best of the lot at, she needed to pull out a weapon from every counter and feel the restriction difference. But there was another easy way to find the most suitable weapon and that was the murals painted across the wall.


    Only those who had talent would be able to feel an extraordinary sensation from the murals, so Tirly focused on the murals.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Tirly was left with disappointment as she was unable to feel anything from the murals on the wall. Even though there were numerous murals left for Tirly to check, she gave up since it wasn''t a possible situation.


    Even though the walls of the room and the mural''s size were fixed, the term countless wasn''t attributed to a high number, but it was true. No matter how long a customer looked at the murals, they would never end.


    Since the easy way didn''t work, it was time for Tirly to put in work and find a suitable weapon doing the hard way.


    Tirly had also thought of the situation where she was unable to find a suitable weapon since there were still many types of weapons left for the store to sell. In that situation, she would buy the one with which she felt the smallest restriction.


    Time flew by, and Tirly finally found her weapon. The worst situation in her mind didn''t arise, and she found a suitable weapon. It was a spear. As soon as she pulled one out, she felt the smallest restriction, and her intuition also told her that it was the weapon.


    Since Tirly had found her weapon, it was time to find one that would provide the most benefit to her.


    Since her cultivation was at the peak of Divine Transformation, and she could step into the Divine Being level anytime soon, she would need to buy a new weapon for her. However since Tirly had no weapon to use, she was unable to enter the training area for the training. At the same time, any random spear wouldn''t work. She had the money, so she was willing to splurge on things that would provide the most benefit to her and would help her grow stronger.


    After searching for some time, Tirly finally found a suitable spear. A wide smile was stered across her face as she walked in the direction of the pir.


    Since she had the card, she didn''t need to go to the store owner andplete the purchase before entering the training area.


    Aakesh had already informed her of the process to enter so once she reached the pir, she pricked the tip of her right index finger. The next moment, an unbearable pain hit her, but it immediately disappeared.


    Following that, her eyes turned nk while a golden transparent barrier engulfed her.


    The training level chosen by Tirly was the first difficulty since she had no experience or talent when it came to one-on-one battles.


    The next moment, Tirly found herself in the blue space with a list of races to choose her opponents from. Since her first enemy was the matriarch of her family, she selected Vurrons as her opponent.


    She chose the hardndscape for the battle environment since her matriarch lived in the same surroundings. The next moment, she appeared on the scene, tightly holding the newly bought spear.


    Not long after, her opponent also appeared. She looked the same as her, holding the same spear as her.


    Ding!


    The bell suddenly rang and announced the start of the battle.


    The two opponents charged at each other, with neither of them having refined movements. Out of the two, the opponent was clearly better.


    Despite having the same movement speed, the opponent struck first, causing an injury.


    Tirly groaned in pain and tried to fight back, but the opponent was better and struck another injury. After a grueling strugglesting several seconds, the victor became apparent, and not long after, Tirly lost consciousness.


    It was only the start since there was no limit of training hours at the lowest level of difficulty.


    ***


    A/N: Taking a break seems easy, but regaining the rhythm after the break is tougher than continuing. Sorry, I have missed so many days.


    I will try my best not to miss a single day for the next several months.

 Chapter 1413 A Lirreen!

    <h4>Chapter 1413 A Lirreen!</h4>


    Chapter 1413: A Lirreen!


    While Tirly was training, Aakesh weed another new customer for the day. The customer turned out to be a prominent figure not only on Curiel but the entire dimension.


    In front of Aakesh stood a man belonging to the Lirreen race, a race with only a couple of members in their midst. It wasn''t some top-tier race, but the four members of the race were all part of the strongest organization in the Sacred Dimension, with the weakest of them being a Sacred Monarch and the strongest being a peak Sacred Creator.


    The man standing in front of Aakesh was Grosal, the most powerful member of the Lirreen race and also one of the leaders of the organization.


    The Lirreen race didn''t have a humanoid physique, but they were tall creatures with them standing on their eleven-pair of legs. They didn''t have hands but used theirrge number of legs to do their bidding. Their three pairs of eyes had a simrbination of white sclera and dark green pupils, the same as their green skin. Arge pair of wings were unfolded behind, forming from thebination of gray tree barks.


    "Are you the store owner?" Grosal asked with no hint of respect or disdain in his tone.


    Aakesh silently nodded as usual, with no hint of respect for a top warrior of the dimension. Grosal didn''t waste much time and directly stated his purpose behinding to the store.


    "Does this store have Trisalitry?" Grosal asked.


    Trisalitry was a material that immensely benefited Lirreens. Lirreens reproduction ability was one of the poorest in the Multiverse and that was the reason behind having only four members in the race.


    Trisalitry was a material that could allow a female Lirreen to be pregnant. Unfortunately for the Lirreens, it was an item that didn''t exist in the Sacred Dimension any longer.


    Grosal had sensed that his ascension was approaching, and since he was the leader of the race and one of the four members of the race, he began worrying about what would happen to Lirreens after he ascended.


    Grosal was one of the best users of divination in the Sacred Dimension, so splurging valuable materials, he tried to divine the location of Trisalitry. After exhausting one-third of his wealth, Grosal saw a way, and that was the store.


    At first, he didn''t believe it since if a store had Trisalitry, he wouldn''t have had to work that hard to find the item. But the bacsh that came after the divination to find the store proved that the store wasn''t something he could easily divine.


    Grosal had believed the material to be the cause of the great cost required in divination, but after the bacsh, he became confident that the store was the cause.


    He then used the vast resources of the organization at his disposal and finally, after a search of ten years, he found the store.


    "The store doesn''t sell Trisalitry," Aakesh immediately replied. He knew what the item was and what it entailed.


    Grosal''s eyes turned colder since hepletely trusted his divination. But the next moment, the coldness in his eyes disappeared and was reced by a hint of fear.


    The moment the thought of grabbing Aakesh rose in his heart, a fear he had never felt also appeared and almost shut down his heart.


    Grosal solemnly looked at Aakesh and saw nothing but pure indifference from the pair of ck eyes. He couldn''t help but feel inferior despite the vast difference between the cultivation of the two parties. Grosal couldn''t help but feel shocked at himself for having that kind of feeling.


    Grosal hadn''t lived for trillions of years for nothing, so he immediately calmed down and removed any negative thoughts he had about the store or the store owner. After doing all that, he took a deep breath and shared what he had divined.


    Aakesh listened to what the man had to say, and in the end, he understood what caused him to divine the store.


    "The store doesn''t sell Trisalitry, but if you want to find it, it isn''t impossible¡­"


    Aakesh then informed Grosal of the Panagea since only Panagea had Trisalitry for Grosal and had an abundance of the item.


    Grosal stood in shock after listening about Panagea, and the solemness regarding the store grew in his heart to unprecedented heights.


    The higher the cultivation level of the customer, the more awe Panagea generated in their hearts. He immediately asked to enter Panagea.


    "You can''t enter Panagea. If you want to, you will have to return tomorrow in the morning and hope to get a spot in any group," Aakesh responded.


    Upon hearing the first sentence, Grosal grew slightly angry, but he wasn''t a child, so he immediately calmed down, remembering the fear he had felt a few moments earlier. And then he heard the second part of the sentence and fully calmed down.


    Grosal was disappointed at not being able to enter Panagea, but one day was nothing worth being disappointed over. Even though his ascension was approaching as his energy limit was about to break the threshold, that would still take several thousand years, so waiting for one day was nothing in that timespan.


    Grosal was about to leave when he suddenly felt some resistance against that idea. He immediately stopped and looked around the store.


    The intuition of a being at that level was almost true, so he understood that the store had something he needed. After that, he dropped the idea of leaving and asked the store owner about what products the store had.


    Since Grosal didn''t want anyone to know that he was looking for Trisalitry, he didn''t ask his subordinates to find the store and its products. He only ordered them to find the location of the store.


    "The store currently sells six products. They are pills, weapons, skills, cultivation arts, beasts, and Panagea¡­


    There are only Lesser, Higher, and King level are avable for the three grades of pills¡­


    ¡­ You already know about Panagea," Aakesh introduced the six products and their basic details to Grosal.


    Simply listening about the products, Grosal didn''t find anything interesting other than Panagea. He was already at the peak of the Sacred Creator level, so these products were of no use to him.

 Chapter 1414 An Urge!

    <h4>Chapter 1414 An Urge!</h4>


    Chapter 1414: An Urge!


    Grosal didn''t need cultivation arts since he was already at the peak of cultivation in the dimension.


    He already had the best skills he had trained to their peak, and there were very few figures who could fight with him on an equal footing, let alone win.


    Pills and weapons were of no use to him due to their low level, which left beasts and the training area.


    Beasts were of no use to him, but since they could grow up to either match his cultivation or be useful subordinates, that was on his mind.


    The training area was helpful since it wasn''t a fight between high and low levels but between cultivators at the same cultivation level.


    It was now up to him to decide what product to go for first. His decision was then immediately made since the thinking capabilities of a Sacred Creator were immensely high, and they could make decisions that would take Sacred Monarch years toprehend.


    "I will buy the beasts," Grosal said, and Aakesh introduced the product in detail to him in response.


    "I will go then." Grosal bid adieu to Aakesh and proceeded toward the beast''s room.


    When he walked inside the room, he nodded in appreciation, seeing the numerous beast murals painted on the wall.


    Despite being a Sacred Creator for billions of years and having vast knowledge at his disposal, he failed to recognize many beasts on the wall. The majority of the beasts he recognized belonged to the category of immensely popr beasts known in all three dimensions.


    There were two pirs in front of him, and he could buy one beast each from the two devices. For him, there was no difference between a Divine Lord and a Supreme God level beast.


    The inner world of a Sacred Creator was on the same level as the Primal Dimension, with its inhabitants ranging from ordinary beings to Sacred Monarch level cultivators. Keeping that in mind, he didn''t need to buy any beast from the store at all unless it was a tremendously powerful Sacred Monarch or Sacred Creator level beast.


    Despite that, he chose to buy a beast from the store. It had to do with the sudden urge rising in his heart after he heard the basic introduction of the products. Since there was no power difference between the beasts summoned from the two pirs for him, he decided to use both devices.


    There was arge queue in front of the first pir, so he would have to stand in line for more than an hour. Since he couldn''t take advantage of his cultivation and prestige in the store, he had no choice but to stand and wait for his turn.


    While waiting for his turn, he used different tricks to make his fortune reach as high as possible. The store owner had informed him that the summoning depended on fortune, and since he was a diviner, he had some tricks in his arsenal.


    If not for serious repercussions due to divining the store, Grosal wouldn''t need to use any tricks. Every Sacred Creator had the greatest fortunes around them at all times.


    Time kept flowing, and Grosal finally reached his turn.


    He didn''t waste any time and immediately pressed the summoning button. The next moment, the square sections lit up and began to rotate at an unprecedented speed. Three secondster, it came to a stop, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    It wasn''t an unfamiliar beast since there was rarely anything in the Sacred Dimension that Grosal didn''t know about. The next moment, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hands.


    Grosal didn''t immediately focus on the card''s content but scrutinized the material used in the card''s creation. It was material that Grosal had never seen before in his life.


    After listening about Panagea, it didn''t surprise him much, and he stopped thinking about it, bringing his attention to the card''s content.


    The beast was of peak Divine Lord level and had the ultimate quality, but Grosal didn''t like its details much. Since Grosal was a divination user, he hoped to get a beast rted to that field.


    Since the beast didn''t belong to that category, he returned the card without even reading theplete details. He then pressed the button again, initiating the second round of summoning.


    Three secondster, a familiar beast appeared on the screen. Grosal didn''t show as much disinterest as earlier since he recognized the beast, and it belonged to the path of divination.


    The next moment, the card flew into his hands. He caught it and began to read the content on it.


    [Name: Star Tortoise


    Type: Beast


    Race: Tortoise


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Divination, Earth, Star


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Astral''s Reflection


    Detail: With a gaze into the stars, the Star Tortoise can reveal glimpses of an uing fortune or tragedy, using its life essence as the cost.


    Risk: Once the skill is activated, the creature will be in deep sleep for three thousand years to recover.


    Ability:


    1.) Neb Ward: The Star Tortoise can create a protective neb around itself, reducing iing damage and negating harmful status effects.


    2.) Ster Barrier: The Star Tortoise forms a barrier of condensed stardust, deflecting iing ranged attacks and providing cover for allies.


    3.) Comet Crash: The Star Tortoise summons a celestialet to crash into enemies at a 100 percent hit rate, dealing significant damage and leaving a lingering astral burn effect.


    ...


    8.) Astral Serenity: The Star Tortoise enters a meditative state, gradually restoring health and cleansing allies of negative effects over time.


    9.) Ster Divination: The Star Tortoise possesses an ancient connection with the stars, allowing it to read celestial patterns and unveil small glimpses of destiny.


    Card Description: The Star Tortoise is a formidable creature. Its attributes of earth, star, and divination make it an immensely valuable ally. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster capable of dealing massive damage with a 100 percent hit rate to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Star Tortoise.


    Price: Ny-eight hundred fifty supreme Sacred stones.]


    Grosal suddenly stopped as he began reading the details on the card.


    (Chapter''s End.)

 Chapter 1415 Star Tortoise!

    <h4>Chapter 1415 Star Tortoise!</h4>


    Chapter 1415: Star Tortoise!


    After catching the card, Grosal began to read the content. The Star Tortoise was a rare species in the Tortoise group, but not for Grosal. He had a group of Star Tortoises in his inner world, but since the store had surprised him to some extent, he wasn''t as indifferent as earlier.


    When his eyes reached the characteristics section, he suddenly stopped with a shocked expression.


    For a being of his level, only immensely rare things could make him take a second nce, but what Gloras saw at that moment was worthy enough to make him feel shocked, a feeling he had rarely felt in billions of years.


    [Astral''s Reflection] was a known skill to the cultivators who tread the path of divination. Even Grosal had the skill, but what made him feel shocked was the risk.


    As its details showed, it could predict fortune and tragedy. What made the skill special was that there was no level to the predicted oue. Even an early Divine Transformation being with that skill could predict events that might benefit Sacred Creators.


    The skill was immensely overpowered, and so was the cost required to use it. Even Grosal would have to think several times before activating [Astral''s reflection]. But the Star Tortoise could use the skill and only needed to pay with its life essence.


    A deep sleep of three thousand years was no cause for concern, considering the infinite lifespan of the beast. Grosal immediately made his decision since having the beast allowed him to find events every three thousand years. There was no certainty of the level of the predicted event, but if even one prediction turned out to be beneficial for him, it was worth it.


    His ascension took several thousand years, so he would be able to try the ability at least a few times.


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the Star Tortoise. It was a magnificent creature adorned with celestial markings and a shell that seemed to mirror the vast expanse of the night sky.


    Its shell had a mesmerizing tapestry of celestial patterns resembling constetions, gxies, and ethereal nebe. Its dark brown eyes, with no sclera, were deep pools of cosmic radiance, gleaming with an otherworldly luminescence.


    Its limbs and head were adorned with intricate markings that glowed with divine energy. These markings changed and shifted in response to the movement of the stars, emphasizing the beast''s connection to the stars and divination. The beast had two delicate, antennae-like projections on its head. It was of the same color as the engravings on the beast''s shell. They acted as conduits for celestial energy.


    If the characteristics were to be taken out of the situation, the Star Tortoise wasn''t anything extraordinary. In his inner world, he would find one or two Star Tortoises with better abilities.


    But the characteristic''s value was such that it made the entire difference. After looking at it, Grosal had already made his decision, so reading the lower sections was just a formality.


    Since he had decided to buy the beast, he didn''t need to stay there any longer.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in a sh.


    After getting his desired beast from the first device, he was standing in the queue of the second pir, not far from his turn.


    After several seconds, it was his turn, and simr to the first instance, he immediately pressed the button.


    The next moment, the square sections began to rotate and kept at it for five seconds.


    Following the rotation''s halt, a beast familiar to Grosal appeared on the screen. The next moment, the card formed out of thin air and flew into his hands.


    It was a beast that followed divination, but since Grosal didn''t find anything extraordinary in the details, he ced the card in the returnpartment and returned to the device.


    Without wasting a second, he immediately pressed the button. Five secondster, another familiar beast appeared on the screen.


    Grosal didn''t like the beast after reading its details, so he pressed the button again, initiating the third round of summoning.


    ''2'' appeared on top of the screen as the rotation began. Five secondster, a peak Supreme God Star Tortoise appeared on the screen.


    Grosal suddenly raised his eyes in surprise. At that time, the card formed and flew into his hands. He caught it and immediately focused on the details.


    [Name: Golden Star Tortoise


    Type: Beast


    Race: Tortoise


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Divination, Earth, Star, Metal


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Astral Ascendance


    Detail: The Golden Star Tortoise achieves momentary ascendance to a higher ne, transcending physical limitations and gaining absolute control over destiny, allowing it to reshape reality.


    Time Range: 0 to 15 seconds,


    Distance Range: 36 miles,


    Disadvantage: No creature above its level would be affected by the reality-altering effect of the skill


    Ability:


    1.) Maic Repulsion: The Golden Star Tortoise maniptes maic forces to repel metal-based projectiles, rendering it immune to attacks utilizing metallic elements.


    2.) Gctic Empowerment: The Golden Star Tortoise taps into the energy of distant gxies, empowering allies with increased strength, speed, and resilience for a limited duration.


    3.) Destiny''s Weave: The Golden Star Tortoise maniptes the threads of destiny, altering the course of soon-to-be events to favor allies and hinder foes.


    ...


    8.) Supernova Burst: In times of dire need, the Golden Star Tortoise can initiate an out-of-control release of its celestial energy, causing a localized supernova that causes immense destruction and purges the battlefield of negative influences.


    9.) Transient Echoes: The Golden Star Tortoise can tap into echoes of potential futures, creating illusions or projections of possible oues.


    ...


    18.) Ster Retribution: When struck by adversaries, the Golden Star Tortoise retaliates with a burst of radiant energy, punishing attackers with a powerful counter-attack.


    19.) Celestial Harmony: Uniting the threads of destiny, the Golden Star Tortoise can harmonize the fates of allies, aligning them with propitious events and granting a momentary surge in their abilities.


    Card Description: The Golden Star Tortoise is a formidable creature. Its attributes of earth, star, metal, and divination make it an immensely valuable pet to have. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Golden Star Tortoise.


    Price: One hundred fifty thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    (Chapter''s End.)

 Chapter 1416 Golden Star Tortoise!

    <h4>Chapter 1416 Golden Star Tortoise!</h4>


    Chapter 1416: Golden Star Tortoise!


    After confirming that the beast was what he recognized, Grosal immediately looked at the characteristics section.


    The next moment, a smile spread across his face since it was the ability he cherished more than [Astral''s Reflection].


    The Golden Star Tortoise looked simr to the Star Tortoise. The only difference between the two species was the eye color. Thetter had deep ck eyes, while the Golden Star Tortoise had a tint of gold in their eyes.


    The Golden Star Tortoise was a creature that Grosal didn''t have in his inner world. It was a rare mutation caused in the Star Tortoise race, making it a unique creature in the Tortoise group.


    [Astral Ascendance] was an exclusive skill of the Golden Star Tortoise. There were many skills with the title of ascendance, but the majority of them were pure exaggerations, while the remaining were immensely overpowered. The case with the Golden Star Tortoise was thetter situation.


    The skill was so powerful that it alerted powerful beings across the Sacred Dimension. If the Golden Star Tortoise somehow reached the Sacred Creator level, no other being would be able to match up to it due to the reality-altering ability that didn''t care for any defenses or strengths of the beings at the same power level.


    The Tortoise group had tried immensely hard to protect the Golden Star Tortoise, but as destiny would have it, the Golden Star Tortoise didn''t live for long. The mutation gave it a strong ability, but at the same time, it wasn''t very stable.


    That was the first andst Golden Star Tortoise in the Sacred Dimension. The one in Grosal''s hand was the second beast of the species.


    Grosal''s eyes contained a mixture of solemnity and excitement, remembering the history of the beast. But in the end, the ability to gainplete mastery over destiny for even a second couldpletely change the dynamics.


    The decision was made, and Grosal left the queue, his direction being the square device at the center end of the room. There was a long line waiting for him, so he had to wait again if he wanted to enter.


    Since it took only a moment for one customer to step away from the queue, the wait didn''tst very long, but that time was more than enough for Grosal to ponder over his decision.


    Choosing the Golden Star Tortoise was only the start. Hiding it from his friends and other leaders in the organization wasn''t a difficult part since he had his inner world, and the resources inside it were more than enough for the beast to thrive and reach the Sacred Monarch level.


    The most concerning issue was the mutation. It wasn''t stable since the Golden Star Tortoise died suddenly, with no one being aware of the out-of-control mutation.


    Grosal decided to ask the store owner about it since the store had sold the beast. Soon, his turn arrived, and he removed all other thoughts from his head.


    He didn''t waste any time and ced the Star Tortoise beast card in the cardpartment and his hand in the respective section. Following that, Grosal''s consciousness went inside the taming area to battle.


    One second passed in a sh, and Grosal opened his eyes. His eyes showed nothing since defeating a Divine Lord beast at the same level wasn''t something worth celebrating. He had reached the Sacred Creator cultivation level, while there had been no Star Tortoise at the same level, so even with the ultimate level of talent, Grosal''s umtion and strength surpassed the beast.


    Hiss!


    Grosal suddenly hissed in pain when an unbearable pain originated from his soul. He immediately looked at the hand section, and the pain had already disappeared.


    Following that, the screen on the device lit up, and the contract''s content appeared on it. Soon, only thest step of payment was left, but since another beast was waiting for the taming battle, Grosal pulled out the Star Tortoise beast card and reced it with the second card.


    After cing his hand in the handpartment, the world in front of his eyes changed.


    Grosal stood on a vast in with the sky filled with a sea of stars. Since he was a user of divination, he could sense the abundance of energy in the atmosphere. It was a heaven for the users who derived their energy from the stars.


    Croak!


    The next moment, a croak rang in Grosal''s ears as starlight particles started gathering together, and soon, it formed the silhouette of the Golden Star Tortoise.


    Following that, the beast materialized and stared at its opponent. The Supreme God Golden Star Tortoise was smaller in size than the Divine Lord Star Tortoise by arge margin.


    Grosal could gather three Golden Star Tortoises in his palm at once, and there would still be some space left beside them.


    Grosal''s cultivation level had also dropped to peak Supreme God, so the aura leaking from the beast was no less than what Grosal released.


    Ding!


    The next moment, the bell rang, announcing the start of the taming battle.


    Grosal immediately made his move. Starlight gathered in his palm and the space around him had turbulence.


    Starlight formed small energy balls, and each of them acted like they were part of his body. Grosal then flicked those balls one after another.


    The beast didn''t just stand there and also acted. It felt some danger from the uing energy balls, so it activated [Celestial Warding]. The next moment, the energy balls crashed on an invisible wall protecting the beast.


    The energy balls had a corrosion effect, so they tried to corrode the barrier, and it was slowly seeding. Grosal made another attack and charged forward.


    His movements were like blurs as he reached the beast and kicked.


    Crack!


    The repeated assault of the energy balls and Grosal''s kicks overwhelmed the defense, and the sound of cracks rang in the area.


    Seeing his attempt seed, Grosal increased the intensity of his kicks, and soon, the invisible wallpletely broke down.


    The tortoise seemed to be already prepared for it. When the invisible barrier made from starlight disappeared, the beast also disappeared with it.


    Grosal immediately felt danger from his left, so without wasting any time, he bent down.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1417 Battle!

    <h4>Chapter 1417 Battle!</h4>


    Chapter 1417: Battle!


    Feeling danger emanating from his left, Grosal made quick movements and bent down in a weird posture. The next moment, something flew, ripping the air.


    Before Grosal could return to afortable posture, there was another attack. He had no time to dodge it, so he decided to face it head-on.


    Trusting his intuition, Grosal tried to catch something in the air.


    Boom!


    The next moment, an explosion rang in the area, but Grosal seeded in controlling the force released from it. The result of that was his bloody hand.


    The injury seemed to cause no pain to Grosal as he jumped forward. During the time he was in the air, he straightened his posture.


    A click rang in his ears when he was about tond on the ground. Grosal suddenly frowned, and instead ofnding on his two feet, hended with the support of his hands.


    The next moment, he jerked his left leg, and the clicking sound rang once again. The beast had used one of its cursing abilities, causing a sudden joint dislocation.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two sides persisted for a while.


    The tortoise seemed to have reached its limit, forcing it to use its ultimate attacking ability.


    Crack!


    The next moment, a cracking sound rang in the area, and the cause of it was space. Starlight descended to the ground like a raging tide and was slowly gettingpressed.


    When the beast reached the limit of what it could handle, it let go of its control over thepressed starlight.


    Following that, a wave of light washed over the area. Wherever the light washed over, there was nothing but the utter destruction of all elements. Even the space couldn''t restore itself.


    The beast immediately turned in the direction of its opponent and looked at it with solemn eyes. The next moment, whatever hope it had was dashed down, and the lights in its eyes dimmed.


    The beast gave up on the battle right at that moment since Grosal stood fine with some superficial injuries. There was no way for the beast to defeat the opponent.


    Grosal wiped the blood from his mouth and smiled since the battle was over. Following that, his consciousness returned to the store, and not long after that, an unbearable prickling pain hit him.


    After only thest step of payment was left, Grosal left the queue and walked toward the room''s exit.


    When he exited the room, there was a small queue of people in front of the store owner, so he had to wait again. Grosal seemed to have returned to his younger days when he had to get everything. It had already been billions of years since thest time he had to wait, but inside the store, the majority of the hour he had been inside the store had been spent waiting for either the product or in line to reach the store owner.


    ***


    "Complete the payment," Grosal said, handing over the two beast cards to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the card from the man''s hands, and with a single nce, the purchase details appeared in his head.


    "You need to pay one hundred fifty thousand ultimate,..., one hundred ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Grosal.


    Following that, he introduced the three store cards and their details to him. He didn''t want to repeat the routine of getting a higher currency and then asking for the exact currency.


    After learning about the store cards, Grosal made the same decision as other wealthy people. In no time, hepleted the binding process with the Ultimate Store Card.


    Once he stored enough wealth in the infinite stone storage space inside the card, an autonomous alert rang in his head.


    Once the payment wasplete, Grosal asked about the training area in detail.


    Upon hearing about the differences and details, he decided to choose the Primordial level of difficulty. He then paid the sum of one supreme Sacred stone and walked toward the weapon room.


    Grosal already had a weapon for the training area, so he didn''t need to buy one. After walking inside the weapons room, Grosal was greeted with the sight of numerous murals painted across the wall detailing different concepts of weapon skillsmanship.


    Grosal didn''t have a great talent for weaponry, so he was an average sword user. But since his cultivation was peak Sacred Creator, he could still sense the extraordinariness of the murals. Other than that, he didn''t feel anything different about them.


    After looking and marveling at some of them, Grosal moved his eyes away and walked toward the inner circle of pirs.


    Once he found the pir referring to the sword, hepleted the process as told by the store owner, and soon, he found his consciousness inside an endless white space.


    A blue screen popped out in front of him, asking him to choose his opponent for the training. Grosal first searched for the avable opponents of the Primordial Dimension. He didn''t feel great even once after looking at them, so he decided to train with the inhabitants of his own dimension first.


    Grosal didn''t have any enemies with serious feuds, so he didn''t immediately have a race in his mind. Since time was stopped inside the blue space, it didn''t matter how long Grosal took to choose his opponent.


    Grosal decided to go with Lirreens since there was no opponent better than the self in the end. For the environment, he chose a battle arena with quick wind.


    The next moment, Grosal appeared in a battle arena, with the wind moving at tens of thousands of miles per second. If the wind were to flow at that rate in Thorr City, it would cause disaster, but for Grosal, it was nothing much.


    Not long after that, Grosal''s opponent for the training appeared on the scene. It looked the same as the original and carried the same weapon as well.


    Ding!


    The directionless bell rang, announcing the start of the first battle of the many.


    Grosal felt a sudden threat to his life, so he immediately backed away, but before his back foot couldnd, he was cut into two pieces and lost consciousness.


    The next moment, he returned to the white space and looked shocked by the instant battle.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1418 Growth!

    <h4>Chapter 1418 Growth!</h4>


    Chapter 1418: Growth!


    Grosal thought he was going backward, but instead of that, he found himself back inside the white space. His eyes turned wide with shock since the battle came to an instant end.


    Even though his talent with the sword was average, he was still a Sacred Creator. His talent at that level was average, not in the entire dimension.


    Following that, Grosal''s eyes lit up. He found an opportunity to increase his strength. His ascension was approaching, and he needed as much help as possible to trump it.


    The next moment, he focused on the blue screen in front of him and made the same choice as thest time.


    Following that, Grosal returned to the battle arena, and not long after, his opponent also emerged.


    Ding!


    The sound of the bell rang once again, and with it, an aura of death also engulfed him. Before he could dodge or react, he returned to the white space.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed inside the training area.


    Grosal still had neen hours more left, so he didn''t need to worry about the time. He had already set his setting for the entire training span over the day, and Grosal immediately returned to the battle arena from the white space.


    The emotions and thoughts he had in his head were immediately removed, leaving nothing but the idea of battle. He calmly looked at his opponent, who responded with the same calmness.


    Ding!


    The bell rang for the umpteenth time, and the battle began.


    ng!


    The next moment, the sound of a metallic sh rang in the area as both opponents shed. Despite having average talent in swordsmanship, Grosal was still a Sacred Creator. He learned andprehended things quicker than many.


    After the first sh, Grosal dodged the second sh and attacked. Unfortunately, he could go no farther than that.


    The opponent dodged Grosal''s attack and shed with an increase in his force. The next moment, the world around Grosal turned dark, and he found himself back inside the white space.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    ng! ng! ng!


    The sound of metallic shes repeatedly rang in the area as bothbatants fought. Grosal was clearly at the losing end, but he was able to continue without dying.


    It was the first time since the training began that Grosal seeded in surviving more than 100 continuous rounds. Even though Grosal was able to keep at it without losing momentum, he couldn''t keep it forever. The opponent was superior in both strength and swordsmanship, so after several rounds of shes and injuries on both sides, the battle ended with the opponent''s victory.


    Grosal returned to the white space. His face showed no expression, and soon he returned to the battle arena.


    The battle between the two sides kept happening, with the opponent winning one battle after another. But at the same time, Grosal was also improving his strength and swordsmanship at a continuous rate.


    As the battles kept ensuing, neen hours had passed since Grosal entered the training area. He only had one more hour left before he would need to exit and not be able to enter for the following year.


    Ding!


    The directionless bell rang in both thebatants'' ears, and they made their moves at the same time.


    ng!


    Both thebatants were pushed back slightly, but Grosal was the one who got pushed a meter more than the opponent. It was enormous growthpared to when he had entered the training area.


    Even though he was able to repel a sh during the first hour of the battle, his strength and technique with the sword were nowhere near those of the opponent, and he was the one who got pushed while the opponent stood rooted to their ground.


    It was only the start of the battle, and it kept at it for one minute, the longest battle till that moment. In the end, the opponent turned out to be better than Grosal, with him still having enough tricks to defeat Grosal.


    Grosal had stopped caring for victory since he understood that he would need at least a hundred hours of training at the same intensity to be able to fully match the opponent. He didn''t think of winning until that point.


    His aim before leaving the training area that day was to cause a severe injury to the opponent.


    Unfortunately for him, that battle wasn''t the one. He was able to cause some injuries to the other side, but nothing of the sort that could cause some serious trouble to the opponent.


    More time flew by, and Grosal fought another battle with his opponent.


    sh! Puchi!


    Grosal maneuvered himself well enough to dodge theing sh and strike the opponent. His efforts reaped him a reward as his sword hit the opponent''s chest and caused a blood riot.


    If not for the calming effect, Grosal would have stood there and tried to push deeper, ignoring theing attack from the opponent. But since his mind was in its optimal state and he could think of nothing but the battle, he didn''t go through that suicidal move.


    Time flew by, and Grosal found himself back inside the white space. He thought he would return to the battle arena, but instead, he found himself looking at the pir while a golden, transparent barrier around him was slowly dissolving.


    The next moment, Grosal raised his eyes in surprise as he suddenly felt energy moving in his body. But it was minimal, so it disappeared immediately.


    Grosal could feel that he had grown more powerful, but the increase was infinitesimal, so it wouldn''t show much in the near future. But even that kind of growth was more than enough to surprise Grosal, and its value was way more than what he paid for the training area.


    Since a customer could only enter the training area for one hour, and the store owner showed no intention of exceeding that limit, Grosal turned around and exited the weapons room.


    He had already bought the two beasts and had also gone through the training area; there was nothing left for him in the store. He would need to return the following day if he wanted to enter Panagea, so he took onest nce around him and activated the teleporting function of the Ultimate Store Card.


    The next moment, a white light engulfed him. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and with it, Grosal also disappeared from the store.


    Aakesh noticed Grosal leaving the store but since he was in conversation with another new customer, he ignored it.


    "The store currently sells six products¡­" Aakesh introduced the six products and their basic details to the man.


    The man nodded and looked excited as he heard the introduction. He had found the store by chance, so he knew nothing about the store''s fame and its products before entering the building.


    "Store owner, I want to enter Panagea," The man requested like the majority of the new customers.


    The next moment, the man was left disappointed upon hearing about no vacant spots and then asked about the skills.


    Skills were the second most popr product in the store after Panagea, and its sales increased with every new customer inside the store.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    A slight cover of darkness had engulfed the sky of Thorr and its nearby cities as the sun was slowly setting down.


    Aakesh was sitting on his chair. Autumn and Katrina were next to him on their respective chairs. Lily was sitting in her favorite spot while Khaval was ying with Katrina, sitting on herp.


    Lily and Autumn had already met inside Panagea, but that was not the case for Katrina and Khaval. She adored Khaval and deeply missed him for the past few years, so she immediately grabbed him as soon as he had returned to the store.


    Aakesh stood from his chair and walked to the weapons room since it was time to close the store. After telling the customers in all the rooms to leave, Aakesh returned to his chair.


    There were customers left inside Panagea and the training area, so Autumn and Katrina were still there.


    A few minutester, thest customer of the store exited the weapons room. He then bowed to Aakesh and left the store.


    Autumn and Katrina also stood up from their chairs and left the store.


    Once they had left, the store turned vacant, except for its owner and the two troublemakers.


    Aakesh then walked toward the door and shut it, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store after more than three years.


    "Let''s go!" Aakeshmented, and following that, a white light engulfed him, Lily, and Khaval.


    The next moment, darkness dawned inside the store, as there was no one else present there.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


    A/N: I will announce the date of the mass release shortly, and soon we will be approaching the seventh product. Comment on what item you would like to be the seventh product.

 Chapter 1419 Spurctic Race!

    <h4>Chapter 1419 Spurctic Race!</h4>


    Chapter 1419: Spurctic Race!


    The next moment, Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval appeared in the selection area.


    More than three years had passed, so Khaval''s face was filled with excitement, while Lily showed no change in her expression.


    The two of them then chose their respective training areas and then disappeared from the selection area.


    Once they left, the smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared, reced by his usual indifference. Years had passed for Lily and Khaval, but for Aakesh, it was only one day of absence.


    Aakesh deactivated all his senses except for direction and walked toward the weapon counter.


    He picked up the weapon avable to him and then walked to the selection switch.


    After he pressed the switch, the space around Aakesh cracked, forming a space portal. The next moment, he was sucked inside the portal.


    As Aakesh activated all his senses, he found himself back in the familiar battle arena.


    The weapon he had gotten for the day was a bow. The next moment, the regr blue screen popped out in front of him with several options, like before.


    Roar!


    A roar aimed at Aakesh suddenly rang in the area, causing Aakesh to look in that direction.


    Aakesh looked to his left and saw his opponent for the day.


    The creature stood ten meters tall, with a hunched back and a single leg. It had two pairs of hands, with sharp, pointed tips spread across the being''s metal skin at fixed intervals.


    It had an enormous head, almost double the size of its shoulders, and sharp, dense brown hair. It had a pair of eyes with vertical slits¡ªabination of brown sclera and metallic pupils.


    Its eyes expressed nothing but menace as the creature stared at Aakesh and released another roar.


    Aakesh recognized the race of the creature immediately and nodded since the battle was going to be challenging.


    The creature belonged to the Spurctic race. It was an extinct race of the Sacred Dimension. It was a battle-loving race known for their remarkable talent inbat.


    The Spurctics were one of the many races to go extinct during the war waged by Vritrasura. Despite their menacing and evil appearance, the Spurctics were in another camp, firmly waging war against the armies of Vritrasura. Their remarkable talent became their enemy and caused the army to use everything at their disposal to eliminate every member of the race.


    ***


    Aakesh reflexively tapped on the blue screen, and the next moment, it disappeared.


    Ding!


    The familiar sound of the bell rang in the area, announcing the start of the first round of battle.


    The opponent roared and made its move, but unfortunately for it, its opponent was overwhelmingly powerful, and even before the sound of the bell and roar could disappear, a blood cloud appeared in ce of the creature.


    A blue light washed over the arena, and time came to a standstill. The blue screen reappeared with the same number of options.


    Aakesh tapped on the screen, ready to face another battle. The second battle faced the same result as the creature immediately turned into a blood cloud before the sound of the bell could dissipate.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Whoosh!


    An arrow flew, tearing through the air and striking the heart of the creature.


    Thud!


    The next moment, the creature crashed to the ground with its eyespletely dimming. Another battle came to an end with that.


    A green light covered Aakesh''s face, and the small cut on his left cheek immediately healed.


    After that, the familiar blue screen popped out, and Aakesh chose the same option as usual, to go to the next battle.


    The battle was increasing in intensity at a rapid rate, but it was still far from a level where Aakesh needed to fully concentrate and use everything in his arsenal.


    More time flew by, and battles between Aakesh and the Spurctics kept happening one after another, with Aakesh overwhelmingly winning all of them.


    Aakesh''s cultivation was the same as before, but his strength had grown immensely after the scenes that yed out the day before for him. Round 280 could have given him a challenge a day before, but now he crushed the opponent at that level.


    When it was time for the 286th round, Aakesh finally felt some sense of danger from the Spurctics, increasing his battle intent.


    Ding!


    The familiar ringing sound echoed in the ears of two opponents, but it hadn''t even subsided when Aakesh had shot hundreds of arrows, with each aiming to pierce through different body parts of the Spurctic.


    Roar!


    The Spurctic unleashed an angry roar and pushed back the arrow, flying at him. The creature disappeared from its spot, appeared right behind Aakesh, and shed.


    Instead of ripping Aakesh''s head, an arrow shed with the sh, and Aakesh disappeared from the location. He appeared a mile away from the spot and immediately shot hundreds of arrows, with each arrow strong enough to tear apart the Spurctic of the 280th round.


    The Spurctic showed no expression, looking at the numerous arrows. It swiped its right hand in the empty air.


    The next moment, the sharp, pointed tip of its hand lit up and released invisible beams of wind.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    A loud sound rang in the area as the invisible beams shed with the numerous arrows. At that moment, Aakesh had shot three arrows.


    The three arrows looked different from each other, having different arrowheads. Their direction wasn''t the creature but the sky.


    After reaching a distance of several hundred miles in the sky, the three arrows began to rotate around each other, each releasing energy. The three different colors startedbining with each other, forming a drill in the sky.


    The three arrows were fully engulfed in the assimtion. The Spurctic sensed danger from the scene ying out in the sky, so it acted, creating a wave of defense for itself.


    The next moment, the drill formed by the three arrows changed direction, charging at the Spurctic.


    Boom!


    A loud sound rang in the area as it shed with the waves of defenses raised by the creature. The drill kept breaking through one wall after another and seeded in reaching the creature.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1420 Attributes Growth!

    <h4>Chapter 1420 Attributes Growth!</h4>


    Chapter 1420:?Attributes Growth!


    Growl!


    The Spurctic growled, seeing the drill about to breach the defenses and reach it. The next moment, the space around the drill began to crack, and when its attempt to strike the creature seemed sessful, a small space storm engulfed it.


    The battle continued after that, with the creature pushing Aakesh to his limits.


    The battle went on for a few minutes, with Aakesh finally being the victor, breaching another round.


    The next round went as Aakesh had expected. Despite giving his everything, he couldn''t bring himself to victory and was killed as a result. The ultimate attack of the Spurctic at that round tore him to pieces, ending his life instantly.


    The next moment, Aakesh returned to the selection area, walking out of the crack. Lily and Khaval weren''t there since there was still time left for them.


    Aakesh had two choices whether to enter another training area or wait. He decided on thetter since Lily and Khaval weren''t very far from exiting their own training.


    "Hey, system, I need my chair," Aakesh requested the system, and following that, his and the other two chairs appeared in the same shape as he liked.


    Aakesh went to his chair and sat down, waiting for the two troublemakers. He simply didn''t wait but decided to check his status screen since it had been a while.


    The next moment, a dark blue, opaque screen appeared in front of Aakesh. Golden fonts then started appearing on it.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner(Level 3),


    Level: Level 10 te),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 339.09 Sacred Units, (+209.09)


    Agility: 318.768 Sacred Units, (+208.010)


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    No. of questspleted: 31,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-eye, Watcher, Chameleon-level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning, Apocalyptic st¡­.


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 2,


    Pet status:


    Name: Lily,


    Gender: Female,


    Race: Perfect Hybrid (Epochal Feline, [@#$#@$])


    Owner: Aakesh,


    Bloodline: Undefined (Purity: Undefined),


    Level: Level 9 (peak),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 289.329 Sacred Units,


    Agility: 294.168 Sacred Units,


    Intelligence: 297.978 Sacred Units,


    Stamina: 293.698 Sacred Units,


    Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether, Wood, Thunder, Metal, Sound, Light, Dark, Time, Space, Destruction, Sharpness, Devour, Physique, Negation, Creation, Undefined*,


    Skills: Time Shield, Time Healing, Fire Meteor, Anima, Mahima, Garima, Laghima...Time Discement.


    *-> Undefined here means that this number of elements wouldn''t be the end. As Lily grows in strength and bloodline, the number of elements she can control will also increase.


    Name: Khaval,


    Gender: Male,


    Race: Hybrid (90% Chaos Whale, 10% [@#$#@$])


    Owner: Aakesh,


    Bloodline: Undefined (Purity: Undefined),


    Level: Level 9 (peak),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 298.329 Sacred Units,


    Agility: 299.168 Sacred Units,


    Intelligence: 287.978 Sacred Units,


    Stamina: 313.698 Sacred Units,


    Elements: Chaos, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether, Wood, Thunder, Metal, Sound, Light, Dark, Undefined**,


    Skills: Anima, Mahima, Garima, Laghima,... Chaotic Bomb.


    **-> Undefined here means that this number of elements wouldn''t be the end. As Khaval grows in strength and bloodline, the number of elements he can control will also increase.


    Aakesh looked at the screen and nodded in appreciation, seeing his attributes. His cultivation was thete Divine Lord, and his attributes were way higher than what they should be for that level.


    For Divine Lord cultivators, the different attributes varied between 150 and 210, with some extreme talents having them in the range of 220. Aakesh hadn''t even reached the peak sub-level, and his attributes were already around 100 units higher than what an extremely talented peak Divine Lord cultivator had.


    Aakesh wasn''t the only one with high attributes. Lily and Khaval also didn''t disappoint Aakesh and had high attributes. Aakesh snapped his fingers, and following that, the blue screen disappeared.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Crack! Crack!


    The silence inside the selection area was suddenly broken as space cracked, forming a portal. The next moment, Lily stepped out of it.


    Not even a second had passed after the portal closed when another crack appeared, and then Khaval stepped out of it.


    Two wide smiles spread across their faces when they saw Aakesh waiting for them. The duo went to their respective chairs and sat down. It was the beginning of the traditional conversation session between the three.


    Since Panagea was deactivated despite them not entering for more than three years, nothing had changed for the two of them. Aakesh listened to the two of them and after they concluded, Aakesh shared what he had experienced during the day.


    Time flew by, and after the trio had nothing to share, the session came to an end.


    The next moment, they disappeared from the selection area, and soon after, the three chairs also disappeared. After that, a cover of darkness and silence engulfed the area while the three of them were in the store.


    Not long after, the door to the trio''s room and the stairs connecting it to the floor emerged. Lily and Khaval then bid adieu to Aakesh and climbed up the stairs.


    Once they entered the room, the door closed on its own, and it faded, waiting for someone to call it. The gentle smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared, and he turned around, his direction being the portal room.


    The past several years had been nd for Aakesh since he had been doing a single task of killing and going down the stairs.


    Unless there was another situation, Aakesh believed that he would be able to collect the billionth core and form theplete key that day.


    Once he entered the room, he looked at the two leaderboards, as his habit had be. Seeing there was no change from the previous time the store was open, Aakesh moved his eyes away from them.


    He then walked to the nearest portal and touched it with the tip of his right index finger. The next moment, a suction force stronger than he could handle appeared and sucked him inside.


    Once he appeared in Panagea, Aakesh followed the same routine as in past days and kept killing heads to gather the spherical cores.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Screech!


    An eerie scream rang in Aakesh''s ears, freezing him for a moment. Aakesh had already created a shield for him before stepping forward, so the head could only hit the barrier and not him.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1421 The Billionth Core!

    <h4>Chapter 1421 The Billionth Core!</h4>


    Chapter 1421: The Billionth Core!


    The head hit the barrier, saving Aakesh from any kind of damage. The barrier then disintegrated, and with it, the head was cut into two.


    The next moment, several spherical cores appeared in Aakesh''s hands. Looking at the fragment, he found it to be out of sequence, so Aakesh stored the core in his space ring.


    He then walked forward, and his steps were quicker than before, as the next challenge was thest one, and he would be able to hold the billionth spherical core once he solved it.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The familiar sound of footsteps rang in Aakesh''s ears as it slowly approached him. His eyes turned cold, and he looked behind, seeing a gigantic head frozen in mid-air.


    A spiritual creature held the gigantic head, and it was slowly squeezing the life from the head.


    Aakesh sensed danger from the spiritual creature as their eyes met. The sound of footsteps kept ringing, and it seemed it was next to Aakesh.


    sh!


    Aakesh suddenly shed to his left, and soon after, a creature became visible. It looked the same as the spiritual creature, a Chimera, but the physical Chimera didn''t have the antennas the spiritual Chimera had.


    Roar!


    The creature roared as Aakesh forced it to be visible. There was a sh spread across its chest.


    Aakesh didn''t say any useless things and took a step forward, shing once again. The threat emanating from the spiritual Chimera seemed higher, so Aakesh decided to end the physical Chimera''s life before it could cause anyplications in his battle.


    There was a red glow around the sword. Instead of taking the strike head-on, the creature screeched and backed away.


    Aakesh followed the creature and seeded in his strike. The next moment, the sword shed through it like a hot knife on butter. The next moment, it was cleanly cut into two. It was still alive, but the damage it had taken with the strike was immense.


    Aakesh suddenly frowned, looking at the scene. Even though he felt the spiritual Chimera to be the bigger threat, the physical Chimera was still strong, and it shouldn''t get that much damage from what was Aakesh''s weakest sword skill.


    The frown on his face deepened even more as the creature didn''t stand up from the ground any longer and was losing its life at a rapid rate.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned dangerous, and the next moment, the sword disappeared from his hand, and a bow appeared.


    Aakesh stretched the bowstring and kept at it until it touched his left ear. An arrow had appeared, nocked in the bow. It looked different than what Aakesh usually shot.


    The arrow had no tail feathers, and its shaft had ethereal patterns spread across it. It simply went like a pointed tip and had no arrowhead.


    Whoosh!


    Aakesh released the bowstring, and the arrow flew, tearing through the air. His target wasn''t any of the two Chimera but the gigantic head.


    The next moment, the arrow passed through the head. It seemed to be a virtual item as it simply passed through. But it didn''te out from the head''s back; instead, it disappeared once it hadpletely gone in.


    The next moment, ethereal patterns on the arrow shaft appeared on the head, and soon they covered the entirety of the creature.


    Screech!


    The spiritual Chimera screeched in anger and fear since Aakesh captured its weakness. There was no Chimera, and it was all an illusion.


    Since Aakesh felt nothing different, it showed the prowess of the gigantic head, but unfortunately for it, Aakesh caught it before things couldpletely turn for the worse.


    What caused Aakesh to notice was the physical Chimera. It was an illusion, and the head had captured every detail of the physical Chimera, so Aakesh couldn''t differentiate between fake and real.


    The Chimera had the head of a fish, the body of a gori, and the ws of a tiger. Its inner organs were those of Fertipus. The Fertipus had immense strength and endurance due to their powerful internal organs. It was simr to a lion, with very small distinction. Aakesh caught it after looking deeper into the corpse, understanding that it was an illusion.


    The next moment, both the physical and spiritual Chimera began to dissipate, and a few secondster, theypletely disappeared.


    The ethereal patterns began to slowly materialize and began to squeeze the gigantic head. It was struggling, but facing the might of the patterns, it failed to put up any fight.


    The arrow used by Aakesh wasn''t some ordinary skill, but it was a consumable weapon that had cost him arge sum of money. It had a sealing function against abilities rted to spirit. Illusion was one such ability, so it could no longer work.


    Aakesh took a step forward, his sword appearing in his right hand. He then shed, cutting the gigantic head into two.


    Instead of a bloody rain or the corpse crashing to the ground, a spherical core bigger than anyone Aakesh had caught appeared. He reached forward and grabbed it.


    The next moment, Aakesh raised his eyes in surprise as his space ring became out of control. Aakesh immediately acted and released all the spherical cores stored inside. Following that, the restlessness disappeared, while a blinding light engulfed every core.


    Aakesh didn''t need to work as they began to automatically operate in sequence andbine with one another. The process wasn''t short, but it wasn''t very lengthy as well. After a wait of three minutes, the blinding light disappeared, and a glowing sphere appeared, floating in the air.


    It had aplete pattern engraved on it, which was the key to moving on to the next step.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but take a second nce when he read the pattern on the key. The spherical cores he had been collecting should have given him a different pattern, not the one on the sphere at that moment.


    Before Aakesh could think more, the glowing sphere flew toward him, and his hand moved automatically to catch it.


    Instead of tearing through his hand, it melted into the palm, and soon the sphere pattern emerged on the back of his right hand''s palm.


    The next moment, a wave of warm energy flowed through his body. He was gaining XP at a rapid rate and reached another level in no time. The process didn''t seem to end and continued.


    Aakesh saw an increase of seven levels in no time, and it finally stopped short of another level gain. Even though Aakesh had been unable to gain any level since he came to the swamp, what he gained today was more than what he would have gotten if he were outside doing his regr things.


    Aakesh then decided to check his status screen in Panagea.


    The next moment, a blue screen with golden fonts appeared in front of him, containing all his details.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Race: [*****],


    Gender: Male,


    Lifeform: Mythical,


    ss: Watcher,


    Level: Level 316,


    HP: 221,248/222,000,


    Energy: 220,821/222,000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 6,486 (+300),


    Agility: 6,470 (+300),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    Comprehensions: Hand fighting (100%), Archery (100%), Swordsmanship (100%)...


    Skills: Wolfbane, Ability-Learning, Universal-Eye, Fortune-Eye, Element Immunity¡­


    Aakesh looked at the screen. Since thest time he checked his status screen, he had gained twelve levels. Since he had a mythical ss, he gained 25 units for every attribute at every level increase.


    Since he came to the Sacred Dimension, Aakesh had been stronger in Panagea than he was in reality. He then waved his hands, and the blue screen disappeared.


    Aakesh then focused on what was ahead of him. It was still the stairs that descended further.


    Aakesh had no idea what would wee him once he climbed down, but going back was not an option, so he put back the sword inside the space ring and walked forward.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh frowned since the sound of footsteps maintained the same rate as when he walked, but it didn''t belong to him. No matter what he tried, Aakesh couldn''t sense any life in the area other than him.


    He could only keep walking forward, and soon he reached the steps. He didn''t waste any time and raised his right foot to climb down the stairs, but when itnded, the view in front of him suddenly changed.


    It happened so quickly and efficiently that Aakesh didn''t even feel the change in space. He was no longer on the damp stairs, but what weed him was a vast grasnd, with grass reaching his knee.


    The wind blew gently as they moved past Aakesh. It felt like the wind gave sweet pecks to Aakesh''s cheeks.


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. I typed the chapter on the phone since the deadline was near and I don''t want to miss any day this month at least. If you find any issue, please doment, so that I will reedit those sections.


    For the mass release of 10 chapters, I will upload them on 16 December.

 Chapter 1422 Dungeon(1)

    <h4>Chapter 1422 Dungeon(1)</h4>


    Chapter 1422: Dungeon(1)


    The gentle wind touched Aakesh''s face, lightly pecking his cheeks.


    Aakesh looked around and found no other life in the endless grasnd. His face grew solemn as every inch of the area released a threatening sensation.


    Even the gentle wind seemed like a devil''s whisper at that moment. Aakesh immediately activated a defensive skill, and the next moment, a white aura enveloped him, protecting him from physical, spiritual, and energy attacks.


    Aakesh then raised his foot upward to take the step, but as he was about tond, a chill crawled down his spine. His intuition warned him against putting his foot down.


    Aakesh didn''t try to test the danger level and took back his foot. At that moment, the gentle wind turned into a storm filled with wind des.


    The wind des repeatedly tried to hit Aakesh, but the white aura remained stead, facing against all of it without any issue.


    The situation didn''t y for long, and soon, the storm of wind des returned to its gentle avatar. At that time, Aakesh suddenly had the idea to take the next step.


    It was as if the wind had whispered in his ears to take the next step, and it immediately became a goal in his heart. Aakesh forced his body to stay still, and his strong will didn''t disappoint him.


    A few minutester, the urge to take the next step disappeared, and calm returned to the scene as well as his heart.


    Boom!


    An explosion suddenly rang in the area, taking Aakesh''s attention. It wasn''t very far from him. The sound and intensity of the explosion were such that he should have been sted, but except for the sound, he felt nothing strange.


    Aakesh immediately understood why he didn''t feel the explosion other than his hearing sense. It was as if a cylindrical barrier had surrounded the explosion. The dust and destroyed grass exploded in a cylindrical pattern in a one-meter range around the st.


    When the dust and destroyed grass subsided, what weed Aakesh wasn''t a damaged pit but a pure ck door with a white pattern right above the handle, the same as what was engraved on the back of his right hand''s palm.


    The next moment, a force of attraction appeared, trying to grab Aakesh toward the door. It was not at the level where it could force Aakesh to his limit, so he controlled himself and looked at the pattern without making any movement.


    Aakesh was trying to see if there was a difference in even a stroke in the two patterns since different strokes could alter the meaning of the key. It didn''t take long before Aakesh found that the two patterns were entirely simr and had the same meaning.


    The force of attraction was still there, but once Aakesh crushed it, it became negligible. He then raised his right foot, and the danger sensation didn''t alert him at that time.


    The door was only several meters away from him, so it only took him a few steps to reach it. Once he was one step away from it, his hands tried to run away from his body and grab the door''s handle.


    Aakesh controlled the force and grabbed the handle. The door was to be pushed, so he simply added some force, and the next moment, the pattern on his hand and the door lit up at once.


    Aakesh had to close his eyes before it could destroy them. It was as if a new sun had appeared in the area. Even with closed eyes, he felt stinging pain in them.


    Aakesh used his divine sense to look at the light, but even that was burned, forcing Aakesh to take it back. Not long after, there was no stinging pain, so Aakesh opened his eyes.


    Aakesh raised his eyes in surprise as he was no longer in the grasnd but inside a dungeon. If not for his ability to see in the darkness, the world would be totally dark for him.


    There was an ugly stench permeating every corner of the dungeon. Aakesh frowned since the source of the stench was the rotting corpses. From the intensity of the smell, Aakesh calcted the number of corpses to be hundreds of millions, if not billions.


    Aakesh''s will was strong enough to persevere through that stench, so he calmly walked forward, hoping to find clues about where he was and how to leave the area.


    The moment hepleted his hundredth step, there was a sudden movement in front of him. The path going straight disappeared, and a fork that went four ways appeared, asking for Aakehs to choose one path.


    Aakesh didn''t feel any kind of danger from any of the four paths, so he randomly picked the second one and pushed forward. The next moment, the path behind him turned into a straight road, so even if Aakesh were to turn around, he would be going to a different destination.


    Aakesh didn''t turn around since his intuition warned him against it. He kept walking forward. That time, he walked for two hundred steps and was greeted with eight forked paths.


    Simr to thest time, Aakesh didn''t sense danger from any of the eight roads ahead, so he again chose randomly.


    Following the pattern, the next choice should be afterpleting three hundred steps in the chosen path, but when he met the condition, it wasn''t the fork waiting for him.


    What greeted him instead was a blocked road. Aakesh reached ahead and focused on the murals painted across the wall.


    It was detailing the story of a war between two demons, while there were hundreds of spectators cheering for their chosenbatant.


    As soon as Aakesh focused on it, a force appeared and sucked him inside. Aakesh could do nothing to stop it, and the next moment, he became one of the many spectators with his usual indifferent expression.


    Cheer! Cheer! Cheer!


    "Bet on the demon!"


    "Bet!"


    "Bet!"


    A voice appeared in Aakesh''s head, asking him to make a bet on either of the two demonbatants. If the one he bet on won the battle, he would be able to leave. If he lost the bet, he would rece the losing demon and fight in the arena.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1423 Dungeon(2)

    <h4>Chapter 1423 Dungeon(2)</h4>


    Chapter 1423: Dungeon(2)


    It seemed like a simple task, but what Aakesh needed to bet on were his levels and attributes. Also, losing wasn''t an option since both the demons fighting in the arena were above Level 350.


    If he were to rece any of the two, he would die an unfortunate death, which Aakesh didn''t want to happen.


    After Aakesh decided to bet, the betting odds appeared in his mind. It was simr for the two, with both having the same exact strength and both having abilities that would restrict the other opponent, so choosing a winner from the two wasn''t an easy task at all.


    Bothbatants had the odds of 2, so if Aakesh bet heavily, he would be able to gain what would usually take him several decades or even centuries.


    Aakesh didn''t have the entire day to make his decision. There was a timer in the sky, giving him only thirty seconds.


    Ten seconds had already passed, so he only had twenty more seconds left.


    First, Aakesh needed to win if he wanted to survive and leave, so he immediately bet four levels and a thousand units of strength and agility. It was an immensely heavy bet. If he were to lose, the loss would be extremely substantial.


    He had neen more seconds left before the betting window came to an end. Aakesh looked at bothbatants to find out who could be the winner. There was a screen detailing the abilities of the twobatants, so Aakesh focused on it.


    With only three seconds left, Aakesh came to his decision and decided to bet on Gertusa, the demon on the left.


    Gertusa was a fire element user, while the opponent was a water type. Water trumped fire, but it also gave birth to hot vapor, which Gertusa had a skill for.


    Aakesh had devised three ways to defeat his opponent in the span of a few seconds, and he only hoped for Gertusa to design one and win.


    Ding!


    A bell rang in the arena, announcing the start of the battle. Gertusa and his opponent charged at each other, having their fists covered by the respective element they controlled.


    The battle wasn''t short at all and went on for around an hour with no victor in sight.


    If not for therge level and strength gap, Aakesh wouldn''t mind battling the two of them at once, seeing their tacky strength. But since his bet was heavy, he couldn''t afford any losses.


    Aakesh couldn''t just watch that tiresome battle, so he looked around the spectator''s area, searching for those supporting Gertusa. There were beings of different power levels, ranging from 200 to 400.


    Looking at the spectators, Aakesh fixed his sight on Level 300. The man was extremely tense, showing that he had bet heavily on Gertusa. The next moment, he threw a small rock toward the man, which fell directly on his thighs.


    The man picked up the rock and was shocked to find that it detailed different ways for Gertusa to act and win. The man raised his head and tried to find out who gave him the strategies. However, he was unable to locate the person.


    The man stopped searching for the stranger but struggled with whether to shout the strategy. In the end, he decided not to yell it and watched the battle.


    Since Aakesh could not use any skill, he carved two strategies on the rock and threw it to the man. When the man didn''t act as he had hoped, Aakesh didn''t feel disappointed but waited.


    As the battle progressed, the man was certain to lose his control and yell at them. Even though there was no rule stopping Aakesh from not yelling the strategy himself, Aakesh acted cautiously since his intuition warned him against doing anything of that sort.


    Another hour passed in the blink of an eye. The crowd''s cheers had grown louder since the battle was going neck to neck for them.


    Aakesh felt exactly the opposite. He wasn''t the only one to feel that way. The man was also feeling disappointed after watching the battle.


    Once he knew ways to efficiently defeat the opponent, he found Gertusa''s strategiesughable. At the same time, the thought of loss was getting heavy on him.


    Finally, after ten minutes, he reached his limit when the opponent caused a grave injury, making Gertusa fall into a disadvantage.


    "You stupid brainhead, why don''t you use your brain and activate¡­"


    In no time, the man yelled out one strategy, shocking and silencing the crowd. The man suddenly felt a chill crawling down his spine as powerful beings looked at him.


    He wasn''t the only one to bet. All of them in the crowd had made their bets. In just a moment, the man became the enemy of all those who had bet on Gertusa''s opponent.


    Gertusa, in the arena, was angry with the man for another reason. The man had hurled several abusive words while yelling out the strategy.


    Simrly, the opponent was angry due to an external influence in a battle that could make him lose.


    Even though Gertusa was angry, he decided to use the strategy but to retain his confidence, he didn''t fully implement it.


    Gertusa wasn''t that much of an idiot, so even withoutpletely using the strategy, he seeded in winning the battle.


    At that moment, the man in the spectator area exploded. The source of the attack was a Level 398 being who had bet heavily on Gertusa''s opponent.


    The being then turned his head around and stared directly in Aakesh''s direction. He had seen Aakesh throw the rock but never knew it contained the strategies to make him lose arge chunk of his wealth.


    It was ufortable to be the target of a Level 398 creature''s gaze, but Aakesh remained unfazed and stared back. In the end, the man had to move his eyes away, feeling chilly and staring at those deep eyes filled with nothing but indifference.


    Aakesh then was covered in a blue light, and in the eyes of everyone, he disappeared from the arena.


    The next moment, he felt warm energy washing through his body. He had not only gained attributes due to his bet but also from the level gain.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1424 Dungeon(3)

    <h4>Chapter 1424 Dungeon(3)</h4>


    Chapter 1424: Dungeon(3)


    Aakesh returned to the dungeon, with the wall no longer blocking him. Warm energy rushed through his body, increasing his strength.


    The process kept going for a while since his attributes were seeing arge change. After a few minutes, the rush of warm energy disappeared, and Aakesh''s status screen appeared on its own.


    ¡­


    Level: Level 320,


    HP: 226,000/226,000,


    Energy: 226,000/226,000,


    Physical attributes:


    Strength: 7,586 (+1,100),


    Agility: 7,570 (+1,100),


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Endurance: -0-,


    ¡­


    Aakesh nodded since the betting gain made his power level touch 320, while his strength and agility crossed the mark of 7500 units.


    Not only had he gained level, but his exhausted energy and health had also returned to full. He then waved his hands, and the status screen disappeared.


    Aakesh then focused on the path ahead of him. The wall had disappeared, and a forked path had taken its ce. It was a three-way street, with Aakesh having to choose one.


    Unlike thest time, Aakesh sensed danger emanating from all three paths, and it was of the same intensity. Since Aakesh had no idea what kind of danger awaited him on the other side, he again chose randomly and decided to walk through the first street.


    Making his decision, Aakesh raised his foot and took the first step on the road. The next moment, a wave of chilly wind hit his face.


    When Aakesh took another step, the intensity of the wind grew, with some projectiles mixed in the already chilling storm. Aakesh indifferently walked ahead, and once he reached the fiftieth step, he was left with no choice but to activate a defensive shield.


    His body was no longer able to handle the chilly storm on its own. What was more dangerous was that the projectiles mixed in the storm had a freezing amplification effect.


    Wherever on his body the projectile hit, it would be a source of chill, making Aakesh feel ufortable. Aakesh knew that if the number of projectiles grew and the temperature of the storm reduced, he would be in serious trouble.


    To solve that, Aakesh decided to walk as fast as possible. Once he reached the seventy-fifth step, the shield around him was unable to handle the storm and projectiles, as even it was slowly getting frozen while chill seeped inside Aakesh''s bone, who was inside the barrier.


    Aakesh immediately enhanced the shield by adding two newyers to it, making it a threeyered shield. When he reached the nieth step, he was covered in a tenyer shield.


    With every new step, he needed to add anotheryer to the shield. And even after doing that, his body still felt cold.


    Even though Aakesh had used so manyyers of shield, he wasn''t very worried about the cold. At his best, he could activate a three-hundredyer shield, andpared to that number, tenyers was nothing.


    Aakesh took another step, activating anotheryer of shield. When he reached the hundredth step, the storm grew violent like never before, and the shields around Aakesh began to freeze, and then they turned into powder.


    At that moment, Aakesh sensed immense danger to his life, immediately activating tenyers of shield. He kept at it until the storm stopped breaking any moreyers.


    If not for his quick reaction after reaching the hundredth step, Aakesh would have been in grave trouble from the destruction caused by the chilly storm.


    Once the storm subsided, the chilly wind began to slowly fade, and soon, the temperature returned to normal. Aakesh deactivated the shield and looked at what was waiting for him.


    It was a wall that had appeared immediately after the storm''s disappearance. It also had murals, and when Aakesh focused on it, the familiar routine yed out. The mural detailed a simple scene of vast icy ins.


    A strong suction force emerged from the mural and sucked Aakesh inside. The next moment, Aakesh found himself in an icy field.


    Aakesh''s vision was partially blocked by the snow in the air, but he could make silhouettes of structures not very far from him. The temperature was still below his bearable range, so he didn''t feel ufortable there and walked toward the closest structure he saw.


    Even though it seemed close, Aakesh had to walk more than an hour to reach the structure. It wasn''t a building but a tall tform with stairs to climb to the top.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately climb up the stairs but looked around. He could still see silhouettes of different structures that looked simr to what the tform looked like from afar.


    Aakesh had two choices at that moment. He could either go to the top or he could search for another tform. Since exploration was the key to finding things, Aakesh decided to go the other way, and he climbed up the stairs.


    It was an immensely tall tform with more than a hundred steps. Each step was ten timesrger than Aakesh, so he had to jump from every lower step.


    Once Aakesh set foot on the stairs, he found that his skills were blocked, so he could only use his physical strength to reach the top. His attributes were more than enough, so it only took him a few seconds before he reached the top.


    When he reached the top, Aakesh found a in, icy field way bigger than what could be seen from the outside. Whoever was the creator used a space expansion system to erge it.


    The wind speed was higher while it was heavily snowing, resulting in a severe drop in temperature. It was still below the bearable limit, so Aakesh indifferently walked forward.


    Even though it was heavily snowing and Aakesh couldn''t use any skills, an ice hut was visible to him. It was a few miles away from him, and it only took him around two seconds to reach there.


    Once Aakesh reached there, he finally saw a second life in the area. An Ice Yeti was standing outside the ice hut as its guard, and when it saw Aakesh, it growled and immediately pounced, having no interest in conversing with Aakesh.


    When Aakesh saw the Yeti charging at him, he calmly stood there, and once the Yeti was only a step away from him, Aakesh punched.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1425 Dungeon(4)

    <h4>Chapter 1425 Dungeon(4)</h4>


    Chapter 1425: Dungeon(4)


    Bang!


    The Yeti exploded, unable to handle Aakesh''s punch. The next moment, the exploded pieces of ice began to approach each other, centering around a dark blue spherical core, trying to form the Yeti again.


    Aakesh had no interest in wasting time with a weakling creature, so he jumped and grabbed the spherical core. He didn''t even nce at it, and he crushed it.


    Crash! Crash! Crash!


    The next moment, the ice pieces stoppeding together and crashed on the ground, one after another. Aakesh walked forward and reached the ice hut after three steps.


    Knock!


    It seemed closed from the inside, so Aakesh knocked.


    There was no response from the inside, so Aakesh simply grabbed the handle of the door and snapped it. The next moment, the door made of ice cracked and then exploded into several pieces.


    Aakesh walked inside the hut, and a skeleton sitting on a chair was the first thing he saw.


    When Aakesh fully stepped inside, a door made of ice immediately appeared and shut on its own. At the same time, the skeleton on the chair raised its head, staring at Aakesh with an ice blue me burning in the eye sockets.


    Aakesh calmly looked at the skeleton, unfazed by the closed door.


    The next moment, the ice me jumped out of its sockets, and with it, the skeleton also jumped up from its chair.


    Even though it was a skeleton, a lively expression of fear seemed to appear on its face. It immediately moved away from the chair and knelt down.


    "Esteemed master, please sit down." A voice rang in Aakesh''s ears, with the man gesturing for him to sit down.


    "What is the purpose of this ce?" Aakesh ignored the skeleton''s gesture and asked. He was here to clear the test and return to the dungeon. Unlike in the previous situation, Aakesh had no idea what he needed to do to seed.


    The skeleton raised its head, having no idea what Aakesh wanted to know. It had no idea why it was here or how long it had been.


    It had the simple knowledge that it was the guardian of the ice hut and would kill those who tried to trespass on it. If it failed to kill the intruder, it was its turn to die.


    Only when it saw Aakesh''s eyes did something seem to grow in its head, asking it to choose the third option it didn''t know of before. It was as if it were a lower lifeform, and it needed to kneel in front of Aakesh, asking for his apology.


    Aakesh sensed that the skeleton had no idea what he was asking, so he ignored it and surveyed the ice hut, trying to find clues.


    There were two floors in the ice hut, and after finding nothing on the first floor, Aakesh walked up to the second floor. While Aakesh was doing that, the skeleton stood still in its kneeling posture. The ice me in its eye sockets jumped from time to time, trying to find what Aakesh wanted to do.


    It had already informed Aakesh that there was nothing in the ice hut except the control key to the tform. But Aakesh showed no interest in the control key and threw it back to the skeleton after taking a single nce at it.


    Aakesh turned the second floor upside down but found himself in a simr situation as on the first floor, finding nothing different.


    "Is the tform too weak to exin something, or did I miss something?" Aakesh mumbled, looking at the destroyed ice hut.


    The control key was a simple pattern that allowed him to control the area at the top of the tform as he saw fit. There was no other benefit to it, so Aakesh didn''t miss anything there.


    An idea suddenly emerged in Aakesh''s head, and he turned toward the skeleton.


    Being stared at by Aakesh, the burning ice blue me froze, and the skeleton trembled. Aakesh ignored the trembling and grabbed the skull, taking it apart.


    The structure below the skull crashed to the ground, with the skull still being alive. Aakesh had no interest in the skeleton but in the me burning in its eye sockets.


    Aakesh tried to grab the me, but it seemed to be alive and tried to run. Aakesh harrumphed, releasing his aura.


    It was just his physical aura, forcing the me to freeze. It was more than enough for Aakesh, and he caught it.


    The next moment, the skull and the skeletal pieces on the ground turned to dust. Aakesh didn''t look at it and pinched the me.


    The next moment, the blue me exploded into smoke, and immediately after, the pattern on the back of his right palm glowed.


    Following that, a chilly sensation covered Aakesh. It disappeared as quickly as it arrived, but after the situation, there was a new piece of memory in his head.


    The memory detailed what the test wanted from him. He needed to reach a chamber where there were small versions of all the tforms. There would be a special opponent waiting there for him. He needed to win against it, and he would be able to leave the test.


    The ice me contained the coordinates of the chamber. Aakesh would need to hunt a few more skeletons if he needed the full coordinates.


    It seemed simple, but the real challengey in the fact that if the hunted skeleton didn''t have the right coordinates, he would have to start collecting them again from the start. At the same time, the positions of the tforms would change, so he couldn''t use the advantage of excusing the false tforms once he needed to start again.


    Since Aakesh now had the task in his mind, he didn''t waste any time and immediately went to the control key. It was in the form of a blue spherical core. Aakesh picked it up and ced it in the socket on the chair.


    The next moment, a white light covered Aakesh, and he disappeared with it. Once he found the light disappearing, Aakesh found himself on the ground, standing in front of the tform.


    Aakesh looked ahead and saw several silhouettes. He decided to walk to the nearest one, but suddenly, the system''s alert rang in his head.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1426 A New Day for the Store(1)

    <h4>Chapter 1426 A New Day for the Store(1)</h4>


    Chapter 1426: A New Day for the Store(1)


    [Host, it''s time for your meditation!]


    Aakesh was about to walk toward the nearest tform when the system''s mechanical alert rang in his head.


    Aakesh stopped, deciding whether to clear the dungeon or leave Panagea. There was no time limit for the dungeon, so he decided against continuing in Panagea.


    The next moment, he disappeared from the icy ins and appeared in the portal room.


    He then exited the room, and the meditation mat was waiting there for him. Beside it, the remaining purer, ordinary Sacred stone was there.


    Aakesh sat down in the meditative position and put the Sacred stone an inch in front of between his eyebrows.


    When he closed his eyes, the stone began to release energy, and his body absorbed every bit of it.


    Time flew by, and several hours passed in a sh.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise in Thorr City. Please be prepared to open the store.]


    The system''s autonomous, emotionless voice rang in the store, waking Aakesh up from his meditation.


    Aakesh stood up from his meditation, and the meditation mat and the remaining Sacred stone disappeared from the store.


    More time flew by, and when the sun was only seconds away from rising, Aakesh exited his room and climbed down the stairs.


    It was finally time for the sun to rise in Thorr and its nearby cities. With it, the store opened its doors for another day.


    The customers on the street breathed a sigh of relief since the store opened its doors and did not go on another absence streak.


    Aakesh didn''t let the customers wait any longer and returned to his chair. The next moment, the overcrowded street outside the store turned empty, and all the customers entered the store like a raging tide.


    Those who were in the first group had their bodies covered in a transparent, thin golden hue, while those in the second group had a silver hue around them.


    Grosal was also in the group of customers entering the store at its opening time. He looked disappointed since he didn''t have the golden hue around them, but since he was quick enough to be in the second group, his entry to Panagea was a surety.


    Those who had store cards proceeded toward the portal room, while those who didn''t own any cards formed a queue in front of Aakesh and left one after another after paying for their Panagea stay.


    Time flew by, and two hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The system forced the customers out of Panagea one by one for those who had chosen the 1x stay, and in no time, the filled virtual portals turned from zero to several thousand.


    The next moment, a golden hue appeared around several customers in the waiting corner. These were in the line to enter Panagea, and as Grosal''s fortune would have it, he failed to get a spot in that. He would need to wait another two hours, at least, if he wanted to enter Panagea.


    The familiar scenes of customers thronging a queue in front of Aakesh yed out, and the customers paid for their Panagea stays, depending on their sequence of entering the portal room.


    Time flew by, and a few more hours passed in a sh.


    Aakesh had gotten a moment of reprieve from all the customers for the first time in the day, and even that ended shortly.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Only two seconds had passed when Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store. He opened his eyes and looked in that direction, finding a new faceing toward the store.


    Once she reached the store, she stopped and looked above, staring at the front sign of the store. She nodded since it was the same as what she had heard, and she then climbed up the short stairs.


    Once she reached the doorstep and entered the store, the sense restriction array stopped working on her, and the view in front of her changed.


    The woman nodded with a wide smile as she looked around the inside. It was exactly what she had been told by her sister beforeing here.


    Once she looked around the store enough, her focus fell on the blue-skinned man sitting on the chair. The woman immediately recognized the man as the store owner since his appearance matched the handsome man described by her sister.


    The smile on her face bloomed even further, and she walked to the store owner.


    "Hello, store owner," The woman greeted Aakesh with a small bow.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to the woman''s bow. He had recognized her since her aura was familiar to her with another customer.


    ***


    [Name: Phantom Moth


    Type: Beast


    Race: Insect


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Spirit, Illusion


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Ability:


    1.) Illusionary Sting: The Phantom Moth delivers an illusory sting that confuses the senses of enemies, leaving them vulnerable to follow-up attacks.


    2.) Shadowmeld: The Phantom Moth seamlessly melds with shadows, bing one with the darkness and gaining enhanced stealth, making it difficult to get detected.


    3.) Whispering Breeze: The Phantom Moth summons a whispering breeze that carries illusory voices, creating auditory illusions to distract and mislead opponents.


    4.) Astral Lure: The Phantom Moth releases an astral beacon, drawing enemies toward a specific location, setting them up for strategic traps or ambushes.


    5.) Enigmatic Pheromones: The Phantom Moth confuses enemies and causes them to inadvertently target their own allies for a limited period.


    6.) Illusion''s Embrace: The Phantom Moth creates an intricate illusion that envelops allies, granting them temporary invulnerability and heightened evasion.


    7.) Holographic Swarm: The Phantom Moth multiplies itself into a holographic swarm, overwhelming enemies with a multitude of illusory attackers, each capable of delivering a deceiving sting.


    Card Description: The Phantom Moth is a formidable creature. Its attributes of spirit and illusion make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Phantom Moth.


    Price: Four hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    At read the details on the beast card and nodded in appreciation since the beast didn''t disappoint her.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1427 Annett and Her Beasts(2)

    <h4>Chapter 1427 At and Her Beasts(2)</h4>


    Chapter 1427: At and Her Beasts(2)


    At hade to the store for the beasts. Her sister had grown immensely in strength over the past several years. At belonged to a family that followed the beast-taming system, and no one of her generations was able to match the quality of the two beasts her sister owned.


    Since At was close to her sister, she immediately asked for the location of the beasts once her sister returned from her training with her father. The sister immediately told At about the store, but when she came here, she found out that the store had been closed for days.


    At trusted her sister that it was not a prank, and the inhabitants of the city also confirmed the existence of the store, so she woulde once a week to see if the store was open.


    That day was another of her weekly travels, and unlike the past several disappointments, she found the store''s doors were open. To see if another building hadn''t taken its ce, At looked at the building''s front sign before entering the store.


    ***


    At liked what she read on the Phantom Moth''s beast card, so she decided to choose it as her beast from the first pir. Her cultivation was at thete Higher God level, so she was eligible to buy one beast from each device.


    After choosing the Phantom Moth, At left the queue and walked toward the second device. A queue was there, but it was smaller, and she had to wait only a few minutes.


    Once she reached the device, she took a deep breath and pressed the button. At had high hopes for the second device since she would be able to summon a beast of her level, which would provide immediate help to her.


    Five seconds passed in no time, and a beast familiar to her appeared on the screen. At belonged to a powerful family filled with beast tamers, so her knowledge of beasts was richer than many higher-level cultivators.


    Her specialty was elements rted to the spiritual field, so she only wanted beasts from that field. Unfortunately, the beast on the screen wasn''t rted to the spiritual field in any way; she didn''t even read the details on the card and immediately ced it in the returnpartment.


    She then returned to the device and initiated another round of summoning.


    Time flew by, and three rounds of summonings happened in a sh.


    At didn''tck wealth due to her great background, so she didn''t sweat over the increasing summoning cost at that moment and pressed the button. Her only requirement was a great beast in the spiritual field, and she was willing to splurge for it.


    The next moment, ''4'' appeared on the screen, and the square section began to rotate. Five secondster, a beast familiar to At appeared on the screen.


    Her eyes lit up, looking at the beast since she recognized it. It was Spectral Worm, a creature in the spiritual field. Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into her hands. She excitedly tightened her hands and focused on the details.


    [Name: Spectral Worm


    Type: Beast


    Race: Worm


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Spirit, Shadow


    Cultivation: Early Higher God


    Characteristics: Ethereal Transcendence


    Detail: The Spectral Worm temporarily transcends the boundaries between realms, bing an unstoppable force of pure ethereal energy. In this form, it gains enhanced speed, damage resistance, and the ability to pass through any obstacle effortlessly. In this state, its presence instills dread in its foes, lowering their defenses and disrupting their abilities. The worm''s attacks during this state have a chance to inflict a lingering spectral curse, gradually siphoning the life force of affected targets.


    Active Duration: 120 Seconds,


    Ability:


    1.) Soul-draining Bite: The Spectral Worm''s bite is infused with the essence of the spirit realm, draining its prey''s life force and weakening them over time.


    2.) Ethereal Constriction: The Spectral Worm constricts foes with spectral coils, applying a debuff that weakens their defenses and increases susceptibility to subsequent attacks.


    3.) Haunting Presence: The Spectral Worm exudes an eerie aura that instills fear in its foes, lowering their morale and causing hesitation in their actions.


    ...


    8.) Shadow Coil: The Spectral Worm can manipte shadows to create an ethereal coil that ensnares and immobilizes enemies, leaving them vulnerable to subsequent attacks.


    9.) Ghostly Evasion: The Spectral Worm effortlessly slips through attacks, gaining a heightened level of evasion and making it difficult to get targeted.


    ...


    15.) Soul Shatter: The Spectral Worm releases a burst of spectral energy that damages enemies and fragments their spiritual essence.


    16.) Phantom Regeneration: The Spectral Worm possesses the ability to regenerate wounds by drawing from the ethereal ne, allowing it to recover from injuries rapidly.


    Card Description: The Spectral Worm is a formidable creature. Its attributes of spirit and shadow make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Spectral Worm.


    Price: Four hundred fifty ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. It had a snake-like body with a translucent form that flickered between shadows and ghostly light. Its elongated body seemed like fluid. There were ghostly patterns engraved across its body. They shimmered with the creature. The beast''s ck eyes glowed with an eerie shine, emitting an unsettling radiance that pierced through the darkness.


    At smiled when she saw the quality section. Her sister had also summoned a divine quality beast, so considering that her luck wasn''t that bad.


    The beast had all the skills she hoped for in her beast, and the smile on her face kept getting wider with every skill she read. Once she reached the price section, she only took a casual nce and didn''t worry about it.


    The decision to buy the beast was immediate, so she didn''t waste any time and left the queue, her destination being the square device at the center-end of the room. She joined the long queue and began waiting for her turn.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1428 Annett and Her Beasts(3)

    <h4>Chapter 1428 At and Her Beasts(3)</h4>


    Chapter 1428: At and Her Beasts(3)


    At belonged to the beast-taming system, so herbat level was average. For someone with her level, it was impossible to win against a beast sold by the store.


    But the system had already prepared for it when it activated the product. Beast tamers could choose one to three beasts to merge with, depending on the device''s number. The first device would allow merging with one beast, while the second would allow two beasts.


    The merging would allow the cultivator to use the abilities of their tamed beast. It gave beast tamers enough strength to fight back. At the same time, it ensured that the tamers wouldn''t use the higher number of beasts to take advantage.


    In addition to merging, the beast tamers would have their own learned skills, so it seemed a good deal for the cultivators of the system.


    While waiting for her turn, At thought of which beast to merge with when battling the Phantom Moth and Spectral Worm.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    At stood in front of the square device with the Phantom Moth beast card in her left hand. She then took a deep breath and ced the card in thepartment, and then her right hand in the specific section.


    The next moment, At found herself in a different environment, filled with an abundance of spiritual energy. With only a single breath, At found that all her stress had vanished, and her heart turned as serene as a rock.


    In front of her stood projections of the tamed beasts. For every level, a cultivator could tame one beast, so at that time, At had six beasts of her own. Each beast belonged to the spiritual field.


    At decided to trust her strongest beast, which had been with her for several thousand years. It was a Phantom Bear, one of the species of the bear group.


    At reached the Phantom Bear''s projection, and the next moment, the light particles melted into her. She could feel her strength growing at a tremendous rate.


    Despite being a peak Divine Lord, her physique was equal to that of an early Divine Being, but once the merging urred, she finally felt the vast difference between physique. At the same time, all the skills the beast had also emerged in her mind.


    It was as if she hadpletely mastered those skills. At that moment, At felt like the most powerful being to exist.


    The delusion didn''tst long, and Ant''s body got fully ustomed to the Phantom Bear''s strength in no time. The remaining projections in front of her dissipated since she could only merge with one beast.


    Time flew by, and after a tiresome and grueling battle spanning a few hours, it came to an end, with At being the victor.


    After returning, Atpleted the remaining process of the beast sale, except for the payment. She then took a deep breath and began the second taming battle.


    ***


    After At merged with the Phantom Bear, she couldbine with one other beast, so she reached for the Ghostly Harrow. It was a beast that could enhance At''s defenses due to its strong mental resilience.


    After the merging wasplete, At found that she was more powerful at that moment than she was in reality, despite being ate Higher God, whereas she was only an early Higher God in the taming battle.


    At, who was immersed in the enjoyment of increased strength, returned to reality as the spiritual energy made wild movements.


    The next moment, the Spectral Worm appeared out of nowhere and stopped a hundred meters away from her. It wasn''t very big, so keeping the distance in mind, the two opponents looked the same size.


    The Spectral Worm stared at At with its pitch-ck eyes. At felt her sea of consciousness going out of control with a simple stare, but fortunately for her, it was nothing more than an illusion.


    Ding!


    The directionless bell rang, announcing the start of the taming battle.


    At immediately activated [Spirit Crush] and rushed forward. Her hands seemed to hold the soul of the Spectral Worm at that time, and she immediately made the movement of crushing invisible air.


    Hiss!


    The Spectral Worm roared and squirmed in pain, but it immediately recovered and attacked, activating [Soul-draining Bite]. The spirit beasts were unusually quick due to their attributes, so the beast reached At in no time.


    Fortunately for At, she had expected a move like that, so she activated [Ghostly Dodge] and immediately melded into nothingness. The next moment, she appeared several hundred meters away from her original spot, with the worm biting empty air.


    The Ghostly Harrow had no powerful attacking skill, but its defenses were exceptionally good, and it didn''t fail At. The Spectral Worm repeatedly tried to strike At, but using several of the Ghostly Harrow''s skills, she missed the danger.


    The battle seemed to be going nowhere, as neither of the two was able to cause any grave damage to the other side. The issue of energy exhaustion wouldn''t arise for a very long time due to the abundance of spiritual energy in the area.


    Time flew by, and several hours had passed in a sh.


    At and the Spectral Worm were going at each other, giving their all to im the victory. The Spectral Worm was yet to unleash its ultimate attack, so At was also holding onto her ultimate skill.


    Just like that, several more hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Even though neither of the two was able tond any grave damage, the quantity of small injuries did the work. Sometimes quantity was better than quality.


    It was the case with both opponents, but At was the one at the disadvantage since her vitality wasn''t as strong as the Spectral Worm.


    Even though the Spectral Worm hadn''t used its ultimate skill, it didn''t mean that At couldn''t use the one she owned. From the way the battle was going, At could see that it favored the beast more than her.


    Coming to that conclusion, At decided it was time and activated her ultimate skill.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1429 Annett and Her Beasts(4)

    <h4>Chapter 1429 At and Her Beasts(4)</h4>


    Chapter 1429: At and Her Beasts(4)


    At activated [Spirit Annihtion], a skill she needed the help of both the Phantom Bear and Ghostly Harrows to unleash in reality. The skill was another reason for her to go with thebination of those two beasts to battle the Spectral Worm.


    As At activated the skill, her body began to slowly fade while her eyes turnedpletely nk, devoid of any emotions. The Spectral Worm sensed danger to its life, looking at the fading At, so it also activated [Ethereal Transcendence].


    The next moment, the pattern spread across its body began to spread even further and soon converged into its pitch-ck eyes.


    The worm''s eyes were now like luminescent gems, containing the umtion of all the patterns. At the same time, the energy signature of the beast was growing at a dangerous level.


    A terrifying pressure emerged from its body, which even slowed down the rate at which At was fading. Her nk eyes showed fear, but soon, things returned to usual, and her fading rate recovered.


    The Spectral Worm could sense that neither of its defensive skills was a match for what was toe, so it decided to fight offense by offense. It was extremely dangerous, but it had no other choice. If that were the case before the loss of tremendous vitality due to so many injuries, it could have been able to defend the attack with its body in its transcendent state.


    A spiritual storm appeared above the worm''s head and began to gather at the tip of its eyes. At hadpletely disappeared at that time, and every inch of the area in the range of a thousand meters had be her body.


    The Spectral Worm was inside that range, and it immediately stiffened. It didn''t take long for the beast to recover, but that small window of stiffening turned out to be immensely dangerous for the creature.


    The next moment, the spiritual energy in the range of one thousand meters turned wild and rioted against the Spectral Worm. The energy began to gather on its own and took the form of a thunderbolt. It was invisible to many, but the beast with the spirit attribute could see it.


    The Spectral Worm could feel no element other than destruction from the energy bolt. It tried to increase the rate at which the skill formed, but it was still slower than the bolt.


    The next moment, every bit of energy avable in the range of one thousand meters pushed the bolt to the Spectral Worm. The beast could only helplessly look at its arrival, and soon it got devoured.


    There was no sound or force release, and the Spectral Worm slowly faded away, turning to nothingness.


    At that time, the energy in the thousand meters tried to gather to form the silhouette of At, but it failed to create her bodypletely. The skill didn''te with an easy cost and was a skill that caused 1000 damage to the enemy but 800 damage to the user.


    At was at the end of her line, but since the Spectral Worm was dead and she was still alive, the battle had received its result.


    At breathed a sigh of relief, and then she also faded entirely. The next moment, her consciousness returned to the store, staring at the cardpartment. The death in the taming battle had no influence on her.


    The battle with the Spectral Worm was the toughest she had ever faced, so she couldn''t hide the mixture of joy and excitement over defeating the beast.


    At also felt relieved that she didn''t wait for the Spectral Worm to use its ultimate skill first. The excitement didn''tst long, and immediately after her return, an unbearable prickling pain hit her.


    At greeted her teeth, but the pain immediately disappeared without leaving any seque, so she instantly returned to normal. Following the pain, the screen on the device lit up, and it contained the details of the contract.


    After winning against the Phantom Moth, At found that the contract between the beast and the master wasn''t as stringent as it was in reality.


    The store treated the beast and the customer as equals, so the master didn''t have the right to harm the beast knowingly. But despite that, the loyalty quotient between the beast and owner was immediately at its highest after the contract got signed, which wasn''t the case in reality.


    If she were to free the Ghostly Harrow from the taming contract, it wouldn''t even wait for a moment before leaving her.


    Only thest step of payment was left before At could call the beast truly her own, so she left the queue and walked toward the room''s exit. While walking toward the door, At looked at the murals with awe.


    After walking out of the room, she looked in Aakesh''s direction and noticed the small queue waiting for him. Since she couldn''t check out other products before paying for the beast, she joined the line and waited for her turn.


    After a few minutes, it was finally her turn. She respectfully handed the two beast cards to Aakesh and stated, "Store owner, I want to buy these two beasts."


    Aakesh nodded and looked at the beast cards. The next moment, the sales detail appeared in her head.


    "You need to pay four hundred fifty ultimate,¡­, lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh informed At, returning the two beast cards to her.


    The next moment, a mechanical alert rang in At''s head since she had already bought the Ultimate Store Card for herself.


    At epted the transaction, and soon after, the required amount was deducted from the money stored inside the card. Following that, another notification rang in her head, informing her of the remaining bnce.


    "These are yours from now on," Aakesh stated.


    "Thank you, store owner!"


    Aakesh simply nodded in response to her thanks. She didn''t immediately leave the line but asked Aakesh about the skill room.


    The store sold skills rted to beast taming, so she wanted to buy some of them like her sister had done. Since she already knew what customers needed to know, Aakesh simply showed her the room.


    At thanked Aakesh once again and walked in that direction. Another customer took At''s ce, so Aakesh got busy there.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1430 Ghostly Blessings(5)

    <h4>Chapter 1430 Ghostly Blessings(5)</h4>


    Chapter 1430: Ghostly Blessings(5)


    When At walked inside the room, numerous murals detailing different types of skills greeted her. She nodded and tried to search for one rted to her field.


    She had learned from her sister that the store sold skills that could enhance the strength of the beast tamer and the beast. There were numerous skills painted on the wall, so it wasn''t easy for her to find the required mural.


    But her efforts bore fruit after a long search, and she finally caught a skill detailing the effect between the beast tamer and the beast.


    In the mural, the beast tamer was surrounded by three beasts. Their hands were glowing as they touched the head of the beast in front.


    Following that, the beast seemed to evolve and grow stronger. Looking at the mural, At also wanted the said skill.


    Since her cultivation was at the Higher God level, she looked for the respective counter and walked in that direction. There were three customers near the counter, looking for their skills.


    When At walked to the counter, they seemed immersed in their world and ignored At. At also had no intention tomunicate with them, so she didn''t mind and focused on the counter.


    There were five types of skills avable inside the store for sale. The attacking types of skills in her field didn''t mean she could use the skill to attack, but the beast had it, and she was the channeler.


    Since she was aware of the details, she didn''t waste any time and reached thest shelf in the bottom row. Money was thest of her worries, so she directly went for God level skills.


    The next moment, she pulled her hand out and found a skill card in it. She immediately focused on the content published on it.


    At shook her head with a smile since she already had the skill. The one on the card was clearly better than the one she and her family controlled, but since a customer could only buy one skill per level for one type in a cultivation level, she didn''t want to waste that chance on enhancing a skill she already owned.


    She then returned the card and pulled out a new skill card.


    [Name: Illusionary Mirage


    Type: Attacking


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Higher God


    Effect: Turning the beast into a living illusion


    Description: The beast tamer channels their mastery over illusions to create a breathtaking spectacle. As the tamer focuses, the beast bes a living illusion, mirroring itself into multiple ethereal duplicates. Each illusion is indistinguishable from the real beast, and together they charge at the target in a synchronized assault.


    The skill requiresplete concentration. While the skill is active, the beast tamer can''t use another skill. It demands profound knowledge of illusions and high spiritual capability.


    Price: Four thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    At''s eyes shone in surprise as she read the details. The ability to turn the beast into an illusion didn''t seem that powerful, but At didn''t think that way.


    Even the beast''s duplicate could unleash the attack, so even if the opponent were to find the actual body, it wouldn''t matter as long as the beast seeded in reaching its enemies.


    The skill had a restriction that the tamer couldn''t use any other skill during the time [Illusionary Mirage] was active, and At was able to bear that risk since she was a beast tamer and always had someone to protect her in cases like that.


    At liked the ability, so she immediately made her decision without letting confusion grow in her heart. She then reached thest shelf in the second bottom row, going for the God level defensive type skill.


    The next moment, she pulled out a skill rted to the spirit element.


    [Name: Guardian Shield


    Type: Defensive


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Higher God


    Effect: Conjures an ethereal guardian that shields the beast''s spirit from harm


    Description: The beast tamer in harmony with the spirit element, calls forth an ethereal guardian to create a protective shield. The guardian materializes as a majestic and luminous entity, enveloping the beast within its ethereal embrace and protecting its sea of consciousness from all types of attack.


    It demands a profound understanding of spiritual energies and exceptional spiritual capability.


    Price: Seven thousand five hundred supreme Sacred stones.]


    The skill''s details weren''t that extraordinary until she read thest line in the first paragraph of the description section. Only spiritual energy couldn''t harm the sea of consciousness of a being. Even a being with exceptional physical prowess could damage the sea of consciousness.


    At''s family had a skill required for protecting the sea of consciousness of the beast since that was the core of a beast rted to the spirit element, and that was also the ce that held the contract signed between a beast and a beast tamer.


    At had bought beasts from the store and didn''t need to fear the breakage of contract and betrayal from her beasts; it didn''t mean that she was going to give up on her earlier beasts. There was nothing more taboo for a beast tamer than to throw away their beasts.


    The skill held by her family had an extreme disadvantagepared to the one she was currently holding. The family skill could only protect the sea of consciousness from spiritual attacks, not other types of attacks.


    There were rare cases for beings to have enough physical or energetic prowess to harm the sea of consciousness without an iota of spiritual energy in the attack, but it wasn''t impossible. Even that rare case was enough for At to like the skill, and she came to her decision.


    It was only her first attempt, so she could try her luck for another even better skill. But At had always been decisive, so before the worm of confusion took root in her heart, she decided [Guardian Shield] would be her defensive skill.


    She had picked attacking and defensive types of skills, so it was time for her to move further and search for a desirable movement type skill.


    The next moment, she reached for thest shelf and pulled out a God level movement type skill.


    Time flew by, and she seeded in finding a satisfying skill on her seventh try, unlike the previous two cases.


    After finding the skills rted to four types, starting from the bottom, it was time for her to find abination type skill. Simr to the previous four times, she reached for thest shelf in the top row and pulled out a skill card.


    [Name: Ghostly Blessings


    Type: Combination (Attacking, Defensive, Supporting, and Movement)


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Higher God


    Effect: Envelops the beast and its surroundings in a ghostly aura, enhancing its defensive capabilities and granting unique abilities


    Description: The beast tamer taps into the ethereal nature of the ghostly essence, creating an ethereal aura and giving blessings to the beast. The aura serves as a protective shield, allowing the beast to be immune to limited physical and magical attacks.


    unique abilities:


    1.) Wraithbound Swipe: The beast''s attacks be infused with ghostly energy, allowing it to swipe through adversaries with spectral ws. This spectral essence enhances the damage dealt and has a chance to weaken the adversary''s physical and spiritual defenses.


    2.) Phantom Howl: The beast emits a haunting howl that disorients and intimidates adversaries. Phantom Howl has a dual effect of momentarily reducing the uracy and courage of enemies within its spectral range.


    3.) Ephemeral Vanish: In times of imminent danger, the beast can temporarily vanish into the ghostly realm, bing intangible and immune to attacks for a brief period. This evasive maneuver allows it to escape tight situations or reposition strategically.


    The skill requiresplete concentration, restricting the tamer from using any other skill. It demands a profound understanding of ghostly energies and exceptional spiritual capability.


    Price: Ny-five thousand nine hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    At looked at the skill card in her hand with her eyes and mouth wide open. It was abination type, so it was understandable for the beast to have different types of skills, but the one in her hand had all four distinct types of ability avable in the card.


    The abilities in the skill weren''t weaker than any skill that stood alone, so it was even more shocking. At didn''t even have to think about whether to choose the skill. She was also confident that she couldn''t find any better skill than the one she had summoned on her first try.


    Ghostly energy was one of the many energies that formed the higher energy called spiritual energy, so not every beast belonging to the spirit field could have ghostly abilities. The skill wasn''t exclusive to ghost-rted beasts, so the tamer could channel [Ghostly Blessings] for any beast as long as it was rted to the spirit field.


    At didn''t waste any more time and left the counter. Her destination was the semi-pir.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. I was out.


    The mass release will be on 16, and the least number of published chapters will be 10. If you want more, please throw your Golden Tickets at the book.

 Chapter 1431 Ghostly Blessings(6)

    <h4>Chapter 1431 Ghostly Blessings(6)</h4>


    Chapter 1431: Ghostly Blessings(6)


    After waiting several minutes, it was finally At''s turn to experience the skill. She immediately put the [Illusionary Mirage] skill card in the cardpartment, and the next moment, she found her consciousness in a different environment.


    Time flew by, and a few seconds passed in reality while minutes had passed for At.


    At''s face was filled with anticipation as she held thest skill card she needed to experience. She then didn''t waste any more time and ced the card in the respectivepartment.


    The next moment, At found herself in a different environment, just like the previous four times.


    As she looked around, she found that she was in a forest. The numerous trees seemed more like an illusion, but At was confident that it was a forest.


    The environment in the forest was filled with ghostly energy and other types of spiritual energy. The energy seemed to be so rich that it had materialized in the form of clear dew crystals streaking across the greenery.


    The next moment, the projection of the beasts she owned appeared in front of her. She had already gotten ustomed to it and immediately touched the projection of Phantom Moth.


    The next moment, energy particles began to gather, and soon after, the Phantom Moth materialized into reality.


    The Phantom Moth appeared as an otherworldly insect with delicate, ethereal wings that shimmered with a faint, haunting glow. Its slender body was adorned with intricate patterns that danced in and out of visibility, giving it a mesmerizing appearance. Its translucent wings disyed subtle hues of spectral colors, casting an otherworldly radiance in the dim light.


    As it fluttered through the air after materializing, the illusory veil surrounding the beast made it appear as if it were a virtual beast, creating an enigmatic presence.


    At then focused on what was ahead of her. There was a circr arena made of hard soil with enormous trees acting as its fence. It had ample space for tens of At and Phantom Moths to gather at once.


    The arena wasn''t empty, but there was a group of people waiting there. As At looked at the group, the group stared back. Their eyes were filled with killing intent.


    Every being standing in the arena had the same level of strength as At, so getting stared at by beings of equal power sent chills down At''s spine. Her body seemed unfazed by the strong reaction of consciousness, and she stared back at them.


    At then added some strength to her legs and jumped forward. Shended on the arena, and the Phantom Moth followed her.


    The group, already present in the arena, immediately surrounded her and the beast. There were six people in the group.


    Since it was a skill experience for the beast taming, their primary target was the Phantom Moth. Even it seemed frightened by the intense killing intent released by the group.


    At also acted and activated [Ghostly Blessings]. The next moment, a storm of ghostly energy appeared in the arena, releasing haunting sounds.


    The energy then began to melt into the Phantom Moth. Its translucent wings began growing darker while its luminescent eyes turned fully white. A haunting presence emanated from the Phantom Moth as it fluttered its wings. It no longer looked mesmerizing. Instead, it seemed as if it hade alive from a horror story, sending chills down the spine of the beast''s owner herself.


    At wanted to move away from the Ghostly Phantom Moth, but her body was out of her consciousness'' control, and it stayed unfazed by all the ghostly energy surrounding her.


    There was also an invisible aura around the beast that protected it from the attacks unleashed by the group members. The Phantom Moth stared at its enemies one by one.


    It then looked at its master, waiting for her order.


    At nodded andmunicated spiritually, giving orders to the beast.


    "Use [Ephemeral Vanish] to appear behind the one in the red, and then use [Phantom Howl] to disorient him and immediately activate [Wraithbound Swipe] to end his life."


    The Phantom Moth did as instructed. The next moment, it disappeared from the eyes of the group, and using its quick speed, it immediately appeared behind the man wearing the red armor.


    Howl!


    The next moment, the beast unleashed the howl, freezing the man who was about to take action. That moment of pause was more than enough for the beast, and it swiped at the man''s head with virtual ws made of ghostly energy.


    No defense seemed to matter in front of those ws, and they struck the man''s back of the head. Since the howl also caused the rise of cowardice, the man couldn''t think of ways to defend himself, and the next moment, the man''s soul of consciousness was ripped apart by the ws.


    The man immediately knelt down and screamed in agony. The beast was about to unleash another w and end the man''s life, but At asked it to return.


    The next moment, a couple of attacks that could harm the beast passed by the spot where it was a moment before. The other members of the group saw an opportunity, so they struck, having no thoughts of whether the beast would kill their fellow members. At had done well by calling the beast back and not falling into the trap of finishing the enemy.


    At had been a beast tamer for thousands of years, so she knew how to utilize the beast to its full capability. And since the one in the experience area seemed to know even better than the real At, the battle went smoothly.


    After a few minutes of battle, At and the Phantom Moth became the winners of the battle, killing all six enemies in the group.


    The next moment, At''s consciousness returned to the store, and not long after, the screen on the device lit up, showing the training time.


    [Skill: Ghostly Blessings


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Higher God


    Compatibility: 68%


    Training Time: Nine thousand eight hundred sixty-nine Years.]


    At looked surprised after seeing the content on the screen. Herpatibility with the skills had been ranging in thete seventies and early eighties for the previous four skills, but for the [Ghostly Blessings], it didn''t even touch the seventy mark.


    The training time required to master the skill thoroughly was almost ten thousand years. At had lived for around seven thousand years, so it was expected for At to feel that kind of shock.


    At was confident that in the next two to three thousand years, she would have enough umtion to reach the peak Higher God level, but there was a greater chance of her stepping into the Supreme God cultivation level.


    For the first time since picking up the skill, At felt confused about whether to buy the skill. Once she stepped into the Supreme God level, she would be eligible to purchase Supreme God level skills, so it wasn''t easy for her to put a stop to her cultivation for more than ten thousand years. Thebined training time of the previous four skills was also around three thousand years, so thebined time would be close to thirteen thousand years, which was almost double her age.


    At was a quick decision-maker, so she didn''t take long beforeing to a decision. At didn''t have an enemy that she needed to train quickly and grow powerful shortly. Neither was there pressure from her family on her since she was not only close to her sister, the most talented member of her family, and her rtionship with her parents was also excellent.


    With that in mind, At decided to take a risk and go with the [Ghostly Blessings]. Once she decided what to do, her heart felt lighter, and she walked out of the line.


    ***


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing without any obstruction. Seconds turned into minutes; minutes turned into hours; hours into days; days into weeks; weeks into months; and just like that, five months passed in the blink of an eye.


    The sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities. Its rays of light, piercing through the cover of darkness, spread across the city.


    With the first ray of light touching the ground, the store opened its door, and as the situation had be, arge crowd of people was already waiting for it.


    Even though several months had passed since the store had been opening regrly, there was still a shadow in the hearts of many customers. They didn''t want to go through that dark phase of three years when the store didn''t open its doors.


    With excited and hopeful expressions, the customers thronged the store like a raging tide, while the overcrowded street turned empty.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter. I wanted to upload three chapters to make up for what I missed yesterday, but today, early in the morning, I found out that my grandmother has passed away.


    Sorry, once again. The mass release is on 16. Please give all of your golden tickets to the book.

 Chapter 1432 An Old Customer(7)

    <h4>Chapter 1432 An Old Customer(7)</h4>


    Chapter 1432: An Old Customer(7)


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The sound of footsteps approaching the store rang in Aakesh''s ears. It had only been around two minutes since the store opened its door, so he was busy in conversation with another customer. Aakesh didn''t look at the source and maintained his focus on the customer who was paying for their Panagea stay.


    ***


    Alon stood in front of the store and looked at the building with an astonished expression. His cultivation was only early Divine Transformation, and his aura wasn''t even stable yet. It was the aura of someone who had just stepped onto the level.


    Alon was a customer of the store from the Primal Dimension, but since several tens of thousands of years have passed since the store owner returned to the Sacred Dimension, Alon hasn''t seen the store owner''s face. He had only heard about the man.


    Alon belonged to the Farigatra, a race of the Primal Dimension. In the lower dimension, it belonged to the Demon group, while there was no member of the race powerful enough to ascend. Alon was the first Farigatra to ascend to the Sacred Dimension.


    As his race was of the demon group, and as his luck would have it, after his ascension, he appeared in a nearby universe. The store card helped the customers from the Primal Dimension find the location of the store, and if they were inside the teleportation range, it could even help them reach the store.


    Right after Alon ascended, the store card began to glow, and soon after, the information about the store appeared in his mind. His luck wasn''t terrible, and the distance between the store and the location where he ascended was smaller than the teleportation range, so he stepped into the projection and appeared in front of the store.


    When he arrived, it was night, and the store was closed. Since Alon was in a new ce, he needed to find information about the area, so he began his search for information while also waiting for the store to open.


    Alon had no idea about the time system of the, so when he arrived near the store, the street was already empty.


    ***


    Alon took a deep breath, and a wide smile spread across his face as he looked at the familiar feeling. The building was built differently than what it was in the Primal Dimension, but the sense of familiarity remained.


    Alon couldn''t see or hear what was going on inside the store, so he took another deep breath and calmed down his excited heart. He climbed up a couple of steps and stepped foot inside the store.


    The next moment, the view in front of him changed, and the former luxury appeared in his sight. He couldn''t help but beam with joy when he caught sight of the blue-skinned man. Alon had only heard about the legend of the man, and he finally saw him with his own eyes.


    Even though several thousands of years had passed in the Primal Dimension, the store was still as popr as ever, and it was expanding its consumer base every day. It kept Aakesh alive in the eyes of the popce. There was another reason behind Aakesh''s poprity.


    Aakesh had left seven orbs of inheritance before returning, and five of them had found their fated cultivator. All five had reached the peak of the Primal Dimension. Thest thing Alon heard of the five superstars was that two of them had ascended to the Sacred Dimension, and the other three were contending for the top spot.


    ***


    After waiting for several minutes, it was Alon''s turn. He stood in front of Aakesh, keeping his head down and daring not to look at him directly.


    "Are you from the Primal Dimension?" Aakesh asked as he sensed the familiar store''s aura from the stranger. He would usually greet the customers from the Primal Dimension, so Aakesh took the initiative in the conversation, noticing the man''s nervousness.


    Alon raised his head in joy and excitedly nodded. If those who knew Alon were to see this, they would be dumbfounded.


    His personality can be seen from the fact that he was the first of his race to ascend. The struggles he had to go through to achieve that level were no joke. Despite that, he acted like a fanboy in front of Aakesh. When Aakesh returned to the Sacred Dimension, he wasn''t even born.


    Aakesh kept his indifferent face, looking at the myriad of expressions the man went through after his statement.


    Aakesh snapped his finger, and the next moment, Alon immediately calmed down. Alon hadn''t even stabilized his cultivation, so it was easy for Aakesh to influence Alon''s emotions.


    "Hello, senior, I am Alon. Ie from the Farigatra race¡­"


    The next moment, Alon opened his mouth and didn''t stop speaking, sharing his entire history with Aakesh.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh introduced himself, cutting Alon off from further talking.


    Aakesh had to stop Alon since he didn''t have all the day to converse with him. It was only early in the morning, and customers were entering the store. In fact, in the time Alon shared his introduction and how he found the store in the Primal Dimension, more than two hundred customers had joined the queue, waiting for their turn.


    Cough!


    Alon coughed fakely to remove the awkwardness after Aakesh stopped him from further speaking about his experience.


    "Senior, are the store products simr to what they are in the Primal Dimension?" Alon asked since there were a simr number of rooms open as they were in the lower dimension.


    Aakesh nodded and then introduced the products sold in the store. The title was same, but the content was different.


    Alon listened to every word Aakesh said with full concentration, and once Aakesh concluded, he bowed to his chest and sincerely thanked Aakesh.


    Aakesh simply nodded in response to Alon''s thanks and waited for him to choose which product to start with.


    Alon could see that Aakesh didn''t like wasting time, so he didn''t stand there dumbly and asked about Panagea.


    Alon had been the store''s regr long enough to know that there were no spots avable for him to enter, but he wanted to ask about how to exchange money through Panagea. He had just ascended, so his pockets were empty.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1433 Wealth(8)

    Chapter 1433 Wealth(8)


    Chapter 1433: Wealth(8)


    After learning how to exchange Soul stones for Sacred stones, Alon didn''t waste even a second and immediately summoned the screen.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of his wealth in Panagea appeared in front of him. Alon had been a Panagea adventurer for more than ten thousand years, so his wealth inside Panagea wasn''t a joke.


    Fortunately for Alon, he had the habit of storingrge numbers of Soul stones rather than materials that weren''t very valuable. The customers could only exchange their Soul stones for Sacred stones. For materials, they needed to pay their value in Sacred stones and take them out.


    Alon smiled, looking at his abundant wealth, and then decided to exchange sixty percent of it. The next moment, his heart felt a pang, seeing the stones he would receive after paying the exorbitant five thousand percent exchange rate.


    But since anything was better than nothing, he took a deep breath and pressed the button. The next moment, the screen glowed, and not long after, a pouch emerged out of thin air and flew into Alon''s hands.


    Alon captured it with shaking hands since it was an umtion of his years of wealth in Panagea. He opened the pouch, and a number immediately appeared in his mind.


    He was at the peak of power in the Primal Dimension, but in the Sacred Dimension, he was the weakest. Even in the Primal Dimension, the lowest cultivation level of his race was Qi Condensation, so he was still stronger than those with no cultivation.


    ***


    "You need to pay three thousand lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Alon, handing him the pills he had purchased.


    Alon took the pills and then paid for them with the Higher Store Card he just bought.


    Since Alon couldn''t enter in Panagea, he decided to go for another product. Every product in the store was valuable to him, so he could go to any and they would hold simr value.


    After thinking for some time, he chose Beast to be his second product after pills.


    He had a simple intention behind that decision. Having a beast would automatically bring him a helper who would bepletely loyal to him. In his weakest state, a loyal helper was the best option.


    Alon told Aakesh about his choice, and in response, Aakesh introduced the beasts in detail to him.


    "Thank you, senior!" Alon thanked Aakesh and then walked toward the room pointed out by Aakesh.


    His heart was beating with excitement and anticipation about what beast he would summon. The beast summoned by him in the Primal Dimension was left to the family since he couldn''t leave his family without any safety before ascension, so he would no longer have to worry about them.


    Once Alon walked inside the room, he was greeted by a few hundred people inside the room. It was nothingpared to the queues in the Primal Dimension, so Alon didn''t feel that he would have to wait long.


    He then looked around the walls and saw the numerous beast murals painted across them. He looked at them with awe since many of the beasts in the murals were residents of the higher dimension.


    Time flew by, and a few minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Alon took a deep breath and pressed the button, initiating the first round of summoning.


    The next moment, the square section began to rotate and kept at it for three seconds. Following that, a beast appeared on the screen. It was an unfamiliar beast, so Alon excitedly waited for the beast card.


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into his hands. As his cultivation was the initial point, he had no choice in the system for the summoning. He could only get an early Divine Transformation beast.


    Since it was only his first try, he didn''t have much hope of getting a powerful beast, but when he read the details, his eyes widened in shock.


    {Name: Void Shark


    Type: Beast


    Race: Shark


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Darkness, Void


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Abyssal Void


    Details: The characteristic enhances the Void Shark''s influence over the dark energies of the abyss. This characteristic allows the shark to tap into the abyssal void for a fixed amount of time in a fixed range, granting it extraordinary capabilities to aid allies and disrupt enemies.


    Time: 7-9 seconds


    Range: 3 meters


    Cooldown: 3 Days


    Ability:


    1.) Void Jaws: The Void Shark''s razor-sharp jaws are infused with void energy, allowing the shark to rend through magical barriers and consume the essence of its targets.


    2.) Swirl of Darkness: The Void Shark creates a vortex of darkness that distorts the water around the Void Shark, disorienting nearby enemies and hindering their movements.


    3.) Abyssal Stealth: The Void Shark possesses a natural ability to blend with the shadows in the deep abyss, making it nearly invisible to its prey.


    4.) Devouring Maw: The Void Shark uses its talent for void and opens an otherworldly maw, creating a void rift that devours everything in its path.


    5.) Terrifying Roar: The Void Shark releases a roar, showing its predatory aura, freezing weak-willed opponents and leaving them vulnerable to the next attack.


    Card Description: The Void Shark is a formidable creature. Its attributes of void and darkness make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Void Shark.


    Price: Three supreme and fifty thousand higher Sacred stones.}


    The upper half contained an illustration of the beast. It was a powerful aquatic beast with a sleek and streamlined body that appeared almost obsidian-ck, blending seamlessly with the dark depths of the ocean in the illustration. Its skin oozed an otherworldly, faint glow reminiscent of the void, its natal element. Dark-colored razor-sharp fins extended from its sides and were capable of cutting through both physical and magical barriers.


    Its eerie, abyss-like eyes gleamed with a mysterious luminescence. Its jaws were filled with rows of teeth imbued with void energy, allowing it to tear through its prey and absorb the essence of the darkness.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1434 Void Shark(9)

    Chapter 1434 Void Shark(9)


    Chapter 1434: Void Shark(9)


    Alon looked at the card with his eyes and mouth widening in shock. He had no idea about the beast''s origin, but looking at its abilities at the Divine Transformation level, it seemed like a powerful creature.


    Alon''s basic understanding of Void Shark wasn''t a mistake. These creatures were one of the overlords of the ocean, and since they were proficient in the element of the void, they could also be seen in turbulent spaces. What was deadly for others was the home ground for these creatures.


    Alon''s heart almost stopped beating when he saw the price of the beast. He rubbed his eyes to confirm that it was not a supreme stone but an ordinary or higher Sacred stone. Alon felt something stuck in his heart when he confirmed that he hadn''t made any mistake and that the number was what he saw.


    Alon couldn''t help but smile wryly. After converting Soul stones to Sacred stones, he had expected them tost for years before he would need anything else. But looking at the price of the beast, he understood how much he had overestimated his wealth.


    But despite all the tension in his heart about the high cost of the beast, the question of initiating the summoning a second time never arose in his heart. The moment he saw the details, he set his eyes on the Void Shark, and it was going to be his partner once he won the taming battle for life.


    Since he had made his decision and had the wealth to buy it, he took a deep breath and left the queue, his direction being the square device.


    There weren''t many people in the queue, so Alon didn''t have to wait very long, and his turn arrived. The system was simr to what it was in the Primal Dimension, so Alon had no doubts about how to proceed.


    He then put the beast card in the cardpartment and his hand in the respective section.


    The next moment, he found himself in a different environment. His cultivation was already the lowest, so he entered with the same. Not long after, the Void Shark also emerged from the void and menacingly stared at him with its eerie, abyss-like eyes.


    Ding!


    The directionless bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Alon wasn''t a weak persimmon since he had trained in the training area in the store. Even though it was a new power level, and new rules, hisbat skills were still there.


    Roar!


    The Void Shark let out its terrifying roar, freezing Alon from making any attacks. Alon''s will wasn''t weak, so he immediately came around and jumped backward.


    The next moment, the beast''s sharp jaws cut through the empty air.


    Alon took a deep breath since it was only the start of the battle, and he had already felt the sensation of death.


    Alon had skills from the Primal Dimension, but many of them became unusable since, unlike his situation in the Primal Dimension, not every skill waspatible with the Sacred energy that permeated every corner of the dimension.


    Alon didn''t have to waste his time trying to find which skills worked and which didn''t since he was slowly forgetting about them. It was an influence of thews of the Sacred Dimension, and in the near future, Alon wouldpletely forget about those abilities.


    Except for the [Devouring Maw], Alon didn''t fear any other skill of the Void Shark since he was confident in his physical and mental capability to dodge against the former while not being influenced by thetter.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye. It was a battle between two of the lowest level cultivators, so there wasn''t much damage to show for how gruesome the battle had been.


    Alon''s training over the past several thousand years deeply helped him, and he not only kept his ground against the Void Shark but slowly began to take its ground.


    Time flew by, and soon it was time for the finale.


    Unleashing the strongest skill Alon could use, he pounced on the Void Shark, which had also activated [Abyssal Void].


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Repeated explosions rang in the area as Alon struck one after another, not giving any chance to the Void Shark to use the enhanced ability of the state and activate any offense.


    Alon''s tactic worked, and seven secondster, the beast returned to its normal state. There were also some seque from the enhanced state, but that wasn''t very serious. Unfortunately for the beast, the difference between the opponent and it wasn''t much, so even that short seque was more than enough to push it further down.


    Not giving up that opportunity, Alonnded a sessful strike on the beast''s head. The next moment, the external was left with some injuries, while the inside exploded, ending the life of the beast.


    Alon gasped for clear breaths as he saw the scene. The next moment, he breathed a sigh of relief, and a beaming smile spread across his face.


    Alon didn''t stay there after that since a white light covered him. Following that, Alon found himself back in the store.


    Alon didn''t immediately celebrate since he was aware of what was toe. He had gritted his teeth to endure it, but when the pain arrived, he still felt that intensity, if not more.


    The pain disappeared as quickly as it had arrived, so Alon breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the screen on the device with a wide smile.


    The next moment, the contract''s content beautifully flowed to the screen, and soon, the entire contract appeared. With a single nce, the details got engraved in Alon''s mind.


    He already trusted the store, and the details were simr to the contract in the Primal Dimension, so after reading the first line, he moved his focus away from it.


    After doing all that, only thest step was left, so Alon turned around and left the line, walking toward the room''s exit.


    After Alon walked out of the room, he noticed a line of customers in front of the store owner, so he joined it to wait for his turn andplete the sale.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1435 Notification(10)

    <h4>Chapter 1435 Notification(10)</h4>


    Chapter 1435: Notification(10)


    After waiting for some minutes, Alon''s turn arrived. He was no longer nervous and didn''t need the store owner to influence his mind to converse.


    "Senior, I want to buy the Void Shark. Please help meplete the purchase," Alon respectfully handed the beast card to Aakesh and requested.


    Aakesh took the card and nodded. He nced at it and then returned it to Alon.


    "You need to pay Three supreme, fifty thousand higher, and ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed.


    Following Aakesh''s words, an autonomous alert rang inside Alon''s head. He immediately agreed to go through the transaction, and the next moment, the required amount disappeared from the store card. After that, another notification rang in Alon''s head, informing him of the remaining sum.


    [Host, the sale has beenpleted for the Void Shark. Your five percentmission of the total sale has been transferred to you.]


    [Ding!]


    [Host, Congrattions onpleting the fourth quest in the series "Mission objective: Sell the Store Products" sessfully!]


    [The "Mission reward: Two upgrades" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    Following the sessful payment, the system''s automatic alerts bombarded his head. Aakesh ignored it, and focused on what was ahead of him at that moment, and informed Alon of the sessful payment.


    "Thank you, senior!" Alon respectfully thanked Aakesh and then asked about the cultivation arts room.


    Cultivation art was a necessity that Alon didn''t have, so he didn''t waste his time and left for the room, as pointed out by Aakesh.


    Time flew by, and around an hour had passed by in the blink of an eye.


    Alon looked at the countless murals painted across the wall with an awed expression. The painting detailed different skills.


    After buying the necessary cultivation art, skills were Alon''s next target since he was aware of how necessary they were. If he had some skills before the taming battle, he would have won against the Void Shark much earlier.


    There were seven counters in the room, each for one cultivation level, starting from Divine Transformation and ending at the Supreme God level. The one with the most people around it was the second counter.


    Alon''s destination was the first, so he took a deep breath and walked toward it. There were more than a hundred people around the counter at the time, and many of them looked at Alon and moved their eyes away, immersing themselves in the skill card.


    Alon didn''t waste much of his time thinking about the people and reached out to thest shelf in the bottom row. He wanted to start with god level skills. If he found it in his price range, he would buy them, and if they were higher, he would buy the lower grade of the same skill.


    The next moment, when Alon pulled his hand out, he held a skill card in it and immediately immersed himself in the details. Alon was a fire and physique user, a pure battle fanatic, so he decided to go for whatever element he pulled out and not focus on one specific element.


    The skill card pulled out by him belonged to the physique element and allowed Alon to increase the weight of his hands, therefore increasing the power of his hand strikes.


    Alon didn''t like the skill since it had heavy side effects, so he returned the card and pulled out another skill card.


    The new skill card faced the same fate as thest time, and soon, Alon was pulling out an attacking-type skill card for the thirteenth time.


    That time, he found what he was looking for and got a powerful attacking skill.


    [Name:?me Pyre


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Unleashes a destructive me, engulfing adversaries in relentless waves of scorching mes.


    Description: The user channels the primal essence of fire to unleash a destructive onught of scorching mes upon enemies. This skill transforms the user into a harbinger of fiery destruction, engulfing the battlefield in relentless waves of firepower.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of fire, and the strain on the user''s energy and focus can be substantial. Extended usage of the skill can cause an illusion of being engulfed in mes.


    Price: Two thousand nine hundred ny-nine ordinary Sacred stones.]


    After reading the details and liking it, Alon looked at the price section with a solemn expression. He couldn''t help but take a deep breath of relief when he saw that the price wasn''t beyond his price range.


    Alon was aware of the expensive products, so the price range he set for every skill was high so that he wouldn''t regret giving up a skill because of being stingy with stones. If the skill passed even at that high range, he wouldn''t regret it, as his mind would be satisfied.


    The range he had set for attacking skill was one higher Sacred stone, and the [me Pyre] price was around one-third of it, so he immediately made his decision.


    Once he had gotten a pleasing attacking-type skill, he moved up the row and reached for thest shelf in the second-bottom row.


    The next moment, he pulled out a skill card belonging to the fire element. Alon didn''t like the details much, so he immediately returned the card and pulled out a new defensive-type skill card.


    [Name:?Bronze Form


    Type: Defense


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Transforms the user''s body into an unyielding fortress of bronze, providing unparalleled defense against both physical and elemental attacks


    Description: The skill taps into the intrinsic essence of physique to transform the user''s body into an impervious fortress of adamantine. This skill elevates the user''s physical form to unprecedented levels of resilience, providing unmatched defense against a wide array of attacks.


    The skill demands profound control over the element of physique. After every activation, the body will be limp. Prolonged use of this skill can result in bone fractures.


    Price: Four thousand nine hundred ny-nine ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Alon read the details on the skill card and liked what he saw since the skill helped defend against both physical and elemental attacks.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


    A/N: The mass release is on 16 as nned. Please give all your golden tickets and power stones to the book.

 Chapter 1436 Falling Short (11)

    <h4>Chapter 1436 Falling Short (11)</h4>


    Chapter 1436: Falling Short (11)


    The skill defended against both elemental and physical attacks, so Alon fell in love with it. He was someone who liked to battle, and it would help him immensely.


    Since he had obtained both attacking and defensive skills, he moved upward and reached for thest shelf in the third row.


    The next moment, he pulled out a skill card. He read the details and immediately returned it, not liking what he read.


    Time flew by, and on his seventh turn, he finally pulled out a skill card that made his heart skip a beat.


    [Name: Surge Catalyst


    Type: Movement


    Level: God


    ¡­


    Price: Seven higher Sacred stones.]


    Alon couldn''t help but want to immediately experience the skill, seeing its powerful ability, but when his eyes finally reached the price section, he froze in shock.


    The skill cost him seven higher Sacred stones, which were two stones higher than the limit of five stones set by him. Alon had already prepared ns for a situation like that, so he immediately returned the skill and reached for the secondst shelf, pulling out the same skill at the Emperor level.


    [Name:?Surge Catalyst


    Type: Movement


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Amplifies the user''s physical prowess to achieve extraordinary speed and agility, enabling swift and precise movement on the battlefield


    Description: The skill taps into the raw essence of physique to amplify the user''s physical capabilities, transforming them into a blur of unmatched speed and agility. This skill acts as a catalyst for unparalleled movement, allowing the user to navigate some difficult terrains with extraordinary swiftness.


    The skill demands profound control over the element of physique and requires substantial energy. After every activation, the body will be limp. Prolonged use of this skill can result in skin ruptures.


    Price: Three thousand nine hundred ny-nine ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Alon immediately went to the price section and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was way below the mark. Even though it was still more expensive than the God level attacking skill he chose, he didn''t feel any stress about it.


    Alon thenpared the differences between Emperor and God level skills. There wasn''t a very big difference between the two levels, except for the terrain situation.


    The God-level skill involved all kinds of terrains, while the former simply limited it to some tough terrain.


    It was decision time, and Alon chose to go with the skill. After that, he moved upward and reached for thest shelf in the second row from the top.


    When he pulled out a skill card, his eyes widened in shock, seeing the details. It was another top-notch skill, and soon after, he was met with disappointment, reading the price section.


    Alon didn''t ponder over it much and immediately returned the card, moving to his left shelf and pulling out the emperor level for the same skill.


    [Name:?Ember Infusion


    Type: Supporting


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Envelops allies in an ethereal ember veil, providing enhanced vitality, fortitude, and temporary resistance to elemental assaults


    Description: The skill harnesses the elemental power of fire to create an ethereal veil of embers that envelopes the user and their allies, bestowing upon them enhanced vitality and fortitude. This supportive skill transforms the battlefield into a haven of fiery resilience, offering both physical and elemental protection.


    The skill demands profound control over the element of fire, and the strain on the user''s energy and focus can be substantial.


    Price: Seven thousand nine hundred ny-nine ordinary Sacred stones.]


    For Divine Transformation level cultivators, [Ember Infusion] was one of the best, if not the best, supporting-type skills based on the fire element. So its cost for even the Emperor level was one stone higher than thebined sum of God level [me Pyre] and [Bronze Form].


    Alon didn''t immediately make his decision but thought for a while since the price was clearly an issue. Should he go for the King level skill or choose to keep the Emperor level [Ember Fusion]?


    The limit he had set for Emperor level skill was six thousand higher stones, which was lower, but after thinking for a while, he couldn''t bring any argument other than the slightly higher price in his mind, so he decided to go over the limit and buy the skill.


    Once he made the decision, all the confusion disappeared, and confidence returned to his heart.


    He had now summoned four types of skills, leaving only thebination type.


    Sincebination-type skills involved more than one facet of an element, Alon knew that the cost would be expensive, so for the type, he set his price limit to ten higher Sacred stones.


    He then reached for thest shelf in the top row and pulled out one skill card.


    [Name: Goliath''s Harmony


    Type: Combination (Attack and Defense)


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Harmonizes offensive and defensive physique maniption, transforming the user into a colossal force with formidable strength and impregnable defense


    Description: The skillbines the dual aspects of physique maniption for both offense and defense. This skill allows the user to channel the elemental essence of physique, transforming themselves into a colossal force that wields formidable strength and impregnable defense.


    1.) Goliath''s Onught: The user channels the elemental power of physique into devastating strikes. Each blow bes a seismic force capable of breaking defenses and overwhelming their opponents. It is a relentless offensive barrage that inflicts continuous damage on the target.


    2.) Colossus Ward: The user fortifies their physique to create an ethereal shield of immense resilience. It absorbs and disperses iing attacks with unparalleled efficiency, providing a steadfast defense against both physical and elemental assaults.


    The skill demands profound control over the element of the physique. After every activation, the body will be limp and require a recovery period of one week. Prolonged use of this skill can result in skin ruptures and bone cracks.


    Price: Thirty higher Sacred stones.]


    His heartbeat grew at a crazy rate as he read the details on the card, but when it finally reached the cost section, it almost stopped beating. Despite setting a higher price limit, he fell short of double the limit.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1437 Decision(12)

    Chapter 1437 Decision(12)


    Chapter 1437: Decision(12)


    Looking at the high cost of the skill, Alon froze for a moment, having no idea of what to do. He had ns to go for the lower-level skill in cases like that, but his heart was urging him against that.


    Alon didn''t know that [Gith''s Harmony] was the mightiest skill of any type at the Divine Transformation level for the element of physique and one of the top five skills if all the elements were involved.


    "Should I break my limit?" Alon repeatedly mumbled under his breath, not being able to form any argument other than the high price.


    After a long time of confusion, Alon took a deep breath, and his heart calmed down. He deeply wanted to break the price limit, but in the end, he decided against it despite the strong ability of the skill. Even in the case of [Ember Infusion], he broke the limit, but that was only for some thousand ordinary stones.


    The same wasn''t the case with [Goliath''s Harmony]. His limit was ten stones, while the skill cost thirty higher stones, which was three times his limit. He had only ascended into the Sacred Dimension for a few hours, so there was no need for him to be that anxious.


    Considering thoughts like that, he returned the card. The next moment, his heart felt empty, as if it had lost something dear. Alon took a deep breath, reached for the left shelf, and pulled out the Emperor-level skill card.


    There was a great difference between the Emperor and God level skill. For thetter, Aakesh could use repeated attacks, but the former didn''t allow such leeway. After every attack, there would be a cooldown of three seconds.


    For the defensive aspect, it was restricted to only physical attacks and could no longer defend well against elemental strikes.


    Despite that, the skill didn''t disappoint him. Its price was also four higher Sacred stones, which was one stone lower than the five stones he had set.


    There was no need for any more confusion, so he had received all five types of skills. Two were God-level, while the remaining three were Emperor-level.


    He then stared at the semi-pir and the long line of customers waiting for their turn. Alon also decided to try his luck, so he walked in that direction and joined the queue.


    Since each customer left after one or two seconds on average, it didn''t take long before it was Alon''s turn.


    Alon decided to experience [Goliath''s Harmony] first, so he put the card in thepartment. The next moment, his eyes turned nk, and his consciousness left his body, appearing in a different environment.


    Alon was standing in a battle arena, and his opponent was a meter away from him. There were numerous injuries spread across his body, while the opponent also had several injuries, but unlike Alon, neither of them was grave.


    Around the arena, the spectator stand was full of viewers who were loudly cheering. To be precise, the cheer was for the opponent, and he was booed and cursed for being weak.


    The element of physique was suitable for closebat, so Alon had expected to appear in an environment like that. Not even a second had passed as his consciousness quickly gathered all the information.


    The next moment, Alon''s consciousness looked in shock as his opponent activated berserk mode. The next moment, the enemy quadrupled in size. Cracks had started appearing on the concrete beneath his feet, and an aura of a prehistoric beast was subconsciously releasing.


    The viewers fell silent with excitement glowing in their eyes. They anticipated how the enemy would tear Alon apart.


    Alon''s consciousness was in shock, seeing the power level of the opponent, but his body remained unfazed. It immediately activated [Goliath''s Harmony].


    The next moment, an invisible wave of energy began to gather around him and soon converged on him. He doubled in size, causing a wave ofughter from the crowd. His eyes turned devoid of emotion, like a fanatic who only knew the battle of life and death.


    All around his body, veins popped out, and his muscles tightened, outlining his body like a perfectly made sculpture.


    At that moment, the enemy pounced. His punch,rger than Alon''s face, turned even bigger as it approached. Soon after, it seemed that the strike was of the same size as Alon.


    Alon''s body remained unfazed and activated the defensive aspect of the skill. The next moment, he took the punch head-on, joining his two hands. The next moment, he got pushed a few meters backward.


    The crowd who wereughing at Alon suddenly turned silent since they noticed that the punch didn''t hit Alon but an invisible membrane, only a few mm away from his skin. It was just that the force of the punch was so great that despite not hitting the opponent, it pushed Alon backward.


    Even Alon was surprised by the sequence of events. He knew that since the skill was strong, he would see, but he didn''t expect to remain fully unharmed by the attack.


    Alon''s body carried a lot of strength, so the moment hended, he pushed himself forward, activating the offensive aspect of the skill.


    Boom!


    His punch broke the sound barrier and hit the enemy. The next moment, a gruesome scene yed out as the opponent''s gigantic hand ruptured, not being able to handle the force of Alon''s strike.


    There were three seconds of cooldown before the next strike, so Alon immediately pulled backward, moving out of the enemy''s range of counterattack. Three seconds passed in a sh, and Alon again punched, causing another rupture, and this time, the hand exploded.


    Roar!


    The enemy roared like a beast in anger, and his body expanded even further. His veins were on the verge of exploding, while his eyes had turnedpletely red, devoid of any sanity.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    The enemy''s speed grew at an outrageous rate, and he immediately caught up to Alon. The next moment, a barrage of punches was unleashed.


    [Colossus Shield] was able to defend against many, but unfortunately, it also got overwhelmed, and the invisible membrane cracked open, leaving Alon to defend using his body.


    Fortunately for Alon, three seconds of cooldown was over, so pushing as much blood and energy as possible, he punched.

 Chapter 1438 Above Average(13)

    Chapter 1438 Above Average(13)


    Chapter 1438: Above Average(13)


    BOOM!


    A loud sound rang as Alon''s punch hit the opponent. The next moment, a blood cloud erupted in the area.


    The opponent''s upper body disappeared, turning the arena into a gory field. Alon''s hand was no better. His veins had ruptured, and his bones had turned into powder, starting from his right shoulder.


    The prolonged usage of the skill hit Alon since he pushed more than his enhanced body could handle. Alon''s consciousness looked at the scene with satisfaction.


    The next moment, his consciousness returned to the store. Following that, he immediately looked at the square device, which lit up after his return.


    [Skill: Goliath''s Harmony


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Divine Transformation


    Compatibility: 74%


    Training Time: One year, eight months, fourteen days.]


    The content was immediately engraved in his mind. Alon didn''t feel any disappointment with the result, so he focused on the next skill.


    Since he loved [Goliath''s Harmony], he had broken the sequence, and now that he had experienced it, he decided to experience the remaining skills in the sequence he had pulled out the skill cards.


    Alon then pulled out the [Gith''s Harmony] skill card and ced [me Pyre] in ce of it.


    Time flew by, and three seconds passed, leaving Alon with only one more skill to experience.


    Alon pulled out the [Surge Catalyst] skill card and ced [Ember Infusion] in the cardpartment.


    The next moment, Alon found himself in a different environment. He stood on a battlefield with a couple of allies and arge group of enemies. The enemies weren''t leaving creatures, but creatures made of resentment and malevolence


    He wasn''t the strongest in the ally group, but only a supporter. The leader calmly turned toward him and ordered him to heal, extending his injured hand.


    Alon''s consciousness had only heard the order while his body had already acted and activated [Ember Infusion].


    The next moment, ember particles began to appear in the sky and soon engulfed the leader''s wrist.


    The injury wasn''t very grave, so it didn''t take long for it to recover. Even though the skill was one of the best, at the end of the day, it was still a Divine Transformation level skill. Despite its strong healing effect, it couldn''t regenerate broken limbs.


    Time flew by, and Alon showed the different facets of the skill to his consciousness. Alon would follow the order, and sometimes, he would act on his own.


    In the end, his group survived the assault of the enemies, and Alon yed a significant part in it. He was the sole healer of the group, so many enemies targeted him spiritually. The strong fortitude effect of the skill helped Alon persevere through those attacks, and he kept doing his work.


    The leader thanked Aakesh, and following that, his consciousness returned to the store.


    Not long after, the screen on the semi-pir lit up, and content began to appear.


    [Skill: Ember Infusion


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Higher God


    Compatibility: 71%


    Training Time: Seven months and twenty-two days.]


    With a nce, the content on the screen was engraved in his mind. Simr to the previous four situations, Alon didn''t find anything disappointing in the training time.


    He then turned around and left the queue, with another customer taking his ce.


    Once he exited the room, he looked toward the store owner and saw a small line of four customers in front of him. While Alon was walking toward the store owner, one customer had his work done, so he left, leaving only three customers ahead of him when he joined the line.


    ***


    "You need to pay six higher,¡­, ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Alon, returning the fur skill cards to him.


    Alon nodded, and soon the required amount was deducted from his store card. He then thanked Aakesh. Since he was a customer from the lower dimension, he already knew things, and Aakesh didn''t have to exin them to him.


    Alon then asked about the weapons and training area. Questions like these helped him learn about the scaling of the Sacred Dimension.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Alon thanked Aakesh once all his questions were answered. He then left the line and proceeded toward the weapons room.


    Aakesh didn''t focus on him since another customer took his ce immediately. Once Alon entered the room, he was greeted by the familiar sight of murals and pirs.


    Unlike the store in the Primal Dimension, the store didn''t sell all types of weapons in the Sacred Dimension. Fortunately for him, he was a Mace user, and the store had that weapon.


    Alon immediately searched for murals rted to Mace since he knew about the extraordinariness of the paintings. Soon after, Alon was met with disappointment since he couldn''t feel much from the murals and failed to understand anything.


    Alon immediately returned to calm since he had already faced the same scenario in the store before. Despite that, he worked hard in the training area, and his talent in Mace wasn''t above average if not genius level.


    Alon had purchased a growth-type mace in the Primal Dimension when he was a Void Forging level cultivator, which had been his partner since then. Since growth-type weapons also ascended with their masters, Alon already had a weapon, and it wasn''t low-grade at all.


    Facing the Primal tribtion had further pushed the weapon''s quality, and it was better than ever. Alon then found the pir rted to Mace and repeated the process he had done numerous times.


    The next moment, a prickling pain appeared, forcing him to grit his teeth. No matter how many times he had his fingers pricked by the tiny needle, the pain he felt was always of simr intensity.


    Following the pain''s disappearance, his eyes turned nk, and a golden, transparent barrier engulfed his body.


    The next moment, Alon found himself in the familiar blue space. He started by checking whether there was Farigatra in the list of races in the Sacred Dimension since he was the first ascender in the race''s history. Alon had chosen the weakest level of difficulty since he wanted to get ustomed to his power first.


    A beaming smile spread across his face when he found out there was Farigatra in the Sacred Dimension list. Alon then tapped on it and chose a random environment for the battle.

 Chapter 1439 A Conflict(14)

    Chapter 1439 A Conflict(14)


    Chapter 1439: A Conflict(14)


    Primal Dimension,


    Tens of thousands of years had passed since the mysterious store owner returned to the higher dimension. Since then the store assistant has been managing the store.


    The first assistant was Jonnah, who had earned himself a good reputation before his ascendance. After Jonnah, Lily took Jonnah''s ce and achieved a great reputation across the dimension before her ascendance.


    Porson took Lily''s ce, beating several sextillion customers for the spot. Porson had another identity, which was his im over one of the seven orbs left by Aakesh.


    He was born long after Aakesh''s return to the higher dimension, so his winning the inheritance was his first time learning about Aakesh. Like many, he also became a fan of Aakesh.


    When Porson participated in the assistantpetition, he was already known across the Primal Dimension due to his peak strength and Aakesh''s inheritance. But since thepetition was designed in such a way that an ordinary human had the same chance of winning the contest as the strongest being, it wasn''t easy.


    Like the two store assistants before him, Porson also lived next to the store in the residence allotted to him. Despite his vast fortune, he found himself marveling at the residence and its effects.


    The store didn''t restrict the lives of the assistants outside the store''s active time, so they were free to do anything as long as it didn''t step on the store''s authority. After the sun had set, Porson closed the door like any other day.


    He didn''t walk toward his residence but turned around and left toward his favorite destination. He was an Immortal, so he didn''t need to walk, but things like that kept him sane.


    It wasn''t easy being a store assistant, as there were countless customers every day, and he had to interact with all those who didn''t have store cards. Even though the system helped keep their mental strength at its peak, they still began to feel ufortable. They weren''t machines, and only machines or someone like Aakesh could handle the workload without any issues.


    ***


    After walking for thousands of miles, Porson reached his destination. In front of him, an endless tower stood. He licked his lips and walked inside.


    The guards standing at the gates were also Immortal level cultivators. Since Porson was a regr here, they didn''t try to stop him and let him leave after a respectful bow.


    It was an entertainment building for adults and had several thousand floors. Those like Porson had the entire floor booked for themselves, so Porson tapped on the screen once he walked inside.


    "Wee, Senior Porson!"


    The next moment, a gentle female voice rang in Porson''s ears as he verified his identity. Porson ignored it since it was a machine talking, and he then walked into the portal that specifically appeared for him.


    When Porson walked out of the portal, he stood on the 9901th floor. Porson wanted the one at the top, but it was already bought by someone else, so he had to do with this floor.


    Anyway, there wasn''t much difference between the beauty of his and the top floor, so he didn''t feel much pain over it.


    Thedies also heard about Porson''s entry, so they appeared at the hall in seductive dresses. When Porson walked in, a lustful smile spread across his face.


    "Undress me," Porson ordered, not wasting any time.


    The next moment, two beautifuldies stepped forward and began undressing him. Porson''s hands didn''t stay still but moved, making the twodies moan from time to time.


    Porson was enjoying the moment when suddenly, a sense he hadn''t felt for years attacked him. He immediately pushed the twodies, but it waste.


    One of thedies undressing him reached for his throat and shed. Her nails turned into the sharpest weapons.


    Fortunately for Porson, he wasn''t without defense. The next moment, a nging sound rang as her nails shed against his skin, failing to pierce through his throat.


    Porson''s eyes turned cold, and he immediately grabbed the woman by her throat. She was also a peak immortal, but in front of Porson, she seemed nothing but a weak mortal.


    Porson snapped her head and threw her headless corpse like a toy. It was only the start, as all thedies simultaneously charged at Porson.


    There were three hundred seventeen women in the group since whenever Porson came, he would take these manydies to vent all his lust. That day, those many peak Immortals became his worst nightmare.


    Despite getting surrounded by so many peak Immortals, Porson didn''t feel afraid, but before he could act, he suddenly froze.


    p! p! p!


    The next moment, everything on the floor seemed to have frozen, including time, and a hooded figure walked out of the void.


    Even though the figure had a hood covering their face, Porson could feel that the figure was staring at him. All his senses were warning him to escape as quickly as possible.


    At that moment, the cards rewarded by the store were glowing in his sea of consciousness. There were situations where the opponent was immensely powerful, and the user couldn''t even think properly. The system had taken that situation into ount when rewarding the store assistant.


    The moment the danger touched his life, the card would explode, teleporting Porson to his residence, where he would be safe from all dangers.


    The hooded figure seemed to be aware of the glowing card, so he didn''t make any movement that could kill Porson but descended and sat down on the untouched part of the sofa.


    The next moment, Porson found all the binds on him disappearing, and he was free to move.


    "Sit here," The hooded figure said, pointing at the sofa.


    Porson wanted to ignore that, but his body moved on its own, and he appeared on the spot as pointed out by the figure.


    "What do you want from me?" Porson coldly asked. He was someone who had seen the peak of the dimension, so he immediately calmed down and began to analyze the situation.


    Porson had no enemies with the strength of the hooded figure, so only the store could be the cause of the situation he was facing at the moment.

 Chapter 1440 (1) Increased Authority(15)

    Chapter 1440 (1) Increased Authority(15)


    Chapter 1440: Increased Authority(15)


    "What do you want from me?" Porson coldly asked.


    The hooded figure didn''t respond with words and snapped his fingers. The next moment, light particles began to gather and soon formed the projection screen.


    At first, the screen was dark, but it lit up, and scenes began to flow. Porson looked horrified since what was ying on the screen was his own life, not missing anything.


    Whatever calmness he had in his heart disappeared when he saw the scene of the inheritance orb. Those who knew about the store and the store owner believed that Aakesh wasn''t native to the Primal Dimension but had descended down for fun, and Aakesh''s feat further helped the spread of his legend.


    "Who are you?" Porson asked. He had now be sure that the enemy was here for the store and that he was only a casualty.


    The hooded figure still didn''t speak anything and kept looking at the screen, enjoying the scenes.


    Snap!


    The hooded figure snapped his finger, and the screen disappeared. He then looked at Porson.


    Porson felt a chill crawling down his spine, sensing the enemy''s stare. He wanted to run, but at the same time, he also wanted to know the identity of the figure. The protection provided by the store had some effect on him, forcing him not to use it and run.


    "Shall we join together and attack the store?"


    Porson heard a rumble in his head, listening to what the figure said. He didn''t waste a moment, and he immediately activated the card.


    The next moment, he disappeared from the tower and appeared at his residence. A smile spread across the figure''s face behind his hood from the strong reaction from Porson.


    ***


    Porson took repeated deep breaths to calm down his pounding heart. The moment he had heard the figure''s horrifying statement in the tower, a feeling of death had engulfed him.


    The strong reaction wasn''t caused by the figure''s words but by that sensation. Even the hooded figure seemed rubbish inparison to that.


    Porson didn''t waste a moment and tried tomunicate with the store owner''s voice. It wasn''t difficult, so he immediately got connected. He then shared everything with the voice and also added his opinion.


    "You have done good." Aakesh''s voice rang in Porson''s head.


    At the same time, Aakesh, who was conversing with a customer, heard an alert from the system regarding the same. Aakesh rarely used multitasking in the store, and that moment was one of them.


    While conversing with the system, he also talked with the system.


    Aakesh believed the suspect behind the scenes to be Hartol since he had been trying to cause trouble in the store from time to time.


    "Create a quest for Porson, asking him to solve the trouble," Aakesh asked the system.


    If it were before thepletion of the second store upgrade quest, the system would have refused Aakesh''s request. After the increase in his authority, Aakesh could now create quests rted to the store in the Primal Dimension.


    The missions couldn''t be rted to the main line of products but random quests like the one suggested by Aakesh.


    [Yes, Host!]


    The system''s voice rang in Aakesh''s ears, and he stopped delving into the topic. Aakesh wasn''t very worried about the attack on Porson and the ns to attack the store. Unless top figures of the Primordial Dimension physically arrived, the store was fully protected.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    "... these are the products currently avable in the store," Aakesh concluded with the basic introduction of all six products to Mina.


    Mina had a surprised expression spread across her face since she never expected toe across a store like that. Her cultivation was peak Sacred King, and hering here was more of a coincidence.


    Mina''s sense of direction was terrible, to say the least. When she had left for her journey, there was another destination in her mind, but as fate and her sense of directionbined, she found herself on Curiel.


    Mina belonged to the race Drutisap, a race in the spirit group with a Sacred Monarch at its helm. Like every spirit race, Drutisap also had an above average appearance. Mina didn''t have any luck in that department, so she had a somewhat average appearance, ranging between ugly and eptable.


    But her talent in cultivation was second to none in the entire race, with her being the hope of the race to be the first Drutisap to reach the Sacred Creator level.


    ***


    "I want to enter Panagea," Mina asked with a calm tone.


    The next moment, Mina frowned upon receiving rejection from the store owner. She didn''t try to run wild since her intuition warned against it.


    ***


    Mina entered the beast room with steady steps. Her face didn''t look happy since she had a wild personality and liked to tame others in front of her.


    Before her talent bloomed, she was bullied in her race for her appearance, and after her talent bloomed, she received adoration. Receiving two extreme situations turned her personality wild, but inside the store, her intuition was warning her against going wild.


    If not for that, she would have knocked Aakesh from his chair for refusing to let her enter Panagea. But since she wasn''t a fool who would let her emotions control her, she kept the anger deep in her heart.


    Mina was at the Sacred King level, and the highest cultivation of the beast was peak Supreme God, so it was a low level for her. But since she couldn''t leave the store without buying anything, or she would go crazy, she chose to buy a beast.


    After walking inside the room, the numerous murals painted across the wall caught her eye. She looked around and soon moved her eyes away, not having much interest in looking at beasts.


    Mina had no interest in low-level beasts, so she immediately walked in the direction of the second device. There was a line of customers waiting ahead of her.


    Mina controlled her urge to throw the ones ahead of her and do the summoning and stood there waiting for her turn. While waiting, she kept tapping her feet to pass the time.

 Chapter 1441 (2) Dream Goliath(16)

    <h4>Chapter 1441 (2) Dream Goliath(16)</h4>


    Chapter 1441: Dream Goliath(16)


    After waiting for some time, it was finally her turn. Mina didn''t forget to stare at the man leaving. Since there was no sense of threat in her eyes, the system didn''t act.


    The hair rose all over the man''s body when he was met with that chilly stare from the woman behind her. The man didn''t try to fight and simply moved away since he sensed the woman was crazy. He instead immersed himself in the excitement of the beast he was about to own once he won the taming battle.


    ***


    "Fuck!"


    Mina cursed in anger and pressed the button, initiating the sixth round of summoning.


    During the previous five rounds, her fortune had been wavering between legendary and divine quality beasts. She could ept divine quality, but the weak beasts that came with it were uneptable to her.


    After she pressed the button, ''5'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square section began to rotate. It kept on for five seconds, and then it stopped.


    Following that, a beast Mina had never seen or heard of appeared on the screen.


    Mina''s eyes lit up, and she couldn''t help butment, "Finally something uglier than me."


    Mina didn''t believe that she had so many arguments against the Phantom Wolf (summoned on the second try) because of its stunning appearance.


    Mina rubbed her hands in anticipation of the beast''s abilities. The next moment, the card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hands. She wanted it to have powerful strength, so she and a beast uglier than her would dominate the scene.


    Mina had never forgotten the bullying she had received for her appearance.


    [Name: Dream Goliath


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Dream, Illusion, Earth


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Oneiric Dominion


    Details: It grants the Dream Goliath unparalleled control over the realm of dreams during battle. The Goliath can manipte and reshape the dreamscape to its advantage, bending the illusions to deceive, confuse, and disorient enemies. It extends into the subconscious of its foes as well, enabling strategic control over the flow of battle with dream-infused tactics.


    Range: 100 miles


    Ability:


    1.) Mirage Shell: The Dream Goliath''s colossal form is encased in a shifting mirage shell, providing formidable defense and creating illusions that confuse attackers.


    2.) Hypnotic Roar: The Dream Goliath unleashes a mesmerizing roar that induces a dream-like trance in nearby enemies, impairing their judgment and rendering them vulnerable.


    3.) Phantasmal Quake: The Dream Goliath conjures a phantasmal quake that disrupts the stability of the battlefield, rendering enemies off bnce and susceptible to follow-up attacks.


    ...


    10.) Reverie Rampage: The Dream Goliathunches into a furious rampage, creating chaotic illusions that disorient and damage enemies caught in the Dream Goliath''s wake, manipting the earth''s elements.


    11.) Illusionary Fortress: The Dream Goliath constructs an illusionary fortress made of dream energy and solid earth, providing a temporary invulnerable barrier that shields the Dream Goliath and nearby allies from attacks.


    ...


    17.) Terraform Mirage: The Dream Goliath taps into the essence of the earth and illusion, reshaping the terrain with illusionaryndscapes. The terrain exists in reality for a limited period.


    18.) Astral Sunder: The Dream Goliath channels the power of dreams and earth and delivers a colossal m that reverberates through the battlefield, causing immense destruction to both the physical and spiritual fields.


    Card Description: The Dream Goliath is a formidable creature. Its attributes of dream, illusion, and earth make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Dream Goliath.


    Price: Thirty thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. It was a nightmarish behemoth, with a twisted, colossal form warped by the dark energies of dreams and illusions. Its skin, if it could be even called that, was a shifting mass of shadows and ephemeral worms. Nightmarish patterns rippled across its monstrous body, making it terrifying to look at.


    The creature''s eyes glowed with an eerie, hypnotic light, each one a swirling vortex of rotten colors. Obsidian-like twisted spikes protruded from its form, creating an unsettling silhouette. Its limbs were elongated with ws that seemed to phase in and out of reality.


    Its enormous maw was a nightmarish opening, right out of a horror story. The two curved horns above its head had a pitch-ck tip with a mixture of eerie green in it. All of these characteristicsbined to form an ugly creature that Mina fell in love with.


    After reading the details on the card, Mina''s adoration for the beast grew to new heights. Anyway, it had nothing to do with its ugly appearance.


    Since she adored the beast, she decided to choose it as her subordinate. She then moved away from the pir and joined the line in front of the square device.


    All the anger and frustration Mina had in her heart disappeared after getting the Dream Goliath, so she happily joined the line and waited for his turn.


    "I am ugly, you are uglier. Two ugly guys will form a gang and beat beautiful guys¡­"


    Mina began to join random words and sing them like a song. The man in front of her winced and shuddered.


    Time flew by, and soon it was her turn. She hadn''t stopped her singing for a moment, cringing at all those ahead of her in the line.


    If not for the long waiting time, many would have allowed Mina to go first and leave the room.


    ***


    "I will first beat you and make you call me grandma," Mina mumbled, looking at the beast card, and she then put it in the cardpartment. She then ced her right hand in the hand section.


    The next moment, the one in the store had her eyes turned nk, and her consciousness was in a different environment.


    She stood in a fortress that phased in and out rapidly, existing in both virtual and physical reality at once.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1442 (3) Anger Explosion(17)

    <h4>Chapter 1442 (3) Anger Explosion(17)</h4>


    Chapter 1442: Anger Explosion(17)


    Mina found herself in a different environment, with her cultivation being reduced to peak Supreme God.


    The fortress ahead of her and the ground beneath Mina also phased in and out of reality. But things happened at an unprecedented rate, and not for even a moment did Mina feel anything different.


    Roar!


    Suddenly, the ground and the fortress began shaking, and immediately after, a roar rang in the area. Following that, the beast appeared out of nowhere, instantly materializing into reality.


    Instead of feeling frightened and ufortable, Mina looked at the Dream Goliath as if she were looking at the most beautiful thing in the world.


    Even the beast felt ufortable getting stared at like that by the intruder. Fortunately, it had no hair, so it didn''t have goosebumps.


    "Kneel and ept me as your grandma," Mina suddenly yelled, pointing at the beast first and then her feet.


    Roar!


    The Dream Goliath let out an angry roar, feeling humiliated by Mina. If not for the no-attack policy before the bell, it would have pounced on Mina and torn her into pieces.


    Mina frowned when the beast didn''t kneel down and instead roared. Her eyes turned cold, and not long after, the sound of the bell rang in the area, announcing the start of the battle.


    Both sides were angry with each other and wanted to avenge their humiliation, so they pounced on each other. Mina was a spirit creature but liked to fight hand-to-handbat.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Both sides repeatedly shed with each other. Neither of them got the winning hand, and the result was equal.


    How could Mina ept something like that since she wanted to make the beast kneel? She grew angry and charged again, unleashing more of her strength.


    Unlike Mina, the beast didn''t believe in a physical fight. It let out a roar, activating [Hypnotic Roar].


    The next moment, Mina felt a disturbance in her mind, forcing her to fall into a trance, but her mental strength was immensely strong. She easily broke through that and punched.


    Thud!


    The next moment, the beast was knocked hundreds of meters backward. Mina tried to chase, but it activated [Illusory Copies], and soon there were more than ten Dream Goliaths on the scene.


    The beast then activated [Mirage sh] and appeared in ce of another mirror copy. Mina had read the skills owned by the beast on the card, so she expected the beast to use thatbination.


    The next moment, all ten mirror copies surrounded her and began to close her down. Mina sneered, seeing such childish tactics.


    The next moment, her pitch-blue eyes turned dark, and a spiritual storm erupted above the heads of all ten Dream Goliaths at once.


    In no time, the mirror copies faded, leaving the real Dream Goliath alone. Mina added strength to her legs and jumped forward.


    She flew forward like a rocket and punched. The Dream Goliath didn''t get knocked down like thest time, but a barrier had appeared around it, protecting it from Mina.


    The sneer on Mina''s face grew bigger as she raised her fist upward and punched the barrier. She then repeated the same move several times in the span of less than a second.


    The barrier was unable to handle the punch and cracked like a mirror, soon disappearingpletely.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Rumble!


    The Dream Goliath activated [Phantasmal Stampede] and began to m its gigantic feet on the ground. Whether it was the virtual or physical ground, it all began to rumble, and soon cracks started appearing.


    The phasing in and out stopped, and what reced it was a deep, endless pit. Mina who no longer had any support on the ground, began falling.


    Supreme God level cultivator could fly, so she soared in the sky like a falcon, but the sky was also unable to handle the stampede. Cracks spread across the space at random spots, forcing Mina to be cautious and not get devoured by it.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two continued. Once the battle duration crossed the 10-minute mark, Mina''s anger exploded like a bomb.


    How could she make the beast kneel if it was able to stand toe to toe with her for that long? The next moment, her blue eyes turned red, with a tint of ck.


    Several spiritual storms erupted all around the battlefield in the range of a hundred miles. A terrifying pressure began to form in the range, and the source of that was Mina.


    Mina''s appearance turned even more hideous as worms seemed to move beneath her skin. Her gray skin began to rot, and maggots appeared. These were all virtual creatures that didn''t seem to exist in reality.


    What Mina was using was her ultimate skill, and she was the sole user of it since its developer was none other than herself. Since others bullied her for her appearance, Mina used ugliness and anger as a concept to form a state where she looked hideous, but her strength had grown severalfold.


    Maggots were growing at a crazy rate, and so was the rotting. At that time, Mina''s pupils had turnedpletely ck, while her sclera was a horrid red.


    The maggots and worms began to explode into ck clouds. Despite them only being virtual creatures, the ck cloud interfered with reality, and Mina sucked up all that smoke. Her body was transparent, so the smoke could be seen flowing through her inner body and melting her organs. The next moment, her organs recovered and turned rotten, but their strength increased.


    Mina''s life level grew at a rapid rate, and for the first time, the Dream Goliath felt fear enveloping it.


    Roar!


    The Dream Goliath let out an angry roar to calm down. It wanted to attack, but there was a psychological feeling stopping it from doing so. The beast realized that Mina''s condition was having an impact on it.


    It could see the craziness in the intruder''s aura, and it didn''t want to be the beast of someone who was crazier than itself.


    It had decided to use [Oneiric Dominion] some timeter and end the battle in a sweep, but the n went awry, looking at the state of the intruder.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1443 (4) Forced Out(18)

    <h4>Chapter 1443 (4) Forced Out(18)</h4>


    Chapter 1443: Forced Out(18)


    The Dream Goliath activated [Oneiric Dominion], and following that, the energy spread across the battlefield in the range of one hundred miles, turned active, and began converging around the beast.


    Buildings began to rise and disappear, and the terrain kept changing. The sky was filled with countless sharp projectiles, each aiming at Mina.


    The eyes of the beast turned nightmarishly dark, and its body began to grow rapidly. In no time, it had reached a hundred meters and kept growing.


    During the activation state, the Dream Goliath was the master of dreams and illusions. It could alter reality at its whim, and since Mina was also at the Supreme God level, the beast''s reality-altering effect influenced her as well.


    An army of giant Dream Goliaths spread across the range, with each having the same level of strength. It was as if the battle had turned from one-on-one to a crowd charge.


    At that time, Mina had alsopleted her transformation. Her body was entirely transparent and dark. Her red and ck eyes had no emotion but cruelty as she stared at the army of Dream Goliaths.


    Mina was perfectly in control of the state, so she extended her right finger and pointed at one of the many Dream Goliaths. The next moment, the energy above the pointed beast rioted, and the beast exploded into a blood cloud.


    Mina didn''t stop and kept killing one Dream Goliath after another. The original Dream Goliath was hidden in the mix and calmly looked at the scene. The beast understood that there was no way for it to fight head-on against the intruder since she was overly powerful.


    The beast decided to use the endless dream and illusion energy at its disposal to exhaust Mina to death. Mina sneered in response since she also understood what the beast wanted to do.


    Whenever she killed more than three Dream Goliaths, three new beasts would appear and rece the dead ones.


    The sneer on her face made her even more terrifying to look at. She then walked forward, and the space seemed to be a part of her as she appeared at the end of the range, bypassing all the projectiles.


    The sharp projectiles sensed Mina, and they immediately turned around and rushed toward her. It was an uncountable number of sharp projectiles, and each one of them had enough capability to kill an average Supreme God.


    Mina snickered and snapped her fingers. The next moment, the void broke open, forming a maw. In no time, more than one-fourth of the sharp projectiles disappeared into the endless expanse of space.


    The void maw didn''t disappear and grew even further, devouring another section. Not long after, only Mina was left alone in the sky.


    She then extended both her hands and chanted something iprehensible to the beast. The spiritual energy in the area rioted, trying to snatch the authority of the Dream Goliath over the energy. But there was a reason for the title ''Dominion'' was attached to the skill, and Mina failed to snatch the authority.


    Instead of feeling angry over her failure, the sneer on her face grew bigger, and she charged into the midst of the Dream Goliaths. A pedestal made of spiritual energy appeared below her feet, stopping her from falling into the endless pit of darkness.


    The Dream Goliaths charged at her with different skills, but whenever Mina passed through them, they began to shrink, and soon after, none was left of them.


    Since Mina failed to snatch the authority, she decided to devour the energy in the beasts down below and force the Dream Goliath to appear.


    As Mina devoured energy, her aura grew stronger, making the original Dream Goliath feel dreadful. It tried to fight back and used its powerful skills, and so did the other beasts, but things remained the same.


    It was as if the Dream Goliath was a child fighting against an adult. It tried its strength, but it failed to cause any damage to the opponent.


    "GRAAAAHHHH!"


    Once Mina felt she had devoured enough energy, she opened her mouth and let out an eerie scream, all the devoured energy being used for that.


    The next moment, the energy grew out of control, and many beasts began to fade away.


    A grin spread across Mina''s face since one of the beasts who were unaffected by the scream was the original Dream Goliath.


    Mina immediately disappeared from her spot, appeared right above one of the beasts, and punched. Her thin, sickly body held enough power to crush the space, and with it, the beast turned into a mush.


    The Dream Goliath couldn''t see any hope of victory from the situation, so it decided to go insane and fight back, activating [Reverie Rampage].


    Boom!


    Mina punched back, resulting in a loud explosion, causing a wide gap in the space. The two fought the primal form of battle and kept at it till thest moment.


    Boom!


    A loud sound rang as Mina punched the beast''s head. Following that, the head exploded like a watermelon, spattering blood on Mina''s face.


    A tint of red had appeared around Mina, showing that she was going out of control. She wiped the blood from her face and licked it. She then bent down and attempted to bite arge piece of chunk from the headless beast.


    The beast was alive, and the system prohibited these kinds of things. The next moment, the beast exhausted its life energy, and a white light covered Mina.


    She immediately regained her sanity and found herself back in the store. The battle was fresh in her mind, causing her to grimace.


    Even though she won, she had to use her ultimate state. Fortunately for her, she was inside the taming area, and it was only her consciousness. The state had grave side effects on her body due to its negative attributes.


    Mina was immersed in battle when suddenly a prickling pain hit her. Creatures of the spirit group were more tuned with their soul, so the pain felt by Mina was several times more intense than that of those who weren''t part of the spirit group.


    Fortunately, the pain disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and Mina returned to reality.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1444 (5) Friends Reunion(19)

    Chapter 1444 (5) Friend''s Reunion(19)


    Chapter 1444: Friend''s Reunion(19)


    "You need to pay thirty thousand ultimate,¡­, higher Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Mina, returning the beast card to her.


    Mina nodded, and a card appeared in her hand out of thin air. Before Mina could say anything, Aakesh stopped her, informed her that no outside card worked in the store, and introduced her to the store cards.


    "Aren''t you greedy?" Mina snickered and then asked for the Ultimate Store Card.


    Aakesh didn''t mind Mina''s tone and activated the process of card generation. Soon, the process wasplete from both sides, and Mina paid the required sum.


    She didn''t wait anymore after that and immediately left the queue. She was about to activate the teleportation function since she didn''t want to get lost again when the sound of arge group of footsteps rang in the store.


    Mina stopped and turned around to look at her when her eyes suddenly widened in surprise. She immediately became a cheery person, as if her wild personality were an illusion.


    The person she was looking at was also leaving the room, and he also caught sight of Mina. The man had an opposite reaction upon seeing Mina. He immediately wanted to turn around and enter Panagea again, but at that time, Mina had called him, leaving him no choice but to respond with a fake smile.


    "Una, who would have thought I''d see you here," Mina cheered, grabbing the hand of the man.


    Una in question was a Sacred King like Mina, and the two knew each other from childhood. Una was always a gentle, kind being. In the past, he had apanied his father to meet the leader of the Drutisap race, and during that, he came across the scene of Mina being bullied.


    Being a kind person, he stepped in and used his prestige as the son of the leader of the Gusvin race to save Mina. Una then forgot about it and met Mina again when she had already be a Higher God, and her talent had bloomed.


    The two remained friends after that, when one day Mina suddenly proposed to be his cultivation partner. Una had an easygoing personality, so he didn''t want to bind himself to anyone, and he refused. Following that refusal, Mina challenged him to battle.


    The battle ended in tragedy, as there was not a single spot in his body that wasn''t swollen. From that moment on, whenever the two would meet, Mina would propose again, resulting in another beating.


    Una was unable to defeat Mina, so he had no choice but to avoid her, and he seeded at it by lying. For thest decade, Mina and he hadn''te across each other, and that was to break today.


    Fortunately for Una, he was inside the store and didn''t need to fear a beatdown from Mina.


    "Where are you going after this?"


    Una wanted to activate the store card and leave for some reason when Mina suddenly asked. He froze for a moment, unable to tell a lie.


    Mina, who was of the same height as Una, suddenly reached his right ear and whispered, "If you avoid me again, I willin about you to my father-inw."


    ''You are crazy!'' Una screamed in his heart.


    "How did you find the store without getting lost?" Una asked, trying to change the topic from himself.


    Mina immediately turned cheerful and responded, "I found the store by getting lost."


    ''What terrible luck!'' Una again screamed in his heart but kept calm on the outside.


    "Did you buy anything from the store?"


    "Yes, see," Mina replied, taking out the beast card and handing it to Una.


    Una''s eyes widened in surprise, reading the details of the beast. "Something uglier than me," Mina stated cheerfully.


    Una stopped looking at the card and then looked at her. He took a deep breath and said, "How many times have I told you to forget about that? Things like beauty are immaterial. Appearances can be changed permanently at the whim of the powerful."


    Even though Una avoided Mina, he still considered her his friend since the two had gone through many life-and-death challenges, and Mina had never let him down.


    Mina simply scoffed in response to Una''s statement. If it were someone else who said it, she would have beaten them down.


    "Let''s go; I will take you to somewhere good," Una suddenly said.


    Mina forgot everything, turned cheerful, and nodded. The two then left the store. Una tried to move a small distance away from Mina but was unable to make her release his hand, so he epted his fate and walked with her.


    ***


    While Una took Mina to a special ce, Aakesh was conversing with a new customer, introducing him to the store''s products.


    "Store owner, I will have three first-grade higher body healing pills,..., first-grade higher spirit enhancement pills," The man requested, stating the list of pills he needed.


    Aakesh nodded and stood up from his chair. He walked to the counter and pulled out the pills one by one. In total, there were fifteen pills of different types.


    Aakesh then returned to the chair and expressionlessly informed the man of the money he needed to pay.


    The man nodded and took out the required Sacred stones from his space ring, and after counting them again, he pushed them toward the store owner.


    Aakesh waved his hands, and the small mountain of stones disappeared from the store. Following that, a mechanical alert rang in his head.


    [Host, the sale of three first-grade body healing pills,..., has beenpleted. The salemission of 5% has been transferred to your ount.]


    "The pills are yours," Aakesh informed, taking back the restriction on the pills.


    The man then thanked Aakesh and turned around to leave since Panagea was full.


    Whoosh!


    Suddenly, a white light shed in the store, and following that, a being appeared.


    Philly took a deep breath as he found himself in the familiar store with a beaming smile spread across his face. It had been a while since he came to the store due to his being stuck in ruin for the past several years. It was only that day that he exited. He then immediately came to the store, using the Ultimate Store Card.

 Chapter 1445 (6) Scary Knife(20)

    Chapter 1445 (6) Scary Knife(20)


    Chapter 1445: Scary Knife(20)


    Philly was an ordinary True God level King, but everything changed with that dream and the store. He, who had never thought that he could ever step into peak True God level, found himself cruising in cultivation after that event.


    The dream would reveal different things from time to time, and using those revtions, Philly grew stronger. He had to take a loan to buy a beast from the store, but in only several years, he gained enough wealth to buy an ultimate quality Golden Resurgent Falcon without owing anything to the store.


    Seven years ago, Philly left the store using the Ultimate Store Card. He had only appeared at his residence when a wave of drowsiness hit him.


    The next moment, Philly found himself in a dream city. When he woke up, there was a coordinate in his mind.


    Philly immediately stood up and traveled to the coordinates. When he reached there, Philly found an army of cultivators stationed there. Even the weakest in that group was above Sacred King, so Philly had no chance of entering. The guards caught Philly''s presence, so they looked toward him, and one of the guards began approaching to apprehend Philly.


    The guards were a private group belonging to a powerful organization and were stationed at the gate to stop anyone from entering and also kill anyone who discovered the presence of the portal.


    Boom!


    Suddenly, an explosion rang in the area and devoured everything, including Philly and the guard.


    Philly seemed disappointed and angry at himself for immediately leaving, and soon after, he fell unconscious.


    After an unknown amount of time, Philly opened his eyes and found himself sleeping on a bed.


    Crash!


    His ears caught the sound of something crashing, so he stood up and looked in the direction of the sound. The next moment, Philly saw a wondrous scene.


    A gray rat with a tint of gold in its fur had nibbled the left foot of the table, resulting in the table falling and all the items atop it crashing to the ground.


    There was spirituality in the eyes of the rat, so it stared back at Philly. The next moment, an awkward situation yed out as the two parties stared at each other.


    The rat then swiped its ws as if it were asking Philly not to mind. It then looked at the table, and a round pattern appeared in its eyes.


    The next moment, the nibbled pieces began to gather at the eaten foot, and the table stood up, and the crashed items began to float and returned atop the table. Philly''s mouth widened in shock since it was time that was reversed.


    Philly couldn''t do anything like that since time was one of the most difficult elements to control. The rat became confused upon seeing Philly''s expression.


    Philly and the rat weren''t strangers. It was Philly''s pet and had been for several centuries. It wasn''t the first time that it had done something like that.


    The rat was confused, but suddenly, a cloudy expression appeared in its eyes, and it returned to normal, noticing nothing wrong with Philly''s behavior.


    Philly noticed the change, and he suddenly had an idea. He walked up from his bed and walked to the nearby mirror.


    The next moment, Philly looked in shock since the man on the other side of the mirror was nowhere like how Philly looked. It was a young man in his teen years, while Philly''s original appearance was that of a middle-aged man in histe years.


    ***


    "Aunt, my father has asked you to return the money in two days," Philly sternly said to the middle-aged woman.


    It has been more than a month since Philly appeared here. He epted that he was in a ruin rted to the element of illusion, and to crack it, he began to y his part.


    In the illusion, he was the son of a wealthy merchant who controlled more than eighty percent of the city''s wealth, so his status in the city was no less than that of the King of the Moha Kingdom. Philly, being his son, was a dreaded figure, and he used his father''s wealth to full avail, sleeping with anyone he desired and killing those he didn''t like.


    Philly, in reality, was nowhere like that, but since he was ying the part, he acted simrly. The woman standing in front of him was a beautiful middle-aged woman who had a downcast face, looking at Philly standing at her gate.


    ''How can your father care about the little money I owe? You bastard must be here for me,'' The woman cursed angrily in her heart, but a fawning smile was on the outside.


    "Young master, do we need to discuss money between us? Pleasee inside," The woman fawningly said.


    Philly grinned lustfully and looked up and down at her beautiful body. "You have grown smart," Phillymented like a viin and followed the woman inside.


    Philly immediately walked to the sofa, while the woman closed the door. The woman began undressing when Philly suddenly disappeared from the sofa and appeared right behind the woman. His finger was touching her throat.


    A simple movement, and his fingers would crush her throat. The woman froze as if someone had drowned her with cold water.


    She fearfully tried to look behind, but like a devil''s voice, Philly''s voice rang in her ears, "Any movement, and you will be dead."


    The woman stood there silently, not daring to make any move, and Philly searched around her body, trying to find something. The woman''s heart sank since Philly''s actions proved that her actual identity had been leaked out, but she controlled herself since she didn''t know what Philly''s intentions were.


    "Where is the key my father handed to you after you seduced him?" Philly coldly asked, unable to find any items on the woman''s body.


    "Young master, what are-"


    "Any answer other than what I am asking, and you will wish for death," Philly cut the woman''s sentence midway and coldly stated. To show his intention to kill, he swiped through her neck.


    The next moment, there was a blood spurt from the wound, but before it could fall to the ground, or the woman could feel pain, the rat acted, and the injury disappeared, leaving her stunning neck without any blemish.

 Chapter 1446 (7) Hannidre’s Identity(21)

    Chapter 1446 (7) Hannidre¡¯s Identity(21)


    Chapter 1446: Hanndire''s Identity(21)


    "Next time, I won''t heal it," Philly added, pushing the woman forward.


    The woman stabilized herself from falling and looked at Philly with deep fear in her eyes.


    Sigh!


    The woman sighed after a while, her tonepletely changing. Philly stood there unfazed by it as if he had already anticipated everything.


    "Why do you have to throw your nose into matters that have nothing to do with you?" The woman helplesslymented as if the previous expression of fear was simply a joke.


    She then walked back to the sofa and sat down, spreading her legs on the table. What should be seen was visible, but Philly, who had lived for so long, how could he let emotions like lust control him?


    "Now that I''ve freed you, do you think you can act and save yourself?" Philly coldlymented, taking out a knife from the space ring.


    The woman''s eyes widened in shock, looking at the knife. "How could that bastard let you have this knife?" The woman eximed in a high-pitched voice.


    The earlier frightened expression was a joke, but after seeing the knife, the woman was truly afraid. It was an artifact that had the ability to kill instantly, and it didn''t even need to hit the opponent directly. As long as there was anything of the enemy belonging to the user, they could kill the enemy, irrespective of the distance.


    "I will tell you about the key, but you have to return my skin tissue," The woman stated.


    "Do you think you are capable of bargaining with me?" Philly coldly said and yed with the skin tissue he had taken during the sh.


    ''Should I grab the tissue and run?''


    The woman thought, but she suddenly froze when she saw a sneer spreading across Philly''s face. It was as if Philly was provoking her to try something like that.


    The woman took a deep breath to calm herself down. She then looked at the knife and the skin tissue while gritting her teeth. Soon after, an expression of helplessness covered her as she removed any struggling thoughts she had in her heart.


    "I will tell you whatever you want to know, but first, take that thing back," The woman requested.


    Philly didn''t have any intention to push the woman to her limit, so he simply stored the knife and skin tissue in the space ring.


    "Where is the key?" Philly asked, having no intention to waste any time here.


    The woman struggled for a second, but since Philly epted her request to store the knife back, she took a deep breath and answered, "I don''t have the key, but only a fragment of it."


    Philly''s heart sank when he heard the first half of the sentence, but calmed down when he heard the second half. He then walked to the sofa and sat down.


    "Bring it to me," Philly ordered in a cold voice.


    "Get naked and put all your space rings here," Philly immediately added, not taking any chance.


    The woman nodded, and soon her beautiful plump body appeared in full view, but Philly''s emotions remained unfazed. The woman cursed in her heart since she failed to cause even a ripple and becamepletely honest.


    The woman didn''t try to make any seductive gestures and honestly returned with a fragment. The fragment was silver in color, and it was the shoulder part of the key. Looking at it, there were three fragments of the key.


    "Is there something else I need to know?" Philly put the fragment in the space ring and asked.


    "When your father gave me the fragment, he told me to meet Mr. Hannidre if I never needed to exchange the fragment for anything," The woman honestly answered.


    ***


    "I have already told you everything I knew. Can you now please return my skin tissue?" The woman tremblingly asked once she had answered all of Philly''s questions.


    "I will return it to you, but first, take an oath that the conversation between us will never be revealed to any fourth person," Philly responded since his work with the woman was done.


    The woman nodded and soon took the oath, and in response to that, Aakesh returned the skin tissue to her. He then stood up and turned around to leave.


    "How about we do the business I weed you inside for?" Without any threat of death, the woman calmed down and seductively asked.


    Philly turned around and looked at the woman, surveying her body. The woman beamed with a beautiful smile, but suddenly, her smile froze.


    "Hmph, you think you are worth it," Phillymented with disdain and spat, breaking whatever confidence the woman had in her beauty.


    ***


    "You bastard, you begged me to fuck you, and now you think I am not worth it," The woman screamed in frustration once Philly left.


    After three years, Philly seeded in finding all three fragments and formed the key. Once that was done, it was time to activate the next step.


    The next challenge waiting for Philly was to enter the treasury and find the scroll so that he would be able to leave from there.


    The treasury was controlled by his father, who was a Sacred Emperor. Even though he was the only son, the father still wouldn''t allow Philly to enter the treasury, so Philly needed to find other ways.


    Philly had remembered the name Hannidre since all three women had told him the name. It was finally time for Philly to meet the man.


    It wasn''t very difficult to find Hannidre since if it were, his yboy father would have never asked his three mistresses to meet the man.


    When Philly finally found Hannidre, he couldn''t help but be shocked since Hannidre wasn''t a man but a woman. It wasn''t that shocking, but the identity was the cause of the strong reaction.


    Hannidre''s real name was Hannah, and she was Philly''s fiancee, set up by his father.


    "What a bullshit illusion!" Philly couldn''t help but curse in anger since the father was sleeping with his son''s fiancee as well. If not for hiding things from his father, Philly would have immediately killed Hannah.


    At the same time, the actual Philly was also slightly relieved since he had ways to control Hannah.

 Chapter 1447 (8) Meeting with Hannah(22)

    Chapter 1447 (8) Meeting with Hannah(22)


    Chapter 1447: Meeting with Hannah(22)


    "Why do you want to meet me?" Hannah sweetly asked.


    She was wearing a white shirt and a tight red skirt that touched her feet. There was a slit in the skirt, starting from her left knee. She had used beautiful colors on her face that entuated her beauty. Since Hannah had to meet Philly, she had prepared herself well.


    Even though she was sleeping with the father, that was something that couldn''t be known to anyone, so she needed to act sweetly in front of Philly.


    Philly had an endearing smile on his face since the illusion version of him was obsessed with Hannah.


    He sat down on the sofa and then tapped his thighs, gesturing for Hannah to sit. The smile on Hannah''s face grew wider as she followed the gesture. She then added to it and rubbed his crotch.


    Philly angrily cursed in his heart since she was aware of Hannah''s workings. But since he had a purpose foring here, he also joined the y.


    He stroked her from the bottom and then reached above. As his hand was about to reach her face, he suddenly stopped, and the knife appeared in his hand.


    It was only a few millimeters away from touching her throat. Hannah finally reacted, and her face turned pale, drained of all her blood.


    Hannah didn''t try to act randomly since she was aware of the knife in Philly''s hand.


    "When did you find out?" Hannah calmly asked. There was no hint of familiarity in her voice as if she were talking to some stranger.


    Hannah realized the reason behind Phily''s actions was the truth of her and Phily''s father''s rtionship.


    "Speak only the answers." Philly ignored Hannah''s question and coldly whispered in her ears.


    Hannah shuddered since it was the first time she had seen Philly act like that. She could even ept Philly threatening her with the knife since he was crazy and arrogant, but talking that coldly wasn''t something he could do.


    Hannah wanted to ask who Philly was, but she didn''t dare to since the threat whispered by him still lingered in her head.


    She forcefully calmed down andmented, "What do you want to know?"


    "Where is the treasury?" Philly asked.


    Hannah froze when he heard the question. It took everything in her will to stop herself from turning around and staring at Philly''s face since he had given him too much surprise.


    "Wrong answer, and you die," Philly added. With only the simple touch of a knife on her throat, Hannah would die due to the cursed effect of the weapon, so she had no way of surviving the situation.


    "I don''t know-"


    Puchi!


    The next moment, a blood spurt cut Hannah''s sentence midway. Terror engulfed Hannah''s soul, but when she found that she was still alive after the attack, she looked down and noticed that the knife was still there.


    "Next time, my knife will taste your blood," Philly coldly warned.


    ***


    Philly couldn''t kill Hannah since he didn''t want to alert his father, so he left her alive after forcing her to take an oath using the knife as the source. The moment she told any fourth person about what happened between her and Philly, she would be dead.


    Philly seeded in finding the location of the treasury, and it was something unexpected. There was a space coordinate connecting the treasury beneath Philly''s house.


    Philly also learned the truth of a scheme about himself from Hannah. She and the father had that immoral rtionship before she was chosen as Philly''s fiance.


    The father chose Hannah since the treasury wasn''t purely owned by his father. His dead mother was the half-owner, and there were valuable items in the treasury that only Philly or his blood descendant could control. The knife was one such item. It was his mother''s powerful weapon. Hannah was the father''s way to control both Philly and his children, if he were to ever have one.


    ***


    Philly immediately returned to his residence, and following Hannah''s words, he activated the space coordinate. The next moment, a storm erupted and his room was destroyed.


    At the same time, Philly''s father opened his eyes from his meditation. The father frowned and turned to his left.


    Peering through the space, the father could see the scenes of Philly activating the space portal.


    "YOU BASTARD!"


    The father screamed angrily and disappeared from his residence. The next moment, he walked out of the void, staring coldly at Philly.


    Philly''s heart froze when he saw his father appear out of nowhere. He realized there was no way to keep this charade anymore, so he didn''t waste a moment and stepped inside the portal.


    The father felt his heart sink in anger, and at the same time, he also followed inside.


    The treasury wasn''t a treasury filled with valuable items; it was a world in itself with its ownws and rules.


    After stepping inside the portal, Philly appeared in an ice field. The world was divided into two fields, ice and fire. The mother controlled the icy side, while the father owned the fiery portion.


    Philly hadn''t even looked around when he sensed his father''s presence approaching him. He knew there was no way he could run from a Sacred Emperor, so he stopped there and waited.


    The next moment, the father appeared next to Philly.


    "What are you doing?" The father grabbed Philly up and angrily asked.


    He was about to p when the energy grew crazy, and not long after, a woman made of ice appeared in the air.


    Philly''s eyes jumped in excitement since the woman was his dead mother. The ice woman coldly looked at the father and asked, "How dare you think of hitting your son?"


    "Hmph, since when has a projection be crazy enough to scold me?" The father scoffed and coldly stared at the ice woman.


    The ice woman didn''t back away despite being stared at by someone way stronger than her. Even though the father was more powerful, she was the master of the icy field and had an undue advantage. The most the father could do was defeat her.


    Despite his being angry, the father didn''t act against the ice woman since it controlled the icy side and could make thingsplicated for him.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1448 (9) Shocking Both Sides(23)

    Chapter 1448 (9) Shocking Both Sides(23)


    Chapter 1448: Shocking Both Sides(23)


    Gust looked at his son and the ice woman, and then he released Philly down.


    "Let''s go!" Gust calmly ordered.


    Philly ignored Gust''s order, looked at the ice woman, and yelled, "Save me; he is trying to kill me."


    Gust and the ice woman were both shocked and looked at Philly with the same expression. Gust frowned and coldly spoke, "Who gave you that idea?"


    Gust had no thoughts of killing Philly since, no matter what, he was still his son. He simply wanted the treasure left by his wife. Once Gust received it, he would heavily reward his son and family.


    Hannah was simply a pawn in his n, and he wouldn''t think twice before giving up on her.


    "Do you think I don''t know what the rtionship is between you and Hannah?"


    "How dare you defile the future wife of your son, you Beast-"


    The more Philly spoke, the angrier he became, and the temperature in the area dropped.


    "YOU BEAST!"


    The ice woman angrily screamed and waved her hands. The next moment, Philly disappeared from the spot, leaving Gust and the ice woman alone.


    Despite his quick-thinking ability, Gust stood there in shock, not understanding what had happened. When he finally came around, things had gottente, and the entire icy side was sealed, blocking Gust from entering it.


    ***


    Philly calmly looked around the pce, not having any interest in what was happening on his father''s side. A heartbroken expression suddenly appeared on his face and not long after, the ice woman walked out of nowhere.


    She gently looked at Philly and descended. Her form changed, and soon she turned into how his dead mother looked.


    She had a mixture of gentleness and sadness in her eyes as she embraced her son. In response, Philly also cried like a baby.


    "Forgive your mother for leaving you like that," Riza said, tears streaming down her cheeks.


    If she knew what kind of monster her husband would be after her death, she would have never left Philly in his care. The mother and son cried for a long time.


    ''How long is this scene going tost?'' Philly cursed in his heart but kept crying outside.


    ***


    "Be safe, my boy. Your father will not be able to attack you for the next hundred years." Riza said and thenpletely faded.


    A hundred years was less than the blink of an eye for a Sacred Emperor, and there was no way for Philly to grow strong enough to defeat Gust in that amount of time.


    Fortunately for Philly, he didn''t care about the hundred years or Gust''s anger at all. He had a goal ining here, and once hepleted it, he would be out of the picture, returning to reality.


    Since the remnant soul left by Riza hadpletely faded, Philly no longer needed to act, and he returned to his original characteristics.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing, and months after months passed in the blink of an eye. It had been six years since Philly entered the illusion, and he finally reached thest leg of it.


    While on the fiery side of the world, Gust stood at the edge. Behind him were Hannah and the three women''s corpses. Since he couldn''t enter the icy side for a hundred years, he needed something to vent his anger. The four women became the casualties of that.


    ***


    "Once I pass this test, I will be able to own it and leave this damn ce," Philly murmured, looking at the floating key ahead of him.


    For the past three years, he had beenpleting one challenge after another, and he finally reached thest step.


    Philly took a deep breath and reached for the key. He grabbed it, and the next moment, a rumble rang in his head. Philly fell unconscious, his hand still holding the key.


    ***


    There was a single ind in the vast, endless expanse of the ocean. Philly found himself standing at the edge of the ind, and ahead of him was a tall mountain.


    He could see the peak of the mountain, standing at the edge. A closed door was present on the peak, and to reach it, Philly would have to go through several life-and-death challenges.


    He then took his first step forward, and soon after, he reached the end of the mountain.


    Roar!


    Immediately, a roar rang in Philly''s ears, and following the sound, he found a beast staring at him.


    Philly immediately pulled himself backward and the beast pounced. Using the momentum from his pull, he kicked.


    Thud!


    The beast was thrown in the air like a football. Philly ignored it and started climbing the mountain.


    From the edge of the ind, the mountain looked a few thousand miles tall, but as he began to climb, Philly felt that what he felt was only the tip.


    In the journey of three thousand miles, Philly didn''te across any attack and soon reached a cave. It was a manmade cave, and when Philly walked in, he found it to be a luxuriouslyfortable residence.


    Philly looked around the vast cave and soon came across a room with closed doors. With a simple punch, the door was open, and Philly walked inside.


    The next moment, Philly couldn''t help but suck a cold breath as, in front of him, there were several mountains of Sacred stones, ranging between lesser and ultimate.


    Philly immediately gathered them, and when he had emptied the room thoroughly, Philly found more than ten thousand ultimate, several million supreme, and billions of higher, ordinary, and lesser stones. All in all, it was a considerable wealth gain worth all the challenges Philly had gone through to reach the treasury.


    Philly then went to the bedroom and slept for uncountable hours. It had been a long time, so after waking up, he felt rxed like never before.


    Philly couldn''t just stay there for his life, so he walked outside and was greeted by a strong sandstorm, forcing him to return inside.


    Unfortunately for Philly, some sand had seeped inside the cave, and that was the beginning of chaos. The sand multiplied on its own, and soon it had covered the entire living area. The sand still kept expanding, and soon there was no spot in the cave where sand wasn''t present.

 Chapter 1449 (10) Struggle(24)

    Chapter 1449 (10) Struggle(24)


    Chapter 1449: Struggle(24)


    Philly needed to do something since the sand was growing at a rapid rate. If he didn''t do anything, he would be crushed to death as a sandstorm was slowly forming inside the cave as well.


    Water calmed the sand down, so he tried to use the basic water skill he had, only to find out that it didn''t calm it, but it acted as a positive catalyst, and the sand doubling rate grew even crazier.


    Seeing the scene, Philly had no thoughts other than escaping. Even though there was a sandstorm outside as well, it was still safer than facing the storm in such a closed shape.


    He immediately ran out, and soon, he was thrown into the air with a rapid force. He activated all the defenses he could at that moment, but they were still not enough, and he hit the mountain with his bare body.


    Crack!


    Even in the middle of a crazy sandstorm, Philly could hear the sound of his bones cracking.


    Groan!


    Philly groaned in pain and tried to stand up, but was pushed down by the strong wind. He gave up any attempt to struggle and waited for the storm to pass.


    Time flew by, and the sandstorm kept raging for three days and nights. When it finally ended, Philly was in terrible shape.


    Numerous wounds adorned his body, with some severe enough to make him unconscious. Fortunately for him, he could use the space ring, so he immediately took out all the recovery-rted items he had.


    More time flew by, and afterpleting several challenges, Philly reached the door.


    At that time, he had lost his left hand, while a tightly bound cloth held his waist from falling.


    Gritting through the pain, Philly reached for the door handle and pushed it inside.


    Click!


    With a clicking sound, the door was pushed open. Philly forgot about his injuries at that moment as ahead of her, there was an endless mountain of Sacred stones.


    As Philly walked inside, he found that the scene he saw from the outside was only the tip of the iceberg.


    With a single nce, he saw more than a thousand gigantic mountains of only the ultimate Sacred stone.


    Even one mountain had millions of stones, so Phily''s eyes turned red from greed as anyone else would feel.


    Right at that time, the cloth on his waist slightly moved, causing Philly to scream in pain. He forgot about the stones, and he just screamed in pain.


    Blood began to seep out of the cloth as the injury became active again. Philly gritted his teeth to persevere through the pain.


    If he didn''t find anything rted to healing, he would most probably die here. Between death and unlimited Sacred stones, the choice was clear for Philly.


    As soon as the thought appeared in his head, the scene of the endless mountain of Sacred stones cracked open like ss, and a new scene reced that.


    At that moment, Philly was present inside a garden filled with various herbs of different types. He seemed to have grabbed a hope of survival, so he walked toward the nearest herb.


    When Philly reached the nearest shoot of herb, he couldn''t help but be disappointed, finding that the herb was an aphrodisiac. Even though he had never seen the herb before, as soon as he looked at it, he knew everything there was to know about it.


    Philly left the herb on its own since he wasn''t aware of the issue. What if he could only pick up one herb from the garden, so he remained cautious and kept his search alive.


    After several hours of searching when Philly was on the verge of death, he finally found an herb that could help him. It could not only help him but also enhance his defense and vitality.


    Philly couldn''t help but wryly smile, noticing the coincidence. When he couldn''t search for any other herb, the herb turned out to be the one he needed. It was as if someone was ying a joke on him.


    The herb in question was a flower with three petals. Each petal was the size of a nail.


    Philly plucked one petal and turned it into liquid by pressing it harder. Philly then rubbed that liquid onto his waist injury.


    When he untied the cloth, the hideous injury on his waist appeared. If not for the fabric, Philly would have long fallen into two pieces, his lower body being unable to handle the upper body weight.


    The petal''s liquid worked like a miracle, and wherever it touched, Philly''s skin began to regenerate. In no time, his waist was perfectly fine, leaving no scars of injury.


    There were still two petals left. Philly plucked out the second one and used the liquid from it on his hand.


    With one-half remaining, his hand fully regenerated. He used the remaining half for other grave and small injuries.


    When the liquid was exhausted, Philly wasn''t very far from his peak condition. Since there was one more petal left, he didn''t waste any time and plucked it as well.


    As the three petals left the nt, it turned into ash, leaving a hard ground in ce of that. Philly focused on the petal instead of that and ate it.


    The next moment, a wave of warm energy rushed through his body. In no time, his body condition reached its peak, and soon it began to climb over it. His bones became stronger, and his internal organs started to develop more resilience.


    Philly couldn''t help but smile when he noticed that the garden was still there, and it didn''t throw him out after one pick. Philly then began searching for valuable herbs, and when he picked the third nt(Including healing flower), the scene cracked like ss.

 Chapter 1450 Successful Breakthrough(25)

    Chapter 1450 Sessful Breakthrough(25)


    Chapter 1450: Sessful Breakthrough(25)


    A new scene didn''t rece the garden, but a door silently stood at the end of a straight path made of cobblestones.


    Philly walked the path, and when he reached the door, a strong suction force appeared and sucked him inside. The next moment, he found himself back at the door of the dungeon, with numerous corpses littering the space.


    A wave of fear engulfed Philly''s face as he saw the corpses, each having higher cultivation than him. He immediately activated the Ultimate Store Card and teleported to the store.


    Philly smiled, looking at the familiar store and the store owner. Only then did he find out that he had been gone for seven years, meaning he spent more than one year on thest challenge.


    There was a small line of customers waiting for their turn in front of Aakesh, so he also joined it.


    "Hello, store owner, it has been a long time," Philly respectfully greeted Aakesh after his turn arrived.


    Aakesh simply nodded in response to his greetings, having no interest in learning what caused Philly to be absent for several years. He had curiosity regarding the dream cause, but that was a thing of the future.


    Philly was aware of Aakesh''s indifferent personality, so he only smiled and requested to enter the Gods & Demons level training area. He then paid the cost and walked toward the weapons room while Aakesh focused on the next customer who took Philly''s spot.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    sha''s footsteps rang on the road as she cheerfully approached the store. Her cultivation didn''t look fully stable, but that was due to her breakthrough and stepping into a new cultivation level.


    It had been several decades since sha ascended to the Sacred Dimension and found out about her husband''s death. At that time, the store had helped her survive since it gave her hope of reaching a level where she would be able to revive her husband.


    She woulde every day to the store in the early morning to enter Panagea, but that day was different since she was approaching her breakthrough. After she seeded and stepped into the True God level, she came to the store.


    With a wide smile stered on her face, sha entered the store. There was a small line of customers, and she also joined it.


    When it was her turn, she shared the news with Aakesh, getting a nod from Aakesh in response. She and him then talked for some more time, and then she walked toward the beast room.


    Reaching the True God level made her eligible to own the second beast, and after walking inside the room, she joined the queue in front of the second pir.


    While waiting, she thought of many beasts in her mind, and after waiting for minutes, it was finally her turn.


    sha took a deep breath and prayed to the Green Dragon. She then pressed the button, initiating the beast summoning.


    The next moment, the square light screen began to rotate at an unprecedented rate and kept at it for five seconds.


    When it stopped, a beast unfamiliar to her appeared on the screen. With anticipation in her eyes, she waited for the card. Not long after, a beast card formed out of nowhere and flew into her hands.


    It was a legendary quality beast in the mutant group, but sha didn''t like the many skills the beast had, so she went forward and ced the card in the cardpartment.


    sha then returned to the device and prayed once again. She then pressed the button, initiating the second round of summoning.


    Five secondster, another unfamiliar beast appeared on the screen, but sha didn''t react like thest time when she read the details on the card.


    {Name: Fiery Behemoth


    Type: Beast


    Race: Behemoth


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Fire, Earth


    Cultivation: Early True God


    Characteristics: Emberforge Guardian


    Details: The Fiery Behemoth''s characteristics enhance its role as a protector on the battlefield. In this state, the beast has the innate ability to imbue nearby allies with the essence of its fiery aura, granting huge vitality, strong defenses, and a fiery berserk mode.


    Ability:


    1.) Molten Carapace: The Fiery Behemoth''s formidable hide is infused with molten rock, providing natural armor that deflects physical attacks and grants resistance to heat-based damage.


    2.) Lava Surge: The Fiery Behemoth channels the power of the earth to create moltenva surges, dealing area-of-effect damage and leaving behind scorched terrain.


    3.) Ember Roar: The Fiery Behemoth unleashes a deafening roar infused with ember energy, intimidating foes and igniting nearby mmable objects.


    ...


    6.) Magma Eruption: The Fiery Behemoth summons geysers of molten magma from beneath the ground, damaging and stunning enemies caught in the eruption.


    7.) Emberme Charge: The Fiery Behemoth charges forward, leaving a trail of zing mes in its wake, causing burn damage to enemies in its path.


    ...


    10.) Seismic Stomp: The Fiery Behemoth''s mighty stomp sends shockwaves through the earth, disrupting enemies and causing tremors in the vicinity.


    11.) Pyrosmic Fury: The Fiery Behemoth enters a state of pyrosmic fury, intensifying its mes and unleashing devastating fire and earth attacks upon enemies.


    Card Description: The Fiery Behemoth is a formidable creature. Its attributes of fire, and earth make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Fiery Behemoth.


    Price: Seventy-nine ultimate and five hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.}


    The upper half contained an illustration of the beast. The Fiery Behemoth stood as a colossal being, towering hundreds of meters. Its rugged exterior was formed of molten rock fused with charred earth, creating a radiant glow around its body. Its molten carapace was adorned with flowing rivers ofva that coursed through the channels of its rocky hide, creating a stunningly fearsome disy of fiery patterns.


    Enormous horns protruded from the sides of its head, resembling volcanic peaks, and its eyes glowed with a fierce inner me that reflected the intensity of its elemental power. It had powerful and muscr limbs, and fiery embers danced around its body, leaving a trail of ashes behind it.

 Chapter 1451 Closing for the Day!

    Chapter 1451 Closing for the Day!


    Chapter 1451: Closing for the Day!


    sha read the details on the card with an astonished face. The first beast she summoned was the White Vermillion Bird, a mutant beast with only Supreme Quality. Since there was no way to improve the quality of the beast in the store, the beast had been stuck at peak Divine Lord for years.


    The Fiery Behemoth on the card had no such disadvantage, as it was the ultimate quality, the highest avable quality in the store.


    sha liked the details, so she immediately put her hands down on the Fiery Behemoth. Her mood was good since she got a likable beast only on her second try, saving her a possiblerge summoning cost.


    Leaving the line, she walked toward the square device and joined the line. While waiting for her turn, she began to think of ways to defeat the beast.


    After waiting for several minutes, it was her turn. She then put the beast card in the cardpartment and her hand in the hand section.


    The next moment, her consciousness appeared in a different environment.Big beads of sweat appeared across her face as sha looked around.


    She was currently in rough terrain, with smallva pools and volcanoes randomly spread across the battlefield. The sun was at the top, so it further added to the increased temperature.


    The fire element was so rich in the environment that sha saw the formation of ava pool through her naked eyes.


    Rumble!


    The next moment, her attention was taken away by a loud sound. It was the beast that had jumped out of oneva pool.


    As the Fiery Behemoth was an enormous creature, sha seemed like an ant inparison to it. A single drop ofva streaking across its rough body was more than enough to drown her.


    Roar!


    The Fiery Behemoth coldly stared at the intruder, sending chills down sha''s spine.


    sha didn''t stay that way for long and soon calmed down. She had been in the store for several years, and that had helped immensely with her strength.


    Ding!


    The directionless bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    sha immediately acted, and a bow formed in her hands. It was formed of fire energy. Since the White Vermillion Bird was also a fire element creature, sha had some rtion with the fire element.


    sha stretched the bowstring and an arrow made of fire began to form, and she then released it. She had been an archer for numerous years, so in the span of a second, she created a rain of arrows.


    Fire arrows didn''t have much impact on the Fiery Behemoth due to itsva terrain, and to solve that, every arrow had a slightly glowing tip in white.


    Since there was no moon on the battlefield, sha was cautious about using too much moonlight energy.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    A loud explosion rang with every shot that struck the Fiery Behemoth, but its carapace was more than enough durable and handled the strikes with ease.


    sha used the beast''s slow speed to her advantage and bombarded it with repeated arrows. She would add a random skill in the middle of the arrows to confuse the beast.


    The Fiery Behemoth wasn''t just brawn, so it didn''t fall for sha''s tricks. Whenever it saw an energy skill, it would defend using skills and not just its strong body.


    Time flew by, and the battle between the two kept on raging for hours.


    The Fiery Behemoth was slow, but due to its enormous body, it easily crossedrge distances and kept on attacking sha. Neither of the two sides was willing to give up on the battle, and with time, it kept getting bloodier.


    After more than ten hours had passed, sha finally began to feel exhausted. Her natal element was moonlight, but there was no moon on the battlefield to gain moonlight, so her storage was drying out. In the case of the beast, the area was filled with fire and earthen elements, so it had unlimited resources at its disposal.


    sha could see defeat approaching her, and she didn''t want to lose because of exhaustion, so she decided to take onest chance.


    Whatever moonlight energy remained in her body was drawn out at once, forming a cloak around sha. The cloak couldn''t fully form due to insufficient energy, so sha fed it with its essence, and in no time the cloak fully formed and covered her fully.


    She had only stepped into the True God level, so she wasn''t able to float, but in that state, her control of energy was so fine that she easily took flight.


    A bow made of fire emerged in her hands, and as she stretched the bowstring, an energy arrow began to form. With every cm stretch, sha''s face grew paler since her blood essence was feeding energy to the arrow.


    There was no arrow wing, and the shaft had a darker tint to it, and when the arrowhead formed, it was in the shape of a moving snake.


    At the same time, sha was also getting bombarded with the Fiery Behemoth''s attack. The cloak was protecting her from those attacks, but with every sessful defense, it was slowly fading.


    After a long struggle, the arrow finally fully formed, and at that moment, sha''s face was drained of all her blood. She seemed unable to keep floating in the sky, but whatever remained of the cloak kept her afloat.


    sha gritted her teeth and released the bowstring. The next moment, she was also thrown backward by the force of the release, and the arrow flew, tearing through the space, aiming for the beast''s gigantic head.


    BOOM!


    A loud explosion rang in the sky after the arrow sessfully struck its target. Space cracked open around the beast''s head, increasing the intensity of the damage.


    When things finally subsided, the beast was still alive, but half of its face had disappeared. It tried to restore that injury but was unable to since a snake made of silver light shed from time to time, further aggravating the injury.


    At that time, sha had exhausted her moonlight energy reserves, so she was at her weakest, but she forced herself to keep standing. Going down at that moment meant she would be the first to lose after all that.


    The beast had the same intention, so it yed its enormous body. It hoped for a chance since even a casual hit from the beast in that condition would kill sha.


    sha gritted her teeth, forcing herself to persevere, and soon she saw an enormous hand approaching her.


    Growl!


    A beast-like growl escaped her mouth as she decided to give up her left shoulder and was knocked back. Darkness slowly descended in front of her eyes, but she forced herself to stay awake, gritting through the unbearable pain.


    sha''s gruesome struggle didn''t fail her, and the silver snake finally aggravated the beast''s injury to the point where its brain stopped working, resulting in the death of the beast.


    The next moment, a white light engulfed sha, and following that, her consciousness returned to the store.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The time for the sun to set arrived, and slowly, a cover of darkness began to cover Thorr and its nearby cities.


    .

 Chapter 1452 Reward!

    Chapter 1452 Reward!


    Chapter 1452: Reward!


    Aakesh walked to the door and closed it once there was no customer left inside the store. He had an anticipating expression since he hadpleted the fourth collective quest in the morning.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, an update list has been provided. Please see the screen for more details.]


    As Aakesh turned around, the system''s mechanical alerts rang in his head.


    Not long after, a blue screen popped out in front of him. Golden fonts began to beautifully flow, and soon gave him six options, referring to each of the six products.


    On the screen, there were six sections. They were:


    (1.) Upgrade in Panagea*


    (2.) Upgrade in the pills**


    (3.) Upgrade in training area***


    (4.) Upgrade in cultivation arts****


    (5.) Upgrade in Beast Summoning Device****


    (6.) Upgrade in skill experience******


    {* Panagea currently has a time flow rate three times that of what flows in the Sacred dimension. After the upgrade, the customers will be able to enjoy a higher experience after paying the respective costs.


    ** Currently, the store has only twenty types of pills avable in lesser and higher grades. After this upgrade, the store would start selling every type of pill avable in the Sacred dimension.


    *** After the training area upgrade, there would be time flow types in the Gods & Demons and Immortal training areas, and hence the changes in charges, depending on the benefit it would provide to the customers.


    **** Currently, the store only offers a preview option that allows customers to read the art before buying, giving them further confidence in the product. After the upgrade, the store will activate the function of the cultivation simtor, allowing the customers to see how to cultivate for better results.


    ***** After the beast summoning device''s update, the card will have an additional function of training, allowing the beast to fight and train by itself with a virtually created opponent system.


    ****** After the update, customers will be able to simte the training required to master the skill in the shortest time, in addition to increased effect in the experience area.}


    Aakesh read the details on the screen. It was simr to thest time, with the only difference being the addition of a sixth product.


    Unlike thest time, Aakesh had the choice of choosing which product to update, and it wasn''t based on luck.


    "Hey, system, show me the update details of the products," Aakesh requested the system, and not long after, screen after screen appeared in front of him, following the sequence in the list.


    [Panagea Update: The time flow rate in Panagea is 3x what it is in the Sacred Dimension, so customers pay different sums depending on their stay hours. The product is only avable to customers who are inside the store, leaving many unable to enter due to limited spots and long waiting hours.


    After the update, customers will be able to purchase a card that will allow them to enter Panagea even if the store is closed.


    Card cost: 1,000 higher Sacred stones


    1-25 hours cost: 100 lesser Sacred stones per hour,


    26-75 hours cost: 150 lesser Sacred stones per hour,


    76-250 hours cost: 250 lesser Sacred stones per hour,


    251-1000 hours cost: 400 lesser Sacred stones per hour,


    1001-3000 hours cost: 600 lesser Sacred stones per hour,


    The maximum number of hours that can be recharged is 1000 Sacred hours, and it can be used from anywhere in the Sacred Dimension. The card can be recharged only once in 120 days and only the store owner can recharge it.


    {* The hour cost would depend on the hours in Panagea, not the Sacred dimension.}]


    Aakesh looked at the screen with astonishment since he had expected the system to increase the time flow of Panagea, making more customers able to enter Panagea for longer durations.


    The system surprised him by allowing customers to enter from anywhere they wanted, as long as they owned the required card. Since it was a significant function, so was its cost.


    The system didn''t set a uniform price for the extra hours since someone who could enter 3000 Panagea hours could clearly gain more inparison to one who could only recharge for 25 hours, which was seven hours more than what a customer could enter at maximum in a day earlier.


    The system also addressed the issue of disruption caused by those who had the wealth and could stay in Panagea for as long as they wanted without worrying about the money. It could have a severe impact on reality, as Panagea had a different concept of scaling in every field.


    Tobat that, the store set a limit on recharge only once per 120 days, meaning a customer could recharge three times at most in one year.


    There was also the issue of the number of portals. If these cards were to be active, there was no point in the quests rted to Panagea, so tobat that, the store restricted the sale of cards to 100,000. With every increase in the number of virtual portals, the limit on sale would grow by ten times.


    If Aakesh only had one chance to update, he wouldn''t have needed to read other update details. Panagea was the most valuable product in the store so it was always his first priority. But since he had two update chances, Aakesh focused on the next screen, detailing the training area.


    [Training area Update: The Immortal level training area has a time flow rate of two times that of the Sacred dimension.


    After the update,


    Time flow rate two times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: one hundred ordinary Sacred stones,


    ¡­


    Time flow rate twenty times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: fifty higher Sacred stones.


    The Gods & Demons level training area has a time flow rate of ten times that of the Sacred dimension.


    After the update,


    Time flow rate ten times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: one higher Sacred stone,


    ¡­


    Time flow rate fifty times the Sacred dimension: ¡­, Higher-grade weapon: five thousand higher Sacred stones.


    The Primordial level training area has a time flow rate of twenty times that of the Sacred dimension.


    After the update,


    Time flow rate twenty times the Sacred dimension: Master-grade King weapon: One supreme Sacred stone,


    Time flow rate thirty times the Sacred dimension: Master-grade King weapon: Ten supreme Sacred stones,


    Time flow rate fifty times the Sacred dimension: Master-grade King weapon: One hundred supreme Sacred stones,


    Time flow rate seventy-five times the Sacred dimension: Master-grade King weapon: Five hundred supreme Sacred stones.


    Time flow rate a hundred times the Sacred dimension: Master-grade King weapon: One thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    The update list was the same as thest time, with the addition of the Primordial level difficulty. It was also a good choice since many Supreme God and above customersined about the restriction of only one entry per year while the training time was only twenty hours.


    Since there were still products left, he didn''t make his decision yet and focused on the next screen.


    [Cultivation arts Update:


    The customer can use the cultivation simtor to observe the energy flow from a distance or have a first-person experience of it.


    ...]


    ¡­


    [Beast Update:


    The beast owners could update their cards after paying a fixed sum. The update would allow the beasts to train with an opponent of their choice at their desired cultivation.


    Types:


    Divine Transformation Beast card: 1000 higher Sacred stones*


    Divine Being Beast card: 10,000 higher Sacred stones,


    Divine Lord Beast card: One supreme Sacred stone.


    True God Beast card: Ten supreme Sacred stones,


    Lesser God Beast card: Hundred supreme Sacred stones,


    Higher God Beast card: One thousand supreme Sacred stones,


    Supreme God Beast card: Ten thousand supreme Sacred stones,


    Beast race pack: Three-race pack: 1000 higher Sacred stones**,


    Ten race pack: Ten thousand higher Sacred stones,


    Hundred race pack: Ten supreme Sacred stones,


    One thousand race pack: 1000 supreme Sacred stones.


    * The beast in the card will be able to train with their virtual copy of all qualities and cultivation up to peak Divine Lord.


    ** The race pack allows the beast owners to choose the opponent of their desired race, limited to a pool of ten thousand races.


    Note: The race pack is permanent, but Beast card update will be charged at every level and not a one-time purchase.]


    Aakesh focused on thest screen, and read the details of the skill.


    [Skill Update:


    The customer can use the training simtor to learn how to train effectively and master the skill in the shortest amount of time.


    Third-party cost: One percent of the skill''s price,


    First-person view cost: Five percent of the skill''s price.


    Note: The cost will be added to the cost of skill.]


    After reading the updated details of the five products, it was time for Aakesh to make the decision.


    He didn''t immediately decide since he was confused between two products for the second choice.


    "What two products do you think I should update?" Aakesh asked Lily and Khaval, who were seriously pondering over the choice.


    Even though Aakesh was the decision maker, the two knew that Aakesh would always ask them, and sometimes he even epted their answers.


    "Panagea and Training area," Khaval became the first to break the silence and answered.


    Aakesh didn''t speak but waited for Lily to give her opinion. She didn''t keep him waiting for long and replied, "Panagea is a must due to its value, but for the second choice, I think the Beast summoning device will be the most appropriate."


    Lily took the avatar of a schr and solemnly answered as if her life depended on the answer.


    Khaval scoffed when he saw Lily''s answering expression. She would always mock him for taking everything seriously, and when he took things casually, she was the first to be solemn.


    ***

 Chapter 1453 Checking!

    Chapter 1453 Checking!


    Chapter 1453: Checking!


    A/N: I have made some changes in the Panagea update. Please reread Chapter 1452 before starting this chapter.


    ***


    Aakesh smiled, seeing the banter between the two. He then looked at the screen in front of him.


    Lily and Khaval had given their opinions; it was now time for him to make the decision and choose the two products he wanted to update.


    "Hey, system, please update Panagea and the Beast Summoning Device," Aakesh announced in the empty air.


    [Yes, Host!]


    The next moment, the system''s mechanical alert rang in the store, and soon after, a blue light washed over the portal and the beast room.


    Following that, two rays of light exited the room and flew toward Aakesh. He captured it with ease, and when he looked at them, he found there were two cards in his hand.


    Both cards had the storefront sign and the store''s name on the front, and when he looked at the back, one had the pattern of the virtual portal, while the other had the pir.


    At the same time, a new piece of information emerged in Aakesh''s head.


    He nodded and walked to his chair. There were already two devices near his chair for selling Store Cards and Credit Cards.


    "Hey, system, merge the two devices," Aakesh requested.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the two square boxes, and soon after, they merged into one box. There was only one card hole for the card to exit, but there was an additional switch on the device referring to the credit card.


    Aakesh then put the two cards in his hand at a distance of one foot from each other. The next moment, light particles began to emerge atop the card, and soon, they formed the silhouette of the two devices.


    One was spherical in shape, simr to the virtual portal, while the other was cylindrical, like the beast summoning pir. The spherical device had blue edges, while the entire surface was dark. On the surface, there was a glowing pattern of the virtual portal filled with shiny stars. Below it was a card hole for cards to emerge.


    Unlike the beast and other store cards, the recharge card for Panagea was spherical. Aakesh wanted to check it, so he put his hand on the device, releasing a bit of his energy.


    The blue edges around the device began glowing, and like a starry pattern, energy flew toward the card hole. It all happened immensely fast, but still within the range of Aakesh''s visibility.


    The next moment, a spherical card entirely dark in color flew out of the hole, and Aakesh caught it. The material for the card seemed simr in touch to what the virtual portal felt.


    The card wasn''t empty, but there were two screens on it. Even though it was only the size of a child''s palm, the content on it didn''t look overcrowded, despite it containing the status screen of the adventurer. The second screen contained the number of Sacred hours left for the customer to enter Panagea outside the store.


    Since Aakesh had no restrictions on him, there was a ''-0-'' written simr to his intelligence and endurance.


    At the back of the card, there was the name of the store written in golden fonts, oozing majesty. It wasn''t the end of it, and Aakesh tapped three times on the virtual portal pattern on the card.


    The next moment, light particles began to gather and soon formed the projection of the virtual portal, and a suction force appeared. The next moment, Aakesh was sucked inside, leaving Lily and Khaval alone in the store.


    Not long after, Aakesh reappeared in the same spot, exiting Panagea. His card won''t be counted in the 100,000 limit, so Aakesh had nothing to worry about, but since he did not need it, he crushed the card, and soon it exploded into light particles and disappeared.


    What Aakesh did wasn''t a way to delete the card since its material was unbreakable in the Sacred Dimension. Only Aakesh could do something like that in the Sacred Dimension.


    Aakesh then focused on the next cylindrical device. It was pure white, without a single blemish on its surface. In the middle, there was a pattern of two beasts; one was a whale jumping out of the ocean, while the other was a feline roaring into the sky.


    Lily and Khaval couldn''t help butugh out loud since the two on the device were clearly them. Aakesh ignored them and kept his focus on the device.


    A few inches below the pattern, there was a card hole in the shape of the beast card, and right below it, there was a rectangr screen with a long width and a small length. On the screen, there were two rows of touch buttons.


    The first row referred to the beast''s cultivation levels ranging from Divine Transformation to Supreme God, and on the second row, there were four options rted to the number of beast packs, starting from three and ending at one thousand race options.


    The customers only had the choice to select all beasts of their liking in three race packs. In the higher tiers, they could select five races at most, and the others would be randomly chosen for the customer by the store, depending on the beast.


    The store even had Akonos as the beast partner, as well as weaker beasts. The unluckiest could get one top-tier beast group, while the luckiest could get all top-tier beast groups or races.


    Below the rectangr screen, there was a switch with the word upgrade engraved on it. It was written magically so everynguage speaker could understand its meaning with a single nce.


    Aakesh didn''t have a beast card of his own, so he couldn''t test the function at the moment.


    [Host, the store has yet to fulfill the requirements of the fifth collective''s quest''s activation, soplete the quest and activate the mission.]


    The next moment, the system''s emotionless, mechanical voice rang inside Aakesh''s head.


    Aakesh nodded since the active quests were still years away frompletion, and he couldn''t do much to fasten that rate.


    Since there was nothing more to do in the store, Aakeshmented, "Let''s go!"


    The next moment, the three of them disappeared from the store and appeared in the selection area.

 Chapter 1454 Breaking Record!

    Chapter 1454 Breaking Record!


    Chapter 1454: Breaking Record!


    After Lily and Khaval went to their respective training environments, Aakesh closed all his senses except for direction.


    A few momentster, Aakesh found himself staring at the small blue screen with the sword in his hand.


    Aakesh reflexively tapped on the screen, choosing to start the first round of battle. Following that, a white light washed over the arena.


    Growl!


    A growl filled with killing intent rang in Aakesh''s head, and he turned around. The opponent for that day''s battle presented himself.


    It was a humanoid, transparent creature floating on the battlefield. It had no legs to speak of, only a tail like the end of a dialog box.


    Aakesh recognized the race of the creature with a single nce. It was a member of the Bhusidra race, a race in the spirit group, and it was now extinct in the Sacred Dimension.


    The Bhusidras had great talent when it came to archery since one of their two hands was in the shape of a bow. The race went extinct due to its reproduction woes.


    Any inhabitant of the Sacred Dimension has eternal life, but when their group numbers are short, they are bound to go extinct unless they start living in hiding.


    The Bhusidras were too proud to live in hiding, so one by one, they died, and the race reached its extinction. It wasn''t an instant process since they had no enemy, but it happened over a span of several trillion years.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation since his opponent was a good fighter. Aakesh liked bows the most, but what he was strongest in was the sword, so finding strong opponents when he carried the sword was always good.


    Ding!


    The next moment, the sound of the bell rang, announcing the start of the first round of battle.


    The creature immediately began to shoot arrows, but before it could even touch the string to stretch the bowstring, it was cut into two symmetrical, clean pieces.


    No blood fell on the ground since they were spirit creatures. Even though Aakesh used a simple physical move, his sword had enough strength to cut through spirit due to the wide power gap between the two parties.


    Following the expected instant end of the battle, a blue light washed over the arena, freezing time, and soon after, the familiar blue screen popped out in front of him.


    Aakesh tapped on to start the second round of battle, and in no time, the screen reappeared.


    For the first hundred rounds, Aakesh didn''t have to use any strength at all since a casual sh was more than enough to cut through the spirit body of the creature. And all battles ended instantly.


    It was the 107th battle that forced Aakesh to use a tiny part of his strength since his casual strike could no longer cut the Bhusidra into two clean pieces. Even then, it was an instant end to the battle.


    A simr situation kept ying out for the next minute. In around two minutes, Aakesh battled for 200+ rounds and ended it with the first strike.


    With every battle, the opponent''s strength was growing at an outrageous rate but were unable to close the wide power gap between the two opponents until the 278th round.


    It was the first battle that forced Aakesh to use a sword skill. Even then, the battle went without much effort from Aakesh''s side.


    Time flew by, and soon it was time for the 283rd round of battle.


    The Bhusidras were great archers, so their agility and reflexes were growing at a crazy rate after every increase in the round. If it was an archer battle between the two, the Bhusidra at that round was matching up to Aakesh''s strength a month ago.


    But even Aakesh, as an archer, would fear himself when he had the sword in his hand.


    Despite the sky being covered in arrows, Aakesh casually cut all of them into numerous pieces and charged at the opponent.


    The Bhusidra activated a skill and screamed. It was unable to faze Aakesh for even a moment, and he reached the creature.


    sh!


    Aakesh shed, but what his sword hit was the empty air. The enemy had teleported to the back of his head.


    With an arrow aimed at his head, Aakesh pushed some strength to his legs and jumped upward.


    Whoosh!


    At the same time, an arrow flew through the air, but Aakesh had already disappeared from the location. The creature immediately aimed at the sky and shot.


    The sword in Aakesh''s hand was glowing blood red, and he descended. His sword didn''t even touch the opponent, but the Bhusidra was still cut into two symmetrical, clean pieces.


    Following that, a wave of blood-red fire engulfed the split corpse, and the opponent turned into ash. After the 250th round, the opponent stopped dying from getting cut, irrespective of their numbers.


    As long as a single part of their spirit existed, they were alive, so Aakesh burned it and won another round of battle.


    Even though the battle went on for around a minute, Aakesh was still the overwhelming factor in the fight. One after another round of battles happened, resulting in Aakesh''s victory, and soon it was his 298th round of battles.


    Thest best before that day was 295, with him losing the 296th round while having the spear as his weapon. Aakesh had already broken the record by two levels, and he wasn''t confident of reaching the 300th level for the first time.


    But since Aakesh wasn''t one to give up on the battle, he tapped on the screen, and the battle arena appeared as new as before.


    Ding!


    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!


    The sound of the bell hadn''t even subsided when numerous arrows flew toward Aakesh, tearing through the air. Each aimed to pierce one vital part.


    Aakesh''s eyes were cold, and he disappeared from his spot. The next moment, he appeared behind the opponent, but before he could do anything, the hand bow was aimed at him, ready to shoot.


    The creature immediately released the string, and it tore through Aakesh''s head like a watermelon.


    The world around Aakesh instantly turned dark, and immediately after, he returned to the selection area.

 Chapter 1455 Dungeon(5)

    Chapter 1455 Dungeon(5)


    Chapter 1455: Dungeon(5)


    The smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared after Lily and Khaval left for Panagea. He then turned around and walked toward the portal room.


    As his habits had changed, he looked at the two leaderboards. There wasn''t much change in any of the two tables for the past month, so he immediately moved his eyes away and walked to the nearest virtual portal.


    When he touched the portal, a suction force stronger than anything he could handle appeared and sucked him inside. Following that, the countless shiny dots turned gray.


    After entering Panagea, Aakesh found himself in front of a wall with a mural painted on it.


    For the past several months, Aakesh has been clearing one challenge after another in the dungeon, resulting in him gaining heavy rewards as well as reaching close to ruin.


    Aakesh touched the mural-painted wall, and the next moment, an orange light devoured him. Following that, Aakesh found himself in ava-rich area. He was standing onva as well, but since its temperature hadn''t reached a level where it could hurt Aakesh, he didn''t feel anything.


    There were pirs made of molten crystals emerging fromva at regr intervals, and they seemed endless as Aakesh was unable to see the end of it.


    Aakesh''s eyes were cold and indifferent, and he walked toward the nearest crystal column. After taking a few steps, he reached the pir and touched it.


    The next moment, the pir exploded into orange particles, and before Aakesh could react, they merged into him.


    Aakesh''s skin was dark blue, so what was happening beneath his skin wasn''t visible, but at that moment,va was flowing through his veins, recing his blood.


    The next moment, his blood revolted, not appreciatingva trying to rece it. Following that, a wave of steam emerged from Aakesh, engulfing the area of a few hundred sq. yards. In no time,va evaporated, and his blood retook its ce.


    At the same time, a new piece of information appeared in Aakesh''s head. He had already gotten used to learning about the quest midway, so he didn''t feel surprised.


    The information detailed what Aakesh needed to do to clear theva dungeon and return to the main dungeon. Aakesh didn''t waste a moment and immediately walked to the next pir.


    He touched it, and at the same time, he was ready for what was toe. The orange particles tried to melt into him, but he released an invisible aura, and sounds of burning repeatedly rang in the area.


    Theva particles were unable to win over Aakesh''s strength, and they were getting evaporated into nothingness.


    When the process came to an end, a glow surrounded Aakesh, and soon it materialized into a key, flying into Aakesh''s hands.


    The key felt hot to touch, but Aakesh kept holding it, focusing on the details.


    Aakesh''s eyes remained indifferent, and he threw back the key to the spot from where the pir had risen. The next moment, the key exploded with the touch of theva, and the familiar crystal column rose from it.


    Aakesh''s mission was to find seven keys. Each pir referred to one key, and all had different abilities.


    The seven keys Aakesh needed to find had the unlock ability, and once he gathered all seven of them, the dungeon would be forced to unlock itself. It was up to Aakesh''s judgment to choose all seven.


    Time flew by, and after going across seventy plus crystal columns, Aakesh finally had seven keys. All seven of them were orange in color, with an iprehensible golden pattern engraved on it.


    Since Aakesh had found all seven keys, he didn''t have to do anything extra and ask for them to merge. After Aakesh thought of the keys merging, the seven keys flew out of Aakesh''s hands and formed a rotating circle.


    As their rotation speed grew, it seemed only one key was rotating, and a momentter, the rotation came to a stop, leaving only one key floating in the air. The next second, a blinding glow emerged from the key, and in no time, the glow devoured Aakesh as well.


    Following that, Aakesh found himself back at the starting point of theva, with the endless crystal columns still there for him to find the seven keys. At the same time, Aakesh found that his level had decreased by 1, and simrly the rewarded attributes for the level breakthrough had also disappeared.


    Aakesh didn''t care about the loss of attributes, since 25 units didn''t make much of a difference to his 7500+ units of strength and agility. He frowned because he was confident that the seven keys were the chosen ones.


    But since Aakesh was wrong, he didn''t waste much time frowning over it. He could feel that theva below his feet was hotter than before.


    Aakesh then walked to the nearest crystal column and repeated the scene he had yed out several times. Soon after the disappearance of the orange particles, a key formed in the air and flew to his hands.


    Aakesh captured it and looked at it. He didn''t throw it immediately but kept it in his hand and walked to the second column. The key couldn''t be stored inside any storage item, and at the same time, Aakesh couldn''t hold more than ten keys at once, so Aakesh needed to find the solution in ten attempts.


    After getting the second key, Aakesh studied the difference between the two. They were the same, but the patterns engraved on each of them were different. Aakesh had thought that he needed to find seven keys andplete the pattern, but that wasn''t the case, and he found it on his second attempt.


    After finding seven keys forming aplete pattern, he was still returned to the initial point, with another decrease in his power level.


    But by that time, Aakesh had found the solution. When the key was glowing, a reddish-orange tint emerged around the key. Aakesh decided it would be his next target. It happened for less than the visual capture rate, but Aakesh still noticed it due to his unlimited intelligence.


    After looking across ten columns, Aakesh finally found a ket that was reddish-orange in color.

 Chapter 1456 Dungeon(6)

    Chapter 1456 Dungeon(6)


    Chapter 1456: Dungeon(6)


    Aakesh began searching for the keys that matched the reddish-orange tint. He had be an expert in color searching at that moment and only kept the keys with the color intensity he had noticed.


    After Aakesh found his third key, a new challenge tried to halt him. When the three keys were held by Aakesh, a force generated out of nowhere, putting an immense weight on Aakesh''s shoulders.


    When he found the fourth key, the pressure had reached an extent where Aakesh''s veins had popped out. During the sixth key, the first rupture happened, and one after another, Aakesh''s veins began to explode, unable to handle the pressure.


    In less than a moment, Aakesh''s body was filled with his blood. Despite that, his eyes remained indifferent, and he walked to find the seventh key. At that time, Aakesh had already covered an area of several hundred thousand miles. The heat in the area was evident as the blood around his body was slowly evaporating.


    Aakesh''s foot was slowly melting as he walked onva. He could only find the seventh key quickly to end this, so ignoring the pain and pressure, he began searching for the key.


    It took him ten minutes to find the key, and those ten minutes were more or less physical torture for him. If not for his unlimited endurance, Aakesh''s body would have given up, turning Aakesh into gas from all theva.


    Boom!


    Aakesh''s body made a sound as a white glow covered his body. Every injury spread across his body was disappearing at a rapid rate. In no time, Aakesh''s body was at its peak, and soon it began to cross even that.


    Facing that intense pressure hardened his bones and strengthened his internal organs, gaining him a few strength points.


    The two levels Aakesh had lost didn''t return, but the reward from finding all seven keys made up for it. When the seven keys merged to form one key, it also exited the dungeon with Aakesh.


    The key was a prop of the main dungeon and allowed Aakesh to clear any sub-dungeon with full rewards. Aakesh might need it, so he stored it in his space ring and walked forward.


    After walking for several miles, Aakesh stopped in front of a three-way forked street. He trusted his intuition and walked to the one on the left.


    The next moment, the road behind him got blocked and covered in darkness. Aakesh walked for several hundred miles when the first ray of daylight appeared in his eyes.


    Even though the daylight was visible to Aakesh, it took him a few minutes of walking to finally reach it.


    At that moment, Aakesh was standing on one side of the gate, while there was a thriving city on the other side of the gate.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned cold, and immediately the daylight turned into moonlight, and the thriving city turned into a dead city. Aakesh''s body sent him danger signals, making Aakesh excited about what was on the other side.


    Since Aakesh had the key prop, he walked to the other side, and the door disappeared.


    Roar!


    Immediately, a beastly roar rang in his ears. Aakesh turned to his left, and the roaring beast immediately stopped.


    Whimper!


    The beast then whimpered and escaped, not wanting to stay there for even a moment. Aakesh ignored it and looked around.


    As far as he looked, a sight of destion appeared. It was as if it were once a thrivinglyrge city, but now it looked nothing more than a graveyard of people and buildings.


    Aakesh randomly chose one direction and walked toward it. He had only taken a few steps when he sensed every pore of his body expanding in dread.


    Aakesh stopped and looked above, and his eyes widened in surprise.


    The moon in the sky had turned into a blood-red eye, and it was directly staring at Aakesh. Aakesh stared back, not fearing any conflict.


    His body felt dread, but there was no feeling of death, so he didn''t need to worry much about it.


    Cry!


    The eyes and Aakesh kept staring at each other for a while when Aakesh''s attention was taken aback by a beast''s cry.


    The distance seemed not very far from him, so he decided to check it. After walking a few hundred meters, Aakesh came across the sight of two beasts fighting against each other.


    They also caught sight of Aakesh at the same time. As if the two had already nned everything, they stopped fighting and turned toward Aakesh.


    Aakesh was ready to battle when the ground began rumbling. In no time, the two beasts that were ready to attack Aakesh turned around and escaped the scene.


    Aakesh frowned and looked above. He could see that the eye was slowly reverting to the moon, and once the process wasplete, it began to fade, and a sun appeared in the sky.


    In only a moment of few seconds, the eerie night had turned into a hot, bright day. When Aakesh looked around, he found the dead city was nowhere to be found, and a lively, thriving ce had reced it.


    If he had not been fully confident in his judgment, Aakesh would have believed that he had fallen into an illusion. But that wasn''t the case. What Aakesh was seeing in front of him was actually reality.


    "Hello, sir, do you need a guide for your travel?"


    Aakesh suddenly heard a childish girl''s voice. He turned around and looked below to find a girl, aged between seven and eight years, brightly looking at him.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately answer but stared at the girl. The girl immediately shrank back in fear but immediately smiled when Aakesh agreed for her to be the guide.


    What the girl didn''t notice was Aakesh''s frown. The girl was as alive as him but had no energy in her body. It was impossible in an energy-rich environment like that.


    Aakesh wanted to study the girl''s body but stopped as his senses warned him against something like that. It was not only the girl in that situation but every being Aakesh saw on the street.


    Every single one of them had no energy in their body, and their life energy level was in optimal condition.

 Chapter 1457 Dungeon(7)

    Chapter 1457 Dungeon(7)


    Chapter 1457: Dungeon(7)


    It didn''t take long before the sudden dawn of darkness, and following that, the blood moon appeared in the sky.


    Aakesh stopped in his steps and looked ahead, only to find the city had turned dead. The girl guide also disappeared with the sun.


    Before Aakesh could find much, he felt the hair on his body rising from the chill. He slowly looked to his left, only to find himself being stared at by a group of eyes.


    The eyes had no body, and they were staring directly at Aakesh''s soul, causing fluctuation in his sea of consciousness.


    Hmph!


    Aakesh harrumphed, and the next moment, the eyes exploded at once, resulting in a gray cloud. Before Aakesh could do anything, the cloud converged around him and, in no time, melted into him.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but stand there and enjoy the sensation as a wave of warm energy covered his entire body. Whatever units he had lost in HP and energy were recovered instantly; after that, the warm energy disappeared.


    Aakesh then returned his focus to his surroundings since he was standing in a dangerous location, and every moment could be precarious. Fortunately for Aakesh, no danger arrived for several minutes


    During that time, Aakesh tried to find any clue about his location or how to leave the area, but he was unable to since the city in daylight was entirely different than what he was seeing in the night. It was as if they were two different spaces.


    Aakesh suddenly had an idea, and he began to look differently. He wanted to test whether the space was the same or different, but topare the two, he needed the space element particles.


    Unfortunately for Aakesh, he failed to remember the signature during daylight. Fortunately for him, he didn''t have a deadline hovering above him, so he captured a few space particles, waiting for the sun to reappear.


    It had taken three hours for the sun to disappear and get reced by the blood moon. But the safe time finally came to an end when Aakesh was waiting.


    Roar! Cry!


    A beast roar and a bird cry rang at the same time, and they both had a different origin direction.


    The cry originated in the sky, while the roar came from his right. Neither of the two sounded near, so Aakesh hadn''t immediately fallen into danger.


    But since they were aimed at him, he was bound to. To solve that issue, Aakesh decided to leave the area.


    As soon as the thought appeared, he didn''t waste any time and left.


    Not long after, a bird appeared in the sky, looking at the spot where it had locked in an intruder.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, he had left the scene since the bird was Level 383, and no matter what, Aakesh couldn''t survive against the creature, let alone win against it.


    The owner of the roar also appeared not long after, and it also looked disappointed. The beast was even stronger than the bird, forcing the bird to stay afloat and not descend.


    Aakesh wasn''t the one to keep pondering over things, so once he left the area, he stopped thinking about the two creatures, just keeping their energy signature in his memory.


    After walking for some time, around an hour passed, and then, the blood moon in the sky turned into an eye, and it directly stared at Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t stare back that time since there was no point in it. He could sense that the owner of the eye couldn''te to him, or it would have already been there. At the same time, he had also felt a sensation wash over him thest time he stared back.


    Aakesh walked forward, and the eye followed his back.


    "Killing the eye will grant you a boost of 100 levels. Are you sure you want to leave?"


    A wild male voice rang in Aakesh''s ears, stopping him on his way.


    He looked behind and saw a naked man staring at him with red eyes. Aakesh didn''t like that, and his eyes immediately turned chilly.


    Before the wild man could say anything, Aakesh had charged forward with the sword, which appeared in his right hand.


    The man was taken aback by the sudden strong reaction, but he was no weak persimmon, so he tried to fight back.


    The battle between the two turned gruesome and finally resulted in the wild man''s victory. Aakesh had noticed that as the battle was progressing, his energy and HP were getting drained quickly, and soon he was unable to keep fighting and had to give up.


    Hahahahaha!


    The man couldn''t help but let out a hearty, wildughter. He then sarcastically added, "Didn''t anyone teach you never to stop when you hear a voice in darkness?"


    "Didn''t someone teach you to trust your divine senses, not your eyes?" Immediately in response to that, a voice that seemed to have originated from the deepest part of hell rang in the man''s ears.


    The man froze, and his body reflexively looked ahead, only to find that the opponent he had been fighting for the past several minutes had exploded into light particles and disappeared.


    At that time, the wild man felt a cold touch on his neck. He didn''t try to look behind since it would harm him, but he pleaded, "Please, let me go, esteemed-"


    The man couldn''t evenplete his sentence when his eyes turned wide, and immediately after, a wave of darkness enveloped him.


    Aakesh stored the sword back in the space ring. He then bent down and picked up the ring worn by the man.


    The wild man was the first person Aakesh hade into contact with since he had stepped foot here. At first, he had the intention to converse, but when he stopped, a negative energy tried to invade his body.


    To find out what the man wanted, Aakesh didn''t stop the negative energy and fought under its control. Aakesh''s HP and energy were actually dropping with the passing time due to the negative energy, but it wasn''t as heavy as he showed it on the outside.


    When Aakesh was finally defeated, he found that the negative energy had left his body and returned to the ring worn by the wild man.


    Holding the ring in his hand, Aakesh studied it. It had intricate patterns engraved on it and wasn''t something the wild man could afford. It was an item worn by at least Level 400+, while the man was around Level 325.


    The ring in his hand suddenly turned warm, and its temperature began to grow at a rapid rate.


    Hmph!


    Aakesh scoffed and immediately added pressure to the ring. It wasn''t physical pressure, but the pressure released from his bloodline. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The ring in his hand trembled for a while and then returned to calm. Aakesh sent his senses inside, and the next moment, a white light enveloped him.


    When rity returned to his eyes, he found himself standing at the entrance of a vast pce made of skeletons.


    There were seven moons in the sky, so the area was visible to him. As he looked around, Aakesh didn''t see anything other than different parts of the skeleton of different races.


    Aakesh immediately tried to sense the negative energy. Since it had devoured some of his energy and life, it wasn''t very tough for Aakesh to find it.


    Once Aakesh found it, he immediately walked in that direction.


    Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!


    A crunching sound repeatedly rang in the area. With every step, Aakesh was crushing some bones.


    After walking for a minute, Aakesh finally entered the pce.


    p! p! p!


    As soon as he walked inside, green mes lit up one after another, and loud pping sounds rang in his ears.


    Aakesh stopped and looked around, only to find an army of skeletons standing in front, and each one of them was pping.


    Every skeleton had the same life energy, so it was clear that their origin was the same. The only issue was what intentions they had.


    Aakesh didn''t have to worry about it for long as skeletons began to step out and made a path, gesturing for Aakesh to walk using the path.


    Aakesh nodded and walked forward. He wasn''t worried about his safety since there was no way of survival for him as soon as he stepped into the pce.


    It didn''t matter whether there was one of these skeletons or numerous ones since their level exceeded the 400 mark.


    Aakesh wasn''t the one to shrink back in case of defeat certainty, so he followed the generated path, trying to find ways to solve his conundrum.


    After walking for a while, Aakesh had only crossed a few hundred meters. He finally reached where the skeletons wanted to take him.


    In front of Aakesh, a skeleton was sitting on an ordinary chair, ying with a pitch-ck orb.


    Aakesh frowningly looked at the skeleton and the orb since the orb was the concentrated form of his HP and energy drained by the negative energy.


    [Host, it''s time for your meditation.]


    At that time, the system''s mechanical alert rang in Aakesh''s head.


    A shocked expression appeared on Aakesh''s face since he was several hours away from the set time. He then turned solemn since he had lost his sense of time in the pce.


    For him, not even an hour had passed, while in truth, several hours had passed during that time.


    Aakesh then looked at the skeleton. Since his sense of time was in disarray, he couldn''t stay here. There could be a situation where he only talked a few sentences with the skeleton, and the time for the sunrise arrived in Thorr City.


    Considering that, Aakesh decided to exit Panagea. The next moment, a white light enveloped him, and he disappeared with it.


    Sittingfortably on its chair, the skeleton rose in shock, trying to find out what had happened. But immediately, the green me in its eyes turned slightly dim, and it returned to its chair (Chapter End.)


    ***

 Chapter 1458 A New Day in the Store(1)

    Chapter 1458 A New Day in the Store(1)


    Chapter 1458: A New Day in the Store(1)


    Unaware of the skeleton''s reaction, Aakesh returned to the store. The meditation mat and the pouch were already on the ground, waiting for him.


    Since Aakesh exited Panagea, he stopped worrying about what was going on there and sat down in a meditative posture. He then pulled out a purer, ordinary Sacred stone and began his meditation.


    Time flew by, and six hours passed in the blink of an eye. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Boom!


    Crack! Crack! Crack!


    A sudden, small explosion rang in the store as the Sacred stone exploded after losing all its energy, and immediately after that, a cracking sound began to emerge from Aakesh''s body.


    At that moment, Aakesh was having a breakthrough, and after a few minutes, the process finally ended, and he stepped into the peak Divine Lord level.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, looking at his increased strength. He then pulled out a new, purer stone and returned to meditation.


    ***


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]


    The system''s emotionless, mechanical alert woke Aakesh up from his meditation. He looked to his left and found the blue screen waiting there for him.


    It had been several decades since Aakesh had stepped into the Sacred Dimension, and his growth during those years had also been rapid, looking at the difference between the absorption rates of the two phases.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and the blue screen disappeared. He stood up, and immediately after, the pouch and meditation mat disappeared, and the two returned to the system space.


    Time flew by, and some timeter, Aakesh climbed down the stairs from his room. The stairs and the door disappeared after hended on the floor. Since a few minutes were still left before sunrise, Aakesh went to his chair and waited for the sun to rise.


    The remaining few minutes passed by in a sh, and the sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities.


    As the first ray of sunlight pierced through the cover of darkness surrounding Seventeenth Street and touched the ground, Aakesh opened the store''s door and was greeted with the sight of an overcrowded street filled with enthusiastic customers.


    Aakesh didn''t let the customers wait any longer and returned to his chair. Following his movement, the crowd entered the store like a raging tide.


    In no time, the overcrowded street turned empty, devoid of any life, and packed inside the store. After walking inside, they noticed two new devices next to Aakesh''s chair since any new thing in the store deeply impacted the lives of the store customers.


    Aakesh also didn''t immediately sit down on his chair but turned around and looked at the customers.


    The customers in response had bated breaths since whenever the store owner acted like that, there were some impactful changes in the store.


    "I have an announcement to make. From today on, Panagea and the Beast Summoner Device will have new applications.


    Adventurers can now enter Panagea outside the store as well¡­"


    Beast users can now upgrade their cards and have battle partners for them to improve their fighting skills¡­"


    Aakesh announced the two updates to the crowd. When the crowd heard the first part of the Panagea update, their eyes widened in astonishment, but they soon calmed down upon listening to the additional details and limits.


    The crowd then immediately looked around and found that there were more than 200,000 people inside the store already, and there were only 100,000 spots for Panagea recharge cards.


    One customer took the lead, and in no time, a queue had formed in front of Aakesh, trying to get the Panagea recharge card before others. It was like an infection that immediately spread, but after a while, it slowed down.


    The Panagea recharge card wasn''t free, but it cost 1000 higher Sacred stones, which was several times more than the entire wealth of many customers inside the store.


    In fact, many in the crowd who had hurriedly joined couldn''t afford the recharge card at all.


    If Aakesh were to sell recharge cards, it would take some time and it would affect the groupings of Panagea. Aakesh didn''t sit down and announced, "The customers who want to purchase Panagea recharge cards form a line on the left. You will not enter Panagea but join the waiting list."


    Immediately upon hearing that, many frowned since they wanted to enter Panagea and also purchase the card. But since they could do nothing to influence the store owner, they needed to make decisions.


    100,000 Panagea recharge cards weren''t a small number, but it wasn''t that big for the adventurers to enter Panagea without worrying about it going out of stock.


    Considering that factor, many formed the line, and it involved customers shrouded in golden lights. As soon as those customers joined the queue, the golden cover around them dissipated and enveloped the customers who had set foot after them but got luckier.


    Following that, the customers who owned any of the three cards and couldn''t afford the Panagea recharge card disappointedly walked toward the portal room. The customer, who neither owned any of the store cards nor was it possible for them to afford the additional boost, formed a queue in front of the store owner.


    Those who couldn''t get into the group and also couldn''t afford the Panagea recharge card joined the waiting corner or went to other rooms to check out other products.


    Once all the customers in the first group without store cards joined the line, Aakesh pointed at the group for the Panagea recharge card to join it.


    Maria also wanted to buy the Panagea recharge card, so her streak of being the first person to greet the store owner broke that day.


    Time flew by, and all the virtual portals in the portal room were filled to the brim. It was finally time for the customers to purchase their respective Panagea recharge cards.


    Aakesh had already exined the pricing of the function, so the customers in line already had an idea of what they were going to spend.


    "Store owner, I want the Panagea recharge card," Merlock requested Aakesh.


    Merlock was one of the regrs of the store for the past several years and had the cultivation level of an early Sacred Emperor.


    "Put your hand on top of the device and feed it a bit of your energy," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Merlock, pointing at the spherical device.


    Merlock nodded and then walked to the device. He followed Aakesh''s instructions. Immediately after, the blue edges around the device began glowing, and like a starry pattern, energy started flowing toward the card hole. It all happened immensely fast, so Merlock was unable to see it clearly. He wasn''t much surprised since he had long given up on hopes of understanding things rted to the store.


    The next moment, a spherical card entirely dark in color flew out of the hole, and Merlock caught it.


    He didn''t try to study the card but only focused on the two screens. The first screen had ''0'' while the second screen detailed his status screen.


    Merlock would daily check his personal status screen before exiting Panagea, so the numbers on the screen matched what he hadst seen.


    "You need to pay one thousand higher Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Merlock since the payment needed to bepleted to activate the recharge card before recharging hours.


    Merlock nodded and immediately after, the required amouny got deducted from his store card.


    "Your Panagea recharge card has be active. How many Panagea hours do you want to recharge on the card?" Aakesh indifferently asked.


    Merlock didn''t need to think since he already had the answer. He replied, "Store owner, please recharge for the entire 1000 Sacred hours."


    Aakesh nodded, and the next moment, the numbers on the first screen on the card changed and turned to 3000 since the card contained Panagea hours.


    "You need to pay one million five hundred fifty-three thousand and seven hundred fifty lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Merlock.


    Immediately after Aakesh''s words, an autonomous alert rang inside Merlock''s head, requesting the payment.


    Merlock epted the request, and soon after that, the required amount of lesser stones was deducted from a higher denomination of currency since Merlock didn''t have that many lesser stones stored.


    "You can now enter Panagea from any ce and anytime you want," Aakesh stated, and as if agreeing to Aakesh, the portal pattern on the card blinked.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Merlock thanked the store owner and stored the Panagea recharge card inside his Ultimate Store Card since it stored any card avable in the store.


    He didn''t immediately leave the line since he wanted to update his beast card as well. He then pulled out two beast cards from the Ultimate Store Card.


    "Store owner, I want to upgrade both the beast cards," Merlock requested, passing the two beast cards to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the card and nced at it. One card contained the details of a True God level beast, while the other was a peak Supreme God beast.


    The Divine Lord beast summoned by Merlock was of ultimate quality, so after a few years, it achieved a sessful breakthrough and stepped into the True God level.

 Chapter 1459: A New Day in the Store(2)

    1459 New Day in the Store(2)


    Chapter 1459: A New Day in the Store(2)


    "Store owner, I want to upgrade the two beast cards¡­" Merlock requested Aakesh and added the details of the upgrade.


    Aakesh took the two cards and turned to the cylindrical device next to him. He first put the True God level beast card in the cardpartment and then tapped on the options on the two rows, respectively.


    The next moment, the device became active, and the ced card started to glow. The glow dwindled in no time and flew back to Aakesh''s hand.


    Aakesh then repeated the process for the Supreme God level beast card, and not long after, it also flew back into his hand.


    "You need to pay one thousand eleven supreme and eleven thousand higher Sacred stones for the True God upgrade.


    You need to pay twelve thousand one hundred eleven supreme and eleven thousand higher Sacred stones for the Supreme God beast card upgrade," Aakesh expressionlessly informed and returned the two cards to their owner.


    Following Aakesh''s words, an alert rang inside Merlock''s head. He immediately epted it, and not long after that, the payment got deducted from the store card.


    "You can now select five beasts for both the cards," Aakesh stated since only that step was left before the upgrade.


    Merlock had chosen the Thousand Beast race pack, and he could select five desired beast opponents for his partners, and the remaining 995 opponents would get randomly chosen based on the beast''s talent and fortune.


    Merlock already had the five opponents in mind, so he tapped on the new button that had emerged on the card after the upgrade.


    Immediately after tapping, a screen appeared on top of the switch. It was only visible to Merlock and Aakesh. Merlock only had to think of the race of the beast, and it would appear on the screen.


    After Merlock tapped on all five races, he tapped again on the switch. The next moment, the switch slowly melted into the card. He couldn''t see it, but the beast stored inside the card found itself in a blue, endless space with a screen showing it a thousand races from which it could choose its opponent, and on the right side of the screen, there were options for the cultivation level.


    Merlock then focused on the second card and repeated the same process. He selected the same five beasts for the Supreme God level beast card since these five were the top level beast races in the Sacred Dimension.


    "Thank you, store owner," Once it was all done, Merlock thanked Aakesh and then left the queue since many customers were waiting behind him.


    After Merlock left, Aakesh received another order for a Panagea recharge card. Once it was done, the customer left the line and walked toward the waiting corner.


    Merlock also didn''t leave the store but had joined the queue, waiting for a spot in Panagea. Customers might have purchased additional Panagea hours and didn''t need to enter the store, but they still didn''t want to waste those hours.


    Since the cards would only get recharged once in one hundred days, they knew the value of those hours. Unless it became necessary for them to extend their stay, they wouldn''t use those hours and save them for emergencies.


    The third customer in line was Maria. Once it was her turn, she gracefully bowed and greeted Aakesh.


    Maria was not only a powerful but also a beautifuldy, so she had many suitors in the Sacred Dimension as well. Unfortunately for them, Maria didn''t even take a second nce at any of her suitors, irrespective of their social status in the dimension. She was always calm toward others, and only in front of Aakesh did she show her charms, but unfortunately for her, Aakesh''s eyes remained as indifferent as ever.


    Maria had long epted the fact that there was no chance of her finding any rtionship with Aakesh, but the fanatic faith she had in him restricted her from ever giving up on that.


    She had also been in the Sacred Dimension for several decades and had made progress over those years. Panagea was a battleground that allowed her to challenge those above her both in power and wealth.


    She had kept that lead over other adventurers, being the highest ranked adventurer in the store. And that was to keep continuing unless Aakesh''s level joined the leaderboard or those old customers from the Primal Dimension ascended and returned to Panagea in the Sacred Dimension.


    "Senior, I want a Panagea recharge cade," Maria requested Aakesh.


    ***


    "Give me a Panagea recharge card," Katrina said since she and Autumn had also joined the queue for the cards.


    Katrina had a hint of anger in her eyes, but Aakesh ignored it since he was never going to treat her differently than other customers despite his friendship with her. Even if Lily were to be here, she would have had to join the queue for the recharge card.


    ***


    "Can''t you loan me some money?" Katrina helplessly asked after hearing the amount she needed to pay for the beast card upgrade for the Supreme God level beast.


    Katrina and Autumn were even poorer than casual Sacred Kings, despite having such great talent. Whatever Autumn would earn, she would give it to Lily for her Kingdom, only keeping the necessary wealth required for cultivation.


    On the other hand, Katrina had a terrible habit of spending everything on whatever item she liked, so she never saved a significant sum.


    Aakesh looked at Katrina for a moment and then finally nodded. Anyway that wasn''t the first time Aakesh had loaned money to Katrina.


    The next moment, the alert ringing in Katrina''s head disappeared, and the payment waspleted.


    Katrina blew a flying kiss toward Aakesh and then walked out of the line. Since she had the privilege of having a chair, she walked to it and sat down.


    Aakesh ignored it and focused on the next customer. It was Autumn. Autumn wasn''t as open toward Aakesh as Katrina, so she simply nodded toward him and asked for the items. For her, only Lily and Katrina mattered in the store.


    Time flew by, and soon all the customers in the recharge line had bought their recharge cards.


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 Chapter 1460: A New Customer(3)

    1460 A New Customer(3)


    Chapter 1460: A New Customer(3)


    "Hello, store owner," Amish respectfully greeted Aakesh.


    In response, Aakesh silently nodded as usual. Amish then introduced himself.


    Amish was a peak Sacred Emperor belonging to the Pangoling group in the beast groups of races. He heard about the store from one of his friends, who was a regr at the store.


    Amish belonged to the Gray Pangolin species. The leader of the Pangolin group was an early Sacred Creator, the only Sacred Creator in the entire group. Amish was also the leader of the Gray Pangolin species, being the strongest of the entire species.


    After the Supreme God cultivation level, breaking through to every level came with its challenges and also a test tribtion from thews of the Sacred Dimension.


    Before Amish, his father was the leader, who unfortunately died in the tribtion of the Sacred Monarch and failed to be the first Sacred Monarch of the species.


    Amish himself had now reached the peak of the Sacred Emperor and wanted to step onto the next level, but the shadow of his father''s death stopped him from getting ready for the breakthrough.


    Amish had almost given up all his hopes when he learned about the store from his friend. His friend wasn''t from the Pangolin group but another group in the beast category.


    The information wasn''t free, but Amish wanted to step up to the next level, so he happily paid for it. In response, he learned about the store and Panagea.


    ***


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh said in his usual response to the introduction.


    "Store owner, I wanted to enter Panagea," Amish requested with a smile.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately answer but looked toward the waiting corner.


    "All the spots had already been filled for the day, so you can only enter Panagea tomorrow," Aakesh informed Amish.


    Not only Amish but also thest customer to purchase a Panagea recharge card also failed to get a spot in Panagea. While the customers were purchasing recharge cards, faces were still entering the store and taking the vacant portal in Panagea for the day.


    Aakesh had already informed the customers before they joined the queue that they wouldn''t be able to enter Panagea depending on their entry time anymore in the day and would get treated as new entries after leaving the queue.


    A disappointed expression spread across Amish''s face since he hade early to the store after listening to his friend. Unfortunately for him, he had to wait in the queue for some time and failed to get a spot.


    He didn''t look that way for a long time and soon calmed down. He then asked about the beast and learned things in detail.


    It was the same as what his friend had informed him at first, but theter part of the introduction added some upgrades that his friend hadn''t informed him of.


    Amish kept that in mind and decided to ask his friend about it after leaving the store.


    ***


    After waiting for some time, it was Amish''s turn to initiate the summoning.


    He took a deep breath and pressed the button. The next moment, the square section began to rotate and kept at it for the next three seconds.


    Once the rotation stopped, a beast familiar to him appeared on the screen. His mouth flew wide open in shock since it was the beast on top of his list of desired beasts.


    Only when the card hit his hand, he returned to reality and focused on the details.


    {Name: Silver-Winged Pangolin


    Type: Beast


    Race: Pangolin


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Metal, Air


    Cultivation: Peak Divine Lord


    Characteristics: Zephyr''s Empowerment


    Details: By channeling wind elemental energies, the Silver-Winged Pangolin temporarily amplifies the effectiveness of healing, shielding, and other supportive actions. It also creates a protective aura that reduces the impact of negative status effects on itself and nearby allies.


    ¡­


    Price: Seven hundred ny-nine thousand supreme Sacred stones.}


    ***


    With an excited expression, Amish captured the beast card and immediately immersed himself in the details since he seded in summoning the Silver-Winged Pangolin again for the second device again.


    {Name: Silver-Winged Pangolin


    Type: Beast


    Race: Pangolin


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Metal, Air


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Celestial Enigma


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    Details: The Silver-Winged Pangolin gains temporary control over celestial energies, transcending the limits of its metallic and aerial abilities. During this state, it bes invulnerable to all forms of damage, possesses omniscient awareness of the battlefield, and can manipte the very fabric of space around it.


    Duration: 9¨C17 seconds,


    Warning: The activation causes an immense physical drain on the beast''s body, demanding a recovery period of thirty to fifty years after every use.


    Ability:


    1.) Razorwind sh: The Silver-Winged Pangolin shes through the air with razor-sharp metallic ws, creating razorwind currents that cut through opponents.


    2.) Sonic Resonance: The Silver-Winged Pangolin emits high-frequency sonic waves that disorient enemies, impairing their ability to perceive and respond effectively.


    3.) Metalwing Barrage: The Silver-Winged Pangolin unleashes a barrage of metal-tipped feathers from its wings, creating a deadly hailstorm that pierces through enemy defenses.


    ...


    11.) Adaptive Armor: The Silver-Winged Pangolin adapts its metallic scales to the type of iing damage, providing increased resistance against specific elements or physical attacks as needed.


    12.) Silver Veil: The Silver-Winged Pangolin envelops itself in a silvery veil that negates debuffs and status ailments while bolstering its resistance against magical attacks.


    ...


    18.) Adamantine Aegis: The Silver-Winged Pangolin envelops itself in an imprable shield forged from the fusion of its metallic scales and the essence of air. This defensive barrier is virtually indestructible, deflecting all iing attacks for a fixed duration.


    19.) Attacking Blitz: The Silver-Winged Pangolin channels an overwhelming surge of metallic energy, transforming its wings into razor-sharp des of pure silver and charges, tearing through the fabric of reality and leaving behind a trail of metallic destruction and catastrophic damage to all foes caught within its radius.


    Card Description: The Silver-Winged Pangolin is a formidable creature. Its attributes of metal and air make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent as well as supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Silver-Winged Pangolin.


    Price: One hundred twenty-nine thousand ultimate and five hundred thousand supreme Sacred stones.}


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 Chapter 1461 Silver-Winged Pangolin(4)

    Chapter 1461 Silver-Winged Pangolin(4)


    Chapter 1461: Silver-Winged Pangolin(4)


    Amish''s eyes were shining in excitement, and he caught the beast card. He immediately immersed himself in its details with focused eyes.


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the Silver-Winged Pangolin. It was a majestic creature adorned with gleaming silver scales, forming resilient and reflective metallic armor. Its body waspact and well-armored, disying intricate patterns of ovepping metallic tes. The metallic scales extended into a pair of majestic wings, resembling silver feathers with razor-sharp edges.


    The creature''s tail was long and prehensile, also covered in metallic scales, and ended with a sharp tip that could be used for both offensive and defensive maneuvers. The silver eyes of the beast shone with an intelligent and watchful gaze, reflecting the resilience and adaptability inherent in its metallic nature.


    Amish felt his body trembling just from looking at the beast on the card since its bloodline was notches higher than his.


    The reason behind Amish''s strong reaction after summoning the Silver-Winged Pangolin had to do with the beast''s history. There had only been a few creatures of this species in the Sacred Dimension. Whenever one had been born, it caused a heavy storm in the Pangolin group due to the beast''s strong talent.


    The single Sacred Creator of the Pangolin group wasn''t a Siver-Winged Pangolin since the species had a severe misfortune befalling it.


    The reason behind Amish''s strong reaction after summoning the Silver-Winged Pangolin had to do with the beast''s history. There had only been a few creatures of this species in the Sacred Dimension. Whenever one had been born, it caused a heavy storm in the Pangolin group due to the beast''s strong talent.


    The single Sacred Creator of the Pangolin group wasn''t a Siver-Winged Pangolin since the species had a severe misfortune befalling it.


    The Silver-Winged Pangolins had always been wild and unruly creatures, and their talent justified it. It could reach the overlord tier in the beast group, which wasn''t a small task since the beast group contained countless beast groups and races.


    But its wild character also caused the doom of the race. The strongest Silver-Winged Pangolin offended someone it shouldn''t have, causing a war between the Pangolin group and an enemy.


    The Pangolin group had a Sacred Creator, but the other side had a couple of Sacred Creators in the entire group, so victory was always impossible to achieve. Despite knowing that, the remaining Silver-Winged Pangolin still pushed for war since their leader was brutally killed by the enemy.


    Fortunately for the Pangolin group, the enemy wasn''t vengeful but a kind creature, so they didn''t push for a serious war and allowed the Pangolin group to survive. Despite that, the remaining Silver-Winged Pangolins weren''t ready to give up, so the benevolent enemy killed all of them and ended the war with the fewest casualties.


    No new Silver-Winged Pangolins had been born after that, so the species was almost an extinct race.


    They were considered almost extinct but notpletely extinct was because the first Silver-Winged Pangolin was born due to a mutation caused by the Bronze-Winged Pangolin, the strongest species in the Pangolin group at the time.


    Remembering thetter part of the beast''s history, Amish couldn''t help but be solemn. The mutated Silver-Winged Pangolin was the son of the current leader of the Pangolin group.


    The father couldn''t do anything to the enemy due to their superior strength, but the Amish and Gray Pangolins were only a mid-tier race without even a single Sacred Monarch in their arsenal.


    ''I will tell the leader about the store,'' Amish thought in his heart since giving up on the two beasts wasn''t possible, especially after reading the details.


    Even the leader of the Pangolins would feel greedy over the characteristics [Celestial Enigma]. It was an immensely powerful ability that had never been heard of in the entire history of the Pangolin group.


    Neither giving up nor hiding the beast was possible since the Pangolins were a close-knit society, and information traveled swiftly.


    Amish took a deep breath and made his decision. He then left the device and walked toward the square device since summoning the beast was only the first step. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    He had to stand in a line, but that wasn''t very long since it was still early in the day. After a short wait, it was finally his turn. He looked at the Divine Lord Silver-Winged Pangolin''s beast card and put it in the cardpartment, and following that, he also ced his hand in the respective section.


    Two seconds passed by in a sh.


    Light returned to Amish''s eyes, and soon after, a wide, beaming smile spread across his face. He might not be as talented as the Silver-Winged Pangolin, but he knew more aboutbat than the other side, so he seeded in winning the battle.


    Hiss!


    The next moment, an unbearable prickling pain hit him, bringing him out of his reverie.


    ***


    When Amish walked out of the room, there was a queue in front of the store owner. He immediately joined the line and waited for his turn.


    He had a mixture of emotions in his heart. Sometimes, he became nervous about what reaction it would cause in the Pangolin group and if it would cause a negative reaction. Sometimes, his heart would pound loudly in excitement over having a talented Silver-Winged Pangolin as his partner and waspletely loyal to him.


    While thinking like that, his turn arrived. He again greeted Aakesh and then handed the two beast cards to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the card from Amish''s hands. With a single nce, the sale details of the two beasts appeared in his mind.


    The first Silver-Winged Pangolin was summoned on his third try, while the Supreme God beast took seven rounds of summoning, so the summoning cost wasn''t cheap. Amish didn''t care about it since he was the leader of a race and controlled vast amounts of resources.


    "You need to pay one hundred twenty-nine thousand ultimate,..., and one hundred ten lesser Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Amish.


    Amish nodded and requested the Ultimate Store Card from the store owner, taking out an Ultimate Sacred stone from his inner world.


    Aakesh took the stone and repeated the process. Not long after, a card flew into his hands. He then handed the store card to Amish and told him about the process.


    Once the binding process wasplete, Amish transferred half of his wealth in stones to the space inside the store card.


    Immediately after, an alert rang inside Amish''s head, asking him for the payment.


    ***


    "Do you want to upgrade the beast card?" Aakesh added after informing Amish''s of his sessful purchase.


    Amish nodded and then told Aakesh about his upgrade criteria.


    Aakesh then took the two cards back from his hands and repeated the process of upgrade. It was at that time, Amish noticed the spherical device next to the beast card upgrading device.


    He decided to ask Aakesh about it once the upgrading process wasplete. It didn''t take long for the two beast cards to get upgraded. "You need to pay one thousand one supreme and eleven thousand higher Sacred stones for the Divine Lord beast card upgrade.


    You need to pay twelve thousand one hundred eleven supreme and eleven thousand higher Sacred stones for the Supreme God beast card upgrade," Aakesh expressionlessly informed and returned the two cards to Amish.


    Since customers needed to pay for the lower-level cultivations as well it all added to the upgrade.


    Amish had no issues with the price and immediately paid for it with the store card he just bought. He then pointed at the spherical device and asked, "Store owner, what does that device do?"


    "That is a Panagea recharge card device¡­" Aakesh looked at the pointed device and then exined it in detail to Amish.


    Amish''s eyes glowed up in excitement after hearing about the device, which Aakesh immediately caught, so he promptly responded, "To buy the Panagea recharge card, a customer needs to be an adventurer who haspleted his first quest and unlock the status panel."


    The excitement that had risen in Amish''s heart immediately vanished, and he couldn''t help but smile wryly.


    He then took a deep breath and calmed himself down. He had already learned about everything in the store from his friend, other than the Panagea recharge card and the Beast card upgrade.


    Amish then asked about the skills to see if there was something that his friend didn''t tell him about.


    The phenomenon didn''t ur at that time, and what Aakesh informed him was the same as what his friend had told him.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Amish then thanked Aakesh and walked toward the room pointed out by Aakesh.


    Once he entered the room, he was greeted by the numerous murals painted on the wall. Amish nodded in awe and appreciation, looking at them.


    He slowly walked toward the counter while gracing his eyes with the skillful murals. Once he reached the counter for Supreme God level skills, he moved his eyes away and focused on the counter.


    He was the only one there, so he took a deep breath and reached for thest shelf in the bottom row. The next moment, he pulled out an attacking type of skill belonging to the Earth element since he was an Earth element user.


    [Name: Terra Surge


    Type: Attacking


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes seismic pulses that surge through the ground, causing controlled eruptions and upheavals to immobilize and disorient adversaries.


    Description: The skill taps into the primordial essence of earth, allowing the user to unleash controlled seismic pulses that surge through the ground. This skill transforms the battlefield into a zone of geological chaos, immobilizing and disorienting adversaries through strategic eruptions and upheavals.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of the earth. It requires constant vignce to control the surge intensity and demands intense energy.


    Price: One hundred twenty-five thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Amish immediately began reading the details on the card.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1462 Amish’s Decision(5)

    Chapter 1462 Amish¡¯s Decision(5)


    Chapter 1462: Amish''s Decision(5)


    Amish read the details on the card withplete focus. Once he hadpleted the reading, he returned the card.


    He then pulled out a new card, and soon after, he returned it.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in a sh.


    Being a beast of the element of earth, it had great talent for the element and had outstandingpatibility with it.


    The beasts had an advantage over other races because, despite being focused on bloodline, theirpatibility with the element was outstanding.


    Amish failed to find any skill he liked in the attacking type, so he stopped searching for offensive skills and moved upward.


    Not long after, he was met with the same result and failed to find any desired skill.


    More time flew by, and in the end, Amish decided against buying any skills from the store. It wasn''t that the store didn''t have any outstanding skills that could change his mind, but he found his mind wasn''t in the correct state.


    His heart had many emotions due to the Silver-Winged Pangolin, so he could not appreciate the skills.


    Amish then turned around and exited the room. He then immediately activated the teleportation function of the card and disappeared from the store, returning to his residence.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh had just had a rxing moment when the sound of footsteps approaching the store rang in his ears. He opened his eyes and looked in the door''s direction; a new face was approaching the store with confident steps.


    ***


    "So this is the store," Ruhun muttered, looking at the building before him.


    Ruhun was a unique creature belonging to the Sacred Dimension, so he was the only one of his race. It wasn''t a new race but a creature that had lived for trillions of years, and Ruhun had reached the Sacred Creator level then.


    Ruhun was one of the two Sacred Creators belonging to unique creatures in the entire dimension.


    Ruhun didn''t have a humanoid physique but walked on four legs. His upper body had red skin, while his lower body was on the darker side.


    Ruhun had only one eye, with abination of dark sclera and a squarish red pupil. His body had outlined muscles, showing the strong power contained in them. A single, curved horn adorned the center of his head with a pitch-ck tip. His palm was immensely wide, almost twice the size of his head. He only had two hands, and each hand had seven fingers.


    Ruhun heard about the store from his direct student, who found out about it a day before. Hearing the tone of his student''s voice, Ruhun couldn''t help but be curious about the store, and he came to check it out.


    Ruhun walked inside the store, and the view in front of him changed. He nodded in appreciation, seeing the work done in the store as well as the endless flooring made of expensive stone.


    He then looked at the blue-skinned man seated on his throne. Ruhun''s eyes jumped up in surprise since he had failed to find any connection between the blue-skinned man''s race with any known race in his mind.


    Ruhun had lived a long time, so his knowledge about the dimension and the Multiverse was outstanding. Ruhun was one of the oldest peak Sacred Creators in the Sacred Dimension. It wasn''t that his potential was exhausted and he couldn''t ascend; there was aw ban on his ascendance, so he could only stay in the Sacred Dimension for eternity. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "Why don''t I know about your race? Are you a unique creature like me?" Ruhun immediately approached Aakesh and asked in a hurried tone. He had been living leisurely and ndly for years, so not knowing something came as a surprise and challenging task.


    Aakesh simply shook his head, which took Ruhun by surprise. Ruhun''s cultivation was at the peak of the dimension, so only a few beings could refuse him. He didn''t expect Aakesh to be the one, despite his low cultivation.


    Looking at the store, it was clear that there were some higher being involved with the store. But Aakesh was still a Divine Lord at the end of the day. Looking into Aakesh''s eyes, it seemed that Ruhun was a nobody.


    Ruhun couldn''t help but sneer since it had been a long time since he hade across so many interesting situations at once.


    Ruhun didn''t try to force Aakesh to answer since he was aware of the danger involved in the store and his weakness in front of it. Rather than that, he inquired about the store, about which his student was raving.


    ***


    After learning about the six products from Aakesh, Ruhun walked toward the beast room. Panagea spots were filled for the day, so he couldn''t enter there. He had no interest in cultivation arts, pills, weapons, and skills since those were too low-level for him at the time.


    Ruhun only had a few opponents in the Sacred Dimension, and he didn''t like fighting much, so he decided against the training area as well. Considering all that, Beast was thest product left, and Ruhun showed some interest.


    Ruhun loved beast pets, so he had tens of them, which were great talents in their race. It had been a long time since Ruhun hade across a shockingly talented beast, so he decided to summon one from the store despite its low cultivation level.


    Once he walked inside the room, he looked at the numerous beast murals painted across the wall. His eyes wandered across the paintings, and the more he looked, the more he desired them.


    If it were up to him, Ruhun would have purchased every beast avable in the store.


    Since Ruhun wanted a beast as his pet and had no consideration for its cultivation level but only cared about its talent, he decided to summon it from both devices.


    Before joining the queue for the first device, he set the limit of summons to be ten. It wasn''t that he cared about the high summoning cost; his worries had to do with fate.


    If he couldn''t get a shockingly talented beast in ten summonings, he didn''t have a fate at that time with any beast.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1463 Reaching Limit(6)

    Chapter 1463 Reaching Limit(6)


    Chapter 1463: Reaching Limit(6)


    After setting the limits on summoning, Ruhun joined the queue and waited for his turn. He didn''t have a specific beast on his mind. He only wanted to see a shocking beast that would force him to be surprised.


    Time flew by, and it was finally his turn. He didn''t waste any time and pressed the button.


    Three secondster, a beast appeared on the screen. Ruhun, who had a great knowledge of the beast groups in the Sacred Dimension, immediately recognized the beast.


    Not long after, the card formed out of nowhere and flew into his hand. He caught it and took a quick nce at it. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The next moment, he returned the card since there was nothing in it that made him look twice at that detail.


    Since he had set his limit of summoning at 10, he pressed the button again.


    Time flew by, and it was Ruhun''s tenth summoning. He pressed the button and initiated the round. Following that, ''9'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square section began to rotate.


    Three secondster, a familiar beast appeared on the screen.


    Ruhun had to leave the first row with some disappointment since neither of the ten beasts could make him take a second look at any details on the card.


    The disappointment immediately disappeared since these weren''t things that could influence Ruhun''s heart. He then walked to the second device and joined the queue.


    ***


    Rumble!


    Ruhun pressed the button, and with a rumbling sound, the square section began to rotate. Five secondster, it stopped, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    It was another familiar beast, but since Ruhun had no choice in the race of the beast, he still waited for the card. With only a quick nce, the entire content published on the card got engraved in his mind.


    He then walked to the returnpartment and ced the card there. Ruhun then returned to the device and initiated the second round of summoning.


    Five secondster, a beast unfamiliar to him appeared on the screen.


    Ruhun had done the summoning twelve times, adding the ten summons on the first device, but it was the first time summoning a beast that he was unfamiliar with.


    He certainly had more anticipation for that beast, but not long after, he was met with another disappointment. Since there were still eight rounds of summoning left in the limit set by him, he returned the beast card and initiated another round.


    Time flew by, and it was time for the seventh round of summoning.


    Ruhun pressed the button, and the familiar scenery yed out. Five secondster, the rotation stopped, and a beast appeared on the screen. It was the second unfamiliar beast on the seventeenth summons.


    Not long after, a card formed out of nowhere and flew into Ruhun''s hand. He caught it and immediately took a quick nce at it.


    Unlike the previous instances, he was forced to take a second nce at the element section on the card.


    {Name: Purple Mantigre


    Type: Beast


    Race: Hybrid


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Metal, Thunder, Poison, Sound, Dread


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: The Symphony of Evolution


    Details: The Purple Mantigre, through its mastery over thunder, metal, poison, sound, and dread, orchestrates a symphony. After activation, the beast''s abilities see an enhancement on all sides, while the enemy experiences a decline in all of their abilities upon hearing the symphony.


    Duration: 100¨C150 seconds,


    Ability:


    1.) Venomous Bite: The Purple Mantigre''s fangs deliver a potent venom that courses through the veins of enemies, causing progressive weakening and debilitating effects.


    2.) Dreadful Presence: The Purple Mantigre radiates an aura of dread, instilling fear in nearby foes and lowering their morale andbat effectiveness.


    3.) Storm Surge: The Purple Mantigre conjures a thunderstorm around itself, amplifying its thunder abilities and creating an electrifying field that hinders enemy movements.


    ...


    11.) Stormforged Rampart: The Purple Mantigre creates a stormforged rampart, erecting an imprable barrier infused with thunder and metal, protecting allies and deflecting iing attacks.


    12.) Venomous Tempest: The Purple Mantigre creates a poisonous tempest that engulfs the area, releasing toxic spores and venomous rain that corrode and weaken both organic and magical defenses.


    ...


    18.) Malevolent Eclipse: The Purple Mantigre taps into the essence of dread and sound, creating an ominous eclipse that induces terror and panic among enemies, disrupting their focus and rendering them vulnerable.


    19.) Maleficent Symphony: The Purple Mantigrebines all elements in a maleficent symphony, creating a cataclysmic event that unleashes a barrage of thunderous, poisonous, and dread-inducing effects, devastating enemies caught in its wake.


    Card Description: The Purple Mantigre is a formidable creature. Its attributes of metal, sound, poison, thunder, and dread make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Purple Mantigre.


    Price: Four hundred ny-nine thousand ultimate and nine hundred ny-nine thousand supreme Sacred stones.}


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. It was a creature with a majestic yet fearsome appearance. Its sleek fur was a deep shade of royal purple, underlined with metallic streaks that shimmered with a magical shine. The metallic sheen on its fur extended to its ws, fangs, and tail, giving it a regal and imposing presence.


    Its eyes glowed with an eeriebination of thunderous energy and a venomous purple hue. Intricate patterns resembling thunderbolt-shaped runes glowed around its spine with electrical energy.


    Its horns had the flicker of thunder, showing its mastery over the element. In the area between its eyebrows, there was a pattern engraved, meaning dread in universalnguage.


    Ruhun couldn''t help but raise his eyes in surprise since the beast who controlled the element of emotion was immensely rare. In that sense, elements like dread were even rarer since dread was the quality of a top predator.


    After stopping at the element section for a moment, Ruhun''s eyes moved below. He couldn''t help but want to experience the [Maleficent Symphony].


    The Purple Mantigre met the shocking factor Ruhun desired in the summoned beast, and since it was also summoned below the set limit, his decision was made.

 Chapter 1464 Purple Mantigre(7)

    Chapter 1464 Purple Mantigre(7)


    Chapter 1464: Purple Mantigre(7)


    The Purple Mantigre met the shocking factor Ruhun desired in the summoned beast and helped him find at least one beast from the store.


    Ruhun then left the queue and walked toward the square device. He joined the queue and silently waited for his turn. There was no frustration in waiting on his face, but he was anticipating whether the shocking factor would remain after the taming battle.


    After waiting for a while, it was finally his turn. He didn''t waste any time and put the beast card in the cardpartment and his hand in the respective section.


    The next moment, Ruhun found himself in a different environment. An astonished expression appeared on his face as he looked at himself.


    His cultivation had reduced to peak Supreme God, but it wasn''t what surprised him. What made him feel that way was the ease with which the action yed out. He had no say in the matter. Even his body was what it was at the peak of the Supreme God level, and there was no sealing factor involved.


    Ruhun then calmed down and looked around, finding himself in a vast open space with random terrain. The sky was dark, and thunder could be seen shing asionally.


    There was also a miasma spread across the area, and once Ruhun breathed the air, he found it was poison. Its potency wasn''t very high, but the quantity made sure that Ruhun needed to be careful.


    Hiss!


    Suddenly, a weird cry rang in the area, and Ruhun looked in that direction.


    The Purple Mantigre appeared from the metal sand and angrily hissed at Ruhun. Ruhun had been a Sacred Creator for countless years, and still, he felt a chill crawling down his spine when he got stared at by the beast.


    The Purple Mantigre was a top level predator, and it showed in its eyes.


    The Purple Mantigre was a unique beast like Ruhun, but it had long disappeared from the Sacred Dimension. It didn''t die, but it ascended to the Primordial Dimension.


    Its ascension wasn''t a simple situation at all. When Vritrasura waged war on all three dimensions, he wasn''t directly involved in every battle. He had seven generals, and all seven were overlord-level beings of the Primordial Dimension. It was just that Vritrasura was even more powerful, making their overlord-level power meaningless in front of him.


    Out of the seven generals, four were Asura race members, two were from different races, and thest one was a unique creature of the Primordial Dimension.


    One of the incarnations of the unique creature was responsible for the war in the Sacred Dimension, and it had personally appeared on the battlefield. The Purple Mantigre was only a Sacred Emperor level beast at the time. It was a unique creature but still a part of the beast group of races, so it also had to join the war as a mid-tier leader.


    The camp, joined by the Purple Mantigre, was in support of Vritrasura. It was a great predator known for its brutality and power, so it gained recognition in no time.


    The recognition gained allowed the Purple Mantigre a personal meeting with the general''s incarnation, and thatpletely changed its life. The Purple Mantigre impressed the incarnation and was chosen as a disciple in its name, with there being a condition.


    The condition was that the Purple Mantigre needed to kill a Sacred Monarch while being a Sacred Emperor, which seemed like an impossible task when heard by others. But the Purple Mantigre didn''t disappoint the general and seeded in killing an early Sacred Monarch while it was a peak Sacred Emperor.


    That feat by the Purple Mantigre was more than enough to make its name known to generations across eternity, but something happened, and no one remembered the feat after the war.


    ***


    If Ruhun knew the history of the beast, he wouldn''t be as excited as he was at that moment for the battle.


    Ding!


    The directionless bell rang and announced the start of the taming battle.


    Ruhun and the beast made their moves at the same time.


    The Purple Mantigre''s feline-like body was extremely quick, so it reached Ruhun earlier than he had anticipated and shed.


    While shing, there was a slight glow around its ws, while the poison in the environment rioted, flying toward it.


    Ruhun didn''t let that moment of surprise affect him and immediately backed away, dodging the sh. At the same time, he stepped forward and struck.


    His hand was like a sword as it tried to cut through the beast''s head. The hand failed to hit the beast, and only hit its afterimage.


    The battle had only started, and with time, it turned brutal. The Purple Mantigre, being a top-level predator, knew only killing skills. All of its skills caused exponential damage despite having simple names and abilities.


    At the same time, the poison in the area also affected Ruhun. But that was it. Ruhun didn''t feel much pressure from the battle, but after several hours of fighting and no end in sight, Ruhun had no choice but to take the match seriously and stop treating it as fun.


    The Purple Mantigre was a predator, and it liked battles that came to an early end and did not keep going. So the beast also decided it was time.


    The beast activated [Malevolent Eclipse], and following that, the already dark sky turned even darker. Ruhun felt dread creeping through his body. A dreadful sound hit him and disrupted his focus.


    Immediately after, the beast activated [The Symphony of Evolution].


    Before Ruhun could even handle the disruption, he felt his body getting drained of strength, vitality, and energy.


    It wasn''t the end since the Purple Mantigre activated another skill after that. It was [Maleficent Symphony], the strongest attacking skill it had. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Rumble! Whoosh!


    The sky rumbled as thunder began to gather around the beast. The poison miasma turned into a vortex, sucking every bit of poison in the range of hundreds of miles. Metallic sand spread across the area and began to float up. It flew toward the gathering thunder.


    An eerie sound rang in the area out of nowhere, and with it, a dreadful pressure originated. It not only affected Ruhun but also the elements spread across the area.


    Ruhun didn''t stay silent and waited for his doom. He wasn''t a Sacred Creator at that time, but a peak Supreme God level cultivator, fighting to win the battle.


    Despite getting his strength drained, he gritted his teeth and activated the strongest ability he had at that juncture.

 Chapter 1465 Winner?(8)

    Chapter 1465 Winner?(8)


    Chapter 1465: Winner?(8)


    Seeing the deteriorating situation, Ruhun couldn''t keep hiding his ultimate attack. With time, his strength was leaving his body.


    Once he decided, he didn''t wait one moment and activated the skill [Reverie of Annihtion]. His squarish red pupils began to dissolve into the pitch-ck sclera, leaving nothing but the ckness in its eyes. The single, curved horn began to gather energy from the environment. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Following that, Ruhun''s body began to fade away. When it was on the verge ofplete fading, it stopped. At that time, Ruhun looked like a phantom.


    Immediately after, terrible pressure originated from where Ruhun was. It first affected Ruhun himself, as his body began to randomly wave.


    With every wave, the pressure grew, and the space trembled.


    Time flew by, and both sides had prepared their ultimate attacks.


    The Purple Mantigre released the pitch-ck sphere, and Ruhun also released the dark beam of energy that originated from his curved horn.


    BOOM!


    As the two attacks shed, a world-ending explosion rang in the area, and in no time, it enveloped both thebatants. They were like a paper boat in front of that tide and were fully devoured.


    When the attack finally subsided, nothing was left in the area. Even the elements had disappeared. Neither Ruhun nor the Purple Mantigre were found anywhere since they were instantly killed by the force released by the sh of the two ultimate skills.


    Even then, there should have been a winner since the first to die would be considered a loser. But things didn''t go that way. Both Ruhun and the Purple Mantigre were devoured by the force at the same time, meaning they were also killed simultaneously, leaving neither of them victorious.


    The area returned to normal shortly after, and Ruhun and the beast reappeared. Both had shocked expressions across their faces, Ruhun in particr.


    Reaching the Sacred Creator level alone was proof of Ruhun''s heavenly talent. Since the birth of the Sacred Dimension, there have been less than a thousand Sacred Creators, while the poption has long passed the uncountable mark. In that small number, Ruhun was one, so he couldn''t ept getting drawn by some creature at the same level.


    If he knew about the history of the Purple Mantigre, he wouldn''t think that way, but since he had no idea, it was understandable for Ruhun''s shock.


    The reason for the shock of the Purple Mantigre was the fact that, despite being in a weakened state, Ruhun seeded in unleashing an attack that not only shed equally with its ultimate attack but also killed it.


    The battle had already happened, so even after the draw, there would be no second battle. The taming contest must have a result, so it was time for the beast and Ruhun toe to a decision. To be precise, the Purple Mantigre needed to make its decision.


    If the beast was impressed by the challenger, it could ept them, but if it wasn''t, the challenger could do nothing but leave the taming area, failing the battle.


    Ruhun and the Purple Mantigre looked toward each other simultaneously, with both of them having opposite thoughts. The beast couldn''t help but be surprised since it was impressed with Ruhun and was willing to go with him, but Ruhun had the opposite reaction.


    Ruhun wanted the Purple Mantigre even more after the battle, but he wanted it after defeating it overwhelmingly. He couldn''t ept the draw as a result.


    So even before the Purple Mantigre could share its answer, Ruhun decided to give up. The next moment, a white light enveloped Ruhun, and he disappeared, further surprising the beast.


    After the surprise, the impression of Ruhun got even better in the beast''s heart since it understood the meaning of Ruhun''sst look before disappearing. Ruhun wanted to defeat it and it epted the challenge, waiting for another battle.


    ***


    The next moment, Ruhun''s consciousness returned to the store. He had been fighting for several hours, but only a second had passed in reality.


    Ruhun didn''t feel surprised about the effortless change at that time and left the device. Despite failing to get the beast, he still needed to pay for it.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing. Seconds turned into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, weeks into months, months into years, and just like that, two more decades had passed.


    It had been several decades since the store opened its door to customers in the Sacred Dimension.


    The sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, and as its first ray of light touched the surface, the store opened its door to its customers.


    As expected, Aakesh was greeted by arge crowd of customers waiting for the store to open. Aakesh didn''t let them wait any longer and moved out of the way, returning to his chair.


    Following that, a few hundred thousand customers entered the store like a raging tide. The movement was as chaotic as it could get, and despite that, there was no force involved.


    The next moment, the overcrowded street turned empty with no life in sight.


    Immediately after entering, the first group of people was shrouded in golden lights. Many years had passed, but getting the golden cover still excited many.


    There was an upgraded function where customers could now purchase Panagea recharge cards and enter from anywhere in the Sacred Dimension. There was a limit of 100,000 sales for it, and it had been long filled. Despite that, no card owner missed even a single day in the store.


    ***


    The customers who owned any of the three store cards went toward the portal room while the remaining ones in the first group formed a queue in front of the store owner.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    "Hello, store owner," Grustin respectfully greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response and waited for Grustin to ask the question since he was a new customer.


    Grustin hade to the store after having information about it, so he had a clear purpose foring to the store.


    "Store owner, I want to purchase three first-grade higher Deep Sleep Pill¡­" Grustin requested, sharing the list of pills he wanted to purchase.

 Chapter 1466 The Sixth Pill’s Quest(9)

    Chapter 1466 The Sixth Pill¡¯s Quest(9)


    Chapter 1466: The Sixth Pill''s Quest(9)


    Aakesh listened to all the pills Grustin needed. Once he hadpleted his list, Aakesh stood up from his chair and walked toward the pill counter.


    He then pulled out the required number and types of pills one by one. Once he was done, he stopped and returned to his chair.


    "You need to pay three thousand¡­ Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Grustin. Since Grustin''s purchase varied from higher-level pills to King-level pills, the price wasn''t a small amount.


    Grustin seemed to have already been prepared for it, so he took out the required amount of stones and pushed toward the store owner.


    Aakesh nodded and waved his hand. The next moment, the small mountain of Sacred stones disappeared from the store, and immediately after, a mechanical alert rang inside Aakesh''s head, informing him of the correct amount and salepletion.


    "The pills are yours," Aakesh informed Grustin, handing him more than fifty pills.


    [Ding!]


    Immediately after, Aakehs was bombarded with one mechanical alert after another. But since there were customers ahead of him, he put it on the back burner.


    Time flew by, and a few hours passed in a sh.


    Aakesh finally had some free time, so he decided to check the alerts.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission Objective: Sell Pills" sessfully! The salemission has been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission Reward: Ten new pill types addition in all Lesser, Higher, and King grades" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    [Please see the following screen for your sixth pill''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the sixth pill''s quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Sixth


    Objective: Sell pills,


    Detail: With Grustin''s purchase, the store had met all of the previous sales requirements for the fifth pill quest. Since we are just getting started, now is not the time to celebrate. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of pills you need to sell: 100,000,000,000,000 (each category),


    Days required: 3,600,000 days,


    Mission reward: Emperor Grade pills,


    Failure Punishment: The random disappearance of fifteen types of pills and the salesmission will turn to 0 at the eligible product''s sale for the next one thousand years.]


    Aakesh heard all the alerts and soon focused on the blue screen in front of him. The quest''s requirements had grown a thousandfold, and the mission wanted the store to sell 100 trillion pills for each category.


    After the reward today, the number of pills avable for sale would go to ny, with thirty types each in all three grades. Keeping in mind that change, the store would need to sell a total of 9000 trillion pills, which was 1500 times more than the fifth quest, whereas the deadline to do it had only grown by a hundred times to ten thousand years.


    Aakesh didn''t worry much about the high requirement since the store was growing at a vastly higher rate than the quest''s conditions. He then looked at the reward section, and as was sequentially expected, it was the addition of the Emperor level of pills. The Emperor level of pills was used for the cultivators between the Sacred King and Monarch levels.


    Aakesh only took a casual nce at the failure punishment and waved his hands since he was confident inpleting the quest. The next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back again.


    Aakesh was going to close his eyes to rx when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    He turned in the direction of the footsteps and found it was a customering toward him from the beast room.


    Ruhun had no particr expression on his face as he exited the beast room with the Purple Mantigre beast card in his hand.


    It had been twenty years since he entered the store and summoned the beast. The first taming battle resulted in a draw, so Ruhun gave up on the beast.


    He returned to the store the next year and initiated another taming battle. The result remained the same.


    Not only was Ruhun growing, but the Purple Mantigre was also growing in strength since it retained the memory of earlier battles. It was done to keep the challenge of taming battles alive and not just simted victories.


    After the second draw, Ruhun would return to the store once every year and initiate the taming battle.


    He failed to win but never lost as well, continuing the streak of draws. Finally, the result changed in the 21st battle, and Ruhun became the victor. It wasn''t as overwhelming as he wanted, but since the system didn''t care about that, the second step of beast owning wasplete.


    ***


    "Aakesh, I want toplete the purchase," Ruhun indifferently asked Aakesh.


    Time flew by, and hours shed in the blink of an eye.


    As the sun began to set, darkness began to envelop the sky of the Thorr and its nearby cities. With it, the time for the store to close also arrived.


    After Autumn and Katrina left, Aakesh walked to the store''s door and shut it down, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, the Ten new pill types addition to all Lesser, Higher, and King grades have been sessfully rewarded!]


    As soon as Aakesh turned around, the system''s mechanical, emotionless voice informing him of the reward for the quest rang inside his head.


    The next moment, a blue light covered the pill counter, and Aakesh could see the counter growing through his naked eyes.


    After the process ended, the light disappeared, and the grown pill counter appeared in the sight of the three of Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval.


    It hadn''t grown vertically but horizontally since the number of shelves had grown by ten to match the newly obtained pills.


    Aakesh then stepped forward and walked toward the counter to check the newly obtained pills. He had gotten ten new types of pills for all three levels, so he first started from the bottom row, referring to lesser level pills.


    ***

 Chapter 1467 Newly Obtained Pills(10)

    Chapter 1467 Newly Obtained Pills(10)


    Chapter 1467: Newly Obtained Pills(10)


    Aakesh reached the pill counter and decided to start with the lesser-level pills.


    (1.) Second-grade lesser Ephemeral Illusion Pill: This is a psychedelic pill used to create realistic illusions that deceive the senses. It costs one hundred lesser Sacred stones. It works for Divine Transformation level cultivators.


    First-grade lesser Ephemeral Illusion Pill: It works for Divine Being level cultivators. It costs two hundred lesser Sacred stones.


    (2.) First-grade lesser Spectral Silence Pill: This pill makes the userpletely silent and invisible for a short period of time. It costs seventy-five lesser Sacred stones.


    (3.) First-grade lesser me Ignition Pill: The pills allow the user to temporarily turn their body into a source of heat. It costs fifty lesser Sacred stones.


    ¡­


    After checking all the newly obtained lesser-level pills, Aakesh moved upward and read the details of the higher-level pills.


    ¡­


    (24.) Third-grade higher Quick Reflex Pill: This pill heightens the user''s reflexes and agility for a short duration. It only works for cultivators of Divine Lord cultivation. It costs twenty-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Quick Reflex Pill: It works for early and intermediate True Gods. It costs Seventy-five ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Quick Reflex Pill: It works forte and peak True Gods. It costs two hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will result in the breakdown of all body cells if eaten by cultivators below the Divine Lord.


    (25.) Third-grade higher Soulforge Synthesis Pill: This pill allows the user to temporarily merge with inanimate objects, gaining their properties. It only works for cultivators of Divine Lord cultivation. It costs fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Soulforge Synthesis Pill: It works for early and intermediate True Gods. It costs one hundred fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Soulforge Synthesis Pill: It works forte and peak True Gods. It costs two hundred fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will...


    (26.) Third-grade higher Serenity Shroud Pill: This pill creates a calming aura, reducing stress and anxiety in the user''s heart, with a side effect of momentary fatigue after the effect ends. It only works for cultivators of Divine Lord cultivation. It costs one hundred ordinary Sacred stones.


    Second-grade higher Serenity Shroud Pill: It works for early and intermediate True Gods. It costs two hundred fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    First-grade higher Serenity Shroud Pill: It works forte and peak True Gods. It costs three hundred fifty ordinary Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will...


    ¡­


    It was finally the turn of thest row, and without wasting any time, Aakesh began checking the details of the King level pills.


    ¡­


    (27.) Third-grade King Wisdom Well Pill: The pill temporarily enhances the user''s intellectual capacity and problem-solving skills. It only works up to peak Lesser God and will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It costs ten higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Wisdom Well Pill: The pill can show effects up to peak Higher God. It costs twenty-five higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Wisdom Well Pill: The pill can show effects up to peak Supreme God. It costs fifty higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will result in the breakdown of the sea of consciousness if eaten by cultivators below the Lesser God.


    (28.) Third-grade King Dreamwalker Pill: The pill induces lucid dreaming, allowing users to explore their subconscious. It only works up to peak Lesser God and will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It costs fifteen higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Dreamwalker Pill: The pill can show effects up to peak Higher God. It costs fifty higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Dreamwalker Pill: The pill can show effects up to peak Supreme God. It costs one hundred higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will...


    (29.) Third-grade King Elemental Harmony Pill: The pill can bnce the body''s affinity with elemental energies for a fixed time. It only works up to peak Lesser God and will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It costs fifty higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Elemental Harmony Pill: The pill can show effects up to peak Higher God. It costs two hundred fifty higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Elemental Harmony Pill: The pill can show effects up to peak Supreme God. It costs one thousand higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will result in theplete breakdown of elemental stability if eaten by cultivators below the Lesser God, resulting in an elemental explosion.


    (30.) Third-grade King Ice Cooling Pill: The pill temporarily lowers the user''s body temperature. It only works up to peak Lesser God and will not affect cultivators exceeding that level. It costs five higher Sacred stones.


    Second-grade King Ice Cooling Pill: The pill can show effects up to peak Higher God. It costs fifteen higher Sacred stones.


    First-grade King Ice Cooling Pill: The pill can show effects up to peak Supreme God. It costs twenty-five higher Sacred stones.


    Warning: It will¡­


    Soon after, Aakesh had read the details of all thirty pills. There was a surprising addition to the list in the form of the Ephemeral Illusion Pill. It was a psychedelic pill that was known for its strong effects. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    It even had a serious side effect as taking too much of it caused severe harm to the user''s soul. But despite that, it had arge market and was one of the most consumed pills since its effect was nothing less than reaching heaven. As for its serious side effects, there were treatments avable.


    Of all the pills, Aakesh found that the me ignition pill and the ice cooling pill would be sold most since these were also in considerable demand due to numerous extreme environments spread across the dimension.


    Since Aakesh needed to sell 100 trillion for every type of pill, he breathed a sigh of relief when he found no pill type that could cause some turbulence in the progress.


    Aakesh then moved away from the counter since there was nothing more left for him to check. He then said, "Let''s Go!" and disappeared from the store with Lily and Khaval.


    The next moment, the three of them appeared in the selection area. Lily and Khaval went to their respective training environments, and after they left, Aakesh also repeated the process he had been doing for years and began his own training routine.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***

 Chapter 1468 The Sixth Weapon’s Quest(11)

    <h4>Chapter 1468 The Sixth Weapon¡¯s Quest(11) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1468: The Sixth Weapon''s Quest(11)


    It had been more than a month since the storepleted the fifth pill quest. Aakesh wanted all the active quests to fulfill all their requirements quickly since he had yet toplete the condition for the activation of the fifth collective quest.


    But since each quest had arge requirement to fill, Aakesh didn''t force it. Fortunately for him, the time difference between the quests had grown from five years to fifty years since the quests now had a deadline in the range of a hundred years. It didn''t make sense to keep it for five years, as it would forever stop the store from activating the fifth collective mission.


    ***


    "The sword is yours from now on," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Jestry after hearing the system''s mechanical alert about the sessful payment.


    "Thank you, store owner!" Jestry thanked Aakesh and then walked toward the beast room while Aakesh was hearing a flurry of alerts inside his head.


    Aakesh ignored that and focused on the next customer. Once Aakesh received a few free moments, he requested the system, and immediately after, several alerts bombarded his head.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission Objective: Sell Weapons and Training Area Hours" sessfully! Themission for the sale has been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission Reward: Avability of fifty new types of weapons for sale and training" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    [Please see the following screen for your sixth weapon''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the sixth weapon''s quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Sequence: Sixth


    Objective: Sell weapons and training hours,


    Details: With the purchase from Jestry, the store has fulfilled all requirements for thest quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of weapons you need to sell: 10,000,000,000,000,000,


    Number of customers or training hours: 2,000,000,000,000,000 training hours*,


    Days required: 3,600,000 Days,


    Mission reward: Avability for Emperor Level Weapons and Training Areas for Sale,


    Failure Punishment: The disappearance of twenty types of weapons at random, and the salesmission will be reduced to 0% of the product''s price for two thousand years.]


    *- (2,000,000,000,000,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 400,000,000,000,000 Immortal training hours = 100,000,000,000,000 Gods and Demons training hours = 1,000,000,000 Primordial training hours.)


    A smile spread across his face after hearing the alerts. Aakesh looked at the screen, nodding in appreciation since he was expecting to listen to those alerts ring in his ears that day.


    Aakesh focused on the screen and couldn''t help but frown when he saw the details. The requirement for the training area had grown by a thousand times like it usually did, but the weapon requirement showed outrageous growth. The fifth weapon''s quest wanted him to sell one trillion weapons, but the sixth mission demanded he sell 10,000 trillion weapons. It was a ten thousand times growth, whereas the deadline had grown from 100 years to 10,000 years.


    Since the quest had an extensive deadline of 10,000 years, Aakesh didn''t worry much about the outrageous requirement and moved his eyes below. As expected, the next reward was the avability of Emperor level weapons for sale and training area. He nodded in appreciation and then only took a casual nce at the failure section.


    Aakesh then waved his hands, and soon after, the screen containing the quest disappeared, waiting for him to call it back.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The screen hadn''t even fully disappeared when Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store.


    Aakesh looked in that direction and found a new faceing toward the store. He stopped his ns to rx and waited for the man toe to him.


    Outside the store, the man stopped and looked at the building. He then snapped his fingers, and a projection emerged from the tip of his finger.


    The next moment, the projectionpletely disappeared, meaning that the man had reached his destination.


    The man was a peak Supreme God level cultivator, and for someone of his level, he only needed to see once to remember things thoroughly. Despite that, he checked the store''s building with the projection since the projection was an ability of his father.


    The man didn''t have an ordinary identity, and his father had specifically told him that if the projection fully dissipated in front of the building, only then would he be at the right ce.


    It wasn''t the first time for the man to see the store''s building. He had seen it a few hours ago as well, and at that time, he had entered the building, ignoring his father''s warning and believing that his father was being extra cautious.


    Only when he entered the building did he find that what his father asked him to do was for his well-being. The building was an illusion and was created by a Sacred Creator so there was no way for man to distinguish between falsehood and reality.


    After entering the building, the man found a group of creatures waiting for him. Their cultivation varied from Sacred King to Sacred Monarch. Even one of them was more than enough to kill the man, but still, there was a group of them, leaving no chance of survival.


    At the same time, the man found out that the defensive item left by his father for himself stopped working since the Sacred Creator was personally present at the scene. He just couldn''t see that.


    The man could see his death at the time, but fortunately for him, his father knew his character, so not long after, he appeared and helped him. Only then did the man find out about the presence of his father''s Sacred Creator level enemy.


    ***


    The man breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the projection had fully dissipated and he had reached the correct destination.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


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 Chapter 1469 Huo Jinglin(12)

    <h4>Chapter 1469 Huo Jinglin(12) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1469: Huo Jinglin(12)


    Since the building in front of him was the actual store, Huo Jinglin breathed a sigh of relief and walked inside. The next moment, the view in front of him changed, and the familiar description his father had informed him greeted his sight.


    Huo Jinglin belonged to the Yedrian race. It was a race in the Demon group. Yedrians were one of the top races in the Demon group, with a Sacred Creator leading it.


    Huo Jinglin looked like other Yedrians and had an above-average appearance. He had a humanoid physique with deep gray skin. The distinctive feature of the Yedrians was the pattern between their eyebrows. Every Yedrian had that pattern. It was an abstract pattern that looked like a strange form of fire. As the Yedrians grew in cultivation, the pattern grew darker.


    Huo Jinglin was a peak Supreme God. It was an average level of cultivation in the race, so the pattern between his eyebrows was neither light nor dark.


    Outside the store, the void suddenly opened and then immediately closed. No one noticed it except for Aakesh. A man had looked at the man''s leaving back and then nodded toward him from the void.


    Aakesh recognized the man as Huo Pinglu. Huo Pinglu was a store customer who''de from time to time.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner! I am Huo Jinglin," Huo Jinglin respectfully greeted Aakesh and introduced himself. He was sincere in his respect and not just an act so as not to offend the store owner.


    "I am Aakesh," Aakesh responded in his usual style.


    Huo Jinglin then talked about his father and how he came here. He didn''t forget to tell Aakesh about the store-lookalike building he had encountered on his journey.


    Upon learning about it, Aakesh immediately asked the system about it. There were bound to be simr structures since the store building wasn''t some uniquely built structure, but having the same storefront wasn''t something the system and Aakesh would allow.


    [Host, no building has used the same storefront as The First Store. The building seen by Huo Jinglin was an illusion.]


    Immediately after, a mechanical alert rang in Aakesh''s head. Aakesh then told Huo Jinglin about the building being an illusion, to which he didn''t show much surprise.


    Huo Jinglin had expected something like that, but since he wasn''t sure, he tried to use the store''s help to solve one of his father''s enemies.


    Huo Pinglu had been a Sacred Creator for countless years and was one of the oldest Sacred Creators in the Sacred Dimension. Many after him had ascended to the Primordial Dimension, but since Huo Pinglu had exhausted whatever potential he had, he couldn''t dare face the ascension trial.


    There was no return from the ascension trial. It was either a sessful ascension or death, and Huo Pinglu wasn''t confident in sess. Despite that, his strength was something no one dared to underestimate.


    Despite that kind of strength, his father was immensely respectful when he talked about the store. From that, Huo Jinglin could see the strength of the store.


    He hoped for the store to act even if it was an illusion, but unfortunately for him, Aakesh didn''t speak of anything other than the building being an illusion. It was clear that the store wasn''t going to be involved in that. Huo Jinglin removed any thought about that from his heart and stopped thinking about it.


    Huo Jinglin was deep in meditation for his breakthrough to the Sacred King level, and his father forced him out of the meditation and ordered him to go to the store. It was an opportune moment, and yet he was there. There must be a purpose behind that, so he decided only to focus on what was ahead of him.


    "Store owner, I want to know about the store products," Huo Jinglin respectfully asked. His father simply ordered him toe here without informing him of anything about the store, so he knew nothing.


    "The store currently sells six products. They are pills, weapons, cultvation arts, skills, beasts, and Panagea.


    "There are thirty types of pills avable in the lesser, higher, and King grades.


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    "These are the currently avable products in the store," Aakesh concluded with the introduction of all six products and some of their basic details.


    Huo Jinglin nodded after hearing about the products. He didn''t immediately speak but was thinking about whether there was a specific product that attracted his father or if all six products were the cause. He would lie if he said that he wasn''t interested. His cultivation was peak Supreme God, and the product avable in the store tended to his cultivation as well.


    As Huo Jinglin calmly thought, he dismissed pills and cultivation arts. There were no pills avable in the store that could further help his chances to step into the Sacred King level since he was sure of certainty about that.


    Huo Jinglin already had a great cultivation art that had been passed down in his family since his great-grandfather founded it, and it was perfected by his father, the sole Sacred Creator in not only his family but the entire Yedrian race.


    Panagea was a product that was avable for all customers, irrespective of their cultivation level. Beasts could allow him to obtain a powerful pet of the same cultivation level. He already had top-notch skills in his family library, but the more, the merrier. He already had a weapon, but the training area was something that could provide a significant boost for him. To be precise, the Primordial level of difficulty was something that interested him a lot.


    Huo Jinglin then removed Panagea from his list of products since it was clearly a product that would provide long-term benefits. In the near future, it could deliver him no boost. Only three products were left, and Huo Jinglin liked all three of them.


    Sigh!


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but take a deep sigh. He then stopped wasting his thoughts on the question and decided to go for all three. It wasn''t like he wascking money.


    Even without the help of Huo Pinglu, his savings were more than enough to purchase anything from the store.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


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 Chapter 1470 Huo Jinglin(13)

    <h4>Chapter 1470 Huo Jinglin(13) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1470: Huo Jinglin(13)


    Aakesh didn''t disturb Huo Jinglin since there were no customers behind him, and he was free to take all the time he needed.


    "Store owner, what product do you suggest I should choose first of the training area, skills, and beasts," Huo Jinglin respectfully asked. Since there was someone whom even his father respected, Huo Jinglin decided to take his opinion before making a decision.


    "You should go for the beast first, then the training area, and then skills," Aakesh expressionlessly answered.


    Beast had no rtion to the training area or skills in the short term, so it was better to be the first choice of the three. As for why to go to the training area first and then go for the skills, it had to do with the fact that in the training area, cultivators could see their weaknesses and then purchase skills ording to those weaknesses.


    There was not much difference even if the customer went for the skills first, but since Huo Jinglin asked for Aakesh''s opinion, Aakesh gave the optimal answer ording to him.


    "Thank you, store owner," Huo Jinglin thanked Aakesh, and then immediately walked toward the beast room after learning the things he needed to learn.


    When Huo Jinglin walked into the beast room, the numerous beast murals painted across the walls greeted him. The first mural he saw was of a beast he didn''t recognize, but still, from the painting, he could feel the majesty of the creature.


    In front of Huo Jinglin, there were two pirs. Since it was his first time in the store, he was eligible to purchase from both pirs. He didn''t waste much time there and came to his decision.


    Huo Jinglin had no interest in a beast that would grow with him, so he immediately rejected the first pir. Whatever talent the beast would have, it would still take decades, if not centuries, to step from the Divine Lord''s cultivation level to the Supreme God''s level.


    Aftering to his decision, he immediately walked to the second pir and joined the queue. While waiting, he couldn''t help but think of the beast he saw on the mural.


    It was an avian beast from the wings and beaks in the mural, and like a child, he hoped to summon a flying beast from the device.


    Time flew by, and soon, it was Huo Jinglin''s time to summon the beast.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but think of the list of the avian beasts he had made in his mind that had some of the features of the beast on the mural. Hoping to get anyone from that list, he pressed the button.


    The next moment, a small rumbling sound rang, and the square sections began to rotate. Five secondster, it stopped, and a beast appeared on the screen.


    Without even reading its details, Huo Jinglin made up his mind about the unfamiliar beast. Not long after, the card flew into his hand. Despite the decision, he still nced at the details since his mind was dynamic and could change from time to time.


    After reading the details, Huo Jinglin was disappointed and returned the beast card. He then pressed the button again, initiating the second round of summoning.


    The list was still in his mind, but after the sixth summon, he simply wanted a powerful beast. In all six summons, he had gotten an unfamiliar beast with properties that he wouldn''t even look at.


    Time flew by, and finally, it was time for the 11th summoning. As he pressed the switch, ''10'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square section began to rotate.


    Five secondster, the rotation stopped, and not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into his hand.


    [Name: Bestial Cormorant


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Water, Air, Shadow


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Resurgence of Abyss


    Details: The Bestial Cormorant, through its mastery over shadow, summons the abyss to the battlefield. After the summoning, the beast taps into the mystical energies of the abyss to revitalize and support allies, enhancing itself and their attributes.


    Duration: 90 seconds,


    Ability:


    1.) Shadow Wing: The Bestial Cormorant''s wings are infused with shadow energy, allowing the Cormorant to cloak itself and move stealthily through shadows, making it difficult to detect.


    2.) Murmuring Abyss: The Bestial Cormorant releases a haunting murmur that instills unease and fear in enemies, reducing theirbat effectiveness and causing them to question their surroundings.


    3.) Aerial Shroud: The Bestial Cormorant conjures an ethereal shroud of shadows, providing the Cormorant with enhanced evasion and rendering it resistant to targeted attacks.


    ...


    11.) Nether Veil: The Bestial Cormorant creates a veil of shadows that envelops the Cormorant, providing temporary invulnerability to physical and magical attacks.


    12.) Lunar Umbrage: The Bestial Cormorant harnesses the influence of the moon to intensify its shadow-based abilities, amplifying the Cormorant''s damage output and darkening the battlefield for increased stealth.


    ...


    18.) Eclipsing Torrent: The Bestial Cormorantbines the power of shadow and water to create a massive torrent that engulfs the battlefield, sweeping away enemies and leaving chaos in its wake.


    19.) Spectral Talonstorm: The Bestial Cormorant summons spectral talons from the shadows,unching them at high speed toward enemies. These ethereal talons pierce through defenses and apply lingering shadow damage.


    Card Description: The Bestial Cormorant is a formidable creature. Its attributes of water, air, and shadow make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Purple Mantigre.


    Price: Two hundred ny-nine thousand ultimate Sacred stones.]


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the Bestial Cormorant. It had sleek, obsidian-ck feathers that shimmered with an iridescent quality. Its wings were a fusion of midnight hues and shadowy tendrils that appeared to wave with the ebb and flow of unseen currents. The creature''s blue eyes glowed with an otherworldly sparkle, reflecting the calmness before the storm of the deep ocean within its gaze.


    Its beak was sharp and long, with an elegant curve that concealed a formidable set of teeth. Its talons were an extension of its shadowy prowess. They were tipped with a quiet, menacing, shadowy glow.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


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 Chapter 1471 Huo Jinglin(14)

    <h4>Chapter 1471 Huo Jinglin(14) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1471: Huo Jinglin(14)


    Huo Jinglin read the details on the card with some anticipation. The beast''s wings on the card were somewhat simr to the flying beast Huo Jinglin had seen on the mural after entering the room.


    If the beast had great capability, he would have his beast. Huo Jinglin nodded after reading the details, especially the characteristics of the beast.


    [Resurgence of Abyss] was an outrageous skill only a few could control. It was also the primary reason behind the beast''s price being so high. He didn''t wait longer to make his decision since that ability was more than enough to purchase the Bestial Cormorant.


    Huo Jinglin then left the queue and walked toward the square device, where he would need toplete the following steps. After joining the line, he thought of ways to counter the beast''s skill since he and the beast were of simr cultivation.


    Huo Jinglin wouldn''t see any reduction in his cultivation, so the battle was going to be immensely challenging against an ultimate quality beast.


    While waiting, time flew by, and soon, it was Huo Jinglin''s turn.


    He then put the beast card in the cardpartment and ced his hand in the respective section. The next moment, the view in front of him changed.


    Huo Jinglin was floating on an endless body of water, and the sky was dark. He felt slightly ufortable since Yedrians were a race of fire element users. He felt the element being slightly suppressed.


    But Huo Jinglin had expected him toe to an area like that for the taming battle, so he didn''t worry much about it. He looked at the front and waited for his opponent.


    The beast didn''t keep him waiting for long, jumped out of the water, and soon took a graceful curve in the air.


    Cry!


    The Bestial Cormorant let out a bird cry, looking at the intruder. It was also ready for the battle.


    Ding!


    The directionless bell rang and announced the start of the battle.


    Cultivators at True God level and above could fly in the air, so the flying ability of the Bestial Cormorant wasn''t an advantage of the beast.


    Huo Jinglin floated upward and rushed at the beast. His entire body was engulfed in red mes.


    A st of vapor emerged as the rich water element in the environment shed with him. The force from the st further pushed Huo Jinglin, and in no time, he was right above the beast.


    Cry!


    The Bestial Cormorant let out a roar, and before Huo Jinglin could do anything, it faded into the darkness.


    Trusting his intuition, Huo Jinglin rushed toward his right.


    Boom! Ssh!


    The next moment, the shadow cover around the bird dissipated, and it was knocked down the water.


    Its wings had caught fire, but the endless water immediately doused it. Huo Jinglin gained the advantage in the first sh but didn''t think much of it.


    The Bestial Cormorant had average abilities. What made it special was the [Resurgence of Abyss]. It was also the reason for its quality being the ultimate tier.


    Huo Jinglin decided to push the beast to its edge, so even if it activated the characteristics, it wouldn''t be able to take much advantage of the ability.


    CRY!


    A loud cry rang in the area, and three Bestial Cormorants jumped out of the water. It was a cloning ability of the beast, which allowed it to create two clones with each having fifty percent of its power. To be precise, the three beasts were equivalent to two Bestial Cormorants at the beast''s full power.


    Huo Jinglin was already aware of all the abilities of the beast, so he knew that the beast could only maintain its two clones for three minutes. Huo Jinglin had prepared contingency for it, and immediately after, his red eyes began glowing brighter, and small balls of red fire began to appear out of thin air.


    In no time, the number of fireballs had crossed the hundred mark. They then began to transform, and soon, there were more than a hundred miniature versions of burning Huo Jinglin. It was an exclusive skill of the Yedrians, and Huo Jinglin''s bloodline was immensely pure due to being a direct descendant of Huo Pinglu, who had him after he had reached the Sacred Creator level.


    The burning miniature versions had no specific power but two abilities. The first one was the ability of self-explosion at the touch. Huo Jinglin ordered, and all of them immediately charged toward the three Bestial Cormorants in the sky.


    Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    A rain of feathers dawned on the miniature versions, and in response to that, the entire sky was filled with explosions.


    Since the miniature versions were sentient, they didn''t just keep crashing on the feathers; some dodged, and soon after, around thirty of them reached the nearest cormorant.


    BOOM!


    A loud explosion rang as the clone immediately grabbed the beast by its beak and exploded.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    The miniature versions exploded with the touch of the force as well. One st wasn''t enough even to cause any severe damage, but when that number reached the double-digit, it tore apart the clone.


    Huo Jinglin had targeted the clone and not the actual body since the original''s defense was immensely higher than the clones and would need at least a thousand sts of that intensity to cause any life-threatening damage. Unfortunately for Huo Jinglin, one hundred seventy-four miniature versions were his limit.


    The remaining one charged at the second clone, barring one, who rushed toward the original.


    The second ability of the burning clone was that Huo Jinglin could swap his ce with it as long as the distance between the two was less than three million miles.


    On the battlefield, the distance was only a few miles, so when the original Bestial Cormorant was about to destroy the miniature version, Huo Jinglin swapped his ce with it. He already had the skill activated, and his entire body was engulfed in orange mes.


    The sudden situation startled the Bestial Cormorant, who momentarily froze. Huo Jinglin couldn''t let that moment go to waste and attacked.


    BOOM!


    A booming sound rang in the area, and the Bestial Cormorant was thrown out hundreds of miles away, causing arge wave to rise in the water.


    The beast was instantly knocked unconscious, and right at that moment, a dark glow covered the beast.


    Huo Jinglin became solemn as he felt the ckness covering the body of water. [Resurgence of Abyss] was a passive skill that would be activated immediately if the beast was in danger of losing its life. That was why Huo Jinglin had made tens of ns to fight against the skill and not just think of ways to kill the beast before it could activate the ability.


    The Bestial Cormorant immediately regained its consciousness after the characteristics became active. Its calm blue eyes darkened, and in no time, it had reached the same color as its obsidian-like feathers.


    The sky was already dark and was filled with the element of shadow, but after the activation of the ability, it seemed to darken even further.


    Huo Jinglin had no choice but to cover himself in fire to retain some visibility. The small fireball he created was instantly devoured by the abyss that had formed in the deep water.


    Whoosh!


    The Bestial Cormorant jumped out of the water. At that moment, it was three times its original size, and the pressure emanating from it was terrifying.


    Even Huo Jinglin felt chilled when the beast stared at him. The beast''s calm blue eyes were now pitch ck and devoid of any emotion. It was as if the Bestial Cormorant was the incarnation of abyss.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t dare to directly look back at the beast''s eyes since his soul began trembling. He immediately moved his eyes away and began backing away from the scene.


    Huo Jinglin was confident that his chances against the beast in that state were zero percent. He knew the real challenge of the battle had just arrived, and he didn''t want to lose that after overwhelmingly destroying the beast earlier.


    Cry!


    The beast activated [Murmuring Abyss]. In that state, the skill had reached a terrifying level, and Huo Jinglin immediately froze in fear.


    Roar!


    A beast-like roar originated from his mouth as he tried to fight back against the fear that was slowly enveloping his heart. It was as if he was fighting another opponent altogether.


    The Bestial Cormorant didn''t give Huo Jinglin any chance to escape and used [Shadow Jump], appearing behind him.


    It activated [Spectral Talonstorm], and immediately after, hundreds of spectral talons appeared out of thin air.


    Without the state, the beast could summon ten spectral talons at most, but in that state, even hundreds of those sharp talons seemed like nothing.


    In no time, the spectral talons tore apart Huo Jinglin in numerous pieces.


    The beast suddenly raised its head and looked up. There was a miniature version of him that was fighting against the devouring ability of the abyss.


    The next moment, the torn pieces of Huo Jinglin burst into fire and disappeared, while Huo Jinglin appeared in ce of the miniature version.


    His already gray skin seemed even grayer, as saving his life from that situation cost him enormously.


    It had only been fifteen seconds into the state, and Huo Jinglin had already seen death once. There were still seventy-five seconds he needed to survive if he wanted to win the taming battle.


    Huo Jinglin immediately closed his eyes and took a deep breath, ignoring the beast whatsoever.


    The Bestial Cormorant had no sanity to think of the reason behind Huo Jinglin''s sudden action, and it used [Shadow Jump] once again.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1472 Huo Jinglin(15)

    <h4>Chapter 1472 Huo Jinglin(15) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1472: Huo Jinglin(15)


    The Bestial Cormorant appeared behind Huo Jinglin and struck.


    The next moment, a shocking scene yed out as Huo Jinglin was torn apart in pieces. The bird showed no expression in that state, whereas the torn Huo Jinglin suddenly turned into mes.


    The me then began to gather together and soon formed the silhouette of Huo Jinglin. At that moment, his skin had turned even grayer, and the pattern between his brows was turning lighter.


    The pattern wasn''t just for decoration, it had a specific ability. It was a powerful effect, allowing a Yedrian to be an incarnation of fire for as long as the pattern held out. In that state, the Yedrian was almost invulnerable, as no type of attack caused any injury. It was just that the ability could only be used once since after the effect''s end, the pattern would disappear, and with it, the Yedrian bloodline would also evaporate, leaving the user dead.


    Huo Jinglin wasn''t sure whether he would be able to use the ability when he was making strategy, but after finding out he could activate it, Huo Jinglin could only put his hope in it to survive the Bestial Cormorant''s onught.


    He didn''t need to fear the aftereffects of the skill since the store owner had told him that no seque were left of the taming battle in reality.


    The state didn''t only allow Huo Jinglin to defend himself. If that were the case, it wouldn''t mean much other than just being a turtle shell in thest moments of life.


    In that state, Huo Jinglin could borrow a skill from his ancestors. Since Huo Pinglu, his father, was the strongest Yedrian in the existence of the race, help woulde from him.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t just borrow any skill but a fixed one, which was an exclusive skill of the Yedrians born after any member of the race stepped into the Sacred King cultivation level.


    The skill''s power would be as strong as the body could bear, and since in that state, Yedrians were at their peak power irrespective of the situation before the activation, it was akin to a skill released at full power at the peak of the Supreme God.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t immediately activate the skill since, in the state, the beast was in, the skill wouldn''t cause a life-threatening situation but would end in severe damage. He knew he needed to bore the brunt of the beast''s power for some more time, and when the beast was at the end of the state, he could activate the skill.


    Thinking like that was easy, but implementing it wasn''t since it meant Huo Jinglin needed to survive for more than seventy seconds, which was easier said than done.


    Despite being invulnerable in that state, the pattern slowly dimmed after every damage he took. Based on how things were progressing, Huo Jinglin wouldn''t be able to survive for thirty seconds, let alone seventy seconds. To survive, Huo Jinglin needed to dodge as many attacks as possible so that he could extend the state''s duration.


    The Bestial Cormorant might have lost its sanity, but it still had its battle instinct, so it also felt that the battle needed to be quickly ended.


    It immediately activated [Shadow Jump] and appeared above Huo Jinglin. Huo Jinglin''s senses also turned sharper in that state, so he immediately sensed the beast''s presence and moved away from the spot.


    The next moment, a storm of shadow des tore apart that location. Huo Jinglin''s eyes remained calm when he saw the scene since it was only the start of the chase game between the two.


    Time flew by, and thirty seconds passed. It was only thirty seconds, but for Huo Jinglin, every second was no less than an entire span of battle.


    In thest thirty seconds, Huo Jinglin dodged many attacks, using his heightened senses, but the beast was no pushover, so it seeded innding one attack.


    At that moment, the pattern on Huo Jinglin''s face had almost turned gray, the same skin color, and it was only one death-


    level attack away fromplete fading.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t let himself get struck, so he gave up on all other instincts and only focused on running. The Bestial Cormorant was a quick creature itself, so it wasn''t easy.


    Huo Jinglin gave up on physical form and turned into a ball of fire, which helped in his speed increase. The chase game between the beast and the ball of fire got intense since, with every passing moment, the beast could feel theing danger. It was aware that the intruder was holding something back, so it wanted to end the battle before its enhanced state came to an end.


    Unfortunately for the two, things didn''t always go the way people wanted them to.


    The Bestial Cormorant chased Huo Jinglin to no avail, but when only three seconds were left in its state, it seeded in reaching the intruder. Huo Jinglin wanted to dodge, but he couldn''t see any hope from that situation.


    Since things were like that, Huo Jinglin decided not to wait anymore and immediately activated the borrowed skill.


    The next moment, the ball of fire turned into a raging incarnation that looked like Huo Jinglin, while its color had changed to pitch blue.


    A chilling sensation emerged from Huo Jinglin, and a freezing wave began. Even the elements in the air seemed to struggle against that, but in the end, they had no choice but to be frozen.


    The skill''s name was [Frozen Domain of Hell], granting the Yedrians control over the ice me, one of the types of natural mes in existence.


    Since Huo Jinglin was only a peak Supreme God, he couldn''t fully utilize the skill. As the skill''s name implied, the user would have a domain filled with ice mes, freezing enemies to death instantly inside its range.


    Huo Jinglin could only extend the effect of the skill up to a hundred meters, but that was more than enough since the beast was only twenty meters away from him.


    The skill began to erode the attack released by the beast by freezing the elements in it to extinction, but the elements involved in the attack fought back.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1473 Huo Jinglin(16)

    <h4>Chapter 1473 Huo Jinglin(16) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1473: Huo Jinglin(16)


    Huo Jinglin found himself back in the store, looking at the square device. His face showed a calm expression, but his eyes betrayed him, filled with the joy of winning over the beast.


    Thest scene of the battle would be forever etched into Huo Jinglin''s mind since it was death that allowed him to be the victor.


    In thest moments of the battle, Huo Jinglin was struck by the attack, but at the same time, the Bestial Cormorant also froze, and then it turned to ashes since the ice me was still a me despite having the freezing effect.


    Huo Jinglin was able to win because after the attack enveloped him, the state was over, and the pattern dimmed entirely, but his body still retained some consciousness.


    It was only a flicker of fire before the end, but he was still alive, making him thest survivor of the battle and winning the taming contest.


    Hiss!


    Huo Jinglin immediately hissed in pain as the prickly pain hit him. But since it disappeared immediately after its appearance, leaving no seque, Huo Jinglin no longer felt it.


    He then looked at the screen on the device, which had lit up. With only a nce, the entire content on the screen was engraved into his mind.


    Since the beast was of ultimate quality, Huo Jinglin needed to pay personally toplete the purchase. He didn''t waste even a moment and immediately exited the queue and then the beasts'' room.


    When he walked out of the room, he saw a small line of a few customers in front of Aakesh, but since he had no choice but to meet the store owner toplete thest step, he joined the queue and waited for his turn.


    While waiting for his turn, Huo Jinglin nced at the beast card in his hand from time to time.


    Since it took a self-destruction ability to win against the Bestial Cormorant in the taming battle, Huo Jinglin couldn''t defeat it in reality, making the beast the stronger of the two.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t worry about the pushback from the beast since the store owner had told him that the beast would bepletely loyal to the customer after the taming battle.


    While he was thinking, time passed, and soon it was his turn.


    "Store owner, I want toplete the purchase," Huo Jinglin respectfully stated, handing the beast card to him.


    Aakesh took the card from his hands and returned it after taking a nce at it.


    Since Huo Jinglin had taken many rounds of summoning before he got the Bestial Cormorant, the summoning cost was also high. But since it was a small amount for him, who was a direct descendant of a Sacred Creator, he didn''t worry much about it.


    After paying the required sum from his Ultimate Store Card, Huo Jinglin requested Aakesh to enter the Primordial level difficulty in the training area.


    Aakesh had suggested that he first buy the beast, then the training area, and then the skills, so Huo Jinglin followed that.


    After paying one supreme Sacred stones, Huo Jinglin walked toward the weapons room, while Aakesh was bombarded with mechanical alerts.


    Since there was still one customer left, Aakesh focused on that while Huo Jinglin entered the room.


    The numerous murals on the wall greeted his sight, and as he looked at one of the paintings rted to the sword, he suddenly felt the world around him blurring.


    Huo Jinglin looked astonished as he found himself still in the store and there was an intense attraction toward that mural, but for some reason, that blurry feeling never returned. He tried staring at the painting, but it was only once event.


    Huo Jinglin felt like his heart was empty as if he had missed something significant, but unfortunately for him, he could do nothing about it.


    Huo Jinglin''s talent in swords was top notch so much so that he caused a sensation in the mural, but he was unable to breach that and feel the mural,cking only a little bit.


    Unaware of what he had lost, Huo Jinglin took repeated deep breaths to calm himself down and focused on another mural.


    The sensation never returned for any mural, so Huo Jinglin gave up and proceeded toward the inner circle of pirs.


    Once he reached the pir, hepleted the process as told by Aakesh. He couldn''t help but hiss again after the prickling pain. It wasn''t as intense as thest time, but it was still unbearable.


    ***


    The customer only wanted toplete the purchase of cultivation art, so it didn''t take long, and Aakesh was finally alone.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission Objective: Sell Beasts" sessfully! The salemission has been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission Reward: One pir upgrade" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    [Please see the following screen for your fourth beast''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the fourth beast''s quest appeared before him.


    [Mission Sequence: Fourth


    Mission Objective: Sell Beasts,


    Requirement: With the purchase from Huo Jinglin, the store has fulfilled all requirements for thest quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product,


    Number of beasts you need to sell: 1,000,000,000,000,000,


    Time Limit: 3,600,000 Days


    Mission reward: Pir for Sacred King, Sacred Emperor, Sacred Monarch, Sacred Creator Beasts Unlocked,


    Failure Punishment: The salesmission will be reduced to 0% of the product''s price for one thousand and five hundred years.]


    After Aakesh requested the system, several mechanical alerts bombarded his head.


    The day was different since it was the second sessful quest alert after the weapon''s mission. Aakesh immediately focused on the screen in front of him.


    As the series went on, the selling requirement had grown by ten thousand times, while the deadline had increased by a hundred times. As expected, the reward for the fourth beast''s quest was the avability of the third Beast Summoning Pir.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


    A/N: Please give this shameless author all of your power stones and golden tickets.

 Chapter 1474 Huo Jinglin(17)

    <h4>Chapter 1474 Huo Jinglin(17) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1474: Huo Jinglin(17)


    As Aakesh had expected, the fourth beast''s quest had the reward of the third Beast''s Summoning Device.


    There was a difference in the rewardpared to the weapons and pills section since they rewarded Emperor level items, respectively.


    Emperor level items were used for cultivators between the Sacred King and Sacred Monarch levels, and there was a level alone for the Sacred Creator level, which was not the case with the beast pir since it included Sacred Creator beasts.


    Aakesh already knew that, so he didn''t feel very surprised. He then took a casual nce at the punishment section and waved his hand.


    The next moment, the screen faded into disappearance, waiting for Aakesh to call it back again.


    Aakesh then decided to rx, but it didn''tst long, and he heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store.


    ***


    Afterpleting the process to enter the training area, Huo Jinglin found himself in an endless white area with a blue screen in front of him.


    The Bestial Cormorant had made a good impression on him, so he decided to use it as his first opponent. Huo Jinglin used the identical location he saw in the taming battle for the training battle''s environment.


    Huo Jinglin wanted to test his strength when he was with a weapon against the Bestial Cormorant, unaware of what he was going to face the next moment.


    Following his choice, a blue light covered him, and he found himself in the same environment as the one in the taming battle.


    Cry!


    Not long after, a bird''s cry rang in the area as the Bestial Cormorant appeared, holding the same sword as his. Its ws were fully capable of wielding the de without any issue or weakness in the swordsmanship.


    Since there was a calming effect from the system, Huo Jinglin looked calmly at the beast despite feeling terrifying pressure. At that moment, Huo Jinglin knew that he was no match for the Bestial Cormorant at all. Just the subconscious sword intent emanating from the beast was sending chills down his spine.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. Huo Jinglin couldn''t evenplete his posture when he found that the world around him had turned dark, and the next moment, he was standing in the white area.


    The calming effect disappeared, so Huo Jinglin finally felt the terrifying chill of the battle, but there was somewhat of an influence. The store didn''t want the customers to go insane from the overwhelming defeat in the selection area. Huo Jinglin calmed down soon after.


    Huo Jinglin then looked at the blue screen in front of him, with the Bestial Cormorant on the screen. He immediately changed his opponent since Huo Jinglin could see that he couldn''t provide any challenge to the opponent in the state he was in at that moment. He might learn something from it, but the beating to get to that state was almost endless, so he needed to choose an opponent that wasn''t so overwhelmingly powerful that he didn''t even see any chances of defeat.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t choose his race as well since Yedrians were also immensely powerful. Since he couldn''t make a decision, he decided to believe the store and selected the random option.


    The next moment, a second window appeared, asking him to choose the battle environment. He set it as random as well, and immediately after, a white light engulfed him.


    The next moment, Huo Jinglin found himself in a desert area. It was nighttime, and the moon was shining brightly in the sky.


    Huo Jinglin felt a chill creeping through his body, surprising him. His cultivation was peak Supreme God, and if, despite that, he was feeling cold, the environment was immensely harsh.


    Boom!


    Huo Jinglin calmly thought while waiting for his opponent. It didn''tst long, and his opponent jumped down from the sky, causing a loud boom.


    As the sand subsided down, the opponent''s appearance appeared in Huo Jinglin''s eyes. It was a humanoid figure, Huo Jinglin had never seen, so he didn''t have any idea about the race of the opponent.


    At the same time, Huo Jinglin didn''t feel the same pressure as thest time, so it was clearly a weaker opponent than the Bestial Cormorant.


    Ding!


    The bell rang and announced the start of the battle. Simr tost time, Huo Jinglin couldn''t even prepare his sword and found himself back in the white area.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Huo Jinglin took a deep breath and pressed on the screen. Following that, he found himself back in the chilly desert, with the moon shining brightly.


    Not long after, his opponent also appeared. It was the same as what he had faced in his second battle.


    Ding!


    ng!


    The sound of the announcing bell hadn''t even disappeared when the sound of a metal sh overwhelmed it. After that, a repeated sound of shes rang in the area as Huo Jinglin and the opponent shed with each other.


    Huo Jinglin''s talent for the sword wasn''t bad, so he was steadily improving in his swordsmanship. It was immensely slow, but even that was worth all the deaths he had gone through in the training area.


    In the outer world, it would take him years, if not decades, to learn what he had learned in seventeen hours of battle in the training area.


    Huo Jinglin wasn''t able to draw against the opponent, but he was finally able to survive for a minute. As the battle went on, Huo Jinglin''s movement started slowing down, while the opposite happened with the opponent.


    Finally, after a minute and three seconds of battle, Huo Jinglin''s world turned opposite and dark. Before his head could touch the ground, his body exploded into light particles and disappeared, while the opponent''s eyes dimmed down, and it saw a simr fate.


    When Huo Jinglin appeared in the white area, he couldn''t help but smile since he had surpassed his previous survival time by one second. He then didn''t waste any more time and immediately pressed the button to continue with the same opponent and environment.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    The Primordial level of difficulty allowed a customer to train for twenty hours, while only one hour would pass in reality. Since the deadline had passed for Huo Jinglin, the system forced him out.


    He was unwilling to leave because he was making several year''s worth of progress in only hours, but he couldn''t even struggle and found himself back inside the store, staring at the pir.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t remain disappointed for long and then turned around. As he was leaving, he suddenly had the thought of looking at the mural.


    As his eyes fell on the mural, he found the same blurry sensation returning. But simr to thest time, nothing else happened, and things returned to normal.


    The same feeling of emptiness returned in his heart, but there was also a hint of excitement. Feeling the same sensation, Huo Jinglin understood that he had a special rtionship with the mural, and when his talent in the sword grew to a sufficient level, he would finally be able to move past only the sensation.


    ***


    [Name: Inferno Apocalypse


    Type: Attacking


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes an overwhelming inferno that engulfs the entire battlefield, incinerating everything in its path with unparalleled intensity


    Description: The user taps into the very core of the elemental power of fire, allowing the user to conjure an unparalleled inferno that consumes the entire battlefield. This skill transforms the user into a harbinger of fiery annihtion, leaving nothing but destruction in the wake of its overwhelming intensity.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of fire. The strain on the user''s energy and focus is massive, requiring exceptional endurance and attentiveness to exert the full power of the skill.


    Price: Eight hundred fifty thousand supreme Sacred stones.]


    Huo Jinglin read the details on the skill card withplete focus. It was his third attempt at pulling out an attacking type skill card for God level.


    Yedrians were single elemental beings with mastery over the element of fire, so Huo Jinglin didn''t have to waste his time on deciding the element.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t bring himself to put the skill back after pulling it out, so trusting his instinct, he chose the skill for himself.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t feel any kind of hesitation after making his decision, so he became further confident about his choice.


    Since he could only buy one God level skill of any type, Huo Jinglin moved upward and pulled out a skill card from thest shelf in the second row from the bottom.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in a sh.


    Huo Jinglin reached for thest shelf in the first row since he had already gotten the skills for the remaining four types.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


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 Chapter 1475 Huo Jinglin(18)

    <h4>Chapter 1475 Huo Jinglin(18) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1475: Huo Jinglin(18)


    Huo Jinglin pulled out the card from thest shelf in the top row and immediately looked at it. After reading for a while, he returned the card and pulled out another one.


    [Name: Pyrokic Harmony


    Type: Combination (Defense, Movement, and Support)


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Harmonizes defensive fortifications, swift movement, and healing mes, creating an all-epassing fusion that provides unparalleled resilience, mobility, and regenerative capabilities


    Description: The skill represents the pinnacle of fire-basedbination abilities, seamlessly integrating defensive fortifications, swift movement, and healing mes.


    Defense Aspect: me Embrace Shield


    The user envelops themselves in a shimmering shield of mes. The shield adapts to iing threats, deflecting and dispersing attacks with unparalleled efficiency. It also absorbs energy from iing attacks to fuel the subsequent aspects of the fusion.


    Movement Aspect: Infernal Dash


    The user harnesses the energy of controlled mes to propel themselves with extraordinary speed and agility. It allows for rapid and evasive instant movements, enabling the user to traverse the battlefield swiftly.


    Healing Aspect: Ember Restoration


    The user channels healing mes that radiate from their body, creating a restoration aura. Allies within this aura experience elerated healing, rejuvenation, and vitality regeneration. The healing mes mend wounds and dispel negative curses, ensuring that allies remain resilient during battle.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of fire. The strain on the user''s energy and focus is massive to transition between defensive, movement, and healing aspects seamlessly.


    Price: Three ultimate Sacred stones.]


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but raise his lips in surprise when he read the details on the skill card. As it was abination type skill, it held more than one type of effect. In that case, three, to be more precise.


    Huo Jinglin immediately decided to pick the skill since he desired the ability. If he had the skill during the taming battle, he wouldn''t have reached the situation he was in that fight.


    With that, he had picked skills for all five types for the Supreme God level, so there was no need for him to stay there anymore. He then turned around and walked toward the semi-pir, wanting to experience the skill firsthand and find the required training time for him to master.


    Huo Jinglin was on the verge of the peak of Supreme God and could step into the Sacred King level anytime in the future. The battle with the Bestial Cormorant showed him that he wasn''t as strong as he had believed himself to be. Being the immediate descendant of a Sacred Creator, he should be stronger not only for himself but also for his father''s face in front of other Sacred Creators with families.


    With theplete mastery of the five skills, his strength could grow immensely, so Huo Jinglin decided to hold his breakthrough to the next level until that time, if it were possible.


    He joined the queue and waited for his turn. Since it took one or two moments on average for a customer to step ahead, Huo Jinglin stood in front of the pir after waiting for several minutes.


    Without wasting time, he ced the [Inferno Apocalypse] skill card in the cardpartment. The next moment, he found himself in a different location.


    He stood on a deste battlefield with an army of creatures surrounding him. The cultivation level of the creatures varied from True God to Supreme God, with the strongest of them being a peak Supreme God, the same level as him. There were seven of them, and each wasmanding an army surrounding him from different sides.


    The killing intent they released was so dense and intense that even the space fluctuated with each step they took forward. It was as if Huo Jinglin was someone they would kill at any cost, even if it meant theirplete destruction.


    Huo Jinglin''s consciousness couldn''t help but tremble upon seeing that scene. Even when he found himself trapped in that illusion, he hadn''t felt such, but looking at the scene ahead, he saw himself dying repeatedly.


    While consciousness was feeling such, the body that was out of consciousness''s control calmly nced at all the sevenmanders surrounding him with their army.


    His consciousness also began to slowly calm down after remembering that it was only an experience area. He wasn''t being surrounded by these enemies in reality. He then became excited, anticipating the effect of the skill.


    Huo Jinglin''s body calmly waited for the army toe inside the range of his skill. Since [Inferno Apocalypse] was an ability that requiredrge reserves of energy and focus, he knew that he could only use it once at full strength.


    The army mindlessly charged in the range set by Huo Jinglin since they simply wanted to overwhelm Huo Jinglin and then destroy him.


    The moment Huo Jinglin had been waiting for had arrived, and without wasting even a moment, he activated the skill.


    The next moment, the abundant fire element in the environment began to surge around him. In just a moment, Huo Jinglin became the conduit of fire.


    Snap!


    With a snap of his finger, the me energy surged toward the enemy, and in no time, it had enveloped the full range of the skill.


    Cry! Hiss!


    The burning sound and painful screams repeatedly rang in the area as the fire devoured one enemy after another. Those below the Supreme God cultivation level failed to survive even a moment and were turned to ashes, followed byplete disintegration.


    Those below the peak of Supreme God seeded in surviving for a few moments, but even they facedplete disintegration. Only those with peak Supreme God cultivation levels were able to survive for more than ten seconds.


    Ten seconds would have been more than enough for the seven peak Supreme Gods to attack Huo Jinglin, but if not for giving their all to defend, they would have faced the same result.


    Seeing the seven enemies surviving, Huo Jinglin snapped once again. The next moment, the mes all around the area converged around seven of them and, in no time, enveloped them.


    They could no longer defend against the me despite giving their all, so the next moment, they also turned into ashes, followed byplete disintegration.


    (Chapter End)

 Chapter 1476 Huo Jinglin(19)

    <h4>Chapter 1476 Huo Jinglin(19) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1476: Huo Jinglin(19)


    Huo Jinglin''s consciousness watched the scene with his mouth wide in shock. He had expected to see destruction after reading the details of the skill, but upon seeing it firsthand, he found that the details had underestimated the effect.


    The seven peak Supreme God cultivators survived for some time, but when they were the sole target for the skill, even they couldn''t stand for more than a moment and were instantly killed.


    At that time, the consciousness also felt the weakness that came after the skill''s use. Killing seven cultivators at the same level wasn''t a joke, so the energy reserves required for it were also intense.


    The next moment, a white light surrounded him, and he found himself back inside the store. Following that, the screen on the semi-pir lit up, and content appeared on it.


    [Skill: Inferno Apocalypse


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 73%


    Training Time: Twelve thousand Years.]


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air, seeing the required training time to master the skill.


    He was only around one hundred thousand years old and had reached the peak of the Supreme God cultivation level at that time. It was also the reason behind his father''s focus on him despite having some older siblings.


    Since Huo Pinglu no longer had the potential to ascend, he decided to focus on his children and have a descendant who could surpass him and be the first ascendant in the history of the Yedrians.


    Huo Pinglu saw that hope in Huo Jinglin, so he didn''t think twice before pouring resources on him, and Huo Jinglin didn''t disappoint. In only one hundred thousand years, Huo Jinglin reached the peak of the Supreme God level and could step into the Sacred King level at any time.


    Considering that the twelve thousand years required to master the skill were more than one-tenth of the life he had until that moment. He couldn''t help but hesitate in his decision to hold on to his cultivation until he mastered all five skills.


    If only one required him to train for so many years, the five would take even longer.


    Huo Jinglin took a deep breath to calm himself down since he wasn''t in a hurry to make a decision. It wasn''t like he was being forced into a battleground. He decided to discuss that decision with his father and make his decision after taking his opinion.


    Thinking like that, he stopped worrying and pulled out the skill card from the cardpartment and ced the second one, the defensive type skill.


    Time flew by, and three seconds passed in a sh.


    Only three seconds might have passed in reality, but hours have passed in the experience area.


    Looking at thest skill card in his hand, Huo Jinglin pulled out the supporting type card and ced the [Pyrokic Harmony] card in thepartment.


    The next moment, he found himself in a different environment. Despite going through the process several times, Huo Jinglin still felt awed by the effortless teleportation of consciousness.


    He didn''t spend much time marveling over it and looked around.


    As far as his eyes could see, there was no second living lifeform. After seeing no enemy, he focused on his surroundings.


    Huo Jinglin was in the middle of a ruined city, with the destruction of time visible to the naked eye. His consciousness had no idea what was going on when suddenly he felt a terror like never before.


    Whistle!


    A loud whistling sound rang in the area, and immediately after, the city started rumbling. Cracks began to emerge on the ground Huo Jinglin was standing on.


    The next moment, his eyes widened in shock as he saw a gigantic being emerging from the void.


    Even the body, which had remained calm despite all the trouble in the previous four experience sessions, shuddered upon looking at that beast.


    Huo Jinglin, who had been in direct contact with his father, knew the terror of the Sacred Creator, so he immediately calmed down.


    The being in the void may be so powerful that Huo Jinglin had no way of winning, but it wasn''t that powerful to cause a shadow in his mind.


    Since the skill had no attacking aspect to it, Huo Jinglin understood he wasn''t going to battle against an opponent. It was a survival experience.


    Finally, the creature in the void was fully revealed to Huo Jinglin. The city he was standing on seemed to be an ant inparison to the being.


    Rumble!


    Immediately, the sky began rumbling, and cracks began to emerge in the space. Following that, the space cracked open like ss, and a w emerged from the other side.


    The w grabbed the gigantic being by its throat, and in no time, the creature''s upper body exploded into a blood cloud.


    Huo Jinglin''s body was horrified to see that scene since at thest moment of its life, the gigantic being released whatever energy it could to harm the w.


    The energy seemed like nothing in front of the w, but some of it fell on the city, resulting in destruction like never before.


    The ground beneath his feet cracked further, andva emerged from the ground. Despite having elementalpatibility with fire, Huo Jinglin didn''t dare to let theva touch him. He could see that he would be melted in no time if he fell into it.


    The body immediately activated the movement aspect of the skill [Infernal Dash]. The next moment, the abundant me element in the area surged around his feet, and he ran.


    In just a moment, he covered a distance of several thousand miles, reaching a safe distance and having a sufficient countdown.


    Unfortunately for Huo Jinglin, it was only the start of the trouble; the crack in space caused by the emergence of the w didn''t restore itself but caused chaos.


    An elemental storm began forming, and since Huo Jinglin was not very far from it, he had to face the brunt of it. He immediately activated the defensive aspect [me Embrace Shield] and prepared to defend since he didn''t have enough time to run from the range of the storm.


    (Chapter End)

 Chapter 1477 Reward!

    <h4>Chapter 1477 Reward! </h4>


    ?Chapter 1477: Reward!


    [Skill: Pyrokic Harmony


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Compatibility: 77%


    Training Time: Sixteen thousand Years.]


    Huo Jinglin looked at the screen, and its content was instantly engraved in his mind. He no longer felt surprised by the training duration of the skills. Since he had decided to discuss the issue of cultivating further with his father, he didn''t worry much about it for the moment.


    Since he had experienced all five skills, there was nothing else left for Huo Jinglin in the skills room. He didn''t waste any time and turned around, exiting the room.


    When he walked out of the room, there was a small line of a few customers in front of the store owner. Huo Jinglin joined it and waited for his turn.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    The sunset arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities, and with it, the time for the store to close its door also arrived.


    Aakesh stood up from his seat and walked toward the rooms. He returned once he had informed the customers about the sunset. Following him, all the customers in the rooms left the store, ready to arrive the next day.


    Autumn and Katrina also left the store. But since there were still customers left inside Panagea and the training area, Aakesh didn''t close the doors. After a small wait, the system forced the customers out of Panagea and the training area after their stay waspleted.


    Once only Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval were left in the store, Aakesh walked toward the door and closed it, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, the fifty new types of weapons for sale and training area have been sessfully rewarded!]


    [Host, an upgrade chance to any of the two Beast Summoning Devices has been sessfully rewarded.]


    [Host, please go to the beast''s room for the following reward and its implementation.]


    Immediately after Aakesh closed the door, mechanical alerts rang in the store. Following that, a wave of blue light washed over the weapons room and disappeared after a few seconds. In the beast room, blue light shone from time to time since it was up to Aakesh which pir''s ability he wanted to upgrade.


    Aakesh walked toward the weapon''s room to see the new addition. Before that day''s reward, the store had twenty-seven types of weapons avable for sale and a training area. After the reward, that number would grow more than double due to fifty new additions.


    When Aakesh walked inside the room, he found that the space inside had grown severalfold.


    The circle of pirs had also grown to amodate the pattern of seventy-seven weapon columns. There were four circles, with the deepest circle having five columns. The inner circle was the most significant since it held the five most used weapons by the cultivators in hundreds of universes around the store.


    There were simr additions to counters and shelves near the column, while the wall also saw the addition of murals rted to the newly obtained weapons.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, seeing the fruit of the quest. He then turned around and left the room, his destination being the beast''s room.


    When he walked inside the room, it looked the same as before, except for the two Beast Summoning Devices being enveloped in a blue glow.


    When Aakesh walked near the first pir, a blue screen popped out in front of him, showing the result after he upgraded the respective pir.


    In addition to the summoning ability of the devices, each of the two had additional features. The first beast pir had the ability to hatch eggs as long as it wasn''t dead, while the second device had the feature of healing the beasts summoned by the store.


    Both features had raked in significant money for the store and Aakesh, so the reward was something Aakesh was deeply anticipating.


    After seeing the details of the upgrade of the first pir, Aakesh went to the second device and read it as well.


    The two updates were


    [(1.) After the update, the first Beast Summoning Device''s additional feature of hatching the eggs would be upgraded, allowing the device tobine two eggs to create a mutant beast egg and then hatch it.


    For thebination, the eggs could only be of simr cultivation level,


    Divine Transformation level eggbination: 1,000-10,000 higher Sacred stones,


    Divine Being level eggbination: 10,000-100,000 higher Sacred stones,


    Divine Lord level eggbination: 1-100 supreme Sacred stones


    True God level eggbination: 100-1000 supreme Sacred stones


    Lesser God level eggbination: 1000-10,000 supreme Sacred stones


    Higher God level eggbination: 10,000-1,000,000 supreme Sacred stones


    Supreme God level eggbination: 1-100 ultimate Sacred stones


    Hatching Cost:


    Divine Transformation Egg: 1,000-10,000 ordinary Sacred stones


    Divine Being Egg: 100-10,000 higher Sacred stones


    Divine Lord Egg: 10,000-100,000 higher Sacred stones


    True God Egg: 10-1000 supreme Sacred stones


    Lesser God Egg: 10,000-100,000 supreme Sacred stones


    Higher God Egg: 100,000-1,000,000 supreme Sacred stones


    Supreme God Egg: 10-1000 ultimate Sacred stones


    (Warning: The store doesn''t guarantee the quality of the beast...)]


    [(2.) After the update, the second Beast Summoning Device''s additional feature of healing the beasts summoned or hatched from the store would be upgraded, allowing the customers to evolve the bloodline, with a small chance of upgrading the quality of the beast.


    Bloodline Evolution Cost:


    Divine Transformation Level: 1,000-10,000 ordinary Sacred stones


    Divine Being Level: 100-10,000 higher Sacred stones


    Divine Lord Level: 10,000-100,000 higher Sacred stones


    True God Level: 10-1000 supreme Sacred stones


    Lesser God Level: 10,000-100,000 supreme Sacred stones


    Higher God Level: 100,000-1,000,000 supreme Sacred stones


    Supreme God Level: 10-10,000 ultimate Sacred stones


    Note: One beast could only apply for the evolution feature once a year.


    (Warning: The higher the quality, the more chances it will take to upgrade the quality of the beast.)]


    After learning the details of the upgrade, Aakesh couldn''t help but be confused about how to proceed from there.


    (Chapter End)


    ***


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 Chapter 1478 Choice!

    <h4>Chapter 1478 Choice! </h4>


    ?Chapter 1478: Choice!


    Aakesh liked the details of both upgrades equally since both of them opened arge market for the store.


    The upgrade of the second pir was only restricted to beasts summoned or hatched from the store, while the first upgrade had no such restrictions.


    At the same time, the second upgrade provided something that many customers had been eagerly waiting for since the product''s arrival.


    The summoned beast''s progress depended on the quality of the beast. The lower it was, the harder it was for the beast to progress further, while the higher the quality, the easier it was for the beast to achieve the breakthrough.


    Many customers liked their beasts due to the equal contract signed by the store, so they didn''t want to give up on their beast once its quality reached ordinary since it was almost impossible to progress with that quality.


    Due to that, Aakesh had been asked about the quality upgrade several times, and every time, Aakesh would reply with silence.


    Aakesh remembered that the system had informed him that there would be a feature for the quality upgrade, so he never answered with a straight refusal. The feature was finally here, and seeing the details, it seemed like it was going to cause bloodshed in many customer''s pockets.


    But the first upgrade was such that, despite having the most asked feature, Aakesh didn''t immediately make his decision.


    Thebined hatching could change the dynamics of not only the beast group but also the Sacred Dimension.


    What if the eggs of the two overlord beast races were to bebined, and a terrifying beast emerged from them? It would cause a terrible war across the dimension.


    Aakesh felt that, in that case, many beings would even disregard the store out of greed. Even though the system added a warning that not everybination would result in favorable results, there were still fifty percent chances of it being favorable.


    Aakesh didn''t worry about the aftereffects of the feature since he was invincible inside the store. He only cared about what benefits the two upgrades could bring him and which was more suitable for that moment.


    The store had sold several billion beasts, so the market wasn''t that small for the second upgrade.


    Aakesh hade to his decision at that time, but since Lily and Khaval were there with him, and he always involved them in any of his decisions to make them feel better, he asked for their opinion.


    "The second upgrade is more suitable than the first upgrade," Lily gracefully replied like a schr.


    Khaval only scoffed, seeing Lily. He no longer trusted Lily''s words after what she did the previous time. She would always mock him for taking Aakesh''s questions seriously, but when it was her turn, she did the same, and in the end, Aakesh took her suggestion.


    Khaval acted as seriously as before but also responded with the same answer. He didn''t show much interest in thebination feature due to it being an unstable product.


    The higher the quality of the eggs, the more difficult it would be tobine them. If there were unlimited attempts for everybination, then the first feature would have been his choice, but after every failure, the two eggs wouldn''t be able tobine again, limiting the feature to one chance.


    The second feature had no such limitation. If one chance failed, the beast could employ the feature again. The only limit set was that one beast could only use the feature once a year, which was nothing worth the trouble.


    At the same time, the bloodline evolution ability allowed the beast to grow stronger with every serum, so there were certain advantages. There was no parameter to quantify the bloodline level of the beast summoned in the store, so with every evolution, the beast''s familiarity with the owned skills would grow, making it further stronger.


    Aakesh''s thinking was in the same direction, so a gentle smile spread across his face, and he nodded in appreciation.


    Lily couldn''t help but scoff when she saw Aakesh''s reaction toward Khaval. In response to Lily, Khaval grinned at her and sparks formed between the two creatures.


    Aakesh could only smile wryly when he saw the two members of his family. Before the two could fight and cause a storm in the store, Aakesh tapped on the blue screen in front of the second Beast Summoning Device.


    The next moment, a blue light enveloped the second device, while the blue screen near the first device disappeared. The process onlysted for a second, and following that, a new switch appeared on the second pir.


    The switch was below the healing cardpartment, next to the start button. One button started the process of healing, while the newly appeared button would allow the beast in the beast card to be injected with a serum that would give it a chance to upgrade its quality.


    Aakesh decided to test the feature, so he pressed the button for summoning. Despite only being at the Divine Lord cultivation level, he could also summon from the second device because of his privilege as the store owner, which allowed him to be unrestricted by the cultivation level.


    Five secondster, a beast appeared on the screen and immediately after its card. The beast was familiar to him due to his vast knowledge.


    As Aakesh''s luck would have it, he failed to summon an ultimate quality beast, and the one in his hand was a legendary quality one.


    Aakesh only sighed upon seeing that, but since he needed a beast below ultimate quality to test the function of the new feature, he wasn''t at a loss.


    Aakesh ced the beast card in the cardpartment and pressed the evolution button. The next moment, a blue light enveloped the card and dissipated three secondster.


    Following that, the card flew out of the hole and into Aakesh''s hands. When Aakesh saw the details, he found the beast''s quality had upgraded from legendary to divine.


    Aakesh decided to give it another try and repeated the process. He used his privilege as the store owner and bypassed the limit of one evolution serum once a year.


    (Chapter End)


    ***


    A/N: Please give this shameless author all of your power stones and golden tickets.

 Chapter 1479 Huo Jinglin(1)

    <h4>Chapter 1479 Huo Jinglin(1) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1479: Huo Jinglin(1)


    Bypassing the restriction of one evolution once a year using his privilege as the store owner, Aakesh put the card in the cardpartment and pressed the button.


    The next moment, the blue light shed once again. Three secondster, it disappeared, and the card flew into Aakesh''s hand.


    Aakesh immediately looked at the quality section and found no change in it. Aakesh then repeated the process, and he was met with the same result three secondster.


    Aakesh kept repeating the process, and finally, on the seventeenth try, the beast upgraded from divine to ultimate quality.


    The upgrade issue was based on thebination of luck and capability of the beast. Aakesh decided to try another beast, and for that, he went to the first device and summoned the lowest quality beast at the Divine Transformation level, and simrly for the following levels.


    In the end, Aakesh had seven beast cards in his hand belonging to different cultivation levels, but all of them had the lowest quality.


    Aakesh wanted to see the difference in the number of attempts by a beast with lower and higher cultivation to upgrade from lowest to highest. He started with the Divine Transformation level beast card and ended with the Supreme God level beast card after a few minutes.


    As expected, the higher the cultivation of the beast, the more attempts it took to upgrade its quality. It only took three attempts to upgrade a Divine Transformation beast from divine to ultimate, while the same upgrade took thirty attempts for a Supreme God level beast.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but see the future of the customer, throwing arge number of stones for upgrading their beast. He didn''t feel bad because the system was always just and never took advantage of the customers. All the prices set by the store were perfectly eligible for the product.


    Since there was nothing more to check, Aakesh turned around and left the room.


    "Let''s go!" Aakesh stated, and the next moment, a white light enveloped him, Lily, and Khaval. Following that, the store fell into darkness, waiting for Aakesh toe back.


    ***


    "Father, what do you think I should do?" Huo Jinglin asked, kneeling on the ground.


    In front of him, his father was sitting on a gigantic chair, and he had a stern expression as Huo Pinglu looked at his son.


    After telling Huo Jinglin about the store, Huo Pinglu was interested in knowing about his day and his gains, so when Huo Jinglin requested to meet, he was instantly allowed.


    It was just that Huo Pinglu didn''t anticipate his son''s first words being about him thinking of dying the cultivation.


    After learning the story from Huo Jinglin, Huo Pinglu looked at the five skill cards in his hand. Since Huo Jinglin wasn''t confident in his decision and wanted to discuss it with his father first, he didn''t absorb the skill. He didn''t have to worry about his siblings snatching the skills from him since the skills sold by the store could only be absorbed by the buyer.


    Since the battle with the Bestial Cormorant caused Huo Jinglin to have such emotions, he also handed the beast card to Huo Pinglu.


    ***


    "How much do you think you can grow after mastering all these five skills?" Huo Pinglu asked his son.


    "Almost twice my strength at the moment," Huo Jinglin answered after a pause.


    "Will you be able to defeat the Bestial Cormorant then?"


    "Yes," Huo Jinglin confidently answered.


    If Huo Jinglin hadn''t experienced the effect of the skill firsthand, he would have hesitated, but after seeing the power he could gain by mastering the five skills, he was confident.


    Huo Pinglu didn''t say anything in response but raised the tip of his right index finger. The next moment, a small light emerged from the tip. He then released it, and the light stopped right before the kneeling Huo Jinglin.


    "Take it," Huo Pinglumanded.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t hesitate and immediately grabbed the light. If there was someone he trusted with his life within the Sacred Dimension, it was his father, so there was nothing to worry about.


    Huo Pinglu''s stern expression slightly lessened when he saw the trust his son had in him.


    Immediately after touching the light ball, Huo Jinglin felt an influx of memory into his head. The next moment, he found that he had mastered all five skills.


    He couldn''t help but raise his head in surprise and look at his father.


    Snap!


    Huo Pinglu didn''t say anything and snapped his fingers. The next moment, an invisible wave appeared and enveloped Huo Jinglin.


    Following that, Huo Jinglin found himself in a different environment. He immediately recognized it since he had beening here since he was young.


    It was his father''s inner world. A Sacred Creator''s inner world was no less than a dimension and contained endlesss and universes.


    The on which Huo Jinglin was specially made by Huo Pinglu for battle. He already understood what his father wanted him to do.


    To confirm his choice, his father''s voice rang in the area, and the beast card also appeared not far from him.


    "Battle against the Bestial Cormorant."


    Huo Jinglin nodded and summoned the beast from the card. After the beast appeared, he immediately told it what it needed to do.


    At the same time, the environment around the battlefield changed to match the same features as the taming area. For a Sacred Creator, it was easy to do something like that, so Huo Pinglu immediately decided to test the source of his son''s confidence.


    It was an easy task for Huo Pinglu to allow Huo Jinglin to master skills like the ones on the card after seeing his memory and reading the details on the card. It was just that it was temporary since Huo Pinglu had no intention of helping his son when it came to skills and cultivation. He hoped for Huo Jinglin to surpass him and ascend to the Primordial Dimension and for that, his path needed to be challenging and not get handed shortcuts.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1480 Huo Jinglin(2)

    <h4>Chapter 1480 Huo Jinglin(2) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1480: Huo Jinglin(2)


    Boom!


    With a loud sound, the Bestial Cormorant was burned to ashes. Huo Jinglin smiled upon seeing the oue of the battle.


    The next moment, time seemed to have flown backward, and not long after, the Bestial Cormorant appeared without any injury. Following that, a white light enveloped him and the beast.


    The next moment, Huo Jinglin returned to his father''s residence with the Bestial Cormorant not far from him.


    The Bestial Cormorant wanted to roar to unleash its frustration at defeat, but when it saw the being in front, it didn''t make any sound and immediately knelt.


    Huo Jinglin ignored the beast and wanted to speak about his victory, but he suddenly found that the memory of the five skills had disappeared from his head. He couldn''t help but smile wryly since he had expected the oue.


    "Since you have won against the beast, as you have said, you can postpone your cultivation till you master all five skills," Huo Pinglu broke the silence and announced.


    Huo Pinglu didn''t need to see the battle to find the increase in Huo Jinglin''s power after mastering the five skills, but he still forced the battle because he wanted to see whether Huo Jinglin''s confidence would still be there.


    ***


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing without stopping, and years passed in the blink of an eye.


    Exhale!


    Huo Jinglin exhaled a deep breath of air and opened his eyes from his meditation. Since he found the store a few years ago, he would daily visit the store and do the Immortal level difficulty training area, Gods and Demons level difficulty weekly, and Primordial level difficulty once a year.


    He also found out about the evolution feature of the card, but since the Bestial Cormorant was already an ultimate quality beast at peak Supreme God level, it didn''t help the beast much other than slightly increasing its strength due to bloodline improvement.


    Aftering from the store, Huo Jinglin would battle with the Bestial Cormorant for an hour or two in his father''s inner world. Huo Pinglu had allowed Huo Jinglin to enter the inner world as he saw fit. In the remaining time, he would do the training for the skills and some hours of meditation to rest his mind.


    In those years, the beast had also grown stronger due to the training pack avable in the store, which allowed the Bestial Cormorant to train with other beast races without the fear of death.


    Afterpleting the meditation, it was time for Huo Jinglin to activate the Ultimate Store Card and teleport to the store, but suddenly his senses warned him of danger.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but be shocked since he was in the core territory of the Yedrians, and his father was still present. How could he feel danger in that condition?


    But since he felt it, he didn''t waste a moment and immediately summoned the Bestial Cormorant.


    Cry!


    Immediately, the Bestial Cormorant let out a hysterical roar, and its hair immediately stood up. Seeing the strong reaction of the beast, Huo Jinglin frowned, and just as he was about to contact his father, there was a movement in the void.


    The space around him cracked, and a w emerged from it. Huo Jinglin trembled in fear as the w had the same strength as his father.


    "WHO DARES TO HARM MY SON?"


    Suddenly, an angry roar rang across the universe as Huo Pinglu sensed a second Sacred Creator in his territory at Huo Jinglin''s residence.


    Huo Jinglin had frozen in fear and couldn''t even bring himself to activate the store card and escape the danger.


    The w''s direction was Huo Jinglin, and it immediately grabbed it. Huo Pinglu further let out a roar as he saw Huo Jinglin disappearing right in front of his eyes.


    He wanted to follow the w into the void, but hair all over his body suddenly rose, freezing him.


    Huo Pinglu couldn''t help but be shocked since he had forgotten the feeling of fear countless years ago. There were only eleven beings in the Sacred Dimension that had the power to make him feel such intense fear.


    Huo Pinglu''s shock even got bigger as he came to that conclusion since those eleven beings didn''t interfere in the lives of the inhabitants of the Sacred Dimension.


    Huo Pinglu still didn''t want to give up so he immediately left in the direction of the Void Beast''s location.


    ***


    Huh!


    Huo Jinglin muttered in confusion as he opened his eyes. He was sleeping on a bed at the moment.


    He wanted to sit up but stopped after the wave of unbearable pain hit him. He didn''t try to make any movement other than slowly moving his head to look around.


    As he looked around, Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but be shocked since he noticed various statues all around.


    A bad feeling rose in his heart, and to confirm his suspicion, he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.


    From what Huo Jinglin could gather, there were double-digit people in the group.


    The sound suddenly stopped a few meters away from him. Huo Jinglin tried to look at them to find out their identities but was unable to peer through their hoods.


    Fortunately for him, his cultivation was still there, and the injury was only physical so he was able to channel his energy to forcefully recover.


    Huo Jinglin suddenly remembered that the Bestial Cormorant was also there when the w emerged from the void.


    After finding that his contract with the beast was still there, he breathed a sigh of relief. He didn''t want to lose his partner in training after only a few years.


    Huo Jinglin then returned his focus to the hooded figure. He couldn''t see their expression, but his intuition told him that those hooded figures had no good intentions toward him.


    Huo Jinglin wanted tomunicate, but as he tried to open his mouth, he found a wave of energy appearing and blocking any emerging sound from his throat.


    He then saw the group separate, with each hooded figure going in a different direction.


    When Huo Jinglin saw them moving away from him, the bad feeling in his heart grew to an unprecedented height. It was as though someone was smothering him.


    His suspicions turned out to be true, as each figure in the group stooped below a statue and then stood in the same posture as the statue.


    Huo Jinglin felt a chill crawling down his spine when he saw that scene since he could sense that he was a sacrifice in a ritual for evil summoning. Even in his dreams, he hadn''t expected him to be a sacrifice in a ritual.


    At that moment, Huo Jinglin could only hope for his father to revive him. He suddenly remembered the store card and immediately tried to activate it using his energy.


    After that, he received the shock of his life as he found himself unable to teleport. No matter how many times he tried, the teleportation failed. At that moment, he seemed to have lost all hope of survival since it was the first time the store disappointed him.


    Since no external help wasing to save him, he needed to find himself a way to escape from there.


    But before he could attempt anything, a wave of sharp energy appeared out of nowhere above all the hooded figures, one after another.


    Huo Jinglin immediately moved his eyes away from the sharp energy since he seemed to feel his soul getting cut in two with a simple nce. The next moment, the sharp energy fell on the hooded figures, and following that, two halves of their corpses crashed to the ground.


    Red blood with a ck hue flowed down the ground, and as if someone were manipting it, it formed a pattern on the ground. At the same time, Huo Jingling felt all the bounds on him immediately loosen up.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t try to run since his intuition warned him against it. If he stayed there, there were chances of survival, but if he tried to run, then there was no chance of escape, and only death awaited him.


    After the restrictions on him disappeared, his body began to heal at a rapid rate. In only a few seconds, he could finally move his body.


    After a few more seconds, all the external injuries had recovered, and Huo Jinglin could finally stand up.


    When he stood up and looked down, he found that the bed on which he was was the core of the pattern, and the blood was slowly umting below it.


    As the quantity grew, the ck hue around the blood intensified, and an eerie sensation began permeating every corner of the room.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1481 Huo Jinglin(3)

    <h4>Chapter 1481 Huo Jinglin(3) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1481: Huo Jinglin(3)


    Huo Jinglin felt a suffocating pressure enveloping him as the ck hue grew in intensity.


    A few secondster, a small blood pool had formed below the bed in a pitch-ck color. At that moment, the intensity seemed to have reached its peak.


    Huo Jinglin heard eerie sounds ringing in his ears and found the source all around him. Immediately after, the blood began to burn, and in no time, a cluster of ck gas had formed.


    Huo Jinglin was the destination of the gas as it slowly seeped into his body through his mouth. He wanted to struggle, but anything he tried was of no avail, and in less than a second, he had inhaled every bit of the gas.


    Huo Jinglin felt maggots crawling inside his body while the world around him began to rotate as if he had taken some hallucinogenic drug. He found staying awake to be a challenging task as his eyelids turned heavy. His senses also stopped working.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t want to close his eyes to restrict his visibility, but his struggle resulted in no change, and he soon fell unconscious.


    Immediately after, his body floated midair. His hair grew at a crazy rate, and in no time, it had grown bigger than him. It still kept growing, and soon after, it formed a cocoon around Huo Jinglin.


    Rapid changes were happening outside and inside Huo Jinglin''s body inside the cocoon. His skin was slowly turning darker, in the same shade as the blood pool.


    The King grade armor he had worn over his body had already disintegrated, leaving him naked. Iprehensible devilish patterns began to emerge on his chest, and at the same time, his life level was growing.


    Huo Jinglin was still a peak Supreme God, but at that time, his life level seemed to be even more terrifying than that of a Sacred Creator.


    After a long time, the process finally stopped. The cocoon formed of hair turned into a ball of gas, and then it seeped into Huo Jinglin.


    Exhale!


    Huo Jinglin opened his eyes with a shocking exhale, coughing up blood. He couldn''t help but frown when he saw the changes in himself and his surroundings.


    Huo Jinglin had a solemn expression and immediately went to his sea of consciousness. His mouth widened in shock as he found that it waspletely different from what it should have been.


    At that moment, the sea of consciousness looked more like a small world¡ªand it was a dead world. There was a rotten tree with several branches in the center of the area, and each branch had a ck fruit.


    When Huo Jinglin counted the number of branches, he found it to be simr to the number of sacrifices and the statue. He walked to the tree and was astonished to find that each fruit had a distinct shape and appearance.


    From what Huo Jinglin could gather, the fruits looked like sacrifices, but since they were covered, Huo Jinglin didn''t know their appearance.


    Before Huo Jinglin could touch the tree or fruit, the tree suddenly moved, and immediately after, the closest fruit to him fell into his hands.


    Huo Jinglin solemnly looked at the fruit and then at the tree. It wasn''t aplex skill, so Huo Jinglin could easily understand what the tree wanted from him.


    Not having any idea of what had happened to him, Huo Jinglin didn''t want to add another situation, but as he grabbed the fruit, a hunger rose in his heart.


    Huo Jinglin wanted to fight against it, but the intensity grew to such a height that he had no choice but to bite into the fruit. He didn''t find eating the fruit repulsive, but what was making him hesitate were the consequences.


    As he took the bite, the fruit became liquid and seeped into his mouth. The next moment, afortable feeling like never before emerged in his heart as a wave of energy rushed through his body.


    At that moment, Huo Jinglin felt his strength increasing at the rate that was visible to him. In only a few moments, he had grown taller by several feet. At the same time, his body mass had shrunk, further tightening his muscles. The pattern between his eyebrows had grown in intensity.


    He couldn''t help but look at the changes with shock. His mind couldn''tprehend what was happening to him.


    Huo Jinglin immediately left his sea of consciousness and returned to the room. As he looked around, he found that the statues were no longer there. Huo Jinglin would have felt he was in a different location if not for the corpses on the ground.


    Suddenly, courage rose, and he decided to look through the hooded figure. He had no idea why that thought rose, but unable to control himself, he walked down the bed and then to the closest corpse.


    A momentter, Huo Jinglin had seen through the covers of all the corpses, and as he had expected, the fruit looked like them. In addition to that, when Huo Jinglin went to the sacrifice whose lookalike fruit he had eaten, the two pieces of their body had turned to ashes.


    It seemed the fruit of his sea of consciousness affected the physical world as well. Huo Jinglin had no idea of what had happened, so he ignored the corpses and walked toward the door.


    His heart was beating loudly in excitement as if something much more desirable was waiting for him there.


    Huo Jinglin forcefully stopped his steps when he was only a few steps away from the exit, as it wasn''t like him to take such risks after what had transpired to him. But soon after, he stopped hesitating and exited the room.


    Exhale!


    Huo Jinglin exhaled and inhaled arge breath of air as he saw the clear blue sky and the fresh air filled with rich elements. It was as if it had been a long time since he felt such fresh air.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1482 Huo Jinglin(4)

    <h4>Chapter 1482 Huo Jinglin(4) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1482: Huo Jinglin(4)


    "For releasing me from this eternal slumber of darkness, I will make good use of your body, Junior." Huo Jinglin opened his mouth, and then a different voice emerged. It had a mixture of antiquity in it.


    Huo Jinglin seemed to be aware of the voice and looked horrified as waves of memory shed through his head. He also recognized the voice since it was none other than the person whose lookalike fruit he had eaten.


    The fears Huo Jinglin had regarding the fruit turned out to be true, and his body was possessed by an immensely powerful being. Huo Jinglin wanted to struggle and escape from the stranger''s control, but the strength gap between the two parties was such that he could do nothing.


    There were seventeen sacrifices in total, and each of them was a Sacred Creator, so Huo Jinglin didn''t even dare imagine what kind of ritual had taken ce and what its effects were that it demanded seventeen Sacred Creators to kill themselves.


    Cry!


    Suddenly, a bird cry rang in the area, forcing Huo Jinglin to be solemn. As he looked up, a gigantic bird flew past him.


    When the bird disappeared from his view, he breathed a sigh of relief. A few secondster, a smile spread across his face as he thought of his freedom.


    He was about to walk forward when suddenly, the smile on his face froze. An expression of fright like never before appeared, and he turned to his left.


    He then saw a masked figure standing and staring at him with nothing but coldness.


    He remembered the identity of the figure, but before he could try anything, a white light shed past him, and his head had left his head.


    The real Huo Jinglin lost his breath since it was his body, but suddenly, the pattern around his chest glowed in ck, and it soon enveloped him and the head.


    When the glow disappeared, his head was attached to his head as if the sh, and the result was a figment of his imagination. At the same time, Huo Jingling found that his body was no longer possessed, and what had died was the spirit that upied his body.


    He wanted to thank the masked figure but found that they had long disappeared. After not finding anyone else around him, he breathed a sigh of relief and crashed down to the ground like a puddle.


    Huo Jinglin had even wished farewell to his family after losing all hope of survival. Being possessed by a Sacred Creator was clearly the dead end from which Huo Jinglin could never find a way back.


    At the same time, he was also curious about the identity of the masked figure since all it took was one sh from the being to resolve his trouble.


    So many things had happened to Huo Jinglin in a short span that he couldn''t evenprehend them. He couldn''t help but thank the store since so many deaths in the training area certainly boosted his mental strength. If not for that, his body would havepletely given up at that moment.


    He then took repeated deep breaths, and once his heart calmed down, he looked around.


    After looking back, he found out how the room looked from the outside. It was a basic structure that looked small inparison to the inside space.


    Since it wasn''t something unheard of, Huo Jinglin didn''t think much of it but thought of what to do next.


    He was in the middle of nowhere, with the room being the only structure as far as his eyes could see.


    Since he had no course to escape, he had the only way to return to his house, and that was to explore and find a way to leave.


    Huo Jinglin had a fear of death, but the changes in his body had resulted in his mental strength growing as well. In no time, he epted the situation and no longer feared death.


    Ding!


    [Challenger, 15,239,846,762,534, wee to the trial of Power!]


    Huo Jinglin had only taken a step when he stopped after a mechanical alert rang in his head. His body reflexively turned into an attacking posture, shocking him. He never had such quick control over his body, but he easily epted it since his intuition told him that his body had received several drastic changes after that sacrificial ceremony.


    Immediately after, a blue screen popped out in front of him. It was entirely nk, except for a hand pattern, which was of the same size as Huo Jinglin''s right hand.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but feel a positive emotion welling in his heart when he saw the screen. Since it was the first time he had heard of such a trial, it was his intuition that was telling him.


    Having no other choice since the space around him had also been blocked, forcing him to stay at one spot, Huo Jinglin raised his right hand and ced it on the screen.


    The next moment, his energy became out of control and the pattern devoured it. After devouring one-third of Huo Jinglin''s total energy, it finally stopped and content started appearing on the screen.


    [Challenger Screen:


    Name: <To be Set>


    Power Level: Level 1,


    Bloodline: Yedrian,%$#%&(+)


    Purity: Yedrian(53.297656)+, %$#%&(0.00004)+


    ¡­]


    (A/N: It isn''t Aakesh''s race but since Huo Jinglin is too weak to see it, it is written like that.)


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but look at the screen in shock since it contained many details about him, including his bloodline purity.


    Huo Jinglin felt an additional bloodline on the screen. For some reason, he couldn''t see it at all. If he forced himself to look at it, a burning pain rose in his eyes, forcing him to look away.


    Huo Jinglin instinctively tapped on the plus option in the section race, and immediately after, a catalog appeared on his screen, blinding his eyes.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1483 Huo Jinglin(5)

    <h4>Chapter 1483 Huo Jinglin(5) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1483: Huo Jinglin(5)


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but look in shock at the screen. No matter how many times Huo Jinglin scrolled, the list of races didn''t seem to end, and as he went further down, the race''s names started bing blurry.


    He suddenly had an idea and touched one of the blurry races on the list.


    [Insufficient level to see the requirement!]


    Immediately after, a mechanical alert rang in his head. Huo Jinglin further wanted to test it, so he scrolled upward and tapped on the race title that was visible to him.


    [300 Medium Experience Cores!]


    The next moment, the price of the bloodline emerged on the screen. He couldn''t help but be confused since it was the first time he had heard of Experience Core.


    Fortunately for him, as soon as he thought about it, a piece of information appeared in his head.


    Experience core was the currency in the trial of power, and it could be earned bypleting challenges. These cores were of four types: Low, Medium, High, and Top.


    One Medium Experience Core was equivalent to 100 Low Experience Cores, and the further denominations followed the same pattern.


    At that moment, Huo Jinglin understood that he had gained some unheard opportunity. Whether that would be harmful or beneficial was to be decided in the future.


    At that moment, Huo Jinglin wanted only to explore the trial ahead and not worry about anything at all.


    As he returned to the challenger screen, he found ''+'' in the purity section. Reflexively, he tapped on the option, and the next moment, the price to increase the purity appeared in front of him.


    For every percent increase below 30%, he would need to spend one low Experience core. Between 31 and 60%, the price would turn to one medium Experience core. It would get reced by high core for 61 to 90% and top core for 91 to 100%. And that was only the price for the Yedrian bloodline.


    When he tapped on the option near the blurry bloodline, he found that he needed to splurge on one top Experience core for a 0.01% increase, and that price was only limited to 1%. For every percent increase, the price grew exponentially.


    Huo Jinglin''s mouth flew wide open in shock since the price difference showed the gap between the blurry bloodline and the Yedrian one.


    ***


    Exhale!


    Huo Jinglin exhaled arge breath after calming himself down. He found that everything could be increased, including the experience of the five skills he purchased from the store.


    The trial of power could be something that might not only change his destiny but also that of the Sacred Dimension.


    After finding what he could at that stage, Huo Jinglin decided to explore ahead since the screen showed no intention of telling him what he needed to do to increase his power level or where to get the challenges.


    But to leave, he needed to set his name first. Huo Jinglin didn''t try to be curious about the name and immediately set his original name as the challenger name.


    After the name was set, the space binding around him disappeared, and Huo Jinglin regained the freedom to move as he desired. The screen also disappeared, and it would appear immediately once Huo Jinglin called for it.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t waste any time and walked ahead. He not only wanted to find out the details of the trial, but he also wanted to return to his residence.


    Every step he took was filled with caution, so things yed out slowly, but despite walking for several hours, he didn''t find anything beneficial or dangerous.


    Cry!


    Suddenly, a bird cry rang in the area, and before Huo Jinglin could find it, the creature appeared in front of him.


    It was a small bird with gray feathers and a gold crown-like feather on its head. Its ck eyes looked at Huo Jinglin, and he felt as if the bird was staring directly at his soul.


    "Do you have any suggestions for me, Senior?" Huo Jinglin immediately asked with a small bow.


    Cry!


    The bird let out a cry and immediately spread its wings, flying past Huo Jinglin.


    Huo Jinglin had no time to check on the bird since after the cry, a piece of information had appeared in his head.


    The bird informed him about the city that was three hundred miles away from him, and if he wanted to enter it, he would need toplete a challenge. The creature didn''t inform Huo Jinglin of the challenge.


    Since Huo Jinglin finally had a path, he didn''t waste any time and proceeded in the direction of the city.


    After walking for half an hour, Huo Jinglin finally saw the silhouette of a city. It wasn''t as grand as he had expected. It was only a small city, with its gates being even smaller than Huo Jinglin''s height.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t doubt the majesty of the city and walked forward.


    Once he was three hundred steps away from the gate, he found an invisible force acting on him. With every step he took, his body was decreasing in size.


    When Huo Jinglin was ten steps away from the gate, the entrance and his sizeparison were like the deep chasm between the sky and earth.


    When Huo Jinglin reached the entrance, he found himself unable to go any further as an invisible wall blocked his path.


    Since the bird had already informed him that he needed toplete a challenge if he wanted to enter the city, he didn''t seem surprised by the halt.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t have to wait long for the challenge as a figure walked from the other side.


    Huo Jinglin trembled in surprise when he saw the figureing toward him from inside the city. It was none other than the masked figure he had seen aftering out of the room.


    "Senior, thank you for helping me." Huo Jinglin immediately bowed down to his waist and sincerely thanked the masked figure.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1484 Huo Jinglin(6)

    <h4>Chapter 1484 Huo Jinglin(6) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1484: Huo Jinglin(6)


    When his eyes fell on the masked figure, Huo Jinglin sincerely bowed down to his waist and thanked them.


    The masked figure ignored Huo Jinglin''s actions and instead tapped on the energy wall, blocking him from entering the city.


    Following the figure''s movement, a hole the size of the tip of a needle emerged on the barrier, and soon, it grew to the same size as the shrunk Huo Jinglin.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t feel awkward after getting no response from the masked figure since they were clearly of the Sacred Creator level. He instead focused on the hole in the barrier.


    The masked figure then gestured for him to walk inside and left.


    Huo Jinglin followed the order and walked inside. That time, he faced no restriction and effortlessly crossed the energy wall.


    But when he looked ahead, he found that the entrance and the city had long disappeared, and he was in an ice cave. Before he could try to understand, a blue screen popped out in front of him, and immediately after, content appeared on it.


    After reading the content, Huo Jinglin understood that he was facing his first challenge. ording to the screen, the ice cave he was in was the residence of a powerful Level 4 figure who was also a challenger in the past.


    There was a garden of Frozen Acratic Nine-Ring herbs in the deepest part of the ice cave. It was an immensely beneficial herb for ice users and helped in the breakthrough from Level 2 to Level 3.


    Huo Jinglin needed to pick one Frozen Acratic Nine-Ring herb, and once he had done it, he would return to the city''s entrance. The challenge seemed easy from the sound of it, but it wasn''t.


    Every herb had a guardian, and Huo Jinglin needed to defeat the guardian to pick it.


    Before choosing the herb, Huo Jinglin wouldn''t be able to know the details of the guardian, and the guardian''s power level varied from Level 1 to 3.


    If he somehow picked a herb with a Level 3 guardian, his result would be death.


    After reading the details, Huo Jinglin became curious about the identity of the challenger who owned the ice cave in the past.


    From the number prefix, Huo Jinglin knew that he wasn''t the first to face the trial of power. But since there was no way for him to know about the past challengers at the moment, he stopped worrying about it. It would only waste his time.


    What Huo Jinglin needed to do was find the herb, pick it, and return to the entrance.


    He was a fire user, so the environment in the ice cave was detrimental to him and made him feel ufortable.


    ***


    Ding!


    [Host, the trial of power had appeared once again.]


    Aakesh was conversing with a new store customer when suddenly the system''s mechanical voice rang in his head.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but raise his eyes in surprise since he knew what ''Trial of Power'' meant.


    It was a trial designed by a Deva and it would randomly appear in any of the three dimensions. At one time, there could only be one challenger and the rewards from it were so heaven-defying that it would always cause a war between top races.


    Even Aakesh felt curious about it and wanted to see if he could participate, but unfortunately, he also couldn''t break the rule set by Deva and be the second challenger.


    "Do you know who the challenger is?" Aakesh asked the system.


    Since the system knew about the activation of the trial, it must also know about the challenger.


    [Yes, Host, Customer Huo Jinglin had been selected as the challenger.]


    The system immediately replied since it found out about the trial through him when Huo Jinglin tried to activate the Ultimate Store Card.


    The teleportation function of the Ultimate Store Card wasn''t ultimate like it was in the Primal Dimension. And even if it were, it would have been unable to break free from the restriction of the trial space since that was set by Deva themselves.


    "Oh," Aakesh responded since he recognized Huo Jinglin. He couldn''t help but be curious about him since getting selected as a challenger was something even rarer than ascending immediately after finding a treasure.


    Thest challenger of the trial of power was a powerful creature from the third dimension, and it was one of the few whom Aakesh respected and wanted to meet once he ascended to the Primordial Dimension.


    Considering that, if Huo Jinglin survived, he might surpass any power structure that had ever existed in the Sacred Dimension.


    ***


    Unaware of what the trial meant, Huo Jinglin cautiously walked toward the deepest part of the cave.


    Reaching the garden wasn''t without challenge since, as he walked deeper, the intensity of the cold grew and suppressed him.


    Huo Jinglin could only hope that he wouldn''te across a Level 2 or Level 3 guardian since he would have no chance of surviving against them in a suppressed state.


    After walking for three hours, Huo Jinglin found his physical and mental strength at its lowest, so he immediately sat down to meditate and recover.


    Since he couldn''t activate his inner world, he was without Sacred stones, so he could only slowly recover using whatever fire element was there in the cave.


    There was no sun or moon, so after an unknown amount of time, Huo Jinglin opened his eyes.


    His physical condition wasn''t optimal due to the chill pervading his body, but his mental condition was good after the meditation, and he had also recovered two-thirds of his energy.


    Huo Jinglin wanted to enter the garden after fully recovering but was unable to due to his weak physical condition.


    Time flew by, and Huo Jinglin finally reached the garden.


    He couldn''t help but open his eyes wide in surprise when he saw the endless number of Frozen Acratic Nine-Ring herbs. Even in the Sacred Dimension, it was a valuable resource for ice users.


    Just from this garden of herbs, Huo Jinglin could earn several times more than the total wealth of his father, a Sacred Creator.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***

 Chapter 1485 Trial of Power(7)

    <h4>Chapter 1485 Trial of Power(7) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1485: Trial of Power(7)


    Seeing all that wealth before him, Huo Jinglin''s breath roughened up. He had to take repeated deep breaths to calm down his heart and remove the greed that had appeared.


    Even though the herbs in the garden could make him healthy, he could not get them. All he needed to do was choose one herb, defeat its guardian, and leave the ice cave.


    Knowing things and doing things were never simr, so it took a lot for Huo Jinglin to calm himself down. Once he had calmed down, he finally stepped into the garden.


    The next moment, his eyes widened in shock after finding that what he saw earlier was only one part of the garden. The garden was in a different space that would only fully reveal itself once someone stepped inside.


    In front of him, there was an endless garden and thriving herbs at regr intervals. Huo Jinglin needed to pick one that was fully mature(10,000,000 years old) and could help a breakthrough from Level 2 to Level 3.


    There was information about how to distinguish between mature and young herbs, so he didn''t need to worry about picking the wrong herb.


    Huo Jinglin needed to go further deep inside to find a mature herb, so without wasting any time, he walked forward.


    Herbs were ced at regr intervals of three meters, and after traveling for around thirty minutes, he finally found his first mature Frozen Acratic Nine-Ring herb.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t immediately pick the herb since there was hesitation in his heart about choosing it. Trusting his intuition, he ignored the herb and walked forward.


    Once he found the first mature herb, he didn''t need to search anymore, as all the remaining herbs in his eyesight were also mature.


    Finally, after reaching the seventh herb, Huo Jinglin readied his heart and chose it. As he stepped into the 1 meter range of the herb, an invisible energy wave pushed him.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t even struggle against that, and following that, he found himself in an open ice desert with his opponent not far from him.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t recognize the race of the creature, so he didn''t waste his time thinking about the opponent and prepared himself for the battle. He only cared for the power level of the beast, and as his fortune would have it, it was a Level 1 beast, the same level as Huo Jinglin.


    Ding!


    A bell rang, and the opponent and Huo Jinglin made their moves at the same time.


    Time flew by, and the battle found its victor. Fortunately for Huo Jinglin, the opponent wasn''t of the caliber of the Bestial Cormorant, so despite being at the same level, he overwhelmingly dominated the opponent and won the battle.


    Immediately after the battle, a white light shrouded him. The next moment, he found himself back at the entrance of the city, with a square box in his hand.


    It was a locked square box that contained the herb chosen by Huo Jinglin.


    He couldn''t help but smile in relief since the first challenge didn''t give him much trouble. Anticipating what was waiting for him, Huo Jinglin stepped into the gate and entered the city.


    The first thing that caught Huo Jinglin''s attention after entry was the endless tower. He immediately had an idea that he needed to enter the tower.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t waste any time and walked in that direction. He didn''te across a single soul and reached the entry point of the tower.


    The same masked figure was waiting for him at the entry point. Huo Jinglin respectfully bowed toward the figure.


    The masked figure finally acknowledged his bows and nodded. They then gestured for Huo Jinglin to follow.


    Huo Jinglin did as told and followed the masked figure inside the tower. He thought that he woulde across another challenge, but nothing of the sort happened, and he entered the tower''s first floor.


    There was nothing before him but a white gate the same size as him.


    The masked figure opened the door without making any sound and entered inside. Huo Jinglin also followed them inside after a moment of cautiousness.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but mock himself for being cautious against someone who could kill the residual soul of a Sacred Creator in a single strike. The power difference between the two parties was such that no scheme in the world could help him survive against the masked figure.


    As he walked inside the white gate, a new world appeared on the other side. He finally saw other living beings.


    Huo Jinglin stood in a thriving market, with the sounds of their chattering continuously ringing in his ear. Theughter and casual moment infected Huo Jinglin, who had been worried sick since he came here, and it helped remove some of the stress Huo Jinglin had been carrying.


    "Do you want to sell the Frozen Acratic Nine-Ring herb?" Huo Jinglin''s attention returned to the market when a man suddenly came to him and asked, pointing at the square box in his hands.


    Huo Jinglin looked surprised since the masked figure was nowhere to be found. He then shook his hand and stopped thinking about the masked figure since if they wanted to meet him, they would appear.


    He instead focused on the man in front of him. It was a humanoid being several feet shorter than him, but when he looked at the man, he immediately bowed down, calming his shocked heart.


    The feeling he received from the man was simr to what he had received from his father. It was only some time in his journey, and he had alreadye across a couple of Sacred Creators.


    He didn''t dare to ignore the man and nodded since he had no use for the Frozen Acratic Nine-Ring herb. He was a fire user, and it would harm him instead of proving beneficial.


    "Come with me," The man smiled upon getting confirmation from the stranger and asked him to follow.


    It had been countless years since the Frozen Acratic Nine-Ring herb disappeared from the market. If it were in good condition, the man would earn a premium.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


    A/N: Please give this shameless author all of your Golden Tickets and Power Stones.

 Chapter 1486 Trial of Power(8)

    <h4>Chapter 1486 Trial of Power(8) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1486: Trial of Power(8)


    If Huo Jinglin knew about the thoughts of the man, he wouldn''t even know what expression to make. Since when did beings at the Sacred Creator level need to earn a premium from sales?


    He honestly followed the man and stopped in front of arge store. After entering the store, Huo Jinglin couldn''t close his mouth.


    The items he saw on the counter were the most valuable items of the Sacred Dimension. If he were to gift even one item to his father, his father would immediately reward him with the top position in the race.


    "Master, I have brought a customer." The man humbly called out.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t know what to say at that moment, seeing a Sacred Creator make such an expression, but he became even more shocked the next moment.


    After the man called out, there was no reaction from the store, so the man called out again. That time, his tone was even more humbling, and he also talked about the herb.


    Whoosh!


    The next moment, a small storm seemed to erupt in the store, but Huo Jinglin seemed to have seen his death in that small gust of wind.


    "Huh!" The new arrival called out in confusion after sensing the danger Huo Jinglin was in. The man immediately acted, and the gust of wind disappeared.


    Huo Jinglin wanted to thank him, but he suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and crashed to the ground.


    Both the man and the store owner were taken aback by the sudden turnaround of the situation. Immediately after, the store owner''s face turned pale since if anything happened to Huo Jinglin inside the store, he would not only lose his license but also need to pay a hefty fine to the city.


    The store owner immediately snapped his finger, and a green light enveloped Huo Jinglin. Fortunately for the man, Huo Jinglin didn''t have a serious injury. His mind was just overwhelmed by the powerful presence of the store owner, resulting in him falling into aa.


    In less than a moment, whatever injury his sea of consciousness had received, he recovered and opened his eyes.


    "Are you alright?" The store owner breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Huo Jinglin opening his eyes and asked.


    Huo Jinglin reflexively nodded since he was feeling better than ever at that moment. All the stress and injuries his body had been carrying before entering the store werepletely recovered. It was nothing less than a rejuvenation for him.


    "Sorry for making such a scene, senior." Huo Jinglin immediately stood up and apologized. He didn''t even dare to guess the level of the store owner. Just from the man''s presence, he could feel that his father wouldn''t even be able to stand a chance against the man.


    "As long as you are alright," The man waved his hands as if it were nothing.


    "Do you want to sell the Frozen Acratic Nine-Ring herb?" The man then asked, looking at the locked box in Huo Jinglin''s hands.


    Huo Jinglin nodded and then handed the square box to the store owner to make a quotation. He didn''t worry about making a loss since he wouldn''t even mind gifting the herb after the rejuvenation he had received from the man.


    ***


    "Experience Cores are too expensive," Huo Jinglin mumbled as he came out of the store and looked at the bnce on his card.


    From the store owner, he learned about the value of the Experience Core. Even a low Experience Core was extremely expensive, and Huo Jinglin would need to sell three herbs to get that.


    Huo Jinglin sold the herb and purchased another item using it. It was the card in his hand, while the remaining sum was transferred to the card.


    The card didn''t only show his bnce, but it also had a storage function, not only for items but also for energy. It was a necessary item to survive due to its growth feature. The card was automatically linked to the power level of the user, and the higher the level, the more features the card would have.


    Aftering out of the store, Huo Jinglin looked around, having no idea what to do. Fortunately for him, the masked figure appeared not far from him.


    Immediately after, Huo Jinglin saw a shocking scene. Whoever was in the market, as soon as they saw the masked figure, immediately knelt, including the store owner.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but marvel at the scene and also feel shocked since he had still underestimated the strength of the masked figure. Since only Huo Jinglin wasn''t kneeling, he immediately became the center of the focus.


    The masked figure had a clear identity, and she would only appear when a challenger would appear in the trial of power. Since Huo Jinglin wasn''t kneeling and the masked figure had appeared, it became clear what power Huo Jinglin held.


    The store owner couldn''t help but turn pale when he recognized Huo Jinglin as the challenger. If Huo Jinglin hadn''t recovered in his store, his end would have been terrible.


    The challenger had ultimate status in the city since the trial was designed for them, and the trial would choose them, not the other way.


    The masked figure didn''t want to waste her time, so she immediately waved her hands. The next moment, she and Huo Jinglin disappeared from the market and appeared before a basic vi.


    "This is your residence. Everything you need to know is waiting for you inside." The masked figure finally opened her mouth.


    Huo Jinglin felt ice crawling through his body when he heard the chill in the masked figure''s voice. It was hoarse and cold like ice. But knowing the power difference, he immediately nodded.


    The masked figure didn''t waste any time and then disappeared, leaving Huo Jinglin and the residence alone.


    Since Huo Jinglin''s mind was light due to the store owner''s treatment, he smiled and then entered his new residence. The card he had purchased from the store was the key.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


    A/N: Please give this shameless author all of your Golden Tickets and Power Stones.

 Chapter 1487 Trial of Power(9)

    <h4>Chapter 1487 Trial of Power(9) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1487: Trial of Power(9)


    Seeing that the card was the key to his residence, Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but be astonished. But after thinking about the things he had seen there, it was understandable for the trial designer to anticipate the card purchase.


    Click!


    Taking a deep breath, he tapped the card on the pattern, and with a clicking sound, the door opened.


    Anticipating what was waiting for him, Huo Jinglin walked inside the residence.


    The next moment, he looked at the scene ahead of him with utter shock. What looked like a basic vi from the outside turned into a luxurious residence the size of a small continent.


    When he looked behind him, he found an endless wall acting as the border of the residence. He couldn''t help but subconsciously walk toward the wall and touch it.


    Following his touch, a cool energy flowed through his body, resulting in Huo Jinglin almost moaning in pleasure. He didn''t know what material it was, but he understood it was extraordinary and simrly extremely expensive.


    After Huo Jinglin moved his hand away from the wall, his heart couldn''t help but feel empty as if he had lost something fundamental to him. He couldn''t help but touch the wall again, but the cooling feeling didn''t ur at that time, and he only perceived the smoothness of the wall.


    He turned around and looked at the path made of an unknown stone. He didn''t recognize it but had a feeling that it was an expensive material like the wall.


    The road was several hundred feet wide and went for miles. Huo Jinglin followed it and reached a towering building.


    The house was made of the same material as the wall, and he touched the wall to have that sensation again. Unfortunately for him, it was only a one-time urrence, and he felt nothing except for the smoothness and durability of the material.


    There were no gates for the house, so he directly walked inside, and a grand hall greeted his sight.


    It was as luxurious as things could get, with the walls paneled in unknown wood carved with intricate patterns. The ceiling further added to it with a massive chandelier crafted from an unknown type of gem.


    For the floor, a ck carpet stretched across the floor. Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but feel as if he was standing on a cloud.


    The towering building was long, and the ground floor only contained a grand hall. There were stairs on the left to go to the next floor.


    Huo Jinglin climbed them and stepped onto the first floor. Ahead of him, there was a closed room.


    There was Huo Jinglin''s name embedded on the room''s gate, so he believed it to be his bedroom.


    The door wasn''t locked, so it opened after a slight push. The restriction of senses formation was embedded in the door, so Huo Jinglin only saw an opaque wall after opening the door.


    Since his bedroom contained the details as said by the masked figure, he took a deep breath and walked inside.


    His eyes and mouth flew wide open in shock after stepping inside the room. Even the grand hall seemed a poor hutpared to the scene in the bedroom.


    Immediately after walking inside, his senses were enveloped in luxury. The carpet beneath his feet was not onlyfortably soft, but it also transferred energy to his body. Huo Jinglin felt all his senses heightening and his body reaching a new peak.


    Everything in the room was expensive and beneficial to his body. The bed was made of a material unknown to him, but when he touched it, he found whatever energy his body had lost and recovered at a rapid rate. Since his body was free of any external or internal injury after the store owner''s healing, he had a feeling that the bed had such an effect.


    Even his father would be jealous of him if he knew the situation at the residence. But since living in vanity wasn''t possible, Huo Jinglin immediately calmed down and picked up the small device ced on the table next to the bed.


    It was a spherical device, not bigger than an almond. A piece of information appeared in Huo Jinglin''s mind immediately after that, and he couldn''t help but hesitate upon hearing that.


    ording to the new information, Huo Jinglin needed to feed the spherical core a drop of his blood to unlock the information it contained.


    "Why am I even struggling after all these things have happened to me?" Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but mutter in helplessness remembering his situation since he was grabbed by that w.


    He then gritted his teeth and bit the tip of his finger. The next moment, a drop of blood fell on the spherical device, but what attracted Huo Jinglin''s attention was the color of his blood.


    Huo Jinglin noticed that the color had not only grown darker but there was also a slight ck tint to it. He didn''t need to think or worry about it since he had seen a simr tint during the ritual ceremony.


    Huo Jinglin then focused on the spherical device in his hands and saw it slowly opening up. As if made of numerous small parts, the device then broke into countless small spherical cores.


    Before Huo Jinglin could understand what was happening, the numerous tiny devices floated up and threw themselves at him.


    Huo Jinglin was forced to close his eyes and clutch his head in pain as an intense bombardment happened. His screams kept ringing until thest tiny device had disappeared.


    Huo Jinglin gritted his teeth and walked to the bed. He felt countless needles prickling his sea of consciousness, and his face had turned pale.


    Hoping his feelings about the bed were correct, he threw himself on it, and immediately after, he fell asleep.


    Huo Jinglin wasn''t incorrect in his feelings, and immediately after sleeping on the bed, whatever pain he was feeling slowly disappeared until his body reached its peak condition, not only physically but also mentally. The bed also helped Huo Jinglin quickly digest all the new pieces of information that would have usually taken him days.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1488 Trial of Power(10)

    <h4>Chapter 1488 Trial of Power(10) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1488: Trial of Power(10)


    After an unknown amount of sleep, Huo Jinglin woke up. He couldn''t help but smile, feeling his rxed body.


    He then focused on the newly digested information. As if he had touched some key, Huo Jinglin found himself in a different environment.


    As far as his eyes could see, there was nothing but ck space. Considering that, it should have been dark, but Huo Jinglin saw things clearly.


    Boom!


    Suddenly, a loud sound rang in the area, and immediately after that, a small ray of white light emerged out of nowhere.


    Huo Jinglin immediately got attracted to the white light and couldn''t move his eyes away from it. The light began expanding at a rapid rate, and in no time, it had transformed into a being.


    Huo Jinglin felt every cell in his body singing praise for the being, and he subconsciously knelt down. He couldn''t help but feel shocked by himself, but before he could understand, the being opened their mouth.


    ***


    Huo Jinglin took repeated deep breaths to calm down his pounding heart. He would never be able to forget the being he saw a few moments ago.


    From that being, Huo Jinglin found the truth about the Trial of Power, but it was the least shocking thing since the being exining it was none other than an incarnation of the trial, a Deva.


    Devas were the most powerful beings of the Sacred Dimension, and it was a fact that every being in existence knew.


    ***


    It has been three days since Huo Jinglin moved into his residence. The building fulfilled every need of his, so he maintained his schedule as he used to before getting selected as the challenger.


    The building had a training room that perfectly reced the training area sold by the store.


    After waking up from meditation, Huo Jinglin was going for his usual sword training when a blue screen popped out in front of him out of nowhere.


    A mixture of expressions shed on his face since the appearance of the blue screen could only mean one thing. He had the title of challenger, so it was clear that he needed to clear challenges.


    Through clearing the challenges, he would not only gain strength but also rewards.


    From the Deva''s incarnation, he also learned about the level system. Irrespective of what was the cultivation level of the beings before being chosen as the challenger, they would start at Level 1 here. At the same time, irrespective of what level they would be on, after leaving, their cultivation would be the same as before they were chosen.


    It didn''t mean that they wouldn''t be strong. After surviving the trial, they would be exponentially better than any field they were in before getting chosen.


    ***


    "Hmm." Huo Jinglin nodded after reading the details on the screen.


    As he had expected, the screen contained his first challenge, and after reading the details, he couldn''t help but be thankful for the challenge to enter the city.


    The challenge detailed a scenario of a small war between two tribes, which was small at first but now had expanded to engulf all the neighboring tribes in the range of a thousand miles.


    What Huo Jinglin needed to do was find the source of the war and solve it before it further expanded and truly became a giant war. There was a limited time of thirty days toplete the challenge since on the thirty-first day, the strongest tribe in ten thousand miles would enter the war.


    As difficult as the challenge was, the reward it offered was no less. Afterpleting the challenge, Huo Jinglin would be rewarded with three low Experience Cores, and his reward would grow further depending on his way ofpletion.


    Experience Cores were the crystallization of the energy prevalent in the world of trials, and challengers could absorb Experience Cores for not only increasing their power level but their attributes as well.


    To go from Level 1 to Level 2, Huo Jinglin needed 10 low Experience Cores, so if hepleted the challenge, he would be one-third close to having the breakthrough.


    The challenge didn''t only have rewards. It also had punishment for failing toplete the challenge. Fortunately for Huo Jinglin, it wasn''t death, so things were fine.


    If Huo Jinglin failed toplete the challenge, he would get his first red mark.


    The red mark was a dangerous thing since if Huo Jinglin got three of them, he would be stripped of his position as a challenger, and if he was Level 4 or below at that time, he would be turned into Experience Cores, depending on the amount of energy his body had.


    ***


    The moment Huo Jinglin read the details on the screen, the challenge had begun. Without wasting any time, Huo Jinglin immediately departed for the location specified in the challenge.


    On the seventh floor of the building, there was a teleportation portal that would teleport him to locations where a challenge would take ce.


    Every teleportation would cost him one low Experience Core. As a newbie benefit, he had received five free teleportations, so he didn''t waste any time and immediately pressed his hand on the portal.


    Rumble!


    With a rumbling sound, the portal was activated. A cluster of different colored dots joined together and formed a barrier enveloping Huo Jinglin.


    The next moment, Huo Jinglin found himself in a forest, and there were two groups of enemies fighting nearby.


    Huo Jinglin''s sudden presence alerted the two groups of enemies, and they immediately stopped. Since Huo Jinglin didn''t look like any of the races living in the ten thousand miles, the two groups thought of Huo Jinglin as an enemy.


    Before Huo Jinglin could try to smooth things over, he found the two groups charging at him. They seemed to have forgotten their life-and-death battle a moment earlier and cooperated like two friends who had been fighting together for years.


    Seeing that he was no match for the enemy, he didn''t waste any time and immediately ran away. Fortunately for him, his escape speed was quicker, so in no time, he reached a safe distance and stopped.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1489 Trial of Power(11)

    <h4>Chapter 1489 Trial of Power(11)</h4>


    ?Chapter 1489: Trial of Power(11)


    After reaching a safe distance, Huo Jinglin finally stopped running away.


    The challenge wanted him to find the source of the war in thirty days so it could be brought to an end before it became a gigantic war withrge tribes joining it.


    Just in the group of enemies, he saw more than a couple of people stronger than him so he couldn''t do things directly, or his end wouldn''t be good.


    The battle began between two tribes, which had turned into a thousand-mile war. The two tribes were Gungur and Hrinarsic. Since they started it, he needed to search for sources from these two tribes.


    Fortunately for Huo Jinglin, the challenge details contained the location of the tribes involved in the war. After resting and recovering to his peak, Huo Jinglin came out of the temporary shelter he had made.


    He then destroyed it and rushed in the direction of the Gungur tribe. He was rushing but cautiously.


    While traveling, he came across small battles from time to time, and as he went deeper into the thousand-mile range, the scene started turning deste, showing the terrible effect of the war on them.


    After running for several hours, Huo Jinglin finally reached his location, and he couldn''t help but frown. Where the territory of Gungur should have been, now there was nothing but destion and corpses.


    Since the smell of the blood was fresh, it meant that the tribe had been massacred just some time ago. He didn''t immediately enter the ruined territory since enemies could still be there and waited for a day.


    After finding nothing for the entire day, he finally walked into the deste territory. The more he saw around, the deeper the frown on his face became.


    ording to the situation of the corpses, there wasn''t much of a struggle at all. It was as if someone they trusted did the killing, and they did it so quickly that the tribe members didn''t evenprehend.


    Huo Jinglin tried to search for things rted to the war, but he couldn''t find anything. He couldn''t help but be suspicious since it seemed like someone didn''t want him to find the root cause of the war.


    His heart turned heavy when he came to that consideration, and he immediately turned around and rushed toward the territory of the Hrinarsic tribe.


    When he reached the location after running for a few hours straight, his expression turned solemn. As the thought had arisen in his heart, someone didn''t want him to find the root cause of the war. The Hrinarsic tribe had also been massacred to theirst member, and the corpses there had a simr expression to what was in Gungur''s territory.


    Since things were like that, it was clear that some other party was involved in the war, and Huo Jinglin was no longer as directionless as he was after the challenge began.


    The corpses showing no sign of struggle were another key to finding the perpetrator. It must be someone whom both tribes knew and had a good rtionship with.


    Huo Jinglin immediately called the blue screen and read the war log. It detailed when the war began and all the significant things that had happened since the war started.


    "Eh!" Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but exim after reading the log on the twenty-third day after the war began.


    ording to what was written, on the twenty-third day, both Gungur and Hrinarsic tribe leaders met with the tribe leader of the Helennis tribe.


    The Helennis tribe was the overlord of the tribes in the range of ten thousand miles due to having a Level 4 leader. The war log didn''t detail what had transpired during the meeting, but after that meeting, several more tribes joined the war and turned it into more than just a tribal conflict.


    The Helennis tribe was a clue to solving the issue. The more Huo Jinglin thought, the more he found the involvement of the tribe in the conflict.


    The challenge wanted him to solve the issue in thirty days since the Helennis tribe would join the war themselves on the 31st day. It didn''t make sense for a tribe like that to involve themselves in the war since having a Level 4 leader at their helm made their dominance certain.


    If the leader were to say something, the war would immediately stop. But after the meeting with the leader, it transformed into a bigger war, and the leader himself joined it.


    ording to that, all the things pointed at the Helennis tribe. But having a clue wasn''t enough toplete the challenge. Even if he could find proof of the tribe being the instigator, the challenge would only bepleted when Huo Jinglin found out what caused the tribe to instigate the war.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing, and two weeks passed in the blink of an eye.


    Since the Gungur tribe and Hrinarsic tribe got massacred, the war intensity had switched down, but something seemed to have happened three days before the present day, and the war took an even more brutal form.


    Since Huo Jinglin found the Helennis tribe to be the instigator, every step taken by him has been filled with caution. Since the two tribes were massacred, it was clear that the leader knew about Huo Jinglin.


    If, despite that, the leader didn''t try harming Huo Jinglin, it could only mean one thing: he, as a challenger, couldn''t be attacked by the leader, or there was no need to kill the tribe. It was easier to kill one than many.


    He was currently disguised as a member of the Helennis tribe since, in the case where the leader couldn''t kill him, it was best to directly enter the den of toothless wolves.


    He had taken on the disguise of a guard and was currently guarding a tent. While inside the tent, there was a meeting going on between the leaders of tens of tribes involved in the war.


    "How dare you attack my son?" A man roared in anger and rushed toward another man.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


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 Chapter 1490 Trial of Power(12)

    <h4>Chapter 1490 Trial of Power(12) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1490: Trial of Power(12)


    The man''s eyes were red with anger, and he rushed toward his son''s attacker, disregarding the consequences of such an action.


    The man in question was grinning at first, but when he saw that it wasn''t just an angry roar, he turned pale. He was no match for the attacker, so he immediately looked to his allies for help.


    Unfortunately for him, no one tried to help him. The attacker grabbed the man''s head and picked him up. Without wasting any time, he immediately put pressure on his hands, and the head exploded like a watermelon.


    As the hot blood touched the attacker''s face, his eyes started to lose the red. A sense of confusion appeared since he would never be that rash, but before he could understand what was happening, a heavy pressure appeared out of nowhere and pushed him to the ground.


    The attacker wanted to speak but was unable to open his mouth, and the pressure on him kept growing. It was as if a heavy te was pressing on him; a few momentster, there was nothing left of the attacker. Even his blood turned into vapor due to the intense pressure.


    The entire tent seemed to have awakened at that moment, and they immediately bowed toward the seat in the center. There was no one sitting there, but the next moment, a man appeared out of nowhere on the gigantic chair.


    It was none other than the leader of the Helennis tribe, the only Level 4 in the range of ten thousand miles. He didn''t look at the leaders of the tribes he instigated to battle but outside the tent.


    Huo Jinglin felt a chill crawling down his spine, feeling as if locked by a predatory aura. He didn''t need to think much about who was staring at him since who could it be other than the Level 4 leader of the tribe?


    Huo Jinglin was ready to run but found that the aura disappeared as if what he felt was only an illusion.


    Inside the tent, Hiron had an ugly expression on his face since he never expected to find the challenger to infiltrate the Helennis tribe.


    When Huo Jinglin got the challenge, Hiron also got the challenge. It was to stop Huo Jinglin from finding out the truth in thirty days. He would get five low Experience Cores as a reward, two cores higher than Huo Jinglin''s reward.


    The failure penalty was also very high. If Hiron failed the challenge, his level would regress to Level 3, and he would receive a red mark. It would be his third red mark, so failure meant death.


    It sounded easy from the details since Huo Jinglin was only Level 1, but there was a requirement Hiron needed to fulfill toplete the challenge.


    He couldn''t directly or indirectly harm the challenger using his prestige as the leader. So even though he knew about Huo Jinglin infiltrating the tribe, he could neither attack him nor tell his subordinates since that would also be akin to harming Huo Jinglin.


    ***


    Huo Jinglin gasped for breath as he finally escaped the group of enemies chasing him. It had been twenty-three days since he received the challenge, and he only had a week left toplete it.


    Things went well for Huo Jinglin, as he not only found the instigator but also infiltrated the camp to further close down on his goal. On the seventeenth day, Huo Jinglin finally reached a dead end, unable to find what caused Hiron to initiate the war.


    Since he was at a dead end, he needed to do something drastic to flip the table so that he could find something. His actions slightly changed the tone of the challenge, and he finally saw a way forward, but it also brought a new problem for him.


    To flip the table, Huo Jinglin used his identity as a member of the Helennis tribe and attacked a small tribe involved in the war. Members of the Hnnis tribe had stayed away from the war until that moment, but his involvement lit up the fire.


    The tribe he attacked in disguise immediately withdrew from the war since no one would dare face off against a tribe led by Level 4 when the small tribe''s strongest member was only Level 2.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t randomly choose the small tribe but selected the one where the daughter of the leader was married to a Level 3 tribe leader. Immediately after Huo Jinglin''s attack and the tribe''s withdrawal, the news reached the Level 3 tribe leader.


    The man immediately rushed to the Helennis tribe with a few other tribe leaders who were in the same camp and appealed to the audience of Hiron. Unfortunately for them, Huo Jinglin had fully calcted things and attempted them after clear calctions.


    Hiron had left to meet another Level 4 tribe leader due to another issue caused by Huo Jinglin, so when the group of tribe leaders appealed for an audience, they couldn''t meet Hiron.


    Hiron''s son couldn''t tell the group of leaders that his father had left to meet another Level 4 tribe leader, so the group thought that Huo Jinglin''s attack was done at the behest of the tribe.


    The entry of a behemoth like the Helennis tribe into the war was apletely different situation. In the battle, there needed to be a winner and a loser, and the loser needed to have some chance of winning, or it was nothing more than a suicide attempt.


    If the Helennis tribe became involved in the war, the other side had no chance of victory at all, so even before the war began, the tribes thought of giving up.


    Hiron''s son could smell the conspiracy of a new party on the scene. He was unaware of the challenger''s involvement in the war, but he was aware of why his father instigated it. The item that caused the war was a rare resource that could help his father reach closer to Level 5. In the range of one hundred thousand miles, there was no Level 5, so Hiron reaching that level was akin to bing an overlord of that much territory.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1491 Trial of Power(13)

    <h4>Chapter 1491 Trial of Power(13)</h4>


    ?Chapter 1491: Trial of Power(13)


    Getting no attendance from Hiron prompted the group to give up on the war.


    Hiron''s son couldn''t let that happen. If things went out that way, it would be his death. No one knew better about Hiron''s cruelty than him.


    So when they were leaving, a group of people attacked the back of the group. Since there was a Level 3 leading the tribal group, the attackers immediately left after killing a few members and seriously injuring one tribe leader.


    In anger, the Level 3 tribe leader and other tribe leaders charged toward the attackers. The attacking group was only led by a Level 2, so it was easy, but when the Level 3 man saw the face of the Level 2 guy after removing his mask, the man''s face turned ugly.


    In the range of ten thousand miles, the Helennis tribe was the overlord, having a Level 4 leader. There were sixteen tribes with Level 3 leaders and more than fifty tribes with a Level 2 leader.


    The Level 2 guy turned out to be the son of the Bueri tribe''s leader. The Bueri tribe was not only one of the sixteen tribes, but it was also the only one of the sixteen to have two Level 3 members, making it the strongest tribe below the Helennis tribe in the range of ten thousand miles.


    The man could no longer stay out of the war since the Bueri''s tribe leader only had one son, and that died in his hands.


    The man could sense that things were moving as if someone were manipting them, but he could do nothing. Huo Jinglin also saw the scene from afar.


    He couldn''t help but thank Hiron''s son for making his challenge easier. The sudden conflict had sprouted doubts in the hearts of the leaders, which he could manipte at the required moment.


    Things were going Huo Jinglin''s way, so he became more confident in his actions until the twenty-first day. One of the guards saw him changing his disguise, so he immediately became an enemy of the Helennis tribe.


    When Hiron learned about it, he immediately rewarded the guard with arge sum of wealth. It wasn''t because he found an infiltrator but because Huo Jinglin was finally visible to the members of his tribe.


    The past few days have been immensely ufortable for him. He knew about Huo Jinglin''s goal and his position but could do nothing due to the restrictions set on him.


    It all happened coincidentally, so Huo Jinglin could only curse his luck and have to escape the core territory of the Helennis tribe. His actual appearance was distinct from that of the tribe members living in ten thousand miles, so he needed to find another guise so as not to stand out from others.


    ***


    After finally leaving the group of enemies behind, Huo Jinglin gasped for breath. He only had one more week left for him toplete the challenge, so he needed to do things quickly, and the n had already been set in motion.


    He wasn''t only running from enemies over the past two days but also searching for clues, and as fortune would have it, he found things.


    He found the war pattern to be in the format of a sacrificial ritual. Huo Jinglin found it because he found it to be of the same pattern as what happened to him.


    He would never be able to forget it, so as he found more and more things about the locations of the significant battles where more than ten people had died, he formed a pattern.


    Huo Jinglin had an idea of what Hiron wanted to do from that, but he needed to prove it to other tribes so they would move away from the war.


    Huo Jinglin already had an idea of where the next war would take ce, calcting the nodes.


    Thest node would get filled on the 31st day when the Helennis tribe would join the war, and it would result in heavy death.


    ***


    "Do you have anyst words?" An executioner asked as he readied his sword to cut the criminal''s head.


    The criminal in question was none other than Huo Jinglin, who got caught on the 26th day and was immediately sentenced to death as the Helennis tribe showed one proof after another to prove Huo Jinglin''s involvement in the chaos over the past several days.


    Hearing the executioner''s words, Huo Jinglin could only sigh helplessly. He had already tried to inform the people about Hiron''s n, but the proofs submitted by the Helennis tribe were strongly against him, and many didn''t want to take a chance between a stranger and the strongest of all in ten thousand miles.


    Huo Jinglin simply took a deep breath and attempted to use the information to survive, but the result was the same.


    Seeing that situation, he stopped struggling and prepared himself for death. Dying during the challenge was akin to dying in reality, so the people he knew shed in his mind.


    The executioner channeled energy, and following that, a sharp red glow appeared around the giant broadsword''s edges. It was a public execution since Huo Jinglin had be a rowdy figure in the minds of tribes in just a few days and had unprecedented hatred for him.


    Huo Jinglin simply closed his eyes and waited for the sword to take his head, but despite waiting for some time, the sword never came.


    Boom!


    Before he could open his eyes to understand what was happening, a loud explosion rang in Huo Jinglin''s ears, and its source was not very far from him.


    The heat released from the explosion forced Huo Jinglin to open his eyes and run. He immediately did that and finally looked behind after reaching a safe distance from the source of the explosion.


    When Huo Jinglin saw that scene, he couldn''t help but raise a wide sneer. His sneer contained a sigh of relief as well since the chess piece that he had ced several days earlier finally came to his help, and there could be no better time than that moment.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1492 Trial of Powers(14)

    <h4>Chapter 1492 Trial of Powers(14) </h4>


    ?Chapter 1492: Trial of Powers(14)


    After making ns to flip the table, Huo Jinglin needed Hiron to go away from his territory so that when a group of tribe leaders requested Hiron''s audience, Hiron wouldn''t be there, and the situation would be uncontroble in Hiron''s son''s hands, forcing him to take a drastic step.


    To make Hiron leave his territory despite knowing about his presence, Huo Jinglin needed to do something, and only another Level 4 could force Hiron to be cautious enough to leave.


    The Helennis tribe was holding a member of the Gesin tribe, the neighboring tribe, with a Level 4 leader.


    Huo Jinglin not only freed the guy but also helped him safely reach the area of influence of the Gesin tribe, where they could easily get a piece of information.


    Due to being in captivity for several years, the prisoner''s body was extremely weak. Huo Jinglin had another purpose behind freeing the prisoner.


    Once the prisoner reached the area of influence, Huo Jinglin used his identity as a member of the Helennis tribe and murdered the man in daylight, with many witnesses.


    Since both the Helennis and Gesin tribes were powerful with a Level 4 leader, no one dared to jump in. For them, both sides were overlords.


    Huo Jinglin not only murdered the prisoner but also humiliated him, using the vilest words for the Gesin tribe.


    Even Huo Jinglin was shocked by the choice of words he used since he had no idea that he could be that crass.


    Whatever happened between Huo Jinglin and the prisoner easily traveled to the ears of the Gesin tribe members and then the leader.


    The Gesin tribe was aware of the prisoner since it wasn''t a hidden deed years ago, but killing the prisoner in their area of influence and abusing the tribe was pping their faces.


    As Huo Jinglin wanted, the Gesin tribe leader immediately left for an answer. Hiron also found out about the issue and couldn''t help but helplessly sigh since he knew it was Huo Jinglin behind all of it.


    Hiron didn''t dare meet the tribe leader in Helennis''s territory. He wasn''t afraid of the man, but a battle between two Level 4s would cause irreparable damage to the area, which Hiron didn''t want to see.


    After Hiron left the tribe, Huo Jinglin used those two days to instigate some of the Helennis tribe members and made an alliance with them, using his identity as the challenger.


    The same set of people he had allied with came to his aid and attacked the leader''s residence.


    Hiron was too strong for other tribes to put up a fight, but betrayal at an opportune moment could turn the situation.


    Huo Jinglin only wanted toplete the challenge and didn''t care about what happened with the allied members after he left.


    "Let''s go," One of the attackers immediately came to Huo Jinglin, grabbed him, and rushed out of the area.


    Huo Jinglin used his distinct identity as a feature, making the people believe that he hade from a powerful background.


    Greed could break anything, and loyalty was no exception to that.


    ***


    "What if the leader seeds?" A hooded man asked after reaching their designated safe territory.


    The group had no intention of revealing their alliances but couldn''t sit silent when Huo Jinglin was just a sh away from his death.


    Huo Jinglin has used both greed and threat when allying. He not only promised them to help their lives reach a new pedestal but also threatened them in case they betrayed him.


    Huo Jinglin used the knowledge of the trial of power for his benefit. Every being living there knew about the trial of power but didn''t know much about it other than top families.


    No one knew more about the trial of power than Huo Jinglin, so he used that to show his greater illusionary background.


    After Huo Jinglin was rescued, he told the group of people about Hiron''s n for the war, and they couldn''t help but turn pale upon hearing that.


    If Hiron reached Level 5, the status of the Helennis tribe would further rise, which would also help their group. They couldn''t help but cry in their hearts, thinking about the grave mistake they had made by trusting Huo Jinglin.


    Huo Jinglin had already expected such thoughts in the minds of allies, and he had informed them despite knowing that.


    Knowing that Hiron could reach Level 5, and now that they betrayed Hiron, they had more motivation to stop Hiron from seeding. In their minds, Huo Jinglin was already a giant.


    People needed the stimuli of fear and wealth to work harder. Huo Jinglin told them that he would award each of them with a heavenly material that would give them a chance to touch the Level 3 mark.


    What Huo Jinglin didn''t tell them was that he would do it after he had reached Level 4, but he only kept that in his heart.


    As Huo Jinglin had expected, thebination of fear and greed made them work harder and more efficiently.


    Using the group of people, he met with tribe leaders, and they no longer showed distrust as earlier when the identity of the group of allies was revealed.


    The tribe leaders had doubts about why the Helennis tribe members would help them. Huo Jinglin used that to further build his and the group''s momentum.


    Nothing impressed the majority of people more than someone who was willing to sacrifice their personal betterment for others. But simple sentiment wasn''t enough, so Huo Jinglin shared the next battleground and the number of deaths.


    Two dayster, on the 28th day, arge meeting of several tribes was held, and they came to a unanimous decision to establish peace. It all happened in the presence of Hiron.


    Since the sacrificial ritual would fail if others knew about the involvement of the Helennis tribe, Hiron could do nothing.


    Simrly, despite the tribe leaders knowing about Hiron''s n and the number of deaths he had caused, they also could do nothing.


    Only one man was happy with whatever happened, and it was Huo Jinglin, who smiled after the announcement.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1493 Complete(15)

    <h4>Chapter 1493 Complete(15)</h4>


    ?Chapter 1493: Complete(15)


    Hiron couldn''t help but let out a heartbreaking roar as the tribe leaders made their announcements.


    The abrupt turn of events stunned the tribe leaders, who could not help but shudder. Even though Huo Jinglin had promised them that nothing would happen to them after their announcement, hearing the anger and pain in Hiron''s roar, they felt ruptures in their ears.


    They prepared themselves to defend, hoping for Hiron to target someone else, but the next moment, a shocking scene yed out in front of them.


    Immediately after the roar, a glow appeared around Hiron, and following that, Hiron exploded into energy.


    The energy didn''t crazily rush butpressed on its own and soon formed several Experience Cores. The people present inside the camp couldn''t help but turn greedy when they saw the scene.


    Unfortunately for them, the Experience Cores seemed to have a will of their own. Half of it seeped into the ground, disappearing from the other''s eyes, while the remaining half flew to Hiron''s son, the inheritor of his will.


    The son knew the significance of the n, but he didn''t have an idea about it being his father''s third red mark. If he had known, he would have worked even harder to push the war forward.


    But since things had happened and the people present there had their eyes on the Experience Cores, he simply scoffed.


    The scoff was like a rumble in their heads. Even without Hiron, no tribe was a match for the Helennis tribe''s strength. They had Level 3 members in double digits.


    Hiron''s son ignored the tribe leaders and immediately rushed toward where Huo Jinglin was left, but Huo Jinglin seemed to have evaporated from that part of the world.


    Even those who worked with him weren''t aware of where he had disappeared.


    ***


    Huo Jinglin was aware of the chaos that would ensue after the challenge''pletion, but he still underestimated it. He ignored that and looked at the blue screen in front of him.


    Afterpleting the challenge, he could freely teleport back to his residence. He had anticipated the members of the Helennis tribe to go crazy, so he immediately used that option.


    The blue screen announced thepletion of the challenge. Huo Jinglin had a deadline of thirty days toplete the mission and get the basic reward of three low Experience Cores.


    Huo Jinglin achieved the goal in 28 days, so he became eligible for a bonus reward. But since he hadn''t done it in 27 days, he fell slightly short of enough bonus to get an extra low Experience Core.


    After Huo Jinglin tapped to retrieve the bonus reward, a small roulette appeared before him.


    There were seven sections on the wheel. One had two low Experience Cores, two sections had the reward of one low Experience Core, while the remaining four sections were empty.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t waste much of his time and rotated the wheel. Three secondster, it stopped. Huo Jinglin only smiled wryly since the pointer stopped at the empty section, meaning he would get no reward.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t worry much about it and took out the basic reward he had received. He had felt his weakness during the challenge, so without wasting any time, he immediately returned to the meditation room.


    Absorption of 10 low Experience Cores was required to step from Level 1 to Level 2, and it took one entire day to fully absorb the core.


    Three dayster, Huo Jinglin had absorbed all three of them and had slightly grown stronger. Huo Jinglin only knew it because he had a status screen quantifying his attributes.


    There was a gap of one week to one month after every challenge, so after emptying his small reserve of cores, Huo Jinglin returned to his usual timetable.


    Time flew by, and several days passed in the blink of an eye.


    It was the 10th day after Huo Jinglin returned to his residence afterpleting the first challenge. He had only returned from his training and was about to begin his meditation when he was forced to stop by a sudden phenomenon.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t feel angry butughed when met with that phenomenon. A blue screen had popped out in front of him and contained the details of the second challenge.


    From the first challenge, Huo Jinglin could see that challenges weren''t randomly assigned but had some rtionship with the challenger.


    Even during the first challenge, he entered an ice cave because he was a fire user, while during the second challenge, the mission was tough but followed the same pattern of sacrifice ritual as the one he had been a part of, making the challenge not so hard.


    Huo Jinglin read the content on the screen with utmost focus, and the more he read, the deeper his frown became.


    After reading theplete challenge, he couldn''t help but wipe the sweat that had appeared on his face.


    ording to it, a dangerous ce called the ''Labyrinth of Sound'' existed in the world. It bordered Heles Kingdom, a Kingdom with a Level 6 King ruling over it.


    Three days ago, one of the seven princes of the Kingdom fell into thebyrinth. The higher the level of the being entering it, the more difficult it was to leave the ce.


    So to rescue his son as soon as possible, the King announced a mission for Level 1 beings to enter the area and rescue the prince. In the past three days, thousands of Level 1 had entered but none had seeded in bringing the prince out.


    Seeing no hope of rescue from the people in the Heles Kingdom, the King assigned a task all over the area in a range of three hundred thousand miles.


    Since Huo Jinglin was also a Level 1, he was eligible to partake in the challenge, and it became his third challenge. It wasn''t what made Huo Jinglin sweat, but the details of thebyrinth were the cause behind it.


    It was so dangerous that even the high reward associated with the challenge made him hesitate over it.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1494 Labyrinth of Sound(16)

    Chapter 1494 Labyrinth of Sound(16)


    Chapter 1494: Labyrinth of Sound(16)


    As its name suggested, the Labyrinth of Sound was a maze where even a minor sound turned into a dangerous intensity. Every step taken there resulted in an explosion-like sound, rupturing the eardrums of the user.


    As the danger was high, so was the reward associated with it. Anyone who entered thebyrinth and safely brought the prince outside would be awarded five low Experience Cores and a medal from the Kingdom.


    The medal wasn''t a simple reward; it had real effects. The medal bearer could ask the Kingdom for its help once. Since the medal would be of the lowest level, the user could summon a helper between Level 1 and Level 3, and the Kingdom couldn''t refuse that.


    Anyway, the challenger couldn''t refuse the challenge until Level 4, so Huo Jinglin had no choice in that case at all.


    He still had nine more free teleportations left, so he immediately used another of them and teleported to the entry point of thebyrinth.


    It was a dangerous area that had been long in existence, even before the creation of the Heles Kingdom, so there were always guards stationed all around it.


    When Huo Jinglin appeared there, he found thousands of people like him who wanted to partake due to the high reward. He heard discussions about the prince and the situation of those who had entered thebyrinth before.


    When Huo Jinglin appeared there, he found thousands of people like him who wanted to partake due to the high reward. He heard discussions about the prince and the situation of those who had entered thebyrinth before.


    As Huo Jinglin had expected, all those who had entered thebyrinth had been proven to be dead. He could only sigh helplessly. If he had the choice, he wouldn''t ept the mission at all.


    But since he was already there, he couldn''t keep being afraid. He took a deep breath and walked toward the entry point.


    A guard was waiting there and as he was about to enter, the guard asked Huo Jinglin to leave some of his aura on the device in the guard''s hands.


    Huo Jinglin nodded since the device was the reason behind the Kingdom announcing the death of all those who had entered thebyrinth before him.


    After leaving some of his aura, Huo Jinglin took a deep breath and stepped inside thebyrinth. The next moment, Huo Jinglin found himself inside, staring at the sprawlingwork of twisting passageways that seemed to be carved from one stone. The walls were smooth and unyielding, rising to towering heights. They cast long shadows that seemed to dance with the flickering light of the torches ced at regr distances along the corridor.


    Thebyrinth didn''t seem dangerous from its outer appearance at all. No one who woulde there for the first time without having any information about it would believe that it had killed tens of thousands of people in just a span of three days.


    Once he entered the passageway, the true terror of thebyrinth would reveal itself, so he walked forward after taking a deep breath.


    BOOM!


    A loud sound rang in Huo Jinglin''s ears as his right footnded in the passageway. Since it was only the start, it wasn''t that intense, but it still shook him.


    Fortunately for him, he had anticipated him, so he had already prepared himself to remain steady and not make even a slight sound from his unsteady movement.


    "How can you hope for power from this trial when your father is worried outside?" Suddenly, a voice that sounded just like Huo Pinglu rang in his ears.


    Knowing that the voice wasing from the air inside the passageways, Huo Jinglin gritted his teeth and ignored it. If simply the enhancement of the sound was the danger, thebyrinth would have been fully explored until now. The enhancement of the sound was only one of its dangers.


    The inside of the passageway finally revealed itself to him after his entry, so he looked around. Strange symbols adorned the walls, with their meaning unknown to Huo Jinglin. Yet he could feel an otherworldly aura from their presence in the maze.


    The voices ringing in his ears were not stopping, so Huo Jinglin decided to end the challenge as quickly as he could. Since the prince was still alive, he shouldn''t have gone deeper into thebyrinth.


    Since there was only one passageway to enter thebyrinth, Huo Jinglin started in the right direction.


    After every step he took, Huo Jinglin had to stop and face the brunt of an explosion like sound in his ears. When he reached the end of the road, there were now two passageways in front of him. At that time, his ears were bleeding.


    The sound wasn''t simply auditory, so even if Huo Jinglin were to destroy his eardrums, he would still hear them with such intensity.


    Now that there were two pathways, Huo Jinglin could choose the wrong direction inparison to the prince. Since his divine senses were restricted, he couldn''t use them to explore the road firsthand. He could only enter a pathway and hope to find the prince, or he would have to return to the road and choose another pathway.


    Huo Jinglin chose the road on the right and walked inside after a deep breath.


    RING!


    Immediately, a ringing sound rang in his ears. It seemed to have drilling capability, and in no time, the injury in his ears grew to a higher level.


    Huo Jinglin gritted his teeth so as not to make any sound from his mouth.


    After his fourth step, his eardrums werepletely ruptured. The sound''s intensity only grew and began to affect other senses.


    When Huo Jinglin reached the end of the road, he found another dual pathway ahead of him.


    He could only frown when he saw the path, but after thinking for a while, he turned around and decided to walk toward the first road.


    There was no change from the pain, so when Huo Jinglin again returned to the end of the first road with two paths in front of him, his eyes were also bleeding.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t even dare to take a deep breath since even that would make some sound.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om

 Chapter 1495: Labyrinth of Sound(17)

    1495 Labyrinth of Sound(17)


    Chapter 1495: Labyrinth of Sound(17)


    Thump! n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    A thumping sound rang in the area. It was as if someone was hammering his head. It took a lot of willpower to stop himself from groaning.


    Huo Jinglin could only think of how the prince survived all of it and hoped for the prince to still be in good condition to bring him out.


    THUMP!


    With every step, the thumping sound grew in intensity, and when Huo Jinglin reached the end of the road, his nose was bleeding.


    He had to stop because the road didn''t go any further, meaning that Huo Jinglin needed to return to the road he had chosen earlier. He could only helplessly smile when he saw that.


    Time flew by, and Huo Jinglin returned to the road with two pathways ahead of him.


    Huo Jinglin was in terrible condition at that moment, but since there was no return from that point, he gritted his teeth and stepped into the road on the left.


    BOOM!


    A loud explosion-like sound rang in the area, and it didn''t just stop at that. The sound seemed to have materialized into a powerful force that attempted to knock him backward.


    Fortunately for Huo Jinglin, he maintained a steady posture tobat any untoward happenings after stepping, so he forcefully stabilized himself.


    The vision ahead of him was blurry, but fortunately for him, he saw an unconscious guy three steps ahead of him.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but curse in his heart. If the prince were unconscious, he would need to carry him outside to safety. In that case, Huo Jinglin would need to bear pressure and react to both parties.


    Just the response of the cave for one person had turned his condition so bad that he could only hope that his body would be able to handle all of that.


    But since he had finally seen his target, his steps had turned even steadier, and three stepster, he finally reached the prince.


    Huo Jinglin then tried to pick the prince up slowly so that no sound would be made. Unfortunately for him, thebyrinth also yed tricks on him.


    The prince seemed exponentially heavy, forcing Huo Jinglin to subconsciously release a grunt. In no time, that simple grunt took the form of arge force, knocking Huo Jinglin to the initial point of the road.


    The sound caused by his knocking also got amplified, and another force attacked him.


    Many bones in Huo Jinglin''s body were broken at that moment. Huo Jinglin could only grit his teeth and make no sound while standing up. There was an unbearable wave of pain attacking his body every moment, but he could only bear it if he wanted his condition not to get even worse.


    Since Huo Jinglin got knocked back to the initial point, he needed to take the four steps again. After a while, Huo Jinglin again reached the prince, and he didn''t repeat the mistake like thest time.


    Time flew by, and several hours had passed since Huo Jinglin had entered thebyrinth. His energy had been taken by the guards for knowing his status after the entry. The device in the guard''s hand was slightly dim, but all the guards had a mixture of shocked and hopeful expressions since Huo Jinglin was the longest survivor other than the prince.


    Thud!


    Right at that moment, a crashing sound rang in the area as a party emerged from thebyrinth. The guards immediately prepared their weapons in case of an enemy. Immediately after that, joyful expressions spread across their faces when they saw the man carried by the unconscious, bloody man.


    The two were none other than Huo Jinglin and the prince. As he had expected, Huo Jinglin''s life was hanging by a thread. Several of his bones were broken, in addition to numerous ruptured veins. His body was in dire need of blood due to the intense blood loss.


    If he were conscious at the moment, he would have seen the blue screen in front of him.


    The guards immediately rushed to the prince, and after finding that he was perfectly fine other than the trauma, they breathed a sigh of relief. They then returned their focus to the bloody man. Medical practitioners were nearby, so they immediately rushed.


    After finding that Huo Jinglin could survive, they breathed a sigh of relief since if anything were to happen to the savior of the prince, the King might not spare them.


    Immediately, they summoned an energy barrier and began the treatment so that no wrong situation aroseter.


    Once they had applied medicine to his body, it began to heal at a rapid rate. In less than ten minutes, the broken bones got mended, the ruptured veins recovered, and the blood loss was replenished. Huo Jinglin was still unconscious but was out of danger, so the medical practitioners had done their part.


    ***


    After a long dream, Huo Jinglin woke up, and the first thing that came across his sight was the continuously shing blue screen. A relieved smile had spread across his face when he saw it.


    At the same time, he dreaded what happened in thebyrinth. He could only imagine what would be the case for Level 2 or above if Level 1 beings faced such terrible situations.


    Huo Jinglin immediately tapped on the screen, and following that, the return button appeared on the screen.


    Huo Jinglin was lying on a luxurious bed at the time, but it was nothing inparison to the bed in his residence, so he immediately tapped on the screen, and following that, a white light covered him.


    A few seconds after he left, the King entered the room with the rescued prince. They couldn''t help but look surprised when they saw no one in the room.


    ***


    Huo Jinglin didn''t focus on the screen after returning to his residence. He could still feel that his body was far from reaching an optimal condition. Since he had a solution to that, he didn''t need to worry.


    He immediately stepped down the stairs and only stopped after reaching the floor where his bedroom was located. The door was always open, so he pushed it and immediately jumped on the bed.


    He fell asleep in no time, and the bed began to do its magic.


    Time flew by, and seven days passed in a sh.


    After seven days of deep sleep, Huo Jinglin opened his eyes. He couldn''t help but groan in pleasure since whatever seque were left after thebyrinth was fully healed after the deep sleep on the bed.


    He then decided to check his reward, so he summoned the screen and tapped on the retrieve button. The next moment, five low Experience Cores and a medal appeared out of thin air and flew into his hands.


    Huo Jinglin immediately focused on the medal in his hands. It was the shape of a triangle and the size of an almond. In the center of it, there was the sigil of the Heles Kingdom, a falcon diving down to catch its prey.


    The medal had an iron color, signifying its lowest level of the three medal levels in the Heles Kingdom.


    A small screen popped out of it and detailed the item. Huo Jinglin had heard about the medal when he was about to enter thebyrinth, so he simply focused on how to use it.


    It could be used simply. Huo Jinglin only needed to transfer some of his aura to the medal, and following that, anyone between Level 1 and Level 3 in the Heles Kingdom could be summoned once.


    Huo Jinglin had a feeling that he would need to use this, so he immediately stored it in the space inside the card. He then took the first low Experience Core and began the absorption process.


    Five dayster, Huo Jinglin had fully absorbed all five cores, making him only two low cores away from reaching the limit of Level 1.


    Huo Jinglin then returned to his usual schedule, but on the fifth day, the blue screen once again popped out in front of him.


    When Huo Jinglin read the challenge, he couldn''t help but turn pale. It was the continuation of the third challenge.


    The location for the fourth challenge was still thebyrinth. ording to the screen, at the end of the road where he found the prince, a small cave was present.


    The small cave was the prince''s chance, but he failed to get that. Huo Jinglin now had a chance to get the item in the cave.


    It was a rare resource that could be used as one of the main materials for a fourth-level sound-rted item. Huo Jinglin had the choice of either keeping the material for himself or returning it to the prince.


    If he chose the first way, he would be an enemy of the prince, but the material would get sold for more than fifty low Experience Cores. If he chose the second option, he would get only ten low Experience Cores as a reward.


    Looking at the choices, it was clear what option to select, but since the screen detailed the enmity of the prince in red, he couldn''t help but hesitate.


    The thought of not getting the item never rose in his head since he needed to get it if he wanted to survive. He thought deeply about it and decided to go for the second option.


    He didn''t need more enemies when his sea of consciousness already contained several of them. What he needed were friends who could help him when the need arose.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1496: The Fourth Challenge(18)

    1496 The Fourth Challenge(18)


    Chapter 1496: The Fourth Challenge(18)


    Since he wasn''t in dire need of low Experience Cores, Huo Jinglin decided to choose the second option. It would award him ten cores, which was more than enough for him at that juncture.


    Since the bed had helped him fully recover, he didn''t have any mental issues about what he faced in thebyrinth. He still decided to wait for a while since there was no time limit for the challenge.


    Three dayster, whatever hesitations Huo Jinglin had in his heart had disappeared, so he was ready to begin the challenge. He immediately walked to the floor of teleportation, and using the free chance, he returned to the spot where he had picked up the prince.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but heave a sigh of relief in his heart since he didn''t need to feel the pain again and only needed to start where he had ended in the previous challenge.


    A map had appeared in his mind, telling him the destination. He couldn''t help but frown when he saw that the destination was quite a distance away from him, and the deeper in thebyrinth, the more dangerous it became for the user.


    Since there was nock of direction, he was at a better starting point than thest time, so it was a reason for not worrying too much. Not daring to take a deep breath, Huo Jinglin took a step forward.


    Boom!


    The next moment, an explosive sound rang, and a force attempted to knock him out. Already aware of the effect of the road, he was already steady.


    After absorbing five low Experience Cores, his body had grown more durable than thest time he was there. Huo JInglin reached the end of the road without much trouble. There were three pathways ahead of him, and Huo Jinglin could choose any of them since they all went to the destination.


    The only difference between the paths was the sound reaction, so Huo Jinglin randomly chose the one at the center and took a step forward.


    Chhapaak!


    The next moment, an ugly expression appeared on his face as there was water spread over the road, resulting in a louder sound than usual.


    The louder the sound, the more the reaction, and as expected, Huo Jinglin felt pressure created out of sound trying to crush him. Some of his popped veins had ruptured, but that was the end of it.


    Unfortunately for Huo Jinglin, he had only entered the road, so it was only the beginning.


    21:14


    Huo Jinglin''s speed was quicker than the speed of sound in the environment, but he still couldn''t escape it due to the restrictions of thebyrinth.


    After several hours of struggle, Huo Jinglin finally reached the end of the road.


    At that time, numerous of his veins had ruptured, causing him to look eerie. One of his eyes had exploded, while the one remaining was also slightly dim, resulting in poor vision.


    Ahead of him stood the door that seemed to have been closed for countless years. Huo Jinglin didn''t celebrate reaching his destination but dreaded it when he saw the door.


    Since the door had been closed for a long time, it was bound to make a loud noise while opening. It didn''t matter whether the sound originated directly or indirectly from Huo Jinglin; he would need to bear the brunt of the reaction in thebyrinth.


    He couldn''t even release a sigh to show his helplessness at the scene. But since he was already there and there was no chance of a return, Huo Jinglin greeted his teeth and pushed the door inward.


    Screech!


    The next moment, a loud screeching sound rang as if someone was scratching the road with iron nails.


    Argh!


    Huo Jinglin had no choice but to groan in pain as an unbearable wave of pain attacked his head. He wanted to stop, but the deed had already beenmitted.


    The pressure he had thought would disappear returned with its full might, and in no time, more veins had ruptured. The remaining eye also exploded, turning him blind. His bones were visible across his hands and shoulders.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t dare to leak even a little sound, and it further aggravated the pain. When the pressure finally disappeared, Huo Jinglin was left on the verge of death.


    If he were to even leak a little sound, the reaction would be more than enough to kill him, so he forcefully threw himself into the world inside the door.


    Thud!


    Thest thought in his mind was that the chamber wouldn''t react to the sound as the pathway, or he would be dead, and immediately after that, he fell unconscious.


    If he were to be conscious, he would see a beautiful scene ying out in front of his eyes. Sound notes seemed to have materialized into living forms as they danced in the area. Some woulde to Huo Jinglin and leave after surveying him.


    Wherever the note touched, the body would slightly recover.


    After an unknown amount of time had passed, Huo Jinglin''s body finally moved. The sound notes immediately ran away, causing a beautiful melody to ring.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but feel serene in his heart when listening to that sound, but he immediately sat up in surprise. Thest scene he remembered was forcefully throwing himself into the chamber. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that his risk had worked and he had survived.


    He then finally looked around and saw the sound notes in the area. He instinctively raised his hand and tried to touch the nearby note.


    The sound note immediately ran away, surprising Huo Jinglin with its reaction speed. After that, he didn''t try to touch the sound notes and only looked around.


    ording to the challenge, the chamber contained a material that was one of the main items required to construct a fourth level item. As far as Huo Jinglin''s eyes could see, there was nothing other than him and the sound notes in the chamber.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1497: The Fourth Challenge(19)

    1497 The Fourth Challenge(19)


    Chapter 1497: The Fourth Challenge(19)


    Since there was nothing other than him and the sound notes in the chamber, either the sound notes were material or the item was hidden by them.


    Since his body had somewhat recovered vision, he didn''t try to capture the sound notes right away but waited for himself to recover.


    Several hours passed in the blink of an eye, and Huo Jinglin''s body had recovered by half at the time. He wanted to further heal but found himself unable to, as that was the limit approved by the chamber.


    Huo Jinglin stood up from his meditation, causing the sound notes to run further away. He could see that they were quicker than him.


    To capture them, he could only attempt and attempt since he had no item that could help him. Even though the sound notes were material, the wind released by Huo Jinglin didn''t affect them.


    ***


    After a while, Huo Jinglin finally captured a sound note, and as soon as his hands touched it, a melody rang in his heart. At first, Huo Jinglin was enjoying it but suddenly frowned. His body was slowly disappearing from below and turning into the sound notes.


    Huo Jinglin had no choice but to let go of the note, and after a few minutes, his body returned to its usual form. Since directly touching the note caused that situation, Huo Jinglin needed to look at the situation differently.


    Huo Jinglin had found that the challenge was difficult, but it wasn''t impossible toplete. So, he had ways toplete it, and he only needed to find that way.


    Huo Jinglin ignored the sound notes after that and instead focused on the chamber. It was arge chamber that was spread across hundreds of meters. Huo Jinglin decided to start from where the highest density of the sound notes was present.


    Time flew by, and since there was no way for Huo Jinglin to judge the distinction, he wasn''t aware of how long had passed since he had appeared inside the chamber.


    At that moment, he was sleeping on the ground since his body had reached his physical limit. Once he tried to give up on capturing the sound notes, the sound notes began to willinglye to him.


    And they wouldn''t leave, forcing Huo Jinglin to squat them away. From there, he also found that whenever any sound note came into contact with him, he would reach further closer to exhaustion. If not for the sound notes, Huo Jinglin wouldn''t have needed to rest at all before finding everything required in the chamber.


    After an unknown amount of time, Huo Jinglin woke up and returned to his duty. As soon as he woke up, the sound notes returned and jumped on him, forcing him to shoo them away.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t be overbearing with the notes since they could release a melody affecting his physical or mental condition.


    After what seemed like years, Huo Jinglin finally saw a change in the chamber. Ahead of him, there was a distinct pattern hidden in the tone of the chamber.


    It was so hidden that Huo Jinglin only found it in his seventh search at the same spot. He immediately tried to touch the symbol. His touch seemed to be the key to activating the next step.


    The next moment, a vortex appeared out of nowhere and began to devour all the sound notes. They tried to run away from it but were unable to.


    As the vortex devoured the sound notes, tears began to fall across Huo Jinglin''s cheeks. He could feel the pain of the sound notes through the melody released by them before getting absorbed. He even thought of destroying the vortex so that the sound notes could be freed.


    Fortunately for him, he woke up before making any such stupid move, and after a while, only he and the vortex were left in the chamber.


    Huo Jinglin stayed there for a while, waiting for the next step, but the vortex remained there, waiting for him. He understood what it wanted, so without wasting any time, he also walked into the vortex.


    The next moment, Huo Jinglin found himself in a dark environment with a serene melody ringing in the area. A sense of danger engulfed his heart, and his eyes started to turn heavy.


    Huo Jinglin could sense that if he fell asleep, a terrible fate would befall him, so he forcefully persevered through the melody and finally seeded in staying conscious until its disappearance.


    Even light seemed to be afraid of the melody, so it immediately appeared after it stopped.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Ahead of him, there was an altar, and at the top of it, there was a locked box.


    Above the locked box, the sound notes were dancing with joy as if they had returned to their source. Huo Jinglin also smiled since that was the item he hade to thebyrinth for.


    He immediately walked to the altar and picked up the box. He wanted to see what was inside the lock, but he stopped himself before his curiosity got the better of him.


    Opening the lock was akin to choosing the item for himself, and since Huo Jinglin had chosen to give it to the prince, he persevered through it.


    Thepletion of the challenge screen hadn''t appeared since thest step was still left, but before that, he needed to walk to the exit point of thebyrinth and wouldn''t be transferred outside, unlike when he entered.


    Since the fifty percent recovery limit was no longer present, Huo Jinglin sat down in a meditative posture and waited for his body to recover. The road with the water was extremely dangerous, so he needed to be at his peak to face it.


    Hours passed, and after Huo Jinglin felt his physical condition was at its peak, he decided to start his return journey.


    Atop the altar, the familiar vortex had appeared. Huo Jinglin stepped into it, and the next moment, Huo Jinglin found himself at the door of the chamber. He took a deep breath and stepped forward. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


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 Chapter 1498: Trial of Power(20)

    1498 Trial of Power(20)


    Chapter 1498: Trial of Power(20)


    The guards of the Heles Kingdom stood guard near the boundary of thebyrinth all the time, and they were elitist of the elites, with even the weakest guard being a Level 3.


    The guards were stationed as usual when there was a sudden movement at the entry point. They immediately sheathed their weapons, ready to attack at a moment''s notice.


    Thud!


    A white light shed, and a crashing sound rang in the area. The guards immediately surrounded the being. One of the three guards was stationed at thebyrinth when Huo Jinglin rescued the prince, so he recognized the bloody man as Huo Jinglin.


    The guard had heard that the savior had suddenly disappeared from the room but never expected Huo Jinglin to be there.


    Huo Jinglin wasn''t unconscious like thest time, so he called out to the prince. The guard who recognized him talked immediately with the other guards and then returned to report to the higher authority.


    Time flew by, and around an hourter, the prince himself came to meet him.


    Thest time, the prince had failed to thank Huo Jinglin, so once the prince heard about Huo Jinglin, he immediately rushed to the scene.


    Huo Jinglin''s injury had slightly recovered, so he could walk without much pain. He immediately greeted the prince once he saw him. Since Huo Jinglin had carried the prince to safety, he easily recognized him.


    ***


    "I didn''t expect you to be my fortune star." The prince stated in surprise when he saw the locked box in Huo Jinglin''s hands.


    Huo Jinglin simply smiled in response to that and passed the box to the prince. He didn''t take the prince''s words to heart since it was clearly mentioned on the challenge screen that if he took the item for himself, the prince would be his enemy.


    Click!


    The prince didn''t say anything else and immediately took the box from Huo Jinglin. He then transferred some of his energy, and the box opened with a clicking sound.


    As soon as the item inside the box was revealed, a beautiful melody rang in the room. Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but feel calm hearing that.


    ***


    "Here are your ten low Experience Cores," The prince handed the reward to Huo Jinglin.


    Huo Jinglin smiled on the outside but cursed the prince for hisck of character in his heart. The challenge screen set the price of the material at 50 cores, whereas the prince gave him ten cores because that was the price.


    The next moment, Huo Jinglin''s smile turned sincere when he heard the next statement of the prince.


    "Whenever you request help using the medallion, contact me first, and I will send you the strongest Level 3 for your help."


    As for how to contact the prince, the prince gave Huo Jinglin a talisman that could help him contact the prince once.


    "Thanks for your grace, prince," Huo Jinglin thanked the prince.


    The next moment, in front of them, a white light enveloped Huo Jinglin, and he disappeared from the room.


    The prince and others in the room looked surprised since the guards around the prince were all Level 4 and couldn''t even sense how things happened.


    ***


    Huo Jinglin stepped out of the portal after pressing the return button on the screen.


    He had enough cores to break through to Level 2. Since his body wasn''t in optimal condition physically or mentally, Huo Jinglin climbed down the stairs and immediately jumped to his bed after entering the room.


    Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and Huo Jinglin''s body had fully recovered. He didn''t immediately start the absorption process that day but on the next day.


    Two dayster, Huo Jinglin had absorbed the ten low Experience Cores required to step into Level 2 from Level 1.


    He took a deep breath and picked up another low Experience Core. He had only absorbed a tiny part of the energy reserves of the core when an explosion rang inside his body.


    The energy that Huo Jinglin had absorbed from ten cores immediately rushed as if breaking through a wall. Wherever it passed, his organs would be destroyed. But Huo Jinglin didn''t feel any pain, and the injury was restored immediately.


    A few minutester, the process came to an end, and Huo Jinglin stepped into Level 2, no longer being a Level 1.


    Immediately after that, Huo Jinglin felt his body bing out of control, and he stood in front of the tree in the sea of consciousness. His body suddenly trembled since thest experience he had with the tree was still present in his memory.


    Thest time he came here, Huo Jinglin ate a fruit, resulting in his body getting possessed by a powerful being. He decided not to try to pluck a fruit again, but unfortunately for him, his desire got out of control, forcing him to extend his right hand and pluck a second fruit.


    Before he coulde around, Huo Jinglin had taken arge bite of the fruit. Immediately, an explosion of liquid happened in his mouth, and an expression of pleasure appeared on his face. In just a few bites, Huo Jinglin had devoured the entirety of the fruit.


    When he came around, a look of shock and fear spread across his face since the deed he was dreading the most had already been done.


    The next moment, he was thrown out of his sea of consciousness as if it were controlled by someone else. When he returned to the room, he felt white smoke rising from his body.


    Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but feel happy, and it was an instinctive feeling. It seemed like whatever tried to possess him couldn''t do so at his residence.


    Fortunately for him, his thought turned out to be correct, and a few momentster, a silhouette of a living being formed above Huo Jinglin. It had a frightened expression and immediately tried to escape.


    Unfortunately for it, before it could even reach the door, the white smoke had fully dissipated.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1499: Trial of Power(21)

    1499 Trial of Power(21)


    Chapter 1499: Trial of Power(21)


    Thud!


    Huo Jinglin breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the white smoke fully dissipating, but a surprised expression spread across his face when he saw an item crashing on the floor.


    Huo Jinglim immediately climbed down the bed and walked to whatever had fallen from the white smoke. Once he reached there, he couldn''t help but be surprised since there was a glowing stone on the ground.


    A cautious expression appeared on his face, and he picked up the item. Huo Jinglin didn''t have to look for information as a blue screen immediately popped out, just like the case with the medal.


    When Huo Jinglin read the details of the stone, he couldn''t help but be shocked, and following that, it turned into loudughter.


    The glowing stone was an upgrade stone and could help him upgrade his challenger screen. At that moment, Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but want to eat all the fruits on that devilish tree, but unfortunately for him, he couldn''t enter his sea of consciousness.


    After a slight moment of disappointment, Huo Jinglin stopped thinking about it since he would have more than enough time in the future.


    He then summoned his challenger screen, and immediately the stone in his hand disappeared and melted into the challenger screen.


    Huo Jinglin could upgrade that blurry bloodline by 0.0001% with that stone, showing its preciousness. Since he had no intention of upgrading his bloodline, he immediately moved his eyes away from it and focused on the skill section.


    With the stone, Huo Jinglin could update four of the five skills he bought from the store to their full mastery, meaning he didn''t need to train in them after that.


    He was still short of some points for thebination type skill, so he didn''t think of wasting the stone on that. Huo Jinglin wascking truly defensive skills at the moment, so he immediately upgraded that one.


    Following that, a wave of memory appeared in his mind, detailing his training in the skill. In just a moment, Huo Jinglin had trained for several thousand years, making him master the skill.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing if no obstructions blocked its path, and three years had passed in the blink of an eye.


    Huo Jinglin was following his usual routine, so once hepleted his meditation, he was about to leave for his training when the familiar blue screen popped out in front of him.


    A smile spread across his face since it was exactly one monthter after hepleted hisst challenge. In the past three years, he hadpleted several challenges, resulting in his being at the peak of Level 3.


    It took ten cores to pass from Level 1 to Level 2, which grew to 100 cores to step into Level 3. To step into Level 4, the Level 3 user not only needed to absorb 1000 low Experience Cores or 10 medium Experience Cores but in addition to that, there was a particr challenge to step into Level 4.


    Huo Jinglin had already absorbed the required number of cores and was only one challenge short of stepping into Level 4, and the blue screen brought that one to him.


    He hadpleted various levels of difficulty and many times had reached the verge of death, but fortunately for him, he had never failed any challenge. The greater the difficulty of the challenge, the greater the reward forpletion, so Huo Jinglin had gained many things since he came here.


    Huo Jinglin had fully mastered three of the five skills bought from the store since after stepping into Level 3, the white smoke left him two glowing stones. Huo Jinglin was also forced to rest for ten days after that, so his ns to continuously eat the fruits turned out to be a failure from the start.


    ***


    "Hello, Hilis. I might need to activate the medal for the challenge," Huo Jinglin immediately contacted the prince.


    Over the past three years, Huo Jinglin had been to thebyrinth several times, and that had resulted in the rtionship between Huo Jinglin and Hilis being good. Huo Jinglin''s identity as the challenger had also been revealed, so he no longer needed to show his respect for Hilis''s identity as the prince of the Heles Kingdom.


    "Okay, should Ie to help you?" Hilis'' voice rang from the other side.


    Like Huo Jinglin, Hilis was also only one challenge short of stepping into Level 4. Since the medal in his hand could summon up to Level 3 creatures, Hilis was no exception to that.


    When Huo Jinglin heard it, he couldn''t help but smile since if Hilis coulde, it would be better for him. Hilis was even stronger than him when it came tobat.


    "It''s up to you," Huo Jinglin responded, hiding his excitement.


    "Okay, I will be waiting for your summon," Hilis''s voice rang in Huo Jinglin''s ears and then the call was disconnected.


    Huo Jinglin ced the device back into the space inside the card. The challenge had no time limit set, so he didn''t leave immediately. He instead walked toward the training room as he was going before the screen''s arrival.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye. Huo Jinglin stretched his body as he woke up. After sleeping on the bed, his mental and physical situation was as optimal as it could ever be, so he was finally ready to leave for the challenge.


    Huo Jinglin immediately armed himself, using the armor he had gotten as a reward afterpleting one of his most difficult challenges. Since he had almost died, the armor was simrly powerful. It could defend one strike from a Level 4 being.


    Once his preparation wasplete, Huo Jinglin climbed up the stairs to the teleportation room. Around the portal, there were several low Experience Cores stored. He had himself left those for the sole purpose of teleportation since it had been long before he exhausted his ten free teleportations.


    The next moment, he put the core in the required spot and activated the device. He immediately walked into it, and when he came out, he had reached his destination.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


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 Chapter 1500: 1500th Special!

    1500 1500th Special!


    Chapter 1500: 1500th Special!


    "Ugh! Whe...re is thi...s?" A man, clutching his head, asked while looking around him. His speech wasn''t clear, and there was a painful expression across his face. He felt as if his head would explode.


    The man found himself in an unknown environment. He tried to stand up and walk, but his body was devoid of any energy to aplish the task.


    "What''s my name?" The man asked, giving up on trying to stand up. His speech had be clear at that time.


    Knock! Knock!


    Immediately, the sound of knocking came from outside, taking the man''s attention.


    "Are you inside, Aakesh?" A female voice came from the other side, and then, without waiting for any response, she unlocked the door and walked inside.


    Aakesh looked at the woman with confusion since he didn''t recognize her. The woman was also taken aback by the situation since the man in front of her wasn''t Aakesh, whom she knew.


    A sense of danger suddenly engulfed Aakesh as the woman backed away. She then extended her hands, and in a moment, her hands turned out to be auncher ready to fire.


    "Who are you?" The woman asked coldly.


    Her name was Hilda, and she was one of the seven researchers currently on the spaceship. She and her group had gotten the mission to find traces of life on the destination and, if there was life, takeplete control over the.


    Hilda belonged to the Osron race, a humanoid race with gray skin. Every race member had a particrly tall body, with even the lowest being ten feet.


    Hilda and Aakesh had a special rtionship on the spaceship, so Hilda hade for another promiscuous session with him, unaware of the shock she was going to receive.


    When pointed at by theuncher, Aakesh sensed danger from it, so he honestly answered, "I don''t know."


    Even Hilda didn''t expect to get an answer like that from the stranger.


    rm!


    Hilda was going to capture the stranger as a prisoner when suddenly, the entire spaceship began ring rms. Her face turned pale since she received a message from her fellow partners on the spaceship.


    The spaceship had been targeted by a strange lifeform, and all of the spaceship''s weapons had failed to damage the creature''s approach.


    The spaceship now only had one option: activate the space warp, but that was a dangerous process. The technology of the space warp wasn''t perfect, so there were more than seventy percent chances of the spaceship not traveling to the designated coordinate but anywhere in the void.


    Hilda''s eyes turned dangerous when she looked at Aakesh after that since a stranger like her appeared out of nowhere in the spaceship, and at the same time, the ship was getting approached by an unknown, powerful lifeform.


    She was ready to shoot, but suddenly, a storm engulfed the spaceship, throwing her forward. Aakesh instinctively acted and caught her. If not for him, she would have crashed into the wall at a quick rate. Even if she hadn''t died, the injuries would have been pretty severe.


    Hilda looked at Aakesh with shock since the storm didn''t even affect the stranger. A chill crawled down her spine as a thought appeared in her mind. What if the unknown lifeform in space hade here for the stranger, and the ship was only coteral damage?


    Tear!


    Suddenly, a tearing sound rang, and soon after that, the spaceship was torn in two. The lifeform seemed to have sensed the spaceship''s intention to escape, so it no longer tried to be casual and immediately appeared to grab it.


    The next moment, an eye the size of the room in which Aakesh and Hilda were present looked at them. Hilda felt a chill crawling down her spine since the look in the creature''s eye was filled with greed.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, frowned since he sensed danger from the creature.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    One after another, explosions began to ring in the spaceship after being affected by the open space. Aakesh and the creature outside the ship seemed to be oblivious to it and stared at each other.


    A feeling of disdain and disgust rose in Aakesh''s heart after getting stared at like that by the beast. When suddenly, he heard the woman calling out to him.


    "Please help us." Hilda seemed to have fully believed that the stranger was no useless being, and he was the only opportunity for her and others on the ship if they wanted to survive.


    Aakesh nodded, as he needed answers about his identity. Since he had appeared here, that meant there was some link between him and the ce.


    Aakesh then let go of the woman and charged at the creature. He was even shorter than Hilda, but using his full strength, he punched. It was an instinctive punch, but the next moment, a shocking scene yed out as the eye of the creature exploded, resulting in a painful cry.


    The other people on the spaceship couldn''t help but be shocked when they saw a stranger emerging from their ship. They looked at each other, but all had doubts in their eyes since they had never seen that blue-skinned guy.


    Hilda looked at the scene with shock, and her entire back seemed to have be wet with fright, remembering her aiming at the stranger. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "You don''t know me?" Aakesh asked with disappointment evident on his face. After destroying the creature''s eyes, it immediately ran away from him and the ship.


    But since it had already damaged the spaceship beyond its repairable limit, the crew had to give up on it and activate the emergency ship. It was immensely small inparison, and there was only seating avable.


    After Aakesh saved the crew, they seemed to have a positive impression of him, so they gave Aakesh the best seat other than the pilot. It wasn''tfortable per se, but it was better than others.


    Since Aakesh didn''t know who he was, he decided to take the name Aakesh as his own until he found his past.


    Time flew by, and decades passed in the blink of an eye.


    The emergency spaceship finally reached its destination, but only one-fourth of the remaining crew was left alive when itnded.


    Everyone except for Aakesh looked like a dead person. Aakesh, on the other hand, looked opposite. All his attributes improved with every passing day, making others jealous and shocked.


    The crew wanted to research Aakesh''s body, but unfortunately for them, they were too weak, and neither did they have the required instruments.


    ***


    The crew of six people, excluding Aakesh, wanted to celebrate afternding on the ground, but things went differently. Immediately after they stepped out, they found themselves surrounded by a group of people who looked like them but had different facial structures and skin tones.


    "Gafd vygyfdgn ugduigb¡­"


    The crew could only hear gibberish when they heard the people speak. They had wry smiles on their faces since they couldn''t understand what was being told.


    The next moment, surprised expression appeared on their faces as suddenly Aakesh replied to them in the samenguage.


    ''Is he from here?'' The thought rang in the crew''s minds simultaneously. Following that, chills crawled down their spines.


    If Aakesh were to be from here, wouldn''t that mean there were many like him on the? Since their goal was to takeplete control of the, it would be like poking a bee ho.


    ***


    Seven years had passed since Aakesh and the crewnded on the Gus.


    In the past seven years, the has changed its master. Aakesh had no intention of war, but unfortunately for the inhabitants, they were too xenophobic against the outsiders.


    Aakesh had grown too strong to fight back, so the war resulted in a disastrous oue for the inhabitants of the.


    Aakesh, with the six crew members one step behind him, came to the empty area. When they looked up, they saw a gigantic spaceship slowly descending.


    A few minutester, the descent wasplete, and a figure walked out of the spaceship. Hilda''s eyes turned red when she saw who it was.


    Osrons had a lifespan of two hundred years; after all the enhancements, they could live up to five hundred years. She had turned into ate middle-aged woman over the years, while the maning out of the spaceship was still young.


    The time flow rate was different for different coordinates, so even though decades had passed for Hilda and the other crew members, only a few years had passed for the mother.


    "Father," Hilda called out and rushed to the man.


    The man couldn''t help but feel a sting in his heart since when his daughter left, she was young, but now she was even older than him.


    ***


    "Thank you, sir, for saving my daughter and other members of the Osron race. The Osrons will forever be grateful to you. The father sincerely thanked Aakesh. At the same time, he made the distinction between Aakesh and the Osrons clear.


    After hearing about his deeds over the years, the man couldn''t help but feel threatened by Aakesh. There was no way for him to bring Aakesh to the mother. Unfortunately for the man, Aakesh had a clear intention to travel to the mother.


    ***


    Three yearster, the spaceship returned to the Osronia, the mother of the Osrons.


    Hilda''s father was the first to exit the ship, followed by Aakesh. When Aakesh exited, he found soldiers all around the area, ready to fire at the moment''s notice.


    Aakesh ignored it and called Hilda. He had learned about the rtionship between Aakesh and Hilda, but since he had no intention of doing the same, Hilda had just be his secretary.


    Unlike Aakesh, Hilda had be even more infatuated with him.


    ***


    "Have you gone senile? How dare you bring an uncontroble monster back to Osronia?" Themander angrily mmed the table.


    Osronia followed a military rule, with themander being the highest authority for the Osrons.


    Helor could only listen to themander with a helpless tone since he knew if he said anything at that time, his situation would turn even worse.


    After an angry rambling for an hour straight, themander finally calmed down and asked, "Do we have any way to save ourselves in case that monster goes crazy?"


    Themander didn''t hate Aakesh but hated his power. Aakesh could not only threaten his position but also the situation of the race. They had advanced technologies, but unfortunately for them, none of their mass-destruction weapons could help them in case Aakesh went crazy.


    All the people present in the room shook their heads simultaneously since they would at least need several centuries'' worth of advancement in their weapon department to pose any challenge to Aakesh.


    Themander was going to explode once again when suddenly Helos raised his hands. If looks could kill, Helos would have died immediately, such was the stare from themander.


    He needed to impress themander if he wanted to keep his position.


    "Commander, from what I know about Aakesh, we can take advantage of him to improve ourselves¡­"


    Helos then talked about how Aakesh was interested in their technology.


    ***


    Aakesh was allowed to study the technology files of the Osrons but for that, he needed to sign a non-aggression contract with the Osronia, and he also needed to be a citizen of the.


    To be a citizen, he needed to marry an Osron. Aakesh was interested so he decided to sign the contract and married Hilda.


    Time flew by, and years passed in the blink of an eye.


    One hundred and thirty years had passed since Aakesh set foot on Osronia. Living on the for that long, he had also be part of the top circle of the since the people no longer looked at him with suspicion.


    Aakesh had be a widow since Hilda died during her pregnancy. She was unable to bear Aakesh''s child. There were many marriage offers after that, but Aakesh decided not to marry anyone else.


    Even though around two centuries had passed since he opened his eyes, he still looked the same. With his help, the technology tree of Osrons had jumped exponentially.


    rm! rm!


    The day was going peacefully as usual when rms all over the world rang at once.


    Aakesh and the others were solemnly looking at the screen in front of them. Osronia was an interster civilization that conquered one after another, and it only grew more stronger with Aakesh.


    Whenever Aakesh would lead the army, the control percentage was 100 percent. But as the story goes, for every hunter, there is another hunter.


    On the screen, there were gigantic spaceships spread over the vast expanse of space. Their stealth technology was superior to Osronia since Osronia only found it when the spaceships revealed themselves.


    ***


    "Surrender, and we shall spare your," Gurr announced and his voice rang in the ears of every Osron on the.


    At that moment, Aakesh took action. He disappeared from the room and appeared immediately before the ship.


    "Come out," Aakesh called out.


    The crew of the enemy spaceships was taken aback by the sudden action, and they were about to attack when Gurr suddenly reprimanded them. Without telling the crew his reasons, he exited the spaceship.


    Gurr could see that even with the help of the spaceships, he was no match for the stranger, which surprised him. The power calctor installed in his brain showed the power level of the person as the same as a powerful cultivator at the level of Tao Manifestation.


    Gurr couldn''t help but be shocked upon learning that. Osronia was a backward. He didn''t expect to see a powerful being of that level there, even in his dreams.


    Despite that, he wasn''t afraid of Aakesh and stated, "Surrender, and we shall spare your."


    At the same time, he also added an offer to hire Aakesh for a good amount of wealth.


    Aakesh responded to the offer with a flick on Gurr''s forehead.


    The next moment, Gurr exploded into a blood cloud, and then it was the turn of the spaceships.


    In less than a minute, Aakesh returned to the room, with all other members looking at him with respectful gazes.


    "Are you sure, you don''t want to ept my position?" Themander had gotten old and since Aakesh had turned out to be an advantage, he offered Aakesh his position.


    Unfortunately for themander, Aakesh simply scoffed, having no interest in the position at all. The only reason he was staying with Osronia was because of his dead wife.


    To pay tribute to her, Aakesh had decided to help Osrons. Once he felt he had done enough, he would leave the.


    Several more years passed in peace.


    "We did it," The group of scientist jumped in excitement, looking at the data in their hands.


    They had finally seeded in creating a medicine that could help Osrons live up to one thousand years.


    Since Aakesh was the head of their research, the group immediately rushed to him. They were unaware that Aakesh had heard their conversations and had also seen the data.


    Looking at the data, the feeling of satisfaction emerged in his heart. He felt he had done enough, so he was ready to leave.


    Before leaving, he wanted to meet Helos for thest time, but suddenly, he looked toward the sky with a shocked expression.


    The sky seemed to be bleeding after it turned red. At the same time, Aakesh felt an intense threat like never before.


    He rushed out of the, but before he could go far, a beam of light attacked him.


    Thest scene he saw before dying was a gigantic spaceship releasing an energy beam.


    The energy beam didn''t stop at Aakesh but kept going and directly hit the core of the, and in no time, itpletely disintegrated into nothingness.


    In the eyes of the others, it all happened so quickly that they only saw a sh after the appearance of the red sky, and then they had disappeared from the world.


    ***


    Somewhere unknown,


    "Another failure!" A voice rang in the darkness.


    "He died again without even finding anything about himself or his purpose."


    "Let''s see if this time he will seed or not, or will it be another failure!"


    Another voice called out, and after that, there was no other voice.


    ***


    "Whe...re is thi...s?" Aakesh spoke in a slurred voice as he opened his eyes into a closed space.


    ***


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 Chapter 1501: The Challenge for Breakthrough(22)

    1501 The Challenge for Breakthrough(22)


    Chapter 1501: The Challenge for Breakthrough(22)


    After stepping out of the portal, Huo Jinglin found himself in the middle of nowhere, with just a closed door in front of him.


    It was simply a door, no matter from what direction Huo Jinglin looked at it. The challenge for the breakthrough to Level 4 was different than the usual challenges and had no external rewards.


    Huo Jinglin himself was the key to entering the world inside the door, so when he was just a step away from it, a suction force appeared out of nowhere. He couldn''t put up any struggle against it at all and was sucked inside.


    The next moment, Huo Jinglin found himself in a different environment. In front of him, there was an endless field filled with different circr altars, with the shortest having three steps and the tallest having fifteen steps.


    The challenge detailed the name of the world, and it was the ''World of Elemental Altars.'' As the name suggested, the altars spread across the endless field were linked to different elements, and the number of steps determined the challenge''s difficulty. Since Huo Jinglin was only a beginner to the world, only the three-step altar was avable to a Level 3 challenger like him. He was a fire element user, so he needed to find altars rted to that element.


    Fire altars looked different than other element altars. It appeared as a towering structure carved from volcanic rock, rising defiantly against the endlessndscape. Different kinds of mes licked the edges of the altar, casting a fiery glow that brightened the surrounding area with a mysterious light. Smoke rose from the crater at the peak, swirling ominously in the air.


    There were more than a hundred fire altars visible to Huo Jinglin, and each was avable to him. Since there was no difference from the outside, it was up to fate to find what kind of challenge awaited him once he selected the altar.


    Since Huo Jinglin needed to make a random guess, he chose the one closest to him. He found his intuition to be silent, meaning even that was restricted inside the world, so he could only pick randomly. Since that was the case, he simply left it up to luck and didn''t waste any time thinking.


    Once he decided, he walked to the altar and climbed the first step. The next moment, a searing heat enveloped him, causing a burn to his skin while his eyes stung. The view in front of him also changed: he was no longer in the endless field.


    It was a closed surface, with its area being only under a thousand square meters. The entire area was bathed in a light due to the mes dancing along the walls. Lava flowed in creeks along the floor, casting a dreadful shine that reflected off the walls, adorned with numerous ancient patterns.


    In the center of the room, there was a small pedestal, and atop it, a small ball of fire was burning. Hiss!


    With just a nce at it, Huo Jinglin felt a stinging pain, forcing him to move his eyes away. That small ball of fire was the target Huo Jinglin needed to capture toplete the challenge.


    The dangerous ball of fire was only a slight part of the difficulty. The major thing that worried Huo Jinglin was how to get to the pedestal.


    In an area of ten meters around the cylindrical pedestal, there was a pit, and it was engulfed with raging fire, ready to destroy the world.


    At the same time, the abundant fire element in the area was wild. It meant that Huo Jinglin couldn''t recharge any energy there and only had his energy reserves to draw from.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t know the difficulty of other altars, but he could be confident about one thing. His luck hadn''t helped him, and he had received one of the most difficult challenges for the three-step fire altar.


    Huo Jinglin then took repeated deep breaths to calm his heart down since there was no point in thinking about other difficulties. The one ahead of him was the one he had received, and he needed toplete it to be a Level 4 being in the trial of power.


    Without wasting any more time, Huo Jinglin took a step forward, rushing to his destination.


    He was cautious in his steps, but until reaching the pit, he received nothing dangerous and peacefully reached there.


    The challenge had finally begun since he needed to cross the pit to reach the pedestal. Jumping was an easy way, but Huo Jinglin''s intuition immediately warned him against trying any such stunt.


    To bepletely sure, Huo Jinglin took out an item from his storage shape and threw it toward the pedestal.


    As if the item had started a violent reaction, the raging fire in the pit turned even crazier and immediately expanded. The pedestal was no longer visible to Huo Jinglin. As for the item thrown by him, it got immediately vaporized.


    Huo Jinglin was forced to back away since the heat released by the wall of fire was too intense for him to handle.


    Since things were like that, Huo Jinglin was only left with one choice, if he wanted to cross the pit and reach the pedestal. It was to jump in the pit and then reach the pedestal bit by bit.


    Huo Jinglin''s decision turned out to be correct. When he jumped down, the wall of fire immediately calmed down and weed Huo Jinglin. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    What weed him wasn''t some warm feeling but a sense of danger. The fire in one meter around him gathered together to form a living creature.


    In only a moment, a creature twice the size of Huo Jinglin appeared ahead of him, and without giving any time to Huo Jinglin, the fire elemental pounced.


    Huo Jinglin had been continuously cautious, so he immediately jumped to his left, and following that, a ball of fire passed by the spot where he was a moment earlier.


    The power of the attack could be sensed by the burnt skin even though it didn''t directly touch Huo Jinglin.


    Huo Jinglin ignored that kind of pain and pounced back. He couldn''t let the elemental take advantage right from the beginning. Orange fire engulfed his hands, and he shed like a beast''s w.


    The w tore through the creature''s head like it was nothing. Immediately after the strike, the creature began to regenerate but Huo Jinglin didn''t give that much of a time and shed for two more times.


    Following the three shes, the life core hidden deep inside the center of the elemental chest cracked. In response, the being disappeared and the one-meter range turned into an empty area devoid of fire.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t waste any time and walked forward. His next stepnded outside the one-meter distance.


    His right foot had onlynded when the fire spread across two meters and enveloped him.


    A searing pain attacked Huo Jinglin, and he immediately activated the defensive skill purchased from the store.


    For the next full minute, the fire kept attacking the defensive barrier. Fortunately for him, he hadpletely mastered the skill using the upgrading ability of the glowing stone, so he persevered through it by only paying through his energy reserves.


    Once the fire dissipated, Huo Jinglin deactivated the skill, and following that, the two meters of the surface had turned devoid of any fire. In total, three meters of the pit spread across ten meters nowcked even a bit of fire.


    Huo Jinglin didn''t immediately walk further but sat down in a meditative position. Keeping the defensive skill activated for one full minute without any interruption cost him one-fourth of his total energy reserve.


    Since there was no help from the environment, Huo Jinglin couldn''t recover the lost energy for the moment. But what he could recover from was physical and mental exhaustion from the two tests, so he decided to wait.


    After an unknown amount of time, Huo Jinglin opened his eyes. He was ready to face the next test, so he stood up and stepped forward. After his second step, he stepped outside the range of the no-fire zone.


    Time flew by, and once Huo Jinglin was ready, he finally stepped forward to face the next challenge. Following the sequence, he faced thebination of fire in three meters for his third test.


    For the fourth step, the remaining four meters of raging fire gathered around and turned into a firestorm, with the single aim of destroying Huo Jinglin.


    He didn''t try to activate the defensive skill since he felt that no defense mattered in front of the firestorm. Even though it was material, Huo Jinglin felt his consciousness burning, not his physical body.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1502 The Challenge for Breakthrough(End)

    Chapter 1502 The Challenge for Breakthrough(End)


    Chapter 1502: The Challenge for Breakthrough(End)


    Huo Jinglin gritted his teeth and persevered through the pain of his burning consciousness. After a while, his body began to give up since the damage had crossed the threshold.


    Right at that moment, the dead tree in Huo Jinglin''s consciousness woke up. All the fruits opened their mouths and released a strong cry.


    The fire seemed to have met a terrifying enemy and immediately began to back away. Huo Jinglin finally felt some reprieve from the pain, but the fire was still in his sea of consciousness and hadn''t beenpletely doused.


    The tree didn''t attack once the fire had stepped out of the danger range, so an unfavorable situation yed out for Huo Jinglin.


    Fortunately for him, the fire wasn''t eternal, so it disappeared after a few more minutes. Huo Jinglin''s face was pale, and his body seemed like it had been in a tiresome war for centuries.


    The pit had been fully freed of fire after that, and without wasting any time, Huo Jinglin crashed to the ground. He immediately fell asleep.


    His body couldn''t free any energy to recover physically or mentally, so he could only leave it to the time. After an unknown amount of time had passed, Huo Jinglin opened his eyes.


    His body didn''t look good at all, but he was better than before. His body had regained some of its energy. If he wanted to recover more, he needed the help of fire elements, but he didn''t have any.


    Since nothing was blocking him from the pedestal anymore, he was only one step away from his goal of the challenge. He then took a deep breath and stepped forward.


    After Huo Jinglin climbed up the pit, he came in direct contact with the pedestal.


    Hiss!


    Huo Jinglin hissed in pain and immediately moved his hand away. When he looked at his hand, he found it had turned red and was on the verge of melting. The contact was instant, yet the damage had reached such intensity that he couldn''t help but frown.


    Time flew by, and Huo Jinglin just stood there, having no idea what to do. Even with the barrier protecting him, he couldn''t touch the pedestal.


    In the end, Huo Jinglin decided to grab the ball of fire directly. It wasn''t like he had any other way to solve the issue. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Once he made the decision, he took arge, deep breath to remove whatever hesitation he had in his heart and mind. He then extended his hands and grabbed the ball of fire.


    "Argh!"


    The next moment, Huo Jinglin let out a hysterically painful roar as the fire didn''t just stay there but enveloped him.


    In less than a moment, Huo Jinglin''s body was turned into ashes, but he was still aware of the happenings.


    Why he was still aware of the happenings had to do with the dead tree in his sea of consciousness. Even though the fire burned both his soul and body to ashes, the tree still contained a part of his soul that remained oblivious to the damage.


    The next moment, the ball of fire jumped out of his ashes and returned to the pedestal. Not long after, time seemed to have flown backward, and soon Huo Jinglin appeared as he was before grabbing the fire.


    He had a mixture of expressions on his face, but he seemed to have seen a way out of the situation. Huo Jinglin understood that the dead tree wasn''t just a carrier of the souls of those ritualists. It seemed more of a cheat since if there was anyone other than himself, they would have been burned to ashes.


    Huo Jinglin then reached for the ball of fire once more, and the oue was the same. He kept repeating the same since he could see the fire on the pedestal slowly dimming. After his seventh attempt, the ball of fire had turned to half its original size.


    The only issue with all of that was that the pain was still at the same intensity, but since Huo Jinglin was left with no other choice, he could only keep doing it, gritting his teeth.


    After the twelfth attempt, only a spark seemed to have remained of the original ball of fire. Once Huo Jinglin''s body recovered, he made another attempt and grabbed the spark.


    The next moment, no such scenes of fire enveloping him appeared, but the spark in his hand hadpletely burned out. It wasn''t the end, and suddenly a fiery light enveloped Huo Jinglin.


    At first, Huo Jinglin was taken aback by the scene since he thought it was another situation of him turning into ashes, but nothing of that sort happened that time.


    The fiery light contained a warm sensation of energy as it slowly seeped into Huo Jinglin''s body through his skin pores. Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but close his eyes and moan in pleasure as the warm energy covered his body. Whatever internal and external injuries he had gotten since he entered the challenge slowly began to recover at a rapid rate.


    His pale skin also retained its color, but suddenly, the warm energy turned wild when it was near its heart.


    Cough!


    Huo Jinglin coughed out a liter of blood, and his face immediately turned pale once again. Fortunately for Huo Jinglin, that was the end of it, and the energy returned to its controlled stage.


    A few momentster, whatever remained of the energy had beenpletely devoured by Huo Jinglin, so it disappeared. Immediately after that, a white light enveloped him, and following that, Huo Jinglin found himself standing in front of the altar, which now had cracks all over it.


    The cracks were growing at a rapid rate, and soon after, they had grown immensely, resulting in the altar cracking into pieces and then disappearing from the endless field of altars.


    The ball of fire seemed to have been the core of the altar, so once it disappeared, the altar also vanished. The ce didn''t remain empty, but a new three-step altar started to form, and at the same time, the familiar blue screen popped out before Huo Jinglin.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1503 Back to the Store!

    Chapter 1503 Back to the Store!


    Chapter 1503: Back to the Store!


    It didn''t take long before the altar hadpletely formed. It no longer belonged to the fire element but was reced by the element of earth.


    Huo Jinglin wasn''t there to see it since the moment the screen appeared; he immediately tapped on the return option. Following that, Huo Jinglin returned to the portal room.


    Huo Jinglin was in no mood to check anything since the seque of the situations he had gone through in the challenge came all at once after the effect of the fiery light disappeared.


    He immediately climbed down the stairs. Once he reached his room, he didn''t waste any time and jumped on his bed. It took only a few moments for him to fall into deep sleep, with him snoring loudly. His sleepsted for several days.


    To be precise, it took him forty-seven days of sleep to fully recover from all the physical and mental stress he had umted during the challenge. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Once he opened his eyes, afortable smile spread across his face since he had never felt better than what he felt at that moment. He then climbed down the bed and rushed to the washroom.


    After an hour, he came out of the room. Since he was going to step into Level 4, he took a long bath and fully cleaned himself of any dust.


    ***


    Huo Jinglin sat down in a meditative posture and took out a medium Experience Core. He took a deep breath and then began the absorption process.


    The moment the first ray of energy left the core and got absorbed by Huo Jinglin, an explosion seemed to have urred in Huo Jinglin''s body.


    His rosy face immediately turned pale, but he gritted his teeth and forced the momentum to follow the path it needed to achieve the breakthrough.


    In no time, the wild energy in his body had ruptured many of his veins and internal organs, but after a while, they automatically began to recover.


    The process of destroying and recovering kept on going for a while, and just like that, around an hour had passed. Whatever filth was left in Huo Jinglin''s body was forced out, and a ck, smelly substance oozed out of his skin pores.


    Once the process of destroying and recovering fully stopped, it was time for new energy to flow. In just a few moments, whatever energy was left in the medium Experience Core was fully absorbed by Huo Jinglin.


    Huo Jinglin''s body still felt empty, so he immediately took out another medium Experience Core, and absorbed it. After absorbing half of its total energy, Huo Jinglin finally felt full and stopped.


    He then opened his eyes and, as expected, found himself standing in front of the dead tree. He was no longer as hostile as he was to the tree earlier since, if not for its help, he would have died in the breakthrough challenge.


    As if happy with Huo Jinglin''s change of emotions, the tree shook its dead branches, and then four fruits fell down. His hands acted on their own and grabbed the fruits before they could touch the surface.


    His desire was still out of his control, so he immediately bit into the fruits and ate them one after another. The fruits eaten by him were no longer as simple as the ones he ate earlier, so Huo Jinglin felt bloated, and that feeling kept growing.


    He couldn''t help but frown since he felt as if he would explode if he didn''t release energy. He immediately exited the sea of consciousness.


    Following that, a battle spanning several days yed out. Huo Jinglin once almost reached the end of his life, but fortunately for him, he survived by a thread.


    Huo Jinglin gasped for a full breath as he looked at the four glowing stones in his hands. The stones were different than earlier, with some kind of pattern engraved on them.


    Huo Jinglin immediately activated his challenger screen since there were many uses of the stones. Before he could put the stones to good use, his mouth and eyes widened in shock.


    {Challenger Screen:


    Name: Huo Jinglin


    Power Level: Level 4,


    Bloodline: Yedrian,%$#%&(+)


    Purity: Yedrian(63.297656)+, %$#%&(0.00004)+


    ¡­}


    He was shocked to learn that his Yedrian bloodline had been improved by a full ten percent. It wasn''t a small jump at all since if he wanted to use the help of Experience Cores for it, he would need to spend seven medium and three top Experience Cores.


    ''Does breakthrough help improvement in bloodline?'' Huo Jinglin couldn''t help but think. But when he saw the next bloodline, he stopped that thought since it remained the same.


    Huo Jinglin then suddenly remembered the sudden situation with the fiery light. He couldn''t help but put the reason for his bloodline increase on that.


    After a moment of excitement, Huo Jinglin calmed down since the trial of power clearly showed that there was no end to the benefit if he qualified for it. He then used the four glowing stones and found a new function.


    From the previous stones, he could simply upgrade the experience toplete mastery, but with the stones that had the pattern, Huo Jinglin could upgrade the skill by a level.


    He immediately tapped on the skill [Pyrokic Harmony]. He then released a sigh of helplessness since it required five stones to upgrade the skill by one level and further improve its effects.


    The remaining skills purchased from the store required only two stones each, so Huo Jinglin immediately upgraded the attacking and defensive types skills.


    ***


    Huo Jinglin''s sudden disappearance caused a shock to the upper-level beings of the Sacred Dimension since it happened in the presence of one of the strongest Sacred Creators, Huo Pinglu, and he could do nothing about it.


    After the disappearance, Huo Pinglu approached the store owner for help and left relieved. Aakesh didn''t tell Huo Pinglu about the trial of power since it was a mysterious term only known to those who qualified for it or those like Aakesh, who had infinite intelligence.


    With or without Huo Jinglin, the store kept its operation with the same intensity.


    As the sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, Aakesh opened the doors, greeted by the usualrge crowd outside the store.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1504: Appearance of a Rare Item!

    Chapter 1504: Appearance of a Rare Item!


    After the sun rose in Thorr and its nearby cities, Aakesh opened the store''s doors as usual. The next moment, he was greeted by the sight of an overcrowded street.


    Aakesh didn''t let them wait any longer and immediately turned around, returning to his chair, while the people on the street thronged into the store like a raging tide. In only a few moments, the overcrowded road had turned empty, devoid of any life.


    As the tradition continued, the first group of people eligible to enter Panagea were shrouded in transparent, golden light. Those who were fortunate to be a part of that smiled with joy, while the remaining ones had disappointed expressions.


    The group that got shrouded in red light had a heartbreaking expression since they were short of the queue and couldn''t enter the Panagea for the day.


    Those who owned any of the three store cards immediately walked to the portal room, while those without one formed a queue to pay for their stay.


    Maria was the first in line, so she respectfully greeted Aakesh, as she had been doing so for years. She then left the line and rushed to the portal room, hoping to clear the quest she had been doing for several Panagea years.


    A few minutester, the queue of customers in the first group hadpletely entered the portal room, so other customers began to join the line, hoping to get their answers or whatever purpose they had behind joining the queue.


    It was only early in the morning, but tens of new customers had already entered the store, and they were also part of the queue.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Breeza respectfully greeted Aakesh.


    Breeza was a member of the Thorron race and was native to Thorr City. Despite living in Thorr City, many could only dream of entering the store due to its expensive products, and Breeza was one such member of that group.


    Fortunately for her, her fortunes changed a day before the present. She lived on the destitute side of Twenty-Third Street, and misfortune struck her. The residence became a casualty of the battle between two sets of organizations.


    Every inch of Thorr City was worth gold, and its price was only increasing day by day as the store''s poprity kept growing. Even though the city was stable from the outside due to the store''s presence, there were still many gangs that controlledrge swathes ofnd.


    Alfred had a powerful status, so every organization used to treat him respectfully and fear him, but as the cost of thend grew, that respect and fear disappeared. One organization became wealthy overnight by selling itsnd holdings. That was the dream of other small gangs as well, so fighting would erupt from time to time.


    As Breeze''s luck would have it, the area around her residence became a spot of struggle, which turned her house into ruin. It was like the sky crashing on her, but after her residence was destroyed, a white ray of light suddenly emerged from the ground and flew up to the sky.


    The sudden emergence of the white ray of light had taken everyone''s attention and even alerted the city guards, forcing the gang to run away.


    The white ray of light kept floating in the sky for some time, and then it descended directly upon Breeze. It automatically flew into her hands, and when she looked at it, she found it was a stone the size of an almond.


    It was milky in color, and as Breeze was in direct contact with it, she felt a warm current flowing through her body. She had lived in poverty since the death of her parents, so her inner body condition was immensely terrible.


    For thest seven hundred years, she had been stuck atte Divine Transformation with not even a slight change in her cultivation. But with only a short contact with the milky stone, the impurities she had umted over the years from her surroundings and other things flowed out.


    In a few moments, a small pool had formed around her, causing the area to turn smelly. It wasn''t the end, as a warm torrent of energy formed around her body, and her cultivation began to grow.


    In only a moment, she had gained ten percent of the required energy to step into the peak Divine Transformation level.


    ***


    The milky stone she received a day before gave her the hope to enter the store since a well-intentioned guard who was also a customer of the store told her to use it to borrow money from the store.


    The man had no idea what the stone was or how much it would cost, but looking at its effect, he thought it would be worth enough money for a Divine Transformation user.


    Aakesh silently responded to the woman''s greetings and waited for her to ask the question.


    Breeze didn''t waste any time and hesitantly took out the milky stone from her space ring. Autumn and Katrina, who were minding their own business, suddenly sat up straight and looked at the milky stone with a shocked expression.


    Aakesh didn''t have that kind of intense reaction, but even he was surprised after seeing the stone. The milky stone wasn''t something someone like the woman in front of him should have.


    The milky stone was the Mother Stone, and it was naturally formed on thes. It was extremely rare, so much so that even the lowest quality of Mother Stone was worth millions of ultimate Sacred stones.


    There was a reason behind the stone being expensive and that had to do with the energy stored in the stone. Even though the stone in the woman''s hands was only the size of an almond, it contained so much energy that if someone were to unleash it at once, several universes would return to their end in an instant.


    It didn''t mean that the stone was a weapon, but it had another use. It got the title of ''Mother'' because of the nurturing capability of the energy. It was a type of energy that altered the physique of a being to make it more attuned to the supreme element of creation.


    If someone were to get the best quality of the Mother Stone, they would be able to achieve [Creation Embryo]. It was one of the top physiques in the Multiverse.


    If a Supreme God were to have that physique, they would be able to create a fully perfect world with just a snap of their fingers; that much overpowered the physique was.


    Even though the one in the woman''s hands was only the lowest quality, if she were to absorb it fully, she would at least reach the nascent stage of the physique. She might not be able to create a world of her own with a snap of her fingers, but she could enhance her inner world, which would directly affect her cultivation.


    *** n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "Are you certain you want to use the Mother Stone to borrow from the store?" Aakesh asked Breeze after informing her of the details of the Mother Stone.


    "Why don''t you sell it to me?" At that moment, Katrina suddenly chimed in and asked.


    Breeze was taken aback by a sudden intrusion from Katrina. But since Katrina was someone who had a chair in the store, she was still respectful and looked at her.


    Breeze knew she had gotten a heavenly item after learning about the stone, but despite that, she had no hesitation in using it to borrow from the store. She was a weak creature, who wouldn''t even be able to know how she died if others found out about the stone being in her possession.


    "Do you have money to pay her? I won''t lend you this time," Before Breeze could respond, Aakesh suddenly stated.


    Katrina, who could see the stone falling in her hands, couldn''t help but frown when she heard Aakesh. As Aakesh said, she didn''t have money to purchase the Mother Stone. She hoped for Aakesh to lend him, but hearing his refusal even before she asked, she removed any hopes of that.


    Aakesh would usually lend her money, but since he was a store owner, he couldn''t let his money help in taking a business away from the store.


    Katrina then looked at Autumn and saw her immediately shake her head in refusal. She was about to give up on the stone when she suddenly had an idea.


    "What about me paying you in installments since you wouldn''t be able to handle that kind of money at all?"


    Breeze didn''t immediately respond but began to think. Thorr City was safe, but there were dangerous situations from time to time. It was a world where the strong ate the weak. If the strong were to find the possessions of the weak, they would try to snatch them for themselves.


    Katrina smiled upon seeing the pondering expression on Breeze''s face. She then immediately turned around to look at Aakesh. If he refused, she wouldn''t do the trade, even if she knew the value of the stone. Aakesh was someone who meant the most to her in this world. (A/N: No romantic feelings, just appreciation.)

 Chapter 1505: Breezes Decision!

    Chapter 1505: Breeze''s Decision!


    "I don''t have an issue if she sells the stone to you, but I won''t act as the guarantor for the deal," Aakesh understood what Katrina had in her mind.


    He had no issues with Breeze selling the Mother Stone to Katrina since the borrowing function was only introduced for customers who had resources but not mary situations.


    Breeze couldn''t help but further hesitate after hearing Aakesh. If the store owner stepped out as the guarantor, she wouldn''t be able to do anything, even if the woman refused to pay her back. Since the woman had a seat, it was clear that she was extremely strong and had a powerful identity. She didn''t think the city would dare to fight someone like that for her money.


    Katrina, on the other hand, couldn''t help but smile upon hearing Aakesh. If Aakesh refused, she wouldn''t purchase the stone, but since he had no issue, she had ways to make Breeze trust her.


    ***


    "You would need to leave the store toplete the trade," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Katrina and Breeze after they came to an understanding.


    Katrina didn''t take advantage of Breeze in the deal since it happened in front of Aakesh, so she decided to purchase the Mother Stone for seven million ultimate Sacred stones.


    Katrina would pay the sum using installments since she didn''t have that kind of money with her, but the way of payment between the two went differently. There wasn''t a fixed interval for payment. It depended on Breeze''s needs.


    If Breeze required money, she would inform Katrina about it, and Katrina would need to pay a part in three days at most after receiving the information. The payment can not be less than one thousand ultimate Sacred stones. In addition to that, Breeze would get the protection of Katrina until the payment wasplete.


    The protection didn''t require Katrina to act as Breeze''s bodyguard but to help her immediately after the request. Katrina added a condition to that. She would only protect her as long as she stayed within the borders of Thorr City. Anywhere outside the city, the protection was simply up to Breeze.


    Breeze readily epted Katrina''s condition. There was no need for her to go outside the city when everyone was thronging inside the city due to the store.


    ***


    Katrina and Breeze had no choice but to leave the store.


    Once they reached outside the store, Katrina snapped her fingers, and the next moment, an opaque barrier surrounded the two of them.


    Katrina couldn''t take the risk of a new customer walking into her purchasing the Mother Stone. It had a significant use for her, and that was why she made so many concessions for the trade.


    Breeze didn''t even notice the opaque barrier and looked around her. Once she saw there was no third person other than the two of them, she gently and respectfully took out the Mother Stone.


    She had a slight hint of hesitation in her heart as she handed the stone to Katrina. Once it left her hands, an empty feeling struck her. She felt as if she had lost something extremely dear to her. Her eyes turned wet, almost on the verge of crying.


    Katrina suddenly tapped on Breeze''s forehead, and she immediately returned to normal. It was the effect of the Mother Stone.


    Katrina felt a warm rush of energy flowing through her body immediately after touching the stone. She controlled herself and stored the stone in her inner world.


    Katrina then took out thirty thousand ultimate Sacred stones from her store card, and when she was about to hand them to Breeze, she stopped.


    Breeze didn''t have the space ring capable of storing an ultimate stone, and neither was her inner world stable enough to hold it.


    ***


    "Here is your store card," Aakesh handed the Ultimate Store Card to Breeze after Katrina paid for it.


    Breeze nodded as she took the card with shaking hands. Beforeing to the store, she didn''t even know about the ultimate grade of the stones, and now she was holding a card worth that much wealth.


    ***


    "Store owner, tell me about the store products," Breeze asked Aakesh. Her tone was still underconfident, but it was better than before.


    The wealth she had received in just one installment of the many helped her regain some confidence. She was no longer poor and had gotten an opportunity that was bound to change her life for the better.


    "The store currently sells six products. They are, pills, weapons, skills, cultivation arts, beasts, and Panagea¡­" Aakesh introduced the six products and their basic details to Breeze.


    Breeze wanted to enter Panagea, but the spots had already been booked for the day, so she wasn''t eligible for a spot. She then purchased the required pills, and once it was done, she went to the cultivation arts room to purchase an art for herself.


    She had lived in poverty, so she didn''t own a cultivation art. After several minutes, she exited the room after finding the best possible cultivation art for herself. It was an expensive product, which would force her to cry earlier. But things changed after learning about the Mother Stone. Despite it being the most expensive product she had ever purchased, it wasn''t even worth a particle of sand in the enormous desert ifpared to her wealth.


    ***


    Afterpleting the purchase of the cultivation art, she walked toward the skill room. Breeze held no hope for the beast at the moment since she needed to win the taming battle. Her condition didn''t allow her to survive against a beast of the same level, let alone win, so she decided to postpone it to the time when she would have enough strength. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    After walking into the skill room, she looked around and was awed as usual by the numerous murals painted across the wall. She then walked to the counter for Divine Transformation cultivation.


    She immediately reached into thest shelf at the bottom row and pulled out a God level attacking type skill. Since she had the money, she only wanted the best for her. There was no value to money if it didn''t help her grow stronger. After living in poverty for so many years, she knew the value of the power.


    Her fortunes changed because she found a Mother Stone after the destruction of her house. But what if there were no Mother Stone?


    In that situation, her already ugly situation would turn even worse, and she would even lose the shelter she had over her head. That was one of the many lessons she had learned over the past several hundreds of years.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Breeze reached to thest shelf in the third row and pulled out the God level movement type skill. It was her thirtieth attempt at finding a suitable skill.


    [Name: Aqua Glide


    Type: Movement


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Empowers the user to glide effortlessly across terrains by harnessing the fluidity and momentum of surging water currents


    Description: The skill taps into the dynamic essence of water to empower the user with unparalleled movement capabilities. It transforms the user into a fluidic entity, allowing them to glide effortlessly across different terrains by harnessing the fluidity and momentum of surging water currents.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of water. The strain on the user''s focus can be significant and requires constant vignce to maintain the fluidic momentum of their movements.


    Price: Two thousand five hundred ordinary Sacred stones.]


    ***


    After pulling out the third supporting type skill from the shelf, she immediately focused on the content published on it, ready to find a powerful skill.


    [Name: Aquatic Resurgence Type: Supporting


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Transformation


    Effect: Surrounds owner with a revitalizing aura of rejuvenating waters, which helps in restoring vitality, cleansing weak ailments, and providing enhanced resilience


    Description: The skill harnesses the elemental power of water to create a revitalizing aura that surrounds the user and their allies, infusing them with rejuvenating waters. It transforms the battlefield into a sanctuary of revitalization, where water purges ailments, restores vitality, and enhances resilience.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of water. The strain on the user''s focus can be significant to maintain the effect.


    Price: Three thousand seven hundred ordinary Sacred stones.]


    After reading the skill''s details, she nodded in appreciation and made her decision to choose the skill.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


    A/N: Sorry, only one chapter once again. I have gotten cold, so I am only writing one chapter. I am counting the chapters I am missing. I have missed four chapters over the month and will make up for them before the end of February.


    I won''t promise anything for the past months, and once I regain my rhythm of writing, I will announce the date of mass releases to make up for them as well.


    Thanks for supporting the book!

 Chapter 1506: Tide Convergence!

    Chapter 1506: Tide Convergence!


    After picking up the supporting type skill, Breeze brought her focus back to the counter. She then reached for thest shelf in the first row, and when she pulled her hand out, there was a card held by her.


    She immediately focused on the content of it. Once he read the skill, she was awed by it as usual, but her confidence in it wasn''t very high to pick it, so she attempted again and pulled out a new skill card.


    Time flew by, and finally, on her seventeenth try, she pulled out a skill card. Once she read the details on it, she immediately liked it and decided it was her skill.


    [Name: Tide Convergence


    Type: Combination (Attack and Defense)


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Divine Transformation n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Effect: Harmonizes offensive deluges and defensive aqueous barriers, creating a devastating convergence that overwhelms adversaries while providing impregnable defense


    Description: The skill taps into thebination essence of water to seamlessly integrate the offensive and defensive aspects of the water. It transforms the user into a master of aquatic maniption, wielding a devastating convergence that overwhelms adversaries while providing impregnable defense.


    Attack Aspect:


    Deluge Assault: The user conjures powerful torrents of water, unleashing them upon adversaries with overwhelming force. These deluges surge forth with relentless power, engulfing adversaries and inflicting substantial damage upon impact.


    Defense Aspect: Aqueous Shield: The user forms a formidable barrier of aqueous energy, creating an impregnable shield that protects the user against physical and magical attacks with unparalleled efficiency.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the element of water. The strain on the user''s focus can be significant and requires constant vignce to seamlessly transition between offensive deluges and defensive aqueous barriers while managing energy usage.


    Price: Nine thousand ordinary Sacred stones.]


    Now that Breeze had received all five types of skills avable in the store, she walked toward the semi-pir at the center end of the room. She didn''tck money, so she wasn''t going to miss the experience session.


    Time flew by, and after waiting for several minutes, Breeze reached her turn.


    A few secondster, she was left with thest skill to experience. She didn''t waste any time and ced the [Tide Convergence] card in the cardpartment, and following that, her consciousness was in another space.


    Breeze was standing in an arena with several enemies ahead of her. Each enemy had a different weapon in their hands while they looked threateningly at her.


    The battle arena wasn''t very big but only around fifty meters, and it was in the middle of an endless waterbody. She could seerge fish jump out of the water from time to time, but there seemed to be a barrier around the arena, so not even a drop fell on the arena, but it got absorbed by the barrier, further enriching the element of water.


    Ding!


    Suddenly, a bell rang and announced the start of the battle.


    The group of enemies seemed to have gained lives at that moment and they immediately pounced on Breeze. Each of them was ready to kill Breeze.


    Breeze consciously wanted to take a step back and run away from the scene, but fortunately for her, her body was out of her control and prepared to defend herself.


    As the first enemy neared her with the spear ready to cause a severe injury, Breeze activated the skill and then immediately switched it to its defensive form.


    A barrier made of water emerged around her and faced the spear. The spear couldn''t move any further, but at that moment, a few more weapons had joined to damage the barrier.


    The barrier finally saw some fluctuation since the weapons weren''t simply attacking but had different kinds of energies around them, trying to destroy the barrier.


    Breeze remained calm, slowly stepped back, and immediately deactivated the barrier. She then immediately pounced forward with a torrent of water forming around her.


    Breeze then released it, focusing all its impact on one person. Following hermand, the torrent of water hit the enemy right in the head.


    The impact was so hard that the head cracked open immediately, but as another sessful hitnded, the head exploded, no longer able to bear the strike.


    At that time, Breeze had already backed away and activated the defensive barrier to protect against oing attacks. Time flew by, and Breeze effectively showed her prowess at the skill.


    The skill in her hands danced from defense to offense immediately, giving the opponent no chance to fight back. As the situation continued, the number of enemies began to decrease one by one, but at the same time, Breeze was also losing her energy reserves at a rapid rate.


    It was an experience session for skills, so it wasn''t going to limit the effect of the skill, nor did it attempt to teach Breeze how to attack. It simply used the most basic way things could work to unleash the effects of the skill to their full extent.


    When thest enemy died, the energy reserves had also been exhausted, forcing Breeze to gasp for a full breath. Fortunately for her, she was only in an illusion. When she returned to reality, the exhaustion was no longer there.


    The screen on the pir immediately lit up, and content began to appear on it. Breeze looked anticipatingly at it since it would show her the time it would take her to master the skill.


    [Skill: Tide Convergence


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Divine Transformation


    Compatibility: 58%


    Training Time: Two Years and seven months.]


    Breeze nodded with a smile after seeing the training time. Afterbining the training time for all five skills, it would take her around ten years to master all five of them.


    Ten years wasn''t a long time, so Breeze found it to be more than eptable. She even hoped that in ten years, when she would have fully mastered the skill, she would no longer be at thete Divine Transformation level but at the peak of the cultivation level.


    With an excited smile, she left the queue and turned around toward the exit. When she walked out of the room, there was a small number of customers before the store owner, and she also joined them.


    ***


    "Store owner, pleaseplete the sale," Breeze respectfully requested, gently handing the five skill cards to Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and took the cards. He then returned them after taking a single nce at them.


    "You need to pay twenty thousand¡­ ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh informed Breeze, and immediately after that, a mechanical alert rang in Breeze''s ears.


    "The cards are yours¡­" After hearing the notification of the sessful payment from the system, Aakesh informed Breeze and also told her about the extra things rted to the product.


    [Ding!]


    At the same time, a bombardment of mechanical alerts had happened inside his head. Aakesh decided to focus on itter since there were customers ahead of him.


    Afterpleting the purchase, Breeze asked about the weapons, and once she had gained enough information, she thanked Aakesh and walked toward the weapons room.


    She wanted to enter the training area as well, but since anything below the immortal level of difficulty could be directly purchased, there was no need for her to ask the store owner about it. Once she had gotten herself a great weapon, she would pay using the store card and enter it.


    ***


    After Breeze left, Aakesh got busy in conversation with other customers.


    Time flew by, and a few hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    "Hello, store owner," The man respectfully greeted the store owner. He was a new customer, and immediately after greeting him, he asked about the products.


    Afterpleting the introduction, the man asked for Panagea, but after finding theck of spots in it, he asked for some pills and then left the store, promising to return tomorrow to get a spot in Panagea.


    Once the man left, another customer took his spot. She came to Aakesh toplete the purchase of the weapon, and once the purchase wasplete, she left the store after thanking Aakesh.


    Once the woman left, Aakesh was finally free of customers, so he immediately asked the system, and following that, several mechanical alerts rang in his head.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions onpleting the "Mission Objective: Sell Skills" sessfully! Themission for the sale has been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission Reward: Multiple elemental skills" will be given after the store''s closing!]


    [Please see the following screen for your fifth skill''s quest!]


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the details of the fifth skill''s quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***

 Chapter 1507: The Fifth Skill Quest!

    Chapter 1507: The Fifth Skill Quest!


    Following the alert, a blue screen containing the details of the fifth skill''s quest appeared in front of Aakesh.


    [Mission Sequence: Fifth


    Mission Objective: Sell Skills,


    Requirement: With the purchase from Breeze, the store has fulfilled the requirements for thest quest. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product.


    Number of Skills you need to sell: 10,000,000,000,000,000,*


    Time Limit: 3,600,000 Days Days


    Mission reward: Avability of skills for the Sacred King, Sacred Emperor, and Sacred Monarch level cultivators for Sale,


    Failure Punishment: The salesmission for the item will be reduced to 0.1% of the product''s price for fifty thousand years.]


    *(10,000,000,000,000,000 Novice, Advanced, Expert, Master skills = 2,000,000,000,000,000 King level = 1,000,000,000,000,000 Emperor level = 500,000,000,000,000 God level skills.)


    Aakesh focused on the screen and read the details of the quest. Simr to thest fewpleted quests, the requirements of the sale had grown by ten thousand times, while the deadline had grown by around a hundred times to 3,600,000 days, which was 10,000 years in the Sacred Dimension.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation, seeing the reward section since he had expected it. He only casually nced at the punishment section and waved his hands.


    The next moment, the screen faded into disappearance, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    Aakesh was about to close his eyes when he heard the sound of footstepsing from outside the store. He focused in that direction and saw a new face entering the store.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The sun set down on Thorr and its nearby cities, and with it, the time for the store to close its door also arrived.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair, walked to the different rooms, and informed the customer about the closing time.


    A few momentster, only the customers in Panagea and the training area were left in the store. A few minutester, thest customer left the store, and following them, Autumn and Katrina also left.


    Katrina seemed jolly since she had purchased a valuable item in the morning, so her mood was good.


    After they left, Aakesh closed the door, bringing the end to another fruitful day for the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, the "Mission Reward: Avability of multiple elemental skills" had been given. Please check the skill''s room to confirm it.] N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Aakesh nodded and then walked toward the room. Lily and Khaval were silently sitting on Aakesh''s bun. The duo didn''t talk with each other since they were angry with each other.


    A few days ago, the two got into an argument, and they hadn''t been talking since then. Aakesh treated the two equally, but he felt closer to Lily than Khaval due to his spending more time with her.


    That action from Aakesh further aggravated the differences between the two, so Aakesh had no choice but to stay silent. He left it to the two of them to solve their differences on their own.


    But since both knew every mission and its reward was significant to Aakesh, they also became attentive when Aakesh walked into the skill''s room.


    A blue light had washed over the skill''s room after the alert, bringing some changes.


    The murals on the walls had further grown, with them not being limited to a single element skill. His eyes immediately fell on a mural rted to the elements of earth and water.


    In the mural, the user had formed a wall of rock in front of them for defense, while they used wave after wave of water to crash into the enemy. It was a multiple elementalbination type skill.


    Aakesh then walked to the counters. They looked the same as ever, without any change.


    Aakesh then walked to the counter for the Supreme God cultivation level and pulled out one God level attacking type card.


    [Name: Magma Cataclysm


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Element: Fire, Earth


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes an explosive fusion of molten magma and searing mes, engulfing adversaries in a relentless onught of fiery earthy devastation


    Description: The skillbines the violent forces of fire and earth, releasing a fusion that ravages the battlefield with molten magma and burning mes. It transforms the user into a harbinger of fiery, earthy devastation, leaving enemies faced with the relentless onught of elemental destruction.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of fire and earth. The strain on the user''s energy and focus can be significant, requiring outstanding endurance and alertness to wield the fiery power.


    Price: Ny thousand one hundred ny-nine supreme Sacred stones.]


    Aakesh nodded after reading the details on the card and then crushed it.


    The next moment, the card exploded into light particles and melted into Aakesh. At that moment, Aakesh had learned the skill.


    After the reward, the customers no longer needed to put the card between their brows to absorb the information. They could do it by simply crushing it.


    Everything else in the room was the same, so Aakesh turned around and walked out of the room. The knowledge of the skill had already disappeared from his memory.


    "Let''s go!" Aakeshmented after exiting the room.


    Following hisment, he, Lily, and Khaval, disappeared from the store with a white light covering them. Once the light disappeared, they had also left the store, and with it, the entire store was drowned in darkness.


    ***


    After Lily and Khaval went for their respective training sessions, Aakesh closed all of his senses as usual and walked to the weapon section.


    A few momentster, Aakesh''s senses returned to him. He stood in the center of the battle arena as usual, with his weapon for training being a bow.


    Aakesh nodded since the bow was his favorite weapon, and he always enjoyed battles more with the bow than other weapons. The familiar blue screen popped out in front of him and he immediately tapped on it to begin the battle from the first round.


    Roar!


    The next moment, a roar rang in the area, and Aakesh turned around to look in its direction. Around ten meters from him, the enemy he would face stood.


    He immediately recognized the race of the creature and couldn''t help but be slightly disappointed. He liked bow battles to be with overly strong opponents so they could push him further, but the opponent for that day''s fight didn''t give him that confidence.


    The opponent belonged to the Fsusta race, a low-level race in the demon group. The creatures of the race had a humanoid physique, with them standing on their two feet. They had three pairs of hands, with each hand having three fingers. Their eye colorbination was white sclera and ck pupils, while their tails had sharp thorn-like crystals attached.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the first round of battles.


    Boom!


    The sound of the bell hadn''t even dissipated when the creature exploded into a blood cloud from the force released by the bowstring.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh reached his highest level, but he didn''t enjoy the record that much due to the weak opponent and his strong talent in archery.


    Even when the opponent had higher strength than him, Aakesh was easily able to defeat it without receiving any life-threatening injury.


    Finally, when the power difference between the two sides reached a level where the opponent was several times stronger than him, the battle reached a stalemate.


    Whoosh! BOOM!


    The sound of an arrow tearing through the air rang, and with it an explosion also rang in the area, destroying the fabric of space around it.


    When the arrow finally reached its destination, it left a trail of destruction in space. It was the ultimate attack unleashed by Aakesh to decide his victory. If he failed, death awaited him as his condition had worsened.


    Even though the opponent also had numerous injuries spread across its body with many of them being severe, it was in a better condition than Aakesh.


    Screech!


    The creature let out an eerie scream, and following that, the sharp, thron-like crystals on its tail began to glow.


    Each released an attack more than capable of destroying someone with Aakesh''s strength, but as it crashed into Aakesh''s attack, it failed, and one after another, beams of strikes relentlessly struck the arrow, releasing loud bursts of explosions.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***

 Chapter 1508: A New Day in the Store(1)

    Chapter 1508: A New Day in the Store(1)


    Aakesh returned to the selection area after losing a battle against the opponent.


    Since there was still some time left before Lily and Khaval''s exit, he asked the system for his chair.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]


    The system''s mechanical alert rang in Aakesh''s ears, waking him up from meditation.


    Aakesh opened his eyes and immediately looked toward the screen. He had sensed a slight improvement in his absorption rate, and looking at the screen, it wasn''t an illusion. Aakesh was slowly reaching his limit, meaning he was close to another breakthrough.


    Aakesh then waved his hands and stood, summoning the room''s door.


    Some timeter, the door opened, and Aakesh stepped out of it. He climbed down the stairs and walked to his chair. There was still around a minute left before the sunrise, so Aakesh spent that time silently.


    ***


    The sun rose on Thorr and its nearby cities, and its first ray of light touched the earth, piercing through the cover of darkness in their way.


    Seventeenth Street was overcrowded with customers, and they suddenly turned excited when they saw the store''s door opening.


    Aakesh had long been ustomed to those scenes, so he didn''t make them wait any longer. He turned around and returned to his chair while the people on the street thronged the store inside like a raging tide.


    In the time it took to blink, the street had turned empty, with all the people inside the store. The first group of people to enter got covered in a transparent, golden light.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Andrith respectfully greeted Aakesh.


    Andrith was a new customer who had entered the store early in the morning, but due to the long line of customers, he finally received his turn after around an hour.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to Andrith''s greeting, as usual, and waited for him to ask the question.


    Andrith disappointed Aakesh as he began introducing himself after that. He belonged to the race Gersical. It was a powerful race in the Sacred Dimension, with them controlling several Universes.


    The race didn''t have a Sacred Creator of their own, so they couldn''t be considered a top race, but it had seven Sacred Monarchs. Each Sacred Monarch had a n of their own, making seven ns rule the race together.


    Andrith wasn''t from any of the seven ns. Other than the Seven ns, the remaining race members were called ordinaries, and Andrith was also a part of that ordinary group.


    The power struggle was amon factor that bound every race together. The seven ns controlled the race due to their strong leaders, so each n had a monopoly over a certain part of the administration.


    But since the Seven ns were only in the minority if considered the total number of races, some powers were left to ordinaries. It was a way for the Seven ns to keep each other in check.


    Andrith became a part of that struggle due to his mother. Polygamy, or polyandry, wasn''t a frowned upon subject in the Gersical race and wasn''t only limited to elites.


    Andrith''s mother had six husbands, and as fate would have it, one of her husbands was next in line to be promoted to a top administrative post in the Department of Resources.


    The Department of Resources was controlled by all seven ns, and each wanted to have its favorable member in the seat. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    ***


    "Store owner, tell me about the store products," Andrith asked afterpleting his introduction. He hade to the store after finding its information from an intelligence organization.


    Andrith was facing heat for the post his step-father would enjoy. He liked the man, so he was willing to fight for him, but to do that, he needed strength.


    There would be a small contest between the children of the contenders for the seat. It didn''t mean that the winner''s father would get the seat. If that were how things went, it would be easy to do things, but whoever''s child became the winner would most certainly get a slight edge over other contenders.


    ***


    Andrith''s luck wasn''t very bad, so despite him being a new customer and his first-time entry to the store, he luckily got a spot in Panagea in thest group for the day.


    Since he couldn''t enter Panagea before that, Andrith focused on other products. His cultivation level was peak Higher God, so all the products in the store were avable to him.


    He had only recently stepped into the peak level, so his cultivation wasn''t very stable, so he purchased some pills that could help him with that. Once the sale of the pill wasplete, he focused on beasts and skill cards.


    The training area would help him, so he decided to focus on it once he had purchased a beast and skill cards. Since he needed to wait for his spot in Panagea, it was better to spend that time on training.


    ***


    Andrith looked in awe at the beast''s murals painted on the wall. Since it wasn''t veryte in the day, there weren''t that many people in the room.


    Since it was his first time in the store, he could summon from both devices. There was a contest waiting for him a decade away from now, so he didn''t have the time to train a beast. It was better to summon a beast of simr cultivation. His strength would receive an immediate boost from the beast''s addition.


    After making his decision, he didn''t waste any time and walked to the second pir. There were less than a hundred people in front of him, so after waiting for a few minutes, it was his turn.


    Andrith already had a beast in his mind. Hoping to get that, he pressed the summoning button.


    Following that, the square sections began to rotate with a rumbling sound. It kept on doing so for five seconds, and then it stopped.


    A beast unfamiliar to Andrith then appeared on the screen. A few momentster, Andrith walked to the returnpartment and put the card there.

 Chapter 1509: A New Day for the Store(2)

    Chapter 1509: A New Day for the Store(2)


    Time flew by, and it was Andrith''s sixth try at summoning. Andrith wasn''t very wealthy to begin with, so he hoped to get a beast as early as possible.


    After he pressed the button, ''5'' appeared on top of the screen while the square sections began to rotate. Five secondster, it came to a stop, and another unfamiliar beast appeared on the screen.


    Andrith eagerly waited for the beast''s details, and as soon as the card flew to his hands, he immediately threw himself in its content.


    {Name: Blood Seal


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Blood, Water, Darkness


    Cultivation: Intermediate Higher God


    Characteristics: Life of Blood n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Details: The Blood Seal creates a clone of itself with seventy percent of its original power. The clone is self-conscious, so it doesn''t need the user. It can absorb elements and attacks to recharge itself. The user can absorb the clone to recover.


    Ability:


    1.) Sanguine Aura: The Blood Seal exudes a malevolent aura of blood and shadows, instilling fear and dread in all who encounter it.


    2.) Abyssal Grasp: The Blood Seal extends shadowy tendrils from its form, ensnaring, and immobilizing foes, rendering them helpless against its subsequent attacks.


    3.) Blood Sacrifice: The Blood Seal consumes the life force of its enemies, empowering itself with each drop of spilled blood, enhancing its strength and resilience.


    ...


    8.) Dark Infusion: The Blood Seal infuses its attacks with dark energy, causing them to drain the life force of enemies upon impact, replenishing its own vitality.


    9.) Bloodlust Surge: The Blood Seal enters a state of bloodlust-fueled frenzy, increasing its speed, strength, and aggression while sacrificing defense for relentless offense.


    ...


    14.) Sanguine Reflection: The Blood Seal projects a mirror image of itselfposed of blood, drawing their attacks toward the duplicate.


    15.) Blood Tide Surge: The Blood Seal unleashes a torrent of blood-infused water from its form, surging toward enemies with devastating force, causing immense damage and leaving them drenched in cursed water that slowly saps their strength.


    Card Description: The Blood Seal is a formidable creature. Its attributes of blood, water, and darkness make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Blood Seal.


    Price: Two hundred fifty ultimate Sacred stones.}


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the Blood Seal. It was a monstrous creature, with its enormous form shrouded in the menacing aura of blood and shadows. Its body was sleek and twisted, adorned with sparkling blood-red scales that seemed to absorb the surrounding light.


    Its obsidian-like, pitch-ck eyes glowed with a dangerous hue, echoing the unquenchable hunger for blood and darkness.


    Despite being a creature from deep in the water, it had wings. Its wings resembled a ghastly fusion of bat and demon, stretched wide and veined with pulsating shadows that seemed to writhe and twist.


    Its limbs ended in razor-sharp ws, each dripping with a dark, ethereal substance. A miasma of shadow and blood constantly emanated from its jaws, further adding to its dangerous appearance. There was an intricate pattern engraved on its chest, and it seemed to be just like the Blood Seal.


    Andrith didn''t know what to say for a while after reading the details on the card. He wasn''t someone who was waiting for the ultimate quality card since he didn''t have that kind of money. When he saw the beast on the card, he felt like he was looking at something evil.


    He didn''t feel terror, but a sense of excitement rose in his heart, and he couldn''t help but imagine him having the beast.


    If Andrith knew the history of the Blood Seal, he wouldn''t be feeling that excitement at all. The Blood Seal had long been extinct from the Sacred Dimension, with none of its recorded history surviving the passage of time. Other than Aakesh, there might not even be five figures that had any idea about the Blood Seals.


    The Blood Seals became extinct even before the birth of the Chaotic Wyrms, so it showed how ancient the beast was. The Blood Seal was a mutant born from an ordinary Seal and a Shadow Seal.


    It wasn''t a straightforward birth. At that time, the power system for the entire Sacred Dimension wasn''t uniform with uniform levels. The seals followed a kind of ritual system, with their deity being a powerful being deep in the ocean.


    The Shadow Seal was in the end phase of its life due to some life-threatening situations. It wanted to survive, so it forced itself on a weaker seal from a different species.


    As fate would have it, the Shadow Seal even seeded in bing pregnant. The mating process was immensely violent; the father not only died, but his blood also got devoured by the Shadow Seal.


    It usually took years for the childbirth to bepleted, but since the Shadow Seal needed her baby as soon as possible to sacrifice it, it used blood essence from other weaker beings and also herself.


    Her rampant actions reduced the process to one week. When the mother finally gave birth, she was horrified to see how the child hade out. It lookedpletely different than any Seal species in history at that time.


    She tried to sacrifice it to the deity but failed because the deity refused to ept it for some reason.


    Since her attempt to gain anything from the child through the sacrifice failed, she decided to eat the newborn for herself to regain some energy and then think of ways to survive.


    Her decision to devour the newborn turned out to be a mistake. Things went in the opposite direction and she became the source of energy for the child as it devoured its mother to achieve itsplete form.


    When the process ended, the first Blood Seal was born in the Sacred Dimension.

 Chapter 1510: A New Customer(3)

    1510 A New Customer(3)


    Chapter 1510: A New Customer(3)


    After deciding to pick the Blood Seal, Andrith left the queue and walked toward the square device. After a short wait, it was his turn.


    ***


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh had just closed his eyes to rx when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store. He opened his eyes and turned in the direction of the exit and was greeted by the sight of a new customer hesitantlying toward the store.


    Outside the store,


    Arish belonged to the Beruniot race, a race in the Demon group. The Beruniots were one of the top races of the Demon group, with a Sacred Creator as its leader.


    Arish looked like other members of the Beruniots. The race members stood on five legs. Their red skin with a ck tint caused them to look eerie. They had two pairs of eyes without any eyelids.


    Arish was taller than average in his race, with him being almost fifty feet tall. Every step he took on the ground caused a slight dent in it due to his heavy weight.


    The bones of Beruniots were immensely dense, with even a little piece weighing several times more thanpared to other races'' bones.


    Arish''sing to the store wasn''t a coincidence, but he came here after learning about it from his friend. He had a purpose foring here since his life was going through a turbulent phase.


    The rtionship between races in the Demon group wasn''t ideal. Beruniots had many enemies, not only from other races but also from Demon races. But since the ruling races of the group prohibited any kind ofrge war between the top races with the Sacred Creator in its lead, the situation remained peaceful.


    It didn''t mean that races forgot their enmities. Instead, the fight moved behind the scenes. The subordinate races fought for the supremacy of their leaders.


    Since Beruniot was also one such top race, it had several subordinate races that did its bidding. They harmed other top races'' prospects and benefited Beruniots. It was known to everyone, but since top-level powerhouses weren''t joining the war, everyone looked sideways and ignored such things.


    But sometimes things reached a point where the races had to intervene. A simr thing happened with Beruniots and Igrians. The two races had been eyeing a resource point for several millions of years, with each side having half control over the resources.


    Gruntacs worked for Beruniots, while Husnostics worked for Igrians and handled the two sides. Three years ago, while mining, an ordinary worker belonging to the Husnostic race found an extremely rare mineral that caused a situation over at the resource point.


    Since a Husnostic member found the resource in the territory of Igrians, it should have been theirs, but how could Beruniots let them have it? Beruniots were the first to find the resource point. It was just that it was near the territory of the Igrians, so both top races decided to distribute half to each other after a long battle of wits.


    But the resource had a value that was more than enough to force Beruniots to disregard that agreement and fight for the entirety of the resource point. Since there were explicit rules prohibiting top races from directly fighting, bloodshed happened between the subordinate races.


    It reached a point where Gruntacs and Husnostics had reached almost extinction after their numbers touched a dangerous level. It caused a revolt as the leaders of the two races joined hands and cut off the two top races from the resource points.


    Both Gruntacs and Husnostics had one Sacred Monarch at their helm, so unless the two top races dispatched more than two Sacred Monarches to battle, there was no way for them to regain the resource point.


    If the two races dispatched that number, it would alert other top races as well, causing more than twopetitors for the mined resource. Since neither of the two races wanted that to happen, they decided to do things differently.


    It was known to other races in the Demon group that Beruniots and Igrians were enemies. The two races used that in their favor to announce a battle contest between the two races.


    Since the Demon Group prohibited top powerhouses from fighting together, the cultivation level of the contestants was limited to the Supreme God level. Whoever won the contest with more victories would gain ownership of the resource point.


    As for Gruntacs and Husnostics, the two races would jointly be the subordinates of the winning group and would keep mining for it.


    Arish was a peak Lesser God, so he was also selected as one of the contestants in the battle.


    All the battles in the contest would be life and death, so getting selected was an honor Arish didn''t want to receive. Unfortunately for him, he had no power to do anything, so he had to ept the position of contestant.


    Arish was a rising star of the current generation in Beruniots, so many had high hopes for him. Simrly, he was going to be a target for the members of the Igrians.


    If Arish wanted to survive, he needed to get even stronger, and to do that, he needed to find himself powerful helpers. One such helper suggested hee to the store.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner, I am Arish," Arish respectfully greeted Aakesh.


    "I am Aakesh."


    "Store owner, please tell me about the store products." Arish didn''t want to waste even a moment and immediately asked about the store''s products.


    The friend who asked him to go to the store was silent about what would help him, so he was as nk as a white sheet about the store as some passerby who randomly found the store.


    "The store currently sells six products¡­


    There are three levels of pills avable, lesser, higher, and King grade. There are several types of them¡­


    ¡­


    These are the currently avable products in the store," Aakesh concluded the basic introduction of all six products.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


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 Chapter 1511: A New Customer(4)

    1511 A New Customer(4)


    Chapter 1511: A New Customer(4)


    After learning about the store''s products, Arish nodded in appreciation. His friend didn''t lie to him when he said that the store had things that would immensely help him.


    The battle was going to happen three hundred yearster. It should have happened quickly, but they had to postpone it so as not to draw too much attention to the two races.


    If Beruniots and Igrians immediately announced a battle contest and then even fought, it would alert many races. Having the contest would still alert many, but the duration of practice was such that many would forget about it and just treat it as some way to vent some of the two races'' frustration.


    Three hundred years were more than enough to see an increase in strength from all the products avable in the store. Arish didn''t doubt a word said by Aakesh was due to his special ability.


    Arish was born with a physique rted to the sound element. He could easily sense whether things were true or false just by hearing someone speak. The sound spoke to him. Every word spoken by the store owner was the truth.


    Arish walked into the skill room after choosing it to be his first product. Beast was a good option, but since that wouldn''t be allowed in the battle contest, he decided only to focus on products that would help him not only survive thepetition but alsoe out as one of the top figures.


    He was already a rising star, so if he established prestige in the contest, he would not be far from higher status. His parents were ordinary members of the race.


    Arish used the elements of water and sound. He was a natural user of the element of sound due to his physique.


    When he arrived at the counter for the Lesser God cultivation level, he thought of the two elements and reached into thest row, hoping to get a skill card from any of the two elements.


    He randomly selected a shelf and pulled out a skill card. He immediately focused on the content of it and then returned it at the same rate.


    Since the store now sold multi-elemental skills, the skill card belonged to both the elements of water and sound. He had better skills than the one on the card, so he didn''t waste his time.


    Time flew by, and after a while, Arish finally found a skill he was ready to purchase.


    [Name: Deluge Symphony


    Type: Attack


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Lesser God


    Effect: Unleashes a harmonious onught of resonant water des, creating a symphony of destructive waves that cut through adversaries with unparalleled precision and force


    Description: The skillbines the fluidity of water and the vibrant power of sound, creating a symphonic onught that cuts through adversaries with extraordinary precision. This skill transforms the battlefield into an immersive sonic spectacle, leaving adversaries entrapped in the harmonious devastation.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of water and sound. The strain on the user''s ears can be significant, requiring constant caution during the active skill time.


    Price: One supreme and fifty thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    Arish wanted the God level skill but found the skill to be too expensive, so he decided against it. He came from an ordinary background, so whatever wealth he had was earned by him over the thousands of years.


    Arish didn''t feel disappointed since he was satisfied with his choice of Emperor level skill. He then reached for the defensive type skill.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye. After getting a liked defensive type skill, Arish moved for the higher row and pulled out a skill card for the movement type.


    He had reached for the Emperor level shelf, and the first skill he pulled out, he fell in love with.


    [Name: Aquasonic Dash


    Type: Movement


    Level: Emperor


    Element: Water, Sound


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Lesser God


    Effect: Empowers the user with enhanced speed and agility by manipting water and sound waves, allowing for swift and graceful movement across challenging terrains


    ¡­


    Warning: More than ten minutes of usage could lead to sound waves harming the inner body.


    Price: One supreme and ny-nine thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    The skill was more expensive than the attacking and defensive types, but Arish found it to be worthy. He then reached for the next shelf and pulled out the God level [Aquasonic Dash].


    After reading the details, Arish decided to stand with the Emperor level [Aquasonic Dash] and returned thetter.


    21:27


    ***


    Type: Combination (Attack, Defense, and Support) n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Level: God


    Element: Water, Sound


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Lesser God


    Effect: Unleashes a symphony of elemental mastery, weaving together offensive torrents, defensive barriers, and supportive healing waves to dominate the battlefield with versatile power


    Description: The skill harmonizes offensive torrents, defensive barriers, and supportive healing waves into a versatile symphony of elemental mastery. Its unmatched versatility, strategic advantage, and overwhelming impact make it a highly coveted skill among those seeking mastery over the multifaceted aspects of water and sound.


    Attack Aspect:


    Resonant Torrent: The user conjures powerful torrents of water infused with resonating sound waves, unleashing them upon adversaries with overwhelming force. These torrents surge forth with relentless power, engulfing adversaries and inflicting substantial damage upon impact.


    Defense Aspect: Aqueous Resonance: The user forms a shield of resonating water and sound waves, creating an impregnable barrier that repels attacks with unparalleled efficiency. Its frequency adapts to physical and magical attacks, deflecting and scattering attacks while maintaining its structure.


    Support Aspect:


    Healing Harmonics: The user releases a vapor burst with a melodious symphony. It elerates the regeneration of vitality, mends wounds, and dispels negative ailments.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of water and sound for seamlessly switching between offensive, defensive, and supporting aspects.


    Price: Ten supreme Sacred stones.]


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


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 Chapter 1512: Arishs Experience(5)

    1512 Arish¡¯s Experience(5)


    Chapter 1512: Arish''s Experience(5) n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Arish read the details of the [Aqueous Symphony] and liked it so much that he decided to go for the God level skill.


    The Emperor level skill only had two aspects: attack and defense. When it was upgraded to the God level, a supporting aspect was added to the skill''s effect, forcing Arish to go against his decision to stick with the Emperor level skill.


    Once Arish chose the God level skill, he had picked up skills for all five types avable in the store. He then left the counter and walked toward the semi-pir. A long queue of customers was already waiting for their turn to experience the skill card, so Arish had to wait for a few minutes.


    When it was finally his turn, he ced the [Deluge Symphony] skill card in the cardpartment. The next moment, he found himself in a different environment, with his body out of control. The store owner had already informed Arish of that effect in the experience session, so he didn''t feel surprised and looked around.


    He was standing in the middle of a vast swamp, with the sky covered in dark clouds that could rain at any time. There were small pools of water randomly spread across the scene.


    Not far from him, a group of five enemies charged at him. All five had the same cultivation level as him and were filled with killing intent as if Arish had an unpardonable enmity with them.


    Arish''s consciousness shook for a moment, but since he had been in wars several times, he calmed down. He hade across scenes like that numerous times.


    A blue glow shrouded the five enemies as they rushed. Arish''s body acted on its own and pounced forward.


    A melodic symphony rang in the area as the element of water in the environment began dancing, forming a small deluge. Pitter! Patter!


    The sky began raining, and the rainwater joined the deluge in its dance. At first, it looked stunningly beautiful, but not long after, it turned into a dance of destruction, with the symphony no longer being melodious.


    The enemies had to shut their ears forcefully as the symphony attacked their ear walls. It wasn''t the end, as the deluge became the source of water and unleashed water des on the enemy camp.


    Sound waves further enhanced the water des, increasing their speed and piercing capabilities. The two elements worked together to double the striking power of the water des.


    In no time, two of the five enemies had gotten dismembered into several clean pieces as the water des passed through them. The rain helped in the restoration of the deluge, and water des reappeared.


    A few momentster, Arish was left alone in the endless swamp. His ears were also bleeding, but it wasn''t severe, so Arish ignored it.


    Following that, Arish''s consciousness returned to the store, finding that only a moment had passed while he experienced the skill for a few minutes.


    The next moment, the screen attracted his attention, and it suddenly lightened up and showed the training content. With only a nce, the entire content got permanently engraved in his memory.


    [Skill: Deluge Symphony


    Level: Emperor


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Elemental Compatibility: Water: 68%, Sound: 83%


    Skill Compatibility: 72%


    Training Time: One hundred seventy Years.]


    He nodded with a smile when he saw his elementalpatibility. Since his physique was rted to sound elements, he expected to see that kind ofpatibility.


    Arish couldn''t help but raise his eyes in shock when he saw the training time. He only had three hundred years left before thepetition, but the attacking type skill alone took more than half of that time.


    Arish couldn''t help but be disappointed in his water elementpatibility. If it were slightly higher, the training time would have been shortened.


    Since he only had three hundred years left before the battle, he needed to decide whether to give one hundred seventy years of that time to master one skill.


    Arish didn''t take long beforeing to his decision. He only had to remember the experience session, and the answer automatically appeared in his heart.


    Arish then stopped wasting his and others'' time and pulled out the skill card, recing it with the next one.


    Time flew by, and it was finally the turn of thest skill card. Arish ced the [Aqueous Symphony] skill card in the cardpartment, and following that, he found his consciousness in a different environment.


    ***


    [Skill: Aqueous Symphony


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Elemental Compatibility: Water: 63%, Sound: 84%


    Skill Compatibility:


    Attack Aspect: 65% (Seven thousand years)


    Defense Aspect: 79% (Nine hundred eighty-five years and three months)


    Training Time: Eight thousand six hundred ny-five years and three months.]


    Arish frowned upon seeing the training data for the skill. As the details suggested, it would take more than eight thousand years for him to fully master the skill.


    He didn''t have that kind of time, but he had long given hope of mastering the skills purchased from the store in three hundred years. He could only master one skill and some proficiency in the second in three hundred years.


    Arish wanted to focus on the product that could help him during the battle contest, so [Aqueous Symphony] was clearly of no use to him. He didn''t hesitate and walked back to the counter, returning the defensive, supporting, andbination-type skill cards.


    Arish decided to master [Aquasonic Dash] and gain some proficiency in [Deluge Symphony] so he would be able to use some of its effects three hundred yearster.


    Arish promised toe back alive from the contest and then purchase the three skills he had let go of. He then didn''t stand there any longer and turned around, exiting the room.


    Toplete the purchase, he needed to request the store owner, so he walked toward Aakesh and joined the small queue of a few customers ahead of him.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***


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 Chapter 1513: Arishs Surprise(6)

    Chapter 1513: Arish''s Surprise(6)


    Arish walked to the weapons room afterpleting the purchase of the skill cards. He couldn''t help but look in awe at the different murals painted across the wall.


    He was a spear user, utilizing his tall height and stability. He immediately focused on the murals rted to spear concepts. Arish could feel the extraordinariness of the paintings, but he couldn''t put his hands on what made them special.


    Arish walked to the pir while seeing the murals. He already had a weapon, so he didn''t look at the weapon counter. Hepleted the entry process as told by the store owner, and following that, he found himself in an endless blue space.


    Arish had chosen the Immortal level of difficulty for the training area. There was a one-hour, one-day limit on that difficulty, so Arish decided to test it first before choosing to go to the higher-level difficulty.


    Since Arish was going to fight Igrians in the contest three hundred yearster, he chose them as his opponent, while for the battle environment, he chose a battle arena with strong wind and rich water vapor.


    Beruniots were creatures that focused on the element of water while Igrians concentrated on the element of wind, so the battle location was set such that both sides wouldn''t have any advantage or disadvantage.


    Immediately after his selection wasplete, a white light enveloped Arish. The next moment, Arish found himself standing in the battle arena, with a strong wind and an abundance of water elements in the area due to arge water body near the arena.


    Ahead of him, an Igrian also appeared, holding the same spear as his.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. Both opponents made their movements at the same time, pouncing on each other.


    ng!


    Both sides faced together, and as their weapons shed, a loud sound rang in the area.


    The Igrian seemed to be the better fighter and stronger, so he pushed Arish backward. The battle went on for a few seconds, and finally, the victor was revealed.


    Arish was no match for his opponent, and he died as a result. After that, Arish appeared in the selection area, with the screen reappearing in front of him.


    Arish didn''t immediately choose his options but took repeated deep breaths to calm down his pounding heart. It was his first time dying, and there was no calming effect like the Gods & Demons or Primordial level difficulty, so Arish couldn''t calm down.


    Fortunately, the system didn''t let the customer handle all that stress, so he soon calmed down. Remembering the battle, Arish felt a chill crawling down his spine since he was no match for the opponent. If not for his heavyweight, the fight would have ended even quicker.


    But at the same time, Arish could also sense some mistakes in his battle technique, so things weren''t only negative. He then took a deep breath and selected the same opponent and battle environment as thest time. To be precise, he fixed it for the entire duration of two hours of training.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    For the Immortal level difficulty, the concept difference between the two sides wasn''t deeply vast, so after forty-three minutes of battle and dying several times, Arish finally saw some hope in winning against the opponent.


    Seeing some hope and actually winning were twopletely different things, so Arish still kept dying. The two hours of training duration passed in the blink of an eye, and the system forced Arish out of the training area.


    The golden barrier covering his body disappeared while colors returned to his eyes. Arish immediately took a deep breath as he tried to remember what he had learned in the training area.


    The next moment, a frown spread across his face since he found the concept to be vague. But he then calmed down since the more he battled, the more transparent the idea would be. There were even small chances of him having some improvement in that before the contest three hundred yearster.


    ***


    "Father, what are you doing here?" Arish looked in surprise after finding his father outside his residence.


    Arish had bought the Ultimate Store Card after gritting his teeth due to its teleportation ability. It allowed him to return to his work and store every day, so despite it being worth arge chunk of his wealth, he bought it.


    After the training, there was nothing left in the store for Arish, so he activated the card and teleported back to his residence, only to find his father standing at the gate.


    Arish lived in the residence provided by the army, so only he had the key to enter and exit. No second person could enter without his presence, so the father had to wait outside.


    Arish didn''t let his father wait any longer and immediately unlocked the door. He then asked for his father to enter. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    The father had a hesitant expression on his face as he pulled something out of his space ring.


    Arish couldn''t help but be surprised when he saw the item in his father''s hands. It was one ultimate Sacred stone.


    "This is all I could do to help you prepare for the battle contest," The father had a helpless expression on his face as he put the stone on the table. If his status were higher in the race, no one would have dared to force someone like Arish to participate in a contest where dying had higher chances than survival.


    Arish couldn''t help but feel warm in his heart. He didn''t reject the stone but kept it. He required money more than anything else after entering the store.


    The father breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Arish ept the stone. A wide smile spread across his face, and he asked his son about the preparation for the contest.


    Arish''s father was worse than a mediocre cultivator, so he simply listened to his son without interrupting.

 Chapter 1514: An Old Customer!

    Chapter 1514: An Old Customer!


    "Hello, store owner," Ziro emotionally greeted Aakesh after it was finally his turn to reach the store owner.


    "How have you been, Ziro?" Aakesh responded, unlike his usual response to introductions. That had to do with the identity of the man in front of Aakesh.


    Ziro was entering the store for the first time, but he and Aakesh had already met before, as Ziro was one of the many customers who were lucky enough to get summoned by the system.


    Ziro belonged to the Kordo race, one of the mid-tier races of the Primal Dimension, and Ziro was the only member of the race to ascend to the Sacred Dimension.


    Ziro stood at a height of six feet, which wasn''t very much when considering the overall races, but Ziro was the tallest of his race. His body was covered in glowing blue fur, while his eyes followed thebination of light-blue sclera and ck pupils.


    ***


    "This is a Continuous Power-Up Pill. If you eat this pill, your cultivation will keep increasing by one sub-level every year until you have reached the peak Heavenly Monarch cultivation level."


    "This is a Heavenly Compatibility Pill. If you eat this pill, your body constitution will change, and yourpatibility with the five elements will each rise to perfection."


    "This is the embryo of an Ice King. If youbine your soul with this embryo, you''ll have a new body, and this body will haveplete control over the endless concept of ice: Once something is frozen, it will be frozen for eternity."


    Ziro still remembered the products Aakesh had shown him. At that time, he was at his lowest since he had lost every member of his family while he was on the verge of death.


    The store and its products had given him new hope for life. Before entering the store, he was a nobody in the Kordo race who lost everything due to his weakness, but after leaving the store, he was never the same.


    He rose to power in no time, using the help of the product purchased from the store, and soon became the first family of the Kordo race. When he ascended to the Sacred Dimension, his descendants fully controlled the race.


    It had been around two centuries since Kordo had ascended to the Sacred Dimension. Since he was the only one in his race to ascend, he had no background there.


    He had to start everything from scratch. He had purchased the Heavenly Compatibility Pill from the store, which allowed him to rise in no time in the Primal Dimension. Due to the pill''s ability, hispatibility with the elements was simr, if not higher than the elementals.


    When he ascended to the Sacred Dimension, thepatibility was reduced since the elements of the Sacred Dimension were stronger than the ones in the lower dimension. But still, hispatibility remained above average, allowing him to reach the peak True God cultivation level without the help of any powerful resource in only two centuries.


    Ifpared with the other powerful customers from the first phase of the store, Ziro''s growth was nothing worth even considering. It didn''t mean Ziro was less talented. To be precise, Heavenly Compatibility Pill was one of the top ten most expensive products sold by the store in the first phase.


    There was a rule that any cultivator in the Sacred Dimension could cultivate to peak Divine Being without the help of any cultivation art, but Ziro turned out to be an exception to that.


    Ziro was alone with no background, so for him, purchasing a cultivation art that employed all five elements was an almost impossible task in that situation. Fortunately for Ziro, his body constitution had been changed after he ate the pill. It allowed him to grow his cultivation even without the cultivation art as long as he had the five elements at his disposal.


    If Ziro were to be given a resource of the five elements, his cultivation would have at least been a few levels higher than what it was in the present.


    For the past two centuries, Ziro had been wandering around the Sacred Dimension, searching for opportunities. He came across one such opportunity, a few years earlier. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    During his travel, he became prey to a space storm and was forced to an unknown area by it. Fortunately for Ziro, his luck wasn''t terrible, and he simply came across a ruin.


    The ruin wasn''t dangerous but perfectlypatible for him. During one of the challenges inside the ruin, Ziro met a group of people.


    Since Ziro was alone, the group targeted him, but unfortunately for them, they became Ziro''s prey in the end. Ziro was never one to leave his enemies alive, so he brutally killed them.


    To survive, thest enemy tried to use a bargaining chip. It was a piece of information about a store that sold life-changing products. At first, Ziro was going to ignore that since he believed the First Store to still be working as it did when he went there.


    But for some reason, his intuition wanted him to know more about the store, so he let the man live. When he heard about the familiar dreadful blue-skinned man and the terrible white monster, Ziro knew no bounds to his happiness.


    To celebrate his moment of joy, Ziro tortured thest enemy since letting his enemy live was something that went against Ziro''s t.


    After surviving the dungeon, Ziro immediately left for the store, and after traveling for a few years, he was finally there.


    ***


    "Life has been good for me since I met you, store owner," Ziro sincerely bowed and thanked Aakesh.


    When he met Aakesh, he had no one. When he ascended, he had a new family and a long line of descendants due to his rtions with every beautiful woman of the Kordo race. But there was only one person toward whom Zirowas sincere and respected, and that was Aakesh.


    He felt countless emotions rising in his heart at that time. He seemed to have returned to his fragile state, which he once was years ago.

 Chapter 1515: Ziros Choice!

    Chapter 1515: Ziro''s Choice!


    "Let me tell you about the store''s products," Aakesh said, seeing Ziro unable to deal with his emotions.


    Ziro nodded and calmed down. He was no longer the man he was when he came to the store and met the store owner. He was now the strongest of his race and without any worry about life.


    "Please, store owner," Ziro responded.


    "The store currently sells six products. They are pills, weapons, cultivation arts, skills, beasts, and Panagea¡­"


    Aakesh introduced the six products and their basic details to Ziro.


    Ziro didn''t seem as surprised as other new customers would react. He had seen products that could immediately change the life of a cultivator, sopared to that, the currently avable products in the store were of no match to that set despite the products being immensely valuable and beneficial.


    Ziro didn''t worry about it for long and focused on what was ahead of him. His cultivation was peak True God, so all the products in the store were avable to him. The only issue Ziro had was wealth.


    Thest time he came to the store, he purchased the item on a contract, which Ziro had paid yearster once he had be a powerful being. The same wouldn''t be the case with the present, so he immediately shared his concern with Aakesh.


    "If you don''t have money in your hands, you have two ways of borrowing from the store¡­"


    Aakesh nodded and then exined the lending and credit card systems to Ziro. He couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard about it.


    He had been on his own for the past two centuries, so whatever he gained was utilized by him immediately after that as well.


    Since Ziro had nothing of value that he could use to borrow from the store, he simply focused on the credit card system.


    Aakesh didn''t let Ziro waste any time and immediately told him the requirements for owning the card.


    Following that, Ziro purchased one pill from the store, fulfilling the requirement of purchasing a product. Aakesh then summoned a card from the device next to him. He handed it to Ziro and informed him of the next steps. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Ziro nervouslypleted the process, as informed by the store owner. A light enveloped the card, and he waited with bated breath as numbers appeared in the first section of the screen.


    When Ziro saw the number, he seemed to have lost a part of his strength in relief. Ziro was the owner of a body constitution that allowed him exceptionally highpatibility with the five primary elements of fire, water, earth, air, and ether. The borrowing limit depended on the capability of the customer, and since Ziro was the result of a product from the store, how could his future be ordinary?


    The system set the borrowing limit for Ziro at three thousand ultimate Sacred stones. Ziro was only a True God level cultivator, so the amount was excessivelyrge.


    "How much do you want to borrow?" Aakesh asked once Ziro''s borrowing limit became clear.


    Ziro didn''t immediately answer but stood there, pondering over the limit. The interest rate for borrowing using the credit card was immensely high, so he needed to be clearheaded and not just borrow anything after seeing the money.


    After a pause, Ziro decided to employ Aakesh''s help. He didn''t have a clear idea of the store''s product''s prices, so he couldn''t be sure of any amount.


    He couldn''t help but wonder if he borrowed a thousand ultimate Sacred stones, but what if that amount turned out to be nothing, or it turned out to be outrageously high? Having more money wasn''t a bad deal, but the interest rate that came with it was terrible.


    "If you want to borrow for your current uses, I will suggest a sum of one hundred ultimate Sacred stones," Aakesh answered. The credit borrowed from the store could only be used inside the store, so there was no point in borrowing more to purchase resources outside the store.


    "Store owner, I want to borrow one hundred ultimate Sacred stones for ten thousand years," Ziro immediately requested.


    Ziro didn''t think twice about why Aakesh suggested that amount. Since he fully trusted Aakesh, he decided to listen to him.


    Aakesh nodded and then asked the system for the contract paper. Since the tenure was fixed at ten thousand years, Ziro would need to pay the interest rate for that duration even if he were to repay the sum the next moment.


    Ziro had no trouble with that since Aakesh had earlier informed him of that. He thanked the store owner and signed the contract.


    Following that, the second and third sections on the screen lit up, and content appeared on them.


    Since Ziro no longer had any worries about the money, he felt lighthearted and could finally focus on the products alone.


    Aakesh had already done the introduction, so it was time for Ziro to choose the product. All the products in the store were avable, so he decided to start with the usable pills.


    He had only recently stepped into the peak True God sub-level, so he was still far from achieving the next level.


    After purchasing the pills, Ziro walked toward the cultivation arts room. He was in deep need of a cultivation art that tended to the five elements. If he had it with him, he might have been at a higher level of cultivation than what he was at the present.


    Since Ziro was at the peak of the True God cultivation level, he could only purchase the Higher grade cultivation art.


    He immediately walked to the counter and reached for the shelf suitable for his level.


    When he pulled his hand out, he held a page between his fingers. Ziro looked below and read the details on it.


    He immediately returned it since only five elements cultivation arts were usable for him. On his third attempt, he finally found an art. Unfortunately, it was too basic for his taste, and would rather slow down his growth than improve it.

 Chapter 1516: Ziros Summon!

    Chapter 1516: Ziro''s Summon!


    [Name- Harmony of the Elements,


    Grade- Higher grade,


    Type: Element cultivation system,


    Details: In the Harmony of the Elements, the cultivator seeks to harmonize with the natural energies of the elements of water, fire, earth, air, and ether to unlock their inner potential and attain energy growth.


    Users: Divine Lord & True God.


    Price: 9999 supreme Sacred stones.]


    A few minutester, Ziro finally found a cultivation art that suited him. He immediately chose the preview option, and following that, a virtual book appeared out of nowhere and fell into his hands.


    Just from its virtual appearance, the thickness of the book could be seen. It was thicker than Ziro''s head.


    Ziro took a deep breath and opened the book. The first page contained an energy flow chart of the five elements. There was nothing mysterious about it since it was basic knowledge.


    Ziro then moved to the second page, and content appeared. He didn''t even notice the flow of time, as when he reached the end of the book, more than an hour had passed.


    The ideas he saw in the cultivation art were too deep to beprehended by a True God level cultivator, so Ziro gave up and didn''t delve too much into them. But whatever he couldprehend showed him that it was an immensely valuable art.


    It wasn''t tough for Ziro to decide about the cultivation art''s purchase. The art was pricey since even top quality Higher grade cultivation art usually went for around a thousand supreme Sacred stones, while the one in his hands was almost ten thousand supreme Sacred stones.


    Fortunately for Ziro, he had more than enough wealth due to his talent. He didn''t worry about the price and chose [Harmony of the Elements]. After making his decision, he turned around and left the room.


    There was a short queue of six customers ahead of the store owner, so he joined that and waited for his turn toplete the purchase.


    ***


    Cultivation art was the most necessary item for Ziro, so once its purchase wasplete, he focused on the next products. Every product was avable to him and useful for him, but since there was no spot left in Panagea, that was out of the question for him.


    Of the three products of beasts, weapons, and skills, Ziro decided to see the beast for himself. He had been alone since he ascended to the Sacred Dimension, so he thought it would be a good change to have a partner to travel and gain opportunities. It was even better that the beast would be from the store.


    When Ziro walked inside the beast''s room, the tworge pirs, the long queue before it, and the numerous murals painted across the wall greeted his sight. He didn''t show much interest in the unknown beasts on the murals and didn''t have a beast in his mind.


    Ziro only had one requirement from the summoned beast to get picket; it needed to be strong.


    There were two pirs, and Ziro could summon from both of them. Ziro decided only to summon one beast, so he walked to the second pir and joined the queue.


    After waiting for several minutes, it was his turn. Hoping to summon a powerful beast on his first try, he pressed the button, initiating the summoning.


    He had set the system of summoning as targeted at the early True God level since he had decided to restart his True God level cultivation using the [Harmony of the Elements] cultivation art.


    Five secondster, the square light stopped rotating, and a beast unfamiliar to him appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into his hands. He read the details on the card and nodded after seeing the ultimate quality, but was disappointed at the end with the beast''s attacking abilities.


    Ziro returned the beast card and initiated the second round of summoning. The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square-light section began to rotate. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Five secondster, the rotation stopped, and another unfamiliar beast appeared on the screen.


    Following that, the card appeared and flew into Ziro''s hands.


    {Name: Terror Gibbon


    Type: Beast


    Race: Ape


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Fire, Fear, Earth, Wood


    Cultivation: Early True God


    Characteristics: Supernova Strike


    Details: The Terror Gibbon taps into the core of its elemental powers, channeling an overwhelming surge of fiery, fearsome energy. It leaps into the air, igniting its entire form in an inferno of mes, surrounded by an aura of paralyzing fear. As it descends upon the battlefield, it releases a cataclysmic explosion, unleashing a barrage of molten projectiles, searing mes, and psychic waves of terror in every direction.


    Cooldown: Three Years


    Ability:


    1.) Fearful ze: The Terror Gibbon conjures a wall of mes infused with the essence of fear, deterring enemies from approaching while dealing fire damage to those who try to attack it.


    2.) zing Howl: The Terror Gibbon emits a primal howl imbued with fiery energy, instilling fear and panic in the hearts of its enemies while igniting their souls.


    3.) Quaking Roots: The Terror Gibbon maniptes the earth to summon roots and vines that ensnare foes, immobilizing them and rendering them vulnerable to subsequent attacks.


    ...


    7.) Pyrostic Burst: The Terror Gibbon unleashes bursts of fiery eruptions from the earth beneath its enemies, engulfing them in mes and molten rock.


    8.) Infernal ze: The Terror Gibbon channels intense heat into a massive explosion, incinerating enemies within range and leaving behind a scorching inferno.


    ...


    11.) Fiery Rampage: The Terror Gibbon engages in a furious rampage, channeling the power of fire and fear to bolster its strength and wreak havoc upon foes with ruthless attacks.


    12.) Infernal Arbor: The Terror Gibbon summons the flora to fight alongside it, creating a formidable army of fiery, fearsome creatures.


    Card Description: The Terror Gibbon is a formidable creature. Its attributes of fire, fear, earth, and wood make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Terror Gibbon.


    Price: Twenty-five ultimate Sacred stones.}

 Chapter 1517: The Terror Gibbon!

    Chapter 1517: The Terror Gibbon!


    The upper half of the card contained an appearance of the Terror Gibbon. It was a fearsome sight to look at. It stood tall and muscr, with a thick, fur-covered body rippling with power. Its fur was a deep, fiery red-orange hue, like smoldering embers, with lines of ck running along its back and limbs like veins of molten rock.


    Its eyes burned with an intense, fiery glow, radiating an aura of menace and cruelty. Its massive, muscr arms ended in long, sharp ws capable of easily tearing through flesh or any other defense, and its chest was broad, looking like a barrel.


    Ziro read the details on the card with focus, and when he reached the end, his eyes were filled with excitement. He had hoped to summon a strong beast, not expecting to summon something like the Terror Gibbon.


    The Terror Gibbon was a beast purely born for battle and destruction. Forget supporting type skills; it didn''t have even a single defensive skill for it to use. It was as if the beast didn''t like to defend but went all in in every battle.


    Since Ziro had already borrowed a hundred ultimate Sacred stones from the store, he had the money to purchase the beast, but he still hesitated for a moment.


    The sum of 25 ultimate stones was one-fourth of the borrowed wealth, so it wasn''t easy for him to immediatelye to a decision. But after thinking and seeing the skills of the Terror Gibbon, the decision became easy.


    Ziro then left the queue and walked toward the square device. After waiting for several minutes, it was finally his turn.


    Ziro put the beast card in the cardpartment and his other hand in the hand section. Following that, Ziro found himself in a different environment, with his cultivation reduced to early True God.


    He was standing in a forest with towering trees, but there was something that towered over them. He could see an endless mountain, but when he saw the smoke rising from it, he understood it was a volcano.


    Boom!


    The next moment, a small earthquake urred, and a ball of me erupted from the volcano, darkening the sky while embers fell on a tree.


    Some trees caught fire and immediately began burning, but the fire wouldn''t spread far and slowly disappeared. When Ziro looked down, an uneven ground greeted his sight.


    Since Ziro was someone with high elementalpatibility with the earth element, he could see the dangerous terrain of the ground with treacherous sudden drops and pitfalls here and there.


    Roar!


    Suddenly, a beastly roar appeared some distance from Ziro, taking his attention away. Ziro looked in that direction, and the beast he had seen on the card stood not far from him.


    Ziro couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air. The beast looked majestically horrifying on the card, but it looked even more terrifying and majestic when he stood face-to-face with the Terror Gibbon.


    Its fiery eyes contained a mixture of anger and cruelty as they stared at the intruder. It suddenly pumped its chest and released another roar.


    Ziro was no weakling, so he also pushed back and growled against the beast, further enraging the Terror Gibbon.


    Ding!


    The bell the two sides had been waiting for rang and announced the start of the battle. Neither of them waited and made their moves at the same time.


    Howl!


    The Terror Gibbon howled, unleashing [zing Howl]. Ziro suddenly froze as a wave of panic engulfed his heart. It wasn''t the end as suddenly a stinging pain attacked Ziro.


    Ziro had fought countless battles over the years, and many of them had been brutal enough to send shivers down the spines of even the cruelest creatures. He immediately woke up, and the negative effects of the skill disappeared while his soul sessfully doused the fire caused by the attack.


    That moment of pause was more than enough for the beast to unleash another attack, and it didn''t waste that opportunity. The Terror Gibbon appeared behind Ziro, using the skill [Earth Step], and once it was at its destination, it activated [Pyrostic Burst].


    Ziro was taken aback by the sudden attack, and the ground beneath him exploded. A ze engulfed him while a shower of molten rocks attacked him.


    Boom!


    Even the fortune favored the beast at the time as the volcano released another burst of energy,rger than thest time. Ziro felt a shadow enveloping him, but he had no time to check on it.


    If he could, he would have seen a ssh ofva the size of a smallke descending, and Ziro stood at the center of it. Even if Ziro survived the Terror Gibbon''s attack with much injury, theva was sure to wound him. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Ziro didn''t panic and remained calm in the face of life-threatening danger. He activated a skill rted to the water element, and following that, a ball of water appeared and immediately enveloped him.


    The molten rocks, when they crashed into the ball of water, immediately turned into normal rocks. The water barrier had no other effect than restricting fire.


    The stones hit Ziro, but the damage wasn''t very high, so he didn''t mind. Once the impact of Terror Gibbon''s attack was over, the ssh ofva was his next enemy.


    The ssh ofva fell, and the Terror Gibbon had already backed away from its range. Ziro could no longer defend him simply with the skill since even if the ze were to get taken away from the ssh, he would get drowned in the gigantic wall of rocks in theva.


    Ziro immediately bent down and touched the ground, transferring his energy there. Following that, wall after wall of stone emerged from the ground, trying to stop theva.


    Before Ziro could celebrate, a sense of danger suddenly struck him. He looked down and found vines emerging from the ground and binding him to a single spot.


    Argh!


    Ziro couldn''t help but groan since the vines were full of thorns. Wherever they touched Ziro''s skin, gashes opened up, and the vines feasted on his blood.

 Chapter 1518: The Sixth Cultivation Arts Quest!

    Chapter 1518: The Sixth Cultivation Arts Quest!


    Ziro could no longer maintain his calm since he was in grave danger. The vines tightening his legs were slowly drinking his blood and getting stronger while he was getting weaker.


    Ssh!


    The stone walls defended Ziro as much as they could, and the remainingva sshed on Ziro''s body.


    Just the temperature around theva was high enough to set arge area of more than 100 meters on fire.


    Thump!


    The Terror Gibbon thumped its chest, seeing the scene. It then added some force to its legs and immediately jumped where the intruder was a moment earlier.


    Roar!


    The beast suddenly let out a roar as an intense sense of danger hit it, but it was toote for the beast.


    Therge fire immediately disappeared, and a small, rat-like creature made of fire appeared on the scene.


    The creature was none other than Ziro, who was forced to use his ultimate skill to survive thebined assault of blood-sucking thorny vines and theva.


    Ziro never expected to use the skill in just the initial phase of the battle, but since he had used it, he wanted to end the fight since the seque of the skill were extremely serious. After the effect ended, Ziro would return to normal, but his body would get drained physically and mentally, leaving him unable to fight back.


    Ziro never expected to use the skill in just the initial phase of the battle, but since he had used it, he wanted to end the fight since the seque of the skill were extremely serious. After the effect ended, Ziro would return to normal, but his body would get drained physically and mentally, leaving him unable to fight back.


    The rat-like creature suddenly expanded and took the same shape as the Gibbon.


    Roar!


    Ziro let out an angry roar and pounced. With him, the elements of earth, water, air, and ether also pounced. The element of ether was the most mystical of the five elements since it stood against the remaining four elements as well as supported them.


    Ether was the support base for the remaining four elements, forming the primary five elements. It had no attacking or defensive capability, but it was still the most valuable element for beings like Ziro, who could use all five primary elements and had equalpatibility with them.


    The four elements merged into Ziro, resulting in his life-level growth. In less than a billionth of a second, Ziro had gone from on the verge of defeat to the supreme one.


    The Terror Gibbon sensed a danger to its life but could do nothing to stop it. It had no time to unleash any skills, and soon Ziro arrived.


    A mixed-colored wave of st hit the beast, and with it, the space cracked open.


    Boom!


    The volcano also released another wave ofva right at the moment, but Ziro ignored it and pushed the wave as much as he could.


    Despite his having extremely highpatibility with the five elements, his body was still unable to bear the power of the attack. His body slowly began to disintegrate, but fortunately for Ziro, the beast faced the attack directly.


    ARGH!


    With an unwilling scream, the Terror Gibbonpletely disintegrated, resulting in a victory for Ziro.


    Ziro couldn''t celebrate it because he too disappeared not long after.


    ***


    Ziro took a deep breath as he returned to the store. He could hear the loud thumping of his chest after the battle.


    The battle was neither the shiest nor the most brutal for Ziro, but the victory was the sweetest. In just three attacks, the Terror Gibbon had proved to Ziro that it was not only a beast with powerful skills but also a creature of strong battle instinct.


    It didn''t lose because it was too weak or because Ziro was overwhelmingly strong. It lost because Ziro''s skill was overwhelmingly powerful, and the beast didn''t expect that.


    Hiss!


    Ziro couldn''t think of the battle as a stinging pain hit him, causing him to hiss in pain.


    ***


    When Ziro was waiting for his turn to initiate the taming battle, Aakesh finally got a free moment for himself.


    "Hey, system, show me the alerts," Aakesh asked the system since after Ziro''s purchase, the system had sent alerts.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, congrattions on the sale of the cultivation arts, fulfilling the requirement of the fifth cultivation art'' quest! [The salemission has already been transferred to you.]


    [The "Mission reward: Five thousand purer, higher Sacred stones" has been sessfully transferred to you. Please check your system space for the reward.]


    [Host, please see the quest window for your next quest.]


    The next moment, a blue window containing the details of the sixth cultivation art'' quest appeared in front of him.


    [Mission Sequence: Sixth


    Mission objective: Sell cultivation arts,


    Requirement: After the sale from Ziro, the store has fulfilled the requirements set by the system. It''s not the time to celebrate, but it''s only the beginning. Work even more diligently to make more and more customers interested in the product


    Sale: 25,000,000,000 N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Time limit: 3,600,000 days


    Mission reward: Emperor level cultivation arts,


    Failure punishment: Salesmission will get reduced to 0% for the product cultivation arts for two thousand years.]


    After Aakesh''s request, the system bombarded him with notifications about thepletion of the quest.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation since he was one step closer to activating the fifth collective quest. He then focused on the screen before him and read the details on it.


    The reward for the Emperor level cultivation arts was as expected, while the increment in the sale requirement and deadline was simr to thest few quests the store had activated.


    Aakesh only took a casual nce at the failure section and waved his hands. The next moment, the quest screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh was going to close his eyes when he stopped after hearing the sound of footsteps approaching from the skill room and waited for the customer.


    When Ziro exited the room, there was a line of several people waiting before Aakesh. Since the ultimate quality beast''s sales could only bepleted by the store owner, Ziro joined the queue, waiting for his turn.


    He also wanted to know about the Terror Gibbon, and the store owner was the best candidate for that, so he anticipated it even more.

 Chapter 1519: The Terror Gibbon!

    Chapter 1519: The Terror Gibbon!


    After waiting for a few minutes, it was Ziro''s turn. "Store owner, pleaseplete the sale," Ziro requested, handing the beast card to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the beast card and returned it immediately after ncing at it.


    "You need to pay 25 ultimate and eleven higher Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Ziro.


    Ziro nodded and paid for it using the Ultimate Store Card he purchased after the borrowing. Even though the sale wasplete, Ziro didn''t leave the queue and requested, "Store owner, please tell me about the Terror Gibbon."


    Aakesh didn''t refuse Ziro and informed him of the beast''s history. Gibbons came under therge family of Apes in the Beast group and was a weak race in that family.


    Gibbons had numerous species of their own, but there was no species that could join all the species together and form a powerful alliance of Gibbons for more benefits from the Ape family and the Beast group.


    The rtionship between the Ape family was also not very good due to the intense territorial nature of the Apes. Since Gibbons was a cluster of weak races, they were slowly getting squeezed out by other races in the family. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    The strongest cultivation in the Gibbon species was an early Sacred King, and there were only two of them, despite Gibbons having arge poption of several billion.


    Having arge poption but insufficient territory further aggravated the disputes between the different species of the race, resulting in a war to gain control over the biggest resource point they controlled at that time.


    The war turned brutal, and only two species were left fending for themselves at the end, due to them being the only two species with the Sacred King as their leader.


    As both the leaders were only early Sacred Kings and neither of the two had any superiority over the other, it resulted in considerable losses for the two races due to a high number of lower-level cultivators dying.


    At that time, the me Gibbon decided to employ the help of another species that wasn''t a Gibbon, and that turned the tide in favor of the me Gibbon.


    The me Gibbons became the de facto leaders of the Gibbons, while Aqua Gibbon slowly turned to extinction after their leader''s death due to intense persecution from the me Gibbon.


    Peace returned to the Gibbons, but it didn''tst long since the me Gibbon''s leader''s betrayal came back to bite him. It resulted in Gibbons losing their freedom and bing subordinates of the Blue Cyclone Chimpanzees, a race with a Sacred Emperor.


    The Ape family decided not to intervene because of the leaders of the Blue Cyclone Chimpanzees. The man was the son-inw of the leader of the Ape group.


    The Gibbons lived under the chimpanzees'' control, and their numbers kept dwindling. In the span of three hundred million years, the Gibbons went from having several billion members in their mix to a few hundred members, and even they turned out to be outrageously weak.


    The highest cultivation was only thete Divine Lord, and even that was slowly regressing.


    Gibbons seemed to have reached the end of their lives, with them inching closer to extinction day by day. They hoped for a miracle, and that came at a terrible cost.


    When only thest seven members of the Gibbon race were left, while searching for hope of survival, they came across a ruin.


    The Gibbons disappeared from the face of the Sacred Dimension after that, only to return three billion yearster.


    Only thest Gibbon was left alive in the Sacred Dimension at the time, and even that was no longer any of the Gibbon that existed before. That was the first Terror Gibbon, caused by a rare item gained by one of thest Gibbons.


    Due to the mutation of that item, the Terror Gibbon appeared. Since Gibbons had disappeared for three billion years, the Blue Cyclole Chimpanzee treated them as an extinct group of races and stopped worrying about it.


    Since the Terror Gibbon was no longer prosecuted, it slowly grew in cultivation. The second Terror Gibbon was a half-beast, but the mutated bloodline of the Terror Gibbon dominated the non-beast bloodline, resulting in the second Terror Gibbon.


    In seventy thousand years, the number of Terror Gibbons reached three digits, and once it reached that mark, the mutated bloodline disappeared from the future generation, resulting in the appearance of the earlier Gibbon species.


    The first Terror Gibbon stopped growing in cultivation after the Supreme God level, dashing any hopes of the Gibbons to avenge their humiliation against the Blue Cyclone Chimpanzees.


    Things changed for the better when the seventieth generation, Terror Gibbon, broke through the Supreme God level and became the third member to do so in the history of the Gibbons.


    The Terror Gibbons then started research on their mutated bloodline and found the strongest purity to be in the hundredth Terror Gibbon, despite being thest one to be born in the Sacred Dimension.


    In the three millionth year after the reappearance of the Gibbons, Corlis reached the Sacred Emperor level, bing the first of any species of the Gibbons.


    Another ten million yearster, Corlis seeded in anotherrge breakthrough and stepped into the Sacred Monarch level, reigniting the hopes of revenge against the Blue Cyclone Chimpanzees.


    ***


    Ziro couldn''t help but suck a cold breath of air after listening to the history of the Terror Gibbons. Aakesh also informed Ziro of the mutation. It was caused by the bloodline of a creature long extinct from the Sacred Dimension.


    There have been only one hundred Terror Gibbons in the Sacred Dimension, and three of them have been powerful enough to step into the Sacred Creator level.


    Corlis was the first of the race, whoter ascended. Following him was Teris, who also ascended after the third Sacred Creator''s appearance in the Gibbons group of races.


    In present times, Gibbons were at the peak of their authority, with the Sacred Emperor in double digits and numerous universes under their control.

 Chapter 1520: Ziros Question!

    Chapter 1520: Ziro''s Question!


    "Store owner, will there be a conflict between me and the Gibbons due to the beast," Ziro asked.


    Learning the history of the Terror Gibbons, he became excited about the beast and what he and it would aplish in the future. At the same time, a worry also rose in his heart since there had only been one hundred Terror Gibbons in the race''s history, and every one of them was extremely significant for the entire Gibbons group.


    The beast in Ziro''s hands had nothing to do with Gibbons, but at the end of the day, it was a Terror Gibbon, the beast that took the Gibbons to a height they couldn''t even imagine.


    "The contract between you and the beast is unbreakable by any outsider, and the beast''s loyalty to you will always stay at the perfect level," Aakesh answered.


    Ziro breathed a sigh of relief since he didn''t want to see a day when the Terror Gibbon broke its contract with him and left him. Since the store owner said that the beast''s loyalty would never change, he hadplete trust that it would never change.


    ***


    Ziro entered the skill room and looked around, being in awe as usual as he saw the numerous murals painted across the wall.


    Since ascending to the Sacred Dimension, Ziro hadn''t learned any new skills. The skills he used in the taming battle were the ones he had gained in the Primal Dimension.


    Due to his high elementalpatibility, he could unleash more power than the skill could, so he didn''t feel much of a loss. But since he finally had the chance to buy skills for himself and had enough wealth, he did not need to hesitate.


    His cultivation was at the True God level, so he walked toward the counter for the respective cultivation. There were a couple of people around him, who didn''t even look at him.


    Ziro didn''t mind it and focused on the counter ahead of him. He wanted to buy skills of all five types, so he started with the attacking type and reached for the first shelf in thest row.


    Ziro wanted to go step by step to find a great skill, so he decided to start with the lowest grade avable.


    Time flew by, and after returning and pulling out the skill card numerous times, Ziro finally found an attacking skill that satisfied him.


    [Name: Inferno Cyclone


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Element: Fire, Earth, Air


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak True God


    Effect: Creates a devastating cyclone of elemental fury,bining scorching mes, earthy debris, and turbulent winds to obliterate adversaries with overwhelming force.


    Description: The skill channels the elemental powers of fire, earth, and air to conjure a devastating cyclone of elemental fury. This skill transforms the user into a harbinger of doom, unleashing a ruthless attack that overwhelms adversaries with scorching mes, earthy debris, and turbulent winds.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of fire, earth, and air. The strain on the user''s physical and magical energy can be significant, requiring caution and powerful endurance.


    Price: Six thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    Ziro read the details on the card, and when he reached the end of it, a broad smile spread across his face.


    Due to the pill, Ziro had equalpatibility with all five primary elements, and since the store sold multi-elemental skills, Ziro decided to go for that.


    He set thebination of elements to be random, and so he came across many skills. The [Inferno Cyclone] he finally decided to select was better than the two five-elemental skills he picked out.


    Since he now had the attacking type skill, he returned his focus to the counter. Simr to thest time, he reached for the first shelf in the secondst row, again choosing a randombination of any of the five primary elements.


    After several attempts at pulling out cards and then returning them, he found a suitable skill. Unfortunately for him, once it reached the Emperor level, Ziro didn''t like it anymore, so he restarted from the first shelf.


    Fortunately, he no longer had to repeat the process of pulling and returning. In his next attempt, he found the skill. He no longer faced disappointment and reached the God level.


    [Name: Terra-Aquatic Barrier


    Type: Defense


    Level: God


    Element: Earth, Water, Ether n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak True God


    Effect: Creates a barrier of earth and water, fortified by the essence of ether, providing unparalleled defense against physical, elemental, and spiritual assaults.


    Description: The skillbines the elemental powers of earth, water, and ether to create a powerful barrier that defends against different types of attacks. This skill transforms the user into a bastion of defense, enveloping them in a shield of earth and water fortified by the essence of ether.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of earth, water, and ether. The strain on the user''s magical energy can be significant, requiringrge energy reserves and control.


    Price: Eight thousand five hundred higher Sacred stones.]


    Without the element of ether, the skill was only basic, but with its addition, its defenses became top-notch.


    ***


    Somewhere in the Sacred Dimension,


    "Are you certain about it?" A voice filled with surprise rang.


    "Yes, my lord, the item sensed another bloodline, but it was only there for an instant," The creature, kneeling on the floor, respectfully responded.


    After purchasing the Terror Gibbon, Ziro summoned it out to check it since it wasn''t veryrge in size. But at that moment, the item that caused the mutation to birth the Terror Gibbon had suddenly lightened up.


    The creature on the throne was none other than the leader of the Gibbons, the third Terror Gibbon to step into the Sacred Creator level, Giesta.


    "Will we finally have another Terror Gibbon in our midst?" Giesta muttered since the Terror Gibbons had exhausted their potential, and there were no chances of the fourth Sacred Creator appearing in their midst unless a miracle urred and reignited the potential of the race.

 Chapter 1521: Ziros Weapon!

    Chapter 1521: Ziro''s Weapon!


    Unaware of the situation in Gibbon''s camp, Ziro reached for the first shelf in the top row. He had already pulled out four of the five types of skill cards, so only thebination type was left.


    A few minutester, Ziro found the skill he liked the most after reading the details on the card.


    [Name: Unity of Elements


    Type: Combination (Attack, Defense, and Support)


    Level: God


    Element: Water, Air, Earth, Ether


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak True God


    Effect: Unleashes a harmonious fusion of water, air, earth, and ether, creating a nexus of elemental power that assaults adversaries, shields allies, and bestows enhancements with unparalleled precision and versatility


    Description: The skill harmonizes the boundaries of individual elements, weaving a tapestry of water, air, earth, and ether into a harmonious fusion.


    Attack Aspect:


    Tempest Assault: The user conjures a storm thatbines the forces of water and air, creating a cyclonic assault that consumes adversaries. It unleashes torrents of water, slicing through the air with powerful force and causing immense destruction.


    Defense Aspect: Terra Barrier: The user molds the earth into a strong barrier that shields themselves and their allies from physical and elemental attacks. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Support Aspect:


    Vitality Infusion: The user channels the healing aspect of all four elements to infuse allies with enhanced vitality and enhancements. It restores wounds, cures ailments, and bestows mental and physical enhancements, ensuring that allies remain resilient and empowered.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of water, air, earth, and ether to seamlessly switch between offensive, defensive, and supporting aspects.


    Price: Seventy-eight thousand higher Sacred stones.]


    Since Ziro now had all five types of skills, he left the counter and walked toward the semi-pir. A long line of skill card owners was waiting for him, so he joined it and waited for his turn.


    Several minutester, it was his turn. He decided to follow the same sequence in which he had pulled out the cards, so he ced the [Inferno Cyclone] skill card in the cardpartment, and following that, his consciousness teleported to another location.


    A moment passed in the blink of an eye, and Ziro''s consciousness returned to the store. Following that, the screen on the semi-pir lightened up, and content appeared on it.


    [Skill: Inferno Cyclone


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak True God


    Elemental Compatibility: Fire: 89%, Earth: 83%, Air: 87%


    Skill Compatibility: 84%


    Training Time: Forty-eight years and three months.]


    Ziro read the details on the screen, and they were immediately engraved in his mind. He couldn''t help but grin when he saw the elementalpatibility with the three elements.


    If he were in the Primal Dimension, the prefix eight would have turned to nine in all the cases, but still having more than eighty percentpatibility was no joke. Many would die of envy if they were to see that.


    Since Ziro didn''t find any issue with the details, he returned his focus to the experience session and reced the ced card with the [Terra-Aquatic Barrier] skill card.


    Time flew by, and moments passed in the blink of an eye.


    Ziro reced the ced skill card with the [Unity of Elements] card. Following that, he found himself in a different environment.


    ***


    [Skill: Unity of Elements


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak True God


    Elemental Compatibility: Water: 88%, Air: 86%, Earth: 85%, Ether: 89%


    Skill Compatibility:


    Attack Aspect: 88% (Seventeen years and four months)


    Defense Aspect: 87% (Nine years and seven months)


    Support Aspect: 86% (Sixty-eight years and ten months)


    Training Time: Ny-eight years and eleven months.]


    Ziro nodded after seeing the details. As usual, his elementalpatibility remained above 80% for all four elements, which helped in having a shorter training duration.


    Since Ziro had experienced all five skill types avable in the store, he turned around and left the queue toward the room''s exit. When he walked out of the room, there were no customers before the store owner. The store owner seemed to be rxing, but his footsteps woke him up, and Aakesh looked in his direction.


    ***


    After Ziro hadpleted the sale of the skill cards, he only had one more product left to choose, so he entered the weapons room.


    The numerous murals painted across the wall greeted him. He couldn''t help but be in awe as he saw one concept after another gracefully painted on the wall.


    Ziro''s strong point was the five elements, while his weapon skills were slightly above average. When he had ascended, his growth weapon had ascended with him, but in the past two centuries, the weapon''s growth had been stagnant due to poor resources.


    Growth weapons followed the cultivation of their owner, but thews and energy were at a higher level in the Sacred Dimension than they were in the Primal.


    Since growth weapons usually face tribtions with their owners, the material gets upgraded. But that kind of upgrade could only allow the sword to be in the Lesser grade. For grades above that, Ziro needed to rece some of the materials with the materials of the Sacred Dimension.


    ***


    Due to his average talent, Ziro didn''t sense anything extraordinary from the murals. He was a saber user, so he walked in the direction of the pirs rted to that weapon.


    He immediately reached for the shelf to pull out a suitable spear. After searching for a few minutes, he found the one he liked.


    It was a powerful weapon that looked like the weapon Ziro owned, so he could use the material in the saber to upgrade his growth-type saber.


    He then paid for it using the store card and brought his focus to the column before him.


    Ziro had already paid for the Gods & Demons level difficulty, so he pricked his finger on the tiny needle.


    The needle pierced through his skin like it was nothing and ate a drop of his blood. His injury healed immediately after that, and a transparent golden barrier surrounded him.


    He wanted to touch the barrier, but before he could, his eyes turned nk, bing one of the many frozen customers in the weapons room.

 Chapter 1522: A Love-Smitten Customer!

    Chapter 1522: A Love-Smitten Customer!


    Ziro stood in an endless white space with a blue screen before him.


    Ziro didn''t have much idea about the power differences between different races in the Sacred Dimension, so he decided to go with Bursu.


    Ziro had fought a battle with a Bursu several years ago, and that had been the most difficult battle of his life, with him almost dying.


    For the environment, Ziro chose a dark ce with chilly winds. It was the same environment as the one where he had the battle.


    Following his option''s selection, a white light enveloped Ziro, and the next moment, he appeared in the exact ce he had in his mind.


    ***


    Ziro stood pale in shock as he suddenly returned to the white space immediately after the battle began. He didn''t even see his opponent making the move, and his world had already turned dark.


    The blue screen had popped out once again. Ziro fixed his choices for the entire training duration, so he returned to the battlefield. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Only in the seventh hour was Ziro able to defend against the first sh, but even that was nothing.


    A few more hours passed in a sh, and only thest hour of the training was left.


    Ding!


    The bell rang and announced the start of another battle.


    Ziro and his opponent made their moves at the same time.


    ng!


    A sound rang as the two sabers shed, pushing the two opponents backward. Ziro had anticipated that, so he jumped forward and shed before his foot fullynded on the ground.


    The opponent had the same motive, but since Ziro employed it first, the Bursu immediately defended.


    The defense was done effortlessly, and so was the counterattack. The Bursu sliced its saber, almost cutting Ziro in half.


    Even though Ziro dodged the slice, the saber still touched some part of his chest, opening up a gash.


    Ziro ignored the pain and pounced, ready to take the opponent''s head. The Bursu brought its saber in time and defended, but before it could counterattack, Ziro suddenly grabbed the hilt of the saber.


    He shed at the same time. The physical strength difference between the two sides wasn''t very different, so Ziro wanted the small window that would appear due to the opponent trying to free its weapon.


    The window appeared, but before Ziro could sessfully strike the Burus, a wave of pain hit him, freezing him for a moment.


    The left hand he had used to grab the saber''s hilt had now been cut due to quick and skillful movement unleashed by the opponent.


    Time flew by, and Ziro returned to the white space with another loss.


    ***


    "Thank you, store owner. I will return tomorrow for Panagea," Ziro thanked Aakesh, and after his nod, he activated the store card, disappearing from the store.


    Ziro had no residence of his own, so he didn''t appear in another location but appeared outside the store.


    He then left to search for a residence in Thorr City.


    Time was like a steady stream that kept flowing without any random increase or decrease. Minutes turned into hours, hours into days, days into months, and months into years. Just like that, several years had passed since thepletion of the cultivation arts quest.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The sound of footsteps rang outside the store as Sheri approached it. She stopped once she reached the doors. Her eyes were filled with excitement since she would finally be able to see the mysterious store owner.


    Sheri was a customer from the Primal Dimension, but she became one long after the store owner returned to the Sacred Dimension.


    She took a deep breath to calm her pounding heart but was unable to do so due to her first meeting with the store owner.


    She stopped trying to calm down and walked forward, stepping inside the store. The view before her changed, and the store''s interior appeared before her.


    Her eyes fell on the blue-skinned store owner, and her heart couldn''t help but jump to another speed.


    Aakesh had been extremely popr with both men and women since the store became popr all over the Primal Dimension.


    If Aakesh were to just announce his intention of looking for a romantic partner, the number of women applying for that would be enough to make a gxy overcrowded.


    Sheri was one of those admirers, so seeing Aakesh before her was a significant event for her.


    Aakesh noticed the wild change in the emotion of the new entry, but he ignored it since he was busy with another customer.


    Sheri''s cheeks had turned crimson as he joined the queue. The closer she was to Aakesh, the faster her heartbeat became.


    Sheri couldn''t help but imagine weird scenes in her mind and how she would respond to that.


    ***


    "Yes, I can bear children for you," Sheri suddenly muttered as she dreamed of Aakesh proposing to her.


    The next moment, her face was on the verge of exploding as she stood face-to-face with Aakesh. While dreaming of weird scenes, she didn''t even notice that it was her turn.


    Aakesh had an expressionless face on the outside while smiling inside. He didn''t smile because of Sheri, but he imagined Lily''s reaction if she were here to hear the woman say such words.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner. I am Sheri." Sheri greeted Aakesh after calming down.


    She didn''t naturally calm down, but it was the doing of the system. If it were to be left to Sheri to calm down, she would have just stood there silently for hours.


    Aakesh had sensed the aura of the store from Sheri, so he was aware that she was a customer from the lower dimension. Sheri talked about some misceneous things rted to the store and then finally asked about the products.


    The products were the same as the lower dimension, so except for the pills, there was no new information in the basic introduction.

 Chapter 1523: An Old Customer!

    Chapter 1523: An Old Customer!


    After Sheri left the store, another customer took her ce, and Aakesh got busy with that.


    Around two hourster, Aakesh was finally free of any customers, so he instantly called out for the Panagea quest.


    The next moment, a blue screen containing the quest details appeared before him, and another small blue window containing the progress screen popped up.


    [Mission Sequence: Eight


    ¡­


    ]


    [Mission Progress:


    Days: 50,000/50,000.]


    Aakesh nodded after seeing the details on the screen since the quest had finally fulfilled the requirement. The store would finally have a new set of virtual portals, and what was even more exciting was that with thatpletion, the store had most probably fulfilled the requirement for the next collective quest.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh heard the sound of footsteps approaching the store. He immediately waved his hands, and the two screens disappeared. He then looked in the direction of the door and saw an old face approaching the store.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Tira smilingly greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh silently nodded in response to her greeting. She didn''t mind since she had gotten ustomed to Aakesh''s indifferent behavior aftering to the store twice.


    Thest time she came to the store was several decades earlier, and that was to purchase the King level cultivation art.


    When Tira came to the store, she had lived for more than two billion years without any growth in her cultivation, making her stuck at the Lesser God level. She purchased top-level cultivation art from the store and destroyed her cultivation, starting again.


    Her decision turned out to be beneficial for her, as she regained her lost cultivation in only around a century. Her level had returned to intermediate Lesser God, the cultivation at which she had firste to the store.


    Tira had been working hard since she came to the store, so the present entry was only her third entry to the store. Since she had now regained her cultivation, she no longer needed to push herself as earlier and could be a regr at the store henceforth.


    "Has any new product arrived in the store?" Tira asked.


    ***


    Tira walked into the beast room, with her destination being the second pir. She had already summoned a beast from the first pir, which had now stepped into the True God level.


    Since she no longer needed to worry about her cultivation, she could now have a second beast. She then joined the line and waited for her turn.


    She had summoned Feralith from the first device, which was of legendary quality and had pure offensive skills. For the second device, she hoped for a beast with a good amount of supporting skills.


    A few minutester, it was Tira''s turn. She took a deep breath and pressed the button, initiating the first round of summoning.


    The next moment, the square light section began to rotate and kept rotating for five seconds. Once it stopped, a beast familiar to Tira appeared on the screen.


    Tira lost whatever hope she had in the beast since she recognized it and knew it was a weak race. The details on the card proved her correct, so she returned the card and initiated the second round of summoning.


    Time flew by, and Tira reached the eighth round of summoning. Her limit was ten rounds, so she had a hint of worry in her eyes as she pressed the button.


    Following that, ''7'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light section began to rotate. Five secondster, the screen froze, and a beast unfamiliar to her appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, the beast card formed out of thin air and flew into her hands. She immediately caught it and immersed herself in the details.


    {Name: m Manatee


    Type: Beast


    Race: Hybrid


    Quality: Legendary


    Element: Earth, Water


    Cultivation: Early Lesser God


    Characteristics:Nurturing Dominion


    Details: The m Manatee creates a sanctuary of healing and rejuvenation on the battlefield. When activated, this characteristic transforms the surrounding area into a tranquil shelter where allies experience elerated natural healing and the restoration of their physical and mental well-being. It further amplifies the other supportive abilities of the beast.


    Range: 100¨C399 meters


    Ability:


    1.) Healing Waters: The m Manatee channels the restorative power of water to generate healing waves that soothe wounds and rejuvenate allies, enhancing endurance and vitality.


    2.) Mudslide Barrage: The m Manatee triggers a series of mudslides that cascade down slopes, obstructing enemy movement and burying them underyers of earth and debris.


    3.) Earthly Embrace: The m Manatee envelops allies in a protective barrier of earth and water, shielding them from harm and providing temporary immunity to status ailments.


    ...


    7.) Grounding Aura: The m Manatee releases an aura that stabilizes unstable terrain and enhances the earth-based attacks or abilities of its allies.


    8.) Earth''s Blessing: The m Manatee channels the nurturing energy of the earth to bless allies with increased resilience and vitality, bolstering their defenses and fortifying their willpower.


    ...


    11.) Geomaic Pulse: The m Manatee generates a pulse of maic energy that disrupts enemy formations and temporarily disables metallic equipment and constructs.


    12.) Tectonic m: The m Manatee channels the elemental power of the earth to create seismic shockwaves that ripple through the ground, striking enemies with devastating force.


    Card Description: The m Manatee is a peaceful creature. Its attributes of water and earth make it a powerful opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent and supporting its allies. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the m Manatee.


    Price: Twenty-eight ultimate Sacred stones.}


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. The m Manatee was a massive creature, with its body looking like a manatee, smooth, rounded form, thick, earthy-colored hide, and sturdy and muscr broad flippers. A giant m shell had fused seamlessly into its back. It was massive and robust, with rough, rocky textures and earthy hues.


    Tira nodded in appreciation, reading the details on the card. She wanted a beast that was more of a supporting type, and the m Manatee was exactly that.


    Since the beast''s quality wasn''t low, she decided to select it as her second summon from the store.


    The m Manatee was the result of mating between a member of the Copper m and the Blue Manatee. Both the parent races were aquatic creatures, but the m Manatee exceeded expectations by bing both a terrestrial and aquatic creature.


    The birth of the m Manatee also caused a serious issue between the Copper m and Blue Manatee. Copper m was a race that controlled the element of metal, while m Manatee had the element of earth, which was out of nowhere.


    Since Father m was the son of one of the elders of the race, they thought that Mother Manatee had been unfaithful to the father, resulting in a small episode of a diplomatic brawl. The issue only calmed down when it was confirmed that the father and son were connected by blood.


    Both parent races were mid-tier, and the m Manatee was also one despite being able to walk onnd, which its parent races couldn''t do.


    The m Manatee was a prosperous race, with its leader being at the peak Supreme God cultivation level, and it was the first of its race.


    ***


    After waiting for a while, it was Tira''s turn to face the taming battle. She ced the beast card in the cardpartment and her hand in the respective section.


    The next moment, she found herself in a different environment. She stood on an ind with an endless body of water all around it.


    Ssh!


    A sound captured Tira''s attention, and the massive beast jumped out of the water.


    Squeak!


    The m Manatee squeaked as it stared at the intruder. Its eyes didn''t contain any hostility for Tira but were full of curiosity regarding her. She smiled in response to that.


    Ding!


    The directionless bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Despite the beast''s massive body, it wasn''t slow in its movement and immediately appeared before Tira. It attacked with itsrge flippers, the size of Tira.


    There was no hint of killing intent in the beast''s action since it was simply battling due to the rules set by the system. The m Manatee was a pretty chill beast that wouldn''t get into a fight unless it had to.


    Time flew by, and the battle between Tira and the beast kept on raging for hours with no end in sight.


    The m Manatee''s defenses were extremely tight, not allowing Tira to win despite her offensive superiority over the beast.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

 Chapter 1524: Terrarium Meld!

    Chapter 1524: Terrarium Meld!


    Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!


    The ground was shaking, andrge cracks spread across the ind after the m Manatee activated [Tectonic m]. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Tira immediately floated up, but before she could fly, arge wave of water hit her, mming her back to the ind.


    Argh!


    Tira groaned in pain as some of her bones had broken due to the m, but there was a smile on her face since [Tectonic m] was thest bout of struggle from the m Manatee.


    m!


    As Tira expected, the massive m Manatee crashed on the ground. It still wasn''t dead, and Tira didn''t show any kindness and released a sharp projectile that appeared out of nowhere.


    Puchi!


    The projectile pierced the beast''s massive head and then its brain. It struggled for a moment, and then, it fell silent. After battling for hours, the result finally appeared, with Tira bing the victor of the two sides.


    Tira had learned numerous skills over the past years due to her inability to grow in cultivation, so her strength wasn''t weak at the same level.


    Her consciousness returned to the store, and not long after, a piercing pain hit her.


    ***


    Tira entered the skill room and looked around. She already had enough skills, but since anything rted to the store could be fortune-changing, she decided to try some skills.


    If Tira found better skills than the ones she had, it would be great, and if she didn''t, it wouldn''t matter since she already had enough skills. Having nothing to lose, she walked to the counter for Lesser God level cultivation.


    Tira had control over the elements of metal and earth, with her having higherpatibility with metal.


    Tira decided to go for a dual-elemental skill, so she thought of the two elements and reached for thest shelf in the bottom row.


    The next moment, she pulled her hand out, and it had a skill card in its grip. It was a dual-elemental skill as she had wanted, but after reading the details, she immediately returned it.


    Tira decided to throw the skill elements at luck and simply pull them out of the counter. It meant that the skill could be a single element or a dual element, with her having no idea what he would pull out.


    When she pulled her hand out after returning the first card, it was another dual-elemental skill. The result remained the same, and she immediately returned it.


    Time flew by, and several minutester, Tira gave up on the attacking type skills. She had been unable to pull out a skill that could impress her.


    She even judged the store for low-level skills, not knowing that her fortune didn''t allow her to pull out a top-quality skill.


    Her fortunes finally changed for the better when she reached thest shelf in the second bottom row for the third time.


    She pulled out a dual-elemental defensive type skill. As she read the details on it, she couldn''t help but nod with a wide smile on her face.


    [Name: Terrarium Meld


    Type: Defense


    Level: God


    Element: Metal, Earth


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Lesser God


    Effect: Transforms the user''s body into a fortress of terrarium and earth, imbuing them with unparalleled defensive capabilities and a unique ability to repel iing attacks


    Description: The skill melds the elemental forces of metal and earth, transforming the user''s body into a fortress of terrarium and earth. This skill grants the user unparalleled defensive capabilities and a unique ability to repel iing attacks, making them an immovable bulwark against adversaries.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of metal and earth. The strain on the user''s physique can be significant, requiring caution and powerful endurance during the activation.


    Price: 80,500 higher Sacred stones.]


    Her eyes lit up as she read the name of the skill. Terrarium was a mysterious metal known for its durability. It was extensively used in high-level shields and other defensive weapons. It had the natural property of repelling physical and elemental attacks.


    Since Tira had no defensive skill of such sort, she immediately picked it to be her first skill of the store.


    Tira then moved above and reached for thest shelf in the row in the middle, and when she pulled her hand out, it contained a metal element movement skill.


    Tira already had a skill like that, so despite the one from the store having a slight advantage over the one she owned, she returned it and pulled out a new skill card.


    [Name: Quake Stride


    Type: Movement


    Level: God


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Lesser God


    Effect: Empowers the user with unparalleled speed and agility by transmuting the earth beneath their feet into a dynamic metallic pathway, allowing swift traversal of many terrains


    Description: The skill harnesses thebined power of metal and earth to grant the user extraordinary speed and agility. This skill transforms the user into a master of earth maniption, transmuting the ground into a dynamic metallic pathway that facilitates swift traversal across many terrains.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of metal and earth. The strain on the user''s energy to transmute earth into the metal can be significant, requiring vast energy reserves and control.


    Price: 75,500 higher Sacred stones.]


    Tira read the details on the skill card, and she pulled out on her thirty-fifth attempt. She wasn''t much impressed by the movement part, but the transmutation of metal from the earth part of the effect interested her.


    In only a moment, she went from being non-interested to extremely curious about it. She still didn''t make any decision on the purchase but decided to make one after experiencing the skill.


    [Quake Stride] focused more on the element of earth, which wasn''t the strong point of Tira, so herpatibility with the skill would decide her answer.


    She had gained two types of skills already, so she became excited to see what would be next and reached for thest shelf in the second-top row.


    (Chapter End.)


    ***

 Chapter 1525: Quake Stride!

    Chapter 1525: Quake Stride!


    [Name: Conduit Amplification


    Type: Supporting


    Level: God


    Element: Metal, Earth


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Lesser God


    Effect: Boosts the physical and spiritual capabilities of the user by channeling the elemental energies of metal and earth, enhancing their strength, endurance, and defense while bolstering their willpower


    Description: The skill harnesses the elemental energies of metal and earth to augment the physical and spiritual capabilities of allies. This skill empowers allies with enhanced strength, endurance, and resilience while bolstering their spiritual fortitude, making them challenging forces on the battlefield.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of metal and earth.


    Price: 78,500 higher Sacred stones.]


    Tira read the details of the card she pulled out on her first try. A smile spread across her face since she liked the skill''s effect.


    She didn''t waste any time deciding on the purchasing aspect and immediately picked it as her second fixed skill. She then reached for thest shelf in the top row.


    Time flew by, and after the process of pulling the cards and then returning them numerous times, Tira gave up on thebination-type skill. She then left the counter and walked toward the semi-pir.


    Whether she would have three skills when she left the room or two, it all depended on the experience session, so she waited for her turn with a hint of anticipation in her eyes.


    After waiting for a few minutes, it was her turn. She immediately ced the [Quake Stride] on the cardpartment, and following that, his consciousness teleported to another location.


    ***


    Tira''s consciousness looked frightened as she found herself on an endless road with endless darkness behind her. The road was filled with danger as it had random obstacles spread across it, and many of them would simply kill her.


    It wasn''t challenging for Tira to guess what was happening in the experience session, and as she had expected, her body suddenly activated the skill and began running.


    Whoosh!


    The darkness was chasing so fast that it made it sound like it was tearing through the air.


    After Tira activated the skill, the ground beneath her, which was some kind of stone a moment earlier, began to turn into a shiny metal. Her legs moved, and as the earth turned into metal, she moved.


    The first obstacle appeared to block her. It was a creature that immediately pounced on her.


    Tira''s body remained calm, and she casually turned around. It was as if she were traveling in a garden, and before the creature could even fully pounce on her, she was already hundreds of meters away from it.


    Time flew by, and Tira showed herplete control over the skill. The terrain was extremely challenging, but she made it easy, and after running for several minutes, she finally stopped.


    It wasn''t that she exhausted her energy, but she had reached a safe barrier where the darkness couldn''t chase her.


    Following that, Tira returned to the store, and the square screen on the semi-pir lit up.


    The content rted to Tira''s training appeared on it, and with a single nce, the entire content was engraved in her memory.


    [Skill: Quake Stride


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Elemental Compatibility: Metal: 68%, Earth: 47%


    Skill Compatibility: 48%


    Training Time: Four thousand seven hundred fifty years.]


    Tira helplessly smiled when she saw the details. As she had expected, herpatibility with the element of earth was extremely low, and it brought her skillpatibility to below fifty percent.


    Tira didn''t hesitate for even a moment and chose to return it to the counter after experiencing the remaining two skills.


    Training for five thousand years for skill was a loss to her when she already had a top-quality movement-type skill. Only the transmutation type effect made her curious about the skill, but since herpatibility was too low, she wouldn''t be able to learn much about it.


    She then brought her focus back to the experience session and reced the [Quake Stride] with the [Terrarium Meld].


    It was a skill she liked very much due to the metal, so she was excited about it as her consciousness teleported to a different location.


    Tira found herself in a city that seemed on the verge of doom. There was an aura of gloom and destruction all around.


    When she looked at the sky, her eyes widened in shock as the entire sky seemed to have been ripped apart by some powerful being.


    Tira''s consciousness knew she was no match for the being because she could sense the stability of space. She couldn''t even cause a small crack in the space, let alone tear apart the sky.


    Whoosh!


    She suddenly heard the sound of a projectile approaching her. Her body immediately reacted and activated [Terrarium Meld].


    The next moment, her skin turned into terrarium while her veins turned into earthen veins.


    She seemed to have be a different creature altogether in less than a moment.


    ng!


    A sound rang as the projectile crashed into her heart. Instead of piercing or causing any injury, the sharp needle-like item failed to cause even a dent.


    Tira''s consciousness breathed a sigh of relief and marveled simultaneously. She could see the strength behind the attack.


    It couldn''t kill her, but it had more than enough lethality to cause a severe wound. Whereas for the skill, it didn''t even have enough strength to force her to repel it. She simply faced it and nothing happened.


    Whoosh! Whoosh!


    Before Tira''s consciousness could celebrate much, she heard the sound of many elements tearing through the air, approaching her direction.


    It came from all directions. She looked like she was surrounded by the bombardment of needles if someone were to look from a third-person view.


    ng! ng! ng!


    The repeated sound of metallic shes rang as the needle-like projectiles crashed on Tira.


    The skill didn''t turn Tira immobile, so she moved with the projectiles and dodged as many as she could. Her movement was slower than usual, but it still helped her dodge the projectiles that seemed more threatening. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    The less threatening ones got repelled by her without any limit.

 Chapter 1526: Sudden Danger!

    Chapter 1526: Sudden Danger!


    Tap! Crunch!


    The attack hadn''t even stopped when the sound of someone walking toward her rang in her ears.


    Tira''s consciousness felt a chill when she looked toward the sound. She was an intermediate Lesser God, while the opponent approaching her was at the peak Lesser God level.


    There was an enormous gap of two sub-levels between the two at a cultivation level where even a tiny difference couldpletely change the result.


    Crash!


    The creature pounced on Tira and got pushed back even faster than its charge. She didn''t even see the movement clearly.


    Before Tira could celebrate, she found cracks appearing all around her skin, but she didn''t care about them and looked shocked.


    The creature was about to charge again when suddenly, a hand appeared out of nowhere and crushed the creature like a bug. Tira was also knocked back several hundred miles just by its force.


    When she stopped, her entire body was wet with blood. The metallic skin had cracked open across her body, while her blood veins, which were now earthen veins, had ruptured.


    Fortunately for Tira, the torture didn''tst long, and she appeared in the store with the square screen lightening up.


    She didn''t immediately look at the screen but thought of thest scene. From what she couldprehend, the force released by the gigantic hand was no less than the attack of a peak Lesser God level cultivator. Even though she got severely injured, she had already faced an attack earlier, so anything other than death was a great result for her.


    Tira knew she had picked up a jewel from the store. She then returned her focus to the screen on the semi-pir. With a nce, the entire content got permanently engraved in her memory.


    [Skill: Terrarium Meld


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Elemental Compatibility: Metal: 66%, Earth: 52%


    Skill Compatibility: 54%


    Training Time: Two thousand eight hundred ny-seven years.]


    Tira looked disappointed when she saw her elementalpatibility. But after experiencing the skill firsthand, she would have no worries even if the skill took ten times more than the written time for her to master it.


    Tira then stopped thinking about the skill and returned to what was ahead of her. She reced the card with thest skill card, and following that, she found herself in an uncontroble body in a different environment.


    Several minutes passed for Tira, while only a moment had passed as Tira''s consciousness returned to her body, and she looked at the screen.


    [Skill: Conduit Amplification


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Lesser God


    Elemental Compatibility: Metal: 69%, Earth: 56%


    Skill Compatibility: 60%


    Training Time: Two thousand one hundred twenty-six years.]


    Tira nodded after reading the details on the screen. She then left the semi-pir and returned to the counter.


    After returning the [Quake Stride] to its respective shelf, she turned around and left the room. When she walked out, there were already a couple of people before the store owner, waiting for their turn.


    Tira also joined the line and waited for her turn.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want three first-grade¡­" The man requested the products he hade to the store for.


    It was a native of Thorr City who hade for his organization since the man didn''t have enough wealth to purchase anything other than a few pills from the store.


    There was the credit card option, but unfortunately for the man, his fortunes weren''t bright, and neither was his talent great, so he wouldn''t be able to borrow a good amount of money from the store. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    After the sale wasplete, the man turned around to leave. His eyes were filled with unwillingness since he wanted to purchase a beast for himself, but since he had no other option, he left the store.


    No one cared about the man since there were many people who had the same hope as the man.


    ***


    "Store owner, I want toplete the sale," Tira requested once she reached the store owner.


    Aakesh took the cards from her hands and then returned them immediately.


    "You need to pay 160,590 higher Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed Tira, and following that, a mechanical alert rang in her head.


    "The cards are yours. You can crush the cards to absorb their knowledge."


    Once Aakesh got the system alert for a sessful payment, he informed Tira and also told her how to absorb the knowledge.


    "Thank you, store owner," Tira thanked Aakesh and then left after paying for the Immortal level difficulty in the training area.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    "Hello, store owner," The new customer greeted Aakesh.


    It was a woman from the neighboring Kingdom who hade to the store after learning about the Eternal Youth Pill.


    The woman seemed to have no other purpose, so once she got the pill, she immediately left the store and walked toward her rented residence.


    She hadn''t gone very far from the store when the ground beneath her feet began shaking. Her face turned into pure horror as she saw the city making waves like water, but for some reason, the ground remained stable, and no cracks emerged.


    All the True Gods, or above level cultivators, floated up and looked at the city with astonished faces. Even they had no idea what had happened. All of them simultaneously turned toward the sole building on Seventeenth Street.


    If anyone could know what was happening, it was the store owner. They had only made up their mind to ask the store owner when the sky turned dark. In less than a moment, the entire city had been dyed ck.


    Aakesh stood up from his chair and looked above with a deep frown. His eyes easily peered through the roof and then the cover of darkness.


    His eyes turned cold when he saw the source of the darkness.


    If someone were to look at Thorr City from space, they would see a ck hemisphere engulfing the city, and there was a vertical eye above that staring down at the city.

 Chapter 1527: Thousand Eyes!

    Chapter 1527: Thousand Eyes!


    Aakesh''s eyes turned cold when he saw the vertical eye. He recognized the situation the city was in at the moment, and it was overly detrimental.


    The eye belonged to a unique creature in the Sacred Dimension, the Thousand Eyes. As its name suggested, the creature had a thousand eyes, and it didn''t have a body of its own.


    Thousand Eyes was a creature without any level and had no killing or defending ability of its own.


    Wherever the creature''s eye would appear, a space storm would follow. As expected, the sky above Thorr City began cracking.


    The wind turned rough and began to tear apart the ck shell covering the city. Aakesh''s eyes turned solemn since if no one stopped the event, the city and its inhabitants would die.


    "Hey, system, activate one of the ultimate defenses," Aakesh asked the system.


    Before ascending to the Sacred Dimension, Aakesh had sold his rights overmission from the store in the Primal Dimension, with the system paying him some attacks and defenses.


    Aakesh immediately used one of those and rose in the air. The crowd inside the store had no idea what was happening outside the store. They looked shocked by the sudden reaction from the store.


    Before they could understand what was happening, Aakesh flew from the store. The roof did nothing to block him.


    He wasn''t a True God, so he had to take the help of the system to fly.


    In no time, he reached the cover of the ck shell and faced the approaching space storm firsthand.


    The vertical eye above the city was slowly fading away, and once itpletely disappeared, the space storm would arrive.


    Aakesh didn''t act but waited for the disappearance of the eye.


    BOOM!


    Suddenly, the space above the city exploded, and space shards rained down the sky. Aakesh immediately acted and activated the card given by the system.


    The next moment, a transparent barrier of energy appeared out of nowhere and engulfed the entire city. The space shards crashed into the barrier, only to turn into nothing.


    The space storm didn''t die down, but it turned even more violent and appeared to engulf the city.


    Fortunately for the city and its inhabitants, there was someone like Aakesh and the store. The transparent barrier faced the storm and stood proudly without any cracks.


    The space suddenly inversed, shocking Aakesh. Since it couldn''t absorb the city, it absorbed the coordinates, where the city would teleport after getting devoured.


    The next moment, in the skies of Thorr City, a silhouette of another city emerged and released terrible pressure.


    Aakesh frowned since the city in the sky was part of a greater ruin that was suitable for all the cultivators in the dimension.


    Suddenly, things returned to silence. The ck shell around the citypletely disappeared, while the silhouette of an enormous city silently stood there in the sky, waiting for the people of the city to enter.


    The people on the ground looked frightened, and before they could understand what was happening, rays of light emerged from the city in the sky and randomly enveloped people on the ground.


    When the ray of light disappeared, the people it had enveloped also disappeared from the city, causing a ruckus.


    "Senior, what is happening?" Alfred rushed up to the sky and asked Aakesh. Her voice was filled with concern.


    He was so worried that someone like him, who didn''t like spending a penny splurged arge number of Sacred stones on the item to fly.


    "A space storm had teleported the city in the sky to here, and it would select some candidates to enter it from time to time," Aakesh exined. Even he became curious enough to attempt an entry into the city but decided to do itter since the store was still open.


    "Don''t worry, things will return to calm after it has selected enough candidates. Getting selected can be a fortune or a tragedy."


    Aakesh''s voice rang in Alfred''s ears while he had returned to the store.


    ***


    "You need to pay seven hundred¡­ Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly informed the man.


    The man nodded and paid for the pills he had purchased. After the sale wasplete, he didn''t leave but looked at Aakesh and asked about the city in the sky.


    Aakesh could see many customers asking the question, so he stood up from his seat and walked to the rule board.


    He snapped his fingers, and a white pencil emerged in his hand. He then wrote about the city.


    Once he hadpleted the details, a crowd formed around the board. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The customer talking to Aakesh suddenly stopped after a door emerged out of thin air.


    Click!


    With a clicking sound, the door opened, and then a furry creature walked out. Those who were regrs at the store recognized the creature as Lily, while others looked surprised.


    Not long after, the door reappeared, and Khaval stepped out of it.


    Hmph!


    Lily scoffed when she saw Khaval. The duo were fighting once again. Khaval responded with a spitting gesture, infuriating Lily, while the crowd in the store looked awkward.


    No one dared tough at Lily or Khaval, so they could only put whatever they had in their minds in their hearts and not reveal it to the outside.


    Aakesh ignored that since the duo would fight and then make up, so there was no point in him interfering between the two.


    "Hey, Aakesh, what is that city?" Lily asked as she climbed up to his bun.


    Aakesh pointed at the ruleboard. Since he was in conversation with another customer, he couldn''t ignore the customer and tell her about the city.


    Lily also understood that, so she looked at the ruleboard. Khaval also saw the scene, so he also looked in that direction.


    ***


    "Thank you, store owner," The man thanked Aakesh after the sale of skill cards wasplete. He then turned around and left the store.


    He had walked only one step outside the store when the ray of light enveloped him, and he disappeared with it.

 Chapter 1528: Glorious Ancient City(1)

    Chapter 1528: Glorious Ancient City(1)


    Whoosh!


    The man looked above and was shocked to see a light falling on him. Before he could understand what was going on, he was enveloped in the light.


    The next moment, both the light and him disappeared from the street.


    Aakesh frowned since the man was the store''s customer, and no one could guess the future of the man in the city.


    Since only Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval saw the scene, no one else knew, and another customer took the man''s ce.


    ***


    The man had a wide smile stered over his face after he had finally gotten a cultivation art after years.


    Whistle!


    He climbed down the stairs, whistling. He had only taken a few steps forward, and suddenly, a ray of light enveloped him.


    Before the man understood what was happening with him, the light disappeared, and the view in front of him had changed.


    He stood outside a gigantic city with its enormous gates open. The man couldn''t even epass the full view of the city from his position.


    He had read the ruleboard, so his face turned pale once he understood that he was selected by the city in the sky. A mixture of emotions rose in his heart since he felt awed and frightened of the ce at the same time.


    He took repeated deep breaths to calm down his pounding heart, but it didn''t work.


    "Oy, the fuck you doing there?e in, don''t just squat there." Suddenly, a voice rang in the man''s ears.


    As he looked in the direction of the sound, he couldn''t help but be taken aback since the source of the sound was no living creature but the door.


    "The fuck you looking at? Have you never seen a handsome door?"


    The man didn''t know what face to make. The door seemed to have a weird, sentient personality. The man didn''t want to get abused for the third time, so he immediately walked forward.


    "Senior, how do I leave from here?" The man immediately asked once he reached the door.


    "The fuck is that spirit doing? That cunt selected these bunch of weak bastards¡­"


    The man seemed to have poked a ho nest, and the door became angry and used all the vile words it knew of.


    The man could see something wrong since the more he listened to the door, the slower his spirit became. He believed it to be some negative influence, so he immediately ran as fast as he could.


    The moment he stepped inside the city, the door''s voice disappeared, and calm returned to his ears.


    He had no mood to care about that since the view ahead of him took all his attention. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    There was a street wide enough for hundreds ofrge carriages to travel simultaneously, and around it, there was stunning architecture with different kinds of buildings.


    It seemed the city was made for numerous races since the smallest structure that he could see was around his height, while the tallest structure was hundreds of miles in the sky, and he had to crane his neck to look at the top.


    The man didn''t recognize the material used in the making of the street or the buildings, but he could feel a sense of durability and toughness just from looking.


    He took a deep breath and proceeded toward the closest building. There seemed to be no life in the city but when he walked inside, he was taken aback by the hundreds of people.


    It was an inn that the man had entered, and in the restaurant, hundreds of people from different races were sitting inside and having their food.


    "Sir, food or living?" A waiter suddenly came to the man and asked.


    "Food," The man reflexively responded but fell silent since he wasn''t hungry at all.


    Before he could understand things, the waiter smiled and asked him to follow. The man nodded and followed, forgetting the confusion he had a moment earlier.


    The waiter then brought the man to the empty table and handed him the menu.


    "Sir, please press this button whenever you''re ready to order." The waiter stated and then went on to tend to another customer.


    The man looked at the dishes on the menu and couldn''t help but be watery when he saw them. There were dishes that he had never heard about, but just from their names, he could taste them.


    The menu had several hundred dishes, so after a few minutes, the man pressed the button.


    The waiter immediately came and asked for what the man wanted to order.


    The man called out the dishes he wanted to eat, not caring about the cost at all.


    The waiter beamed in joy when he heard the names of so many dishes.


    "Sir, please wait. Since you have ordered so many dishes, we will send them one by one," The waiter respectfully informed the man and then proceeded toward the kitchen to share the order.


    The man simply waited there, and his mouth became more and more watery as he waited for the dish. The waiting was no less than a mental torture for him.


    Finally, he saw the waitering toward him with a dish tray.


    "Sir, please," The waiter said and ced the te neatly on the table.


    "Sir, we will send the following order once the dishes are fully prepared."


    The waiter left these words and rushed to the kitchen.


    The man''s eyes lit up as he saw the greasy meat on the table. He couldn''t control himself and immediately took arge bite.


    Ahhhhh!


    The man couldn''t help but moan in pleasure as the meat melted into his mouth. He didn''t immediately take another bite but savored the taste first.


    Around an hourter, he had licked all the tes clean, while there was arge bulge around his stomach. Even breathing air seemed to be heavier for him.


    "Thank you for visiting the restaurant. We look forward to your return." The waiter approached the table and told the man with a smile.


    The man smiled, stood up from his table, and walked out of the restaurant with heavy steps, still savoring the taste of the dishes.

 Chapter 1529: Ninth Panagea Quest!

    Chapter 1529: Ninth Panagea Quest!


    The man was savoring the taste of the dishes as he stepped out of the restaurant. He found everything right with the non-payment situation.


    His steps weren''t steady at all, and he looked drunk.


    "ARGH!" A heartbreaking scream left the man''s mouth right after he stepped outside the building.


    In the shocked eyes of the man, his bones began to break down, and his flesh slowly disappeared.


    A few secondster, what was left of the man was only his bones, and even they looked drained of bone matter. If the man were to see it, he would find a simrity between the bones on the street and those he had left on the table.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    The sound of footsteps broke the silence on the street as a creature walked, and its destination was the bones. Once it reached them, the creature bent down, and a long, broad tongue came out of its mouth. It picked up the bones, and a crunching sound rang in the area. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    ***


    Aakesh''s eyes were cold when the second customer disappeared from outside the store. The city in the sky was no utopia but an extremely dangerousnd.


    Since there was no restriction on the cultivation of the entrees, a Divine Lord could enter the city and meet a Supreme God level enemy.


    "Hey, system, is there a need to act against the city?" Aakesh asked the system in his mind, activating multitasking.


    [Host, the city in the sky is a natural phenomenon created by thews of the Sacred Dimension. Acting against it is equal to acting against the entire Dimension.]


    [Host, A barrier can be created to restrict the city from randomly selecting the entrees and setting a manual entry point.]


    [Host, your power level is insufficient to create a barrier like that. If you want the system''s help, you would need to pay¡­]


    Aakesh knew exactly what the city in the sky was and also knew he couldn''t destroy it. Or, he would have already done it. Its detail was what had made him curious about the city in the first ce.


    He had asked the system because of hisck of power. Only the system or the Void Beasts were powerful enough to set a barrier, restricting the city from summoning random participants. Void Beasts wouldn''t intervene in it since it was a natural phenomenon, so only the system could do something.


    But if the system were to help, Aakesh would need to pay for it. And as the system opened its mouth, Aakesh felt pain in his head.


    "Let''s do it after closing the store," Aakesh responded since he didn''t want to test how many customers would get summoned by the city.


    The price was heavy, but Aakesh could bear it with some pain, so he agreed.


    [Okay, Host!]


    Time flew by, and another hour passed in the blink of an eye. The sunset arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities. Aakesh walked to the weapon, skill, and cultivation arts room and asked the customers to leave. Once they left, Autumn and Katrina also followed. Only Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval were left inside the store a few minutester. He walked to the door and closed it, bringing an end to another fruitful day for the store.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, the mission reward of one hundred thousand virtual portals has been rewarded. Please check the portal room!]


    The next moment, Aakesh heard the alerts from the system, and a blue light fully enveloped the portal room and the hall. It kept on for several moments and then died down.


    The space in the hall had grown enormously, as the number of waiting customers would see an exponential rise, starting the next day.


    A smile appeared on his face, and he proceeded toward the portal room with Lily and Khaval sittingfortably on his head. Even though the duo were fighting, they didn''t try to cause any situation on Aakesh''s hair since both liked that spot deeply.


    Once he walked inside the room, the space had grown exponentially, with more than a hundred thousand virtual portals ced in a fixed range from each other. Just the space inside the portal room was bigger than thebined space of all other rooms and the store hall. There were 38,148 virtual portals in the store, and after receiving the reward, that would grow to 138,148 portals, almost four times.


    The store had a customer base in the range of four to five hundred thousand at the opening time. It still wouldn''t allow all of them to enter Panagea at once, but now many new customers would be able to enter and start their adventure in Panagea.


    Aakesh didn''t leave the room since thest step was left for him. As expected, not long after, a blue screen popped out in front of him, containing the details of the ninth Panagea quest in the series.


    [Mission Sequence: Nine


    Mission Objective: Sell Panagea Hours,


    Description: Host, the store has sessfully met the requirement of selling 2,500,000 Panagea hours for a consecutive fifty thousand days.


    Requirement: Now, it''s time for you to increase your contribution further and make even more customers interested in the product.


    Number of Panagea hours you need to sell: 9,500,000 hours every day for a continuous five hundred thousand days, Mission reward: One million new virtual portals addition,


    Duration: 525,000 days,


    Failure Punishment: Loss of twenty-five thousand virtual portals, and the salesmission will get reduced to 0% of the product''s price for ten thousand years.]


    Aakesh focused on the screen in front of him. The selling hours requirement grew by almost four times, while the rate of increment in reward and required time saw a growth of ten times.


    The system also gave a buffer time of twenty-five thousand days to the store, which wasn''t much of a necessity for the store. The customer inflow to the store at that moment might not be enough to sell 9.5 million Panagea hours, but that target would get achieved in no time.


    Aakesh only took a casual nce at the punishment section and then waved his hands. The next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back.

 Chapter 1530: The Fifth Collective Quest!

    Chapter 1530: The Fifth Collective Quest!


    [Host, the number of Panagea cards has been replenished, and the limit has grown to five hundred thousand.]


    The system''s alert rang in Aakesh''s head. He nodded since he had expected that announcement.


    After the update, the system had set up 100,000 panagea cards, which were bought in no time, so once the number of portals grew, the cards also increased.


    Since he had nothing else to do in the room, he turned around and walked outside the room.


    [Ding!]


    [Host, the store has fulfilled the requirement of activating the fifth collective quest.]


    [Host, please see the screen in front of you for the quest.]


    Immediately after stepping out, mechanical alerts bombarded his ears. A smile spread across his face since he had been waiting for that to happen.


    The next moment, a blue screen popped out before him. At first, it was empty, but soon, golden fonts began to appear, and in no time, the details of the quest fully presented themselves to him.


    [Mission Sequence: Fifth


    Mission Objective: Sell the store products


    Details: Afterpleting five of the six products'' quests, the store has unlocked the fifth collective quest. Please work hard and make the store more popr,


    Requirement: Sale of all store products


    Pills: 1,000,000,000,000,000,


    Weapons: 100,000,000,000,000,


    Training area: 100,000,000,000,000 hours*


    Panagea: 100,000,000,000,000 hours, n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    Cultivation arts: 150,000,000,


    Beasts: 500,000,000000,


    Skills: 1,000,000,000,000


    Deadline: 3,600,000 days,


    Reward: A New product,


    Failure Punishment: Zeromission for one thousand years.]


    *(100,000,000,000,000 trivial, normal, moderate, or difficult) training hours = 20,000,000,000,000 Immortal training hours = 10,000,000,000,000 Gods and Demons training hours = 100,000,000 Primordial training hours.)


    *(1,000,000,000,000 Novice, Advanced, Expert, Master skills = 200,000,000,000 King level = 100,000,000,000 Emperor level = 50,000,000,000 God level skills.)


    Aakesh focused on the screen and read the details written on it. The requirement for every product sale had grown by one thousand times, while the deadline saw a hundredfold growth. Aakesh immediately moved his eyes down to the reward section, and as expected, he saw the reward to be a new product.


    The system followed the pattern it had set, so he was aware of it. Aakesh then took a casual nce at the failure section and waved his hand. The next moment, the screen disappeared, waiting for Aakesh to call it back.


    Lily and Khaval were sitting patiently on Aakesh''s head while things yed out in the store. There was nothing else left for him to do, so it was time for training, but Aakesh had other ns for the day.


    "Let''s go!"


    Aakeshmented and then walked to the door. He slid it open and walked outside. Lily and Khaval seemed excited since they knew what Aakesh was going to do.


    There were some people on the street, so they noticed the movement outside the store. Shocked expressions appeared on their faces since it was the first time they had seen the store owner outside the store.


    Aakesh ignored them and simply jumped up. The system did the rest of the work, and he floated upward, not stopping till he reached the barrier of the city in the sky.


    The people on the ground looked upward with astonished expressions, not knowing what Aakesh wanted to do. Some even became frightened, thinking Aakesh was also entering the city.


    They didn''t worry about Aakesh''s safety, but what would happen to the store if Aakesh didn''t return the next day? It had already been several decades since the store suddenly closed its doors for three years, but that was still an unforgettable experience for many old customers.


    Not caring about what others thought in their hearts, Aakesh looked at the barrier before him. He didn''t try to touch it since that would mean additional expenses for him.


    "Hey, system, create a barrier and then set an entry point near Alfred''s residence," Aakesh told the system.


    He didn''t want the entry point near the store because it would also wee people, which in turn would overcrowd the street for the customers. At the same time, he had another idea.


    Alfred could use the entry point to earn a great deal of wealth, which he would then need to invest back in the security of the city. Aakesh wasn''t going to be charitable every time.


    As for whether Alfred wanted to do such a thing, he didn''t care.


    [Yes, Host!]


    The system''s mechanical voice rang in his head, and following that, he extended his hands. Rays of blue light emerged from his hand and slowly began covering the city in the sky.


    "What is he doing?" A man screamed in fright since his father was sucked by the city in the sky. The man wanted to rush upward to stop Aakesh but knew his limits. He simply screamed and then fell silent, not willing to die a needless death.


    Many on the ground had such an opinion since the city had randomly summoned many of their close family or friends. If the store owner closed the barrier, it would mean the end of their known ones.


    Aakesh was high above in the sky, but he still heard the conversations on the ground due to his powerful attributes. But he didn''t care or feel insulted since that reaction was standard for those who lost their loved ones.


    A few secondster, the blue light had fully enveloped the sky above Thorr City, which meant that the city could no longer summon any inhabitant from the city on the ground.


    The city in the sky seemed to have sensed the blockage of its entry points, so it was going to react, but before it could, the blue light began condensing.


    In return, the city part it left faded, and the normal night sky returned. A few momentster, a gate the size of ten feet high and five feet wide appeared in the sky.

 Chapter 1531: Ancient Glorious City(2)

    Chapter 1531: Ancient Glorious City(2)


    The blue light soon condensed into a gate with a dimension of ten feet in height and five feet in width. And only a part of the city of that size was visible from the ground.


    The gate then further condensed and soon became the size of a tennis ball, which flew into Aakesh''s hands. He grabbed it, and when he touched it, it looked like a solid item, not just energy.


    Aakesh could sense violence from the item since thews didn''t like someone trying to block it from summoning people.


    [Host, please set the gate quickly.]


    The system''s voice rang in Aakesh''s ears. It didn''t mean that the system was afraid of thew of the Sacred Dimensions.


    Thews had no bias and no emotions. So, if it set Aakesh and the store as enemies, every cultivator of the dimension would automatically be an enemy of the store.


    Thews of the dimension made the inhabitants immortal, not the other way around.


    Aakesh didn''t waste any time and immediately descended. His destination was Alfred''s residence.


    Alfred was already outside his residence, staring at the sky. So when he saw Aakesh approaching him, he immediately became respectful and greeted Aakesh as soon as hended.


    Alfred was already outside his residence, staring at the sky. So when he saw Aakesh approaching him, he immediately became respectful and greeted Aakesh as soon as hended.


    "I am going to set this here. You can charge Sacred stones for entry into the city, but remember, every penny you earn from it needs to get reinvested into a strong protection formation for the entire city."


    Aakeshpleted what he had thought in a single breath, and then, ignoring Alfred, he walked to the garden. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    A small ball of energy appeared in his hands, and he released it. The next moment, a shocking explosion urred, but its range was limited.


    Following that, the entire garden had turned into a t field. Aakesh took a few steps, and when he felt the ce was good, he bent down and put the gate down on the ground. He then immediately backed a few steps.


    The next moment, the gate expanded and soon reached the dimensions of ten feet in height and five feet in width. Immediately, the violent reaction from the gate disappeared since there was an entry point to enter the city.


    The same scenery that could be seen in the sky was visible from the gate.


    Alfred rushed to the garden and felt an intense pain when he saw the scenery. He didn''t dare to make anyints and looked at the gate and the store owner.


    "Store owner, what should I set the entry price?" Alfred asked Aakesh since he had no idea of the value of the city beyond the gate.


    "Anything between Twenty-five to one hundred ordinary Sacred stones," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    The price shouldn''t be low enough for even weak cultivators to enter the city in hopes of changing their fates. Aakesh knew what was on the other side was danger waiting for them. There were rare chances of survival for weak cultivators.


    "I will set it at fifty ordinary Sacred stones," Alfred responded immediately.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded, and following that, one hundred fifty ordinary Sacred stones appeared, floating in the air.


    Aakesh pushed the bunch of stones toward Alfred, and without giving him any response, he walked inside the gate.


    Alfred hurriedly grabbed the stones and looked shocked when he saw them. Those weren''t ordinary stones but the purest form of the stones.


    Even one of them was worth more than ten thousand ordinary Sacred stones.


    ***


    Aakesh wasn''t going to enter without paying when it was his suggestion in the first ce, so he paid for him, Lily, and Khaval. Since he didn''t carry any stones other than the purest form, he simply paid by that denomination.


    After entering the gate, Aakesh found himself in a different location. He stood outside the city, with its enormous gates open for the summons to enter.


    Even though Aakesh had seen many enormous and glorious cities in Panagea and the information quests, he would lie if he said the city before him was terrible. It wasn''t anywhere near any top cities he had seen, but it was nheless the most majestic city of the Sacred Dimension.


    "Oy, the fuck you doing there? Are you a retard that doesn''t know how to enter through open gates?"


    Suddenly, a voice rang in his, Lily''s, and Khaval''s ears. Aakesh simply looked toward the door, while Lily and Khaval had a violent reaction.


    The two were fighting, but at that time, both had simr expressions in their eyes.


    The two looked at each other and made moves at the same time. They disappeared from Aakesh''s head and appeared right beside the gigantic door.


    The two immediately used the skill and their body expanded. Soon, they grew enough to match the size of the door.


    The two showed their powers and attacked. Aakesh acted immediately and appeared right above the two of them.


    "Stop!"


    Aakeshmanded, no longer being as friendly as he used to be with Lily and Khaval. Lily and Khaval stopped at once, but the door spirit couldn''t be controlled by Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t say anything but directly looked at the spot where the spirit was. His eyes couldn''t be chillier. When the spirit saw it, it felt like it was falling to the deepest part of the abyss with no return.


    It couldn''t help but be shocked since Aakesh''s cultivation level was only peak Divine Lord, whereas even a Sacred Monarch would need to be respectful to the door''s spirit.


    "We are leaving," Aakesh coldlymented, and he proceeded ahead. Lily and Khaval silently followed. They could see that Aakesh was in a bad mood.


    The door''s spirit didn''t dare to speak and silently let them. It just memorized Aakesh and the auras of the other two, so it wouldn''t speak when any of the three were near it.


    ***


    "Why did you stop us?" Lily immediately asked once the three of them entered the city.


    "Even if countless variants of you were to attack it once, it wouldn''t do anything," Aakesh returned to his gentle face with the two of them and smiled.

 Chapter 1532: Ancient Glorious City(3)

    Chapter 1532: Ancient Glorious City(3)


    "So what? How dare a lowly spirit insult you?" Lily didn''t care if she was weak. She would never let someone insult Aakesh, even at the cost of her life.


    Khaval shared the same feeling, so he was also angry with Aakesh for stopping him.


    Aakesh smiled when he saw the two of them being angry with him. He then gestured for the two of them to return to their small size.


    Even though they were angry, they still followed and soon grew to their small size.


    Aakesh bent down and picked the two of them up in his embrace. He patted their heads and said, "Do you be angry with a dog for barking?" N?v(el)B\\jnn


    "You don''t. Because that''s the way they speak."


    "Simrly, the insult you feel is the way that spirit''s speaking. It doesn''t mean to insult you, but it is its natural way of speaking."


    Aakesh stated. Lily and Khaval had no response to that, but they were still angry with Aakesh.


    Aakesh knew what the two of them wanted, so he roughened Lily''s fur while tapping Khaval''s gigantic head.


    Aakesh wasn''t someone to get offended by things that weren''t done for offending purposes. He knew about the spirit since it was an artificial spirit that used insulting words for all who crossed past it.


    The insult it used had a magical effect, as it slowly reduced the morale of those who listened to it. Aakesh had unlimited intelligence, so his mental capacity was infinite. The words didn''t affect him at all.


    Once Lily and Khaval calmed down, he put them back on his head. Something good happened at the door since Lily and Khaval stopped fighting, and Lily returned to being a friendly elder sister.


    The two cuddled and fell asleep on Aakesh''s bun since he promised them that he would wake them up if any situation happened.


    Aakesh focused on the city before him. A wide street and numerous buildings of different kinds greeted his sight. His expression returned to his usual indifference and he walked to the nearest building.


    From the outside, it couldn''t be said what was inside the building, so Aakesh, unaware of the dangers ahead of him, stepped inside.


    Aakesh had the system''s protection, so he didn''t need to worry about any danger.


    After walking inside, Aakesh found himself standing at the door of an inn. Ahead of him, there was a restaurant filled with customers, while left of him, there was a stair that went upward.


    "Sir, food or living?" A waiter approached him and asked.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately answer but looked around. He could sense a negative energy trying to subvert his senses, but it failed due to strong mental tenacity.


    "What if I want to live here and also eat food?" Aakesh asked the waiter.


    The waiter froze for a moment, but a smile returned to his face, and he responded, "Sir, food or living?"


    Aakesh couldn''t help but be disappointed since he could see that the waiter ahead of him wasn''t a living being but a simple energy form with no life that could only follow fixed rules.


    Since it was only the first building, Aakesh knew the danger level wouldn''t be very high.


    "Food," Aakesh answered, wanting to see what would happen next.


    The waiter nodded and then asked Aakesh to follow him. He soon reached an empty table and sat down. The waiter picked up the menu ced on the table and respectfully handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh took the menu and began to read the dishes on it.


    "Sir, please press this button whenever you''re ready to order." The waiter stated and then turned around to tend to another customer.


    "Why are all the dishes rted to meat on the menu? I want to have some vegetarian dishes," Aakesh stopped the waiter and asked.


    The waiter froze once again, resulting in a sigh escaping Aakesh''s mouth.


    Aakesh knew the fixed rule for the danger was too weak since the significant part of the danger was the subversion of the senses.


    "Sir, please press this button whenever you''re ready to order."


    The waiter soon returned to his usual expression and repeated the same sentence.


    Aakesh didn''t try to stop the waiter forcefully since even if he tried, he would fail. The waiter had a strength of a Supreme God. Without the system''s help, Aakesh couldn''t defeat him.


    Aakesh decided to test another thing and simply sat there, not pressing the button at all. Ten minutes passed, twenty minutes passed, thirty minutes passed, and as the 31st minute began, the waiter returned to the table.


    "Thank you for visiting the restaurant. We look forward to your return." The waiter said with a smile.


    Aakesh nodded and then walked out of the restaurant. He didn''t leave but turned around and returned.


    "Sir, food or living?" The waiter returned and repeated the same sentence, unaware of Aakesh entering right away.


    "Living," Aakesh answered.


    The waiter nodded and then asked Aakesh to follow him through the stairs.


    After reaching the first floor, the waiter stopped and introduced the living situation of the inn.


    "Sir, do you want to book a room here, or do you want to look for even better amodation?"


    "Better."


    The waiter nodded and then asked Aakesh to follow him to the second floor.


    Time flew by, and soon, Aakesh reached the fourth floor, thest floor in the building.


    "Sir, how many rooms do you want to book?" The waiter asked, no longer asking about a better option.


    "I want a better option," Aakesh repeated the same thing he had been doing for the past few floors.


    As expected, the waiter froze and then repeated the same question.


    Aakesh didn''t answer but just stood there. Three minutester, the waiter repeated the same question, to which Aakesh responded with another bout of silence.


    After getting no response to the question for the sixth time, an invisible force attacked Aakesh. The next moment, he was outside the building, with its doors closed for him.


    Aakesh tried to push the door, but he failed to budge it, let alone push it open.

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    Chapter 1533: Ancient Glorious City(4)


    The door failed to budge, so Aakesh stopped trying and decided to move ahead.


    He then walked to the next building and entered it. Following that, the view in front of him changed.


    Before him, there was a hall where thousands of people pped, cheering for the y going on the stage.


    Aakesh''s entry didn''t alert anyone, and they focused on the y. There were only three empty chairs left in the entire auditorium, so Aakesh walked to one and sat down.


    The next moment, an invisible energy acted, and Lily and Khaval moved on their own and upied the remaining two empty chairs. The sudden movement woke them up, and they looked in surprise at the scene.


    "What happened?" Lily asked, rubbing her eyes.


    Aakesh only smiled in response and gestured for the two of them to look at the y.


    The y consisted of a tragic romantic story. In the y, a man and woman from different races fall in love.


    The man''s family was a ruling ss, while the girl belonged to an ordinary peasant family. The guy''s family rejected the marriage between the two, but since the man was adamant about marrying only that woman, the family devised a conspiracy.


    The family epted the marriage between the two, and the grandest marriage in the history of the Kingdom took ce after that.


    The bride and groom celebrated, not knowing that the groom''s family had paid the groom''s closest confidant to seduce the bride.


    The confidante epted the order since he had no other choice and started his work. The bride waspletely loyal to her husband, so the man''s different strategies failed to work.


    The confidante decided to take drastic action and forced the woman to drink an aphrodisiac potion, which made the woman filled with lust and unable to see who was before her.


    The man used that to his benefit, and while the sex was happening, the husband suddenly walked in and saw that scene.


    The husband couldn''t believe the scene before her, but as the woman was in a trance, she ignored her husband and continued with the sex, infuriating the man.


    The man immediately cut his confidante and wife into two, instantly ending their lives. After killing, the man became crazy and began hunting every woman he saw before her, and that included his sisters-inw.


    The rampage caused a battle between the man and his brothers, resulting in a tragedy. But that was far from over; the wife seemed to have be a ghost and returned.


    The ghost then began to hunt every member of the family one by one.


    ***


    p! p! p!


    The audience pped when the man proposed to the woman for marriage after his family epted.


    The actor ying the role yed the act as if she herself was that woman, and intense emotions passed through her eyes.


    Time flew by, and soon, the scene went to the family residence, where the man''s mother would meet his confidante.


    The mother appeared on the stage, but there was no sight of the confidante. Suddenly, a light enveloped Aakesh, and the next moment, he was on the stage, ying the role of the confidante.


    At the same time, a script emerged in his memory.


    "I want you to seduce that damn woman and make my son leave that disgusting peasant," The mother ordered, passing the pouch filled with Sacred stones toward the man. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Aakesh, who seemed to have gained control over himself due to his strong mental strength, didn''t say anything but looked at the woman.


    There was an urge in his heart asking him to take the pouch and ept whatever the woman was saying.


    "How about I don''t seduce your daughter-inw but seduce you," Aakesh decided to test the rules, so he simply changed the script.


    The mother froze for a moment, but the next moment, her cheeks slightly reddened.


    "If you can throw that damn woman out of my son''s life, I might think about it." A seductive grin appeared on the woman''s face.


    The audience became crazy with whistles. It didn''t seem to matter to them that the script had changed.


    Lily and Khaval had an opposite reaction and spat on the stage. Having the blood of Aakesh in their body, their mental strength was also resilient, so they were able to stop the invisible energy from pulling them into the illusion.


    Aakesh couldn''t see the audience, so he didn''t know how the two reacted.


    "No," Aakesh refused the woman and then surveyed her body from up to down, showing his intentions that he wanted it to happen right away.


    The woman''s eyes turned colder, and she immediately called the guards stationed outside the room.


    "Do you think you are the only one who can do this for me?"


    The woman stated this and then gestured for the guards to throw Aakesh out.


    Aakesh didn''t let the guards touch him but stood from his seat and immediately walked to the woman. Before the guards could rush to him, he grabbed the woman by her cheeks and looked straight into her eyes.


    The woman''s breathing roughened up, and her heart started beating lower. The next moment, the woman immediately closed her eyes, ready to ept a kiss on the lips from the man.


    Aakesh didn''t kiss her but sat next to her. The woman bit her lips when the kiss never came. Her eyes contained resentment when she opened them and looked at Aakesh.


    At that moment, her son''s confidante seemed to have be the lover of her dreams. She wanted to immediately rush to him and do things she wouldn''t even allow her husband to do, but she controlled herself and looked at the guards, who didn''t know what to do after seeing the response of their master.


    "Close the doors when you leave!"


    The woman coldly ordered, and the guards immediately left the room, following her order.


    Bang!


    As soon as the doors closed down, the woman rushed to grab Aakesh, unable to control the heat.

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    Chapter 1534: Ancient Glorious City(5)


    Aakesh scoffed, and before the woman could even touch him, he stood up, resulting in the woman falling on the sofa.


    The woman red at Aakesh, not understanding what was happening. The man wanted to seduce her, but when she was willingly doing that, he forced her away.


    "I just asked. Do you think you are worthy of being seduced by me?" Aakesh coldly asked with a mocking sneer.


    "What do you want?"


    The woman wanted the man even more. She didn''t care about him mocking her. Instead, she asked him what he wanted.


    "I want you to let that woman marry your son and let them live happily." n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "No, that disgusting peasant can never be my daughter-inw," The woman screamed.


    Aakesh nodded since he had understood one rule. The bride and groom couldn''t live happier, and it didn''t matter how to do that. Rules can be altered for that, as the mother became ready to fuck the confidante, but as soon as the topic of epting marriage happened, the women became crazy and adamant.


    "Do you only hate her because she is from a peasant family from another race, or is there some other reason?" Aakesh asked. He could sense that the woman''s identity wasn''t as simple as said in the story.


    The woman fell silent and didn''t say anything, further increasing Aakesh''s suspicion about the bride''s identity.


    "I can make the marriage fall apart, but for that, you need to tell me what that woman''s identity is," Aakesh stated.


    The woman wasn''t as silent asst time, but an expression of struggle appeared on her face.


    After struggling for a while, the woman finally seemed to have epted the reality and informed Aakesh of the woman''s identity and why she was vehemently against the marriage.


    ''So, the rule of marriage ending is the ultimate rule,'' Aakesh thought since the mother readily informed him of the bride''s identity as long as the end result was the marriage breakout.


    As Aakesh had expected, the bride didn''t have an ordinary identity.


    She was not only from another race but the descendant of a man, who in the past had forced himself on the mother''s grandmother.


    How could the mother let her son marry the descendant of a criminal? That was also the reason that she even thought of getting the woman seduced by another man. It would insult his son also, but at least some of the humiliation her grandmother had received would be paid back.


    As for why the mother thought her grandmother''s shame was more humiliating than her son''s getting insulted by his own friend, she didn''t reveal it. Aakesh also didn''t try to ask since he could feel that the woman would never tell him the reason.


    "Fine, I will separate your son from the woman," Aakesh told the mother.


    The mother nodded and then looked at him with lustful eyes, ready to begin. Aakesh ignored her and walked out of the room.


    The woman was frozen in shock. When Aakesh walked out of the room, she returned to reality and looked at herself with disappointment.


    Even though she was the mother of adults, she still looked as young as the going-to-be bride, with an even more beautiful face.


    ***


    "I would totally fuck her if I were in ce of the guy," one man in the audiencemented, licking her lips.


    Lily was almost on the verge of smacking the man when Aakesh returned to his chair, while another scene began ying out on the stage.


    "Who was there?" Lily looked at Aakesh and asked with her big eyes, continuously blinking.


    Aakesh had expected Lily to react like that, so he simply tapped her head and didn''t say anything. To be precise, he felt awkward talking about the y to her and Khaval.


    "Hmph!" Lily and Khaval scoffed simultaneously since the two could sense what was going through Aakesh''s mind.


    "We can''t leave our seats for some reason," Khaval suddenlymented.


    Aakesh didn''t act surprised since he had expected something like that. Until the story in the y reached its end, the rules would be active. Aakesh just didn''t know what would happen if the story failed to reach its end.


    In the story, the woman bes a ghost and terrorizes the husband''s family after getting killed. He thought of what would happen if the killing never urred in the first ce.


    The curtain rose on the stage, and the next scene in the y started.


    The mother was meeting the sun and the woman she hated with a smile. They were making ns about the uing marriage, with the woman being the listener and the mother being the one making decisions.


    The son simply kept silent and didn''t try to intervene. He wasn''t even needed there, but he came to stop any untoward circumstances between her mother and the fiancee.


    Fortunately for the man, his worst fears didn''te true, and the mother didn''t try to bully her fiancee even once.


    "Here, this is a ne gifted by my grandmother. I will pass it on to you." The mother smilingly gifted the woman the ne.


    The ne was made of expensive resources and had a shielding ability engraved on it.


    The son and the fiancee looked at the mother in shock since the situation''s turnaround was exaggerated. A few days ago, the mother was against the marriage, but now she was even giving the fiancee the family heirloom.


    The curtain fell, ending the scene. The audience in the seats began discussing what the mother and the son''s confidante were nning.


    A few minutester, the curtain rose, and the son alone appeared on the stage. The next moment, a light enveloped Aakesh, and he appeared on the stage since this was the scene between the son and his confidante.


    "I want you to find out what my mother is nning?"


    The son found his mother''s turnaround to be too outrageous, so he had suspicions against her. Since it was his mother on the other side, he could only trust his best confidante to reveal the truth.

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    Chapter 1535: Ancient Glorious City(6)


    The scene was short, and the curtains immediately fell after Aakesh nodded, epting the son''s order.


    Aakesh was part of the next scene since he was meeting the mother. The mother no longer showed her crazy side and kept the conversation on topic.


    She asked for ideas from Aakesh about how he wanted to proceed with the situation. She had only one condition: the woman needed to be humiliated.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye.


    On the wedding night, "We are finally together," The manmented, looking at his wife with loving eyes.


    The wife responded with the same expression and reached to kiss him.


    m!


    Suddenly, a loud sound rang in their ears. The son gently pushed his wife away and walked outside the room.


    His expression turned cold when he saw the scene outside his room. His guards were brutally murdered, with their corpses littered across the hall.


    The murderer didn''t leave but walked to the son and grinned at him. He then pushed the man aside and walked into the room.


    The strength difference between the two sides was vast, so the son could do nothing but get pushed back. But when he saw that his wife was in danger, strength rushed to his body, and he immediately rushed inside.


    The next scene he saw made him freeze for a moment. Before him, the murderer was kneeling on the ground while reverently looking at the woman, who was still wearing her bridal dress.


    Before the son could understand what was happening, the murderer turned around and rushed to him and shed, aiming to kill him as he killed the guards.


    The knife almost reached his head, but suddenly, a barrier emerged out of thin air and protected him against the attack. The next moment, a force emerged from the barrier and knocked the murderer backward.


    The murderer''s mask seemed to havee off at that moment, so when the woman saw the face, she screamed out the man''s name.


    The son felt his world shake, trying not to believe what was happening before him.


    The murderer coughed up blood and rushed to the son once again.


    The curtain fell right at that moment, making the audience curse at the actors. Aakesh looked at the scene with solemnity since things had gone beyond his n.


    He had asked the mother to hire the bride''s brother and y it like that, but the end result was that he wouldmit suicide as soon as his first attack failed.


    But something else happened on the stage. After the first attack failed, the brother became even more murderous and rushed to attack the son once again, forgetting part of the deal.


    Not long after, the curtain rose up once again. Aakesh seemed to be a part of the scene, so he disappeared from his seat and appeared on the stage.


    "He told me to do it because he loves your wife," The murderer stated, looking at Aakesh with red eyes.


    Aakesh was locked in a prison, while outside the prison, the son, his wife, the mother, and the murderer were present.


    The son coldly looked at Aakesh and was ready to pronounce his death. The mother had a gloating expression.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned cold as a sense of danger hit him. He needed to escape the prison, so he immediately stopped ying by the rules and broke out of the constraints using his superior mental strength.


    The next moment, he appeared in his seat. The people sitting in the audience all looked at him simultaneously. Their faces changed as they went from living to dead in no time.


    An aura of blood permeated every corner of the structure and contained killing intent. It was all directed at Aakesh.


    The people on the stage were unaware of the audience, but even they turned around and looked at Aakesh. The mother had the most exaggerated reaction and she sneered since it was her actions that led to the current scene.


    Whoosh!


    An energy storm erupted as Aakesh released his energy. Lily and Khaval also stood up from their seats and immediately expanded to hundreds of meters.


    The structure seemed to handle it with ease, as their heads didn''t touch the roof at all.


    In the city, the proximity of the building to the gate didn''t set the danger level of the trial. The farthest building from the gate could be the easiest or toughest. It was all random.


    The restaurant trial was simple since there were fixed rules and the waiter could only y by those. So when Aakesh stayed silent, the waiter didn''t try to improvise but repeated the question.


    The same wasn''t the case in the theater; the character had a flexible set, so when Aakesh pushed the mother away, she began to make ns on how to sabotage him, forgetting about the usual goal. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Breaking the marriage was the end goal, but it didn''t matter how it was reached. As the mother had said, Aakesh wasn''t the only one. Once Aakesh was sentenced to death for his treason, it would be Lily or Khaval''s turn to y the role of catalyst and break the marriage.


    There was no survival in the trial. It was designed only to kill the summoned being.


    Unfortunately for the challenge, Aakesh was someone who was always sentient and seemed to have expected the betrayal.


    Anyone could see that the implementation n to break the marriage was bound to fail, but Aakesh still went with it because he understood there was no end to the challenge. He simply wanted to break free, and that could only be done when he was on stage.


    As Khaval had said, when he was seated on the chair, he couldn''t move out unless he took the help of the system.


    Lily and Khaval gaining freedom while being seated in their seats also had to do with Aakesh. Once Aakesh forced himself out, he became the center of focus, as could be seen from the stage and others in the audience directly looking at him.


    Both Aakesh and the mother used each other, and now that Aakesh was free to move, it was time for him to leave the building.

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    Chapter 1536: Ancient Glorious City(7)


    The enemies in the audience were no threat to Aakesh, but every character on the stage gave him chills.


    The mother was the strongest, with her strength being at the Sacred Monarch level, ifpared to the power system of the Sacred Dimension.


    Unless Aakesh took help from the system, there was no way for him to defeat the mother, but Aakesh didn''t need that.


    He only needed to move out, so a ck ball of energy immediately appeared in his hands. He simply threw it on the stage and rushed outside.


    He had already grabbed Lily and Khaval before running. In less than a moment, they were at the exit point, but before he couldplete thest step, an invisible force pushed on him.


    Aakesh felt as if the entire mass of the universe was pushed on him, forcing him to stop.


    The mother had exited the stage and had reached Aakesh at that point. As the sense of death was about to envelop him, Aakesh unleashed whatever he could and threw himself out.


    Bang!


    The next moment, he appeared outside the building while a sense of gloom covered the entire structure.


    Aakesh could see the mother looking at him from the inside with her eyes burning with anger. He ignored it and focused on his left shoulder.


    There was a dent, and some part of his shoulder was burned. He could only breathe a sigh of relief since he was already that injured when the fight didn''t even ur.


    Lily and Khaval both looked angry with each other since it was Aakesh saving them and getting injured.


    Rumble!


    Suddenly, the sky above the city rumbled. It was night in the city, matching the sky of Thorr City, but suddenly, the clear sky became pitch ck as dark clouds enveloped the sky.


    Aakesh ignored his injury, which had started to recover, and focused on Lily with a surprised expression.


    Yellow thunder seemed to sh in the sky, and suddenly, it struck Lily.


    Lily stood there and faced the thunder with her bare body. The strike failed to cause any injuries, but after that, a rain of thunderstrikes took ce in the area.


    One after another strike hit Lily. In no time, hundreds of yellow thunderbolts had struck Lily''s different body parts.


    Aakesh stood there silently, while Khaval looked worried about Lily''s safety.


    The situation in the theater influenced Lily so much that the breakthrough that should havee monthster arrived early.


    After an hour of straight torture, Lily was covered in blood, but the sky showed no signs of stopping. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    Passing a tribtion to step into the True God level wasn''t an oddity but a rare phenomenon; only those who had immense talent faced tribtions to step into the said level.


    After an hour of continuous thunderbolt bombardment, the sky in the city started clearing up. It didn''t mean that the tribtion had ended, but it was the second phase.


    The sky turned yellow, and the next moment, Lily was enveloped in a yellow me.


    Aakesh nodded when he saw the color of the me. It was on the darker side, which meant even greater talent.


    The blood Lily had shed due to the earlier round of bombardment got vaporized by fire, and a burnt smell appeared.


    Getting burned by fire wasn''t a long-duration trial, and it ended in a minute.


    Lily''s bones could be seen after the fire disappeared. The yellow sky turned golden the next moment, and a golden light shone on Lily after that.


    It wasn''t part of the tribtion but the reward after sessfully passing the danger.


    In the presence of the golden light, Lily''s injury started to recover at a rapid rate while her life level began breaking through the Divine Lord level.


    Her inner world automatically emerged from her body and floated above her head. It took the remaining reward since the better the upgrade of the inner world, the more stable the foundation of a cultivator.


    Aakesh could see the insides of Lily''s inner world. The usual surface area of a peak Divine Lord''s inner world was between one thousand and fifteen hundred square miles. The talented ones had above two thousand but were still lower than three thousand.


    Lily''s inner world had a surface area of five thousand sq. miles, equal to what a True God level cultivator had.


    Due to the influence of the golden light, the area started growing at a crazy rate while thews of the world became more stable. Since True God''s inner world could give birth to cultivators, thew needed to be incredibly stable.


    A few minutester, the sky returned to normal, but Lily''s inner world was still growing. It finally stopped expanding after its surface area touched the ten thousand mark.


    Usually, someone who was about to break through to the intermediate True God level had that kind of inner world. Lily had the same area right after her breakthrough.


    Aakesh nodded in appreciation since Lily didn''t disappoint him. The inner world then flew back to Lily, and her life level started growing once again.


    A few minutester, she finally stepped into the True God level, bing the first in their group to achieve that level.


    "Congrattions, Sister!"


    Khaval congratted Lily as she opened her eyes. Lily nodded and then looked at herself and then Aakesh.


    Lily remarked, "I will protect you because I am the strongest person in our group right now."


    Aakesh nodded and smiled in response to her. He didn''t want to put Lily down, so he didn''t tell her about his strength.


    Aakesh was only at the peak of the Divine Lord, but his attributes were equal to those of a veteran True God level cultivator betweente and peak True God. It wasn''t about average cultivators but the attributes of the talented ones.


    Lily decided to take the lead and stepped forward, but before that, she looked at the building they hade out of.


    Aakesh didn''t try to stop her and looked around, trying to distinguish anything different about the inside from the outside.

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    Chapter 1537: Ancient Glorious City(8)


    Aakesh walked to the next building and found an empty space waiting for him.


    p! p! p!


    Aakesh had only taken one step forward when suddenly, a pping sound rang in the ears of three of them.


    The three looked around and saw a scene materializing before them. In the scene, the same y was ying out, and Aakesh was a part of that. In reality, Aakesh had forcefully escaped the scene, whereas in the ying out scene, what would have happened if Aakesh had not escaped was urring.


    In the scene, Aakesh was sentenced to death by the son. But before that could happen, the mother overruled that sentence and made Aakesh her servant. She yed the scene out because she wanted to avenge her humiliation and have Aakesh for himself.


    Lily and Khaval''s rage knew no bounds when they saw the scene, and they immediately rushed to find the source of the scene. But it seemed to have yed out of thin air and didn''t need any energy, so they couldn''t stop it.


    After the sentence was given, the woman brought Aakesh into her room. But before she could do anything, a strange aura rose from Aakesh and destroyed the scene.


    Aakesh coldly looked at the scene before him. Even in an illusion, his bloodline wouldn''t ept getting dominated by someone else.


    The scene cracked into shards like broken pieces of ss, and once it touched the ground, it melted into it. Immediately after that, light particles began to gather and soon formed into a lifeform that looked exactly like the mother in the y.


    It had no expression, like a machine when it looked at Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval. [Congrattions on surviving the physical and spiritual challenge of tragedy. You can get one of the three items as your reward.]


    It then opened her mouth and announced in a mechanical voice. The city didn''t only contain danger but also had rewards associated with it.


    The two buildings were connected, so only when Aakesh survived both situations did he be eligible for the reward.


    The next moment, three balls of light emerged before him. It was transparent, and the item could be seen from the outside.


    Aakesh immediately made his decision and chose the second item in the middle. Immediately after that, the ball of light flew into his hands, and the item appeared.


    Aakesh didn''t waste any time and immediately handed that to Lily.


    Lily nodded and immediately devoured the item. It was a ball of Sacred Energy that was one of the best resources for the cultivator''s inner world.


    Immediately after absorbing that energy, her inner world grew double in size. It didn''t affect her cultivation and further stabilized the foundation of her inner world.


    Lily and Khaval didn''t get any reward since their turn never arrived, so they weren''t eligible for it.


    Khaval cheered on Lily''s growth, and the next moment, the three of them appeared outside the building.


    The doors were closed for him in both buildings. Aakesh then walked over to the other side of the road.


    Both sides had numerous roads, and he had entered three of them on the left, so it was time for the right side. With Lily and Khaval beside him, he walked into the first building, and the view in front of him changed.


    Before him stood a battle arena, with no life other than the three of them.


    [Whoever wins between the three of you will be the owner of the building!]


    The next moment, a mechanical voice rang in their heads. The three looked at each other, fighting intent rising in Lily''s and Khaval''s hearts.


    "How will it be fair for me to defeat a peak Divine Lord?" Lily mumbled loud enough for Khaval and Aakesh to hear, while her tone contained a helpless sigh as if she were being forced to battle.


    Khaval''srge lips twitched, but he couldn''t respond since Lily was correct. If he were to face Lily, he would be met with a cruel beatdown. He then looked at Aakesh and was ready to prove himself.


    Aakesh simply smiled since he had no problem proving his superiority over his two children. But Aakesh decided that would be thest way since there could be hidden danger in the building.


    He looked around and found nothing other than the battle arena. Since there was no hidden danger, he jumped into the arena.


    He then told Lily and Khaval to jump into the arena as well. Their faces turned solemn as they found their energy being blocked.


    Standing in the arena, they were no different than ordinary non-cultivators. The only difference was the strong bodies of the two of them.


    "Damn it!" Lilyined loudly since her physique was no better than Khaval''s.


    Khaval was a Chaos Whale, the overlord of the ocean in the Primordial Dimension. Even the strongest Epochal Feline would have to be courteous to a Chaos Whale. The difference in physique strength was too big between the two races.


    But since Lily was a True God while Khaval was only a peak Divine Lord, and there was also the influence of Aakesh''s bloodline, the physique between the two was the same, with only a slight edge to Lily.


    The two of them then looked at Aakesh with horror. Aakesh''s physique was more formidable than both the Chaos Whale and Epochal Feline at the same level.


    Even when Lily was at the True God level, she was no match to Aakesh physique-wise.


    ***


    A blue number appeared above the heads of the three participants, with the number depending on their entry into the arena.


    Aakesh was first, Lily was second, and Khaval was third. The next moment, the numbers began jumbling together, and a blue light joined the numbers two and three, meaning Lily and Khaval would battle first.


    Aakesh was pushed out of the arena, and an energy barrier appeared between Lily and Khaval, stopping them from fighting before the time.


    Aakesh cheered for both of them since he couldn''t take a side between the two of them. There was a counter in the air starting from ten, and as it touched zero, the energy disappeared, announcing the start of the battle.


    The two were left with no energy skills but only physical skills with the cost of blood or life force.


    It had been too long since the two of them battled, so they didn''t immediately use too much of their strength and just tested the two sides.


    Boom!


    The two broke the sound barrier and shed with each other. Khaval, being the one with the heaviest mass, forced Lily back.


    Lily was the more agile of the two, so she immediately stabilized herself and pounced back.


    Aakesh suddenly looked to his left and saw a pair of eyes staring at the battle on the stage. His eyes immediately turned cold and a small ball of dark energy appeared in his hand.


    It immediately took the shape of an arrow, and Aakesh released it at the pair of eyes.


    Boom!


    An explosion rang, but it didn''t affect the battle on the stage, as if two situations were happening in different spaces.


    "Hey, man, why are you attacking me for no reason?" A voice filled with discontent rang in Aakesh''s ears.


    Aakesh frowned since his attack seemed to have no effect on the stranger. Even though he hadn''t used his full strength, it was still more than enough to cause some serious danger to an early True God.


    Aakesh was confident that the stranger''s cultivation was only Divine Lord, or he would have never attacked out of nowhere without finding the purpose.


    The stranger was an energy lifeform, and Aakesh didn''t fear it. Only on the stage was his energy locked.


    "I am not your enemy. Just let me watch the battle, man."


    The strangermented upon seeing Aakesh preparing another attack with more power than thest time.


    ***


    Unaware of the scenes ying out outside the battle stage, Lily and Khaval were battling for victory. The two knew that it wasn''t routine training, so they didn''t try to use any attack that could cause grave harm to the other party. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    But at the end of the day, for a battle to be challenging, the two couldn''t hold themselves back from too much. In only a few minutes of battle, small gashes had spread across Khaval''s body, with blood continuously oozing from them.


    Lily was in no better condition, but she had a smaller number of injuries of the two. She was only slightly better than Khaval physique-wise, and that was showing in the battle.

 Chapter 1538: Ancient Glorious City(9)

    Chapter 1538: Ancient Glorious City(9)


    "If you attack me one more time, I will get angry," The creature growled, seeing Aakesh having no intention to stop.


    Even though the first two attacks failed to cause any harm to it, it could feel danger from the attack Aakesh was preparing. It had no evil intention behinding here.


    It was an inhabitant of the city who was free to move from one building to another. It was getting bored, so it was looking for ways to pass the time, and coincidentally, it came to the building where the three were battling.


    Aakesh stopped his attack upon listening to the creature''s reason foring there. He still didn''t let his guard down and focused on the battle on the stage.


    Lily and Khaval had both be injured due to the battle.


    "I win," Lily stated, stopping her w one cm away from Khaval''s head. One little movement and his head would disappear.


    "I lose," With a helpless sigh, Khaval epted his defeat.


    The next moment, Aakesh reappeared in the battle arena, with their sequence number floating above their heads. Since 2 and 3 had already battled, the line connecting the numbers changed between ''1 and 3'' and ''1 and 2''. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The next moment, it stopped, and a line emerged between 1 and 3, meaning it was time for Aakesh and Khaval to battle.


    Sigh!


    Khaval helplessly sighed since he was too injured to face the battle. There was no phenomenon of him or Lily fully recovering after their battles, carrying the numerous injuries they received on the battlefield.


    Aakesh couldn''t unlock the system space, or he would have already taken out items for Lily and Khaval''s recovery. But he didn''t have to worry since the recovery rate of Lily and Khaval wasn''t short.


    Since there was no time limit for battle, Aakesh told Khaval to recover first. The barrier stopping them from making any attack had long disappeared, but Aakesh silently stood there.


    After around an hour, Khaval had fully recovered and was ready to battle Aakesh.


    "I aming," Khavalmented and charged.


    Aakesh stood there and faced the charge head-on.


    Khaval groaned as a wave of pain hit hisrge head. He felt as if he had hit some unbreakable wall.


    Aakesh also attacked and punched Khaval. Khaval wanted to move away but seemed to have been frozen due to the pressure emanating from the attack and its creator.


    Boom!


    The punch hit Khaval''s head, and he was knocked back hundreds of meters. He only stopped because the energy wall around the arena blocked him from going any further.


    Aakesh wasn''t going to be brutal to Khaval, so he only used some of his strength, but even that was powerful enough to cause a dent in Khaval''s head.


    "I ept defeat." Khaval didn''t try to make another attack and simply epted defeat.


    From the earlier sh, it became clear to Khaval that there was no match between him and Aakesh. If Aakesh had used even fifty percent of his strength, his head would have exploded, and he would have died.


    If he had his skills with him, Khaval might have tried to continue the fight. But with only his physique, there was no point in continuing the battle unless Khaval was masochistic and liked to get beaten and injured.


    Lily seemed disappointed with Khaval for so easily epting defeat, but she also understood the point of it. Unlike Aakesh, she didn''t notice the strange creature, who was also watching the battle.


    Since Khaval epted defeat, a light swept Lily, and she reappeared on the battle stage. She had also recovered fully due to the long resting time.


    The number 3 above Khaval''s head had turned dim since he had already faced two battles and lost both of them, so he was the third of threebatants.


    A line connected the number above Lily and Aakesh''s heads, and soon after, an energy barrier appeared before them. Khaval got pushed to the audience seat. Like Lily, he also didn''t notice the fourth person in the building.


    The counter appeared in the sky and started going down. The barriers disappeared once it reached zero, and Lily made her move.


    If Lily had a possibility of battling Aakesh, it had to do with agility. Using quick movement, she repeatedly shed.


    Aakesh skillfully dodged all of them, but he couldn''t be casual about it. After stepping into the True God level, her agility seemed to have be equal, if not higher than that of Aakesh, and she fully used it.


    m!


    After repeatedly trying to strike Aakesh, she finally seeded innding one strike, but following that, arge hand came toward her and made a grabbing attempt.


    Lily immediately pulled back at thest moment, surviving Aakesh''s grab. Her face didn''t look good since Aakesh hadn''t even begun.


    Aakesh pushed energy into his legs and rushed. Tearing through the air, he reached Lily and punched her. Lily moved to her left and dodged the attack. She then immediately counterattacked, trying to take Aakesh''s head.


    Aakesh dunked, resulting in Lily''s ws hitting just empty air. She had expected it, so she bit his shoulder.


    Her teeth sank in her shoulder, and when she moved backward, a wound opened up, gushing blood.


    Khaval saw the scenes on the stage with a solemn face. If he had to choose one for victory, he wanted it to be Lily since Aakesh had always been undefeatable.


    Aakesh smiled when he saw Lily causing injury to him. His movement suddenly became quicker, pushing to full throttle.


    He appeared behind Lily and grabbed her. Lily also pushed herself to extremes and escaped, leaving Aakesh with nothing but her hair.


    Bam!


    Before Lily could move further, she was struck by a kick, throwing her upward in the air. Aakesh jumped with her, surpassing her knocked speed, and descended after grabbing her.


    Boom!


    Aakesh mercilessly pushed Lily to the battle arena, causing a cloud of dust to rise.


    "Argh!" Lily groaned as a wave of pain hit her. Her bones seemed to have fallen apart with the kick and the crash.


    "Do you ept defeat?" Aakesh asked and punched.


    His punch stopped right before Lily''s stomach. If she refused, he would knock her unconscious. If she epted, there would be no need for that.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1539: Ancient Glorious City(10)

    Chapter 1539: Ancient Glorious City(10)


    Lily stared right back into Aakesh''s eyes and helplessly epted defeat. Aakesh retracted his punch and picked up Lily, who was bigger than him in size.


    The next moment, 1 appeared above Aakesh, shining in a golden color. He was the winner of the three.


    The next moment, a wave of light passed over the building. It disappeared in no time, but it had changed the insidespletely.


    The battle arena was nowhere to be found, but instead of that, there was a reception and a stair connecting to the upper floor.


    A piece of information regarding the building appeared in Aakesh''s mind. Aakesh was the owner of the hotel.


    Using the hotel, Aakesh could earn money from the summoned beings or the natives of the city in the sky. At the same time, there was an additional benefit associated with the building.


    There was a special portal room that was directly connected to the entry barrier in Thorr City. So if Aakesh wanted, he could connect the two portals. That way, those who entered the city from Thorr City would directly enter the hotel.


    Aakesh decided against it and disconnected the two portals since he had no interest in being the nanny of those entering the city. They were entering after knowing the danger associated with it, and Aakesh had no desire to be a messiah for them. He had done more than enough for the city residents and others by restricting manual entry and not just random summons.


    There was another benefit associated with owning the building. Aakesh could assign a room for himself and leave the city anytime he wanted after entering the room. The benefit was solely for Aakesh, and Lily and Khaval couldn''t enjoy that unless they owned their buildings.


    "It''s fine," Lily responded after Aakesh told them about the benefit.


    If Aakesh wanted, he could take Lily and Khaval anytime out of the city using the help of the system, but the duo wanted to stay in the city since it was their first trial together, and there were chances of death.


    "You have the system''s protection. You wouldn''t die even if you wanted to," Aakesh said, dousing cold water on the two, letting them know that their safety wasn''t up to them.


    "Hmph," Lily scoffed in response. But the duo still persisted in staying there for some time. The duo had nothing significant going on in Panagea, so they could leave.


    As for Aakesh, he could enter and exit at any time, so they could meet anytime he wanted.


    Aakesh assigned the first room on the first floor as his and then walked out of the building with Lily and Khaval beside him.


    He noticed that the building looked different from the outside whenpared to other structures in the city. For the other structures, there was an array blocking the senses of the outsider, but the one owned by Aakesh didn''t have such a feature. Anyone could see from the outside what was going on inside.


    Aakesh looked ahead and saw the creature looking at him. He waved his hands with a smile and then disappeared.


    Aakesh didn''t feel surprised by it since he could sense the aura of the city oozing from the creature. He then returned his focus to the structures on the road and walked to the next building.


    As expected, the array blocked their senses from seeing what was inside, but after they entered inside, a new world appeared before their eyes. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The familiar restaurant Aakesh had entered appeared before their eyes, and not long after, the waiter looked exactly like the one in the previous restaurant appeared before him.


    "Wee back, dear sir." The waiter respectfully greeted Aakesh and then took him to the empty chair.


    There was no living option at that time, so the waiter didn''t ask for a choice. The menu on the table was thicker than thest time.


    When Aakesh opened it and read the numerous dishes on it, he found both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Other than the two options, there were also energy dishes.


    "What do you want to order, sir?"


    The waiter didn''t leave like thest time but stood there, waiting for Aakesh to share his order.


    The three of them could sense the negative energy trying to subvert their senses, so they remained calm and didn''t order. The waiter also stood there silently, ready to take the order whenever Aakesh was ready.


    Thirty minutes passed in the blink of an eye, but the waiter stood there and didn''t disturb Aakesh.


    Aakesh then put the menu card on the table, and the waiter immediately got ready to get the order. After Aakesh didn''t speak for five minutes, the waiter opened his mouth and told him about the restaurant''s policy.


    If Aakesh didn''t order for an hour after getting a table, he would be required to pay a fine and then would get thrown out.


    "What is the fine?" Aakesh asked after closing the menu, showing his non-interest in ordering anything from the restaurant.


    The waiter frowned when he saw that, but he immediately calmed down and a respectful smile reappeared on his face.


    "Sir, the fine depends on the upancy of the store," The waiter responded.


    Aakesh nodded and was surprised to find that all the tables in the restaurants were filled, and a queue of new customers had appeared out of nowhere, wanting to get a table.


    He understood that the fine wasn''t going to be something affordable since the rules had clearly been prepared for someone like him.


    Twenty more minutes passed without Aakesh ordering anything. A few more minutes were left before Aakesh would be required to pay the fine to the restaurant.


    Time flew by, and soon he was only seconds away from paying the fine.


    A sneer shed past the waiter''s face, but it disappeared as quickly as it had arrived. Unfortunately for the waiter, Aakesh had noticed it.


    When only thest second was left, Aakesh opened his eyes and asked for a fruit cake.


    The waiter froze for a moment but returned to reality not long after, and left with a smile. A few minutester, he returned with the ordered dish.

 Chapter 1540: Ancient Glorious City(11)

    Chapter 1540: Ancient Glorious City(11)


    "Sir, here is the dish you ordered," The waiter respectfully stated and ced the te on the table.


    "If you want anything else, please press the button." The waiter left after informing the three of them.


    Aakesh didn''t eat the fruit cake but simply stared at it. "Should I eat it?" Khaval asked since he liked sweet dishes.


    Aakesh nodded and pushed the te toward him. A wide smile spread across Khaval''s face, and he immediately took arge bite.


    "Blergh!"


    Khaval puked the bite immediately after since it had no taste at all. He pressed the button angrily, and the waiter immediately rushed to their table.


    "Why is it so nd?" Khaval angrily asked.


    Aakesh looked calm since energy invaded Khaval''s blood when he took the bite. But since his bloodline had parts of Aakesh''s blood, the energy immediately returned.


    Aakesh understood that the taste of the dishes came from the eater''s body. If the energy ate Khaval''s blood, he would taste the sweetness of the fruit. But since nothing of that sort happened, it was nd.


    The waiter frowned when he heard Khaval. He immediately requested to try the dish to see whether theint was reliable.


    The waiter frowned when he heard Khaval. He immediately requested to try the dish to see whether theint was reliable.


    Khaval nodded and pushed the cake toward him. The waiter took a small bite, and a pleasured expression spread across his face.


    "Sir, I won''t ept falseints." The waiter frowned since he could taste the sweetness of the cake.


    "I want to pay the bill," Aakesh said.


    The waiter nodded and then asked for Aakesh to follow him. He reached the bill counter and informed the man on the other side of the counter.


    "You need to pay three hundred supreme Sacred stones."


    The three frowned when they heard the price, and Lily wanted to say something, but Aakesh stopped her and told her to simply pay. He only had purer, supreme Sacred stones, which were way higher than the asked price. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Lily didn''t refuse Aakesh and immediately paid for the dish. The three of them then left the restaurant.


    Lily scowled in frustration after stepping out of the building.


    "Khaval, check the change in your energy," Aakeshmented.


    Khaval nodded, and a shocked expression appeared on his face following that. He was already close to the limit of the peak Divine Lord, but now that proximity had disappeared. He could step into the next level anytime he wanted.


    "The dish was harmful for weak cultivators but beneficial for you who could handle the energy," Aakesh stated.


    He had kept [Energy Overseer] active since he stepped into the restaurant, so he noticed that not long after the bite, Khaval''s cultivation grew.


    "My cake," Khaval scowled since he hadn''t even taken a full bite of the cake. He had spit it out immediately, but even that small portion was more than enough.


    Lily also stopped acting frustrated and calmed down. She then angrily looked at Khaval and tapped on his head.


    "Can''t you eat things withoutining," Lily reprimanded Khaval for wasting the fruit cake and her money.


    Khaval looked at Aakesh, who, in turn, yfully tapped on his head.


    "Are you confident of the breakthrough?"


    Khaval wanted to cry, but before he could, Aakesh asked.


    Khaval immediately stopped caring about the cake and Lily and thought seriously about what Aakesh asked. After a few moments of thinking, he received his answer.


    Around an hourter, Khaval had stepped into the True God level, making the team of three even stronger.


    Khaval then turned around and looked at the building. He thought of entering once again but was blocked by an invisible barrier, so he stopped.


    Aakesh understood that the building was only a one-time entry for the people. Those who survived would leave with great rewards, and for those who didn''t survive, there was nothing to worry about them.


    There were still several hours left before the night woulde to an end in Thorr City, so Aakesh decided to continue his adventure. He could see no end to the buildings across the street.


    He decided to try some buildings and then travel around the city to find its mystery. The three of them stepped inside the next building, and a new scene appeared before them.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    The three of them had been inside several buildings across both sides of the street and hade against different challenges. There was no dangerous challenge like the theater again, but fortunate challenges appeared more than three times.


    Thest challenge they faced was a simple one where the three needed to climb as many buildings as they could. The one with the highest climb would win an item.


    Lily won the challenge since Aakesh didn''t show much interest in that. Khaval persisted tillst, but Lily seemed to have the greater stamina, so she climbed one extra floor. Fortunately for Khaval, the winning item was nothing worth fighting over, so he didn''t mind losing.


    "I want to look around the city," Lily suddenlymented since she had gotten bored of entering one building after another. Khaval also had the same idea, so he nodded, and then the two of them looked at Aakesh.


    They were bored, but if Aakesh refused, they would happily keep entering and exiting buildings for as long as he wanted.


    "You can leave, but remember to return to the building when I enter tomorrow," Aakesh responded.


    He wasn''t bored but became interested in clearing one challenge after another. Until now, he hadn''t faced an extremely difficult challenge. Even the theater one wasn''t challenging; it was just that it simply resulted in death, so escaping was difficult.


    The two nodded since they had expected a response like that from Aakesh.


    "Let''s meet tomorrow," Lily said and then left with Khaval walking beside her. The two had grown to a size of fifteen feet.


    Khaval couldn''t expand into his original size since that was hundreds of thousands of miles long even at that level, while Lily expanded to a bigger size to match Khaval''s.


    The smile on Aakesh''s face disappeared after the two left for their own adventures. His usual indifferent expression reappeared, and he looked at the next building.


    A few stepster, he reached the entry and then immediately stepped inside.

 Chapter 1541: Ancient Glorious City(12)

    Chapter 1541: Ancient Glorious City(12)


    Aakesh felt a sense of danger immediately after stepping inside the building. He immediately moved to his left, and not long after, an arrow flew past where he was a moment earlier.


    His eyes turned cold, and he looked in the direction of the source of the attack. His coldness turned into a surprise.


    "Who are you?" The man called out, ready to shoot again at the intruder.


    Aakesh understood thenguage since he had learned it during his quest and also recognized the race of the man before him.


    The man belonged to the Neuisly race, a race that had long been extinct in the Multiverse. That was the reason for Aakesh''s surprise since he didn''t expect to see extinct races inside the city.


    Whoosh!


    Seeing no response from the intruder to his question, the man shot another arrow.


    Aakesh could sense the danger from the arrow, so he moved away and rushed at the man. Before the man could shoot another shot, Aakesh reached him.


    He grabbed the man''s throat and was about to crush it when a sense of death enveloped him.


    "Leave him if you don''t want to die." A voice filled with coldness rang in his ears.


    Aakesh looked behind him and saw an army of Neuislys surrounding him. He still ignored them and looked at the man.


    The man had a cold expression as if his death didn''t matter. Aakesh then threw the man.


    He had the system''s protection but didn''t want to waste it on the current situation. But since the man had attacked him, Aakesh couldn''t let the man scot-free.


    He not only grabbed the bow from the man''s hands but also ripped his hand right from the shoulder socket. With a trail of blood, the man fell to the ground.


    ng!


    He suddenly brought the bow to his neck, and it shed with the knife. He turned around, grabbed the woman''s hands, and took the knife away from her.


    The woman''s expression changed when she was directly stared at by Aakesh. She felt as if she were looking at a monster who wouldn''t even blink an eye while eating her alive.


    Aakesh punched the woman in the stomach. He didn''t use his full power since he didn''t want to kill his opponent.


    The woman coughed up a mug of blood and fell unconscious. He then threw her near the man.


    His eyes remained indifferent as he looked around and saw an endless number of Neuisly race men and women staring at him with cold eyes, ready to tear him apart.


    The Neuisly race was a race of warriors, so they didn''t fear battle. But at the same time, brute strength also impressed them.


    p! p!


    A pping sound suddenly rang in the area. Aakesh looked above since that was the source of the sound and saw a woman floating in the sky.


    She then descended to the ground, only a few inches away from Aakesh.


    Aakesh''s eyes turned solemn since the woman was a Lesser God. If she attacked him, he would have to take the help of the system, but the attack never came.


    "Do you want to arm wrestle?" The woman suddenly asked.


    Aakesh calmly nodded since he understood the purpose behind the woman''s question. If he sessfully showed his strength, the Neuisly tribe would stop treating him as an enemy unless he attacked them.


    The woman nodded and then extended her right hand, ready to wrestle. There would be no support for the elbow.


    Aakesh extended his right hand and grabbed the woman''s hand, ready to wrestle.


    Whistle!


    The whistle sounded, announcing the start of the battle.


    Aakesh decided to explode with all his strength at the opportune moment to take the woman by surprise, so he simply tried to keep his hand from lowering.


    The woman had no such intention. She simply wanted to break Aakesh''s hands and then kill him for harming two members of her race.


    A surprised expression appeared on her face as she failed to push the intruder''s hand despite using 10 percent of her strength. She increased it to 20%, but nothing changed.


    Soon, the number had grown to forty percent, and Aakesh''s hands finally budged.


    Aakesh''s veins popped out as he tried to push above, but the woman had increased her strength to fifty percent, so he kept going down.


    If his hand formed a straight line with his elbow, that would mean he lost the arm wrestling, and when he was only a few cm away from that, he exploded with all his strength, taking the woman by surprise.


    He not only pushed above but even crossed the half mark and lowered the woman''s hand. But only for a few cm when the woman increased her strength to 75 percent, and following that, Aakesh was immediately pushed down.


    His hand and the elbow made a straight line, resulting in his defeat. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Numerous veins across his hand ruptured, leading to a blood explosion. The woman left Aakesh''s hands and looked at him withplicated expressions. The other Neuisly looked with shocked expressions, not epting the scene they saw before them.


    Snap!


    The woman suddenly snapped her middle and index finger, and a green light enveloped Aakesh''s right hand. The injury disappeared in no time, and all his veins had recovered.


    "Let''s go; I want to treat you."


    The woman suddenlymented and then flew up into the sky. A white light enveloped Aakesh, and he also flew with the woman.


    The two injured people on the ground were forgotten by the people as they discussed the scene that transpired before them.


    The man whose hands Aakesh had ripped looked at her with a resentful expression as he saw the woman taking Aakesh with her. He wasn''t resentful about Aakesh since he epted his defeat because he was weaker than the other party.


    He was resentful of the woman. She was the leader of their group, so she should have never left as she did.


    ***


    "What do you want to eat?" The woman asked, pushing the menu to Aakesh.


    "I don''t like eating," Aakesh replied since his body was self-sufficient and didn''t require eating or sleeping. He could eat for fun, but that would only happen with Lily and Khaval.

 Chapter 1542: Ancient Glorious City(13)

    Chapter 1542: Ancient Glorious City(13)


    "I don''t like eating."


    The woman frowned with a hint of anger in her eyes, but seeing that Aakesh didn''t mean to disrespect her, she stopped caring about that.


    "Why are you that strong despite such a low cultivation level?" The woman asked as she took arge bite of meat from the te.


    "My bloodline," Aakesh honestly answered.


    The woman froze when she heard him. She then immediately wiped her mouth and looked at Aakesh with a grin.


    "How about you give me a son?'' The woman asked.


    Aakesh became dumbfounded by the second question, but seeing that it wasn''t a joke, he shook his head.


    "What a disappointment!" The woman sighed disappointedly and then returned to her food.


    ***


    "What is the outside world like?" The woman asked after finishing the food on the table.


    Aakesh didn''t hide anything from the woman and informed her of the extinction of her native race in the Sacred Dimension.


    The woman had a shocked expression on her face since, in that closed world, the Neuislys were the overlord, and other races were their subordinates.


    "Are there many strong people like you in your race?" The woman asked since she thought Aakesh came from the strongest if not one of the strongest, races in the Sacred Dimension.


    "I am the sole member of my race." Aakesh could understand the misunderstanding of the woman, but since he was toozy to keep that lie, he honestly told her.


    A piteous expression spread across the woman''s face, and she said, "Do you want my help to look for your tribe in this city?"


    The woman thought Aakesh''s race was also on the verge of extinction, and the city might hold that race like it had Neuislys.


    Aakesh shook his head but appreciated the woman for her kindness. The world inside the building was the residence of the Neuislys and many other races, but when they left the building, they were no longer residents. So if the woman helped Aakesh search for other members of his race, she would be a pariah for the Neuislys and wouldn''t have a residence to call her own.


    "You haven''t told me your name yet," Aakeshmented. He appreciated the woman for her sentiment and found it worthy enough to ask for her name.


    "I haven''t?"


    The woman looked surprised since she believed that she had already told Aakesh her name, and Aakesh was arrogant when he didn''t refer to her by her name.


    "I am Halie."


    ***


    After Halie finished her food, she and Aakesh left the restaurant and wandered around the city. From her, he learned about the structure of the world.


    It was arge empire controlled by Neuislys, and there were a few other races that lived inside the Emperor''s territory. Halie was a famous general since she had alwayse on top against other opponents at the same level, and there were even rumors of the Emperor wanting to make Halie his daughter-inw.


    "I would say yes if it were you on the other side, but how dare that pig even dream of marrying me," Halie scoffed, remembering the prince the Emperor had chosen for her.


    Aakesh and Halie reached the ce where the two had met, the entry point. But when Aakesh reached there, he found the entry point had disappeared, and there was a group of people standing there with frowns on their faces.


    One of the men in the group noticed Halie and Aakesh, so he immediately called the two of them.


    Aakesh and Halie both ignored that call and looked around. Aakesh was thinking about why the entry point had disappeared. From what he heard from Halie, it was always there and was guarded by the best of the Empire.


    Strangers would enter from time to time, and since the experience had rarely been good, the Neuislys showed hostility against any intruder.


    "Halie!"


    The man angrily called out once again to get ignored once again. The sudden anger from the man forced others to look at Halie and then at Aakesh.


    The news of Aakesh had already spread across the Empire due to his feat at an arm wrestling match with Halie. The leader of the group called out Halie.


    Halie no longer dared to ignore since the man was a Higher God, and immediately rushed to him. She immediately bowed and then greeted the others in the group with a casual face.


    Halie''s arrogance was known to others, so they didn''t care except for the man who got ignored twice. He gnashed his teeth in anger, but stayed silent after being red at by the leader.


    "Where were you?" The leader calmly asked.


    Halie was responsible for guarding the entry point, so anything that happened there was also her responsibility.


    "I was showing him around the city," Halie didn''t lie and told the truth, pointing at Aakesh.


    The man took a second nce at Aakesh and wanted to call him, but before he could, Halie called him.


    "Aakesh, let me help you know these people."


    Aakesh nodded and walked to her. She then greeted all of them to him. None of them had good expressions when treated so nkly by a Divine Lord cultivator.


    "Sir, terrible news!"


    Suddenly, a man rushed to the group and yelled.


    "Calm down and then tell us," The leader responded.


    The man didn''t even dare to take a breath and announced the news to the people there. There was shock written all over the faces of the people when they heard the news.


    The Emperor had suddenly died. Since no crown prince was even announced, a battle had started between the brothers and sisters for the throne. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The leader immediately floated up and rushed toward the pce, followed by others in the group.


    "Stay here. I will meet you in an hour," Halie told Aakesh, and then she also flew toward the royal pce.


    When she reached there, she saw a scene of gore as blood and body parts were spread across the area. It seemed like hell had materialized there.


    ng! ng! ng!


    Several fights were going on inside the area, so she rushed to the closest one.


    Once she reached there, her face turned pale, and following that, a wave of anger rushed through her body.

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    Chapter 1543: Ancient Glorious City(14)


    sh!


    Right before her eyes, a prince was beheaded by a group of guards of another prince. What caused Halie to be angry was the identity of the prince.


    That was the same prince chosen by the Emperor to marry her. Even though she didn''t like the prince, no one could change the Emperor''s decision, so the marriage was certain.


    She wanted to help Aakesh search for others of his race, and it had to do with that. If she left the world, she would lose her connection to the race and would no longer need to marry.


    But seeing the prince get beheaded before her eyes gave birth to feelings of anger and guilt, and she immediately charged in anger. When the group of guards saw her, they ignored her since no one could dare intervene in the fight of the princes.


    Halie wasn''t a part of any prince''s camp or guards, so she could do nothing but ept the death. If she attempted anything, she would be the enemy of other princes.


    Halie didn''t care about any protocol and punched the closest guard to her once she reached there.


    The guard exploded into a blood cloud immediately after the impact. Before the other guards could understand things, they were met with the same fate.


    Halie''s entire body was covered in the guard''s blood. She then bent down and picked up the head of the prince and then the headless corpse. She ced it in her inner world and then wiped the blood off her face.


    She didn''t stay in the royal pce any longer and left for the tallest mountain in the Empire. Once she reached there, she found arge grave with numerous tombs.


    That was the gravelnd for the royal family, so Halie brought her future husband''s corpse to bury it.


    Before the burial, she changed her clothes and then buried the prince. She sat there for a few minutes in silence, and when she stood up, a determined expression was there in her eyes.


    She then climbed down the mountain on her legs as a show of respect to the dead royal members and took flight immediately after reaching the leg.


    Her destination was the royal pce, but she suddenly turned midway toward the area where she had left Aakesh.


    When she reached there, she found Aakesh meditating on the ground. Her flying sound woke Aakesh up, so he opened his eyes and looked in the air.


    There was an aura of blood around Halie, showing that she had killed some people recently.


    "Do you want to be my general?" Halie immediately asked afternding on the ground.


    Aakesh didn''t immediately answer but looked at the entry point and then Halie. ''It must be the challenge of this building,'' he thought in his heart and then nodded, epting Halie''s request.


    A cruel grin spread across Halie''s face since getting Aakesh took her one step closer to her goal. She no longer wanted to remain a general or be someone''s wife at the order of the Emperor. She now wanted that top seat for herself, and Aakesh''s strength would be a big help to her.


    "Attack me with your strongest move," Halie stated, wanting to see Aakesh''s limit.


    Aakesh nodded and then released [Apocalyptic st] at his full power.


    BOOM! n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    A loud explosion rang in the area, causing a small earthquake to erupt, and Halie was in the middle of all of it. Once the cloud of dust and smoke subsided, she appeared unscathed.


    There was a weird grin spread across her face since Aakesh performed better than her estimation. His attack failed to cause any damage to her, but it had more than enough destruction to kill an intermediate True God instantly.


    ***


    Aakesh descended to the ground after Halie and looked at the scene before him. There was no change in his expression since he had seen countless more brutal and gory scenespared to that small scene of death.


    A few momentster, a group of soldiers suddenly appeared and surrounded the two of them.


    "How dare you betray the Empire for a nobody?" A cold voice rang in Halie''s ears as a man covered in blood slowly walked to her.


    Halie''s eyes turned cold when she saw the man since it was the same prince whose guards killed her future husband.


    "Kill him and throw him out of the pce. As for her, don''t harm her body, I want to taste the fruit reserved for my dead younger brother." An evil grin spread across the prince''s face as he gave the order.


    "Can you handle these soldiers on your own, or do you need my help?" Halie ignored the prince and asked Aakesh.


    Aakesh didn''t reply with words but with the weapon, and he shot one arrow after another, turning an early level True God into a porcupine in less than a moment.


    Halie nodded when she saw the quick defeat and then returned her focus to the prince. The prince was one sub-level lower than her, so there was no chance for him to defeat her unless he had some heaven-defying item.


    The prince wasn''t a threat, but the man next to him was the source of danger. It was a peak Lesser God level cultivator, one sub-level above Halie''ste Lesser God level cultivation.


    ***


    Aakesh relished in challenging battles, and he showed his superiority over the Neuislys. He killed three early True Gods so quickly that fear crept into the souls of other soldiers.


    No one dared to fight Aakesh alone but tried to bombard him with multiple skills.


    Crack!


    A cracking sound rang as the bow in Aakesh''s hand was unable to handle his superior archery skills and shooting rate.


    Boom!


    After another shot, it finally gave in and exploded into dust. The soldier''s eyes shone when they saw an opportunity, but before they could celebrate, a pitch-ck light appeared on the tip of all ten of his fingers.

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    Chapter 1544: Ancient Glorious City(15)


    A pitch-ck light gathered on the tips of all ten fingers, and immediately, a beam of light was released by Aakesh.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Repeated sounds of explosions rang as the beams crashed on enemies one after another. That attack had taken around one-fifth of Aakesh''s total energy reserves, and the result didn''t disappoint him.


    Including an intermediate True God level enemy, four True God enemies died in the attack, while another intermediate True God was severely injured.


    ***


    "I never expected ate Lesser God to be that strong," Haliemented while being locked in prison.


    She was talking to Aakesh, who was locked up with her in the next prison. The prince was seriously thinking about killing Aakesh, but since his strength impressed him, he decided to do a public execution after getting the throne.


    Aakesh didn''t respond to Halie but was thinking of ways to leave the prison andplete the challenge. With his strength, it was impossible to break out of the prison, but with the help of Halie and other prisoners, he could get that chance.


    Aakesh wanted things to end in hours since he needed to return to his owned building to return to Thorr City and the store. Withoutpleting the challenge, that wasn''t possible since the entry point was blocked, and Aakesh wasn''t going to take the system''s help for something like that.


    ***


    "What do you think about joining my camp?" Halie asked spiritually a prisoner locked in the sixth prison to her left.


    She knew the man well since she was the one who had brought him to the prison. Most of the prisoners around her were caught by her. The prince locked Halie on that floor for the same reason.


    "Hehe!"


    The man responded withughter.


    Halie frowned and then turned angry when she heard the man''s next sentence.


    She almost rushed out of the prison but was unable to do so due to the locks on her hands. It had locked her cultivation, and she couldn''t use energy. Halie had no other means of power except for her physical strength and physique, and that was not enough to escape on her own or punish the man.


    "Why don''t you tell him about the prince''s n to sacrifice the prisoners?"


    Aakesh suddenly interrupted and asked with a confused tone in his voice.


    "Do you think it matters for that bastard?" Halie scoffed with an angry face.


    "What do you mean by sacrifice?"


    The man locked in the next prison suddenly asked Aakesh with a surprised expression.


    "The second prince has decided to employ the help of outsiders to win against the fourth prince, and for that, the outsiders demanded sacrifices. Since the second prince is in immediate need, he epted that decision, and this floor''s prisoners have been set as the sacrifice," Aakesh solemnly informed the man.


    "Do you think the second prince will dare to lock Miss Halie inside the prison? She is here because she fought against that evil bastard for his betrayal of the Empire," Aakesh further added.


    "Why are you telling them that? Do you think these animals care about anything other than themselves?" Halie growled, not happy with Aakesh for telling the prisoners.


    "Hmph, do you think a trick like that will work on us?" A prisoner suddenly scoffed.


    "See, you can only help those who want to get help," Halie coldlymented, berating Aakesh for thinking of helping the prisoners.


    Aakesh could only helplessly sigh with a heartbroken face since he had expected the prisoners to band together to fight against the prince after he shared the truth.


    "Do you think we can survive if we join you," One of the prisoners couldn''t help but ask.


    From the hurry and heartbreak in that stranger''s tone, he couldn''t help but trust in what the man said.


    "I don''t know. I just want to fight for that survival and not die without even trying," Aakesh responded with a righteous tone.


    "When will you learn?" Halie helplesslymented, getting frustrated by Aakesh''s personality.


    "How do the two of you know each other?" One of the prisoners suddenly asked.


    Even the shortest time for a prisoner on the floor was hundreds of years, so they had no idea about Aakesh. Aakesh had used that for his benefit to weave a certain image of himself and the prince.


    Aakesh looked lovingly at Halie, and it was caught by the prisoner who was locked right in front. But as soon as Halie turned around to look at him, Aakesh immediately moved his eyes away, not wanting to get caught.


    "He is my most trusted subordinate," Haliemented.


    "Subordinate, huh!"


    The prisoner in front scoffed, and as if not caring about Aakesh''s feelings at all, he added, "It is more of a love story. That guy loves her." N?v(el)B\\jnn


    A panicked expression appeared on Aakesh''s face, and he red at the man in front, which resulted in an even louderughter.


    "Boy, how about you join us instead of her, and we will enjoy her together."


    Aakesh''s eyes turned red from anger. He immediately stood up and rushed to the door, trying to force himself out. He looked like a beast staring at the man, which in turn further increased theughter.


    "Okay, calm down. I want to know your ns if you want us to join?"


    A prisoner who had been silent all that time suddenly interrupted and asked. His voice was like magic, and theughter immediately disappeared.


    Aakesh, on the other hand, ignored the man and still tried to force his way out in anger.


    The man frowned, but before he could say anything, Halie asked Aakesh to sit down.


    Aakesh immediately stopped and returned to his seat, but he would look at the man with red eyes from time to time.


    "Let me correct you; I don''t want you to join. I would rather die than free myself with your help," Halie spat.


    "Okay, okay! I know you want to get out so you can punish the second prince for his betrayal and join the Empire." The man raised his hand, epting his mistake.


    Hmph! Halie simply scoffed in response and didn''t say anything.


    Cough!


    Aakesh suddenly coughed and brought the attention of everyone to himself.

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    Chapter 1545: Ancient Glorious City(16)


    "Brother, who will save you now?" The second prince coldlymented, looking at his fourth brother lying in the pool of blood.


    The fourth prince was in no condition to respond and looked at his brother with a pained face. He was taking hisst breath, and not long after, his eyes dimmed down.


    Hahaha!


    The second prince suddenly erupted in wildughter. With the death of the fourth prince, he no longer had anypetitors left. His way to the throne was clear.


    He then remembered Halie, who was locked in the prison. He couldn''t help but hurry to prison since he had lustful feelings for her since he had seen her. It was just that he was too weak to act on those feelings.


    Boom!


    The second prince had only reached halfway distance to the prison when suddenly, a loud explosion shocked the area.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    In the next moment, several explosions happened all at once, shaking the royal pce.


    The second prince coldly looked around, and soon after, Halie walked out of the dust cloud, followed by other prisoners and that intruder.


    His face turned solemn since Halie and the prisoners released killing intent toward him. He didn''t fear the prisoners or Halie since he had a Higher God level guard with him.


    But when he looked to his left, his eyes shrank, and his face turned pale. The guard had arge hole in his chest, with his heart nowhere to be seen.


    Crash!


    The guard then crashed to the ground. The second prince immediately looked at Halie and was shocked by the staff in her hand.


    "How dare you touch the Imperial Staff?" The second prince roared in anger since that staff could only be held or touched by the Emperor.


    ***


    Several minutes ago,


    After Aakesh informed the prisoners of the n, they immediately acted and forced their way out of the prison.


    There weren''t that many guards outside the prison, so it was easy for them, and it happened without much sacrifice.


    "Let''s set the bombs. We will meet you in five minutes," Halie coldly muttered and then left with Aakesh toward the direction of the Emperor''s residence.


    The Imperial Staff had been handed out to the royal family for numerous years, so whoever held it would be the Emperor. It also meant that the holder of the item would be attacked by every prince at once.


    It resulted in no one trying to grab the Imperial Staff, and it was hidden in a safe location.


    When Halie reached the residence, she was surrounded by a group of Higher Gods level guards who would kill her and Aakesh instantly if they tried to make any wrong movement.


    "I want to use the promise given by the Emperor." Halie suddenly pulled out a talisman from her inner world and showed it to the people.


    The majesty of the Emperor oozed out of the talisman, so no one dared to consider it a false item. "What do you want?" The leader of the group asked.


    "I want to enter the residence with him and take the blessing of the Emperor for our union," Halie responded with a shy face.


    The group frowned since they couldn''t allow anyone to enter the room. They couldn''t let someone desecrate the corpse, but seeing that it was Hailey, one of the most trusted generals of the Emperor, they epted.


    The fact about the prince dying only a few hours ago didn''t matter to the group since it was prettymon to have polyamory or polygamy. If the prince was alive then it would have caused a scene.


    But before that, she and Aakesh needed to wear the bracelet given to them. It would lock down their cultivation and inner world, leaving them with only their physical strength.


    Since the Emperor was a Supreme God, Halie''s physical strength wouldn''t even cause a scratch on the corpse.


    The Imperial Staff couldn''t leave the Emperor''s residence before the selection of the next Emperor, and there Aakesh came to Halie''s help.


    Aakesh had the skill [Energy Overseer] that helped him locate different energies and distinguish between them. Since he had seen the aura of the Emperor through the talisman, it wasn''t that difficult for him to find the staff.


    As expected, after a few moments, Aakesh locked the location of the staff. It was locked inside a formation, but that formation could do nothing to stop him. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Aakesh easily found the formation eye, destroyed it, and revealed the hidden Imperial Staff.


    With an excited expression, Halie walked to the Imperial Staff and picked it up. A heavy pressure suddenly emerged from the item, bending her down.


    Halie persisted through the pressure, and soon, it had disappeared, epting Halie as its next owner. A broad smile stered across her face following that. With the staff, she had no enemy in the Empire.


    The entire Empire was a formation, and the Imperial Staff controlled it, granting her enough strength to do whatever she wanted.


    At the same time, the group outside sensed the disruption when Halie was epted by the staff. They hurriedly rushed inside only to find Halie kneeling before the Emperor''s corpse while the Imperial Staff was next to her.


    Their faces turned pale, knowing what had transpired before them. Aakesh was also there in the room, but he had an indifferent expression. It was as if the man outside the store and the man inside the store were two different people.


    With Halie getting the Imperial Staff, Aakesh no longer needed to act. He had done his part well, and now only thest phase was left before hepleted the challenge and could leave that world.


    ***


    Using the help of the staff, Halie killed the Higher God level guard of the second prince. She didn''t need to since only showing the staff was more than enough for the guard to walk away, but since there couldn''t be any better moment to show her prestige, she used that for her benefit.


    "Die!"


    Halie didn''t waste any words and immediately activated the attacking ability of the staff, targeting the second prince.

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    Chapter 1546: Ancient Glorious City(17)


    The second prince only saw a light, and the world around him turned dark.


    Crash!


    His corpse crashed to the ground, with a small pool of blood forming in no time.


    Not long after, the Higher Gods standing guard outside the previous Emperor''s residence rushed to the scene. They ignored the second prince and his guard''s corpse but immediately knelt, showing their allegiance to the new Emperor. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The prisoners who had helped Halie escape the prison had pale faces since a bad feeling enveloped their hearts. As expected, Halie turned around and grinned at the prisoners.


    She first focused on the man who was locked in the front prison. The kneeling guards didn''t even have to listen to the order and immediately rushed to the prisoners.


    Even a single Higher God was more than enough to kill everyone on the scene instantly, and the addition of a few more beings of the same strength helped it end even quicker.


    ***


    "Thank you." Halie thanked Aakesh once things were over.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded and then asked Halie to activate the entry point.


    Halie looked disappointed since she wanted to keep Aakesh with her. Only a few hours had passed, but she had never been so impressed by anyone as much as she was with Aakesh.


    But since Aakesh had no interest in staying there, she did as he requested and opened the entry point.


    "May we meet again!!!" Haliemented, looking at Aakesh''s back.


    Aakesh didn''t even turn around and walked out of the building, finding himself on the familiar street. Before he could do anything else, a white light enveloped him.


    At a rapid rate, his cultivation started growing, but before things could proceed any further, the system intervened and forced the new energy out, making the reward nothing for him.


    Aakesh''s way of cultivating was different from others, so the system didn''t want any second energy to dirty Aakesh''s inner energy.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Aakesh didn''t care much about getting his reward nullified and decided to proceed toward another challenge. He suddenly stopped and turned around after hearing the sound of footsteps.


    "Store owner!" A man suddenly eximed in surprise when he saw the identity of the person before him.


    Aakesh also recognized the man as Gusi, a regr at the store. Gusi immediately reached Aakesh and greeted him with a bow.


    Gusi was one of the many randomly summoned by the city, and he had onlypleted his first challenge. A wide smile was stered over his face since he received a great reward.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    [Host, the sun is two hours away from rising!]


    The system''s mechanical voice suddenly rang in Aakesh''s head. He stopped and immediately turned around, his owned building being the destination.


    Aakesh had asked the system to notify him two hours before sunrise, and he would return to the city and the store on time and could meditate for at least an hour.


    After walking for a few seconds, Aakesh returned to the building. Since Aakesh had been doing one challenge after another, he wasn''t very far from the building.


    After entering, he immediately walked to the first floor and entered the room set by him. There was a portal waiting for him on the left wall.


    Aakesh walked to the portal and touched it. The next moment, a suction force appeared and sucked him inside. Aakesh could feel the overwhelming power of the suction force and was unable to fight against it, but found it to be nothing inparison to the force from the virtual portal.


    From the portal in the city, Aakesh at least could see the limit, but for Panagea, he couldn''t see any limit and only saw hopelessness if the thought of fighting rose in his head at any time.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared outside the portal. The scene had changedpared to when he had entered.


    Hundreds of guards had surrounded the portal, while a queue had formed for those who wanted to try their luck in the city.


    The people there only saw a sh, and Aakesh immediately rushed toward the store. Only one person saw him, and it only happened because of his Higher God level cultivation. Since Aakesh didn''t want to be seen, the man kept his silence and forgot what he saw.


    ***


    [Host, the sun is about to rise on Thorr City!]


    Aakesh opened his eyes after the system''s alert and looked toward the screen. No screen was there since Aakesh''s absorption rate remained the same throughout the more than one hour of meditation.


    Time flew by, and the first ray of light finally tore through the cover of darkness and touched the ground.


    Click!


    The sound of the door opening echoed as Aakesh opened the store as usual.


    The appearance of the city in the sky didn''t dim the enthusiasm of the customers, and they arrived in the same numbers, overcrowding the street outside the store as usual.


    Aakesh didn''t let them wait any longer and turned around, returning to his seat. Following that, the customers thronged the store like a raging tide.


    In no time, the overcrowded street was devoid of any life, and all had entered the store.


    The customers immediately noticed the change in the store since the hall space had grown severalfoldpared to the previous day.


    There was another change in the store. The number of customers shrouded in golden, transparent light had also grown, causing a new wave of excitement in the eyes of those who had to wait for hours for their turn.


    Other than the 138,148 customers, others were shrouded in silver light. After a long time, the Panagea spots weren''t booked for the entire day, right in the morning.


    "The sale of Panagea cards had be active once again. There are 500,000 spots avable for the same number of hours as earlier," Aakesh announced another good news to the wealthy customers who could afford Panagea cards.


    As expected, a new wave of excitement appeared on the faces of the customers who had missed Panagea cards due to there being only 100,000 cards avable for sale.


    After that, those who owned cards immediately went to the portal room, while the remaining in the group formed a queue to pay for their stay.

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    Chapter 1547: Ancient Glorious City(18)


    Time was like a stream that kept a steady flow unless someone caused an obstruction.


    Around a year had passed since the city in the sky appeared in Thorr City, and the store owner helped the city survive a disaster.


    The sunset arrived in Thorr and its nearby cities, resulting in a cover of darkness engulfing the cities.


    A few minutester, Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval were left alone in the store.


    "Let''s go!"


    Aakeshmented, and following that, the three of them left the store. Their destination being the portal to the city in the sky.


    After one month, the three decided to enter the city once a week, and that day was the set day. Like Aakesh, Lily, and Khaval, they had their buildings, so they could exit and enter anytime they wanted.


    There was a line of people outside the portal, wanting to enter. The city in the sky had shown its value since many people turned wealthy overnight.


    The luckiest one was Ashley, the daughter of Asher. She gained a valuable resource that caused a tricky situation in the city. But the store''s presence deterred those with dangerous thoughts, and Ashely sold that item to George, the prince of the Sun Elves, for a vast amount of money. It further stabilized Asher''s position as the leader of the Vurrons.


    The guards stationed around the portal had gotten used to the weekly entry of Aakesh and his two pets, so they were already prepared for that. As soon as he arrived, one of the guards immediately closed the entry for others.


    No one dared toin after seeing Aakesh receive such treatment. Aakesh also didn''t care. He paid 150 ordinary Sacred stones and then proceeded to enter the portal, followed by Lily and Khaval.


    Since Lily and Khaval would appear in different ces, they didn''t stay on Aakesh''s head.


    ***


    Aakesh walked out of the portal and appeared in the familiar room. In the several days Aakesh had spent inside the city, he had won many challenges, owning many buildings.


    When Aakesh walked out of the room, he was greeted by the staff. Aakesh expressionlessly climbed down the stairs and then walked out of the hotel room.


    Waves of sound echoed in his ears since the hotel was in a busy ce, and there were tens of thousands of people on the street.


    The nature of the challenge had changed, and Aakesh could no longer walk into any building he wanted. Societies had appeared, and it was only the edge of the city.


    When Aakesh had entered the city, it seemed like a few million square miles, but after a year, he hadn''t even left the edges of the city.


    ***


    "How much do you want to bet?"


    A voice rang in Aakesh''s ears as he began a new challenge. He looked around and saw himself in an arena filled with people. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    There was a sound-blocking array, so no sound of the loud cheers outside the room rang in his ears. Before him, stood a bustydy, showing her bust in all its glory with a seductive smile on her face.


    "What are the odds?" Aakesh asked instead of directly answering.


    The woman frowned since she didn''t expect someone like Aakesh not to know the betting odds. Aakesh already was a part of the ce in the eyes of the character in the challenge, and his identity was extraordinary.


    "Sir, Arn has an odd of 1.45, and Amil has an odd of 1.57," The woman still respectfully informed the odds, not daring to offend someone like Aakesh.


    Aakesh nodded and focused on the two fighters inside the ring. Looking at the two from a third perspective, there wasn''t much difference between the strengths of the two.


    Both were at a simr cultivation level of the peak Supreme God and were extremely talented swordsmen.


    Aakesh activated the skill [Energy Overseer] and was surprised to find that even the energy levels were the same.


    He understood that his betting choice was the challenge. If he won, he would get a reward. If he failed, he would face a dangerous situation.


    Neither of the two opponents was a dark horse. They had fully established their names in the arena, and even the number of fans seemed equal.


    "Show me their battle records," Aakesh expressionlessly asked the woman.


    "Sir, you need to quickly make your decision, the battle will begin in five seconds."


    The woman hurried Aakesh while giving him the battle records for the two participants.


    If it were a challenge with a chance of survival, there would be a way to find the right choice. But if it were a challenge like the theater where failure/death was inevitable, then things would be difficult.


    Aakesh''s infinite intelligence followed him in the challenge, so shepared all the battles of the two opponents at once, utilizing his multi-tasking capability.


    At first, the situation didn''t show any hope since both participants showed the same kind of skillset, showing the situation as more of a draw.


    Since there were no odds for a draw, there couldn''t be a result like that.


    Aakesh''s eyes suddenly lightened up after he saw one of the earliest battles of Arn. He then looked at the busty woman and informed her of his decision.


    "Sir, are you certain you want to bet 100 billion supreme Sacred stones on Amil?" The woman asked to confirm since the amount betted by the esteemed personality was several times higher than the highest even betting amount.


    Aakesh''s heart skipped a beat since he finally understood the danger. He had a feeling that if his bet failed, he would be required to pay the stated sum to survive.


    While thinking, Aakesh didn''t hesitate and nodded, confirming his bet.


    Only three seconds were left after that for the battle to begin. The woman immediately took out a token and handed it to Aakesh.


    On top of it was written the betting amount, while on the back was the fighter Aakesh had bet upon.

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    Chapter 1548: Ancient Glorious City(19)


    Three secondster, the battle began on the ground.


    Arn and Amil battled out, showing their power and skills. The audience seemed amazed by the scene since both fighters were extremely popr around the arena.


    Aakesh calmly watched the battle, unaware that his luck made the situation difficult for him. The challenge had a random set, one where the customer could be one of the participants, and the other was the better. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    The one with the better was a fortunate option for the challenger due to the opponent''s strength. For Aakesh, it was the opposite. Looking at the battle on the ground, Aakesh felt he could end the fight instantly.


    sh!


    Amil shed his de, wanting to dodge the uing strike. Arn had anticipated the defense, so he slightly bent down and changed the movement of the de.


    Amil didn''t act surprised and immediately reacted, following his opponent''s movement. The battle was a life-and-death challenge, so there could only be one victor, and Amil wanted to be that one.


    There was too much at stake here. If Amil won against Arn, he would earn enough wealth to livefortably for eternity.


    Time flew by, and the battle continued between the two.


    The battle was fast-paced since both the opponents were swordsmen, and they focused on agility. Aakesh had long lost interest in the battle, so he simply meditated, waiting for the result.


    Aakesh was fully confident in his bet and the result.


    Ring!


    Aakesh opened his eyes as the ring rang, announcing the end of the battle.


    His eyes remained calm when he saw the victor since it went as per his bet. Not long after, the busty woman hurried to the room with an excited expression.


    Since she was the one who had signed the bet for the better, she would earn a great deal ofmission. If Aakesh had lost the bet, she would only earn from the arena, but since Aakesh won it, she would now earn somemission from both sides.


    "Congrattions, sir, for your correct bet," The woman congratted, taking out the token owned by the arena.


    She then asked for the token she had given to Aakesh. He expressionlessly handled it to her.


    The next moment, the women tapped the two tokens together, and with a binding light, the two melted, forming a new token. The woman then respectfully handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh epted the token. He could see the amount the arena would pay him on the token''s front following his winning wager. Aakesh had bet on Amil, who had the odds of 1.57, so Aakesh made 57 billion supreme Sacred stones from the result.


    The reason for Aakesh choosing Amil was an internal injury received by Arn during his second battle. Since Arn was powerful, there were rarely any opponents who forced him to his limit, so the internal injury remained. If he had taken a break for a few months, then he might have healed, but his fights continued weekly, so the injury remained alive.


    Amil was an equally powerful challenger, so he finally forced Arn beyond his limit, exacerbating the injury that became the cause of his downfall, making Amil the victor.


    Aakesh then paid themission to the woman and left the room, following her lead. The woman gave many seductive hints to Aakesh, but he simply ignored them.


    ***


    Aakesh had an expressionless face when he returned to the market. It was as busy as usual, with numerous people minding their business.


    Someone would greet Aakesh from time to time since he was the owner of one of the most popr hotels on that side of the city. Aakesh would ignore them and keep his focus on finding the next challenge.


    The previous challenge awarded him the winning amount of 57 billion supreme Sacred stones. Aakesh immediately asked the system to rece that with the purest form since those stones were of no use to him.


    After the conversion, Aakesh now had 114,000 supreme Sacred stones. Five hundred thousand supreme stones were equal to 1 purer, supreme Sacred stone.


    After an hour, Aakesh reached the edge of the market. To proceed further, he would need to cross an energy wall.


    Aakesh was about to cross it when his intuition sent him dangerous signals. He stopped, but after a pause, he continued and crossed the barrier.


    The next moment, Aakesh found himself in a different environment. He hade to a forest right from a thriving street.


    Before him, there were endless, gigantic trees towering over the sun.


    Roar!


    Aakesh had only appeared when a beast roar rang in his ears. The trees blocked his sight, but from the roar, Aakesh could sense that the beast was on the verge of death.


    Aakesh had the system''s help with him, so he stepped forward and entered the forest. After walking for a few hundred meters and crossing some trees, he finally saw the beast that had roared.


    Before him, there was a carcass with a horrible stench. It seemed as if the beast had died long ago, keeping in mind the power level of the beast.


    Aakesh walked forward and bent down, studying the carcass. The horrible stench didn''t seem to faze Aakesh as he grabbed one portion and broke it.


    With a nce after activating [Energy Overseer], Aakesh could see numerous elemental energies around the bone, but one energy was the dominating force, and that was the decay.


    Suddenly, the energy turned wild and tried to do to Aakesh what it did to the beast. A heavy pressure abruptly emanated from his body and crushed the energy to oblivion.


    With a cold expression, Aakesh proceeded forward since the source of the decay had long left the scene. He could sense that the source of decay was his key to leaving from there and returning to the city.


    Aakesh walked for an hour and finally stood face-to-face with the source of decay.


    Before Aakesh, there was a gray vine trying to dig deep into the ground. It had numerous eyes that kept blinking, creating an eerie environment.


    Aakesh suddenly pounced forward and grabbed the vine before it could leave. The vine had a subconscious fear of the stranger since its decay energy failed to cause any harm to him.


    Seeing that it was a surety to get caught, the vine exploded, causing an eruption of decay energy.


    Even Aakesh had to take caution, and he immediately activated the skill. A few hundred meters away from him, a seed suddenly jumped out of space and crashed to the ground.


    In no time, the seed got devoured by the ground and disappeared, but suddenly, a strange scene urred.


    The ground turned to sand, and the seed slowly being eaten by the ground stopped. The sand pushed it higher, and the next moment, Aakesh appeared right above it, picking it up.


    Aakesh didn''t try to crush the seed since he knew he was unable to. He simply added some energy to the seed, and following that, a door appeared before him.


    The seed then disappeared, leaving the door. There were ancient murals around the door. It contained the creatures that were there when the Sacred Dimension was first born.


    Aakesh pushed the door open and walked inside. The next moment, he returned to the edge of the market with a new road before him.


    The new road was broader and more majestic than the ones he had been walking for thest year, and simrly, it also had empty buildings.


    Unlike thest time, there was an end. Only four empty buildings were present, and after that, there was another market with powerful creatures roaming it.


    The number of Supreme Gods Aakesh saw at that moment was higher than the number of True God customers in the store.


    The danger level had grown severalfold since Aakesh couldn''t defeat Lesser Gods or above without the help of the system, and before him, there were only cultivators of that level.


    Aakesh needed to decide on whether to keep proceeding forward or return to the store. He didn''t want to use the system''s help for situations that weren''t emergencies.


    Aakesh had used one system''s protection to stop Thorr City from getting devoured by the space storm. He still had some, so Aakesh decided to give it another try.


    He would only do challenges until he needed to use the system''s help. One helping hand, and he would return to the store.


    After making his decision, Aakesh didn''t hesitate any longer and walked to the closest empty building. Unlike the ones earlier, the insides were no longer invisible.


    It was just dark, but for someone like Aakesh, who could see in darkness, the inside scenes were observable from the outside.


    Aakesh could see rows after rows of counters filled with various valuable materials that were extremely beneficial to Lesser Gods and Higher Gods cultivators. He could see some items at the back that were helpful for Supreme Gods.


    Aakesh then walked inside the building, and the view before him changed. The counters he had seen from the outside were no longer present, but they were reced by a creature who was menacingly staring at him.


    He was standing in an arena with arge audience watching his every move. Aakesh slightly raised his eyes in surprise when he saw a familiar figure in the audience.

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    Chapter 1549: Ancient Glorious City(20)


    Aakesh and Halie looked at each other with deep surprise in their eyes. She then nodded toward him and expressed worry since the opponent facing Aakesh was a mindless creature, having nothing but cruelty and battle instinct.


    Aakesh then focused on the creature before him. It belonged to the chimera group of races with the head of a demon, the tail of a lion, the body of a falcon, and the wings of an owl.


    Ring!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. The opponent was a peak True God level creature and a talented one at that.


    Aakesh wasn''t confident of victory, but neither was he sure of defeat, so Aakesh became interested in the battle.


    The creature fluttered its wings, and without making any sound, it was right before Aakesh with a sh. Aakesh moved horizontally to his left, easily dodging the sh.


    He then kicked the creature. It was as if he had hit an iron wall. The creature remained still, only feeling some pain from Aakesh''s kick.


    The creature was in close range of Aakesh. It opened its demonic mouth, and energy started to amass at the tip. The creature was in no mood to prolong the battle. It wanted to win as soon as possible and then have its dinner.


    Aakesh immediately grabbed the creature''s mouth and forced it shut, halting the gathering.


    Screech!


    The creature forcefully escaped Aakesh''s control and let out a screech. Aakesh felt his eardrums ringing in pain.


    His eyes turned colder, and he took a step forward, grabbing the creature by its horn. He then pushed it into the arena, creating a small dust cloud.


    A slight pain suddenly attacked Aakesh, and following that, one of his fingers was cut clean by the creature, forcing him to let go of its horn. Aakesh suddenly sensed a danger to his life, so he immediately backed away.


    Boom!


    The next moment, the ground where Aakesh had a moment earlier exploded, andva erupted.


    Following that, the horn on the creature''s head split into two small horns, looking just like magma. Finding the ability of a chimera was a difficult task since they could have numerous abilities and sometimes only one. It all depended on fate, and the same thing happened with Aakesh.


    The horn atop the creature''s head had no connection whatsoever with fire or any sub-element associated with it, but somehow, it causedva to erupt out of nowhere.


    The battle had only begun, and Aakesh was the first to receive an injury. He immediately activated a skill he hadn''t used for long.


    The next moment, a sword projection appeared above him. In no time, it had grown to the same size as the arena.


    Aakesh executed the gesture of falling, and the projection fell. The creature was locked in space, so it had no choice but to face the attack.


    Aakesh had gotten this skill in his early time in Panagea, and it allowed him to mimic the skills of those Aakesh could defeat. The projected skill was one of the mimic skills of his earliest opponents in the Primal Dimension.


    The projection fell, cutting the creature in two, but before Aakesh could celebrate, the two parts formed an independent creature, growing the number of Aakesh''s opponents by one. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    What was even more challenging was that both had the same level of cultivation, so the addition of another opponent caused deep trouble for him.


    The audience on the scene gasped in surprise when they saw the creature getting cut in two so early in the battle, but the next moment, their eyes lit up after finding that it was done intentionally to use one of its abilities.


    Halie frowned since she could see that the victory was moving farther from Aakesh. She was invited here due to her recent crowning, and she didn''t expect to see Aakesh there in the first battle only.


    She was also relieved that it was only the first battle since, inter battles, the opponent''s cultivation levels would grow. Aakesh had shown her that he could trump the basic knowledge of a Divine Lord not being able to defeat a True God, but she didn''t have full confidence in Aakesh against the chimera.


    The creature was also extremely talented and had a strong battle instinct, so it wasn''t going to be easy.


    ***


    Boom!


    Aakesh was knocked hundreds of meters back after the force of the explosion hit him. He felt his bones giving up, but his strong recovery stopped the damage from growing further.


    With a groan, Aakesh stood up, and at that time, he had many injuries spread across his body. The yellow Dhoti he had received from the system had also given up as there were numerous tears around it.


    The cloth could only be up to Aakesh''s cultivation level, so it failed to defend against a strong opponent like the chimera.


    The opponent had only a slim injury, but that was due to there being two of them. Aakesh had sessfully killed one of them, which had taken everyone in the audience by surprise.


    Aakesh cracked some of the bones around his neck that had clustered due to the attack and rushed forward. His speed was nowhere near as fast as it was at the start, but it was still within his desire.


    He appeared right before the creature and punched. But before his punch couldnd, he suddenly took the strike back and kicked.


    The creature was about to dodge the punch, but the kick came quicker than anticipated and was hit right in his stomach.


    Cough!


    The creature coughed up blood, but not even a drop fell on Aakesh.


    Aakesh immediately activated [Apocalyptic st] once again and hit the enemy.


    Boom!


    Aakesh was immune to any kind of damage from the skill, so even his hair stayed still, and the creature bore the brunt of the skill.


    The next moment, the creature got thrown out by an intense force, but before it could harshly crash onto the ground, its wings fluttered, stabilizing its posture.


    Cry!


    The creature let out a demonic cry, and immediately after that, the entire battle arena was covered in a poisonous haze. It forced Aakesh to close all the pores around his body to breathe and also restricted his visibility.

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    Chapter 1550: Ancient Glorious City(21)


    Boom!


    The ground beneath Aakesh''s feet suddenly exploded, throwing him into the air. The creature was silently waiting for him there.


    It immediately grabbed Aakesh, ready to rip him into two pieces. Aakesh released whatever energy he had in his body at that moment and unleashed an apocalyptic scene.


    The space that had remained stable until now started to crack while the creature got enveloped in fear. For it, Aakesh was a predator at that moment, and it was a simple prey.


    Cry!


    It immediately forced that thought out and recovered, but it was toote. A pitch-ck energy ball, the size of the battle arena, appeared.


    Aakesh''s eyes were as cold as hell, and he released the energy ball.


    BOOM!


    The next moment, an explosion louder than ever rang in the ears of the audience, and a shockwave erupted. The battle arena turned to ashes while Aakesh crashed to the bottom of the several-mile-deep pit.


    An ufortable feeling struck him after he thoroughly emptied his energy reserves. Aakesh immediately asked the system for a stone and began to absorb its energy.


    After absorbing tens of stones, the ufortable headache finally disappeared. Not long after, Halie descended to the ground and looked at him with a shocked expression.


    "How did you do it?" She asked. Despite seeing the entire battle, she still couldn''t believe the result.


    Thest attack unleashed by Aakesh was something that could even cause a weaker, early Lesser God level cultivator some fear. If she hadn''t seen through her eyes, she would never believe that ate True God level cultivator could unleash that power, let alone some peak Divine Lord.


    Aakesh responded with an expressionless face and looked around. Since he had won the battle, he should leave the area and return to the building. If he hadn''t, it meant the challenge was still active.


    Aakesh hadn''t even absorbed 10% of his energy, so if the challenge demanded another battle, he would instead use the system''s help and leave the building.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, nothing of that sort happened, and Aakesh no longer needed to battle. A few moments after Halie, a group of armed guards descended the pit and gave him a ticket, weing him to one of the VIP rooms. Even Halie was surprised by that since the VIP rooms had people above Supreme God levels.


    The power might cause some dread among weaker early Lesser Gods, but it was nothing for the cultivators at the Supreme God level and above. They could crush someone like Aakesh in an instant without Aakesh even having the chance to fight back.


    Aakesh nodded toward Halie and then followed the guards to their master. He hade there toplete the challenge, so there was no point in him rejecting anyone. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    The guards wanted Aakesh to change and even gave him good clothes, but Aakesh pulled out another Dhoti from the system space and wore it, throwing thest one.


    After it left Aakesh''s skin, the dhoti turned into ashes and disappeared since it had done its part in protecting him.


    After Aakesh walked into the VIP room, he found it was bigger than a hotel. There were groups of people sitting at arge table, and as soon as he entered, he became the center of attention for everyone.


    The guards bid farewell and walked out of the room, leaving Aakesh on his own. Aakesh calmly surveyed around the room and saw the people on the table.


    There were three hundred of them, and even the lowest cultivation was peak Sacred King, while the highest was peak Sacred Emperor, and that seemed to be the master of the room.


    On the leader''s invitation, Aakesh sat on the only empty chair on the table.


    "You surprised us," The leadermented with a smiling face.


    Aakesh expressionlessly nodded in response and waited for the main topic. He had no interest in chitchatting with anyone inside the room.


    When the others saw him, they couldn''t help but be even more curious about Aakesh. As Halie had thought, Aakesh was like a bug to them, and they could crush him anytime they wanted.


    But looking into Aakesh''s eyes, it seemed that their cultivation levels didn''t matter to him. Only he was the master, while others had no point in existing.


    The leader didn''t care about Aakesh''s expressions since he had called him here to do something for him.


    "The opponent you killed was one of my pets. I allowed him to join the battle to let him enjoy the thrill of battles, not expecting some monster like you to be its opponent. It didn''t die a worthless death," The leader stated.


    Aakesh had the same expression, waiting for the reason. He had a timeline to follow whenever he entered the city.


    "That pet had a purpose. Since you have killed it, do you want to fulfill what it needed to do?" The leader asked. His tone contained some hint of majesty as if he wouldn''t take a refusal as an answer.


    That majesty did not affect Aakesh, and he calmly replied, "What do you want?"


    A few minutester, Aakesh stood outside the VIP room, thinking about what the group wanted him to do. It wasn''t some demeaning or humiliating task, so he wasn''t angry or sad.


    It was just that the work was incredibly dangerous and challenging. The battle with the chimera was nothing inparison to that.


    But since he wanted to leave, he had toplete the challenge, so he epted it.


    Aakesh had only taken a few steps forward when his eyes fell on Halie, who was waiting for him. When she saw him looking at her, a smile erupted on her face. There was a hint of relief in it.


    Aakesh maintained his expressionless face, but he still walked to her. He could see that the woman had no romantic feelings or any other feelings like that for him. She was just too kind toward him due to the arm wrestling contest.

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    Chapter 1551: Ancient Glorious City(22)


    Aakesh stood before a space jump portal. The next part of the challenge awaited him on the other side of the device.


    The leader who had given him the task was standing not far from him with a smile. The smile contained dangerous intent if Aakesh tried to escape. The task was too significant for the man to let others know and live to tell the tale.


    Aakesh ignored the man and ced the Sacred stones in their sockets. The next moment, the portal turned active, and a spatial energy engulfed it.


    Aakesh didn''t waste any time and walked inside. The next moment, the Sacred stones in the sockets turned to dust as the space jump drained every bit of their energy, and the portal turned dark once again. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    The leader didn''t leave but sat down in meditation, waiting for Aakesh. He hoped in his heart for a sessful task.


    ***


    Aakesh looked around the dead city, trying to find the stone. The leader gave him the task of finding the stone and bringing it out.


    The leader didn''t tell Aakesh what the purpose of the stone was but only informed him of its appearance. Aakesh, who had more knowledge than the leader could ever have, immediately understood the intention behind the leader''s actions.


    The city around him was dead with corpses littered around, and even their skeletons had started to dpose. It usually took tens of billions of years for the corpse of a Supreme God to start dposing, so from that, the destruction time of the city could be seen.


    As Aakesh delved deeper into the city, the power level of the corpses grew, with the Sacred King''s corpses bing the norm. His face turned further solemn since the deeper into the city he went, the more intense the danger would prove to be.


    The stone he was looking for was the Grestoriac Stone, a stone that contained the life of 100,000 universes and their inhabitants. If someone could channel that energy, their inner world would expand to match the size of 100,000 universes. Its most well-known application was as a means for a peak Sacred Emperor to step to the level of Sacred Monarchs after absorbing its energy.


    An item of that level showed the difficulty of the challenge. Since danger coulde from anywhere, Aakesh had already told the system to turn on automatic security.


    If any danger crossed the threshold of what he could handle, the system would consume one of the protections and take Aakesh out of the challenge, returning him safely to the city.


    Aakesh cautiously proceeded forward, trying to enter one building after another. He failed to find the stone despite searching for half the city.


    The city wasn''t veryrge but only had a small area of a few thousand square miles, so the situation wasn''t like searching for needles in a haystack. A bad feeling suddenly enveloped his heart.


    The next moment, he jumped out and rushed hundreds of meters instantly. He then turned around and saw a dangerous scene.


    The ce he was standing a moment earlier was nowhere to be found, and it was reced by arge creature that alternated between ethereal and material. It was slightly weaker than the chimera he faced in the arena, so Aakesh breathed a sigh of relief.


    He then immediately attacked, activating [Apocalyptic st]. The next moment, an energy ball the size of a football flew to the creature and exploded.


    The energy affected both ethereal and material, so switching between the two stages didn''t help the creature, and it was enveloped in a powerful st.


    The st range touched Aakesh, but his immunity to the attack caused him to stand still. When the explosion finally calmed down, what was left of the creature was a severely injured material beast. It could no longer alternate between the two states.


    Aakesh rushed forward, a sword appearing in his hand. A white light appeared around the de as he shed.


    The next moment, the beast was cut into numerous pieces, and then the white light devoured it fully, ending the battle instantly. Aakesh looked at the sword in his hands and nodded in appreciation.


    The sword was his reward for defeating the chimera, and it didn''t disappoint him. Despite it only being of intermediate-higher grade, it easily cut through a peak True God level creature.


    After the creature disappeared, a small piece of stone was left on the ground. Aakesh bent down to pick it up and couldn''t help but be surprised since it was the one-thousandth part of the Grestoriac Stone.


    Aakesh then stored it in the system space and immediately sat down to absorb Sacred stones. The attack had taken fifty percent of his energy reserves since Aakesh wanted to end the battle as soon as possible.


    Aakesh had no issues with continuous absorption since the energy was extremely warm and traveled to his inner world without causing any trouble.


    After absorbing thirty purer ordinary Sacred stones, Aakesh''s energy reserve was full, so he stopped mediation and proceeded forward. Since the stone was broken into fragments, Aakesh had to prepare for numerous battles.


    A few minutester, Aakesh stood face-to-face with another opponent. It was no longer a peak True God but an early True God level beast.


    Aakesh didn''t even need to use the skill and shed his sword. The next moment, the creature was divided into two clean pieces, resulting in Aakesh''s victory.


    When Aakesh picked up the stone fragments, he found them to be one part of ten thousand parts. The weaker the opponent, the smaller the stone fragments.


    But even that tiny fragment contained an endless amount of energy. If Aakesh were to stand and face the explosion of that energy, he would get instantly turned into ashes.


    The two stone fragmentsbined when they came into contact with each other.


    Time flew by, and around an hour passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh had faced several battles over that duration, but neither of his opponents had challenged him like the chimera, making the situation more manageable than he had anticipated. He had won one fight after another and had seeded in forming one-fifth of the stone.

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    Chapter 1552: Ancient Glorious City(23)


    Combining one-fifth of the stone seemed to have broken some limit as pressure erupted out of nowhere.


    Aakesh was knocked backward, and the stone forcefully left his grip. Aakesh stabilized himself and pounced forward, grabbing the stone fragment once again.


    An intense pressure weighing several universes at once attacked Aakesh, sinking him deep down the road.


    Aakesh gritted his teeth and persisted, and finally, a minuteter, things returned to calm. Several of his veins had ruptured, which resulted in him getting covered in blood.


    His strong physique immediately worked, and the ruptured veins began to recover while the blood around him vaporized. A few minutester, Aakesh had fully recovered, ready to proceed forward.


    Even though he was getting stone fragments after defeating the creatures, he still searched one building after another since he didn''t want to leave the challenge up to fate.


    A few minutester, Aakesh entered a three-story building.


    Whoosh!


    The moment he stepped foot inside, a chilly wind attacked him. He immediately stepped backward, and the chilly wind disappeared as if it were Aakesh''s illusion.


    Aakesh activated the defense skill and walked inside.


    Crack! Crack! Crack!


    The shield around Aakesh began to crack, unable to handle the power of the chilly wind. Aakesh immediately enforced the ability with several new barriers. It kept getting destroyed, and Aakesh would keep restoring them.


    Since it was the first time he was facing anything like that in the city, Aakesh knew the building was different. The shield around him kept cracking and restoring, while he looked around trying to find the stone.


    He failed to find anything on the floor, so he looked at the stairs climbing to the higher floors. He didn''t waste time and climbed it, reaching the second floor. He was cautious at that time, so he had already enforced the shield around him with several moreyers.


    Aakesh''s caution didn''t disappoint him, and a chilly wind attacked him. Tenyers of barriers disintegrated in no time. Aakesh immediately acted and enforced the defense before the wind could directly reach him.


    A simr phenomenon as the first floor yed out and Aakesh tried to find the stone. He was again disappointed, so he set his target at the stairs.


    Before climbing to thest floor, he tripled hisyers of shields and then walked up the stairs. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Boom!


    An explosion-like sound rang the moment he sat foot on the third floor. It wasn''t a st, but the sound was caused by the wind. Over half theyers around him were instantly destroyed, and the other half was on the verge.


    Aakesh showed his quick channeling capability and created ten times as manyyers aspared to the number of destroyed ones. He had a purpose for doing that since before him, stood a small tree not bigger than his waist.


    The chilly wind was caused by the tree and the eerie spirits around it. Aakesh sensed a dangerous feeling from the tree. It wasn''t sentient, but it still seemed like the toughest opponent of that day.


    Since Aakesh didn''t fear death due to the system, he calmly rushed toward the tree, trying to end the battle as quickly as possible. The sword had already been in his hand since the beginning.


    ng!


    A metallic sound rang after the sword shed with the tree. A small dent appeared on the de, showing the toughness of the tree.


    Cry!


    An eerie cry suddenly rang in Aakesh''s ears, freezing him on the spot. The spirits around the tree cheered up when they saw their attacks working. They immediately pounced on Aakesh, trying to make him one of their own.


    There were more than twenty spirits, with their cultivation varying from early to peak True God.


    Boom!


    Suddenly, an explosion rang as the spirits reached Aakesh. The tree wasn''t sentient and it could only attack with the help of the spirit, so Aakesh decided to employ the help of the spirit and sessfully baited them to himself.


    The immunity characteristic of the skill was a huge help to Aakesh since the spirits didn''t expect Aakesh to attack like that.


    Screech! Cry!


    Several mental attacks rang at once, thinking that Aakesh wanted to kill himself so that he wouldn''t be a spirit. They weren''t afraid of dying since as long as that tree was there, they would get reborn an unlimited number of times.


    The attack wasn''t destructive enough to kill all of them at once. Many of them survived, but the injuries they received were severe.


    Before getting reborn, they wanted to kill Aakesh, only to see Aakesh rushing toward them with the sword. He was unscathed from the st.


    In less than a moment, Aakesh had cut off the survivor spirits, leaving only one alive. But with another attack, it also died.


    Aakesh then stared at the tree. He was aware of the tree''s spirit-spawning ability, but he already had a n in his mind.


    He rushed to the tree, and three of the twenty spirits had already respawned. Before they could think of attacking, the stone fragment appeared in Aakesh''s hand. He then threw it at the tree.


    An intense pressure suddenly erupted, and cracks started emerging on the tree''s body. It survived an onught over the minute, but in that time, it was unable to spawn any spirits, and the three survivor spirits were already killed by Aakesh.


    The fragment failed to destroy the tree, but it created more than enough opportunity for Aakesh''s victory.


    A beam of ck light gathered around the tip of his right index finger, and he released it, aiming at the gap formed by the fragment.


    Boom!


    In less than a moment, Aakesh had bombarded every gap with a beam of [Apocalyptic st]. The tree survived due to its strong defense and vitality, but Aakesh had already prepared for it.


    Aakesh took back all the energy required to maintain the shield barrier and put more than two-thirds of his remaining energy reserves into the attack.

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    Chapter 1553: Ancient Glorious City(24)


    As Aakesh poured so much energy into the attack, an energy ball the size of Aakesh''s height materialized. Aakesh was inplete control of the skill, so he seemed calm.


    He then pushed that energy ball into thergest gap around the tree''s core.


    BOOM!


    An explosion rang in the area, and it fully enveloped the building. Aakesh was immune to the st, not the fall caused by the building''s destruction. He started falling but calmlynded on the ground since that height was nothing worth the trouble.


    The tree was still tenacious enough to survive that st, but it seemed to have exhausted its vitality and died the next moment. Aakesh was in no good condition either. Without the defense around him, he directly faced the chilly wind.


    Cracks had appeared around his body that looked like cracks in icebergs. His blood remained aloof from the effect, and it slowly flowed out.


    Aakesh immediately pulled out some Sacred stones from the secret space and started absorbing them. The chilly wind had disappeared after the tree''s death, so he no longer needed to maintain the shield.


    The tree didn''t cause him as much trouble as that chimera opponent, but it was the strongest enemy he had faced that day. It was only due to the spirit''s low intelligence and the skill''s immunity effect that he not only survived but also gained a victory.


    A few minutester, Aakesh had recharged himself, so he stood up and walked to the tree. A fragment slightly smaller than two-fifths was lying there on the ground.


    Since Aakesh hadn''t taken back the fragment he used in his attack, the fragmentsbined on their own. He didn''t immediately pick them up but waited for his injuries to recover. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    A few minutester, the cracks caused by the chilly wind had disappeared, leaving Aakesh the same as he was before stepping into the building. As for his dhoti, it was also ruined, so Aakesh had to wear another one.


    That day was still early, but he had already lost two dhotis. Nothing like that had ever happened, showing the dangerous situation Aakesh found himself in.


    He then walked to the stone and picked it up. He had already prepared for the pressure, so he didn''t get knocked like thest time and stood strong.


    His veins around his body had popped out, and soon they began to rupture like thest time. Since the fragment was bigger than before, the intensity of the pressure also saw growth, and it continued for three minutes.


    Aakesh was left in no condition to fight anyone after that. He was lying in a small pool of his own blood. His eyes remained indifferent, and he stood up. The injuries began to recover since they didn''t have any negative effects, like the chilly wind.


    In less than a minute, he had fully recovered with no injury left, while his blood had vaporized into thin air. It was all caused by his infinite endurance, so for recovery, he didn''t spend an iota of energy from his energy reserves.


    Since he was in his peak condition, he walked forward in search of other fragments.


    Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    Aakesh stood with blood around his body. The corpse slowly dissolved into a stone fragment. Once Aakesh had fully recovered, he picked up the stone fragment andbined it with the fragment he already had.


    Crash!


    Aakesh was already prepared for the pressure, but he was still unable to and got knocked hundreds of meters, destroying many buildings in his way.


    The pressure released by the four-fifths stone fragment was beyond Aakesh''s expectations. In no time, his body was on the verge of exploding.


    His eyes were extremely cold since that day had thrown one after another painful situation at him.


    Time flew by, and when it seemed Aakesh had reached its dead end and the system would need to help him, out of nowhere, pressure emerged from Aakesh.


    Boom!


    The two pressures shed, creating a loud boom in the area. Slowly by slowly, the effect dimmed down, and a few momentster, things returned to calm.


    His body recovered at an even higher rate after that situation. The pressure seemed to have forced Aakesh to unleash some of his hidden physique potential, making him even stronger.


    The growth wasn''t wildly excessive, but Aakesh felt like he wouldn''t need to exhaust all his energy to defeat the chimera any longer.


    It still wouldn''t be an easy battle, but it wouldn''t be hard either. With a pair of indifferent eyes, he proceeded forward since only one-fifth fragment was left frompleting the stone.


    There were still several hours left before the end of the night in Thorr City, so he had sufficient time toplete the task. He only hoped that the reward would be worth all the trouble. If not, the leader was going to die once Aakesh reached an adequate cultivation level.


    A few hourster, Aakesh reached his final opponent. Before him stood an enormous worm.


    It was going to be his most challenging battle for the day, and Aakesh wasn''t confident of victory despite his physique bing stronger. It had to do with the worm''s cultivation level.


    It was an early-level Lesser God creature, and that was out of Aakesh''s power level.


    It was only due to the growth in his physique that Aakesh even thought of battling the worm. Since the system was with him, his protection was sure. He didn''t need to fear for his life, so he became excited about the battle.


    The only worry was that if he lost, all his effort over the past several hours would turn to zero, and he didn''t think that much work was worth fighting a Lesser God.


    The worm opened its mouth and let out a silent roar. The next moment, Aakesh felt as if someone was hammering his sea of consciousness.


    m!


    With a flick of its tail, the worm rushed forward. It was quicker than expected and mmed onto Aakesh.


    Crash!


    Aakesh was knocked down more than a mile, reaching back to the ce where he had thest battle before the fight with the worm. Signs of destruction were still present there.

 Chapter 1554: Sudden Situation!

    Chapter 1554: Sudden Situation!


    Aakesh immediately created barriers of defense around him. The worm''s m easily destroyed all of them and threw him away with a strong force.


    He covered his back withyer afteryer of barrier, and when he finallynded on the ground, he survived without any injury.


    Aakesh rushed energy to his legs and jumped forward. He crossed that distance in a jump and fell right on the worm.


    The worm immediately opened its mouth wide enough to wee the prey, but a small projection had begun to appear around Aakesh.


    Aakesh couldn''t help but smile when he noticed that. It was unlike him, but he was extremely happy.


    Bloodline Projection was an ability that he suddenly learned when he was in serious trouble in Panagea. Since his cultivation was extremely weak, he was unable to control that ability.


    If he could use it, Aakesh''s strength would grow severalfold, and he wouldn''t only jump one level to kill his opponents. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    The worm suddenly froze as subconscious fear enveloped its mind. The projection was blurry, but it still created more than enough pressure, and the worm exploded into a blood cloud.


    Before Aakesh could celebrate, he crashed to the ground, unconscious. He had unlimited endurance, and only because of that did he survive, but even that wasn''t enough to maintain the ability.


    His body was physically and mentally drained at that moment, and the projection behind him slowly began to fade. If someone could see beyond the blur, they would see a mixture of smiles and anticipation.


    The battle Aakesh had dreaded came to a sudden, weird end. Aakesh remained unconscious on the ground.


    Suddenly, a blue light enveloped him, and his life aura began to grow at a rapid rate. An energy storm erupted in the area, and Aakesh''s body became the source of it.


    The system immediately acted since it couldn''t let the impure spiritual energy dirty Aakesh''s pure inner energy. Patterns started appearing on Aakesh''s upper body.


    Those who knew about arrays would immediately recognize the patterns imprinted on Aakesh''s body. It was a purity array that purified 100% of energy.


    The system didn''t dare to stop Aakesh from devouring energy, as it was a natural situation, but it only purified that energy. What would have taken around an hour would now take several hours.


    The projectionpletely disappeared at that time, and not long after, Aakesh opened his eyes. He immediately understood the situation he was in and sat down in a meditative posture.


    The pattern around his body was purifying the energy in the area, and he also took out Sacred stones. A new source of energy caused a change in the situation, and the blue light around him turned even more intense.


    A few hourster, the vortex finally disappeared, and the remains of numerous purer, ordinary Sacred stones were scattered around Aakesh. The pattern on his body also faded since it was no longer necessary.


    He then pulled a purer, higher Sacred stone out of the system space since his cultivation finally reached the limit of the Divine Lord.


    He didn''t immediately start absorbing the stone but waited for his mental and physical condition to reach its peak. The damage left by the projection was too great to be recovered quickly, so it took two hours for him to fully recover.


    It wasn''t a recovery in the literal sense, but as soon as the seque of the bloodline projection disappeared, his infinite endurance and intelligence immediately brought him to his peak.


    Since stepping into the True God level from the Divine Lord level was almost an evolution, so Aakesh took a deep breath and closed his eyes.


    The stone floated on its own and stopped right between his brows. The next moment, energy particles began to leave the stone and were absorbed into his body.


    His cultivation had already reached the limit of the peak Divine Lord, so the energy slowly turned into a tide and crashed onto the wall, acting as a barrier between the two levels.


    Aakesh''s cultivation foundation was as stable as thews of the dimension, so the wall broke down with only the first m,.


    The next moment, the sky turned dark, and vast clouds covered the sky in no time. As far as eyes could see, thunder-bearing clouds were visible.


    Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!


    The sky rumbled, and Aakesh stopped meditating. Only ten percent of the energy was left in the stone, so he ced it in the system space.


    Boom!


    The first thunderbolt formed and struck Aakesh, causing a loud sound. Aakesh remained unfazed, and soon, he was drowned in several thunderstrikes.


    The situation continued for a while, and instead of disappearing, the clouds started further growing. Since Aakesh''s physique was too tenacious for the tribtion, it further strengthened.


    The purple thunderstrike turned yellow and drowned Aakesh, but he remained unfazed as he had earlier, without any injury. Thirty minutester, the yellow thunderbolt turned orange, and even the ground shook due to the pressure.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    The thunderbolt not only had destructive power but also weighed an enormous amount. Whenever it struck Aakesh, he slowly got pushed backward.


    The first injury finally appeared after several orange thunderbolts struck him continuously. The number of injuries started growing, but he finally survived thest bolt.


    His eyes were cold, and he looked at the sky. A frown appeared on his face since the clouds were still growing instead of disappearing.


    RUMBLE!


    Suddenly, the entire world shook, and the sky turned red. It seemed that thews were attempting ast chance, and an enormous red thunderbolt appeared in the sky.


    With its presence alone, the entire world was cracking apart. The injuries Aakesh had received from thest bombardment started to grow further as the remains of the thunder grew in power.


    Aakesh coldly stared at the thunderbolt as it descended. It was enormous, but its speed wasn''t slow, so it soon reached Aakesh and crashed into him.


    BOOM!


    A mushroom cloud suddenly emerged, and the st range enveloped the entire city.

 Chapter 1555: Breakthrough!

    Chapter 1555: Breakthrough!


    The entire city that seemed to have survived a horror apocalypse turned to ruins, with the st range covering the entirety of the city. Only the bones of the Supreme God and above-level cultivators survived, and even they were thrown across the sky.


    Aakesh, who had directly borne the brunt of the attack, was in no good condition either. His bones had be visible and were on the verge ofpletely melting.


    The hair around his body had evaporated into nothingness, while one-fourth of his face had melted. If Lily and Khaval were to be here and see Aakesh in that condition, they were sure to go wild in rage.


    His eyes still maintained their indifference as he stared at the sky. The clouds finally started disappearing, forcing Aakesh to breathe a sigh of relief.


    His body was in no condition to face the next-level attack. He crashed to the ground, gasping for breath.


    Every part of his body was severely injured, including his spirit. The pain he was feeling at that moment made that situation one of the worst experiences for him.


    His eyelids had turned heavy, trying to fall unconscious, but he kept them open since the breakthrough wasn''tplete yet.


    The next moment, the clouds that had receded suddenly began to expand, causing a frown on his face. Fortunately for him, they weren''t preparing for the next attack.


    The inner world immediately left Aakesh''s body and started floating above his head. The next moment, the clouds stopped expanding and started flying toward the inner world as if there was something immensely significant waiting for them.


    Aakesh closed his eyes and focused on the inside of the inner world. After reaching the Divine Lord, the cultivator''s inner world became livable for life, but Aakesh received that honor when he was at the Divine Being Level.


    Even the rule of the lifeforms beginning to cultivate once the inner world reached the True God level was broken by him, but since there was no life in the world, no such situation arose. Thews of the inner world had be powerful enough to allow cultivation, and as the clouds seeped inside the core, they began to expand at a crazy rate.


    In only a few moments, Aakesh surpassed the size of Lily''s and Khaval''s inner world, and it still seemed to be in only its starting phase.


    As the world expanded, life automatically started to appear in the inner world. The time seemed to be flowing millions of times faster as generations after generations of different beast races appeared and died out.


    The situation continued for several minutes and only stopped when the inner world had devoured every bit of the cloud. At that time, Aakesh''s inner world''s radius was three hundred thousand miles, several timesrger than Lily or Khaval''s inner world.


    Lily and Khaval were already immensely talented, so their inner world was thergest recorded area if anyone were to know about it, but Aakesh broke that record several times, showing his overwhelming talent over the two.


    The inner world stopped growing, not because Aakesh had reached his limit. He could feel that he was still only starting.


    The process only stopped because thews had reached their limit and could no longer provide the energy for Aakesh to expand the inner world.


    "Hey, system, should I continue to the next step?" Aakesh asked the system since it was responsible for his cultivation.


    [Yes, Host, you seemed to have reached the limit. There is no possibility of going any further since that will alert the dimension to initiate the suspension trial, thinking of you as a lifeform from the Primordial Dimension.]


    The system''s mechanical voice rang in Aakesh''s head. He had thought of that but still asked the system since it had always exceeded his expectations.


    But since there was no way of expanding the inner world any further due to reaching the limit, Aakesh had to stop at that. He couldn''t face the suspension trial as that would force him to the Primordial Dimension, and that was not eptable to him or the system.


    The next moment, the sky above the destroyed city turned golden, and a gold ray of energy flew to the inner world. It was no longer expanding, but the insides were changing.


    Aakesh had no intention of allowing any living being in his inner world, so he killed whatever lifeforms were born, and the golden energy strengthened thews and durability of the inner world. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    From the outside, his inner world looked like a paradise for living creatures since every corner of the world was rich in energy, allowing even a non-talented cultivator to reach the peak of the Divine Lord in no time.


    The next moment, the inner world descended and returned to Aakesh. Immediately after that, the lifeform level started growing, and in a few moments, Aakesh breached the peak Divine Lord and stepped into the early True God cultivation level.


    ***


    "Do you think he will seed?" The man asked, drinking his tea.


    It was the man who gave Aakesh the task of finding the stone for him since he had finally seen an opportunity to step into the Sacred Monarch level.


    The city was once a known city that was destroyed by a Sacred Creator lifeform. If not for the ban set by that same creature, he would have personally entered to find the stone.


    No one above the True God level could step into the city, and since the most dangerous creature in the city was a Lesser God, it was an extremely dangerous task.


    "Why are you in such a hurry? It has only been a few hours since the man left."


    The leader''s wife responded with a gentle smile. She was the only person other than the leader to know about the stone''s details.


    The others only knew that there was an item inside the city, and it had some chance of helping the man step to the next level. If others knew that the man had aplete chance of a breakthrough, the situation wouldn''t have been that calm.


    "I can''t help myself," The man smiled wryly. Despite living for numerous years, he still acted like an impatient child. But that was eptable since the value of the item wasn''t low.

 Chapter 1556: Growth in Strength!

    Chapter 1556: Growth in Strength!


    Aakesh''s tribtion was different from what Lily and Khaval faced. After the thunderstrike, they were burned in the fire, which varied in intensity depending on the talent of the cultivator.


    Aakesh faced no such fire but three rounds of different thunderstrikes.


    After the inner world returned, Aakesh had stepped into the True God level in the true sense. He couldn''t help but smile, seeing the surge in power.


    His strength had grown severalfold, making him the most powerful, talented True God in the Sacred Dimension, despite only stepping into the level. Since it had been some time, Aakesh decided to check his, Lily''s, and Khaval''s status screens.


    The next moment, a dark blue, opaque screen appeared before Aakesh. Following that, golden fonts began appearing on it, and a few secondster, therge screen contained the details of three of them.


    Personal Status:


    Name: Aakesh,


    Title: Myrioglot (Think to expand),


    Race: *****,


    Profession: Store-owner (Level 3),


    Level: Level 11 (Early),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 1848.52 Sacred Units, (+1509.43)


    Agility: 1836.73 Sacred Units, (+1517.962)


    Intelligence: -0-,


    Stamina: -0-,


    Inner World:


    Area: 1.13 trillion square miles,


    Energy Grade: Lesser God


    No. of questspleted: 38,


    Skills: Energy Overseer, Detail-Eye, Watcher, Chameleon-Level, Counter Shield, Ability-Learning, Apocalyptic st...


    Pet Status:


    Number of Pets: 2,


    Pet status: n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Name: Lily,


    Gender: Female,


    Race: Perfect Hybrid (Epochal Feline, [@#$#@$])


    Owner: Aakesh,


    Bloodline: Undefined (Purity: Undefined),


    Level: Level 11 (Early),


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 588.329 Sacred Units,


    Agility: 604.168 Sacred Units,


    Intelligence: 597.038 Sacred Units,


    Stamina: 593.285 Sacred Units,


    Inner World:


    Area: 11,452 square miles,


    Energy Grade: True God


    Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether, Wood, Thunder, Metal, Sound, Light, Dark, Time, Space, Destruction, Sharpness, Devour, Physique, Negation, Creation, Undefined*,


    Skills: Time Shield, Time Healing, Fire Meteor, Anima, Mahima, Garima, Laghima...Time Discement.


    *-> Undefined here means that this number of elements wouldn''t be the end. As Lily grows in strength and bloodline, the number of elements she can control will also increase.


    Name: Khaval,


    Gender: Male,


    Race: Hybrid (88.46% Chaos Whale, 11.54% [@#$#@$])


    Owner: Aakesh,


    Physical attributes,


    Strength: 598.329 Sacred Units,


    Agility: 599.503 Sacred Units,


    Intelligence: 591.127 Sacred Units,


    Stamina: 612.948 Sacred Units,


    Inner World:


    Area: 11,384 square miles,


    Energy Grade: True God


    Elements: Chaos, Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Ether, Wood, Thunder, Metal, Sound, Light, Dark, Undefined**,


    Skills: Anima, Mahima, Garima, Laghima,... Chaotic Bomb.


    **-> Undefined here means that this number of elements wouldn''t be the end. As Khaval grows in strength and bloodline, the number of elements he can control will also increase.


    Since Aakesh had stepped into the True God level, his power level had grown to Level 11. He nodded in appreciation, seeing his attributes.


    The usual range of the physical attributes of a True God level cultivator varied between 250 and 600, but Aakesh had already breached that mark, with his strength and agility nearing 2000.


    A new section had appeared on the screen, containing the details of the inner world. A cold smile spread across Aakesh''s face when he saw the surface area of his inner world. Despite it not being his limit, it had already touched the trillion mark.


    The difference between cultivators was revealed whenpared with Lily''s and Khaval''s inner world''s surface area. Lily''s inner world was slightlyrger due to her earlier breakthrough, but still, the gap between the two cultivators was likeparing an ant to an elephant.


    Aakesh''s inner world also contained an energy grade equal to the inner world of Lesser Gods, while Lily and Khaval were somewhat normal with it being at their original cultivation level.


    It didn''t mean Lily and Khaval weren''t talented. They had already touched the True God attribute limit when it hadn''t even been a year since they stepped into the level. It was just that Aakesh was a monster, and Lily and Khaval were immensely talented.


    There was another change in the status screen, and that had to do with Khaval. As Khaval''s birth required several ounces of Aakesh''s blood, he had be a hybrid, with the bloodline of the Chaos Whale being the dominant force.


    But as Khaval grew in strength, Aakesh''s bloodline began to slowly increase its percentage, inching closer to the state of Perfect Hybrid like Lily.


    The two also gained a few skills after their breakthrough, and there was no change other than that. Aakesh waved his hands, and therge screen disappeared, waiting for him to call it back.


    His eyes then fell on the stone that was nowplete afterbining with the fragment from the worm''s death. Trying to test his new power, Aakesh walked to the stone and picked it up.


    To be precise, it was already floating in the air, and he only had to grab it.


    The next moment, a heavy pressure suddenly appeared and struck Aakesh. His bones made a crunching sound as some of his injuries still hadn''t recovered.


    But there was no such issue like thest time, and he didn''t feel much trouble. The most pressure could do was that it slightly widened some of his injuries, but nothing severe other than that.


    Once it calmed down, Aakesh ced it in his inner world. cing an item of that level was suicide, but Aakesh''s inner world easily bore the pressure, and nothing happened other than slight shaking. Even that disappeared soon.


    It wasn''t due to therge inner world and its strongws, but it was because of his way of cultivation.


    Cultivating only pure energy through the way told by the system allowed his inner world to carry any item in the Sacred Dimension. Some might cause trouble, like the slight shaking caused by the stone, but nothing severe.


    Aakesh then waited for his injury to recover, which took a few more minutes. He was then ready to exit the city.


    He then took out some Sacred stones ready to do thest step toplete the challenge.

 Chapter 1557: Completing the Challenge!

    1557 Completing the Challenge!


    Chapter 1557: Completing the Challenge!


    Aakesh already knew the array, but the coordinates were unknown to him. Since the man desperately needed the stone, he had already informed Aakesh about the coordinates, and the Sacred stones were provided for the same reason.


    There was no stable ground to draw the array, but fortunately for Aakesh, he had no issues doing the same in the air, so he immediately drew the pattern and then used his energy to maintain the position of the Sacred stones.


    The next moment, a blinding light emerged from the drawn array and immediately enveloped Aakesh. A few momentster, the light disappeared, and Aakesh had also left with it. The Sacred stones exploded into dust since they were fully drained.


    ***


    Thud!


    A shortnding sound rang in the area, but it was more than enough for the peak Sacred Emperor leader. He immediately appeared next to the source of the sound.


    A surprised expression appeared in the man''s eyes when he saw it was Aakesh.


    "You seem to have gained a lot," The manmented. It had only been hours since Aakesh left for the challenge, and at that time, he was still quite a distance away from the breakthrough. But he not only stepped into the True God level, but his foundation was more stable than anything the man had ever seen.


    Aakesh simply nodded in response to the man and then, without wasting any time, pulled out the Grestoriac stone.


    The man''s breathing turned rapid, but he immediately calmed down since he hadn''t lived that long for nothing.


    The man had more than enough strength to snatch the stone out of Aakesh''s hands, but he didn''t and extended his hand, asking for it.


    Aakesh handed the stone to the man and then asked about his reward.


    "If you want, I can give you arge area to rule," The man wanted Aakesh for himself, so he extended a branch to Aakesh.


    Unfortunately for the man, he didn''t know Aakesh''s personality. Aakesh bluntly refused and asked for the reward for the challenge so he could leave the scene.


    The man''s eyes turned cold after getting refused so bluntly, but he didn''t make things difficult for Aakesh. He took a blob of light from his inner world and handed it to Aakesh.


    Aakesh had activated the skill [Energy Overseer], and he could see the energy signature of the thing inside the light blob. He nodded since the reward was worth his effort.


    It wasn''t useful for him due to his unique way of cultivation, but since it could provide significant benefits to Lily or Khaval, he liked the item.


    Aakesh immediately stored the item in his inner world, and following that, a white light enveloped him. The leader could only see that happening since it was out of his control and done by thews of the dimension.


    The next moment, Aakesh appeared outside the building. He had decided to leave after using one system protection, and since he didn''t use that in the challenge, it wasn''t time for him to leave yet.


    He didn''t immediately walk to the next building but looked inside the building before him. The counters filled with various rare items used for cultivators between True God and Supreme God were visible to him. It was no longer dark and devoid of people but seemed to have be an active store. Numerous people were trying to find themselves a suitable item. n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    A feeling asking him to enter the building appeared in his heart. He didn''t ignore it and walked inside.


    The view before him immediately changed. He was no longer before the rows after rows of counters filled with various valuable materials but in an herbal garden.


    There were numerous valuable herbs ripe for picking up. Aakehs could see that due to his extensive knowledge.


    The next moment, a piece of information rushed to his head and informed him of what he needed to do in the garden.


    The arena and the stone were part of the first challenge that made him eligible for the second andst challenge. If hepleted it, he would be eligible to own the building and all the items inside it.


    If it were someone else, they would have be wild about the challenge since thebined value of all the various herbs, weapons, and other items was billions of ultimate Sacred stones. It was arge wealth for anybody except for Aakesh. He didn''t care about it.


    He could leave the challenge anytime he wanted if he didn''t like it. Completing the first challenge was enough to move on to the next building.


    Aakesh didn''t leave the building since his primary purpose for entering the city was toplete challenges. In the herbal garden, there were numerous varieties of different herbs, and Aakesh needed to pluck the ripe ones.


    The challenge was easy for someone like Aakesh, who had vast knowledge about nts and herbs, but the part after plucking the herb was the real deal.


    Every plucking came with a negative effect rted to the herb. For example, if Aakesh pulled out a ripe healing herb with enough potency to regenerate broken bones, the negative effect would be the bones breaking.


    Aakesh decided against picking up herbs rted to healing since they would cause injury as their negative effect, and Aakesh had no intention of enjoying pain there.


    He already had herbs in his mind and didn''t worry about fulfilling the quotas of the challenge. He had just stepped into the True God level, so he needed to be ustomed to the gained power. His foundation was more stable than anyone, but he needed to get a personal hang of his strength.


    Toplete the challenge, Aakesh needed to pluck three hundred herbs ranging between the Higher God and Supreme God cultivation levels.


    There seemed to be energy restrictions, so Aakesh couldn''t use [Energy Overseer] to see through the level of the herbs. Aakesh needed to reach there and touch them to feel the energy.


    He walked to the nearest ripe herb and touched it. His expression remained indifferent and he left for another herb. It was an herb for Divine Lord level cultivators, and Aakesh didn''t need to waste his time over it.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1558: The Garden of Herbs!

    1558 The Garden of Herbs!


    Chapter 1558: The Garden of Herbs!


    The garden was endless with numerous herbs, but the majority of them were used for Divine Lord and True God levels. Since the challenge didn''t count anything below Lesser God as a sessful harvest, Aakesh didn''t waste his time on them.


    In the few minutes he had been here, Aakesh had seen numerous herbs, but neither of them were for Higher Gods or Supreme Gods. The highest level he met was Lesser God, and since it was a healing herb, Aakesh ignored it.


    The herbs for Lesser Gods were useful to Aakesh since he could use quantity. For every one of the three hundred required spots, Aakesh could pluck ten herbs for the Lesser God level to make up for it.


    After a few more minutes, Aakesh finally touched the first fully ripe herb that could be used for Higher God level cultivators. It was a herb that was the primary resource in the pill required for solving illusions.


    If Aakesh plucked it out, he would be faced with illusions of that level. He didn''t care and as per the requirement of the herb, plucked it out.


    The next moment, he found himself back on the ind he had been on afterpleting the second store upgrade quest.


    The endless pool of water around the small ind was not calm and slowly devoured every bit of the ind.


    Snap!


    Aakesh snapped his fingers, and the next moment, the ind and the endless pool of water cracked like ss shards. Following that, Aakesh returned to the garden with the herb already packed in a beautiful box.


    The illusion might have affected him if the water had that terrifying creature in it. He had expected the illusion not to have that since that creature was incredibly strong. Even the Sacred Dimension was unable to bear it, let alone the illusion caused by the herb''s negative effect.


    Aakesh then stored the box in his inner world and walked in search of the subsequent herb.


    Time flew by, and minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Aakesh had been in the garden for around an hour and had only taken out seven herbs. Of which three were for Lesser Gods, three were for Higher Gods, and only one was for Supreme Gods.


    Considering the requirement, Aakesh had only fulfilled four of the three hundred required. The reason for that was the excessive number of different herbs required for mental or physical healing. He was ignoring them, or he would have at least plucked out five times the number he currently had.


    A few secondster, Aakesh finally came across the second herb that was useful to Supreme God level cultivators. It was an extinct herb that was the primary material of the pill used to enhance the fire elementpatibility for a temporary duration.


    Its negative effect was the reduction ofpatibility for ten times the duration of what the best quality pill could provide. Aakesh didn''t care about the negative effects since hispatibility came from his bloodline, and the effect couldn''t affect him unless it could suppress his bloodline.


    As expected, Aakesh plucked out the herb, and nothing happened at all.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    The most difficulty Aakesh came across was when he plucked out an herb required in the summoning pill. Its negative effect was to summon several Higher Gods to attack.


    Fortunately for Aakesh, the duration was only one moment, so Aakesh somehow survived, but he had reached his limit and was almost on the verge of using the system''s protection.


    ***


    When Aakesh walked out of the portal, he had numerous injuries across his body. In the end, he was forced to take the help of the system''s protection, so as per the decision, he had to leave the city and pursue no further challenges.


    The plucking out and facing the negative effect seemed like an easy challenge, but it wasn''t since the deeper he went into the garden, the more exaggerated the adverse effects became.


    The one Aakesh had to employ the help of the system was an herb that had soothing properties and could calm all the stress. Its negative effect was that he got engulfed in powerful mes that could turn a Supreme God into ashes.


    The system had to automatically act and rescue him, bringing his adventure in the city to an end.


    The city had no fixed coordinates and duration, so there was no surety of how long the city in the sky and Thorr City would remain connected. Aakesh decided to enter next when his cultivation had grown further.


    Since Aakesh had stepped into the True God level, he could fly without the system''s help. He immediately floated upward and rushed in the direction of the store. No one noticed Aakesh, as no cultivators above intermediate Lesser God were in the queue.


    There were still several hours left before sunrise, so Aakesh sat down in meditation. His injuries fully recovered the moment he stepped inside the store.


    He had to upgrade the stone after stepping into the True God level. Ordinary Sacred stones no longer worked for him, and he could only absorb the energy from purer, higher Sacred stones.


    Since Aakesh had them in sufficient numbers for a while, he didn''t have to worry about not having them for meditation.


    Aakesh immediately took out a stone and began absorbing its energy. He sensed the growth in his absorption rate, and it wasn''t a small change.


    Earlier, Aakesh could absorb a mug''s worth of energy, and after the breakthrough, that had grown to a tub. In only ten minutes, Aakesh had fully absorbed the stone, and it turned into dust following that.


    The faster his absorption rate, the better for him, so Aakesh nodded in appreciation and no longer cared about it.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in a sh.


    [Host, the sun is about to rise in Thorr and its nearby cities!]


    Aakesh opened his eyes as the system''s mechanical alert rang in his ears. He immediately looked to his right and saw the screen waiting for him.


    (Chapter End.)


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    1559 A New Day!


    Chapter 1559: A New Day!


    The sun rose in Thorr and its nearby cities. As the sunlight pierced through the cover of darkness in the sky, the scene on Seventeenth Street became visible.


    Aakesh opened the store''s doors and was greeted with arge number of people waiting for the opening. He didn''t make them wait any longer and returned to his chair while the crowd thronged the store like a raging tide.


    The first 131,148 customers to enter the store had a transparent, golden light shrouding them. In no time, the number inside the store had grown from 1 to several hundred thousand.


    The customers who owned any of the three store cards immediately walked to the portal room, while those who needed to pay formed a queue before Aakesh.


    A few minutester, all the customers had left for Panagea, and a new group of customers got shrouded in golden, transparent light, signifying them to be the next group.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner," Neira greeted Aakesh.


    Aakesh simply nodded in response to the woman''s greeting. He sensed a familiar energy signature from the woman, so he recognized the rtive of the woman. The next moment, it was confirmed as Neira informed Aakesh about how she came to the store. She then introduced herself.


    "I am Aakesh."


    Aakesh responded with the usual expression. Neira belonged to the race Theruh. It was a race in the demon group. It wasn''t a mighty race and had an extremely close rtionship with a top demon race.


    Neira was the result of that close rtionship since her father was a mutant between Theruh and the top race, making her the great-granddaughter of a Sacred Creator.


    Since Neira was the only child of her parents and her grandfather, a Sacred Monarch deeply favored her grandmother, she was close to them as well. That had allowed Neira to have vast resources at her disposal, and it had helped her reach the peak of the Supreme God level.


    She wasn''t overly talented but had good talent, so when he found that Neira had been stuck at the peak Supreme God level for hundreds of thousands of years without any hope of the future, he informed Neira about the store. Her grandfather was a regr at the store, and Aakesh had immediately recognized the rtionship between the two.


    Neira entered the beast room after learning about the product. Her luck wasn''t terrible, so she was eligible to enter Panagea, but her entry was in thest group, so there were several hours left for that.


    Neira already bought the pills that could help her in that situation, but after taking one, she realized that it didn''t benefit her at all. It wasn''t that; the pills sold in the store were worthless, but what Neira wascking wasn''t energy, so the pills weren''t useful for her.


    Aakesh had informed Neira of that after she used the store of selling her worthless products. At that time, Neira was so angry that she was about to disregard even her grandfather''s words.


    Aakesh knew Neira wasn''t wrong, so he exined to her the cause of the pills not working for her. She then wanted to return the pills she had already purchased, but since there was no such policy, Aakesh refused.


    Neira had calmed down at that moment, so she no longer acted recklessly and stopped focusing on the pills. It was her grandfather''s money, so she didn''t want even a lesser Sacred stone to go to waste, but since things had alreadye to that point, there was no point fighting the store owner about it.


    Her grandfather had clearly warned her against having any motives or attempting to attack the store owner. Hearing the solemn tone, she knew the store owner wasn''t as simple as he looked. The products in the store further added to that, so once she was calm, she could think things.


    At that time, remembering her intention to attack Aakesh after the short burst of anger made her entire back cold with sweat.


    ***


    Neira decided to purchase one beast, so she walked to the second pir and waited for her turn.


    There was only one customer before her, so it wasn''t long before her turn. She then took a deep breath and pressed the button.


    Five secondster, the rotating square light section stopped, and a beast familiar to Neira appeared on the screen.


    Not long after, a card formed out of thin air and flew into his hands. She immediately grabbed it and focused on the details.


    {Name: Purple Drongo


    Type: Beast


    Race: Drongo


    Quality: Divine


    Element: Air, Thunder, Space


    Cultivation: Early Supreme God


    Characteristics: Spatial Awareness


    Details: The Purple Drongo possesses an innate connection to space, granting it precognitive abilities to foresee enemy movements and then predict their tactics.


    Ability:


    1.) Thunderous Call: The Purple Drongo lets out thunderous calls that echo through the sky, stunning and disorienting foes while boosting the morale and vigor of its allies.


    2.) Lightning Assault: The Purple Drongo converts its talons into lightning, delivering electrifying strikes that inflict devastating damage, and a critical hit could leave enemies paralyzed by electrical currents for a temporary duration.


    3.) Thunderstorm Summon: The Purple Drongo causes mighty thunderstorms that cover the battlefield, raining down bolts of lightning upon enemies, causing great destruction.


    ...


    11.) Spatial Shift: The Purple Drongo instantaneously shifts its position within the spatial dimensions, allowing it to evade attacks and reposition itself for strategic advantage.


    12.) Spatial Distortion: The Purple Drongo maniptes the element of space, creating rifts and distortions that disrupt enemy formations and teleport the bird and its allies to advantageous positions.


    ...


    18.) Thunderous Charge: The Purple Drongo channels spatial and thunder energy into a devastating charge attack, unleashing a focused beam of lightning that pierces through enemy defenses and vaporizes obstacles in its path.


    19.) Spatial Cyclone: The Purple Drongo summons a vortex of swirling energy from the depths of space, sucking in enemies and releasing bolts of lightning to strike down enemies trapped inside.


    Card Description: The Purple Drongo is a formidable creature. Its attributes of air, thunder, and space make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Purple Drongo.


    Price: 35,450 ultimate Sacred stones.}


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 Chapter 1560: The Purple Drongo!

    1560 The Purple Drongo!


    Chapter 1560: The Purple Drongo!


    Neira recognized the beast on the screen, and her eyes immediately lightened up in anticipation and excitement. The beast cards appeared immediately after the summon, but even that small window seemed like a long time to her.


    Once the card finally appeared, her lips curled up in a beautiful smile since the details didn''t disappoint her.


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the Purple Drongo. It was a magnificent flying creature with sleek, shining plumage that glowed with hues of violet, indigo, and deep blue. Its slender body was simplified for swift flight, with mighty wings engraved with irregr lightning-shaped patterns that crackled with electrical energy.


    Its sharp talons and beak shed with a metallic glow. Its piercing golden eyes radiated with an otherworldly intelligence, reflecting its deep connection to the spatial realms. It was in a flying posture on the card, so a trail of sparkling dust followed in its wake.


    Neira''s grandfather would summon his favorite grandchildren and descendants further down the line every ten thousand years. Neira''s cultivation wasn''t high enough to be summoned, but her background allowed her.


    Since she was the favorite of her grandmother, her grandfather would also call her. During one such meeting, the man took his descendants to meet his father, a Sacred Creator and the ruler of the race.


    That was the only time Neira met her great-grandfather. Unlike her grandfather, the great-grandfather showed no interest in Neira, so she could only see him from a distance and couldn''t talk to him.


    That time Neira saw the Purple Drongo. It was her great-grandfather''s partner who had been with him since his early years.


    The Purple Drongo wasn''t a Sacred Creator but a peak Sacred Monarch, but its status was second only to that of the ruler.


    Neira''s grandfather had a good rtionship with the bird, so he let Neira meet it.


    ***


    Neira couldn''t help but remember the memory after he saw the beast. She had thought of several beasts to summon, and the Purple Drongo was one of them.


    Since its details were better than she desired, the decision wasn''t very difficult for her. It was only her first attempt, so she got the summon cheaply, and that made her smile.


    Neira believed that she had made up for the loss she had umted due to the pill purchase.


    With a joyous mood, she left the queue and walked toward the device. There were a few people before her, so she joined the line and waited for her turn.


    A few secondster, it was her turn. She took a deep breath and ced the card in the cardpartment.


    Her eyes were solemn since it was time to battle. The better the quality of the beast, the more difficult it was to win the taming battle.


    Neira always took her battle seriously, so she no longer thought about anything other than the fight. When she ced her hand in the respective section, the view before her changed.


    She was no longer before the square device but in an unfamiliar environment where she would face the beast. Her cultivation had dropped to early Supreme God, the same level as the bird.


    The wind was chilly, while the sky was dark, lightening up purple from time to time.


    The Purple Drongo was a beast that could control the three elements of air, thunder, and space, so the environment was rich with the three elements.


    Neira wasn''t a user of any of the three, so the environment was of no advantage to her.


    Cry!


    Suddenly, a bird cry rang in the area, and Neira looked in that direction. She then saw the majestic Purple Drongo approaching her direction at a quick speed.


    It stopped a hundred meters from her. Neira was a tall being with a height of around fifteen feet, but she still seemed nothing before the beast.


    The Purple Drongo was around 100 feet in size without even spreading its wings. If it did thetter, it grew almost twice in size. It was a beast calm in nature, unlike the violent element of thunder.


    It descended to the ground after closing its wings and waited for the battle to begin.


    Ding!


    The wait didn''tst long, and the bell rang, announcing the start of the battle.


    Whoosh!


    The Purple Drongo appeared right before Neira and attacked. Its ws had turned into lightning after activating the skill.


    Neira had underestimated the agility of the beast, but she still seeded in backing away; some of the thunder charred her upper body.


    The creature had no mood to keep fighting for hours, so it immediately let out a thunderous cry.


    Neira was about to attack when she suddenly felt her senses disorienting, causing the attack to fail.


    sh! Boom! Crash!


    The Purple Drongo didn''t waste that window and shed, activating [Lightning Assault] once again. A small explosion urred after it struck the stranger.


    Neira was thrown backward by the force of the explosion and crashed hard on the ground. Fortunately for Neira, the attack wasn''t a critical hit, so she didn''t get paralyzed.


    "Ugh!" She groaned and immediately stood up because the creature was there with its next attack.


    ***


    Neira struck, resulting in her wounds widening up. Even though she was fighting with her full strength, the Purple Drongo wasn''t something she could win against.


    There was a strength gap between the two, so even if Neira tried to use suicidal attacks, it didn''t provide her with too much leeway.


    Neira wasn''t some stubborndy, so after repeatedly finding that she had no chance to win against the beast at that time, she immediately surrendered.


    The Purple Drongo was preparing to make the stranger face another [Thunderstorm Summon] but stopped after she surrendered.


    The bird took one nce at Neira and then disappeared into the sky. She gave it the feeling that she would return for another battle, so it needed to be even stronger.


    As long as it remained the stronger of the two, the taming battle would always be in its favor.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1561: Disappointment!

    1561 Disappointment!


    Chapter 1561: Disappointment!


    A white light engulfed Neira, and following that, she found herself back inside the store. A disappointed expression appeared on her face, but she soon calmed down, vowing to train harder and defeat the beast.


    Neira then moved out of the queue and walked toward the exit. When she reached the pirs, she stopped for a moment.


    Neira still hadn''t tried summoning from the first pir, so she still had the opportunity. The next moment, she shook her head and exited the room.


    When she walked out, there was a small queue of customers before the store owner. She had already learned about the store''s products, so she didn''t need to talk to him.


    Considering that, she turned around and walked toward the weapons room. Being a descendant of a Sacred Monarch, the weapons she had were good in quality, but she still attempted a try.


    Neira was a spear user, so she walked to the respective counter. The numerous murals rted to different concepts in spearmanship greeted her sight. She didn''t feel any particr feeling from them, so she nced across some and then reached the counter.


    Her cultivation was peak Supreme God, so the weapons were avable for her. She immediately reached for the top row, and when she pulled her hand out, it was holding a magnificent spear.


    The appearance excited her, but when she read the details on the pop-up blue screen, she didn''t waste any time and returned it, pulling out a new one.


    Finally, on her seventh attempt, she found a spear that she could use. But since it was still lower than the one she owned, she returned it and pulled out another one.


    A few minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Neira began feeling bored of repeatedly pulling out and returning the spear when she suddenly pulled out a spear that made her eyes light up.


    The spear in her hand was a marvel of craftsmanship. It was forged from the rarest and many unknown materials. Standing tall and imposing, it released an aura of power and majesty.


    The spear''s shaft was crafted from a luminescent alloy that seemed to shine with the very essence of starlight. The metal was smooth to the touch and warm against the skin.


    Its spearhead shone with an iridescent sheen. It was forged from an immensely rare metal known as Gaquarium. There were intricate patterns embedded within the metal that pulsated with a subtle light that danced across its surface.


    Neira knew the name of the rare material because of the blue screen near the spear. She had heard of the metal but had never seen it. So she couldn''t help but gawk at it after seeing it firsthand.


    The spear she was currently using was like a toothpickpared to the weapon in her hand. She couldn''t help but immediately make up her mind about the purchase decision.


    Since she had already purchased an Ultimate Store Card, she immediately paid the sum, and it wasn''t small.


    She hurriedly wanted to test the strength of the spear, so she looked at the testing stone and walked toward it.


    There were a few more people before her, so she silently waited for her turn. Her eyes were filled with anticipation and urgency since it was the most expensive purchase she had ever made. If she had seeded in winning the taming battle, then the record would''ve been different. But since she lost against the Purple Drongo, the spear purchase gained that record.


    The waiting finally ended, and Neira thrust the spear forward without wasting even a moment.


    ng!


    The shing sound rang in the room, and sparks emerged from the struck point. The next moment, a light appeared around the stone, and soon, it gathered to form a screen only visible to Neira.


    Neira''s lips curled up in excitement when she saw the strength of the casual thrust. She was a peak Supreme God, so her casual strike could touch the intermediate Supreme God orte Supreme God in some cases, but with the spear, even a casual thrust generated the power equivalent of a peak Supreme God.


    Neira grew more curious about the spear and immediately used her ultimate weapon skill and thrust forward. The store remained unaffected by the power and pressure released by the attack.


    ng!


    When the spear hit the stone, it made the same sound as it had made thest time. It didn''t matter the strength of the attack; for the testing stone, it was only worth a ''ng''.


    Following that, the phenomenon after the attack yed out, and a screen popped out before her, detailing the strength of her full-powered attack.


    The smile on her face turned wider since the attack strength crossed what her ultimate skill could unleash, making her own two skills with immensely destructive power.


    Neira then left the weapons room with a wide smile. Her destination was the store owner since she needed to pay directly to the store owner for the training areas with a difficulty level of Immortal and above.


    Neira wanted to experience the Primordial level of difficulty for herself, so she joined the queue and waited for her turn.


    After waiting for a few minutes, it was her turn. She didn''t waste any time and directly requested Aakesh for the training area.


    "You need to pay one supreme Sacred stone," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    Neira nodded and then paid it using her store card. She then thanked Aakesh and walked back to the weapons room.


    ***


    Neira appeared in the endless white space afterpleting the process of entry. There was a blue screen before her with countless races as her options. She could feel the threat of races from the Primordial Dimension, but since she wouldn''t die even if she fought them, she chose a race from there.


    For the environment, she didn''t think much and chose the random option. Following that, she teleported to a desert, with hot winds blowing across the area.


    The calming effect provided by the system started working, so Neira remained calm in the face of the heat and waited for her opponent to appear. The wait didn''tst long, and the opponent she had chosen for the battle appeared a few hundred miles from her.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1562: Hesitation!

    Neira helplessly teleported back to the white space after an instant death. She didn''t even sense the opponent''s movement and was pierced through her heart.


    If not for the calming effect, her heart would still be beating loudly in fright. Soon, she forgot that feeling and returned her focus to the screen before her.


    She didn''t have a masochistic tendency, so she immediately decided against picking any race from the Primordial Dimension. Even though she wouldn''t die in reality, she would still keep dying. She could see that the gap between her and the opponents from the Primordial Dimension wasn''t something she could catch up to in hours, so she should focus on bing strong first and then face them.


    Time flew by, and hours passed in the blink of an eye.


    After Neira''s twenty hours were over, the system forced her out of the training area. Light returned to her eyes while the golden, transparent barrier around her dissolved.


    She didn''t look good since her gain from the training area was abysmal. She couldn''t help but think about her future as a spearbearer.


    "No, I can''t give up on the spear," Neira mumbled after a pause. Her grandfather was also a spear user, so whenever the two would meet, there would be a topic of discussion between them.


    If she stopped using spears, that topic would disappear, and the rtionship between the two would decline.


    Neira walked out of the weapons room and noticed a long queue of several hundred people before the store owner. Since she already had an idea about the next product, she didn''t walk in that direction but turned to her right and proceeded toward the skill room.


    When she walked inside, the familiar scene of numerous murals painted across the wall greeted her. She looked at a few of them and then walked to the counter for Supreme God level skills.


    Neira was a metal element user, so she reached for thest shelf in the bottom row while thinking of the element.


    When she pulled her hand out, there was a skill card in between her fingers. She read the details, and as luck would have it, she pulled out a great skill on her first try.


    [Name: Steel Annihtion


    Type: Attack


    Level: God


    Element: Metal


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Unleashes a devastating torrent of steel, manifesting as razor-sharp des of pure metal that slice through adversaries with unmatched precision and ferocity


    Description: The skill taps into the offensive energies of metal, transforming them into a torrent of razor-sharp des that rain down upon adversaries with unparalleled precision and ferocity. This skill embodies the leading form of metal-based attack, leaving devastation and creating a path of destruction through any resistance.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of metal. The pressure on the user''s energy reserves can be significant, requiring caution during the activation.


    Price: 890,599 supreme Sacred stones.]


    Neira could see herself using the skill and causing devastation in her path. Her lips curled up in joy since she liked destruction when she was the one causing it.


    She didn''t need to think much about her decision and chose the skill as her attacking type purchase. She then reached for thest shelf in the secondst row.


    Unlike thest time, she didn''t pull out an amazing skill on her first try. She already had the skill but wasn''t very fond of it, so she returned it and pulled out a new one.


    A few minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and she frustratingly stopped pulling out defensive-type skills. Her fortune seemed to have stopped favoring her after the beast and the attacking type skill. She pulled out hundreds of defensive skills rted to the element of metal in that span of a few minutes, but not even one was good, let alone satisfactory for her.


    After deciding to give up on defensive-type skills, Neira moved upward and reached for the middle shelf.


    In her third attempt, she found an overwhelmingly satisfactory movement-type skill for herself. She suddenly had an idea and reached for thest shelf in the defensive row, and after finding that her fortune with the defensive type skills remained terrible, she no longer cared about it.


    Neira then reached for thest shelf in the second top row, and as luck would have it, she pulled out a great skill on her first attempt.


    [Name: Ster Empowerment


    Type: Supporting


    Level: God


    Element: Metal


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Channels metallic energies to empower itself and allies


    Description: The skill harnesses the supporting energies of metal to empower itself and allies, bolstering their capabilities on the battlefield. This skill represents the leading form of metal-based support, imbuing themselves and allies with mental and physical resilience and enhancedbat prowess. Their metal elementpatibility also grows by a percent.


    The skill demands profound understanding and control over the elements of metal. The pressure on the user''s energy reserves can be significant, requiring caution during the activation.


    Price: 7 ultimate and 599,799 supreme Sacred stones.]


    There was a wide smile spread across her face after she read the details on the card. The skill already had great empowering ability, but thest sentence in the first paragraph elevated the skill to another level altogether.


    Even a small increase in elementalpatibility was a great deal since it always showed exponential enhancements. The skill not only provided that, but the growth was a full one percent.


    Even though the growth was only there for the skill''s active duration, there was no limit to the number of allies she could empower as long as she had sufficient energy reserves. She couldn''t help but fall immediately in love with the skill.


    There was no need to think at all, and she immediately chose the skill as her own. When she saw the price, her lips twitched for a moment, but she forgot about it immediately. Even if the price were ten times higher, she would happily choose it and pay for the skill.


    She again had the thought of giving it a try for the defensive type skills, but she decided against it, epting her terrible fortune when it came to that type and returned her focus to the first row.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1563: Steel Annihilation!

    Neira returned her focus to what was ahead of her,pletely giving up on obtaining a good defensive type skill from the store.


    She could only hope to get one from thebination type, so she reached for thest shelf, and when she pulled her hand out, she had a skill card.


    She read the details on the card and then returned it after a small episode of thinking. The skill was good but wasn''t of the level she had expected, so she decided to give it another try.


    The second skill she pulled out wasn''t very good by her standards, so she returned it and pulled out a new one.


    Finally, on her seventh attempt, she seeded in pulling out a skill card that made her smile wider.


    [Name: Metal Genesis


    Type: Combination (Attack, Defense, and Support)


    Level: God


    Element: Metal


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Creates a metallic forge that infuses themselves and allies with metallic armor and weapons while releasing a powerful torrent of sharp metal projectiles to strike enemies. It also generates a protective barrier that shields allies and reflects iing attacks with celestial resilience


    Description: The skillbines the different energies of metal to create a forge that empowers allies and strikes enemies on the battlefield. This skill embodies the great fusion of attack, defense, and support.


    Supporting Aspect: Arsenal Infusion


    The user and three allies are covered with armor and weapons forged from the essence of the metal. The armor enhances their defense, while the weapons imbue them with outstandingbat instincts.


    Attacking Aspect: Torrent of Projectiles


    The metallic forge releases a torrent of sharp metal projectiles that rain down on enemies with great ferocity and precision. Each projectile contains the concept of tearing, making it capable of piercing through both physical and spiritual defenses.


    Defensive Aspect: Protective Barrier


    The forge creates a protective barrier around the user and allies within a range of a hundred meters, filled with the concept of resilience that deflects both types of physical and spiritual attacks.


    It demands profound understanding and control over the element of metal. The strain on the user''s energy and focus is massive to transition seamlessly between the attacking, defensive, and supporting aspects of the skill. It required constant vignce to maintain the forge and wield its devastating and empowering effects effectively.


    Price: 9 ultimate and 899,900 supreme Sacred stones.]


    After reading the details on the card, she fell in love with the skill''s effects. All three aspects of


    the skill were ample enough to stand on their own.


    The disappointment Neira had for not being able to pull out a satisfactory defensive-type skill also disappeared at that moment. The defensive aspect of [Metal Genesis] was great since it was arge-range skill and also contained the concept of resilience, making the defenses even tighter.


    Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the high price of the skill, but considering that she was paying more than 7 ultimate stones for [Ster Empowerment], the price of [Metal Genesis] didn''t seem that high.


    She didn''t have to think hard to make a decision, and she immediately had her answer. Since she had gotten the skills, she left the counter and walked toward the semi-pir.


    There was a long queue of several thousand customers before her, and she joined it. She would have to stay at the storete since her entry spot in Panagea was in thest group, and she could only stay for six Panagea hours, so she didn''t mind waiting for several minutes in line.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye. It was finally Neira''s turn.


    Neira began with the first skill she pulled out, so she put the [Steel Annihtion] card in the cardpartment, and the next moment, she found herself in a different environment.


    She hadn''t learned much about the experience situation, so she couldn''t help but panic when she found that her body was out of her control.


    But there seemed to be a calming effect in the area, and Neira calmed down not long after. She finally focused on what was around her.


    At that moment, she stood inside a city with several people trying to surround her. The people seemed to bew enforcement officers and had solemn expressions as they surrounded her.


    Neira didn''t care about the situation she found herself in since it was only an experience session. Once she experienced the skill, she would return to reality.


    "Kill her!"


    "Kill her!"


    Numerous voices asking the officers to kill her rang in Neira''s ears. Her eyes remained cold as she looked around and saw that she was surrounded.


    The officers had solemn expressions, but they were also determined to kill her, so there was a hint of killing intent in the air.


    Neira''s body suddenly acted and activated [Steel Annihtion]. The next moment, light particles began gathering in the air right above her and started forming numerous sharp steel projectiles. In no time, their numbers crossed the number of people in the area. Each projectile shone with a dangerous radiance as light reflected upon their shiny tips.


    An aura of oppression permeated every corner of the visible area, and the people who were asking for Neira''s death started backing away with frightened expressions. Yet, they didn''t forget to let out the vilest of abuses toward her while leaving.


    Neira''s consciousness was filled with rage when she heard the abuses. If it were up to her, she would consider everyone in the visible area her target and attack them.


    The skill allowed the user to go in two directions. The first was to bombard enemies with a barrage of projectiles, and the second was to tear through their defenses one by one in a controlled way.


    The former was an out-of-control attack that struck everyone other than the user, not distinguishing between allies and enemies. Thetter was beneficial in group battles.


    Since Neira wasn''t in a group battle, she chose the former option, and right after hermand, the numerous sharp steel projectiles rained on the enemies.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1564: Stellar Empowerment!

    After the experience was over, Neira''s consciousness returned to her body, and the square screen on the semi-pir lightened up immediately after that.


    Time flew by, and soon it was time for Neira to experience [Ster Empowerment]. She reced the card, and the next moment, the phenomenon of her consciousness teleporting to another location yed out.


    It was a supporting skill, so Neira had expected an environment where she would be able to feel the change that came with the effect, but was wrong. Arge army of still enemies stood before her, and her uncontroble body was ready to attack.


    She didn''t stand alone, but behind her, some allies were also following her lead.


    Horn!


    A horn suddenly rang out of nowhere, and in response to that, therge army became active.


    Neira felt a chill crawling down her spine in horror as the terrible pressure emerging from the cry of therge army hit her. She could almost see herself being crushed by her enemies.


    Her body had an entirely different reaction. With cold eyes, she activated the skill. The next moment, the element of metal in the environment began rushing toward her.


    She had be a ma, and one after another, waves of elemental energy rushed to her. The allies had the same feeling of being submerged by the energy.


    Neira felt the change inpatibility as the element became closer to her. She could see her strength growing at a rapid rate.


    At that time, the enemies charged, and following her lead, the allies also rushed to meet the army. A spear had appeared in Neira''s hand, and she immediately thrust it once she met the first enemy.


    The sword was a creation of a metal element skill, not a real weapon, but due to the bonus of the skill, it was no less than a real weapon. Neira found that she could use the skills she originally owned in the experience session.


    Fortunately for Neira, it was her body doing the work, so the effects remained in control despite her seeing the exaggerated increase in strength. She wasn''t alone, and her allies had the same boost.


    In the first round of the sh, the enemies lost twenty-six of their soldiers, while Neira''s side didn''t receive even one scratch.


    The two sides kept shing, with Neira''s side retaining the upper hand, but the sheer number of enemies offset that advantage.


    As Neira fought more and more, she understood that there was no victory in sight. The experience session simply showed the increase in her strength with the skillpared to when she didn''t have it.


    Without the skill, she would have died in the first few rounds of shes, but with the skill, she was fighting well despite there being several rounds of shes.


    A few minutester, the first ally died, and it seemed to have broken the dam as allies started dying one after another.


    Around six minutester, Neira was thest one left, and she saw her death approaching her as arge number of enemies drowned her. She didn''t survive the assault, and her consciousness returned to the store.


    She immediately looked at the screen, excited to know her training time. The screen lightened up, and content started appearing on it.


    [Skill: Ster Empowerment


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Elemental Compatibility: Metal: 73%


    Skill Compatibility: 71%


    Training Time: Eight thousand nine hundred three years.]


    Neira''s excitement disappeared when she saw the number on the screen.


    ''Some more thousand years of training,'' She sighed in her heart since thest two skills she chose also had training times ranging in thousands of years.


    Even with the long training time, she didn''t hesitate. After experiencing the boost in her strength, she loved the skill even more.


    She then looked at thest skill in her hand and reced the card in the cardpartment with it.


    Following that, the same phenomenon yed out, and she appeared in a different location.


    Like thest experience, she was on a battlefield with allies on her side and arge number of enemies. Unlike the prior time, the enemy wasn''t overwhelminglyrge in number. It was a quality-on-quality battle, not quantity like the previous time.


    Horn!


    The horn rang, and the battle began. She immediately activated the skill, and following that, elemental energies rushed toward her group.


    It was an external and internal boost, so metallic armor began to cover the bodies while spears appeared in their hands. Theirbat instinct saw enhancement, and they could think of many ways to use the weapon for their benefit in difficult situations, which they couldn''t before.


    An aura of dominance engulfed the battlefield as the allies''s defenses and offenses saw a boost like never before. Neira''s consciousness had a surprised expression since she seemed to have underestimated the enhancement.


    After experiencing the enhancement afterpletely mastering the skill, she could feel that she was three times stronger than before. She couldn''t help but wonder whether she would have been able to defeat the Purple Drongo if she had owned the skill earlier.


    An answer immediately rang in her head, and it was a negative response. The power difference between the two sides was extensive, and even the skill couldn''t mend that gap. Her body had already moved ahead with her charge while she was thinking that.


    The two sides shed, and the enemies got pushed back with slight injuries. Neira''s side didn''t get any injury, so her side won the first sh.


    Time flew by, and Neira''s consciousness returned to the store after the experience session was over.


    She immediately looked at the screen, wanting to see the training time.


    [Skill: Metal Genesis


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Elemental Compatibility: Metal: 74%


    Skill Compatibility: 74%


    Training Time: Seventeen thousand six hundred three years.]


    With a nce, the content on the screen got engraved into her mind. Her eyes lit up when she saw thepatibility section since it was the highest of the four skills she chose, but they turned dim when she reached thest section.


    Despite having the highest elemental and skillpatibility of the four skills, the training time was longer than the others. Neira then calmed down since the skillbined different aspects, so it was understood that it would require the most time to master.


    She liked the skill even with that, so she pulled it out of the cardpartment. She then turned around and left the room.


    There was a small queue of customers before the store owner, and she also joined it, waiting for her turn toplete the sale.


    A few minutester, the sale wasplete, and since she had nothing else to do in the store, she walked to the waiting corner to wait for her turn in Panagea.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1565: A Dangerous Phenomenon!

    "Run. Why did you stop?."


    Augh filled with malice rang in Huan''s ears. He had a pained expression as he looked ahead.


    An expression of rage engulfed his mind, but the pain from the numerous injuries across his body immediately woke him up. He gritted his teeth, trying to stay conscious and remember the appearance of the evil bastard before him.


    The man in question had a cruel grin across his face, and he licked his lips. His face had several scars that made him look hideous and was covered in blood.


    It wasn''t his blood but the woman he had eaten moments before. His next target was Huan.


    The two had no hatred, and it all happened due to a simple argument. Grehich was a cannibal who loved to eat the flesh of his race members, and he was in the middle of his hunt when a woman alerted his prey.


    Since Grehich''s prey escaped, the woman became his food. Grehich was a Sacred Emperor while the woman was only a peak True God. The power difference between the two sides was wider than the distance between the sky and the ground. While he was in the middle of his dinner, the woman''s husband returned.


    Huan was only a peak Supreme God, so the power difference was still unmanageable. But since Grehich''s mood wasn''t good, he made Huan watch him eat, and then Huan became his target.


    Grehich was ying with Huan as he would injure him from time to time while Huan would keep trying to escape. Huan knew it was for fun for the man, but he could do nothing since that at least gave him an infinitesimal chance of escape.


    After running for a while, Huan had no energy left to run, and the pain attacking him had grown so intense that even keeping his eyes open was a difficult task.


    Grehich sneered when he saw Huan was unable to run anymore. He didn''t want the fun to end that early, but since he also wanted to feed on Huan, he decided to end it all.


    Grehich appeared before Huan and opened his mouth wide open, trying to take a huge chunk of Huan''s flesh.


    "Evil bastard, I will return to have my vengeance!"


    Huan yelled and closed his eyes, epting the fate of death.


    "Find your wife and bring her too. I liked her taste and want to savor that vor once again."


    Grehich sneered in response and ripped arge chunk of Huan''s hand in a single bite.


    His eyes showed an expression of enjoyment since the negative feelings Huan had further enhanced the taste.


    p! p! p!


    Grehich suddenly froze as the sound of pping rang in his ears. He looked in the direction of the sound, and his ears shrank in horror.


    Grehich wanted to escape, but suddenly, he slowly started to move toward the owner of the voice, and as he moved closer, his body started growing smaller. When he reached the man covered in darkness, he was the size of a fly.


    The man crushed Grehich like a bug. Huan''s eyelids had turned too heavy, and he was no longer able to keep them up. He wanted to see the benefactor who killed his enemy but could only see a blur.


    The next moment, his eyes closed, and his life started dissipating at a rapid rate. The savior took one look at Huan and then disappeared, having no reaction to what Huan was going through.


    The man only came here to end the menace of Grehich as per the order of his father, a Sacred Creator level being. He wanted to help Huan but couldn''t see any hope of survival, so he didn''t waste his efforts.


    Huan was slowly dying with only a glimmer of life left in his body. Suddenly, a strange phenomenon yed out.


    The sky turned dark, and a terrible pressure started attacking the ground. An earthquake seemed to have formed in the range of three hundred thousand miles, and the ground was slowly disintegrating due to high intensity.


    In less than the blink of an eye, that area had been filled with numerous cracked stones, and something was happening around Huan.


    Huan seemed to have be the source of the change as the darkness in the sky was slowly seeping into his body, and at a rapid rate, the dispersed life force was returning.


    In the core area of a, a man in meditation opened his eyes. His eyes contained all thews in existence, as he was none other than a Sacred Creator level cultivator and the master of the.


    The eyes, which seemed to have forgotten how to change expression, suddenly turned wide open in shock. Peering through the cloud of sky and darkness, his eyes fell on a three billion light years away.


    The shock further deepened as he saw the phenomenon ying around Huan.


    "Bring that boy to me!"


    The man closed his eyes, but before that, he gave out an order to his three sons, showing them the scene ying around Huan and his features.


    When the second son saw the image, he couldn''t help but be surprised since he had just seen the man dying. But he still followed his father''s order and rushed.


    Three billion light years wasn''t a veryrge distance for a Sacred Monarch, so he covered that distance in three seconds, but when he reached the border of the, a shocked expression appeared on his face.


    An invisible barrier seemed to have formed around the, and it was stopping everyone from entering or exiting. The man''s face didn''t look good since he could see tens of millions of people dying due to the strange phenomenon.


    The had a poption of several trillion and was now on the verge ofplete disappearance due to the sudden earthquake. After their deaths, their souls would get devoured by the darkness in the sky, and it would feed back into Huan''s body.


    Huan was only a peak Supreme God, but his life level was growing at a rapid rate and soon touched the mark of Sacred King. It was a greater level of life evolutionpared to other levels since getting the title of Sacred in the cultivation level didn''te easy.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1566: Shock among the Sacred Creators!

    To step into the Sacred title, a cultivator needed to survive through rounds of tribtion. When Huan''s life level breached that mark, a horrific pressure emerged out of nowhere.


    Even the barrier around the started fluctuating. The man didn''t let that opportunity go and immediately rushed inside the barrier.


    The next moment, a look of horror appeared on the man''s face as the scenes inside the barrier werepletely different from what he saw from the outside. The had long be devoid of a second life, and from the scenes, it seemed that it had happened numerous years ago.


    Huan was floating in space with nothing around him. The sky was nowhere to be seen, and what was above him was a creature made out of darkness.


    When the man stepped inside the barrier, the creature looked at him. That simple look gave enough pressure for the man to want to escape the barrier.


    He used the fluctuation caused by the arrival of the tribtion to his advantage and immediately escaped. The creature made out of darkness didn''t care about the intruder and let him leave.


    It was here for its master. At the moment of his death, Huan seemed to have unlocked something in his body. It resulted in the arrival of the creature.


    It wasn''t a lifeform but a powerful energy. It was the first urrence of such energy in the Sacred Dimension, so after its appearance, Sacred Creators all over the dimension looked in surprise at the ce.


    Nothing in the Sacred Dimension could block the sight of a Sacred Creator if they wanted to see things, so they directly looked beyond the barrier, and the scenes around Huan and the energy in the space appeared in their sight.


    The Sacred Creators weren''t alone, as the eleven beings that had been sleeping for hundreds of years also woke up.


    In the darkness of the void, there were movements, and soon, eleven Void Beasts appeared one after another. Thest time they appeared together was a few hundred years ago, and at that time, something seemed to have happened in the Primal Dimension.


    But this time, the Sacred Dimension was the source of their waking up. Them being formed from the blood of the strongest being below Devas and created by Devas, they didn''t fear anything.


    "Is the era of chaos approaching so fast?" A Void Beastmented with a solemn tone since the formation of the creature gave a sign of what was toe ahead.


    The energy had never appeared in the Sacred Dimension, and it had once appeared in the Primordial Dimension. When it appeared, it signified the birth of Vritrasura''s daughter, a terrible being with the same physique as her father who had the potential to catch her father.


    The physique had appeared in beings from time to time, so that wasn''t the source of solemnity. There were two owners of physique other than Vritrasura and his daughter in the three dimensions.


    But since it was a natural urrence and not a mutation, the Void Beasts couldn''t intervene. They only looked at the scene, wanting to experience the phenomenon before them.


    ***


    "Hello, store owner, I am Rico," The man greeted Aakesh with a respectful smile.


    [Host, the formation of (^%$&%) energy had appeared in the Sacred Dimension. Would you like to see the birth of the master of the energy?]


    Aakesh was about to respond with his usual response when suddenly the system''s voice rang in his head. Even he froze for a moment but quickly solved that and responded, "I am Aakesh."


    At the same time, he also activated multi-tasking and started conversing with the system. He was aware of the energy and what it meant. The system had informed him about Vritrasura''s daughter during the introduction of Asuras.


    After Aakesh asked for the scenes, a ck screen only visible to him appeared in the store. The screen lightened up in no time, and the scene of Huan lying down with the tribtion forming appeared before him.


    He couldn''t help but be curious about Huan since he was going to be the master of the energy, and these beings had powerful fates.


    ***


    After escaping the barrier, the man immediately rushed back to report to his father. But when he reached there, he saw his father awake. He couldn''t help but be surprised since his father had rarely left meditation in thest three hundred million years due to being close to stepping into thete Sacred Creator level.


    His two brothers were also there, and they were looking at the screen ying out before them. He also joined his brothers, and a surprised expression appeared on his face since it was the scene he had seen a few moments earlier.


    "Father, what is happening?" He asked. The feeling he got from the creature was no less than what he would feel before his father.


    To be precise, the creature seemed even stronger than his father.


    The father didn''t immediately respond but looked at the screen with a solemn expression. He was about to inform his three sons of the situation when he suddenly disappeared.


    The next moment, he appeared in the sky above the. Not long after, a crack formed in the space, and a being stepped out of it.


    The man immediately bowed before the person since it was a peak Sacred Creator level being and also his master. It was only the start, and one after another, several cracks emerged, and then many Sacred Creators stepped out.


    The three sons had shocked expressions since it was the first time they had seen so many Sacred Creators at once. They also noticed their father''s master, so they immediately knelt on the ground.


    The father''s master saw the scene, and he nodded with a smile. He then waved his hands, and the next moment, three bottles of pills for Sacred Monarch appeared before the three sons.


    They immediately grabbed one bottle each and thanked their father''s teacher.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1567: The Tribulation Strikes!

    Huan had fallen into a dark world with no respite. He ran here and there but was unable to find any way out.


    As time passed, his confidence began to dwindle, and his memories started to return.


    ''Is death this terrifying?''


    Huan thought in his heart after remembering that he had died. He simply sat down, having no will to escape anymore.


    Only the regret of not being able to avenge his family remained in his head, and soon the area turned even darker, which seemed impossible before.


    After an unknown amount of time, Huan suddenly raised his eyes in surprise and found that it was no longer dark, but he was in a vast, endless space with no end in sight.


    A curiosity appeared out of nowhere in his heart, and he stood up. It was as if his body was moving on its own when he walked forward.


    He crossed an unknown distance in an unknown amount of time, but the space remained endless with no second being. He was again about to give up when the corner of his eyes suddenly caught a flicker.


    He immediately focused in that direction, and three secondster, the flicker reappeared. He hurriedly rushed toward it.


    It seemed close, but the distance between him and the flicker remained the same despite traveling hundreds of thousands of miles. But for some reason, the idea of giving up didn''t reappear in Huan''s heart, and he kept trying to reach it.


    After an unknown amount of time and crossing billions of miles on his feet, he reached the flicker. It was now only a hand away from him.


    Huan extended his hands, trying to capture whatever it was. But his hands passed through the air and felt nothing.


    Huan tried again and again, but the result remained the same. Whatever was causing the flicker seemed to be kept in another space-time, so he could only see it but was incapable of touching it.


    An urgent expression appeared on his face as he tried to grab it. He seemed to have be a mindless man in his attempts.


    After repeatedly touching nothing, the flicker suddenly stopped, and it no longer urred.


    AARGHHHH!


    Huan suddenly crashed down with a heartbreaking scream. He seemed to have missed something extremely dear to him.


    Like an idiot, he tried to grab it again and again while screaming from time to time.


    What he didn''t notice was the sudden appearance of his shadow, which looked nothing like him.


    A few minutester, Huan suddenly stopped and looked around him in confusion.


    "Did I survive?" He mumbled and looked at himself.


    Thest scene he remembered was his regretfully dying, but after opening his eyes, he found himself in an endless white space. It was as if whatever happened moments ago was nothing but an illusion.


    "How could it be someone weak like you?"


    "Eh!"


    Huan suddenly eximed in surprise when he heard the second unfamiliar voice.


    "Who are you, and where am I?" He asked with a confused expression.


    ***


    "Master, what do you think will happen?" The father asked his master, gesturing for his children to return.


    The father was himself a Sacred Creator, but he had no confidence, looking at the scene before him. His had be a hub for the majority of Sacred Creators in the Sacred Dimension due to its proximity to the situation.


    Huan was still unconscious while the creature had long turned into gas and seeped inside Huan through his pores. Huan''s life level was rising at a rapid rate and finally crossed the threshold of the Sacred King cultivation level.


    The next moment, the barrier around the disintegrated as if it were nothing. Even the Sacred Creators on the scene looked solemn. Despite their overwhelming power, they could feel their inferiority before thews of the Sacred Dimension.


    BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!


    Even a little movement of the cloud seemed like a world-ending explosion. Thunder shed from time to time, and once the clouds had gathered their momentum, the first thunderbolt fell.


    Huan''s physique didn''t seem capable of facing the thunderbolt on its own, but when the bolt was about to hit, a dark barrier emerged out of nowhere.


    Boom!


    The boltnded on the barrier and then dissipated after causing a loud explosion. The destructive power contained in the bolt was more than enough to destroy a gxy, but the barrier around Huan remained unscratched.


    Following that, a rain of thunderbolts fell on the barrier. At first, it remained erect like a wall, but as the numbers grew, it also started bing overwhelmed.


    Finally, the barrier gave up and cracked open. The bolt thennded on Huan''s body one after another, causing his veins to rupture and charred skin to appear wherever it hit.


    It seemed that Huan would fail in just the first round of tribtion, but the ck smoke that had earlier seeped into his body suddenly started to rush out.


    Hiss! Hiss!


    It was as if they were alive snakes. They hissed and attacked the bolts. It seemed like the battle of David and the Goliath, with the thunderbolts being the Goliath and the ck snakes being the former.


    But the result surprised the three children as the ck snakes immediately devoured the thunderbolts, and a few minutester, the first round hade to an end.


    Many ck snakes formed out of smoke had dispersed, but many survived. They then returned to Huan''s body through his pores.


    The sky suddenly cleared, and the terrifying pressure affecting the space disappeared. But no one watching the scene spoke since it had only begun.


    The first round of thunder tribtion was the weakest stage of the four, and Huan was already forced to use that energy to survive.


    ***


    "He will survive, and the Sacred Dimension will usher in a new era."


    The master finally spoke, and the content surprised the father. The remaining Sacred Creators on the scene also heard the statement, but the knowledgeable ones nodded since they agreed with the master''s statement.


    The father was surprised by the statement, but after thinking about the situation, he understood why his master came to that conclusion. He couldn''t help but agree with thetter.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1568: Massive Changes in the Primal Dimension(1)

    While his body was going through tribtion, Huan was in an endless white space.


    "Who are you, and where am I?"Huan asked with a confused expression.


    "Iam the bringer of chaos, doom, the messiah of rebirth-"


    "Can you be straightforward?"Huan asked, his lips twitching from the cringe.


    "Ahem! I am the soul of negativity¡­."


    The voice responded. It was clearly angry with Huan for cutting it off midway, but it still replied and introduced itself.


    Huan''seyes and mouth widened in shock upon hearing the truth. The Soul of Negativity was a form of energy that was extremely rare, and whenever it appeared in the world, it would result in the dwindling of fate and fortune. Itdidn''tmean that it was an evil creation born to destroy the creation.


    For every creation, there needed to be destruction, and whenever an Epoch waing to an end, the Multiverse would give birth to creations like that.It was just that the Soul of Negativity came earlier than its arrival time, so when the epochwould finally be at its end, it would have grownextremely powerful, causing more destruction than ever.


    At the same time, the stronger the epochal destruction, themore powerfulthe Deva would be born. Theseweren''tthe knowledge known to Huan but Aakesh.


    While Huanwas conversingwith the voice, Aakesh was thinking about the Soul of Negativity.ording to what he had learned from the system, the Devas hadbeen maintaining their sequence of strength.


    The older they were, the stronger they were in the sequence, but the Deva born in the new epoch clearly had the potential to change the sequence.


    "Just what is going throughDeva''smind?"Aakeshcouldn''thelp but think in his heart since nothing couldbe hiddenfrom their eyes.


    ***


    The Primal Dimension, Visteerna,


    The continent Kashi was asort ofpilgrimage for all the cultivators spread through the Primal Dimension due to the rumor about its creation and the myth that a Deva sleeps there.


    Lindsey was also on a pilgrimage along with her family, and she looked around the continent.No one was allowed to settle on the continent, sothere were only temporary shelters.


    Lindsey was meditating after the day of travel in her tent when her heart suddenly started beating louder. A wave of panic engulfed her heart, and she immediately rushed out of the tent.


    When she was out, she saw many cultivatorshadthe same expression as her, and they were looking at the sky. She followed their sight and looked above, only to freeze in fear.


    The next moment, her sea of consciousness started to tremble, and her face turned pale. If shedidn''tstop the trembling, her consciousness would shatter, resulting in her death.


    She wanted to look away but found her view frozen. The trembling grew, and with it, cracks started to appear. The next moment, she coughed up a bucket of blood, and unfortunately, before she could do anything to rescue herself, her sea of consciousness shattered. Following that, she exploded into a blood cloud, and then even that was vaporized into nothingness.


    Her family members were close to her butdidn''teven notice the scene andwere fixatedon the scene in the sky. For some reason, onlyLindsey''ssea of consciousness had faced the trembling experience, which ultimately resulted in her death.


    In the sky, there was a figure shrouded in a holy light.The figure wasof anaverage height, but those who looked atHimfoundHimto beboundless.


    There were many peak Immortals on the scene, and even they could feel the boundlessness of the man in the sky.At that time,the rumor of the Deva sleeping on the continent appeared, further shocking them.


    They wanted to kneel butcouldn''tmove their eyes away from the figure.Itwasn''tforced, but their heartsdidn''twant to lookanywhere else. The figure in the sky was everything they wanted.


    ***


    WhenLindsey''sconsciousness shattered, the figure also noticed the scene. A gentle andpassionate expression appeared on His face, and He snapped His fingers.


    The next moment, time seemed to flow backward, andimmediately after,Lindsey returned from the dead.She had a shocked expression on her face since she still remembered the scene of her consciousness shattering. Her eyes darted on the figure in the sky, and she immediately knelt.


    Even Immortalscouldn''tdo what happened with Lindsey. Peak Immortals could revive someone from the dead, but they could only do it from the river of reincarnation; even then, it would be a new personality. What happened with Lindsey was different.


    Herbeing revivedwasn''tthe only thing that happened to her. She found her talent had exploded, making her a genius never seen before in the Primal Dimension.


    The figure in the sky stayed there forone moremoment and then disappeared.The next moment, a repulsion force appearedand threweveryone out of the continent.


    Before they could understand what was happening, the continent of Kashi started to disintegrate. In their shocked eyes, the continent disappeared, leaving a pitch-ck space.


    Itwasn''tthe end, as the disappearance of Kashi caused massive gravitational and spiritual changes on the Visteerna.Kashi was the cause of thecreation of thand was the core of the world.


    Without it, there would need to be a new core for the to survive. A wave of panic rose in every life on all ten continents. The majority had no idea of the cause, but theyhad an intuition thattheir end wasing.


    Lindsey, who had justbeen forcedoff thecontinentlooked at the scene with a shocked expression. Suddenly, her eyes turned white as if someone had possessed her. She then floated up in the sky and kept floating until she reached the same height as the eleven suns of the.


    She seemed to have be a God at that point, and even the Void Beasts, who had appeared due to the sudden uproar, felt frightened of her. They could sense that the woman was waystrongerthan theirbined strength, and if she were to be an enemy of the dimension, there was no way out for any life.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1569: Massive Changes in the Primal Dimension(2)

    The eleven Void Beasts immediately got into a heated conversation about what to do if the woman became an enemy of the dimension. The thought of betrayal never rose in their hearts since they were created for the sole purpose of protecting the Primal Dimension.


    As long as the dimension existed, they would exist. Without it, there was no point in them continuing to live. It was like an unbroken rule embedded in their heads.


    Suddenly, their expressions froze. The eleven suns in the sky suddenly started toe together and formed a circle. At that moment, the physicalws of the had gone haywire.


    But for some reason, no death happened despite the slowly crumbling under the pressure of the eleven suns together.


    Lindsey seemed unaware of all of the happenings and further pushed the sun toward each other. In the next few hours, the eleven suns finally touched each other.


    Boom!


    One explosion after another happened as they came into contact with each other, and a higherw seemed to always act at the correct time, making the explosion''s effect always diminish before it could cause any casualty.


    At that time, the pressure on the entire dimension had grown to an unprecedented height. Even those who had never heard about the Visteerna felt terror rising in their hearts.


    The next moment, people started to fall unconscious one after another. Around a minuteter, only thirteen people were conscious in the entire dimension, Lindsey, the eleven Void Beasts, and Lily, the store manager.


    Lily could see all of the happenings since there were no customers in the store at that time. It was nighttime when everything began. Since the sun seemed to go out of control, the day didn''t seem to arrive anytime soon.


    Fortunately for her, she was protected by the system, so she only felt slightly tense seeing the almost doom-like situation.


    Aakesh was also alerted by the scene since the system informed him of the situation in the Primal Dimension. The eleven suns existed due to his since the earlier ones had disappeared after Vritrasura''s daughter got freed.


    He was shocked in his heart since he knew about the figure in the sky and the changes that had urred with Lindsey. Even though Devas were the most powerful race by an undefeatable margin, they hade into contact with many races during the numerous epochs that had passed since the birth of the Multiverse.


    And whenever any Deva hade into contact with any being, a peerless figure had been born in the Multiverse. Thest known contact was established by the Deva, Laozi. It resulted in the creation of the Qi cultivation system for the races in the three dimensions.


    Lindsey didn''t gain something like that, but she gained something even more precious. Her physique had fully changed, and she was no longer an Immortal or a Divine being. After she aplished her duty in the Primal Dimension, she would directly ascend to the Primordial Dimension.


    ''A new race is about to rise in the Multiverse,'' Aakesh thought in his heart since Lindsey belonged to a middle-tier race in the Primal Dimension. But with the gift granted by the Deva, she had now gone beyond many races just because of her prowess.


    ***


    In the Primal Dimension, the eleven suns started to merge into each other, but their size didn''t grow.


    The process went on for three years, and in that time, everyone except her and Lily had fallen unconscious. Even the eleven Void beasts were unable to handle the pressure of the situation.


    Lily was only conscious because she was inside the store.


    Three yearster, only one sun was left, but it was the same size as what the eleven suns were earlier. Lindsey then stopped focusing on the sun but looked at the void that had formed due to the disappearance of the continent.


    She then suddenly began erging, and in no time, she was of the same size as the. The growth still didn''t stop, and soon, she became gigantic enough to y with universes like balls.


    Even without Kashi, Visteerna was immensely vast, so Lindsey had to grow further ten times. She then grabbed the remaining sun by her hands like it was an ordinary ball.


    The heat of the sun and the power released by it seemed to have no effect on her, and she casually picked it up.


    The next moment, an explosion of light happened around her, and it immediately merged into the sun.


    Lindsey seemed to have grown weaker after the explosion of light, but she still didn''t stop and kept at it. Finally, after the eleventh time, she stopped. At that time, the sun had grown intensely hot, while its light had be blindingly bright.


    It seemed to glow the numerous universes and thes around the.


    Lindsey had grown extremely weaker at that time, and the whites in her eyes had dimmed a lot. But since she was only one step away from the goal of her actions, she gritted her teeth and shoved the sun into the void left out after the disappearance of the continent.


    The next moment, the sun started to grow, and soon engulfed the entire empty space. But since that was clearly unlivable for the people who lived on the edge of the continents, thendmass began to move away and formyers around the sun.


    The scene of day and night being uniform across the continents had disappeared at that point. From that moment on, five continents would have a day, while the remaining five would have a night in the day and night cycle of 24 hours.


    The had calmed down, and the pressure on their souls slowly started to dissipate. In the next few years, people woke up one after another. Only after the tenth year did everyone wake up, and at that time, Lindsey had long vanished from the dimension.


    Only Lily knew about what she had done, and without her, there would have been countless deaths. So when the store finally opened for the first time after that, Lily gave a guard of honor to Lindsey and told the others about it.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1570: The Primordial Dimension!

    Lindsey was floating in the vast expanse of empty space. She seemed to live through her life again and again, resulting in a burst of energy from time to time.


    Suddenly, arge crack opened not far away from her, and a handsome being walked out of it. It was a human and the strongest of his race.


    Arjuna looked curious when he saw an unconscious woman in thend of nowhere. He had been trying toprehend the next part of the spacews, so he was there.


    He took out his bow and cautiously approached the woman. The woman was not strong enough to threaten him, but it could be a difficult situation, so he didn''t lose his caution.


    His face suddenly turned solemn when he reached her. He pulled her up, tore up a crack in the void, and walked inside with her.


    The next moment, he was out of thend of nowhere. A few more space jumpster, he reached his residence. Arjuna lived in a human city, but others were way weakerpared to him, so whoever saw him would greet him respectfully.


    Arjuna immediately rushed to his residence and ced the woman on a bed in the guest room. He then ordered the servants to take care of her while he went to take a bath.


    He had been out for tens of thousands of years, so he desperately needed that bath. Since it had been a long time, he stayed in the spring pool filled with valuable water for several hours.


    Cultivators of his level didn''t need to sleep or eat, but to rx further, he immediately fell asleep.


    Knock!


    Suddenly, a knock rang in his ears. He walked out of the pool after waking up and opened the door after dressing in his usual style.


    "Your majesty, the woman has woken up," The female servant respectfully informed.


    Arjuna nodded and then disappeared from the bathroom. The female servant had red cheeks since it was her first time talking to Arjuna.


    ***


    Lindsey looked around in confusion as thest moment she remembered was kneeling on the ground. Suddenly, her face turned red, and her heartbeat got louder when she saw the man who had appeared out of thin air before her.


    Lindsey seemed to have immediately fallen in love with the guy, and when she heard his voice, she became even more obsessed.


    Arjuna could only smile wryly, when he noticed the change of expression on the woman''s face. It wasn''t the first time he had seen something like that, so he had already gotten used to it.


    (A/N: Lindsey is a major character, and so is Arjuna. We will see much of him once the store ascends to the Primal Dimension. Like Lilith, he is a potential friend of Aakesh.)


    ***


    Huan finally woke up after the tribtion came to an end. He suddenly erupted inughter after that.


    It didn''t contain joy or anger, but only sadness. In no time, theughter turned into bawling and then screaming for his wife.


    "If only you had woken up earlier¡­" Huan cursed himself and the Soul of Negativity foring toote.


    The Soul of Negativity remained silent, seeing its host''s situation. It could feel the sadness. It couldn''t tell Huan that if he had never faced that kind of tragedy, it might never have woken up. If Huan knew, he might not be able to handle it.


    The Sacred Creators also fell silent when they saw the scene of Huan bawling like a child. Sacred Creators could revive the dead after paying some price, but unfortunately for Huan, he was the owner of the Soul of Negativity. Anyone associated with him had arge cause, and no ordinary Sacred Creator could bear the price of reviving someone like that.


    The Soul of Negativity had noticed the Sacred Creators peeping at it, but since its host was too weak. It could only bear it.


    It suddenly became solemn when it senses an immensely powerful energy peeping at it and its owner. It even felt horror emerging from the deepest part of its creation.


    Fortunately for it, the peeping immediately disappeared, and it felt a gentleness from it. The fear and terror immediately disappeared, and a friendly emotion emerged in its heart.


    It also felt an energy peeping at it from very far away, but when the soul tried to find the source, the horror returned and immediately stopped. The next moment, it was panicked as the energy seemed to have followed it.


    A ray of light only visible to it suddenly pierced through Huan and directly struck the Soul of Negativity.


    ''Am I going to die immediately after waking up?'' It thought since it could do nothing to stop the ray of light.


    With the sadness of Huan mixed into it, it also became sad and started to cry like a baby. At the end of the day, it was like a baby with humongous power.


    Huan suddenly stopped crying when he heard the voice crying in his head. He immediately tried to calm it, thinking that it was crying because of him.


    The Soul of Negativity suddenly stopped crying when it noticed that it was still alive. It then became frightened, thinking that the ray of light was a ve mark.


    It was about to cry once again when it noticed that there was a piece of information it had never known before in its memory.


    "The First Store¡­"


    It mumbled since the memory talked about a store and contained its address.


    "The First Store?" Huan was confused since he could hear the voice of the soul in his head. He had no idea why it suddenly talked about a store and its address.


    ***


    The Sacred Creators present on the scene also heard Huan''s mumbling. They had the same expression of confusion except for one.


    The man learned about the store from his grandson. He then told the other Sacred Creators about it, making them even more confused.


    ***


    Aakesh couldn''t help but smile when he saw the scene. The system would also randomly select customers, and Huan seemed to have fulfilled the criteria, helping in the promotion of the store to several Sacred Creators.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1571: Promoting the Store!

    Aakesh smiled when he saw many Sacred Creators bing aware of the store. He couldn''t promote the store, but the system could by choosing someof thefated ones. Huan met the unknown criteria set by the system, and hencehelearned about it.


    Sacred Creators knowing the store wasn''t something worth smiling about sincethe storecurrently didn''t have any products that tended to them. What made Aakesh smile was the force controlled by those beings.


    Almost every Sacred Creator led a force of their ownin terms oftheir race or other organizations. The store was about to have many new customers from that moment on, and the better the store worked, the better it was for Aakesh.


    ***


    "What do you mean by the first store?" Huan asked the creature in his head.


    The creature didn''t immediately reply but stayed silent, seeming to be thinking of something.


    "We will not go right away, but we first need to find everything about this store," The creature replied after a long pause.


    Huan was confused since he wanted to know what was extraordinary about the store, but thecreature refused to say anythingelseother than wanting to find information about the store.


    Huan was about to ask other questions when he suddenly sensed many powerful auras approaching him.


    "Let''s go!"


    The creature suddenly said, and the next moment, Huan seemed to be possessed. His entire skin turned ck, and his eyesbecamedarker than the abyss.After that, immaterial ws emerged around his hand, andusing that,he tore the space open.


    The next moment, the possessed Huan walked into the crack,and soon itdisappeared. The many auras reached the area and couldn''t help but be disappointed when they saw they were a stepte.


    At the same time, they became shocked since Huan was only a Sacred King, but he still left before their arrival. It took even less than ten-thousandths of a second for them to reach.


    Even the space crack hadn''t healed at that moment. One of the Sacred Creators was a user of theelement of space, so he reached the crack and soon shook his head.


    Huan had opened numerous space cracks inthat span ofless than a second, and he could have used any of those to escape.Since there was no hostility between the two sides, he didn''t workveryhard to find Huan''s location.


    ***


    Even Huan didn''thave any ideawhere he would reach, so he cautiously looked around for a location to recover his energy. The possession by the creature and the creation of numerous space cracks had drained him of more than ny percent of hisenergy.


    After his rebirth, his recovery speed had grown significantly, so it wouldn''t take long for him to reach his peak.


    Fortunately for Huan, the area was rich in energy, sowhile searching for a safearea,his energy recovered to a safe level.


    Since that was an environment rich in energy, unfortunately for Huan, there were numerous powerful creatures. Not long after, Huan came face to face with a peak Sacred King level monster.


    Monsters were also a part of the beast group, but they were termed monsters becausethese creaturesdidn''t have sane minds, couldn''t speak, andsimplylived as monsters.


    Roar!


    Huan felt his eardrums rupture as apowerfulbeastlyroar struck him. He immediately wanted to escapefromthe scene, but suddenly, three more powerful auras surrounded him.


    His heart turned cold since all four monsters had killing intent aimed at him. He tried to ask the creature for help but got no response.


    Since the creature had also recently woken up, possessing Huan and doing all that had drained itpletely, Huan was up to himselfat that moment.


    ''Am I going to die right after reviving?'' Huan couldn''t help but cryin his heart, thinking about his situation.


    There was arge gap between the strength of the two sides. The higher the cultivation level, the higher the power gap between sub-levels. The difference between an early and a peak Sacred King cultivator was no less than the difference between a Supreme God and a Divine Lord. It was an almost impossible task to mend that gap, especially when monsters are insane creatures who only fight to kill.


    But since there was no way out, he could only fight.Huan readied himself to fight, and thenext moment, thefour monsters pounced on him.


    Thud!


    Huan immediately jumped up, but not long after, a m came, and he was knocked hundreds of meters away.


    Argh!


    Groaning in pain, he stood up butwas struckagain. He could hear his bones cracking under the power of the monsters.


    A few secondster, his entire body was wet with blood, and numerous small andrge injuries had opened up. He was gasping for breath as heavy blood loss had begun to affect him.


    His thinking speed had slowed down to arge extent. He wanted to run since there was no way out for him from this battle. Forget fighting, ithad all been one-sided.


    The four monsters also had enough of you, so two stayed back while the other two rushed forward. Those who stayed back were activating their skills.


    Huan wanted to move out of the way of the two beasts, but his attempts were futile.


    THUD!


    BOOM!


    Not long after, hewas knockedafter getting struck by a force of countless tons, and an attack came. The next moment, hewas engulfedin an explosion.


    Huan could see his life slowly slipping away.His eyes were blinded by thelight of theexplosion,while his divine sense started to break down.


    Thud!


    The next moment, he crashed to the ground. His heart had stoppedbeating,while his brain had melted. He couldn''t be any more dead.


    The four monsters let out a celebratory roar to celebrate their victory over the man and approached his corpse from all four sides, with saliva dripping from their mouths.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1572: (1) Dead?

    Monsters didn''t live in groups due to their uncontroble rage, but the four beasts were an exception to that. They were born to the same mother, so they had been together since their young years.


    It wasn''t that neither of them would try to devour the other if the need arose, but as long as that wasn''t the situation, the four hunted together.


    Suddenly, a blinding light enveloped Huan, and in no time, that light turned into darkness, engulfing the area hundreds of miles into darkness.


    The four beasts couldn''t understand what was happening but could sense extreme danger, so they immediately wanted to back away.


    Unfortunately for them, a life aura appeared out of nowhere in the darkness and became like a beacon, showing his identity. The four forgot about escaping and charged at that aura since they could feel their desires exploding.


    The closer the four went to that aura, they didn''t even notice changes in their psyche. They were bing more frustrated and greedy.


    One of the four finally couldn''t control itself and pounced on its closest sibling. It seemed to be the dawn of an infection, and soon, the four had gotten into a fight with each other, wanting to devour the other.


    The four weren''t the only beings feeling that. In the range of hundreds of miles, there were a few more sentient creatures, and they also felt their negative energies growing at an rming rate.


    The darkness stayed there for around an hour, and when it disappeared, every creature in the range of the darkness had died a brutal death. Those who had no enemies to battle bit themselves to death as even their organs became an enemy of each other.


    A few more hours passed in the blink of an eye. Other creatures had noticed the sudden change, so after they believed things had calmed down, they approached the scene.


    The first thing they saw were the mutted corpses of the four brothers and theplete corpse of a stranger.


    Monsters liked to devour each other, so they cautiously approached the corpses. Since Huan''s corpse wasplete, it became an issue of contention for the many monsters. A long battle ensued, and the winner chose to eat Huan.


    With a proud walk, the monster reached Huan. It first smelled, and soon, its eyes lit up after finding that the blood was still energy-rich.


    It decided to start with the heart, but as soon as its teeth pierced into Huan''s corpse, a strange phenomenon yed out. The monster slowly began to shrink, and in no time, its bones could be seen from the skin.


    Not long after, even the skin and bones shrank and disappeared while a vortex formed above Huan''s heart. The vortex soon grew to hundreds of feet and began to suck in whatever was in the range of a hundred miles.


    At the same time, Huan''s life aura began to rise at an rming rate. He had only stepped into the early Sacred King level, but in just a few seconds, he reached the peak of that sub-level and was still growing.


    The vortex finally disappeared when he had reached thete level of the intermediate Sacred King. The next moment, he opened his eyes and looked around in confusion.


    Immediately, the memory before dying rushed into his head, and an expression of shock spread across his face. He immediately tried to see his injury but found he was in better condition than before battling the four monsters.


    ''Am I unkible?'' Huan couldn''t help but think in his heart since he clearly remembered brutally dying after he was unable to do anything against the four monsters.


    Huan then immediately reached into his sea of consciousness, only to be more confused. The creature had woken up but also had a shocked expression as if it didn''t know what was happening.


    At the same time, the eleven Void Beasts were suddenly rmed and rushed to the end of the dimension. They could see an invincible power seeping into the dimension, and its destination was Huan.


    The Void Beasts were rmed since it was an individual power, not the power of rules orws.


    They could only see it seeping into the dimension. Since the power couldn''t harm the Sacred Dimension in any way, they couldn''t act.


    ***


    The Primordial Dimension,


    "Was there really a need for me to do that?" A powerful beingined as he had sent a hint of his power to Huan.


    Huan didn''t revive on his own, nor was the vortex caused by him. The being was the reason for that, and he didn''t do it of his own volition but was ordered by another more powerful being.


    "Yes, the owner of the Soul of Negativity can''t die right after waking up. You don''t know the consequences of that," The being who had ordered responded.


    "Hmph, if he would have died, we would have grabbed it for ourselves."


    The being only smiled in response to his subordinate''s words. He knew how many beings had eyes on the Soul of Negativity, but since it was a creation directly by the Multiverse, trying to snatch it was no less than asking for a battle with Devas.


    If Huan died naturally, others could fight for it, but unfortunately, if a Deva stepped into the scene, others would have to give up on that. At the same time, the being had another motive behind helping Huan, but he wasn''t going to tell his subordinate about it.


    "You can leave," The being ordered.


    The subordinate wanted toin more but still epted the order and left the residence with a bow.


    Once only the being was left alone in the house, he took off his mask, and a feminine face appeared in the mirror. It wasn''t easy to say whether the being was a man or a woman, but those who had seen that face knew how terrible the being was.


    The being didn''t take off the mask for no reason. The next moment, a few valuable items appeared, and soon, a ritual circle formed with the being at the center of it.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1573: (2) Huan Reaching the Store(1)

    Unaware of the things that had been happening due to his waking up, Huan finally stopped wondering about what had happened. The creature was still too weak and exhausted to talk, so not long after, it had fallen unconscious once again.


    Huan decided to believe that he might have awakened some other characteristic of the power, but since it was too early, the creature had no idea.


    After stopping wondering, a wave of joy rushed to Huan. He finally noticed the jump his cultivation had taken. It hadn''t been even a day, and he had already reached thete level of the intermediate Sacred King from peak Supreme God.


    Even the most talented cultivators would take decades or centuries, if not hundreds of thousands of years, to achieve that kind of increase. The next moment, he was also panicked since that kind of sudden jump in cultivation could harm the foundation.


    But for some reason, Huan found out that his cultivation was as stable as any genius, if not more. There were no troubles at all.


    Time flew by, and days passed in the blink of an eye.


    It had been around twenty days since Huan woke up and became the host of the Soul of Negativity. He still remembered the store name the creature had suddenly spoken, but since it was still unconscious, Huan hadn''t tried to venture there. Instead, he had been busy with finding out information rted to that.


    Unfortunately for him, he seemed to be very far from the store, so the beings he came across had no idea about the store. His knowledge about the store was the same as it was when he first heard its name.


    It was another day of cautious journey when suddenly an excited expression spread across his face. Huan immediately went to his consciousness and saw the creature waking up.


    It was still weak, but it had regained a safe amount of energy and could finally wake up. Immediately after waking up, it began to ramble random words, talking about what had happened to Huan several days ago.


    Huan had long forgotten about it and gave the same advice to the creature. Unlike Huan, the creature knew that the Soul of Negativity didn''t have the ability to let its owner get revived from the dead. It might happen at a higher level, but that could only be possible in the Primordial Dimension.


    The Sacred Dimension wouldn''t be able to bear the pressure and effects that would originate from the Soul of Negativity at that high level.


    But as Huan told it, it could do nothing about it at the moment, so there was no point worrying about it. Once they became powerful, they would automatically find the answer to it.


    "What did you find about the store these days?" The creature asked. It also remembered the store and the tremble it had felt when it had tried to follow the energy.


    "Nothing. No one has even heard of the store here."


    "What fate to get tied to this useless creature?" The creature helplesslymented. Huan immediately flew into a rage when he heard the disdain in the creature''s voice.


    The next moment, a battle of abusive and insulting words ensued between the two sides.


    "RUN!"


    The creature suddenly stopped and solemnly told Huan. He didn''t wait; he immediately returned to reality and rushed out.


    "Have we gotten out of danger?" Huan asked after running for hundreds of thousands of miles.


    "No, it is still chasing us," The creature solemnly replied. Huan''s face turned ugly, and he kept running.


    ***


    "We are safe now!"


    The creature finally said after running for ten days straight. Huan couldn''t help but crash to the ground, gasping for a clear breath.


    If the environment weren''t so rich in energy, he would have long been drained of energy. Huan had crossed several light years of distance in thest ten days of running.


    A few hourster,


    "What was the power level of the creature chasing us?" Huan asked since he never sensed the monster but only followed the words of the creature.


    "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahha!"


    What Huan got in response to his question was a burst of loudughter.


    "Were you lying about someone chasing us?" Huan indignantly responded. He never thought that the creature might be lying about the chase.


    "No, someone was chasing us. A bunch of True God level rodents¡­"


    The creature burst into another round ofughter while Huan''s face turned ugly. At the end of theughter, his face almost seemed on the verge of exploding from anger.


    "Idiot, if it were someone very strong chasing us, would you have seeded in escaping without my help?" The creature replied with disdain evident in its voice.


    Huan didn''t know how to respond since the creature spoke true. His strength bes enhanced after being possessed by the creature, and he gains new space-rted abilities.


    Time was like a stream that kept flowing unhindered by any obstacles, and years passed in the blink of an eye.


    The creature had yed many pranks on Huan, which had left him red-faced, but since the two had been traveling together for around a decade, they had also be closer. At the same time, the insulting words they had begun to use for each other were enough to kill someone.


    The creature would umte energy, and once every year, it would open a space crack for Huan to reach closer to the store. Even though the creature was fearful of the store and that unknown powerful energy, it had a feeling that if Huan missed the store, he would miss too much.


    The two had never stopped trying to find out information rted to the store. After around a decade, they had finally reached a world where some knew about the store. The world was in the same universe as the store, so they received a lot of information.


    Huan no longer needed the help of the creature to travel anymore since the store''s world was directly connected with the world he was in with travel portals.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1574: (3) Huan Reaching the Store(2)

    Even though the Curiel was a few travel portals away from Huan, he didn''t immediately leave for the. He had heard only good things about the store, so his impression of it was better than before.


    But since what he carried was an immensely valuable treasure, no caution could be more. He decided to travel one world at a time, and only when he became fully confident would he travel to the store.


    The caution took a few more months, and Huan finally stepped onto the Curiel.


    In Thorr City, where the store was established, there was a direct portal connection, but Huan decided to use the portal in the capital instead, so he was in the capital at that moment.


    Huan was a Sacred King level cultivator, so he didn''t need to be afraid of others harming him. With a wave of his hand, he could destroy the entire, let alone its inhabitants.


    At the same time, the creature had a solemn expression as it had finally stepped into the same world as the store. It no longer tried to y pranks or insult Huan. If Huan died, it wouldn''t have a good fate either.


    A few more days passed, and Huan and the creature finally had enough confidence. The two knew that if the store had ulterior motives, they wouldn''t be able to do anything, but whenever they tried to forget about the store and ignore the invitation, their intuitions would ring bells.


    It didn''t mean that they were in danger, but a loss that might be even more valuable than their lives.


    Huan stood before the gate of the store while the sun was at his head. The heat did not affect him, and he finally stepped inside the building after taking a deep breath.


    The first thing he saw after entering the store was the blue-skinned man that he had heard a lot about. Irrespective of the cultivation, others had been quite respectful of the man.


    Huan could see that the store owner''s cultivation was only at the True God level, but nheless, he didn''t dare to underestimate him. Various skills and items could mask the actual cultivation level and show something different.


    "The store owner isn''t the danger. The all-pervading energy is."


    The creature suddenlymented. Even though it could sense invincible power from the store owner, it hadn''t erupted and was closed in a shell far from waking up. It was clear that even Huan could kill the man before it with a simple snap.


    But the real danger was the energy that had permeated every corner of the building, and it could sense that releasing even a slight hostility would cause a terrible situation for it and its owner.


    Huan simply nodded in response to that and then patiently joined the queue before the store owner. He had already learned about the store''s products from the people around the Curiel and others.


    Huan noticed that people don''t seem to hide information rted to the store, so it was easy to get that.


    ***


    Aakesh noticed when Huan stepped into the store, but as he was already busy with a customer, he didn''t care much about him.


    It had been several years since the store gave an invitation to Huan, and he had onlye that day. The invitation that day wasn''t without loss since in thest decade, hundreds of thousands of customers had be regrs to the store from the forces of those Sacred Creators.


    At that time, the daily footfall of the store was several million. Just themission earned by Aakesh from one day sale was more than what Aakesh was earning in a year several decades ago.


    He had already made up for the losses caused by saving the residents of Thorr City from getting randomly summoned to the ancient city.


    The ancient city was still there, and it didn''t seem it would leave at anytime in the future. But as Aakesh had decided, he had stopped going to the city. Lily and Khaval would enter from time to time but as time progressed, their number of entries had shrunk due to inadequate strength.


    ***


    "You need to pay ten thousand... Sacred stones," Aakesh informed the man.


    The man nodded and immediately paid the sum using his store card. He then thanked Aakesh and left the store since he had already purchased the cultivation art, the purpose behind hising to the store.


    After the man left, it was finally Huan''s turn. He didn''t immediately speak but looked at Aakesh with a questioning expression.


    "What purpose do you have for inviting me to the store?" Huan asked with a confident expression.


    Huan and the creature had decided to act confidently before the store owner to make it seem that they weren''t afraid of the store owner and the power behind him. At the same time, the tone couldn''t be too strong, but it could also not be weak.


    "The store invites some people who had great fates to be customers, and you have met the criteria, so the store invited you," Aakesh expressionlessly responded.


    "We are a store, and we sell products. What purpose will we have to invite you for other than that?" Aakesh further added, maintaining his indifferent demeanor.


    "But you don''t have products for my cultivation," Huan responded, and then thought: ''Don''t think I wille to your store without researching about it.''


    "It doesn''t have today, but it will have in the future."


    "The store invited you around a decade ago, but you only came today. What if you hade thousands of yearster? The store would have products for your cultivation then."


    Huan didn''t know what to say in response to that. "Do they really have no purpose behind inviting us? Didn''t you say that you are immensely valuable to the powerful cultivators?" He asked the creature in his head. Thest question had a hint of sneering.


    The creature was also confused after hearing Aakesh but immediately shook its head. It knew its value. It didn''t believe that the invitation was for no reason.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1575: (4) Huan and the Creature(1)

    The two didn''t know that Aakesh and the system clearly had no ulterior motive behind inviting Huan.


    Huan had a great fate, and with the help of the Soul of Negativity, he was bound to be one of the powerhouses of the current epoch. For the store, the more powerful the customer, the wealthier they were. The wealth was what mattered most.


    It didn''t mean that being wealthy was a criterion for getting invited by the system. If that were so, there would have been many invitations. Aakesh decided to immediately find the standards for invitation once his authority reached a sufficient level.


    Even though Huan and the creature didn''t believe the store owner, they had no choice but to stop their questioning. It was store time, so Aakesh bluntly told them to focus on the products since many customers were waiting for their turn behind Huan.


    "I already know about the avable store products, but exin them to me," Huan asked with a proud look. His expression said: ''Even though you are the store owner and backed by a powerful figure, you still have to answer my questions.''


    Aakesh didn''t care about that expression and exined all the products in detail.


    After waking up as the host of the Soul of Negativity, Huan already had a defined power system, so cultivation art wasn''t a product for him. Pills and weapons were of low grade for him, so they were also out of the question. Skills, Panagea, and beasts were left.


    The Soul of Negativity also had its skills, but as per the creature, he was too weak at the moment to use any skills. Even a simple possession drained the two of them and forced them to recover for days in an average environment.


    As for before waking up as the host, Huan had some skills, but they were of no use to him anymore. His body constitution had been changed, and he could no longer use any of the five elements.


    Panagea could be useful to him, but Huan wasn''t one to start a new adventure. If not for the creature pestering him to enter Panagea, it would have been thest in line of the products.


    Fortunately for him and unfortunately for the creature, the entry spots had already been booked for the day, so if Huan wanted to enter, he could only enter the next day.


    Even though beasts were also only at the peak of the Supreme God level, he still considered them because of his wife. She was a beastmaster, so she had many beasts, and through her, he also began to like having beasts as pets.


    Before her wife and other beats were brutally murdered and eaten, he lived with several beasts of different races.


    ording to the store owner, everyone could own beasts irrespective of their power system, so Huan decided to give it a try.


    Since Panagea was out of the question, only skills and beasts were left for him to choose from. Huan decided to do a coin toss. Whichever product came on top, he would go there first.


    After the coin toss, the verdict was in favor of the beasts, so Huan asked some more questions rted to the product and left the queue.


    When Huan walked inside the room, he was greeted by numerous murals of different beasts. There were two pirs to choose from, and Huan chose the second one.


    He only wanted one beast at the moment, so he chose the one which would give him a more powerful beast. He then joined the queue and waited for his turn.


    While waiting, he and the creature were again fighting a war of words. Huan had only one requirement for the summoned beast. He only wanted it to be any of the ones histe wife had, whereas the creature asked for a powerful beast that could help himbat-wise.


    "Fuck it! I will get one from that pir also," Huan yelled in anger after the creature threatened him with possessing him to get a beast of its liking.


    "Only if an idiot like you can understand things quickly," The creature sneered. It didn''t worry about the store harming it.


    Even though the creature and Huan had different personalities, they had the same origin. Whether the creature was in control or if it were Huan, there was nothing wrong with both cases.


    Other customers in the line also heard Huan, so they angrily looked at him, gesturing for him to stay silent.


    Huan wanted to fly out in rage since the customer gesturing at him was only a Lesser God. He could kill that bug with a simple wave of his hand.


    But was suddenly stunned into shock. The creature, seeing that Huan was about to fly in rage and put the two of them in a life-threatening situation, immediately apologized.


    "I am sorry for calling you an idiot."


    Huan stood there stunned for a while since it was the first instance of the creature apologizing. Even when he was lied to and had to run for several days, the creature further gaslighted him.


    Huan''s eyes suddenly lit up since he seemed to have found a new way to show the creature its ce.


    "Okay, I will forgive you this once. But if you ever call me an idiot again, only you will be responsible for the repercussions."


    The creature simply scoffed in response to Huan''s threat, but it still smiled on the outside, showing that it had understood.


    Huan was careful with his actions since he couldn''t always use the same strategy to make the creature apologize. He needed to learn to be content, so he decided to wait for some time before he tried the action again.


    "Sorry for that," Huan then apologized to the man who had the Lesser God cultivation.


    The man simply nodded and turned around, and at that time, his entire back was cold with sweat. He had carelessly gestured at the man in a loud posture to stay silent, but only after that did he notice the higher cultivation.


    He was safe inside the store, but no one else wasing to save him outside the store. The man immediately promised to stay far from the store for some time after making the purchase.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1576: Huan and the Creature(2)

    Huan didn''t care about the thoughts going on inside the man''s head. Since he and the creature had different requirements, Huan decided to summon beasts from both pirs.


    He had already joined the line at the second pir, so he stayed in the queue. The creature would get the beast of its requirement from that pir since it needed apanion that could help it and Huanbat-wise.


    Time flew by, and after a wait of several minutes, it was his turn to summon.


    He took a deep breath and pressed the button. The square screen started rotating and stopped five secondster.


    A beast familiar to him appeared on the screen, and not long after, a card appeared out of nowhere, flying into his hand.


    He immediately caught it and read the details. It was an ultimate quality card with the cultivation level of peak Supreme God.


    Reading the details, Huan couldn''t help but feel a slight chill. He had no confidence that he would be able to survive even a few moves against the beast before waking up.


    Huan wasn''t the one to decide for the beast from the second pir, so he waited for the creature''s opinion.


    "Summon again."


    Not long after, its voice rang in his head. Huan didn''t waste any time. He returned the card and pressed the button again.


    The next moment, ''1'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square light began to rotate. Five secondster, an unfamiliar beast appeared on the screen.


    Time flew by, and the frustrated Huan took several deep breaths to calm himself down. He then pressed the switch once again.


    The next moment, ''10'' appeared on top of the screen, and five secondster, an unfamiliar beast appeared on the screen.


    Huan couldn''t help but feel a chill crawling down his spine by just looking at the beast. It wasn''t the first that gave him such chills, so he wasn''t confident whether the beast was the one.


    The summoning cost had already be outrageous at one ultimate Sacred stone. Huan had no idea how much the chosen beast would cost, and the summoning cost alone had be a burden on his savings.


    Looking at the past cards, he believed he wouldn''t be able to afford the beast. However, due to repeated threats from the creature, Huan had no choice but to keep going.


    {Name: Eerie Wolf


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Horror, Illusion, Wind, Charm


    Cultivation: Peak Supreme God


    Characteristics: Nightmarish World


    Details: The Eerie Wolf casts a nightmarish illusion over the battlefield that plunges enemies into a realm of pure terror. Within this twisted dreamscape, opponents are confronted by their deepest fears, their minds attacked by terrifying images and horrors beyondprehension.


    Range: 300 meters,


    Duration: 3 hours,


    Cooldown: 30 days,


    Ability:


    1.) Galeforce Gust: The Eerie Wolf summons gusts of wind, creating whirlwinds that buffet enemies and disrupt their formations while boosting its own speed and agility.


    2.) Eerie Howl: The Eerie Wolf lets out a howl that echoes through the darkness, sending chills down the spines of all who hear it and weakening their resolve with its haunting melody.


    3.) Illusionary Veil: The Eerie Wolf shrouds itself in a veil of illusions, rendering it partially intangible and evasive to physical attacks while projecting illusory duplicates to confuse and misdirect foes.


    ...


    14.) Banshee Wail: The Eerie Wolf lets out a piercing banshee wail that disorients enemies and ruptures their eardrums, leaving them vulnerable to follow-up attacks.


    15.) Phantom Shroud: The Eerie Wolf covers itself in a cloak of shifting shadows and illusionary energy, rendering it partially immaterial and reducing the effectiveness of iing attacks.


    ...


    20.) Phantom Sanctuary: The Eerie Wolf creates a barrier of ghostly energy around itself and allies, protecting them from all types of attacks and rendering them invulnerable to enemy attacks for a short duration.


    21.) Whirlwind Deception: The Eerie Wolf creates a massive storm centered around itself, affecting all enemies within the radius. Those covered by it will experience harsh physical and mental torture as they get bombarded by illusory charms and vicious winds.


    Card Description: The Eerie Wolf is a formidable creature. Its attributes of horror, wind, illusion, and charm make it a terrifying opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of dealing massive damage to its opponent. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Eerie Wolf.


    Price: 405,900 ultimate Sacred stones.}


    Worried about his savings, Huan caught the card and focused on the details of it. His eyes widened in shock when he saw the power of the beast. When his eyes reached the price section, they almost jumped out of their sockets.


    The next moment, his heart turned heavy since a bad feeling engulfed it, and soon after, the feeling turned out to be true.


    "I want it!"


    The creature stated with an excited expression. Looking at the details of the Eerie Wolf, it became clear that it was a beast that suited the Soul of Negativity and its owner.


    "How are we going to afford it?" Huanined upon hearing the excitement in the creature''s voice.


    As expected, the excitement immediately dimmed down since even the creature couldn''t think of a way to bring out such arge sum of money.


    "How could a Supreme God beast cost this much?" The creatureined since even a 100,000 ultimate Sacred stone was more than the lifetime savings of a Sacred King who had lived for billions of years.


    "Let''s leave with a beast from that pir. Once we have enough money, we will get this beast."


    Huan gave his opinion. He couldn''t think of any solution to the money issue. It was toorge of a sum, and he didn''t have anything worth that much value even to use as coteral.


    The creature immediately didn''t respond since it desired the Eerie Wolf with all its heart.


    Suddenly, an idea rose in its head, and it felt a pang in its heart once that idea came. But as soon as it looked at the details on the card, it became determined.


    "You don''t have to worry about it. I have a way to get money for the beast," The creaturemented.


    Instead of feeling relieved, Huan flew into a rage in his head after hearing that.


    "You bitch, you are hiding a valuable item from me. I wouldn''t have been in that terrible situation that day if I had money," Huan angrilyined, remembering one of the troubles that he had faced during the past decade.


    "Hmph, don''t think too much of yourself. I wouldn''t take out that item even if you were dying."


    The creature scoffed, and no matter how much Huan raged after that, it looked excitedly at the beast on the card.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1577: Huan And the Creature(3)

    The creature ignored Huan and focused on the beast''s appearance on the card.


    The upper half of the card contained an art description of the Eerie Wolf. Its form was shrouded in wisps of ethereal mist that seemed to shift and merge with each movement. Its fur was an eeriebination of deep ck and ominous purple, which appeared to flow like darkness. Its ck eyes with a silver hue were glowing with a dreadful, otherworldly light, echoing the terror it contained.


    The wolf''s outline seemed to sway in the art as if it were not fully present in the physical world.


    It nodded in appreciation since the beast matched the aura it wanted. Huan angrily looked at the creature in his sea of consciousness.


    "Stop pouting like a useless nobody. The beast is going to help you only," The creaturemented and then threw Huan out of his own sea of consciousness.


    Huan could onlyin about it and do nothing. But he also knew that the beast would only benefit him, so he calmed down. Unfortunately, he became enraged again, remembering the dire situation he was in some time ago.


    If he had money at that time, he wouldn''t have faced so much.


    "Do you want me to possess you and then walk to the store owner?"


    A cold voice rang in Huan''s voice not long after. He scoffed in response, but he still turned around and walked outside the room.


    There was already arge queue before the store owner, so he joined the line, waiting for his turn. While waiting, Huan didn''t forget to throw his vilest words at the creature in his mind.


    The creature simply ignored them since Huan was locked out of his sea of consciousness, and he couldn''t utter those words loudly in the store. So it was only in his mind, and the creature didn''t care about that. It also understood the reason for Huan''s anger, but it had no choice.


    The money wasn''t going toe easy, so it couldn''t just be used to help Huan get out of a troublesome situation every time he found himself in one.


    Time flew by, and several minutes passed in the blink of an eye. It was finally Huan''s turn.


    Seeing the card in Huan''s hands, Aakesh understood what he wanted to do. Before the awakening of the Soul of Negativity, Huan wasn''t from a wealthy background, so he was bound to have financial issues in the store.


    Aakesh also knew what the creature wanted to trade with the store, and it would be a lie if he said he wasn''t interested. But still, he was a store owner and needed to be unbiased, so he didn''t think that Huan would even need to trade that item.


    Once it was Huan''s turn, he wanted to speak but suddenly found the body out of his control. The creature had taken his possession.


    Huan could only curse in response to that since he wasn''t strong enough to take his body back. He just waited for what gave the creature the confidence to buy something like the Eerie Wolf.


    "Store owner, I want to trade an item with you."


    In possessed form, Huan''s voice turned different. It was high-pitched, and whoever listened to it would feel needles pricking their ears. Fortunately, it was as it was and not an attempt to attack, so the system didn''t react. It only created an invisible energy barrier around Aakesh''s ears, and he wouldn''t feel the prickling pain.


    "You can trade with the store if youck Sacred stones, but the store also has a second way to borrow from the store."


    Aakesh informed Huan about the credit card system. Once he had introduced it, Huan''s face showed a hint of relief since the process was extremely painful.


    If not for the boost in strength caused by the Eerie Wolf, it wouldn''t try to do something like that.


    ***


    Huan''s eyes popped out in shock when he saw the number on the card. Even in his dreams, he didn''t expect his borrowing limit to be that high.


    Aakesh wasn''t surprised by it at all. How could the carrier of the Soul of Negativity have a weak fate?


    The creature returned to the sea of consciousness immediately after hearing about the credit card since it no longer needed it. Possession wasn''t free of charge but drained arge amount of energy. It also looked excited by the borrowing limit on the card.


    "How much do you want to borrow?" Aakesh asked. He had already exined the rules about the interest rate, so he now only needed to hear the required amount so that the system could transfer that to Huan.


    ***


    Huan excitedly returned to the beast room. He couldn''t remove the broad smile from his face at all. His borrowing limit was three billion ultimate Sacred stones, which was a number he couldn''t even dream of before.


    If he had a choice, he wanted to borrow all of it and then run as far as possible. But the creature alerted him against that with a solemn reprimanding tone, and there was also a borrowing limit. Anyone could only ask for one million ultimate Sacred stones in a thousand years.


    There was no limit to tenure for borrowing Ultimate Sacred stones from the store, but Huan was shocked by the outrageous interest rate, so he only chose a hundred years for the repayment. Even then, he would need to pay an extra ten million ultimate Sacred stones for the borrowing of only one million stones.


    Whatever goodwill Huan had regarding the store and the store owner had disappeared at that point, but since it was his first time holding wealth like that, he couldn''t help but feel joyous.


    Huan walked to the queue for the square device and joined it, waiting for his turn.


    He and the creature no longer fought since they were bound to face a battle once they reached the device. The creature waspletely confident in Huan''s victory with its help, but since there could be a situation where it might not be there to help, so the two made different strategies for that kind of situation.


    Even though Huan wasn''t very interested in buying the Eerie Wolf, after seeing the attentiveness of the creature, he was also anticipating the improvement the beast would bring him.


    While thinking of different strategies with the creature, his turn finally arrived. He took a deep breath and ced the card in the cardpartment and his hand on the respective section.


    The next moment, Huan found himself in a different environment. He ignored everything and called for the creature.


    "I am here," The creature responded with a shocked expression.


    Hearing that, Huan breathed a sigh of relief. With the creature''s help, the difficulty of the battle had been reduced to a great extent. He then focused on himself and the environment.


    His cultivation had dropped to the peak of Supreme God, the same as the beast while standing in that environment made him feel irritated for no reason.


    "I will possess you immediately after the battle begins. We seemed to have underestimated the beast and the environment."


    The creaturemented with a solemn tone. It knew more than Huan, so it could see the exponential improvement the environment would bring to the Eerie Wolf in the battle.


    At the same time, Huan would be more and more irritable the more he stayed there. If not for the creature, Huan would have already started shivering due to the horror element in the environment.


    The surroundings were ordinary, but the ethereal mist around the area made the situation seem straight out of hell.


    Howl!


    Suddenly, a wolf howl rang in the area, and when Huan tried to find its source, the howl came from another direction.


    The ethereal mist around the area seemed to dance and carried the howling sound in all directions. But not long after, the fog saw an intense movement.


    The next moment, a creature walked out of the fog, and it looked the same as the one on the beast card. Huan''s heart almost skipped its beat as he saw the creature.


    It looked majestically terrifying on the card, but the reality expanded that feeling a thousandfold. It was a beast twice his size, but Huan felt as if it was a mountain towering over a.


    Ding!


    The bell rang, announcing the start of the battle. As the creature had said, it immediately possessed Huan''s body.


    It had noticed that its energy reserves in the taming battle were richer than what they were in reality.


    The next moment, a pitch-ck aura began to engulf Huan, and in no time, Huan had grown to the same size as the beast.


    The phenomenon didn''t happen in the store, as the creature only possessed Huan''s mind on the basic level. But in the taming battle, it was a full possession, and in that form, Huan''s strength had grown exponentially.


    The beast let out an angry howl and was ready to pounce on its opponent. Its eyes contained nothing but the brutality it was about to unleash on the battlefield.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1578: Huan And the Creature(4)

    The Eerie Wolf let out a howl and pounced on Huan as soon as the bell rang.


    The possessed Huan had anticipated the move, but he didn''t move forward and let the beast pounce. When its maws were only a small distance away from biting his head off, he moved.


    Raising his hands, he grabbed the beast by its head and then used the momentum from it to m it onto the ground.


    Crash!


    A loud sound rang as a small pit appeared, but the beast seemed to have received no signs of internal or external injury. The possessed Huan raised his eyes in surprise since he had underestimated the beast''s toughness.


    He still had control over the beast, so he used more strength and further pushed it down.


    Crack!


    A cracking sound rang in the area, and a cold smile appeared on the possessed Huan''s face. But the smile suddenly froze as the source of the cracking sound revealed itself.


    The next moment, the scene before Huan changed. He was no longer pushing the beast into the ground but forcing his hand to break down, while the Eerie Wolf was standing some distance away from him, staring at the scene.


    ''Did I fall into an illusion?'' Huan couldn''t help but think. But the next moment, he shook his head since that wasn''t possible.


    The possessed Huan suddenly eximed and then further pushed his hand to the ground, ignoring the crack in his bones and the pain.


    Cry!


    Not long after, a whimpering sound rang in the area. Following that, the scene changed once again. He was no longer pushing his hand, but it was the beast that was slowly losing consciousness from the pain.


    The Eerie Wolf understood that its n to force the stranger to let go of its head had failed. It could feel the vast power gap between the two sides despite the same level of cultivation.


    It knew the battle wouldn''tst long, so it had to do something quickly. Unfortunately, its brain seemed to have hit, so its cognition started slowing down. Not being able to think of any way to win against the stranger, it decided to go all in.


    The next moment, a cover of darkness enveloped the distance of 300 meters, with the beast at the center of it. Eerie sounds rang as Huan felt deep palpitations in his heart.


    The next moment, he found himself standing before the most tragic scene in his life. The man he hated more than anyone was standing not very far from him, and there was a familiar woman lying in a pool of blood at his feet.


    It was none other than Huan''s wife. She was alive and looked at Huan withplicated expressions. There was anger as she was facing that terrible fate while Huan was there. There was also guilt that it would be Huan after her. Myriads of expressions made the scene even more terrible in the eyes of Huan.


    ARGH!


    Huan let out a maniac roar and charged toward the man, but suddenly, a barrier surrounded him, stopping him from going any further. The man on the other side had a cruel grin. He then bent down, and before Huan''s eyes, he began to feed on his wife''s body.


    Huan tried everything in his power to break down the barrier and rush to save her from that horrible fate, but whenever the barrier seemed to break down, it would suddenly strengthen, forcing Huan to start all over again.


    Huan knew the man was toying with him but continued trying to break that barrier down.


    Sigh!


    Suddenly, a sigh rang in the area. The man feeding suddenly stopped and looked horrified. In his eyes, Huan was suddenly enveloped in a dark aura, and his power level was growing at a crazy rate.


    The next moment, Huan raised his finger and tapped on the barrier.


    The barrier broke down into countless shards like cracked ss, and the man coughed up blood. He wanted to escape from the scene but suddenly found himself frozen on the spot.


    The possessed Huan extended his hands, and the man flew to his hands. He wanted to run but no longer had any control over his body.


    The next moment, the most horrific torture began as Huan paid back the man with the same fate his wife had received. He would eat one portion, heal it, and then eat it once again.


    The process continued for hours, and the man had long lost any will to live. The pain was still there as to how Huan could let the man scot-free so easily.


    A few more hours passed in the blink of an eye, and Huan suddenly stopped. He didn''t say anything, but his eyes turned moist. The next moment, he crashed to the ground and started bawling like a child.


    "I am sorry!"


    "I am sorry!"


    "I am sorry!"


    "I am sorry!"


    .


    .


    .


    "I am sorry!"


    He started repeating the same thing, looking at his wife, who no longer had any life left in her.


    Above Huan, there was a silhouette of a creature whose true form couldn''t be clearly made up. It looked at the scene with a conflicted expression since it and Huan were the same.


    Huan needed a tragic stimulus to wake up his soul, but the price he paid for it was too much. Huan still believed that the creature was someone else who saved him, taking mercy on him. The creature didn''t dare imagine what would happen when Huan finally knew the truth. Would he go crazy and kill himself; only time could tell.


    The creature then turned to his left and saw the whimpering Eerie Wolf. It thanked the beast since the illusion unleashed by the Nightmarish World could somewhat reduce the trauma carried by Huan.


    After some time, Huan finally stopped crying and apologizing. His eyes turned gentle as he walked to his wife and then knelt before her.


    He then stood up and thanked the creature. He knew the possessed Huan could easily break through the illusion, but it didn''t do it because of him.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1579: Huan And the Creature(5)

    "I am fine. Let''s end this," Huan asked the creature.


    The next moment, he returned to his possessed form and broke the cover of darkness. The Eerie Wolf''s eyes were filled with fear since it had immediately noticed after activating the skill that the opponent was too powerful for its skill to do anything.


    It had epted its loss since it wouldn''t anyway die in reality. The price was bing a pet beast of the opponent, but since Huan was powerful, it epted the oue.


    The possessed Huan was about to kill the Eerie Wolf, but suddenly, the view before him changed, and he found himself standing in front of the square device.


    Hiss!


    The next moment, an unbearable prickling pain brought him to reality, and he looked at the screen where the content of the contract had appeared, and he had signed it.


    Since the Eerie Wolf epted the oue, it was equivalent to surrendering, which made Huan automatically the victor. It was just that the illusion was too much for him to care about the battle''s oue.


    ***


    Since Huan had decided to purchase two beasts due to the deal between the creature and him, he joined the queue before the first pir.


    After the illusion, he missed his wife even more, so he was looking forward to the summon from the first pir.


    His wife had several beasts, but her favorite was the Canine Squirrel. It wasn''t a very powerful beast, but since it was the first one she made her pet, it was always close to her. Huan also liked it, so he had the Canine Squirrel in his mind when he pressed the button.


    Three secondster, the rotation stopped, and a beast appeared on the screen. It wasn''t on the list of his wife''s beast, so he didn''t even wait for the card and pressed the button again.


    Time flew by, and soon, it was the fifteenth summon. As he pressed the button, ''14'' appeared on top of the screen, and the square sections began to rotate.


    Three secondster, the rotation stopped, and the beast Huan had been waiting for appeared. The depression that had filled Huan''s heart after the illusion was reduced to an extent when he saw the cute Canine Squirrel on the screen.


    The next moment, he reminisced the memories he had with his wife and the beast. But as the card flew into his hands, he returned to reality and focused on the details.


    {Name: Canine Squirrel


    Type: Beast


    Race: Mutant


    Quality: Ultimate


    Element: Earth, Wood


    Cultivation: Early Divine Transformation


    Characteristics: Verdant Guardian


    Details: The Canine Squirrel acts as a guardian of the forest, using its mastery over earth and wood to protect and nurture its environment. In the range of the skill, its abilities see a boost of 50%.


    Range: 25 meters,


    Duration: 30 minutes,


    Cooldown: 2 hours,


    Ability:


    1.) Root Snare: The Canine Squirrel summons roots from the ground that ensnare and immobilize enemies, making them vulnerable to follow-up attacks.


    2.) Seed Bomb: The Canine Squirrel releases seeds that detonate on impact, releasing bursts of energy that damage and disorient enemies.


    3.) Earth Pulse: The Canine Squirrel sends out pulses of earth energy that rejuvenate and empower allies, enhancing their stamina and vitality.


    4.) Tunnel Network: The Canine Squirrel utilizes its burrowing skills to create awork of tunnels, allowing for rapid movement and surprise attacks.


    Card Description: The Canine Squirrel is a strong creature. Its attributes of earth and wood make it a challenging opponent in battle. This card can be used to summon a powerful monster onto the battlefield, capable of changing the tide of victory. Use it wisely, and watch your opponents fall before the might of the Canine Squirrel.


    Price: 999 supreme Sacred stones.}


    The upper half of the card contained an illustration of the beast. It has a robust yet adorable appearance. It stood at about 2 feet tall and had a sturdy physique covered in thick, camouged fur that blended with the forest. Itsrge, expressive eyes were a vivid green, shining with intelligence and warmth. Despite its cuteness, its muscr limbs were hard and had bark-like patches of fur.


    The difference between the beast on the card and the one with his wife was like day and night. Thetter was only an ordinary beast, while the former was a genius.


    But since it had the same appearance, Huan liked it. He then moved away from the queue and walked toward the square box.


    A few minutester, Huan walked out of the room with two beast cards in his hand. Since both the beasts were of the ultimate quality, the purchase could only bepleted with the store owner.


    ***


    "Hahaha, I have finally done it!" A burst ofughter rang in the middle of nowhere as a man rushed out of the ground.


    The ground in the area of hundreds of thousands of miles had exploded into a gigantic dust cloud, but the man at the center of it remained unfazed.


    The man had been in seclusion for ten million years to master a Creator level skill. He was filled with joy andughed. With that skill, he could finally challenge the strongest Sacred Creator in the Sacred Dimension.


    Not long after he appeared, several auras appeared in the sky, and they all had excited expressions.


    The man also became happy when he sensed the aura of an additional Sacred Emperor in the group, and it was one of his grandsons. The day became doubly joyful for him.


    Beat! Beat! Beat!


    But before the man could celebrate, a heartbeat rang in the area, and with it arrived a new pressure.


    The man''s eyes grew solemn since the heartbeat seemed familiar. The next moment, his eyes flew wide open, and he immediately left the scene. He also forcefully took his children into his inner world and escaped.


    Not long after, the entire exploded, and a creature appeared in the center of it. The explosion seemed to be its food source, and after the st subsided, it opened its eyes.


    But before the eyes could fully open, a pressure emerged out of nowhere, and time seemed to flow backward. In less than a moment, the creature again fell into a deep sleep, but at that time, the control was clearly weaker than before.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1580: Huan and the Creature(6)

    "What a pity!"


    Hartol mumbled with a disappointed expression. He had worked for years to wake up the man, and just when he was close to achieving his goal, thews acted and forced the man to fall into deep sleep once again.


    Hartol had long stopped sending small threats to the store since there was no point in doing that anymore. At first, it was fun, but once it became a routine, it lost its charm.


    The man in deep sleep was one of the ways he had thought to use to harm the store. There was a reason for the Sacred Creator to escape the scene as soon as he sensed the familiarity of the man.


    The man in deep sleep was one of the leaders of the army thatid siege to the Sacred Dimension countless years ago. There were many strong figures in that group, but none equal to the man.


    If not for thirty Sacred Creators sacrificing their lives and sealing the man, Vritrasura''s army would have won big in the war.


    Hartol suddenly felt a chill crawling down his spine as he was suddenly surrounded by eleven powerful creatures.


    The next moment, he calmed down since he had expected the Void Beasts to arrive. Awakening the man was equivalent to putting the Sacred Dimension in harm''s way. Punishment for doing something like that was death, but Hartol didn''t worry about it at all. He had someone very powerful protecting him.


    The next moment, an evil smile erupted on his face while the eleven Void Beasts became solemn.


    The eleven Void Beasts then began to discuss something on their own, and once all reached the same conclusion, they looked at Hartol and said, "We will spare you this time since the man didn''t wake up, but there will be no next time."


    They didn''t wait for Hartol''s answer and disappeared from the area. Hartol only scoffed in response to their warning.


    What he wanted to achieve had already been done. Thews created by the sacrifice of the thirty Sacred Creators were no longer strong enough to keep the man in deep sleep. In ten thousand years at most, the man would be able to break the restriction and wake up.


    At that moment, it would be Hartol''s turn to enjoy the fun. The Void Beasts wouldn''t be able to me him since he wouldn''t do anything in that situation.


    He was about to leave when the pupils of his right eye suddenly inverted. A respectful expression appeared on his face since that phenomenon meant only one thing: a powerful being had descended into his body.


    "Master, I beg you for an apology," Hartol immediately knelt and apologized.


    A shocking scene yed out in the area as his eyes were still there, but the inverted eye remained in the same position while he was kneeling. It was a scene out ofprehension. But since it wasn''t the first time Hartol was facing the scene, he didn''t feel surprised.


    A round of spiritual conversation yed out between the two sides, and then things returned to normal. Hartol''s face didn''t look good, so he left the scene after taking a deep look at the.


    Unaware of what tragedy would have urred if not for thews, Huan walked to the skill room afterpleting the purchase of the beast.


    Since he had borrowed arge sum of money from the store, he didn''t have to worry aboutck of financial wealth and act cheaply.


    When he walked inside the room, numerous murals of different skills being acted out appeared in his eyes. He was still in a slightly bad mood due to the illusion, so he ignored the murals and directly walked to the counter for the Supreme God level skills.


    The creature had told him he would awaken skills as his cultivation increased, but that was very far from the present, so in the meantime, he needed some skills.


    After the creature, his elementalpatibility had changed. He could no longer use any of themon elements. He could only use rare elements like fear, horror, and others. Skills for these elements were umon due to the low number of users.


    He didn''t waste any time and reached for thest shelf in the bottom row. The next moment, he had a card in his hand.


    Huan immediately focused on the content on the card. It was a skill belonging to the element of envy. He didn''t like what he saw, so he returned the card and pulled out another one.


    Time flew by, and soon, it was his seventieth attempt at pulling out a card.


    [Name: Nightmare Attack


    Type: Attacking


    Level: God


    Element: Horror


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Creates a wave of horrors that strike the minds and bodies of the enemies, causing paralyzing fear, mental torment, and physical mayhem, leaving them in a state of utter anxiety and incapacitation


    Description: The skill taps into the primal essence of horror, unleashing a terrifying wave of horrors that attacks enemies'' minds and bodies. It represents a great form of horror-based attack, overwhelming opponents with sheer terror.


    It demands profound understanding and control over the element of horror and the ability to channel negative energies. The stress on the user''s mind and spirit is immense, requiring a strong will and mental fortitude to wield the attack.


    Price: 2 ultimate and 500,000 supreme Sacred stones.]


    Huan couldn''t help but nod in appreciation after reading the details of the card. The requirement to use the card wasn''t small, but with the help of the creature, he didn''t need to worry about the side effects.


    The creature was also impressed with the skill, so it also asked Huan to choose this one. The two could use the card to its full extent.


    Huan also knew the same, so he chose that card. Since a customer could only buy one card of one type for any grade, Huan decided to move to the next row.


    He didn''t need numerous skills but only needed a few, so there was no point in buying a skill from every shelf in a row.


    The next moment, he reached to thest shelf in the next row and pulled out a card.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1581: Huan and the Creature(7)

    [Name: Bastion of Dread


    Type: Defense


    Level: God


    Element: Dread


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Summons a barrier of shadows and illusions that instills paralyzing fear in attackers and absorbs iing damage


    Description: The skill taps into the essence of dread to create a defensive fortress. This skill forms a barrier of shadows and illusions that instills fear in attackers. It absorbs the iing damage, turns it into dreadful energy, and reflects a portion of that energy to the attacker.


    It demands profound understanding and control over the element of dread and the ability to channel negative energies. The stress on the user''s spirit is immense and requires a strong will and mental fortitude to keep the barrier active.


    Price: 4 ultimate Sacred stones.]


    Huan and the creature nodded in appreciation after reading the skill''s details. It was his eighteenth turn, but he had finally gotten a skill that forced the creature to go wild immediately after reading the description.


    The barrier not only used attacks to reflect them back to enemies, but it also formed a self-sufficient channel. Around 10% of the transformed dread would be used to reflect, while the remaining almost 90% would reinforce the shield.


    The only side-effect was that the dread would also affect the user to some extent, so if the user wasn''t very careful and didn''t have a strong will, they might be prey to their attack.


    Time flew by, and soon, it was time for Huan to pick thest of the five types of skills.


    He reached for thest shelf in the top row and pulled out a card. He liked what he saw, but after selecting four types of skills already, he wanted even better ones, so he returned the card and pulled out another one.


    Several minutester, Huan had returned around ten thousand different element skills. He was going to do that unless he was satisfied, so he pulled out another one.


    The next moment, his eyes grew wide open in admiration as he finally found a skill that he felt to be the best of that level.


    [Name: Terror Dominion


    Type: Combination (Attack & Support)


    Level: God


    Element: Horror, Fear, Paranoia


    Cultivation Level: Early to peak Supreme God


    Effect: Creates a domain of terror that unleashes eldritch horrors to attack enemies, inducing paralyzing fear and mental breakdowns while simultaneously boosting allies with increased senses, stability, and mental defense


    Description: The skill taps into the dark elements of horror, fear, and paranoia to create an all-epassing domain of terror that ravages adversaries and boosts allies. This skill merges the attacking power of eldritch horrors with the supportive strength of mental fortitude, enhancing thebat effectiveness and resilience of allies while breaking the spirit of enemies.


    Horror Assault: The entities materialize within the domain,unching relentless attacks on opponents. They tear through enemies with ws, tendrils, and shadowy forms, inflicting both physical and spiritual damage. Enemies experience nightmarish visions and relentless terror, leading to mental breakdowns and the destruction of consciousness.


    Dominion Boost: Allies within the domain are infused with the essence of resilience and mental defense. Their senses are strengthened, allowing them to sense threats more clearly and react with precision. Their defense is boosted, making them immune to spiritual and physical attacks in the range.


    ...


    Price: 9 ultimate and 850,000 Sacred stones.]


    It was the skill with thergest detail, and at the end of the card, there was a note exining how the skill was the best of the negative element skills and one of the best of all elements at the Supreme God level.


    Huan couldn''t help but smile since his gut feeling about the skill turned out to be correct. The decision to purchase it was immediate.


    Since he now had all five types of skills and couldn''t purchase any more God-level items, it was time for him to move on to the next step.


    Since he didn''tck money, he didn''t walk toward the room exit but in the direction of the pir and joined the line, waiting for his turn to experience the skill.


    After waiting for a while, it was his turn. He decided to start with thebination type skill first since it was the only card that had a note written at the end. And he was also very excited to see what the best of a type had to offer.


    He ced the card in the cardpartment, and the next moment, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment.


    His cultivation had dropped to the peak of the Supreme God, and for some reason, despite the surroundings being eerie, he felt the mostfortable that time.


    The creature in his consciousness also followed him to the experience area and looked excited as it saw the surroundings. For others, it was the den of negative energy, but for it and Huan, it was an environment that treated them like how a gentle mother embraces her son.


    The surroundings had illusions appearing and disappearing from time to time, and every time, it was some creature that couldn''t be directly looked at.


    Hua! Hua!


    Suddenly, sounds rang in the area as the eerieness began to disappear, and a group of people in white, shining armor approached him.


    They had angry faces since Huan was an evil abomination for them. Suddenly, the creature who led the charge pointed his spear toward Huan and said something in his native tongue.


    Despite hearing that tongue for the first time, Huan immediately understood what the leader of the group meant, and he couldn''t help but be angry upon hearing it.


    "Fuck these bastards. Let me take control!"


    The creature had the same reaction, so it yelled out in anger. Huan had no issues with it, so he immediately switched with the creature.


    But the expression suddenly froze since he finally noticed that his body wasn''t in his or the creature''s control. They were just here to experience the skill from the first point of view.


    Roar!


    The creature let out an angry roar after learning that but shut it off immediately after Huan angrily cursed the creature for disturbing the experience.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1582: Huan and the Creature(8)

    The Huan in the experience area remained calm, unlike the consciousness. He patiently waited for the group to arrive in his range.


    The group of people also seemed to be aware of the skill, so they stopped just outside the radius of the domain. The leader then sneered and pointed at one of his men to do something.


    Following the leader''s order, the man nodded, and the next moment, a bow shining like a sun appeared in his hands. He then took out an arrow from nowhere, nocked it into the bow, and released the shot.


    Whoosh!


    The arrow flew, tearing through the sky, and its direction was the sky. Once it reached the required range, the sun-like spherical arrowhead exploded, and a shower of light urred. The next moment, the lights formed a spherical barrier around Huan and the group.


    The leader nodded and then raised his feet, finally stepping into the range of the domain.


    Huan had been waiting for that moment, so he immediately activated [Terror Dominion].


    Hua! Hua!


    Out of nowhere, the creatures that had been roaming in the environment and had been appearing and disappearing at random intervals seemed to have received some order.


    The next moment, they appeared in the range one after another, and in no time, the number of creatures had surpassed the enemy group.


    The leader only sneered when he saw that scene. He then looked into the sky and the core of the barrier surrounding the two sides.


    The next moment, a beam of light emerged from that and struck one of the creatures. The creature dissolved into liquid, and not long after, it disappearedpletely. It couldn''t be any more dead.


    For the first time in the entire scene, an expression emerged on Huan''s face, and when the group saw that expression, they felt a chill crawling down their spines.


    An evil smile spread across his face as he pointed at one of the creatures with the head of a horse but the teeth of a wolf and the tongue of a snake.


    The next moment, the environment seemed to have woken up, and an energy storm urred right above the creature''s head.


    Chhis! Chhis!


    The sound of burning continuously rang in the area. The enemy group belonged to the side of positive elements, and the barrier created by the arrow boosted their side while suppressing negative elements.


    Huan didn''t know that the experience of the best skills of an element of their type had a different experience environment than other types. Thetter session consisted of a simple session where the user experienced the skill at a full level, depending on its capability. It became an entire battle scene like a movie in the case of the former.


    ***


    At the center of the storm, the creature greedily devoured the energy, and he was growing at a rapid rate. It was the support aspect of the skill. In no time, the creature''s mental and physical defenses grew to an unprecedented level.


    Huan then ordered the creature to attack.


    Roar!


    A roar that only rang in consciousness rang in the enemy group''s heads, and they froze for a moment. The creature didn''t let go of that moment and immediately rushed to their side, tearing the group apart in no time.


    The leader, who seemed to have seen a grand victory for his side, was the one to receive the worst treatment.


    Huan and the creature''s consciousness stood frozen in shock as the battle ended immediately after starting. But before the emotions couldst, the core of the barrier turned crazy.


    Without a user to control it, the energy became uncontroble. The next moment, several beams of energy appeared and struck the eldritch creatures.


    With a simple touch of energy, the creatures started to dissolve. Only the enhanced being was able to put up a fight, but even it couldn''t stand for long and soon died.


    A few secondster, only Huan was left in the area, with the barrier still going wild. The beams seemed to be alive, as they never targeted empty air but always someone.


    Since Huan was thest one left, he automatically became a target. Not only a simple target but whatever remained of the energy poured out in the ultimate attack.


    Huan had a cold expression on his face as he once again activated [Dominion Boost]. The next moment, the area rioted again, and that time, he was the source of the storm.


    ''The consciousness Huan'' became surprised. ording to the details on the skill card, the support aspect only mentioned allies, and nowhere mentioned anything about it boosting the user as well.


    Huan didn''t know that what he was seeing was the transcended level of mastery of the skill. Transcended mastery was the level beyond the level where the user had mastered a skill to its perfect condition and could unleash 100% of its power. It was one of the benefits to the chosen customer, as they could see that skill could be mastered beyond perfection and a hint of its ability.


    The energy storm not only enhanced Huan but also affected the attack unleashed by thest of the barrier. The dark energy was slowly feeding into the attack, but its purity was such that more than 99.999999999% of energy burned to nothingness instantly after touching the white light.


    ***


    Huan''s eyes were shining as he returned to the store. The creature had the same reaction. Defeating the uncontroble attack wasn''t the end of the situation. After that, the world rioted against Huan for taking too much of its energy.


    Thest scene of the world exploding was still evident in his eyes. It was another thing that Huan was also devoured by the energy and turned into one of the eldritch creatures and soon died with the world.


    The real Huan didn''t have to worry about that since, due to the creature, he was immune to the influence of the dark energy, so even if he were to unleash that ultimate [Horror Assault], he wouldn''t be devoured by the energy and would remain sane without too much pollution.


    [Skill: Terror Dominion


    Level: God


    Cultivator: Early to Peak Supreme God


    Elemental Compatibility: Horror: 100%, Fear: 100%, Paranoia: 93%


    Skill Compatibility: 92%


    Training Time: Three hundred seventeen years.


    Note: The time to surpass the perfection mastery will range between three hundred thousand years to eight million years.]


    He then focused on the content that had appeared on the screen after his consciousness returned. All the confidence and excitement he had umted in his heart disappeared as if someone had poured a bucket of cold water over him.


    If others were to be able to see the data on the screen, they would freak out seeing the elementalpatibility and the training time. Taking three hundred years to master a skill of that caliber was an absolutely monstrous talent.


    Huan and the creature didn''t feel the same. After experiencing how the skill looked after its mastery level surpassed perfection, simple mastery to that level was no longer exciting to them.


    Even if Huan were to tick all the boxes, it would still take him three hundred thousand years just to surpass the perfection mastery, and thest attack was something that could only be done after being well versed in the transcendent level of skill mastery. Huan couldn''t even imagine how long it would take him to achieve that scene.


    "What a shit talent!"


    The creature suddenly scoffed. The elementalpatibility was so high, but it would still take hundreds of thousands of years, meaning theprehension skill wasckingpared to the elemental talent.


    Huan immediately flew out in rage but soon calmed down, having no words to retort back at the creature. It wasn''t lying about his talent. Without the creature, his talent was only averagepared to others in the Sacred Dimension, and that was when theparison was with average races only.


    The creature sneered, seeing the changes in Huan, but it didn''t continue anymore since insulting Huan was only insulting itself. He then returned his focus to the semi-pir.


    Huan reced the card with the attacking skill. Immediately after, his consciousness left the store and entered the experience area.


    No matter how long the experiencested, only one moment passed in reality, so the next second, his consciousness returned to the store. He noticed the difference between the two experience sessions.


    The content on the screen further proved that. There was no note talking about transcendent skill mastery or how long it would take.


    He didn''t worry too much about it and immediately understood why there was such a situation since the only difference between the two skills was that one had a note from the store while the other didn''t.


    ***


    After experiencing all five skills, Huan walked out of the room toplete the purchase. He saw a line of several customers, so he also joined it and waited for his turn.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1583: Changes with Time!

    Time was like a stream that flowed without any blockage, and more than a thousand years passed for the people of the Sacred Dimension.


    In the lives of the inhabitants who had eternal lifespans, hundreds of years didn''t bring that much change to them, but for the people of Thorr City, it was a thunderous change.


    Thorr City was one of the many insignificant cities of one of the many insignificant kingdoms on the, but now it was not only thergest city of the kingdom but the universe in which the was. Due to the city''s fame, even Curiel became known to countless people scattered across the gigantic Sacred Dimension, let alone a measly kingdom. It all happened due to a store that looked like any other building in arge empty area.


    Thorr City now controlled arge area of several hundred billion square. miles, which was evenrger than the kingdom-controlled area. Since there was a contract between the kingdom and the city lord, it was still counted as part of the kingdom.


    "I am here," Emeka called out to his mother as he entered the residence.


    Emeka belonged to the human race that had settled into Thorr City a few hundred years ago. He was a man in his teenage years and had justpleted his basic education.


    Many schools had opened across the city to help therge poption. Since the area belonged to Thorrons and other species of their group originally, there was still xenophobia due to the inherent race feature of the demons, so many races had their own schools. But since it was the territory of Alfred and Asher, it was they who made the rules that every race had to follow. No one dared to contradict those rules because of the store.


    Even though the store owner had never taken any sides or even shown anything for the policies of Alfred and Asher, they still didn''t want to test the oue.


    ording to the policies of the city, every child born in the city had to go through basic education. It was more of a practical than theoretical study and a simple one at that.


    Races had their own schools for their members and only needed to teach cultivation to their students. Basic education was over when a child stepped into the Divine Being level.


    Due to the store and its miraculous products, the power level of the city had grown tremendously. Thorr City alone had around a few hundred native True Gods, with Alfred being at the highest level of thete True God and Asher not very far from him.


    The spiritual environment of the city had also grown tremendously. Alfred and Asher were the two leaders of the race, and they both knew the importance of the store owner''s happiness and the store, so they always invested the majority of the returns to the city to make it livable for powerful beings.


    Uzoma couldn''t help but exim in joy upon hearing her son''s voice and rushed out. Her eyes turned red when she saw her son, who was now a teenager over seventy years.


    Parents had to admit their children into schools when they were ten years old and could only see them after their basic education wasplete, so it had been over sixty years since the mother and son saw each other.


    Even Emeka couldn''t help but tremble as he saw his mother after so long. His eyes turned moist, but he controlled himself and hugged his mother.


    Her mother''s cry seemed to be infectious, as he also began to cry. For the next few minutes, the pair of mother and son hugged each other while crying.


    Finally, a third person arrived and broke the atmosphere. It was the father who patted his son''s head and then walked inside.


    Emeka stopped crying when he saw his father and hurriedly wiped his tears as he didn''t want thetter to see him in such a state. Uzoma couldn''t help but grumble at her husband, which was only met with silence.


    Emeka''s father, Orzey, wasn''t an ordinary human but one of the pirs of the human race in the city. Orzey was the only human in the Sacred Dimension to win the annual contest organized by the store, making his deeds historic for all the generations toe.


    "Father, I am going to be the second human to bring that glory to our race," Emeka promised his father at the dinner table.


    "Can you first finish the food on the table," Uzoma grumbled before Orzey could respond and let the conversation between the two get bigger.


    ***


    Orzey, Uzoma, and Emeka stood in front of the store. Uzoma had a helpless expression, while Emeka was filled with admiration. It was only the first day after her son returned from school, and he already wanted to go to the store.


    The trio wasn''t the only one there, as groups of people wereing from all directions toward the store. It wasn''t an ordinary day for the store, but that day was one of the annual contest days.


    When Emeka followed his parents inside, his eyes turned as wide open as they could. The store''s insides were like another world itself.


    There were chairs after chairs and people from different races sitting on it. So many chairs that it was impossible to count with a nce even for the likes of Orzey, who was already a Supreme God.


    If the three were to walk to their chairs, it would take them days, but fortunately for them, a transfer array was arranged at the store''s door.


    Immediately after stepping inside, the trio appeared near the seating area with three empty chairs.


    Even though Emeka was only around six feet, he could still see the tform as if he were standing beside it due to the screen.


    "Where is the store owner?" It was past the time the annual contests were held in previous years, and the tform was empty, so he couldn''t help but ask.


    How could Orzey and Uzoma know what the store owner wanted to do, so they just shook their heads, having the same doubts.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1584: Shocking the Crowd(1)

    1584 Shocking the Crowd(1)


    Chapter 1584: Shocking the Crowd(1)


    Like the trio, numerous people had the same doubts seeing no one on the tform.


    A few more minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and the store owner finally appeared on the tform. He wasn''t alone but had his two pets with him.


    Emeka''s eyes glowed in excitement as he finally saw the store owner after a long time. Everyone in the city admired the store owner sincerely. There were some who were also jealous, but even they respected Aakesh from the depths of their hearts. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Aakesh had the same expression of indifference he carried as he appeared on the tform. He was willinglyte since he had a big announcement to make.


    The contest wasn''t just a contest for reward anymore, instead, the store would choose its first assistant to help Aakesh from now on.


    The number of daily customers had breached the 100 million mark for the first time, so the store reached the requirement of having an assistant.


    It happened a few months ago, but since the annual contest was some months away, Aakesh decided to postpone that till that day.


    "There will only be one contest today, and everyone can participate in it without paying any entry fee."


    The crowd couldn''t help but take a deep breath when they heard the store owner. The part about only one contest wasn''t the reason, but the free entry.


    Just the money made from free entry into a contest was more than what Thorr City made annually, so people could see how much wealth the store owner was giving up on that day. At the same time, they also became curious since it was the first time.


    The entry fee fees not only brought revenue to the store but also acted as a barrier to anyone entering the contest and making a fool of themselves.


    Aakesh understood what was going on in the minds of the people on the chair, but he didn''t care and immediately stated his purpose for doing that.


    "The store will be selecting its assistant today, so those who want to apply for it can join the contest, and the winner will automatically be the assistant."


    "The second to tenth position will also have their own rewards, but only the winner will be the assistant."


    It was as if Aakesh had thrown a bucket of oil at the already strongly burning building, the crowd began to chatter. Since there were more than a trillion people, even if they whispered, the sound reached an unprecedented intensity.


    Aakesh didn''t stop them but let them absorb the news for a moment. A few secondster, he gestured, and the entire crowd fell silent and looked at him.


    Their eyes contained a myriad of expressions, but excitement was thergest of them.


    "Unlike the previous annual contests, the participants wouldn''t be unaffected by the contest this year. You will not die, but your soul will carry injuries depending on the intensity of the wound you will receive in thepetition."


    "Now those who want to participate, raise your hands after one minute."


    "Your time starts now."


    Aakesh announced and then sat on his chair, waiting for the minute to pass. Almost everyone wanted to participate when they heard that there was no entry fee and the first prize was bing the store''s assistant. Only those who had no confidence at all in their victories were unwilling to participate.


    But after Aakesh announced about the injury being carried outside in the form of a soul injury, many couldn''t help but hesitate. The majority of those who were hesitating were those who were at the Sacred King or higher level of cultivation and those who couldn''t afford the pills from the store.


    The store had highly effective healing pills for the soul, so many people needn''t worry about the extent of the injury, but the highest level of pills was only avable for the Supreme God. Resources required to heal soul injuries were very rare and expensive for higher level cultivators.


    A minute of time seemed long enough for cultivators, but as they began to think, one minute passed in the blink of an eye.


    "Those who want to participate, raise your hands." Aakesh stood up from his chair and called out.


    The next moment, rows after rows of hands were raised. Uzoma couldn''t help but be angry when she saw her son also raising his hands.


    She wanted to push his hands down, but before she could do so, Emeka disappeared from his chair and appeared on the tform with other participants. Her husband had also followed since he had also raised his hands. She couldn''t help but worry about the two most important people in her life.


    Lily and Khaval couldn''t help but sneer when they saw the number of participants on the tform. If not for Aakesh, the two would have immediately stood up and chided many there for not understanding their limits.


    The people were underestimating the soul injury factor. Even an ordinary death would harm the soul one-tenth, so if the death was terrible, the soul injury could even reach two-thirds damage. The store wouldn''t let the participant die, but at that damage level, even bing a vegetable would be a good oue.


    The two stopped caring since everyone was responsible for their own fates.


    Aakesh didn''t care about what was going on in Lily and Khaval''s minds. Since the prize on offer was something that could change the destiny of not only the individual but the race itself, even the risk of death was nothing, let alone bing a vegetable.


    "As I said, the winner of the contest will be the assistant of the store. The second to tenth ce will also have their rewards."


    "The second ce will win a territory with an area of 10,000 square miles in Panagea with Emperor level resources."


    "The third ce will also win a territory, but it will only be 4,000 square miles, and the highest level of resource will be King level."


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1585: Shocking the Crowd(2)

    1585 Shocking the Crowd(2)


    Chapter 1585: Shocking the Crowd(2)


    After reaffirming the winner''s reward, Aakesh continued.


    "The second ce will win a territory with an area of 10,000 square miles in Panagea with Emperor level resources."


    "The third ce will also win a territory, but it will only be 4,000 square miles, and the highest level of resource will be King level."


    "The fourth ce will win a territory with an area of 1,000 square miles in Panagea with Higher level resources."


    Panagea already had its own grade of items, but since many hadn''t been to Panagea before due to different reasons, they had no idea about the ranks, so Aakesh talked about it in terms of the Sacred Dimension. Any item in the Sacred Dimension was between Level 251 and 500, which was considered Mythical. Emperor level resources were between levels 351 and 400; King level was between levels 301 and 350; and Higher level materials were between levels 280 and 300.


    "The fifth ce participant will get a free update of their beast card to thest level and a one thousand race pack."


    "The sixth ce will get a free update of their beast card to thest level."


    "The seventh ce will get a one thousand race pack."


    "The eighth ce will get 3000 extra Panagea hours."


    "The ninth ce will get 1000 extra Panagea hours." n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "The tenth ce will get 100 extra Panagea hours."


    Aakesh announced the reward list for all ten winners, shocking the participants and the sitting crowd.


    Territory in Panagea wasn''t new to the customers, as many contests over the past years had a reward like that, but this year, it was certain to be with Emperor level resources on the top of a 10,000 square miles area. At the same time, the store owner didn''t talk about a time limit for owning the territory.


    When the people thought that territory would be permanent, they couldn''t help but exim in shock. If not for Aakesh, they would have jumped jubntly already.


    Many felt that the permanent territory was more valuable than the resources that came with it.


    The rewards for the fifth and below ranks were also valuable, butpared to the top four, it was stillcking. If it were a reward without those, it would still be a shocking prize.


    The card upgrade grew ten times with every level, and it would save the winner couples of ultimate Sacred stones. For the influential races, it wasn''t much, but for the majority, it was an unbelievable reward.


    After letting the participant and the crowd get on with the reward list, Aakesh announced the format of the contest.


    Every contestant would be teleported to a random virtual world on the verge of death. The participants would be the leaders of their respective worlds, and they must save the world from invasions.


    The participant with the highest number of invasions thwarted before death would be dered the winner.


    In the case of more than one participant having the same result, the participants would rece the invaders and defenders randomly. Whoever won that would be dered the winner of the two. It would keep happening until the store would have its ten winners and their ranks.


    Since there was already a reward, participants wouldn''t be able to bring out their gains from thepetition.


    "Okay, enter the portal," Aakesh announced. The next moment, the space on the tform cracked, and an endless portal appeared on the tform. Just from looking at it, many felt their souls being crushed. Fortunately for them, it was their illusion, and the system was controlling the intensity of the portal.


    The participants took deep breaths and entered the portal one after another. If it were done sequentially, just the entry time would be humungous, so millions of people entered at once.


    When thest participant had entered, a number appeared in Aakesh''s mind. It was the system informing him about it.


    The number of contestantspeting to be the store''s assistant was three trillion, eight hundred seventy-eight billion, and several hundred million.


    Despite such a humungous number of participants, the number of people in the sitting area was several times more than that. It was an impossible task for them to look at every participant''s action in their respective world, so the people simply focused on their family members. When the number of participants would have dwindled to double digits, they could look at every participant at once.


    The system allowed the crowd to multiview and not get overwhelmed, making the watching experience even better for them.


    There was a screen with twenty-seven sections before everyone in the crowd, so they could see 27 participants at once and understand everything that was happening.


    The time difference between the virtual world and the real world was also different, as many participants would take hundreds of thousands if not millions of years in thepetition, and the store didn''t have that kind of time.


    To make thepetition fair for everyone, the participants would be ordinary mortals with the same level of physique and capability. The worlds they would be in would also have the same level of power even though they might have different abilities.


    Uzoma also only focused on her family members, which were her husband and son, so the screen before her had only two sections. Immediately after the participants entered, the screens lit up, and a new world appeared on them.


    ***


    "Your Majesty, what do you think we should do?" A struggling voice rang in Emeka''s hands immediately after he entered the portal.


    He had a confused expression, but with the system''s help, he immediately adjusted to what was happening before him. His memory shed before his eyes about how he slowly rose to power and finally reached the peak of the world.


    The participants would have no recollection of their lives in reality, so Emeka was a native of the virtual world only.


    Reaching the top of the world wasn''t easy, as it took years of effort to unify the world, and when he finally became the sole Emperor, a piece of terrible news arrived. A space fleet with advanced weapons had been sighted near the sr system, and they didn''t seem to being here for friendship.

 Chapter 1586: Competition for Assistant(1)

    1586 Competition for Assistant(1)


    Chapter 1586: Competition for Assistant(1)


    The world Emeka was in was a technological world, with its technology tree being advanced enough to put individuals in space and make interster trades with nearby lifes.


    "Show me the video," Emeka calmly called out.


    The assistant nodded and handed a tablet to him. There was a video ying on it.


    There were seven gigantic ships in the form of a cone moving quickly toward their world. A sense of charging could be seen as the weapons were gathering energy.


    "How long before they reach us?"


    "Your majesty, it could be anything between 100 and 200 years."


    Even though the enemy ships had reached the sr system, the sr system was several thousand light-years, and the ships were moving at five times the light speed.


    The researchers weren''t confident about the actual speed of the ship, so they gave an estimate between 100 and 200 years.


    "Have we tried to contact them?"


    "Yes, we were returned with abuses and demeaningments."


    Emeka fell silent while the heartbeat of the people in the room rose. Emeka was at the peak of his power at that moment, and there was no one powerful enough to challenge him or his army, so the fate of the world depended upon what decision Emeka would take.


    Tap! Tap! Tap!


    Emeka seemed to have made a decision and tapped three times on the table, bringing the attention of everyone to him.


    "Since the enemy wants to attack, let''s prepare our defenses."


    The average lifespan of the people in the world was seven hundred years, and since Emeka was only one hundred and twenty-seven years old, he was still in the prime of his life. For a moment, he thought of attacking the ships, but without knowing the capability of the enemy, it was a very big risk to take, and things could go way out of his control.


    Emeka was someone who liked things to be in his control, so he decided to focus on defenses.


    "Make preparation for an emergency announcement!"


    He didn''t give time to the people in the room and left after the order. The assistant hurriedly followed since she needed to follow through what was ordered.


    The people in the room could only look at each other with heavy expressions. They could sense that the Emperor was going to inform the people of the world about it since an emergency announcement wasn''t a small thing.


    During the emergency announcement, the world woulde to a halt. Only the Emperor''s words mattered at that moment. It didn''t matter if someone was on life support or with their partner in their bed.


    Every conscious being needed to hear the announcement. Those who failed to do so despite being able enough to would be fined a heavy sum of money that could even ruin wealthy people, let alone the poor or middle ss.


    A few minutes after Emeka''s order, a notification shed on every device and television, ordering the people to attend the emergency announcement an hourter.


    "What in the world''s name is wrong with the Emperor? He just became an emperor, and he already is dictating," Anna angrily and helplesslyined. Her husband was in the hospital, and his surgery was scheduled an hourter.


    Now with the emergency announcement, the surgery wouldn''t be happening, and it could be life-threatening since her husband was terminally ill. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Anna wasn''t the only oneining about the sudden decision. Those who were from Emeka''s original country knew about his nature, so they didn''tin, but the people of other countries that had recently joined after being conquered didn''t like it.


    One man even publicly insulted the Emperor, and only a few minutester, a new post was made from his ount on the forum.


    It wasn''t an apology, but a photo of his head and his headless body being ced next to each other on the ground. The entire world became even more fearful and angry with the Emperor.


    Once the time for the emergency announcement arrived, the entire world looked at the screens on their devices.


    Emeka had a calm expression as he began the announcement.


    "My people of Mysaria, I have a heavy announcement to make. Enemies are slowly approaching our world. They aren''t hiding their intentions of conquering this lovely world which gave birth to you, your mother, your father, your children, and others."


    The next moment, a video of the fleet yed out, and the abuses and demeaning message were also yed out for everyone to hear.


    The people couldn''t help but be angry when they heard the message. They began bombarding theirments and didn''t hold back on their words.


    Emeka''s lips twitched as he could see many of thements. Even he, who had seen so many things, couldn''t help but feel embarrassed. But he controlled himself, and his stoic face remained the same.


    ***


    "From this moment on, every individual above the age of twenty will join the army and start training. Failing to join the army will lead to public execution¡­"


    Emeka then revealed the new policies made after putting the entire world in an emergency. The world had fully changed at that moment. People''s rights had disappeared. Virile men and women needed to mate so that the world wouldn''tck soldiers to fight.


    Many epted the new policies withoutining, but some felt it was too much. In response to that, those who hadints about the policy were publically executed on the charge of treason. No one dared toin after that.


    ***


    A year had passed since the emergency announcement made by the Emperor. Following the announcement,rge screens were ced at every corner of the world, and they showed the real-time data of the fleeting toward their world.


    In just a year many people had be numb due to the same schedule every day. Entertainment had fully disappeared. Even sex was no longer just to vent or for excitement. It was only for reproduction.


    Due to that, the hatred for the Emperor was at its peak; those who were hated even more were the aliens. The people couldn''t wait to crush the heads of those aliens to vent their frustration.


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 Chapter 1587: Competition for Assistant(2)

    1587 Competition for Assistant(2)


    Chapter 1587: Competition for Assistant(2)


    Uzoma couldn''t help but frown when she saw what her son was doing, but when she saw her husband, she couldn''t help but smile.


    Emeka''s actions might seem great for defending the invasion, but they were pushing the popce toward mental breakdown.


    ***


    Time flew by, and a hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.


    Emeka looked energized as his policies had worked well. The fighting capabilities of the people had grown severalfold, while the technology tree had also followed that kind of growth.


    In the fiftieth year of the Emergency Act, the researchers seeded in developing an energy shield with the capability of defending against air bombs.


    It was the strongest weapon the empire had at that time, and as its name suggested, it destroyed the atmosphere after the explosion.


    After fifty more years of research, the defensive capability of the shield had grown strong enough to survive a star explosion at nk range.


    Even though it put the Empire on the verge of bankruptcy, Emeka had a feeling that if he survived this, the reward would be worthwhile.


    The people with numb eyes woke up early in the morning and were ready to repeat their numbing schedule when suddenly rms rang all over the world.


    The dead eyes woke up at that moment as the moment they had been waiting for arrived. Their lives over the past century had been nothing less than tortuous, so they couldn''t wait to die fighting against the aliens or win and finally return to their cheerful lives.


    "Kneel down and lick my feet!"


    A disdainful voice filled with majesty rang in the ears of every living being on the. The voice was quite familiar to the people since they would hear demeaning words from time to time through the real-time channel ofmunication and the alien''s approach.


    The people''s eyes turned cold, and they angrily yelled in response. At that moment, a blinding light emerged in the eyes as the sky was engulfed in golden light.


    The next moment, the entire began to shake, but at that moment, the energy barrier covered the entire in no time and stood strong against the energy beam released by one of the ships.


    "Haha, ants are trying to resist!"


    The next moment, all the ships released their recharged energy beam, and the began to shake even harder.


    Emeka looked through it with indifference. He then ordered the people to get ready to fight.


    Simple defense wasn''t going to save the from the invasion. Their energy was bound to be exhausted, and at that time, and then they would be at the mercy of enemies.


    Even though the research period waspletely focused on strengthening the defenses, there were still some gains in offensive weaponry.


    The''s poption has grown three times in the past century, with the number reaching eight hundred billion. Out of it, around six hundred billion were eligible to fight.


    The didn''tck people to throw, so ships were ready to take off one group after another.


    The enemy ships were charging for more than a thousand years, so it took quite a while to exhaust that attack. Once it was over, the energy shield was in disarray, unable to be activated if the enemy could repeat an attack with the same intensity.


    The people also knew it, so the battle began. Fortunately for Emeka, the enemy didn''t have the capability of repeating an attack of that intensity. They still had powerful weapons, but everything fell short in the face of the several hundred billion strongman army willing to sacrifice their lives.


    The war spanned across several years, and in the end, the sessfully defended itself from the invasion under Emeka''s leadership. It was time to reap rewards, and as he had the feeling, it was way more than what he had spent over the past century.


    The enemies seemed to be thest remnant of a civilization that was running away from a terrible war. The resources they brought with them could power the for several millennials and take its technology tree to an unprecedented height.


    When Emeka showed the blueprints and other technical resources to the researchers, even the most pessimist one told him that the Empire''s attacking capability would be powerful enough to obliterate a sr system in a single attack.


    Emeka and others couldn''t help but breathe sighs of relief. The enemies seemed nobodies, but they had treasures. If they were capable, the result would have been something else.


    Emeka removed the Emergency Act since it was no longer needed, but the war seemed to have removed the dam blocking the raging river.


    People seemed to have be violent, and since Emeka was their second hated being after the aliens, they directed that feeling at him.


    A new sh began on the between Emeka''s army and the people baying for his blood. The war was cruel, but Emeka seeded in winning. The victory came at a heavy cost, as the world was in ruin.


    Two centuries passed in the blink of an eye. The world seemed still far from reaching its past peak, let alone growth, with the help of the blueprints they got from the aliens. But it was slowly moving toward a positive road.


    And at that moment, another terrible news came. The was facing another invasion, but due to the loss of satellites in the war, they found it toote, and the enemies would reach them in a decade at most.


    The second enemy was not only more powerful than thest one but also had bigger fleets of ships. Emeka faced the same issue and decided to put the into the Emergency Act. He couldn''t fear the repeat of the civil war when the enemy was right beside his door.


    The people immediately rioted, as there were many people who remembered what they had to go through thest time due to their long lifespans. People were more willing to die than return to that life again. As a result, Emeka was killed in a revolution. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    A decadeter, when the enemy arrived, the entire was subjugated and enved.


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 Chapter 1588: Competition for Assistant(3)

    1588 Competition for Assistant(3)


    Chapter 1588: Competition for Assistant(3)


    Uzoma couldn''t help but sigh when she saw her son''s result on the screen. As expected, the people have been pushed to extremes, which neither helped the popce nor the ruler.


    The next moment, Emeka appeared on the tform, and his eyes were filled with disappointment immediately after.


    Even though many failed to defend even the first invasion, he was still angry with the result. At the same time, he also worried about what kind of soul injuries he would receive.


    His death wasn''t good at all. People were so angry with him that they skinned him alive and then hanged him at the city''s highest point, leaving him to die slowly.


    The soul injury wouldn''t be instant after the ouster, but it will appear after leaving the store. As long as they were in store, there would be no seque.


    Emeka was just one of the several participating in thepetition, so no one other than his mother even knew of his disqualification. Everyone was only focused on their family members or those they knew.


    One such person in the audience was Gerling. His daughter, Linling was also one of the participants, so he watched her with bated breath.


    On the screen without any sections, a woman at her young age was conducting a meeting with fellow governors.


    Linling was the president with ultimate power, so she had assigned eleven governors who handled things for her other than cab ministers.


    Linling was in a world where there were only women. She also bravely faced the invasion and seeded in thwarting the enemy without many casualties, further consolidating her power.


    But the celebration didn''tst long and an even stronger enemy was approaching her home.


    "We can''t win against the enemies in our current conditions, but who says we have to fight them right away."


    "I talked with ra, and at the cost of her life, she calcted that it would take three hundred years to reach our."


    "We were able to thwart these rats when we had only a hundred years, so who says we can''t do it once again."


    "Master president, the enemy this time is too strong. Unless a miracle urs, we only have a 0.0000001% chance of defeating them," One of the governors chimed in with a heavy face.


    Hearing one of her subordinates, a smile spread across Linling''s face. The governors became surprised and one of them cautiously asked, "Master President, are we missing something?"


    "No, I am just smiling because our chances of victory aren''t zero."


    The governor who talked earlier wanted to say something in response but didn''t after Linling continued.


    "You might think there is no difference between 0 and 0.0000001%, but you have to understand that we have three hundred years to increase that percentage."


    "We might not reach even ten percent in that time, but does that mean, we stop everything and just wait for our deaths."


    ***


    Linling couldn''t help but crash onto her bed when there was no second person around her. Even though she said so many things in the meeting, she didn''t have much confidence in facing the second invasion like others.


    But unlike others, she couldn''t give up. She had a feeling that there was no third option for her. She either needed to win against the enemy or die.


    No one knew what would be the aliens'' response after subjugating the, but she had zero confidence that she would survive no matter how kind the enemies felt after their victory.


    "I need to be stronger!"


    Linling mumbled and fell asleep. The sleep didn''tst very long as she was woken up by a disturbing nightmare. Her entire body was wet with sweat.


    She couldn''t fall asleep anymore and suddenly had the idea of checking the warehouses.


    The warehouses held the loot they gained after defending the invasion. They haven''t found any miraculous thing, but since the energy signatures of those items were quite high, they still kept it safe, ready to research it.


    Linling and others in her world were aware of the differents as there was a straight grade ofs, and her was a ninth grade, the weakest tier ofs.


    The invader they just caught was also from the ninth grade and simrly, the approaching enemies are of the same grade.


    Fortunately for the lower-tiers, higher-tiers couldn''t invade them. It was a strictly followed rule as the will of the world was sentient.


    Linling couldn''t help but feel jealous of the invaders. Despite being of the same grade, the power difference between the two sides was unprecedentedly vast. She hadn''t told the popce about the invasion, unlike thest time due to the power gap only.


    ***


    After walking into thest warehouse, she cautiously looked around at the several items she gained from the enemies.


    She had a frowning face as she had yet to find anything that could help her or the in any way.


    She had a feeling that the loot was her hope for surviving the invasion, so despite failing to find anything for the first ten times, she was there again.


    She didn''t believe she was going to seed in her eleventh time, but her heart still held hope.


    Unfortunately, holding hope doesn''t change things, and she was met with the same result as thest time.


    There were three products that had high energy signatures, but they couldn''t help her or the in any way against the approaching enemies.


    With a heavy heart, she exited the warehouse and was about to rush outside when suddenly she stumbled upon the edge of one of the shelves.


    She was a peak ninth-level warrior, so she stabilized herself immediately. She was about to push the shelf inside so others wouldn''t fall when her hands suddenly froze in the air.


    The shelf was made of iron, but her body was no less tough, so when she stumbled, the shelf also shook.


    There was a bottle containing blood-red liquid on one of the shelves, and it also shook. A horrible pressure emerged out of nowhere, and a fearful expression immediately appeared on Linling''s face.


    The next moment, a blinding blood-red light appeared and engulfed her. It didn''t give her any time to react, and before she could understand what was happening, she was sucked inside the bottle.


    With a frightened look, she tried to jump out, but something seemed to be inside the liquid, trying to pull her inside.


    Linling struggled since she had a feeling that her result wouldn''t be good if she got pulled in. Unfortunately for her, her struggles didn''t aplish anything, and she got sucked inside.


    She began to choke as she could no longer breathe, and at the same time, the liquid was crazily seeping into her body through the numerous pores.


    Gerling couldn''t help but clench his fists with an anxious expression when he saw his daughter''s struggle. Then a smile spread across his face, and he breathed a sigh of relief. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    In the virtual world,


    Linling seemed to have reached the limit when the pressure around her suddenly disappeared and her body immediately turned lighter. At the same time, her surroundings also changed.


    She was no longer inside the liquid, but before an endless garden, and not far from her, there was a young girl. The girl didn''t wear anything, and when Linling looked down, she also found herself being naked.


    Even though their world only had women, it was still taboo to be naked, so she hurriedly sat down, covering herself with tall grass. The young girl only smiled when she saw Linling''s actions.


    The young girl seemed to be two to three years old, but her eyes contained endless wisdom as if she had lived for millions of years.


    "Why are you hiding yourself? I won''tin about you." The girl yfully smiled and told Linling.


    The next moment, Linling''s body went out of her control, and she stood up.


    In the store, Gerling hurriedly closed his eyes, seeing the offensive postures made by Linling. He decided to delete this memory immediately.


    "Why do you hide such a nice body?" The girlined and yed with Linling''s chest.


    Linking''s expression didn''t look good at all. She was disgusted with the current situation. If her body wasn''t out of control, she would have pped the young girl to her death.


    The young girl also stopped ying, and her expression immediately turned cold.


    "Do you know what the conditions are for a world to get upgraded?"


    The young girl''s voice seemed to have turned electronic, and Linling couldn''t help but feel a chill crawling down her spine.


    She couldn''t help but curse in her heart. She was more willing to let the young girl y with her body than be in that situation where she felt that even a small wrong move would result in her death.


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 Chapter 1589: Competition for Assistant(4)

    "Do you know about the conditions for a world to get upgraded?"


    The young girl repeated the question after not getting an answer from Linling the first time. She had seen her right from her birth. Not only her but every being that lived in the world.


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    She was the consciousness of the world, and her young features weren''t an illusion. Any with the capability of birthing life had a lifespan of hundreds of billions of years, especially a that gave birth to warriors. Even though it might only be a ninth-ranked warrior, it was still above the ordinary level.


    Linling had lived a long life, so she finally calmed down. Even though her heart was still chilly, she could speak coherently now.


    "Give birth to an eighth-ranked warrior?"


    Linling wasn''t confident since the knowledge of upgrading was only known to those upper-tiers with several peak ninth-ranked warriors.


    "No. A ninth-grade world can never give birth to an eighth-ranked warrior." The girl immediately responded.


    Linling couldn''t help but raise her eyes in confusion as she no longer had any idea about the question.


    "For a world to get upgraded, it either needs to conquer three worlds of the same power level or it must defend against the full-fledged invasion of an equally powerful world."


    Linling couldn''t help but exim in surprise since she finally understood why they found out about the invasion centuries before the enemy''s arrival.


    The first enemy made slight sense since there wasn''t a very big power gap between the two, but the same couldn''t be implied for the second enemy.


    Linling was the only peak ninth-ranked warrior in her world, while the enemies approaching her had seventeen of them. Even if Linling was extremely talented, the most she could face off against were three warriors of the same level, while the others would loot her world.


    As for how she got that information, it was with the help of the psychic who sacrificed her life to calcte the enemy''s arrival and their power.


    "Does that mean that the will of the universe wants us to keep fighting?"


    The young girl only smiled in response to that. She didn''t want to tell the cruel things to her.


    For the universe''s will, the inhabitants of the world were just like ants. What mattered to her was the world, which was her daughters. Since there were hundreds of millions of worlds, the universe couldn''t give an equal amount of resources to each one.


    So there was the upgrading situation where the lower the rank, the more resources the universes would put into that. Due to that reason, a world couldn''t give birth to a higher-ranked warrior than its grade, irrespective of anything.


    Even though only a short time had passed for the audience, centuries had passed for the contestants that were still in thepetition.


    The wait for the second invasion ended, and the enemy reached the world''s border.


    After several years, Linling''s world had changedpletely. Earlier, she was the only peak ninth-ranked warrior, but that was no longer the case. The number of that kind of warrior had now grown to double digits.


    Even though tt was still shorter than the number of warriors in the enemy camp, Linling had an ace in her arsenal.


    The meeting with the world''s consciousness years ago had nothing to do with the liquid, but she was summoned due to her being on the verge of death due to the liquid.


    The liquid was the diluted blood of an early seventh-ranked warrior, which could only be found in the seventh-grade world or higher.


    With the help of the diluted blood, every governor reached the peak level, and two cab ministers also seeded in achieving that level, making the number of peak ninth-ranked warriors 14.


    Two more warriors could be born, but Linling decided to use thest two drops in her weapon. It helped the weapon evolve and reach the best category.


    In the cluster of ninth-grade worlds, there were only two or three worlds with weapons of that level, and her current enemies weren''t any of those worlds.


    Linling would breathe sighs of relief every time she would see the weapon. It wasn''t due to the weapon, but the first enemies caused her to feel such.


    If they weren''t ipetent and unable to distinguish the value of the liquid, she and others in her world would be no more.


    "ept defeat, and we shall spare you!"


    A majestic voice rang in everyone''s ears as the enemies reached the world''s atmosphere. They were humanoid creatures, and a bubble-like substance was covering them, allowing them to fly.


    Linling''s world also had flying devices, so they also rose to match the enemy. There were tes-like devices below the feet of everyone.


    Linling was the strongest and had the evolved weapon, so she took the lead.


    The enemy leader was shorter in size than her but way bulkier. A look of disgust appeared in the man''s eyes as his race deeply hated women.


    Like Linling''s world only had women, the enemy world only had men.


    The two sides didn''t waste words in mindless conversations and immediately started their battles, with Linling taking the lead with the spear in her hands.


    Linling and the enemy leader knew why they were fighting, so the two were particrly bloodthirsty and decisive. A ninth-level warrior had a maximum lifespan of 1000 years, but that number grew to 10,000 years for an eighth-level warrior. The strength difference between the two sides was also unattainable, and since only an eighth-grade world or higher could give birth to an eighth-ranked warrior, they knew the value of victory.


    The battle continued for days as warriors from both sides fell one after another, but every time, there would be new blood to rece, making the battle gloomy as time passed.


    The enemy leader couldn''t contend alone with Linling due to her weapon, so he joined sides with two other warriors of the same level.


    Unfortunately for the enemy, the spear had enhanced Linling''s fighting potential to another level altogether, so even three enemies couldn''t suppress her. Seeing that the battle was slipping out of his control, the leader had no choice but to call two more warriors to his help.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1590: The Last Three Participants (1)

    Linling got a gist of what the leader wanted to do, and she couldn''t let more warriors besiege her. Even with the spear, she was no match for five warriors at the same time. She knew she needed to do something.


    An idea emerged in her head, forcing her eyes to turn red. The next moment, she gritted her teeth and exploded the spear, knocking the three enemies backward.


    She couldn''t help but cough blood herself as she also faced the brunt of the explosion, but her condition was better than the enemies.


    She couldn''t let the chance slip away from her hands as many warriors from the enemy camp left their battles and rushed toward their leader to save him.


    The spear still had some of its shaft left, so pushing her body to its maximum capacity, she threw whatever was left of it.


    Boom!


    The damaged weapon flew, tearing through the air and breaking the sound barrier. At the same time, Linling''s body gave up.


    Those who got freed from battle rushed toward Linling to protect her and also followed the damaged spear''s direction.


    Puchi!


    The leader was already very injured and couldn''t do much to defend. He tried to move, but the force of the weapon was such that when it hit him, his body exploded.


    The enemy still had more peak ninth-ranked warriors, but the leader''s deathpletely shifted the momentum of the war. One side was depressed, while the other side was excited.


    Theyughed as they hunted their enemies, and after a long battle of three months, the war came to an end. At that time, theughter disappeared and was reced by crying.


    Now that the enemies were dead, they finally noticed the numerous deaths in their camp. Reproduction was easy for them, but those who died were still ones who fought with them for years. Some were lovers, some were family, and some were both.


    Linling was still in aa as her body had broken down due to thatst attack. She might seem fine from the outside, but her inner body waspletely in ruins. If not for her strong will to survive, her body would have given up, and she would be dead.


    ***


    Gerling couldn''t help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the result. More than ny-five percent of the total participants had already been disqualified.


    But since the number of contestants was high, those who survived the second invasion still numbered tens of billions.


    ***


    Linling''s body was in terrible condition, but it was slowly healing. A few yearster, she finally regained consciousness.


    The first thing she did after waking up was to cry. Those weren''t happy tears but tears of anger and regret.


    The high number of deaths in the war was another thing, but losing the evolved weapon was even more painful.


    The reproduction rate in her world was significantly high, allowing for the easy replenishment of people and soldiers, but the same couldn''t be said for the spear.


    Only two or three ninth-grade worlds had that kind of weapon. She didn''t keep at it for long as her subordinates arrived after hearing her crying.


    She didn''t want to sound cold-hearted, so she kept those things only in her heart.


    "Master President, you are finally awake."


    The girl who was closest to her couldn''t help but cry tears of joy. Linling had made her ce such in the world that despite her being in aa for years, no one even thought of recing her as the president.


    ***


    "Master President, these are what we gained from the war," The governor excitedly told Linling while pointing at the mountains of resources.


    Even Linling couldn''t help but smile as the herbs in the room were enough to create several peak ninth-ranked warriors.


    At the same time, she also felt confused about why the enemy didn''t use these resources to increase their strength.


    The first enemy could be called ipetent, but she couldn''t say the same for the second invaders. It was a powerful world with a longer history than them.


    The governor could see what was going through Linling''s mind, so she informed her about the situation while she was in aa with a sneering smile on her face.


    Linling couldn''t help but nod in understanding after hearing about the situation.


    ''As expected, the trusted ones are the worst enemy.''


    Linling sighed in her heart. These items were kept by different peak ninth-ranked warriors from the enemy camp.


    If they had joined forces, the result of the war would have beenpletely different.


    "We can''t let the same happen to us. Check every single person that hase in contact with the loot. Anyone found in possession of the loot needs to hand it over."


    Linling suddenly issued the order, sending shivers down the governor''s spine. Her voice seemed to contain no emotions at that time.


    "Madam President, that will alienate the soldiers," She immediately stated.


    Corruption was a part of the nature of living. Everyone wanted to gain benefits for themselves. If there were no benefits, why would someone risk their lives?


    Only benefits could trump the idea of survival.


    "We won''t be taking those for free. We will pay them appropriately. These items are important so that we could quickly replenish the world and increase the number of strongmen."


    Time flew by, and days passed in the blink of an eye.


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    People were quite angry with Linling''s decision, but the anger remained in a controble range as the administration didn''t take advantage of the people.


    At the same time, the power of the world grew rapidly, and three yearster, news of another invasion came. At that time, the world only had fifty years to prepare for the invasion.


    Time flew by, and years after years passed for the participants while only a short time had passed for the audience.


    With every moment, arge number of contestants were getting disqualified.


    After three sessful defends, the difficulty of the defense grew unprecedently.


    Only five million out of more than three trillion contestants survived the fourth invasion. The number dwindled even more for the fifth one.


    Only three contestants survived five invasions, while the remaining got disqualified. At that time, the eyes of everyone in the audience were directed at only the three of them.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1591: The Last Three Participants(2)

    People''s eyes were directed at the three participants as anyone could be the assistant.


    The difficulty of the battle had grown exponentially after the third invasion, so people had doubts about whether any of the three would defend the sixth invasion.


    Thest three participants fighting for that prestigious assistant post were Ransh, Mariam, and Tira.


    Ransh was the kid who was one of the luckier ones to get a gift from Aakesh. He had even knelt before Aakesh, asking to be his student. He was bluntly refused, but he took that refusal as his aim.


    For the past more than a thousand years, he had been working hard. If not for him suppressing his cultivation, he would have the highest cultivation level in his race. Mariam and Tira were regrs in the store.


    Time flew by, and results arrived for the three. Unfortunately, neither of the three seeded in defending, causing a tiebreaker for the first ce.


    Aakesh had already informed the participants of the situation in conditions like that. As soon as Mariam failed to defend, Tira and Ransh disappeared from the tform and appeared back in their worlds.


    The ranking of the world was the same for every participant, so if the three of them had defended the invasion, their world would have been upgraded to the seventh-ranked world.


    But now, despite losing the war, the three found their world had been upgraded to the first rank, the stronger tier of worlds in the contest''s universe. At the same time, there was a long memory of how they sessfully thwarted one invasion after another and finally reached that level.


    As for their memory from the reality, it wasn''t there. Tira was someone who had lived for billions of years and had heard of so many things that Ransh and Mariam would be no match for her if theypeted using their knowledge.


    In addition to that, there was also the memory of other worlds. There were only three first-ranked worlds in the universe, and they belonged to Ransh, Mariam, and Tira, respectively.


    All three had different world power systems. The one ruled by Ransh followed the biological system, the one by Tira was energy cultivation, while the one which Mariam was ruling was magic-based.


    But one thing was certain, all three worlds had the same level of power, with each world having only one First ranked warrior; they were Ransh, Mariam, and Tira.


    There were no sub-levels for that rank, and it was the ceiling for the power in the universe. One world could only hold one warrior of that rank.


    The world ruled by Ransh followed a biological system of power where warriors reced their organs with other creatures, boosting their power.


    For every rank, a being could hold the organ of a new beast, so Ransh had done that nine times, making him own nine types of power.


    One of the powers controlled by Ransh was the reproductive organ of Fertisin, a creature with one of the highest fertility rates in the Sacred Dimension.


    Ransh chose that organ because the Fertisins could control their bloodline, and Ransh liked that. Due to that, he had more than ten thousand children who he could use as his most loyal puppets anytime he wanted.


    To further boost that power, Ransh chose to transnt his heart with the heart of Cenristru. It allowed Ransh to recover using the blood of his children, making him unkible unless someone had the power to pulverize him to nothingness in a single strike.


    These were the powers Ransh chose in his memory since he chose the Fertisin one when he was fifth level, while the heart was done when he was the fourth-ranked warrior.


    The system chose the best possible power for the contestants, leaving them with no weaknesses.


    That might seem good for the participant, but that became a nightmare when the enemy had the same capabilities.


    If Ransh had an outrageous recovery rate, overwhelming strength, and unbreakable defense, Tira and Mariam also had the same capabilities.


    The contest was to defend against a world with the help of the world, so the three participants needed to use their worlds well. If any of them thought that they could influence the oue with their capabilities, they were delusional.


    Fortunately, neither of the three felt so overconfident and immediately began working on their worlds.


    There were three participants, and the contest couldn''t be two-on-one to force the strong participant out, and the worlds would teleport to the set battlefield. It was going to be a round-robin war with each world facing the other.


    There were three opponents, and two worlds would fight at once, while during that time, the third world would be in a time freeze. Not getting selected didn''t mean that there would be extra time for preparation.


    The battlefield would be a special area where anyone who died in the war would be immediately resurrected after the winner was found. It would make the world ready for another war right away.


    In the end, the one with the highest number of victories after facing the same number of wars would be the winner and get the position of the store''s assistant.


    The remaining two would then be ranked second and third depending on their number of victories.


    There could also be a situation where all three worlds win an equal number of battles, and in that situation, the round-robin would continue until there would be a clear winner.


    There wouldn''t be any drawing between the two worlds as war would continue till thest surviving being.


    Every participant was given a preparation time of one thousand years before they would be teleported to the battlefield. Even though neither of the three had any idea of what was at stake in that contest, they had a strong intuition that it was something that they desperately needed and could change their fates.


    One thousand years might seem like a good amount of time to improve world power, but for the people in the first-ranked world, it was nothing.


    The average level of power in the first-ranked worlds was fourth rank warrior, and even the worst fourth-ranked warrior had a lifespan of a million years. At the same time, fourth rank was going to be just a bunch of cannon fodder in the war, so third-ranked and second-ranked warriors were the most importantbatants to change the tide of the war, and they couldn''t have much improvement when it came to their personal power. It was too short a time for them, who could easily live for tens of millions of years.


    In Tira''s world,


    Tira was surveying the preparation for the war that was toe three dayster.


    She felt there were still things she could have done, but now that the time to do things was over, she needed to be content with it.


    She now needed to use whatever had been done to win the war, no matter who her opponent turned out to be.


    "How confident are we?" Tira asked. Her face was covered in a mask like others in the room.


    The people of her world liked to hide their faces, so wearing masks was extremelymon.


    "Teacher, we haveplete confidence in destroying Master Mariam''s world," The masked man in charge of preparing for the war with Mariam respectfully responded.


    Tira''s world had a society of sects, so everyone in the room was Tira''s students.


    Tira nodded and then looked at Shunfa. Shunfa was her eldest student, and she set him in charge of preparation for the war with Ransh.


    Tira couldn''t help but frown as she could see through Shunfa''s masks, and his expression didn''t look good.


    "Do you have something to tell me?"


    "Master, we are fully capable of defeating Master Ransh and his world, but there is one unsettling thing about them that might help them turn the tide," Shunfa decided to honestly share what he thought.


    He wasn''t worried about his teacher getting angry. Since the day he had met Tira, she had been of a gentle character, and he became her student when she was just a ninth-ranked warrior.


    Numerous years had passed since then, but his teacher''s gentle character hadn''t changed at all.


    "If we could trade with Master Mariam, our chances of countering that thing would grow significantly," Another student sighed.


    There have been some contacts between the three worlds, but for the past thousand years, the connections have beenpletely cut off.


    If not for that, the war might have be easier, or it would have grown outrageously difficult since Mariam''s world had an item to counter Ransh''s world; Ransh could counter Tira, while Tira could counter Mariam.


    "Let''s not worry about things outside of our control. We have three days to ponder, and if we still can''t find a way, then we can only fight, leaving the result to fate."


    Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the time for the battle between the three worlds to find the winner began.


    (Chapter End.)

 Chapter 1592: The Last Three Participants(3)

    1592 The Last Three Participants(3)


    Chapter 1592: The Last Three Participants(3)


    The people of the three worlds didn''t even notice that their worlds had been teleported to somece unknown.


    Fifth-rank warriors or stronger could see beyond the atmosphere, so they could see an endless portal shining in the darkness of the void. In front of that portal, forget them; even their worlds seemed meager.


    As for Tira, Mariam, and Ransh, they had been summoned outside and were standing in front of the portal. Even though it was shining, the three knew it was dead at that moment. Because if it were active, just the space pressure from it would cause their worlds to explode.


    The three were first-ranked warriors, so even if they were at the center of the explosion, they would be fine, so they didn''t have anything to worry about.


    The next moment, a voice rang in their heads, telling them what to do to start the war.


    Following that voice, the three released some of their energy signatures, whichter transformed into mini-forms of them. Immediately after that, the three mini-forms grew out of their owner''s control and rose, reaching the portal''s top. The three began to rotate around each other, and as their rotating speed grew, they approached closer.


    At one point, it seemed as if it was only one mini-form, but right then, a shocking sound rang as the rotation suddenly stopped and one mini-form was thrown out at a shooting speed.


    Only two mini-forms were left floating at the top, and the owners of those two were going to battle it out while the third would be frozen in time, waiting for their turn.


    The two chosen to battle first were Mariam and Tira, and the next moment, the portal became active while a transparent barrier had appeared around the two worlds, while an opaque barrier had appeared around Ransh''s world.


    Ransh was also summoned back, leaving Tira and Mariam there. The two then walked inside the portal, and their respective worlds followed them.


    ***


    When Mariam opened her eyes, she found herself on an open battlefield with two clear sides. She was sitting on top of the structure on one side while Tira was on the other. The two pairs of eyes met, and sparks seemed to fly at that moment.


    The structure was gigantic, as even the entire world poption could only cover one-tenth of it, and the structure was nothing inpared to the endless battlefield.


    One month was given to the two sides to make the preparations, and then the war would begin until one side had been destroyed.


    The two worlds had a poption of tens of trillions, so one month was nothing to put that entire group on the battlefield, but since there was no time limit to battle, putting the entire troop on the battlefield would be a foolish mistake.


    The two sides then began to implement their strategies since one month was too short to make any new strategy in a battle that grand.


    Mariam''s world followed the magic system, and the people were more focused on spirit since knowledge was the strongest requirement to grow stronger in that system. It meant that the people of her world had more knowledge than the two worlds as well, and they hade up with strategies for defeating both Tira and Ransh.


    Since their opponent was Tira and she had an edge over them, more time was given to her.


    One month passed in the blink of an eye, and the barrier restricting the two sides disappeared.


    Knowledge was endless whereas energy was not, so Mariam had more second-ranked and third-ranked warriorspared to Tira. It didn''t mean that Tira''s world was weaker.


    The second-ranked and third-ranked warriors of Tira''s world were better than their counterparts when it came to personal power, making the high quantity uselesspared to quality.


    Both Mariam and Tira didn''t directly appear on the battlefield. The two couldn''t defeat each other, and their battle would be too destructive for the soldiers to handle.


    The power difference between a first-ranked warrior and a second-ranked warrior was greater than the difference between a non-warrior and a second-ranked warrior, so it could be seen that Tira and Mariam were too strong to do something there.


    ***


    Spells and skills were unleashed inrge numbers as the two sides began their battles. Fourth-ranked warriors were the first to take the lead from both sides, and they led a group of fifth- and sixth-ranked warriors.


    The lowest rank of a warrior in the first-ranked world was sixth, so the two sides started from their weaker groups of soldiers.


    The space and earth on the battlefield were adequately strong, so despite countless destructive attacks thrown from both sides, the battlefield remained the same. But the same couldn''t be said for the soldiers. They were dying inrge numbers from both sides.


    "Hurry, release the [Chain of Rotten Fire]!"


    A fourth-ranked wizard ordered as his group was on the verge of being engulfed in lightning. The subordinates followed the order as they began to chant the spell. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The Chain of Rotten Fire was a spell that needed five thousand people of equal power level. Its attack power wasn''t very destructive, but the auxiliary effect it carried was outrageous.


    The rotten fire didn''t rot the bodies of the enemies, but their energy. Rotten energy harmed their owners more than any other attack. It was one of the spells developed by the wizards topete against worlds that followed an energy-based system like Tira''s world.


    "Use your bodies as shields and give them time toplete the chanting," The leader further ordered as the chanting was five seconds long.


    The soldiers didn''t even think of anything else and immediately started throwing themselves toward the lightning.


    The lightning attack released by a group of fifth-ranked warriors was nothing to scoff at. Just with a slight touch, the soldier''s body was turning to ashes.


    "Master Wizard, we are ready!"


    The group of wizards preparing the spell chanted out and immediately threw it at the ce pointed out by the leader. The next moment, their bodies were also engulfed in mes, and in just a second, only two out of five thousand survived.


    It was the spell''s side effect, as it also attacked the user. Only those who were fully in control of their energies could survive.


    The leader didn''t even bat an eye as his soldiers died, but he looked toward his enemies. The next moment, a cruel smile spread across his face, and he jumped, taking the lead himself that time.


    As the spell hit them, their energy started rioting, and one cultivator after another began to explode. Explosions didn''t have the friendly fire option, so even those who weren''t affected by the spell had to bear the brunt of the st, leaving them vulnerable in that cruel battlefield.


    Soldiers were getting replenished quickly, but it would take a few minutes before their reinforcement arrived. Those few minutes became extremely creepy for them.


    They not only have to save themselves from the explosion but also the enemy group that had breached their camps. There was also that disgusting fourth-ranked wizard.


    He was hunting the fifth and sixth rank enemies while the fourth-ranked cultivator was trying to save himself from the numerous explosions ringing around him, causing one wound after another.


    No wound was too serious, but due to that, he was unable to help his subordinates from that disgusting enemy leader.


    "Disgusting Pig, stop killing my subordinates. If you have shame, fight me."


    The wizard only sneered in response to that and wantonly massacred. A few minutester, only a few thousand out of the hundred thousand soldiers survived, and even they were in terrible condition.


    Those few thousand only survived because of the reinforcements that arrived in time. At that time, the cultivators looked at the wizard leader with red eyes. If eyes could kill, the wizard would have died right there.


    The wizard scoffed in response to those res and backed away as his group was significantly outnumbered, and he was also tired due to the high-pressure killings.


    The war only ended when one party was destroyed, but that didn''t mean there were no breaks. The soldiers were still living creatures, and they needed to rest or they would be dead on their own without even an enemy killing them. So the two sides decided to set a break of four hours every day where the two sides would rest.


    Fortunately for the wizard, that time had arrived, so he had sufficient time to back away. While he left, the fourth-ranked leader from Tira''s camp looked at his back with red eyes, remembering his aura.


    "Let''s go. It is only the first day of the war, and you are already in such a condition." Another fourth-ranked warrior who hade as reinforcement frowned when he saw his fellow leader reacting like that.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1593: The Last Three Participants(4)

    1593 The Last Three Participants(4)


    Chapter 1593: The Last Three Participants(4)


    It was a war that would span over years, if not decades, due to the number that is fighting on both sides. At the same time, it was known to every soldier that they would be resurrected after the end of the war.


    It was cold for the leader to say such things, but it was necessary. Such actions might cause serious trouble to their sides in some situations that they wouldn''t want to face.


    "You will have adequate time for revenge, so keep your eyes on macro here. It isn''t a war for a, but we are fighting for our existence and Master Tira."


    The leader further added, seeing the ugly expression on the man''s face. He didn''t say anything else and left.


    Since it was the rest time, the two sides needed to return to the structure and rest since the battle would only get more tragic and tiresome with time.


    ***


    "Report the battle situation!"


    Renxi asked his subordinates. He was the second student of Tira and the strongest after her in the world.


    He was responsible for the battle with Tira, so he had to consider the daily situation to make changes depending on the circumstances.


    "Master Renxi, thirty groups of soldiers joined the battlefield, with each group having ten sub-groups.


    The enemy had simr numbers, and we are excited to tell you that our casualty ratio is lower than the enemy. For three soldiers, the enemy lost; we have only lost two.


    As we had expected, the highest number of losses hade from sixth-ranked warriors¡­"


    Theprehensive battle situation was shown to Renxi. During all that, he maintained a cold expression. In the end, he asked his subordinates to go through the same strategies as the battle was going the way they had expected.


    He then left the room, and not far from that, Shenfu was waiting for him.


    Renxi was the strongest but was still given the responsibility of the war with Mariam, with whom their world had an advantage because Shenfu was too brilliant. Even Renxi took Shenfu''s help from time to time if he ever had any doubts.


    "Senior brother, I think we would need some changes in our strategies."


    Renxi stated the opposite of what he ordered his subordinates.


    Even though first-ranked warriors were outrageously stronger than second-ranked warriors, that didn''t mean thetter was weaker.


    Every second-ranked warrior had a sensing range of the battlefield, so whatever happened today was in their eyes.


    He wasn''t happy with the two-on-three casualty rate when the poption difference between both sides was higher than that.


    The first echelon from Tira''s world was more powerful than Mariam''s world, but due to the high difference in numbers between the two sides, thebined power was the same.


    If the lower echelon of Mariam''s world ousted Tira''s world, the battle would be lost, which Renxi didn''t want to see.


    His master hadn''t told him what was at stake, but the seriousness with which Tira has been treating the war, they didn''t dare to lose. It wasn''t due to fear, but they wanted to prove to their master that she didn''t choose wrong when they were given the responsibility.


    "What do you have in mind?"


    ***


    Four hours passed in no time, and the new day of the war began.


    The battle raged for hours, and soon it was rest time. The situation kept repeating until the third year. And then, the first breach into the rest time happened.


    The fourth-ranked leader, who saw his subordinates getting massacred while dealing with the explosions of his subordinates, saw his most hated enemy for the second time.


    He had been living in hatred since that time, so even the break of resting time didn''t stop him, and he pushed into the enemy camp.


    That rule was established by Tira and Mariam, the rulers of their respective worlds, so breaking that rule was akin to ridiculing the two.


    Soldiers from both sides didn''t like that, resulting in his execution, which was ordered by Renxi. Unfortunately, it set cracks in that rule since even though the man was executed, he still seeded in killing his enemy, so in a sense, it was life for a life.


    The cracks didn''t heal with time, but they began to get wider, as in the span of a year, the rule was broken three times after the first one.


    Even though all three resulted in executions, the precedent had been set, resulting in Tira and Mariam to set their foot down.


    The resting time was taken back, and the battles began to be fought continuously. Those soldiers who wanted to rest would just return to their camps after the set amount of time as ordered by their leaders.


    Time kept flowing, and thirty-seven years passed in a sh.


    What was a several trillion-strong army had now turned into a few million, and the weaker warriors had almost be extinct from both sides.


    Tira and Mariam still hadn''t personally joined the war, but the time was approaching as third-ranked warriors had begun to die, forcing second-ranked warriors to step into the battlefield as well.


    The truly strong second-ranked warriors like Shenfu and Renxi were still away from the battlefield, but the way the war was going, they would soon have to step into it.


    Before the war began, Renxi had confidently told Tira that they hadplete confidence in victory against Mariam, but these years had shaken that confidence somewhat.


    What caused the battle to turn around like that was a new spell developed by Frinsic, a student of Mariam. It was a taboo spell.


    Taboo spells were spells that required the sacrifice of innocents, and it was a cruel sacrifice. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Since the people dying on the battlefield would be reborn after it, Frinsic created the spell, keeping that in mind, but what was out of his control was its side effect. Whoever activated the spell would be ridden with bad luck as that kind of evil sacrifice was against the nature of things.


    The taboo spell allowed the wizards to kill arge number of cultivators, which they wouldn''t have been able to do due to the strong personal power of cultivators.


    But since the user of the spell also got covered with bad luck, it affected the wizards as well. Whoever used the spell was immediately killed, as that kind of bad luck was too detrimental in war.


    Time flew by, and two more years passed.


    Renxi finally stepped foot on the battlefield, and his enemy was none other than Frinsic, the strongest wizard after Mariam.


    The second strongest of the two worlds were fighting against each other for the first time, and the entire battlefield stopped, only focusing on that fight.


    With Tira and Mariam not intervening in the war, the battle between the two had too much at stake.


    "Even if that kind of sacrifice was willing, you shouldn''t have done that," Renxi scoffed as he looked down on Frinsic.


    Frinsic simply smiled in response to that and followed Renxi into the air. Even their battle would be too destructive for other third-ranked and fourth-ranked warriors on the ground, so the sky was their battlefield.


    The warriors of that level found flying as instinctive as walking, so fighting in the sky was no different than battling on the ground.


    BOOM!


    Just the aura released by the two sides caused a loud explosion, and the space began to be torn. Fortunately, the space wasn''t that weak, so it healed immediately but then got torn apart once again as the two shed.


    Renxi was a physical cultivator, and Frinsic was a warlock, so both sides had strong bodies and liked to battle that way only.


    Their punches shed with each other, tearing the space apart, and clouds disappeared.


    At some point, Tira and Mariam also appeared on the battlefield. They immediately set a barrier on their subordinates on the ground so they wouldn''t die just from the aura of Renxi and Frinsic''s attacks.


    Since it wasn''t their battle, they didn''t need to worry about spending energy on the barrier that they could have used for fighting.


    ***


    Frinsic''s body started to change as he began transforming into his warlock form. In no time, he had grown ten times what he originally was, and pitch-ck scales covered his body.


    His vertical eyes stared at Renxi like a viper, whereas the air became poisonous just with his presence. Even the elements in the area started to rot and soon disappeared.


    Renxi didn''t dare to inhale the poisonous air and immediately covered himself with an energy shield.


    Chhiss! Chhiss! Chhiss!


    A burning sound rang in the area as even the energy shield started to burn, and poisonous smoke rose from it.


    Renxi was strong, so the shield was replenished immediately. He couldn''t let the situation continue like that, so he rushed forward.


    Frinsic hadpleted his transformation at that moment. He had now turned into a snake-like creature with numerous tiny, sharp conical horns spread across its body.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1594: The Last Three Participants(5)

    1594 The Last Three Participants(5)


    Chapter 1594: The Last Three Participants(5)


    Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!


    Frinsic rushed, making a hissing noise. Renxi followed, and a transparent energy barrier surrounded him.


    The numerous sharp, tiny horns became the source of the poison as the area in the range of a few hundred miles turned dark. If not for the barrier protecting the people on the ground, the ground would have been littered with corpses. N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Boom!


    Renxi threw an energy bomb that exploded immediately as the poison in the air began to materialize itself.


    It seemed Frinsic had gained superiority over his opponent after the transformation, but Mariam''s expression didn''t look good, and the next moment proved it.


    A talisman appeared in Renxi''s hands, and as he channeled energy into it, it began to fade. At thest moment, the talisman exploded into light particles.


    The light particles then merged back and formed the projection of a bell in the air.


    Ring! Ring! Ring!


    The bell rang, and soon the poison began to be cleared out. At the same time, a flinching pain attacked Frinsic.


    Renxi followed the way of Talisman, so his strongest attacks were rted to that. The one he used was his ultimate attack and his best creation.


    It epassed both attack and defense, making him invulnerable for the duration of the talisman.


    Frinsic struggled and released a heavy beam of poison, which struck the invisible barrier around Renxi. The barrier shook, but it stood strong.


    Frinsic cries rang in the ears of the people on the ground. The cultivators cheered while the wizards frowned and had terrible expressions.


    Mariam''s expression also didn''t look good. She could kill Renxi with a simple snap of her fingers, but Tira was there, who wouldn''t let her do that.


    Frinsic suddenly began to molt, shocking both Tira and Mariam. If the molting urred, Frinsic would reach the level of the first-ranked warrior, which meant the loss of cultivators.


    The first-ranked world only allowed for a single first-ranked warrior, but they weren''t in their worlds at that moment and were in a different space altogether, which had no such restriction.


    Renxi''s heart began to beat louder, and an expression of terror began to engulf his heart. He knew he couldn''t let Frinsic proceed any further, so he released all the talismans he owned.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    One explosion after another rocked the area, causing several injuries to Frinsic''s gigantic body. At that moment, his eyes had turned red. He decided to put everything into the molting.


    He would either emerge as a first-ranked warrior after the battle or this would be hisst.


    Unfortunately for Frinsic, he not only had Renxi as his opponent. Even Tira couldn''t let a second first-ranked warrior emerge on the enemy''s side, so she was also prepared to interfere. She only needed to cause enough interruption, and the breakthrough would fail.


    Mariam knew what Tira wanted to do, so she immediately activated one of her abilities and locked Tira into another space with her.


    Tira would not only need to battle Mariam but also break the space if she wanted to leave, but Mariam had enough confidence to stop Tira for enough time.


    ***


    Seeing Frinsic still going, Renxi greeted his teeth and pounced on him. He no longer cared about the poison and began to punch the snake.


    One punch after anothernded, which had enough energy to tear the space. Frinsic gritted his teeth through all that, but when he was near the barrier, he suddenly felt his life force slipping away.


    Wizards weren''t the only ones with taboo spells. Cultivators also had them, and they called it forbidden arts.


    Frinsic used one such art, which was the most damaging to the user. The art allowed a user to take the lifespans of their enemies. But the catch was that lifespan wouldn''t belong to the user but would disappear into the world, whereas for every year taken out, the user would also spend four years of their life.


    Cultivators had longer lifespans than the wizards, but it wasn''t as exaggerated as four times. Slipping of lifespan would destroy the breakthrough, as any breakthrough for a warlock needed the channeling of energy and blood.


    The energy was fine, but with the slipping away of lifespan, the blood began to riot. In the end, the breakthrough stopped, but nothing was left of Renxi.


    He exhausted his entire lifespan to devour whatever he could from Frinsic. The battle came to a weird end, and the second-strongest warrior in the cultivator''s camp died.


    Frinsic wasn''t in a good condition either, as the failure of the breakthrough drained him of his blood energy, leaving his body weaker than ever. He was no longer able to fight, so in a sense, both sides lost their important warrior in a single battle.


    The next moment, Tira seeded in destroying the space and came out of it. When she saw the situation, her eyes turned cold, and Frinsic felt like falling to the depths of hell.


    Mariam followed immediately after, and her expression became the same when she saw Frinsic''s condition. The next moment, both sides began to fight each other.


    The battle that should have decided the momentum of the war became the decisive moment of the war as it resulted in the start of the fight between the two leaders that would continue for centuries, with no victor in sight.


    Their battle not only destroyed the fabric of space and the battlefield but also killed whatever remained of the two sides, leaving them alone. Since those two were the only remaining warriors from the two sides, one side needed to die for the champion to arrive.


    The battle raged on and kept on raging until finally the victor was found. Tira seeded innding thest strike.


    Mariam died as a response to that, whereas Tira was on the verge of death.


    At that moment, the time suddenly froze for Tira, and she could see time slowly reverting back to the point where the three worlds had teleported around the portal.


    It didn''t mean that their battle didn''t ur, as arge golden strip covered Tira''s world, marking her victory, while a ck strip covered Mariam''s world.


    The familiar scenes of finding the opponents for the war then yed out, and soon the next round ofbatants appeared, while the remaining one was frozen in time.


    It was finally Ransh''s turn to fight, and his opponent was Tira, who had already won a victory against Mariam.


    Other than Tira, none of the soldiers in her world had memories of their battles against Mariam''s world. It was done to ensure that all the participants would remain at the same level no matter how many times they would fight.


    As for Tira having the memories, it didn''t make much change. Even with the memory, Tira couldn''t say for sure that she would be able to win against Mariam if they had another battle.


    The war between Tira and Ransh began and raged for centuries before the ultimate battle finally began.


    Ransh''s side had the edge at that moment since he had more people on his side. It was due to his ability. He didn''t let his children join the war, and they were chilling in the building.


    Tira''s side also had some soldiers left, butpared to Ransh''s side, they were less. Ransh''s side had superiority because they studied energy and had many ways to control the cultivators.


    The battle between the two leaders began, and since both were equally strong, no side seemed to gain any superiority. The fight continued for several centuries, and Ransh finally began to get some edge over his opponent, but the victor couldn''t be decided yet.


    A few more yearster, Ransh and Tira were thest remaining people from their sides, but Ransh seemed in better condition at that moment.


    It was not much better than Tira, who was slowly losing the battle due to severe injuries, but still better.


    In the end, the battle finally ended, and Ransh became the winner of the two.


    Since Tira had already faced both her opponents, it was time for her to be frozen while Ransh and Mariam would battle.


    If Mariam won, there would be another round, but if Ransh won, he would be the winner, while she would be in second ce. Tira didn''t want to see that happen.


    Unfortunately, despite being a first-ranked warrior, luck was out of her control, and Ransh became the winner against Mariam. Although he was merely one billionth of a second behind Mariam in terms of their time of death, the fact remained that when Mariam died, he still had breath.


    The next moment, thest three participants appeared on the tform, forgetting everything about their actions and skills in the virtual world. They only remembered their ranks, making Ransh jump up in excitement.


    Tira couldn''t help but be angry in her heart since she had won one war, whereas Mariam was just disappointed with herself since she was the only one to lose both wars.


    (Chapter End.)


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 Chapter 1595: Assistants Perks!

    1595 Assistant¡¯s Perks!


    Chapter 1595: Assistant''s Perks!


    Ransh''s family couldn''t hold back their tears as they saw Ransh jumping up and down in excitement on the tform.


    Due to him, their family''s fortune hadpletely changed. They weren''t very aggressive since Ransh despised that kind of behavior, and his influence made the family''s members gentle toward the outside world.


    "Ransh has be the contest winner, and he can be the store''s assistant if he wants to."


    Aakesh stood up and announced. He didn''t stop there and announced the names of the other nine rankers as well.


    From the fourth to tenth position, the participants had an equal number of sessful defenses, so they also had to face the tiebreaker. It didn''t take as long as the tiebreaker for the first three posts, but the rankings were found.


    As a reward, Aakesh handed a card to every winner. The card looked the same from the outside, but the content written on it was different, describing the rewards they had received as per their ranks.


    The ones with territory rewards needed to crush their cards in Panagea, and they would be teleported to their territory depending on their rewards. Those who won rewards rted to beasts only needed to tap the reward card on their beast cards, and they would get it.


    Those who received extra hours for Panagea wouldn''t need to do anything. They just had toe to the store and enter Panagea like they had been. Until their extra hours are over, they wouldn''t need to pay for Panagea.


    (A/N: The rewarding hours are Sacred hours, not Panagea hours.)


    Only Ransh didn''t receive any reward card. He was instead asked to wait after the crowd left.


    "The contest is over. Let''s meet next year!"


    Aakesh announced the end of the annual contest. The crowd then began to leave one after another.


    A few minutester, the store''s insides returned to normal as all the chairs and the tform disappeared. Only four people were inside the store: Aakesh, Lily, Khaval, and Ransh.


    "Since you have decided to ept the assistant''s job, I need to exin some things to you."


    Ransh nodded, and then his expression turned serious.


    "There are some rules to follow if you want to keep working at the store:


    (1.) The store assistant isn''t allowed to use the store''s name for their personal situation at any cost.


    (2.) The store assistant needs to keep their emotions in control. Even if you are serving your most hated enemy, you need to be calm in your answers.


    (3.) The store assistant..."


    Aakesh slowly exined a list of rulers while Ransh seriously listened, not ignoring even the silence between the words.


    "Do you ept all the rules?"


    Aakesh gently asked. It was the first time for Ransh to receive treatment like that from the store owner, and he liked it.


    He didn''t immediately answer but thought hardly about it. Bing the store''s assistant was a job that one couldn''t leave, but the rules stated by the store owner were very stringent.


    "Yes, I ept all the rules," Ransh responded after thinking about it deeply.


    Even though the list of rules was long and some were too stringent, he still couldn''t think of a single reason for giving up on his achievement.


    If Ransh rejected the post after listening to all the rules, it didn''t mean that his efforts in the contest would be wasted. In fact, if he refused the post, he would get thebined reward of what the second-ranked contestant received to the tenth one.


    "The post of assistant isn''t all about the rules. There are also perks for the employee¡­" n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    Aakesh then exined all the perks Ransh would receive if he epted the job. His heart started beating loudly when he heard the first perk, and it continued till Aakesh spoke.


    He also understood why the store owner only told him about the perks after he epted all the rules. If he were aware of the perks, he wouldn''t even think twice and immediately ept the post.


    The most basic perk of the store''s assistant was the monthly sry, and it was an amount that could change the fate of an ordinary world, let alone him. He would receive a fixed sum of one thousand ultimate Sacred stones every month.


    On top of that, he received a few more benefits rted to the store products. The summoning cost reserved for the Beast Summoning pir had be zero for him. He would receive free Primordial-level difficulty training for one hour every year. At the same time, he would also be given a cultivation art created for just him up to the Sacred Creator level.


    Even if he somehow leaves the job in the future for some reason, he would still be able to cultivate to the best of his ability, as that benefit was linked to his life.


    There weren''t only store benefits for the store''s assistant. They would also receive some advantages outside the store.


    The first external benefit was the residence provided by the store. What was even more shocking was the fact that the residence would be built of the same materials as the store.


    The residence would have many more benefits in itself, which Ransh would need to see on his own.


    But unlike the cultivation art, the residence didn''t permanently belong to Ransh. If he ever decided to give up on this job, he wouldn''t be able to step into that house. The building was linked to the post, not the post owner.


    There were also benefits for Ransh''s family as they were also allowed to live in the residence and could also use the benefits for themselves.


    Unlike the Primal dimension, the system didn''t provide attack or defensive cards for the assistant or their family. The cards allowed them to kill even the strongest Immortal there while defending against the strongest attack from the strongest being other than Void beasts.


    The power difference in the Sacred dimension was way bigger than what was in the primal, and the same benefit couldn''t be provided. Even Aakesh had to give up an endless amount ofmission to receive a few attacks and defense devices with that ability.


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 Chapter 1596: Feeling Inferior!

    1596 Feeling Inferior!


    Chapter 1596: Feeling Inferior!


    "Since you have heard all the rules and epted them, it''s time for you to sign the contract."


    Aakesh called out, and the next moment, his personalitypletely changed. He was gentle before, but now he seemed to be the dawn of primal destruction.


    The next moment, the space inside the store began to crack, and soon after, a creature appeared.


    Ransh felt his heart exploding at that moment as he was stared at by that terrifying eye. He could feel his inferiority in that eye. He could sense that no matter what he could achieve, he still wouldn''t be anywhere close to the level of that creature.


    The eye only nced at Ransh for a moment and then looked at Aakesh. As usual, it contained no emotion. Even Aakesh''s indifference felt nothingpared to that.


    "Read the contract and sign it." Aakesh ignored what Ransh was going through, as it wasn''t the first time he had seen something like that.


    Aakesh''s words woke up Ransh, and his heart immediately calmed down. He then took the paper from the former''s hands and began to read the content on it.


    There was nothing new that the store owner hadn''t already told him, so he took a deep breath and touched the signature spot. The next moment, his entire body shook while his face turned pale as an unbearable wave of pain attacked him.


    Fortunately for him, it onlysted a moment, and there were no seque, so he immediately returned to normal. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the eye looked at him once again and then at the contract.


    The next moment, the contract faded into countless light dots that returned to Aakesh, and the creature also disappeared. The space immediately healed after that.


    "Do you want to know what the creature was?"


    Khaval, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke. He and Lily knew about Ransh since he woulde to the store from time to time and would ask to be Aakesh''s student.


    Ransh was also curious about it, so he nodded. The next moment, his face turned pale, and he cursed himself in his heart for not being able to control his curiosity.


    Only a few creatures could remain calm after learning about theming face to face with a Deva. Even though it was just one of the numerous clones of the mighty being, it was still something that he would never be able to catch up to.


    Ransh also finally understood why he had felt so inferior in front of that eye. He was an egoist who hadplete confidence in himself, but he didn''t dare to even think of being the same as Deva. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "Okay, since I have exined all the things to you, you can leave. Your work will start tomorrow morning. Be ready to arrive before everyone and wait for the doors to open."


    Aakesh knew Khaval was only ying with Ransh, so he didn''t interfere with it. But after a few minutes, he decided to close the store, so he informed Ransh and asked him to leave.


    "Thank you, store owner! I will work hard for the store," Ransh bowed and then left the store.


    ***


    After Ransh came out of the store, he found arge number of people outside. When the crowd saw him, their eyes lit up, and they greeted him with great enthusiasm.


    Ransh felt scared for a moment as if he were some trophy that everyone wanted to snatch. He then calmed down and responded to their greetings with a smile. His family members were also in the crowd, so he walked up to them.


    His family was quiterge since he had seventy siblings of his own and hundreds of cousins. ording to the store owner, his family could live with him in the store-provided house, but the restriction was that the house couldn''t be overcrowded.


    The number of people was equally proportional to the number of rooms in the house. Only a married couple with a kid younger than adult age (Vurron race adult age is 60) can im one room as their own despite being multiple people. Other than that, it was an equal ratio.


    Since he had awakened his talent, he had been slightly distanced from his family, but that didn''t mean that he didn''t love them. If he had a chance, he would want his entire family to live with him and improve themselves.


    But since it wasn''t clear how many rooms there were, Ransh decided to tell his parents and ask them to decide after finding out the rooms.


    When the family listened about the residence, they became happy, but when they heard thetter part, some became disappointed while others nodded, thinking of many things. In the end, they decided to leave the choice to Ransh. Since he had won it all, it wouldn''t be good for them to try to influence his decisions.


    Ransh then stopped wasting any time and walked to the right of the store. Arge area around the store had been cleared and had been made into a waiting zone. Ransh could choose any area in the city as his residence since the store would pay the full price of thend.


    Ransh needed to arrive at the store every morning before the customers, so he decided to choose the nearbynd as his residence location.


    The residence area from the outside would only be 20 square meters, so it wasn''t a very big parcel ofnd. It also wouldn''t cost the store a fortune because of the high prices of thend in Thorr City, which was caused by the store''s presence in the first ce.


    There were people around the selected area, so Ransh requested them to move aside. No one dared to refuse and immediately made way.


    In no time, the twenty square meters of empty area appeared. Ransh took a deep breath, as this piece ofnd would be his permanent residence for as long as he worked as the store''s assistant.


    (Chapter End.)


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